Acupuncture "Two sessions for lower back pain, and I am healed! Can't get much better than that!"
"Sariantra Kali is a very competent professional. She possesses a wonderful ability to really listen, and when I saw her she used a variety of disciplines to address different problems. Her breadth of knowledge was very helpful as I had both physical discomfort (arthritis) and psychological issues (a series of family deaths). We spent time talking as well as treatments with acupuncture. She was very good at answering questions, but didn't force lengthy explanations, consequently I'm not sure of the names for various treatments she did. But, the bottom line is that I always left feeling much better than I had when I arrived."
"I had very painful sciatica. I resorted to acupuncture treatment by Ms. Kali. After only one treatment I could walk without pain and had no limp. I was sold. I had been taking oxycodone and my doctor had suggested cortisone shots into my spine and surgery for my 3 herniated discs. With acupuncture, I have been able to avoid surgery, am no longer on medication and am pain free.I have told everyone who cares to listen about my little miracle."
"I went through two life changing events around the same time back in January 2008. I had gone through a considerable amount of stress from a divorce and a career change that affected me on a physical and also emotional level. I felt as if I was always in a “fight or flight” mode. My pulse was high and I was having trouble relaxing. I had been smoking cigarettes and drinking copious amounts of caffeinated beverages. I have been aware for quite some time that consuming too much caffeine and tobacco were playing a role in me feeling nervous and discontent. I knew that it was keeping me in a fight or flight mode. I remember it being a Saturday back in April where I felt exhausted from job training and still not over the physical effects from the divorce. All the stress had taken a toll to the point that I just wanted to sleep on my day off! I decided to get an acupuncture treatment from Sariantra. I received a treatment last year from an acupuncturist for a shoulder injury that did not seem to help. I wanted to try acupuncture again but did not want to just “sign up” with someone out of the phone book. I was fortunate to find Sariantra. I relaxed from her treatment and my pulse rate came down. I slept and awoke rejuvenated much more than after an ordinary good night sleep. Sariantra also gave me a treatment to help me lay off tobacco. Her treatment along with stepping up my exercise program and making a few other changes have helped me stay off tobacco since March 21, 2008."
"How lucky I was to have gotten you when I called OCOM earlier this year, wanting to schedule my first acupuncture treatment! You have helped me with so many physical ailments - jaw pain, stomach issues, joint discomfort, teeth issues and other aches and pains. Other issues haven't been as obvious, but I am sure I am doing better because of all the work you have done with me. This has been a difficult time of my life with more health problems than I have ever experienced before in one year, but I definitely know I am better because of you! I have appreciated your compassion in working with me as well as your encouragement and acknowledgement for the work I have done in getting well. I believe your kind and genuine spirit as well as your knowledge and intuitive skills will take you far in your healing career."
"Sariantra is fantastic! I would recommend her to anyone! She has helped me a great deal with pain management, digestive issues, and stress management. She makes you feel completely at ease. I always leave our appointments feeling much better physically, mentally, and emotionally. It is so great to finally find a health care provider who honestly wants to see her patients get well."
"My sessions with Sariantra have changed my life in all the ways I've been working towards for years - she has provided the missing pieces of the puzzle for me to feel whole. Her holistic approach and knowledge of multiple modalities facilitates healing on many levels and addresses health issues from different angles, ensuring a more complete treatment that gets the job done. She is the most effective health practitioner I've ever seen. Thank you!"
"After one session, my neck has a greater range of motion after being stiff for a year! Thanks."
"Sariantra is very knowledgeable and professional. She brings great heart to her work with a compassion that is immediately experienced. My highest recommendation. John Freshwater"
"I love Sariantra Kali, LAc! Definitely book your next appointment here! Sariantra is a truly awesome healing practitioner, catering to the specific individual needs of my particular body, supporting balance and harmony in my life."
"I found my first appointment with Sariantra to be enlightening and pleasant. She was thorough, took her time finding out about my history, and was great at answering my questions. I saw her for both acupuncture & shamanic healing. I had results the same day of my appointment, and notice some improvement each day since. My energy and pain level have changed for the better, and I feel less heavy and muddled than before I saw her. I've scheduled a second appointment!"
" Sariantra Kali, LAc! Kind, caring, professional, experienced, and it shows. Feel that I am in good hands with Sariantra and look forward to a more peaceful, balanced future in my body, mind and heart. God bless."
"I love Sariantra Kali, LAc! Definitely book your next appointment here!"
"Wonderful experience from start to finish! Welcoming, through, thoughtful and considerate of my needs and wants. Insightful into my personal situation, health and well being. Thanks and shalom."
"Had a wonderful first session with Sariantra, which seems to have been very helpful for my hamstring injury. Looking forward to our next session next week. "
"Sariantra has helped me greatly with my menopause issues - hot flashes. She has also helped me with my transition into retirement. Her knowledge and perceptions have been invaluable. "
"I have had four sessions with Sariantra. I feel blessed to have found not just an acupuncturist, but someone who is a healer on so many levels. She has helped me feel empowered in my healing process. If you have been drawn to her, I recommend you trust the guidance you've received!"
"I've been going to Sariantra for almost a year now. I would recommend her to anyone. I began seeing Sariantra after i was rear-ended and was experiencing tightness and tingling in my shoulder/neck. After a few sessions I noticed a big difference. It's amazing how acupuncture works."
"After being in a high level of pain for so long, I am very pleased with the treatments that Sariantra @ Ancient Rivers Healing has given me. My day to day activities have grown increasingly more comfortable and I am definitely in less pain overall then I had been prior to the acupuncture treatments. I would & have recommended this to others who also have "pain" issues. Thank you so much. See you at my next appointment.
"Sariantra is a fine professional healer. She combines multiple modalities to foster a holistic approach to health care that suits me completely. I find her to be competent, caring, warm and helpful."
"Sariantra Kali is a very competent professional. She possesses a wonderful ability to really listen, and when I saw her she used a variety of disciplines to address different problems. Her breadth of knowledge was very helpful as I had both physical discomfort (arthritis) and psychological issues (a series of family deaths). We spent time talking as well as treatments with acupuncture. She was very good at answering questions, but didn't force lengthy explanations, consequently I'm not sure of the names for various treatments she did. But, the bottom line is that I always left feeling much better than I had when I arrived."
"I've been a patient here for almost 2 years and find specific relief from the specific ailments for which I am seeking treatment. I have regained range of motion and dramatic pain reduction in my shoulder, which had not responded to other forms of treatment."
"The acupuncture service I get from Ancient Rivers is amazing. I had never received acupuncture before, so I don't have any means of comparison, but I can say that Sariantra puts me at ease with her gentle and caring manner. I never doubt that she is doing what my body needs. She is thorough and inquisitive, and she clearly explains what she is doing and why. I am very pleased with the care I get at Ancient Rivers Acupuncture."
"I feel like my light got turned back on."
"I finally lost that last 5 pounds and my knee is free from pain. Thank you so much."
Chinese Herbology "Sariantra prescribed Chinese herbal medicine to bring my body and mind into balance. I have been hoping to feel more content as I get older. She suggested I take them 3 times a day. I decided to take then on my schedule! Well that didn’t work! I decided to listen to her and take them three times a day and began feeling results. I often feel the way I had hoped to for many years. I always knew that there would be a time when I would feel more content. I was hoping that my spiritual practice would do it. and feel that it led me to Sariantra. I do not believe in coincidences. I told Sariantra the other day that I felt so “different” being relaxed and she told me that I am not used to feeling relaxed. She is right. "
Shamanic Healing "I have been a licensed Mental Health provider for 25 years; have come to appreciate the real healing that comes with compassion and skillful energy interaction.Sariantra Kali, Lac., a gifted healthcare professional, has literally saved my life by opening up "my" pathway for new life energy to flow. Her skill set surpasses anything that, I've experienced in Western Medicine; her gift for healing trauma and negative or destructive energy is a combination that, is most impressive. I have experienced an awakening in my capacity to experience more joy, less pain and to re-connect with my " birth potential". I have unblocked more decades of trauma and disconnect than, Sariantra has lived, this go-round. Her capacity, wisdom and spiritual gift, place her into a very prestigious league of care givers."
"The work Sariantra is doing is much needed at the present time. I sought her out when my mother passed away. I was deeply grieving over my loss. Sariantra's work and compassion helped me tremendously."
"I have been coming to Sariantra for shamanic work for 6 years now, and I cannot recommend her highly enough. I have received both in-person treatments and distance treatments, and they have been highly effective and deeply transforming. Thank you Sariantra!"
"I have been an on-going client of Sariantra Kali, LAc since 2008, and recommend her highly for the distance healing work that she does. Her support and guidance has been an important and life-changing aspect of my personal growth!"
"When I was in my first trimester of pregnancy and suffering from “morning sickness,” I got a distance shamanic treatment from Sariantra. After about 24 hours it was almost completely gone. I would still get mildly car sick, but that constant, day-long nausea was gone and it never came back."
"I've had lots of energy the last couple of days - I love all the new space in my world."
"You are a beacon of light."
"I was sexually abused by my father from the time I was a baby until puberty when he went to jail for other reasons. Not until I was 18, did I start to consciously and vividly relive my sexual abuse. I was 21 when I confronted my mother with the abuse; she denied everything- and said I made it up. I spent years doubting myself, my memories and my own visceral reactions. I lived in a constant depression and didn't have any idea how to really explore what happened to me. I started seeing a therapist. Talking helped, but it wasn't enough. Then at the age of 23, I had my first shamanic session. Sariantra was amazing on so many levels. She not only helped me call back in so many of my shattered parts, but she taught and empowered me to help myself. I was not only a client, but I was also a student of Sariantra's. This seemed critical in living my healing: in taking charge of my patterns, of stopping my victim story. I went to realms I didn't even know existed, and met with parts of me I didn't even know I had lost.I learned to see how I was perpetuating my own pain. Sariantra helped me heal so many aspects of my life including not just my relationship with my family and my abuser, but with husband, my friends, and most importantly myself. I also learned to take responsibility for my own energy and my own life. I' m learning to trust myself again: to trust my body, my memories, my intuition. I am truly grateful for all the help that I have received. It is a life long process, which is why learning tools to help myself has been so important. This is not an easy process, but it is made manageable with the help of a good support network as well as a loving and dedicated practitioners such as Sariantra. There are so many of us who have suffered through sexual abuse, there is no reason to be alone in it. We must help each other heal."
"Physically, the pain I have had for years around my tailbone is gone. Hooray! I have become more aware of my physical body and where I hold stress chronically. Non-physically, I have noticed a more clear and centered feeling in my heart and in my central core. My bits and parts that are now re-joined are shedding a lot in insight for me about the way I lead my life, what is important to me, how to be more joyful, more simple, set better boundaries, and care for myself in a way that truly nurtures me."
"The doors you have opened for me, and the healing that has been done, mean more than I can express. Thank you from the bottom of my heart."
"After a session I feel a sense of wholeness, peace and more rested and focused."
"The treatment helped significantly shift a major obstacle in my life. Sariantra's power and conviction to heal was palpable and proved to successfully guide me to a great transformation."
"After my second session I went to the doctor for other reasons. The doctors noticed a stronger pulse and better color in my skin."
Pets "My cat, Margot, had been suffering from bladder pain of an unknown cause. We’d had all of the lab work done, but the doctors couldn’t find a reason for her suffering. I turned to Sariantra and Spirit for help. It was suggested to Sariantra by Spirit to put Margot on cranberry pills and milk thistle. Within two days of starting the supplements, she was a whole new cat. She wasn’t crying in the litter box anymore and she had new found energy."
"I got my dog, Winter, while I was working at the Humane Society. She’d been abused and neglected. We also found out later that she had a BB lodged in her ear. The poor dog had been shot! She’s always been very nervous around strangers, and in particular, men. At our wedding, which was held at our favorite campsite, Winter was a wreck. She was pacing around the group of people looking as nervous as could be. Sariantra, who was also our officiant, suggested doing some quick shamanic work on her to see if that would help. Boy did it. Right after the treatment she was going up to people and “introducing” herself. I couldn’t believe what my sweet, little, nervous dog was doing."
Monthly Journey Circle "I also attend Sariantra’s journey circles which are held once a month. I have journeyed to far off places and am finding answers while journeying to questions I have. The whole group works together in helping each other with our questions or what we feel we want to work on. Often, the answers are out there, or inside of us, and we are unable to connect with them for one reason or another. I find her journey circle exciting and memorable. Thanks Sariantra."
Classes "I really enjoyed Sariantra’s introductory class on Shamanism and Journeying. I learned a lot about how Spirit works and how to work with it, respectfully. Before I learned to Journey from Sariantra, I had vivid dreams every night. I often had 4-6 dreams PER NIGHT that I would remember very clearly. I was never rested and always exhausted. After I learned to Journey, the dreams went away! When I asked Sariantra what this meant, she said that she felt that Spirit had been trying to connect with me, all these years and that the only way it could get through to me was through dreaming! Now I wake rested, because I have my conversations with Spirit while I’m awake!"
Weddings and Celebrations "Sariantra did a beautiful job officiating our wedding. She was SO helpful in writing our own vows and making it fit us. The ceremony was exactly what we wanted."