Well Collab Acupuncture

Two central locations to best serve Westchester County and the surrounding tristate area, locally — and anywhere with an internet connection, virtually.

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HEY, YOU

Here’s the thing

One thing that’s really clear — both as humans and as helpers of humans — is that how we exist in our bodies is of primary importance. This is called embodiment and it’s the basis into which all health is rooted.

But plot twist: modern life is geared towards popping us out of our bodies. So at the root of all we do here is our work in the practice of getting you back into your body.

That can look like a lot of different things.

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What People Say…

Testimonials

I've been getting acu with her regularly for over a year. She has helped me in so many ways -- alleviating acute pain, stress, skin issues, and PMS symptoms. No matter what we're focusing on, I notice a difference almost immediately and always feel relaxed and rejuvenated when I leave her office. I can't wait to start adding Feminist Facials to the mix. Don't sleep on Chryssa -- enjoy an acu nap on her table instead ;)

I’ve barely been able to swallow fast enough to move all the freed snot from my head. What kind of voodoo is that, lady??

my anxiety since the treatment Friday is MUCH better. Thank you for your magic!

Transfer is a go. Magic electricity ❤️

I cleaned out my laundry room haha tackled some bills, did dishes, I’m like an energizer bunny 🤪😂

I felt that although I was improving, my recovery was stagnating. After one acupuncture session with Chryssa, I could tell my body was different (in a good way). After two sessions, I was no longer so extremely fatigued at the end of each day and my other long covid symptoms were improving again. After three sessions, I’m feeling better than I have in months — not just less sick, but starting to feel well again.

because I did twice a week acupuncture and now I still come weekly, I haven’t gotten sick: not even once. I know I can credit acupuncture with keeping me little-kid germ-free.”

but after years and years of wrist pain, sometimes excruciating, I have been pain-free since you treated specifically for the myelin sheath.

and I won’t be convinced otherwise.

my brain’s been the clearest it’s been in weeks today! Thank you for all the head needles!

Acupuncture has helped me with both physical and psychological stressors in palpable ways.

I signed up for a series of Feminist Facials because I didn’t want to get botox, but this is so much more than just liking the way I look better. This is me being reminded of who I am again.

and i’m certain that wouldn’t be the case without Chryssa being right by my side during my whole ivf journey. until she came on board, I had no success but once I started working with her, my numbers began changing and my transfer was successful. I didn’t hesitate to go back when I knew I wanted to go for a second baby, and i’m so glad I did.

Hey there!

I’m Chryssa

Well Collab Acupuncture is just your typical mom (and pop, on Mondays!) acupuncture joint — if by typical mom and pop acupuncture joint, you mean I opened up a space and brought my husband on so that we both work to help people unravel layers of social conditioning to get back to their authentic selves, sometimes by radically changing their lives and shedding old skins to more embody who they truly are.

That’s the typical definition, right? Probably.

We are woman owned and operated, and we’re driven by principles of regeneration, collaboration, and nurturing: welcome to The Matriarchy, y’all.

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Recent Posts

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Repatterning as Rebellion

Facial Re:Cognition

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What if releasing facial tension was an act of rebellion? This final post in the Facial Re:Cognition series explores how feminist facial ritual dismantles the grip of perfectionism and invites you back to your radiant, rooted, deeply human self: structure and all.

Matriarchal Elements and the Face as Sacred Map

Facial Re:Cognition

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This post explores how the five elements of Chinese Medicine function as relational tools (not aesthetic labels) within feminist facial work. Instead of diagnosing what’s wrong, we ask what’s been held, why, and how structure can be reclaimed through presence, not performance. This is matriarchal beauty: not a new standard, but a new relationship.

The World You Wear on Your Face

Facial Re:Cognition

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Your face is a map of everything you’ve had to hold. In this post, we explore how patriarchy shows up as jaw clenching, collapsed posture, and facial tension, and how feminist facial work rooted in Chinese Medicine helps you soften, release, and remember yourself beneath the pressure.

Caring for the Girls: A Self-Guided Breast Ritual for Tenderness, Knowledge, and Resistance

Blog 9 of THIS MIGHT BE DENSE: AND OTHER STORIES ABOUT YOUR GIRLS

This final post in This Might Be Dense isn’t more data; it’s devotion. Download a self-guided ritual to connect with your breasts in tenderness, presence, and power.

On Stardust, Microplastics, and the Divine Body That Holds Them

Blog 8 of This Might Be Dense: And Other Stories About Your Girls.

Your body is made of stardust… and microplastics. Born into a world saturated with synthetic chemicals, we carry the burden of modern life in our cells. But even polluted bodies deserve reverence. This is a love letter to resilience, grief, and the sacred act of choosing beauty anyway.

This Might Be Dense, But It’s Also Yours

Blog 7 of THIS MIGHT BE DENSE: and other stories about your girls

Women have always passed wisdom through conversation. Before search engines, there was gossip: vilified by patriarchy, but essential for survival. This post is an invitation to reclaim the power of talking about our bodies, out loud, with each other. Because silence has never kept us safe. But each other? We just might.

BI-RADS, Risk, and the Rating Game

Blog 6 of THIS MIGHT BE DENSE: and other stories about your girls

Your mammogram says “BI-RADS 3.” Your breasts are dense. You’re told to “follow up in six months”… but you’re left with no plan and no peace of mind. This post breaks down what your report actually means, how to understand your real risk, and how to advocate for care that sees the whole picture.

The Screening Situation

Blog 5 of THIS MIGHT BE DENSE: and other stories about your girls

Mammograms miss up to 50% of cancers in dense breasts. Learn why standard screening may not be enough, and how to advocate for the imaging you deserve.

When the Girls Are Always Yelling

Blog 4 of THIS MIGHT BE DENSE: and other stories about your girls

Fibrocystic breasts hurt. A lot. This post unpacks the invisible toll of chronic breast pain, how it affects sexuality and embodiment, and how to support your body with care instead of dismissal.

Milk, Density, and What No One Told You

Blog 3 of THIS MIGHT BE DENSE: and other stories about your girls

We track everything during pregnancy… except the breasts that are expected to feed our babies. This blog explores a theory: do dense breasts make more milk? With tenderness and a little righteous rage, we unpack the overlooked connection between breast tissue, lactation, and the postpartum body.

Not All Girls Are Built the Same.

Blog 2 of THIS MIGHT BE DENSE: and other stories about your girls

Breasts aren’t static objects. Learn how breast tissue actually works, how density affects pain and detection, and why knowing your body is a radical act.

Mine Now: From Object to Self

Blog 1 of THIS MIGHT BE DENSE: and other stories about your girls

When breasts are claimed before you’ve claimed them yourself, embodiment becomes anti-patriarchy work. This blog is about reclaiming what’s always been yours.

Is Acupuncture Worth It?

Acupuncture is an ancient practice rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), focusing on restoring balance and promoting the body’s natural healing processes. But in today’s fast-paced world, many people are used to quick fixes: take a pill, suppress a symptom, and move on.

Acupuncture takes a different approach. It works with your body, addressing root causes instead of masking symptoms. If you’re considering acupuncture but are hesitant about the cost or commitment, let’s explore what you’re really investing in.

What is a feminist facial?

Many people walk into a session expecting a beauty treatment.

They expect to be pampered, to receive something indulgent. And they do, but not in the way they thought.

Instead of walking out with a new mask, they leave having shed one.

Life Requires Care: Embracing the Reality of Being Alive

Those feelings of wanting to take the easy way out when it comes to being human reflect Patriarchal Earth: Accumulation happens when we don’t do the work of maintenance (think about if you never vacuumed — dust and other gross things accumulate) and accumulation can feel heavy, so it then further diminishes our ability to maintain. (For anyone well versed in TCM: this is phlegm.)

TL;DR: WE’RE NOT IN THE PRACTICE OF TAKING CARE OF OURSELVES.

PMS and Sensory Overload: A Wake-Up Call to Lighten the Load.

Suddenly, everything is too much: too loud, too bright, too… too.

The things you usually handle with ease — partner forgets to unload the dishwasher, leaving it to you; dog barks because a person deigns to walk past your house; coffee spills because you looked up while walking — feel unbearable.

You might think (or be conditioned to say and believe) that you’re irrational or overreacting, but the truth is far simpler: your body is responding exactly as it’s designed to during this phase of your cycle. The world isn’t any noisier or brighter; your ability to filter and tolerate it has simply shifted.

And while, based on the world we live in, that doesn’t feel ok, our bodies are still ok for doing it. I promise. Even though the world doesn’t have space for it, even though women are derided and chastised and any emotion is chalked up to PMS with a big eye roll, here’s my take on why feeling those things can actually help you move through the uncomfortable feelings, come out the other side, and better your world and the world around you because of it.

Utilizing acupuncture in the management of post-viral sequelae.

no, i didn’t author a study.

Catchy name though, right?

I just think it’s important to think about the utilization of folk medicine and standardized versions of what we consider “alternative” medicine when it comes to the basic maintenance of our meat suits.

your face, the storyteller.

When faced with change (even something seemingly small, like relaxing a habitual facial expression) the nervous system often reacts with fear and rigidity. It perceives the unfamiliar as a threat. However, discomfort doesn’t always mean that something is wrong; it’s often an indicator of growth, especially within a safely held space.

“So, how did you become an acupuncturist?”

Many of my current patients met me blonde — it’s how I’ve been most of my postpartum life — so now that I’m back to my natural color, I get the question, “Why did you choose to go so dark??” a LOT.

And the truth is, my hair has always been a reflection of the way I navigate life: a little chaotic, deeply intuitive, and rarely in a straight line. Every new shade or style has marked a transformation — of how I see myself, of what I’ve learned, and of the direction I’m moving toward. Becoming an acupuncturist was no different. It’s been a winding path, full of detours and reinventions, but looking back, I can see it all had to happen this way.

I'd say let's talk about the elephant in the room...

It's a lot of wildly swinging hormones, for a lot of women in their late 30s and into their 40s (and 50s!).

That is a huge rotating portion of the population and yet most women are left in the dark about this inevitable period of time in their lives.

Damp Heat, you MoFo.

To be clear: this doesn’t mean shirking comfort! In fact, this is a an attempt to find more comfort in things. The more flexible you are with your definition of what it means to be physically comfortable, the more comfort you’re actually going to feel.

Earth-Centered Medicine

This mirrors the philosophical idea of “as within, so without” — as within meaning what’s going on inside of you, so without meaning what’s going on outside of you.

It’s not a perfect theory, but it’s a lens you can use as a tool to help center where you are and how your environment affects you: for instance, do you surround yourself with people who let you stay petty, or do your people challenge you to make yourself better? Do you exist in an environment that smothers you, or is it one that allows you to thrive?

Consistency is not exciting, and why routine gets a bad rap.

A small way around this can be to engage in what's called microproductivity: where you break larger tasks down into smaller, more manageable bits.

When you do this, you reduce overwhelm and increase your odds of not procrastinating yourself into oblivion.

Boosting Immunity

As an acupuncturist, I’m going to break down the spirit of what “boosting” immunity means. No, it doesn’t mean making your immune system so robust that it starts attacking itself: it means looking at your living self as the system that you are, acknowledging the interconnectedness, and using those facts as basic tenets of living in your body before reading any further.

I’ll wait.

Breathwork

Breathwork at Well Collab Acupuncture is not:

Easy, lol. Because it is work, and I don’t want you to think that you’re breathing softly and mindfully for 10-15 minutes and that’s it. There are meditations like that; this just isn’t one of them.

Using acupuncture to increase your capacity to hold two opposing views at the same time.

Western medicine consistently questions or is ignorant of the basic principles of Eastern medicine, and yet insists on studying from its own perspective.

When people say “I don’t believe in acupuncture,” I often respond with, “That’s ok, because it’s not a faith based medicine.”

Microdosing on Presence.

So even the ways we ground ourselves — cultivating yin, which is the flip side of yang — are actually, pretty ironically, still very yang in the framework of their nature.

Hour long meditations. Using relaxing melody apps on your phone. Hour long relaxing melody apps on your phone… while you get acupuncture.

"Wellness"

Like anything where you learn, acupuncture treatments have a layering effect.

Treatment one is lesson one with a teacher.

Treatment ten is lesson ten.

You are much smarter after ten lessons than you were after one, believe me.

Signed, your teacher.

That Time We Almost Adopted a Costa Rican Dog... Together.

In 2016, Well Collab Acupuncture started as Acupuncture of Tarrytown: a collaborative project between two best friends who had weathered living together in a railroad apartment in Brooklyn and figured… we could do pretty much anything together, after that experience.