Health & Wellness Healing ministry marks 10 years
By Lisa Gervais
BOBCAYGEON - Seeing three reiki tables set up inside a church sanctuary is not a common sight, but it is at Trinity United Church in Bobcaygeon, which is celebrating 10 years of its healing ministry. Every Wednesday, the tables are set up and clients come in for reiki, reflexoloy or therapeutic touch, in exchange for a donation, with proceeds going to the church, food bank, Bobcaygeon Public School’s breakfast program, the walk-in clinic and
Carol Wells gives reiki to client Ellen Herridge during the healing ministry at Trinity United Church in Bobcaygeon – a program celebrating 10 years. Photo by Lisa Gervais.
Women’s Resources. Spokeswoman Carol Wells, a reiki practitioner, and Joan Wesley, who does therapeutic touch, approached the church council a decade ago with the ‘holistic approach’ and it was embraced. They started with one table, another was donated and they purchased a third last year. Other healers are Beth Halliday (reiki and reflexology), Marjory Mitchell (reiki) and Sandra Schell (reiki). They can do 12 treatments in an afternoon, averaging about half-an-hour depending on clients’ needs, from mid-September to mid-December and again from January to June. One does not have to be a member of the church to partake and they are on the lookout for other practitioners willing to lend a hand. Client Ellen Herridge has been coming for years. She said it is “totally relaxing. I can hop up on one of those beds and have a nap. It is unbelievable”. Herridge said clients are greeted with hugs, followed by the quietness of a session. A sufferer of chronic bronchitis, she said it has helped with that condition and helped with emotional issues at home. The healers also benefit, says Carol, who said it had been “the most grounding, blessed, rewarding experience.” • For more information, or to book an appointment, call Carol at 705-731-0455
RMH opens radiation oncology consultation clinic
LINDSAY - After the shock of a cancer diagnosis, patients face numerous visits to specialists and services in other regions. Not all of these visits involve treatment; many are consultations with oncologists and follow-up appointments. Beginning Monday, Jan. 13th, local cancer patients have begun meeting with a radiation oncologist for consultation and follow-up at Ross Memorial Hospital (RMH). The new radiation consultation clinic will be offered every second and fourth Monday in the Continuing Care wing, and save many patients the time and cost of commuting to Oshawa.
Foot care expanded to Bobcaygeon
BOBCAYGEON - Everyone at Community Care City of Kawartha Lakes is excited to start the new year with the expansion of one of the agency’s long-time programs into the Bobcaygeon area. For several years, CCCKL has offered a basic foot care service several times a month in the Little Britain and Kirkfield areas. Now, the foot care program will be available every second Friday of the month in Bobcaygeon, operating out of the Senior Citizens Centre at 100 Head St. The clinic will be from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Appointments must be booked, by calling Community Care’s Community Health Centre at 705-879-4100. 18 January 17, 2014 - The Kawartha Promoter