Offering  personalized and attentive holistic care to help you feel better, stay well, and reach your health goals. 
415-754-5260
Serving the city of San Francisco

I can help support you in creating and maintaining a healthy lifestyle using acupuncture, acupressure, nutrition, supplements, herbal medicine, reiki and health education.

A holistic approach to taking care of our health means that in addition to focusing on alleviating symptoms, we broaden our awareness to include the whole range of factors that effect our health.  This includes family, community, home, work, food, daily activities, and our mental/emotional state.  Understanding all of these factors allow us to make healthy choices and improve the quality of our lives.

Tamsen Staniford, L.Ac.

Motivated by a life long passion for medicine, health and wellness, I chose to study Oriental Medicine at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego, California.  PCOM is well known for its rigorous training program emphasizing science, herbal medicine, and integrative care.  My studies also focused on the Japanese Meridian style of acupuncture in the traditions of Ikeda Masakazu Sensei and Shuddo Denmei Sensei.  During my training I completed three rotations at the San Diego Hospice and the Institute for Palliative Medicine’s Inpatient Care Center. After receiving a graduate degree in Traditional Oriental Medicine I returned to Northern California where I began my private practice and worked with Quan Yin Healing Arts Center providing community acupuncture to supportive housing residences.  I choose to focus my continuing education on disease prevention, palliative care, integrative medicine, and nutrition.  I am also studying Japanese and have returned to school for nursing.
Previously, I trained in massage therapy and bodywork at the National Holistic Institute.  I am also a level 1 Reiki Practitioner. 
You will find me enjoying days off hiking around Mt. Tamalpais with my family, visiting Fort Funston, reading and watching science fiction, or enjoying my back yard.

Visit my sister site www.sfacupuncturehomecare.comto learn more about palliative care and Traditional Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.