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sk anyone, everyone, what they want most in life and the answer generally resembles something around love, marriage and /or a relationship. Early in life we are taught to seek love outside of ourselves: Rather inevitable because our initial phases of being in our human body involve us being completely dependent on others for many years. This seeking of love becomes part of our internal wiring and creates patterns where we look to others in order just to survive. We will always need sustenance and shelter and therefore we rely on the external world for most of our needs. For most, the search for independence becomes futile and eventually just ‘giving in’ to our pattern of seeking beyond ourselves remains a way of life. For those on the path of, you’ve likely seen this pattern and either moved beyond it at some point or if you are lucky enough, you have been able to completely free yourself of the behaviors. Truthfully, in the space of love, we all have an abundance overflowing from within. We don’t actually have to depend on anyone else for that. I recall this one shining moment where I realized I can have a “love” independence. It was a rather big moment for me and I have always been grateful for this realization of interdependence. When everything within and around us is love, what is there left to search for? The issue here becomes a HOLDING it or FRAMING it with permanence. Maintaining our own abundant spring of love isn’t as easy to keep us happy when we seek validation from others. We think we need love from others and often base our personal worth on how others interact with us in this realm. I am truly guilty of this. (and still struggle as I have found recently) Love and survival get mixed up together during earlier times in our lives when we HAD to be DEPENDENT upon our parents our whomever raised us. One of the core messages most people receive is that to receive love and the means to survive you need to do what you are told. A certain kind of obedience and loyalty to a larger individual or group of individuals (the tribe) is often developed, and this becomes one of those cornerstones that build up a whole network of lies in terms of what relationships we seek, how we choose to engage with them, what companies we work for, and so forth. As pretty much every psychologist knows, childhood is a critical phase of human development, and many of the mechanisms for living our lives that grow up from those years continue into other phases of our lives; even if they are no longer useful. Because we need things from others, love naturally joins with those needs, and depending on how conditional the love is that you experience growing up, you will create a variety of avenues and decisions in regards to how to get it. Keep in mind: Most of this is extremely unconscious because a child simply responds to what is being presented to him or her. If a parent is very neglectful, a child learns to act out to get “love,” which is then diluted to simply wanting attention. If a parent is overbearing and abusive, a child may learn to be quiet, or isolate, as a way to get what she or he wants without receiving pain. For children who are abused, pain and love tend to become deeply intertwined, and this becomes the basis for many people who continue to seek abusive relationships because love and pain are taught through experience to be a package deal. And as I share this with you, I am sure you can see how the lies build from there. But the TRUTH is still staring us in the face. We embody ALL THE LOVE WE WILL EVER NEED. With Love and Gratitude,
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elcome to the 144th issue of Natural Awakenings NEFL. For 12 years now we been doing this—one month at a time—sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse, but no matter what, each issue and each letter has had the signature of our hearts in it. With the hard work of a lot of really great writers and contributors, an incredible editor and distribution manager and a great co-publisher, Natural Awakenings in Northeast Florida has thrived and contributed to building strong natural, green and holistic communities. We truly thank you for being part of it and giving us the opportunity to do what we do. So who are we, the people behind the scenes, and what is that we really do? To put it simply, we are a group of men and women dedicated to living authentically in a way that supports, inspires and transforms the lives we touch each month and the communities at large. Our commitment to making a difference outweighs many of the social conventions of jobs, careers and businesses. It is our Divine expression and a way of life, not just an occupation. I was reminded recently through a young friend of mine. If you want to reach someone’s heart you have to be authentic. It is only in the concepts of honor, integrity and loyalty that we begin to live our truth and truly begin to become ourselves. Through several interactions with my friend, I watched the engagement that was occurring and the comfort coming forth. When we are ourselves with each other there is no presence of fear and our bodies seem to immediately relax, knowing we are safe. Being ourselves, though not easy, is the most powerful gift that any of us can give to each other. Often in coaching, I explain that there is nothing more powerful you can do than to be yourself. In fact, if you won’t be yourself, then no one else can. You are the only person who can do you, and without you, the world becomes a little dimmer. We are all meant to shine the light of our being, the gift of ourselves upon each other. It is this spectrum of light that occurs when we all shine together as ourselves that truly makes life a joy to live. We were born to serve one another and we were born to do it as our true selves. Many use the excuse of not feeling worthy enough in some way, or they are simply afraid to be judged as they truly are. The truth however, is this and nothing less; you are perfect as you are. You are whole and complete because you are a Divine expression of a Divine Creator. All that you long for and all that you desire will come to you when you clear the conversations within yourself that obstruct your true nature from rising to the top. Don’t let what others think of you keep you from shining your light. Don’t let their judgments blind you from seeing the beauty within yourself. You are the most perfect expression of you there is and without it, our world is just not the same. Living authentically is not easy. I am aware it requires commitment and endurance. I know it requires the nearly lost concepts of truth, honor and loyalty. These are not easy, and someone is always willing to put you down, take advantage or hurt you to get ahead, but if you learn to simply allow them to be who they are in exchange for you being who you are, then it will all work out and be totally worth it. They have to deal with the mind that would abuse you and you have to deal with the mind that would love them with integrity and honor despite it. I don’t know about you, but I personally would rather be me loving you through thick or thin, risking pain and injury, than to be closed off from the gifts of love, light and who I truly am and have become. After 12 years of publishing, I would like to offer my gratitude and thanks for allowing me to serve you on this incredible journey. Have a great month and may you always live an authentically inspired life.
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All-Day Sufi Music Celebration at Discovery Yoga
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haiykh Zahir Roman Orest will present a Day Of Music, Sufi Practices and Zikr August 9 in St. Augustine. An open-tuned Sufi Guitar Class/Workshop will be conducted from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at a private residence. The intention of the class is simply to teach the spiritual practice of music as prayer, one of the great treasures of the Sufi spiritual path. An afternoon of Western Universal Sufism Saturday will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Discovery Yoga. Participants may share the Sufi Practice of Sohbet, or spiritual conversation and Sufi interfaith Zikr from 7 to 9 p.m. Orest will offer the Hindu/Zoroastrian/Sufi teachings on the five elements: earth, water, fire, air and ether, as a useful practice for daily life. Orest, who lives in Minneapolis, entered into the open spirituality of universal Sufi teachings with the Sufi Ruhaniat order in the early 1970s San Francisco. He is a senior teacher/guide (shaiykh) in the Ruhaniat, and his spiritual journey has led him to studies with teachers in several Sufi orders, Tibetan Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Judaism, Quakerism, Eastern Christianity and Islam. Location: 3 Davis St., St. Augustine. For directions and more information, call 904-501-5348. See ad page 31.
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ibetan singing bowls, also known as Himalayan bowls, are instruments used throughout the world for meditation, relaxation, healing therapies, music and enjoyment. Now, Seventh Wonder Day Spa is now offering singing bowl therapy to facilitate healing for almost any type of health condition, physical or emotional. The sound from the bowls is believed to produce beneficial changes within the body by harmonizing cells with vibrations that reduce stress and balance the body’s energy system. Singing bowl therapy is also said to stimulate the immune system and produce beneficial changes in brain waves. Natural Awakenings readers receive $10 off a singing bowl treatment at Seventh Wonder Day Spa during the month of Aug. Location: 5393 Roosevelt Blvd., Ste. 4, Jacksonville. For more information, call 904-381-8686 or visit Seventh-Wonder.com.
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omen Writing for (a) Change, in Jacksonville, is a new local writing community with a mission to nurture and celebrate the individual voice in Jacksonville. A Fall Sampler event will be held from 7 to 9 p.m., August 27, at Jacksonville Golf and Country Club. The fall series begins from 7 to 9 p.m., September 10, for 12 weeks. Offerings include Art and Soul, mixing writing and collage, and Maintain Your Writer’s Shape, a drop-in class to keep writing fresh. Jacksonville is an affiliate site of Women Writing for (a) Change in Cincinnati. Since 1991, it has evolved into a powerful and empowering community of women and girls telling their stories. Expressive writing in all forms is honored: fiction, poetry, prose, journaling and collage. No experience is necessary. Location: 3985 Hunt Club Rd., Jacksonville. For more information, call 904-3073047, visit WomenWritingJacksonville.com or find search Meetup.com.
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osted by Dr. Jon Repole, Carol Kines, CNMT, CRP, will give a presentation and live demonstration of Reconnective Healing with, “A little quantum physics, consciousness research, perception versus reality, properties of ‘the field’ and a little magic of self-healing revealed,” at 6 p.m., August 21, in Jacksonville. The layperson and medical professional alike will learn firsthand what is baffling the medical community; personally experience the wonder of these new healing frequencies; and review consciousness and perception research. Kines holds certifications in nuclear medicine technology, qigong instruction, level III Reconnective Healing, and has received seven rites of a Q’ero shaman. Location: Jacksonville Health and Wellness Center, 957 Moorings Dr., Ste. 403, Jacksonville. For more information, visit DrRepole.com. See ad page 11.
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s a fundraiser for the Sacha Warmi Center (SachaWarmicenter.org), in Ecuadorian Amazonia, the acclaimed documentary film, NUMEN – The Healing Power of Plants, will be screened at 10 a.m., September 6, at the Atlantic Theaters. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. to provide a social time with light refreshments. Inspired by the knowledge that human and environmental health are inseparable, NUMEN is an intelligent and beautiful film exploring the global threat to the plant world and the promising work being done to safeguard the future. Named for the nurturing feminine spirit of the forest, Sacha Warmi, is committed to the education, health and research focused on the renewal of traditional medicine and conservation of medicinal plants. The center’s activities lay the groundwork for authentic intercultural dialogue in the service of Indigenous people’s health and healing, and for all of humanity. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online at NumenFilmJax.com. Location: 751 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach.
Student Day and Galley Readings at Spiritual Uplifts
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piritual Uplifts is hosting a student’s day from 7 to 9 p.m., August 8. Students will perform readings of 20 minutes for $20 and give spiritual healings on a donation basis. Most of them have been studying since March 2012 and are eager to demonstrate their talents. There will also be a raffle for a crystal ball, with tickets priced at one for $5 or three for $10. Dave and Jonella Bachman will connect with loved ones and friends that have crossed over and bring evidence that life continues in the next world on August 22. This amazing effort to work with the same spirit is known as “double-link”, which is a European style of mediumship. The Bachmans trained at the Arthur Findlay College in the UK and the Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp, in Cassadaga, Florida. Galley readings cost $40. Location: 3491 Pall Mall Dr., Jacksonville. Call 904-292-4555 to reserve a seat. See ad page 14.
Kids Yoga Party to bring health awareness event to the families of Jacksonville Beach will take place September 13 at the Seawalk Pavilion. Activities will include yoga classes, music, bounce houses, games, activities, raffles, educational programs and more. Reverend Tiya Lanao and Reverend Cecile Lanao, of the nonprofit Playful Roots Yoga Ministries started the Kids Yoga Party three years ago focusing on spreading the importance of a healthy lifestyle for body, mind and spirit. “Our main goal is to have families come out for a day filled with health awareness,” says Tiya, “What better way than to get all of our local health businesses together to showcase the many options the Jacksonville area has to offer.” For more information, visit KidsYogaParty.com. See ad page 12.
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Reflexologists Complete Traumatic Brain Injury Study
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recent hand reflexology study undertaken at Brooks Clubhouse, in Jacksonville, produced results supporting the value of reflexology for rehabilitation. The study began after a meeting between Clubhouse Manager Kathy Martin and Jacksonville Certified Reflexologist John Guinta in 2013. A team was assembled, consisting of Ken Cook, a Gainesville certified reflexologist, and Christy Ruggiero, a certified reflexologist and occupational therapist. Karen Ball, director of the Ancient Academy of Reflexology, in St Augustine, also lent her expertise, providing oversight and publishing. Six participants were selected and received weekly hand reflexology sessions over the course of 12 weeks between February and April. The study concluded, “In addition to hand reflexology being enjoyable to receive (as reported by six out of six participants), it also has the potential to improve fine motor skills (as demonstrated by four out of six participants).” Brooks Clubhouse is a unique local facility designed to support the long-term recovery of those that have suffered traumatic brain injury, providing them with a setting to improve skills and readjust back into the community. Lean more at AcademyOfAncientReflexology.com/casestudies/index.html.
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xplore new career paths at Keiser University’s Back-to-School Open House from 6 to 8 p.m., August 13. The academically centered event at the Jacksonville Campus will focus on specific employment opportunities for which students are trained in more than 90 university degree programs. Keiser University’s hands-on approach to learning helps individuals gain a competitive advantage as they further their education. The open house will showcase the school’s resources and invite prospective students to learn about degree programs in career fields such as health care, business, culinary arts and information technology. Learning tools include interactive classroom activities and lab demonstrations with students and faculty and alumni. Keiser University, with more than 16 campuses throughout Florida, plus online enrollment, continually monitors workplace trends to assist students with job placement. Its educational foundation is focused on providing the critical training skills and quality academic education students need to gain employment after graduation.
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ocal acupuncture physicians Ronnie Yocham and Kendra Lay have opened The Bow Acupuncture & Community Wellness at 2715 Oak Street, Suite B, in Riverside. They have been offering community acupuncture at the Peaceful Living Center since March. Community acupuncture treatments are given in a comfortable and tranquil group setting, with a focus on each individual patient’s unique health concerns. Treatments are offered on a sliding scale basis of $15 to $35 per session. “Community acupuncture, a nationwide movement to make acupuncture more affordable and accessible, has come to Jacksonville,” says Yocham. “Whether for pain, stress or so much more, acupuncture is an effective and safe option, and we hope to serve as a resource for the community.” In 2013, more 900,000 treatments were given in community acupuncture settings nationwide, according to an annual survey conducted by the People’s Organization for Community Acupuncture. There are currently 16 community acupuncture clinics in Florida and nearly 200 across the United States. For more information, call 904-834-0740 or visit BowAcupuncture.com and Facebook.com/bowacupuncture.
Participation Needed for Daytona Health Fair
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holistic Health Fairs LLC will be hosting the 15th Wholistic Health & Community Fair in South Daytona Beach in November. Organizers Kathleen and Mike Zurenko say that although their sponsorship packages have sold out, there are vendor spaces still available. Appropriate vendor interests include chiropractors, massage therapists, acupuncturists, fitness instructors, fitness centers, yoga instructors, Reiki masters, meditation techniques, health foods, vegan restaurants, raw foods, essential oils, authors, BioMat, magnetic jewelry, organic skin care, holistic health practitioners, stem cell, Chinese herbs, vitamins, supplements, all-natural cosmetics, facials and green living modalities. Location: Sunshine Park Mall, 2400 S. Ridgewood Ave,, South Daytona. Interested parties may contact Kathleen at 386-2481868 or kzdab@bellsouth.net.
Just released - Crystal Bowl Guided Meditations
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elcome Dragon Dance Yoga has opened 12525 Philips Highway, Suite 204, in the Shoppes of Bayard, in Jacksonville, offering basic yoga, hot yoga, meditation, Zumba, Hawaiian hula, kids yoga, couples acroyoga and workshops. Owner Wendy Cruff is a Jacksonville native who began practicing yoga after losing her mother to cancer. The shock of the illness and the time she dedicated to caring for her mother became overwhelming, so to avoid slipping into depression, she took up yoga. According to Cruff, “Yoga saved me in more ways than one… it is lifechanging.” She then became a certified registered yoga trainer with the intention of opening her own studio. Cruff states, “If you would like to strengthen your core, learn to breathe properly, lower your blood pressure, tone your body, heal from the insideout, make new friends and give back to your community, then visit Dragon Dance Yoga.” For a complete schedule and more information, call 904-982-5580 or visit DragonDanceYoga.com.
Testosterone Safety Proving Controversial by Pierre Angier
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wo studies were recently published that raised the possibility that testosterone replacement therapy could increase the risk of heart attacks and stroke in older men. There are however major concerns about the way these studies were conducted and reported. Also, they directly conflict with previous studies that show normal testosterone levels reduce the risk of cardiovascular events. To be specific, the PLOS ONE study was flawed in several ways. The data used were based on insurance claims, not on clinical data. Also, it was an observational study—not a randomized, controlled trial—making the results more uncertain. They did use comparison drugs (Viagra and Cialis), but that only confused the picture, because these drugs may prevent heart attacks. Lastly, the difference in risk was so small as to be clinically insignificant. Based on the study’s own conclusions, testosterone therapy would result in an increase of only 1.27 heart attacks per 1,000 patient years. In the second study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the raw data showed a reduction in heart attacks, strokes and deaths in VA patients that received testosterone compared to those that did not. But after statistical modeling, the authors concluded that testosterone increased the risk of these events. The authors used convoluted and complex statistical
analyses that are more likely to confuse than clarify. Also, there were more than 1,000 patients excluded from the analysis that should not have been, and this error drastically changed the statistical outcome to make testosterone replacement seem unsafe. Immediately after its publication, the study’s many flaws were brought to light and many prominent physicians and scientists, including 25 different medical societies from around the world, have asked that it be retracted. While the study has been corrected several times, the data mismanagement was so serious that it is no longer con-
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hen Princeton University researchers analyzed data from a representative sample of 40 African-American boys enrolled in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study that followed children born in major U.S. cities between 1998 and 2000, they determined that those that lived through 9 years of age with less-stable families, such as parents with multiple partners and harsh or hostile parenting styles, had a higher probability of having shorter telomeres compared with other children. Telomeres were, on average, 40 percent longer among children from stable families. Telomeres are the segments of DNA at either end of a chromosome that protect the ends from deterioration or fusion with neighboring chromosomes. Shorter telomeres can decrease life expectancy by reducing the number of times our cells can divide, and scientists are discovering that a person’s living environment may lead to the condition. Using large cohort (age group) study data from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety, another group of researchers from Amsterdam’s Vrije University found significantly shorter telomere length among those with higher stress markers; the shorter length was also associated with aging approximately 10 years faster. In addition, the scientists observed significantly shorter telomere length among people with depressive symptoms lasting longer than four years; the shorter length correlated with both longer and more severe depression.
Parents’ Smoking Linked to Artery Damage in Children
HEELLESS SHOES MAY HELP PREVENT RUNNERS’ INJURIES
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British study published in Footwear Science analyzed the effects of running in experimental heelless footwear compared with conventional running shoes with reinforced heels. The objective was to see if the heelless footwear would reduce the risk of chronic injury related to the habitual rear-foot strike pattern associated with conventional heeled shoes. Using eight cameras with optoelectric running motion capture technology,12 male runners were tracked at four meters per second. The heelless running shoe resulted in less impact, greater plantar flexion and greater ankle eversion (rolling outward). The researchers concluded that the heelless shoes decreased the risk of chronic running foot injuries linked to excessive impact forces, but concede they may increase injury potential associated with excessive ankle eversion.
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esearchers from Australia’s University of Tasmania have found that children exposed to the secondhand smoke of their parents will likely face abnormally thickened carotid arteries later in life. The finding, published in the European Heart Journal, followed 3,776 children that participated in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study and the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health Study. The children were divided into groups according to whether neither parent smoked, one parent smoked or both parents smoked. Questionnaire results were combined with ultrasound testing to correlate exposure during childhood with the health of carotid arteries, and researchers concluded that the effects are pervasive even 25 years later. Those exposed to two parental smokers as children had significantly greater thickness of inner carotid artery walls than did children with non-smoking parents. Their arteries also showed signs of premature aging of more than three years compared to children of nonsmokers. The researchers wrote, “There must be continued efforts to reduce smoking among adults to protect young people and to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease across the population.” 16
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esearch published in the Journal of Reproductive Medicine confirms that pine bark extract can significantly reduce symptoms of menopause and perimenopause, including restless legs syndrome and hot flashes. For three months, 170 perimenopausal women were given 30 milligrams of Pycnogenol patented pine bark extract or a placebo twice a day. Although a placebo effect was noted, the supplement significantly improved all but two symptoms and was especially effective in improving vasomotor and insomnia/sleep patterns. The severity of symptoms among the Pycnogenol group, as measured by the Kupperman Index, decreased 56 percent more than for the placebo group. In another study, scientists from Italy’s Pescara University gave 70 perimenopausal women a placebo or 100 milligrams of Pycnogenol daily for two months. The supplement group experienced fewer menopausal symptoms and showed improvements with symptoms that include fatigue, insomnia, reduced concentration, memory problems, dizziness, depression and irritability.
ating flaxseed reduces blood pressure, according to researchers from Canada’s St. Boniface Hospital Research Center. They attribute the effect to its omega-3 fatty acids, lignans and fiber. The researchers examined the effects of flaxseed on systolic and diastolic blood pressure in patients with peripheral artery disease, a condition typically marked by hypertension. Patients consumed a variety of foods that collectively contained 30 grams of milled flaxseed or a placebo each day for six months. The flaxseed group experienced significantly increased plasma levels of certain omega-3 fatty acids and lower average systolic blood pressure (by 10 mmHg) and diastolic blood pressure (by 7 mm Hg). Those in the flaxseed group with initial systolic blood pressure levels over 140 mmHg saw reductions averaging 15 mmHg.
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esearch from Italy’s Pavia University found two medicinal mushroom species—cordyceps (Cordyceps sinensis) and reishi (Ganoderma lucidum)—significantly improve race performances and recovery times among competitive cyclists. The researchers studied seven male cyclists that had competitively raced for more than 10 years. For one month, they were given placebo supplements, after which the researchers tested their performance and recovery during races and workouts. Then, for the next three months, the cyclists daily used medicinal mushroom supplementation. The researchers found the mushrooms significantly increased performance and recovery in both workouts and races compared with the placebo period. The two types of mushrooms both boosted testosterone levels and reduced post-workout cortisol levels. The mushroom supplementation also increased their antioxidant status, reducing their risk of exhaustion.
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Fitness Update
Healthiest U.S. Metro Areas in 2014 The American College of Sports Medicine’s (ACSM) seventh annual American Fitness Index (AFI) ranks Washington, D.C., at the top with a score of 77.3 (out of 100), followed by Minneapolis-St. Paul (73.5), Portland, Oregon (72.1) Denver (71.7) and San Francisco (71). Overall, metro areas in 25 states scored 50 or above; the two lowest-ranking hovered near 25 points. “The AFI data report is a snapshot of the state of health in the community and an evaluation of the infrastructure, community assets and policies that encourage healthy and fit lifestyles. These measures directly affect quality of life in our country’s urban areas,” says Walter Thompson, Ph.D., chair of the AFI advisory board.
True Grit
Why Persistence Counts
Margo Pellegrino, a homemaker, mother of two and healthy oceans advocate from Medford Lakes, New Jersey, will begin a 1,600-mile journey from nearby Trenton to Chicago, Illinois, by outrigger canoe on August 13 as part of Blue Frontier Campaign’s ocean explorers project. During her two-month trip, she’ll meet with local environmental groups and the media to raise awareness of the urgent need to clean America’s waterways. “All water and everything in it ends up in the ocean,” Pellegrino says. “Plastics and chemicals are particular problems, but soil runoff during floods and heavy rains also impact the ocean and marine life.” During previous paddles, Pellegrino saw firsthand the effects of dumped industrial waste in the waterways she traversed. She notes that nationally, oil rig operators have federal permits to dump 9 billion gallons of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, waste into the ocean each year. On Pellegrino’s first trip in 2007, she paddled nearly 2,000 miles up the Atlantic Coast, from Miami, Florida, to Maine. In 2009, she partnered with the Natural Resources Defense Council to go from Miami to New Orleans, Louisiana, to build support for a Healthy Oceans Act (OnEarth.org/author/healthyoceanspaddle). In 2010, she canoed along the Pacific coastline from Seattle, Washington, to San Diego, California. Next summer, Pellegrino plans to paddle down the Mississippi River.
Some educators believe that improvements in instruction, curriculum and school environments are not enough to raise the achievement levels of all students, especially disadvantaged children. Also necessary is a quality called “grit”, loosely defined as persistence over time to overcome challenges and accomplish big goals. Grit comprises a suite of traits and behaviors that include goal-directedness (knowing where to go and how to get there); motivation (having a strong will to achieve identified goals); self-control (avoiding distractions and focusing on the task at hand); and a positive mindset (embracing challenges and viewing failure as a learning opportunity). A meta-study of 25 years of research by John Hattie and Helen Timperley, professors at the University of Aukland, New Zealand, has shown that giving students challenging goals encourages greater effort and persistence than providing vague or no direction. Students aren’t hardwired for these qualities, but grit can be developed through an emerging battery of evidence-based techniques that give educators a powerful new set of tools to support student success. A famous example of the power of self-regulation was observed when preschoolers that were able to withstand the temptation of eating a marshmallow for 15 minutes to receive a second one were more successful in high school and scored about 210 points higher on their SATs later in life than those with less willpower (Tinyurl.com/Stanford MarshallowStudy).
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Simple Device Provides Safe Water in Africa
The WarkaWater tower is providing an innovative new way to harvest safe drinking water, normally an onerous task in Ethiopia and many other parts of Africa. Obtaining water via repeated trips to the nearest source is extremely time-consuming and what’s collected is often highly contaminated and harmful to drink. Also, this task is commonly carried out by females, putting them in danger of sexual harassment or worse enroute. The towers, inspired by the native warka tree, are a vertical bamboo system that harvests potable, clean water from the air through condensation, using a fog-harvesting fabric that can collect up to 25 gallons of safe drinking water per day. Each tower costs about $550, and can be built in a few days by village residents using locally available materials. Source: Inhabitat.com
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Airports Establish Bee-Friendly Acres The Common Acre is a nonprofit partnering with the airport serving Seattle, Washington, and the Urban Bee Company (UrbanBee.com) to reclaim 50 acres of vacant land to plant native wildflowers as pollinator habitat for hummingbirds, butterflies and disease-resistant bee colonies. A GMO-free (no genetic modification) wildflower seed farm is also in the works. Bees present no threat to air traffic and the hives discourage birds that do pose a danger to planes. Beekeeper Jim Robins, of Robins Apiaries, in St. Louis, Missouri, rents an area with a plentiful supply of white Dutch clover, and Lambert Airport views his enterprise as part of its sustainability program. O’Hare Airport, in Chicago, the first in the U.S. to install hives, is rebuilding to its full complement of 50 hives after losing about half of them to 2014’s extreme winter. It’s a project that could be a model for airports everywhere—using inaccessible scrubland to do something revolutionary, like supporting a local food system. One hundred foods make up 90 percent of a human diet, and bees pollinate 71 of them. Learn more at CommonAcre.org.
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Eco Strategies for Back-to-School Prep Families preparing for the coming school year will welcome easy ways to stretch the budget while protecting the environment our kids are growing up in. n Buying new clothes can be expensive, and most of today’s synthetic fibers are petroleum-based, while toxic pesticides are commonly used to grow cotton. For healthier alternatives, check labels for clothes made from organic, low-impact or recycled materials such as organic cotton, hemp, bamboo or recycled fibers. Inexpensive options are found in Salvation Army and other thrift store locations, as well as repurposing hand-me-downs among siblings. n Avoid buying all new school supplies. Gently used binders and book bags can last years. Sturdy, simple backpacks skip the cost of faddish brand-name and celebrity products. For supplies that must be replenished, like paper, seek out postconsumer-recycled options. n For lunch boxes, food containers and utensils, look for retro metal, a cloth bag and other alternatives to plastic (which can contain harmful chemicals) and glass (which can break). Beth Terry, in her book, Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too (MyPlasticFreeLife.com), suggests searching Mighty Nest.com and LifeWithoutPlastic.com, makers of stainless steel, naturally lacquered wood and other non-plastic, durable children’s bowls, cups, plates and utensils. n Healthy afterschool extracurricular activities today typically require driving commutes. Look into carpooling with nearby families to save time and gas, cut vehicle emissions and expand friendships. n Check the school’s eco-practices. Encourage local administrators to conduct recycling programs and to email documents to parents instead of using regular mail.
Gas Pipeline Pumps Radioactive Radon into Homes In New York City, the Spectra gas pipeline that went online in 2013 is delivering more than just energy-efficient, cleanburning natural gas from Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale. It’s also piping radioactive radon gas that’s contaminating commercial and residential boilers, ovens, stoves, dryers and water heaters at 30 to 80 times baseline levels—well above the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency safe level for radiation exposure. According to Dr. Sheila BushkinBedient, with the University of Albany, New York, “While it may be possible to remove other components of raw natural gas such as ethane, propane, butane and pentanes at natural gas processing centers, it’s not possible to remove radioactive substances such as radon. Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer among nonsmokers and the second-leading cause among smokers and indirect (secondhand) smokers.” The Spectra conduit is one of hundreds of pipelines and fossil fuel infrastructure projects across the country being quickly approved by the Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission. Citizens should demand that elected officials connect the dots and halt the uncontrolled rush to drill new sites regardless of safety concerns and let them know people are alarmed by the possibility of radioactive gas entering their communities. To learn more, visit MariasFarmCountry Kitchen.com/radon-gas.
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Day Care Goes Green What’s Good for Kids is Good for the World by Avery Mack
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ith children especially susceptible to germs, chemical sensitivities and allergens, it makes sense to ensure that the child-friendliness of day care facilities extends to their ecological integrity. When Denise Adusei, of New York City, was unable to find a preschool that included all the criteria she sought, she decided to create and direct Peartree Preschool, a yearround day care facility for 2-to-5-year-olds. “An eco-friendly day care environment is more than nontoxic paint, organic food and unscented soaps. It’s what you don’t see, as well,” says Adusei. “We first looked for a building with lots of natural light near Central Park. Manhattan has a high rate of allergens, so we went ahead with a thorough environmental inspection on what looked like an ideal building,” recalls Adusei. Inspectors pulled tiles from the floor, opened walls to check for mold and collected samples. “When they discovered signs of an old oil spill in the basement, we knew it was an unsafe place for children. We kept looking until we found the right building with large windows, near the park and environmentally safe,” she says, noting that her own kids now attend Peartree. Workplace coach Paul E. McGinniss, who also blogs at NewYorkGreenAdvocate.com, says, “Creating a garden onsite and connecting with local farmers or CSAs [community supported agriculture] to provide healthy, fresh foods is a great way to educate kids via a learning activity. New York’s Hudson Valley, where I live, has a farm to school move-
ment. Everyone should know where their food comes from,” he says, echoing another day care cornerstone. In Madison, Connecticut, Tina Pascoe, a registered nurse, attorney and health consultant, co-founded Nurses for Day Care, a nationwide program. The staff finds that many children are sensitive to dye additives in mustard or ketchup, certain oils in soap, paint or cleaning fumes and fire-retardant chemicals embedded in new rugs and carpeting. “We push for the whole school to go green, not just the classroom, with the sensitive or allergic child in mind,” she says. “We’re willing to do whatever it takes, like providing special menus, banning perfumes and smoking, and only using disinfectant wipes or bleach during nighttime cleaning.” Pascoe personally works with about 80 facilities throughout the state. The Cottages at Michaels Learning Center, in Sarasota, is Florida’s first school to earn a Level Three Green School and green infant care certification from the National Green School Coalition and operates the city’s only certified green infant care program. Children from 6 weeks through kindergarten benefit. The school even conducts regular radon testing. Owner and Director Michelle Ireland assesses, “It’s cause and effect. One of the things we teach the children is how our actions have an impact on the world.” Mark Stedelbauer, vice president of marketing at eWater Advantage, in Raleigh, North Carolina, strives to inform day care administrators about the value of using electrolyzed water instead of cleansers. An electrical current that runs through a blend of ordinary tap water and minerals changes the basic nature of water. A lower pH creates a disinfecting solution; a higher pH results in a degreaser. Both solutions clean and kill germs without fumes, residue or allergy triggers. “Often, the combined cost of the electricity, water and mineral supplements used is less than what would be spent on multiple cleaning products,” Stedelbauer points out. It can be created by the half-gallon in a toaster-sized unit onsite and has been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture (for use on meat) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (for use on produce). Also, electrolyzed water won’t harm skin or clothing. Creative Minds Learning Centers’ six locations are recognized by the Oregon Program of Quality as among the top 25 schools in the state. They buy renewable energy from wind, solar and biomass sources. At the school, they compost, plant sustainable gardens, collect rainwater and recycle. Nature preschools in the U.S., nearly 30 sites and growing, use a community nature center as a regular part of their learning program (Tinyurl.com/NaturePreschools). Generally, the children are outdoors for 45 to 90 minutes per day, weather permitting, and flexible activities allow them to investigate their own interests safely. Daily explorations build valuable skills like observation, sorting and experimentation. Children experiencing green day care see firsthand how healthy, environmentally sound choices can help make their present and future safe. Telling their parents about their school experiences is a natural bonus. Avery Mack is a freelance writer in St. Louis, MO. Connect via AveryMack@mindspring.com. natural awakenings
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Learning that Transforms Hearts and Minds Rethinking How We See Our World Changes Everything by Linda Sechrist
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n the 30 years since Harrison Owen introduced Open Space Technology (OST), it has been used hundreds of thousands of times by three-quarters of the world’s countries. Whether a few people gather in a circle to share ideas and brainstorm personal issues or thousands discuss a bulletin board of topics around tables, OST is a safe, informal venue for transformative learning. Guided by purpose-based, shared leadership, it allows individuals focused on a specific task to freely speak their thoughts and be heard. It also encourages breakout groups to mine for more information—learning individually, as well as collectively, and self-organizing in order to concentrate on more complex topics. “Boeing engineers used OST to learn how to redesign airplane doors and young Egyptians used it to strategize for their Arab Spring,” as examples, comments Owen.
Circle Principle
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Juanita Brown, cofounder of The World Café, learning is transformation, the keystone of life, and the essence of meaningful education. “The circle principle contains the predictability of fresh, emerging thoughts and learning that never occurred previously,” explains Owen. He points to an experiment regarding children’s capacity for self-learning initiated by Sugata Mitra, Ph.D., the former science director of an educational technology firm in India. On the outside wall of the building where he worked, Mitra installed a computer facing a New Delhi slum where most children were unschooled and illiterate and had never seen a computer. He turned it on and told children they could play with it. Via a noninvasive video camera, he watched 7-to-13-year-olds discover how to use the computer and teach each other how to play music and games and draw using Microsoft’s Paint program. Repetition of the experiment in other impoverished sections of India yielded similar results. Wherever he established an Internet connection, children that could not read English, the Internet’s default language, taught themselves
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how to use the Web to obtain information through their interactions with each other and the computer. “I agree with what Mitra surmised from his experiment—learning is emergent, which is another word for self-organizing,” remarks Owen. Like Freire, Owen likens traditional education to the “banking” method of learning, whereby the teacher passes information to students that become dependent on someone else rather than learning how to think on their own. Suzanne Daigle, a Sarasota, Florida-based consultant with a Canadian multidisciplinary consulting firm, explains how the OST learning environment changed her life: “My personal transformation began in 2009, when I volunteered to assist another OST facilitator. I was a perfectionist who judged myself harshly and struggled with the question, ‘Who am I to think I can help hold space for leaders to transform themselves through their learning when I have so little experience?’” She notes, “Before such experiences, even though I was a leader in my corporate career, I doubted myself and often believed that what others had to say was more significant and interesting than what I could express.” Now she says she has shed her people-pleasing tendencies and former attempts to control other people’s agendas and discovered the freedom and courage of her own voice. “As an OST facilitator, my life work now occurs in the moments I am collaboratively learning and listening for opportunities to enter into meaningful conversations that can lead to actions,” says Daigle. “I invite others to do the same.”
Co-Learning
In a compulsory two-year Theory of Learning class for an International Baccalaureate degree at California’s Granadas Hill Charter High School, math and science educator Anais Arteaga helps students apply two major elements of transformative learning: self-reflection to critique one’s own assumptions and discourse through which they question or validate their judgments. She focuses on the roles that perception, language, reason and emotion play in a student’s learning and decision-making abilities.
“Questions and lively discussions are the basis of the class,” Arteaga says. “We begin with a question and explore what we know, how we know it and any conclusions drawn from the process.” Using a democratic model in which the teacher welcomes critical discussion, Arteaga and her students have mutually discovered that knowledge is not static, but has a history and changes over time. “When we first started the class, it was challenging to accept that in many situations there is no right or wrong, just relativity and a matter of perception. We don’t really know anything for certain,” she remarks.
Worldview Explorations
Katia Petersen, Ph.D., is the executive director of education at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), headquartered in Petaluma, California. She co-developed the tools, practices and 22 lessons in the pioneering organization’s Worldview Explorations (WE) project. Founded on 40 years of IONS research, WE engages everyone in age-appropriate ways in reflecting upon long-held assumptions and how beliefs create the lens they see through, ultimately improving how they understand and respond to the world. “When individuals understand the power of offering their story and are open to the worldview stories of others, they no longer focus attention on differences and limitations,” says Petersen. “They realize that everyone has their own truth.” Through small groups and conversations, participants unpack how the program has influenced them by answering questions that explore what inspired, surprised and changed the way they perceive the world. “WE’s transformative learning experiences draw from the heart and soul of individuals, rather than stuffing heads with ideas and perspectives, which serves them well as they embody and apply these tools and practices in their daily lives,” notes Petersen. She cites a particularly powerful moment for a group of young people she worked with. “A student was killed in a drive-by shooting two weeks before their certification. The transformative moment came when they said that
“There is no such thing as a neutral education process. Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate the integration of generations into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity to it, or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.” ~ Richard Shaull, ThD
their new awareness and capacity for compassion and understanding would not allow them to seek revenge. Instead, they chose to save lives in their communities using their new skills.”
Mycelium School
Ashley Cooper and Matt Abrams, cofounders of the Mycelium School, in Asheville, North Carolina, re-imagined a learning environment for aspiring entrepreneurs and social change agents committed to activating their potential and realizing solutions to today’s challenges. A 12-week learning journey allows individuals to become increasingly adept at learning from and helping each other learn. The curriculum offers minimum structure, significant support and collaboration with others. “In the learning community, individuals are dedicated to a project or life question of their choice,” explains Cooper. Participants’ goals include changing careers, determining the next steps after retirement or how to pursue true passions to make a difference in the world. natural awakenings
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Free the child’s potential and you will transform him into the world. ~Maria Montessori
Cheri Torres, Ph.D., founder of the Asheville-based Innovation Partners International SE, was one of the earliest participants in the Mycelium Learning experience. She says that she obtained an expanded understanding of the approach that she uses in her work. “The whole systems approach I use with organizational and community leaders enables them to shift from a top-down management model to one that engages everyone and uses the collective intelligence and collaborative efforts of all for the collective good. My own learning journey transformed the level of awareness I bring to my work and the understanding of who I am,” advises Torres. “My original guiding question was, ‘How can I get so clear about my work that I can explain it in plain language?’ Ultimately, my question shifted to what would it be like for me to live and work from a place of wholeness. Through conversations with Ashley and self-reflection, I realized I was not walking my talk within my own mind-body-spirit system. My journey helped me understand that my most effective role in my own life,
as well as with clients, is to create the conditions for collective intelligence and collaboration to emerge in service to the whole,” says Torres.
World Café
Like OST, the World Café, co-created by Brown and David Isaacs, of Burnsville, North Carolina, creates a transformative learning environment for individuals of all ages. Its primary principles are: set the context, create hospitable space, explore questions that matter, encourage everyone’s contributions, connect diverse perspectives, listen together for patterns and insights and share collective discoveries. Webs of conversation created around actual or occasionally virtual tables resemble those found in coffeehouses. “Conversation is a core meaningmaking process, and people get to experience how the collective intelligence of a small or large group can become apparent,” says Brown. After several rounds of conversation on one or more topics, participants offer their harvest of key insights, learning and opportunities for action with the full group gathered to reflect together on their discoveries. “World Café provides an environ-
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ment in which you are comfortably drawn forward by the questions you are asking together. When enough diversity is present, varied perspectives are offered and people feel listened to and free to make their contribution,” observes Brown. What participants learn in this setting creates the climate of conditions that support the kinds of transformations that can changes lives. Brown remarks, “When it happens to me, I feel like my brain cells have been rearranged. I know something in the collective, as well as the individual, has been evoked, so that something never before imagined becomes present and available.” Transformative learning has been compared to a sea journey without landmarks. Adventurous individuals that are open to traversing its highly engaging processes can emerge as autonomous thinkers, capable of contributing fresh, new ideas that just might transform the world we live in. Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings. Visit ItsAllAbout We.com for the recorded interviews.
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Super-Immunity for KIDS Simple Ways to Boost a Child’s Long-Term Health by Lisa Turner
We’d love it if our kids had fewer sick days away from school, but what if by bolstering their immune systems now, we could also protect them from serious diseases going forward?
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uring childhood, when the immune system is still developing, there’s a great opportunity to set the stage for improved health and resilience,” says Dr. Joel Fuhrman, a family physician and nutritional researcher in Flemington, New Jersey, and author of Disease-Proof Your Child. “A healthy diet and lifestyle can help kids avoid common childhood illnesses like colds, ear infections and allergies, as well as ensure greater resilience against disease later in life.”
Focus on HighQuality Foods
Fruits and veggies have a wealth of protective phytochemicals that enhance immune cell function and protect against disease. In a study published in the Journal of Epidemiology &
Community Health, kids that ate the most fruit had a 38 percent lower risk of cancer later in life. Berries, cherries, plums and pomegranates are among the most powerful immune-boosting fruits. For veggies, eat more dark leafy greens, tomatoes, carrots and cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli and cauliflower. Also emphasize whole grains and healthy fats such as those found in nuts, seeds and avocado, advises Fuhrman. Sugar-laden calories depress the infection-fighting activity of white blood cells, says Dr. Alan R. Gaby, of Concord, New Hampshire, author of the textbook, Nutritional Medicine. Even natural sweeteners such as honey and juice have similar effects when consumed in excess, he says. Try healthy options like pomegranate and kiwi fruit salad; trail mix with raw almonds; dried cranberries and air-popped popcorn; and hummus with red pepper strips and baby carrots for dipping.
Pinpoint Allergies
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suppress the immune system by increasing inflammation in the body and call for consultation with a health specialist. “Whenever there is extra inflammation, the body has less available energy to keep the immune system functioning as well as it should,” says Dr. Fred Pescatore, a New York author of The Allergy & Asthma Cure. “It’s like putting the wrong type of gasoline in the car; it hinders your performance.”
Shore Up with Supplements
Probiotics can enhance immune function in children by stimulating white blood cells and reducing inflammation, says Gary B. Huffnagle, Ph.D., a University of Michigan Medical School immunology research professor and author of The Probiotics Revolution. They are especially protective against allergies, diarrhea and respiratory tract infection. Start with yogurt: Serve with cereal; mix with mashed bananas and freeze in ice cube trays for a cool treat; or make smoothies with unsweetened, non-dairy yogurt and frozen berries. Or consider a Lactobacillus acidophilus supplement; aim for 5 billion CFUs per day of Lactobacillus or bifidobacterium. Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), an ayurvedic herb, boosts immunity by supporting and balancing adrenal function, says Dr. John Douillard, Ph.D., a Boulder, Colorado, chiropractor, ayurvedic physician and author of Perfect Health for Kids. The adrenal glands produce cortisol, and overproduction of this “fight-or-flight” hormone can dampen immunity. Ashwagandha is particularly helpful for preventing colds and can also be used when kids are stressed or tired. For children ages 6 to 12, give 500 milligrams per day with breakfast; children over 12 can take 1,000 mg a day.
Stabilize Hormonal Changes
“Puberty and adolescence are marked by dramatic shifts in and surges of hormones,” says Dr. Richard Shames, of Sebastopol, California, co-author of Feeling Fat, Fuzzy, or Frazzled? “This is monumental, as far as the developing immune system is concerned. As the immune system is directly linked to hormonal influences, any hormonal imbalance will affect overall immunity.” Shames recommends selenium—a potent antioxidant
and general immune booster—to help balance hormones. For children ages 8 to 18, aim for 100 mg per day.
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“Once a child has been exposed to dirt and germs, the immune system responds by trying to expel those bacteria from the body, which strengthens immunity,” counsels Jane Sheppard, owner of HealthyChild.com and founding executive director of the Holistic Pediatric Association. Avoid antibacterial soaps, cleansers and gels; most contain the chemical triclosan, which some researchers suspect of contributing to development of antibioticresistant bacteria. Instead, use a natural antibacterial gel or make one, by combining witch hazel or alcohol, tea tree oil and lavender essential oil.
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“The sun is our primary source of vitamin D, which has broad effects on the immune system,” Fuhrman says. “Depending on your skin tone and the local climate, about 15 minutes of full sun exposure a day will lead to natural production of sufficient amounts of vitamin D.” If kids have dark skin or live in a cloudy region, they may need vitamin D supplements—at least 200 IU per day.
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Children at Wisconsin’s Montessori School of Waukesha learn to baste; spoon beans or rice from bowls; cut paper, draw, paint or paste cutouts; and sew or embroider using a three-finger grip. It strengthens the muscles they will need later to practice writing skills. Waldorf
Schools that Rock Innovators Blaze Creative Paths by Sandra Murphy
Creative educational initiatives offer more flexible programs of study than traditional institutions. First introduced into the United States in the latter part of the 20th century, today there are thousands of such facilities operating according to their own lights. Yet many share certain distinguishing characteristics including emphasis on close studentteacher relationships, diverse experiential learning and development of student decision-making skills aided by peer and parental support. All aim to prepare and equip students for future success both inside and outside the classroom.
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At age 3, kids at the Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School, in Maryland, are gaining early math and motor skills, plus an appreciation for healthy foods, in unique and innovative ways. “The children roll out a long mat containing 1,000 beads that they use to learn to count by twos, fours and 10s,” says Jenny Smolen, development coordinator and grant writer for the school. “When it’s time for multiplication and division, they’re prepared.” The school is located in a food desert—fresh, unprocessed food isn’t readily available—so the kids plant 28
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seeds to grow in pots until it’s time to transplant them to the garden. “Before the seed-to-table program, the kids didn’t know what fresh tasted like. Now they go home and ask for vegetables for dinner,” says Smolen. The school also has six chickens that supply fresh eggs, and two beehives produced 100 pounds of honey last year that was sold to raise funds. The school is free of charge to Baltimore city students chosen by lottery. Currently, 330 students from diverse backgrounds ages 3 through 13 attend, with 1,000 names on the waiting list.
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Waldorf School alumna Jocelyn Miller, an account manager at Matter Communications, drives 45 minutes from Newburyport, Massachusetts, to take her three children to the Cape Ann Waldorf School, in Beverly. “On bad weather days, I wonder why I make the drive, but the smiles when we arrive are worth it,” she says. There, her children spend time outdoors regardless of the weather. Indoors, they draw illustrations to bolster lessons on history and geography. Second-graders work in three-hour blocks of time, rather than the traditional 45 minutes. Third-grade students recently spent three weeks studying Greek mythology. Older students play in an orchestra and learn German and Spanish. They also knit; the craft builds manual dexterity and helps children learn to plan, correct mistakes, be creative, visualize the finished product and mindfully create something useful or decorative. Middle school and high school students at the Waldorf School of Garden City, in New York, universally participate in seasonal sports—baseball, softball, basketball and soccer. The emphasis on the values of teamwork and sportsmanship complement development of skills. The school’s policy is, “You don’t have to be a superstar to get playing time,” noting that the quality of athletic teams is consistently strong. The school also brings some green into the city with a horticultural program that fully cultivates a quarter-acre field. Its steady harvest of fruits,
vegetables, herbs and grains includes lettuce, beans, spinach, broccoli, kale, corn, oregano, thyme, rosemary, strawberries, blueberries and raspberries. A new greenhouse keeps produce growing through winter months. Students at Conservatory Prep High School, in Davie, Florida, were tasked with finding a way to walk on water in order to explore principles of flotation and buoyancy. After researching and experimenting with each of a series of materials, they analyzed what went wrong, worked to fix it and then tried again. “We did the testing at our onsite pool,” says Wendy Weiner, Ed.D., the school’s founder and principal and a Waldorf alumna. “We saw some pretty funny results, but they eventually invented a pair of shoes that worked. Of course, they were pretty big shoes.”
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Homeschooling provides another option. Parents don’t need to know all about a subject with organizations like Bridgeway Academy’s homeschool curricula at hand. This Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, institution provides easy access to tools and support for families nationwide. “We’re a kindergartento-12th-grade provider,” says Jessica Parnell, academy president. “Teachers in a school setting have to teach standardized subjects, in certain ways, to the whole class. We use customized
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Un-Schooling
Un-schooling, another pioneering approach, is a method of homeschooling in which children pursue areas that interest them, eat foods they enjoy, rest when needed, choose friends of all ages or none at all and engage their world in unique, powerful and self-directed ways. Suzanne Strisower, a life and career coach in Oroville, California, has written a common-core, standardsbased curriculum for un-schoolers. “It’s a yearlong program for ages 15 and up designed to enable a student to realize his career path and life’s purpose,” she says.
ing, too,” observes Bob Bowdon, executive director of nonprofit Choice Media, an education news service at ChoiceMedia.tv, produced in New York City. School kids in some states are able to opt out of a class at school if they feel the teaching style is holding them back, instead tapping online teachers available in a virtual school setting. Louisiana’s Department of Education’s Jump Start program partners high schools and local companies to offer students one-day-a-week internships apprenticing in trades. “It’s real-world, on-the-job training,” says Bowdon. Thanks to such innovative approaches to school curricula and technology, parents and children have more options than ever before for learning. Instead of memorizing information until the next test and then forgetting it, more learning is customized and hands-on, because children that learn by doing, remember. Connect with Sandra Murphy at StLouis FreelanceWriter@mindspring.com.
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WATER DOGGIES Given a Pool or Lake, Canines Dive Into Action by Sandra Murphy
Water sports for dogs can be done just for fun or to earn recognition. Venues range from a backyard adult or kiddie pool to a lake, river or ocean. All offer healthful exercise for canine bodies and brains.
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ome dogs seem born in another. To prevent posto swim, while others sible squabbles, company learn to love it and policy allows only samea few make entertaining household dogs to swim in spectators. It all depends the same pool. on temperament, breed and “Max is a fetching mabody style plus energy and niac in the water,” remarks confidence levels, as well Yue. “He doesn’t like to as training. dive, but if his ball sinks, Not all dogs love to he’ll go after it. It’s low-imswim, says Eileen Proctor, a pact, high-exercise playtime Michelle Yue and Max and the only thing I know pet lifestyle expert in Denver, Colorado, so proceed cautiously. that will wear out a 2-year-old German “One of the first things to do is buy a shepherd pup.” properly fitted life jacket that keeps his The skill of directed retrieval can be head out of the water,” she counsels. described as advanced fetching. Several “Once he is used to wearing it, train toys or dumbbells are placed on the him to use steps [like in a pool] to walk bottom of the pool and the handler tells into and out of the water every time.” the dog which item to retrieve. Nautical Michelle Yue, a professional dog nosework is the most challenging—five trainer in Washington, D.C., takes her floating objects like tennis balls or dumdog, Max, to a dog-specific pool twice mies are launched into the water by a month. At the Canine Fitness Center, another person. The dog must then find, in Annapolis, Maryland, Max swims in indicate and retrieve the one ball his one pool while canine buddies paddle person has handled.
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Other fun options are teaching a pet to tow a raft in the pool or to team swim with his owner. In a more complex aquaagility exercise, the dog swims a circle around his owner as a prelude to both of them swimming a synchronized, zigzag course between floating markers before returning to their starting positions. Ernie, a 95-pound Labrador retriever that lives with Sierra Prause, a marketing assistant, and Jaron Clinton, a search engine content marketer, in Phoenix, Arizona, rides in the storage area of Clinton’s kayak. Ernie came to them at age 4 and has always loved to jump in and swim alongside his owners. “Ernie’s claim to fame is fetching two tennis balls at once,” says Prause. “He wasn’t allowed in the pool at his former home, and now revels in taking a cooling dip after his twice-aday walks.” Maria Schultz, author of How to SUP with Your Pup, enjoys stand up paddleboarding with her Australian shepherds, Riley and Kona, on rivers near her home in Fredericksburg, Virginia. She and Riley learned together in the living room. “I brought the board home and taught Riley how to hop on and off, where to sit or lie on the board, and to relax,” she relates. “I forgot the living room floor stood still. Riley was surprised when he got on the board on the river to find that it moved.” Riley was a good sport about it; within a week, he knew how to ride along. Kona took several months to get the hang of it. “Have patience, make it fun and all positive,” Schultz advises. “Know what motivates your dog. Riley works for food, Kona for praise.” For the more adventurous, Loews Coronado Bay Resort, in San Diego, offers one-hour surfing lessons for canine guests. Taught by Coronado Surfing Academy instructors, the only requirement is that a dog enjoys water. Of course, board shorts and a bandana are also provided so that Fido gets the full surfer dude experience. Enjoying warm weather and cool water with man’s best friend provides perfect fun for these dog days of summer. Learn more at CanineWatersports.com. Sandra Murphy writes from Missouri. Connect at StLouisFreelanceWriter@ mindspring.com.
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irst, check if area community pools allow dogs for special sessions. Many offer canine swims as fundraisers during off-season periods. Make sure the pet is sociable and wears a life jacket. The best swimmers include breeds used in water rescue or retrieval, such as the Newfoundland, Labrador retriever, Portuguese water dog, poodle and spaniel, as opposed to those with shorter snouts and airways. The stocky bodies and shorter legs of Scotties and dachshunds are also less conducive to
water play. Dr. Jules Benson, vice president of Veterinary Services at Petplan Pet Insurance, in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, gives three key safety tips: Be alert for signs of tiredness, like trouble staying afloat or struggling to catch their breath; watch for vomiting, diarrhea or fever due to harmful bacteria in some waterways; and don’t let dogs drink from the ocean. Ingested salt water can unbalance electrolytes and lead to dehydration, brain damage, kidney failure
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DOG GONE SWIMMING SAFETY TIPS
and even death. Pet expert Eileen Proctor recommends dabbing sunscreen on pet noses and ears before swimming and putting on the dog’s life jacket before going into, on or near the water. Always ensure that dogs are well-trained to come when called and leave found items and to take a break to rehydrate and rest. Supervise swimming dogs closely and make sure they aren’t drinking the water. If a dog hesitates to enter the water, leave his non-retractable leash on to reassure him he has assistance if needed, and stay in the pool with him. Establish a cue for entering and leaving the pool and use it before the dog overtires. Don’t allow a pet to climb the pool’s ladder to exit because a paw could slip, causing injury or panic. When boating, pull into a secluded area with no running propellers, active paddling or underwater snags, and keep the pet on a non-retractable lead or trained to swim close by. Rinse fur immediately after every swim to remove chlorine, bacteria, dirt or salt, and then dry the dog’s inner and outer ears.
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Runner’s Hi Women and Social Media Revolutionize the Sport by Debra Melani
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hether donning colorful tutus or making a marathon a girls’ day out, the current running scene is attracting a broader group of fitnessseekers mindful of the enhanced benefits of a more well-rounded approach. Rather than pursuing fierce competition and personal bests, these runners are focusing on social bonding and overall well-being, likely boosting their fitness success. Two main factors are fueling what’s shaping up as a new running boom: women and social media. “The first running-boom era was male-centric and competitive,” observes Ryan Lamppa, of Running USA. He’s referring to the 1970s, when, largely thanks to 1972 Summer Olympic marathon gold medal winner Frank Shorter and The Complete Book of Running, by James Fixx, many were inspired to hook up Walkmans, lace up sneakers and train for distance races. “Today’s running boom is female-centric, much bigger and more focused on health and fitness and completion, rather than competition.” Forget elapsed running time; just cross the finish line and have fun doing it, seems to be a growing mantra. Women’s participation hit an all-time high in recent years, comprising 56 percent of the more than 15.5 million runners finishing U.S. races sanctioned by Running USA in 2012 and 61 percent of U.S. half-marathoners in 2013. “Women tend to be more social and
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more in tune with their health overall, and that’s definitely a driving force,” Lamppa says. Couple the female factor with social media-driven, nontraditional race events and the result is explosive. “Events are fun, community-centered and sometimes charity-driven,” Lamppa says of the many innovations, from paint-splashing 5Ks to mud-slinging obstacle course action, which attracted 4 million entrants last year.
Boosts Bonding
These trends could indicate America’s collective progress toward fitness as studies show the social factor plays a huge motivational role in participation. “I think running adherence strengthens when there is accountability and social support,” remarks Englewood, New Jersey, sports psychologist Greg Chertok, citing a meta-analysis of data in Sport & Exercise Psychology Review that backs his notion. For example, such social exercise events inspire happiness. “If you are physically close to someone that is happy, eager and optimistic, you are naturally going to share those feelings,” explains Chertok, who is also a spokesman for the American College of Sports Medicine. “Just through social connectedness alone, you’ll gain boosted performance and mood.” As a finisher of two Tough Mudders
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(an intense obstacle course challenge), Chertok can personally testify to the benefits of camaraderie. “It’s just like if a married couple got stuck in a storm and had to brave the elements; the act of doing something challenging together is very bonding.” Simply joining a recreational running group—also increasingly popular and often social media-driven—can bolster success. “When a bunch of individuals work together to pursue a common goal, they are incentivized by the group,” Chertok remarks. “You’ll run at a faster clip or go a longer distance if you are with a group, because each runner values the group and doesn’t want to let members down.”
Brings Balance
Mixing things up can also improve running performance and decrease risks of injury, enhancing long-term staying power. One study found that eight weeks of simple strength-training exercises by conditioned runners boosted their running performances over their conditioned, but non-strength-training peers, as noted in the Health & Fitness Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine. As for injury prevention, everybody, regardless of sport, needs to cross-train, advises Mindy Caplan, a wellness coach in Albuquerque, New Mexico. “In any sport that you engage in, you end up working certain muscles the same way all the time. Then those tighter muscles start to pull on the joints and without stretching, you end up with problems.” Moving the body in different ways helps, and working on stretching and flexibility can elongate muscles and protect tendons and joints. “The new runner of this second running boom has much more information about training, health and fitness, and injury prevention,” says Lamppa, who occasionally cross-trains by biking and includes some yoga-related stretching as part of his regular routine. “You have to have balance in your running as in your life. If you can get to that point, you will get a very positive response from your body and mind.” Freelance journalist Debra Melani writes about health care and fitness from Lyons, CO. Connect at Debra Melani.com or DMelani@msn.com.
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by Debra Melani Well-conditioned runners focus on diet, particularly when health foods can put some punch in their pace. Registered Dietician Kelly Pritchett, Ph.D., a University of Georgia assistant professor of sports nutrition and spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, shares benefits of two foods that are currently popular with runners. Tart cherries are loaded with flavonoids, antioxidants with powerful anti-inflammatory effects. One study of runners in the Hood to Coast 197-mile relay race from Mount Hood to Seaside, Oregon, found that cherry juice notably decreased muscle damage and soreness in runners compared with a group imbibing a placebo drink. The runners drank 10.5 ounces
of Montmorency cherry juice twice a day for seven days prior to the race and every eight hours on race day (Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition). Make sure juices are 100 percent cherry juice. Beet roots contain nitrates, vasodilators that relax the blood vessels, allowing them to pump more efficiently and increase exercise efficiency. Researchers found that runners eating beets rather than a placebo ran an average of 3 percent faster. According to the study, published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 200 grams of baked beetroots or an equivalent nitrate dose from other vegetables should be consumed one hour before exercise. Nitrates are also found in spinach, broccoli, fennel, leeks and celery.
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The truth is that no one fish can be seen as a sustainability darling, because if it is, it’s sure to be overfished. ~ DailyFinance.com
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SEAFOOD Navigate Today’s Best Choices Using Updated Guides by Judith Fertig
We love our seafood, a delicious source of lean protein. The latest data reports U.S. annual consumption to be more than 4.8 billion pounds of it, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with the average American eating 3.5 ounces of seafood a week. About half of the catch is wild-caught and half farmed. How do we know which fish and shellfish are safe to eat and good for ocean ecology?
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he best approach is to choose seafood carefully. Oil spills, waste runoff and other environmental disasters can compromise the quality of seafood with toxic contaminants like mercury and other heavy metals and industrial, agricultural and lawn chemicals. These pollutants can wash out from land to sea (and vice versa). As smaller fish that have eaten pollutants are eaten by larger ones, contaminants accumulate and concentrate. Large predatory fish like swordfish and sharks end up with the most toxins. Beyond today’s top-selling shrimp, canned tuna, salmon and farmed tilapia, more retailers and restaurants are also providing lesser-known seafood varieties like dogfish and hake as alter-
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natives to overfished species such as sea bass and Atlantic cod. These newto-us, wild-caught fish can be delicious, sustainable and healthy.
Choices Good for Oceans
An outstanding resource for choosing well-managed caught or farmed seafood in environmentally responsible ways is Seafood Watch, provided through California’s Monterey Bay Aquarium. Information on the most sustainable varieties of seafood is available in a printed guide, updated twice a year. The pocket guide or smartphone app provides instant information at the seafood counter and restaurant table. Online information at SeafoodWatch.org and via the app is regularly updated.
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The Blue Ocean Institute, led by MacArthur Fellow and ecologist Carl Safina, Ph.D., supports ocean conservation, community economics and global peace by steering consumers and businesses toward sustainably fished seafood. It maintains a data base on 140 wild-caught fish and shellfish choices at BlueOcean.org. Hoki, for instance, might have a green fish icon for “relatively abundant” and a blue icon for “sustainable and well-managed fisheries,” but also be red-flagged for containing levels of mercury or PCBs that can pose a health risk for children. As species become overfished, rebound or experience fluctuating levels of contaminants, their annual ratings can change.
Choices Good for Us
To help make choosing easier, Seafood Watch has now joined with the Harvard School of Public Health to also advise what’s currently safe to eat. Entries on their list of “green” fish, which can shift annually, are low in mercury, good sources of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids and caught or farmed responsibly. If the top-listed fish and shellfish aren’t locally available, look for the Seafood Safe label, started by EcoFish company founder and President Henry Lovejoy, which furnishes at-a-glance consumption recommendations based upon tests for contaminants. Labels display a number that indicates how many four-ounce servings of the species a woman of childbearing age can safely eat per month. (Find consumption recommendations for other demographics at SeafoodSafe.com.) Expert-reviewed independent testing of random samples of the fish currently monitors mercury and PCB levels. Lovejoy advises that other toxins will be added to the testing platform in the future. “My dream is to have all seafood
sold in the U.S. qualify to bear the Seafood Safe label, because consumers deserve to know what they’re eating,” says Lovejoy. “We need to be a lot more careful in how we use toxic chemicals and where we put them.”
Retail Ratings
Some retailers also provide details on their seafood sourcing. Whole Foods, for example, offers complete traceability of the fish and shellfish they carry, from fishery or farm to stores. Their fish, wild-caught or farmed, frozen or fresh, meet strict quality guidelines in regard to exposure to antibiotics, preservatives and hormones. They also display Seafood Watch and Blue Ocean Institute ratings at the seafood counter. Wise seafood choices feed and sustain our families, foster a healthier seafood industry, support responsible local fisheries and keep Earth’s water resources viable.
SUPERB SEAFOOD According to Seafood Watch and the Harvard School of Public Health, the Super “Green” list includes seafood with low levels of mercury (below 216 parts per billion [ppb]) and at least 250 milligrams per day (mg/d) of the recommended daily consumption of omega-3 essential fatty acids. It also must be classified as a Best Choice for being caught or farmed in environmentally responsible ways at SeafoodWatch.org.
The “honorable mention” list includes seafood that contains moderate amounts of mercury and between 100 and 250 milligrams per day (mg/d) of the recommended daily consumption of omega-3s. It also must be classified as a Best Choice for being caught or farmed in environmentally responsible ways at SeafoodWatch.org.
More Healthy Choices
n Albacore tuna (troll- or pole-caught, U.S. or British Columbia) n Sablefish/black cod (Alaska, Canadian Pacific)
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n Atlantic mackerel (purse seine, U.S. and Canada) n Freshwater Coho salmon (tank system farms, U.S.) n Pacific sardines (wild-caught) n Salmon (wild-caught, Alaska)
Judith Fertig blogs at AlfrescoFood AndLifestyle.blogspot.com from Overland Park, KS.
n Salmon, canned (wild-caught, Alaska)
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 1 The Art of Teaching: 3 Stages of Kripalu Yoga with Deva Parnell. 8/1-4: Fri evening, Sat-Mon, 8/910: Sat-Sun. Yoga teachers learn to guide practices that develop inward focus, concentration and insight through enhanced body awareness, prolonged holding and intuitive movement. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454. DiscoveryYoga.com. Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum Exhibition of New Charcoal and Ink Drawings – 8/1-29. Currently featuring “Ruin” by Julianne French. Museum hours: Tues-Fri: 10am-3pm; Sat: 10am4pm. Free admission. 101 W 1st St, Jacksonville. 904-356-2992.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2 Healing Event – 1-3pm. Practitioners will practice energy healing on customers. Cost: love offerings. Spiritual Uplifts, 3491 Pall Mall Dr, Jacksonville. 904-292-4555. Guided Cultural Hike – 8:30-10:30am. Learn about the cultural history of the Guana Peninsula. Wear comfortable closed-toe shoes. Free; $3/vehicle parking fee. GTM Research Reserve Trailhead Park Pavilion, west of the Guana Dam. 904-823-4500. GTMNERRCulturalHike.eventbrite.com.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life – 10:30am Celebration of Life. Qigong 9-10am. Center for Spiritual Living Jacksonville, Sheraton Hotel, 10605 Deerwood Park Blvd, Jacksonville. 904-513-2017. CSLJax.org.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 5 Open House – 6-7pm. Tour facility and meet Dr. Pautz, MD. Learn more about the holistic philosophy of the practice. Please RSVP. Persephone Healing Arts Center, Holistic Internal Medicine and Massage Services, 485 6th Ave N, Jacksonville Bch. 904-246-3583. DrPautz.com.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8 Couples Weekend Getaway and Workshop – 7pm-Sun 2pm. Join Richard and Diana Daffner, authors of Tantric Sex for Busy Couples, for a romantic beach getaway. Bring greater joy, intimacy and passion. Celebrate love. Connect on a soul level. $695/couple. Siesta Key Beach, Sarasota. Call for information, dates, locations and more. 941-349-6804. Students’ Night – 7-9pm. Students will be giving readings for mediumship, psychic, tarot cards. $20/20 minutes. Spiritual Uplifts, 3491 Pall Mall Dr, Jacksonville. 904-292-4555.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9 A Day of Music, Sufi Practices and Zikr with Shai-
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ykh Zahir Roman Orest – times vary. Music class, Dharma discussion, movement and prayer circle. All are welcome; no experience necessary. Love offering. Registration required. St Augustine. Holly Levinson: 904-501-5348, Holly@thc-hal.com. Psychic Practice – 2-4pm. Pair up to practice different psychic techniques, including ESP. $10. Spiritual Uplifts, 3491 Pall Mall Dr, Jacksonville. 904-292-4555. 2nd Saturday Trail Hike – 8:30-10am. This is a 1.5 mile walk the whole family will enjoy. Wear comfortable closed-toe shoes. $3 parking fee. Meet at the GTM Research Reserve Trailhead Pavilion, west of the Guana Dam. 904-823-4500. GTMNERR2ndTrailHike.eventbrite.com.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 10 Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life – 10:30am Celebration of Life. Qigong 9-10am. Center for Spiritual Living Jacksonville, Sheraton Hotel, 10605 Deerwood Park Blvd, Jacksonville. 904-513-2017. CSLJax.org. Community HU Chant: A Love Song to God – 11-11:30am. Learn how to sing HU and tap into your potential for greater happiness, love and understanding. Followed by light refreshments. All are welcome. Free contemplation CD and spiritual guidebook. Jacksonville Eckankar Center, 6636 Arlington Rd, Jacksonville. 904-725-7760. Meetup. com/Jacksonville-Florida-Eckankar.
MONDAY, AUGUST 11 Twin Hearts Meditation with Falguni Shah– 6pm. This meditation was developed by Master Choa Kok Sui and is an advanced technique aimed at achieving illumination or universal consciousness, bring positive awareness and harmony to the community. Free. 5393 Roosevelt Blvd, Ste 4, Jacksonville. 904-381-8686.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 12 Friends of the GTM Reserve Meeting – 5-6pm. The public is welcome to attend. GTM Research Reserve Environmental Education Center, 505 Guana River Rd, Ponte Vedra. 904-823-4527.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16 Guided Beach Exploration – 8:30-10am. Learn about animals, seashells and other interesting facts in this “Beaches 101” experience for the entire family. RSVP. $3/parking fee. GTM Research Reserve S Beach Access Lot, 1798 Ponte Vedra Blvd (A1A), Ponte Vedra. 904-823-4500. GTMNERRBeachExploration.eventbrite.com. Pendulum Class – 2-4pm. Bring your own, and learn the pendulum, including how to do readings, locate people on a map, and have a treasure hunt. $10. Spiritual Uplifts, 3491 Pall Mall Dr, Jacksonville. 904-292-4555.
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 17 Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life – 10:30am Celebration of Life. Board of Trustees Meeting 12pm. Center for Spiritual Living Jacksonville, Sheraton Hotel, 10605 Deerwood Park Blvd, Jacksonville. 904-513-2017. CSLJax.org. Community Day – 10:30am-12pm. Hear speaker Freddie Zeringue, author of The Art of Flow, a transformational book that illustrates human potential as a creative source designed to manifest the world in which we live. Spiritual Uplifts, 3491 Pall Mall Dr, Jacksonville. 904-292-4555.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19 Yoga Basic Training, Tuesday Evenings, 8/1910/7, 6:30-8pm. In this eight-week course, beginning students observe demonstrations and receive step-by-step instructions for 28 postures and 4 breathing techniques. Ask questions, clarify details and practice each posture with hands-on assisting as needed. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454. DiscoveryYoga.com.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21 Open House – 6-7:30pm. Tour facility and meet Dr. Pautz, MD. Learn more about the holistic philosophy of the practice. Please RSVP. Persephone Healing Arts Center, Holistic Internal Medicine and Massage Services, 485 6th Ave N, Jacksonville Bch. 904-246-3583. DrPautz.com.
Mark the Date SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 Film Screening: Numen-The Healing Power of Plants – 10am. Come for coffee, come for tea… come to learn about the future of your health and our planet. Award-winning documentary on plants and their medicine. Pre-purchase $10. Atlantic Theaters, Atlantic Bch. 904-710-9688. WWinfree@bellsouth.net.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22 Gallery Reading with Dave and Jonella Bachman – 7-8:30pm. $40. Spiritual Uplifts, 3491 Pall Mall Dr, Jacksonville. 904-292-4555. DaveAndJonella. com/about-us.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23 Family Seining at the GTM Research Reserve – 8:30-10:30am. Pull a seine net through Guana Lake to collect fish, crabs and more. Perfect for the whole family! Free with paid entrance. Guana Dam Recreational Area; meet the guides at Guana Dam. 904-823-4500. GTMNERRFamilySeine. eventbrite.com. Morning Retreat-Nourish Your Mind: Meditation and Mindfulness – 10am-1pm. Explanation and guided meditations to increase mindfulness and concentration, with Kadampa teacher Pat Widergren. Everyone welcome; no experience necessary. Enjoy a peaceful, silent morning. Registration required. $20. Maitreya Kadampa Meditation Center, 85 Sailfish Dr E, Atlantic Beach. 904-222-8531. MeditationInJacksonville.org. Psychic Attunement – 1-3pm. You will be taught how to attune to your psychic abilities. The attun-
ement increases your awareness and channels your gifts. $15. Spiritual Uplifts, 3491 Pall Mall Dr, Jacksonville. 904-292-4555.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 24 Becoming a Magnet for Divine Love – 11am12pm. Join us for an engaging spiritual roundtable discussion. All are welcome. Free contemplation CD and spiritual guidebook. Jacksonville Eckankar Center, 6636 Arlington Rd, Jacksonville. 904-7257760. Meetup.com/Jacksonville-Florida-Eckankar. Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life – 10:30am Celebration of Life. Center for Spiritual Living Jacksonville, Sheraton Hotel, 10605 Deerwood Park Blvd, Jacksonville. 904-513-2017. CSLJax.org.
MONDAY, AUGUST 25 Twin Hearts Meditation with Falguni Shah – 6pm. This meditation was developed by Master Choa Kok Sui and is an advanced technique aimed at achieving illumination or universal consciousness, bring positive awareness and harmony to the community. Free. 5393 Roosevelt Blvd, Ste 4, Jacksonville. 904-381-8686.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27 Psychic-Medium Spiritual Development Class – 7-9:30pm. Designed as an ongoing class. Includes meditation, lesson, hands-on practice to develop your personal skills. $25. Marilyn Jenquin, International Foundation for Spiritual Knowledge. Held in private home, call for location. 407-673-9776. IFSK.org.
Mark the Date WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27 Animals Are Soul, Too! Stories of Love and Spiritual Gifts from Our Animal Friends – 7-8:30pm. All are welcome. Free book and CD provided. Neptune Beach Public Library, 600 3rd St. 904-725-7760. Meetup.com/JacksonvilleFlorida-Eckankar.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 Psychic-Medium Spiritual Development Class – 1-3:30pm. Designed as an ongoing class. Includes meditation, lesson and hands-on practice to develop your personal skills. $25. Marilyn Jenquin, International Foundation for Spiritual Knowledge. Caring Palms Massage and Reiki, 301-B 10th Ave N, Jacksonville Bch. 407-673-9776. IFSK.org.
Fri evening, Sat-Tues. Yoga Teachers explore the stages and techniques of the most ancient forms of meditation, learn to incorporate them into a modern practice, and teach them to students. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454. DiscoveryYoga.com.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 30 Therapeutic Bath Therapy – 2-4pm. Learn the history of therapeutic baths and how to use them in your everyday life for health and well-being. Included are supplies to take home to make your own therapeutic baths. $20. Spiritual Uplifts, 3491 Pall Mall Dr, Jacksonville. 904-292-4555.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 Couples Weekend Getaway and Workshop – 7pm-Sun 2pm. Join Richard and Diana Daffner, authors of Tantric Sex for Busy Couples, for a romantic beach getaway. Bring greater joy, intimacy and passion. Celebrate love. Connect on a soul level. $695/couple. Siesta Key Beach, Sarasota. Call for information, dates, locations and more. 941-349-6804. Teaching Meditation (Pranakriya Yoga Therapy) with Yoganand Michael Carroll. 8/29-9/2:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 Ayurveda and Yoga Weekend Immersion with Chaya~Sharon Heller. 9/5-7; Fri evening, Sat-Sun. Discover balance, joy and well-being through the synergy of yoga and ayurveda, and learn practical applications to harmonize your life, promote good health, longevity, and aging gracefully. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-8247454. DiscoveryYoga.com.
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SUNDAY Unity Church of Jacksonville – Services: 9am Contemplative; 11am Celebratory with youth education and nursery. A positive path for spiritual living. Rev. Therese Lee. Energetic healing offered after each service on 2nd and 4th Sundays. 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904-3555100. UnityJax.org. Lessons In Truth – 10:30am. Lessons in Truth lecture. Love offering. The Church of Cosmic Truth, 1637 Hamilton St, Jacksonville. 904-384-7268. TheCosmicChurchOfTruth.net. Center for Spiritual Living Jacksonville– 10:30am. August Theme: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life. Center for Spiritual Living Jacksonville, Sheraton Hotel, 10605 Deerwood Park Blvd. 904-513-2017. CSLJax.org FREE Community Yoga – 11am-12:30pm. (Donations appreciated.) Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454. DiscoveryYoga. com. Unity Church for Creative Living Sunday Service – 10:30am. With Rev Mona Krane. A positive path to realize divine potential. 2777 Race Track Rd, St Johns. 904-287-1505. UnityInJax.com. Youth Ministry – 10:30am. Classes for all ages. Unity Church for Creative Living, 2777 Race Track Rd, St Johns. 904-287-1505. UnityInJax.com. Mind Body Yoga –10:45am. With Analise. Yoga Den, 2929 Plummer Cove Rd, Jacksonville. 904268-8330. Yoga-Den.com.
MONDAY Insight Meditation – 6:45-7:30am. Join us with Jonathan Hunt of Just Sit Jacksonville. Love offering. Sanctuary of Unity Church of Jacksonville, 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904-355-5100. UnityJax.org. Bokwa – 8-8:45am. A cardio walking workout, great for beginners. Ladies only. $10/class. inShape Ladies Fitness, 9425 Craven Rd, Jacksonville. 904367-5003. Mommy ‘n’ Me Pilates – 9am. Call to register. Arch Pilates and Physical Therapy, 3491 Pall Mall Rd, Ste 102, Jacksonville. 904-860-5392. ArchPilates.com. Yin Yoga – 9-10:30am. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454. DiscoveryYoga.com. Bendy Bodies – 10am. Yoga/pilates for kids. Call to register. Arch Pilates and Physical Therapy, 3491 Pall Mall Rd, Ste 102, Jacksonville. 904-860-5392. ArchPilates.com. Qigong for Health – 4:45-5:45pm. Relieve arthritis, anxiety and stress symptoms. Free trial. Kam Lee’s TKA, 1835-5 E W Pkwy, Fleming Island. 904-2156111. TaijiKungFuAcademy.com. Vinyasa Flow – 5:30-7pm. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454. DiscoveryYoga.com. Yoga – 5:45-6:45pm. Gentle Level I with Beth Daugherty. Unity Church for Creative Living,
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2777 Race Track Rd, St Johns. 904-287-1505. UnityInJax.com. Mind-Body Yoga – 6pm. With Kate. Yoga Den, 2929 Plummer Cove Rd, Jacksonville. 904-2688330. Yoga-Den.com. Tai Chi Gung – 6:15-7:15pm. $15/walk-in; $45/ month. Arch Pilates (behind Bonos on San Jose in Manderin), 3491 Pall Mall Dr, Ste 102, Jacksonville. 904-294-7219. Free to Be AA – 6:30pm. Lesbian, gay, bi and trans 12-step group. Lending Library, Unity Church of Jacksonville, 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904-3555100. UnityJax.com. Aerial Yoga – 6-6:45pm. Traditional yoga moves without the compression. Beginner class. Ladies only. $15/class. inShape Ladies Fitness, 9425 Craven Rd, Jacksonville. 904-367-5003. Monday Night Meditation – 7-7:30pm. Singing bowls to lead meditation. Love offering. Unity Church for Creative Living, 2777 Race Track Rd, St Johns. 904-287-1505. UnityInJax.com. Bosom Buddies: A Support Group – 7-8:30pm. Providing emotional support and education for survivors of breast cancer and women at high risk. Facilitator Bobbi de Cordova-Hanks. Women’s Center of Jacksonville. 904-722-3000. Conscious Singles Group – 7-8:30pm. Identify and share strengths, passion and info, ideas about being single and in relationships, together. The Heart Center, St Augustine. Register, Holly Levinson, LCSW: 904-471-1414. Holly@thc-hal.com. How to Read the Tarot – 7-9pm. The class is led by Rev. Mary Cox. $10. 904-384-7268. TheCosmicChurchOfTruth.net.
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Sun Power Yoga – 7:30am. With Sandra. Yoga Den, 2929 Plummer Cove Rd, Jacksonville. 904268-8330. Yoga-Den.com. Kripalu Yoga Basic Practice – 9-10:30am. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454. DiscoveryYoga.com. Prayer and Meditation Service – 10:30-11am. Guided and interactive prayer and meditation. Prayer requests encouraged. Unity Church of Jacksonville, Peace Prayer Chapel, 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904-355-5100. UnityJax.org. UNITY Yoga – 12-1pm. Join Jim Ernstsen to welcome beginner and intermediate level students. Please bring a floor mat and use May Street entrance. Love offering. Unity Church of Jacksonville, 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904-355-5100. UnityJax.org. T’ai Chi – 5:30-6:30pm. With Elizabeth Alexander. Beginner-intermediate. Love offering. Unity Church of Jacksonville, 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904-3555100. UnityJax.com. Move, Melt and Meditate – 5:30-7pm. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-8247454. DiscoveryYoga.com. “Achy Back” Yoga Therapy and Acupuncture Class with Erica – 6-7:45pm. 45 minutes of yoga, followed by 45 minutes of guided relaxation and
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acupuncture. Class size limited; reservations required. Life Balance Acupuncture and Wellness, 1510-A 2nd St S, Jacksonville Bch. 904-607-6661. LifeBalanceJax.com. Prenatal Pilates – 6:30pm. Arch Pilates & Physical Therapy, 3491 Pall Mall Rd, Ste 103, Jacksonville. 904-860-5392. ArchPilates.com. Yoga Basic Training (for beginning students) – 6:30-8pm. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St. St Augustine. 904-824-7454. DiscoveryYoga.com Food Addicts Anonymous – 6:30-7:30pm. Unity of Church of Jacksonville, 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904-355-5100. UnityJax.com. Julia’s New Age Book Club – 7-8:30pm. The first Tuesday of each month, a book is selected by group vote. Relax, read and discuss spiritual matters with us. $5 love offering. Spiritual Uplifts, 3491 Pall Mall Dr, Jacksonville. 904-571-2586. Insight Meditation – 7:30-9pm. See Monday listing for details. Love offering. Sanctuary of Unity Church of Jacksonville, 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904-355-5100. UnityJax.org. Parent Support Group – 7-8:30pm. For parents of a child with a mental health disorder, including depression, bipolar and schizo-affective disorder. Beaches Resource Center, 700 Seagate Ave, Neptune Beach. 904-270-8200. Mixed Level Pilates – 7:30pm. Call to register. Arch Pilates and Physical Therapy, 3491 Pall Mall Rd, Jacksonville. 904-860-5392. ArchPilates.com. Power Yoga Basics – 7:45pm. With Khristi. Yoga Den, 2929 Plummer Cove Rd, Jacksonville. 904268-8330. Yoga-Den.com.
WEDNESDAY Kripalu Yoga, All Levels – 6-7:30am. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-8247454. DiscoveryYoga.com. Prenatal Pilates – 9am. Call to register. Arch Pilates and Physical Therapy, 3491 Pall Mall Rd, Jacksonville. 904-860-5392. ArchPilates.com. La Leche League of Jacksonville – 10am. 3rd Wed. Grace Church of Avondale. Chrissy: 904-389-0484. Lori: 904-485-0861. Middle Eastern Dance – 10-10:45am. Women of all ages and body types can gain poise, grace, flexibility and stamina moving to exotic music. Learn belly dance and folkloric dance from Turkey and Egypt. Bring a belly dance scarf. Beginner class. Ladies only. $10/class. inShape Ladies Fitness, 9425 Craven Rd, Jacksonville. 904-367-5003. Kripalu Yoga, All Levels – 10-11:30am. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-8247454. DiscoveryYoga.com. Chair Yoga Class – 11am-12pm. Get fit where you sit with this healing, gentle seated yoga practice. Perfect for all ages. Ocean Yoga, 51 Pine St, Atlantic Beach. 904-874-4094. OceanYoga.biz. Mid-Week Market – 3-6pm. Featuring local, healthy, fresh and green foods. Bull Park, 716 Ocean Blvd, Atlantic Beach. Tinyurl.com/a4xegwv. Meditation Class – 3:30-5pm. (No class 8/6) Need a place to meditate? Learn helpful techniques, followed by a 20-30 minute meditation. Bring a yoga mat, or use a chair. Reservation required. $5 love offering. 3491 Pall Mall Dr, Jacksonville. 904-292-4555. Latin Steps – 5:15-6pm. This is a fabulous cardio dance workout. Learn dance steps that build into a great, fun cardio workout. Beginner class. Ladies only. $10/class. inShape Ladies Fitness, 9425 Cra-
ven Rd, Jacksonville. 904-367-5003. Yoga – 5:15-6:15pm. With Jayne Parker. Beginner and intermediate. BYO floor mat. Unity Church of Jacksonville, Sanctuary, 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904-355-5100. UnityJax.com. Kripalu Yoga, Mulit-level – 5:30-7pm. Some experience required. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454. DiscoveryYoga.com. Yin Yoga, Multi-Level – 5:30-7pm. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-8247454. DiscoveryYoga.com. Yoga Therapy and Acupuncture Class with Erica – 6-7:45pm. 45 minutes of yoga, followed by 45 minutes of guided relaxation and acupuncture. Class size limited; reservations required. Life Balance Acupuncture and Wellness, 1510-A 2nd St S, Jacksonville Bch. 904-607-6661. LifeBalanceJax.com. A Course in Miracles – 7pm. Unity of Jacksonville Beach, 1079 Atlantic Blvd, Atlantic Bch. 904-2461300. Meditation Class – 7-8:30pm. (No class 8/6) Need a place to meditate? Learn helpful techniques, followed by a 20-30 minute meditation. Bring a yoga mat, or use a chair. Reservation required. $5 love offering. 3491 Pall Mall Dr, Jacksonville. 904-292-4555. Hatha Yoga – 6-6:45pm. Great for your back-health yoga class! Beginner class. Ladies only. $10/class. inShape Ladies Fitness, 9425 Craven Rd, Jacksonville. 904-367-5003. Unity Book Class – 7-8:30pm. With Rev Therese, discussing different books by spiritual authors. Love offering. Unity Church of Jacksonville, 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904-355-5100. UnityJax.org. Universal Matters Book Study – 7-9pm. $10/love offering suggested. The Cosmic Church of Truth, 1637 Hamilton St, Jacksonville. 904-384-7268. TheCosmicChurchOfTruth.net. Psychic/Medium Spiritual Development Class – 7-9:30pm. One Wed per month. Marilyn Jenquin, International Foundation for Spiritual Knowledge. $25. Held in private home, call for location. 407673-9776. IFSK.org.
Pilates.com. MEDA Eating Disorder Group – 3-4pm. Mentor, empower, develop and advocate. UNF Counseling Center, Bldg 2, Jacksonville. 904-620-2602. Kripalu Yoga Basic Practice – 5:30-7pm Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-8247454. DiscoveryYoga.com. Aerial Hammock Dance – 6-6:45pm. Come fly with us! Learn dance moves, flips and tricks in a flow, all with the support of the hammock. Beginner class. Ladies only. $15/class. inShape Ladies Fitness, 9425 Craven Rd, Jacksonville. 904-367-5003. UNITY Yoga – 6-7pm. With Jim Ernstsen. Beginner and intermediate. BYO floor mat. Love offering. Unity Church of Jacksonville, May St entrance. 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904-355-5100. UnityJax.org. Tergar Meditation Community – 6:30-8pm. Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Beginners welcome. Free. Body Wise Center, 2706 Old Moultrie Rd, St Augustine. 904-687-8482. Tergar.org. Open Reiki Circle – 7-9pm. 1st & 3rd Thursday evening each month in Orange Park with Reiki Master Clarence Zarnes. Cost: donations. JudyZarnes.com. Spiritual Matters Book Club – Contact for time. 2nd Thursday evening each month in Orange Park with Spiritual Counselor Rev. Judy Zarnes. Donations graciously accepted. 904-477-4427. JudyZarnes.com. Reiki Healing Circle – 7pm. Reiki healing circle with Rachael Amos. $10. The Church of Cosmic Truth, 1637 Hamilton St, Jacksonville. 904-3847268. TheCosmicChurchOfTruth.net. Spirituality 101 – 7-8:30pm. Share questions, answers and lively discussion with like-minded people in an informal setting. The Heart Center, St Augustine. Call to register; Holly Levinson, LCSW: 904-471-1414. Holly@thc-hal.com. Props ‘n Boots Pilates – 7:30pm. Call to register. Arch Pilates and Physical Therapy, 3491 Pall Mall Rd, Jacksonville. 904-860-5392. ArchPilates.com. Yoga Basics – 7:45pm. With Khristi. Yoga Den, 2929 Plummer Cove Rd, Jacksonville. 904-2688330. Yoga-Den.com.
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Insight Meditation – 6:45-7:30am. See Monday listing for details. Love offering. Sanctuary of Unity Church of Jacksonville, 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904-355-5100. UnityJax.org. Unity Book Class – 7-8:30pm. With Rev Therese, discussing different books by spiritual authors. Love offering. Unity Church of Jacksonville, 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904-355-5100. UnityJax.org. Yin Yoga – 9-10:30am. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454. DiscoveryYoga.com. Chakra Yoga – 9-10:30am. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454. DiscoveryYoga.com. Mind Body Class – 11:30am. With Alyson. $40/ four classes. Yoga Den, 2929 Plummer Cove Rd, Jacksonville. 904-268-8330. Yoga-Den.com. Psychic/Medium Spiritual Development Class – 1-3:30pm. One Thursday per month. Marilyn Jenquin, International Foundation for Spiritual Knowledge. $25. Caring Palms Massage and Reiki, 301-B 10th Ave N, Jacksonville Bch. 407-673-9776. IFSK.org. Yoga/Pilates for Preschool, Bendy Bodies – 2pm. Arch Pilates & Physical Therapy, 3491 Pall Mall Rd, Ste 103, Jacksonville. 904-860-5392. Arch-
Pilates Props ‘n Boots – 9am. A Pilates boot camp to burn calories. Arch Pilates & Physical Therapy, 3491 Pall Mall Rd, Ste 103, Jacksonville. 904-8605392. ArchPilates.com. Mommy ‘n Me Pilates – 10am. Ages 6 weeks-24 mos. Arch Pilates & Physical Therapy, 3491 Pall Mall Rd, Ste 103, Jacksonville. 904-860-5392. ArchPilates.com. Kripalu Yoga – 10-11:30am. All Levels. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-8247454. DiscoveryYoga.com. Hemming Plaza Farmers’ Market – 10am-2pm. Local and fresh plants, flowers, fruit, vegetables, jewelry and live entertainment. Monroe St and N Hogan St, Jacksonville. 904-634-0303. Friday Market – 10am-2pm. Rain or shine. Featuring locally grown produce, baked goods, plants, pottery and more. Jacksonville Landing Market. 904-703-2727. Market@jacksonvillelanding.com. Mind Body Class – 11:30am. With Alyson. $40/ four classes. Yoga Den, 2929 Plummer Cove Rd, Jacksonville. 904-268-8330. Yoga-Den.com. SMG Psychic Awareness Class – 7-9pm. $10. The Cosmic Church of Truth, 1637 Hamilton St, Jacksonville. 904-384-7268. TheCosmicChurchOfTruth. net.
SATURDAY Paddleboarding Demonstration and Eco Tour – 8:30am. Enjoy a free 30-minute paddleboarding demonstration followed by a guided eco-tour of the Gamble Rogers Paddling Trail. Free/demonstration; $45/eco-tour. Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach, 3100 S Ocean Shore Blvd, Flagler Beach. 386-864-9844. Guided Cultural Hike – 8:30-10:30am. 1st Sat. Wear comfortable closed-toe shoes. The GTM Research Reserve, Trailhead Pavilion west of Guana Dam, Marineland. RSVP: 904-823-4500. Trail Hike – 8:30-10:30am. 2nd Sat. 1.5-mile guided walk. Wear comfortable closed toe shoes. The GTM Research Reserve, Trailhead Pavilion west of Guana Dam, Marineland. RSVP: 904-823-4500. Vinyasa Flow – 9-10:30am. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454. DiscoveryYoga.com. Farmer’s Market – 10am-2pm. Featuring organic produce, BBQ ribs and chicken, baked goods, prepared foods, seafood and live music. Unity Church for Creative Living, 2777 Race Track Rd, St Johns. 904-287-1505. UnityInJax.com. Kripalu Gentle Yoga – 11am-12:30pm. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-8247454. DiscoveryYoga.com. Beaches Green Market – 2-5pm. Jarboe Park, 301 Florida Blvd, Neptune Beach. 904-270-0273. Gamble Jam Session – 3pm-sunset. 2nd and 4th Saturday. Enjoy musicians of all levels for a casual acoustic jam. Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach, 3100 S Ocean Shore Blvd, Flagler Beach. 386-517-2086. Register: Jennifer.Giblin@dep.state.fl.us or Tinyurl.com/ grparkevents. Paddleboarding Demonstration and Eco Tour – 4:30pm. Enjoy a free 30-minute paddleboarding demonstration followed by a guided eco-tour to One Tree Beach. Free/demonstration; $45/eco-tour. Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach, 3100 S Ocean Shore Blvd, Flagler Beach. 386-864-9844.
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