“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
-John Wooden
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Clean Eating: Gluten-Free Pizza Crust
Ingredients: 2 cups + 3 tbsp gluten free all-purpose flour, 1 7.5-g package active dry yeast, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp maple syrup, 1 1/2 tbsp butter (melted), 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, 1 cup warm water. Directions: Mix flour, yeast and salt in a large bowl. Add the maple syrup, melted butter, olive oil and warm water and mix until combined. Using your hands, form the dough into a ball. Cover with plastic wrap. Set aside for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 450. Spread the dough onto a pizza pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Add your healthy toppings and place back in the oven until heated through. Enjoy!
Words to Live By
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
-John Wooden
Benefits of Children’s Yoga
Looking to give your children tools to develop personal insight and awareness? Kids’ yoga embraces the joy of being a kid by providing a safe, fun, and active way to be happy, healthy, and blissful! Through arts and imaginative play, children will explore yoga poses, calming techniques, breathing practices, and guided relaxation to foster creativity and self-esteem. In practicing yoga, children learn to connect with their inner self as they engage in non-competitive physical activity. Yoga provides children with tools to focus their mind by increasing sensitivity and creativity. Yoga at an early age can integrate the benefits of the practice into a powerful art-making experience.
Shay Finlay, Certified Yoga Professional, ShaYogi.com
Meet Your Practitioner
Meet Chelsy Balkwill, Registered Holistic Nutritionist and your Wellbeing Counsellor at Sobeys St. Annes. Born in BC and raised in Winnipeg, Chelsy has always had a passion for food and holistic health. After graduating from The Canadian School of Natural Nutrition in 2016 as a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, she pursued advanced certificates in cognitive Support, mindfulness and the neuropsychoendocrinology of regulated eating, nutrition and mental health including mood disorders and Alzheimer’s disease. Chelsy can be found in the Wellbeing and Natural Source departments at Sobeys St. Annes and is delighted to help you with your wellness needs.
Sobeys.com
Blue Light & Your Health
In today’s world, thanks to the high presence of screens in our lives, we are exposed to an increased level of blue light. Harmful blue light can affect your sleep, behavior and overall eye health. 1 in 4 Children spend 3 or more hours per day using digital devices and about 30% of adults spend more than 9 hours a day exposed to blue light. Protect yourself and your loved ones by: 1) Reducing your screen brightness and limit time spent with digital devices. 2) Following the 20/20 rule; Every 20 minutes look at something 20ft away for 20 seconds, and 3) Wear blue light filter lenses.
A to Z Optical, AtoZOptical.net
Building Core Stability
It’s important to establish spine stabilization prior to core strengthening. Mobility at joints such as the hips, and stability through the lumbar spine, create the base to strengthen the whole body. By building spine stability, you prevent the risk of injury and improve results when you build whole body and joint stability. Train core muscles to provide adequate stabilization before training movement, strength, and power. When we use our arms and legs, moving from our CORE, it’s designed to amplify power… NOT generate it. Learn more about how you can become strong, stable, and resilient at Functional Movement Flow/Ram Fitness.
Paola Rico Garcia, RKC/SFG/FMS/SFB/ PL Coach, SundragonStudios.ca
It’s Time for Spring Cleaning!
SPRING is in the Air! Time to get your home FRESH and CLEAN by getting rid of Winter’s dirt, dust and dander. Here is a checklist to do a “deeper Spring clean”. Wall Washing – Baseboards – Door frames- Window frames – Ceiling Fans – Inside windows & screens – Light fixtures – Vacuuming draperies and upholstery – Inside of cupboards & closets -Inside of kitchen appliances. A professional cleaning company can easily take care of these chores for you by using chemical-free products, or you can tackle these chores on your own. Make your home a “Clean & Healthy Home” this Spring!
Janet Miller, CleanAndGreenTeam.com
Fresh like Spring
If you’re like me, you must be anticipating the newness of Spring as the season approaches. With our long winter’s nap nearly behind us, we can start to grow and blossom like fresh rosebuds. Now is the time to take advantage of the opportunities to be renewed and healthy – like getting outdoors, being active, enjoying fresh, smoke free air, living cleaner and growing stronger. It’s like a second ‘New Year’, a second chance to make 2019 the healthiest, and most rewarding year yet. What changes will you be making this Spring and who will be making the changes with you?
Samantha Virkkus, SmartChoice Laser Centre, SmartChoiceLaser.com
Fit for the Job?
Whatever physical activities are involved at your job, a physiotherapist will test your functional abilities to make sure you are able to carry out all of your work demands. Can you lift 50 lbs with proper mechanics? Are you safe to climb ladders? Do you have good balance? Do you have enough muscular endurance? Don’t guess, take the test! Physiotherapists can also measure spinal range of motion – a stiff spine is a predictor of possible injury. By testing your push/pull/lift and carry, a physiotherapist can help to PREVENT injuries and keep you working. Remember, “Work Shouldn’t Hurt!”
Richard Van, BMR-PT, GlenYoungPhysioTherapy.com
Imagination is a Gift of Healing
Imagine what you would do, where you would go or who you would be if you had the opportunity, for just a few hours, to make that happen? When we visualize our preferred-self we might discover many things. It could lead us to make an important decision to change something that’s been bothersome. It might help us solve a problem or create a new venture. Many of life’s simple and complex discoveries and innovations have come from the use of imagination. Emotional healing can also be accessed through the mind’s ability to envision a new beginning and make appropriate changes. What are you doing with your imagination these days?
Gerry Goertzen, MA Registered Psychotherapist, Riverbend Counselling & Wellness, RiverbendCounselling.ca
