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The Atelier

A workshop for vitality.

Labhaus is a boutique wellness atelier in New York City — founded on the belief that the most refined care is also the most personal.

Joannie Almonte, MSN, AGACNP-BC — Founder of labhaus
Founder · Creative Director · MSN, AGACNP-BC

Joannie Almonte.

Joannie Almonte is a board-certified adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner who trained at NYU's Rory Meyers College of Nursing. Her clinical work — at Level I trauma centers and through the height of the pandemic — taught her something most wellness spaces forget: the body keeps a precise record, and rapid, considered care changes outcomes.

Labhaus is what happens when that clinical lens meets a softer ambition. A space that is neither a sterile medspa nor a generic wellness studio — but a composed atelier where aesthetics, holistic care, and mindful movement are practiced as a single conversation, around a single person.

Joannie consults personally in English and Spanish, and has carried her practice abroad — volunteer medical work in Kenya, South Africa, and Ghana. The atelier's philosophy is hers: that real wellness is the slow accumulation of small, intentional returns — and that beauty, balance, and longevity are not three goals but one.

I wanted to make a space that treated wellness the way a tailor treats a garment. Considered. Personal. Made for one.

Credentials
  • MSN — NYU Rory Meyers
  • AGACNP-BC (board certified)
  • BSN — magna cum laude
  • ACLS · PALS · TNCC
Based In
  • New York City
  • English & Spanish
  • By consultation
  • Flagship atelier — opening soon
The Method

Four principles, kept.

On Craft

Wellness, treated as a craft.

Every treatment is composed by hand. Nothing is pre-batched, nothing is automated, nothing is rushed. The same care a tailor brings to a garment, we bring to the body.

On Time

Slowness is the practice.

The modern world rewards speed. The body does not. The work that matters — recovery, resilience, regulation — happens in slow, repeated returns.

On the Whole

Skin is downstream of breath.

We do not treat in silos. Skin, hormones, nervous system, sleep, strength — these are one conversation. We listen to all of them.

On the Few

Curated, never crowded.

We keep our calendar small on purpose. A relationship with the atelier should feel like a private studio — not a queue.

Begin

Your first composition.

Every relationship with the atelier begins with a brief consultation. Tell us where you are. We'll design the rest.

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