Rebecca Mar Young

Hi, I’m Rebecca, Acupuncturist, Chinese herbalist and Yoga Teacher.

I’ve always had a fascination with health and wellbeing for as long as I can remember. I enjoy de-coding complex cases and working deeply with you to achieve your goals, be they of having a family, a joyful pregnancy or reducing pain. I’m a deep seeker of knowledge, always striving to know and understand more for myself and my clients. I pride myself on leaving no stone unturned when it comes to your health, fertility and pregnancy.

Experience

Since 2005 I’ve been supporting women and their families, assisting them with their fertility, pregnancy, hormonal, gut, immune health and pain presentations. I see babies and children too, mainly for gut and immune strengthening, which is such a joy.

For many of my clients, work of the mind and heart inevitably become an important part of the healing process. I enjoy the challenge of working with you to align them.

From 2012 to 2018 I facilitated workshops for midwives, teaching them acupressure for pregnancy, birth, post natal and women’s health at the Royal Hospital for Women and in our online programs. They were accredited by the Australian College of Midwives and American College of Nurse Midwives. I’ve presented on acupressure for birth at midwifery and childbirth conferences in Sydney and on the Gold Coast.

In 2015 we hosted our Bumps Births Babies Holistic Health Conference. We interviewed Doctors, Midwives, Professors, Childbirth educators, Yoga teachers and more all about pregnancy, birth and postpartum. It was warmly received.

I’m mum to three generous, warm-hearted children that teach me more about life than I imagined was possible. I love what I do and am excited to go to work every day and I look forward to supporting you.

Education

2024 Advanced Diploma in Fertility Acupuncture
2019 Japanese Acupuncture training: Kiiko Matsumoto
2012 Japanese Acupuncture training: Meridian Therapy
2006 Japanase Acupuncture training: Manaka Protocols
2008 Certified Yoga Teacher RYTA 200
2005 BA Health Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine, UTS
2005 China Japan Friendship Hospital internship,  Beijing China
2003 Remedial Massage Therapy, Certificate IV, Nature Care College
2000 BA Arts Communications (Journalism), CSU-Bathurst
1995 BA Science, Sydney University 

Yearly continuing professional development courses and conferences, see below for details.

Chinese Medicine Career:

2007 Pregnancy and Birth Acupressure Course for Couples, LifeSource Yoga, North Sydney
2007 Was part of Midwife Janine O’Brien’s prenatal course for mothers giving information on acupressure and nutrition in early motherhood
2008 Pregnancy and Birth Acupressure Course for Couples, LifeSource Yoga, North Sydney
2008-2012 Prenatal yoga teaching, Yoganic, Willoughby
2009 Chinese medicine course on women’s health, The Life Pod, Paddington

Courses and presentations developed and often presented with Naomi:
2010 Acubirth for Midwives, a live course teaching acupressure for pregnancy, birth and post-natal period, accredited by the Australian College of Midwives (ACM)
2010 Natural Kids First Aid workshops in Sydney with Belinda Kirkpatrick
2010 Acubirth for Couples courses live in Sydney
2010 Presented at the annual midwifery conference on acupuncture and acupressure for pregnancy, birth and postnatal
2011 Presented at Student Midwifery Conference on the Gold Coast on Acupressure for pregnancy and the postnatal period
2011 Acubirth for Midwives live course taught in Melbourne (ACM accredited)
2011 Acubirth for Couples courses live in Sydney
2011 Acubirth for Midwives live course taught in Sydney (ACM accredited)
2011 Natural Kids First Aid workshops in Sydney with Anna-Maria Kortelanian Boelskov
2011 Presented an acupressure workshop at the Homebirth Conference in Melbourne
2012-2018 Teleseminar courses for midwives: Ancient Secrets for Better Bumps Births and Babies (ACM accredited and American College of Nurse Midwives – ACNM accredited)
2012 Developed and presented a five week live online course for mothers about kids health which had an online support group.
2015 Hosted and spoke at the Bumps Births and Babies online conference with 20 speakers from around the world including (Rhea Dhempsey, Hannah Dahlen, Dr Sarah Buckley, Debra Pascali-Bonaro, Pinky McKay, Katie Rose and many more)
2017 Presented our Ancient Secrets for Better Bumps Births and Babies to the midwives at the Royal Hospital for Women
2018 The Letdown Season Two, on set as an acupuncturist in the show
2018 Presented on The Golden First Month Post Birth at the first Aussie Birth Without Fear Conference in Sydney with January Harshe from the USA
2019 Presented our Ancient Secrets for Better Bumps Births and Babies to the midwives at the Royal Hospital for Women
2021 Presented on a virtual 3 day Fertility Conference
2023 Online talk about the first month postpartum with the La Fig community for women
2024 Featured in the The Complete Australian Guide to Pregnancy and Birth on page 344 discussing natural induction in pregnancy
2024 Launched our free online Acubirth for Couples course – can be found on our homepage

Continuing Professional Development – a selection:

2005 Volunteering as a student assistant in clinic with Kyle Powederly
2005 Paediatrics with Kathyrn MacLean
2006-2007 Jane Lyttleton mentoring and volunteering in her clinic as an assistant
2006 Japanese Acupuncture training: Manaka Protocols, levels I,II,III,
2006 Japanese acupuncture with Stephen Birch
2006 Japanese acupuncture on fertility with Paul Movsessian
2006 Japanese acupuncture on immunity with Paul Movsessian
2006 TCM support for cancer with Yifang Yang
2006 TCM Dietary Therapy with Kyle Powderley
2007 TCM and Infertility with Jane Lyttleton
2007 Treating Children with Oriental Medicine with Soma Glick
2008 Yoga Teacher Training, 200 hours
2009 Psycho Emotional disorders – Japanese acupuncture – Paul Movsessian
2009 Prenatal yoga teacher training for conscious birthing – Urban Yoga – Janice Clarfield
2009 TCM Paediatrics on Digestion and Immunity with Helen Gordon
2011 Japanese Acupuncture training: Meridian Therapy
2014 TCM Paediatrics on Gu Syndrome with Helen Gordon
2015 Paediatric Nutrition for Health Professionals – Monash University
2015 Perinatal Mental Health Disorders – Eastern Sydney Medicare Local
2015 The Art of Nurturing the Young – Peter Gigante
2016 Tung acupuncture – Brad Whisnat
2018 Medical Pulse Diagnosis – Bob Doane
2018 IICMC – 3 day fertility conference in Melbourne
2019 Japanese Acupuncture training: Kiiko Matsumoto Protocols – Monika Kobylecka
2020-2024 Greg Bantick mentoring for Chinese herbal medicine
2022 Paediatric Acupuncture Training with Julian Scott
2022 Venerating the Root (Fertility, Pregnancy and Paediatrics) with Debra Betts and Sabine Wilms
2022 Classical Acupuncture – The Divergent Channels – Ann Cecil-Sterman
2023 Foundations in Neuro Meridian Integrative Acupuncture – Dr Poney Chiang
2023 Professor Huang Huang – Clinical Application of Classical Chinese Formulas
2024 Advanced Diploma in Fertility Acupuncture

Want to find out how I work with fertility?

… and if it is right for you? Have questions before booking in? Feel free to book a ten minute discovery session with me right here. I look forward to connecting with you.

In August of 2024, I completed my Advanced Level Diploma in Fertility Acupuncture. This means I support all aspects of fertility using Chinese Medicine including recurrent miscarriage, low sperm count, IVF, IUI, ICSI, and pregnancy in the over 40s. For more information on the course I completed, click here.