Ladan Nabet Bodies in Resonance

About J. Ladan Nabet, L.Ac., Dipl. Ac.

Hello, I'm Ladan (she/they).

My healing work harmonizes your body’s innate life force to ease pain and transmute distress held in bodies, communities, and the land.

At the heart of it, it's about a different way of listening, seeing, and responding.

Being human and having a body is miraculous, but not easy.

I believe there's something you uniquely bring to the world by living the life only you can live. There's something you're learning and transforming, and you do this through your multidimensional body.

When you tend your own pain points and expand upon what's working well, it ripples out. I believe this ripple can help create a kinder, more just world.

I love sharing precise and subtle forms of bodywork and energy work. My way of seeing is honed through my training in Traditional East Asian Medicine, Sports Medicine/Orthopedic Acupuncture, trauma resolution bodywork, polyvagal theory, pre/perinatal development, ancestral healing, intuitive perception, theater, and dance.

I've always been a deeply sensing person, curious about the world and people. I'm curious about the flow of creativity and life itself. I've often felt like a round peg in a square hole, drawn to bridging disciplines and worlds.

How I Came to this Work

In my early 20s, I struggled with debilitating chronic pain. I saw a lot of doctors and explored many different kinds of treatments. Eventually, I was inspired to study some of them. Now, over two decades later, I'm honored to walk with clients along their own healing path. 

My path hasn't been straight forward. There wasn't a quick fix. Yet over time, I started to listen to and weave together what my body needed. It's an evolving process, often calling for something new at different stages of my life. I've been fortunate for access to and the support of gifted healers, helpers, and communities of care along the way. 

I have come to Trust:

• Bodies are wise and complex. They are a compass. They are a portal to all you've lived and to your ancestors. 
• Health is a dynamic, evolving process.
• There are many factors that influence and support your wellbeing--from your connection to the land beneath your feet, from the physical to metaphysical, personal and collective, seen and unseen.
• Life flows in connection with love.

It's my intention to share healing processes that support clarity and care for our bodies, lineages, and communities.

Before becoming an acupuncturist, I studied philosophy, travelled to learn more about the world, fell in love with experimental theater and New York City, even worked behind the scenes in offices supporting a woman led private equity firm and philanthropy.

Beyond my practice, I love being in the woods, losing a sense of time immersed in a puzzle, and things that get me laughing. 

Foundations & Lineages

Traditional East Asian Medicine & Other Bodywork

• Licensed Acupuncturist (Maryland)
• Master's of Acupuncture, 2012 (Tri-State College of Acupuncture (NY), M.S. in Acupuncture--specialized training in orthopedic acupuncture and trigger point/dry needling)
• Post-Grad Sports Medicine Acupuncture Program, 2014-2015 (Matt Callison, L.Ac., Brian Lau, L.Ac.)--comprehensive postural assessment, motor point acupuncture, manual muscle testing, corrective exercises program for injuries
• Zheng Gu Tui Na Structural and Visceral Bodywork 2009-2014 (Tom Bisio, L.Ac., Jen Resnick, L.Ac.)
• Visceral Manipulation; Distance Healing using Osteopathic Philosophies (Carey Benenson Taussig, D.O. (IT))
• Craniosacral Therapy Continuing Ed: The Gut Brain; The Social Nervous System (Katherine Ukleja, DO, RCST), Central Nervous System Potency (Ian Wright, Bsc. (Ost).)

Trauma Informed Healing Approaches

• Alchemical Alignment: Somatic Work for Trauma Resolution & Embodiment of Spirit (Brigit Viksnins, RCST, SEP), Foundation Training (2015 & 2016) Teaching Assistant (2016-2021), Instructor Module 1-3 (Spring 2022)
• Pre & Perinatal Development & Birth Trauma (Kate White, Mia Kalef, Our Birth Journey)
• Tao of Trauma: Touching Trauma--The Diaphragm System; Working with Brain Injuries (Alaine Duncan, L.Ac.)

Spirit Work

• Ongoing study since 2021 (Betsy Bergstrom--Compassionate Depossession Intro and Adv, Curse Unravelling Intro & Adv, Mediumship, Traditional Seidr Practices--Volva/Vala/Norn, Runes)
• Space Clearing (Gayle Revels)
• Land Whispering Foundations (Patrick MacManaway)
• Connecting with Spirit Guides and Allies (Maris Begrune)

Personal Embodiment

• Ancestral Healing (Ancestral Lineage Healing Processes: Daniel Foor, Maris Begrune; Family Constellations Topics: Sarah Peyton 2025 Disentangling Confusing Relationships Series, 2021 Neuroscience Series; Francesca Mason Boring--Nature Constellations; Alissa Fleet--Business Constellations)
• Womb Surround Process Workshop Participant
• Somatic Explorations in Continuum, Authentic Movement, Body-Mind Centering
• Yoga Teacher Training--200 hr
• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) participant, Meditation
• BFA, Drama--NYU Tisch School of the Arts
• Family Ancestry: Iranian and U.S. Settler Colonialist Western European 
• Deep influences of the land, elements and peoples: Northern Central Maryland, Coastal Delaware, New York City, Santa Fe, Costa Rica, US National Parks, ancestral homelands