Meet Megan Jackson | Acupuncturist

We had the good fortune of connecting with Megan Jackson and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Megan, is your business focused on helping the community? If so, how?
Awareness Acupuncture and Healing Arts is a local Acupuncture practice located in the South Metro Denver area. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a theory of medicine that offers an alternative approach to over all wellness and health. TCM offers the potential of decreasing a patients need for pharmaceutical medications and other medical interventions. TCM focuses on Acupuncture and Herbal medicine as well as lifestyle changes helping to change peoples lives for the better. The medicine is often used along side conventional Western Bio-medicine, to help develop healthy life style changes that can follow a patient for years after treatments. TCM can be used to treat a wide range of things such as pain management, digestive issues, anxiety/depression, insomnia, cold/flu, fertility support, pregnancy and postpartum support and oncology support to name a few. TCM is used and respected World wide due to its effectiveness. Helping to improve the quality of lives of patients has been the greatest gift of all time.

What should our readers know about your business?
My journey to find my place in the medical world has been a long and fulfilling one. I first saw Acupuncture on my equine and K-9 partners. It was used to help relieve pain and to aid in recovery from colic and other surgeries. I was fascinated but I did not know how much it would change my life. From there I went to work at a local hospital as a Wound Care specialist. While the hospital taught me so much about humanity and myself, when it came time to further my education and go to Medical school, I was pulled a different direction. I was at a healthcare symposium where Acupuncture would once again resurface in my life. After meeting an Acupuncturist who working in the area I lived I knew it was something I needed to pursue. I jumped into a 3.5 year full time Acupuncture graduate program and began to learn. That 3 years was the most important time of my life to that date. That program called me to be the highest version of myself and I will be forever grateful.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
I would tell a friend to travel around to the different hot springs and ski mountains in Colorado. I would tell them to start at the Cottonwood Hot Springs near Buena Vista. I would tell them to eat at the local restaurants on main street, I’ve tried them all, they’re amazing. I would tell them to visit Mount Princeton on the way out of town, Then I would have them go to Pegosa Springs and pick one of the many hot springs in the area a try. Add a day at Wolf Creek skiing or snowboarding. Then I would have them head over to Joyful Journeys Hot Springs near Monarch ski mountain. Next head to Steamboat and got to The Strawberry Hot Springs and Steamboat Ski area. There are so many options that I didn’t mention, but that would be the perfect week trip in Colorado.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
I would like to give a Shoutout to all the amazing Doctors and practitioners that have helped me to learn and grow as a practitioner along the way. Thank you to Dr. Melendia Story (DVM) for introducing me to this medicine so many years ago, to all my professors at Southwest Acupuncture College. It takes a village and my village is STRONG!!

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