tem which can be visualised via design and fabrication. Pressure points are activated at different depths depending on the body’s density and are also located by measuring the cun – thumb width measurement. This project will not use needles because it is more concerned with highlighting the points to raise the awareness of the body sensation.
interview J: You’re right it is very tailored to the client. There are hundreds and hundreds of acupoints that you would choose from for a client but the majority of those that you use are more or less universal. We probably use the same thirty or forty points on most people. And then you dip into the wider scope when somebody has something particularly unusual. But when you see most people with stress related things or mental emotional condition, or gut conditions or gynaecological conditions or pain conditions: it’s the same kind of points that come up again and again. There are certain points that are considered the most powerful points to use and you’re always going to get at least a couple of those on pretty much every person. There are points that are beneficial for everyone. L: Do you mind sharing what those points are? I read this article from an online magazine that mentioned three combinations: small intestine... J: So that one is here” (gestures to face) “yeah just down from the outside of your eye until it lies just under your cheek bone. In terms of wellness it does affect facial things: sinusitis – that kind of thing – ear pain, face pain. But it’s also a point where the connective tissue or channels of the whole back meridian can bind under the cheek bones. That’s an unusual one for an article to have said... What were the other ones? L: The other one was hip flexor and yin tang and then the other one
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