At last! The final installation of our top 13 in 2013. We would love to hear from you - what do you hope to gain from acupuncture this year?
9. It will help you embrace change.
Conventional medicine requires us to think in absolutes, to label things good or bad, black or white. We're either sick or we're healthy. Our numbers are too high or too low. We're happy or we're depressed. Yet in between these extremes, subtle yet significant shifts occur. Acupuncture works in this gray area and teaches us to reflect on the small changes happening within and around us all the time. In acupuncture, this is progress.
Unwillingness to accept change is a huge source of stress and anxiety for many people. Through reframing change as a marker of progress rather than something to be scared of, you will learn to love it.
10. It will give you something to talk about at parties.
Acupuncture is a crowd pleaser! Next time you're feeling awkward or bored at a social gathering, mention that you recently had acupuncture. You'll be an instant sensation. People love learning about acupuncture.Did it hurt? Did she stick them in your eyes? People also love sharing their own acupuncture experiences, so it's a quick way find common ground and make friends.
11. It will make you more patient.
We loooove technology. Whether it's the latest product from Apple or a cutting-edge MRI, we lust after shiny tools that promise to make us better. Technology, while awesome, acclimates us to quick fixes and perpetuates an "I want it now" mentality. This creates chronic impatience.
Acupuncture, because it works but rarely overnight, can help us combat this. Acupuncture is an ongoing process that requires an investment of time and a willingness to let go of our desire for instant gratification. It will make you a more patient person.
12. It will make you tough.
It's not always easy to embrace acupuncture. Most doctors, as well as some family, friends and colleagues, regard mainstream medicine as the only acceptable form of health care. The constant barrage of pharmaceutical advertising is hard to ignore. It takes courage to go against the grain.
Acupuncture, although becoming more popular, is still not the norm. It requires a conscious commitment to understanding ourselves in a way that the majority shuns. This is the harder path toward health but ultimately the most rewarding.
13. It will make you believe in yourself.
The driving idea behind acupuncture is that we're already in possession of everything we need to be well. Acupuncture does not add or subtract anything. Rather, it prompts the body to do what it already knows how to do. It reminds you that you have the power to heal yourself.
This does not mean that external interventions such as pharmaceuticals or surgery should always be shunned -- in many cases, these are life-saving measures. But it does mean that becoming healthier, whatever that means to you, is within your control. When it comes to improving our physical and emotional health, most of us are capable of a lot more than we think. By using a therapy like acupuncture, which embraces rather than ignores our innate healing capacity, you're making a statement that you believe in yourself.
Wishing you a transformative 2013!
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