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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.

27 COURTING MARRIAGE SUCCESS

Relationship Expert Stephanie Coontz Shares Go-To Guidelines

by S. Alison Chabonais

28 BODYWORK GOES

by Linda Sechrist

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BODYWORK GUIDE

38 HOW CAN WE ALL GET ALONG? Resolving conflict

benefits mind and body.

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BUSTERS Positive Ways to

Promote Kindness

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AND MOVE! How to Sizzle, not Fizzle

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ao Tzu once said, “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” Loving and being loved is so vital to our health and happiness that we can’t live well without it. Love is the core motivation for every positive action we undertake. Did you know that gratitude for love brings even more love?

Thank you for joining us this month as we tune into fresh ways in which to show our love more fully for people and the planet.

Stephanie Coontz reveals go-to guidelines for courting marriage success; Lisa Shumate explores conflict resolution; and Meredith Montgomery provides encouraging ways to promote kindness among schoolmates. That’s just a start.

By promoting peace in every kind of relationship we will all enjoy the benefits of the love boom that must surely ensue.

A related focus in the natural living community is the concept of self-care, loving yourself enough to consciously nurture your health and take responsibility for your own well-being. As Linda Sechrist points out in “Bodywork Goes Mainstream,” receiving bodywork treatments is an amazing way to cultivate optimum wellness. Our Bodywork Guide details the myriad modalities available locally and gives readers the local resources they need to take this exciting step toward full actualization.

We must also ask, “Where is our love for Mother Earth, a love that supports her in sustaining this and future generations?” If you love your kids and grandkids, it’s imperative that you acquaint yourself with the clear and present dangers of Hydraulic Fracking, it is already undermining the health of our state for centuries to come. Now new research reports the radioactive impact of this assaultive practice (in our global briefs).

Aside from petroleum company profits, the bottom line for the rest of us is that Americans are allowing the creation of wide-ranging carcinogenic and radioactive environments that will remain toxic for 32,000 years. With political will, the temporary energy gained can be generated in alternative, nontoxic and job-producing ways.

There are clearly two contrasting opinions about the safety of this practice that will move quickly to the Delaware River Basin unless caring citizens make ourselves heard. It is wise to take the truly conservative view and actively protect the healthy land and clean water we all need to survive. A more courageous expression of love for all has never been more needed.

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earn how the human body maintains balance or becomes out of balance from 6 to 7:30 p.m., February 13, at Pathways Holistic Center, in Emmaus.

Participants will become educated on how important wholesome nourishment is to the body. The group will discuss fermented foods, dehydrated foods, sprouting and desserts made with Lakanto, an allpurpose, all-natural sweetener, as well as nut butter cookies that are not only delicious, but also high in protein.

Lisa Umstead lost over 100 pounds since 2007 and her life dramatically changed when she started loving and nurishing herself by attending classes at Pathways Holistic Center.

“I changed my diet steadily and slowly,” she says. “I’m not hungry and the change outside has changed me inside.”

Cost is $17.50 per person. Pathways Holistic Center is located at 4833 Chestnut St., Emmaus. For more information, call 610-966-7001 or visit PathwaysHolistic.com/classes/. See ad, page 61.

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r. Michael Jude Loquasto, of Bethlehem, will offer a free question and answer session focusing on ailments of the heart and circulatory systems at 6 p.m. on Thursday, February 21. The session is open to the public and extends Loquasto’s 50 years of natural health experience as a community service.

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,” he explains. “It is exciting to see how a noninvasive, 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 bypass surgery showed an 80 percent increase in blood flow to the heart, which eliminated the need for the bypass. 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 is free with RSVP and will be held at 2571 Baglyos Circle, Suite B-27 in Bethlehem Township. For more information, call 484-821-1460 or visit DrMichaelLoquasto.com. See ad, page 59. natural awakenings

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Box 421 Emmaus, PA 18049 • P: 610-421-4443 • F: 610-421odale Institute, in partnership with Meme Thomas of BalLVEditor@NaturalAwakeningsMag.com • www.NaturalAwakening timore Honey, has introduced the Thomas Hybrid Hive a new, redesigned beehive. Located on the Institute’s 333-acre Ad Proof for Natural Awakenings organic farm, in Kutztown, each hive is handmade in Baltimore, Maryland and is designed to accommodate the specific needs of To: P: 610-421-444 honeybees, closely mimicking their natural environment.

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llentown YMCA & YWCA has expanded their wellness offerings. Additional Yoga for Health classes have been added and are now offered at 6 p.m. on Mondays, 9:15 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Wednesdays and 9:15 a.m. on Thursdays. Open to all levels, postures are performed for better strength, balance and flexibility, stress relief and balance of the nervous system important for heart health. A YogaStretch chair yoga class is held on Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m. for more physically challenged individuals looking to increase flexibility and balance.

The YWCA also offers Encore, a cancer support and exercise group for females, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Tuesdays, and from 9 to 10:30 a.m. on Fridays. This support group has been open to females fighting cancer for more than 30 years at this location.

The Allentown YMCA and YWCA is located at 425 S. 15th St., in Allentown.

Natural Awakenings’ readers can enjoy a one-week free trial of the facility by calling Wellness Director Dona Obal at 610-434-9333. For more information, visit AllentownYMCAYWCA.org.

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adame Mim’s New Age Boutique and Learning Center in historic downtown Easton is hosting “Simply Become Who You Are�, an alternative, holistic workshop retreat for women, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on March 3 at the Third Street Alliance. The retreat is focused on empowering women to look inwardly and to take care of themselves. Women are particularly susceptible to putting their own needs behind that of others.

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Health Under the Microscope

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ealth Habits is offering two sessions for Nutritional Live Blood Cell Analysis that can help catch disease before it starts. The analysis is a scientific method of seeing the real story of how the body is processing food and knowing what vitamins, minerals and lifestyle changes would work best for each individual. By examining a small droplet of blood under the specialized microscope connected to a TV, a fascinating world of red and white blood cells, plasma and platelets come to life. These blood components are among various indicators that reveal information on the general wellness and nutritional needs of the individual.

This preventative procedure is combined with an in-depth, confidential Health Evaluation Profile and produces a holistic, dynamic and exciting method of charting a more direct course to better health. The blood analysis is recorded so that future comparisons and changes can be recorded and observed. In addition, a dried blood layer screening will be done that helps detect past and chronic conditions and degeneration in specific body systems.

Both blood screenings, along with a 20-30 minute consultation, are performed by Gwen Ward N.D. for $60 at the Healthy Habits Natural Food Store on RT 873 in Schencksville on February 22 and March 15. For a appointment, call 610-767-3100.

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he Nazareth Area Chamber of Commerce will honor the wellness spa, Herbs To Your Success, with the award of excellence at the Chamber’s annual dinner and awards banquet, at 5:30 p.m., March 16, at The Woodstone Country Club, in Danielsville.

Elected officials are scheduled to attend and offer citations to recognize the award recipients.

Owner Vanessa Sabatine launched Herbs To Your Success in 1994, selling only weight loss supplements. Today, services include Ionic footbaths, oxygen sauna, infrared sauna, HydroMassage bed, toning tables, cardio/cellulite machine, jelly hand and foot soaks, ear candling, reflexology, acupuncture and various body wraps. Herbs To Your Success specializes in herbs and therapeutic essential oils for general health and weight loss.

Sabatine is a registered nutritional consultant, certified body wrap technician, health coach and a certified cardio core technician. She has been a member of the executive of the Nazareth Chamber of Commerce for the past three years and a member of the chamber for many years prior to joining the board.

Herbs To Your Success is located at 64 S. Main St., in Nazareth. For more information, call 610-365-8996 or email Sabatine@epix.net. See ad, page 9,

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ust in time for Valentine’s Day, Natural Awakenings is premiering a new online dating site, NaturalAwakeningsSingles. com, in partnership with the Conscious Dating Network, the Internet’s largest and oldest conscious/spiritual/green dating site.

Niche, online dating offers singles an efficient way to screen and date potential partners that share similar values and interests and are ready to be in a loving relationship.

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avid Harder, a clinical herbalist and registered member of the American Herbalist Guild, will present, Dealing with Chronic Lyme, from 9:30 to 11 a.m., February 9, at Nature’s Way in Easton. Those in attendance will learn about herbal therapies and fundamental health principles that can bring relief from symptoms.

Chronic Lyme disease presents with many different “symptom pictures.” This diversity of symptoms makes herbal therapy an appropriate choice. Herbs can be chosen to target individiuals specific challenges such as joint pain, arthralgia pain, neurological pains and muscle weakness are common. Harder will also discuss how herbs can also be used to reduce fatigue, memory loss, depression and anxiety for Lyme sufferers.

Nature’s Way is located at 143 Northampton St., in Easton.

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s part of its commitment to help people lose weight and transform their health and fitness, Betsey and Terry Schmeltzle of Bet-ter Health Now, in Emmaus, are offering a new Body by Vi 90-Day Challenge to local Lehigh Valley residents. The Body by Vi Challenge includes a 90-day, money-back results guarantee, new weekly winners, more resources and support, plus awards of over $47 million in free products, prizes and vacations.

After years of observing millions of customers on the Body by Vi Challenge, the company found that when people lost their first 10 pounds, they experienced a significant boost in confidence that helped them stick with their healthy habits and achieve their ultimate weight-loss and fitness goals. This observation led to the creation of Project 10, a weekly reward system designed to provide the motivation and encouragement to help everyone achieve that pivotal 10-pound weightloss milestone. Every week, beginning Feb 4, ViSalus will award a total of $10,000 to 10 people who lose 10 pounds.

Plus, everybody who loses 10 pounds and enters the weekly drawing will receive a free “I Lost it!” T-shirt.

For more details about how to start the Body By Vi Challenge, call 610-360-3099 or visit TheViMaster.com. See ad, page15.

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uperstorm Sandy brought a path of destruction to the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, 60 & 100-Hour but this natural event also brought an unprecYoga Immersions edented migration phenomenon to the Bake Oven Deepen Your Knowledge, Knob Autumn Hawk Count, a long-term hawk Expand Your Potential, migration research project of the Lehigh Gap and Learn How to Inspire Others Nature Center. While no one is celebrating the storm, the hawk counters did record an amazing natural event.

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November 1 larger to November 5, 121 Golden Eagles were counted. To understand the incredible nature of this five-day flight, consider that in 52 years of autumn hawk Ad is approved: contact information and spelling correct Knob, the total number of Goldens for the season only surcounts at Bakeis Oven Ad is approved with changes passedindicated the 121 total from these five days two times—in 2003 and 2006.

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The Center offers a speaking event by Diane Husic, Ph.D. entitled “A Decade of Research at Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge: What Are We Learning?” on Sunday, February 10 at 3:00 p.m.

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The staff respects and believes in the body’s innate wisdom and natural ability to find health and achieve balance. Through the use of herbs, nutrition, massage and other healing modalities, the intention is to guide the by body back into its proper harmonious state. Founder Jennifer O’Hagan is a certified herbalist, international teacher and practitioner of The Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy (ATMAT), which uses herbs, nutrition, an external non-invasive abdominal massage and other healing techniques to remove obstructions and congestion within the abdomen. This therapy addresses the inner core and is well known for helping female and male reproductive, digestive and urinary issues.

She is also a teacher and practitioner of Maya spiritual healing, a certified Loomis Digestive Health Specialist, Reiki Master, and a certified bodyworker offering deep tissue, sports, Swedish, oncology and mastectomy massage, as well as reflexology, and pregnancy, pre/post natal and breast massage.

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iver Valley Waldorf School, a unique private school serving children from pre-K through 8th grade, as well as offering a parent/child program for children ages three and under, is open for families to experience and learn more about Waldorf education and the River Valley community, at 10 a.m., March 2.

Developed by Rudolf Steiner in 1919, Waldorf Education is based on a profound understanding of human development that addresses the needs of the growing child. Waldorf teachers strive to transform education into an art that educates the whole child- the heart and the hands, as well as the head. For the Waldorf student, music, dance, theater, writing, literature, legends and myths are not simply subjects to be read about, ingested and tested. They are experienced. Through these experiences, Waldorf students cultivate a lifelong love of learning as well as the intellectual, emotional, physical and spiritual capacities to be individuals certain of their paths and to be of service to the world.

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Participants were called up to 60 times during five extended weekends over two months and asked if their attention was currently devoted to television, movies, music, video games, the Internet, magazines, newspapers or books. Teens that spent the most hours listening to music were 8.5 times more likely to be depressed than those that spent the least amount of time absorbed in tunes. In contrast, adolescents that read the most (primarily books) were 10 percent as likely to be depressed as those that read the least.

Major depression is thought to affect one in 12 teenagers, according to the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health.

Dr. Brian Primack, the assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics who led the study, remarks, “These findings may help clinicians and parents recognize links between media and depression. This is worth emphasizing because overall in the United States, reading books is decreasing, while nearly all other forms of media use are increasing.”

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Grassroots Environmental Education, based in New York state, where extensive underground hydraulic fracturing—known as fracking—is proposed for tapping pockets of natural gas, has issued a report exposing major radioactive impacts of the practice that’s underway in several states and planned for many more.

The Northeast’s Marcellus Shale region is coveted for its rich gas deposits trapped in a substrate far below the water aquifer. Fracking not only uses toxic chemicals under high pressure that can contaminate drinking and groundwater— it can also release substantial quantities of deadly radioactive poisons, bringing them to the surface, where they have the potential to pollute air, water, soil, food crops and animal feed. The report notes that the radioactive material includes, for instance, carcinogenic radium-226, with a half-life of 1,600 years, which remains toxic for up to 32,000 years.

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hen someone is suffering, it can be agonizing just to listen—we feel compelled to jump in with advice or stories of our own trials, filling any awkward space or moments of silent air with word upon word. The first rule of empathy, however, is listening in silence.

Miki Kashtan, writing for the Tikkun Daily interfaith blog, points out that giving our full presence is the most important step in practicing true empathy, and it doesn’t require us to utter a thing: “There is a high correlation between one person’s listening presence and the other person’s sense of not being alone, and this is communicated without words. We can be present with someone whose language we don’t understand, who speaks about circumstances we have never experi-

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enced or whose reactions are baffling to us. It’s a soul orientation and intentionality to simply be with another.”

When we achieve full presence, empathic understanding follows, Kashtan continues. “Full empathic presence includes the breaking open of our heart to take in another’s humanity. We listen to their words and their story, and allow ourselves to be affected by the experience of what it would be like.

“Then we understand. Empathic understanding is different from empathic presence.

We can have presence across any barrier, and it’s still a gift. If we also understand, even without saying anything, I believe the other person’s sense of being heard increases, and they are even less alone with the weight of their experience.”

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elbowing it out of our modern lives. As reported in the Utne Reader, University of Michigan Psychologist Sara Konrath, Ph.D., found that empathy levels among college students measured on the Interpersonal Reactivity Index plummeted between 1979 and 2009. The greatest drops were in empathic concern and perspective-taking— the ability to imagine another person’s point of view.

But don’t yet lament the death of human compassion. According to scientific studies, empathy is built into us. In recent research at the University of Southern California, Professor Lisa Aziz-Zadeh, Ph.D., pinpointed where and how the brain generates empathy, regarding it as a naturally occurring emotion. “It appears that both the intuitive and rationalizing parts of the brain work in tandem to create the sensation of empathy,” Aziz-Zadeh told The Times of India. “People do it automatically.”

However we get to that utterly tuned-in, selfless state of empathy, providing a listening ear, giving our full presence and being moved by another can be gifts not only to the others, but to ourselves, as well. Concludes Kashtan, “Allowing into our heart the other person’s suffering doesn’t mean we suffer with them, because that means shifting the focus of our attention to our own experience. Rather, it means that we recognize the experience as fully human, and behold the beauty of it in all its aspects, even when difficult.”

Margret Aldrich is a former associate editor of Utne Reader.

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tephanie Coontz, professor of history and family studies at The Evergreen State College, in Olympia, Washington, shares her learned perspective in an intriguing oeuvre of books—Marriage, A History: How Love Conquered Marriage; The Way We Never Were; The Way We Really Are; and A Strange Stirring. She’s also co-chair and director of public education at the University of Miami’s research-based nonprofit Council on Contemporary Families.

As a speaker, she shares good news on marriage, based on her extensive study and observations.

taller, more powerful and slightly scary, and some men still want an admiring, yielding woman, the trend favors valuing more individualized traits.

In a reversal from 40 years ago, men are much less interested in a partner’s cooking and housekeeping than in her intelligence, humor and accomplishments.

Women value a mate that shares household chores more than one that is a high earner. (See more results of a Pew Research Center survey at Tinyurl.com/PewTrends.)

Is marriage becoming passé?

Be truly interested in your partner’s ideas and activities; take pride in their achievements; use endearments or offer tactile affection without being asked; have a sense of humor about differences; and never let irritation or anger slide into contempt.

While marriage as an institution is less powerful than it used to be, people have higher expectations of marriage as a relationship. Precisely because most Americans no longer feel they have to marry, they are more specific about what they want from it. When a marital relationship works today, it is fairer, more intimate, more mutually beneficial and less prone to violence than ever before. Yet, individuals are less willing to stay in a relationship that doesn’t confer these benefits.

Which qualities do people most desire in a mate today?

The old model of married love held that opposites attract. Men wanted mates that were pliable and nurturing; women wanted men that were ambitious, powerful and protective. The new model is based on similarities of interests and talents. While some women are still attracted to men that are richer,

What guidelines foster a rewarding marriage?

How can small, daily interactions contribute to intimacy?

We all have moments when we are irritated, angry or emotionally or intellectually unresponsive. A mate will tolerate these as long as he or she trusts you to be loving and attentive most of the time. It’s an emotional line of credit— each partner needs to keep replenishing the reserves of trust and good will, rather than drawing them down.

Psychologist and researcher John Gottman, Ph.D., suggests people need about five positive interactions for every negative one in an intimate relationship.

It’s less the occasional over-the-top gesture and more the regular, small deposits

that count—a few words of appreciation, a loving touch, an expression of sexual attraction. If we have trouble remembering to regularly express appreciation, we may do better by asking, “What would have been harder about this day if my partner wasn’t in my life?”

Why do the new realities of marriage emphasize play over work?

Successful marriages used to depend upon specialization. Men and women couldn’t substitute for one another in accomplishing tasks. A typical woman couldn’t support herself financially; a typical man didn’t know how to feed himself, do laundry or manage childrearing. Even if couples didn’t share many mutual interests, the partners often took pleasure in being indispensable.

Now women can support themselves and men cook and clean. Thus, shared interests and leisure activities, rather than specialized work roles, increasingly serve as the glue of marriage. Play takes people off the work-centric treadmill and introduces novelty into the relationship. Spending leisure time with others also produces higher levels of happiness than cocooning, according to the GallupHealthways Well-Being Index. So make it a double-date night.

How do current and potential partners benefit from game changers—from cell phones to the Internet?

The Internet makes it easier to meet partners. Once in a partnership, technology can help daily tasks get accomplished efficiently, leaving more leisure time. It also allows us to check in with each other while apart.

But e-devices are no substitute for face time. The best way to nurture a relationship is to unplug from the grid and plug into real life. I see many couples reinvigorated by each other’s company after a few hours together engaged in a fun outdoor recreational activity.

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Bodywork Goes MAINSTREAM Helpful Access Points to Health

by Linda Sechrist

The seed holds within itself hints of its magnificent maturity. So it is with the practice of whole-person health care, which has matured in language, sophistication, credibility and acceptance. In a single generation, we’ve seen its presence grow from the outer edges of holistic and alternative wellness to complementary and integrative health care. Its latest evolution into America’s mainstream is known as functional medicine. The branch of massage therapy, the germination point for myriad therapies collectively known as bodywork, patterns the movement’s development.

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include a form of integrative massage nce considered a luxury for that blends Swedish massage, myofasthe pampered few, massage cial therapy, reflexology, energy work was among the first therapies and somatic therapy techniques. to be widely recognized by physicians

In the public’s view, bodywork as a respected aspect of integrative is still largely associated with masand functional medicine. Bodywork sage, although distinct forms stand on increasingly shares this status, as it is their own, including Rolfing, structural included in conventional medicine’s integration, shiatsu and myofascial more innovative healthcare models and craniosacral therapies. Bodywork that embrace a body, mind and spirit professionals generally belong to the approach. One of many examples is Duke Integrative Medicine, in Durham, American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA), whatever their specialized North Carolina, where patient services 28 Lehigh Valley www.healthylehighvalley.com

modality. They may also participate in other professional organizations, such as the Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals, which has some 80,000 members, many of which are also members of the International Association for Structural Integrators. These nonprofits’ websites help individuals locate practitioners in their area.

According to Maureen Moon, past president of AMTA, many massage therapists (which don’t refer to themselves as bodyworkers) are trained in various bodywork therapies and intuitively integrate them into their sessions, depending upon each client’s needs.

She notes that, “Many AMTA members are so passionate about their profession and meeting the continuing education (CEU) requirements that they go far beyond the units required to maintain their license, which can vary from state-to-state.” For example, Moon has trained in spinal reflex analysis, developed by Dr. Frank Jarrell, neuromuscular and craniosacral therapies, shiatsu and seven massage therapies. “Most AMTA members are CEU junkies,” quips Moon, who points out that national conventions provide continuing education and chapter meetings frequently introduce attendees to new techniques. Some practitioners discover specialties while in search of pain relief for personal injuries or other conditions.

Myofascial Therapy Olympia Hostler, a myofascial therapist in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, had two serious horse riding accidents during adolescence and three automobile accidents by age 40, which combined, left her so incapacitated that she could barely walk. “I couldn’t work for three years, because I was so debilitated,” relates Hostler. She found her doctor’s diagnosis of severe permanent damage to the body’s soft connective tissue, or fascia, and the prognosis of a lifetime of living with pain unacceptable. So she began searching for something that would help restore health. Her investigation of therapies ended with myofascial release, an effective wholebody approach to the treatment of pain and dysfunction, developed by Physical

Therapist John F. Barnes.

“I had several sessions and found lasting pain relief unlike anything I’d ever experienced,” advises Hostler. Unlike massage therapies focused on improving circulation, inducing relaxation or draining lymph fluid, the myofascial treatment reached Hostler’s deepest layer of fascia to free the restrictions causing her pain. “It was amazing that a hands-on application of gentle, sustained pressure into areas of restriction in the myofascial connective tissue could begin to relieve many years of ongoing, intense pain,” says Hostler.

Structural Integration

“While Rolfers graduate from The Rolf Institute and attend certified training programs in order to maintain their trademark, and structural integrators can attend any of 14 certified U.S. schools, we are all structural integrators; our training is based on the work of Ida Rolf,” says Diane Roth, a board-certified structural integrator who has specialized in massage and bodywork for 25 years in the Chicago area.

Roth explains that all practitioners in this field of study combine hands-on freeing and realigning of fascial tissue with awareness and movement education, in order to structurally integrate the whole body. Restoration of postural balance and functional ease greatly helps the body, which, she says, constantly labors against the powerful force of gravity.

Like Moon, Roth has studied and incorporated other adjunct therapies

Rolfing As a Certified (advanced) Rolfer and Rolf Movement Practitioner, Robert McWilliams has been able to pursue his lifelong passion in the fields of movement and physical fitness, which included 25 years as a professional dancer and 14 as a professor of modern dance. He taught at both the University of Oklahoma and the University of Florida, in Gainesville.

“In the 1980s, while I was still dancing, I had an experience with Rolfing, developed by Ida P. Rolf [Ph.D.], that transformed my dancing, increased my athletic performance alignment, coordination, flexibility, balance, muscle tone, expressive power and overall sense of relaxation onstage, as well as in daily life,” relates McWilliams. He currently serves as an assistant teacher at the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration, in Boulder, Colorado, where he trained.

Although McWilliams’ clients generally see him to treat the pain and discomfort of injuries, he says that they frequently change their focus to how their body is working better overall. “This is because injuries tend to resolve themselves after a few sessions of deep tissue manipulation of the myofascial system,” says McWilliams.

A specialized series of 10 sessions works to systematically balance and optimize both the structure (shape) and function (movement) of the entire body. Each session focuses on freeing up a particular region of the body. The effect releases old limiting patterns and postures and restores the body’s natural alignment and sense of integration. “Often, as freedom of physical expression increases, so does emotional expression,” comments McWilliams. natural awakenings

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and modalities, such as craniosacral therapy and myofascial release. From her perspective, bodywork differs from massage in that it requires more involvement from the client.

“I tell my clients that with a veritable village of treatments available, there is always help for anyone that suffers with aches and pains, regardless of age,” says Roth.

Shiatsu

Shirley Scranta, owner and director of the International School of Shiatsu, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, discovered The Book of Shiatsu: The Healing Art of Finger Pressure, by Saul Goodman, in a health food store. She subsequently researched the school that Goodman founded in 1978, based on the theories of masunaga Zen shiatsu, kushi macrobiotic and his own shiatsu shin tai.

In 1996, Scranta became one of Goodman’s clients.

“I drove a round-trip of 240 miles for weekly treatments because each session made me feel better and stronger.

After five sessions, I enrolled in classes and graduated later that year,” says Scranta. She believes the widely known form of acupressure helped her body reestablish its own intelligence system, which had been distorted by childhood trauma.

“This gentle technique applies varying degrees of pressure to release tension, strengthen weak areas, facilitate circulation and balance the life energy that flows through the meridians in the body,” she explains. “In my case, it helped me connect with my body so that I could honor it and do what it needed to rejuvenate itself.”

Craniosacral Therapy Chiropractor Lisa Upledger is vice president of The Upledger Institute, in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. A cranFor More Information iosacral therapy (CST) International Association of practitioner, educator and Structural Integrators, Theiasi.org wife of CST developer Dr. International School of Shiatsu, John Upledger, she advises Shiatsubo.com that tension-related probMyofascial Release Treatment Centers & Seminars, lems are a growing comMyofascialRelease.com plaint in our modern world.

Rolf Institute of Structural Integration, Fortunately, such issues are Rolf.org among the myriad condiUpledger Institute International tions that respond quickly (craniosacral therapy), Upledger.com to the gentle touch of this modality.

In a 2007 Massage magazine article, she advised that the positive effects of the therapy rely to a large extent on the performance of the body’s inherent self-corrective mechanisms. “CST works through the craniosacral system to facilitate this function and thereby normalize the environment in which the central nervous system functions,” she noted. “As this is accomplished, a wide range of sensory, motor and neurological problems are improved.”

CST practitioners listen with their hands to the slow pulsations of the craniosacral system. With a soft touch, equivalent to the weight of a nickel, they explore any fascia restrictions throughout the client’s body, which rests fully clothed in a supine position. Effects of the treatment can be wide-ranging, affecting the musculoskeletal, nervous, cardiovascular and immune systems as well as organs, connective tissues and energy systems. It works to release deeply held physical and psychological patterns held within the body.

A coin with different impressions on each side is still only one coin, a blend of precious metals. When the coin is tossed to reveal either heads or tails, the visible symbol is one interpretation of the whole imprint—an analogy that may best define the difference between massage and bodywork. All variations on the theme share the same goal—restoring health to the whole person.

Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings. Find other natural living articles at her website, ItsAllAboutWe.com.

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n 2010, the nonprofit Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angeles, published the results of research done by its department of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences that confirmed centuries of anecdotal evidence: People that undergo massage experience measureable changes in the responses of their immune and endocrine systems.

For millennia, therapeutic touch has been used to heal the body and reduce tension. Today, more than 100 types of bodywork techniques are available, with modalities ranging from massage and deep tissue manipulation to movement awareness and bio-energetic therapies. All are designed to improve the body’s structure and functioning. Bodywork may be used to help reduce pain, relieve stress, improve blood and lymphatic circulation and promote deep relaxation; some therapies simultaneously focus on emotional release.

The following list includes many of the better-known bodywork systems.

Finding an approach that improves one’s mental and physical health is a highly individual process; with professional guidance, several modalities may be combined for the greatest personal benefit.

Acupressure: Based on the same hand movements, fullbody stretches and Chinese massage techniques. (Also system as acupuncture, acupressure see Tui na.) Other forms of acupressure stimulates body pressure points using fingers and hands instead of needles, in include jin shin do, jin shin jyutsu and acu-yoga. Learn more at Acupressure. order to restore a balanced flow of life com. Call Kim’s Healing Center in Easenergy (qi or chi, pronounced “chee”). ton at 610-559-7280.

This force moves through the body Alchemical Bodywork: Synthesizes along 12 energy pathways, or meridbodywork techniques and hypnosis to ians, which practitioners “unblock and address emotional sources of chronic strengthen.” Common styles include jin tension and pain held in the body and shin, which gently holds at least two facilitate their release. Practitioners are points at once for a minute or more; typically certified in massage, often in and shiatsu, which applies firm pressure conjunction with hypnotherapy certifito each point for three to five seconds. cation. Learn more at AlchemyInstitute.

(Also see Shiatsu.) Tui na and Thai mas- com. Call Greenshire Arts Consortium sage stimulate qi through acupressure in Quakertown 215-538-0976.

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Alexander Technique: This awareness practice helps identify and change unconscious, negative physical habits related to posture and movement, breathing and tension. While observing the way an individual walks, stands, sits or performs other basic movements, the practitioner keeps their hands in easy contact with the body and gently guides it to encourage a release of restrictive muscular tension. The technique is frequently used to treat repetitive strain injuries or carpal tunnel syndrome, backaches, plus stiff necks and shoulders. Learn more at AlexanderTechnique.com. Call Twin Ponds Integrative Heath Center in Fogelsville 610-395-3355.

Ayurvedic Massage: It’s one part of panchakarma, a traditional East Indian detoxification and rejuvenation program, in which the entire body is vigorously massaged with large amounts of warm oil and herbs to remove toxins.

With the client’s permission, oil is also 18 NA Edition/Location website address poured into the ears, between the eyebrows and applied to specific chakras, or body energy centers, in techniques known respectively as karna purana, shirodhara and marma chikitsa. These treatments, modified to meet the needs of the West, powerfully affect the mind and nervous system—calming, balancing and bringing a heightened sense of awareness and deep inner peace.

Ayurvedic massage techniques are grounded in an understanding of the primordial energies of the five elements—ether, air, fire, water and earth—and of the three basic types of energies, or constitutions,that are present in everyone and everything— vata, pitta and kapha. A knowledgeable therapist selects and customizes various ayurvedic massage techniques by selecting the rate and pressure of massage strokes and the proper oils and herbs.

Learn more at AyurvedicMassage.com.

Call Ayurveda Wellness Center in Coopersburg 484-347-6110.

BodyTalk: Developed by chiropractor and acupuncturist Dr. John Veltheim, BodyTalk is based upon bioenergetic psychology, dynamic systems theory, Chinese medicine and applied kinesiology. By integrating tapping, breathing and focusing techniques, BodyTalk helps the body synchronize

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Breema Bodywork: Often described as a cross between partner yoga and Thai massage, Breema is a movement technique designed to restore vitality at an energetic level. It employs standardized sets of movements, based upon more than 300 sequences, none cerebrospinal fluid can be balanced by of which require strong exertions or a practitioner trained to detect pulse muscular contortions. Breema techvariations. CST, also referred to as craniques, which identify and emphasize nial osteopathy, is used to treat learnnine principles of harmony, can be ing difficulties, dyslexia, hyperactivity, administered by a practitioner or by the migraine headaches, temporomandibuindividual as Self-Breema. The therapy lar joint (TMJ) disorders, chronic pain originated in the Kurdish village of and ear,eye and balance problems. Call Breemava, in Western Asia. Learn more Modern Craniosacral Therapy in Whiteat Breema.com. Call Greenshire Arts hall 610-737-4212.

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Students of the Feldenkrais Method unlearn unworkable movements and discover better, personalized ways to move, using mind-body principles of slowed action, conscious breathing, body awareness and thinking about their feelings.

Feldenkrais takes two forms: In individual hands-on sessions (Functional Integration), the practitioner’s touch is used to address the student’s breathing and body alignment. In a series of classes of slow, non-aerobic motion (Awareness Through Movement), students “relearn” better ways for their bodies to move. Feldenkrais therapy is useful in the treatment of muscle injuries, back pain, arthritis, stress and tension. Learn more at Feldenkrais.com.

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Hellerwork: Expanding upon the principals of Rolfing, Hellerwork combines deep tissue bodywork with movement education and the dialogue of the mind-body connection. Joseph Heller, the first president of the Rolf Institute, believed that specific movement exercises could help individuals move more efficiently, maintain alignment and mobility and enjoy fuller and easier breathing, as well as increased energy. Although primarily a preventive therapy, Hellerwork also helps alleviate stress-related disorders and musculoskeletal aches and pains. Learn more at Hellerwork.com. Call Gene Miller in Bethlehem 610-861-8776.

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Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT): Specific massage therapy and Polarity Therapy: Combinations of flexibility stretching help balance the therapeutic bodywork, nutritional guidmusculoskeletal and nervous systems, ance, yoga-style exercises and counselemphasizing the interwoven roles of ing aim at heightening body awareness. the brain, spine and nerves in causPolarity therapy asserts that energy ing muscularpain. Its goal is to relieve fields exist everywhere in nature and tender,congested spots in muscle tissue their free flow and balance in the huand compressed nerves that may radiman body is the underlying foundation ate pain to other areas of the body. of good health. Practitioners use gentle Learn more at MyofascialTherapy.org. touch and guidance to help clients Call Healthful Hands in Bethlehem balance their energy flow, thus sup610-882-1100. porting a return to health. The practitioPfrimmer Deep Muscle Therapy: ner’s hands do not impart energy, but A highly refined system of corrective redirect the flow of the receiver’s own treatment,Pfrimmer is designed to aid energy. The receiver then recharges restoration of damaged muscles and himself with his own freed energy. soft tissues throughout the body. Fully Learn more at PolarityTherapy.org. Call trained practitioners use specified Twin Ponds Integrative Heath Center in movements to stimulate circulation Fogelsville 610-395-3355. and help regenerate lymphatic flow, Raindrop Therapy: Based on a healpromoting detoxification and oxygening ritual of Lakota Native Americans,in ation of stagnant tissues. Registered which warm fluid substances are Massage Therapist Therese C. Pfrimmer dropped onto the spine, the intention developed this therapy in the mid-20th is to relax and open the body’s energy century and applied it to recover from centers. Modern raindrop therapy also her own partial paralysis. Learn more blends aromatherapy, soothing heat and at Pfrimmer.org. Call Brower Muscle gentle massage. Essential aromatic oils Therapy in Easton 484-895-7015. are allowed to methodically drip onto Physical Therapy: Traditional the spine from a height of five or six physical therapy evaluates difficulties inches. The oils are then gently brushed with mobility or function to focus on up the spine and lightly massaged over rehabilitation that entails restorative the rest of the back, followed by applitreatment and instruction on how to cation of a hot compress to facilitate oil make efficient use of the body in daily absorption and muscle relaxation. Call activities. Physical therapists use masTranquil Touch Therapeutic Massage 610-698-8676. sage, exercise, electrical stimulation, Reflexology: Reflexology is based ultrasound and other means to help the on the idea that specific reflex points patient regain functional movement. on the soles of the feet and the palms Learn more at apta.org. Call Hands On of the hands correspond with every Healing in Allentown 610-821-9135.

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major organ, gland and area (zone) of the body. Using fingers and thumbs, the practitioner applies pressure to these points to treat a wide range of health problems. Zone therapy, an earlier name for this natural healing art, sometimes refers to a specific form of reflexology. Learn more at ReflexologyUSA.net.Call b.healthy in Bethlehem 484-903-8381.

Reiki: A healing practice originated in Japan as a way of activating and balancing the life-force present in all living things, Reiki literally means “universal life-force energy”. Light hand placements channel healing energies to organs and glands and work to align the body’s energy centers, or chakras.

Various techniques address emotional and mental distress, chronic and acute physical problems or pursuit of spiritual focus and clarity. Today Reiki is a valuable addition to the work of chiropractors, massage therapists, nurses and others in the West. Learn more at Reiki. org. Call Lehigh Valley Reiki 610-7394201or Classical Reiki PA In Bethlehem 610-866-0788.

Rolfing Method of Structural Integration: Deep tissue manipulation of the myofascial system, which is composed of the muscles and the connective tissue, or fascia, by the practitioners’ hands helps restore the body’s natural alignment and sense of integration. As the body is released from old patterns and postures, its 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. Learn more at Rolfing.org. Call Twin Ponds Integrative Heath Center in Fogelsville 610-395-3355.

Shiatsu: The most widely known form of acupressure, shiatsu is Japanese for “finger pressure”. The technique applies varying degrees of pressure to balance the life energy that flows through specific pathways, or meridians, in the body. Shiatsu is used to release tension and strengthen weak areas in order to facilitate even circulation, cleanse cells and improve the function of vital organs; it also may help to diagnose, prevent and relieve many chronic and

acute conditions that manifest on both physical and emotional levels. A branch of shiatsu that originated in the United States, called ohashiatsu, includes meditation and exercise. Learn more at ShiatsuSociety.org and Ohashiatsu.org. Call Elements for Healing in Bethlehem 484-626-2920 Sports Massage: The specialized field of sports massage employs a variety of massage techniques and stretching exercises designed to minimize the risk of injury, tend to sports injuries and support optimum performance. Call Mary DiLuzio in Bethlehem 610-392-2891.

Swedish Massage: This is the most commonly practiced form of massage in Western countries. Swedish massage integrates ancient Oriental techniques with contemporary principles of anatomy and physiology. Practitioners rub, knead, pummel, brush and tap the client’s muscles, topped with long, gliding strokes. Swedish massage is especially effective for improving circulation; relieving muscle tension and back and neck pain; promoting relaxation; and decreasing stress. Practitioners vary in training, techniques and session lengths. Call Healthful Hands in Bethlehem 610-882-1100.

Thai Massage: A form of body therapy, also called nuad bo-ram, Thai massage incorporates gentle rocking motions, rhythmic compression along the body’s energy lines and passive stretching to stimulate the free flow of energy, break up blockages and help restore general well-being. One of the branches of Traditional Thai Medicine (TTM), it is performed on a floor mat, with the client dressed in lightweight, comfortable clothing. No oils are used.

Thai massage aids flexibility, inner

organ massage, and in oxygenation of the blood and quieting of the mind.

Learn more at Thai-Institute.com. Call Twin Ponds Integrative Heath Center in Fogelsville 610-395-3355.

Trager Approach (also known as Psychophysical Integration): This system of movement reeducation addresses the mental roots of muscle tension. By gently rocking, cradling and moving the client’s fully clothed body, the practitioner encourages him or her to believe that physically restrictive patterns can be changed. The Trager Approach includes “mentastics”, simple, active, self-induced movements a client can incorporate into regular daily activities. Trager work has been successfully applied to a variety of neuromuscular disorders and mobility problems, as well as everyday stresses and discomforts. Learn more at Trager. com. Call Twin Ponds Integrative Heath Center in Fogelsville 610-395-3355.

Trigger Point Therapy (Myotherapy): This massage technique is used to relieve pain, similar to Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT). Practitioners apply pressure to specific “trigger points” on the body—tender, congested spots of muscle tissue that may radiate pain to other areas—in order to release tension and spasms. Treatment decreases the swelling and stiffness associated with muscular pain and increases range of motion. Learn more at MyofascialTherapy.org. Call Twin Ponds Integrative Heath Center in Fogelsville 610-395-3355.

Watsu (Water Shiatsu): This uniquely nurturing therapy combines the acupressure and meridian stretches of Zen shiatsu with yoga-like postures, all performed in water; this takes weight off the vertebrae and allows for move-

ments not possible on land. In the most basic move, the Water Breath Dance, the practitioner gently floats an individual in their arms, letting the person sink a little as they both breathe out, then allowing the water to lift them as they both breathe in.This connection is maintained in all the stretches and moves and returned to throughout the session. Pioneered by multilingual author Harold Dull in 1980, watsu’s goal is to free the spine and increase the flow of energy along the body’s meridians; he also developed tantsu, which replicates watsu’s nurturing stretches on land. Learn more at Watsu.com.Call Always Pretty in Coopersburg 267-371-3760.

Zero Balancing: Developed by Fritz Smith, a doctor, osteopath and acupuncturist, zero balancing addresses the relationship between energy and structures of the body. Practitioners use moderate finger pressure and gentle traction on areas of tension in the bones, joints and soft tissue to create fulcrums, or points of balance, around which the body can relax and reorganize. The goal is to clear blocks in the body’s energy flow, amplify vitality and contribute to better postural alignment.Learn more at ZeroBalancing. com. Please note: The contents of this Bodywork Guide 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 that is licensed, certified or otherwise professionally qualified to conduct a selected treatment, as appropriate. Call JoAnne Blew in Allentown 610-392-1337.

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significant amount of wearand-tear on the body comes from prolonged unresolved conflict—from not letting go, holding grudges and reliving situations over and over in your head,” says Raj Dhasi, a Toronto-based conflict management consultant who specializes in the physiological impacts of conflict. “But if conflict happens and my mindset is: ‘I can handle this. We can work through this,’ that is phenomenally beneficial for the brain and body.”

Dhasi explains that when faced with any conflict—whether it’s an angry boss, disgruntled neighbor, political op-

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On the flip side, many of us avoid conflict altogether, harboring discontent in such a way that we feel powerless or even threatened. Making matters worse, our fight-or-flight response never quite goes away, says Gary Harper, author of The Joy of Conflict Resolution: Transforming Victims, Villains and Heroes in the Workplace and at Home. “More people are stressed out by not dealing with a conflict than with dealing with it,” Harper observes. “If you deal with it in the moment, it allows you to let it go.”

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ponent or untidy teen in the house— Harper advises that one way to deal our limbic system responds with conflict on the spot is to pause swiftly by igniting a and give our more rational side a cascade of stress horchance to arrive at a solution. “Before mones like adrenaline you react, slow down, take a deep and cortisol and spiking breath and listen to your inner diaour heart rate and logue,” he says. “In that deep breath, blood pressure. Meanyou might realize that you need five while, our prefrontal Box 421 Emmaus, PA 18049 • P: 610-421-4443 • F: 610-421-4445 minutes [to consider a response].” cortex—the part of LVEditor@NaturalAwakeningsMag.com • www.NaturalAwakeningsMag.com If you still remain in attack mode, it the brain responmight not be the best time to respond. sible for thinking Ad Proof for Natural Awakenings

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communications consultant and author of The Power of Positive Confrontation, offers what she calls the WAC approach for dealing with most cases of work and family conflict.

W: Ask yourself: What is really bothering me? “A lot of times, people don’t do this. They just say, ‘This person is a jerk,’ rather than specifying the problem.”

A: Ask them for a solution. “We often complain, but we don’t identify a solution,” she says. “Determine what is going to solve the problem for you and ask for it.”

C: Check in. “Turn it over to the other person and ask for their response.

Inquire: ‘Is this possible? What do you think?’”

All the while, stay curious about the other person’s perspective, suggests Harper. “We tend to see ourselves as the innocent victim, or we go into hero mode and tend to see the other person as the villain,” he says. “Of course, the other person is doing the same thing, and that makes collaboration tough.” Instead, ask sincere questions—and really listen.

Agree to Disagree Terrie McCants, coordinator of the conflict resolution program at Kansas State University, notes that in some cases, especially when deeply held values such as politics or faith are involved, resolving conflict isn’t necessarily about reaching an agreement. “You cannot negotiate people’s values. Sometimes, these are things that people are willing to lie down and die for,” she says.

“Instead, sometimes you might need to agree to disagree.”

In the end, whether the conflict is a minor disagreement at home, a workplace quarrel or a complicated political dispute, the process of properly working through it can leave both parties feeling stronger and improve their communities. “Conflict forces you to problemsolve collaboratively and come up with options and elegant solutions,” she explains. “If handled well, it can add brilliant things to your life.”

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It can also have a physiological basis. A 2011 study from the University of Leuven, in Belgium, shows that stomach-based hormones can connect directly to the brain, setting up cravings for sugary and fatty foods, suggesting that we are hardwired to want the foods that provide the greatest number of calories in the smallest quantities.

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“When you follow a plant-based, unprocessed, whole foods eating plan, your body chemistry becomes balanced and your biochemical signals (hunger, cravings and fullness) work well,” explains Simon.

“Each time you eat, you feel satisfied and balanced, physically and emotionally.”

Emotional Underpinnings Once we understand the physical component of emotional hunger, we can address the feelings that cause it. Most famous for their Rescue Remedy herbal and floral drops that help soothe anxiety, Bach Flower Essences recently created an Emotional Eating Support Kit that includes homeopathic essences of crabapple, cherry plum and chestnut bud. They maintain that four daily doses can help us think clearly and calmly when we fear losing control, plus objectively observe mistakes and learn from them.

Some feelings, however, can’t be “gentled” away. “Soothe the small stuff, grieve the big stuff,” Simon advises. Experiencing abandonment, betrayal, domination or violation may require therapy. Lesser stressors can often be soothed by music, being outdoors, talking to a friend, taking a warm bath, walking, meditative yoga or pausing to pray—instead of eating.

“No matter how sophisticated or wise or enlightened you believe you are, how you eat tells all,” maintains Geneen Roth, author of Women, Food, and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything.

“Your world is on your plate.” Roth came to terms with her own food addictions and now leads retreats to help others do the same.

When we begin to understand what prompts us to use food to numb or distract ourselves, the process takes us deeper into realms of spirit and to the bright center of our lives, says Roth. She urges us to be present in the moment and to use good food as a sort of meditation. Notice the beautiful greens in the salad and bless the farmer that grew them. It’s one path to realizing the essence of food that’s good for us is a blessing we deserve.

Award-winning cookbook author Judith Fertig blogs at AlfrescoFoodAndLifestyle.blogspot.com.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. ~ Nelson Mandela

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line. We can also ask kids how they were peacemakers during their day, in addition to what they learned.”

Founded in 1992 in response to the youth violence epidemic, Peace First provides programs and free online tools to help teach students peacemaking skills.

The nonprofit is based on the premise that children have a natural aptitude for it and peacemaking can be taught, just like other subjects; their curriculum teaches and reinforces core social/emotional skills in communication, creative conflict resolution, courage, cooperation, empathy and civic engagement.

A New York City student remarks, “Peace First teaches that even if you don’t like someone, it shouldn’t affect how you work together to accomplish something... [putting] peace first makes my heart beat lovelier.”

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The International Forgiveness Institute (IFI) (InternationalForgiveness.com), in Madison, Wisconsin, has added its support to the anti-bullying movement. Stemming from the research of IFI founder Robert

by Meredith Montgomery Enright, Ph.D., and his colleagues, the institute works to forward forgiveness for I spend a lot of time saying, ‘Just be personal, group and societal renewal. It he National Education Association kind.’ More positive results come from attests that in forgiving a hurtful person, a estimates that 160,000 children promoting kind behaviors and being personal transformation begins that can miss school every day due to fears ‘pro-hero’ than from simply discussing enhance self-esteem and hopefulness. of being attacked or intimidated by why bullying is hurtful.”

Enright’s scientific studies further demother students. Bullying is more than a onstrate that when children learn about buzzword. According to StopBullying.

Calmly Taking Charge forgiveness, feelings of anger, depression gov, it’s defined as unwanted, aggressive and anxiety are reduced. behavior among school-age children Eric D. Dawson, president and co“We believe that forgiveness is a that involves a real or perceived power founder of Boston-based Peace First choice,” explains Enright. “When you imbalance.

(PeaceFirst.org), also believes in the forgive, you may benefit the person Kelly Hughes, a school counselor at power of positive language. “We need you forgive, but you benefit yourself far Bayside Academy, in Daphne, Alabama, to move away from harsh language has noticed a dramatic shift in bullying that focuses kids on what not to do and more.”

Enright recalls his experiences behaviors. She observes, “Kids are not instead ignite their moral imagination— hitting or punching or pushing each oth- call on them to be problem solvers,” he working with incarcerated men that were serving life sentences. “The first er as much as they used to. Rather, they says. thing the assigned therapists asked the are using in-person relational aggression To counter bullying in society, group to do was to tell me their story; such as hurtful words, glares, whispering Dawson suggests that we all need to and excluding individuals, exacerbated be role models, and talk about and cel- tell me about the hurts that had been by social media and cell phones.” ebrate peacemaking. “We can’t expect perpetrated on them. One man began to cry, saying that no one had ever asked While anti-bullying legislation exour kids to listen to us when we tell for his story.” The therapists listened to ists in 49 states (Montana is the excepthem to be peaceful and share if they tion), approaches for addressing this then see us aggressively cut in front of a tale of the cruel disciplinary measures he had endured at home as a child and problem vary. Hughes says, “In my job, others on the road or in the checkout 44 Lehigh Valley www.healthylehighvalley.com

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Bacteria and yeast infections tend to be more common in dogs, because of their anatomy. Hair grows in the ears of many dogs; when combined with floppy or drooping earflaps, a dark, moist environment is created in which bacteria and yeast can flourish. Breeds with this tendency include cocker spaniels, basset hounds, schnauzers and poodles.

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savethedate FEELING STUCK? NEED HELP? Come to “PANEL TALK” February 18, 12-1:30pm or 7-8:30pm Bring your health questions to Panel Talk: Discover Your Health Possibilities, a monthly discussion by an “expert panel” of holistic health practitioners. “Panel Talk” is an opportunity to learn what you can do and how Twin Ponds Center’s insightful practitioners can work together to address your unique concerns: stress, anxiety, weight, sleep, chronic pain, illness, and disease, etc. Private time follows, $10 fee credited to service, Twin Ponds Center, Breinigsville, W Lehigh Valley, 610.395.3355

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Nutrition 101 – Learn how the human body maintains balance or becomes out of balance. Become educated on how important wholesome nourishment is to our living body. We will talk about fermented foods, dehydrated foods, sprouting, tasty desserts, natural and home blended green and protein drinks.

6-7:30pm. $17.50. Pathways Holistic Center 4833 Chestnut Street Emmaus. 610-966-7001

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14 Whole, Living Foods Class - Brook Ockerman.

Healthy foods, called “raw” (not what you think), are delicious and easy! This Raw 101 gives you the skills to prepare a variety of dishes: Cream of Zucchini Soup, Mediterranean Kale, Not-Tuna Pate, Zucchini Pasta with Marinara. 6-7:30 pm, $45, Twin Ponds Center, Call 610.395.3355

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students alike. CE credits through Yoga Alliance.

1-5pm, $100 paid in advance or $115 day of event.

Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18 Panel Talk - Bring Your Health & Wellness Issues!

What has you stuck? Your “possibilities” will be discussed by a panel of complementary/alternative health experts who collaborate under one roof to support you. Private time following. 12 noon-1:30 pm and 7:00-8:30 pm, $10.00, Twin Ponds Integrative Health Center, Call 610.395.3355 FREE Intro to the Art of Tai Chi – Attend this noobligation talk and demonstration to learn how tai chi can quiet your mind and energize your body. 6pm.

Steel Fitness Premier Health and Wellness, 250 Cetronia Rd., Suite 100, Allentown. Please contact Hilary Smith. RN at 610 751-6090.

Nutritional Wellness Series – Gale Maleskey. InterGet Hot Seven Days a Week Box 421 Emmaus, 18049 • you P: 610-421-4443 • F: 610-421-4445 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 activePA workshops help on the path for sustainable Push yourself to your edge in Lehigh Valley Yoga’s LVEditor@NaturalAwakeningsMag.com • www.NaturalAwakeningsMag.com behavior changes (habits, menus, pantry stocking, Hot Yoga room. These challenging Vinyasa flow etc.). Develop a compelling long-term vision of Introduction to Skin Brushing – Stimulates the classes is held in a ninety-eight degree room dehealth and short-term goals to get you there. (Feb. 16 lymphatic system, moving fluids back to the heart signed to build strength and stamina while offering AdMar. Proof for Natural Awakenings & 23, 2) 10-Noon, $135/3 classes, Twin Ponds and lungs for cleansing, awakens cells that may be detoxifying benefits. Sunday 10am, noon, 5:30; full of toxins, stimulates tightening of skin tissue Center, Pre-register 610.395.3355 Monday 8am, 4:30pm, 730pm; Tuesday 10am, including cellulite, and creates a healthier, vibrant, 4:30pm, 6pm, and 7:30pm; Wednesday 4:30, To: P: 610-421-4443 Winter DIY Series – Jamie Leisy of Forgotten youthful body. 6:15-7:15pm. $10. Pathways Holistic 7pm; Thursday noon, 4:30pm, 6pm, and 7:30pm; Email: 610-421-4445 Treasure Chest will share her shabby chic F: secret for Center, 4833 Chestnut Street Emmaus. 610-966Friday 10am, noon, and 6pm; Saturday 8:30am, transforming a chandelier with doilies! 11:30am- 7001 noon . Lehigh Valley Yoga, 1701 Union Blvd in 1pm atproof Eastonand Farmers’ Market Winter Mart, 516 information: Allentown. 610-776-2676 or LVYoga.com Please sign your complete the following Northampton Street (Nurture Nature Center), FREE Intro to the Art of Tai Chi – Attend this no(Ad is shown at actual size. See second page for larger ads.) obligation talk and demonstration to learn how tai chi Easton. can quiet your mind and energize your body. 11am.

FREE Tai Chi & Qigong Introduction – Brian Steel Fitness Premier Health and Wellness, 250 A Natural Medicine Forum contact information andclass. spelling correct Rd., Suite 100, Allentown. Please contact Kunsman.

Join us for a fun, stress-free Learn isCetronia Holistic Weight LossAd is approved: about and experience two meditative movement Hilary Smith. RN at 610 751-6090.

Tuesday, FEBRUARY 26 - 6pm Ad is approved with changes practices that help with strength, energy,indicated and condiJoin us for a free, informal Question and Antions such as balance, blood pressure, cardio func- Acupressure for Eye and Ear Conditions Workswer Forum with Dr. Michael Jude Loquasto not approved make changes tion, sleep, and more.– 2:00-3:30 pm, Twinindicated Ponds shop – Steve Hoog. Problems related to the eye ND, PHD, DC. Bring your health related ques-Ad is and ear and their relationship to other organs will Center, Pre-register 610.395.3355 tions and benefit from Dr. Mike’s 50 years of be discussed. Learn how acupoints can change the experience in Natural Health. Understand how flow of energy to balance the body and help in the SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17 chiropractic internal medicine, custom herbal healing process. 6:30-8:30 pm, $45, Twin Ponds formulations and non-invasive oral chelation can Posture and Alignment Workshop- Deepen your Center, Pre-register 610.395.3355 benefit you. All are welcome. Held at A Natural understanding of yoga postures, correct alignment Medicine Clinic, 2571 Baglyos Circle, Suite and movement of energy. Good for teachers and B-27, Bethlehem. Call 484-821-1460 to REVP,

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savethedate Reiki Ocean Retreat In The Hamptons - Level I & II May 17-19, 2013 Join Reiki Master Barbara Fenton for this wonderful Women’s Weekend Healing event in the Hamptons in Long Island: Reiki Level I & II with Japanese Reiki Techniques and Hayashi Healing Guide. Whether you are brand new and taking Reiki I & II for the first time, or it’s time to take your Reiki practice to a deeper level, this retreat will relax you, rejuvenate you, and heal you deeply. Itinerary: Reiki I & Reiki II, Reiki Shares, Daily Meditation, Ocean Healing, Creating Reiki Crystal Craft,Reiki Symbols Connection,Reiki Drumming, and enjoying the ocean and meeting new friends. $385.00 or $360.00 if paid in full by March 11, 2013. Only 12 participants allowed.

Meetup members can RSVP thru meetup. 10 Jeffrey Lane, East Quogue, NY. Contact Barbara at abibawell@aol.com or 610-393-2036. abibawell. wix.com/abiba

wedNesdAY, feBruArY 20 Introduction to Food Combining – Join us to learn a new language in how to combine food sources to allow for ease on digestion, assimilation, and elimination. How to lose weight without starvation, look and feel younger and have more energy. 6-7:30pm. $17.50. Pathways Holistic Center 4833 Chestnut Street Emmaus. 610-966-7001

tHursdAY, feBruArY 21 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! 7:30-9 pm, $20/Intro Class, Twin Ponds Center, Pre-register 610.395.3355

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Thermographic Diagnostic Imaging for Breast Health Assessment – 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. Call 856.596.5834 for appointment at Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, 610.395.3355

fridAY, feBruArY 22 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 23 potluck at the Mill – presentation in the series “Planning for the Changing Climate”. Bring your questions & share your ideas to help you live a Sustainable Life in the Lehigh Valley. A How-to demonstration on Backyard Composting & information on reducing your carbon footprint. Bring a salad, main dish or desert. 3-6pm. 610-923-6431. Fox Environmental Center, at Illick’s Mill, 100 Illick’s Mill Road, Bethlehem.

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! 9-10:30 am, $20/Intro Class, Twin Ponds Center, Pre-register 610.395.3355 FREE pilates Intro – Charlene Brummundt. The benefits of Pilates have such a vast offering to anyone looking to improve their all-around health.

Come in for this introduction and leave with a better understanding of this misunderstood and underused work for the body. 11 am -12:30 pm, Twin Ponds Center, Pre-register 610 395.3355

The Yoga Loft

Yoga Makes Life Better First Friday of Every Month FREE Intro to Yoga Class 6:30-7:30pm Please Call to Reserve Your Spot in Class

www.TheYogaLoftOfBethlehem .com 521 E. 4th St. • 3rd Floor • Bethlehem, PA • 610-867-YOGA (9642)

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

Reiki I Certification: February 2, 10 am – 5 pm (8 CEs available) - Feel More Energetic. Reduce Stress Levels. Alleviate Pain. Detoxify. Balance Energies. This powerful healing modality is taught in a way that will enhance your healing and personal transformation. Includes history of Reiki, attunements, hand positions for treatments on self and others, body/mind/spirit connection. Arlene Curley, RMT. $100. For 8 CEs add $50.

Oneray Spiritual Discussion Group-First Tuesdays, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm-Discuss lifechanging questions: Why is my life filled with turmoil? What does my heart really desire? Where is the meaning in my life? How can I un-do poor choices? How can I transform my life into the fullness of who I really am? In this contemporary age where huge shifts of both inner and outer worlds are taking place, this group provides a firm foundation for personal and spiritual understanding. Arlene Curley: intuitive healer, Author: Completing the Seven. $20.

Reiki for KIDS! Magic Hands! Ages 6 - 12 February 24, 10am – 1pm-We will explore subtle energies and learn simple methods of using Reiki.

The emphasis will be placed on putting words and feelings to the Reiki experience through art, movement and sound. Children benefit from learning Reiki: reduces stress & anxiety, boosts their immune system, quality of their sleep improves, enhances their interpersonal relationships. Valarie & Ian Haag, Reiki Master Teachers. $50 first child, $40 each additional child.

Reiki II Certification: March 2, 10 am – 5 pm (8 CEs available)-At this level Reiki works more powerfully and also penetrates the space-time barrier. Learn how to transmit this healing energy over distance and time, helping to heal the past and send healing energy into the future. Learn how Reiki can be applied to ideas and situations and assist in eliminating unwanted habits as well as enhancing talents. Receive special symbols, powerful attunements. Arlene Curley, RMT. $200.

For 8 CEs add $50.

Medicine Drum-Making Workshop-March 3, 10am - 4pmMaking a drum is a transformational journey into our hearts. This single sided shaman drum is a traditional native drum crafted using a wooden hoop or frame and a stretched rawhide head and lacing. Learn how to use drums in healing and cleansing ceremonies and celebrate its birth with special ceremony. Valarie and Ian Haag. $165 includes all materials. Must register

by February 15th. Contact Valarie at 267-8408003 or val@rainbowsofhealing.com. Workshop location: Greenshire Arts.

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Gregg Bradenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book, THE DIVINE MATRIX, will be the agenda of the Sunday Seminar held for 90 minutes each Sunday at the Lehigh Valley Senior Center, 1643 West Elm Street, Allentown, beginning Feb. 10. The start time: 9 a.m. This best selling author explains how to unleash the power of this matrix in our lives.

The Seminar personally touches participantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives as it unfolds the psychological and spiritual meaning of the authorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work. Information from outside sources enriches the discussion.

Cost: book. For information/registration: phone 215-679-6051.

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This Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day understand each other.

Learn new skills to shift your conversations from Who is right? to, How do we both get our needs met?, in a one-hour coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s session transform your relationship to new levels of trust, love and joy. Organic chocolate included if you schedule your coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s session for February!

Call today to schedule this extraordinary gift to your relationship. Pana Columbus, Transformation Coach, 860 Broad Street Suite 109. Emmaus.

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Cabin Fever Dance â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dance party fundraiser for Lehighton Area Pool Pals. Music will be provided

by The Doctor - DJ Layne Roberts. Great music, finger food and dancing contest. Win a Season Pool Pass for the 2013 Season or a Door Prize of a free Pool Pavilion Rental Party. Orioles Pavilion, Lehighton. Call Diane at 610-377-5275.

Aw a k e n 2 S e l f â&#x20AC;&#x201C; C o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h Transformation. Do you feel unfulfilled, empty, alone, or misunderstood? Join us for a powerful learning experience on how to find yourself through a new language of talk therapy that is empowering and complete. 6:30-7:30pm. $10.

Pathways Holistic Center, 4833 Chestnut Street Emmaus. 610-966-7001

suNdAY, feBruArY 24 7 CEs, Intro to Energetic Tissue Release â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Kathleen Sterner. Learn to palpate body rhythm and work with the bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inner healer. Through gentle touch, â&#x20AC;&#x153;listenâ&#x20AC;? to the body and assess areas of tension and restriction while assisting to release the area. Public Welcome, 9 am-5 pm, $119, Twin Ponds Center, Call 610.395.3355

moNdAY, feBruArY 25 Ashtanga Yoga Basics Series â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Learn to link breath with movement as you flow through the series of postures that make up the Sun Salutations and basic standing postures of Ashtanga Yoga. For those who think they are too inflexible to practice yoga! 2/25-4/1. 7-8pm, $75/6 classes. Emmaus Yoga, 860 Broad St. Emmaus.

610-421-8200.

tuesdAY, feBruArY 26 Smoking Cessation Group program â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3 sessions: Tues. Feb.26th & March 12th and 26th,, 2013. 7:308:30pm. $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 or email change@4change.com. 2020 Downyflake Lane, Suite 302B Allentown.

wedNesdAY, feBruArY 27 Acupressure Facelift Workshop â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Steve Hoog. Look younger, more radiant and healthierâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;NATURALLY. This technique has been used for hundreds of years. Learn how stimulating and massaging facial acupressure points with your fingers and hands can benefit skin and circulation. 6:30-8:30 pm, $45, Twin Ponds Center, Call 610.395.3355

tHursdAY, feBruArY 28 Whole, Living Foods Class - Brook Ockerman. Middle Eastern cuisine is exotic and comforting, with aromatic herbs, warming spices, and pungent flavors. Experience them in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;rawâ&#x20AC;? (not what you think) for greater health! Quinoa Tabouli, Spiced Carrots, Dolmas, & Apple Baklava. 6-7:30pm, $45, Twin Ponds Center, Call 610.395.3355

sAturdAY, mArcH 2 Journey Dance Workshop - Groove to evocative, soulthumping, world music. With guided imagery, enter a journey of inner rhythms and authentic movements.

An empowering journey to self-acceptance and joy.

No dance exp nec. 2-2pm, $20 in adv or $25 day of.

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to re-organize and rebuild physical movements.

5:45-6:45 pm, $75/6 classes, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Pre-register 610-395-3355

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

Hike, Bike and Kayak – Join the Sierra Club of the Lehigh Valley and enjoy nature. See meetup site for activities: www.meetup.com/Sierra-Club-LehighValley-Group/ First Strides – An introductory walking/running program for women. Offering group walks, education and support. Bethlehem-Sand Island, Hanover Township, Bethlehem Township and Poconos locations. Go to FirstStrides.com for days and times.

Community Acupuncture - Rochelle Aubert.

Affordable for everyone! Manage stress, boost the immune system, balance the mind-body-spirit, and so much more! Sit with a small group for approximately 30 minutes. (Private sessions for complex conditions.) Call for your session time between 6:30-8:30 pm, $35, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Pre-register 610.395.3355 Yoga Basics, mixed levels – Carol Siddiqi. Kripalu yoga will help you perform daily activities pain free and with greater ease by developing deeper self-awareness using the basics of yoga combined with the gentle movements of Feldenkrais®, 7-8 pm, $88/8 classes, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Pre-register 610-395-3355

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New Warrior Training Adventure – Sponsored by The ManKind Project. The training adventure provides men an opportunity for focused self examination and personal growth. A local MKP men’s group meets in the Lehigh Valley every other Tuesday. For more info call 866-820-1691 or visit MKP.org.

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.

Get involved with planning. 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.

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Pre-register 610-395-3355 female cancers may become a part if this group. This Improve, stabilize, and energize as you stretch and Feldenkrais® Method – Carol Siddiqi. This method YWCA program has been in existence for over 30 tone with balls, rollers, and towels. Give Pilates a of gentle movements helps you improve your capa- years. 6:30-8pm. Allentown YMCA & YWCA, 425 try your first class is free! 6-7 pm, $75/6 classes, Twin Ponds Center, W. Lehigh Valley, Pre-register bilities and overcome injuries by teaching your brain S. 15th St., Allentown. 610-434-9333.

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Coordination Pattern™ Breakthru Training – Betsy Wetzig. Learn to improve the way you function, both physically & mentally, for success in life and the release of pain and stress with simple, easy exercises. 7-8 pm, $75/6 wks., Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Pre-register 610-395-3355 Deeper Expressions Yoga, mixed levels – Mike Pope. Learn the principles of yoga while gradually building a stronger practice, creating a clearer mind, and increasing flexibility and confidence. Align with your optimal “self.” 6:45-8 pm, $88/8 classes, Twin Ponds Center, W LV, Pre-register 610-395-3355

wednesday Pilates, Beginners – Char Brummundt. Yes, Pilates is fun! Great for back and shoulder problems.

Improve, stabilize, and energize as you stretch and tone with balls, rollers, and towels. Give Pilates a try, your first class is free! 9:30-10:30 am, $75/6 classes, Twin Ponds Center, W. Lehigh Valley, Preregister 610.395.3355 Yogalates, all levels – 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. 6-7 pm, $88/8 classes, Twin Ponds Center, W LV, 610-395-3355 Tai Chi – Brian Kunsman. A gentle movement class that helps with balance, coordination, blood pressure, cardio respiratory function, sleep, the ability to move and much more! Tai Chi (energy) is created strengthening and energizing your body. New series starts Feb. 20, 7:30-8:30 pm, $50/4 wks., Twin Ponds Center, W LV, Pre-register 610-395-3355 Raja (Classical) Yoga - Offers philosophy, postures, breathing techniques, cleansing practices, relaxations and specific meditations. Handouts included.

No exp. Nec. 9-10:30am and 6:45-8:15pm, $11 in adv or $13 walk-in. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356 Family Yoga - Teach children yoga and get your own practice in! Learn about mind-body connection, balancing, coordination, breathing, stretching and relaxation. 4:30pm-5:15pm, $11 in adv or $13 walkin for 2 people, $5 extra pp. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356 Yoga Flow/Level 2 & 3 – With Brian Toseland. Sets of Vinyasa, postures linked together and coordinated with the breath to create a challenging and flowing practice. Fundamental yoga postures recommended, as this class moves at a faster pace. 6:30-7:55pm. $15. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem.

610.867.9642 Yoga for Health – A physical (hatha) style yoga class for the mind, body and spirit--without the impact and stress to joints. Improve strength, posture, flexibility, balance and lung capacity. Balance the nervous system. 6-7pm. Allentown YMCA & YWCA, 425 S. 15th St. Call 610-434-9333.

YogaStretch® – A style of yoga for active older adults. Includes a variety of safe and fun yoga postures. Using a chair for support.

Work at your own pace to build flexibility and endurance. Breathwork is coordinated with yoga postures. 1:30-2:30pm. YMCA/YWCA, 425 S. 15th St. Allentown. 610-434-9333.

Sierra Club Meeting – Join us at our monthly meeting on the fourth Wednesday of each month except July. All are welcome. Bring ideas and en-

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vironmental concerns. 7pm. Room 640S, Fowler Center, NCCC, Third and Buchanan Streets, South Bethlehem. Email lvsierraclub@gmail.com.

9:45-11:00am. $15. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. 610.867.9642

Living Green in the Lehigh Valley – Environmental-themed segments about reducing one’s carbon footprint will air during “All Things Considered” on WDIY 88.1 FM. Produced locally by Annie Prince and Bruce Wilson. 5:45pm. Visit www.wdiy.org.

Raja (Classical) Yoga - Offers philosophy, postures, breathing techniques, cleansing practices, relaxations and specific meditations. Handouts included. No exp necessary. 9-10:30am, 5:30-7pm, 7:15-8:45pm. $11 in adv or $13 walk-in. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356.

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.

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Spiritual Healing and Meditation – 7 PM - 9 PM 1st Wednesday of each month. Weather permitting.

Everyone is welcome. St. John’s Church of Faith, 607 Washington St. Allentown PA. 610-791-2641

Beginner’s Yoga – Bonita Cassel. Attention to alignment and self love make this class a perfect one for those beginning or challenged with limitations. 10-11 am, Twin Ponds Integrative Health Center, W Lehigh Valley, $88/8 classes, Pre-register 610-395-3355

Vinyasa Flow Yoga – With Carmen, Mixed level, modifications provided for all poses. Kim’s Healing Center in Easton, 6:00-7:15pm, by donation. Kim’s Healing Center, 1223 Butler St., Easton. 610-559-7280

thursday Reiki & Aromatherapy Circle -Learn about the healing arts of Japanese Reiki& Aromatherapy. Lecture, meditation, mini Reiki session with an essential oil sample. Meets the last Thurs.of each month.

6:30-7:45pm guest & practitioners. $5. RSVP. Emmaus. Handicap accessible. 610-393-2036.

Tai Chi – Improve strength and promote calm and harmony by improving energy flow. 6:30-7:45pm.

To reserve. 610.867.9642. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem 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 Ave. (Rte 145) #105, Allentown. 610-282-0709.

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.

Coordination Pattern™ Breakthru Training – Betsy Wetzig. Learn to improve the way you function, both physically & mentally, for success in life and the release of pain and stress with simple, easy exercises. 7-8 pm, $75/6 wks., Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Pre-register 610-395-3355 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. Props will be used to assist students 7-8:15 pm, $88/8 classes, Twin Ponds, W LV, Preregister 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.

Intermediate/Advanced Yoga Class – With Florence Corcoran. 6pm. Kula Heart Yoga & Wellness Center, 3400 Bath Pike (512/Center St) Suite 201, Bethlehem. 610-746-5852 Yoga/Level 1 – With Megan Ridge. Learn correct alignment and breathing in fundamental yoga postures.

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Kripalu Yoga, mixed levels – Carol Siddiqi. Greater self-awareness by learning the basics of yoga and the gentle movements of Feldenkrais will help you perform daily activities with greater ease, pleasure and no pain.11:30am-12:30pm, $88/8 classes, Twin Ponds, W LV, Pre-register 610-395-3355 Encore – Cancer Support and Exercise Group. All female cancers may become a part if this group. This YWCA program has been in existence for over 30 years. 9-10:30am. Allentown YMCA & YWCA, 425 S. 15th St., Allentown. 610-434-9333.

Yoga/Core Flow 2 – With Laurel. Fri, 9:30-10:45am.

Learn how to use your core in every yoga pose, taking your practice to a higher level. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem 521 E. 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 Raja (CLASSICAL) Yoga - Offers philosophy, postures, breathing techniques, cleansing practices, relaxations and specific meditations. Handouts included. No exp. 9-10:30am, $11 in adv. or $13 walk-in. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356.

Yoga/Level 1 & 2 with Restoratives – With Melanie Smith. This class picks up the pace from Level 1 and works on preparations for intermediate poses including inversions. Learn supported postures that relax the nervous system deeply. 10:30-11:55am. $15 Yoga Loft of Bethlehem 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. 610.867.9642 Adult Autism Support Group – By & for those on the spectrum to discuss their concerns and strategies for success. Free. 1st Sat. monthly. Noon-2pm. 3005 Brodhead Rd #260, Bethlehem. 610-216-4319.

Open Yoga Class – Suitable for all levels. 8:30 am Kula Heart Yoga & Wellness Center, 3400 Bath Pike (512/Center St) Ste 201, Bethlehem. 610-746-5852 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 Gamblers Anonymous Meeting – If you have a gambling problem please join us every Saturday morning.

11am-1pm at St. Luke’s Hospital, Bethlehem in the Education Center. Rm 111. 215-872-5635.

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ACUPUNCTURE BALANCED ACUPUNCTURE Heather Shoup, L.Ac. 2299 Brodhead Rd., Suite A Bethlehem, PA 18020 610-393-7589 www.balancedacupuncture.net

A patient centered wellness community, where treatment is individually tailored. Heather promotes health and wellness by creating balance in the body. Acupuncture specializing in anxiety, depression, digestive, and cancer support.

CLASSICAL 5 ELEMENT ACUPUNCTURE

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

Welcome to my practice of 29 years. I offer you : Preventative and curative medicine, barefoot doctor wellness clinic for seasonal balance, balance method: Dr. Tans amazing treatments for all conditions, traditional Chinese medicine: symptomatic treatment for chronic and acute conditions, trigger point musculoskeletal, physician- based treatments for athletes and injuries and Classical 5 Element diagnosis and treatment for sustained change

LEHIGH VALLEY ORIENTAL MEDICINE CENTRE

Ming ming and David Molony 101 Bridge St.,Catasauqua, PA 18032 610-264-2755

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. See ad, page 13.

LISA BAAS ACUPUNCTURE & ORIENTAL MEDICINE

2358 Sunshine Rd. Allentown, PA 18103 610-841-9300 Lic. # OM 000054 livingartsmedicine.com

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.

Trexlertown, PA 18087 610-395-5509 LiveWellIntegratedHealth.com

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 9.

ELEMENTS FOR HEALING

Heather Terrible West Bethlehem PA 484-626-2920 facebook.com/pages/Elements-for-Healing/224271684264736

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 33.

JOANNE C BLEW LMT 2020 Downyflake Lane Allentown, PA 18103 610-392-1337 jcblew6@aol.com

Zero Balancing(ZB)is a hands on body/mind system of therapy that balances the relationship of energy and structure within the body. Promotes internal balance and harmony through informed skilled touch. It allows the client’s body the opportunity to align and relax. See ad, page 33.

AROMATHERAPY YOUNG LIVING ESSENTIAL OILS

Jackie Kern, Independent Distributor 800-759-6850 Wellnessfromtheearth.vibrantscents.com

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! Income opportunities Also Available.

AYURVEDA WELLNESS

Ayurveda WELLNESS CENTER Dr. Shekhar Annambhotla 567 Thomas Street Coopersburg, PA 18036 484-347-6110 www.ojas.us

Practicing and teaching Ayurveda worldwide since 1988, offering Personal Ayurvedic Wellness Consultations, Panchakarma (detoxification) programs, Massage, Integrative Ayurvedic body therapies, Weight loss programs, Courses, Workshops, Seminars, Vegetarian cooking classes, Free community health lectures, Intensive Ayurvedic training programs India.

BODYWORK

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. Gift certificates available. See ad, page 33.

MODERN CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY David Nemeroff, NCBTMB 2008 Eberhart Rd, Whitehall, PA 18052 610-737-4212 www.therapy4healing.com LIC# MSG001443

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 23.

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LIVEWELL INTEGRATED HEALTH LLC

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

Trexlertown, PA 18087 610-395-5509 LiveWellIntegratedHealth.com

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 9.

COLON HYDROTHERAPY PATHWAYS HOLISTIC CENTER

4833 Chestnut St. Emmaus, PA 18049 610.966.7001 www.pathwaysholistic.com

Offering colon hydrotherapy (CHT) from compassionate practitioners skilled in total system healing. Cleansing and rebuilding colon health allows for your body to heal from the inside by providing total system hydration and detoxification. Good digestive health leads to weight loss, improved nutrient absorption and greater overall health.

NEW LEAF WELLNESS CENTER 21 Main Street Clinton, NJ 08809 908-713-1900 NewLeafWellness.com

Offering colon hydrotherapy, detoxification, wellness coaching and other services to cleanse, maintain and restore health. Colonics are a hygienic and safe method of removing toxins, can boost your immune system, restore proper ph in the body and restore regular bowel movement.

COUNSELING – HOLISTIC REV. LYN S. FELIX, MSW, LCSW, CHT, RM

Smart Solutions and Creative Holistic Therapy 3037 S. Pike Ave. #105 Allentown, PA 18103 610-282-0709 www.creativeholistictherapy.com A holistic counselor and coach, using hypnotherapy, chakra energy clearing, Reiki, mindfulness & more to help you shift from limited, fear-based thinking, believing, and behaving patterns into living from your magnificent essence. Experience joy as you resonate with higher vibrational frequencies in all aspects of your life.

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TWIN PONDS INTEGRATIVE HEALTH CENTER

3005 Broadhed Road #260 Bethlehem, PA 18020 610-216-4319 www.tinkerpsychotherapy.com

628 Twin Ponds Rd Fogelsville Area, 610-395-3355 www.twinpondscenter.com

Get results for your depression, anxiety, fear, insomnia, trauma, chronic pain, and family issues (including adult autism). In private practice for 8+ years, from serious diagnosis to ‘getting life on track’ via coaching, your unique needs are attended warmly, professionally, confidentially, and respectfully. Talk Therapy, Relaxation, Reiki, Art, and natural modes empower YOU. Call for free consultation.

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 ads, pages 15 and 29.

FUNERAL SERVICES

HOLISTIC HEALTH

NICOS C. ELIAS FUNERAL HOME, INC

Barbara Fenton, H.H.P.

Nicos C. Elias, Supervisor Allentown, PA. 610-433-2200 www.eliasfuneralhome.com

Reiki Master/Teacher – Aromatherapist Emmaus, PA 18049 610-393-2036 www.abiba.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

Offering Reiki, Reflexology, Aromatherapy, Crystals, Wellness Classes and Retreats. Helping women find their inner balance and to empower them to become more active participants in their personal healing through a holistic approach to life. Barbara Fenton is also an independent Distributor of Young Living Essential oils. Visit ww.youngliving. com/abiba to purchase or for income opportunity info.

HEALTH COACH Health & Wellness Nurse Navigators, LLC

BETSY THOMSON

Offering integrative health coaching services that are individualized to meet your needs and goals.

Find out how to lose weight safely, increase your energy, and live an abundant life. Specializing in preventing and managing chronic diseases, gluten sensitivity and gluten allergy. Let us help you navigate your path towards wellness today. Please call for your free initial health consultation!

Betsy’s readings which are straight forward and inspirational are like that of a coach giving guidance and support. Her readings help clients evolve by removing inner blockages and self deception. This allows for stronger inner balance to occur. Readings cover such subjects as relationships, career, health, life path, past lives, etc. Betsy is also available to teach workshops in psychic and intuitive development, tarot and mindfulness meditation.

Kathleen DeVaul, MSN, RN, CHC 420 Hamsher Ave.,Topton, PA 19562 484-661-6786 www.hwnursenavigators.com

HOLISTIC CENTER GREENSHIRE ARTS CONSORTIUM

C.H.A.N.G.E.

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

www.healthylehighvalley.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 53.

Psychic/Intuitive Counselor Quakertown, Pa / NYC / Worldwide 212-460-1810 tarot-card-psychic.com

HYPNOTHERAPY Beverley S. Bley 2020 Downyflake Lane Allentown, PA 18103 610-797-8250, www.4change.com

C.H.A.N.G.E.

CHIROPRACTOR

Certified Master Hypnotherapist.

Enhance YourdepresHealth, Control stress and anxiety, Happiness &Lose Productivity sion, pain and anger. weight, Counseling, Hypnotherapy Naturally Generated Excelle eliminate smoking. And Hypnotherapy Lose Weight, Stop Smoking, Eliminate Phobias certification and hypnobirthing Control: Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Pain & Anger Hypnotherapy Certification Classes classes. See ad, page 26.

Call for a Sample Hypnotherapy Class CD & Registration Information

Bev Bley L.P.N., C.M.Ht. Certified Master Hypnotherapist Free Phone Consultations: 610-797-8250 • change@4change.com • www.4change

MINDFUL CHANGE

Ashley M. Taylor 40 Clarendon Dr. Easton, PA 18040 484.548.0622 www.mindfulchangehypnotherapy.com

Through hypnotherapy, realize your inner potential for greatness, success, health, and wellness. When you change your mind, you change your life. Quit Smoking, Lose Weight, Gain Confidence and Achieve More.

Become your best self. See ad, page 55.

OPTIONS HYPNOSIS

561 Main Street, Suite 290 Bethlehem, PA 18018 484-893-0096 www.optionshypnosis.com

Discover the POWER of your unconscious mind. With hypnosis, you CAN overcome stress, pain, depression, or fear. You CAN successfully manage your weight and quit smoking - whatever is keeping you from the life you want. We offer a variety of effective techniques. FREE consultation. See ad, page 36.

MEDITATION & WELLNESS EFFORTLESS MEDITATION

Twin Ponds Integrative Health Center 628 Twin Ponds Rd., West Lehigh Valley 610.395.3355 www.twinpondscenter.com

Destress, revitalize and be healthier with scientifically validated and physician recommended Effortless Meditation. Experience rest deeper than sleep! Greg Schweitzer taught for Deepak Chopra, M.D. and other notables for 30+ years. Introductory classes and a 10-hour course. See ad, page 20.

MOVEMENT THERAPY – FELDENKRAIS METHOD®

Carol Siddiqi FGNA, RYT

Twin Ponds Integrative Health Center 628 Twin Ponds Rd, West Lehigh Valley 610-395-3355 www.twinpondscenter.com

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.

NATURAL DENTISTRY Cosmetic and Natural Dentistry

2600 Newburg Rd.Easton, PA 18045 610-252-1454 www.beatacarlson.com

A Natural or Holistic approach to enhance your physical health and eliminate any compromise to the immune system. Mercury free, non-surgical periodontal treatment, tooth whitening, cosmetic makeovers and herbal support in a gentle, relaxing and caring atmosphere. See ad, page 13.

Michael Taras, DMD, FAGD, FIND, CNC, IBDM, NMD 2900 Hamilton Blvd.

Allentown, PA 18103

Dr. Taras is a mercury free, holistic dentist who performs safe mercury filling removal and is the developer of the mercury protection program.

Mercury testing, pH, ozone, homeopathics, ionic minerals, & drainage remedies are used to heal patients naturally.

NATURAL FAMILY MEDICINE PHILLIP GETSON, D.O.

Family Physician · Board Certified Thermologist Serving Bethlehem, Easton and Fogelsville www.healththroughawareness.com · www.tdinj.com (856) 596-5834

A board certified family physician for 35 years and co-founder of Health Through Awareness in Marlton, NJ. An internationally recognized expert in the diagnosis and treatment of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (RSD). An advocate for health and preventive medicine championing thermography as an early diagnostic tool for many health conditions including breast health.

Certified by four Thermographic Boards. Outreach assessments available in PA. See ad, page 11.

MAULFAIR MEDICAL CENTER Conrad Maulfair, D.O. 2970 Corporate Court, Suite 1 Orefield, PA 18069 610-682-2104 www.drmaulfair.com, www.purelyyoudetox.com

A NATURAL MEDICINE CLINIC

DR. MICHAEL JUDE LOQUASTO, ND, PHD, DC Lehigh Valley Professional Center 2571 Baglyos Circle, Suite B-27 Bethlehem, PA 18020 * 484-821-1460 www.drmichaelloquasto.com

Specializing in Natural Medicine for over 25 years, Dr. Loquasto holds doctorates in Naturopathy, Nutrition and Chiropractic Internal Medicine. He is also a Master Herbalist as well as a certified Clinical and Dietitian Nutritionist. Dr. Loquasto offers custom formulations for specific conditions and non-invasive chelation therapy. In addition the following tests are done at the clinic: live cell microscope, circulation testing, EKG, pulmonary lung testing, bone density, x-ray, scanning for foot & ankle problems, blood pressure, blood oxygen levels and blood testing for diabetes and other health issues. The goal is to restore and/ or maintain a healthy lifestyle.

WOODLANDS HEALING RESEARCH Family, Environmental and Preventative Medicine

Nicholas DiMartino, D.O. 5724 Clymer Rd, Quakertown, PA 215-536-1890

Woodlands Healing Research Center is a family practice supporting individualized natural approaches to health. We offer lifestyle and nutritional consultation to achieve optimal health and vitality. We also offer complete women’s services including GYN, menopause, osteoporosis and bio-identical hormone therapy. See ad, page 22.

NATURAL HEALTH

DALLAS WELLNESS CENTER, LLC

Debra E Dallas, PhD, MIfHI, DCNT 4048 Freemansburg Ave.,Easton, PA 18045 610-253-1977, dallaswellnesscenterllc.com

Dallas Wellness Center is an integrated therapy and diagnostic center.

We offer Iridology, Thermographic Imaging, Nutrigenomics and Nutrition, nutraMetrix, Homeopathy, Herbology, Blood Typing, Hair Analysis, Ion Cleansing, Reflexology, Reiki, and Qi-Cultivation classes. When people have been everywhere else and are still sick, they come visit us. See ad, page 46.

Jean Louise Collins M.Ac.,Lic. Ac.,NCCAOM Diplomat 2020 Downyflake Ln.,Allentown, PA 18103 610-317-6064

Dr. Maulfair is an Osteopathic Physician bringing four decades of knowledge and experience in alternative, complementary medicine to his patient care.

Help for all conditions and all ages. Offering Chelation Therapy, Hubbard Method Sauna detoxification – Purely You, and many other treatment programs.

Maulfair Medical Center brings the best of both worlds to their patients. See ad, page 40.

Tending your health with loving, professional care in my office, your home or in community setting such as retirement communities, churches and businesses.

You will experience deep relaxation to relieve stress and anxiety. Treatment will stimulate blood flow and promote energy flow, opening blockages that cause pain. Symptomatic treatment for chronic and acute conditions include herbal formulations at wholesale cost.Classical 5 Element diagnosis and treatment for sustained change

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

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.

Robert E Hartzell RPH, CCN Shelley Surber RD, LDN 300 American Street Catasauqua, Pa 18032 610-264-5471 ext 237

Offering our successful (FLT) First Line Therapy, and Ultra Lite therapeutic Life style programs. Our programs will help with weight concerns; blood sugar concerns, cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood pressure. Let us help to implement healthy changes into your life. Change your life, Take back your health. Call for an appointment See ad, page 18.

TWIN PONDS INTEGRATIVE HEALTH CENTER

628 Twin Ponds Rd., West Lehigh Valley 610.395.3355 www.twinpondscenter.com

Let our world class practitioners help you relieve stress, renew your overall health and achieve more in your life. Our services are appropriate for people of all ages. Call today for more information or to register for a private session, class or workshop. See ads, pages 15 and 29

NATUROPATH NATURAL HEALTH PROMOTION LLC

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

Specializing in preventative healthcare, digestion and nutrient absorption, and thyroid and adrenal health. Modalities such as iridology, sclerology and biochemical balancing enable the development of your unique program for optimum health.

These programs are easy to follow and incorporate into your daily life. Reach your full health potential! See ad, page 6.

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NUTRITIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Nicholas Theodorou ND

5 Stonecroft Drive.,Easton, PA 18045 610-258-1894 Nutritek.net

“Dr. Nick” Traditional Naturopath. Get and stay healthy. Proven Five-Point Program teaches you about eating a wholesome diet, prudent exercise, the proper use of supplements, getting quality sleep and reducing stress. Internationally recognized expertise on nutritional supplements including glutathione enhancement! Free miniconsults! Call or email for information.

NUTRITION & EDUCATION

INTEGRATIVE NUTRITION Gale Maleskey, MS, RD, LDN

Twin Ponds Integrative Health Center 628 Twin Ponds Rd., West Lehigh Valley 610.395.3355 www.twinpondscenter.com

Learn how to live a healthier life, recover from serious illness, lose weight, gain energy, and develop life-sustaining habits, using a coaching-based, integrative nutrition approach. Gale Maleskey is a registered dietitian, licensed Wellness Coach, and trained at Dr. Andrew Weil’s Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. Call for a free 20-minute, get-acquainted chat.

WELLNESS SIMPLIFIED

THE JOYFUL ELEPHANT

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

Providing food coaching, menu planning, and hands-on cooking demos. My training is in plantbased diets for weight loss and disease prevention and reversal as seen in the film Forks Over Knives. I support, motivate, and encourage you to reach your wellness goals. I help you to try new recipes and broaden your skill set so that you can feel confident in preparing healthy, tasty meals.

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

NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING ALICIA RAMBO-WOSNIAK

Center for Healthy Living @ Easton Yoga 524 Northampton Street, Easton, PA 18042 610.923.7522 www.eastonyoga.com

Are you in a food rut? Want to lose a few pounds? Feeling sluggish and unmotivated? Whole foods detoxing is what your body need. I offer customized detox plans and wholebody care. Over 10 years of wellness experience through yoga and now offering wellness coaching through lifestyle and nutritional counseling. Free Health Consultations, call now!

Laura Timbrook

Holistic Health Coach C.H.C Nazareth, PA 18064 484-291-4848 LauraTimbrook.com

Spend an hour to work on your nutrition and goals with a trained professional. As a Health Coach, I create a supportive environment that will enable you to achieve all of your health goals. I have studied all the major dietary theories and use practical lifestyle coaching methods to guide you in discovering which approach works best for you. Call today for a Free Health History Consultation See ad, page 55

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Michelle M.L. Trent, NET, CPT Food Coach and Certified Personal Trainer Bethlehem, PA 484.515.6603 JoyfulElephant.com

REFLEXOLOGY b.healthy

Stephanie M. Shelly, CHC, MRP Bethlehem, PA 18017 484-903-8381 www.StephanieMShelly.com

Stephanie is a medical reflexology practitioner, certified health coach, and chef. Her focus is to stop further deterioration, persuade the body to biologically correct itself, strengthen and reinforce all systems of the body, and continue the body’s maintenance of good health.

REIKI MACK CHIROPRACTIC

Cheryl Karcher - Usui Reiki Practitioner 269 Route 31 Washington, NJ 908-689-5110

Discover this Japanese healing art.

Reiki relieves stress and anxiety, promotes restful sleep while giving you increased energy. Produces a feeling of mental clarity and well being while aiding in the healing of most every illness and injury, accelerates wound healing and enhances any medical treatment. 45 minute sessions on Wednesday and Friday between 4:30 and 7 pm. Free 15-min introductory minisessions and tea on Friday.

SPIRITAL HEALING SHUMEI

361 E. Main Street Kutztown, PA 19530 484-788-8328 penn@shumei.org www.shumei.org

Jyorei was developed by Mokichi Okada in Japan in the early part of the twentieth century. It is a simple yet profound healing art in which spiritual Light is focused on others. One Jyorei session usually takes about ten minutes. No fee is requested for the session, although donations are accepted. Hours: Mon, Thu and Fri 3pm-5pm, 2nd and 4th Wed 5pm-7pm.

STUCTURAL INTEGRATION ANDREI KAZLOUSKI

Twin Ponds Integrative Health Center 628 Twin Ponds Rd., West Lehigh Valley 610.395.3355 www.twinpondscenter.com

ROLF METHOD OF STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION - highly effective hands-on approach for improving posture, alleviating chronic pain, increasing energy level, and enhancing flexibility through restoring your body to its natural state of alignment. Enjoy moving freely again! Board Certified Structural Integrator CM and Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. See ad, page 30.

THERMOGRAPHIC IMAGING Liesha Getson, BCTT, HHC

Board Certified Thermologist Technician Holistic Health Counselor Serving Bethlehem, Easton and Fogelsville www.healththroughawareness.com · www.tdinj.com 856-596-5834

A Board Certified Thermographic Technician has imaged thousands of patients for many types of health concerns. She is a Holistic Health Counselor and is a member of the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. A founding partner of Health Through Awareness in Marlton, NJ, a cooperative wellness center that provides a variety of alternative services to facilitate healthy living including nutrition and lifestyle counseling, Reiki, thermography, and biopuncture. Liesha administers outreach thermogram assessments in several eastern PA centers regularly. See ad, page 11.

VETERINARIAN – HOLISTIC LEE SIMPSON DVM, CVA

PATHWAYS HOLISTIC CENTER

1141 Hawk Mountain Rd Kempton, PA 19529 610-756-6036 HealingOptionsForAnimals.com

100% Holistic practice for dogs and cats since 2000.

Certified in Veterinary Acupuncture. Experience using only alternative healing includes, homemade diets, herbs, acupuncture and nutraceuticals to help cancer patients, severe allergies, and other serious diseases as well as musculoskeletal problems. Please check the website for more information.

VETERINARY CANINE REHABILITATION ANIMAL THERAPY CENTER

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

Aquatic exercise can rejuvenate geriatric pets and condition competition companions.

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Learn a new way to loose weight without starvation. Reduce the health risks to the bodies systems.

We will teach you new ways of relating to food that allows for nourishing at a cellular level, cleansing your blood, reducing or eliminating gas and bloating.

Learn the food combining way that also provides for anti-aging.

YOGA KULA HEART YOGA

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Bringing community of the hearts together as we embrace diversity & celebrate life.

Diverse yoga classes, certified/registered yoga teachers, Yoga Te a c h e r Tr a i n i n g , Kid’s/Family yoga, Therapeutic, Restorative, Anusara Inspired, Kundalini, Prenatal, & Pilates.

Workshops with internationally renowed teachers. Massage therapy services in our beautiful wellness center. New student special $30 for 30 days unlimited yoga.

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ANIMAL THERAPY CENTER

Danielle Dulin MVB,CVA 3247 B Wimmer Rd. Bethlehem, PA 18020 610-865-4348 - AnimalTherapyCenter.com

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.

VETERINARY PHYSICAL THERAPY ANIMAL THERAPY CENTER

Beth Kenny M.P.T 3247 B Wimmer Rd. Bethlehem, PA 18020 610-865-4348

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FITNESS & HOLISTIC HEALTH, R.Y.S. 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville, PA 18106, Unit #7 www.quietheartyoga.com quietheartyoga@hotmail.com, 484-515-8356

At affordable costs and convenient times, we offer Raja (Classical) Yoga, Hatha & Family Yoga, Tai Chi, QiGong, JourneyDance and Bellydancing. Experience a unique and welcoming atmosphere for all ages and levels of experience. Reiki and other healing workshops, kirtans and more. Medical Massage Therapy and Spiritual Energy Healing also available. Contact us for more info!

THE YOGA LOFT

A physical therapist with 17 years experience, including special education in canine anatomy and conditions for the past 10 years. Utilize many of the same rehabilitative techniques and therapies used for years with humans to help your animal companion recover from injury, surgery, or to improve their quality of life in the golden years.

521 E 4th St., 3rd Floor (above Cantelmi’s Hardware) Bethlehem, PA 18015 610-867-YOGA (9642) www.theyogaloftofbethlehem.com

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The Yoga Loft offers quality yoga instruction for students of all levels in a variety of styles. We also offer workshops and other special events, Certified Yoga Teacher Training, Belly dance, Tai Chi, Prenatal Yoga, and Mat Pilates See ad, page 53.

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Hypnotherapy Certification Classes - 150 hours.

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Payment plans accepted. For more info 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. . personal and professional Online Training – Courses available in Green Design, Sustainability, Alternative Energy, plus some fun classes in landscaping, Feng Shui and more. Continuing Education for Professionals, such as Green Building, LEED, and Sustainability Certification. www. bfenvironmental.com

oPPortuNities Established pA DOE Licensed Holistic Training School – For sale. Growing demand. Call Mary Ellen Cox 610-454-8500.

Licensed Massage Therapist - Rental space in Chiropractic office in Bethlehem.

Call 610-997-3992 for more information.

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Massage Therapist Wanted – Independent Massage Therapist wanted to join Nazareth Wellness Center. Not an hourly position. 610-365-8996 Therapists Needed – Experienced and licensed massage therapists needed as Independent Contractors for west Lehigh Valley facility. Atmosphere is quiet, relaxed and professional. Please call 610-360-8636

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sPAce to reNt 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 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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