Suite Ambiance and our non-circulating Library

The members of the Labrys Healthcare Circle enjoy a home-like atmosphere while we work with our clients. We believe that healing from whatever ails us can be fun and interesting in a relaxing, beautiful setting. Our office is scent and fragrance free.

While you are here, we welcome you to use our kitchen to make tea or get yourself a cup of filtered water, enjoy the artwork on the walls, choose a book from the library or browse the health-focused educational materials.

To enter our suite, you first encounter a boardwalk of perhaps thirty feet and then a tall palm tree next to the four steps up to our door on a deck. You may prefer to turn into the garden courtyard, go to the far end and find the long ramp, giving you gentle access to our front door. The whole suite is wheel chair accessible, with plants and artwork sprinkled throughout.

Prominently placed on one end of the waiting room is a large, beautiful photograph by Jane Magid of a cave entrance.

A collection of nine framed photographs of native women of different nations grace our walls, for example,Maxine Hong Kingston, author and teacher, Wilma Mankiller, author, activist, former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Pualani Karahehe, Kumu Hula dance teacher and educator, Winona La Duke, environmental activist, to name a few.

Our waiting room has two comfy chairs and a two-seater couch and a tall bookcase containing a non-circulating library. Here are listed some of the books we have available for use while you are here. There are two clip boards with current events, one for community events, the other for health related events and descriptions of services offered by other health care practitioners. There are brochures on nutrition and health as well as back issues of Labrys Speaks newsletters for you to take home. There’s even a cork board with our collection of jokes on health and food.

In the corner is a ceramic, deep blue fountain with a stone figure of Quan Yin, a Chinese goddess of healing. There is a video/CD screen, which remains covered with cloth when not in use. Children can enjoy the toys and books we provide, and paper on which to draw, or bring their favorite video to watch.