All are welcome to this wellness fair! Come check out samples of the various practioners, instructors and therapists’ work! There will be live demonstrations, educational information, food and wares (so bring money)!
We’re looking for local, JP volunteers to help sign folks up for free treatments. Interested in chatting with your neighbors and helping spread the word about our effective, affordable acupuncture services? Get in touch with Ren about volunteering.
Co-sponsored by the Boston Wellness Network and JP Centre/South Main Streets.
THIS IS THE NEW DATE: Monday, October 14. Yes, it is Indigenous People’s Day.
If you’re a current or former participant in community acupuncture at BAP, we could use your help! Boston Acupuncture Project offers free sample sessions at Hyde Park Open Streets on Sunday, August 11.
BAP could use help for an hour or two with any of the following.
Set up tent, bring materials out of the clinic: 8:30-9:30 AM
Watch all the stuff while Ren takes a break: 9:30-10:00 AM
Signing people up for free treatments, chat about acupuncture: 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Breakdown, put things back inside: 4:30-6:00 PM
Please let us know if you can help by emailing Ren.
NOTE: River Street will be CLOSED on August 11 from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM along the event route, 1219 River Street to 1266 River Street.
Saturday, August 17: HELP Founders Day
Boston Acupuncture Project will be tabling at HELP by AMG Founders Day in in Roxbury from 4-7 PM on Saturday, August 17.
Details TBD. Please get in touch if you’d like to help with set up and/or tabling.
Join us for a relaxing group acupuncture session from licensed acupuncturist Ren Pilinger enhanced by a live ambient sound bath from certified sound healer Gillian N. Miller of Mindful Mavens.
Sound has the capacity to shift energy and restore the mind, body, and spirit to a balanced state. Many ancient cultures have used sound as invocations, in ceremony and rituals to offer healing. -Gillian N. Miller, certified sound healer
Doors open at 5:45 PM; sound bath begins at 6:00 PM.
Boston Acupuncture Project joins our community to celebrate freedom and joy at this festive event! We’ll be offering free sample acupuncture treatments and highlighting some of the Black history of acupuncture in the Americas.
Dr. Angela Jamal of Anami Wellness joins us to provide FREE auriculotherapy (ear seed) treatments! Dr. Jamal says:
I have been an educator and consultant of Holistic Health for over 25 years. As a doctor of acupuncture (Chinese medicine), I chose to specialize in AURICULOTHERAPY or what is also known as Ear acupressure using EARSEEDS in place of acupuncture needles. My goal is to provide holistic health education and treatments that may help not only relieve your pain and discomfort, but prevent dis-ease using and applying the fundamental healing principles of your body.
Main event begins at 10:00 AM! Sample acupuncture treatments available 11:00 AM-2:30 PM. Click the image below to register and get more information! Or visit https://westfhcommunity.org/juneteenth/
Hi everyone, Ren here. I’m looking for volunteers for our big May Day Celebration coming up on Sunday, May 5. Can you help out with any of these things?
Set up tent, chairs, tables, etc. (9:30-10:30 AM)
Model for clinic photoshoot (10-11 AM)
Sign people up for free treatments and/or give clinic tours (anytime from 11 AM – 2 PM)
Clean up from event (anytime from 2-4 PM)
Since we’re offering everyone free acupuncture treatments on May 5 – if you’re helping out that day, you can get a free treatment at another time! Please reach out to me at 617-506-3868 (or in person) if you’re interested in helping or want more information.
Join us for a relaxing group acupuncture session from licensed acupuncturist Ren Pilinger enhanced by a live ambient sound bath from certified sound healer Gillian N. Miller of Mindful Mavens.
Sound has the capacity to shift energy and restore the mind, body, and spirit to a balanced state. Many ancient cultures have used sound as invocations, in ceremony and rituals to offer healing. -Gillian N. Miller, certified sound healer
Doors open at 5:45 PM; sound bath begins at 6:00 PM.
Please get in touch if you have any questions! contact @ bostonacupunctureproject.org / 617-506-3868
UPDATE: if you are not able to schedule, it means we are fully booked. However, we do have some space for walk-ins, so please stop by! You can also text to check for last minute availability on 11/17: 617-506-3868.
Acupuncture has been used by humans for thousands of years, with traditions throughout East Asia presenting different schools of thought on how the body works. Learn about how ancient Daoist observations of nature are still relevant to us today, including acu-pressure points you can use on yourself at home.
Oren “Ren” Pilinger is a graduate of The New England School of Acupuncture at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, state licensed, and board certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). After practicing at community acupuncture clinics all over Massachusetts, he co-founded Boston Acupuncture Project, which opened in Hyde Park in 2018.
Disclaimer: The library does not give medical advice or interpretation.
Boston Acupuncture Project will be providing free mini acupuncture treatments. We will be joined by Dr. Angela Jamal of Anami Wellness who will be providing free ear seed treatments!
In the past few months, over 150 community members received free holistic healing thanks to the Small Steps Healing Project, part of We Got Us. Boston Acupuncture Project had the opportunity to contribute to this work.
Community Empowerment
What is We Got Us? From their website: “The We Got Us Empowerment Project is a Boston-based collective of Black community members, health professional students, and allies dedicated to empowering our communities with education about medical racism, COVID-19, and the vaccine. We also seek to promote public health and to influence policy in order to help keep our communities safe and healthy.”
The Small Steps Healing Project, a community-based collaborative, aims to “increase access to acupuncture and holistic healing for the historically marginalized populations in Boston and beyond.” Harvard medical student Eana Meng named the project after Dr. Tolbert Small, physician to the Black Panthers and one of the first American doctors to practice acupuncture.
Eana and other Small Steps Healing Project volunteers organized eight pop up clinics around Boston, providing acupuncture, reiki, sound healing, and more – all free for the community.
Learning and Celebrating
This past Saturday, October 22, 2022, Eana arranged for Dr. Small to fly out and speak in Dorchester. We learned more about Dr. Small’s trail-blazing life and work as a Black physician and activist. It was wonderful to be there and an honor to meet Dr. Small.
Healers from around Boston
Check out the work of some of the other healers participating in the Small Steps Healing Project:
