Meet our team
Our skilled practitioners specialize in a range of treatments from traditional Chinese medicine to Shiatsu therapy. Our team is dedicated to providing personalized care tailored to your unique health needs, focusing on women’s health, fertility, stress, and more. Experience a supportive and serene healing journey with us.
Monday: 1pm – 7:00pm
Tuesday: 9.30am – 2.30pm
Wednesday: 9.30am – 2.30pm
Thursday: 9.30am – 7:00pm
Friday: 9.30am – 5. 30pm
Saturday: Alternating Saturdays 9:00am – 3:00pm
Sunday: Shiatsu by appointment only
Davina grew up with a Chinese mother and English father, and lived in parts of South East Asia in her early years. Her mother would often hand her small black pills to take if there were digestive ailments or cook her up a herbal soup to drink with any menstrual issues. These herbs and pills were just a part of her mothers medicine cabinet. In her late teen years Davina had first-hand experience of having acupuncture and herbal medicine to help with her own health issues, and this is when it sparked her own interest in natural medicine and the healing power of the body. After starting a degree in fine arts Davina switched over to study Chinese medicine and has never looked back.
“Healing is not a science but the intuitive art of wooing nature” – W.H Auden
Davina has been practising since 2004 and has recently taken over this clinic space. She’s excited to be practising in the northern suburbs close to the community in which she lives.
For the last 20 years she has worked alongside Steven Clavey who specializes in Chinese medicine gynaecology and has gained extensive training from him over the years. She also worked within the Fertility Pod for many years, assisting many women during their IVF cycles. In 2009 she completed the Diploma of Chinese Medicine Dermatology with the renowned Mazin Al-Kafaji in the UK, she is one of only two people in Australia to have completed his course. Davina has also travelled to China and did an internship at the Zhe Jiang Provincial Hospital where both Chinese medicine and Western medicine collaborate their health systems together.
She has a keen interest in womens’ health, skin issues, and treating children, although has also helped many people over the years for an array of conditions.
When she is not working, Davina is busy with her two young children and enjoys pottering around her garden and going for walks and hikes around the area.
Lara Blumer
Lara (she/her) is a Chinese Medicine practitioner providing acupuncture, herbal medicine, cupping, massage and dietary therapy. She has studied in China, interned at Tsu Chi hospital in Taiwan and worked in a rural community clinic in Nepal.
For the past four years and ongoing, Lara has worked at Elgin House Women’s Health Specialists alongside endometriosis specialist gynaecologist, Dr Clare Myers. It is here that she has deepened her practise, experience and passion for supporting those with pelvic pain. Lara works with a variety of pelvic pain conditions, including endometriosis, adenomyosis, vulvodynia, vaginismus, undiagnosed pelvic pain and pelvic pain in pregnancy.
Not only does Lara support pelvic pain, but also the wide and varied women & AFAB’s health conditions. In clinic she regularly supports those with heavy bleeding, prolonged bleeding, PMDD, PCOS, fertility and IVF support. Lara has completed further postgraduate training in perinatal care and loves to provide acupuncture and herbal support throughout pregnancy, birth and postpartum.
Central to Lara’s practice is ensuring you feel safe, supported and heard. This is put into practice over the years with her previous experience working at Foundation House with survivors of torture and trauma from refugee backgrounds. Lara firmly believes that every person has a unique experience to their health and will always advocate for you to feel in control of your health and wellbeing.
Outside of clinic Lara is an avid reader, gardener and enjoys weekends away hiking throughout Victoria.
You can find Lara at Cura on Mondays and Fridays.
