Healing Roots Acupuncture

As we transition into autumn, TCM encourages us to shift with the season 🍂

Think warm, nourishing meals, foods that support the Lungs and Wei Qi (your body’s natural protective defence), and plenty of gentle nourishment to protect against autumn’s dryness.

A little seasonal support for your body as the days get cooler. 🌿

Happy Equinox ✨

Autumn in TCM is the season of the Lungs and letting go 🍂

As the days get cooler and the world begins to slow down, we’re invited to turn inward, nourish the Lungs, protect our energy, and make space for what’s next.

A season for slowing down, breathing deeply, and letting go.

Curious but not sure where to start?
For the rest of September, new patients receive $10 off their first treatment.

Whether you’re looking for support with stress, pain, digestion, hormones, headaches, sleep, or simply feeling more like yourself — let’s start with the whole picture.

Make the most of your benefits and give your body a little extra care.

PSA: Remy made us post this 🙄

In all seriousness, we REALLY do need your help! We are looking for a group of experienced individuals or an organization that may be wanting to do some volunteer work!

We have the supplies, and can supply the grub and beverages, but we need your muscles! 💪

Our community helped raise the funds for the fencing supplies, and now we need the elbow grease.

If you can help, send us an email at [email protected] or call us at 587-486-0410

Late summer → Autumn 🍂

Happy Harvest!

In TCM, each season has a different relationship with the body. As we move from late summer into autumn, we begin shifting from the outward, active energy of summer toward a more inward, restorative season.

This is a time to support digestion, immunity, the lungs, energy, and our ability to adapt to change.

It’s also a reminder to slow down when you can, nourish the body, and prepare for the months ahead.

Your body is always responding to its environment and sometimes a seasonal shift is the perfect time to check in with what it needs.

A gentle reminder:
there are about 3 months left before many extended health benefits reset. If you have benefits available, this can be a good time to look at your needs and make a plan for care through the end of the year.

It’s not just needles. It’s not just pain. And no, you don’t have to “believe” in it.

There is thousands of years of clinical experience behind TCM, alongside a growing body of modern research trying to understand exactly how acupuncture works.

And honestly? That’s one of the things I love most about what I do — getting to work somewhere between ancient medicine and modern science.

Save this for the next time someone tells you acupuncture is “just placebo.” 😉

Acupuncture has been researched for far more than musculoskeletal pain — including migraine, nausea, osteoarthritis, menstrual symptoms, fertility and more.

It’s one of my favourite things about TCM: we’re not limited to treating one symptom at a time.

You don’t have to believe in acupuncture for your nervous system to respond to it.

Research comparing acupuncture with sham acupuncture has found meaningful differences in outcomes — which is one reason the “it’s just placebo” explanation is a little more complicated than people think.

Your headache doesn’t exist in isolation. Neither does your period, digestion, sleep, stress, or energy.

This is one of the foundations of TCM: we look at the whole pattern, not just the loudest symptom.

Two people can walk into my clinic with the same diagnosis and receive completely different treatments.

Your symptoms, constitution, tongue, pulse, history, and what’s happening in your body right now all help guide your treatment.

There is no one-size-fits-all acupuncture treatment.

Acupuncture has been shown to influence the autonomic nervous system — the part of your nervous system involved in things like stress, heart rate, digestion, and your body’s “fight or flight” response.

Sometimes people come in for pain and leave saying:
“I don’t know what you did, but I feel SO relaxed.” or
“I can’t believe I fell asleep with a whole bunch of needles in.”

Acupuncture needles are extremely thin — often around 0.16–0.25 mm in diameter.
(Like the width of a human hair)

For comparison, a standard hypodermic injection needle is substantially thicker.

You might feel a tiny pinch, warmth, heaviness, tingling, or a dull sensation — but “painful” isn’t the goal.

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Hey all! I think my blurb on pricing got cut off as I have received some questions! Here’s the updated photo!

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