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CONTENTS

Inside WINTER 2018

FEATURES 6 10 Things I've Learned Growing Up as a Sick Girl Learning from my experience

8 Raw Vegan Banana Bread 9

4 Types of Salt

A comparison

11 3 Comfort Food Recipes

Pumpkin Crumble Muffins Oatmeal Breakfast Bars Roasted Vegetable Soup

14 Self-Care Renovation

Invest in yourself

18 A Year Around the World Reflections from home

20 Retreat Yourself 3 ways to experience a retreat

22 What's Stopping You from Exercising?

Reframing myths into facts

24 Disordered Eating and Detoxing

Listen to your body

25 Hot Stone Massages

Answers to your questions

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28 Synergy Holistic Directory

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recently returned from facilitating and hosting an Awaken Your Glow retreat at The Crimson Hotel in Jasper. If you’ve never experienced Jasper, I recommend you jump into your car and visit for the weekend, and then go again when we host another retreat there.

No matter the season or the weather, this secluded mountain town is a magical place, and we are so lucky to have it in Canada. We were honoured to host our first destination retreat there. We practiced three days of yoga, mediation, creation and some real self-love.

Participants included a couple of groups of girlfriends, a husband and wife and two solo travellers. We all were there for similar reasons and we experienced connection as a group, created a safe, warm place and retreated together to recharge ourselves.

Holiday joy is starting to fill the air, decorations are going up and shopping has begun. This season tends to be busy as we visit friends and family and hop from celebration to celebration.

Many of us forget about caring for ourselves and our well-being. Take a look at “Retreat Yourself,” starting on page 20, for tips on how to maintain self-care and implement self-love practices at home.

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I would like to extend a big welcome home to Kyla, Randy, Calais and Kacela, who recently returned after a year of travelling the world!

We were lucky enough to get glimpses of their journey through Kyla’s articles over the past year. If you missed any, catch up on their travels in our online issues found at issuu.com/ guidedsynergy. On page 18 of this issue, Kyla gives us fascinating stats about their trip and talks about their adjustment to being back home.

With the holidays just around the corner, take a look at our Synergy Favourites on page 26, where a few of our advertisers have shared their recommendations for gift ideas.

Once the holidays are over, I invite you to attend our next Awaken Your Glow Conference and Retreat in Grande Prairie, February 1 to 3, 2019.

Enjoy three days of connection, healthy food, yoga, meditation, creation, self-improvement and self love.

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I am so excited to have my friend Michelle Dacyk on the cover of this issue. Her new business, Elements The Compass of Health, is a great addition to Fairview, Alberta, and the entire Peace Country. Her health and wellness centre encompasses the five elements of

earth, air, fire, water and spirit in a unique way.

Michelle has recently taken training in Watsu, inspiring her to install a heated saltwater pool in the water room of the centre. I had the chance to visit during construction and am looking forward to the launch taking place on December 7 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

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HEALTH

10 THINGS I’VE LEARNED GROWING UP AS A SICK GIRL Learning from my experience

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iving with a chronic illness comes with hundreds of hardships—hardships that a healthy person would not likely have to endure. Being a child who is always sick is even harder. I am now 25 years old and have been living with a rare chronic illness known as cystinosis my entire life.

Cystinosis is a metabolic disease that causes the amino acid cystine to accumulate in every cell within the body. This accumulation causes the cells to crystalize.

Although crystals look pretty, they are extremely harmful in the human body. In a person with cystinosis, crystals destroy the main organs, including the eyes, brain, pancreas, liver and kidneys.

Currently, the most prevalent issue in my life is kidney failure. Cystinosis causes a rare disease called Fanconi syndrome. This is a renal tubular disease, which means the kidneys fail to reabsorb minerals and nutrients. This has been a major hurdle for me, as it has caused me to have extremely fragile bones since my early twenties.

Two years ago, I experienced more than 10 broken bones.

Growing up, my hardest obstacles were managing to take over 50 pills a day, taking liquid medications and being fed through a feeding tube. Honestly, I don’t remember a lot of my childhood. I blocked most of it from my memory due to being sick.

Something positive that came from always being the sick kid, though, is that I’ve learned many great life lessons. Here are my top ten: Never judge a book by its cover.

Cystinosis is an invisible disease. I look normal on the outside, but inside, my body is trying to destroy me.

As a kid, I was teased and had an extremely hard time making friends due to a strong odour my body gave off after I took a certain medication. But this medication saved my life.

Always advocate for yourself.

Had I started advocating for myself as a child, I wouldn’t have gotten teased so much. Many people I grew up with have since told me they had no idea I was sick and they would’ve treated me differently had they known.

You do not always have to be grateful that it’s not worse.

When you’re grateful that things are not worse, you may push aside the fact that you really are in pain.

Sometimes, the healing process becomes much more difficult if you can’t acknowledge your pain. This can make healing take longer.

Really listen to your body.

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If you feel pain, take it seriously. I had a fractured arm for a month before getting a cast put on it—I didn’t think it was fractured. As a result, it took a long time to heal. If you have even the slightest concern or feeling that your body is not its own normal, get it checked out.

Also, don’t force yourself to exercise when your body

Money and material objects should not be your top priority.

I’m unemployed due to my disability and I don’t have a place to call my own or a new car, but I have never felt so rich. Once I learned to love my life for what it is and not for what I have, I was finally able to love myself.

Recognize what real strength is.

Real strength is being vulnerable. It’s asking for and accepting help when you really need it. Getting help does not make you weak; it takes guts and it makes you a stronger and better human being.

Stop caring about what others think.

When I’m uncertain about something, it helps if I ask myself, “Will this benefit my quality of life?” If the answer is yes, who cares what other people think?

Don’t take life too seriously.

A smile truly goes a long way. Just by smiling at someone, you may be saving their life. And humour can help you through tough situations. I laugh a lot. Laughing is one of my coping mechanisms.

I smile and laugh through pain, not because it doesn’t hurt, but because laughing tricks my brain into thinking I’m happy. It also helps to convince my brain I am happy when my depression attempts to take over.

Slow and steady really does win the race.

Don’t push yourself too hard. I tried putting my life in fast forward when I learned what the life expectancy of people with cystinosis is, but that only led to numerous hospitalizations. Take your time; take care of yourself. You will learn to appreciate much more in life when you’re careful and take your time.

Stop overthinking everything.

Overthinking can be extremely difficult to control. I always ask myself whether I’m being rational. If someone were to ask me what my rationalization for a certain thought is, would I be able to explain it without feeling crazy?

I could go on forever about what living with chronic illness has taught me, but the most important things to remember are these: No matter your struggle, you are not alone. You might have a burden, but you are not a burden. And it’s okay to not be okay. Always remember that no one is perfect; everyone is struggling in their own way even if they don’t show it.

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Courtney Penner has a passion for helping others, so she became a recreation therapist working in gerontology in 2015. She has had to quit her job due to the progression of cystinosis. She is hoping to get back on her feet once she receives a kidney transplant. She has started a blog, misscystinosis.com, hoping it will help others get through all kinds of pain and inspire them to be optimistic through suffering.

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FOOD & NUTRITION

Raw Vegan Green Banana Bread Gluten free, vegan, dairy free, nut free, raw

If you’re in the mood for an appetite-curbing, low-fat bread that’s cruelty free and totally raw, this banana bread is all of that. Unlike breads made from grains, this tasty treat doesn’t need to be soaked or fermented to remove phytic acid. Make a batch in the evening and then wake up to a delectable breakfast that’s also delicious for lunch, dinner or a snack.

Serves 4 Bread: 2 medium green bananas 2 teaspoons raw coconut flour 2 teaspoons raw coconut oil ½ teaspoon baking soda ¼ cup warm water 1 cup raw plantain flour Topping: 1 teaspoon date paste (10 dates and 1/5 cup of water) ½ teaspoon shredded coconut 5 fresh or dried goji berries

Grease a dehydrating tray with coconut oil. Press the dough onto the tray. The dough should be approximately 1 inch thick.

Dehydrate at 118 F for approximately nine hours or until the bread is dry to the touch. If you don’t have a dehydrator, put the bread into an oven set on “keep warm” mode and leave for approximately nine hours.

For the date paste, blend 10 dates with 1/5 cup of water until smooth.

To serve, cut the bread into 1/3-inch-thick pieces, spread with date paste, sprinkle with shredded coconut and garnish with berries.

Margarita Ivaniuk has a degree in biological sciences from the University of Calgary. For the past 10 years she has been researching green eating and ecofriendly living. Her professional experience includes working in a natural health clinic, with natural Place bananas, coconut flour, coconut oil, baking soda supplements and on environmental restoration and water into a blender and blend until smooth. Transfer projects. Visit her website at www.liveonalive.com for the batter to a bowl and add plantain flour a little at a more easy raw vegan recipes. time until the mixture becomes a non-sticky, workable dough.

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4 TYPES OF SALT A comparison

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hen someone mentions salt, what type comes to mind? For most of us, it might be regular table salt, but there are many types of salt available. Although all salt contains mostly sodium chloride, each type has its own taste, texture and mineral and sodium content.

Here’s a brief comparison of four types of salt commonly found on grocery store shelves.

Table Salt Table salt is the most familiar and commonly used form of salt. It comes from underground sources. Heavy refining, or grinding, removes not only impurities but also trace minerals. As a result, this type of salt has a higher sodium content than most other types. Because refining can cause salt to clump, anti-clumping agents are added to table salt. Iodine is also added to prevent health issues caused by iodine deficiency, such as hypothyroidism and developmental delays. If you do not eat table salt, make sure you’re getting enough iodine from other food sources, such as eggs, dairy products, fish or seaweed.

Sea Salt Sea salt is left behind when sea water is evaporated.

It is usually not refined, so it is coarser than table salt. Depending on where it comes from and how it is processed, it usually contains trace minerals like potassium, iron and zinc, which also give it a more complex flavour than table salt. The darker the sea salt, the higher the concentration of impurities and trace minerals.

Himalayan Pink Salt This salt is mined by hand from the Khewra salt mine in Pakistan. Its pink colour comes from traces of iron oxide.

It has more minerals, such as calcium, iron, potassium and magnesium, and less sodium than table salt, but because we eat so little salt, the differences are not highly significant. Many cooking enthusiasts like Himalayan pink salt for its flavour, which is bolder than that of table salt, and for its beautiful colour.

Kosher Salt Kosher salt, or koshering salt, is used in Jewish customs to produce kosher meats. Depending on the brand, it may come from underground sources or from the sea, and it may or may not contain anti-caking agents and iodine. Coarser than table salt, it is popular for cooking because it’s easy to sprinkle by hand and it dissolves easily.

Research into the risks and benefits of salt is not entirely clear. Sodium helps your body regulate how much water is around and in your cells. Too much salt is unhealthy because it can raise blood pressure, and some studies suggest it can cause other heart problems and may be bad for your kidneys and bones. However, not getting enough sodium in your diet can also lead to serious health issues. Most North Americans eat too much salt, so moderation is likely the best approach.

Cheryl Walters-Atkinson is certified as a reiki master and crystal healer. She also has training in holistic nutrition and natural health. She practices in Grande Prairie. Her goal is to help teach others how to take care of their bodies in a holistic, natural way. Contact Cheryl at 780-518-2870.

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COMFORT FOOD RECIPES Keep warm this winter with this trio of recipes. Start your day with the oatmeal breakfast bars. For the roasted vegetable soup, feel free to mix and match whatever vegetables you have in your fridge. The pumpkin crumble muffins are a great way to use leftover pumpkin from the holidays.

Pumpkin Crumble Muffins

Gluten free, vegetarian; can be nut free by eliminating the walnuts Makes 16 muffins

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease muffin tins.

Glaze: 1½ cups powdered sugar ½ teaspoon vanilla extract 2 to 3 tablespoons almond milk

Place the powdered sugar and vanilla extract for the glaze into a small bowl. Add almond milk a bit at a time and mix to desired consistency. Set aside.

Muffins: 2 cups gluten-free all-purpose flour 1½ teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice ½ teaspoon sea salt ½ cup coconut sugar ½ cup almond milk 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ¼ cup softened butter 2 cups pumpkin purée ¼ cup walnuts, chopped (optional) Crumble topping: ½ cup gluten-free oats ¼ cup coconut sugar 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice ½ cup softened butter ½ cup gluten-free all-purpose flour

Place the flour, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, sea salt and coconut sugar for the muffins into a large bowl and mix well. Place the almond milk, eggs, vanilla, butter and pumpkin purée into a small bowl and mix well. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until combined and smooth.

Add the walnuts and mix until combined. Divide mixture between muffin-tin cups.

Place the crumble topping ingredients into a medium bowl and mix until combined. Sprinkle the mixture on top of the muffins.

Bake muffins for 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool for 10 to 15 minutes. Drizzle glaze on muffins. Enjoy warm or at room temperature.

Shannon Boyne is a yoga and meditation instructor and holistic nutrition consultant who specializes in pre- and post-natal nutrition. Through her business, Mama Yoga and Wellness Studio, she provides private consultations, e-books, yoga and meditation classes. Visit her website at www.mamayogaandwellnessstudio.com.

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Oatmeal Breakfast Bars

Gluten free, vegetarian, dairy free, nut free Makes 12 bars Base and topping: 1¼ cups gluten-free all-purpose flour 1 cup gluten-free oats ½ cup coconut sugar ½ teaspoon cinnamon ¼ teaspoon sea salt ½ cup coconut oil, melted 2 eggs Filling: 3 cups mixed berries, fresh or frozen 2 tablespoons lemon juice ¼ cup coconut sugar 2 teaspoons cornstarch 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease an 8×8-inch glass baking pan.

In a medium bowl, mix all of the base and topping ingredients. Set aside ½ cup of the mixture for the topping. Add the rest of the mixture to the greased pan. With wet hands, press down firmly to create the base.

Place filling ingredients in a saucepan. Mix and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and continue to mix until thickened.

Pour filling onto the base in the baking pan and spread. Sprinkle the topping mixture on top of the filling. Bake for 45 minutes. Let cool before cutting and enjoy.

Tip: These can be frozen and enjoyed later.

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Roasted Vegetable Soup

Gluten free, dairy free, nut free; can be vegan by replacing chicken broth with vegetable broth Serves 12 1 zucchini 10 cherry tomatoes 3 carrots 1 small onion 1 garlic clove 1 red pepper 1 handful of rice 5 to 6 cups of chicken broth ½ teaspoon sea salt 1 teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon red chili flakes (optional) Roughly chop all vegetables and place on a baking tray. Broil vegetables in the oven for approximately 5 minutes. Watch them closely so they don’t burn. A little bit of charring is okay.

Place roasted vegetables and the rest of the ingredients in a stock pot. Bring to a boil. Turn down heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Let cool.

Pour soup into a high-speed blender in batches and blend until smooth. Pour soup back into the pot and warm it for serving.

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SELF-CARE RENOVATION Invest in yourself

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INTERVIEW AND STORY BY KALYN SLOAN PHOTOS BY LIZA CURTISS PHOTOGRAPHY HAIR & MAKEUP BY KELI KATHLEEN BEAUTY SERVICES CLOTHING BY PEPPERS BOUTIQUE

ichelle Dacyk no longer reinvents herself.

Now, she renovates herself. The idea came from a discussion she had with her partner: Self-care is like home renovation. In home renovations, we aim to improve functionality or efficiency, to update things. The same can be said of taking care of our health.

While travelling, Michelle learned how to trust herself.

She believes that whether you’re in the middle of something and don’t know how it’s going to work out or whether things are not happening as you’d expected, it’s important to take a chance on yourself. “There’s so much learning out of failure, even when it doesn’t feel like it at the time,” she says.

Home renovations can be major or minor, and the same is true of self-care renovations. Perhaps your self-care needs a complete redo, like gutting and renovating the bathroom. “You may still have the same walls,” Michelle says, “like keeping the same body that you’re in.” Some renovations involve stripping things down and getting back to basics, “like taking off carpeting and finding glorious hardwood flooring underneath that just needs some care,” she explains. Perhaps all you need is maintenance, like changing a light bulb or other small, everyday tasks we do that help our lives run more smoothly.

She also learned humility by realizing that she needed to ask for and accept help. “A lot of things in my life wouldn’t have been possible if I didn’t have a community of support,” she says. In both self-care and home renovations, she has learned to ask for exactly what she needs.

“It’s okay to renovate,” Michelle says. In fact, home renovations are expected. A house would fall apart and become dysfunctional without them. It’s the same with our health. “Whether you’re stuck in a job or a relationship, stuck in a body you’re unhappy with or stuck with a diagnosis,” she says, “it’s worth the investment.”

Michelle would know. “I’ve renovated a lot in my life,” she explains. “I’ve worked really hard to get here.” Life experiences have taught her to prioritize self-care. Her story begins with a passion for health.

Michelle is the proud daughter of Ken and Caroline Dacyk of Fairview, Alberta. She and her brother grew up in various communities in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia and in the Peace Country of Alberta.

Many of her family members are healthcare professionals, and Michelle herself is an occupational therapist. She has 20 years of experience in the medical field. Michelle is also certified in a variety of alternative health modalities that treat physical, mental, emotional and spiritual dis-ease. These include teaching about the chakra energy system through chakra balancing, leading Zumba and Bellyfit classes and practicing craniosacral therapy. In 2014 she also earned a master of education in multidisciplinary leadership.

Michelle is an avid traveller. Most recently, she created a fouryear travel project called North of 35: Latitudes & Attitudes.

She visited 38 European cities and towns in 2015, 39 islands in 2016, 40 countries in 2017, and 41 bodies of water in 2018. This amount of wanderlust has led to essential self-care renovations.

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In the summer of 2018, Michelle remodelled her life once again. She moved back to her hometown of Fairview, placed her backpack in a closet and planned her next project. She purchased a building and, working together with R. Maron Contracting, transformed it into a business.

Elements The Compass of Health, a community wellness centre, opened in the autumn of 2018.

Elements was initially a project Michelle completed for her master’s degree. Now, combined with her healthcare experience, certifications and self-care lessons learned from travelling, it is a 15-year dream transformed into reality. Elements is a space where traditional, conventional, complementary and alternative healthcare models come together into one integrative approach.

The five elements of the medicine wheel (earth, air, fire, water and spirit) are represented throughout the centre, from local art pieces on display to the services available.

The element of water, for example, is represented by a warm indoor pool where Michelle offers Watsu sessions.

Michelle began learning Watsu while visiting Auroville, a community in India. It is a “form of aquatic bodywork and therapy that is very powerful for every body and anybody,” she shares. By using water as a form of resistance, muscles and joints are moved into proper alignment. There is also a shiatsu massage component.

“It’s important to bring Watsu specifically to the Peace Region,” Michelle says, “because a lot of the time, people need a diagnosis to get a service like this.” While she is grateful that there are aquatic therapies available here, she is happy to make Watsu and her occupational therapy skills easily accessible.

She’s also making self-care more financially accessible through a volunteer program: people can volunteer at the

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centre to earn credits toward receiving services. In addition to two treatment rooms that are available to the holistic community, she plans to host community events at the wellness centre.

“Projects feed my soul,” she says with a smile. “If I can see something from beginning to end, I’m happy. My wish and desire are that this wellness centre keeps evolving.”

Above all, Elements focuses on self-care via an “aftercare plan.”

This is a plan for self-care after a trauma, illness or diagnosis.

Just as every home requires different renovations, every person needs a different aftercare plan. Team members help guests create customized integrative plans that involve physical, mental, emotional and spiritual support regardless of the conventional, traditional, complementary or alternative healing strategies chosen.

Michelle believes we don’t take self-care seriously enough. “We are so used to ‘switch and go,’ so the idea of planning self-care and slowly bringing ourselves back to ‘normal’ seems unrealistic,” she explains. Instead, she wants us to feel empowered, engaged and educated to prioritize self-care. She knows that when people prioritize self-renovation and use it as an outlet to heal, they thrive.

Throughout Michelle’s healthcare practice in the Peace Region, she has noticed that women tend to gather together and create communities around self-care. “Because women have collected, they’re finding the strength and support to move each other forward,” she says.

But the notion of prioritizing self-care might not be as familiar to men. “I want to encourage men to take time for themselves,” she says, “because self-care is just as vitally important to men as it is to women.” She hopes men will utilize all of Elements’ services, “and not just the extreme muscle-grinding massage,” she jokes. The field of men’s health has excellent opportunity for growth, and she wants all men to feel supported and inspired in their self-renovation projects.

Michelle hopes more men will create the kind of community many women have, so that they feel enabled to embrace physical, mental, emotional and spiritual outlets of release. She acknowledges that it’s important for women to support men in their health and wellness journeys, but that the change “has to come from men.” She says, “It’s going to take one man to show another, to show another. It’s about them empowering, engaging and educating themselves and each other.”

Michelle believes that in both self-care renovations and home renovations, “it’s okay to question what we’re doing, to not know what we’re doing or to feel unprepared.” She says, “How many times have we put on a coat of paint only to say, ‘This paint is not going to work. This is a horrible decision’? But if we just wait until the second or the third coat, we’ll get a different result.” Trusting in ourselves and our process is always worth the investment.

For more information or to contact Michelle, visit Elements The Compass of Health on the web at www.elementscompasshealth. ca or on Facebook or call toll-free at 1-877-226-7843.

Kalyn Sloan is an empathic writer and teacher. Follow her writing journey via Instagram and Facebook @kalynsloanwrites.

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A YEAR AROUND THE WORLD Reflections from home

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fter a year adventuring around the world, we’re home.

I’m back to work, the kids are back to school, and our house looks mostly like our house again.

So how was our trip around the world? In two words, amazing and exhausting. Over the course of 382 days, we visited 31 countries, crossed 36 borders, slept in 158 different beds (including on trains, buses, planes and boats!) and spent 165 nights travelling with friends and family. We changed location, on average, every 2.4 days.

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Life on the Go A year is a long time to be away, but at no point did we have a burning desire or need to get home. We were excited to come home at the end, but didn’t really get homesick along the way. There were, however, a few times when we just wanted to stop—to stay put for longer and to not feel internal pressure to go out and do something every day. We managed to slow ourselves down a few times, but it never lasted long.

As the year progressed, we started to take it easier on ourselves. We came to terms with the fact that we couldn’t and wouldn’t see it all—and that was okay. We began to pick and choose what we wanted to do. I focused on finding great local experiences when I could, and the rest of the time we were satisfied with doing the generic touristy stuff. The touristy stuff is popular for a reason! Even if we were sharing the experience with more people than I would have liked and even when it felt forced and less authentic, we rarely regretted following the crowd on these occasions.

We saw and experienced a lot! Here are some stats from our year travelling around the world: • Countries visited—31.

• Border crossings—36: Thailand three times; Peru, Guatemala and Jordan twice each.

• Kilometres traveled—120,500, not including walking or local transport, equivalent to three times around the world. This included 50 flight segments, 20 train journeys, 11 boat trips, and 18,366 kilometres by road in buses, taxis and rental cars.

• Longest time to cross a border—Kyrgyzstan to China. We left Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan, at 7:00 a.m. and arrived in Kashgar at 8:00 p.m.

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• Places slept—158: 43 hotels, 37 hostels, 22 guesthouses, 14 apartments, 10 homestays, 4 trains, 4 yurts, 4 teahouses, 4 friends’ houses, 2 planes, 2 campsites, 2 boats, 2 resorts, 2 deserts, 1 airport, 1 bus, 1 hobbit house, 1 reed island, 1 Amazonian hut and 1 salt hotel.

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• Average number of steps walked per day—8,009.

TRAVEL

• Car accidents—1: Randy in Jordan.

• Motorcycle accidents—1: Kyla in Myanmar.

• Temples visited—Too many to count!

• Bugs eaten—Randy, 3; Kyla, 3; Calais, 2; Kacela, 1.

• Strangest thing the girls ate—Rabbit brain in Chengdu, China.

• Spiciest dish—Szechuan hot pot in Chengdu, China.

• Best vegetarian food—Amritsar, India.

• Tastiest pupusa—Pupuseria Esmeralda, Juayua, El Salvador.

• Most delicious empanada—Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos.

• Lost clothing—1 pair of Kacela’s underwear.

• Number of times Randy lost his drone in a river—2. The first one is gone forever; the second we got back, and it still works!

• Plastic water bottles saved because of our Grayl water bottle and filter—Thousands.

• Illnesses—Calais and Kacela got food poisoning from ice cream in Uzbekistan. Randy and Kyla got giardia (beaver fever) from Lake Atitlán in Guatemala. Then Randy got gout from the giardia medication and a rash from the gout medication.

Poor guy!

• Wonders of the world visited—6 out of 8, based on the new list compiled in 2007: the Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal, Petra, Chichen Itza, Machu Picchu and the Great Pyramid of Giza (honorary ancient wonder). We missed the Christ the Redeemer statue and the Colosseum in Rome.

Settling In After a Year Away We were ready to come home. Everyone was getting tired and travelled-out. The kids were excited to see their friends and play with their toys. I was happy to get home to my bed and shower and a bit of routine. It feels good to be home.

But I’ve also avoided anything to do with our trip except for unpacking our things and putting almost everything away. I’ve set up the kitchen and visited with family and friends, but I haven’t gone through pictures or looked at anything from our trip. I’ve been a master of avoidance!

We planned and saved for almost five years for this big adventure—and now we’re home and it’s over.

I’m settling in, but it’s taking some time.

Kyla Hunter is a serious wanderluster who loves travelling with her family: husband Randy, seven-yearold Calais (kal-lay) and six-year-old Kacela (kuh-sayluh). She shared her family’s year-long adventure on the blog Where Is the World (www.whereistheworld. ca) and at www.youtube.com/whereistheworld.

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PERSONAL GROWTH

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ttending a retreat gives you an opportunity to check in with yourself, to create new habits that support a healthier lifestyle, to re-inspire your love for yourself and to connect and create lasting bonds with like-minded people.

Most wellness retreats are designed to inspire and educate you and provide you with tools to take care of yourself.

For many people, retreats are just what they need to get their health and wellness back on track. They leave feeling empowered and educated about the power of self-love.

But you don’t have to leave home to get some of the benefits of a retreat. Or, if you attend a retreat, you can bring the experience home with you to extend those benefits. Here are three ways to retreat yourself.

Attend a Retreat At our retreats, we focus on self-care, self-love and laughter. We encourage attendees to stop glorifying being busy and to find pure bliss by learning to live in the moment. Thanks to yoga practices, guided conversations and food prepared by a nutritionist, retreat guests leave the weekend feeling like they’ve just had a week-long vacation.

Retreats are ideal for anyone wanting to remember how to be present. They let you push the pause button on your busy lifestyle and reflect on the beauty of the surroundings.

You return home full of self-love and feeling refreshed, calm, nourished, empowered and energized to continue your wellness journey.

There is nothing like the just-after-a-retreat-high you get from a life-changing retreat. But sometimes, once you’re home, you can run into the same habits you were experiencing before the retreat. Building aspects of the retreat into your home life can help prevent that.

Plan Your Own Mini-Retreat Follow these steps to create a customized weekend miniretreat, either at home or away.

Set an intention for your weekend. What do you want to achieve during your mini-retreat? Do you want to create self-care practices to do daily? Or do you need an answer to a specific issue in your life? Meditate and create an intention for your mini-retreat. Write it down so you can see it throughout the weekend.

Choose a date. Pick one weekend a year that you can reserve for a mini-retreat. Make sure no one is expecting anything of you and that you have no other plans for that weekend.

Choose a location. If your home is busy with kids and a partner, book a hotel room for the weekend or head out into the great outdoors (weather permitting). This will give you the mini-retreat experience without the distractions of everyday life.

Plan your meals. One benefit of attending a retreat is that your meals and schedule are usually planned for you so you don’t have to slave over the stove while trying to relax.

If you are doing your mini-retreat at home, prepare some meals ahead of time or plan to order in for the weekend so you don’t have to worry about dishes or cooking.

Schedule both energizing and relaxing activities. You want a mix of activities, so that when you finish your mini-retreat, you are not exhausted and in need of another few days off to recuperate.

Book some yoga classes at your favourite studio or find a video on YouTube. Plan other classes you want to attend and schedule them ahead of time.

Give yourself a chance to get creative. For many people, creativity is a form of meditation. There are great paint tutorials on YouTube that you can follow with a few supplies from your local craft store.

Make sure to schedule some downtime during your weekend to soak in all of your blissful wellness activities.

Disconnect from social media and TV. This will help clear your mind of outside influences. If you must have your phone on, set it to silent and check it only at meal times.

Develop a Daily At-Home Retreat Practice Make the retreat experience part of your everyday life with these tips.

Schedule 30 minutes each morning for self-care. Before your household wakes up, take a half hour for yourself.

Don’t connect to social media during this time. Consider purchasing an alarm clock so you’re not picking up your phone first thing in the morning; if possible, charge your phone in the kitchen. It’s so easy to open Facebook or Instagram to see what everyone else is up to, but this is your time to focus on yourself, your life and the intention you want to bring to your day.

Create an altar at home. Clear a space, perhaps in your room, so you won’t be surrounded by clutter and can maintain a clear head while meditating. Place sacred or special items you feel connected to on your altar. Add plants, for their many health benefits and their natural beauty. Arrange everything in a way that is pleasing to you so you won’t be bothered by little things when you’re trying to relax.

Create a daily ritual. Do a quick yoga sequence or stretching practice and a meditation in front of your altar each morning. Look online or use an app to find a meditation that aligns with your intention for the day.

Retreats, whether organized by someone else or by you, at home or away, let you take time to re-centre, relax and reconnect with yourself. You can try something new and immerse yourself in self-love. We recommend attending one retreat a year and creating your own mini-retreat experience once a year, as well as practicing daily retreat activities. Think about inviting some close friends to your mini-retreat and inspire others to live a healthier and more balanced life.

Chelsey and Shannon Boyne are cousins, entrepreneurs and cofounders of Awaken Your Glow Events in Grande Prairie. They invite you to attend one of their upcoming events. They inspire individuals though yoga, meditation, creation and self-love at their retreats, as well as at monthly The Glow Collective events starting in January 2019. www.awakenyourglowevents.ca Winter 2018 l GUIDED SYNERGY 21

FITNESS

WHAT’S STOPPING YOU FROM EXERCISING? Reframing myths into facts

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trength training, resistance training, working out, hitting the gym. These fancy terms boil down to one simple task: moving our bodies in a way that ensures there is some progressive overload—that is, in a way that gradually increases the work our bodies have to do.

Many of us tend to overthink, complicate and build up a negative belief system around exercise, but we can look at it in a simpler way.

The main benefit of working out is to increase our longevity and our freedom as we age. Training allows us to move our bodies in ways that feel good to us, to increase our energy and to help prevent lifestyle-related diseases.

Training can be an ally in the quest to maximize your quality of life, which goes against a common myth that for a workout to be successful, you have to hate it. Let’s dig into other myths that might be stopping you from including workouts in your everyday routine.

Myth: I don’t have time to train.

Do you shy away from embarking on a fitness journey because it feels like taking on a part-time job? The reality is that you can get results from exercising as little as 20 minutes three times a week.

Don’t think you have an hour a week to spare? Here’s a massive truth bomb: We all have the time to invest in ourselves. It’s about learning to make yourself a priority because you deserve it. If this feels selfish, consider this: When you take the time to honour yourself, everyone around you wins.

To be effective and efficient with your workout, planning is key. Supersetting, creating circuits and playing around with your rest are all great ways to get the full benefit of training while limiting the time you spend.

Myth: Training is too complicated for me.

Did you mentally checkout when I used terms like supersetting and circuits? Another myth is that working out has to be complicated.

This is not the case. There are many resources to help you design a program, including reputable online databases and free workouts posted by top-notch trainers on their social media pages. Keep in mind, though, that these programs do not necessarily cater to your body, limitations and goals.

For a more personalized plan, consider hiring a personal trainer for a bit. Good trainers, who are in the business of helping people, will put care into educating you and ensuring you won’t need them forever.

Myth: Lifting weights will make me bulky.

In my years as a trainer, I’ve found that one of the top reasons people don’t want to lift weights is because they don’t want to get bulky.

They believe that by picking up a dumbbell, they might turn into Arnold Schwarzenegger overnight. I assure you, you won’t. Putting on huge amounts of muscle takes years of dedicated work. It takes your hormones working perfectly in harmony with the task at hand. In some cases, it also takes great genetics to pull off the super-bulky, super-fast results that people fear.

The benefits of strength training are about so much more than aesthetics. Having the energy to go to the park with your kids, having the strength to carry your groceries into the house in one trip, increasing your bone density to help with injuries in the future—these are massive payoffs that happen when you start strength training. And don’t forget about confidence! What’s sexier, more freeing and more beneficial to our daily lives than having more confidence?

Whether you call it strength training, resistance training or just working out, moving your body in a purposeful way to improve your quality of life brings many benefits. Now that we’ve explored some of the myths around training, it’s up to you to choose what you do with the information. How do you want to move forward in a positive way for yourself? The real benefit of learning comes when we choose to take action. What will your choice be?

Sammy Jo Braithwaite holds certifications as a nutrition, lifestyle and success coach, as well as being a certified personal trainer. Through her company, Lifestyle Rising, she empowers people to take their lives back into their own hands. Learn more at www.lifestylerising.com.

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HEALTH

DISORDERED EATING AND DETOXING Listen to your body

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t seems that detoxing is all the rage nowadays. We all want to be healthier and happier, and we want to be able to resist unhealthy habits. But as important as our health is, too much of a good thing can be detrimental. Analyzing our eating patterns too much can sometimes lead us to judge ourselves and form harmful ideas about nutrition. This can result in disordered eating.

The term disordered eating refers to several forms of abnormal eating. These types of behaviours can arise unexpectedly and in a number of ways. Anorexia and bulimia are well-known, diagnosable eating disorders. Two lesser known and less obvious forms of disordered eating are binge eating and orthorexia.

Because they can result from closely controlling our eating, it’s important to be aware of them when we change our diet or begin a detox regimen, even if it’s only short term.

The National Eating Disorders Association in the United States defines binge eating as “eating large quantities of food (often very quickly and to the point of discomfort); a feeling of a loss of control during the binge; experiencing shame, distress or guilt afterwards; and not regularly using unhealthy compensatory measures (purging) to counter the binge eating.” A person who binge eats consumes huge amounts of food in one sitting—often a few days’ worth of calories—and then feels terrible. Shame, guilt and feelings of low self-worth are all at play.

Binge eating disorder is recognized in the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and is the most common pattern of disordered eating in North America.

Binge eating might seem relatively normal to many of us. Most of us overeat periodically, so what is the difference between binge eating and overeating? The feelings associated with the pattern are a significant factor. If binges associate food with guilt, shame, loss of control and negative thinking, it’s likely that the person who is bingeing has a disordered relationship with eating.

The National Eating Disorders Association defines orthorexia as “an obsession with proper or ‘healthful’ eating.” The key word here is obsession. Individuals struggling with orthorexia fear unhealthy foods and will often avoid eating rather than consume anything considered harmful. This can result in compulsive ingredient checking, obsessing over the purity or safety of foods and a generalized stress around eating.

This might have you worrying about how much you’re worrying about eating. The mind naturally wants to worry. This is its nature.

Instead of worrying about your worry, check in with your body, especially when you’re detoxing or starting a new regimen. Never ignore hunger.

What type of hunger are you feeling? Is it physical or emotional?

To take care of your body, you must feed physical hunger. You are your own physician, and food is your medicine. It can feed your mind, body and soul—that is, if you let it and if you work to deepen your understanding of well-being and self-care. Allow yourself the opportunity to take healthy control over your eating.

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Honestly checking in with yourself can help you avoid the potential dangers of detoxing. Listen to your body and your mind.

Be your own best friend. After all, we are wedded to our bodies, in sickness and in health, and it is our core responsibility to take care of them. Sometimes this means detoxing; other times, it means taking the time to listen and then slowly making adjustments, day by day, towards better health.

If you or someone you know is struggling with disordered eating, please ask for help. The National Eating Disorder Information Centre offers many resources on its website, at www.nedic.ca.

Please don’t allow your mind to take control of your body’s wellbeing. Be considerate of your vessel, and know that eating can be an easeful experience. Give yourself time; feed your body and your mind.

Spinelli Pod is a writer originally from the Peace Country and now based in Edmonton.

HEALTH

HOT STONE MASSAGES Answers to your questions

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hat is hot stone massage?

Hot stone massage uses warmed stones to increase the temperature of the treated area and the internal temperature of your body, allowing your massage therapist to reach deeper tissues. Your therapist can either place the hot stones on your body for a period of time, depending on your tolerance and needs, or use the stones in a massage method. The heat causes the blood vessels in the area to dilate, or increase in size, allowing more blood to flow to the area. The increased blood flow helps your muscles relax, allowing your massage therapist to release tight muscles or trigger points within the deeper muscle tissue.

Can the stones burn my skin?

Unfortunately, yes, this is possible. However, in almost all cases it’s avoidable. Here are some things you should be aware of to avoid a burn: Communication: Your massage therapist cannot feel what you feel. This means you need to tell them when the stones are too hot or you are uncomfortable. It’s also important to inform your massage therapist of all your health conditions and any medications you’re taking, as the hot stone massage can cause adverse effects for some conditions.

Hydration: Your skin tissue hydration and internal hydration levels need to be well maintained to maximize the benefits of the hot stone massage. If your skin is dry, your massage therapist should apply moisturizer before starting. To ensure that you’re adequately hydrated, make sure you drink lots of water before, during and after the massage. This is important because as your body temperature increases and more blood flows to the area, more water is required to ensure proper body functions.

Material between stones and skin: If your massage therapist is placing the hot stones on your body to remain there, there should be fabric between your skin and the stones. It can take three or four minutes for the heat to reach your skin through the material. Be sure to tell your massage therapist if you are uncomfortable or concerned about the stone temperature.

Improper heating: The stones are designed to be heated by a specialized unit that uses water to heat them. If they are heated using other tools, such as a slow cooker, a microwave oven, a conventional oven, a hot plate or a heating pad, they are more likely to burn you. Your massage therapist should use a thermometer to ensure that the unit is properly calibrated and the stones are not too hot.

Is hot stone massage right for me?

Hot stone massage is not suitable for everyone. There are some conditions for which it is not beneficial. If you have any of the following conditions, hot stone massage is not for you: • diabetes • cancer • autoimmune dysfunctions • epilepsy • neuropathy • heart disease • skin conditions • recent surgeries • pregnancy Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, so check with your massage therapist before your first hot stone massage.

If you don’t have a health issue that rules it out, hot stone massage helps with many conditions, including these: • sprains • strains • acute bursitis • sports injuries • headaches • bruises It is especially beneficial for many soft-tissue injuries.

If you decide to try hot stone massage, choose a massage therapist who is trained in this technique. Remember to stay hydrated and communicate with your therapist for maximum safety and benefit.

Lorelle Warr has a bachelor’s in kinesiology and a master’s in rehabilitation science and is working on a master’s in exercise science. She is a CSEP Certified Exercise Physiologist, professional kinesiologist with the Alberta Kinesiology Association and AFLCA Trainer in Group Exercise and Fitness Leader in Resistance Training. She teaches at Grande Prairie Regional College and has worked as a kinesiologist in a rehabilitation clinic since 2012. She helped develop rehabilitation and occupational injury services at PrimeCARE Health, which offers kinesiology, physiotherapy, massage therapy, occupational therapy and medical services. Her goal is to help develop the kinesiology and personal training fields to promote healthy lifestyles and exercise as medicine.

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MISS BLISS - HAPPY HOMESTEADER

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9923 100 Ave Grande Prairie, AB 780-832-4008 @coyotemooncrystalshop

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THE WHISPERING TREE 9022B 108 St Grande Prairie, AB 587-259-0530 www.thewhisperingtreeinc.com

Card Readings

CHERYL ATKINSON HOLISTIC HEALING MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT

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ATMA WHOLISTIC PRACTITIONER Studio #106 8715-109 Street 780-832-8959 tammjw@telus.net

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THE WHISPERING TREE

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9923 100 Ave Grande Prairie, AB 780-832-4008 @coyotemooncrystalshop

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Books

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COYOTE MOON

INFINITELY U MEDITATION CENTRE

RAYLEEN D’AOUST

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Body Talk

HEALING CONNECTIONS

Crystals

GP HOLISTIC COUNSELLING

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Cupping

Grande Prairie, AB 780-228-5858 www.embodywellnessgp.ca

RAINING RELIEF MASSAGE

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Dance

ELEMENTS COMPASS OF HEALTH

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THE SPACE

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Detoxification

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Essences

COYOTE MOON

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RAYLEEN D’AOUST

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Emotional Healing

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Organic Products

THE HEALTH HUT

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THE VINE LUXURY SPA

DAD'S ORGANIC MARKET

FUTURE ESSENTIALS

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Prairie Mall, Grande Prairie, AB 780-539-4339 9816 107 St, Grande Prairie, AB 780-814-7558 www.thevinespa.com

Sound Therapy

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Spiritual Health/Healing

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93 Burnt Park Drive, Red Deer, AB 403-347-0277 alevans@shaw.ca www.o2xy-wellness.com

AVENA ORIGINALS RECLAIM YOUR HEALTH

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AWAKEN YOUR GLOW EVENTS

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CHERYL ATKINSON HOLISTIC HEALING MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT

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ELEMENTS COMPASS OF HEALTH

THE HEALTH HUT

NATURAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS OF CANADA 6th Floor, 10339 - 124 Street, Edmonton, AB 780-484-2010 www.nhpcanada.org

Retreats

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INFINITELY U MEDITATION CENTRE #111 10015-102 Ave, Grande Prairie, AB 780-533-5122

Reiki

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Spas

BEYOND WELLNESS

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BEYOND WELLNESS

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BOBBI PINS

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Yoga

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