Everyone wants to be happy — but sometimes it can seem so out-of-reach! Happiness is not always an easy target. Maybe you are carrying around a sense of dissatisfaction, irritation, or disappointment that does not go away. Where does this come from? Is it how you are living now, or is it an old experience? Other people say “let it go” – but how do you do that?! How can you change the story? Counselling provides a safe, encouraging place to explore your options, including how to start connecting with what makes you feel satisfied and joyful.
Community News
New Superberry: an Antioxidant Powerhouse
In the spectrum of nutrition, berries rank near the top, and among berries, none are more nutritious than the Aronia berry. That’s because powerful antioxidants (proanthocyanidins) in Aronia berries remove harmful free oxygen radicals from cells. Research shows that in diabetics, Aronia berry juice reduced blood glucose, and its extracts reduced inflammation and improved immunity. An extract of Aronia berries injected into highly malignant brain tumor cells killed malignant cells within 24 hours without harming healthy cells. And in hard-to-treat cancers, combining Aronia with chemotherapy improved the effectiveness of conventional drugs.
Optimize Your Life!
We all want to live our best life, but it’s pretty easy to feel off-track. This can sneak up on us – an unsatisfying job, an upsetting event, or feelings about an ex, can lead you to cope in unhelpful ways. Or maybe it’s unclear where this feeling comes from. It can be hard to know how to act confidently towards your goals! How do you think well of yourself when you’re stuck? Counselling is a safe, neutral place to explore what’s next for you, and to feel better about yourself.
Healing Through Blood Flow
BEMER is changing the way we think about our health, challenging our understanding of the human body, and empowering us to reach optimal physical condition in a natural, non-invasive way. If micro-circulation to each cell is improved, cardiac function is enhanced, strength and energy increase, mental acuity and concentration are improved, detoxification processes improve, stress is reduced and sleep improves! ALL 100 trillion cells in the body are affected by blood flow, so ALL cells have a chance at healing. Imagine feeling better tomorrow than you do today!
Healing With Classical Yoga Therapy
The core principle of Classical Yoga Therapy is that people have an enormous natural capacity for healing and transformation in which Yoga can play an invaluable role. Whether the desire for healing stems from an illness, injury or from an urge to overcome inner struggle and engage a deeper exploration of oneself, a more individual, therapeutic approach to yoga is essential. Certified Yoga Therapists address your whole Being; Body, Mind and Spirit. In 1:1 sessions your particular confluence of issues, needs and capabilities are considered in the creation of your personalized practice, as are your age, energy level and lifestyle.
Community Events
March 22nd, 1 – 4 pm: Deep Self Care – An Afternoon Retreat/Workshop. If you are feeling stressed, overwhelmed, depleted or simply in need of some R&R give yourself an afternoon of Deep Self Care while you learn simple MindBody Yoga practices for everyday living that help to restore your sense of inner sustenance and connection. Brentwood Bay Resort. Harriet Ross – Certified Yoga Therapist, Yoga Teacher and Awakening Coach Space is limited, registration: YogaandHealing.ca
April 6 – 9 Tofino Yoga and Wellness Retreat. All-Inclusive 3 night, 4 day. Welcome to the Pacific Sands Yoga & Wellness Experience. From beachfront Tofino accommodations, morning/evening yoga and nourishing meals, to an apothecary workshop and optional surf/massage add-ons, this seaside savasana is what your mind and body has been craving. Namaste. Maximum 12 participants by design; limited space available. Pacific Sands PacificSands.com/offers/pacific-sands-yoga-wellness-experience
Reach Your Potential and Invest in Self Care
When you are on an airplane, the flight attendant always tells you to put on your mask before helping anyone else. Why? Because you are no good to anyone else if you aren’t well. The same goes for everyday life. If you want to reach your potential, invest in self-care. Schedule YOU time in your calendar as if it were an important meeting. Start with once a week and eventually, try for once a day. Use that YOU time to do anything that helps YOU be well.
Product Spotlight: The RainMate®
Experience the sweet smell of clean. The RainMate® is the perfect air purifier for your home or office, with it’s compact size and chic design it fits into any decor. Utilizing mother nature’s most powerful element – water – it circulates fresh air throughout your space while radiating the gentle, ambient sound of running water. Infuse the water with any of 10 all natural scents like Eucalyptus or Tea Tree Mint and bring the spa to you! You can also use the night light and diffuse a calming blue light into the water basin for ultimate relaxation.
Natural Product Spotlight
VoxxTherapy is a premium knee support that also delivers all the benefits of VoxxLife HPT Human Performance Technology. VoxxTherapy is effective in managing knee pain caused by any activity that puts pressure on your knee, and can assist in reducing inflammation and stiffness, while also providing a heating effect that supports muscle recovery. Voxx HPT is a proprietary pattern of neuro-receptor activation points, called neuro-points. Users of Voxx HPT see increased overall muscular strength, better balance, and improved flexibility and stamina. VoxxTherapy works well for all athletes, as well as anyone who needs additional support, including those with previous injuries.
Body Mind Detox
The world is full of toxins. For the time being, there’s no changing that. What you can change however, is how you protect yourself from these toxins. Manage your own waste and toxic emotions by detoxing. A fast way to jumpstart healthy change. Detox cleanses, nourishes, and restores our core organs of detoxification and elimination; the liver and colon, kidney and bladder. Including the emotions, they regulate; anger, depression, anxiety and compulsiveness. Cleansing these organs takes stress off our heart, helps our body maintain healthy cholesterol and blood sugar, clears our head and strengthens immunity.
Book Club: The Art of Choosing You
Judging ourselves and others can feel empowering, as if we are sorting out the world and freeing ourselves from the constraints of the people and situations that fail to measure up to whatever external standard we are using. However, this book argues that judgment is a trap, putting us on a hamster wheel as we continually strive to meet an arbitrary set of expectations rather than being true to ourselves. Drawing deeply on the author’s struggle to follow her own unique path through life, this book empowers readers to abandon judgment and allow themselves to pursue a life that transcends the short-sighted and self-serving expectations that our society imposes upon them.
