by Gord Grant PhD, RAc Panda bears have it easy. A panda doesn’t need to make any food choices. They just eat bamboo — ALL day long. Oddly, a panda bear, like its bear cousins, has a complete omnivore-type digestive system, capable of handling an omnivore’s diet. Behaviourally though, they have evolved to only eat just bamboo. That’s their niche. They have special gut microbes they inherit from their mothers…
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Guest blog by Michelle Brewer, BA, MPhil, PhD (cand) Michelle is a philosopher, activist, instructor and counsellor. She did her academic work in philosophy, psychology and women’s studies. She has a passion for women’s issues and liberation, especially how these help women use their relationship to food and their bodies as a portal to their best possible lives. She is the counsellor at “Dragonfly Freedom – Counselling & Wellness” in…
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The Acupuncture Turning Point collaborates with Nicole and Len, owners of Breathe Fitness, to help our clients be at their best. Go to the Breathe Fitness website to find out more… by Nicole Lark BHK, PTS, TSCC-3 I am writing this blog with great difficulty because I am missing the coverage of the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games! Ever since I was a little kid, I become completely enthralled during…
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The Acupuncture Turning Point collaborates with Nicole and Len, owners of Breathe Fitness, to help our clients be at their best. Go to the Breathe Fitness website to find out more… by Nicole Lark BHK, PTS, TSCC-3 It seems inevitable that the week between Christmas and New Year’s people start asking me the all too familiar question: “have you made your New Year’s Resolution yet?” The Globe and Mail had…
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The Acupuncture Turning Point collaborates with Nicole and Len, owners of Breathe Fitness, to help our clients be at their best. Go to the Breathe Fitness website to find out more… by Len Panchuk, MSc, PTS of Breathe Fitness I am not sure what to call myself anymore. A personal trainer? Well that can sound elitist. An exercise therapist? That sounds too medical! How about an exercise trainer? Well, whatever…
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by Gord Grant PhD, RAc This is the story of how we got started. It is about what we stand for, and how we discovered what we needed to do to best serve those who walk through our doors. It is about realizing we needed to slow things down and pay better attention, being present with each client, to do our best job. But it was also about making acupuncture…
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The Acupuncture Turning Point collaborates with Nicole and Len, owners of Breathe Fitness, to help our clients be at their best. Go to the Breathe Fitness website to find out more… by Nicole Lark BHK, PTS, TSCC-3 I like to use the analogy of our body being similar to a car. Our heart is the engine, our food is the gas, and we have multiple gears where we can ‘shift’…
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The Acupuncture Turning Point collaborates with Nicole and Len, owners of Breathe Fitness, to help our clients be at their best. Go to the Breathe Fitness website to find out more… by Len Panchuk, MSc, PTS of Breathe Fitness Living just a few blocks away from the Mill Creek Ravine affords an access point to our extensive and nearly continuous trail system here in Edmonton. Staying right in the ravine…
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I listened to a great TED talk the other day by Carl Honore entitled, ”In Praise of Slowness”after his best selling book. As stated by TED, “Honore believes the western world’s emphasis on speed erodes health, productivity, and quality of life.” I also recently heard him interviewed on CBC radio by broadcaster Alan Maitland, where Honore offers us a challenge to slow things down or at least find our “right” speed. The default…
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Article by Gord Grant Ph.D, R.Ac. What is human energy?! Why is it that some days, for me, anything seems possible? Here I feel a huge YES and the capability to engage life’s important yet difficult problems. Other times, even the most innocuous obstacle can be daunting and derail me. I believe it has a lot to do with how I manage my energy. The poet David Whyte says, “When…
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