Hello
Happy spring to you! While the official first day has
arrived, in Chinese medicine and culture, spring begins
near Chinese New Year, as it marks the beginning of the
warming trend.
With spring often comes spring cleaning. This newsletter
is therefore meant to inform you of news and changes
happening at our clinic, and to inspire you and your
health for the new season.
Let me start off by introducing the latest
practitioner to join our clinic: Susan
Vanderwerff, MA, RCC, Registered Clinical Counsellor!
Announcements!
We are pleased to welcome
Susan Vanderwerff to the clinic! Susan Vanderwerff, MA, RCC is a qualified, professional, Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors. To make an appointment with Susan, visit our
online booking calendar.
As of April 1, 2008, acupuncture treatment rates are changing. Please visit our
Rates & Office Hours page for more details.
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Counselling offers you the opportunity to understand
your unique circumstances and concerns in order to
enhance self-growth, personal effectiveness,
interpersonal relations, and emotional well-being.
Counselling is not just a tool and support service to
help us when problems challenge us, but also is used
when you want to learn more strategies that contribute
to a healthier life style such as time management,
relaxation techniques, decision making skills, and
stress management. For more information, visit our
Counselling page on our website.
Appointments with Susan are also available on our
online booking
calendar.
Did you know that if you create a user name and
password with our booking calender, you will be able
to do more with your bookings: see all the bookings
you have made, make ongoing regular standing
reservations of appointments, and also, put yourself
on a waiting list. If you ever have trouble, of
course, you can always call us!
Did you also know that our clinic uses a
variety of environmentally products? From the moment
we opened, and in keeping with the spirit of the
Sequoia tree to which the clinic name is derived from,
we have consciously made an effort to step lightly on
the earth. The clinic uses 100% recycled paper, the
pens and clipboard are made of recycled plastic, we
use filtered rather than bottled water, and our
businesses cards are printed on 100% recycled paper
using vegetable inks, just to name a few! What is your
ecological footprint? Check us out on the newest
business directory in Vancouver dedicated to
eco-conscious businesses - Happy Frog - and give us
your rating of our clinic!
I’d like to share a story of inspiration with
you, to inspire you, or someone you may know. This is
a shortened version of a true story, of a patient seen
at Red Tree Wellness. “I went to seek acupuncture,
because I always get sick every winter, almost every 2
weeks. I was however, afraid of needles. My experience
was on the other hand, was amazing. As it happened,
when I initially started receiving acupuncture, I was
sick with a bad cold just before the appointment.
Amazingly, the next day after the treatment, my cold
was almost all completely gone, and I felt amazing! I
continued with the treatments, finding that not only
did I feel so very relaxed after treatments (and it is
hard for me to relax), but also, I was not getting
sick as often, and if I was getting sick, the
treatments were helping me get better much, much
quicker, and without using drugs! I am so happy that I
sought acupuncture to help strengthen my immunity, and
I received a little bit of heaven at the same time.
Thank you!” – A.P.
We want to hear your inspiration! Share with us
your story, whether it be health, love, life, etc., as
we would like to compile stories and inspirations
(identities kept confidential) that other patients can
read and relate to, share in, and receive inspiration
from. Whether it is health-related, work, love, life,
or environmental, it all relates to the wellness in
our life. For overall health is not just about health
practitioners helping you, but also about the positive
energy and attitude of the patient who is committed to
their health and well-being. Together, the path to
improved quality of life and overall wellness is
achieved. In appreciation of your sharing, those that
submit their stories will be entered into a contest
for two tickets to the sustainability expo here in
Vancouver April 18-20, 2008:
www.epicvancouver.com, and their story will be
shared in our next newsletter and website. Deadline
and draw date is 5pm, April 7th, 2008 - World Health
Day. Share via and thank you in advance
for sharing!
I hope you have enjoyed reading this brief ‘Inspiring
Spring’ newsletter. One last spring inspiration is a
word of advice to “protect your wind points” this
spring. As spring is the season of the Wood element,
and Wind is the primary climate in this element, Wind
can be excessive in this season. In Chinese Medicine,
we have acupuncture points on the body, where external
pathogenic influences, such as “wind” can enter into
our body and cause meridian blockages, manifesting as
illness, such as the common cold. So this spring,
protect your wind points - as tempting it is when the
weather gets warmer, protect your back and neck, wear
a scarf and make sure you have enough layers!
In health and happiness,
Sonia
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