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Dr. Verna Hunt

About Verna Hunt

Dr. Verna Hunt is a naturopathic doctor, chiropractor and kinesiologist in clinical practice for over 35 years.

Human Body Operating Instructions

Story #1 – Water
In health care, storytelling promotes learning not only mentally but also through our senses and emotions as we can use our imagination to understand what is happening and what we can do about it. When the learning goes through our creative imagination it is easier to remember. When I teach my […]

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Guest Column at Canadian Women’s Health Network

I wrote a guest column for the Canadian Women’s Health Network titled “Being Proactive about Your Breast Health.” Please follow the link if you are interested in reading the column.

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Forest Bathing Boosts Health

By Dr. Verna Hunt BSC DC ND

 

Homeostasis is the foundation of good health. The word homeostasis means the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition […]

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Spring Inspirations

April 2016
If “April showers bring May flowers,” what do April snow storms bring? Despite the confusion of winter weather recently, the spring flowers are bravely trying to grow and blossom. Similarly, people are attempting to shed their wintery feelings and are out in the sunshine, when it appears, enthusiasm for the springtime slowly blooming.

In my blog post […]

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Teaching and Speaking Events in 2016

Here are some events I will be participating in this year. As more details become available, I will update this information. Thank you.

 
Teaching for The Legacy Project
April 16, 2016
Teaching parts 3 and 4 of the New Patient Physical Examination. Held at CCNM.
See www.oand.org for more details and to sign up.
Newfoundland Clinic, August 2016
Clinics at […]

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Move into 2016 by finding calmness within the chaos of our world

Feeling overwhelmed and knocked off course is very common as we come to the end of the year, and maybe especially so in 2015. Each person’s life is being touched by the state of the world. It is a time of great change and it is hard to know ‘which end is up.’
If we […]

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Transitions are best managed through resiliency and responsiveness.

Getting ready for cooler weather is not what has been on anyone’s list of things to do during the heat of August and early September. So this blog is a reminder that, before Thanksgiving comes, you need to begin to clear the debris out of your filters, especially the liver and kidneys, and provide […]

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2014 OAND Convention Videos

OAND CONVENTION 2014 – Trade Show Floor (short) from Legacy Project on Vimeo.
OAND CONVENTION 2014 – Trade Room Floor (short) & Interview (Katie Rheaume-Bleue ND) from Legacy Project on Vimeo.

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Update on Naturopathic Move to the RHPA

 Dr. Verna Hunt, BSc DC ND
In the next few months naturopathic medicine will be moving from the Drugless Practitioner’s Act (DPA) to the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA) under the College of Naturopaths of Ontario (CONO). The decision to move naturopathic doctors under the RHPA was made in 2007 when the Naturopathy Act was […]

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Newfoundland Clinic, July 2015

This coming July, Dr. Verna Hunt will hold a clinic for 4–5 days at The Old Cottage Hospital in Norris Point, along the western shores of Newfoundland right beside Gros Morne National Park. To book an appointment, please phone 709-458-2875.

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