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Acupuncture is a form of therapy that promotes natural healing of the body. The art of acupuncture involves insertion of needles into specific points along the meridians of the body. Acupuncture forms a branch of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which originated in China over 5000 years ago. Acupuncture is a safe and effective natural therapy and an increasingly popular form of healthcare.

The cranial osteopathic approach applies "pure osteopathy" principles to the treatment of the whole body, including the skull and its contents. In 1899 William Garner Sutherland, a student of Andrew Taylor Still, observed that the 26 bones of the skull were connected by modified joints which permitted a tiny degree of physiological motion expressed through the skull and its membranes, fluids and brain within. This motion can also be felt throughout the body, similar to a refined form of breathing. This minute rhythmical shape change has come to be seen as both the cranial and body's response to the "breath of life" or "primary respiratory mechanism", and an expression of the individual's state of health and well-being. Unlike flexing an arm or taking a deep breath, this motion is beyond our voluntary control, and so is called "involuntary motion".