January 2019 issue of Tone Magazine Ottawa

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Stick to your Diet Eat Low Carb Comfort Foods Pizzas

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Our foods exclude: × Glutens × Grains and Pseudo-grains × Promalins × Sugar × Trans fats × Baker’s yeast

Hanging On To New Year’s Resolutions: Essential Oils Can Help

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ut it really boils down to self-love. We have been taught that it is selfish or egotistical to love ourselves, to put ourselves first. But it is the opposite. It allows us to take better care of ourselves, of others and to be more joyful in all our interactions. It allows us to set healthy boundaries.

It makes resolutions a thing of the past because we don’t have to wait to change. But until we are all on that page, let’s look at some tools that can help us keep our resolutions to do good things.

Anxiety goes along with the things we give up because we are creatures of habit. And some habits, like smoking, come with addictive additives, which makes the challenge a whole lot harder. So essential oils like frankincense and lavender can help keep us calm. Sometimes our less-thanhealthy behaviours are to mask emotions. Myrrh is an amazing oil when it comes to self-care. It can be used for sadness and to help achieve emotional balance. Citrus oils can lift us up and help our motivation, especially in the morning. Imagine the scent of peeling a grapefruit! That’s aromatherapy in action.

Sometimes focus and concentration can be a component of kicking a habit, or bringing in a better, new one. Rosemary and basil are both excellent for the brain. Mints can help keep us alert, and again, the citrus oils are very beneficial here.

Meditation and/or grounding oils might also help with focus/ concentration: frankincense, elemi, cedarwood Atlas or patchouli can be used singly, or any of the oils can be used in combination. Just remember, scent is very personal, so it make take a few attempts to come up with your perfect blend.

Note: If you have any health conditions, please consult with your health professional before using essential oils. ©2018 Heather Garrod is a Certified Aromatherapist and owner of Planet Botanix at 301 Bank St near Somerset. She gives workshops on creating natural bodycare and has been creating natural bodycare for over two decades. The shop offers natural alternatives to commercial products and features a holistic therapy clinic. www.planetbotanix.com

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January 2019

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The Look Of Love:

become indelible in the child’s psyche and he or she will be much more capable of reflecting this loving energy on to future generations.

Joseph Campbell, the mythologist, in his books, “The Masks of Go “If the Beloved is everywhere, the lover is d” and “The Hero with a Thousand s s a veil, Faces”, seems to be alluding to the le lnes w But when living itself becomes the friend, same archetype that Rumi calls the smokin lovers disappear.”

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by Jalaluddin Rumi, 13th Century Sufi He maintains that, when you “folMystic and Poet. xie low your bliss”, you will have a fully ty enriching life experience. Hippocrates self -esteem called it Psyche. C.G. Jung called it the In this eloquent comment Rumi seems t h g i fully individuated Self. I call it “maske w to capture the essence of how to live less living”, or, in everyday language, one’s life in a field of loving-kindness.

COUNSELLING, COACHING “What you see is what you get.” By We are generally very attracted to & HYPNOTHERAPY CENTRE not donning any masks, we can dispeople with a loving demeanour and play who we are in each nano-second.

Richard M. Haney particularly to those who have the look Ph.D.(Counselling), Hypnotherapist This is the hero’s path. The heroic Soul of love.

(613) 234-5678 (613) 726-3636 has then mustered the courage to walk I first saw the look of love in the face through life without any masks.

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I will finish this article with a poem that I wrote in 1990 When parenting young children it is especially crucial to just after my late wife, Helen, passed into Spirit: have lots of “face time” with them and to share with them as much as possible the look of love. These special moments Fleeting moments… still frame??? melding, melting, welding-yielding… one cosmic tear-drop… smile emblazoning… legacy surviving??? shedding, shedding, shedding… soft, subtle, sweet, infinitely vulnerable…

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hange happens naturally, but it can be a wee bit difficult to keep it flowing in the direction you want. According to some estimates, 80% of New Year resolutions fail. When it comes to losing weight, more than 95% of dieters regain the weight they lost within three years.

Even if you sincerely want to make positive changes in your life, success may elude you. Maybe you are selfsabotaging without realizing it. Maybe you are skipping essential steps that would make your efforts pay off.

Living with Uncertainty Holding onto what is familiar can give you a sense of security. However, staying in your comfort zone may mean missing out on a more meaningful life.

• Let go of judgements. Stop rushing to label or categorize people, places or events. Slow down and open your mind to other viewpoints.

• Clarify your vision. When you know what you are trying to accomplish, it is so much easier to make specific pans. Reflect on your intentions and write them down.

Gathering Resources There are many simple and free things you can do to take care of yourself.

• Set priorities. Trying to change too many things at once can be overwhelming. Choose one or two top concerns and focus your efforts there.

• Get organized. You can accomplish more when you have a system. Clear away mental and physical clutter. Implement routines that will save you time and money.

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• Practice mindfulness. Research shows that it often takes a couple of months for new habits to solidify.

Plus, being consistent during the first few days of starting a new practice will increase your chances of success. Remind yourself that being patient and vigilant now will benefit you.

It’s important to embrace change if you want to grow.

Once you understand what’s holding you back, you can come up with strategies that will help you reach your personal and professional goals.

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Open Mind Workshop 2019

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ou are invited to the 5th Open Mind Workshop on April 27, 2019 at the Kitchissippi United Church, 630 Island Park Drive, Ottawa. This workshop will focus on CANCER. Cancer is frightening word nobody wants to hear!!

It constrains the energy. However, it has touched everyone’s life directly or indirectly. Western medicine has made some progress in extending life expectancy with somewhat better quality of life. In this workshop we will look at the alternate ways : What is cancer? What causes it ? What can we do about it? The three presenters will be sharing with you from their experiences how cancer is not as frightening as the western medicine presents and help is available!

The presenters are: Mr. Zhaoqi Guo is a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM in short) Practitioner and Acupuncturist practicing for 30 years in Ottawa. He was also trained as a doctor in Western Medicine in China. By combining his knowledge of the East and West he has created his own unique combinations of acupuncture points and occasionally adding herbs. He has a keen mind in research and a sincere desire to help his clients which has enabled him to develop many new ways of resolving his clients’ health issues by finding the cause and cancer is one of those areas he has had much success.

In this workshop, you will learn the Chinese Medicine’s way of dealing with Cancer: 1. Causes of cancer 2. Different choice of combination of points according to the cause with explanations 3. Presentation of cases using different acupuncture techniques to achieve desired result Dr. Amanda Chan is a non-traditional chiropractor who focuses on Neuro Optimization. She uses gentle, light touch techniques and breathing exercises to correct neuro abnormalities and in turn, optimize your body and your spine.

In this workshop, you will learn: 1. Common emotional needs found in people living with Cancer 2. How to recognize emotional and/or mental states affecting treatment and healing 3. Simple exercises to overcome negative emotional states to allow your body to heal Sifu James Foo is a scientist who is born with the special ability to see energy flow in the body and and around the body referred to as aura.

Through their colors and patterns he is seeing,

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Sifu James is able to identify abnormality in the body.

With his energetic manipulation, he witnesses the energy flow returning to normal . Through his research, he has discovered different frequencies of the brain and how the combinations of these frequencies improve our physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. He also found some very common herbs such as dandelion that works wonders in our body.

In this workshop, you will learn: 1. Qi-Matic Qi-Gong’s explanation of Cancer in relationship to energy flow in the body 2. Experience different brain frequencies and its effects 3. Experience a few herbs that enhance the flow of energy in the body Come and join us on April 27, and find out how cancer could be conquered To register: email Angela at afung46@hotmail.com or text her at 613 762 8893 Cost: $55 before April 12, 2019. $70 after April 12 or at the door. Location: Kitchissippi United Church, 630 Island Park Drive, Ottawa Time: 9am to 5 pm.

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Qi-Matic Research Centre Presents The Open Mind Workshop

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Dr. Amanda Chan

Zhaoqi Guo, R. TCMP & R. Ac

Topic: Cancer April 27, 2019 9 am to 5 pm Location: Kitchissippi United Church 630 Island Park Drive, Ottawa Admission: $55 before April 12, 2019 $70 after April 12, 2019 or at the door Contact: Angela Fung afung46@hotmail.com or 613-762-8893 Private consultations with the presenters will be available

January 2019

An adult with the proper blood sugar level has 1 teaspoon of sugar in their entire blood supply

In summary. The stomach breaks down carbs (sugars and starches) into another type of sugar, called glucose.

Insulin is released to move the glucose into our liver, muscles and other organs to be stored for later. The liver can store about 100 grams of glucose in the form of glycogen and the muscles about 500 grams of glycogen. Carbs that are consumed beyond the storage Stick to your Diet capacity are converted to and stored as fat.

In other words, the effects are similar whether you consume any of these in excess: ¨ Table sugar; ¨ High fructose corn syrup, honey and agave; ¨ Grains, fresh and dried fruits, Low Carb starchy vegetables; Gluten Free ¨ Breads, cakes, cookies; Sugar Free ¨ Juices, smoothies, specialty coffees, milkshakes, sodas; and/or, Grainless ¨ Protein.

by the Keto Grocer ccording to Statistics Canada, the average Canadian consumed the equivalent of 26 teaspoons of sugar per day in 2004. It’s critical to note, current consumption rates appear to remain the same and this statistic refers to the equivalent of 26 teaspoons per day or 26 sugar packages. How can this be?

Let’s consider the teaspoons of sugar and carb grams (CHO) of these foods and drinks: ¨ A snack box of raisins has nearly 6 teaspoons of sugar or 25.2 CHO. ¨ A serving of popular brands of cola and orange juice or 2 thin slices of whole grain bread have nearly 10 teaspoons of sugar or 42 CHO (you’re ingesting around 30 teaspoons of sugar if you have all three with nothing on the toast). ¨ One cup of a dry cereal that’s marketed as an intelligent choice with one cup skim milk and a medium banana offers 25 teaspoons of sugar and 100 CHO. ¨ One large Mocha specialty coffee from a well-known chain has 15.5 teaspoons sugar and 62 CHO. ¨ One well known company’s classic cinnamon bun has 31 teaspoons of sugar or 124 CHO.

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Excess intake contributes to a list of challenges most people want to avoid. It’s a good time of year to set measurable goals. A suggestion is to consider how to avoid “hidden sugars and starches” by paying attention to net carb counts. Here’s to a New Year and New You! Explore more at ketogrocer.com. Look for upcoming articles on topics such as: net carb counts, carb-burners vs fat-burners, types of glutens and, why the products you put on your skin matter. Thank you.

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Hatha Yoga

By Ivy Xie-McIsaac, E-RYT200, YACEP n modern society, the most common and accepted form of Yoga practice is āsana practice.

The practice begins with the body and is known as Hatha Yoga. “Ha” refers to the moon, the essence of the Self, the subordinate side; the intangible, receptive and feminine side of the Self, the negative side of energy. “ṭha” refers to the sun, the form of the Self, the dominate side; the physical, expanding and masculine side of the Self, the positive side of energy. Śrīmān Tirumalai Krishnāmachārya and Swami Sivananda Saraswati, these two figures have had great influence on modern Yoga. They spread Yoga through their teaching and books. Their students have made Yoga accepted and popular in the western world. Now different Yoga styles such as Ashtanga Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Viniyoga, Sivananda Yoga and fitness Yoga are being practiced all over the world.

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When we practice āsanas, the two fundamental principles are breath and balance. Yoga Sūtra (2.46) says, “Āsana must have the dual qualities of alertness and relaxation.”

We practice an āsana to improve the ability to stay in the āsana with a smooth and deep breath. The external pose is not what we are concerned with; instead, we focus on the condition of breathing. When we are able to handle any āsana with smooth breathing, then the āsanas will become naturally perfect in due time.

Yoga practice allows us take a break from daily life and unwind. The simplest poses can be the most rewarding if we can focus on breathing. We can close our eyes to enjoy the poses and become wholly present in the moment and let everything else slip away.

Balance includes balancing left and right sides of the body, back and front of the body, and the movement of up and down, expansion and contraction, extension and retraction.

No matter what form of Yoga we practice, the aim of āsana practice is to improve body flexibility, strength, balance and vitality, and through movement awareness to recognize the pulse of the mind and at last recognize our true nature.

Wishingtree Yoga offers a 200H Traditional Hatha Yoga Teacher Training in 2019 beginning Jan. 20. Ivy’s geography background and travel have given her a unique perspective.

Her book A Complete Yoga Manual is the manual for the Teacher Training. It is a bridge between east and west, modern and ancient, theory and practice. The book is available at Singing Pebble Books.

For more information please visit www. wishingtreeyoga.ca or contact Wishingtree Yoga at wishingtreeyoga@hotmail.com

January 2019

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What Have I Learned?

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s the new year begins, I am reflecting on the numerous decades behind me. I can easily travel in time and see years of yearning for a deep spiritual and authentic perspective. Throughout, I explored meditation, studied ancient texts, had conversations with friends, and discovered life (the good and the less good) and myself in the process. At a very young age, perhaps as early as eight years old, I asked questions such as: What is life?

Who am I? Do I have a soul? Where do we go when we die?

This introspective nature took me to India, in the Himalayas, where I lived for 15 years.

During this time, I studied philosophy and profound Sanskrit texts dating back to 4000 years. I learned about the complexity of our human nature. What amazed me is how this ancient philosophy was still applicable today! Since time immemorial people have always dealt with pain, sorrow, fear, and illusions. Those ancient texts recommended a practice that spoke to me deeply: Don’t just talk; sit down, and focus your mind to go beyond its superficial and conditioned tendencies. Essentially, the contemplative practices I learned were not religious in nature, they were based on an introspective philosophy that was meant to lead us to transform the illusions we carried into clarity.

I understood that the answers were hidden behind the maze of my mind. I also saw that I needed to heal my own wounds, the hurt and misunderstandings that were still very much a part of my life. Now I understand that we all carry a certain degree of hurt. Unless we heal those wounds, they stay with us for the entirety of our lives and constantly hold us back.

I believe that evolution has no end, that we continue to learn and grow, and that our potential is immense. I remember a traditional story of a beggar sitting on a box.

A person walked by and said: “Have you looked inside the box that you are sitting on?” Curious, the beggar opened the box and found immeasurable wealth. This symbolizes each and everyone’s potential.

It is through trials and tribulations, learning from friends and teachers, that I am opening windows wider than ever before. The most satisfactory life is one of service, of love for humanity, of forgiveness, and of offering a clear and non-judgmental presence. This leads to an integration of all great spiritual principles: In truth we are one life, we are all brothers and sisters.

We all do our best and we’re all learning, evolving, even if this is not obvious at times.

As one of my teachers, Dr. Brian Weiss, repeatedly said during his training: “Love is the most important thing in the world. Nothing surpasses it.” I understand this more than ever. So, in this new year, may love and compassion prevail, for it is good for us, and good for all. Though this may be enticing, at times it isn’t so easy. If you need guidance, contact me, I’m here to help.

Lynne Cardinal holds client sessions in Hull and Stittsville in Coaching, Stress management, Hypnosis and Meditation.

She is also offering monthly MINI-RETREATS, starting on January 12th, 2019, on Saturdays. It is a meeting which explores meditation, invites into conversations and the exploration of the principles of meditation. This friendly meeting will help you integrate the useful and pragmatic philosophy that surrounds meditation. For more details call 613.836.2355 or visit our web site. Lynne has a PhD (alternative) in Eastern Philosophy. She offers Stress Management, Resilience and Burnout Prevention workshops in the government and private sectors and has done so for over 30 years. She is also a Consulting Hypnotist with the National Guild of Hypnotists, holding additional certifications in Hypnosis Innovative Techniques and Weight Loss. She is certified by Dr. Weiss in Past-Life Regression. She has completed a two-year extensive and advanced training with Thomas Hübl on Transparent Communication and Principles of Transformation and Healing, and on Trauma (individual and collective) work. She has trained with Diane Hamilton in Conflict Resolution and with Diana Martinez on Family Constellation. For more information or to book a session call 613.836.2355 or www.kaivalya.ca info@kaivalya.ca

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Offered as a free community service by students of Sri Chinmoy.

SRI CHINMOY: The aim of life is to become conscious of the Supreme Reality, God. Life is evolution unfolding from within; it is existence that comes from a deeper existence. Existence cannot come from non-existence.

Life comes from God. Life is God. The aim of life is to realise God. For this, temples, churches and synagogues are not obligatory. Neither is the tapestry of scriptures and sermons required. What is imperative is meditation. Meditation will enable you to realise God the Infinite within your soul, heart, mind and body. For God-Realisation, you also need peace.

Peace is based on love: love for humanity and love for God. Peace is also based on non-attachment. No thirst for gain, no fear of loss. Lo! Peace is yours.

We are living in this world but we do not live by bread alone. We need the soul to live in the world of God’s Reality. The soul alone has the capacity to see and feel the known and the Unknown; the existent and the non-existent; dreams of the past; achievements of the present; and hopes of the future. Mistakes in our journey are inevitable, but success without endeavour is impossible. No work, no progress. Welcome experience, whether encouraging or discouraging, for we can learn nothing without it. Experience shows us the true meaning of our very existence.

The aim of life is to live a divine life. There are two lives: the inner and the outer. The outer life tries to fulfil itself by feeding desires and stimulating passions. The inner life finds fulfilment in the control of passions and the conquest of desires.

Let us accept the inner life. Let us all be truly spiritual.

Let us realise God through our constant communion with Him. Time and place do not matter for meditation, so transcend them. When we go deep within, we feel that one moment cannot be separated from another, that one place cannot be separated from another. Let us live in the eternal now of God-Realisation—of God’s Dream and God’s Reality.

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January 2019

Our Annual Prompt Written by Rev. Alexis Nicol

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hope everyone enjoyed the Holiday Season with all the fuss and muss that goes along with it. Do you ever get tired of all the pressure from media, family and friends to create an annual New Year’s Resolution?

How much pressure do we put on ourselves? It’s important to remember we have a choice and the only one that knows what resolutions we need to make is ourselves. We don’t have to tell any/everyone – take that pressure off. Also, we can make changes anytime of the year.

Mind you, I don’t mind the reminder because sometimes, no, a lot of times I forget about myself and what I need to feel better. This annual prompt, even if we don’t keep it helps us to at the very least make an effort.

January can be a cold and dark month so it’s a perfect time to be kind to ourselves. So, if you can, get comfy, quiet and in touch with yourself. Listening to our Inner Voice will automatically lead us to take the actions necessary towards the fulfilment of our newly created vow and living a more empowered life.

Paying attention to the thoughts, surroundings and the people around us are also ways that the Universe or the Inner Voice speaks to us. It uses all types of symbols, emotions and physical feelings to help guide us. For instance, if you are around a lot of turmoil you may want to walk away or if you feel called to calm the situation. This is really very easy, just think, feel and express your feelings with the energy of Love. If you aren’t feeling the love then take a step back. Only when Love is at the base of your emotion should you take any action.

We don’t always know why things happen the way they do. It helps me get through tough times by trusting that the Energy of Love is all-knowing and always has the highest good of all at its core. May Love be your guide in 2019.

Alexis believes in a Wholistic Metaphysical approach to healing mind, body and soul. She combines natural healing modalities in her practice. www.firstlighthealing.com 613-263-7925

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PATHWORK:

What’s Love Got To Do With It?

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This will be the topic of the next Pathwork Open Lecture. There will be a discussion of lecture #99 – Falsified Impressions of Parents and an exercise to help us apply the teachings in our own lives. All are welcome on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at Saint Paul University, 233 Main Street, room 141 from 7 to 9 pm.

Follow the signs to the room. There is a suggested donation of $15 for nonmembers; $5 for members.

o you struggle with how to love? Are your relationships less fulfilling than you wish them to be? It is a natural human desire to be loved; however our beliefs about love are often distorted. We often confuse our desire to be loved with our ability to love. It The Pathwork lectures are available for free download is being loving that gives meaning to life. from www.pathwork.org.

It is our first impressions and emotional experiences For further information contact Jean at jeanmillar21@ as children that lay the groundwork for our adult gmail.com or 613-829-1254 relationships. The important people in our young lives are our early teachers about love. Because our parents or parent substitutes are imperfect humans we do not receive the perfect, unconditional love that we long for. This can create resentment. The resentment may be out of our awareness as we mature.... or not. I remember really disliking my mother at times when I was a teenager and young adult. Now, as my mother ages and I mature, this is something I 233 Main St, follow signs to room have become curious about and want to understand. Pathwork lecture #99 - Falsified Impressions of Parents: Cause and Cure has helped me see how these feelings of resentment toward my parents probably came about; that, as a child, I had limitations in how I 7:00 to 9:00 pm perceived my parents. I was not able to see them simply as imperfect human Suggested donation, $15 ~ $5 for members beings (as we all are) who were doing Contact Jean: jeanmillar21@gmail.com, 613-829-1254 the best they could according to their capacity.

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January 2019

8 Steps to Effective Change Peace to you for 2019!

With New Year’s resolutions now made, are you wondering how to keep them?

In his book “The Coaching Habit”, Michael Bunday Stanier offers a multi-step plan to effect change. Change comes when you review your habits and tweak them.

The formula is simple but requires mental discipline: When this (trigger) happens, instead of (current habit/ behavior), I will do this instead (decide on a plan and implement it).

1. You need a reason to effect change – Why exercise?

You will be less stressed, be easier to be around and feel happier” has a broader scope and is more motivational.

2. Become aware of what triggers you. Triggers tend to be predictable. Plan how you can respond to what triggers you before it happens – how can you look at things differently or what can you do to calm down that’s different?

3. Look at the variables surrounding the trigger and break them down – maybe going cold turkey isn’t the best way to go – but changing one component of the habit at a time may be more effective – For example, if every time you take a walk, you always meet see so-and-so who gets your goat and you have to smoke to calm down, then consider taking a different route or changing the time of your routine.

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4. When deciding on a plan, make it simple – if it takes longer than one minute to implement, chances are you may not stick to it.

5. Practice, practice, practice – some mindfulness is required and maybe writing your plan on a card you keep in your pocket for quick reference would be helpful.

6. For sure you will forget and fall back – this is where you need to learn to forgive yourself, keep up the faith in yourself, remember your motive for wanting to change, reset your determination and continue from where you left off. You can do this!

7. Support is always very important – you can journal and/or buddy-up.

8. Forgive those who do not join you in your new efforts – it is your right to exercise your free will – energetic forgiveness is when you consciously decide to stop a bad habit while not judging others who continue doing it.

Yes, your friends may change. Your lifestyle may change. Or they may not. The question becomes what is more important to you - the old, damaging habit, or the new harmless one? Remember, balance is key.

Have fun with it! If I can help you develop helpful strategies, contact me.

Also, on January 20th, I am offering a workshop on understanding psychic empathy (which I call ‘soulfulness’): “Understand Super Empathy in Youth when they don’t “fit in” & wonder why”.

I hope you will contact me if you require assistance in personal development and Spirit growth in 2019.

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The “I AM” Activity of Saint Germain Foundation

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his article offers an introduction to the “I AM” Activity to the interested seeker of the Light. It explains the purpose, goals and patriotic Activity. This instruction was given to us by the Blessed Ascended Master Saint German through His Messengers, our Beloved Mr. and Mrs. Ballard. It is presented to mankind under the auspices of Saint Germain Foundation, a notfor-profit Illinois corporation, founded in 1934 by Mr. and Mrs. Ballard.

The “I AM” Ascended Master Instruction is the True Education of Life and the spiritual Illumination of the people. It is brought forth in the interest of the public good. This understanding of the Great Creative World of Life, “I AM” is the great God power which created this planet and is the Eternal Law Of Life. It is the balance between religion and education. When one is educated in the Ascended Masters’ Truth of the “I AM,”

Saint Germain Foundation Ottawa From the Highest Octaves of Life Our Beloved Saint Germain has brought the Original Ascended Master Teachings on the “Laws of Life”, as a free gift of Love for all mankind.

We welcome all interested individuals who wish to know more of this Original Ascended Master Teaching.

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Groundhog Day Workshop

Join me as we use the concept of Groundhog Day to explore our shadow side, develop an awareness of repeating patterns in our lives, discover the new practices we would like to embrace and ground ourselves in the present moment.

As we work through the guided processes, we will create our own set of guidance cards to remind us of our authentic path and inspire us along our journey.

Cost: donation of $2.00 to $20.00 that will be donated to The Ottawa Mission Date: February 2, 2019 Time: 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm Location: Nepean Centrepointe Public Library Room 1B 101 Centrepointe Dr, Nepean Registration: please email Viv Jerez, at vivjerezz@gmail.com to register, workshop will be limited to 14 adult participants

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he or she knows that to worship Perfection is the highest Education of Life.

The Truth of Life is that in all universe there is but one God—The “I AM”—God in Action; and that every person on Earth has an Individualized Flame of God anchored within his or her Heart. Not only does everyone have a Divine spark of the “I am” within, but above each human form is an Individualized Presence of God— dwelling in a Spiritual Body of electronic light-substance. This individualized “Mighty I AM Presence” is each one’s own direct Source of Life and all good from the Godhead, with which It is One. The Purpose of the Ascended Masters “I AM” Activity is to give help from Their Octave of Life. Mankind must have Their Help at this time to stand against the onrush of world destruction; because no outer activity in the world today can solve the world’s problems nor stop the destruction which human beings are releasing against each other. the goal is to protect all that is constructive in the world; to maintain the God Ideals by worshipping God in the highest and most powerful way possible; and to bring forth in the Fulfillment of the God Plan for America and all God-loving nations of the world.

This Activity is free to all, for the Ascended Masters give all as a glad-free Gift of Love. They ask nothing in return but obedience and to one’s own Divine Self, loving, cooperation, honesty and sincerity. Submitted by the Saint Germain Foundation, Ottawa. 613-834-8896.

January 2019

The Power of Praxis

Daniel Roy CD, BA, MA, CFP, EPC, CIM, FCSI, CIWM, CRC s you probably have noticed, Praxis is the word that I use in the name of my company. The word is Latin, and it means the alignment of your thoughts with your actions to achieve the results that you want. I found this word fitting and it became the obvious choice for my new company name as it perfectly described the essence of the process that I use to help my clients achieve their goals.

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Resolutions. Unfortunately, success stories on this issue are few because by mid January, life has taken over and we fall back into our old ways. If this is happening to you, you need to ask yourself a simple question: Did I really want to achieve that goal?

When you want to achieve something in your life, you need to have the vision of what that “thing” is and then you need to take the action steps to get there. There needs to be a burning desire deep within you to achieve that goal or else, it too, will life. land on the pile of other ideas that will never see the light of day.

As you start to take the action steps, keep your thoughts focused on your goal(s) and maintain that burning desire deep with you. This perfect alignment between your thoughts and your actions will get you to your goals. Success is defined as the progressive realization of a worthy idea. Define what you want and let the power of Praxis work for you! Dare to Dream!

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How To Deal With Negative Emotions Part 1 of 2

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e’re going to talk specifically about negative emotions today, because if you’ve got a lot of positive emotions, you’re doing all right. That’s great.

Amazing. So, let’s look at those negative emotions today. Those ones that prevent you from feeling the way you want to feel, preventing you from doing the things you want to do, preventing you from being who you want to be.

And there are only, really, four – there are four negative emotions. First is anger, with many different forms. It could be frustration, annoyance, peeved, (for our American friends), for example - these all come from anger. The next one is sadness. Sadness could be depression, feeling a bit low, feeling a bit down. They all come from the sadness family. Then there is fear.

Fear can be being scared of something, anxiety about something, apprehensive about something - that’s all fear. And finally there’s guilt. We’re adding shame onto guilt as well. The only difference between guilt and shame is guilt tends to be something that we feel, feel we’ve done wrong to others, and shame tends to be how we feel that we have wronged our self. Therefore, we’re putting that in the guilt family.

Every other negative emotion will be in some shape or form linked to one of these four. And once they are cleared from your system, you will no longer have a backlog of (however old you are) inappropriate anger,

sadness, fear, or guilt/shame.

Now, all emotions are useful on some level, and when we talk about clearing these emotions it doesn’t mean you won’t be able to feel them in the future. In fact, if I had the ability with a magic wand (which I don’t), to make all these emotions disappear from your life I’d be doing you a huge disservice because I’d be taking away from you some of the colour from your life on some level. Sometimes it is appropriate to be angry, and a lot of times it’s appropriate not to be angry. Sometimes it’s appropriate to be sad - you’ve actually lost someone that you love, they have passed away. It’s appropriate to be sad, to grieve a little bit, but not for the rest of your life. Sometimes it’s appropriate to feel fear. If you’ve got an Alsatian dog running after you, or a Pit bull that’s about to bite you, it’s appropriate to be afraid and remove yourself from the scenario – just not every moment of your life.

Guilt and shame, I don’t know if it is necessarily appropriate to be feeling them. Hence guilt sometimes is that built-in, inner compass that lets us know we are a real human being. We’re not a sociopath or a psychopath. We do feel guilt because we’ve felt we’ve wronged someone, or shamed, or wronged ourselves on some level. In that way to finger pointing back to ourselves, let us know we are human. I’ve felt that I’ve wronged someone. Okay, I’m probably a decent person who just made a mistake. The only problem is we don’t respond to situations in our life most of the time with the appropriate amount of anger for that specific situation, or sadness, fear or guilt because we’ve got these things in our mind called gestalts. If you imagine your wholee

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Painting with Words, Poetry for a New Era

Ian Prattis “Painting with Words, Poetry for a New Era” is now available. On Amazon.com, soon on Indigo, also from me – http://ianprattis.com/PaintingWithWords.html To avoid shipping costs, Ottawa friends can get a signed copy directly from me – a purchase enables you to take any one of my prior books home for free. Here is a glimpse from the Foreword by Jana Begovic.

“I became acquainted with Ian Prattis through his trilogy Redemption, Trailing Sky, New Planet New World. Reading his literary tour de force reminded me of E.B. White’s quote in which he compared writing to both a mask and unveiling. The profound truth of that quote brought greater clarity to a seemingly complex and intriguing man who dances between the roles author, shaman, environmentalist, a wolf whisperer and a human vessel through which ancient wisdom pours forth. My enchantment with Prattis’ creative opus continued throughout this volume of poetry.

And what a befitting title for the verses that paint images like masterful strokes of a painter’s brush!

This collection of poems features six thematically distinct parts displaying a full spectrum of human life like a string and every time you encounter anger, there’s a pearl being threaded onto that string. So, let’s say you’re 38 years old like me and you’ve accumulated a lot of pearls - a lot of pearls of anger over the years, being angry, or a little angry, frustration, annoyance and full blown rage. You might have a necklace filled with all these beads. And some of them you’ve got really good reasons for them. However, everything that happens to us that we respond to in an angry way, unless we’ve done a lot of work in releasing ourselves, we’re probably not responding to that specific particular piece of information, that particular event that’s going on with the appropriate amount of anger for us, because we’re interacting with it with all the anger of that accumulated necklace of anger. So we’re going to overreact, we’re going to catastrophize the situation.

All these emotions are useful on some level, hence most of us don’t go into that situation dealing with that specific anger that we’re experiencing for that

emotions, and capturing in verse the shared aspects of our experience. Each poem seems to reflect how deeply the author had travelled into his personal experience to retrieve and process its meaning, and to raise it to the level of the universal. Each part exudes, thus a singular atmosphere of spirit, and depicts the author’s pilgrimage into the landscape of his soul, excavating the multiplicities of his self during the different legs of his spiritual journey. His poetry aims directly for the heart speaking to the reader in clear and loud words, sometimes screaming the truth; it is incisive, devoid of redundant imagery and heavy-handed symbolism that might obscure the truth, both the poetic and human one.

With the multi-layered quality of the poems, Prattis takes the reader through the immensities of joy and pain, through the infinite and the mysterious. He dissects the dissonance of the modern world with the scalpel of his poetic musings, and describes the interflow between the human soul and the spirit of earth, paving his quest for spiritual evolution and higher meaning. Prattis’ poetry is a poetic narrative of our basest attributes as a species, our greed and propensity toward a savage violence, as well as our ability to love beyond the telling power of words. His verses awaken the sense of the infinite within us surging our hearts with the power of their message. They restore the possibility of the ancient dialogue between humans and nature, and most of all they restore a sense of optimism.” one particular thing. It’s a backlog of anger that we’ve accumulated, we haven’t resolved throughout many, many years. It’s kind of like a computer. A computer has some things called cookies or cache tray. They ask you to clear out every few months, or every few weeks because if you don’t, it gets a backlog and it slows down your computer and makes it very, very buggy. So while talking about releasing those emotions, it is just actually releasing that stuff from your head - top computer if you will - defragging your head top computer so you can respond with the appropriate amount of whatever inside emotion is right there. And you’ll be amazed when the intensity starts to drop (quite radically) as you deal with the situation with the appropriate amount of that emotion. And not a gestalt, a pearl necklace if you will, of many, many years, - a lifetime of accumulated anger, sadness, fear, guilt or shame.

Part 2 next issue

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OTTAWA GURDJIEFF STUDY GROUP www.gurdjieffottawa.ca For those wishing to connect with the teaching and practice of G.I. Gurdjieff and the possibilities for man’s inner development, we invite you to join us on Friday evenings. Phone 613-746-6547 or contact@gurdjieffottawa.org SRI AUROBINDO STUDY GROUP. A new group is forming in order to study Sri Aurobindo and The Mother’s writings. info@tripletransformation.ca IS IMPROVED COMMUNICATION SKILLS YOUR RESOLVE FOR 2019?We are here to mentor and celebrate your progress.

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THE BOWEN APPROACH - Gently restoring your health. PAIN, digestive & respiratory issues and more. Certified Bowen Practitioner (Advanced) 613-799-3315. www.TheBowenApproach.ca BOWEN TRAINING ACADEMY, Janet Riley, RN, Licensed Bowenwork® Instructor. www.bowentrainingacademy.com. Courses in Ottawa and across Canada. 613 848-2083 janet@bowentrainingacademy.com NEXT GENERATION PRECISION PROCEDURES for chronic pain, concussion & TBI, sports & accident injuries, TMJ, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, plantar fasciitis, skeletal alignment, bedwetting and more. Carling and Woodroffe. Madeline McBride, advanced practitioner. 613.798.7628 madelinem@rogers.com

• Buddhism

INTRODUCTION TO AUTHENTIC ZEN TRAINING through instruction in zazen (sitting Zen) and kinhin (walking Zen). First Saturday of each month, 2-4 PM. Pre-registration required: info@wwzc.org or 613-562-1568. Zen Centre of Ottawa www.wwzc.org

• Chakra In Motion Rhythm for your Soul CHAKRADANCE™ is a powerful and authentic healing dance.

Using spontaneous dance, guided imagery that resonates deeply with each chakra. www.chakrainmotion.com Bernie Young info@chakrainmotion.com

• Children ICU-INSPIRING CHILDREN UNIVERSALLY – Reading blindfolded helps children become happier, more confident and academically successful | Crystal Medicine Centre | 613-4358678 | 1572 Stittsville Main Street, Stittsville, ON | info@crystalmedicine.ca

• Chiropractic ACTIVATOR CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC. Restore proper spinal balance safely and comfortably with the precise low-force activator analysis and instrument. Dr. Stephani S.Dunk 613-226-9800.

Baseline @ Prince of Wales

• Church CHURCH OF PERFECT LIBERTY, Ottawa,ON. www.perfectliberty.ca (613-225-1850)

• Clinics KILLENS REID PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINIC now offering TCM with acupuncture practitioner. Other services, Osteopathy, Vodder Lymphatic Drainage, Vestibular Rehab, Urinary Incontinence Rehab, Massage Therapy, Orthopaedic and Sports Physiotherapy. www.killensreid.com (613) 594-8512.

PLANET BOTANIX, 301 Bank (Somerset) 567-4444: visit our website for a list of practitioners www.planetbotanix.com

• Coaching ACADEMY OF PERSONAL AND RELATIONSHIP COACHING www. ottawacounselling.com Coaching concentrates on healing and empowerment and deemphasizes being clinical and helping. Richard Haney is a wholistic coach who brings a wide range of skills, techniques and modalities to each coaching interaction. He provides warm, heart-connected and empathetic coaching. Please contact Richard Haney to enhance your life and make the most of each moment. Listening well is the most eloquent sign of caring. Richard Merrill Haney, Ph.D. (Counselling Therapy), 234-5678 or 726-3636.

• Chakra/Aura Balancing THE BOUTIQUE offers a 30 minute Chakra/ Aura Assessment and modification session.

Also the Boutique offers many more services, please refer to www.arc-ange-ciel.com or call the Boutique at 613 424 9094.

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DIRECTORY for 2018 and beyond. Colour Consulting available. Room clearing and smudging also available. Find us on Facebook Colour Guru!

Happy New Year!! 613-797-1096

NOT ACHIEVING WHAT YOU WANT IN LIFE? Moira concentrates on awakening your true potential, inviting and supporting the changes for YOUR highest good. Moira Hutchison 613.432.1239 www.WellnessWithMoira.com LIFE SKILL WORKSHOPS INCLUDESAnger, Communication, Denial, Roles, ACOA, Co-dependency, Relationships and Spirituality. Every second Saturday at The House of Hope and Healing. www.lifelinesofrecovery.ca Lynda @ 613-858-7181 CANADAS-COACH.COM Marguerite Tennier, M.A., Fearless Living and wellness coach, Specializes working with over 40 prof. Women Who want to have more energy, live deeper and Transform their life. 613-744-1538 ARE YOU A MIDLIFE WOMAN STRUGGLING WITH GRIEF? Let Anne DeButte, Author & Grief Coach guide you on your journey. Avoid common pitfalls that can keep you stuck. Learn new tools with Reconnect-from-Grief.com

WE HAVE WHAT YOU NEED. Whether you are looking for career guidance, self-improvement, or self-empowerment, we have someone to help. Call today and see how we can help you. Mention this ad for your 1/2 hour free consult. 613-859-5389 www.ceconsultingcanada.com

• Cold Laser Therapy CERTIFIED COLD LASER THERAPIST offering mobile services. $30.00 for 45 min session. Effective and safe for pain relief. treatment. www.ottawacoldlasertherapy.ca

• Colonic Therapy DETOX AND STRENGTHEN THE COLON. Gentle, safe, effective. Experienced Colonic Therapist and Holistic Nutritionist, SatDaya WIlliams at 815 Merivale Rd, Ottawa, 613-761-5982, www.holisticottawa.com, satdaya@sympatico.ca By appointment only

• Colour BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO A ROOM, shift the energies of your space, add a chakra colour as an accent wall, decorative designs or family trees can also add character and uniqueness to your home. Let Colour Guru bring new life, colour and uniqueness to your living space

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• Counselling CAROLINE ELSON a Wholistic Lifestyle Counsellor. B.Sc M.Ed,CCC 613 282 7905, caroline.elson@gmail.com Starting where you are, moving to create the life you want.

Explore the physical, mental and emotional through traditional and alternative forms of counselling. Individual and Couple.

ROSEMARY MURRAY-LACHAPELLE, M.L.S., M.A., Dipl. Analyt. Psych. Jungian Analyst and psychotherapist. Individual therapy to address your unique concerns. (819) 568-0282 ACADEMY OF COUNSELLING. Richard Merrill Haney, Ph.D. (Counselling Therapy) Specializing in individual and couple counselling and in comprehensive family mediation.

Also specializing in bereavement, career and stress counselling. Richard is an empowerment counsellor who is heavily influenced by Roberto Assagioli (Psychosythesis), C.G. Jung, Fritz Perls (Gestalt Therapy), Alfred Adler, Milton Erickson, Ken Wilber and Stanislov Grof (Holotropic Breathwork). 234-5678 or 726-3636.

Web: www.ottawacounselling.com REV. SHERRY HARRIS, MSW, RSW is a heart-focused psychotherapist, certified spiritual coach, counsellor, teacher, minister and energy therapist. She works 7 days a week and offers receipts reimbursable by most insurance providers. She may reached by phone at 613-236-8852 or by email at 2belight1@gmail.com. Her website is www,sherryharriscounselling.com. If you cannot come to her, appointments may be done by phone or Sykpe or in your home (travel costs added to the session fee) Hourly fee: $120.

LUC DUMOUCHEL, MA, CCC. INDIVIDUALS/ COUPLES. Anxiety, ACoA, communication, depression, emotional dependency, infidelity, loss, separation, sexual problems, GLBT issues, self-care, spirituality. Ottawa/Hull.

Insurance/sliding scale. Bilingual. 613-2359813 counselling@lucdumouchel.com ANNA GREEN COUNSELLING & PSYCHOTHERAPY MA CCC, RP) Holistically integrated psychotherapy for individuals and couples by a registered psychotherapist – clinically supervised, receipts available.

Downtown. Insurance/sliding scale. 613-2959987 www.annagreen.ca

hands-on healing, and crystal singing bowl toning. For women, female youth,and children only. www.healCgrow.comCindy@healCgrow. com SIGNY FRIDRIKSSON COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY M.A. (Counselling and Spirituality). Feeling stuck? Improve relationships,clarify goals, manage stress, and increase well-being. I offer calm & nonjudgmental listening, empathy and respect in a safe, supportive environment. Couples, families and individuals. signyfridrikssoncounselling.ca 613-864-5222 signy@rogers.com CECILIA TAIANA Ph.D (Psychology), Registered Psychotherapist (RN) Psychoanalyst (FIPA). Offering psychodynamic psychotherapy to individuals, couples, and families, experiencing a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues, such as depression, anxiety, complex grief, emotional and functional adjustments, PTSD, and work related stress.

Sliding scale. Insurance plans accepted. Day time and evening appointments. 613-746-9416.

PAMELA HOLM, Registered Psychotherapist, Cert. Music Therapist.

Expressive and receptive methods of healing. Spiritually oriented. Children through seniors. Range of issues and conditions. www.DeepSoulSinging.com and Deep Soul Energetics. 613-829-1556. therapy@pamelaholm.ca

FEEL LIGHTER! Intuitively & compassionately clarifying & clearing the root cause of your concerns. Specializing in stubborn patterns. Energy psychotherapy, ascension education & 12-dimensional clearing. Individuals, couples, children. In person/ by phone. www.MelindaUrban.com

• Cranio-Sacral Therapy JOAH BATES, D.O.(UK) Biodynamic Osteopathy. Creating a space for self-healing through structural balance. Over 25 years experience. 613-742-0011.

GET RESULTS @ www.SpiritualCounselling.ca FREE COUNSELLING AVAILABLE for people dealing with death and dying. Also, guidance to achieve your goals in life. 613-828-2836 HEAL, CHANGE, GROW with a supportive listener.Safe and confidential talk therapy, combined with amethyst crystal BioMat,

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WELLNESS WITH MOIRA: CranioSacral and SomatoEmotional Release Sessions. Specializing in self empowerment for healing and health. Insurance Receipts. www.WellnessWithMoira.com 613.432.1239

DIRECTORY DENISE GAULIN. Advance-Level Certified Craniosacral therapist offers CST and VM sessions, also has a specialization in pediatric CST and VM. As a certified teaching assistant and study group leader offers monthly gatherings for students of CST and SER. By appt.: 613-738-9080 BODY POETS MASSAGE THERAPY - Skilled RMTs - Many Modalities - Convenient Hours - Online Booking - Downtown Location - Free Parking - Gift Certificates. 504 Kent St. (At Arlington) Visit www.bodypoets.com or call 613-222-0465. Step into the Circle of Care!

CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY, Energy Healing , Intuitive Readings. Michelle Perkovic CST. 613-806-1166

• Crystal Healing LINDA ENERGY HEALER - Beautiful hand-picked crystals & jewellery. Workshops. Home parties.

Crystal Healing sessions. 613-868-8468. www.lindaenergyhealer.com. Join my mailing list, send an email to: lsteele1122@rogers.com

• Crystal Shamanism CRYSTAL SHAMANIC PRACTITIONER, Crystal Healer, Psychic Intuitive, IET master instructor certified Yoga Teacher. Intuitive/psychic guidance given during Shamanic Healing sessions to better help you along your journey.

Crystal layouts, chakra clearings, journeying and more. Sessions for children, teens, adults and animals. I also offer Crystal workshops, home crystal jewellery parties, psychic circles, meditation sessions, retreats. Contact: Sylvie_ Reardon@hotmail.com, Facebook: VieYoga and Crystal Shamanic Healing, 613-852-4963.

• Crystals CRYSTAL MEDICINE CENTRE – Crystal Store, Workshops, Training, Healing Sessions | 1572 Stittsville Main Street, Stittsville, ON | 613-435-8678 | www.crystalmedicine.ca| info@crystalmedicne.ca

• Dental Hygiene PROFESSIONAL TEETH CLEANING - Holistic Hygiene Dental Services - Vanessa Gomez RDH, Downtown Ottawa 613-851-3486

• Dentist DR. PAUL GREENACRE. tel: (613) 234-5758; info@dolphindentistry.com; 100-152 Gloucester Street, Ottawa OTTAWA WELLNESS & DETOX CLINIC. www.ottawawellness.com 613.256.4886 ION CLEANSE FOOT BATH - Removes accumulated toxins from your body through the pores in your feet. Linda O’Connor 4406 Old Kingston Rd. Lombardy. (613) 272-2739

• Dowsing OTTAWA DOWSERS, 2nd Wednesday of the Month Routhier Community Centre 172 Guiges St.(Cumberland/St. Patrick) 7-9:30pm.

Pendulum, L-rod, Y-rod, bobbers and more. www.ottawadowsers.org 613-596-0260

• Dreams ROSEMARY MURRAY-LACHAPELLE, M.L.S., M.A., Dipl. Analyt. Psych. Jungian Analyst and psychotherapist. Therapy practised with sensitivity to material from the unconscious such as dreams. (819) 568-0282

• Eco-Friendly ADORIT BOUTIQUE. Fair Trade Eco-fabric Boutique. Tarot Readings every Saturday 12:00 - 6:00pm. 153 York St. Ottawa. (613) 241-8354

• EFT & Energy Medicine COMBINING THE POWER OF DONNA EDEN ENERGY MEDICINE, ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY, EFT and PSYCHOTHERAPY to release blocks and empower you to Live your Best Life. Individual and couple sessions. Catherine McLenaghan, Registered Psychotherapist. www.energywellspring.com.

Anxiety, depression trauma, life transitions etc. Insurance receipts. Call 613-730-0411

• EMF Balancing P.W. EMF BALANCERS, Home, Work, Auto.

Steve Priebe (613) 842-4758, spriebe@sympatico.ca, www.emffreezone.ca

• Emotional Freedom Technique VIOLETTA BOROWSKI, BEd, CHt, EFT Cert-1, SPHE-RE Through this gentle tapping technique, release emotional, mental, spiritual blockages and imbalances on all levels that were preventing you from experiencing peace, happiness and success in your life. A healthy emotional state, will immediately activate physical healing and well being. 613-808-4822 www.SacredPeaceHealing.com

• Energy Healing LAURIE FRASER, B.O.S., holographic healing, Reconnective, facade healing, past life.

Excellent results: anxiety, depression, insomnia, hormones, disease, allergies, pain, addiction, spiritual blocks. 613-721-3781.

ANNA GREEN, MA CCC, RP — SPIRIT WELL HOLISTICS Reiki, Cranial Sacral, Emotional Freedom Technique, SET, Bach Remedies, Meridians/Qigong. Assisting your journey toward an energy-filled life. Daytime – Downtown. www.spiritwell.ca – 613-295-9987 ENERGY HEALING, CranioSacral Therapy, Intuitive Readings. Michelle Perkovic CST. 613-806-1166

• Face Massage FACE MASSAGE (REJUVENATING) The Canadian Centre of Indian Head Massage.

Two day Certification course with Debbie Boehlen. 905.714.0298. www.indianheadmassagecanada.com

• Facial Rejuvenation BURNHAM SYSTEMS FACIAL REJUVENATION is a powerful AntiAging Holistic Therapy. Realignment and toning of facial muscles; Release of physical and emotional blockages; Deep renewal of body and spirit. Gayle Mickelson 613 422 5701

• Flower Essences FLOWER ESSENCES can offer support in every area of life. Gentle release of persistent patterns, blocks & trauma, assistance in acute or chronic issues, physical or emotional. Californian, Pacific and Bach Essences. Will work with animals. Barbara Schuster, FES-certified practitioner; 613-8204303, www.theflowersofaeksulap.com

• Foot Care NURSING FOOT CARE - IN HOME OR IN CLINIC. Sterilized individually packaged tools, best practices in clinical assessment, infection control, privacy and technologies. Pampered Mani/Pedi, advanced & diabetic Most insurance up to 80% & Veterans 100% SoftSoles.ca 613-621-0012 footcare@softsoles.ca

• Gardening/Landscaping SPARKY TRINE SHAMANIC SUPPORT: Planning, planting, problem-solving, messages and negotiations. https://sparkytrine.wixsite.com/adventures sparkytrine@gmail.com

• Gifts

LINDA ENERGY HEALER - Highly effective energy medicine. Stress, childhood issues, depression, pain, grief. In person or distance, people & pets lsteele1122@rogers.com 613-868-8468 www.lindaenergyhealer.com

PLANET BOTANIX, 301 Bank (Somerset) 567-4444: eco friendly, recycled, unique and inspirational ideas!

VIOLETTA 613-808-4822 www.EFTottawa.ca The goal is for you to reduce or eliminate your pain rapidly & effectively. Let’s work on you using EFT along with other tools for your mental, emotional, and physical well being. EFT Certified

DR. PAUL GREENACRE. tel: (613) 234-5758; info@dolphindentistry.com; 100-152 Gloucester Street, Ottawa

• Gum Disease

• Hair Analysis HAIR ANALYSIS AND NUTRITIONAL BALANCING. Boost the potential of your

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DIRECTORY mind, body and spiritual development through Hair Analysis and Nutritional Balancing. A total healing system that is a formula for anyone who is looking for improved health and wellness. email: boostpotential@yahoo.com

• Head & Neck Pain DR. PAUL GREENACRE. tel: (613) 234-5758; info@dolphindentistry.com; 100-152 Gloucester Street, Ottawa

• Healer INTUITIVE HEALING SPECIALIST NOW IN OTTAWA Physical, Mental, Psychological, Emotional, Past lives, Body, Mind, Spirit, Soul cleanse, Fears, Pain management. junebgraham@hotmail.com 613 821 4809

• Hypnosis HYPNOSIS. Vivienne Filiatreault B.A. ( H.D.Ed.) Psych / counselling. Certified Consulting Hypnotist with N.G.H. and other International Boards. Over 33 years of experience in counselling. Try something different. For a free consult, call or text (613)301 – 1971 or contact vividrem11@gmail.com MARIETTE is a certified, clinical master hypnotist with NGH trained by Sheila Granger. www.yourinnerself.ca

• Hypnotherapy WENDY ARMSTRONG, CHt, MHt, Master Consulting Hypnotist, CCIr. You can create the life you desire NOW! 613-823-3316 wendy@ wellness-centre.com www.wellness-centre.com

• Healthy Bra HEALTHY BRA - Orthopaedic and Post-Surgical Bra (Medical Device License). No wires. No elastic. Custom-fit. Where health, comfort and shape matter most – Sizes 28A to 44KK. Comfy Posture Solutions 613-521-9100

• Herbalism THE BEST OF NATURE’S CERTIFIED HERBALIST, Miranda V Martel. Herbal Services: Herbal Spa treatments, Consultations for Balancing Health, Workshops, Walks and Remedies www. thebestofnature.ca Call: 705-561-5365 E-mail: m_victoria_m@hotmail.ca

• Holistic Dentist DR. PAUL GREENACRE. tel: (613) 234-5758; info@dolphindentistry.com; 100-152 Gloucester Street, Ottawa

• Homeopathy J.B. HOMEOPATHIC DISPENSARY. Jo-Anne Bazinet, homeopath. Member of S.P.H.Q., C.S.H., H.M.C.C. 2062 St. Joseph Blvd., Orleans, ON, K1C 1E6. (613) 830-0487.

Consultations & products available.

MAHA MANSOUR, HOM, DSHM Registered homeopath in Ontario and also over 25 years as an internationally medically trained pediatrician. Homeopathic medicine is safe and effective in both acute and chronic diseases for adults and children. Maha runs a general family practice, with a special interest in ADHD and Pediatrics. Sunrise Wellness Centre, 2211 Riverside Drive Suite 104. Office: (613) 736-5200; Cell 613-402-7379

• Hotstone Healing BODY POETS MASSAGE THERAPY - Skilled RMTs - Many Modalities - Convenient Hours - Online Booking - Downtown Location - Free Parking - Gift Certificates. 504 Kent St. (At Arlington) Visit www.bodypoets.com or call 613-222-0465. Step into the Circle of Care!

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AVOID THE MEDICATION ROULETTE! Advanced Clinical Medical/ Dental Hypnotherapist successfully treating anxiety, stress, depression, addictions, unwanted habits, fears, pain, smoking cessation, weight mgmt, obsessivecompulsive behaviours, low self-esteem, self-sabotage and more. Specialist in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Fibromyalgia, Migraine Headaches. Visit www. graceplacewellness.com for info, verifiable credentials & free Tranquility recordingGrace Joubarne, CCHt, LAPHP 613-4227027 Toll-free 1-888-390-3553 info@ graceplacewellness.com JAIME PALLEN CERTIFIED Hypnotist N.G.H member. Past lives interfering with your present explore how and what you can do to change it. Make an appointment @613-4541429) or www.hypnosis-in-ottawa.com

HYPNOSIS WORKS! Reach your objectives with Lynne Cardinal, a fully Certified Hypnotist with the National Guild of Hypnotists, holding additional certifications in Hypnosis Innovative Techniques and Weight Loss. She has a PhD in Eastern Philosophy from India. Lynne has been offering Stress Management, Burnout Prevention and Meditation workshops at the government and private sector for over 30 years. Insurance receipts. 613.721.7888 - info@kaivalya.ca www.kaivalya.ca SUZANNE TELLIER, B.A. Psych, Psychic Intuitive, CHt, MHt, NGH certified, Certified Past Life, 5 Path & 7 Path self-hypnosis teacher, Certified Gestalt Counsellor.

Empower yourself and find your answers within. Free consultation. Facilitation, readings and workshops. www. answers-within.ca

KELLY McGUIRE Certified Consulting Hypnotist. Hypnosis is a Natural, Gentle and Safe way to make Lasting Changes in your Personal and Professional life. Kelly McGuire is an experienced and trusted Hypnotist and Counsellor who will guide you to become who you wish to be...

Free consultation available. www.mcguirehypnosis.com 613-402-4766 PATRICIA V. LACROIX, PSYCHIC MEDIUM & SPIRITUAL COACH. Akashic Records & Destiny Card Readings. Certified Angel Card Reader™, Reiki Master/Teacher. 12 Strand DNA Reconnections. Voted A-Channel Viewer’s Choice Ottawa’s Best Psychics. 613-591-6901 patriciavlacroix@sympatico.ca. Connect with me on Facebook: facebook.com/patriciavlacroix

• Indian Head Massage THE CANADIAN CENTRE OF INDIAN HEAD MASSAGE. Two day Certification course with Debbie Boehlen. 905.714.0298. www.indianheadmassagecanada.com

BAD HABITS HOLDING YOU BACK? Hypnosis allows the focus to be placed upon what YOU WANT. Together we make the changes happen in the right way for YOU! Moira Hutchison 613.432.1239 www.WellnessWithMoira.com ACADEMY OF HYPNOTHERAPY www.ottawahypnosis.com When talking therapy is just not enough to dissolve old emotional blocks...

Create new pathways by trusting and following fresh images, empowering suggestions and inspiring visions. Become whole again by re-membering and re-connecting forgotten parts of yourself. What inside! What outside!

Consider the Whole... Richard Merrill Haney, Ph.D.(Counselling Therapy) Hypnotherapist, 234-5678 or 726-3636.

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AYURVEDIC HEAD MASSAGE certification with Jackie Cave, Fusion School of Natural Health.

613-389-4344 or info@FusionNaturalHealth.com KYMBERLI KER, IHM Practitioner, Relaxing Treatments. www.OttawaReflexologist.com

• Infrared Sauna SAGE WELLNESS 340 Gladstone www.sagewellness.ca. Book online or call 613-235-7243, Detoxify, Treat injuries, Pain relief, Weight loss, Reduce Stress, Improve Skin

• Intuitive Numerology A NEW SCHOOL OF THOUGHT. Psychic Consultation. Laura Young 725-7232 lbaird@istar.ca

DIRECTORY • Intuitive Readings INTUITIVE CHANNELER/MEDIUM ~ TRACY ROY channels her Spirit Guide, Whitehawk for psychic readings. www.intuitivetracyroy.com Visit her YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/user/troy1367

CONNECT WITH YOUR HIGHER SELF & INNER WISDOM: For insight, guidance, validation, inspiration and support. Readings on-line, by phone and in person. Moira Hutchison 613.432.1239 www.WellnessWithMoira.com MICHELLE VEZEAU spiritual guidance to your life’s questions – insightful, profound clarity. michelle@sourcescall.com (819) 827-2579 www.sourcescall.com LINDA MEDIUM, Palm reader: for appt: Tele: 613-816-1808 INTUITIVE TAROT, angel oracle, fairy tarot and fairy oracle readings by email. Visit www.tarotpugs.com or www.etsy.com/shop/ tarotpugs for available reading offers. Email: tarotpugs@rogers.com

• Journey JEAN BRAZEAU, Ottawa’s first Accredited Journey Practitioner. Give yourself the gift of freedom, physically, emotionally and spiritually.

Reclaim the truth of who you are. Works with children, teens and adults. Energy Medicine (Reiki Master, Shamanism, Universalis) NLP, WEL-Systems TM Institute Master Facilitator.

JeanBrazeau@sympatico.ca Phone: 613-295-2756.

• Jungian Analysis ROSEMARY MURRAY-LACHAPELLE, M.L.S., M.A., Dipl. Analyt. Psych. Jungian Analyst. Depth psychology to address your unique concerns. (819) 568-0282

• Labyrinth ST. JOHN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Parish of March, 325 Sandhill Road, Kanata offers an outdoor, 11 circuit, paver Chartres design labyrinth open to the public at all times. We also offer an indoor, 7 circuit Petite Chartres permanent,painted labyrinth in the church hall. Contact the Parish Office for availability of our indoor facility. ( 613) 592-4747 or www.stjohnskanata.ca HEALING CIRCLE LABYRINTH Set amid 1,000 evergreen trees surrounded by a garden sanctuary overlooking the St. Lawrence River.

Paths are lined with chakra coloured plants and

stones. Now scheduling workshops and candlelit evening walks. Call Liz at 613-925-1278 or healingcirclelabyrinth@hotmail.com

• Life Between Lives THIS IS THE SPACE between your current life and the one before. The times between death and re-entering the womb for another life. But what goes on in that time-space? What happens to the soul? This is journey to the other side to better understand the reason for which we came on earth. The process is profound, the session itself last up to three hours. Martine Brisson, hypnosis and alternative therapies Gatineau, 819-205-6670 www.martinebrisson.com

• Light Body Acceleration LIPHE DESIGN.COM. pH Nutritional Microscopy. Donna Porteous 613 253 7467

• Low Impact Yoga LOW IMPACT HATHA YOGA www.zenforyou. ca The Zen for You Hatha Yoga classes are easy to do for people who have never tried yoga before. Manali Haridas, Certified Yoga instructor progressively teaches the yoga postures and different relaxation breathing techniques in a period of 10 weeks.

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NATURAL HEALTH THERAPEUTIC CENTRE. LymphDrainage-Massage-Shiatsu-Reflexology.

Receipts. By appointment. 613—798-8385.

Free parking. www.naturaltherapeutic.ca

• Massage Therapy BODY POETS MASSAGE THERAPY - Skilled RMTs - Many Modalities - Convenient Hours - Online Booking - Downtown Location - Free Parking - Gift Certificates. 504 Kent St. (At Arlington) Visit www.bodypoets.com or call 613-222-0465. Step into the Circle of Care!

KAREN MUNRO-CAPLE, RMT. Providing Healing, Relief, Joy! 1105-85 Albert St. between Elgin & Metcalfe. (613) 230-3527. www.kmc-rmt.com RACHELLE BEHRENS RMT now accepting new patients at cozy home based clinic in Kanata. www.behrensrmt.com DIANA M SHELDRICK, Registered Massage Therapist since 2005. Also available, Maya Abdominal Therapy treatments. Please contact Diana at 613 265 7681 or www.arvigotherapy.com FILOSOFI LASER AND MASSAGE CLINIC. Offering Low Intensity Laser Therapy, Massage, Phsyio, Reiki, BodyTalk, ArmaTouch, Cupping and Orthotics. Let us get you back to doing what you love to do! www.filosofi.ca 613-225-1127.

MAGI MASSAGE 350 Kirkwood Ave. welcomes you to my warm home clinic. Call Dora (613) 298-3557

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• Medical Intuitive MANUELA WERTHWEIN 613-231-4575. www.VisionofSpirit.com Medical Intuitive, Medium, Energy Medicine Practitioner. Soul rescue. Reiki Master & Teacher. Teaches intuition skills (private or classes). Releasing blockages and stagnated energy grids within the Human Energy Fields takes place regardless of hereditary or environmental factors.

Manuela will access the information in your biology and soul using clairvoyance as well as energy scanning with healing and Past Life Information. www.WindowtotheSoul.com ANGELA KEHLER, Certified Medical Intuitive www.soulbirdconsulting.com

• Meditation CHRISTIAN MEDITATION COMMUNITY – There are about 40 groups in the Ottawa area that meet weekly to practice a way of silent, contemplative prayer using a prayer word or mantra, as taught by the late Benedictine Fr. John Main. For more information contact the Ottawa Area Coordinator at 613-233-6047 or ottawachristianmeditation@gmail.com or consult www.wccm-canada.ca COSMIC MINDFULNESS, Meditation in the Yogic Tradition. Ongoing classes and guided meditations, Wednesdays at 7:30pm given by Chris Simmonds, including chakra awareness, Pratyahara and Yogic Meditation techniques. Attend an ongoing class or practice group. Advanced personal instruction is also available. Call Chris at 613-298-2447 or email ottawameditation@gmail.com. Visit www.ottawameditation.ca for more info.

SPARK OF LIGHT MEDITATION. Learn the life-changing practices of mantra meditation and mindfulness for peace of mind, wellbeing and spiritual awakening. Private and group introductory and advanced classes. Call Jennifer Bernius at 613-721-3787; jenbernius@ gmail.com; sparkoflightmeditation.com MEDITATION ON TWIN HEARTS. A beautiful healing technique for illumination that works on the physical, mental, and spiritual levels to open the heart chakra (emotional heart) and the crown chakra (spiritual heart), making us a channel of divine energies, which we use to bless the earth & every being. Lotus Born Wellness Centre: 1226A Wellington W. WEDNESDAYS, 7pm. Cost: on donation.

RSVP: faye@pranichealingontario.ca MEDITATION AND PRAYER Thursday evenings 5-7pm. 3015 Richmond Rd. 613-828-2836.

• Migraines DR. PAUL GREENACRE. tel: (613) 234-5758; info@dolphindentistry.com; 100-152 Gloucester Street, Ottawa

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DIRECTORY • Music & Healing FOR 29 YEARS I have helped clients 2-82yr. with health concerns including ADHD, dyslexia, depression, cancer etc. Hands on approach using musical instruments. Call Shirley Schober @ 613-729-7758

• Naturopathic Medicine DR. KANDIS LOCK, ND. Licensed Naturopathic Doctor. Digestive Disorders, Allergies, Headaches, Womens Health, Chronic Disease, Cancer. Come in for free 15 minute consult to find out how naturopathic medicine can benefit you (no treatment provided). 210-190 Somerset St. 613-656-9629, kandislocknd@gmail.com

• Nutrition LANARK HIGHLANDS GRASS FED beef, organic chicken, garden, 613-268-2772

• Oral Health DR. PAUL GREENACRE. tel: (613) 234-5758; info@dolphindentistry.com; 100-152 Gloucester Street, Ottawa

• Orthodontics DR. PAUL GREENACRE. tel: (613) 234-5758; info@dolphindentistry.com; 100-152 Gloucester Street, Ottawa

businesses through Pranic Feng Shui. Inspired by the benefits of Pranic Healing in her life and the lives of others, Faye teaches Pranic Healing and Superbrain Yoga courses in Ontario and Quebec, and holds a weekly Twin Hearts Meditation Wednesdays at 7pm. (www.pranichealingontario.ca, faye@pranichealingontario. ca, Facebook.com/ECPranic, 613-282-0801)

• Psychic Medium PATRICIA V. LACROIX, Akashic Records & Destiny Card Readings. Certified Angel Card Reader™. Reiki Master & Teacher. 12 Strand DNA Activation. Voted one of A-Channel Viewer’s Choice for Ottawa’s Best Psychic.

613-591-6901 patriciavlacroix@sympatico.ca facebook.com/patriciavlacroix

• Qigong CHOW QIGONG. Classes held at McNabb Recreation Centre. Tuesdays, 10:00 - 11:30am.

Wednesdays, 6:00-7:30pm. Complementary 1st class. Info: www.OttawaChowQigong.com QI-MATIC RESEARCH CENTRE; Workshops by Sifu James: Information Healing. Contact Angela at afung46@hotmail.com or 613 762 8893

• Quantum Sound Therapy

• Osteopathy JOAH BATES, D.O.(UK) Biodynamic Osteopathy. Creating a space for self-healing through structural balance. Over 25 years experience. 613-742-0011.

• Past Life Regression WHAT WE BRING INTO AWARENESS, we bring into healing. To book a session, contact Cheryl Clark at 613-890-2178 or Aromacher67@gmail.com SUZANNE TELLIER, B.A. Psych, Psychic Intuitive, CHt, MHt, NGH certified, Certified Past Life, 5 Path & 7 Path self-hypnosis teacher, Certified Gestalt Counsellor.

Empower yourself and find your answers within. Free consultation. Facilitation, readings and workshops. www. answers-within.ca

• Pranic Healing FAYE HEALEY IS A FULL-TIME ADVANCED PRANIC HEALING INSTRUCTOR & PRACTITIONER offering in-person and distant-healing sessions. She has successfully treated clients all over Ontario and Quebec, and as far as Saudi Arabia, Paris, Thailand, Japan, England, and Morocco & more. Whether in-person or remotely, Faye treats clients for a broad range of physical, emotional, and psychological ailments, which may include anything from broken bones to PTSD, multiple sclerosis to Pranic facelifts and weight-loss programs, and helping people enrich their homes or

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YOUR VOICE IS MORE UNIQUE THAN YOUR DNA. Quantum Sound Therapy, will create YOUR unique set of Frequencies designed to remove negative emotions: fear, anxiety, anger, PTS, sadness that sabotage you. By SIMPLY LISTENING, you can let go of subconscious blockages, harmonize your being, SCIENTIFICALLY TRACK YOUR PROGRESS & Realize YOUR Potential. Contact: Lise Desjardins lise.desjardins11@sympatico.ca 613-795-1469 Pesi Shroff 1pesishroff@gmail.com Golden Light Therapies: http://zgoldenlight.com/

• Quantum TouchTherapy THE POWER TO HEAL Aileen M. McKenna, Certified Quantum-Touch, Instructor/ Practitioner since 2004, first instructor in Canada improve physical strength, release physical and emotional stress, improve sleep, increase creativity, remove pain. Information on personal appointments and classes: Aileen’s Oasis 613-228-2272, 613-795-3751, out-of-town enquiries at 1-866-493-0236, or by e-mail aileen.mckenna66@gmail.com and check out. www.aileensoasis.com. www.wellnessunlimited.ca

• Reflexology VALCRON REFLEXOLOGY- The healing touch. Registered nurse, RAC certified reflexologist and Therapeutic Touch Practitioner providing services to clients of all ages since 1998. Home-based Reflexology practice in Orleans. Home, hospital, retirement as well nursing home visits provided on request.

Valerie also provides Animal Reflexology maintaining animal wellness and healing.

For more information contact Valerie Cronin, RN, SCM, BA (Hons), MA, CCRP at 613 852 6129 email: valcronin@rogers.com BALANCE RELAXATION THERAPY. Reflexology, Ayurvedic Yoga & YOGA MASSAGE FOR BETTER HEALTH. Lori Chamberland, 613-2557934 balancerelaxationtherapy.com NATURAL HEALTH THERAPEUTIC CENTRE. Reflexology-Massage-Shiatsu-LymphDrainage.

Receipts. By appointment. 613—798-8385.

Free parking. www.naturaltherapeutic.ca REFLEXOLOGY ASSOCIATION OF OTTAWA offers Individual sessions (foot, hand or ear reflexology), private or corporate events, as well as fund raising events are available. We offer training towards certification as well as membership for professional Reflexology practitioners and students of Reflexology. Contact: www.ottawareflexology.ca ALEXIS NICOL - RCRT - Foot reflexology, receipts provided 613-263-7925. www.firstlighthealing.com KYMBERLI KER, RCRT, Foot Reflexology.

Receipts provided, 613.897.9642 www.OttawaReflexologist.com LAURIE BERG, RCRT - Hand & Foot Reflexology with Reiki www.rootessence.net - 613-722-4004 REFLEXOLOGY BY RISHMA is a home based practice in Westboro. Sessions offered for 1 hour or 45 minutes. Receipts provided.

By appointment only. House calls available.

(613) 890-1062 www.reflexologybyrishma.com JUST BE REFLEXOLOGY. De-stress and detox the whole body gently with Foot Reflexology at Green Spirit in Manotick or Home Studio in Riverside South. Caroline Chapman 613 915 6778 nowjustbe.com

• Reiki WENDY ARMSTRONG, CRA-RT, Usui & Karuna Reiki Master. Sessions & training for all levels. 613-823-3316 wendy@wellness-centre. com www.wellness-centre.com

• Reconnective Healing ALEXIS NICOL – Reconnective Healing® Practioner and the Reconnection since 2005.

613-263-7925 www.firstlighthealing.com

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CATHERINE BASTEDO, MA,

DIRECTORY RT-CRA, ICRT, USUI-HOLOGRAPHIC & HOLY FIRE II KARUNA REIKI® MASTER, JIKIDEN Practitioner. Bilingual. Personalized classes; Reiki Master/Teacher Program; individual sessions; online Healing Your Chakras classes; Muskoka retreats. www.visionreiki.com. 819-918-3436. cbastedo@visionreiki.com MANUELA WERTHWEIN, Reiki Master & Teacher. USUI System of Natural Healing.

Private treatment & classes, Level I, II & III. Energy Medicine Practitioner, Medium.

Medical Intuitive. Soul Rescue. Body/Mind/ Soul Intuitive. Past-life/Akashic Information.

613-231-4575 www.VisionofSpirit.com www.WindowtotheSoul.com KYMBERLI KER, RCRT, Foot Reflexology.

Receipts provided, www.OttawaReflexologist.com HEALING CONNECTION: Usui & Karuna Reiki Master, Lightarian Reiki, QuantumTouch, Intergrative Energy Therapy, EFT and Magnified Healing. These holistic therapies will help you to relax, relieve stress and heal on a physical, emotional and spiritual level. Roger, 613 322 7585, email; rlrivera1111@yahoo.ca ALEXIS NICOL – RMTT, Reiki Master Teacher Trainer. Private sessions and training, receipts provided. 613-263-7925 www.firstlighthealing.com

area. www.spiritwell.ca 613-295-9987 JARDIN REIKI GARDEN. A universal energy of compassion. Jacinthe Potvin, Usui Master/ Teacher. For Reiki treatments given with all the love my heart contains please call: 819 319-1216 or jardinreikigarden@gmail.com DONNA DILLMAN, Usui Master - Circa 1894 Day Spa, Lanark. Use of tubs/saunas included. 613-259-9988; circa1894.ca DARLENE PLOUFFE, Reiki & Numerology.

613-769-7313 www.timeforBeing.webs.com HOLY FIRE REIKI treatments and courses with Martha St. Pierre. 613-422-7286; ladymjs50@ hotmail.com; holyfirereikiottawa.ca REIKI IS LIFE FORCE OF ENERGY. It helps for relaxation and stress. The best way to experience is having a full treatment. Call Laura at 613-608-9750.

KARUNA HOLY FIRE 2 REIKI and USUI HOLY FIRE 2 REIKI IN WESTBORO - Germaine De Peralta (CRA, ICRT) - Workshops and Training. Also offer Depth Energy Healing sessions (Combination of Reiki, Relational Clearing and Crystal Healing). Tel: 613-6973105 or germaine_de_peralta@yahoo.com

REIKI IN THE WEST END Stressed out?

Aches and pains? Reiki can help you relax and feel better. Flexible sessions from 10 to 60 minutes. Contact Barb at 613-228-9176 or barbmartin2010@gmail.com DEBRA DESJARDINS at Angel Wing Reiki.

Kanata; Morgan’s Grant. Reiki sessions for all ages. Reiki for animals. Classes for levels 1 and 2 and children. www.angelwingreiki.com 613-435-2100 FINDING YOUR SELF - Reiki is a gentle technique for restoring and balancing your body’s natural energy to encourage better health. Reiki treatments are available on the Amethyst Bio-Mat. A true mind, body and spirit experience. Reiki Master, Linda O’Connor 4406 Old Kingston Rd. Lombardy.

(613) 272-2739 JIKIDEN REIKI – FRANCINE MINEAULT, Reiki Master and Shihan, teaches Jikiden Reiki in the Ottawa-Gatineau area, in French or English. www.espacereiki.com / info@ espacereiki.com / 613 446-7307.

HEAL. GROW. THRIVE. I am an IET and Usui/ Karuna Reiki Master teacher offering healing sessions, Reiki and IET classes. Frederic Papillon 613 805-3733 www.crystalheartlotus.com ANNA EARLE GREEN, MA CCC, RP, SPIRIT WELL HOLISTICS – Body-centered process work: Reiki & Classes, Craniosacral, SET, EFT, and more. Assisting your journey toward an energy-filled life. Daytime. Downtown

DIANE GODIN reikispiritualawakening.com 819-665-3187 (Ottawabased). Reiki is a spiritual therapy that provides healing energy to recharge and re-balance the human energy field, working with physical, mental, emotional and spiritual healing. Reiki works well with stress, anxiety, chronic pain and much more. I am a Certified Reiki Master Practitioner (Energy Healer), Psychic Medium, Empath, and Witch. I also provide Card Readings.

• RELATIONSHIP READINGS Ask how to Host a Relationship Readings Party with crystal_spirit_21@yahoo.ca

• Retreats TARA SHANTI RETREAT CENTRE Near Montebello, Qc. Large property, quiet location.

Open year round. Max 5 persons. Yoga, polarity and Esalen massage. Also silent retreats. m_dekking@yahoo.com CHARMING RURAL RETREAT COTTAGE NEAR WAKEFIELD. Couples/individuals.

Clean, equipped. Year round. Minimum one month. For details text 819-328-3705.

• Rolfing® Structural Integration MIRANDA GREENACRE (Dayvis) Advanced Rolfing Practitioner 400 Pleasant Park Rd. Ottawa, On. K1H 5N1 (613) 866 2427

• Room for Rent Workshop space and therapy rooms available at Planet Botanix, 301 Bank (Somerset) 567-4444 ROOMS FOR RENT. Shared bathroom. Utilities included. 3015 Richmond Rd., 613-828-2836

• Shamanism HEALING SESSIONS+2-Yr CrystalShamanic Program - evolved training in the ancient Arts | Crystal Medicine Centre | 613-435-8678 | 1572 Stittsville Main Street, Stittsville, ON | www.crystalmedicine.ca| info@crystalmedicine.ca LINDA ENERGY HEALER - Highly effective Shamanic sessions for anxiety, childhood issues, depression, abuse, pain, grief. In person or distance, clients worldwide. People & pets. 613-868-8468 lsteele1122@rogers.com www.lindaenergyhealer.com TRADITIONAL CEREMONIES for physical, emotional and spiritual healing. Chakra Balancing, Cord Cutting, Past Life Journeys, Animal Totem Journeys, and many more.

Please contact SatDaya Williams www.HolisticOttawa.com 613-761-5982

CRYSTAL MODALITIES for relaxation, energy clearing and balance.

CCH, CRM Crystalspiritowl@gmail.com 613-355-1832

SELF-RENEWAL & SOUL-CARE through belief-triage subtle energy healing system by Diane Oliver, Urban-Elder 613261-1602 diane.energy.medicine@gmail.com. www.Dignity101.com SPARKY TRINE SHAMANIC SUPPORT: questions, soul retrievals, power animals, extractions, project support, ceremony. https://sparkytrine.wixsite.com/adventures sparkytrine@gmail.com

• Shiatsu NATURAL HEALTH THERAPEUTIC CENTRE. Shiatsu-Massage-Reflexology-LymphDrainage.

Receipts. By appointment. 613—798-8385.

Free parking. www.naturaltherapeutic.ca TONYA GARTSHORE, Dipl.S.T., RMT. Massage, Shiatsu, Reflexology, Thai

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DIRECTORY massage, Acupressure Facial. Two locations: www.tonyagartshorermt.com

• Skin Care NATURAL BODYCARE by a certified aromatherapist. Natural makeup, cleaning products: Planet Botanix, 301 Bank (Somerset) 567-4444

• Somatic Sex Education

• Tarot

• Weddings

JUDY JIBB, Tarot and Astrology Ottawa, MA Cultural Astronomy and Astrology (2016), Cert.F. Astol.S (1986), www.judyjibb.ca, judyjibb@gmail.com 613 304 4255 PAST LIVES & NEW PERSPECTIVES to Present Problems. Life Path & Purpose, Guidance & Confirmation. 25 years Professional Experience, Spiritual & Practical: readingsrose@yahoo.com

• Tapping Modalities SOMATIC SEXUALITY EDUCATION offers a new way of understanding our bodies, inviting integration of body and spirit, expanding consciousness and allowing access to our most powerful source of creativity, healing and joy. www.tracymontgomery.ca 613-413-1216

• Sound Healing COMBINING CRYSTAL BOWLS, tuning forks, chimes and other sound healing instruments to create a relaxing experience.

Individual sessions and group meditations.

Julie 613-254-8469.

• SPA

LISA KOPIL, Meridian Tapping, Stress Management, Life Coach. Tap into your Life by changing your mind. Private sessions, workshops, drop in sessions. Tapforlife.com (613) 899-4994

• Tea Leaf Reader TEA LEAF & COFFEE GRIND reader. Crystal & obsidian balls. Object reading, Dowsing, Tarot, Zen & other cards. Helene Gibeault 613-7487419. tealeafreader73@hotmail.com

• Thai Massage BODY POETS MASSAGE THERAPY - Skilled RMTs - Many Modalities - Convenient Hours - Online Booking - Downtown Location - Free Parking - Gift Certificates. 504 Kent St. (At Arlington) Visit www.bodypoets.com or call 613-222-0465. Step into the Circle of Care!

• Therapeutic Touch Hot Tubs; Cold Tub; NIR, FAR, Finnish Saunas; Oxygen Therapy; iHeart monitoring (measures internal age). Hourly/Daily. 613-259-9988; circa1894.ca

• SPHE-RE NEW TO OTTAWA! In Pain? Experience this new Divine healing energy. www.SacredPeaceHealing.com

THERAPEUTIC TOUCHª - profound relaxation & pain relief; supports healing all levels. Can be applied in acute, chronic or emotional conditions. House calls, hospital visits available.

Will work with animals. Barbara Schuster, TTNO-Recognized Practitioner. 613-820-4303, www.theflowersofaeskulap.com

• Therapeutic Yoga

• Spiritpainting

Learn to “UNFOLD THE MYSTERY” with Jennifer “Lightwolf” Jones. To receive training in her inspiring Spiritpainting method, register at www.spiritpainting.com

• Spiritual Medium ANGELA AZARIA, PSYCHIC MEDIUM & SPIRITUAL COACH, angela@loveheals.ca, 613 913 8511, www.loveheals.ca

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I‘LL DEVELOP YOUR OWN PERSONALIZED YOGA PROGRAM that includes poses, breathing exercises, meditations and healthy lifestyle tips to help you cope with anxiety, depression, weight loss, sleep problems, etc. Contact Linda for your free consultation at mountainsoulyoga@gmail. com or 613-862-4614.

• Visceral Manipulation DENISE GAULIN Advance-Level Certified Craniosacral therapist offers CST and VM sessions, also had a specialization in pediatric CST and VM. By appt.: 613-738-9080

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REV. PATRICIA ROSE. Call/Text: 613-2978960. Or visit: www.allseasonsweddings.com

• Wholistic Dentist DR. PAUL GREENACRE. tel: (613) 234-5758; info@dolphindentistry.com; 100-152 Gloucester Street, Ottawa

• Workshops GROUNDING AND THE ART OF CREATING SACRED SPACE A two-day workshop about creating boundaries, clearing the aura, learning how to clear a space, how to be present and secure in your own energy field. Ideal workshop for energy workers, massage therapists, lawyers, social workers and anyone anywhere who works with or lives closely with others. For information and registration call Aileen’s Oasis at 613-228-2272, or by e-mail at aileen@aileensoasis.com QUANTUM-TOUCH: The Power to Heal Certificate workshop in Quantum-Touch therapy, a powerfully simple modality that will transform your ideas about your health and your life. This wonderful modality can be used with other modalities and is very helpful for self-healing, distance healing, working with clients, friends, family, pets, water, and gardens. For information, call Aileen’s Oasis at 613-228-2272, aileen@ aileensoasis.com and www.aileensoasis.com

• Yoga SATTVA YOGA - A Kanata Yoga Experience Classes taught integrating a variety of yoga styles (Kripalu, Viniyoga, Structural Yoga, Vinyasa) as well as Somatic Movement & Pilates. A practice of balance, integration and compassion is offered: centering, breath work, warm-ups, flowing & static poses, relaxation, meditation and reflection. All levels welcome.

Jo-Anne Stasiuk, MA. Professional Level Yoga Certification. 592-5936 or sattvayoga.ca PATHWAY YOGA. A beautiful, welcoming studio in the heart of Westboro. Learn how Iyengar yoga can lead body and breath, heart and mind along a brighter, healthier pathway. www.pathwayyoga.ca 613 8069642 346 Richmond Road, 2nd floor

WISHINGTREE YOGA — Simply Yoga. For beginner to experienced practitioner.

200h Traditional Hatha Yoga & 50h Yin Yoga Teacher Training.www.wishingtreeyoga.ca

7 Checklist Items for Success in 2019

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r. Jean Gilnord Mathurin, a Haitian immigrant who raised himself from a dishwasher to a United States’ Naval Medical Officer has developed seven checklist items from success. This strategy brought him from living in a one-bedroom home in Haiti with seven siblings to a prestigious career in the USA. Now, he’s sharing his tips to empower today’s teens and also those who know they have a purpose in life but just need the “how” to make it happen. Below is Dr. Mathurin’s checklist for success in 2019.

Goals: Have goals for your life, short-term (daily to yearly goals) and long-term goals (1 to 10-year goals), and most importantly, daily goals.

Action: Pledge to take action on every intuition and idea you conceive about your goals during the day.

Courage: Have the courage to go the extra mile with everything that you do.

Value: Remember that human resources, starting with yourself, are the greatest resources in the industry. Be genuinely interested and enthusiastic about everyone you meet.

Invest: Seek to create value in yourself and in everyone around you.

Giving: Seek to know what people around you want in life and help them get it. The truth is most people want to be successful, but the key is also to want to help others to be successful.

Legacy: Seek to perform more acts of kindness to others and give more in terms of the time you spend with them, the smiles you bestow on them, and the words of encouragement you speak unto them.

Quantum-Touch® Therapy Level I Certificate Training weekend Saturday & Sunday, Jan 26th & 27th, 2019 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Aileen’s Oasis Information and Registration Aileen McKenna aileen@aileensoasis.com or www.aileensoasis.com ~ www.quantumtouch.com 613-228-2272, by cell at 613-795-3751 In a few short hours you will learn how to run energy using meditation and special breathing techniques that will allow you to heal yourself, your friends, family, plants and animals.

In fact, by the time you have your lunch break on the first day, you will have created amazing results.

You will be learning from the first Canadian Quantum-Touch Instructor, with an amazing record.

Law of Attraction

QSCA Certified Life Coach offering transformational coaching sessions generously priced as an introductory special 2 sessions for the price of one for the month of January 2019 For new clients wanting to Try Law of Attraction coaching. Just give her a call to get the information you would like for a wonderful Christmas gift for yourself or a loved one or two.

Just send an e-mail to aileen@aileensoasis.com Or call her at 613-228-2272

www.7checklistitems.com

Aura Examination Healthcare Of The Future!

Did you know that we can see illness in Aura before it manifests on physical level? Disturbances in our electromagnetic field eventually affect our health and wellness.

Golden Sunflower Healing ~ Life Force Energy Coach ~ ~ Relaxation Therapist ~ ~ Reiki Master ~ ~ Chakra Readings ~ ~ Aura Photography ~

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The Phenomenon Bruno Gröning At the Mayfair Theatre January 27th:

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or the first time, the not-for-profit film The Phenomenon Bruno Gröning will be shown at a commercial theatre, Ottawa’s beloved Mayfair. Openly, objectively and sensitively, this unique film sheds light on this man’s life and work during the turbulent postwar decade.

Struck down by war, abandoned by doctors, people had only one wish: to be freed from misery and pain.

Begin-ning in 1949, Bruno Gröning attracted worldwide attention through extra-ordinary healings. Outside the town of Rosenheim, Germany, up to 30,000 people came to him daily. Healings began to happen throughout the crowd. People in wheelchairs got up and walked, those with crutches threw them away and the blind regained their sight. “There is no incurable,” he declared, “God is the greatest physician.”

gave their time and talents in both technical film work including translation and dubbing, and by re-enacting some key events in period costume. Original footage from film archives, including weekly newsreel reports and excerpts from early TV broadcasts complement 80+ moving interviews with numerous still-healthy indi-viduals who experienced healing through Bruno Gröning. Seventy hours couldn’t be fitted into one evening, but were distilled down to five.

Although Gröning died in 1959, extraordinary healings still take place. How is this possible? The power that, back then, worked through him still acts today. Doctors examine and confirm these new reported successes. Even the film’s makers are surprised. “None of us could have foreseen such effects,” co-director Thomas Eich has stated.

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The Sensation from 1949 – still very relevant today

But opposing powers stirred.

Some medical officials became critical of his freely-given help, and the press turned toward sensationalism and slander. State authorities got involved. The courts accused him of violating the healing practitioner’s law – erroneously, as it later turned out.

This documentary film impressively illustrates the dramatic events of that time. The filmmakers examined substantial archived material, studied numerous verified healing accounts, and visited locations from Gdansk to Paris. They gathered equipment and obtained permits. In a remarkable labour of love, hundreds of volunteers

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“There is no incurable, God is the greatest physician!”

Translated into 33 languages

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Mayfair Theatre 1074 Bank Street, ON K1S 3X3

Sunday, January 27, 2019

Doors open at: 11:30 am 12:00 noon – 5:30 pm (incl. 2 breaks) Admission is free, donations are appreciated Organized by: Bruno Gröning Circle of Friends www.bruno-groening-film.org Local Contact: (613) 600-7031 bedynski@hotmail.com

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SPIRITPAINTING®

BodyTalk and Somatic Experiencing: New year, new brain, new life

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www.spiritpainting.com Many who have attended this film with an open heart have felt an immediate shift in their lives, starting with a flow of energy throughout their bodies as they viewed it. Some reported feeling tingling, a streaming of power in their bodies — a new experience for many. Some even report disappearance of pains, disabilities, addictions and other burdens.

europlasticity refers to our brain’s ability to change its synaptic wiring by learning and integrating new information throughout our lifetimes. It allows us to evolve our emotions, thoughts and behaviours, and go beyond living from memory and/or diseased or injured states.

Both BodyTalk energy therapy and Somatic Experiencing trauma integration therapy, can help us to form new neural connections by changing and/or discharging stuck energy and integrating new energy back into our nervous systems. Symptoms often arise if this stuck energy, and related unhelpful mental, emotional and physical patterns remain unchanged to tell us that a shift needs to happen. When we introduce energetic changes into our nervous systems, chemical and physical modifications occur to all 3 brains, which begin to signal our genes differently and subsequently enhance our overall health.

To truly bring about sustainable change to our lives, we need to transcend the energy that is generated by our current neural circuitry, and stop collapsing into the same, old patterns that we call ‘us’, which correlate with the same unhappy choices and/or addictions that we commonly experience. We can do this through the support of alternative mind/ body therapies, like BodyTalk and Somatic Experiencing. We can further the effects of these therapies by doing guided neuroplasticity meditations daily (see my latest free “Rewire” meditation in the Shop on my website!) to encourage our brains from surviving to thriving.

For more information and/or to book a session, please visit Jaya’s website at: www.energythrive.com or email her at: jaya@energythrive.com. Please note that Jaya often books 3-4 weeks in advance.

Jaya Hollohan MA is a Certified Advanced Parama BodyTalk Practitioner, Cranial Sacral, Lymphatic Drainage, Mindfulness Life Coach, Reiki Practitioner, Hatha Yoga Teacher, a DoTerra Essential Oils Wellness Advocate, and is currently undertaking Peter Levine PhD’s 3 year Somatic Experiencing Professional Training, which assists in trauma resolution.

She is Author of the book: “Who We Are When We Thrive: Remembering Happiness and Rediscovering Health”, as well as various guided meditations available through her website.

Location & hours: Doors open 11:30 am noon – 5:30 pm (incl. 2 breaks) Local enquiries: 613-600-7031 Email: flowerjoy369@rogers.com Free Admission (Voluntary donations gratefully accepted)

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Meditation

Being our True Self

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ur true identity is boundless consciousness, connected with all that is. Yet, here we are being human and identifying ourselves with all the roles we play; going to work, being a parent, a partner, a friend.

Every role tries to define us and makes an imprint on our mind. Our constant interaction with the world around us fills our senses and calls on us to respond.

Our thinking minds become overloaded with stuff to sort out and pretty soon we have forgotten the spiritual truth of what we are.

Meditation is the tool we can use to reconnect with our deepest self. Sitting down and simply following the breath allows all those impressions stored in the subconscious mind to come flowing upward to be released. Gradually the mind calms and we gain a sense of inner spaciousness and serenity.

At times we need to consciously release the roles we play. We can start a meditation by saying “I give up being a student, (accountant, teacher etc.), I give up being a parent, husband, partner etc. By doing this we can allow ourselves to move into the present and release the identities and thoughts that are keeping us preoccupied with the past and the future.

Often we may be storing tensions and feelings in our bodies. Stretching, moving and breathing consciously can all assist in releasing these tensions. Then our energy starts to flow and we can bring more awareness and focus to the present moment.

Traditional yogic meditation incorporates the practice of “pratyahara”; the conscious removal of the mind and

senses from the external environment. This can be as simple as imagining that you are in a special place far away from your everyday life and responsibilities; a place where you have come to be one with the infinite consciousness of the universe. Similar techniques exist to withdraw from one’s identification with the physical body and from identification with the wanderings of the mind.

Establishing oneself in a space of inner quiet we get to experience ourselves as a pure and peaceful witness to whatever is flowing through us. Instead of being the feeling or being the thought we are the witness of it. It floats through our awareness and we do not hold onto it. The rhythm of the breath takes over and we may feel like we are floating gently on a great ocean of peace and calm.

In the yogic tradition of meditation it is common to repeat a mantra internally while meditating. This helps establish focus by giving the mind something to concentrate on in addition to the breath. When the attention wanders you return to the rhythm of the breath and the sound of the mantra. This simple act, this constant returning of the mind to focusing on the breath and the mantra builds the muscle of attention; it builds the knowledge and experience of being awareness and of being pure consciousness.

Now the mind is a fluid and expansive entity. It can take the shape of whatever becomes its object. It can take the shape of a pink elephant or it can take the shape of a problem at home or at work. But, by giving it a sublime and transcendant idea to focus on it can flow into an expanded state of identity. A mantra is somewhat like a Koan in Zen Buddhism; the conscious, reasoning mind can’t grasp the “sound of one hand clapping” or the meaning of a mantra such as “everything is love”. Only a subtler level of mind, the intuition, can grasp or imagine such a transcendant idea. Our mind can intuitively relate to this subtle idea and be further encouraged to flow in a state of expanded awareness beyond the inner dialogue which occupies so much of our energy on a daily basis.

Being aware, being still, being in a state of flow, all of these states emerge through the practice of meditation and we experience ourselves as we truly are; boundless consciousness, a drop in a cosmic ocean that releases its limits and becomes one with the vastness of all that is.

Chris Simmonds Chris is also known by his spiritual name; Acharya Chandranath. He is an ordained teacher in the Ananda Seva lineage and has been practicing meditation in the yogic tradition for over 40 years. He leads group classes and workshops in the Ottawa area and internationally. He also provides personal instruction in the more advanced practices of his tradition. For more information about current offerings please see www.ottawameditation.ca

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The Cure for the Human Condition

by Cindy Teevens, Spiritual Facilitator

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Ego to Enlightenment WORKSHOP

hen I ask a crowd, “Are you famOttawa, February 24, 2019 iliar with the voice in the head?”

I always get knowing nods. Everyone Come and discover knows what I am talking about. There •The #1 Blockage to Enlightment--reason why people don’t make are perhaps thousands of different “pet progress on the path. names” for it, most of them not pretty.

The near-constant thinking stream •How to discern the illusion from the real. harps on the past and fears for the fu•The Four Powers you were born with that you are unconscious to. ture, and is often limiting, negative, •A Two-Minute Technique to Inner Peace. nagging—and sometimes even nasty.

We call it ego, and it is what most •There will be time for questions and answers. people are trying to overcome with spiritual effort.

Bonus: Ego I.D. Kit handout But did you know that it’s not just a voice? I mean--it’s made of more than with Cindy Teevens, Spiritual Facilitator thoughts. There are photos, sounds, moving pictures, smells, feelings, I was spiritually seeking for and even tastes—it’s a full-blown, years until my suffering was experiential 4-D movie! I call it the suddenly swapped for love and joy. “movie-in-the-mind.”

Love exploded with the end of the imaginary separation of self We suffer the movie itself, and when and other, and all I could do was we take the movie to be the reality and laugh at the cosmic joke. act on it, that is called being unconNow I help seekers realize the scious. It doesn’t work very well, and final, fundamental truth that we often do and say things we later resets them free forever. gret. When we think the story of us IS us, or the story of another IS the other, then we are “living in the head.”

If you’ve ever “had an argument with someone in your head,” you know exactly what I am talking about.

Of course, the reality is you can’t live in the head—because you are not in the Register here now! - EgoToEnlightenment.com head—but when you are unconscious to the here and now due to being abcontact: support@cindyteevens.com sorbed and identified with the movie in the head, then you are out of synch with reality, now.

Being unconscious is to be out of touch with reality, be- fight, steal, and have crime and wars. We are not hurt by cause you are believing the movie instead, and super-im- anything real, but by the movie. We are not lashing out at posing it over your actual direct experience, appearing to anything real, but at the movie. eliminate all the other possibilities within this moment for The real is universal, and is the root of unity, peace, and yourself and others. harmony. We can and really must wake-up. What is needed We generally don’t even know that we are mistaking the first is to recognize the difference between the movie and the mind for reality. That is the meaning of being unconscious. reality. To do this we must value reality above all else—we And that’s because we think the movie is real. We are lit- must become a reality lover. I hope you join the revolution. erally not knowing the difference.

Movies are personal, and the personal differs, conflicts Cindy Teevens and clashes. This collective unconscious experience is the Spiritual Author/Speaker/Facilitator reason we misunderstand, are hurt, angry, selfish, argue,

Join the revolution, become a

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Age-Less and Thrive Your pathway to age-less living Join me, Sylvia Laale, 74 years young, to discover how to live the experience of minimal aging and optimal thriving as the years pass. I will show you how to 'outwit' the aging process so that, in all ways, you will feel as if you remain forever young.

I offer you all the wisdom and research of my decades-long journey to this wonderful time of life, with focus on Food, Fitness, Flow and Fun. More importantly, you will develop your own unique process for age-less lifestyle transformation geared to your singular body/mind/heart and spirit.

You will discover the profound benefits of your individual approach such as:  weight loss that endures;  elimination of persistent inflammation caused by Standard American Diet (SAD);  relief from cravings especially for sugars and grain carbs (outcome of SAD);  reduction of effects of chronic diseases caused by inflammation;  noticeable increase in energy (healthy functioning of mitochondria);  improved brain function thereby lessening the possibility of dementia;  optimizing the neuro-plasticity of your brain;  merging of a resilient body and a resourceful mind;  the synthesis of nutrition with body endurance and strength;  the value of Flow elements along with good sleep and the joy of Fun;  the integration of all these elements over time despite occasional setbacks.

Next Fun Shop: 23/24 February 2019 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily $99 cash or cheque for this 2-day event + 1 free private coaching session Tea and coffee provided. Please bring your own lunch, notebook and yoga mat (if you have one), and wear comfortable clothing. Register early as there is limited space available.

For more information/registration details, please contact me at:

Sylvia Laale

613 599-3846

January 2019

slaale@sympatico.ca

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Balancing Exchange Event Stressbusters & Brainboosters Energy (EnergyBEE) From a Kinesiological Holistic Health Perspective

by MT [Martee ThOMus] TegTmeyer, CEnKP, IKC-TFHI/C, TA-THP, SW-TAC My dear friend Sam Kumar of Kingston ON invited me to present:  in December 2018 to a Rotary Club meeting at Carleton Place, ON Canada, and  in March 2018 to over 50 schoolteachers at the International Cambridge School at Moga, India Providing context After an earlier presentation I had made before keynote speaker Ben Hoffman, a Carter Centre mediator in the jungle with the notorious Joseph Kony, he twice said he wished that he would have had these stressbusters & brainboosters in the field!

Reducing stress from business activities & boosting performance Books including Brain® Gym for Business index over a hundred business activities (like making cold phone calls, and arranging air travel itineraries) to 15 applicable balancing exercises. Of the 15 balancing exercises four specific exercises all supported both: A: to set and to meet goals, and, B:to work alone.

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These 15 exercises address Communication, Organization, Comprehension functions and relate to 15 main infantile reflexes which can be matured or integrated not only in children, yet also in adults still facing challenges to improve performance.

Learn more about helping healing modalities at the ENERGY BALANCING EXCHANGE EVENT (EnergyBEE) NEW timeframe 5:30pm to 8:30pm Fri Jan 11, 2019 @ PLANET BOTANIX. See the Jan TONE MAGAZINE advert.

MT [Martee ThOMus] TegTmeyer CEnKP, IKC-TFHI/C, TA-THP, SW-TAC ca.linkedin.com/in/tmtegtmeyer/ FB: Twogbd 613.769.5575 martee1111@gmail.com Holistic Integrative Arts (HIA), Ultimate Wellbeing EDUCATiON (U WE) SPECIAL FOR Sat Jan 12, 2019…@ PLANET BOTANIX For the first time bring two people, & the three of you may share together the same one hour appointment for FREE (Value $147). Heal the soul and all else follows…

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2nd Fridays Planet Botanix, 301 Bank St. Friday, January 11th, 2019 Linda Comeau Systemic Knowledge Consultant

Discover new possibilities for the resolution of complex situations, personal or professional.

Summarizing the journey Through a workshop in early 2014, Linda discovered a previously hidden traumatic family secret that changed her perspective in every aspect of Linda’s and her siblings lives. Once the secret was known, many transformations took place and healed the wound left by the secret. Seeing and feeling the resolution had Linda immediately start studying full time and was certified

by The Bert Hellinger Institute of the Netherlands and the International Institute for Integrative System Dynamics.

Listing the topics • Identifying the dynamics at play in the system of relationships • Learn how healing the Family Soul transforms every member • Connect the symptoms to the real source of issues Describing the benefits A shift (and possible resolution) of the dysfunctional conditions that cause 70-80% of problems, conflicts and challenges in their lives.

Following the introduction we will actually explore and resolve as many participants’ issues as possible.

There is minimum disclosure. Some possible issue goals may be: • Transform dysfunctional conditions (lack of willpower, time management, addictions, irrational fears, etc.)

• Make better decisions, Test choices, Find alternatives • Reduce stress, procrastination or frustration • End inner struggles, patterns or habits • Renovate relationships Sharing take-a-ways Participants will realize the possibility of resolving issues quickly using Systemic Knowledge, end the cycle of the issue so that descendants won’t be tormented by the same issues and transpose the negatives into resources that support prosperity.

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EnergyBEE Schedule 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm 5:30PM Gathering at back of store in teaching space WELCOMING WORDS. Honour Fee: $10 or more; CONTRIBUTE WHAT YOU CAN. Net proceeds go to www.freethefalls.ca for First Nations & Allies initiatives to restore the Ottawa River Watershed

Sponsors and Supporters Tone Magazine sponsors the advertising of this community-building and consciousness-raising gathering in the Ottawa River watershed.

Other gathering sponsors are: EMF FreeZone; Shanghai Restaurant; Holistic Integrative Arts (HIA), Ultimate Wellbeing EDUCATiON (U_WE), & longstanding supporters Cafexina.ca, Ruby Hair Studio

5:45PM Guest Presenter

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6:45 PM Circle introductions: 1) name, 2) your intention for this evening 7:00 PM SHANGHAI RESTAURANT networking 30 minutes

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7:30 PM Start of Energy Balancing Exchanges/Integration Conversations. 10-15 minutes each giving, or receiving, multi-lateral, bi-lateral

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8:15 PM Closing Circle Notes Parking options: street parking opposite 318 Bank Royal Oak after 5:30pm is free. 296 Bank St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1X8 Massine’s has 5$ parking Fri 5 to 9pm All participants abide by the Code of Conduct to ensure a safe environment, honouring free will & personal selfdetermination. For serious conditions consult a licensed medical professional.

For 2019 please opt in to distribution list by putting “subscribe” in the subject line to ebe4ottawa@gmail. com & recommend guest presenters you would like to see present MT … Martee [ThOMus] TegTmeyer, is the founder of the monthly gathering, originally called the “Self-Care Energy Balance Exchange” (1998), which morphed into “Energy Balance Exchange” and now has become: Energy Balancing Exchange Event (EnergyBEE) for holistic health modalities Your host Martee (ca.linkedin.com/in/tmtegtmeyer/) has Ottawa office hours 10:30AM to 5:30PM for chronic pain/stress/trauma management on the Sat. following the event, also @ Planet Botanix

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Year of the Goddess, Sisterhood + Self Care to Her Very Core

A letter to friends new and old in Ottawa-Gatineau, by Donna Henhoeffer. irst, I invite you all to take a deep, fresh, and lighthearted breath of this new 2019 energy. Send gratitude to the personal and spiritual development you gained during the intensity of the past 365 days. Our self-defeating ways are behind us now and the path is set for your true brilliance to shine.

Your AHA moments may have been profound, and for some, perhaps a final dusting off of lingering cobwebs. Regardless, you are the butterfly emerging from its chrysalis and as you open your wings you will come to see the Goddess of beauty you know you were born to be.

I am blessed to have experienced the beauty of sisterhood and the divine feminine that lay dormant inside of me for forty-plus years. And now, as I stand in a greater understanding and absolute love of my personal self, I am thrilled more than ever to eke out every bit of joy and exuberance of the year ahead. 2019 is a 3 universal year and given I am a Life Path 3 I feel doubly-blessed. I am going to play more than ever sisters and I want you to play too.

I believe the ultimate act of self-care is to get your very core and express your highest self. When you truly go through the process of self-care, you are taking care of you, looking after your self, which is better for you and for the world. We are on a collective journey and as sisters and goddesses I trust we are here to guide each other. This year, allow your Goddess more time and space to live well, eat well, play well and be well. Our world is awe-filled, with colour, texture and flavours and a plethora of things to make her sing, dance and shed tears of laughter and joy. Unleash her SPIRITYOU-ALL side!

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There is an energy in the year ahead that will be undeniable whether you choose to start in January, May or October to be free as the child you once were. For me I am pledge to be more curious, to reach out and grab what lights and fills me up. How will you choose to express your inner magic? What is she asking you to let go of once and for all – to be free for you. I know your goddess awaits for your individual expression and to delight in all the ways you send your positive VIBErancy out to the world.

Goddess it is time to REIGN in your Sacred Imagination, let your wild-side rise, dance like no one is watching and feel as if everyone wants to come to your party. This world is your oyster and you are the rare pearl – be that, be all of you, be your self!

donna@edibleelxirs.org Shef, Food-Flirt + Edu-tainer Teaching Women How to Eat Co-Facilitator of The Sisterhood on Facebook Co-Author of The Joy of Energy

New Year’s Embraces Another year gone Let go of memories and whims And all dreams unfulfilled Angels fly high Because they’re made of the sky So open clear spaces For New Year’s embraces With renewed aspirations And whole new creations Resolutions that razzle and dazzle And sprinkle good will.

-Monica Timbal

R.P., C.C.A.C., C.T.S. Registered Psychotherapist Canadian Certified Addiction Counsellor Certified Trauma Specialist jenjones2828@gmail.com 613-266-8063 Ottawa, On

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It Takes a Village to Raise an Adult

by Steven Fick, M.A. (Couple Coach)

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f you wanted to build a wooden cabinet, you would probably feel no shame in arranging to study with an experienced woodworker. Many people feel hesitation, however, or even some degree of shame, about looking for a couple counsellor to help them build (or rebuild) a healthy relationship. The thinking is that everyone should be able to maintain satisfying couple relationships; and if one can’t, it’s some sort of personal failing.

Gender-based roles have been profoundly altered in the last couple of generations, and now even the notion of gender is shifting. Knowing how to navigate the waters of couplehood in the turbulent early 21st century is not something we carry in our genes. It’s a learned skill. And what school did we attend to learn it? For almost all of us, that school was our family of origin, observing the relationship our parents had (or did not have). Maybe our parents had a good, loving, respectful relationship. Maybe we observed them successfully talk through their misunderstandings, resolve their conflicts, and keep their relationship thriving. Or maybe not. And maybe even if they had a good relationship, the work of keeping a relationship healthy was probably done behind closed doors, out of our view.

So, many of us find ourselves without solid rolemodels. If we are caught in repeated patterns of hurtful behaviour with our partner, or endless loops of unresolved conflict, is it because we are broken and need to be fixed? Or is it that we need the opportunity to build the awareness and hone the skills that will foster a happy, healthy connection?

Couple counselling takes various forms. In many cases, what a couple most needs is skillful, honest, compassionate mentoring to rebuild connection, to provide perspective and support in replacing unproductive patterns with productive ones, and to guide them to speak the truth skillfully and listen deeply to their partner.

They say that it takes a village to raise a child.

Certainly it also takes a village to raise an adult.

Although knowing how to be in relationship may be the most important thing we will ever learn, many people have no functioning “village” when it comes to learning these skills. In today’s world, a skillful couple therapist can go a long way toward providing that “village.”

My wife Signy Fridriksson and I have been married for over 38 years, and we have faced our fair share of challenges—things we brought into the relationship with us, and things that have impacted us from the outside. Over the course of our marriage we saw three couple counsellors, each one helpful in their way. One taught us some basic communication skills, which we still use, and another gave a helpful perspective to our relationship. The most helpful one guided us through an important challenge and made an invaluable contribution to our success as a couple. We still see her every few years for a “tuneup.” I recently attended a presentation she gave and afterwards thanked her again for what she had done for us. I told her that when Signy and I counsel other couples, I draw on what I learned from her.

I can’t imagine providing counselling to others without having gone through our own ups and downs, and without having mentors when we needed them— those who mentored our relationship, those who mentored us as we both trained to be couple coaches, and later those who mentored Signy as she trained to be a psychotherapist.

If your couple relationship is not thriving, don’t make the sad mistake of waiting until things are in deep crisis to seek counselling. Signy and I sometimes see couples whom we could have helped years ago, but who now face an uphill battle to re-build a healthy, functional relationship.

Give yourself a nudge. Give your partner a nudge.

Look around for a good counsellor. Learn what you can from that counsellor. If it is not a good fit, don’t give up!

Look for another counsellor who offers what you need.

Don’t pass up the chance to create a more vibrant and fulfilling life together!

Steve Fick is a Couple Coach and assists Signy Fridriksson in providing Two-on-Two Couple Counselling. Signy is a Registered Psychotherapist in private practice and an associate with Capital Choice Counselling Group. She also counsels individuals as well as couples who prefer one-ontwo counselling. signyfridrikssoncounselling.ca 613-864-5222

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FORGIVENESS

By Germaine De Peralta t’s a brand-new year and there’s nothing like forgiving people or situations that have hurt us so we can move forward quickly into the New Year!

Should we forgive and forget? If someone has committed a small offense, forgetting might be the right thing to do. However, if it’s a large offense and it’s been more than a year and you’re still angry, you may want to consider the option of forgiveness. After all, when you hold in anger for a long time, it’s like swallowing poison.

Forgiveness means releasing that red-hot coal of anger and hurt inside you and all the other layers of negative emotions that usually lie beneath anger. But forgiveness does not necessarily mean “forgetting.”

To forget can be irresponsible. For example, if a friend continues with bad behaviour, forgetting would be irresponsible. You may forgive but don’t forget.

To forgive does not mean going into denial either. For example, if you are in a relationship with a serial cheater or abuser, if you consistently “forgive and forget” you are reinforcing bad behaviour. By all means forgive but don’t forget! When you don’t forget, you are setting boundaries. Boundaries can be a great expression of self-love and love for the other. Sometimes having strong boundaries can even mean ending the relationship. “I forgive you but I will not allow you to abuse me anymore and I will do this by leaving this relationship.”

Forgiveness also equals understanding. Once we understand a situation, we are also able to let go and forgive. Often, pain can be due to a lack of understanding and awareness of a situation as a whole.

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Here is a forgiveness technique you can use if someone has angered or hurt you: 1) Think about what you are angry about and why. Don’t be afraid to look within.

2) Write a letter of anger. Express all the anger you want. Let it rip. Then set the letter aside. (Don’t send it to the person you are angry at).

3) After some time, read the letter of anger out loud with a full voice in an empty room or a forest where nobody can hear you. Shout as loud as you need to. The point is to release your anger.

4) Read your letter of anger to a therapist, your best friend or someone you trust so they can witness your anger or hurt.

5) Once your feelings are all out and you’ve decided to forgive the person repeat this process.

1) Think about what or who you are forgiving and what lesson this has taught you or the understanding you have gained. Once negative emotions are out of your system and you’ve had a good cry, pearls of wisdom often float to the surface.

2) Write about it.

3) Read the letter out loud in an empty room or in the forest.

4) Read it aloud to a therapist, your best friend or a trusted companion as witness.

5) Bid this incident good-bye with a ceremony and offer a prayer of gratitude for the lesson learned. Open your heart once again to receive blessings and other positive emotions.

Once you have forgiven you will free lighter and you will feel freedom.

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Usui Holy Fire III Reiki LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATION January 12, 2019 January 26, 2019 March 9, 2019 Time: 9:00 am - 6 pm on one day (10 hours) Cost: $285 (tax included

Usui Holy Fire III Reiki, LEVEL 2 CERTIFICATION CLASS February 9-10, 2019 February 23-24, 2019 Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm on two days (14 hours) Cost: $285 (tax included)

Usui Holy Fire III Reiki LEVEL 1 & 2 (back-to-back option) CERTIFICATION CLASS January 29-30, 2019 (2-day intensive) February 16-17, 2019 (2-day intensive) Time: 9 am-5 pm (On both days of class) Cost: $550 (tax included)

Usui Holy Fire III Reiki, ART/Master Class CERTIFICATION CLASS March 15-17, 2019 (3-day class) March 29-31, 2019 (3-day class) Time: 9 am to 5 pm (For 3 days in a row) Cost: $950 (tax included) All Classes include official manuals from the International Center for Reiki Training (ICRT) + Certificate issued by the ICRT. Certificates are recognized by the Canadian Reiki Association (CRA) and the ICRT Location: RW Training Center, Westboro, Ottawa, K1Z 1E7 Instructor: Germaine De Peralta, Usui Holy Fire III Reiki Master/Teacher and Holy Fire III Karuna Master/Teacher and certified to teach by the ICRT and CRA. ***All classes include a FREE follow-up mentorship program that includes Reiki Practice sessions twice a month.

Call or text: 613-697-3105 or germaine_de_peralta@yahoo.com or check: Germaine De Peralta - Reiki Wanderlust on Facebook.

Be Wonder-full to Heal Your Ego

by Amâeil (Melinda Urban RIHR)

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watched my baby great-niece notice her finger the first time. Captivated, she swept it slowly before her eyes.

Enthralled, she did it three more times, giggling with sheer delight. It’s this capacity to wonder about herself and her world that will engage her in her growth and discoveries. This is true for everyone! Our amazement is our God-given birthright, and we would be wise to reclaim it this year into our hearts.

Wonder will heal our wounded inner child and ego pain. The ego is unnatural, negative alien consciousness, which generates fear-based, automatic emotional reactions, superior- inferior polarity thought-forms, and filtered perceptions. Stemming from the Atlantean conflict, the dark forces abuse technology to maintain unstable and chaotic frequencies in the mind-body for harnessing, and suppress higher consciousness. The more we are imbalanced, and identify with old traumas, victim-victimizer patterns and archetypes, the more our wonder-full inner child is kept in the dark. Then we’re more easily targeted to be triggered, especially if our spiritual growth threatens the dark agenda.

SOUL FOOD PROGRAM:

A 3 Month Program to Radically Shift Your Health & Step Into Your Soul Radiance During the 3 Months You Will Learn & Receive: • A bio-individual diet, meal plan and recipes that allow you to shop and prepare amazing meals that will finally nourish your body and mind • Discover what your cravings mean and how to see them from a different perspective so you can heal them • Discover your soul footprint and learn how to move into your inherent Divine Radiance • The opportunity to let go of old, limiting wounds, which will allow you to step into the fullness of your being • Minimum 3 Unity Field Healing (UFH) Sessions. UFH works in a restorative way within the human Quantum DNA field to help recalibrate your human energy system with your original “blueprint” of energy.

However, self-awareness is the anti-dote to being the automaton they wish humans to be. Wonder can help us to reveal, witness and shift the patterns of our emotions, thoughts and behaviours. Wonder implies willingness, engagement, open mindedness, exploration, possibility, expansion, and rebalancing to neutral.

Wonder-full questions can liberate us from feeling stalled, or pressured - “I wonder who I would be if I was enough?” And if we feel lost with more questions than answers, wonder can lift us from overwhelm to fascination with what might come next. To wonder is to meet God’s love in the vast unknown.

Wonder calms fear into a safer, gentler space, and offers pause to our need to quickly fix our pain. It transforms drudgery into effortless grace. The ordinary turns to extraordinary, finite to infinite, and humanness reunites with the Divine. Creativity then ripples with possibilities across the Universe, and gives birth again to awe - who we’re created to be. www.AwakeningtheTruthWithin.com 18-years intuitive energy psychotherapy and multi-dimensional healing, for lasting change. Children and animals too. In person or by phone/skype 613-253-2888.

Amâeil (Melinda Urban) 2019

Edgar Cayce (Ottawa)

“Ann is a beautiful channel of Divine wisdom. She helped me to shift so much in my life, my health and my perspective, largely through helping show me where I had already shifted, but was holding myself back from seeing that; helping me to embrace and acknowledge what my heart and soul already knew. Next to your own soul, Ann is the absolute best guide if you are yearning to explore your inner worlds, your deepest truth, your true potential, and the purest love” – Tanya W., Kingston

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Stick to your Diet Eat Low Carb Comfort Foods Pizzas

Breads

Chocolates

Cakes

Cookies

Our foods exclude: × Glutens × Grains × Pseudo-grains (amaranth, quinoa, millet, teff, sorghum etc.)

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× Promalins × MSG, dyes and starchy fillers × Sugar × Trans fats × Baker’s yeast

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