Mother Earth Month

Spring arrived on time this year! I am so happy and relieved to see the sun and to be out in the warm weather-thank you to our Mother Earth!
We have been a hive of activity around Elan this past month. We've been at the Just Be YYC market at The Village in Brentwood, The Mom Community Market with Mothering Vine, at a Lunch and Learn with our local service groups Carya and Bowwest (with food from an amazing program for youth, Redefin'd) and hosted our own Women's Wellness evening at Elan.

All of these events relied on a number of community partners and supporters:
Sage Traditions, Bev Wein
Citrinity Healing, Lucy Pilch
Routine. Natural deodorant., Pippa Blair
Real Organic Solutions, Mizahel Chaplain
Young Living, Intuitive Readings & Reiki, Sandra Catania
Horse and Heart Connection, Marilyn MacLean
Dr. Theodora Lo
One Love Float, Treeka
Calm N' Barrel
Smiley Seahorse Ceramics
Rumina Naturals

April is always a special time for us to recognize our Moms to Be and new babies to the practice. On Friday, April 26th, we host our Community Night, Birthing in Bowness, to support our new moms and babies. We will have onsite a doula and psychologist to share about support measures and awareness of perinatal anxiety, information on the importance of fellow moms as support in “creating our village”, and tips to help both mom and babe for healthy body mechanics and movement. It will be a fun night to pamper our new and expecting moms-with gift bags for the first 20 to register, nourishing snacks and drinks, and door prizes.

We look forward to sharing April with you & seeing the beautiful weather ahead!
~ Dr. Josephene

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