I have been battling a weight problem all my life. I have tried it all. My girl-friend referred to me to Dr. Di Mello who diagnosed me when a thyroid problem. Why this problem was missed still baffles me. But I am glad I now know what the problem was ( plus my bad eating habits) I know also see Dr. Gisler for my GYN care. She started me on the Cleanse diet. Although I first fought it tooth and nail, I finally took the plunge and have now lost about 100 pounds. WOW. That is half of me. i feel fantastic and greatful to these amazing doctors

AKASHA Center for Integrative Medicine is a completely unique practice that offers the highest quality of medical care, individual approach to every patient and warm and caring staff. It integrates Eastern and Western medicine in the most harmoneous way. I am Akasha's patient for Bio Identical Hormone replacement. I drive from the valley all the way to Santa Monica because in my experience there is no better place for any kind of health problems, longevity expertise as well as preventative medicine! For me it's the most trusted place.

A clinic where physicians see themselves as healers, front office staff understand the meaning of being scared about one's illness and the operations director (amazing woman) will do anything to get you properly and timely reimbursed. Their idea of getting a billig person to help you file your claims made it possible for me to pay them up-front. Not a bad deal considering that the doctor spent one hour and 45 minutes with during my initial interview. He then spent an hour for the susequent follow up. Having been a patient at Kaiser for over a decade and used to their stardant 5 minute visit, I initially thought the doctor were just being nice to me because I was facing cancer. Then I sent my neighbors and 2 familty members to them who reported the same experience. Thedoctor's East Asian backgrond ( He is from India) added a new touch and very effective approach to my treatment. Obama should include the Akashe Center as a model for patient-centered-less-is-more approach to medicine. My only complaint... Parking. So leave enough time to park.

While it is indeed true that they are very nice at the Akasha Center, I have had an ongoing billing issue with them and the horribly rated labs they contract with for over two years now. Their inability to deal with the companies they hire is appalling. It's neglect, pure and simple. For this very reason I wouldn't recommend doing business with them, as I was told by members of their staff at the onset of my billing debacle, in September of '07, that I'm not the only one of their patients who's fallen victim to their lab's (Westcliff Medical Laboratories and Specialty Labs) questionable business practices.

It's just that, I find it rather ironic that Akasha Center is supposed to be a place of holistic, higher than average care and stress reduction, when it in reality has single handedly caused me more grief and stress than any other company ever has. Because of this I have not gone back.

I really like this place, its like a full service clinic, but with wholistic medicine and professionals, they have all kinds of methods of healing, from therapy to acupuncture, to meditation, herbs and most things i can think of, i do therapy in this clinic, and its great, the head of the psychology dept. is my therapist and she's great, i highly recommend this place for anyone interested in alterative methods of healing and getting better, whether is quitting smoking or cancer, they can help you out.