Curated Health and Wellness Coaching
Meditation, Movement, Mantra
Your online resource for everyday mindfulness.
Meditations to calm the Racing Mind, Mantras to keep you focused, Quick and effective Self-Care Practices, East/West exploration and Energy Medicine Wisdom to guide you on the auspicious journey to your most authentic self.
The Coaching Process
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Telling your life story in your own words, we’ll explore this narrative and uncover the truths that will help guide you to a commitment to, and experience of, greater meaning and purpose in your everyday life.
Using symbols, archetypes, and rituals (both East and West) we’ll design guideposts for the highest expression of your purpose.
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We’ll explore your current health status and life situation to discover your most pressing needs, desires, and goals, as well as your unique talents.
Together we’ll create a plan applying time-tested practices for greater health, vigor, abundance, and joy.
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You’ll learn easily accessible Yoga practices that open the body, deepen the breath and help you to embody freedom and ease in the physical body.
Simple meditations will enable you to find inner peace on this path of self-actualization.
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What our clients are saying
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Polly is the exemplar of understanding, addressing, and caring for her patients as whole beings. Her vast knowledge and experience in both Chinese and Western medicine is outstanding, and she articulates her wisdom so clearly and thoroughly that she both educates and empowers. Seemingly without effort, she creates a warm and nourishing environment and is truly an oasis from the stresses of daily life! She always welcomes any ideas or questions I might bring to a session, and by the end I’m often carrying home nuggets of her recommendations: be they medicinal, nutritional, or a new mental or physical technique to strengthen body, mind, or spirit. But the greatest of Polly’s gifts is her rare talent for bringing together all of the elements she can offer, creating a comprehensive synthesis which treats the whole human being. She has guided me toward joy and spiritual healing, and in turn my body has followed suit. I am so grateful to have found her and to be in her care. Thank you, Polly!
Natalie Forough, Singer and Writer
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Polly Liontis has had a tremendously beneficial effect on my life. As a Shiatsu Massage Therapist, she treated and alleviated my back pain and helped me with digestive issues. As a teacher, she introduced me to meditation and relaxation techniques which continue to help relieve my anxiety. As a book club leader, she diligently researched the material and helped us to explore the deeper meanings behind our personal development readings as she aptly facilitated many spirited conversations. As a coach, she posted valuable educational information on fitness, healthy eating and personal development, provided daily support, and inspired our group by her example. Last, but certainly not least, the combination of vibrations and sounds, singing bowls and chanting in her Gong Immersion Sessions with her partner have often transported me to a different level of consciousness. After each session, I have felt great joy and inner peace and have experienced improved sleep and reduced stress levels. Most of all, I appreciate all of the effort, hard work, and thoughtful preparation that Polly brings to the entire variety of her offerings. She is truly a beautiful, caring and spiritual healer and life guide. I am proud to call her my friend, and I ower her my heartfelt thanks and gratitude for improving the quality of my life.
Beth, Accountant
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I cannot overstate the difference that Polly has made in my life. I’ve suffered from pain induced by stress and mechanical problems my entire adult life – now going on forty-five years. What Polly provides goes far beyond the benefits of shiatsu massage, which have proven to be extraordinary. While my physicians have helped me to identify and remedy mechanical problems, she’s helped me to identify emotional and spiritual sources of stress; to become more easily aware of them; and to address them in ways both large and small, i.e., by using some massage techniques myself, on the one hand, and making some decisions about my life, on the other. Her professionalism encompasses not only technique but an empathic concern for her patients. The process she’s guided me through has been neither short nor easy, but the place where I stand now is a lot freer and happier than when I began two years ago.
Marc
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I have been working with Polly Liontis for over three years through some very challenging times both emotionally and physically. She has guided me through these stages of life offering her wisdom, experience, intuition and transcendent nature. She has allowed to me access places of myself in order to improve and live fully. Her work is deeply healing and profound. She offers a sacred and safe place that brings forth a way to connect deeply to self. Her sessions leave me with a great sense of energetic balance and awareness that I carry into my everyday life. Polly is an extraordinary human whose gifts are so highly valuable to me.
Heidi Valenzuela, Chef/Writer
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It's been true privilege and honor to work alongside Polly Liontis at the Integrative Medicine division at NorthShore University Health System for more than a decade. Polly is a an inspirational one of a kind integrative practitioner and healer who is always on the forefront in the art of medicine. She consistently goes above and beyond in caring for our patients in mind body & spirit! Thank you Polly!
Mina Ryu, MD, FACP, ABOIM
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When I first started seeing Polly in 2019, I was experiencing chronic lower back pain and going through an extremely difficult time emotionally. As I booked sessions with Polly, I soon realized I was getting more than just a massage. I've told Polly things that I haven't shared with anyone else in my life. Polly not only asks insightful questions for me to think about during our sessions, but she always offers advice while at the same time providing suggestions for how to educate myself - whether it's a book, an article, etc. I've learned techniques from Polly that I continue to apply in my everyday life and that have improved my overall mental health.
Natalie Rende, Writer
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Words cannot describe how truly grateful I am to have been cared for by Polly during one the most challenging times of my life. I would not be where I am in my healing journey without her compassion, wisdom & insight. Her work is marvelous and life changing, and feel blessed to have her in my life!
Patient
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Polly Liontis is a force of inspiration. As an educator of mine, she has uncovered many new insights into my practice and opened my world to whole new realms of possibilities. I have studied under her for a few different classes and I will continue to take her classes in the future. Polly is very clear about the way she explains what she is teaching and if you have questions, she will find a way to elaborate so that her answer is in your best understanding. With her background she has experienced a myriad of complicated situations within her work that has prepared her for working with educating the public. She uses her knowledge and wisdom efficiently and brings a warm heart to every class.
Aaron 'Wolf' Chiano - Shiatsu Practitioner, Reiki Master Teacher, Artist of Spiritual Endeavors
WU XING
WU XING
The word wuxing in Chinese means five elements or five phases. The philosophy can also be referred to as wu xing elements. It is a fivefold philosophy used to explain everything from the cosmos to the elements on earth and down to body parts and organs.
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Recent Blog Posts
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Essential Self & Love
Your meditation time is a beautiful opportunity for you to take that inward journey to come to know the deepest aspect of your being. I’ve prepared this Audio Recording of an inward exploration into the Nature of Your Inner World (Meditation on Your Essential Self and Love). Please enjoy!
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The Jewel in the Lotus
This beautiful meditation comes to us from the Tibetan Buddhist meditation practice of Tonglen (the taking and giving on the medium of the breath). The imagery is powerful and beautiful and speaks to the Authentic Self.
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Benefits of Yoga before Sleep
Science has proven there are benefits from practicing yoga and deep breathing. From stress relief, balance building, increased flexibility, and an exercise that is easy on the joints, yoga is a great physical activity which is accessible to everyone. Did you know that even a short sequence of yoga postures with conscious breathing can improve the quality of your sleep?
