ACUPUNCTURE and herbal medicine to keep you centered, grounded and vibrant
Invisible Grace Acupuncture Clinic was founded by Gwen LoVetere in 2004. Gwen is passing the torch to Heidi van der Velden, who is carrying on the legacy of heart-centered holistic care through classical Chinese medicine, beginning June of 2024.
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Our bodies are continually healing themselves, and sometimes they need additional help. Acupuncture, applied Qi Gong, and the use of Chinese Herbs help promote a continual state of healing and repair in our bodies. The practice of Classical Chinese Medicine supports this movement and change by treating the natural rhythm of energy and blood flow. Given the proper support, the body is able to establish optimal health.
“I went to see Invisible Grace for one issue and with their assistance was able to identify the root cause of my issues. With regular Acupuncture sessions and Chinese Herbs, I have an increased sense of vitality, feel more aware of my body, and with pulse diagnosis and guidance I’ve become an active participant in improving my health. ”
What to expect
Your first Treatment will include:
Your Pulse Intake
A comprehensive 30 minute Pulse Assessment
This process gives detailed information regarding your nervous system and the current state and function of your organsAcupuncture Treatment
Your treatment will be directed by your Pulse Assessment, as well as your presenting symptoms. Some acupuncture or contact needling will be performed. Moxibustion is often used as well, to gently direct infrared heat into specific acupuncture points or wider treatment areas. These are wonderful ways to deeply support the body, and awaken it to its natural healing potential.Chinese Herbal Therapy
Custom herbal formulas are tailored to not only your presenting symptoms, but also takes into consideration your constitution. Your cold/flu formula might be very different from someone elses! Each formula is carefully personalized to your situation. Herbs help support and reinforce the treatment, allowing the healing momentum to continue between acupuncture visits.Treatment Strategy
You’ll discuss the next steps that will guide you to feeling better
Pulsing
Pulsing is a diagnostic technique used in traditional Chinese medicine. Pulse diagnosis is important because it can give very detailed information on the state of the internal organs, and all other parts of your body, as well as your emotional or “nervous system” state. The pulse examination involves the palpation of the pulse at your wrist. Through checking the pulse, we can feel the person’s level of health flowing through their blood stream. We can feel where there is vitality in the body, and where it might be lacking. Pulse diagnosis also allows us to assess your body’s constitution and help us understand the patterns causing imbalance.
How the pulse beats in each of us reveals the state of our tissues, our blood, the location of where stress and exhaustion land within us, and where they take their greatest toll. The pulse can shine a light of presence on our life’s stories, our mental habits, and our emotional energies, all stored within. How it beats, how it moves under listening finger tips… it all means something. It is guidance for us, as practitioners, so that we can provide the best care for each individual being. Dr. Leon Hammer says that to listen to another’s pulse, really listen, is a treatment of it’s own, and a great act of kindness.
Bodywork is also an integral part of the healing process, and are sometimes included in your treatment depending on your needs that day. Manual therapies can reinforce the powerful effects of acupuncture.
Qigong Tui Na, myofascial release, and craniosacral therapy induce a state of relaxation that allows the body to gently unwind stuck areas, and has a calming and emotionally stabilizing effect on the nervous system.
Cupping therapy can break up and move stagnation and fascial adhesions, freeing up circulation and movement to help you feel more at ease in your body.
Our bodies have layers of fascia that wrap around and throughout us, so that sensory information such as pressure from massage, or input from an acupuncture needle, can have far-reaching effects throughout the whole body system. Recent investigation is showing that fascia, considered by some to be it’s own organ, is playing a central role in how the body manages pain and inflammation. It is a powerful route by which the body communicates with itself. By working on one region of the body, bodywork (and acupuncture) can decrease pain and inflammation globally, since it is communicating throughout the fascia of your body.
My experience is showing me that body work alone, or in conjunction with the needles, brings about profound and lasting changes.
