Tanuj Arany, DACM

About me

• Licensed  and practicing since 2011

• Earned Masters in 2011 and Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in 2013

• Licensed in Rhode Island (DACM), Massachusetts (LAc), and California (LAc)

Have you ever felt more pain, more hopeless, and pretty depressed when you left a doctor’s appointment? During a three-year period in my twenties, I experienced how traditional western medicine was not equipped to help me with my symptoms of chronic pain and fatigue. This difficult time caused me to realize I wanted to help people heal at the root cause of their problems and feel positive and cared for after leaving a medical appointment.

Over the past thirteen years, I’ve felt much joy in helping people relieve pain and experience mind-body connections during healing.

For a long time I didn’t believe it was possible for me to be myself as someone who’s gender non-binary and transgender. What I bring to treatments as your practitioner is a deep lived experience of the energy body and what that feels like if you are dealing with chronic pain or trauma, anxiety, neurodivergence, connective tissue disorders. Patients often tell me I’m intuitive in a way that works uniquely well for them and I hope if this resonates that I can help you too.

Where am I from? I was born in Providence and graduated from Attleboro High School. In 2020 I came back to Attleboro and have been licensed in Rhode Island since 2021.

Why is my name from Sanskrit language and India? My parents, from Pawtucket and Attleboro, took a motorcycle trip around the world starting in 1973. They had a memorable time in India staying with a family who were interested in western culture and already had contacts in Massachusetts. I was named after the mother of the family. Tanuja means “born from the body” and lately I’ve shortened it to Tanuj. Many thanks to friends and acquaintances from India who suggested this change in my name and continue to share context for it.