Do you feel like you are doing the best you can yet you are overwhelmed?

Are you starting to notice your energy isn’t what it used to be and other troublesome health problems are showing up?    This could show up as physically with headaches and back pain or mental-emotionally, as in anxiety or depression.

What are the biggest reasons this is happening to so many people these days?  Where are we going wrong?

Most of us go through life on a sort of “autopilot.”  As time goes by we are becoming increasingly busy in all aspects of life.  Even if we love our work, we still have a finite amount of time and it is stretched thin.  Unfortunately, many of us see our work as drudgery.  The bills begin piling up.  Or maybe your relationship is full of tension, some feel lonely and unhappy.  In these cases exercise and healthy eating often fall by the wayside.  One day we may wake up and think, “You know, I haven’t felt good in weeks, or maybe it’s been years?  What happened?”

And so it goes.  Life has become a struggle and what’s worse you are not feeling good.

I like to delve in and find out what a patient’s ultimate goals are for healing.  What does the picture of perfect health look like to you?  Often when someone is focused on “just getting rid of my low energy or back pain,” and an incredible healing opportunity is missed.  This is the chance to broaden the context of what is really going on.  The low energy or back pain is almost always the tip of the iceberg requiring a deeper level of treatment encompassing many aspects of life and health.

For example it’s important for me to help someone connect the pit in the stomach they feel driving to work with their chronic digestive problem.  Over time, situations like this constrict and deplete the body’s energy.

With Chinese Medicine, vitality and free flow of energy is restored.

In simple terms, through the treatment process one feels much better physically and a sense of ease within develops.   An amazing part of this journey is the “Aha” moments experienced.   This is starting to connect aspects of lifestyle that are creating a life of emotional and/or physical discomfort.  Awareness begins to grow with releases of tension in the body.   Space is created for healing and the treatment process picks up momentum.

As symptoms abate and a sense of wellness returns, it is easier to initiate further lifestyle changes that enhance feeling truly “well” again.

Sue had originally come in for help getting pregnant.  She was in her forties, and therefore felt a lot of pressure.  As treatments progressed she experienced increased clarity with her true desires.  Ultimately she decided she didn’t want to have a baby after all.  Instead she was happily amazed by how the quality of her life had changed for the better with acupuncture treatment.

She felt more of a sense of ease in her day to day life.  What was a positive indicator to me was the day I met one of her old friends who told me “Since you have been seeing Sue she seems so much happier and she is easier to get along with.”  Sue has elected to continue with acupuncture on a monthly basis as it helps keep her feeling good.

Through all the tools Chinese medicine has to offer: relaxing acupuncture treatments, lifestyle counseling, Chinese herbs and diet therapy, you can expect steady positive changes in your life.   Rediscover vibrant health and your youthful energy with this ancient form of healing!