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Teacher Appreciation Month at OAP!!

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Polish your apples and put on your thinking caps, because May 9th is “California Day of the Teacher,” and the whole 2nd week of the month is teacher appreciation week. To show our support for teachers, during the entire month of May, we are offering a discount to all educators: $10 follow up treatment or, if you’re a 1st time patient, we’ll waive your initial $15 paperwork fee.

If you’re a parent and not sure what to get your child’s teacher to show your appreciation, we’ll sell you a gift certificate for them at the discount price!

At OAP, aside from all the amazing teachers we already serve, we have a strong link with educators since both Whitney and Jeff are married to teachers. We interviewed Jeff to find out more about how teachers are such an integral part of our community. Check out the interview on our blog.

Sign up to get a CSA Box at OAP Grand!

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We are really excited to team up with Shooting Star CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). We have recently become an official dropsite for their bountiful weekly produce boxes delivered from May through November. Just imagine leaving OAP, blissed out from acupuncture, with your arms full of wholesome food!  For more information and to sign up check out their website: shootingstarcsa.com.  You can also contact them by phone at 707-207-0548, or email shootingstarcsa@gmail.com.

“Our mission at Shooting Star CSA is to provide our customers with nourishing, nutritionally dense vegetables and melons that are the best they’ve ever had.”

Total Health Dental Care

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Total Health Dental Care is Oakland & Berkeley’s leading Whole Person Dental Practice. By practicing Whole Person Dentistry, they address lifestyle choices, like stress, nutrition and sleep patterns to effectively prevent dental disease from occurring. Dedicated to improving patient’s overall health through dentistry, you’ll get top-notch dental care that helps you look and feel your best.

Massage Special through 3/31!

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The new massage therapists at the Laurel Ave clinic are offering special rates for first-time clients now through March 31! Book now to take advantage of this great deal!  Please indicate “End of Winter Special” in the patient notes when booking your appointment.  Read about Sarah and Jana here.

End of Winter Special Rates, now through March 31:

  • $45 for 60 minutes
  • $55 for 75 minutes
  • $70 for 90 minutes

Making Acupuncture and Well-Being Affordable

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Another nice article on community acupuncture: “Acupuncture is not common in the U.S., especially with working class families. For most patients, visiting a POCA clinic is very different from any healthcare they have imagined. There are no doctors in white coats and no pharmaceutical prescriptions.  Perhaps the greatest difference, however, is that there are no unintelligible, high-priced bills…”  Read more here!

Finding a Quiet Space in Community Acupuncture

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This lovely article from ecosalon highlights the many things we love about community acupuncture.  From the article: “…community acupuncture isn’t just a trend borne of the recession. It’s a bona fide movement nationwide with its own cooperative called the People’s Organization of Community Acupuncture (POCA), whose mission is to make acupuncture available and accessible to as many people as possible and to support those providing acupuncture to create stable and sustainable businesses and jobs.”  Check out the full text here!

Spring Fertility and Pregnancy Special!

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In celebration of Spring, for the month of March, we are offering a discount on all fertility and pregnancy related treatments (including post-partum visits, up to 6 months after birth): $10 follow up treatment or, if you’re a 1st time patient, we’ll waive your initial $15 paperwork fee. To learn more about how acupuncture treatment can benefit pregnancy and fertility, check out this interview on our blog.  The special rate applies to all practitioners and both locations- schedule now!!

Trager Bodywork with Deirdre Hormel

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Deirdre Hormel offers Trager bodywork in the same building as our Grand Ave clinic.  The Trager approach offers “psycho-physical integration” through movement education.  Gentle rocking movements are used to explore your range of motion and stimulate the brain to a greater awareness and knowledge of how to move muscles more easily.  The result is freer and easier body movement and reduced pain.  This approach can be especially beneficial for neuromuscular conditions and is widely used for stroke rehabilitation, MS, arthritis, fibromyalgia, sciatica, and disc injuries as well as general pain relief and relaxation. Trager is new to me, but I can report that after my first session I definitely noticed increased ease and joy in movement, and I’m curious to explore this modality further as a way of becoming more present in my body and recovering that innate love of movement that I had as a child.  Call Deirdre at (707) 529-2819 to schedule an appointment!

February Specials- Share Acupuncture with your Friends! (Now extended through March!!)

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Introduce Us To Your Friends this month!  For the entire month of February: Come in for a treatment with someone who is a new patient and we’ll waive their paperwork fee.

Valentine’s Day Special: 2 for $20: On Tuesday, February 14th it’s Valentine’s day: Come in with a friend or loved one and both your treatments are only $20 combined. Discount applies to both new and returning patients!