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Through Embody, she helped host
events in the Hamptons in the summer.
In early January, she hosted a Women's
Wellness Workshop on holistic self care
at Always Astoria studio. She will also be
teaching Pilates at the studio. Being from
Astoria has helped her business because
people already know and trust her, Borza
said. “Having that network built in already
has been helpful in building my platform,”
she said.
Borza, who grew up in Astoria, said she
remembers when the only place she could
buy gluten-free bread was at one health
store in Manhattan. Back then, the neighborhood
was predominantly Greek families
— including Borza’s own family, as she is half-
Greek. There has been an influx of young
professionals, which has shifted the composition
of the neighborhood, she said.
“Young professionals have a different
set of goals and aspirations than a mom or
other people I might work with,” she said.
She encourages her clients, especially
the young professionals, to try a digital
detox, which involves taking a break from
your phone and social media, creating
space in your day without technology. She
said social media can be fake and set unreasonable
expectations for people.
“Taking a break from technology is becoming
harder and harder, but I think people need
it more and more,” Borza said. She expects to
help clients with this more in 2018.
She recommends turning off technology
and hour before bedtime. Constant
exposure to light emitted from technology
can inhibit sleep, so beginning a ritual of
limiting that can improve sleep, an in turn,
overall wellness, she said.
MIND + BODY