Wellness Show 2008

The 16th Annual Wellness Show & February 1, 2, and 3 at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre&promises to enlighten, engage, and encourage attendees in their quest to find balance.

The Wellness Show, one of Canada's largest health and lifestyle showcases, and this year sponsored in part by alive magazine, offers a stimulating mixture of speakers and exhibitors who will share their knowledge on the latest in nutrition, fitness, and health for everyone in the family.

This year's show will feature the ever-popular Celebrity Cooking Stage where the focus will be on simple, healthy, easy-to-try-at-home dishes that stay true to the theme, "buy local, eat fresh." Sharing their culinary skills and wisdom this year are Le Crocodile's chef Frank Berthelon, Choices Markets' Antonio Cerullo, and Enlightened Eating author Caroline Dupont, who will reveal some of her raw food recipes.

We all need to balance a healthy diet with a good fitness regimen. To help us find our optimum balance, the Wellness Show offers simple workout solutions at their high-energy Fitness Demonstration Stage. Learn how to train at home without special equipment or extra space. See demonstrations using the latest in fitness workout aids, such as walking poles, balls, weights, and gliders, as well as how to choose the right footwear.

This year attendees will be offered a variety of workshops and seminars by leaders in the field of natural health and wellness such as Dr. Pega Ren, Lorna Vanderhaeghe, Dr. Michael Colgan, Brad King, and Dr. Tasreen Alibhai. The presenters will cover a wide range of topics all meant to provide useful information to set you on the right path toward a healthy, balanced lifestyle:

• looking and feeling younger
• eating healthy&without dieting
• dealing with stress
• preventing cancer
• preventing and dealing with diabetes
• managing change
• meditating
• fixing relationships
• fighting procrastination
• enjoying healthy sex&even after menopause

Exhibitors at the 2008 Wellness Show will offer attendees a taste of all that the natural health community has to offer. Not only will you be able to sample the latest in healthy food and beverage options & including organic food samples and tea, coffee, and chocolates & but you'll also be able to offer Rover some samples from the expanded healthy pet section. There you'll find products and services from raw, dried, and healthy eating choices; tips on keeping your pet healthy; and general pet care options.

You'll also find exhibitors of reiki (a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing); massage therapy; and the latest in organic and green choices&all under one roof & February 1, 2, and 3.

Let the 16th Annual Wellness Show help you find your balance.

For more information and event schedules visit thewellnessshow.com.

Source: alive Web Exclusive, January 2008