A calm Spirit leads the body to balance and harmony.

We always start with Safety and Slowing things down. Addressing the Autonomic nervous system and getting the Vagus to engage and bring us back to a Rest, Repair and Digest state. In Chinese Medicine, The Heart (Mind/ Spirit) is the ruler and a balanced ruler will maintain peace between the other organs.

Sarah has over twenty years of acupuncture experience. 

She is trained in numerous styles but mainly now practices in the Japanese palpation style that uses gentle needling and combines the Classical Chinese medicine theory and principles with a more modern western biomedical approach.

This is effective for internal conditions as well as orthopaedic issues. 

The Palpation style is an organic, hands on and intuitive layered approach where the treatment is guided by direct feedback from pressure points along the body. The patient gets a full hour with the acupuncturist and some immediate shifts can be observed on the table.  

This type of acupuncture is very effective for preventative care, Internal conditions (more chronic longer term issues) as well as Orthopaedic issues.

Different modalities might be used during the acupuncture treatments if needed or to add to the effectiveness.

For example, Moxa might be combined with the needles. Moxibustion is the burning of specific herbs (over a point or area) and enhances the stimulation at the points. This is especially useful in the winter and cold damp weather. 

Cupping and Tuning Forks are also added to the treatment if they can benefit or upon request. 

Auricular acupuncture is another modality that can be added to the treatments for certain conditions.

Chinese herbs in the form of patented capsules are prescribed for certain conditions. 

High quality brands such as Evergreen or Classical Pearls are used.