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THE BAJA POST
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SOURCE: PR NEWSMEDIA
A new healing centre has opened in Alberta, welcoming in clients from across Canada. Nestled on 182 acres of pristine mountain land, Sacred Turtle Woman Healing Centre (STWHC) provides trauma-intensive programming partnered with full submersion in Indigenous culture.
With capacity for 60 individuals, this much needed co-ed, 18+ facility strives to restore Indigenous identity with the resurgence of culture through sobriety being the focal point.
Sacred Turtle Woman Healing Centre is a holistic Indigenous based facility located 48 minutes north of Edson, Alberta. Paying tribute to late Elder Victoria Whalen, STWHC embodies kinship, respect, kindness, and empowerment through traditional teachings and ceremonies while addressing issues pertinent to Indigenous peoples across Turtle Island.
This organization has created a culturally based wellness experience partnered with personal developmental programming to create strength in recovery.
Canada’s ongoing opioid crisis is an epidemic. Addictive drugs claimed the lives of at least 1,706 Albertans in 2023, averaging 4 deaths each day.
The previous record being 1,634 people dying in 2021 from drug and alcohol related overdoses. In 2022, Canada’s death toll reached an alarming 7,328 fatalities. Our response to this epidemic is timely.
This new healing centre works to build long lasting recovery in each of their clients and encourages health reintegration into society.
Fostering respectful, compassionate, culturally appropriate, and competent care that is responsive to the needs, values and beliefs of all their clients. In order for an individual to embark on their recovery journey, they need to be in a safe, supportive and culturally appropriate environment.
