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Energizing Date and Almond Shake

A little something to keep you warm and cozy this winter!

This is a creamy, delicious, soothing for the digestive system, helps build iron and perfect for a cold day.

Prep Time: 10 min (plus overnight soaking)
Serves: 2 – 3

Ingredients:

10 
medium dates, pitted and soaked.
1 tsp soaked fennel seeds.
25 soaked whole raw almonds or you can use cashews too!
2-3c warm water for the “milk” plus a cup boiling hot for blanching.
2 pinches cardamom.
1 pinch nutmeg.
2 pinches saffron (optional)

Directions:

Soak the pitted dates with fennel seeds and the almonds in separate bowls overnight. In the morning, drain and peel almonds. Pour some boiling hot water over almonds to blanch and then peel them easily (slip skins while the water is still hot or they stick again). *almond skins are hard to digest that is why they are skinned. Try it and see the difference! Blend with 3 cups fresh warm water and all other ingredients for 2 minutes or until smooth.

Comments and Tips: The added cardamom and nutmeg is delicious and really helps us handle the almond digestion and prevent water retention. Please be creative and add any spices you like to this.

Flatter Belly this Holiday Season?

As we age, we often feel the middle expanding.
Have you noticed we become shorter and wider? 

Fortunately, this is reversible! Block Therapy addresses the reasons tissue ages and safely and effectively teaches you how to take your body back to a more youthful place. Although it treats the whole body, it largely focuses on the foundational component, the rib cage and the core. This allows you to access proper diaphragmatic breathing, which creates the most optimal environment for the body to function. The results are improved digestion and elimination, and a waistline you will love.

It doesn’t matter your age, sex or physical condition, Block Therapy will teach you how to use your body the way it was designed, resulting in the healthiest version of yourself.

Quick-Blast Colds Away

Echinamide Quick-Blast contains complementary herbs designed to quell symptoms and kill pathogens. It contains Cineole, which is one of the active ingredients found in eucalyptus. It also contains peppermint oil and menthol, which offer soothing, cooling pain relief, and honey that coats sore throats. These synergistically combined ingredients provide immediate relief of sore, and dry throats associated with bacterial infections.

Suffering through a pesky cold or sore throat has never been so easier to cure!

7 Reasons to buy Organic
  1. Protect the health of children
  2. Look after your own health
  3. Safeguard the health of farm workers
  4. Preserve the soil
  5. Protect the water
  6. Conserve resources
  7. Fight global warming

Thoroughly washing conventional produce and trimming away peels will help minimize chemical residue while still retaining a high level of nutrients. If organic foods don’t fit into your budget or lifestyle, don’t worry. Most health authorities report that the health benefits that come from eating fruits and vegetables outweigh concerns of pesticide use. Whether you select organic or conventionally grown produce, eating nine to thirteen servings of fruits and vegetables each day is still the healthiest way to get the vitamins, minerals and fiber you need as a preventive health measure.

Have a Weak Immune System?

Oil of Oregano is a potent herbal antimicrobial that effectively tackles bacterial, yeast, fungal, and parasitic infections. It offers powerful antioxidant protection and immune system support, and helps relieve various respiratory conditions.

Natural Factors Organic Oil of Oregano is derived from wild-crafted Origanum vulgare using gentle steam distillation to ensure maximum purity and potency and has an optimal concentration of 80%. In addition it is hand harvested, organic certified, and uses the entire herb to maximize the synergistic effects.

So if you need something to boost your immune system this winter, pick up a bottle of Natural Factors Organic Oil of Oregano!

 

Kansa Vatki Foot Massage

Kansa Vatki Foot Massage works with Marma points, pressure or reflex points as in reflexology. These points work the receptors in the feet and lower leg which corresponds with major organs in the body. There are 107 Marma points, which form vital energy meridians running throughout the body. Several of these Marma points are worked on the legs & feet (the true place of ‘prana’ – the body’s vital energy), stimulating the body’s own innate ability to rebalance and harmonize the ‘doshas’.

Another important part of Kansa Vatki Foot Massage is the small bowl that has been carefully prepared with metals of copper, and zinc. Copper is known for its anti-inflammatory properties that help relieve joint pain. Zinc is known for its antiseptic properties in treating and preventing skin disorders. The Kansa Vatki bowl balances the energies of Vata, Pitta and Kapha, detoxifies and draws out excess heat from your body.

Sacred Source Medicine
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Heart Health

Heart Disease has become the most fatal condition in the world!

One out of every two people are having strokes and heart attacks, but also death in many cases. Depending on diet, family history, stress and inactive lifestyles, this silent killer, attacks! High cholesterol is also seen as a culprit, however there is huge benefit to having high HDL (good cholesterol). Having high LDL (bad cholesterol) can also be controlled by diet and lifestyle changes. It is recommended to have your blood pressure checked regularly and reduce high fat diets. Exercising daily not only is beneficial for your heart but also assists in stress reduction. Specific medical devices on the market can offer great health advice on your arteries along with stress testing such as the PulseWave and CardioWave. The medical award winning amino acid Arginine has also been proven to flush plaque from the arteries and assist with several health benefits! Together, lets help prevent heart disease!

Christy Kim, Cardiovascular Specialist, Face Up Health
www.faceupsalon.ca

Viewing Our Life as a Spiritual Teacher

There is an old Buddhist proverb…”When the student is ready, the teacher and lessons appear”.

With all the unrest and negativity in the world today it is easy to become disillusioned and disgruntled with life. Seeing the world through a loving lens can be challenging at times…but when you can embrace it, it offers meaning and purpose in our lives. Our life is a mirror that reflects and shows us exactly what is working and highlights old patterns, addictions, beliefs that aren’t working as well as they could. It is up to us to change, uncover, heal and transform old patterns to bring forward new opportunities to embody our greatness and compassion for ourselves and others. When we boldly step into the fire of our life, embrace it with an open heart and a firm yes, taking full responsibility for our growth and learning, doors open and opportunity is provided to grow spiritually.

A Soul’s Journey
www.souls-journey.com

Ask Your Life Coach

Kelly from St. James asks: “I feel like I am frozen in time. I’m stuck in a rut. I can’t seem to move for fear or apprehension about what people will think of me. What if I say the wrong thing? What if I don’t have the right answer or an answer at all? What will they think of me? What if they don’t like me, or what I am sharing? I want people to like me and hear what I have to say but…what if?”

Coach Gina: “I have one thing for you to ponder: What people think of you, is none of your business!”

Send your ‘Ask Your Life Coach’ questions to www.ginadebrincat.com

If the Shoe Fits…

For more than 50 years, Foster’s Shoes has been providing shoes for problem feet in Winnipeg.  If you or someone you know cannot find shoes because of swelling, wide feet or foot abnormalities, or just need comfortable, supportive footwear to help maintain a healthy lifestyle, we can help.  Our select house brands including outstanding niche companies such as Ziera, Drew & Easy B., are dedicated to relieving foot discomfort and providing attractive styling. Come visit us and let our expert fitters guide you down the path to foot comfort.

Foster’s Shoes
www.fostershoes.ca

Strengthen your Core

If you are a woman and have had children, did you go to a pre-natal course? Have you heard of ‘kegel’ exercises or ‘diaphragmatic’ breathing? Both, can help you perform better, sit better and improve your ‘core’ strength. Women and men have a supportive ‘bowl’ of muscles in the pelvis; by contracting them, tightening your gut, stopping the flow of urine, you are kegeling! When sitting, standing, or lying on the couch, do your kegels to initiate your core workouts. When you breathe deeply into your gut, you are pushing down with your diaphragm, expanding your thorax and pushing the air into the lower lungs. These lower lobes of the lungs contain the richest areas of oxygen-blood exchange. Train better, expand your belly and control your breathing effort…again, using part of your core!

Concourse Physiotherapy
www.yourphysio.com