Encircle Acupuncture

Encircle Acupuncture Affordable, effective acupuncture on a sliding scale of $25-$50 per treatment. Clinics in East Nashville and Bellevue
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Can acupuncture help you? The answer is YES. Swipe to read about some of the common things we treat each and everyday.
08/15/2025

Can acupuncture help you? The answer is YES. Swipe to read about some of the common things we treat each and everyday.

Can acupuncture help me with (fill in the blank)?💯 Yes, yes it can. Here’s a glimpse at some of what we’ve treated this ...
08/09/2025

Can acupuncture help me with (fill in the blank)?

💯 Yes, yes it can. Here’s a glimpse at some of what we’ve treated this past week!

Small needle, big impact.

Reminders as we slowly move our way from summer to fall — August brings the start of a new school year, meaning more tra...
08/05/2025

Reminders as we slowly move our way from summer to fall — August brings the start of a new school year, meaning more traffic for all of us and lots of new routines and busyness.

A gentle reminder from us to find some small ways to slow down this week. Allow your body some time and space to name what it needs, and accept yourself as you are.

Let acupuncture be part of your routine and notice what can shift in your physical and mental health when you intentionally make time to slow down. 💫

Dear Patient,“That’s where I hold my stress,” a person will tell me, pointing to their neck and shoulders, or jaws, or u...
07/31/2025

Dear Patient,

“That’s where I hold my stress,” a person will tell me, pointing to their neck and shoulders, or jaws, or upper back, or forehead and temples.

Can you relate?

Many of us tense up these strategic areas as armor against an unpredictable world. We’re preparing for an attack that may or may not come, but it’s best to be ready just in case.

But why these areas?

The head, the jaws and face, the neck and shoulders, the back…these are yang parts of the body. Yang is hard, active, expansive and forceful. It’s the skin and muscles and tendons and ligaments that protect our squishy yin interior—the vital internal organs. We don’t tend to talk about holding stress in our lungs, or liver or kidneys, because those organs are busy doing the important work of keeping us alive. They need their yang protectors to step in and run interference.

Tight neck and shoulders? That’s your Gallbladder meridian protecting its yin partner, the Liver, which is responsible for directing all of the body’s cycles. It’s also the Urinary Bladder meridian protecting its partner the Kidneys, which are the root of our constitutional strength and longevity.
Tension in your face and jaws? That’s the Stomach meridian protecting the Spleen, which is responsible for digestion, and the Large Intestine protecting its partner the Lungs.

What about tension in the shoulder blades? That’s the Small Intestine protecting the Heart, the seat of our emotions.

The top of the head is where all yang channels converge. So tension in your head…that’s every yang channel on overdrive, giving their all to shield every yin part of you.

We tense up these areas without even realizing it. We berate ourselves for holding on to physical stress. “Why can’t I just relax??” we ask. But think of it this way…tension is also protection. It’s survival. It’s love.

Life throws stressors at us and the body responds in brilliant ways to safeguard what is most precious.

Take a deep breath, and say thank you to your endlessly wise body. You might just feel some of that tension start to let go.

Love and gratitude,
Your Acupuncturist

🎉 You know what time it is! 🎉 Friday starts our biggest sale of the year!5 Treatments for $105✅ Limit of 3 packages per ...
07/28/2025

🎉 You know what time it is! 🎉 Friday starts our biggest sale of the year!

5 Treatments for $105
✅ Limit of 3 packages per person
✅ Non-transferable and cannot be shared
✅ Never expire!
✅ On sale 8/1-8/31 at the front desk!

Just another little reminder that acupuncture WORKS!One of our most asked questions is, “but how does it work?” That que...
07/27/2025

Just another little reminder that acupuncture WORKS!

One of our most asked questions is, “but how does it work?” That question has many answers and varies depending on if you are looking at acupuncture through a Traditional Chinese Medicine lens or a Western allopathic lens. But there’s also been a lot of research done on acupuncture, and that research helps us understand what’s happening during a treatment.

Swipe through to learn some of the reasons why acupuncture is so helpful! And check out one of our blogs to learn more about the research.

Cheesin’ from Trey today to remind you about our July scheduling changes:BOTH clinics are closed Sunday, 7/20, and Belle...
07/19/2025

Cheesin’ from Trey today to remind you about our July scheduling changes:

BOTH clinics are closed Sunday, 7/20, and Bellevue is closed this entire upcoming week, 7/20-7/26.

Thanks for understanding and come nap soon! 😴

Acupuncture isn’t just adult nap time (even though that’s great) - it’s a powerful, self- healing tool.
07/18/2025

Acupuncture isn’t just adult nap time (even though that’s great) - it’s a powerful, self- healing tool.

🚨We’ve got some scheduling changes over the next two weeks! 🚨
07/13/2025

🚨We’ve got some scheduling changes over the next two weeks! 🚨

Flowers from Alexa’s birthday that we were all able to enjoy. Happy weekend community! 💕
07/12/2025

Flowers from Alexa’s birthday that we were all able to enjoy. Happy weekend community! 💕

It’s Alexa’s birthday!! Please join us in sending her the most love and appreciation on this special day. Alexa leads wi...
07/09/2025

It’s Alexa’s birthday!! Please join us in sending her the most love and appreciation on this special day. Alexa leads with care, intention, and creativity! We are so thankful for her and Encircle wouldn’t be the community it was without her at the head. Thank you, thank you!

Send Alexa all the love and give her the gift of sharing Encircle with your family and friends! 💛

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805 Woodland Street Unit 340
Nashville, TN
37206

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Monday 9am - 7pm
Tuesday 9am - 7pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 7pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 3pm
Sunday 11am - 3pm

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+16154571979

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Our Story

Our founder, Alexa Hulsey, started her acupuncture practice like most do – with a traditional private room clinic. However, she quickly became frustrated that her friends couldn’t afford her prices or get treated as often as they needed. That’s why Alexa opened Encircle Acupuncture (formerly East Nashville Community Acupuncture) as a community acupuncture clinic. Treating patients in a community setting on a sliding payment scale allows us to keep acupuncture affordable and accessible to everyone. Since opening our first location in East Nashville in January 2010, we have served thousands of patients throughout middle Tennessee. We have since grown to two locations - East Nashville and Bellevue - and have seven licensed acupuncturists on staff. We are Nashville’s oldest and largest community acupuncture clinic!