Acupuncturists Without Borders has set up in Ramona at a senior center. The group says the alternative treatment can help emergency responders be more ...
ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- An Albuquerque-based
acupuncture group is providing free treatment in fire-ravaged southern
California. Acupuncturists Without Borders ...
... therapists and acupuncturists who
volunteered their services in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina,
coordinated by Acupuncturists
Without Borders. ...
About a
month ago, I attended a three day team leadership training of the
organization Acupuncturists
Without Borders, a relatively
new group out of Sandia ...
Kwan
Yin,the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy
often appears with one thousand arms,
hands, and in the palm of each hand an eye. One thousand eyes scan the
universe, ready to respond wherever suffering is found. When I reflect
upon the work of Acupuncturists Without Borders (AWB) in New Orleans
over the past twelve months, I wonder if maybe She also appears with a
needle in each hand, poised to treat a roomful of trauma victims, still
struggling to find the ground under their upended lives in the
deepening aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
In this
photo released by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture
and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM), a Hurricane Katrina survivor receives
auricular acupuncture by a practitioner from Acupuncturists Without
Borders Friday, May 11, 2007 in New Orleans.
Two
acupuncturists experienced in treating trauma are offering the simple
therapy to Vermont veterans, their families and the families of
soldiers currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
No doubt
you've heard of Doctors Without Borders, which sends volunteer
physicians to wartorn, disaster-ravaged and poverty-stricken parts of
the world.
Drop in any
time for a group acupuncture treatment, the style being offered in New
Orleans. Suggested donation is $10-20; proceeds will benefit
Acupuncturists Without Borders programs.
Known for
their calm nature and healing hands, acupuncturists from across the
country brought peace to an area still in chaos and repair one year
later.
Hurricane
Katrina Anniversary Fundraisers are being held all across our country
to continue to provide much needed support to the many people still
homeless, jobless and traumatized...
Licensed
acupuncturist Kim Paquette with Lotus Sun Therapeutics, has organized
an event to help raise money for Acupuncturists Without Borders, which
provides community acupuncture free to victims of Hurricane Katrina.
After
hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the outpouring of support focused mostly
on the physical and material needs of those affected by the storms.
Local acupuncturist Brodie Welch says that emotional and mental needs
have to be addressed as well.
Diana
Fried, Executive Director of Acupuncturists Without Borders
(³AWB²) announced today that the Louisiana State
Board of Medical Examiners (³LSBME²) enacted an
emergency regulation on May 16, 2006 to allow out-of-state licensed
acupuncturists...
After
working many jobs, including banking, being a ski bum and herding sheep
on an Native American Reservation, Jordan Van Voast, of Seattle,
brought acupuncture to the small town of Ellensburg...
Twelve
years ago, Karen Nielsen stumbled onto her life's calling when she
accidentally walked into a room full of people getting acupuncture
treatments while visiting a friend at Fairview Riverside Hospital...
The
Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners has made a decision barring
the organization Acupuncturists Without Borders from bringing free
community acupuncture to the people of New Orleans ...
The idea
that pins and needles could help people may be a revelation for many,
but Acupuncturists Without Borders has used the ancient healing art to
soothe the stress ...
Acupunturists
providing free care to Katrina survivors get pricked by some Louisiana
bureaucrats
In Health
and Medical Monthly
By Leslie
Turk
March,
2006
The
thousands of Hurricane Katrina survivors and relief workers who got
free acupuncture from licensed out-of-state practitioners are
exceptionally grateful for the kindness of strangers ...
A group
that calls itself "Acupuncturists Without Borders" has been told it
can't use its needles. So, among other things, it puts seeds into
pressure points in the outer ear to treat various ailments ...
Among
thousands of volunteers who have come to the Gulf Coast following
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, perhaps none are as urgently needed as
health professionals ...
The idea
that pins and needles could help people may be a revelation for many,
but Acupuncturists Without Borders has used the ancient healing art to
soothe the stress ...
Acupuncturists
Without Borders has organized several teams of volunteers. Volunteers
have come from Minnesota, Massachusetts, Iowa, Texas, New Mexico and
Canada ...
The idea
that pins and needles could help people may be a revelation for many,
but Acupuncturists Without Borders (AWB) has used the ancient healing
art to soothe the stress, aches, pains, tired minds and muscles of
residents, relief workers and National Guardsmen struggling under the
weight of surviving and rebuilding a still devastated New Orleans in
the wake of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. ...
Acupuncturists
Without Borders, a network of volunteer acupuncturists, is using the
ancient healing art to ease the stress, strain and pain felt by
residents, relief workers and others struggling to help rebuild New
Orlean ...
In the wake
of one of the most devastating natural disasters since the December
2004 tsunami, thousands of generous individuals nationwide have offered
time, money and supplies to the victims of Hurricane Katrina...
Acupuncturist
Karen Adams said New Orleans, La., is a world of contradictions and
extremes. She just spent 10 days down there in late November with the
organization Acupuncturists Without Borders helping the victims of
Hurricane Katrina. ...
