Body by Brooklyn
Posted on 09. Aug, 2009 by Kate Hanley in Body and Mind
LYING ON A DECK CHAIR by the hot tub, sipping a cocktail and plotting your next hydrotherapy treatment, you’d never know that traffic on the BQE was whizzing by three stories above your head. Everything about Body by Brooklyn, a 10,000 square foot spa on the ground floor of the converted chocolate factory on the [...]
The Healthy Body/Mind Connection
Posted on 09. Aug, 2009 by Sophie DeVore in Body and Mind
Aja Davis is a Brooklyn trainer, with a fascinating background. Originally from North Carolina, she started studying martial arts at the young age of 6. She excelled in sparring and became a 3rd degree black belt in Taekwando. Continuing her studies in other forms of martial arts and with a degree in Gender Studies and [...]
Food: Getting Back to Basics
Posted on 09. Aug, 2009 by Selma Jackson in Body and Mind
IT NO LONGER MATTERS what your income bracket is, the price of food has escalated so significantly that everyone is looking for ways to reduce costs: changing eating habits; finding alternative food sources and even starting food programs. There are two new programs and one existing program that are right in our midst; all we [...]
Pins and Needles
Posted on 09. Aug, 2009 by Suzanne McCaffrey in Body and Mind
FEELING A BIT OUT OF SORTS and you can’t put your finger on exactly why? Have your friends recently been introducing you as Mr. Crabby Apple or Ms. Prickly Pear? Has your yin lost its yang? Acupuncture might just cure what ails you! And lucky you, the “doctor” is in… I ducked into Heidi Botnick Licensed Acupuncturist’s 218 Dekalb Avenue office one bright mid-April afternoon, excited to learn more about her practice, the benefits of this treatment, and to experience acupuncture firsthand.
Lucky Lotus Yoga
Posted on 09. Aug, 2009 by Whitney Barrat in Body and Mind
WHILE ENJOYING A SLOW, PURPOSEFUL WALK up Dekalb Avenue one recent night, a half-smile of contentment on my face and a green rolled mat tucked under my arm like a spare limb, thoughts of YouTube and the magic of in-flight Internet capability swirled through my mind. Perhaps not altogether surprisingly, I had just emerged from [...]
Karen’s Body Beautiful
Posted on 09. Aug, 2009 by Mia Narell in Body and Mind
“OCTYLDODECANOL, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Isopropyl Stearate, Myristyl Myristate, Cetyl Alcohol”: these are just the first few ingredients in the hand lotion I was given by my doctor last week. I only thought to check the ingredients list (lengthy thing that it is) after recently interviewing Karen Tappin Saunderson of Karen’s Body Beautiful. No one is a [...]
