Sava Wellness Writings
This is a space for you to learn more about the current happenings of Sava Wellness and the different services provided.
In the blogs you will find information about Reiki, Intuitive Healing, chronic illness/disability, and how we can be healthier in this world.
Interested in learning more? Head over to the booking page to book a free 15-minute Initial Consult with Sarah!
You are Strong
Strength is Seen in Many Different Ways Being strong or feeling strong can feel like a tricky concept. Sometimes we believe that by saying we are strong we are arrogant. Sometimes we don’t feel strong at all but just like we are surviving which doesn’t feel like strength. Sometimes we compare ourselves to…
Read more!Strategies for Surviving the Holiday Season
One of the hardest times for people with chronic illnesses and/or disabilities is the holiday season. In Canada, Thanksgiving is in October. Then Halloween—which can be hard for adults and children both when parties are involved. November brings American Thanksgiving and the start of Christmas parties. December is filled with holidays, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa,…
Read more!You Are Worthy
No Matter the Functioning of Your Body, You are Worthy In moments when we are feeling down, disrespected, or like a burden, it is hard to feel like you are enough let alone worthy. And these moments can stretch to full days, weeks, months, and then can become a state of being. Ask…
Read more!Increasing Health by Setting Boundaries and Saying No
One of the hardest things to do is setting boundaries and learning how to say ‘no’. In this very connected world it can feel wrong to not always be in contact with other people, to not answer instantly to a message, to call someone back right away, or to even do every task…
Read more!Why Energy Healing?
Energy Healing can get to the Root Previously, I have talked about Reiki, Intuitive Healing, and what they do (read the article here). But why choose to have an energy healing session? For most people the answer is that it gets to the root of our symptoms and eliminates the cause allowing the…
Read more!Connection, Community, and Support
Through Connection We Can Heal As the owner of Sava Wellness, I follow many people and groups on social media that deal with chronic illness and disability. The constant that I find through all of these is the importance of true connections between people. This is not only important for our mental and…
Read more!Healing Power of Nature
This month we celebrated Earth Day! Earth is vast and has so many different wonders to explore. We see examples of this wonder every day from the trees to the birds in the sky. But what about the healing wonders of earth? Ancient people have used medicinal herbs long before western medicine came…
Read more!What is Reiki and Intuitive Healing?
What is Reiki? Reiki is a universal energy that is used in healing work. Reiki literally translates to universal life force. Reiki was discovered by Mikao Usui around 1915—although the practice is much older than that and it is thought that many ancient cultures used Reiki in some way, even if it was…
Read more!Travelling with Accommodations
This month my family and I were fortunate enough to be able to go on a trip. We picked a very lucky time as it ended up being -35ºC in Calgary while we were away basking is 23ºC. In our family of three, two of us are physically disabled, and there are food…
Read more!January is Ending!: This Month Felt Like a Year
I have a feeling that many of us have felt like this month was unending. It almost feels like we should be half way through 2025 and yet as of today we have only finished one month. How is that even possible? Time truly is such a weird, and slippery, concept. With damaging…
Read more!Resting is Self-Care!
This is the time of year where we try to give ourself a break, to rest and recuperate. This is especially true as many of us run ourselves ragged during the holiday season! Even if you can manage to not do much, a flare can happen, chronic illness sadly doesn’t go away for…
Read more!The Holidays are Upon Us!
The holidays are fully upon us! In Canada we have already celebrated Thanksgiving, but in the USA Thanksgiving festivities are in fully swing this weekend. Even if you don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, Black Friday is often the reminder that the holiday season has started. The holidays can be extremely stressful for many people. Now…
Read more!Finding Belonging in Robin Wall Kimmerer’s “Braiding Sweetgrass”:
I saw an ad for an environmental course that uses practical knowledge from all areas and disciplines to help make us the best stewards to our earth. It was remote so I could do it, but the price was unaffordable. I was lamenting this to my sister when she gave me a look…
Read more!It is Important to Ask Questions
Being an advocate for yourself can be very hard, especially in the medical world. And a hard aspect of this is asking questions. Lots of questions. Questions like: Once we have got the answers we seek, and hopefully find some relief, it is easy to forgot to continue to ask questions, but it…
Read more!Chronic Illness Sucks
Yes, it does indeed suck The biggest thing that makes chronic illness/disability sucky is that you never know what is going to happen. Sometimes you have good, or maybe even great days. Other times it is awful. And often a worsening or an added symptom/diagnosis can come out of the blue. You think…
Read more!Disability Pride Month
July is wonderful month to remind everyone that all people have varying abilities and this is what makes us unique. It is a great time for advocacy and an extra chance to get to know people who are different than you. This past month the owner of Sava Wellness, Sarah, participated in a…
Read more!It’s Been a Hard Year
A Little Change Hello Everyone! This year has felt very difficult hasn’t it? From everything in the news, to inflation, of course health issues, and many other things. My goal and business is to help people and I believe with the recent financial environment it is hard for people to access help and…
Read more!New Offerings
This month Sava Wellness has expanding its offerings and there are now many more services to book! Each service is done virtually allowing far-reaching access! Listed below are all the services and the descriptions. If you would like more information, you can ask questions, book a service, or book a free initial consult,…
Read more!Journeying Through Grief
This is a more personal note than I have written before. This year I had great plans to put into action in January. What I did not realize, and could not plan for, was the sudden death of my Grandfather. It was quite a shock. While I grieved for my Grandfather, I also…
Read more!A Hard Thing to Do: Being Kind to Yourself
Last month we talked about taking a moment for yourself. Doing something you love just for you. This is incredibly hard to start so we talked about starting small. Taking a minute to yourself to breathe, looking out the window, a moment to just be you before you go to bed. No matter…
Read more!Enjoying the Little Things
This morning I sat down to think about this post. After a month of taking things slower I wondered what I should write. I looked out the window at our tree in the front yard. There are no more leaves and there are still some berries in the tree that birds come to…
Read more!False Changing of Seasons
This has been a season of false starts and stops here in Calgary. We thought summer was done and fall would begin, but then we had summer weather again. And then a couple days of fall, and then back to summer. This week we might even start deep winter with the coming weeks…
Read more!Crisp Leaves and Cooling Air
At the end of September the leaves in my hometown are in the process of changing colour and many trees have already lost all of their leaves. With a look into October we enter into a space of ending the seasonal plants and colder temperatures are approaching. It can be a time of…
Read more!Good-Bye Summer and Hello Fall
Today is the first day of September which means the wrap up of summer. For people with chronic illness/disability there are two reactions to summer finishing. The first being sadness that they no longer have the life giving warmth of the sun anymore. The other group is extremely thankful that the heat that…
Read more!Welcome to Sava Wellness!
Hello and Welcome to the new Sava Wellness! First an introduction! Sava Wellness is a chronic illness support business where people with chronic illnesses and people with visible and invisible disabilities can come to be supported. We offer virtual one-on-one appointments to provide support and strategies for navigating chronic illness. This could include structured or…
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