Elena Velez, the Founder/Director of Community Restorative Training (CRT), brings 18 years of experience as a Certified Medical Interpreter (CHI) to create a bilingual stress reduction wellness program for essential workers. Her insights from community behavioral practices, learned through...

When we think about the term “self-care,” images of pampering retreats, luxurious spas, expensive bedsheets, an exclusive gyms flash before our minds. Self-care has become a commodified term and activity, and oftentimes attainable by niched demographic and socioeconomic classes. Because of this,...

The following episode is a guide practice meant to accompany the previous episode. For context, please refer to the previous episode.    Abhyganga, or Ayurvedic self-massage, applies warmed oil (oftentimes infused with herbs for unique bodily constitutions) to our entire body from head...