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Yoga as Origami
Themes from Katonah Yoga by Kat Villain
The practices of the body hold the power to transform the habits of the mind. Understanding the body’s fundamental proportions, folds, and fits is the key to establishing a safe and effective yoga practice and achieving optimal health and well-being. Katonah Yoga, a type of Hatha yoga developed by Nevine Michaan, combines Daoist concepts with sacred geometries and the archetypal measurements of the human body. Like origami, postures are both a precise geometric puzzle and a disciplined...
Farm Stories
Coming of Age on a Mid-20th Century Alberta Mixed Farm by George Rock
George Rock grew up in the 1950’s on a central Alberta farm that was very typical in some ways, but unusual in others. Thanks to the Rock family’s inherited expertise, knack for innovation, and openness to ideas from colleagues and hired hands, the farm thrived through the 1940’s and 1950’s. They specialized as suppliers of breeding stock and registered seed to other farms, while extending the business into more unusual endeavours, including purebred sheep and thoroughbred racehorses. As...
Under the Stars at Rainy River
by MNO Kenora Metis Council
Ten-year old Meng is homesick and lonely after moving to Fort Frances, Ontario. How will she make friends? Who will want to play with her? Befriended by Wendy, the Métis lady next door, and Pepper, Wendy’s rambunctious dog, Meng gradually comes to learn about the vibrant Métis community around her. She’s introduced to Métis culture and history, and in the process, learns how to fish, make a shore lunch, and dance the Métis jig. Under the Stars at Rainy River is a children’s book about the...
The Eagle's Last Flight
by Colby Mihulka
Despite his weakening wings, broken beak, and dull talons, Eagle stubbornly clings to his pride and independence, refusing to acknowledge his growing age and declining abilities. But when wise Dragonfly gently nudges him to confront his fears, Eagle begins to reflect on his life, his loved ones, and the legacy he will leave behind when he chooses to travel to the next world. Through their conversations, Eagle learns that embracing memories and love is far more important than clinging to the...
The Lost Princess
by Nicole Udell
Princess Eileen is out picking blackberries one morning when she meets a lost young rabbit. She helps the rabbit find its way home, but in the process loses her own way! The princess has absolutely no idea how to find her way back to the castle. As Eileen wanders through the woods, she meets all kinds of delightful creatures—and some scary ones, too! How will Eileen make it through the woods and back to her parents? What adventures will she have along the way? With the help of an elf named...
The CareFull Supervisor
The Tools to Succeed and Be the Supervisor Employees Want to Have by Kevin Burns
Learn real frontline leadership in The CareFull Supervisor. Acclaimed business educator Kevin Burns shatters the traditional view of supervisory roles, exposing a profound understanding: your team doesn't work for you - you work for them. The CareFull Supervisor dismantles the complexities of leadership, equipping supervisors with practical techniques and resources to lead with confidence. While many supervisors may have been promoted due to their exceptional individual achievements,...
Sudden Leadership
A Survival Guide for Physicians by Malcolm Ogborn
In a creative yet straightforward fashion, Dr. Malcolm Ogborn provides a valuable and insightful resource that can support professionals, particularly physicians, who find themselves thrust into leadership roles requiring knowledge and skills that have not been part of their professional training. Sudden Leadership follows the early leadership journeys of two fictitious physicians. For each scenario in which the characters find themselves, Dr. Ogborn reviews relevant, evidence-based...
Nature's Testament
Words and Pictures of a Journey with God by Diane Hobelaid
Rising rays pierce fir and cedar shadows, illuminating diamond-dewed webs strung like laundry from fragile twig to twig. … Rivulets of yellow rippling down the ever-greenèd slopes, and round each outcrop, burning bushes signal we’re on holy ground. Molten glass reflecting rock and slopes of autumn glory, silent, still, ‘til broken by a dipping paddle stroke. And we, gliding through reflected glory, learn that heaven may be paddling in the sky. Life is messy, filled with struggle as well as...
Sacred Bundles Unborn (Second Edition)
by Morningstar Mercredi and Fire Keepers
Medical malpractice and systemic racism are as interwoven as a spider's web. Should a dragline break, the spider spins its silk and the web is easily rewoven, like systemic racism, it is all linked. Sterilizations, forced or coerced, without consent, is the deadliest entrapment effectively eliminating generations of First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples lineages. This strategy of genocide continues its silent covert assault, with or without the knowledge of the survivors of sterilizations....
I'm Not Crazy, I'm Celiac
Gluten-Free/Low-Fodmap Cookbook by Lynda Board
After receiving a celiac disease diagnosis in her late thirties, author Lynda Board knows the difficulties of implementing a celiac-safe, reliable, gluten-free diet. People who don’t understand celiac disease thought she was crazy when eating out she couldn’t eat the fries because they were cooked in the same oil as gluten-containing foods. When her gluten-free journey started, Lynda missed take-out and found the food that she could eat outside her home was limited and more expensive. Eating...