MindBody

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Mind & Body of Vero is the area’s premier integrative medical spa taking the unique approach to bridging time-proven Eastern practices with advanced Western therapies to provide clients with tools to participate in their own self-care practices.

Neurologist Dr. S. James Shafer, founder, has more than 25 years of clinical patient care and actively participates in research in degenerative neurological diseases. Throughout his career, delivering the diagnoses of chronic neurological diseases inspired Dr. Shafer to seek out practices and a more “whole-istic” approach that supported a patient’s mental/emotional health while undergoing treatments that helped manage physical symptoms.

At Mind & Body of Vero, clients will find an atmosphere of quiet grace and soothing elegance. Our professional and experienced staff is focused on providing the highest level of care and a positive experience.

Our services include nurturing massage and bodywork, vitamin and nutrient therapies, the healing arts of meditation, mindfulness and gentle yoga practices and nutritional counseling.

Regardless of their level of health, all clients will be empowered to develop habits and lifestyle changes to encourage a healthy, vibrant and wholesome life.

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Mindfulness & Meditation Therapy

Meditation helps people with chronic illness…lower pain levels, decrease emotional response to pain and other symptoms that are emotionally upsetting and disabling, lower feelings of nervousness, restlessness and anxiety, healthy coping & lowers depression, improve sleep, cultivate more compassion & love for yourself, it’s good for the caregiver…Ultimately leading all who practice it regularly to improved quality of your life~

Meditation eventually gives you more choices, additional coping skills and a different perspective regarding your challenging condition and/or circumstances. ~Improves Thought & Emotional regulation~ How to use mindfulness throughout your day!

Essential Oil Therapy

What are Essential Oils?
Essential Oils are the most powerful part of the plant.
They are distilled from shrubs, flowers, trees, roots, bushes, fruit rinds, resins and herbs and consist of hundreds of different organic compounds and constitutes. In humans, they provide support for every system in the body: skeletal system, muscular system, circulatory system, endocrine system & hormones, your respiratory system & immune system. They help support & balance all of those. They support brain health & a healthy weight. Essential oils have enhanced lives for thousands of years, offering a variety of benefits from cosmetic and dietary purposes. Meditation and relaxation. Young Living has always been at the forefront of bringing this ancient tradition to modern users, introducing millions to emotional, physical, and spiritual wellness that can be truly life-changing.

Why Young Living?
Our company grows their own plants, owns their own fields & controls the entire process from seed to seal – from the farm to the sealed bottle. Pesticides, pollution, previously farmed land – all of it can affect the quality of an oil. Extracted through careful steam distillation, resin tapping, and cold pressing, the purest essential oils are far more powerful than the botanicals from which they come. Any time you hold a bottle of Young Living’s powerful essential oils, you hold nature’s pure essence. We ensure this process is completed with the highest satisfaction of standard as Young Living’s oils are the purest. With Young Living’s Seed to Seal process. It’s a promise of integrity. Check it out here.

https://www.youngliving.com/en_US/discover/seed-to-seal

Restorative Yoga

With the support and validation of evidence-based studies, clients will appreciate the benefits of these gentle yoga practices, including increased energy, improved cardiovascular function, stress relief, pain management and mental/emotional resiliency.

Classes are open to all levels of fitness and health. Props such as chairs, blankets or bolsters may be used to support injuries or other limitations.

Class sizes are small and students will receive personal attention. Space is limited. Preregistration is recommended.

Nutritional Counseling

“Are you sick of suffering from digestive challenges, autoimmune disease, chronic inflammation, skin issues, or food sensitivities? Did you know that roughly 70% of our immune system lives in our GUT? I work side by side to take you on the path of healing with the right foods.”

My services at Mind and Body will include a Comprehensive Nutrition Assessment and 7 day anti-inflammatory meal plan with recipes and shopping list. Further services available at my practice in Vero Beach.

Neuromuscular & Swedish Massage

Massage is a variety of pressures applied to the superficial tissue of the body, by hands and arms in changing movements or strokes such as – effleurage, petrissage and tapotement. This is done by mild to deep pressure and movement, stretching of the muscles and underlying fascial tissue of the body, accompanied by oils or lotions – coconut, nut or essential oils and lotions that are unscented and hypoallergenic with a rich, luxurious glide to them, nourishing the skin and hydrating the muscles. Some methods may include using Hot Salt Stones, as we do, with a CBD oil – under .03%. The techniques are varied depending on the outcome desired from these sessions.

Nutrient & Vitamin Therapy

IV Therapy is valuable for a multitude of reasons. Vitamins, when taken orally, are only absorbed 10-20 percent and then excreted since they must go through the digestive system. By feeding vitamins, minerals and other natural substances straight into the bloodstream, the digestive system is avoided and 100% of the nutrients are absorbed. We can safely distribute larger doses into the bloodstream that would not otherwise be tolerated by the stomach or digaestive system. Our shots, or intramuscular medications are a quick and easy way to give you the boost you need, from energy to general health.