This picture says it all. A year and a day ago, I wrote my first blog post - and we were in the middle of the best weather we had for all of 2012 (at the wrong time, but lovely nonetheless). I've just taken this photo in our garden, having struggled to muster together a few greenish twigs and buds to decorate our Easter lunch table. Of course, nature has its ups and downs, and each year is unpredictable, so why does this matter therapeutically? Well, we're confused mood-wise, it's hard … [Read more...]
Acupuncture
Acupuncture benefits people in many ways. Read Rosanna’s posts and you will discover how acupuncture can help you navigate through the challenges of life - physically, mentally and emotionally.
Acupuncture Awareness Week – tone up for spring
We've got to believe that spring is on its way - that's why I've put a daffodil photo in this post! But even the most despairing winter-hater will admit that the days are getting longer, and a couple of milder sunny days have brought hope to our hearts. It's a great time to be thinking of booking some acupuncture treatments - to tone up your energy so that, once the spring gets into gear, you'll be ready to meet it with enthusiasm. The British Acupuncture Council's Acupuncture Awareness … [Read more...]
‘Tis the season to be … hibernating.
Over the 23 years I've been practising as an acupuncturist, I've got used to a continuous stream of patients coming through my door at this time of year full of gloom about the cold, the darkness, the ice, the snow - the sheer miserableness of winter. And in a bid not to lose rapport with these dear patients, I nod understandingly and offer morale-boosting treatments towards the end of January when it just feels like winter's never going to end. The truth is I love the winter - it's summer I … [Read more...]
Autumn reflection
Autumn tends to bring up strong emotions in people. Many of you, while conceding that the colours of the autumn leaves are beautiful, may find this time of year a touch gloomy. Or more than a touch. The reduction in day length, the realisation that summer is really over, the feeling that it's downhill all the way until the spring. When I did my acupuncture training, we were told that more people make their wills in autumn than at any other time of year - I have no idea whether that's … [Read more...]
Taking the sting out of needling
It's true - acupuncture does use needles. And let's face it, for anyone who doesn't like needles, this represents a serious stumbling block in choosing to have acupuncture. So I thought it would be a good idea to look the issue right in the face, and to pass on to you the things that I tell patients, and prospective patients all the time. 1) Acupuncture needles are incredibly thin. Compared to the other needles we come across in normal life - sewing needles, syringe needles, … [Read more...]