Fiona Swinburne Acupuncture

Fiona Swinburne Acupuncture I am a member of the Association of Acupuncture Clinicians & Certified Health & Wellness Coach.

I am a member of the British Acupuncture Council and a registered GAPS (Gut And Psychology Syndrome & Gut And Physiology Syndrome) practitioner.

You will also not regret being softer to the people who need it most - and they may well be the people who didn’t make y...
16/03/2026

You will also not regret being softer to the people who need it most - and they may well be the people who didn’t make your life brighter….

12/03/2026

Some words from the powerful poem by Maria Kalman ‘Women Holding Things’

A reminder of the invisible things women carry every day - care, memory, responsibility, tenderness, grief, hope.

If these words touch something in you, save them for a day when you need reminding.
and if a woman comes to mind as you listen, perhpas send them as a powerful message that she is indeed seen. 🫶🏻

28/02/2026

14 years ago I undertook six months of postgraduate training in paediatric acupuncture. Becoming a mother made it clear to me that I wanted to be able to support my own children with Chinese medicine.

Earlier this week, my youngest son (shared with permission) told me he wasn’t feeling right. After a gentle chat, it became clear he was feeling anxious, made worse by the thought of being in school — worried he would feel overwhelmed. He said talking to a friend helped, but that wasn’t possible during lessons.

Instead of trying to distract him from the feeling, we explored it. He named the emotions, described where he felt them in his body, and noticed the thoughts that came with them. We talked about acknowledging the sensations and thoughts rather than pushing them away.

He then applied pressure to an acupressure point on his wrist while reminding himself: I am safe. I have what I need to move through this. This will pass. The point isn’t magic — it works because it creates a pause. It brings awareness back into the body, regulates the nervous system, and gives the mind something grounded to focus on. Over time, this builds new neural pathways. He’s learning that thoughts aren’t facts — and that he can influence how he responds to them.

Of course children and family never listen to you as a practitioner the way clients do, so I had to show him some proof of how mindset and reprogramming thoughts works. Around that time, I saw a video of Eileen Gu talking about her mindset as an athlete — how she understands and works with her thoughts under pressure — and we watched it together.

Search Eileen Gu: “Do You Think Before You Speak?” (Brilliant Answer!) - YouTube

We also explored the root of his worries, and looked at food, movement and rest — because it’s always the whole picture.

Each day he felt a little better. Yesterday he said, “Mum, that little heart on my wrist is insane! I pressed it once yesterday and it worked instantly!”

I reminded him it wasn’t the point — it was him. He chose to pause, to breathe, to apply what we discussed, and to trust himself.

That’s the real medicine.

Imagine if all of the mini wild hearts were taught this in schools…….

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16/02/2026

Wild hearts

Offline mode: ON. All messages will be returned on the week commencing 23rd of February.

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Fiona
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02/02/2026

Wild hearts- say it out loud with me!

Love
Fiona

30/01/2026

I’ve been studying Chinese medicine for around 19 years, I got a a BSc degree in Acupuncture and I’ve seen how powerful this medicine can be for vertigo.

Gemma’s story illustrates how treatments are not only about relieving the immediate symptoms. In the garden room we work with the deeper imbalance beneath the attacks - supporting the body, mind and soul to find steadiness again.

Please feel free to share and repost. Sometimes these posts can really support people who don’t know acupuncture could help them ✨

Cells thrive in clean blood. Humans thrive in clean systems.When the wider field is sick, the body’s struggle is not wea...
25/01/2026

Cells thrive in clean blood. Humans thrive in clean systems.

When the wider field is sick, the body’s struggle is not weakness - it is intelligence.

Showing up to speak about health and wellness can sometimes feel insufficient - unless we are willing to name the wider forces shaping the body.

A person does not live in isolation from their environment, culture, or the collective nervous system they are immersed in. We cannot meaningfully talk about health purely in terms of mineral balance, TCM pattern differentiation, or acupuncture protocols while so many are bathing in a wider soup of stress, toxicity, grief, disconnection, and systemic illness. This work requires not just working with the knowledge base but the wisdom base - within all of us.

At a cellular level, health is shaped by environment. One of the most powerful ways to influence cellular wellbeing is by altering the environment of the blood the cells are bathed in. Cells move toward what nourishes them and away from what intoxicates them - this is foundational biology and ancient medicine.

We - as a whole human are no different. We are cells within larger bodies: families, communities, ecosystems, and the world itself. When the whole system is unwell, it is not a personal failure to feel depleted within it. Healing is not only individual - it is relational, ecological, and collective. True wellness asks us to tend the whole field, not just the symptom.

Go bravely but tenderly wild hearts.
Love
Fiona

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24 Towers Avenue, Jesmond
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE23QE

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 11am - 7pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 7pm
Friday 11am - 5pm

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