Inside The Polished Apple

Thank you to Margaret Kennedy, Acupuncturist with Elan Family Wellness Centre, for these words on Mindfulness for our May newsletter.  The whole world, as we have known it, our individual world has been rushing around for ages with little or NO MINDFULNESS. We have been so busy rushing around, cut off from ourselves. one another, our environment  and NATURE,  that it has affected our whole lives, our world  - negatively.    Now, a virus, something we cannot even see, has forced us  to slow down,  to isolate from “our NORM”. All our negativeness arise now, we become stressed, angry, anxious, worried,  agitated, depressed, fearful  - How to change this?    This is our time to BE MINDFUL of ourselves, our lives and our world. To CHANGE ourselves, our world. Mindfulness is being aware moment by moment of our thoughts,  emotions, where we hold our feelings in our bodies and our environment – locally and in the world. To experience Mindfulness, set aside a specific time to practice s

Thank you to Dr Robert Clarke, Chiropractor at Elan Family Wellness Centre, for these words on Mindfulness.  We are always sending and receiving information, this is how we interact with the world. The obvious example is our interactions with other people. Not just the words, it’s gestures, posture and eye to eye connection. Expand that to the environment around us and what we see and what we don’t see. There is a constant flow of energy and information between us and the world around us. Take a few minutes to reflect on the lens or filter that you use when engaging with your environment. Is it optimistic, fearful, combative or loving? Of course, this is a dynamic process and changes as we move through the day.  Observe yourself and see if there is a filter or lens that you default to most often, then ask if there is a better energy that you can defer to. Become a skilled observer of your own energy. As you learn to shift your own perspectives, you will then be able to enhance, shift o

Thanks to Lisa Chepil, Registered Massage  Therapist  with Elan Family Wellness Centre, in Bowness, Calgary, for these  words  of update and  information  on her  upcoming  training.  While away from the clinic, Lisa has been enjoying time with her daughter, gardening, biking and continuing to master her craft by learning new massage and manual therapy skills. She is following up her first course in RAPID Lower Body with an upper body seminar online this in May with an in-person section to follow later in the summer.   What is Rapid NeuroFascial Reset? RAPID NFR, is a neurologically based, active, manual therapy technique that addresses the central nervous systems role in alleviating tension and restrictions within the body.   What are some conditions does RAPID help alleviate? headaches /migraines back pain  carpal tunnel syndrome  shin splints  shoulder pain  sciatica  plantar fasciitis  knee problems  tennis/ golfers elbow  whiplash TMJ fro