We are so pleased to be having our first chain of Vital Table Talks starting on 21 September with Dr Ashwini Baskaran with her talk on

Why am I so snappy!

Hear Dr Aswhini speak on what snappy might mean to people and various causes around it.

The talk will explore neurotransmitters and hormones, their functions on our emotions, with medical reasons around being snappy being touched on.

Dr Ashwini's Goal for the talk is to
1. Understand emotions are positive and negative
2. It's important to explore underlying reasons around an emotion
3. Hormones and neurotransmitters play an important role
4. Lifestyle measures and a good diet is important to keep our moods good
5. A short chakra meditation at the end to close the session

Definition of snappy:
snappy/ˈsnapi/
adjectiveINFORMAL

1.irritable and inclined to speak sharply; snappish.

Your ticket includes an expert presentation from Dr Ashwini, access to the market stalls, welcome drink, nibbles on arrival and a wholesome dinner.

6:00pm - Doors open: enjoy the markets, your welcome drink, delicious nibbles and a drink from the bar before the talk begins
6:30pm - Talk will begin from Dr Ashwini
7:30pm - Dinner break for you to have time to dine on your included dinner while checking out the markets open
8:00pm - Dr Ashwini will continue with her talk and a short charka meditation
8:30pm - The event finishes, giving you some important knowledge, peace from the meditation, a full belly and joy from support local market stalls

Learn more about your expert presenter

Dr Ashwini Gana Baskaran

MBBS FRACGP FACNEM FASLM
Principal GP

Dr Ashwini Gana Baskaran is a highly experienced female GP and is the Principal Doctor of Sanctuary Wellness and Medical Centre. She has completed three fellowships, Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Fellowship of the Australian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine and Fellowship of the Australian Society of Lifestyle Medicine. She holds a Certificate in Advanced Dermoscopy and Histopathology and Primary Care Skin Cancer Therapeutics and Professional Certificate in Skin Cancer surgery. She has also completed her Professional Certificate of Aesthetic Medicine and Advanced certificate of Aesthetic Medicine. She is currently undergoing training to become a Certified Medical Acupuncturist from the Australian Medical Acupuncture College.

She is constantly striving to provide the best care for her patients and believes that optimal health and wellbeing is achieved only through a holistic approach to health. This has further lead her to continue her academic pursuit in Nutritional and Environmental Medicine and continues to work with her patients with a Functional and Integrated approach to get to root course of their illness and improve their health and wellbeing.

Dr Ashwini Gana Baskaran enjoys the intellectual challenges of being a GP and understands that every patient is unique and important. She always strives to achieve the best health outcomes for her patients. She is a true believer in providing quality care with respect and compassion. Dr Ashwini Gana Baskaran is a member and examiner of RACGP( Royal Australian College of General Practice) and a member of Australian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (ACNEM) and Australian College of Lifestyle Medicine.

Personal info:

Dr Ashwini is happily married and has 2 beautiful children. She enjoys nature walks, yoga and has recently started learning golf. She has also recently became a fur-mum to her beautiful labradoodle puppy called Saffy.

She is an avid reader and loves listening to podcasts and audiobooks in her free time.

Her professional goal is to empower her patients to get to the root course and heal and be in the best health possible. She also feels everyone deserves to experience good health care.

Her Personal goal is to travel more (when the borders permit) with her family and spend as much time as possible being in nature and collecting precious family memories together.

Contact Details: https://sanctuarywellnessandmedical.com.au/

Phone number: 0894186008

Email: reception@sanctuarywellnessandmedical.com.au

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