Alexandria, VA – Del Ray’s Wellness District is celebrating the return of The Well Ray Blog, a collaborative project bringing practical advice on health, wellness, balance, and self-care to subscribers’ inboxes weekly.
The Wellness District is a dynamic group of holistic health, wellness, and fitness professionals offering a comprehensive and broad range of services to the Del Ray community and beyond. In addition to day-to-day collaborations for best patient care, the group works tirelessly to educate the public on health issues and promote wellness, hosting workshops and events throughout the year, including the annual Well Ray festival, scheduled for Saturday, May 17.
Each Wellness Wednesday, wellness professionals will bring their expertise to subscribers’ inboxes. Meet some of the experts:
Dr. Dora Adamopoulos, Eye2Eye Optometry Corner and SomaSou Med Spa
myeye2eye.com, somasou.com
As a top eye care provider in the Alexandria area for the last 25 years, Dr. Adamopoulos grew and established her primary practice, Eye2Eye Optometry Corner, in Del Ray. Known for her professional, compassionate care and her skill at listening to her patients’ needs, Dr. Adamopoulos launched SomaSou Med Spa, featuring medically-based aesthetic care with treatments that have clinical backing and offer the best outcomes.
Dr. Lola Capps & Dr. David Capps, Chrysalis Chiropractic
A husband-and-wife team, Dr. Lola and Dr. David Capps work to achieve wellness for the entire family through natural methods, using the least invasive — yet highly-effective — techniques and services. Their expertise covers a range of topics, including women’s health, pregnancy and pediatrics.
Dr. Cynthia Durakis, Willow Wellness
willowwellnessva.com
Willow Wellness provides effective chiropractic care, therapeutic bodywork, customized functional fitness, and personalized functional medicine counseling. Dr. Durakis has over 20 years of experience helping patients of all ages; her areas of expertise include sports rehabilitation, clinical nutrition, prenatal care, pediatrics, foot analysis/custom orthotics, functional endocrinology and functional and nutritional medicine.
Dr. Lauren Fisher, Del Ray Psych & Wellness
delraypsych.com
Dr. Fisher is a licensed clinical psychologist and the co-owner of Del Ray Psych & Wellness. She has been practicing for 17 years, and is passionate about helping individuals live with more ease and joy. At this time, her primary focus is providing psychedelic based therapy (Ketamine Assisted Psychotehrapy) to help adults who are seeking healing, change, and growth in their lives. she uses an integrative, client-centered and holistic approach to help individuals relieve anxiety, depression, and trauma.
Karleigh Herman, The Wild Unfolding
thewildunfolding.com
Herman specializes in physical pain and energetic wellness. Her offerings range from bodywork, energy work, breathwork and soul support. She teaches and educates her clientele in various holistic and spiritual modalities and facilitates workshops and day retreats locally in the DMV.
Liat Pisco, Yoga In Del Ray
yogaindelray.com
Pisco is passionate about offering the practice of yoga to everyone — offering yoga for recovery, yoga for children who have special needs, big booty yoga for yogis living in larger bodies, and pre-and post-natal yoga — with the mantra “come as you are.”
Karin Purugganan LPC, Wonderologie
wonderologie.com
Wonderologie focuses on helping children, adolescents and their families through anxiety, depression, autism, dealing with chronic illness and/or extended hospitalizations, and elite athletes. Purugganan and her team of experienced therapists apply a variety of modalities, such as client-centered, play therapy, CBT, and DBT, while integrating the theories of Adler, Gestalt, and Existentialism in individual and group sessions for a wide variety of ages.
Kay Sidahmed, PhD, MS, Cura Viriditas
curaviriditas.com
Sidahmed is founder and owner of Cura Viriditas, a clinical herbal practice in service of connecting plants and humans to foster individual, communal, and planetary healing and well-being. She offers individual and group consultations, classes, workshops, and forest bathing. Her work focuses largely on menopause, second-half-of-life, and family health support, and she is passionate about bringing people together and creating communal and inclusive spaces of learning and exploration.
Adrian Thompson PA-C, Vida Women’s Health
vidawomenshealth.com
Thompson, who has been practicing medicine for over 15 years, is a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner with advanced training in obesity medicine and women’s sexual health. At Vida Women’s Health, Thompson provides personalized, compassionate, and evidence-based care for women navigating perimenopause, postmenopause, weight loss and management, and sexual health, with science-backed solutions that truly work.
New blog posts are published Wednesday mornings. For more information and to subscribe, visit visitdelray.com/wellnessblog.
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