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Welcome to Sarana Community Acupuncture!
We provide effective and affordable acupuncture in a relaxing and comfortable open space. We also offer Chinese herbs and acupressure massage. As a member of the Community Acupuncture Network, we charge sliding scale fees of $20-40 per treatment. We are located at 968 San Pablo Avenue, between Solano Avenue and Buchanan Street, in the south-west corner of Albany’s Town Centre shopping complex. There is ample parking and easy access to AC Transit bus lines 72, 18, 52 and G. Our clinic is wheelchair accessible.

About Community Acupuncture
We believe that Community Acupuncture can play a vital role in keeping health costs down while keeping people healthy. Pioneered by Portland, Oregon’s Working Class Acupuncture, Community Acupuncture makes this safe, simple, effective, 2,000-year-old medicine widely accessible in the West. In the United States, most acupuncturists treat clients on tables in individual rooms. By contrast, Community Acupuncturists mostly treat clients while they are seated in recliners clustered in a shared space, and we mostly limit needle placement to points in the lower arms and legs, face, or head. The group setting creates a collective energy that strengthens each individual treatment. Further, the group setting allows us to see multiple patients per hour which, in turn, allows us to lower our fees.

Our Walk-in Policy
We generally operate by appointment, but we are always happy to accept walk-ins during our business hours, as long as you are willing to wait a little bit to be treated. So if you have a sudden headache, sense the beginnings of a cold, or just feel stressed and need to have a break, come on over!

Community Massage
Enhance your relaxation experience by combining acupuncture with massage therapy. Community massage is be performed on a massage table in the common treatment space, allowing you to benefit from the group healing energy in the room. Acupressure-style massage usually does not require disrobing, but privacy curtains are available if needed. Click here for more information about our massage practitioners.

What does sarana mean?
Sarana is a Pali (ancient Buddhist) word for refuge. Refuge represents a place of retreat and safety, but sarana also stands for an individual’s commitment to participate, open-heartedly and open-mindedly, in a community whose members seek clarity and awareness. We chose this name to emphasize our intention that our clinic support us all in sharing a safe relaxing community space and in acknowledging our shared humanity and interdependence.