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 →
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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 →
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 →
COVID Vaccines
As COVID vaccinations continue to roll out, people have been asking us for recommendations. Although our scope of practice prevents California acupuncturists from advising individuals about their decision to receive the vaccine, 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 →
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 →
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 →