Jenna Aquilina

Jenna Aquilina, M.Ac.OM Dipl.Ac. L.Ac. has spent a lifetime focused on energetic & holistic medicine, with a love for learning and exploring that bridges the inner and outer realms of the body, mind & spirit. For 20+ years she’s been weaving healing arts alchemy birthed from diverse life experiences and teachings. This journey began when she was a young child with a very strong past-life imprint towards medicine and the unseen worlds. As a teenager, her own experiences with health challenges led her to a holistic way of thinking, self-advocacy and a unique path on her own as a teenager before holistic was popular, and before you could look things up on the internet. Since then, she’s been learning from and seeing the unity, beauty, truth and threads of connection in traditions from all over the world.

Over the years Jenna’s helped diverse people with concerns like: anxiety, trauma, grief and emotional well-being to chronic pain, surgical recovery, chronic illness, shingles, cancer adjunct therapy, addiction recovery clients, women’s health from menstrual and reproductive to menopause, including fertility, obstetrics, labor initiation, post-partum care, elder care and diverse groups of people and conditions in community acupuncture settings. She began weaving energy medicine and additional needle-free tools and therapies into her treatments beginning in 2005 and started doing distance sessions with clients in 2010. By the end of 2021, she shifted away from a clinical Acupuncture and East Asian Medicine practice to focus more on online sessions with holistic consulting, mentoring and energy medicine.

some background, education & Experiences

  • Nustas and Nusta Karpay ~ Working with the divine feminine energies with Q’ero tradition practices 5/2025

  • Addressing the Root of All Disease: Secrets for Treating Digestive Disorders 3/2025

  • Gu Syndrome: Treatment of Chronic Fatigue, Lyme, Parasites and Chronic Inflammatory Conditions 2/2025

  • Recovering from Acute and Chronic Viral Infections with Chinese Medicine 2/2025

  • Working with the Wiraqocha, Saminchakuy, Mukis, Anchanchus & Q’oto Kuna Karpay , Don Mariano Quispe Flores 5/2024

  • Kriya Yoga Initiation, 5/2023

  • Shadow Resolution in Chinese Medicine 10/2022

  • Study of Jyotish 6/2022 - present ~ Jenna was introduced to Jyotish and Vedic Sciences in 2002 after her beloved school NIAOM closed it’s doors and she had to transfer in order to complete her degree in Oriental Medicine and Acupuncture. Her interest deepened in 2010 after she spent a month immersed in the mountains of Andean Peru, Q’ero healing practices and sacred sites around Cuzco and the Sacred Valley. She experienced a strong past life opening from those experiences which led her deeper into a journey of questions exploring karmic imprints, past lives and how they influence our current incarnation.

  • Stone Medicine, Integrating Stones with Acupuncture Points, 2/2022

  • Treating the Thyroid and Adrenal Glands, 11/2021

  • Thyroid, Hashimoto’s and Depression, 11/2021

  • Optimizing Ovarian Reserve, 3/2021

  • Ovulatory Dysfunction, a Functional Medicine Approach,  2/2021

  • 9 Week Fertility Detox Program,  2/2021

  • Gemstone Energy Medicine, 10/2019 Integrating gemstones into treatments with acupoints and meridians.

  • Seguro Workshop with North Coast Peruvian Curanderas, 10/2019

  • The Treatment of Infertility, 9-11/2019

  • 5 Element Drumming, 3/2019

  • Awaken Your Rhythm- Drumming with the Elements 4/2019

  • Retreat at Casa de Dom Inacio, in Abadiania, Brazil, 2/2019 ~ In 2019, Jenna finally traveled to Brazil to work with Brazilian Mediumship traditions at the Casa de Dom Inacio in Abadiania, Brazil. This helped her lean into inclinations for channeling and mediumship, building on experiences and spontaneous energetic channeling that happened while working with clients and facilitating classes.

  • Traditional Maya Healing Approaches for Body, Mind, Spirit, Arvigo Institute, 8/2018. Maya Spiritual Healing is a beautiful method of working with the spiritual healing qualities of plants, flowers, prayer and aromatics to heal energetic and spiritual challenges.

  • Celestial Herbalism, Intro and Advanced, 4-7/2018

  • Untying the Knot: Treating Trauma with Chinese Medicine, 6/2018

  • Cowrie Shell Divination Training, 5/2018

  • Unwinding Meridians of Acupuncture I, Upledger Institute, 12/2017 Applying craniosacral concepts to the energetic meridians and acupoints of the body assists the body in resetting without using needles or moxibustion. The gentle and non-physically invasive approach of craniosacral has been an important influence since first learning craniosacral.

  • Essential Oils for Common Pediatric Conditions, 9/2017

  • Sound Healing, 9/2016

  • Q’oto Kunas Initiation, 10/2015 The Q’ero place great importance on the Pleaides constellation, called Q’oto Kunas. In Vedic astrology it’s called Krittika. These energetic rites bring the energy of the stars to Earth.

  • Craniosacral II, Upledger Institute, 9/2015

  • Aroma Acupoint II, 9/2015 Deepening with essential oils and acupoints.

  • Aroma Acupoint I, 7/2015 Working with essential oils and acupoints.

  • Yoga Teacher Training, 10/2014

  • Cancer Support with Acupuncture and Herbs, 6/2014

  • Perfecting Digestion, 6/2014

  • Craniosacral I, Upledeger Institute, 12/2013

  • Homeopathy for Childbearing Continuum, 9/2013

  • Acupuncture in Pregnancy and Childbirth, 9/2013

  • 8 Extras and the Childbearing Cycle, 7/2013

  • Healing Community Trauma, Acupuncturists Without Borders, 10/2011

  • School of Massage Therapy,  9/2011-1/2012

  • Advanced Energy Healing II, Rainbow Jaguar Institute, 9/2010

  • One-on-One study in Peru with Q’ero Paqos - Don Mariano Quispe Flores, Dona Asunta Quispe, Don Andreas, Don Pasquale, Don Claudio from 8/2010-9/2010 ~ Jenna traveled to Andean Peru spending a month immersed with Q’ero healing and despacho ceremony. This tradition hails from the Andean mountains where Q’ero healers (Paqos) have a deep connection with the land and work with the earth at sacred sites in Peru. The land here has a vitality you do not find in the USA. Don Mariano Quispe Flores and Q’ero elders have been important teachers through the years. The Q’ero tradition is Jenna’s primary shamanic healing influence.

  • Advanced Energy Healing I, Rainbow Jaguar Institute, 3/2010

  • Maya Abdominal Therapy, Professional Training, Arvigo Institute, 10/2009. Rosita Arvigo learned these beautiful techniques from her teachers don Elijio Panti, and Miss Hortence in Belize. Traditionally, Maya women would go to the island of Cozumel where the temple of Ix Chel is to learn how to care for their bodies and wombs physically and energetically throughout their lives. Jenna worked with these techniques for a long time during the time she was still practicing acupuncture and East Asian Medicine and saw many transformations physically, spiritually and emotionally. The importance of the physical and energetic womb, whether masculine or feminine cannot be understated. It is the seat of the second chakra or Svadiisthana and holds great creative potential in our lives.

  • Maya Abdominal Massage, Self Care, Arvigo Institute, 8/2009

  • Transformation in the Clinical Setting, 8/2009

  • Kanchis Wara - The Seven Layers of the Pachamama, Q’ero Elder Kuryek Akuryek, Don Mariano Quispe Flores, 7/2009

  • Energy Medicine Certification, Four Winds Society, 5/2008-9/2009

  • Andean Tradition Energy Medicine, 11/2008

  • Kiiko Matsumoto Style Acupuncture, 10/2008

  • Balance Method and Global Balance Acupuncture, 8/2008

  • Treating Infertility with Chinese Medicine, 6/2008

  • Herbal Alternatives to Prescription Drugs, 1/2008

  • Medical Qi Gong I, 3/2007

  • Curious Organs, 4/2007

  • Acutonics I, Sound and Vibration, 4/2006

  • Constitutional Facial Renewal, 6/2006

  • Pharmacy of Flowers, 3/2005

  • Reiki I & 2, 4 & 7/2005

  • M.Ac.OM (Master of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine), 2004, Oregon College of Oriental Medicine

  • Northwest Institute of Acupuncture of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Seattle, WA 2000-2002. *NIAOM closed in 2002.

  • Herbal Apprenticeship in Wise Woman Herbal Tradition, 2000-2002

  • International Institute of Chinese Medicine, Santa Fe, NM 1999-2000.

  • Dipl.Ac. (Diplomate of Acupuncture) NCCAOM, 2004

  • Herbal Workshop with Herbalist Isla Burgess,  2000

  • Herbal Apprenticeship at the National Center for the Preservation of Medicinal Herbs

  • BA in Psychology and Women’s Studies Co-Major, 1998, Wayne State University, Internship in Advocacy, First Response and Crisis Line at a Women’s Shelter

Q'ero healers with student