Beara Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine

26/11/2025

December Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/63e5e27e6a35/november-newsletter-16527564

26/11/2025

Appointments are filling up. Sunday was very much welcomed by patients last year looking to unwind.
To schedule in:
086 365 1112 text/WhatsApp

25/11/2025

GREEN FRIDAY WELLNESS OFFERS

Nourish your skin, calm your mind and restore your energy with my limited-time offers.

✨ Acupuncture Trio Offer
Buy two acupuncture treatments and receive the third at half price - total price €200
Also available on gift vouchers.

*Must be paid in full at time of purchase - November 28th to Friday 5th*

✨ Microneedling Glow Offer — €30 Off
Rejuvenate your skin and boost collagen naturally.

Secure this offer by paying just €30 now, and pay the remaining €100 when you book your appointment -

✨ Acupressure Facial — €80
A deeply relaxing acupressure facial with a complimentary scalp massage for complete mind-body restoration

Available from and on gift vouchers between:
*Friday 28th November to Friday 5th December*

You can call or WhatsApp/text to secure these offers.

Vouchers can be collected, emailed or posted.

25/11/2025

Looking to get to the root of your health issue with Chinese medicine?

Your first consultation begins with an in-depth Chinese medicine consultation to carefully identify the key areas for which you seek treatment for. We will explore the immediate causative factors as well as the broader landscape of your past medical history that can show imbalances to persist leading to your current issue. A custom acupuncture treatment follows, with additional healing modalities such as cupping, massage, nutrition or infrared heat tailored to your needs and strengthened by weekly follow up with a review at each treatment.

086 365 1112
Joanna
www.joannariddell.com

25/11/2025

Acupuncture in winter can be especially restorative in helping to regulate the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis
(Wang et al., 2023 front Mol Neurosci
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9905746/

To schedule your restorative hour
086 365 1112

25/11/2025

Sailing into clinic this morning 7:45am ferry crossing.

Clinic newsletter will be landing in your inbox this week.

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24/11/2025

✨ Gift Vouchers Now Available ✨

Pick up in-clinic or receive instantly by email.

This year’s vouchers come in a stunning burgundy design perfect for gifting.

Facial Treatments available in clinic:
• Micro-Needling

• Traditional Chinese medicine Gua Sha & Facial Cupping (lymphatic drainage + acupressure)

• Cosmetic Acupuncture

Every facial begins with a personalised consultation, including Chinese face reading, plus pulse and tongue assessment to understand if there is an imbalance that needs to be addressed.

✨ Rebalance. Restore. Glow. ✨

Book your treatment or gift voucher today

22/11/2025

Clinic diaries this week

Supporting patients with:

Cancer-related care:
Liaising with oncologists and nurses for prostate health and pre-surgical treatments such as mastectomy and hysterectomy, including chemotherapy support.

Women’s health:
Fertility, menopause symptoms, hormonal imbalances and breech babies

Musculoskeletal & pain support:
Muscular tension, migraines and low energy.

Emotional well-being:
Grief, anxiety, stress and fatigue.

Digestive, sinusitis and allergies

Treatments available:
Acupuncture
Acupressure facial
Gua Sha
Ear seeding, placement of seeds on strategic ear acupuncture points for wellness
Auricular ear acupuncture

Please note: If you are taking any supplements, check with your GP so they are aware of everything you are using.

To schedule a consultation or for more information, please contact the clinic directly.
086 365 1112

22/11/2025

Sadness is a natural and universal part of grief.

I’m reminded that my ancestors understood emotion in a wiser, more spacious way.

In Irish, sadness isn’t something we are it’s something that comes to visit. Tá brón orm means “sadness is upon me,” a reminder that the feeling is not our identity, it arrives like weather moving over the land, shaping us, softening us, but never defining who we are.

When sadness is allowed to be felt rather than resisted, Qi can move with greater clarity and ease.

This is the ancient rhythm of grieving, allowing emotion to touch us, to move through and to pass on while holding our loved ones in memory.

I hold the same rhythm of holding my patients in their grief.

To hold a patient in grief is not to take their sorrow from them or to fix it. It is to offer a steady, grounded presence as the emotion moves through them to witness without judgment, to stay open as they meet what is rising and to trust that the body and spirit know how to find their way back to balance.

It is the quiet art of letting someone feel what must be felt, while reminding them gently, implicitly that they are more than the sadness visiting them.

What changes when we stop seeing an emotion as who we are, and begin to see it as something simply moving through.

Grief can be anything; death, parents, siblings, relationship, marriage, home, friendship, not being able to be a parent, miscarriage, stillborn, loosing a part of us that we were born with - hysterectomy, salpingectomy, limbs, organs, mastectomy, prostatectomy, vasectomy, transplants, senses, memory loss, stroke, ageing.....to name but a few.

20/11/2025

Chinese Solar Calendar

Lìdōng (Beginning of Winter) 7th November

A shift into winter energy; Yin increases, Yang begins to retreat.

In Chinese medicine: good time to nourish the Kidneys, build up internal warmth and strengthen immune energy.

Diet: warming soups, root vegetables, gentle tonics.

Lifestyle: rest more, conserve energy, avoid exposure to cold.

Xiǎoxuě (Minor Snow) 22nd November
Marks the first signs of snow, colder weather deepening - like this morning.

This is a time to protect Yang, especially Kidney Yang and guard against cold.

Diet: hearty warming foods, possibly more protein, warming grains.

Lifestyle: keep warm, layer clothing, maybe adjust sleep to support yang preservation.

18/11/2025

Did you know the reformer is almost 100 years old!Joseph Pilates designed the very first one in the 1920’s.

He started out by attaching springs to hospital beds while working with injured soldiers during World war 1 , this was to help people move , strengthen and recover when they couldn’t stand.

He moved to New York in 1926 and built the first official version of the reformer as we know it today with a smooth gliding carriage, adjustable springs , straps and footbar.

It was originally called the “Universal Reformer” because he genuinely believed it could reform the body as a whole.

17/11/2025

I will be giving an informal talk on postpartum and women's health 2nd December.

Parent and Baby Talks from November 4th

This series of talks is for parents and babies (0-12months). This is an opportunity for parents to meet and connect with one another, sharing their experiences.

The Public Health Nurse will discuss Baby weaning.
Miriam Sheehan will discuss Postnatal Care & Exercise
Lily O Shea will be delivering a session on Baby Massage.
Joanna Riddell will be delivering a talk on Postpartum Women's Health.

These talks will be held every Tuesday from 10.30a.m to 12p.m in the Courtyard at Beara West Resource Centre. For more information contact 027-70998.