My major acupuncture lecturer was a chiropractor from 1977-9.
His mission seems to me now to have been to get us as practically trained to help as many as possible.
This was prior to the coming of the drugs that now afflict the Western world.
Before, when pain was present – it was endured.
Home remedies, if not working – were then added to by folk lore, what was passed down through the generations.
Now we to take pills.
These used to say – ‘when pain persists – see your doctor’.
Now it is – more pills. different ones – stronger – ever more.
All else backs up behind it – and flows are thus impeded.
If you are an acupuncturist, you may have found that a needle alone cannot move this.
We do need to clear the Damp/Phlegm We are stuck till we do.
The idea of Pain as a message – in all East Asian Medicine.
Pain is present because flows are not flowing.
Answer? – Clear the obstruction and all flows/circulation is relieved – pain gone. Simple.
Pain is telling us something – decoding this now seems to be foreign.
In late 1970’s – as a new acupuncturist I had mostly pain walk in.
Any age – periods, joints, backs, necks – and life.
No pain walked out. I moved it on . . .
It had to be better – or I did not eat.
As a single mum I quickly worked out what worked – and did that.
I always used touch in my acupuncture – now called a ‘body worker’.
Needles are not always the first place to start.
Hands – purposeful intentional moves – first.
AND – Why NOT cold? (Wastes Yang Qi) (PULL OUT THAT COLD)
I call this Foundational Moves as we need to start at the beginning
Originally I called this – Massage Moves for Acupuncturists
It is all about how to Move the Qi
To undo pain – anywhere – we get the Qi and lymph flowing
Often this loss of stress/tension allows the structure to reconfigure.
We build on the Self Soothing and the Move Your Qi challenge and the Pelvic Opening from (What Dads Can Do’)
(All of these are found elsewhere – if you are interested in the entire or part of package – let me know).
WHAT IS IN FOUNDATIONAL MOVES
1 – Loosening the Lymph Congestion/Massaging Upper Body
2 – Pulling Out What is Blocking Natural Circulation Restoration (COLD)
3 – Upper body incl sinus congestion
4 – Lower Body – incl prostate drainage
5 – Sacral Chakra
6 – Gua Sha
7 – Point Percussion
8 – Moxa Usage (especially in pregnancy – and all back ache resolution).
Seen through the different parts of the body and what we can loosen off. .
The lymph, once moving, will collect the toxins that are collected in the different areas.
We clear the cold away – allowing the past preoccupied more Yang Qi to return to heal all that it has missed.
A taste of what is in store . ..
Holistic multi modality, multi linage transformative energy body work – always through heartful hands
PULL OUT THE (systemic) COLD?
Foundational Moves – hands – cups – gua sha – point percussion – lymph moving – touch therapy/gouging with intention – sacral moxa fan