Let’s get growing, Kingston! Loving Spoonful launches Urban Agriculture
This excerpt is from the Loving Spoonful newsletter. We’re sharing it with you because, though challenging to see at first, our individual health is intimately tied to the health of our community and environment. Supporting local programs such as this one is part of our mandate and responsi…
Anxiety Help!
If you’re feeling more anxiety than usual right now, you’re not alone. Many of our clients are reporting feelings of anxiety that interfere with relationships, work, and sleep. It’s a natural and common response to this pandemic and the uncertainty that comes with it. It’s further amplified when …
Navigating the Stars: A Family Constellations Workshop Series
with Sarah Knight March 6th, 27th and April 17th, 12:30 to 4:00 pm EST, by Zoom Tickets on Eventbrite Family Constellations is a therapeutic and energetic method for bringing people into an embodied understanding of the connections between personal disease and dysfunction, and their family of ori…
Acupuncture Helps Immunity
The principles of acupuncture used to treat and prevent disease are recorded in the Huangdi Neijing (given the title The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Medicine), written in about 2600BC. These ancient principles can be applied in a modern scientific context: when the immune system is strong, the vi…
Almond Flour Biscuits (gluten-free)
These gluten-free biscuits continue to be one of our favourite family treats! They take about 5 minutes to prepare, are really forgiving with measurements, and the clean-up is pretty quick too.
COVID-19 Lockdown Updates for January and February 2021
Our doors remain open throughout this second provincial State of Emergency (“lockdown”), but with additional precautions and advisories in place:
My Approach to Therapy
Psychotherapy, counselling, or “talk-therapy” is a very individual process that varies greatly based on the personality and theoretical framework of the therapist, and the personality and needs of the client. I primarily work with people who struggle with high stress and anxiety and this is how I…
Compounding for Pain! What is that?
Sometimes a commercially prepared drug isn’t right for you: The dose is too high, the pill is too large, or it contains additives that you’re allergic to. Sometimes the drug you rely on is suddenly in short supply or discontinued! This is when it’s handy to know a Compounding Pharmacist.
What is Ayurveda?
Mona is a Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner, Ayurvedic-Yoga Therapist, and author, located in Kingston, Ontario. In its biggest sense, Ayurveda is a holistic science dating back many thousands of years. On a practical level and today in North America, Ayurveda is a science based in alignin…
Chronic Pain Top 10 for Recovery
Our bodies are designed to heal. When acute pain becomes chronic, we know other factors are at play. Chronic pain is a complex condition often involving the immune system (e.g. inflammation), the nervous system (e.g. the brain and neurotransmitters), and endocrine system (e.g. stress hormones). A…
