Fiona Franklin Acupuncture

Fiona Franklin Acupuncture Deeply Restorative Integrated Acupuncture. A somatic whole body approach to nervous system support. Now Based in Byron Bay & Kingscliff.

Utilising Acupuncture, Bodywork, Reiki, Holistic Lifestyle Coaching, Vagus Nerve, Lymphatic and Visceral Release.

This quote by Sylvia Boorstein has always stayed with me:Meditation doesn’t change life. Life remains fragile and unpred...
22/12/2025

This quote by Sylvia Boorstein has always stayed with me:
Meditation doesn’t change life.
Life remains fragile and unpredictable.
Meditation changes our capacity to sit with it.

Today, on World Meditation Day, I feel deeply grateful for this practice.

I found meditation early in my life after moving through some deeply challenging seasons. At that time stillness didn’t feel peaceful. Sitting with my thoughts felt unsafe. There was a lot of inner noise and very little sense of ground.

But slowly, gently, with guidance, mentors and consistent practice, meditation became something I couldn’t live without.

Meditation did not remove the difficulty. What it offered instead was something far more important. A sense of safety in the stillness. A way to meet what was present without being overwhelmed by it.

Meditation has changed the way I meet life. With more awareness. More softness. More trust.
Stillness is no longer something I fear. It is where I return to remember who I am.

🤍

I would love to hear how meditation has supported you.

16/12/2025

IYKYK.

Not sure my nervous system will ever be healed enough for this 😂

For anyone who gets it - loud, sudden or constant noise can be deeply triggering when your nervous system is already in fight or flight.

When the system is running in high alert, the brain is scanning for threat. Noise gets interpreted as danger, not information. The body tightens, the breath shortens, cortisol rises - and even something as ordinary as an extractor fan can feel overwhelming.

This is a huge one for muma’s dealing with screaming or loud kids all day.

This isn’t weakness or sensitivity.

It’s a nervous system that’s been protecting you for a long time.

Regulation doesn’t mean you’ll never get irritated.

It means your system can stay present, grounded, and recover more quickly - even when life gets loud.

Regulation isn’t about tolerance.

It’s about capacity, safety and recovery.

What if burnout is not just about doing too much
but a nervous system that has been protecting you for far too long from...
08/12/2025

What if burnout is not just about doing too much
but a nervous system that has been protecting you for far too long from chronic overthinking and chronic self betrayal

Circuit breakers help drop you back into the present
Integrity prevents the loop from returning

When your life looks right on the outside
but feels wrong on the inside
your body knows
and it will whisper
and nudge
and eventually scream
until you come home to your truth

If you feel burnt out from the grind
start by asking
Where am I abandoning myself
or living in a way that does not honour what I know deep down

Your energy comes back
when you stop performing
and start aligning

Burnout is not a sign you are weak
It is a sign you are done carrying a life that is not yours

Save this for the days you feel out of alignment 🤍
And tell me below
What is one place you are ready to choose integrity

03/12/2025

In Chinese medicine, the pre-menstrual phase is not a flaw in your design.
It is a moment your body genuinely expresses truth.

The week before your bleed belongs to the Liver system
the part of you responsible for emotional flow
boundaries
integrity

and saying what you really feel

When you spend a whole month swallowing emotions
overriding your needs
or people-pleasing your way through stress
your body does not forget

In the luteal phase
the coping mechanisms loosen
the truth rises to the surface
and the feelings that were pushed down
finally ask to be acknowledged

Irritation
Sadness
Resentment
Overwhelm

Tears that come out of nowhere
This is not you being dramatic
or irrational
or “hormonal”

This is your system letting you know
what needs attention
before a new cycle begins

Your pre-menstrual emotions are messages
not mistakes

Listen to them
They are showing you the parts of your life
where your needs deserve to be honoured
and your voice deserves to be heard

Your cycle holds wisdom
and your body is always trying to tell the truth

Your brain isn’t burning out because you’re stressed.
It’s burning out because it never gets to stop.Overthinking keeps ...
01/12/2025

Your brain isn’t burning out because you’re stressed.

It’s burning out because it never gets to stop.

Overthinking keeps the nervous system half-switched on, long after the moment has passed.

It’s adrenaline with no finish line.

Stress without resolution.
The fastest way out of a mental loop isn’t another thought.

It’s a circuit breaker.

A cold splash.
A long exhale and a hum.
Feet heavy into the earth.
Move your body.
Look around the room and name what’s real.

Clarity starts in the body
before it ever becomes mental.

Save this for the next time your mind won’t quit.

Your nervous system will thank you.

26/11/2025

I still remember a session I had with a practitioner many moons ago. I was speaking about the shame I felt in my body after something painful had happened, and she said “oh, we’re going to need to let that go… we don’t want to feel shame, that’s a really low frequency emotion.”

And suddenly, I felt shame… for feeling my shame. 🫠

It stayed with me for years. I didn’t realise how quietly damaging that moment actually was.

David Hawkins created a chart which shows that certain emotions are “low vibration” while others are “high”
Shame at the bottom
Anger somewhere in the middle
Joy and love at the top

But honestly… I think that model is outdated.

Emotions aren’t hierarchical - they’re human.

You’re not “lowering your consciousness” because anger or grief arises. The lowering happens when you resist it, suppress it, or shame yourself for feeling it.

From a somatic and nervous system perspective:

When anger is expressed (in a healthy way), it can actually raise your frequency. It pulls you out of the freeze response, restores your boundaries and reconnects you to your power.

That’s not “low vibe” - that’s healing.

If consciousness is the ocean, then emotions are like waves. If you try and block the waves from reaching the shore, you’ll be left with backwash, turbulence and a s**t time. But allow then move through, you will ride them, and everything returns to rhythm.

Feeling the full spectrum is not regression.
It’s spiritual maturity.

Modern consciousness work makes this so clear:
Your relationship to the emotion matters more than the emotion itself.

Can you stay present with it?
Can you let it move through your body?
Can you express it without abandoning yourself?

That is high frequency.
Not bypassing. Not pretending. Not repressing.

The most evolved nervous system isn’t the one that never feels “negative” emotions -
it’s the one with the capacity to feel everything and let it pass through.

So feel the anger.
Feel the grief.
Feel the joy.

Your frequency isn’t measured by emotional avoidance but by your ability to remain open through the full spectrum of being human.

That’s consciousness.
That’s embodiment.
That’s healing

19/10/2025

From a young age I trained hard for a potential surfing career. I was in the water for hours most days and also took up yoga by age 9. I pushed my body to its limits, not realising I had hyper-mobility. All the deep stretching and overtraining was silently causing damage.

A decade later I was in chronic pain and told surgery was my only option to heal a torn hip socket. I stopped moving, became stagnant and unhappy, and relied on multiple practitioners each week for relief. It helped temporarily, but what I truly needed was empowerment, not dependency.

While working for eight months in remote parts of Australia, I didn’t have access to any practitioners. It was a scary feeling not having my support team, but it pushed me to learn how to get myself out of pain.

That’s when I discovered self myofascial release and I began training in a way that stabilised rather than overstretched.

I sought out teachers who would empower me with knowledge and immersed myself in hours of online programs with Ian O’Dwyer (.soma Fascia Specialist), Dr Perry Nicholson ( ) and posture correction program. I dove deep into all things fascia, lymphatics and vagus nerve release.

This became the most empowering thing I have ever done for my body. I can honestly say I have not been to a practitioner to deal with physical pain in more than three years because I still use these methods daily. And it’s this mentality that I love to empower my own clients with.

Yes, I still feel niggles in my body from time to time, but now I see them as signals for change and tune in to what my body is asking/needing. I know how to release and stabilise my body instantly. It’s a beautiful and deeply empowering feeling.

And the best part is that I never got that hip surgery. I’ve been living pain free for years.

I’d love to start sharing more of the wisdom and practices I’ve gathered over the years, to help you feel empowered in your own healing. 🫶🏽

11/10/2025

The Sounds of the Nakasendō Way 🍃

Through ancient post towns once walked by samurai, we wandered. Waterfalls singing, forests whispering, fire crackling in the little tea cabins along the way.

Lately, I’ve been practising listening as a form of meditation. Letting the world speak instead of rushing to fill the silence. When we truly open our ears to the living landscape around us, presence finds us effortlessly.

A mindful walking meditation… step by step, sound by sound, moment by moment.

We don’t need to “get back to nature” because we have never left.Daoism teaches us that the body, breath, and spirit are...
22/09/2025

We don’t need to “get back to nature” because we have never left.

Daoism teaches us that the body, breath, and spirit are threads in the same fabric as the forests, rivers, and stars. When we forget this, we feel separate, lost, disconnected.

The water element reminds us of our true nature. Water is soft yet powerful. It flows around obstacles, shapes stone over time, and nurtures all life without striving.

Like water, we are meant to flow, to yield, to adapt, to connect. Every breath, every step, every ripple is an invitation to remember that we belong to the great web of life.

As you move through these images, take a moment to feel your roots in the earth and your place in the flow of nature.

We don’t need to “get back to nature” because we have never left.Daoism teaches us that the body, breath, and spirit are...
22/09/2025

We don’t need to “get back to nature” because we have never left.

Daoism teaches us that the body, breath, and spirit are threads in the same fabric as the forests, rivers, and stars. When we forget this, we feel separate, lost, disconnected.

The water element reminds us of our true nature. Water is soft yet powerful. It flows around obstacles, shapes stone over time, and nurtures all life without striving.

Like water, we are meant to flow - to yield, to adapt, to connect. Every breath, every step, every ripple is an invitation to remember that we belong to the great web of life.

As you move through these images, take a moment to feel your roots in the earth and your place in the flow of nature.

10/09/2025

Who can relate? 🐇

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