FAQ

What will happen to me when receiving acupuncture?

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Your initial visit will last for up to 2 hours where information will be gathered about your main ailment and any other difficulties you may have regarding your health and wellbeing.

An in depth analysis of your pulse and tongue will then be made and blood pressure may also be recorded.

For acupuncture practitioners the pulse and tongue provide a wealth of information about a patient’s health and act as invaluable diagnostic tools.

Both pulse and tongue are monitored regularly throughout the course of treatment enabling the practitioner to assess treatment progress.

A detoxification treatment is then usually performed using meridian points on your back to assess and disperse the presence of any toxins which may cause a block to treatment.

Acupuncture filaments are carefully positioned into the prescribed meridian points and in some cases may be left for up to 20 minutes while you relax on the treatment couch.

Pulse diagnosis throughout this period will relay how well treatment is progressing.

Subsequent treatments:

These will last between 45 minutes and one hour.

After approximately 6 treatments we will be in an excellent position to evaluate how acupuncture treatment is progressing for you.

By this stage you will know the extent to which your treatments are having a positive effect.

Some long standing complaints may require a greater number of treatments since it is unlikely that an illness which has developed and progressed over many years will be cured overnight.

In such cases we expect a steady diminishing of symptoms coupled with a greater sense of well-being as treatment progresses.

Does it hurt?

All the acupuncture filaments used in the practice are sterilised and disposable. Being ‘hair-like’ in thickness, most patients don’t even notice their insertion! A small electrical sensation or a dull ache may be felt upon activation of the acupuncture point but it certainly isn’t painful.

When employing massage techniques special care is taken to ensure the correct amount of pressure is applied in accordance with the health of the patient.

All needles are used once only and then safely stored for incineration. Acupuncture is a clean, safe and highly eff ective natural medicine.

What happens in a Tai Chi class?

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In our system of Tai Chi we usually begin by taking a moment to allow our minds to settle from the previous activity, to “create space” in the mind.

Our teacher’s teacher, Grandmaster Huang Sheng Shyan created the “Five Loosening Exercises” as well as the “Up and Down” movement also known as “Movement Zero”, “Open - Close” or “Hun Yuan Zhang” exercise. He stated that all his understanding of Tai Chi was contained within the Hun Yuan Zhang.

At first this is hard to believe, but over time we come to appreciate the truth of it.

These exercises are developmental; to begin with they train the body to open and relax, then as the movements become more famliar over time they train the mind to synchronise with the movement and finally through the sinking process we are taught to become coinnected all the way through the body independent of whether we are rising, falling, turning or remaining at the same physical height. All the movements are found in the Tai Chi form, which takes the process a stage further to include stepping.

Alongside the exercises above we learn the 37 step Tai Chii form as refined by Grandmaster Huang from his Teacher Cheng Man-Ching.

When we have developed an understanding of the first section of the Tai Chi form, we are able to begin partner work, starting with the “Eighteen Fixed Push Hands” exercises, aswell as “set pieces”. As we progress through our partner work, we continue learning the Tai Chi form, progressing through the Second, Third and Fourth sections.

As our learning of the Tai Chi principles deepens, we return to the beginning of the form to further refine our understanding and improve our connectivity.

The Partnerwork training continues as we engage Wee Kee-Jin’s “Sensing” exercise followed by “Free Pushing”.