Loving Awareness Acupuncture
Body, Mind & Spirit Wellness
"In the universal sense, love is the divine power of attraction in creation that harmonizes, unites, and binds together." ~Paramahansa Yogananda
Acupuncture is a safe, effective, and powerful tool to calm the nervous system, relax the body, and clear the mind. In addition to sending healing energy to any physical condition and releasing endorphins to reduce pain, acupuncture also facilitates a deep meditative state to allow you to more easily rest in spacious awareness. Within this peaceful flow of universal love, you have the potential to experience a profound shift into balance and harmony with your body, mind, and spirit.
Welcome to
Loving Awareness Acupuncture
with
Karen Laird Reid
L.Ac. Dipl. O.M.
Experience the healing wisdom of East Asian Traditional Medicine in the tranquil setting of my office in the Water Court in Westlake Village. The fundamental philosophy behind my practice is to bring peace and love to my patients no matter what is being treated. Named after Ram Dass’ simple yet profound meditation, “I Am Loving Awareness,” my practice acknowledges the importance of going inward as a crucial step in the healing process.
My style of acupuncture is gentle and customized to the sensitivity of the individual. I may utilize therapeutically proven styles of acupuncture including TCM, Auricular Therapy, Scalp, Electrical Stimulation (EStim), Master Tung, Dry Needling, Sub-Muscular Needling, and Channel Theory as well as spiritually aligning Esoteric acupuncture.
I am passionate about empowering people to live their best lives, and I look forward to meeting you and helping you with your personal goals.
Full Body Acupuncture
Activate Your Healing Potential
Acupuncture is an ancient healing technology that can alleviate pain, reduce inflammation, calm anxiety, balance hormones, improve mood, boost immunity, and improve energy flow. Acupuncture uses sterile single use solid filiform needles of a very fine gauge that you may not even feel. Acupuncture is a safe, gentle, and effective treatment that can assist the body’s own healing potential by bringing healing energy to the muscles, organs, nervous system, and brain.
Auricular Therapy Acupuncture
Unleash the POWER of your EAR to heal your BODY
Auricular Therapy is a powerful tool to affect change in the entire body and brain by using only the ear. It uses ear reflex points to help regulate digestion, hormones, allergies, immunity, and chronic conditions. It also can relieve pain, relax the body, calm the mind, and improve mood as well as help overcome addiction and behavioral disorders. One of the pathways auricular acupuncture helps our body, is to activate the parasympathetic nervous system which allows us to rest and digest. By stimulating the vagus nerve branch on the ear you can regulate the cardiovascular, respiratory, and gastrointestinal systems of the body.
Chinese Herbal Prescriptions
Nourish Your Body
I prescribe Traditional Chinese Herbal Formulas, Modern Taiwanese Herbal Formulas, and Prescription Quality Supplements to assist your body in your healing journey. I also sell my personal favorite CBD cream and facial oil by Vital Body, along with other herbal pain patches and sprays.
Esoteric Acupuncture
Raise Your Frequency
If you are working on spiritual growth, raising your vibration, or going through a spiritually transformative experience, esoteric acupuncture can support you on your journey. The purpose of this style of acupuncture is to strengthen your Higher Inner Spiritual Heart through very specific sacred geometry point locations as taught by Dr. Mikio Sankey.
Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture
Lifting, Firming & Tightening
The most effective areas to treat with Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture are sagging neck, cheeks, and eyelids. Because this is a balanced treatment that also treats the body, it increases circulation and blood flow, reduces inflammation, enhances immunity, releases muscle tension, improves muscle tone, regulates hormones, and improves digestion. It is also wonderful for reducing TMJ pain.
Therapeutic Cupping
Reverse Massage To Release Tension & Promote Healing
Therapeutic Cupping reduces pain and inflammation, relaxes muscles, improves blood flow, and increases range of motion. For thousands of years cupping therapy has been used to ease the symptoms of a variety of conditions including body pain, asthma, irritable bowel disease, headaches, hypertension, the common cold, and arthritis.
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Body treatments leave special marks of differing colors that help diagnose what is happening in the body.
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Facial treatments do not leave marks and are focused on lymphatic drainage and gentle suction to bring blood flow to the face.
Microneedling
Boost Collagen Production & Improve Skin Texture and Tone
Microneedling, also known as collagen induction therapy, uses a micro pen with fine needles to target facial areas with appropriate depth and pressure. This therapy is best for treating fine lines, wrinkles, age spots, scars, skin tone, and enlarged pores. Microneedling increases facial absorption of serums by 3,000%.
Reiki
Spiritually Guided Life Energy
Bathe in the wisdom of Holy Fire Reiki energy for a deeply relaxing experience. Reiki is a Japanese technique used for stress reduction that also promotes healing through increasing your life force energy, letting go of heavy emotions, and clearing energetic blockages. While resting in positive states of consciousness during your Reiki treatment, you can more easily experience your own profound spiritual experience.
Licensed Acupuncturist & Diplomate of Oriental Medicine
Karen Laird Reid
My passion is to bring peace, love, and light to the world. One of the great saints of India, Neem Karoli Baba, has a simple teaching I try to live by: Love Everyone, Serve Everyone, and Remember God.
I believe every human has the ability to raise their vibration, embrace universal love, and let go of fear. By doing this, we can begin to heal ourselves, as well as send out healing ripples for the benefit of all beings everywhere.
So let’s try to love ourselves exactly as we are now, appreciate and honor the people in our lives more, cultivate compassion for all sentient beings across the planet, and lovingly take care of the earth and her resources.
Patient Testimonials
Names are not included to respect patient privacy.
"Relaxing"
This was my first time getting acupuncture, and Karen made it such a relaxing and peaceful experience. I felt so much better after I got home. ❤
"100% Committed"
She is 100% committed to you and your needs, whether said verbally, or shown by your body. She is a lovely practitioner. Go!
"Best Experience"
It was my first time ever and I was super nervous. Karen explained everything in detail before we started, and it was the best experience I ever had. I went into meditative mode after a while during acupuncture.
"Patient & Gentle"
Karen is amazing. She is caring, patient and gentle. Every time I go I learn something new and leave feeling relaxed and refreshed.
"Magical"
She gave me an extremely thorough treatment during early labor when contractions were not picking up. During the treatment my contractions started to increase, and within a few hours I delivered my baby, without any medication or medical interventions. It was truly magical! Karen has a very kind energy and is clearly passionate about her work.
"Just WOW"
Received Acupuncture and cupping treatment for injured shoulder. Just WOW!!! Left feeling like a new person. In great hands with Dr. Reid and I will return. Highly recommended!!!
"Peaceful & Serene"
Acupuncture was recommended to me for helping with my anxiety. Karen used needles in my ear and on my scalp. She also placed needles on my hands, feet, and legs. Amazingly enough, I suddenly found myself very peaceful and serene. I fell asleep on her table!
Discover the Loving Awareness Difference
Everything is connected. This is why it is crucial to heal not only our body but to also calm our mind and to lift our spirit, so that we can manifest the life we want for ourselves.
Shift your body back into wellness
Physical
Acupuncture is renowned for its positive effects on reducing chronic pain and supporting chronic health conditions. It is also beneficial for treating acute health conditions and assisting in healing musculoskeletal injuries. Acupuncture can stimulate the central nervous system to release chemicals into the muscles, spinal cord, and brain. These biochemical changes help stimulate the body’s natural healing abilities and promote physical and emotional well-being. Acupuncture has also been shown to affect the autonomic nervous system. It can regulate blood pressure, pupil size, skin conductance, skin temperature, heart and pulse rate, and heart rate variability.
Quiet your mind and support your mental health
Mental
Acupuncture is a wonderful tool to help balance the nervous system and the brain. It can help reduce stress and anxiety by promoting relaxation and releasing neurotransmitters. Some studies suggest that scalp style acupuncture can improve memory, cognitive function, and stroke recovery. Acupuncture can help alleviate migraines and tension headaches as well as easing the symptoms of neurological conditions. In conjunction with therapy with a specialized licensed mental health professional, acupuncture can help with the symptoms of detox, depression, insomnia, nervousness, neurosis, mania, and insomnia.
Expand your consciousness and raise your vibration
Spiritual
Acupuncture can help shift us into a more spiritually aware state. When we discover for ourselves that we are a powerful multidimensional being having a human experience, we begin to realize the importance of controlling our thoughts, words, and actions. When we keep our mind aligned to higher states of consciousness we will automatically speak more peaceful words and our actions will be motivated by love. The best thing we can do for another being is to take care of ourselves. Acupuncture can be a helpful tool for your personal spiritual journey.