Mary Tingaud grew up in New Jersey, lived for 10 years in Hawaii surfing the waves, and later settled in California, where she began her practice in Healthcare. Her interests and studies through the years includes Chinese medicine, acupuncture, digital thermography, and various body work including massage, shiatsu, polarity, reiki and energy balancing. This led to her postgraduate degree from Shanghai, China in advanced clinical studies in acupuncture, herbal medicine and tuina. In recent years she studied at the Duke University Medical Center and became a clinical thermographer from the American College of Clinical Thermology with additional training in advanced imaging technique. She has been a practicing professional healthcare practitioner in California for over 18 years.