Natural Awakenings Twin Cities March 2022
Read the March 2022 edition of Natural Awakenings Twin Cities magazine. This is our annual Food and Nutrition Issue which is focused on plant-based foods, supporting local farmer's market and beyond picky eating; help for pediatric eating disorders. This month we feature articles on myofascial release for oral health, tips on making one's presence on Facebook, plant-based foods go mainstream, geopathic stress in your garden that affects the growth of your plants, bounty of the farmer's market and so much more! Be sure to check out our local content including News Briefs announcements, Community Resource Guide with providers throughout the metro who can meet your individual wellness needs, and all the happenings in the Calendar of Events. There is additional online-only content that can be found at NATwinCities.com.
Read the March 2022 edition of Natural Awakenings Twin Cities magazine. This is our annual Food and Nutrition Issue which is focused on plant-based foods, supporting local farmer's market and beyond picky eating; help for pediatric eating disorders. This month we feature articles on myofascial release for oral health, tips on making one's presence on Facebook, plant-based foods go mainstream, geopathic stress in your garden that affects the growth of your plants, bounty of the farmer's market and so much more!
Be sure to check out our local content including News Briefs announcements, Community Resource Guide with providers throughout the metro who can meet your individual wellness needs, and all the happenings in the Calendar of Events. There is additional online-only content that can be found at NATwinCities.com.
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Ridwell Expands to<br />
<strong>Twin</strong> <strong>Cities</strong>, Collects<br />
Reusable and Hard-<br />
To-Recycle Items<br />
Ridwell, an innovative and eco-friendly<br />
service, is now making it easier for residents<br />
of the <strong>Twin</strong> <strong>Cities</strong> to reuse and recycle<br />
items that cannot be placed in the city’s curbside<br />
recycling bins and must be either taken to<br />
drop-off locations or put in the trash. They collect hard-to-recycle thin plastic film (produce<br />
bags, plastic shipping bags, etc.), batteries, lightbulbs and clothing, along with a rotating category<br />
that benefits local nonprofit partners.<br />
“Ridwell members care about the planet and want a way to more easily reuse and recycle<br />
items that are not included in the curbside recycling bin but shouldn’t go in the trash<br />
either,” says Ridwell founder and CEO Ryan Metzger. “We do the legwork so they can keep<br />
these materials out of the trash with confidence.”<br />
Ridwell gives household trash new life by partnering with companies like TREX, which<br />
turns plastic film into composite lumber for decks, benches and playground sets. A rotating<br />
category enables members to further declutter their homes and help local nonprofit partners<br />
in need of specific items. During the next few months, Ridwell will partner with Loaves and<br />
Fishes to collect non-perishable food items, the Prop Shop in Eden Prairie to pick up gently<br />
used kids’ clothing, as well as the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center to provide towels and pillowcases<br />
and <strong>Twin</strong> <strong>Cities</strong> Habitat for Humanity ReStore to share tools and hardware.<br />
Subscriptions range from $12 to $16 per month, depending on the length of commitment.<br />
Ridwell is currently in service in South, Southeast and Southwest Minneapolis and<br />
will expand into new areas based on community interest. Inspired by a 6-year-old and his<br />
dad looking to recycle old batteries, Ridwell began in 2018 and now serves more than 50,000<br />
families in Seattle, Portland and Denver.<br />
For more information, visit Ridwell.com.<br />
Lip/Tongue-Tie Release & Myofunctional<br />
Therapy Help with Nutrition<br />
Lip/tongue-ties are malformed oral tissues that restrict the lip/<br />
tongue’s range of motion. Once thought to only impact babies<br />
for breastfeeding, it is now known to affect a multitude of health<br />
issues from proper jaw development of children to sleep apnea<br />
into adulthood.<br />
Releasing lip/tongue-ties coupled with myofunctional therapy<br />
can help retrain lip, tongue and facial muscles and is now an integral<br />
part of oral and dental health. Amy Ha Truong, DDS, of Pure Dental,<br />
is expanding their services to offer Lip/Tongue-Tie Release using the<br />
latest technology, including the use of a CO2 laser, which is a quick<br />
and gentle procedure. They are also offering myofunctional therapy<br />
which provides appointments both onsite or online.<br />
Amy Ha Truong<br />
Lip/tongue-tie releases and myofunctional therapy can help promote proper facial<br />
and jaw development; develop healthy eating habits; improve speech difficulties; straighten<br />
teeth; correct mouth breathing issues; address clenching and grinding; relieve facial,<br />
neck and jaw tension; and improve sleep apnea.<br />
The procedure is simple, fast and lasting. A myofunctional therapist will prescribe a series of<br />
exercises to retrain and strengthen tongue muscles for the new range of motion patients will experience.<br />
“We are excited to expand our services to include lip/tongue-tie releases and myofunctional<br />
therapy to help with a wider range of oral health benefits for our patients,” shares Truong.<br />
Location: 6230 10th St. N., Ste. 520, Oakdale. For more information and appointments, call<br />
651-731-3064 or visit PureDentalmn.com. See ad, page 12.<br />
Win a Weekend Pass to<br />
the Midwest Women’s<br />
Herbal Conference<br />
The 11th annual Midwest Women’s Herbal<br />
Conference (MWHC) will take place<br />
in person from May 27 through 29 at Camp<br />
Helen Brachman, in Almond, Wisconsin, and<br />
conference organizers are giving away one<br />
all-inclusive weekend pass that includes meals<br />
and accommodations to join in the learning<br />
and the fun. <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Awakenings</strong> readers can<br />
enter for a chance to attend the conference for<br />
free from now through May 1.<br />
This year’s event features keynote speakers<br />
Suzanne Simard (author of The New York<br />
Times bestseller, Finding the Mother Tree),<br />
Cornelia Cho, Misty Cook and Judith Laxer,<br />
as well as many other experienced herbalists<br />
and healers.<br />
Join the MWHC for a gathering of the<br />
feminine with a wide spectrum of acclaimed<br />
herbalists and speakers, pre-conference<br />
immersions, more than 50 workshops, plant<br />
walks and talks on holistic immune support,<br />
storytelling, herbal traditions from around<br />
the world, wise woman ways and more.<br />
Shop the artisan marketplace, network and<br />
celebrate at this immersive weekend of flora,<br />
fauna and funga.<br />
To enter, visit NAChicago.com/<strong>2022</strong>-Midwest<br />
WomensHerbalConference. One entry per<br />
person through May 1. See ad, page 2.<br />
“No matter how chaotic it is,<br />
wildflowers will still spring up<br />
in the middle of nowhere.”<br />
~Sheryl Crow<br />
<strong>March</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />
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