Krystal Pearson
Licensed Acupuncturist & Herbalist
Krystal graduated from the University of California Santa Barbara as a Regent Scholar with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Biopsychology.
After graduating she worked for a few years as a Research Associate in the Instrumentation Chemistry Department of a Biotechnology firm in Carpinteria. During this time she worked on developing a diagnostic instrument to speed up the diagnosis of cancer and other illnesses.
She then attended the Santa Barbara College of Oriental Medicine and graduated with a Master’s Degree in Oriental Medicine and Acupuncture. She went to China in March and April of 2009 and worked and went through training at the prestigious China Beijing International Acupuncture Training Center, WHO Collaborating Center for Traditional Medicine, Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. She completed specialty trainings in Gynecology, Neurology, Internal Medicine, Orthopedics and Dermatology while in China.
Krystal Pearson L.Ac. was in Bali for the first two weeks of August 2010 treating local Balinese women and children. She received advanced training on specific OB/GYN and Pediatric treatments according to Traditional Chinese Medicine such as Shon-Ni-Shin. Shon-Ni-Shin is a Japanese technique using various tools to stimulate the acupuncture points and energetic meridians.
Krystal Pearson graduated from a nine month Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training Program in Los Angeles at Yoga West in June of 2011. She graduated from Level 2 Mind & Meditation Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training in July of 2014. She incorporates the techniques & technologies from the ancient practice of Kundalini Yoga such as breath work (pranayama), yoga asanas (postures), and yogic diet into her Traditional Chinese Medicine practice.
Her spiritual name is Japmeet Kaur. She travelled to an ashram in Rishikesh, India for a couple of weeks in November of 2011 for a Kundalini yoga festival celebrating 11.11.11. On this trip she did Kundalini Yoga & Sadhana by the Mother Ganga River each morning at 4am with Guru Singh and Gurmukh. She has been practicing Kundalini Yoga for the past 11 years and Hatha Yoga since she was 8 years old.
Krystal has also completed advanced trainings in Esoteric Acupuncture with Dr. Mikio Sankey in both Los Angeles & Colorado. Please see www.esotericacupuncture.com for more information on this sacred practice.
Krystal has completed the Aroma Acupoint Therapy Level One with Essential Oils Training.
Krystal is also attuned to Usui/Tibetan Reiki Ryoho First & Second Degree and will be offering Reiki as an add-on to her acupuncture sessions beginning in January 2016.
Krystal completed the 100 hour ACROVINYASA Level One yoga teacher training in Bali with YogaBeyond in April 2016. She is very excited to be sharing this fusion of vinyasa, inversion training & AcroYoga!