As many of you have heard already. The property here at 7 Mt. Lassen Dr. is going to be demolished and rebuilt as housing this year.

As of February 1st, 2025 our new clinic location will be 712 D St. Suite 1, San Rafael, CA. Please come and see us there! We will be continuing to offer Community Acupuncture as well as increased options for Private Acupuncture visits.

We are not Medical Doctors and do not make medical diagnosis here at this clinic. Please consult with your Primary Care Physician or other members of your medical team for a diagnosis.

If you are coming for a pain condition please where clothing , such as shorts or tank tops, that allows us access to that area of the body for treatment. There is NO undressing of patients done at this clinic.

Please keep all the doors to the treatment rooms open at all times during your visit. If you need to change clothing there are bathrooms available nearby.

You can now schedule private treatments with Ryan if you would like your own time in a room at the clinic. Treatments will be more comprehensive and will offer more time to answer and discuss questions or interest you may have. Treatments will be done on both the front and back sides of the body with multiple concerns being addressed. Other healing modalities will be used which we do not have time for in the community clinic setting such as massage, cupping or e-stim needling when appropriate. Please ask about additional availability and information. Treatments will be 75 minutes and will cost $120.00.

The Influenza Virus is very aggressive this year and especially so in California. Please cancel your appointment and stay home if you are ill so as to protect the other patients at the clinic. We have not peaked in the Flu season yet and it is not to late to be vaccinated for at least partial immunity or reduced severity of the virus.

One of my favorite part of visiting Maine’s coast was the amazing preservation they have done of their network of nearly 70 lighthouses along the inlets and bays of the state. Working in conjunction with the local community, State Parks system and National Coast Guard they have done a wonderful job of keeping the lights going and buildings maintained.

Local activist have raised money many times to save this iconic landmarks and as a visitor of the state of Maine I was so grateful for their efforts. Each light was unique and I hope to make it back and visit many more of them.

I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to visit some of the great parks on the Eastern Seaboard this summer while traveling with my family. Spending time in the different regions of the United States is such a interesting way to experience the diverse viewpoints of our country’s citizens. It is easy when living in Marin/San Francisco to feel insulated in your beliefs and values and to have the misconception that the majority of people believe in the same things or share the same ideals.

While I do believe that we all desire the same basic goals and dreams for ourselves and our children we certainly have a wide array of ideals on how to got to those goals and achieve those dreams. People in once powerful lumbar economies in Maine and New Hampshire have different needs politically than I may have as a urbanite in San Francisco.

Men and women in the Portugese fishing communities of Cape Cod and Provincetown have wishes for their livelihood that I have to recognize may conflict with my desires to preserve more of the oceans and shorelines.

It is really important to see our environmental world through the eyes of those who work the resources in the environment and contrast that with those of the conservationist. In the end it is clear that we are both outdoor enthusiast but with conflicting views on how best to manage our natural world.

The clinic will be closed on the following dates this summer for continuing education and adventure:

October 8-23rd
October 27th-31st

I think when most people on the West Coast think about visiting an island they visualize the warm and sunny beaches of Hawaii. Certainly in the grey and wet weather we have been having in March I have been letting my mind wander to those blue waters. It can be a great escape from the seasonal gloom to visit somewhere so radically different. Sometimes, there can be a rebound effect when we come back home and have to re-embrace the Winter elements and cloudy days.

I would like to recommend visiting some of the many islands off the coast of the Pacific Northwest in the Winter. It may seem like a rough time to get on a ferry and head out from the coast but it’s a wonderful way to both get away from our local environment without escaping the realities and joys of wild Winter storms. Many of these islands are easily reached from Seattle or Vancouver and Washington State has a amazing ferry system for both cars and passengers. It really is a wonderful way to travel at a pace slow enough to just sit and stare out the window.

I visited Orcas Island this last month and found it to be a real paradise of old growth forest, waterfalls, and bays dotted with State Parks, like Camp Moran, and small villages, like East Sound. So many well kept trails and interesting lodges and restaurants to visit not to mention hours of just watching what the wild Northwest Ocean can throw at you. I hope you get to check it out and the San Juan Islands in general someday soon.

It was only after traveling across the whole of the Southwest of the country could I really begin to appreciate how many different forms of the desert there were. Leaving our country and seeing South America, Asia, and the Middle East allowed me to see that the deserts of the planet may be more varied than any other climate we have. The Four Corners area of the United States has long held a special place for many American and foreign visitors and I am happy to be part of that crowd. From Salt Lake City to Las Vegas or Phoenix it is possible to pass through seven different National Parks. There landscapes so varied from grand arches to hoodoos to the deepest canyons on the Earth. I hope you will have time to visit them all.

Only a quick five hour drive south from Glacier National Park and you can arrive at the gates of West Yellowstone. Yellowstone is an area nearly as large as a small state. In many ways it is much more of a driving and animal safari setting than one for long hikes but in this it is amazingly unique. Even in the height of summer, if one rises with the sun, you can drive the long circle road and catch a glimpse of Buffalo, Grizzly and Black Bear, and Elk. The camping facilities are very good despite the crowds and offer privacy when one wishes to withdraw from the crowds. Each of the individual lodges or ranger stations around the loop road are unique and offer a historically preserved set of buildings and natural habitats.

In the Grand Tetons the Snake River winds its way through some of the most dramatic mountains in the country. The Tetons rise suddenly from the plans and seem to cut at the sky. So incredibly different from the gradual build of our Sierra Nevada.