Meet Alison
I'm so glad you're here.
I'm Alison. I’m an acupuncturist, a personal trainer, a mom of three young boys, and someone who spent years knowing exactly what was causing my own body pain and still couldn’t fix it.
The profession story is:
After 20-years working in the fitness industry as a personal trainer and yoga instructor, I went back to school to study Chinese medicine and acupuncture. I thought I was making a career shift, but really, Chinese medicine deepened my knowledge of anatomy, taught me nuances of the cycle after decades of feeling confused by my own, and showed me how to truly listen to and learn from the person in front of me.
But my pain story is why I'm here:
Three babies in five years. My last birthing experience broke my heart and moved my sacrum in a way nobody took seriously for fifteen months.
I developed this nervous system that had learned to adapt by compensating so "well", that I didn’t notice how hard I clenched my jaw in my sleep or how certain muscles in my hips had simply stopped showing up.
I saw several practitioners to try to address the pain, but I always felt half seen, partially dismissed, like I was never doing “enough” and yet exhausted from trying everything.
After a year of doing all the things and refusing to believe that pain was my new normal, I finally found a practitioner who believed me, acknowledge my experience, and who saw (and treated) my entire picture.
That person changed my life.
I walked away thinking: everyone deserves to be treated like this.
My family and I moved to Maastricht in 2025, and I opened Rain Acupuncture. Movement has been this therapeutic part of my life, especially after the practitioner I worked with helped me get into the strongest era of my life (after 3 kids and that injury... who knew it was possible).
...which is why I ran back toward training with open arms as I opened Mindset Maastricht Oost in 2026 under the same roof as Rain.
If you're someone who carries a lot, perhaps in your shoulders, in your work, in your family... in your nervous system, or you've been struggling to find a path out of pain and other confounding symptoms, I know how you feel, and my work is learning about you, your story, and what you want out of your life and your body moving forward.
Why "Rain"?
Rain is named after a particular acupuncture point that has held a transformative role in my heart and in my life. The point is on the top of the foot, and in acupuncture, we refer to it as “GB 41” or Zulinqi.
Acupuncture works with meridians in the body, which we can imagine as rivers. GB 41 is said to open a special meridian that stores trauma, events, and emotions that we’re not ready to process yet. This is the only horizontal meridian in the body, and I’ve found that moving through the tough, sticky emotions at the right time, in a safe space, has shifted my life, my body, and even my pain more than I had ever expected.
I guess you could say that Rain is what happens when something that’s been held for a long time is given the space to finally let go.
Treatment & Practice
Every session begins with a conversation. Not a blank form. I want to know where it hurts, when it started, and what was happening in your body and your life when it began. Chinese medicine has always understood that the body doesn’t compartmentalize; pain and digestion, sleep and mood, painful periods and migraines are all part of the same conversation. And I treat accordingly.
Acupuncture sessions may include acupuncture, cupping, gua sha, tui na, or moxibustion, depending on what your body needs that day. I provide Food Therapy maps specific to your constitution and the time of year when you engage in Consistent Care.
Everyone is welcome here. I work with adults and teenagers. I welcome people of all genders and backgrounds. Everything is personalized. Nothing is one-size-fits-all.
About Our Unique Location & Partnership
Rain Acupuncture is situated under the same roof as Mindset Maastricht Oost, a women-only personal and group training studio that hosts fun, dynamic group strength classes as well as personalized fitness training for solos, duos, and trios.
Contact
Duitsepoort 13B
6221 VA Maastricht
Our entrance is located at the BACK of the building. When you walk around the builidng, you'll see our green and black sign. You'll find our doors just behind the sign.