I say that this type of acupuncture (Five Element Acupuncture) is transformative medicine.
My purpose here is to perturb the status quo. If you're looking to stay the same you probably wouldn't be here anyway. Keep doing the same thing, you'll keeping getting the same thing - be it back pain or bitterness about your job. If you're looking for other possibilities, different ways of being in life - relief from pain, moving smoothly through this life, getting your money's generally- you're in the right place. I tell patients before we begin treatment that this is going to shake up their life, their past, present as well as their future. That everything, and I do mean everything, is going to shake loose and float to the top. Some of those things sink more quickly than other, but everything comes up.
My purpose is to wake the patient up, literally and figuratively. Allow me to reflect how you are living life. As they say, you're the director and star of your movie. Are you enjoying it? Is this how you had always planned it would be? Will you be looking back at some point and wishing you had had a life. "I was so worried about my job, finances, my medical conditions, my ambitions that I forgot to live a life. I forgot to be."
I've heard this presented in several different ways - I want to be more grounded, I want to get my life back, I want to center myself, I want to find myself.
I believe in the natural healing process of the body. Dis-ease usually takes a long time to develop, and therefore takes time to heal. Our bodies are remarkable in the billions of activities that take place every second to help us maintain health. Things we can take control of to help gain back and maintain health include having a healthy diet, exercising regularly, doing daily relaxation techniques, resolving emotional baggage, building a health support team you trust, learning to love yourself and forgiving those around you who may have created pain in your life. I hope through the wonderful traditions of Chinese medicine and acupuncture to be able help you along your path of being healthy and pain free.
