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Our providers: Nelson Kraucak, MD

The first combined Anti-Aging, Holistic, and Family Practice Clinic in The Villages, Central Florida “We are committed to aid and promote the body’s innate mechanisms to heal and achieve homeostasis for optimum health by introducing and using natural approaches with innovative and cutting-edge technology.”

Services Offered: F Regenerative Stem Cell Therapy F Sequenced Amino Acid for treatment of autoimmune diseases F Lymphatic Drainage F Magnetic Wave Therapy for Incontinence F Massage Therapy F Laser therapy for pain F Chelation and IV Nutrient Therapy F Acupuncture F NAET (Allergy Elimination) F Colon Hydrotherapy F Nutritional Counseling F Bio Energy Balancing F Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy

Hours and Location: Monday-Thursday: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Friday: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM 1501 HWY 441, Suite 1700 The Villages, FL, 32159 Call to Schedule Your Appointment: 352-750-4333

FAAFP-ABFP-ABCMT-IBALM-ABHM-MOCI Family Practice Alternative Medicine Dr. Nelson Kraucak has been practicing holistic medicine since 1995. Dr. Kraucak is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Family Practice. Dr. Kraucak has advanced certificates by the American Board of Holistic Medicine, International Board of Anti-Aging and Longevity Medicine, Heavy Metal Detoxification and Immuno Modulation. He is Associate Professor at FSU and UCF College of Medicine.

Aaron Perry, DOM

Acupuncture Physician, AP1813 Licensed Massage Therapist, MA25126, MM31501 Since 2003 Dr. Perry has been a practicing Acupuncture Physician, a Licensed Massage Therapist and a Certified Colon Hydrotherapist.

He has a M.S. Degree in Oriental Medicine from the Florida College of Integrative Medicine. He also has an Associate of Science Degree in Natural Health from the Florida College of Natural Health.

Natalie Vincent, LMT

Licensed Massage Therapist, MA56651, MM31501 Ms. Vincent joined the practice in November 2012. She is a Licensed Massage Therapist. She received her training at Community Tech Adult Education in Ocala, FL in 2008. She is a Certified Manual Lymph Drainage Therapist. She received her LDT training at the Upledger Institute in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

Michael Joseph, PhD Dr. Joseph is a Doctor of Natural Medicine and an Orthomolecular Nutrition Consultant. He specializes in Emotional Eating issues and Food Allergies.

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airy Dust Crystals and Such will be holding a Fairy S.P.A. (spiritual, psychics and angels) Fair from 1 to 6 p.m., October 15. The day will begin with wellknown faerie angelic wizard John Springer speaking about our fairy connections. Astrology, psychic, tarot and angel card readers will be available on-site for readings and Diane Marshall will be doing spirit portraits.

Location: 11781 SE Hwy. 441, Belleview. For more information, call 352-693-4592 or visit FairyDustCrystals.com. See ad, pages 17 and 31.

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ndangered Animal Rescue Sanctuary (EARS), provides dignified living for endangered lions, tigers, bears and more. A Hot Cars and Cool Cats Fall Car Show will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., November 5, to benefit EARS. All cars, trucks, motorcycles are welcome. There will be Maximus the tiger, custom-made trophies, a 50/50 auction, live music, vendors and great food.

EARS is offering one-day membership tours from 2 to 3:15 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays. This is a slow-moving guided walking tour on 35 acres of land. Guests learn how the animals came to EARS and information about the animals in the wild.

Visitors should bring a bottle of bleach, liquid soap or package of chicken breasts or legs.

Fee is $10 for car show entry and spectators are free at 2250 NE 70th St., Ocala.

Call Sue Nassivera at 352-266-2859 with questions. Park admission is $18 for over 12 and $10 for ages 3 to 10 (checks and cash only). Not open to the public, RSVP required to sportcopy@outlook.com or 352-454-6454. Location: 2615 E. Hwy. 318, Citra. For more information, visit EARSInc.net. See ad, page 23.

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Acupuncture Eases Hot Flashes

esearchers from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center tested 209 women between 45 and 60 years old with a history of hot flashes and/or night sweats. After up to 20 treatments over six months, the women receiving acupuncture reported a 37 percent reduction in hot flashes, while the control group saw a 6 percent increase. The symptom relief among the women treated with acupuncture persisted for a year.

The researchers also found that the acupuncture group experienced an improvement in several menopausal quality of life measurements. Nancy Avis, Ph.D., a professor of public health sciences at Wake Forest University and lead author of the study, says, “There are a number of nonhormonal options for treating hot flashes and night sweats that are available to women. None seem to work for everyone, but our study showed that acupuncture from a licensed acupuncturist can help some women without any side effects. It also showed that the maximum benefit occurred after about eight treatments.”

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Diabetics Improve Using Sesame and Rice Bran Oils

esearch published in the American Journal of Medicine found that treating people with a blend of cold-pressed sesame oil and rice bran oil significantly normalizes blood glucose levels.

Testing involved 400 men and women for eight weeks, including 300 that had been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, by replacing cooking oils in their diet with a blend of sesame and rice bran oil.

The researchers, from Japan’s Fukuoka University and India’s Council of Medical Research, divided the patients into four groups. For two months, 100 healthy people and 100 Type 2 diabetes patients replaced their cooking oils with the sesame/rice bran blend, another 100 Type 2 diabetes patients were treated with five milligrams per day of the diabetes drug glibenclamide (glynase in the U.S.) and the remaining 100 Type 2 diabetes patients were treated with a combination of the same dosage of glibenclamide, along with consuming the sesame/rice bran oil blend over the two-month period.

After four weeks and eight weeks, the researchers found the diabetes patients that consumed the oil blend had significant reductions in fasting and post-meal blood glucose levels. They also had lower levels of glycated hemoglobin, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (“bad” cholesterol) and improved high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (“good” cholesterol). Those treated with the diabetes drug without consuming the oil blend showed none of the same improvements.

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Chandrakant Hiester’s Deepening Yoga Practice

Boo! To-Do

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handrakant Hiester, a senior teacher and seminar leader at the Amrit Yoga Institute, in Salt Springs, develops and presents student and training programs worldwide. For the last 10 years, he has specialized in the Integrated Amrit Method (I AM), including Amrit yoga, Chandrakant yoga nidra and stress reduction. As a student and practitioHiester ner of yoga and meditation with pioneering yogi Amrit Desai for 40 years, Hiester has learned to nurture and encourage positive changes in his and others behavior, understanding and practice in order to more fully realize the original purpose of yoga.

What are the benefits of having a regular yoga practice?

It’s important to understand the purpose behind any regular practice. Yoga practice in America popularly encompasses releasing physical tensions, developing muscular strength, increasing balance and flexibility, reducing stress and mental anxiety, and promoting mental clarity and relaxation.

The original purpose of yoga is described as “evenness of mind” cultivated through developing “skill in action.” The I AM method is a series of techniques designed to reveal an inner attunement to the innate intelligence of the universal vital life force, or prana.

This attunement can transform everyday life into a meditation in motion.

How does a yoga nidra practice further enhance this?

Albert Einstein realized that the mind that creates the problem doesn’t see the solution. Yogic philosophy, along with modern psychology, enumerates three basic types of tension responsible for all of the problems of modern life: muscular, emotional and mental. Yoga nidra is a systematic, guided meditation method of inducing complete physical, mental and emotional relaxation in which long-held limiting life patterns can be resolved through experiencing a profound change of mind.

Living with less tension is the single greatest contributor to personal, family and community well-being. People going through divorce might use yoga nidra techniques three times a day to short-circuit the mental and emotional whirlwind consuming them, while others might employ it once a day to cleanse their minds of stress. The fullest benefits are realized when we’re so familiar with what a deep state of physical, mental and emotional ease feels like that we’re able to return to it without needing to revisit the learned techniques.

Halloween can be safe, economical and eco-friendly fun. Crusader costumes remain popular this year, but with a tutu twist. Avoid long skirts or capes that can trip up children and instead recycle a princess tulle skirt from a thrift shop into a shorter frock.

T-shirt tops with a superhero logo plus a painted cardboard headpiece transforms kids into do-gooders. Homemade natural face paints are another alternative (see Tinyurl.com/Trick-Treat-Tips).

Treats should also be eco-friendly.

Equal Exchange offers fair trade, organic and kosher low-fat chocolates from crops grown by small farmers in the Dominican Republic and Peru, shipped in a quantity big enough to split the cost with friends (Shop.

EqualExchange.coop/chocolate. html). Nut-free, homemade trail mix, wrapped in eco-friendly tissue paper or a square of cloth tied shut, provides a welcome change from sweets.

In 2014, the Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE) organization launched the Teal Pumpkin Project.

Place a downloadable sign in a window to announce that non-food, Earth-friendly treats are offered at the house for kids with allergies or food sensitivities (Tinyurl.com/TealHalloweenPumpkins).

How has a mental practice of yoga changed your life?

Remaining consciously alert has revealed the universal presence as a constant touchstone in all states and experiences, which enables me to better manage life’s ever-changing thoughts, feelings and perceptions.

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Algae-Based Jars Quickly Decompose October is Non-GMO Month

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The Non GMO Project is sponsoring National Non-GMO Month in October.

Observed since 2010, the program seeks to increase education and awareness about the growing presence of unlabeled genetically modified (GM/GMO) food products and ingredients.

People and organizations across North America are discovering the risks GMOs pose to our health, families and environment. Non-GMO Month provides a powerful opportunity to coordinate voices and actions around the country as brands, retailers and individuals stand up for the right to know what’s in our food and to choose to avoid GMOs. Protecting consumer choice and a non-GMO food supply requires a multifaceted approach with online and boots-on-the-ground teamwork.

The Non GMO Project invites everyone to help create local events and spread the word in communities. Begin at NonGMOMonth.org.

Ari Jónsson, a 32-year-old student at the Iceland Academy of the Arts, has invented an all-natural water bottle that holds its shape when full and decomposes when empty. He debuted his creation at the DesignMarch 2016 festival in Reykjavík, Iceland. The only two materials needed to create the bottle are agar, a gelatinous substance that comes from red algae, and water.

“I just followed the path in what I was researching, trying to find new ways to use materials,” says Jónsson, who combined the two ingredients, heated the mixture, poured it into a mold, and then quickly cooled it. The H2O binds and thickens the agar when cooled, retaining the shape of the water bottle mold, explains Jónsson. When the finished bottle is empty, “It will rot like other foods.”

The bottles can sustainably decompose in soil, although Jónsson has yet to determine exactly how long that process will take. A plastic water bottle takes more than 1,000 years to biodegrade, and in the U.S., more than 2 million tons of the containers are languishing in landfills.

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he 35th annual Gainesville Downtown Festival & Art Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., November 5, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., November 6, with art, music, food and the opportunity to enjoy a fall day outdoors. More than 100,000 people are expected to join in the festivities and a juried fine arts festival, produced by the city of Gainesville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department.

Since 1996, the Downtown Festival & Art Show has ranked among the top festivals in the nation and has steadily climbed in rankings in recent years. More than 240 of the finest artists and craftspeople in the whole country will decorate the streets from City Hall to the Hippodrome Theatre. Visitors can meet the exhibiting artists, enjoy live music and dance performances on four stages and sample international cuisine.

A popular family favorite, the Imagination Station, is a free, hands-on art activity area that allows children to create their own chalk murals, design masks, sculpt clay, create puppets and enjoy performances including puppet shows, magic acts and music. Art Education students from the University of Florida work throughout the fall semester to produce this hub of family-friendly fun.

More than 55 nonprofit organizations will educate the crowd about the services they provide to the community.

Food booths line the streets and give visitors the chance to indulge in blooming onions, sweet barbecue ribs, hearty Mediterranean pitas, Cajun jambalaya and authentic Thai cuisine. The festival features international dishes from more than 20 food vendors, so no guest leaves hungry.

There will be a free Downtown Blues Concert presented by the North Central Florida Blues Society at 7 p.m. Friday to get things going at the newly renovated Bo Diddley Plaza.

Throughout the weekend, music from local bands and solo musicians features a blend of folk, jazz, country, pop and soul.

For more information, call 352-334-2787 or visit Gainesville DowntownArtFest.org. See ad, page 23.

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mendment 1 on Florida’s November ballot is deceptive and anti-solar.

Backed by monopoly utilities seeking to stifle solar power and keep Floridians captive power consumers, it is bankrolled by Florida’s big power companies and groups supporting fossil fuels.

“Rights of Electricity Consumers Regarding Solar Energy Choice” may sound great for solar in Florida, but take heed.

Amendment 1 will do the opposite of promoting solar,” says Susan Glickman, Florida director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.

Why voters should say no to Amendment 1: The language of the amendment sounds appealing, but won’t grant Floridians any new rights. Floridians already have the right to own or lease solar equipment on their property to generate electricity for their own use.

It will change the Florida Constitution to include a presumption that non-solar customers somehow “subsidize” solar customers. No empirical evidence supports this. Power companies should not have constitutional protections to punish Florida residents with charges if they install solar.

It will be used by power companies to attack Florida’s net metering rule, which currently allows customers to receive credit for generating solar power, as well as sending their excess energy back to the grid. This policy is key to making the economics of solar work. Power companies object because it allows Floridians to generate their own power and pay less on their electric bills.

“Take note that Florida Supreme Court Justice Barbara Pariente called Amendment 1 a wolf in sheep’s clothing, masquerading as a pro-solar energy initiative,” notes Glickman.

What voters will see on the November ballot: Rights of Electricity Consumers Regarding Solar Energy Choice This amendment establishes a right under Florida’s constitution for consumers to own or lease solar equipment installed on their property to generate electricity for their own use.

State and local governments shall retain their abilities to protect consumer rights and public health, safety and welfare, and to ensure that consumers who do not choose to install solar are not required to subsidize the costs of backup power and electric grid access to those who do.

“Vote no to this utility-backed solar petition and stop big monopoly utilities from choking off rooftop solar and keeping a stranglehold on customers by preventing them from generating their own power,” advises Glickman.

For more information, visit ConsumersForSmartSolar.org or FLSolarChoice.org.

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Vote Yes on Amendment 2

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lorida’s November ballot gives voters the opportunity to join 25 other states in the decision to support the legalizing of medical cannabis for individuals with specific, debilitating diseases or comparable conditions as determined by a licensed physician. According to the Florida state constitution, in order to pass the Florida Medical Marijuana Legalization Amendment 2, a supermajority vote of 60 percent of individuals voting on the question is required.

The legal language of Amendment 2 was written to explicitly to allow medical cannabis to be provided as a treatment for cancer, epilepsy, glaucoma, HIV, AIDS, post-traumatic stress disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Crohn’s disease and multiple sclerosis.

Amendment 2 would also allow licensed physicians to certify patients for medical marijuana use after diagnosing them with some “other debilitating medical conditions of the same kind or class as or comparable to those enumerated”.

The Florida government enacted the Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act of 2014, which became effective in January 2015. The program allowed for access to nonsmoked, low-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) marijuana for qualified patients.

Scientific study of the genus Cannabis, or marijuana, plant belonging to the hemp family, led to the discovery of naturally occurring chemicals known as cannabinoids. While there are more than 100 cannabinoids in the plant, research has been directed at only two: THC and cannabidiol (CBD).

THC, found in the resin secreted by the glands of the plant, produces most of the plant’s psychological effects by attaching to and activating specific receptors in the brain. CBD is the non-psychoactive constituent that blocks the euphoric state associated with THC, according to the National Center for Biotechnology information.

Dr. Michael Uphues, a board certified family physician and certified medical cannabis expert, presents seminars on cannabinoid medicine that include information such as education about the major types of cannabis and their extensive clinical uses and applications , and also on the political propaganda campaign that has led to misinformation regarding its use as an effective and viable medicine.

“Cannabis has been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for more than 5,000 years and in ayurvedic medicine for 2,000 years. From 1850 to 1941, it was sold over the counter in U.S. pharmacies,” says Uphues. “In today’s important research into determining the pharmacology of THC, numerous biological studies show what traditional Chinese doctors and ayurvedic physicians may have understood—humans are born with cannabinoid receptor sites in the brain. Receptors are binding sites for chemicals in the brain that instruct brain cells to start, stop or otherwise regulate various brain and body functions. The chemicals which trigger receptors are known as neurotransmitters.

Neurotransmitter chemicals enable brain cells (neurons) to communicate with each other by their release into the gap (synapse) between the neurons. These discoveries and their relevance to the understanding of the pharmacology of THC in the brain provide the basis for challenging the legitimacy of marijuana’s Schedule I status on the Drug Enforcement Administration’s controlled substance list.

“The term marijuana is derogatory. The plant should be referred to by its scientific biological name, Cannabis, and should be respected for its healing properties,” advises Uphues.

For more information, visit YouTube.com/ watch?v=UY12KKVChwk and BallotPedia.org/Florida_Medical_Marijuana_Legalization,_Amendment_2_(2016)

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To Supplement or Not to Supplement

Michael Joseph, Ph.D., is a doctor of natural medicine and orthomolecular nutrition with Healthcare Partners, LLC, in The Villages. For more information, call 352-750-4333. See ad, page 4.

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he idea of nutritional supplementation can be a rather polarizing subject. There are those that believe nutritional supplementation is a useless endeavor and there are those who swear by their supplements and can’t go a day without them. Suffice it to say are some very logical, scientific reasons for people living in the modern world to use nutritional supplements daily.

The greatest killer in history is not war, but nutritional deficiency diseases.

For centuries, pellagra, scurvy, rickets and beri beri were feared as much as we fear cancer and heart disease today because there were no known cures at the time.

Casimir Funk, a nutritional and health pioneer, stated that the reason for the pellagra outbreak in the early 20th century was due to “how corn and grain were being milled,” which entailed the removal of the highly nutritious bran and germ.

The reason we do not hear of such diseases today is because the discovery of vitamins and subsequent supplementation of foods effectively ended the threat of deficiency disease in modern society. However, many doctors think the reference ranges created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture are woefully inadequate and focus only on preventing acute deficiency disease instead of optimal health and the prevention of chronic deficiencies that could lead to health complications later in life. This is why we see recommended daily allowance levels of 1,000 percent on some bottles of B vitamin supplements; we actually need far more than the minimum to stay alive.

Some people have nutrient needs that their food cannot supply. We are not like cows, which are called ruminants because they have a four-part compartmentalized stomach that allows them to extract nutrients from simple grass and to grow into two-ton animals. Humans

need to get the majority of their nutrients already in their converted forms from diet or we need gut flora to create converted nutrients for us to absorb such as B12. but the overuse of antibiotics has led to the general lack of appropriate gut flora to produce and convert vital nutrients. Also, common genetic disorders can prevent the conversion of certain nutrients. Someone could be getting all of the daily requirements of folic acid, but using practically none of it.

And there are many people such as seniors, athletes, people under constant stress, people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, cancer patients/survivors, mental health patients, cardiac patients, people on medications, anyone with digestive issues and others that are getting the minimum requirements from their food but just simply cannot absorb the nutrients they are getting in their diet for one reason or another. Dr Nelson Kraucak, an integrative physician at Healthcare Partners, in The Villages, call them, “high users”.

The most important reason why anyone should supplement is because if given the right nutrients in the right amounts at the right times, the body will find a way to heal itself. It has an incredible capacity to heal itself, if given the right raw materials to do so. It is near miraculous how someone could be suffering from anxiety, joint issues, sleeping problems or digestive concerns and could recover simply by taking nutritional supplements.

However, we can’t be eating the Standard American Diet and expect supplements to do the rest. We must also eat a whole food-based, healthy diet, and then look to “plug in the holes” of deficiency.

Also, there is a difference between retail and therapeutic supplementation, including clear-cut differences between the products one could get in a vitamin chain store or supermarket and the

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calls the “right thing to do” fed more than 41,000 people that day.

Named one of Toyota’s 2016 Mothers of Invention, Ahmad uses the company’s $50,000 grant to boost Copia’s services throughout the U.S. Recently, German and Austrian government officials expressed interest in expanding the service to help feed Syrian refugees in their countries.

Friends Margot McNeeley and Janet Boscarino, in Memphis, Tennessee, looked around for local problems they could fix and took action starting in 2008.

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CHANGE MAKERS INSPIRED TO ACT

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urs is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul will help immensely. It is not given to us to know which acts, or by whom, will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good,” says Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D., a world-renowned author and Jungian psychoanalyst specializing in post-trauma counsel.

Thousands of people each day choose to see a world radiating with hope and light, despite ever-present conflict and strife. Their talents and gifts, alliances and collaborations are inspiring a new story that ripples outward into our communities and beyond.

In The Ten Gifts: Find the Personal Peace You’ve Always Wanted Through the Ten Gifts You’ve Always Had, author Robin L. Silverman affirms that everyone can reach within, even in the worst of circumstances, for treasures that can be used to improve the lives of others. She concludes, “We are not meant to use our gifts simply to survive, 16

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Meeting Basic Needs Komal Ahmad was unaware that her single act of kindness in simply offering to share her lunch with a homeless veteran in 2011 while she was attending the UniKomal Ahmad versity of California, Berkeley, would lead to a multiplying mission to feed America’s hungry. His heartfelt expression of gratitude for his first meal in three days sparked an epiphany: Her school was regularly throwing away thousands of pounds of food while neighbors were going hungry.

Today, Ahmad is the founder and CEO of Copia, an app that matches nonprofits serving in-need veterans, children, women and others with companies that have leftover gourmet food. Following the 2016 Super Bowl, she used Copia’s technology to organize food pickups throughout the San Francisco Bay area. What she

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didn’t want food to go to waste and created the Project Green Fork certification program after learning that 95 percent of restaurant waste can be diverted from landfills. Her nonprofit helps resJanet Boscarino taurants to conserve water and energy, develop recycling and composting systems and switch to biodegradable containers and environmentally friendly cleaning operations.

Boscarino’s experience in business development and sales, combined with her disdain for litter, led her to found the nonprofit Clean Memphis, which began in 2008 with volunteer crews picking up litter. In recent years, the initiative’s community-wide strategy has expanded to involve local governments, businesses, neighborhoods, faith-based organizations and 20 local “sustainable schools”.

In 2017, Project Green Fork will become a part of Clean Memphis.

Throughout two decades of educational activism, John G. Heim’s passion for clean water as a human right John G. Heim has not waned.

The founder and leader of The SWFL Clean Water Movement, headquartered in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, persisted even when many business owners considered him a nuisance, driving off tourists.

As infestations of blue-green algae blooms have reached emergency levels, Heim’s ongoing grassroots campaign to increase awareness of water quality issues that’s backed by social media recently brought him to Washington, D.C., to make his case before Congress. The nonprofit’s 18,000 members have succeeded in bringing national attention to the thick muck now plaguing both Florida coasts. They’re working to alter nutrient-laden discharges from Lake Okeechobee that send agricultural toxins and rain overflow down the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie rivers and out into vital estuaries.

Scott Bunn’s Seneca Treehouse Project, launched in 2010, grew from his building background in a family of entrepreneurs to encompass design/build services and educaScott Bunn tion in eco-housing and ethical living. Bunn’s original Seneca, South Carolina, homestead and acreage includes apprentice learning programs teaching practical skills in cultivating permaculture, growing food, building structures, working with tools and living in an intentional community.

“For the next six years, our goal is to annually train 50 people that will train 50 more people. Continuing this exponential growth pattern

We are a community of possibilities, not a community of problems.

Community exists for the sake of belonging, and takes its identity from the gifts, generosity and accountability of its citizens. We currently have all the resources required to create an alternative future. ~Peter Block, Community: The Structure of Belonging means the potential for 312 million more people living more compatibly and lightly upon the Earth. We’ve already established collaborations with six other cities around the U.S. that can potentially duplicate our efforts,” says Bunn.

Providing Healthcare Options Martie Whittiken, of Plano, Texas, a board-certified clinical nutritionist and host of the Healthy

by Nature nationally syndicated radio show, uses her talents Martie Whittiken to advocate for health freedom in America. Educating listeners for 19 years, she served as presi-

dent of the National Nutritional Foods Association during crucial phases of the 1992 to 1994 fight to successfully pass the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act to preserve consumer choices.

The author of The Probiotic Cure also helped found the Texas Health Freedom Coalition to protect citizens’ rights to choose alternative medical treatment in her state.

Whittiken says, “My work is a labor of love. I have no interest in becoming famous or well known unless it contributes to getting the job done.”

On a 2006 medical mission to Haiti, Gigi Pomerantz, a licensed nurse practitioner at the Aurora Sinai Medical Center, in Milwaukee, discovered the impact of a lack of clean Gigi Pomerantz water and sanitation as her four-person team treated 1,400 patients for worms, stomach problems, diarrhea and poor appetite. Two years later, she founded Youthaiti, where she serves as executive director.

The nonprofit helps rural Haitians build composting toilets and develop organic gardens using recycled waste as fertilizer. It also provides community hygiene education and reforestation.

Everything is aimed at breaking Haiti’s widespread cycle of contamination and disease, and safely convert human waste into agricultural fertilizer that’s increasing crop productivity and the availability of healthy food.

Psychotherapist Jacqui Bishop and Integrative Nutritionist Lisa Feiner, co-founders of Sharp Again Naturally, in White Plains, New York,

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believe that dementia is reversible, and no case should be considered hopeless until all causative factors have been tested and ruled out.

Their resolve for eliminating causes of Jacqui Bishop disease rather than managing symptoms is based on University of California, Los Angeles, research studies and sources quoted in a Health Advocates Worldwide documentary.

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Project Yoga Richmond, established in 2010, makes yoga accessible to everyone in the city’s metro region. Thirty yoga teachers lead pay-what-you-can studio classes that help fund 22 outreach programs for underserved communities. Healing programs are designed for needs related to autism, recovery, seniors, special students and youths in the court system. “We also provide

continuing instructor education, visiting teachers, workshops and other special events that deepen yoga practice in our community,” says co-founder Dana Walters, who serves as the board of directors vice president.

Enriching Lives

As an Emmy Award-winning trumpeter, composer, educator and co-founder, conductor and artistic director of the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic (CJP), Orbert Davis is dedicated to multigenre projects. His collaborative research in 2012 while in Cuba on a people-to-people exchange accompanied by fellow musicians and River North Dance Chicago’s Artistic Director Frank Chaves (now retired) proved to be a multifaceted boon.

It generated the philharmonic’s Havana Blue live performance in 2013 and ignited a weeklong cultural exchange with Cuba’s Universidad Ciudad de las Artes (ISA) during his return trip for the Havana International Jazz Festival in 2014. President Barak Obama’s announcement of the normalization of Cuban/U.S. diplo-

matic relations opened up the possibility for a continuing CJP/ ISA relationship, as well as their 2015 landmark Orbert Davis partnered event when 37 ISA students traveled to Chicago to perform Scenes from Life: Cuba at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre. Davis promises more such events to come.

All of these individuals represent a small percentage of the game-changers actively moving to create an alternative future. Estés observes, “What is needed for dramatic change is an accumulation of acts; adding, adding to, adding more, continuing. We know that it does not take everyone on Earth to bring justice and peace, but only a small, determined group that will not give up during the first, second or hundredth gale.”

Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings. Connect at ItsAllAboutWe.com.

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hen the National Sierra Club expanded Florida’s offices and added three more employees, selecting Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson was an easy choice to be a new organizing representative for the Sierra Club of North Florida. She had already been part of the nonprofit Our Santa Fe River for 10 years, a local environmental watchdog group that spreads education and awareness about the growing danger to the river and its precious watershed from a variety of agricultural, mining and habitat threats.

The new location was chosen because the Rum 138 business building is a destination in itself, with boat rentals and a fine art gallery; it’s also centrally located among the townships of Lake City, Live Oak and Gainesville, “We also can have events here, with ample parking and a stage,” says Malwitz-Jipson. “It’s great because it’s a rural location that gets people out of the city and into the environment, which is truly magical.”

Malwitz-Jipson and Sierra Club Senior Campaign Organizer Cris Costello were well acquainted. “We had worked together on the Clean Water campaign, among other interests, including reducing nitrate loading and urban fertilizer. She was aware of the work I was doing here and wasn’t getting paid,” she notes.

“Our Santa Fe River was a total volunteer organization: I was president, I was policy director and i was a board member. They didn’t really have to train me too hard, and they knew I was able to accomplish what they had intended.”

How Malwitz-Jipson got involved in conservation is a family legacy.

“My mother has that lifestyle where she is deeply concerned for the environment that she lives in, and taught my brother and I how to have that

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type of sensitivity to our surroundings and to have a voice,” she says. Her mom’s background is in protecting bird species in Montana. “I always have lived near the water and always have been concerned about water. I chose to live in Fort White with my husband [a professional videographer] when we made the decision to move from St. Petersburg looking for fresh, clean water,” she states.

“Because we had been mostly city dwellers, we chose this area because of all the springs. We were beginning to raise a family and concerned about raising our children in an urban environment. We wanted them to have a similar experience to what we had. I wanted to teach them about protecting nature and why it’s important. it’s been a charmed existence, and the kids certainly are understanding more every day about why we literally live in the woods on the river.”

A practicing artist with a fine art degree from the Ringling College of Art & Design, Malwitz-Jipson started participating in art shows and fairs in urban areas like Gainesville. Then she used her cosmetology license for doing hair in the High Springs area. “I knew that if I got back into the hair world, I could meet people. I didn’t know anybody when we moved here. Some very nice women let me work in their shop and I got to learn everything about everybody. You know how a hair salon is.

I was able to learn from all their experiences and stories what was important to protect Florida,” she says.

Her cosmetology work continued

until recently. “It was a wonderful experience, and I just gave up the hair business to take the Sierra Club job, because it was frankly a little bit too much to do both,” she shares. “I came up here from South Florida, where I saw what people can do to the world, so I’m sensitive to that, and I try to explain to anybody who’s willing to listen that development will come— but you’ve got to make development work so you don’t endanger your livelihood or your community or your environment. So I’m trying to explain that to people even as they sat in my chair. They were like, ‘Who are you?’

Here I was, concerned about all these huge issues. I would go to a meeting and then for the next week, I would tell all my clients what went on at this government meeting, and they were like, ‘Did that really happen? Is that how things are done?’ Now they are all very well educated.”

Noting it is obvious that agriculture rules every aspect of North Florida, she cites a very large industrial chicken farm established in a sensitive location between two springs, and that although there were strong concerns and meetings held by the community, the project was approved by county officials.

After making her family’s home here, Malwitz-Jipson is not about to surrender to outside interests without a fight. As in many places across America, there are multiple fronts in the conservation battle, and at the top of her list is the Sabal Trail fracked gas pipeline that will bring fossil fuel from Alabama through Georgia to the FPL generator at Indiantown, in Martin County, and also to Citrus County for the Duke Energy power plant through the most sensitive aquifer in the country—right in our backyards. At the end of the line, there is a growing concern that much of it will be liquefied at new

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There will be organized protests throughout Florida to stop the Sabal Trail pipeline. For more information, call Malwitz-Jipson at 352-222-8893, email Merrillee.Malwitz-Jipson@SierraClub. org or visit ssjsierra.org.

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Tree-Mendous Love How Trees Care for Each Other

by Melissa Breyer

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rom learning to communicate to physically caring for each other, the secret lives of trees are wildly deep and complex.

“They can count, learn and remember; nurse sick neighbors; warn each other of danger by sending electrical signals across a fungal network known as the ‘wood wide web’; and keep the ancient stumps of long-felled companions alive for centuries by feeding them a sugar solution through their roots,” reveals Peter Wohlleben, a German forest ranger and author of The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate— Discoveries from a Secret World, released in September.

Upon seeing two soaring beeches in the forest, Wohlleben observes, “These trees are friends. See how the thick branches point away from each other? That’s so they don’t block their buddy’s light. Sometimes, pairs are so interconnected at the roots that when one tree dies, the other one dies, too.”

Wohlleben is rekindling a re-imagination of trees even as many people consider their role is only to supply us with oxygen and wood. Using a mix of scientific research and his own observations from studying forestry and working in the forest since 1987, the man who speaks for the trees does so in decidedly anthropomorphic terms.

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“Scientific language removes all the emotion, and people don’t understand it anymore. I use a human language. When I say, ‘Trees suckle their children,’ everyone knows immediately what I mean,” he says.

After years of working for the state forestry administration in RhinelandPalatinate, and then as a forester managing 3,000 acres of woods near Cologne, he began to understand that contemporary practices were not serving the trees or those that depend on them very well. Artificially spacing out trees ensures that trees get more sunlight and grow faster, but naturalists report that trees exist less like individuals and more as communal beings. By working together in networks and sharing resources, they increase their resistance to potentially damaging influences.

After researching alternative approaches, Wohlleben began implementing some revolutionary concepts.

He replaced heavy machinery with horses, stopped using insecticides and let the woods become wilder. The pilot German forest plot went from losing money to posting a profit in two years.

As Dr. Seuss’ tree-loving Lorax says, “I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.”

Melissa Breyer, of Brooklyn, NY, is the editor of Treehugger.com, from which this article was adapted.

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liquid natural gas plants to be shipped all over the world.

The pipeline has established a rightof-way through the middle of the Florida springs heartland —the most productive aquifer in the entire world. For now, it might be used to transport gas, but in the future, ownership of this corridor leaves the possibility to move water itself southward. “The Sierra Club recognized all the good work that I’ve done and that I’m also on the steering committee for banning fracking in Florida.” says Malwitz-Jipson. “We’ve had tons of success, and I helped create that ordinance/ resolution program we run with counties and cities.” She is also a Red Tide Campaign organizer, working with citizens to ban phosphate mining on the New River and establish restroom facilities along recreationally used access points on the Santa Fe River.

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Correcting Phases of Imbalance with Chiropractic

by Jay Workman

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r. James E. Lemire Next is pH imbalance/ MD, HAAFP, poor circulation. When the FMCP, owner of blood has an acidic pH, Natural Medicine Physithe body may be silently cians, in Ocala, states, torn apart day-by-day to “The purpose of chiropracbecome more and more tic is to allow the nerve susceptible to insidious, impulses to flow uninterdegenerative diseases. The rupted from the brain body’s pH management to all parts of the body. regulates breathing, circuWhen each part (organ, lation, digestion, eliminasystem, muscles, etc.) has tion, hormone production James E. Lemire its proper nerve supply, it and immune defense. The works at optimum function and health.” immune system is the first major line of

Without adequate nerve supply, protection against sickness, and aging. It dysfunction or disease is inevitable. “Chi- will not work if the blood is acidic. ropractors are specially trained doctors

The next level of the cascade, who work with the joints of the spine to Subluxation of the vertebrae, is due to remove the nerve interference and allow continuing pH imbalances, toxins, stress the healing potential to flow through the and/or emotional causes. The result is body,” notes Lemire. ‘Spinal ‘adjustments’ that the patient will not be able to hold are commonly thought of just to fix back chiropractic adjustments. The next phase, and neck pain, but in reality, chiropractic cellular enzyme damage, is an irreverstreatment effectively helps a wide variety ible state of dormancy for the cells—cell of conditions including TMJ syndrome suicide—also known as apoptosis, or and asthma, high blood pressure, as well unregulated cell division, which can lead as neck and back problems.” to the formation of cancerous tumors or

Functional medicine and wellness early stages of other diseases. addresses the multiple, cascading phases Chronic, long-term cellular changes of imbalance that most people face. The may also result in severe disease. Severe first phase is oxygen/hydrogen deprivaorgan disease is the phase where the tion in cells, as the body becomes acidic imbalances acquire names like cancer, from the foods, toxins and lifestyle. diabetes, MS, etc. “For this cascade to

be addressed and avoided, it takes a team of practitioners working together,” says Lemire. “This special issue with focus on chiropractic care brings to the forefront that there is a need to work as part of a team in order to service patients to the optimal level. Being excited and inspired by a team of experts will keep the patient safe and keep them engaged in bringing out their best results.”

James Garemore, DC, became a part of the natural medicine physicians team at Natural Medicine Physicians (formerly Lemire Clinic) four years ago with a passion for natural health after 30 years of practicing chiropractic in Ocala, setting out on a journey to provide more facets of natural health for his patients.

He says, “Having James Lemire, M.D., as the clinic director and my personal functional medicine mentor has been such a blessing. Quality nutritional supplements, massage, acupuncture, thermography, chelation and many more services help to make our practice successful to allow you to attain your health care goals.”

Garemore notes, “One specific therapy that we feature is pulsed electromagnetic field therapy. It works to stimulate healing from the inside-out at the cellular level and can reduce pain and improve the quality of your life by allowing your body to function as it was designed to do.

We are the only practice in Central Florida that is utilizing this therapy to help our patients attain the best possible outcomes.”

Free patient education meetings are held at 6 p.m. on the first Monday of the month. Natural Medicine Physicians is located at 11115 SW 93rd Ct. Rd., Ste. 600, in Ocala. For appointments, call 352-291-9459 For more information, visit LemireClinic.com. See ad, page 2.

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Chiropractic to the Rescue It Helps IBD, ADHD, PMS and Other Conditions

by Edward Group

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hiropractic care corrects spinal alignment abnormalities as a means of treating a wide range of health problems. Addressing skeletal and muscular disorders and relieving pain are just the beginning. Research studies reported in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics and the journal of healing science Explore have found chiropractic beneficial in treating connective tissue abnormalities, infant lactose intolerance and even autism.

More than $13 billion is spent annually on chiropractic health services, making it the largest alternative health practice in the U.S. Science supports its usefulness in addressing a wide range of conditions.

Bell’s Palsy. Recovery varies among patients as chiropractors create patientcentric treatment programs designed to improve facial motion and hearing, relieve pain and address other nerverelated issues (Archives of Internal Medicine; Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics).

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). A Canadian survey of chiroprac22

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tors has reported success in using spinal manipulation to relieve IBD, colitis and other bowel disorders (Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology).

Cancer. The Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine publishes numerous studies of therapies supporting cancer patients suffering the side effects of conventional treatment. The American Journal of Clinical Oncology reports that chiropractic care rates as one of the leading alternative medical treatments for pain management, among other related benefits. Chiropractic offers economical and effective strategies that may help quality of life, as discussed in Seminars in Oncology Nursing.

High Blood Pressure. While many relevant studies can’t yet generalize results, the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics documents success by chiropractors treating hypertension without the downside of medical drugs that can include the risk of stroke (University of Alabama at Birmingham).

Chronic Sinusitis. Patients with nasal and sinus passages that don’t

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drain properly due to physical or nerverelated causes may find relief through chiropractic care. A study cited in the same journal showed that patients experienced relief of all related symptoms after a single adjustment.

Arthritis. A study published in a journal from the the University of Virginia School of Medicine Center for the Study of Complementary and Alternative Therapies notes that arthritis patients obtaining chiropractic care enjoyed better health and quality of life than those that did not.

Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS).

In clinical studies, combining manual spinal adjustment with soft tissue therapy has been found to relieve PMS discomfort. In one study, two groups of women were tested, switching off in receiving chiropractic adjustments or a placebo alternative. Each time, the group receiving chiropractic adjustments reported the greatest improvements (Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics).

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). A study published in Explore suggests that chiropractic care combined with other holistic elements such as appropriate nutrition may provide a more gentle, yet effective approach than conventional psychotropic drugs. It employed chiropractic treatment for boys 9 to 13 years old diagnosed with ADHD. Spinal manipulation with nutritional supplementation was reported to improve hyperactivity, inattentiveness, impulsiveness and behavioral, social and emotional difficulties.

Headaches. Based on recent studies, spinal manipulation has proven effective against migraines and headaches originating from the neck. Manual therapy of the spine, along with neck exercises, promotes improvement in patients with neck-related headaches. Side effects are rare and minor (Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics).

Dr. Edward Group is CEO and co-founder of the Global Healing Center, in Houston, TX (GlobalHealingCenter.com).

He is a doctor of chiropractic trained in naturopathy, herbals and clinical nutrition; author of The Green Body Cleanse; and a diplomate of the American Board of Functional Medicine.

HEADS UP

by Jack Agliata

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ore than half the people across the country spend six to eight hours each day sitting. Even children are more inclined to recline than play outside, and our myriad electronic devices have perpetuated an already declining activity level in us all. With the advent of computers, cell phones and the hours we spend sitting and texting, it’s no wonder we have so many unexplained ailments. In fact, the “sitting disease” has been linked to an increase risk of cancer, obesity, diabetes and premature death.

Texting, tweeting and snap chatting results in prolonged neck flexion, causing an unnecessary strain on tendons, muscles and fasciae. Prolonged forward head carriage will adversely affect ligaments, cartilage and bone in the body’s attempt to maintain equilibrium.

Look at children (or in the mirror) while they are texting or using their electronic devices. The upper back and entire neck are flexed forward. Now observe them from the side while they are standing or sitting, relaxed and not on their electronic device. Is their ear is slightly in front of their collar bone, this is called anterior translation. For every inch of anterior translation, there is a 10-fold increase in strain on the neck required to hold our head up.

Many people develop postural faults that are not only aesthetically unappealing, but develop a postural abnormality which may result in discomfort, pain and even deformity. True spinal stability is achieved only when the center of gravity of each vertebra is aligned directly over the center of the supporting joint.

These days, correcting this problem takes more than chiropractic adjusting and rehabilitative exercises. Although this is an excellent place to start, we as a society need to put the device down and pick our heads up.

Jack Agliata DC, is the owner of Dr. Jack’s Chiropractic Care, located at 105 NE 1st Ave., in High Springs. For appointments, call 386-454-4055. For more information, visit DrJacksChiropractic. com. See ad, page 6.

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WALKING MEDITATION The Calming and Centering Effects of Labyrinths

by Gina McGalliard

While many of us like to meditate, some can’t sit still.

Walking a labyrinth provides an enticing alternative.

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n archetypal labyrinth gently leads us in a circular path inward toward a center and then back out again. Found in ancient cultures from African, Celtic and Greek to Native American, they became especially popular fixtures in Medieval European churches; one of the most renowned is in France’s Chartres Cathedral.

Depictions of labyrinths have been included in paintings, pottery, tapestries and in Hopi baskets as a sacred symbol of Mother Earth. Several American tribes saw the pattern as a medicine wheel. Celts may have regarded it as a never-ending knot or circle. While some of the oldest known labyrinths decorate cave walls in Spain, today they grace diverse locations ranging from spas and wellness centers to parks, gardens, university campuses and even prisons.

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“Labyrinths can be outdoors or indoors. Permanent labyrinths may be made of stones, rocks, bricks or inlaid stones. Temporary labyrinths can be painted on grass or made with all sorts of things for a particular purpose or appropriate to a specific cause,” explains Diane Rudebock, Ed.D., resource vice president and research chair of the Labyrinth Society, in Trumansburg, New York.

“Walking a labyrinth is useful for those that sometimes have a hard time being outwardly still and drawing themselves inward. You must move your body, and because you’re focused on the path while you’re walking it, it’s easier to drop wholly into the journey and let go of all else,” says Anne Bull, of Veriditas, a Petaluma, California, nonprofit that supports new labyrinth designs to suit the spiritual needs of hospitals, schools and retreat centers. The group also sponsors a worldwide directory at LabyrinthLocator.com.

Individual Approaches

A labyrinth walk typically involves three stages. The first is for releasing extraneous thoughts on the way to the center. Upon arriving in the stillness of that point, the participant opens heart and mind to receive whatever message or wisdom is intended for them. The return path is the integration phase, to make a fresh insight our own.

Participants should approach their walk in different ways: One may have a specific question or intention in mind; another may be open to whatever occurs during their meditation; yet another may repeat a meditative mantra. One might even choose to bypass the path entirely in order to sit contemplatively at its center. Unlike a maze, it’s impossible to lose our way with the circular path serving as a simple and reliable guide.

Although scientific research on labyrinth meditation has been limited to participant questionnaires, future studies may incorporate the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging technology to measure brain activity and record what individuals experience. Labyrinths located in settings like hospitals and prisons lend themselves to such research, says Rudebock.

As a Veriditas-certified labyrinth facilitator, she conducts workshops and observes, “Walks are unique to each individual and may not produce uniform or replicable results.”

At its core, the experience is about listening to our truest self, away from the cacophony of modern life. “I believe that the world needs places where our souls can be quiet,” remarks Jean Richardson, director of the Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center, in Bangor, Pennsylvania, which includes a seven-circuit labyrinth. “Retreat centers and labyrinths are places where we can listen to our inner heart, feel our inner calling and tap into our own divine nature. I think deep listening is not always valued in a world where we are rewarded for being busy and keeping our schedules full.”

Nearby Opportunities

Today, labyrinths—indoor, outdoor, natural, urban, secular and religious—are found in or near many communities.

Following the lead of California’s Golden Door Spa, in Escondido, which pioneered the use of a labyrinth in a spa setting, many spas now incorporate them in their wellness or mindfulness programs.

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Labyrinthine invitations to a mindfulness practice are open to everyone.

“A labyrinth can bridge all beliefs, faiths, religions and walks of life,” says Bull.

“You can walk a labyrinth no matter what you believe. Benefits come in walking it with an open mind and open heart.”

Gina McGalliard is a freelance writer in San Diego, CA. Connect at GinaMcGalliard.com.

Local Labyrinths Life Enrichment Center 4991 Picciola Road, Fruitland Park 352-787-0313 lecretreats.org Always open. Shrubs/pavement with lights

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Gainesville 4225 NW 34th Street, Gainesville 352-377-1669 uufg.org Rock or garden

Florida School of Massage 6421 SW 13th Street, Gainesville 352-378-7891 FloridaSchoolOfMassage.com Always open. Rock or garden

Kanapaha Botanical Gardens 4700 SW 58th Drive, Gainesville 352-372-4981 Kanapaha.org Gravel

Sholom Park 7110 SW 80th Avenue, Ocala 352-387-7404 SholomPark.com 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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First Congregational United Church of Christ 7171 SW SR200, Ocala 352-237-3035 uccocala.org Always open. Rock/garden.

THE BEST

Exercises Are THOSE WE DO

by Daniel Thomas

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he best exercise to get healthy is the exercise we’ll do, and the most natural movements and easiest is walking. Studies have shown that putting one foot in front of the other on a regular basis may be the single best way to lose weight and keep it off. With all the trendy crossfit training, kickboxing and abdominal crunching done in gyms nowadays, walking has risen to the top as the ideal low-impact exercise. Work out at the gym is okay, but 30 minutes of brisk walking five to seven days per week can be just as beneficial.

The benefits of walking are numerous. It can boost energy and self-esteem, increase metabolism and burn fat, strengthen muscles and bones, reduce insulin resistance, reduce stress and help relax, improve memory, boost our sex life, strengthen our immune system, improve circulation, extend our life and allow us to socialize.

Walking is the superfood of exercise. One recent six-year study of 50,000 people found that walking can even be more beneficial than running. The researchers compared health benefits such as reduced risk of hypertension, cholesterol, diabetes and heart disease for each group and found that walkers had better overall results. In addition to the health benefits, the researchers noted that walking has less impact and stress on the body; almost anyone can readily participant; it’s good for people with arthritis and shin splints; and better for people with respiratory or heart conditions.

Despite its gentle nature, walking can be an absolute calorie-furnace thanks to new technology. Here are three ways to turn that same 30-minute stroll into a true calorie-zapping, total-body workout.

Add walking poles: Walking with poles—also known as Nordic Walking—can turn regular walking into a total body workout and burn up to 70 percent more calories, yet amazingly, it doesn’t feel much more difficult than regular walking. The best walking poles are made by Exerstrider and can be ordered online at WalkingPoles.com.

Use MBT shoes: Walking shoes made by Masai Barefoot Technology (MBT) are the best that money can buy. They are called “the smallest gym in the world”.

Walking for 30 minutes using MBT can be equivalent to walking up to 60 minutes in regular walking shoes. MBT helps tone the entire body, improve posture, balance, and circulation soften hard surfaces when walking, and help relieve back and knee pain. For more information, visit online at FootwearEtc.com.

Incorporate intervals: Interval training involves alternating short bursts of highintensity work with longer periods of recovery. In the case of walking, it involves walking fast for 30 to 60 seconds, followed by two to three minutes of slower walking and repeating this cycle for the entire 30 minutes of walking. To make this easy to do, purchase the Gymboss Interval Timer online at GymBoss.com. We all have excuses, but these tips will make walking part of our normal routine:

Buddy up: Whether we walk together every day, once a week or just talk about our walking program with a friend by phone or email, we’re more likely to stick to a routine if we have a partner.

Break it up: Can’t commit to 30 minutes all at once? No problem. Divide it into two, 15-minute segments instead.

Organize: Plan ahead by setting aside time to walk early in the morning or in the late evening to beat the summer heat and humidity.

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ister. Fairy Dust Crystals & Such, 11781 SE Hwy 441, Belleview. 352-693-4592. FairyDustCrystals.com.

calendarofevents SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 Workshop – 10am-1pm. With Marilyn Jenquin, British Style Psychic Mediumship. $45. Held at Fairy Dust Crystal & Such, 11781 SE Hwy 441, Belleview. International Foundation for Spiritual Knowledge. 407-247-7823. Ifsk.org.

Learn powerful and simple tools to be heard and understood as published in Making It Safe To Love by acclaimed author, Frey Keyser. Free. Freedom Public Library, 5870 SW 95th St, Ocala. Info: Evie 858-922-2964. Fred@DivineHeartMetaphysical.org.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7

Workshop – 1-3pm. The Infinite Varieties of Tarot: Choosing the Deck That Works for You. With Deb Dalziel. Free. Call to register. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, High Springs. Call to register. 386-454-8657. HighSpringEmporium.net.

Presentation – 2pm. Neuropathy and Chronic Pain Relief Using High Power Medical Laser Therapy.

RSVP by October 5. HealthCare Partners Family Medicine, 1501 US Hwy 441 North, Ste 1700, The Villages. 352-750-4333.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8

Women’s First Sunday Brunch: Nurturing Place Settings – 11am. An amazing assortment of women, locally grown food, an entertaining program in an atmosphere of quiet, respect and contemplation. Sliding scale from $10 to whatever you can contribute. Crones’ Cradle Conserve Foundation, 6411 NE 217th Pl, Citra. Reserve by noon the Friday before at 352-595-3377 or CatCrone@aol.com.

CronesCradleConserve.org.

Workshop – 2-4pm. Developing and Enhancing our Vision: Stones for Psychic Development. With Sharron Britton. $20. Call to register. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, High Springs. Call to register. 386-454-8657. HighSpringEmporium.net.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 3 Patient Education – 6pm. Learn about the clinic followed by Q&A. Free. Seating is limited, call to reserve your seat. Natural Medicine Physicians, 11115 SW 93rd Ct Rd, Ste 600, Ocala. 352-2919459. LemireClinic.com.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5 Healing Circle – 1pm. Lead by Nancy Lopez, Prayer Chaplain. Everyone in the circle has an opportunity to request healing for themselves or others.

Everyone welcome. Love offering. Unity Spiritual Center, 509 County Rd 468, Fruitland Park. 352454-3120. UnitySpiritualCenterFL.org.

Informative Class: Healing with Angels – 2:304:30pm. With JoEllen Blue. $30. Call the store to register. Fairy Dust Crystals & Such, 11781 SE Hwy 441, Belleview. 352-693-4592. FairyDustCrystals.com.

Astrology – 5:30-6:30pm. Accomplished astrologer, Diane Dobry will give the basics of astrology. Free informational. Karma Cottage, 652 #A North Citrus Ave, Crystal River. 352-566-0300. KarmaCottage.com.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6 Loving Communication, Free Seminar – 6-7:45pm.

Psychic / Medium Spiritual Development Class – 2-4:30pm. Includes meditation, lesson and practice. $30. Held at Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave. International Foundation for Spiritual Knowledge. 407-247-7823. ifsk.org.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 Informative Course: The Spiritual Path – 10amnoon. With Steve Priester. Six-week course. $50 entire course. Call the store to register. Fairy Dust Crystals & Such, 11781 SE Hwy 441, Belleview.

352-693-4592. FairyDustCrystals.com.

Presentation – 5:30pm. Why Supplement? With Michael Joseph, PhD. RSVP by October10. HealthCare Partners Family Medicine, 1501 US Hwy 441 North, Ste 1700, The Villages. 352-750-4333.

Transformation, Detox/Healing Group series – 6pm. Decrease weight, lower A1C and cholesterol, increase energy. Seating is limited, must pre-register.

Natural Medicine Physicians, 11115 SW 93rd Ct Rd, Ste 600, Ocala. 352-291-9459. LemireClinc.com.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12 Iridology – 8am-5pm, by appointment. Learn about your health’s needs through your eyes. Natural Medicine Physicians, 11115 SW 93rd Ct Rd, Ste 600, Ocala. 352-291-9459. LemireClinc.com.

Informative Class: Working with Crystals – 2:304:30pm. With JoEllen Blue. $30. Call the store to reg-

Parent Support Group – 6:30-8pm. The ongoing support group for families that deal with behavioral and emotional issues related to attention deficit disorders. The focus is on students kindergarten through eighth grade. Celebration United Methodist Church, 9501 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville. For more info or to RSVP, call 352-367-8005.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 Book Study: The Dalai Lama’s Cat by David Michie – 1-2:30pm. Six-week class. Unity Spiritual Center, 509 County Rd 468, Fruitland Park. 352454-3120. UnitySpiritualCenterFL.org.

Seminar: Kindness is the Cure – 6pm. Learn how to change your experience of the world from a place of fear, sadness and hopelessness to one of love, joy and meaning. Love offering. Please call to pre-register.

Natural Medicine Physicians, 11115 SW 93rd Ct Rd, Ste 600, Ocala. 352-291-9459. LemireClinc.com.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14 Stem Cell Therapy Lecture – 2pm. With Dr. Nelson Kraucak. Learn how stem cells and platelets can successfully treat chronic joint and back pain. RSVP by October 12. HealthCare Partners Family Medicine, 1501 US Hwy 441 North, Ste 1700, The Villages. 352-750-4333.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 Walk 4 Wellness – 8am registration, 9am event begins. Three-mile walk to benefit World Wellness Education. Music, wellness vendors, award ceremony. The Villages Polo Field, 703 Buena Vista Blvd, The Villages. Walk4Wellness.org.

BioMat Sessions with Chakra Balancing Crystal Grid – 11am-5pm. $10 or free with purchase of $20 or more. Call to register. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, High Springs. Call to register. 386-454-8657. HighSpringEmporium.net.

Fairy Spiritual, Psychics & Angels Fair – 1-6pm. Well-known Faerie Angelic Wizard, John Springer will speak about fairy connections.

Astrology, psychic, tarot and angel card readers will be available for readings and Diane Marshall will be doing spirit portraits. Fairy Dust Crystals & Such, 11781 SE Hwy 441, Belleview. 352-6934592. FairyDustCrystals.com.

Astrology – 5:30-6:30PM. Accomplished astrologer, Diane Dobry will give the basics of astrology. Free informational. Karma Cottage, 652 #A North Citrus Ave, Crystal River. 352-566-0300. KarmaCottage.com.

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Full Moon Drumming – 7pm. Love donation.

Fairy Dust Crystals & Such, 11781 SE Hwy 441, Belleview. 352-693-4592. FairyDustCrystals.com.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 Webinar – October 17, 21, 24, 28. 5-8pm. AUMAKHUA-KI® Energy Healing 4 Attunement Webinar.

Web class includes a Level-4 AK Energy Attunement, and AKEH4 class workbook, certificate and Soul Mantra Reading and SoulQI-KA™ Empowerment. $457 for series. Register at AKHeal.com Thermography Screenings – 8am-5pm; by appointment. Thermography is a healthy alternative to mammograms. Natural Medicine Physicians, 11115 SW 93rd Ct Rd, Ste 600, Ocala. 352-291-9459.

LemireClinic.com.

Healthy Make-up Demo – 6pm. Free. The Himalayan Salt Room of Ocala, 11115 SW 93rd Ct Rd, Ste 500, Ocala. 352-237-4653. LemireClinic.com.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18 Natural Eye Program – October 18-20. Learn what you can do about wet/dry macular degeneration, glaucoma, and cataracts without injections. Seating is limited, call to pre-register. Natural Medicine Physicians, 11115 SW 93rd Ct Rd, Ste 600, Ocala.

352-291-9459. LemireClinic.com.

Transformation, Detox/Healing Group series – 6pm. Decrease weight, lower A1C and cholesterol, increase energy. Seating is limited, must pre-register.

Natural Medicine Physicians, 11115 SW 93rd Ct Rd, Ste 600, Ocala. 352-291-9459. LemireClinc.com.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 Natural Health Presentation – 6pm. Dr. Garemore

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to present on the topic of Natural Health through Chiropractic Care. Free. Seating is limited, call to reserve your seat. Natural Medicine Physicians, 11115 SW 93rd Ct Rd, Ste 600, Ocala. 352-291-9459.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21 Goddess Class – 5:30-7:30pm. Doreen Lavista explores the concept of the Feminine Divine and honoring our ancestors. A special Samhain event. $25. Karma Cottage, 652 #A North Citrus Ave, Crystal River. 352-566-0300. KarmaCottage.com.

Magnetic Wave Therapy Lecture and Demo – 6pm. With Dr. Nelson Kraucak. Learn how diapers and invasive treatments are not the only solutions for incontinence. RSVP by October 20. HealthCare Partners Family Medicine, 1501 US Hwy 441 North, Ste 1700, The Villages. 352-750-4333.

paired persons. SWAT teams of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and Ocala Police Department will escort guests into the darkness and serve the meals using night vision goggles. $75 per person, $140 per couple. Advance sales only. Seating is limited.

Jumbolair Ballroom, 1201 NE 77th St, Ocala. 352873-4700. FLBlind.org.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25 Save Your Mind Intensive Program – October 2527. Seating is limited, need to pre-register. Natural Medicine Physicians, 11115 SW 93rd Ct Rd, Ste 600, Ocala. 352-291-9459. LemireClinic.com.

Transformation, Detox/Healing Group series – 6pm. Decrease weight, lower A1C and cholesterol, increase energy. Seating is limited, must pre-register.

Natural Medicine Physicians, 11115 SW 93rd Ct Rd, Ste 600, Ocala. 352-291-9459. LemireClinc.com.

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Workshop – 11am to noon. Rocks for Kids: All About Geodes. With Travis Hetsler. Every child will receive a geode that will be sliced open! $10 per child, free for parents. Call to register. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, High Springs. Call to register.

386-454-8657. HighSpringEmporium.net.

Allergy and Sinus Disorders Seminar – 1pm.

Learn how acupuncture and Chinese medicine treats and prevents seasonal allergies and sinus symptoms.

Free. Seating is limited, reservations required. Ni’s Chinese Medical Center, 1501 N US Hwy 441, Ste 1106, The Villages. 352-391-9266. DrBoNi.com.

10TH Annual Fall at the Farm – 5:30-11pm. A country casual evening of dinner, drinks, live music and silent auctions to benefit Haven Hospice patients and families. $75.Drummond Farm, 311 NE 9th St, Chiefland. 352-271-4665. HavenEvents@HavenHospice.org. HavenHospice.org/FallAtTheFarm.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28

The Florida Center for the Blind’s Third Annual Dining in the Dark – 5:30pm. Guests will walk and dine in total darkness to experience the same challenge faced every day by blind and visually im-

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Presentation – 2pm. Neuropathy and Chronic Pain Relief Using High Power Medical Laser Therapy.

RSVP by October 27. HealthCare Partners Family Medicine, 1501 US Hwy 441 North, Ste 1700, The Villages. 352-750-4333.

Beginner’s Tarot – 5:30-7:30pm. With Katie Novak. Learn the major and minor aarcana along with the understanding of how to being to read the cards.

$25. Karma Cottage, 652 #A North Citrus Ave, Crystal River. 352-566-0300. KarmaCottage.com.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 Orange A-fair – 9am-3pm. Fund raiser for Citra Museum. Food, fun, entertainment, vendors, antique farm equipment. Location: Citra Community Center, Citra. Crones’ Cradle Conserve Foundation, 352595-3377. CronesCradleConserve.org.

Halloween Psychic Fair – noon-6pm. Rev. Steve Henry, Many Deer and more favorite readers. Minireadings $20. Call to register. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, High Springs. Call to register. 386-454-8657. HighSpringEmporium.net.

Beginner’s Tarot – 2-4pm. With Katie Novak.

Learn the major and minor aarcana along with the understanding of how to being to read the cards. $25.

Karma Cottage, 652 #A North Citrus Ave, Crystal River. 352-566-0300. KarmaCottage.com.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30 Trick-or-Treat Naturally – 4-7pm. Sample stations for kids and adults. See stores for details. Earth Origins Market, 1917 E. Silver Springs Blvd, Ocala and 1237 NW 76th Blvd, Gainesville. EarthOriginsMarket.com.

plan ahead MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Patient Education – 6pm. Learn about the clinic followed by Q&A. Free. Seating is limited, call to reserve your seat. Natural Medicine Physicians, 11115 SW 93rd Ct Rd, Ste 600, Ocala. 352-291-9459. LemireClinic.com.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 Remember to VOTE! General Election – 7am-7pm.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Natural Health Presentation – 6pm. Dr. Garemore to present on the topic of Natural Health through Chiropractic Care. Free. Seating is limited, call to reserve your seat. Natural Medicine Physicians, 11115 SW 93rd Ct Rd, Ste 600, Ocala. 352-291-9459.

LemireClinic.com.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21 Thermography Screenings – 8am-5pm; by appointment. Thermography is a healthy alternative to mammograms. Natural Medicine Physicians, 11115 SW 93rd Ct Rd, Ste 600, Ocala. 352-291-9459.

LemireClinic.com.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10 Natural Foods & Gift Gala – 10am-3pm. Natural and organic food samples, silent auction and raffle, unique and original gifts, make holiday gifts, decorations and crafts for all ages. $2/admission, $2 each/food sample ticket. Crones’ Cradle Conserve, 6411 NE 217th Pl, Citra. 352-595-3777. CronesCradleConserve.org.

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sunday Sunday Spiritual Service – 10am. Unity of Ocala, 101 Cedar Rd, Ocala. 352­687­2113. mail@UnityOcala.org. UnityOcala.org.

Unity Spiritual Center Sunday Service – 10am.

Transformational message focuses on oneness, sustainability, the use of prayer, the power of your imagination and remembering who you are and why you are here.

Unity Spiritual Center, 509 County Rd, Fruitland Park.

352­454­3120. UnitySpiritualCenterFL.org.

Sunday Celebration – 10:30am. Awaken to your spiritual magnificence. Oakbrook Center for Spiritual Living, 1009 NE 28th Ave, Ocala. OakbrookCSL.org.

monday Laser Therapy Awareness Days – By appointment.

Mondays in October. Laser therapy can treat pain related to many conditions such as arthritis, neuropathy, sprains/strains, chronic pain, injuries, muscle pain and stiffness. Free consultation. Call for appointment. Dr. Jack’s Chiropractic, 105 NW 1st Ave, High Sprints.

386-454-4055. DrJacksChiropractic.com.

A Course in Miracles – 9am. ACIM is a philosophical/psychological approach to the Reality of Love. The material is channeled through two Jewish agnostics and substantiates the spirituality of all the seers and sages. Love offering. Unity Spiritual Center, 509 County Rd, Fruitland Park. 352­454­3120.

UnitySpiritualCenterFL.org.

tuesday Acupuncture – By appointment. With physician Susan Snelling. Chinese Pulse, Herbs, Twina, Cuppping and more. Natural Medicine Physicians, 11115 SW 93rd Ct Rd, Ocala. 352­291­9459. LemireClinic.com.

A Course in Miracles – 9:30am. ACIM is a philosophical/psychological approach to the Reality of Love. The material is channeled through two Jewish agnostics and substantiates the spirituality of all the seers and sages. Love offering. Unity Spiritual Center, 509 County Rd, Fruitland Park. 352­454­3120.

UnitySpiritualCenterFL.org.

Essential Oil Classes – 6pm. With Valerie Macri.

Wellness, first aid and green home cleaning. Flying Horse Healing Arts. For Ocala location and topic, 904-412-2542 or ValerieMacri.com/classes.

Crystal Bowl Meditation – 7pm. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays.

Love offering. Unity Spiritual Center, 509 County Rd, Fruitland Park. 352­454­3120. UnitySpiritualCenterFL.org.

wednesday Hearing Screenings – 8am-5pm. With Dr. David Ditchfield. By appointment. Free. Natural Medicine Physicians, 11115 SW 93rd Ct. Rd, Ocala. 352­291­ 9459. LemireClinic.com.

Yoga Class – 9:30am. Call for details. Wallace Fitness, 252 N Donelly St, Mount Dora. 352-735-4881.

WallaceFitness.com.

Historic Jesus Class – 10am. With Howie Westin.

The class will use Karen L. King’s research relative to Jesus and Mary, centering on Mary’s prophetic and spiritual teachings. Unity Spiritual Center, 509 County Rd, Fruitland Park. 352­454­3120. UnitySpiritualCenterFL.org.

Prayer Service – noon. Facilitated by LUT Norm Bogert. Take a step away from your business and enjoy deep prayer as other Unity churches join together in prayers of peace. Unity Spiritual Center, 509 County Rd, Fruitland Park. 352­454­3120.

UnitySpiritualCenterFL.org.

Peace Circles – 12:45pm. A practice of deep listening and storytelling to build trust and strengthen relationships. Bring your lunch and join this new group. Unity Spiritual Center, 509 County Rd, Fruitland Park. 352­4 54­3 120.

UnitySpiritualCenterFL.org.

thursday Acupuncture – By appointment. With physician Susan Snelling. Chinese Pulse, Herbs, Twina, Cupping and more. Natural Medicine Physicians, 11115 SW 93rd Ct Rd, Ocala. 352­291­9459. LemireClinic.com.

A Course in Miracles – 4pm. Discussion Group.

Unity of Ocala, 101 Cedar Rd, Ocala. 352-687-2113.

Mail@UnityOfOcala.org. UnityOcala.org.

friday Health Happens Farmers Market – 9am-2:30pm.

Shop for fresh produce, seafood, honey, baked goods, gluten-free snacks and prepared meals for lunch. McPherson Governmental Complex field, 601 SE 25th Ave. Ocala. 352-438-2360.

Tarot Readings – 11am-4pm.With Doreen Lavista. $25/25 minute reading. Karma Cottage, 652 #A North Citrus Ave, Crystal River. 352-566-0300.

KarmaCottage.com.

saturday Organic Pickup Hub – 9am-1pm. The Ocala hub to pick up Strawberry Passion Organics.

Market Under the Oaks, 2250 NE Hwy 326, Ocala. ShariWin777@gmail.com.

Farmstead Saturdays – 9am­3pm. Free. Crones Cradle Conserve, 6411 NE 217 Pl, Citra. 352­595­ 3377. CronesCradleConserve.com.

Tarot Readings – 11am-4:30pm. (except October 15th.) With Katie Novak. Gain insight and wisdom from your focused energy working with Katie’s experience. Katie is certified by the Aspen Program for Psychic Development. $25/25 minute reading.

Karma Cottage, 652 #A North Citrus Ave, Crystal River. 352-566-0300. KarmaCottage.com.

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ACUPUNCTURE

COLONICS GENTLE WATERS HEALING CENTER 352-374-0600 • Gainesville Info@GentleWatersHealing.com

The therapists at Gentle Waters Healing Center assist each individual with detoxing using colon hydrotherapy, far infrared sauna, and/ or aqua chi lymphatic drainage. Call Dawn Brower for more information or visit GentleWatersHealing.com.

MA41024, MM15426.

CHINESE MEDICINE

SUSAN SNELLING, ACUPUNCTURE PHYSICIAN

NI’S CHINESE MEDICAL CENTER

Natural Medicine Physicians 11115 SW 93rd Ct Rd, Ste 600, Ocala 352-291-9459 • LemireClinic.com Susan Snelling, Acupuncture Physician of Natural Medicine Physicians has a Master's Degree in Chinese Medicine and Herbology. Susan has been practicing for many years and combines the traditional needles with cupping, twina technology, pulse diagnosing and Chinese herbs, along with emotional release to bring back into balance mind, body and spirit.

See ad, page 2.

AUDIOLOGY

Bo-Shih Ni, LAc, DOM Lisa Forsythe, LAc, Dipl OM 1501 N US Hwy 441, Ste 1106, Bldg 1100, The Villages • 352-391-9266 DrBoNi.com Bo-Shih Ni is an Internal Health Practitioner using the ancient wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine to maintain and restore health and wellness.

Acupuncture Practitioner Lisa Forsythe joins Ni using a variety of methods and treatments including Chinese Pulse Diagnosis, Chinese herbs, acupuncture, cupping and moxa as well as an onsite herbal pharmacy. See ad, page 13.

CHIROPRACTOR

DAVID DITCHFIELD ACA BCHIS

DR. JACK’S CHIROPRACTIC CARE

Audioprosthologist 352-291-9459

David has served the hearing needs of people in this area since the 1980s. He is the president of TriCounty Hearing Aid Inc. and has joined the audiology department of the Natural Medicine Physicians, formally Lemire Clinic. His practice has fit thousands with hearing instrumentation and has been appointed exclusive area dispenser for Nuear products with the renowned Starkey engineering.

By appointment. See ad, page 2.

BODY WORK

Dr. Jack Agliata, DC Serving North Central Florida 386-454-4055 DrJacksChiropractic.com

With almost 30 years of experience, Dr. Jack uses a safe, effective and natural approach to manage pain and other health issues. His practice also offers K-Laser therapy for advanced pain relief and to help improve function to afflicted areas without harmful drugs or injections.

Dr. Jack is joined by his staff of 2 LMTs, 2 Certified Chiropractic Physician's Assistants and 2 Certified Laser Therapists. See ad, page 6.

COACHING/ORGANIZING

NEUROMUSCULAR MASSAGE

BY DESIGN

Patricia Sutton LMT, NMT, CRT MA22645 1920 SW 20th Pl, Ste 202, Ocala 352-694-4503 Offering Certified Neuromuscular Masssage, cranial release technique, ETPS acupuncture to treat the pain you were told you would have to live with. Specializing in back, neck and post-surgical pain, fibromyalgia, migraines and TMJ therapies. See ad, page 18.

NATURAL ORDER COACHING & ORGANIZING Helen Kornblum, MA 352-871-4499 352-505-0541 Helen@CoachAndOrganizer.com CoachAndOrganizer.com

Helen helps teens and young adults deal with the challenges of ADHD by working on strategies for positive change, building selfesteem and confidence. With her help, students can develop better social skills and improve their organizing skills. See ad, page 10.

HOLISTIC MEDICINE HANOCH TALMOR, M.D.

Gainesville Holistic Center 352-377-0015 • DrTalmor.com We support all health challenges and the unlimited healing potential of God’s miracle: your body. Chelation, nutrition, cleansing, homeopathy, natural energy healing, detoxification, wellness education and more. See ad, page 20.

DR. DANIEL THOMAS, DO, MS

Fight Illness & Achieve Maximum Health 866-214-4584 HealthyAndStrong.com Dr. Thomas has 30 years of experience and is a leading authority in metabolic and nutritional medicine. People from across the country seek his medical expertise to slow aging, reverse disease, and extend life. The moment you step into his office, you know you’ve come to the right place. See ad, page 7.

LOCALLY-GROWN PRODUCE CRONE’S CRADLE CONSERVE FOUNDATION

6411 NE 217th Pl, Citra 352-595-3377 • CronesCradleConserve.org

The conserve is an ecological preserve, retreat center and organic farm. Local fresh produce can be bought at The Farm Store on property, through Farm to Fare weekly Baskets or delivered to your restaurant. The Farm Store is open 7 days a week.

Certified kitchen honey house and event space available. See ad, page 11.

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REIKI REIKI WITH DOREEN

Doreen Lavista Crystal River 352-794-3140 TheGoddessReturns.wix.xom/reiki-w ULC Minister and Reiki Master, Doreen provides customized Reiki classes and sessions as well as clairsentient, intuitive readings.

Doreen facilitates the Return of the Goddess Workshops featuring empowerment through resurgence of the feminine Divine. LIKE on Facebook, Private Message for locations.

SCHOOL BODHI SANGHA THAI MASSAGE AND SCHOOL OF TRADITIONAL THAI FOLK MEDICINE

813-417-6745 • ArielaGrodner@yahoo.com BodhiSangha.com Students can advance in their studies of Thai Massage and Traditional Thai Folk Medicine.

Courses offered are; Thai Foot Reflexology, Double Practitioner Thai Massage, and Thai Herbal Bundle Therapeutics. The Bodhi Sangha Shala is a place to grow and learn, to build community, to cultivate mindfulness and compassion, and to deepen one’s studies of the ancient healing art of Thai Massage. See ad, page 8.

VETERINARY CARE ALL HOLISTIC VETERINARY CARE Lynn S. Peck, DVM, MS, clCAK Gainesville – Ocala • 352-367-0709

Holistic veterinary medicine for horses, dogs and cats. Health maintenance/restoration; vaccine titers, detoxification, nutrition, thermal imaging, functional neurology. Chronic health problems, cancer, geriatrics, chronic pain/muscle weakness/subtle lameness; emotional trauma, thunderstorm phobia; performance improvement, saddle fit. Certified Applied Kinesiology (equine), Animal Bowen™ (Instructor). See ad, page 21.

MEDICINE WHEEL VETERINARY SERVICES Shauna Cantwell, DVM Ocala 352-538-3021 • ShaunaCantwell.com

Holistic veterinary medicine for small animals and horses.

Arthritis, neurologic and hormonal dysfunction, skin, a l l e rg i e s , c a n c e r, p a i n , immune and chronic disease.

Certified veterinary acupuncture, certified-AVCA animal chiropractic, herbal therapy, tui na medical massage, functional neurology, postural rehabilitation, ozone therapy, homotoxicology and nutrition. Available for workshops. See ad, page 7.

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