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12TH ANNUAL 55+ HOUSING & ACTIVE LIFESTYLES EXPO

Save the Date! Our 12th Annual 55+ Housing & Active Lifestyles Expo is on May 29, 2019!

Held at the Victoria Inn Hotel & Convention Centre located at 1808 Wellington Avenue, this expo will provide older Manitobans and their families with a variety of housing options, active lifestyle opportunities, and support services necessary for successful aging. Thank you to our past sponsors and exhibitors who have helped improved the lives of older Manitobans.

Why do we host this expo? We hope …

  • To help older adults and their families by providing them with information on housing options;
  • To empower older adults to make informed choices on transitioning from their family home to a new and exciting lifestyle;
  • To provide information on companies that can ease the process of this transition;
  • To help older adults maintain their independence by providing information on support services that will enable them to remain in their homes and communities.

Attending this expo, you will be among over 1500 attendee’s, having the opportunity to experience and gain valuable insights from over 110 local exhibitor’s who can assist our 55+ community.

ABOUT A & O

A & O: Support Services for Older Adults is a not-for-profit organization providing specialized services for older Manitobans across the province. The goal of our programs is to empower and support older adults in the community. We’re dedicated to enhancing the social, emotional, physical, intellectual and spiritual lives of older adults, and promoting activate participation in all aspects of community life.

Donate today to ensure the continued commitment of providing quality programs to our loved ones!

Spring Forest Qigong

Join Barb Timmer for her weekly practice, ‘Transform Your Energy, Transform Your Life’, every Tuesday from 10:30 – 11:30 am at Nourish Wellness in Comox.

Qi means energy and ‘gong’ means ‘to work with’ so Qigong basically means to work with your own energy. It is thought to be the ‘grandfather’ of practices such as Tai Chi, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture and Martial Arts as it goes back thousands of years. Today, Qigong is also considered a science of the body as much research has been done on how it helps to enhance our health and wellness. Many researchers agree that even more research is needed.

Spring Forest Qigong is a newer, modern form of qigong that is very easy to learn but still very effective and can easily fit into our busy daily lives. By using the mind, the breath and the movements, any blockages in our energy are transformed so that our energy ‘flows’ freely thereby helping with better health and vitality and increased focus, peace and calm.

Join other ‘Qi-Transformers’ for a regular morning ‘Stress Break’ as you practice the simple, gentle movements of this meditative practice. You will find that practicing in a group actually magnifies the energy of peace and calm.

Drop-in rate is $12/practice and may be paid at the door. 6-practice cards are available for a special rate of $50. Fore more info, go to www.Co-CreationalSelf-Healing.com.

HypnoBirthing® “The Mongan Method” – 5 Sessions – 2.5 hrs

The HypnoBirthing childbirth method is as much a philosophy of birth as it is a technique for achieving a satisfying, relaxing, and stress-free method of birthing. Runs each Wednesday from Feb 6 – March 6, 2019.

Course Includes Five Sessions (2.5 hour evening classes) for you and your birthing partner, one copy of HypnoBirthing® Book – “The Mongan Method” & CD.

HypnoBirthing teaches you, along with your birthing companion, the art and joy of experiencing birth in a more comfortable manner. You will learn how to call upon your body’s own natural epidural and thus lessen or even eliminate discomfort and the need for medication. When a woman is properly prepared for childbirth and when mind and body are in harmony, nature is free to function in the same well-designed manner that it does naturally.

You will be fascinated as you view HypnoBirthing films showing labouring mothers, awake, alert and in good humour as they experience the kind of gentle birth that you, too, can know when you are free of the Fear-Tension-Pain Syndrome. HypnoBirthing teaches you to release all prior programming about birth, how to trust your body and work with it, as well as how to free yourself of harmful emotions that lead to pain-causing fear and unyielding muscles.

HypnoBirthing will teach you the art of using your own natural birthing instincts. You will be aware and fully in control, but profoundly relaxed.

Enrolment in this course is an investment in yourself and your baby and is a life-changing event.

You will learn:

How to use self-hypnosis
To stop negative programming and fears
Relaxation and self-hypnosis techniques to eliminate the fear and tension that causes long labour and pain, replacing it with confidence, calm and comfort
Techniques to produce a shorter, more comfortable labour
To release negative experiences from the past and present that could interfere with your calm, and comfortable birth
To control your body’s own natural relaxant
Why women in other cultures have birthing almost entirely free of discomfort
Special breathing techniques for the different stages of labour that work with the body to promote relaxation
To create your own effective birth plan
Ways your birth companion can participate throughout the birth
Natural techniques for induction of labour, once beyond your “Estimated due date”
Natural techniques to re-stimulate a “stalled labour”
The importance of prenatal and perinatal bonding
HypnoBirthing Advantages:

Eliminates the Fear-Tension-Pain Syndrome before, during and after birthing
Reduces the need for chemical anesthesia
Eliminates fatigue during labour, leaving the mother fresh, awake and with the energy needed to bring her baby into the world
Shortens the first stage of labour by several hours and often eliminates the need to push to bring the baby to the crowning stage
The birthing companion is an integral part of the birthing, not an onlooker
Postnatal recovery is rapid and easier
Babies are better adjusted and happier
Mothers do not run the risk of hyperventilating from shallow breathing
Promotes special bonding of mother, baby and birthing companion
Fewer interventions and complications during labour
Returns birthing to the beautiful, peaceful experience nature intended
Feel Free to CALL JEANNIE 250-702-4769
*InvisionYourLife.com assumes no responsibility or liability for the outcome of any pregnancy, labour, or birth. The content of the HypnoBirthing Course is in no way represented as medical advice, nor as a prescription for a medical procedure. As always, you should seek the advice of your health care provider to answer any health-related or pregnancy-related issues surrounding your pregnancy, labour and delivery, before starting any new pregnancy-related program.

Unlock Your Body’s Healing Energy!

SPRING FOREST QIGONG
LEVEL ONE FOR HEALTH
Beginner Qigong Training

You will learn:
• How to move your own ‘qi’ (body energy).
• What causes energy ‘blockages’ in the body and how to remove them.
• How Qigong uses mental focus and visualization to promote health.
• How sound is used to balance your own energy.
• What the source is of the healing power of Qigong.
• Easy-to-learn ancient Qigong movements for health.
• Importance of effective breathing and a special SFQ breathing technique.
• A simple but powerful healing technique and meditation.
• And more….

This class is a self-discovery class for your own personal health but is also one of the prerequisites to become a SFQ Certified Qigong Professional.

Come join us in January and discover the healer within!

For more information or to register,
www.Co-CreationalSelf-Healing.com