06/27/2025
✨️Community Acupuncture is coming to Summerland!✨️ It's no secret that I've been loving our community acupuncture evenings at Cedar and Soul Wellness in Penticton, so I am so happy to be offering community acupuncture sessions now at their sister clinic, Essential Balance Healing Collective in Summerland! These sessions will run on the last Sunday of the month from 11:00am-2:00pm. The schedule didn't line up perfectly with prior engagements throughout the summer, so our dates getting started are Sunday July 27th, August 24th, October 5th, November 30th, and December 28th! These are all available online for booking, as are the upcoming Wednesday evenings at Cedar and Soul: July 16th, August 13th, and September 17th! Online booking is available at: https://kylierodger.janeapp.com/
Community Acupuncture treatments take place in an open room along with other individuals also receiving an acupuncture treatment. This style of acupuncture includes less time talking at the start of your treatment and more time relaxing on the table, dropping all those daily tensions. The collective energy of several individuals entering a healing state in the same space is unique to community acupuncture, similar to group meditation.
In my practice, I use a style of acupuncture that involves the palpation of the abdomen and acupuncture channels of the arms and legs to assess how the qì is flowing within the body. This allows one to find areas where the qì isn’t flowing optimally. The body is the guide for treatment and it gives instant feedback after needle insertion so we can assess how things are changing in real time. This system often uses minimal needles which is wonderful for needle sensitive folks, and often patients report dropping into a deeper state with this style.
A few important things to know for your appointment:
✨️ Please come to your appointment wearing loose clothing that can easily be pulled up a few inches above your elbows and knees. Throughout your treatment I will be feeling the acupuncture meridians on your legs and your abdomen; having a loose fitting waistband will have you most comfortable.
✨️ Community acupuncture consists of minimal talking so we do not disturb the fellow acu-nappers in the room. To help minimize talking, please write what you would like to focus on for your treatment within the "reason for booking" textbox and/or on your intake form.
✨️ Please also refrain from wearing any scents to your appointment.
Thank you so much to everyone who has been supporting community acupuncture in the valley! It has been so wonderful to see pre-existing and new patients at these events! If you've got any questions at all, please feel welcome to reach out to me.
In gratitude,
Kylie 🧚♀️✨️
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