Acupuncture & Sound Healing Sanctuary

Come join us at a private home in Sunnyvale for a rejuvenating day of self-massage, community acupuncture, and sound healing. Together, we’ll honor the letting-go energy of fall and prepare for the winter season — embodying receptivity, retrospection, and the invitation to go deep.

In between guided experiences, you’ll have time for journaling, quiet connection, and moments of nourishment and rest at your own pace. You’ll be supported by a team of gifted healers, each sharing their unique expertise to help you soften, restore, and reset.

Autumn Vandiver will open the day with a gentle welcome circle and grounding meditation — a chance to connect with the group, settle into your body, and attune to the rhythm of the day ahead.

From there, EmFay Urban will lead a guided self-massage practice designed to soften muscles, open circulation, and calm the nervous system. This simple, empowering sequence prepares you to receive the deeper benefits of acupuncture and sound healing.

Licensed acupuncturist Melanie Trelles Pardo will then offer a community acupuncture session. Participants will be invited to recline comfortably — either lying down or sitting in a chair — to receive a series of points chosen to support deep rest and balance.

Once the needles are placed, the room will grow quiet for the resting phase — sometimes called the “acu-nap.” During this time, your body naturally shifts into repair mode, allowing the acupuncture to work at its own pace. Sound practitioner Josie Weaver will accompany this phase with the resonant tones of crystal bowls, whose vibrations ripple through the body, melting tension and deepening your state of relaxation. Together, the acupuncture and sound create a whole-body invitation to let go and receive.

After the needles are removed, you’ll have a gentle integration period with tea and light nourishment. This pause offers space to move slowly, journal, connect quietly, or simply sit and soak in the experience before closing.

Autumn will then guide a closing circle to reflect on what has shifted, share insights, and seal the container of the day.

Finally, participants are invited to linger for an informal afterglow — more tea, snacks, and conversation in a relaxed, unstructured space. It’s a sweet opportunity to exchange reflections, ask questions, and savor the sense of community before heading back into the world.