The Art of Living without Stress

8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program 

Lead by experienced instructor, Sabina Pillai, MA 

At The Art of Life Community Health Centre

• Working under constant pressure?
• Overwhelmed with information overload?
• Asked to deliver more with less?
• Having less personal time for renewal activities?
• Exhaustion, lack of concentration, and burnout, leading to lower productivity, bouquet of diseases and damaged relationships?

Did you know that practising Mindfulness Meditation reduce your reaction to stress, enhance your concentration skills and personal performance and enjoy life without anxiety?

The ART of LIFE Community Health Centre

invites you for

8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program

Lead by experienced instructor, Sabina Pillai, MA

Starts on Tuesday, October 11, 2017 at 7:00 pm

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: 8 Week Course
Balance, Equanimity and Peace

Instructor: Sabina Pillai, MA

 About Our Instructor:

Sabina Pillai has a Master’s degree in Clinical and Counselling Psychology from the University of Toronto and has worked in mental health research and counselling for over 7 years.
After experiencing the powerful impact of mindfulness meditation in her own life, she was compelled to learn and teach the science of mindfulness.
Currently, she counsels a diverse set of clients in the city of Toronto, using mindfulness as the basis for the positive growth work she has been able to do with her clients. 

About Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program:

Mindfulness is the meditative practice of non-judgmental attentiveness to our experience in the present moment. It focuses on developing two fundamental skills: awareness and equanimity. Awareness is the ability to concentrate attention on what is going on right now, whereas equanimity is the ability to remain calm and relaxed in the midst of any stressful situations. Sounds simple yet very much applicable to daily life situations!

Since we are most of the time occupied by our memories of the past or worries for the future, we don’t have the power to experience the present moment to our full capacity, concentrating all of our mental, emotional and physical skills to get the best possible 'outcome of the moment'. However, the presence of mindfulness can completely change our life, and changes are noticeable almost immediately.

Being rooted in ancient practice, the positive effects of mindfulness meditation have lately also been recognized by the scientific community. Mindfulness has been used to help people cope with daily life stressors and a wide range of health issues including cancer, cardiovascular disease, immune system disorder, depression, anxiety, ADD/ADHD etc.

While the science endorses its supportive role, we, at the Art of Life Community Health Centre, approach mindfulness as a way of life. What we are working towards goes beyond the typical sitting meditation practice. Rather, we are aiming to cultivate a mindful way of living that helps us to engage more fully with life by changing how we relate to our external circumstances and internal experiences. This ability to balance our lives can happen through consistent practice and support from others who are also on this journey.

We invite you to begin the learning process towards mindfulness and experience a way of effectively coping with the stresses and thriving despite all of life’s challenges.

The Art of Life Community Health Centre has been committed to using integrative approach to improving our patients’ physical, emotional and mental health. Aiming to merge the art and science of positive growth and healthy living, we are offering an 8-week Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction course taught by an experienced instructor, Sabina Pillai, M.A.

This 8-week MBSR course will help you to:

• reduce your reaction to stress,  help to fight anxiety and depression;
• decrease your level of body tension, pain, and suffering;
• enhance your memory & concentration skills, patience and  personal performance;
• sharpen awareness, and tap into your inner resources to improve every aspect of your life.  

Whether you want to expend your natural abilities or learn how to cope with stress, pain and suffering – MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) program is for you! 

To RSVP, please call us at 416-449-6747 or e-mail at office@theartlifehealth.org

The Art of Living without Stress

8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program

Screenshot: Meetup The School of Healthy Living: 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program

Mindfulness: The Art of Living without Stress

FREE Introduction to Mindfulness course Wednesday, August 16, 2017

The Art of Life Community Health Centre

The ART of LIFE Community Health Centre

Invites you to attend our

FREE Introduction to Mindfulness course

The Art of Living without Stress

Wednesday, August 16, 2017
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

What if we told you that practicing Mindfulness can improve your ability to cope with life’s challenges and enjoy life without having to change the world around you?

The Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program is designed to help people increase resiliency and eliminate stress from life’s challenges.

This eight-week program will help you learn how to:

• reduce your reaction to stress, fight anxiety and depression while increasing your positive emotions;
• decrease your level of body tension, pain, and suffering, get a boost of your immune system;
• enhance your memory & concentration skills, patience and personal performance;
• sharpen awareness, and tap into your inner resources to improve every aspect of your life.

Experienced instructor: Sabina Pillai, MA

Please join us for refreshments and learn more about these programs on
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
at 855 Don Mills Road, Unit 121, Toronto ON, M3C 1V9.

To RSVP, please call us at 416-449-6747 or e-mail at office@theartlifehealth.org

For more information please visit our website at www.theartlifehealth.org

Transform your Life into Art

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction 8-week Program Starts February 12

Poster: TAOL 8-week MBSR cource: Mindfulness – The Art of Living in the Moment

This program will have a special focus on improving relationships within the family.

February 12, 2015; 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm; North York Civic Centre,  Room 2, 5100 Yonge St, Toronto
Image credit: www.canstockphoto.com

The ART of LIFE Community Health Centre

Invites you to join us for

8-week MBSR course

starting: Thursday, February 5, 2015
ending: Thursday, April 2, 2015
time: 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
venue: North York Civic Centre,  Committee Room 2
address: 5100 Yonge St, North York, ON M2N 5V7

Mindfulness – The Art of Living in the Moment
This program will have a special focus on improving relationships within the family.

Instructor: Lou Carcasole, B.Cs, M.B.A., M.Ed.

Practicing and Learning the Art of Mindfulness


Stress is at the root of all disease and it can be stopped from damaging your life and the lives of your children. Practicing Mindfulness regularly can improve your ability to cope with life’s challenges and enjoy life and parenting without struggling to change the people around you.

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) 8–week Program will help you:

• increase resiliency towards stressors and eliminate the pain weather it’s physical or caused by life’s challenges,
• enhance the skill of concentration, patience and personal performance,
• tap into your inner resources to improve every aspect of your life.

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program is designed for those who experience:

• anxiety and depression, 
• chronic pain and illness, 
• grief, 
• spiritual emptiness,
• and difficulty finding balance in current cultural lifestyles.

This program will have a special focus on improving relationships within the family. It will help cultivate a greater sense of calm and well-being in every member of the family.

To sign up, please call us at (416) 449-6747 or email office@theartlife.ca                      


Whether you want to expand your abilities or learn how to cope with stress, pain and suffering – this Program is for you!

The ART of LIFE Community Health Centre
885 Don Mills Road, Suite # 121
Toronto, Ontario M3C 1V9

web-site: www.TheArtLife.ca
facebook: The Art of Life Community Health Centre
meetup: The School of Healthy Living
twitter: @TAOLHealth

The School of Healthy Living
LIVING IN A MOMENT: 8 Weeks Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program

Mindfulness: The Art of Living in the Moment

Thursday, February 12 - Thursday, April 2, 2015; 7:30-9:00 PM

North York Civic Centre, Community Room 2

Invitation

The School of Healthy Living event

8 Weeks MBSR Program

Mindfulness: The Art of Living in the Moment

starts: Thursday, February 12, 2015; 7:30-9:00 PM
ends:  Thursday, April 2, 2015; 7:30-9:00 PM
North York Civic Centre, ROOM 1/2

Please note that FIRST SESSION will be held in ROOM 1, and all future ones will be held in ROOM 2. Rooms are located on the basement floor. Thank you!

Introduction to the 8 Weeks Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program 

The program consists of 8 sessions, lasting between 1.5-2 hours and focuses on letting go of resistance towards life challenges and building resilience to stressful stimuli.

What does really cause pain in our lives? Most would think that it is something happening around that negatively affects us (that nosy neighbor on the street, that car that run me over today, that government increasing taxes, etc.)

But mindfulness states the opposite: what actually causes stress and pain in our lives is a resistance!

Have you ever wondered how it is like to live a life without resistance? Can you only imagine being resilient to physical pain, or that unpleasant feedback given at work, or that painful word said to you by a family member? It is all possible!

Mindfulness can help us drastically change our stereotypical/conditioned reactions to the outside world and bring joy to our relationships.

Current research on Mindfulness shows evidence that this practice can not only reduce stress, but also change the brain "wiring" and help people become happier!

Check out this brief video on Mindfulness and research done by Professor and neuroscientist Richard Davidson.

YouTube: One Happy Brain: Khachab Rinpoche Showcases Meditative Skills on CBC News
(2:30) Younge Khachab Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Master based in US, astounded the renowned neuroscientist Richard Davidson with the extraordinary neuroplasticity of his brain.
Uploaded by hkrimeshedrubling

Please join us for this wonderful experience on Mindfulness Meditation.

The cost of the course is 250$ for 8 sessions.

The sessions will be hosted by Lou Carcasole, B.Cs, M.B.A., M.Ed.

Link:meetup.com: School of Healthy Living: events: LIVING IN A MOMENT

8 Weeks Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program
Mindfulness: The Art of Living in the Moment
Thursday, February 12 - Thursday, April 2, 2015
North York Civic Centre, Community Room 1/2

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Managing ADD without Medications. Is It Really Possible?

Sailboat: Painting by Dimitri Karailias
A series of paintings of a talented autistic teenager
Dimitri Karailias presented at The Art of life CHC

"Essentially when you spend a lot of time meditating, the brain shows a pattern of feeling safe in the world and more comfortable in approaching people and situations, and less vigilant and afraid, which is more associated with the right hemisphere."
~ Emiliana Simon-Thomas, science director for the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley.
Source: sfgate.com: Stanford studies monks' meditation, compassion: Medical research

Mindfulness and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

When it comes to child behaviour, including how children should initiate, respond to and participate in learning and play activities, there is no universal guide and playbook. However, in the current age, it seems like ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) have become commonplace terms attempting to pin complex child behaviour into a psychiatric definition. When did we start identifying certain child behaviour as problematic, and moreover, when did we turn a behavioural problem into a medical one?

A child, having a sensitive and rapidly developing brain and personality, should be approached with the utmost care, gentleness and calmness. All children and teenagers require a stable, nurturing and safe environment to experiment and sometimes act out their grievances at the world, at themselves, peers and parents. Hence, we have to be very careful not to try to push medications and therapies, striving to get rid of unwanted behavioural characteristics.

The modern health community recommends a combination of counseling, life style change and medications to manage ADHD symptoms. However, will the approaches proposed by mental health organizations effectively transform these behaviour issues into positive behavioural outcomes, or just suppress natural but atypical development?

There is, however, a much more gentle, non-invasive, non-interfering tool available to children and their parents, without any long-term side effects, but only life-long benefits: Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy!

Meditation Science

Mindfulness-based Meditation derives from the ancient Buddhist tradition of meditation and has been adapted specifically for ADD/ADHD youngsters in the form of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy.

By sustained effort and regular practice, participants fall in to a state of non-judgmental awareness of the inner and outer world. This is a much-desired, advantageous position from which many struggles lose their intensity, bringing in clarity and ability to face the world, without over-stressing the consciousness, brain and nervous system.

The more this ability improves, the better we will be able to glide through the storms of life. And this is accessible to any human being of any age through Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction therapy – MBSR.

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Therapy

The physical benefits are numerous, as the body thrives much better when the mind is at peace. Functional MRI scans of the brain have revealed that “when you spend a lot of time meditating, the brain shows a pattern of feeling safe in the world and more comfortable in approaching people and situations, and less vigilant and afraid.”  [Source: sfgate.com: Stanford studies monks' meditation, compassion: Medical research]

When it comes to helping children with ADD/ADHD, the responsibility lies with parents to stretch all of their cognitive and intuitive faculties in order to really understand the underlying causes of their children's actions.

Mindful parenting is a form of mindfulness training and is defined  defined by Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction founder Jon Kabat-Zinn as: "paying attention to your child and your parenting in a particular way: intentionally, here and now, and non-judgmentally" [amazon.com: Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting, by Myla Kabat-zinn and Jon Kabat-Zinn, 1997].

Mindful Parenting

In Mindful Parenting, parents learn to pay attention to their children non-judgmentally, increase awareness of the present moment with their child, and reduce automatic (negative) reactions to the child (Lehtonen and Bögels, submitted) [Source: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov: The Effectiveness of Mindfulness Training for Children with ADHD and Mindful Parenting for their Parents].

This training will help parents bring in more patience and understanding into the relationship with their children, creating a more peaceful and stable home environment.

Meanwhile, through specialized mindfulness training, children will be learning to focus and self-regulate. There is no doubt, that the benefits increase tremendously when parents and children practice mindfulness together.

Multidisciplinary Program for Children and Families

The Art of Life Community Health Centre is pioneering a multidisciplinary ADD/ADHD diagnostics and management program for children and their parents, based exclusively on natural remedies and methods involving:

• Detailed computer diagnostic of the microelements, neuromediators and vitamins deficiencies in the body;
• Homeopathic treatment program;
• Cellular level detoxification;
• Mindfulness Based Behavioural Therapy for children;
• Mindful Parenting program for their parents.

Screenshot: The Art of Life CHC's facebook Invitation to Introductory Session

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program,  Thursday, September 11, 2014

The Art of Life Community Health Centre 8-week Mindfulness Based courses

Three 8-week Mindfulness Based courses start on Thursday, September 11th at 7:00 p.m. with FREE introduction:

• Mindfulness Based program for teens for managing ADD/ADHD without medications. 
• Mindful Parenting, aimed at effectively teaching parents to handle the intensity of raising youths with ADD/ADHD.
• Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program for general public.

The Art of Life Community Health Centre

885 Don Mills Road, Suite 121, Toronto Ontario

phone: 416-449-6747.

e-mail: office@theartlife.ca.
web: theartlife.ca

Get a map and/or directions:
885 Don Mills Road, Toronto, Ontario
At the North-East corner of Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue East
Entrance to the free parking is from Gervais Drive via Wynford Drive

Taking public transit?
Take the Yonge-University-Spadina subway line to the Eglinton station and transfer to the Eglinton East (route 34) bus. Get off at Don Mills Road.
Or, take the Bloor-Danforth subway line to the Pape station and transfer to the Don Mills (route 25) bus. Get off at Wynford Drive.

Our neigbours are the Ontario Science Centre and Celestica International Inc. manufacturing site in Toronto, Ontario.

Please come, meet our doctors, ask questions and learn about our Centre.

Rediscover the Joy of Healthy Being: Invitation

 Invitation: To Rediscover the Joy of Healthy Being

 The ART of LIFE Community Health Centre,  February 7, 2014

The ART of LIFE Community Health Centre

Welcomes you 

To Rediscover the Joy of Healthy Being

Friday, February 7, 2014
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm


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Kenzen® Wellness Organic-Based Nutrition
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Bring yourself and your loved ones the art of living a healthy life!

Location: The ART of LIFE Community Health Centre
Suite 121, 885 Don Mills Road, Toronto, ON M3C 1V9

If you need more information,
give a call to Ludmila at 416-449-6747
or send us an e-mail at office@theartlife.ca
or check our web-site: www.TheArtLife.ca

More articles from the blog:
Healthy Child - Healthy World: Raising Healthy and Creative Kids: Open House

Invitation: The Art of Living the Healthy Life - Interactive Seminar with Jim Parry
A Natural Approach to Improve Metabolism: School of Healthy Living

Nia Jam Fundraiser Supporting Treatment Programs for Children: October 6

Poster:  Nia Dance Jam Fundraiser The Art of Life Community Health Centre

Sunday, October 6, 2013; 12 (noon) - 4 pm at 14550 Dufferin St. King City, Ontario

The Art of Life Community Health Centre,
together with the NIA Community, invite You to

a Charity Event in Support of Treatment Programs 
for Children with Physical and Psychological Limitations

Nia Jam

When: Sunday, October 6, 2013

Time: 12 (noon) - 4 pm

Venue: It’s All About You Wellness Center

Where: 14550 Dufferin Streen
King City, ON L7B 1K5 (map)

You will enjoy:

• Nia Class: 12:30 - 2:00 pm
• Introductory Nia Class for Kids
• Complimentary Drinks
• Fundraising BBQ
• Raffle Draw
• Silent Auction

Suggested donation for participants: $20

* Carpooling available from GTA

Join us for family fan and health day!

Please find more information:

Janna: 647-237-8894
jgnatovsky@gmail.com

Victoria: 416-661-4277
NIA Fitness School Toronto
yogaton@gmail.com


theartlife.ca
nianow.com

We look forward to seeing you at this amazing event!

Please find more about the NIA (Neuromuscular Integrative Awareness) technique as a lifestyle and fitness practice:
theartlife.ca/blog: The Art of NIA Dance by Jane Markowitz
theartlife.ca/blog: Ecology of Health Community Centre - Free Intro: Nia Classes at Vitality
theartlife.ca/blog: NIA Meditative Dance Free Introductory Class: Find Health Through Movement
theartlife.ca/blog: Special Programs for Children & Their Families
nianow.com: What is Nia?
"Nia is a sensory-based movement practice that draws from martial arts, dance arts and healing arts. It empowers people of all shapes and sizes by connecting the body, mind, emotions and spirit. Through Movement We Find Health. Wellness. Fitness. "

Open House: New Mindfulness for Health Programs – The Art of Living in the Moment, September 10, 2013

Image: Mindfulness - The Art of Living on the Moment

The Art of Life Open House

Tuesday, September 10, 2013; 7pm

Special programs available for children and their parents

The ART of LIFE Community Health Centre
Invites you to attend our

Open House

Tuesday, September 10, 2013
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

You will get
information about unique diagnostic and treatment programs,
and an educational lecture:

Mindfulness - The Art of Living in the Moment

Lecturer: Lou Carcasole, B.Sc, M.B.A, M.Ed

The lecture will cover the following topics:

• What actually is mindfulness?
• Stress is at the root of all disease and you have the power to change it. 
• Introduction to Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program (MBSR) that allows to learn and integrate mind-body techniques sharpening your awareness and concentration, to uncover and strengthen your resources that are already within thus improve every aspect of your life.
• Introduction to Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workshops to start transforming your Life into Art
• Introduction to new Mindfulness Programs: Mindfulness-Based program for teens (ADD/ADHD) and a new course “Parenting could be difficult – Mindfulness can help!”  (the newest addition to our main Mindfulness course, created for hyperactive teenagers and their parents, and includes meditation in separate & combined groups.
  • "MBRS for Teenagers will help them to reduce stress, to overcome the multitude of emotional and psychological challenges, including ADD/ADHD symptoms, and to enhance the skills of concentration, patience and performance at school.
  • "Parenting is difficult - Mindfulness Can Help!" – program tailored for exhausted parents of "twice exceptional" children who are looking for a new perspective on handling work and family pressures with greater patience and understanding .

About Lou Carcasole, B.Sc, M.B.A, M.Ed
Lou Carcasole started his own Mindfulness training in 1987 with teacher Shinzen Young, an American meditation teacher and a Buddhist monk.

Lou began teaching Mindfulness in 1996and since then he has taught Mindfulness to thousands of people in the Toronto and GTA area.

In 1999, Lou trained with Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, the founder and director of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and he learned about the MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program). Based on Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn's renowned mindfulness-based stress reduction program, Lou began measuring results as objectively as possible, in attempt to quantify changes occurring as a result of the practicing Mindfulness. The results have always been positive, almost always impressive, and sometimes spectacular.

Transform Your Life into Art.

Don't miss the chance to help your children!

Location: The ART of LIFE Community Health Centre
Suite 121, 885 Don Mills Road, Toronto, ON M3C 1V9

If you need more information,
give a call to Ludmila at 416-449-6747
or send us an e-mail at office@theartlife.ca
or check our web-site: www.TheArtLife.ca

link:
TheArtLife.ca/blog: Announcement: New Mindfulness for Health Programs: Art of Living for Teens and Parents

New Mindfulness for Health Programs: Art of Living for Teens and Parents

Screenshot: Radical Growth - the Practice of Mindfulness

"As you gradually free yourself from stress, you become healthhier, more resilient, confident, happier.
Achieve more of your full potential.
MINDFULNESS can help you get there."

Lou Carcasole, B.Sc, M.B.A, M.Ed

Mindfulness - the Art of Living in the Moment

So what actually is mindfulness?

Mindfulness means paying close attention to our own everyday experience; to all that we see, smell, hear, taste, touch, think and feel.

Mindfulness was developed in many cultures, over thousands of years, and has been effective in bettering the lives of countless people. The skills of mindfulness are easy to learn.  Like learning to drive a car, our first attempts at being mindful are hesitant and as we progress we do it naturally. By learning to do this, we become more precise about, and open to all our experiences, large and small, pleasant, unpleasant and neutral. Gradually we discover that we experience life in a new way. 

Mindfulness does not ask us to believe in anything.  All we do is attempting to live in the moment. The more we practice living in the moment, the more we able to do it!  It gives us a feeling of freedom and ease. 

By learning techniques that anybody can do, we radically change the way we experience our own mind, body, emotions, our pleasures and pains, our relationships, etc.  We gradually open more fully to our life and discover how deeply fulfilling it is.  We become happier, more focussed, skillful, and compassionate.  We become better able to love and help others.

Mindfulness can be especially helpful to those who experience anxiety and depression, chronic pain and illness, cardiac disease, the demands of caregiving, life threatening illness, grief, spiritual emptiness and difficulty finding balance in current lifestyles.

Mind/body approaches work because they go beyond the physical to address the framework of habits and behaviors, i.e. neuropaths that impact our health. They teach individuals to break old and harmful cycle of stress-anxiety-physical tension-symptoms-disease and develop the new healthier behaviors.


Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program

We, at The Art of Life Community Health Centre set up the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program - a series of eight Mindfulness workshops conducted by Lou Carcasole, B.Sc, M.B.A, M.Ed for more than 5 years ago. Lou started his own Mindfulness training in 1987 with teacher Shinzen Young, an American meditation teacher and a Buddhist monk. Lou began teaching Mindfulness in 1996and since then he has taught Mindfulness to thousands of people in the Toronto and GTA area.

In 1999, Lou trained with Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, the founder and director of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and he learned about the MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program). Based on Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn's renowned mindfulness-based stress reduction program, Lou began measuring results as objectively as possible, in attempt to quantify changes occurring as a result of the practicing Mindfulness. The results have always been positive, almost always impressive, and sometimes spectacular.

New Mindfulness Programs

This year along with the MBSR program The Art of Life offers Mindfulness-Based program for teens, which suffer from different health & psychological conditions (including ADD/ADHD) and would like to improve their lives.

We also offer a new course “Parenting could be difficult – Mindfulness can help!”, recognizing the hard work and not easy life of some parents.


Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workshops

The workshops will include discussion and practice of mindfulness. There will be time for questions and answers.  There will be suggestions for mindfulness techniques to use between workshops; at home or at work, while going for a walk or waiting for a doctor's appointment. Objective results measuring will be conducted at the end of the course.

All programs framed in a 8-week course will start in a week after an Open House at The Art of Life CHC, 885 Don Mills Road, Suite 121, Toronto M3C 1V9 (Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue East, entrance from Wynford Dr. and Gervais Dr.).

Most of the courses will take place on Tuesdays at different times although another day/time possibilities are negotiable.

Suggested cost for new students - $300. For students who have completed previous the Art of Life Mindfulness courses - $150. No one with financial difficulties will be turned away; those who couldn't afford the fee they pay what they could afford for the course.

Join us for eight workshops to start transforming your Life into Art!

To register or to ask questions please call (416) 449-6747 or e-mail at office@theartlife.ca


Don’t miss your chance to win a half of the course fee!

Open House: Seasonal Diseases from Cure to Prevention

Poster: The Art of Life Community Health Centre Open House

Seasonal Diseases: from Cure to Prevention

The ART of LIFE
Community Health Centre

Invites you to attend our OPEN HOUSE

Day: Monday, November 22, 2010
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

You will get a FREE 15 min. massage, info about our unique diagnostic and treatment programs, coffee, tea, cookies, and a traditional education lecture:

Seasonal Diseases: from Cure to Prevention

Lecturers:

• Dr. Liudmyla Gerus, Naturopathic Doctor
• Kyrill Biba, PhD, Registered Acupuncture Practitioner and Homeopath

The lecture will cover the following topics:

[ V ] Is it possible to avoid the flu, cold, bronchitis etc.?

[ V ] Do we need flu shots or is there a better solution?

[ V ] What are the well proven methods of strengthening the immune system?

[ V ] How to achieve the best results with the use of natural medicine, electro-therapy, acupuncture and massage to prevent or cure seasonal diseases?

Don’t lose your chance to win 5 FREE Infrared Body Wrap treatments!

Location: Suite 121, 885 Don Mills Road
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3C 1V9

Entrance to the free parking is from Gervais Drive via Wynford Drive

Get a map and/or directions:
http://www.theartlife.ca/contact.html
Google Map: 885 Don Mills Road
At the North-East corner of Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue East

Taking public transit?
Take the Yonge-University-Spadina subway line to the Eglinton station and transfer to the Eglinton East (route 34) bus. Get off at Don Mills Road.
Or, take the Bloor-Danforth subway line to the Pape station and transfer to the Don Mills (route 25) bus. Get off at Wynford Drive.

Our neigbours are the Ontario Science Centre and Celestica International Inc. manufacturing site.

If you need more information,
give a call to Ludmila at 416-449-6747
or send us an e-mail at office@theartlife.ca
or check our web-site: www.TheArtLife.ca

Please come when you like, learn about our centre, meet our doctors, ask questions.

Feel free to pass this on to friends and colleagues.

Open House: Say Goodbye to Arthritis Pain

Poster: The Art of Life Health Centre Open House

Good Bye, Arthritis

The ART of LIFE Health Centre

Invites you to attend our OPEN HOUSE

Good Bye, Arthritis

Day: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

You will get a FREE 15 min. massage, info about our unique diagnostic and treatment programs, coffee, tea, cookies, and a traditional education lecture:

Good Bye, Arthritis

Lecturers:

• Dr. Liudmyla Gerus, Naturopathic Doctor
• Kyrill Biba, PhD, Registered Acupuncture Practitioner and Homeopath

The lecture will cover the following topics:

[ V ] What are the roots of arthritis?

[ V ] What do you have to do to get rid of your problem.

[ V ] How to get the best combination of natural medicine, physiotherapy, diet and exercise in each individual case?

[ V ] Why our medical professionals and modern physiotherapeutic equipment can help you to stay active and feel younger again.

Don’t lose your chance to win 5 FREE Infrared Body Wrap treatments!

Location: Suite 121, 885 Don Mills Road
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3C 1V9

Entrance to the free parking is from Gervais Drive via Wynford Drive

Get a map and/or directions:
http://www.theartlife.ca/contact.html
Google Map: 885 Don Mills Road
At the North-East corner of Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue East

Taking public transit?
Take the Yonge-University-Spadina subway line to the Eglinton station and transfer to the Eglinton East (route 34) bus. Get off at Don Mills Road.
Or, take the Bloor-Danforth subway line to the Pape station and transfer to the Don Mills (route 25) bus. Get off at Wynford Drive.

Our neigbours are the Ontario Science Centre and Celestica International Inc. manufacturing site.

If you need more information,
give a call to Ludmila at 416-449-6747
or send us an e-mail at office@theartlife.ca
or check our web-site: www.TheArtLife.ca

Please come when you like, learn about our centre, meet our doctors, ask questions. We can help you to verify if certain detox therapies really work for you.

Feel free to pass this on to friends and colleagues.

With Good Health You Will Beat Any Recession: Our Doctors

Screenshot: With a Good Health You Will Beat Any Recession!
The Art of Life: Restoration of Physical and Psychological Health

This is the last part of our series of articles entitled With Good Health You Will Beat Any Recession.

Part 3: Our Doctors

At The Art of Life center, we have on staff a highly professional doctor of naturopathy. She helps both adult patients and younger ones, treating multiple acute and chronic illnesses by means of natural medical methods. She develops individual programs for detoxification of the body and weight reduction, successfully treats hormonal and those, related to aging problems, high blood pressure and vascular diseases, depression, insomnia and many other conditions.

Doctor of Homeopathy will diagnose you with the aid of the Voll's equipment and will select for you an appropriate homeopathic medicine. In addition, we offer the following services: acupuncture, mezotherapy, dietology, therapeutic massage, massage with the honey, with the stones, with the rice et al. There's more! We have professional psychologist on staff, consulting patients in our center.

We also glad to offer a whole series of the body-mind-spirit programs such as yoga, meditative music, meditative dancing (NIA Dance), Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program and many more.

All types of treatment are covered by benefits and private insurance plans. For people older than 65 years of age, we offer a 10% discount.

If a person can manages the "art" of life, or be skillful at it, he or she will be happy in any place. This person will be immune to the influence of unfavourable political variations, economic downturns and even the vagaries of the weather! This is our goal at center of natural medicine The Art of Life. We specialize in the restoration of physical and psychological health.

We believe that there is no such thing as incurable illness. All that remains for you is to choose health, activity and happiness!


The Art of Life Health Centre
Location: Suite 121, 885 Don Mills Road
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3C 1V9

Get a map and/or directions:
http://www.theartlife.ca/contact.html
Google Map: 885 Don Mills Road
At the North-East corner of Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue East
Entrance to the free parking is from Gervais Drive via Wynford Drive

Taking public transit?
Take the Yonge-University-Spadina subway line to the Eglinton station and transfer to the Eglinton East (route 34) bus. Get off at Don Mills Road.
Or, take the Bloor-Danforth subway line to the Pape station and transfer to the Don Mills (route 25) bus. Get off at Wynford Drive.

Our neigbours are the Ontario Science Centre and Celestica International Inc. manufacturing site.

If you need more information,
give a call to Ludmila Panasenko at 416-449-6747
or send us an e-mail at office@theartlife.ca
or check our web-site: www.TheArtLife.ca

See you at the Art of Life Health Centre.

Bring this ad and get 30% off your first physiotherapy treatment!

links:
The Art of Life Health Center: With Good Health You Will Beat Any Recession: Our Natural Health Centre
The Art of Life Health Center: With Good Health You Will Beat Any Recession: Our Physiotherapeutic Equipment
The Art of Life Health Center: With Good Health You Will Beat Any Recession: Our Doctors

Classical Music Healing Power Presentation

Screenshot Larissa's Studio of Piano Music Website

Monday evening we will host another meeting of the Mind and Body Wellness Study Group.

Date: Monday, November 5, 2007
Time: 5:30 pm

Topic: Healing Influence of Classical Music

Do you know, Classical music helps to harmonize and heal your mind and body?

Healing effect of music is known from Ancient Greece. Pythagoras (fl. 530 BCE) considered musical harmony as a microcosm and part of Universe Order. He suggested that the human soul could be perfected through sublimely composed music. Our world is full of sounds, sounds of humans' hearts, which create a World Symphony. This Symphony can destroy or revive our World.

Human, as a part of Universe, has a choice to make own sound and sound of world in dissonance or consonance.

Presenter: Larissa Zoubareva, Ph. D. candidate in Methods of Teaching Music Master of Music Degree, Majoring as Piano Soloist, Accompanist, Chamber Musician and Piano Instructor, Author of a book on piano teaching methodology and 5 articles. Literature and Art Critics Association of Belarus Award for Best Research Project in Musicology and Art Criticism 1998.

Larissa Zoubareva is one of the instructors of our Art of Life Health Center. She teaches the Music Meditative Classes - unique healing and developing program based on the best of classical music for children 3-5, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12 age groups and for adults on Fridays at 7:00 pm.

See all details & RSVP for this event

... please attend the event and meet all the powerful members, no fee to attend, you will be amazed to listen to Larisa and her music analysis.

Max Haroon

We look forward to seeing you at the event of the Mind and Body Wellness Study Group!

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The Mind and Body Wellness Study Group!

Thanks For Visiting The Art of Life Health Centre

The Art of Life Health Centre Open House September 2007
Photo: 2007 © Alex Karmanov

Dear Friends and Guests,

We would like to thank all the people who have attended our Open House events for the last four months. We are really grateful to all of them.

More and more Torontonians are interested in our lectures about the naturopathic and the newest physiotherapy treatments, aura diagnostic, and other healing programs. Over the coming months, we will publish notes and articles about the most popular topics from our lectures.

Our guests already specified their interest in different topics of lectures in our School of Healthy Living. We even can give you a promise that one of the following meetings will inform us about the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromiology.

I would like to remind you that our doctors never talk about any problem without giving the most effective solution to resolve it. The Body-Mind-Spirit programs are created the way that they are the best options to help patients during the treatment sessions and in prophylactics. We have already launched our fall sessions, and we invite you to visit our centre in order to survive in a spring mood through the winter season.

You are always welcome to come with us to the journey to the real art of life.

Ludmila Panasenko
CEO
The Art of Life Health Centre

The Art of Life Health Centre Open House September 2007
Photo: 2007 © Alex Karmanov

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