The Rooted Refuge

06/10/2025

💜💚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

04/01/2025

We are beyond excited to welcome the amazing and talented Kelpy Cathedral LAc to The Rooted Refuge. You can catch them on Monday mornings and afternoons beginning April 14th. Welcome Kelpy! 💚💜🤗💜💚

Kelpy Cathedral LAc (they/them) is a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist who is dedicated to providing a welcoming and comfortable space for the LGBTQIA+ community to access care.

They received their masters’ in acupuncture from Pacific College of Health and Science. They are 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. They also enjoy treating digestive issues, menstrual irregularities, chronic and acute pain, mental and emotional well being, and addiction/recovery.

Each treatment is thoughtfully personalized to meet the patient’s needs, and Kelpy often incorporates other modalities such as cupping, gua sha, and moxibustion in their practice.

12/22/2024

Tuesday, December 24th. 11am to 5pm. By appt only. Book at www.therootedrefuge.com. FREE for all q***r people! 🫶

04/25/2024

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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 🌱

03/22/2024

Our co-founder, Christopher Peacock, was recently interviewed by Canvas Rebel. 💜💚

We were lucky to catch up with Christopher Peacock recently and have shared our conversation below. Christopher , looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. It’s always helpful to hear about times when someone’s had to take a risk – how did they think through the decision, why did t...

02/08/2023

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💚Our special February fundraiser on Valentine’s Day will feature our friends over at Supermoon Art Space, an amazing local community art center and daycare whose programming is designed to create lasting connections between diverse groups of people through art-making and inquiry.

💜Since opening in 2017, Supermoon has provided high-quality, art-infused childcare, and hosted countless workshops, performances, and gatherings in our community. Despite the severe challenges brought on by the pandemic, they have kept their positive momentum going and are now growing and branching out to offer art classes in public schools as well. Supermoon provides so much care and joy to our local kids and their families, and we’d like to support their growth so they can continue to create new programs for years to come.

💚Please join us for a visit from 11am-3pm on Tuesday February 14th; 100% of proceeds from treatments that afternoon will be donated to Supermoon Art Space.

💜Visit our website to book. Be sure to choose "2/14/23 Supermoon Fundraiser -- Acupuncture Treatment"

11/05/2022

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💚our next Money Raising Money fundraiser on November 7th will be for SAGE, the world's oldest and largest non-profit agency dedicated to serving and advocating for LGBTQ+ seniors.

💜Please join us (by appointment only) on Monday, November 7th. Proceeds from treatments during the fundraiser will be donated directly to Sage.

10/25/2022

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We’re finally seeing autumn’s stunning palette of colors through our front window, which is the perfect view to be reflecting on our second year in business as we celebrate The Rooted Refuge’s birthday this week! We're continually so grateful to be part of the community and to get to grow toge...

10/03/2022

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💚 Happy autumn y’all! Our first Fundraiser Friday of the season on October 7th will feature The National Black Trans Advocacy Coalition, an incredibly comprehensive social justice organization led by black trans people to collectively address the inequities faced in the black transgender human experience.

💜 Through their national advocacy center and affiliate state chapters they work in advocating to end poverty and discrimination in all forms (especially human inequities faced in health, employment, housing, and education that are rooted in systemic racism) to improve the lived experience of transgender people. Their work is based in peace building, community education, public policy initiatives, empowerment programs and direct services.

💚 Please join us for a visit on October 7th; 100% of proceeds from treatments that afternoon will be donated to The National Black Trans Advocacy Coalition.

09/23/2022

We are very excited to tell you that we are having a very special fundraiser at The Rooted Refuge to support the production of Tin Lee’s upcoming film “Wait for Me at the Bottom of the Sea”. Tuesday, September 27th from 10am to 1pm ALL PROCEEDS from treatments will be donated to the production effort.

Tin has this to say about the film:

“As a q***r Asian woman filmmaker, I strive to provide representations of my community beyond commonly portrayed stereotypes and themes. I hope by bringing this story to life, it will illustrate the universality of unprocessed trauma and its devastating impacts.”

Even if you can’t come to the fundraiser, please consider contributing on your own (link in bio).

08/14/2022

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💜The Rooted Refuge is very excited to welcome Sarah-Mae Brumberger LAc! Sarah-Mae will be seeing patients on Tuesdays beginning August 23rd and Saturdays beginning September 3rd.

💚 Sarah-Mae (pronouns: she her) is an acupuncturist and herbalist with a focus around an empowering narrative surrounding sexual health and wellness across ALL gender, orientation, and identity spectrums, as well as releasing emotional trauma and constraint stored deep within the physical body.

💜She believes strongly in a treatment setting that is open, equal, and expansive that allows for the safety to observe systems in the body that may need attention and healing.

💚Other specialties of expertise include musculoskeletal injuries, PCOS, scar therapy, insomnia, and addiction/recovery.

💜link in bio to book!

06/27/2022

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💜As we too process the absolutely heartbreaking news about Roe v. Wade being overturned, we will use our voices, fundraisers, and protests to continue to support bodily autonomy in all its forms, and the right to access safe and affirming healthcare for ALL people.

💚On this Monday, June 27th, we will be offering free NADA (ear acupuncture) from 9am-8pm for anyone who needs extra support during this incredibly difficult time.

💜NADA is a standardized 5-point ear acupuncture protocol born of a community-minded response to turbulent times, which provides relief from symptoms related to stress and emotional trauma.

💚Please feel free to set up a free NADA appointment through our booking system (link in bio), or email us at therootedrefuge@gmail.com.

💜Thank you to all who are marching and making your dissent known and heard. We appreciate you 💜💚

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