Crafted Balance Gift Guide 2023
Welcome to this years gift guide! We have compiled a list of gift recommendations from all our practitioners for your loved ones.
From our pelvic floor therapist
Resistance Bands
Resistance bands can be a quick, easy, and portable way to get activating different muscle groups (especially if this is new to us or part of an exercise prescription!). Hip bands can be helpful for many pelvic floor exercises, and lighter bands are great for upper body exercises to combat postural challenges or pain!
Pilates Ball
A pilates ball can serve as a great tool for at home exercises that activate the core, and strengthen the pelvic floor. This tool can help ensure you are completing exercises correctly and provide variety to your work outs!
Pilates Classes
The coordination of breath, pelvic floor and core are inherent to the success with pelvic floor therapy (in most cases!). However, this often takes practice, and implementing pilates into your routine can help with the muscle memory associated with these exercises. This is a great compliment to your appointments alongside your pelvic floor therapist.
From our Psychotherapist
Nicole Armstrong, our psychotherapist (qualifying) has compiled a great list of recommended reads for the book lover on your list!
Books
Why has Nobody Told me This Before? By Julie Smith
Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
8 Rules of Love by Jay Shetty
Self-Care for People wit ADHD by Sasha Hamdami
Mindfulness Apps
Another great gift idea is a subscription to a mindfulness app. Mindfulness and meditation apps can be great introductions to the practice of mindfulness and meditation, and wonderful self care practice for your loved ones well-being and mental health!
Some great apps include:
Calm
Headspace
10% Happier
From our Naturopaths
Sunrise Alarm Clocks
Trouble feeling awake in the morning? We love recommending these sunrise alarm clocks to help with the dark mornings of winter. A few minutes before your alarm they gradually begin to light up simulating a sunrise. As an added bonus it can be helpful for getting our phones out of the room and promoting good sleep hygiene!
Cookbooks
Looking for more inspiration in the kitchen? A new cook book is a great way to find inspiration! We like to look for ones that are either quick and simple ideas, or a a new style or type of cuisine!
Cooking Appliances/Tools
A new cooking appliance or tool is a great option for a home chef! Depending on their experience level, gifting them a blender to make quick smoothies, or air fryer to quickly meal prep might be a great start. More experienced home chef’s might enjoy a new knife or an interesting ingredient to try and work around!
Wearable
There are many options for wearable technology out there! From Fitbit, Apple, Samsung and Garmin watches, gifting someone a new piece of tech depending on their exercise interests or level is a helpful (and fun!) way for them to track steps, log activities and improve their sport. Often many of the tech pieces come with Apps for your phone that helps provide insights into your activity levels and prompt you to move throughout the day!
Art Class or New Activity
Connection is a key part of our health - and sometimes a new way to connect with friends (or ourselves!) is to do something new! Consider an gifting an art class for an evening or a few weeks, or a loved one has always wanted to try (and bonus you get to try it too!).
From our Acupuncturist
Gua Sha
Gua Sha is a scraping technique and tools that are used in Chinese Medicine to relieve tension, pain, and blocked area that allows for blood flow to the area. Gifting these tools can be a great self care activity - or compliment a cosmetic acupuncture treatment in which our Acupuncturist can teach you how to practice Gua Sha for yourself!
Cosmetic Acupuncture
This form of acupuncture is focused on rejuvenation and nourishing of the skin and muscles of face. Cosmetic acupuncture is paired with Celluma red light therapy which can help with collagen formation and wrinkle prevention. Gift your loved one a treatment by purchasing a gift card or giving us a call to schedule them in! Bonus, if you have any left over acupuncture benefits, you can use your insurance for this treatment!
We hope that helps any last minute shopping you have to do! We will be open for some appointments before the end of the year, and ready to support your health in the new year!