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Living Well the Natural Way

wisdom from

naturalhealthcare.ca practitioners and researchers

edited by Heather Anne Wakeling

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It’s no secret that we are living longer. What remains a mystery, however, is: how

do we keep ourselves healthy so that we can enjoy those extra years?

In working with naturalhealthcare.ca, I have learned that there are three things

you need to do every day to keep in your best shape:

• one thing to heal and support your body;

• one thing to stretch your body; and

• one thing to exercise your mind.

This book contains many ideas for you to think about what could work for you.

As always, speak to your health practitioner before starting any new practice to

make sure it is compatible with the state of your health.

Living Well the Natural Way is designed to be a guide for those who are new to

the world of natural health care. It has been beautifully laid out by Mark Lobo,

who has been exceptionally patient as this project snowballed from a simple

e-book into a printed series, of which this is the irst. I would also like to thank

Heather Anne Wakeling for her patience in editing this volume and, of course, all

of the contributing authors, for without whom it would not have been possible.

I am excited to be sharing it with you.

Gisela McKay, Managing Director, NaturalHealthcare.ca

Welcome

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This irst edition published in 2010 by pixcode.

This book was conceived, designed, and created by Natural￾Healthcare.ca (a division of pixcode Inc.), all rights reserved.

An electronic version of this book may be found online at

www.naturalhealthcare.ca (search: ebook) and may be down￾loaded and shared in its entirety only. No part of the hard copy

version, may be reproduced, transformed, stored in a retrieval

system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or

otherwise without permission from the copyright holders.

Copyright © 2010 pixcode.

ISBN: 978-0-9866098-0-0

NOTE:

Any information published in this book is not to be taken as a replace￾ment for medical advice. Any person with a condition requiring medical

attention should consult a qualiied medical practitioner or therapist

before beginning any exercise described in this book.

Acknowledgments:

Cover photo: Can Stock Photo – user CreativeFire

Inside Photos all by Can Stock Photo except:

Page 16 - 19 – Feldenkrais Method® photos by Rosalie O’Connor

Page 62, 63 – Heart Rock, Heart Leaf Elspeth Duncan

Feldenkrais®, Feldenkrais Method®, Awareness Through Move￾ment®, Functional Integration®, are registered service marks of the

Feldenkrais Guild® of North America. make it happen.

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Living Well the Natural Way

wisdom from

naturalhealthcare.ca practitioners and researchers

edited by Heather Anne Wakeling

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Contents

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Introduction

SECTION ONE

A Physical Embrace of Self Care

13

Acupressure for Health & Vitality

14

Helpful Acupressure Points

17

Body Awareness

21

Bounce Back into Good Health

23

Breast Health

24

The Basics of Energy Work

27

Get Active

29

Headaches

32

How is Your Sleep?

37

Posture

39

Vision

SECTION TWO

A Nutritional Foundation

43

Healing with Food

45

Cleanse/Detoxiication

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Conscious Loving

Building strong relationships

through Yogic techniques

65

Curiosity

68

Emotional Stress Release

71

Laughter

73

Resiliency

75

How to Substantially Decrease Stress

79

Visualization & Auto-suggestion

47

Eat to Satisfy Cravings

49

Salt

50

Dietary Sodium

53

Vitamins & Minerals

56

Water

SECTION THREE

Nurturing the Emotional Body/Health

as a State of Mind

60

Body Relaxation Technique

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