ETHICAL HEALTH-CARE

VISION

Our heartfelt vision is a world where all beings remember their interdependence and live in harmony with nature. Through this remembering, we envision each person fulfilling their creative potential, radiating their unique gifts, and contributing to the whole. In this world of our dreams, we recognise Earth as part of ourselves and care for her as she cares for us in regenerative reciprocity.

MISSION

At Vessel, we use acupuncture and Chinese medicine to help you rediscover vitality, ease, and comfort in your body and the world. We cut through wellness propaganda to provide tailored, practical, evidence-based solutions that have stood the test of time.

VALUES

Connectivity

We believe in the interconnectedness of all beings and the planet. We offer our services to help restore a healthful connection between the psyche, spirit, and body, so that we each may move with ease toward even wider connection in community and beyond.

Compassion

We believe in the power of compassion to awaken healing. We practice compassion for ourselves and others, recognising that without it, we face challenges alone. Through compassion, we aim to restore a sense of appreciation and love for the natural world and cultivate non-prejudiced, empathetic relationships with ourselves and one another.

Empowerment
We believe each person holds the wisdom to shape their health, and that healing is an active, collaborative process. Our role is to offer guidance, knowledge, and tools — to provide care that empowers, not overrides. We honour the agency of each person and walk alongside them with respect and trust.

Devotion to Excellence
We are devoted to the path of lifelong learning, in service of excellence and integrity in care. We see learning not as accumulation, but as refinement. We continually deepen our knowledge and skills while remaining grounded in the wisdom traditions that guide our work. In honouring both ancient lineages and emerging evidence, we hold curiosity as sacred and learning as an act of devotion.

Ease

We draw inspiration from the Taoist teachings of ease and believe that life can be an easeful experience. We aim to underpin my efforts with ease, achieving more with less effort, and accompanying our clients on an easeful journey to health and wellbeing.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Indigenous lands

We learn, play, work, and rest on Turrbal country in Meanjin (Brisbane). We visualise the times when dense rainforests, swamps, and bushland surrounded Maiwar (Brisbane River) and its creeks and tributaries, nurturing an abundance of human, plant, and animal life. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea, waters, and community. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded, and we pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging and extend that respect to all First Nations Peoples, worldwide.

Traditional medicines

We learn and practice a form of Traditional East Asian Medicine. An ancient traditional medicine to which we have no inherited cultural ties. We offer deep respect not only to the sages and philosophers of ancient times, and to those who captured the writings of classics to ensure the passage of wisdom through the ages, but to all East Asian people for whom this medicine is a birthright. We extend that respect to the holders of all traditional healing knowledge & practices on the continent of Australia and worldwide. May this wisdom be remembered & honoured.