Hi, I'm Alli

 

Blending personal warmth, clear treatment outcomes and ancient wisdom, I use acupuncture and massage - among other things - to support your whole-hearted health.

 

My treatment table is a safe place to rest, reset and come home to yourself.

 

​Five Element Acupuncture 

 

There are many different styles of acupuncture. I think they’re all unique and wonderful.  The one that resonates mostly deeply for me as a practitioner and a recipient, is classical 5 Element acupuncture.

 

This treatment framework takes the qualities and cycles of the seasons as natural principles of nature that can be followed for maintaining and restoring health.​

 

What is it like in practice?​ As a patient you will generally experience fewer acupuncture needles, briefly retained, and the solid sense that something has shifted. 

 

Massage 

 

Massage is a wonderful way to tune into a person, regulate the nervous system, restore circulation and free flowing movement. I learn so much about my patients, not just from listening with my ears, but listening with my hands.​

 

Our bodies want to move! I help them find safe, deeper freedom through the right pressure and slow, caring movements.​

 

The deep rest and relaxation that is possible through massage is a wonderful way to drop down in the nervous system from the yang states of doing and striving, pressure and stress, fight-flight-freeze, to the yin states of yielding, receiving, deep nurturing and rest-digest-heal. 

 

Let’s Roll - Classes 

 

I offer classes teaching self-massage using gentle movements, deep breathing, foam rollers and massage balls.​ 

 

It’s not an exercise class. Nor is it torturous – despite what you may have experienced in the past with foam roller and spiky ball exercises. It’s more like meditation – meets stretching – meets massage.​

 

You will come away:

• feeling soft, calm and open

• with more freedom in your body and breath

• better understanding your body, how it moves, your anatomy and physiology

• with practical skills to relieve tension and pain

• less reliant on outside help to maintain the comfort and movement of your body

• wondering how an hour can pass so quickly

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​Qualifications & Credentials 

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• Registered Acupuncturist with AHPRA – the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

• Member of AACMA – the Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association

• Bachelor of Health Science (Acupuncture)

• Cert IV in Oriental Massage (An Mo Tui Na)

• Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy and Literature)

• Training:

  • Gye Bennets - courses and mentorship

  • Worsley Classical 5 Element Acupuncture

  • Zenthai Shiatsu massage​​