Monkeypox Safety
We are grateful to our friends at Oakland Acupuncture Project for the inspiration and some of the text included in this post. As monkeypox was recently officially declared a public Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Clinic Updates
Sarana 2.0: Happy Birthday! Pam’s reflection on the past year of running Sarana in challenging times.
This month marks the one-year anniversary of our reopening post-COVID. Reopening Sarana was the culmination of four months of planning and revamping our systems to be COVID-safe. We thought about Continue Reading →
Happy Birthday to Sarana — gratitudes, 2021
Sarana becomes a teenager this month. In 2008, I was a newly-minted acupuncturist. I had no interest in becoming a business owner, but I had heard about Community Acupuncture. This Continue Reading →
Not ALL masks are made equal
A recent new study examined the efficacy of different types of masks, from N95s to surgical masks to bandanas and neck gaiters. Though this study was primarily designed to verify Continue Reading →
Sheltering-in-Place Week 22 – Quarantining back in California
The night before I left Massachusetts, it stormed: crashing thunder, brilliant lightning, wind, and eventually, rain. I lay beside an open window, feeling the breeze on my face, counting seconds Continue Reading →
Sarana Re-opening on August 5th!
Great NEWS! Sarana Community Acupuncture will reopen its doors on Wednesday, August 5th! Our online appointment schedule is open for booking! Please take the time to read ALL of this important Continue Reading →
Reopening preparations Part 3 — Screening procedures
As we move closer to Sarana’s re-opening, we have been sharing our new safety policies on this blog. We posted about the importance of face masks and about physical distancing Continue Reading →
Reopening preparations Part 2 — physical distancing & shared surfaces
As we make further preparations to reopen Sarana in its new incarnation, we are sharing some of the new policies and safety procedures you can expect when you return for Continue Reading →
Reopening preparations: Part 1 – the masks
Pam, Jennifer and Tatyana have been meeting virtually weekly and are discussing the many details of re-opening Sarana. We look forward to announcing our opening as soon as we have Continue Reading →
Sheltering in Place Part 6 – Fractal Re-opening
Week 10 of Shelter-in-Place. My late father having been a research scientist at an institute now affiliated with the University of Massachusetts, I happened this week to attend a webinar Continue Reading →