You have heard of primary care, but what is integrative primary care? And how does integrative primary care differ from traditional primary care models? Integrative medicine is defined as healing-oriented medicine that takes account of the whole person, including all...
Learn how to boost your immune system in order to stay healthy in body, mind, and spirit with Chinese Medicine. Lara will teach us how to boost immunity with Chinese herbs, acupressure/acupuncture, food choices, Qigong, and more. She will also share the secret to...
Yoga is not simply an exercise practice that can help you get in shape or become more flexible. When practiced slowly and mindfully, yoga can be a powerful component in building a more resilient nervous system. While yoga practice may have been a nice idea or a good...
Are you stressed, anxious, or feeling depleted? Adding the fast pace of modern life to the ongoing uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic has increased stress for many. A recent survey found that, “…Two-thirds of adults (63%) agreed that uncertainty about what...
In this Interview, Tamara Hanna, LPC shares her perspective on how we could be looking at grief during the Covid-19 pandemic. From expanding what we label as “grief,” to how we can better support one another while grieving, to how we can support ourselves...
This video is part of Integrative Family Medicine of Asheville’s Interview series with regional experts. This series has focused on mental health, parenting, and grief. In this interview, Beth Hockman focuses on ways that parents can build positive relationships...
This interview was conducted by Integrative Family Medicine of Asheville’s Health Coach, Ariana Figueroa, as part of our series focused on “Parenting during the Pandemic.” In this conversation, Kriya shares what our kids are going through right now. She offers a...
An interview with our health coach, Ariana Figueroa, and Dr. Will Hamilton that focused on strategies we can use to navigate pandemic fatigue. From learning what highly resilient individuals tend to do in hard situations to specific recommendations on how to shift...
This conversation was part of our Spring interview series focused on how we can skillfully cope with pandemic fatigue, stress, uncertainty, and loss. Our health coach, Ariana Figueroa, sat down for a conversation with Scott MacGregor to explore how mindfulness —...
Pandemic fatigue, anxiety, stress, uncertainty, and disconnection are challenges many are contending with right now. This month we decided to conduct a series of interviews with local experts focused on how to boost mental well-being right now; and, how to process our...
This interview was part of Integrative Family Medicine’s January series on “How to keep Moving Right Now.” During this unprecedented time, we have made our clinic easily accessible through virtual visits. Our focus is helping our patients optimize their health now and...
This interview was part of Integrative Family Medicine’s January series on “How to keep Moving Right Now.” During this unprecedented time, we have made our clinic easily accessible through virtual visits. Our focus is helping our patients optimize their health now and...
Integrative Family Medicine of Asheville’s Health Coach, Ariana Figueroa, sits down for a virtual interview with Iyengar Yoga Asheville co-owners, Greta-Kent Stoll and Randy Loftis. Covering questions such as, “How can folks get started with yoga right...
In lieu of our monthly community class, this month we are speaking with local exercise experts about “How to Keep Moving Right Now.” With the cold weather, Covid-19 numbers, social distancing, etc., now is the time to get creative about how we can keep...
As a nation, we are entering flu season in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. For those of us who live in cooler winter climates, this means that we need to figure out new strategies. How do we stay healthy as the weather turns darker and colder? How do we stay both...
It’s been about 24 hours since the management of the building where I live told us that Covid is in our building. We are 14 stories of about 120 elders, most of us especially susceptible to coronavirus. So far only one person has tested positive and that person,...
“Mindfulness helps you go home to the present.” – Thich Nhat Hanh While there are formal courses in mindfulness, it is a moment-to-moment practice. Even the awareness of when we are not mindful allows us to come back to the present moment. Practicing mindfulness...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the...
The smell of tomatoes ripening on the vine, the sound of a hummingbird zooming past, and the sight of an early morning summer sky are just a few of the pleasures gardening offers. Add to that list the anti-inflammatory effects of fresh vegetables and the myriad health...
Having no family of any kind, living alone, my calendar is a place I visit regularly in joyful anticipation of contact with other people. I’m typically very self-sufficient, but during these days, weeks, and months of prolonged isolation (with no end in sight) I...
