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This month is all about playing in the dirt and then enjoying the fruits of your labor. We are focusing on the people and the innovations that ensure that our vegetables, dairy products, fish and meat are produced in a way that promote health and a greener planet. For me, this is personal gardening, which was such a part of my life as a child. My summers spent with grandparents included daily weeding, fresh honey, early apples and an introduction into vegetarianism in the 1960s, when there were few options for those living a meat-free lifestyle.

Every home in which my grandparents lived had a large and thriving garden.

The summer bounty included new potatoes with fresh dill and parsley, red ripe tomatoes (because whoever heard of a pink tomato) and enough fish—carefully preserved—to last the whole year. These were the foods by which all food is measured—it needed to be as good as what grandpa and grandma grew.

The domination of agribusiness has taken a toll on our food supply, with its emphasis on growing food fast, rather than for flavor or the nutrients they should provide. In this month’s feature, several farming families share their successes in producing food a different way—all sharing in the wisdom of one featured farmer, who noted that it is true that you are what you eat, but more importantly, “You are what you grow.” Within the D.C. metro area, we have more than 140 farmers’ markets, bringing us food straight from the field to our kitchens. For more information about the local farmers and markets, read Cecelia Gordian’s article, this month, on this important component of our food supply in the region.

One significant and growing concern for farmers (and the rest of us) is fracking, which is the process of removing natural gas from the Earth. The environmentally unstable practice has become a major industry in many areas of the country. The lightly and unevenly regulated removal processes have endangered farm land and pitted neighbor against neighbor, as discussed this month in Natural Awakenings. My family has a home in northeast Pennsylvania and we often see heavy trucks on the winding mountain roads and hear from neighbors about concerns for the safety of their drinking water and crops. To learn more about fracking, and how it affects regional farmers and everyone who eats the food they produce, we offer a feature article this month that explores the issue.

With the summer in full swing, I hope you are taking time to enjoy the bounty of this season and taking joyous time for relaxation with friends and family. And when you go to the local farmers’ market next time, remember these important words: there are only two things that money can’t buy—true love and homegrown tomatoes.

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r. Mary Kearns of Herban Lifestyle and Myra Roldan of HerbanLuxe Cosmetics will bring the art of handcrafted cosmetics making to Fairfax, Virginia, on both July 12 and 13. On either day, through a two-hour, handson workshop, participants will learn the secrets of crafting their own custom eye shadow and eye makeup remover.

Participants will handcraft custom, chemical-free, natural makeup remover and vegan eye shadow, in a variety of fun colors, in both loose and pressed formats. Everyone will leave the event with new knowledge, recipes, resources and their own custom products.

The workshop will be co-led by Kearns, whose mission in life is to make the world a happier, healthier, better-smelling place. Kearns is the president and founder of Herban Lifestyle and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Arts/ Communications and a doctorate in Developmental Psychology, with a focus on Health Psychology. Herban Lifestyle is a certified sustainable business through Green America, and cruelty-free, through Leaping Bunny.

Roldan, the additional workshop leader, is founding owner of HerbanLuxe Cosmetics. She brings more than 15 years experience in the handmade cosmetics industry to the workshop. One of her biggest achievements is her appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show in 2007, as a finalist in Oprah’s Search for the Next Big Idea, in which she introduced instant eyeshadow to the world.

Registration is required as space is limited. The cost is $75 and includes all materials, product samples and participant’s custom creations. The event will be held at the Herban Lifestyle Store, 2931C Eskridge Rd., Merrifield, Virginia (just two blocks south of MOMs Organic Market). For more information, visit HerbanLifestyle.com.

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Sister Eden is an entertainment, information, news and commentary company, committed to showing others that there are many benefits, including financial, to living a life in balance. Their videos, while fun and humorous, provide solid information on how to take steps to live with a smaller carbon footprint on the earth.

Taking a lighter approach, Sister Eden complements the serious work of environmental groups such as the Sierra Club and 350.org, by creating resources that reach people where the are—even if they are just starting on a journey into green living—and helping them to take small steps on that path.

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ouglas Kinney, local healer, author and spiritual counselor, had the opportunity to address the Society for Scientific Explorations’ (SSE) annual conference, last month, in San Francisco.

His presentation focused on how the human subtle-energy body system can explain many unusual mind-body consciousness phenomena.

As part of his presentation, Kinney covered several areas of unusual phenomena that have been documented by scientists in SSE’s professional journal, including healings in past-life hypnotherapy of pain symptoms that did not respond to conventional medical treatments, stigmata, birthmarks found on some of the children who remember their past lives in detail match autopsy reports of the wounds that contributed to their deaths in those lives and where consciousness (the mind) is located in near-death out-of body experiences.

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The morning event will include fun activities for kids, a press conference and a march to the Senate, where participants will deliver a message from families concerned about the impacts of climate change on their children’s future. The Play-In will support the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recent proposal to cut dangerous carbon emissions from power plants.

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Gibson, who shares her own story on beating stage IV cancer in 2008 without “big pharma,” offers insights on this journey to help others prevent disease and enjoy optimum health. She offers three insider secrets that saved her life after her diagnosis, which now serve as the foundation of what participants will learn in this workshop. Whether participants want to lose weight, have more energy or find relief from aches, pains or even chronic illness, the recipes and knowledge shared can help attendees achieve the life each person deserves.

Gibson was prominently featured during International Raw Food Day in 2013, 12 Days of Raw Christmas, GO RAW Magazine and Integrated Health Magazine. In addition, she is cited as one of the 10 Most Inspirational Natural Cancer Survivors

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ocal energy healing practitioner, Sherry Dmytrewycz, of Healing Gateway, announces the use of The Sacred Flame Holograms for balancing and healing. Sacred Flame Holograms are powerful, transformational tools which bring in just the right frequencies needed to take your personal healing beyond levels previously experienced. Each hologram is a pictorial representation of 3D sacred geometry and the sacred flames. They bring through the Divine energies that locate and dissolve limitations, pain, suffering and the struggles of life. Amazing results have been experienced using these scared and unique holograms.

The history behind Sacred Flame Holgrams offers a unique look into transformation and healing. These tools were created by MaDonna Mae, a former nun, and continuing artist, educator, musician and spiritual teacher.

She was searching for a way to totally heal body, mind, and spirit. She knew that everything in life was created through the Divine, so in order to heal what is here, that same Divine energy would be needed. She was guided to create the holograms to access the Divine frequencies to facilitate healing of body, mind, and spirit so each can become who they were created to be.

Combinations of certain holograms create protocols to clear toxins, your chakras, trauma, negative energies, thought patterns, etc. The holograms can also be purchased to use as powerful self-healing tools that meet you where you are and take you to higher levels of consciousness, improved health, and contentment.

Dmytrewycz has been trained in her The 4 Pillars of Healing Modality which uses The Sacred Flame Holograms to bring in the Divine healing energy of the Sacred Flames, Divine Names of God and Divine Consciousness to assist you in transitioning towards being the your best mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually.

After Dmytrewycz’s first session with The Sacred Flame Holograms, she felt joy had come back into her life and wanted to share this opportunity for greater joy with others. She does her intuitive energy healing sessions as hands-on or distance session from Healing Gateway in Centreville, Virgina.

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aughter and meditation will go hand-in-hand during a memorable weekend of laughter and silence at the ninth YogaLaughs Certified Laughter Yoga Leader Training, on August 15 to 17, in Knoxville, Maryland (just an hour from District of Columbia). Throughout the training, participants learn the techniques and art of deep mirthful laughter, followed by quiet, refreshing, peaceful silence—this is the essence of Laughter Yoga— and will be shared by an experienced teaching team of certified leaders and teachers.

Laughing heartily can provide the potential mental and physical health benefits of meditation, without the years of required study, a new study suggests. According to Lee Berk of Loma Linda University’s School of Medicine, mirthful laughter creates, “A brainwave pattern linked to being “in the zone”, the highest state of cognitive processing.”

What helps us break into belly laughter? Laughter Yoga can get folks laughing even when nothing is funny. Sessions begin with laughing as neutral exercise, relying on innate social and physiological factors to kick-in, then continues until participants may actually be, rolling on the floor laughing. Laughter Yoga is the “cheat sheet” for accessing the benefits of prolonged, mirthful laughter—and now also seems for deeper states of meditation.

After a weekend filled with laughter, meditative silence, much group practice, compelling presentations, new friendships and great food, new leaders are certified to teach Laughter Yoga in gyms, studios, senior centers, businesses and more.

A special Saturday evening session will explore prolonged laughter and gamma brain-wave activity. Discover how to easily laugh into meditative bliss.

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ne Common Unity (OCU), a local nonprofit known for its work with the youth in District of Columbia public high schools, is pleased to invite adults to its Fly By Light Youth Mentorship Retreat. From August 10 to 14, OCU, in coordination with National Parks Service (NPS), will be taking 40 youth to Catoctin Mountain National Park, for five days and nights of empowerment, education and fun.

Adult volunteers will have the opportunity to participate in daily yoga sessions, taught by some of the District’s premier yoga instructors, Faith Hunter, Brittanie DeChino and HawaH. There will be nightly community bonfires and drum circles, hikes through the mountains and workshops on self-discovery, creative expression, health and wellness, conflict resolution and personal growth, in addition to engaging with the youth from District of Columbia public schools.

The Fly By Light program connects students with their community, while engaging them in social-emotional learning through art, music and health and wellness programs. This amazing opportunity will allow adult volunteers to act as mentors, role-models and be identified as a first line of support for the youth while they undergo this incredible journey. For both the students and their adult mentors, this is a great way to get out of the city and enjoy nature. Volunteers will be giving back to the community, by assisting District youth on this epic journey.

The cost for adult volunteers is $375 and includes all meals, yoga classes and lodging. Catoctin Mountain National Park is located in Thurmont, Maryland (a 1.5-hour drive from District of Columbia). For more information or to register as an adult volunteer, visit OneCommonUnity.org.

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cientists from Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University have found that extracts from ginger and turmeric may help prevent DNA damage caused by the sun’s ultraviolet B (UVB) rays, a leading cause of melanoma and other skin cancers.

Fifteen herbal extracts were created; each was applied to human keratinocytes, the predominant cell type in the outer layer of skin that can be damaged by the sun’s rays. The researchers measured the ability of each herb extract to absorb ultraviolet radiation and act as an antioxidant, neutralizing free radicals.

Turmeric and ginger extracts absorbed a significant amount of UVB rays before they could damage the skin, according to the results, published in Photochemistry and Photobiology. Each was found to stimulate the synthesis of thioredoxin 1, an antioxidant protein that appears to protect keratinocytes from DNA damage and toxicity to living cells.

Essential Oils Effective in Fighting Candida, MRSA

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ssential oils show promise in preventing infections from the fungi Candida albicans and the bacteria methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to several recent studies. Romania’s Polytechnic University of Bucharest researchers found that topical application of the essential oils from Salvia officinalis (sage) and Anethum graveolens (dill) provided significant inhibition against the C. albicans fungi when compared with a standard antiseptic dressing.

Scientists from England’s Manchester Metropolitan University compared the effects on three strains of MRSA in wound dressings containing the essential oils of patchouli, tea tree, geranium, lavender and grapefruit seed extract against a conventional antibacterial dressing of silver sulfadiazine cream. Each oil was applied independently and in combination with wound dressings. Grapefruit seed extract and geranium oil were found to most effectively inhibit the MRSA strains.

SUN’S RAYS MAY HELP HEART HEALTH

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n addition to triggering vitamin D production, the sun may have other health benefits. University of Edinburgh researchers studied 24 healthy volunteers that used lamps that produce ultraviolet A (UVA) light mimicking the sun’s UVA rays, compared with similar lamps that only produce heat. Two sessions under the UVA lamps significantly lowered blood pressure and boosted nitric oxide levels in the blood. The latter is linked to better circulation. The scientists concluded that the combined effect may help prevent heart disease.

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onsuming dried plums, Prunus domestica, appears to reduce bone loss and may increase bone mass. Studying 236 post-menopausal women for one year, Florida State University researchers gave half of the women 100 grams of dried plums per day, while the other group received 100 grams of dried apples. Bone scans done at three, six and 12 months found significantly greater bone mineral density among the group that ate dried plums.

A study from Oklahoma State University showed similar results with post-menopausal mice put on a diet supplemented with dried plums or other dried fruits for two months. Only the diet with dried plums prevented bone loss among the mice.

Another study, published in the Journal of Nutrition, found increased bone mass among both elderly and adult male mice that ate a diet comprising 25 percent dried plums, while those that did not eat dried plums lost bone mass.

Ashwagandha Herb Mutes Bipolar Disorder, Lowers Stress

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he ancient ayurvedic herb ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) shows promise in reducing the symptoms of bipolar disorder, according to two recent studies.

For eight weeks, scientists from the University of Pittsburgh’s Western Psychiatric Institute gave 500 milligrams per day of ashwagandha extract or a placebo to 53 patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder. The researchers used a series of bipolar tests to gauge cognition, response time, social cognition response and other processes. After the eight weeks, the group given ashwagandha showed significant improvements in auditory-verbal working memory, reaction time and social cognition.

In a study published in the Indian Journal of Psychiatric Medicine, among a group of 64 men and women with chronic stress, after two months of ashwagandha treatment, standardized test scores revealed stress reduced by 44 percent, anxiety and insomnia by 68 percent and severe depression by 79 percent. Depression and anxiety are hallmarks of bipolar disorder.

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n a study published earlier this year in Pediatrics, researchers from Liverpool Women’s Hospital gave either a standard diet or that plus multivitamin and mineral supplementation intravenously to 150 preterm infants for 28 days after their birth. Supplemented babies had higher rates of growth, measured in weight, plus head circumference sizes that were between five and eight millimeters greater. The differences in head circumference remained nine months after the supplementation period ended.

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Low Body Temperature Syndrome

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he average temperature of an adult with a healthy thyroid and a healthy metabolism is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (37°C). Your body’s temperature is directly correlated with your metabolism. A low body temperature is a sign of low metabolism and low thyroid function. Metabolism, the sum of all the body’s chemical reactions, is important because it signifies how well our cells are able to convert fuel (food) to energy. Metabolism is affected by diet, level of physical activity, sleeping habits and levels of stress.

As stress resolves, the body requires time to recalibrate.

Sometimes, however, the body does not restore itself and it maintains a suboptimal body temperature that has an affect on all metabolic functions. Thyroid symptoms, low temperatures and normal thyroid function tests are not a result of hypothyroidism, but what is known as Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome (low body temperature syndrome) and may be reversed within a few months of treatment. Stress is the major causative factor of low body temperature syndrome.

Symptoms associated with low body temperature include poor digestion and food intolerances, constipation, cold hands and feet, frequent urination, irritability, anxiety, migraines, dry skin, acne, brittle nails, hair loss, insomnia, fatigue, low sex drive, hormonal imbalances, hypoglycemia, weight gain and susceptibility to illness.

Although a low body temperature can cause severe problems, it can be corrected.

Diagnosing low body temperature syndrome begins with taking an average of your temperatures. Usually, treatment is not for life and lasts only for a few months. To begin treatment one should focus on reducing stress, following a clean diet, eating smaller meals more frequently and maintaining a regular exercise regime.

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These elements are part of the basic makeup of blood and include iron, potassium sulphate, potassium phosphorous, kali mur, nutrum, nutrum phosphorous and magnesium phosphorous. These minerals provide the foundation for enzyme activity in the body, serving as catalysts in energy cycles and functions. Salts nourish cells to provide the foundation for a healthy body, by facilitating water balance, removing toxins, elasticity of the cells, sodium-potassium balance, oxygenation and digestion.

For cell salts to be fully operational, they must blend with ionized minerals, in order for the supplements to be properly absorbed into the body. Without this process, most of it is expelled from the body through waste, providing no health benefits whatsoever.

Without cell salts, the 71 “pockets” within the intestines do not function and are unable to provide sustaining nourishment to all of the body’s systems. When a particular pocket is clogged or backed up, there is a strong correlation to poor health conditions in other parts of the body. For example, pocket eight assimilates silica and without proper functioning, may lead to an asthmatic condition or mammary gland issues.

As all processes in the body are dependent upon cell salt assimilation, and cell salt assimilation is dependent upon ionization, many fundamental health-related conditions can be overcome with their usage.

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globalbriefs News and resources to inspire concerned citizens to work together in building a healthier, stronger society that benefits all.

Farm Building

Training Programs Attract Young Farmers There’s little doubt that the nation needs more young farmers, because statistics from the U.S. Department of Agriculture show the average American farmer is 58 years old. Hope lies in farm incubators that equip young agrarians with the technical skills and the business savvy needed to compete in the fierce, burgeoning market for locally grown produce.

At Kinsman Farm (KinsmanFarm.net), in Cleveland, the Ohio State University Extension gives would-be farmers quarter-acre starter plots and helps them develop business plans. Financial support is available, too. “The city of Cleveland recently received private funds to expand its Gardening for Greenbacks Program,” advises spokesperson Marie Barni. “Our urban farmers can now receive a $5,000 grant to help start their farming microenterprise.”

Some city planners have voiced considerable skepticism about whether urban farms are an effective tool for creating jobs and rebuilding economies like Cleveland’s, but advocates point to other farm incubators in North Carolina, Oregon and Rhode Island, as well as in Kansas City, Kansas, Holyoke, Massachusetts, St. Louis, Missouri, and Seattle, Washington.

In Chicago, students at the role model Windy City Harvest, coordinated by the Chicago Botanic Garden and the Richard J. Daley City College (ChicagoBotanic.org/ windycityharvest), engage in six months of hands-on horticulture training, and then a three-month paid internship with a farm or food justice organization.

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Strength in Numbers

It Takes a Village to Feed the World Organizations worldwide are working to create a more sustainable and just food system. Food Tank lists 101 organizations to watch in 2014 (Tinyurl.com/FoodTank100). All are vital in creating a better food system. Here are a few examples.

Food MythBusters is telling the real story of how food is produced through short films, showing that we can have a food system that is truly affordable, delicious, fair and good for the planet.

Heifer International has been helping small farmers around the world practice better animal husbandry and develop more environmentally sustainable sources of food production for 70 years.

Oxfam, a confederation of 17 organizations worldwide, helps find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice. Oxfam America’s recent Behind the Brands campaign highlights how favorite consumer brands bring hidden costs to farmers, food security and the environment.

Real Food Challenge, started in 2008 mainly among students, aims to shift $1 billion of existing university food budgets from industrial farms and junk foods to community-based, fair, ecologically sound and humane food sources by 2020.

Seed Savers Exchange is dedicated to saving and sharing organic, heirloom and non-GMO (genetically modified organism) seeds.

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Food Transparency

Vermont Demands GMO Labeling Vermont Senator David Zuckerman and Representative Carolyn Partridge spearheaded efforts for Vermont to pass the nation’s first unrestricted mandatory labeling bill for genetically modified organisms (GMO). The state legislature’s collective efforts, lasting more than a decade, led to an unprecedented, game-changing new law signed by Governor Peter Shumlin on April 23.

Anticipating the current lawsuit by Monsanto and the Grocery Manufacturers Association, Vermont has set aside $10 million for legal fees. The Organic Manufacturers Association is working to expand funding behind Vermont’s defense because the outcome could affect all 50 states.

Unless legally overturned, starting July 1, 2016, products sold in Vermont that contain more than 0.9 percent GMO content contamination will require a statement on the label indicating that genetic engineering was used. Products that contain GMOs and are labeled as such cannot also label their products as “natural”. The bill, however, does not apply to labels for milk, eggs and meat from animals fed GMOs. Donate to Vermont’s defense fund at Tinyurl.com/SupportGMOLabeling.

Relaxing Rules

U.S. Organic Standards Under Siege Last September, without any public input, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), under pressure from corporations, changed the way the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) decides which non-organic materials are allowed in products labeled as Certified Organic, all but guaranteeing that when the NOSB meets every six months, the non-organic and synthetic materials allowed in organic items will increase.

Certain non-organic or synthetic materials can be used in up to 5 percent of a USDA Organic product, and in up to 30 percent of a Made with Organic Ingredients product. Look for the addition of carrageenan, synthetic nutrients such as DHA and ARA, sausage casings made from processed intestines, synthetic methionine, antibiotics and mutagens, among others.

Sign a petition in protest at Tinyurl.com/OrganicStandardsPetition.

Urban Habitats

How Plants and Animals Adapt to Cities More than half of the world’s population now resides in cities, and the United Nations projects that 5 billion people will call a city home by 2030. “We need to understand how cities are changing the ecology of the systems they are built on, and how plants and animals are adapting to them,” says Dieter Hochuli, a Ph.D. biologist who specializes in integrative ecology at the University of Sydney, in Australia.

For the most part, plants and animals adapt to urban surroundings using traits that help them survive in their natural habitat, but some scientists predict the pressures of the city, especially pollution, may become so great that evolution may intervene. “We’ve created this whole new habitat that never used to exist here,” remarks Angela Moles, a University of New South Wales (Australia) plant biologist.

“There will be some species living here that are not doing so well and there’ll be selection for individuals that can do better in an urban environment.”

“We still have functioning ecosystems, they’re just different from what they were 200 years ago,” comments Hochuli. Some shifts will be irreversible.

Shame Game Corporations Bow to Public Pressure

Microbeads are tiny balls of hard plastic found in facial scrubs, shampoo and toothpaste that flow down drains and pass through wastewater treatment plants, ending up in waterways, where they enter the food chain. New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has proposed the first U.S. legislation banning plastic microbeads in commonly used cosmetics (Tinyurl.com/ BeadLegislation).

Finding microbead-free products isn’t easy; we must read ingredient lists and steer clear of products that contain polyethylene or polypropylene.

Natural alternatives include ground almonds, oatmeal and pumice.

Palm oil is a natural ingredient used in thousands of everyday products from snack foods to shampoo.

But as tropical forests are cleared and carbon-rich peat swamps are drained and burned to make way for palm oil plantations, carbon is released into the atmosphere, driving global warming and shrinking habitat for endangered species. Tropical deforestation currently accounts for about 10 percent of the world’s heat-trapping emissions.

Last March, General Mills and Colgate-Palmolive announced new palm oil policies. Concerned citizens can tell other major corporations that for the sake of our atmosphere, tropical forests, peat lands and endangered species, the time to act is now, and to use only deforestation-free and peatlands-free palm oil going forward.

Take action at Tinyurl.com/Palm OilPetition.

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any consumers assume the personal care products they buy are safe.

They trust that labels like organic and all-natural are true. Government agencies like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) monitor the food that is grown and sold in this country, so it seems safe to assume that this also applies to personal care products, right? However the FDA’s current policy states, “Cosmetic products and ingredients are not subject to FDA premarket approval authority, with the exception of color additives.”

The current law guiding the manufacture of cosmetics dates back to The Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act of 1938. This legislation grants oversight of cosmetics safety to the Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR), which is funded by a lobbying entity representing the 600 largest U.S., cosmetics companies. While this may or may not have been a good idea in 1938, a lot has changed in the past 75 years. In that time, over 80,000 chemicals and nano-particles have been introduced into the market, and there is little information available on the safety of these ingredients.

While university and other scientific studies have found that many of these chemicals are known or suspected carcinogens, neurotoxins or endocrine disruptors, the United States is lagging behind its European counterparts in terms of oversight of these types of chemicals.

In 2007, the European Union (EU) put into effect the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemical substances (REACH), which regulates chemicals and their safe use. It requires registration of about 30,000 chemical substances, with procedures to collect and assess the properties of these substances on varying levels of safety. To date, over 1,300 substances have been banned.

In contrast, the FDA has only banned nine chemicals from personal care products.

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ics safety act has been in the works for a few years, however, it could be a while before changes are made in legislation. In the mean time, as the issue gains more attention and information becomes more accessible to the public, it is important for health educators and practitioners to break down several other myths about the cosmetic industry. For example, words like natural, dermatologist tested, and safe, don’t necessarily mean what most people think. These claims are largely unregulated and currently have no standard definition. Furthermore, people assume that the FDA has the power to remove products from the market that have caused harm to consumers.

However, the FDA has no such authority and instead relies on the manufacturers themselves to voluntarily remove such products from shelves.

Clearly, it is important that consumers understand what they are buying and have a method to identify potentially harmful ingredients. The Environmental Working Group, a national leader in research and advocacy on toxins and corporate responsibility, has developed the Skin Deep Database—a searchable database (EWG.org/SkinDeep) that ranks products and ingredients on their overall safety and long-term health effects. Above all, the most important step consumers can take is to educate themselves about what they are using and become familiar with safer alternatives. Thankfully, there is an increasing selection of products available, due to the demand being created by educated consumers.

Maggie Mascarenhas is a marketing intern for Herban Lifestyle, and Dr. Mary Kearns is the president and founder of Herban Lifestyle. For more information, visit HerbanLifestyle.com. See ad, page 32.

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Radiant Child Yoga with Shakta Khalsa

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longside the surge of adults takShe developed Radiant Child Yoga as ing up yoga, there is an equivaa way to teach self-regulation skills lent boom in for all children but yoga classes for chil- “It’s not about them doing found it turned out dren. But children’s be especially the perfect tree pose. It is to yoga is much more helpful for children than a cuter version about them enjoying who with autism, ADHD of adult yoga. Shakta other sensory they are and being able to and Khalsa, founder of integration issues.

Radiant Child Yoga, Simple exercises take that with them.” says when she works like crossing the arm with children, she always sees them as over the midline of the body help to “big souls in little bodies.” re-pattern the brain. Other movements

Khalsa’s yoga classes for children activate the pituitary and hypothalaare a mix of playful movements, joyful mus glands, the “feel good” glands in songs and affirmations. The children the body. quickly reflect the positive effects

She incorporated exercises from of yoga—particularly so with small kundalini yoga into the children’s yoga children who “are never very far from program. Khalsa says, “Many exercises their spirit. It’s just right there under the that we do don’t look like hatha yoga, surface,” Khalsa says. but they really help with balancing the

Khalsa has been teaching yoga to brain, help with centering and focus children for 35 years and now travels and organizing the nervous system.” nine months of the year, leading Radiant She also finds that children’s yoga is Child Yoga programs for therapists, parquite different from adult yoga. “It’s not ents and yoga instructors. She has trained about them doing the perfect tree pose. children’s yoga instructors on every conIt is about them enjoying who they are tinent and created a line of yoga books, and being able to take that with them.”

CDs and DVDs for children and adults.

She hears many success stories of

She began practicing kundalini children who have utilized their yoga yoga in the early 1970s and incorlessons in stressful moments. When a porated many of its unique exercises three year-old girl noticed her mother and techniques in children’s yoga. becoming upset about something, she

told her mom to take a big balloon breath in and wiggle it out to release some of the stress.

Contrary to adult yoga programs, which require extensive training, Khalsa’s Radiant Child Yoga Level One course can be completed in as little as three days. Khalsa said it is helpful for trainees to have a basic understanding of the purpose of yoga and meditation, that it is more than just physical education for children. But, the main requirements for prospective teachers are simply an understanding of and love for children, as well as some degree of ease with children.

About half of the people Khalsa trains already work with children in a professional capacity, such as teachers and therapists. Others are simply parents who want to use it in their dayto-day life with their children. They can just incorporate yoga as part of their day, when they get up in the morning, say, “Let’s do some stretches before you go to school today.”

The Fly Like A Butterfly book, and the Happy and Cozy CDs are extremely popular with small children who easily memorize the uplifting and calming songs. Khalsa’s series of Yoga Warrior cards, which show robots doing yoga, are a huge hit with autistic boys.

Khalsa says children naturally apply yoga in their day to day life. “It gives them tools to help themselves.”

One young boy told his mother that when he starts getting frustrated at school, he crawls under his desk and whispers the words to the “Brave and Bold” song to himself and quickly feels better. Another parent used the breathing exercise with a feather, when her son was frustrated and disturbed. She would make a game of it, blowing on the feather, which helped him to focus and calm down while having fun.

Khalsa will be teaching Radiant Child Yoga programs locally, throughout the summer. When she resumes traveling in the fall, the programs continue through the dozens of active teachers that she has trained over the years. Find her class schedule, her books and CDs at ChildrensYoga.com.

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STEWARDS OF EARTH’S BOUNTY

Organic Farmers Sow Seeds of Change

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rom epidemic childhood obesity and rising rates of autism and food allergies to the growing risks of pesticides and climate change, we have many reasons to be concerned about the American food system. Fortunately, many heroes among us—family farmers, community gardeners, visionaries and activists—are striving to create a safer and healthier environment now that will benefit future generations. Recognizing and celebrating their stellar Earth stewardship in this 2014 International Year of Family Farmers, Natural Awakenings is spotlighting examples of the current crop of

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heroes providing inspiration and hope.

They are changing America’s landscape and the way we think about the ability of good food to feed the future well.

Doug Crabtree and Anna JonesCrabtree, of Vilicus Farms, in Havre, Montana, are reviving crop biodiversity and pollinator habitat on their organic farm in northern Montana. “We strive to farm in a manner that works in concert with nature,” Doug explains.

The couple’s actions live up to their farm’s Latin name, which means “steward”. They grow 15 nourishing crops on 1,200 acres, including flax, buckwheat, sunflower, safflower, spelt, oats, barley and lentils, without pesticides, herbicides or synthetic fertilizers.

By imitating natural systems, planting diverse crops and avoiding damaging chemical inputs, they are attracting diverse native pollinators, he notes. Their approach to farming helps protect area groundwater, streams, rivers and even oceans for future generations.

Dick and Diana Dyer, of Dyer Family Organic Farm, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, finally realized their lifelong dream to farm in 2009, each at the age

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of 59. The couple grows more than 40 varieties of garlic on 15 acres; they also grow hops and care for honeybees. In addition, they provide hands-in-the-soil training to a new generation of dietetic interns across the country through their School to Farm program, in association with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Diana, a registered dietitian, teaches her students to take the, “We are what we eat” adage a step further. She believes, we are what we grow.

“Like nearly everyone else, most dietetic students are disconnected from Mother Earth, the source of the food they eat. They don’t learn the vital connections between soil, food and health,” says Diana. During a stay on the Dyer farm, she explains, “The students begin to understand how their food and nutrition recommendations to others can help drive an entire agricultural system that promotes and protects our soil and water, natural resources and public health.” It all aligns with practicing their family farm motto: Shaping our future from the ground up.

Mary Jo and Luverne Forbord, of Prairie Horizons Farm, in Starbuck, Minnesota, raise Black Angus cattle, grazed on certified organic, restored, native prairie pastures. Mary Jo, a registered dietitian, welcomes dietetic students to the 480-acre farm to learn where food comes from and how to grow it without the pesticides that contribute to farmers’ higher risk for certain cancers. “We must know the true cost of cheap food,” she insists.

Most recently, they planted an organic orchard in memory of their son, Joraan, who died of cancer in 2010 at

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the age of 23. Joraan’s to learn orchard is home to thrivwhere their ing, health-supporting food comes apple, apricot, cherry from and the and plum trees, plus reasons fresh, native aronia berries. organically It also injects fresh life grown food into the community. really matters Each spring, the Forto our health,” bords celebrate their says Lanier. son’s birthday by “wakHowever, ing up” his orchard.

“This is just the His mother explains: tip of the iceLuverne and Mary Jo Forbord “People of all ages berg for us. Ulgather—an assortment timately, we’d of our friends, Joraan’s friends and their like to be a chemical-free community growing families, neighbors, relatives, through advocating for reduction and co-workers, students and others—to elimination of pesticide and chemical keep his legacy growing. The incredible use in schools, hospitals, households community support keeps us going.” and local parks and ball fields.”

Lanier aims to help improve on Alabama’s low national ranking in the health of its residents.

“I love our little piece of the world, and I want future generations to enjoy it without fearing that it’s making us sick,” she says. “We are intent on having a school garden in every school, and we want Tarrant Lanier, gardening with children at the to see area hospitals Center for Family and Community Development establish organic food Tarrant Lanier, of the Center for gardens that support efforts to make Family and Community Developpeople healthier without the use of ment (CFCD) and Victory Teaching heavy medications.”

Farm, in Mobile, Alabama, wants

Lanier further explains: “We see all children to grow up in safe comour victory as reducing hunger and inmunities with access to plenty of creasing health and wellness, environwholesome food. After working for mental sustainability and repair, comnearly two decades with some of South munity development and beautification, Alabama’s most vulnerable families, economic development and access to Lanier wanted to “provide more than locally grown food, by promoting and a crutch.” In 2009, she established creating a local food system.” the nonprofit CFCD organization, dedicated to healthy living. Within five Don Lareau and Daphne Yannakakis, years, she had assembled a small, but of Zephyros Farm and Garden, in hard-working staff that began building Paonia, Colorado, grow exquisite orcommunity and school gardens and ganic flowers and vegetables for farmcreating collaborative partnerships. ers’ markets and community supported

Recently, the group established the agriculture members in Telluride and Victory Teaching Farm, the region’s first the Roaring Fork Valley. Recently, the urban teaching farm and community couple decided to take fewer trips resource center. “The farm will serve away from their children and homeas an onsite experience for children stead, and instead bring more people

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“Kids are shocked when they learn that carrots grow underground and surprised that milk comes from an udder, not a store shelf.” ~ Don Lareau to their 35-acre family farm to learn from the land and develop a refreshed sense of community.

From earthy farm dinners and elegant weddings to creative exploration camps for children and adults and an educational internship program, these family farmers are raising a new crop of consumers that value the land, their food and the people producing it. The couple hopes to help people learn how to grow and prepare their own food, plus gain a greater appreciation for organic farming.

“The people that come here fall into a farming lifestyle in tune with the sun and moon, the seasons and their inner clock—something valuable that has been lost in modern lifestyles,” notes Lareau, who especially loves sharing the magic of their farm with children.

“Kids are shocked when they learn that carrots grow underground and surprised that milk comes from an udder, not a store shelf.”

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kidney beans and edaConscientious food the Copper River and mame soybeans, along Bristol Bay fisheries. producers are with raising livestock on During that time, Mosabout 1,400 acres. Their teachers, innovators, ness became a passionate family farm philosophy advocate for protecting environmental entails looking at the coastal communities and world through a lens of ecosystems. “Like farm stewards and abundance, rather than families on land, fishing change-makers scarcity, and working in families face many risks cooperation with their creating a brighter and uncertainties,” but neighbors instead of in she believes, “political future for us all. forces may be even more competition. The result has been a grounddamaging to our liveliswell of thriving organic farmers and a hoods and wild fish.” renewed sense of community and eco For example, “We are replicating nomic strength throughout their region. some of the worst practices of factory

The Martens switched to organic farming on land in our marine environfarming after Klaas experienced partial ment with diseases, parasites and voluparalysis due to exposure to pesticides, minous amounts of pollution flushing compounded by concern for the health into our coastal waters,” explains Mosof their three children. Because the ness. She’s also concerned about the Martens work in alliance with nature, U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s they’ve learned to ask a unique set of potential approval of genetically engiquestions. For example, when Klaas neered (GMO) fish without adequate sees a weed, he doesn’t ask, “What health and environmental assessments, can we spray to kill it?” but, “What and she works to support GMO labelwas the environment that allowed the ing so consumers can make informed weed to grow?” choices in the marketplace.

Anne Mosness, in Bellingham, Washington, began fishing for wild salmon with her father during one summer after college. The experience ignited a sense of adventure that led her back to Alaska for nearly three decades, as a crew member and then a captain in

Melinda Hemmelgarn, aka the “food sleuth”, is a registered dietitian and award-winning writer and radio host at KOPN.org, in Columbia, MO (FoodSleuth@gmail.com). She advocates for organic farmers at Enduring-Image.blogspot.com.

Hear from Two Heroes

Prairie Horizons Farm: LocalFoods.umn.edu/prairiehorizons

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Info on the Heroes and More Dyer Family Organic Farm: DyerFamilyOrganicFarm.com

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Victory Teaching Farm: cfcdofalabama.org Vilicus Farm: RootedMontana.com/crabtrees.html (includes other vegetable and livestock farms in the state) Zephyros Farm and Garden: ZephyrosFarmAndGarden.com

Fish Farming: FoodAndWaterWatch. org/common-resources/fish/fish-farming

Support Hero Farmers

Lakeview Organic Grain and Greenmarket’s Regional Grains Project: LakeviewOrganicGrain.com and GrowNYC.org/grains-main

National Young Farmers Coalition: YoungFarmers.org

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Farmer Veteran Coalition: FarmVetCo.org

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Great Farmers’ Markets in the D.C. Area Adams Morgan Farmers’ Market 18th Street and Columbia Road NW, Saturday, 8 a.m-1 p.m. (April to December) Capitol Riverfront Market New Jersey Avenue SE and M Street SE, Thursday, 3-7 p.m. (May to November) Dawson’s Farmers’ Market 225 N. Washington Street, Rockville, Wednesday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

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love going to farmers’ markets. The fresh produce, fruits and treats are enough to make my mouth water when I am around such bounty. What I love most about farmers’ markets is that the merchants are local. In the District of Columbia Metropolitan area, many of the farmers hail from Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania, so you are sure to get plenty of foods in season, which are the healthiest.

Recently, I stopped at the farmers’ market hosted by Dawson’s Market located in the Rockville Town Square. It holds its farmers’ market every Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. I saw the most delectable items for sale.

Richard, a family farmer of the Scenic View Orchards in Sabillasvile, Maryland, told me his grandparents were farmers. After working with his uncle on that land, Richard now oversees hundreds of acres of farmland. While not certified as an organic farmer, he uses organic techniques such as Integrated Pest Management (IPM). The fact that his crops travel a short distance from farm to market help to make his crops special to me and so many others. He also works with a retired University of Maryland official who advises him on crops rotation and pesticides.

In the baked goods section, I saw a farmers’ market friend of mine, Nate Port of Grandma Vera’s Bakery.

Nate and his wife, Nickie, sell delicious cheese bread and fruit turnovers. When asked if the income derived from farmers’ markets was enough to make a living, he replied, “We do year-round markets on Saturday and Sunday. The Saturday market is in Kensington and the Sunday market is in Bethesda.” He went on to say that selling directly to customers has been their best business model.

Finally, when browsing through the market, I came across Nicole Davis, the owner of Puppies Cuppies. She makes treats for your pup that are nutritious, natural and wheat-free. In fact, they are so safe that a human can take a taste.

When I asked her why did she start her business, Davis replied that she wanted to combine her love of cake decorating, art and dogs into something fun. I think she has a winning combination.

This weekend, check out your local farmers’ market. You never know what unexpected gems you will find growing right next to you.

Cecelia Gordian is the president and chief organic officer of Just Peachy Organics, a Bethesda-based business that handcrafts body and homecare products from organic ingredients. For more information, visit JustPeachyOrganics.com.

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Dupont Circle FRESHFARM Market 20th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW, Sunday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

(April to December); Sunday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. (January to March) Eastern Market 7th Street & North Carolina Avenue Southeast, Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. (year round) Fish Wharf 1100 Maine Avenue SW, daily, 8 a.m.-9 p.m. (year round) Foggy Bottom FRESHFARM Market I Street NW (between 24th Street & New Hampshire Avenue), Wednesday, 2:30-7 p.m. (April to November) H Street FRESHFARM Market 600 Block of H Street NE Saturday, 9 am-noon (May to November) Penn Quarter FRESHFARM Market 8th Street NW (between D and E streets), Thursday, 3-7 p.m. (April to December) Pike Central Farm Market 5992 Executive Boulevard, Saturday, 9 a.m-2 p.m. (April to November) FRESHFARM Market near the White House Vermont Avenue NW (between H Street and I Street NW), Thursday, 3-7 p.m. (May to November) USDA Farmers’ Market 12th Street and Independence Avenue NW, Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

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Holistic and EcoFriendly Dental Care

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by Robin Fillmore

ith a brilliant smile and gentle manner, Dr. Terry Victor, is also known as “The DC Dentist”. He shares his commitment to green and healthy living, one smile at a time, from his office located in Capitol Hill a few blocks from the Eastern Market Metro. Dr. Victor is well-known throughout the DC metro region for his capacity to heal his patients using holistic, biological and minimally invasive dental procedures—both in the care of his patients and in the deliberate design of his office.

A graduate of Howard University Dental School, Dr. Victor did not initially intend to become a dentist but the thought of going into a healing profession was an idea that appealed to him over time. He was always mindful of his own health and wanted to find a profession that matched his 26

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vision to bring health to others. His learning did not end with the completion of his dental degree. With16 years of experience as a holistic and biological dentist, Dr. Victor brings a competence and confidence to his work which is reassuring to his patients. Dr. Victor is constantly taking additional continuing education courses to learn even more in an effort to bring the best quality health care to all of his patients. Dr. Victor states his goal is simply, “to be the best dentist that I can be and to provide excellent service to my patients.”

Dentistry is an important component of health care but has yet to become a field in which holistic practices are gaining traction. In fact, Dr. Victor suggests that among the medical professions, dentistry, as a whole, is lagging behind other alternative

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healing modalities. This is a trend he believes will change as more patients seek holistic treatments for the source of their disease, rather than just alleviating symptoms. As patients look to incorporate eco-friendly products and services in other aspects of their lives, more individuals will look for practitioners who honor their values for holistic healing and who have created work spaces that do not endanger the Earth.

A walk through Dr. Victor’s office reveals this commitment to green and healthy living as it looks quite different from many other dental practices.

The office is housed in a beautifully restored historic building in the Eastern Market neighborhood and offers a welcoming and soothing environment instead of a sterile dental practice.

Dr. Victor uses the latest technology to reduce negative impacts upon his patients. Rather than tearing down and rebuilding a new structure, much of the original character of the building has been maintained and restored—including the original flooring.

The X-ray machines used by The DC Dentist are specially designed to emit the lowest radiation possible, which is helpful to both the patients and the staff. Dr. Victor is accredited by the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) in protocol for the proper removal of amalgam fillings. An amalgam separator is used so that the mercury does not go into the city’s wastewater but it is disposed of in an environmentally safe manner. Even the paint on the walls (no VOC paint) and energyreducing rooftop filled with growing plants are eco-friendly.

Dr. Victor, along with his staff, has a noble mission to bring wellness to his neighbors and to all who seek a different path for dental care. This mission is fueled by a passion to learn the best techniques, the safest treatment options and the most balanced approach to care. Their efforts have been noticed throughout the region as Dr. Victor was named the Best Dentist for 2014 by the Washington City Paper.

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Garden Gunk

Sewage Can Lurk in Bagged Fertilizers Bagged garden fertilizers help plants grow, but store-bought brands can be a scary mix of sewage sludge—treated human, industrial and hospital waste. No federal or state regulations require that sewage sludge, also known as biosolids, be listed on the label. Sludge can also be blended with more natural fertilizers without listing it as an ingredient.

Today’s testing requirements for waste sludge cover only 10 elements and two indicator bacteria; all other contaminants, pharmaceuticals and toxic chemicals that go down the drain of every home and business go right into the fertilizer.

Terms like “organic” and “natural” only apply to some food products, not compost or fertilizer. Arsenic and lead are both considered natural ingredients.

Toxins and heavy metals don’t disappear when exposed to sun or rain; they enter the soil or travel by wind and water runoff into yards and communities and can be absorbed in vegetables, plants and livestock. When we consume foods grown in sludge, we consume whatever the plant takes up from the soil. Also, elements like heavy metals collect in the meat, milk and fat of animals that are fed crops grown in sewage sludge.

To protect the family garden, call the fertilizer manufacturer before purchasing a product to verify ingredients.

Ask the nursery or store for labeling that depicts which products are sludgefree and also insist on their use at area schools, parks and playgrounds.

For more information, visit USludgeFree.org.

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ames Gormley, a leader of the natural health movement in the U.S. and an award-winning health journalist, is a passionate advocate for natural health.

For more than 20 years, he’s been at the forefront in the fight against government restriction of dietary supplements and for transparency in the food industry, and has twice participated in America’s trade delegation to the United Nations Codex Alimentarius Commission, advocating for health freedom.

Gormley’s editorial positions have included editor-in-chief of Better Nutrition and editorial director for the Vitamin Retailer Magazine Group.

He now serves as both vice president and senior policy advisor for Citizens for Health and as a scientific advisory board member with the Natural Health Research Institute.

His latest book, Health at Gunpoint: The FDA’s Silent War Against Health Freedom, poses a strong stance against government interference in our rights to information about and access to healthy food and supplements.

Why do you believe that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are tainted by special interests, particularly big companies in the pharmaceutical and food industries?

The FDA was created to address issues of food and drug contamination and adulteration. Dr. Harvey Wiley, the courageous first leader of its predecessor, the Bureau of Chemistry, expressed

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his disgust with the unintended consequences in his 1929 book, The History of a Crime Against the Food Law: The Amazing Story of the National Food and Drugs Law Intended to Protect the Health of the People, Perverted to Protect Adulteration of Foods and Drugs.

The FDA has been beholden to drug companies for decades. Making the situation worse, a 2012 law loosened conflict of interest restrictions for FDA advisory panels. That has further weakened the agency’s review system and likely allowed more drugs with safety problems to gain marketing approval, according to an analysis published in the journal Science in 2013. In addition, 40 percent of the FDA’s last budget increase came from user fees on prescription drugs paid by the pharmaceutical giants.

The USDA has the potential to do much good, but is bogged down with politics and mandates to push questionable biotechnology.

With regard to the controversy over genetically modified organisms (GMO), are certain companies being given undue influence in national policy making?

Yes. A perfect example was the ability of Monsanto to block initiatives requiring labeling of food products that contain GMOs in California and Washington state. Monsanto and the food industry continue to leverage their considerable influence in the U.S. Congress to block such legislation on a national level, despite the massive outcry from consumers demanding to know the identity and origin of the food we eat.

Did the FDA declare war on the natural products industry in the 1990s?

The FDA conducted numerous and illegal raids on health food stores, supplement makers and practitioners. In an infamous barbaric raid on the clinic of integrative physician Dr. Jonathan Wright, in Tahoma, Washington, in 1992, agents and deputized officers converged with guns drawn, terrorizing patients and staff because Wright was giving his patients legal L-tryptophan supplements to help with sleep and mood. It was dubbed the “vitamin B-bust”. A federal grand jury declined to indict Wright on the charges stemming from the raid.

Current European Union and international codex policies maintain that most necessary nutrients can and should be obtained from foods, so they have dramatically limited the availability of many supplements.

Do you expect such a policy to become part of U.S. law?

These European policies fly in the face of reality and every major food study conducted since World War II. The superrefined, overly processed Western diet does not and cannot fully supply optimal levels of daily nutrients. The U.S. has made minor efforts to tread this dangerous path and been met with tremendous consumer outrage. Potential related laws and policies would have to make it past an avalanche of public comments.

What is the current status of the fight for health freedom, and what is your prognosis for the future?

Substantial threats to our health freedom still exist, but I am optimistic.

Three highly credible nonprofit organizations are leading the way: the Alliance for Natural Health, Citizens for Health and the National Health Federation. If consumers remain vigilant and stay informed on the issues identified by these advocates, we will be able to tackle and defeat threats to Americans’ health freedoms as they emerge.

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Fracking Versus Food America’s Family Farm

Heritage and Health at Stake

by Harriet Shugarman

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hat if farmers couldn’t confirm that what they grow and produce was devoid of toxins, cancer-causing chemicals, radioactive materials and other pollutants?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other federal and state agencies set standards and enforce regulations to ensure what we eat is safe and that production is secure. But hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and its accompanying infrastructure threaten this. Questions must be raised and answered before the safety of our food supply is permanently impacted.

Conditions that Demand Changes n No federal funding exists for researching the impacts of chemical contamination from oil and gas drilling and infrastructure on food and food production. n No public tests are required for what contaminants to look for because many of the 500-plus chemicals used in the fracking process are categorized as proprietary. n Minimal-to-no baseline analysis is being done on air, water and soil conditions before oil and gas companies come into a new area. n No commonly agreed distances are lawfully required between farms, farmlands, rivers, streams and water supplies in relation to oil and gas wells and their infrastructure.

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“We can’t in good conscience say our food is organic, as we no longer are sure what chemicals are leaching into our soil through our water and contaminated air.” ~ Pennsylvania family put out of business due to nearby fracking after 20 years of organic farming pitted neighbors against one another as farmers consider leasing their lands to oil and gas companies. More, often the riches promised do not make their way to the farmers that need them the most as American policies continue to favor megalithic agribusinesses and push farming families into unsustainable choices.

Standard drilling leases rarely provide broad protections for farmers and can even eliminate their input on where roads are created and fracking machinery is installed on their property, all of which can hamper normal farming. In Pennsylvania, where fracking is commonplace, thousands of diesel trucks drive by working farms daily, compounding problems already associated with 24/7 vibrations, noises, emissions and light pollution, stressing both humans and farm animals.

In New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Ohio, farmers that have or are near such leased land are finding it increasingly difficult to obtain mortgages, re-mortgage property and acquire or renew insurance policies. Caught up in a vicious cycle, some farmers feel forced to abandon their farms, thus opening up more land to oil and gas companies.

“Fracking is turning many rural environments into industrial zones,” observes Jennifer Clark, owner of Eminence Road Farm Winery, in New York’s Delaware County. She notes that we often hear a lot about the jobs fracking might create, but we hear little about the agricultural jobs being lost or the destruction of a way of life that has been integral to America’s landscape for generations.

Asha Canalos, an organic blueberry and heirloom vegetable farmer in Orange County, New York, is among the leaders in the David versus Goliath battle pitting farmers and community members against the Millennium Pipeline Company and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. On May 1, oral arguments were heard in the U.S. Court of Appeals. According to Canalos, “Our case could set a national precedent, with all the attending legal precedent, that will either empower other farmers and communities like ours and Minisink or will do the opposite.”

In January 2013, more then 150 New York chefs and food professionals sent a letter to Governor Mario Cuomo calling for a ban on fracking in their state. As of December 2013, more then 250 chefs have signed on to the Chefs for the Marcellus campaign, which created the petition. In April 2014, Connecticut chefs entered the fray by launching their own petition to ban the acceptance of fracking waste in Connecticut.

In California this past February, farmers and chefs

banded together to present Governor Jerry Brown with a petition calling for a moratorium on fracking, stating that fracking wastes huge amounts of water.

The previous month, California had declared a statewide drought emergency, and by April, Brown had issued an executive order to strengthen the state’s ability to manage water. Ironically, existing California regulations don’t restrict water use by industrial processes, including fracking, which uses and permanently removes tremendous amounts of water from the water cycle.

To date, fracking in California operates with little state regulation.

It’s past due for a “time out” on oil and gas production and infrastructure development. Every citizen needs to think carefully and thoughtfully about what’s at stake as outside interests rush to use extreme forms of energy extraction to squeeze the last drops of fossil fuels from our Mother Earth.

Activist Harriet Shugarman, a veteran economist and policy analyst and former representative for the International Monetary Fund at the United Nations, currently chairs regional environmental committees and works with national, state and local organizations seeking pro-environmental legislation.

What To Do

4 Support local, county and state bans on fracking operations and waste disposal.

4 Learn about local farmers’ situations and make them aware of factors to consider.

4 Support local farmers and food producers.

Do More Contact your representatives to demand: n Stricter regulations for existing fracking sites. n Make testing before and after fracking mandatory. n Ban fracking specifically in agricultural areas.

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Lyme Disease & Co-Infections The Ultimate Challenge for a Stressed Healthcare System

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by Dr. Chas Gant, M.D.

yme disease is a potentially serious, slowly progressive and even life-threatening infection, caused by the spirochete Borrelia Bergdorferi, a type of bacteria, which was discovered by a NIH entomologist, Willi Bergdorfer, in 1982. Lyme is difficult to treat for several reasons. It damages the same immune system which fights it; it causes the immune system to inappropriately generate too much inflammation which weakens the body and can cause autoimmune diseases; it masquerades into many forms (spiral, cystic, granular), to evade detection and attack by the immune system; it is sneaky and grows very slowly, to stay under the immune system’s radar; it changes its immune expression about every four weeks, keeping the immune system off balance; it can go into hiding and become dormant for long periods of time, but nevertheless continues to produce toxins; it can wiggle its way into the body’s nooks and crannies and generates protective slime (biofilm) to hide. No wonder Lyme has become endemic in the District of Columbia metro area and many other parts of the world. It is a vicious and crafty adversary.

Lyme is often accompanied by co-infections, which can also be injected into humans through tick bites and other insects.

A high percentage of co-infections have been found with babesia, a malarial-like parasite, rickettsias and Bartonella (e.g., catscratch fever), a bacteria that can turn off antibodies to Lyme, so that the diagnostic tests are not even positive are also suspected.

Diagnostic tests are helpful, but not reliable, and clinicians and the public should maintain a high index of suspicion for these slow-growing, sneaky and potentially devastating infections. Basically, the cause of any new medical or psychiatric problem that develops without an explanation, that is persistent and often does not fit any known pattern of a conventional disorder, thereby baffling conventional doctors, is likely to be caused

by Lyme or a related co-infection.

Why is the incidence of Lyme disease and these coinfections exploding at this time in history? The best explanation seems to be that the immune systems of human beings are increasingly weakened by toxins like plastics, petrochemicals,

heavy metals and aluminum, creating a window of opportunity for this germ.

That, combined with the germ’s sneakiness, and the fact that it bypasses the usual surface defenses and is directly inoculated into the bloodstream by ticks and other insect vectors, sets the stage for a modern epidemic.

Lyme has quietly spread under the radar of a healthcare system which is in perpetual crisis, and relatively few resources have been devoted to effective education and treatment efforts. The symptoms of fatigue, arthritis and vague neurological and psychiatric symptoms, which often wax and wane, tend to be written off as psychosomatic and are often treated palliatively with pain medication and antidepressants.

When Lyme is diagnosed, the treatment often focuses on the bacteria exclusively, ignoring co-infections and the viability of the immune system, a living, breathing part of the body requiring vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids and amino acids and other nutrition to function properly. Other bacterial (e.g., mycoplasma), fungal (e.g., candida) and viral (e.g., EBV or mononucleosis virus), opportunistic invaders see their chance

to invade a weakened immune system, and they can pose challenges to clinicians. The notable success of alternative therapies, like homeopathics, herbs, detoxification, meditation/yoga, exercise and other lifestyle modifications, are often not incorporated into a pharmaceuticallyintensive treatment plan for Lyme victims.

Borrelia Bergdorferi is such a challenging infectious disease, that all interventions must be considered, from those which attack the bacteria (medication, herbs, homeopathics), to lifestyle modifications, to detoxification and to strengthening the immune system.

If taken seriously and a comprehensive, integrative treatment strategy is adopted, Borrelia Bergdorferi and its family of co-infections can be driven underground, allowing most Lyme sufferers to go on to live functional lives. However, they must always remember that the spirochete, like chickenpox virus, poliovirus and many other germs, is simply hiding out—waiting until the coast is clear to lash out again.

Lyme disease forces its victims to walk a straight and narrow path—getting good rest, taking everything in moderation (including intoxicants), managing

stress levels (even learning how to say no), finding a spiritual path, taking supplements regularly and eating sensibly (preferably organic foods). At the first sign of a relapse, the treatments must be intensified immediately to drive Borrelia Bergdorferi back into submission, before it has a chance to advance and attack the nervous system, where it can cause major problems.

As treatment regimens are improved, vastly more sophisticated over those used only several years ago, and as healthcare providers raise their index of suspicion and properly test for and treat Lyme, as healthful eating and lifestyle changes become more commonplace, like all epidemics of yesteryear, Lyme will gradually fade from the scene. However, it’s going to take sustained Herculean efforts to deal with this clever adversary.

Chas Gant, M.D., Ph.D., is an author, physician and practitioner, specializing in molecular health and healing. For more information, call 202-237-7000 ext. 104 or visit DrChasMD.com. See ad, page 8.

To learn more about Lyme disease, see the ad for the free seminar on page 13.

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New Team Members

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by Robin Fillmore

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he idea of an integrated team is one of the most important elements of the mission at George Washington University Center for Integrative Medicine (GWCIM). Dr. Mikhail Kogan serves as the medical director for the team and thoughtfully brings new members aboard to fill out a vast array of medical specialties, so that patients can be provided with the modality best suited to their condition.

“This is a particularly important time in the life of the practice,” states Kogan. “Dr. John Pan, the founder of GWCIM, who is also seen as the ‘father of the practice’, has retired. Barbara Boston, another founding practitioner, considered the ‘mother of the practice’ recently died of cancer. While we can’t fill their spaces, we can keep their legacy going by adding new staff and new energy.”

The team concept is solidified through weekly meetings with the 20 practitioners of the center, who discuss issues that current patients face and collaborate on the treatment. This model of engaging disease and pain from different perspectives provides a comprehensive analysis and therefore, great success when diagnosing each patient.

The family of practitioners has recently expanded at GWCIM, with the addition of four new practitioners: Mary Naden, Yael Flusberg, Mary Starich, Ph.D., LMT, and Julie Wendt.

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Naden brings more than 20 years of voice and movement teaching experience to her practice and her patients.

She has seen the benefits of this technique as an effective tool in self-care, to counter the effects of tension, strain and physical wear on the body, particularly in helping patients eliminate back, neck, jaw and joint pain. In addition to her work at GWCIM, Naden is also on the faculty of Catholic University.

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Flusberg has been a friend to GWCIM for several years; first completing her Reiki Master’s program at the center, followed by a innovative six-month clinic fellowship in 2010, where she taught Reiki to GW medical students and hospital residents.

As part of that fellowship, Flusberg provided Reiki treatment at the MFA Breast Care Center Clinic and at the GW Hospital and participated in the GWUH Palliative Care Team, as well as the interdisciplinary CIM team.

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Yael Flusberg Teacher, Flusberg is a board-certified polarity therapist, yoga therapist, leadership coach, organizational facilitator, as well as a poet. At GWCIM, she offers sessions in Reiki and yoga therapy. Her individual sessions help patients integrate physical, creative and spiritual aspects into their own unique healing journeys.

Starich provides Rolfing Structural Integration at GWCIM. After working in research and facilities management for the National Institute of Health for 15 years, with a undergraduate degree in chemistry and a Ph.D. in biochemistry, she switched careers; first becoming a massage therapist and later certified as a Rolfer. In this role, Starich provides services for individuals with injury and chronic pain issues, people who have completed routine physical therapy and are looking for additional mobility, competitive athletes, women addressing postpartum body changes and people who simply want to improve their posture and well-being.

She also enjoys working with children to improve their alignment, mobility and physical ease.

Like many healers, Starich’s interest in bodywork is personal, having explored its healing from two auto

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accidents. When traditional care did not resolve her impaired posture and gait patterns, she was introduced to Rolfing, which enabled her to restore her to healing.

Wendt brings her expertise in the field of functional nutrition counseling and works from the belief that “the human body has powerful healing capacities that, when supported, can bring a person to his or her optimal state of health.” Wendt works individually with patients to implement diet and lifestyle changes that have been recommended by the patient’s physician. This support comes in the form of accountability check-ins, tours of the grocery store to learn how to make positive food choices, as well as cooking classes.

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Wendt’s work is grounded in the fundamental notion that food is medicine. This concept has played an important role in her own life, as the mother to a colicky baby years ago,

and later as she was making choices to feed her growing family with the foods that lead to optimal health. She brings this passion for helping individuals find the right foods for full health to her work at GWCIM.

With the addition of these new practitioners to the team, GWCIM is making great strides to provide even greater integrative care for its patients.

Its next challenge, already underway, is to construct the AIM Health Institute, a nonprofit organization that will provide free and reduced-cost services to patients who are unable to pay for them.

To learn more about these providers and others in the practice, visit gwcim.com. See ad, page 2.

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naturopathic physician Bruce Fife, a certified nutritionist, doctor of naturopathy and author of The Coconut Oil Miracle.

Carob

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Carob, the fruit of the Ceratonia siliqua tree, is rich in natural sugars, vitamins and minerals. Free of the stimulants caffeine and theobromine found in chocolate, it’s safe for dogs and its vitamin E supports skin health. Recent research published in the Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal shows that carob also has natural antibacterial properties.

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Oats

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o keep our dog’s skin and coat healthy, supplements may first come to mind, especially oils and powders. However, whole foods deserve a closer look for naturally elegant results.

Chia

Chia seeds contain more healthy omega-3 fats and fiber than flax or other grain seeds and are a good source of protein and antioxidants, notes Patrick Skerrett, executive editor of Harvard Health Publications. They are abundant in alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), a plantbased form of omega-3, which combats skin inflammation and improves the skin’s texture and softness, says holistic nutritionist Melissa Diane Smith, of Tucson, Arizona.

Eggs

Eggs are nutritional powerhouses containing the most bioavailable protein for dogs. Eggs have vitamin A, which promotes cell turnover. Their zinc further supports protein synthesis and cell division, necessary for wound healing, the formation of connective tissue and skin health, according to the National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements. Egg yolks provide a valuable source of biotin, effective in treating dry skin, seborrhea and itching associated with skin allergies, reports PetEducation.com, a website of veterinarians Dr. Race Foster and Dr. Marty 36

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Smith, owners of Foster and Smith, Inc. Avoid raw eggs, as they contain avidin, which interferes with the metabolism of biotin, fats, glucose and amino acids, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Almonds

Almonds contain the entire vitamin E family of tocopherols and tocotrienols.

“Deficiency of vitamin E has been implicated in the development of certain dermatological disorders in dogs,” counsels Lee Russell McDowell, Ph.D., in Vitamins in Animal and Human Nutrition. Almonds are also an excellent source of B vitamins, copper, manganese, magnesium, zinc and bioflavonoids, with a trace of omega-3. While safe in small quantities for larger dogs, whole almonds are not easily digested and can upset the stomach and create intestinal distress. Almonds are easily ground into a powder using a blender, and almond meal is also available at many grocery stores.

Coconut

Renowned herbalist Juliette de Bairacli Levy pioneered the use of coconut in natural diets for companion animals.

Raw coconut contains medium-chain, saturated fats that transform into energy and can decrease bacterial growth, irritation and inflammation, according to

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A fortifying cereal low in starch and high in mineral content, especially potassium and phosphorus, oats also harbor calcium, magnesium, B vitamins and iron. The grain’s primary benefit to skin and coat is its soluble fiber content, which also helps a dog’s gastrointestinal system to remove toxins.

Liver

Liver from grass-fed animals enhances healthy skin. Nutrients include calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc, copper, vitamins A, C, D, E and eight B vitamins, including thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, folic acid and biotin.

Wild Salmon

Cooked wild salmon is ripe with omega-3 fatty acids, which along with benefiting the skin and coat, appear to boost the immune system, and may assist dogs with allergies, according to the article “10 ‘People’ Foods for Dogs,” by Elizabeth Pask and Laura Scott.

Cranberries

Cranberries contain a variety of bioactive components, including proanthocyanidins and anthocyanin antioxidants, plus the phytochemical ellagic acid.

“Animal experiments show that supplementation with anthocyanins effectively prevents inflammation and subsequent blood vessel damage,” explains Northern California Registered Dietitian Marilyn Sterling, who also points to myriad studies of the antioxidant power of proanthocyanidins. According to the American Institute of Cancer Research, ellagic acid can prevent skin cancers.

The 16th-century herbalist Henry Lyte documented their use in treating skin wounds and eczema.

Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes can be considered a skin superfood, because they hold a high level of betacarotene (a precursor form of vitamin A) and are a good source of vitamin E. Their vitamin C content, which increases with cooking, facilitates collagen production, contributes to photoprotection, decreases pho-

todamage and supports wound healing, according to a report by Alexander J. Michels, Ph.D., of the Oregon State University Linus Pauling Institute.

Suzi Beber is the founder of The Smiling Blue Skies Cancer Fund via Canada’s University of Guelph Veterinary College and Teaching Hospital Pet Trust. She also contributes to Animal Wellness magazine, from which this article was adapted and used with permission.

Chow Down Try to use organic ingredients whenever possible for all of these recipes.

Chia Coconut Crunch 1½ cups rolled oats 1 tsp baking powder ½ cup coconut flour 1½ Tbsp chia seeds

¼ cup coconut oil 1 cup almond butter 2 whole eggs 1 tsp pure vanilla ¼ cup carob chips

Preheat oven to 350 F. Cover a large cookie sheet with parchment paper.

Combine all ingredients except carob chips. After ingredients are well incorporated, add carob chips. Form small balls of dough with hands, place on cookie sheet and lightly flatten each ball with the back of a fork. Bake for 10 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely before serving. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container or bag.

Raw Liver Paté ½ lb liver (chicken or bison) 2 eggs 1 tsp sea salt or kelp 1 Tbsp olive oil

Whirl all ingredients together in a food processor or blender until smooth. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

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Cooked Liver Paté

Same ingredients as liver paté. Hard boil the eggs and set aside. Lightly sauté liver in a pan with the olive oil, sea salt and kelp. Cook until pink is gone. Cool and then combine all ingredients in a food processor or blender until smooth. Serve and store as indicated above.

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Muise expresses that growing up in the District of Columbia, she understands busy lifestyles, and the balancing act between home, family and work. Her experience as a quality manager, and in catering, led her to the creation of Muse Concierge, where she is able to provide a variety of services, so you can get back to living your inspired life. “There are so many things that we take for granted in our throw away lifestyle. The services I offer give people their time back; time that they can spend on more important things, like enjoying their family vacation.”

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hen Comprehensive Yoga Therapy founder, Dr. Bob Butera began his Ph.D., work in yoga therapy more than 20 years ago at the California Institute of Integral Studies, he had a vision that one day its scope and practice would be as common here in the west, as it was where he studied at the Yoga Institute of Mumbai in India.

During that same time frame, Butera was fortunate enough to meet and join forces with other like-minded yoga folks who had formed the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT). Over the last 25 years, what started as a well-intentioned group of 20 people has grown into a 3,000-plus strong member community that reaches around the world. Butera recently served as the vice president of the board of directors, which brought his connection with IAYT full circle.

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modality in the larger modern forum. The current standards are the result of more than three years of concentrated work and measured consideration, and this past June at the annual SYTAR conference, the Comprehensive Yoga Therapy training at the YogaLife Institute was announced as one of the first 12 programs in the world to be officially certified by IAYT. Comprehensive Yoga Therapy (CYT) training has been offered in only three locations, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Ontario. Starting in September, a fourth CYT program location will be offered at the East Meets West Yoga Studio in Vienna, Virginia, to reach the District of Columbia metro area.

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Stop Hating The Darkness

by HawaH

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t’s a common analogy, used as a teaching tool in many settings. You’ve heard it—the light is good and the dark is evil. Even Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. reinforced this thought as he said, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

With these words, King correlates darkness with hate. And, he’s not alone.

Over the years, enlightened teachers, in all shades of complexion, have had a hard time breaking out of the mental conditioning that white is good and black is bad. Although seeming harmless to many, for someone with dark skin, the effects of this analogy can cause a psychological impression beyond what simply appears on the surface.

In the 1940s, Dr. Kenneth Bancroft Clark designed a test to study the psychological effects of segregation on black children. In The Clark Doll Test, Clark used four plastic, diaper-clad dolls, identical in everything except color.

They showed the dolls to black children between the ages of three and seven and asked them questions to determine racial awareness and preference. Almost all of the children were able to identify the race of the dolls; however, when asked which they preferred, the majority selected the white doll and attributed positive characteristics to it.

Malcolm X also spent time in his speeches addressing this negative association with color that Clark scientifically explored. He observed that in the fifth edition of Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, the word white was partially defined as, “Free from spot or blemish,

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innocent, pure, without evil intent, harmless, honest, square dealing and honorable.” Meanwhile, the word black contained in its definition, “Foul, evil, ugly, hatred, utterly dismal or gloomy, sullen, hostile, outrageously wicked, indicating disgrace or dishonor.” Malcolm X believed these unfair definitions furthered implicit stereotypes and deepened the internalized oppression and self-hatred that black people were already working so hard to overcome.

The phenomenon of negative color association with darkness still affects the psyche and self-image of people around the world today. Skin lightening soaps and creams are commonly used by millions of people in African and Asian nations, as well as among dark skin populations living in North America and Europe. A 2008 study conducted by the World Health Organization discovered that 77 percent of Nigerians, 59 percent of Togolese and 35 percent of South Africans used skin-lightening products on a regular basis. Meanwhile, a 2011 study in India saw 61 percent of the dermatological market consisting of skin lightening products.

Fascinatingly enough, in the industrialized world amongst whites, the opposite pattern sometimes occurs.

Spending hours in the sun or a tanning salon has become a prescription for beauty, simply proving that the moon is always darker on the other side.

Perhaps humans are afraid of the dark because our ability to survive decreases. Come nighttime, we become fearful because our eyes are not very discerning. We’re more susceptible to

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a surprise attack because we do not know what is in our surroundings. A fear of darkness is natural for humans, but does that make darkness bad or evil? Subjectively, perhaps for humans it does, but how about for a bat, owl or other nocturnal creature?

Many living organisms thrive in darkness and have developed keener senses of sight (through sound) for the blackness of night. For these creatures, darkness surely is not an enemy but a friend that enables their survival. For them darkness is good, and daytime is for hiding.

Perhaps if you’re reading this and you love sleep, then darkness is not so bad all the time? In fact, you probably crave it when you shut your eyes. Perhaps if you’re reading this and you’re fascinated by the unknown, then darkness serves a great purpose, for within it exploration and searching is given birth, and these are prime movers of our evolution.

It’s within darkness that a majestic seed of creation and birth is planted.

The womb is pitch black. In absolute darkness, inception takes place, and in the black is where new life is incubated, nurtured, grown and sewn.

Seeds are planted underground, in the darkness of dirt, where they begin their journey, sure, toward the sun light, but until they break out of the soil, they are moving through darkness. In fact, darkness is what provides the roots motivation to move upward toward the light, and roots, the lifeblood for the flowers, remain submerged until the very end.

If we change our perception, we can easily see more sides to the story, and hopefully discover more creative allegories that speak to the truth of beauty.

Dark and light are not opposing forces but rather complementary forces—they need each other to exist.

Now doesn’t that make darkness quite a beautiful thing? Darkness can teach us about our nature and illuminate from where we came from, but only if we move past associating it with bad and evil. So instead of fearing night time, or day time, let us embrace them and realize that whether black or white, light or dark, you’re simply another hue of life.

HawaH has authored four books and produced three documentary films. He is co-founder and executive director of the nonprofit organization One Common Unity.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 2 Conservation Social Hour – 6:30-8:30pm. Join The Nature Conservancy for a summer kick-off event. Meet other conservation supporters and hear from the Conservancy’s Kenya Program Director about their Africa work. $10 suggestion donation. The Nature Conservancy at the Redwood Restaurant and Bar, 7121 Bethesda Ln, Bethesda, MD. Info: EventBrite.com/e/Happy-Hour-with-theNature-Conservancys-Generation-ConservationTickets-11886963227.

Craft Your Own Spa Products – 6:30-8pm. Enjoy crafting your own spa products, such as soaks and sugar scrubs. Head home with some Herban Lifestyle sample products and your own soothing, aromatic creations. $50. Herban Lifestyle, 2931C Eskridge Rd, 1st Fl, Fairfax, VA. Register: HerbanLifestyle.com/Catalog/Workshops.

THURSDAY, JULY 3 OM Night (a.k.a. Mad Hatter Open Mic) – 6:308:30pm. Informal space for tea lovers and artists. Be you pro or novice, all are welcomed. Bring your music, poetry, and all that pent-up creativity. House of Steep, 3800 Lee Hwy, Ste D, Arlington, VA. Info: HouseofSteep.com/Upcoming-Event-Open-Mic-Night.

MONDAY, JULY 7 Intro to Meditation: Finding Balance – 6:307:15pm. Come learn meditation basics with Timothy Eden, MSW in this calming introductory class.

Studies show even minutes a day can make a big difference in your health. Come as you are, beginners and advanced meditators welcome. Free. Restorative Health, 4801 Wisconsin Ave, NW, Tenleytown.

Register: RestorativeHealth.org.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9 The Secrets of Soapmaking Workshop – 6:308:30pm. Witness the magic of cold-process soap making and techniques for making melt-and-pour as well as remilled soaps. Take home recipes, samples and knowledge of the ancient art of soapmaking. $75. Herban Lifestyle, 2931C Eskridge Rd, 1st Fl, Fairfax, VA. Register: 571-282-3624 or Info@HerbanLifestyle. com or HerbanLifestyle.com/Catalog/Workshops.

DC Contemplative Lawyers Group – 7:30-9pm.

20 minutes of guided meditation followed by guided discussion. Open to all active and retired lawyers, legal professionals, law students and judges. Center for Mindful Living, 4708 Wisconsin Ave, Ste 200, NW, Tenleytown. Info: Living-Mindfully.org.

THURSDAY, JULY 10 GIG (Gluten Intolerance Group of Northern VA) – 7pm. This monthly meeting will have gluten-free beer options to try as well as glutenfree appetizers provided by Choices By Shawn in Fairfax. Nutritionist and gluten free expert Babette Lamarre will be discussing Simple Summer Menu planning and how to stay gluten free while still enjoying amazing summer treats. $5-$10 donation recommended. Neck Back and Beyond Confer-

blended liquid mineral foundation, as well as natural facial masque. $75. Herban Lifestyle and Herban Luxe, 2931C Eskridge Rd, 1st Fl, Fairfax, VA. Register: HerbanLifestyle.com/Catalog/Workshops.

Monthly MAAD Sangha (Mood, Attachment & Anxiety Disorders) Dharma Sanga – 2-4pm.With Trudy Ann Mitchell-Gilkey. Take refuge in the power of awareness, understanding and compassion. Not designed to replace psychotherapy, and participants must email facilitator in advance. Center for Mindful Living, 4708 Wisconsin Ave, Ste 200, NW, Tenleytown.

Info: Living-Mindfully.org.

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ence Room, 10560 Main St, Ste 204, Fairfax, VA. Register: 703-865-5690.

FRIDAY, JULY 11 Singles Sangha – 7-10pm. A welcoming community of people who gather to experience a shared connection with others who are, by choice or by circumstance, single at this time in their lives. All varieties and ages of single people are encouraged to join.

Center for Mindful Living, 4708 Wisconsin Ave, Ste 200, NW, Tenleytown. Info: Living-Mindfully.org.

SATURDAY, JULY 12 Diversity Training for Massage Therapists – 1011:30am. This class meets the Maryland Board’s requirements for Diversity Training. Students will learn the dynamics of stereotypes, biases, prejudices, values, and cultural differences. $35. Potomac Massage Training Institute, 5028 Wisconsin Ave, Ste LL, NW. Register: 202-686-7046.

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness – 10am4pm. Sharon Salzberg teaches the Four Foundations of Mindfulness for greater awareness of body, mind, feelings and experiences. Co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society (Barre, MA), she teaches meditation practices of mindfulness and loving kindness.

Donation, no set fee. Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church, 3401 Nebraska Ave, NW. Info: Metropolitan12@verizon.net.

Conquer Your Fear; Change Your Life – 11am12pm. Join us to discuss this topic as we examine the question “What is life all about?” When fear is a dominant player it steals the joy, health, well-being and freedom of living. Eckankar, Northern Virginia Eck Center, 2810 Old Lee Hwy, Ste 301, Fairfax, VA. Info: 703-916-0515 or Eck-Virginia.org.

Going Gluten-Free – 1-5pm. Let nutritionist and gluten-free expert Babette Lamarre guide you through this new and unknown terrain. Offering food tastings and recipe books in addition to clear and understandable explanations on the science behind it all. Babette can help you pack your diet full of health, nutrient-dense foods. $85. Neck Back and Beyond Conference Room, 10560 Main St, Ste 204, Fairfax, VA. Register: 703-865-5690.

Natural Makeup Workshop – 1-3pm. A special beauty workshop co-hosted with Myra Roldan of HerbanLuxe cosmetics. In this 2-hour workshop, you will learn how to create your own custom-

CPR/First Aid – 10am-5pm. This class meets the standards of the American Heart Association and the American Red Cross. $80/both or $45/ each part separately. Potomac Massage Training Institute, 5028 Wisconsin Ave, Ste LL, NW. Register: 202-686-7046.

Natural Makeup Workshop – 1-3pm. See July 12 for details. $75. Herban Lifestyle and Herban Luxe, 2931C Eskridge Rd, 1st Fl, Fairfax, VA. Register: HerbanLifestyle.com/Catalog/Workshops.

Couples Massage – 1:30-5pm. This class will focus on increasing awareness of self and your significant other during the energetic exchange that occurs using Swedish massage. $99. Potomac Massage Training Institute, 5028 Wisconsin Ave, Ste LL, NW. Register: 202-686-7046.

Somm Salutations: Yoga for Wine Lovers – 2-4:30pm. With Master Sommelier Andy Myers and Buddha B Co-founder Valerie Samuell. This workshop will consist of a detoxifying 60 minute open yoga asana class led by Buddha B Yoga cofounder Valerie Samuell, followed by a retoxifying 90 minute wine tasting and discussion of the art of tasting. $50/student. Buddha B Yoga Center, 1115 U St, Ste 202, NW. Register: Bit.ly/1uRoREx. AnumThubten KM Group – 4-6pm. This “open” KM groups is the Washington, DC chapter of the Dharmata Foundation which is dedicated to the teachings of AnamThubten. Center for Mindful Living, 4708 Wisconsin Ave, Ste 200, NW, Tenleytown.

Info: Living-Mindfully.org.

Mindfulness in Recovery – 6:30-8pm. Open to those with an interest in the intersection of Buddhist teachings and 12 step recovery. Center for Mindful Living, 4708 Wisconsin Ave, Ste 200, NW, Tenleytown. Register: Living-Mindfully.org.

MONDAY, JULY 14 Extreme Self-Care: Soul-Loving Space – 7-8pm.

Join our monthly support group as together we work our way through Cheryl Richardson’s inspiring 12-month program, The Art of Extreme Self-Care, with Naturopathic Physician Karen Threlkel, ND. $10/class. Come walk the walk with us. Restorative Health, 4801 Wisconsin Ave, NW, Tenleytown.

Register: RestorativeHealth.org.

TUESDAY, JULY 15 Herb Walk – 5-7pm. Join us for an informative tour of MUIH’s herb garden and property. Learn to recognize herbs and how they are used for healing and wellness.

Maryland University of Integrative Health, 7750 Montpelier Rd, Laurel, MD. Register: MUIH.edu.

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Health and Wellness Coaching Café – 7-8:30pm.

Participate in a simulated coaching exercise to learn about its effectiveness in creating behavior change, and learn about graduate programs and careers in the field. Maryland University of Integrative Health, 7750 Montpelier Rd, Laurel, MD. Register: MUIH.edu.

FRIDAY, JULY 18 Daybreak Geriatric Massage Techniques Level 1 – 6:30-9:30pm. Thru July 20. Come learn how to support the physiologic, psychological and sociological aspects of aging through massage therapy. $395.

Potomac Massage Training Institute, 5028 Wisconsin Ave, Ste LL, NW. Register: 202-686-7046.

SATURDAY, JULY 19 Quantum-Touch Level 1 Workshop – 9am-5pm.

Thru July 20. Learn to: accelerate healing, relieve pain, reduce inflammation, reduce stress and more.

Address the root cause of disease and create space for true healing. CEU’s available. Miriam Hunter, 8996 Burke Lake Rd, Ste L101, Burke, VA. Register: 202-361-7321 or MiriamHunter@verizon.net.

Explore SoulCollage® – 10am-12pm. Play with images to create personal cards to access your inner wisdom. All materials provided. No experience necessary. $20/workshop. Bethesda, MD. (Exact address provided at registration.) Register: HollyMaeDesigns@icloud.com.

Creative Holistic Integration (CHI) Family Constellations Circle – 2-6pm. The group, led by a trained facilitator, helps individuals to explore a life issue to reveal and resolve hidden family/generational dynamics that it may be rooted in. Facilitated by Suchinta Abhayaratna, Th.D. $50. First timers free. Fairfax, VA. Info and register: 571-422-6734 or chisuchinta@ yahoo.com or Chisuchinta.com/Constellations.html.

Floydasana: A Psychedelic Yoga Workshop – 2-4pm. With Hari-kirtana Das. This workshop will feature an asana sequence set to a complete Floyd soundtrack that will include lots of vintage songs from their earlier albums along with live recordings and classic favorites. We’ll conclude with a meditation session. $20/student. Buddha B Yoga Center, 1115 U St, Ste 202, NW. Register: Bit.ly/1n3Fzfd.

Kirtan – 6-9pm. Join us for kirtan, group chanting of sanskrit mantras that will lift your heart and spirit. All Welcome. $10-20 Donation appreciated. Money supports those in need. BE yoga, Gita’s Dream at Lil Omm Yoga, 4708 Wisconsin Ave, NW. Info: Info@BEyogaYurt.com.

IPath Postural Alignment – 2-4pm. With Denese Cavanaugh. The iPATH® workshop is an evidencebased, therapeutic program adaptable to all levels of care and all age groups. Phase I focuses on the spine and integrates Yin Yoga principles, Anahata Chakra focus, MFR techniques and trigger point therapy. $25. Buddha B Yoga Center, 1115 U St, Ste 202, NW. Register: Bit.ly/1q0b3HS.

THURSDAY, JULY 24 Explore SoulCollage® - 10am-12pm. See July 19 for details. $20/workshop. Bethesda, MD. (Exact address provided at registration.) Register: HollyMaeDesigns@icloud.com.

Graduate Programs Open House – 7-9pm. Explore Maryland University of Integrative Health’s academic offerings in health and wellness and learn how our

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FRIDAY, JULY 25 Dr. Vodder Manual Lymph Drainage Therapy – 8:30am-5:30pm. This five day Therapy I Course prepares students to treat many pathologies, including lymphedema, by the Dr. Vodder School International. $1050. Potomac Massage Training Institute, 5028 Wisconsin Ave, Ste LL, NW. Register: 202-686-7046.

ThetaHealing Retreat on the Lake – 10am-6pm.

Thru Aug 3. Basic/Advanced/ Manifesting and Abundance/Supercharge Intuition. Build your business with ThetaHealing. $1500 package or can be priced individually. Creative Healing Trends at Deep Creek Lake. Register: 301-876-3475 or CreativeHealingTrends.com.

Summer Retreat in the Blue Ridge Mts – 4pm. Thru July 27. Connect with nature. Explore your creativity.

Create a piece of art. Reflect on your deeper mission.

Dance and play by the outdoor fire pit. $300. Inner Treasures Retreats at the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Register: 301-332-5782 or WholenessinDiversity@ gmail.com or EventBrite.com/e/Summer-RetreatTickets-11590285857.

YoKid 20-hr Basic Kids’ Yoga Teacher Training – 5-9pm. Thru July 27. In this training you will learn kidfocused yoga postures, philosophy, relaxation, and partner activities. $485 for the full training ($95/$195/$195 for the individual courses). YoKid...Stretch Your Limits at Beloved Yoga Studio, Great Falls, VA. Register: YoKid.org/20-hr-Basic-Courses-Registration.

Explore The Body As Energy Medicine – 7-9pm. With Tao Porchon-Lynch. Learn from 95-years young Tao Porchon-Lynch, the Guiness Book of World Records Oldest Yoga Teacher and sign up for “Explore The Body as Energy”. Pre-register to receive the $10 early bird discount for $65/per person or $75/at the door. Buddha B Yoga Center, 1115 U St, Ste 202, NW. Register: Bit.ly/1xDGVV3.

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Maryland University of Integrative Health, 7750 Montpelier Rd, Laurel, MD. Register: MUIH.edu.

Learn to teach children yoga. Provides enlightening results for kids with ADD, ADHD, autism and self-calming technigues for all ages. No previous experience necessary. For parents, teachers, family, and anyone working with children.

July 26-28 8:30am–6pm.

$599 through 7/15. $679 after 7/15.

Materials cost $119.

Radiant Child Yoga, Reston Associtation 12001 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA. Register: 1-888-561-2126 Info@ChildrensYoga.com or ChildrensYoga.com.

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Real Lyme Solutions – 9am-4pm. Learn 6 affordable solutions to help with brain fog, gut health, joint pain, and balancing emotions. $47. Family Health Thermal Imaging & Detox, 427A Carlisle Dr, Herndon, VA. Register: 703-635-6324 Intuitive Wellness Center Open House – 10am4pm. Free mini-sessions in Quantum-Touch, Access Consciousness Bars, Lumilight Therapy, Massage.

Crystals, Energy Sprays, Pet Protectors, Angel Cards, books, Massage supplies and more. Free drawings for healing crystals. Intuitive Wellness Center, 8996 Burke Lake Rd, Ste L101, Burke, VA. Register: 202361-7321 or MiriamHunter@verizon.net.

Self-Care for Caregivers Workshop Series: Managing Stress – 10am-12pm Online on Go To Meeting.

2:30 – 4:30pm In-person. Learn a quick and easy way to manage stress that you can do anytime, anywhere. Immediate effects. Free. Fairfax, VA. Info and register: 571-422-6734 or chisuchinta@yahoo. com or Chisuchinta.com/Schedules.html.

Tao Porchon-Lynch Returns to East Meets West Yoga Center – 10am-12pm. Tao was awarded the Guinness World Record for being the oldest yoga teacher on the planet. Using the techniques of her teachers, B.K.S. Iyengar, Mataji Devi and Swami Prabhavananda, Tao will enlighten and delight students with her magnificent integration of chakras and bandhas, increasing awareness of their unity. East Meets West Yoga Center, 8227 Old Courthouse Rd, Ste 310, Vienna, VA. Register: 703-356-YOGA (9642) or EastMeetsWestCenter.com.

Accunect SelfCare Workshop – 1-5pm. Learn simple, easy, yet powerful energy medicine techniques to improve your health, manage stress, balance your body, and help injuries heal faster. The technique can be done on yourself, your family, your friends, even your pets. $95. Tri-Therapeutic Massage, 11250 Roger Bacon Dr, Ste 5, Reston, VA. Register: IEmbraceWellness.com.

Control Room - Learning to Let Go – 2-4pm.

With Felix Lopez. This four-part workshop series will explore common obstacles that block us from finding happiness and fulfillment in life. Join spiritual teacher and healer Felix Lopez for insightful convers. $25/student. Buddha B Yoga Center, 1115 U St, Ste 202, NW. Register: Bit.ly/1u1J9ZM. Talk at Mrs. Greens – 2pm. Herbalist and acupuncturist Margeuritte McGee will discuss how to treat summer health concerns naturally with herbs and supplements. Free samples of homeopathic remedies and seasonal super foods that can help treat and prevent sunburns, poison ivy, summer allergies and food poisoning. Mrs. Greens, 12995 Fair Lakes Shopping Center, Fairfax, VA. Tao Porchon-Lynch returns to East Meets West Yoga Center – 2-5pm. See previous listing for details. East Meets West Yoga Center, 8227 Old Courthouse Rd, Ste 310, Vienna, VA. Register: 703356-YOGA (9642) or EastMeetsWestCenter.com.

Book Club – 7:30-9pm. This month we’ll discuss The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life, by Piero Ferrucci, which is available for purchase in the Circle Yoga shop. Donations benefit the Circle Yoga Scholarship Fund. The Power of Kindness is a stirring examination of a simple but profound concept. Circle Yoga, 3838 Northampton St, NW. Register: 202-686-1104.

SUNDAY, JULY 27 The Power of a Humble Heart – 2-4pm. With Dhanurdhara Swami. In this workshop, Dhanurdhara

Swami will illuminate how humility is empowering, describe the difference between humility and low self esteem and demonstrate how spirituality is synonymous with humility. $10 suggested donation, any amount accepted. Budda B Yoga Center, 1115 U St, Ste 202, NW. Register: Bit.ly/UqZsoT. AnumThubten KM Group – 4-6pm. See July 13 for details. Center for Mindful Living, 4708 Wisconsin Ave, Ste 200, NW, Tenleytown. Info: Living-Mindfully.org.

Mindfulness in Recovery – 6:30-8pm. See July 13 for details. Center for Mindful Living, 4708 Wiconsin Ave, Ste 200, NW, Tenleytown. Register: Living-Mindfully.org.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30 Happily Ever Now – 1-5pm. Thru Aug 1. Navigate into happiness using tools that can change your life.

Become present to you and self-accepting. Learn how to move in the direction of what you want from life. $450. Radiant Child Yoga, Reston Association, 12001 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA. Register: 1-888-561-2126 or Info@ChildrensYoga.com or ChildrensYoga.com.

Careers in Nutrition and Integrative Health – 7-8:30pm. Hear from nutritionists, MUIH graduates, and other professionals in the field who are succeeding in their careers. Maryland University of Integrative Health, 7750 Montpelier Rd, Laurel, MD. Register: MUIH.edu.

THURSDAY, JULY 31 Movie Night – 7pm. Join us for the viewing of Ingredients, a film that weighs the shortcomings of America’s industrialized food system against a rising local growth movement. Features chefs Alice Waters and Greg Higgins as they discuss their methods for bringing food production back home.

Neck Back & Beyond conference room, 10560 Main St, Ste 204, Fairfax, VA. Register: 703-865-5690 or NeckBackandBeyond@gmail.com.

RHKitchen: Cultured Foods – 7-8pm. Cultured foods contain beneficial probiotics, digestive enzymes, and health-boosting nutrients. Oh, and they’re delicious. Come learn to make them yourself with Dr. Melissa Windsor in this fun-tasting and demo class. Recipes included. $35. Restorative Health, 4801 Wisconsin Ave, NW, Tenleytown.

Register: RestorativeHealth.org.

Online on GoTo Meeting. 3-6pm In-Person. Aug. 2: Inner Light; Aug. 9: Wholeness; Aug. 16: Heart Opening and Forgiveness; Aug. 23: Letting Go and Gifting/Healing; Aug. 30: Sand Mandala. $250.

Fairfax, VA. Info and register: 571-422-6734 or Chisuchinta@yahoo.com or Chisuchinta.com/ Mandala.html.

MONDAY, AUGUST 5 Yoga Basics – 9:30-10:30am. 4-week series offers the fundamentals of posture and breathwork.

If you’re new to yoga or want to work your way back into practice, here is an opportunity to get started. $60. Lil Omm Yoga, 4708 Wisconsin Ave, NW. Register: LilOmm.com.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9 Freeing the Heart – 1-5pm.Tara Brach, clinical psychologist, leading meditation teacher explores living with a fearless, open heart. Her workshop investigates ways we habitually cut ourselves off from feeling connected, compassionate and at home with ourselves and others. Donation, no set fee. Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church, 3401 Nebraska Ave, NW. Info: Metropolitan12@verizon.net.

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specialevent Energy and Wellness A No Frills Extravaganza

Come meet Bioenergy experts Jim Oschman Ph.D and Charles Krebs Ph.D, 2 luminaries in the science behind energy medicine and best of bodywork and movement therapists. Opportunities for holistic health practitioners, healthcare professionals to cosponsor and market products, services, selling healthy food, drinks and network.

August 14 5:30–9pm.

$20/individual. (Big discounts for groups.)

National City Christian Church 5 Thomas Cir, NW. Register: EnergyResearch.us or Judy.Kosovich@gmail.com

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1 Yoga for ADHD, Autism and Differently Abled – 1:30-6pm. Thru Aug 3. Learn how to reach the hearts and minds of these children with creativity, intuition, and excellent therapeutic tools. No previous experience necessary. Designed for parents, teachers, family members, and anyone working with children. $510. Radiant Child Yoga, Reston Association, 12001 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA. Register: 1-888-561-2126 or Info@ChildrensYoga. com or ChildrensYoga.com.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2 Quantum-Touch Level 2 – 9am-5pm. Thru Aug 3.

Beyond the boundaries of what you think you are.

Learn heart-centered techniques that lead to amazing discovery, power, love and ease of transformation.

CEU’s available. Miriam Hunter, 8996 Burke Lake Rd, Ste L101, Burke, VA. RSVP: 202-361-7321 or MiriamHunter@verizon.net.

Mandala Art as Spiritual Practice – 10am–1pm

FRIDAY, AUGUST 15

specialevent Certified Laughter Yoga Leader Training

Immerse yourself in laughter. Join us for the 9th YogaLaughs Certified Laughter Yoga Leader Training, just one hour from DC. You’ll leave glowing with relaxation, joy and confidence, ready to lead Laughter Yoga with skill and ease.

August 15-17 6am–9pm. $295 Register: YogaLaughs.com/Training.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16 Buddhist Psychology – 9am-5pm. Jack Cornfield, renowned clinical psychologist, meditation teacher and author, presents a day-long training on mindfulness based on the fundamental principles of Buddhist psychology, with meditations on love, consciousness, healing and the nature of mind. Sliding scale $108-200. Insight Meditation Community of Washington (IMCW), 3401 Nebraska Ave, NW. Register: BrownPaperTickets.com/event/631163.

AUGUST 17 200 Hour Intensive Teacher Training – 7am-9pm.

Thru Aug 27. A 200-hour intensive teacher training at the Outer Banks, North Carolina. $3,708. ($3,108 Early Bird Enrollment). Yoga District at Outer Banks, NC. Register: YogaDistrict.com.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 23 Self-Created Health Workshop – 9am-5pm. Thru Aug 24. Learn this simple, yet complete system that helps you to discover, release and transform emotional causation of dis-ease into forgiveness, love and gratitude. Miriam Hunter, 8996 Burke Lake Rd, Ste L101, Burke, VA. RSVP: 202-361-7321 or MiriamHunter@verizon.net.

Family Constellations Circle – 2-6pm. The group, led by a trained facilitator, helps individuals to explore a life issue to reveal and resolve hidden family/generational dynamics that it may be rooted in. Facilitated by Suchinta Abhayaratna, Th.D. $50. First timers free. Fairfax, VA. Info and register: 571-422-6734 or chisuchinta@yahoo.com or Chisuchinta.com/Constellations.html.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 Lama Norbu Returns: The Five Vajras of Tibetan Yoga – 6:30-9:30pm. Tibetan yoga is an ancient and powerful purification practice which takes one beyond limitations and beliefs, helping to break through perceived barriers with deep love and compassion. Employing yantra, mudra, and mantra, you will be guided to balance the five elements of your body - fire, earth, water, wind, and space. No prior yoga experience is necessary. East Meets West Yoga Center, 8227 Old Courthouse Rd, Ste 310, Vienna, VA. Register: 703-356-YOGA (9642) or EastMeetsWestCenter.com.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 Lama Norbu Returns: The Five Vajras of Tibetan Yoga – 2-5pm. See Sept 5 for details. East Meets West Yoga Center, 8227 Old Courthouse Rd, Ste 310, Vienna, VA. Register: 703-356-YOGA (9642) or EastMeetsWestCenter.com.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 National Kids Yoga Conference – 7am-7pm. The National Kids Yoga Conference will bring leaders in kids yoga together with educators, yoga teachers, mental health workers, and people who care about kids. $195. YoKid.org and Lil Omm at George Washington University School of Public Health, 950 New Hampshire Ave, DC. Register: NKYC2014.EventBrite.com.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15 Intensive Life Coaching Training – Thru Oct 19.

Guide clients to discover their life purpose, or provide business, career, relationship, health or spiritual coaching with intensive training through the Life Purpose Institute. A proven process. RSVP: 858484-3400 or LifePurposeInstitute.com.

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Silver Spring, MD. Register: AwakenMyHeartNow. com/Sunday-Yoga-Nidra-Sessions.html.

sunday Dupont Circle FreshFarm Market – 8:30am-1pm.

A producer-only farmers’ market. Only regional growers from the Chesapeake Bay watershed region (DE, MD, PA, VA and WV) may sell at market. 20th St, NW, between Massachusetts Ave and Hillyer Pl, NW and the adjacent bank parking lot. Info: 202-362-8889.

Open-Level GYROTONIC® Group – 10-11am.

Gyrotonic pulley tower group class, aims to improve flexibility while also increasing strength and muscle tone. $25-35/session. Elements Fitness & Wellness Center, 2233 Wisconsin Ave, Ste 217, NW. Register: FrontDesk@ElementsCenter.com or ElementsCenter.com.

Sunday Morning Meditation Class – 10:30am12:30pm. With Hugh Byrne. An oasis in a busy week, including 30-minute guided meditations, a 10-minute walking meditation, and 30-minute discussion. A mini-retreat. Drop-ins welcome. The Center for Mindful Living, 4708 Wisconsin Ave, Ste 200, NW, Tenleytown. Info: Living-Mindfully.org.

West African Dance – 11:30am-12:30pm. Throughout the African continent, dance and music have long been a part of the collective culture, bringing people together for praise, celebration, motivation, and healing. Immerse yourself in this beautiful experience as you learn dances from Guinea and Mali, West Africa.

Accompanied by live drumming. $18. MamaSita Studio, 6906 4th St, NW. Info: GoMamaSita.org.

Yoga for Women Cancer Survivors – 12-1pm. A gentle yoga class that encourages and nurtures warrior women from brand new beginners to experienced yoginis undergoing treatment for and in remission from cancer. Suggested donation is $10. Proceeds benefit Living Beyond Breast Cancer. Circle Yoga, 3838 Northampton St, NW. Info: 202-686-1104 or CircleYoga.com.

Sunday iRest® Yoga Nidra Meditation – 6-7pm.

Dubbed “Sleep of the Yogi”, this meditation is easy, relaxing, and has been clinically proven to decrease symptoms of insomnia, anxiety, PTSD, chronic pain, and depression. $20. OurSpace, 809 Easley St,

monday Early Morning Meditation – 7:30-8:15am. A beautiful way to start your day, with a 30-minute meditation and optional 15-minute discussion following. Dropins welcome. A project of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington (IMCW). The Center for Mindful Living, 4708 Wisconsin Ave, Ste 200, NW, Tenleytown. Info: Living-Mindfully.org.

Yoga – 6:30-8pm. A fluid contemplation in motion and balance of breath, this yoga class nurtures harmony of mind and body as we work with alignment and awareness, deep stretching and relaxation for a revitalizing experience. $10. Joe’s Movement Emporium, 3309 Bunker Hill Rd, Mount Rainier, MD. Register: JoesMovement.org.

Yoga for Women Cancer Survivors – 7-8:15pm.

Weekly meditative, gentle and restorative yoga using mindful movement, balance and breathing techniques taught by Amy Dara Hochberg to help women with a history of cancer to reduce anxiety, improve quality of life, and regain sense of self.

On-going class; participants may join the group at any time. $7. Sibley Memorial Hospital, 5255 Loughboro Rd, NW. Register: Sibley.org/Community/Events/default.aspx.

Tai Chi – 8-9pm. Learn and enjoy peaceful slow movements, balance, and meditation, this class is for youth and adults who will study the movements of Tai Chi Chun long form. Tai Chi is an internal Chinese martial art practiced for health benefits, self control, and relaxation. $10. Joe’s Movement Emporium, 3309 Bunker Hill Rd, Mount Rainier, MD. Register: JoesMovement.org.

tuesday Early Morning Meditation – 7:30-8:15 am. See Monday for details. The Center for Mindful Living,

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Open-Level GYROTONIC® Group – 1-2pm. $25-35/session. See Sunday for details. Elements Fitness & Wellness Center, 2233 Wisconsin Ave, Ste 217, NW. Info: FrontDesk@ElementsCenter. com or ElementsCenter.com.

Hoop Jam – 6:45-8:15pm. With Noelle Powers.

Lift your spirits and get a full-body workout accompanied by a super hoop-friendly soundtrack.

All ages and skill levels are welcome at this drop in jam. A lesson for those interested is presented in the first half hour of jam, and the remaining hour is self-directed. $10. Joe’s Movement Emporium, 3309 Bunker Hill Rd, Mount Rainier, MD. Register: JoesMovement.org.

I Meditate DC: Introduction to the Art of Living – 7-8pm. Refresh and rejuvenate with a free community service initiative to introduce people to breathing and meditation techniques that have a calming effect on the mind and reduce stress.

In this 60-minute interactive session, participants develop insight on how to reduce negative emotions that eat up our energy and time. The Art of Living Foundation, 2401 15th St, NW. Register: Secure.

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wednesday Early Morning Meditation – 7:30-8:15am. See Monday for details. The Center for Mindful Living, 4708 Wisconsin Ave, Ste 200, NW, Tenleytown.

Info: Living-Mindfully.org.

Pilates – 8:30-9:30am. This Pilates mat class is suitable for students who are new to pilates or who have already been introduced to the method. The first two classes will focus on fundamental concepts in pilates and each week will build on the last. $10.

Joe’s Movement Emporium, 3309 Bunker Hill Rd, Mount Rainier, MD. Register: JoesMovement.org.

Advanced GYROTONIC® Group – 10-11am. For clients with a significant amount of experience in the GYROTONIC method. $25-35/session. Elements Fitness & Wellness Center, 2233 Wisconsin Ave, Ste 217, NW. Info: FrontDesk@ElementsCenter. com or ElementsCenter.com.

Tai Chi/KiGong – 12:10-1pm. Experience DahnMuDo, derived from the ancient tradition of Korean healing and martial arts forms. It can be literally translated as “the art of being limitless.” While many DahnMuDo forms can be physically challenging, it is gentle enough to be practiced by anyone of

any age. $20. Dahn Yoga DC, 700 14th St, NW. Register: 202-393-2440.

Yoga – 6:30-7:30pm. See Mon for details. $10. Joe’s Movement Emporium, 3309 Bunker Hill Rd, Mount Rainier, MD. Register: JoesMovement.org.

West African Dance – 7-8pm. See Monday for details. $18. MamaSita Studio, 6906 4th St, NW, DC. Info: GoMamaSita.org.

Free Health Lecture – 7-8:30pm. (Q and A until 9pm.) 1st and 3rd Wed. Free Education Health Lectures at the Roselle Center for Healing (Various Topics). The Roselle Center for Healing & Caring For Others, Ltd, 8550 Arlington Blvd, Ste 325, Fairfax, VA. Register: RoselleCare.com Wednesdays with Tara Brach – 7:30-9pm.

Class includes 30 mins of Vipassana meditation instruction and guided meditation followed by an hour-long Dharma talk. A large gathering of approximately 250-300 people. Beginners through advanced students welcome. There is no registration, but dana (donation) of about $10-$15 is suggested to help cover expenses and is gratefully received. River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 6301 River Rd (corner of Whittier Blvd and River Rd), Bethesda, MD. Info: IMCW.org.

Blessing Circle – 9:15-9:45pm. 2nd Wed. The Insight Meditation Community of Washington offers the Blessing Circle to comfort and support those experiencing loss, grief, illness or any of the “10,000 sorrows” of this life. We gather after the Wed class with Tara Brach for a 30-min service of sharing, mindful and supportive listening and metta practice. River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 6301 River Rd (enter from Whittier Blvd), Bethesda, MD. Info: IMCW.org.

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North end of 8th St, NW (between D and E sts, NW). Info: 202-362-8889.

Energy Yoga – 5:45-6:45pm. Classes use meridian stretching and tapping to open the energy flow, breathing postures to circulate and accumulate energy, and energy meditation to deepen your inner connections. $20. Dahn Yoga DC, 700 14th St, NW. Register: 202-393-2440.

Sister Circle – 6:45-8:15pm. 3rd Thurs. Women are invited to come together to share and receive emotional support. The group is led by Dr. Theresa Ford, a skilled and sensitive psychotherapist. $20. Creative Counseling and Coaching Services, Seekers Church, 276 Carroll St, NW. Register: TFord@CreativeCounselingandCoaching.com.

I Meditate DC: Introduction to the Art of Living – 7-8pm. See Tuesday for details. The Art of Living Foundation, 2401 15th St, NW. Register: Secure.ArtofLiving.org/Events.aspx.

Meditation and Mindfulness: Tools for Alleviating Stress after a Cancer Diagnosis – 7-8pm.

Join other cancer survivors to learn about and practice a relaxation technique that focuses on breathing. Facilitated by Ashley Nunn, MA. This practice has been shown to be effective in reducing stress, anxiety and loneliness and in improving sleep and boosting the immune system.

Family members and caregivers welcome. Sibley Memorial Hospital, 5255 Loughboro Rd, NW. Info: Sibley.org/Community/Events/default.aspx.

friday Early Morning Meditation – 7:30-8:15 am. See Monday for details. The Center for Mindful Living, 4708 Wisconsin Ave, Ste 200, NW, Tenleytown. Info: Living-Mindfully.org.

Early Morning Meditation – 7:30-8:15am. See Mon for details. The Center for Mindful Living, 4708 Wisconsin Ave, Ste 200, NW, Tenleytown.

Info: Living-Mindfully.org.

FreshFarm Market at Penn Quarter – 3-7pm.

Delicious locally grown fruits, veggies, cut flowers, plants, handmade soaps, meats, cheeses, eggs and more are available every week. Market is open rain, snow or shine. All EBT customers and WIC/Senior coupons customers will receive Double Dollar coupons to match their EBT dol-

Community Yoga Class – 6-7pm. Community classes are mixed level, one-hour asana classes taught by a rotating selection of Unity Woods teachers. They are offered by different teachers every Friday of the session. $8/class. Unity Woods Yoga Center. 4853 Cordell Ave, Ste PH9, Bethesda, MD. Info: UnityWoods.com.

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saturday Mount Pleasant Farmers’ Market – 9am-1pm.

A producer-only farmers’ market that supplies the Mount Pleasant neighborhood with local fruit, vegetables, meat, dairy, bread, cakes, flowers, plants and prepared foods. Some producers are certified organic or use chemical-free methods, and the meat and dairy is free range. Producers are all located within 125 miles of Washington DC. Lamont Park, corner of 17th and Lamont, NW. Info: Mtpfm.org.

Open-Level GYROTONIC® Group – 9am.

See Sunday for details. $25-35/session. Elements Fitness & Wellness Center, 2233 Wisconsin Ave, Ste 217, NW. Info: FrontDesk@ElementsCenter. com or ElementsCenter.com.

Open-Level GYROTONIC® Group – 10am.

See Sunday for details. $25-35/session. Elements Fitness & Wellness Center, 2233 Wisconsin Ave, Ste 217, NW. Info: FrontDesk@ElementsCenter. com or ElementsCenter.com.

Gyrokinesis Group Class – 11am-12pm. Group class starting on stools, moving to the floor and finishing with a standing series. $15-18. Elements Center, 2233 Wisconsin Ave, NW. Info: FrontDesk@ElementsCenter.com.

Yoga for People Living With Cancer and Their Caregivers – 2-3pm. A relaxing hour of yoga taught by yoga therapist Yael Flusberg. The class combines breathwork, gentle movement and guided visualization. GW University Hospital, 900 23rd St, NW. RSVP: Jennifer Bires, 202741-2218 or JBires@Mfa.Gwu.edu.

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Yoga for Women Cancer Survivors – 6:307:30pm. Join Amy Dara for a gentle class designed for women undergoing treatment or who are in remission from cancer. We will include breathing, stretching, balancing, and healing yoga sequences appropriate during and after cancer treatment. Our safe and nurturing space welcomes new beginners to experienced yogis alike. $10. Lil Omm Yoga, 4708 Wisconsin Ave, NW. Info: LilOmm.com.

Open-Level GYROTONIC® Group – 11am12pm. See Sunday for details. $25-35/session.

Elements Fitness & Wellness Center, 2233 Wisconsin Ave, Ste 217, NW. Info: FrontDesk@ ElementsCenter.com or ElementsCenter.com.

Adoption Event – 12-3pm. Rural Dog Rescue holds its weekly adoption event every Saturday at Howl to the Chief. Fosters and Volunteers Needed. Howl to the Chief, 733 8th St, SE. Info: RuralDogRescue.com.

I Meditate DC: Introduction to the Art of Living – 4-5pm. See Tuesday for details. The Art of Living Foundation, 2401 15th St, NW. Register: Secure.ArtofLiving.org/Events.aspx.

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Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, a public garden for all the senses, a place of peace and reflection.

Near Wolf Trap in Vienna.

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Catering and packaged foods using sustainable, organic, locally sourced ingredients. No processed ingredients. Specializing in international fusion dishes, paellas and tagines.

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CHIROPRACTOR MELISSA WINDSOR, DC, CHC

Chiropractor and Certified Holistic Health Coach Restorative Health 202-244-6661 RestorativeHealth.org Dr. Windsor is a Chiropractor and Nutrition and Lifestyle Coach. She is an expert in using both chiropractic and nutrition in healing the body and balancing the immune system both for general wellness and in the face of specific disease states. See ad, page 3.

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We are Green Clean Certified so you can have peace of mind that your home will be healthier for you, your pets, and the environment. See ad, page 9.

CONCIERGE MUSE CONCIERGE, LLC

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Services that give people time for more important things in their lives. The services offered are property care including “green” cleaning, errands, in home/office food services, elder care and training. All services have sustainability in mind and use only natural, no chemical and organic options. See ad, page 15.

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LYNN D. LOCKLEAR, DDS, LVIF 437 Cedar Street, NW, DC 202-829-7600

Dr. Lynn Locklear has helped many patients to get their “bite back” non-surgically after a diagnosis of TMJ Dysfunction. An International Associate of Dentists, Top in Washinton, D.C. in 2012. See ad, page 5.

COUNSELING CREATIVE COUNSELING AND COACHING SERVICES, LLC

Theresa Ford, Ph.D., LPC, BCC Individual and Group Therapy & Life Coaching 240-354-3854 CreativeCounselingAndCoaching.com

Offers high quality, culturally competent and gender-sensitive therapy and life coaching for adults that promotes physical, psychological and spiritual well-being.

MARY KENDELL, MS, NP

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NATALIE X. KORYTNYK, PHD

Individual & Couples Therapy GW Center for Integrative Medicine 202-833-5055 • Gwcim.com With over 20 years of experience, D r. N a t a l i e K o r y t n y k i s a psychologist with an expertise in relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, work stress, eating disorders and self-esteem. See ad, page 2.

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EDUCATION WASHINGTON WALDORF SCHOOL 4800 Sangamore Rd, Bethesda 301-229-6107 WashingtonWaldorf.org

Washington Waldorf encourages the connections that broaden students’ experience and help them grow in new directions. Their teachers incorporate academic, artistic, and practical elements into every subject, creating memorable lessons—and highly successful scholars—along the way.

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ENERGETIC WELL BEING

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Sherry Lynn Dmytrewycz invites you to enter into a healthier, unlimited life with an energy clearing for you, your space or your animals. Handson or distance sessions. See ad, page 41.

INTEGRITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Thomas Valone, President 301-220-0440 IRI@starpower.net BioEnergyDevice.org • IntegrityResearch.org Integrity Research Institute is dedicated to scientific integrity in energy, propulsion, and bioenergetics. We pride ourselves in being an all-volunteer organization.

MIRIAM HUNTER & GINA MAYBURY 8996 Burke Lake Rd, Ste L101, Burke, VA Miriam Hunter 202-361-7321 MiriamHunter@verizon.net Gina Maybury 703-629-0925 GinaMaybury@gmail.com MiriamHunter.com

Sessions and workshops in Quantum-Touch, Access Consciousness, Angel Card reading, Crystal Healing, Sound Healing, Metamorphosis and more.

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FITNESS ELEMENTS FITNESS AND WELLNESS CENTER

2233 Wisconsin, Ste 217, DC 20007 202-333-5252 • ElementsCenter.com Offering Pilates, GYROTONIC® Exercise, physical therapy, massage and more for clients of all ages. Experience the joy of moving and breathing freely at Elements Center.

HEALTHY PETS THE BIG BAD WOOF

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See ad, page 11.

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HOWL TO THE CHIEF

733 8th St SE, DC 202-544-8710 • HowlToTheChief.com We carry a large assortment of natural, holistic, raw and organic diets for dogs, cats and small animals. Grooming and selfserve dog wash service too! See ad, page 37.

RECONNECTIVE HEALING Debbie Spinelli 305-992-5733 Debbie333Spinelli@gmail.com

Reconnective Healing is a form of holistic healing; leading clients to a deeply transformational path that allows for healing on all levels; physical, spiritual, mental and emotional. As a practitioner and healer since 2011, Spinelli has trained with Dr. Eric Pearl, the founder of Reconnective Healing.

See ad, page 12.

PAWS OF ENCHANTMENT 3415 Perry St, Mount Rainier 301-209-0411 PawsOfEnchantment.com

The original holistic pet spa in the Metro DC area.

Rated ‘Best’ by Washingtonian Magazine. Let your pet be enchanted!

HOLISTIC DENTISTRY TERRY VICTOR, DDS

The DC Dentist 509 11th St, SE, DC 202-544-3626 • TheDCDentist.com Staff@TheDCDentist.com Dr.Victor provides exceptional holistic and biological dentistry.

The DC Dentist is the first ecofriendly and completely sustainable dental office in the DC area. See ad, page 4.

HOLISTIC PARENTING HOLISTIC MOMS NETWORK ARLINGTON/ALEXANDRIA CHAPTER 571-451-8273 HolisticMomsArlAlex@gmail.com HolisticMomsArlAlex.blogspot.com A nonprofit resource for parents seeking support in their natural lifestyle choices. All chapters hold monthly meetings and most offer supplemental activities.

HOME ENVIRONMENT MIKHAIL SOGONOV, PH.D.

InSitu EcoTesting LLC GW Center for Integrative Medicine 202-833-5055 • Sogonov@InSitu-ET.com Consulting company inspecting indoor environment for biological agents negatively affecting human health. Mainly focused on mold, also includes sewage contamination and pet and pest allergens.

See ad, page 2.

HOLISTIC HEALING HAMBROCK HOLISTIC HEALING CENTER

297 Herndon Pkwy, Ste 105, Herndon, VA 571-331-9208 HambrockHolistic@gmail.com HambrockHolisticCenter.com

Complementary and Alternative therapists in collaboration providing, Hypnotherapy of all k i n d s , M a s s a g e T h e r a p y, CranioSacral therapy, Energy Work, Crystal Therapy, Life Coaching, MindBody Business Coaching and classes. See ad, page 40.

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HYDROTHERAPY 571-331-1497 Inquiry@VitalityCleansing.com We offer an elegant and contemporary space using the natural element of water to gently wash debris from the colon. Our gravity-open system provides the connection between water and cleanliness that forms the basis for rejuvenation and vitality. See ad, page 18.

Integrative Physician and Medical Acupuncturist Restorative Health 202-244-6661 • RestorativeHealth.org Dr. Safayan views himself as a partner and educator, offering medical assessment and treatment plans that combine the best of conventional medicine with complementary and alternative therapies. He offers medical acupuncture, p r o l o t h e r a p y, a n d a l l e r g y elimination techniques See ad, page 3.

ANGELA GABRIEL, MSOM, LAC, CH GW Center for Integrative Medicine 202-833-5055, 202-300-4981 Gwcim.com

Classical Chinese medicine, Japanese-style acupuncture, pain and stress management, chronic issues, family care, women’s health, pregnancy, children, Kiiko Matsumoto-style acupuncture, moxibustion, integrative medicine.

See ad, page 2.

CHAS GANT, MD, PHD

National Integrative Health Associates 5225 Wisconsin Ave, Ste 402, NW, DC 202-237-7000 ext 104 CEGant2@gmail.com • DrChasMD.com Dr. Gant, an internationally known author and integrative/functional medicine physician, addresses the root causes of chronic medical and psychiatric disorders, unique to each patient in all age ranges. See ad, page 8.

GW CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE 908 New Hampshire Ave, NW, DC 202-833-5055 • Gwcim.com

A clinic that effectively combines use of traditional and conventional evidencebased medical practices through a variety of complementary and alternative therapies and has many years of close collaboration with George Washington University Medical Center and a variety of physicians in most subspecialties. See ad, page 2.

INDIGO INTEGRATIVE HEALTH CLINIC 1010 Wisconsin Ave, Ste 660, DC 202-298-9131 IndigoHealthClinic.com

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another. ~John Dewey Washington, D.C.

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Reconnective Healing, a new level of healing that scientists and researchers know we now have access to. It goes beyond energy healing spectrum into a new bandwidth of light and information. See ad, page 12.

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MIKHAIL KOGAN, MD

GW Center for Integrative Medicine 202-833-5055 • Gwcim.com

Dr. Kogan is Medical Director of GW Center for Integrative Medicine where he provides integrative consultations and primary care. In addition, he does geriatric consultations at GW University Hospital and makes home visits to frail patients. See ad, page 2.

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Restorative Health is a patient-focused integrative medical practice dedicated to helping people achieve optimal health. Using a variety of healing therapies, the doctors at Restorative Health work with you in identifying the causes of illness and in shaping personalized, unique therapies to eliminate them.

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VIP iMed features individualized Integrative Medical and Wellness Programs: transforming your life and addressing your individual needs, with a proven record of treating most medical conditions and getting results. See ad, page 37.

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Evening classes in Taiji, Qigong, Hip Tinh Mon. All Classes at UPCOB, 4413 Tuckerman St, University Park, MD, 20784. Free Saturday Taji. See ad, page 10.

MASSAGE

Deep bodywork that uses rhythmic, wavelike movement to ease pain, joint and muscle tension, and release long-held uncomfortable movement and postural patterns. See ad, page 2.

POTOMAC MASSAGE THERAPY INSTITUTE 5028 Wisconsin Ave, NW PMTI.org

Whether you are looking for a new career, interested in continuing your education to expand your knowledge as a massage therapist, or drawn to take an introductory class on massage and bodywork for yourself, family and friends–come join the circle at PMTI. Classes and workshops available, as well as massages. See ad, page 35.

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Kombucha is a delicious, naturally brewed, healthy drink, rich in probiotics and B vitamins, with a history dating back 2,000 years.

Delivered at locations throughout the greater DC area or order online. See ad, page 27.

Mindfulness-based counseling and meditation instruction. Dr. Byrne teaches classes, retreats, and workshops on Buddhism and meditation in the Washington, D.C. area and nationwide and provides individual counseling.

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Dr. Threlkel provides her patients with a full range of naturopathic medical services, including naturopathic medical assessment, specialty laboratory testing, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, detoxification, nutritional supplementation and herbal medicine. See ad, page 3.

MARIANNA LEDENAC, ND

Adult & Pediatric Naturopathic Medicine GW Center for Integrative Medicine 202-833-5055 • Gwcim.com Dr. Ledenac is a Naturopathic Physician in family medicine caring for adults and children. She has a special focus in weight management (body composition improvement), nutritional assessments, pediatrics, and women’s health including fertility care. See ad, page 2.

NUTRITION 2 NOURISH, NUTRITION & WELLNESS Marietta Amatangelo, Director 877-428-0555 Info@2Nourish.com • 2Nourish.com

A trusted nutritionist and wellness coach in the tri-metro area, with functional nutrition expertise in digestive and detox, wellness, MTHFR, cancer and chronic conditions.

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KRISTA NOELLE

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Mrs. Green’s Natural Market is a neighborhood store, passionately committed to clean, natural foods. Dedicated to health and sustainability. Devoted to customers who care deeply about the foods they eat.

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REIKI LUANN JACOBS, SLP/RMT

Reiki-Biofeedback Practitioner GW Center for Integrative Medicine 202-833-5055 • Gwcim.com Luann provides treatments and trainings in the use of Reiki handson and biofeedback for self-care, and Reiki care of others. See ad, page 2.

ORGANIC GARDENING PRIOR UNITY GARDEN

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Classes, consults, coaching, designs, installations and products. See ad, page 45.

PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS HERBAN LIFESTYLE HerbanLifestyle.com

Making the world a happier, healthier, better-smelling place by handcrafting herbal bath and body products using organic, natural and Fair Trade ingredients in earthfriendly packaging. See ad, page 32.

REIKI VYBZ CENTER

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SPIRITUAL COUNSELING DOUGLAS KINNEY

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CREATIVE HOLISTIC INTEGRATION (CHI)

Suchinta Abhayaratna, Th.D.

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Suchinta is a Transpersonal/ Transformational Psychologist, self-care coach, consultant, workshop facilitator, Mandala healing arts facilitator, Family/ Systemic Constellations facilitator Reiki Master and teacher. CHI is a multi-modal educational approach to holistic self-care, healing and transformation that combines ancient knowledge, science and spirituality. See ad, page 29.

SPIRITUAL LIVING UNITY OF FAIRFAX

2854 Hunter Mill Rd, Oakton, VA 703-281-1767 Admin@UnityOfFairfax.org UnityOfFairfax.org At Unity of Fairfax, we offer a welcoming, safe environment to explore one’s own relationship with God in a community of like-minded individuals.

THERAPEUTIC YOGA LINDA LANG

GW Center for Integrative Medicine 202-833-5055 • TherapeuticYogaDC.com A highly experienced practitioner, certified in the medical, therapeutic arena of Cardiac Yoga. Specializing in chronic conditions and degenerative disease. Therapeutic yoga for special conditions and m e d i t a t i o n a r e o ff e r e d b y appointment with GW Center for Integrative Medicine. See ad, page 2.

THERMOGRAPHY FAMILY HEALTH THERMAL IMAGING & DETOX 427A Carlisle Dr, Herndon, VA 703-635-6324 Sherri@FamilyHealthti.com FamilyHealthti.com

Digital infrared thermal imaging, thermography is a totally non-invasive clinical imaging procedure for detecting and monitoring a number of diseases and physical injuries, by showing the thermal abnormalities present in the body. It is used as an aid for diagnosis and prognosis, as well as monitoring therapy progress, for conditions and injuries. Non Invasive. No Radiation. Painless. Affordable. F.D.A. approved. See ad, page 41.

THETA HEALING CREATIVE HEALING TRENDS 301-876-3475 CreativeHealingTrends.com

Rebecca Norris is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, offering ThetaHealing, an extraordinary new technique that allows for immediate physical and emotional transformations and healings. See ad, page 25.

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Our teachers come from different lineages offering you a wellbalanced practice and exposure to this ancient practice. One intention that you will find in all our classes is the philosophy of flow, integrating breath with movement creating a meditative space for the mind, body and spirit.

A friendly, community yoga center welcoming all ages and stages of life. Offering open and honest teaching regarding yoga, well-being, family and spirituality.

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BUDDHA B YOGA

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Experience a place of refuge and a spiritual center where all are welcome! A Vegan Vinyasa yoga studio and JivaMukti™ Yoga Center Affiliate. Open 7 days a week and offering over 55 classes a week, including 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training. See ad, page 47.

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DAHN YOGA

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Dahn Yoga is a dynamic mindbody practice originating in Korea that combines stretching, flowing movement, deep PObreathing exercises and meditation in a simple and easy to learn format that focuses on the development of the body’s core strength as the basis of physical, mental and spiritual health.

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We welcome you to East Meets West Yoga Center. Our studio provides a safe, tranquil, and supportive environment to practice, allowing individuals to open to the possibilities of what could be. We are a community of knowledgeable, dedicated yoga teachers where a variety of yoga styles flourish. Knowing that each individual is unique and that not just one style of yoga fits all, we honor the differences and similarities. We celebrate the uniqueness of each student, where students’ requests are heard and responded to positively. See ad, page 33.

LISA SCHUMACHER

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What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. ~Plutarch

extendYoga strives to provide a positive, nurturing environment that challenges individuals to extend themselves physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. We believe in giving back to the community by participating in various charitable causes.

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. ~John Lennon

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