When I wrote this post, I was sitting reading about yet another rainfall warning in effect for Pemberton. I think we can all agree on the fact that so far, this winter has been a bust. Feels like it's over already, but who knows what tricks Ma Nature has up her sleeves. I looked up … Continue reading Winter on the outside: 3 easy outings for kids in Pemberton
Cindy Filipenko helps us stock the wellness bookshelf, and kicks off our #WellnessReads2015 quest for the "books that make us better." Here is her book shout-out. Peace Is Every Step: An accessible guide to mindful living Once in a while, the perfect book falls into your lap at the perfect time. That was the case with … Continue reading #WellnessReads2015: Peace is Every Step
Beyond Bannock Challenges Youth to show your Traditional Food, by March 13 The First Nations Health Authority has a social media campaign and contest underway: The Beyond Bannock Traditional Foods Challenge. (All the info shared below has been pasted from the link.) Are you attending Gathering Our Voices 2015? Take part in the GOV Beyond Bannock … Continue reading What’s better than bannock? Win a brand new bike by sharing traditional food on social media.
Amazing what a difference a week makes? Gary Martin captured this moody shot of Pemberton's One Mile Lake boardwalk last week. Seven days later, no snow, and we're "drowning" in sunshine. No-one's complaining today - it's a glorious dose of Vitamin K - but it's sobering to think what this dramatically early snowmelt is … Continue reading Photo of the Week: Gary Martin
Linda Welsh spotted this merlin (Falco columbarius or pigeon hawk) on February 10 and managed to capture the shot from 15 feet away, and gave us permission to share the catch. The merlin (thank you Wikipedia) is a small species of falcon from the Northern Hemisphere. A bird of prey once known colloquially as a pigeon hawk in North America,[2] the … Continue reading Birdwatch: a Meadows merlin sighting
Christine Cogger has agreed to jump on deck and share Adventures with Kids that can be had around Pemberton/Mt Currie. 100% spin free. Not airbrushed or photoshopped. She's an athlete, adventurer, blogging/tweeting/instagrammer, who races the odd marathon and Iron Man, (just because), organises the occasional thousand person event in her spare time, spearheads some of the … Continue reading Meet your new favourite adventure advisor
Today I pressed a tincture of hawthorn leaf and flower, as I do many times throughout the year. I go through a large amount of it in my practice. It smells wonderful and its welcome aroma always lifts my spirits and brings a smile of recognition to my lips. In the Middle Ages the shrub … Continue reading Hawthorn: Medicine of hope
Clear and copious is the rule of thumb, friends. And by the way, fracking is fracking stupid. We are water. Why poison it? And on that note, here are some great tips reinforcing our ongoing wellness obsession with managing to hydrate!
If you want to nominate a book, email thewellnessalmanac@gmail.com with: the name of the book, your name, and a few words about why it moved you, why you’d recommend it. (ie what did you tell your friend/boss/colleague/partner/kid when you pushed this book into their arms and said, you’ve got to read this.) a book selfie. (No … Continue reading WellnessReads2015 (Part II): How to Nominate a Book
You can tell a lot about someone from the books they've read. And you can tell a lot about a community based on what's trending on the library shelves. That's why I was so fascinated to spy the Pemberton & District Public Library's round-up of the most popular fiction and non-fiction books for 2014. Interesting pulse? … Continue reading Wellness Reads: the kick-off
The Wellness Almanac 