• On Feb, 18, 2016
•  Jayne Hembruff

Anxiety is a reality for some children. In fact, nearly one in five Ontario children under the age of 18 experiences a mental, emotional or behavioural disorder that is severe enough to seriously affect their daily functioning at home, school or within the community. The good news is that early diagnosis and treatment lead to […]

• On Feb, 02, 2016
•  Jayne Hembruff

Did you know yoga is good for mental health? In last week’s Bell Let’s Talk special on?The Social (aired Jan 27, 2016) ?our Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau spoke?openly about mental health, how it has touched his life, his family, how he’d like to improve mental health services and what he does for his own mental […]

• On Jan, 26, 2016
•  Jayne Hembruff

Let’s ?empower all peope?to do whatever they want, regardless of their experience, size, shape, colour, status or any other pigeonhole society has prescribed for them. Thank you yoga master, Dianne Bondy ?who is helping to?shatter the narrow minded and outdated stereotypes about the limitations of size in yoga. For the past decade, ?I often hear […]

• On Jan, 01, 2016
•  Jayne Hembruff

  Are you looking for something to do after school? Want to make new friends ?and have fun? Then come to the Wayside Center, where being you is being cool! Every Monday from 3-5pm you are invited to drop-in at 22 Bridgeport Road West, Waterloo Enjoy a healthy snack, homework help, open gym activities like […]

• On Dec, 03, 2015
•  Jayne Hembruff

The update: Yoga classes back at University of Ottawa after ‘appropriation’ debatehttp://cnews.canoe.com/CNEWS/Canada/2016/01/25/22597133.html Nov 2015 Ottawa student leaders back away from ‘cultural issue’ yoga commentsWhat are you thoughts about yoga and cultural issue? For me,??yoga as a great way to improve one’s self awareness, learn self care tools and reminds us to practice self regulation. It […]

• On Nov, 13, 2015
•  Jayne Hembruff

http://www.kidsability.ca/newsroom?newsid=10 Tonight’s event is in partnership with Parents for Children’s Mental Health which is a provincial organization that provides peer to peer support to parents who have a child or youth living with mental health challenges. Angela Sider is the Chapter Leader for the Waterloo Region and she can be accessed through PCMH’s email account […]

• On Oct, 22, 2015
•  Jayne Hembruff

?? Did you know Waterloo Region has?an?Elder Abuse Response team? ?The Elder Abuse Response Team ?is composed of Community Care Access Centre?(CCAC)?Nurse and a Police Detective. If you are seeking help for Elder Abuse, or would like to talk to someone, please call 519-579-4607 ?or email elderabuse@wrps.ca   On Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Kate and […]

• On Oct, 14, 2015
•  Jayne Hembruff

I love to hike, especially with my family and friends. In fact, on Thanksgiving Monday my children and I enjoyed the Rouge Valley Hiking Trail in Pickering. The weather was incredible and so were the leaves. When we arrived shortly after 8am,?there was a group of hikers?cheering that I was able to get teens out […]

• On Oct, 06, 2015
•  Jayne Hembruff

Yesterday I had the pleasure of sharing my passion?for yoga with the?NoteWorthy Singers, a ?seniors choir. My task was to share techniques on how to?relax, ?breath and improve posture. I thought I would share my?tips here in my post/blog to help other singers and as a reference for?the NoteWorthy Singers. Posture Check: Seated: First, lets […]

• On Sep, 29, 2015
•  Jayne Hembruff

  I am so excited to share?I have partnered up with Parents for Children’s Mental Health (PCMHA) and Kids Ability to offer a free “Shrug off Stress to Help Combat Caregiver Fatigue” workshop. This hands on workshop will provide family members with the opportunity to escape the stresses of everyday life. It will provide you […]