04/03/2026
Acupuncture has been practised for over 2,500 years. It isn’t a trend — it’s one of the world’s oldest and most widely used systems of medicine.
Yet, for many people in Toronto, it remains something they’ve heard of but never fully understood.
Traditional Chinese Medicine views the body through a fundamentally different lens. Rather than isolating symptoms, TCM looks at the whole person — the flow of Qi through meridians, the balance of opposing forces, the relationship between body systems that Western medicine often treats separately.
Acupuncture is its most well-known practice. Fine needles placed at specific acupoints along these meridians to restore flow, reduce tension, and stimulate the body’s own healing mechanisms. And the science is catching up — research now shows that needling triggers real neurochemical responses, including the release of adenosine, which activates the body’s natural pain-modulating pathways.
According to the World Health Organization, acupuncture is used in 103 countries worldwide. Evidence supports its use across more than 90 medical conditions — including chronic and acute pain, stress and anxiety, headaches and migraines, digestive health, sleep disruption, and inflammation.
At Still Collective, our Registered Acupuncturist Yilai Mai offers individualized Traditional Chinese Medicine care. Every treatment is tailored to you — your constitution, your patterns, your goals. Not a protocol. A practice.
If you’ve been curious about acupuncture or TCM but weren’t sure where to start, we’d love to be your first experience.
📍 1849 Yonge St, Suite 312 · Davisville Village, Midtown Toronto
🔗 Book with Yilai at StillCollective.ca — link in bio