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Aprill Wellness Center

We’ve Moved! This is an older page, but we kept it here because we LOVE the history of how Ann Arbor Holistic Health has evolved over the years!

Ann Arbor Holistic Health was originally founded by Gary Merel under the name Acupuncture Center of Ann Arbor. He was, as you may have guessed, an expert acupuncturist. In 2010, Gary was still offering acupuncture, but had begun to offer functional medicine services as well… even before Functional Medicine had a name! At that time, he changed the practice name to Digestive Health Ann Arbor to better reflect the expanded care he was offering. A few short years and countless hours of expert training later, Gary updated the practice name again to Ann Arbor Holistic Health. We’ve been Ann Arbor Holistic Health ever since.

In the years since Gary renamed the practice Ann Arbor Holistic Health, he partnered with Justine Altman of Journey to Vitality. The practices merged in 2021, keeping the name Ann Arbor Holistic Health.

Today, we are so proud to have been serving our community for over 20 years! Our small team of practitioners has grown to now serve virtually every chronic health concern out there, and for all 50 states. We still operate in-person out of our office in the Collingwood Building in Ann Arbor, but we’ve also been offering virtual services since 2015 and we serve clients in all 50 states.

Ann Arbor Holistic Health is now part of the Aprill Wellness Center. The Aprill Wellness Center’s mission is to inspire, teach, and help integrate health, healing and greater connection with oneself, one’s community and the Earth. The Center’s practitioners and businesses are united by a commitment to supporting lasting healing change. They include:


  • Marnie Burkman, MD and David Leavitt, MD, of Michigan Integrative Psychiatry, offering mental health treatment that integrates the best of holistic and conventional approaches
  • Tom Egan, Med Counseling
    Life Balance Coach, Consultant & Facilitator
  • Patty Anne Hart, E-RYT
    Every Body Happy Yoga and Healing Center
    Yoga classes, workshops and private sessions in our yoga studio
  • Mariah Newborne, a Licensed Esthetician of Balanced Touch Natural Skin and Body Care, offering professional skin care, acupressure, massage, Jin Shin Jyutsu, Reiki, Reiki classes and Ionic Footbaths.
  • Heather Brumwell & the Vita-Sun Health Store, offering nutritional supplements, natural local body care products, and Nutritional Response Testing

Aprill Wellness Center also presents healthy cooking classes in our fully functional teaching kitchen, live music and art events. A portion of the Center’s proceeds benefits Grass Lake Sanctuary, a local nonprofit organization.