For this year’s issue of Health & Wellness, we decided to focus on outside-the-box approaches to healing.
The good sort of pain
Cupping therapy is an ancient pain-relief practice that’s quietly active in SLO County
BY BULBUL RAJAGOPAL
Music as medicine
Local violinist Brynn Albanese brings healing, hope, and more as a certified music practitioner
BY ADRIAN VINCENT ROSAS
Healing holistically
Local farmers discuss plants and herbs that can serve as natural medicine
BY SAMANTHA HERRERA
This article appears in Health & Wellness 2024.




