Winter Wellness
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Fit Week & Winter Health 2020

This Fit /Winter Health Week, we mined the local area for some out-of-the box sports and activities that might not already be on your radar.
The Source Staff

Yes Bend, we know you’re pretty fit. So this Fit Week, we mined the local area for some out-of-the box sports and activities that might not already be on your radar. Check out those stories from our Feature section, as well as stories from elsewhere in the issue! Medicare For Us Medicare for all in […]

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Sex, Drugs, Rock n’ Roll…& Smoothies?

Local musicians tell us how they manage to keep their svelte figures while touring
Avatar photo Magdalena Bokowa

The world of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll hardly conjures up the image of healthy habits. Late nights, long travel days and copious amounts of stress lead many to go down comfort food alley. And that’s not to mention the many venues showing their appreciation by showering artists with ample treats—often in free-flowing liquor […]

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Breaking the Broken Resolutions Cycle

Local Fitness Professionals and Their Clients Share Their Secrets to Success
Annette Benedetti

Tell me if this sounds familiar: It’s January and you’ve started that diet you’ve promised yourself you would do. You bought that gym membership, sure to help you get the body you’ve been dreaming of. The first week or two often goes well, but come week three, four and five, motivation and determination start to […]

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Winter Wellness & Fit Guide

Natural Approaches to Health and Healing
Annette Benedetti

With an overwhelming number of approaches to using food and healing modalities in the place of—or alongside— Western medicine, newbies to alternative medicine may struggle with where to begin. Throughout this guide we’ll explore popular alternative approaches to healing, commonly sought out and confused. Dr. Joshua Phillips, ND, the creative director of Hawthorn Healing Arts […]

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Capoeira

Martial arts meets music
Jessie Dale

When Scott McBride brought capoeira to Bend, he viewed it as an opportunity to share his passion. McBride beams with excitement as he discusses the layered and rich art of capoeira, a form of martial arts that combines music, dance, acrobatics, community, and culture. If you’re looking for a way to stay alert physically and […]

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Ingesting Essential Oils

Not just for aromatherapy anymore
Jessie Dale

Essential oils—the concentrated, extracted oils of plants—have long been used for medicinal purposes. In fact, modern medicine relies heavily on organic matter as a blueprint for medications. While essential oils are often used topically or for aromatherapy, some also ingest essential oils as an internal medicine. If essential oils will be making their way into […]

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Crystal Clear

Sound healing gives good vibes
Avatar photo Erin Rook and Hayley Jo Murphy

Most people are familiar with meditation in the broadest sense—quieting one’s mind through a particular discipline. The use of crystal bowls to create powerful sonic waves is less commonly known. But practitioners say it can be transformative. And it has history. Though crystal bowl meditation became popular in the healing community in the 1980s, the […]

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Never Chew Again

Soylent wants to take the eating out of eating
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

Soylent is an ironic name for a food replacement company. Obviously the creator of the product has seen the film from 1973 called Soylent Green starring Charlton Heston. The movie takes place in a dystopian future where most of humanity survives by eating processed foods including Soylent Green, made from super fresh human corpses. Bob […]

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