Alan’s Life and Travels
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Sunday, April 11th, 2010Japanese acupuncture was used to benefit victims of the Chilean earthquake earlier this year. How did this come to pass? In my practice of Japanese acupuncture I am invariably accompanied by a student/assistant during treatment. There are three good reasons. 1. Most important being that the patient benefits from the students/assistants focus and intention. 2. [...]
Japanese Acupuncture Workshops in 2010
Sunday, February 7th, 2010The Japanese acupuncture workshop schedule for 2010 is taking a more defined shape as we move inexorably into a very enticing year. For those living and practicing Japanese Acupuncture locally please click on the following link to access the calendar for this year’s Japanese acupuncture workshop and study group schedule. http://www.worldacupuncture.com/public/mgcal.cfm?calID=1&cmonth=02/07/2010 There is a strong [...]
Japanese Acupuncture,Meridian Therapy preferred by elite tennis professional
Monday, January 11th, 2010A warm welcome, especially to our Japanese Acupuncture/ Meridian Therapy/ Traditional Acupuncture colleagues ensconced in the depth of a freezing cold winter in the Northern Hemisphere. It has taken me some time to get into gear for 2010. The latter part of our spring and the first part of summer saw Rainbow Bay buffeted by [...]
Japanese Acupuncture and 3 cases of over zealous application
Sunday, December 13th, 2009As Christmas approaches down under style, the stress of tying up all the loose ends in addition to an extraordinary dry and hot spell of weather has seen a number of my patients present to clinic energetically deflated. 3 of these patients were diagnosed as Liver yang deficiency syndrome, that is where the Ying and [...]
Japanese Acupuncture relieves my Acute Lower Back Pain Immediately
Thursday, November 12th, 2009Last Monday week an innocuous incident saw me dropped by a severe case of lower back pain. Years of pre-acupuncture physical toil, harvesting potatoes and picking fruit has taken it’s toll on my body, leaving me with a susceptible lower back. For the last 5 years regular acupuncture treatment and heightened awareness of no can [...]
Japanese Acupuncture, Infants, New Babies, Dolphins and the Beach
Monday, November 2nd, 2009Hi There, Today’s Japanese Acupuncture post is primarily pictorial. Images of infant patients, new born prodigy of existing patients, dolphins at play, the beach and the ocean were all captured in the last week. I hope you enjoy viewing them as much as I enjoyed taking them. Wishing you prosperity and peace, Alan We were [...]
Images from the Beach
Monday, October 26th, 2009Greetings and Salutations, Yesterday I took some time out to go wandering on a deserted beach south of Byron Bay, NSW. Looming storm clouds and a very swift on-shore breeze ensured a sincere lack of humanity, timing was perfect as the rain started to belt down not long after returning to my car. I captured [...]
Whales, Warriors, Lizards, Turkeys n Tasmanian’s in Rainbow Bay
Sunday, October 11th, 2009G’Day, Very short literary post today, longer on the visual. My good friend, talented Acupuncturist and radical Jersey boy, Andy Rosenfarb has put this site together to assist War veterans recover their health n well being. Please check it out. http://acupuncturehealth.net/wounded_warrior.php Yesterday, Sunday OZ time, I took my old friend, one time patient, incredibly dedicated [...]
Japanese Acupuncture treatment to relieve the symptoms of adult onset Chickenpox
Monday, April 6th, 2009During the past week I have been fortunate enough to assist my eldest daughter, Naomi negotiate the associated symptoms of adult onset chickenpox. As you may know adult onset chickenpox can be extremely severe resulting in diabolical headaches, overwhelming lethargy, high fever, aches and pains in every nook and cranny of the body and the [...]
The Art of Japanese Acupuncture
Sunday, March 29th, 2009It is exactly 2 weeks since my return from Ikeda sensei’s clinic and I am only just beginning to get a sense of what I learned. At sensei’s clinic in Imabari, Japan, conversation was at a premium, a direct result of my diabolical Japanese literacy levels. Ikeda sensei’s teaching was almost exclusively in the doing [...]
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