Our Story
At Mackay Acupuncture, the Director of the clinic, Mark McAuliffe just wants to get you well. He has many years of experience to help you with your health concerns. Since 1980 he has practiced Massage and Bodywork and modalities he has mastered and now uses in the clinic are Acupuncture, Craniosacral Therapy, Bowen Therapy, Reiki, Trager, Structural Alignment and Cupping. It was in 1990 that Mark became a Reiki Master and he has been a registered Acupuncturist and Doctor of Chinese Medicine since 1998.
For 5 years Mark was a senior lecturer at Australian College of Natural Medicine, Queensland in Chinese Medicine. The subjects he taught were Acupuncture Point Location, Chinese Medicine Philosophy, Chinese Dietetics Nutrition, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Chinese Medical Pathology, Differential Diagnosis and he was a Clinic Supervisor for final year students.
Mark has been fortunate to study with great masters in Australia, Nepal and Vietnam. He has seen thousands of patients and has become adept with many western and eastern healing methods. Mark has also studied spirituality and meditation methods of non duality and self realization with the guidance of great masters from Tibet, India and Burma in the Dzogchen contemplation and Vipassana mindfulness traditions.