Acquaviva Treatments

Acquaviva Treatments Classical Acupuncturist specialising in Women's Health, Menstrual Issues, Endometriosis and Perimenopause & Menopause

24/06/2026

The exhaustion. The hot flushes. The periods that turned strange. The weight that won’t shift.
This doesn’t feel normal to you.

You’ve been fobbed off. Told it’s just your age.

You’re not imagining it and you deserve to be heard.

At Acquaviva, I start by listening. I specialise in women’s health solutions using Classical Chinese Medicine, offering real, considered support for period issues and everything perimenopause brings to your door.

A calm, beautiful space in the heart of Hove. Unhurried, expert attention. No judgement - just care that finally feels like it’s specifically for you.
You’ve spent years making room for everyone else. This is the slot that’s yours.

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The moment before stillness.A few carefully chosen points, a quiet room, you finally stop holding on. An exhale, the min...
22/06/2026

The moment before stillness.
A few carefully chosen points, a quiet room, you finally stop holding on. An exhale, the mind settles and your body returns to it’s natural rhythms. This is what acupuncture looks like at Acquaviva in Hove - slow, precise, unhurried.

What shift does your body need right now? Tell me in the comments.

Ready to feel this for yourself? Book your acupuncture session with me (link in bio).

It is a glorious solstice weekend. I hope you have been able to indulge in one of the many circles marking the solstice,...
20/06/2026

It is a glorious solstice weekend. I hope you have been able to indulge in one of the many circles marking the solstice, your garden, a park or the beach.

Stonehenge, our oldest human structure in the UK was built because it lined up perfectly with the rising sun at the points of the summer and winter solstice. If you live in a city, you may not be aware the sun rises & sets in different places as the year changes.

However, the earliest farmers would have been intimately aware of the location of the rising & setting sun, the changing moon and the implications for planting, harvesting and surviving the winter.

The Summer Solstice and Winter Solstice are the two poles of the year, maximum daylight and minimum daylight. These do not correspond to the times when the days are warmest, which is July/August. This is the light and how it changes, which will be important markers for farming.

These astrological changes were noted and celebrated by pre-Christian Druids in the UK, European wide festivals, Americas, Australasia as well as Asia. These are the markings of the maximum yang and maximum yin of the solar calendar, recognised and honoured with different names around the world.

I have loved learning about the Chinese wheel of the year and yet it has made me more connected with my own culture, the Celtic wheel and humanity as a whole. This is a world wide, ancient experience of the sun traversing the sky and it’s implications for survival: hunting, gathering, farming and sheltering.

The Chinese took this into more detail and have a name for every 15 days in the year, known as a Solar Fortnight. This one is called 夏至 xià zhì summer reach or extreme, meaning the summer is at it’s height with the longest day.

Which feels truer for you right now - overflowing with summer energy, or quietly running on empty? Tell me in the comments.

If your body’s asking to be brought back into rhythm with the season, this is exactly the work I do. Explore acupuncture and women’s-health treatments on my website (link in bio), and save this post as your reminder that living with the cycles, not against them, is always available to you.

The first thing Marc ever said to me was, “The universe says yes.”I met Marc on this day in 2010. Like this weekend, it ...
19/06/2026

The first thing Marc ever said to me was, “The universe says yes.”

I met Marc on this day in 2010. Like this weekend, it was Father’s Day weekend and it was the first time ever I left my daughter with her Dad for the weekend so I could do something.

I was looking for a Scaravelli inspired yoga teacher, because these were the only classes I didn’t feel awful after, faint and they took care of my joints.

Marc was advertising a teacher training. I messaged him the Monday before the workshop and asked if the universe had a place for me at the next weekend workshop. I settled down to my yoga practice and after and hour I got a response back from Marc, “The Universe says yes 🙂”. Looking back now it was quite a first statement!

At that time I was in my mid-forties and I was struggling to drop off at night because of hip pain. This was in the days before Marc’s beautiful studio and his weekend workshops were upstairs in Little Dippers. He arrived shortly after me with a brief hello (we are both to the point!) I explained my hip pain and he glanced at me and said, “Well it’s not resting through to the opposite foot”.

He was absolutely right, I was getting the first insight to Marc’s ‘Bone Whisperer’ nickname. I’m still playing with that revelation and shortly after studying with Marc, my hip pain went never to return.

Sixteen years on, Marc and I work side by side - his yoga, my acupuncture and women’s-health treatments - helping people in Brighton & Hove feel at home in their bodies again.

If a glance, a sentence or a single class has ever shifted something in your body, tell me about it in the comments.

And if you’re quietly nursing your own version of that hip pain, come find Marc and me at acquaviva.uk (link in bio).

Treatments, yoga and upcoming workshopsare all there. Save this post so it’s waiting for you when you’re ready.

16/06/2026

Dancing to “I Gotta Feeling” on Radio Fred

Manifesting takes attention and repetition. “I Gotta Feeling’” by Black Eyed Peas has been pump song for over a decade, so I envision having a great time and I particularly associate it with driving to Brighton.

Firstly, driving to yoga weekends, taking a break from my stressful life in Suffolk and later driving down to live in Hove, which has become my happy place.

I love the people in this city, I’ve transitioned to Chinese Medicine, and I even played this song on the way to my exams. It did the trick and I got a 1st.

Manifestation at its best.

15/06/2026

I'm very happy in my work, I practice from 2 great clinics. One is very busy with a lovely healing vibe.

12/06/2026

When most people think about endometriosis, they think of women and menstrual cycles.

But the reality is far more complex.

Endometriosis has been documented in men, particularly in those undergoing hormone treatments, including some cancer treatments. It can also affect people in transition.

This reminds us that endometriosis is not simply a “women’s issue”. It is a complex inflammatory condition that deserves greater awareness, understanding, and research.

Join me for my online workshop, Understanding Endometriosis & Adenomyosis, if you would like to learn:

• The differences between endometriosis, adenomyosis and PMOS (Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome, formerly known as PCOS)

• The key signs and symptoms to look out for

• Why diagnosis can be challenging and often delayed

• What wisdom Chinese Medicine can offer people experiencing these conditions, even without a formal medical diagnosis

• Practical strategies you can implement to better support your health and wellbeing

Sunday 14 June 2026

2:00pm – 4:00pm

Send me a DM for all the details about the workshop.

11/06/2026

The math isn't mathing 🤔

Endometriosis affects 1 in 10 women worldwide, yet it remains one of the most underfunded and under-researched health conditions. Between 2019 and 2023, startups focused on erectile dysfunction raised approximately $1.24 billion in venture funding. During that same period, endometriosis startups raised just $44 million.

Meanwhile, male pattern baldness continues to attract billions in market investment, pharmaceutical development, and consumer spending, while endometriosis still has no cure and patients often wait years for a diagnosis. In fact, it takes an average of 7 to 10 years for many patients to receive an accurate diagnosis.

Endometriosis can cause chronic pain, infertility, fatigue, and significant disruptions to everyday life. A disease this common should not still be fighting for visibility, research funding, and the level of medical attention women deserve.

10/06/2026

“In the UK, women wait an average of a decade to receive an endometriosis diagnosis.”

Ten years of symptoms.

Ten years of searching for answers.

Ten years of being told that painful periods are simply part of being a woman.

Endometriosis affects millions of women, yet awareness remains low and diagnosis is often delayed. The result can be years of unnecessary pain, frustration, and uncertainty.

Join me for my online workshop, Understanding Endometriosis & Adenomyosis, if you would like to learn:

•⁠ ⁠The differences between endometriosis, adenomyosis and PMOS (Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome, formerly known as PCOS)

•⁠ ⁠The key signs and symptoms to look out for

•⁠ ⁠What wisdom Chinese Medicine can offer women experiencing these conditions, even without a formal medical diagnosis

•⁠ ⁠Practical strategies you can implement to better support your health and wellbeing

Sunday 14 June 2026

2:00pm – 4:00pm

Knowledge is empowering. Understanding what your body is communicating can be the first step towards finding the support and answers you deserve.

Send me a DM for all the details about the workshop.

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