New Year, New You: Our Favorite Wellness-Based Businesses to Support in the Seattle Area
During this time of year many of us are pursuing our self-improvement goals by embracing healthier habits, lifestyle changes, and setting intentions that help us reach our full potential.
Fortunately for us, Bellevue and Seattle have much to offer when it comes to becoming your best self in the new year. Our community is brimming with amazing local businesses to support and benefit your mind, body, and spirit.
We’ve rounded up a list of our favorite local wellness businesses to help you reach your full potential and develop the healthiest, happiest version of yourself. Get ready to invest in self-care, inside and out!
Nourish Your Body
Emerald City Smoothie offers fresh fruit smoothies and bowls, a large selection of dietary supplements, and meal replacement bars & beverages to support your health goals and clean eating lifestyle. With 12 locations across the Seattle metro area, you can be sure there is always a nutritious, delicious, and convenient location wherever you are in the city. Need a refresher on the benefits of a fruit-rich diet? Read this!
Calm the Mind
Seattle Insight Meditation Society is a local nonprofit organization who has created a spiritual community to share and support the health-boosting practice of mindfulness and breathwork. They offer group meditation classes and workshops in Seattle’s University District, as well as many online opportunities for practice with trained teachers and local dharma leaders who specialize in the teachings of Buddhism. Remember, it takes an average of 66 days to create a new habit, so stick with it consistently to see the greatest benefit.
Bend & Breathe
The Grinning Yogi is a community-rooted yoga studio specializing in fun, music-filled classes and courses to energize and empower you. Break a sweat, stretch, and strengthen with a daily or weekly vinyasa yoga practice, proven to benefit both the body and the mind. Not able to make it to the studio? No problem! With their selection of online classes you can enjoy a flow on your own schedule from the comfort of home or anywhere else! We say Namaste to that!
Herbal Healing
Herban Wellness is a retail herbal apothecary and wellness shop located in nearby Kirkland. They offer a wide array of organic and plant-based teas, tinctures, supplements and aromatherapy products to help people nurture and heal their bodies. Their dedicated, trained herbalists strive to create an inviting, inclusive space for custom herbal medicine consultations and classes to help customers meet their individual health goals through the power of Mother Nature. Get ready to go back to your roots, literally!
Good Vibrations
Seattle Sound Temple is the Pacific Northwest’s premier resource for working with SOUND as a vibrational healing modality. Here you can book a private “sound bath”, join a group ceremony, or sign up for a hands-on workshop to learn about innovative sound healing practices and their proven benefits for the mind and body. They also offer a stunning retail showroom where you can try out a selection of crystal singing bowls. Love what you hear? Join the Temple community for their annual ‘Alchemy & Sacred Sound Retreat’ which takes place in the mystical lands of Machu Picchu in Peru!
Refresh & Rejuvenate
Bellevue’s favorite board-certified cosmetic surgeon, Dr. Alexander Sobel and the expert aesthetics team at Anderson Sobel Cosmetic Surgery are here to help you look and feel your best this year. Serving the greater Seattle area, we offer cosmetic procedures for the face, breast, and body, including quick non-surgical treatments to boost self-esteem and confidence from the inside out. Some of our patient’s favorites for a refreshed look are Botox, fillers, laser skin treatments, chemical peels, and Thermage skin tightening.
To learn more about creating a customized care plan to meet your aesthetic goals, schedule a personal consultation by calling us at (425) 453-9060—or contact our practice online.