Our Approach

At Phoenix Community Acupuncture our intention is to make acupuncture available to as many people as possible at the most affordable rates possible.

In Asia acupuncture has traditionally been practiced in a group setting rather than in private treatment rooms. There are many benefits to group acupuncture (also known as community acupuncture), chief among them accessibility. In the U.S. private treatments can cost upwards of $100 a session. This is more than most people can afford and thus will limit their ability to partake or come as often as needed. Acupuncture is most effective when received frequently until your health improves. Our community treatment room and sliding scale payment option allows you to come in often enough to see positive results, regardless of insurance.

In our clinic, patients are treated in reclining chairs spaced six feet apart with privacy curtains in between each chair. It is a comfortable and soothing shared space. Treating patients in a community setting has many benefits:

  • Patients find the recliners more comfortable than a flat massage table,

  • Friends & family members can come in for treatment together,

  • It can be comforting and powerful to experience treatment in a shared space,

  • We can provide high quality, effective, treatments at a low cost to our community.

We practice highly effective and gentle methods of acupuncture in which we select points on the hands, feet, head, and ears to treat patients. They are then welcome to relax comfortably in their recliner for the course of treatment and even take a nap.

We’re so excited your here and can’t wait to meet you!

WELCOME TO THE COMMUNITY!

Our Team

Mayo Mercedes Wardle

  • Mayo studied Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego, the Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine in the Peoples Republic of China, and graduated with a Master of Science in Oriental Medicine from Southwest College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in New Mexico. She is a licensed acupuncturist in Arizona, and a nationally certified Diplomate of Acupuncture and Asian Medicine and received her Doctor of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine from Five Branches University in 2025. Mayo uses a combination of distal needling acupuncture techniques, or balance method, and local needles to achieve maximum benefit and results. Mayo is passionate about healthcare being affordable and accessible to all people and opened Phoenix Community Acupuncture in 2011 in order to do just that. Her particular interests are pain, emotional syndromes, and women’s health. She’s always pursuing new techniques she can bring into the clinic. In her “spare” time she’s balancing life with her two kids.

  • As soon as Deborah Nardozzi arrived in Arizona in 2007, she settled down—starting her own business, buying a house, and starting a family. She has now lived in Arizona longer than any other state and claims it as her home.

    Before Deborah moved to Arizona, she had lived in Illinois, Texas, California, Oregon, Washington State, Hawaii, New Jersey, and New Mexico. Deborah’s role as president of her personal assistant company allows her to be fully submersed in Phoenix metro events and nonprofits, including being a board member of Phoenix Community Acupuncture. She has also been a volunteer instructor for the Scottsdale-led Community Emergency Response Team training, a FEMA program that prepares ordinary citizens to respond to disasters such as major flash floods or lengthy summer power outages.

    Deborah hopes to continue her work of meeting with neighbors across the valley and having open conversations about healthcare as a proud board member of Phoenix Community Acupuncture.

  • Hayden Hage is an Arizona native. Growing up in Cave Creek where she loved riding horses and 4 wheeler's. During summers in high school she worked for her parents businesses; one a restaurant, the other a small grocery store. She learned a great number of lessons during this tines which she has continually used and grown from.

    Through her adult life Hayden has spent her time in the natural food industry. Natural food, health, and wellness have become her life's work. She now is the store manager for a national chain natural food store. She loves to share the knowledge she has attained over 15 years in the industry with her community and customers.

    Hayden has put down roots in Tempe, having lived there for over 20 years. She has a wonderful family that she strives to spend most of her free time with. Hayden hopes to continue to grow her family, education, and community in the coming years.

  • Heidi is a full time acupuncturist in Tempe.  She graduated with a Master of Science degree in Acupuncture from the Phoenix Institute of Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture.  She is nationally board certified by the National Certification Commission of Acupuncture and Oriental medicine and licensed in the state of Arizona.  After a lifetime of moving around the country, 13 years ago, Heidi decided to put roots down & make Arizona home.  When she is not practicing acupuncture, you can usually find her in a kayak or on a bicycle.  

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