Spring Special

Make an appointment for yourself on a Wednesday and bring a friend – their first appointment will be FREE!

Change of Seasons

It’s almost spring. It kind of is already, right? The stillness of winter is giving way to movement and growth. While there’s much to celebrate for those of us who cherish the warmth of the sun and the greening of the land, there are bodily health aspects to be aware of and to tend in this transitional season. 

Chinese medicine’s five element theory holds that different parts of the year promote specific energies in our bodies and minds, therefore call upon specific kinds of care for our individual health and for our communities. Spring is associated with the wood element. Its related organs are the liver and gallbladder. In balance, the wood element within us is expansive, supple, tender, creative and connecting; assuring the smooth flow of qi. In disharmony, it is restrictive, hard, inflexible, and isolating. 

Wood energy is about protecting yourself and your community through natural, sustainable growth. Acupuncture is a great tool for accentuating this energy. (Ask me about my favorite liver and gallbladder meridian points next time you’re here.)

木 | mù | wood 
represents growth

During this time of chaos in the world at large, we can send our roots deeper and hold on to each other. While we tend to the suffering around us, we can also take care of our own well-being. And we invite you to find that care in community.

Thank you for being part of the community here at Kindred Community Acupuncture. We are immensely grateful to be able to help you heal and fortify yourself. 

Welcome Gina!

There is a new face at Kindred Community Acupuncture for 2025.

If you have been here recently, you may have met Gina Lerman at the front desk. She is Kindred’s new office manager and communications coordinator. She is an artist and writer with an appreciation for acupuncture and meeting new people. Gina is currently studying to be a URI Master Gardener and learning Mandarin.

Stop by during the week and say hi to her!

Job Opening: part time Kindred Office Manager and Communications Coordinator

In January Kindred will be hiring a part time Office/business Manager. Their job will involve overseeing front desk operations, assisting with basic bookkeeping and business planning, and coordinating back office projects such as  outreach and social media promotion. An ideal candidate will have an interest and experience with alternative economies and/or entrepreneurial social business. They will have knowledge of our community model as a means of expanding access to regular acupuncture. They will work alongside owner and primary acupuncturist Korben Perry  to freshen and solidify Kindred’s brand within Rhode Island, to hire another acupuncturist, and to grow our patient base as well as our relationships to other organizations and social businesses.

FIND THE FULL JOB LISTING HERE.

Unlimited Acupuncture, summer into fall!

Most of us aren't Olympians, but we can still arrive in the fall feeling good, strong. Also replenished, connected, pain-free, rested and calm. Acupuncture can help! Get unlimited acupuncture for 7 weeksf or the price of a fifteen pack (Sliding scale $375 - $750). That's UNLIMITED TREATMENTS until late September
Some of the reasons why folks take advantages of these specials are for healing an injury, working on a chronic internal health problem, wanting to regulate their nervous system or improve sleep.

Temporary (October) Hours

New expanded hours

Unlimited Autumn Treatment Special

Patients loved our summer special. So many people took advantage and got to see what weeks of regular acupuncture can do for your body and mind. Acupuncture is super effective at helping us stay healthy as we transition along with the seasons. Until the end of September, buy an unlimited treatment package on a sliding scale between $450 and $700. Purchase treatment packages here.

Welcome new acupuncturist, Dr. Rebeccah Rodriguez!

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We are absolutely thrilled to be joined by Rebeccah V. Rodriguez, DOM MPH. She completed her graduate training in Oriental Medicine at the International Institute of Chinese Medicine (Albuquerque, NM) in 2001. She has spent over 20 years practicing acupuncture in a various clinical settings in New Mexico including a university affiliated integrative medical clinic, private practice, and as owner of the RedBird Community Acupuncture clinic. Dr. Rodriguez also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Neuroscience (Lehigh University) and a Masters in Public Health (University of New Mexico). She spent several years as an instructor and clinical supervisor to students studying Traditional Chinese Medicine at the Southwest Acupuncture College (NM). After many years in the high desert, Dr. Rodriguez is thrilled to now call Rhode Island home. She is passionate about providing quality affordable acupuncture services and is excited to join Kindred Community Acupuncture.
And, we are so thrilled to have her.

Clinic hours for April school vacation week, 2022

We are hiring an acupuncturist

Kindred is now hiring a part-time to become full-time acupunk for our re-expanding, post-quarantine clinic in this busy and growing area of Pawtucket/Providence Rhode Island.

Kindred Community Acupuncture is: myself, Korben Perry, long time community acupuncturist; along with a team of amazing volunteer front desk receptors and our brilliant office manager. As providers of affordable and effective and natural health care, we want to keep figuring out ways to make our clinic a comfortable and accessible healing-home for more and more people from more and more of the communities who call this part of Rhode Island and southeast Massachusetts home.

We are serious about prioritizing access, about how this way of providing healthcare and running a business fits into caring for the planet and eliminating oppression based on class, language, race, physical ability, mental health status, sexual orientation, age, etc. And we are serious about Kindred being a self-supporting fountain of resource for ourselves. 

We are not so serious about many things and really like to have fun and to emphasize a warm connection with our patients and surrounding community. Our clinic systems, rooted in the crowd-sourced best practices of all POCA clinics, also allow for these kinds of connections.

These things need to make sense to you. You will have a picture of the way you fit into these intentions and tendencies. You will, obviously, be interested in treating a lot of people every day, and in your treatment style and techniques to be geared or aiming towards that goal.

Your pay is negotiable and will be based somewhat on experience. There will initially be at least one, but possibly two shifts available, including a weekend day, and an evening.

Spanish language fluency is not a requirement but willingness to learn is. An opportunity exists to partner with me and help clinic make next leap forward. 

Send inquiries to kindredacupuncture@gmail.com or call us. I look forward to talking to you.