We’re an award-winning husband and wife team of acupuncturists, healers and teachers here to support you on your journey to wellness.
Our Professional Bios
Salvador Cefalu, M.S., L.Ac. is Founder & Co-Director of A Center for Natural Healing. A practitioner in the healing arts for the past 30 years, Salvador received his M.S. in Traditional Oriental Medicine from Meiji College in San Francisco in 1994.
Having studied extensively with three of Japan's finest acupuncturists — Anryu Iwashina, Masakazu Ikeda and Koei Kuwahara, Salvador is a leading practitioner of non-insertion Traditional Japanese Acupuncture using Gold and Silver needles in the U.S.
As a student of 88th generation Daoist Grand Master Dr. Jeffrey Yuen since 1998, Salvador also specializes in Classical Chinese Acupuncture and integrates the use of herbal medicine, Essential Oils and gemstone therapy into his customized treatments.
Setareh Moafi, Ph.D., L.Ac. is Co-Director of A Center for Natural Healing with over 16 years of experience as a licensed acupuncturist and over 20 years as a certified Yoga instructor. In 2003, she transitioned from co-founder of Yoga of Los Altos, the first yoga studio in Los Altos, CA, to a personal healing journey that initiated her studies in Chinese Medicine.
Dr. Moafi has a B.A. from UC Berkeley, an M.S. in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Five Branches University, and a Ph.D. in Classical Chinese Medicine from American University of Complementary Medicine with 88th generation Daoist Grand Master, Dr. Jeffrey Yuen.
A gentle, intuitive healer, Dr. Moafi interweaves her extensive experience in both Chinese Medicine and Yoga through the Yin Yoga Integration Teacher Training, which she developed in 2018, as well at the Mind Body Zone Yoga teacher training program in Fremont, CA for which she’s been faculty since its inception in 2009.
Dr. Moafi is also the creator of From Surviving to Thriving, an integrative online course designed to help those stuck in survival mode to experience a meaningful life of joy and peace, unhindered by anxiety and stress.
Learn more at www.setarehmoafi.com and listen to this episode of The Natural Healing Podcast to learn all about Dr. Setareh’s journey.
