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Gigi, au Naturel Biographie en Français A single mother of two, Gigi Cohen became interested in natural foods in an effort to offer her children a healthy alternative to the typical western lifestyle. Over 25 years later, Gigi has become the leading expert on holistic health care for an ever-expanding clientele. Born in Israel and raised in Lachine, she has traveled the globe and familiarized herself with exotic approaches to health. Much of her training was received in Florida, where she first created her immensely popular vegetarian sushi rolls every day and had them delivered across the city. Gigi later traveled to India to study yoga and meditation, learning the intricately codependent relationship of the mind and body. Her insatiable hunger for knowledge soon acquired her certification in aromatherapy and meditation practice. Ever the entrepreneur, she then opened the highly successful Café Gigi in NDG over 18 years ago and amazed Montrealers with food that could be both delicious and healthy. Seeking the ability to offer a more comprehensive approach to health, Gigi finally opened Jessy Naturel; a sweet-smelling sanctuary where customers could find delicious foods, supplements, yoga, meditation, and everything needed for total well-being. Eleven years later people have begun to realize the endless benefits of the naturalistic approach. With larger stores now carrying organic food and supplements, how does the small store keep up? According to Gigi, it’s knowledge and information that customers are looking for: “I have a small store and can’t carry every brand of every product, so I do my research; I listen to my customers’ feedback on what they like and what works and I only carry the best.” On rare moments where Gigi is not helping her clients or creating culinary masterpieces, she likes to paint, practice yoga and relax with some of her closest friends. . “I’m happy to see the changes that are going on, when I first started this store I struggled to get products into Canada and educate people on the benefits of living naturally, people are more conscious these days.” Gigi says, “We offer a very specific type of service; people will come in with a long list of supplements that they’re taking and an even longer list of questions. I often spend up to an hour with individual clients trying to narrow things down and clarify the proper usage of each product.” These days, Gigi is also hard at work on her celebrity persona with a show on 940am talk radio: the Wellness Within Show, a call-in forum where she discusses natural cures to health problems. She has also recently begun a similar call-in show catering to her French audience with Prenez Votre Santé en Main avec Gigi Cohen on radio 690 AM. For a woman as devoted to her work as Gigi is, she definitely looks well rested and beautiful, courtesy of all those supplements of course! If you haven’t discovered her store yet, it is located at 46 Ste-Anne Street, just off of Lakeshore in the Pointe-Claire Village. You can also check out the Website for more information and a complete schedule of yoga classes for everyone, and of course don’t forget to tune into 940am every Saturday from 12:00pm to 1:00pm for the Wellness Within Show with Gigi Cohen and Prenez Votre Santé en Main avec Gigi Cohen airs Friday nights from 7:00pm to 8:00 pm on 690 AM.. Ask Gigi about supplement, vitamins, menopause, diabetes, skin conditions, migraines, vegetarian cooking ad of course the benefits of Yoga and Meditation. A healthy mind in a healthy body. In short... 3 words: Organic, Organic, Organic! This lady knows what she is
talking about. Click here to view photos from Open House 6-9-2007 take by Gilbert Cohen
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