Women's ZenMindset Newsletter

Let’s start this Newsletter for April with a warm smile from Maximillian (Max) for short! He loves to visit our yard often to see what is happening)

This monthly newsletter was created to help build a strong, supportive community of women who want to find ways to pursue fulfilling and meaningful lives through creative expression, learning, and friendship.

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Max doesn’t want you to leave but if you do, we will miss you!

Calmness

Why We Need to Connect to Nature

Reconnecting nature can help improve your mood lower stress and anxiety improve cognition and memory. When we take the time to walk in nature our worries dissipate, and a calmness washes over us. As we walk, just noticing all the beautiful details of the forest surrounding us helps to keep us in the present moment, which is the most peaceful place to be.

Did you know when a tree is cut down the forest, the surrounding trees reach out to the victim with their root tips and send lifesaving sustenance - water, sugar, and other nutrients via the a network of fungal threads or hyphae. This continuous source of food from neighbouring trees can keep the stump alive for decades and even centuries, and they don't only do it only for their own kind they do it for the trees of other species. There is much going on under our feet that we don't even realize.

If you would like to read the full article, click here.

Connection

Click here to visit the events section of our website or the quick links for more details on each event in blue below:

• MAG Art Sessions are completed for now and may return again this fall.

• April Dinner click here

• Arts and Crafts Club will be working with Mad Gardeners May 15th for details click here

• Currently we are setting up a Women’s Connection with Nature Retreat May 25th for details (coming soon) click here

• We are always looking for volunteers to act as a reporters and interview a volunteer member so we can get to know each other. If you are interested in volunteering as a reporter or want to share your story, please email us at [email protected].

Clarity

Kimberly Knew What She wanted and Inspires Us To Do What We Love!

In her own words…

Hello! My name is Kimberly Stapleton, 49 years old. I found my passion for fitness at the young age of 17 when I joined an Aerobics class. I was enjoying the classes so much, that I hadn't realized I had lost over 25lbs. When I later attended my college studies, I took an additional course certifying myself as a Group Fitness Instructor. At that time I became an Instructor of Aerobics, Step Aerobics, Weight Training classes for beginners and Aqua-fit.

All this and working full time as a first responder! If you would like to read the full article, click here

See you next month!

We warmly welcome all questions, comments, pictures, information on upcoming events for women, and article submissions. Please email us at [email protected] or use the Contact Us form on our website.