Several thousand years ago in Asia, a scholar laid down the mysterious foundations of acupuncture by mapping out the human body traversed by force lines — the meridians — through which Vital Energy circulates, and along which are found points endowed with wonderful therapeutic properties.

Much later, in the 17th century, a poet described an imaginary country, the country of Tendre (the carte du Tendre), which mapped out the three feelings arising from the meeting of two beings: tenderness, but sometimes also indifference or hostility.

Today, blending heart and body, I invite you on an initiatory walk along skin-deep paths, to meet 100 acupuncture points that can, in many cases, change your life.

By rebalancing your energies with a simple press of the finger, some of these points will help you stimulate your vitality, your memory, your concentration or your libido. Others will give you the means to boost your immune defences. Others still will help you lose weight or quit smoking. And others will be particularly useful for regaining suppler joints, lighter legs, better digestion or more efficient elimination of toxins…