Mother Earth Natural Health, Ottawa, ON

After many years of working as practitioners, counselors, educators and in customer service in the natural health retail environment, we have decided to set up shop on our own. At Mother Earth we do things differently; we strive to select sensible products that are beneficial for the consumer and that do not add harm to our planet. We search for products that are organic, fair trade, vegetarian and free of chemicals/artificial preservatives. We avoid as much as possible the use of plastic bags and containers; we consider it not an option but a necessity in order to reduce harmful waste. We want to help make natural healing accessible, so we provide referrals to natural health practitioners; we offer workshops on various natural health topics and we have natural health practitioners working in the store. Dawn Bartsch is the owner and manager of Mother Earth Natural Health. She is trained in homeopathy and counseling. Conny Udri has her own practice is reflexology, reiki and chi machine and far infra-red thermal therapy. She has expertise in nutrition, herbs and homeopathy.