What is it like to receive acupuncture?

What do you say when someone asks, “What’s acupuncture like?”

I could just say,
“It’s relaxing”
or
“It feels like a really good nap.”

This is true, but it’s also so much more.

Acupuncture can be a gateway to deeper parts of yourself, to the stories your body is quietly holding, to the emotions shaping how you move through life.

Pain isn’t always just pain.
Sometimes it’s a memory, a pattern, or a message.

The needles?
They can be used as more than tools, they’re keys.
They help you access your energetic bodies, the parts of you that extend far beyond the physical.

And no it doesn’t all happen in one session.

It takes guidance, intention, and willingness.

It’s a conversation between all the parts that make you whole, the earthly body, the mind, and spirit that alchemizes all of this into a human experience.

It is not a promise of perfection, but one of integration.

It’s hard to put into words.
But when you experience it, it doesn’t change you by force,
it changes you by presence.

And the more you show up for it, the more it gives back.