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This sounds like fun. Summer Huntington of Fit Body Wellness is leading a free outdoor yoga session at 11am on Saturday July 31st at the north end of Boulevard Park, near the stage. If you go, or if you’ve taken classes from Summer before, be sure to leave a review at her listing here on Whatcom Natural Health. It doesn’t look much like summer right now, but sunny days must be on the way because the Fairhaven outpost of the Bellingham Farmers Market opens tomorrow. The Wednesday Market is a friendly, low-key market held noon -5pm every Wednesday (duh!) from June through September in the Fairhaven Village Green behind Village Books.
In past visits I haven’t seen any food vendors, buskers or crafts here — just yummy local fruit and veggies.
The Blaine Gardener’s Market is holding a slug race on May 22 to celebrate opening day. The market will run every Saturday, 10-2 in H Street Plaza, through October 9th. Read the article in the Northern Light here: http://thenorthernlight.com/news/article.exm/2010-04-07_gardener_s_market_to_open_with_slug_race Dr. Hollie Levine, ND, will be at Joy of Pilates, 22 N. Harbor Loop Dr., for a Q&A session on May 3 at 6:30 pm. Dr. Levine specializes in chronic illnesses; the woman’s emotional and physical health; and support for people undergoing cancer treatments and cancer survivors. The event is free and light refreshments will be served. Please rsvp to Joy of Pilates here. Take a self-paced stroll through Bellingham’s south side with the Tulip Trekkers, Mt. Vernon’s Volkssport (people’s sport) club. The Fairhaven-Edgemoor Friendship Walk starts at Fairhaven Runners at 10am, where you can register and pick up a route map starting at 9:30am. Volkssport — “people’s sport” — walking events are organized by local clubs as a fun, noncompetitive organized activity for all ages and abilities. Learn more about volkssporting at the Tulip Trekkers website. From Fairhaven Runners: When: Thursday, April 15, 7:15 – 8:15 PM Where: Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St., Bellingham  Shoppers ponder the plethora of pumpkins at the downtown Bellingham Farmer's Market last October. The kids are on spring break, the forsythia is blooming, and Mayor Dan Pike is loosening up his throwing arm for the ceremonial cabbage toss that opens every season of Bellingham’s downtown farmer’s market. The downtown market runs every Saturday from 10am to 3pm through Christmas. The summertime Fairhaven market will join in on Wednesdays June-September. When: Saturday April 3, 10am-3pm
New and not-so-new parents will want to catch this talk on turning your little one’s stroll into a workout. It’s this Thursday, March 25, 7:15 pm, at Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. in Bellingham. From their website:
“Turn Your Stroller Into a Total Body Workout – Natalie Gustafson, MS, LMFT
The findings, based on the study of infants aged between five months and two years old, suggest that babies may be born with a predisposition to move rhythmically in response to music. The research was conducted by Dr Marcel Zentner, from the University of York’s Department of Psychology, and Dr Tuomas Eerola, from the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Music Research at the University of Jyvaskyla. Dr Zentner said: “Our research suggests that it is the beat rather than other features of the music, such as the melody, that produces the response in infants. “We also found that the better the children were able to synchronize their movements with the music the more they smiled. “It remains to be understood why humans have developed this particular predisposition. One possibility is that it was a target of natural selection for music or that it has evolved for some other function that just happens to be relevant for music processing.” Infants listened to a variety of audio stimuli including classical music, rhythmic beats and speech. Their spontaneous movements were recorded by video and 3D motion-capture technology and compared across the different stimuli. Professional ballet dancers were also used to analyse the extent to which the babies matched their movement to the music. The findings are published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Online Early Edition. The research was part-funded by a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation. St. Joseph’s Lifequest community education program presents a class on transitioning to a healthy vegetarian diet. Do you find yourself making more vegetarian eating choices? Vegetarians are at lower risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity and gallstones. This class will introduce you to the meatless way of eating, including more convincing reasons to choose it and recipes to help you apply it! The class will be held at the Health Education Center, 3333 Squalicum Parkway. Click here for registration info. cheap gerneric viagra; Viagra For Sale The practice of Tai Chi promotes balance and coordination, and is as effective as brisk walking in lowering blood pressure. The exercises can be done anywhere, require no equipment, and are suitable all fitness levels. The Whatcom County YMCA on State Street has several introductory Tai Chi classes are starting this month, including seated Tai Chi for people who are unable to stand for long periods. Call 733-8630 for registration and info on Y classes. Introduction to Tai Chi: Monday & Thursday 1/11-3/18/2010 at 12:10-1:10 p.m. $35-45. Tai Chi: Deepening Your Practice: Monday 1/11-3/15/2010 at 4:30-5:15 p.m. Free, drop-in continuation of the above class. Seated Tai Chi: Thursday 1/14-2/25 at 1:30-2:15 p.m. $20-25. If you’re a bipedal mammal reading this blog, you have probably resolved to take off a few pounds in the next year. WCC’s Community Education program has added two new classes to the Winter schedule to help bring that resolution to pass. Weight Reduction through Hypnosis, Mondays 1/25-2/8 Your Relationship to Food, Saturdays 1/30 & 2/6 Learn more and sign up online at http://www.whatcomcommunityed.com/ Start your Sunday with a free Pilates “teaser” at Joy of Pilates, 22 Harbor Loop in Bellingham on Sunday, Dec 20th at 8:00 am. See the site for forms to print out and bring to class. Free Intro Classes!
Revitalize Your Body, Refresh Your Mind! Tuesdays, 1/26 & 2/2 Learn more and register at Whatcom Community College’s Community Education website, http://www.whatcomcommunityed.com/. We’re in the process of upgrading the site so users can rate individual practitioners and businesses in Whatcom County on a scale of 1-5 stars, as well as leaving more detailed reviews in the comments. So far the Acupuncture, Chiropractors, Hypnotherapy and Yoga categories are updated and ready for your ratings. This site is looking for licensed health practitioners like LMPs, LAcs, NDs, DCs, and LMs, and mind/body fitness practitioners to contribute to our community wellness blog. This is a great opportunity to build a local web presence without the stress of writing and promoting your own blog. Please send an e-mail to editor@whatcomnaturalhealth.com if you would like to write about alternative health topics and/or fitness and nutrition from a natural health perspective. Hypnotherapist Richard Blake, MIT, CHT is teaching a four-part self-hypnosis class November 4 – December 2:
Call 360-778-3922 to sign up. Here’s an interesting post from chiropractor Steve Noble’s blog about the role of old scar tissue on current pain:
119 N Commercial St Ste 910 Tree Frog Farm Join us for this fun, power-packed, dynamic class. Learn how working with energy meridians and points, energetic visceral release and flower essences can expand your bodywork practice and help your clients. Practice simple Students will receive a certificate for 10 continuing education hours. About the instructors: Willow Rose, LMP, MPA. Willow is a multidimensional healer weaving together a wide array of techniques from guided imagery to deep tissue, including the use of tuning forks, flower essences and visceral manipulation to realign structure and restore balance. She especially enjoys focusing on digestive and reproductive issues to heal and nurture our sacred bellies. Diana Pepper, Vibrational Repatterning Practitioner and Earth steward, is a lecturer, consultant and producer of flower essences at Tree Frog Farm. She specializes in helping clients integrate inner well-being and spirituality Price: $225.00 For more information or to register, visit www.treefrogfarm.com or call (360)758-7260  Nuts are a tasty part of the Mediterranean diet Study author Dr. Dario Giugliano said, “The Mediterranean-type diet is a diet high in plant foods, such as fruits, nuts, legumes and cereals, and fish, with olive oils as the primary source of monounsaturated fat and low to moderate intake of wine, as well as low intake of red meat and poultry.” In addition to summer’s abundant fruit and vegetables, Washington produces these healthy staples of the Mediterranean diet: -hazelnuts I think we’re out luck on local olive oil, though.
The downtown Y is having a senior health fair in their lobby from 10am-1pm and all-day open house with free stretch, tai chi, Silver Sneakers cardio, and balance classes for seniors in the 4th floor exercise rooms. 8am-Morning Stretch
Acupuncturist Scott Paglia, LAc, will discuss causes of and non-drug solutions for acid reflux, hiatal hernia, constipation, ulcers and colitis. August 11, 6:30 pm  Italian racewalker Elisa Rigaudo in action Do you want to learn to Racewalk? Or to Racewalk Faster? Join U.S. National Racewalk Team member and fourteen-time U.S. National Champion Dave McGovern for this unique racewalking event. Participants will learn techniques utilized at the U.S. Olympic Training Centers to help elite athletes to racewalk faster, and more efficiently with fewer injuries. And if you don’t race, these techniques can help you to lose weight, get fit and feel great! Fee for the weekend clinic is $125; info and entry forms are available at racewalking.org.
The documentary film Food Inc. is screening at the Pickford Cinema 7/24-7/30. Entertainment Weekly said Food Inc. is “more than just a terrific documentary — it’s an important movie, one that nourishes your knowledge of how the world works. Or, in this case, has started not to work.” Tonight’s 6:30 screening will be preceded by a discussion with Clayton Burrows, director of Growing Washington, and Henry Bierlink, executive director of Whatcom Farm Friends, from 5-6pm on KGMI radio and followed by discussion and Q&A at the Pickford. See the Pickford schedule for full show times. Friday, Jul 24 @ 3:00 PM, 6:30 PM
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