Darshan Shah, MD
Darshan Shah, MD, MBA, ABFM, ABIHM
Darshan Shah, MD, is a father, Ashtanga Yoga practitioner, entrepreneur, and Board Certified Family Physician who practices Integrative and Holistic Medicine in Austin, Texas.
Darshan Shah, MD, MBA, ABFM, ABIHM
Darshan Shah, MD, is a father, Ashtanga Yoga practitioner, entrepreneur, and Board Certified Family Physician who practices Integrative and Holistic Medicine in Austin, Texas. Aside from being a diplomate of the American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine he is also certified in Mind-Body Medicine through the Center for Mind-Body Medicine. While in residency training in Dallas, he began practicing Ashtanga Yoga at the T Boone Pickens YMCA, under the tutelage of his wife. Very quickly, he noticed how this helped him reduce his background anxiety level and improve his response to emotional and physical stress. This catalyzed exploration into nonpharmacological treatment for conditions like anxiety, depression and stress. Darshan has since found a very effective, evidence-based model through the Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM) and shares the techniques he has learned in one-on-one, and group settings. In his personal life, the Mind-Body Skills he has developed have significantly improved his ability to be present and enjoy life, with the side effect of keeping him more healthy and happy. He believes that stress is the most important risk factor for chronic disease that we can do something about in our lives, and developing skills to reduce stress is the most important medicine we can give ourselves today.
In his private practice, Whole Health Austin, Darshan teaches patients Mind-Body Medicine techniques that increase their self-awareness and improve their response to stress. Much of the joy he derives from his practice comes from empowering people to realize, for themselves, the beautiful innate capacity of the human body to heal and be whole.
Creativity is another important aspect of his practice style. At times, he facilitates healing using nonpharmacologic approaches such as Low Level Light Therapy using the BioFlex Laser System. Other times, he employs supplements, herbs, and bio-identical hormone replacement therapy. Though dietary and lifestyle changes are a mainstay of Dr. Shah’s practice, he does not shy away from technologically advanced treatments. For example, he provides physiologic insulin infusion treatments for those with Type I and Type II Diabetes that help rapidly restore sensitivity to insulin. Ultimately, the path chosen is patient directed and physician guided, integrating emotional, spiritual, and physical healing modalities.
Often overlooked, cultivating community is fundamental in eliminating isolation–isolation being a large contributor to stress and maladaptive behaviors. Along these lines, Darshan collaborates with his wife, Priya Jhawar, who runs Ashtanga Yoga Austin, to create a community focused around self-awareness, wellbeing and resilience. He also co-chairs Integrative Providers of Austin, a group that brings together physicians who are practicing Integrative and Holistic Medicine in the local area.
Lastly, with respect to his entrepreneurial adventures, Darshan is privileged to be involved in some very enjoyable ventures that align with his ideas on wellness, including the climbing gym Austin Bouldering Project (austinboulderingproject.com) and the Functional Energy Bar company, Crafted Energy (www.craftedenergy.com).
Dawn K. Gibson, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Holistic Somatic Psychotherapy
Private Psychotherapy and Group Programs for Preteen & Teenage Girls & Moms with Daughters
I’m a passionate and compassionate Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Holistic Somatic Psychotherapist with a Masters degree in Social Work-Direct Practice. I have over 19 years of experience in the mental health field counseling women and children of all ages in various settings, including schools.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Holistic Somatic Psychotherapy
Private Psychotherapy and Group Programs for Preteen & Teenage Girls & Moms with Daughters
Warrior Girls Rising® &
Be the Woman You Want Your Daughter to Become®
Private Psychotherapy and Programs
I’m a passionate and compassionate Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Holistic Somatic Psychotherapist with a Masters degree in Social Work-Direct Practice. I have over 19 years of experience in the mental health field counseling women and children of all ages in various settings, including schools.
I’ve always loved counseling girls, but after over a decade of witnessing their moms passing down their own issues to the next generation—and personally experiencing this with my own daughter—I moved into another passion of mine—helping moms with daughters heal their own traumas so they won’t continue to pass them down for generations to come.
However, after watching our girls continue to harm their bodies and themselves as they attempt to meet society’s unrealistic standards…after watching anxiety, suicidal ideation, and self-harm behaviors skyrocket among our teens…and after watching girls’ self-esteem plummet by age 13—while knowing I have the skills AND passion to help them, I was guided to begin counseling middle and high school girls, again. As a result, I created a safe space for girls to come together, to be seen and heard, to share and heal, to learn and grow, to connect vulnerably with other girls, and to consciously create the lives they want to live, as they move into womanhood. I created Warrior Girls Rising®.
Warrior Girls Rising® is a MOVEMENT with the mission to empower middle and high school girls to empower themselves, by helping them heal emotional wounds, while teaching them the skills needed to become confident and powerful women who thrive.
Currently, I offer private psychotherapy to moms and girls and I facilitate two programs for middle and high school girls—EMPOWER HER and Your Sacred Body—in Dripping Springs, Wimberley, and online.
I also help you Be the Woman You Want Your Daughter to Become® through helping you heal generational patterns and trauma you don’t want to pass down to your daughter. Although I’m skilled in helping clients heal a wide range of issues, I currently focus on helping girls and moms heal anxiety and trauma, while cultivating self-compassion, building self-confidence, and learning important lifelong personal development practices that help them create the lives they want.
I draw from my own personal experience in healing trauma and an eating disorder, as well as my professional training in mindfulness, Hakomi Body-Centered Psychotherapy, movement, energy & spiritual psychology, parts work, attachment theory, Reiki, and more. My work is individualized, but I may incorporate journaling, guided meditation, nature connection, self-care practices, movement, and other somatic practices into our work together.
To make an appointment, to put your name on the program list, or to learn more visit:
www.warriorgirlsrising.love and
www.dawnkgibson.com
I offer free 15-minute phone consultations.
Phone: 512.607.9893
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Dr. Candace Bruno
Dr. Bruno’s passion is holistic dentistry. She loves to help her patients find the best quality of life and health possible. She has been trained to evaluate every system involved with the oral cavity: the teeth, the gums, the bone, the joints, and the airway. She believes that in order to treat a patient appropriately, all systems involved need to be taken into consideration. Only after having a clear view of all the systems involved and the personal desires of each patient can one fully formulate a treatment plan that would be best for each patient.
Dr. Candace Bruno attended Temple University School of Dentistry and graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2010. She went directly from dental school to working in private practice offices and a public health clinic in Harlingen, TX from 2010-2015. In 2011 she began attending advanced continuing education courses with world-renowned Spear Education to fine-tune her dental skills.
Dr. Bruno has taken hundreds of hours of Continuing Education that emphasize treating the mouth as a whole instead of on a tooth by tooth basis. Dr. Bruno will look at your teeth for cavities and check for healthy gums and bone. However, Dr. Bruno’s passion is holistic dentistry. She loves to help her patients find the best quality of life and health possible. She has been trained to evaluate every system involved with the oral cavity: the teeth, the gums, the bone, the joints, and the airway. She believes that in order to treat a patient appropriately, all systems involved need to be taken into consideration. Only after having a clear view of all the systems involved and the personal desires of each patient can one fully formulate a treatment plan that would be best for each patient.
Dr. Bruno fills her time outside the office enjoying life with her twins Mason and Olivia. When she’s not doing dentistry or learning about dentistry, she enjoys being outside hiking, biking, doing yoga, and staying active. Dr. Bruno was an avid traveler before becoming a mother and has journeyed to places far and wide
Dr. Bruno’s practice also offers service in Spanish.
Learn more about holistic dentistry here: brunodentistry.com/holistic-dentistry.html
Dr. Hope McLoughlin
Dr. Hope McLoughlin is a vitalistic Chiropractor and Yoga Instructor of the Hatha and Kundalini styles.
By combining her vast knowledge in anatomy and biomechanics with her intuition and deep awareness of the energetic system of the body, Dr. Hope is able to identify and amplify what is right within you through the chiropractic adjustment!
Dr. Hope McLoughlin is a vitalistic Chiropractor and Yoga Instructor of the Hatha and Kundalini styles.
Dr. Hope knows that the body is designed to heal and thrive, and that Chiropractic care works through the Nervous System to ensure the proper conditions for this healing to take place!
Dr. Hope graduated from Life Chiropractic College West with highest academic honors and spent hundreds of hours outside the curriculum learning various adjusting strategies that enhance the biomechanical framework she learned in school. These studies took her into the philosophy of Chiropractic and the subtler dimensions of tension-storage in the body for more easeful adjustments into receptive tissues. By combining a grounded understanding of anatomy and physiology with a keen awareness of how the intelligence of the body communicates using subtler cues, her adjustments “hold” with lasting results.
The power of the adjustment is to release bound potential in the body related to stored life experiences, so the medicine from these experiences can crystalize into the best you possible!
She looks forward to witnessing your most beautiful unfoldment under Chiropractic care!
Dr. Laine Morales
Chiropractor & Owner at Pure Light Chiropractic
Dr. Laine Morales opened Pure Light Chiropractic 9 years ago. She graduated in 2010 as salutatorian of her class at Parker College of Chiropractic. Dr. Laine is also a Reiki master and massage therapist. She integrates this subtle knowledge of the body into her adjustments and treats the whole person. Her life mission is to empower people by connecting them to the healing power within themselves.
Chiropractor & Owner at Pure Light Chiropractic
Dr. Laine Morales opened Pure Light Chiropractic 9 years ago. She graduated in 2010 as salutatorian of her class at Parker College of Chiropractic.
Dr. Laine is also a Reiki master and massage therapist. She integrates this subtle knowledge of the body into her adjustments and treats the whole person.
Her life mission is to empower people by connecting them to the healing power within themselves.
Pure Light Chiropractic offers gentle and specific chiropractic adjustments to help our patients connect to their own healing potential. We focus on caring for families, pregnant women, children, infants and anyone who wants to live their best life. Our goal is to not only get people out of pain, but to help families have a properly functioning nervous system so that they can truly thrive. We have two chiropractors at Pure Light.