With everything that’s currently going on in the world, it’s easy to feel restless, overwhelmed or anxious. Rather than stressing about all the uncertainty, now is the time to put your efforts and focus into what you actually can control. Taking time every day for movement or exercise, meditation, gentle stretching, or getting outside for a walk or run in the fresh air will make a world of difference for both your physical and mental well-being. As we navigate these uncertain times, keep on moving!
Community News
Seniors and Stress
Chronic stress is harmful to people of all ages, but its impact on older adults can be particularly severe, increasing the risk of age-related diseases, hastening cognitive decline, and even triggering falls. Stressors that are common amongst the elderly include loss of control, personal loss, declining health, financial worries, personal safety, and loss of independence. To reduce stress, get regular exercise, eat balanced meals to ensure the mind and body are properly fueled, and ask for help. Talking with a trusted family member, friend, or healthcare professional, at the very least, releases pent-up stress and may even lead to a solution.
Regaining Mobility & Independence
Our day-to-day lives often involve activities that require us to venture out into public, whether it’s going to the bank, attending medical appointments, shopping, or spending time with friends and family. For those who experience mobility challenges, simple errands can be more difficult and less convenient, especially when having to rely on others for transport. Mobility scooters can help you or your loved one regain a sense of independence and control as errands become easier and access to more destinations becomes possible again. Regaining mobility and independence can simplify our daily tasks and offer us more choices.
Mediterranean Health Principles
Research has shown that following a Mediterranean diet can reduce the chance of developing conditions such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, cancer, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. The individual foods within the diet are particularly beneficial to health – using a wide range of organic fruits, vegetables, nuts and herbs gives the body maximum access to sources of vitamins, minerals and nutrients. The Mediterranean Diet offers a scientifically researched, affordable, balanced and health-promoting lifestyle choice. Help reduce your risk of a premature death and increase the chance of a healthy retirement.
Naturopathic Medicine Week: May 14-20
This week looks to highlight what Naturopathic Medicine is and how it could be of benefit to you. The naturopathic philosophy is to stimulate the natural healing properties of the body and treat the underlying cause of dysfunction. You can utilize naturopathic medicine along in conjunction with conventional medical therapies to achieve optimal health, as Naturopathic Medicine has a large priority on preventative medicine. This could include dietary and lifestyle advice, herbal medicine, acupuncture amongst other modalities. In these times of stress and uncertainty, check us out to see how we can help support your goals.
Skills for Life
Empowering youth in sport skills, pro-social skills, and motor skills provides them with confidence in themselves and their abilities to do well in life. The confidence they build to try something new, possibly fail, try again, and succeed is a trait that will grow and blossom in their most important years of development and stay with them for a lifetime. Sportball builds confidence in children that they are capable of anything and the organization understands that everyone learns at different rates and has different abilities that should be celebrated. Go to sportball.ca/south-saskatchewan/our-methodology/ for more information on building skills for life.
Vivid Fun Run Fundraiser
The Roots School was founded last year by Amy Cojocar, whose dream is to help students satisfy all their needs at school — including developing resilience and healthy coping mechanisms, and becoming emotionally self-regulated. The Roots School needs community support for its first two years of operation before provincial funding kicks in, so a full-day fundraising event is scheduled for June 3 at Battle Creek Adventure Park. Come out and enjoy a barbecue, raffles, activities and games, a demo from Saskatchewan’s Strongest Man, and plenty of vivid, eco-friendly powders that will make a rainbow of colourful explosions during the racecourse!
Celebrate Mothers and Teachers
May is a month to celebrate mothers and teachers – why not gift these special people in your life with a holistic approach to living better? Norwex® has you covered from head to home with advanced microfiber innovative household cleaners and transformative personal care products that are as safe as they are effective. Creating a safe haven is as easy as 1-2-3! 1) Norwex® Microfiber: From trapping the tiniest dust particles to wiping away stuck-on messes while removing up to 99% of bacteria from a surface with ONLY water. 2) Household: Get clean results from using Norwex’s® plant-based and enzyme-powered, sustainable solutions – no harmful chemicals in your cleaning routine! 3) Personal Care: Ultra-clean formulas powered by natural, Nordic ingredients leave your hair, skin, and body healthier, while looking and feeling younger.
Product Review: Utrition
Utrition allows you to take action on your nutritional needs, based on your own DNA. This simple and affordable, personalized nutritional formula is made for you using your own SNPs (Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms), which are DNA sequence variations that are unique to you. These are then used to analyze and build a nutritional formulation exclusively for you, by your unique genetic code, built into your DNA. Utrition takes the guesswork out of which vitamins and supplements to take by using your DNA, which can reveal your body’s precise nutritional requirements. Those nutritional requirements are then used to create your own precise nutritional formula.
Product Review: Eminence Organics
Lavender Age Corrective Night Concentrate. Deeply hydrate and replenish the skin overnight with this potent night concentrate containing rich argan oil, jojoba oil and shea butter. Lavender soothes you to sleep while the unique Anti-Aging Stem Cell Complex penetrates to improve skin density and smooths wrinkles for advanced age correction. Key Ingredients; Lavender. Argan Stem Cell Complex (Argan Stem Cells and Nutmeg Seed): contains PhytoCellTec™ Argan stem cells and Nutmeg Seed. Argan Oil: antioxidant; softens and moisturizes. Evening Primrose Oil: moisturizes. Shea Butter: moisturizes and revitalizes the look of skin. Jojoba Oil: supports and hydrates the look of skin.
Better Mobility, Increased Independence
Using a walker can extend a senior’s ability to maintain their independence and can help them continue to live a healthy and active lifestyle. However, sometimes this can be a hard decision to face. If you or a senior loved one are experiencing shortness of breath when walking short distances, having difficulty bearing weight on the legs, needing to rest frequently when walking, noticing trouble with balance, or having difficulty walking up a short flight of stairs, it might be time to consider a walker. Don’t wait until something drastic has happened to experience the benefits of using a walker!
