Spa Day - Practitioners' Bios
These practitioners will be participating in our Spa Day
Naturopathic Doctor counseling
Cecelia Ho, B.Sc., ND
Cecilia Ho is a licensed and registered Naturopathic Doctor in private practice in Pickering. She has a special interest in Women's Health, and Chronic Diseases. Aside from private practice Cecilia also works indirectly with Health Canada as a regulatory compliance officer ensuring the quality and safety of natural health products found on the market today. She also serves as one of the medical advisor for CanPrev, a natural health product company and is also a regular contributor to Alive Magazine's 'Ask the Expert' Column.
You may reach her at:
Naturopathic Doctor
1154 Kingston Rd, Unit 1
Pickering Chiropractic Health Centre
Manicures and Hand Pampering
Laura Merzetti
Laura Merzetti is the owner of Scratch My Back Nail Studio, a private, comfortable, and clean home-based nail studio located close to Pickering Village in Ajax. Laura saw a need for quality, customized nail services and enhancements, and takes great pleasure in providing an enjoyable experience for all of her clients. Using the advanced technique of illusion sculpting, Laura consults with each client to create a unique set of nail enhancements most flattering to their hands, using either liquid and powder (acrylic) or UV Gel. Natural nail care is also featured with soothing manicures and hand treatments, and foot care is provided in a foot bath with disposable liners to eliminate any worries about infection or sanitation. Laura continues to attend trade shows and educational events to ensure she is always providing top quality products and services to her clients, and she is currently pursuing Grand Master status in her profession.
Contact her at: www.scratchmyback.ca; laura@scratchmyback.ca
Detox Foot Ionizing
Patricia Berrisch
Patricia Berrisch has held a strong conviction for years that it takes constant vigilance to maintain our health through proper nutrition, exercise and detoxification protocols. Patricia has enhanced her knowledge through studies at the Institute of Holistic Nutrition. She has integrated the Ion Cleanse Foot Bath in her personal regiment. Daily, we are continually exposed to toxic over-load. Ongoing periodic detoxification is essential to maintain health and avoid disease. The ion cleanse unit sits in a tub of water. It uses electricity to break apart water molecules. This process generates positive and negative ions. The ions travel through the body and attach themselves to toxic substances. Neutralized particles are extracted from the body via the pores of your feet. “I have always been a firm believer that beauty starts from the inside”.
‘Socasizing' and Strength Training
(Socasizing is the fun (and sexy!) way to stay fit and good and feel great!)
Laura Creavalle
Speaker and Nutritional and Exercise Consultant
Laura Creavalle is a speaker and nutritional and exercise consultant, who provides services to the corporate and private sectors. She consults regularly with executives from a variety of fields, to help create wellness and stress reduction synergistic solutions in the work place.
Prior to her current position, Creavalle's career was in bodybuilding and she holds 3-Ms. International and Ms. Extravaganza Championships titles. She was further a top Ms. Olympia. Competitor for 13-years, winner of the Caribbean Women's Body Building Championship and overall winner in the Ontario Body Building Championship.
The World Champion was furthered honoured in 2007, when she was inducted in the International Federation Body Building {IFBB} Hall of Fame.
Born in Guyana, South America, Creavalle relocated to Canada, but at the height of her career, moved to California.
She now lives in Ajax, Ontario, where she runs an exercise and weight training studio.
Creavalle also writes a column for Muscle and Fitness magazine and is the author of 3-cook books. www.clubcreavalle.com
Meditation and Yoga
Nicole Risman, Ergonomic Specialist
The founder, of Body Excellence, Nicole Risman is a certified Nutrition and Wellness Specialist and a Certified Personal Trainer, with an Honours degree in Kinesiology and Health Sciences. She is also a reflexologist with a certification in relaxation theory and Therapeutic Touch. Nicole has been in the fitness industry for over 15 years. Her energy and passion to improve her clients' overall health and well-being is evident in every person with whom she works. She has been a guest speaker for Power of Women's International Women's Day Conference and the International Holistic Expo in Toronto. Several companies in the Toronto and Durham Regions continue to ask Nicole share her knowledge on the benefits of health and wellness, including the Durham District School Broad. Nicole's motivation is to help people she works with to discover their strength.
Please visit our website at www.bodyexcellence.ca, call at 289-314-0801 or email nicole@bodyexcellence
Biofeedback Analysis
Pamela Jackson, B.Ms, CHT, CBT
Quantum Biofeedback is a technique in which people are trained to improve their health by using signals from their own body. The easiest way to really understand what Quantum Biofeedback can do is to think in terms of stresses or stressors - all those things we're born with or happen to us or that get into the body from the environment that may cause disease.
Quantum Biofeedback is totally non-invasive. The EPFX (Electro Physiology Feedback Zrroid) requires only five comfortable straps that wrap around your wrists, ankles and forehead. A quick three-minute test is performed energetically and the results are fed into the computer software. This provides the Practitioner with information and the state of the energy and stress(es) most prevalent in the body at that time.
After gather test results, the data offers an understanding of your potential needs. It can reveal the specific stressors which could be the underlying issues surrounding your body's ability to heal. It is then, that Quantum Biofeedback can be applied in order to help you correct and reduce the stressors energetically.
It is an emerging technology that reads the body at biological speeds (the speed of a computer) providing results within minutes as opposed to days and weeks.
For more information, please go to:www.quantumspecialist.com or contact Pamela at 905-447-3771
Personalized Nutritional Counseling
Denise Altenburg, RNCP, RHN
Denise, Nutritional Gourmet, is a nutritionist assisting you with all areas of your life. Denise's strong suit is healthy Weight Loss for life, bringing you back to ‘real food', without the calories, without spending hours in the kitchen, and ‘real food' with all the taste of your favourite comfort foods. Denise build a program with you that specifies what nutrients your body needs, what's missing, does it need more—and more of what?
Let Denise be your ‘Eating Coach'.
For information on Denise and to listen to her radio interviews, please refer to the following: www.denise4wholebodyhealth.com. “I am a person who loves food. I love eating it, preparing it, feeding it to others”
Radio Interviews:
Listen to RoseAnnes online radio show about gourmet and food Denise is here to teach us how we too can get back to real food and remember that making food
www.blogtalkradio.com/realliferadio/2008/04/
The Nutritional Gourmet, brings fun back into REAL FOOD. Denise is here to teach us how we too can get back to ‘real food' and remember ... www.blogtalkradio.com/realliferadio/blog/
Ear Candling
Jennifer Papaconstantinou
Jennifer Papaconstantinou is a graduate of the Institute of Holistic Nutrition where she earned her designation as Certified Nutritional Practitioner. In addition to graduating as Valedictorian, she is currently working towards a Certification in Holistic Iridology as well as continuing her education through a Mentorship program.
She decided to pursue her passion as a Health Educator after experiencing first-hand the profound effects of diet and lifestyle in creating balance and health within her own family.
Jennifer operates her own successful private clinical practice, as well as working with other alternative Health Care professionals in Durham Region. She may be reached at 905-903-7388 or Jennifer.detox@rogers.com
Reiki
Suzanne Dashney, B.Sc.,B.Ed., RHN
Suzanne Dashney is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, a Holistic NAET Allergist, A Reiki Master , a Cranio Sacral Therapist, and is also a certified teacher. She has run her business, ‘The Allergy Treatment Clinic' in Whitby for seven years, where she treats allergies as well as many other health issues using nutrition, NAET allergy treatments, reiki and Cranio Sacral therapy. She also offers workshops on the above. “I have had great success facilitating the healing of hundreds of clients and have enjoyed empowering them to continue their healing journey”. Currently she is in the process of formulating her own allergy treatment technique that can be taught to holistic practitioners so they can offer this valuable tool to their own clients. She may contacted at
Reflexology
Rita Johnson
Rita loves feet! Enjoy a glorious foot massage while simultaneously releasing stress, improving circulation, and put your body back into balance. Rita is a certified member of the Reflexology Association of Canada (RAC) and is the owner of Rita's Mobile Reflexology Services. You can reach her at 905-427-5744.
Anti-Stress or 'Facelift' Facials and Stimulating Leg Massage
Cheryl Bronson, Acupuncturist
This treatment is based on applying non-invasive pressure at specific points on the face and neck that reduce stress in the body and relax the local muscles on the face. The Acupressure points used improve the health and circulation to the face and body, improving organ function. This treatment is the perfect for the person who likes to go to the spa because it feels like you are at one. You will also enjoy the health benefits with this type of treatment.
Cheryl is a skilled acupuncturist certified by the Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, an iridologist, and a Bio-energetic treatment practitioner. Her Mission Statement for her Clinic is that “I provide informed, relaxing and comfortable treatments with a focus on compassion for my clients cause or conditions.” Healing starts with the minds contentment, and this should not be overlooked. She has a private clinic in Whitby where she provides other health therapies and treatments. Contact her at cbronson@cherforhealth.com
Sclerology
Helen Luczak, Sclerologist
Marie-Claire Roussel, Sclerologist
Sclerology is the science of identifying and interpreting conditions of health via a thorough analysis of the whites of the eyes. In a Sclerology consultation, several images of the eyes are taken and then viewed on computer for analysis. We invite you to sign up for a 30-minute Sclerology consultation which involves photography of sclera sections of the eye which have unique markings, and then the highlights will be given. A short health questionnaire must be completed beforehand.
Helen Luczak in one of Ontario's premier Sclerologist and health advocates. She is the founder of the Centre for Healthy Living in Guelph. More information about her and her services may be found at www.waytogonutrition.com or phone at 519 680-2884
Marie Claire Roussel is a registered nurse, a graduate from Laval University in Québec City. She also studied at the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition where she graduated in 2002. She has since conducted workshops and presented courses on the subject of basic Nutrition, Weight Management, and most recently Probiotics. This past February, she began a new journey studying the science of Sclerology with Dr Leonard Mehlmauer, world-renowned Iridologist and Sclerologist. Marie-Claire regularly contributes to the ACFO of London-Sarnia newsletter "Le Lien" articles on the subject of nutrition and health.
Chiropractor
Dr. Mark Kasiban
Dr. Mark Kasiban BScOT, DC, CAFCI
Family Chiropractor
Dr. Kasiban received his Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Therapy from Queen's University.
After graduating from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic with Magna Cum Laude and Clinical Honours, he had the opportunity to work in both rehabilitation and fitness settings.
Dr. Mark has a successful family wellness practice in Pickering. He loves working with people of all ages, especially kids.
Mark believes in a holistic approach to health-care, acknowledges the mind-body-spirit connection, and focuses on correcting the underlying causes of pain and dysfunction.
Mark enjoys running, golfing, reading, and playing basketball. He is happily married to his high school sweetheart Christine and they have a lovely daughter Megan.
