WELLNESS WEEK WHAT IS WELLNESS, ANYWAY— AND WHY DO WE SEEK IT?
If you ask us, the week during which we’ve paused to honor the great vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is an ideal time to discuss wellness, and how it fits into the grander scheme. The journey toward wellness, at its core, is the work we do to repair, refine and enhance ourselves. It’s a service to ourselves—but taking inspiration from Dr. King, it shouldn’t be done only just for ourselves. The great work we do inside ourselves should ultimately be in service to, and in acknowledgement of, the great work necessary outside ourselves. In other words, do wellness is not just for wellness’ sake, but for the sake of healing everywhere. And we’re guessing most of you, dear Source readers, can understand the need for healing—locally, nationally, planetarily… The business owners—and their hardworking employees—listed in this Winter Wellness Guide understand that, and work to bring you their own form of wellness every day. We hope these pages help you find the right form of wellness for you. So be well, in order to go out and serve the greater good. Nicole Vulcan, Editor
“It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one destiny, affects all indirectly.” Martin Luther King Jr., from “A Christmas Sermon on Peace,” 1967
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WELLNESS WEEK
THE SOUL
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or many people, health is a top priority. If you’re looking for natural and no-stress ways to care for your whole family’s health, it’s worthwhile to look into the use of essential oils. An essential oil is the liquid distilled from a plant, resulting in a super concentrate. Angelina Swanson, founder and creative director of Angelina Organic Skincare, says they’re sometimes referred to as the soul of a plant. “Essential oils are generally steam-extracted from the plant, except for citrus oils which are cold pressed from the fruit rind,” Swanson explains. Used therapeutically, essential oils are used two ways: One, through inhalation in the form of aromatherapy, secondly, used topically in body products. According to Swanson, essential oils are readily absorbed into skin and mucous membranes (lungs and nasal passage). She says, “When you breathe them in, the scent bypasses your conscious brain and goes right into your primitive brain and triggers memory recall. If you have a pleasant association with a scent you are going to feel nice when you smell it.” But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Essential oils are thought to have a strong effect on the nervous system as well, and may have the ability to solve common ailments. Lavender and chamomile essential oils are thought to bring about a calming effect. Peppermint is known to be stimulating, helping with headaches and calming nausea without extra medication. For help with premenstrual syndrome, wellness experts often recommend geranium oil and clary sage oil to help soothe and bring balance. On her website, angelinaskincare. com, Swanson offers suggestions for creating DIY essential oil blends, recommending several oil combinations used to acquire desired effects. Some of her recommendations: For relief from sore muscles, try two drops of fresh ginger combined with two drops of black pepper, four drops of peppermint and five drops of eucalyptus. Sinus pain? Combine eight drops of eucalyptus with four drops of
peppermint and two drops of cypress for relief. The uses for essential oils goes on and on. Swanson also recommends a combo created for chasing the blues away, and another meant to help you get back that lovin’ feeling for your partner. Since putting essential oils directly on the skin (without using a carrier oil or other product) is not recommended, the distribution of the oils can happen a couple of different ways. Add oils to a steam diffuser, put them in a spray bottle (add 60 drops or so to 4 ounces of water), use them topically (10 to 15 drops in a carrier oil such as Jojoba or coconut) or add them to a cleaning solution (add about 20 drops to ¼ cup of unscented cleaner). While inhaling is the strongest and most potent way to get a response from the body, when used topically on the skin, oils can also have very different effects. Some oils can soothe skin problems such as eczema. Swanson says that there are also oils shown to have anti-tumor effects. “We are working with the cancer center at St. Charles…on a product that is really calming for skin that has been radiated,” says Swanson. While essential oils can also be ingested, Swanson doesn’t recommend it. “There are two reasons I don’t suggest ingesting essential oils. The first is there are a couple that can kill children. Wintergreen, for example—if a child takes a half an ounce of wintergreen essential oil they are going to die. You have to be really careful because they can be highly toxic,” says Swanson. With the endless number of essential oils stacked on shelves at local shops, it can be difficult to know where to start. Swanson suggests picking up the following books: “Essential Oils for Beginners: The Guide to Get Started with Essential Oils,” from Althea Press and “The Complete Book of Essential Oils & Aromatherapy,” by Valerie Ann Worwood. The practice of using essential oils may take some research and even a little trial and error, but it’s worth the time and effort for those interested in living a cleaner, healthier and more natural lifestyle.
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WELLNESS WEEK
AND I’D DO IT
ALL OVER AGAIN
A FEW TRIPS TO A DEVELOPING COUNTRY, AND A CLEANSING JOURNEY BY N I CO LE VULCAN
The cleanse was awful. And I’d do it all over again. ost of us spend our lives staving off one calamity or the other… and that brings inevitable effects of stress, weight gain, indigestion, irritability, and even chronic disease and cancer. The incredible thing about the human body: be mean to it and it sends signals. Be nice to it and it usually responds in kind. Probably like you, I’ve tried various methods to mitigate the effects of all that calamity-hopping. This is one of my “wellness journey” tales.
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Ayiti Cherie
It was 2010 and the massive 7.0 earthquake had just hit the south of Haiti. I joined a video project documenting relief efforts in the wider reaches of the country. I didn’t initially go to serve, but to observe—and yet, not serving was not an option. There I was, shoveling construction debris and livestock offal and shit in the market of Limbe, in the northern part of the country. While away from the earthquake zone, things like trash service, schools and government were still on hold country-wide. People had dumped trash in the marketplace for weeks, with no service on the horizon. Limbe-born Rosedanie Cadet, leader of the group I documented, arranged a garbage truck, and we shoveled that stuff in. At the end of a hard-fought day, I passed out. Lights out, on the street. I didn’t really stop though—not until three trips to Haiti and back, when I found myself in a health crisis, brought on by stress, travel and lack of rest.
SAD!
Let’s pause here to note this crisis was not necessarily about traveling to a developing nation—one some might erroneously call a “shithole” country. Yes, there was an emotional and physical toll to being in an earthquake-ravaged country with foreign-to-me bacteria and viruses. As far as diet though, Haiti’s food was incredible. Meals involved fresh vegetables, eggs and other delights from the gardens of my hosts—far from the Standard American Diet some believe is the root of much ill health. SAD, as it’s often called, involves too many breads and simple sugars; not enough fresh foods and too many processed ones. (I would be remiss in not mentioning that many Haitians, too, live on a version of SAD; limited means forcing them to subsist on starches such as manioc, or cassava.) At home in Oregon, more of a SAD diet, coupled with a heavy workload, brought on general ill health. Coincidentally, I was working a PR job for a naturopathic clinic at the same time.
The Elimination Diet
The docs put me on an elimination diet—pretty standard protocol for naturopaths identifying the trigger foods causing, or adding to, crises. As its name suggests, it involves eliminating foods that commonly cause irritation or inflammation. Along with taking herbs supportive of the liver and
kidneys, you eliminate sugar, gluten, dairy, eggs, nightshades, caffeine, soy and alcohol for around 10 days. You then re-introduce each food one at a time, noting any side effects after re-introduction. You may have heard of similar eating plans with the Whole 30 diet, or nearly any liver, kidney or colon-cleansing protocol. In short, it kinda sucks, but it’s worth it. In that spirit, here’s what the Elimination Diet felt like. Day 1: I’m going to be feeling awesome after kicking all that crap out! I SO don’t even need caffeine. I am PUMPED! Screw all that money I spend on espresso! Day 2: Were this boring hole in my right eye socket [editor’s note: from lack of caffeine] to go away, everything would be just great. Today I had my second helping of brown rice with steamed veggies. But no soy sauce? Brutal. Day 3: Wait, caffeine withdrawal is supposed to subside, right? You sure I can’t pop an Ibuprofen for the pain, doc? You’re so mean. Wait, I have to meet the girls for Ladies’ Night—I’ve earned a cheat night, right? God, you suck. So… I am just supposed to go out and NOT DRINK? What will I do with my hands?! Day 4: Today was the pit of despair and there wasn’t even an espresso to look forward to. My friends are going out again, but I think I’ll stay home and take an Epsom salt bath, followed by a castor oil pack to the belly, to extra-underline how anti-social I am. Lettuce wraps for dinner tonight. Check. Day 7: I may actually LIKE staying home and reading and sleeping at night, instead of going out. And I am starting to figure out more creative foods to eat. And I feel really great—I remembered my dreams last night! Who wants to go for a run? Day 9: One more day-ish until I can bring something back into my diet—what’s it going to be?! Totally cheese. For the love of everything dairy-licious, if I feel triggered by eating cheese, I may just give up. O, wait, coffee. Coffee!! It’s been so long since we hung out. Day 10: Feeling super good and yet kinda anxious. Maybe I want ALCOHOL first? Day 11: I settled for re-introducing dairy first. My tongue felt phlegmy afterward. Does that mean it’s a “trigger,” doc? You knew I didn’t want to hear that. Day 14: Yes! Trying eggs today! ** Eggs gave me heartburn. Why haven’t I noticed this before? Day 17: This. Is. Getting. So. Old. Brought back wheat. It gave me instant inflammation in my hands. Day 20: Dear, sweet coffee. Let us never part again. You won’t betray me, right?! O good. We’re good.
So what happened? I found out all the foods that made me feel crappy, and I reset my body to crave more whole, non-inflammatory foods. Have I stayed away from the SAD diet completely? No, but I try to do so a lot more often, and I’ve learned a valuable lesson in what stresses not to put on my body—especially when there are other stresses present. Since then, I’ve endeavored to do a version of the Whole 30 a couple times a year, and I should even do it more. The cleanse was awful. And I’d do it all over again.
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