What is this Acupuncture thing all about?

“Will you tell me what this Acupuncture thing is all about?”.  

In the early days I would try to explain Yin and Yang, the 5 Elements and Chinese Medicine theory.  People would nod, to polite to tell me they didn’t understand. 

It is a challenge to put Acupuncture Theory into a context that people will understand.  Most of us need context or something familiar when we are trying to understand anything that is new to us.  

I was having this conversation recently with my Dad’s farming buddy. (My Dad calls it “Aquapuncture”). He friend was nodding helpfully.  I wasn't convinced he understood.  So I said to him, 

“Basically my energy, 

Talks to your energy”.  

His eyes lit up.  He laughed and replied 

“Ah I see, 

So you are a bit like the Horse Whisperer, 

You are the Energy Whisperer”.  

I laughed too, agreeing with him.  

This warm hearted anecdote helps me to explain, how I begin the work and why I place needles in specific locations on the body, which focuses and directs the energy, to support health.