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Tag Archives: wellness
Stress Test
As I stepped into the float tank at PuREST Float on Crown Street, I couldn’t help thinking of those oracular Precogs lying face-up in a pool in the 2002 movie Minority Report. (more…)
Homegrown
In an East Haven forest, at the end of a long, semi-paved road, there’s a house surrounded by gardens. They’re lovely to walk through even at this time of year, when some plants have already gone to seed, but giving leisure isn’t their main purpose. These are healing gardens. Sandi Coppola, the woman behind the […]
Youth Centered
You might think children—experts at not standing still—and yoga, with its patiently held poses, wouldn’t be a good match. But you probably haven’t seen instructor Lani Rosen-Gallagher work her magic. Through (more…)
Well On
In rooms toward the back of a tiny store on Whitney Ave, massage therapists perform a 5,000-year-old medicinal tradition. The exact origin story of what’s known as “cupping therapy” is fuzzy, but wherever it started, it certainly made the rounds. The Egyptians did it, Hippocrates and the Greeks did it—believing it balanced out the four […]
Sweat Equity
There’s no delicate way to describe this situation. The sweat—it’s flowing, drenching my shirt as I stand, front leg bent and back leg stretched behind me, in “Warrior Two” position. My arms are extended and my fingers long as I stare at a fixed point on the wall to maintain my balance. But, instead of daydreaming […]
A Cut Above
“I wanted to be the female version of Indiana Jones,” Karma Salon owner Cheryl L. McMahon shared with me recently when asked if she always wanted to work with hair. I couldn’t help but smile at her refreshingly honest response. No offense to archeology, but we’re lucky she opted for scissors rather than a shovel. […]
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