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--Aumatma Shah
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Nov 8, 2010

 

Karma Clinic practitioners wondered what it would be like to serve together in one space.  Six alternative medicine doctors, all offering up their modalities of healing on gift-economy basis, in one physical location -- homeopathy, ayurveda, accupuncture, holistic weight coaching, engery healing, massage therapy.  And couple weeks back, serendipity struck.  Rajen Thapa, host of Karma Kitchen in Berkeley, was a buying a new restaurant on University and he wanted to replicate the KK magic (and karma :)) there.  We brainstormed about Karma Clinic coming there on alternate Sundays and lo and behold, last Sunday was our pilot launch!   Rajen was so excited that they even featured Karma Clinic on the restaurant website!  Our opening was humble yet fun (with special teas and healthy snacks and massage tables) and felt grounded in the right spirit!  Vena & Ashwin (from KK-Chicago!) along with Chris and Nipun came by after their KK shift to support the opening -- its hard to say how they managed to have so much energy but perhaps it was the good vibes. :)  They really provided a huge boost, or as one of the practitioners, Polina, would later write: "an unbelievable inspiration."  Reflecting on CF's ethic, we also brainstormed about "stepping it up" and letting our actions (not marketing) attract people and to that end, we plan to pro-actively reach out to monasteries, nonprofits and more.  Full story of the day: http://bit.ly/aOG6Ux

 

Posted by Aumatma Shah on Nov 8, 2010