What is Acupuncture? – Part 2

In the previous post (which you can find here), I spoke about how acupuncture works within the body; the chemical/hormonal effects and changes that occur. But in this post I want to speak about what acupuncture is as a modality towards health and how it is so much more that sticking needles into seemingly random points around the body.

It is a medicine that humans have been using for thousands of years. The ancient doctors and sages took their time and had incredible patience allowing it to develop. They experimented, they observed, they listened, they allowed the human body to give the answers to the questions they were asking of it and from there built this incredibly powerful medicine that we are now blessed to have, that is resurging in popularity and acceptance.

But the sages knew that they alone could not ‘make’ someone healthy. The person in front them needed to take RESPONSIBILITY for how they lived when going about their daily lives. They needed to know how to eat well and enough, they needed to know to sleep well and enough, they needed to know joyfulness and love. And if they needed help with that, if they weren’t sure how to do these things, it was the honour of the sage to guide them back on to the path, so that they could live in harmony with the cycles of nature.

Now, we live in a much different world than that of the sages and the ancient world. Our society has become so fast paced, so focused on end results that many of us have lost our way and have forgotten how to really look after ourselves. We have an almost instant result to so many things in our lives; we can get ‘food’ instantly, (‘food’ that is filling our feelings of hunger but unfortunately is not filling our NEED for NOURISHMENT). We can get an answer to almost any question we want, instantly. We can order almost anything we want online in seconds and get it within 24 hours, less sometimes.

Living in this age of technology is fantastic, it has opened the world to us. We can keep in daily contact with loved ones who have moved overseas, we have an abundance of knowledge at our finger tips 24 hours per day, we can be in community with people the other side of the world, without ever actually ‘meeting’ them. And it is incredibly exciting to be alive at this time in history. But, for many of us, we have forgotten how to look after ourselves; we have forgotten how to listen to nature, have forgotten how to follow the cycles we are intrinsically woven in to…..everything has become so fast, so loud, so instant that we cannot hear what our bodies really need.

And that is where acupuncture comes in, as least from my perspective and from how I work in my clinic. Yes, needles are inserted in to the body, and yes, it can be a little uncomfortable sometimes and seem like a bizarre process but it is so much more than that.

Acupuncture is about finding out your story, it’s about finding the ROOTS of what has created your pains and disharmonies. Do YOU need to know completely what they are?? No, that is my job! It is my job to help you create a new story; to help you develop new daily habits that will build up and compound over time to allow you to reach the goals you so crave. Some of those habits may be something as simple as drinking more water or having breakfast or getting to bed 30 minutes earlier…..all very simple tasks, that compounded over time WILL create positive results. And…taking these steps enables you to take responsibility, enables you to take control and helps you realise that there is not ‘magic pill’ to make everything better instantly. You cannot plant a seed and expect it to instantly produce a flower!

Other steps that may be included also to get you to your desired levels of vitality and health. Steps like nutritional supplements, meditation practices, to mindset training (learning how to talk to yourself in a different way). All of these fall under the ‘Acupuncture’ umbrella.

I am here to help you on your journey, it is my honour to hold this position. I am continually humbled in my clinic to be part of amazing transformations that many of my clients blossom through. If you would like to know more about how I can be of service to you, click on the link below to request your Free consultation.