Most acupuncturists in the US treat patients on tables in isolated rooms or cubicle. This is not traditional in Asia, where acupuncture usually occurs in a community setting. Treatments are simple and repeated frequently for best results. At Idyllwild Community Acupuncture, patients remain clothed, lie in comfortable recliners in a quiet soothing community room. With this more traditional style, we spend less time talking; the tongue and pulse guide treatment. This allows more patients to be seen and the price becomes more affordable.

In our clinic, we primarily use recliners, clustered in groups in a quiet, soothing space. This communal type treatment offers benefits beyond affordability and convenience. Friends and family can come in together for treatment. Many patients find it comforting. Also there is a collective energy that is established, which actually makes individual treatments more powerful. As with any intentional group endeavor, the shared state makes individual treatments more potent. Here, the patients create the healing atmosphere as much as the practitioner.