Treatments
Acupuncture
Acupuncture regulates the internal homeostasis of your body, mind, emotions and 'spirit' or 'shen', which means it keeps our bodies working normally as one whole, in relationship to your age, situation, environment, meaningful work, weather, life-style and diet, etc. Our organ systems have their optimal function zones and when we are well and balanced in these relationships, they function well with their own intelligence within these zones of harmony. Stress, anxiety, lack of sleep, poor diet, overwhelming experiences or lack of exercise or meaningfulness place a pressure on the body/mind/emotions and so these organ systems can be strained and start to function suboptimally. We feel this by not feeling well, constantly tired or 'just not right". Malfunction or disharmony over an extended period of time results in permanent deterioration associated with more serious and complex health problems.
Acupuncture has enormous benefits:
- Physiological benefits
- Increasing peripheral circulation
- Augmenting skin and muscle blood flow
- Decreasing heart rate and reducing elevated blood pressure
- Regulating autonomic nervous system
- Normalizing gastro-intestinal motility
- Balancing reproductive hormones.
Acupuncture Aim
The aim of treatment is a clear perception of the different patterns of disharmony involved in your illness/es and to elegantly treat these roots, as well as the branches.
Knowing the roots enables the correct choice of points and methods of point use to treat the branches.
As you improve, sometimes changing your points keeps stimulating and strengthening what can be strengthened and reduces what can't be strengthened.
Once the different originating and aggravating factors of your illness are dissolved at your body's own healing pace, with effortless effort the changes you undergo can be understood by you so that you can then be free to take the necessary steps to avoid or reduce the factors leading to that illness, and whilst stronger, more illness, if that is possible.
At least if the causes are not possible to change you can deeply rest knowing that your body, mind/Shen are keeping pace while maintaining reasonable health along the way.
Education, patience, and most of all time to integrate the healing benefits of acupuncture are important. Patience is learned. Your lived, personal knowledge about the treatment combines with the treatment, like those 'ah, ha' moments, to relieve disharmony, as much as possible, in your body, mind/Shen.
Rates
Initial Consultation: 1.5-2 hours - $75
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Follow-Up Consultations: 1.5 - 2 hours - $75.oo
​​Out of compassion, I provide a 'sliding scale' of treatment prices for Pensioner/Student Card/unemployed, very low income or temporary hardship.
