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5 Ways To Be Healthier this Summer from Talk’s Wellness Expert

by Dave Tyler, Ridgefield Wellness

There is a path that many people walk when it comes to eating properly.  For many readers, I realize that you are in the midst of a dietary yo-yo… salad one day, factory-bacon cheese burgers and fries the next… maybe you know how healthy things are — and really want to eat them, but get overwhelmed…maybe — maybe you LOVE healthy foods and want to get family and loved ones on your path…

All you have to do is start adding good stuff in… your body will look for more good stuff and you start a snowball of health and living life extraordinary! Our bodies crave …

Trying to Get Your Daughter to Exercise? Lisa Mose has an Idea.

By Terri Woods Garlick

In Balance Personal Training, Lisa Mose’s new fitness studio in Ridgefield, offers something different: an intimate group program for teen girls (ages 13-18) to learn to enjoy the physical benefits of regular exercise while building their self-confidence and emotional strength – tools they will need as they navigate the teen years and beyond.

Regular exercise is a basic necessity for everyone, but especially for growing teenage girls. As girls grow from tweens to teens, studies show that they tend to become less active, and feelings of insecurity and embarrassment of their bodies begin to develop. There are a multitude of reasons for this: fear of looking …

There’s Much to Sprout About this Spring

by Dave Tyler, Ridgefield Wellness

I’m a little late getting my monthly newsletter out this month.  I wanted to give Talk of Our Town readers a preview of what will be included.  The main focus of this month’s newsletter will be about why most diets don’t work and speak to my philosophy on diet and exercise.  That content is only available to subscribers.

I also would like to talk a bit about some food we can eat… Sprouts!
In the spring season, seeds flaunt their vitality and energy by sprouting. Sprouts of all varieties contain the building blocks of life in the form of vitamins, enzymes, amino acids and simple sugars. …

Now Open: The Pilates Barre

Sharon McSpedon, a Ridgefield resident and fitness expert who specializes in Pilates, has opened a new fitness studio in downtown Ridgefield. The Pilates Barre, located at 28 Prospect Street (next door to Piccolo Pizza), is now open to new clients. Ms. McSpedon has been teaching Pilates in her Ridgefield home studio since 2003.
The Pilates Barre offers more than 30 classes per week are taught by five  highly trained instructors, in addition to Ms. McSpedon.  Participants can reap the benefits of  Pilates mat, tower, and reformer classes; Barre classes based on the Barre Technique developed by Lotte Berk; Pilates and Barre fusion …

TV Worth Watching – Premiere of “Food, Inc.” on PBS

by Dave Tyler, Talk’s Wellness guru

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to let you know that On April 21st, there will be a broadcast of the Oscar-nominated Food, Inc. on PBS.  Please check it out… it’s worth a look.   “Food, Inc.” just might change the way you look at your food.

The issues that Food, Inc. delves into – what we eat, how it’s produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here – are issues that affect all Americans.

Similarly, have you been watching Food Revolution on ABC?  There is a food revolution just around the corner…. are you ready?  It’s time to change the national standard for …

WHAT DO I KNOW?: A LAY PERSON’S COLD & ALLERGY GUIDE

by Charlotte Alston Legg

Whatever’s out there growing is effecting so many of us in some pretty dramatic ways.  “It’s green and the sun’s out, why I am indulging what feels like the flu?” I ask myself.  With that, Super-Dupe launches her journey to finding the cure.  Call it the Siren Song of the Placebo.  If it might work, it’s worth the attempt.

Local Honey. What could be wrong with a teaspoon of sweet every day?  Experts and yoga instructors alike are calling local honey the antidote to all things pollen-induced.  I’m telling you it’s delicious in everything from hot water to hot toddy.  Get yours from Ed Weiss,  who it turns …

Vinyasa Yoga and the Aldrich Museum ~ a Fine Combination

by Priscilla Matthews, Aldrich Museum
We invite you to join us for a unique blending of yoga and Aldrich exhibitions.
Saturday, April 17, Saturday, April 24, May 1, May 8, May 15
10:30 to 11:30 am
Member • $15 Non-Member • $20
Each Saturday, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., you’ll have the chance to work with a local certified yoga instructor while settling on your mat in one of our galleries. We’ll offer you a chance to “connect the dots” between the art of yoga and the art on view. Over the course of the Aldrich yoga sessions, we’ll rotate through the different exhibitions. So …

Bissell Pharmacy Pilots a Prescription Home Delivery Program

Great news!
Ed Karvosky of Bissell Pharmacy will deliver prescriptions to the home for seniors & families with sick children.

Bissell Pharmacy has a terrific gift line & fun items for kids. Stop in and browse “The Loft at Bissell”.
Bissell Pharmacy is located at 23 Governor Street in Ridgefield

(203) 438-6600 Fax (203) 438-0305
RVNA nurse, Crystal Green, thanks Ed Karvosky of Bissell Pharmacy for Prescription Home Delivery Program~ What a tremendous help to RVNA patients.

Spring has Sprung at The Garden of Ideas

by Joe Keller, Garden of Ideas
Here, at the  Garden of Ideas, we get our weather reports  from Bill Felker, Poor Will’s Almanack He writes that:
Waiting for spring can be like trying to go to sleep when you have insomnia.
How true!    In my 25 years of working outside, I haven’t seen a March like this.  Our hoop houses are full of quickly germinating crops.

We currently have a delicious salad mix available, along with our own fresh eggs. By the weekend we should have arugula and some spinach.  Radishes should be …

Fast Mornin’ Meals

by Julia Kalish and Christine Ducey

According to a study performed by Webmd, skipping breakfast becomes more common among teenage girls as they get older.

Do you eat breakfast in the morning?  Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, or at least that’s what everyone tells you.  There are many students or adults don’t even have breakfast in the morning.  We, personally, know that most of our friends go to school on an empty stomach.

We have ways to make breakfast in less than five minutes in the rush of the morning.

Smoothies are an easy, quick, and simple option.  Others recipes are still healthy and good, but this …