Practitioners
Iris Gold, L.Ac.OMD
Geraldine Fitzgerald Shute, L.Ac.
Dr. Nina K. Beatie, D.C.
Mitzi Andros, CMT
Irit D. Weir, L.Ac., M.S.
"The sky is the limit; moving through false belief is like a ray of bright light breaking through dark clouds. Tears. Healing is feeling."
Irit Weir has practiced Holistic and Integrative Acupuncture for two decades and is dedicated to empowering patients to find their way back into health by examining fear, anxiety and false beliefs created as a survival trap. Her mission is to work with individuals to achieve emotional and physical health, as well as the ability to share this with their families and communities.
Intensive internship at the Guangzhou (Canton) Hospital in the People’s Republic of China, integrating Eastern and Western medicine.
Ongoing study with worldwide acupuncture masters.
Various classes in a variety of techniques.
1988-1990 taught Acupuncture/Integrative Medicine at Napa Valley College.
Given multiple lectures at many institutions.
Irit has treated thousands of patients with the goal of creating peace: peace of mind, peace of body and peace of spirit.
She is committed to supporting areas of conflicts in the world through dialogue groups, which seek to connect people from all backgrounds. Irit has multiple specialties that include infertility and gynecological issues, cancer, and autoimmune disorders.
Iris Gold, L.Ac.OMD
Throughout her thirty years of clinical practice, Dr. Iris Gold has happily specialized in women’s health, guiding hundreds of women to achieve balance during the roller coaster ride of hormonal transition. Her patients have easier passages through fertility, pregnancy, peri-menopause, and menopause. Drawing upon Chinese medicine, nutritional supplements, and lifestyle coaching, Dr. Gold offers natural alternatives to prescription medications for hypertension, high cholesterol, thyroid and adrenal imbalances, and disorders of the spirit such as anxiety, insomnia, and depression.
Dr. Gold derives great satisfaction from assisting both women and men to achieve and maintain their healthy, ideal body weight. She provides a personalized, supervised, and very successful weight-loss program that targets fat loss.Dr. Gold is a licensed acupuncturist and Oriental medicine doctor with extensive experience in natural medicine. Originally trained as a microbiologist, Dr. Gold had planned on attending allopathic medical school. Her life took a turn in the early 1970s following a six-month trip to Asia, where she began to study yoga and meditation. Returning, she attended naturopathic medical school for several years, ultimately receiving her degree in Chinese Medicine from San Francisco College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in 1983. She went on to receive a Doctorate in Oriental Medicine in China in 1989.
Dr. Gold has been a frequent lecturer at acupuncture conferences, and a guest expert in Mexico and Asia. She served on the Board of the California State Organization of Oriental Medicine and Acupuncture for five years, and also is a volunteer acupuncturist at a San Francisco Mission District clinic, providing free treatments to low-income women with cancer. She has two grown daughters, and aside from her work she dedicates herself to environmental activism, gardening, and grand-parenting.
Geraldine Fitzgerald Shute, L.Ac.
Geraldine is a graduate of the Meiji College of Oriental Medicine, now the Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College (AIMC), in Berkeley, California and is a licensed acupuncturist by the State of California.
Originally from Galway, Ireland, Geraldine lived in a home that welcomed students during the school year and tourists in the summer. The opportunity to grow up with many different people, listening to their unique stories, contributes to Geraldine's openness with diverse clients and ability to making them feel at ease.
Geraldine worked as an Analytical Chemist and became interested in acupuncture after finding herself no longer satisfied in her work. Suffering from a repetitive stress injury (brought about by her dissatisfaction at work) and the tragedy of September 11th she sought a new direction.
After discovering rigorous scientific studies showing the efficacy of acupuncture and witnessing the benefits her mother experienced from acupuncture while dealing with a serious illness, Geraldine sought and experienced the benefits of acupuncture for herself. She soon enrolled at AIMC to begin her career in acupuncture.
With her science background and passion for learning, Geraldine combines a Western perspective to the Eastern practice of acupuncture and herbal medicine. She is actively interested in deepening her knowledge of this medicine and often finds her most valuable learning comes from her clients. Geraldine has also trained with Isa Gucciardi at the Anam Cara Foundation in Depth Hypnosis.
Being of service through a healing practice is important to Geraldine and brings her great satisfaction. To learn more about Geraldine's approach to acupuncture click here.
Dr. Nina K. Beatie, D.C.
I have been a chiropractor for 28 years. I also work well with local doctors,specialists and physical therapists and will refer when necessary.
I grew up on a farm in Napa, milking the family cow and farming Christmas trees. What a way to grow up! I attended Humboldt State University and Palmer College of Chiropractic-West in San Jose, California, graduating in 1984. I have been in private practice in Napa since 1993.
As a lifelong athlete, I competed in high school and college cross country and track and field. I am active to this day and love it.... I continue to stay active enjoying hiking, biking, dancing, swimming, and stretching. I also enjoy gardening, preparing and eating healthy food. I live in Napa with my husband of 20 years and two sons.
Mitzi Andros, CMT
Mitzi Andros brings to us years of experience as a Massage Therapist doing deep, intuitive bodywork that helps you create space for change. Her massage work is based on Swedish technique and she incorporates Myo-Fascial release technique, Lomi Lomi, Shiatsu, sports massage and she is also trained in Yamuna® Foot Fitness (YFF). The goal of YFF is to restore healthy foot function by creating balance, flexibility, improved circulation, strength and proper gait (walking patterns) and delicious feeling feet again! Mitzi is passionate about her work and creates a unique experience for each client, as one client described Mitzi's massage "this ain't your momma's massage!".