I’m not sure if I pursued acupuncture or if acupuncture pursued me. Growing up, at the back of our family home there was a natural healing centre. I started working there when I was 14, initially as a cleaner. After about a year, they gave me the opportunity to take on reception work.
This healing centre, run by women, was a very calm, tranquil and empowered space. I remember vacuuming one of the rooms and seeing