Fiona Swinburne Acupuncture

05/12/2025

Are you tired just from hearing yourself say the same thing over and over?

When we’re exhausted, it’s natural to look outside ourselves for answers or remedies.

But have you taken a moment to look in at your life, at yourself? To consider what might need to change, what you might need to leave behind, or simply say no to first?

Do you suspect that the life you’re living isn’t the life you truly want? Maybe it’s become what society, your partner, or your family expected. And maybe now you realise you want something different… something for you.

Give yourself time to ask the hard questions, and perhaps plan the hard conversations.

Do that first. Then think about what you can bring in.

Till the soil of your own garden before planting anything new.

Clear out the old furniture so there’s space for the new… I think you know what I mean.

Winter is a call to the deep and in in Chinese medicine- it’s not a time to be up and out.

It’s usually the clearing that makes the biggest impact.

Hit some love or share if this resonates 🫶🏻✨

The reel that hits the nail on the head by 👌🏼

28/11/2025

“..I had toyed with acupuncture for a while but it was chance that led me to contact Fiona, and what luck that turned out to be.

At the time I felt overcome with a malaise that was blighting my life. The only word I could find to describe the feeling was ‘blocked’. Having had some bad experiences in clinical settings in the past, both physical and psychiatric, I was both sceptical and scared. Not wanting to re-visit aspects and illnesses of the past, I just felt I needed to improve my physical wellbeing as a peri-menopausal woman. Of course, it was more than that but Fiona spoke spoke to me so sensitively I knew I wanted one more throw of the dice and decided to give acupuncture a go. I distinctly recall her telling me healing could be beautiful. I didn’t believe it.

Thus began the most transformational experience. With years of failed medical interventions and more prescribed drugs than I could list, I had given up on finding a way to mend myself, to find wholeness. Acupuncture with Fiona has been the first and only treatment in over 30 years to gift physical and emotional healing. It has not always been easy and I have had psychotherapeutic suppport alongside acupuncture, something Fiona recommended early on. She worked in tandem with my psychotherapist, tailoring the acunpuncture treatement together. Acupuncture has kept me grounded in moments of real difficulty and provided incredible relief for both physical and emotional symptons, along with a gradual release of the ‘stuckness’ I was experiencing. The feeling I have, some time on (Fiona has been incredbly patient) is that I can feel movement flowing through my body again.

Acupuncture really works and Fiona is a truly intuitive acupuncturist (and so much more). Alongside the needles, there is poetry, music, coaching, questioning, nutritional guidance, meditation, laughter and a deep knowing of the healing power of nature and the outdoors.

I love hearing the names of some of the acupuncture points during my treatment. ‘Mound of Ruins’ describes how I felt when I first walked in to the Garden Clinic.“ Nov 25

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11/11/2025

Wild hearts 🖤 If you awake in the morning to ALL of the thoughts, especially the doom inducing kind, give yourself a chance to rise, make some tea and begin again. Don’t let the doom pin you down.

If you work with me, you know this is top tier advice 👌🏼

BUT FIRST MAKE TEA by .godden from With Love, Grief and Fury.

Please like, save or share with anyone who may need a little restart for their day. And definitely buy this book. Wow!

Thank you to C for such a thoughtful gift. ✨🫶🏻

23/10/2025

Wild hearts - stay open to Joy ✨

I was just sitting waiting for my last client of the day to show up and as you all know, it’s been a bit of a time lately.

I noticed Nick Mulvey was going live to play a track from Dark Harvest Part 2 and then he only went and gave my work a little shout-out on Instagram.

Celebrate with me! A lovely little reminder that joy can find its way in, even through the cracks.

Celebrating those moments makes the joyful ones even more joyful - a lovely ripple effect of joy.

Stay open to joy

23/10/2025

21/10/2025

Some experiences challenge everything we think we can handle, and yet, within them, we often find unexpected strength, deep connection, and lasting gifts.

Four weeks ago, my father died — at home, just as he wished. He wanted his daughters to carry his coffin. He always told anyone who would listen, “My daughters can do anything any man can.” And above all, he wished for his family to remain united.

Honouring those wishes became one of the hardest and most meaningful experiences of my life. My sisters and I carried Dad home for his wake, into and out of the chapel, up the stairs and into the crematorium - supported by our uncle and cousin.

I had never seen mostly women carry a coffin before. The quiet expectation was that men would take on this role. But we knew what Dad wanted, and we moved forward, step by step, with love, determination and strength. In doing so, we fulfilled his wish and uncovered a deeper truth about ourselves - that we are always capable of so much more than we believed. It was one of the greatest reminders he left me.

In those moments, as I felt the weight of his body I could feel the echo of his faith in us. My sisters beside me, arms linked, holding the weight together, united, dissolving what had gone before. My sons watching on - it was sacred work.

These months have taken me far beyond what I thought I could bear. Fear, exhaustion and grief stripped me back to the rawest parts of myself. And yet, in walking through what felt impossible, I found strength, clarity, and a deep sense of knowing.

My father’s death taught me that the hardest things can become the most meaningful. When we meet death - and life - with our eyes, minds and hearts open, something ancient stirs. Ritual and ceremony help us honour, feel and heal in ways that words alone cannot.

There is pride in having carried him. Pride in standing shoulder to shoulder with my sisters. Pride in knowing my sons saw their mother do something that mattered deeply. And there is peace - knowing that in fulfilling his wishes, we remember our own quiet courage.