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We often think about falling more in the winter months. Icy conditions and activities that we do in winter are more likely to invite a fall. There are some physiological reasons why we can fall more often in the colder days of winter. Did you know that dehydration plays a part? When the furnaces are …

How are you sleeping? When someone asks us this we’re more inclined to think about the hours per night that we sleep, and not “how” we are actually sleeping. Many of us toss and turn in an attempt to get comfortable and shift from our back, to the side and then our front continuing this …

When I began studying anatomy and physiology, almost 40 years ago in college, we didn’t hear the word “fascia”. Within the last few years, it’s become the “buzz word” in rehabilitation, yoga, fitness and especially sports medicine. Facts about this fascinating tissue are headlining modern research as we come to understand that it plays a …

As many Peachlander’s begin to get outside and sip in the spring air while working in the yard, pruning and raking and tilling the garden soil, we may not realize how integral this is to our overall health and digestion. It goes without saying that being in nature has many benefits to our wellbeing. Taking …

Peachland is set up perfectly for all levels of walkers. Whether you walk along the waterfront or on the many trails and parks that surround our community, you can always find the right place. And when the weather’s not suitable, there’s the indoor gym at the Peachland Community Centre. We have few reasons not to …

Every August i forage for my favourite berry. Eaten raw it can be toxic, especially the red variety. But i like the purple berries that look like small clustered blueberries. When i first experimented with an elder berry elixir it was a forager named Hank that i resonated with for my recipe. 3 years later …

Vata is one of the 3 ayurvedic doshas that governs the nervous system and becomes aggravated by too much movement, stress, dry, light, rough, cold and over stimulation to name a few. As we move through this dry season into the Vata season of fall, we should be trying to reduce vata aggravating things. Dry …

When there’s a problem in these areas it can lead to long term damage. One of the ways we can stress these areas are through suppressed urges the 13 urges not to be suppressed are urination, vomiting, eating, breathing, excretion, sneezing, drinking, ejaculation, belching, crying, farting, yawning and sleeping. In Ayurveda, we look at the …