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A Special publication of The Addison IndependentThursday, February 14, 2013

Wellness ina cup of tea

(See Tea, Page 3)

By CHRISTY LYNNTea culture has been at the core of many civilizations

around the world for thousands of years, and is still the most popular beverage in the world — after water. But did you know that in addition to being tasty and warming on a cool winter day, teas have many health benefits such as calming the stomach, improving digestion, and focusing the mind?

The naturally relaxing and settling qualities of tea have helped to revive and maintain its popularity in Eastern and Western cultures, but additional health benefits that researchers have more recently discovered within tea have also added to its popularity.

According to research found by Eating Well magazine last year, drinking black tea regularly can help improve heart health by lowering triglycerides as well as reducing blood glucose levels, which eases the risk of type 2 diabetes.

It also boosts antibodies, which fight off free radicals and arm your body against illness. Drinking oolong tea can reduce the chances of stroke and lower blood pressure, while passionflower tea can help you achieve a better night’s sleep. Green tea has long been touted for its health benefits, which include reducing your risk of cancer and diabetes.

But while all of these health benefits have become additional incentives to brew a pot of tea, John Wetzel, owner of the Stone Leaf Teahouse in Middlebury, suggests that it is the culture and attitude of tea that’s most attractive. “(Tea culture) brings an aspect that’s been missing in our

— Health & Well-Being • Addison Independent, Thursday, February 14, 2013

Cold and snow doesn’t stopthese two-wheeled commuters

(See Biking, Page 7)

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For myriad reasons that include health and fit-

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Tea (Continued from Page 1)

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Tea ceremonies, which originated in China but are shared in many countries around the world, are used to celebrate and honor guests, events, holidays and weddings, but have also existed as routine ways to

calm the mind and body in everyday life.

At Stone Leaf, Wetzel has intentionally set up an environment “conducive to drinking tea.” From the calming music and soft lighting, to the warm and earthy colors on the walls, to the tea paraphernalia that decorates the shop, the culture of tea is celebrated.

“There’s a subtleness in tea that is inherent and permeating in the environment,” Wetzel says, and his shop is designed to expose and

celebrate that subtlety with each element.

Wetzel spends much of his time and energy studying tea and learning about the various styles, pouring and serving rituals, quality and taste variations, and storing preferences. He is inspired by the depth of variation in teas and the diversity found within a single plant.

The fun part, he says, is matching a tea with a person and their particular mood. “We use the descriptions in

(See Wetzel, Page 4)

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By CHRISTY LYNNDuring the winter months, just

looking out at the cold landscape is as close as many people want to get to the great outdoors. Cold temperatures and dark days can be intimidating for the novice outdoorsman, keeping them indoors through the winter months.

Many justify this indoor season as their “hibernation” or time to slow down and take a deep breath. But while it can be cathartic at times, this long dark season can be a time for seasonal depression, loneliness and falling into poor health.

According to U.S. Community Studies, an estimated 9-10 percent of people living in New England may be struck by Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, which is commonly known as seasonal depression or the winter blues.

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doesn’t involve pills. Experts at the Mayo Clinic suggest that the best way to cure the winter blues is to get outside, exercise regularly, and try to make your environment sunnier and brighter.

For those facing the sometimes-intimidating prospect of going out in the cold, Jesse Haller has some

advice about winter activities.

If you’re worried about going out alone — don’t to it, says Haller, manager at Middlebury Mountaineer and Green Mountain Adventures. Go out with a group, instead.

“We are lucky to live in an area with an immense amount

of resources to choose from,” Haller said, referring to both natural resources and human resources. “The Catamount Trail, Moosalamoo wilderness, the Green Mountains, Adirondacks, and even the White Mountains are all within close proximity and are incredibly

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our menu as an early guide, and then we can match the tea as well as the serving and pouring ritual to that person.”

“There is an art of tea service and preparation,” Wetzel said, “but the customer doesn’t have to think about that, that’s my study. I do it to suit my study of tea. It changes by

environment, people, tea type, and mood.”

Flavors can and should change with location, time of day, water used, and many other factors of tea preparation, Wetzel suggests. But in the end, “As one of the greatest Japanese tea

masters said, ‘Pour hot water over tea

leaves.’ That’s how to brew tea.”

Perhaps the tea itself is the simple part, but the

culture is profound and alluring in this hectic and

busy life, and offers a healthy respite to a stressful routine.

Get out!A breath of fresh air can

cure the winter blues

(See Fresh air, Page 10)

“We are lucky to live in an area with an immense amount of resources to choose from.”

— Jesse Haller

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Middlebury residents have likely spotted Ir-win and husband Blake Harrison, along with their daughters — five-year-old Ruby and eight-year-old Dahlia — cycling around town on a Yuba family bicycle. It’s a light, compact, larg-er-than-usual bike that can hold child seats and large grocery bags.

“The bike adapts to whatever I’m doing,” said Irwin.

She credits a business trip she took to Am-sterdam with inspiring her family’s transition to bicycling. In Europe, Irwin noted, “everyone’s lives are oriented around getting places by foot or by bicycle.”

They chose to live in town in part to be able to live with only one car, which Harrison uses to get to work. For Irwin and the girls, the morn-ing starts with a ride to Mary Hogan, after which Irwin cycles across the Cross Street bridge to get to work at Middlebury College, where she is head of Collections and Digital Initiatives. Mid-afternoon, Harrison returns with the car, gets on his own bike, and picks the girls up at school.

Getting her family where they need to go in Middlebury is easy enough, Irwin said.

“Middlebury was designed for walking and horses,” she said. “We should be able to exist without cars!”

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She judges that Middlebury’s cycling popula-tion falls into niches depending on families or groups of friends, but she is working on building up a cycling community.

For the past two summers, Costanza-Robin-son, an environmental studies professor at the college, has organized a Wednesday Women’s Ride for the community.

“There are a lot of people, especially women, I found, that were very intimidated by biking,” said Costanza-Robinson. “(They think that) you have to wear certain clothes, and you have to be super fit, and you have to be a racer on a road bike. I wanted to encourage people who didn’t fit that mold to hop on a bike and try it out! I think it’s a healthy thing to do, and it’s fun and it can be very social.”

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Martial arts provides both physical & spiritual benefitsBy CHRISTY LYNN

As the cold winds and snow drive some people inside to work out during the winter months, the gym and the weight room are typ-ical options for those who want to stay in shape and stave off the winter blahs.

But a small group of Addison County denizens have found an al-ternative. They gather regularly to practice an ancient form of martial art called Silat, which originated in Indonesia and Malaysia and has been used for hundreds of years in combat as well as celebration.

“It is spiritual, physical, emo-tional and practical,” says Addison County native Earl Hurlburt, re-flecting on some of the lessons he has learned since he began the practice three years ago. “The health benefits are profound for my general well-being.”

As with many forms of martial art, Silat is a balanced practice used to focus and control the body, mind and spirit and can have many posi-tive effects on general well-being. A large va-riety of stances and harmonized “langkah,” or steps, are the building blocks for this art that teaches coordinated and intentional control of one’s body and their opponents’.

Weapons are an important com-ponent, as the practice can be de-scribed as a practical way to solve problems. Blades in Indonesian culture are common and there-fore Silat practitioners learn how to defend with and against many varieties of knives, daggers, machetes and staffs.

Hurlburt is one of the 16 or so Si-lat practitioners in Middlebury, and he has worked to build a school here and help to train new students.

(See Martial arts, Page 10)

“There is so much in this art,” Hurlburt says. “It’s practical and it works.”

The initial combat and self-defense is at-tractive to some, but he says the series of les-

sons learned through Silat is what is keeping him practicing.

Hurlburt, who grew up excel-ling in team sports at Middlebury Union High School and went on to play football at Norwich Univer-sity, says that his Silat practice has introduced a new level of physical exertion that he hadn’t known.

“I have never been pushed the way I am pushed, or challenged the way this challenges,” he says.

The fighting style of Silat can be explained through points of lever-age, rather than brute strength.

“Too much muscle,” corrects Mark Zizis, the school manager at the Middlebury chapter of the Pencak Silat Inti Ombak school, during practice with two novice students.

“This is an easy man’s type of work,” he continues. “You don’t want to get into a wres-tling match. It takes too much energy and too much time … be smooth, be fluid. Leverage.”

Zizis and Hurlburt work with students two or more times a week, in a padded martial arts arena called a dojo, located in the basement of the municipal building in Middlebury. Zizis and

“It is spiritual, physical, emotional and practical. The health benefits are profound for my general well-being.”

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Activities within these diverse forests, mountains and rivers range from hiking and fishing to running, skiing and snowshoeing. Believe it or not, most of these activities can be enjoyed year-round.

“With the current trends in our weather patterns, many people are enjoying running, hiking and fishing in the winter just as they do in the warmer months,” Haller says. So whatever your passion in the outdoors, there’s probably a club, group or guided tour that shares that with you.

About the hesitancy that many individuals feel when considering a winter adventure outside, Haller suggests that it’s an inner voice that many people have to hear with a grain of salt.

“There’s an automatic something in the DNA that says ‘It’s winter, stay inside by the wood stove,’” Haller admits. But once people begin to challenge that feeling and force themselves to get out, they’re hooked.

“Once you get over the stigma of being outside in the winter, it’s addictive. There are a lot of endorphins that get pushed around inside and people realize how great that feels,” Haller says.

Groups and companies such as Green Mountain Adventures offer customized wilderness trips that help orchestrate that first step outside into the wintery air. Using a group to help alleviate the fear of being underprepared or unskilled is a great first step, Haller suggests, and could help improve the public’s general health.

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Hurlburt have both been practicing the Pencak style of Silat since the Middlebury branch began three years ago and are both working on achieving higher mastery of the art themselves as well as their teaching practice.

Hurlburt says they talk with students early in their practice about goals in their study of Silat and check in with them regularly about the most valuable lessons they’ve learned.

“Everyone’s getting something a little different out of this practice,” Hurlburt says. “You get what you put in to it.”

The lessons learned through the practice of Silat surprise some students and transform their goals, Hurlburt says.

“A lot of students come in thinking ‘It’s cool, practical, something to solve my problem x,’” he says. “But then through the training it becomes more about what exactly you’re doing, how you’re holding and controlling, how you’re evading and a lot of students find a deeper respect for the art … they realize ‘Hey, I should be careful with this, this is powerful.’

“That’s pretty neat.”

Martial arts(Continued from Page 9) Hurlburt and the other practitioners of

Silat may each have their own reasons for pursuing the art, whether it is for self defense, exercise, stress management or the calming and meditative teachings, but one thing they all have in common is the desire to learn an art form that has a long and rich legacy, but is largely unknown in Vermont.

Indeed, in class students break out into groups of two and practice coordinated stances and steps, tossing each other to the ground, rolling, laughing, congratulating each other and correcting each move.

In many ways it looks like any other fitness class — but with added salutations of respect and lessons about combat and how to weigh your options in a fight. Oh, and there are knives.

One female student at a class last week said she began just a few weeks ago after

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mind and the body, but it’s fun too, she says.

“I love it,” she says. “Most people

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There is plenty of evidence to prove that exercise and fresh air helps you not only feel healthier and live longer, but stay happier through the dark winter. Maybe it’s time to invest in that pair of skis or snowshoes, or find a club to join. It just may help you bid farewell to those winter blues.

MARK ZIZIS, MANAGER of the Pencak Silat school in Middlebury, works with a student last week in the basement of the Middlebury municipal building.


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Charles R. Bowen, DMDHarvard School of Dental Medicine

Massachusetts General Hospital

Dental Implants • Wisdom Teeth • Sedation

Comprehensive bone and joint care offered by a team of providers dedicated to keeping you active, healthy and pain free.

ERIC B. BENZ, MD.Orthopedic Surgery

LUC H. DUPUIS, PA-CPhysician Assistant

TRINA L. WILSON, PA-CPhysician Assistant

Providing excellence in Orthopedic specialty care to our commuity and

serving as an educational resource for musculoskeletal problems for patients.

Champlain Valley Orthopedics 1436 Exchange St. Middlebury • 388-3194 • champlainvalleyortho.com

BENJAMIN N. ROSENBERG, MD.Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine


Please call to schedule an appointment with one of these providers:

For more information about each of these providers, including their areas of practice and practice interests,

visit www.portermedical.org

The following providers are now accepting

New Patients

Addison Family Medicine 388-6777

Tom Beauregard, PA Michael Csaszar, MD Deborah Huber, MD Robin Frantz, APRN

Bristol Internal Medicine 453-7422

Gretchen Gaida Michaels, MD Emily Glick, MD

Neshobe Family Medicine 247-3755

Porter Internal Medicine 388-8805

Laura Wilkinson, APRNNaomi Hodde, MD Maria Cabri, APRN

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