I’m an artist—a painter and embroiderer—with an interest in nature and people and the divine. I love to create: it makes me feel alive. I feel the same when it comes to Five Element acupuncture.

I first started having acupuncture when I was a child. Throughout my teens, treatment became more sporadic, and even more so by the time I was in university. I was quite depressed during these years, to the point where I thought it was normal to wake up feeling low. When the pandemic hit and the world was in lockdown, I realised that truly, it was time to restart regular treatment so I could rebuild my mental health. I would go weekly, until one day—perhaps a year and a half later—I realised I no longer woke up low.

I was amazed by this because before, I had thought it not possible.

As I began to think about career paths that would complement my art, it made more and more sense to train as an acupuncturist. I attended the school FEAT (Five Element Acupuncture Training) from October 2022 and qualified in March 2025. In September 2025, I will be starting a postgraduate course at Gerad Kite’s Yellow Path school so that I can further advance my practice.

Acupuncture has always been a part of my life. My mother is an acupuncturist with over twenty years experience, so my exposure to this wonderful medicine from a young age has certainly shaped how I view the world. For me, art and acupuncture are intertwined: my artist background feeds into my acupuncture practice and my Five Element studies enrich my art.