{"id":11090,"date":"2026-08-03T18:14:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T01:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/?p=11090"},"modified":"2026-08-30T16:48:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T23:48:32","slug":"the-path-to-wholeness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/the-path-to-wholeness\/","title":{"rendered":"The Path to Wholeness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-equal-height-columns\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div 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style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" alt=\"The Salt Room\" title=\"salt-4\" src=\"https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-4.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-11095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-4-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-4-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-4-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-4.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:50px;width:100%;max-width:70%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center; color: #f0dc7e;\">The Path to Wholeness<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 4px;\">By Ava Mucikyan<br \/>\n<em>Owner, The Salt Room<\/em><br \/>\nPhotography courtesy of The Salt Room<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:50px;width:100%;max-width:70%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#ffffff;border-color:#ffffff;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>It is no secret that the mind, body and spirit are deeply connected, and when healing, it is essential to take all three into account. It has also been proven that our emotional health is deeply intertwined with and directly affects our physical bodies.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:30px;--awb-margin-bottom:30px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"The Salt Room\" title=\"salt-3\" src=\"https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-3.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-11091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-3-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-3-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-3-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-3.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p>Our nervous system is the driving force behind both our emotional and physical health. It carries information from our entire lifetime \u2014 and perhaps even beyond. It keeps the score of every minor and major event that shapes our lives, coding these experiences for future use. When we are exposed to chronic stress or traumatic experiences, our bodies become wired for survival. Over time, this can lead to chronic fatigue, burnout, anxiety, hypervigilance and eventually physical aches and pains. Our bodies were designed to protect us, but when we stay in survival mode for too long, that protection can begin working against us.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:30px;--awb-margin-bottom:30px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1001\" alt=\"The Salt Room\" title=\"salt-1\" src=\"https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-1.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-11093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-1-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-1-400x501.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-1-600x751.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p>The good news is that if you begin your self-care journey early, you can reverse many of these symptoms, regulate your nervous system, manage your stress more effectively and reduce the likelihood of those emotional wounds manifesting as physical illness. More importantly, you can begin feeling like yourself again.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:30px;--awb-margin-bottom:30px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-5 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" alt=\"The Salt Room\" title=\"salt-5\" src=\"https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-5.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-11094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-5-200x132.jpg 200w, https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-5-400x264.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-5-600x396.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-5.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><p>At The Salt Room, we offer holistic services designed to heal your mind, body and spirit. From therapeutic massage, facials and body treatments to halotherapy that helps you breathe better \u2014 because breath is your life force \u2014 to energy healing, meditation and somatic and mindfulness coaching that helps you address the root causes of your physical and emotional symptoms, our goal is to support your healing from the inside out.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:30px;--awb-margin-bottom:30px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-6 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"The Salt Room\" title=\"salt-2\" src=\"https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-2.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-11092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-2-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-2-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-2-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/salt-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><p>We are more than a wellness center. We are a community where like-minded people come together to heal, grow and reconnect with themselves and others. We believe wellness is not something you do once in a while. It is a lifestyle. And our mission is to help you create a life you don't need a break from.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:9%;--awb-padding-right:9%;--awb-padding-bottom:9%;--awb-padding-left:9%;--awb-bg-color:#0c0c0d;--awb-bg-color-hover:#0c0c0d;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-column-content-centered\"><div class=\"fusion-column-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>True healing begins by caring for the whole person. In this insightful article, Ava Mucikyan of The Salt Room explores the connection between emotional and physical health and shares how holistic therapies can help regulate the nervous system, reduce stress and guide you on the path to lasting wellness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2360,4521],"tags":[3338,4303,4315,4505,3339],"class_list":["post-11090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-health-and-wellness","tag-ava-mucikyan","tag-healing","tag-health","tag-spa","tag-the-salt-room"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11090"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11270,"href":"https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11090\/revisions\/11270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chiccompass.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}