Green & Healthy Living

August 7, 2015 In Fitness, Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight, Yoga By Suzanne Zilkowsky

Juicery Adventures at Wanderlust Whistler

I was invited by The Juicery Co. to showcase the Wanderlust Whistler Yoga festival through my eyes, ears, and taste buds this past July 30th - August 3rd. After spending two full days of yoga-ing, meeting new friends and drinking cold-pressed juice, I am full of inspired teachings and a contagious feeling of desire for human connection - as well as a greater respect for my own personal growth. The festival begins late in the week by bringing together a remarkable group of yoga and meditation instructors, musical performers, world-renowned speakers, and chefs for a four-day retreat in the world’s most...

July 27, 2015 In Food and Recipes, Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight By Claudia Pillow

5 Simple Ways to Improve Your Health

We all have the power to change, just remember that it is a marathon not a sprint. Dr. Mercola believes the key to improve your health and wellness is to facilitate the natural health capacity that all of us have within. This can be done to a remarkable degree through changes in lifestyle, diet and exercise. Vancouver Health Coach is ultimately about the journey to higher health and the unique path we each must take to achieve our goals for a happier healthier life with friends and family. After all, this is truly what we all want in life.  Therefore,...

July 6, 2015 In Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight By Suzanne Zilkowsky

Preventing Stress at Work from Becoming a Health Risk

You may have your life set up as optimally as possible for preventing stress. For example; a well-paying job, comfortable standard of living, good relationships, healthy foods in your pantry and a steady exercise routine. However, there is one key piece to consider that often gets overlooked. Your health is still at risk if your job causes you stress. According to this Women's Health Study, sponsored by the American National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, stress in the workplace is a primary hazard for heart disease. In the findings of this large study (17, 415 middle-aged women), factors that increased cardiovascular...

June 22, 2015 In Family Fitness, Fitness, Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight By Natasha Linton

Fit Parents: Keeping Fit for Family Life

When you’ve got children what’s better than being able to play with and keep up with them? Better yet, when you’ve got children what is better than being able to do those things without getting out of breath? Being fit parents and keeping active is so important; not only for a great body, but also for daily life. For new parents you’d want to be able to pick your baby up and carry him or her around with ease. You’ll not only have to carry a baby around, but I’m sure you’ll have a stroller and other luggage as well. Exercise helps...

June 17, 2015 In Fitness, Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight By Suzanne Zilkowsky

What to do at Wanderlust Whistler 2015

It has been called a summer camp for yogis. Wanderlust Whistler is a one-of-a-kind yoga festival bringing together the world's leading yoga teachers, top musical acts such as Michael Franti and D.J Drez and a lineup of renowned speakers such as Graham Hill; all in the breathtaking setting of Whistler, B.C. Taking place July 30 – August 3rd at Whistler Resort. Wanderlust Whistler features over 100 yoga classes led by top teachers like Shiva Rea, Sean Corne, and Ana Forrest, as well as a handpicked group of locally grown lululemon athletica ambassadors. Mix in meditation or relaxing yin classes with sweaty, uplifting vinyasa, or challenge...

June 8, 2015 In Food and Recipes, Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight, Uncategorized By Brandi Wagner

Eating Clean But Feeling Worse

How is it possible to feel worse once you’ve ditch the Frosted Flakes and french fries for kale and chia seeds? After following health blogs, impressive Instagram accounts and Facebook Pages that offer daily nutrition tips, you’ve decided to say adios to the processed foods in your life and begin eating clean. The gorgeous visuals of real, whole food seem to pretty much guarantee massive amounts of energy, a lean physique and a new way of life. You’re sold! From now on, it’s green smoothies twice a day and veggie based meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Quinoa cupcakes and raw hemp seed...

June 1, 2015 In Food and Recipes, Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight By Suzanne Zilkowsky

Microgreens: A New Approach to Urban Gardening

One of the major issues we are facing in our food industry today has to do with the quality of the nutritional value available in our produce. In addition to being sprayed with herbicides and pesticides, there are many cases where produce (usually imported) is picked before it has ripened which decreases it’s nutritional value. In a perfect world, I’d wish for us all to have our very own nourishing, luscious and plentiful organic gardens. I often dream about what it would be like living in the middle of nowhere.. perhaps circa 1600? Growing my own food and raising my own...

May 25, 2015 In Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight, Yoga By Suzanne Zilkowsky

Take a Deep Breath: Expand Your Health and Vitality

Breathing is one of the most important functions of the body, and it is the only automatic bodily function necessary for survival over which you have complete control. Your body will breathe without you knowing (in case you forget!), but you can also speed up, slow down or stop breathing at will. It is the connection between our subconscious and conscious mind (the cerebrum and cerebellum respectively), and provides the oxygen required by all of your body’s cells. Ideally, your inhalations and exhalations should be of equal length. When you take a deep breath your stomach should expand, and when you...

April 27, 2015 In Eliminating Toxins, Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight By Sean Wilkinson

Mind Over Illness: Boosting Your Immunity With Your Thoughts

When our lives get hectic, many of us are concerned about illness such as cold and flu viruses. While it is true that eating healthy, exercising regularly, and getting plenty of rest can go a long way in supporting proper immune functioning, it is vital not to underestimate the power that the mind plays in directly affecting our immune systems. Research in Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)–the study of how beliefs, behaviours, and environment impact our health and illness –has shown that our negative thought patterns or states can play a major role in contributing to illness. The good news, however, is that positive...

April 13, 2015 In Food and Recipes, Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight By Vreni Gurd

Glycemic Index vs Glycemic Load

The Glycemic Index is a very useful way to determine how quickly the carbohydrate (sugar) in a food will be absorbed into the blood stream, but the Glycemic Load is an even better measure of determining the insulin response and therefore how fattening a food is. The Glycemic Index is a list of foods that compares how quickly 50 grams of carbohydrate within the food will raise your blood sugar as compared to 50 grams of sugar alone. To calculate the Glycemic Index of a food, scientists measure out the quantity of a particular food needed to obtain 50 grams of...