About
Niki Brownlow
Getting to relief doesn't always have to be complicated. Treating the body on a physical level and relieving pain will help the emotions and stress; and treating the mind and stress will help relieve the bodies aches and pains. Traditional Chinese Theory looks for a root cause to the many symptoms, and a root cause can be influenced by many contributing factors.
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Getting to a healthy balance is a pace and there is a gestation stage with each movement forward which needs to be 'celebrated'. Sometimes a label or causative factor keeps us in a holding pattern or we want to jump to an end result in a single bound. Give yourself breathing space, conditions and our bodies need time to change. Start simple, find a little relief, move forward, then delve to the next level.
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All practitioners develop a personal way of getting change for their clients and utilising the differing skills from more than one treatment provider is often a more consolidating path to relief. I enjoy contributing to the wellbeing of clients on their movement from pain, or emotional discomfort and help create long term benefit.​ I enjoy starting the light at the end of the tunnel for clients, whose journey has already been long.
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Experience
My journey to now
My first experience of TCM acupuncture was as a young person for a viral fatigue condition with digestive issues. Intrigued by the results I put it on the list alongside Naturopathy to perhaps study. Graduating in 2007 with the 4yr BHSc Acupuncture from the NZ School of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine also paved way to the opportunity to work as an acupuncturist onboard cruise lines. Traveling around the world for 5 years, while gaining practice knowledge and experience was definitely worth it. And yes, sometimes the ship was rocking while I was needling.
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After working in two very busy clinics in Wellington with acupuncturist colleagues from 2016 for another 5 years, Whanganui became my location for a quieter lifestyle. Working from home gives me the opportunity to create the 'Zen' calm space for my clients.
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I use my practical experience of musculoskeletal pain extensively in the clinic and continue with online acupuncture sports medicine study. I often combine musculoskeletal treatments with providing acupuncture for migraines, stress, depression, anxiety and chronic fatigue. Other clinical experiences are; support with fertility, digestion, sleep issues and facial needling.
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