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

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18 OUR OWN ODE OF JOY

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Singing Heals Our Soul, Sets Us Free

by Jan Kortie

20 RETHINKING CANCER A Brave New World of Effective Natural Therapies

by Linda Sechrist

21 The Business

of Giving

by Beth Davis

24 HAPPY PARENTS HAPPY KIDS

RenĂŠe Peterson Trudeau Explores Soulful Parenting

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26 Creating Places of Sanctuary for Seriously Distressed Teens

by Dan L. Edmunds

28 KID-SMART SUPPLEMENTS

The Right Choices

Help Children Thrive

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32 NATURE’S ANTIBIOTICS

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letterfrompublisher This month’s issue focuses on the dual themes of CancerFree Living and Healthy Families, which in my view go hand in hand. When we focus on making sure our family is doing the right things to stay healthy, we not only reduce the risk of cancer but are more resilient and prepared to handle all health issues that arise.

It is vital to have a healthy mind and spirit in place when involved in battling disease, whether for our self or a loved one. Each year, more than 572,000 Americans die of cancer; about one-third of these deaths are linked to diet, physical inactivity and carrying too much weight. I continually aim to take these factors off the table as I aspire to maintain my best health and age gracefully. According to Cancer.org, other than quitting smoking, which is a biggie, here are three key things we can do to reduce the risk of cancer.

Achieve and maintain a healthy weight throughout life.

Stay physically active.

Choose healthy foods with a steady emphasis on plant-based foods.

In Linda Sechrist’s feature article, “Rethinking Cancer,” pioneering experts explain and illustrate that much more can be done naturally to successfully prevent and heal cancer using a holistic approach. Proven mind-body-spirit approaches give us good hope.

Our hope is that this issue will give you fresh insights in how to keep your family healthy and happy for many years to come. I invite you to turn the page and read on…

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newbriefs Natural Solution for Allergies Forum

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r. Michael Jude Loquasto, owner of A Natural Medicine Clinic, is offering a free, informal question and answer forum for allergy sufferers at 6 p.m., Tuesday, August 20. Attendees can better understand how chiropractic internal medicine, custom herbal formulations and non-invasive oral chelation can benefit them by building the immune system and detoxifying and improving liver function, which will result in reduced allergy suffering.

“We like to hold an open forum each month to let people ask questions and find natural solutions,” states Loquasto. “Our goal is always to restore and/or maintain a healthy lifestyle through nutrition and herbal therapy.”

Loquasto, who practiced for many years in Mashall’s Creek, holds doctorates in naturopathy, nutrition and chiropractic internal medicine, is a master herbalist and a certified clinical and dietitian nutritionist. Tests done at the clinic include a live cell microscope, circulation testing, EKG, pulmonary lung testing, bone density, xray, scanning for foot and ankle problems, blood pressure, blood oxygen levels and blood testing for diabetes and other health issues.

A reservation is requested. A Natural Medicine Clinic is located at 2571 Baglyos Circle, Ste. B-27, in Bethlehem. For more information, call 484-821-1460 or visit DrMichaelLoquasto.com. See ad page 34.

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igong on the Mountain: a Weekend of Movement and Mindfulness, will take place September 14 and 15 at the Kirkridge Retreat Center, in Bangor, Pennsylvania. Participants will learn from esteemed teachers and presenters of qigong, experience the elegance of the Chinese tea ceremony, interact with a master of oriental brush painting, learn mindful life practices and observe the beauty of nature with new eyes.

Hilary Smith, a teacher of tai chi and qigong in the Lehigh Valley area for 19 years, will lead two qigong sessions and speak about plant-based nutrition and mindful living. Mark Reinhart, president of the National Qigong Association, will lead three qigong sessions. Artist Hong Tatt Foo will demonstrate oriental painting in different styles and techniques and give a slide presentation on Art and Spirituality.

Cost: $270 includes program, four meals and a shared room. Early bird registration by Aug. 2 is $250. Cost for commuters (program and meals only) is $200. For more information and registration packet, call 610-759-1942 or email Peas2u2@verizon.net.

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cranton Integrative Medicine Pioneer Peter Amato, author of the book, Soul Silence, and numerous articles on mindfulness, has started a global mind-body movement, Pathway To Peace. Amato developed and implemented his meditation program under a U.S. Department of Education grant in the Scranton School District. Now he is looking for schools that wish to receive the program training at no charge by entering a competition.

Each institution is required to submit an essay or video to the website PathwayToPeace.org, explaining why they should be selected to receive the gift. Amato will donate the materials and training to five deserving schools.

As part of making meditation a regular part of the school day, Amato says, young children and teens will be given the tools to reduce stress in their lives and cope with competition, peer pressure, bullying and violence. “Key research findings in pilot and current school meditation programs include increases in calm in the classroom, increased attentiveness and an increase in a desire to learn, along with a strong retention span and an increase in morale and socialization,” he states.

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he Northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA) Holistic Expo, presented by the Holistic Chamber of Commerce, will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., August 10, at Mount Airy Casino and Resort, in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania.

The expo features a variety of holistic, natural and ecofriendly professionals and practitioners so that participants can learn more about options such as cranial sacral therapy, herbal treatments, martial arts, massage therapy, Reiki, myofasical release, Rolfing, yoga and others and meet the providers face-to-face. Healthy food and beverages will be available.

Admission is $2 or free with a non-expired canned food, to be donated to the Tobyhanna Food Kitchen. Location: 312 Woodland Rd. For more information, call Chapter President Melissa Luddeni at 570-591-1422, email NEPA@HolisticChamberOf Commerce.com or visit Tinyurl.com/NEPAexpo.

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Healthy Events at Kinsley’s in Brodheadsville

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insley’s ShopRite of Brodheadsville is putting on a Local Foods Festival from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., August 3, with samples of locally made snacks, sweets, specialty foods for everyone as well as treats for dogs.

Then, join the Pocono Medical Center’s Spirit of Women (SOW) program for a healthy cooking demonstration from 5:30 to 7 p.m., August 29. Pocono Medical Center and Kinsley’s ShopRite chefs and dietitians will demonstrate how to prepare healthy meals for the entire family.

The store also offers free dietitian services and many healthy events each month, including whole grains sampling, dietitian selection cooking demos, adult and preschool store tours, Kids Can Cook classes, and Cooking For One or Two and many more.

Aug. 3 event is free. Aug. 29 event is free for SOW members and the first 100 to register at pmchealthsystem.org/spirit. For more information, call 570-476-3357. For dietitian services, call 570-402-2746 or email Lindsay.Vaughn@Wakefern.com.

Location: 107 Kinsley Lane. For a full list of classes, visit Facebook.com/kinsleysshoprite.

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pikecounty newsbriefs Accelerate Transformation

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asha Levina, founder of Multidimensional Transformation, and Niahm Doolan, founder of Holographic Synthesis, will co-facilitate a transformational workshop from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., August 24, at EarthGate Retreat Center, in Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania.

Using their backgrounds in dowsing and multiple transformational modalities and the ability to access quantum consciousness and multi-dimensional awareness, Levina and Doolan work in tandem with the group to detect and clear limiting beliefs, duality constructs and life scripts; dismantle external influences and energetic interferences; impart a vibrational shift toward a healthier and more harmonious state of being; clear the path to alignment with higher purpose; increase the potential to experience greater peace and joy; and catalyze awakening to a state of oneness.

The workshop also includes a presentation by Doolan and Ernie Kara, of EarthGate, on how we can co-create our reality in unity consciousness, both individually and as a collective.

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Location: 1881 Rte. 739. For more information, call Masha Levina, of All Better Central, at 570-832-2123, email Masha@ AllBetterCentral.com or visit AllBetterCentral.com. See ad page 36.

Modern medicine, for all of its advances, knows less than 10 percent of what your body knows instinctively. ~Deepak Chopra

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Never Too Old to Quit

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ven smokers 60 and over can live longer if they quit, according to a 2012 study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Three experts from the German Cancer Research Center, in Heidelberg, analyzed 17 studies from the United States, Australia, China, England, France, Japan and Spain that followed groups of between 863 and 877,243 people for periods ranging from three to 50 years.

Findings showed that the longer a person had been classified as a former, rather than current, smoker, the more their risk of premature death decreased. The researchers also observed that current smokers showed the highest absolute mortality rates in all the studies.

Dr. Tai Hing Lam, of the University of Hong Kong, observes that for people in their 60s, quitting was linked to a 21 percent decrease in the risk of premature death. The risk was reduced by 27 percent for those in their 70s and by 24 percent for individuals in their 80s. Lam added that the World Health Organization’s statistic that one out of every two smokers will die from their habit should be printed on all cigarette packages, “…so that all smokers know they are betting their lives on the toss of a coin.”

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Umbilical Cord Bingo

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he Manchester Guardian reports that childbirth experts in the United Kingdom are urging the National Health Service (NHS) to reverse its policy on early clamping and cutting of a newborn’s umbilical cord. A recent Swedish study of 400 full-term infants from low-risk pregnancies published in the British Medical Journal found that delayed cord-clamping at birth resulted in infants being 5 percent less likely of being anemic two days later or iron deficient four months later. The latter problem has been associated with impaired brain development.

The practice of separating infants from the placenta within 10 seconds of delivery has been commonplace since the 1960s, as supported by the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, which advises the NHS. However, several doctors, medical organizations and the nonprofit National Childbirth Trust (NCT), plus the World Health Organization, disagree; they advocate leaving the placenta untouched for at least 30 seconds up to whenever it stops pulsating naturally (usually between two to five minutes).

Exceptions would be if the baby’s or mother’s health necessitates medical intervention.

“At birth, about a third of the baby’s blood is still in his or her cord and placenta,” explains Belinda Phipps, NCT chief executive.

Unfortunately, “It is still accepted practice to deprive the baby of this blood.”

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Natural Iodine Supplementation A Must for Most Americans

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e all need iodine, yet most of us don’t get enough of it through our diet. A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that iodine deficiency in the developed world has increased fourfold in the past 40 years and now affects nearly three-quarters of all adults.

Numerous U.S. practicing physicians quoted widely in the media estimate that the incidence of hypothyroidism in our adult population may be between 30 and 70 percent.

Thus, we can’t efficiently produce the thyroid hormones that serve as chemical messengers triggering nearly every bodily function. The presence or absence of iodine affects our every cell.

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Be Aware of Hypothyroidism Symptoms Low thyroid function, or hypothyroidism, is the most recognized and obvious indicator of low iodine intake because the thyroid gland contains more concentrated iodine than other organs.

Symptoms can range from extreme fatigue and weight gain to depression, carpal tunnel syndrome, high blood pressure, fibrocystic breasts and a variety of skin and hair problems.

Hypothyroidism can further cause infertility, joint pain, heart disease and stroke. Low iodine levels also have been associated with breast and thyroid cancers. In children, insufficient iodine has been strongly linked with mental retardation,

deafness, attention deficient and hyperactivity disorder and impaired growth, according to studies by Boston University, China’s Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and France’s National Academy of Medicine.

The answer is simple: Taking the right kind of iodine in the right dosage can rebalance thyroid function and restore health to the thyroid and the whole body.

Reasons Behind Iodine Deficiency Radiation: Almost everyone is routinely exposed to iodine-depleting radiation emitted by cell phones, Wi-Fi, microwave ovens and other electronic devices.

Iodized table salt: The human body cannot utilize the iodide added to this product.

Low-sodium diets: Failure to use healthy salts to fulfill sodium requirements, plus over-

use of zero-nutrient table salt in foods, leads to iodine depletion.

Bromine: This toxic chemical overrides iodine’s abilities to nourish the thyroid, adrenal and other hormone-producing glands.

A known carcinogen, it is used as an anticaking ingredient found in almost all baked goods, unless the ingredients specifically cite unbromated flour.

Iodine-depleted soils: Due to poor farming techniques, iodine and other minerals in soil have declined, so most foods today are devoid of naturally occurring iodine.

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A Tribute to the American Elderberry

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he International Society for Horticultural Science named the elderberry its 2013 Herb of the Year for good reason. In June, scientists gathered in Columbia, Missouri, to share research on the potential of elderberries and elder flowers for preventing and treating illnesses at the first International Elderberry Symposium.

For example, Dennis Lubahn, director of the University of Missouri’s Center for Botanical Interaction Studies, and his team are researching the molecular mechanisms behind elderberry’s folk medicine legacy; specifically, how the berries might help prevent strokes, prostate cancer and inflammation while boosting an individual’s resistance to infectious diseases. Preliminary results show that just two tablespoons of elderberry juice per day appear to offer protection against prostate cancer.

Madeleine Mumcuoglu, Ph.D., from the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical Center, in Jerusalem, explained how the yet unnamed active principle in elderberry blocks viruses from entering human cells. She believes that elderberry extract holds significant potential for preventing and reducing symptoms of the flu, including avian flu and swine flu, plus HIV and the herpes simplex virus. The effective dose may be just one tablespoon a day.

While Mumcuoglu believes elderberry extract is safe, she does not recommend it for pregnant women or those with autoimmune diseases, because it is a known immune system stimulant. “It may be completely risk-free,” she says. “We simply don’t yet have adequate data for proof.”

For more information, visit MUConf.Missouri.edu/elderberrysymposium.

Toddlers Want to Help Out

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new study conducted by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, in Leipzig, Germany, suggests that young children are intrinsically motivated to see others helped. The researchers observed three groups of 2-year-olds that all saw an adult dropping a small item and struggling to pick it up. One group was allowed to intervene and help the adult. Another group was held back from helping by their parents. The third group watched the adult receive help from another adult.

The researchers found that children’s feelings of sympathy (measured by dilated pupil size, which corresponds to increased feelings of concern) were twice as high when they were unable to help the adult and no help was provided, compared to the same indicator when they were able to provide assistance. Ten of the 12 children that were allowed to help did so.

The toddlers’ concerns likewise decreased when they watched someone else help the adult. The study’s authors concluded that young children’s helping behavior does not require that they perform the behavior themselves and receive “credit” for it, but requires only that the other person is helped. Thus, from an early age, humans seem to have genuine concern for the welfare of others.

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Another Plus for Natural Birth

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team of researchers at the Yale School of Medicine, in New Haven, Connecticut, has found that vaginal birth triggers the expression of a protein, UCP2 (mitochondrial uncoupling protein 2), in the brains of newborns that improves brain development and function in adulthood. It influences neurons and circuits in the hippocampus, the area responsible for memory.

The protein is also involved in the cellular metabolism of fat, a key component of breast milk, suggesting that induction of UCP2 by natural birth may aid the transition to breastfeeding. The researchers also found that this protein expression is impaired in the brains of babies delivered by Caesarean section.

These results suggest, “The increasing prevalence of C-sections, driven by convenience rather than medical necessity, may have a previously unsuspected lasting effect on brain development and function in humans,” observes Tamas Horvath, chair of Yale’s Department of Comparative Medicine.

Blogging Away Teen Troubles

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dolescent angst, formerly vented in private “Dear diary” entries, is now shared with others in blogs—with positive effect. According to a recent study published in the journal Psychological Services, interactively engaging with an online community is an effective way for teens to relieve social distress. Researchers recruited 161 teenagers that exhibited some level of social anxiety or stress and asked them to blog, with one group opening their posts to comments. Bloggers that wrote about their problems and allowed readers to respond reported the greatest improvement in mood. The comments on blogs were overwhelmingly positive, offering constructive support. natural awakenings

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

Shifting Priorities

A Dose of Awe Can Make a Teen More Caring A meta-analysis published in the Personality and Social Psychology Review suggests that experiencing awe helps young people focus less on themselves and more on the world around them. Exposure to natural wonders and accounts of great human accomplishments can do the trick.

It’s a helpful strategy, given that narcissism is on the rise and college students have become dramatically less empathetic over the years, particularly since 2000. Sixtyfour percent of respondents ages 18 to 25 surveyed thought getting rich is their most important goal, while only 30 percent believed that helping others in need is important.

Awe humbles us in the presence of something greater than ourselves. Experiencing it during adolescence, a period crucial in the formation of self-identity, could help coax teens out of their, “I am the center of the world,” funk and put them on a path to a life lived in compassionate connection with others.

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Chug-A-Lug

Pricey Bottled Water May Come from a Tap Peter Gleick, the author of Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water, found that most companies are cagey about revealing the source of their water. “There’s no legal requirement that they say on their label where the water comes from, and they don’t like to advertise that fact,” says Gleick. As a result, most Americans don’t know much about the origins of what we spend $11 billion a year on.

In order to be called “spring water”, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a product has to be either “collected at the point where water flows naturally to the Earth’s surface or from a borehole that taps into the underground source.” Other terms aren’t regulated. Gleick found that about 55 percent of bottled waters are spring water. The other 45 percent is mostly treated tap water, including Aquafina (Pepsi) and Dasani (Coke).

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GM-Oh-Oh

GMOs Threaten Wheat Exports America lags behind the world in limiting, banning or even labeling genetically modified (GE, GM or GMO) crops, and now Japan has suspended some imports from the United States because of the discovery of unapproved GM wheat in Oregon. The European Union is weighing similar action. Serious economic implications stem from the fact that many countries will not accept imports of genetically modified foods, and the U.S. exports about half of its annual wheat crop.

The Washington Post reports the presence of GMO wheat on an 80-acre field in Oregon as a mystery. Monsanto tested a similar strain in Oregon between 1994 and 2005, but the product was never approved for commercial use. The strain was identified in the state when a farmer tried clearing a field using Monsanto’s herbicide and discovered that the wheat could not be killed.

Blake Rowe, CEO of the Oregon Wheat Commission, says that reductions in Northwest wheat sales would affect farmers in Idaho and Washington as well as Oregon, because the wheat is blended together. Oregon sold $492 million of wheat in 2011; 90 percent of it went overseas.

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ecotip Wear It Well

First Eat Local, Then Dress Local Buying local isn’t just about food choices. In supporting community businesses and reducing our ecological footprint, fiber is another important consideration, encompassing farmers that grow cotton and hemp or raise sheep for wool, fiber artisans and textile designers.

The U.S. presently imports about 95 percent of Americans’ clothing, reports the Ecology Global Network (Ecology. com), with most manufactured in countries where sweatshops and human rights abuses are common. Polyester and nylon, the most commonly used synthetic fibers, are derived from petroleum and processed and dyed using synthetic, often toxic substances. According to a 2010 report by China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection, the textile industry is that country’s third-worst polluter.

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The nonprofit Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture’s (cuesa.org) Fibershed program raises public awareness of the issue in Central California. Robin Lynde, a shepherd, weaver and teacher at Meridian Jacobs Farm, in Vacaville, also sells yarn, fleece, felt, lambskin, hand-woven garments and blankets. “Fiber producers, users and designers may not know that there are sheep 10 miles away from them and they can get that fiber,” she says.

Fibershed also promotes a Grow Your Jeans program, comprising area sourcing, dyeing and sewing of a limited run of jeans. While textile sustainability in any given region is developing, the organization recommends that residents mend, instead of discard, old clothes, swap clothing or buy used, while resisting marketing pressure to augment wardrobes every season to keep up with trends. Someday, we might be able to visit a nearby field where our clothing is grown.

The Sustainable Cotton Project (SustainableCotton.org), based in Winters, California, conducts a Cleaner Cotton program that helps conventional growers transition to more sustainable practices using non-GMO varieties and integrated pest management practices to more gently solve ecological challenges. A big part of the challenge is to get the word out.

“To get cleaner cotton to a spinner, someone has to request it,” says Executive Director Marcia Gibbs.

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eventspotlight

Seane Corn Weekend

Workshops at The Yoga Loft

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eane Corn, an internationally celebrated yoga teacher, will teach a special chakra-focused series of workshops from 6 to 8:30 p.m., September 6; from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 4 p.m., September 7; and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., September 8, at The Yoga Loft, in Bethlehem. Corn will guide participants in using the tools of asana, meditation, reflection, intention and prayer to facilitate an understanding of the dynamics of the chakras in order to empower our health and life. Corn is known for her impassioned activism, unique self-expression and inspirational style of teaching that incorporates both the physical and mystical aspects of the practice of yoga. Her classes integrate dynamic vinyasa flow asana (linking movement with breath) with the application of precise alignment, meditation, visualization, intention and prayer to create an inner journey toward healing and empowerment.

A long-time activist for social and political change, Corn created the yoga program at Children of the Night, a shelter that houses and educates adolescent prostitutes in the Los Angeles area, in 1998. As a result of her work with sexually exploited children, by 2004 she went on to became a dedicated champion for YouthAIDS, whose mission is to raise funds, provide services and spread national awareness about the global emergency of HIV/AIDS affecting our children worldwide. Within a year, in service to YouthAIDS, she created the Off the Mat, Into the World (OTM) campaign with the intention to use her international platform to generate outreach within the yoga and wellness communities.

In 2007, OTM expanded to become a national leadership training program designed to help participants find their own unique purpose through yoga, creative inquiry and self-exploration exercises, as well as provide them with the organizational skills necessary to activate that purpose

through local outreach and service-oriented projects. This effort, designed to initiate social circles of change in local communities nationwide, lives on through OTM’s Yoga in Action program.

Since launching in 2007, OTM’s Global Seva Challenge program has raised over $3.5 million for programs worldwide, giving participants the opportunity to work in impoverished communities, providing support and aid, implementing projects and teaching yoga when appropriate.

In the U.S., OTM created a program for at-risk and marginalized youth called the Empowered Youth Initiative, bringing awareness, resources, education and aid to inner city youth and teens.

During the 2008 and 2012 elections, Corn and Arianna Huffington came together along with The Huffington Post and OTM to create a wellness sanctuary for delegates, press and political officials called The Huffington Oasis. Out of this grew YogaVotes, a program designed to help increase yoga voter registration at the 2012 election. This non-partisan initiative created a much-needed dialogue within the community about yoga, values, citizen engagement and the power of one’s vote.

Locally, yoga teachers Megan Ridge, Josh Kehler and Melanie Smith are all participants in OTM’s Global Seva Challenge, raising funds to travel to Uganda, India and Ecuador, and be of service to communities in need. Yoga Loft teachers Megan Ridge and Alysha Pfeiffer also teach a weekend intensive Yoga in Action training once a year (January 24 to January 26, 2014).

The upcoming weekend workshops with Corn will emphasize the connection between the mind, body, and spirit—appreciating the inter-dependency of all moments, great and small. The chakra system provides us with a road map that affirms this perception and presents a formula to make it tangible. Using the chakra system correctly, we can identify, reconcile and heal restrictive emotional patterns and physical imbalances in our mind/body. The study of the chakras can also help us develop our intuition, awareness and consciousness, as well as balance us physically, grounding and centering our energy. It can also increase our personal power and relationship to ourselves beyond the body, which gives a more compassionate understanding toward our personal issues and can reveal insight into our spirit.

Cost: $175 (single session pricing also available). The Yoga Loft is located at 521 E. Fourth St., 3rd Floor, Bethlehem. For more information, call 610867-9642 or register online at TheYoga LoftOfBethlehem.com. natural awakenings

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Our Own Ode of Joy Singing Heals Our Soul, Sets Us Free

by Jan Kortie

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efore singing was part of any human culture, it was part of nature.

Nature never tries hard; it just is. It grows and blossoms and flows. So does heartfelt singing—as a joyful expression of soul, of one’s essential being. It is giving and sharing. Most of all, it is alive.

Singing like this doesn’t ask for effort. But it does ask for courage. In expressing our longings, hopes and love, we may encounter fear, shame

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or sorrow. That’s part of the beauty and surprising simplicity of liberating ourselves through song, which can be equally cheerful, lighthearted and humorous, or insightfully confronting the challenging issues in our lives.

Some people make every effort to sing eloquently, but the joy of singing is just as fully accessible for those that can’t master the technical qualifications or even carry a tune. All we really need

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to do to achieve personal satisfaction is to sing what’s inside us, enabling who we are to emerge. That’s why singing is healing; it helps make us whole.

Giving emotional space to ourselves in song allows us to be heard in a special way; no two voices are alike because each is exactly suited to the individual. Our innate tendency to sing, like other forms of music, connects us with others and reminds us of ways in which we are attuned to one another.

More natural than talking, the vibration of a singing voice is the most magical, direct way to connect our internal and external worlds.

It’s comforting to note that we can only sing off-key if we compare our voice to another’s. No child ever decides by himself that he can’t sing. A child spontaneously sings, dances and draws without preconception until an authority figure steps in with a discordant opinion.

Singing is a natural phenomenon as intuitive as breathing. It’s our right to sing freely, and so share our hearts and music with the world. As a soaring expression of love it contributes greatly to the well-being of individuals, communities and society.

Jan Kortie first introduced the idea of voice-liberation in the Netherlands 30 years ago, developing a joyful approach to personal and professional singing that extends beyond traditional methods and techniques. His book, Your Soul Wants to Sing, available in Dutch, is the primer for his Academy of Voice Liberation, where he serves as director.

communityspotlight

A Safe Retreat Haven

by Beth Davis

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s an adult, Marjorie Spadoni, owner and director of Circle of Trees, spent a lot of her time volunteering for charities that focused on wellness and healing. She also attended numerous retreats focused on the same principles. At a women’s retreat about five years ago, she and others discussed how nice it would be to have a place to go locally, and they thought she would be the ideal person to run it.

“I immediately thought I couldn’t do it,” says Spadoni. “I had babies at home. I didn’t have the time or the financial means. But, for the next year, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I had no money, no anything—just an idea to create a place of energy, love and healing.”

Nearly four years ago, Spadoni found an abandoned building, located on 324 acres in the Pocono Mountains, in Milford. The building was once the Solar Science Center, the first all green and eco facility in the United States. It was built in 1979 and won numerous awards for its green design. Later, it became a science camp and then a drug rehabilitation center before it was abandoned.

“The facility was a total mess, but I knew right away that this was it,” notes Spadoni. “It was a place that I could house guests all under one roof, making them feel safe and comfortable.”

She purchased the property and founded Circle of Trees, a nonprofit center that offers both daylong and weekend retreats varying in specific focus, but generally oriented toward exploration, education, wellness and nature. She and her family and friends went to work renovating the place, and although she says it still needs a lot of work (they are currently raising funds for a new roof), they have come a long way.

The lodge three stories and sleeps up to 110 people in dorm-style rooms.

It features a temple, a large great room, library and more. Solar panels heat and cool the building, and heat the water

for the building. Composting toilets are located everything except the kitchen.

The grounds encourage relaxation and the exploration and enjoyment of nature, with numerous trails, a 12-acre lake, bonfires in the evenings and even a sweat lodge. The center can be rented; therefore a multitude of retreats and workshops are held throughout the year.

Perhaps most importantly, Circle of Trees offers a safe haven to those who need it most. Spadoni hosts two retreats per month, welcoming people of all backgrounds and interests who wish to enjoy a relaxing experience while strengthening and intensifying their spirits. The workshops, most of which are aimed toward women, provide opportunities for spiritual renewal, intellectual stimulation or acquiring and exploring new skills, and are taught by gifted and experienced facilitators. She says the goal is to bring a heightened awareness of nature and a deep sense of spiritual renewal, inner peace and blessings to all who spend time at the there.

The retreats include lodging and vegetarian and/or vegan meals using natural ingredients and local, organic fruits and vegetables whenever possible. Spadoni tries to keep the cost as low as possible, but says nobody is ever turned away for an inability to pay. “I feel everyone should be able to come to our workshops or retreats regardless

of their financial situation,” she explains.

“We offer scholarships that are based on a work trade. Women can help paint, do dishes or use their skills to provide a service. We always find a way.”

She says that 90 percent of the women that come to the retreats have a story—and it’s not a pleasant one.

Circle of Trees gives them a place to heal, to bond, to hope and to create a sisterhood; one that Spadoni calls “The Tree Family.” She encourages participants to keep a journal and write everything down. “I tell them to just get it out,” she says. “Then they can burn it if they have to, but getting those feelings out is incredibly therapeutic.”

The letters and emails she receives from those that attended a retreat—letters thanking her, comfort Spadoni. “Often, we get women that may be quiet all weekend and we don’t really know their story,” she comments. “I’ve gotten letters saying, ‘You saved my life. I was going to kill myself, but going to the healing circle made me stronger.’ It’s very powerful.”

Spadoni is an advocate for these women—letting them know there is a light at the end of the tunnel. They can get away from their situation—whatever that may be—and they can heal. She knows from experience. Spadoni was a child of molestation. From age five to 13, she was sexually and mentally abused. She knows the feeling of losing one’s childhood, but she doesn’t let it rule her life.

“I am very spiritual and metaphysical, so meditation and yoga helped me,” she explains. “I also found help for myself by helping others. I’m not ashamed of my story. I use it to tell women they can say enough is enough, and they will be okay. I survived and I’ve helped hundreds of women now. I believe this is what I’m supposed to be doing and I won’t stop.”

Circle of Trees is located at 391 Schocopee Rd., in Milford. For more information, call 484-347-7489, email MajorieSpadoni@CircleOfTreesRetreat. com or visit CircleOfTreesRetreat.com. natural awakenings August 2013 19

RETHINKING

CANCER A Brave New World of Effective Natural Therapies

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by Linda Sechrist

usan Silberstein takes her message for preventing cancer and recurrences to medical and nursing schools, continuing oncology nursing education programs and universities from her BeatCancer.org headquarters in Richboro, Pennsylvania.

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The nonprofit organization provides research-based education and counseling on how to prevent, cope with and beat cancer through immune-boosting holistic approaches. Since 1977, it has helped nearly 30,000 cancer patients and more than 50,000 prevention seekers.

“Early detection is better than late detection, but it’s not prevention,” says Silberstein, who taught the psychology of health and disease at Pennsylvania’s Immaculata University.

“We focus on building up patients—minimizing treatment side effects, enhancing immune system function, improving nutritional status and addressing the reasons for sickness in the first place.”

“Conventional medicine never addresses the cause, which is a process that needs to be understood so the individual can turn it off,” elaborates Massachusetts Institute of Technology-trained scientist Raymond Francis, author of Never Fear Cancer Again: How to Prevent and Reverse Cancer. Based on his experience beating cancer and research into cellular biochemistry and molecular biology, he concluded that the disease is a biological process that affects the entire body, not something that can be cut out, killed or poisoned.

“Central to healing and prevention is the elimination of things that fuel the growth of can-

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cer cells, such as sugar, toxins, heavy metals, nutrient-deficient processed foods and an acidic environment in the body,” observes Francis. “Regular exercise, a daily, high-quality multivitamin and detoxification are equally crucial to restoring the body’s biological terrain.”

Doctor of Naturopathy Judy Seeger, founder of CancerCleanseCamp.com and host of CancerAnswers.TV and Cancer Winner Radio, recommends both a regular detoxification regimen and ongoing healthy nutritional plan to help maintain a healing alkaline environment. While this helps cleanse the body of environmental toxins, the toxic emotions and stress that produce acid, weaken the immune system and create an environment for cancer to propagate, must also be dealt with.

Experts generally agree on a range of basic, commonsense preventive measures that include a low-fat, plant-based diet; aerobic, flexibility and strength exercises; healthy sleep habits; and other stress-reducing activities. “These are basic ingredients for maintaining sound health, and can be crucial toward improving the health of an individual with cancer,” says Dr. Keith Block, the “father of integrative oncology,” and author of Life Over Cancer. He founded The Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment, in Skokie, Illinois, that customizes care plans based on each person’s medical, biochemical, physical, nutritional and psychosocial needs.

Nourish Biochemistry

Thousands of cancer patients have outlived their “medical expiration date” by using alternative nontoxic treatments and approaches, many of which are documented in Outsmart Your Cancer,

by Tanya Harter Pierce.

Lou Dina, a cancer survivor who like Francis, underwent a journey of intensive research, became a patient advocate and authored Cancer: A Rational Approach to Long-Term Recovery. Dina speaks at conventions hosted by the Foundation for Advancement in Cancer Therapy (FACT), founded in 1971 by Ruth Sackman. He also appears with other survivors in the FACT documentary based on Sackman’s book, Rethinking Cancer: Non-Traditional

“When it comes to one’s lifetime risk of cancer, healthy diet and lifestyle choices can make all the difference.” ~ Susan Silberstein, Ph.D., founder and president of the Center for Advancement in Cancer Education Approaches to the Theories, Treatments and Prevention of Cancer.

From decades of findings by international clinicians, FACT educates practitioners and patients to view chronic degenerative diseases as systematic malfunctions caused by breakdowns in the balance of body chemistry that are subject to bio-repair.

However manifested, they are viewed as correctable and controllable via an individualized program that includes a balanced diet of whole, unprocessed, organic foods—spurred by Gerson therapy that floods the body with organically grown nutrients—supplementation and detoxification. Other key measures involve body temperature therapy, cellular and stem cell therapies and the use of botanicals.

“Nutrients in food directly impact the mechanisms by which cancer cells grow and spread,” explains Block.

“They also indirectly impact cancer by changing the surrounding biochemical conditions that either promote or inhibit the progression of malignant disease.

This is why targeting only tumors is not enough to quash cancer. Conventional cancer therapies almost inevitably leave behind at least a small number of malignant cells. Your internal biochemical terrain plays an integral role in determining whether a tumor will regain a foothold after treatment, metastasize to distant sites or stay where it is without posing a threat.”

Block notes that a healthy biochemistry can help prevent unpleasant and possibly life-threatening, complications. An anti-cancer biochemical terrain will even boost a patient’s overall quality of life. At the Block Center, Continuted on page 22.

About four years ago, Nature’s Harvest, a natural food store in Blairstown, began selling “Bev’s Bags.”

The bags are sold for $3 each, but it’s not Read who benefits from the sale—it’s those living with cancer.

She requested that all of the money from the sale of the bags be donated to cancer research or to a local family that may need the monetary support due to their cancer situation. According to Nature’s Harvest owner Michelle St. Andre, approximately $4,000 has been donated to help cancer patients thus far.

Read says that all of the fabric is donated, including old jeans, doilies, draperies, bedspreads, tablecloths, sheets, blankets and more. She can turn anything into an amazing bag for a worthy cause. “We make made-to-order gift bags at Nature’s Harvest and we’ve been using Bev’s bags instead of baskets,” says St. Andre. “All of the givers and the recipients love the bags.”

To help spread the word about the importance of reusable bags, Nature’s Harvest hosts an annual “I’ve got it, and I get it,” campaign from June through October. Each time customers don’t need a bag for shopping, Nature’s Harvest donates 10 cents to the Foodshed Alliance. Of course, if they don’t have a bag, plenty of Bev’s Bags are on-hand— she made 100 for the campaign.

In addition to her bags, Read also participates in craft show two to three times per year, selling her embroidered hand towels. She also makes quilts, hats, mittens and slippers for patients, as she knows personally how important and comforting these items can be while going through therapy.

“Bev is a truly wonderful, compassionate woman who always finds an avenue to give,” says St. Andre.

The Business of

Giving

by Beth Davis

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orn and raised in Blairstown, New Jersey, Bev Read has strong ties to the community. Her father, Richard Kise, was a carpenter and also a lifelong resident of Blairstown. In fact, he helped build many of the existing buildings in the town.

Read’s first work experience was as a repairperson of cell towers. Later, she worked in retail at Joanne Fabrics— a fitting position because Read loved to sew. However, in April 2006, her life would change; she was diagnosed with breast cancer. “Thanks to the diligence of the technician performing the mammogram, the cancer was detected early,” she says. “This technician probably saved my life, as it was a very aggressive cancer.”

She underwent chemotherapy and has been cancer free since. But, she could no longer work. Knowing she wanted to do something to put her seamstress skills to work, Read was inspired. Her mother had died of cancer and was fortunate to have “wonderful caretakers,” according to Read. Recalling those who so kindly cared for her mother motivated her to give back. The result was a reusable fabric bag that she designed and made herself.

To purchase a bag, visit Nature’s Harvest at 28 Main St., Blairstown.

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detailed assessments identify disruptions in six defining features of patients’ biochemical terrain—oxidation, inflammation, immunity, blood coagulation, glycemia and stress chemistry. Cancer thrives on terrain disruptions, which also can impair treatment.

Focus on High-Impact Foods

Kathy Bero, founder of NuGenesis Inc., in Stone Bank, Wisconsin, asks, “How many other lives could be saved if doctors prescribed a diet primarily focused on plant-based, angiogenic-inhibiting foods for all cancer patients?”

Angiogenesis is the development of new blood vessels. Cancer turns the body against itself by hijacking the angiogenesis process and keeping it permanently activated, ensuring that cancerous cells receive a dedicated, uninterrupted blood supply. “To effectively prevent cancer, inflammation and angiogenesis need to be controlled before a tumor can get a foothold,” advises Bero.

Bero has personally beaten back two unrelated aggressive forms of cancer and credits the angiogenic-inhibiting foods in clinical research at the Medical College of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee, and the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha. Examples include green tea, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, apples, grapefruit, lemons, tomatoes, cinnamon, kale, grape seed oil and pomegranate.

“These foods also played a significant role in strengthening my immune system and restoring my overall health, which was radically affected by many rounds of chemotherapy and radiation,” remarks Bero.

Boost Recuperative Powers

Patrick Quillin, Ph.D., a former vice president of nutrition for a national network of cancer hospitals and author of The Wisdom and Healing Power of Whole Foods and Beating Cancer with Nutrition, recommends a triple threat.

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any one approach,” says Quillin.

He maintains that restrained medical interventions, appropriate nutrition and naturopathic approaches can bolster nonspecific natural defense mechanisms to reverse the underlying cause of the disease. “Nutrition and traditional oncology treatments are synergistic, not antagonistic, as many oncologists believe,” advises Quillin.

Glenn Sabin, founder of FON Therapeutics, similarly suggests that multi-interventional, outcome-based studies, akin to Dr. Dean Ornish’s approach to prostate cancer, could greatly benefit conventional oncology.

Sabin recounts his Harvard Medical School-documented remission of advanced leukemia in his upcoming book, N-of-1: How One Man’s Triumph Over Terminal Cancer is Changing the Medical Establishment.

Sabin turned to therapeutic nutrition, neutraceuticals, stress reduction and exercise to become a 22-year cancer “thriver” without the aid of conventional therapies. He also emphasizes the importance of the psychological and psychosocial aspects of healing with the cancer patients he coaches. “If you don’t have your head in the game, it’s hard to make anything else work for you,” counsels Sabin.

Understand the Connection

Silberstein and other leading physicians, including Dr. Tien-Sheng Hsu, a Chinese psychiatrist and author of the Secret to Healing Cancer; Dr. Jingduan Yang, a board-certified psychiatrist and founder and medical director of the Tao Institute of Mind & Body Medicine; and Seeger, believe that the mind and spirit play a significant role in healing.

“Cancer begins in the spirit and ends up in the body, which is why I recommend that anyone positively diagnosed read the Cancer Report,” remarks Silberstein. Cancer Report, co-written by John R. Voell and Cynthia A. Chatfield, discusses psychoneuroimmunology and the powerful role that the mind, emotions and spirit play in contributing to or resisting disease and healing even the most terminal of cancers (Tinyurl.com/ VoellCancerReport).

Yang and Hsu, who also use

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acupuncture protocols, believe illness is a reflection of inner problems that disrupt the body’s naturally powerful immune system. “Cancer is a symptom delivering a message: You need to take better care of yourself—emotionally, chemically, physically and spiritually,” says Yang. As a faculty member of the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, Yang sees firsthand how few patients understand that the trauma of a diagnosis and treatment can reactivate past traumas, unresolved issues, blockages and repressed emotions. Both he and Hsu offer mind/ body/spirit interventions to help patients cope better.

“I talk to people who do all the right things to improve their biochemistry, but without an emotional detox and spiritual connection to something larger than themselves, their healing process tends to stall,” Seeger observes. Her online talk shows feature long-term cancer survivors like Dr. Carl Helvie, author of You Can Beat Lung Cancer Using Alternative/Integrative Interventions.

“It all comes down to the microcosm of the cell. If we give our 73 trillion cells everything they need, the macrocosm of the body will function properly,” says Francis. The authors of Cancer Killers, Dr. Charles Majors, Dr. Ben Lerner and Sayer Ji, agree. Up till now, they attest that the war on cancer has been almost exclusively an assault on the disease, rather than an enlightened preventive campaign that clearly identifies and counters how cancer develops. “The battle can only be won by instructing people in how to boost their body’s immune responses to kill cancer cells before they face a full-blown diagnosis and showing them how to aggressively address the hostile exterior agents that turn healthy cells cancerous.”

The best winning strategy is to naturally nurture a body—structurally, chemically, energetically, emotionally and spiritually—so that the inner terrain naturally kills cancer cells and stops them from growing.

Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings. Visit ItsAllAboutWe.com for the recorded interviews.

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HAPPY PARENTS HAPPY KIDS

Renée Peterson Trudeau Explores Soulful Parenting

by Meredith Montgomery

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he oldest of seven Montessori-inspired children and mother of one, Renée Peterson Trudeau serves as a life balance coach, speaker and president of Career Strategists, a coaching and consulting firm. Thousands of women in 10 countries participate in Personal Renewal Groups based on her first book, The Mother’s Guide to SelfRenewal. Now, in a new book, Nurturing the Soul of Your Family, Trudeau helps empower families to handle the challenges of everyday life with harmony and ease.

It requires us to attune and respond to our own needs and desires in the present moment. Am I responding with compassion when I make mistakes? Am I saying no when I need to say no?

Did I ask for and receive help when I needed it? This is self-care in day-to-day life. When we feel nurtured in ways aligned with our deeper needs, we’re able to more fully express our potential and relax into being who we truly are.

How does such caring show up in family dynamics?

How can individuals achieve more peace?

We realize peace by nurturing our hearts and souls with self-care, by slowing down and being gentle with ourselves.

When I’m feeling grumpy or irritable, I know that my inner cup is empty and I’m out of sync with my needs. When we practice self-care, we are more present with our partner and children. We feel more generous, loving and playful,

their kids—listen to them, have fun with them and just spend time with them.” ~ Jonah Trudeau, age 9

and it’s easier to weather crises and uncertainties. I believe that modeling self-love is one of the best ways to influence children’s self-esteem.

Why is it important for families to define what they value most?

It’s empowering for a family to anchor together around one key core value.

Once you identify it, you all can make more conscious decisions. The value that my own family has chosen is compassion for one’s self and others.

Creativity, spirituality, service or learning are others.

As kids grow into adolescence, it becomes more challenging to maintain balance; there are so many demands on a family’s time and attention. Mentally, we’re often overwhelmed by an expanding scope of activities and decisions.

At any age, a lot of us are just reacting to whatever comes at us. But when we identify the values most important to us, it’s easier to know when to say yes and no to things, so that our actions become aligned with our priorities.

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Five Reconnection Points

What is behind the rising appeal of living more simply?

Simplicity is alluring at a most basic level of our being; we crave it. We want to invest less energy in making decisions and have more space for life to organically unfold. We want to hit the pause button because we are overscheduled, overworked and overloaded with too much information. It can feel so good to be productive, and American culture rewards output. But we need to be mindful of balancing the harder task of ‘being’ with the seduction of doing, for we are at our most powerful when both of these energies are equal.

n Be mindful of how and when the family uses technology. Put people first. n Tap the healing power of nature together. Take hikes, picnics and explore a local greenbelt. n Love the ones you’re with. Schedule regular time together to make sure it happens.

What role does spirituality play in fostering a healthy family life?

I hear a lot of parents say that they used to think that spirituality was separate from parenting. Then they woke up to the idea that being a parent is a spiritual practice, maybe the most profound one they will ever have. Connecting to the sacred in everyday life yields nurturing gifts we can enjoy with our children, not separate from them.

What is the most valuable advice that you offer to parents?

Pause to breathe in compassion and realize that our outer state is a reflection of our inner state. It helps us release whatever we’re dealing with and reconnect with ourselves and loved ones.

For more information, visit ReneeTrudeau.com.

Meredith Montgomery is a regular contributor to Natural Awakenings.

n Slow down. Do less to experience more. Fewer choices and a lighter schedule can make for a happier family.

Source: Nurturing the Soul of Your Family: 10 Ways to Reconnect and Find Peace in Everyday Life, by Renée Peterson Trudeau.

Small Daily Practices Make a Huge Difference

Where do we start?

If we are not currently living in alignment with what matters most to us, we can stop what we’re doing and course-correct. We have to define what simplicity looks like for us and can start by just slowing down. Do less to experience more. Unplug from technology. Try spending unscheduled, mediafree time together. My family feels most nourished after weekends that we hardly did anything and just enjoyed connecting through simple pleasures.

n Define your family’s values and honor them.

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regular spiritual practice grounds us and helps us navigate the challenges of just being human.

It helps us stay awake, begin to let go, trust the rhythm and flow of life and relax into the beauty of our true nature.

Create Ritual – Meaningful rituals can be carefully planned events or casual, but regular remembrances, such as voicing gratitude before a family meal or greeting one another with a hug.

Marking transitions and milestones in the lives of family members likewise connects everyone to the sacredness of daily living. We remember that life is more than to-do lists.

Cultivate Stillness – Quiet private contemplation through stillness, prayer, meditation or reflection is a daily way to connect with our inner wisdom and/ or embrace a higher power, and can make the whole day better.

Practice Service to Others – The more we reach out and are present to one another, the stronger we become and the easier it is to understand our interconnection—that we’re all one.

Live in the Present – Many great spiritual teachers believe the answer

to everything is to just “be here now,” and that our suffering and emotional distress would end if we simply stopped resisting the present. When we temporarily suspend our desire to change things, we can embrace that where we are is exactly where we’re supposed to be.

Choose Happiness – Can we only be happy if things are going our way?

Experts suggest that we’re born with the innate capacity to experience inner well-being and joy; it’s our birthright to feel good. We must remember to choose happiness in each present moment.

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Creating Places of Sanctuary for Seriously Distressed Teens

by Dan L. Edmunds

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ow do we deal with our seriously distressed children and adolescents? Adolescents are in a period of seeking autonomy and self-determination. These qualities can aid them in becoming agents of active transformation in their own lives. For one to recover from distress, they are in need of being able to regain hope and to have an effective exercise of their free will. They formulate thoughts and feelings based on their experiences and begin to create values and meanings for themselves. Those adolescents who are suffering from serious emotional distress have become lost on this path to finding meaning in their lives. Once this occurs, they begin to develop anguish and self-defeating responses to life. Breggin says this creates anxiety and despair, leading toward what some would call “madness.”

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coaches and individuals who will aid them compassionately and empathetically in navigating and negotiating through life’s stresses. They must be looked upon with dignity. To look at them through scientific or objective means can lead to the tendency to diagnosis and control the person. Physical interventions, such as psychotropic drugs, restraints and enforced confinement to mental hospitals or residential treatment facilities are a part of this desire to control rather than truly aid and come to an understanding of the distress the adolescent is experiencing.

Psychotropic medications with these seriously distressed individuals only deal with symptoms and blunt certain functions to make the person more tolerable and amenable to societal expectations. Psychotherapy, on the other hand, focuses on the subjective changes in patients’ feelings and on actual changes in lifestyle or conduct

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of life, according to researchers Roger P. Greenberg, Ph.D. and Seymour Fisher, Ph.D. Based on the viewpoints of biopsychiatry, adolescents who are medicated and placed in mental hospitals are labeled as improved when they conform to hospital demands or receive discharge. However, what is not examined is how the patients actually feel.

An estimated 180,000 to 300,000 young people are placed in private psychiatric facilities each year. They often feel powerless in these placements. But, it is the need for feelings of empowerment and hope that will lead to a genuine recovery from distress.

With a less formed sense of self than an adult has, a child is less able to resist the shame attached to being diagnosed and labeled a mental patient. Children may also find it much harder to conform to institutional life.

They are naturally energetic, rambunctious, often noisy and resistant to control. If a boy doesn’t conform, he is considered “ill” and can be subjected to physical restraints, solitary confinement and toxic drugs. The drugs commonly used for severely distressed adolescents are the same as those used for adults. These drugs subdue the adolescent into conformity by blunting the brain, but never do they teach the child how to develop meaning or how to cope, nor do they allow the adolescent to express his pain and emotional distress. The adolescent is merely sedated to make his behaviors more manageable to adults. Instead of coercive and intrusive “treatments,” these adolescents need the ability to find a safe place where coercive power is replaced by reason, love and mutual attempts to satisfy their basic needs.

Depression, mania and anxiety are all linked together and are indicative of trauma. The adolescent seeks an escape by altered perception. We must begin to realize that all behaviors and experiences have meaning, even those things that may appear odd to us. The symptoms labeled to be schizophrenic exhibited by certain adolescents in distress “may be understood as manifestations of chronic terror or defense against the terror,” notes Dr. Bertram Karon, Professor Emeritus of clinical

psychology at Michigan State University. This is often expressed as anger, loneliness and humiliation. The therapist and adolescent must forge an alliance to help the adolescent understand the real dangers and develop appropriate coping mechanisms.

Hallucinations that are experienced by the seriously distressed adolescents are actually repressed thoughts and feelings coming outward. Karon notes that delusions are the adolescent transferring experiences from their past without having the awareness that it is past. Therapists can guide in interpreting the meaning of these hallucinations and delusions, and once the adolescent is gently approached with their underlying meaning, these events can dissipate.

The results of a psychosocial approach to those with severe emotional distress has been proven to be more effective than the current biopsychiatric methods as evidenced by a study by Loren Mosher, M.D. He took schizophrenic adults who were on either very low doses or no medication and offered them a safe place with non-professional staff residing with them. A two-year follow-up of these patients noted higher levels of success and progress than their counterparts who were subjected to neuroleptics and psychiatric hospitalization.

The model was based on principles of growth, development and learning. Such a model could be adapted to use with adolescents, offering them the need for compassion, empathy and finding that safe place, restoring within themselves a feeling of worth and dignity that will lead to their ability to address the issues of their distress and traverse toward recovery.

Dr. Dan L. Edmunds is a existential psychoanalyst and psychotherapist specializing in drug free relational approaches to emotional challenges, autism, and extreme states of mind. Author of The Meeting of Two Persons: What Therapy Should Be, Dr. Edmunds is a Diplomate of the American Psychotherapy Association and is available for consultation by contacting 570-283-0111. For more articles and background visit SelfGrowth. com/experts/dan_edmunds.html

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Kid-Smart Supplements

The Right Choices Help Children Thrive

by Pamela Bond

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s youngsters head back to the classroom, parents can get their children off to a smart start by giving them key supplements. Here are some experts’ top picks.

Build Brains Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Because the brain’s nerve cell membranes are made of fat, ingesting a healthy fat—DHA—helps them stay lithe and limber enough to successfully fire off neurotransmitters, sharpening kids’ mental abilities. “Attention, focus, processing efficiency, memory—they’re all dependent on cells working effectively, and DHA will help,” says Randall Neustaedter, a doctor of Oriental medicine and author of The Holistic Baby Guide. A contemporary study published in Clinical Pediatrics found that 4-year-olds that ingested 400 mg a day of DHA for four months showed improvement in listening comprehen-

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sion and vocabulary acquisition skills.

Because finding an effective dose of pure DHA (at least 300 mg a day) can be difficult, Dr. Robert Rountree, co-author of Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child, recommends administering liquid fish oil in a daily child’s dose of 800 to 1,500 mg at a ratio of 60 percent eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) to 40 percent DHA. “Anti-inflammatory EPA can help allergies and inflammation from colds and other viruses kids get,” explains Neustaedter.

Algae can be a vegetarian substitute for fish oil, Neustaedter continues, but it contains only DHA, not EPA. Another vegetarian option, echium oil, internally converts to EPA at a one-to-one level, but not to DHA. Flaxseed oil is mostly alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), which converts to DHA and EPA at a rate of only 3 to 7 percent.

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Phosphatydylserine (PS). This form of fat facilitates communication among brain cells. “It’s a natural substance your brain makes,” notes Neustaedter.

Already highly regarded for its ability to enhance memory performance in older adults, it may also improve attention, concentration, learning, behavior and school performance in youngsters.

PS is found in small amounts in foods like eggs and soy. Therefore, Neustaedter recommends dietary supplementation of 100 mg a day for children that could use a brain booster. The best PS supplements are made from soy.

Improve Immunity Vitamin D. “It’s my top immune supplement choice for most children,” says Rountree. The vitamin is crucial for triggering the body’s natural immune system to react to and fight off infections. A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that daily 1,200 international unit (IU) supplements of vitamin D3 reduced cases of seasonal flu in schoolchildren by more than 40 percent. Neustaedter recommends that school-aged children supplement with 2,000 IU of vitamin D3 a day. Unlike D2, D3 is natural and nontoxic, he says.

Probiotics. These “friendly” bacteria help reestablish beneficial intestinal flora to both assist digestion and immunity. “Eighty percent of the immune system is produced in the small intestine,” says Neustaedter. “Having a healthy small intestine will lead to a healthy immune system. Probiotics will go a long way to accomplishing that.”

Rountree recommends children receive a mixture of lactobacilli and

bifidobacteria—at least 15 billion colony-forming units a day. A study by an international team published in Pediatrics showed that probiotic supplements may reduce the incidence of fevers, coughs, runny noses and other infections in young children.

Elderberry. “If kids get frequent colds, elderberry can be helpful,” notes Neustaedter, who suggests that children take such extracts according to label instructions for acute sickness during the cold and flu season. He considers it a worthy antiviral and immune system stimulant.

Elderberry’s immune-boosting potential may be due to its ability to enhance antioxidant activity. Several studies, including one issued by the National Institutes of Health, have shown that black elderberry extract may shorten the duration of a bout of flu.

Soothe Stress Magnesium. “If kids have a hard time turning their minds off and going to sleep, calcium and magnesium

will help,” Neustaedter advises. As a calming mineral, magnesium trumps calcium; because kids tend to need more calcium for their bones, the two nutrients are usually given together, adds Rountree. He recommends that children take 100 to 300 mg of magnesium daily, depending on their age and weight.

Lemon balm (melissa officinalis).

To soothe anxiety, Rountree points to lemon balm as safe and gentle, yet effective. St. Mary’s Hospital, in Madison, Wisconsin, reports that researchers have found that lemon balm, in combination with other herbs like valerian, may ease restlessness, anxiety and sleep disorders. Kids can drink one to two cups of freshly brewed tea daily. For a tasty and convenient option, substitute glycerites; tinctures that use glycerin to extract the active constituents from herbs.

Pamela Bond is the managing editor of Natural Foods Merchandiser and former editor-in-chief of Delicious Living magazine.

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Good Food on a Tight Budget Tips to Get Top Value from Each Dollar

by Kathleen Barnes

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or many, the recent economic downturn has affected the way we shop for food. Even families that cook dinner at home most nights are struggling to afford the ingredients to make healthy meals, says Laura Seman, a senior manager for Cooking Matters, a national program that educates families in need about reaping the most from local food resources.

“Putting good food on the family

table on a five-or-sixdollar-a-day per person budget is tough, but it’s possible,” ad-

vises Nutritionist Dawn Undurraga, a registered dietitian and co-author of the Environmental Working Group’s online publication, Good Food on a Tight Budget. “Even eating for one is doable for under $200 a month. When you fill your cart with the foods listed, you’re building health, lowering exposure to agricultural chemicals, protecting the environment and cutting grocery bills.”

In considering how consumers can maximize nutritional value in their spending, researchers examined 1,200 foods to help people get beyond the common perception that eating healthy is expensive. “We looked at food prices, nutrients, pesticides, environmental pollutants and artificial ingredients,” says Undurraga. “Then we chose the top 100 or so, based on balancing all of those factors.”

Think Outside the Box

Some of the EWG findings might surprise many of us: 4 Raw cabbage is the top-ranked food because of its price and high nutritional value as a cruciferous vegetable. For less than 10 cents a serving, it poses far fewer calories than potatoes and is a worthy addition to salads, soups and stir-fries.

4 The next highest marks for price and nutrition spotlight carrots, bananas, pears, watermelon and frozen broccoli, each at less than 30 cents a serving.

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4 Bananas and pears usually cost less than apples, plus they customarily endure fewer pesticide applications.

4 The best animal protein award goes to roasted turkey; hot dogs ranked last.

4 The next-best animal protein identified is a whole chicken, roasted at the beginning of the week and used in various ways for future meals.

4 Fresh, whole carrots and sweet potatoes are among the best produce buys, but frozen corn and broccoli almost always cost less than their fresh equivalents and are just as nutritious.

4 A serving of oatmeal is half the cost of sugary processed cereals, plus it’s more filling and causes less fluctuation in blood sugar levels.

4 Canned salmon is almost always wild caught and is much cheaper than fresh, but be wary of BPA (bisphenol-A) migration from the can.

4 Queso blanco, a mild, soft, white cheese common in Latino cooking, is both less expensive and less processed than many other cheeses.

Change Our Routine

Tracie McMillan, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, author of the bestselling book, The American Way of Eating, learned how to eat on a tight budget as an undercover journalist. She had to budget for food based on wages working on a farm in California, in the produce department of a Michigan superstore and in a New York City restaurant kitchen. The task was even more difficult because she was determined to eat as healthy as possible.

“Time and energy are key ingredients when cooking from scratch,” says McMillan. “I was exhausted after a day spent working these physically demanding jobs and quickly became more apathetic about healthy food than I generally am.”

Without disposable funds for the fast-food route, cooking from scratch was mandatory. She learned how to

soak beans overnight, cook a large pot of them and freeze helpings to reheat later. The cost was about 50 cents a meal, compared with $3 for two or three servings from a can.

Eggs, brown rice and sweet potatoes became an important—and healthy—part of her weekly diet.

McMillan also gained a lasting affection for roasted vegetables, both as part of meals and as snacks. “I just cut up a couple of sweet potatoes, add some broccoli or beans or whatever is cheap at the supermarket or farmers’

market, toss in a tablespoon of olive oil and I’m set for two or three days,” she says. Also, “I learned to use meat more as a seasoning than as a main course.”

Find more tips and pages of recipes at ewg.org/goodfood.

Kathleen Barnes has authored many books on natural health, including Rx from the Garden: 101 Food Cures You Can Easily Grow. Connect at KathleenBarnes.com.

Eat Well, Spend Less 4 Freeze cheese that starts going bad.

Defrosted cheese tastes best melted.

Don’t buy shredded cheese—shred it at home.

meals. Raw nuts are often the less expensive option; roast them for a delicious snack. Freeze nuts so they’ll stay fresh longer.

4 Substitute yogurt for cream and sour cream in recipes. Drain yogurt in a coffee filter to thicken. To economize and reduce package waste, buy in volume and measure out small servings.

4 Whole or cut-up bone-in chicken can save money. Buy family-size packs on sale and freeze. Bake extra and use all week.

4 Cut and freeze fresh fruit when it’s on sale or overripe. Use later in smoothies, oatmeal or yogurt. To eliminate clumping, lay pieces on a tray to freeze or freeze pureed fruit in ice cube trays. When frozen, transfer to a bag.

4 Make sure the word “whole” is in the very first ingredient listed on the label. “Multigrain” or “wheat” language or a brown color isn’t enough.

Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the Earth, the air and you. ~Langston Hughes

4 Soak and cook dried beans to save money.

4 Before vegetables go bad, freeze them or make soup.

4 Stock up on veggies that store well in a cool, dry place. Potatoes, carrots, pumpkin, calabaza (squash and melons) and sweet potatoes hold their taste for several weeks. Frozen vegetables and cabbage keep well, too.

Source: ewg.org/goodfood

4 Start kids off right with whole grains, not white bread and white pasta. If they’re not used to whole grains, mix them in gradually.

4 Buy in bulk and stock up during sales. Avoid pricey oatmeal packets; they’re often loaded with salt and sugar. Buy wholegrain bread on sale and freeze.

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Nature’s Antibiotics Recover Health with Less Risk

by Kathleen Barnes

When Use Becomes Overuse

In recent years, conventional medicine has increasingly used antibiotics as a universal remedy against all kinds of microbial attacks—even though they are ineffective against anything except bacterial infections. It’s best to use them selectively and cautiously when nothing else will do the job, because by definition, they are “opposed to life.” The worst-case scenario is what we have now: overuse creating “superbugs,” able to multiply out of control, sometimes with fatal consequences, even when treated with antibiotics that used to work.

“Antibiotics are helpful and effective when used properly when there is a bacterial infection such as strep throat, urinary tract infection, bacterial pneumonia or a wound that has become infected,” explains Doctor of Naturopathy Trevor Holly Cates, of Waldorf Astoria Spa, in Park City, Utah. “But antibiotics are so overused and overprescribed that bacteria are changing in ways to resist them. This has become a significant public health problem.”

National and global public health officials have expressed increasing concerns about dangers posed by such bacteria, including methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), which are often transmitted between patients in hospital settings, and a multiantibiotic-resistant form of tuberculosis.

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the use of antibiotics to enhance growth and production in livestock. A variety of superbugs have been found in meat, poultry and milk products, according to the nonprofits Center for Science in the Public Interest and Environmental Working Group.

Chris Kilham, a worldwide medicine hunter who teaches ethnobotany at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, explains the transmission. “When you eat conventionally raised meat, you’re not getting antibiotics, but you are getting bits of self-replicating genetic material that transfer antibiotic resistance to your body, which can prove fatal.”

Preferred Alternatives

Fortunately, there are many natural substances that have proven to be effective against bacteria, viruses, fungi and other infectious microbial pathogens— all without dangerous side effects.

Here’s a short list:

Propolis, sometimes called “bee glue”, produced by bees to seal their hives and protect them from infections, is “the single most powerful antimicrobial we have in the plant kingdom,” advises Kilham. That claim is backed by numerous studies from institutions such as Britain’s National Heart and Long Institute, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Harokopio University, in Greece.

In 2005, a study by Turkey’s Hacettepe University showed that propolis killed both MRSA and VRE bacteria.

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Other studies by Italy’s University of Milan have shown propolis’ effectiveness in combating upper respiratory infections and Candida albicans fungal infections.

Propolis is also available in pill form.

Pelargonium sidoides is a favored option for Cates to abbreviate both the duration and severity of cold and flu, including any lingering cough or sore throat. This South African medicinal is also known as African geranium.

Usually used in tincture form, it’s also useful against a large range of microbial infections.

One study from the Russian Institute of Pulmonology reported that nearly 70 percent of participating adults with bronchitis received relief within four days—more than double those that became well taking a placebo.

Olive leaf extract was first mentioned in the Bible and recent research confirms its effectiveness against a wide variety of microbial infections. A U.S. Department of Agriculture study published in the Journal of Food Science confirms that olive leaf extract is effective in fighting food-borne pathogens like salmonella and E. coli, labeling it a broad-spectrum antimicrobial. New York University School of Medicine research published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications showed that olive leaf extract reversed many HIVrelated changes in the immune system.

Retired medical journalist Dr. Morton Walker, author of Nature’s Antibiotic: Olive Leaf Extract, wrote that olive leaf extract “inhibits the growth of every virus, bacterium, fungus, yeast and protozoan it was tested against… and is effective against a minimum of 56 disease-causing organisms.”

In a worst-case scenario, “If antibiotics are the only alternative to treat a labconfirmed bacterial infection, it’s vital to replace the beneficial intestinal bacteria inevitably wiped out by the drug,” concludes Cates. “Sometimes a few servings of a good natural yogurt (without sugar or fruit) will suffice. If not, look for a highquality probiotic to restore the digestive system’s natural bacterial colony.”

Kathleen Barnes is a natural health advocate, author and book publisher (KathleenBarnes.com).

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Let our team help you thrive on the path to optimal health. The Poconos original Holisitic Health Center since 1993. Offering treatments in: acupuncture, massage, Rolfing, reflexology, hypnotherapy, Reiki, Thai massage, nutritional counseling, Cranio-Sacral, along with retreats and workshops. Classes in: Pilates, yoga, TaeKwonDo, Belly Dance, Zumba, Improvisation and Trance Dance.

NATUROPATH NATURAL HEALTH PROMOTION LLC

Tina Stashko, N.D. PhD MIfHI Emmaus, Pa. 18049 610-965-8132 NaturalHealthPromotion.net

Specializing in preventative healthcare, digestion and nutrient absorption, and thyroid and adrenal health. Modalities such as iridology, sclerology and biochemical balancing enable the development of your unique program for optimum health. These programs are easy to follow and incorporate into your daily life. Reach your full health potential! See ad page 28.

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NUTRITION & EDUCATION WELLNESS SIMPLIFIED

Dian Freeman Morristown, NJ 973-267-4816 WellnessSimplified.com

Nutritionist Dian Freeman and staff nutritionists LuAnn Peters - Brenda Woodruff of Dian’s Wellness Simplified in Morristown, NJ, offer private nutritional consultations, Applied Kinesiology and Ondamed biofeedback sessions. Dian also teaches classes and a nutritional certification course in preparation for the national Certified Nutritional Counselor (CNC) exam. Also, to address energetic and vibrational healing, a variety of crystal and energy healers are available by appointment and LuAnn mixes personalized formulas combining various Bach flower remedies.

NUTRTIONAL COUNSELING ALL BETTER CENTRAL

Masha Levina, CCN 224 Broad St., Suite 205, Milford, PA 18337 570-832-2123 Info@AllBetterCentral.com AllBetterCentral.com

Through examining your medical, social and dietary history, as well as using Nutrition Response Muscle Testing®, Masha determines nutritional needs and develops dietary and supplemental program to fit individual requirements and lifestyles, resulting in balance and better health.

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LOUISE M. BOWMAN, LAC, MSNUTR, CYT 243 E Brown Street, East Stroudsburg 570-421-3708 LivingWell-Naturally.com

Eat for well-being. No more diets. Louise holds a Master’s in Nutrition from Bastyr University and teaches an individualized approach to whole foods and health through nutrition. Plans are tailored to you: your lifestyle, likes and dislikes.

Pain Relief - Natural HYPNOSIS & LONGEVITY CENTER

ST. ANTHONY’S FREE PAIN CLINIC Dr. Anthony F. Mullen, DCT(P) Village Park Center Rte 940, Pocono Lake 570-504-1681 HypnosisLongevityCenter.com Decrease pain and maximize wellness.

Anthony F. Mullen, DCT(P), Licensed healer, specializes in pain relief and offers affordable services to improve quality of life. Offering low level laser therapy; painless, non-invasive, drugfree treatment used to treat injuries and neurological conditions, such as, fibromyalgia, muscle and join pain, nerve pain/sciatica, carpal tunnel, TMJ, migraines, and more.

physical therapy TANNERSVILLE & MARSHALL’S CREEK PHYSICAL THERAPY Georgine Todd Rte 715 S, Reeders 570-629-6073 25 Fox Run Ln, East Stroudsburg 70-223-8477 TannersvillePT.com

Overcome physical limitations and injury. Two locations offer a mixture of both traditional exercise-based physical therapy and manual physical therapy techniques for more effective results. These techniques include myofascial release, joint mobilization, craniosacral therapy and massage therapy. Our highly trained staff works one-on-one to educate our clients toward healthy lifestyle changes.

REIKI REACHING OUT THROUGH REIKI

Tricia Fellman 607 Ave B, Stroudsburg, PA 18360 570-421-0650 TFellman@ptd.net Visit on Facebook: Reaching Out Through Reiki Truly wonderful and amazing, Reiki is a technique that address’s both chronic and acute conditions. Gently promoting balance among all the body systems. Reiki is a whole body treatment, encompassing the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of the self. Reiki works to harmonize and bring in balance the total you.

retreat center CIRCLE OF TREES

391 Schocopee Rd., Milford, PA 18337 484-347-7489 CircleOf Trees.com We host workshops, led by gifted and experienced facilitators, offering opportunities for spiritual renewal, intellectual stimulation and exploring new skills. Our woodland facility comes with a lake, trails, a fire pit and dorm style or private rooms. Rent our 300 acre fully stocked lodge for your next retreat or event. Perfect for yoga, healing, outdoor pursuits or your annual club meeting. From 1 day to a full week. See ad page 9.

EARTHGATE STUDIO RETREAT CENTER 1881 Route 739 Dingmans Ferry, PA EarthGateStudios.com

Retreat and educational workshop center for personal and group events, retreats and spiritual growth.

Immerse yourself in the higher vibrations and take time to heal your mind, body, and spirit! Located on 8.2 wooded acres with easy access to the healing and art community of Milford, PA.

rolfing ROLFING by Vickie Kovar Healing Art Center Merchants Plaza 2937 Route 611 Tannersville, PA 18372 570-332-4365 Rolfing-Fascia.com

Vickie, an 18 year accomplished Rolfer, works by realigning the pervasive fascial tissue network in the body that can relieve pain in areas such as, Migraines, Sciatica, Bugling Discs, Arthritis, Neck Pain, Carpel Tunnel, Back pain and much more. Vickie is a Certified Rolfer, Rolf Movement Teacher , Visceral Manipulation and Cranio-Sacral Therapist. Free 20 minute free consultations available. See ad page 36.

ROLFING® STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA Richard Paterson, Certified Rolfer™ Practicing in Milford and Scranton/W-B 571-265-9950 RolfingNEPA.com

Rolfing improves posture, makes movement easier, and reduces structural pain. It can release longheld patterns or restore movement after injury or surgery. Rolfing has helped dancers, performers, and athletes use their bodies more efficiently. See ad page 9.

STANDUP PADDLE BOARDING MAUKA NALU PILATES & PADDLE BOARDS

Francine Huber, Certified Instructor, Owner River Rd, Shawnee on Delaware 570-420-1905 • Fran@MaukaNalu.com MaukaNalu.com Get Up, Stand Up! Don’t give up the fight to have fun.

Standup Paddleboarding is the fastest growing and most popular water activity to hit the Pocono’s. Anyone can do it! Join Mauka Nalu on the Delaware and enjoy its scenic beauty. Ask about our Summer Full Moon excursions, Down River Tours and SUP Lessons. See ad page 12.

VETERINARIAN - Holistic CREATURE COMFORTS VETERINARY SERVICE

Dr. Karin Breitlauch 820-822 Old Route 115, Saylorsburg 570-992-0400 CreatureComfortsVet.net

Give your creature comfort. We integrate the best of traditional and nontraditional state-of-the-art diagnostics and medicine in order to treat the “whole” patient. Offering acupuncture, traditional Chinese herbs, chiropractic, cold laser therapy, food therapy, Tui-Na, and homeopathy. We also feature a full service acute/ critical care facility with 24 hour staffing, as well as extensive medical, dental and surgical options.

SEXUAL HEALTH THERAPY Alexandra T. Milspaw, M.Ed., M.Ed., LPC

Bethlehem, PA www.alexandramilspaw.com 484-894-1246

Sexual health counselor and educator utilizing NLP and Mindfulness-based approaches. Learn easy, quick techniques to move towards healing your life and relationships by reprogramming your nervous system’s response to stress and pain. “Breathe.

Believe. Be.” Anything is possible!.

SPIRITUAL COUNSELING

Yoga ARSHA VIDYA

Mark Hertel 651 Rte 115, Saylorsburg 570-992-2339 • ArshaVidya.org Arsha Vidya Yoga Studio teaches traditional Hatha yoga to help students develop strength, flexibility, balance, and coordination among other benefits, including calmness and resolution.

Arsha Vidya Gurukulam is an institute for the traditional study of Advaita Vedanta, Sanskrit, yoga, Ayurveda, astrology, and other classical Indian disciplines. See ad page 24.

YOGA THERAPY

KATHY AGATE BROWN

ELEVATIONS YOGA THERAPY

Kathy Agate Brown has training and certification in both Aromatherapy and Herbology. Her training in Spiritual Counseling allows her to incorporate Intuitive readings in her sessions as well as Clinical Hypnotherapy. Her intent is to bring all beliefs together through education and communication. See ad on page 24.

Elevate your body, your mind and more.

This therapeutic style of yoga reaches into and releases deep-seated layers of spinal tension by using precise angles, blankets and hands on personalized adjustments so that the body opens gently yet deeply from the inside out. Reduce stress.

Relieve back pain. Restore energy and enjoy increased flexibility. This class is for everyone. No experience necessary. Classes Mon & Fri 10am. or Wed 1pm.

Private sessions also available. Call for evening classes.

Shooting For The Moon 3200 Hamilton East Road, Stroudsburg 570-992-0943 ShootingForTheMoon.com

Cyndee Gischel Graham CSYT Svaroopa® Yoga Therapist 2230 Corriere Rd. Easton Pa 610-653-0904

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Local Foods Festival – Join Kinsleys’ ShopRite of Brodheadsville from 10am-3pm. Celebrate local companies with samples of snacks, sweets, specialty foods, and much more. Locally made treats for your dogs will also be available. 107 Kinsley Ln, Brodheadsville. Contact Vaughn at 570-402-2746

Wacky Wednesday – Storewide sale with 5% to 15% off everything in the store. Vegan, vegetarian and Gluten-free foods. Vitamins, minerals and herbs included. Every First Monday. Ed’s Health Foods, 180 Mountain Ave. Hackettstown. 908-979-0888.

Shamanic Immersion Retreat – Do the beats of the drum call to your Soul? Experience a deep connection to all living things & learn to use that to heal yourself & others. 8/3 & 8/4 10am-4pm. Commuters $310. Lodging and meals available. Circle of Trees Retreat 391 Schocopee Rd Milford. 484-347-7489.

MONDAY, AUGUST 5 Online Nutrition Class – A food based detoxification and transformation program designed to transition you gradually off of unhealthy, disease causing foods and onto a higher quality whole foods diet. With Delia Quigley of Stillpoint Schoolhouse.

908-902-4082.

Thank God for Evolution – Film & discussion, 7-9pm, InSpiral: exploring connection of science & spirituality, all welcome, St Francis Center for Renewal, 395 Bridle Path Rd, Bethlehem, Pa 610865-6976, Spiritual Directors of Greater Lehigh Valley, volunteer non-profit ecumenical.

THURSDAY. AUGUST 8 Silent Meditation Group Meeting – 2nd Thursday.

All welcome. Experience a deep sense of warmth and relaxation as you learn to create a space for deeper silence in your life. A unique opportunity to go deeply inward. No group discussion since it tends to stimulate the mind and ego. 7-8:15pm.

Free. Effort. RSVP & directions call 570-977-0814.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 9 Reflect, Reclaim, And Re-Balance – A summer self-renewal retreat. 8/9-8/11. A peaceful environment of natural beauty to relax and renew. Workshops offer spiritual growth as well as fun! Hike our trails or enjoy the beautiful lake. Yoga classes, meditation, mantra. Startes at $180 with lodging and meal options extra. Circle of Trees Retreat 391 Schocopee Rd Milford. 484-347-7489

MONDAY, AUGUST 12 Online Nutrition Class – A food based detoxification and transformation program designed to transition you gradually off of unhealthy, disease causing foods and onto a higher quality whole foods diet. With Delia Quigley of Stillpoint Schoolhouse.

908-902-4082.

Reversing Heart Disease – Free lecture on Heart disease and how nutrition and suplimenting the body can help reverse heart disease. 7pm. Sunrise Nutrition Center, 149 Route 94, Blairtown. All are welcome but must register to 908-362-6868.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 13 Healthy Aging Seminar – Join us for a lively discussion of the problems of aging including heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and lack of energy. The

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causes of these problems are not what you have been led to believe. Chelation therapy will be fully explained. Join Dr. Maulfair for this lively seminar.

6:30. Call now 610-682-2104. Maulfair Medical Center, 2970 Corporate Court Orefield PA.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14 Free Non-Invasive Laser Pain Clinic – Reduce pain. Clients with no health insurance and low income only; clients with health insurance please schedule another time. Only 8 clients per week.

Must pre-schedule. No walk-ins. 1-5pm. Hypnosis & Longevity Center, 124 Village Park Dr (Rte 940), Ste 2, Pocono Lake. 570-504-1681 Sibling Therapy Group – Every other Wednesday.

For children and adolescents with brothers and sister diagnosed with physical, mental, and/or emotional disabilities. Focus on understanding and acceptance and give participants a chance to interact with others.

5:30-7pm. Comprehensive Psychological Services, 274 Rte 940, Ste 103, Blakeslee. 570-643-0222.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 Healthy Thursday – A great day to stock up on healthy products. 20% off all non-sale supplements. Every third Thursday of the month. Ed’s Health Foods, 180 Mountain Ave. Hackettstown.

908-979-0888.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 Aromatherapy Level 2 Certification – 2 days 8/17 & 8/18. Hosted by Debbie Quinn from Blue Moon Herbals. Various prices based on lodging and meals.

Includes all printed data, usage charts and recipes, oils, honey, flowers and herbs. Circle of Trees Retreat 391 Schocopee Rd Milford 484-347-7489

MONDAY, AUGUST 19 Online Nutrition Class – A food based detoxification and transformation program designed to transition you gradually off of unhealthy, disease causing foods and onto a higher quality whole foods diet. With Delia Quigley of Stillpoint Schoolhouse.

908-902-4082.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 20 Holistic Chamber of Commerce Meeting – 3rd Tuesday of each month. Dutch treat for dinner/ drinks, community building and networking. Members: Free. Non-members two meetings free then $5/ meeting. 6:30-8:30pm. Perkins Restaurant (Back Meeting Rm), 600 PA Rte 940, Mount Pocono.

RSVP to Melissa Luddeni, LMT: 570-350-6129.

Healthy Digestion Seminar – Dr. Maulfair will discuss digestion’s role in your health. Years of clinical experience highlight the right way to relieve digestive problems including very serious chronic conditions. 6:30pm. Call to reserve 610-682-2104.

2970 Corporate Ct, Orefield PA. 610-682-2104.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 23 Applied Anatomy – For Teachers and Teachers-inTraining with Jamie Elmer. In this intensive, you will focus on yoga therapy and anatomy of movement helping you to see and understand people’s bodies in new ways that will apply in every class you teach.

Fri-Sun 7am–5pm. Easton Yoga, 524 Northampton St, Easton. 610-923-7522

MONDAY, AUGUST 26 Online Nutrition Class – A food based detoxification and transformation program designed to transition you gradually off of unhealthy, disease causing foods and onto a higher quality whole foods diet. With Delia Quigley of Stillpoint Schoolhouse.

908-902-4082.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 27 Living Healthy in a Toxic World – Coleen Maulfair will help you understand how you can live healthy in a toxic world. Find out how to un-pollute yourself. We will discuss what can be done about body burden of chemicals. 6:30pm. Free. Call 610-6822104. Maulfair Medical Center, 2970 Corporate Court Orefield.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 Healthy Cooking Demo – Join the Pocono Medical Center’s Spirit of Women program for a healthy cooking demonstration at Kinsleys’ ShopRite of Brodheadsville from 5:30-7pm. Chefs and dietitians will demonstrate how to prepare healthy meals for the entire family. Open to the first 100 people who register at the PMC Spirit of Women website, www. pmchealthsystem.org/spirit. For more info 570-4022746. 107 Kinsley Ln. Brodheadsville.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 31 Afro-Cuban Intensive Drumming – A workshop with Obi Kaye. 10am–8pm. $175, Includes Saturday drumming workshops and meals. $240, Includes drumming workshops meals and lodging Saturday night. Circle of Trees Retreat 391 Schocopee Rd Milford. 484-347-7489

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Wacky Wednesday – Storewide sale with 5% to 15% off everything in the store. Vegan, vegetarian and Gluten-free foods. Vitamins, minerals and herbs included. Every First Monday. Ed’s Health Foods, 180 Mountain Ave. Hackettstown. 908-979-0888.

savethedate Market to Table Cooking Class Saturday, August 17 10:30 am – 2 pm Preparing a delicious summer luncheon with the freshest local ingredients from local farms. Meet Delia at the Blairstown Farmers Market to explore the bounty of summer foods. Stroll along the market stands, meet the farmers, smell and taste fresh fruits and vegetables, wood-oven bread and specialty foods. You will learn how to select the freshest ingredients available and receive valuable tips on how to prepare them. Then the group meets up at Genesis farms beautiful country kitchen to prepare the food just purchased. This cooking class is a hand-on class consisting of a four to five course meal.. Everything is made by hand, from scratch. Be prepared to cook, laugh, eat and sing. Accommodations available for those coming from out of town. Call 908-902-4082 for more information.

savethedate Qi Activation Wellness Seminar September 14th -17th Join us and learn three levels of amazing healing Qigong practices everyone can do. Experience breathing techniques like 9-Breath Method and the Breath Empowerment where oxygen saturates your body leaving you “buzzing” from the inside.

Qigong teacher, Jeff Primack will share in detail the Food-Healing system. Discover for yourself the hidden power of specific foods that reverse specific diseases. Qi Activation, the ultimate empowerment experience everyone is welcome! 4 full days only $129! To reserve you seat visit www.QiActivation. com or 1-800-298-8970.

savethedate A Natural Medicine Forum Natural Solutions for Digestive Disorders Tuesday, August 20 - 6pm Join us for a free, informal Question and Answer Forum with Dr. Michael Jude Loquasto ND, PHD, DC. Bring your health related questions and benefit from Dr. Mike’s 50 years of experience in Natural Health. Understand how chiropractic internal medicine, custom herbal formulations and non-invasive oral chelation can benefit you. All are welcome.

Held at A Natural Medicine Clinic, 2571 Baglyos Circle, Suite B-27, Bethlehem. Call 484-821-1460 for more information.

savethedate HERBAL OUTREACH CLINIC 1st Monday of the month

By Appointment This sliding scale teaching clinic is held once per month to offer expert herbal and nutritional advice to economically challenged people seeking relief from chronic disease. The fee for clients is from $0 to $$$ based on what they can afford. The $0 client can even get herbs for free. Do not let lack of money keep you from your best possible health.

Appointment required. 908-268-0393. Changewater Wellness Center Changewater NJ. ChangewaterWellnessCenter.com

ongoing events daily Care Alternatives Volunteers – Care Alternatives is actively recruiting Reiki Practitioners, Certified Massage Therapists and Comfort Volunteers to impact the lives of Hospice patients. 866-821-1212.

Big Brothers Big Sisters – Needs volunteers for children living in Warren County. Please call today to learn how you can help a child grow up. 908-6890436 or info@BBBSHSW.org Healers Wanted – Help us to aid in the healing environment at Pocono Medical Center. Seeking volunteers for the Complementary & Alternative Medicine Program. Interested practitioners in Reiki and massage, artists and musicians please contact Jill Howell at 570-476-3443 or email JHowell@ pmcHealthSystem.org Boys’ and Girls’ Peer Support Groups – Topics include: friendship and bullying, self-esteem, media messages, organization, time management, hygiene, internet safety, communication and body language and emotion management. 45 min. for 10 wks. Call for group start dates. $25 per session, free for Medicaid/NJ Family Care. The Center for Assessment and Treatment. 254B Mountain Ave, Suite 300, Hackettstown. 908-852-5858

sunday Hatha Yoga – 8-9:15am. 1st & 3rd weekends only.

In the tradition of the Mysore school of yoga. Develop strength, flexibility, balance, calmness, and resolution. $12. Activity Center, Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Saylorsburg. 570-992-2339. MarkHert@ gmail.com. ArshaVidya.org.

monday Therapeutic Yoga – Variety of yoga classes for adolescents and adults throughout the day. 9am4pm. Comprehensive Psychological Services, 274 Rte 940, Ste 103, Blakeslee. 570-643-0222 Pilates Mat Class – Strengthen and tone muscles, improve posture, flexibility and balance. 9:3010:30am. The Wellness Works, Rte 390, Mountainhome. 570-242-7383 Hatha Yoga – In the tradition of the Mysore school of yoga. Develop strength, flexibility, balance, calmness, and resolution. $12. 5-6:15pm. Activity Center, Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Old Rte 115, Saylorsburg.

570-992-2339 Guided Meditation & Prayer Group – First we meditate then we send out group energy to those who need it. All welcome. Donation. 6:30-7:30pm.

Shooting for the Moon, 3200 Hamilton East Rd, Snydersville. 570-992-0943

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ongoingevents Yoga and More – Learn yoga from an experienced yoga teacher and yoga therapist. Each student is encouraged to explore their personal needs while following a moderate sequence that brings balance to the strength and flexibility of the body. All levels. $10 or 4cl/$35. 5pm. Minerva Wellness, 52 Deer Ln, Honesdale. 570-253-8060 Prenatal Yoga – The body has an innate wisdom about the stages of pregnancy, labor and birth.

Class is designed to reconnect with this natural process. Yoga can alleviate many of the common discomforts of pregnancy. 6:15pm. With Mary Cardinal. $10 or $35 for 4 classes. Minerva Wellness, 52 Deer Ln, Honesdale. 570-253-8060 Yoga Flow – An introduction into the basic vinyasa style of yoga. It includes connecting the movement to the breath for all levels of experience, but is a particularly good class for the beginner or novice.

6:30pm. StillPoint Yoga Studio, 155 RT94, Blairstown. 908-902-4082.

Simply Yoga – Suitable for those looking to improve the physical as well as emotional well being.

Incorporates breathing exercises to calm the nervous system, asanas and sun salutations that support the overall well-being of body and mind. 5:15. StillPoint Yoga Studio, 115 RT94, Blairstown. 908-902-4082.

system, nutrition and the spine. Always time to ask questions. 6:30pm. Free. Please call ahead to RSVP. Life is Good Chiropractic, 1807 Route 209, Brodheadsville. 570-992-2929 Free Non-Invasive Laser Pain Clinic – Reduce pain. Clients with no health insurance and low income only; clients with health insurance please schedule another time. Only 8 clients per week.

Must pre-schedule. No walk-ins. 1-5pm. Hypnosis & Longevity Center, 124 Village Park Dr (Rte 940), Ste 2, Pocono Lake. 570-504-1681 Tai Chi – Experience the benefits of this moving, meditative practice. All levels. 5:15pm. Asian Institute, 315 Pocono Blvd, Mt Pocono. 570-839-1898.

Sibling Therapy Group – Every other Wednesday.

For children and adolescents with brothers and sister diagnosed with physical, mental, and/or emotional disabilities. Focus on understanding and acceptance and give participants a chance to interact with others.

5:30-7pm. Comprehensive Psychological Services, 274 Rte 940, Ste 103, Blakeslee. 570-643-0222.

Kung Fu – Traditional Northern Longfist. Teaches discipline, awareness and self-control. Ages 11 & up. 6:15pm. Asian Institute, 315 Pocono Blvd, Mt Pocono. 570-839-1898.

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Yoga for Life – Level 1. Gentle stretching/strengthening for older individuals, those recovering from injury/illness. 9-10am. $120/10 classes; 1st class free. Wellspring Holistic Center, 554 Main St, 2nd Fl, Stroudsburg. 570-476-1714.

Yoga I: Vinyasa-Style Yoga – For all levels. $15/ drop in or membership. 10am. Elevations Health Club, Scotrun Location, Rte 611. 570-620-1990.

Info@ElevationsHealthClub.com.

Therapeutic Reiki – Individual and group sessions for children, adolescents, and adults. Comprehensive Psychological Services, 274 Rte 940, Ste 103, Blakeslee. 570-643-0222.

Guided Meditation & Prayer Group – First we meditate then we send out group energy to those who need it. All welcome. Donation. 10-11am. Shooting for the Moon, 3200 Hamilton East Rd, Snydersville.

570-992-0943.

Yoga I: Vinyasa-Style Yoga – 9:45am. $15/drop in or membership. 9am-4pm. Elevations Health Club Marshalls Creek, Meadow Lake Plaza, Rte 209.

570-223-7725.

Kung Fu – Traditional Northern Longfist. Teaches discipline, awareness and self-control. Girl only, ages 11 & up. 5:15pm. Asian Institute, 315 Pocono Blvd, Mt Pocono. 570-839-1898.

Modified Ashtanga Class – More advanced poses.

6-7:15pm. $15. The Wellness Works, Rte 390, Mountainhome. 570-242-7283.

Level 1 & 2 Hatha Yoga – Experienced beginner/ intermediate level class. Need basic knowledge of asana. Backbends, twists, inversions taught. 5:306:30pm. Wellspring Holistic Center, 554 Main St, 2nd Fl, Stroudsburg. 570-476-1714.

Holistic Chamber of Commerce Meeting – 3rd Tuesday of each month. Dutch treat for dinner/ drinks, community building and networking.

Members: Free. Non-members two meetings free then $5/meeting. 6:30-8:30pm. Perkins Restaurant (Back Meeting Rm), 600 PA Rte 940, Mount Pocono.

RSVP to Melissa Luddeni, LMT: 570-350-6129.

Edgar Cayce Group – Discusses the various aspects of Edgar Cayce, dreams, book study, meditation, and more. All welcome. 7-8:30pm. Donation. Shooting for the Moon, 3200 Hamilton East Rd, Snydersville.

570-992-0943.

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Hatha Yoga – In the tradition of the Mysore school of yoga. Develop strength, flexibility, balance and resolution. $12. 6:30-7:45pm. Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Old Rte 115, Saylorsburg. 570-992-2339.

Silent Sitting – With Bodhi. Bring inner balance and stillness to your life through guided silent or active meditation designed to relax the body and mind. 6:30-8pm. $8. Effort location. 570-977-0814 Silent Meditation Group Meeting – 2nd Thursday.

All welcome. Experience a deep sense of warmth and relaxation as you learn to create a space for deeper silence in your life. A unique opportunity to go deeply inward. No group discussion since it tends to stimulate the mind and ego. 7-8:15pm.

Free. Effort. RSVP & directions call 570-977-0814.

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friday TGIF Yoga – All levels. A light-hearted, wellbalanced yoga class with a focus on good alignment.

6-7:15pm. 1st class free. $10. Dingmans Medical, Center for Infinite Health, 1592 Rte 739, Dingmans Ferry. 845-790-3408.

Freebie Fridays – Reiki Share 1st & 3rd Fridays.

Runes/Psychic Defense 2nd Friday. Tarot Circle 1st Friday, guest speaker on other night. 7-9pm.

Donation. Shooting for the Moon, 3200 Hamilton, Stroudsburg. RSVP. 570-992-0943.

Yoga and More – Learn yoga from an experienced yoga teacher and yoga therapist. Each student is encouraged to explore their personal needs while following a moderate sequence that brings balance to the strength and flexibility of the body. All levels. $10 or 4cl/$35. 4:15pm. Minerva Wellness, 52 Deer Ln, Honesdale. 570-253-8060

saturday Natural Health Talk – Learn about drug-free ways to be your best. Covers overall health, nervous system, nutrition and the spine. Always time to ask questions. 9am. Free. Please call ahead to RSVP. Life is Good Chiropractic, 1807 Route 209, Brodheadsville. 570-992-2929 Hatha Yoga – Improve health of your body, mind and spirit. You will thank yourself. 9-10am. 6-wk sessions. All levels. Asian Institute, 315 Pocono Blvd, Mt Pocono. 570-839-1898.

Social Skills Group – For children and adolescents ages 5-18 with autism spectrum disorders as well as those with behavioral and emotional difficulties who need to develop communication and interaction skills. Every other Saturday. 9am-4pm. Comprehensive Psychological Services, 274 Rte 940, Ste 103, Blakeslee. 570-643-0222.

Meditation Workshop – Quiet your mind and enjoy true peacefulness. 1st & 3rd weekends only.

10am-12:30pm. Vegetarian lunch 12:30pm. Tunga Classroom, Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, RR 5 Box 5050 (Old Rte 115), Saylorsburg. 570-992-2339.

Tai Chi –Adults of all ages and physical abilities can partake and gain the many benefits and healing aspects of Tai chi. With Janet Butchko. 3 sessions - 11am, 1pm, 3pm. $40/8 class series or $5/class.

Shooting for the Moon, 3200 Hamilton East Rd, Stroudsburg. 570-992-0943.

Kung Fu – Traditional Northern Longfist. Teaches discipline, awareness and self-control. Girls only, ages 11 & up. 11:45am. Asian Institute, 315 Pocono Blvd, Mt Pocono. 570-839-1898.

Hatha Yoga – Develop strength, flexibility, balance, calmness and resolution. 1st & 3rd weekends.

Beginners series. 4:30-5:45pm. $12. Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, RD 5 Box 5050, Saylorsburg. 570992-2339.

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