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Transforming Lives, a local organization dedicated to guiding people through their life journeys, will open a new center in Nyon on 24 March.

Starting at 12 noon with a welcome introduction by founder, Kamy Lavanchy, the Grand Opening will feature a series of events including talks on Lithotherapy (using crystals), the Law of Attraction, and Love. In between the talks there will be free group healings in the crystal grid room.

Any knowitall.ch clients attending the event will receive a certificate worth Fr. 25.- to be used on any services provided at the center.  Just remember to bring along a copy of this article when you arrive on the opening day.

Since Transforming Lives was first set up in 2011, Kamy has helped numerous people in their quest for “love, peace and happiness”.   Kamy explained to knowitall.ch what her work entails,

“What most people don’t realize is that, in order to achieve love, peace and happiness, we must make some changes within ourselves.  At Transforming Lives we are dedicated to guiding you through your life’s journey to ensure that you achieve this goal.  We believe that change is a mind-body-spirit evolution, which can begin with any one of these areas.  What’s wonderful is that Transforming Lives covers them all!

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ALZHEIMER’S CONFERENCE GENEVA
Wednesday, 29th February, 2012
18h-20h
Hotel Mandarin Oriental
1, Quai Turrettini
Genève
 
Know-it-all passport® is an avid supporter of the Alzheimer's Association of Switzerland (to date we have donated Fr. 10,000.- from the sales of Know-it-all passport). If you have anyone you know that is suffering from this disease, then please come to this event.
 
A talk on Alzheimer's disease and other dementias will be given by Professor Dr Gabriel Gold, Head of the Division of Geriatrics at Geneva University Hospital. Alzheimer Switzerland will be talking about services for English-speaking people in the Geneva area. You will learn about some facts and figures about dementia in Switzerland. This event is free-of-charge and is followed by a drink. To help organize the event, please register: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Click here for more information.

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If you want to attend one of the many English-language Christmas services happening in Geneva, Vaud and neighboring France this year, take a look at the following list, which we have compiled from the websites of local churches. Some of them are French-speaking but most are English-speaking churches. Please check the websites before setting out, in case any of the times have changed.

If you know about other services in your area, please let us know.

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In response to the increasing demand for new moms wishing to recover their form after giving birth, GET FIT fitness coach, Leigh Anne Boonzaier has set up a new Stroller Club class, which will take place 3 times a week in the Geneva region.

The focus of the classes will be to establish cardiac fitness in a social environment, which offers post-natal support at the same time. The program will demonstrate the key steps in learning to run, and will show you how running and fitness can be a way of life, not just a seasonal past-time or trend. In a short time, moms should begin to see how they can “get their bodies back” and feel good.

The program provides a very gentle, step by step, introduction for moms into the fitness world again. All groups will have a fitness goal that is achievable, giving moms the confidence to continue their fitness journey. Each session will begin with a warm up, and end with a gentle cardio finish off with core training to strengthen post-pregnancy mothers’ core. Sessions will last approx 1 hour.

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A new hospice will open its doors in Geneva on 1 October, providing palliative care for people at the end of their life, who can no longer be cared for at home but who do not wish to spend their final days in a hospital.  

Situated in Chêne-Bougeries, La Maison de Tara will provide a warm, caring and friendly environment for residents… a real home from home… as well as much-needed support for families and friends.   As a non-profit, secular foundation, the hospice is able to operate through the generous support of several communes in the region, and through the help of compassionate donors and volunteers.

The hospice will be set up along similar lines to the Dutch hospice movement, where most care homes are small to conserve a family-like atmosphere.  Patients staying at La Maison de Tara will have access to the same medical care as they would have received at home, and will be able to retain the same medical and social networks that existed before admission, including doctors, home help nurses, and physiotherapists etc.  Skilled carers will be on hand, day and night, to provide reassurance, respond to needs, and offer a friendly ear and companionship.  Families will be able to have the same level of "involvement" as they would at home, but will be able to take advantage of the additional support provided by hospice staff and volunteers for relatives and friends.