203 TLC

203TLC is a community of accredited health and wellness providers offering a wide variety of services and products.

Founded in 1997 by Beth Leas, the TLC Tribe is Fairfield County’s largest holistic health resource - a vibrant and growing community of over 90 Members, committed to living consciously and offering healthy lifestyle opportunities. We offer high quality private sessions, products, workshops, classes and resources designed to help you live life well.

Thea Litsios, Certified Career Coach & Hypnotist. Assisting you in creating your dream career. Learn how to use your intuition to guide you on your career path.

thealitsios.com • 203-693-1493

Lauri Ingram, The Liminal Studio

Connect with your authentic self, remove what blocks you from thriving in life & deepen your spiritual life. Ordained interfaith minister & life event officiant. Bethany, CT • Lauri@LauriIngram.com LauriIngram.com • 203-435-5650

Gregg Kirk, Lyme Recovery Clinic & Detox Center Heal from chronic illness through all-natural herbal treatments, intensive detox, cleanses & energy healing.

528 Post Rd, Darien Gregg.Kirk@gmail.com

203-858-9725

Ingrid Prueher, Yoga For Everybody A serene yoga studio where you can experience yoga, meditation, and aerial classes in-person, online or by video-on-demand, plus other workshops & trainings.

85 Mill Plain Road, 3rd Fl, Ffld, CT 203-254-9642 • Yoga4Everybody.net Info@Yoga4Everybody.net

Gail Christie, Joyful Living Reiki

Holy Fire Reiki Master. Private Reiki sessions, Reiki-infused meditations and all levels of Reiki classes. Online and in Stamford, CT and Mt Kisco, NY JoyfulLivingReiki.com

203-979-0918

Beth Leas

25+ Years Experience

Private Sessions, Workshops, Events

In-person or by phone bethleas.com

203-856-9566

Wayne Leiss, LMT, CAO Adventures in Connection. dōTERRA Essential Oils, Symphony of the Cells™ Applications and Massage Therapy

49 Stony Hill Rd, Bethel, CT 06801 Wayne@WayneLeiss.com WayneLeiss.com • 203-994-1207

Salt Cave of Darien

Salt therapy, massage, meditation, yoga & more! 555 Post Rd, Darien

Info@SaltCaveofDarien.com SaltCaveofDarien.com 203-658-7667

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Diane Nicosia, MBA, ibalanceLLC

Certified Coach & Reiki Master Teacher. Move forward toward your personal & business goals. In person or Zoom.

NicosiaDiane@gmail.com ibalanceuthrive.com

203-858-5848

Katie Augustyn, MA, CPC

Transformation Coach, Shamanic Practitioner, Spiritual Evolution Trainer, Energy Healer, TV Host TransformationCenterCT.com

203-820-3800

Looking for a relaxed group of professionals offering a supportive community, free networking events, many affordable marketing opportunities, and FUN?

We meet on the first Tuesday of every month at Valencia Luncheria, 164 Main St, Norwalk, CT, from 8:30 -10:00a.m.

Come the first time as Beth's guest - and if you find your time with us worthwhile, we invite you to become a TLC Member. Please RSVP to Beth Leas at: 203-856-9566 (call/text) or TLCBethLeas@gmail.com so she can reserve your place.

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Whatyou are holding in your hands (or reading on your screen) is a shining example of the truly wonderful healthy living community that we are lucky to have in the Fairfield and Southern Litchfield Counties area. This year’s Natural Living Directory contains a multitude of different practitioners and businesses who have made it their mission to bring health and wellness to all who seek it.

I would like to challenge our readers that love Natural Awakenings to contact at least three of these practitioners for consultations—or even just a conversation. Say you heard about them in Natural Awakenings. They will love to hear it! I get to speak to each of them myself and they are a wonderful community of people with helpful and insightful experiences to share. They care about healing and helping people be the best they can be.

Have you heard of genomics? We can now pinpoint an individual’s health by studying their genes, helping personalize care in new, exciting ways. On page 16, take a deep dive into the ways genomics can change patient outcomes and quality of life.

The term “implant illness” has become more known in recent years, with the mysterious symptoms that many women experience after breast augmentation. While it is still being researched, there is much to be said for the positive health outcomes many women experience after removing the implants and detoxing their bodies. Learn about signs and symptoms, plus detoxification options to get well again, on page 20.

On page 25, read about Master Healer and educator Eilis Philpott, who will be teaching the high frequency energy healing modality, 13th Octave LaHoChi, in Newtown this month. Then, she will travel to Ireland (her home country) to teach the modality for the first time in that country. You may also recognize Nicole Miale, our former Publisher, who will be student-teaching with Eilis in Ireland. How exciting!

Starting on page 38, the Natural Living Directory includes Practitioner Profiles and Business Spotlights to introduce you to the people who are eager to be part of your “Wellness Dream Team”.

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Water immersion during labor is an increasingly popular birthing option for healthy women that experience a straightforward pregnancy, labor spontaneously at full term and plan to give birth in a midwifery-led care setting. The process involves immersion in a birth pool to achieve relaxation and pain relief during the first and possibly part of the second stage of labor. The mother exits the pool for the actual birth, allowing the infant to emerge outside of the water. This method is different from a water birth, during which the woman remains in the pool as the infant emerges into the water and is then brought to the surface to initiate breathing.

In a new systematic review and meta-analysis published in BMJ Open, researchers compared the interventions and outcomes of water immersion, water birth and no-water-immersion births. After reviewing 36 studies encompassing the experiences of about 150,000 women, researchers found that water immersion significantly reduced the use of epidurals, injected opioids, episiotomy, maternal pain and postpartum hemorrhage. There was also an increase in maternal satisfaction and improved odds of an intact perineum with water immersion. Water births were associated with increased odds of the tearing of the umbilical cord from the placenta, making delivery of the placenta difficult, although the absolute risk remained low (4.3 versus 1.3 per 1,000). There were no differences in any other identified neonatal outcomes.

Fatigue is often reported as the most disabling symptom for people with autoimmune disorders, significantly impairing their physical, mental and social quality of life. Autoimmune researchers in Denmark, noting previous studies wherein bright light therapy significantly reduced fatigue related to traumatic brain injury and cancer, devised a study involving multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The study was conducted as a randomized, sham-controlled trial of 26 people with MS that reported a Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) score greater than 36. Participants received either bright light therapy or a dim red light sham intervention for 30 minutes each morning for two weeks. The bright light therapy decreased FSS scores over the course of the study. However, this benefit occurred in the sham control group as well, highlighting the need for more research on the effects of light therapy on fatigue.