Continual Living, Loving and Learning at The Health Huttle by Peri Hayes Brought to you by Nurse Next Door
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Angie Mailhot, Owner of Railway City Health Hut, discusses their Health Huddle and what this valuable resource entails. This group launched several months after the store opened in November of 2019: “I have a 30-year background in health and wellness. As a means to support family and community health, there has been a desire since Day One to bring an education factor alongside the retail component of our store.” Immediately, Health Huddle received immense positive feedback. Attendance was high, and Angie shares the ways in which she and her colleagues were blown away by the response: “We are picking these sessions up in an even more authentic way based on what we’ve been through with COVID-19.” “As people need the connection nowadays, all events are in- person,” Angie announces. Welcoming enlightening panels from an array of businesses within St. Thomas and area, the following topics have been studied in previous sessions: the gain in eating locally grown and nutritious foods, highlighting strong sources, sharing recipes and more. This July 19th from 9:30 am until 11:00 am, the local venue of A Place in the Woods will facilitate a morning of connection. Offered to ages 18+, this is a free event during which Cathy Kostendt will be teaching the benefits of forest bathing. Meanwhile, Railway City Health Hut’s Store Manager, Katrina Farrow, will guide guests through further grounding resources. Through reconnection and unplugging, this is a time, as Katrina offers, “To be restored by nature with different activities from Cathy and I.” Angie continues, “The morning is going to be quite the experience in a serene environment -- connecting with the self, as well as realizing the value of these types of practices and what they do for us on a deep healing level. The immune benefits of these practices are amazing, and bringing this information to families creates a wave into the community.” On September 28th, the Steelway Railway City Road Races will be taking place at the CASO Station. Designed to support various sporting groups, both competitive and recreational, members of the public are welcome to uncover more about health, explore the featured businesses and practitioners, and so forth. Enjoyed as a hub, Angie enthuses, “This is a great event to be a part of.” Moreover, Angie shares Railway City Health Hut’s po- tential for creating a Mall Walking Group in the Elgin Centre. Offered at no cost, she describes the mall’s warm temperature throughout the winter and the comfortable air conditioning in the summertime.
Health Huddle events are advertised on the railway- cityhealthhut.ca website, where those interested are invited to register through a swift process. There will be further sessions focused on nutrition, women’s hormones and beyond. Beginning in September, these are interactive and free-of-charge opportunities -- with their full schedule for the year to be listed on the Railway City Health Hut website in August. They will also have a poster displayed in-store. Angie passionately concludes, “To restore and influence the community in health is a connection of many. We aim to be an educational resource while celebrating growth.”
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