Herbs to Your Success: Celebrates Three Decades of Natural Health in Lehigh Valley
Aug 01, 2024 06:09PM ● By Sheila Julson
Vanessa Sabatine initially formed Herbs to Your Success in 1994 as a way to offer quality herbal supplements for weight loss. Thirty years and three brick-and-mortar locations later, the business has evolved into a “spapothecary” with herbal teas, customized tea blends, and essential oils, along with cutting-edge sauna experiences to aid in detoxification and relaxation.
As Sabatine reflects on the 30th anniversary of Herbs to Your Success, she’s seen wellness trends come and go, changing public attitudes about health, and a barrage of one-size-fits-all advice from myriad internet sources. However, having a brick-and-mortar space where customers can come in and ask questions, see, smell and try herbs that support the body, and book in-person consults with a trained herbalist provides a valuable experience that the internet or big-box stores cannot.
“I’m like a detective, peeling away layers to get to the root causes of people’s health symptoms,” she says. “People are curious and looking into natural solutions more today than when I first started, and I hope that I’ve been on the forefront of teaching them.”
Sabatine has also learned a lot on her journey. “Getting rid of toxins in the body is more important than anything else,” she affirms, not- ing that toxic particles from heavy metals, chemicals, and microbial compounds can clog the body and lead to inflammation, lack of energy, weight gain, and other symptoms of inflammation.
Curating Quality Products and Services
There are more players in the holistic health field today than when Sabatine first started. She thoroughly monitors every product she provides at Herbs to Your Success. “There were many natural wellness companies that were good in the beginning but got bought out. When bigger conglomerates take over a small business, they often cut corners,” she explains.
Sabatine stocks her shop windows and shelves with vetted products such as Young Living essential oils, a company that also turns 30 years old this year. She carries natural soaps, and teas and herbs from smaller, traceable suppliers. She will custom blend teas per each customer’s individual needs and preferences.
While many might associate spa services with luxurious pamper- ing, Sabatine’s spa services are selected for health purposes first and foremost. Her most recent addition, the FLOWpresso, from New Zealand, helps stimulate the body’s lymphatic system to flush toxins and restore balance.
During a session, the client lies on a table and the FLOWpresso booties are placed on their legs. Mats are wrapped around the arms and abdomen. The machine then gives gentle hugs all the way up and down the body, which Sabatine says calms the central nervous system and stimulates the lymphatic system. Infrared heat from the FLOWpresso also helps promote relaxation.
The sessions also include a lymph-cleansing tea, an essential oils roll-on and a cream to rub on neck area to open the lymph system. Sabatine demonstrates tapping sessions that clients can use to further help open the body. She remarks that the FLOWpresso treatment plan better allows for teaching moments so clients can learn how to keep their lymph system healthy at home.
Several of Sabatine’s detoxification modalities are complementary and can be used together. The infrared sauna, which mimics the sun’s rays, can be a more comfortable and effective detoxification alternative to steam saunas. The private salt booth uses a genera- tor to blow salt into the air so the recipient can breathe it in more efficiently. The salt booth may improve respiratory problems and improve skin issues.
In addition, the oxygen sauna saturates oxygen throughout the body to aid in circulation. The ionic footbath pulls out toxins from the body through the pores of the feet.
Sabatine will host a 30th anniversary event on August 17, 2024; call the store for details. After running Herbs to Your Success for 30 years, she says more friends and relatives are encouraging her to retire, but she still feels a calling to educate people about achieving health naturally.
“I can’t keep these therapies to myself,” she says. “I still have to tell too many people, including the younger crowd, and keep my finger in the pool and make them aware that daily habits affect their health more than they realize.”
Herbs to Your Success is located at 64 S. Main St., Nazareth. For more information, call 610-365-8996 or visit HerbstoYourSuccess.com.
