Growth
The Unlikely Acupuncturist: From Sex Parties to Modeling to TCM
How I went from hosting sex parties and art nude modeling to being a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine
The two years that I spent learning acupuncture were also the peak of my career as a sex party host. In a way, I didn’t take my acupuncture studies seriously because I thought the parties were my life. It was part of my identity. I was a swinger. My teacher was very supportive of my business, being a strong female entrepreneur herself. I guess she knew the parties were funding my hefty school fees. I won’t mention how much I paid to learn acupuncture, but let’s just say it’s more that most people have in their bank accounts.
Back in those days, I’d drop thousands on luxury hotel suites and villas without blinking an eyelash because I knew I’d make it all back in the same night. My parties were one of a kind. Nobody in the entire region was able to draw the kind of crowd I did. My clients flew in from every corner of the world to attend my nefarious night time shenanigans.
So how did I go from sex parties to acupuncture? Sometimes it feels like there’s no real connection between these two vastly difference worlds. One where people are running around butt naked, all sweaty and humping each other. Another where one person is resting in silence with needles in them, healing their body from the inside. How the heck do you go from one to the other?
It actually started when I gave up the birth control pills. At some point during my acupuncture studies, it didn’t feel right taking them anymore. Knowing how damaging pills are to the body, especially the liver; I couldn’t keep doing that to myself. Birth control is something that looks so small and innocent, but it’s causing havoc in the body and even altering your state of mind. It actually changes the way you think and feel, affecting the very decisions you make and your personality.
Just ask any of your female friends what their experience has been like with birth control pills. I’ve heard so many horror stories from manic depression, uncontrollable mood swings, weight gain, to those little IUD things getting lost in the body and causing pain. Most…
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