Whole-Hearted Medicine.

About Karla Archambeault, L.Ac

I’m Karla Archambeault, a licensed acupuncturist, bodyworker, and lifelong student of healing. My work integrates Five Element Acupuncture, somatic therapy, traditional Chinese Medicine, and hands -on bodywork to help people reconnect with themselves- feeling more whole, more alive, and more at home in their bodies.

My journey to become a healer began in my teens, drawn to the magic of nature, rhythm and all things sacred. I studied herbalism with Susun Weed, practiced yoga, and was inspired by the philosophies of Rudolph Steiner- deeply moved by the idea that healing lives in rhythm, beauty and connection to the seasons.

In 2005 I became a massage therapist (Finger Lakes School of Massage, Ithaca, NY), and for over 20 years, bodywork has been the foundation of my healing practice. Early on in my career I began to witness powerful emotional releases while people were receiving bodywork, and became curious how trauma lives in the body- both in others and in myself. That led me into my studies of somatic therapy. I went on to complete a six-year professional training in Body- Centered Psychotherapy at the Hartford Family Institute, as well as SomaSoul Somatic Therapy with Dan Leven of the Leven Institute. These programs have profoundly shaped how I understand the connection between the body, emotions, and healing as an integrated process.

Over the last decade, I’ve had the honor of working at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, where I’ve practiced massage, Reiki, Energy Healing, Craniosacral Therapy, Ayurvedic Bodywork, and Ayurvedic Health Counseling. In my years there, I’ve had the privilege of working with thousands of guests from all walks of life-each one a teacher in their own way. I’ve also been fortunate to learn from some of the world’s most gifted teachers and healers, deepening my craft and expanding my understanding of what it means to truly support another’s transformation.

In 2020 I began a Master’s program in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine at the Academy for Five Element Acupuncture in Gainesville, Florida. What drew me to study Chinese medicine was its unwavering belief in the body’s innate intelligence, and in the luminous self that exists beyond the traumas we’ve lived through. Through my work with my mentor and teacher Lonny Jarrett, I came to understand that true healing must integrate all parts of the self- with nothing left behind. Chinese Medicine offered me a path not only to heal deeply rooted wounds, but to support others in becoming more whole, more alive, and more fully themselves.

Lonny’s teachings shaped my own vision: that the deepest medicine brings forward the good, the true, and the beautiful- for the healing of both the individual and the collective. I have also come to understand that we are greater than our traumas, we are whole, luminous and most importantly we are LOVE.

Today I bring these values into every session: a commitment to presence, to growth, and to supporting each persons natural vitality and luminosity.

When I am not working, I enjoy walking in the woods, sitting by the water, getting lost in used book stores, photography, cooking, dancing, writing, spending time with my sweet black cat, Brahmi, and exploring this beautiful, magical, and WILDLY PRECIOUS life.