Acupuncture

Paul Aaron, DC

Dr. Aaron has over 25 years experience in the chiropractic field.  He is certified in Acupuncture, CranioSacral Therapy, Craniopathy and Yoga.  Dr. Aaron utilizes Soft Touch Chiropractic and also integrates his care with harmonious sound based in the work of Pandit Pran Nath. Dr. Aaron counsels in nutrition as well as allergy and stress reduction using remedies such as vitamins, nutritional supplements, herbs and homeopathy.

  

  

Esthetics

Dorri Michaud, NC#E5618

Dorri's commitment to health and wellness and the environment has guided her passion to the many disciplines related to integrative healing. She  has studied and trained in a multitude of holistic healing techniques, including Ayurvedic  healing, yoga and meditation in Tulam Mexico, Toronto Canada and Ashville NC.  She graduated from the prestigious Aveda Institute in Chapel Hill NC, where she received her certification in estheology. For the past twenty years she has been a business entrepreneur and owner of a successful environmental energy services company-Conservation Station Inc.  Recently, her pursuit has been the founding of The Skin E Spa located inside Back Solutions Chiropractic & Wellness Center.  Through teachings and experience she believes that our mind, body and spirit work in concert to reveal the true self.It is her mission to apply the many disciplines of integrative healing to refresh, renew and rebuild those components of your true self.

Sajj Webster, NC #E2838

Sajj is a NC licensed esthetician graduating in 2005 from the Medical Arts Massage and Esthetics School in Raleigh, NC. She also holds certifications in micro-dermabration, reflexology, and acupressure facial manipulation. She is excited to be a part of The Skin E located inside Back Solutions Chiropractic Wellness Center where the focus is on body, mind and spirit connection. She believes that self care and touch therapies are very powerful in helping make that connection. She finds great joy in helping people feel good inside and out, as well as looking their best. She believes the simplest things can promote an inner sense of well-being. Brow waxes, face brightening, clearing blemishes – all these can boost a person's self confidence. She has a special gift for serving people in this way. She takes continuing education classes yearly to stay current with the changing industry of skin-care.

Hypnotherapy

Alan Konell, M.S.W

Alan Konell, M.S.W is a Certified Trainer in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and has been a clinical instructor at the University of North Carolina Medical School. In addition to leading credentialing programs in NLP, he has offered seminars in strategic psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, relationships, emotional healing and personal transformation. Known for his ability to create accessible solutions for seemingly complex issues, he makes the difficult simple while turning limitations into possibilities. Alan’s engaging and entertaining style makes learning easy and fun. He is the author of Partnership Tools: Transforming the Way We Live Together and is currently completing his second book, The Self-Love Cure: The One Thing Anyone Can do to Heal Physical and Emotional Pain . His “Maximum Test Performance” program has dramatically helped many students improve their test scores in class exams, standardized tests and professional boards.

Nutrition

Robin Ingersoll, Nutritionist and Integrative Health Coach

Robin Ingersoll is originally from upstate New York, but has been proud to call North Carolina home for the past 4 years. She is a Nutritionist and Integrative Health Coach. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from LeMoyne College in Syracuse, NY and is in the process of attaining her Master’s degree in Nutrition from The Clayton College of Natural Health. In 2008 Robin became certified as an Integrative Health Coach from the Integrative Health program at Duke University. She had her own private practice in Nutrition for 4 years in upstate New York, where she provided individualized counseling, presented corporate workshops, held seminars for many different organizations and appeared several times on a local TV show.

Robin is very passionate about natural health and specializes in nutritional healing and weight management. She has focused much of her research on women’s health and provides natural solutions for female hormonal issues such as PMS, infertility, perimenopause and menopause. She also has had success helping clients improve their cholesterol, blood sugar levels and blood pressure through dietary changes. She also has studied the role of detoxification in maintaining good health and has created specific detoxification protocols to help boost the body’s own natural ability to clear toxins more quickly and promote healthy metabolism.

Robin believes that real health begins with real food, and that many health problems can be prevented and even reversed with proper nutrition and lifestyle choices. Some of the services Robin offers are: individual counseling sessions, nutritional assessments, menu planning, grocery shopping experiences, weight loss programs, specific health plans, wellness workshops, recipe booklets, and many others.

Personal Training

Rhian Jaques

Rhian Jaques is a AFAA certified personal trainer. Her focus is functional "fun" fitness with an emphasis on form and technique through compound movements. Her background includes dance and yoga, which she adds elements of into her training sessions. She enjoys working with all ages and exercise levels of clientele and encourages clients to step out of their comfort zone to experience the many different ways of moving to physically gain strength and agility.  
Rhian has a Master's of Arts in Dance Performance from UNCG (2004). Her professional dance experience includes performing with the Jan Van Dyke Dance Group and the John Gamble Dance Theater (1996-2007).  Rhian is also a certified Ashtanga yoga instructor (certified with David Swensen).  She has been practicing Ashtanga yoga since 2000 and then began teaching in 2003.  She teaches Ashtanga and power yoga at 02 Fitness Clubs (Southern Village and Falconbridge locations), Elon University, and at the UNC-CH Business School.

Rhian was born in London but has spent most of her life here in Chapel Hill.  Rhian is a proud bike commuter most days of year. She loves to travel and looks forward to hiking to Mount Everest Base Camp in 2012.

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Physical Therapy

Monica Kolzet, PT #1324

Monica Kolzet has called Chapel Hill, NC her home for 32 years. She graduated from Boston University with a B.S. degree in physical therapy in 1972. She has worked as a physical therapist for over 25 years.  When she moved to Chapel Hill in 1978, she continued her education for two additional years at UNC Chapel Hill in therapeutic exercise. Throughout the years, she has worked part-time at Duke Hospital and Durham Regional Hospital.  She has also volunteered at the Muscular Dystrophy clinic at Duke.   In the 1990’s, Monica had her own independent physical therapy clinic for ten years. Over the years, since beginning her career as a physical therapist Monica has taken specialty continuing education courses in pulmonary medicine, biofeedback, lower extremity prosthetics and more recently courses in mobilization, exercise physiology, knee, shoulder, low back pain management, balance problems, and electro therapy.

As a cancer survivor herself, Monica has devoted many years lecturing throughout the United States on the importance of exercise post chemo therapy.  Her skills include working with a diversified clinical population on an out-patient basis. She has the expertise to treat individuals who have acute musculoskeletal injuries, joint dysfunction, and chronic  pain symptoms. Her goals are to minimize discomfort from chronic or acute pain, build muscular endurance, strength and flexibility.  She will design an exercise program that meets the individual needs of each patient and encourage her patients to continue exercising as a preventive measure against future injuries and illness.

Yoga

Sage Keene, LMBT, RMT

Sage Keene is a healer and a teacher. She is a Reiki Master Teacher in the Usui Rhoyo lineage, a licensed massage therapist, and an instructor of yoga and meditation. Sage has a dedicated daily practice of yoga and meditation, has studied Yin Yoga with master yoga teacher Sarah Powers, and will continue her yoga teacher training with a 2-week intensive training in July 2010.

Her approach to Yoga is primarily Yin (receptive) and her classes are guided by student needs. All classes are small, and classes are offered as a series to better facilitate this approach. Each yoga class includes pranayama (breath control techniques) and relaxation.

Carrie Nielsen, MA of Clinical Psychology

Carrie's approach to movement therapy, including yoga and Pilates, is that of an act of self-care.  She practices and teaches a slow, flowing style of yoga that celebrates compassion, gratitude, and kindness, focusing on gentle movements, breath techniques, and meditation.  She often incorporating restorative practices into her classes.  In the increasingly hectic and fast-paced world wherein we make an endless number of decisions while running on auto-pilot, it is becoming increasingly easy to sacrifice awareness of our thoughts, feelings, and behavior.  Through the practice of yoga, we offer to ourselves the gift of slowing down and reconnecting to the rhythms of our breath, body, and mind.  In so doing, we sharpen our awareness, replenish our energy stores, and renew intentions to invite joy and ease into our lives.

When not on the mat, Carrie takes pleasure in the laid back pace of life in Chatham.  She enjoys dancing, sailing, engaging in new learning activities, and spending time with her family and friends of both the two- and four-legged varieties.