Acupuncture influences alertness and calmness by communicating between the somatosensory system and the autonomic nervous system.

“what I want to talk about in terms of acup puncture is the incredible way in which acupuncture illuminates the cross talk between the somata sensory system our ability to feel stuff externally exteroception internally interoception and how that somata sensory system is wired in with and communicating with our autonomic nervous system that regulates our levels of alertness or calmness”