Wholistic Health Alliance (WHA) conducted their Annual Health and Wellness Fair at St. Catherine of Genoa Parish, Somerville on October 5th, 2019. 20 vendors and sponsors participated. Dr. Dinesh Patel, a decorated and awarded pioneer in the field of Arthroscopic was the Chief Guest.
A wide variety of vendors showcased their practice/products/services – Anusuiya Bharadwaj (Yoga Meditation), Aparna Joshi (Ayurveda Bodywork), CynDee LaRae Novich ( Juice Plus), Mandy Stickels (EMPOW), Manisha Sethi Verma (IndeLish), Ivan Pardo (Buteyko), Ms Pardo (Device), Ladoo Gopal (Indian sweets), Lauren Burhans (Beauty Counter), Lisa Kawski (Sound Healing for the Soul), Padma Ali (Relationship and Life Coach), Pallavi Atale (Eat Happy), Phyllis Ricci (Crystal Healing), Pratibha Shah (My Ayurved LLC), Sonali Doshi (Eco Earth Bags), Theresa Connolly Strang (Isagenix), Winder Lyons (CBD). Unnati’s Café were the food vendors.
The experiential sessions were provided by – Lisa Kawski (Sound Healing for the Soul), Ivan Pardo (Buteyko), Ritu Kapoor (Yoga), Robert David from Boston Medical Center (Body Awareness and Movement), Sudha Subbaraman (Meditation). These sessions were well attended and received great feedback.
The Fair attendees were varied in ethnicities, age groups as well as backgrounds. In addition to general public, there was a State Government Representative, a few non-profit office bearers, Haverhill Youth Council Chair and several physicians and specialists.
WHA would like to thank Kanchan Thareja Bhatti and Arushee Divakirti of New York Life for sponsoring the Fair; Saheli, UIANE, Lokvani for helping us spread the word; Somerville TV (Joanne Lariccia) and TV Asia (Eshani Shah and Jharna Madan) for covering the event; Ivan Pardo for arranging the venue, Father Brian for graciously letting us use this beautiful space; Bethany Kilroy and Susan Ganley for efficiently managing the challenging job of registration and reception; and all our adult as well as young volunteers for helping with the countless things that a Fair entails.
Gift cards for raffle winners were provided by Gauchao Brazialian Cuisine of Somerville, Cut Splice of Chrlestown, Masala Bay of Littleton, Daves to Go of Somerville and Rancatore of Lexington. Many thanks from WHA. Congratulations to all Raffle winners!
Last but not the least, WHA would like to thank all the attendees, participants, members, donors, volunteers and supporters without whom this Fair would not have been possible.
**Wholistic Health Alliance is a nationally launched 501c3, non-profit organization with the vision of building healthy communities as well as providing a platform for holistic health practitioners to come together under one umbrella, fostering collaborations, building stronger networks and enabling greater synergy with the community. WHA provides a robust Directory to assist your search for a holistic practitioner of your choice effectively, in your own geographical area. We currently operate in the states of Massachusetts and Colorado, and are actively looking to expand into other states.
Our mission is simple - to build healthier communities through education and dissemination of information about simple tools for prevention and holistic solutions for health and wellness, through free, year-round events, publication of articles, and more. This not only benefits and empowers the community, it also gives exposure and visibility to the holistic practitioners who deliver the talks and write the articles.
WHA also strives to bring the holistic practitioner community together for networking, enhanced inter-disciplinary collaborations, and for simply learning more about other holistic modalities and their respective approaches to health and wellness. In addition to our year-round talks and events, we hold practitioner meetings and fun get-togethers to build a strong, well-connected body of holistic professionals.
WHA Founder Dr. Pratibha Shah, envisioned and launched the Youth Brigade initiative in 2017 with the vision to engage and empower youth in topics around health. It is targeted toward youth in the age group of 13-19, with the belief that healthy habits should be inculcated young. The Youth Brigade platform provides an opportunity for our Youth to meet periodically, in an environment that fosters conversations around health, in their own ‘lingo’ within their own ‘tribe’, inspiring and supporting one another, hopefully entrenching them soundly onto a healthier life through education, interaction and role modelling, while also developing leadership qualities. Participating and contributing in non-profit activities allows them to give back to their community as well. WHA gives volunteer hours to all participating youth.
Our long-term goal is to impact policy. We are working on integrating complementary and alternate forms of medicine into mainstream healthcare, as well as public health programs.
We are inviting members, both practitioners as well as organizational, and are always looking for ways to collaborate to further our goals of creating healthy communities. Please follow us on Twitter (https://www.twitter.com/whagroup/) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/wholistichealthalliance/), “like†our Facebook page and subscribe to our newsletter to stay updated on our activities.
To learn more about us click the following links:
http://bostonvoyager.com/interview/meet-pratibha-shah-wholistic-health-alliance-winchester-ma/
http://www.wholistichealthalliance.org/
https://www.facebook.com/WholisticHealthAlliance/
Twitter (@WhaGroup)
More useful links:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1968173703453447/
About WHA Youth Brigade here:
http://www.lokvani.com/lokvani/article.php?article_id=13618
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