Maria C Zangara ND, Dipl.Ac.(NCCAOM), L.Ac
Dr. Zangara is a naturopathic physician and a licensed board certified NCCAOM acupuncturist. She encourages her patients to take an active role in their own health care.
Dr. Zangara relies on various health-supportive modalities, which include Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nutrition, Acupuncture, Herbal Therapies, Lifestyle Counseling, and Qigong Instruction.
We adhere to the highest standards, ensuring that every session is welcoming and personalized to each patient’s individual health needs.
Four pillars of health
Personalized Nutrition
Emotional Health Through Mindfulness
Optimizing Sleep Pattern
This is not a “Diet” but a combination of nutrients you need to consume that optimize your metabolism and overall physiology to nourish body and mind.
This is done by using data and technology to come up with a better eating pattern for you at the time of presentation that will change as you become healthier.
Optimizing Sleep Pattern
Emotional Health Through Mindfulness
Optimizing Sleep Pattern
For many of us getting a full night’s sleep has become a real challenge. Sleep is essential for optimal health, as this is the time for the body and mind to heal and rejuvenate. Sleep deficiency is directly connected to chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and more. Lack of proper rest can also lead to
For many of us getting a full night’s sleep has become a real challenge. Sleep is essential for optimal health, as this is the time for the body and mind to heal and rejuvenate. Sleep deficiency is directly connected to chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and more. Lack of proper rest can also lead to obesity, poor immune function, anxiety, and depression. We will uncover the root causes of your inability to sleep. It may mean minor adjustments in habits, diet, daily routines, and more.
Physical Health Through Movement
Emotional Health Through Mindfulness
Emotional Health Through Mindfulness
Incorporating movement into your daily life is critical to both physical and mental wellbeing. A sedentary lifestyle leads to all kinds of issues including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, depression, and more. The long list of benefits from exercise is astounding, and includes weight loss, increased energy, a positive mood, improved sle
Incorporating movement into your daily life is critical to both physical and mental wellbeing. A sedentary lifestyle leads to all kinds of issues including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, depression, and more. The long list of benefits from exercise is astounding, and includes weight loss, increased energy, a positive mood, improved sleep, sharpened cognitive ability, and social connectivity. Even thirty minutes a day is enough to support the movement pillar and allow to reap the rewards. Doing something you enjoy will help you stick with it – the key is to get up and move your body in a way that is enjoyable, inspiring, and healthful.
Emotional Health Through Mindfulness
Emotional Health Through Mindfulness
Emotional Health Through Mindfulness
The notion of mindfulness has been around for thousands of years, and the practice can take many forms – meditation, prayer, awareness, and more. Although mindfulness has a spiritual component, the state of being truly present and connected to your surroundings is directly linked to emotional and physical wellness.
Many of us are overcome
The notion of mindfulness has been around for thousands of years, and the practice can take many forms – meditation, prayer, awareness, and more. Although mindfulness has a spiritual component, the state of being truly present and connected to your surroundings is directly linked to emotional and physical wellness.
Many of us are overcome by stress, our daily lives overflowing with commitments, challenges, and concerns. We will never eliminate stress completely; therefore, we need to learn to manage its effects. Some ways we can achieve this is through various meditations such as walking or guided meditations, journaling, empowering a feeling of gratitude, and immersing ourselves in our natural world.
Addressing and optimizing these 4 pillars early on, will help prevent the entrenchment of chronic disease and lead to an overall better quality of life. Recommendations for lifestyle changes, from movement to sleep to managing stress.
When you start making positive changes you will see a change not only in helping with the chronic diseases such as metabolic disease that lead to Heart Disease, Diabetes, and Alzheimer’s.