Wellness Blogs
Summer of Self-Care
This summer is going to be a time to relax and replenish - Really! You've got kids' summer camps and activities lined up, vacations booked, and dates in the calendar for when guests will be visiting - all wonderful things to look forward to and you know that what...
Vitamin D and Sunscreen
Family Fun in the Summer Sun Summer is almost upon us. The days are longer, the grass is green, flowers are blooming and we want to be outside soaking up the sun’s rays having some fun! The following two articles will give you some recreation activity ideas and a...
Healthy Recreation Ideas
Family Fun in the Summer Sun Part 2 Summer is almost upon us. The days are longer, the grass is green, flowers are blooming and we want to be outside soaking up the sun’s rays having some fun! The following two articles will give you some recreation activity ideas and...
Calgary Holistic Allergy Relief
NAET According to Barret NAET, an acronym for Nambudinpad’s Allergy Elimination Technique is a very weird system of check-up treatment that is based on the facts that the causes of allergies are energy blockage and the diagnosis can be carried out using muscle-testing...
The Beauty of Massage Therapy
Massage therapy has the potential for being a beautiful practice, integrating healing of the body, mind and spirit. On a basic level it utilizes the manipulation of soft tissues to produce a healing effect in the body. When applied by a skilled and empathic...
10 Lessons I Have Learned in Working with Children
“Treat children as though they have already achieved their own greatness. Do it enough and they will actually be all that they dreamed of becoming.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer At Docere Wellness Centre, I provide services in massage therapy, reflexology and reiki to clients of...
In Celebration of Earth Day, April 22, 2017
About a year ago I was attending a workshop and before a meal, we were asked to give thanks to the earth that grew our food, the farmers that tilled the soil, the market that sold the food, the cooks who prepared it and the good company whom which we were sharing it...
Adrenal Fatigue and Exercise
What causes Adrenal fatigue? When we are in a heightened state of stress, our sympathetic nervous system is activated cortisol (the stress hormone) is released from the adrenal glands. Cortisol helps the body prepare for “flight or fight” from stressful situations,...
Spring Cleaning and Healthy Backs
Yesterday I went for a walk in my neighborhood, phone camera in tow, looking for signs of spring. As when we see signs of spring, we see signs of hope in our lives. Hope for healing, hope for renewal, hope to just be the essence of who we truly are inside, and hope...
Your Health is Like a Garden
Building a relationship with yourself that is healing, is much like tending to a garden. When a garden grows and prospers we see color, pungent beauty and luscious green leaves growing towards the sun. This takes practice, love, care and time, it is not a one time...
Don’t Drop your New Year’s Resolutions
Don’t Drop your New Year’s Resolutions – Get Clear on what you Value The new year brings opportunity to start fresh, for new beginnings. To tackle that mound of organisation projects around the house, to start a new eating program, to incorporate exercise into your...
Using Massage and Reflexology for Detoxification – Part 2
It is February and love is in the air! This month it is time to get educated and aware of how to healthfully detoxify your body, mind and spirit. This is one very important practice for loving the self and taking good care of you. Detoxification has become a popular...
Understanding Detoxification and It’s Impact – Part 1
Whole Body Detoxification Calgary It is February and love is in the air! This month it is time to get educated and aware of how to healthfully detoxify your body, mind and spirit. This is one very important practice for loving the self and taking good care of you....
What is Prolotherapy?
Prolotherapy NW Calgary Prolotherapy is increasingly popular in the United States and internationally. The current number of practitioners of prolotherapy in the United States is estimated as several thousand based on conference attendance and physician listings on...
Beating the Winter Blues
Yesterday was supposedly ‘Blue Monday’, however I think along with many other Calgarians I felt better than I had in weeks! The sun was shinning, the temperatures were warm, and everyone began emerging from their winter fortresses. On this topic, Saturday I had spoke...
Sugar
Sugar is everywhere it’s in our ‘healthy’ fruit juice, yogurt, salad dressing, BBQ sauces... There are in fact 2 items on the MacDonald’s menu that do not contain sugar! Sugar now exists in 74% of packaged products. Most people don’t realize how common it is because...
GET INTENTIONAL IN 2017!
Make 2017 the Best Year Ever! Make it intentional. Create space for and make time for those things that matter most, that fulfill you, that bring you joy. Reflect on 2016. What did you love about the past year? What did you learn? What do you want to celebrate? What...
Inspire and Renew in 2017
Inspiration is a driving force behind a happy and fulfilled life. When we feel inspired we are energized, we let go of that which no longer serves us, we heal and ultimately open our hearts to our true self. There is divine potential in all of us. Each and every one...
What are the benefits of mindfulness?
“Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.” Matsuo Basho Mindfulness is a state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment while calmly acknowledging and accepting one’s thoughts, feelings and bodily sensations....
6 Reasons to Work with a Life Coach
Life Coaching NW Calgary Coaching creates space for more joy, more fulfillment, more self-awareness. Coaching is about getting you from where you are to where you want to be. Coaching is about you creating more space in your life for - for what is important to you and...