Organik or Hooked on Health

By Isabelle Privé

Occasionally, someone comes along who changes your life.  Scott, the founding President of the Organik company is like that! I met this fascinating man last year when I attended what is called a Health Break at work. A health break is 10 minutes taken sometime in the day to stretch, ease the muscles, breath deeply and relax. After I'd experienced 10 minutes of Health Break and an immediate feeling of well-being, Scott convinced me easily that it's worthwhile chosing health. Since then, I never miss a chance to spend my afternoon break with him or one of his health team to breath, stretch, move, re-center and recharge my batteries.

Scott is a pro in health motivation. His belief in what he teaches is so strong that it's contagious..
He really practises what he preaches and that makes all the difference!

Like us, Scott has a mission: fight stress.  Stress undermines the health of the majority of North Americans and enriches the pharmaceutical companies. How to fight it? By adopting healthy living habits, by breathing properly, exercising, eating well, drinking lots of water and getting a good night's sleep. Sounds simple, doesn't it? But, as Scott says, simple doesn't mean easy!

In the SCD, we are lucky enough to benefit from this experience 3 days a week. We also receive instruction and advice from a team of health specialists such as naturopath, nutritionist, physical trainer and even Yogi  because Organik is also a dynamic, informed team who work synergistically and offer a whole range of health education adapted to the needs of  the workplace.

When I told Scott about the Kilimanjaro project, he immediately offered to help us on our journey towards the top. The team was able to attend a conference called Health Redefined which outlined much the same process that we are following in order to meet our challenge. Whether it is individually or in a team, our project obliges us to redefine what we mean by health and how to improve it, live it and develop it every day. We have to get our minds and bodies ready for the challenge and, to do that, we must chose health.

It's a pleasure for us to be associated with Organik in promoting good health. Thank you to Scott and his team for supporting and accompanying us throughout the next 10 months on our journey to the top.  Whether it's in changing eating habits, in stepping up our training sessions or in overcoming obstacles along the way, we need all the help Organik can give us.

Translated by Pamela Gauvin