Two Holistic Programs or A La Carte Options to Choose From
Not-So-Basic Program $655
1 initial virtual assessment/goal setting session with Dr. Kristy
3-month transformation nutrition plan
6 live virtual group panels
1-day retreat: guided grocery tour, group panel, nutrition, and supplement presentations, workout, seed-to-feed meal, and sound bath
3 group workout classes a week with Mike
1 30-min bike ride weekly
1 2-hour hike weekly
Coffee, Tea, and Me sessions 1-hr weekly
Enhanced Program $1060
Everything in the Not So Basic Program Plus
3- one-on-one virtual follow-up sessions with Dr. Kristy (1 hour max each session)
Lab reviews and recommendations (as needed)
Continuous email access to Dr. Kristy
1 one-on-one fitness assessment session with Mike (1 hr max)
1 private meditation session with Rossy
A La Carte Options
1 initial virtual assessment/goal setting session with naturopathic physician, Dr. Kristy Appelhans, and 3-month transformation nutrition plan - $265 OR
1 initial virtual assessment/goal setting session with naturopathic physician, Dr. Kristy Appelhans, and 3-month transformation nutrition plan PLUS
3- 1 hour one-on-one virtual follow-up sessions with Dr. Kristy, Lab reviews and recommendations (as needed), Continuous email access to Dr. Kristy - $565
6 Live virtual group panels on topics dealing with women’s health and fitness - $120 combo
Panel Discussion Topics
1/4/24 - Myths and Facts About Nutrition and Exercise
1/18/24 - Setting Goals and Managing Expectations
2/1/24 – Structuring a Workout
2/15/24 - Precision Nutrition – The Right Nutrition and Supplementation Plan for Your Specific Health - Part of 1-day retreat. Not included in Panel Dicussion combo.
3/1/24 – The Role of Sleep in Healthy Weight Management
3/15/24 – Menopause and Other Women's Health Issues
3/29/24 - Diet by Design - Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Eating Patterns and Trends
1-day retreat: guided grocery tour, group panel, nutrition and supplement presentation, workout, seed-to-feed meal, and sound bath - $150
3 group workout classes/week with Mike Puzzo - $110/month
1 1-hr fitness assessment $90
1 30-min bike ride per week - $15
1 2-hour hike per week - $35
Coffee, Tea, and Me sessions 1-hr weekly - $5
Program Components
Naturopathic Physician Consultations: Experience personalized holistic healthcare with a one-on-one virtual consultation with naturopathic physician and fitness competitor, Dr. Kristy Appelhans. Dr. Kristy has an extensive background in providing comprehensive health care solutions grounded in conventional, preventive, and complementary medicine, nutritional science and therapy, and sports medicine. In short, she will not prescribe a pill; she will assess your overall health and lifestyle, and prescribe a natural plan based on the right nutrition and supplementation for your specific needs. CONSULTATION BY PHONE.
1-Day retreat: You’ll get an in-depth look at nutrition and the tremendous role it plays in our overall health and wellness. Dr. Kristy will be in Borrego for a guided grocery tour to teach you how to read labels and make the choices that work best for you, as an individual. There will also be in-person panels, and presentations on transformation nutrition, supplementation, workouts, healthy meal, and sound bath. FEBRUARY 15, 2025 9:00AM-5:30PM
Group Workout Classes: Transform your fitness goals into reality with progressive group workout sessions aimed to help you build strength, improve flexibility, and endurance with Borrego’s well-loved personal trainer, Mike Puzzo. Mike has been a personal trainer for close to 10 years and holds daily adult classes at his Functionally Fit for Life studio in The Mall, at the local high school gym, and via Zoom. PLEASE SEE MIKE’S CLASS SCHEDULE.
Local Activities: Join in a variety of fun and liberating group activities such as hiking, biking, and meditating. Energize your body and clear your mind. Connect with yourself while connecting with nature and like-minded individuals. Led by Rossy Sanchez of Yellow Woman Ranch, an emotional intelligence and mindfulness teacher, and the creator of 3+things® journalism project for women. TUESDAY MEDITATION 9A-10AM, THURSDAY BIKE RIDE (TIME TBD), SATURDAY HIKE (TIME TBD).
Support Network: Receive support and encouragement throughout your journey from our team of experts and fellow participants. Engage in virtual bi-weekly panel and group discussions, ask questions, share successes and challenges, and celebrate achievements together. VIA ZOOM EVERY OTHER SATURDAY 12P-1PM STARTING JAN 4 - APRIL 5. FEBRUARY 15 WILL BE PART OF ON-SITE RETREAT.
Guiding Patients to Achieve their Unique Healthy Lifestyle
Dr. Kristy Appelhans, MSRA, NMD, is a naturopathic doctor who received her doctorate in 2007. Her undergraduate degree is in clinical nutrition, and her master's degree is in food/drug regulations. Dr. Kristy is also the founder/CEO of a naturopathic medical corporation and private practice established in 2009. Her practice focuses on a functional medicine approach, allowing her patients various options to address their health goals and advocate for their own healthcare.
Dr. Kristy has over 20 years of experience and education in helping others achieve health and wellness through weight management, functional medicine, nutrition, and fitness. Dr. Kristy strives to be an example of making healthy choices at any age to inspire positive lifestyle changes in the community. At 48 years young, she is a professional-level fitness and bodybuilding champion and has transformed her health, nutrition, and fitness many times as an athlete/competitor, an expectant mother, a role model to her young son, and now as a member of the healthy aging community. Dr. Kristy's patients know she has firsthand experience in addition to her vast expertise in transforming health, which helps her fully connect with and educate her patients so that each may be empowered to achieve personalized healthy lifestyle goals for themselves.
phone/text: 424-270-5156
Helping His Community Reach Their Fitness Goals
Mike Puzzo is a certified personal trainer and the founder of Functionally Fit for Life in Borrego Springs, CA. After 20+ years in the field of wildlife conservation and natural resource management, he found that his true calling and the best way he could serve his community was through fitness and helping people become better versions of themselves. Mike feels fortunate to work with a wide range of people in Borrego: from elementary, middle, and high school students through those enjoying their retirement years.
Fitness, athletics, and sports have been an integral part of Mike’s life since childhood. His certification from the American Council on Exercise in 2015, has allowed him to share his knowledge, experience, and passion with those he coaches and trains, helping them achieve their fitness goals.
All of this is not possible without the support of his wife Briana, and kids, Kellen (11) and Soraya (8), whom he relies on for mental and emotional support and to keep him grounded.
Encouraging Women to Love Themselves Unconditionally
Rossy Sanchez is the face, passion, and energy behind Yellow Woman Ranch. She still doesn’t quite know how she landed in Borrego Springs, but is absolutely sure that this is the perfect place to make her dream come true.
For years, this emotional intelligence and mindfulness teacher, writer, photographer, and public speaker dreamed of creating a safe space for women and has been making the empowerment of women a priority. In 2019, she created 3+ things®, a photojournalism project for women that aims to increase self-love, awareness, and appreciation for the magnificent unique individuals that women are. Soon after that, she started Mindful Evenings, offering online emotional intelligence and mindfulness programs. And most recently, she married both projects, creating self-love workshops, as well as Conversations on a variety of difficult-to-tackle emotional issues, dealing mostly with relationships, particularly those we have with ourselves.
Rossy used to be a fitness instructor. She loves working out and riding her bike, something she learned to do pretty late in life. She lives at Yellow Woman Ranch with her small family, her dog Bella, and Charlie, the cat that came with the house.