Energy Medicine

Our Favourite Essential Oil Recipes

Our Favourite Essential Oil Recipes

We love essential oils. They are a much safer way to scent yourself, your clothing, your home and car, as well as your cleaning routines. If you have fragrances in your life in the form of perfume, air freshener, scented soaps and detergents or candles we highly recommend that you consider changing to essential oils. Do it for your health!

The Year of the Water Rabbit

The Year of the Water Rabbit

We are currently transitioning into the Year of the Yin Water Rabbit according to the Chinese calendar. It’s also going to be the year 4721! As I have been enjoying reading about the coming year and learning more about my chart as well as some of yours, I am reminded that astrology can provide an interesting prompt for exploration. Many of the customs around the new year serve to give us that opportunity - to celebrate, to set goals, to consider the value of relationships and the direction of our lives. Astrology, rather than fortune-telling, is a playful mirror to explore our potential. What follows is largely summarized from Tiger’s Play Astrology. I encourage you to read more there.

Energy Medicine at Vitalize : REIKI is for Everyone

Energy Medicine at Vitalize : REIKI is for Everyone

When I looked up the definition of Energy Medicine on Google this is what I found, “ A branch of alternative medicine based on a belief that practitioners can channel “healing energy” into a patient and effect positive results. As a practitioner, this definition feels very vague to me. I feel that Energy Medicine is kind of a gray area for a lot of people because it is not yet widely recognized as an integral part of a holistic wellness plan in the same way many other therapies are.


How Do You Tell Your Story?

How Do You Tell Your Story?

I had an important conversation with one of my acupuncture students the other day. He is a chiropractor, in practice a long time. We were discussing the emotional weight that one of his patients appeared to be carrying, and he shared

What is Five Element Acupuncture?

A unique treatment principal of Five Element Acupuncture is that within each person there is thought to be one root cause of all imbalance, illness, pain, or symptom that the person experiences. By treating the causative factor, all elemental energies come into greater balance and the person starts to feel more like themselves while experiencing an improvement in symptoms.

Vitalize + COVID

Vitalize + COVID

We are currently open and serving patients with Acupuncture. Those who have been in contact with their MD’s and received prescriptions for massage may book massage as well. Starting Mid May we will also have Chiropractic services as well as expanded Acupuncture and Massage options.