Through CanBeWell, she has had the privilege of collaborating with incredible colleagues who are passionate about energy activation techniques and balance practices. These tools are designed to help people connect with their own internal wisdom, release tension, and cultivate resilience—supporting wellness before symptoms or challenges arise. Together, we are committed to making these practices accessible, evidence-informed, and adaptable to every lifestyle.

Sharing the CanBeWell Public Newsletter with tips and tools with monthly health themes is also a great opportunity to highlight how BioEnergetic Wellness techniques can help everyday.

Embodying Wellness Through Retreat and Movement

One of the highlights of the year at the Greenwell Center is the Artfilled Wellness Retreat, taking place this August on beautiful Cape Breton Island. This immersive eight-day experience combines movement, music, art, nature, and bioenergetic practices to provide a full-spectrum approach to wellness. Participants engage in energy balancing exercises, mindful movement, creative expression, and restorative experiences, leaving with practical tools to integrate wellness into daily life.

Retreats like this are a chance to step away from routine, reconnect with ourselves, and experience wellness as embodied practice. They are also an opportunity to engage with a global community of practitioners who share knowledge, guidance, and inspiration.

Celebrating World Tai Chi and Qi Gong Day

April marks World Tai Chi and Qi Gong Day, an annual celebration of movement, mindfulness, and energy awareness. This year, our class in Baddeck will come together to honor these practices, demonstrating how small daily movements can profoundly support posture, balance, energy flow, and mental clarity.

Tai Chi and Qi Gong are more than exercise—they are living examples of integration, balance, and embodied awareness. By participating, we strengthen the connection between mind, body, and energy, while fostering community and collective wellbeing.

A Collaborative Vision for Wellness

Through my work with CanBeWell, the Greenwell Center continues to foster collaboration across borders. Practitioners from Canada and beyond contribute to energy activation workshops, educational programming, and hands-on guidance, helping participants develop practices tailored to their unique needs. This network of colleagues enriches the community experience, ensuring that wellness is both personal and shared.

The collective aim is clear: to move from reactive care to proactive, daily support of our health and vitality. Whether through energy balancing exercises, mindful movement, or creative engagement, these tools help people regulate stress, restore energy, and cultivate resilience before challenges arise.

Join Us in Experiencing Wellness

We invite you to explore the offerings at the Greenwell Center and through CanBeWell:

• Artfilled Wellness Retreat (August): An immersive journey into movement, art, and energy awareness.
• World Tai Chi and Qi Gong Day: Celebrate mindful movement and join our Baddeck class.
• Workshops and classes: Practical bioenergetic techniques, energy activations, and self-care strategies.

By engaging with these programs, you can cultivate practices that support daily wellbeing, relational health, and personal empowerment. At the Greenwell Center, wellness is not a destination—it is a journey we experience together, in community, and through embodiment.

In April, Dr Michelle Greenwell, CIH BioEW will be presenting at the Touch for Health Kinesiology Association 51st Conference, April 23 – 25, on Embodying Awareness: Awakening Our Understanding of the Signals the Body Creates for Balance and Harmony. She will be sharing her NeuroArts expertise at the 2nd Annual Healing through Movement and Music program for Marathon Jam in North Carolina April 17 – 18. She will also be presenting for Knowlative at the K-Conversations Conference – From Stress to Mastery 2026 online May 1 – 3 from Tenerife, Spain, presenting Healing through Holographic Movement: Exploring the Body’s Natural Movement Intelligence – Innate Healing Through Postural, Dynamic, and Holographic Reflex Integration

To learn more about our classes, retreats, and bioenergetic wellness offerings, visit CanBeWell.org and the Greenwell Center. Join us in embracing energy, movement, and collaboration as foundations for everyday health and vitality.

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Central to this work is the Canadian Association of BioEnergetic Wellness (CanBeWell)—an organization that has been advancing awareness, education, and research in the field of bioenergetic wellness for decades. As Leadership Team President, I have had the honour of helping guide CanBeWell’s growth and evolution, supporting initiatives that bridge science, research, lived experience, and accessible tools for everyday wellbeing.

Leading the Advancement of BioEnergetic Wellness

BioEnergetic Wellness recognizes that health is not limited to symptoms or systems—it is an ongoing relationship between energy, body, mind, environment, and community. Through CanBeWell, we continue to spearhead conversations and educational pathways that:

• Advance scientific and research-informed perspectives on energy-based wellness
• Create accessible learning opportunities for practitioners and the public
• Support mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing in daily life
• Build global collaborations rooted in integrity, curiosity, and care

This leadership work is not about adding complexity—it is about empowerment. Empowering people with tools they can use in real time, in real life, to support resilience, clarity, and vitality.

From Education to Embodiment

At the Greenwell Center, education meets experience. The tools shared through CanBeWell are brought to life through programs, retreats, and trainings that allow participants to feel the difference bioenergetic practices can make.

One such offering is Touch for Health, a foundational modality that teaches simple yet powerful techniques to support balance, reduce stress, and enhance awareness of the body’s energetic communication. Touch for Health is often described as a gateway—opening the door to understanding how movement, intention, and gentle correction can restore harmony and support self-care in everyday living.

These practices are especially relevant in today’s fast-paced world, where many people are seeking grounded, evidence-informed approaches that reconnect them with their own internal wisdom. Reach out to book your Level 1 class today! info@greenwellcenter.com

Retreats that Restore and Inspire

March is also a time to look ahead—to experiences that invite deeper immersion, reflection, and renewal.

With the Wine Country Tai Chi Society, Michelle will be offering the Tai Chi Wellness Retreat Mar 6 – 8. An excellent chance to explore the power of Tai Chi, while the weekend provides you with inspiration for wellbeing practices and the time to transform your health in the company of others who enjoy the power of movement to heal. You can find the full schedule here.

Sound Sessions with Ann-Marie Boudreau offer a profound opportunity to explore the therapeutic relationship between sound, vibration, and the nervous system. These sessions support rest, regulation, and reconnection, allowing participants to settle into a state where healing and insight can naturally emerge.

Later in the year, the Artfilled Wellness Retreat on Cape Breton Island offers an expansive eight-day journey into creativity, movement, music, nature, and bioenergetic awareness. Set against the stunning landscape of Cape Breton, this retreat weaves together art, frequency, story, and embodiment—inviting participants to explore wellness as a living, creative process rather than a fixed goal.

All three retreats reflect a core belief shared by CanBeWell and the Greenwell Center: wellness is experiential. It is cultivated through presence, participation, and meaningful connection—with ourselves, with others, and with the natural world.

Building Awareness, Community, and Choice

Through CanBeWell’s ongoing work—newsletters, events, collaborative projects, and educational programming—we continue to expand how people understand and engage with bioenergetic wellness. This includes raising awareness about mental health, workplace wellbeing, creative health practices, and the subtle yet powerful role energy plays in daily functioning.

As Leadership Team President, my role has been to help steward this vision forward—ensuring that education remains accessible, research-informed, and deeply human. Whether someone is new to these ideas or has been practicing for decades, there is always more to learn, explore, and integrate.

An Invitation for March

This month, I invite you to:

• Visit CanBeWell.org to explore resources, events, and educational pathways
• Learn more about the programs offered through the Greenwell Center
• Consider how bioenergetic tools like Touch for Health, sound work, movement, and creative practice might support your everyday wellbeing
• Join us in shaping a future where wellness education is empowering, inclusive, and deeply connected to lived experience

March reminds us that growth happens quietly, steadily, and with intention. Through the shared work of CanBeWell and the Greenwell Center, we continue to cultivate spaces where people can learn,

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There are practitioners who understand the body.
And then there are practitioners who understand the body in motion, in stress, in compensation — and know exactly how to simplify what seems complex.

We are honoured to welcome Denise Cambiotti, founder of Muscle Tuners International and presenter on behalf of Muscle Tuners and Business Code Breakers with Evelyn Mulders, to the Artfilled Wellness Retreat.

Denise is widely recognized as one of Canada’s top BioEnergetic Wellness Professionals. Her ability to identify muscular imbalances, decode functional dysfunction, and explain intricate body mechanics in clear, succinct language is second to none.

When Denise teaches, complexity becomes clarity.

A Master of Simplification and Results

Denise specializes in identifying and resolving muscular imbalances and dysfunctions using:

• Muscle Response Testing
• Acupressure
• Meridian-based corrections
• SIPS and LEAP protocols
• Functional integration strategies

Her approach is both clinical and compassionate — empowering clients and practitioners alike to overcome pain, restore balance, and optimize physical performance.

She has built a reputation for producing noticeable, lasting changes, especially when other methods have plateaued.

Through her professional-level online programs, Denise trains:

• Body therapists
• Energy workers
• Fitness professionals

She also licenses and mentors Muscle Tuner® Specialists, extending career longevity and improving practitioner satisfaction by teaching time-tested, proprietary techniques that work.

At the Retreat: Two Transformative Experiences

Denise will be offering two powerful and accessible sessions designed for both practitioners and personal self-care explorers.

Dynamic Tissue Reset

A Crown Jewel Muscle Tuners Method

The Dynamic Tissue Reset technique rapidly clears interference in meridian pathways and their related:

• Muscles
• Tendons
• Ligaments
• Fascia

This simple yet sophisticated method also addresses stress influences arising from the circulatory, lymphatic, and nervous systems. Even more remarkable, it can assist in clearing trapped emotional interference — without requiring verbal processing.

When unrecognized factors prevent lasting relief, this method provides a new pathway forward.

Participants will experience a repeatable self-care approach they can continue long after the retreat ends — a practical, body-based tool for maintaining comfort, strength, and vitality.

Inner Radiance Codebreaker

Aligning Intention with Purpose

In collaboration with Business Code Breakers, Denise will guide participants through the Inner Radiance Codebreaker experience — an exploration designed to enliven intention and support life mission and spiritual development.

This process helps participants:

• Explore hidden beliefs that may interfere with their soul journey
• Pinpoint emotional triggers and neutralize their effects
• Expand spiritual perspective
• Reignite purpose by supporting five dimensions of the energy field
• Leverage vibration to shift energy into alignment with intention

This offering beautifully complements the retreat’s Five Element, Spine Resonance, and NeuroArts explorations — linking physical tissue intelligence with energetic and spiritual alignment.

Where BioEnergetics Meets Practical Application

Denise guides health providers and health-seekers alike in connecting with the body’s innate intelligence to create fast, lasting changes in comfort, strength, and function — even when traditional approaches have plateaued.

Her work fits seamlessly into the Artfilled Wellness Retreat because she bridges:

• Structure and subtle energy
• Biomechanics and meridian pathways
• Physical release and emotional integration
• Precision and accessibility

Participants can expect to leave with both inspiration and immediately usable tools.

Why This Matters

In a retreat filled with music, art, Tai Chi, sound, and spine resonance exploration, Denise brings a grounded, clinically intelligent anchor — showing how the body reorganizes when interference is cleared and alignment is restored.

This is not theory.
This is experience.
This is application.

An Invitation

If you have ever:

• Felt stuck in recurring pain patterns
• Wondered why some approaches work temporarily but not sustainably
• Wanted simple self-care tools that actually make a difference
• Desired greater alignment between your physical body and life purpose

Denise’s sessions alone are worth the journey.

The Artfilled Wellness Retreat offers a rare opportunity to experience her work in an immersive, collaborative setting — alongside music, movement, NeuroArts, and the natural beauty of Cape Breton Island.

Spaces are intentionally limited to preserve depth and integration.

Learn more and reserve your place today.

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As we mark Psychology Month, we are reminded of something foundational: mental health is never separate from the body, the heart, or the energetic environments we live within. Our thoughts, emotions, relationships, and physiology are constantly in conversation, shaping how we respond to stress, care for ourselves, and support one another.

At CanBeWell (Canadian Association of BioEnergetic Wellness), February’s theme—Compassion, Connection & the Psychology of Care—invites us to explore compassion not simply as an emotion, but as a bioenergetic force: one that regulates stress, supports healing, and strengthens our sense of belonging.

Compassion as a BioEnergetic Practice

From a bioenergetic wellness perspective, compassion is not passive. It is active, measurable, and deeply embodied. When compassion is present—toward ourselves or others—the nervous system softens, breath deepens, and the body shifts out of survival mode. These changes create the internal conditions where healing, learning, and resilience can occur.

Research continues to show that compassionate states influence heart rate variability, stress hormone regulation, immune response, and emotional regulation. In energetic terms, compassion supports coherence—bringing the body’s systems into greater harmony. This is why compassion is central not only to mental health, but to whole-body wellbeing.

At the Greenwell Center, our programs help you learn more about this harmony, as well as through CanBeWell. We explore how intentional practices—movement, breath, touch, sound, and mindful awareness—can cultivate compassion as a lived experience rather than a concept. These tools help individuals respond to life with greater steadiness, even in times of uncertainty or strain.

Upcoming events to consider:

Feb 22 – Awaken Inner Resonance with Ann-Marie Boudreau and Dr Michelle Greenwell in Mabou

Feb 25 – The Stories We Tell Ourselves with Theresa Stone and Dr Michelle Greenwell online – on sale!

Mar 6 – 8 – Tai Chi Wellness Retreat in West Kelowna, BC with Wine Country Tai Chi Society, facilitated by Dr Michelle Greenwell.

Mar 22 – Sound, Posture and Healing with Ann-Marie Boudreau and Dr Michelle Greenwell in Mabou

The Psychology of Care: Beyond the Mind

Psychology Month offers an opportunity to widen the lens through which we understand care. While traditional psychology has focused primarily on cognition and behavior, integrative and bioenergetic approaches remind us that care is relational and embodied.

Dr Michelle Greenwell, CIH BioEW, first graduated with a Bachelor of Psychology, and enjoyed the profound shifts that movement for wellness created at an emotional level. Her work has continued to discover the deeper aspects of well-being through her latest NeuroArts programs – a link of her passion for the arts, music, dance, Tai Chi, and BioEnergetic Wellness. This winter, her Symphony of Radiance program has brought a heightened awareness to this profound way of working. NeuroArts is empowering at a magnitude not seen by basic movement activities, enjoying music, or doing art for creative expression. You can still sign up for the class, and consider how your self-care can be empowered. Class recordings, art, and additional resources are all ready for you to explore.

How we care for ourselves is shaped by:

• Our nervous system patterns
• Our relational histories
• Our capacity for self-regulation and rest
• The energetic environments we inhabit—workplaces, homes, communities

Care is not just what we think—it is how we feel in our bodies and how safe we feel in connection.

Through CanBeWell’s educational initiatives, newsletters, and events, we continue to highlight practices that support mental health in everyday living—especially in workplace and caregiving contexts where compassion fatigue, burnout, and emotional overload are increasingly common. Be sure to see the FREE award-winning e-books on the front page of the website – Mental Health for the Workplace and BioEnergetic Essentials.

Connection as Medicine

Human connection is one of the most powerful regulators of wellbeing. Feeling seen, heard, and supported alters physiology, strengthens resilience, and restores a sense of meaning. In bioenergetic terms, connection enhances flow—reducing stagnation and supporting adaptive response.

February reminds us that connection begins internally. Self-compassion—meeting ourselves with curiosity rather than judgment—is often the first step toward healthier relationships with others. From there, care expands outward, shaping families, teams, organizations, and communities.

CanBeWell’s community spaces—newsletters, conversations, workshops, and collaborative projects—are designed to foster this sense of shared learning and belonging. They offer places where people can explore wellness together, grounded in both science and lived experience.

Supporting Mental Health Through Everyday Tools

One of CanBeWell’s core commitments is accessibility. Bioenergetic wellness is not reserved for specialists—it offers practical tools that support daily self-care. Simple practices such as conscious breathing, gentle movement, grounding touch, and intentional pauses can significantly influence mental and emotional wellbeing.

These approaches do not replace psychological care; rather, they complement and enhance it, acknowledging the inseparable relationship between mind, body, and energy.

As Leadership Team President, Michelle’s role has been to help steward this integrative vision forward—ensuring that compassion, research-informed education, and practical application remain at the heart of CanBeWell’s work.

An Invitation for February

This month, we invite you to:

• Reflect on how compassion shows up in your body and daily choices
• Explore CanBeWell’s resources, newsletters, and events
• Consider how bioenergetic practices might support your mental health and relational wellbeing
• Engage with a community committed to care, curiosity, and connection

February teaches us that care is not something we offer only when things are easy. It is something we cultivate—through presence, practice, and relationship. Compassion, when understood as a bioenergetic force, becomes a pathway toward resilience, healing, and meaningful connection.

Through CanBeWell and the Greenwell Center, we continue to explore what it means to care well—for ourselves, for one another, and for the systems we are part of.

With warmth and compassion,

Dr. Michelle Greenwell, CIH BioEW
Leadership Team President, CanBeWell
Founder, Greenwell Center for Holistic Health

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World Mental Health Day: Tools for Transformation

CanBeWell, in partnership with IASK, is offering a special World Mental Health Day event that invites participants around the globe to discover simple tools and techniques that empower wellness at home and in the workplace. The event will be held across three time zones, and all registrants will receive free access to the recordings and the accompanying Journal—a reflective guide filled with insights and inspiration from presenters worldwide.

This year’s theme focuses on how mental health support can begin with small, daily actions—breathing, movement, awareness, and intention—that nurture resilience and restore inner balance. If you’ve listened to the recent Facing Dementia podcast episode with Laurin Wittig, you’ll recognize many of these ideas: gentle, mindful tools that help shift stress, reframe emotion, and strengthen connection with self and others.

Register for the free event through IASK to receive your Journal and gain access to all three time zones’ recordings. It’s an opportunity to connect, learn, and deepen your understanding of how energy medicine supports mental wellbeing.

Resources for Mental Health in the Workplace

Over the past months, CanBeWell has released a newsletter series to help individuals and workplaces navigate the complexities of mental health. Each issue provides insights, practical strategies, and reflections designed to bring more awareness and balance to everyday life.

• July 2025: Rethinking Mental Health Days — exploring how to make time off restorative and meaningful.
• August 2025: Everyday Self-Care that Supports Mental Clarity — discovering how daily energy habits can reduce overwhelm.
• Fall 2025: Parenting and Mental Health in the Workplace — balancing responsibilities while staying grounded.
• October 2025: Movement, Breath, and Mental Wellbeing — the body as a gateway to calm and focus.

These newsletters are free to access and offer a fresh lens on how to sustain wellness in modern life. Each one invites reflection on how we can better support ourselves, our colleagues, and our families with compassion and energetic awareness.

New Workshops: Creative Tools for Everyday Life

Expanding beyond traditional wellness approaches, CanBeWell is introducing hands-on workshops to help members grow their creativity and digital confidence. Upcoming sessions will explore smartphone video and photo editing, empowering participants to share their wellness stories, document projects, or simply create meaningful digital memories with ease.

These workshops are part of CanBeWell’s commitment to holistic learning—where wellness isn’t just about health, but about expressing the fullness of who we are. Whether you’re documenting your Tai Chi practice, capturing a community event, or producing content for your small business, these sessions will help you do it with clarity, skill, and joy.

Silent Auction: Learning, Giving, and Growing Together

To celebrate World Mental Health Day and raise funds for ongoing educational programming, CanBeWell is hosting a Silent Auction through Zeffy, running throughout the next month. This is your chance to bid on exclusive sessions and workshops with top professionals in the field of bioenergetic wellness.

Some of the exciting offerings include:

• A private session with Dr. Michelle Greenwell, personalized for your wellness goals.
• The Movement and Music class series, where sound and motion blend to restore energy and harmony.
• A special Steeped in Storytelling event, combining tea, conversation, and reflection.

Funds raised support CanBeWell’s mission to educate, inspire, and empower individuals to live with greater vitality and awareness. By bidding, you’re not just treating yourself—you’re helping build a global community dedicated to bioenergetic wellness.

Visit Zeffy to place your bids and explore all the experiences available!

Join the CanBeWell Community

Becoming a general member of CanBeWell is an easy and powerful step toward deepening your understanding of holistic wellness. Membership includes access to:

• The member newsletter, a monthly digest of new research, events, and community stories.
• Community chats, where you can meet others on the wellness journey.
• Special events and workshops designed to expand your knowledge and network.
• The public newsletter, keeping you informed and inspired.

For over two decades, Michelle has been involved in CanBeWell, creating a cornerstone of the bioenergetic wellness field—sharing knowledge, mentoring practitioners, and creating opportunities for people to connect through education and shared experience. Since 2020, under the leadership of Dr. Michelle Greenwell, CanBeWell has expanded its global collaborations, hosted online summits, and championed inclusive wellness initiatives that reach across generations and cultures.

Legacy Leader Awards and Global Collaboration

Mark your calendar for November 17, when CanBeWell will host the Legacy Leader Awards—an inspiring celebration recognizing individuals and collaborative projects that are making a difference worldwide. These initiatives showcase the power of collective intention, creativity, and compassion in transforming wellness education and practice.

Be Part of the Movement

CanBeWell invites you to engage, learn, and grow—whether by joining as a member, attending an event, or exploring the newsletters and recordings freely available. Together, we can continue to build a world where mental health and energetic wellbeing are valued, understood, and supported every day.

Visit CanBeWell.org to learn more, register for World Mental Health Day, and discover how you can become part of this vibrant community.

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