About Mariana

Her journey with Chinese Medicine began in Victoria BC, where she attended the Canadian College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and fell in love with the holistic approach to health that Traditional East Asian Medicine offers. After practicing Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture and Aesthetic Medicine for several years in Mexico , she moved back to Canada and received a Diploma of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner (TCMP) from the International College of Chinese Medicine of Vancouver.

Mariana graduated with first class honours from the applied human nutrition program at the Institute of Holistic Nutrition and believes that there is a seamless connection between functional nutrition and Chinese Medicine, as they both strive to find the root cause of disease using food as a powerful tool to heal. Here, she completed a nutrition practicum with Atira Women’s Resource Society offering nutritional and lifestyle advice to women who have been impacted by violence and abuse.

Mariana loves providing a patient-centered approach with individually tailored treatments to help people in their healing journeys. She currently practices with a focus on reproductive health, and is passionate about menstrual literacy, hormone balance, fertility, pregnancy and postpartum.

As an incessant herbal apprentice, she believes that plants are powerful allies on our paths to becoming wholesome. The understanding that nature is wise and healing is intrinsically woven when using plants to heal. Mariana uses Western and Chinese herbs to support different imbalances to help your body come back to homeostasis.

Accreditations and Diplomas

  • R.AC

    Registered Acupuncturist

  • TCMP

    Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner - Diploma

  • CNP

    Certified Nutirition Practitioner

Certificates and Continuing Education

 

Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture

2008-Virginia Doran

Matt Callison Sports Medicine and Trauma

2008

Treatment for Obesity with alternative Therapies

by Centro de Estudios en Medicina Tradicional y Complementaria “Acupuntura del Norte” 2011

Master Tung Points for Gynecological Conditions

Henry McCaan

Assisted Reproductive Technology Overview for the Chinese Medicine Professional

Lee Hullender Rubin

Clinical Algorythms for Naturopathic Fertility

Jacklyn Chasse-Smeaton

Labtesting for Fertility Patients: A Comprehensive overview

Leslie Oldershaw

 

Integrative Fertility Symposium 2021

Healthy Seminars

 

 

 

—Is it that we come in vain to live,
to sprout over the earth?
Let us leave at least flowers,
let us leave at least songs.”
― Nezahualcóyotl

"Traditional cultures have been balancing food for thousands of years. Eating in a way that honours your lineage, or that which you are most inclined to, is the best way to make sure that your meals will always be balanced”

Mariana Noelle