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How I work

In my work as an acupuncturist and CST (craniosacral therapy) practitioner I think about helping someone by keeping a neutral presence and maintaining a heart connection with them. Mindfulness techniques play a big role in my work. Everyone has their own path in life or Tao. I see myself as being by a person’s side, supporting their health and their natural healing processes.

As a session begins I help my clients settle and connect to a sense of resource. I want them to orient to good feelings, and for them to feeling safe, grounded and centred. We talk a little about what has been going on in their life and what is most present for them at the moment. When they are ready, they go to lay on the treatment couch. I start by standing nearby and connecting with them energetically - so I can orient to them as a whole. I then move to their feet or shoulders to make contact physically, applying the lightest most gentle physical touch. When I feel a good energetic connection is made I may take the person’s pulses - tuning into the energy flow in their body using this method from traditional Chinese medicine. There are six pulses in each wrist and many different pulse qualities. I decide on a treatment approach together with my client and if we think acupuncture is likely to be beneficial. I gently insert needles, using guide tubes to minimise any pain. The needle techniques are usually painless and clients sometimes don’t notice they are inserted at all. In my Toyohari training I had to learn how to needle a balloon without bursting it!

I then work with simple holds to enable a person to deeply relax, connect with inner resources, and release bodily tensions. It can look like I am doing nothing externally - as all the work and change is actually happening inside the body. It is the body’s innate and marvellous wisdom that guides the treatment - in CST we call this the Inherent Treatment Plan. The more still and calm the person feels the better. The stillness the person experiences is called Dynamic Stillness - and the person’s potency increases within this still state of being. Potency feels like radiance - warmth, softness, expansion. One of my clients describes the treatment as being smoothed out.

As the treatment ends the client usually feels a deep sense of inner calm. The problems they came in with are smaller and seem further away and less insurmountable. The treatment continues unfolding over the next couple of days - in that the re-organisation and resettling takes place over the days to come. Most people come for a course of sessions, which gives space and allows a client to reflect on changes and benefits over a few weeks rather than an instant fix. Fixing isn’t really what I think of myself doing. I see it as being about restoring, re-instating, supporting and keeping curious about a client’s responses and sensitivities.

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