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Marisa Furry

Holistic Nutrition & Nutrition Counseling
Focus: Holistic Nutrition,  Diet and Lifestyle change, Weight Loss, Meal Planning, Woman's Health, Fertility, Gut Health, Vegetarian & Vegan Health, Healthy Aging

My love for nutrition and wellness stems from my days working at a health food store. I find supplements, herbs, and how food fuels our brains and bodies intensely fascinating. Through a consultation together and personalised nutrition report, I assess which body systems are most affected or out of balance, using a holistic approach to regain homeostasis. Nutrition counseling is an opportunity to find change and support through diet and lifestyle, and a way to check-in with, and stay on track through your wellness journey. Hair mineral analysis and food IgG intolerance testing is a very insightful measurement of health from the inside, and I am happy to offer these services in addition to nutrition reports through CanAlt laboratories. 
Understanding nutrition, and its integral role in every aspect of our wellbeing, is something I am passionate to share. Fresh, organic food should be accessible to all and I am an advocate for examining and beginning with what we put into our bodies as the first step toward positive change. The body wants to be well, and it brings me great pleasure to see individuals of all ages succeed at transforming into their best, healthiest selves through an integrative, holistic approach. I have a B.A. in English language & literature, I’m a RYT (200) teaching chair and hatha yoga in Ontario’s wine country, and a holistic nutritionist/counselor certified in herbal healing. Recently I have been leading online yoga sessions for Special Olympics (local chapter) and other regional programs. 
I live a minimalist life with my pets and partner, and my self-care rituals include reading, hiking, traveling, yoga, and learning Russian!
Your insurance provider may cover nutrition/nutrition counseling in your benefits plan. I issue receipts for each appointment which you may submit to your provider, should they cover these services. ​

Focus: Overall Fitness, Yoga, Routine and Lifestyle change, Weight Loss, Woman's Health,  Healthy Aging

Exercising doesn’t have to have an ‘end goal’: we don’t all want (or need) to look like body builders or professional swimmers. Many of us engage in exercise to feel our best, keep mobile, and stay healthy at the most basic level.

The success of any lifestyle, including diet and exercise, is finding something we love about it and pursuing it without condition. This means, with fitness, anyway, if you’ve tried the gym in the past, hated it, and dropped out, don’t go back! Why would it work the second time? Similarly, if you’ve cycled through seventeen home equipment sets and used sixteen-and-a-half of them, investing in a new rowing machine probably isn’t a good idea, either.

Did you know something as simple (and easy to fit into the day) as getting out for a brisk, ten-minute walk—especially in wintertime—increases blood flow to the brain, improves cognitive function, metabolism, sleep, immune function, and libido? Not to mention the benefits of weight management, circulation, bone health, mobility, and flexibility.

Find something you love to do, and stick with it. If you get the most joy out of organized sports and joining a running group, hiking a new trail, lifting weights at six in the morning at the local gym, or water aerobics with a friend, that’s exactly what you should do. Anything that makes us consider not showing up or is a chore to complete, is not going to work in the long run.

Adults should aim for three hours per week of exercise that makes us sweat, and should include (daily would be ideal) exercise that challenges our joints, increases flexibility (yoga, for example), and introduces resistance or weight-bearing exercise. This can be carrying your groceries up the stairs to your apartment, giving a piggy-back ride to your kids, or simply incorporating hand-held weights into an at-home practice. This increases bone density, muscle tone, aids in digestion and sleep, can slow down the aging process, and even improve your sex life—not to mention protecting our cardiovascular system, lowering our resting heart rate, and staving off obesity and other disease.

‘Fitness’ is not synonymous with ‘six-pack abs’. Through nutritional and lifestyle counseling, we can assess how your goals and nutritional needs intersect, and optimize  implementing habits that will help you succeed!

All services are provided online - through a secure PHIPA-compliance. I look forward to connecting with you. ​

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