Meet Our Practitioners

Lindsay Staker opened Quan Yin Acupuncture in 2010 and has worked in the healthcare field for over 20 years. Lindsay graduated with a Master's degree in Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine from Bastyr University in 2009. She has prior training and experience as a midwife and birth & postpartum doula so she specializes in treating all aspects of women's health including menstrual issues, fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause and hormonal balancing. Lindsay also enjoys discovering the mental, emotional and spiritual imbalances that may be causing or contributing to physical pain and dis-ease and loves utilizing acupuncture to harmonize the mind, body and spirit for overall balance and healing.

Lindsay loves spending her free time with her wife and son and their 2 dogs, 2 cats and 2 birds at home. She also enjoys taking vacations with her family to new and exciting places, relaxing by the ocean, painting and doing arts and crafts projects.

Shelly provides both acupuncture and massage therapy and has been helping treat patients seeking relief from pain, stress and fatigue at Quan Yin since 2010. Shelly graduated with a Master's degree in Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine from Bastyr University in 2009. She also graduated with a certificate in massage therapy from the Cortiva Institute Brenneke School of Massage in 2006. She is licensed as an acupuncturist and a massage therapist in Washington State. Shelly is passionate about encouraging her patients to be an active part of their own healing process and enjoys educating her patients about ways to enhance their health through alternative health care options and personal lifestyle choices.

Shelly loves being with her husband, daughter and three cats when she is not treating patients at Quan Yin. She also enjoys camping, hiking, art, science fiction, fantasy & superhero movies, listening to music and socializing with friends and family.

Chaiya became an acupuncturist in 2017 and joined the team at Quan Yin in 2019. She has been in the health care field for over 15 years and has previously worked as a physician assistant trainee, massage therapist, health writer and birth doula. Chaiya graduated with her Master's degree in Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine from Bastyr University in 2017 and obtained her Doctorate in Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine from Bastyr in 2019. She enjoys utilizing acupuncture, Chinese herbs, supplements and flower essences to help her patients resolve a variety of different health issues including anxiety, migraines, chronic pain, infertility and supporting women during pregnancy.

When Chaiya isn't busy needling patients at Quan Yin she is usually hanging out with her two teenage boys, playing with her cats, cooking or knitting.