SheVillage: Health, Fitness, Nutrition
 
Nourishment of the mind and body go hand in hand on the journey. Keeping the body healthy and fit is an important means of supporting and aiding that nourishment. In this section you will find information to contribute to women's health, the growth and well-being of the mind, body and spirit. As you know,Asheville and Western North Carolina have much to offer. Your topic and contributor ideas are welcomed.
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Validation is a state of the art, tested model of practice which helps disoriented older people reduce stress, lessen movement to vegetation, and enhance dignity and happiness. more...
Community Partners
We at One Center Yoga are dedicated to the practice and teaching of yoga for overall health, including strength and flexibility of body, clarity of mind, and generosity of spirit.
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Community Partners
Acupuncture can treat a variety of conditions. And can be used as a compliment to an Allopathic Medicine Protocol, such as chemotherapy and radiation. more...
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A Breath of Fresh Air and Hope for Those Desiring Permanent Recovery from Alcoholism ARISE Alcohol Recovery brings a new and deeply powerful dimension of healing and alcohol recovery to North Carolina. ARISE is a unique, alternative, holistic, non 12 step, educational recovery program. more...
Womens Media Center
In the last week of October, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made headlines and sparked anger in travels to Israel and Pakistan. Her role some weeks earlier was less controversial yet critically important, as she led UN diplomats forward in an action that could ease the suffering of countless women and girls living in conflict zones around the world.
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Ellen Garrison
Coaching, teaching, mentoring, consulting; most of us have encountered or conducted a facet of these services in one form or another over the years. more...
J. Lee Lehman
In the November/December 2009 issue, Mother Jones reports on the rebranding of various trash fish to change them from unutilized to trendy fish fashions. What makes a fish a trash fish? Either some unpleasant property, or something else that fishermen for years figured was not worth catching. In our overpopulated times, apparently everything is worth catching. Interestingly, some of these former trash fish have become so popular through rebranding that
now they are endangered from overfishing. But it's up to you as to whether you want to eat them! more...
 The Real Deal on Health Care
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If you only read one article about what's wrong with the economics of health "care" in the United States, this is a good candidate for the one. more...
Womens Media Center
Poet Carolyn Forché’s experience suggests that universal access to health care is not only the right thing to do morally but financially as well.
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Womens Media Center
If health care reform is enacted—and if it works to lower costs and keep Americans healthy—nurses will be a large part of the solution, argues the author. Trust her: she’s a nurse. more...
Womens Media Center
Groove With Me, “a place where girls can experiment with their bodies without trying to look cute for the boys.” It provides a far different atmosphere than those in the study where girls were often “afterthoughts” in programs designed for “at-risk” boys. more...
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A Local Food and Farm Map for western
North Carolina and neighboring areas of the mountains is now available. The
map shows the location of 40 farmers' markets, multiple grocers and restaurants
featuring locally-grown food, and 90 farms that welcome visitors. The reverse
of the map offers a description and contact information for each farm and business.
It is about two feet wide and folded to typical road map size.The map was researched,
produced, and distributed by Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP),
the organization that also creates the popular Local Food Guide. more...
Marian Greene
Ready, set, GO!
Those were the words that my daughter lived to hear. All she wanted to do was run. In fact, she ran up to ten miles a day and competed in state level track and cross country meets.She was being recruited by several different colleges, and looking forward to her senior year. more...
Ellen Garrison
Want to lose or manage your weight in the coming year?
One of the most recommended techniques for getting accurate knowledge of what you eat is to keep a food diary. Record everything you eat and drink for 3 days and analyze it for calories, carbohydrates, protein, and fat.
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Community Partners
Q: Are herbal remedies compatible with my prescription drugs?
A: Some are and some aren't. more...
Are Flu Shots effective?
Sheville Staff
Are flu shots the best solution to prevent flu in the elderly? Or are the recommendations a disturbing example of conflict of interest? Weight the evidence yourself here.
Community Partners
Lomi Lomi massage is universally a good choice for several reasons. First off, it is a very creative, fluid, and loving dance on the part of the practitioner. The joy that arises from the dance of Lomi, will be communicated directly into your body. Secondly, the practitioner will be able to go as deep or as superficial as your tissue’s require. more...
QuitlineNC
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Are you ready to quit using tobacco?
Quitline NCClick here
Heart Attack Symptoms Differ for Men and Women
Sheville Staff
We all know that women's heart attacks look different than men's, but this
article really brings it home. Please check out this piece: Heart
Attack Symptoms Differ for Men and Women
Community Partners
In this section you'll find issues dealing with women's health maintenance, such as food and nutrition, and include tips for exercise, such as different activities available in this area, their specific benefits, and what to watch out for. more...
Ellen Garrison
Q: What causes abdominal fat and what exercises can help to eliminate it or to tone the abdomen? more...
Religious Exemptions for Childhood Vaccination
Sheville Staff
Check out the Citizen Times' coverage of the issue of childhood vaccination: arguments for and against. Whatever your personal beliefs, relgious exemptions from the North Carolina vaccination law are way higher in Buncombe County than statewide: http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071223/NEWS01/71222124/1009
It's More than Thelma and Louise
Sheville Staff
Judith Warner recently raised the issue of just how reliable rape statistics are in an opinion piece in the New York Times, The Legacy of Thelma and Louise. Warner got caught in a cross-fire when she reported statistics that showed a dramatic drop in the rape statistics: but then she discusses just how reliable these statistics actually are. What she doesn't mention is that the population demographics of the US, with its lower percentage of younger people, likely contributed to whatever drop there was.
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