Farewell to Tatyana
After 15 years at Sarana, Tatyana is moving on from her duties as practitioner, co-manager, and Board member. Tatyana’s last regular acupuncture shift with us will be on Thursday 5/11/23. Continue Reading →
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Happy Lunar New Year of the Yin Water Rabbit!
January 22, 2023 marks the start of the Lunar Year of the Yin Water Rabbit one of 12 signs of Chinese Zodiac. In this post we take a look at some of Continue Reading →
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 →
Happy Lunar New Year of the Yang Water Tiger!
The New Moon of February 1, 2022 marks the start of the Lunar Year of the Yang Water Tiger one of 12 signs of Chinese Zodiac. In this post we take Continue Reading →
Happy Lunar New Year of the Yin Metal Ox!
February 12, 2021 was the start of the Lunar Year of the Yin Metal (white) Ox one of 12 signs of Chinese Zodiac. The late Taoist scholar Liu Ming described these Continue Reading →
COVID Time – Post 14 – Orange Skies
By Pamela Chang, 9/9/2020 Yesterday the sun rose, a coppery disk that tracked its way across a grey haze. Today, I assume the sun rose again but it has remained 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 →
Sheltering-in-Place Part 11: Crossing the Country
Week 18. I have arrived in New York, Rockland County, some 20 miles north of Manhattan. Here are the highlights of the road trip. First, there is an apparently functioning 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 →