According to what I have been reading and hearing (from colleagues who are pioneering this kind of clinic), it is just the opposite. The feeling of community while relaxing into your treatment is increased tremendously. As people do things as a group, their collective energy seems to generate far more energy that they could alone, added up. Because we ask for respectful silence in the sacred healing space, patients can feel their space is intact, and not violated. At the same time it is comforting to feel that others who have suffered as you have are in the same space, too, working to heal themselves. In addition, Community acupuncture allows you to have more treatments, more often, so that you can heal faster.
