Mama Maven at LilliQ Cafe
Mama Maven Workshops
mamamaven is here to make life easier for parents. Whether you have little ones or your first is on the way, you’ve got a lot on your plate and the learning curve is steep. Let mamamaven do some of your homework for you. Come for a fun and interactive workshop, leave well informed to make the decisions that will work best for your family, and know where you can find the products you like. For more information visit www.mamamaven.ca
Tanis Frame aka ‘The Maven’ has a background in facilitation, research, toxicology and children’s environmental health and has been featured in local and national media as a trusted resource for parents. As the mom of two wild little girls she can personally relate to the information overload that today’s parents face. Tanis’ fun, engaging, and compassionate personality is a welcome treat for new and expecting parents.
Each participant also leaves with mamamaven approved samples and gifts from local businesses and discount coupons to save you money!
WORKSHOP DETAILS:
Diapering Alternatives 101
So many alternatives, TOO much information. Learn about ALL of your diapering options and how they compare from an environmental, health, cost, and convenience perspective.
Modern cloth diapers; chlorine free, compostable or ‘flushable’ disposables; diaper service; diaper free; EC and more!
See, touch and feel the options available. Leave with information you need to decide what will work for your family, and where to find it here in Vancouver.
When: Sunday March 21st 10am-12:30pm
Cost: $30 or $45/couple (for registration visit www.mamamaven.ca)
Homeopathy for Children: Asthma, Allergies and Eczema
Homeopathy for Children: Asthma, Allergies and Eczema
Presented by Little Mountain Homeopathy
Date: Wednesday March 24th
Time: 11am
Classical homeopathy is a complete system of medicine that is over 200 years old
and is the most popular form of alternative medicine in the world, yet it is
virtually unknown in North America. Classical homeopath Sonya McLeod first
discovered homeopathy after it cured her of food allergies and debilitating
fatigue. She will talk about how she has used homeopathy to successfully treat
her family and her clients for eczema, asthma and allergies. Learn about this
amazing form of natural healing that can be used safely and effectively
alongside traditional medicine. There will also be an introductory lecture about
classical homeopathy, a discussion of natural eczema creams, and a question and
answer period.
Bio: Sonya McLeod, BA, DCH
Sonya was born and raised in Vancouver. She graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Sonya then went to school for another 4 years and earned a practitioner diploma in classical homeopathy from the Vancouver Homeopathic Academy. Currently, Sonya practices classical homeopathy in her own private clinic, Little Mountain Homeopathy, near 39th and Main. She lives with her husband and two children, aged 5 and 6.
Sonya has published two articles in local alternative weekly The Georgia Straight: “Homeopathic Remedies Reduce Outdoor Worries” and “Homeopathy Offers an Alternative for the Flu.” She was recently a guest on JoyTV’s “P3: People, Places, Perspectives.” Sonya gives workshops and introductory lectures on homeopathy at various venues in the city. She also enjoys educating the public at local trade shows and fairs.
Fun things to do with baby!
Are you ready to find some great kids stuff for your little one at our SWAP this Saturday! We will have face painting to occupy your little ones or they can help you pick out the next cutest thing for them to wear.
Declutter.
Clean out your closet and find items to swap.
SWAP.
Take home your favorites for FREE
Fit 4 Two® Mom and Baby Fitness
Multi-level.
This Baby Friendly class allows mom to get a great workout AND attend to baby’s needs at any time. Each class provides a full body w orkout: cardio, muscular endurance, core work and flexibility. Benefit from increased energy, improved posture, less aches and pains and a stronger core. This is a fantastic opportunity to connect with other new moms in your community. Women should be 4+ weeks postpartum (6 weeks for caesareans). All fitness levels are welcome. This class is designed for pre-mobile babies.
Mondays and Wednesdays @ 11:15am
Baby Massage WORKSHOP
For parents & caregivers of new babies (1 month old to pre-crawling age). Bond with your baby, while learning some great massage techniques. Benefits from Infant Massage include better sleep, digestion and improved immune function. You will learn a massage sequence for the legs, tummy, chest, arms, face and back, a special colic routine and some simple baby stretches and movements. You will also learn what oils to use & how to create a suitable environment, follow your baby’s cues, massage safely and adapt the massage as your baby grows.
You will be the only one massaging your baby – the instructor uses a demonstration doll.
If your baby was premature, or has any other special requirements, please let the staff at Lilli’Q know at the time of booking. Also, twins are welcome to join the Neomama Baby Massage Workshop! One set of twins per course can be accommodated at no extra charge. As well a helper may accompany you to this course.
All you need to bring is a medium sized towel and a baby blanket… and of course your baby! Dress comfortably in layers (room is comfortably warm for babies receiving massage).
Sample oils and hand outs provided.
When:
Mar 26th, 2010
10:30am -11:30am
Cost:
$20 per class
- KARMA MAMA: Mom and Baby Pilates/Infant Massage
Karma Mama will start up again on March 12th. Please note there is no class on March 5th.
Fridays @ 10:30am
MomCafe’s: Creating Your Own Path
Cori Howard
Danielle Wilson
Thank you to bronze sponsors, BC Hydro; Le Petit Spa and our community partners, Spa Boutique, Bopomo Pictures and Natural Pod.
Pediatric Growth & Development Talk
Healthy & Happy Kidlets: Pediatric Growth & Development – from inutero and up!
Date: March 8th
Time: 1:30-2:30pm
Location: LilliQ Cafe | 1268 Pacific Blvd
Please join us for an interactive and informative talk on spinal health for infants and children and how to support their bodies optimally as they grow (and grow, and grow!) Issues discussed include prenatal ergonomics for fetal positioning, the best infant carriers, common car seat questions, avoiding the jolly jumper and even backpack safety. To register, email us at info@bonnchiropractic.com or call 604.688.KIDS(5437)
Dr. Stephanie Bonn
Dr. Stephanie Bonn has a family wellness practice with a focus on perinatal and pediatric care. Following degrees in Physical Health & Education and Science and Doctor of Chiropractic she continued her studies with the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association. As a mother of three with an attachment-parenting philosophy, Stephanie is dedicated towards helping families have healthy pregnancies and births, ease stress and strain naturally and support infants and children through their developmental milestones. Join our chiropractic family wellness lifestyle today!
Live Music- Friday February 26th @5pm
Bio:
Wee Boy Pretty makes accomplished songwriting
sparkle. Intricate guitar stylings, a bounty of
percussion and vocals that are sometimes raw,
sometimes fragile, but always dead on.
Lyrically driven and spattered with deliciously
psychedelic flourishes, Wee Boy Pretty ride from
beach bonfire to dance floor. There’s groovy, there’s
quirky, there’s out-and-out pop. They’ve been
compared to everything from G-Love to Feist, Elbow to the Sneaker Pimps.
The long-standing musical relationship between
singer Jo Cairns and guitarist Sandor Gyurkovics
began as a Whistler summer in 2002, sharing a love of music and bare feet. After weeks of stalking and discovering their shared passion for music and Zoolander, they formed ‘Blue Steel’ and within a week were gigging and recording.
They’ve since move on to form musical machine that is Wee Boy Pretty, with percussionist Erin
Sharp, drummer Andrew Newton and bassist Josh
Knepper. It has been a wild adventure and a total
delight, and 7 years and 5000 miles in, the
journey feels like it’s only just beginning.
There’s a palpable energy at Wee Boy Pretty base
camp. So come out to play, and let’s make something
big, something grand and something beautiful.
The Green Glamour KIDS Clothing Swap!
Everyone enjoys dressing up their little ones in cute, fashionable high quality clothing…BUT they outgrow them so quickly !!! I like to buy my girl cute, trendy clothes but she goes through them so fast. ‘Green Glamour’ gives parents the opportunity to recover some of these ongoing expenses by swapping unworn, or outgrown items for new items for the next season or simply the next size up!
‘Green Glamour’ is about gathering fashionable swappers together in a fun environment where they relax, mingle, and SWAP (exchange) baby clothing, shoes and accessories and thus, happily augment their children’s wardrobes in a fun atmosphere.
Jayme Simpson will be there to provide makeup for the ladies and face painting for the kids
Declutter.
Clean out your closet and find items to swap.
SWAP.
Take home your favorites for FREE
Time: 10:00am-4pm
Date: March 6th
Location: LilliQ Cafe (second floor) | 1268 Pacific Blvd
Admission: $5 (+ your swapping items)
What to Bring:
Baby items that your little one has outgrown: shoes, hats, jackets, pants dresses…etc.
Swappable items include quality wardrobe items that you’d typically consign or donate. Items must be CLEAN (freshly laundered) and in good condition. Please do not bring ripped, dirty, stained items or those with broken zippers, etc.
All clothing must be in good to very good shape.
All clothing must be clean and ready to wear.
All zippers and buttons must be in good shape.
How it works
- Declutter. Clean out your closet and find items to swap
- Attend. Bring unwanted but fab items in great condition.
- Get pampered. Relax, mingle, and get your make up done (or the kids can get their faces painted!)
- SWAP. Take home your favorites for FREE
- Feel great. Relish new-to-you items and help a local charity
Valentine Vday Event
Shop
Fashion Fruit Kids is part of Lilli’Q Cafe’s Valentine’s Day special
event this coming weekend!
Join us for some fantastic Valentine’s Day Celebration shopping.
Our entire collection will be reduced by 20% for this occasion! And, all
forms of payment will be accepted.
Our featured South African collection of vibrant, organic, nature-inspired
fashions is perfect for kids, ranging in age from infant to 7-years old,
who love to play hard, stay comfortable, and be stylish, all at the same
time.
Please visit at www.fashionfruitkids.com.
Sign up for their FFK E-News newsletter on their website and you will be entered to
win a $50 gift certificate!
Entertainment
As part of our Valentines celebrations we are having a free yoga class for kids on February 13th. There will be lots of things going on and this particular section of the festivities will be great fun for the kids!
Kids will be entertained by Little Tree Yoga February 13th!
Join Lou for a free kids class at 10.30am for 3 to 8 year olds.
Space is limited so registration is recommended.
For the parents there will be make up artists and photographers to give you those great portraits and family photos you have been craving!
Date: February 13th and 14th
Time: 9am – 4pm
Location: LilliQ Cafe | 1268 Pacific Blvd
Contact: 604-681-2965
Thursday 11th
There will be fancy jewelery on sale tomorrow from ecocessories find something unique for your sweetie 
Upcoming Worksops
To Register for any of these workshops please call us at 604-681-29565 and we will put you on the list.
Tuesday 9th:2pm - Painting Workshop with Darshan Takui (advance registration recommended call 604-681-2965) |
Friday 12th:2pm – Kids’ Spirit Banner Workshop with Paula Pereira (advance registration recommended call 604-681-2965 ) |
Friday 19th:2pm - Painting Workshop with Darshan Takui (advance registration recommended call 604-681-2965)
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Saturday 20th:2pm – Poetry Workshop with Ryan Fletcher (advance registration recommended call 604-681-2965) Details: Sharing Your Life Through Poetry This will be a workshop on poetic inspirations and techniques for writing and presentation. How to find the right topic and form it into something memorable, as well as how to create of quality listening and presenting experiences when sharing your poetry with others. Ways to reach a broad audience without sacrificing your own personal writer’s freedom and integrity. BIO: Since moving to Vancouver from Prince Edward Island four years ago Ryan Fletcher has been active as a poet in the Vancouver scene. Using a distinctly quiet and direct approach Ryan creates an intimate atmosphere when reading, then with skilful timing draws audiences into the many different worlds of his writings. With poetic voices ranging anywhere from the soft and deeply romanticized, ‘Healthy Hearts’, ‘Beach’, and ‘Cranberry Juice’ to impassioned calls to activist action in, ‘Just TV’, ‘Broken Hearts Die Slowly’, and ‘Ode to the Weed’ to the more dangerously outrageous voices present in pieces like his popular, ‘Damn Romance!’, attending one of Fletcher’s readings is an emotional experience. As he said in an interview, “it is emotion that one ultimately takes away from life situations, and it is my interest to explore that part of living.” With a simple and direct writing style and a gift for perspective, Ryan Fletcher writes works built to reach any kind of audience, whether it be analytical academics or regular blue collar workers. With an academic background of English, History, and Psychology, and work experience ranging from harvests and landscaping, to warehouses, fast food joints, organic delis, casinos, offices, museums and radio stations, Fletcher knows many voices. He said his ultimate interest lies in, “Disarming any lies we may be telling ourselves and celebrating the human experience, good and bad”, “It is my hope that my poems will leave audiences with beautiful impressions of truth that has them feeling good and curious about the magic of life.” To read some of Ryan’s works visit the ‘Rhyme and Punishment’ section of the www.unconformed.com
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| 2pm – Poetry Workshop with Warren Dean Fulton from Pandora’s Collective (advance registration recommended call 604-681-2965)Details: chapbooks, broadsides, postcards & other ways to get your words out there
A hands-on workshop, w/ samples, demonstrations, & step-by-step instructions on a variety of imaginative techniques & designs for making chapbooks, broadsides, postcards, &/or zines. We will be using many different approaches to these projects, including: stencils, rubber stamps, paints, collage, decoupage, typography, folding, staples, glue, tape, brass fasteners, sewing, & various papers. Supplies are included & provided by workshop facilitator. Come away from this workshop w/ a number of ways to better showcase yr words. BIO: Warren Dean Fulton is the editor/publisher of Pooka Press. For the past 15 yrs he has been publishing poetry in a number of delightful ways. Everything from somewhat standard poetry chapbooks & books, from the likes of well known writers like George Bowering, Bill Bissett, Rob Mclennan & others, to playful approaches w/ collectible poetry ephemera. |
Saturday 27th:2pm – Artists’ Work Share Details: Artists of all mediums are invited to bring an art project in progress to share and get feedback from other artists. Got a poem, or painting, or song, or sculpture you’re working on? BIO: Sarah started the VACA to encourage opportunities for artists of all mediums to come together to socialize, learn and collaborate. “I believe in communities and helping each other, but most of all I love artists: their thoughts, their inspirations. Over the past 3 ½ years I have seen members grow and partner with each other on projects and events. I would have to say artists and their processes are my inspiration to my view of life.”
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Sunday 28th:2pm – Poetry Workshop with Bonnie Nish from Pandora’s Collective (advance registration recommended call 604-681-2965) Details: BIO: Bonnie Nish has been Executive Director of the Pandora’s Collective Outreach Society, a Vancouver charity established to promote literacy and self-expression in our community, for the past seven years. As Pandora’s Director, Bonnie has created programs for all ages and facilitated writing workshops in a wide variety of Vancouver elementary and high schools, libraries, drop-in centres, and festivals, including the Vancouver Public Library Book Camp. Overall, she has twenty years of experience working with children and adults in a range of capacities. In recent years, Bonnie created and maintained the Loonie Backpack Drive to provide kids in Zimbabwe with school supplies. She’s also a widely published poet, with writings in journals such as Quills, The Toronto Quarterly, hackwriters.com, blueprintreview.com, and several anthologies. She is currently completing her Masters in Arts Education at Simon Fraser University. |
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