Sales dropped for a Big Distributor, which lead them to CSI Canada. Not long after moving from Germany, where I was trained, as a surgical instrument technician, I started to build my business here in New Brunswick. I would travel from hospital to hospital, region to region and before I knew it, province-to-province, and then on to the USA. I had started to make a name for … [Read more...]
A touch of WELLNESS
NEW Series intro: Holistic therapies at the spa Welcome to “A TOUCH OF WELLNESS”, a new series of articles guaranteed to stimulate the minds of healers, therapists and spa owners. That old adage; everything old becomes new again, rings true when we have been seeing holistic therapies making their way into our spas. These treatments offer traditional and classical ways to … [Read more...]
Is Black Tea Effective in Fighting Aging?
The Back of the Bottle - Black Tea The first thing that I do when I look at the questions I receive is do a Google search. I don’t do this expecting to find an answer to the question. Rather to see what the current conventional “wisdom” (a term I use loosely) is about the subject of the question. Unfortunately, more often than not, most of the results that populate the first … [Read more...]
Spa Treatments For Cancer Patients
“It's all about staying positive.” Jennifer Nikkel-Walls is sitting in one of the treatment rooms at Riverstone Spa in Winnipeg, talking about spa treatments for cancer patients and cancer survivors. There is an intensity in her voice that suggests she understands it in a way only cancer survivors can – the nightmare cancer patients go through and just how hard it is for … [Read more...]
Add a Little YIN To Your Spa Therapy
As a yogi, I have experienced the healing powers of restorative “YIN Yoga” practice both teaching and taking classes. These variations of yoga asanas (poses) are held for periods of six to ten minutes (sometimes longer) progressively aiding the body to achieve flexibility, spiritual clarity and overall wellness. YIN means more passive or slower moving. Over the decades of … [Read more...]