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Community Acupuncture

There are several community acupuncture clinics throughout the Bay area. Click on the regions below for their info.

By Bus

There is easy access to AC Transit bus lines 72, 18, 52 and G. If this is your first time coming, give yourself extra time to arrive and find our clinic. For directions via Google maps, click here. For AC Transit information, click here.
By Car

DO NOT Do not park in the middle aisle (adjacent to the sign tower) Do not park in any spot that uses the word "tenant" or "reserved" on the sign OK to park in the "time limited" spots for longer than the sign says (no one is timing anyone, as far as we know) DO OK to park in any other spot that says "customer parking" (as long as it is not reserved for another business) San Pablo Ave has free 90-min parking ALLOW EXTRA TIME for parking when coming to the clinic, so that you do not arrive late for your appointment!
Parking

Leave time for parking when coming to the clinic! Below are some tips for navigating our parking lot. Be aware that the City of Albany is attentive to street parking on San Pablo Ave. So be sure to let us know to time your treatment appropriately so that you can get back to your parked car in under 90 minutes. Time limits are not enforced in the parking lot.
By Bike

The parking has 2 bike racks in the center of lot, roughly across the way from the hair salon and physical therapy store fronts. Please securely lock up your bike! Our clinic does not have space for you to store your bike inside.

Locate community clinics around the U.S by visiting this map and/or this comprehensive spreadsheet. The resource is put together by West Philly Community Acupuncture.

To find out more about how community acupuncture works and to learn about the community acupuncture movement, watch Community Acupuncture: the Calmest Revolution Ever Staged, a documentary film by award-winning filmmaker Brian Lindstrom. Also check out this video about community acupuncture produced in Maryland.
How Community Clinics Can Transform Acupuncture – an article by Pam in the Winter 2008 issue of California Journal of Oriental Medicine includes many testimonials from clients and practitioners.
This is a health show on KPFA radio about community acupuncture from the Fall of 2016.
To learn more about our treatment approach and have many of your acupuncture-related questions answered check out Why Did You Put That Needle There by Andy Wegman of Manchester Acupuncture Studio. This practical no-nonsense little book is also available in printed form at Sarana, and the Spanish language version is here.

Helpful Links

Charlotte Maxwell Clinic in Oakland and San Francisco provides free acupuncture, Chinese herbs, Western herbs, homeopathy, massage, and therapeutic imagery to low-income women with cancer.
Women’s Cancer Resource Center works to empower and support women with cancer through referrals and education, a resource library, workshops and classes, support groups, peer counseling and other services.
Acupressure for ALL is a comprehensive illustrated guide for self-acupressure available as a public resource.