Posts Tagged ‘Wellness’

Wellness Gets Refreshed!

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

You may have noticed a change in our store! Thank you for bearing with us this past week while staff worked to refresh our wellness department. We listened to you our shoppers, and worked hard to give you a more customer-friendly shopping experience. The wellness department re-do includes completely rearranging our shelves and streamlining our product lines for your shopping enjoyment and convenience.

If you cannot find what you are looking for, please ask our friendly wellness staff to assist you.

Currently, items that have been discontinued in order to accommodate the re-do can be found in a couple of “clearance” areas near the wellness department, where prices have been reduced for quick sale–check it out!

Sunscreen Season Has Begun

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Though it’s mid-may and the sunshine doesn’t feel very hot yet, it’s important to increase sunscreen use as you increase your outdoor activities. For those of you looking for chemical-free sunscreens, Valley Natural Foods is the place to come where you can talk to wellness staff about the best option for you.

So what’s the difference between chemical and non-chemical? Physical barrier sunscreens are non-chemical, containing either Zinc Oxide or Titanium Dioxide as the active ingredient. They work to form a layer of opaque minerals on top of the skin that reflects or scatters ultraviolet (UV) light. Chemical sunscreens differ in that they absorb UV rays before they can do any damage. However, chemical sunscreens can be absorbed into the skin, likely to cause irritations, allergies or other health concerns.

Next time you shop here at Valley Natural Foods, ask about our sunscreen selections. Make sure to select sunscreens that offer broad-spectrum sun protection. Check out our online coupons for $1.00 off any Aubrey Suncare product this week!

Shop During our Stress-Free Saturday Event

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

It’s the New Year! Make a resolution to become stress-free this year!

Join us for our free educational health fair in the Valley Natural Foods eating area this Saturday, January 8th from noon-3pm to learn how.

Eileen Johnson, Valley Natural Foods staff RN, has invited a team of practitioners to address alternative ways to better handle stress, relate to others and make healthy choices. We all face daily stressors in our lives, sometimes major ones. It isn’t the stressors that cause health problems, it is how we react to them. Think about how stress might be affecting your life and if you need assistance, consider coming on Saturday!

Come meet with these practitioners to get some ideas on how to deal with many different stressors in life:

Eileen Johnson, RN - will discuss Valley Natural Foods wellness products that help relieve stress. Come by to try a sample of Tusli tea!

Pamela King-Rediger -  will be present to read excerpts from her touching memoir, Loving Yourself Home that tells the story of how you can go from the point of losing everything to living a happy, new life.

Joel Ronningen - a Valley Natural Foods wellness employee and owner of Ametrine Bodyworks, will be available to talk about massage and craniosacral therapy techniques. Craniosacral Therapy (CST) is a gentle, relaxing method of releasing restrictions in connective tissues of the body.  The bones of the skull and spine are used as handles to release the connective tissues inside.

Lois Bergman – a homeopathic practitioner, will reveal natural, safe remedies that will help strengthen your body’s general vitality, improve emotional well-being, and work to heal your body from many types of pain and stress.

Bonnie West - a licensed acupuncturist from Karuna Acupuncture, will talk about how acupuncture can be used as a pain and stress reliever to distribute energy (or “qi”) and blood to every area of the body, nourishing and protecting it.

What do negative stress reactions influence?

This is a small part of a long list:

• Blood sugar
• Inflammation
• Cardiovascular health, including blood pressure and the rhythmic beat of your heart
• Cholesterol
• SLEEP
• Tendency toward auto-immune disease
• Brain chemistry and neuronal connections and firings
• pH of  the blood
• Bone and muscle strength

Ladies Night at Bodyblast Studio!

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Attention Ladies! Valley Natural Foods is hosting a table for the Ladies Night Event at Bodyblast Studio in Eagan, Friday, September 10, 5 p.m.-9 p.m. We’ll be giving away free samples, recipe booklets and the chance to win a Valley Natural Foods gift basket. The event will be a  night full of fun and pampering, and it’s FREE!

DIRECTIONS TO BODYBLAST STUDIO: Click Here

Address: 2020 Silver Bell Road, Suite #26 
Eagan, MN  55122
Email:  classes@bodyblaststudio.com
Phone: 651 365 9800