Melissa Brizzie, L.Ac.
Melissa Brizzie is a licensed acupuncturist and certified clinical EFT (Tapping) practitioner, and founder of AcuTap101. She has helped hundreds of people over the last 24 years as a practitioner in the health and wellness industry. She was certified to teach yoga and meditation in the year 2000, she was licensed in California as an acupuncturist in 2009, and started her Tapping practice in 2019.
Tapping is a stress-reduction technique which involves gentle tapping on acupuncture points to bring balance to the body, mind, spirit and emotions. During a session, Melissa gently guides you through areas of your life so that you can heal the wounded parts of your journey. Through Tapping you can access childhood memories, discover limiting beliefs and uncover painful emotions that keep you feeling stuck in life. Melissa provides a roadmap for releasing the negative so that you can transform, heal and embrace you power, leading to true emotional freedom!
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Melissa began her spiritual journey early in life, and became a yoga teacher in 2000 after graduating college. She opened a yoga studio in NYC in 2002 and helped hundreds of students on their transformational healing journeys through teaching and leading workshops on Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga, Prenatal and Postpartum Yoga, and meditation.
After receiving profound healing from acupuncture treatments, she began studying Traditional Chinese Medicine at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in NYC. She moved to San Diego to finish her Master of Science of Traditional Oriental Medicine degree, and became licensed with the CA Acupuncture Board in 2009. She has been in private practice treating patients with a broad array of conditions ever since, including sports medicine, digestive disorders, and women’s health.
Finding Emotional Freedom Technique, also called EFT or Tapping, has made a huge impact on her life. She used to struggle with overwhelming anxiety, and even with her many tools, she couldn’t break her patterns. Clinical EFT Tapping transformed her limiting beliefs from childhood, and brought her more confidence to move through life’s challenges.
Using her advanced understanding of acupuncture meridians, she guides clients through specific acupressure points while tapping. She is committed to helping people worldwide learn EFT, a stress-reduction technique that lowers cortisol, changes gene expression and creates lasting physiological changes in the body.
Melissa has a soothing presence that puts her clients at ease and allows them to drop deep into healing the body, mind, emotions and spirit. Her clients feel ready to align with their purpose, embrace their power and make an impact in the world!
She lives with her husband, two kids and two dogs in San Diego, and often goes by the name Ayla (pronounced eye-la) to her friends in the Burning Man community.