POCA’s 2022 Annual Report & Other Ramblings From The President’s Desk
It goes without saying (but I’m going to say it anyway): lots of things (everything?) had to change and adapt starting in early 2020. Whether…
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POCAfest Marin Keynote: Chronic Pain and Endurance, by Jeff Levin of SOAP
Welcome to POCAfest. My name is Jeff and I’m a proud punk and the co-owner of Sacramento Oakland Acupuncture Project, affectionately known as SOAP. We…
Stone Soup and Social Containers
The posts about social containers and the hierarchy of needs are beginning drafts for a workbook for future POCA Tech students, kind of like Praxis,…
Hierarchy of Needs: Too Sexy for This Work?
Got your attention? I hope so. This post in the Hierarchy of Needs series is about things it’s hard for people to pay attention to,…
POCA Clinic Member Changes
Recently I saw a bumper sticker for a local food co-op that said, “I own a grocery store with some friends” and I thought of…
Open Sourcing Modern Acupuncture: Part Four, Stamina
Recently I had an interesting conversation with a prospective POCA Tech student, who described to me his efforts to research acupuncture schools. He told me…
Open Sourcing Modern Acupuncture, Part Three: Hope
Let’s talk about all the good things that could come out of Modern Acupuncture and their amazingly expensive experiment. I’m serious. For as long as…
Open Sourcing Modern Acupuncture, Part Two: Trouble
After I read this article in the Franchise Times, a multiple choice question popped into my mind. (Yeah, that happens. More about that in a…
Here’s to Open Sourcing: Modern Acupuncture, Part One
It’s the time of year for retrospectives, and this from our friends at Acupuncture Today caught my eye: “Modern Acupuncture started a movement with the…
Part 6-FINAL Entry in the SAGA of WJIPCA
When people do things for all the wrong reasons, decide themselves Shamans and it all comes crashing down. The finale in a Guest Post Saga by Michael …