{"id":2133,"date":"2021-10-03T08:43:50","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T04:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/?p=2133"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:30:06","slug":"holly-holistic-sees-increased-business-despite-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/2021\/10\/03\/holly-holistic-sees-increased-business-despite-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Holly Holistic sees Increased Business despite Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/17aqWRKhWbwUWriJD_-gRNDZSOXkV-saN\/preview\" width=\"720\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Journalism student Poojaraj Maniyeri reports on healing options at Holly Hollistic.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Poojaraj Maniyeri<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dubai \u2013 Holly Holistic, which opened its doors in 2016, has rapidly evolved from a small shop to a bigger space with outdoor facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shop sells crystals sourced from nature that are believed to have healing properties. Holly Holistic also displays oracle cards, books about spirituality and pendant necklaces. According to Jhoy Celajes, a Holly Holistic staff member, visitors believe that these items bring good luck and cleanse negative energy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oracle cards provide messages for motivation and positivity, according to Celajes. She added that visitors feel relaxed and calm after entering the shop.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Celajes said that business increased for Holly Holistic despite the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. During lockdown period, the shop received online orders. Holly Holistic accepted limited appointments in accordance with social distancing guidelines as the situation improved.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Celajes said, \u201cMore people have begun going into spirituality especially after COVID.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The staff member added that the pandemic led people to approach calming practices, meditation and yoga among other techniques.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journalism student Poojaraj Maniyeri reports on healing options at Holly Hollistic. By Poojaraj Maniyeri Dubai \u2013 Holly Holistic, which opened its doors in 2016, has rapidly evolved from a small shop to a bigger space with outdoor facilities. The shop sells crystals sourced from nature that are believed to have healing properties. Holly Holistic also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,11],"tags":[17,52,45,48,25],"class_list":{"0":"post-2133","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news","8":"category-video-reports","9":"tag-community","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-leisure","12":"tag-lifestyle","13":"tag-sharjah-uae","14":"post_format-post-format-video"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}