Oakland Acupuncture Project: Open Juneteenth!
Happy Juneteenth!
Both clinics will be open normal hours on Thursday, June 19th.
Help Us Help You
We work hard at S/OAP to make sure you get a quality acupuncture treatment in a timely manner in our cozy treatment rooms. Below are three ways you can help us do our job even better, but if you would like to be a superstar patient check out our blog with even more ways to Help Us Help You!
Book an appointment - This ensures our ability to see you and everyone else in a timely manner and gives us an opportunity to review your case history before your treatment. If you are looking for a last minute appointment you can call, text, or email the clinic to see what we have available. Please do not just “drop-in” as this disrupts the flow of the clinic, and we may have to turn you away.
Arrive on time - Please arrive 5-minutes before your scheduled appointment time so you can get settled in your recliner and are ready to meet with the practitioner at the START of your 10 minute slot. Punctuality is very important to us since we see clients every ten minutes and do not wish to make anyone wait.
Do NOT book the New Patient Special more than once - Once you have come in for the first appointment of the 3 visit special please book the rest of your appointments as a “Follow up”. If you book the New Patient special again it will charge you again, and no one likes getting double charged!
Happy Summer Solstice!
This year's summer solstice is on June 20th. This change of the season brings more heat, an abundance of sunlight, and an opportunity to expand outwards into the world. In Chinese medicine summertime is the season of the Heart and Small Intestine. For more information on how to tend to these organs and also tend to the symptoms that may arise from excess heat like: red face, constipation, irritability, mental restlessness, and sleep disturbances, check out Dawn’s Blog Post.
Point of the Month
Our point this month is Lung 3 or Tian Fu, which could translate as Heavenly Residence, Celestial Storehouse or Palace of Heaven. It is a window of the sky point, and has the strange function of anchoring the aspect of the soul referred to as the Po, or Corporeal Soul. Jeff really likes to use this point to treat grief and “Melancholy Crying Ghost Talk”. If this all sounds interesting and you want to hear more check out Our Blog.
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