tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:23:27 +0000The promotion of health and well-being through the sharing of inspiring personal stories and experiences.http://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/daina@naturallynovascotia.com (Daina Scarola)Blogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-1994047910604637719Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:04:00 +00002010-03-26T12:09:20.391-03:00Did you know that our bodies require Vitamin D3 in order to absorb calcium and phosphorus, two nutrients essential to strong bones and teeth. Vitamin D3 deficiency can lead to health problems such as osteoporosis and decreased immunity. Vitamin D3 is much more easily absorbed compared to its D2 counterpart and it is especially important to consume adequate amounts of Vitamin D3 to maintain good http://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2010/03/did-you-know-that-our-bodies-require.htmljeanette@naturallynovascotia.com (Jeanette Peters)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-6154966573621067637Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:06:00 +00002010-01-25T17:31:39.845-04:00As the people of Haiti try to endure and survive the horrific trauma that has fallen their tiny nation, a small film crew has set out to share their stories with the world. I have been following the Inside Disaster blog since I stumbled upon it last week. Their selfless efforts, emotion, and humanity has captivated many in a way that the evening news has not.Please watch Nico's video "Asking the http://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2010/01/haiti-our-hearts-and-thoughts-are-with.htmldaina@naturallynovascotia.com (Daina Scarola)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-194003250991340873Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:24:00 +00002010-01-08T09:36:37.465-04:00valerianpassionflowerdr. ozHello and Happy New Year!How many of you blog-readers watch Dr. Oz? On a recent show, Dr. Oz talks about stress and weight gain. Passionflower tincture is 1 of the solutions he presents to his attentive audience: when we are stressed, the brain releases a chemical that goes to the Adrenal Glands. The Adrenal Glands in turn excrete steroids that go into your stomach fat and actually make it largerhttp://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2010/01/passionflower-valerian-essentials-for.htmljeanette@naturallynovascotia.com (Jeanette Peters)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-3302489914019107710Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:44:00 +00002009-10-28T14:01:42.356-03:00By Daina ScarolaIn light of all the scary media coverage on the latest influenza virus, I feel compelled to share a different perspective. A more positive perspective. If you do happen to catch the flu this season, it might not be all that bad. Here is an endearing story I read this week called 'Another View of The Flu' by Wendy Strgar that was posted on the Care2 Make a Difference website. It http://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2009/10/another-view-of-flu.htmldaina@naturallynovascotia.com (Daina Scarola)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-4413746146527704940Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:39:00 +00002009-10-28T11:44:09.780-03:00Halifax News NetBy Lindsay Jones, The Weekly NewsThere’s no magic bullet for perfect health, but organic health pioneer Nancy Smithers is making the next best thing just outside Halifax in Lawrencetown. Naturally Nova Scotia started out as a homegrown herbal remedy business in Smithers’ kitchen 17 years ago. Her sister, a physiotherapist, was looking for higher quality herbal remedies than what http://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2009/10/homegrown-herbal-business-receives.htmldaina@naturallynovascotia.com (Daina Scarola)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-7535461983006493238Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:37:00 +00002009-09-02T12:47:49.905-03:00Naturally Nova Scotia's front room was open for the first time ever this year. It was a successful season with many visitors and new supporters of our health products. We also had fine artwork on display from our staff, including oil paintings by Daina Deblette Scarola and beach stone angels by Beth Ann Knowles. The on-site store is now closed to the public until next spring, 2010. However our http://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2009/09/store-is-now-closed-until-next-spring.htmldaina@naturallynovascotia.com (Daina Scarola)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-1022401549804309938Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:43:00 +00002009-08-31T09:47:33.924-03:00By Daina Scarola For the past decade I've been an avid couch surfer. Not the couchsurfer.com type, but the lazy couch-potato type who loves to watch surf movies and documentaries, go to the beach and watch the local surfers floating and waiting and catching waves, all the while imagining what it must be like and wishing I could enjoy that pleasure and passion first-hand.I don't really know what Ihttp://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2009/08/from-couch-to-oceantaking-leap.htmldaina@naturallynovascotia.com (Daina Scarola)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-5235989591180779898Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:40:00 +00002009-08-27T10:42:51.731-03:00We found this article and feel it compliments the reusable coffee cup story posted last week. It has certainly generated some interesting comments! Let us know what you think...http://thechronicleherald.ca/print_article.html?story=1139571http://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2009/08/will-that-be-fumes-with-your-burger.htmldaina@naturallynovascotia.com (Daina Scarola)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-8181857904037288820Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:23:00 +00002009-08-18T11:50:01.424-03:00Above Photo: http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/media/press-releases/government-sets-precedent-in-saving-canada-s-great-bear-rainforestThe Basic Problem with Coffee CupsWhat do most coffee drinkers think about when drinking a cup of coffee? For the organizers of Sustainability is Sexy, it’s the environmental impact of their coffee cup. These are a few of the environmental problems with using disposablehttp://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2009/08/drink-responsibly-brink-coffee-cup.htmldaina@naturallynovascotia.com (Daina Scarola)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-6871609403478598109Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:19:00 +00002009-07-21T09:23:17.813-03:00By Beth Ann Knowles, BScI don't watch much daytime TV; maybe because I work during the day, maybe because it has always been this bad? But this week, my first full week on maternity leave, while I restlessly 'nested' and awaited baby to arrive, I found myself adjusting the rabbit ears on our 7 year old, non-flat screen, anti-plasma, no-name brand television set with built-in VCR. For you younger http://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2009/07/ill-tell-you-whats-wrong-with-our-view.htmldaina@naturallynovascotia.com (Daina Scarola)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-809466012903455575Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:45:00 +00002009-06-24T12:15:55.219-03:00with Annie LeonardFrom its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issueshttp://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2009/06/story-of-stuff.htmldaina@naturallynovascotia.com (Daina Scarola)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-6945003762390093892Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:08:00 +00002009-06-18T17:15:31.970-03:00By Beth Ann Knowles, BSc, P.T.S., N.W.SWhat is wrong with you? You know who you are. You ruined my walk on the beach this morning. I took the dogs for some fresh air but everywhere I turned I kept seeing your tampon applicators! I bet you didn’t think they would end up on your local beach a few weeks after you flushed them. I can’t even imagine the pile of pads you are contributing to the http://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2009/06/lets-pop-paper-plastic-bubble-we-live.htmldaina@naturallynovascotia.com (Daina Scarola)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-9054358283713855592Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:41:00 +00002009-06-09T14:41:33.777-03:00The Peaceful GardenerA hands-on herbal medicine and food workshopwith Susun WeedJuly 17,18, 19th 2009,at Pollination Project, Baker Settlement, NSAcclaimed herbalist, author, homesteader and organic gardener, Susun Weed will be making her first teaching visit to Nova Scotia to share her wisdom, knowledge and humour in a workshop that is guaranteed to change forever how you relate to plants. Over http://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2009/06/herbal-medicine-and-food-workshop-with.htmldaina@naturallynovascotia.com (Daina Scarola)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-7504814477289499518Tue, 26 May 2009 18:08:00 +00002009-05-26T15:28:12.038-03:00By Beth Ann Knowles, BSc, P.T.S., N.W.S. Do you cringe and turn your nose up when you think of organic foods? Does the thought of organic cookies engender notions of dry, tasteless, cardboard-like wafers? You're not alone. Many people believe 'organic' foods and beverages taste bad. It seems as though labeling a food as 'organic' has rendered that food to be in the 'healthy' category with the http://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2009/05/organic-peanut-butter-gross.htmldaina@naturallynovascotia.com (Daina Scarola)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-5382721349797197404Thu, 14 May 2009 16:59:00 +00002009-05-20T08:59:11.705-03:00© Peter St John Gibson 2009ipgibson@comcast.netThink back. Who influenced you as a child, teen, or even recently as an adult, to think or act the way you do today about your health? Someone you still remember?I’m a healthy man. Only 54 years young. I may never have got on this path if not for Sue.Sue lived in the same English village as me. Her husband cut my hair. I babysat her kids. Sue was a http://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2009/05/do-you-have-sue-that-influenced-you.htmldaina@naturallynovascotia.com (Daina Scarola)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-1669810856851318482Tue, 05 May 2009 17:22:00 +00002009-05-06T15:19:40.382-03:00 By Daina ScarolaThe spring my husband and I bought our house along the eastern shore of Nova Scotia we were anxious to get to work preparing and planting our first organic veggie garden. We chose an ambitious sized area next to the lawn where the grass mysteriously wasn’t growing. We thought, oh how perfect, we don’t need to dig up thick rooty turf! As we set to work trying to dig http://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2009/05/our-organic-veggie-garden.htmldaina@naturallynovascotia.com (Daina Scarola)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-7558573642398801185Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:43:00 +00002009-04-23T17:27:57.164-03:00By Beth Ann Knowles, BSc, P.T.S., N.W.S.Maybe you don’t like the smell, perhaps the crowds irritate you, or maybe you’d rather watch paint dry than pedal a stationary bike for 5 minutes. Whatever the reason is, if you’re starting an exercise program and you don’t like going to the gym, DON’T GO. Now I know what you’re thinking; “great, the trainer is telling me to stay home. I think I’ll pick up http://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2009/04/want-to-get-fit-dont-go-to-gym.htmldaina@naturallynovascotia.com (Daina Scarola)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-6328571028764134683Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:34:00 +00002009-04-22T14:29:10.926-03:00Congratulations to Betty MacDonald of Wolfville!! She is the winner of our Yoga Atlantic Conference gift basket, valued at $175.http://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2009/04/winner-of-yoga-atlantic-conference-2009.htmldaina@naturallynovascotia.com (Daina Scarola)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-2288016796974271319Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:32:00 +00002009-04-14T11:37:47.786-03:00Tincturing using the Weight to Volume Method: Part 3 of 3Weight to Volume MethodIn our final entry on Herbal Tinctures Made Easy, we will share a method of tincturing that is more precise than the Folk Method. If using a mild herb in powder or whole dried form, such as Stinging Nettle or Dandelion, a 1:5 ratio (weight of dried herb to 100 ml of alcohol diluted with water to 25-45%) is recommendedhttp://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2009/04/herbal-tinctures-made-easy-part-3-of-3.htmldaina@naturallynovascotia.com (Daina Scarola)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-8497174635218118458Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:43:00 +00002009-04-07T11:45:37.797-03:00Please click on the PDF link below to view our latest Press Release!http://www.prlog.org/10211072-naturally-nova-scotia-introduces-its-research-development-team.pdfhttp://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2009/04/press-release-naturally-nova-scotia.htmldaina@naturallynovascotia.com (Daina Scarola)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-2611933439507198336Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:24:00 +00002009-04-06T16:33:45.755-03:00Tincturing using the Folk Methodby Daina ScarolaFolk MethodAs mentioned in Herbal Tinctures Made Easy: Part 1, this is the easiest method of tincturing for the novice home herbalist. It is fast, fun, and doesn’t require complicated dilutions and measurements. If you live in Canada, some wild herbs growing in your area might include Red Clover, Dandelion, Horsetail, Nettles, Coltsfoot, and http://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2009/04/herbal-tinctures-made-easy-part-2-of-3.htmldaina@naturallynovascotia.com (Daina Scarola)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-7093244980701474723Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:28:00 +00002009-03-31T09:45:19.206-03:00by Daina Scarola Have you ever browsed through the supplement aisle of your local pharmacy and felt overwhelmed by all the exotic names on little glass bottles- Motherwort, Black Cohosh, Saw Palmetto…? Understanding herbs and their indications can be a little like learning a new language, elusive at first. But it doesn’t have to be. Since the beginning of life on Earth, plants have http://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2009/03/herbal-tinctures-made-easy.htmldaina@naturallynovascotia.com (Daina Scarola)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-2888973694690947981Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:31:00 +00002009-03-24T10:32:43.018-03:00By Beth Ann Knowles, BSc, P.T.S., N.W.S.Be a critic, be sceptical, and whatever you do, don’t believe everything you read! This advice applies to many facets of life but I am referring specifically to health, fitness, and nutrition ‘information’. Many of you have begun a New Year’s journey to attain better health and wellbeing and I wouldn’t want your goals to be hampered by products or programs http://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2009/03/want-to-be-healthy-then-dont-believe.htmldaina@naturallynovascotia.com (Daina Scarola)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084942876422420938.post-5559637687812428289Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:34:00 +00002009-03-19T17:33:23.523-03:00The fresh ocean breeze is carrying the welcome rainshowers of spring. This brings to mind dreams of cultivating my veggie garden, the gentle warmth of sunshine, and of course, fresh growth and change.I am sipping tea and gazing at a couple photo clippings of gardens that I find very inspiring. This spring my husband and I plan to build a beautiful rustic fence to protect the garden from critters,http://www.wellnessfromwithinblog.com/2009/03/welcome.htmldaina@naturallynovascotia.com (Daina Scarola)1