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On a recent Thursday afternoon thirty members of the Yo San University Community gathered to hear the presentation of Dr. Ben LaBrot, the founder and President of “Floating Doctors” a  volunteer organization that has provided crisis related healthcare services to needy people in Haiti, Honduras and Panama.

On most days, the lobby of Being Alive in West Hollywood, Calif. is filled with laughter and banter from patients waiting for their next acupuncture session to get in tune with their qi. They are patients who come from different backgrounds, but share one thing in common - they all are living with HIV/AIDS and are seeking relief through this more than 3,000-year-old ancient medicine.

Being Alive is a 1,200-member non-profit HIV/AIDS organization that for nearly 15 years has been offering acupuncture, along with other alternative treatments, to help people living with HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles. 

A narrow hall, a paneled patient area and therapy room house Being Alive's twice-weekly acupuncture clinic where volunteer therapists and interns treat up to 60 members a week.

The volunteer therapists include instructors and interns from Yo San University in Santa Monica, Calif.