I like my earthing mat. When I have overworked my arm, I wrap the mat around the arm and feel the inflammation move and my muscles relax and the meridian pathways flow freely. I sleep with my mat tucked in the pillow case so that it is touching my neck, head and shoulders or sometimes I have it just across my back or the area of the body that needs direct reconnection to the earth.

Have a look and listen to the great collection of information on the site Earthing Canada.ca and Dr.Mercola.com. Both sites have great deals for purchasing the mat. 

Studies show sleeping with the earthing mat improves sleep, reduces pain and stress.

I have been using the earthing mat on the massage table since 2014. If you are on my table you may feel it just under the linens. Regular clients that I had worked on before earthing mat have reported to me how the effects of the massage last longer now that they have time with the mat. I have noticed how much easier it is to work on someone that is being grounded. I can feel the nervous system calming with each breath. 

Two places to shop for the earthing mat here in Canada is earthing.ca in Calgary, Alberta and goearthing.com from Toronto, Ontario.

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April 4, 2014 Grounding mat update: Written by Anita 
It has been almost 2 weeks since I started sleeping on the mat. I noticed right away the inflammation had decreased especially in the lower back. The pain level and pain surface area has decreased from all across the lower back to 2 small localized points. The pain level has decreased to a pinch like feeling that is much easier to endure. I had a massage after 6 days and it was as if I had a new body, Kim was able to treat the issue easier without having to go through the inflammation. 
I can't wait for our next session.

Oven temp 350 c
Cooking time 30 minutes, followed by 20 minutes cooling time, but are best the next day when they have sat in the fridge over night.
Yield 12 large muffins in paper lined cups

1 can 540ml chick peas drained (2 1/4 cups)
2/3 cup smooth peanut butter
1/3 cup maple syrup (add an extra 1/3 cup of maple syrup or honey if you want sweeter)
1 cup quick cooking oats 
2 bananas (medium app. 180gr)
1  1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
4 tsp vanilla

Mixing method used is an immersion hand blender or you can try a food processor to ​mash it all together.

This is a very soft muffin. Needs cooling time on counter plus cooling time in the fridge. The texture is a bit hard to describe. You might call it a bit under done or maybe more like a soft crumble muffin. You could cook an extra fifteen minutes to dry it out more. We actually like them slightly under done. The extra cooling time helps the muffin hold together better. Not a muffin you want to eat hot out of the oven. Will fall apart in the hand.

We have discussed it and we think this would also make a nice raw vegan pudding.
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One more way to use this wonderful batter recipe is if you can wrangle a bit of batter away from the cook you can put it in a panini press and create an instant pancake with grooves to hold the yogurt. 

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If you are in my clinic this season I have a gift for you I know you will think is the perfect lip balm.

This is the second year I have been busy in the home workshop making lip balm. A small bit of mess but so worth it. The perfect blend of all natural lip balm I use is from the Canadian wholesaler of therapeutic grade aromatherapy  www.kiaroma.ca.  

It is nice to hear people say, "Yeah! I've been waiting for this day. My other one is almost done. This is my favourite balm."

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It has been six months, June 7, 2017, we went paperless with our charting at the clinic. I even remember surprising myself by saving, "we can do this, change is not easy but we can figure this out." We, the therapists, have expressed minimal complaints and concerns during the learning process.

As therapeutic massage therapists we work with less than fifteen minutes between patients to clean and strip a table and set it for the next person and wash and have a drink of water and move the laundry and fold the laundry and dance and stretch and....all the movements we manage between all those other moments that include charting.

​It is interesting to work with this brief mandatory moment to sit and type and click quickly on a chart that is never lost or hiding in plain sight. I think we may possibly be more efficient with charting but I do have fond memories of the steps back to reception with a chart and pen in hand and how those steps felt very productive as I would pace the walk with the writing.

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