About Slow City Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine
Meet Lou
Lou Verga is an Ahpra-registered practitioner of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine and member of AACMA (Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association).
Lou is a careful listener and a welcoming, empathetic practitioner. He offers precise and holistic treatments which are closely aligned with the individual. Lou practices Classical Chinese Medicine, informed by the roots of Chinese medical and natural philosophy. He is devoted to ongoing research in both Chinese Medicine and the latest biomedical evidence.
Lou’s way of practicing encourages curiosity into the various and sometimes unexpected aspects of health imbalances, as detailed in Chinese Medicine philosophy. In keeping with this philosophy, Lou sees humans as part of a broader process involving other living beings, ancestors, the environment and cosmology; he engages in this process with compassion and kindness.
Lou is a dedicated partner and dad. He is also a reader, writer and translator of poetry and fiction.
About Slow City
‘Man Zou’ 慢走 (go slowly or walk slowly) is a common Chinese departure greeting. It might loosely equate to something like ‘take it easy’ or ‘look after yourself’.
Going slowly guides us towards the notion of taking our time, and following our unique paths slowly but surely. Our symbol is the turtle, which reminds us of patience, calmness, consistency and longevity.
Slow City is a peaceful refuge where you can pause, breathe and be directionless for a while — allowing your body-mind some space for healing.
We acknowledge that we live and work on unceded lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people of the Kulin Nation, paying respect to elders past, present and emerging, and the advanced healing practices that have been occurring on this country for millennia.