The Pellegrino Healing Center, in Hyde Park, has resumed offering monthly community acupuncture. The next Community Acupuncture Clinic for PTSD and Stress Relief will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. on August 4, 2023. 

Christine Pellegrino, MS, LAc—the center’s owner, founder and lead acupuncturist—and Catherine Cusumano, MS, LAc, will be treating participants with the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA) protocol. This effective protocol helps reduce and release symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as symptoms of anxiety, Stress, panic, mental distress and other conditions such as addiction and sleep disturbances.

Pellegrino says that those attending the clinic can expect to receive a group acupuncture treatment in the center’s Himalayan salt cave which includes the placement of five small needles in specific sites in each ear while they’re comfortably seated in an Adirondack chair. Together, they will also have the community support of others that suffer with PTSD and stress symptoms.

“Our community acupuncture clinic is a unique opportunity to experience the synergy of support and healing in a community setting,” says Pellegrino. “Community acupuncture is a time-tested practice that is deeply healing and comforting. This is a quiet, no-talking gathering where participants can soften into their treatment in stillness. Aromatherapy, healing music and our special style of treatment will allow you to melt into relaxation.”