Boulder Japanese Acupuncture - Ai Kakuta
3 level healing Aiki Method
Aiki Method Acupuncture
What the Knee Tells Us About the Whole Body
A woman comes in with a painful knee, hoping for relief. But when we look at her whole body, the picture is more complex. Her left knee hurts, but her left shoulder has also been tight for some time, and her pelvis is tilted, which is causing her right lower back to ache. Working on the knee alone will not give her lasting relief. To truly help her, we have to release the stagnation everywhere it is found in the body.
- Knee Pain Is Rarely Just About the Knee
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“This is a great practice for people to be introduced to the benefits of eastern medicine. Anyone I encounter that is experiencing an issue (emotional or physical) that is not making headway, I will recommend Ai Kakuta at Boulder Japanese Acupuncture."
Cairole Woodward
Boulder, Colorado
Before & After
“Before the accupuncture treatment I was feeling unsupported and nervous system overload. And mourning. After the treatment I felt lighter and relieved that the dreck had been removed from me. I felt like I could move on now.”Â
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“After a stroke, I have been suffering from facial paralysis and fatigue. Acupuncture has provided a significant improvement, especially for my uneven eye and mouth. I am relieved that these issues are improving” – Lyndsey, Lousville, Colorado.
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“My legs are so amazing!! I can’t even tell you well. The feet were good at night. Yesterday am the legs were better and little fluid. Then last night I could see that the entire legs have changed. All that fullness is gone… and at the end of the day when I’d been on my feet a LOT! I just forgot how the legs used to look. Oh my. So wonderful. I’m so grateful for you marvelous techniques! ” – Pat, Boulder Colorado
Pain Management
“I feel more mobility and fluidity in the joint, lymph flow perhaps. Still no pain-meds needed!” Glenda M, Boulder Colorado.Â
“I had a sports injury on my lower back that was completely debilitating. I couldn’t walk or even get out of bed. Regular acupuncture and herbal patches took the pain away and helped me recover quickly. Ai was an absolute lifesaver.” Corey M, Boulder Colorado
“I had surgery on my wrist about a year ago but still have pain when I put pressure on it in a certain way; acupuncture has helped in aiding my body to heal itself so much.” Melissa S, Boulder Colorado.
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Stress
“In this treatment, the Teishin needle on my head was the most powerful tool. It is what I credit with removing the stress, releasing the emotions, supporting my nervous system, and left me feeling capable, able and willing to handle the load”Â
How Acupuncture needles feel?
“I am aware after the fact because it will hum energy. Sometimes it will activate some other point on my body that has no needle to feel like that spot has a needle” – Russ, Boulder Colorado.Â
“Do yourself a favor and book a treatment with Ai at Boulder Japanese Acupuncture. She is truly outstanding and a genuine healer! I’m not new to acupuncture and have seen many different practitioners over the years. Ai is by far the best! I love that she uses frequency-specific microcurrent as well. If you’re not familiar, do some research. It’s a truly amazing modality! I’ve been obsessed with acupuncture for beauty/anti-aging and I recently had a facial treatment with microcurrent and it was great. I was surprised to see some subtle improvements immediately after. Highly recommend! Ai is my new acupuncture Fairy Godmother!” – Rian B, Boulder Colorado.
In conjunction with other modalities
” People that are already in communication with their bodies are good candidates like people that routinely do cranial sacral or polarity work will find this to be powerful if they are having physical issues.”
Ai Kakuta
“I have inherited the Aiki Method from ancient doctors — a way of treating disease, pain, and mental struggle. I live the way I was taught, and I am here to share it with you.” — Ai Kakuta
Ai Kakuta is the principal acupuncturist and herbalist at Boulder Japanese Acupuncture Clinic. Her practice follows the Aiki Method, which draws on classical wisdom to harmonize the three levels of healing — Shin spirit (神), Ki energy (æ°£), and Ketsu Blood (è¡€) — and awaken the body’s own capacity to heal.
She works in the traditional Japanese style: pulse diagnosis (myaku-shin), abdominal diagnosis (hara-shin), and gentle insertion of hair-thin needles. Patients are often surprised at how subtle the treatment feels — and how deeply it works. Ai is a member of several professional acupuncture organizations in Japan and continues to study within their lineages.
Indigestion treated through a point on the hand. The hand and the digestive organs are connected by a meridian channel
Regulating the autonomic nervous system through the foot — the dorsum of the foot connects to areas of the brain.
Hospice Acupuncture Care
Aiki Method
Move or Gather Ki?
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In classical East Asian medicine, most pain and illness come from one of two root causes: the body is lacking vital energy — Ki (気) — or Ki is stuck and not circulating. The treatment for each is entirely different.
Consider two people with the same bone pain, neither from injury. In one, vital energy has been depleted by aging, environment, or lifestyle. In the other, circulation is blocked. The first person shouldn’t be treated aggressively with acupuncture — they need to be nourished, often with herbs. The second person doesn’t need nourishment at all — they need the stuck Ki moved, which is exactly what acupuncture does well.
Knowing what is lacking and what is stuck — and treating each accordingly — is the quiet strength of this medicine. This is the Aiki Method.
Take a common question: “Is honey good for me? Should I eat it every day?” Everyone knows honey is nourishing. But nourishing isn’t the same as helpful. The real question is: is your body lacking Ki, or is Ki already stuck in your stomach?
Rich, nourishing foods tend to be cloying, and cloying foods deepen stagnation. If you often feel heavy after meals, bloated, or burp easily, more honey will make things worse — not better. What you need instead are foods that move Ki, such as citrus peel.Â