About Shen Bai Acupuncture & Gabrielle Hammond
Shen Bai Acupuncture is owned by Gabrielle Hammond, L. Ac. She is originally from the islands of Guam and Hawaii, and now resides in Santa Monica, California. She has been practicing acupuncture and Taoist medicine for over 13 years. Her inspirations for health and well-being are rooted in play with nature -- ocean swimming, body surfing, hiking, walking, kick-dancing, or napping in the sun. She has a passion for the medicine with a long personal history in using it for her own (and her family's) care since she was 11. She would never have become an acupuncturist without these personal experiences and without her teacher and mentor, Dr. Chang Yi Hsiang. She practices this art in her honor.
Because acupuncture and healing arts were never considered "work" to her, she pursued in her younger, ambitious years a simultaneous career in nonprofit management, working as a project director for various legal aid programs for 13 years. In 2008, she said goodbye to her national nonprofit community and the organization she most recently founded in order to fully commit to her passion of practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine. She actively practices Qi Gong and continues her lifelong education in the mastery of Chinese herbal medicine. More on Gabrielle Hammond's credentials.
Because acupuncture and healing arts were never considered "work" to her, she pursued in her younger, ambitious years a simultaneous career in nonprofit management, working as a project director for various legal aid programs for 13 years. In 2008, she said goodbye to her national nonprofit community and the organization she most recently founded in order to fully commit to her passion of practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine. She actively practices Qi Gong and continues her lifelong education in the mastery of Chinese herbal medicine. More on Gabrielle Hammond's credentials.