by Eva Liao

Interview with Juliene Ebner: “…Getting a great haircut is a given here, but we’re also about community. We do tons of workshops: shiatsu, feng shui, classical Indian music. The people who come to this salon, they’re artists, healers, reiki practitioners, massage practitioners, yoga teachers, meditation counselors, nutritionists…”

“I’m a grad school dropout­—had a degree in Eastern philosophy—so I like to say I went from cosmology to cosmetology. Everything we use is nontoxic, organic, safe and well-researched. Working in the typical hair salon environment was uninspiring, so I just kinda cut hair on the side for a long time. And then about six, seven years ago I got into eating organically, doing yoga, living holistically. I always wanted to open up my own tiny shop, something small and friendly. Getting a great haircut is a given here, but we’re also about community. We do tons of workshops: shiatsu, feng shui, classical Indian music. The people who come to this salon, they’re artists, healers, reiki practitioners, massage practitioners, yoga teachers, meditation counselors, nutritionists. I enjoy going to a bar, having a drink, whatever—I’m not a fanatic, I live in the real world. I have kids, and I just try to feed them as many whole foods and grains as I can. And the more you do it, the more you can’t go back to eating another way. My triumph is my daughter stuffing down brown rice, bok choy and tofu, and saying, ‘This is so good.’ I’m like, ‘Yay!’ But trust me, they want chocolate cookies too. It’s the Buddhist way. You gotta take the middle path.”