A Day at the Market

•Hildegard TitusThe Green Market/Bio Markt prides itself on selling organic and locally sourced products. From fresh green vegetables from the Okahandja Organic Co-Op to homemade beauty products, this market encourages a healthy lifestyle and good time for the entire family.

With so much of our food being produced with harmful insecticides and chemicals, having a natural alternative with organic food can help you follow a healthy lifestyle and diet.

To maintain its ‘green’ credibility, the market has strict rules that each vendor must follow to ensure that all products are as natural or organic as possible. One of the rules is that no artificial fertilisers or insecticides may have been used to grow the food.

With reasonably priced produce, it’s no surprise that the queues start growing early in the morning with shoppers trying to get their weekly fresh groceries.

From homemade pastries and cookies to cheeses and sausages, there is a wide variety of food on sale, as well as homemade and natural beauty products that are gentle on the skin. The Meme Earth stall sells everything from Argan oil enriched mascara to body scrubs.

Something Special, a stall run by Heather Swart, sells everything from sundried tomato stuffed olives to fresh homemade chutneys, which are sure to add some extra flavour to any dish.

In keeping with the locally sourced and proudly Namibian products, the public also has a great variety of handmade jewellery and crafts to choose from. The Indigenous Batik Design stall displays some of its finest hand painted batik fabrics made into table cloths and eclectic laptop sleeves.

For those who need a little quiet time to relax, reflect and possibly sneak in a little massage, a visit to Dhyani Berger’s massage table under a shady tree for a Trager session might just be what you need to unwind.

With the daily hustle and bustle of our lives, we tend to neglect our bodies and minds which inhibits the flow of positive energy through us. A healthy mind works hand-in-hand with a healthy body and that is what makes Trager work so well. Combining gentle rhythmic movement in the body, it creates a relaxed and present mind with self-empowering awareness movements. With this head to toe massage that gently rocks your body into full consciousness, you are bound to feel re-energised and more in tune with your body and surroundings after your session.