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When it comes to finding ways of improving your physical and mental well-being, the tools at your disposal are not always that pleasant. Long and arduous workouts at the gym may help to produce much-needed endorphins, but they’re not everyone’s cup of tea!
At Sunflower-Power, the path to improved health and wellbeing is a much more enjoyable one! Their mission is to promote health and wellness in a serious yet joyful manner, providing clients with wellbeing tools that they can employ long after classes have finished.
Originally from Finland and arriving in Switzerland in 2000, founder Kira Cantatore told knowitall.ch, “Sunflower-Power is all about promoting physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health and wellbeing by providing feel-good yoga classes, laughter yoga, energy therapies, coaching on assertiveness and shiatsu massage to clients of all ages.”
She added, “My passion has always been to uplift and encourage people to improve their own lives. I always wanted to work with children so, after many years of corporate life during which I also obtained a BSc in Psychology and Social Sciences, it suddenly dawned on me that I could follow a profession that combines both my desire to uplift, encourage and help children, with my life-long habit of yoga practice. I got trained as a yoga teacher for children and families and started offering Family Yoga classes, based on play and fun-filled easy exercises. I also started studying Reiki so I'm now a Reiki Master as well as a practitioner of another efficient energy therapy called Bars™ by Access Consciousness.”
A new ob/gyn practice has opened in Nyon catering for the needs of the English-speaking community, in particular adolescents.
Based at the Cabinet Forum Medical Nyon on Chemin Falconnier, the new practice is headed up by Dr. Gabrielle Cissé, a British expat who was born and raised in this region, and who completed her medical training in North America and Ireland.
Dr. Cissé told knowitall.ch, “My parents settled in Geneva in the 1970s where I born. I graduated from the International School of Geneva (LGB) in 1996 and received a Bachelor of Arts in Literature with a minor in Developmental Psychology from Duke University in North Carolina in 2000. I then received a pre-medical studies certificate at Columbia University in New York, followed by my medical degree at UCD Medical School in Dublin in 2007. I returned to Switzerland that year to undergo specialist training and obtained my Swiss specialist qualification in Obstetrics and Gynecology (FMH).”
She continued, “In November 2015, I was given the opportunity to open a Gynecology and Obstetrics consultation in a group practice with Dr. Karen Hofmann, Dr. Tatiana Collipal and Dr. Armine Najand, which I gladly accepted. It has been a thoroughly enjoyable and stimulating experience that I look forward to continuing in the years to come.”
In the busy world that we live in, extra strain can be put on the heart through stress and lifestyle choices. Heart disease is a leading cause of illness and premature death across the Western world, and health professionals are aiming to reduce our risk by educating us about heart health care.
With this in mind, the business networking organization, Executives International, has invited HealthFirst Medical Director, Dr. Michelle Wright, to provide some tips to its members and the general public about how to prevent heart disease. The workshop is designed for people who are health-conscious and keen to learn more about taking care of their heart. During the workshop, Dr. Wright will take event guests through a discussion of heart risk factors and offer advice on potentially life-saving first aid care.
During the session, you can expect to:
- Learn about risk factors for cardiovascular disease (the world's biggest killer)
- Discover practical tips to reduce your personal risk factors
- Understand the typical symptoms of heart attacks and strokes
- Learn what to do if a heart attack or stroke is suspected
- Get an introduction to 'hands-only' Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for adults
Psychologist and Relationship Coach, Darya Haitoglou, is offering knowitall.ch readers a free consultation, worth Fr. 300.-! The 60-minute consultation will provide a useful introduction to the kind of material that will be covered by Darya's upcoming 8-week online program entitled “Enrich Your Relationships’, but there is no obligation at all to sign up for the online program, which starts on 1 June 2016!
With only 5 places available for couples, the program is targeted at:
- Couples who want to improve their relationships
- Families who want to improve communication
- Couples under stress
- Couples who had passion and lost it
- Emotionally-challenged people who struggle to have positive communication
- Newly-formed couples who want to have an amazing relationship for life
- Couples who value their relationship and want to improve it even more
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As part of its ongoing commitment to helping the English-speaking community with First Aid training and health education, HealthFirst has set up a new series of Birth Preparation Courses for expectant parents.
The courses are led by highly experienced British-trained midwife, Polly Pupulin. Having worked as both a midwife and a nurse in communities throughout the world, Polly is delighted to share her skills and knowledge with the expectant parents of all nationalities in the Lake Geneva region. As a mother of four children herself, she understands the unique needs of international families and families-to-be.
With courses scheduled at different times of the day and week to suit the individual requirements of busy, working parents-to-be, the classes are held over 3 or 4 sessions on Saturday mornings, or on weekday evenings. The next course will start on 12th January 2016, and will run between 18h30 and 21h00 over 4 consecutive Tuesdays in Geneva.
