9th Annual NSFA Fall Brunch Continuing Education Event
NSFA Members Receive 2 CECs
Date: Saturday November 14th, 2026
Time: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Enjoy a delicious buffet brunch, mix and mingle with your fellow fitness professionals, add to your fitness knowledge and receive a continuing education credit for attending!
This Event Includes a Breakfast Buffet: Eggs, bacon, seasoned home fries, fresh fruit basket, tea biscuit, ice-cold fruit juices, tea and coffee (Dietary restrictions can be accommodated, please indicate in registration)
Topic:
SHIFTING GEARS- How to Help Regulate our Nervous System Before and After a Workout.
We all know that feeling; you’re tense or anxious from the day’s activities, show up for a class or a PT session and have a hard time settling down or focusing on your body. We’re still in “flight or fight” mode and possibly don’t know how to shift gears into “rest & digest” mode. This session will explore the physiology of our autonomic nervous system and the important, but simple things, fitness professionals can do to help clients (and ourselves) shift more quickly and easily.
Learn to recognize chronic dysregulation of the autonomic nervous system and understand how not addressing the issue has a negative effect on all systems of the body.
Presenter: Melissa Millar
About Melissa: Fitness and wellbeing for life….this is Melissa’s philosophy, and career path.
Starting with Group Fitness she now has almost 30 years experience in the industry working as a Personal Trainer, Group Fitness Instructor, Yoga Instructor, Program Facilitator and Trainer Educator. She has presented at conferences in Auckland, Halifax and St John’s as well as online webinars, and is a currently a Course Conductor/Evaluator for the NSFA.
In 2009 she was awarded the Fitness Instructor of the Year-Freestyle, presented by Fitness Life magazine in NZ. Melissa ran her own Halifax fitness business from 2010-2017 and then spent 9 years as the Fitness Coordinator at MSVU.
She is currently Health & Fitness Coordinator at the Zatzman Sportsplex. She is thrilled to be able to work in her community to help make wellbeing accessible for all and share her passions for mindfulness, functional training, whole health, and dance!
Location: Brunch will take place at the beautiful Ashburn Golf Course, 3250 Joseph Howe Drive, Halifax NS, B3L 4G1
Lots of free parking is available!
Registration Fee for Early Birds registering by November 3rd, 2025.
NSFA Members: $40
Non Members: $50
After November 3rd, 2025
NSFA Members: $50
Non Members: $60
NSFA member who attend will receive 2 Continuing Education Credits. These will be added to your NSFA account after the event.
Non members can request a Certificate of Attendance for proof of continuing education.
