Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine for Westmead
Josephine is a registered acupuncturist & Chinese herbal medicine practitioner based in Lane Cove and Frenchs Forest. If you're willing and able to travel from Westmead to either of these locations for TCM consultation, acupuncture and herbal medicine services, Josephine looks forward to meeting with you.
Performance anxiety — affecting musicians, public speakers, athletes, and professionals — involves excessive fear, physical tension, racing heart, and cognitive impairment before or during performance situations. In TCM, performance anxiety involves Heart and Kidney disharmony. The Heart houses the Shen (mind/spirit) and should be calm; the Kidney provides a stable foundation. When Kidney Water fails to anchor Heart Fire, the spirit becomes unsettled, causing palpitations, mental agitation, and the "going blank" experience familiar to performers.
Treatment calms the Heart and anchors the spirit with HT7 (Shenmen), PC6 (Neiguan), and Yintang (Hall of Impression). KI3 (Taixi) and KI6 (Zhaohai) tonify Kidney Yin to anchor Heart Fire. LR3 (Taichong) moves Liver Qi, which often stagnates with anticipatory dread. Auricular acupuncture at Shenmen, Heart, and Sympathetic points provides additional calming and can be retained as ear seeds for use before performances.
Acupuncture's effect on the autonomic nervous system — shifting from sympathetic (fight-or-flight) to parasympathetic (rest-and-digest) dominance — is particularly relevant for performance anxiety. Treatment typically involves weekly sessions building up to an important event, with a final session 24-48 hours before performance. Ear seeds provide on-demand anxiety management during the event itself.
Yes. Acupuncture calms the nervous system by shifting from fight-or-flight to rest-and-digest mode. Points like HT7 and Yintang settle the mind, while Kidney points provide grounding. Ear seeds can be pressed before going on stage for immediate calming effects.
Ideally, begin weekly treatments several weeks before an important performance. A final session 24-48 hours before the event provides maximum calming benefit. Auricular ear seeds placed at that session can be pressed for on-demand anxiety relief during the performance.
Josephine Zhuo (TCM) is an AHPRA registered health practitioner — acupuncturist and herbalist.
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