The first time I visited the Art of Wellness, I realized I was in a very special place. It was not only the sheer beauty and harmony of the place – There was something else… I came to realize it was how the place itself felt – explicitly imbued with healing intent and promoting absolute wellness. It was no accident given the fact that Dr. Tan and Dr. Cai are at work here on more levels than meets the eye.

Their professional expertise combined with a truly rare, highly personalized care that is almost entirely lost in today’s medical world, is what makes Art of Wellness an extraordinary success!

-Andreja Balentine

The short time I spend with Dr. Cai every week is the most special time! She is wonderful in helping reassign my goals, re-center my thoughts, and keeping me focused. She is gentle, caring and so intuitive. Her knowledge and experience astounds me – it is expansive, diverse, and consistent.

Art of Wellness, the staff, and Dr. Cai & Dr. Tan provide a retreat like none other! I appreciate your care and warm welcome each visit. The healing I experience here cannot be put into words. Thanks!

-BK

The presence of Dr. Cai and her staff in my life has been a true blessing. After being told that my chances of carrying a baby to term were minimal and that I should consider an egg donor & invitro, Dr. Cai gave me hope. She felt confident that she would be able to lower my FSH level naturally. Having had two miscarriages already, I was hesitant but I put my faith and heart in her hands.

My reward 5 months after treatment I was pregnant and now I have a beautiful, healthy, and intelligent son. Camilo is living proof that the Art of Wellness is a gift to so many families. The same goes for Dr. Cai’s staff: always welcoming, helpful, and professional.

-Claudia

Dr. Tan has been my doctor for over ten years. I trust him completely.

-Ellen

Dr. Tan has formulated a special blend of Chinese herbs for me. And for five years, I was never sick, even though my family, including my wife and two teenage sons were sick repeatedly, with one illness after another, mostly because of school.

As a surfer and big wave rider, snowboarder and general dare-devil, I occasionally wipe-out! Dr. Tan, with his expertise, can tell more about my x-rays than any of the orthopedic specialists I’ve ever been to. He helps me heal faster with acupuncture and keeps my joints from becoming arthritic.
Three years ago, both my younger brother and my father died of heart problems. Dr. Tan understands that genetics plays a big part of one’s health and includes herbs to help me with these problems.

Is Dr. Tan a healer? I would have to say “one of the best.”

-Rock-Man

Ten years ago, I met Dr. Tan here in Los Angeles; I had been suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for about a year, I was 36 years old, hard working, and very active.

Unless you have experienced this disease, it is somewhat difficult to explain; it began with “surges” through my head, blurred vision, fogginess in my mind, extreme fatigue, and the slurring of my speech. When it was at full force, I would in the greatest sense “completely shut down”.

After going nowhere with western medicine, I was introduced to a Chinese Traditional Doctor who later referred me to Dr. Tan for acupuncture. Since then, Dr. Tan’s continued acupuncture treatments, herbs, and qigong exercise teachings have allowed me to live a very productive and enriched life. Over the past ten years, Dr.  Tan has shown me more than just his practice of a medicine – he has also shown me a simple way of life, a new approach to my health.

I still have to face the challenge of keeping myself healthy, but without Dr. Tan, my odds of living a good life would be much smaller.

Becoming sick was one of the worst things that ever happened to me, but also the best. I am honored to call Dr. Tan my friend.

-L. Hunt

You are awesome!!!
If I had to image an ideal healer-you would be it!!
You match the highest level of personal care for your patients with the highest level of intellectual and technical knowledge.
How lucky are the people who find their way to you!
You have helped me through the usual and unusual-all with impeccable kindness and care.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! That your staff is kind and helpful is a delightful and happy bonus.

-M. Matz

I have been a patient of Dr. Tan’s for several years now. Seldom do you meet a practitioner in the busy, fast-paced life who slows down time. He offers all the time you need. Dr. Tan listens deeply, kindly, and with care, and treats with consciousness, thoroughness, and consistency.

-M.G. Santa Monica

Wonderful experience – I haven’t been sick with a cold for over a year!

-Peter

I have ITP, a blood immune disorder of which there is no cure. This is my first experience with acupuncture, and Dr. Tan is trying to raise my immune system. So far, my platelets have risen and hopefully will continue to do so. With the constant care of Dr. Tan’s care, it is a soothing, wonderful experience. I’m sure anyone who tries this approach will also find it to be a very positive, spiritual healing experience.

-Rami Ben-Shoshan

I am grateful and pleased to have this opportunity to express my appreciation for your medical expertise and truly caring assistance in the hope that other people will be helped by the benefits that I have realized in your care. Having been treated by Dr. Tan continuously for a period of over three and a half years, I consider myself to be in a good position to comment on the medical help that he has rendered to me. I would not have continued his treat so long if I didn’t feel his acupuncture needles were making a substantial difference in my overall health.

After undergoing a series of near-fatal strokes and heart attacks six years ago, I have been treated by Dr. Tan for my severe headaches, loss of strength and sensation of my leg and arm, poor balance, leg and feet swelling, insomnia, and fatigue. To date, my condition has improved so much that my pain and discomfort have nearly abated, my leg and arm strength has returned to almost normal, I get a full night’s sleep, and my energy is much improved. I attribute most of my recovery to Dr. Tan’s acupuncture treatments and his caring monitoring of my symptoms and condition. Dr. Tan has made a major difference in my life, as well as in the amount of enjoyment that I realize from my good health.

Thank you for being there for me.

-R. Leavitt

I could write pages about Dr. Tan’s compassionate care.

When I made my first appointment with Dr. Tan I was in constant knee pain. Within a few months of acupuncture treatments and on-going maintenance treatments, the knee pain is gone and has not returned.

On two occasions he has told me his assessment of my current condition by only checking my pulse, looking at my tongue, and listening to what I was experiencing. I then went to my physician at a very reputable medical center and after weeks of blood draws, tests, x-rays, and CAT scans, my western doctor gave me the same diagnosis. All western medicine had to offer were drugs with serious side effects. Dr. Tan brought me through with herbs and acupuncture and no side effects.

I trust Dr. Tan, his experience, and his expertise as a wholistic healer. Dr. Tan partners with me and the body’s natural healing process for my health and well-being.

-S. Yarlott

I have fibromyalgia.  I have spent several years and seen dozens of doctors, but I have never met anyone as special as Dr. Tan.  His compassion, wisdom, demeanor; there really are no words to describe him until you are in his presence.  He immediately forms a partnership with his patients and makes you understand your role in your own healing.  I have seen my IBS symptoms virtually disappear.  My energy and headaches have  improved steadily under his care.

I feel very fortunate to have found a doctor, a healer, and a partner to help me.

-D.J. Givens

We have been patients of Dr. Tan since 2005.

Dr. Tan has brought in to our lives a ray of light through his knowledge and experience in both Eastern and Western Medicine. As a young family raising a toddler, our greatest concern is our family’s health and over all wellbeing. And it has been such a blessing to have the opportunity to experience “real” healing through all the treatments, herbs and affectionate care given to us by Dr. Tan.

We cannot convey in a few words how wonderful it is to be patients of Art of Wellness – Dr. Tan and Dr. Cai together hold a wealth of knowledge and we feel honored to know them, to be their patients and friends. The best treatment at AOW is the warmth, hugs and big smiles that these wonderful practitioners give with unlimited generosity.

- The Anderson Family

Western medicine and Eastern medicine in harmony together.Since I started acupuncture and herbs, I no longer get colds. I used to get a cold every six weeks along with the sinus infections, throat tickles, runny noses, and the terrible coughs that accompany a cold. Like most, I blamed it on getting a chill or rubbing my face. I thought it was a fact of life. Then I discovered this need not be so since I have been treated by Dr. Tan. If the immune system is strong, then the colds stay away!

-Peter

Words cannot explain the gratitude I have for Dr. Tan. For the last 8 years or so, he has had such a positive influence on my wellbeing. I am constantly telling my friends about acupuncture and its effects on us as humans. The Chinese have been doing this practice for thousands of years and for me, it is about preventive maintenance and that is what Dr. Tan and his wife Dr.Cai provide in the Art Of Wellness.

-J.A. from Los Angeles, CA