Ear Seeds & Beads Acupuncture for Stress & Relief: A Hands-On Community Workshop
Hosted by Radical Health · Led by Juan Cortez of QiZone Wellness
This practice didn’t start in a clinic.
In the 1970s, the Young Lords and the Black Panthers built their own healthcare in the streets, in community centers, and in Mott Haven. Auricular acupuncture was part of that work, a tool for easing stress, trauma, and disconnection that communities put directly in each other’s hands.
That lineage is still alive, and we’re bringing it back to the community.
No one should health alone. That belief is the foundation of Radical Health, and it’s the foundation of this workshop. Ear Seed Circles is a space to learn a needle-free tool for stress relief, grounded in the NADA protocol, and to practice it with the people around you. You’ll learn the same techniques used in trauma-informed care, substance use recovery, and everyday community wellness.
No needles. No medical background required. Just you, your hands, and knowledge you can carry into your own spaces.
Before we gather
Please watch Dope Is Death before the workshop. It tells the story of the movement that built this work, and it will ground our time together.
What you’ll walk away with
✔️ Certification in auricular ear seed application
✔️ A starter kit with seeds and beads
✔️ Working knowledge of the NADA protocol
✔️ Trauma-informed touch and consent practices
✔️ A way to bring this practice into your own community
This workshop is for you if
You work in community, healthcare, or healing spaces
You want tools you can use on yourself and the people you love
You believe healing belongs to communities, not only to clinics
About Juan Cortez
Juan Cortez of QiZone Wellness is a community health practitioner and educator with deep roots in auricular therapy and community-centered healing. He carries forward the work of practitioners who believed wellness should never be gated.
About Radical Health
Radical Health is building the community infrastructure that makes health care work for the people it was never designed to serve. Through restorative health circles, peer-led programs, and community-embedded care, we center communities as the experts on their own health.
Can’t make it?
Reply to your registration confirmation or email us, and we’ll add you to the list for future sessions.