Resources

I’ll be populating this page with a few of my favorite complementary healthcare providers and other great resources. I have no financial relationships with any of the movement, medical or fitness links below. This list is based largely on recommendations from my clients and patients and trusted sources, and not always on my first hand experience. This list is not medical advice.

Some of the product links below are affiliate links, from which I receive discounts for my future purchases or a small percentage of sales.

Contents – Click to go directly to each section.

Fitness and Movement
Yoga Studios

Yoga Clothing
Minimalist / Barefoot Shoes
Massage Therapists
Medical Providers
Acupuncture
Virtual Psychotherapy / Counseling:
Primary Care Physicians
Physical Therapists
Nutritionists
Business Tools
Travel
Sustainable and/or Health Supporting Products
Finances
How I live without a car
Etc.

Fitness and Movement

My YouTube Channel (mostly gentle / therapeutics classes): youtube.com/c/sacredsourceyoga

Swim Coaching: Michelle Benjamin MSW https://www.vibrantwaters.com/

Self-Defense / Personal Training (online): Colleen Daly with https://guerrera.fit/

Yoga Studios I love and support

Baltimore Yoga Village (virtual only, now Village Life Yoga)

Project Yoga Richmond (in person and virtual, now closed)

Yoga Clothing:

I’ve been lucky to have a partnership with woman-owned, USA made clothing company, KiraGrace, since 2013. They make gorgeous clothes, and pretty much anything you ever see me in is from them! They offer a generous PRO discount for fitness instructors.

Minimalist / Barefoot Shoes:

Although a sudden change in the amount of support your foot and arch get from your shoes can have biomechanical changes up the chain, I still support wearing “barefoot” shoes for most (see my workshop Like Kale For Feet for more information on this). The best brand? Vivobarefoot out of the UK. Click here to shop. Code: PHYSIO should save you 10%

Massage

Lisa Bregman, LMT http://lisabregman.amtamembers .com/about-me (Cathedral Heights neighborhood of DC)

Daniel Talented Touch: Talentedtouch.com (Downtown DC)

Manual Lymph Drainage NaturalHealthDC .com

Simone

Rolfing (myofascial release) / Visceral Massage :

Anne Golla districtrolfing@gmail.com (U Street and Woodley Park metro locations) www.dcrolfing.com – also Barral visceral and neural manipulation

Medical Providers

Dr. Sherif Hassan, Internal Medicine, Functional Medicine Practitioner, part of the National Integrated Health Associates up in Bethesda. https://www.nihadc.com/practitioners/dr-sherif-hassan-m-d.html and Maryland Urgent Care centers in Latham.

Concierge: Lakshmi Sastry, MD https://signaturemd.com/concierge-physicians/lakshmi-sastry-md-bethesda-md/about-lakshmi-sastry-md/

Physical Therapists

Richmond, VA – Dr. Laura Welch, PT, DPT, CFMT – https://inspirephysicaltherapy.net/

Nutritionists:

Eartha Harris: https://lightclub.life/ (Virtual, group or individual)

Victoria Wood http://www.victoriawoodnutrition.com/ – DC and Takoma Park

Business Tools

I use Mailchimp for sending emails: http://eepurl.com/bHaY6H – it’s free up to your first 2000 subscribers, and it’s easy to use.

I use Quickbooks for managing my business – get 50% off with this link http://fbuy.me/hHTju

I study/brush up on my physical therapy knowledge with MedBridge multiple times a week https://www.medbridgeeducation.com/r/01FAC5D

Travel

I use AirBnB business nearly always when I travel for retreats (before and after) Save $40 off AirBnB www.airbnb.com/c/afoster459

I love Getaway.House (tiny cabins) and this link will save you $25 (embedded coupon code) on your booking: http://getawaycabin.com/kpXqQ

Sustainable and/or Health Supporting Products

Self-Myofascial Release Tools:

Rad Roller makes durable, amazing products that I’ve been using for nearly a decade: https://glnk.io/nrzp/arielefoster Use code ARIELEFOSTER15 to save 15% off your RAD order

More tools on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2C7aBAc

Stop supporting factory fabrics = Buy organic clothing! This link will get you 20% off your purchase from Pact Organic: http://fbuy.me/kimoM

Finances

Get your financial act together, yogis. We need to rise:

Betterment has socially responsible investment option: http://betterment.com/invite/arielefoster

Fundrise — allows you to invest smaller amounts of money in real estate without taking on the responsibility of owning https://fundrise.com/r/kq9k1

$150 cash back with this Chase Credit card: https://www.referyourchasecard.com/18/JA489BE5A4

Mint Mobile (cell phone service) http://fbuy.me/tnhnc

How I live without a car

Try @Getaround with $20 and access cars from your phone.
https://www.getaround.com/invite/10155872836785576

Via (more affordable alternative to Uber and Lyft available in select cities): ariele7a2

Save $10 on your next food order with Caviar App: https://www.trycaviar.com/r/3242kk?s=web

(old pact http://fbuy.me/i_XRN)

Etc.

Well-being Activist resources: Offthemat.org, ctznwell.org, kellydiels.com

Books: http://amzn.to/2C7aBAc

Anatomy Books: http://www.bandhayoga.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=391_0_1_21

Two books on the Rajneesh / Osho cult very much worth reading for their historical and contemporary relevance to yoga: My Life in Orange – http://amzn.to/2GhNZDc, The Promise of Paradise – http://amzn.to/2G1Fbhy

Genetic testing: get your free DNA test from Genes for Good, a an app embedded within Facebook, then get it interpreted at Promethease, Selfhacked, Strategene (clinically relevant SNPs only – created by Dr. Ben Lynch)

Chiropractor: https://posichiro.com/team/

Dr. Ariele Foster ~ Holistic Physical Therapy, Yoga, Anatomy for Yoga Teachers

Physical Therapy, Interdisciplinary Hatha Yoga, Anatomy Trainings for Yoga Teachers :: Washington, DC, Online and Worldwide