Align Acupuncture

Free Acupuncture Day, June 3rd! - https://mailchi.mp/stillpoint-clinic/exciting-news-welcome-our-newest-punk-1xggc9qyge-9437358

Open on Pender this May Long Weekend (and offering a discount to all newcomers until the start of summer💐)

Spots open tomorrow at Pender Islands Health Centre: 12:10 and 3:35pm 🧘‍♀️

Exciting news! Welcome our newest punk! Also, the winner of the Passport to Health 1 month unlimited draw - https://mailchi.mp/stillpoint-clinic/exciting-news-welcome-our-newest-punk-1xggc9qyge

A meta-analysis of 34 studies that included a total of 3365 people who suffer from migraines showed acupuncture to be effective in reducing pain score ratings, number of days with migraines, and duration of migraines. The researchers concluded: “Initial findings indicate that acupuncture-related therapy exhibits superior effectiveness in the treatment of migraine and clinical decision-making should be patient-specific.”

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And let us know the TCM and acupuncture research you find most interesting!

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包含了 34 项研究（总共 3365 名偏头痛患者）的统合分析表明，针灸可有效降低疼痛指數、偏头痛的天数及偏头痛的持续时间。 因此， 研究人员得出结论：“初步研究结果表明，针灸相关疗法在治疗偏头痛方面表现出卓越的疗效，临床决策应针对患者的具体情况。”

欢迎大家随意分享！

也还请您分享给我们您觉得最有趣的中医和针灸研究！

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Looking for some therapeutic quiet time this Sunday on Pender? Two 60-minute spots have opened up at 11:45 and 12:55, or one 90-minute initial assessment and treatment. Contact me or book online at https://alignacupunctureclinic.janeapp.com/ ☯️

We're here at Sea to Tree Health & Wellness in Sooke until 7pm today, showing off our beautiful acupuncture space, answering all your acu Qs, giving out sample treatments, and offering free initial acupuncture appointments (+ some fun Sea to Tree swag) to two lucky raffle winners! Come by and take a tour and enter the draw, enjoy some healthy (ish) refreshments, and take a seat with some needles on this fine afternoon. ☀️

Happy St. Paddy's day!

As luck would have it, we have a couple spots open tomorrow on Pender: 11:45 and 12:55 ☘️ Contact to book!

So excited for our Acu Open House!

So excited to start offering private acupuncture from Sea to Tree Health & Wellness! Book with me in Sooke on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 2-8pm🤍

🌿 Exciting News! Acupuncture is Back at Sea to Tree!

We're thrilled to announce that acupuncture treatments are now available again at our Sooke location, and we have two fantastic new practitioners joining our team: Christine and Morgan! 🎉

Christine and Morgan bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to their acupuncture practice, helping clients find relief from a variety of ailments and promoting overall well-being. Whether you're seeking relief from pain, stress reduction, or simply looking to enhance your health, acupuncture can be a wonderful addition to your wellness routine.

Ready to experience the benefits of acupuncture? Book your appointment with Christine or Morgan at Sea to Tree today! 🌟 🌿

To mark the Chinese New Year and the coming Year of the Wood Dragon, all private initial acupuncture appointments at the Pender Islands Health Centre will be 25% off from now until the end of February.

Here's to new beginnings, fresh solutions, and bringing our visions to life this year, for the benefit of ourselves & our communities🐉🌱

The second spring, November, for ferns, moss, and mushrooms: our surprising traces of yang emerging within a deepening yin. Growing even as the days shorten, unfurling even as the cold sets in, I had to share these beautiful friends that called out from a mossy limb on our forest walk today.

Baxie (the Steel Knuckles) translates to Eight Pathogens in English. This series of points, located between each of the metacarpophalangeal joints, was traditionally bled to treat malaria. But these days, we'll more often use Baxie to treat numbness, stiffness, spasm, swelling and pain of the fingers and hand or the head and face. As our days grow colder and wetter, I'm using Baxie more and more to help ease the symptoms of weather-aggravated arthritis.

Hi everyone! I am now offering acupuncture from the Pender Islands Health Centre Sundays and Mondays. Visit alignacupunctureclinic.janeapp.com to book an initial assessment or free consultation. Looking forward to meeting more of you!

We’re pleased to welcome registered acupuncturist Morgan Cross to her new practice at the Health Centre.

Morgan is registered under the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of BC, and is looking forward to helping our community in healing and health optimization. She practices with a nature-based and holistic perspective, using acupuncture to help restore functional relationships in the body. By inserting fine needles into specific anatomical points, acupuncture stimulates the body’s natural healing response in a wide range of internal, mental-emotional, and musculoskeletal conditions; the addition of Morgan to the Health Centre’s team of allied health and wellness practitioners is great news for Pender.

To start, she will be open for treatments on Sundays, offering more days as demand increases. To book an appointment or for more information, please visit
www.alignacupuncture.ca.

Welcome, Morgan!

It's official! You can now book with me at the Pender Islands Health Centre starting October 15, and every Sunday after that. ❤ Book at alignacupuncture.ca

"Inside of us, there’s a continual autumn. Our leaves fall and are blown out over the water." — Rumi

Oh fall, I’ve missed you. Is it strange to miss fall, when it's all about missing?

The season of grief, the season of letting go, the season of releasing what no longer serves — no wonder we love our bonfires so much. A time of simultaneous heaviness and lightness, I feel both hopeful and sad, like the plant that drops all its beautiful leaves and all its promising seeds in the same breath. There’s never been a better time to cry, to journal, to sit still and listen well, than in the season of ashes. A time for deep, long breaths from a woodsmoke-curled air (is there anything more comforting?), steeped in the sacred loneliness of that fast-fading summer sweetness. 
 
Our internal seasons are ever-turning, not always on schedule with the external seasons of our planet. But what a magical thing it is, to live in a part of the world that does experience seasons, and to experience them alongside everyone and everything else.

So excited to try out this warming ginger & mugwort balm from in the treatment room!

Hi friends, current and future!

It never feels like the right time to dive in, so I'm diving in.

I'm Morgan. I'm so thrilled to be starting Align, the practice of my dreams. It will grow, change shape, and evolve, of course, but always with community, compassion, and endless learning at its heart.

I started this account to share with you all the changes, all the seasons, my thoughts, celebrations, insights, new offerings, and every other thing I can't imagine yet.

First and foremost: I can hardly wait to share that I'll be serving Pender Island in the very near future, with a schedule and location to be announced soon.

And as a not-so-subtle-hint of what's to come next: there will be wheels!