Ms Maya Winddancer Noble
BS, LAc, DiplAcBio
Fields: Alternative Mental Health Services

Maya holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Florida in Microbiology and Cell Science.  While pursuing a career goal of Western Medicine, Maya was involved in two motor vehicle accidents which left her nearly incapacitated.  After 5 years of suffering from chronic pain and a loss of livelihood, Maya was referred to an acupuncturist as a “last hope.”  After a 4-day course of treatment, on the fourth day and for the first time in 5 years, Maya had no headaches and no pain anywhere in her body.  In less than a few months of weekly treatments, Maya fully recovered and more important, got her life back.  Her practitioner asked her to leave her pursuit of Western Medical studies and study with him as an apprentice to bring this form of healing to others…and she did.  She undertook and completed a 5-year apprenticeship with 2 different Master Teachers in Florida, focusing first on Five-Element Acupuncture and mental health disorders followed Japanese Meridian Therapy and physiological disorders.
 
Upon moving to Pennsylvania, state law required her to return to graduate school for 3+ more years of study and thus Maya attended Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and later transferred to Eastern School of Acupuncture and Traditional Medicine which incorporated both Western medical studies and Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine.  Concurrent  with her in-school training, Maya undertook further studies for 1-1/2 years  in Boston with Kiiko Matsumoto, L.Ac., a world-renowned Japanese Acupuncture practitioner, focusing on the treatment of neurological disorders, Parkinson’s disease, and difficult diseases/disorders.

Wanting to further focus on diseases and disorders for which patients were traditionally told there was no hope, Maya went on to spend another year in an assistantship with Dr. Noel Nowicki, MD, a highly respected internist with 30 years’ experience and classically trained acupuncturist as well.  Here she studied treatments for stroke, brain injury, neurological disorders, psychological disorders, pain management and relief, auto-immune disorders …and witnessed patients of all ages living their lives again.

Maya now holds a Masters Level Diploma in Acupuncture from Eastern School of Acupuncture and Traditional Medicine and is a Licensed Acupuncturist in Pennsylvania.  She is a board- certificated Diplomate in Acupuncture with the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM).  She brings with her more than 20,000 hours in the study, research and practice of acupuncture in patients from babies though the elderly.   She believes in working hand in hand with her patients and their medical/mental health professionals to bring an integrated approach to patient care.   She is also a walking testament for how acupuncture can help someone live their life again.