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1 Community Acupuncture Session from Wildwood Medicine

At Wildwood Community Acupuncture, we provide affordable acupuncture in a group setting. Treatments are customized to your particular needs while you relax in a comfortable reclining chair.

Acupuncture is an ancient healing art with modern applications.

Acupuncture has been practiced for over 2,000 years under the philosophy that all disease stems from an “imbalance of energy.” An imbalance of energy is simply another way to describe disruption of equilibrium. Factors such as stress, poor nutrition, poor sleep, weather, genetics, infections, environmental toxins, lack of community, and trauma can disrupt this equilibrium. Though acupuncture is best known for pain relief, the focus of a treatment always includes overall well-being.

Using sterile, stainless steel needles, acupuncture is one way to regulate imbalance. When the body functions correctly, symptoms improve and an overall sense of wellness results. The experience of acupuncture should be pleasant; the majority of patients fall asleep once the points are placed. In other words, it doesn’t hurt!

Acupuncture is one of the most studied forms of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and can play an important role in a comprehensive approach to health and healing. Many high-quality randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) have proven acupuncture’s effectiveness for many common conditions, including back pain, menopausal hot flashes, migraine, tension-type headache, chronic daily headache, infertility, and labor induction.

Wildwood supports the unique expression of health for every patient that comes through our doors. We understand that your experiences influence your health, and hold true to the belief that medicine must address the whole person, not just an isolated set of symptoms. Our practitioners take time to hear individual stories, and will consider factors that influence health, such as genetics, environmental conditions, and lifestyle factors, as well as socioeconomic status, gender, sexuality, race, community, and accessibility to care.

Our health center and clinic is a safe space for everyone.

$90 Gift Certificate to Maine Center for Taijiquan & Qigong

Use this $90 gift certificate for Taiji (Tai Chi) & Qigong classes at Maine Center for Taijiquan, located at 500 Forest Avenue in Portland. The value of this certificate covers a full 6-week class at the center. 

As a martial art, Taiji clearly demonstrates that one's greatest martial power is found in cultivating and maintaining relaxation, internal peace, and emotional calm. Consequently, Taiji's approach to conflict fosters resolution of hostility rather than dominance over the opponent. In this way, Taiji teaches tools of engagement that apply to all kinds of human interaction, not just physical altercations.

Qigong teaches self-improvement through the practice of mind-body (breath and spirit) systems. While amazing powers and results have been attributed to the practice of Qigong on a daily basis we find that it cultivates: a stronger sense of being both calm and energized, a greater sense of being present within one's body and improved awareness of one's surroundings, an improved balance and greater enjoyment of the movements of the body, mind and spirit, and a greater skill to release the stress and tension of life that can so easily get stuck inside.

Gift Certificate for one private Pilates personal training session with Robin Stickney

Robin has been teaching at Forever Fit since 2011, and holds a BS in Accounting.

As a Landscape Gardener for over 25 years, Robin found her personal Pilates practice to be a crucial part of the equation for good health, strength and flexibility. The deepening of that practice revealed a greater need...the need to share with others the benefits of a Pilates lifestyle.

Robin is certified in Pilates Mat and Apparatus thru the PhysicalMind Institute. She holds certifications in Beyond Barre, TRX Group Suspension Training and TRX Suspension Sports Medicine Training.  She is CPR/AED certified.

Robin shares her knowledge of fitness and of the natural world with passion and enthusiasm. She is available for group or private training.

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