In my experience, acupuncture is often perceived as a mysterious and magical mode of healing, which is a reasonable conclusion for most of us to reach. One of the key elements required to grasp Chinese medicine, is to broaden our understanding of the human body, its interaction with the world around us on an immediate, but also much more expansive level and, importantly, to be able to change our language in reference to the workings of the body and the pathologies that we exp

Life can be a rollercoaster, and in my experience there are times I just want it to slow down so I have a moment to catch my breath a little before the next wave hits. The few years leading up to my personal discovery of acupuncture had been rough and relentless and I was willing the rollercoaster to slow down, just for a moment, just so I could breathe for a second and take stock. It didn’t. If I’ve learnt one thing through my life’s journey so far, it’s that through those t