YOUR COLLABORATOR IN VIBRANT HEALTH

 

Hey there! I'm Amber Valenti Armstrong–wellness guide, educator, Functional Medicine practitioner, PA, group facilitator, speaker, yoga teacher, owner of Confluence Wellness, and co-founder of Luminary Leadership & Wellness Workshops.

I believe connection is the key to most anything great we want in our lives. My work focuses on connection to ourselves, our bodies, our community, spirit and our environment as a way of creating wellness and conscious change. I believe it’s possible to take wonderful care of ourselves, do amazing work in the world, and have a lot of fun in the process.

I specialize in helping people create the ideal environment for their unique body to thrive. I have the great honor of combining holistic and natural approaches alongside the best of modern medicine and science in my work. I offer a root-cause approach to health (no band-aids here!) and use natural options whenever possible. 

All of my offerings are informed by my long-time personal yoga and mindfulness practices, rigorous science and medical education, the thousands of patients I’ve worked with around the world in my career, and my own personal journey of healing.

I am deeply passionate about supporting those I serve in creating optimal health and living into their most meaningful, authentic life. 

Outside of this work I love so much, I also enjoy soaking up the natural beauty of my home in the Pacific Northwest, any excuse to celebrate life with my husband and sons, making art, growing vegetables, kayaking, practicing and studying yoga, cooking meals with dear ones, and traveling to and exploring new places around the world.

CREDENTIALS

  • Certified Physician Associate (Physician Assistant)

  • Member of the Functional Medicine Institute

  • Functional Medicine Institute Trained

  • Master's in Medicine from the Oregon Health & Science University medical school.

  • Bachelor's of Science in Exercise and Environmental Physiology at University of California, Davis.

  • RYT 200 with the Yoga Alliance

  • Adult educator for 20 years. Initially training lay people and medical providers in international and wilderness medicine. Later working in health, wellness and leadership education.

  • Experience providing medical care across the US and world. Including OR, WA, CO, Mongolia, Russia, Haiti, and the Amazon.

  • A variety of international expeditions and adventures. Including leading a National Geographic-supported expedition down one of the last major free-flowing rivers left on the planet through Mongolia and Far Eastern Russia in 2013.

  • Developing and produced an award-winning documentary film, Nobody’s River, that toured around the world.

  • Writing for online publications such as National Geographic Adventure.

  • Talks and lectures for groups of 10-2,000

 

I look forward to supporting your journey to better health!