Chinese Medicine
The fast-paced lifestyle our society promotes is generating so much illness and imbalance that it is leaving the majority of people feeling as though they are simply surviving, rather than radiating with the health and energy they desire. We must ask ourselves the question, why are we so busy making a living, that we are forgetting to live?
Stephanie Flockhart’s original dream was to be a journalist. After school, she got straight into journalism at university, but, as it turns out, natural health is what lit up her heart.
When considering Acupuncture, we almost immediately think of needles. However, within the realm of Chinese Medicine there is a vast selection of tools able to be effectively used and implemented in addition to Acupuncture alone. Ear seeding is a centuries old technique that is currently making a big resurgence, exploring the integration of fashion and wellness minus the needles.
Chris Fehres’ tried to avoid acupuncture, but eventually, it caught up with him, and he couldn’t be happier about it.
Balance. This practice embodies being diverse, flexible, moderate and in harmony with your own rhythms and needs.
The face is arguably one of the most influential aspects of our identity. The expressions we make are evaluated, recognised and judged daily. Impacting not only how we show up in the world but how others respond to us. Faces reflect what is happening within us internally. Mirroring the state of our physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual health.
Tui Na (pronounced "twee nah") is a Chinese Medicine bodywork treatment that uses a combination of massage, acupressure and other forms of body manipulation.
Adele Bishop took time out from her job as an events manager to travel for a year. While travelling, she realised she wanted to change her career to one that helps others. In acupuncture, Adele has found a career where she can help people on both a local and a global level.
In her early twenties, acupuncturist Kirsten Baker ventured to China to discover the essence of her craft through volunteering at a communal acupuncture centre within a Traditional Chinese Medicine hospital. Little did Kirsten know that decades later she’d be helping establish a similar model of care to support Micah Projects, a groundbreaking Australian social housing facility.