Dear Patient, Last week I did something I hadn’t done in a long time: I got an acupuncture treatment. I nestled into my chair and told my coworker Ali what I’d like to work on—sore muscles, and stress. I felt the press of Ali’s fingertips on my wrist as they assessed my pulses, and already I could feel the shift happening, like a portal to a parallel dimension opening, drawing me in, my body becoming simultaneously heavier yet weightless. I noticed the warm, buzzy sensation I always get around my ankles during a treatment, near the point Kidney 3. Ali left me to rest, and I cycled through stages of sleep, wakefulness, and some in-between state. I knew where I was and what was happening around me, but none of it mattered. Some time later, a jolt of
I really have to find a new practictioner!