We are so glad that you’re here! Located in Hanover, PA, Wholly Holistic is our endeavor to provide wellness products, services, and educational resources in a one-stop shop. Our philosophy is that everyone deserves to know what options they have to reach optimal health and our mission is to ensure that you get your needs met and feel empowered and hopeful about your well-being. We strive to make our store a space where everyone is welcome and is treated with kindness and understanding.
In our shop, you’ll find:
- Vitamins, Minerals, and Supplements – The bulk of our store is dedicated to your daily wellness and includes multivitamins, minerals, supplements, essential oils, and homeopathic remedies to help with a range of needs from digestive care to detoxing, cleansing, cardiovascular support, hormone regulation, diabetes regulation and much more.
- The Apothecary – An entire wall dedicated to dozens of organic loose herbs, berries, flowers, and roots such as burdock, ginger, turmeric, elderberries, calendula, and hyssop. Come here to make your own salves, tinctures, and teas.
- The Market – Our home goods and natural food section is filled with local and world-famous honey, pre-made teas, drinks, snacks, candy, fresh local beef, milk, chicken, and eggs.
- The Body Shop – You can stock your bathroom cupboards here with products like witch hazel, castor oil, lotions, soaps, fluoride-free toothpaste, deodorants, and natural hair dyes and shampoos.
Our Staff
We are a small and friendly staff who have over 40 years of combined experience in natural remedies and eclectic backgrounds including anthropology, travel, culture, spirituality, social justice, the arts, and more. We undertake hours of professional training each year to cultivate the most up-to-date knowledge in homeopathic, herbal, and natural remedies, and we vigorously research and vet all products we carry on our shelves. In doing so, we help you purchase healing remedies for yourself and your loved ones in confidence.
Evolution of the Store
Back in 2003, the store was originally known as Allen’s Natural Foods, a small, regional chain with multiple locations. Allen’s served the community for many years and planted the seed for what is Wholly Holistic today.
In 2019, Terry and Judy Tessem, who are the owners of Tessem Stoneware in Pigeon Hills, PA, bought the store and renamed it to Wholly Holistic. They expanded on the original store’s ideas by completely renovating the interior and offering new brands that gave the community better choices.
Christine Nash came on board as the shop Manager in 2020. After a couple of years, Christine purchased the store from Terry and Judy and started building upon their work to incorporate natural healing remedies into the local area.
Christine was introduced to holistic health in 2012 when issues with her health forced her to take a closer look at how she was caring for herself. After discovering how living a holistic lifestyle made a profoundly positive impact on her wellness and life overall, she decided to become an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach. She became certified through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City in 2016.
As Christine took a deeper dive into wellness, she discovered how important energy work is to overall wellness. She then spent the next 2 years studying Reiki and reached the Master’s level in 2018. To complete and round out her education, she became a meditation teacher in 2020.
Wholly Holistic Today
Today, Wholly Holistic is your local hub for wellness products, community experts, and artists. We strive to have as many local products, handmade gifts, and events as possible under one roof so that you don’t have to go far to get what you need and support small businesses at the same time.
Our talented local artists create:
- Pottery
- Glass art
- Jewelry
- Homemade soaps
- Natural products such as elderberry syrup kits and magnesium salves
- And more!
We partner with local community experts who host free and low-cost workshops in our store. You can learn:
- How to make your own kombucha
- Where to start with supplements
- How to use essential oils
- Natural remedies for pregnancy
- And more!
And, we host events so you can meet other like-minded individuals and taste delicious snacks and beverages curated by our staff and partners, including:
- Botanical mocktails and local mead
- Monthly men’s circle
- Health 101 seminars
- Reiki sessions
- And more!
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