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The county’s new ambulance contract [4]

In our annual issue, we talk ketamine-assisted and rapid-eye movement therapies [6] and float pods [8] BY SUN STAFF

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Belly dancing in Santa Ynez [22]

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Global Gardens’ organic olive oil [25]

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Sun, February 13, 2025

Published on Feb 13, 2025

New Times Media Group, San Luis Obispo

For this year’s issue of Health and Wellness, our writers delve into a deep state of relaxation, which can help set the stage for healing from trauma, anxiety, and more. That relaxation, called the theta state, can be achieved in a psychotherapist’s office or in a specialized pool of water and Epsom salt. Staff Writer Emma Montalbano talks with the Family Counseling and Trauma Healing Center, where eye movement desensitization and reprocessing can be combined with ketamine-assisted psychotherapy to help clients pursue deep healing [6], and Libbey Hanson, staff writer for our sister paper, 'New Times,' immerses herself in flotation therapy at Central Coast Floats [8].   Also this week, read about the county’s new ambulance contract with AMR [4]; belly dancing at this year’s Tribal Flower Fest in Lompoc [22]; and Global Gardens’ chef and her creations [25].

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