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fitness & health Nadia Puttini (top), owner of BareSole Yoga in Carlisle, assists a client; Salon lounge in Sudbury looks inviting. COURTESY OF BARESOLE YOGA The Invidia Spa and issues. A typical stay is about two or three weeks, says Bell. The Both the Emerson Hospital Health and Wellness Center and the facility���s comprehensive staff includes psychiatrists, pulmonologists, Concord Health Care Center meet the needs of patients with seri- cardiologists, and geriatric specialists. Once patients leave, Bell ous or ongoing health concerns, but the wellness trend in our sub- says, they receive extensive follow-up care. urban areas reaches into the generally healthy populace as well, ���Our mission is to provide the highest level of care so that the patient is not bouncing back to the hospital,��� says Bell. with a variety of approaches to becoming and staying healthy. The explosion in yoga���s popularity has been well-documented, and yet One program that thrives at Concord Health Care Center is its clients of Nadia Puttini at BareSole Yoga can���t say enough about diabetes care unit. It is not uncommon, explains Bell, for patients what they gain from attending classes and private sessions in her to develop or first be diagnosed with diabetes while hospitalized Carlisle studio, a sun-filled space with polished wood floors, tin- for other conditions. In addition to extensive follow-up care, the kling bells, and a splashing water sculpture. Though the Swiss-born patient would be strongly encouraged to attend Concord Health Puttini has been teaching yoga for almost a decade, she is perpetu- Care Center���s diabetes support group meetings, which are open ally generating new ideas for how to meet the community���s interest not only to the center���s past and present patients but to anyone in in mind-body balance, including mother-daughter programs. the community affected by diabetes, whether as a patient, family Marisa Fanelli has also seen an increase in business as awareness of mind-body wellness grows. When she first opened Healing member, or caregiver. Point Therapeutics, her Wayland acupuncture and hypnotherapy practice, she anticipated that most of her clients would be seeking help with either weight loss or smoking cessation, but the variety of needs for which people seek her services has come as a pleasant surprise. ���People do still come in for both of those things, but I am also treating a number of patients for anxiety and depression, and they are getting really good results,��� Fanelli says. ���I can also do the two treatments separately ��� acupuncture and hypnosis ��� but the two processes work extremely well together. Acupuncture makes people very relaxed, and once they reach that state of relaxation, it���s easy to continue on to hypnotism.��� 40 ��� north bridge magazine ��� SPRING/SUMMER 2013