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• Great for anxiety, depression, stress, fibromyalgia, PTSD, IBS, fertility, cycle regulation, PCOS, addiction, insomnia, & pain

• The community acupuncture model mirrors how acupuncture was originally practiced in many Asian countries

• Demystifies the process of acupuncture by bringing it out into the open

• For acupuncture to be most effective, people need to receive it regularly as a part of their health care routine. Community style treatments make this more accessible.

• Friends and family can receive treatments together

• People coming together with a shared purpose and receiving treatments together generates a powerful collective healing energy in the room. One can experience a bit of what this collective energy is like in group prayer/meditation and even in being part of a crowd at a festival or event. When we intentionally do something together, we create something greater than the sum of its parts. By being in community with one another in a healing space, we can embrace this potential for collective transformation. 

• Learn more about the differences between community vs private acupuncture here

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Clinic Etiquette for Community Acupuncture

• Please silence your phone, enter the clinic quietly, and use your “library voice” to help preserve the calm environment.

• Please do not wear cologne, perfume, or strong smelling body products.

• You may listen to music or a meditation on your phone (with headphones) during your treatment, but please silence all rings, alerts, alarms, and vibrations on your phone.

• Wear clothing that can be pushed or rolled up to expose your legs and arms. Shorts or loose pants and a tank top or loose short sleve shirt are ideal. Leggings, skinny jeans, sweaters, and turtlenecks are not recommended. We have a bathroom for you to change if needed.

• No food in the treatment room. 

• We recommend not consuming caffeine before your treatment because it is a stimulant and makes it more difficult to relax.

• Please be considerate of other patients and adhere to appointment times.

• Please arrive 15 minutes early for your first visit if you have not already filled out the paperwork.

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Resources

• Watch a video about a community acupuncture clinic in Washington: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOPQp_SoPZ0

• CA for veterans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxw1ugwv6n4

• CA for addiction: https://acudetox.com/​

• Community Acupuncture: The Calmest Revolution Ever Staged: https://vimeo.com/69251326