Kai Wellness Integrative Medicine and Healing 

Two locations: in the heart of West LA and Santa Fe, NM. We are a family practice providing high quality, holistic, customized primary care medicine and healing. Experience our cutting edge approach and top integrative medical and wellness providers. Our patients deserve only the best.

 

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I know what it’s like to feel unease about my wellbeing and the struggle to find a provider who truly understands me and can meet my needs. I’ve spent a lifetime inviting a deeper healing journey, embodying wellness and peace of mind by integrating mind, body, and spirit. After extensive clinical work in integrative medicine, practice, and research in Yoga Therapy and human psychology and consciousness, I’ve realized our power lies in making lifestyle choices that support our living life fully.
We see what we want to see – and I encourage you to see options and to seek out solutions. Whatever the issue, problem, or difficulty – there IS a way to work the puzzle. I aim to bring maximum value. I am here to help and to support you in your journey. My goal is to encourage your empowerment and nourish your innate wisdom and awareness. My approach is not hierarchical – we come together as partners. I look forward to welcoming you to my practice, and I look forward to hearing from you!

Dr. Karina Menali

Meet Dr. Karina Menali

Doctor, Healer, Teacher
Owner Kai Wellness, DACM, DOM, Dipl.OM, L.Ac., CIAYT, E-RYT500

Deeply attuned, compassionate, and insightful, Dr. Karina is loved and respected by colleagues and patients for consistently bringing passion and excellence to her work in holistic health and healing. A well-rounded practitioner, Dr. Karina, combines her background in the fields of Psychology, Yoga Therapy, and Reiki with extensive studies in Integrative Medicine schools and hospitals in the US, Japan and China to bring exquisite skill in her practice.

Dr. Karina achieves great results by addressing the mind/body connection, combining therapies, and customizing personalized treatment to address the unique needs of each individual. She is a dedicated practitioner who enjoys helping children and adults in their recovery from a wide variety of acute and chronic conditions, the prevention of illness, and restoration of balance, harmony, and wholeness in all facets of life. Her heart is in her work – Dr. Karina adheres to the highest standards of practice and offers expertly tailored wellness programs to address a wide variety of mental, physical, and spiritual needs.

Dr. Karina is currently in private practice in Los Angeles, California as well as Santa Fe, New Mexico. She serves humanity and future practitioners as faculty and clinical supervisor in the Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Master’s program at Yo San University in Los Angeles, CA. She has served as faculty and clinical training staff at Emperor’s College of Oriental Medicine in Santa Monica, CA, as Acupuncturist at the Simms-Mann Health and Wellness Center at Venice Family Clinic in Santa Monica, CA, the Integrative Medicine Center at the Roy and Patricia Disney Family Cancer Center in Burbank, CA, and at Being Alive in West Hollywood, CA – a non-profit organization that provides integrative health and wellness services to people living with HIV/AIDS. She co-founded and helped run a Japan-based study-abroad program for acupuncturists.

Before opening her private practice, Dr. Karina taught yoga and wellness classes at Dana Hall School in Wellesley, Massachusetts and at private yoga studios. She studied and interned in counseling psychology, and worked extensively with psychiatric patients at Lifeworks, Inc., a non-profit providing various supportive and counseling services to individuals with dual diagnoses of mental health and cognitive impairment. She periodically gives workshops on various topics in health and wellness and offers retreats. Fully committed to her personal development, Dr. Karina engages in daily self-cultivation practices and regularly attends seminars and conferences.

Licenses and Degrees:

Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac.) 

CA – Lic# 17182

Licensed Doctor of Oriental Medicine (DOM)

NM – Lic# 1292

Diplomate of Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM)

Dipl. OM# 843118

Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine (DACM) from Pacific College of Health Sciences San Diego, CA

Studied in Shenyang Hospital and Beijing Hospital, China

Studied in Meiji University, Kyoto, Japan

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