healing starts with the encouragement of our own body’s inherent intelligence to move towards balance.

Maria Jose Montijo is a queer Boricua California licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, biodynamic craniosacral therapist, sound healer and performing musician.

AcupunCture • Craniosacral • Cupping • Sound Healing • Herbal Medicine

• ACUPUNCTURE AND TRADITIONAL MEDICINE SESSIONS include acupuncture, fire cups, sound healing, biodynamic craniosacral work, pulse diagnosis, herbal recommendations, diet and lifestyle support. 

• SOUND HEALING WITH BIODYNAMIC WORK AND ACUPUNCTURE SESSIONS where the voice, medicine songs, and improvised melodies, plus tuning forks, acupuncture, and biodynamic craniosacral work guide you into a journey within.

• BIODYNAMIC CRANIOSACRAL WORK SESSIONS hands on gentle and still touch that follows the waves of the cerebrospinal fluid into the restful spaciousness of an unfurling nervous system, the activation of the fluid body, allowing a deeply restorative parasympathetic state.

Acupuncture

Acupuncture has been around for thousands of years. Its efficacy empirically proven over the ages. It’s still so popular today because it’s a safe and effective way to treat myriad of health concerns as well as foster a general sense of wellbeing. 

Be it pain relief or emotional balance, digestive support or immune support, regular acupuncture aids you in your healing journey so you can thrive in this challenging world. It can help connect you with your blueprint, so that fate can turn into destiny.

Acupuncture can help with: • depression • anxiety • insomnia • pain management • hormonal support • PTSD • digestive issues • menstrual issues • autoimmunity • pre and post natal support • peri-menopause and menopause support • aligning with your center and your destiny •

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Biodynamic CranioSacral Work

Craniosacral work is a gentle hands on therapy that originates from osteopathic medicine. It follows the fluctuation of the cerebrospinal fluid to nourish the nervous system and brain. It also decompresses the bones of the head and neck, as well as releases patterns of tension throughout the body. The stillness that this work encourages allows for the emergence of a felt-sense of wholeness, as well as an experience of deep rest and spaciousness.

Biodynamic CranioSacral Work can help with: migraines headaches whiplash anxiety hyperalertness depression brain disorders pre and post natal support

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Sound Healing/Medicine Music Circles

Includes:

• Songs as spells for wellbeing and transformation

• Tuning forks that help you align with the frequencies of the earth and sky, bones and tissues.

• The harp, which resonates and opens up our connection to the electromagnetic field of the heart.

• Maraca or shaker utilized to clear out your energy field and drop into the rhythm of the earth.

• Vocal toning for clearing and opening the energy body and tissues.

You can experience this by:

• MUSIC AS MEDICINE session, where the voice, instruments, acupuncture, and biodynamic craniosacral work guide you into a journey within.

• MEDICINE MUSIC CIRCLES brought to you and your community in the Bay Area and beyond. This sound healing experiences are curated experiences to promote a depth of connection within and without. See events page for the next gathering or contact MaJo for more information.

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Herbalism

Just as food is medicine, plants are allies that transform our physiology and mood. I work with you to provide a formula that supports you between sessions. These formulas are based in the millenary wisdom of the Chinese Materia Medica as well as Western herbalism.

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Cupping & Moxa

Cupping is part of the traditional medicine of cultures in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and North America. It’s kitchen table medicine, beneficial for aches and pains. It works by releasing layers of muscles and fascia, therefore freeing up the circulation of blood. Where there is circulation, there is no pain. It’s a tried and true tool for pain relief and the extraction of pathogens like phlegm, heat, and damp.

Moxa is the burning of Chinese mugwort near or on the skin to increase blood circulation, create warmth, relieve pain, strengthen and tonify the body.

It is beneficial for fatigue, chronic pain,  menstrual pain,  arthritis, fatigue, low immunity and turning breech babies. 

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about MAJO

With over 23 years of experience in the healing arts, Maria Jose Montijo is a California licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, biodynamic craniosacral therapist, sound healer and performing musician.

She offers care that is culturally sensitive, trauma sensitive, intersectional, and body positive. 

Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Maria Jose discovered Daoist cosmology at an early age via Tai-Chi and Qi-Gong practice. She trained at the Massage and Bodywork Institute in Puerto Rico and studied Thai Massage in Thailand, where she also started training in Craniosacral Therapy. Upon arrival at the Bay Area she began a mentorship in Biodynamic Cranial Touch with Giorgia Milne. María José formalized her Chinese Medicine studies with a Master’s degree at American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM at CIIS).

She has been a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner at Shift Acupuncture Collective, Casa Segura Needle Exchange Program, Berkeley Primary Care of Lifelong Medical, the Community Ear Acupuncture Project in the Bay and the ACTCM Acupuncture and Herbal Clinic.

Throughout this journey she has learned that healing starts with acceptance, self-love, and the encouragement of our own body’s inherent intelligence and resilience. Her treatments are rooted in a confident, nurturing, and relaxed presence. 

María José enjoys living, practicing, and performing in the diverse city that is Oakland with her beautiful community.