Health & Wellness Section :: Page 28

• Library hosts healing workshops

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 14, 2013

  

  A free workshop series on Filipino healing traditions presented by local holistic health practitioner Virgil Mayor Apostol begins with a lecture at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, at the Yellow Springs Public Library.

• Library sponsors Filipino healing series

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 6, 2013

  

  Local holistic health practitioner Virgil Mayor Apostol will share the secrets of the Filipino healing traditions at a free workshop series this month at the Yellow Springs Public Library.

• To new healer, the eyes have it

  By Matt MindeDecember 27, 2012

  

  Some see eyes as windows to the soul, while others, like local iridologist Eric Rodriguez, also see the iris as a window into the body, revealing a person’s health history, unhealthy habits and future illnesses.

• Herbalist to speak at library

  By Megan BachmanDecember 19, 2012

  

  Local herbalist and iridologist Eric Rodriguez will give a free talk on natural approaches to winter health on Thursday.

• YSHS senior hostsWalk for lymphoma

  By Lauren HeatonNovember 9, 2012

  

  Yellow Springs High School senior PJ Russel will host an awareness and fund-raising event for a local cancer patient this weekend.

• Greene County Domestic Violence Center Emphasizes Prevention and Intervention

  By Jeff SimonsOctober 11, 2012

  

  Since 1987, the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence has designated October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the United States.

• A weekend of Wellness awaits

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 27, 2012

  In the late 1800s, Yellow Springs was a mecca for health and wellness as far-flung visitors flocked to the village to soak in the mineral-rich waters of the Yellow Spring. With hopes of re-igniting regional interest in the town’s alternative therapies, holistic health practitioners and artists have teamed up to put on this weekend’s Wellness Experience.

• Healing with ancient ways

  By Megan Bachman

  Virgil Mayor Apostol tends to get on people’s nerves. The holistic health practitioner treats his patients’ nervous system using traditional Filipino healing techniques like pulling, stretching, pressure and joint mobilization, and in so doing can help them heal from injury, chronic pain or work-related impairments.

• A weekend of wellness and art healing

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 21, 2012

  

  With hopes of re-igniting regional interest in the town’s alternative therapies, holistic health practitioners and artists have teamed up to put on this weekend’s Wellness Experience.

• West Nile issue: to spray or not?

  By Megan BachmanAugust 30, 2012

  Last Thursday about 6:30 a.m, as many villagers still slept, a Greene County Combined Health District truck rolled slowly through a neighborhood in southern Yellow Springs spraying a fine mist of insecticides.