I’m completing a three-year acupuncture program compressed into two, with the same curriculum and clinical hours in far less time. It’s demanding, exhausting, and deeply meaningful all at once. This is a reflection on choosing a faster path, missing home, and learning to practice care that’s steady, grounded, and real.
January in acupuncture school is the most yang version of winter imaginable. While Traditional Chinese Medicine teaches rest, storage, and conservation, the reality is early mornings, dense theory, and nervous systems pushed past their seasonal limits. This is a quiet, honest look at what winter training really feels like, and why listening to the body matters more than pushing through.
January is cold, chaotic, and absolutely not the time to become a new person. If New Year’s resolutions have you feeling tired before you even start, this is your permission slip to slow down, lower the bar, and choose care over self-punishment. (Yes, acupuncture counts.)
Booking is officially open at the Bedford student clinic, and I couldn’t be more excited to finally start caring for you in this way. If your body feels tired, tense, run down, hormonally off, or like a cold is quietly circling, this is an invitation to lie down, soften, and be nourished. I’m offering acupressure massage, gua sha, cupping, and gentle acupuncture add-ons — all rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine and real-life
Acupuncture school in December is a full-contact sport. You’re studying for finals, wrapping gifts at midnight, memorizing channels between kids’ concerts, and trying not to cry when someone asks if you’re “ready for Christmas.” This is a love letter to every woman learning TCM while juggling holidays, real life, and the pure chaos of becoming a practitioner.