FAQ
New Location and Parking
Here are the details about the location:
North Star Holistic Health at CLIMB 633 Germantown Pike, 2nd floor (elevator available) Lafayette Hill, 19444
Please use parking spaces designated for CLIMB. The entrance for the building is in the parking lot that you access from Crescent ave. Once you enter the building you will see the elevator and the stairs. When you arrive at the second floor, turn left to enter into the community kitchen.
I will be there to greet you.
For more information about CLIMB and their holistic approach to health care, check out their website here.
Yoga Therapy
What is the difference between Yoga and Yoga Therapy?
Fundamentally, the focus of Yoga Therapy focuses on the needs of you, the client, rather than focusing on methods and practices. All yoga has the potential to be therapeutic and healing , Yoga Therapy utilizes yoga exercises (both postures and breathing), teachings (philosophy), and meditation to promote health and wellbeing. Yoga Therapists are specially trained and certified by the International Association of Yoga Therapists https://www.iayt.org to prescribe Yoga techniques and practices to help individuals manage their condition, reduce symptoms, restore balance, increase vitality, and improve attitude.
What does trauma informed mean?
Trauma informed refers to specific practices that promote autonomy, embodiment, self-regulation and physiological relaxation; some of the keys to trauma recovery. All practices at North Star Holistic Health are trauma informed.
What is Ayurveda?
Ayurveda is the guiding science of Yoga Therapy, it is the oldest system of medicine known to humankind. Meaning “Science of Life”, Ayurveda is the system through which yoga is prescribed as medicine. The ancient wisdom of this holistic science has been recognized by more modern measurements of research and medical methodologies. This wisdom, combined with the modern, practical applications gives us the powerful practices of Yoga Therapy today.
Massage
Which massage is right for me?
Your appointment always begins with assessment, so that we can decide together. That being said, a few things to consider when booking your massage:
If you have a specific pain or condition (low back pain, chronic neck pain, sciatica, etc), choose a medical massage. The pressure and depth of this massage is adjusted to your preference and techniques applied are tailored to your present need. If you do not have a specific condition or pain that urgently needs addressing, choose relaxation massage. The pressure and depth of this massage is also adjusted to your comfort and preference.
What is different about pre-natal massage?
Pre-natal or pregnancy massage requires specialized training and knowledge of the physiological changes that take place during all three trimesters of pregnancy. You have a a choice of side-lying position or specialized pillows and bolsters that make a prone (face down) massage possible.
Here are the details about the location:
North Star Holistic Health at CLIMB 633 Germantown Pike, 2nd floor (elevator available) Lafayette Hill, 19444
Please use parking spaces designated for CLIMB. The entrance for the building is in the parking lot that you access from Crescent ave. Once you enter the building you will see the elevator and the stairs. When you arrive at the second floor, turn left to enter into the community kitchen.
I will be there to greet you.
For more information about CLIMB and their holistic approach to health care, check out their website here.
Yoga Therapy
What is the difference between Yoga and Yoga Therapy?
Fundamentally, the focus of Yoga Therapy focuses on the needs of you, the client, rather than focusing on methods and practices. All yoga has the potential to be therapeutic and healing , Yoga Therapy utilizes yoga exercises (both postures and breathing), teachings (philosophy), and meditation to promote health and wellbeing. Yoga Therapists are specially trained and certified by the International Association of Yoga Therapists https://www.iayt.org to prescribe Yoga techniques and practices to help individuals manage their condition, reduce symptoms, restore balance, increase vitality, and improve attitude.
What does trauma informed mean?
Trauma informed refers to specific practices that promote autonomy, embodiment, self-regulation and physiological relaxation; some of the keys to trauma recovery. All practices at North Star Holistic Health are trauma informed.
What is Ayurveda?
Ayurveda is the guiding science of Yoga Therapy, it is the oldest system of medicine known to humankind. Meaning “Science of Life”, Ayurveda is the system through which yoga is prescribed as medicine. The ancient wisdom of this holistic science has been recognized by more modern measurements of research and medical methodologies. This wisdom, combined with the modern, practical applications gives us the powerful practices of Yoga Therapy today.
Massage
Which massage is right for me?
Your appointment always begins with assessment, so that we can decide together. That being said, a few things to consider when booking your massage:
If you have a specific pain or condition (low back pain, chronic neck pain, sciatica, etc), choose a medical massage. The pressure and depth of this massage is adjusted to your preference and techniques applied are tailored to your present need. If you do not have a specific condition or pain that urgently needs addressing, choose relaxation massage. The pressure and depth of this massage is also adjusted to your comfort and preference.
What is different about pre-natal massage?
Pre-natal or pregnancy massage requires specialized training and knowledge of the physiological changes that take place during all three trimesters of pregnancy. You have a a choice of side-lying position or specialized pillows and bolsters that make a prone (face down) massage possible.
