Self-Care in Santa Barbara, 2023 Edition
Sixteen Ways to Recharge
Your Mind, Body, and Spirit
By Indy Staff
It’s an overused analogy but that doesn’t make it any less true — put your oxygen mask on first before helping others.
Before you can truly be there for someone else — whether it’s a partner, parent, child, friend, colleague, or neighbor — (and to continue with the metaphors) your own tank needs to be full. Or at least not empty.
For the Independent’s third annual Self-Care Issue — an idea we launched at the height of the pandemic when personal health, both mental and physical, became the priority — we’ve profiled 16 Santa Barbara businesses and services whose very purpose is to uplift mind, body, and spirit.
There’s something for everyone, from beauty salons to hockey classes, acupuncture to physical therapy, a cannabis wellness package to a seven-in-one superfood. And even a few new products and concepts you’ve probably never heard of.
Give one a try. Or all of them. Just please take care of yourself, and each other. —Tyler Hayden
S.B. Salon’s Signature
‘Santa Barbara Beach Hair’
Popular Team of Pro Stylists Specializes in Dimensional, Lived-In Color
By Sarah Sinclair
An Integrative Approach
to Acupuncture
Santa Barbara Wellness Also Offers Cupping, Gua Sha, Moxibustion, and Lifestyle Counseling
By Rebecca Horrigan
Sexual Healing for
Both Partners at
Turner Medical Arts
Dr. Duncan Turner Has Plenty of Tricks up His Sleeve to Keep the Spark Alive
By Tyler Hayden
Finding Peace and Balance at Aikido of Santa Barbara
Dojo Introduces Students to
a Kinder, Gentler Martial Art
By Callie Fausey
Tone-Up Santa Barbara
Sees Women Through Grandmotherhood
Zoom Class Based on
Dance, Pilates, and Strength Training Exercises
By Callie Fausey
Luxuriating in the Moment
at Estetica Mia
Jurlique Hydrating Rose Facial Helps
Skin’s Natural Beauty Bloom
By Camille Garcia
Pieton Physical Therapy Provides Pelvic-Floor Care
‘Motherhood Is an Athletic Event,’
Says Dr. Christine Pieton
By Brandi Rivera
Hyperbaric Healing
at Alki Wellness
Dr. Marc Grandle Integrates Pressurized Oxygen Sessions into Chiropractic Practice
By Matt Kettmann
Boosting my Body-Battery
at Regenerate Health
Medical Center
One of the Few
PEMF Practitioners in California
By Gareth Kelly
Farmacy Dispensary
Has the Prescription
for Personal Wellness
Santa Barbara’s First Recreational Cannabis Store Now at Three Locations
By Don Brubaker
Feel Like a Kid Again
at Ice in Paradise
Goleta Skating Center Offers Everything from Beginner Lessons to Figure Skating
and Adult Hockey Programs
By Ryan P. Cruz
Learn to Walk the Right Way at The Training Room
Dr. Mark Brisby Will Teach You His Patented
‘Big Toe Booty’ Technique
By Ryan P. Cruz
Healthy Relationships
with Food Through
Mindful Eating Institute
Petra Beumer Helps Clients Free Themselves
from Restrictive Dieting
By Tyler Hayden
Salon Patine’s Gateway
to Follicle Bliss
Double-Dose of Pampering Leads to
More Than Just Happy Hair
By Leslie Dinaberg
Living Happier and Healthier with SOS Nutrients
Plant-Based Superfood Packed with 61 Micronutrients Derived Directly from the Earth
By Tyler Hayden
Mental Wellness Center Helps Teens Support Teens
Wellness Connection Council
Designed For and Led By High Schoolers
By Tyler Hayden
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