The Rooted Refuge

💜💚Summer Updates from The Rooted Refuge

We wanted to take this edition of our newsletter to center our community and say that as a clinic of entirely q***r providers, we are dedicated to supporting your health now more than ever. Our hearts are broken at the myriad of ways in which we are all being affected by current circumstances, but our ethos of care for us/by us will never change! We are collecting resources and will be doing more free clinics (look out for one later this month on our insta ) to make sure that q***r healthcare continues to be accessible. If you have any providers you think we should add to our database, please let us know so we can make sure there’s always a safe place for our community to go.

Our exciting news for this month is in welcoming our longtime friend Kelpy Cathedral to The Rooted Refuge! Kelpy is especially passionate about treating transgender and gender-nonconforming people, and they specialize in pre- and post-operative care for gender-affirming surgeries, which includes building the immune system, improving circulation, relieving pain and inflammation, and treating scars. You can catch Kelpy on Monday mornings and early afternoons.

More of you have noticed our board by the door recently, and we wanted to encourage y’all to bring in stuff to hang! You’ll also notice that starting this month, there will be a new “seasonal points/solar terms” report next to our board which will detail the 24 unique segments of time that correspond with the changes of season, helping to guide us to the best types of food, movement, and activities for each time period.

Lastly, a gentle reminder that parking has been a bit of a challenge lately as there is more construction in Ridgewood than in previous years - please consider alternate forms of transportation, or plan for extra time for parking as we are not always able to accommodate late arrivals.


Sending thoughts of q***r liberation this pride season and always,

Dr. Stephanie & Dr. Christopher

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💚 We’re so thrilled to welcome Natalie Archer LAc to The Rooted Refuge collective! 🫶

💜Natalie is a NY licensed acupuncturist with over 6 years of experience. They are a Ridgewood local, honored to be providing affordable/accessible healing to their community. Natalie draws from Japanese acupuncture, which is a gentle style that relies on palpation of various areas of the body to create a point prescription perfectly fit for you.

💚Natalie creates a safe and loving environment for clients to relax feel connected to themselves.

💜Natalie has experience working with many aliments, both mental and physical, such as anxiety disorder, depression, PTSD, insomnia, allergies, TMJ, migraine, back pain, sciatica, arthritis, fatigue, autoimmune disorders, hormonal imbalance, fertility, painful periods, IBS, and IBD (Crohn’s and Ulcerative colitis).

💚Natalie will be seeing patients at The Rooted Refuge on Tuesdays from 9am to 3pm beginning in May. She looks forward to meeting you 🌱