Acupuncture & Movement​

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I trained in two worlds that don't often meet - East Asian Medicine and movement practice - and over time, I've come to understand they were never meant to be separate.

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A verbal intake can only tell me so much. The fuller picture comes from watching how someone actually carries their body through space - where they brace, where they compensate, which patterns have become so familiar they no longer register as anything unusual. Bodies are remarkably good at normalizing dysfunction. A shoulder that's been guarded for years starts to feel like just how a shoulder is. Proprioception - our sense of where we are in space - adapts to whatever we repeat, whether or not it's serving us.

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Working with someone through both acupuncture and movement lets me see what neither avenue would reveal alone. My movement work draws from Gyrotonic, Gyrokinesis, Comprehensive Pilates, and yoga - each offering a different way to build strength, mobility, and body awareness, depending on what someone needs. What I notice on the table informs how I guide someone through movement, and what I observe in how they move informs what I treat.