by | Sep 5, 2018 | Wellness Recipes
by Dr. Michelle Hagel ND
Back to school can always be a busy time for parents and children. The last thing you want to do is spend a long time making breakfast and lunches. Here are a couple of great, quick and easy recipes that can be made ahead of time to save you time when the kids are trying to run out the door. It is important to remember that the food we feed our family is the fuel to perform throughout the day. Ensuring that the food is whole food, not processed, with healthy fats and proteins and low sugar. Enjoy
Chocolate Berry Chia Pudding
1/4 cup Chia Seeds
1 tbsp Cocoa Powder
1 cup Unsweetened Almond Milk or Coconut milk
1 tbsp Maple Syrup
1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/2 cup Blueberries
1/2 cup Raspberries
In a mixing bowl whisk together chia seeds, cocoa powder, milk, maple syrup, and vanilla extract. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours (or overnight) and serve with berries on top.
Sesame Chicken Salad – Easy
16 oz Chicken Breast (cubed)
1 tbsp Chinese Five Spice
Sea Salt & Black Pepper (to taste)
8 cups Coleslaw Mix (pre-sliced, from the bag)
2 Navel Orange (peeled and cubed)
4 stalks Green Onion (sliced)
1 cup Cilantro (chopped)
1/4 cup Sesame Seeds
1/4 cup Coconut Aminos
1/4 cup Sesame Oil
1 Garlic (clove, minced)
1 tbsp Ginger (peeled and grated)
Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat, add the chicken with the Chinese Five Spice and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook for about 10 minutes or until chicken is fully cooked.
Mix together Coleslaw, oranges, onion, cilantro in a large bowl
In a small mason jar mix together coconut aminos, sesame oil, garlic, and ginger. Shake to blend
Add chicken over the salad then pour dressing over. Great leftover too.
by | Aug 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
What is so bad about forest fire smoke?
When anything is burned it is going to release gases and particulates into the air. The common chemical components released from a forest fire include Carbon Monoxide, Nitrogen oxide, Hydrogen Chloride, Chlorine, Hydrogen cyanide, phosphorus oxides, and particulates. These chemicals will cause oxidative stress, shut down oxidative systems and create inflammation in the body.
Symptoms of breathing in the irritants?
Whether you are sensitive to the smoke or not, it is best to protect yourself from the harmful effects. Burning eyes and throat, sinus irritation, low-grade headache, irritating respiratory conditions and heart conditions. Studies have shown individuals exposed to frequent smoke have a higher rate of testicular, brain, colon, bladder and breast cancers.
How to protect yourself and your family from the Smoke?
- Stay inside and close all windows, doors and fireplace damper
- Leave shoes outside
- Run Air conditioner, this will cause the particulates to cool and drop to the floor. Clean furnace filter frequently
- Vacuum one room at a time and close it off to the rest of the house. Vacuuming will kick up dust and spread it around the home so by doing it one room at a time while wearing protective gear you will prevent it from spreading around the house. HEPA filters are recommended
- Gas mask respirator with carbon filter will filter out gases if required to go outside
What are some natural options to support your body after exposure?
- Vitamin C, prevents DNA damage
- Green tea, reduces inflammation and DNA damage to the lungs
- Resveratrol, lowers inflammation and supports enzyme systems to detoxify
- Pomegranate juice, anti-oxidant
- Berries, anti-oxidant
- Amino acids, Taurine, Glycine and NAC
- Brassica vegetables and Rosemary cleans and purifies the air as well as support antioxidant systems in the body
- Curcumin, anti-inflammatory and detox system support
- Glutathione!! The body is robbed of glutathione when exposed to smoke specifically in the respiratory system. Glutathione is a potent anti-oxidant referred to as the mother of all antioxidants, important in our immune function and an amazing detoxifier. When we are low in glutathione we experience cell damage, oxidative stress, inflammation and increase risk of infections and cancer.
We are offering Glutathione injections or IV pushes at Docere Wellness! Contact us at 403-452-6262 and speak with one of our ND’s for more information about how you can avoid the effects of the smoke.
by | Jun 27, 2018 | Wellness Recipes
by Dr. Michelle Hagel ND
Summer is a great time to kick-start some healthy eating habits. We are surrounded by an abundance of fresh produce, so enjoy it! I love cooking and eating real food but I also don’t like to spend a bunch of time indoors preparing meals when I could be out soaking up the vitamin D. I try to optimize every second of the precious summer months. So, I have decided to share some of my favourite healthy, quick and easy recipes for your family, I hope you enjoy!
One Pan Salmon
4 Red Bell Pepper (sliced)
1 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
16 ozs Salmon Fillet
Sea Salt & Black Pepper (to taste)
2 cups Pineapple (cored and sliced into rounds)
Preheat oven to 400F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, toss the sliced bell peppers with the olive oil. Transfer to the perimeter of a baking sheet, and add the salmon fillets to the middle.
Sprinkle the salmon with salt and pepper, then top with the pineapple slices. Place the baking sheet in the oven for 30 minutes. Enjoy!
Simple Summer Shrimp Salad
1 Cucumber (diced)
1 Mango (cubed)
1 Avocado (cubed)
3/4 lb Shrimp (cooked, tails removed)
1 Lime (juiced)
1/8 tsp Sea Salt (or more to taste)
Combine all ingredients into a bowl and enjoy : )
Frozen Yogurt Blueberries
2 cups Blueberries (fresh or frozen, not wild)
1/4 cup Plain Greek Yogurt
In a bowl, combine blueberries and yogurt until well coated.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Line blueberries on the baking sheet.
Freeze for at least 30 minutes before transferring to a freezer bag or a freezer-safe storage container. Continue to store in the freezer until ready to eat.
Granola
2 cups Oats (rolled)
1/2 cup Oat Flour
1/2 cup Sunflower Seeds
1/2 cup Organic Raisins
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 cup Sunflower Seed Butter
1/4 cup Maple Syrup
2 tbsps Coconut Oil (melted)
Preheat oven to 325F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a mixing bowl, stir together all ingredients until well combined. Transfer to the baking sheet and use your hands to press down into a even layer. Bake for 15 minutes.
Remove from oven and use a spatula to flip over sections of the granola, gently breaking up the granola into chunks. Return to oven and bake for 10 more minutes at 300F.
Turn off the oven completely and leave the granola for another 20 minutes, or until crisp.
Take on the next outdoor adventure.
by | May 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
by Jolene Tse RMT, CIMI, CR, URM, KRM, MMP,
Practitioner / Light Language Transmission / Sound Bath Meditation Facilitator / Moving Meditation Facilitator
Modern reflexology is based on an ancient form of therapy. There is evidence of some form of foot and hand therapy practiced in China as long ago as 4,000 B.C. and also at the same time in Egypt, as depicted in the tomb of Ankmahor. The North American Indigenous tribes are also known to have practiced a form of foot therapy for hundreds of years.
Reflexology was introduced to the U.S.A in 1913 by William Fitzgerald, a medical doctor who specialized in ear, nose and throat issues. His findings and techniques were later evolved in the 1930’s-1940’s by Eunice Ingham, a practicing nurse and physiotherapist. She claimed that the hands and feet were extra sensitive and mapped the entire body in reflexes, zones and meridians on the feet.
Traditional reflexology techniques are offered with the integration of sound and energetic medicine. Gentle reflexology techniques of pressure/release presentation are used on the soles of the feet, top of the foot and around the ankle region.
Transformational frequencies are integrated through the use of sound and energetic medicine, creating harmonic resonance within the be-ing as a whole. Tuning forks are intuitively placed on regions of the feet and/or hands and/or face to assist and support whole body and be-ing transformation. The recipient is fully clothed with feet and ankles exposed, lying comfortably on the table (either prone or supine). Soft and nourishing music plays in the background, surrounding the recipient with love and light of the multidimensional realms.
Experience, and receive this expansive offering transcendence creating your “zen” space!
1.0hr session (Hands &/or Feet) $ 85.00
1.5hr session (Hands, Feet, Face) $ 115.00
by | Apr 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Massage therapy was my entrance into the health and wellness profession this lifetime. During my 20+ years of practice. I continually gather tools to expand my well be-ing and inturn share those with whomever crosses my path. I clearly re-member one of my teachers introducing energy healing and transformation to our massage class, so many years ago. Little did I realize that this would soon be the path that I would begin to know and re-member in great depths of the infinite! He was different than the “scientific/medical” teacher, but he just “knew”! I was fortunate to begin working in the health and wellness industry in 1998, before I even graduated from the Orthopaedic Institute. So, Massage Therapy became a foundation and launch pad for many great learnings! And, as my journey would have it, I required healing and chose to receive it from another source outside of western medicine and the pharmaceuticals. It was through Reiki, that I began my healing and transformational process ……and it has been a colorfully, fantasmic journey since! The most transformational moments were those when I first loved myself! The experience was beyond sharing in the human language…..and each moment of expanding the love for myself to create a love of my wholeness has been incredible! It is an infinite journey of universes that reside within and around me!…. and I am loving every moment of this life!!
My divine purpose as a lightworker illuminates with love, compassion and joy! I am one of the many who are assisting in the “awakening” (raising of consciousness levels) of hu-manity and of mother earth… Master of Light! I facilitate the healing through an alchemy of Massage therapy, Sound, Vibration and Energetics. My hearts’ continual desire for connecting pieces of the divine template within me has guided me into experiencing various teachings and courses of self-exploration… igniting lifetimes of remembering and connection to source/creator!! As I continue my personal journey, I share knowings, wisdoms and learnings in the fields of Acutonics & Fibonacci Process; Sound Healing and transformation through Crystal/Alchemy & Tibetan Singing Bowls; Firewalking; Gemstone & Ascended Master Aromatherapy; Massage Therapy (Relaxation, Therapeutic, Pre-Natal); Infant Massage Instruction; Millenium Method; Traditional Native & Elemental Teachings; Sacred Rays of Light; Sound & Vibration Reflexology; Usui & Karuna Reiki Master; Voice & Light Language; Yuen Method. I also facilitate group offerings (private and public), Sound Meditation and Moving Meditation.
You will also dis-cover expansion of explanations here, supporting the logical mind and the heart centered 🙂
I have experience working with and supporting individuals of all ages!…..and love and am grateful for every moment! Experience your transformational session, as you continue your journey of self love and transformational self dis-covery! There are tools around each and every one of you, supporting you in healing, transforming and transcending “issues.” Many of which are related to EGO (what is created by the mind = everything other than love, compassion and joy) and encodings passed on from ancestory ( DNA/Energetic). Journey beyond the western medical structure and experience an awakening of understanding your own vibration and how life happens for you and by you!
You have the ability to create and be the change that you wish for in your life, mother earth and for hu-manity! Honour your beautiful, loving, divine essence! Invest in yourself!
I offer Massage Therapy &/or Integrative sessions specifically created for you in the moment!! These opportunities of transformation (of aches & pains, fears, anger, sadness, grief, worth, stillness ect) offer you feelings of be-ing lighter, brighter and ……new! Shedding old vibrations in the hu-man forms of patterns (thought, practices etc), DNA activations and more….. within the expansion of knowing and loving who you are- the purity and light that resides within…and allowing the physical body to ascend in frequency too! Transforming and transcending vibrational frequencies that no longer serve your space of be-ing….. Explore the realms beyond! … Explore the sciences of Quantum Physics, Cymatics and Acoustics!
Multidimensional vibrations of peace, love and joy are offered to you as you travel within your infinite universe of opportunities and possibilities!
Blessings to you filled with love, light and crystalline rainbow rays! In gratitude for all that I am and to all that are of my universe….Namaste. And it is so. Jolene Tse 🙂 www.illuminousvibrations.com
