Mana Acupuncture

I thoroughly enjoyed my treatment today with Sequoia. There is street parking and its in the same building as a business called ‘family acupuncture’. As I walked in, I noticed how clean and tidy the clinic space is, very earthy, designed to make you feel comfortable. I sat down and filled out my intake form, which is very thorough. Then Sequoia guided me to the treatment room, I was offered a choice of tea and essential oil, I chose eucalyptus! Love eucalyptus, he let me know he’s getting a diffuser soon, but for now he incorporated the essential oil into the treatment. After I sat down, he took my pulse and asked a few questions to clarify my responses on the intake form. And inquired any areas of concern I had, I said ‘hormonal acne, left side of my neck is tight and right erector muscle’
Then he left the room, I undressed to my level of comfort (I’m a massage therapist, so I’m super comfortable in this setting), placed my jewelry in the bowl provided and got on the massage table, under the flat sheet.
During the treatment I was gently mesmerized by the music and felt a release in my left levator scapulae (back neck muscle) as he needled it. He addressed my other concerns too and responded with a thorough answer when I asked what a certain point was for, or when I asked for the music to be a bit quieter he happily obliged.
By the end I was drifting in parasympathetic mode aka ‘rest and digest’. Very calm and peaceful place for your nervous system to switch into to heal and realign itself. Important, delicious and so necessary!
Love when I come away from a treatment feeling this way.
I will definitely be going back for regular treatments with Sequoia, he was awesome!