Ridgefield Library Hosts Holistic Health and Wellness Series Events

From the Ridgefield Libary:

RIDGEFIELD, CT - The Ridgefield Library will host two upcoming programs as part of the: Body, Mind and Spirit Holistic Health and Wellness Series that is made possible thanks to the Noreen L. Papa - Mothers: Live Your Life fund. Click here to see a full listing of upcoming programs in the series.

Eating Your Way to Health
Talk and Cooking Demo
with Cathy Katin-Grazzini

Monday, November 14 at 7 p.m.
Please register

Join us for this introduction to plant-based nutrition. Find out why it's so healthy, who can benefit, and how to begin. A cooking demo with sampling and recipes are included. This program is presented by Cathy Katin-Grazzini, plant-based chef, cooking instructor, nutritional coach, and owner of Cathy's Kitchen Prescription LLC in Ridgefield.

Plant-based news is getting a lot of play in the media lately, as research evidence supporting plant-centric diets mounts and celebrities, politicians and athletes jump on the bandwagon. This isn't the latest food fad, however, but an age-old and delicious way of eating that ethnic culinary traditions worldwide have embraced for hundreds of years. A diet rich in unprocessed plant foods strengthens our bodies' innate abilities to stay healthy, lose weight, and recover from illness if we've been stricken by a very long list of diverse chronic diseases, including heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, obesity, and many autoimmune conditions.

The cooking demo will showcase a fast and easy, colorful mixed bean chili served on freshly toasted corn tortilla chips. All made from veggies, beans, corn, herbs and spices, they contain no added fats, oils, nuts, refined flours or gluten. You'll sample, go home with recipes, and learn how to use this no-oil cooking technique in your own kitchen.

Let Go of the Past
with Clinical Psychologist Stacy Raymond, Psy.D.
Monday, November 28 at 7 p.m.
Please register

Dr. Raymond will discuss two research supported techniques that quickly and effectively reduce anxiety and negative emotion in the moment. Inner Balance (TM) is a biofeedback app anyone can use at any time for instant stress relief. By measuring your heart rhythms, it gets your heart, mind and emotions in sync to improve health, wellbeing and performance. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), on the other hand, is a revolutionary energy psychology approach offered by a trained therapist. You will learn how painful memories are stored in the brain, why they get "stuck", and how EMDR liberates them so they no longer present as flashbacks, nightmares or intrusive thoughts.

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