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yoga and addictions

Help for people with addiction issues.

HEARING Q&A

With expert Jeff Campbell.

6 ONLY THE LONELY

Lack of friendships a hazard for men.

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BEST FACE FORWARD

Range of skin care treatments possible.

ideal protein

Program available through Pharmasave.

10 AEDS save lives

Hospital foundation promotes AED use.

13 SELF-COMPASSION SEASON Use winter months for self-nurturing.

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Meet the team at Grace Point centre.

15 Saanich peninsula hospital Long-term Care Unit fundraising drive.

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10 16 sharing reiki

Monthly group open to all levels of experience.

16 PERIMENOPAUSE iN FOCUS Naturopathic options to explore.

18 A MONTH OF HEALTH

Day by day info for November 2019.

20 LOVING SALT SPRING

Regular visits help Albertan thrive.

21 Health-Care Listings And index to our advertisers.

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We all Have Wounds Yoga practice helps in addiction recovery

By MARC KITTERINGHAM D R I F T W O O D S TA F F

For those struggling with addiction and recovery from addiction, yoga can be a way to learn to be more comfortable with the body and what it needs, as well as a tool for finding a way back to the self.

Leigh Anne Milne is a yogi who follows the Iyengar lineage of yoga practice. She teaches a weekly class on Wednesday afternoons at the Salt Spring Wellness Centre for people who are struggling with and recovering from addiction. Her classes, which incorporate community, as well as physical and spiritual practice, are designed to help those with substance struggles on their route to recovery.

She describes yoga as a substitute from any pain or other issues a person may be feeling.

“The practice of yoga is meant to draw us away from externalities that are always pulling on the senses,” she said. “The sense organs are just sending tentacles out there.

It’s buy this, drink this, see this, taste this. The yoga helps us reel that back in so that we can be with ourselves.”

“The physical part of that helps us live with the feelings that we go through inside.

It may be withdrawal from substance use or it may be some internal thing, whether it’s emotional or a physical experience that we’re sitting with and we want to move away from,” she added. “The practice itself helps us learn to be with it.”

Milne has studied with the founders of Iyengar yoga, as well as the second generation of teachers who have come out of the lineage. >

Photo by MARC KITTERINGHAM

Iyengar yoga practitioner Leigh Anne Milne.

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“The practice of yoga is meant to draw us away from externalities that are always pulling on the senses.”

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that the support from the community can be particularly healing. When community is combined with the movement aspect of being in one’s body and the spiritual faith that what is needed will come, yoga can be particularly healing.

Pe re i r a re c e n t l y s h a re d h i s teachings with others on Salt Spring.

Milne said that the practice of yoga “helps people learn how to move through what they’re experiencing in their bodies as they go through that withdrawal process and the recovery process. It’s a combination of community support, learning to love yourself again, and the faith factor.”

“Realizing that there is support for us in community and just in asking, that faith factor comes in in different ways,” she added. “It’s too tempting to be caught up in the mundane and become tired and cynical. Being able to find the sacred in the mundane is so important to keep us feeling vital.”

Iyengar yoga incorporates the use of props, which helps the students enter into a state of ease in the practice.

Iyengar is the first yoga method to use things like mats and blocks. Other specialized pieces include benches, bolsters and cushions. The goal is not to make the practice easy but rather to allow students to do poses that would otherwise be too difficult in order to fully benefit from them.

She has exper ience teaching similar addiction-recovery classes at the Kripa Foundation in India, which was started by Father Joseph Pereira.

Those experiences inspired her to start the class on Salt Spring.

Pereira teaches that there are multiple aspects that a practitioner must attend to in yoga practice.

These are community, the somatic aspect, which relates to the body as distinct from the mind, and spirituality. Community is important to Milne’s practice, since she says

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Men and the loneliness epidemic

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esearch shows that modern men are experiencing a loneliness epidemic.

In particular, heterosexual men have fewer friends than any other demographic, and even when they do have friendships, they are not deeply supportive or emotionally intimate relationships.

“Research shows that most men only have one confidante, and three-quarters of the time, that confidant is a woman and generally their significant other,” says relationship development expert AJ Harbinger, who hosts popular lifestyle podcast The Art of Charm

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with Johnny Dzubak. “It is clear that men today are really struggling to connect with other men, and this has a negative impact on everything from their physical to their emotional health.”

Dzubak agrees, and points to research that says loneliness is the biggest threat to middle-aged men’s health, even beating out factors like smoking and obesity.

“Not having friends isn’t just a bummer on Friday night,” says Dzubak. “It can actually decrease the length of a man’s life, not to mention decrease their quality of life.”

So how can men connect with other men and create those supportive, life-enhancing bonds that seem to come so naturally to women?

“There is no denying that women are more gifted at social-building blocks like empathy, openness and the ability to express emotion,” says Harbinger. “But this isn’t because men don’t have those skills.

It’s just that we never learned how to access this ability because we are afraid of seeming ‘weak’ or emasculated.”

Dzubak says men are never going to be able to create lasting, intimate friendships with other men if they don’t first tackle that deep-seated sexism and instead allow themselves to be vulnerable and open.

“The first step in curing male loneliness is removing the stigma around male friendship,” says Dzubak. “As long as men are afraid that needing friendship makes them less of a man somehow, they are never going to allow themselves to address their need for connection.”

Harbinger says that men also have to realize that women aren’t naturally born with a set of close friends.

“Women invest in their friendships,” says Harbinger. “They put time in. They focus on their communication, they reach out on friends’ birthdays, they send emails checking in, they clear their schedules and offer emotional support when one of them has a bad day. These are all things that men need to learn. We need to think of our friendships the same way we think of any other investment, whether it’s building a six pack at the gym or growing our investment portfolio.”

“You aren’t going to see any returns if you don’t put the time in,” says Dzubak.

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Skin Aging Demystified Sun sins of the past can be undone

By Dr. Deborah vanVliet Spring Skin

Most of the skin changes that we associate with “natural aging” have little to do with our age and more to do with our cumulative UV exposure over the years. And although there is no question that our skin does get thinner and less elastic over time we nevertheless can have beautiful skin over our lifetime with proper care.

A large part of my plastic surgery practice has been devoted to skin cancer reconstruction and over the past 20 years I have developed a special interest in skin regeneration and what it takes to keep skin healthy. I have learned that the only inroad to beautiful skin is to have healthy skin. This starts with overall good health but it doesn’t stop there. I have been witness to many healthy and rugged individuals whose skin envelopes are aging prematurely and at an accelerated rate because of the cumulative and damaging effects of excessive UV exposure.

My first six months of living on this lovely isle have taught me that it’s easy to spend extensive time outdoors here.

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AED maintenance day on track M

onday, Oct. 21 is the date of the 2019 federal election, but as voters rush to polls across the country, a select group of business owners and public venue administrators on Salt Spring will be converging for another important task.

Oct. 21 happens to be the Lady Minto Hospital Foundation’s annual maintenance day for the island’s automatic external defibrillator units. From 10 a.m. to noon, a representative from B.C. company MediQuest will handle every unit to replace its nine-volt battery, test the major charging battery and update its software. To make sure this important work gets done, the foundation covers the entire bill for the community and then sends out individual invoices for reimbursement.

Annual check-up provides reminder of important program

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“There is a cost, but if you’re going to hang an AED on your wall you’re going to need it to work,” observed Derek Fry, who chairs the Lady Minto Hospital Foundation board and is the program’s main coordinator.

An AED is designed to deliver an electric charge to a subject to restart the heart after the onset of a sudden cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest victims have a 70 per cent survival rate if treated with an AED within four minutes. Without it, they will most likely die within 10 minutes (with just one per cent survival rate).

The Lady Minto Hospital Foundation launched the AED Campaign in January 2012 after a pitch from Dr. Shane Barclay, then-chief of staff at the hospital. He had explained that extending resources into the community would produce a much better result for cardiac arrest victims if and when they made it to the emergency room.

Although the price tag is not cheap — around $1,700 for each unit and at least $50 per year in maintenance — many local business owners and public facilities stepped up. (Gary Utter and Linda Ramsey

AEDs can be found throughout the Ganges core but also extend to Fulford and Vesuvius villages.

of Pharmasave actually donated five units to the community, in addition to outfitting their two store locations.) There are now 44 devices installed across the island. Five of those are located in private homes where the residents know they may need them.

The rest are publicly accessible.

AEDs can be found throughout the Ganges core but also extend to Fulford and Vesuvius villages. In addition to places like ArtSpring, the Farmers’ Institute, community halls and the public library, they can be found in island churches and recreational facilities including the sailing club, the public pool and the golf course, grocery stores and other businesses such as Harbour Air/Salt Spring Air. “It is said by MediQuest that this is one of the best programs in the province,” Fry said.

“With nearly 50 AEDs in a population of 10,000, that is very good penetration.”

The hospital foundation provided AED training for 300 residents after the program was first launched. Courses are now available through Salt Spring Parks and Recreation, and can also be arranged >

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Sample image of an AED unit. Salt Spring Island now has 39 publicly accessible AEDs, and several opportunities for learning how to use them.

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privately. The Salt Spring branch of the Royal Canadian Legion will be offering a training session to all its staff and interested volunteers this week, having had two experiences during the past year where their AED was required for a customer.

Though both patients died some days after the event, Legion manager Drew Underwood said staff were successful in reviving both people on the spot, which allowed them to get to the hospital. The Legion is proposing to add a second AED so there can be one in the lower hall as well as the lounge.

“It would just be good for everybody to have the training,” Underwood said.

The late Beth Weston, who was the foundation’s dedicated Red Cross trainer, explained the value of the program in early campaign material.

“I believe there is a role for everyone in the community to help. People need to learn what an AED unit looks like and how it is used. They need to know where they are located. People need to take action to get more AEDs into the community. And finally, people need to get the training to feel comfortable using the AED should the need arise,” Weston said.

Although training is helpful to give bystanders the confidence to act, they can in fact be used by anyone. The device will issue step by step instructions, and is calibrated to issue a shock only if it detects one is needed, by reading the victim’s heart rate.

The next AED installation will be at Portlock Park, with a device to be located in an area where members of the public can quickly access it if someone suffers cardiac arrest when a staff person is not at hand.

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Embracing Ourselves this Winter Look for gifts in quiet and darkness

By MARCIA BURTON C o m passio n for C h a n g e

As anyone who has lived on the “wet” coast can tell you, the damp and dullness of the winter months can have an adverse effect on our mood.

For many people, the approach of the shorter days can be a source of dread. During these quieter months, there is less light, less activity and less stimulation. In response, some experience loneliness, melancholy, lack of motivation, loss of purpose, anxiety or depression during autumn and winter, especially. The situation can feed on itself as the worse people feel, the less they want to go out, and the less they go out, the worse they feel!

Perhaps a paradoxical way to approach the dullness of winter is to embrace it. Often, we are unhappy because we are resisting a

situation (like the season), wishing that things were different from how they are. This resistance, itself, tends to make us feel worse. When we can turn toward the darkness, and the quiet of winter, we begin to see the gifts it offers.

The relative stillness of winter can support us to rest, to take time for self-reflection, to breathe gentleness and self-compassion into our lives. Instead of fighting the darkness of winter, we can walk toward it. Following the season’s natural movement inward, we can rediscover long-forgotten strengths, interests or values that we would like to bring back to our lives. Enlisting the company of a good friend or a professional counsellor can make this winter a creative and heart-enriching experience.

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Welcome to Salt Spring Dental D and energy into continuing education to provide the most up-to-date and effective methodology to help our patients find their best smiles. Working with both conventional brackets and invisible clear aligners, he conjures up beautiful results.

Dr. Jake Taraskiewicz is our newest doctor and will be joining us as our full-time associate. Originally from the States, he and his wife (who hails from British Columbia) met while at university, and they will be joining our Salt Spring community with their four children.

Dr. Taraskiewicz is looking forward to sharing his love of dentistry with us.

r. Gabor Balogh – implant and oral surgery genius. Dr. “G” is the owner of Salt Spring Dental, having bought a home here four years ago with his wife Valerie.

Dr. G deals with all advanced surgical procedures, including implants and restorations. He is licensed to use Botox, which can be effective in treating TMJ symptoms. Dr. Balogh is both interested and interesting, and can converse knowledgeably on a wide range of subjects. Luckily for our community, dentistry is one of his passions.

Dr. Alan Keil has worked alongside Dr. Balogh for many years at Dr. Balogh’s North Vancouver office, Dundarave Dental. Dr. Keil is passionate about orthodontics and puts much of his time

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Saanich Peninsula Hospital Update Together we can all get better at getting older

By Karen Morgan E x e c u ti v e D ir e ctor , S aa n ic h P e n i n s u l a Hos p ita l & H e a lt h car e F o u n datio n

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ow would you feel if you lost the ability to live independently and had to move into long-term care? Working in the Saanich Peninsula Hospital, I’ve thought about it many times. So have the caring staff in our Long-term Care Unit.

In fact, they seem to be always thinking about it! Managers, nurses and aides regularly propose new projects to enrich the lives of residents: music therapy, horticulture therapy, art therapy at McTavish Academy of Art, pottery at Panorama Centre, yoga, music and memories . . . and the list goes on.

Our residents are an active lot, in spite of changes in their circumstances. Take Ruth, for example. Until pneumonia brought her to SPH, she lived on her own. She loved to potter in her garden and chat with friends and neighbours over the garden fence. She misses these simple pleasures, but the activities she can pursue in long-term care enrich her life now.

This community cares about its hospital. People here

fought to get a hospital, fought to keep it, and support it with extraordinary generosity. The Saanich Peninsula Hospital and Healthcare Foundation, thanks to that continued generosity, has helped staff in Long-term Care purchase a number of ground-breaking therapeutic tools and worked to keep up with the equipment needs. Now we need the community’s help to make a great leap forward with a large investment in equipment and renovations that are greatly needed now.

We need new beds, bedside tables and over-bed tables.

We also need therapeutic equipment such as Bike Around with Google and a Tovertafel (magic table) to engage and entertain. Finally, we need renovations to create more intimate spaces in our dining room, and we need to complete the Memory Garden with a greenhouse, water fountain and a craft table. With your help, we can all get better at getting older.

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Healing Energy Reiki Share Group invites all to participate

By GAIL SJUBERG Driftwood Editor

Healing and sharing go hand-in-hand, and that practice is embodied by Salt Spring’s monthly Reiki Share Group.

The informal gatherings are not just for reiki practitioners and not just for people wanting a treatment.

“The intent of the get-togethers is for people to get more confident with sharing reiki,” said organizer Christin Boyd, a local practitioner.

“People can come if they are just curious about reiki or energy work, but the idea isn’t that they are just there to receive a treatment. They are there to participate, so they have to be very open to that,” she

explained.

Share sessions are on a drop-in basis, with no commitment required to attend more than one.

Sessions begin with introductions, a brief meditation and then the reiki treatments. Their length depends on how many

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HANNAH WEBB is a naturopathic physician with a general family practice serving Salt Spring and the rest of the Gulf Islands. Hannah has a special interest in hormone health, digestion, autoimmune disease, and mental health. Her goal is to work with her patients to co-create wellness, not just a lack of disease. Her primary tools in practice are diet and nutrition, herbal medicine, acupuncture, and high-dose vitamin mineral IV therapy.

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The transition to menopause is a powerful stage in a woman’s life on many levels. Her hormones are changing, which changes her body, her mental state and her identity. While some women go through menopause with great ease, for others it is a challenging period with hot flashes, night sweats and anxiety.

Hormone replacement therapy is an option many know about, with important pros and cons to consider. However, in between taking hormone replacements and doing nothing at all, there is a spectrum of other effective dietary and herbal strategies to consider.

Every woman will have a unique way of supporting her body and mind through perimenopause, depending on her particular symptoms as well as her beliefs and values.

I invite you to book an appointment if you would like to discuss your options, clarify your questions, and get a personalized treatment plan for your menopause transition.

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people are attending, but between 10 and 20 minutes is the norm. Five people can work on one table, with one person lying down and four people around them.

Boyd trained with renowned practitioners Frans and Bronwen Steine in Sydney, Australia several years ago, where regular share sessions were offered and very popular.

“Ever since then I said that’s what I wanted to do.”

Boyd actually focuses more on the Bowen Technique than reiki these days and does not teach reiki, but was able to resit her Level 3 certification exam last February, which reinvigorated her interest in having shares on Salt Spring.

“It felt good to invite people who are just interested as well [as practitioners]. And even though they have’t gone through the formal training, I am of the belief that we all have the ability to work with energy.”

Reiki is a simple but powerful energetic healing technique with origins in Japan.

Boyd explains that the word “reiki” translates roughly as “universal energy,” or the energy that exists in all people, places and things. The www.ihreiki.com site is a good place to get

Photos courtesy reiki share group

Above: Hands positioned during reiki treatment. Previous page: From left, Kelly Kiss and Christin Boyd meditate before sharing reiki.

general information about reiki.

The next Salt Spring share group meets on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Twisted Oak Studio, which is at #202A-338 Lower Ganges Rd. Phone Boyd at 250-537-0747 or email her at info@ christinboyd.ca to get more information.

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JUICERY RESTAURANT

Classes are for everyone (all ages and abilities) and are specifically designed to promote correct postural alignment, flexibility, strength, balance, coordination, and mental and physical calmness.

Healthy Organic Comfort Foods

Experience yoga and its’ transformative qualities as much more than simply a form of exercise.

SALT SPRING WELLNESS CENTRE, 120 HEREFORD AVE., GANGES • Thursdays, 11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m. (weekly)

Eat in or take home 3-5380 Trans Canada Hwy., Duncan BC

250 597 2595 www.GlowJuicery.ca Sunday 11-4:30 • M-F 7:30-6:30 • Sat 9-6

FULFORD HALL (OAP ANNEX) • Mondays, Sept 23 - Dec 09 (weekly).

• 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Susan is known for her caring attitude, her clear detailed and precise teaching, and her hands-on adjustments and ability to adapt the poses to the needs of each individual student.

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november FOCUSon Health:

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TAKE AN EMERGENCY FIRST AID COURSE THROUGH PARC TODAY. Portlock Park Portable.

9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Info/register: www.ssiparc.ca

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EAT WELL:

Seek out dishes and recipes that use whole grains.

3 - DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS AT 2 A.M.

Make sure to turn clocks back by one hour before you go to bed on Nov. 2nd.

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Get 8 hours of sleep per night for optimal health.

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NOVEMBER IS CROHN’S AND COLITIS AWARENESS MONTH.

11 REMEMBRANCE DAY.

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Join friends and family at Centennial Park at 10:45 a.m.

in the southeast corner of Mouat Park!

2nd floor every Monday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

250-537-8786.

CHECK OUT THE SALT SPRING LIONS COMMEMORATIVE BIKE PARK

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is available through the Alcohol & Drug Information & Referral Service.

1-800-663-1441

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FAMILY YOGA CLASS SERIES WITH AMY HAYSOM BEGINS TODAY. Portlock Park Portable. 6 p.m.

Sign up through SSI PARC.

Learn more at www.crohnsandcolitis.ca.

LOTS OF LOCAL SQUASH VARIETIES CAN COLOUR UP YOUR PLATES AND BOOST HEALTH.

GO TO BED!

The weather is changing and chasing some people indoors, but that’s no reason to compromise your health this fall.

Check out our November calendar of Salt Springspecific activities and some general diet and fitness tips, along with special dates and events happening close to home and around the world.

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THE OPTIONS FOR SEXUAL HEALTH CLINIC IS OPEN AT THE CORE INN,

JOIN THE SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB

at All Saints on Monday nights.

6 p.m.

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NOVEMBER 2019

IT’S MOVEMBER! Grow a Mo, Save a Bro.

Learn more at www.ca.movember.com

SLOW DOWN WHEN YOU EAT. Fast eaters are up to 115% more likely to be obese than slow eaters.

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HIKE ON SALT SPRING YEAR-ROUND.

Find CRD/PARC trails at www.crd.bc.ca/parksrecreation-culture/parkstrails/find-park-trail

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6 - BARRE STRENGTH CLASS AT ALL SAINTS, LOWER HALL. 6:15 to 7 a.m. First class free for newbies.

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IMPROVE YOUR EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH

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CANCER SUPPORT GROUP MEETS ON THE 1ST THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH.

Info: ljcharlton@shaw.ca

See saltspringfitness.com for details.

WORLD DIABETES DAY.

READING IS NOURISHMENT FOR THE MIND.

This year’s theme is Family and Diabetes. www.worlddiabetesday.org

by learning about Hakomi: www.mindfulselfdiscovery.com.

IT’S OSTEOPOROSIS MONTH.

Calculate your calcium at osteoporosis.ca

BLOOD PRESSURE CLINIC

runs every Wednesday at Salt Spring Seniors. 10 to 11 a.m.

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NEW MOON FLOAT

at the Rainbow Road Aquatic Centre.

7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

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PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP

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TANJA AKERMAN HOSTS A NOV. 8-10 WELLNESS RETREAT WEEKEND AT THE HARBOUR HOUSE HOTEL.

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START PLANNING HOW TO COMBAT HOLIDAY SEASON OVERINDULGENCE!

Come to SS Literacy’s Giant Book + Jewellery Sale at the Farmers’ Institute, Nov. 15-17.

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PROBLEM GAMBLING CAN HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES.

See www.choicesandchances.ca for more info.

LOWER STRESS LEVELS WITH THE MINDWELL TAKE 5 PROGRAM:

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NOVEMBER IS LUNG CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month at Salt Spring Seniors. 2 p.m.

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Salt Spring visits add zest to life Island described as for Alberta artist nourishing to soul

BY ELIZABETH NOLAN DRIFTWOOD STAFF

While island dwellers tend to be very health conscious and are constantly looking for ways to optimize their wellbeing, a resident of Calgary has found Salt Spring Island itself can be a natural source.

Norene Proctor is a selfdescribed “Prairie person” who needs that landscape’s rolling hills, rock and sunshine for most of the year. But with 17 visits to Salt Spring over the past 15 years, she has also become Norene Proctor and furry friends in kayak. attached to the sea and to the unique island community.

“Salt Spring Island has added tremendous joy to my life.

When I teach art here in Calgary I tell everybody about the magic, the artistry and the energy of the island,” Proctor said during a phone interview. “There’s a peace that comes over you. It takes three days to unwind and get in the pace.”

Strength Health Wellness • Fitness Classes at All Saints by-the-Sea • Wellness Retreats at Harbour House • Private Group Wellness Sessions

TANJA AKERMAN

Ace certified group fitness instructor/fitness and health coach.

Everyone at all levels welcome

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By now Proctor considers Salt Spring to be her second home. She stays for a minimum two weeks each time — though she prefers to stay longer — driving out with her three dogs, Donovan, Elijah and Meadow.

“I don’t consider myself a tourist. Most people think I’m a local now,” Proctor said.

Among the first people she got to know on the island were Richard and Bridget Lee. They became good friends after Proctor did pet-sitting for them. They now get together for a meal whenever she comes back. Through that connection she also got to know a neighbour who she describes as a wonderful poet and musician.

“And I’ve been friends with him for 12 years now, too.

These are people that I love,” she reported.

As an artist herself, Proctor has been nourished by Salt Spring’s rich arts community. She loves a quality that she terms “wonky,” meaning fresh and outside the mainstream. Some of her favourite artists and stops to visit are Carolyn Sutherland, Rhubarb Design, Stefanie Denz, Luke Hart-Weller, Matt Steffich at Steffich Fine Art, Denys James, Elehna da Sousa and Diana Dean. She once spent a lovely day at the latter’s studio and garden after an introduction from a favourite artist friend.

“This is what’s so groovy — there’s so many people that are so welcoming. What a magical event for me,” Proctor said.

Another memorable exchange happened with the late Arthur Black, who she met at Beddis Beach one morning.

Proctor admired Black’s arbutus walking stick, which he had carved himself, and he impulsively gifted it to her on the spot.

“I travel solo because it sets you up to meet people easier,” Proctor explained. “I never feel alone.”

Music is another way she’s formed connections to the local community. She loves to close down the Tree House Cafe, which is where she met one more good friend, a man in his 80s who serenaded her on clarinet.

“He was such a delightful character. He did a fabulous tribute to me by playing Home on the Range.”

Also nourishing to Proctor’s soul is the island’s natural beauty. She enjoys hiking, kayaking on Cusheon Lake, and taking her dogs to the beach for early morning walks. She also loves the cultivated aspects: the markets, farm stands and the island’s bounty of fresh produce and lavender.

“Even though Salt Spring and the southern Gulf Islands have been discovered, the magic and the kindness and spirit of the people continues no matter what,” Proctor said.

Proctor is looking for new hiking pals for her next visit. If anyone is interested they can email her at silks@shaw.ca.

To learn more about her artwork and workshops in Calgary, see www.sixfootsilks.com.

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COUNSELLING

Connect Hearing Finding a hearing solution to fit your lifestyle is important. Call us for an appointment. We have the latest, most discreet hearing aids on the market with over 45 clinics located in B.C. Call for a free hearing test - 1-888-850-9979 connecthearing.ca See ad on page 5

Island Women Against Violence Non-profit society providing services throughout the Southern Gulf Islands to women and their children affected by poverty, violence, and abuse.

24-HOUR VIOLENCE AND ABUSE HELP LINE Toll Free 1-877-435-7544 Salt Spring 250-537-0735 See ad on page 10

Tanja Akerman Tanja has dedicated herself to helping others be healthy and fit. She has done considerable training and is now a certified Barre teacher and a certified health and wellness coach. She offers fitness classes, wellness retreats and private group wellness sessions. Her classes help with posture, alignment, core strength and mindfulness among other benefits. See her website for class schedules and sign up for one today on your path to your healthiest self.

250-538-8450 saltspringfitness.com See ad on page 20

DENTISTRY

FOOT CARE

Salt Spring Dental Offering a wide range of services for the whole family, general surgery, implants & implant prosthetics, orthodontics and general dentistry.

250 537-1616 #2201 Grace Point Square see ad on page 14

Feet First Heather Howard Helping you walk in comfort. Specializing in Foot Care for Diabetics, Seniors & Men’s feet. Care of thickened nails, callouses, heel fissures, ingrown nails. Reasonable rates. Gift certificates.

250-537-0715 125 Pallot Way, SSI See ad on page 12

NexGen Hearing Selene Finlayson At NexGen Hearing, we are committed to providing you with an exceptional service, value & experience.

In fact, we guarantee that you won’t find better service and value anywhere in B.C. When you visit one of our clinics, you can expect to be treated by a professional consultant who passionately cares about one thing: helping you experience an improved quality of life through better hearing.

Salt Spring Hearing Clinic #1108 - 115 Fulford-Ganges Road Grace Point Square 778-353-3012 See ad on page 6

COUNSELLING Marcia Burton, MA, RCC Registered Clinical Counsellor Certified Teacher of Mindful Self-Compassion, Training and Workshops Certified Hakomi Practitioner, Senior Trainer, BodyCentered Psychotherapy & Training 250-930-4541 www.mindfulselfdiscovery.com marciaburton369@gmail.com See ad on page 13

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FITNESS

FOOTWEAR DENTURISTS DAN HARDY DENTURIST New dentures, reline and repairs. Home & care facility visits. Salt Spring office located at 241 Lower Ganges Rd. For appointments 1-250-710-1884 See ad on page 7

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Salt Spring Footprints Markus & Barbara Poerschke Qualified orthotist and orthopedic shoe technicians offer you custom made orthotics, shoe modifications, electronic gait analysis. Plus quality handcrafted custom made sandals. Free consultations.

250-537-1720 www.saltspringfootprints.ca Unit 16 Merchants’ Mews See ad on page 11

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Medical Aesthetics

Naturopath

LADY MINTO HOSPITAL FOUNDATION The Lady Minto Hospital Foundation is a registered charity dedicated to supporting the Lady Minto Hospital here on Salt Spring Island. We raise funds to increase and improve the provision of medical care to those who live in the area served by the Lady Minto Hospital through fundraising activities which enhance services and facilities. We are proud of our community hospital which is considered by many to be the jewel in the crown of Salt Spring Island.

250-538-4845 ladyminto.foundation@viha.ca Fax: 250-538-4870 See ad on page 24

Spring Skin Dr. vanVliet founded the “Spring Skin” clinic in order to fully embrace the surgical and non-surgical aspects of caring for skin. She provides a wide array of minor surgical services for the removal of skin lesions (both benign and malignant) as well as an extensive array of aesthetic skin rejuvenation procedures.

250 931-3110 134 Hereford Ave. See ad on page 8

Dr. Hannah Webb, ND Naturopathic medicine is unique because it utilizes tools from conventional medicine as well as from alternative and complementary medicine. Naturopathic doctors combine current research and evidence-based medicine with wisdom from traditional medicine. We are the experts in integrative medicine, well versed in the language of both worlds.

250-999-9371 130 McPhillips Ave See ad on page 16

Saanich Peninsula Hospital Foundation The Saanich Peninsula Hospital was founded in 1985 by a group of peninsula residents who wanted to support their community hospital. Its mission is to provide up-to-date equipment and facilities to support the Saanich Peninsula Hospital in promoting health-care excellence.

It is incorporated under the Society Act of B.C. and is a registered charity.

250-652-7531 sphf.ca See ad on page 15

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OPTICAL Sidney Eyeland Optical On site lab and repairs, latest in designer frames, same day service available.

2451 Beacon Avenue, Sidney, BC 250-656-3626 See ad on page 12

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT

PHARMACY

SSI Medical Equipment Patrick Cassidy SSI Medical Equipment offers a wide range of medical equipment sales and servicing. Bringing your home health care needs “home to you”. Call Patrick today for your consultation.

250-537-1990 ssimedicalequipment@gmail.com See ad on page 4

Pharmasave We have everything you need to live well. Prescriptions, vitamins, supplements, first aid, rehabilitation, SAD lights, cold and flu remedies, and more. Prescription delivery available. Just ask our knowledgeable pharmacists. Visit our downtown location to inquire about Ideal Protein education as well as public and private lectures on weight loss & nutrition.

Downtown 104 Lower Ganges Rd. 250-538-538-0323 See ad on page 9

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Vitamins/Supplements

YOGA

Salt Spring Seniors Centre We have nearly 500 members and everyone brings their own touch of joy and caring to our centre. You’ll find what you want here – or, let us help you make a place for what you want to do: lectures, dancing, yoga, the sky’s the limit! Membership is free at Seniors and we rely on your generous donations to keep our building running and our programs lively. Donations over $20.00 are tax deductible.

Where people care about each other!

379 Lower Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 2V4.

250-537-4604 saltspringseniors@shaw.ca See ad on page 4

Lynn’s Vitamin Gallery & Health Food Are you 65 or over? Save big at Lynn’s Vitamin Gallery and Health Food. We have everything you need to make your health and wellness goals achievable, including a large selection of bulk herbs and spices.

Our highly trained staff can help you discover effective herbal remedies and resources for your body and home.

4-180 Central Rd, Duncan, BC 250-748-4421 info@lynnsvitamingallery.ca See ad on page 7

Susan Bull - Iyengar Yoga Nationally Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher Over 35 years teaching experience.

These classes are for everyone (all ages and abilities) and are specifically designed to promote correct postural alignment, flexibility, strength, balance, coordination, and mental and physical calmness. Emphasis will be on leg, shoulder, hip, and spinal stretches, gentle twists, standing poses, and restorative poses, complemented by guided meditation, savasana (deep relaxation), and selected readings.

250-653-4474 susanbull@shaw.ca See ad on page 17

SHOPS + SERVICES GLOW JUICERY Glow Juicery creates fresh cold-pressed Juices, superfood Smoothies + vegan Raw Food options.

Created with largely local and organic food sources, our unique + delicious menu is designed as a convenient way to nourish your body, increase your energy, and add a little extra “Glow” to your day! #3-5380 Trans Canada Hwy., Duncan, BC 250-597-2595 duncan@glowjuicery.ca See ad on page 17

WELLNESS TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION What is the TM technique?

It’s a simple, natural technique practiced 20 minutes twice each day while sitting comfortably with the eyes closed. The TM technique allows your active mind to easily settle inward, through quieter levels of thought, until you experience the most silent and peaceful level of your own awareness — pure consciousness.

778-353-3014 http://tmsaltspring.com See ad on page 11

SIDNEY SCOOTERS Sidney Scooters has been the source for medical supplies and equipment for years because of our superior commitment to provide you with the absolute best in product quality and customer service. Our highly trained staff will help you make the best choices for your needs, while providing you with friendly service and expert advice. Every effort is made to ensure that your experience is as pleasant and efficient as possible. Stop by and see us, or call us for your mobility solutions! Our business is your good health, your independence and your ease of mobility.

2378-B Beacon Avenue, Sidney BC V8L 1X3 250-654-0021 Website: https://sidneyscooters.ca See ad on page 10

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We’re here for you

Dr. Anik Mommsen-Smith

Your donation provides a powerful return on investment for our entire community.

Your gifts and spirit of philanthropy are critical to the success of our hospital.

Thank you to all of our donors and volunteers for your generosity and helping hearts.

Your contributions and loyalty help to support the health and wellbeing of our community.

Lady Minto Hospital relies on your support!

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Elaine Theunisz

1997~2017

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CELEBRATING OVER ONE MILLION

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Phantom Ball Campaign

Excellent Care Closer to Home Jan Hartwig

Leah Little

Thank you for being there for us…

CELEBRATING OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS RAISED …we are here for you.

The Foundation supporting Lady Minto Hospital since 1992.

Excellent Care Closer to Home

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