Chill Space NYC Health Spa

Stress, stress, and more stress. Stress is everywhere and a daily part of our lives. We are all exposed to constant stressors such as emotional stress, chemical stress, dietary stress, environmental stress, physical stress, electromagnetic stress, or financial stress. Our bodies are designed to deal with brief amounts of stressful events each day, to adapt to it and to rebalance once the stress has subsided. Health issues and illness arise only when our bodies can no longer adapt because the stress has become chronic and the bodies resiliency has broken down. The body is not designed for constant stress. The stress response is a primitive biological response to protect us from harm. Modern day life provokes a repetitive stress reaction that is unnatural. The cumulative nature of stress is the culprit in the causation of a majority of disease that can take hold after years or even decades of the body having to adapt. The combination of varying stressors bombard our nervous system...

Healthy skin - it's not just a superficial objective, but a biological representation of overall health. Beauty trends are shifting towards a natural look that reflects a growing mantra of wellbeing, and maintaining youthful skin is becoming an integral part of self-care. To keep up with demand, companies are constantly upgrading biochemical research, developing serums, techniques, peels, and masks, but the key to glowing skin isn't found in chemicals. The 21st-century solution for skincare is light - in a process known as photo-bio-modulation. The science of photo-bio-modulation can be fairly complex, but the process is simple. Different wavelengths of light along the electromagnetic spectrum in the form of LEDs, infrared and visible light are used to trigger a cellular response in skin cells at different layers. The application of a therapeutic dose of light is absorbed by the exposed cells causing ATP production. ATP is "the energy currency of life." All the c...

Healing with light and color has a history dating back to 2000 BC and is still being used in present day. Lasers, LED lights, infrared saunas, chromotherapy, and phototherapy are all advancements of an age-old concept – the energy of color and light can heal.  There are numerous references to the practice of using light as medicine date back to the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, China, and India. Treatments of the day described using sunlight as it radiated through different colors of stained glass and using colored rooms, paintings, and gemstones to heal Fast forward to modern day and light therapy in various forms has become standard. Hospitals use phototherapy as a common treatment for jaundiced babies. Medical lasers are used for surgery and dentistry, and cold lasers are used to heal wounds in veterinary practices. Light therapy also treats seasonal affective disorders, depression, sleep disorders, skin diseases, rosacea, and acne. One type of light therapy tha...

The process of biohacking varies wildly, but the purpose of it regardless of the method remains the same, and it answers the same question: What can I do to improve my (fill in the blank)? The "what" is where all the variety exits. Meditation is a form of biohacking as well as going for a walk in nature. But as the idea of biohacking has gained momentum "biohackers" have become focused on using technology to influence function. It's science fiction becoming real. Some methods of biohacking could be as simple as using a Fitbit to monitor day to day activities. Other methods are based on using advancements in nutrition to enhance memory and brain function, but the most popular type of biohacking is now in the form of devices or machines to help balance the nervous system. What does Balancing the Nervous System Mean? We all have two parts to our nervous called the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system. They are under involuntary control, meaning w...

There are many ways to keep yourself healthy. I often recommend simple therapies to family, friends, and patients. The ones I recommend most are cryosauna , infrared sauna , and floatation therapy . These are modern-day advancements of age-old healing practices that have numerous benefits. While alternative therapies can be beneficial, exercise is utmost importance is exercise. Staying physically fit through moderate exercise and weight training is one of the most effective tools to help fight off the aging process. Strength and cardiovascular endurance can be improved upon and maintained no matter what stage of life you are in. The body has a sort of a “use it or lose it” relationship with exercise but not entirely. As we age, muscle mass, cardiovascular capacity and the number of muscle fibers we have naturally decline.  However, the size of the fibers that we have and our fitness level can always be positively changed through exercise, which can allow the physical effects o...

Our bodies are detoxification machines. By design, we detoxify through the bowel, bladder, breath and sweat and process toxins through the liver and kidneys. Regardless of the exposure of toxicants in food, water, medications, alcohol, etc., we have to metabolize what we ingest, create energy from it and release the waste. The more toxins we have in our bodies, the harder our bodies work to detoxify. If the toxin demand exceeds what the body can clear, you can become quite ill, but most people are walking around slightly toxic and don't feel well. Metabolism (eating digesting and extracting energy from food) always produces waste (free radicals or oxidants) and your body buffers the free radicals with antioxidants and eliminates the waste. The best example I can think of is a fireplace. The fire is your body producing energy, the waste is the ashes, and the free radicals are the smoke. The smoke from the fire is cleared with a vent, and if you clean out the fireplace after t...

Why We Are So Sick? Western medicine is flawed. It has become a disease care system with an emphasis on the elimination of symptoms by taking a lifetime of pharmaceuticals. This process is misleading and has created a medical dogma under the guise of media propaganda and a ruthless pharmaceutical industry. There is way too much suffering and illness for US “healthcare” to be touted as successful. Medicine is not bad, and emergency medicine saves lives, however, the medical approach for average patient care focuses on the search for disease instead of promoting wellness. Healthcare and disease care are two entirely different things. Most people only know of disease care. Alternative Health and Healing I started Chill Space, an NYC Health Spa , with the question in my mind of how could I offer people a way to heal, balance, restore and relax in the most comfortable but most effective way possible. I will not make any curative claims about the therapies we provide such as float...