I had my 9th treatment with my first acupuncturist. I had a treatment 7 times with my second acupuncturist.
Before I left to the acupuncturist’s office, I made my mind not to tell my acupuncturist about my private life, especially about my Japanese family.
Thus, when I entered her healing room, I sat down a different chair from usual. I usually sit down the chair right next to her, but today, I sat down the chair away from her.
Our session started as usual. My acupuncturist started asking me with many questions. Her routine questions are like this. How have I been doing? How is my recent life? How is my family? How is my parents in Japan? Is there anything that cause me stressed out?
I tried to calm myself. To all her questions I was planning to answer “everything is fine and everything stays the same.” I really didn’t want to mention about my Japanese parents. However, for some reasons, some words about my parents slipped out from my mouth. In that moment, I started shedding lots of tears. It was as if my own words got rid of the barrier of the tears.
While I was shedding tears, my acupuncturist came closer to me and gently stroked my back. I was surprised to see her also shedding tears with me. Maybe my crying about my parents triggered her remembering about her recently passed away mom.
She encouraged me to work on forgiving myself. She said nobody is blaming me but myself. I agree with her. Nobody is blaming me. I am the one who keeps blaming me for not going back to Japan and not supporting my parents for their painful and tough days.
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Then she proceeded to her another routine. She checked my pulse and tongue. She said my lung pulse was very, very weak. It was due to my sadness. She also mentioned my kidney was very strong. I thought of my Kusurie (Japanese healing art) in my bedroom. It is for strengthen my kidney. It is for sure working for me. I appreciate for the Kusurie’s healing power.
Her acupuncture and tuina treatment was relaxing as usual.
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