Amanda Crawshaw - Acupuncture & Wellbeing

23/05/2026

🎶 Last night I witnessed and took part in my friend's first public kirtan at 💚

Traditionally, kirtan originates from Indian religions. It's a call for people to gather in community to chant sacred sanskrit mantras.

This practice helps us to deepen our spiritual and communal connection to ourselves and the universal energy of which we are all connected to. (Whilst that is my own spiritual interpretation and language, I extend that idea with respect to whatever that looks like for you in your personal belief or religious system.)

Kirtan is a beautiful experience; singing opens and raises your Lung and Heart Qi and your Shen (consciousness in tcm terms). It brings the light from your heart into your eyes. When we connect with that joy in ourselves, others see and feel it too and it raises both your vibrational frequencies.

Emma, who is will be doing more kirtans along Aire Valley from Skipton to Keighley to Bingley. I'm so excited for her in this new journey! 🙏🥰

Amanda x

18/05/2026

✨️ Here's a little reminder of our gorgeous little clinic above in Silsden...

Lovely, isn't it?

I thank my lucky stars every time I step into this beautiful peaceful haven, cosy in one of the oldest buildings in town. 💚

I now have some availibility for some new patients in June. Whilst I treat most health conditions with acupuncture, I specialise in women's health. This might look like:
💫 Working with menstrual cycles
💫 Menstrual cycle awareness work
💫 Menstrual cycle issues like PCOS (or PMOS as it os now known - Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome)
💫 Fertility and pregnancy
💫 Perimenopause and menopause

I might combine some of my other therapies into my Acupuncture sessions, like EFT (tapping), Shiatsu, Massage or Reiki.

If any of this sings to you, PM me for more information or to book in.

Amanda x

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01/05/2026

👋 H E L L O Lovelies!
Are you enjoying the sunshine today? ☀️☀️

As I'm sitting in my garden watching nature go by, I thought I'll just pop this on here whilst I remember!

Pop this date in your diary - Saltaire Holistic Health Fair on Sunday 28th June! 📆

We'll all be there as an entire clinic - a rare but lovely event. So be sure to come and say hello to us!

As a recap, our juicy offerings will be:
👉 Stephanie - Myofascial Release (MFR)
👉 Caterina - Shiatsu
👉 Liz - Reflexology & Indian Head Massage
👉 Moi - Acupuncture

Oh, and Stephanie's doing a talk on MFR around 11.30am (ish...)

Look forward to seeing you there! 💚

Amanda x

19/04/2026

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17/04/2026

I'm absolutely delighted to say I'm now qualified as a Emotional Freedom Technique practitioner, or "Tapping" as it's also known by.

EFT is an evidence based powerful mind/body practice with roots based within eastern medicine and practices. Based on the same energy meridian system as acupuncture, it's a way of working that sits inbetween human psychology and energy work - or 'energetic psychology'.

It is a gentle, easy and non-confrontational way to eliminate psychological and emotional blockages. Like working through layers, it can take us to a safe place to work with traumatic memories and limiting beliefs that stop us from moving forwards in our lives. As we tap, we can face negative emotions such as anger, sadness and guilt.

The technique is suprisingly simple: We tap on the ends of the meridians located on our hands, head, face and upper body with our fingertips. After a few rounds of tapping, people report feeling lighter, calmer and to see things from a different perspective.

The beauty of this work is that we can do it either in clinic, or online for your convenience.

If you have an issue that you would like to work with, or you are simply feeling the weight of the world right now and need some help to calm your nervous system, please get in touch. This is a tool for life. 💚

Amanda x

16/04/2026

Even though I haven't met this lady, her words resonate for me. Thank you Emma Jayne Mason for sharing this. 💚

At this time of great awakening for humans, also known as the Kali-Yuga age, named after the Goddess Kali, who wears a necklace of skulls around her neck, is not just about death and destruction but sweeping that aside to make way for rebirth. All that which has been hidden is now being revealed and brought into our awareness to be transformed and healed.

At times this can feel overwhelming, with worldly events and reveals, our job is to try to stay centred and balanced in a sea of turbulance, to align with benevolent and benign forces and call upon the beings of love and light, sacred guardians, angelic realms to assist us.

Even though these times are very challenging, we all have chosen to be here at this time to assist. We each chose to incarnate together, 8billion souls on earth today, each and everyone of us has our part to play, to contribute to the light , to the awakening, and as we reach a tipping point of consciousness into a leap forward, the dark will become darker to get us to fall into fear, anger, sadness, resentment, polarisation, the "I am right you are wrong", hate, these vibrations are low vibrations that feed the darkness, and the dark entities and keep humans locked into the game (for want of a better word) in order to stop human consciousness awakening.

Our challenge is in all of this to keep going back to the heart, to love, to beauty, to kindness, to compassion, to take a little step back to the light. When the darkness rises its a reminder we are being pulled in and to shine the light that reveals that which has been hidden so it too can be healed. It is only when we name something that it can be healed.

The forces of darkness like to separate us, pitting one against the other whether its in politics, class, rich and poor, the haves and the have nots, this is all to distract and weaken you. When we stand together in community, in prayer, in a circle, in a ceremony, with a loving heart, with compassion for each other, we can achieve so much more than if we do things alone, the power of collective positive energy is a force for good.

I hope this message reaches you when you need to hear it.

Bless you, and thank you for being you /|\
Love Gillian

Written by GM Kavanagh 14/4/2026
Photo of Summer Solstice ceremony I led at Castlerigg stone circle

13/04/2026

I heartily recommend this collaboration with Grace Wilson and This Liberating Life for their upcoming sound bath and breathwork journey in Haworth. I've experienced both their work and Kerry has created such a beautiful space to hold this work. 💚

28/03/2026

Did you know that only 1-5% of global research and development is allocated to women's health research?

Yes, you read that right. 1-5%!! How can that be right???

Women, we need to change that statistic, and here is your opportunity. 👇

27/03/2026

✨️ Every woman's menopause journey is unique and we support you in a calm, nurturing space with acupuncture, deep listening and understanding from a fellow midlifer who gets it. Giving you time out from your busy life to just rest and 'be'.

Let the world fall away from your shoulders. The one hour spent in clinic with me will melt your stress away.

If this sings to you, PM me.

📍Above Olive and Green, 1-3 Briggate, Silsden BD20 9JS - by appointment only

Love Amanda x

14/03/2026

Menopause is seen as Second Spring in TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine).

In western culture, it's seen as a decline: in our youth, our reproductive years. But, in eastern culture, it's seen as a natural transition into renewed energy and positive empowerment into our most creative, discerning and wise years.

Japanese culture has a word for this phenomenon - koneki. Meaning 'turn of life', 'critical age', or 'second life'.

During this transition, we should take time and give ourselves space to grieve the loss of our youth, our identity, our fertility (if this is important to you). To not do this is to bypass and therefore not validate our emotional wellbeing. And in doing so, we may make any menopausal symptoms we have worse.

Meditation, diet, gentle exercise, slowing down in life, resting, talking therapies all help us to navigate our way.

Acupuncture can help with not only menopausal symptoms, but talking to a practitioner who has also been through menopause will make you feel heard and support your emotional wellbeing too. A safe, effective treatment that you can have with or without HRT.

If this resonates, please PM me.

Amanda x