My name is Karen Doukas. I am the owner and founder of Mind Body Energy Center LLC based in Bath Beach Brooklyn. As a child I grew up sensitive to certain foods and environments. My parents took me to a doctor like any parent would. We were told I had migraines and sensitivities; I even had fevers in the sun. Even as a teenager and young adult I was just told it was the way I was wired up and not to take that as a weakness but a strength. I rarely was told how to manage my symptoms just different pills to try to overcome the difficult days which came with its own side effects and difficulties. 

     Working certain jobs or even joining certain teams in my high school years became stressful. I still didn't know what to do when I became very sick. No one ever told me what could be the underlying cause or what other choices I had. I was just told how to handle the symptoms in a very clinical way and that was it. I knew I had to seek out other alternatives to live the productive life I really wanted to have. I realized I had to look and make a choice to seek different answers. By my twenties, I started a long journey to improve my life through better nutrition and exercise.  I started to notice changes to manage my condition in a very real and holistic way that was not hard at all. It was just a lifestyle change! I took up Yoga, Tai Chi, and Qigong to take advantage of new practices in self-awareness.  Combined with nutrition that worked for me foods that came on a plate and foods that didn't which i discuss with my clients, it made an even greater impact on my mind/body connection and health.  It made such a huge difference! My symptoms subsided; I began to have more energy; I lost weight and my mind became clearer. Like anything else, it was something I had to work toward.