Inner Fire Integrative Health Services

This place wants to sell you supplements and they do not do any nutritional work. It’s a scam

Diane was wonderful. I have been getting colonics for many years and she made me feel comfortable as soon as I walked in. The space had relaxing music and felt very Zen. Although I do prefer disposable speculum for hygiene, the metal one was much more comfortable. Great deal on lifebooker!

Gina was very pleasant and explained the process to a first timer in a way that was simple and not preachy. I felt at ease — although the actual colonic is not the most comfortable experience, she made it a lot more comfortable than I think it could have been. I felt lighter and more vibrant that evening and the day after.
I will definitely go back for regular visits.

My technician is Jeanine. She has won me over with colon therapy. She has great bedside manner; talkative to get your mind off the fact you have a tube up your butt. But not mindless chatter – she’ll answer any and all questions and discuss your health habits to try to figure out why you’re not regular… I do not go regularly… like once a week. TMI, but I made a decision to make a change in diet to get closer to non processed produced filled life, and I was hoping that a colonic would help cleanse the old leftover cheeseburger pizza residue and get me pooping regularly. Well, it’s a process. Jeanine recommended three initial cleanses, which we did over a period of about 2 months. Three really was the magic number, because I didn’t produce much the first two times, but the third visit, I pooped about 4 bowel movements. And strangely enough, I felt euphoric and high for a moment right after, and just felt great in general all day after. To sum it up: I’m new to this and wanted to give it a try, especially because I’m not regular. The discomfort level is low, because Jeanine is a technician that will help you get over the discomfort. The discomfort involved is the cramps that come up when she’s massaging your stomach to break up stuff that wants to come out. But it’s like period cramps. And they don’t last long. Affordability wise – if you get a coupon deal, then they offer you two additional discounted rates for the next two sessions that are only a little more than the coupon price.

I went for my first colonic today. I was skeptical if it would work and of course nervous about the whole ordeal. Janine was super nice from the moment I walked in. She made me feel very comfortable talking about an uncomfortable topic! She explained step by step everything she was doing and that I would feel no pain but maybe some discomfort. She was exactly right. I felt very taken care of and not embarrassed at all! The procedure was over in a quick hour and I feel pretty good! I purchased 2 more and will go back to get my body back on track and try and keep it there! Janine also gave me a ton of advice on foods and when to eat them. She is full of information. Recommend seeing Janine!

i bought a groupon and after calling for a month to set up an appointment i finally made one for 2 months later because she was too booked. after traveling into the city that day, specifically for the appointment, i was left waiting for a half hour, then after hearing the whispers between the receptionist and hydrotherapist, «she’s not in the book, i don’t know what to tell you» and «she’ll have to come back». I was asked to reschedule because they could not find my appointment. after being highly disappointed, and displeased, the other woman who shares the office space, offered to help. she was absolutely wonderful, kind, and well educated. i HIGHLY recommend Rose Siano of Suite Retreat.

Marie, one of the colon hydrotherapists at Inner Fire is beyond a doubt one of the most wonderful practitioners I have been graced to come across. I have been into colonics for nearly fifteen years and have been through my rounds of a variety of practitioners, but have rarely had a chance to meet a gem such as Marie. Her breadth and scope of knowledge about nutrition and wellness is beyond impressive. You will be in good hands with her.

Just like the previous reviewer, I have done colonic many times prior to Inner Fire. I am also a moon lighting nutritionist who likes to learn from others’ experience. Therefore, after two months of thinking, I decided to share my conclusion. The therapist who helped me with colonic was inexperience and nervous. Not only the way she operated the procedure and also the advises she offered for my food intake. I had never had discomfort with colonic therapy before, but, without getting into details, the therapist did not know what she is doing and made my body reacted badly for a week. The owner, Diane, later offered to do another colonic for me when I contacted her. She has proven to me the therapist she hired was a newbie and did not know what she was doing. However, I still saw the inexperienced therapist doing colonic for Inner Fire when I returned without Diane in the room.
I understand we all want to make money. However, colonic is rather an intimate therapy that requires professional knowledge and service in order for users to feel secure and comfort during AND after the session. I think it is unethical that Inner Fire continues to hire unprofessional staff without supervising the inexperienced staff. It is like a hospital hiring newly graduated doctors/​nurses without senior doctors’ supervise.

(i think) i am the first reviewer who isn’t a colonic newbie so i can offer a comparative review and i confidently say i will never go back.
they offer a gravity colonic as opposed to the more popular colonic involving a machine with dials that the hydrotherapist controls. in contrast to the machine one, this type uses a metal, instead of plastic, speculum to insert anally. sure, metal is more eco-​friendly over plastic, but raises concerns about hygiene. with plastic, a new one is used for each client session. i didn’t see and forgot to ask about how they clean the metal tool.
within the first few minutes, the speculum started slipping out during the procedure, resulting in fecally-​tainted water leaking out onto the table/​bed. then the water starting spewing out of the machine. chaos. not only did i have to endure the metal inserted again, but had to lay atop a fecally-​soaked bed for the remainder. concerns about the tube coming out tensed me and my sphincter up, which obviously is counterproductive to the release desired in hydrotherapy.
i wasn’t asked about how i felt or informed about the goings-​on of this procedure. also, the hydrotherapist had me fill out a first time client health survey but didn’t look at it (whatever, but then why have me fill it out?).
this was the least productive colonic ever.
if you are nervous, the hydrotherapist i had was pretty chill and tried to talk to me the whole time about unrelated stuff.
office was like a sauna (to be fair it was a surprisingly hot day) and requested you take off your shoes when coming in (so maybe don’t wear expensive shoes – remember sex and the city when carrie’s shoes got stolen this way? lol).
seemed like there was just one bathroom for multiple patients. kinda weird. however, the toilet offered a bidet cleansing, which i haven’t seen before.
when you buy cheap, you get cheap :(

Got my first colonic here yesterday. And had a very good experience. Its a beautiful space, very clean, has really good energy. Very professional staff. They do a variety of things here, including nutritional counseling (which is a post graduate program). It let me know that they really care about health, and are more educated regarding all the different aspects of health, than the average. Definitely would recommend this place to friends and family.

I had my first colon hydrotherapy experience last Saturday at Inner Fire. I bought a groupon based on the positive reviews here. All in all, it was a positive experience.
Diane worked with me to get me a last minute appointment before my groupon expired. Marie, the colon hydrotherapist, was really comforting (since I was obviously nervous because it was my first time), was well informed about colon health and nutrition, and seemed to do a great job (I don’t have another experience to compare it to). I would like to go back, but the pricetag is a little steep ($ 110/​session). This may be standard for colonic in NY, but I’d rather get a massage for that pricetag and stick to getting colonics through groupons and other deals.

I bought a Lifebooker deal to go to Inner Fire and didn’t know what to expect or how I would like the colonic and was amazed.
Diane is very calming and has a great way of making you at ease when you arrive. She explains everything to you and is really great during the entire process.
I ended up purchasing a 3 pack and plan on going back to visit her to help get my body back on track.
After my first experience, I felt incredibly lighter and had an enormous amount of energy with no after issues. My second treatment was with similar results, yet I can now feel when my body is digesting something and when it isn’t very well.
Her testing of various nutritional items is really amazing as well, as she shows you when something is working for you and something that isn’t. It really puts things into perspective.
I highly recommend her services and have already scheduled 2 more appointments.

I worked with Diane for a few months and not only did I feel better but I have seen some great changes. Let’s just say that my wedding dress needed to be completely re-​altered due to the weight loss. The Nutritional Response Testing is pretty cool and you can finally answer the question «is this good for me… should i be eating this?» Diane explains everything in a really digestible way :) Special call out for Melanie, the lovely office coordinator.

I got colonic done and it was pretty good, they work with you for the whole hour and do make sure you’re flushed all the way. I loved the heated toilet seat in the bathroom. The place is small, but relaxing and makes you feeling at ease.
The appt was booked through Lifebooker ($ 65) which is not too cheap, but a reasonable price to pay for such procedure.
I would definitely recommend to come here for colonic.

I went to the Manhahttan office on East 40^th Street. This was the first time I got a Colonic and I was nervous. The Clinician created such a comfortable environment and she was very professional. Besides being friendly, she offered me advise on nutrition and how to better balance my diet. The experience overall was great. I came out of the office relaxed, refreshed and cleansed.

Colonic Review: Went here because of the Lifebooker deal. The place was small, but cozy and comfortable. The people were very warm and friendly and really put you at ease. My session was conducted by Elaine. She was super friendly and was really great throughout the entire process. It surprisingly wasn’t awkward (well except for. you know). What helped was she was able to keep up a conversation with me for the whole hour and I kind of forgot about what was going on… kind of.
My only complaint is that I wasn’t really sure if I had a good session or a bad session. She didn’t really tell me how I did at the end. She gave some really good advice throughout the session regarding eating habits etc. but I wasn’t sure if that meant my system needed cleaning out really badly or if I’m in pretty good shape or what :-/​
Immediately after the session they let you go to the restroom in case you have any ‘unfinished business.’ I didn’t really and I felt great! 15 minutes later was a DIFFERENT STORY! I got severe cramps and had to find another restroom stat — I won’t get into details here, but I was in that restroom for 20 minutes. It was not fun. I’m not sure why that happened, but it came on suddenly and I was just thankful I hadn’t been on the train! Maybe the best thing to do is stick around the office for a full half an hour post session just to make sure …