Get a fresh start for 2023 with some of the finest business in Canberra that can help improve your health and wellbeing in the new year.
Why Bailey Nelson may be the answer to all your eyecare needs
Celebrating a decade as one of the leading global eyewear companies, homegrown Bailey Nelson recently opened its second Canberra store in Westfield Belconnen as it grows its retail footprint to over 100 stores globally.
Founded in Sydney in 2012, Bailey Nelson is known for offering high-quality, stylish frames, sunglasses and personalised eyecare at fair prices – ‘eye care without compromise’ they call it. The company began as a two-man, self-funded startup selling custom frames at the Bondi Markets. By 2014, the company had grown to 20 stores, and since then has expanded locally and internationally.
Customer service is a key differentiator for the business and with a few awards under their belt already, they are clearly doing something right. They recently won the Canstar Blue award for most satisfied customer and were rated best optical retailer on Product Review with a score of 4.8/5.
Bailey Nelson CEO and co-founder, Nick Perry, says staying true to who they are, whilst continuously improving, has been their recipe for success.
“Our model resonates with consumers of all ages. We are proud to have made buying eyewear a joyful experience that’s accessible to everyone, no matter their budget,” Nick says.
The other key areas of focus of the business is producing high quality, affordable frame options for a wide range of customer requirements. They recently bolstered their core range offer by 100 styles to ensure they were catering to all the different faces that come through their doors and their unique requirements. This, balanced with their fashion focused seasonal drops, means there really is a frame for every face.
The two Canberra locations at Westfield Belconnen and Canberra Centre offer bulk billed eye tests at least five days a week. Both stores are also equipped with OPTOS machine, one of the most sophisticated imaging tools available that allows the optometrist to view the back of the eye at a resolution 4 x greater than a traditional retinal camera, which can only examine around 20 per cent of the retina.
To find out more, visit www.baileynelson.com.au or your nearest Bailey Nelson store.
About Bailey Nelson: Bailey Nelson is a direct-to-consumer eyecare brand with the mission of making incredible glasses incredibly affordable for every face. Founded in 2012 in Sydney, Australia, Bailey Nelson now has over 100 stores across Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the UK.
Visit France right at your doorstep in Canberra!
France has never been closer to you, thanks to the Alliance Française of Canberra in Turner – find yourself immersed in a world of French gastronomie, culture and language! Enrol now for a French course and learn one of the world’s arguably most beautiful languages. With over 2,000 enrolments each year, the Alliance Française of Canberra is the go-to French language school in the ACT for students of all ages and abilities. Whatever your level or goal, our native French teachers will guide you through your language learning journey. All teachers have post-graduate qualifications in linguistics and language and so are best equipped to meet your specific needs!
Pick a course that suits your personal timetable, level and curiosity, from a range of online or in-person courses, from two to four hours a week. Our small class sizes with between 9 and 15 students will help you perfect your conversational skills and give you the opportunity to actively participate for an optimal learning experience.
At the Alliance, French up your life with our cultural program – we run film screenings, wine tastings, cooking workshops, French markets and art exhibitions. Celebrate the key French national events with us – Fête de la musique, Beaujolais Nouveau, Bastille Day… and get ready for a year filled with events à la française!
In March, don’t miss the annual French Film Festival, with over 260 screenings featuring this year’s best French movies. On top of these, we’re offering special events throughout the festival, giving you a chance to enjoy some French appetizers and drinks before your screening.
The Alliance Française of Canberra is a part of the fabric of Canberra’s cultural scene having now provided French language tuition and cultural events for over 70 years to tens of thousands of Canberrans. As a non-for-profit organisation, we are part of a global network of 813 Alliances that spans the world across five continents. We share a mission to promote not only the French language but also French and Francophone cultures.
We look forward to seeing you and sharing our little bit of France with you at the Alliance Française of Canberra!
Alliance Française de Canberra
- A: 66 McCaughey Street, Turner
- T: 6257 6696
- E: [email protected]
NEW YEAR, NEO YOU
If you’re looking to lose fat, build some muscle or turn the clock back a few years in the new year, My Genesis Skincare clinic may have just the treatments for you.
Founded by Specialist Plastic Surgeon Dr Alastair Taylor (MBBS|FRACS) as a part of the CAPS Clinic, My Genesis has been on the forefront of new and revolutionary skin and body treatments for decades. Their latest treatments, the fat-burning muscle-building EMsculpt NEO and the anti-aging EMface, promise to be just as revolutionary as fat freezing, which My Genesis first introduced to Canberra in 2014.
If you’re looking to lose more than just stubborn fat and build muscle at the same time, the EMsculpt NEO is the best way to start the new year! A significant upgrade over the original EMsculpt, the NEO adds fat-burning Radiofrequency on top of muscle-building HIFEM. This 2-in-1 treatment delivers 25 per cent muscle growth and 30 per cent fat reduction with no downtime, over the EMsculpt’s 16 per cent and 19 per cent respectively. This makes the EMsculpt NEO substantially more effective than other methods of body sculpting, such as fat freezing.
Want to turn back time with no scalpels, no needles and no downtime? The EMface is the perfect treatment to let you look how you feel in 2023. A revolutionary anti-aging treatment, the EMface uses HIFES energy to strengthen facial muscles, and Radiofrequency that targets the dermis and stimulates collagen and elastin fibres. This results in a remarkable reduction in wrinkles and tighter skin on the face and neck, producing similar results to a facelift with no invasive surgery or needles!
“We’re always on the lookout for new advances, but we only adapt them if we’re confident the technology works, is safe, and offers our clients genuine value for money,” says Cheryl Taylor, CAPS Clinic CEO. “The EMsculpt NEO and EMface are some of the most exciting technological advances we’ve seen in years, and the new year is the perfect time to experience them for yourself!”
Due to the medical-grade nature of the EMsculpt NEO and the EMface, these treatments are exclusive to the My Genesis clinic in Canberra.
Experience the next generation of body and facial sculpting for yourself in the new year!
Visit www.genesis-neo.com.au to learn more or call 6282 1155 to book in a free consult, where our highly-trained and experienced Dermal Clinicians and Therapists will create a personally tailored treatment plan to achieve the best result for you.
Enhance your wellbeing with FLOWpresso®️ therapy
Have you decided that 2023 is the year you say YES to prioritising your wellbeing?
I want to ask you a question.
What would better sleep, improved stress management, higher energy levels and more mobility mean for you and your quality of life?
My name is Jessica Read from Inspired Life Collective (ILC), I am an Alternative Therapist, Life and Wellbeing Coach and I may just have the technology that will support your goal to prioritise your wellbeing, right here in Canberra!
FLOWpresso®️ is a breakthrough, non-invasive natural therapy and I am thrilled to be introducing this revolutionary bodysuit experience as currently the only FLOWpresso®️ technician in the ACT.
So how does it work?
FLOWpresso®️ enhances overall health and wellbeing with a unique full bodysuit that brings together compression, thermodynamic heat and deep pressure for a three-in-one sensory treatment that supports your body to release toxins and return to a ‘rest and repair’ nervous system state – your optimum state for the body’s healing processes.
Our modern world is busy. It’s loud, overstimulating and it doesn’t switch off. This can lead to living in a state of fight or flight (survival mode) on a daily basis which can take a toll on your long-term holistic health.
Perhaps you recognise this state in yourself? It may look like stress, anxiety, overwhelm, burnout, feeling run-down or difficulties sleeping (among other symptoms). Perhaps, this has even been your “normal” for a while now.
What if it didn’t have to be?
FLOWpresso®️ clients and clinicians have reported benefits such as:
- Increased relaxation
- Improved sleep quality
- Improved energy
- Decreased stress response
- Faster recovery and better endurance in sport
- Faster healing in health
- Weight loss
- Better mobility
I would love to invite you to try FLOWpresso®️ for yourself and remind your mind and body what rest, recovery and rejuvenation feels like.
Visit inspiredlifecollective.com.au/flowpresso to learn more and make a booking.
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Tanja Lagoon Camp summer special: Stay 3, Pay 2
Looking for a summer holiday destination away from the crowds?
Located only a three-hour drive from Canberra, Tanja Lagoon Camp is a place apart. The camp borders the Mimosa Rocks National Park and each of the 4 glamping tents and 2 Eco-cabins enjoys a view of the bush and lagoon. Each Luxury Safari Tent and Eco-cabin is fully self-contained with a full kitchen, barbecue, ensuite bathroom (some with luxurious bathtubs!) and comfortable queen size bed with all the trimmings. Two of the rooms are accessible. Kids are welcome during the holidays to sleep in a traditional Australian bush swag!
Once you arrive, there is plenty to do onsite or only a short drive away. Take a short walk or kayak to nearby Middle Beach, pristine and beautiful with hardly any other people around. Enjoy your evenings toasting marshmallows by the campfire. Bring or hire a mountain bike and ride some of the 52km of trails in nearby Tathra or use the camp’s canoes and kayaks to explore the lagoon at your own pace.
Tanja Lagoon Camp is advanced eco-tourism and climate action certified by Ecotourism Australia. The camp is solar powered, has a worm farm waste management system, uses rain and dam water, and welcomes electric vehicle overnight trickle charging.
If you stay between now and the end of summer, you can book in for 3 nights and only pay for 2.
Online review from 18 December 2022:
“TLC is my favourite place on the South Coast of NSW. Comfortable, glamping tents in a tranquil bush setting on a picturesque lagoon – all within cooee of glorious beaches and bush walks. The tents are very well equipped with excellent kitchen and bathroom facilities, a dining deck, outdoor picnic table and fire pit. If the weather is chilly there is also a heater which keeps the tent very cosy. What more could be desired! The resident mob of kangaroos and bird life are a joy.”
Visit tanjalagooncamp.com.au to find out more.
- Wonderful weekend getaway: Tanja Lagoon Camp (3 September 2022)
Reduce pain with SCENAR Therapy and Yoga for Posture today
Today, SCENAR Therapy is recognised all over the world and millions of patients have benefited from this technology. SCENAR is used for pain relief and faster recovery in various diseases and injuries.
Who can be treated? Anyone can be treated even babies, young children, elderly patients, and animals because it is non-invasive and painless. Help yourself and people you love!
Better posture, better life!
We hold so much tension in our bodies and faces. This can affect how we look and how we move at any age. Only in our private studio in Wright and in Red Hill we offer Face Yoga and Yoga for Posture classes. Book today!
Our address: 66 David Fleay St, Wright, ACT
Contact Elena Amani on 0409 078 066 or visit www.yogaforposture.com.au
Why Aesthetic: Why trust anyone else?
Why Aesthetic is a female doctor-led cosmetic injectable clinic, handling all things non-surgical when it comes to beauty and anti-ageing.
“Our main mission is to work with the client to figure out what it is they want to improve on, focusing on the ‘why?’,” says founder, Dr Maria Comyns.
“We want people to have health professionals in their corner when it comes to beauty.”
Clients love having the Why Aesthetic doctors and nurses on their team, working with them rather than telling them what they need.
“Your win is our win,” says Dr Maria. “There aren’t many places where you can talk about your concerns without feeling judged or in the dark.
“Customers can come to us with no knowledge or heaps of knowledge to hear a professional opinion.”
Walk away confident and assured that Dr Maria and her Why Aesthetic team has your back.
Call today on 6257 1814 and follow us @why_aesthetics_.
Start afresh with Yoga Bloom
Start the year getting fit and healthy in mind and body. Yoga Bloom has a range of weekly yoga classes suitable for people of all ages. We offer a learning process ranging from beginners to more advanced classes. Whether it is fitness you want or more rest in your body, our timetable is extensive.
The warm, peaceful environment of our studio welcomes a calmness in mind and tranquility away from the everyday.
Join us at Yoga Bloom; for term one, you will re-anchor in your body and in your life.
Book online at www.yogabloomoconnor.com.au.
We would love to see you. 😊
See what’s new at Curves Jamison in 2023
In 2023, Curves Jamison will continue to be trendsetters in the Curves community, following the introduction of our state-of-the-art body scanning and the Myzone tracking system.
Our core business is an efficient, fast and safe 30-minute workout especially designed for women.
We also offer so much more!
The Classes on offer include: Essentrics, Pilates, Yoga, Pound, Gymsticks, Hiit Training, and Punch Fit, Dance and more!
We have an exclusive six-week Summer Serenity Package on offer (expiring 16 January) with only 10 spots left.
To see the results for yourself, book your first free guided workout at curves.com or call us on 6251 1111 or SMS Anita 0414 471 654.
Facebook: @curvesjamison
Folk Dance Canberra invites you to ‘Come and Try’
Free ’Come and Try’ afternoon, experiencing traditional, modern, energetic and easy dances from countries around the world. Folk Dance Canberra is a unique and welcoming community providing physical and social well-being through world dance.
When: Saturday 21 January 2.30-4.30pm
Where: Folk Dance Canberra Hall, 114 Maitland Street, Hackett ACT 2602
Please register by emailing [email protected] or phoning 6286 6401 (Lesley).
An opportunity to ‘come and try’ before classes begin! Beginner classes start the following week from Wednesday 1 February, 7.30-9pm, and Thursday 2 February, 10.30am-12pm ($10.50 per class, discount for term payment).
Website: https://folkdancecanberra.org.au/
Philosophy as a way of life
Seeking new direction? Or would you perhaps like to connect with a group and a dedicated tutor and enquire into how to find deeper purpose and meaning in your life? The School of Practical Philosophy has been running courses for over 50 years that explore where true wisdom is found; what holds us back? What sets us free?
The ‘Wisdom Within’ course aims to guide you to a greater understanding of yourself, your states of awareness and how justice is relevant to a meaningful life. Discover the benefits of philosophy as a way of life.
10-week courses commence in February in Deakin.
Call 0418 244 654
Visit practicalphilosophyaustralia.org.au/courses/wisdomwithincourse/
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