Category: TAI CHI

man holding his head, touching his emotional stress release points on the forehead with his fingertips

Your Migraine Story Matters: Finding Your Voice Through Healing

When a migraine hits, your hands can go to your head to hold the head, but what if the points you were touching were supporting releasing excess energy – as seen in the opening picture, the ESR’s or Emotional Stress Release points can be intuitively used. As we learn more about Amber Horrox’s journey with migraines, she shines a light on how she discovered her way back from the intense pain of migraines. Check out this podcast and others for Migraine Awareness Month.

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Tai Chi in Nature: Finding Flow, Vitality, and Connection Outdoors

It is time to get back to nature and bring vitality through your Tai Chi. Our longevity, vitality, and healing begins with our choices. Choose to connect with nature and enjoy your Tai Chi practice outdoors. Enjoy the video clip from the 2020 series that lasted 108 days. So fun activities in this video.

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Migraine Awareness Month: Finding New Pathways to Healing

As we support Migraine Awareness Month with dedicated podcast episodes, we gain an insight into how metaphors play a role in healing. Enjoy this episode of Be Well with Dr Michelle Greenwell as Linda from the Mindful Migraine Blog shares her story and insights through metaphors.

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Garden Strong with Tai Chi: Move Well, Garden Well, Recover Well

What inspires you to be better each day with energy and vitality? With Tai Chi, it creates momentum for the kind of movement that builds energy, supports strength, and helps you to calm the mind….how is Tai Chi supporting your outdoor activities?

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Meet the Faculty at the Artfilled Wellness Retreat: A Circle of Wisdom, Creativity, and Transformation

Retreats are such great ways to feel seen, heard, and transformed. This retreat uses the BioEnergetic Wellness Formula to bring balance and flow, including alignment to your goals and dreams. The perfect tea blend shared each day with an amazing faculty. Join us for this fun-filled week!

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More Than a Retreat: A Transformational Wellness Experience in Cape Breton

What if all you needed was a little inspiration, connection and some new wellness tools for your self-care toolbox? Consider what a week on Cape Breton Island could create for you. Check out the full schedule. Come for a day, a couple of days, or the full week. We invite you to bring wellness to the forefront for you this summer!

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Overwhelm, Procrastination, and the Hidden Wisdom of Timing

Overwhelm and procrastination are words that we often use in a berating fashion when we have not met expectations. What if we could reframe these ideas and create a sense of joy in our day? Listen to this inspiring conversation with Laurin Wittig with our Facing Dementia series.

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Cultivating Wellness Outdoors: Tai Chi, Nature, and the Power of Community

Tai Chi in nature is such an inviting experience. There are so many benefits to doing Tai Chi outdoors and how it helps us to gain a Blue Zone opportunity. Check out the blog.

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Honoured to Be Named a Finalist for the Legacy Builder Award

Being named a Top 5 finalist for the Legacy Builder Award with the Authority Awards is a deeply meaningful honour. This recognition reflects more than a personal milestone — it celebrates the conversations, collaborations, and community-centred wellness initiatives that continue to shape my work through CanBeWell, Marathon Jam, and Be Well with Dr Michelle Greenwell. From building self-care tools and healing-centered programs to celebrating World Tai Chi and Qigong Day as part of our Blue Zone vision for community wellbeing, this acknowledgement strengthens my commitment to helping others reconnect with the body’s remarkable capacity to heal.

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Living the Flow: The 108 Moving Meditation and the Path to Longevity

What if you could understand the messages from your body about how you were doing? With Tai Chi we are able to hear the messages and support them. Our 108 Moving Meditation brings balance and flow to our body systems, calming the mind, deepening the breath, and bringing a sense of peace to our day. This is how living in a Blue Zone happens. Check it out.