Thorne Customer Since
2024
Thorne Affiliate
About
Materia, a trauma-informed herbalist practice offering a culturally responsive, truama informed holistic multi-modal approach to wellness. Speciazing in burnout and trauma recovery, our practice collaborates with clients' healthcare teams to provide wellness and medical advocacy services. Founder, Nina Taylor with 20 years of experience in healthcare as a medical assistant primarily in family medicine, holds certifications in: Foundations Holistic Herbalist from Vital Ways Institute Trauma Informed Herbalist from Empathic Coaches Academy Completion of Psilocybin Facilitators Training with InnerTrek (not a licensed psychedelic guide) At Materia, we believe you’re right where you need to be on your wellness journey, there is no perscribed time line and the path is not linear. Your wellness advocate will meet you where you are and hold space to guide and support you with personalized care, helping you reclaim your vitality and navigate your healing path with compassion and expertise rooted in a deeper understanding of the instrinsic and intuitive ability our body has to heal itself. Through prioritzing the Vital 5 pillars to holistic wellness you can come home to your body and regain an autonomous and sovereign connection to self, community and nature. At Materia, we encourage you to advocate for your health and will help navigate health care and insurance to ensure access to all resources and benefits available to support your individual and unique health experience. Always remember the recommendations listed in this online dispensary are loose recommendations. Please consult with a health care professional to ensure there are not any medication interactions or contraindicated health conditions. It is recommended to seek guidance from a qualified herbalist or primary care clinician and extended specialty teams for individualized plans of care to ensure herb/medicine/supplement/health safety. To vitality and beyond!
Why I choose Thorne
Materia Medela and Thorne share a commitment to science-backed wellness and personalized care. Through this partnership, clients gain access to Thorne's comprehensive test kits, including Gut Health, Biological Age, Heavy Metals, Fertility, Menopause, Sleep, Stress, Thyroid, Vitamin D, and Weight Management. Clients receive actionable online results with tailored wellness packages collaboratively
Gut-Mind Connection
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4 Tips to Improve Gut Health
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Performance nutrition science is filled with promising data on the positive effects of food and certain supplements to enhance an athlete’s power, endurance, and focus. As the body of research on a...
December 18, 2024 • Thorne
Mayo Clinic Study of Breast Cancer Survivors’ Microbiomes Utilizes Thorne Technology
Millions of women are affected each year by breast cancer. For patients who are in active recovery, the road ahead can be uncertain, especially for survivors who navigate their journey toward biolo...
December 1, 2024 • Thorne
Can You Bring Vitamins on a Plane? How To Travel With Supplements
Are you traveling for a work conference, an athletic competition, or a weekend getaway? Just because you’re leaving home doesn’t mean you should leave your supplements behind. But can you bring vit...
November 24, 2024 • Austin Ruff
Mayo Clinic: The Globetrotter's Guide to Dealing with Gut Health Issues While Traveling
Picture this: You’re finally on that dream vacation, a paradise you’ve been planning for months. The sun is shining, the beaches are pristine, the palm trees beckon – at least, that's what you see ...
July 11, 2024 • Brent Bauer, M.D., Mayo Clinic