Vickie Dodd, an internationally known pioneer in the field of Sound as a form of Bodywork Therapy, is premiering at Heartwood for the first time for her program “Our Voices, Our Medicine.” Heartwood Center for Body Mind Spirit, a holistic health services center in Evanston, hosts the weekend program on October 24-26 in…

One of the most amazing aspects of Heartwood Center is the collaboration between the practitioners and teachers who have businesses there. I have the utmost respect and admiration for my colleagues, and I’m especially grateful that they inspire me to be better. To improve the quality of care I give my clients. Some of…

Consider this scenario. You have come down ill. You arrive in the waiting room of your general physician’s office. You fill out the appropriate forms, pay your co-pay, and are taken to a treatment room. Here a nurse asks you a handful of questions, takes your blood pressure, pulse and temperature. You may sit another 1…

When asked to write this blog entry I immediately said “yes” having no idea what I was getting myself into. I am not a Buddhist, but I attended Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche’s program because I wanted to learn more about the practice and what it means to be a Buddhist. During the weekend I struggled with finding a way to bri…

In massage school, we talked all the time about trades.  Massage therapists, we were told, work on each other in their down time. They exchange massages with other professionals, using their time and skills to compensate each other.  We would connect with each other, with other therapists in the community, and we would…

Heartwood is collaborating with Curt’s Café, a not-for-profit organization, to bring their café and inspirational concept into the former Perla Café space across the street from Heartwood Center. Curt’s Café is well known for the work they do at their North Central Street location with at-risk boys and young men. Their…

Perfect for All Faiths and Philosophies For the first time in more than seven years, one of the most renowned Tibetan Buddhist teachers currently teaching in the West, Her Eminence Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche, brings her teachings to Heartwood. We will host the weekend program on August 16-17, 2015 in our Skylight Room. At…

We have a few offices available for rent, and we invite you to take a tour of the beautiful new spaces, perfect for wellness practitioners, administrators, contractors, and other small business owners. We’ve recently doubled our capacity for providing integrative wellness services at our 1818 Dempster Street location.…

By Arlene Faulk of Faulk Tai Chi Mindfulness is a term of aspiration and inspiration. We long to focus our mind more on the moment because our mind contains a lot of chatter and to-do’s on any given day. We are inspired by people who seem to be calm, centered and have it together. But we don’t seem to have time to slow…

Ever since I opened up my practice at Heartwood, people have asked, “What exactly is Integrative Medicine?” To help answer that question, here are the 8 Defining Principles of Integrative Medicine taken from the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine website: Patient and practitioner are partners in the healing proces…