Care around your concerns
The treatment starts with your current needs and how you are feeling, giving the session a clear focus.
Acupuncture
Classical Acupuncture
Focused treatment. Time to settle.
Your practitioner listens to what is troubling you and chooses treatment around your needs. Fine needles, warmth or hands-on point work may be part of the session, followed by time to rest and discuss the next step.
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Your care
What this offers
More than one approach
Depending on your practitioner and care plan, needles, acupressure, cupping or moxibustion can shape the treatment.
Time for rest
Treatment gives you a protected interval to settle, with optional Charcoal Room rest when arranged as part of your visit.
Your experience
A thoughtful beginning
Your practitioner listens to your concerns and explains the treatment, including whether to use fine needles or another approach. There is time to ask questions, especially if acupuncture is new to you.
Time for your health
Your preferences and comfort help shape the session. Afterward, there is room to talk about your experience and the next steps in your care.
A little more about the experience
Does treatment always involve inserted needles?
Not necessarily. Talk with your practitioner about your preferences. Depending on their training and your care, they may use acupressure, non-insertive needles, tuning forks, cupping or moxibustion.
Can I request cupping, gua sha or moxibustion?
You can share your interest when arranging an acupuncture visit. Ordinary moxa, cupping and gua sha are considered within your treatment rather than booked as separate services. Daoist Moxibustion is a different, dedicated treatment and is coming soon.
Can I request acupuncture on its own?
Yes. Acupuncture can be arranged independently, as well as within clinical care. Your practitioner explains any assessment and preparation needed.
What happens at the start?
Your practitioner listens to your concerns and explains the approach. There is time to ask questions and discuss what feels comfortable before treatment begins.
Different ways to work with acupuncture points
Your practitioner may include these techniques in an acupuncture treatment, or use them without inserted needles, depending on your needs and their training.
Moxibustion
Prepared mugwort brings focused warmth and a distinctive herbal aroma to selected points.
Cupping
Cups create a drawing or lifting sensation at the skin. Temporary circular marks may follow treatment.
Gua sha
A smooth tool moves across the skin in repeated strokes, with pressure adjusted during the treatment.
Other approaches without inserted needles
Depending on the practitioner, options may include acupressure, non-insertive Teishin needles or tuning forks. Talk about what you are comfortable with.
Your next step
Make time for yourself.
Start with what interests you. We’ll help with the arrangements.
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