Dr. Sarah Hawthorn, ND, R.Ac
Connie Walsh, RMT, Manual Osteopathic Practitioner
Dr. Jennifer Hendry-Lynn, ND
Dr. Tanya McEachern, ND
Dr. Henna Plahe, ND
Sarah Bermingham, RMT
Cathy Oliva, RMT
Rachel Wills, RMT
Karen Campbell, Registered Psychotherapist
Karie Locke, RRPr CAHP, RMT
Heather Schock, Office Administrator, live blood cell analyst
Lyndsay Hannusch, Part Time Office Administrator
Dr. Sarah Hawthorn, ND, R.Ac
Dr. Sarah is a Naturopathic Doctor, Registered Acupuncturist and co-director of Health In Balance. She has been serving her community since 2009. She completed her undergraduate honours degree at the University of Guelph in Biomedical Science and Music. She then went on to complete the four year naturopathic medicine program at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM) in Toronto. During her internship at CCNM, she worked at the Sherbourne Health Centre for HIV patients. She has additional training in Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture, Auricular Medicine, Total Body Modification, Birth Doula, treating the pregnant and pediatric population. She loves working with families to help create healthy habits and to keep everyone healthy through the school year. She is currently studying at the CEDH, to enhance her homeopathic prescribing skills. Sarah was born and raised in Cambridge, ON and lives currently in Guelph, ON. When Sarah is away from the clinic, she enjoys skating, renovating her century home, rockclimbing, going to concerts, being outside and spending time at her cottage with her husband and three young children.
Sarah is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor and Acupuncturist and is registered through CONO (College of Naturopaths of Ontario) and CMTPAO . She is also a member of the Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors (OAND) , the Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors (CAND) , the Ontario Herbalists Association (OHA), the Association of Perinatal Naturopathic Doctors (APND), and Cambridge Chamber of Commerce. Sarah is also a board member of the Selkirk Liver Society. Two of Dr. Sarah’s career highlights have been: writing and being a regular contributor to the local magazine, ‘Holistic Parent’ and leading wellness retreats in Nicaragua with Connie. Dr.Sarah has been voted the #1 Platinum Naturopathic Doctor in the Cambridge Times Readers Choice Awards annually since 2012.
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Connie Walsh, RMT, Manual Osteopathic Practitioner
Founder and co-director of Health In Balance. Connie has been a registered massage therapist in Cambridge since 1997. Connie has completed her Osteopathy training at the Canadian College of Osteopathy. Connie has a special interest in energy medicine and incorporates these concepts into her treatments.
When Connie is not at the clinic she and her husband enjoy cheering their three children on at the arena, soccer pitch and city pool. Connie practices meditation daily. She has recently started a personal practice of Kundalini Yoga, and enjoys running and Muay Thai workouts.
Sarah Bermingham, RMT
Sarah graduated with honors from the Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy in Cambridge and is a member in good standing with the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario. Her education consisted of an extensive 2200 hours of training in anatomy, physiology, pathology, neurology, musculoskeletal treatments, orthopedic assessment, remedial exercises, kinesiology, hydrotherapy, and more. Sarah is looking forward to furthering her education with a variety of courses including (but not limited to) Hot Stone Therapy, Reflexology, and Craniosacral Therapy.
Sarah is dedicated to providing individualized treatment plans for each and every one of her clients. She recognizes that everyone is different and that each massage must be tailored to meet her client’s particular needs. Her primary goal is to perform therapeutic treatments that will allow her clients to function at their best.
Prior to beginning her career as a Registered Massage Therapist, Sarah received a Bachelor of Arts in history from McGill University. Although she loves ancient Greek and Roman history, her real passion is helping her clients to overcome a wide variety of conditions. Sarah has gained experience treating clients with tendonitis, headaches/migraines, scar tissue, general muscle aches and pains, stress-related conditions, and more.
In her spare time, Sarah enjoys travelling. She has lived in New York, Montreal and Italy at different times in her life. She also enjoys reading, attending the opera and ballet, and spending time outdoors. Sarah is passionate about animals and the environment and she is a proud supporter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals as well as Greenpeace.
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Heather Schock
Heather has been practicing aesthetics for the last 15 years. She started working at Deerhurst Resort and truly appreciated her experience in the Muskokas’. Next she worked alongside her mentor, opened her own business for two years and where she gained valuable business knowledge and finally spending the last 10 years working at the same place of business.
Recently Heather has decided to change her career path and is enrolled in college for medical receptionist.
Heather enjoys spending time with her husband Derek, 6 year old daughter Megan and greyhound Seeker. As a family they enjoy spending time outside, camping and enjoying nature in every season.
Heather has travelled from coast to coast across Canada.
Some of Heathers favourite things are:
Chocolate
Coffee &Tea
Friends and family
Jenipher Jasper, Holistic Health Coach
Jenipher has been serving the community of Cambridge and the surrounding area since 2004 as a Certified Personal Trainer, working at a local gym in Cambridge and Guelph before she opened her own boutique fitness studio in 2006. Life changed for Jenipher in 2015 when she slowly stopped recognizing her body and struggled with her overall wellness. Fighting for her life she reached out to the team at Health In Balance in 2019 and was diagnosed with multiple Environmental Illnesses. Since then, Jen has improved drastically and has rebranded her business to a full spectrum of wellness coaching and energy medicine. Certified as a Holistic Health Coach and Intuitive, she helps guide people through education and tools. Jen will be joining the clinic to offer Bioresonance Feedback to clients, both existing and new!
Bioresonance Feedback uses radionics to detect abnormalities in the various energy frequencies of cells, tissues, and organs throughout your body. Disturbances in these frequencies are often a key indicator of distress and disease. Radionics is a healing method that aims to discover imbalances in the body’s electromagnetic field, and then improve that ailment with the use of energy waves. This form of energy medicine has been used to address a number of conditions, such as chronic fatigue, anxiety, irritable bowel syndrome, cancer, and Lyme disease.
When Jen isn’t helping others, she loves being in nature, hanging out with her husband and dog, growing fresh food, and preparing yummy meals for her loved ones. You’ll also find her crocheting, doing yoga, or bouncing in her Kangoojumps. She believes in the importance of inner child healing, and finding joy, making sure to incorporate this regularly. Jen has a keen interest in Alzheimer’s, Mold Toxicity, and Animal Rights.
For more information, go to www.jenipherwellness.com
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Dr. Jennifer Hendry-Lynn ND
Dr. Jennifer Hendry-Lynn is a Naturopathic Doctor with over 10-years of experience treating the community of Cambridge, Ontario and the surrounding areas. She is passionate about helping women and their families thrive. It is her goal to provide treatments that address the problem causing the symptom(s) in your body. Her practice has a focus in digestive health, women’s health/children’s health (perinatal/postnatal care, fertility, and hormones imbalances) and stress. In addition, she has a strong background in autoimmune diseases, weight loss, allergies and skin disorders.
Originally from St. Catharines, Ontario, Dr. Jennifer Hendry-Lynn ND graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Sciences with First Class Honours from Brock University. Throughout University she was an active member of the Med Plus Program, which is a four-year non-credit concurrent program for students with a passion for health care. Furthermore, the program exposed her to a variety of careers in the healthcare and volunteer opportunities. Volunteering at the Niagara Children’s Centre (previously the Niagara Peninsula Children’s Centre) School, she worked in classrooms to help children with both communication and/or physical disabilities. During her time in University she had some health issues that she could not seem to resolve with the medical system. Therefore, she ended up seeing a local Naturopathic Doctor to help find some answers to her digestion concerns. With her Naturopathic Doctor, they worked together to find the root cause of her discomfort. After that, she was on a new career path.
When it was time to apply to post-graduate school, Dr. Jen ND decided to pursue a career in Naturopathic Medicine to help others like herself find the root cause of their disease. She attended the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM) Toronto, Ontario, and four-years later graduated with Honours as a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine. After completing 8-years of post-secondary education, Dr. Jennifer Hendry-Lynn ND is a primary health care provider practicing a combination of contemporary and alternative medicine. She is a fully registered Naturopathic Doctor with the College of Naturopaths of Ontario, and an active member of both the Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors (OAND) and the Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors (CAND).
She is passionate about health and about helping others achieve health and wellness with the team at Health in Balance. When she’s not at work, she is a wife and a mother to her two children, her dog Oscar and her cat Peppa. She loves cooking and creating healthy and nutritious food and being active.
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Dr. Tanya McEachern ND
Dr. Tanya McEachern, ND is a board-certified, Naturopathic Doctor registered with the College of Naturopaths of Ontario (CONO) She uses a wide range of treatment therapies including clinical nutrition, acupuncture, reiki, sound therapy, and herbal medicine in order to support the healing power of the body.
Dr. Tanya's mission is to bring health, vitality and optimal wellness to all clients through an intricate combination of ancient holistic methods and cutting-edge integrative biomedicine, allowing clients to look, feel and be their very best selves, no matter what ails them. She thoroughly believes in assessing the physical, mental, emotional, genetic, environmental and social factors contributing to the health of each individual patient.
Dr. Tanya offers food sensitivity testing, injectable Vitamin B12, colonic hydrotherapy, cosmetic facial acupuncture, and is able to prescribe bioidentical hormones. Her primary focuses include gut health, full body detoxification, and hormone balancing.
Dr. Tanya is working on advancing her training in order to offer IV Detox & Vitamin Infusion Therapy, which she hopes to offer in 2021. In her spare time, Dr. Tanya enjoys hiking and spending time in nature with her two young children and her two dogs, Bubba and Bella. She has a vigorous yoga practice, and enjoys writing, horseback riding, gardening, and preparing healthy family meals.
She is a member of both the Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors, and the Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors.
Check out Dr. Tanya’s blog here: https://tanyamceachern.com/blog/
Follow her on Instagram: @dr.tanya.nd
Email: drtanya@tanyamceachern.com
Dr. Henna Plahe ND
Clinical Interests: Hormonal Health (Menstrual irregularity, Fibroids, Endometriosis. PCOS, PMS), Cognition, Low energy, Adrenal Concerns, Acne, High Cholesterol, Blood sugar balance, Digestive Complaints and Gut health.
Dr. Henna Plahe, ND is a Naturopathic Doctor registered in Ontario with the College of Naturopaths of Ontario. Her treatment plans often include Herbal medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture, and Nutritional recommendations and supplements.
Dr. Henna’s focus is tailored natural medicine based on the needs and ideals of YOUR body. She has an understanding that everything in your body is connected – She looks at your health as a whole, with a complete analysis of symptoms, lifestyle, emotions, nutrition and exercise as these are factors that contribute to health. She orders detailed blood work and testing to create solutions to allow you to feel your best.
Dr. Henna offers Specialized Hormone testing, Extensive Gut health testing, Bioidentical Hormone replacement therapy, Vitamin B12 injections, Electro-acupuncture and cosmetic facial acupuncture.
Dr. Henna is an active member of both the Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors and the Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors. When she is not helping people optimize their health and feel their best, you’ll find her hiking country trails, tending in her garden, or testing out new and delicious recipes. You can find more about Dr. Henna here on her website or you can follow her on Instagram @drplahend She looks forward to meeting you!
Cathy Oliva B.Sc RMT
Cathy’s approach to Massage Therapy is a balance of critical thinking and intuition; of tissue assessment and subtle energy awareness. In a treatment with Cathy, the whole person is cared for: mind, body and spirit.
Cathy has been an RMT for 14 years and has been practicing Yoga for just as long. Cathy is a committed lifelong learner and her education includes: an Honours Science degree in Biology, Massage Therapy training, as well as courses in Chinese medicine, various therapeutic modalities, the chakra system and Kundalini breathing techniques. Most recently Cathy became a certified Yoga Teacher, which included a certification in trauma informed movement.
Cathy’s extensive experience has exposed her to a wide variety of people and conditions and she is able to assess and treat any client she encounters. As part of a network of local health care practitioners, Cathy is knowledgeable about who to collaborate with, should the need for multiple practitioners be indicated. As such, she has shared clients with Health in Balance for many years, and is delighted to be a part of this multidisciplinary team.
In addition to RMT services, starting in 2021, Cathy will offer small group yoga and meditation classes, and one-on-one yoga sessions for those seeking a practice tailored to their individual needs. Cathy hopes to deepen her Yoga education by taking a course on Yoga Nidra in the near future.
In her spare time, Cathy loves to travel, dabbles in tarot, is writing her first novel and looks after her favourite humans, her 2 boys.
Rachel Wills, RMT
My professional passions and ambitions are to hold a healing space that provides health and wellness, physically and mentally. I strive to provide care specifically designed to meet the needs of the individual.
I graduated from the Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy, Holt School of Natural Healing in 2018, where i studied reflexology and energy healing.
in 2021, I am currently studying cranial sacral therapy, which is a gentle, non invasive massage that works with the cranial bones, the spine, and the sacrum. This therapy relieve stress in the body and balances the flow of cranial sacral fluid.
Our minds and bodies are not separate, the effects on one impacts the other.
I value the provisions of a continuous therapeutic approach of balance for the mind, body, and soul.
Karen Campbell, Registered Psychotherapist
Karen Campbell has been a Registered Psychotherapist since 2011. Karen has a Master of Counselling Degree, with a specialization in Art Therapy. Karen uses the pronouns she/her. She comes to Health In Balance with over 15 years of experience supporting individuals with complex mental health issues, including depression, anxiety, trauma, attachment, intergenerational issues, grief and loss, as well as those looking for assistance with emotional regulation, self compassion and self-care. Karen brings an open-minded, client-centred approach to therapy. Karen also has extensive training in working with individuals who have been prenatally exposed to alcohol (FASD). She is a committed ally to our indigenous neighbours and cares deeply about the ongoing injustices of colonization. Karen believes in the healing properties that connection brings; the fertile ground for growing the seeds of positive change.
Outside of the office, Karen is passionate about her connection with nature, creative endeavours, and living a balanced life. She enjoys photography, camping, kayaking and learning about plants.
Karie Locke RRPr CAHP, RMT
Registered Reflexologist & Certified Aromatherapist
Karie is a Registered Reflexology Practitioner, Certified Aromatherapy Health Practitioner and Health Coach. Karie has been offering her services in Cambridge for over 13 years. Karie attended the Balnea Institute of Holistic Therapies where she earned a Diploma in Esthetics and Spa Therapies as well as a Diploma as a Natural Health Care Practitioner in 2009. At that time, she also completed her Certification as a Aromatherapy Practitioner and Reflexology Practitioner.
Over the years Karie has completed continuing education credits for her professional memberships in Aromatherapy & Reflexology. She has sat on the Board of Directors for Canadian Federation of Aromatherapists and attended many workshops and webinars. Along the way, Karie continued studying nutrition and in 2021 she earned her certification as a Holistic Nutrition Weight Loss Coach. Karie is currently studying Massage Therapy at Anderson College in Brantford.
Karie offers Reflexology sessions, ionCleanse detox foot bath and other holistic services as well as combinations of services. Karie takes a holistic approach to every client's needs to work out an individual plan of action to restore balance and well being.
When she is not at the clinic or in the classroom, Karie enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband and 3 children.