Ajooni Holistic

About the Founder

As above, so below… as within, so without… as the universe, so the soul!”

– Hermes Trismegistus

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I’m a descendant of Northern Indian culture and grew up speaking Punjabi, and by default, I also learned Hindi. An avid learner and graduate of Johns Hopkins and Duke University, I hold a double bachelor’s and master’s degree. My professional background, in addition to practicing acupuncture, is as a nurse working bedside within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), within the medical surgical neurology unit, and in home hospice. I worked heavily on the frontlines during the COVID pandemic in the ICU.

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MY JOURNEY

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My journey in integrative health was sparked at a young age however, was not accomplished until adulthood when I discovered my true passion and vision for health and wellness.

I was guided by a mentor to explore nursing as it provides a holistic approach to health. I was drawn to service in some sort of way to a person, family and community at large. Upon starting nursing school, my own health condition took a toll, resulting in 5 years of amenorrhea (lack of periods/menstrual cycle). Fishing through the nets, I found hormonal pills as a western answer, but was not thrilled by the bloating or 'off feeling' side effects. In a group setting during an 'alternative medicine workshop' at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, I was sitting in a group of mostly women gathered to receive ear acupuncture. One needle went into my ear, and I felt something in my stomach and a drop of blood to signify that my period was trying to start. Simultaneously with the needle, I was in an elated feeling, and had tears that I could not explain as to why these were streaming down my face as a stream finds its path to a river. I sought my journey out of curiosity about this mysterious ancient medicine. Moving across country to LA, I found an acupuncturist and committed myself to this journey with herbs and acupuncture to address and normalize what seems so innate in our nature to have monthly. 6 weeks...6 weeks. Herbs daily in AM as a tincture form with biweekly then weekly acupuncture treatments, my period/menstrual cycle returned on the dot to date. BOOM, I was mesmerized, perplexed, and in reverie.

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Working 9 years as an ICU nurse and going to Acupuncture school for 7 years....I am prepelling my vision for integrative medicine forward here and now in my original home, the PNW.

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WHEN I'M NOT WITH PATIENTS

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When I’m not with patients, I can be found spending time outdoors in nature, being active,  writing Punjabi translations for my coffee table book, doing headstands, writing poetry, and balancing with a trail/beach walk, Yoga or meditating. I have an immense fervor for dancing ecstatically or busting out in song. I travel often and have LA nostalgia when I shred my skates down Santa Monica boulevard.

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I am forever a student; always learning and looking forward to learning more, in whatever reciprocal form our energies have to offer.