Our Wellness Services:
- Osteopathic Manual Therapy
- Massage Therapy
- Functional Osteopathy
- Functional Movement Therapy
- Yoga Classes
- Acupuncture
- Counselling Therapy
- Grief Counselling Therapy
- Cranio-Sacral Therapy
- Neuromuscular Re-wiring Therapy
- Mantra – workshops and private mantra programming
- Pillar Pilates
- Midwifery
- Sound Wellness and Baths
- Crystals for Wellness
- Brain Wave Balancing
- Sound Wellness
- Naturopathic Wellness
- Prolotherapy
- Live/Dry Blood Analysis
- Epigenetic Hair Analysis
Osteopathic Manual Therapy
Dr. Still was brought up with the native population while his father was on mission to convert the natives to Christianity. Through his childhood, he developed an understanding of the laws of nature. He also learned how to hunt, offering him the opportunity to learn how the body functioned through animal dissection (as human dissection was illegal at the time).
Although he became a physician and a surgeon, he had difficulties with the medicine practiced at the time and its use of alcohol and heroine, for example, as a cure all. His upbringing shaped his belief that everything necessary to sustain the health of human life was already present within the human body. Thus, he sought to find a non-medicinal and non-surgical avenue to enhance the body’s innate ability to heal itself. Hence Osteopathy’s birth in 1874.
1.The physician stream: includes the osteopathic physician known as the D.O. or Doctor of Osteopathy. These physicians are trained in the USA as medical doctors and have training in manual osteopathic techniques.
2. The manual stream: includes the osteopathic manual therapists often referred to as D.O.M.P (diploma in osteopathic manual practice). These therapists are trained around the world in countries outside the United States.
Osteopathic Manual Therapy is a philosophy more than it is a therapeutic protocol. The philosophy is based on 4 principles.
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- Structure governs function: any alteration in the structures, whether it’s the fluid content, position or deformation to the structure itself, will alter its function.
- The role of the artery is absolute: the flow of all fluids (including nerve flow) must be free for proper nutrition and function
- The body is a functional unit: a system of interrelationships reliant on the proper function of each component for health.
- The human body is a system of autoregulation: the body has what it requires to heal itself assuming proper fluid flow, position and vitality is present within all structures.
What Is Osteopathy?
Through our extensive knowledge of anatomy and physiology, our understanding of how the bodies parts are interconnected and work together, combined with our finite assessment and palpation skills, we can communicate with your body. Thus, we can not only understand why you have the symptoms you have, we can gently work with your body to create the changes necessary to restore the structure, fluid flow and function, for improved health.
"We Think, feel and see with intelligent fingers” Dr. W.G. Sutherland D.O.
Massage Therapy
Cranio-sacral Therapy
The goal of cranio-sacral therapy is to ensure everything within the system is moving as it should to impart changes within the autonomic nervous system. Through this form of therapy, you can stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest system) creating improved balance with the often over stressed sympathetic nervous system (system of fight or flight), leaving you feeling refreshed, grounded and calm.
Yoga Therapy
Our body is a very complicated system of pulleys and levers balanced through a system of tensegrity*, where tensions need to be specific to keep all systems running smoothly.
But what if some of the muscles that keep the appropriate tensions can no longer function as they should? The result, musculoskeletal compensation leading to pain and dysfunction and eventually a poor state of mind.
Our yoga therapy examines and locates these compensations, whether physical or mental, to allow us to reinstate proper recruitment and movement patterns for improved function and muscle relaxation.
Therapeutic yoga is a personalized approach to reduce pain, improve strength and mobility, and develop a sense of calm focus. You set the goal and together we use functional movement, mantra and creative access to create a custom program of movements, relaxation, breathing techniques and more. You will receive guidelines to continue your progress at home. By reintegrating proper movement patterns, our body can regain its tensegrity and help you relieve pain, free up restricted movement, shift mental patterns and move you forward so you can do what you love to do!
Therapeutic yoga has helped people:
- manage chronic illness
- reduce stress and anxiety
- heal from injury or illness
- prepare for and recover from surgery
*Tensegrity: the integrity of a structure is derived from a balance of tensions versus compression.
Acupuncture/Traditional Chinese Medicine
To accentuate the acupuncture electrical stim and moxibustion is applied to further stimulate the meridian system.
Acupunture has been helpful in a variety of ways including pain management, improved organ and system function, stress management and overall wellness.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine herbs are also prescribed to supplement the acupuncture treatment to sustain the effects of treatment for an extended period of time.
Cupping is another method that is a traditional modality in Traditional Chinese medicine in which cups are suctioned to the skin to improve blood flow and reduce toxins.
Pillar Pilates - What is Pilates?
Pilates is a form of exercise and body conditioning developed by Joseph Pilates, almost 100 years ago. Pilates is a holistic fitness program designed to strengthen and tone with a focus on core stability, improved flexibility, and heightened overall body awareness. Pilates creates a harmonious balance between body and mind by emphasizing controlled movements, precise techniques, and mindful breathing.
The practice involves a series of low-impact movements performed on a mat to build strength, enhance posture, increase flexibility, and foster a strong mind-body connection suited for individuals of all fitness levels.
The Pilates Mat program offers a versatile and effective approach to strengthening and stabilizing core muscles, promoting physical well-being and overall health.
Practicing Pilates has many potential health benefits, including increased core strength, flexibility, muscle tone and strength and well being. Its adaptability ensures an inclusive fitness experience for individuals with varying levels of expertise.
Get ready to be challenged, motivated, and transformed both physically and
mentally in a supportive and inclusive environment.
Counselling Therapy
Through a strength-based approach, learn what skills you already have and learn additional tools and techniques to help you manage your metal health and overall well-being. Find new perspectives, insights, skills, and knowledge to create a healthier way of relating to yourself and others.
Customized Therapeutic Yoga
Mantra
Mantra is one of the most underused and untapped yoga techniques in North America, yet it is one of the most powerful methods for resolving karma and arriving at realization. It is a sacred sound, word or phrase with sacred or spiritual resonance that can be chanted aloud, recited quietly or repeated mentally. Mantra practice has helped people work with:
- substance use and addiction
- physical & mental health
- abundance & prosperity issues
- relationships
- spiritual growth
Sound Wellness
These vibrations help calm the mind, reduce stress, and release tension, encouraging a state of deep relaxation and inner peace. By harmonizing the body’s natural rhythms, sound healing supports emotional equilibrium, mental clarity, and physical healing, fostering a holistic sense of renewal and vitality.
Brain Wave Balancing: Unlock Wellness & Calm
This innovative technology works by analyzing your brain’s activity and providing real-time feedback through sound waves. Like looking in a mirror, your brain recognizes imbalances and begins to self-correct, fostering a state of calm and clarity. Whether you’re seeking relief from stress, better sleep, or freedom from limiting beliefs, BrainWave Balancing can guide you toward a healthier, more balanced life.
Our reset package includes five personalized sessions over 3-6 weeks. During your first session, we’ll perform a detailed evaluation to understand your unique challenges and goals. Each session builds on the last, gently guiding your brain toward optimal balance and resilience.
Experience benefits such as improved sleep, better decision-making, reduced brain fog, enhanced focus, and relief from stress-related symptoms.
Functional Osteopathy
Goodbye one-on-one therapy and welcome to the two-therapist approach to bring you the ease in life you have been searching for! This unique combination brings Osteopathic Manual Therapy and Functional Movement Therapy into one unique session.
This exclusive program offers you the potential to let go of the restrictions allowing your body from moving freely and reactivating the muscular system for easier movement. Experience more results in one session.
Appointments must be made through calling our office at 403.556.7505
Kundalini Yoga
Strengthen your mind, develop your focus and increase your physical strength!
Kundalini Yoga develops mindfulness, the ability to remain calm in stressful situations, to respond instead of reacting and permits you to become aware of disempowering thoughts and change them to empowering ones.
Feel calmer, more confident and learn to manage stress better with Kundalini Yoga!
Kundalini yoga is offered by Theresa Erickson.
For more information regarding our kundalini yoga, please call the office at 403.556.7505