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The Perfect Low-Tox Day in LA
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items After 20+ years in LA - and years of healing from mold and MCAS - I’ve tried it all. This list is your go-to guide for a clean, feel-good day in the city: from low-tox coffee shops and detox spots to meditation retreats. Most of my recs are Eastside ...
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What To Do
Where to Eat
After getting mold poisoning and developing MCAS, eating out was next to IMPOSSIBLE for me. I had always been a really healthy eater but would cheat here and there when I would go out. After getting sick, I had to be really careful when I ate out and...
This is my ALL TIME (see what I did there - ha) favorite restaurant in LA started by my dear friend, Tyler Wells. The food is locally sourced, clean and yet somehow, insanely good. Its not overly stuffy, super straight forward well made food. The pat...
All Time - Los Angeles
I ADORE Amara. They had two locations and sadly their Altadena location burned down in the Eaton fires in January. This place is incredible. Everything on the menu is perfect. I love the chicken salad with the GF toast, a matcha with their homemade a...
Amara Kitchen - Highland Park
Kitchen Mouse is like a charming grandmother's kitchen that happens to make the best vegan and vegetarian food! Their locally owned and the food is perfection! I love their breakfast sandwich with an egg and the iced chai latte (or dandy latte made f...
Kitchen Mouse Cafe - Highland Park
Oh dear, obsessed with Honey Hi. It only does breakfast and lunch but what it does, it does VERY well. Kacey, the owner is a chef who KNOWS ingredients and is constantly developing the menu. Between Amara Kitchen and Honey Hi, I can't decide who wins...
Honey Hi - Echo Park
These smoothies and bowls are BLESSED. Truly. All of their ingredients are healing, healthy, supporting your immunity and your body. They use the BEST ingredients and I feel so lucky to live in a city with multiple locations (they are opening up ever...
SunLife Organics - Weho
Alright, Cafe Gratitude is NOT new by any means, but it is a go-to classic for me when I need something clean and easy. I find their “you are whole” blah blah so cheesy - you'll see when you go - but the food is always good, price point isn't terribl...
Cafe Gratitude - Larchmont
Although a lot of the places I've posted, are veg/vegan, I am not. Not that I am against it, but I find any time I am traveling and I search “healthy food” it always sends me to veg/vegan spots. AND I'll be honest, not all of these places are created...
Talo Organic
When I say I eat, I mean I EAT. Yes, I am healthy, yes I take care of my body but people don't realize you can EAT, you just have to stay away from hormones/pesticides, seed oils and other inflammatory ingredients.
HiHo is SO damn good. Their patty's are made from Wagyu beef that is grass-fed and grass-finished (finished is v important). Their milkshakes are made from scratch and their fries are from non-GMO potatoes and I have read they are fried in tallow BUT...
I remove the bun and do a lettuce wrap. I've been known to get a double with a side of fries on a good day ;)
HiHo is SO damn good. Their patty's are made from Wagyu beef that is grass-fed and grass-finished (finished is v important). Their milkshakes are made from scratch and their fries are from non-GMO potatoes and I have read they are fried in tallow BUT...
I remove the bun and do a lettuce wrap. I've been known to get a double with a side of fries on a good day ;)
HiHo Cheeseburger - Studio City
What To Do
There is nothing fancy about this place and its not full of bio-hacking influencers - which I prefer. It's a straight forward infrared sauna and rebounder spot that is owned by a woman who started it after she got mold poisoning. They are so sweet he...
Sauna & Rebounding: Haute Infrared Studio
This west-side wellness spot has all the essentials for a recovery day. Infrared sauna and cold plunge, massages, body treatments and more! I love that you can rent a private space and have a girls bio-hacking day!
Sauna, Cold Plunge & Massages: Den Mother - Venice
I get all my IV therapy done at Holtorf. I am VERY sketched out by a “med spa” style IV shop. I've read articles of people having horrble things happen from these type of places. Holtorf is actually an integrative medical office with integrative doct...
IV Therapy: Holtorf Medical Group - El Segundo
Hands down the BEST yoga studio I've ever been to with the best classes and instructors. This is an LA institution. Their hot yoga classes are incredible. I LOVE their yin classes when I need a restorative class and pass out in their sound bath class...
Kinship Yoga - Highland Park
Well, I may be biased because this is my company ;) but my clients tell me it's the best Reiki session they've ever had (including many who have been seeing other practitioners for years!). I feel blessed to do this work and help people release store...
Solar Reiki - Los Angeles, CA
If you want to truly transform your life, start meditating. If you want to take it up just a *little* notch, start practicing breath-work. Open offers both at their lux studio in Venice. I have been using their app for a little under a year and it ha...
Meditation: Open Studio - Venice
So obviously this isn't *just* in LA but I couldn't mention Open's studio in Venice, without mentioning their app. I use this daily and they offer such a large mix of meditation, breath-work, movement and sound bath recordings for any level. I love t...
App: Open Breathwork & Meditation: Guided Meditation | Mindfulness | Breathwork
This space is magic and has on-going events from meditation, tea ceremonies, sound therapy to free writing. This is such a beautiful “hear centered” space that will definitely leave you detoxed of stress and negativity.
Peace Awareness Labyrinth & Gardens