Integrative Medicine

Health Coaching Form and Template  

A Coach Approach to Facilitating Behavior Change 

Yoga

• Three Jewels Studio: All virtual yoga and meditation classes are free (donation based) 

• Heights Meditation and Yoga (first class is free, bilinigual classes available) 

• Yogiando: Bilingual yoga classes in Washington Heights (various locations, low cost) 

Energy Medicine

• Reiki: bilingual provider 1 block from FHC ($70 per session)

• On Point Community Reiki Sessions (free) 

  • Available for free from 9AM-4PM (no appointment necessary!) Closed 1-2PM for lunch. (500 W. 180th St.)

Acupuncture

• Free Community Acupuncture Clinics at Pacific College of Health Sciences 

• Community Acupuncture Clinic in Harlem (reduced cost) 

• VA: Self Acupressure for Pain 

Nutrition Resources

• Local Food Resources (Free Health Groceries) 

• Free Health Meals Delivered in NYC: In God's Love We Deliver  

• Find a Greenmarket, Farmstand, or Fresh Food Box in NYC  (SNAP/EBT accepted)

• Get the Good Stuff 

  • New Yorkers who participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP/EBT) can get free fruits, vegetables and beans at certain NYC supermarkets through Get the Good Stuff, a NYC Health Department program. For every dollar you spend using SNAP/EBT on eligible fruits, vegetables and beans, you get a matching dollar (up to $10 per day) that can be used for the next purchase of eligible foods.

• Health Bucks 

  • For every $2 spent at farmers markets using SNAP on an EBT card, you can get $2 in Health Bucks, up to $10 per day. Health Bucks are available year-round at NYC farmers markets that accept EBT.

• Free Groceries and other NMIC resources 

• NYC Food Policy: Washington Heights/Inwood 

  • neighborhood specific statistics, list of green spaces, community gardens, SNAP/EBT sites, WIC, Food Resource Guide

Meditation/Breathwork

Community Meditation Center: Free weekly Zoom mediations (Sundays and Wednesdays)

• Sunday at 10:30 AM sessions: Zoom Link Sun  

• Wednesdays at 6:30 PM sessions: Zoom link Wed 

Soul Dimension: 30 min free breath work practice every Wed at 1PM 

Three Jewels Studio: All virtual yoga and meditation classes are free (donation based) 

Tai Chi and QiGong

Free online Tai Chi and QiGong Classes 

Yoga and Wellness with Koya Webb 

Yoga with Adriene 

Yoga with Adriene en Espanol 

Yoga with Arianna 

Guided Meditations

Guided Relaxation Meditation in SPANISH (with music) 

Body Scan Meditation in SPANISH (with music)

Art of Living: Free Meditations 

Mindful.org: Guided Meditations (intro to variety of different kinds): Free 

Apps: 

• Insight Timer (most free resources)

• Headspace 

• Calm (many celebrities have guided recordings such as Harry Styles, Lebron James)

Breathing Practices: 

• Guided Equal Breath (10 minutes) 

• Breathing Exercises (Spanish) 

• Breathing Demonstrations: Dr. Weil, stimulating breath

• Dr. Weil, 4-7-8 relaxing breath  

• Michigan Medicine: Diaphragmatic Breathing (demonstration of how it can be taught to patients)

• Cleveland Clinic: Breathwork for Beginners 

Mindfulness 

• Mindful Way Workbook for Depression: 8 week self help mindfulness workbook  (demonstrated to be more effective than self help 8 week CBT program in a RCT published in JAMA Psychiatry: Strauss C, et al. Clinical Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Supported Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Self-help Compared With Supported Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Self-help for Adults Experiencing Depression: The Low-Intensity Guided Help Through Mindfulness (LIGHTMind) Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2023 May 1;80(5):415-424. )

• The Comfort Ability: List of Mind-Body Resources and Links (focused on kids, adolescents) 

• MBSR Training (for clinicians)

• MBSR Training (8 wk, free) 

Gaples Institute Module for Patients in SPANISH 

Cleveland Clinic: Recipes  

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine: Universal Recipes  

Plant Based Diet FAQ 

PCRM: Recipes 

PCRM: nutrition education for kids 

PCRM: Plant Based Diet in Pregnancy 

PCRM: Plant Based Recipes for Athletes 

PCRM: Nutrition for Specific Health Conditions (migraines, diabetes, Alzheimer's, colorectal cancer, etc)

Plant Based Latin Recipes  

MIND DIET guide:“Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay.”  

Nutrition Rainbow 

Nutrition Rainbow (Spanish) 

Instagram Accounts: 

• Plant Based Juniors

• meal.plans.today

GUIDED MEDITATIONS

Cave Meditation for Kids 

The Comfort Ability: List of Mind-Body Resources and Links (focused on kids, adolescents) 

Meditation for kids (SPANISH) 

Brief meditation for kids (SPANISH) 

Apps 

meditations, stories, relaxation exercises specifically for kids

Sesame Street app (Eng, Spanish)

Smiling Mind (Australian accent)

Insight Timer 

Calm (has Spanish options, paid)

Headspace (has Spanish options, paid)

YOGA Videos for Kids

Yoga with Alissa Kepas

Yoga with Kris Blunt 

Cosmic Yoga for Kids  

Cosmic Yoga for Kids (SPANISH) 

EDUCATION

Thought Bubbles for Anxiety and Worry 

RESOURCES in ACN (Ambulatory Care Network at NYP)

Health4Life (family-centered lifestyle intervention program for overweight children and adolescents at NewYork-Presbyterian)

Apps for Tracking and Management 

5 minute pain video: patient education re chronic pain 

The Comfort Ability: List of Mind-Body Resources and Links (focused on kids, adolescents) : great for functional symptoms including pain

VA: Self Acupressure for Pain 

Resident Education in Sleep Techniques (REST) Program (includes many excellent patient resources: videos, handouts)

REST Program: 12 Week Sleep Techniques (Patient Resources) 

NIH: National Institute of Aging Patient Education Resources for Exercise