Usually I’m not one to rush into fads nor get obsessed with these new age rituals , but this whole Olympic cupping thing … Well, if it’s the gold medal team , and it’s Phelps .. Something must be going very right .
I’ve seen the marks on celebrities for a few years , Gwyneth being one of the first and foremost making cupping a very celebrated new age or holistic if one may want to categorize it , way to detox .
To be honest I was surfing the net actually for some mindfulness course , seminar , or retreat . I believe that mindfulness is probably the only way I can stop my bad eating habits and my constant weight yo yo .
While happily playing on my laptop , I came across a website for cupping therapy , by a French lady . From my experience , the French are very adept and usually very knowledgeable about whatever alternative ways or service they provide . Such as , my Pilates teacher is French , and she is amazing .
So I made an app to try cupping and moxa . I didn’t do any research on the therapy , usually I will do so much homework on whatever I subject my body to . Somehow , my mind thinks … Phelps and the whole gold medal US swim team cannot be wrong .
I arrived at the “Eden” . It was a very pleasant space , open and comfortable . I sat down and met Mochka . We had quite a long conversation about food , my gut , and possible my muscle ache around my neck and shoulder blade could be caused by my “tight” gut .
I actually liked our conversation a lot . I’ve had these consults before and usually with a medical doctor , they are so forceful and aggressive in their approach . With Mochka , she just nudges and suggests , saying meat is good , ( for me , my blood type and set up ) 2-3 times a week , try to avoid gluten , otherwise it contaminates the intestines … Etc . It’s just the way she calmly and matter of dactyl says it that I have no feeling in me to disagree. With my doctor , they wld say , quit milk , quit banana , etc . And just that makes me rebel .
So that conversation went on for about an hour , she more or less knows what is bothering me , my neck and behind my shoulder blades .
So I got changed , laid down on my stomach and relaxed . The first cup hit my small back and I jolted a bit , more out of surprise that any other sensation . It was a gentle warm th and a gently pulling at first . Then after a few minutes , it got warmer and the pulling got steadily stronger .
Strangely enough , the sensation is weirdly satisfying . I almost could feel the toxins being pulled out of my pores by the pressure . Needless to say when Mochka left the cups in for awhile , I fell asleep . Deep sleep too . Some Chinese alternative medicine practicioners advertise that they can use cupping to get rid of cellulite .. That I’m def going to try out in a few weeks …
Let’s wait till my purple round Mark’s disappear from my back first !
sweetestrika 
