HOLISTIC HEALTH
SHAYLA GARLAND
Naturopathic Doctor
Dr. Shayla uses a variety of holistic modalities and testing to diagnose and treat the root cause of disease. Dr. Shayla's focus in practice includes (though is not limited to) energy, stress, digestion, and autoimmune disease.
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Dr. Shayla discovered Naturopathic Medicine when she was 15 years old, and immediately knew it was her path, resonating with it whole-heartedly.
After years of dissatisfaction with the un-holistic approach of conventional medicine for her own health concerns; knowing in her heart that chasing symptoms (instead of addressing root cause), disregarding the mind-body connection, and using synthetic chemicals to "heal" her body was not the right path, Naturopathic Medicine was a glorious discovery! Dr. Shayla then studied Life Sciences at McMaster University, and then spent another 4 years at The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in order to pursue this path. Treating her fellow humans with Naturopathic Medicine is the most beautiful, satisfying thing she can imagine doing with her life.
Amongst her schooling and beyond, she craved knowledge about, and connection with, humanity and the earth. Thus, she spent years backpacking solo- from Latin America to Asia to Africa. She learned so much and truly gained a worldly perspective and appreciation. To unite her love for Naturopathic Medicine with her love for the globe and the people in it, she travelled to Haiti to work with Naturopaths Without Borders, and founded the chapter at her college.
FOCUSES:
+ Energy
+ Stress
+ Digestion
+ Autoimmune diseaseSERVICES:
+ Nutrition
+ Lifestyle counselling
+ Botanical medicine+ Mind-Body medicine
+ Homeopathy
+ Hydrotherapy
+ Acupuncture (though is not limited to)
JANINE SCHEFFLER
Registered Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner
Janine focuses her acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine practice on supporting the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, youth, and adults struggling with disordered eating, body image, mental health, sleep conditions, fatigue, digestive health, and hormone balancing. She uses various techniques, including Japanese acupuncture, a gentle form of needling, cupping, gua sha, and Chinese massage. Janine adheres to a weight-neutral approach and aims to create an inclusive, brave, and gender-affirming environment.
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Janine (she/her) is a registered traditional Chinese medicine practitioner (TCM) who practices acupuncture and prescribes Chinese medicinal herbs. She holds a BSc in Food, Nutrition, and Health and is completing the doctoral program in Chinese medicine. She focuses her practice on supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ folks and disordered eating, body image, mental health, sleep conditions, fatigue, digestion, and gynecology. Janine uses various techniques, including Japanese acupuncture, a gentle approach that relies on palpation to help diagnose and treat conditions, and non-needle therapies, such as cupping, gua sha, and Chinese massage. She gravitated towards East Asian medicine because it’s grounded in a mind-body-spirit connection.
Janine has education, training, and experience with intuitive eating and disordered eating. As someone who has suffered from eating disorders and mental health challenges, she brings her lived experience into the clinic space through compassion and empathy. Janine adheres to weight-neutral and Health at Every Size® principles, which means all bodies deserve proper care. Her main philosophy is creating a brave, gender-affirming environment, believing that patients are the experts of their bodies, searching for the root cause, and developing customized treatments.
Janine acknowledges that she practices an ancient medicine that is not a part of her ancestry and is committed to unlearning ways that uphold cultural appropriation. She’s grateful for her teachers and the practitioners who paved the way for this medicine to exist today. As a settler, she is learning what it means to have unearned privilege and how to honour being a guest on the Unceded Traditional Territory of the K'ómoks First Nation, the traditional keepers of this land.
SERVICES:
+ Japanese acupuncture+ Prescribe traditional Chinese medicinal herbs
+ Cupping, gua sha, and tui na (Chinese massage)
+ Lifestyle medicine includes intuitive eating and body image supportFOCUS:
+ Mental healtH
+ 2SLGBTQIA+
+ Eating disorders
+ Insomnia
+ Gynecology
+ Digestion
+ weight-neutral
+ trauma-informed
+ Gender-affirming approach to healthWEBSITE:
SUZANNA FOREST
Clinical Hypnotherapist and Craniosacral Therapist
Suzanna is a trauma-informed clinical hypnotherapist, EFT practitioner and biodynamic craniosacral therapist. Using a combination of cognitive, somatic and energy psychology techniques, she helps her clients transform their overall quality of life by changing their relationship with their own bodies and minds. Suzanna loves empowering her clients to release any blocks and barriers that are preventing them from becoming their most joyful, confident and creative selves.
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Suzanna (she/her) helps her clients to experience more peace, ease and happiness through supporting their bodies, minds and spirits. With the knowledge that these biological systems are inextricably linked and that the well-being of one system relies upon the well-being of the others, Suzanna offers a safe space for her clients to have healing experiences and explore wellness practices that are truly nourishing for the whole person. Ever curious about the natural world and its connection to health and well-being, Suzanna has a BSc in Biological Sciences from Guelph University. Suzanna also has lifelong creative writing and visual arts practices, and her creative work has played a significant role in her own healing journey. After many years as a naturalist, outdoor educator, painter and writer, she remains deeply connected to natural and creative worlds, and uses this connection as well as her background as an educator to inform her wellness coaching and craniosacral therapy sessions. Suzanna graduated from the Body Intelligence biodynamic craniosacral therapist (BCST) training program in 2019, the Canadian College for Advanced Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy clinical hypnotherapist training program in 2022, and EFT Universe’s clinical EFT practitioner training program in 2023. She is currently working on her Masters of Arts in Counselling Psychology through Yorkville University.
Services:
-biodynamic craniosacral therapy
-clinical EFT
-clinical hypnotherapy
-wellness coaching
Focuses:
-stress/anxiety/worry/fears/phobias/PTSD
-chronic physical and emotional pain
-creative blocks
MYLEN GAGNON
Certified Nutritional Practitioner and Functional Health Practitioner
Mylen is a Certified Nutritional Practitioner (CNP), Functional Health Practitioner, and a Certified Psychosynthesis Life Coach (PLC) with expertise in digestion, gut health and detoxification. Her passion lies in the constant pursuit of optimal well-being physically, mentally, and spiritually and in adopting a personalized holistic approach for each of her client.
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Mylen’s passion lies in the constant pursuit of optimal well-being physically, mentally and spiritually. Her skills and expertise specialize in digestion, gut health, and detoxification. She uses diet and lifestyle, health history assessment, meal plan, simple recipes, symptomology, functional lab interpretation and targeted supplementation to customize health plan and psychosynthesis techniques to explore in depth the connection between body and mind in relation to health, habits, and wellbeing. Her mission is to educate and empower her clients with their health, so they reconnect with their body, understand their signs and symptoms, find sustainable strategies and their “Ideal Formula” to maintain result and feel balanced at any stages of life.
Services:
One on one consultation, in person and virtually
Diet and Lifestyle assessment and recommendations
Personalized recipes and meal plans
Functional Lab testing and interpretation
Personalized protocol and Targeted supplementation
Psychosynthesis Life Coaching
