Stewart Strawbridge is an established presence in the Portland, Maine financial community and serves as managing partner of Selkirk Partners. Focused on wellness in his daily life, Stewart Strawbridge is currently working with his wife Liz, a physician, to set in place a community health center that will feature a coordinated range of offerings, from yoga to meditation. One of the distinct benefits of yoga is the way in which it can address lower back issues. Poses such as downward facing dog serve to decompress and extend the spine across its entire length. The pose also stretches and strengthens the hamstrings, which are essential in providing support and enabling proper back and hip posture. Another familiar pose that stretches the length of spine, as well as the hips, is the cat and cow pose. This begins on the hands and knees, with the tailbone and chest lifted up toward the ceiling with the inward breath. On the exhale the back is arched and the head is dropped, while pressing through the shoulder blades.
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A graduate of Bowdoin College in Maine, Stewart Strawbridge earned a bachelor’s degree in classics and archaeology. In 2008 he founded Selkirk Partners, an investment advisory firm with a long/short equity investment approach. Outside of his role at the firm, Stewart Strawbridge serves on the board of the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art. Located in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art celebrates artists from the Brandywine River area and works protect the land and natural resources of the Brandywine-Christina watershed. To this end, the Brandywine Conservancy maintains a campus that includes a beautiful river trail. The one-mile river trail takes approximately 20 to 30 minutes to complete. Walkers enjoy views of native trees and plants, including the silver maple (Acer saccharinum) and black walnut (Juglans nigra), as well as diverse wildlife such as bald eagles and great blue herons. Other features of the river trail include a stone mill dam dating back to the 19th century. For years, the dam served Hoffmann’s Mill, which now houses the Brandywine River Museum of Art. Visitors can see traces of the mill race under the bridge to the right of the trail. The river trail also includes a boardwalk that takes visitors over the campus’ wetlands area, which offers views of native plants and birds, including Carolina wrens and wood ducks. Finally, the trail ends at a floodplain meadow featuring a variety of grasses and wildflowers. An alumnus of Bowdoin College, Stewart Strawbridge holds a bachelor’s degree in classics. For the last 10 years, Stewart Strawbridge has served as a managing member of Selkirk Partners, a firm with a long-short equity investment approach. Selkirk Partners focuses on long-term results by conducting thorough research of markets to understand trends that can cause large end markets to rise or fall. When choosing equities to invest in, the firm’s leaders take a long-term view of what a company can become. Specifically, Selkirk Partners looks at a company’s business model, technology, and product or service offerings and compares them to those of competitors. While the firm takes both short and long positions in public equities, it maintains a long-biased approach under normal market conditions. Selkirk Partners aims for most of its fund’s profits to come from the portfolio’s long side, and its net exposure is typically between 40 and 100 percent of equity. Its owners are the biggest investors in the fund and strive to maintain a close, trusted relationship with investors. A managing member with Selkirk Partners, Stewart Strawbridge is based in Portland, Maine, and works toward achieving long term strategic goals through equity investments. Along with his wife Liz Strawbridge, MD, Stewart Strawbridge recently purchased the former Outliers Eatery building. He is working to convert it into Good Medicine, a space that will nurture body-mind-spirit connections and incorporate a healthy restaurant and spaces for acupuncture, yoga, dance, and meditation. One of the purposes of meditation is gaining an understanding of oneself and one's underlying intentions, which Deepak Chopra, MD, has described as “a directed impulse of consciousness.” This can involve slipping into the gap between those emotions, memories, and thoughts that create a busy internal dialogue. In this gap is a state of pure awareness that lies beyond the “ego-mind.” This meditative state of restful awareness is ideal for setting intention and then letting it go. This process continues through a return to the place of intention each day during meditation. As Dr. Chopra describes it, intention takes on greater power when it arises from a sense of fulfillment, or contentment, rather than a sense of needing or lacking something. Stewart Strawbridge, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and one of the three founding partners of Selkirk Partners, appreciates integrative medicine. Stewart and Liz Strawbridge are set to open Good Medicine, a nonprofit integrative medicine community space in Portland, at the former site of the Outliers Eatery. Integrative medicine takes a comprehensive approach to healthcare, dealing with all aspects of the patient's life, including physical, spiritual, mental, emotional, and social health. Rather than being viewed in isolation, conditions and ongoing issues receive consideration as part of the total picture of a person's health, which can inform needs in multiple contexts. Many scientific and medical disciplines play a role in such a comprehensive treatment approach. Integrative medicine does not replace conventional therapies. Rather, conventional therapies for both physical and mental health are used alongside approaches that manage the social situation and environment of the patient. This approach to medicine is heavily personalized, and relies strongly on self-exploration and self-development by both patients and practitioners. Patients must be active participants in their care in order for integrative wellness to succeed. Stewart Strawbridge is an experienced real estate and investment professional and the cofounder of Selkirk Partners, an equity investment partnership. Recently, Stewart Strawbridge and his wife Dr. Liz Strawbridge invested in a property that will be developed into an integrative medical care facility in Portland, Maine. Integrative medical care involves patient treatment that considers both conventional and alternative medical therapies. Below are three reasons why integrative medical care is appealing to patients. 1. More time spent between doctors and patients. Integrative medical practitioners tend to spend more time consulting with their patients than physicians who solely practice conventional medicine. Adequate time spent during patient and doctor consultations can enhance the overall effectiveness and safety of healthcare. 2. More available treatment options. Alternative medical therapies are typically safer than traditional medical treatments and can be an effective choice for treating certain health issues. Since integrative practitioners are aware of both modalities of treatment, they are more likely to offer their patients multiple treatment options, starting with those that are the least invasive. 3. Integrative medicine focuses on several aspects of health. Integrative medicine considers the impact of diet, environment, psychological well being, exercise, and genetic factors on health to treat patients in the most effective manner possible. A graduate of Bowdoin College in Maine, Stewart Strawbridge holds a bachelor of arts in classics and archaeology. He serves as managing member of Selkirk Partners, a long-short equity investment partnership that he founded in 2008. Also a supporter of the arts, Stewart Strawbridge serves on the board of directors of the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art. Located in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art dates back to the 1960s, when local residents started the conservancy with the aim of protecting the local Brandywine River Valley from being developed. In 1971, the conservancy formed the Brandywine Museum of Art in the Hoffman’s Mill. Today, the Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art sits on 15 acres consisting of a river trail, native plant gardens, and several buildings. The museum features works from the Wyeth family as well as a Heritage Collection showcasing American art, especially works created in the Brandywine Valley. The Brandywine Museum also hosts exhibitions, with upcoming shows including Winslow Homer and the Camera: Photography and the Art of Painting and N.C. Wyeth: New Perspectives. For more information, visit www.brandywine.org. A Chartered Financial Analyst and managing member of equity investment firm Selkirk Partners, Stewart Strawbridge is a longtime supporter of a number of arts and charitable organizations, including the Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art, located in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. A native of Chester County, Stewart Strawbridge is proud of his continued service as a museum board member. The Brandywine River Museum of Art is renowned as the location of a permanent exhibit for the works of American painter Andrew Wyeth, his father, N. C. Wyeth, and his son, Jamie Wyeth. The Wyeth family were longtime residents of Chadds Ford, and the town was the site of Andrew Wyeth’s birth. N. C. Wyeth achieved fame with his vibrant book illustrations featuring swashbucklers, cowboys, and medieval knights on horseback. Andrew Wyeth’s evocative, enigmatic work, particularly his 1948 painting Christina’s World, is considered iconic American art. Jamie Wyeth transformed common figures of people, animals, and Brandywine River landscapes and gained a following for his portrait of President John F. Kennedy. The museum also includes vibrant exhibits of the works of other American artists, particularly those from the Brandywine River area. The collection features stunning landscape paintings and noted examples of portraiture. Chartered Financial Analyst Stewart Strawbridge is the founder and managing director of Selkirk Partners, LP, an investment advisory firm. Before earning his undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College, Stewart Strawbridge attended Rhode Island’s prestigious St. George’s School. At St. George's, he was an exceptional hockey player, earning a most valuable player award from the Boston Globe. Today, Mr. Strawbridge supports a number of charities and nonprofit organizations, including CURE Hydrocephalus. CURE Hydrocephalus is an organization devoted to eliminating untreated hydrocephalus throughout the world. About 400,000 babies will be born this year with hydrocephalus, a build-up of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain. One of the most common nervous system disorders of children, when left untreated, it can cause significant brain damage, blindness, and death. Because most countries in the developing world suffer from a critical shortage of neurosurgeons, most cases of hydrocephalus go untreated in the developing world, with tragic consequences. CURE Hydrocephalus seeks to end untreated cases in these areas by creating treatment centers and training surgeons. CURE also is committed to gathering research data through its treatment efforts to better understand the causes and best treatment procedures for the condition, as well as the most effective methods of preventing postinfection hydrocephalus. One of the founding members of Selkirk Partners, an investment firm in the Northeast, Stewart Strawbridge studied classics at Bowdoin College, located in Maine. With a family legacy that includes horse racing, Stewart Strawbridge sponsors a race at the Willowdale Steeplechase that honors well-known horse breeder Marshall Jenning. Horse breeding requires detailed knowledge of the mare and the stallion to be bred, and in order to produce a healthy foal, the breeder needs to learn how to keep the broodmare healthy. The list below outlines the nutritional needs of a broodmare throughout her pregnancy. *First trimester-The broodmare does not need any extra grain or calories during this time. *Second trimester-If the broodmare has quality pasture available to her, this should be supplemented with vitamins and minerals. Alternatively, commercial grain mixes fortified with vitamins and minerals can be used. *Third trimester-The weight of the foetus may increase up to one pound each day during the last trimester of pregnancy. Therefore, the broodmare needs significantly more calories, protein, phosphorus, vitamin A, and calcium during this time. Additionally, the broodmare requires increased trace minerals during this time to birth a healthy foal. |
AuthorStewart Strawbridge rode The Bruce to victory in the 111th running of the Maryland Hunt Cup in 2007 Archives
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