The Integrative Wellness Circle

This group explored the potential healing powers of whole foods and nutrition. We delved into practices for a healthy lifestyle and came away with many resource options. The focus was a holistic approach to nutrition (how all parts affect the whole). It wasn’t so much about restrictions as the class was about flexibility for life-long adherence and making yourself healthier long term not just a short term diet. It was about individual choice for lasting nutritional change by figuring out the quality foods while exploring local growers’ produce and vegetables. In class, we explored how body type, relationship, spirituality, work, exercise, sleeping, and energy level affect our eating styles; balance in these areas equals our better food choices. In the end, we came away with online connections to keep us motivated and up to date on local nutritional offerings.

Author: angelagrey

Angela Grey is an Indigenous novelist, poet, and painter whose work explores the intersections of memory, identity, and healing. She, formerly an architectural drafter, studied creative writing, as well as spirituality and healing, at the University of Minnesota, where she deepened her commitment to storytelling as both an art and a form of medicine. Alongside her writing, Angela finds balance in yoga and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), which shape the reflective quality of her work. She lives in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, with her husband, one spirited pup, and four cats. When she’s not writing, she enjoys camping, budget travel to places like Maine, Oregon, and the coastal Carolinas, and gathering with family around a BBQ grill. View all posts by angelagrey