Find Your Tribe!

Welcome to the Northern Virginia chapter of the Holistic Moms Network. Our purpose is to generate national awareness, education, and support for holistic parenting and to provide a nurturing, open-minded, and respectful community for parents to share these ideals. Please take a moment to browse the posts and learn a little more about us. As always, feel free to contact co-leaders, Alexa & Laurie, at HMNofNOVA@gmail.com with any questions or for more information.
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Find out more:
Chapter Website: http://nova.holisticmoms.org/
National Website: http://www.holisticmoms.org/
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To become a member: http://membership.holisticmoms.org/
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Reston Festival

We had a booth at the Reston Festival this weekend to help spread the word about HMN.
Here is a peek into what we set up:




Sunday, July 5, 2009

NEW MEETING SPACE AND SUMMER POTLUCK

We have been blessed with a new permanent meeting space! A huge thank you to one of our members, Kristen, who coordinated the new location.

Meetings will still be held the first Tuesday of every month from 6:30-8:30pm, but will no longer be held at the library.

NEW meeting location:
Fairfax Church of Christ**
3901 Rugby Road Fairfax, Virginia 22033
(703) 631-2100
Directions: http://www.fxcc.org/index.php/Parking/where-we-are.html

**We are not affiliated with the church in any way, but gratefully acknowledge their donation of meeting space to our group.

To kick off our new location, we will be holding our SUMMER POTLUCK on Tuesday, July 14th from 4-7pm. We will meet outside in the playground. (Event will be cancelled in the case of rain). We plan to have a tour of the building at 4:30pm and eat at 5pm. Come and check out the new location, enjoy some great food with friends and relax while the kids play in a great playground. We will provide drinks and all paper products. Please bring a healthy, labeled dish to share. Take a moment to add your dish to the database on the yahoo group or reply to hmnofnova@gmail.com. We hope to see you there!

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Special meeting location for July meeting

Come and join us to learn more about Montessori. Our meeting will be at the Boyd School Westfields/Chantilly campus. We hope to see you there!
Tuesday July 7, 6:30-8:30pm **Special tour of school campus at 6:15pm**
The Boyd School Westfields/Chantilly Campus, Great Room
4550 Walney Road
Chantilly, VA 20151
571-281-1511

Holistic Dentistry

We had a wonderful June meeting with Dr. Liao. He often holds free informational seminars about holistic health topics. Check him out!
Dr. Felix Liao
4001 Fair Ridge Drive
Suite 205
Fairfax, VA 22033
703.385.6425

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Mother's Day Spa Pampering Meeting

This was a wonderful meeting! Our goal was to show all the moms how much they are appreciated and give them some time to take care of themselves. We dimmed the lights and played relaxing music. We had practitioners doing massage, EFT, reflexology, skin care, yoga, and Feldenkrais. Thank you to all the wonderful practitioners who donated their time to help our moms feel special for the evening!
A few photos from the evening...




More photos HERE
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

In the NEWS!

We had an article (click to read) in the Connection Newspapers.
Thanks to Bonnie Hobbs for her support!

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

What a Bash!

We had a wonderful anniversary party last night. We had over 50 adults in attendance and lots of new visitors. We wanted to give some special thank yous to the many who helped make the anniversary party a success! We look forward to another great year!
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*Nina-All your hard work with collecting donations was amazing!
*Jenna- Thank you so much for coordinating with Whole Foods to get usthe re-usable gift bags(100 of them!!) and the wonderful fruit andcheese tray. Thank you also for all your work cleaning up after themeeting!
*James- Our offical "raffle man." :)
*To all our members and HMN friends - for a wonderful year and for allthe great help making the party run smoothly.
*Chipotle, Lee Hwy location - 50 tasty burritos!
*Whole Foods - 100 "Sheryl Crow"shopping bags and fruit and cheese platter
*Trader Joe’s - lots of assorted drinks
*Natural Living Magazine - magazines for all gift bags
*Shea Terra Organics, Sterling -samples soaps and body butters for all gift bags
*Madhatter’s Tea, Tyson's Corner - samples of organic teas for all gift bags
*Studio Be Pilates, Fairfax - freemat class for all gift bags

*To all the donators & gift bag participants for your contribution,special offers & discounts just for HMN!

We thank the following businesses for their generous support withdonations for the raffle prizes:(* denotes HMN Member)
The Organic Butcher $25 Gift Card
My Organic Market $25 Gift Card
Smart Market, Inc. Farmer’s Markets $25 Gift Card
1-Year Subscription to LivGreen Magazine
1-Year Subscription to Brain Child Magazine
Bilt Designs Stainless Steel Sippy Cups & Water Bottles
1 Hr. Photography Session (*Jennifer Alcantara, JLA Photos)
Custom Facial (Vitalia MedSpa)
Dress To Sweat $50 Gift Card
Teapot Set w/ Tea Assortment (Madhatter’s)
Simply Fun $15 Gift Certificate & Ribbit Game (Eva Zydallis, Consultant)
Melaleuca Personal Care Products (*Elaine Strickett, Distributor)
Chiropractic Consultation & Exam (*Dr. Lisa Przybysz, FamilyChiropractic Center of Fairfax)Wellness Assessment (*Dr. Lisa Przybysz, Family Chiropractic Center of Fairfax)
Fitness Gift Basket w/ Fitness Session (*Patty Blabey/Dr. Gary Blabey,Back In Action Spinecare & Rehab)
Chiropractic Consultation & Evaluation (Vienna Health Improvement Center)
Raindrop Therapy Session (Trinity Chiropractic Wellness Center)
Body/Energy Healing Session (Georgia LaCroix, The Cardinal Center for Healing)
Individual Session (Ruthann Pisaretz, The Cardinal Center for Healing)
Pilates 3-Private Sessions Gift Certificate (*Carla Vercoe, Studio Be Pilates)
Pilates Session Gift Certificate & Mind-Body CD (*Lizette Ayala,Access Pilates & Body Rules)Baby Sign Language Book & Free Workshop (Eileen Landino, Tiny Fingers)
Complimentary 8-Play Pass Card (Monkey Business)
Cutie Pie Keepsake $35 Gift Certificate & Cutie Clip gift certificate
LimuPlex Supplement (*Alice VanLandingham, Distributor)
iControl System Supplement (*Alice VanLandingham, Distributor)
Xango Mangosteen Juice (Terry Barlow, Distributor)
Isotonix Adult & Children’s Multivitamins (*Nina Un, Consultant)
SNAP Cleaning Products (*Nina Un, Consultant)
‘a book for Elie’ (Rhoda Trooboff, Author)
Set of 3 Motherhood Books (Family & Home Network)
Complimentary Greening Consultation (Inayet Sahin, Beyond Green Living)