Holistic health is a concept of healing that takes into account the multi-dimensional nature (physical, mental, emotional and spiritual) of human beings and strives to bring balance to the ‘whole’ person.
Holistic health is based on the premise that the body has an innate ability to heal itself. Given the right ingredients - appropriate nutrition, regular elimination of toxins, adequate rest and rejuvenation, and mental/emotional balance – the body will heal, repair and recover into good health. A holistic approach to health addresses the underlying causes of health imbalances, clears toxic blockages and restores health through natural means.
Holistic health therefore strives to promote health rather than confront disease. It gives you the tools to renew, recharge and take control of your own health.
Holistic Nutrition
By Certified Nutritional Consultant; 1 hour, $95
A Holistic Nutrition Consultation is a complete nutritional evaluation based on the holistic, preventative principles of health. The consultation incorporates a variety of nutritional strategies – acid-alkali balance, raw foods, food combination, macrobiotics, allergy elimination, detoxification & nutritional supplements – to create a customized nutritional program for each client’s individual health, genetic and lifestyle needs.
Therapeutic Bodywork
By Nationally Certified and Licensed Professionals; 1.0 hour, $75 - $85; 1.5 hours, $95 - $120
Thai Yoga Massage: Thai Massage utilizes three major techniques to bring healing to the body and focus the mind: stretching the muscles, ligaments and joints, massaging the of the fascia, and tension release of acupressure points. Its receivers benefit from increased flexibility, range of motion, muscle tension release and a clearer state of mind. Each session lasts a minimum of 1 1/2 hours and costs $120.
Acupressure/Shiatsu: Based on the same philosophy as Acupuncture, the session focuses on balancing the flow of energy in the body. This is done by holding, applying finger and palm pressure, and stretching acupoints along the body's 14 primary meridians.
Reflexology: Reflexology is a healing technique that applies pressure to reflex points on the hands and feet that are known to correspond to every organ system in the body. By doing so, reflexology enhances deep relaxation, stimulates circulation & detoxification, and normalizes organ function.
Cranial Sacral: Cranial Sacral Therapy is a gentle, hands-on method of evaluating and balancing the craniosacral system to restore the natural movement of fluid and related soft tissue thereby removing restrictions and allowing the body to self-correct
Polarity Therapy: Polarity Therapy is an integrative approach to healing and wellness that integrates energetic bodywork, energetic exercise and polarity yoga stretches to reduce stress, increase vital energy and promote healing through self-awareness.
Aroma-therapeutic Bodywork: Aroma-Therapeutic Bodywork is a deeply relaxing, non-invasive, non-manipulative bodywork technique that combines the science of aromatherapy with bodywork & energy healing to restore balance, health & vitality to the body.
Reiki & Energy Healing: Reiki and Energy Healing techniques help rebalance and integrate the body's energy systems on the physical, emotional and spiritual planes. It thereby helps bring about deep relaxation and emotional balance, clears negative energy blockages, and enhances self-awareness and esteem.
Massage: Relax and rejuvenate mind, body and spirit, Improve circulation and muscle tone,Release tight, achy muscles, Eliminate toxins from your system, Alleviate inflammation and pain in joints and increase mobility with massage. A variety of styles are offered including deep tissue, pre and post natal, Swedish, NMT (neuromuscular technique), Jin Shin Jistu (energy work), Deep Tissue, Thai Yoga, and Pre-Nataland your therapist will help you determine what will be best for you!
Reiki: Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.
Life Coaching
By Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), MSW
- Individual Coaching - Initial Intake: 2-hrs, $300; Month to Month Package: Three, 40-Minute Sessions/Month, $375.
- Group Coaching – Three, 60-Minute Group Sessions/Month, $100 (3-Month Commitment Required, $300/group).
Live the life of your dreams! Move from who you are now to who you want to be – from your core. Life coaching is a powerful relationship specifically designed to support you to connect to and live your unique essence and passion in every area of your life. Julie will partner with you, and honor the natural wisdom of your mind and body, as you shed stale habits, envision and design your dream life, and take action to make it real. Julie will embrace the vision of you at your very best, and remind you, when you forget, that you can live from this place of wisdom and potency every minute. Embark on this journey of personal exploration, intimacy and adventure and transform your life today. Work on-on-one with Julie or join a Vivid Livid coaching group.
Experience life coaching with a group of committed and courageous clients also on the road to living vivid and amazing lives. Be inspired to action by the support, experience, and wisdom of group members. Pair up with a buddy in-between calls for additional feedback and accountability. Benefit from the affordable group coaching fee.
Participate in individual or group life coaching from your living room, office, anywhere in the country or around the world as all sessions are conducted over the phone. The best way to learn about life coaching is to experience it. If you are curious about life coaching and up to making big changes, then contact Julie for more information or to set up a free sample session.
Naturopathic Health Care
By State Registered Naturopath; Initial: $115; Follow-up: 45 min, $60
A Naturopathic Consultation is a complete natural health evaluation to assess the underlying causes of health imbalances. The consultation includes an in-depth health history, dietary and lifestyle assessment, face and tongue observation, iridology, Chinese pulses, kinesiology and reflex point testing. The assessment is used to develop an individualized holistic health program based on nutritional and lifestyle recommendations, natural remedies (homeopathy, herbs, supplements), detoxification and bodywork treatments.
Acupuncture/Chinese Herbal Medicine
By Licensed Acupuncturist; Initial Evaluation: 1.5 hrs, $100; Treatments: 1 hr, $80
Acupuncture and Herbology are part of Traditional Chinese Medicine. This ancient system encourages the body to heal naturally. The goal of acupuncture is to re-balance one's vital energy by stimulating specific points--called acupoints--along the body's meridians, or energy channels. This is done by inserting needles and applying heat or other stimulation at these precise acupoints. Acupuncture has been shown to be effective for acute and chronic health conditions. Women's Health & Pain Management specialists on staff.
Detoxification
By State Registered Naturopath; 1.0 hour; $75
A Detoxification Consultation is a complete assessment of the body’s detoxification needs. It is based on an evaluation of the individual’s dietary and lifestyle exposure to toxins and the manifestation of toxic effects within the body. Based on this assessment, a detoxification protocol is created based on the client’s individual health, genetic and lifestyle needs.
Detoxification Therapies
By Nationally Certified and Licensed Professionals; 45 min, $60; 1.0 hr, $85; 1.5 hours, $95 - $115
Body Wrap Treatment: includes dry-brushing, mineral/clay/herbal body pack, hot body wraps, followed by a thermal blanket. This helps stimulate circulation & detoxification, reduces cellulite and promotes weight-loss.
Aqua Chi Treatment: is a detoxification therapy that stimulates the release of toxins by creating a positive and negative ionic charge in the foot bath. This is a very effective and non-invasive form of detoxification.
Ear Candling: is a simple and effective way for removing ear wax build up, fungus and impaction from within the ear. It has also been found effective for sinus congestion, jaw tightness and other face/head related problems.
Energetic Healing
By State Registered Naturopath; 1.0 hour; $75
A Detoxification Consultation is a complete assessment of the body’s detoxification needs. It is based on an evaluation of the individual’s dietary and lifestyle exposure to toxins, the manifestation of toxic effects within the body, and a determination of the best detoxification protocol for the client based on their individual health, genetic and lifestyle needs.
Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.
How to Set Up Your Appointment
Reiki,  Massage, Thai Yoga Massage and Nutritional Counseling and Life Coaching sessions are offered at Flow as well as some of our partner's beautiful spaces, including Tulsi Holistic Living located nearby at 1642 R Street. To set up an appointment for any service, you can call us directly at (202) 462-3569. We will help you coordinate a time and location that will work best for you. All Flow Yoga Studio Clients Receive 10% Off their first session at Tulsi and you can pick up your coupon at the studio!
About our Therapists
 Christine Davis is a certified Massage Therapist and offers Sweedish, Essential Oil, Deep Tissue, NMT, Jin Shin Jistu, and Pre-Natal. She graces Flow with her touch as a yoga teacher and massage therapist. She loves that something as joyful as yoga can be used as a tool for something as (sometimes) serious as personal growth. She took her first yoga class in ‘89 at Sarah Lawrence College, where she was inspired by the gentle nurturing of her teacher. Christine spends most of her week giving Therapeutic Massage to the Flow community. Other times she is either teaching or taking yoga, Shake Your Soul and West African dance classes or spending time with nature in Charlottesville. Her students are drawn to her nurturing and enthusiastic energy coupled with her deep knowledge and healing of the emotional body. Christine’s yoga teaching is inspired by many styles, most recently Anusara and Vinyasa. She is certified with Shake Your Soul/Kripalu Dancekinetics, The Yoga Alliance, ACE, National Board of Therapeutic Massage, and massage licenses in Washington State and DC.
 Angela Cerkevich is certified with the international foundation Thai Healing Arts and studied with its founder, Jonas Westring (physical therapist, yoga teacher and Thai massage practitioner.) She continues to broaden her skills by regularly attending Thai massage intensives, and just returned from a 3 month long program in Thailand and India where she studied both Thai Massage and Yoga. She attempts to bring her love of the human body, knowledge of its inner workings and personal journey on a spiritual path to every session.
 Mariska Breland In addition to being Flow Yoga Center's resident Pilates instructor, Mariska is also a certified health counselor and natural nutritionist. After being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease in her mid-twenties, Mariska turned to holistic nutrition, alternative medicine and yoga to reclaim her health. She has personally experimented with literally dozens of modalities, including everything from ayurveda and acupuncture to rolfing and shiatsu. This experience, along with formal education from some of the leaders in the alternative health world including Drs. Andrew Weil, Deepak Chopra and Joseph Mercola, offers her a perspective on healing that few have. In 2006, Mariska founded Fuse Health, an organization committed to teaching the bioindividuality of nutrition and exercise. Mariska holds holistic health workshops throughout the Washington, D.C. She writes articles on alternative health and sees clients in private practice. She has also worked on health documentaries for CBS and the Discovery Channel.
Erica Goldblatt is a licensed social worker and bioethicist (LGSW, MBE). She received her Reiki Levels I and II at the Reiki Center of Greater Washington, and then continued her studies to obtain certification in Sekhem-Seichim Reiki I and II, a form of Reiki that focuses upon emotional healing. Erica has worked with both adult and pediatric cancer patients as a Reiki practitioner to provide pain and symptom management at the end of life. Her Reiki sessions consist of chanting, singing, and a general focus on combining traditional energy healing with modern clinical therapeutic techniques in order to provide a complete integration of mind, body, and spirit
Mayuri Sobti, ND, CNC
Mayuri is a Naturopathic Doctor and Certified Nutritional Consultant. Her focus is on identifying and treating the underlying causes of health imbalances by using nutrition, herbs, homeopathy, detoxification therapies, therapeutic bodywork and energetic balancing.
 Julie Schwartz offers her passionate expertise as a Life Coach and Yoga Instructor to the Flow community. She is deeply and lovingly committed to her clients living the most amazing lives they can imagine. Julie will support you and challenge you to reach into all pockets of your being to discover and live from your true essences/values. Julie will partner with you, and honor the natural wisdom of your mind and body, as you shed stale habits, envision and design your dream life, and take action to make it real. She has over 10 years of experience in the Personal Growth field. She trained with the Coaches Training Institute for life coaching, with Ana Forrest to teach yoga, University of Chicago to receive a Masters of Social Work, Chicago School of Massage Therapy to become a Certified Massage Therapist and has worked as an Organization Development Professional. Julie’s rigorous and passionate commitment to her own fulfillment and growth enables her to be the nurturing, spunky and inspiring coach/teacher that she is today. Visit VividLiving to learn more about Julie!
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