I first experienced acupuncture when I was 15. At the time, I didn’t know much about it, but something about the practice felt magnetic. While my peers were dreaming of careers as doctors, lawyers, or teachers, I found myself captivated by acupuncture. It felt a little mystical, almost like discovering a real-world form of magic. I couldn’t explain it then, but now I believe the universe placed that spark in me early for a reason.

Years later, when I entered graduate school for acupuncture and Chinese medicine, I thought I was simply following a calling. What I didn’t expect was how much I would need the medicine myself. That was the season when my depression, chronic pain from stage 4 endometriosis, and nervous system dysregulation became impossible to ignore. What had drawn me in as a curious teenager became the very thing that carried me through one of the darkest periods of my life.

It was during this time that qi gong cracked something open in me, a spiritual awakening that reminded me that healing is not linear, and that vitality is not just physical but deeply energetic. Acupuncture, qi gong, and sound healing became not only tools I studied, but lifelines that reconnected me to my body, my purpose, and my joy.

Today, this lived experience shapes every treatment I offer. My work blends the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine with advanced skincare modalities, cosmetic acupuncture, facial gua sha, microneedling, and vibrational therapies, to restore both skin and nervous system. Every session is not just about beauty, but about helping you step out of depletion and back into yourself: grounded, radiant, and alive. The beauty is just a side effect.

This path was never just a career, it was always my calling. And it’s my deepest privilege to share the medicine that restored me, so that you too can return to the fullest, most luminous version of yourself.

— Alexis Lively, L.Ac., MAOM