Holistic, compassionate, integrative response to recent wildfires

The psychological impact of the ever-increasing spate of natural disasters was heavily in play in Santa Rosa, California, one of the areas hit hardest by the October 2018 wildfires. Catherine Herbin, LAc, disaster relief coordinator for the North Bay wildfires in Sonoma County, represents Acupuncturists Without Borders. She reported that “the most significant impact of the fires on patients’ health was on their breathing and on their emotional wellbeing...people were emotionally distraught…