Adrian Summer Acupuncture

05/04/2022

Due to the rising cost of supplies and consumables, I am unfortunately having to raise the price of my acupuncture sessions from £46.50 to £49.50. This will be effective from May 1st 2022.

Thank you for your understanding,
Adrian

02/08/2021

Just an update that I am now fully vaccinated.

Have you had yours?

02/08/2021

Have you visited me for treatment before? Why not leave a review! 😊

31/07/2021

I've just seen this lovely review on the clinic's Google Business page!

Yes, I'm a bit late to the party 🤭 it was left a while ago!

Thanks to Alex for kindly writing this - glad to have been able to help!

21/05/2021

I've just booked my first Covid-19 vaccination, on Thursday 27th May after my clinic session. What a great system - really easy to organise an appointment to suit my work hours, and the venue is on my way home from the clinic.

As a precaution, I will not be booking any appointments for Tuesday 1st June - in case of a reaction meaning that I'm not fit for work. I will still be available for enquiries, and will be back in the clinic on 3rd June.

Have you booked your vaccination yet?

01/05/2021

Happy International Workers' day!

I meet people from so many walks of life and in so many different areas of labour in my work as an acupuncturist, and I want to express solidarity with you all.

This piece is by artist David Solnit and is available to buy as a limited edition print. It is a famous quote by Rose Schneiderman about the right of working people not just to survive, but to live. The labour of working people creates the value of our goods and currency, and we all deserve therefore to have not just bread to eat but also roses to enjoy the beauty of life. Join a union, or become your workplace's union rep. They gave us the weekend, and any workplace rights you currently enjoy.

The artist's work is available to buy at this link below

https://tartineunion.bigcartel.com/product/bread-roses-poster-by-david-solnit

20/02/2021

It's come to my attention that some people are able to follow me but not able to like the page. I've been trying to solve this issue. For now, if you've followed me but could not see a 'like' button, please like or comment on this post and I should be able to send you an invite to like the page that way. Thank you!

12/02/2021

Today is the second New Moon after Winter Solstice. In the traditional Chinese calendar, this marks the first day of Spring and therefore the beginning of the New Year. Wishing everyone good health and prosperity in the coming year!

08/02/2021

Just received a fabulous review on Google 🥰🙏

22/01/2021

Autistic co-production of research leads to a much greater understanding of what autism is and is not. There have been many misconceptions about autism and autistic people, arising from research that made a lot of assumptions based on a non-autistic interpretation of the world and intereactions between people. The paper linked and summarised below, aims to address one of the major misconceptions about autistics; that autistics lack theory of mind. If that were true, how would autistics be able to learn the survival skill of masking? If you want to find out more about this subject then I can highly recommend content produced by Autistic Nottingham and the authors of the paper below.

This paper can be read in full here: https://osf.io/6rwa5/?fbclid=IwAR1P-quUlVs2N5ImZ81a7_WBNEPZTw1PJ1rw35WjPA_2X5eodciyMDAvHrE

[Text reads:

Who: Pearson A. & Rose K.
Journal: Autism in Adulthood
Published: 15/07/2020
Title: A Conceptual Analysis of Autistic Masking: Understanding the Narrative of Stigma and the illusion of Choice

Study: It is important to understand masking, as masking can have many negative impacts on the individual. Masking can relieve the external burden (e.g. bullying), but increase the internal burden (e.g. burnout).

Autism has been negatively conceptualised since the 1940s, as a medical model lens sees differences as deficits, and sees the autistic person as someone to be fixed or cured. This has caused society to view autists as "other".

Holding this pathologised status causes autists to be stigmatised, at both an individual and group level. Stigma affects the way society views a person, and also how that person views themselves, and thus they may attempt to conceal aspects of themselves.

The development of the social self, who we show to others, is aided by using the lens of a "generalised other", assessing the traits of ourselves that we may or may not want others to see. One is able to manage and control the way others perceive them. Autistic masking is incompatible with the idea of autistic mindblindness.

This study goes on to discuss a number of social theories which should be considered when working to understand autistic masking.

Doi: 10.31219/osf.io/6rwa5

Autistic Nottingham logo; charity number: #1183725. Going beyond the misconceptions.]

14/01/2021

The Smithsonian Institute currently has a large selection of 2d and 3d items in its' Open Access program - these items are free to download and use! I found this beautiful piece by Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858)

The description given on their website is:
Four blind men are about to stroll through the torii, a wooden gateway entrance to the Enoshima Benzaiten Shrine. The legend of Sugiyama Kenko, a blind man, mastered the skill of acupuncture after praying to the deity, Benzaiten. It is said that many who were blind visited this shore town to acquire a skill. On the Daigiri Bridge, across the Sakai River, are sightseers on their way to the island of Enoshima. Far off on in the middle of the mountain is the view of Yugoyoji Temple (Shojoko-ji). Today this is still a popular tourist destination regardless of the steep climb.