Here we go again…! March 2-8 2015 is Acupuncture Awareness Week in the UK. What does this mean? Why do I get involved? As I wrote last year “Because I love what I do! There is no better job satisfaction than seeing people happier and healthier”
Acupuncture Awareness Week is a great opportunity to tell people about what acupuncture can do for them. This year the focus is on stress – how it affects our bodies, and how acupuncture can help. (I’ll be writing more about stress in another blog post in a couple of days’ time…)
AAW is also about promoting my business: to let as many people as possible in East Sussex know that I exist, where I practice from (a fabulous treatment room in the countryside between Lewes and Eastbourne) and what acupuncture can do for them.
I’ll be holding an Open Day at my clinic on 6 March. It falls into two parts: from 10am – 12pm there’s a drop in session: the chance to come along, take a look at the treatment studio, meet me and ask any questions you have about acupuncture over a cup of tea and slice of homemade cake. Later on (12.30pm – 2pm) I’ll be doing free 15 minute consultations, which gives you an ideal chance to have a private chat (in person or over the phone) and to find out if acupuncture could help you to better health. The address – and a map – is on my contact page.
Hopefully there will be plenty about acupuncture in the press. The British Acupuncture Council (BAcC), who organise the event is the largest body of Traditional Acupuncturists in the UK, a self-regulating body that ensures that members practise to the highest professional level. If you’d like to know more about AAW, take a look at their website www.introducingacupuncture.co.uk
What else will I be up to that week? All the usual social media stuff – Blogging, Facebooking, Tweeting and the like. Oh, and baking cakes for the open day, when I’m not treating my usual cohort of patients. I’ll also be running a competition whereby 4 lucky people will get a session of acupuncture absolutely free! So whether you’ve never tried it and would like to – or have used it in the past and wouldn’t mind a top up, all you have to do is (a) turn up at the Open Day and put your name in the drawer, (b) post a comment on my Facebook page about acupuncture during the week or (c) email me and ask to be put on the list (assuming you live in East Sussex).
I really hope that Acupuncture Awareness Week brings acupuncture to the forefront of peoples’ minds when they think of health. If you’d like to know more, take a look at my website, or get in touch directly.
In the meantime – back to the recipe books….