Continuing the tradition of care
and access for our communities,
and the legacy of our Liberatory ancestors.
offerings
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You can book private appointments with lara at Zócalo Wellness, where a variety of insurances are accepted, including OHP. lara has had a lot of experience working with patients dealing with chronic pain, hormonal imbalances and digestive complaints.
lara also provides cosmetic acupuncture privately as well as cupping and/or gua sha services and soon will be offering microneedling services for facial rejuvenation. Please inquire via the Contact form below or schedule an appointment below.
They also practice through Working Class Acupuncture at CODA, a recovery treatment center not open to the public.
lara will be offering up a pop-up community acupuncture event at the Sou'wester on Friday, October 16th, 3-5pm and Saturday, October 17th, 10am-12pm. 20$-$50 sliding scale. Please inquire to sign up for a spot. See their IG flyer below.
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lara is an ongoing student and teacher with the Ling Gui International Healing Qigong School and with Lindsey Wei or Cheng Ling of the Wudang lineage. They have permission to teach the Ma Wang Dui Birds, Concentrating the Hun, and Training the Po Qigong forms.
lara typically offer these forms through the Bhakti Yoga Movement Center and a summer backyard series. Stay tuned for next summer’s offerings!
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lara is one of the co founders and members of the Slow Blink Puppet Collective that was founded some time in 2017. They put together a show called ‘Ciclos’ that premiered at the Side Yard Farm in the Fall Equinox of 2024 and again at the Dekum St theater on the Winter Solstice of 2024. They are SLOWLY crafting their next project encompassing pie travel, Sasquatch, Biz as Usual, and Chachi BT.
Follow Slow Blink for upcoming events!
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lara offers 5NP trainings in Spanish and English. they are passionate about teaching this protocol to tribal, immigrant and Spanish speaking communities and anyone who wants to offer this care. Stay tuned for an offering for the Winter of 2027. For more information on how to be a 5NP tech please click here.
Based in Portland, Oregon, on the traditional lands of the Cathlamet, Molalla, Willamette, Multnomah, Clackamas, Tualatin, Kalapuya and Chinook peoples.
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Guabonito is the original ocean healer, who brings our first Taíno Casike into balance in our Taíno mythology. Much of lara’s medicine comes from the medicine of guabonito.
about
lara pacheco (they / them / she / her / naturaleza) is a Taíno, Latinx, NGC and queer mamita that holds privilege with their light skin and hetero-presenting marriage. lara believes that part of our collective liberation is accessed through decolonizing ourselves, and weaving into the web of ancestral medicine. lara directly works through this realm with plants, fungi, puppets, music, dance and sailing.
lara spends time in one of their ancestral lands, Boriken (Puerto Rico), helping the work of Caminando La Utopía.
lara was a co-founder of Brown Girl Rise, and the founder of Atabey Medicine of Seed & Thistle Apothecary — an educational resource that centered Queer, Trans and Genderfluid Black and Indigenous voices within herbalism, now called Moon and Mirror.
As a survivor, lara was brought to the work of acupuncture because of its simple application, yet powerful healing potential for all kinds of people. lara studied Liberation Acupuncture with the Oregon College of Community Acupuncture-ORCCA-formerly called POCA Tech. They are greatly honored to accompany anyone else along their healing journey and believes patients know their bodies better than any practitioner does. lara has worked a great deal with people in recovery, support with sleep, hormones, digestion and people living with chronic pain.
lara mostly recently has been learning Facial/Cosmetic Acupuncture and Microneedling to offer to patients looking for more gentle and natural alternatives to the cosmetic industry and to help supplement their liberatory work.
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Thank you for reaching out. I look forward to exploring how we might collaborate!
