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Researched-based articles and posts on various wellness topics including neuroscience, mindfulness, fitness, nutrition and social well-being.

  • Fibre, Your Health, and Your Heritage

    Consuming more protein can help to keep you more satiated in between meals and if paired with a proper health and nutrition plan, it can even lead to weight loss. But the lesser known nutrient that is harder to successfully incorporate into our diet is fibre. Canadians consume approximately half the recommended fiber intake, with actual intakes around 14-17 g/day compared to the Adequate Intake (AI) of 25 g/day for adult women...

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  • Vacation and Meditation: What The Two have In Commmon

    A 2020 research study in the Journal of Positive Psychology, examined and compared the impact of 15-minutes mediation versus a vacation on the mind, and the results are interesting. It was found that both have similar effects to relieving stress, improving quality of life and increased well-being and positive outcomes.

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  • Wellness and your brain: How the two are connected!

    So much of understanding and creating more wellness in our lives originates in our brains. From the habits we build to the way we approach situations daily; the wiring in our brains determine our actions and feelings and adapt overtime depending on our experiences and what we’ve been exposed to throughout our lives.

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  • Heavy Lift Days Matter!

    We spend a lot of time on our website talking about the benefits of endurance strength-training workouts like Barre, and the importance of integrating regular cardio into your fitness routine. The final piece to that puzzle is adding traditional strength training exercises that focus on lifting heavy, with less reps, and the use of muscular power.

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  • Make Dance Fitness Apart of Your Workout Routine

    Different than your traditional dance class, dance fitness is typically a steady-state cardio workout, where you are moving constantly with little breaks between 30 mins to an hour. During this workout, you go through a series of movements that move the “gross muscles” in your body, engaging all major muscle groups from your arms, legs and torso.

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  • Cards will never go out of style

    When we think of adults playing cards, we often think of Poker, Blackjack or an array of casino-style games in smoke filled rooms, with half glasses of liquor on the side. But the card games we’ve come to know and love as kids, truly still stands the test of times as adults. The CBC recently drafted a list of card games perfect for two. Resurfacing classics like Solitaire, the game that one can easily designate hours of their life to completing...

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Developing Your Own Wellness Practice

Developing a wellness, spiritual or mindfulness practice that is right for you is helpful when navigating the world. To help with that, here are 5 science-based mindfulness exercises that will help you develop greater physical, emotional and mental wellbeing…

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