Quintessential Therapy

06/16/2026

🎁 A gift for our Quintessential community: join us for Thursday Therapy! 🌿

This Thursday, June 18th | 6:30–7:30 PM, we’re hosting a *FREE Mat Pilates + Soundbath* class in the backyard patio of The Cigar Factory LIC. Just rsvp and bring your yoga mat — we’ll have tea brewing and good vibes flowing. 🫖✨

Led with love:
🔸 Ayaka ayakawong will be guiding a Stott-based Mat Pilates class with structural awareness and mindful movement
🔸 Mandi of QT will close with a soothing soundbath journey, to melt the week away
🔸 And the radiant Rebecca (Bex) Soul Narrative Yoga will be with us from *6–8:30 PM*, offering mini Ayurveda wellness sessions (Pitta-balancing focus) on a “by-donation” basis before, during, and after our Pilates + Sound class.

Whether you need to move, release, or simply be held in sound — this one’s for you. 💛

See you on the mat, for some self care under the sky.

06/13/2026

🔥 Cupping in motion! 🔥

Not just your average massage — this is fire cupping, with flow!

Watch the glide, the lift, the *pop* — sliding warm glass cups across the shoulders and neck to release deep tension, boost circulation, and melt stress away. That little “whoosh” sound? That’s the vacuum sealing in the heat and pulling stagnation towards the surface. 🌪️💨

We use flash cupping (quick lifts) to stimulate the nervous system and sliding cups (with oil) to smooth out those stubborn upper trap knots. Perfect for anyone carrying stress in their shoulders — aka, all of us. 😅

At Quintessential Therapy, we blend ancient technique with modern flow to help you move, breathe, and feel lighter.

Have you tried cupping? Drop a 🫠 if you can feel the release!



Shout out to our in-house Yogi and Ayurveda Wellness Practitioner Soul Narrative Yoga / Bex l Yoga Teacher l Ayurveda for being the chillest model. 🧚🏽‍♀️✨

06/04/2026

Mindful Monday at the Cigar Factory LIC was such a vibe together🌙✨

We gently pivoted—and flowed into a deep, nourishing Yoga Nidra + Soundbath together. Your presence made the space so sacred. So grateful for every breath, every pause, every still moment in the heart of the concrete jungle. Shout out to the blue moon energy that surrounded us. ✨

We’re already dreaming of the next ones—here’s what’s coming:

📍 Next Mindful Monday with Bex is at – And as a bonus thank-you for being part of this journey, you’ll get 30% off admission (whether you use it in the same visit or for a future one) 🛁💫

🌿 Palo Santo Silent Disco Soundbath – In collaboration with Maison Palo Santo, we’re co-creating a cleansing, grounding visualization journey—where scent, sound, and stillness meet. Get ready to unplug and reset.

💖 Complimentary Mat Pilates + Sound Class at The Cigar Factory – A gift for our QT family! Join me and the amazing for a free, heart-centered class this month. Bring a mat. Spots are limited—reserve your relaxation now.

We’d love to see you at any (or all!) of these. 💫
Details for each event are on the individual event page.
👉 Links in bio to sign up!
DM us with any questions or if you need help finding your way in.

With love, light, and lingering vibrations,
Mandi

05/27/2026

✨ Big news, tribe! As of May, we’ve moved into our new home at The Cigar Factory LIC — 9-20 35th Ave, Wellness Suite 2F3, Hallets Point (11106) 🌿

Our serene new space is ready to welcome you for sessions on Thursdays & Saturdays, with occasional availability on other days. (In a spatial collaboration with our friends )

Lookout for some upcoming Community Wellness events, we’ll be hosting, to make healing more accessible.
Plus Mindful Monday: yoga + sound healing classes (with ) and also stay tuned, for a complimentary mat Pilates class (with ) in June for our lovely QT fam!!

Ever need a specific time? Just DM us — we’ll do our best to make it work 💛

And yes — we still offer house calls and love hosting your intimate gatherings, family events, or corporate wellness sessions! Whether you’d like to rent our space or have us come to you and host, we’re here to co-create something meaningful.

Come breathe, heal, and connect in a space made for restoration. We can’t wait to see you 🫂✨

05/14/2026

05/05/2026

🌿 Mindful Monday: Yoga/Stretch + Sound
📅 Monday, May 11, 2026
🕕 6:15 – 7:30 PM
📍 Spa Castle, Queens, NY
🎟️ [RSVP/Purchase Link in bio via Partiful or Luma]

Join Mandi + Rebecca for a grounding evening of gentle vinyasa flow and deep sound healing — a reset for your nervous system and your spirit.

After the soundbath, Mandi will offer a limited number of ear seed placements (first come, first served — reserve your spot at checkout).

✨ Add-Ons Available at Purchase:
• Heated Aromatherapy Eye Masks – infused with calming botanicals, yours to use during the soundbath or to take home
• Live Plants to Adopt – carry the calm forward; each comes with care instructions (that we’ll email over with a little note of intention) - let us know, so we know how many to bring along 🪴

We have comfortable yoga mats, cushions and tea available for you.

Feel free to bring your own mat, if you wish + a water bottle, blanket or sweater and an open heart.

Let’s breathe, release, and return — together.

Bonuses:
•30% off admission to utilize Spa Castle’s facilities before or after the class.
•Bring a friend discount!
•First (5) ticket purchases get a swag bag!!

In Wellness, Stretch + Sound,
Mandi + Rebecca

04/24/2026

🌿 Last Call at 36th St: Our Final Mindful Monday in This Sacred Space
📍 43-22 36th Street, LIC
📅 Monday, April 27, 2026 | 🕛 6:15–7:30 PM
🎟️ Link in bio to RSVP

This will be our final Mindful Monday in this beautiful QT space — the room where so many of you have breathed, released, and returned to yourselves.

We’re moving on to new chapters — with Mindful Mondays at Spa Castle and the LIC Waterfront; already on the books — and we’ll share all the deets soon.

But for now, let’s come together one last time in this space, that we’ve created into a sanctuary.

For vinyasa, sound, and (optional) ear seeds.
For stillness. For connection. For gratitude.

We’ll have tea, soft music, and all the props.
And a little extra love in the air. 💛

If you’ve ever unrolled your mat here, sat in stillness, or just *showed up for yourself* — come vibe with us.

We’re manifesting City View Racquet Club as our forever QT home (fingers crossed 🤞🏽), and we’ll of course keep you all looped in. But no matter where we land — you’re our QT fam and we’re so appreciative of your support of our small business!!

Let’s close this chapter with full hearts.

With so much love,
Mandi + Rebecca + Aura



🪷 P.S. There’s an office space within our current building / on the same floor, who we are able to rent from, in the interim of figuring out the details of what’s coming next — so we can continue to see clients!! Book your appointments — and we’ll pick you up from the elevator, to avoid any confusion of “where to go”.

03/30/2026

🌿 Mindful Monday: Spring Vinyasa + Live Sound Healing
In collaboration with
📅 Mondays in April | 🕛 6:15–7:30 PM
📍 Quintessential Therapy, Long Island City
🎟️ $44 | Ear Seeding Add-On: $22 (normally $33)

Spring is rising — and so are we. 🪷

Join Rebecca of Soul Narrative Yoga and Mandi of Quintessential Therapy for a 75-minute journey to move, melt, and arrive. 🧚🏽‍♀️🧚🏽‍♀️

We’ll begin with a warming vinyasa flow — gentle, grounding, and designed to awaken your body with the energy of the season. No pressure, no performance — just presence.

Then, settle into your mat as I guide you into a live sound healing journey — layered with crystal bowls, handpan, chimes, and reiki infusion. Let the frequencies carry what words can’t.

✨ Bonus Healing option:
During the sound bath, Aura from Quintessential Therapy will offer ear seeding — a non invasive, micro-point acupressure practice that calms the nervous system, supports sleep, and deepens relaxation.
Available for $22 add-on (incredibly, that’s at cost — normally $33!).

We’ll have:
• Yoga mats & props
• Cushions, blankets
• eye masks (additional charge)
• Water
• + community and quiet vibes

Come as you are.
Leave softer.

👉 Spots are limited — reserve your space now.
Let Monday feel like a gift, not a grind.

DM to book or click the link in bio.

In fluidity and sound,
Mandi + Rebecca

03/26/2026

One of my favorite moments from my Fairy-Tastic birthday bash?

The aura photos. Seeing love work in real time!

The first — taken before my fam arrived — showed a bright, fiery red. I meannnnn, Aries season— am I right!?
But the second pic — with my kids and hubs in the room (and my little dude Sage right beside me) — my aura instantly shifted to a soft blue and purple, calm and lightly colored.
And to me? That’s showing the alchemy of family.
They don’t “just” love me.
They *ground* me.
They *calm* me.
They are my home.

-TasticBirthdayBash

03/26/2026

This wasn’t just a party. It was a love letter to myself and to us. 💌

To my people — family, friends, and clients who’ve become dear friends — thank you for wrapping me in warmth the night before my birthday. You showed up with such presence, such joy, and turned Quintessential Therapy into a fairy-tale forest of healing. 🌿🧚‍♀️

To and — those bouquets? STUNNING. You brought the garden of the goddesses into the room. 🌸💐
And … a card and cupcakes and remembering to bring candles— you’re a true gem! 💎

To my radiant wellness tribe — you are the heartbeat of this night:
🪷 Aura — your quiet healing touch grounded so many. Thank you for all of your assistance! And inviting Daniel, who jammed out with playing the handpan for most of the evening!! Thank you
🪷 Priscilla .nyc — those mini K-facials? Instant glow-up. Everyone left *shimmering*
🪷 Patty — those aura photos? SPELLBINDING. (More on that in the next post)
🪷 Sade — your astrology reads? *So* on point. Like, “how do you know my soul?” level accurate

And to — those sandwiches? Those smoothies? *Always* the vibe. Always delicious. Go visit our local favorites and get a chopped cheese or a chimi - level it up with a yummy smoothie - and you’ll be set! 🥪🥤

The Fairy Table was pure magic — watching you all create crystal wands, wrap selenite and adorning it with gold wire, flowers, feathers… and the *kids*? Oh, the kids. They were so sweet to watch create and decorate their wooden wands 🎵
Then they took a liking to the music and the pan drum, the ocean drums, the chimes, and helped to create their *own* soundbath. Daniel helped to guide them gently but they were also very instinctual.
Pure joy. Pure soul.

This night wasn’t about me “turning a year older”.
It was about all of us remembering how good it feels to pause, play, and simply, be held.

So thank you.
For the laughter.
For the stillness.
For the sparkle.
For making my heart so, so warm. 💛

📸🍾