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Ways
to Get a Great Massage:
BREATH: Deep breathing during
the massage focuses your mind and relaxes you all at the same time.
VISUALIZE: As the massage
therapist works on tight areas or knots, visualize those places loosening up.
LET GO: Don't help the
therapist lift your arm or turn your head.
STOP
THINKING, START BEING.
You think all day long. Massage is a great opportunity to do a 'massage
meditation' - to focus on the sensations you're experiencing and think about
nothing else.
LISTEN TO YOUR EMOTIONS.
Memories and feelings are buried in your body, and it's natural that they
emerge when you are touched with care, compassion, and gentleness.
YOU'RE
THE BOSS. Firm, well-focused pressure can do wonders for knots and patterns of
tension, want less or more pressure? You're in charge.
We are pleased to announce the
introduction of Circle community acupuncture at All One. It will be geared to help people with
addiction recovery (quit smoking), hormonal imbalances and stress management
through acupuncture. With our affordable rates, I want to make it possible for
patients to receive frequent treatments and have access to acupuncture even
when they can’t afford the individual sessions.
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$30 per session ($25 if you need/use 2 or more a week)
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Add $15 to cover the initial visit
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Wednesday: 4:30-6pm
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Friday: 12-1:30pm
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Saturday: 1:30 - 3pm
For more information read below:
Affordable AllOne Community Acupuncture
By Gosia Pacyna, DAc - TCM practitioner
and acupuncturist at All One
For many thousands of years,
acupuncture has been a “people's medicine”: low-tech, inexpensive, easily
available, and very quiet. Acupuncture
is a process. It is very rare for any acupuncturist to resolve a problem with
one treatment. Acupuncture is most effective when administered frequently. That
is the way acupuncture is practiced in China and other Asian countries to
achieve rapid and consistent results.
This model has some shortcomings
and limitations - the limited number of points accessible and minimal time
spent with each client. It works best in
combination with full body private one-on-one treatments. Nevertheless it is very successful for
addiction recovery (e.g. smoking cessation) and stress management or
wrist/elbow/knee pain.
Patients receive acupuncture in
small groups while seated in comfortable armchairs. All you need is to roll up your sleeves and
remove your socks. Needles are placed
primarily on ears, arms, legs, face.
Appointment times are staggered throughout the hour allowing us to give
high-quality, personalized care to multiple patients, which permits us to lower
our fees and make Chinese medicine accessible to a greater number of
people.
Due to the higher cost of private
one-on-one treatments common in Canada, people normally receive acupuncture not
as often as required to see the benefits. For some the cost makes it
prohibitive. When treated with greater frequency, you can see and feel faster
improvements in your condition. Circle Community Acupuncture's fees allow you
to see your acupuncturist more often. Depending on your constitution and your
condition, we may encourage you to come in multiple times in one week.
Patients
benefit in many ways from the community setting. In our busy society, it is not
often we stop and take time to relax while surrounded by our peers. This group
experience creates a collective healing energy that enhances the power of each
individual's treatment and allows families and friends to visit our clinic
together. It is also a good way to
introduce you to the concept of energy medicine and preventative power of TCM
(Traditional Chinese Medicine)
Welcome to All One Community Acupuncture!
What to expect &
Recommendations – first visit
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For your first visit, please arrive 10-15 minutes early in order
to fill out a few forms and get oriented to the space.
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I will meet with you privately before your first treatment to
discuss any concerns and health history, take your pulses, look at your tongue
and ask a few questions.
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After your intake you will join the circle, find a comfortable
armchair, roll up your sleeves and remove socks...I will place your needles,
and leave you to rest. Your treatment will last around 25 minutes.
This kind of collective stillness
is a rare and precious experience. Please help us to maintain that by speaking
in whispers and refrain from socializing while in the room. Part of the success
of the flow of the treatments lies in patients learning "the routine"
and taking responsibility for appointments. Re-scheduling and making payment
happens at the front desk before each treatment, so you can relax and enjoy
treatment. We accept debit/cash/personal
cheques.
Please remove shoes as you enter,
turn off your cell phone, and use a soft voice.
What to expect &
Recommendations – subsequent sessions
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Make sure you are not hungry before a treatment.
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Please wear loose, comfortable clothes.
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Feel free to bring whatever you need to make yourself comfortable
such as a favourite shawl or blanket, or earplugs.
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If possible, avoid caffeine for two hours before treatment.
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Some patients might be sensitive to smells - avoid the strong
ones.
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Try to avoid very strenuous activity after your treatment.
My goal is to make Chinese
medicine accessible to more people by making it affordable. For that reason I
decided to offer in addition to my individual acupuncture treatments practice
time dedicated to a circle community acupuncture.
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All One Community acupuncture will be geared to help people with
addiction recovery (quit smoking), hormonal imbalances and stress management
through acupuncture.
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These treatments focus on above conditions and are not intended to
address other medical issues. Of course,
if your level of stress is reduced, it has a positive effect on your overall
health.
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This system will not allow for long private consultations. Some
conditions can’t be helped effectively without clinical acupuncture session
(full body), herbs and use of other modalities of TCM. I will make appropriate suggestions based on
my experience
treating different kinds of conditions.
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If you think you need to adjust your treatment plan, please let me
know. I need you to commit to the process of treatment in order to get good
results.
NOTE: We have a
24-hour advance notice cancellation policy. No shows, missed appointments and
same day cancellations will be charged $20.00.
What we need from you, to make this available to you and others,
is referrals. If your experience is positive then please share it with others,
ask them to come and experience acupuncture!
Detecting Your Body’s Imbalances
By Lynne Hinton, RNCP & Marlene Marshall,
RNCP
Live
blood analysis differs from traditional medical blood testing in which
preserved blood is sent to a laboratory for an "autopsy" and analyzed
for chemical composition and cell counts.
Live blood work involves magnifying a single living drop of blood, taken
from a fingertip prick, to 1,000 times or more under a microscope. The cells of
the blood live for at least 20 minutes and with the aid of a video camera, are
observed on a monitor, revealing certain subtleties missed by laboratory blood
tests.
Although
live cell microscopy was invented over 140 years ago, only with the recent
advent of a video camera and monitor, did it become possible for the client to
become involved by observing the immediate test results on the screen. This expanded technology is mainly responsible for
the growing popularity of a live blood test.
Nutritional Indicators
Live
blood analysis can reveal distortion of red blood cells which reflect nutrition
status, especially low levels of iron, protein, vitamin B12, folic acid and
fatty acids. Incomplete or delayed digestion of fats and proteins can also be
observed. In addition, liver stress and undesirable bacterial and fungal
by-products may be revealed.
The live
blood thus acts as an educational “feedback mechanism”, motivating people to
improve their diet, perhaps with the addition of nutritional supplements.
Positive changes in the structure of the blood cells can be viewed over time,
usually a period of months, as improved nutrition impacts the blood.
In
laboratory tests, preserved blood must be stained in order to see certain
cellular structures. When live blood is viewed with a darkfield
condensor, the process gives a highly contrasted
image so that live material can be easily viewed.
This darkfield microscopy may be of value in the early
assessment of environmental sensitivity, imbalanced terrain, compromised
immunity and other conditions, months or years before traditional medical
diagnosis.
The microscopist can look at live blood through various lenses,
including darkfield and brightfield,
both of which provide a different illumination to help evaluate the same blood
specimen.
Test Offered Across Canada
According
to the microscope research of Gunther Enderlein, tiny life forms called protits
undergo a life cycle and can reveal much information
concerning the state of one’s health and immunity.
Although
the diseases themselves cannot be actually seen under a microscope, live blood
analysis allows altered “blood ecology” patterns to be observed. These patterns
allow disease imbalances to occur over time and the idea is to modify and
improve suboptimal patterns before serious trouble such as disease arises.
Microscopic
analysis of live blood is very popular in Europe, especially Germany. In
Canada, live blood and darkfield microscopy are
gaining in popularity and are now available in almost every city. Live blood
work is not covered by provincial health insurance. The cost of the analysis
ranges from $60. to $200. Since a national referral
list of practitioners is not yet available, check with your local health food
store or naturopathic association for a practitioner in your area.
Available at: AllOne
Wholistic Clinic by Nadia Hrkac,
RHN
„ Expert information
about Acupuncture and TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine)
„ The pulse of
Oriental Medicine
„ Good source
of history and information on TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine)
„ CARE Canada:
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vulnerable, yet greatest agents of change, women and girls. Established after
World War II to send CARE packages to Europe, CARE is fighting root causes of
poverty in 70 countries around the world. Women are at the heart of these
community-based efforts to improve education, health and economic opportunity.
All One Wholistic Clinic is proud to share the
information about CARE Canada. While we are a small alternative health clinic,
we aim to achieve parallel goals. Both organizations make a difference in
women’s health and wellbeing, one woman at the time - all the time! ... the ripple effect from one drop of "common sense
natural approach to health" can't be underestimated. Visit www.care.ca to find out more.
Acupuncture has been linked to
alleviating the nausea associated with chemotherapy and the pain incurred from
the constant surgeries that cancer patients undergo. The Mesothelioma
Center is an up-to-date resource for all mesothelioma
issues ranging from mesothelioma disease to diagnosis
options.
West End Doula is a
Canadian non-profit association committed to providing emotional and physical
support for women during the childbirth process, and fostering a positive,
informed birth experience.
Saliva
Hormone Testing & Food Sensitivity Testing
All One
ND Caroline Meyer is offering saliva
hormone testing and food sensitivity testing.
The food sensitivity test covers up to 100 different foods. It is done through blood IgG
(delayed) and IgE (immediate) reactions.
Do
you know that saliva testing can help uncover hormone imbalances that may be affecting
your health…?
§ Irritable? 7 out of 10 women complaining of
irritability have a hormone imbalance*
(* Based on Rocky Mountain Analytical
Laboratory data.)