Our Founder
Meet Dr. Leah
Dr. Leah Rebekah is the founder of Yuè, a feminine care collective dedicated to providing holistic approaches to health, self-care, and women's cultivation through education, personal care products, and wellness programs.
Dr. Leah is a board-certified Acupuncture Physician, educator, herbalist, healer, traditional craftswoman, and scholar of women's health. She created Yuè from the conviction that women deserve access to traditions that honor female physiology, cultivate vitality across the lifespan, and reconnect health with ritual, nature, and community. Through both Yuè she develops community initiatives, and philanthropic partnerships that make women's health education and healing practices more accessible.
Born and raised in South Florida, Dr. Leah has devoted her academic, clinical, and personal life to the study of women's health and the preservation of traditional systems of healing. Her work draws from classical Chinese medicine, Daoism, Yangsheng, Qigong, Neigong, Ayurveda, ethnobotany, and feminine wisdom traditions while remaining grounded in evidence-informed clinical practice.
The Vision Behind Yuè
Yuè Collective is the expression of Dr. Leah's broader vision for women's health. She believes that meaningful wellness extends beyond clinical care and includes the products women use, the knowledge they carry, the traditions they inherit, and the communities that support them. Yuè was created to bring these elements together through thoughtfully developed educational programs, traditional wellness products, community workshops, and initiatives that expand access to healing for women locally and around the world.
Through all the resources and programs offered through Yuè, Dr. Leah's work is guided by a single purpose: to help women cultivate health, embody wisdom, and participate in traditions that support flourishing across every stage of life.
Education & Professional Background
Dr. Leah earned her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Florida Atlantic University, where her studies emphasized women's studies and healthcare. She later completed both her Bachelor of Science in Health Science and Master of Oriental Medicine at the Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine and is currently completing her Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM). Her doctoral research explores female-centered theories of Yangsheng, Qigong, and Neigong while developing new approaches to women's constitutional restoration and lifelong cultivation.
Her professional experience spans nearly a decade in behavioral healthcare across residential detoxification, Partial Hospitalization (PHP), and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) settings, where she has worked extensively with women recovering from trauma, substance use disorders, and complex mental health conditions. She also serves as a Holistic Systems Consultant, partnering with behavioral health organizations to integrate holistic medicine into interdisciplinary models of care through clinical programming, provider education, and systems development.
Dr. Leah is a Certified Practitioner of Feminine Medicine under Dr. Leonor Luna, AP, and a Certified Ritual Specialist trained in the facilitation of intentional ceremonial practice. She has also studied Qigong and Tai Chi Chuan under physician Dr. Jean Walker in the Cheng Man-Ch'ing Yang Style tradition. Dr. Leah serves as a professor of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine, where she teaches Traditional Chinese Medicine history and Qigong.
Clinical Care Branch
Yue Traditional Medicine
Dr. Leah’s private practice is devoted exclusively to women’s health, with a particular focus on supporting women navigating recovery from substance use disorders, trauma, chronic illness, complex mental-emotional conditions, significant life transitions, psycho-spiritual concerns, and sexual health dysfunction. Drawing upon nearly a decade of experience in behavioral healthcare, she has developed specialized expertise in caring for women whose histories of nervous system dysregulation, chronic stress, and adverse life experiences have contributed to persistent and complex health concerns. Through her pioneering Embodied Acupuncture Method, Dr. Leah approaches healing as an active, relational process supporting constitutional restoration, emotional integration, and meaningful personal transformation.
Women’s Embodied Acupuncture is Dr. Leah’s signature integrative treatment experience for women seeking deep restoration, personal transformation, and a renewed relationship with themselves. These extended sessions bring together traditional East Asian medicine, somatic and experiential approaches, ritual practice, and energy work to support women navigating complex emotional, psychological, physical, and spiritual changes.
Rather than focusing solely on symptom relief, Women’s Embodied Acupuncture creates a therapeutic environment in which women can reconnect with their bodies, process lived experience, cultivate deeper inner awareness, and develop new patterns that support long-term healing and greater personal freedom. Treatment unfolds responsively through the therapeutic relationship and the patient’s emotional, somatic, and energetic experience, allowing acupuncture to become part of an active process of integration and restoration.
