5 Year Anniversary Event - Salt Wellness Centre

The very next day was my anniversary event where I discussed my personal journey with Fibromyalgia: how I got to that point, what I did to manage my symptoms and eventually heal, and what I did to maintain remission and continue to live a full, active and busy life. 

While part of this event was meant to be celebratory in recognizing my achievement in transforming Salt Wellness Centre into an Integrated Health Spa, I also wanted to give others some incite and hope, in the event they too may be suffering the early to late stages of any chronic symptoms. I wanted to share my personal experience so others could learn to heal and prevent getting worse by learning self care management. Part of this healing journey included more “body” focus and less “thinking or doing” by increasing awareness around the sensations in the body and learning to recognize the SOS signals our bodies give us.

We discussed the importance of breathing and experimented with a simple breathing technique followed by a gratitude and visualization exercise. Even small periods of reflection or meditation can ground you and help you get into your body and out of your head. If and when this becomes difficult or isn’t enough to relieve symptoms, you may need to seek support from a health practitioner to help you process an event, trigger or perceived threat to move forward. Everybody is unique and individual so finding the right type of support treatment is key as well as the right practitioner for you; one you feel safe with as trust is deeply important between therapist and client.

This event was also co-facilitated by Jenna De Seta, Somatic Therapist and Jeina Liede, Vibroacoustic Massage Therapist and Singing Bowl Master. Jenna showed us a variety of simple somatic movements to get into our bodies and out of our heads.

 She transitioned everyone into restorative postures while Jeina performed mini vibroacoustic massages on each participant to bring the nervous system into rest. Jeina then proceeded with her amazing singing bowl skills by ending with a nurturing and deeply relaxing sound bath. I am so grateful to these amazing women who helped make this event a true success and to show others some of the types of emotional support you can seek beyond conventional counselling to assist with more inner body awareness.

I am currently planning upcoming monthly free info sessions at Salt Wellness, featuring various professional guests/practitioners, who will join me in discussing a variety of health topics including disease prevention. I love providing resources and information that empower people to learn how to manage their own health and have less reliance on, sometimes unreliable, conventional medicine.

Stay tuned for updates on these upcoming monthly info sessions, featuring Community and Connection guest speakers on various topics of health. Next month, Salt Wellness is hosting our Heart Felt Workshop facilitated by myself, Salt’s Owner and Health Director with one of Salt's practitioners, Sara Jaswal, Registered Therapeutic Counsellor.

​We look forward to seeing you soon!
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