What a great year we’ve had sharing the space in the Moksha Yoga Ottawa studio. The staff and participants were all so welcoming – it made it very easy to become a part of your “hot” community. Thank you so much for the experience.

In order to continue to meet the demands of our growing clientele, our new clinic is located in a two-storey commercial building at 1673 Carling Ave, upstairs in Suite 202. It’s located between Churchill and Clyde, across from the Canadian Tire. FREE parking is at the rear of the building with access off Carling Ave W.

From 417 Westbound: exit 417 at Carling/Kirkwood. Travel west past Kirkwood, past Churchill, past Hakim Optical and the large private parking lot. You will turn right into the lane between the large parking lot and the brown brick building at 1673 Carling Ave. There is ample FREE parking in the rear of the building. Enter the door that reads 1673 Carling at the rear of the building and make your way upstairs to suite 202.

From 417 Eastbound: exit 417 at Carling/Kirkwood. Turn left at the first set of lights onto Kirkwood Ave. Turn left at the first set of lights onto Carling Ave. Travel west past Churchill and follow the same directions described above.

Bus Routes: #85, #150 & #187

IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER
We will be providing Therapeutic Ultrasound and Electrotherapy (IFC/TENS) at the new location. These therapies will assist in relieving pain, reducing edema/swelling, improving circulation, decreasing muscle spasm and increasing tissue healing and repair. Using these types of therapies in conjunction with massage can help you heal faster, and have you up and moving better then ever!

Now is the time to check with your insurance provider to see if you have any coverage remaining for massage therapy. Receipts are provided for all services.

Gift Certificates are also available for all treatment options, including sports, therapeutic, relaxation and pre-natal massage.

Payment Options remain cash and cheque only. This helps keep our fees low.

Yours in Health and Wellness,
Gavin Featherstone, RMT

Massage will help decrease the pain that you are currently having and will also lengthen all the affected muscles to their original length. Once we have re-balanced all the muscles, the pain should subside.

Other chronic issues that tend to arise from office work and can be alleviated by massage therapy are: tension headaches, tight and painful hamstrings, carpal tunnel syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome and many more.

If you suffer from any of these conditions or others, I can help. You don’t have to live with pain, please contact Gavin today.

Gavin Featherstone, RMT

After intense training and racing, athletes may find themselves with tight or injured muscles, tendons and ligaments. Left untreated, this can lead to chronic injuries in the hip, knee and foot such as IT Band Syndrome, Patellar Tendonitis or Plantar Fasciitis.

Besides treating these common injuries, post-race massage helps to flush out toxins, such as lactic acid. This will help decrease your muscle soreness/stiffness after your race so that you can get out running sooner.

Good luck to everyone and I’ll see you on the course.

Gavin

Think about the last time you tried to do something new in your life – maybe it was starting to exercise more regularly, or trying to eat healthier, or maybe you decided not to go out for a “puff” with your colleagues at break time. Do you remember what people said to you when first told them what you were doing? Did it sound something like “why?” or “what for?” or “oh sure, good luck with that”?

Why do you think people respond like this? Surely our loved ones don’t wish us to live unhealthy lifestyles. It seems impossible to imagine that the people we love would not give us the same support in reaching our goals as we would give to them. No, it’s not very likely at all.

It’s more likely they simply do not understand our motivation for change nor do they appreciate how valuable a resource they can be for you. As I said earlier, we also underestimate their impact on our success. Remember that many of us are overly cautious when it comes to change. We can imagine the dialogue in our partners’ head going something like “well if she stops eating out as much, then I have to stop eating out as much too”. Our changes have an impact on other people, and it’s likely this is the road block that your partner is feeling.

In order to be successful we need to understand our own motivation for change, and to communicate this to the important people in our lives, so that they understand the impact on you, and your expectations of them.

Try this “Action Plan for Gaining Your Family’s Support“, taken from my No More Excuses Workshop, next time you need to get the team on board with your lifestyle change. Work through the activity and share it with the people you value most in your quest for change.

~Michelle

The highlight of the past weekend was when Michelle dropped a box of books on the floor at the same time that the yoga class was in their final meditation. Oops…good thing the walls are soundproof.

We are so excited to have this opportunity and would like to thank everyone at “Moksha Yoga Ottawa”:http://www.mokshayogaottawa.com/index.htm for being so welcoming. We know that this is going to be a successful friendship.

Even with all of the chaos over the weekend, Michelle was able to take a Hot YIN class on Sunday. She said pigeon pose is even more intense with sweat dripping down your face. I’ll be taking my first Moksha class tomorrow at lunch time. I’ll let you know how it goes.

Feel free to stop by to check things out. Can’t wait to see you!

The Journey begins!

What's in here?

Cork Flooring, what a great touch.

Starting to move everything in.

The last screw, yeah!

Michelle making everything look nice.

Is everything done???

Yeah, DONE!