Wild Heart Acupuncture
Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine Clinic in the heart of Blackwood, South Australia
Find Balance. Feel Whole. Live Wild at Heart.
A space where ancient wisdom meets modern understanding — where your body is listened to, your story is honoured, and healing begins at the heart.
At Wild Heart Acupuncture, we support women navigating emotional overwhelm, hormonal shifts, and chronic pain to reconnect with themselves and feel at home in their bodies again. Through gentle, personalised care, we help restore balance, build resilience, and create space for you to thrive — not just get by.
Emotional Wellbeing | Women’s Health | Chronic Pain
My Approach
I take a whole-person approach to health, recognising that symptoms do not exist in isolation. Pain, stress, and hormonal changes are often deeply connected — and meaningful, lasting results come from working with the body as a whole.
My practice is grounded in the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine and supported by an evidence-informed understanding of the body. This allows me to combine time tested techniques with a clear, modern approach to care.
At Wild Heart Acupuncture, I’ve created a space where you can slow down, feel supported, and be met exactly where you are. Feeling heard and understood is an essential part of the healing process.
Each treatment is tailored to your individual needs, with a focus on calming the nervous system, easing pain, and supporting balance across your body. Over time, this work helps build resilience, restore energy, and create a greater sense of steadiness.
Whether you are navigating pain, stress, or hormonal shifts, you are welcome here.
My role is to support your body to do what it’s designed to do — adapt, recover, and find its way back to balance.
Private Health Insurance
Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine may be claimable through your private health insurance, depending on your level of cover.
My Services
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Acupuncture
Acupuncture involves the insertion of fine needles into acupoints on the body, to stimulate the flow of Qi. It is commonly used to relieve pain, reduce stress, and promote overall wellbeing.
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Paediatric Shonishin
Shonishin (paediatric acupuncture) does not involve needles. Instead, it uses gentle techniques and specialised tools to stimulate acupoints, promoting health and wellness in a non-invasive manner.
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Fire Cupping
Vacuum sealed cups are placed on the skin to promote blood circulation and alleviate muscle tension. It is often used for pain relief, treating respiratory conditions and injury recovery.
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Gua Sha
A scraping technique that uses a smooth-edged tool to scrape the skin, promoting circulation and releasing muscle tension. It is used to relieve pain, reduce inflammation, and improve lymphatic drainage.
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Moxibustion
Moxibustion involves gently warming specific acupuncture points with dried mugwort . The soothing heat helps to improve circulation, ease pain and muscle tension, boost energy, strengthen digestion.
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Tui Na
Tui Na is a therapeutic massage that works along the body’s meridians. Using rhythmic pressure, stretching, and rolling techniques, it helps to release muscular tightness, restore balance and promote relaxation.
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Dietetics & Lifestyle
Dietary and lifestyle advice helps you align your daily habits with your body’s natural rhythms. Simple adjustments to diet, rest, and routine can become powerful tools for long term wellbeing.
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Reiki Energy Healing
Reiki is a gentle Japanese energy healing method where a practitioner places hands lightly on or above the body to promote deep relaxation, nervous system balance and the body’s natural healing.
Blackwood’s Leading Women’s Acupuncture Health Clinic — supporting you through emotional wellness and life’s transition.
How I Can Support You
At Wild Heart Acupuncture, I offer a calm, supportive space where women can feel truly heard, understood, and cared for. As a degree-qualified practitioner, I blend the time-tested wisdom of traditional Chinese Medicine with a modern, evidence-informed approach to support your health in a meaningful and sustainable way.
I support women through a wide range of physical and emotional health concerns, with a focus on restoring balance, easing pain, and improving overall wellbeing. Whether you’re navigating stress, fatigue, hormonal changes, chronic pain, or simply feeling out of sync in your body, my approach is to work with you as a whole person - not just a set of symptoms.
Treatments are tailored to where you are at, helping to regulate the nervous system, support natural healing processes, and create sustainable shifts in how you feel day to day. My aim is to provide both relief and clarity, so you can move forward feeling more grounded, resilient, and connected to yourself.
I have a clinical focus on supporting:
Hormonal balance and cycle regulation
Fatigue, stress, and nervous system support
Perimenopause and menopause transitions
Emotional wellbeing, including anxiety and overwhelm
Chronic pain (e.g. lower back pain, pelvic pain etc)
Contact us.
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Chiro Collab
212 Main Road, Blackwood SA 5051
Please allow extra time to find parking. There are a small amount of time restricted parking on the side streets. There is also parking behind Chiro Collab if you enter via Edward Street, or the vacated Karkoo or Library across the street has a small amount of parking.
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0401 120 310
Adele@wildheartacupuncture.com.au
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Monday: 9.30am - 5.00pm
Tuesday: 10.30am - 8.00pm
Thursday: 3:00pm - 8.00pm
Saturday: 8.30am - 5:00pm
In the meantime, if you can't find an appointment time that suits you, please contact Adele on 0401 120 310 (SMS preferred) or via email at Adele@wildheartacupuncture.com.au to check our availability or to be added to my waiting list.
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At Wild Heart Acupuncture, HICAPS is available to claim your Private Health Rebates for acupuncture treatments. Just check with your health fund to ensure you are covered for acupuncture in your extras.
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I understand that schedules can change and life can be unpredictable.
Cancellations made within 48 hours of your appointment will incur a 50% fee. Cancellations within 24 hours, or missed appointments, will be charged at the full appointment fee.
If you need to reschedule within the same week, the cancellation fee will be waived.
I appreciate your understanding and respect for this policy, which allows me to continue providing consistent and sustainable care.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia & their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to elders past and present & extend that respect to all Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples today.