Perhaps the winter holidays are a time to splurge and now it's time to purge. Well our homes that is. Each year, we take time to put away our winter clothes, sweep out the corners and crevices of our...
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In this episode of Wellness Wednesdays, we will be discussing how fitness should be viewed as a journey, not an exact destination; how people achieve greater success by enjoying working out through focusing more on strength or life-based goals and looking at the bigger picture. If you want to start taking control of your health, join me in this episode together with a personal trainer and a fitness coach, Brittany Ruscitto.
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Here on this episode of Wellness Wednesday, we will give you a new perspective on physical therapy as a part of self-care. Many people only consider physical therapy after they are injured. After healing from broken bone or surgery they are referred by their orthopedist or surgeon to start the process of becoming mobile again through physical therapy. But a big fact is physical therapist can prevent injuries, improve posture and alignment and even help you with your fitness goals of running a marathon!
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Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) is a bacterial infection of the small intestine.
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In this episode of Wellness Wednesdays, I interviewed Witold Fitz-Simon on Alexander Technique.
Witold Fitz-Simon has been teaching yoga since 2000. He is a certified yoga instructor at the 500-hour level as a graduate of the Yoga Room Berkeley’s Advanced Studies Program under Donald Moyer and Mary Lou Weprin. A nationally certified Alexander Technique teacher, he served as a faculty member at the American Center for the Alexander Technique’s teacher training program from 2016 until its closure in 2018, and has taught actors, athletes, writers, musicians, lawyers, yoga teachers, and knitters in his private practice in New York City since 2014. Witold combines his practice of yoga, Alexander Technique, embodied anatomy and developmental movement into a lively somatic approach to self-expression and the body.
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An estimated 15% of couples will have difficulty conceiving a child and as many as 33% of Americans will seek fertility treatments. Infertility and infertility treatments can have a major emotional impact on a couple and their relationship. Women seeking fertility treatment will often struggle with anxiety and depression as well as issues with identity and self esteem. How does one cope with the outside world while going through fertility treatment? How can someone decide that all options to resolve infertility have failed and it is time to stop treatments?
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Fitness is not just an activity of movement but a way each of us learns our own personal balance, risk, sensitivity, adaptation, surrender, and control. In essence, fitness is an act of knowing one’s self. Throughout our lifetime the way we move and satisfy our desire to move changes. To explore the theme of fitness through change, I will be chatting with a personal trainer and choreographer Johari Mayfield Live on Instagram.
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For this Mental Health Monday, we will know more about what rapid transformational therapy is and its benefits. Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) is a pioneering therapy based on neuroscience, that offers fast, effective results by combining the most beneficial principles of Hypnotherapy, Psychotherapy, NLP, and CBT. Watch the video below where I chatted with Licensed Hypnotherapist and RTT Practitioner, Jocelyn Smith.
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Wow what a year it has been! Due to condition beyond our control, many of us have spent more of our time in stress and worry than ever before. Fear of our financial future, the health of our family or the grim prospect of never being able to find a partner has been keeping many of us up at night or paralyzed us with stress in the morning.
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Just because it's cold outside, doesn't mean your bedroom should be. So it's time to turn up the heat! Named after the Greek goddess of love and sexuality, Aphrodite, aphrodisiacs have been used for...
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Positive human touch is a vital part of human interaction and wellbeing. In fact, research has shown being deprived of human contact or being “touched starved” can lead to mental and physical health issues. To dive deeper into the importance of touch and to the connection that every soul desires, I will be having a conversation with a massage therapist and founder of the only 24-hour full-service wellness center in New York City, Timothy Grae.
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Lately many of us have found that the boundaries of home and business have now become blurred. As a result we maybe having difficulty managing expectations for ourself and our colleagues when it comes to delivering on work product or project. Even worse after living in a state of uncertainty for months now, we can be struggling with how to cope with the constant (and often unpredictable) changes in the workplace.
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Most of corporate America spends his/her time sitting at a desk for hours upon hours in a day. This causes hunched shoulders, crunched lower backs, and tight muscles. The perfect antidote? Uttanasana...
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Relationships can be wonderful part of being alive except when they are not. Some relationships unfortunately toxic and can be made worse due to substance abuse and emotional eating. Now that we are spending so much time indoors with our loved ones these issues are more intense than ever especially as people seek comfort in addictive behaviors.
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I know what you are thinking. This isn’t the 1990s! Shouldn’t I as a naturopathic doctor telling you all about the virtues of the paleo or keto diet or suggest that you go on a raw vegan juice cleanse to achieve optimal health? Yes I’m an old fashioned traditionalist when it comes to nutrition and hopefully in a good way. In reality diet fads come and go, but the Mediterranean diet has really stood the test of time.
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Stress’s relationship with PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) is very much a doubled edge sword. The diagnosis of PCOS along with its devastating symptoms such as hair loss, acne, hirsutism (facial hair) and weight gain can be extremely to women. But the problem is that this stress could be the one thing blocking a women from recovering from PCOS both with a natural holistic or a conventional medical approach. If you or someone you know has been battling with PCOS, trying every remedy under the sun to no avail, then it is time to give a closer look at stress.
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When it comes to digestive issues such as acid reflux (GERD) or IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), the natural holistic tends to point the finger at food allergies and sensitivities. Patients will often be given food diaries to identify potential food triggers or a script for an IgG food allergy panel (NOT IgE as that will not identify delayed food sensitivities/allergies associated with digestion).
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Dr. Ivy Branin is a Holistic Medicine provider in New York City. If you're looking for a Holistic Doctor in New York City, contact me today for an evaluation.
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Over six years ago a man was referred to my naturopathic practice by a psychologist because he was “stuck.” How was he “stuck?” He been prescribed multiple antidepressants including Effexor the decade prior for anxiety and insomnia he had experienced during grad school. Now he had spent the last 5 years trying to wean himself but had literally stuck on his first step down dose of Effexor
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Médecine avant tout préventive, la naturothérapie vise à maintenir et/ou rétablir la santé par des moyens naturels.
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