Mask Update April 2023
We’re giving everyone a heads up! On April 3, 2023, California’s mask requirement in healthcare settings will end. Here’s how that will work at Thrive:1. Staff will continue to wear well fitting masks that are medical grade surgical masks or higher. 2. Patients can choose if they want to wear a mask or not, during […]
Masks Still Required at Thrive
We want to remind you that while the universal indoor mask requirements expired in California, masks are still required in Healthcare Settings. For those that haven’t been reading the details of the guidelines, universal indoor masking is still required in the following locations: Healthcare Settings Public Transportation Congregate facilities K-12 schools and childcare City of Santa […]
Covid Safety, Reassurance, and Cautious Optimism
Happy 2022I had some time to reflect over the break about how grateful I am that I get to be of service to all of you. I appreciate the trust and confidence you’ve all had in me over the past year and 9 months when it’s been hard for all of us to find solid […]
What to do when Exposed or Sick with a Virus
We said we’d keep monitoring things and adapting our mask policy as appropriate and we did just that over 2 weeks ago, so we wanted to send the word out through this newsletter. We’ve also noticed people are confused about what to do if they have been exposed to Covid-19 or start to feel sick, […]
Mask Update + Feeling Good Mind Experiment
Hello again from the space of this newsletter! It’s been a while. Normally I have a loose schedule for the newsletters, but back in March I threw the loose schedule out the window. With so much extra on our plates in the last year or so (pandemic, new online booking/charting/payment system, surprise changes from the medical […]
A Guide to PREVENTING and TREATING Viruses at Home
I created this as a handout for my patients. If you want a copy to have in your medicine cabinet, contact us for the pdf. Be well – Christina What to have on hand to start taking at the first signs of a virus: Antiviral Chinese Herbs The cornerstone of both virus prevention […]
Why have a Pulse Oximeter at home?
Our New Device—The Pulse Oximeter—and Why You Want To Get OneThose of you that have been in for acupuncture since we reopened in May have experienced a new medical device—the pulse oximeter. It’s loosely clamps onto your finger and measures your oxygen saturation and your pulse rate. Why measure your oxygen saturation?I think knowing your […]
Deep Listening: A Mind Experiment
Deep ListeningMaybe I’m an optimist, but I’m excited that it seems the US is poised to tackle racism and injustice at a deeper level. I know it’s causing big emotions, but I’d rather that the large scale challenges are out in the open. Because it’s not that racism and injustice didn’t exist before, but there […]
Invitation to Join Membership Community
I wrote the first draft of this email a while ago and life has continued to unfold with heated upset and divisiveness. Both in Sonoma County about how our Shelter in Place and Health Orders are being communicated and enforced, or not enforced. And around the US as inequality and racism have been brought out […]
What Would Christina Do?
Since we’ve been back in the clinic seeing patients for 2 weeks, people keep asking me, “What are you doing for your health Christina?” During the initial stages of the pandemic reaching the US, there was quite a frenzy among natural medicine practitioners about what supplements to take or not to take. It seemed every […]