APTP Tool Library is a space for the community to restore, dream, plan, learn, and strategize. During APTP Tool Library hours, community members will have access to tools that are used for coping with physical pain and stress, while also having the option to learn and practice strategies that include both justice and health.

Tool Library practitioner Danielle Keenan aka Dan is a health educator, passionate about teaching so that illness and pain aren’t the first time we consider health. She provides individuals, families, and communities with customized health tools so that people have practical and accessible coping tools when they need them the most.

Dan also offers Eastern-style bodywork called Tai-Na; she provides specialized care using knowledge from her 8 years of martial arts training in Taichi and Qigong and her education from her Master’s Program in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medical Health Sciences.

Community style is great for tapping in to the connection of our internal energy to the collective healing experience. It provides a space of unity with others and our shared environment, while still focusing on our own individual process of healing.

For NADA community acupuncture/ear seeds:

NADA involves the gentle placement of up to five small, sterilized disposable needles or ear seeds into specific sites on each ear.
The recipients sit quietly in a group setting for 30-45 minutes allowing the treatment to take effect.
NADA ear acupuncture/ear seeds is an adjunct therapy which is clinically effective, cost-efficient, drug-free and compatible cross-culturally.

Benefits of NADA:

Reduced cravings for alcohol and drugs, including nicotine

Minimized withdrawal symptoms

Increased calmness, better sleep, and less agitation

Relief from stress and emotional trauma

An easier connection with counseling

Individual Acupuncture Session with Emily:
Emily Rose is an acupuncturist, herbalist, and body worker focused on helping to support people dealing with symptoms of PTSD and chronic stress such as insomnia, anxiety, flashbacks, chronic pain, and emotional regulation. Her goal is to always meet people where they're at and to co-create a path towards whole body/whole community healing. She offers private, full body treatments along with long term herbal support.

Herbal medicine consultation:
We offer sessions with an herbalist who will provide you with a Traditional Chinese medicine herbal consultation where we will offer you an herbal formula to take home in one of the following forms: tea powder, tinctures, or tea pills. We also have some raw herbs on hand as well.

Chiropractic Massage with Amaru:
Amaru Ra is a doctor of energy medicine. He got started in the healing arts early when, as a teenager, he learned breathing techniques to heal myself of asthma. He played division he college football before serving 6 years in the army including 3 combat tours. Of course these and other experiences came with a lot of injury and trauma both in his body and in mind. After the army he became a registered nurse, but as he learned more about disease, health, and the human body and worked on his own healing, he began to realize the limitations modern western medicine has in creating real, sustainable health. He began to further my studies and deepen my practice to better support patients in their healing process. His work now includes Reiki, several forms of massage, chiropractic, breathwork, biohacking, naturopathy, somatic healing, and reflexology.
Amaru—The focus of my healing work centers around the nervous system and the subtle energy body and includes attention to the mental, physical, emotional, social, and spiritual aspects of one's being. Thank you for trusting me with your body and your energy and allowing me to be a part of your healing journey.

Massage with Rimaq:
Rimaq is a Bodyworker, Healer and Martial Artist. His practice is ritual and ceremonially based and uses elements of curanderismo, Afro-Indigenous spirituality, and somatic therapy. Rimaq draws on such practices to create healing environments where patients can reset physically, mentally and emotionally, while also offering tools of movement, herbs and ritual to empower clients to do for themselves. As a martial Artist, has over fifteen years experience with capoeira, eskrima, and Mexica Danza. He uses his ceremonial and martial practices to help patients create strength and harmony in their musculoskeletal systems. He graduated from the National Holistic Institute in 2013, specializing in Neuromuscular trigger point therapy and pain management through western and eastern modalities. He has partnered with La Clinica Cultura y Bienestar and The Native American Health Center in Oakland, CA. He received Alameda County’s “2015 Community Service Award for Promising Innovative Program” for his free, weekly massage
therapy and traditional medicine offerings at La Clinica de la Raza. Currently Rimaq is finishing a Master’s program in Classical Chinese Medicine at the Academy of Chinese culture and health sciences in downtown Oakland.

(Walk ins only) Massage with Africa:
Africa C. Williams has been part of the healing community since 1998, holding a certification in Massage Therapy and Health Education from the National Holistic Institute. She specializes in Medical Massage therapy for various demographics and offers services by appointment only at Bay Wellness Center. Her expertise includes treating neck, shoulder, and sports injuries, PTSD, chronic pain, and more. Africa provides tailored renewal sessions using holistic techniques and offers online self-healing tools. Her services encompass various massage types, Reiki, mindful meditation, and corporate mobile chair massage. She is committed to reducing health disparities through holistic health education and aims to address specific diseases affecting communities. Additionally, she plans to offer 1:1 virtual healing sessions for Black parents in need, providing assessments and holistic health sessions, including mobile massage, breath work, and nutritional counseling.

Medicinal foot baths combine sea salt with the healing powers of black sage. These baths support the release of grief, trauma, pain, and anxiety.

Offered By:
Sarita (she/they) is an artist, mama, and steward for the Ecocene; or an era of reciprocity with the Earth, as the Earth. She supports communities in deepening relationships with plants and ecosystems as medicine for internal, collective and planetary liberation.