Reduced to its simplest, acupuncture is the millenia-old practice of inserting sterile, hair-fine needles at specific points in the body to strengthen, stimulate and relieve symptoms of disease. But here's what you really want to know:. If you are "afraid of needles" should you still try it? Totally. More often than not the "scared patient" is the first to fall asleep once the needles are in and then be surprised by how relaxing the whole thing was.
Is it weird to stick needles in your body for health and serenity? Sure. It's really weird. I'm the first to admit it. However, the fact that it has been treating patients on nearly every continent for at least 4000 years (compared to Western medicine's 100 years) speaks to its efficacy. Do you need to be sick and broken to benefit from acupuncture?
While acupuncture can be incredibly effective at treating symptoms, the ideal acupuncture patient actually has no "symptoms" and wants to stay that way. The gist is: Energy (or "qi" if you like) is constantly moving through the body (blood is a thicker form of this energy), and when it circulates properly, we don't feel it.
Is it weird to stick needles in your body for health and serenity? Sure. It's really weird. I'm the first to admit it. However, the fact that it has been treating patients on nearly every continent for at least 4000 years (compared to Western medicine's 100 years) speaks to its efficacy. Do you need to be sick and broken to benefit from acupuncture?
While acupuncture can be incredibly effective at treating symptoms, the ideal acupuncture patient actually has no "symptoms" and wants to stay that way. The gist is: Energy (or "qi" if you like) is constantly moving through the body (blood is a thicker form of this energy), and when it circulates properly, we don't feel it.
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After graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in journalism, I came home to Los Angeles and enjoyed a career in feature film development.
We made some fun movies-like the near-Academy Award-nominated The Fast and the Furious films, Not Another Teen Movie, and Cruel Intentions-and some terrible ones for which I secretly fear I may someday be karmically punished.
I was at breakfast one morning in 2002 when I overheard and then eavesdropped on a conversation at the table next to me where a young woman was talking about how she was about to start school to become an acupuncturist.
We made some fun movies-like the near-Academy Award-nominated The Fast and the Furious films, Not Another Teen Movie, and Cruel Intentions-and some terrible ones for which I secretly fear I may someday be karmically punished.
I was at breakfast one morning in 2002 when I overheard and then eavesdropped on a conversation at the table next to me where a young woman was talking about how she was about to start school to become an acupuncturist.
I was indoctrinated into acupuncture by an amazing teacher who thankfully never once said to me, "I better see some koi fish and a water feature in your office someday.".
I knew early on that I wanted to use the acupuncture studio itself as part of the healing that happens at Poke.
My hope was always to create an experience that helps patients distance themselves from their "real lives" so that they can access the tender, human parts of themselves that remain untouched by whatever social media comments they just took a poopy mud bath in.
I knew early on that I wanted to use the acupuncture studio itself as part of the healing that happens at Poke.
My hope was always to create an experience that helps patients distance themselves from their "real lives" so that they can access the tender, human parts of themselves that remain untouched by whatever social media comments they just took a poopy mud bath in.
The studio is on the north side of Sunset Boulevard between Curson and Stanley, on the same block as Bonhams auction house.
It is the big white storefront with the black door.
Parking options include the gated parking lot around the corner on Stanley (text your practitioner to open the gate); two-hour street parking until 6pm on both Stanley and Curson; plentiful meter parking on Sunset and its side streets; and yellow "loading only" parking after 6pm and all day on Sunday.
We accept checks, cash, debit cards, Mastercard, Visa, American Express, Discover, Health Savings Account (HSA) cards and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) cards.
It is the big white storefront with the black door.
Parking options include the gated parking lot around the corner on Stanley (text your practitioner to open the gate); two-hour street parking until 6pm on both Stanley and Curson; plentiful meter parking on Sunset and its side streets; and yellow "loading only" parking after 6pm and all day on Sunday.
We accept checks, cash, debit cards, Mastercard, Visa, American Express, Discover, Health Savings Account (HSA) cards and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) cards.
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