
Acupuncture that Heals You from the Root
All Rights Reserved - Natanel (Nir) Saar - 2026.

How can we help?
You may identify with some of the following goals:
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Relieve Chronic or Acute Pain
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Help manage Chronic Health Conditions
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Improve Mood and Energy Level
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Improve Sleep
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Support the Nervous System and calm down the body
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Help process Emotional Events
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Support a Sense of Wellbeing
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Support the Digestive System
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Support the Hormonal System
In addition to acupuncture, Natanel offers NLP sessions for emotional well-being, available either as a standalone service or adjacent to Acupuncture Sessions.
What is NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming)?
Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) is a methodology and collection of techniques that emerged in the 1970s, utilizing language to influence our perceptions and allowing us to access and reshape memories and thought patterns.
NLP can assist in healing of Emotional Trauma and fostering new behaviors and mindsets, leading to a more positive outlook on life.
NLP is offered Remotly via Zoom or in person, in my Kelowna Clinic.
Acupuncture Treatment Approach:
Acupuncture is rooted in Daoist observations of nature, applying the metaphors of natural cycles to the human body, psyche, and nervous system. It views the body as a closed "Qi" system where an imbalance in one area affects the whole.
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Physical: Ultra-fine needles stimulate physical structures to create a response in the nervous system and brain, promoting systemic self-regulation, muscle relaxation, and pain reduction.
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Mental/Emotional: The treatment creates a "sense of spaciousness," allowing the mind to move out of overwhelm. This helps process repressed emotional information and clears Qi Stagnation (Stuck Life Force).
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Spiritual (Shen): For chronic imbalances that resist physical treatment, acupuncture aims to addresses the "Spirit Level / Shen" to facilitate deep, foundational healing.
Key Physiological Benefits
By inducing deep relaxation, acupuncture helps the body:
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Regulate hormones, sleep cycles, and digestion.
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Lower muscle tension and deepen breathing.
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Calm the nervous system to shift the body out of a "stress" state.
A Holistic Approach
Because the body’s energy system is in a closed loop, an imbalance in one organ eventually affects the whole. If a specific issue persists despite consistent regulation, it suggests that the root of the problem lies deeper than the physical or surface stress.
This is where we look toward the 'Spirit Level' of healing. By treating the Shen / Spirit level in the person, we address the most fundamental aspect of a person’s vitality. This profound approach can help with deep-seated conditions, helping the body overcome resistance and find a sustainable path back to harmony.
Emotional Trauma usually creates an injury that is on the 'Spirit / Shen' level.
Why Combining Acupuncture and NLP is such a great approach?
As a trauma-informed practitioner, Natanel (Nir) understands that challenging emotional events and unresolved emotional trauma can leave deep imprints on the body and nervous system and create an injury that is on the 'Spirit / Shen' level and that healing from emotional trauma can have a profound effect on a person health and sense of well being.
To address this level of healing, he offers a unique integration of Acupuncture and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), guiding his clients through a meaningful and transformative healing journey.
To address these deep-seated imbalances, Natanel offers an integration of Acupuncture (Japanese, 5-Phase styles) with NLP Methods to heal and balance the emotions and the nervous system and to facilitate healing on the 'SPIRIT /SHEN' level,
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Acupuncture: To ground, balance, regulate and strengthen the Chinese Meridian System, Internal Organs and the Nervous System.
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Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP):Helps rewrite the subconscious "programs" that keep the body in a state of stress or emotional reactivity.
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Guided Imagery: To create a safe container to access subconscious emotional information so it can be reframed and healed.
The synergy of these two healing modalities, can improve your nervous system baseline and support a deeper more meaningful healing.
Healing from Emotional Trauma can transform your approach to life so you have a better relationships with yourself and others. Addressing and healing the Root Cause can free up more resources to help the healing and managing of Chronic Health Conditions that were previously difficult to manage.

"He who treats the body without treating the soul is like a man who repairs a house but ignores the fire burning within."
– Attributed to Traditional Wisdom
The Connection Between Emotions and Health
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), chronic stress and suppressed emotions are often considered as "root causes" of physical illness. These emotional blockages disrupt the flow of Qi (life force), preventing it from properly nourishing your internal organs and maintaining systemic health.
Acupuncture is exceptionally effective at resolving conditions rooted in nervous system dysregulation. By balancing and healing these emotional layers, we free up your body’s vital resources, allowing for a more profound and lasting recovery.
Emotions Vs. Internal Organ Energetics (According to Chinese Medicine)
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Anger & Frustration injure the Liver / Gall Bladder ( sides of the body, joints)
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Overstimulation & over joy, injure the Heart ( cardiac, dizziness, emotional dysregulation)
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Worry & Pensiveness injure the Spleen. (digestion, fatigue, sugar metabolism, muscles)
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Sadness & Grief injure the Lungs. (skin, constipation, asthma)
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Fear & Fright injure the Kidneys. ( lower back pain, bone pain, adrenal fatigue)
The Physical Manifestation of Stress:
Chronic tension is often the body’s way of holding onto unresolved stress or emotional events. You may experience this as:
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Musculoskeletal Tension: Persistent neck and shoulder tightness, tension headaches, migraines, or chronic lower back pain—especially if these began following a stressful life event.
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Digestive & Systemic Issues: "nervous stomach," acid reflux, chronic fatigue, or a general sense of depleted vitality.
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Neurological & Circulatory Symptoms: Numbness, tingling, poor circulation, or chronic pain without a clear medical cause.
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Emotional & Sleep Regulation: Chronic insomnia, "brain fog, worry," or feeling constantly reactive, easily triggered, and emotionally dysregulated.
Resolving what holds you back from healing
To Truly Heal requires looking beyond surface-level symptoms to address the underlying Root Cause. When painful emotional information is suppressed, it consumes internal resources that could otherwise be dedicated to recovery.
These unresolved emotions can limit the capacity of your body to heal, In cases of chronic pain or persistent illness, acupuncture alone may not be enough if the subconscious mind remains in a state of stress; lasting relief often requires accessing, healing and reframing that stored emotional information.
One of the effective way to reframe and heal emotional events is using NLP ( Neuro-Linguistic Programming) or other trauma related therapies.

All Rights Reserved - Natanel (Nir) Saar - 2026.
Treatment Modalities

Body Acupuncture
Based on Traditional Chinese Medicine principles and the capacity to 'read the qi' we can discern which are the most active points in relation to you main concerns.
Combining a few styles of body acupuncture according to the needs of the patient.
To achieve a lasting change in the way we inhabit our bodies to creates a sense of greater well being.

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723 Cassiar place
(Dilworth mountain area)
Kelowna.
Tel: 778.594.1066


