Cupping as an Exorcism

Releasing Held Traumas

by Cailin O'Hara, MAcOM, LAc, Dipl OM

Spooky title, huh? Don't freak out and cancel your next appointment. :)
You’re going to be surprised how obvious this is after I explain.

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TRUTH:
Some of the darkest, most intense cup marks I have seen were not on patients with pain but patients with significant past emotional trauma​.
 

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According to Chinese medicine, this makes perfect sense.
 But you may wonder how emotions are related to your body.​
​Allow me to explain.
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Emotional Imprints

STEP ONE:
Something happens to you that is jolting, shocking, upsetting, painful, etc.
(physically or emotionally)
 
STEP TWO:
 It then creates an imprint in your physiology… a true shock to the system, if you will.
 
STEP THREE:
Your systems become blocked, impaired, sluggish.
(We refer to this as “stagnation” in Chinese medicine.)

STEP FOUR: 
If nothing is done to move this stagnation, it continues to accumulate.
 
STEP FIVE:
You experience worsening physical and emotional symptoms.

STEP SIX: 
You’re fed up and ready for legit healing.
 
STEP SEVEN:
 You come to see me, and we opt for cupping.
 
STEP EIGHT:
I use a gentle, sliding method and we analyze the color and severity of the markings.
(the marks are not painful, FYI)
 
STEP NINE:
 In a few days, you report feeling “brand new,” like a weight has been lifted off of you.

So, what does cupping do?
It moves stagnation. 
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​Past Hurt, Be Gone!

Cupping pulls up the gunk just hanging out and accumulating in your system so that your body can clear it out. You might feel crummy after the treatment because your body is working to detoxify the gunk. But in a few days, it’s gone.

​You’re no longer carrying those remnants of whatever was causing the stagnation.

 Whatever has happened to you emotionally may be significantly impacting your physical health. It may show up as physical pain, fatigue, digestive issues, headaches, PMS… you name it. We carry past pain with us, often unknowingly, and it colors our health, relationships, decisions and the way we see the world. Sometimes you don’t have to psychoanalyze your past trauma to death… you just have allow yourself to let it go.
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TRUTH:
An exorcism simply implies that we’re calling something up and out of your being that doesn’t serve you. Be gone, stagnant energy, past hurts and aching pain!

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Chinese medicine is fan-freaking-tastic for alleviating emotional trauma, stress, anxiety and depression. And I happen to specialize in those things. I understand it personally and professionally, and I also know how to overcome it.
 
So, if you want to try something new, something profoundly effective and surprisingly gentle, you know where to find me.
 
-Cailin