Ahimsa Naturopathic

Ahimsa Naturopathic Katie Weststrate, BSc(Hon), RHN, RYT, MSc CH, ND

Naturopathic doctors (NDs) are primary health care practitioners, extensively trained in the promotion of wellness and the prevention and treatment of disease. ND’s believe in addressing the root cause of ‘dis-ease’ and in working with each individual’s innate ability for healing to bring the body back into balance. NDs may utilize any or all of the following modalities when working with clients to implement an individualized health care plan: dietary and lifestyle counseling, nutritional supplementation, botanical (herbal) medicine, homeopathy, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) including the use of acupuncture, and physical medicine (hydrotherapy, massage, etc.)

10/11/2025

Today (Oct 9) is World PANS PANDAS Awareness Day 💚

These treatable brain–immune disorders can cause sudden changes in a child or adult's emotions, behaviour, or ability to function.

Understanding the symptoms is the first step to helping families find answers.

💡 Learn more → https://inflamedbrain.org/



10/10/2025

Reminder, there is NO yoga at the community centre today or Monday. Happy Thanksgiving! 🍁🙏

10/08/2025

So many people are unaware that some EMFs (electrical magnetic frequencies) have detrimental health impacts. Some of us have no symptoms we can perceive, we also might have no idea because we are never away from wifi, smart devices, blue tooth devices, 5G towers or from “dirty” electrical current running in our own walls. Children, those who are more fragile, who have history of chronic infection, mold sensitivity, etc tend to be more sensitive but this exposure impacts us all.
Did you now that France banned wifi in schools after looking at the detrimental impacts on children?!
This resources is heavy but has a lot of good info for you wishing to be informed. For those who want to stay ostriches, just knowing this exists, and maybe choosing to turn off all blue tooth devices and wireless, to put your phone on airplane mode overnight can dramatically reduce your exposure and may make a significant difference for you or your loved ones.

Thank you for this Dr Dr. Natalie Bernicky - Ease Family Chiropractic. Holding space for all those who’ve felt and/or ar...
10/08/2025

Thank you for this Dr Dr. Natalie Bernicky - Ease Family Chiropractic. Holding space for all those who’ve felt and/or are feeling the impacts 💜

Shared by a beautiful soul 💜
10/08/2025

Shared by a beautiful soul 💜

Cocooning Through Grief

Grief transforms us.
For a time we cocoon,
folding inward,
seeking the smallest,
safest chamber of the heart.

It is not hiding,
not retreat,
but something elemental,
a return to the inner sanctuary,
where silence keeps company with sorrow.

There, time moves differently.
Hours stretch like threads of dusk,
days gather into hush,
the world’s noise
falling away.

Inside the cocoon,
grief does its secret work.
The old life dissolves,
once familiar, now unrecognizable.
We remember who we were,
but that self feels distant,
belonging to another.

The one we loved lingers still,
stitched into memory,
woven throughout our daily lives
Their absence hollows,
reshapes,
leaving an ache
both wound and witness.

Even here,
change stirs quietly.
The stillness gathers us,
slowly, gently,
like threads woven
into a new tapestry.

We cannot rush it.
We cannot command it.
We can only move
with it,
trusting the rhythm of its unfolding.

And then,
at some unexpected moment,
the cocoon begins to thin.
Light seeps through
the fragile seams.

The heart,
once too heavy to lift,
leans toward the light.
We blink against a world
the same,
yet utterly changed.

Emerging,
we carry both the ache and the light,
a new way of being,
fragile,
resilient,
transformed,
and in some hidden way,
more luminous
for having passed through the dark.

~ 'Cocooning Through Grief' by Spirit of a Hippie

✍️ Mary Anne Byrne

~ Art by Serin Alar Serin Alar

10/06/2025
Gratitude for the opportunity to connect with like minded folks on the mat! 🧘🙏 If you're finding yourself yearning for a...
10/06/2025

Gratitude for the opportunity to connect with like minded folks on the mat! 🧘🙏 If you're finding yourself yearning for a little more time spent connecting inward (or disconnecting from the monkey mind and external hubub!) these retreats offer the opportunity to relax, release and renew. Whether for an afternoon or a long weekend, pick what serves you. Contact us with questions - info@ahimsanaturopathic.com





10/04/2025

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Merrickville, ON
K0G1N0

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