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Nature’s Virus Killer Copper can stop a virus before it starts

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Smartphones don’t have to be a mindless distraction; instead, with the aid of an app when out in nature, we can quickly identify mushrooms, bugs, birds, wildflowers and other flora and fauna. Many apps allow a user to photograph and post a finding, to ask questions about what they’re seeing and to interact with scientists to share their findings.

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Kids are natural storytellers, and one of the best ways to develop a love of nature in them is to weave storytelling into their outdoor experiences. The characters of their stories can be the plants, animals and rocks around them. In “Nature Speaks: Storytelling Connects Kids to the Natural World,” you’ll find many ideas that are not only fun, but also provide rich, lifelong learning experiences that are valuable and practical.

The sober-inclined are no longer stuck at gatherings nursing a seltzer; today they can sip from a vast array of sophisticated beverages—from faux vodka in exotic crafted drinks to prize-winning sparkling wines and low- and no-alcohol craft beer. On the home front, people are making their own concoctions, often with natural and herbal ingredients such

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Tuning into nature is the best thing we can ever do to foster our well-being and sanity. The harmonious sounds of nature, as well as the sound of silence, enable us the opportunity to hear our inner voice. The quietude brings deep peace and balance to our whole being. We hope this edition inspires you and your family to get outside and partake of Earth’s bounty.

Plant your thoughts and see your ideas blossom and unfold!

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Contents

Natural Awakenings is your guide to a healthier, more balanced life. In each issue you’ll find cutting-edge information on natural health, nutrition, fitness, personal growth, green living, creative exapression and the products and services that support a healthy lifestyle.

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14 WHY WE NEED WILD PLACES

How to Invite Nature Back into Our Lives and Landscapes

18 TECHNOLOGY MEETS NATURE

Apps Bring Us Closer to Flora and Fauna

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20 NATURE SPEAKS Storytelling Connects Kids to the Natural World

22 BUZZ-FREE DRINKING The Healthy Rise of NonAlcoholic Beverages

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22 healing ways 24 natural pet

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news briefs

Bioelectric Therapy with Alice Huang

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t Alice Huang’s Chinese Natural Therapies, LLC, a variety of personalized treatments based on Chinese natural remedies are offered. Direct detoxification system (DDS) bioelectric therapy uses a CE-certified DDS machine to generate a low electrical current along the meridians of the body to stimulate the nervous system and produce endorphins in order to relieve pain.

Using DDS biometric energy along the pathways of the body can stimulate the muscles, nerves and circulatory system to improve blood circulation, muscle tissue and regulate the digestive system.

It combines electrical energy with the principles of acupuncture, massage and Traditional Chinese Medicine to open and clear the body’s main meridians. DDS also regulates the body’s pH, activating the autoimmune system to prevent, treat and heal illness and disease, recover from injuries faster and feel better with less fatigue. For more than a decade in China, DDS bioelectric technology has enjoyed a noteworthy impact on many health conditions using natural, organically grown, herb-based creams and essential oils.

Locations: 1890 Southfield, Birmingham (248-582-8888); 1311 N. Main St., Clawson (248-278-6081); and 2939 1st St., Wyandotte (734-324-1168). For more information, visit AliceHuangs.com. See ad page 3.

Make an Organic Easter Basket this Year

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he Pure Pastures organic meat and grocery stores specialize in Michigan grass-fed pastured meats. Easter makes us focus on eggs, and theirs come from pastured, non-GMO, free-range chickens raised locally on family farms with no soy. They even collect used egg cartons to give to the farmers.

Numerous studies have found free-range eggs or cage-free eggs to have a healthier overall nutritional profile. Benefits include less saturated fat and cholesterol, and higher levels of protein.

Pastured eggs are richer in vitamins A and E, as well as omega-3s.

Hens that get to spend time in the sun also lay eggs that contain significantly more vitamin D. Pasture-raised is the gold standard for raising superior chicken and eggs. It’s better for the land, the animals and the consumer.

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Pure Pastures also carries a full line of organic groceries, eggs, dairy, honey and more. Also look for organic produce, including beets, dates, mushrooms, lettuce, broccoli, green beans, peppers, cauliflower and spinach to round out any feast.

Locations: 23309 Ford Rd., Dearborn (313-406-6282); 1192 Ann Arbor Rd., Plymouth (734-927-6951). For more information, visit PurePasturesMI.com. See ad page 23.

Reflexology Helps with Relaxation

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ertified Reflexologist Kristi Holmes is a graduate of Branch Reflexology Institute, in Okemos, Michigan, and the owner of R3 Reflexology, LLC. Her unique skills relieve patients of physical, mental and emotional stress, incorporating a keen sense of intuition with science to deliver a better way of being.

Reflexology can help to relieve stress and anxiety. It is especially beneficial when used with other natural remedies such as eating a healthier diet, cutting back on alcohol and caffeine consumption, getting better sleep and taking regular exercise. It works by applying gentle pressure to reflex areas in the feet which correspond to different parts of the body. Unblocking nerve endings in the feet rebalances the lymphatic and endocrine systems and boosts circulation, inducing a state of calm throughout the body and mind.

Gift certificates are available. Location: 689 N. Mill St., Ste. 103, Plymouth. For more information, call 248-872-3042, email Kristi@ R3Reflexology.com or visit Facebook.com/kristireflex. See ad page 29.

VegFest Rescheduled for June 5

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he VegFest 21st annual celebration on April 24 at the TCF Center Grand Ballroom has been rescheduled for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., June 5, at the Eastern Market, and admission is now free.

Current ticket holders will receive an automatic refund.

Highlights include more than 50 restaurants, free taste samples, cooking demos, cruelty-free shopping, fun for the kids, and inspiring and informative presentations.

VegMichigan, a nonprofit promoting the health, environmental and ethical benefits of a vegan diet, hosts Michigan’s largest event focused on promoting the health, ethical and environmental benefits of a plant-based lifestyle.

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Admission is free. Location: Shed 5 and 6, 2810 Russell St., Detroit.

Interested volunteers can email Olivia@VegMichigan.org. For more information, call 248-867-2155 or visit VegMichigan.org/vegfest.

Alleviate Trauma with Hypnotherapy

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ertified Clinical and Medical Hypnotherapist Anette M. Wolski, LMSW, CHt, CMHt, owner of Serene Hypnotherapy, LLC, has more than 30 years of experience as a social worker, hypnotherapist, clinical therapist, medical social worker and school social worker. She is currently practicing hypnotherapy, specializing in improving mental and physical health.

Wolski says, “I can help you reduce your anxiety, relieve stress, improve your attitudes, habits and self-defeating thoughts, improve your sports performance, reshape your body and help you stop smoking. I can also help you manage your pain, the side effects of medication, chemotherapy and radiation, and feel comfortable during medical and dental procedures. I also specialize in women’s issues such as menopause, pregnancy and childbirth.”

For those interested in the exploration of metaphysics, she will also help you explore Anette M. Wolski past lives and understand their connection to current life experiences. A member of the Clinical Hypnosis Professional Group and the National Association of Social Workers, she also practices reiki with animals.

Location: 37625 Ann Arbor Rd., Ste. 112, Livonia. For appointments and more information, call 734-765-7630, email AWolski043@gmail. com or visit SereneHypnosis.com.

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BakeHouse 46 Open in Plymouth

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akehouse 46, a collaborative culinary experience between the Cupcake Station and Blake’s Farm, has opened a new location at 318 South Main Street, in Plymouth. Other locations include Ann Arbor, Rochester and Birmingham. The collaboration combines the Cupcake Station's signature cupcakes and Blake’s cider and cider doughnuts.

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There are also gourmet doughnuts, apples and fudge, cookies and brownies. A selection of goods from Blake's Farms are available, along with coffee, bagels, sandwiches, and vegan and gluten-free selections.

“It’s an opportunity for Cupcake Station to take our first in class product … together with Blake’s first-class products,” says Todd Gildersleeve, Cupcake Station co-owner. “We are bringing the farm to the community.”

For more information, call 734-582-0500 or visit Bakehouse46.com.

Clairpointe Can Help with Jaw Pain

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Location: 18720 Mack Ave., Ste. 120, Grosse Pointe Farms. For appointments and more information, call 313-886-8030, email Sarah@ Clairpointe.com or visit Clairpointe.com.

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Complimentary free consultation. Locations: (Inside Kinergy Lifestyle Center) 2250 Oak St., Wyandotte; 3227 Washtenaw Ave., Ste. G, 2nd fl., Ann Arbor. For appointments and more information, call 734-780-7070 or visit Med1Aesthetics.com.

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lairpointe Family Chiropractic offers care in pregnancy, pediatric, automobile injury, sports injury, corrective exercises, along with nutritional counseling and supplements. Some people experience jaw pain, headaches, pain in their neck and ears, from the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) in front of the ear (temporal bone) that connects the lower jaw (mandible) and all the muscles that surround it.

There are many causes for TMJ pain and dysfunction, including poor posture, recent dental work, misaligned teeth, clenching, grinding, stress and excessive gum chewing. Adjusting the TMJ and getting it back into its normal alignment will slowly reshape the disc and allow the joint to function as it should. Home care includes icing, strengthening, stretching exercises and self-massage.

The chiropractic team comprises Dr. Gary Shoemaker, Dr. Alexander Jeffrey and Dr. Nathan Blackwell. Clairpointe uses stateof-the-art equipment and offers advanced chiropractic care designed to help reach health goals in the shortest time possible. Clairpointe also offers nutritional supplements, nutritional guidance, at-home cervical traction and Foot Levelers custom-fitted orthotics.

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icole O’Neill, M.D., is now providing microneedling with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) treatments at Med 1 Aesthetics.

PRP can address eye puffiness and dark circles, helping us to look radiant and refreshed. This minimally invasive treatment has a short recovery time with dramatic anti-aging results. PRP triggers skin rejuvenation of fine lines, wrinkles, mild scarring, uneven skin tone, rough or scaly skin and dull complexion in the face.

Microneedling is a cosmetic treatment that uses a roller with fine needles to prick the skin. This device stimulates extra collagen production, which can help heal scars and reduce signs of aging.

Microneedling with PRP uses part of the blood from the person having the procedure to rejuvenate the skin.

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eam You is a fellowship to help connect in harmony our Mind, Body and Soul. Their transformative five-week course Authentically You! taught by Amelia Krabach, will develop skills to change our way of thinking starting April 18 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

She states, “You are the most important person in your life.

You need to hear you. You are special. You want to trust you. You want to see you succeed. How does that happen? You make you a priority and take this class. Get ready to be honest with yourself.”

The course works with meditation, tasks and feelings to open channels through meridian work; honor feelings, including our time capsule self; speak our truths and align mind, body and spirit

to get our message out with word intention and color therapy; and step into our power and soul contract work.

Location: 21117 E. Glen Haven Circle, Northville. For more information, call 734-578-8311, email HealingWithAmyK@gmail.com or visit TeamYou.blog.

Clean Food in Canton

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eg-O-Rama, the fast, casual vegan/vegetarian/ gluten-free restaurant since 2017, delivers the best food at affordable prices. Founder and head chef Arthur Lee, co-founder and chef James Lee, lead chef Suzanne Grey and breakfast chef Max Broody serve customers unique fusion food with care, love and the utmost respect.

Among the wide variety of delicious and healthy burgers, bowls, wraps, sides and snacks are the Chickpea Chole Bowl, Butter Chic’n Bowl, Butter Paneer Bowl and Orange Chic’n Bowl. Each item on the menu is carefully crafted and packed with interesting Indo-American fusion, flavors and fresh ingredients.

Discover the Healer in You! Better Your life and the Lives of Your Family and Friends through the Power of Herbs.

Location: 44930 Ford Rd., Canton. For more information, call 734335-3952 or visit Veg-O-Rama.com.

We Only Get One Set of Teeth

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orthville Smiles, the office of Charles S. Choueiry, DDS, PC, specializes in restorative dentistry. He says, “Understanding how essential your teeth are to the overall health of your mouth, jawbone and body, we seek to restore and preserve your teeth whenever possible. We will examine you and determine the best way to save your natural tooth and prevent it from needing to be pulled. The more extensive the damage is or the more infected your tooth becomes, the more challenging it can be to save it.”

The same solutions are also available for kids. “If you have a child or teenager, remember that their permanent teeth are the only teeth that they will ever have. We can restore their teeth using a variety of methods and the sooner, the better,” says Choueiry. “As with most things, if we can correct the damage quickly, there is a reduced risk of the site becoming infected or the damage spreading.

With younger kids, we typically recommend a bonding procedure, because we can complete it quickly and it is non-invasive.”

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health briefs

Eat Lots of Fiber to Improve Melanoma Outcomes

A new type of immunotherapy that enables T-cells to fight cancer cells is proving hopeful for people with the deadly skin cancer melanoma, and a new study has found that a high-fiber diet improves the effectiveness of the therapy.

Researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported in Science that, by analyzing the gut microbiome in hundreds of patients, they found that higher dietary fiber intake was linked with disease non-progression among patients receiving immune checkpoint blockade therapy compared to patients eating little fiber. The results were strongest in patients that ate the most dietary fiber, but did not take probiotics, a finding that was replicated with lab animals.

Consider Berberine and Probiotics to Improve Cholesterol When used together, the plant alkaloid berberine and the probiotic Bifidobacterium breve work synergistically to significantly improve total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, reports a new study in Gut Microbes from Shanghai Jiao Tung University, in China. Researchers tested 365 diabetes patients at 20 centers throughout the country, giving them either a placebo, one of the two substances or both. Comparing post-meal blood samples after 12 weeks, patients that had taken both the berberine and the probiotic had significantly better cholesterol readings and experienced positive changes in the gut microbiome, as well as better fatty acid metabolism.

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Avoid Formaldehyde to Sidestep Cognitive Problems Workers exposed over years to formaldehyde may experience thinking and memory problems later in life, researchers at the University of Montpellier, in France, have concluded. Their study published in the journal Neurology surveyed and tested more than 75,000 people with an average age of 58. Of those, 8 percent were exposed to formaldehyde through their occupations as nurses; caregivers; medical technicians; workers in the textile, chemistry and metal industries; carpenters and cleaners. The risk of developing thinking and memory problems was an average of 17 percent higher in people that were exposed to formaldehyde on the job than those with no such exposure.

People exposed to formaldehyde for 22 years or longer had a 21 percent higher risk of cognitive impairment.

Try Fenugreek to Boost Male Fertility and Health Fenugreek, an herb used in Indian curries and Middle Eastern cuisine, has been shown in studies to increase breast milk production in women, and a 12-week study of 100 men has found that it also boosts male testosterone and fertility. A research team at King George’s Medical University, in Lucknow, India, gave 500 milligrams a day of an extract made from fenugreek seeds to men that ranged in ages from 35 to 60. Sperm motility, or movement, significantly increased at eight and 12 weeks of treatment, while abnormal sperm morphology significantly decreased at 12 weeks. Testosterone levels, cholesterol markers and libido also improved.

Higher levels of alertness were documented, along with lower blood pressure.

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Large Study Addresses Indigenous Biodiversity Decline

A poll by Ipsos conducted for the ocean conservation group Oceana last November found that 82 percent of registered U.S. voters responding would like the National Park Service to stop selling and distributing single-use plastic items. The survey revealed broad appreciation for national parks, with around four in five respondents saying they had been to a park and 83 percent of previous park visitors looking forward to a return visit. Oceana Plastics Campaign Director Christy Leavitt says, “These polling results indicate that Americans, whether Republican or Democrat, want our parks to be unmarred by the pollution caused by single-use plastic.”

The results show broad support for a campaign led

by Oceana and more than 300 other environmental organizations which sent a letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland asking the parks to end the sale and distribution of plastic beverage bottles, bags, foodware and cutlery, and plastic foam products. The proposed Reducing Waste in National Parks Act would see such a policy enacted if passed. “The National Park Service was created to preserve these natural and historic spaces, and in order to truly uphold that purpose, it needs to ban the sale and distribution of single-use plastic items, many of which will end up polluting our environment for centuries to come, despite being used for only a moment,” says Leavitt.

Simon Fraser University (SFU), in British Columbia, is engaging with more than 150 Indigenous organizations, universities and other partners to highlight the complex problems of biodiversity loss and its implications for health and well-being in the Tackling Biodiversity Decline Across the Globe research initiative. The project is inclusive of intersectional, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary worldviews and methods for research, with activities in 70 different kinds of ecosystems that are spiritually, culturally and economically important to Indigenous peoples. One of the project’s six principal investigators, SFU assistant professor Maya Gislason, of the Faculty of Health Sciences, says, “Our work in health will focus on healing from the stresses and losses caused by colonial practices and on building healthier relationships to nature. By 2027, when the project completes, healing and well-being will have been important considerations within the development of holistic and actionable solutions intended to improve stewardship and care for people and the planet.”

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Wild Places How to Invite Nature Back into Our Lives and Landscapes

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n a blustery day, Julian Hoffman stood outdoors and watched wild bison grazing in the restored grassland of Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, fewer than 50 miles from downtown Chicago. For him, it was a wild place, affording a glimpse of what North America looked like hundreds of years ago when bison roamed the continent by the millions. “We’re witnessing, in a way that’s both terrible and tragic, just what the profound cost is of continuing to destroy the natural world,” he writes.

Saving wild places is critical for human health and well-being, say both scientists and environmentalists. But defining what a wild place is or what the word wilderness means can be difficult, says Hoffman, author of Irreplaceable: The Fight to Save Our Wild Places. “If wilderness means a place untouched by humans, then none is left,” he says. Even the set-aside wildernesses where no one may have ever stepped have been altered through climate change, acid rain and other human interventions.

Humans are also losing the wilderness that is defined as land set aside solely for plants and creatures other than humans. Prominent naturalist David Attenborough, whose most recent documentary is A Life on Our Planet, says that in 1937, when he was a boy, about 66 percent of the world’s wilderness areas remained. By 2020, it was down to 35 percent.

A wild place can be as spectacular as Yellowstone, a 3,500-square-mile national park in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana, filled with hot springs, canyons, wolves, and elk. It can also be as simple as a sky filled with a murmuration, or gathering, of thousands of swooping starlings, which once caused two teens to stop taking selfies and photograph the natural scene above them instead, as Hoffman witnessed in Great Britain.

Such regions that offer vast tracts of natural beauty and biodiversity are even found in and around major cities like Chicago, says Chicagoland nature blogger Andrew Morkes. “A wild place is also where you don’t see too many people, or any people, and you can explore,” he says. “You can walk up a hill and wonder what’s around the next bend.”

“A wild place could be a 15-minute drive from home where we can walk among plants in a meadow, or a tree-lined street, or front and back yard, if landscaped with wild creatures in mind,” says Douglas Tallamy, author of Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts with Your Yard.

Sustaining Our Species

“We need these places to save ourselves,” says Tallamy, who heads the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware. “Humans are totally dependent on the production of oxygen and clean water, and that happens with the continued existance of flowering plants, which are dependent on the continued existence of all the pollinators. When you lose the pollinators, you lose 90 percent of the flowering plants on the Earth. That is not an option if we want to stay alive and healthy.”

“When you lose the pollinators, you lose 90 percent of the flowering plants on the Earth.”

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Our mental and emotional health is also at stake. According to a recent overview in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, studies have shown that natural settings can lower blood pressure, reduce depression and anxiety, and help the immune system function better.

People have saved wild places over time, of course. “The world’s ancient redwoods are still with us today because people in the early 1900s fought to protect and preserve what they could already see was rapidly diminishing,” Hoffman says. “In the year 2022, we are the beneficiaries of those past actions.

Yet less than 5 percent of those old-growth redwood groves are left, and we live in an age where we’re losing an extraordinary range of wild species; for example, 3 billion birds have disappeared from the skies of North America in just the past 50 years. That’s why people need to continue to fight for wild spaces.”

Community Crusaders In researching his book, Hoffman went looking for wild-space struggles. In Glasgow, Scotland, he met people that fought to save an urban meadow from being turned into a luxury home development. “I’d never experienced as much joy in any one place as when I spent time with the community fighting to preserve this tiny meadow,” he recalls. “They campaigned and lobbied politicians, and eventually, the government backed down. And now the whole community is able to enjoy this site where a lot of urban wildlife thrives.”

Once-wild places may also need human help to again become wild refuges. The Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, where Hoffman saw the buffalo, “was once an arsenal for the production of extraordinary quantities of ordnance for a number of wars,” he says. After hundreds of die-hard volunteers dug out invasive plants, scattered seed and documented wildlife on the 18,000-acre prairie, visitors can now walk among big bluestem and golden alexander, and listen for the sweet song of meadowlarks in the grasslands and chorus frogs in the wetlands.

Conservation volunteers working to save wild places hail from every state. In fact, nearly 300,000 volunteers contribute more than 6.5 million hours of volunteer service a year to the U.S. National Park Service, 16

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from leading tours to studying wildlife and hosting campgrounds.

One doesn’t have to be an environmental crusader to save wild places, Hoffman stresses. Exploring local wild places and sharing them with others can help save them, as well. “We can only protect those places that we love,” he says. “And we can only love those places that we know.”

Sadly, roughly 100 million people, including 28 million children, do not have access to a quality park within 10 minutes of home, according to The Trust for Public Land. Projects, such as the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program, which enables urban communities to create out-

“Exploring local wild places and sharing them with others can help save them.” door spaces, can help. The U.S. Department of the Interior committed $150 million to the program in 2021. “Every child in America deserves to have a safe and nearby place to experience the great outdoors,” says Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.

A Homegrown National Park Tallamy says one of the most important ways to get people to appreciate and save wild places is to begin in their own yards.

“We have wilderness designations. We have national forests. We have national parks.

We have 12 percent of the U.S. protected from development,” he says. “Yet, we are in the sixth great extinction. Our parks and our preserves are not enough. My point is that we have got to focus on the areas outside of parks and preserves.” He urges what he calls a “homegrown national park,” in which homeowners, land managers and farmers create a habitat by replacing invasive plants with native species.

Tallamy speaks from experience. He lives on a 10-acre former farm in Oxford, Pennsylvania. “It had been mowed for hay and when we moved in, very little life was here,” he says. “We have been rebuilding the eastern deciduous forest here, getting invasive

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plants under control and replanting with species that ought to be here.” He’s now counted more than 1,400 different species of moths on his property and documented 60 species of birds nesting within the landscape. “We have foxes who raise their kits in the front yard,” he says.

Lots of acreage is not required, he says. In Kirkwood, Missouri, homeowners created a wild place on six-tenths of an acre on which they’ve documented 149 species of birds. “If one person does it, it’s not going to work,” he stresses. “The point is to get those acres connected. When everybody adopts this as a general landscape culture, it’s going to help tremendously. By rewilding your yard, you are filling in spaces between the true wild places and natural areas. The reason our wild spaces are not working in terms of conservation is because they are too small and too isolated. Even the biggest national parks are too small or too isolated.”

Tallamy says people can create wild spaces in their yards by reducing the amount of lawn they have or even getting rid of it.

They can grow native plants and discontinue the use of pesticides and herbicides, which are disrupting ecological function of wild places the world over, as research shows. Hoffman agrees, “We’ve cultivated a culture of tidiness. It’s actually very easy to welcome wildlife into your home places, often by doing fewer things, by not bringing the leaf blower out and by leaving some dead wood where it fell, which creates important shelters for insects, for example.

“Such wild yard spaces encourage wonder.

Suddenly, the kids are out there and they can be absolutely fascinated by a small glittering beetle. For me, to experience the wild is to go to the shore of a lake, to be present in the mystery, to be among the lake’s reed beds, to see a marsh harrier sleek out of those reeds and to know you’re part of something much larger,” he says. “There’s so much joy and beauty and complexity in being in the presence of other lives besides human.” That in itself is reason enough to save wild places.

Sheryl DeVore has written six books on science, health and nature, as well as health and environmental stories for national and regional publications. Read more at SherylDeVore.wordpress.com.

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hile exploring Seattle, Jackie Lentz Bowman noticed some bushes filled with pink and orange berries. She discovered she could safely eat them by using the smartphone nature app called iNaturalist (iNaturalist. org). “I learned they were salmonberries and edible,” says the Chicago area photographer and birder. “I just had to try them. They were very similar to raspberries.”

Bowman is among a growing number of people using their smartphones to enhance their nature experiences. Phone apps are available for free or a modest price to identify mushrooms, bugs, birds, dragonflies, reptiles, beetles, wildflowers

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and other flora and fauna. “Whether it is to help identify a plant I’ve taken a photo of or to familiarize myself with what a bird looks like and sounds like, these are tools I’m always glad to have in my back pocket,” she explains.

At least 6,300 nature apps were available in 2015, according to Paul Jepson and Richard Ladle, Oxford environmental scholars and co-authors of “Nature Apps: Waiting for the Revolution,” a research paper published in the Swedish environmental journal Ambio. Such programs are only beginning to scratch the surface of what is possible. They write, “As most people own a mobile phone today, the app—though a small device—is a major

way conservationists could be reaching a huge audience with transformative possibilities.”

Right now, some apps allow the user to point a smartphone to a plant or animal to get instant feedback on its common or scientific name. Others ask the user questions about what they are seeing and suggest an identity based on the answers. Some allow the user to interact with scientists, share their knowledge, record their observations and contribute to science.

Perhaps the most popular nature app is iNaturalist, which has all those features and more. “Our mission has been to connect people to nature through technology,” says Scott Loarie, co-director of iNaturalist, a joint initiative of the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society. “By 2030, we want to connect 100 million people to nature to facilitate science and conservation.”

The app began as a master’s degree project at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2008, and today 2 million people have recorded about 100 million observations, covering one in six species on the planet. “iNaturalist has grown to the point where it’s helping take the pulse of biodiversity,” he adds.

Newcomers are often mentored and helped with identifications by volunteers

that are experts in different fields. One example is a worldwide competition called the City Nature Challenge in which beginning and advanced naturalists document urban flora and fauna for several days.

During the event, people share their photos of plants and animals on iNaturalist.

During Chicago’s Challenge, Eric Gyllenhaal, who blogs about nature on the city’s west side, found an uncommon species. “A Canadian expert helped confirm the identification as a bronze ground beetle native to Europe,” says Cassi Saari, project manager of natural areas for the Chicago Park District. “It’s an introduced species in Illinois and could have implications for wildlife in the region down the line.”

Two other nature apps that Loarie likes are eBird (eBird.org) and Merlin (Merlin.

AllAboutBirds.org), both administered by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, in Ithaca, New York. With eBird, users can report on their phones a list of birds they’re seeing in the wild, including when and where, and the sightings are added to a database for scientific research.

Merlin is a field guide app to help folks identify the birds they are seeing. “Merlin has taken on authoring content with great descriptions of birds, something iNaturalist doesn’t do,” Loarie points out. “Merlin also

just released sound recognition in the app, so people can identify birds by sound. It’s huge for birders.”

Award-winning nature photographer Adriana Greisman, of Phoenix, says she uses both Merlin and iBird (iBird.com), another field guide app, to identify birds in the wild and when processing photos. “These are great resources to identify unknown species and to learn about their behavior.”

The favorite app of Joyce Gibbons, a volunteer at the Natural Land Institute, in Rockford, Illinois, is Odonata Central (OdonataCentral.org), which focuses on her passion—dragonflies and damselflies, collectively called odonates.

“I’ve loved solitary walks in the woods, prairies and other natural areas since I was a child,” she says. “I’ve always taken photos and tried to ID the many species I’ve observed. Now, with these apps on my phone, I feel like I am actually contributing to the scientific body of knowledge and connecting with other enthusiasts and not just keeping all this joy of discovery to myself.”

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Organizations, like the Wilderness Awareness School, a Duvall, Washington-based nonprofit, work to help children and adults cultivate healthy relationships with nature, community and self. “We find that children who feel at home in the outdoors are often more resourceful, creative and allow for curiosity to naturally unfold,” says Leah Carlson, director of marketing and communications at Wilderness Awareness School. “Allowing them to play freely and explore in nature is a wonderful way to build resilience and resourcefulness. When children can be intrigued through a story, it also allows them to understand their own outdoor experiences. They become more adept at finding new solutions to problems using the tools they have access to and creative thinking.”

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Megan Zeni, a public school teacher in Steveston, British Columbia, says there is a global body of research that shows every measure of wellness is improved through time spent outside. She teaches solely outdoors, ensuring that her students have exposure to nature regardless of which neighborhood they live in. “In our modern world, higher-income families generally have better access to green spaces. Incorporating outdoor activities into the school day gives children equitable exposure to nature and outdoor learning,” she explains.

Zeni uses both non-fiction and fiction storytelling approaches to teaching. “To learn about water cycles, I’ll have kids jump in puddles, observe where the water goes and track where it is in the community. They’ll then relay a fact-based story based on their observations and experiences. For a lesson on squirrels, I’ll ask the students to imagine where their habitat is, who their family is and what they eat. We use loose parts, which are open-ended items, such as pine cones and sticks, to creatively illustrate the story.

“By using storytelling as a measure of knowledge, it is more equitable for students who don’t perform as well using traditional test and essay methods,” she says. Listening to a child’s story can also reveal misconceptions that can be clarified through further exploration and instruction.

Storytelling can take on many forms and be enhanced with the use of props. As the artistic director of Rootstock Puppet Co., based in Chicago, Mark Blashford performs puppet theater rooted in stories that promote mutual kindness and ecological awareness.

“Puppets are remarkable storytelling agents because, not only can they play characters and support narrative through movement, they can also tell a story from the very material they inhabit,” he says.

“Puppets invite kids to exercise empathy by compelling them to accept and invest in the thoughts, feelings and life of another entity.”

By making puppets out of wood and using them to weave environmental awareness into his shows, Blashford helps to put the natural world in perspective. “My show TIMBER! is about an entire forest and a single tree which is home to a family of spotted owls. I want children to see the role of both the forest and the tree in the lives of an owl family. When they fall in love with little wooden puppet owls, they are able to convert the giant concept of deforestation into a manageable scale,” he says.

He encourages parents to regularly engage their children with their natural habitat. “Go to your local forest or park, find a tree, name it and check on it as often as you can. Prompt children to ask questions about who they think lives in that tree, why the branches stretch out how they do and what happens at night. As children learn to see the outdoor world as part of their own characters and setting, the stories will develop naturally,” he advises.

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In New York City, Marcos Martinez has begun drinking virgin piña coladas when out on the town with friends. “The feeling is surprisingly great since I don’t wake up with hangovers. More importantly, I’ve realized that I don’t have to use alcohol as a crutch for my social anxiety,” says Martinez, who owns the black gay lifestyle blog TheMenWhoBrunch.com.

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The “sober-curious”—people experimenting with alcohol-free beverages as a way of prioritizing their health and fitness over a short-lived buzz—are changing America’s drinking culture. For the first time in 20 years, fewer Americans are regularly drinking, reports Gallup, and tipplers are drinking measurably less than they did 10 years ago.

No longer stuck with a seltzer while dodging questions from inquisitive imbibers, today the sober-inclined can sip from a vast array of sophisticated choices—from faux vodka in exotic, crafted drinks to prize-winning sparkling wines to low- and no-alcohol craft beer. No-booze options can be easily ordered at restaurants, picked up at supermarkets or delivered at home with a few online clicks.

“The best part about having a fun, non-alcoholic beverage in hand is that you get the taste and experience of a cocktail or beer, just without the alcohol and potential negative side effects,” says dietitian Kerry Benson, co-author of Mocktail Party: 75 Plant-Based, Non-Alcoholic Mocktail Recipes for Every Occasion. “You have your wits about you, you can drive if necessary, you are less likely to say or do something you might regret and you won’t have a hangover the next morning. And alcohol-free drinks are usually less expensive than their alcoholic counterparts.”

Sober-curious strategies range widely.

Some people start tentatively, but increasingly turn to non-alcoholic drinks because they prefer the taste, price and lower calorie count, as well as the diminished risk of heart and liver disease. Others may go cold turkey for a month or two to break a pandemic-induced habit, alternate alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks at a game or bar to avoid getting tipsy, or drink a Bloody Mary for a weekend brunch and virgin versions during the week to enhance work productivity.

The sales of non-alcoholic beverages shot up 33 percent to $331 million in 2021, reports Nielsen, and online sales of nonand low-alcoholic beverages skyrocketed 315 percent. To compete for the Millennials-heavy market, distillers like Seedlip, Suntory and Lyre’s have created beverages evoking tequila, Campari and vodka; breweries like Guinness, Budweiser and Carlsberg and small crafters are offering robust-tasting near- and no-alcohol beers; and wineries are using distillation and reverse osmosis to produce fine, low-alcohol Cabernets, Chardonnays and other varieties. Niche products are growing: for example, Los Angeles-based Optimist Botanicals bills its gin-, vodka- and tequila-like botanical blends as being vegan, gluten-free and paleo- and keto-friendly.

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Substance abuse counselors caution that beverages that mimic alcohol may not be a good route for recovery from serious alcohol abuse because they can reawaken destructive patterns. And consumers are advised to look carefully at labels. “Alcohol-free” beer contains 0.0 percent alcohol. “Non-alcoholic” beer can contain up to 0.5 percent alcohol, but some have been found to contain up to 2 percent— not desirable if pregnant or in recovery.

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leas and ticks are different types of pests; so, when considering how best to protect a dog, it is important to make a distinction—fleas are an annoyance, but ticks can be life-threatening. Many veterinarians recommend specific chemicals as a preventive solution, but this is often just a knee-jerk approach that uses chemicals to control nature. Instead, consider more natural alternatives that are both effective and non-toxic.

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The Trouble with Ticks.

Ticks are a type of arachnid related to mites, spiders and scorpions. Because ticks feed on many different animals (including humans, dogs, cats, squirrels, mice, opossums and deer), they are quite good at acquiring and transmitting diseases, some of which can be life-threatening.

Unfortunately, a single tick bite can expose a dog to multiple pathogens, including Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and babesiosis. Luckily, most dogs mount an effective immune response. Up to 90 percent of dogs may have been exposed to tick-borne pathogens, but most are able to fight off infection on their own.

The only way to know if a dog has effectively eliminated harmful bacteria is to follow up the typical blood test with a second test called a quantitative C6 that differentiates exposure from infection. Large numbers of dogs each year are unnecessarily treated with extensive antibiotic therapy because their veterinarians panic after seeing a positive exposure and fail to check for infection.

To catch tick-borne infections before they take hold, ask the veterinarian to replace the standard annual heartworm test with the SNAP 4Dx Plus (from Idexx Labs) or the Accuplex4 tests (Antech Diagnostics), which screen for heartworm, Lyme disease and four other vector-borne diseases. Completing one of these simple blood tests every six to 12 months is the best way to protect a dog.

In tick-infested areas, if a dog tests positive on either of those two tests, it should also be screened for babesia exposure with a polymerase chain reaction test.

Before Reaching for a Chemical. Pet parents should not automatically

apply potentially toxic chemical agents to their dogs or around their home to repel or kill pests. The use of spot-on products may cause skin irritation, paralysis, seizures and even death, if used improperly, and there are effective, natural alternatives that are far

safer. If these chemicals are used, follow these precautions: n Be very careful to follow dosing directions

on the label. If a pet is at the low end of a dosage range, use the next lowest dosage.

Monitor the pet carefully afterwards for adverse reactions. Do not under any circumstances apply dog product to a cat.

n Every other month, rotate chemicals with

natural preventives, including diatomaceous earth, pet-friendly, essential oil products and natural deterrent collars. In many parts of the country, people can successfully control ticks with one chemical dose in the spring and one in late summer.

n To detox a dog’s liver afterwards, give them

a supplement such as milk thistle, a detox agent that helps to regenerate liver cells, or chlorella, a super green food. Work with an integrative veterinarian to determine the dosage; one dose daily for seven days following any chemical flea-, tick- or heartworm-preventive application is recommended.

Safe Options to Chemicals.

There are safe, non-toxic alternatives for flea and tick control for dogs, and they do not have side effects, unlike virtually all forms of chemical pesticides. These include: n Cedar oil, specifically manufactured for

pet health

n Natural, food-grade diatomaceous earth,

applied topically

n A fresh-food diet that is nutritionally

optimal and species-appropriate

It is important to bathe and brush a dog regularly and perform frequent full-body inspections using a flea and tick comb to check for parasite activity. If they spend a lot of time outdoors, be sure to check pets and people for ticks every night during tick season.

Veterinarian Karen Shaw Becker has spent her career empowering animal guardians to make knowledgeable decisions to extend the life and well-being of their animals. Visit DrKarenBecker.com.

Plymouth

Fostering connections between animals, people, and the Earth.

Mother Bear Sanctuary’s Mission is to remind people of their innate connections to their bodies, the Earth, all animals, and each other and to inspire joy and service to a new paradigm of sustainable living that allowsall people and animals to thrive. Learn more at MotherBearSanctuary.com UPCOMING CAN’T-MISS EVENTS! April 9th, 10am-12pm Trauma sensitive Yoga and Qi-Cong near horses in a beautiful barn studio. $20-33 donation scale.

April 23rd, 10am-5pm Coming Home To Yourself – Cultivating Your Ecological Self— Yoga in Barn, Qigong, Ecopsychology practices, and Empathic Nature Communication. $155-$222 donation scale.

Call 734-796-6690 for more info!

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to help you choose the right tree for your planting location. The Greening of Detroit, 13000 W McNichols Rd, Detroit. GreeningOfDetroit.com.

SATURDAY, APRIL 2 Online: Making Money with Herbs – 10-11am.

Will discuss the high and increasing demand for herbs as medicine, which herbs you can grow to save money and how to start or expand a business with medicinal plants. Also the new financial support and resources for woman owned and BIPOC businesses in the natural products industry. Hosted by Jesse R. Brown ND; sponsored by the Wholistic Training Institute.

Free. Via Zoom. WholisticTrainingInstitute.com.

SATURDAY, APRIL 9 FWW Virtual Retreat: Finding Food Freedom – 9am-12pm. Join the Foundations of Wellness for Women for a virtual retreat with guest facilitator, Lisa Dahl, Certified Intuitive Eating and Body Image Health Coach. $108. Register: bit.ly/FWWfood-freedom.

Online: Herbs for the Energy and Sex – 1011am. Course discusses holistic approaches to a healthy heart for better circulation, energy and sex life. Hosted by Jesse R. Brown, ND; sponsored by the Wholistic Training Institute. Free. Via Zoom.

WholisticTrainingInstitute.com.

Trauma Sensitive Yoga and Qigong – 10am-12pm.

Near horses in a beautiful barn studio. $20-$33 donation scale. More info & to register: MotherBearSanctuary.com.

SATURDAY, APRIL 23 Online: Marijuana as Medicine –10-11am. Dr. Jesse R. Brown, the Wholistic Guru, will discuss the benefits of cannabis for you and your loved ones, and how people are monetizing on the industry in Detroit. Learn how to align your health and your hustle.

Sponsored by the Wholistic Training Institute. Free.

Via Zoom. WholisticTrainingInstitute.com.

Coming Home to Yourself – 10am-5pm. Cultivating Your Ecological Self: Yoga in Barn, Qigong, Ecopsychology practices, and Empathic Nature Communication. $155-$222 donation scale. More info & to register: MotherBearSanctuary.com.

PLAN AHEAD SUNDAY, JUNE 5 VegFest – 10am-4pm. Includes more than 50 restaurants, free taste samples, cooking demos, cruelty-free shopping, fun for the kids, and inspiring and informative presentations. Free admission. Eastern Market, Shed 5 & 6, 2810 Russell St, Detroit.

248-867-2155. VegMichigan.org/vegfest.

SATURDAY, APRIL 16 Online: Herbs for Cleansing – 10-11am. Gain more understanding of a variety of herbs related to dieting, exercise and cleansing for holistic weight loss. Hosted by Jesse R. Brown, ND; sponsored by the Wholistic Training Institute. Free. Via Zoom.

WholisticTrainingInstitute.com.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 Healthy from the Ground Up: Why Soil Health is Important – 6:30pm. Join us for a free in-store and online seminar about soil health, regenerative agriculture, and why both are important for people and planet health. Better Health Market, 22250 Michigan Ave, Dearborn. BetterHealthMarket.com.

THURSDAY, APRIL 21 ONLINE: Women Working for the Earth Summit – Apr 21-24. Brings together voices of 35 women and non-binary leaders ushering in a new paradigm: Winona LaDuke, Terry Tempest Williams, Leah Penniman, Rosemary Gladstar, Linda Black Elk, and many more. Topics include water rights, healing gardens, aloha ʻāina, the magic of hummingbirds, apprenticing with trees, the wisdom of fungi, food sovereignty, and so much more. Free.

Registration required: NatureEvolutionaries.com.

FRIDAY, APRIL 22 Detroit Community Free Tree Giveaway – 11am1pm. Free trees will be available for pickup on a first come, first serve basis. The trees will come in 3-gallon pots and will include planting instructions.

The Greening of Detroit tree experts will be on site

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transforming tension into creativity. $10. Detroit Kung Fu Academy, 1353 Division, Ste 3E, Detroit.

248-910-3351. DanceMT.com.

Peace: Candlelight Yoga – 4pm. For all levels. This class is diffused with essential oils and soothing soaking into your mat music. Sacred Space Yoga & Reflexology Centre, 4801 Chrysler Dr, Detroit.

313-352-6788. SacredSpaceYogaDetroit.com.

mondays Sunrise Flow – 7-7:45am. Gentle vinyasa that intentionally opens and challenges the sometimes sleepy and stiff morning body. Citizen Yoga Studio, 1224 Library St, Detroit. 313-502-5450. CitizenYogaStudio.com.

Virtual Pilates with Gwyn – 9:30-10am. Build a better understanding of your mind & body connections through alignment, posture and natural movement awareness. $5/class. GwynJonesPilates.com.

Let’s Meditate Detroit: Free Guided Meditation – 6:30-7:30pm. With Sahaja Yoga Meditation we generally sit on chairs to achieve yoga, effortlessly and spontaneously. As such no asanas (exercises) are required, no mat or special clothing. Campbell Library, 8733 Vernor Hwy, Detroit. 315-390-0278.

DetroitPublicLibrary.org.

Meaningful Mondays – 8pm. SevaLight Retreat Centre warmly welcomes everyone, of all faiths, meditation practices and traditions, to join us virtually. Will gather on video conference sharing in song/chants and inspiring readings from Mata Yogananda Mahasaya Dharmaji’s writings, followed

by Pure Meditation and silent prayer. Free. Email by 10am any Monday to receive the info about how to join by video: Info@SelfRealization CentreMichigan.org.

daily

tuesdays

In-Person and Virtual Classes Daily – 7am-6pm.

A variety of classes for every body, including seniors. Classes include daily chair yoga classes, candlelight yoga every Sunday, neck and shoulder, as well as hip and back classes. Sacred Space Yoga & Reflexology Centre, 4801 Chrysler Dr, Detroit.

313-352-6788. SacredSpaceYogaDetroit.com.

Virtual Tuesday Connection Group – 8-9am. 1st & 3rd Tues. With Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber. Opportunity to receive business referrals; form lasting business relationships with other working professionals; give a 10-min presentation about your product/service to an attentive audience; help others you know find the products/services they are looking for and more. RSVP, Melanie Hojnowski: MHSecondStep@yahoo.com. swcrc.com.

Pets & Parents Reiki Session – 9am-9pm. Sessions for wellness, critical care and end of life transition. Actively experience the use of reiki touch with your pet.

Learn additional tips for helping your pet. Virtual 40min appt. $20. 231-590-0001. tcdesoto@gmail.com.

sundays Livestreamed Sunday Service – 9:55am. Unity of Livonia, 28660 Five Mile Rd, Livonia. UnityOf Livonia.org.

ECK Light and Sound Service –10-11am. 2nd Sun. Dominican Center at Marywood, Lower Level, 2025 E Fulton St, Rm 4, Grand Rapids. 248-546-9224.

Eck-Mi.org.

Dance Meditation Technique – 10am-12pm. This 90-min, un-choreographed, whole-being workout is a drug-free, scientific technique and art for

HealthyLivingMichigan.com

The Natural Playroom – 9am-3pm. The all-natural materials of wood, silk, wool and cotton impart a warmth and beauty that encourages babies and kids to explore the world around them. Gives kids an inviting space to play. $5-$8/family. Camden Rose Inc, 502 Farmer St, Plymouth. 734-927-5005.

NaturalPlayroom.com.

Chair Yoga – 10am. With Holy Yoga Detroit. Free.

Durfee Innovation Society, 2470 Collingwood, Ste 213, Detroit. 313-437-1549. DurfeeIS.org.

Therapeutic Yoga – 10am. All levels. Perfect for those with back problems, healing injuries, inflexibility, weak abs or back muscles, stress, fatigue, overweight, depression and arthritic conditions.

Yoga 4 Peace, 13550 Dix Toledo Rd, Southgate.

Y4Peace.org.

Family Yoga – 11am-12pm. With Holy Yoga Detroit. All ages welcome. Free. Durfee Innovation

Society, 2470 Collingwood, Ste 213, Detroit. 313437-1549. DurfeeIS.org.

Parent-to-Parent Support Group – 12-1:30pm.

3rd Tues. Also 6-7:30, 4th Thurs. For parents and caregivers of children, adolescents and young adults.

An open, welcoming group providing dialogue and peer support. Free. The Children’s Center, 90 Selden, Detroit. TheChildrensCenter.com.

Iyengar Yoga Detroit – 5pm. Vibrant, dynamic, heart-opening Iyengar yoga class for all levels and abilities. Bilingual Spanish. Free. 313-528-9493. For Zoom link: InfoAtIYDC@gmail.com. Facebook. com/IyengarYogaDetroit.

wednesdays Virtual Wednesday Connection Group – 8-9am.

2nd & 4th Wed. With Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber. Opportunity to receive business referrals; form lasting business relationships with other working professionals; give a 10-min presentation about your product/service to an attentive audience; help others you know find the products/ services they are looking for and more. RSVP, Silvia Rainer: SRainer@PayChex.com. swcrc.com.

Cooking Matters – 10:30am-12pm. Help end childhood hunger by inspiring families to make healthy and affordable food choices. Program to teach parents and caregivers with limited food budgets to shop for and cook healthy meals. Free.

Brilliant Detroit Cody Rouge, 7425 Fielding St, Detroit. RSVP: 313-406-3275.

ArtBlock Yoga – 6-7pm. Last Wed. Free yoga in the new art-infused space, ArtBlock. 1411 Holden St, Detroit. 313-871-4000 x 3. Tinyurl.com/y4xksa7g.

thursdays Virtual Thursday Connection Group – 8-9am. 1st & 3rd Thurs. With Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber. Opportunity to receive business referrals; form lasting business relationships with other working professionals; give a 10-min presentation about your product/service to an attentive audience; help others you know find the products/services they are looking for and more. RSVP, Jen Brown: JBrown@KeyConcerns.com. swcrc.com.

Virtual Tai Chi Easy – 10-11am. Tai Chi Easy consists of 5 movements from traditional Yangstyle Tai Chi that can be done sitting or standing plus other gentle movements, breathing exercises and self-applied massage. All movements are gentle. With Erin Reas. Suggested donation: $5/ class. Via Zoom. To register: Erin@ErinReas.com.

ReduceYourStressNow.com.

Parent-to-Parent Support Group – 6-7:30pm, 4th Thurs. For parents and caregivers of children, adolescents and young adults. An open, welcoming group providing dialogue and peer support. Free. The Children’s Center, 90 Selden, Detroit. TheChildrens Center.com.

Wellness Workouts – 6:30pm. Customized fitness programs adaptable for all fitness abilities including body weight, core strengthening, cardio conditioning, HITT and exercise ball lead. Targets upper and lower body issues, create muscle balance and help increase energy. $10; first class free. Wellness Center

of Plymouth, 1075 Ann Arbor Rd, Plymouth. RSVP: 734-454-5600. WellnessPlym.com.

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Gong Meditation – 6:30-7:30pm. Gong meditation/ sound therapy is a unique type of sound practice that involves using therapeutic gong sounds and vibrations to bring about healing, insight, relaxation, stress and tension relief and so much more. $20.

Bloom Transformation Center, 227 Iron St, Ste 122, Detroit. Tinyurl.com/y68tbup8.

fridays Blend – 7-7:45am. Combines the flow of vinyasa with the guided challenge of slow burn. The pace of this class moves from some self-guided warm-ups into long-held postures that slow the body, focus the mind, and work toward a well-earned savasana.

Citizen Yoga Studio, 1224 Library St, Detroit. 313502-5450. CitizenYogaStudio.com.

satursday Eastern Market – 6am-4pm. Year-round. 2934 Russell St, Detroit. EasternMarket.org.

Online: Coffee, Chat and Messages from the Divine – 9am. With Coach Sherry. Receive Oracle and intuitive messages from the Divine as we chat and enjoy our morning coffee together. Free. More info: Tinyurl.com/y7556mju.

Online: Self-Love Focused, Live-Chat-Session with Oracle Card Pulls – 9-10am. Set time aside for you to chat with like-minded people and receive messages of inspiration from the divine as well as motivation to move forward from Coach Sherry.

Free. TikTok.com/@find_ur_happy.

Saturday in the Park – 9am-3:30pm. Six miles of Hines Dr will be closed from Ann Arbor Trail to Outer Drive for the public of all ages to enjoy running, walking, skating or cycling safely on a traffic free road. Free. Parking available at Nankin Mills & Helms Haven Park. Hines Park, 33275 Edward Hines Dr, Westland. 734-261-1990. WayneCounty.com.

Fireside Youth Meditation Workshop – 12-1pm.

A great workshop for kids who will do activities and learn breathing exercises to help them be more mindful. S’mores kits provided after the event for attendees and hot cocoa from local sponsors during the event. Free. Valade Park, 2670 Atwater St, Detroit. DetroitRiverfront.org/youthmeditation2021.

classifieds HELP WANTED LOOKING FOR DEDICATED AND PASSIONATE DISTRIBUTOR / SALES OF ALLNATURAL PRODUCTS. This is not a MLM, this is based on product sales of retail and sales to the public. This will include contacting the public as well as outdoor and indoor events. Calling on stores and businesses. Must be passionate about healthy living and helping others be healthy. Michiganmade products. We are a licensed, insured, certified company. Please contact U.P. Chaga Connection 906-282-0787 (Serious inquiries only).

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o many healthy outdoor activities await us in the summertime— picnics, sporting events and boating, just to name a few. Best of all is the cornucopia of fresh, local produce we find to fuel our seasonal fun. A plethora of farmers markets spring up each year that allow us to skip the middleman and get food straight from the people that grow it. Not only is it more nutritious than store-bought, it creates a much smaller carbon footprint on the environment than extensive shipping and we get to talk to farmers about how we can make better decisions all-year long.

EASTERN MARKET

934 Russell St, Detroit 313-833-9300 Year-round Saturdays from 6am to 4pm Every Tuesday beginning Jun 5, 9am-3pm Third Thursday beginning June 21, 5-10pm Every Sunday beginning June 3, 10am-4pm

NORTHWEST DETROIT FARMERS MARKET

18445 Scarsdale St, Detroit 313-387-4732 Ext 103 Every Thursday beginning June 6, 3-7pm

DEARBORN FARMERS & ARTISAN MARKET

22101 Michigan Ave, Dearborn 313-584-6100 Every Friday beginning June 7, 2-7pm

ALLEN PARK FARMERS MARKET

313-928-0940 Every Friday June 1-October 26, 3-7pm

PLYMOUTH FARMERS MARKET

736 Penniman Ave, Plymouth Every Saturday, May 4-October 26, 8am-12:30pm

CANTON FARMERS MARKET

500 N. Ridge Road, Canton 734-394-5375 Every Sunday, May 12-October 13, 9am-1pm April 2022

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ACUPUNCTURE

U.P. CHAGA CONNECTION

LUCKY FLOW ACUPUNCTURE LUCKY AARON LI, R.AC. OMD

906-282-0787 MidnightSpcl_59@yahoo.com UPChagaConnection.com

19242 Newburgh Rd, Livonia 734-892-1377 Contact@LuckyFlow.com LuckyFlow.com

With a B.A. from University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and a certification in acupuncture from The China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences in Beijing, Lucky Aaron Li received the teaching from China's leading acupuncturist Dr. Hu Guang, the primary researcher of Tungs' Extraordinary Points: stress, allergies, sinus congestion, depression, infertility, asthma, trouble sleeping, irritable bowel, smoking cessation, fatigue, headaches, migraines, and chronic pains including, but not limited to, feelings of numbing, tingling, burning, cold, hallow, stingy in any skeletal-muscular area of body, and many more ailments. Imagine feeling lighter, energetic and motivated. Wake up refreshed, with a smile on your face and joy in your Heart! We help you become the best you possible with acupuncture!

ALICE HUANG’S NATURAL CHINESE THERAPIES

2939 1st St, Wyandotte 734-324-1168 1311 N. Main St, Clawson 248-278-6081 1890 Southfield, Birmingham 248-582-8888 AliceHuangs.com Alternative and holistic healing specializing in natural chinese therapies: acupuncture, massage, cupping, DDS therapy, colon hydrotherapy, foot detox and more.

Multiple locations to better serve you. Make an appointment today.

See ad, page 3.

BIOLOGICAL DENTIST ANN ARBOR’S DENTIST

Passionate about holistic care while utilizing Bio-Compatible materials and lasers. Our patients can elect to be free from fluoride, mercury and other harmful metals. Filling materials are tooth colored and both BPA & BisGMA free. We offer natural oral health products using fine essential oils, and free of gluten and preservatives. See ad on back cover.

Detroit / Wayne County

CHIROPRACTIC WELLNESS WELLNESS CENTER OF PLYMOUTH

Dr. Elizabeth Sisk, DC 1075 Ann Arbor Road W, Plymouth 734-454-5600

The Wellness Center of Plymouth provides a comprehensive, holistic approach to health and wellness. The cornerstone of health is balanced body systems, and our 5 pillars – Chiropractic Care, Laser Therapy, Massage, Weight Loss and Nutrition – work together to bring your body into an optimal state of balance. Reclaim life and vitality by eliminating pain, disease and stress. See ad page 25.

COACHING AND STRESS/ PAIN RELIEF RISE ANEW, LLC

3708 3rd St, Wyandotte 734-224-3884 RiseAnew.Coach

Dr. W. K. Dobracki, DDS 606 W Stadium Blvd, Ann Arbor, 48103 734-747-6400 DrDobracki@AnnArborsDentist.com AnnArborsDentist.com

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Freshest, cleanest wildest organic Chaga available in the Upper Peninsula. State certified. Immune-Boosting Superfood. For centuries, people have used chaga mushrooms for medicinal purposes. Packed with antioxidants, its extract may fight cancer, chronic inflammation, improve blood sugar and cholesterol levels. See ad page 22.

Discover your personal roadmap to a life of fulfillment with life coaching, and reduce stress through Reiki Therapy with Certified Life Coach and Reiki Master, Sherry Maroon.

HealthyLivingMichigan.com

HEALTH & WELLNESS DEDICATED SENIOR MEDICAL CENTER

Peter Johnson 313-498-5407 Peter.Johnson@Dedicated.Care www.Dedicated.Care At Dedicated, we follow a unique model that has transformed the Senior healthcare experience, specializing in compassionate, coordinated care, allowing patients to lead longer, healthier lives. See ad page 19.

KOFANO AFRICAN NATURAL WELLNESS

Dr. Kofi Annorh 17372 Livernois, Detroit 248-636-8448 KofiAnnorh@gmail.com

Master herbalist, health and wellness coach, Dr. Kofi Annorh’s passion is to consult and help you on your unique healing journey.

He is a fifth generation practitioner of Ghanaian ancient knowledge. Dr. Kofi specializes in natural wellness and can help you with lifestyle changes, herbal teas, nutrition, herbal support, energy restoration, detoxification, weight loss, headaches, depression, sleep disorders and much more.

Call, visit or email him today.

HEALTH FOOD STORES THE BETTER HEALTH STORES

Locations: Dearborn • Plymouth • Novi • Livonia • Ann Arbor • Sterling Heights • Belleville • Southgate • Shelby Charter Twp • Lansing • Grosse Pointe Woods • Beverly Hills • Bloomfield Twp • Windsor, ON, Canada TheBetterHealthStore.com Vitamins, supplements, organic and natural foods. For more information: See ad page 5.

HOLISTIC MENTAL WELLNESS KELLIE ZIEHM

Kellie.Amare@yahoo.com 734-344-2339 AmareMentalWellness.com Come join my team with this ground floor distributor opportunity with the only holistic mental wellness company in direct sales. I’m also looking for healthcare professionals to join our influencer program.

See ad inside front cover and page 19.

MOTHER BEAR SANCTUARY DAVE TUSCANY, CPC

586-907-6125 MotherBearSanctuary.com

Mother Bear Sanctuary’s mission is to remind people of their innate connections to their bodies, the Earth, all animals, and each other.

Dave is a certified life coach specializing in shadow healing, men’s sexual empowerment. creating alignment in integrity, accountability. FIREWALK Empowerment events, “Thru The Eyes Of The Horse”Leadership & Sales Enhancement. See ad page 25.

MOLD TESTING & REMEDIATION MOLDPRO

John Du Bois, CMI, CMR 247 W. Main Street, Milan 734-439-8800 • MoldProllc.com MoldPro offers chemical-free mold remediation, independent certified mold testing, inspection and consultation services all over SE Michigan specializing in mold biotoxin illness clients.

NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS SMIDGE® SMALL BATCH SUPPLEMENTS

Support@GetSmidge.com 1-888-524-6585 GetSmidge.com

Small-batch supplements crafted with care and the cleanest formulas. Probiotics, digestive enzymes, whole food vitamins and natural minerals made from honest, premium ingredients with critical nutrients. Gentle, no GMOs and no common allergens.

NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE NATUROPATHIC INSTITUTE OF THERAPIES & EDUCATION

503 East Broadway St, Mt. Pleasant 989-773-1714 Contact@NaturopathicInstitute.info NaturopathicInstitute.info

Educational programs offered: Natural Health Program: four years (one weekend a month); Massage Therapy Program: one year (two weekends a month); Holistic Doula Practitioner Program: six months (one weekend a month). Individual classes available. See ad page 5.

PAIN RELIEF AUNT ALBERTA’S REMEDY

973-715-9097 Info@AlbertasPainRelief.com AlbertasPainRelief.com

Need Relief from Arthritis?

Try Aunt Alberta's Remedy to ease muscular aches and joint pain. Her Remedy is a homeopathic pain relief cream that penetrates deep into the skin and muscle tissues. All-natural ingredients!

PSYCHIC MEDICAL INTUITIVE HEALING UNIVERSAL ENERGY HEALING & MASSAGE THERAPY FOR WOMEN

Christine Bridges 580 Forest Ave., Suite 3C, Plymouth ChristineBridges2@Comcast.net ChristineBridges2.wixsite.com/website 734-934-7271 By appointment only

Psychic medical intuitive healer with “X-ray vision hands”. Clients that may benefit from her work, includes anyone suffering from an “itis” (arthritis, colitis, etc.), old injuries, anxiety, depression, panic, post-traumatic stress disorder, ADD, ADHD, autism, OCD, sleep concerns, overly stressed, inability to conceive, or miscarriages, babies, unexplained weight-gain or loss, inability to quit (smoking, drinking, abusing yourself), chronic fatigue, energy maintenance for balance, chronic diseases, including cancer and autoimmune disorders. See ad page 18.

REFLEXOLOGY R3 REFLEXOLOGY (RELIEVE, RELEASE, RESTORE)

Kristi Holmes, Nationally Board Certified Reflexologist 689 N Mill St, Ste #103, Plymouth 248-872-3042 (Call or Text) From head to toe, anxiety to vertigo, reflexology can help. Reflexology is a science, acknowledged by the National Institute of Health, based on the principle that there are reflexes in the hands and the feet that correspond with every gland, organ and part of the body. I received my initial Certification in hands and feet from Branch Reflexology Institute before going on to receive my National Board Certification. I am privileged to work with a variety of clients—men, women and children of all ages and the results I see from reflexology both personally and professionally continue to amaze me.

SCHOOL / EDUCATION MOTHER BEAR SANCTUARY BARBRA WHITE M.A, DI,HOM

734-796-6690 MotherBearSanctuary.com

Mother Bear Sanctuary’s mission is to remind people of their innate connections to their bodies, the Earth, all animals, and each other.

Barbra specializes in transpersonal therapy, horse retreats, trauma-informed nature therapy, healer training and leadership programs. See ad page 25.

NATUROPATHIC INSTITUTE OF THERAPIES & EDUCATION

503 East Broadway St, Mt. Pleasant 989-773-1714 Contact@NaturopathicInstitute.info NaturopathicInstitute.info

Educational programs offered: Natural Health Program: four years (one weekend a month); Massage Therapy Program: one year (two weekends a month); Holistic Doula Practitioner Program: six months (one weekend a month). Individual classes available. See ad 5.

WHOLISTIC TRAINING INSTITUTE

Dr. Jesse Brown, ND 313-255-6155 WholisticTrainingInstitute.com

Discover a Healer in You. Make a Healthy Living and Better the Life of Others. State of Michigan-licensed school offering professional certifications for the following alternative health practices: naturopathy, homeopathy, herbology, reflexology, colon hydrotherapy, iridology and many more. Find us on Facebook! Twitter: @WholisticGuru. See ad, page 11.

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To get your copy go to: Amazon, fine book stores or ATERLIFEFREQUENCY.com. Also available on audio, narrated by Mark Anthony, JD Psychic Explorer (Psychic Lawyer ) ®

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This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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