Valley of Sorrows: Rebuilding along the border, America Magazine
In a valley emptied by war and displacement, Barefoot Acupuncture helps the remaining few heal, rebuild, and rediscover community amid the silence left behind.
Acudetox at Amador for spice and other addictions
Free ear acupuncture clinics are offered throughout the southern New Mexico region, through Crossroads Acupuncture’s acudetox training program. One of the programs that year in year out offers free addictions recovery, as well as harm reduction care, is Amador Health Center (formerly known as St. Luke’s Health Clinic). Damien Willis of the Las Cruces Sun News featured this innovative program back in 2016.
S. NM Jails Bring ear acupuncture to Inmates
RISE will be offering acudetox within jails in Carrizozo and Truth or Consequences and in collaboration with local drug courts and Indian Health Services serving RISE clients.
Service through training and access
Whether it’s using acupuncture to relieve pain, seek behavioral health solutions or provide a venue to promote artists, Crossroads Community Supported Healthcare is about serving people.
Bringing new clinics and Medicare coverage, Crossroads Acupuncture Moves back downtown
Featuring a new Medicare program, Crossroads Acupuncture has moved back to Downtown Las Cruces across from the plaza. The 501c3 nonprofit organization also has new programs within the jail system, migrant shelters in Juarez, Mexico as well as the new La Vida Project of Families and Youth Innovations, also in in downtown Las Cruces.
Ear acupunture for the masses, ryan. Bemis
Acupuncture is becoming more accessible—one ear at a time.
Ear acupuncture, also known as auricular acupuncture, is the most widely used form of acupuncture within Western health settings in the United States and Europe.
Acupuncture for healing on the border, latina lista interview with Ryan Bemis
"A lot of our students migrated from other parts of Mexico to Juarez with their families to work in the maquiladoras, and a lot of the people they help are employed in the factories (or used to be until they got laid off). Our new school is inspired by another migrant and factory worker who is credited as the founder of acupuncture in the West: Miriam Lee. Back in the 70’s, she assisted other factory workers in California after she immigrated from China. It’s fitting that we are teaching her techniques and her spirit of service has caught hold among our students.