Erin Whyte, RMT

Proud to be a sponsor in the fundraising efforts of Women's Initiative for Safer Environments (Initiative des femmes pour la sécurité environmentale).

WISE is Holding its Annual Women's Safety Walkathon Fundraiser!

Women`s Initiatives for Safer Environments (WISE) is holding its annual walkathon to raise awareness about women`s safety in public environments in Ottawa.

PRIZES for greatest donation, best safety pics and highest kms!!!

If you are out and about, as you are walking, running, wheeling, or getting in your steps, take a look at the environment around you, click a few pics and send us information on areas that may require better lighting, signage, accessibility features, trimming of bushes, ...

The safety of our community is up to all of us. With your pics or comments, WISE will follow up on your safety concerns through our community safety audit program. Check us out at wiseottawa.ca to learn more about our work.

Get your friends, family and co-workers involved and walk together!

Those interested in obtaining sponsors can do so as well through our event page on Canada Helps.

Donation and registration can be made through the following Canada Helps link: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/womens-initiatives-for-safer-environments-wise/p2p/wisewomenssafetywalkathon/

Get fit; Be safe!

Thank you to our generous sponsors: Erin Whyte (RMT), Algonquin College, Legacy Auto Centre, and Headquarters Hair Parlour - all of whom we will be featuring in the coming days!

Even massage therapists succumb to stress, contraction, and the feeling of being brittle! I am experiencing an episode of acute back pain (getting better!) that I attribute to my body being very rigid during the past couple of weeks. Like many of you, there was no big physical trauma. I was working, leaning forward putting a sheet on the table and felt this very mild twinge. The next day, acute, painful sensations surrounded by overall achiness and stiffness. While there may be some underlying biomechanical tissue irritation, I can honestly say that it felt like all the stress I was under just made my body so tight and rigid that something had to give. It doesn't really matter what it was because I know it will get better with my own self-care, supportive therapeutic work, rest and time. And it is usually a reminder that I am NOT taking care of myself as well as I should. So, I like the quote below from my most recent meditation to be more flexible because when we contract, we can crack!