Thuja Wellness

Thuja Wellness We are an integrative health clinic specializing in multidisciplinary treatment plans helping women

Whether you're flying across the country or driving through BC this summer, travel asks a lot of your body.Hours in one ...
07/29/2026

Whether you're flying across the country or driving through BC this summer, travel asks a lot of your body.

Hours in one position, carrying luggage, disrupted sleep, dehydration, and changes in routine can all contribute to stiffness and fatigue that linger long after you've unpacked.

The good news? A few simple habits can make a big difference:

✈️ Move whenever you can during your journey.
✈️ Stay hydrated.
✈️ Stretch before and after long periods of sitting.
✈️ Give yourself time to recover when you arrive home.

If you're returning from vacation with aches, tension, headaches, or a body that just doesn't feel like itself, osteopathic treatment can help restore balance and get you moving comfortably again.

Where are you traveling this summer?










Many people think self-care begins when something hurts.From an osteopathic perspective, it begins much earlier.Your bod...
07/24/2026

Many people think self-care begins when something hurts.

From an osteopathic perspective, it begins much earlier.

Your body is constantly communicating through tension, stiffness, fatigue, headaches, digestion, breathing, sleep, and movement.

Rather than pushing through these signals, self-care means listening to them.

💛 Sometimes that looks like resting.
💛 Sometimes it's moving.
💛 Sometimes it's asking for support.

When we understand how the whole body works together, we can respond before small issues become bigger ones.

This International Self-Care Day, ask yourself: What has my body been trying to tell me?










Love this Google review from Jess Chin.A restriction in your rib cage can change how you walk, which might end up puttin...
07/16/2026

Love this Google review from Jess Chin.

A restriction in your rib cage can change how you walk, which might end up putting stress on your feet and toes. A tight shoulder can pull all the way down to your thumb. It's all one continuous web of tissue.

When you feel "tangled," my gentle, whole-body approach can help restore mobility from head to toe (literally).

Thank you so much, Jess, for sharing your experience! 🤍

👉 Feeling a bit tangled up from your summer adventures? Tap the link in our bio to book a session with Ila.

Today is Canadian Injury Prevention Day, and my favourite way to treat an injury is to prevent it entirely.When one area...
07/06/2026

Today is Canadian Injury Prevention Day, and my favourite way to treat an injury is to prevent it entirely.

When one area of the body lacks mobility, another part has to overcompensate, and that’s usually when a "tweak" happens.

3 quick ways to protect your body this summer:

1. Focus on "Pre-hab": Don't wait for pain. Open up your hips and thoracic spine before your hike to take the pressure off your knees and lower back.

2. Fluidity = Longevity: Your joints don't just need hydration; they need alignment. Proper structural balance allows your body to absorb shock efficiently.

3. Active Recovery: If Saturday was a high-intensity push, make Sunday a gentle mobility flow to let your nervous system reset.

Let's keep this summer active, fluid, and pain-free. ✨

👉 Nagging tightness holding you back? Tap the link in my bio to book an alignment sessions with me.

06/26/2026

Classic Vancouver: one day it’s beautiful hiking weather, and the next it’s a damp "Juneuary" drizzle. 🌧️

If your old injuries are flaring up or your joints feel heavy, you aren't imagining things. Rapid shifts in barometric pressure cause our tissues to expand and contract, which can irritate sensitive nerves and joints.

Don't let the weird weather stall your summer momentum. An osteopathic session focuses on fluid drainage and global alignment to help your body adapt to seasonal changes seamlessly.

🧘‍♀️ Take an hour for yourself this week to realign. Click the link in our bio to view our open June spots.

Happy World Osteopathy Day. 🌍✨When most people think of manual therapy, they think of force. They think of pulling, push...
06/22/2026

Happy World Osteopathy Day. 🌍✨

When most people think of manual therapy, they think of force. They think of pulling, pushing and making a joint "pop." But true Osteopathy is a science of listening.

Our hands are trained to feel the subtle, microscopic rhythms of your tissues. The glide of fascia, the pulse of cerebrospinal fluid and the tight, protective bracing of an overstimulated nervous system.

Your body doesn't yell its deepest truths; it whispers them through chronic stiffness, shallow breathing and persistent alignment shifts. When I treat you, I'm not just looking at a sore lower back or a tight neck. I'm looking at how your physical injuries and emotional stress become structurally held in your frame. They become part of your own story.

Today, we celebrate a modality that honours the absolute wholeness of who you are. The structure, the function, the mind and the spirit.

🌿 To our incredible Thuja community: thank you for trusting me to help heal your frame and change your story. I love returning clients to their natural rhythm.

🔗 Celebrate your body by booking a summer tune-up at the link in my bio.

🎧 And for a deeper look into how your body holds onto your unexpressed stories, check out my new podcast Love Your Villain on your favorite podcast app.

Let's talk about the physical home of your anxiety: your diaphragm 😮‍💨When we suppress heavy emotions like fear, shame, ...
06/10/2026

Let's talk about the physical home of your anxiety: your diaphragm 😮‍💨

When we suppress heavy emotions like fear, shame, or irritation, our breathing becomes shallow. The diaphragm—our primary muscle of respiration—tightens and restricts. Because the vagus nerve passes right through it, a tight diaphragm constantly signals "danger" to your brain, keeping your nervous system trapped in a loop of fight-or-flight.

You cannot think your way out of a physically restricted stress response. Osteopathy works to manually release the ribcage and diaphragm, unlocking your breath so your nervous system can finally down-regulate 🧘

Stop running from the tension. Meet it, breathe into it, and let it go.

🎙️ Season 2 of my podcast Love Your Villain is coming soon! Listen to unpack how our childhood roots shape our stress responses today. Available wherever you get your podcasts.

Vancouver is officially waking up and our summer calendars are getting packed! Between local trails, patio season and FI...
06/04/2026

Vancouver is officially waking up and our summer calendars are getting packed! Between local trails, patio season and FIFA hitting the city this month, your body is going to be on its feet 👟

But standing your ground on hard concrete requires more than just good shoes, it requires a strong foundation. From an osteopathic perspective, static standing dumps pressure straight into your lower back and ankles if your pelvis is locked.

Your Summer Event Cheat Sheet:
1️⃣ Keep a micro-bend in your knees (let your muscles absorb the shock, not your joints).
2️⃣ Shift your weight every 15 minutes.
3️⃣ Take up your space. Stand tall, drop your shoulders, and breathe into your belly.

🔗 Book your June tune-up at my link in bio.

🎧 For more on what it means to radically own your space and your story, tune into my podcast Love Your Villain on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Anatomy never ceases to amaze me. ✨Did you know that when I work on a patient’s jaw (TMJ), I’m often checking their hips...
05/30/2026

Anatomy never ceases to amaze me. ✨

Did you know that when I work on a patient’s jaw (TMJ), I’m often checking their hips, too? They are fascialy linked! If you’re a "stress-clencher," your pelvis might be holding that tension as well.

At Thuja, I’m always looking for the source, not just chasing the symptom. 🕵️‍♀️

Planning to hike the Chief or Grouse Grind? 🏔️Your feet have 26 bones and 33 joints. If one is stuck, your knee or hip h...
05/29/2026

Planning to hike the Chief or Grouse Grind? 🏔️

Your feet have 26 bones and 33 joints. If one is stuck, your knee or hip has to do double the work. Before you lace up your hikers, make sure your foundation is mobile. 🥾

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