Here are some of my favorite health and wellness professionals that have supported me on my health and wellness journey. If you are looking for additional support, I encourage you to check out these amazing people on both the west and east coast.
Acupuncture
Joe is a nationally board-certified and California state licensed acupuncturist and herbalist. Joe received my training in Oriental Medicine at one of the nation’s leading institutions, Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine in Santa Monica, California, graduating with highest honors. This five academic year program of study included instruction in acupuncture, herbal medicine, and modern biomedicine. In addition to completing a two year clinical internship at the college clinic, I was chosen to participate in an externship at both the L.A. Free Clinic as well as the Daniel Freeman Hospital.
In 2002 Joe can began my private practice, founding Stillpoint Acupuncture in 2003. Also a certified yoga instructor since 1999, Joe stresses the importance of establishing and maintaining an appropriate diet and lifestyle in order to achieve radiant health. Joe not only provides acupuncture, craniosacral unwinding, and herbal therapy to patients, but also offer nutritional counseling, awareness practices and customized exercise sequences that focus on the patient’s specific health concerns.
You Can Find Joe at:
Stillpoint Acupuncture: El Segundo, CA 90245~ 310.335.0073 ~www.acupoint.net
Yoga Therapy
Jules Mitchell, a yoga therapist and Master’s of Science Candidate in Exercise Science at CSU Long Beach, teaches with a technical and therapeutic focus. Her approach to yoga is from a corrective exercise perspective, where the skills she teaches are designed to counter the effects of the sedentary lifestyle combined with the repetitive movement of sports and fitness-based exercise programs. Jules is currently researching the biomechanics of stretching and the effects of tensile forces on the soft tissues of the musculoskeletal system as part of her Master’s Thesis Project.
Chiropractor
Dr. Sammy Pyon is a Wellness Chiropractor and best-selling co-author of the book “You Make a Difference,” focusing on helping people obtain optimal health and wellness! “We believe that wellness is experienced when the mind, body, and spirit are in harmony. When this is achieved, we enter into a state of abundant vitality, strength, joy, and peace. We seek to assist people in bringing harmony back into their lives so that they may align to their true purpose.” He graduated from UCLA in 1990 with a B.S. in Kinesiology and from the Los Angles College of Chiropractic in 1995. Dr. Pyon practices along side his wife Audrey, who is a Spiritual Relationship Coach. Together they offer an “Evolutionary Experience in Healing” in mind, body, and spirit.
You Can Find Dr. Sammy at El Segundo Family Chiropractic:
100 W. Imperial Ave, Suite N. El Segundo CA 90245
www.http://spyon.healthnewspodcast.info
Yoga In New York
Dina earned her certification in Group Exercise in 2002 through the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America and headed to NYC to begin sharing her love of movement. The pressures of city life left her feeling totally unbalanced, and it was then that she discovered yoga. In 2010, Dina completed the 200-hour teacher training program at Sonic Yoga, becoming a certified Vinyasa Yoga Teacher. In addition to teaching at America’s #1 health club chain, Equinox Fitness Clubs, Dina works privately with individual and corporate clients, offering services including: chair yoga, pre-natal yoga, yoga for beginners, and more. She strives to offer classes that inspire students to go beyond their perceived limits, are fun, not intimidating, and accessible to all levels. Her approach to teaching is embodied in three simple words: “Breathe, Play, Grow.” She encourages students to explore on their yoga mat without judgment.
For more information on Yoga with Dina, visit: www.yogawithdina.com