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Happy Spring!! Welcome to the flowers, bees, birds and warmer weather! Check out the newsletter (or call!) for information on the Colon Hydrotherapy Spring Cleaning Detox Program - very limited but amazing savings.

Please remember that our office has moved - we are now located at 102-1801 Bowen Road.

Cancellation Policy: Your appointment has been booked just for you. Please allow 48 business hours notice to cancel or change an appointment. Patients who provide less than 48 business hours notice, or miss their appointment, will be charged a $50 late cancellation fee to their account. No appointment will be booked until that balance has been paid. If you need to cancel a Monday appointment you will need to contact the office by 12:00 noon the Friday before. If you arrive late for your appointment the treatment time will be reduced to stay on schedule. Guests arriving more than 15 minutes late may require the appointment to be rescheduled, which will be considered as a cancellation.

Mrs. Lindsay Russel LPN

Dr. Katarine (Tarine Ute) Holewa BSc, ND, RAc

Dr. Julia Christensen ND

Born and raised in Nanaimo, Dr. Julia Christensen, ND returns home with a deep sense of purpose and gratitude for the land and community that shaped her. With more than 25 years immersed in the study of the human body and the art of healing, her work is guided by a simple belief: the body holds extraordinary wisdom, and healing is a process of remembering one’s own wholeness.

Dr. Christensen’s practice is rooted in whole-person medicine—where physiology meets story, where lived experience shapes biology, and where symptoms are understood not simply as problems to solve, but as meaningful signals from the nervous system and the deeper self. Her care is grounded in a trauma-informed approach that honours the ways adversity and lived history can echo through the endocrine system, digestion, mood, sleep, pain, and the capacity to feel safe in one’s own body. Her first priority is to create a space where patients feel met, heard, and gently supported to move at a pace that is right for them.

She works closely with individuals navigating hormonal transitions, digestive imbalances, chronic stress, mood concerns, and the profound reshaping that occurs during peri- and post-menopause. Whether someone is experiencing anxiety, PMDD, insomnia, pain, thyroid imbalance, or the disorientation that comes with midlife transformation, she sees each concern as part of a larger story that deserves time, compassion, and careful listening.

Her therapeutic tools reflect both science and spirit: nutritional and lifestyle medicine, prescription hormones, botanicals, acupuncture, pharmaceutical prescribing, and evidence-informed supplements—woven together with presence, curiosity, and an understanding of how the nervous system unfolds toward healing when safety and relationship are at the centre.

Dr. Christensen welcomes new and returning patients for both virtual and in-person care in Nanaimo beginning January 5, 2026.

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Chantal David CT, LPN

Dr. John Yim ND

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Located at: 102-1801 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo
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Need Help? 250-585-2150 vitacareclinic@shaw.ca