FALL RIVER — It is a new 12 months. And after the slog that was 2021 — which felt extra like 24 months than 12 months amid the pandemic — we are able to lastly set our sights on a brighter 2022.
Crammed with hope and a recent begin, it is a time to reset and refocus.
In an effort to take action, many individuals set New 12 months’s resolutions. These annual guarantees we make to raised ourselves and spark optimistic change that, regardless of the most effective of intentions, are sometimes forgotten by mid-January.
However don’t have any concern. There are locations you may flip that will help you lastly make good on these plans.
In case your resolutions give attention to well being and self-care, you may work on new targets for the brand new 12 months for a brand new you with a go to to Fall River’s newly opened New Moon.
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Proprietor Tricia Tappen mentioned this “hidden gem” at 4 Hartwell St., Suite 202, provides locals a spot to loosen up, unwind and recharge.
“We’re a one-stop store for everyone to have the ability to repair their thoughts, physique and their soul,” mentioned Tappen, a medical aesthetician and reiki grasp who has been working within the skincare business for 15 years.
New Moon itself is a present store with over 30 native craft distributors, “type of like an indoor craft honest that is all the time open,” Tappen mentioned.
“I needed to provide a spot the place individuals might showcase their work and never have to attend for that craft honest to return round.”
That reward store area, Tappen mentioned, serves as an umbrella for varied providers and practices comparable to therapeutic massage remedy, chiropractic care, aesthetics, reiki and crystal therapeutic, Tarot readings, guided meditation and medical aromatherapy.
A go to to New Moon is about rather more than simply treating your self. The Fall River-based holistic well being collaborative provides a special whole-person strategy to medical care and wellness.
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“Everyone must give attention to self care,” Tappen mentioned. “You may’t pour from a glass that has no water in it, so you need to be sure to’re taking good care of your self earlier than you may assist different individuals.”
The objective of New Moon, she mentioned, is to supply individuals the instruments to assist “be a greater model of themselves.”
What began as a dream between Tappen and good friend Jessica Leahey, a licensed therapeutic massage therapist and proprietor of Blue Moon Therapeutic massage situated inside New Moon, turned actuality this fall, when the store opened its doorways Nov. 1 in its second-floor area within the Kay Constructing.
And whereas solely open a brief two months, Tappen mentioned they’ve acquired loads of optimistic neighborhood suggestions, with shoppers making the trek to New Moon from so far as New York.
“Individuals are saying there’s nowhere like this within the space, and what a fantastic concept it was to place these choices collectively,” mentioned Tappen, a resident of Westport. “It has been overwhelming and thrilling. … It has been an entire lot of emotions however it’s been fairly fantastic.”
Inside New Moon, guests can discover the next providers: Talk Aesthetics with Tricia, Leading Performance Chiropractic, Healing Hart Aromatherapy, Blue Moon Therapeutic massage and Evolving Vibes.
It nearly appeared like destiny how effortlessly their plans got here to fruition, Tappen mentioned. The New Moon idea was talked about within the early fall and doorways opened by November.
“All the things was simply occurring the way in which that the universe needed it to… we actually have not come throughout any obstacles,” Tappen mentioned of New Moon, a member of One SouthCoast Chamber.
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Contemplating New Moon is tucked away in a industrial constructing, the truth that their enterprise has grown by way of phrase of mouth and folks in search of them out is big, Tappen mentioned.
“I like that people are taking the time to be able to help themselves and realize that we are worth it,” she said.
They are also learning tips and tricks along the way.
Education is a big component of what they do at New Moon, Tappen said, from educating themselves and “staying in tune with what’s current” to providing clients with the knowledge to better care for themselves.
“It’s not just your typical facial. … I’m really getting down into your skin and teaching people about at-home care,” said Tappen, whose expertise covers all aspects of aesthetics including customzied facials, Environ Cool Peels, dermaplaning, lash lifts, brow and lash tinting, waxing and more.
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By giving them the instruments to stop — fairly than simply appropriate — a scenario, mentioned Tappen, who runs Speak Aesthetics with Tricia at New Moon, will help every particular person attain their skincare targets.
“A facial is like going to the dentist, however you need to sustain with it similar to brushing your enamel,” she mentioned.
She now additionally incorporates crystal therapeutic and reiki into her therapy to offer individuals a “complete physique leisure.” Reiki, a Japanese type of various medication, is a hands-on vitality therapeutic method thought to scale back stress and promote therapeutic.
Leahey, of Blue Moon Therapeutic massage, performs a variety of therapies, from leisure and being pregnant therapeutic massage to sports activities/deep tissue therapeutic massage. She additionally provides a remedy that many individuals aren’t too acquainted with referred to as cupping, which helps carry extra blood movement to sure areas of the physique throughout a therapeutic massage, Tappen says.
In keeping with New Moon’s Fb web page, Leahey, a resident of Fall River, is a aggressive bodybuilder and “makes use of her information as an athlete to assist shoppers restore accidents and attain their health targets.”
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For Danielle Botelho, proprietor of Main Efficiency Chiropractic, which has been a part of New Moon since its grand opening, consideration to well being not solely focuses on the backbone, however the physique as an entire.
“Usually individuals who go to the chiropractor could be out and in in 10 minutes,” Tappen mentioned. “She focuses extra on delicate tissue work. She’ll work on you for 15-20 minutes earlier than she truly goes and does the adjustment.. she’s not simply sending you out and in and onto the subsequent affected person.”
Along with their providers, New Moon provides particular occasions each month. On Saturday, Jan. 8, New Moon will host Dr. Kevin Gendreau for a free Q&A and dialogue of his new e-book “Fasting Whereas Livid: How I Turned Anger and Unhappiness into Motivation for Weight Loss.”
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In July of 2018, the Fall River native and Southcoast Well being doctor was a visitor on “The At present Present,” the place he mentioned how his sister’s tragic most cancers analysis motivated him to decide on a wholesome life-style. Gendreau, who has been profiled in previous Herald News stories, misplaced 125 kilos in underneath two years by following a clean-eating plan and intermittent fasting.
Gendreau, who can be the author of children’s books that goal to show younger children tips on how to dwell a wholesome life in a enjoyable approach, attracts from his personal weight reduction expertise in hopes of inspiring others.
New Moon additionally holds month-to-month guided meditations and paint nights.
Though the business is still in its early stages, Tappen said they are already outgrowing their space and among their goals for 2022 is making the move to a storefront.
But no matter where they are, she said, “we want to make sure we are providing a safe space for people to feel comfortable, to be able to feel like they can take a deep breath and not stress out and relax.”
For more information on New Moon and its hours of operation, visit their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/NewMoonSuite202.
