AN INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE. >> EVERY SMALL TO THEM COULD USE A CHARMING BOOKSTORE. THE METROWEST COMMUTE OR DEAL HOLLISTON, THERE IS NO A BOOKSTORE AND A LOT MORE. >> WE ARE A LITTLE TUCKED AWAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T KNOW WE EXIST. WE THINK IT IS A SPECIAL LOCATION BECAUSE THE SPACE IS SO UNIQUE. COMING IN AND MEANDERING THROUGH THE NOOKS AND CRANNIES MAKES KIDS FEEL LIKE IT IS AN ADVENTURE. >> THE SELECTISON OF BOOKS RANGES FROM MAINSTREAM TO SMALL PRESS PUBLISHERS. LEAH OPENED THEOO BKSRETO ON WASHINGTON STREET 2019. >> WE FELT LIKE THE ROLE OF THE INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE HAD A PLACE HERE IN THIS COMMUTYNI BECAUSE BOOKS ARE MORE THAN THE PHYSICAL OBJECT. THEY ARE AN ADVENTURE. THEY ARE NOSTALGIC. EVERYBODY HAS THAT ONE BOOK THEY SEE THE TITLE OR THE COVER AND THEY ARE IMMEDIATELY TRANSPORTED BACK TO SITTING ON SOMEONE’S LAP OR THE FIRST TIME THEY FELL IN LOVE WITH A STORY. >> WE ALSO SELL PUZZLES, GAMES AND TOYS. SHE HOPES THE SELECTION INSPIRES CREATIVITY FOR ALL WHO VISIT. >> EVERYBODY LOVES TO GET THE RIGHT BOOK IN KID’S HAND. WE GET A LOT OF NOTES FROM PARENTS AND PICTURES FROM PARENTS WITH THEIR KIDANDS BOS OKTHEY HAVE BOUGHT HERE TELLING US IT IS THEIR FAVORITE PLACE TO GO AND IT IS A GOOD FEELING. >>>> LIKE AESOP’S FABLE, THE COMMUNITY OF HOLLISTON ITSELF IS A LITTLE TUCKED AWAY. WEST OF BOSTON AND EAST OF WORCESTER. >> A COZY TUCKED IN TOWN BECAUSE IT IS KINDA FAR FROMTHE MAJOR HIGHWAYS. ONCE YOU ARE IN IT, THERE’S SO MUCH TO DO AND SO MUCH TO SEE. SO MUCH LIVELIHOOD AND SHOPS. >> SARAH RUNA MES NTAL HEALTH PRACTICE FROM HER HOLLISTON HOME BUT SHE SOUGHT A PLACE WHERE SHE COULD CONNECT WITH HER COMMUNITY. SHE FOUNAD WORKSPA DCEOWNTOWN AT THE BIRD AND BEAR COLLECTIVE. >> A PLACE TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE. I WORK FROM HOME. COMING HERE, SEEING OTHER PEOPLE WORKING THE BUSIRINESSES, GETTING IDEAS AND BEING PRODUCTIVE. >>ODUCTIVE. AARON OPEN BIRD AND BEAR IN 2021. >> WE ARE A SPACE FOR WORKING, SHOPPING, WORK SHOPPING, GATHERING, CONNECTIONS, POP-UPS, EXPERIENCES AS WELL AS EVENTS AND ALL FORMS OF NESTI,NG RESTING, EXPLORING AND SOARING. >>ER H PREVISOU EXPERIENCE IN CORPORATE AMERICA HELPED SHAPE THE MISSION OF THE BUSINESS. >> I WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE DIVERSITY INCLUSION MOVEMENT ON A GLALOB SCA.LE IT WAS TIME TO TAKE THAT HARD FOR INCLUSION AND CONNECTION AND BRING IT TO A LOCAL LEVEL. >> IT IS SORT OF THE PLACE WE DID NOT KNOWE WNEEDED AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL THEY FOUND A SPACE HERE IN HOLLISTON BEUSECA IITS A PERFECT COMPLEMENT TO WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN THE AREA .>> HELPING OTHERS FEEL GOOD IS MICHAELA’S MISSION AS THE OWNER OF MINDFUL RECOVERY. SHE SAYS THE ALTERNATIVE HEALTH AND WELLNESS TREATMENTS OFFERED AT THE EXCHANGE STREET SPA BALANCE OUT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS OF CUSTOMERS LIVES. >> THIS CAME TO BE IN OCTORBE OF 2019 BECAUSE AS SOMEONE WHO TAKES PHYSICAL AND MEL TDOL -- MENTAL WELL-BEING SERIOUSLY, I FOUND THERE WAS A LACK OF SERVICES OFFERED LOCALLY WHERE YOU COULD DO THAT. >> WELL SON IS OUR PROPER -- ARE POPULAR HERE, ETH CHILLIER ALTERNATIVE IS ON THE AGENDA FOR ME THIS DAY. >> YOU’RE GOING TO PUT DISSIPATE INRY COTHERAPY AND IT IS WHOLE BODY CRYOTHERAPY WHICH IS WHEN YOU IMMERSE YOUR BODY IN NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES. THE TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM -200 TO -240. WE WILL BE IN THERE FOR THREE MINUTES. YOU WILL HAVE PROTECVETI GEAR, GLOVES, SOCKS AND SLIPPERS. >> SHE CLAIMS CRYOTHERAPY CAN HELP CLIENTS WITH INFLAMMATION, INT JOPAIN, BOOST THEIR IMMUNITY AND HELP WITH ANXIETY. SLIPPERS ON. WE ARE GETTING IN. HERE WE GO. A LITTLE BIT COLDER. >> THE BODY IS GOING TO PULL ALL THE BLOOD FROM YOUR EXTREMITIES TO YOUR CORE TO KEEP YOUR VITAL ORGANS WARM. WHILE YOUR BLOOD IS IN YOUR CORE, IT IS GOING TO BE RE-AUXIN AID -- WE OXYGENATE UP SHOULD YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES LEFT. SHIVERING IS G AOOD THG.IN >> AMAZING. I’M GLAD IT’S ER.OV >> YOU CAN GET ON THE SKEHAR. THAT WILL WARM YOU UP A B.IT >> MY LEGS ARE FROZEN BUT IT DOES FEEL GOOD. >> WHEN YOU GET TO WARM UP, YOU SHOULD FEEL REFRESHED, INVIGOTERAD. YOU SHOULD HAVE SOME ENERGY. >> I LEGS ARE CALLED BUT IT FEELS AMAZING. SHAYNA: MICHAELA CLAIMS THE CDOL THERAPY CAN BURN UP TO 800 CALORIES A SESSION. NICOLE TELLS US SHE ATE AN ENTIRE PIZZA THAT NIG.HT BACK TO AESOP’S FABLE BOOKSHOP,