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What if EVERYONE was an acupuncturist?
by Nora Madden This article was originally published as a blog on the Community Acupuncture Network’s (CAN) forum on June 8, 2009. Reprinted with permission by the author in the  Summer 2021 Guidepoints Issue. Sign-up to receive Guidepoints in your inbox quarterly. The Guidepoints newsletter is the only publication devoted to the sharing and dissemination of our NADA work on an international scale. Become a...
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Membership Spotlight: Anita Dungo-Uldrich
Anita Dungo-Uldrich has been a NADA Member for two years. She completed her ADS training in Laramie in 2017 and has been bringing the NADA protocol to her work at the VA and her community in Grand Island, Nebraska ever since. Anita, also known as Annie, is a licensed...
Ear Acupressure Teaching Tool (PDF Version)
We invite you to download and share this info sheet, as well as to use it as inspiration to create your own. Use our language or adapt it to be accessible to your community. Most importantly, keep it simple and #passiton.
Ear Acupressure Teaching Tool
Simple ear acupressure can offer support for hard times and is especially well-suited for this global moment of expressing solidarity through physical distancing. We invite you to download and share these infographics, as well as to use them as inspiration to create...
June Membership Café with NADA President Ken Carter
On June 17th 2020 the NADA community gathered virtually for a special NADA Membership Café with recently elected NADA President, Ken Carter. Ken shared his reflections on ancestral healing, NADA's legacy, and his vision for NADA. Lincoln Detox is still...
Save the Date! NADA’s Upcoming Virtual Events
July Membership Check-In Wednesday, July 1st at 10 AM MDT / 12 PM EDT. How do we ‘undo the aloneness’ of this moment? We’ll be offering space to: “Gathering helps to undo the aloneness of this...
Proyecto Salud y Acupuntura para el Pueblo’s Approach to Re-Opening
https://youtu.be/W5wZlbdgVP4 Jose Santini shares about how Proyecto Salud y Acupuntura para el Pueblo has approached re-opening their community healing space in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This video was originally created for the HeartH Star Streaming Festival. ...
Statement of Solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives
June 3, 2020 We stand in solidarity with everyone expressing their outrage at the murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police and demanding accountability. Nate Hurse, NADA’s vice president who lives in the Twin Cities, observed this week that...
NADA featured during HeartH Star Streaming Festival
Thanks to NADA member and ADS Stella Lora Heiniemi (Tuscon, AZ), NADA was featured during the HeartH Start Streaming Festival. The Festival, which took place May 21-23rd 2020 featured testimonials, short films and other great information about NADA sprinkled in...
Membership Café with Ralph & Nancy
In May 2020 the global NADA community gathered virtually for a special open NADA Membership Café with Ralph Raben (Director, NADA Germany) & Nancy Smalls (Founder, Maternal Substance Abuse Services, Lincoln Recovery Center). VIEW THE...
May Membership Café with Ralph Raben & Nancy Smalls
Come reflect and connect with the global NADA community for a special open NADA Membership Café with Ralph Raben (Director, NADA Germany) & Nancy Smalls (Founder, Maternal Substance Abuse Services, Lincoln Recovery Center). Join us May 20th at 11am...
Membership Spotlight: Adela Nieves Martinez (Noble Snows)
Adela Nieves Martinez, also known as Noble Snows, is a Traditional Community Health Practitioner, Doula and Mama. She is deeply committed to her Taino (indigenous peoples of the Caribbean) roots and reclaiming Indigenous Traditional medicine. She practices Acudetox,...
News from the NADA Trainer Community
We wanted to share with you the very sad news that Michigan trainer, Tyrone Chatman, passed away in March from cancer. Tyrone became a trainer in the 1990s in Detroit, and brought NADA services to the Michigan Veterans Foundation (MVF), of which he was the CEO. MVF...
NADA Community Challenge: #BeadsPassItOn!
We invite you to a #beadspassiton Community Challenge! Share your own video of putting on your beads** and then 'pass them on'. Email membership@acudetox.com with a short video (<15 seconds) of yourself putting on your beads. Use ours as inspiration and...
Ear Acupressure Outreach & Education Tool
Ear acupressure helps people of all ages. This simple technique helps everything from trauma recovery and healing, to quieting stress and anxiety, to helping with headaches and general wellness. It provides a balancing effect – some people feel sleepy while others are energized, some feel relief of depression, some seem to get a peaceful sensation of relaxation, and some don’t feel anything. Michael Smith said that it “helps kick in the body’s own healing system. It helps what needs helping.”
Save the Date! NADA’s May Virtual Offerings
Membership Check-In Wednesday, May 6th at 10 AM Mountain Time (link to register in your email). How do we 'undo the aloneness' of this moment? We'll be offering space to: get grounded wherever you are, connect with NADA members, and have a community...
Guidepoints: News from NADA Winter 2019/20
Before reading our Guidepoints Winter 2019/20 Issue, we invite you to listen to a short message from Sara Bursać, NADA's Executive Director. Click here for a PDF of Guidepoints Winter 2019/20. Transcript of Sara's message: Dear friends and members of NADA...
Adaptations during COVID-19: Safety Suggestions
In this dynamic reality, public health recommendations and indications are changing day to day. We are working to continuously distill messages from public health officials, as well as NADA members and trainers in order to share suggestions on how to proceed as...
NADA, Community Care & COVID-19
Adapting in Response to COVID-19 For this monthly Membership Café we held a community conversation with NADA members Adela Nieves Martinez (Detroit, MI), Stacy Sayre (Denver, CO), and Claudia Voyles (Austin, TX). Each a leader in their...
ADS self-care to keep oneself calm & healthy
Self-care for NADA-trained providers is always important. It’s not just an invocation to our members as a response to the current moment - it has always been part of the NADA training. On page 42 of the NADA Training Resource Manual, we outline the...
Community Care in the time of COVID-19: Resources & Invitations to Connect
For more recent guidelines see: NADA Protocol for the Pandemic - Returning to In-Person Treatment In these times of expressing social solidarity through physical distancing, we encourage NADA members to be in virtual community with one another while adapting to safe...