Acupunc­ture

Acupunc­ture is an amaz­ing com­pli­ment to uti­lize in a mas­sage ses­sion because it eas­i­ly sup­ports the release of mus­cle tension.

Over­all my needling tech­nique is gen­tle so you can enjoy the relax­ation and quick relief expe­ri­enced when acupunc­ture is applied with­in a massage.

Nee­dle pro­to­col has hygiene in place with one time use of dis­pos­able needles.

Acu­pres­sure applies pres­sure with inten­tion to acupunc­ture points through­out the body. Par­tic­u­lar­ly potent points are locat­ed on the arms, legs and around the head. On the feet, hands and ears there are chart­ed maps of reflex­es on these small­er body parts that cor­re­spond to larg­er body areas, organs and glands, so pres­sure to a point on the foot or hand will affect the cor­re­spond­ing area in the body.

Besides using my fin­gers to tap on the skin, I may uti­lize a sil­ver pin though there is no pen­e­tra­tion beneath the skin. Oth­er times I may use a crys­tal point in order to acti­vate acu­pres­sure points in a mas­sage session.

Spe­cif­ic points are acti­vat­ed to bring about phys­i­cal, men­tal and emo­tion­al shifts. My exper­tise in ener­gy med­i­cine inter­weaves the ben­e­fits of acu­pres­sure into a massage/energy heal­ing session.

Suiku­do means “The Way of Ancient Wisdom”.

At times I may incor­po­rate aspects of Suiku­do with­in ses­sions to sup­port the treatment.

It is a heal­ing prac­tice cre­at­ed by Mas­ter Kikkawa from his knowl­edge of active neu­rore­lease and cranio-sacral ther­a­py, in con­junc­tion with tra­di­tion­al Japan­ese shi­at­su medicine.

Suiku­do rec­og­nizes the prime role the brain plays in regards to the pres­ence of pain and dys­func­tion. There­fore, Suiku­do tech­niques aim to to read­just ner­vous sys­tem pat­tern­ing and trig­ger the brain for the body’s self heal­ing by con­nect­ing the ner­vous sys­tem and vital merid­i­an pathways.

It was an amaz­ing expe­ri­ence to study suiku­do with Mas­ter Kikkawa when I was train­ing in massage.

Top pho­to cred­it: Cory Bouthillette

Bot­tom pho­to: Shan­non Potter