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August 10, 2020

Six Reasons Why You Need Cupping Therapy in Toronto & Vaughan

Watching multi-gold-medalist Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps exit from the swimming pool at the 2016 Brazil Olympics, the world saw the red circles on his shoulders and back. With such a positive endorsement, overnight Traditional Chinese Cupping became a very popular treatment for neck, shoulder and back pain. Need more incentive? Here are 6 […]

March 30, 2020

5 Simple Secrets to Building Strong Immunity

One thing I’ve learned while studying holistic health is it’s never “one thing”. There is never just one problem and one solution. I wish that there was, I wish I could tell everyone to just eat this one food, or take this one supplement, and you will all be healthy. However, that is […]

February 1, 2020

The Upward Spiral: How to Have a Happy, Healthy 2020

So it’s the end of January and you’ve already “failed.” Whatever New Year’s Resolution you made at the beginning of the year has already gone down-hill. It’s okay, the truth is most New Year’s Resolutions do fail. Why is that? Because New Year’s Resolutions are stupid…there I said it. Change isn’t easy and […]

December 18, 2019

The Health Secret No One Talks About – Part 2

Welcome back! Here is Part 2 of The Health Secret No One Talks About. In this second of two segments, we will discuss the hormone cortisol, the role cortisol plays in stress, and stress management strategies you can implement. What is Stress? From a biochemical perspective, stress can be defined as an increase […]