SpringRoot Acupuncture & Wellness LLC - Rachel Beth Dorfman CMT, LAc

03/26/2026

03/18/2026

This is just a small sample of what walked in our door this week. Are you looking for your last resort solution? Are you looking for acupuncture as an alternative to the allopathic route? Are you simply looking for a soft place to land, to quiet your mind and balance yourself? Are you looking for a Spring reset? My staff and I welcome you and all that brings you through our door. Challenges accepted.

📍 40 Main St N. Woodbury, CT 06798
📞 203-266-9088
🌐 www.springrootacupuncture.com

03/04/2026

Patients often comment that just simply being at SpringRoot calms their nervous system, but there’s more to it than that. Acupuncture has been proven to lower cortisol and inflammation, both drivers of anxiety. Regular Acupuncture also supports healthy sleep, and insomnia with an overactive mind is often at the root of people feeling anxious throughout the day. I’ve described receiving Acupuncture as “facilitated meditation,” because it can induce deep relaxation, which reduces activity in the area of the brain that experiences fear and emotional responses.
If you are experiencing anxiety, we would love to help.

📍 40 Main St N. Woodbury, CT 06798
📞 203-266-9088
🌐 www.springrootacupuncture.com

02/14/2026

Vegetable and Dairy Fermentation Class and Fermented Condiment Class

Each session: $25 • Two sessions: $45
Time: 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Dates:
Part 1: November 22
Part 2: February 28
Part 3: May 2 (tentative)

Overview
Food as nourishment. Food nourishing community. Food as medicine.
Join us for a special three-part series led by HVWS parent Rachel Beth Dorfman, exploring healing through nutrition. Each workshop blends history, practical skills, and a deeper understanding of food's role in supporting vitality—for you, your family, and our community.

All proceeds support Housatonic Valley Waldorf School.

Part 2: Veggies & Dairy
February 28
Who needs store-bought, lab-grown probiotics when the best ones—customized for your body—can be made right in your own kitchen? Learn about the history of fermented foods, how the industrial revolution sidelined them, and the impact that has had on our gut health. We’ll cover why these foods may be the most essential missing elements in modern diets and how to make them using fermentation and lacto-fermentation techniques.

Part 3: Condiments
May 2
Think you love ketchup and mustard? Just wait until you taste what they were meant to be. Before mass production added preservatives, stabilizers, and sugar, condiments were ferments that supported digestion and flavor. We’ll explore how losing these foods has affected the standard American diet—and learn how to make delicious, traditional versions at home.

About Rachel Beth Dorfman
Rachel is a board-certified Licensed Acupuncturist with over 20 years of experience in Acupuncture, Asian Bodywork, and Classical Chinese Medicine. As the owner of SpringRoot Acupuncture & Wellness in Woodbury, CT, she has proudly served the community with attentive, personalized care since 2012.

She is passionate about preventative self-care, healthy living, and empowering individuals through education. Her interests include creating health and longevity through diet and movement, resistance training, reading, gardening, fiber arts, and exploring the world with her family. She believes deeply in the power of movement and food as medicine—and in the body’s incredible capacity to heal.

02/11/2026

Even after the coldest and longest of New England Winters, the Spring roots somehow always take hold. I am always amazed by this. The season slowly changes and tiny white flowers, Snowdrops, appear. So delicate. They are the first sign of what is to come- the brightest greens, that give way to lush, juicy, full Summer foliage and flowers. How anything outside survives those winters is awe inspiring to me. In New England, the arrival of Spring is marvelous. It reminds us that we survived something.

We are very much like those roots right now that are sleeping beneath the snow. This time is not just about being dormant. It's about cultivating. This rest, this inward turn during the winter cold has a purpose...to restore, to recharge, to heal, to cultivate resilience.

Acupuncture is often the subject of miracle stories- "I went 3 times in 1983 and it cured me!". And yes, these do happen, and it's amazing and wonderful when it does, but they are rare (I refer to them as winning the Acupuncture Lotto). What feels more important to share is how incredible of a tool Acupuncture is over time. Like a warm, nourishing broth, simmered with care, Acupuncture can heal slowly and deeply in such a profound way by actually restoring both the structure and function of the body.

So I invite you to think of where you would truly like to experience change in your life...less allergies? Less pain? Improved digestion? More energy? Greater sleep quality? What about your health would you change, knowing that if you committed and put in the time, my staff and I would support you in achieving it? What would you change if you could achieve it by Spring?

02/06/2026

Thank you so much to all of our patients and everyone who voted. We are over the moon to have made Litchfield Magazines Best of 2026 list! It's been a pleasure to offer personalized, compassionate healthcare to Litchfield county for the last 13 years.
We blend the time tested science of acupuncture with pain-free, side-effect free, modern medical solutions to get you back to feeling and functioning your best.
How can we help you in 2026?

01/15/2026

Acupuncture is often the last resort with the best results. For more information on a pain-free, side-effect free solution for peripheral neuropathy schedule yourself, or a loved one, for a complimentary consultation. We would love to see you!

11/13/2025

We are thrilled to share that SpringRoot Acupuncture & Wellness has been nominated for the Best of Litchfield County Readers Choice Contest 2026, in the Naturopathic/Holistic Medicine category. We have had our sights on this for years and are beyond excited and honored to have made it!

We would love the visibility that this will give SpringRoot throughout Litchfield County. Would you be willing to give us your vote?

Voting has begun and runs until November 16th. We've included the link below. To find the Naturopathic/Holistic Medicine category, please scroll to the bottom. Thank you for your support!

https://litchfieldmagazine.com/readers-choice-survey-2026/