Hand to Heart Being

01/26/2026

Feeling the ache settle into your bones?
Not a friend of the white stuff?
Longing for some ME TIME?
Appointment times available this week, morning, afternoon and evening.

01/14/2026

Do you know a youth whose life has been touched by breast cancer?
Please let them know about this invaluable 6 part webinar series starting next week. The deadline to register is Friday January 16h.

Happy Gregorian New Year to you all!

Are you looking for a way to start your 2026 off with self-empowerment? Are you seeking out ways of boosting your lifestyle, diet, or overall well-being? Or perhaps you made a New Year’s resolution to deepen into community and widen your circles?

In honour of new beginnings and setting fresh intentions, we're so excited to be bringing this program back in just a few weeks! We invite you to join us as we dive into and explore the many facets of your breast/chest health and holistic wellness.

In order to make our offering more accessible, the program is $100 for all six weeks, with the option to bring a sister, friend, neighbour, coworker, or classmate for a buy-one-get-one-half-off deal... because it's always even more fun learning with a friend! 💞

Registration closes January 16, and we require minimum enrollment to run, so be sure to fill out the form soon to secure your spot: https://forms.gle/9bUegXNPXB9Df4wY8

For more information, feel free to send us an email at mammaliveyouth@gmail.com

01/09/2026

Interested in what's in store for the new year? I invite you to read my latest newsletter as I have some time sensitive workshops and specials to offer.

Will it be a year for finishing projects, a deep introspection, or giving yourself permission to indulge, or should you be prepared for a bit of a roller-coaster? Try MINI FACE TALK reading, which draws upon your Facial features, as well as your Birthdate energetics for insight into what to expect t...

01/08/2026

Happy Gregorian New Year to you all!

Are you looking for a way to start your 2026 off with self-empowerment? Are you seeking out ways of boosting your lifestyle, diet, or overall well-being? Or perhaps you made a New Year’s resolution to deepen into community and widen your circles?

In honour of new beginnings and setting fresh intentions, we're so excited to be bringing this program back in just a few weeks! We invite you to join us as we dive into and explore the many facets of your breast/chest health and holistic wellness.

In order to make our offering more accessible, the program is $100 for all six weeks, with the option to bring a sister, friend, neighbour, coworker, or classmate for a buy-one-get-one-half-off deal... because it's always even more fun learning with a friend! 💞

Registration closes January 16, and we require minimum enrollment to run, so be sure to fill out the form soon to secure your spot: https://forms.gle/9bUegXNPXB9Df4wY8

For more information, feel free to send us an email at mammaliveyouth@gmail.com

01/04/2026

As a breast health educator I am so pleased to be part of this incentive to spread the message of self empowerment to our youth! The earlier we understand how lifestyle/mental/environmental/physical/dietary and even spiritual factors contribute to breast health the better.
We are ALL at risk - no matter our gender or identity.
Love your body better!
PLEASE SHARE!

Happy Gregorian New Year to you all!

Are you looking for a way to start your 2026 off with self-empowerment? Are you seeking out ways of boosting your lifestyle, diet, or overall well-being? Or perhaps you made a New Year’s resolution to deepen into community and widen your circles?

In honour of new beginnings and setting fresh intentions, we're so excited to be bringing this program back in just a few weeks! We invite you to join us as we dive into and explore the many facets of your breast/chest health and holistic wellness.

In order to make our offering more accessible, the program is $100 for all six weeks, with the option to bring a sister, friend, neighbour, coworker, or classmate for a buy-one-get-one-half-off deal... because it's always even more fun learning with a friend! 💞

Registration closes January 16, and we require minimum enrollment to run, so be sure to fill out the form soon to secure your spot: https://forms.gle/9bUegXNPXB9Df4wY8

For more information, feel free to send us an email at mammaliveyouth@gmail.com

01/03/2026

Some very important issues to consider as "human beings"

Is technology evolving too quickly for us to collectively steward it ethically?
Samantha Smith, a freelance journalist and commentator, discovered that Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok had been used by other people on the social media platform X to digitally alter images of women by removing their clothing or putting them in sexualized situations without their consent.

The manipulations were done by other users prompting Grok to “undress” the image, effectively creating fake sexualized content using her likeness. Samantha described the experience as deeply violating and degrading, saying the manipulated images felt like they were of her and made her feel “dehumanised and reduced into a sexual stereotype.” She emphasized that women are not consenting to these AI-generated images and that the misuse of the technology made her feel as though her privacy and dignity had been violated.

I've written about this subject before with another high profile situation involving similar outcomes, but with video. This is where I can’t help but feel that we as a society are too deeply disconnected and emotionally stagnant to be able to steward technologies like this at the moment.

It’s the age old question: is it the technology itself or the humans who use it? For me, in most cases with AI, it’s the quality of us as humans at the moment, as well as the way our world is designed, that worries me more than most of these technologies themselves.

We seem so deeply disconnected from our emotions and how others feel that it’s common for people to want to tear down others who are going through a tough experience just to provide a ‘take’ that could go viral.

We don’t seek to understand or truly listen to what pain someone is going through because, in many cases, we’d rather judge them for their looks, skin color, political orientation, popularity or privilege, so we don’t have to truly connect with them. It’s like we’ve built ways in which we can defend ourselves from connecting with each other.

Why do so many of us have a hard time empathizing with other people we have not even met and don’t know? Do we see this as a healthy path forward, even if AI use cases like this didn’t exist?

Either way, I believe that the need for us to truly focus on the quality of our emotions, connection to others, and being-ness is huge, and will be the foundation of how we navigate the upcoming years in order to take action towards a more thriving future.

Written By Joe Martino

01/01/2026

Welcome to 2026!
May we be well, be mindful, be patient, be joyful.

12/25/2025

Season's Greetings!
May you find the
stillness within...

12/21/2025

All set up for doing mini sessions at Rising Spirit for the day in honour of Winter Solstice and the 6th anniversary of this lovely retreat.
Your $20 entry gets you access to campfire treats, soup, the sauna and cold plunge, then pay a la carte for group sessions like Breathwork, Yoga, Drumming, Soundbath, as well as one on one sessions with me (shiatsu or Face Talk/elemental energetics )and several other practitioners doing energy work, psychic readings etc.
We're here from 9-6pm. 💞

12/20/2025

I hope to see some of you there!!
Join me for either a 20 minute traditional shiatsu treatment to help settle into your winter body/mind/spirit, OR a mini Face Reading - showing you what your face and birth energetics can tell you what to expect and how to harness your personal energy of the upcoming year.

Our fabulous four practitioners at the Sunday Solstice, running from 9-6. Sign up with them when you arrive. Prices range from $30-$45. A $20 entrance fee gets you soup, fire and marshmallows, cookies, hot chocolate, snowshoeing, massage chairs, infrared sauna, and cold plunge! Studio sessions, paid a la carte range from $20-$25 and include yoga, sound journeys, drumming circle, breathwork and acoustic guitar! Join us for the fun!

12/16/2025

The clinic is cozy, the apple cider is warm and check out just one of my inspiring specials....
"What's in the Mix for 2026?"
A nifty gift in three price points for the person who needs help planning for next year.
Drop in for a visit between 10am-7pm today.
See my pinned post for details

12/15/2025

Due to the timing of last week's unfortunate weather, I am open again tomorrow (Tuesday December 16th) for Drop-In visits ALL DAY LONG from 10am - 7pm for client appreciation and browsing/ shopping opportunities.
My fees go up in January so stock up on a few pre-paid treatments for yourself too!
Come for a chat, hot apple cider, a cuppa tea, ☕️ a healthy treat and a free neck/ shoulders/back mini shiatsu chair treatment or a soothing salt lamp hand detox.

Gift Certificates are available in all denominations or for all services including Shiatsu, Reiki, Access Bars, Facial cupping or Gua Sha, the Far infrared sauna.
Grab this month's DEAL🌟 - a "What's in the mix for 2026" Mini Face Talk reading or one of my wonderfully curated packages appealing to your or your loved one's strongest Facial Archetype.

Stocking stuffers on a wellness theme include weighted eye pillows, DIY essential oil sprays, roll-ons and inhalers, Touch affirmation quotes and Keyboard Shiatsu - self care for those who spend time sitting at a desk.
I can't wait to see you! 💞
Hand to Heart Being
214 Seneca Ave, Oshawa.