Awaken Now, a Santa Monica acupuncture and wellness practice, is launching three new 12-week programs in September under founder Marina Dabcevic. Each group is capped at 15 people, and the timeline is built around the idea that it takes about 66 days to create a habit, with the final weeks devoted to reinforcing what's been learned. The programs run through live weekly Zoom sessions, one-on-one consultations, and a daily group chat, and cover three focus areas: systemic inflammation (Whole Body Reset), cognitive decline and related conditions (Resilient Brain), and metabolic health (Metabolic Reset).

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I still can't access the Argonaut News page directly — it's returning a 429 (rate-limit) error each time, and it's not appearing in search results as a fetchable page either.

I did find what appears to be the same story, run by the Santa Monica Daily Press, covering the identical announcement (Awaken Now's three new 12-week programs launching in September, led by founder Marina Dabcevic).

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In the world we live in today we are mostly hunched over our computers, looking down at our iPhones or iPads, driving for hours (especially here in LA), sleeping on our sides or our belly’s and our body eventually starts screaming at us with pain. Do you know there is such a thing as text neck and 11 year olds are going to have hunchbacks soon….Acupuncture can help increase circulation and decrease inflammation, as well as stimulate opioids, which are your body’s natural painkillers, thus the body aches start to disappear!

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My business is called Awaken Now because I believe it is time to Awaken to your mental and physical health, to a healthy lifestyle for you and your family, awaken to the world around you, Awaken to YOU!
It has been an interesting year to say the least. For some people health has become their biggest priority and for others the pressure of staying indoors and away from others has done a number on their physical and mental health.

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