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Quatre refuges pour ralentir et expérimenter le slow

Four Havens Where You Can Slow Down

Maxime Hébert

NORDIC SPA — Take the time to take a break—this is your mantra to stave off the frantic pace of everyday life. Just let go and get away, even if you’re close to home. Strøm wellness centres offer four locations where you can make time stand still for a moment....

Four Havens Where You Can Slow Down

Maxime Hébert

NORDIC SPA — Take the time to take a break—this is your mantra to stave off the frantic pace of everyday life. Just let go and get away, even if you’re close to home. Strøm wellness centres offer four locations where you can make time stand still for a moment....

Strøm news

L’équilibre des proches aidants | prendre soin de ceux qui prennent soin

L’équilibre des proches aidants | prendre soin de ceux qui prennent soin

La Presse +

Une réalité omniprésente, des appellations multiples, un devoir constant et parfois croissant et des actions quotidiennes qui en disent plus que le titre auquel elles appartiennent. Au Québec, plus d’une personne sur quatre agit comme proche aidante. Malgré tout, ce rôle demeure méconnu. En cette semaine nationale des proches aidants,...

L’équilibre des proches aidants | prendre soin de ceux qui prennent soin

La Presse +

Une réalité omniprésente, des appellations multiples, un devoir constant et parfois croissant et des actions quotidiennes qui en disent plus que le titre auquel elles appartiennent. Au Québec, plus d’une personne sur quatre agit comme proche aidante. Malgré tout, ce rôle demeure méconnu. En cette semaine nationale des proches aidants,...

Strøm news

Sublimer ce que la nature vous a donné | Création d’une gamme de soins de la peau Strøm

Sublimate What Nature Has Given You | Developing the Strøm Skincare Range

Julie Morin, General Manager of Strøm spa Mont-Saint-Hilaire

IDEATION – Julie Morin, General Manager of Strøm spa nordique de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, is leading the creation of the Strøm line of aesthetic products, which will be launched in the spring of 2020. The result of collaboration with a Montreal laboratory, this range will allow people to bring part of the...

Sublimate What Nature Has Given You | Developing the Strøm Skincare Range

Julie Morin, General Manager of Strøm spa Mont-Saint-Hilaire

IDEATION – Julie Morin, General Manager of Strøm spa nordique de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, is leading the creation of the Strøm line of aesthetic products, which will be launched in the spring of 2020. The result of collaboration with a Montreal laboratory, this range will allow people to bring part of the...

Holistic health

Les nouveaux objets connectés | Transformer son quotidien

New Connected Objects | Transform Your Daily Life

Benjamin Picard, digital expert

INTELLIGENT SPEAKERS The smart speaker category is dominated by three leaders: Google with Google Home, Amazon with Amazon Echo and Apple with HomePod. The speakers work with their own company’s virtual assistant, Google Assistant, Alexa and Siri. A smart speaker will allow you to listen to music, but also to...

New Connected Objects | Transform Your Daily Life

Benjamin Picard, digital expert

INTELLIGENT SPEAKERS The smart speaker category is dominated by three leaders: Google with Google Home, Amazon with Amazon Echo and Apple with HomePod. The speakers work with their own company’s virtual assistant, Google Assistant, Alexa and Siri. A smart speaker will allow you to listen to music, but also to...

Strøm news

Les proches aidants | Briser l’isolement

Caregivers | Breaking through Isolation

Rebecca Makonnen, spokesperson for L’Appui

HER STORY — Rebecca Makonnen is a Canadian radio and TV host. She is currently at the helm of the radio show On dira ce qu’on voudra on ICI Radio-Canada Première in addition to co-anchoring Esprit critique on television (ICI ARTV). She has been the spokesperson for L’Appui’s national campaign...

Caregivers | Breaking through Isolation

Rebecca Makonnen, spokesperson for L’Appui

HER STORY — Rebecca Makonnen is a Canadian radio and TV host. She is currently at the helm of the radio show On dira ce qu’on voudra on ICI Radio-Canada Première in addition to co-anchoring Esprit critique on television (ICI ARTV). She has been the spokesperson for L’Appui’s national campaign...

Interviews

Le slow parenting

Slow parenting

Audrey Sckoropad, Content creator

I only recently learned what slow parenting is. I was reading books on compassionate parenting, and I realized that the intuitive approach I had adopted with my two children (Sky, five years old, and Flynn, two years old) was in line with slow parenting. This approach involves gently guiding our...

Slow parenting

Audrey Sckoropad, Content creator

I only recently learned what slow parenting is. I was reading books on compassionate parenting, and I realized that the intuitive approach I had adopted with my two children (Sky, five years old, and Flynn, two years old) was in line with slow parenting. This approach involves gently guiding our...

Interviews

Ne pas faire le vide

Do not empty your mind

Dawn Mauricio, Meditation Teacher

A QUIET MOMENT — To offer an even more complete experience of relaxation, Strøm turned to Dawn Mauricio, a luminary in the world of meditation and yoga for over ten years, to design personalized guided meditation sessions. A conversation with an expert to learn more about the myths and realities...

Do not empty your mind

Dawn Mauricio, Meditation Teacher

A QUIET MOMENT — To offer an even more complete experience of relaxation, Strøm turned to Dawn Mauricio, a luminary in the world of meditation and yoga for over ten years, to design personalized guided meditation sessions. A conversation with an expert to learn more about the myths and realities...

Architecture & Design

Puiser à la source | La réappropriation créative

Drawing from the source | Recapturing creativity

Érika Marcil, Interior Design Project Manager

ANCRAGE — Designated as an internationally renowned place of excellence by design et al, Strøm Vieux-Québec is a place of inspiration and vision that reflects the site on which it was built, with meticulous attention to every detail. Drawing inspiration to create is what Strøm achieves, in Quebec City and...

Drawing from the source | Recapturing creativity

Érika Marcil, Interior Design Project Manager

ANCRAGE — Designated as an internationally renowned place of excellence by design et al, Strøm Vieux-Québec is a place of inspiration and vision that reflects the site on which it was built, with meticulous attention to every detail. Drawing inspiration to create is what Strøm achieves, in Quebec City and...

Lifestyle

Cinq livres qui transforment

Five Transformative Books

Maxime Hébert

TURNING THE PAGE – If « everything changes, » as chemist Lavoisier would have said, let me draw your attention to five local female voices that transform, gently or forcefully, within the individual within, with brilliance and passion. From their destiny to an entire society. TRANSFORMING LOVE J’aime Hydro, by Christine Beaulieu...

Five Transformative Books

Maxime Hébert

TURNING THE PAGE – If « everything changes, » as chemist Lavoisier would have said, let me draw your attention to five local female voices that transform, gently or forcefully, within the individual within, with brilliance and passion. From their destiny to an entire society. TRANSFORMING LOVE J’aime Hydro, by Christine Beaulieu...

Architecture & Design

Copenhague | Le bien-être, un concept danois

Copenhagen – The Danish Concept of Well-Being

Karine Too

GREEN, RELIABLE, SUSTAINABLE – Copenhagen is a booming city in which people are settling in more and more. Although the concentration of the population in urban centres is not a new phenomenon, the positioning of the Danish capital as a « healthy city, » mainly through its public policies focused on the...

Copenhagen – The Danish Concept of Well-Being

Karine Too

GREEN, RELIABLE, SUSTAINABLE – Copenhagen is a booming city in which people are settling in more and more. Although the concentration of the population in urban centres is not a new phenomenon, the positioning of the Danish capital as a « healthy city, » mainly through its public policies focused on the...

Lifestyle

Destination ressourcement

Healing Destinations

JUDITH RITCHIE

LETTING-GO – Spiritual retreats focused on introspection, physical activity, yoga, meditation, wellness and healthy eating are a way to pause, take care of yourself and reflect on your life habits. Because every lasting transformation begins with a profound shift in the soul, here are four beautiful escape sites to spark...

Healing Destinations

JUDITH RITCHIE

LETTING-GO – Spiritual retreats focused on introspection, physical activity, yoga, meditation, wellness and healthy eating are a way to pause, take care of yourself and reflect on your life habits. Because every lasting transformation begins with a profound shift in the soul, here are four beautiful escape sites to spark...

Lifestyle

Profiter de la nature sans laisser de trace | l’éthique du plein air

Enjoy Nature Without Leaving Traces | Outdoors Ethics

Maxime Hébert

REDUCE YOUR IMPACT – More and more hikers decide to conquer the highest peaks, with the result that many mountains are now littered with waste left behind by mountaineers. This is the observation made by Dominic Asselin, from Attitude Montagne, on an expedition to the Himalayas in 2017. The pollution...

Enjoy Nature Without Leaving Traces | Outdoors Ethics

Maxime Hébert

REDUCE YOUR IMPACT – More and more hikers decide to conquer the highest peaks, with the result that many mountains are now littered with waste left behind by mountaineers. This is the observation made by Dominic Asselin, from Attitude Montagne, on an expedition to the Himalayas in 2017. The pollution...

World

Sept types de yoga pour mieux comprendre sa pratique

Seven types of yoga to better understand your practice

Maxime Hébert

A SMALL GUIDE – Yoga is becoming more and more popular, with so many different styles that it is sometimes difficult to find your way around. In fact, since the explosion of this practice in the Western world fifty years ago, several poses have been added and are now an...

Seven types of yoga to better understand your practice

Maxime Hébert

A SMALL GUIDE – Yoga is becoming more and more popular, with so many different styles that it is sometimes difficult to find your way around. In fact, since the explosion of this practice in the Western world fifty years ago, several poses have been added and are now an...

Lifestyle

Le stress | un état passager

Stress | a Temporary State

Maxime Hébert

UNDERSTANDING THE PHENOMENON – Finally, the summer season is upon us, you can dream of the upcoming holidays and a slightly milder rhythm of life. However, is the stress really behind you? Described as the evil of the century, it affects many for a variety of reasons. Here is how...

Stress | a Temporary State

Maxime Hébert

UNDERSTANDING THE PHENOMENON – Finally, the summer season is upon us, you can dream of the upcoming holidays and a slightly milder rhythm of life. However, is the stress really behind you? Described as the evil of the century, it affects many for a variety of reasons. Here is how...

Lifestyle

En juillet, initiez les tout-petits aux bienfaits de la détente

Introducing the little ones to the benefits of relaxation in July

Maxime Hébert

New era, new approaches With the emergence of the well-being culture and the recognition of new approaches to achieving a state of well-being, several different milieus (psychological, social, family) have questioned the well-being of children, and have shed light on new areas of study. Children need space and nature offers...

Introducing the little ones to the benefits of relaxation in July

Maxime Hébert

New era, new approaches With the emergence of the well-being culture and the recognition of new approaches to achieving a state of well-being, several different milieus (psychological, social, family) have questioned the well-being of children, and have shed light on new areas of study. Children need space and nature offers...

Interviews

Démocratiser l’activite physique | rencontre avec Pierre Lavoie

Democratizing Physical Activity | An Encounter with Pierre Lavoie 

Maxime Hébert

TRANSFORMING THE NEGATIVE INTO POSITIVE – September 3, 1999, 3 p.m.: Pierre Lavoie begins his 24-hour, 650-km bike ride in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. His goal is to fundraise for research on lactic acidosis, an orphan disease that claimed his daughter Laurie in 1997, and from which his son Raphaël also developed. Unfortunately,...

Democratizing Physical Activity | An Encounter with Pierre Lavoie 

Maxime Hébert

TRANSFORMING THE NEGATIVE INTO POSITIVE – September 3, 1999, 3 p.m.: Pierre Lavoie begins his 24-hour, 650-km bike ride in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. His goal is to fundraise for research on lactic acidosis, an orphan disease that claimed his daughter Laurie in 1997, and from which his son Raphaël also developed. Unfortunately,...

Strøm news

Tournée estivale | Ode à l’été

Ode to summer tour

Maxime Hébert

In order to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the brand, Strøm invites you to take part in its summer tour. -Musical performance -Thermal experience -Aufguss sauna Every Thursday night in June from 6 p.m., along with your thermal experience, come enjoy musical performances by the musicians of the Orchestre symphonique...

Ode to summer tour

Maxime Hébert

In order to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the brand, Strøm invites you to take part in its summer tour. -Musical performance -Thermal experience -Aufguss sauna Every Thursday night in June from 6 p.m., along with your thermal experience, come enjoy musical performances by the musicians of the Orchestre symphonique...

Lifestyle

Un héritage à honorer

A legacy to be honoured

Maxime Hébert

A legacy to be honoured Mother’s Day: an homage to those who carry life, to those who pass on consciousness. A heritage forged by memories and feelings, defining the foundation that lives within us. A closer look at what they pass on to us, from one mother to another. A...

A legacy to be honoured

Maxime Hébert

A legacy to be honoured Mother’s Day: an homage to those who carry life, to those who pass on consciousness. A heritage forged by memories and feelings, defining the foundation that lives within us. A closer look at what they pass on to us, from one mother to another. A...

Lifestyle

Mères : être et devenir

Mothers | being and becoming a mother

Maxime Hébert

We all had a mother; we were all born of a woman. The common bond between our mothers is that they all gave birth. Most mothers, after giving birth, have devoted a large part of their lives to loving, pampering and caring for the human being that life has entrusted...

Mothers | being and becoming a mother

Maxime Hébert

We all had a mother; we were all born of a woman. The common bond between our mothers is that they all gave birth. Most mothers, after giving birth, have devoted a large part of their lives to loving, pampering and caring for the human being that life has entrusted...

Interviews

Sublimer ce que la nature vous a donné

Sublimate What Nature Has Given You

Maxime Hébert

IDEATION – Julie Morin, General Manager of Strøm spa nordique de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, is leading the creation of the Strøm line of aesthetic products, which will be launched in the fall of 2019. The result of collaboration with a Montreal laboratory, this range will allow people to bring part of the...

Sublimate What Nature Has Given You

Maxime Hébert

IDEATION – Julie Morin, General Manager of Strøm spa nordique de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, is leading the creation of the Strøm line of aesthetic products, which will be launched in the fall of 2019. The result of collaboration with a Montreal laboratory, this range will allow people to bring part of the...

Interviews

Woodstock & cie | Inspirer le changement

Woodstock & Co | Inspiring change

Maxime Hébert

MEETING WITH THE COFOUNDERS – Catherine Tapin and Philippe Lefebvre, nature lovers who wanted to honour Mother Nature, decided to create furniture that would celebrate Quebec’s wealth and resources. They have taken an interest in what was being done on the market, sometimes to learn from it, sometimes to just...

Woodstock & Co | Inspiring change

Maxime Hébert

MEETING WITH THE COFOUNDERS – Catherine Tapin and Philippe Lefebvre, nature lovers who wanted to honour Mother Nature, decided to create furniture that would celebrate Quebec’s wealth and resources. They have taken an interest in what was being done on the market, sometimes to learn from it, sometimes to just...

Lifestyle

La médecine verte

Green medicine

Catherine Brosseau, herbalism and aromatherapy enthusiast

From the doorstep, you will hear the foliage whisper and the fragrant breath that caresses the pines will come down from the peaks brushing your face, it’s aroma will extinguish the fire that was burning inside of you. – Adolphe Retté Passionate about the world of aroma and its secrets, Catherine traveled...

Green medicine

Catherine Brosseau, herbalism and aromatherapy enthusiast

From the doorstep, you will hear the foliage whisper and the fragrant breath that caresses the pines will come down from the peaks brushing your face, it’s aroma will extinguish the fire that was burning inside of you. – Adolphe Retté Passionate about the world of aroma and its secrets, Catherine traveled...

Lifestyle

Se déconnecter du monde extérieur pour reconnecter avec soi

Disconnect from the outside world to reconnect with yourself

Maxime Hébert

Novelty at the Strøm – Our Epsom salt flotation bath is made of a dense solution that allows the body to float effortlessly while minimizing the forces of gravity. Ideal for all those who are looking to take a step back to unwind, overcome their anxiety or regenerate, it provides...

Disconnect from the outside world to reconnect with yourself

Maxime Hébert

Novelty at the Strøm – Our Epsom salt flotation bath is made of a dense solution that allows the body to float effortlessly while minimizing the forces of gravity. Ideal for all those who are looking to take a step back to unwind, overcome their anxiety or regenerate, it provides...

Lifestyle

10 choses à laisser aller pour vivre plus heureux

10 things to let go off to live a happier life

Maxime Hébert

Very often we try to do more: "What can I do to be happier? The new science of happiness, for some years now, has validated tools to adequately address this question. It suggests us a list of simple but powerful things to do regularly such as appreciation, gratitude, positivity and...

10 things to let go off to live a happier life

Maxime Hébert

Very often we try to do more: "What can I do to be happier? The new science of happiness, for some years now, has validated tools to adequately address this question. It suggests us a list of simple but powerful things to do regularly such as appreciation, gratitude, positivity and...