Being the quintessential type A, competitive, work hard/play hard kind of person, I began slowly running my health into the ground during my work in the medical/social services field. 
I guzzled caffeine, ran in circles, thrived off intensity, and tossed back antibiotics any time I became ill.  While I always endured respiratory infections having followed the same patterns in college, when I started developing inexplicable and untreatable eczema, I grew desperate for help. 
My poor self-care and health habits where literally crawling up to the surface screaming out for change.  Numerous brilliant doctors worked closely with me, but nothing changed.  No cause could be found and it was just steroids on top of steroids on top of steroids…
I needed help! 
A co-worker RN whom is a veteran referred me to Anjelika and my life has never been the same.
When I started treatment with Anjelika, she assured me after a thorough assessment she could help and asked for a commitment. 
Three times a week for many months I carved out 3-hour round-trip sessions, took the herbs, drank the teas, and practiced the lifestyle and diet changes while soaking in all the wisdom she had to share.  Aside from her skilled practice of Chinese Medicine, she became a life coach to me. 
Anjelika poignantly helped me recognize my maladaptive patterns, empowering and enabling me to correct them in a way that served my body, mind, and really my soul. 
It was HARD work and worth every single effort because what I got back was my best self, saturated with endless life-altering insights and my initial goal of restoring my health. 
I have never felt better.
Having fundamentally restored my basic immunity and gut health, I enjoy trusting Anjelika with all of my wellbeing needs because she continually tackles any fun challenges I throw her way. 
She has alleviated extensive musculoskeletal issues from a lifetime of sports injuries, restored my menstrual cycle to health, and corrected challenging reproductive imbalances.
She has taught me how to prioritize self-care, a healthy diet, and good living in a sustainable way. 
I am seldom sick because on the rarity illness attempts to strike, I know what to do so it doesn’t progress, it’s quite magical. 
I feel rested, energized, light on my feet and sound in my mind. 
Most recently, she helped gift me my darling son after turning to acupuncture once again for fertility challenges. 
When I say she has bettered every single aspect of my life with her treatment and herself, I mean it at my core.
Acupuncture came to me at the perfect time in my life where I was truly ready to dedicate to change and evolve because the way I was living was not serving me. 
Naturally, the benefits I’ve experienced make me want to shout it from the rooftops! 
I am quick to recommend it to friends, family, even strangers, and if you’re reading this testimonial, I hope this speaks to you in some way. 
To pay it forward is the biggest thank you I could give for what acupuncture and Anjelika have done for me. 
My closing advice is to give it solid commitment and trust this gifted healer- you will not regret it. 
 
-AJ, Oahu 

​When I first learned of acupuncture, I had extreme doubts about its healing effects. How can tiny needles placed randomly across the body heal? From a scientific perspective, in my opinion, it did not make any sense. When my Korean doctor recommended me to Anjelika, I only agreed to go because insurance was paying for it: “It can’t hurt me to go, and its free…, I suppose I’ll give it a try; I can always quit.”
After a hiking injury about 8 years ago, I had constant shoulder pain preventing me from holding my young daughters. Additionally, after being stationed in Hawaii for many years, I developed severe allergies to grass and trees that caused me to take several medications in high doses daily. I lamented the fact that as a late twenties male, I would never be able to lead a normal life, and that I was taking more pills daily than my 80-year-old grandfather.
Anjelika warned me in our first meeting that acupuncture would not fix me in one session, and that old and severe injuries like mine could take several months to resolve. After trying physical therapy with two different doctors, I had no hope that my shoulder would be fixed. However, within 8 weeks my shoulder was pain free and I had regained full use. I can finally hold my young daughters again!
After my shoulder was resolved, Anjelika switched her main focus to my allergies. Despite having no history of food allergies, she asked me to avoid certain foods like milk and dairy products. I silently laughed inside knowing that there was no way these foods were affecting me, and I ignored her advice for two months. I wound up taking a trip to the mainland and inadvertently avoided dairy for nearly two weeks due to my vacation plans in the mountains. Upon returning to Hawaii, for 3 days I had no allergic reactions until one evening when I made alfredo for the family. Within 30 minutes, I was coughing, choking on phlegm, and my wife said my snoring was some of the worst she had ever heard. Something clicked in my brain and at the following session, Anjelika reminded me that it was probably the dairy. She increased her efforts, and by finally following ALL of her advice, in tandem, we were able to get me entirely off my medications. Come to find out, I have a milk protein allergy that causes eczema, coughing, runny/clogged nose, and itchiness that was undiagnosed by three different allergist-doctors. Furthermore, the acupuncture helped reduce the effects my environmental allergies were having on my body until they no longer bothered me daily.
Without having given acupuncture a try, and without Anjelika’s hard work and wealth of knowledge and skill, I would never have been able to lead a normal life. In fact, after having moved permanently to the mainland and halting treatment, I am still entirely off my medicine thanks to her.
I am now an acupuncture believer, and I will be forever grateful for her dedication to my health.
NA, Military Veteran, Honolulu, HI

I came to Anjelika for help with stress and anxiety, and body/muscle pain. My allergies and sinuses were acting up as well, and my blood pressure was borderline high. Anjelika began treating me for these issues with wonderful results.

With her expertise, blood pressure came down, my stress/anxiety calmed and abated, allergies/sinuses cleared, and the body/muscle pain improved significantly. Anytime I mentioned a symptom, she would work on it, along with long term body strengthening protocols. Anjelika is a gifted and talented acupuncturist AND herbalist. I just can't say enough about how wonderful I think she is! 

 Thank you Anjelika for all your help! A. K.