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16 healthbriefs 20 globalbriefs 24 inspiration 25 fitbody

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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.

24 WABI SABI LOVE

Embracing Imperfections in Relationships

by Arielle Ford

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BEAT THE BLUES

Staying Active Lifts Our Spirits

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contact us Publisher Reid Boyer Local Editor Beth Davis Local Writer Beth Davis - Linda Sechrist Assistant Editors S. Alison Chabonais Design & Production Susan McCann jaxgraphicdesign.net Ad Production Marci Molina www.MarciMolinaDesigns.com Advertising Sales Reid Boyer LVsales@naturalawakeningsmag.com To contact Natural Awakenings Lehigh Valley Edition: PO Box 421 Emmaus, PA 18049 Phone: 610-421-4443 Fax: 610-421-4445

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elcome to our third annual Natural Living Directory, the culmination of four years of exploring the wealth of natural healthy living resources in the Greater Lehigh Valley and Far West New Jersey. This edition includes 150 local people that you can turn to for help with any health and wellness concern, while empowering yourself to live in optimal health.

In meeting with these natural health providers, I frequently hear how their clients have successfully turned to natural and spiritual solutions to overcome debilitating conditions and diseases. Once people understand more about their own bodies they find that they are better able to make the lifestyle changes that support health.

Usually, they also find their whole outlook on life profoundly changed.

Most of us evolve an approach to holistic health and wellness once we realize we are not invincible. We hope this month’s companion articles “Alternative Goes Mainstream” (page 26) and “How to Be a Good Patient” (page 30) help you better understand how to improve your own health. It’s always best to begin with an informed discussion with your doctor, as well as any assisting natural health providers. If your doctor is not open to alternative and complementary therapies, you may want to consider finding one that is. Second opinions from a different point of view combined with one’s own research can make a tremendous difference in your life.

There is no reason to live with or accept less than optimal health. You and your family deserve to live in good health. This magazine is dedicated to helping you find solutions that triumph.

We encourage you to save this issue and refer to it whenever you face a health challenge. Taking the first step, and the next, into this community of healers can change your life. Please do not go another day living with a treatable condition.

Yours in health,

Reid Boyer, Publisher

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o you suffer from digestive, urinary, or reproductive issues? Are you looking for more vitality and health?

Woodland Naturals is offering a self-care class, “The Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy, from 5:30-9 p.m. on March adiant Light Holistic Healing and Teaching Center invites 2 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 3-4 people of like mind and heart to the Holistic Healing at Herbally Yours in Changewater, • P: 610-421-4443 • F: 610-421-4445 and Metaphysical Expo from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on March 3 Box 421 Emmaus, PA 18049 N.J. • P: 610-421-4443 • F: 610-421-4445 g.com • www.NaturalAwakeningsMag.com and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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teve Gunn, a personal coach certified by the International Coach Federation, kicks off a six week Energy of Money book study at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 29 at Twin Ponds Integrative Health Center near FogelsBox 421 Emmaus, PA 18049 • P: 610-421-4443 • F: 610-421-4445 ville. During this period of economic LVEditor@NaturalAwakeningsMag.com • www.NaturalAwakeningsMag stress, many people feel their throats tighten and hearts pound when they Ad Proof for Natural Awakenings work on things like paying the mortgage, determining net worth and dealing with To: P: 610-421-4443 credit card debt. This stress negatively Email: F: 610-421-4445 impacts work performance, family relationships and health. In addition, it gets in the way of taking effective action to improve Please sign your proof and complete the following information: financial circumstances.

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Ad is approved with changes indicated I work with people to take action with clarity and ease by supAd is not approved – make changes indicated porting them to shift the way they see their relationship with money. People walk out of my programs with tools that create success in all aspects of their life.”

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Essential Oils for Romance

Signature: biba Wellness is celebrating Valentine’s Day by offering a free class titled “Aromatherapy For Romance” with Barbara Fenton featuring Young Living therapeutic essential oils. Class will held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 11.

According to Fenton, essential oils have been known for their ability to treat diseases and ailments with aromatherapy and it has been documented throughout history that they are just as effective in enhancing romance and sexuality. “Experts have pointed out that the focal areas where this happens begins with the physical body wherein the senses are ignited by the act of inhaling a particular scent, which then moves onto our emotional centers,” she says. “All of our inhibitions are then removed—enabling us to fully express our desires.”

Although the use of scents in aromatherapy breaks the barrier of the physical body and penetrates into the mind and emotions, the effect it has on the body largely depends on the type of scent used since each one has unique qualities.

Abiba Wellness offers services in Reiki, aromatherapy, reflexology and massage ranging from $25 to $75 as well as informational classes and workshops. It is located at 860 Broad St., Suite 101 in Emmaus. RSVP is required by calling 610-967-5106. Visit Abiba.com.

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ind love this Valentine’s Day with eco-chic, eco-friendly and eco-nomical products from Chartreuse. On Monday, February 13 at 7 p.m., Tansy Morgan and Deanne Hoenscheid, team leaders with Chartreuse, will be hosting a free night of organic spa treatments at Suddenly Samantha Hair Salon in The Grand Eastonian Building.

Attendees can enjoy free organic facials, organic mineral makeovers, foot and hand soaks, a clay masque, reduced price blow outs and organic pure hair extensions in a rainbow of colors. Snacks and drinks will be served throughout the evening. So whether you are a long time Chartreuse fan, a curious consumer that would like to learn more, or someone who has never heard of us but loves pampering &organic products, this fabulous free event is for you.

Chartreuse is an eco-chic company whose mission is to make it easy for people to live greener lives without having to compromise.

Chartreuse, a member of the Compact for Safe Cosmetics, proudly discloses all ingredients and sells only cruelty-free and vegan friendly products. Most are made in the USA. Suddenly Samantha is located at 140 Northampton Street, Suite E, in Easton.

For more information or to RSVP, contact Tansy Morgan at 610-417-8456 or visit LadySoapNut.com. See ad, page 29.

Be Present to Expand Mental Capacity

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reative Holistic Therapy in Allentown is now offering weekly group mindfulness training sessions on Thursday mornings from 9:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and evenings from 5:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The sessions focus on training the brain to focus in the moment to improve all areas of life.

“It is often said the human beings use only a small amount of our brain potential,” states Lyn Felix, a master social worker. “When we replay the past or worry about the future, we decrease our brain’s ability to function at higher levels of joy, confidence and prosperity.”

The group sessions teach skills that increase awareness and increased mental activity by placing us firmly in the present. Research has shown that mindfulness decreases physical and psychological symptoms, benefits the cardiovascular and nervous systems, increases the ability to relax, reduces pain levels and increases the ability to cope with short and long-term stressful situations.

The group sessions allow attendees to learn from each other and re-orient perceptions to a non-judging way that supports improved relationships and increased self-acceptance.

Group sessions are $25 and are offered by appointment for on-site workplace situations. Creative Holistic Therapy is located at 3037 S. Pike Avenue (Route 145) in Allentown. Call 610-282-0709 to register. See ad, page 40.

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Monday Night Schedule: 6:00 – 9:30pm March 5 – April 16, 2012

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Study with celebrated international yoga teacher and activist Seane Corn in this 2-day intensive.

Monday and Tuesday Teacher’s Intensive: 3:30 – 5:30pm Public Workshops: 6:30 – 9:00pm May 14 & 15, 2012

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Preparatory through Advanced Training Programs (200 & 500-Hour) designed to take your own yoga practice to the next level or prepare yourself to teach others. All programs are registered and approved by the National Yoga Alliance.

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Yoga 4 ClassroomsTM : A one-day workshop for classroom teachers, administrators, phys ed teachers, counselors and others seeking to utilize simple yoga and mindfulness techniques for a more peaceful, productive class day. July 11, 2012 • 11am – 5pm

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Loquasto was the first Doctor of Nutrition to formulate an herbal oral chelation method that can help unclog arteries and rejuvenate the circulatory system without surgery or invasive procedures.

“Heart and circulatory conditions affect a large percentage of the population over 50,” explains Loquasto. “It is exciting to see how a non-invasive, herbal formulation taken under the care of a qualified doctor can reverse heart disease.

I’ve seen instances where a 53-year-old teacher scheduled for a by-pass surgery showed an 80 percent increase in blood flow to the heart, which eliminated the need for the by-pass. In another case, a 43-year-old factory worker who had suffered from chronic hypertension that did not respond to medication saw her blood pressure normalize after just two months of oral chelation therapy.”

The informal question and answer seminar will be held at 2571 Baglyos Circle, Suite B-27 in Bethlehem Township.

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The study comprised 27 active meditation practitioners (average age 52) and 27 control subjects, matched by age and sex. The number of years of meditation ranged from five to 46 and included various styles.

Using a type of brain imaging known as diffusion tensor imaging, or DTI—a new imaging mode that provides insights into the structural connectivity of the brain—the researchers found that long-term meditators have white matter fibers that are either more numerous, more dense or more insulated, throughout the brain. Although such tissue tends to decline with age, the study suggests that it can be preserved through active meditation practices.

Researcher Eileen Luders remarks, “If practiced regularly and over years, meditation may slow down aging-related brain atrophy, perhaps by positively affecting the immune system. Meditation appears to be a powerful mental exercise with the potential to change the physical structure of the brain.”

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Maria Hayes, Ph.D., and her colleagues at the Teagasc Food Research Centre, in Dublin, Ireland, concluded that certain seaweed proteins work just like the bioactive peptides in milk products to reduce blood pressure, almost like angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor drugs. Thus, they could be used as ingredients in functional foods like soups and health beverages to provide nutrition, while offering medicinal effects in treating or preventing heart disease.

Seaweeds are a neglected alternative source of these bioactive peptides in this country, the researchers state, noting its popularity in other cultures.

Varieties of seaweed are known as nori in Japan, dulse in coastal parts of Europe and limu palahalaha in native Hawaiian cuisine.

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Although exercise may feel like the last thing you want to do when you are feeling blue, it’s a sure way to climb out of the morass and achieve a brighter outlook, higher energy levels and good heart health.

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n winter months, people get sluggish in many ways, and the resulting buildup of toxins can make them feel achy. They often interpret their fatigue and tension as depression, but that’s not necessarily so,” says Carolyn Dean, a pioneering physician, naturopath, nutritionist and author, with 25 years of experience treating diet and health issues.

“The best, most natural way to pull toxins out of the body is through movement,” she advises. Becoming active is a good way to both lift depression and promote overall health, including a healthy heart, one of the largest and most vital muscles in the body.

Getting off the couch often begins by identifying what you enjoy and will be most likely to continue doing. Setting reasonable goals is important. If you haven’t exercised in awhile or feel guilty for taking time out of an already busy day, try starting with a five-minute workout, and then increase the duration as you get stronger and feel better.

Dean suggests that one good way to start is by walking and using a

pedometer, or climbing stairs with a step-counter (10,000 steps a day is a reachable goal). You can make a game of competing against yourself.

Invite friends to walk with you or create your own walking club to help stay on track with a cardio-exercise routine. Walking your dog or borrowing a neighbor’s pooch for a stroll around the neighborhood is fun. Inject additional movement into daily routines via gardening, washing the car or playing with children.

Multiple Benefits Although the scientific links between exercise and reduced anxiety and depression aren’t entirely known, it is clear that working out can help anyone relax and feel better. The Mayo Clinic reports that exercise helps ease depression by releasing feel good brain chemicals in the body; reducing immune system chemicals; increasing body temperature; boosting self-confidence; taking thoughts off of worries; and promoting social interaction, thus equipping individuals to better cope with life’s ups and downs.

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“Exercise is sometimes stigmatized as an activity that’s hot, sticky and not fun,” notes Jess Martin, a wellness coordinator with the nationwide network of Healthstat, Inc. clinics, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

“We encourage our participants to instead think of exercise as fun. Running, lifting weights and other fitness activities certainly get your heart pumping, but so can less intense forms of exercise. While we encourage everyone to have 30-minute workouts, you can also benefit from shorter intervals, such as two 15-minute or even three 10-minute sessions a day.”

As Martin notes, people that work out with a buddy are more likely to be accountable to an exercise routine.

Strengthening healthy social bonds reduces stresses at the same time.

“When you don’t exercise, the muscles of the body and the heart atrophy, he says. The more you exercise, the lower the heart rate tends to become, and the more efficient the heart function.”

Daily Do “Daily exercise should be as much a part of your routine as meals,” counsels Dr. Gabriela Cora, vice-chair of the Council on Communications for the American Psychiatric Association, author, wellness and well-being coach and former researcher in mood and anxiety disorders at the National Institutes of Health. “This is even truer for busy people, because so many these days are sedentary; everyone needs to find a balance for any lack of energy flow.” She points out that while many tend to think of exercise as a hobby, it is really one of the four pillars of biological health—sleep, relaxation, nutrition and exercise.

Note: Consult with a physician for advice about what exercise and level of intensity is best for you. If you exercise regularly, but anxiety or depression symptoms still interfere with daily life, follow up with a doctor or other qualified mental health provider.

Priscilla Goudreau-Santos is a freelance writer and owner of Priscilla Goudreau Public Relations and Marketing, in Jacksonville, FL. Connect at 904-371-7751.

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The U.S. government established the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) in 1992, under the auspices of the National Institutes of Health, to investigate and evaluate promising unconventional medical practices. In the 21st century, it’s been picked up more widely under the concept of integrative medicine, in which conventional medical and more natural therapies are used to complement one another. This encouraging development also reflects current trends among major categories of therapies that take body, mind and spirit into account.

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three trends: a growing body of credaven’t we all at some time shifted ible scientific research that supports to more healthy foods, enjoyed a their effectiveness; popular demand for massage, consulted with a chirothese natural, non-invasive and effective practor or naturopath, popped a vitamin therapies; and growing recognition by C supplement or attended a yoga, Tai conventional practitioners that healing is chi, qigong or Pilates class? Many of us accomplished through holistic treatments also meditate regularly and pray for sick that address body, mind and spirit. friends and relatives.

If we’ve engaged in any of these activities, we are among the nearly Signs of the Times two-thirds of Americans that use comToday, even the staid American Medical plementary and alternative medicine Association recommends a multivita(CAM) therapies each year. While these min supplement for virtually everyone; approaches to wellness have been prac- you can find a yoga class in almost any ticed for millennia, it’s only been in the YMCA or community college; prestipast decade or so that they have begun gious medical schools have departments to move from the U.S. alternative fringe of complementary and alternative mediinto the American mainstream. cine; and some hospitals are encourag The widespread use of CAM ing their staff to become proficient in entherapies is due to a confluence of ergy medicine and healing techniques.

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Understanding Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) requires a dramatic mental shift away from symptomrelated modalities of Western medicine.

Here, one’s wellness and illness is based on managing the flow of energy, or chi (pronounced CHEE), through the body. TCM has been used in China and others parts of Asia for 5,000 years.

Its core concept requires that the practitioner treat the underlying causes of disease, rather than just the symptoms.

TCM has now become foundational in modern thinking as well, prompting an understanding that the entire organism— body, mind and spirit—must be addressed in order for healing to take place.

“Homotoxicology is the most exciting trend in TCM today,” says Jonathan Wald, an acupuncture physician and academic dean of East West College of Natural Healing, in Sarasota, Florida. He explains: “It’s a blend of homeopathy, acupuncture and herbal medicine, with allopathic diagnostic techniques.” Homotoxicology (sometimes called biopuncture) applies herbal and homeopathic solution injections at specifically related energy meridian points to relieve various disease conditions or pain and rebalance the body.

Another promising development is use of the Ryodaraku machine that measures electrical resistance to identify diseases in their beginning stages, affording early treatment. “I think of Ryodaraku almost as a TCM form of a blood test,” says Wald. “It helps us see what’s going on and we can often correct it with a

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Herbalism

Herbalism is widely practiced worldwide to heal body and mind, and herbs and other plants are sometimes used in spiritual healing.

Herbs are commonly prescribed by conventional physicians in Europe. In 1978, the German Commission E published a list of more than 300 herbs, noting research attesting to their safety and effectiveness, as well as possible side effects and drug interactions.

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The United States has lagged in its acceptance of herbal interventions. Still, Susun Weed, founder of the Wise Woman Center, in Woodstock, New York, and author of four herbal books, including Healing Wise, points out that drug companies have been quick to isolate various herbal medicine components and market them as prescription drugs.

“In the ’60s, I discovered that the weeds in my garden were better medicinal plants than the ones I intentionally planted,” recalls Weed.

“Back then, there was a general belief that these alternative systems weren’t ‘real’ medicine.” But it’s more a matter of the Western world catching up with the rest of the world, she notes. “The World Health Organization says that 90 percent of the health care given on this planet is given by women in their own homes, using local plants.”

Weed reports that across the United States, attendance at herbal conferences has soared. Herbalism is a big idea whose time has come again, and is now being rewoven into family life. “I call it re-weaving the healing cloak of the ancients,” she says. “This is evolutionary medicine.”

Homeopathy

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body’s natural process of healing.

According to The Society of Homeopaths, “A substance which causes symptoms when taken in large doses, can be used in small amounts to treat those same symptoms.”

For example, drinking too much coffee can cause sleeplessness and agitation. Thus, when caffeine is made into a homeopathic medicine, it could be used to treat people with these symptoms.

Dana Ullman, author of The Homeopathic Revolution and Everybody’s Guide to Homeopathic Medicines, notes that the trend in homeopathy in the United States has its debunkers. He attributes this to establishment fears that, “If homeopathy is true, then everything about modern medicine and science is false.”

But, he adds, “The homeopathy deniers ignore or downplay the substantial body of verifying evidence from basic science and clinical research—from outcome studies, cost-effectiveness studies and epidemiological evidence.”

Meditation and Related Therapies

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention note that 90 percent of all doctor office visits are related to stress.

Meditation, breath work, guided imagery and some yoga disciplines are effective ways to slow down the mind, relieve stress and bring body , mind and spirit into balance. More than 1,000 published studies have linked various types of meditation as well as contemplative yoga to changes in metabolism, blood pressure, brain activation, stress relief and pain reduction.

Angela Wilson, assistant director of the Institute for Extraordinary Living (IEL), affiliated with the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, in Lenox, Massachusetts, reports burgeoning interest in these therapies. “Doctors have become very interested in any practice that can help people slow down and calm down,” observes Wilson.

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Some of the latest IEL research provides scientific proof that Kripalu yoga (often called “meditation in motion”) can act as a buffer, “…helping people to face daily challenges without getting rocked off their feet or off their center,” says Wilson.

She is also excited about a recent Massachusetts General Hospital study.

It showed that in just eight weeks of practicing meditation, subjects experienced physiological changes in the part of the limbic system that relates to fear, resulting in less stress and anxiety.

Naturopathy

Naturopathic medicine, a general system of natural medicine, includes nutrition, herbalism, homeopathy, acupuncture and energy medicine. Its goal is to holistically address the entire organism—body, mind and spirit.

In general, naturopathic physicians are those that work to support our innate healing abilities. They universally encourage adoption of lifestyle changes that promote optimal health.

In states where naturopathic doctors (ND) are licensed, practitioners are required to graduate from a four-year residential naturopathic medical school and pass a board examination. In states that do not license them, people that successfully complete online courses can call themselves a naturopath.

Make sure that any consulting naturopathic doctor has graduated from a residential program approved by the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (Naturopathic.org).

Carl HangeeBauer, current president of the national association and a doctor of naturopathy with San Francisco Natural Medicine, has long been a proponent of licensing. He observes, “Currently, 16 states license naturopaths, and the trend is toward more licensing states and inclusion in federal programs, as well as loan forgiveness.” He believes this will bring more qualified students to the profession.

Economics is among the many incentives driving consumers to a greater awareness of the benefits of pursuing

wellness, as they come to understand how major, long-term medical bills might be reduced by applying common sense, healthy lifestyle practices and other doable steps toward preventing illness in the first place.

“Our practice is growing every year. People are willing to pay for quality health care,” remarks Hangee-Bauer.

Nutrition

Nutrition comprises the time-tested foundation of health and includes foods and vitamin and mineral supplements, as well as herbs and spices. Importantly, core values about nutrition vary from culture to culture.

In the United States, the Standard American Diet (SAD) has been off-track for long enough that it has resulted in a widespread health crisis. The problem is that, contrary to the counsel of nutrition experts, many of us have become heavily dependent upon high-fat, high-sugar, heavily processed foods. The typical American’s diet is severely lacking in recommended vegetables, fruits and whole grains.

“The health crisis isn’t limited to the United States,” states Joshua Rosenthal, founder of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, in New York City. “Fast food and processed foods have invaded other traditional cultures, as well. Today’s chronic diseases that plague our own population now constitute a world health crisis.”

Rosenthal is encouraged by the growing awareness of healthy eating, as taught by 19,000 graduates of his school, providing services in all 50 states and 82 countries. “We are at the beginning of a revolution,” he says. “By 2020, people will see that the quality of our food affects everything. Awareness and education are at the forefront of this revolution, and movements like ours are among the major catalysts for change.”

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rom the time she was in middle school, Nina Tulio knew she wanted to be in the beauty industry. Her dream was to own a salon, but she knew it would take time to get there.

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“Robin and Ray are my mentors,” explains Tulio. “I owe everything to them. They taught me how a business should be run.”

After seven years of working with the couple, Tulio decided it was time for her to move on and work on her own dreams. She moved back to Allentown and in 2006, opened Anthony Ashley Hair Design. At the time, it was a small studio—only about 600 square feet—and she was alone. It was not easy, but Tulio was determined to make it work.

“I was literally down to my last $800 and decided to run an ad in The Morning Call,” she says. Tulio purchased ad space that would run in limited distribution—about 17,000 households—but as luck would have it, she received a call that her ad would actually run full distribution, which meant it would reach about 120,000 readers. It is a moment that not only completely changed her business, but also her life. The next morning, she had 22 voice mails; and she has been going strong (and growing) ever since.

The current location of the salon is about three times the size of the original and a team of dedicated stylists work with her to provide a wide range of services including haircuts, color, highlights, textured haircuts and even spa manicures and pedicures, facial waxing and makeup application. “What makes our team so special is that we genuinely care about each other,” notes Tulio. “We take care of each other and support one another; therefore it allows us to better care for our clients—they can see the difference.”

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About three years ago, the salon began using organic or natural products.

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Tulio told the rep that she would try it on her own hair and if it worked, she would consider using it in the salon. What happened next surprised her. “My hair was transformed,” she explains. “It was shinier, healthier and the color lasted longer. I just fell in love with it and it continues to amaze me even now.”

From there, the decision was a simple one. She made the switch and began using only natural or organic hair products—including the brands All-Nutrient and Pureology—as well as Enjoy, a sulfate-free line, and all natural makeup. Tulio notes, “It just made sense.

The products are better for the environment, better for our clients and better for the staff.”

Tulio says she and her team are completely dedicated to making clients (both men and women) feel better about themselves. “Our clients understand that this is not just a job for us, it is a career and it’s one for which we are all very passionate.”

The salon recently began offering in-house education to the public including makeup classes that show women how to create a “five-minute face” and a “Master Your Own Blowout” class where participants can learn how to style their hair. Not only do the classes help Tulio

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Index ACUPUNCTURE.............................................. 35 ALLERGY ELIMINATION............................... 35 AROMATHERAPY.......................................... 36 BODYWORK......................................................37 CHINESE MEDICINE . .................................... 38 CHIROPRACTIC.............................................. 38 COLON HYDROTHERAPY............................ 39 COUNSELING SERVICES ............................. 39 EDUCATION..................................................... 40 ENERGY THERAPY........................................ 42 FOOD................................................................. 42 FUNERAL SERVICES..................................... 42 HERBALIST...................................................... 43 HOLISTIC CENTER......................................... 43 HOLISTIC HEALTH......................................... 44 HYPNOTHERAPY........................................... 45 ION CLEANSE DETOX................................... 46 LIFE COACH.................................................... 46 MASSAGE THERAPY..................................... 46 MEDITATION & WELLNESS......................... 47 MOVEMENT THERAPY................................. 47 NATURAL FOOD STORE............................... 50 NATURAL BEAUTY........................................ 48 NATURAL DENTISTRY.................................. 48 NATURAL FAMILY MEDICINE..................... 49 NATURAL HEALTH........................................ 50 NATUROPATH................................................. 51 NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING........................ 51 PARENTING SERVICES................................. 52 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT........................ 52 PSYCHOTHERAPY......................................... 52 SMOKING CESSATION.................................. 53 SPIRITUAL CENTER...................................... 54 STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION...................... 54 TRAGER®........................................................ 54 VETERINARY SERVICES.............................. 54 WEIGHT LOSS/MANAGEMENT................... 55 YOGA INSTUCTORS...................................... 55 YOGA STUDIOS.............................................. 55

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Yet, Americans are responding. There is an ancient proverb that says, “When the student is ready, the master appears.” Research data claiming that vitamin and herbal supplements have become a $15 billion a year industry along with statistics that show 4 out of 10 Americans are using alternative and complementary healthcare is a strong indication that we are ready. We are ready to learn more. We are ready to take responsibility for our own health. We are reawakening to the knowledge that appropriate nutrition, invigorating physical fitness, and peaceful relaxation integrated with conventional medicine as practiced in the U.S. is sound advice.

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J.L.Collins M.Ac.,Lic.Ac.,NCCAOM Diplomat 2020 Downyflake Lane Allentown, PA 18103 610-317-6064

5 Element Acupuncture addresses the deepest level of disharmony in the body/mind/spirit, known as the causative factor. Traditional Chinese medicine for relief for acute conditions and chronic conditions.

Practicing for 28 years. Certified in Chinese herbal pharmacology from New England School of Acupuncture.

Board certified and licensed Acupuncturist, Dietary and Lifestyle counseling, Chinese and Ayurvedic Herbs, Laser Acupuncture, Magnetic therapy (A.R.T.) Autonomic ResponseTesting for Detox and more. 20 years of holistic healing.

LIVEWELL INTEGRATED HEALTH LLC Dr. Robert W. Livingston III, DC, L.Ac. Dr. Jennifer K. Bollinger, DC, L.Ac. 8026 Hamilton Blvd.

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LiveWell Integrated Health offers traditional Chinese acupuncture, chiropractic, body work, and nutritional and lifestyle coaching. Being healthy is a lifestyle choice....choose to LiveWell. See ad page 50.

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Electro Acupuncture, Massage, Raindrop Therapy with Young Living Essential Oils; Colorpuncture Therapy, Tuning Fork Therapy, (Sound and Vibration) for musculoskeletal pain management: sciatica, arthritis, neck, shoulder and back pain, Fibromyalgia. I also use Auricular Therapy as they along with acupuncture treat the deeper, underlying condition.

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Acupuncture and herbal medicine with capable, experienced practitioners.

Practicing acupuncture in the Lehigh Valley since 1988. Acupuncture, herbs, dietary consultation, and other aspects of Oriental Medicine provide a complete healing system for health and regeneration, enhancing the outcome of Conventional care

Dr. Kent M. Ozman Bethlehem, PA 18020 610.746.6543

Using Chiropractic Technique of Total Body Modification and Kinesiology helps reduce allergy symptoms of foods, cats, dogs, environmental, emotional, and phobias—air travel, public speaking.

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Active Release Techniques (ART): A patented, state of the art soft tissue system/ movement based massage technique that treats problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia and nerves. Headaches, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, shin splints, shoulder pain, sciatica, plantar fasciitis, knee problems, and tennis elbow are just a few of the many conditions that can be resolved quickly and permanently with ART. These conditions all have one important thing in common: they are often a result of overused muscles.

Acupressure: Based on the same system as acupuncture, but fingers and hands are used, instead of stimulation with needles, in order to restore the balanced flow of the body’s life energy (qi or chi, pronounced “chee”). This force moves through the body along 12 energy pathways, or meridians, which practitioners unblock and strengthen. Common styles of acupressure include Jin Shin, which gently holds at least two points at once for a minute or more, and Shiatsu, which applies firm pressure to each point for three to five seconds.

Acupuncture: An ancient Oriental technique that stimulates the body’s ability to sustain and balance itself, based on the theory that an electromagnetic life-force (qi or chi, pronounced “chee”) is channeled in a continuous flow throughout the body via a network of ‘meridians.’ Disease is understood as an imbalance in the meridian system.

Diagnosis of an imbalance is made by “reading” the pulse, face, tongue and body energy. To correct it, a practitioner inserts acupuncture needles at specific points along the meridians to stimulate or disperse the flow of life force. Acupuncture principles include the yin and yang polarities and the associations of the five elements of fire, earth, metal, water and wood with bodily organs.

Air Purification: The process of reducing contaminants in the air. Air purifiers are either passive (waiting for particulates to come to the device) or proactive (sending out the solution to the pollution). Filter-based purification traps airborne particles. UV lamps sterilize air that passes by the lamp via air currents or forced air.

Photocatalytic oxidation (PCO) in-duct units are mounted in forced-air HVAC system. Ionizers generate electrically charged ions to attract airborne particulates. Radiant Catalytic Ionization (RCI) uses a combination of UVX light and ionization to remove airborne particulates and sterilize surfaces. Ozone generators are used as whole-house air cleaners to remove major smoke odors, musty smells and toxic mold.

Alexander Technique: A system of reeducating the body and mind to support and facilitate proper posture and ease of movement. Through gentle manual guidance, accompanied by verbal directions, the Alexander teacher coaches the student to become aware of unnecessary tension and to unlearn longstanding patterns of movement. The Alexander Technique is an established method

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for helping to improve chronic conditions such as back, shoulder or neck pain, nervous tension, poor coordination, breathing problems and vocal strain.

Athletes and performing artists frequently use it to improve performance level.

Alkaline Water: Drinking water that has been treated through the use of a water ionizer. Proponents of alkaline water believe that high acidity in the body contributes to a number of physical illnesses and conditions, from fatigue and weight gain to more serious disorders. They believe that drinking alkaline water can help resolve these health problems by raising the body’s pH level.

Aromatherapy: An ancient healing art that uses the essential oils of herbs and flowers to treat emotional disorders such as stress and anxiety and a wide range of other ailments. Oils are massaged into the skin, inhaled or added to a water bath. Often used in conjunction with massage therapy, acupuncture, reflexology, herbology and chiropractic or other holistic treatments.

Art Therapy: Uses the creative process of making art to improve and enhance physical, mental and emotional well-being and to deepen selfawareness. The therapist makes a diagnosis and determines treatment plans by encouraging a client to express his or her feelings and unconscious thoughts through the nonverbal creative process and by observing the forms and content created.

Astrology: A system of traditions and beliefs that holds that the relative positions of celestial bodies either directly influence life on Earth or correspond to events experienced on a human scale.

Modern astrologers define astrology as a symbolic language, art form and type of divination that can provide information about personality and human affairs, aid in the interpretation of past and present events, and predict the future.

Ayurveda: The oldest medical system known to man and a comprehensive spiritual teaching practiced in India for 4,000 years. It focuses on achieving and maintaining perfect health via the balance of the elements air, fire and water (illness is considered an excess of any element). A patient’s body type, determined according to Ayurveda principles, is the basis for individualized dietary regimens and other preventive therapeutic interventions. Ayurveda prescriptions might include purification procedures for the restoration of biological rhythms; experience of expanded consciousness through meditation; nutritional counseling; stress reduction; enhancing neuromuscular conditions; and behavioral modification.

Bee Venom Therapy (BVT): The therapeutic application of honeybee venom, through live bee stings, to bring relief and healing for various spinal, neural, joint or musculoskeletal ailments.

Biofeedback: A relaxation technique that monitors internal body states and is used especially for stress-related conditions such as asthma, migraines, insomnia and high blood pressure. During biofeedback, patients monitor minute metabolic changes (e.g., temperature, heart rate and muscle tension), with the aid of sensitive machines. By consciously thinking, visualizing, moving, relaxing, etc., they learn which activities produce desirable changes in the internal processes being monitored.

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Young Living has specialized in growing, distilling, and selling therapeutic-grade,organic Essential Oils for 20 years. Over 130 Essential Oils & Oil blends available for health & wellness, as well as essential oil-enhanced nutritional supplements/ products for kids, Personal Care, Dental, & Home!

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Acupressure is a safe, effective natural health system. We provide acupressure and related therapies to prevent disease, relieve pain and stress, restore vitality, recover from illness or injury, and promote overall good health.

ELEMENTS FOR HEALING

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Allow your body to heal itself and restore your vital life force with Shiatsu. Relieve stress, anxiety, back pain, digestive issues and headaches. Shiatsu also helps with fertility and reproductive problems. Move stagnant energy, remove blockages and create balance in the body’s major energy systems. Trained at International School of Shiatsu. Available by appointment. See ad, page 39.

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KRISTEN’S THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE

Kristen Hallowell, LMT 1701 Union Blvd, Allentown PA 18109 484-239-4644

Kristen’s Therapeutic Massage is a place to relax, escape and most of all heal. The custom tailored massage can help alleviate many conditions such as headaches, back pain, shoulder conditions, numbness and stress. Available by appointment. See page 63 for money saving coupon.

LEHIGH VALLEY HELLERWORK Gene Miller, M.Div., AHP 3005 Brodhead Road, Suite 250 Bethlehem, PA 18020 610-861-8776

Integrative Mind and Body Work Understanding and releasing physical, mental, and spiritual restrictions simultaneously is a key to wellness. I have offered and practiced that philosophy for 25 years.

MARIE RUXTON THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE Marie Ruxton CMT, CN 628 Chestnut Street Emmaus, PA 18049 610-965-2500

Marie is a certified massage therapist trained since 1997 in Advanced Myofascial Release Therapy, Therapeutic Massage, Reiki, Ear Candling, Homeopathy and Holistic Nutrition. Offers comprehensive custom bodywork for those wanting to overcome chronic pain and movement problems. Sessions range from a (2 hour) Head to Toe meltdown massage to “Just Neck and Head” massage for those needing stress relief.

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MODERN CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY David Nemeroff, NCBTMB 2008 Eberhart Rd, Whitehall, PA 18052 610-737-4212 Therapy4Healing.com

Restore balance to your body and decrease pain with the power of Craniosacral Therapy. This gentle and non-invasive western osteopathic technique can help relieve many pain issues including migraines, back pain, neck problems, vertigo, TMJ, stress, neurological issues and much more. David Nemeroff also works with your pet’s problems like hip dysplasia, mobility issues and cribbing. See ad, page 46

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Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement (BHRT): The treatment of the symptoms of menopause (and its male equivalent, andropause) through the use of hormones that have the same chemical structure as those naturally produced by the body. Many compounding pharmacies have staff trained in BioIdentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT), which is thought by its proponents to have fewer risks and side effects than traditional methods of hormone replacement.

BodyTalk: Developed by chiropractor/acupuncturist Dr. John Veltheim, BodyTalk is based upon bio-energetic psychology, dynamic systems theory, Chinese medicine and applied kinesiology. By integrating a series of tapping, breathing and focusing techniques, BodyTalk helps the body synchronize and balance its systems and strengthens the body’s innate knowledge of self-repair. BodyTalk is used to address a range of health challenges, including fibromyalgia, infections, parasites, chronic fatigue, allergies, addictions and cellular damage. Practitioners are usually licensed massage therapists (LMT) or bodyworkers.

Bodywork: Massage and the physical practices of yoga are perhaps the best-known types of bodywork; both have proven successful in relieving tension and stress, promoting blood flow, loosening stiff muscles and stimulating the organs. Massage therapies encompass countless techniques, including Swedish massage, shiatsu and Rolfing. The same is true for yoga.

Other types of bodywork include martial arts practices like aikido, ki aikido and Tai chi chuan.

Some others are the Alexander technique, Aston patterning, Bowen, Breema bodywork, Feldenkrais method, Hellerwork, polarity therapy, Rosen method, Rubenfeld synergy and Trager.

Finding bodywork that improves mental and physical health is a highly individual process. Several types may be combined for the greatest benefit.

Chelation Therapy: A safe, painless, nonsurgical medical procedure that improves metabolic and circulatory function by removing undesirable heavy metals such as lead, mercury, cadmium and copper from the body. A series of intravenous injections of the synthetic amino acid EDTA are administered, usually in an osteopathic or medical doctor’s office.

The EDTA blocks excess free radical production, protecting tissues and organs from further damage.

Over time, injections may halt the progress of the underlying condition that triggers the development of various degenerative conditions such as diabetes, arthritis, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, and cancer.

More recently, chelation therapy also has been used to reverse symptoms of atherosclerosis or arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) by removing obstructive plaque built up in the circulatory system.

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Offering traditional Chinese therapeutic massage, reflexology, herbal foot soaks, detoxification, cupping, Chinese teas and herbal supplements. Serving the the area for over 15 years. See ad, page 5.

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Dedicated to all families to live vertebral subluxation free to live life to their fullest potential. Chiropractic is a must for a fully functioning nerve system, a fully functioning body. We also offer acupuncture and massage.

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Dr. Robin Musselman, DC, DACRB, CES 9620 Hamilton Blvd. Suite A Breinigsville, PA 18031 610-395-2400

Dr. Robin Musselman earned her Doctorate of Chiropractic degree from Life University and has a post-graduate degree in chiropractic spinal rehabilitation. Dr. Musselman focuses on improving nervous system function, proper spinal and extremity biomechanics by offering a variety of chiropractic techniques and therapeutic modalities to optimize care.

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Gentle chiropractic care, sports chiropractic, pediatric chiropractic, nutritional counseling, weight management services, and massage.

Emphasis is placed on the restoration of the human body through natural means and patient education to continue wellness as a lifestyle.

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Chiropractic: Based on the premise that proper structural alignment permits free flow of nerve activity in the body. When spinal vertebrae are out

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Chinese Medicine: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is one of the world’s oldest and most complete systems of holistic health care. It combines the use of medicinal herbs, acupuncture, food therapy, massage and therapeutic exercise, along with the recognition that wellness in mind, body and emotions depends on the harmonious flow of life-force energy (qi or chi, pronounced “chee”).

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A patient centered wellness community, where treatment is individually tailored. Dr. Perillo promotes health and wellness by creating balance in the body. He specializes in Low Light Laser therapy and the Graston technique.

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Colon therapy: An internal bath that washes away old toxic waste accumulated along the walls of the colon. It is administered with pressurized water by professional using special equipment. A colonic irrigation is the equivalent of approximately four to six enemas and cleans out matter that collects in the pockets and kinks of the colon. The treatment is used as both a corrective process and for prevention of disease. Colonics are used for ailments such as constipation, psoriasis, acne, allergies, headaches and the common cold.

Conscious Living: As we become increasingly aware of the interdependence of humans, animals and the planet, progressive businesses are concerning themselves with far more than the bottom line. They know that today’s consumers are willing to invest in what they believe in, from fair-trade goods to animal-friendly and environmentally sound products and services.

Counseling / Psychotherapy: These terms encompass a broad range of practitioners, from career counselors, who offer advice and information, to psychotherapists, who treat depression, stress, addiction and emotional issues. Formats can vary from individual counseling to group therapy. In addition to verbal counseling techniques, some holistic therapists may use bodywork, ritual, energy healing and other alternative modalities as part of their practice.

Craniosacral Therapy (CST): A manual therapeutic procedure to remedy distortions in the structure and function of the craniosacral mechanism—the brain and spinal cord, the bones of the skull, the sacrum and interconnected membranes. Craniosacral work is based upon two major premises: that the bones of the skull can be manipulated, because they never completely fuse; and that the pulse of the cerebrospinal fluid can be balanced by a practitioner trained to detect variations in that pulse. CST is used to treat chronic pain, migraine headaches, temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ), ear and eye problems, balance problems, learning difficulties, dyslexia and hyperactivity.

Crystal & Gem Therapy: Practitioners use quartz crystals and gemstones for therapeutic and healing purposes, asserting that the substances have recognizable energy frequencies and the capacity to amplify other frequencies in the body. They also absorb and store frequencies and can essentially be programmed to help effect healing. In the ancient art of ‘laying-on of stones,’ practitioners place crystals and gemstones on various parts of the body, corresponding to its chakra points (energy centers), in order to balance energy flow.

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Offering individual, adolescent, family, and small group counseling as well as advocacy, life-coaching, reiki and aftercare support. Dynamic techniques of relaxation, mind/body awareness, art/narrative therapy, play therapy, and psycho-education with talk therapy to facilitate empowerment and self-directed change.

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Dance / Movement Therapy: A method of expressing thoughts and feelings through movement, developed during the 1940s. Participants, guided by trained therapists, are encouraged to move freely, sometimes to music. Dance/movement therapy can be practiced by people of all ages to promote self-esteem and gain insight into their own emotional problems, but is also used to help those

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with serious mental and physical disabilities. In wide use in the United States, this modality is becoming established around the world.

Decluttering: Based on the theory that clutter drains both physical and mental energy. Decluttering involves two components. The first focuses on releasing things (clothing, papers, furniture, objects and ideas) that no longer serve a good purpose in one’s life. The second focuses on creating a simple system of personal organization that is easy to maintain and guards against accumulating things that are neither necessary nor nourishing.

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Training herbalists, physicians, nurses, veterinarians, Acupuncturists and other healthcare providers in the art and science of clinical.

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Decompression Therapy is a nonsurgical means of relieving pain to the lower back and neck and is often referred to as spinal decompression therapy.

Decompression therapy is a spinal disc rehabilitation program that slowly and gently stretches the area of the spine while decompressing the discs Deep Tissue Work: A technique of stretching and moving the connective tissue that envelops the muscles (fascia) in order to lengthen and balance the body along its natural, vertical axis. Distortions of the connective tissue may be caused by internal reactions and compensations due to accidents, emotional tension or past-unreleased traumas.

Deep tissue massage works to detoxify tissue by helping to remove accumulated lactic acid and other waste products from the muscles. The therapy is used to ease or eliminate chronic muscular pain, help with injury rehabilitation and reduce inflammatory pain caused by ailments such as arthritis and tendonitis.

Dentistry (Holistic): Regards the mouth as a microcosm of the entire body. The oral structures and the whole body are seen as a unit. Holistic dentistry often incorporates such methods as homeopathy, biocompatibility testing and nutritional counseling.

Most holistic dentists emphasize wellness and preventive care, while avoiding (and often recommending the removal of silver-mercury fillings.

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Performing various combined treatments including but not limited to Reiki, Stone and Crystal, Sound, Pranic Healing, to bring clarity, focus and inner peace. See website.

REGINA SMOCK, M.D. 618 Fourth Avenue Bethlehem, PA 18018 610-867-1200

Detoxification: The practice of resting, cleansing and nourishing the body from the inside out. According to some holistic practitioners, accumulated toxins can drain the body of energy and make it more susceptible to disease. Detoxification techniques may include fasts, special diets, sauna sweats and colon cleansing.

Doula: A woman who supports an expectant mother through pregnancy, labor, birth and the postpartum period. Studies indicate that support in labor has profound benefits, including shorter labor, less desire for pain medication, lower rate of Caesarian delivery and more ease in initiation of breast-feeding. Fathers have reported that they were more relaxed with a doula present because they felt reassured, and therefore freer to support their mates.

Dowsing: A type of divination originally intended to locate ground water, minerals or other underground objects, through the use of a forked stick or “divining rod.” Modern advocates, who may or may not use a divining rod, believe that dowsing also can be used for much broader purposes. Those may include finding missing persons or lost objects, spiritual or distance healing, or gaining insight into money or relationship issues.

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Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, Energy Medicine and Reiki III Practitioner, Bach Flower Registered Practitioner, specializing in the care of children, adolescents, and adults, partnering with each client and integrating complementary and traditional approaches to healing and wellness.

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Vegan, organic food for every occasion. Let chef Wendy Landiak of BALASIA prepare your party, wedding, corporate catering or any other occasion.

Visit the Honey Underground Supper Club at same address.

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FUNERAL SERVICES A NATURAL UNDERTAKING Penny Rhodes 134 New Bethel Church Rd. Kempton, Pa. 19529 610-756-6253 NaturalUndertaking.org

A service that empowers families to be in attendance at the passing of a loved one and afterwards in the setting of their own home.

Participate as much or as little as they want, making use of some funeral home services if they choose, while avoiding unnatural, unnecessary, expensive and harmful practices such as embalming.

NICOS C. ELIAS FUNERAL HOME, INC

Nicos C. Elias, Supervisor Allentown, Pa. 610-433-2200 EliasFuneralHome.com

Mr. Elias offers several different green and eco-friendly funeral plans using biodegradable caskets, preservation without chemicals, and earth friendly paper goods. A natural, back to the earth approach.

Biodegradable urns for those choosing cremation. Also offering assistance with home-based funerals

DAVID N. HARDER, RH (AHG)

143 Northampton St Easton, PA 18042 610 253 0940 NaturesWayEaston.com

Meet this accomplished herbalist for a free mini herbal consultation. Every Thursday 11am-5pm.

Over 30 years of diet, nutrition and herbal experience. See ad, page 52.

HOLISTIC CENTER

Established in 1999, We offer several different massage techniques including Neuromusclar, Medical, Therapeutic, Trigger Point, Deep Muscle, Sports, Pre & Post Natal, Relaxation, Stress Relief and Energy work, also available for On-site Chair Massage for corporate events & social gatherings. We accepted some auto insurances for auto claims and give some insurance discounts. Gift Certificates available.

PATHWAYS HOLISTIC CENTER 4833 Chestnut St. Emmaus, PA 18049 610.966.7001 PathwaysHolistic.com

GREENSHIRE ARTS CONSORTIUM

Institute for Holistic Studies Directors: Jim and Arlene Curley Quakertown, Pennsylvania 215-538-0976 GreenshireArts.org

Eco-Friendly: Intended or perceived to have no harmful effect on the natural environment and its inhabitants.

Center for Massage Therapy 5930 Hamilton Blvd. Suite 110 Allentown, PA 18106 610)398-6800 Journey-Within.com

Dedicated to helping people improve the quality of life while they strengthen, revitalize, and explore new horizons through holistic studies, creative arts, conversation, retreats and community involvement. In a nurturing atmosphere, individuals are invited to experience Greenshire’s space for peace while awakening to the Art of Inspired Living. See ad, page 57.

Combining a variety of the finest holistic healing methods, we help shape your new path to reclaim life and become balanced & whole once again. Over 15 years of restoring health from within by cleansing, nourishing. Comprehensive physical, mental, spiritual and emotional healing services offered plus nutrition programs, prepared foods, retreats, catering services. See ad, page 37.

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Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT): A self-help procedure founded by Gary Craig that combines fingertip tapping of key acupuncture meridian points while focusing on an emotional issue or health challenge. Unresolved, or ‘stuck,’ negative emotions, caused by a disruption in the body’s energy system, are seen as major contributors to most physical pains and diseases. These can remain stagnant and trapped until released by the tapping. EFT is easy to memorize and portable, so it can be done anywhere.

Energy Healing: The art and practice of realigning and re-attuning the body between the physical and the etheric and auric fields to assist in natural healing processes. Working directly with the energy field in and around the body, the practitioner is thought to channel and direct energy into the cells, tissues and organs of the patient’s body to effect healing on physical and nonphysical levels simultaneously.

Sessions may or may not involve the physical laying on of hands.

Environmental Medicine: Explores the role of dietary and environmental allergens in health and illness. Factors such as dust, mold, chemicals and certain foods may cause allergic reactions that can dramatically influence diseases, ranging from asthma and hay fever to headaches and depression.

Enzyme Therapy: Can be an important first step in restoring health and well-being by helping to remedy digestive problems. Plant and pancreatic enzymes are used in complementary ways to improve digestion and absorption of essential nutrients. Treatment includes enzyme supplements, coupled with a healthy diet that features whole foods.

Feldenkrais® Method: Helps students straighten out what founder Moshe Feldenkrais calls, “kinks in the brain.” Kinks are learned movement patterns that no longer serve a constructive purpose. They may have been adopted to compensate for a physical injury or to accommodate individuality in the social world. Students unlearn unworkable movements and discover better, personalized ways to move, using mind-body principles of slowed action, breathing, awareness and thinking about their feelings.

Feng Shui: The ancient Chinese system of arranging manmade spaces and elements to create or facilitate harmonious qi or chi (pronounced “chee”), or energy flow, by tempering or enhancing the energy where necessary.

Feng Shui consultants can be an asset to both personal and business spaces, either before or after the spaces are created.

Flower Remedies: Flower essences are recognized for their ability to improve well-being by eliminating negative emotions. In the 1930s, English physician Edward Bach concluded that negative emotions could lead to physical illness. His research also convinced him that flowers possessed healing properties that

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could be used to treat emotional problems. In the 1970s, Richard Katz completed Bach’s work and established the Flower Essence Society, which has registered some 100 essences from flowers in more than 50 countries.

Functional Medicine: A personalized medicine that focuses on primary prevention and deals with underlying causes, instead of symptoms, for serious chronic diseases. Treatments are grounded in nutrition and improved lifestyle habits and may make use of medications. The discipline uses a holistic approach to analyze and treat interdependent systems of the body and to create the dynamic balance integral to good health.

Global warming: An increase in the average global temperature brought on by the gradual and steady increase in greenhouse gases that trap the sunlight’s heat in the atmosphere.

Guided Imagery & Creative Visualization: Uses positive thoughts, images and symbols to focus the mind on the workings of the body to accomplish a particular goal, desired outcome or physiological change, such as pain relief or healing of disease. This flow of thought can take many forms and involve, through the imagination, all the physical senses. Imagination is an important element of the visualization process; it helps create a mental picture of what is desired in order to transform life circumstances.

Healing Touch: A non-invasive, relaxing and nurturing energy therapy that helps to restore physical, emotional, mental and spiritual balance and support self-healing. A gentle touch is used on or near the fully clothed client to influence the body’s inner energy centers and exterior energy fields. Healing touch is used to ease acute and chronic conditions, assist with pain management, encourage deep relaxation and accelerate wound healing.

Herbal Medicine: This oldest form of medicine uses natural plants in a wide variety of forms for their therapeutic value. Herbs produce and contain various chemical substances that act upon the body to strengthen its natural functions without the negative side effects of synthetic drugs.

They may be taken internally or applied externally via teas, tinctures, extracts, oils, ointments, compresses and poultices.

Holotropic Breathwork: A self-exploration technique that combines breathing, evocative music and a specific form of bodywork to integrate one’s physical, psychological and spiritual dimensions.

At workshops run by facilitators, participants try to access the four “levels” of experience that are available during breathing: sensory, biographical, perinatal and transpersonal. By accessing buried memories, individuals can relive their birth experience or traumatic life events, free up ‘stuck’ emotional viewpoints or experience a mystical state of awareness, such as connecting with the Universe.

TWIN PONDS INTEGRATIVE HEALTH CENTER

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Over 20 practitioners offering techniques for stress management, relaxation, mind/ movement challenges, life & professional concerns, emotional distress, weight management, spine/joint pain, and much more. Call today for more information or to register for a private session, class, workshop or retreat. See ad, page 19.

HOLISTIC HEALTH ABIBA WELLNESS

Barbara Fenton 860 Broad St., Suite 101 Emmaus, PA 18049 610-967-5106 Abiba.com

Helping individuals find their inner balance, beauty, and peace while enhancing their harmony, happiness, and overall wellness.

Offering Reiki, Aromatherapy, Reflexology, and other healing modalities in a relaxing environment. Seminars, workshops, healing retreats, and Certified Reiki classes are available.

ALCHEMICAL HEALING MODALITIES

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Holistic Health Counselor Allentown, PA 610-776-2763 SusanChristman.com

Holistic health counseling, energy readings, past life regression, etheric cord cutting, hands-on-healing sessions, spiritual development groups. 34 yrs experience

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Intuitive Life Coach to help you uncover and overcome the limited selftalk that has kept you from living the life you’ve always desired. Let me guide you to your next best life. Your best thinking has gotten you where you are, let me show you how much further you can go! Intuitive Reiki Sessions for $1 per minute.

LA REFLEXOTHERAPIE

Sue Lurie - Certified holistic therapist 232 Broadway, Bangor, Pa 18013 610-217-5827

Since 2000, Sue Lurie’s comprehensive studies in CranioSacral, Somato Emotional Release, Reflexology, Voice Dialogue, Reiki and Chinese Meridian Therapies have inspired her passion about helping others empower themselves to be the best that they can be in mind, body & spirit.

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Homeopathy: A therapy that uses small doses of specially prepared plants and minerals to stimulate the body’s defense mechanisms and healing processes in order to cure illness. Homeopathy, taken from the Greek words homeos, meaning “similar,” and pathos, meaning “suffering,” employs the concept that “like cures like.” A remedy

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Iridology • Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis Hormone Analysis • Body Chemistry Balancing • Detoxification Blood Type Dietary/Lifestyle Guidance (MIfHI)

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INSIGHTS HYPNOSIS AND REIKI

Kelly Kark, CNHP, Reiki Practitioner 484-554-7530 www.rootsofvitality.com 4048 Freemansburg Avenue Easton, PA. 18045

Brenda Rhodes Certified Hypnotherapist 610.737.9560 hypnobrenda.com

Reorganize, Rebalance and Regain Health. Specializing in Reiki, Muscle Response Testing, Jin Shin Jyutsu, Bio Mat Therapy and Bach Flowers. Experienced in treating persons with fibromyalgia, migraines, dementia, anxiety and depression and Add/AdHd. Offer whole food supplements, energy holograms and bands and herbal tinctures.

BETSY THOMSON

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Betsy’s readings are compassionate, straight forward, and inspirational. All subjects, such as relationships, career, health, life path, past lives etc. are addressed in readings. Guidance is given to help an individual evolve, grow and restore inner balance, inner peace and happiness.

Workshops in energy reading, intuitive development and mindfulness meditation.

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Empower yourself with hypnosis: stop smoking, lose weight, overcome fears, ease pregnancy and childbirth, reduce pain, increase self-esteem and confidence, improve sleep, release stress, past-life regression. Private sessions, classes and workshops.

HYPNOSIS WITH DEBY

Deby Beuscher, Certified Hypnotherapist 610-760-9482 hypnosiswithdeby.vpweb.com

Transform yourself using your mind to work for you! Overcome issues with weight, smoking, stress, confidence, and more. Receive personalized CDs for longterm results. Learn self-hypnosis and other techniques to put you back in control of your life. Phone sessions available. Free consultations.

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is individually chosen for a person based on its capacity to cause, if given in an overdose, physical and psychological symptoms similar to those the patient is experiencing.

Hybrid (vehicle): A vehicle that combines two energy sources to power a car—the most popular being hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) in which a gas-powered engine and a battery-powered electric motor work in tandem to decrease fuel consumption.

Hydrotherapy: The use of water, ice, steam and hot and cold temperatures to maintain and restore health. Treatments include full-body immersion, steam baths, saunas, sitz baths, colonic irrigation and the application of hot and/or cold compresses. Hydrotherapy is effective for treating a wide range of conditions and can easily be used at home as part of a self-care program.

Hypnotherapy: A range of hypnosis techniques that allow practitioners to bypass the conscious mind and access the subconscious. The altered state that occurs under hypnosis has been compared to a state of deep meditation or transcendence, in which the innate recuperative abilities of the psyche are allowed to flow more freely.

The subject can achieve greater clarity regarding his or her own wants and needs, explore other events or periods of life that require resolution, or generally develop a more positive attitude. Often used to help people lose weight or stop smoking, it is also used in the treatment of phobias, stress and as an adjunct to the treatment of illnesses.

Integrative Medicine: This holistic approach combines conventional Western medicine with complementary alternative treatments, in order to simultaneously treat mind, body and spirit. Geared to the promotion of health and the prevention of illness, it neither rejects conventional medicine nor accepts alternative therapies, without serious evaluation.

Intuitive Arts: A general term for various methods of divination, such as numerology, psychic reading, and tarot reading. Individuals may consult practitioners to seek information about the future or insights into personal concerns or their personality. Numerology emphasizes the significance of numbers derived from the spelling of names, birth dates and other significant references; psychics may claim various abilities, from finding lost objects and persons to communicating with the spirits of the dead; tarot readers interpret a deck of cards containing archetypal symbols.

Ionic Foot Detox: This machine is a modern energy therapy device that balances the body’s natural energy system. By introducing a high level of negative ions into the water of a foot bath, the feet, utilizing principles of reflexology and the science of ionization and osmosis, create a positive cellular environment and enable the body’s natural detoxification processes to function at their peak.

Iridology: Analysis of the delicate structure of the iris, the colored portion of the eye, to reveal information about conditions within the body.

More than 90 specific zones on each iris, for a combined total of 180-plus zones, correspond to specific areas of the body. Because body weak-

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nesses are often noticeable in the iris long before they are discernible through blood work or other laboratory analysis, iridology can be a useful tool for preventive self-care.

Iyengar (Yoga): Noted for precise alignment and symmetry of postures, the development of balance, and the use of props such as blocks, balls and belts. Based on an exceptional understanding of how the body works, the Iyengar style of yoga was developed by B.K.S. Iyengar. Poses are held longer than usual. Iyengar is a good style for beginners, but can challenge seasoned practitioners, as well.

Kinesiology / Applied Kinesiology: The study of muscles and their movement. Applied kinesiology tests the relative strength and weakness of selected muscles to identify decreased function in body organs and systems, as well as imbalances and restrictions in the body’s energy flow. Some tests use acupuncture meridians and others analyze interrelationships among muscles, organs, the brain and the body’s energy field. Applied kinesiology is also used to check the body’s response to treatments that are being considered.

Learning Therapy: An interactive, non-drug treatment for learning challenges (like ADD/ADHD or classroom behavioral issues) or for enhancing learning, often through patterns of movement thought to stimulate neural pathways. Types of learning therapy include programs/curricula designed by Brain Gym and the Seattle-based HANDLE Institute.

Life Coach: A professional who helps clients identify their personal and/or professional goals and design a plan or institute techniques for achieving them. The life coach works with clients to recognize and overcome any obstacles that may interfere with achievement of those goals.

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LIFE COACH JIM CURLEY, M.A.

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Live more consciously and creatively in today’s challenging times. Life Coaching provides the support and guidance to help you find your life’s purpose and achieve your goals. Focusing on the relationship that each individual has with themselves. Available for short-term problem solving or for ongoing coaching.

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Experience the support of having a certified coach in your corner, supporting you to achieve your dreams and goals with clarity, focus, ease and grace. Free initial consultation. Meet on the phone or at my office in Emmaus.

Locavore: A person who eats only locally grown and raised food in order to support local economies, sustainable agriculture and independent farms.

Macrobiotics: An Eastern philosophy best known in the West for its dietary principles. Macrobiotic theory posits that there is a natural order to all things. By synchronizing our eating habits with the cycles of nature, we can achieve a fuller sense of balance within ourselves and with the world around us. Although not a specific diet, it emphasizes low-fat and high-fiber foods, whole grains, vegetables, sea vegetables and seeds, all cooked in accordance with macrobiotic principles.

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MASSAGE THERAPY DENISE GETCHELL, LMT

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I began my practice in 1996 and I have experience in numerous massage techniques including Deep Muscle/Swedish, Sports, Pre & Post Natal, Relaxation/ Stress Reduction. My areas of Specialty include Trigger Point Therapy/Pain Management and Medical Massage. I am a Provider of American Specialty Health and provide health insurance discounts for Aetna and Cigna. I accept some auto insurances for auto accident claims. I am dedicated to providing my personal best by focusing on the whole person, creating wellness of the Body, Mind & Spirit. .

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Magnetic Field Therapy: Electromagnetic energy and the human body have a vital and valid interrelationship, making it possible to use magnetic field therapy as an aid in diagnosing and treating physical and emotional disorders. This process is reported to relieve symptoms and may, in some cases, retard the cycle of new diseases. Magnets and electromagnetic therapy devices are now being used to eliminate pain, facilitate the healing of broken bones and counter the effects of stress.

Manual lymphatic drainage (MLD): A gentle, noninvasive, rhythmical whole-body massage, aimed at stimulating the lymphatic system to carry away excess fluid in the loose connective tissue, which helps remove toxins. Blockage or damage within

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Martial Arts: Systems of codified practices and traditions originally designed primarily for selfdefense or combat. Now more often practiced as a sport, the martial arts have a strong emphasis on honor and self-discipline. The best-known martial arts originated in Asia and include aikido, karate, judo and tae kwon do.

Massage Therapy: A general term for the manipulation of soft tissue for therapeutic purposes. Massage therapy incorporates various disciplines and involves kneading, rubbing, brushing and tapping the muscles and connective tissues by hand or using mechanical devices. Its goal is to increase circulation and detoxification, in order to reduce physical and emotional stress and increase overall wellness.

Meditation: The intentional directing of attention to one’s inner self. Methods and practices to achieve a meditative state are based upon various principles using the body or mind and may employ control or letting-go mechanisms. Techniques include the use of imagery, mantras and observation, and the control of breathing. Research has shown that regular meditation can contribute to psychological and physiological well-being. As a spiritual practice, meditation is used to facilitate a mystical sense of oneness with a higher power or the Universe. It can also help reduce stress and alleviate stress-related ailments, such as anxiety and high blood pressure.

Midwife: A birth attendant who assists a woman through the prenatal, labor, birth and postpartum stages of pregnancy. The mother is encouraged to be involved and to feel in control of her birthing experience. Midwives are knowledgeable about normal pregnancy, labor, birth and pain relief options. They respect the process of birth as an innate and familiar process. Certified nurse-midwives are registered nurses who have received advanced training and passed a national certification exam. Nurse-midwives collaborate with physicians, as needed, especially when problems arise during pregnancy.

(Also see Doula.)

Myofascial Release Technique: A safe and very effective hands-on technique that involves applying gentle sustained pressure into the myofascial connective tissue restrictions to eliminate pain and restore motion. The use of Myofascial Release allows the practitioner to look at each patient as a unique individual.

Myofascial Release is a type of soft tissue massage, which incorporates stretching and massage of the connective tissues, or fascia.

Myofascial Release operates on the principal that many people hold stress in their muscles, which causes the muscles to seize or lock.

This is exacerbated by muscle injury and scarring. Myofascial Release aims to access these areas of blockage and tension to release them, thereby freeing up the muscle and allowing it to move more easily and effectively.

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Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Techniques (NAET): A non-invasive, drug free, natural modality that tests for and eliminate allergies. NAET uses a blend of selective energy balancing, testing and treatment procedures from acupuncture, acupressure, allopathy, chiropractic, kinesiology and nutritional medicine. One allergen is treated at a time.

Naturopathy: A comprehensive and eclectic system whose philosophy is based upon working in harmony with the body’s natural healing abilities. Naturopathy incorporates a broad range of natural methods and substances aimed to promote health. Training may include the study of specific approaches, including massage, manipulation, acupuncture, acupressure, counseling, applied nutrition, herbal medicine, homeopathy and minor surgery plus basic obstetrics for assistance with natural childbirth.

Network chiropractic: Uses Network Spinal Analysis (NSA), a system of assessing and contributing to spinal and neural integrity, as well as health and wellness. Founded and developed

by Donald Epstein. Practitioners employ gentle force to the spine to help the body eliminate mechanical tension in the neurological system. The body naturally develops strategies to dissipate stored tension/energy, thus enhancing self-regulation of tension and spinal interference. (Also see Chiropractic.)

Neuro Emotional Technique (NET): practitioners use muscle testing to locate unresolved, negatively charged emotional responses that are stored in your body. When located and identified the practitioner helps correct and eliminate disharmonious body response, allowing you to release and heal the “Neuro Emotional Complex (NEC)”.

It’s fast, and it can dramatically improve your health. Finding “trapped” or conditioned memory loops with simple muscle testing procedures helps determine if your body is in harmony with a particular concept or idea, which is linked to an unresolved emotional event. NET is safe and effective, and is a natural way to instantly resolve long-standing health problems by resolving the emotional components that accompany the physical symptoms.

MOVEMENT THERAPY – FELDENKRAIS METHOD®

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The Feldenkrais Method reconnects the body to its natural movements, focusing on the relationship between motion and thought. It works with the nervous system, rather than muscles or bones, to improve everyday motion, such as walking, running, golfing, biking, yoga, posture, breathing, etc.

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(Also see Trigger Point/Myotherapy.)

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Oxygen Therapies: Alters the body’s chemistry to help overcome disease, promote repair and improve overall function. Properly applied, oxygen may be used to treat a wide variety of conditions, including infections, circulatory problems, chronic fatigue syndrome, arthritis, allergies, cancer and multiple sclerosis. The major types of oxygen therapy used to treat illness are hyperbaric oxygen and ozone. Hydrogen peroxide therapy (oral or intravenous) can be dangerous and should be avoided.

Past Life Regression: Past life and regression therapies operate on the assumption that many physical, mental and emotional challenges are extensions of unresolved problems from the past, either childhood traumas or experiences in previous lifetimes.

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Personal Fitness Trainer: A certified fitness professional who designs fitness programs for individuals desiring one-on-one training. The goal is to provide optimal fitness results in the privacy of one’s home or at another location, such as a club or office.

Physical therapy: Evaluates difficulties with mobility or function to focus on rehabilitation, through a restorative treatment program and instruction on how to make efficient use of the body in daily activities. Physical therapists use massage, exercise, electrical stimulation, ultrasound and other means to help the patient regain functional movement.

Pilates: A structured system of small isolated movements that demands powerful focus on feeling every nuance of muscle action while working out on floor mats or machines. Emphasizes development of the torso’s abdominal power center, or core. Gentler than conventional exercises, Pilates, like yoga, yields long, lean, flexible muscles whose gracefully balanced movements readily translate into everyday activities like walking, sitting and bending. Can help in overcoming injuries.

Polarity therapy: Polarity therapy asserts that energy fields exist everywhere in nature and that the free flow and balance of this universal energy in the human body is the underlying foundation of good health. Practitioners use gentle touch and guidance to help clients balance their energy flow, thus supporting a return to health. The practitioner’s hands do not impart energy, but redirect the flow of the receiver’s own energy. The receiver then recharges himself with his own freed energy.

Prolotherapy: A rejuvenating therapy that uses injections of natural substances to stimulate collagen growth, in order to strengthen weak or damaged joints, tendons, ligaments or muscles.

Often used as a natural alternative to drugs and/ or surgery to treat pain syndromes, including degenerative arthritis, lower back, neck and joint pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, migraine headaches, and torn ligaments and cartilage.

Qigong & Tai chi: Qigong and Tai chi combine movement, meditation and breath regulation to enhance the flow of vital energy (qi or chi, pronounced “chee”) in the body, improve circulation and enhance immune function. Qigong traces its roots to traditional Chinese medicine. Tai chi was originally a self-defense martial art descended from qigong and employed to promote inner peace and calm.

Sustainable: A way of doing something that maintains resource renewability and environmental health over time to meet both present and future needs.

Real Time EEG Neurofeedback: Involves direct training of brain function. Using computer processing to capture electrical activity in the brain, an individual can reward the brain with positive feedback, changing its activity to desired, more appropriate patterns. Gradually, the brain learns and remembers how to exhibit only the good patterns.

Rebirthing Breathwork: Also known as conscious connected breathing, or vivation. Rebirthing is a means to access and release unresolved emotions. The technique uses conscious, steady,

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Practitioners use light hand placements to channel healing energies to organs and glands or to align the body’s chakras (energy centers).

Various techniques can ease emotional and mental distress, heal chronic and acute physical problems and achieve spiritual focus and clarity.

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Rolfing Structural Integration (Rolfing): A hands-on technique for deep tissue manipulation of the myofascial system, which is composed of the muscles and the connective tissue, or fascia, in order to restore the body’s natural alignment and sense of integration. As the body is released from old patterns and postures, the range and freedom of physical and emotional expression increases.

Rolfing can help ease pain and chronic stress, enhance neurological functioning, improve posture and restore flexibility.

Shamanism: An ancient healing tradition, which believes that loss of power is the real source of illness and that all healing includes the spiritual dimension. Shamanic healing usually involves induction into an altered state of consciousness and journeying into the spirit world to regain personal power and to access the powers of nature and of teachers. Shamanic healing may be taken literally or employed symbolically, but in or out of its cultural context, the tradition can be both self-empowering and self-healing.

Shiatsu: The most widely known form of acupressure, Shiatsu is a Japanese word meaning finger pressure. The technique applies varying degrees of pressure to balance the life energy that flows through specific pathways, or meridians, in the body.

Used to release tension and strengthen weak areas in order to facilitate even circulation, cleanse cells and improve the function of vital organs. Shiatsu may be used to help diagnose, prevent and relieve many chronic and acute conditions that manifest on both physical and emotional levels.

Sound Healing: Employs vocal and instrumental tones, generated internally or externally. When sounds are produced with healing intent, they can create sympathetic resonance in the physical and energy bodies. Sound healing also is used to bring discordant energy into balance and harmony.

Spiritual Healing / Counseling: Practiced in two forms. In one, the healer uses thought or touch to align his or her spiritual essence with that of the client. The healer works to either balance the spiritual field or shift the perceptual base of the client to create harmony between mind and body and draw the client into the active presence of Divine Spirit. In the other, the healer transforms healing energy into a vibrational frequency that the client can receive and comfortably assimilate, reminding the person’s intuitive core of its inherent healing ability.

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Vegetarianism: The voluntary abstinence from eating meat and/or other animal products for religious, health and/or ethical reasons. Lactoovo vegetarians supplement their plant-based diet with dairy (lactose) products and eggs (ovo).

Lacto vegetarians eat dairy products, but not eggs; ovo vegetarians include eggs, but no dairy; and vegans (pronounced vee-guns) do not eat any animal-derived products.

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Yoga: Practical application of the ancient Indian Vedic teachings. The word yoga is derived from the Sanskrit root yuj which means “union” or “to join,” and refers to the joining of a person’s physical, mental and spiritual elements. The goal of good health is accomplished through a combination of techniques, including physical exercises called asanas (or postures), controlled breathing, relaxation, meditation and diet and nutrition. Although yoga is not meant to cure specific diseases or ailments directly, it has been found effective in treating many physical ailments.

Yoga Therapy: The application of yoga principles, methods and techniques to empower individuals to progress towards greater health and freedom from disease, represents a first effort to integrate traditional yogic concepts and techniques with Western medical and psychological knowledge.

Yoga therapy aims at the holistic treatment of various kinds of psychological or somatic dysfunctions, ranging from emotional distress to back problems.

Please note: The contents of this Health & Wellness Glossary are for informational purposes only. The information is not intended to be used in place of a visit or consultation with a healthcare professional. Always seek out a practitioner who is licensed, certified or otherwise professionally qualified to conduct a selected treatment, as appropriate.

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Blue Mountain Zendo is home to a traditional Zen Buddhist Sangha in its 10th year of meditative practice. Zazenkai (Zen Buddhist Service) is open to the public and conducted every Sunday from 5:30-8:00pm.Blue Mountain Zendo is under the spiritual direction of Zen Monk Rev. Joriki Dat Baker who has practiced Zen/Thien Buddhism for 20 years and is ordained in the Lam Te Lineage.

METAPHYSICAL UNIVERSAL MINISTRIES St John’s Church of Faith Pastor Lloyd Moll 607 Washington Street Allentown, PA 18101

Spiritual Message and Healing Celebration every Sunday 10:30am. Praise, Meditation and Healing Celebration every 3rd Wednesday of the month. Open House-starting in March until Sept--3rd Saturday of month.

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TRAGER© PSYCHOPHYSICAL INTEGRATION BONITA CASSEL

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Trager© is a unique approach to bodywork, combining gentle rocking and elongations that reset and sooth the nervous system. Discover an ease beyond relaxation. Works well for things like MS, fibromynalgia, migraines and many other problems. Take home movements to reinforce the feelings. Certified since 1985 after studying with Milton Trager, M.D.

VETERINARIAN – HOLISTIC LEE SIMPSON DVM, CVA 1141 Hawk Mountain Rd - Kempton, PA 19529

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Pamela J. Mueller, PhD DVM 3247 B Wimmer Road, Bethlehem, PA 10820 610-865-4348 AnimalTherapyCenter.com

Dr. Mueller is a veterinarian with advanced training in exercise physiology and canine rehabilitation. We welcome dogs with neurologic problems, sports injuries and following surgery.

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Dr. Dulin is a veterinarian certified in medical acupuncture for animals. Acupuncture has been used in humans and animals for over 4000 years and is a good adjunctive therapy to western treatment plans to increase overall vitality and energy and produce profound changes on physical and emotional levels.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Goddess Fest – Every Woman has one, a goddess that is. Now it is that time again to let the goddess out! Experience massage therapy, Reki, Yoga, Pottery Lessons, and much, much more. Children can also experience their own creative outlets through clay.

4pm-8pm. Live music begins at 8pm. $10. Children under 12 are free with an adult. Clayote, 1 East Philadelphia Ave. Boyertown. 484-388-9913 Sacred Yoga for Couples – In celebration of Valentine’s Day join Prem for a very special partner’s yoga class. 2-4pm. Please call to reserve your space. The Yoga Loft of Bethlehem, 521 E 4th St. Bethlehem.

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The Everyday Meditator – In this beginning course, we will learn different meditation techniques that you can bring into everyday life so that the mind can take rest and the body can relax leading you to a more profound state of relaxation. Saturdays 9am-10:15am.

Northampton Community College, Monroe Campus, Route 611, Tannersville. 570-977-0814 Aromatherapy For Romance - The use of naturally fragrant ingredients to heighten attractiveness and enhance romance has been documented throughout history. Explore some of the more sensual and erotic essential oils that are perfect for romantic evenings with that someone special. 11am-1pm. Free. RSVP Required. Abbiba Wellness, 860 Broad Street, Emmaus. 610-967-5106.

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Reiki – Level 1 Workshop – Murielle Wesch.

Explore the history of Reiki, learn hand positions for treatments on self and others, and learn how to integrate Reiki, bringing balance and harmony into your everyday life. 10 am-4 pm, $125, Twin Ponds Center, W. Lehigh Valley, 610.395.3355

Effortless Meditation™ Introduction Class – Greg Schweitzer. Learn about this scientifically validated and physician recommended effortless practice that allows you to de-stress, revitalize and become healthier by taking you to a level of rest deeper than sleep! 7:00-9:30 pm, $20/Intro Class, Twin Ponds Center, W. Lehigh Valley, 610.395.3355

Couples Valentine Workshop – Betsy Wetzig & Bonita Cassel. Join us for this fun and informative event: make and share delicious healthy snacks, learn couple’s massage, and enjoy games to improve communication. 7:00-9:30 pm, $45 per couple, Twin Ponds Center, W. Lehigh Valley, 610.395.3355 Meditation for Everyone – With Prem Siri Kaur.

This class will include postures that prepare the mind/body to sit comfortably and meditate as well as a breathing practice to awaken the energy body. 4:30-6pm. Please call to reserve your space.

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 Weight Control Group Program – 4 sessions: Tues. February 14th & 28th and March 13th& 27th, 2012. 6-7:30PM. Cost: $175 includes Manual, CDs, & DVDs. For more information or to register contact: Bev Bley, L.P.N;C.M.Ht. at C.H.A.N.G.E. 610.797.8250. 2020 Downyflake Lane, Suite 302B Allentown.

The Dynamic Duo – Learn how the conscious and subconscious minds can work in unison and harmony to enhance your health, happiness and productivity. $25. For more information or to register contact: Bev Bley, L.P.N;C.M.Ht. at C.H.A.N.G.E. 610.797.8250 or email. 2020 Downyflake Lane, Suite 302B Allentown.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15 School Tour at River Valley Waldorf School – This is a wonderful opportunity to view student work, visit the classrooms and speak with our faculty and staff. 9am. Adults only please. Call to register 610-982-5606. 1395 Bridgeton Hill Road, Upper Black Eddy Preparing Cultured Veggies – Learn to make a probiotic salad that aids good digestion and health.

Take 1 quart of amazing nutrition home with you. $30. 11am-2pm. Pathways Holistic Center, 4833 Chestnut St., Emmaus. 610-966-7001.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Yoga of 12-Step Recovery (Y12SR) – Y12SR is for anyone working with addictive patterns or affected by those patterns in others. Includes beginner friendly yoga and group discussion. Donation based, pay what you can. 7-8:30pm. Please call to reserve your space. 610.867.9642. The Yoga Loft of Bethlehem, 521 E 4th St. Bethlehem

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18

Greenshire Arts Consortium

Upper Bucks, Near Lake Nockamixon 3620 Sterner Mill Road, Quakertown PA www.greenshirearts.org 215-538-0976 Please register for all activities.

4 Life-Changing Workshops by Edie Weinstein* FREE first workshop by registering for entire series!

1. Learn about Love: Feb 8, 7pm - 9 pm Love without limits begins with self love. Every relationship is based on the concept that ‘no one will ever love you enough to make up for you not loving yourself.’ Through dialogue, experiential exercises and inner exploration, learn to know and love yourself. $20

Reiki Level 1 & 2 Workshop - Two day certified Reiki workshop (2/18 and 2/19 from 9:30 - 4:30).

Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. $225 for both levels or $145 each. Includes Reiki Manuals, handouts & certificate. Barbara Fenton, Certified Reiki Master/Teacher 610-967-5106.

2. BYOB: Be Your Own Bliss: Feb 18, 10 am - 1 pm - Do you long for a life that sings and soars? Dreams that will light you up from the inside? Learn how to fill life with love, abundance, success, healthy relationships and joy. Become Mistress or Master of your own bliss. $30

Effortless Meditation™ Introduction Class – Greg Schweitzer. Learn about this scientifically validated and physician recommended effortless practice that allows you to de-stress, revitalize and become healthier by taking you to a level of rest deeper than sleep! 9:00-10:30 am, $20/Intro, Twin Ponds Center, W. Lehigh Valley, 610.395.3355

3. Leap into Life: Feb 29, 7pm - 9 pm - Where have you been holding back? Hesitating to move forward in your life? Through the use of envisioning, seed planting and practical tools, learn how to take that leap of faith necessary to bring yourself to that next level of mannafestation. $20

12 Step: Qigong for Recovery – Mark Reinhart.

Approach addiction and recovery from the Classical & Traditional Chinese medical, philosophical/ spiritual perspectives combined with the 12 Step Programs and a life of artistic cultivation (movement exercises, meditations, and dietary suggestions. 10 am-4 pm, $60, Twin Ponds Center, West Lehigh Valley, 610.395.3355 Healthy Aging Seminar – Dr. Maulfair will present a seminar discussing the problems of aging including high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and lack of energy. Learn the causes of these problems; they are not what you have been led to believe. The science of Chelation Therapy will be fully explained. Noon. Maulfair Medical Center, 2970 Corporate Medical Center, Orefield.

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savethedate Get Hot Seven Days a Week - Push yourself to your edge in Lehigh Valley Yoga’s new Hot Yoga room. These challenging Vinyasa flow classes is held in a ninety-eight degree room designed to build strength and stamina while offering detoxifing benefits. Sunday 10am; Monday 730pm; Tuesday 10am, 6pm, and 7:30pm; Wednesday 7pm; Thursday noon, 6pm, and 7:30pm; Friday noon, and 6pm; Saturday noon Lehigh Valley Yoga, 1701 Union Blvd in Allentown. Call 610-776-2676 or visit LVYoga.com

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savethedate Yoga In Action, A leadership training for discovering your purpose - Every Monday, beginning Monday, March 5th- Monday, April 16th 6:00-9:20pm. With Alysha Pfeiffer & Megan Ridge. In this workshop you will awaken your authentic purpose through the process of yoga and much, much more. Please visit our website workshop page for complete details.

Please call to reserve your space. 610.867.9642 www.TheYogaLoftOfBethlehem.com

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4. Spring Awakening: March 24, 10 am -1 pm - Spring is here! The perfect time to celebrate seeds you have planted in your life.

Interact with the ‘you’ that ready for re-birth.

Includes practices that invite your creative Muse to waken. $30 *Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW, encourages you to become the master of your life’s bliss. Author of The Bliss Mistress Guide: Transforming Ordinary into Extraordinary. www.liveinjoy.org Psychic Readings: Taped Private Sessions February 6, 12 noon – 8pm - Betsy Thomson’s readings focus on energy patterns and rhythms in and around your body. She also uses Tarot and spiritual guides. Sessions are compassionate, inspirational, detailed. Include personal growth, healing, relationships, career, past life and connecting to deceased loved ones. Fee: 1 hour $160. 1/2 hour $80. http://tarot-cardpsychic.com/index.htm.

Life Journey with Stephen Redding February 19 - A continuation from January workshop, Stephen will share views about Life’s Journey, your place in the journey, the difference between your presence and essence. How does the way we live life in this reality affect our next step? Author of Something More and More Or Less. www.stephenredding.com $10 Reiki Training: Details on website Reiki II: Feb 25, 10am – 5pm Reiki III: Feb 10, 10, 12

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savethedate Seven Generations Charter School, 2nd Annual Silent Auction Fundraiser - Please join us for an elegant evening of gourmet food and drink, featuring live music and dancing. Dine on a selection of hors d’oeuvres and mouthwatering antipasto platters, fresh salads and delicious pastas, all topped off by a chocolate fondue fountain! Get your heart pumping with exciting silent and live auctions of items such as tickets to live music, ballet, Broadway shows; luxurious spa days and salon visits, weekend stays at regional resorts, Delicious meals and nights on the town, Lotus Home Sanitizing System, Olympus SLR camera, Private yoga lessons, 5-week summer art camp. Bear Creek Mountain Resort, 101 Doe Mountain Lane, Macungie. 610-421-8844

savethedate Wheel and Wines, Every Thursday, Friday and Saturdays 6pm- Adults over 21 are invited to a festive event shaped around working with clay in our cozy studio. Experience creative outlets through clay. Learn to express yourself while enjoying great company, BYOB and Potluck. Clayote Studios, 1 East Philadelphia Ave. Boyertown. 484-388-9913.

savethedate A Natural Medicine Forum, Wednesday, February 15 - 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 C., Ste B-27, Bethlehem. 484-821-1460.

savethedate Intro to Trager© Workshop, Saturday, February 25 - 9-6pm-Learn the principles behind this unique approach to the body and life. With Bonita Cassel. Play with the weight and feel how your soft hands and attitude can deeply affect your clients. Reconnect & reinforce your work if you have already had an Intro Workshop. This is the first step in becoming a Trager© Practitioner.

8 CEU hrs for National Certification or state licensing requirements. $175. 610-398-9642

savethedate Considering Climate Through, Science, Art and Discussion, Thursday, February 9, 7 to 9pm Nurture Nature Center at 518 Northampton St., will host a Lehigh Valley-Wide Forum about climate change in local communities. This discussion will be followed by a community art workshop, held on February 11 from 10am to 1pm, that will explore land use as modern art. Both programs are FREE and will feature presentations on NNC’s Science on a Sphere exhibit. To register, please call 610-253-4432.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Day to Night Makeup – With just a few quick steps, learn how to make your eyes pop and cheeks shimmer for a night out on the town! Bring your own makeup. 6pm. $30. Must pre register with a credit card or check. Anthony Ashley Hair Designs, 1740 West Allen St, Allentown. 610-434-0180.

Self-Empowerment Workshop –A night filled with healing and empowering support. Understanding our life events are supported by our thoughts and feelings. 6:30-8pm. $15. Pathways Holistic Center, 4833 Chestnut St., Emmaus. 610-966-7001.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Nutrition 101 – Learn food combinations to reclaim your youth, loose weight, have greater mental clarity and much more. 6:30-8pm. $15. Pathways Holistic Center, 4833 Chestnut St., Emmaus. 610966-7001.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 Fertility Issues – Dr. Thomas B. Wachtmann. If problems exist, there are usually reasons for them.

Learn how to identify the various problems that may be present and how to correct them using safe, natural and powerful alternative methods. 7-8 pm, $20/person, Twin Ponds Center, W. Lehigh Valley, Call to Pre-Register. (610) 395-3355.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23 Breast Health Assessment with Thermographic Diagnostic Imaging – Dr. Getson. This is a safe, non-radiologic, and pain free state of the art, FDA approved technology that detects changes at the cellular level in early stages of some diseases. Twin Ponds Center, West Lehigh Valley. For appointment call 610.395.3355

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 Nutritional Live Blood Cell Analysis – A unique method of examining a small droplet of blood to reveal information on the general wellness and nutritional needs of the individual. Blood screenings along with a 20-30 minute consultation are performed by Gwen Ward N.D. $60. Health Habits Natural Food Store on RT 873 in Schencksville Call 610-767-3100 to schedule an appointment

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 8 C.E. Hour Workshop, Trager® Approach – Bonita Cassel. Experience and explore the basic principals along with Mentastics® (mental/physical integration) and experimental bodywork to see how they apply to life, movement and table work.

9 am-6 pm, $150, Twin Ponds Center, West Lehigh Valley, 610.395.3355 Domestic Violence - Barbara Fenton, Reiki Master/ Teacher and domestic violence survivor will be hosting a party featuring Sterling Silver Jewelry at Abiba Wellness. A portion of the proceeds will go to a program for domestic volence in the Lehigh Valley. Bring a friend and be prepared to laugh, cry, and have a good time. 12-6pm and includes light refreshments & free raffle. RSVP required. Abiba Wellness 860 Broad St., Emmaus. 610-967-5106

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Cabin Fever Dance – Music Provided by Layne Roberts of Penn’s Peaks Radio. Prizes for Best Guy, Girl and Couple Dance Contest. Door Prizes, Finger Food & Beverages. Proceeds raised will be used to support Baer Memorial Community Pool. 7-11pm. $15pp or $25 couple. Orioles Pavilion, Lehighton.

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26 Relax & Renew: Restorative Yoga – With Alysha Pfeiffer. No previous yoga experience necessary to attend this afternoon of restful, completely supported yoga postures that will leave you feeling, refreshed, calm, and rejuvenated. Please call to reserve your space. 4:00-6:00pm. 610.867.9642. The Yoga Loft of Bethlehem, 521 E 4th St. Bethlehem.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 Smoking Cessation Group Program – 3 sessions: Tues. February 28th and March 13th& 27th,, 2012. 7:30-8:30PM. Cost: $150 includes Manual, CDs, & DVD. For more information or to register contact: Bev Bley L.P.N;C.M.Ht. at C.H.A.N.G.E. 610.797.8250. 2020 Downyflake Lane, Suite 302B Allentown.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29 The Energy of Money – Steve Gunn, Life Coach.

Change your life in the New Year! This book study will help you free your financial energy with spiritual and practical techniques and awaken you to new possibilities for actively harnessing the energy of money. 6 Wednesdays: Feb. 29 to Apr. 4, 6:30-8:30 pm, $195, Twin Ponds Center, W. Lehigh Valley, 610.395.3355

THURSDAY, MARCH 1 Essential Oils for Life – Join us to learn how Young Living essential oils play a key role in self HEALING and emotional health. We will be smelling, feeling, wearing, enjoying the powerful vibrations of these amazing oils and learning how to utilize their gifts. 630-830pm. $50. Pathways Holistic Center, 4833 Chestnut St., Emmaus. 610-966-7001.

SATURDAY, MARCH 3 Herbal Companions – Plants and Plant Medicines that Optimize Your Health. Join herbalist David Harder for a discussion about the virtues of herbs and how they may be applied to benefit your health.

Need to reduce aches and pains, improve digestion, address anxiety, sharpen your memory or get rid of those allergies? Let’s talk herbs. 10-11:30am.

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Take the confusion out of your healthy lifestyle choices and really make your lifestyle work in your favor. Learn how to protect your unborn child from health effects of toxins. 1pm. Maulfair Medical Center, 2970 Corporate Medical Center, Orefield.

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Yoga Level 1&2 – Create strength and flexibility in the body. Learn Sun Salutations, dynamic standing postures, balance, and work on preparations for intermediate poses including shoulderstand and handstand. 9:30-11am. $15. The Yoga Loft of Bethlehem 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. 610-867-9642.

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Anusara Inspired Yoga - Deborah Ketter teaches the universal principles of alignment and guides her students safely through movement and breath awareness. All levels. Easton Area Community Center, 901 Washington St., Easton. 610-253-8271 Senior Special - Reiki Master/Teacher Barbara Fenton is offering 45 minute Reiki or Reflexology sessions for $30. for seniors over 55. Herbal foot bath with sessions an additional $10. By appointment only. Handicap accessible. 860 Broad St. Suite 101, Emmaus. 610-967-5106.

Rise & Shine Yoga – This invigorating class is designed to slowly unwind the student through prepatory posses while building toward a steady flow focused on building strength and flexibility. 6:307:30am, Twin Ponds,, Fogelsville, 610-395-3355 Fundamentals of Yoga – One-on-one assistance to experience therapeutic benefits of increased flexibility, improved coordination, stronger core, and quieter mind using poses with deep breathing and guided relaxation.10-11am and 5-6pm, Twin Ponds Center, W. Lehigh Valley, 610.395.3355 Coordination Pattern™ Breakthru Training – Betsy Wetzig. Learn to improve the way you function, both physically & mentally for the release of pain and stress with simple, easy exercises. 7:008:00 pm, $75/6 wks, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, 610.395.3355 Qigong – Hilary Smith. For a healthier body, a quieter mind and increased vitality, join us as we meld together physical movement, breath control and mental focus. 10-11am, $84/8 classes, Twin Ponds, Fogelsville Area 610.395.3355 Zumba Gold- This fun Latin inspired dance fitness program is sweeping the nation using international music and dance moves. This class is designed for the older population AND beginners. 10:45-11:30am Forks Township Community Center 708 Zucksville Road Easton. $5 walk-in fee. 201-888-8835 Feldenkrais® Method - Carol Siddiqi. This method of gentle movements helps you improve your capabilities and overcome injuries by teaching your brain to re-organize and rebuild physical movements. 5:45-6:45pm, $75/6 classes, Twin Ponds, Fogelsville area, 610.395.3355 Mixed Levels Yoga– Mike Pope. This class teaches the fundamentals of yoga while progressively building strength, maintaining healthy weight, and increasing flexibility and confidence. Get to know your “self.” 6:45-8pm. Twin Ponds Integrative Center, Fogelsville Area 610.395.3355

Candlelit Restorative Yoga – With Alysha Pfeiffer.

This class is for those who would like to work at a slower pace, or anyone who has not been physically active lately and would like to ease themselves into movement. 7:30-8:45. $15. The Yoga Loft of Bethlehem, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. 610.867.9642 Tai Chi with Hilary Smith – Tai Chi increases strength, and promotes calm and harmony by improving the flow of energy in the body. Classes are a combination of group and individual instruction.

6:30-7:45pm. The Yoga Loft of Bethlehem 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. 610.867.9642.

MAREA Meeting – Monthly meetings of the MidAtlantic Renewable Energy Association held the last Tuesday of the month. Open to the public and free of charge. Held at TEK Park in Breinigsville at 7p.m. Planning of Energy Festival. Visit www.themarea.org.

Free Reiki Clinic – Collaborating practitioners serve all who want to experience the healing benefits of Reiki. 1st Tuesday of every month. Sessions are 20 minutes each. 6-8:30pm. RSVP required to 610-7394201. Church of the Manger, 1401 Greenview Drive, Bethlehem. Near Westgate Mall Living Green in the Lehigh Valley – Environmental-themed segments about reducing one’s carbon footprint will air during “On the Media” on WDIY 88.1 FM. Produced locally by Annie Prince and Bruce Wilson. 6pm. Visit www.wdiy.org.

wednesday Qigong class - Qigong is a low impact centuries old Chinese method of health care that reduces stress, develops focus, increases energy and improves overall wellness. 5:30pm. Aikido Masters SelfDefense Academy, 2008 Eberhart Rd, Whitehall.

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Kripalu Yoga – Kripalu is meditation in motion.

Ann Friedenheim makes the class comfortable no matter what level your practice. Beginners will find this class nurturing; more advanced students will be challenged. 4:15p.m. Emmaus Yoga, 860 Broad St., Suite 105, Emmaus. 610-421-8200.

Sierra Club Meeting – Join us at our monthly meeting on the fourth Wednesday of each month except July. All are welcome. Bring ideas and environmental concerns. 7pm. Room 640S, Fowler Center, NCCC, Third and Buchanan St., S. Bethlehem. Email lvsierraclub@gmail.com.

Tai Chi – Hilary Smith. Learn to keep the muscles active but relaxed, the mind alert but calm, and body movements flowing but well coordinated. 5:30-6:30 pm, $98/8 classes, call for start dates. QiGong offered Tues.10-11 am, Twin Ponds Center, W. Lehigh Valley, 610.395.3355

Fundamentals of Yoga - LeeAnn Price. Enjoy oneon-one assistance for all levels to increase flexibility and improved coordination. Gain core strength and quiet a stressed mind using deep breathing and guided relaxation. 11:30am-12:30pm, Twin Ponds Integrative Health Center, Fogelsville Area 610-395-3355 Yogilates – Joe Premecz. Integrating yoga and Pilates for fitness, strength, and flexibility with the spirituality of Yoga and strengthening of the body’s core muscles with Pilates. 6-7pm, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, 610.395.3355 Living Green in the Lehigh Valley – Environmental-themed segments about reducing one’s carbon footprint during “All Things Considered” on WDIY 88.1 FM. Produced locally by Annie Prince and Bruce Wilson. 5:45pm. www.wdiy.org.

Tai Chi – Tai Chi increases strength, and promotes calm and harmony by improving the flow of energy in the body. Classes are a combination of group and individual instruction. 11-12:15pm. The Yoga Loft, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. 610.867.9642 Yoga/Gentle – This class is for those who would like to work at a slower pace, those recovering from injury, or anyone who has not been physically active lately and would like to work more gently at first.

9:15-10:30am. $15. The Yoga Loft of Bethlehem, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. 610.867.9642 Yoga/Level 1 – Learn correct alignment and breathing in fundamental yoga postures. Ideal, but not limited too those who are new to yoga, or those who have minimal yoga experience. 6-7:15pm. $15. The Yoga Loft of Bethlehem, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. 610.867.9642 Kundalini Yoga with Ravi Hari - Join veteran certified instructor and psychotherapist, Ravi Hari for this dynamic blend of movement, breath, postures, and sound. 25 yrs exp. Prepare to move and to be moved. All levels. 6-7:30 pm. $15. North Bethlehem location. 610-868-1296.

Easton/Bethlehem Area Lyme Support Group – Meets the first Wednesday of every month to discuss and answer questions. 7 to 8:30pm. Country Meadows, 4035 Green Pond Rd., Bethlehem. Open to public. Contact Heidi Healy at 610-882-2253.

Spiritual Healing and Meditation – 7 PM - 9 PM - 1st Wednesday of each month. Weather permitting. St. John’s Church of Faith, 607 Washington St. Allentown PA. 610-791-2641 Free Guided Meditation -2nd Wednesday of the month. Barbara Fenton will introduce you to the principals of meditation in general. Meditation is a technology that benefits, body, mind, and soul. 6:307:30pm. Must RSVP limited space. Abiba Wellness, 860 Broad St. Emmaus. 610-967-5106

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Infertility Support Group – 3rd Wednesday of the month. This group is for women who have Fertility Issues. Free. 6:30-8:30pm. Must RSVP limited space. Abiba Wellness, 860 Broad St. Emmaus.

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Zumba- Latin inspired dance fitness is the most fun you’ll ever have working out! Using International music & dance moves that are easy to follow, instructor Alex House adds her 15+ experience as a professional entertainer to ensure fun. 6-7pm Forks Township Comm Center 708 Zucksville Road Easton. $5. 201-888-8835

thursday Rise & Shine Yoga – Mike Pope. This invigorating class is designed to slowly unwind the student through preparatory posses while building toward a steady flow focused on building strength and flexibility. 6:30-7:30am, Twin Ponds Integrative Health Center, Fogelsville Area, 610-395-3355 Coordination Pattern™ Breakthru Training – Betsy Wetzig. Learn to improve the way you function, both physically & mentally for the release of pain and stress with simple, easy exercises. 7:008:00 pm, $75/6 wks, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, 610.395.3355 Massage at Steel Stacks – Ladies Night Every Thursday evening at ArtsQuest Steel Stacks. 5:308:30pm. Call 484-223-4652.

Zumba Gold-This is the same fun Latin inspired dance fitness program that’s sweeping the nation using international music and dance moves. This particular class is designed for the older population AND beginners. 10:45-11:30am Forks Township Comm Center 708 Zucksville Rd Easton. $5. 201-888-8835 Weekly Stress Relief Coaching Group – Join others in a group setting to manage stress with multiple holistic approaches. 9:15-10:30am or 5:15- 6:30pm. $25 session. Creative Holistic Therapy, 3037 S. Pike Avenue (Rte 145) #105, Allentown. Call 610-2820709 to register.

Reiki & Aromatherapy Circle - Learn more about the healing arts of Reiki and Aromatherapy.

Lecture, meditation, mini Reiki session with an essential oil sample. Meets the last Thursday of each month. All are welcome. 6:30-7:45pm guest & practitioners, 8-9pm practitioners only - $5.

Must RSVP. Abbiba Wellness, 860 Broad Street, Emmaus. 610-967-5106.

Free Herbal Consultations – Learn a natural way to address health and wellness issues. Herbalist available for Free Mini Consult, Every Thursday 11am -5pm. David Harder RH (AHG) at Nature’s Way, Easton. 610-253-0940.

Iyengar Yoga, Levels 1–2 – Diana Erney. Builds upon preliminary poses with an emphasis on body alignment in order to develop strength, balance, and flexibility. Modified poses will assist students as they go deeper into each pose. 7-8:15 pm, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, 610.395.3355 Beginner’s Yoga – Bonita Cassel. Attention to alignment and self love make this class a perfect one for those beginning or challenged with limitations.

5:45-6:45pm. Twin Ponds. 610.395.3355 Community Exchange Time Bank - When neighbors exchange services everyone benefits.

Group Orientations held on the 1st Wednesday of each month 6-8pm at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Muhlenburg Campus, RT22 and Shoenersville Rd, Bethlehem. 610-969-2486 for more information.

Tai Chi with Hilary Smith – Increases strength, and promotes calm and harmony by improving the flow of energy in the body. Combination of group and individual instruction. 6:30-7:45pm. The Yoga Loft, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. 610.867.9642 Gentle Hatha Flow Yoga - Gentle vinyasa flow yoga for mixed levels. Take time to honor the body and the spirit. Charles Chrin Community Center in Palmer Township every Thursday 9:30am-10:20am and 7pm-7:50pm. $5/walk-in. 610-252-2098.

Yoga/Level 1 – Learn correct alignment and breathing in fundamental yoga postures. Ideal, but not limited too those new to yoga, or those who have minimal yoga experience. 9:45-11am. The Yoga Loft, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. 610.867.9642 Yoga/Level 2 &3 – Previous yoga experience and offers challenging Vinyasa Flow sequences. Inversions, arm balances and full backbends and more advanced postures that are practiced regularly in class. 6:00-7:25pm. $15. The Yoga Loft of Bethlehem, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. 610.867.9642 Oneness Blessings - 7 PM - 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month. St. John’s Church of Faith, 607 Washington Street, Allentown PA. 610-776-7211

friday Lifestyle/Weight loss Program - Change your lifestyle! Start the New Year off with Abiba Wellness and Barbara Fenton with healthy eating, exercise, and the use of other healing modalities for an effective continuing lifestyle/weight loss program. First meeting $20 follow up meetings $10. Hours 12-2pm or 6:30pm-8:30pm. 860 Broad St., Emmaus. $10.

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Beginner’s Yoga - Bonita Cassel. Attention to alignment and self-love make this class a perfect one for those beginning or challenged with limitations.

10-11am. Twin Ponds, 610.395.3355 Kripalu Yoga, Level 1 & 2 – Carol Siddiqi. Greater self-awareness by learning the basics of yoga and gentle movements of Feldenkrais will help you perform daily activities with greater ease, pleasure and without pain.11:30 am-12:30, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, 610.395.3355 Core Focus Yoga – During this dynamic flow class you will learn sun salutations, standing poses, balance, forward folding, back bending, and much more. 9:30-10:45am. The Yoga Loft 521 E 4th St., Bethlehem. 610-867-9642.

All Level Yoga – With Brian Toseland - Join Brian for a challenging and inspiring flow practice. This class is for those who wish to deepen there practice leave negativity on the yoga mat to start the weekend right. 4:30-5:55pm. The Yoga Loft, 521 East 4th St. Bethlehem. 610-867-9642.

Yoga for All - With Scott - Come together to celebrate life and to feel good - Beginners, all levels and all ages welcome. Donation-based yoga class in Easton. 5-6pm at Kim’s Healing Center, 1223 Butler St., Easton. 610-559-7280

saturday Open Mic Night – Hosted by Shakehauz. BYOB & Potluck. Free if you are performing, $3 for spectators. Clayote Studios, 1 East Philadelphia Ave. Boyertown. 484-388-9913.

Bicycle Lessons - Learn to ride a bike at any age. Ride confidently in any traffic situation. Learn maintenance/repair. Year-round. Bethlehem Bicycle Cooperative (BBC). Certified instructors. Downtown Bethlehem, www.car-free.org Iyengar Yoga, Intro Level 1– Diana Erney. For students new to yoga. Learn how to utilize the breath and experience deep relaxation. Poses will be modified with blocks and blankets to meet the individual needs of each student. 9-10:15 am, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, 610.395.3355 Salutations Yoga, Level 1 & 2 – Laurie Lagerman.

Sun Salutations combined with poses linked with breath followed by stretching and savasana (relaxation) increases flexibility, strength and balance.

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Mobile Massage Therapy - In the comfort and privacy of your home. Certified in Deep Tissue, Swedish, and other modalities since 1995, $60 per hour. Reiki Treatments and classes available. Patricia Donohue 610-737-1240.

Professional Freelance Writing Services – Know what you want to say but not sure how to say it? Press releases, brochures, website content, newsletters and blogs. I do the writing so you don’t have to. Beth Davis, WriteSource, Inc. 239-269-6235 Personal Fitness & Golf Training – Sean Fahey.

Enjoy many benefits from working on your overall better health, specific physical goals, core work, endurance, functional strength, or sports specific improvements. Call for appt. and more info. Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, 610.395.3355 Transformative Education - Learn how awareness and acknowledgement of feelings from past life events impacts our current life. Create space and healing for future relationships. Address abuse and dis-ease. Class or individual sessions available.

Call 610-966-7001 to learn how to live a fulfilling, freeing, and authentic life.

SPACE TO RENT Office Space – Share space with professional counseling practice near Easton Hospital available 1 to 7 days per week. Suitable for counseling, massage or other compatible use. Call Susan at 610-923-0411 Part Time Space Available – For rent in holistic office in Emmaus, 3 treatments rooms and office space in holistic building. Call 610.967.0515

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Twin Ponds Integrative Health Center – A conveniently located beautiful, relaxing environment, offers hourly/daily rates for room with capacity of 50 people. Great for workshops, seminars, etc. Located just west of Rt. 100 between Fogelsville and Trexlertown, call 610.395.3355

Experience Spiritual Healing – With Spiritual Response Therapy and Spiritual Restructuring.

Sessions available daily. Nancy. 570-897-7503. www.srt-spr.blogspot.com.

Treatment Rooms Available - Measurements are 10x10 and 10x14. Peaceful setting and off street parking. Pathways Holistic Center, 4833 Chestnut St. Emmaus. 610-966-7001 Large open space available to rent hourly – In Bethlehem yoga studio with wood floors, lots of light and free parking. Please contact info@theyogaloftofbethlehem.com or 610-867-9642.

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