• IgG Food Intolerance testing 220 foods panel (blood serum): $349
• Hair Mineral Analysis (toxic heavy metals and trace elements): $129
• Intestinal Permeability Zonulin (blood, Leaky Gut) – $129
• Female Hormone Panel (saliva, E2, Pg, T, DS, Cx2) – $265
• Adrenal Check (saliva, Cx4, DS) – $210
• Diurnal Cortisol (saliva, Cx4) – $210
• All prices in Canadian dollars, taxes extra.
• Hormone Legend:  Cx2= AM and Night-time Cortisol   Cx4=Diurnal Cortisol   DS=DHES-S   T=Testosterone   Pg=Progesterone   E2=17-β Estradiol
• All tests (with the exception of the Food Sensitivity EDS) are performed by Canadian Medical Laboratories (ISO15189 Accredited). Test results are returned to the practitioner. Turnaround from date of collection: between 7-10 days.
• Sample report Zonulin: https://www.fluidsiq.com/pdfs/Zonulin.pdf
• Sample report Hair Mineral Analysis: http://www.canaltlabs.com/pdfs/HMA_Sample.pdf
• The clinical importance of testing for Zonulin – intestinal permeability (“leaky gut”) https://www.fluidsiq.com/pdfs/Clinical%20Importance%20of%20Zonulin.pdf

Health Flow Wellness is a Licensed Health Care Facility with the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO), providing nutritional rehabilitation services and treatment plans through HCAI, under the Ontario Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Act.

What is HCAI?

Health Claims for Auto Insurance (HCAI)  provides a mandatory and common platform for health care facilities to submit Treatment and Assessment plans (OCF 18s) and Treatment Confirmation Forms (OCF 23s) as well as the associated  invoices to auto insurers for review and adjudication. It benefits patient care and provides the industry with valuable data about automobile claims in Ontario.

HCAI has been designated by the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) as the Central Processing Agency (CPA) for the purposes of fulfilling the role as outlined in the Health Claims for Auto Insurance (HCAI) Guideline.

What are the Benefits?

The HCAI platform benefits patient care and provides the industry with valuable data about automobile claims in Ontario.

• Health Care Facility submissions are transmitted quickly and securely
• Health Care Facilities get a streamlined process for completing Ontario Claims Forms (OCFs)
• Health Care Facilities with FSCO’s Service Provider Licence may use HCAI to invoice for direct payment from Insurers
• Auto insurance consumers benefit from the speed and accuracy of the data exchanged
• Insurers receive more accurate and complete data to assist in adjudicating claims
• The Ontario government  obtains high quality data and is better positioned to  monitor the  industry

Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) has entered into an agreement with FSCO, and subsequently with HCAIP, which operates the HCAI system, to collect Ontario automobile insurance claims data for statistical purposes.

Teaching and guidance offered through One-on-One Coaching, Workshops and Interactive Courses.

Mindfulness is awareness without judgement or criticism. When we are mindful, we are not comparing or judging. Mindfulness means deliberately paying attention, being fully aware of what is happening both inside yourself – in your body, heart and mind – and outside yourself, in your environment.

The practice of mindfulness has many health benefits that have been backed by science in recent years. To name a few:

• Lowers stress
• Improves sleep
• Reduces depression and anxiety
• Enhances focus and concentration

As a graduate of the Mindfulness Meditation Specialist Program at University of Toronto and a Mindfulness Without Borders Certified Program Facilitator, I am happy to offer the following mindfulness training to adults, adolescents, at–risk populations as well as schools, corporations and government organizations.

“Our true home is not in the past. Our true home is not in the future. Our true home is in the here and now. Life is available only in the here and now, and it is our true home.” (Thich Nhat Hanh)

There’s no denying it: we live in a crazy-busy world. You make dinner while keeping one eye on the kids and another on the television. You eat your breakfast while checking your email or your social media feeds. You pay your bills while talking on the phone to your best friend. You plan your day while listening to the radio and commuting to work. But in the rush to accomplish necessary tasks, you may find yourself losing your connection with the present moment—missing out on what you’re doing and how you’re feeling. Did you notice how you felt this morning or the colour of the sky on your way to work or school? The truth is that most of us are not really “there”, present for our life.

A growing body of research continues to demonstrate that practicing mindfulness can bring improvements in both physical and psychological aspects of one’s life. Being mindful makes it easier to savor the pleasures in life as they occur, helps you become fully engaged in activities, and creates a greater capacity to deal with adverse events. By focusing on the here and now, many people who practice mindfulness find that they are less likely to get caught up in worries about the future or regrets over the past, are less preoccupied with concerns about success and self-esteem, and are better able to form deep connections with others.

Mindfulness is the practice of purposely focusing your attention on the present moment—and accepting it without judgment. Mindfulness practice cultivates the ability to disengage from incapacitating worry and detrimental or self-defeating negative thinking. This increased capacity for non judgmental, present moment awareness has the effect of giving us the choice to respond skilfully rather than to react in an automatic fashion to external or internal pressures.

Other health benefits of practicing mindfulness:

• helps relieve stresstreats heart disease
• treats heart disease
• lowers blood pressure
• reduces chronic pain
• improves sleepalleviates gastrointestinal difficulties
• alleviates gastrointestinal difficulties
• reduces symptoms of depression and anxiety disorders
• helps in the treatment of substance abuse
• reduces obsessive-compulsive behaviours

Once you learn core mindfulness skills, you can practice them at almost any moment of the day—sitting at your computer, stuck in traffic, eating or taking a shower.

Key objectives of this workshop:

– To teach you to constructively cope with stress and anxiety

– To improve responsive listening and communication skills

– To increase calm and relaxation leading to improved overall health

– To boost focused attention and mindful awareness

What you will learn:

• Core mindfulness practices such as mindful listening, mindful eating, mindful walking
• How to turn off your “Auto-pilot”
• How to make friends with the present moment
• How to mindfully respond to challenging situations or people
• How to apply the tools and techniques in your daily life
• How to teach others to become more mindful and access peace of mind

NOTE:
This is a 3-hour workshop that consists of a power point presentation, simple introductory practices and discussion, participant handouts and home exercises. Suitable for everyone looking to cultivate more calm and happiness in their lives. As always, this workshop can be adapted to personal needs and/or time restrictions.

An introduction to mindfulness meditation for the overwhelmed student

Being a student can be really tough. And today, students are under more pressure than ever before. I know, I’ve been there.

No matter what you’re studying, it’s guaranteed that at some points during your course, like when writing papers, performing in class or preparing for exams, you will need high levels of cognitive control, emotional regulation and self-awareness. And ironically, it’s often striving so hard for those things, that makes them harder to attain.

At its heart, mindfulness teaches students to pay attention to the present moment through simple breathing and meditation practices which increase awareness of thoughts and feelings so as to reduce stress and anxiety and boost levels of attention and concentration. Mindfulness practice cultivates the ability to disengage from incapacitating worry and detrimental or self-defeating negative thinking. This increased capacity for non judgmental, present moment awareness has the effect of giving the student choice to respond skilfully rather than to react in an automatic fashion to external or internal pressures.

Once you learn core mindfulness skills, you can practice them at almost any moment of the day—sitting at your computer, stuck in traffic, eating or taking a shower.

Key objectives of this workshop:

• To teach you to constructively cope with stress and anxiety
• To improve responsive listening and communication skills
• To boost focused attention and mindful awareness
• To increase calm and relaxation leading to improved overall health

What you will learn:

• Core mindfulness practices such as mindful listening, mindful eating, mindful walkingHow to turn off your “Auto-pilot”
• How to turn off your “Auto-pilot”
• How to make friends with the present moment
• How to mindfully respond to challenging situations or peopleHow to apply the tools and techniques in your daily lifeHow to apply the tools and techniques in your daily life
• How to apply the tools and techniques in your daily life
• How to teach others to become more mindful and access peace of mind

NOTE:
This is a 2-hour workshop that consists of a power point presentation, simple introductory practices and discussion, participant handouts and home exercises. Suitable for high school (grade 8-12) and college students. As always, this workshop can be adapted to personal needs and/or time restrictions.

Format: The Mindfulness Ambassador Council is an eight, ten or twelve-week program designed to offer effective tools to enhance social and emotional competencies that are vital for coping with the stresses of an increasingly complex and interdependent world. We support students, educators and professionals to build inner resources that allow them to bring self-awareness, self-management, healthy relationship skills and responsible decision making into their daily lives.

The Mindfulness Ambassador Council curriculum was developed by Mindfulness Without Borders, an international organization providing mindfulness training to students, educators, health care providers, and professionals worldwide. The program is endorsed by University of Toronto, Faculty of Social Work and by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Professor of Medicine Emeritus and founding Director of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction at Harvard University Centre for Wellness. The program is taught by a Certified Mindfulness Without Borders Instructor and is a proven, practical and unique experiential learning opportunity in the area of stress management.

Focus: Our primary focus is youth engagement: coaching youth to become caring and kind-hearted citizens who live authentically for the wellbeing of the world.

Mindfulness Without Borders’ educational content integrates the key findings of CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning) and elements of their five domains, including: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, responsible decision making.

Mindfulness is a way of cultivating awareness, by paying attention both to your thoughts, feelings and actions, as well as to the external environment, moment by moment, in an open-hearted and compassionate way.

Learning objectives:

• Constructively cope with stress and anxietyBoost focused attention and mindful awarenessBoost focused attention and mindful awareness
• Boost focused attention and mindful awareness
• Improve responsive listening and communication skills
• Increase calm and relaxation leading to improved overall healthStrengthen work and social relationships; develop deep connection and care for others
• Strengthen work and social relationships; develop deep connection and care for others
• Recognize and manage one’s talents, emotions and behaviour
• Develop a willingness to turn towards life events with understanding and compassion

Outcome objectives:

• Build mindfulness-based practices and social-emotional competencies to reduce stress, improve self-control, critical thinking, conflict resolution and compassionate action
• Develop self-awareness, social-awareness and self-management skills to live mindfully and responsibly
• Use social-awareness and self-management skills to build and maintain healthy interpersonal relationships
• Develop and use social-awareness and leadership skills to be more thoughtful, engaged and effective at school, at work and in the community
• Cultivate socially responsible decision-making to become an agent for positive change

Audience and Modules:

• The Mindfulness Ambassador Council is a shared learning experience that cultivates a culture of capability. Through our unique face-to-face forums, students cultivate essential skills that reduce stress, enhance health and wellness, emphasize strong character and ethical development and develop them as caring, kind and compassionate citizens.
• The program consists of eight, ten or twelve theme-based lessons that encourage participants to engage in cutting edge conversations that explore ways to reduce stress and bring more joy and awareness into daily life.
• Each member is asked to complete a weekly assignment given at the end of each meeting and reviewed at the beginning of the next.
• Members have an opportunity to learn hands on through volunteer service in their community, and in turn become ambassadors of mindful living within their families, schools and community.
• Download our Interactive Curriculum Sampler here.
  https://www.mindfulnesswithoutborders.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/MAP_interactive_sampler_final.pdf

Textbooks and Printed Material:

• Textbook: $15
• Handouts and practice assignments
• Certificate of Recognition awarded to full attendance participants

Requirements:

• Full attendance of all modules is encouraged.
• Minimum age: 16

Cost: please inquire

For more information, please visit: www.mindfulnesswithoutborders.org

8 Essential Strategies for Focus, Resilience and Well-being

Thriving at work requires clarity, creativity and focus. At Mindfulness Without Borders, our mission is to support individuals in building a repertoire of skills needed for more effective work habits and personal success. Our overarching goal is to promote healthy habits and qualities of mind so that people in all walks of life can boost their resilience and perform their best.

The MINDFUL@WORK program enables the participant to explore insights to questions that provoke reflection and personal discovery.

As a professional development resource, the MINDFUL@WORK program aims to seed ideas and strategies, rather than specify what may be the right approach.

Our language and practices are secular, allowing our work and impact to cross all borders – cultural, spiritual, geographic and economic.

The MINDFUL@WORK program addresses eight integration and practice strategies that combine social-emotional intelligence and mindfulness.

It consists of eight theme-based lessons, each of them including:

1. A mindfulness practice
2. A practice strategy (practice in class)
3. An integration strategy (practice in daily living)
4. Personal reflections

Additional resources:

• Program manual/workbook: $20 per participant
• Links to recorded practices and exercises to be accessed at any time
• Certificate of Recognition awarded to full attendance participants
• Download the flyer here: https://www.mindfulnesswithoutborders.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/MWB_mindful_at_work_flyer.pdf

Requirements:

• Full attendance of all modules is encouraged.

Cost: please inquire – crina@healthflowwellness.ca

For more information, please visit: www.mindfulnesswithoutborders.org