Low Cost Community Acupuncture in Hillcrest H


illcrest Community Acupuncture is now open in Hillcrest. At the clinic, patients are treated in a relaxing open area by a licensed acupuncturist. The group setting allows affordable, personalized care to multiple patients per hour. “The community acupunc- ture business model is rooted in a value system that puts community first,” says owner Sacha Landreneau, LAc. “People should be able to access acupuncture, if they want it. Often, if they need it, community acupuncture


makes that possible for many people.” According to Landreneau, in Asia, acupuncture treatments occur in com-


munity, group settings. “The communal style of treatments has many benefits. Friends and family can be treated together,” she says. “Some report feeling less nervous and safer when they see others relaxing and often sleeping while receiv- ing acupuncture. Additionally, there is a collective energy when people are heal- ing together, thus making individualized treatments more powerful.”


Acupuncture is proven effective in the treatment of pain, addictions, stress,


anxiety, and much more, according to the World Health Organization and the National Institutes of Health.


Cost: Sliding scale of $15 to $35 per treatment (plus $10 additional fee for first visit). No proof of income is required; patients pay what they can afford on the scale. Location: 1807 Robinson Ave., Suite 205, San Diego. For more information, call 619-298-2228 or visit HillcrestACU.com.


Win a Week for Two at Farm of Life in Costa Rica


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wo lucky winners will enjoy a week-long stay at a much-loved boutique health retreat in Costa Rica, sponsored by Natural Awakenings and Farm of Life (Finca de Vida).


Secluded high in the cooling mountains above Dominical with views of the Pacific Ocean, Farm of Life offers yoga classes, health counseling, educational retreats, a wide variety of area activities, and a delicious raw food menu featuring fresh produce from their permaculture garden. The property features spring-fed pools, an organic farm, mountainside yoga deck with sunset views of the Pacific Ocean, an inviting com- mon house, and delightful hilltop cottages and cabins. The prize includes shared accommodations for two, nightly dinners, and use of the communal kitchen and the farm’s fruits and vegetables to prepare your own breakfast and lunches. Winners will also enjoy health coaching, yoga ses- sions, two waterfall hikes, a beach excursion, permaculture farm tour, and tour of Manuel Antonio National Park. The best part is simply relaxing in this very special mountain retreat with like-minded international guests while learning how to create a healthier life- style. Owners Jody and Brian Calvi have a well-deserved reputation for attentive, loving service and skillful health counseling devoted to helping guests explore the inner world of personal health while enjoying the peaceful, healing and inspirational natural surroundings.


To enter, visit NaturalAwakeningsMag.com/contests. To learn more about Farm of Life, visit FarmOfLifecr.com and by googling tripadvisor farm of life.


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Aging Skin Lecture D


r. Adiel Tel- Oren, also


known as Dr. T, will host a lecture titled “Aging Skin, Moles, Growths, Tags, Spots and Blemishes: How Do They Develop?” from 7 to 9 p.m. on Monday, February 6 in San Diego.


Tel-Oren will explain how diet, exposure and general health create various skin growths, blemishes and more serious lesions and what they indicate about overall health. He will discuss natural approaches to regaining healthy-looking and blemish-free skin, including improvement of diet and or- gan function. Attendees will learn how to prevent and treat skin blemishes safely and painlessly using adjustments in nutrition and lifestyle.


Dr. Tel-Oren is the founder and co-founder of several non-profit health and sustainability programs worldwide.


Location: LotusRain Naturopathic Clinic, 5210 Balboa Ave. Ste. F, San Diego, CA. To register for lecture or set up a skin consultation, call 760-487- 8482, email caroline@ecopolitan.com or visit DoctorTEvents.com. See ad on page 10.


The question is not


whether we will die, but how we will live. ~Joan Borysenko


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