Health + Wellness

Explore the health and wellness trends that are changing our lives, including everything from understanding the microbiome, food as medicine, herbs to support menstrual health, managing your hormones with herbalism, and so much more.
Community is a lifeline for mothers of children with Down Syndrome
There is something that happens when a mother walks into...
3 ways to enhance an energy healing session
An energy healing session is a return to love, to...
Top 8 Places for a Wellness or Meditation Retreat in BC
BC has long been known for our laid back West-Coast...
A personal essay on the untidy beauty of rest
If you’ve been holding too much for too long, this...
Why Your Message Matters
There’s a quiet fatigue moving through the online space right...
Dancing – the fun path to healing?
By Dance Ceremonialist & Kundalini Dance Trainer, Martine Kleissen Dance...
The key to better health. Hint: It’s NOT fixing your symptoms
By Dr. Sukhi Muker Have you ever been to the...
How grief impacts creativity and the ability to dream
By Carol Mortarotti Grief isn’t just an emotional experience, it’s...
How phototherapy helped me regulate my hormones and sleep
By Martine Kleissen Phototherapy is an exciting and revolutionary advancement...
From Music to Medicine: How tuning forks came to be used as assessment instruments
By Dana Wilson Tuning forks may seem like simple tools,...
6 ways to experience somatic therapy
Put your hand up if you have carried stress, scares,...
What happens to your brain in a sound bath?
By Faye Mallett Imagine this scenario: You are lying down...

Community is a lifeline for mothers of children with Down Syndrome

There is something that happens when a mother walks into a room full of women who truly understand her experience. She doesn’t have to explain herself. She doesn’t have to translate the complexity of her daily life or soften the edges of what she carries. She can simply arrive, as

3 ways to enhance an energy healing session

An energy healing session is a return to love, to what is felt, remembered, and awakened within. Through sacred space, scent, sound, and presence, the body softens, the mind quiets, and the deeper intelligence within begins to lead the way. Energy moves. Emotions release. The nervous system recalibrates. The spiritbody soars.

The Sentinel Retreat Center BC // Head + Heart www.headplusheart.com

Top 8 Places for a Wellness or Meditation Retreat in BC

BC has long been known for our laid back West-Coast lifestyle and healthy living, but we’re also becoming known as a magical setting for spiritual growth. If you’re interested in exploring your spirituality in new ways, there are some truly beautiful and unique spiritual retreats to be found here in

Dance for healing

Dancing – the fun path to healing?

By Dance Ceremonialist & Kundalini Dance Trainer, Martine Kleissen Dance may just be the most fun, and multifaceted approach to healing. It invites us into a living relationship with our body, our breath, our inner world, and innate wisdom. There’s a reason they say that ‘movement is medicine’ because through

better health

The key to better health. Hint: It’s NOT fixing your symptoms

By Dr. Sukhi Muker Have you ever been to the doctor or had a health issue that left you feeling that there was something wrong with you? That you were broken? That’s how Western medicine works; it sees something wrong with you- the aches, the hurts, and discomforts in your

How grief impacts creativity

How grief impacts creativity and the ability to dream

By Carol Mortarotti Grief isn’t just an emotional experience, it’s a full-body, full-spirit disruption. When you’re grieving, the world feels different, you feel different, and the parts of yourself that once sparked ideas, creativity, and big visions can suddenly feel dim or unreachable. Many people think grief only shows up

phototherapy

How phototherapy helped me regulate my hormones and sleep

By Martine Kleissen Phototherapy is an exciting and revolutionary advancement in longevity science, regenerative wellness and skincare, that honours the innate healing intelligence of the body.  What is phototherapy? Rooted in the concept of photobiomodulation, the technology of phototherapy uses specific wavelengths of light to signal the body to activate

somatic therapy

6 ways to experience somatic therapy

Put your hand up if you have carried stress, scares, wounds, and maybe a few invisible bruises from life through your body. They show up in sneaky ways: tight shoulders, sleepless nights, the mysterious stress rash that makes a surprise appearance right before a big day. Life isn’t all sunshine

What happens to your brain in a soundbath

What happens to your brain in a sound bath?

By Faye Mallett Imagine this scenario: You are lying down in a comfortable position, fully supported. Your eyes are closed, and even though you are in a room surrounded by others, you start to feel yourself settling into your own senses. You begin to drop into a deeper awareness of

Community is a lifeline for mothers of children with Down Syndrome

There is something that happens when a mother walks into a room full of women who truly understand her experience. She doesn’t have to explain herself. She doesn’t have to translate the complexity of her daily life or soften the edges of what she carries. She can simply arrive, as

3 ways to enhance an energy healing session

An energy healing session is a return to love, to what is felt, remembered, and awakened within. Through sacred space, scent, sound, and presence, the body softens, the mind quiets, and the deeper intelligence within begins to lead the way. Energy moves. Emotions release. The nervous system recalibrates. The spiritbody soars.

The Sentinel Retreat Center BC // Head + Heart www.headplusheart.com

Top 8 Places for a Wellness or Meditation Retreat in BC

BC has long been known for our laid back West-Coast lifestyle and healthy living, but we’re also becoming known as a magical setting for spiritual growth. If you’re interested in exploring your spirituality in new ways, there are some truly beautiful and unique spiritual retreats to be found here in

Dance for healing

Dancing – the fun path to healing?

By Dance Ceremonialist & Kundalini Dance Trainer, Martine Kleissen Dance may just be the most fun, and multifaceted approach to healing. It invites us into a living relationship with our body, our breath, our inner world, and innate wisdom. There’s a reason they say that ‘movement is medicine’ because through

better health

The key to better health. Hint: It’s NOT fixing your symptoms

By Dr. Sukhi Muker Have you ever been to the doctor or had a health issue that left you feeling that there was something wrong with you? That you were broken? That’s how Western medicine works; it sees something wrong with you- the aches, the hurts, and discomforts in your

How grief impacts creativity

How grief impacts creativity and the ability to dream

By Carol Mortarotti Grief isn’t just an emotional experience, it’s a full-body, full-spirit disruption. When you’re grieving, the world feels different, you feel different, and the parts of yourself that once sparked ideas, creativity, and big visions can suddenly feel dim or unreachable. Many people think grief only shows up

phototherapy

How phototherapy helped me regulate my hormones and sleep

By Martine Kleissen Phototherapy is an exciting and revolutionary advancement in longevity science, regenerative wellness and skincare, that honours the innate healing intelligence of the body.  What is phototherapy? Rooted in the concept of photobiomodulation, the technology of phototherapy uses specific wavelengths of light to signal the body to activate

somatic therapy

6 ways to experience somatic therapy

Put your hand up if you have carried stress, scares, wounds, and maybe a few invisible bruises from life through your body. They show up in sneaky ways: tight shoulders, sleepless nights, the mysterious stress rash that makes a surprise appearance right before a big day. Life isn’t all sunshine

What happens to your brain in a soundbath

What happens to your brain in a sound bath?

By Faye Mallett Imagine this scenario: You are lying down in a comfortable position, fully supported. Your eyes are closed, and even though you are in a room surrounded by others, you start to feel yourself settling into your own senses. You begin to drop into a deeper awareness of