Understanding the Menstrual Cycle
The Importance of the Menstrual Cycle in Acupuncture When female clients come to me for support with any issue I always want to ask for details around their menstrual cycle as this is such a useful way to gain insight into imbalances that might be affecting them. Even if they aren’t looking for assistance with […]
New Tai Chi Sanshou Group in Bristol
New Tai Chi Sanshou Group in Bristol Ranald Macdonald, a long term Sanshou partner of the late Paul Brewer, has offered to come up to Bristol to help teach the Sanshou form so that we can practice it together, but it is likely we can expand beyond this to look at Tuishou (Push-hands) and Dalu […]
How Can Acupuncture Help You Get Better Sleep?
How Can Acupuncture Help You Get Better Sleep? In a recent blog post I wrote about the importance of getting good sleep to support your acupuncture treatment. Some clients expressed dissatisfaction with this common advice without any advice on how to go about doing this if you have sleep problems. To that end, I’d like […]
Changing your Habits to Improve The Benefits of Acupuncture
Introduction Over the past few weeks I have been looking at the books and notes I have gathered over the years on the best lifestyle changes that will support acupuncture and tuina treatment. I want to share some general information so that clients can refer to this post for a deeper understanding of how […]
How to Manage Your Pregnancy Nausea & Do What You Love
Four Things That You Can Do For Pregnancy Nausea (and A Fifth That Your Acupuncturist Can Do For You) After my recent post on helping Maisie with her onerous pregnancy heartburn, I thought I would put together this list of my best lifestyle advice for helping with pregnancy nausea. Taking onboard these adjustments should […]
The Five Best Things You Can Do to Stay Well this Autumn…
Five useful tips for getting the best out of life as winter starts to show its face on the horizon…