Tag: BioEnergetic Wellness

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Discovering Wellness at Your Public Library: A New Journey Through Tai Chi and Health Recovery

Discover free Tai Chi and seated Health Recovery programs at the Baddeck Public Library, November 7 to February 6. Explore movement, balance, breathing, community, and personal wellness with Michelle Greenwell. Community Partner: Victoria County Recreation.

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When Wellness Becomes Pressure: A New Perspective on Living with Vitality

In Facing Dementia Episode 11, Laurin Wittig turns the microphones around to interview Dr. Michelle Greenwell about how wellness practices can create pressure—and how a shift in perspective, awareness, intention and the BioEnergetic Wellness Formula can help us live with vitality rather than constantly trying to fix ourselves.

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You Don’t Have to Remember the Tai Chi Set to Belong in Class

Thought Tai Chi was too difficult, or worried you couldn’t remember the moves? Discover how our welcoming Cape Breton classes focus on breathing, posture, comfortable movement, awareness, and wellbeing—not perfection.

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The Gifts of Our Injuries: Celebrating Lynn Simonson and a Lifetime of Movement

Celebrating Lynn Simonson’s 2026 Dance Teacher Award and the words that inspired my journey from dance and Touch for Health® to three years of Movement and Music programs and the new BioEnergetic Wellness program at Akamai University International.

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When the Funk Hits: How Movement, Intention and a New Perspective Can Open New Possibilities

In Episode 10 of Facing Dementia, Laurin Wittig explores how joyful movement, creativity, tea intentions and a change in perspective helped her move from trying to fix wellness toward discovering new possibilities. We also share BioEnergetic Wellness programs at the Greenwell Center that invite movement, music, awareness and intention into daily life.

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Before We Begin to Move: The Science Behind Tai Chi Skill Building

What happens before a Tai Chi class can be as meaningful as the movements themselves. Explore how Tai Chi practice, nature imagery, future-facing reflection, and intentional goal setting create the conditions for calm, clarity, learning, and personal discovery in the Tai Chi Skill Building program.

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A New Chapter for BioEnergetic Wellness: Announcing the Program at Akamai University

Akamai University International has announced the expansion of its College of Integrative Health to include BioEnergetic Wellness as an online degree program within the new Department of BioEnergetic Wellness. Explore this exciting next chapter for education, research, professional development, and global awareness in the field.

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Messages Across Time and Space: What Is Your Past Self Inviting You to Notice?

What if the things we create are more than records of where we have been? Inspired by a conversation with dancer and artist Kristen Mangione, we explore perspective, awareness, creativity, and the messages that can emerge when we revisit our work, movement, and experiences across time.

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A Weekend of Wellness, Tea, and Community Across Nova Scotia

Join the Greenwell Center for Holistic Health and Cape Breton Tea Company for a full weekend of community, wellness, tea, books, card decks, programs, and daily activation—from Port Hawkesbury to Halifax and Antigonish.

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Who Holds the Authority for Healing? A Conversation with Mark A. Michaels

Who holds the authority for healing? Writer and conceptual artist Mark A. Michaels joins Michelle Greenwell to explore expertise, personal agency, psychotherapy, psychedelic therapy, creativity, and what becomes possible when we remain active participants in our own wellbeing. The conversation begins with SoulTEA Harbour and an invitation to come home to the heart.