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I have promises to keep. I’M NOT A NATIVE MINNESOTAN, BUT I LOVE IT HERE. Even in winter. I love snow. My favorite poem is Robert Frost’s Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Snow is

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INSIDE THE ISSUE JANUARY 2019

FEATURES 14 Fitness in the Mexican mountains Martin Zellar on juggling gigs and workouts

19 Intentional wellness Recipes for a healthy new year

22 Bringing Hygge Home Winter survival wisdom from Denmark

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28 Home is your habitat Fresh change for 2019

DEPARTMENTS 4

Lifestyle Letter

Good Times

Healthy Lifestyle

Local Limelight

22 Travel Destination 28 Open House 32 Renovate & Refine 34 Parting Thoughts

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Celebrating and Socializing We found Eden Prairie neighbors out and about, enjoying our town and surrounding areas. Eden Prairie residents Tom & Dawn Voehl recently opened the doors at their stunning Ashery Lane Farm in Mayer. Featuring D'Amico catering for weddings and other events, two barns are nestled between their apple orchard and vineyard. damicocatering.com/venues/ashery-lane-farms.

1. Our publisher dropped in on Mary Jezierski's 80th birthday party at Tavern 4 & 5. | 2. A big group of families launched the holiday season with its annual "trot" through the Carmel neighborhood. | 3. Eden Prairie neighbors stay fit on the trails. | 4. Runners spotted near Bryant Lake Park. | 5. Ashery Lane Farm's owner, Dawn Voehl with her mom and sisters. | 6. Larry D'Amico and Paul Smith chat with a guest at the Ashery Lane Farm launch party.

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Active Fun on the Prairie Traveling marathon runners in Berlin

Marathons or bust! We have some very fit neighbors in Eden Prairie, including a group of intrepid marathon runners. Esti Ollerman (50 marathons), Colleen Jason (35), Susan Engelhart (56) and Kris Beach (7) travel the world to compete in world-class marathons. They've even completed some "back-to-backs," running one marathon on a Saturday and another on Sunday. The group will run the London Marathon in April toÂ become "Six Star Finishers," completing the Abbott World Marathon Majors set of the six premier marathons in the world: Tokyo, Boston, Berlin, Chicago, New York City and London.

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Running a marathon on the other side of the International Dateline, Tokyo

TIPS FOR A FIT AND HEALTHY 2019

Curling Members of the “Odd Couples” group, a bunch of active Eden Prairie Swim team parents, get together once a month. They recently took a group curling lesson at Chaska’s Curling Center.

We asked Dr. Josie Runyan, DC at Vital Elements Healing Center, for winter health and exercise tips. IMMUNE SYSTEM AIDS "Odd Couple" curlers.

+ Echinacea/Elderflower tea. Tea is soothing for your throat, great for hydration, and helps your immune system fight stressors such as the common cold. + Naturally colorful meals. As a general health booster, meals that have a variety of natural color cover most bases for protective nutrients and help ensure your body has the building blocks to fight off anything winter throws at you. + Sleep.

Cross training and socializing Pam Reimer is a multisport athlete. She participates in a pickleball league, runs lots of races and is an avid skier. She provided pictures of her having active fun on the courts, courses and slopes with family and friends.

When you are asleep, your body recovers and helps your immune Curling action at the Chaska Curling Center.

system gain the strength to fight off colds. Thirty minutes of “no tech” time before bed will help regulate your sleep cycle for a quality night’s rest. EXERCISE AND RECOVERY + Balanced workouts If you’re thinking of hitting the gym this winter, remember to work on muscle groups opposite each other, for example, biceps/triceps (front/back). Spend time focusing on upper body, front/ back then alternate a day of lower body, front/back. This strategy allows muscles to recover on “off” days and prevents muscular imbalances. + Balanced stretching Similar to balanced workouts, paying

Amy Reimer and Maddy Hofiert at Elm Creek

Sandy DeZellar, Kristy Smith and Pam Reimer at Hyland

attention to counter muscle groups when stretching prevents imbalances and injuries.

Betty Jo Haggerty and Pam Reimer on the Giant's Ridge Minnesota State High School cross-country ski course

+ Dynamic workouts. Activities like pickleball, basketball or Zumba help maintain range of motion in joints, benefit the cardiovascular system and add fun to your fitness plan. Start Slowly! Many people over-do a new workout regimen initially. This can result in extreme soreness, acute injury, and often deters people from Pam Reiner and her pickle ball partner, Frank Klein.

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THE SAME RESOLUTION, AGAIN? It’s that time of the year when people make resolutions. They are defined as a firm decision to do or not to do something. In chemistry, resolution is defined as the process of reducing or separating something into its components. Now we’re on to something! People star t out the year with good intentions to do something - lose weight, have a healthier lifestyle, quit smoking, not to worry so much, be more confident, get more sleep, study harder. But about three days later (this is why World Hypnotism Day is January 3rd), these resolutions have begun to fade away. Why is that? Perhaps this is where the chemistry definition comes into play. Have you thoroughly explored the reasons why this goal is impor tant to you? Have you examined what is driving your behavior to easily let it fade, only to be put on the list next year? What is it that is distracting you or preventing you from getting what you really want? Chances are the culprit is an emotion - they drive most all behaviors. All emotions are good - they are simply an indicator that you have a need or desire that isn’t being met and that you are out of alignment with what you really want or who you really are. The problem is that most people have a hard time figuring out exactly what that emotion is and how to satisfy it - especially if the problem has been on your list of resolutions for a long time. Emotions are all stored in the subconscious mind - everything in fact, that you’ve felt, experienced, tasted, smelled, seen. Hypnosis helps you discover what’s behind your behaviors by identifying the emotion and figuring out how it can be satisfied, then changing your perspective and your habits around the issue. Want to take back control over what’s on your resolution list? Let us show you how to reach your full potential today!

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Minnesota music & M ex i c a n mountains MARTIN ZELLAR ON JUGGLING GIGS AND WORKOUTS

ARTICLE MARY FENSKE PHOTOGRAPHY DAVIN BRANDT

GETTING OR STAYING FIT ISN’T EASY FOR ANYONE. We’re all busy with work, family and an endless list of errands. Etching time out of a day for exercise doesn’t always happen. Eden Prairie Lifestyle had a chance to catch up with Martin Zellar, musician, podcaster, husband and dad. Zellar, once the frontman of Gear Daddies fame, now tours with his band, Martin Zellar and the Hardways. Fans of all ages go weak-kneed for his solo Neil! (Diamond) tribute sets, too. Martin, his wife and daughter reside in a mountain town in Mexico but spend a great deal of time visiting and performing in Minnesota. While maintaining a regular workout schedule isn’t in the cards for this 14

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guy given his sometimes-crazy schedule, his lifestyle in Mexico lends itself to days of walking everywhere. In fact, the Zellars don’t own a car and easily get a minimum of five miles of walking in each day. He meets his 10,000-step goal without even trying. When Zellar is traveling, it’s tough to get those steps in, so he’s more thoughtful about getting to the gym for a workout. He’ll lift, run or hop on a machine, but that’s only when he’s got more time and not hoofing it around the walking city where he lives.

“ I ’ ve b e e n blessed with good genes and i f I fe e l l i ke I ’ ve l e t things slide, it doesn’t t a ke m e long to get things back i n l i n e .”

Zellar is a vegetarian, and Indian food is his go-to

favorite.

Finding

things to eat when touring is a challenge. “I am often leaving work at 1 a.m. or later and it’s hard to resist the urge to stop and pick up junk food,” said Zellar. If he starts to pick up extra weight, it’s usually after an extended time on the road and he’s quick to get back into his healthy lifestyle in the mountains. “I’ve been blessed with good genes and if I feel like I’ve let things slide, it doesn’t take me long to get

things back in line.” When asked if he played sports as a youngster in his hometown of Austin, he’s quick to say that while he played baseball and hockey early on, by the time he hit high school his band was performing most weekends and he didn’t have time for school sports. That said, he’s a die-hard Twins Fan. “Good or bad, the Minnesota Twins are near and dear to me.” Staying fit and managing a busy life isn’t easy. Martin Zellar has figured out a way to incorporate exercise into his everyday life patterns and when those patterns change due to work and travel, he adjusts to stay fit and ready for the limelight.

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RECIPES FOR A HEALTHY NEW YEAR

Inte n t i on a l we l l n ess ARTICLE MARY BATTISTA, NBC-HWC | PHOTOGRAPHY PETE ROSE

I ALWAYS VALUED GOOD HEALTH

- resulting in a normal, healthy lipid panel

AND ATE WHAT I THOUGHT WAS

among other positive health benefits. It

A HEALTHY DIET UNTIL A LAB

made me a believer that the produce

TEST SEVERAL YEARS AGO SET

department was my personal pharmacy

OFF ALARMS FOR HIGH CHOLES-

- with a little help from the bulk foods

TEROL. Being curious about how I could

section (full of nuts, seeds, whole grains,

correct this, I sought professional advice.

and legumes of all kinds).

The result: more fruits and vegetables,

A healthy diet can have an enormous

dark leafy greens, whole grains (espe-

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cially oatmeal and barley), nuts, seeds,

its. Remember, a general pattern of

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INTENTIONAL WELLNESS

(CON TI N U ED)

For healthy skin

For morning energy Tropical Green Morning Smoothie

Miso-Glazed Salmon INGREDIENTS

Start your day off with a serving of super

+ 4 oz unsweetened coconut water

nutritious food. The balanced nutrition

+ 4 oz filtered water

in this smoothie keeps your hunger and

+ ½ frozen medium banana,

cravings under control. You can pre-measure frozen fruit and kale in plastic bags and store in your freezer - then this goes together in a snap. Single serving, approximately 270 calories.

cut in chunks + ½ cup frozen chopped kale or spinach or 1 cup fresh kale or spinach (trim off stems) + ½ cup frozen pineapple + ½ cup frozen diced mango + 1 Tbsp. shelled hemp seeds + 1 Tbsp. ground flax seeds

INSTRUCTIONS Put all ingredients in your blender or Vitamix in the order listed, then blend until smooth. 20

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Miso is a paste made from soybeans and fermented rice or barley. It is high in beneficial bacteria, which promotes a healthy gut. It has numerous uses in healthy cooking. I am using it here as a glaze for the fish. Wonderful served with a side of sautéed greens.

INGREDIENTS + 2 Tbsp. miso paste (I prefer the sweet tasting brown rice miso for this recipe) + 2 Tbsp. low-sodium Tamari soy sauce + 1 tsp. toasted sesame oil + 1 Tbsp. raw honey + 1-1½ pound salmon fillet

To normalize blood pressure and lower cholesterol

Vegetarian Bean Chili

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INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees 2. In a small bowl, combine the miso paste, soy sauce, oil and honey. 3. Place salmon in a baking pan brushed with olive oil or on parchment paper. Brush salmon with glaze (you may not need all of it). Bake for about 12-15 minutes or until fish is cooked through. (Generally, cook fish ten minutes for every one inch of thickness). This is also great grilled on direct medium heat for about 10-15 minutes!

+ 1 Tbsp. olive oil

+ 1 pinch crushed red pepper

+ 1 medium onion, chopped

+ ½ tsp. sea salt

+ 1 medium green or yellow pepper, chopped

+ ¼ tsp. pepper

+ 1 medium zucchini, chopped

+ Optional garnishes: sliced green onions,

+ 1 carrot, scrubbed and diced

diced avocado, Greek yogurt, grated

+ 2-3 cloves garlic, minced

smoked cheddar cheese, cilantro.

+ 1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes with juice + 1 15 oz can black beans, drained and rinsed + 1 15 oz can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed

INSTRUCTIONS 1. Heat the olive oil in a large Dutch oven or saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion, green or yellow pepper, zucchini, carrot and

+ 1 15 oz can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed

garlic. Cook until the vegetables are tender,

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TRAVEL DESTINATION Copenhagen. The iconic harbor scene at Nyhavn.

bringing hygge home WINTER SURVIVAL WISDOM FROM DENMARK

ARTICLE MADDIE RENNEKE

WHILE MOST PEOPLE DREAM OF WARMER WEATHER WHEN JANUARY COMES AROUND, I’M MISSING A CHILLY, DARK ENVIRONMENT NOT TOO DIFFERENT FROM OUR OWN. Rather than opting for a beachside getaway, I’m reminiscing about one by candlelight. I would take the 3 p.m. sunset over a sunburn any day if it meant I was cuddling up for a hyggeligt Scandinavian evening. I had the unique opportunity to study abroad twice when I was in college. I spent the spring of 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark and the month of January 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden. These experiences were very different from one another. I was studying in Copenhagen and working in Stockholm, and I had to adapt to local cultures each time; I only got a month in Stockholm and spent a full semester in Copenhagen. My experiences in both places were wonderful, enlightening and meaningful. They were also dark and cold. Enter “hygge.” It’s a Danish term that doesn’t translate well to English, but it is often explained as being cozy, merry, or a combination of the two. To me, hygge is a good laugh with my family during dinner, cuddling up under a big warm blanket to watch a movie with my boyfriend, or even lounging on my couch writing this article next to my tiny Christmas tree, 22

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Stockholm. The writer at ICEBAR.

Copenhagen. Touring Rosenborg Castle.

Copenhagen. Visiting friends climbed for the view from Christianshavn’s Church of Our Savior.

listening to my clock tick and candles flicker. To my host sister in Copenhagen, hygge was watching Netflix. It’s really more about the feeling it creates than the activity itself. I reflect on hygge as a warm and lovely tradition, but I believe it to be more of a coping mechanism than anything else. Denmark isn’t excessively cold - it’s no Eden Prairie, Minnesota, anyway. But it's rainy and dark, and they don’t have the warmest of summers to look forward to. Hygge is the way the Danes keep warm and keep their status as some of the world’s happiest people. We talked about hygge a lot when I was in Copenhagen. We learned about it in classes, we participated in it, we blogged for our travel writing classes about it, my American friends and I mentioned it in Instagram captions once a month or so, and we promised ourselves we wouldn’t forget it when we came home.

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TRAVEL DESTINATION

(CON TI N U ED)

Copenhagen. The famous Little Mermaid statue in the Osterbro district.

Hygge

stayed

import-

ant to me when I was in Stockholm. It isn’t a part of their culture, but I thought it should be. Their nights were just as long and sometimes felt colder, so my roommate and I made sipping tea and

self-care. It’s also a tricky concept to grasp. Case in point:

watching New Girl a nightly occurrence.

there’s a home security system commercial that not only

I continue these practices today. Making sure I spend

mispronounces the word itself but also completely misses

enough quality time with my friends and drink enough

the point. Hygge isn’t knowing that no one can break into

quality wine with my family is important to me. When I get

your home. It is about contentedly enjoying the here and

overwhelmed or upset about something, I know the best

now too much to worry about it.

place to go is home and I will feel better again. Sharing

Whether or not Minnesotans can truly experience hygge,

good food and conversation in a warm place can make

the concept is still something that can benefit us. Staying

most things feel better.

cozy and content in a Minnesota winter isn’t a small task

I like to think I brought hygge home with me, but I know it

and taking note from the Danes could help us get there.

wasn’t mine to take. I love to read books on rainy days and

When you have had a long, chilly day this month, try

cook with my mom, but these things can’t really be hygge

ending it with a glass of wine or a cup of cocoa and an

because we aren’t Danish.

activity you and a loved one can enjoy together. Make

Hygge is inherently exclusive. I didn’t understand that

time for a leisurely cup of coffee on Sunday morning. Bake

until my time in Copenhagen was almost over. There are

cookies for no reason. These Americanized bits of hygge

only about 5 million Danes and they are remarkably similar

can make the season a little cozier.

in their circumstances. They love what they have in com-

To be completely respectful to my friends in Denmark,

mon, and that others don’t have it. The most hygge thing of

I have to acknowledge that this is my outsider’s per-

all is the Danish language, and try as I might, the only part of

spective. The Danes enjoy foreigners’ interest in their

that I ever learned was an announcement about transporta-

traditions, but their culture is uniquely theirs. I whole-

tion passes I heard several times a day on the metro.

heartedly recommend a visit to Copenhagen, so you can

I think I got about as hygge as any outsider could during

experience it for yourself. Even in winter. Picture outdoor,

my time in Denmark. That’s the main reason I tend to feel

waterfront dining next to Nyhavn harbor with a blanket

a twinge of resentment toward hygge becoming a state-

on every chair and Danish children in snowsuits, reveling

side trend. I think hygge is a great practice for anyone. It's

in the cold, fresh air. Skål!

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Stockholm. Roommates outside their apartment in the Vasastan neighborhood.

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“WE’RE ATTACHED TO THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE LIVE IN, GROW UP IN, ENTERTAIN IN… WHEN YOU LOVE A SPACE, YOU SPEND MORE TIME THERE.” THE JURY IS STILL OUT ON THE FIRST MONTH OF THE

Aiming for something more? To design - or redesign - your

YEAR'S ORIGIN. January may be named after the Roman god

home is work. When you do it right, though, it’s so right. When

Janus, who represents doors. Others say January’s patron is

people feel good about the final result, “It’s just over the top.”

Juno, goddess of birth. Either way, they’re both on-the-nose for

said Wiest. “People make those choices based on emotion.”

the month of change.

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“Include an area rug,” said Wiest, “swap throw pillows. Minor

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changes double up the efficacy.”

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Plants purify stale indoor air, so you can breathe more

of the coldest days of winter. Temps are frigid, the wind

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blows right through you and even though our waking hours

say just being around houseplants can boost your

are gradually gaining daylight, it still gets dark before 5

mood, reduce stress, improve concentration, help you

p.m. Windows in our homes are all closed up tightly for

sleep better and relieve aches and pains. Experts believe

the winter. We shut the doors quickly to keep out the chill.

humans are hard-wired to connect with nature in all sorts

Happily, living houseplants are natural air fresheners and

of ways, including caring for indoor plants.

can provide some relief.

Indoor plants freshen up your living spaces in the winter

The low maintenance snake plant (Sansevieria) is a

and all year long. Adding a bit of nature brightens up our

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shaped leaves. It thrives in dry climates – like our arid

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PARTING THOUGHTS

R e s o lv e to r e a d h e a lt h y b o o ks 1

REVIEWED BY A VORACIOUS READER & KEEN ATHLETE

Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living by Amit Sood A few years ago, I was driving and heard an interview with Dr. Amit Sood. I stopped by a bookstore on the way home and purchased his book. Based on the popular stress management program he developed and offers at the Mayo Clinic, Soot fills this guide with stories, easy-to-understand science and practical steps towards achieving greater peace for you and those around you. If reducing stress, increasing joy and living

a better life are on your resolution list this year, do yourself a favor and pick up this book.

Why we sleep: Unlocking the power of sleep and dreams by Matthew Walker Sleep is as important as other aspects of our survival (i.e.water, food), but not as understood. Neuroscientist Walker describes how sleep affects every aspect of physical and mental well-being, the

benefits of sleep and consequences when it is absent. He uses science to make a compelling case that sleep can make us smarter, happier, healthier, slimmer and ward off disease. He also lists suggestions and advice for getting a better night's shut-eye.

3 The writer is an avid runner, dog walker and bookworm. She completed the 2015 Boston Marathon.

Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance by Alex Hutchinson How can you resist a book with the forward written by The New Yorker’s Malcolm Gladwell, endorsed by Wharton psychologist Adam Grant and claiming to “reveal the secrets of accessing your hidden extra potential”? Awardwinning journalist Hutchinson studies our capacity to endure and “what would happen if we all pushed past the struggle and desire to stop?” He travels the world, shadows elite athletes, visits high-tech labs and accesses

ARTICLE LIZ MARTIN

Nike’s top-secret training project to break the two-hour marathon. The stories and science woven throughout the book are fascinating as he concludes no matter who we are, we are always capable of pushing a little farther.

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