ACUPUNCTURE is an ancient healing modality comprised of physics, metaphor and poetry. It is the fine art of listening, smelling, looking, tasting, and touching to understand what is going on inside a human body. Acupuncture needles are inserted into points on the body along pathways of energy to balance the flow of energy, fluids, and heat or cold. While the needles are retained, the body releases endorphins, the feel-good hormone, which remind the body what it is to feel well. Indeed, the release of endorphins inhibits the release of cortisol, the stress hormone. When the body is brought to this state of peace, it is reminded that it can heal itself.