BLOG
The Healthiest Blog Around
Our blog provides health and wellness insights, tips and recipes to help you live your healthiest life. Keep coming back for more!
Guasha Facial Treatment: A Whole Lot More Than Holistic Beauty
By Ingrid Gerberick, R.Ac Guasha Facial Treatment: A Whole Lot More Than Holistic Beauty When we feel good, we feel good about how we look. I have been offering Guasha Facial Treatments for over 5 years and in that time, I’ve noticed a major shift in the trend, with...
Guasha Facial Treatment: A Whole Lot More Than Holistic Beauty
By Ingrid Gerberick, R.Ac Guasha Facial Treatment: A Whole Lot More Than Holistic Beauty When we feel good, we feel good about how we look. I have been offering Guasha Facial Treatments for over 5 years and in that time, I’ve noticed a major shift in the trend, with more and more people becoming aware of Guasha as a way to improve skin vitality. What I love about the Guasha Facial Treatments...
Wild Nettle Pesto
Perfect for spring, when Nettle is abundant, Dr. Dori Skye Engel shares her Nettle Pesto recipe Wild Nettle Pesto Big bag of raw nettle 3 cloves of garlic (or less if you are not such a garlic fan) ½ cup of olive oil ½ cup of hemp seeds (or nut or seed of your...
Angry? Your Liver Health Might Have Something to Say About it.
Angela Warburton, R.TCMP Understanding your emotions according to Traditional Chinese Medicine Chinese Medicine is an ancient system of healing that evolved by empirical measures… which basically means, observing people, their bodies, their environments and their...
Winter Cleansing
Angela Warburton, R.TCMP Most people don’t need to be sold on the benefits of cleansing. And it’s not uncommon that people feel the need to cleanse, or at least clean up their diet after the indulgent holiday season. “Toxic overload” can have many faces: headaches,...
How I Practice Dying Every Day
When I was 26, my boyfriend’s dad and brother both died unexpectedly in a relatively short time period. It was at this time that my mentor said something I never forgot: “Practice dying every day.” What does this mean? To practice dying? When we think about it, our...
Give a Warm Welcome to Anita Rajan
Please say hello to a new healer here at Urban Wellness, Anita Rajan! Anita works in the field of soft-touch chiropractic care, and has been making waves in the health and wellness world with her unique, holistic treatment method. With a gifted touch in her hands and...
Nourish Your Soul this Holiday Season
Written by Kristin Tait, B.A. KIN, RNCP, CFSP The holidays are officially upon us and with them come magic and joy, excitement and generosity of spirit… and oftentimes some stress too. Whether it is in the form of exhaustion and overwhelm, travel, challenging family...
A Workshop on Beyond Self-Care: Recognize and Metabolize Oppression in the Body
Oppression can be felt, held and metabolized within our bodies. It may show up as a lack of energy, knots in our stomach, muscle tension, hopelessness, depression or anxiety. As many of us begin to feel stress and anxiety over the business of the holiday season, it’s...
Food in focus – The Medicine On Your Plate
In the fall, our energy starts to turn inwards as we prepare ourselves for winter. During this season, things start to dry up, leaves dry and fall of the trees, grass or other plants start to wither and dry up to shut down for the dormancy of winter so that recourses...
Hello Fall!
As a natural introvert (I recharge in stillness and need time away from the hubbub of modern life and socializing to gather my energy and sort through my thoughts and experiences), there is a natural bit of 'yahoo' energy that accompanies the cooler more quiet and...
Ancient Wisdom, Modern Stomach EBook
Using Food as Medicine: Applying the Wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine to Heal.
Enjoy your free ebook when you signup for our newsletter.