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Safe Shoveling

Snow clearing your sidewalk is necessary to provide a safe walking surface, but you must be careful shoveling snow or you risk hurting yourself. Use a light shovel and one that has a scoop that doesn’t hold more snow than you can move safely. Your hands should be about 12 inches apart on the handle and at a position that allows you to bend forwards slightly and have the blade reach the ground slightly in front of your forward foot.

Walk ahead, rather than lean forwards, as you load up the blade to a lift size that is right for you. Lift with your legs; walk to where you need to dump the snow and throw it straight ahead WITHOUT TWISTING your back. Alternate the side of the body you hold the shovel on. Take rest breaks. And if your physical or medical health is compromised, hire someone to do your snow clearing.

 

Health Spotlight

Sacred Source Medicine offers many alternative healing practices:

  • Reiki Mastery Healing
  • Reiki Treatments
  • Indian Head Massage
  • Rejuvenating Facial Massage
  • Kansa Vatki Foot Massage.

Sharon Whitethunder Baldock will be facilitating Empowerment Circles starting in February 2015. Empowerment circles will help create healing as a part of the process to create a life filled with peace and harmony. Our life path has many roads but it is in our hearts and minds where true change begins. These circles will help you with guided meditation, movement meditation, affirmations, connect to our roots & animal guides, help to overcome obstacles, tools to create calm, life skills coaching, and work with your unique energy.

Sharon has over 10 years working with people on their healing journey as a life coach, youth worker, Reiki Master & Teacher.

Sacred Source Medicine

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Ask Patzer Center

Q: “Why would I come for reflexology rather than having my husband rub my feet?”
Suzy G. – Transcona

A: “Having someone rub your feet can feel really good. Having someone who knows WHERE and HOW to touch your feet … is even better. Let me be specific. A Reflexology Therapist will work on ‘reflex points’ on your feet which correspond to organs, glands and various other parts of your body. In doing this, the therapist helps to balance the energies flowing to these areas, awakening sluggish organs, as well as finding and relieving painful issues; such as lower back pain, headache or even constipation, just to name a few. By the way, your therapist will likely finish off the session by ‘rubbing’ your feet with a refreshing lotion. Be sure to ask if your therapist is a Registered Certified Reflexology Therapist (RCRT) and member of the Reflexology Association of Canada.”

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New to the Community!

Following great passion for nails, art and offering quality nail services and products led to the opening of Nevena Beauty & Nails. A place where you can enjoy peaceful modern and colorful atmosphere while you get pampered by provincially licensed nail technician and educator.

Nevena offers a wide range of nail services including classic manicures, semi-permanent polish (lasts up to 21 days), gel nails with tons of colors and art to choose from as well as hand painted art and Swarowski rhinestones. All of her pedicure services are performed with an all organic professional pedicure line packed with nature’s best butters, oils and essential oils. Both ladies and gents are welcome to enjoy Nevena’s services or treat a special someone with a gift certificate.

Nevena 204-230-0872

Located in Bold Hair Salon 283 Tache Ave.

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Feeling Dizzy?

Complaints of dizziness are very common. 35% of persons over 40 and 80% of persons over 65 have experienced some amount of dizziness.

The most common single cause of dizziness is Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. As the name implies, this is a room spinning feeling that is intermittent, related to your head position and is not a progressive disease process. What happens is that crystals from one part of the inner ear move to another part of the inner ear and press on cells that send the message to the brain that your head is moving, when in fact it is not. No medication will help this, BUT there is a physical treatment technique that can be very effective in providing quick relief of the symptoms.

So I recommend that if you experience vertigo, see your Doctor to confirm there is no serious cause, and then do not settle for the “it’s part of aging, I just have to put up with it” approach. A consult with a physiotherapist with experience treating “dizzy people” may be very helpful.

Doug Christie Physiotherapy

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Slow Food for Fast-Paced Living

Rawnata is a modern twist on the Latin name “renate”, which means “reborn”. Rawnata focuses on utilizing raw flax, hemp, and chia seeds. No flour. No additives. No preservatives. No empty calories. Just raw, organic seeds and other nutrient-dense, purposeful, vegan ingredients to renew and energize you.

A dozen years ago, company founder Natalie Dueck was a mother of four young children who was plagued by constipation, rashes, lethargy, and allergies. Incorporating whole grains into her diet made such a positive difference to her health that she just had to share her newfound knowledge with others – and so in 2003 she began The Bread Lady booth at the St. Norbert Farmers Market. Concerned about the growing need of customers for quality gluten-free, organic, raw, and vegan products, she introduced raw, flour-less Flax Crackers to her customers in 2009. In 2011, her innovative Chocolate Hemp Snackers won a $15,000 product development prize, which led to the development of the Rawnata brand, which she is passionate about.

Currently, three varieties of Hemp Snackers and six varieties of Flax Crackers are available. Rawnata’s online store will be launching early in 2015.

Rawnata

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Fighting the War on Winter

Are you living in the Realm of W.O.W (War on Winter)?

It seems the older one gets, the more extreme it gets. We all know that we should eat vegetables and fruit, sleep well, drink more water, exercise, increase our Vitamin C and decrease our sugar intake. Some say we should get the flu shot. But is there some more solutions to the War on Winter and being Flu Fighters?

Try to maintain a healthy diet, eat quality protein, and implement Glutathione into your diet. Glutathione, is a naturally occurring protein that protects every cell, tissue, and organ from toxic free radicals and diseases. The supplement contains three amino acids: glycine, glutamate (glutamic acid) and cysteine. Glutathione helps repair damaged cells caused by stress, radiation, pollution, infection and a host of other ailments. Enhancing your body with glutathione supplements increases your natural immune boosting potential!

Rachel Silva, Quality Living Network

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Start the New Year

Why not start your new year off in a way that sets the pace for a balanced life full of joy and sustainable energy? Taking the time to recharge and nourish your self is essential in creating and maintaining an inner balance.

Embodying your Sacred Self: A Day of Energetic Transformation on January 31st is all about quieting down the chattered mind and reconnecting with the parts of ourselves that sometimes gets forgotten and needs attention. Using mindfulness meditations, movement and healing sounds of the singing bowls a sacred space is created to invite people to go deeper into the well within and come out more replenished and relaxed!

A Journey Through the Chakra System on March 19 & 20th connects us to the wisdom of our bodies and our minds using an ancient system to discover how our emotional issues are connected and stored inside.

D’Arcy Bruning-Haid

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Ask Your Vet

Susan from St. Vital asks: “Why does my dog drag his butt across the floor”?

Veterinarian Dr. Zheng answers: “There are several reasons why your dog may be “scooting” as it is commonly known:

  1. Anal Sac Issues; sometimes these sacs become abscessed, blocked, or inflamed and ways to remedy can include; expressing the sacs, giving antibiotics to treat an infection, increasing dietary fiber, lancing or flushing the sacs.
  2. Worms; Tapeworms are another, though less common, reason dogs may start scooting, Tapeworms are easy to treat with a dose of oral or injectable medication from your veterinarian.
  3. Rectal Prolapse; a rectal prolapse can happen to your dog after severe diarrhea or from straining with constipation. Treatment for rectal prolapse varies.

If your dog is scooting or persistently licking at the anal area, or in any way appears to be uncomfortable, you should talk to your vet. Treatment is often quick and easy and can make your dog and you a lot happier!”

Animal Hospital of Manitoba

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Giving Back: Mary Jane’s Cooking School

Mary Jane’s Cooking School, a not-for profit organization and registered charity was founded over 20 years ago, by a group of women concerned about the loss of basic life skills, and an over reliance on commercial foods. Recognizing food as the foundation to physical and mental health, the organization was created to reinforce the values of nutritional home-cooking and to re-educate people in the slow and simple art of cooking whole foods.

The origins of the school began with volunteer drop-in cooking classes in the inner city. A pioneer in the field of whole food education, Mary Jane’s Cooking School is a resource for non-corporate nutrition information and offers a wide range of classes. Some examples are: Cooking for diabetes, Vegetarian/Vegan Cooking, Bread Making and Soup Making. Environmental information is interwoven in the classes.

Volunteer services for technical support and help in preparing for classes and cleanup would be appreciated.

maryjanescookingschool.org