21st Century Pain Solutions

Larissa Strath shares her insights into the relationship of diets and chronic pain. After getting her BSE Degree in Premedical Biology in 2016, she is now studying alongside a professor in a neuroscience doctoral program about the areas of the immune system; and diet modulation of pain and addiction.

P. BRENDON LUNDBERG is a previous chronic pain sufferer with deep experience in healthcare management, marketing, business development, and sales. He played key operational and business development roles for two award-winning companies and was director of sales and marketing for a medical start-up. With a vision to build the safest, most consistently effective and appealing solution to the epidemic of chronic pain, Brendon co-founded and is the CEO of Radiant Pain Relief Centres, with the mission to change the way chronic pain is treated.

My life circumstances have taken many twists, turns and detours. I really thought I would end up being an actor, a comedian and a poet 🙂 But, very often, Life asks more of me than I am initially willing to give. And it is often surprising. This path has been a blessing for me in so many ways and I still make time to write, create humour and art whenever possible.

I was fortunate from a young age to have a wide and deep life of experiences which eventually led me onto the mystical path and my calling to support others in their evolution and healing. No one gets to where they are without help. I have been incredibly blessed with the mentors and teachers who have appeared in my life and supported me through all of the challenges of evolving and learning to devote myself to service while also remaining devoted to my own self-care.

I reside on the beautiful Sunshine Coast (just a 40-minute ferry ride from Vancouver). The simple things give me great satisfaction: eating delicious & healthy food, spending time in nature and connecting with family & friends.

As a practitioner of Yoga & Tantra, my focus is on heart-centred living and evolving through my work and relationships. I enjoy a life of cultivating beauty and deepening service. 

My work includes one-on-one sessions with private clients, leading various yoga programs and men's circles and in helping to oversee the operations of Arkaya Awareness Centre. I am also apprenticing with my teacher, Yogacharini Maitreyi, in learning to train new Yoga teachers.

I am certified as a coach using the Accelerated Evolution methods - a set of fast and effective consciousness enhancing tools distilled from the best of the world’s healing and wisdom traditions. I was closely mentored by the founder of Accelerated Evolution, Satyen Raja, for around two years and absorbed a rich capacity for bringing out people's deepest gifts to be used in service to others. Satyen was a big influence in my development and really helped me to mature as a man navigating a spiritual yet worldly life.

I am fully certified as teacher of Arkaya Yoga and as an Arkaya Multidimensional Healer by my teacher, Yogacharini Matireyi - founder of Arkaya. She has given me permission to work as a healer, coach and Yoga facilitator. Arkaya is rooted in the classical Indian system of Yoga & Tantra. It is the art and science of healing, evolution and self-realization. 

As the Community Builder & Communications Director for Arkaya Awareness Centre, I find great joy in helping to create conscious, uplifting community where people can reach their full potential & self-expression in a healthy environment. I continue to work with Maitreyi almost everyday in the overseeing of the Arkaya community and all of its' various programs. I give her much credit for where I am today. Together, we have witnessed the incredible blossoming of our Vancouver group over the last three years.

Yogacharini Maitreyi is a Practical Mystic and an International Body, Emotion & Mind Trainer . She trains Arkaya mindfulness and yoga teachers In Vancouver / Canada and Chennai/India apart from having trained teachers in countries like Sweden. 

She also trains CEOs and Corporations in Self/ Stress management and facilitates holistic life coaching sessions

Maitreyi was given many titles such as Yogacharini (Guide and visionary), Yoga Chemmal (Expert) and Yoga Shiromani (gem) in India since 1997. She is the Founder of Arkaya Yoga. 

She gives satsanghs and speak at various conferences around the world, in Dubai, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, U.S.A and Sweden over the last 19 years. 

Yogacharini Maitreyi has over 100 published articles on Yoga and Holistic living 

Yogacharini Maitreyi also runs a foundation for children who live in the slums in Chennai/India, for the last ten years. The foundation has been supported by her and Mr Paul James who is also a Trustee. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_TinA9xfzs - Video about Arkaya Children

http://www.sundaytimes.lk/091220/Magazine/sundaytimesmagazine_01.html - Article in the Times about Maitreyi

For more on Maitreyi go to http://www.arkaya.net/foundersprofile.htm

Maitreyi has systematized Arkaya yoga. It is mindful, gentle, deep, transformational and rooted in Classical yoga ,Tanthra and subtler healing principles.

 She has also trained many corporate heads in the art and science of self management through her one day workshop “The Magick of Mindfulness" 

To contact her email [email protected] , www.arkaya.net

Dr. Jyoti Dekate is a gynecologist, obstetrician and infertility specialist in Wakad, Pune and has an experience of 13 years in these fields. Dr. Jyoti Dekate practices at Rainmist Polyclinic & Diagnostic Center in Wakad, Surya Mother & Child Hospital, Phoenix Hospital. She completed MBBS from GMC Nagpur in 2002 and MS - Obstetrics and Gynaecology from Sion Hospital Mumbai in 2007.

Originally from the UK, Emma Milley moved to Canada in 2002. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from UBC in 2006. After working at BC Children’s Hospital in the neurological/surgical ward as well as the neurological outpatient clinic, Emma’s attention shifted to raising her three children. 

Emma is excited to implement this emerging practice of Neurological Integration (NIS). Emma has personally experienced the life altering impact both for herself and her family. She observes NIS to be immensely positive for many others with a variety of health concerns. In particular, persisting headaches and migraines, concussions, and chronic pain and inflammation. NIS  is completely non-invasive and non-manipulative and does not use any equipment.

Joe explains the difference of purity in Cannabis.  He also discusses the benefits of using the different methods to receive pain relief.

Dr. James McCormack received his undergraduate pharmacy degree at the University of British Columbia in 1982 and completed a hospital pharmacy residency program at Lion's Gate Hospital in North Vancouver in 1984. He received his doctorate in pharmacy (Pharm.D.) in 1986 from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. He has had extensive experience, both locally and internationally, talking to health professionals and consumers about the rational use of medication, has presented over 300 seminars on drug therapy over the last 15 years. His focus is shared-informed decision-making using evidence based information and rational therapeutic principles. In addition, he has published over 100 articles in the medical literature, mainly in the area of rational drug therapy and has been an editor for two internationally recognized textbooks on appropriate/rational drug therapy.

Jacob Teitelbaum, M.D., is one of the most frequently quoted integrative medical authorities in the world. He is the author of the best-selling From Fatigued to Fantastic!, Pain Free, 1,2,3!, the Complete Guide to Beating Sugar Addiction, Real Cause Real Cure, The Fatigue and Fibromyalgia Solution, and the popular free Smart Phone app Cures A-Z. He is the lead author of 4 studies on effective treatment for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, and a study on effective treatment of autism using NAET. Dr. Teitelbaum appears often as a guest on news and talk shows nationwide including Good Morning America, The Dr. Oz Show, Oprah & Friends, CNN, and FoxNewsHealth. Learn more at www.Vitality101.com

Dr Breslin was chosen by his colleagues and peers as a Richmond Magazine's Top Doc in two separate categories! He achieved Top Doc in both Addiction Medicine and Adult Psychiatry. It is a great honor to be given this recognition as well as a great motivator to continue to work even harder to provide the best care to the amazing people of Richmond.