Archive for October, 2009
Tags:grand opening.
Thank you everyone for a grand ole time on Saturday at the opening. It really felt like a party and we enjoyed celebrating our new business with everyone. It was also the first time all 4 of us owners were working together at the Juice Bar and that was a real treat. We loved giving away samples of Kyla’s yummy raw chocolate treats and we definitely saw a few new faces in asking all about what we sell. It was such a grand time that we are thinking of having a combined Open House with Zen Health Haven in 3 months, but we’ll give you more warning a little closer to the date!
Posted on 22 October '09 by Marussia, under Events. No Comments.
Come on down to Zen Zero today for our Grand Opening in conjunction with the Grand Opening of our neighbours, Zen Health Haven. 15% off all menu items, free shot of wheatgrass with purchase, free door prizes, free samples AND enter into a draw to win one of two gift baskets loaded with yummy treats plus gift certificates to Firefly: New Beginnings, Podlings Naturally Childish, Eco-Centric and of course Zen Zero PLUS, you get to meet us, the owners, who are very excited to meet you!
Posted on 17 October '09 by Marussia, under News. No Comments.
Tags:grand opening.
To learn a little bit more about the Zen Health Haven located right next door to Zen Zero check out this article! And of course, come on down to your friendly Zen Corner tomorrow for our Grand Opening and take a peak yourselves…
Tags:grand opening.
Introducing the other half of your friendly Zen Corner…Zen Health Haven, formerly Zen Zero Centre for Optimum Health. Come check out our combined Grand Opening this Saturday October 17th from 10am-3pm and get a tour of their newly renovated 3000 sq ft health and wellness centre! Right next door to Zen Zero – corner of 5th & England downtown Courtenay.
Tags:hot soup, pumpkin.
Ahhhh rain – so wet, so chilly so needed! Well the soups on here at Zen Zero so come on in and warm up with a piping hot bowl of Kyla’s delicious pumpkin curried stew. I personally picked the pumpkins with the help of my children at Shamrock Farm in Comox. They are a variety called Sugar Pumpkins and they are perfect for making soups and pies. If you haven’t checked out Shamrock Farm it’s a real gem of a place to bring the kids to. They loved picking out their own pumpkins to carve and my daughter Lily was all about the wide open fields of tall grass to run through. We even got to feed the goats some pumpkin which they happily devoured! If you don’t make it to the farm itself, most major grocery stores are carrying these locally grown pumpkins for you to take home this pumpkin season.
Don’t forget about our Grand Opening coming up this Saturday from 10am – 3pm. Door prizes, free wheatgrass shot with purchase, 15% off all menu items and a grand prize draw. Plus listen to 97.3 the Eagle this week for free giveaways on the air!
Posted on 13 October '09 by Marussia, under News, Review. No Comments.
Tags:grand opening, thanksgiving, zen health haven.
We are so incredibly grateful for this opportunity to own such a fantastic business. We are so incredibly grateful to have this opportunity to job share with our partners, to raise our children in such a healthy environment, for the positive energy we feel from the the food we serve and from the wonderful employees we get to work with everyday. But mostly, we are so grateful for each and every customer that comes through our door, for without you we could not exist. Thank you for trying something different and blessing us with your business.
Happy Thanksgiving!**
And if you still haven’t come down to meet us, or even if you have, please take note, we will be having a Grand Opening in conjunction with Zen Health Haven (located right next door), on Saturday October 17th from 10am to 3pm. Come in, say hello and receive a free shot of wheatgrass with your purchase plus 15% off all menu items, free Get Fresh magazines and enter into Grand Prize giveaway draw for a gift basket loaded with yummy food and gift certificates to Zen Zero, Firefly: New Beginnings and Podlings: Naturally Childish.
See you there!
**Please note Zen Zero will be closed Monday October 12th for Thanksgiving Monday but will remain open on Sunday October 11th from 10am-4pm.**
Posted on 10 October '09 by Marussia, under Events, News. No Comments.
Tags:la leche league, NVC.
Non-Violent Communication (NVC) workshops in French and English in Comox.
Are you yearning to enrich your relationships? Longing to transform power struggles and conflict into cooperation and connection? The Comox Valley La Leche League is putting on several workshops that will help you do just that.
There will be one short French presentation: an intro to NVC on Friday night. Saturday and Sunday are in English. On Saturday the workshop is an intro or refresher to NVC and Sunday is specifically for issues relating to parenting. They are based on the work of Marshall Rosenberg’s Non-violent Communication.
“NVC provides us with the most effective tools to foster Health and Relationships”
- Deepak Chopra
The workshops are presented by François Beausoleil from Quebec. La Leche League Leader Dominique McGrady attended his workshops in Washington over the summer and was able to invite him here on his way to teach in California. François is passionate about contributing to the well-being of himself and others through teaching communication skills and promoting a respectful way of living interdependence. After a career as a professional musician, he is now teaching, and consulting (in French and English) in organizations and communities internationally. François is a certified CNVC trainer and holds an MBA degree.
Friday night’s intro to NVC is at Cape Lazo School in French on October 16th from 7-9 pre-registration $5 or $7at the door. This event is sponsored by École Au Coeur de L’île and their PAC.
The weekend workshops run from 10-5 at Brooklyn Elementary at 1475 Noel Ave. If you register before October 11th the cost is $65 per person, $110 per couple or for both days. The cost will be $75 per person, $125 per couple or for both days after October 11th. To register: email mcgrady@shaw.ca or call Dominique (250) 890-9330
More info on NVC:
Most of us have been educated from birth to compete, judge, demand and diagnose – to think and communicate in terms of what is “right” and “wrong” with people.
We express our feelings as what another person has “done to us.”
We struggle to understand what we want or need in the moment, and to effectively ask for what we want without using unhealthy demands, threats or coercion.
As founder of NVC, Marshall Rosenberg says,
“What others do may be a stimulus of our feelings, but not the cause.”
At best, communicating and thinking this way can create misunderstanding and frustration, or simply keep us from getting what we want. It can also keep us from the fulfilling relationships we deserve. And still worse, it can lead to anger, depression and even emotional or physical violence.
Since developing the Nonviolent Communication (NVC) process in the 1960’s, Marshall Rosenberg’s vision has been to teach people of any age, gender, ethnicity or background a much more effective alternative. At present, over 250 certified trainers and hundreds more are teaching NVC to all walks of life around the globe.
Posted on 7 October '09 by Marussia, under Events. No Comments.
