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Interview with Alyssa Peterpaul – About Craniosacral Therapy

Posted on by Hailey Ward-Maldonado
The following interview with Alyssa Peterpaul took place on Monday, April 1, 2024 with Hailey Ward-Maldonado I had the pleasure of speaking with Alyssa on the phone on a sunny Monday morning. Alyssa shared with me about her style as a craniosacral therapist. We are so excited to have her as a part of the Balanced You Team! What does a craniosacral therapy session with you look like? When a person walks into the room for a treatment, even if I've seen them many times before, I look at them like I haven't seen them before because they're not the same. Their bodies and their emotions have changed, and I need to acknowledge that in order to give them what they...Read More

Foods to Support the Transition to Spring

Posted on by Hailey Ward-Maldonado
Chinese Dietary Therapy for the Spring Season In Chinese Medicine, food therapy can be used to help the body during seasonal transitions. So much of this medicine is tapping into our body’s innate, primal capacity to heal – harmonizing our food intake with seasonal eating is a key aspect of this! Spring is associated with the wood element and governed by the energetics of the liver and gallbladder. The wood element governs smooth flow of qi through the body, and it is strongly associated with proper transformation of stagnation in the body (especially coming out of the winter months!). Some basic ways to support the wood element through food therapy include: • Eat early spring greens such as dandelion greens,...Read More