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Healthy & Delicious Holiday Treats
One of the challenges of this festive season is the endless round of holiday gatherings -- office parties, tree-trimming shindigs, open houses, cocktails, and then of course the actual holidays...
From the Practitioners: The Support of Winter
Element massage therapist Cara Heerdt offers some words of wisdom on finding balance in the transition between seasons. Each season is an entirely different being, with a different agenda, energy...
The Gift of Wellness
Looking for unique ideas for holiday gifts? Of course you are! And the Element staff has plenty of ideas. We also encourage our own Element gift cards and products, but here are some more ideas for...
From the Practioners: Be Present to Solve Chronic Discomfort
I met a women recently who had been told that her shoulders drooped forward. She was advised to correct the habit by imagining holding a walnut between her shoulder blades. Almost unconsciously, she...
Massage… The Cure for Every Ill?
This is the ideal time of the year for a massage. As we sprint through the mad dash of the holidays, changing our eating, sleeping, and exercise habits, our bodies get run down as stress levels...
Seasonal Goodness
Root vegetables are the buried treasure of the vegetable world, warming and essential for good health during cold winter months. These lumpen and misshapen veggies are often dusted with dirt and not...
Your Baby and Craniosacral Therapy… Will It Help?
Even though the craniosacral system is not well known, it is central and vital to the body’s well being. This essential system protects the brain and central nervous system by a circulation of...
Good Gourd!
It's that time of year: gourd time. Yep, gourds. So many things to do with these fascinating, distinctive, odd-shaped vegetables: eat 'em (well... some of them), dry 'em, paint 'em, carve 'em up. Or...
Seaweed Snacks! Yum, yum…
The new trend: seaweed snacks. Roasted and toasted into paper-thin little rectangular wafers topped with all sorts of flavors from sesame to wasabi, from sea salt to brown sugar. Seaweed snacks have...
Acupuncture During Pregnancy.. the ins, the outs, and what’s it all about.
Acupuncture can be very effective in treating a wide range of conditions associated with pregnancy such as nausea and digestive difficulties; constipation; muscle cramps; fatigue; pain-related...
The Heat is On!
Radiator time has certainly kicked in for many NYC residents. The clanging, banging dry heat can wreak havoc with sinuses and skin. Here's a few recommendations to keep your sinus, and your skin,...
Trick or Treat.. the candy dilemma.
Trying to keep your kid's excessive Halloween candy out of the house and not in your kid's mouth? Or your own? If you have a young child going door-to-door and shouting "trick or treat!" then you...