Rufus trained at the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine in Reading, and practices a combination of Five Element and Traditional Chinese Medicine acupuncture. He is experienced at working in the multi-bed clinic setting, and currently runs another multi-bed session (with Charlie Stone) at The Acupuncture Clinic (www.acudance.co.uk) in Hove. He also provides private one-to-one sessions their too.

Rufus is particularly interested in making acupuncture treatment accessible to everyone, which is why he chooses to work in two low-cost clinics. He is also very keen to attract more men to acupuncture treatment as he believes there are very few men (only approx. 20% of patients nationally) benefiting from the relief of symptoms and improved quality of life that acupuncture treatment offers.

Before acupuncture, Rufus studied Telecommunications Engineering Degree in Plymouth and spent many years working in the field of IT at American Express in Brighton. He continues to maintain this interest working part time at charitable organisation in Whitehawk, in East Brighton.

Rufus lives in Brighton with his partner Sian (a fellow acupuncturist) and their new baby Heath. Rufus has a passion for music, cooking and travelling and enjoys Qi Gong, swimming and loves getting out on the South Downs on his bike or walking, come rain, shine (or snow!).

Throughout my twenties, I studied Chi Gong, Nei Gong and Tai Chi with Brian Cooper and his teacher Bruce Frantzis, practising with great diligence and passion. In the meantime, I studied various subjects such as French, Linguistics and Fine Art, but did not find my raison d’etre in any of these. The theories and world-view behind Chinese and Oriental culture that I learned from my studies of Tai Chi seemed so 'right' and familiar to me from the start. However, it took a long time for me to realise that I could develop this fascination with Chinese energetics into a satisfying career.

I studied acupuncture at the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine in Reading. During my studies I was fortunate enough to work at the Dragon Acupuncture Project in Brighton. The Dragon was the UK’s first non-NHS funded multi-bed acupuncture clinic, and being involved in this pioneering and very successful clinic has fundamentally shaped my practice.

In 2007, I launched the web-based Affordable Acupuncture UK, to gather information about multi-bed practice, list all the UK multi-bed clinics, and to offer support and encouragement to help new clinics get started. In July 2009 Affordable Acupuncture was renamed ACMAC (the Association of Community and Multibed Acupuncture Clinics) and Lewes Community Acupuncture will be the 31st UK clinic listed!

I am passionate about having as great a section of our community as possible be able to access high-quality treatment often enough, and for long enough, to get better and stay better. It is a pleasure to be working with Hye-Eun, Barbara and Jeremy to offer community acupuncture to the good people of Lewes.

I live in Ringmer with my husband, my young son Benjamin and my dog. I love gardening, walking and looking after ACMAC.

Hye-Eun was born and brought up in Korea, where the practice of Chinese Medicine is deeply rooted in daily life. She is a graduate in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine from the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine in Reading, and has been practising in Brighton and Lewes, East Sussex, over the past six years.

Before Hye-Eun embarked on the journey of Chinese medicine ten years ago, she studied first Biology and then English Language & Literature at Kyung-Hee University, Seoul. She also completed her first year in Nursing in Korea University, Seoul before moving to the UK.

Hye-Eun spent two and a half years working as a volunteer at the Gateway Clinic in Lambeth Hospital, which won the 2003 award for best medical practice in the UK by the Prince Charles Foundation of Integrated Health. During that time she also worked as a visiting acupuncturist to the heroin rehab institute at Bethlem Royal Hospital in London.

Hye-Eun is experienced working in multi-bed clinic setting, having worked in different multi-bed clinics over the last seven years. She also currently runs another multi-bed session in the Acupuncture Clinic in Hove, along with her private practice in Lewes, East Sussex.

She treats a wide range of conditions using both acupuncture and Chinese herbs and has spent recent years developing treatments for pain relief, skin conditions, fertility and pregnancy, and treatments for children. She has her own website at: www.hyeeun-acupuncture.co.uk

Jeremy trained at the University of Westminster for three years and holds a BSc (Hons) in Traditional Chinese Medicine: Acupuncture. This included the study of both western and Chinese medicine, dietary therapy and Tui Na (massage.)

Since graduation he has undergone extra training in musculo-skeletal problems, auricular acupuncture and treating babies and children. He has also studied Classical Chinese medicine with Dr Arnaud Versus, and is a member of the Brighton and Hove integrated health forum. He also volunteered at the Gateway Clinic in London for over a year, the only full time multi-bed acupuncture clinic on the NHS.

Before moving to East Sussex he worked in a busy G.P.’s surgery in Bedfordshire, where he developed an interest in women’s health issues such as fertility, pregnancy and menopause.

He has been practising Tai Chi Chuan and Qi Gong for over eleven years. For the last four he has been studying traditional Wu style under Michael Acton, who is a disciple of Dr Li Li Qun, a Qi Gong doctor and 4th generation Wu stylist from Shanghai. He was a senior disciple of Ma Yeuh Liang, who with Wu Ying Hua were the son in law and daughter of Wu Jien Quan, founder of the modern Wu style.

Jeremy practises and teaches in Brighton and Lewes and is passionate about helping people realise their potential through Chinese medicine and martial arts. He is very proud of his involvement with Lewes Community Acupuncture. He has his own website at: www.acupunctureandtaichibrighton.co.uk