Dr. Daniela Jesin, ND Naturopathic Physician has a wealth of experience and is committed to guiding her patients in their quest to naturally achieve their personal vision of wellness. Completing her Naturopathic Medical training at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in Toronto, Dr. Jesin was a member of the clinical focus shift treating patients suffering with Fibromyalgia and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. She has treated patients at Brampton Civic Hospital; Canada’s only Integrative Naturopathic Clinic in a hospital setting. Dr. Jesin practices at Elegance Sculpting. Her services include cupping, acupuncture, allergy testing, chronic pain, hormone health, and more. She offers 15 minute complimentary consultations.

Listen to your body! What does it need? Ayurvedic medicine is one of the world’s oldest medical systems with a natural and holistic approach to physical and mental health. This broad approach of maintaining balance in the body mind encompasses diet, lifestyle, environment, body work, breathing techniques and mental practices. Ayurveda massage is done with warmed oil. By gently massaging the body, paying particular attention to the marma points, the flow of vital energy Prana that may have been blocked is released. Every Ayurveda massage begins with an initial consultation that includes pulse, tongue and an Ayurvedic constitution analyses.

Yates Memorial Services is a family owned business. Together, Rae and Barry Tuck and their son Bradd operate Yates. To be family owned means we provide a personal approach to meeting families’ needs. Barry started his funeral service career in Duncan, BC and has passionately been working in the profession for over 35 years. At Yates, we offer two large spaces for celebrations of life, traditional services, and receptions. As well, we have a beautiful 13-acre cemetery for traditional, green (ask us) or cremation burials. We are proud to offer the only on-site crematorium in the Oceanside area.

As we age, keeping our brain healthy is essential. Hyperbaric Oxygen can be used to improve Dementia, Alzheimer’s, Stroke, MS and Brain Injuries. Recent studies show that Hyperbaric Oxygen can substantially improve brain health and can prevent and stop the progression of these disorders. By increasing neuronal stem cells and decreasing brain inflammation, HBOT can improve memory, cognitive speed, brain fog, headaches and migraines. In combination with exercise and nutrition, regular HBOT can maintain and improve your brain health even as we get older. There is no limit to the brain’s plasticity and growth with the right environment.

Have you ever watched babies stretch their arms and legs as they wake up?  If so, you have witnessed pandiculation.  This is the nervous system’s natural way of waking up the sensory-motor system and preparing for movement.  As we age and develop habitual ways of standing and moving, this natural response becomes inhibited.  As muscles become tight and fail to release, tension and pain may result.  Our nervous system has learned to keep muscles tight, it can also learn to release those same muscles. Somatic exercises re-educate the brain to restore the natural mind-body pandiculation response.

Carol Meekes, at ease Somatics, ateaseSomatics.com

Looking for care for a loved one with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia? Nanaimo Memory & Complex Care provides a high standard of living for your loved one in a beautiful and relaxing environment.  Their building is designed to accommodate different levels of cognitive ability and to promote the highest level of independence possible. They feature private and companion suites in a pet-friendly environment.  The enclosed gardens and walking paths offer a place to stroll freely in nature to help create a sense of independence.  Nanaimo Memory & Complex Care offers both long-term residential or short-term respite care.

Heather Fisk, NanaimoMemoryCare.com

Take a trip back to Juno Beach with a WW2 veteran, in TheatreOne’s presentation of Jake’s Gift. Jake’s Gift tells the story of a Canadian World War II veteran’s reluctant return to Normandy, to find the grave of the brother who never came home. Jake encounters Isabelle, a precocious 10-year-old who’s inquisitive nature and charm challenge the old soldier to confront some long-ignored ghosts. At its heart, Jake’s Gift is about the legacy of remembrance and makes personal the story behind one soldier’s grave. VIU  Malaspina Theatre Thursday to Saturday, April 25-27 at 7:30pm, and Saturday, April 27 at 2pm.

TheatreOne, TheatreOne.org

BOTOX^® is one of the most common, non-surgical cosmetic treatments on the market. By injecting the neuromodulator into targeted areas, nerve signals to the muscles can be blocked preventing movement and contracting that leads to static wrinkles. BOTOX^® can be used both as a preventive measure to reduce dynamic wrinkles and a solution to temporarily diminish static fine lines and wrinkles.  BOTOX^® treatments are quick and effective; they usually take only a matter of minutes. It can treat frown lines, wrinkles, crow’s feet as well as excessive sweating and chronic migraine headaches.

Elegance Sculpting, EleganceSculpting.ca

Proper digestion is important to our overall health but we forget that digestion starts in the mouth with proper chewing. Nutritional experts say that each mouthful of food should be chewed forty times.  If we do not chew our food properly, it passes through our digestive system in a chunk that essentially rots as it passes through our digestive system. Patients with dentures have 90% less chewing force. They tend to list “digestive problems” as health concerns and often need medications for these issues. Dental implants bite with a force similar to that of natural teeth and may resolve these issues.

Vancouver Island Implant Centre, VancouverIslandImplantCentre.com