Acupuncture in New Fairfield, CT

 

 

Mission Statement 

Acupuncture Works desires to be a trusted source and service to our community by creating a compassionate safe space with the aim of integrating Eastern and Western medicine to promote health and healing. We will provide acupuncture treatments with measurable results in real time meeting our patients unique concerns and needs. All while striving to enrich, empower, and educate our patients to become healthy in mind, body and spirit. 

Intention setting in the new year

Published January 4, 2021
Intention setting in the new year

It’s that time of year again: the time when many of us engage in the practice of setting a new year’s resolution.

It seems, though, that hand-in-hand with new year’s resolutions is the prediction of inevitable failure. That as soon as you pick a resolution, you won’t actually make it through the whole year sticking with the new behavior,

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Winter and your Kidneys

Winter and your Kidneys

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, health is achieved by living in balance with nature and the seasons. Winter, the season of the Water Element, is the season for slowing down, reflecting, and conserving our resources. We all feel this tendency, but we don’t always listen to our bodies.  In Western culture, being active is rewarded and expected. We feel

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You’re Getting Sleepy…

You’re Getting Sleepy…

Enjoying Naps in the Winter Season

Most mammals are polyphasic sleepers, meaning that they sleep for short periods throughout the day. For humans, days are divided into two distinct periods, one for sleep and one for wakefulness, which is a monophasic sleep pattern. However, this may be a product of living in an industrialized world and not the

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