About Healing NL
Healing NL is a non-profit organization serving Newfoundlanders & Labradorians, committed to increasing public awareness of the province's plentiful holistic health products and services, and making them accessible to those invested in their well-being.
Healing NL also strives to cultivate a supportive network for the individual practitioners and small businesses in the holistic health community through our comprehensive directory, membership benefits and other initiatives.
Established in 2017, our directory has been steadily growing, as are the connections between our members, their products and services, with the people of our beautiful province.
Healing NL also strives to cultivate a supportive network for the individual practitioners and small businesses in the holistic health community through our comprehensive directory, membership benefits and other initiatives.
Established in 2017, our directory has been steadily growing, as are the connections between our members, their products and services, with the people of our beautiful province.
Meet our Board of Directors
JOAN DOHEY, B.A., B.Ed, M.Ed, nd.
Co-Chair
Joan Dohey is a retired primary teacher whose mission is to help others live more healthy, fulfilled lives. Through life’s experiences, observation and study, she has learned a great deal about health on all levels. With that in mind, she has certified in modalities that address problems on the Physical, mental/emotional and spiritual levels. Joan founded Healing NL in 2018 with two friends, Magalie Power and Jessica Mitton. At that time, while there were many holistic practitioners in NL, it was difficult to find them. There was a need for a directory, so they developed it! Time to Heal is Joan’s business in St. John’s, where she loves to help clients find their way back to health and wellness, through a variety of modalities.
TINA POMROY MBA, B.Comm., CMEC, RYT200, M.Ed. (exp 2023)
Co-Chair
Leadership Coach and Well-being Partner, Going Om
Having past roles as business consultant, program manager, HR professional, and team leader, Tina has always adopted the role of the ‘well-being person’ in the organizations she’s worked with. After almost 15 years in the business/corporate world and sitting on a variety of provincial and national boards and committees, she shifted he career into the world of well-being with her business Going Om and has been there for over 10 years. Tina is a 200-hr certified Hatha yoga teacher trained in mindfulness-based emotional intelligence, Vipassana, and numerous yoga, well-being, and mental health teachings. In addition to completing her MBA and B.Comm., she is also a certified mastermind executive coach and a soon-to-be graduate of her M.Ed. in Counselling Psychology. Her business, Going Om, specializes in coaching women leaders and organizing mindfulness and well-being retreats. Most importantly, though, Tina is privileged with living the roles of Mom and Nana and her daughters and granddaughters inspire her to live fully.
Having past roles as business consultant, program manager, HR professional, and team leader, Tina has always adopted the role of the ‘well-being person’ in the organizations she’s worked with. After almost 15 years in the business/corporate world and sitting on a variety of provincial and national boards and committees, she shifted he career into the world of well-being with her business Going Om and has been there for over 10 years. Tina is a 200-hr certified Hatha yoga teacher trained in mindfulness-based emotional intelligence, Vipassana, and numerous yoga, well-being, and mental health teachings. In addition to completing her MBA and B.Comm., she is also a certified mastermind executive coach and a soon-to-be graduate of her M.Ed. in Counselling Psychology. Her business, Going Om, specializes in coaching women leaders and organizing mindfulness and well-being retreats. Most importantly, though, Tina is privileged with living the roles of Mom and Nana and her daughters and granddaughters inspire her to live fully.
NADINE EMBERLEY, M.Sc, P.Geo, n.d.
Treasurer
Nadine Emberley has worked the last 20+ years as a full time professional Geologist within the oil and gas industry across Canada. Nadine started on her alternative health path a few weeks of her father's passing in 2007 when she was taught the healing arts of traditional Usui Reiki and became a Reiki Master Teacher in Calgary, Alberta that same year. She has extended her field to include training in several other complementary therapies such as Soma Breathwork, BodyTalk, Reflexology, Life Coaching, and other energy healing modalities.
Nadine focuses on her business, Reiki on the Rock on a part time basis to bring public awareness on the benefits this modality offers through teaching others Reiki and how to empower themselves on their own Usui Reiki healing journey. Her focus now is on building a thriving Reiki Practitioner community in Newfoundland so that others may have the tools for their own self-healing journey. She continues to offer one-on-one energy healing sessions and host free offerings in her Facebook Community.
She spends much of her extra time with her husband raising their two boys and getting out and enjoying nature.
Nadine focuses on her business, Reiki on the Rock on a part time basis to bring public awareness on the benefits this modality offers through teaching others Reiki and how to empower themselves on their own Usui Reiki healing journey. Her focus now is on building a thriving Reiki Practitioner community in Newfoundland so that others may have the tools for their own self-healing journey. She continues to offer one-on-one energy healing sessions and host free offerings in her Facebook Community.
She spends much of her extra time with her husband raising their two boys and getting out and enjoying nature.
DANA RYAN, RN, BN, MA, HNB-BC
Secretary
Born and raised in NL, Dana’s ongoing interest for self-care fueled her passion for holistic nursing and holistic modalities early in her career. She has been board certified in holistic nursing since 2008 (through the AHNCC). In 2012, she completed her MA in Health Arts & Sciences, with a concentration of Holistic Nursing. Dana has experience and education in various holistic modalities, some of which include reiki, non-violent communication, music therapy, and aromatherapy. She served on the Canadian Holistic Nurses Association (CHNA) Board from 2012-2019. Since then, her more “local-approach” to volunteer work brought her to Healing NL, where she served on the Board from 2018-until the start of the pandemic in 2020. She is back in 2023 with renewed energy and passion. Being on the Healing NL board allows her to establish a holistic connection with the local community, “through networking with like-minded individuals and practitioners, promoting Healing NL through local events, and consistent meetings with the board, we are able to promote holistic health to Newfoundlanders and Labradorians”.
Nicky is a naturopath and Thai yoga massage practitioner operating from her home based business Key to Wellness in Labrador City.
Thai yoga massage is a unique blend of yoga and massage in which muscles are gently stretched as they are massaged. It has sometimes been referred to as assisted yoga with massage. After a treatment clients typically experience the calming after effects of both a massage and a workout.
While Thai massage is her most-sought-after service, and she also offer an array of other modalities such as Mu-Xing therapy, hot stones, Reiki, meditation and chi-gong. She is also a local distributor of That Stuff for Pain.
Through her practice and in her daily life, she highlights the importance of proactive and consistent self-care in this era of global health delivery limitations and endeavour to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Most naturopathic insurances cover Key to Wellness services. Be sure to verify with your provider to be sure. Nameste!
Thai yoga massage is a unique blend of yoga and massage in which muscles are gently stretched as they are massaged. It has sometimes been referred to as assisted yoga with massage. After a treatment clients typically experience the calming after effects of both a massage and a workout.
While Thai massage is her most-sought-after service, and she also offer an array of other modalities such as Mu-Xing therapy, hot stones, Reiki, meditation and chi-gong. She is also a local distributor of That Stuff for Pain.
Through her practice and in her daily life, she highlights the importance of proactive and consistent self-care in this era of global health delivery limitations and endeavour to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Most naturopathic insurances cover Key to Wellness services. Be sure to verify with your provider to be sure. Nameste!
NICKY JACKOWSKI, BA. M.Ed, N.D.
Board Member
TIFFANY LUDWICKI, Rdh.
Board Member
Tiffany Ludwicki is a dental hygienist and a naturotherapist offering health coaching and myofunctional therapy. She is owner of Mind Body Mouth where she offers her services virtually to support people with sleep issues, TMJ and mouth breathing to improve their quality of life.
She is also the owner of an independent dental hygiene practice offering EMS pain free guided biofilm therapy.
Her career in dental hygiene has been primarily in gum disease, evolving to incorporate sleep and airway health, with a special interest in perinatal support.
She is past president of both the Newfoundland and the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association. Her passion is to raise awareness of oral health on overall wellness, which she accomplishes by supporting dental professionals incorporate oral-systemic health into their practice.
She is also the owner of an independent dental hygiene practice offering EMS pain free guided biofilm therapy.
Her career in dental hygiene has been primarily in gum disease, evolving to incorporate sleep and airway health, with a special interest in perinatal support.
She is past president of both the Newfoundland and the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association. Her passion is to raise awareness of oral health on overall wellness, which she accomplishes by supporting dental professionals incorporate oral-systemic health into their practice.
JOIN OUR BOARD! Want to join our board with our mission to increasing public awareness of the province's plentiful holistic health products and services, and making them accessible to those invested in their well-being? We invite you to please fill out the Google form below.
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