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

24 SOUL-FULL GOALS

Feeling Our Way to Happiness

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by Susie Ruth

25 CATALYST FOR CHANGE Natural Awakenings Celebrates 20 Years

by Sharon Bruckman

26 MONEY MYTHS

Filmmaker Katie Teague Uncovers Our Misperceptions

by Linda Sechrist

30 CARING, STEERING, CHEERING

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A Health Coach Helps Us Change for Good

by Lauressa Nelson

32 OUR OWN HEALTH PLAN 30 Building a Team that Has Our Back

by Kathleen Barnes

36 WHOLE FOOD

Greater than the Sum of its Parts

by Margie King

38 LABEL LITERACY

Five Tips Help Kids Choose Healthy Foods

by Elisa Bosley

40 EVER-MORE-GREEN IN 2014

Easy Ways to Go Eco Right Now

by Avery Mack

44 FITNESS Ă la CARTE The Latest, Hottest Trends

by Christine MacDonald

46 LONG-LIVED PETS

Anti-Aging Care Aids Youthful Vigor

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

elcome to a new year! The older I get, the faster the years fly by, but I am always excited at the prospect of fresh beginnings. They offer pivotal points to pause and reflect upon the choices we have made; to determine if we want to continue along that same path or create different opportunities for ourselves.

It’s great to have a time of year devoted to sanctioned do-overs. Having a bad day or are things not going your way? A do-over is better than any famous cure-all product that promises to clean up anything that ails you.

Inspired by fellow Natural Awakenings publishers around the country, I am now considering my own 2014 do-overs. With the help of my life coach, I have updated my intentions, defined my annual business plan, started a new exercise regimen and located a promising 365-day inspiration book to remind me of my place in the universe and, I trust, help me grow in wisdom. I hope to fill coming months with more activities that broaden my mind, strengthen my body and feed my soul.

In this annual Health & Wellness issue, we hope you’ll find cause for reflection on how to achieve optimum overall health. Delving into Kathleen Barnes’ feature article, “Build Your Own Wellness Dream Team,” and Lauressa Nelson’s “A Health Coach Helps Us Change for Good,” I expect you’ll find good reasons to draw members of your customized support team from those you meet monthly in these pages. Are you ready to be transformed?

I am privileged to be a part of the larger Natural Awakenings family of publishers, advertisers, distribution sites and millions of readers that grasp the vision of what it takes to bring about positive change in our own communities. In our 2014 kickoff announcement, “Catalyst for Change: Natural Awakenings Celebrates 20 years,” Sharon Bruckman, company founder and CEO, applauds our nationwide readership: “Collectively, we comprise a great movement embodying ways of living that are healthy for people and the planet. Together, we are producing a pay-it-forward chain reaction of positive energy and conscious living that benefits everyone.” That, I believe, says it all.

May 2014 be your best year yet, Reid Boyer, Publisher

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Heal the Past to Heal the Present

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void heart attacks, strokes, disability or even death with a Carotid Artery Screening at Twin Ponds Center from 11 am to 4 pm on January 25. This noninvasive, risk-free screening assesses blood flow and wall structure of arteries in the neck.

Each appointment is 15 minutes, results in 10 minutes. Participants will also learn how specific conditions may be corrected naturally.

A carotid artery screening, also known as a duplex scan, is an abbreviated vascular ultrasound study done to assess the blood flow and wall structure of the arteries in the neck that supply blood from the heart to the face and brain. There are six carotid arteries, three on each side: the Y-shaped common carotid artery divides and forms the internal carotid artery and the external carotid artery.

The term “duplex” refers to the fact that two modes of ultrasound are used, which evaluate the velocity and direction of blood flow to indicate stroke risk and obtain the image of the intima and media wall thickness for heart disease risk.

Cost is $60. Location: Twin Ponds Center, West LV, For appointments, call 610-395-3355. See ad, page 35.

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ev. Tina Frazier, a hypnotherapist and spiritual mentor, has helped many individuals resolve problems in this lifetime that are rooted in past-life issues. She states, “I believe positive life change can happen in an instant, a month, a year or even lifetimes.

The question is, which would you prefer?” New to the Greenshire staff, Frazier will facilitate workshops that include a Spiritual Connection Series on January 10 and 24, and Past Lives Revisited, on February 1.

Frazier’s guided support and specific practices can help people work at their own pace to heal, grow and change. She says, “My approach can help you take charge of your life, reprogram old behavior patterns and create a more productive and successful life.”

Greenshire Arts Consortium is dedicated to helping people improve the quality of life while they strengthen, revitalize, and explore new horizons through holistic studies, creative arts, conversations, retreats and community involvement.

Location: Greenshire Arts Consortium, 3620 Sterner Mill Rd., Quakertown. For more information, call 215538-0976 or visit GreenshireArts.org. See ad, page 49.

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ealth, Wellness and Spirituality—A Next Step Workshop Series, will be presented in 12 evening sessions on January 9, 16, 23 and 30, February 6, 13, 20 and 27, and March 6, 13, 20 and 27, at Saint Francis Center for Renewal, in Bethlehem.

Workshops, films and discussions examine the interrelationship of spiritual, emotional, psychological and physical wellness, and identify resources for long-term transformation and growth. Emphasis is placed on developing strategies for achieving gradual and sustained transition and establishing practical routines supportive of each participant’s life goals.

Coaches will be available to assist each participant develop a personalized Wellness Transition Plan as a guide for continued development. Spirituality workshops provide insightful instruction for incorporating prayer and meditation in daily life and recognizing and using our unique spiritual gifts to help others. Classes in natural cooking, holistic weight loss and restorative exercise are included to assist in improving physical health and achieving an ideal body weight.

Cost: individual sessions: $20 each; natural cooking classes: $40 each; 10-session series $175. Location: 395 Bridle Path Rd., Bethlehem, PA. For more information and registration, call Bob Drake at 610-867-8494 or email BobDrake2010@ gmail.com. See ad, page 11.

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This ad will be published as it appears if the proof is not returned to us. If there are a If you are a seeker who desires a to 4 p.m., January 26, will teach parthis proof please call or email. heart-based and experiential path ticipants the joyful folk dancing of Nubia, in of study, we are looking for you to Africa. The class includes instrumentation, Signature: Dat join our excellent instructors on a costuming, musicality, combinations/choreography, culture, expression and stage presence, journey of personal development with handouts and music provided. Bring a veil and spiritual transformation. or purchase one at workshop. Cost is $30 in Change Your Path in 2014. advance or $35 at the door.

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Bellydance with Veils, a class held from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. on eight Thursdays, begin“I chose this school because it cherishes ning January 9, teaches how to manipulate the veil with simple all faiths and honors the spirit of Tikkun Olam traveling steps and basic arm paths to create beautiful body (healing the world).” ~ F. Leibman alignments, along with serpentine circular movements, luxurious undulations and subtle shimmies with fun choreography.

Cost is $88.

Call or email to reserve your space now.

Amala Gameela is a talented and passionate Middle Eastern Dance Artist specializing in folkloric Middle Eastern dance and Egyptian cabaret. She is a an enthusiastic instructor who presents traditional Middle Eastern dance with beauty, culture, and professional artistry.

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MO Free PA and Brad’s Raw Foods are holding a special Valentine’s Day event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., February 15, to learn about genetically modified igne Whitson, a Circle of Seaorganisms (GMO) and the their sons Charter School counselor impact on the world, including and nationally recognized author our health, the environment and• P: 610-421-4443 • F: 610-421-4445 Box 421 Emmaus, PA 18049 and bullying prevention educator, will be offering an animals. Doors open at 9:30 a.m.

• www.NaturalAwakeningsMag.co informative workshop, Friendship & Other Weapons: LVEditor@NaturalAwakeningsMag.com It is estimated that over 80% of processed foods on our Practical Strategies for Understanding and Ending Bulsupermarket shelvesAd now contain genetically engineered ingreProof for Natural Awakenings lying, at 9 a.m., January 11, at Circle of Seasons Charter dients, and more than 150 genetically engineered species of School. crops are currently in development. With no longP:term safety To: 610-421-4443 In this half-day workshop, Whitson will provide intests conducted, our health and our children’s health may be at Email: F: 610-421-4445 formation, strategies and everyday actions that parents, risk. With the latest, most up-to-date information and news about teachers, and other adults can take to reduce and work GMO, guest speakers will share their yearsthe of experience, knowlPlease sign your proof and complete following information: towards bringing an end to bullying among school-aged edge(Ad andisexpertise inactual their field and arm participants withlarger the ads.) shown at size.

See second page for students. know-how and tools to be an advocate for the cause, including Getting a handle on bullying in schools is a comaction steps to create a transparent food system in the commonplex challenge that often leaves parents and educators Ad is approved: contact information and spelling is correct wealth of Pennsylvania. feeling overwhelmed. The good news is that although There will also beapproved an opportunity to taste some delicious Ad is with changes indicated big solutions are often trumpeted in the media, it is the GMO-free food to taste and get more information from local CSA small, powerful acts that trustworthy adults can use to Ad is not approved – make changes indicated (community supported agriculture) and businesses. signal to individual kids that their dignity is paramount Cost is $5 or free with a new, paid membership. Location: and that their safety will be prioritized.

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ickets are now of sale for the Easton Main Street Initiative’s sweetest fundraiser of the year. The 2014 Chocolate Lovers’ Soiree, will be held January 25 at the Bank Street Annex, in Downtown Easton, showcasing the culinary talent and creativity of local, independently owned businesses.

Participants will enjoy an evening of decadent desserts, savory treats, great conversation, live music and dancing. As a new twist, three ticket levels are available. An exclusive $75 ticket (limited to 20 people) includes a three-course dinner prepared by Executive Chef Peter Felton, of Pearly Bakers, paired with beer from Easton’s own Two Rivers Brewing Company from 5:30 to 7 p.m., and includes admission to the Chocolate Lovers’ Soiree for dessert. A $40 preview ticket allows early access for the chocolate dessert event from 7 to 8 p.m. General admission is $30 from 8 to 10 p.m.

The mission of the EMSI is to promote, encourage, and enhance the economic strength and vitality of Easton’s central business district through volunteer and community driven efforts. These efforts will focus on enhancing the quality of life in the downtown and promoting the uniqueness of the community’s history, architecture, Box 421 Emmaus, PA 18049 • P: 610-421-4443 • F: 610-421-4445 diverse culture and riverfront location.

LVEditor@NaturalAwakeningsMag.com • www.NaturalAwakeningsMag.com Location: 316 Northampton St. For tickets, visit EastonMainStreet.org/chocolate.

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This premier yoga studio brings in internationally renowned anusara yoga teachers to further learning and growth. As a community center for the whole family, they honor and respect one another with kindness and truthfulness, expanding into our global community and providing active service from the heart.

Please RSVP to 610-746-5852. Location: 3400 Bath Pike, Ste. 201, Bethlehem.

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aulfair Medical Center is offering several free community outreach lectures and seminars in early 2014. Dr Conrad Maulfair will present a seminar discussing the problems of aging, includBox 421 Emmaus, PA 18049 • P: 610-421-4443 • F: 610-421-4445 ing heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and LVEditor@NaturalAwakeningsMag.com • www.NaturalAwakeningsMag.com lack of energy at noon on January 11 that explains the causes of these problems, which may not be what we have been led Ad Proof for Natural Awakenings to believe. Chelation therapy will be fully explained.

Dr. Maulfair will discuss digestive health and its relationTo: P: 610-421-4443 ship to autoimmune disease at noon on January 18. Coleen Email: F: 610-421-4445 Maulfair will help people understand how they can live healthy in a toxic world at noon on February 22, including Please sign your proof and complete the following information: (Ad is shown at actual size. See second page for larger ads.)how toxins affect our health and how to protect an unborn child from toxins.

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Nutrition Response Testing for Menopause

Date: / / ehigh Valley Integrated Health, in Nazareth is offering two free informational meetings on January 6 and 20 to explain how thyroid conditions can be treated naturally without medication. Symptoms of improper thyroid function include weight gain, hot flashes and fatigue, which are often associated with menopause or andropause (male menopause).

Use of nutrition response testing, a non-invasive system of analyzing the body to determine the underlying causes of ill or non-optimal health, will be explained. This clinically proven, simple and direct method allows the body to indicate the neurological function for each and every organ. Based on the feedback from the body, natural recommendations of nutrition, supplementation and chiropractic adjustment can be made to offer safe and lasting changes to improve many undesirable conditions.

Lehigh Valley Integrative Health is also offering an initial examination and report which includes nutrition response testing for $50 ($120 value) during the month of January.

Location: 163 Green St., Nazareth. For more information or make a reservation, call 610-759-0500. See ad, page 10.

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iscover how to create a highly productive food system by mimicking a forest in a beginning class to be held for six weeks from 6:30 to 8:30 Tuesdays, beginning January 21. Instructor Steve Hoog will explore how a forest evolves and how the elements such as wind, sun, soil makeup, tree height and width affect what will happen on a plot of land. Using all of the layers from large trees to roots can create high production in small spaces.

Ideas for design will be presented.

Forest gardening is a low-maintenance, sustainable, plant-based, food production and agroforestry system based on woodland ecosystems, incorporating fruit and nut trees, shrubs, herbs, vines and perennial vegetables which have yields directly useful to humans. Making use of companion planting, they can be intermixed to grow in a succession of layers to build a woodland habitat and sustainable food source.

Cost is $120. Location: School of Nurses Building, 17th and Chew, Allentown. For more information, call 610-756-6867.

he Yoga Loft, of Bethlehem, is hosting a New Year Detox, with Laurel Attanasio, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., January 11. The workshop will include a detox flow that combines breath and movement while moving through a sequence of twisting, standing, forward-bending, back-bending and inverted poses stimulating detoxification through the circulatory, digestive and lymphatic systems. The practice will be followed by an informational session focusing on simple, everyday ways to detox through diet, exercise and personal hygiene. Cost is $25 until January 6, then $35.

Mediation for Everyone will be held from 4 to 5:15 p.m., January 12, with Stephanie Tade. Designed for those that have not tried meditation for whatever reason, each session offers practical instruction, a practice session and time for Q&A and discussion of how to develop a personal practice outside the class.

The physical practices of yoga, known as Hatha Yoga, have shown tremendous benefits for people seeking fitness as well as therapy for chronic ailments and injuries. Yoga also promotes the creation of a quiet, reflective space in the mind, mental clarity and an overall a sense of well-being that can help alleviate anxiety, depression and mind-body disorders. The Yoga Loft of Bethlehem offers a free Introduction to Yoga class at 6:30 p.m. on the first Friday of each month.

Location: 521 E. 4th St., third fl. For more information, call 610867-9642. See ad, page 2.

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de-stressing workshop will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Tuesday January 14 and again on February 18, at the Wilson LINCS Family Center, in Easton.

The workshop is a chance to look at stressors from a new perspective. Participants will leave armed with techniques that will change how they respond to the people and situations that leave them in emotional chaos.

Facilitator Jo Ann Schaffer, of Options Hypnosis, is a certified clinical hypnotist and master practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Trained in integrative hypnosis, she utilizes a broad range of techniques to help people use the power of their subconscious mind to overcome stress, pain, depression or fear and discover the self administered techniques that work best for them.

Admission fee is a donation of non-perishable food items.

Each workshop is limited to 10 participants. Location: 2400 Firmstone St. For reservations call Patrick Messman at 484373-6200. See ad, page 58.

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Christine Lynch Returns to Bethlehem

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ynch Chiropractic has opened a new office at 113 East Broad Street, in downtown Bethlehem, in addition to their existing location at 510 Chestnut Street, in Emmaus. Dr. Christine Lynch has more than 24 years of experience, and notes, “Chiropractic care is safe, gentle and should never hurt.”

Conditions treated include sciatica, asthma, vertigo, headaches, low back pain, knee/hip pain, elbow problems, carpal tunnel syndrome, TMJ, neck pain, mid back pain and shoulder pain.

Dr. Lynch has had a great deal of success in helping young people improve symptoms of asthma. “Because the nerves from the mid back travel to the lungs, most exercisedinduced asthma responds very well to adjustment of the mid back”, states Lynch. “With a single examination, I can typically tell if this is a viable option for treatment. Helping kids breathe easier and enjoy their favorite activities more is a passion of mine.”

If youthe are best a seeker who desires a First-time visitors at Lynch Chiropractic receive heart-based and experiential path possible care, tailored to their specific circumstances, after an of study, we are looking for you to intake interview that includes background, medical history join our excellent instructors on a and the nature of the condition. journey of personal development For more information, call 610-966-3335 or and visitspiritual transformation.

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“I chose this school because it cherishes all faiths and honors the spirit of Tikkun Olam (healing the world).” ~ F. Leibman

he School of Sacred Ministries, an outreach program of Pebble Hill Call or email to reserve your space now.

Interfaith Church, in Doylestown, will hold an orientation and initiation for students interested in spiritual growth or becoming an interfaith minister on January 12. The (267) 772-7301 • www.ssminfo.org program helps individuals create deeper contact@ssminfo.org meaning in their lives by offering one of the country’s most comprehensive interfaith programs for religious studies, professional development and spiritual transformation.

“We are paving the way for people to communicate and coexist peacefully,” states Rev. Brian Weis, administrator of the school. “The program offers the opportunity for students to explore their spirituality within a community of like-minded people; expand their awareness of other points of view, beliefs and traditions; learn how they can help others; and, if they choose, become an interfaith minister. For more than two years, participants will study the world’s major religious, spiritual and wisdom traditions; experience the power of ritual and the beauty of celebration; and learn all that it means to be a member of the interfaith clergy.

For more information and to register, call 267-772-7301, email Contact@SSMinfo.org or visit SchoolOfSacredMinistries.org. See ad, page 9. natural awakenings

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The Toxic Side of Tylenol

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s the evidence of the harmful effects of Tylenol increases, there is a growing call for it to be removed from the market. Its active ingredient, acetaminophen, once thought to be an effective and safe pain reliever for adults and children, turns out to have dangerous effects.

A related study by University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center researchers leads with the fact that each year, acetaminophen causes more than 100,000 calls to poison control centers, 50,000 emergency room visits, 26,000 hospitalizations and more than 450 deaths from liver failure. The U.S. Acute Liver Failure Study implicates acetaminophen poisoning in nearly half of all cases of acute liver failure in this country.

When taken with alcohol or without food, the effects on the liver are multiplied.

Doctor of Naturopathy Michael Murray, of Phoenix, Arizona, reports in GreenMedInfo.com that regular use of acetaminophen is linked to a higher likelihood of asthma, infertility and hearing loss, especially in men under 50. Last summer, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning linking acetaminophen use to three rare and sometimes fatal skin conditions.

“Can you imagine if the side effects and risks associated with acetaminophen were associated with a dietary supplement?” opines Murray.

“It would be yanked from the market immediately.”

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More Bok Choy, Less Ice Cream Boosts Breast Health

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howing down on cruciferous veggies reduces the risk of recurring breast cancer, say Vanderbilt University researchers, while consuming too many high-fat dairy products produces an opposite effect, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

The paper on veggies presented at the American Association for Cancer Research showed that the more cruciferous vegetables a woman ate in the first two years after her breast cancer diagnosis, the lower was her risk of the cancer returning or death from the original cancer.

Eating broccoli, cauliflower, bok choy and cabbage worked to reduce the rate of recurring breast cancer by 35 percent and the risk of death in the following nine years by 62 percent.

On the other side of the coin, the NCI study showed that women treated for early stage breast cancer that regularly ate one or more servings of high-fat milk, cheese, yogurt or ice cream increased their risk of dying of breast cancer by 44 percent and of earlier death from all causes by 64 percent.

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Vitamin C Halves Colds in Athletes

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aking vitamin C before engaging in physically demanding activities helps keep colds away for people that are heavy exercisers, say Finnish researchers at the University of Helsinki. While their meta-study showed that nonexercisers that took vitamin C daily gained little or no protection from colds, the story for marathoners, competitive skiers and soldiers on subarctic assignments was much different. The study, published in the Cochrane Review, found that the 598 heavy exercisers cut their risk of colds in half.

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Study participants didn’t get the same positive brain buzz from 20 minutes of aerobics. The study appeared in the Journal of Physical Activity & Health.

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Scientists have long known that high-fructose diets increase the risk for diabetes, obesity and fatty liver. Now the UCLA team has discovered that only six weeks of a high-fructose diet slowed the animals’ brains. The good news is that eating omega-3 fatty acids like those found in cold water fish appear to counteract the negative effects of fructose, enabling the animals to think more clearly.

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The Washington, D.C., exhibition borrows from 25 museums and private collections in India, Europe and the United States. More than 120 works, from the third to the early 20th century, illuminate yoga’s central tenets, as well as its obscured histories. Through masterpieces of Indian sculpture and paintings, the exhibition explores yoga’s goals; its Hindu, Jain and Sufi manifestations; its means of transforming body and consciousness; and its philosophical foundations.

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GOALS Feeling Our Way to Happiness

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any of us have our relationship to success inside-out. We busy ourselves so much with do-or-die goals we “should” achieve that we drown out the crucial signals life is sending our way—both from our own instincts and from others that can objectively see what we truly need.

According to Danielle LaPorte, author of The Desire Map: A Guide to Creating Goals with Soul, knowing how we want to feel inside yields the most potent clarity in identifying what’s critical to us. “We need to have soulcentered goals, and if we get clear on defining our core desired feelings—the way we most want to feel—then all of our goals are a means to create those feelings,” she says. “It’s that simple.”

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provided they contribute to the first.

LaPorte’s Desire Map process is a holistic life planning tool that helps spur our thinking about our core desired feelings and how to use them to start creating some goals with soul.

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How do you want to feel? Engage in a stream of consciousness, allowing each query to lead to the next and letting your desired feelings flow. Do you want to, for example, feel continuously energized, connected or prosperous? Consider areas such as livelihood and lifestyle (career, money, home, travel), health and wellness (healing, fitness, leisure, mental health) and relationships and community (romance, friendship, family).

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terns in the desired feelings in order to distill your list to determine key, repeating words. Individuals tend to reach for the same feeling states across all areas of their lives. If you want to feel “vitality” within livelihood, then you likely wish to feel the same way in the context of wellness and relationships.

Declare your core desired feelings. Now zero in on three to five core feelings that resonate most strongly inside. Ask yourself what’s beneath each feeling. For you, perhaps “success” is really about freedom, creativity or excellence. Look up the definitions of words—every word is its own world.

Which feelings do you find to be the most uplifting, positive, satisfying and compelling?

Ask yourself: “What do I want to do, have or experience to create my core desired feelings?” Thus, you begin setting goals with soul. You see and make connections between how you want to feel and what will actually help you feel that way. This is where you turn your ambitions truly inside-out and right-side-up to hitch your intentions to deeper and more nurturing meaning. This is the revolutionary beginning of realizing the ongoing success of a lifetime.

Source: Danielle LaPorte is an entrepreneur, inspirational speaker, social media presence and bestselling author of The Fire Starter Sessions; her latest release is The Desire Map. She is a former news commentator for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and director of a Washington, D.C., think tank. Visit DanielleLaPorte.com.

Catalyst for Change

Natural Awakenings Celebrates 20 Years

by Sharon Bruckman, CEO/Founder

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heartfelt shout out goes to the 90 U.S. cities and metro areas across the country, plus Puerto Rico, where Natural Awakenings is effecting positive change in people’s lives. For 20 years, this free community magazine has been loyal readers’ go-to resource for awakening America to the benefits of naturally healthy living.

We thank our 3.8 million readers that devour these pages every month, typically from cover-to-cover. We voice gratitude to the thousands of committed advertisers that report multiplied business success as a result of our partnership. We extend kudos to the hundreds of editorial contributors that

have generously shared their pioneering expertise with us via cutting-edge information and practical tips. Interviews and bylines of internationally recognized healers, teachers and leaders underscore the magazine’s primacy in its field.

Collectively, we comprise a great movement embodying ways of living that are healthy for people and the planet. Together, we are producing a pay-it-forward chain reaction of positive energy and conscious living that benefits everyone. Each large and small choice in favor of natural health and environmental sustainability counts toward enhancing our own standard of living and supporting a higher quality of life on Earth.

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Money Myths

Filmmaker Katie Teague Uncovers Our Misperceptions

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Why did you produce a documentary on the subject of money?

As an in-depth psychotherapist familiar with observing humanity, I felt that I could use the simple lens of storytelling to chronicle the complexity of money and economics. Because I had no experience in economics or filmmaking, I was often brought to my knees in the crucible of all I was learning, a virtual crash Ph.D. course.

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In interviewing David Korten, economist, author and former professor at the Harvard Business School, he soothed my worries by pointing out that because I hadn’t been indoctrinated into the world of economics and its jargon, my language of metaphors and analogies would help lay people better recognize and understand convoluted economic concepts.

As a therapist, I repeatedly see how disconnections due to eroding relationships with ourselves, our natural world and each other are wreaking havoc on people and the planet. I routinely see that money isn’t a root cause of a person’s issues, just the container for them. Most frequently the issues I hear about result from setting dreams aside “for later” and squelching the sparks of individual genius, usually because of a perceived scarcity of money. I became curious about what role our relationship to money plays in such disconnections.

What are the effects of awaking to what money is and isn’t in our lives?

In considering this from the perspective of healing and tending the soul, asking, “Where are we most wounded in our modern world?” I had my own quantum awakening to the fact that I’m not separate from the subject matter I’m exploring: What is my own story with money? Have I given up healthy self-government to the money god? What are my opportunities to reclaim my own power?

I discovered that the core principle of the economy, money and currency is relationship itself, and that we’ve unwittingly disempowered ourselves by entrusting too much power to middlemen like central banks and financial consultants, but are now realizing that we don’t need them.

One clear example is that more individuals are having a direct experience of the divine. Also, entire communities are investing their time, energy and money in their local economies, where they have established relationships and can see the results. I believe that the technologies supporting our emerging new economy reflect our own consciousness coming online.

Were you surprised at what you learned?

I did not know that the U.S. and global economies are based on debt and scarcity nor understand beforehand that our perceptions of scarcity and separation from one another are only illusions.

While the majority of economists say that money is an exchange, Bernard Lietaer, author of The Future of Money, states, that is what money does but not what it is. Fundamentally, money is a human agreement—a form of currency via an artifact designed, engineered and built by humans. This is something we have forgotten and it’s hurting us.

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A quote by Richard Buckminster Fuller, systems theorist, architect and inventor, eloquently applies: “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”

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ounded in Milan, Italy, by Adriana and Alessandro Pizzoccaro in 1983, GUNA is an organization made up of people, assets and ideas working synergistically to reach a common target: making a difference in people’s lives—mind, body and spirit.

Today, GUNA has more than 70 FDA listed and regulated products, with distribution in more than 40 countries.

Eventually, GUNA expanded to North America due to the increased demand from the U.S. for innovative and modern health solutions. In 2006, GUNA Inc., the U.S. subsidiary located in Whitehall, opened its doors.

The company is known for its unique formulations that contain low dose concentrations of active ingredients. Two lines of products are available for the U.S. market, including cytokine therapy (prescribed by a doctor/practitioner only) and low dose complexes (over the counter products).

Dr JO Serrentino, an independent consultant for GUNA, developed cytokine therapy and is recognized as the leading authority on the use of cytokines (proteins that serve as messengers between cells) in modern medicine, providing the most advanced curriculum in cytokine therapy worldwide.

She explains that low dose means that the substance maintains its molecular quality and that low dose does not mean it’s less effective.

“It’s the same or within the nanomolecular range of physiological dilutions,” she says. “These formulations are highly recognized by the body. They have precision and immediate reactivity and are absorbed by the mucous membrane of the mouth … and so they go straight to the point.

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proach to pharmaceuticals? It’s actually quite simple. The global alternative/integrative medicine sector is expected to reach $115 billion by 2015, according to Global Industry Analysts, Inc. This market growth is driven by increased general awareness surrounding health issues and a lower rate of side effects compared with conventional medicines.

“Moreover, patients see the significance of being able to use products that work on the underlying causes of their problems and solve the issue as a whole rather than treating just the symptoms,” says Rachel Jeffery, marketing representative for GUNA. At GUNA, the company bridges the gap between allopathy and homeopathy. Allopathic medicine is conventional medicine that uses drugs to treat specific symptoms regardless of the cause of the condition, while homeopathy and alternative medicine modalities approach the symptoms differently by considering the underlying causes of the illness and the patient’s precise profile.

“It’s important to emphasize that allopathic drugs are foreign to the body and usually cause short and long-term side effects, whereas alternative medicines are made from ingredients that the body recognizes and generally do not cause side effects,” notes Serrentino.

GUNA reps help to teach the public and Serrentino helps to educate the doctors. “GUNA products are unique in that they bring an innovative blend of these modalities; it is truly the medicine of the future,” she says.

For those unsure of what to purchase, and why, the company has knowledgeable and friendly sales representatives available to speak to customers by email, Skype or telephone. There’s no need to worry about feeling obligated or pushed to buy a product. “Our reps want to make a difference to people’s lives and that’s why we would never sell or push products on our customers that we don’t feel are right for them,” explains Jeffery.

Although the product selection is large, Jeffery says GUNA-Flu is one of the most popular. It contains specific ingredients not only for immune modulation, but also to work on the duration and severity of the symptoms.

Another product for which the company is particularly excited is Omeosport, which helps to improve athletic performance by reducing recovery time. Its low-dose ingredients prevent lactic acid build up by improving anaerobic threshold and provides both tissue and muscle support for enhanced energy metabolism. The results are tangible. In the past 12 months, international triathlon competitor and Ironman Roger Girard has credited his improved performance to Omeosport.

“After using Omeosport, I’m having great results on the training side,” says Girard. “I’m pushing hard, recovery is excellent. During my triathlons, swimming and running results are excellent. In fact, I’m very pleased with my run, which at all competitions, is getting me a podium.”

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Recently, vice-president Carmen Gerardi has organized for a personal trainer (Sarah Campbell) to come to the offices two to three times per week to train the team. This happens anytime of the day and does not cut into lunch breaks. “This is such a motivational benefit to the team and Carmen truly believes in looking after people first and the business second … once a person is the best version of themselves, everything else will naturally fall into place,” explains Jeffery.

As if that’s isn’t enough, Girard has agreed to personally train the GUNA team for their half marathon. Fresh from the Ironman world championships, he has put together individual training plans for team members to get started on in time for the big race in April.

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Caring, Steering, Cheering

A Health Coach Helps Us Change for Good

by Lauressa Nelson

A health or wellness coach integrated into a personal healthcare team can be critical to catalyzing sustainable change. Many people understand they need to modify their self-care, yet fail to take the optimal steps to make such a transformation happen.

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hat we’ve discovered is to make the changes,” recalls Cutbill, that people don’t routinely which is why she turned to a health change behavior due to coach at Duke Integrative Medicine. education alone or out of fear. They

Margaret Moore, founder and change through partnership,” explains CEO of Wellcoaches Corporation and Linda Smith, a physician’s assistant co-director of the Institute of Coachand director of professional and public ing at McLean Hospital, a Harvard programs at Duke Integrative Medicine, Medical School affiliate, in Belmont, in Durham, North Carolina. Coaching Massachusetts, identifies two primary partnerships supply a supportive bridge forces that enable behavioral change: between provider recommendations and autonomous motivation (people want patient implementations, she says, “sigto do something for their own reasons, nificantly increasing the client’s ability not because someone tells them to) and to make changes successfully.” confidence (they believe they can do it).

“Health coaching was “The most powerful motivating forces of absolutely essential to my all are what you treasure most in life, health,” says Roberta Cutbill, your life purpose and contribution,” a 72-year-old retired registered she remarks. Both Smith and Moore nurse in Greensboro, North emphasize that the priorities in any Carolina, who considered her health coaching relalifestyle relatively healthy when tionship are client in her late 60s she experienced driven, based on autoimmune and cardiac the client’s chosen problems. “I have an goals and personal excellent primary care intrinsic motivators. doctor who, when Confidence in these issues came attaining ultimate up, told me success is built that I needed through positively to change my framed experiments diet, thoughtand experiences. fully downloaded “A health coach a list of recommenis trained to help dations and sent me on clients break up my way. I still needed help their goals into with many things in order manageable steps, 30 Lehigh Valley www.healthylehighvalley.com

focus on strengths, track progress and identify and overcome personal roadblocks,” explains Dr. Karen Lawson, an integrative physician and director of integrative health coaching at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Spirituality and Healing, in Minneapolis. A helpful approach sets goals that can be met and exceeded, not insurmountable ones.

“The key is always keeping a positive lens, helping clients see the progress they achieve,” continues Lawson. This involves speaking in terms of growth through trial and error, in which outcomes are explored without judgment and clients feel empowered to modify.

This is vital, explains Moore, because experiencing at least a threeto-one ratio of positive to negative emotions creates the conditions for the brain to learn, change and thrive, making people feel more capable of taking care of their health.

Mindful awareness is another essential tool; being self-aware and reflecting on what we are doing while it is happening. Unlike thinking, analyzing and planning, mindfulness involves observing while experiencing. During sessions, coaches use it to give their full attention in a non-judgmental way, modeling how clients can bring such compassion to themselves.

A mindful state calms mental noise and puts reflective distance between individuals and their beliefs, emotions and behaviors. It improves their ability to handle negative emotions and to make a conscious choice to respond with a different attitude or new behavior, according to Moore.

For Cutbill, maintaining a personal relationship with her coach over time has been the most significant factor in the improvement of her health. “The relationship was healing, because my coach regularly pointed out my progress with profound encouragement and validation. I wish all primary care doctors had health coaches on staff to help them and their patients attain the success they both are aiming for.”

Lauressa Nelson is an editor and contributing writer for Natural Awakenings.

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by Margaret Moore In the past 10 years, approximately 10,000 health professionals have become coaches through dedicated training schools and university programs focused on life, corporate or health and wellness coaching. The selection of the right partner to help in the quest for lifelong wellness entails assessing the following qualifications.

Credentials and training: A reputable health and wellness coach training program typically requires six months to two years of education, skills training and practice with clients, followed by a certification process that tests for knowledge and core competencies.

Employment background: Additional desirable credentials in the medical, physical or mental health fields will likely include exercise physiology, physical therapy, psychotherapy, nutrition counseling, nursing or medicine.

Structured relationship: A coach should be able to explain how coaching works and why successful results are more likely with a coach. Coaching sessions are typically conducted by phone and last between 30 and 60 minutes. Coaching services are generally not covered by insurance.

Personal character: Effective health coaches are good listeners, interested in clients’ unique stories. They foster selfacceptance and self-respect, pointing out personal strengths, values and desires.

Coaches engage, energize and challenge clients through a positive, non-judgmental focus, while at the same time asking courageous questions. As skilled partners, they help clients become clear about personal motivations and an overall vision for life, so that they can help design a detailed, attainable plan that successfully moves them toward fulfilling their goals.

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Build Your Own Wellness Dream Team

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onventional doctors too often dispense vague, boilerplate health advice, urging their patients to eat a healthy diet, exercise and take helpful supplements. Some are lucky enough to also be directed to detoxify their body and manage stress. That’s typically the best most people can expect in terms of practical advice. It is rare to receive specific, individualized answers to such burning questions as: What is the best diet for this specific problem or my body type?

Which exercise will work best for me—yoga, running, tennis or something else?

Why do I feel stressed so much of the time, and what can I do about it?

What supplements are best for me, and which high-quality products can I trust?

mix of treatment and preventive measures requires some creativity and self-knowledge. The experts Natural Awakenings consulted maintain that it is both desirable and possible to assemble an affordable and effective personal health care team that focuses on optimum wellness.

Integrative Approach

“We need to understand the value of an integrative approach because no single modality treats everything,” says Dr. Jingduan Yang, the Philadelphiabased founder and medical director of the Tao Institute of Mind & Body Medicine. By way of example, he maintains credentials as a physician, a boardcertified psychiatrist and an internationally recognized expert on classic forms of Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture.

Integrative practitioners see the human body on three levels, Yang explains: structural; biochemical; and bioenergetic, a form of psychotherapy. Ideally, he says,

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conventional and integrative medicine, plus complementary practitioners, work together to provide the total care an individual patient needs. “Any problem on one level affects all levels, so we assess patients on all three with whatever tools we have,” he says.

While conventional medicine may be able to treat structural problems well and biochemical problems to a certain extent, it falls short on the energetic level. That’s when it’s time to expand the team, counsels Yang. “‘Know yourself’ is the watchword. Get to know what to use and when to use it. It’s the practitioner’s job to educate patients in this way.”

Dr. Andrew Weil, renowned as the father of the integrative medicine movement in the U.S., has remarked, “If I’m in a car accident, don’t take me to an herbalist. If I have bacterial pneumonia, give me antibiotics. But when it comes to maximizing the body’s natural healing potential, a mix of conventional and alternative procedures seems like the only answer.”

Dr. Shekhar Annambhotla, founding director and president of the Association of Ayurvedic Professionals of North America, turns to the integrative realm of ayurvedic medicine for healing and wellness. The 5,000-year-old Indian healing tradition incorporates lifestyle changes, yoga and meditation, detoxification, herbs, massage and various other individually targeted healing modalities, depending on the patient’s diagnosis and recommended treatment plan.

Customized Team

“Wellness is a team effort,” advises integrative medicine specialist Dr. Vijay Jain, medical director at Amrit Ayurveda for Total Wellbeing, in Salt Springs, Florida. It’s not only a matter of knowing what needs the practitioners will address at specific times, it’s also knowing who can help when the going gets tough. “Modern medicine has the edge for early detection of disease,” Jain notes. “However, Ayurveda is excellent in determining the earliest imbalances in the mind and body that eventually lead to disease.”

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Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and acupuncture often go hand-in hand with Ayurveda in accordance with the view that illness and disease are caused by imbalances in the body’s energetic flow. Diagnostic techniques employ intuition and pulses to assess and smooth blocks in energy circulation.

Craniosacral therapy is another way to unlock energetic blockages caused by lifestyle stress and other factors that restrict and congest the body’s innate ability to self-correct and remain healthy, says Joyce Harader, a registered craniosacral therapist in Cave Creek, Arizona, and secretary of the board of the Biodynamic Cranial Sacral Therapy Association of North America.

She relied on a whole team to realize a natural way back to health after being diagnosed with lupus in 1992. “Members of my health team fluctuate, depending on what is going on in my life and where I am focusing,” comments Harader. She points out, for example, that nutrition education and general deep-tissue massage can both be helpful as part of a founnatural awakenings January 2014 33

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In fact, many of our experts recommend both a monthly chiropractic adjustment and/or massage, as well as daily yoga and an ongoing meditation practice for wellness and total well-being.

Naturopathic practitioners operating in states where they are licensed can be good sources of nutrition counsel and often recommend herbal remedies for relief. “For chronic illness, you need a chiropractor or drug-free physician like a naturopath on your team. Conventional medicine is generally poor at dealing with chronic illness,” observes Naturopath and Chiropractor Michael Loquasto, Ph.D., who practices in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Loquasto should know. He has practiced integrated modalities for 50 years, employing the knowledge gained through his practice and triple doctorates, which include one in nutrition. Also a master herbalist, he strongly advocates that people start by working with a good integrative or functional medicine medical doctor.

“In some states, like Pennsylvania, chiropractors and osteopaths can perform routine diagnostic work, but in many states they cannot,” he notes. “I recommend undergoing a physical every six months and regular bone density tests, plus colonoscopies.” Loquasto is not in favor of mammograms because of the radiation exposure associated with them, but supports routine breast screening using ultrasound or thermography.

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he clinical application of the Five Elements (wood, fire ,earth, metal and water) is based on the system of correspondences, which include the five seasons—spring, summer, Indian summer, fall and winter. The idea is that there should be a smooth transition from season to season and that each organ has a season that impacts it the most powerfully.

When there is a struggle it will manifest in the mind, body and/or spirit. It can be physical pain, emotional pain or a lifeless spirit.

Diagnosis leads the 5 Element practitioner to the imbalance. The 12 pulses on the wrists are read in the beginning, throughout the treatment and at the end. The practitioner is feeling for blocks, irregularities and unusual qualities.

Pain is a signal of distress. This can always be treated with symptomatic formulas. Sometimes this is successful and sometimes the stressed system burns right through the relief.

J.R. Worsley, founder of the Worsley Institute, in Lemington, England and Miami, Florida. Worsley is credited with bringing Five Element acupuncture, also known as classical acupuncture or traditional acupuncture, to the West.

Five Element acupuncture examines for the underlying cause. Deep changes occur with treatment on the causative factor—the element that, under internal or external stress, becomes imbalanced and initiates a state of dis-ease.

Treatment protocol requires a through clearing of the organ systems before moving the chi (life force) from system to system. Ancient wisdom says, ‘You can not connect a polluted lake with a pristine lake and not expect two polluted lakes.’

The clearing treatments are painless and rejuvenating.

Acupuncture needles are placed in points that command the movement of the chi. Patients who follow this system come in at the change of each season for their “tune up,” making Five Element acupuncture preventative medicine, which, of course, is ideal.

Jean Collins has more than 30 years of experience in Five Element acupuncture and many treatment protocols. In addition to her training with J.R. Worsley, Collins also has a master’s degree from the Traditional Acupuncture Institute, is a graduate of Tufts University and The Boston Museum School of Fine Arts, and completed didactic studies at North Shore Community College School of Nursing. She holds a certificate in herbal pharmacology from the New England School of Acupuncture and recently studied counseling at Moravian Seminary. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 610-317-6064.

parts of any wellness plan. Most people are aware when something doesn’t feel right in their body.

“Libido is a great barometer of health,” suggests Dr. Diana Hoppe, an obstetrician, gynecologist and hormone specialist in San Diego, California. “If you’re not interested in sex, it’s probably a sign that you need to do some investigating.” Reasons for such a decline of interest are wide-ranging says Hoppe. “For men and women, it might be due to hormonal changes, lack of selfesteem, medications, stress, relationship issues, job, family life or lack of sleep. It means that somewhere, things are out of balance,” she says.

prescribe them.

Maintaining wellness in an environment filled with chemical, biological and mental toxins is a substantial, yet worthy, investment. It’s far better than the costly alternative of dealing with regular bouts of sickness or escalating disease. In that light, maintenance looks affordable: an ayurvedic diagnostic session starts at around $100, a consultation with a licensed naturopath at $75 and acupuncture at $100; a massage typically costs about $80 an hour.

While insurance is unlikely to pay for treatments outside the realm of conventional medicine and sometimes, chiropractic, “The cost of these preventive therapies will be much less than the cost of treatment for a serious disease,” advises Loquasto. “You’re worth it.”

Kathleen Barnes is author of more than a dozen natural health books. Her latest is The Calcium Lie II: What Your Doctor Still Doesn’t Know with Dr. Robert Thompson. Connect at KathleenBarnes.com.

Funding a Plan

A personal multifaceted wellness program can be expensive, but there are ways to minimize the cost. “In the new world of high insurance deductibles, people get more for their money from an alternative doctor, especially one knowledgeable in a variety of healing therapies, than a conventional one,” Loquasto advises. Costs for tests may also be lower; plus patients are not expected to pay $150 or more just to walk in the door.

A current trend has medical doctors and chiropractors participating in “umbrella” practices and wellness centers, where several types of practitioners collaborate in one facility. They find that sometimes insurance will pay for certain complementary services, including massage and nutrition education, when doctors or chiropractors

Finding the Right Practitioner Word-of-mouth is the most common way to find a natural health practitioner, plus many national organizations will help identify practitioners by location.

Schedule an initial conversation to ask a practitioner key questions.

What is your degree, certification or license?

Who trained you and how did you train, specifically?

Do you practice full time?

How long have you been in practice?

Will you provide patient references I can speak with?

Trust in intuitive responses to the individual during the conversation or interview.

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Colbin, founder and CEO of the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts, in New York City, has crafted her own nutrition theory based on more than 30 years of nutrition practice, teaching from a foundation that a whole food, like the complex human being consuming it, is greater than the sum of its parts.

She defines whole foods as “those that nature provides and all the edible parts.” She limits them to those comprising one ingredient, such as plants, whole grains, beans, vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds.

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to categorize. Eggs are a whole food, but steaks are not, because they are one part of the entire animal. She includes small fish if we eat the head and bones, and small birds like quail. Whole milk is included, but not low-fat dairy.

Colbin maintains that our bodies know the difference between a whole food and an aggregation of isolated nutrients. We have evolved over thousands of years to eat the food that nature presents to us, and if that food has been fragmented, the body realizes it and seeks what’s missing.

For example, if we eat fragmented wheat like white bread, in which the bran and germ of the whole grain have been removed, the body will still be hungry and seek the missing part of the food, something with fiber or crunch. Likewise, health enthusiasts that devour wheat germ or wheat bran in isolation will also feel something is missing and may find themselves craving refined flour in the form of cake or other baked goods.

Table sugar is another example, a fragment of sugar cane. Colbin calculates that it takes 17 feet of sugar cane to make one cup of sugar. What’s missing is mostly the cane’s water content and the result, she says, is that sugar makes you thirsty. It’s a big reason why when we drink a soda, ingesting an average equivalent of 12 teaspoons of sugar, we’re thirsty afterward and drink even more, creating a vicious cycle.

Fruit juices are, by definition, a fragmented food. When we drink orange or grapefruit juice, all or most of the fiber from the raw fruit is obviously missing.

Craving something to chew, we may reach for chips or something crunchy. Vegetable juices may yield the same result.

Colbin cautions that while vitamin and mineral supplements can be helpful in treating specific conditions or deficiencies, they nevertheless comprise fragments of food at best. She notes that the body may have difficulty processing these isolated nutrients outside of the whole food.

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strategic placement of heated stones on the body to encourage the exchange of blood and lymph and provide ultimate relaxation of tense, tight muscles. Richardson particularly suggests it to counter “mouse syndrome”—her term for the nagging discomfort people can get from performing repetitive motions at a computer. Typically, the therapist first places a group of preheated stones on stubborn muscles, allowing the heat to penetrate knots, and then uses the stones to further massage muscles back to normal.

Deep Tissue Massage

Nicole Russo, of Evolve Body Therapy Center, in Charlotte, North Carolina, is among America’s corps of therapists whose specialties include deep tissue massage. Nine years in, she has performed massage on sore pro football players with the Tennessee Titans, Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers,

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The primary goal of this style is to repair injured or ccording to the American Massage Therapy Association, overstressed muscles, which also leaves clients feeling better, 53 percent of those that seek out professional massages sounder and more flexible. Russo advises, “Injuries are a redo it to manage and relieve stress. Healthcare professult of uneven wear and tear, which results in postural imbalsionals recommend it as a way to support overall well-being, ances.” So she applies slow strokes, proven kneading techand its popularity continues to grow with some 38 million cur- niques and directed pressure via fingers, thumbs or elbows rent U.S. massage enthusiasts. to work muscles from end-to-end, where they are attached to

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Russo says deep tissue massage is usually targeted and asked several expert licensed massage therapists to distinintense, but, “It’s a massage that produces lasting results. My guish among the most widely used massage therapies to help clients also often report that they don’t get headaches or backus make the right choice. aches anymore.”

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“I’ve always wanted to create a bumper sticker that says, ‘Massage Prevents Road Rage,’” quips Kris Richardson, of Kristine Richardson Massage Therapy, in Sturbridge, Massachusetts.

She’s witnessed firsthand how, “Anyone that feels stressed can benefit from a Swedish massage.” During 12 years in the business, she’s helped clients ranging from Navy Seals to athletes from the Admirals professional hockey team, of Norfolk, Virginia, and Brown University’s swim team, in Providence, Rhode Island.

Swedish massage consists of long, gliding, gentle strokes on upper muscle layers, often abetted by kneading, pummeling, brushing and tapping. Swedish massage is especially effective in improving circulation and relaxation; relieving muscle tension and back and neck pain; and decreasing stress. As the lymphatic system is stimulated, oxygen flow to muscles increases, resulting in a relaxed, almost dreamlike state.

Prenatal Swedish massage is also popular among pregnant women. Therapists apply minimal pressure to reduce back pain and to encourage drainage of the excess fluid that may collect in the legs and lower extremities due to edema.

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Shiatsu Massage Shiatsu massage is designed to leave a client feeling, “clear, sparkling and ready to do the next thing,” says Dawn Grey Lapierre, of Intuitive Massage Therapy, in Santa Cruz, California. She describes the experience as active, rather than passive. A licensed massage therapist for nearly 20 years, she also incorporates and applies principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine into each session.

For shiatsu massage, the fully clothed client lies on a mat.

The therapist will apply pressure from the fingers, knuckles, elbows, knees and feet in a stimulating manner and also move the body into various positions in deep stretching. 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.

Lapierre describes the experience as both invigorating and intimate. “I’m moving around on the floor with you, using my knees on the back of your thighs, or my feet on your back. I’m using any part of my body that will be useful in promoting better energy flow along the meridians in your body.”

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 2 Effortless Meditation™ Introduction Class, Research & Benefits – Greg Schweitzer. De-stress and revitalize to eliminate some of the most debilitating and chronic health conditions! This scientifically validated and physician recommended practice promotes healing by taking you to a level of rest deeper than sleep. 7:30-9 pm, $20, Twin Ponds Center, West LV, Register 610-395-3355

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Bhakti on the Mat – Join Sean Johnson and the Wild Lotus Band. A wonderful vehicle for infusing Free Intro to Yoga– Increase flexibility and reduce practice with more meaning, feeling, and inspirastress with this beginner’s yoga class. 6:30pm. Yoga tion- especially when we’re feeling burnt out, dried Loft of Bethlehem, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. up, or a lack of motivation. This playful practice includes storytelling, poetry, kirtan chanting, gracePlease call to reserve. 610.867.9642 ful vinyasa sequences, and evocative music. 5pm.

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Restoring the Sacredness of Birth: Lessons from Multicultural Traditions - Jan 11, 1pm – 3pm - This slide/ video presentation reveals the wisdom of traditional beliefs, practices and rituals related to fertility, trust in maternal intuition, preventing birth complications, healing birth trauma, pre-natal through post-natal support of mother-child by the family/community, pleasure during childbirth, communication with the fetus, and bonding. Learn about ancient and traditional practices, and new scientific findings. Sandra Taylor: Author of Mother Birth, Founder/Director of Rainbow Child International. $10.

Revitalizing your Life through Spirituality - Jan 10 and Jan 24, 7pm - 9pm - The Spiritual Connection Series (2 meetings) explores ideas and practices to help you revitalize and heal your life. Learn to connect with spiritual phenomenon, bringing you closer to your true self. Awaken many natural gifts within you and achieve success in your life. Rev. Tina Frazier, hypnotherapist. $20 Past Lives Revisited - Feb 1, 10am – 12pm - Do you have unresolved issues from past lives that are altering your life today? Past life issues may impact your current life, thus influencing your soul’s growth.

Learn how to recognize your issues, and practice specific techniques to heal and neutralize those issues. Experience freedom and joy in this lifetime!

Rev. Tina Frazier, hypnotherapist. $20.

REIKI CLASSES: 8 CEs available. - Reiki I: January 18, 10 am – 5 pm. $100. - Reiki II: February 8, 10 am – 5 pm. $200.

Meditation: Find a practice that works for you. - Jan 16: Four Thurs, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm - Learn the basics of meditation and experience different styles to find what works best for you. Barbara Gordon. $20/session.

Improving your Whole Body Health: Weds, 9 am – 10 am - Learn how to relieve stress, increase circulation, enhance the natural flow of energies: restore, heal and empower. Kristen Allis Urffer. $80/eight sessions, pro-rated Meditation: Skills and Practice: Weds, 10:30 am – 11:30 am - Learn techniques to maintain a personal meditation practice. Through visualization and guided meditations, move past the outer layers into core consciousness. Kristen Allis Urffer. $80/eight sessions, pro-rated.

Drumming Circle: Jan 4, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm - Experience the incredible power of group drumming.

Valerie Hopkins. $20 Spiritual Discussion: Jan 7, 10 am – 12 pm, and 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm - This group provides a firm foundation of spiritual understanding, and guides you in awakening to your true self. $20. Debbi Allison, Arlene Curley.

Mindfulness Meditation Group - 2nd and 4th Weds, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm - Facilitated meditation class for anyone who wishes to meditate with others and be supported on a regular basis. Barbara Gordon. $10

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 7 4 Week Mindfulness 101 - Shonda Moralis.

Learn simple strategies to increase your sense of calm, energy and overall well-being. Renew, relax and recharge! For beginners to experienced meditators. 7 CE for SWers, LPCs, LMFTs pending, 6:15-8pm, $199. Twin Ponds Center, West LV, 484.772.5395 Free Intro to The Art of Tai Chi – Learn something new in the new year! Come hear how tai chi can quiet your mind and energize your body. Learn why Harvard Medical School calls it “medication in motion”. Experienced instructor. 11am. Steel Fitness Premier; 250 Cetronia Rd., Suite 100, Allentown. Questions? Contact Hilary Smith, RN. 610-751-6090.

WEDNESDAY, JANAURY 8 Free Intro to Tai Chi – With Hilary Smith. Experience this gentle way to increase strength and flexibility. 10am.6:30pm. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. Please call to reserve.

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FRIDAY, JANAURY 10 Prenatal Yoga & BOLD Method for Birth – With Kelly Prentice. This class will help strengthen the uterus and pelvic muscles, improve circulation, aid in digestion, exercise the spine and increase overall comfort. Alleviates many of the discomforts of pregnancy such as nausea, constipation, varicose veins, swelling, back pain and sciatica. Includes journaling and yoga nidra. 5:30pm. Easton Yoga, 524 Pine St, Easton. 610-923-7522

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 11 Healthy Aging Seminar – A lively discussion of the problems of aging including heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and lack of energy. The causes are not what you have been led to believe. Chelation therapy will be fully explained. Noon. RSVP 610-682-2104.

Maulfair Medical, 2970 Corporate Court Orefield.

New Year Detox – With Laurel Attanasio. The workshop will include a detox flow that will combine breath and movement through a sequence stimulating detoxification through the circulatory, digestive and lymphatic systems. Followed by simple ways to detox through diet, exercise and personal hygiene.

11:30-1:30pm. Cost: $25 until 1/6 and $35 after Yoga Loft of Bethlehem, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem.

Sacred Rhythms – Drumming with Hoe Hough.

Explore the power of sound, rhythm and music to heal: mind, body and spirit. Drums will be provided and you are welcome to bring your own noise maker!

No experience necessary, all ages! Potluck after, $10 donation! 6-8pm, Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356.

The Dynamic Duo – Learn how the conscious and subconscious minds can work in unison and harmony to enhance your health, happiness and productivity. 6-7:30pm. Cost $25. For more information or to register contact: Bev Bley, L.P.N;C.M.Ht. at C.H.A.N.G.E. 610.797.8250 or email change@4change.com. Coopersburg Location

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15 Yoga Class – Improve overall well being, alleviate back pain, relieve stress, increase flexibility, & build strength through yoga focusing on proper alignment.

All levels including beginners welcome. Classes start at 9:15am and 5:30pm, $12. Near Bethlehem Wegman’s. Yoga with Stephanie Snyder, a Registered Yoga Teacher, call 610-867-0116.

The Five Golden Rules for Parenting – With national speaker Louise deForest. 6:30 pm. River Valley Waldorf School 1395 Bridgeton Hill Road, Upper Black Eddy. Please call to register 610-982-5606

Divine Harmony– A chant workshop with Kirtan Soul Revival. An afternoon of chanting, harmonizing, and improvising. Come join us in creating beautiful music together that will raise your vibration.

For singers of all levels. 1-3pm. Easton Yoga, 524 Northampton St, Easton. 610-923-7522

Natural Law Meeting – Public Meeting Rosicrucian Order, AMORC. A worldwide fraternal organization devoted to investigation of natural laws. Meet members and learn about the Rosicrucian tradition.

Topic: Visualization. Free. 7:30pm. 1524 W Linden St. Allentown, tcvogler@msn.com. 215-327-3822

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Free: Thyroid Lecture - Dr. Tom Wachtmann . Join us to learn how to correct the underlying dysfunctions that cause Hypo/Hyper Thyroidism, Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, and Graves’Disease. Discussion topics will include proper laboratory testing necessary to determine the problem and safe, natural, effective treatment alternatives. 6:30-7:30 pm, Twin Ponds Center, West LV, 610-395-3355

Mediation for Everyone – With Stephanie Tade. For anyone who has ever said “I could never meditate, I can’t sit still”, “my mind is too busy” or “I have too much going on, I don’t have time!” or even “I’m just not a meditator”. Time for discussion and q&a. 4pm.

The Yoga Loft, 521 E. 4th St. (3rd Fl.) Bethlehem.

Please call to reserve. 610-867-9642 Yoga for Runners – With Charity Hyde. In this series runners will learn yoga poses and breathing techniques to improve your flexibility, strength and balance in mind and body. Focuses on balance, alignment and strengthening of the legs, hips and core muscles. 7pm Easton Yoga, 524 Northampton St, Easton. 610-923-7522

MONDAY, JANUARY 13 Meditation 101 – With Sarah Parker-Givens. Explore meditation techniques from various traditions.

Each class will begin with gentle warmups on the back in order to prepare the body for seated meditation. This four week course covers posture, breathing and quieting the mind. 5:30pm. Easton Yoga., 524 Pine St, Easton. 610-923-7522 Belly Dance Series – With Hannah Nour at Easton Yoga. Enjoy creativity while improving fitness. Both Level 1 and 2 are offered as a eight week session.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 14 Weight Control Group Program – 4 sessions: Tues. Jan.14th and 28th 2014 & Feb. 11th and 25th, 20114. Time: 6-7:30pm. Cost: $175 includes Manual, CDs, & DVDs. For more information or to register contact: Bev Bley, L.P.N;C.M.Ht. at C.H.A.N.G.E. 610.797.8250 or email change@4change.com. Coopersburg Location

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 16 River Valley Waldorf School Tour – This is the best way to experience Waldorf education. View student work, observe classes and speaking with faculty. 9am.River Valley Waldorf School 1395 Bridgeton Hill Road, Upper Black Eddy. Please call to register 610-982-5606.

Jin Shin Jyutsu Class - Learn Japanese healing art using finger pressure along pathways on the body restoring energy flow. Similar to acupuncture without needles for pain, stress, other health concerns.

5:30-7:30 pm. LV Hospital, 17th&Chew, Allentown.

2nd floor auditorium. $5. 610-398-1555

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 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

Open Practice – With Sandra Kessel. Join other yoga practitioners to learn and gain inspiration from in each monthly session, and be able to take what you learn from this personalized practice to help guide you every time you are on the mat. 4pm. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem.

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HGC – Comprehensive, Rapid , Lasting Weight Loss – Join Mia Darling, N.D. for a one hour seminar about the HCG program offered at the Maulfair Medical Center and how this life changing program may be just the solution you are looking for. 10am.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 23 FREE: Women & Money Talk – Mira Hirsch. An educational talk (no selling) to learn the steps you can take to better manage your situation and feel more secure about a healthy financial future. Be safe, not sorry! 6:30-7:30 pm, Twin Ponds Center, West LV, Pre-register 610.395.3355

Carotid Artery Ultrasound Screening – Baseline Medical. Avoid heart attacks, strokes, disability or even death with this noninvasive, no risk screening that assesses blood flow & wall structure of the arteries in your neck. AND learn how these conditions may be corrected naturally! Results in 10 minutes.

1pm-4pm, $60. Twin Ponds Center, West LV, call for appointment 610.395.3355

Breast Awareness Health Group – Dr. John DeCotiis discusses how to prevent disease and address the importance of Vitamin D in good breast health.

Open to anyone that has an interest in optimizing breast health. William G. Rohrer Center for Healthfitness, 2309 Evesham Road, Voorhees, NJ. 6:30pm.

Please call to register. 856-596-5834 or email liesha@healththroughawareness.com

Relieve Back Pain Yoga Class, back by popular demand - a yoga sequence designed to focus on principles and poses to safely stretch and strengthen common causes of back pain. Ideal for the very inflexible. For all levels. Beginners welcome.

10:45am-12:15pm, $20. Near Bethlehem Wegman’s. Yoga with Stephanie Snyder, a Registered Yoga Teacher, call 610-867-0116 to reserve your space.

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Yoga in Action – With Alysha Pfeiffer and Megan Ridge. Workshop 1/24 to 1/26. Yoga in Action brings the Off the Mat experience to our local area. These small circles of change build community around yoga and service, develop relationships with other yogis and activists in your area, and collaborate on creating real change. $195. Yoga Loft, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. Please call to reserve. 610.867.9642

Relax Deeply – Restorative Yoga with Alysha Pfeiffer. We use yoga props such as blankets, bolsters, sandbags, and more to elevate and support the body.

Use various breathing techniques to quiet the mind and calm the body. This monthly class is great for those who want to release tension and stress from their lives. 4pm. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. Please call to reserve.

610.867.9642

SATURDAY, JANUARY 25 Kirtan: One Voice, One Prayer -Raise your vibrations to a higher level through the ancient practice of chanting mantras. Sacred sound heals on all levels!

Join us as we are guided on a musical journey of the soul! No experience necessary, $10 donation, potluck, kids free. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356

Inversions 101 – Learn Dolphin and Forearm Stand with Alicia Wozniak. Begin with a flowing routine to build strength in the core and bring flexibility to the shoulders, neck and chest. Individualized instruction. 1pm. Easton Yoga, 524 Pine St, Easton, 610-923-7522

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28

Retreat: Quiet time, A One-day Meditation Retreat – Greg & Karen Schweitzer. Release deep stress and tension, bring peace to your mind and spirit, and enjoy community and enlightening discussion with gentle yoga, breathing practice and enlightening discussion. 9:00 am-5 pm, $128, Twin Ponds Center, West LV, Register 610.395.3355

Nubian Dance Workshop with Amala GameelaLearn the joyful folk dance of Nubia. Includes instrumentation, costuming, musicality, combinations/choreography, culture, expression, and stage presence with hand outs and music provided. Bring a veil or purchase one at workshop. 1:30-4pm, $30 in adv or $35 at the door. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356

Nutrition for Yoga 101 – 1/25 & 2/1. This 4 hour course series will introduce you to simple, easy changes you can make in your every day food choices that will compliment and enhance your life. Learn mindful eating, food meditation, personal tools for healthy nutritional choices and set a foundation for you to find a positive lifestyle. 10am. Easton Yoga, 524 Northampton St, Easton. Call 610-923-7522

Smoking Cessation Program – 3 sessions: Tues.

Jan. 28th 2014 & Feb. 11th and 25th, 20114.. 7:308:30pm. Cost: $150 includes Manual, CDs, & DVD. For more information or to register contact: Bev Bley L.P.N;C.M.Ht. at C.H.A.N.G.E. 610.797.8250 or email change@4change.com. Coopersburg Location.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29 Effortless Meditation™ Introduction Class, Research & Benefits – Greg Schweitzer. De-stress and revitalize to eliminate some of the most debilitating and chronic health conditions! This scientifically validated and physician recommended “effortless practice” takes you to a level of rest deeper than sleep.7:30-9 am, $20, Twin Ponds Center, West LV, Register 610-395-3355

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Effortless Meditation™ Introduction Class, Research & Benefits – Greg Schweitzer. De-stress and revitalize to eliminate some of the most debilitating and chronic health conditions! This scientifically validated and physician recommended “effortless practice” takes you to a level of rest deeper than sleep. 9-10:30 am, $20, Twin Ponds Center, West LV, Register 610-395-3355

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2 Pilates Tension Release – Foam Roller Workout with Paola Montes. Access your abdominal wall, strengthening it, and improving balance. Use the roller to open the fascia, bones and organs. Finish feeling longer, in balance, and like you rolled away tension and stress. $65. 2pm. The Yoga Loft, Bethlehem. Call to reserve 610-867-9642

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 Free Intro to Yoga– Increase flexibility and reduce stress with this beginner’s yoga class. 6:30pm. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem.

Please call to reserve. 610.867.9642 Y12SR 12-step Program – For anyone working with addictive patterns or affected by those patterns in others. No previous yoga experience is required, please wear comfortable clothing. 7pm. Donation.

Yoga Loft of Bethlehem, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. Please call to reserve. 610.867.9642

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 Work-Life Balance for Busy Moms – Mindful Strategies to Explore Career Direction. For all moms contemplating a return to work or searching for more fulfillment in the working world. 9am-noon. $49. 10% discount for two. Twin Ponds Integrative Health Center, West LV. To register 484-772-5395 or mindfultalk@verizon.net.

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ongoingevents daily Care Alternatives Volunteers – Care Alternatives is actively recruiting Reiki Practitioners, Certified Massage Therapists and Comfort Volunteers to impact the lives of Hospice patients. 866-8211212.

sunday Sunday Services – Metaphysical and nondenominational. Rev. Lloyd Moll, Pastor - Unique Sunday services 10:30am. All welcome! St. John’s Church of Faith, 607 Washington St Allentown.

610-776-7211 Yoga/Level 1&2 – Pick up the pace a bit from the Level 1 classes and begin to introduce intermediate poses. Learn how to safely practice deeper variations of the poses they learned. 10:30am Yoga Loft, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. 610.867.9642

monday Feldenkrais® Method – Carol Siddiqi. Gentle movements helps you improve your capabilities and overcome injuries by teaching your brain to reorganize and rebuild physical movements. 5:45pm, $75/6 classes, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Register 610-395-3355 Pilates: Towel & Foam Roller – Have fun as you strengthen your back, shoulders, and improve core strength while stretching and toning on mat and with towels and foam roller. Ask about pvt and duet sessions. 6-7 pm, $75/6 cl. Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Register 610-395-3355 Yoga Restore – Carol Siddiqi. Helps you perform daily activities pain free and with greater ease by developing deeper self-awareness using the basics of Kripalu Yoga combined with the gentle movements of Feldenkrais®, 7-8 pm, $88/8 cl, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Register 610-395-3355 Blissful Blend Yoga - Fusion class blending different styles of yoga. Includes postures, breathing, relaxation, chanting and meditation. Heal yourself from pain, trauma and stress-related difficulties. No exp nec. 12pm. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville.484-515-8356 Raja (Classical) Yoga - Class offers philosophy, postures, breathing techniques, cleansing practices, relaxations and specific meditations. Handouts included. No exp nec. 5:45pm, $11 in adv or $13 walk-in. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356.

Vinyasa Flow Yoga - An energetic & flowing class focuses on aligning your body, mind and heart for an optimal flow. Creates clarity in your practice and encourages openness in yoga and daily life. 7:30pm, $11 in adv or $13 walk-in. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356.

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Yoga/Gentle & Level 1 – Work at a slower pace to build strength and flexibility. A great place to start if you are new to yoga, or have not been physically active in a while. Restorative postures and breath work for healing and relaxation. 6pm. Yoga Loft, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. 610.867.9642 Beginner/Restorative Yoga – Class with Carol Milot, 11:30am. Kula Heart Yoga & Wellness Center, 3400 Bath Pike (512/Center St), Bethlehem.

610-746-5852 Open/Restorative Yoga – Class with Kriste Matthew; 7:15 pm and Kula Heart Yoga & Wellness Center, 3400 Bath Pike (512/Center St) Suite 201, Bethlehem. 610-746-5852 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.

Community Exchange Time Bank - When neighbors exchange services everyone benefits.

Group Orientations held on the Third Monday of each month at The Center for Healthy Aging at LV Hospital, 17th and Chew Streets, Allentown.

610-969-2486.

tuesday Raja (Classical) Yoga - Offers philosophy, postures, breathing techniques, cleansing practices, relaxations and specific meditations. Handouts included.

No exp nec. 12pm & 5pm, $11 in adv or $13 walk-in.

Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville 484-515-8356 Traditional Middle-Eastern Bellydancing - Explore Egyptian and Near East movements, music, and culture .Improve strength, coordination, balance, and grace. 6:45pm. $88/8wks, starts 1/7/14. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville.

484-515-8356 Wiggle & Giggle with Your Child – Move with your child for a deeper connection. Fun with movement, dance, and colorful props in a creative way.

Children ages 4-7, 9:30 am, $15 per parent/child, additional $5, Priv. avail. Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Register 610-395-3355 Coordination Pattern™ Breakthru Training – 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 classes, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Register 610-395-3355 Acupuncture Pain Management – Say goodbye to pain in the New Year! Join our “Acupuncture Community Sessions” to manage your pain. These sessions are approximately 30 minutes and only $35, Twin Ponds Center, West LV. Call 610-395-3355 Mat Pilates – With certified Pilates instructor Paola Montes. 5:30-6:25pm. $15. Please call to reserve your space. 610.867.9642. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem.

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Pain Relief w/Feldenkrais – Gentle, easy movements that improve flexibility, decrease pain. 5:306:30pm.$10. Lehigh Valley Hospital, 17th & Chew, 2nd fl Auditorium.610-704-1294 for details.

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. 6:30-8pm. Allentown YWCA, 425 S. 15th St., Allentown. 610-434-9333.

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 promoting green energy. Visit www.themarea.org for more information.

Community 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 610-739-4201. Church of the Manger, 1401 Greenview Drive, Bethlehem. Near Westgate Mall

wednesday Self-Discovery thru Movement – A fun class to feel physical release, stress reduction, and greatly connected to “self.” Learn basic rhythms and movement patterns we all use in our daily life while exploring yours. 10am, $115/6 wk series or $20/class, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Register 610395-3355 Pilates Combo Class – Char Brummundt. Mat work with different apparatus - helps with chronic spine, joint, muscular, and neurological problems. 6-7 pm, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Register 610-395-3355 Family Yoga - A fun way to teach children yoga and at the same time get your own practice in! Learn balancing, coordination, breathing, stretching and relaxation. 4:30pm, $11 in adv or $13 walk-in for 2, $5 extra pp. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356 Raja (Classical) Yoga - Offers philosophy, postures, breathing techniques, cleansing practices, relaxations and specific meditations. Handouts included. No exp nec. 10am, $11 in adv or $13 walk-in. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356.

Tai Chi - A gentle martial art that teaches postural alignment, balance, physical control and whole-body coordination, stimulates the brain and maintains over-all health. 5:30pm, starts 1/8/14, $77/7wks. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356

Vinyasa Flow Yoga - An energetic & flowing class, which focuses on aligning your body, mind and heart for an optimal flow. Creates clarity in your practice and encourages openness in yoga and daily life. 6:45pm, $11 in adv or $13 walk-in. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville.

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Tai Chi – Improve strength and promote calm and harmony by improving energy flow. 11am. Please call to reserve your space. 610.867.9642. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem 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. Build flexibility and endurance. Breathwork is coordinated with postures. 1:30pm. YMCA/YWCA, 425 S. 15th St. Allentown. 610-434-9333.

Easton/Bethlehem Area Lyme Support Group – Meets the 1st Wednesday of month to discuss and answer questions. 7pm. Country Meadows, 4035 Green Pond Rd., Bethlehem. Open to public. Contact Heidi at 610-882-2253.

Iyengar Yoga Levels 1&2 – 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 as they go deeper into each pose. 7pm, $88/8 cl, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Register 610-395-3355

Raja (Classical) Yoga - Offers philosophy, postures, breathing techniques, cleansing practices, relaxations and specific meditations. Handouts included. No exp nec. 10am, $11 in adv or $13 walk-in. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville.

484-515-8356.

Intermediate/Advanced Yoga – Classes with Esperanza Brizuela-Garcia. 5:30 pm. Kula Heart Yoga & Wellness Center, 3400 Bath Pike (512/Center St) Suite 201, Bethlehem. 610-746-5852

Matter of Balance – Emphasizes practical strategies to manage falls. Make changes to reduce fall risk at home and exercise to increase strength and balance. $25/8 wks, Allentown YMCA & YWCA, 425 S. 15th St. 610-434-9333.

Student Massage Sessions – 50-55 minute supervised massages done by students. $30. 2-9pm by appointment. Health Options Institute, 1926 2nd Street, Bethlehem. 610-419-3535.

Bellydancing – With Hannah Nour. Traditional dance for fitness and creative expression. 7:30pm. Kula Heart Yoga & Wellness Center, 3400 Bath Pike (512/ Center St) Suite 201, Bethlehem. 610-746-5852 Monthly Peace Vigil – 2nd Thursday of every month, 4pm at the south approach to the Hill-to-Hill Bridge, 3rd & Wyandotte Streets, Bethlehem. Contact Vince 610-216-8103, or Tom 610-882-1136 for info.

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

Please call to reserve your space. 610.867.9642. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem

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 Street Allentown 610-791-2641

Stress Relief Coaching Group – Join others in a group setting to manage stress with multiple holistic approaches. 9:15am or 5:15pm. $25 session. Creative Holistic Therapy, 3037 S. Pike Avenue (Rte 145) #105, Allentown. 610-282-0709 to register.

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. 610-5597280

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.

thursday Blissful Blend Yoga - Fusion class blending different styles of yoga. Heal yourself from pain, trauma and stress-related difficulties. No exp nec. 9:30am.

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

Bellydance w/Veils - Learn how to manipulate the veil with simple steps, basic arm paths serpentine circular movements, luxurious undulations, and subtle shimmies with a fun choreography. 7:15pm.

Starts 1/9/13, $88/8wks. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356 Pilates, Morning Stretch − A great introduction to Pilates. Strengthen your back, shoulders and improve core strength while stretching and toning with balls, rollers, and towels. Ask about private and duet “reformer” sessions. 9:30am, $75/6 cl, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Register 610-395-3355 Coordination Pattern™ Breakthru Training – 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. 7pm, $75/6 cl. Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Register 610-395-3355

Community Exchange Time Bank - When neighbors exchange services everyone benefits. Group Orientations held on the 1st Wednesday of each month 6pm. LV Hospital, Muhlenburg Campus, RT22 and Shoenersville Rd, Bethlehem. 610-969-2486.

Mat Pilates – With certified Pilates instructor Paola Montes. 5:30pm. $15. Please call to reserve your space. 610.867.9642. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem.

Yoga/Level 1 – With Megan Ridge. Learn correct alignment and breathing in fundamental yoga postures.

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

friday Beginner’s Yoga – Attention to alignment and self love make this class a perfect one for those beginning or challenged with limitations.10am, $88/8 cl., Twin Ponds, W Lehigh Valley, Reg. 610-395-3355 Kripalu Yoga Restorative – 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 without pain.11:30am.$88/8 classes, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, 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. 9am. Allentown YWCA, 425 S. 15th St., Allentown. 610-434-9333.

Yoga Flow/Level 1&2 – Learn how to safely align their flow and practice deeper variations of the poses they learned in Level 1. For those with some Level 1 experience and are looking for more. 9:30am. Yoga Loft, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. 610.867.9642 Yoga for All – With Scott. Come together to celebrate life and to feel good. All levels and ages welcome. Donation. 5-6pm at Kim’s Healing Center, 1223 Butler St., Easton. 610-559-7280 Beginner/restorative Yoga – Class with Carol Milot, 11:30am. Kula Heart Yoga & Wellness Center, 3400 Bath Pike (512/Center St), Bethlehem. 610-746-5852

saturday Raja (Classical) Yoga - Class will offer philosophy, postures, breathing techniques, cleansing practices, relaxations and specific meditations. Handouts included. No exp nec. 9am, $11 in adv or $13 walk-in.

Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville.

484-515-8356 Free to be Me – Yoga for Adults with cognative disabilities. Fun and simple. Improves coordination, flexibility and strength. Stress-relief and emotional management. 10:45am, Free to one adult and friend, Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville.

484-515-8356 Grief Support Group – Every 3rd Saturday. Join this professionally mediated group session to help move through the stages of grief and move forward in a supported, positive manner. Free. Gail Elaine Tinker Psychotherapy3005 Brodhead Road Bethlehem, East entrance. Call to reserve 610-216-4319 Yoga/Align & Refine – In this class you will pay detailed attention to your posture and alignment in your yoga poses working towards creating a strong, flexible and well balanced body.10am. 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 Saturday monthly. Noon-2pm.

3005 Brodhead Rd, East Entrance, Bethlehem. Call Gailelaine 610-216-4319 for info and register.

Gamblers Anonymous Meeting – If you have a gambling problem please join us every Saturday morning from 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.

LEHIGH VALLEY ORIENTAL MEDICINE CENTRE Ming ming and David Molony 101 Bridge Street 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

LISA BAAS ACUPUNCTURE CLASSICAL 5 ELEMENT ACUPUNCTURE J.L.Collins M.Ac.,Lic.Ac., NCCAOM Diplomat 2020 Downyflake Lane Allentown, PA 18103 610-317-6064

THE PULSE REVEALS THE TREATMENT. Relieve the pain and suffering whether mental, emotional, or physical by determining and treating the causative factor. Maintain the improvement with seasonal treatments. Worsley trained practitioner with 30 years clinical/ diagnostic experience. Offering cancer treatment support. Helping you along the journey. Licensed in PA, Nationally certified..

FLASHPOINT ACUPUNCTURE 127 S. 5th Street, Suite 100 Quakertown, PA 18951 215.536.7200 www.FlashpointAcupuncture.com

& 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. ) A u t o n o m i c R e sponseTesting 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

Acupuncture is a safe, drug free and natural approach to health. We can help with many conditions including ED, High blood pressure, muscular pain, weight loss and more. Don’t wait until you have exhausted all your options to experience all of its benefits. We offer massage therapy, for those pesky muscular issues and we use, myofascial release, trigger point or neuromuscular therapy to treat them.

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 41.

To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. ~Buddha

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ACUPUNCTURE – COMMUNITY STYLE EASTMAN ACUPUNCTURE

Laura Eastman, MS, MAc, LAc 1617 Hamilton St., Allentown, PA 484-619-3882 eastman-acupuncture.com

Traditional acupuncture practiced in an open setting. Effective for treating acute sprains/strains, pain (chronic, arthritis, low back), headaches (including migraines), allergies, depression, digestive issues, support for lifestyle changes, infertility, PMS, anxiety, stress and much more. Personalized treatments for your physical, mental and emotional health delivered at a flat rate of $20. M 12-5, Tu 8:30-12, W 8:30-12, Th 2:30-6:30, F 12-4 and Sa 8:30-12

AROMATHERAPY YOUNG LIVING ESSENTIAL OILS Marilyn York, Independent Distributor # 489656 1-877-436-2299, ext. 2 MarilynYork.VibrantScents.com

Young Living has specialized in growing, distilling, and selling therapeutic-grade,organic Essential Oils for 20 years. Over 130 therapeutic-grade essential oils, and essential-oil enhanced nutritional supplements & products. Visit my website for details. Income opportunities option is also available.

BODYWORK ELEMENTS FOR HEALING Heather Terrible West Bethlehem PA 484-626-2920

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Allow your body to heal itself and restore your vital life force with Shiatsu. Relieve stress, anxiety, back pain, digestive issues and headaches. Shiatsu also helps with fertility and reproductive problems.

Move stagnant energy, remove blockages and create balance in the body’s major energy systems. Trained at International School of Shiatsu. Available by appointment.

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MARIE RUXTON THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE

Marie Ruxton CMT, CN 628 Chestnut St., 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 43.

QUIET HEART YOGA, FITNESS & HOLISTIC HEALTH

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5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville, PA 18106, Unit #7 www.quietheartyoga.com quietheartyoga@hotmail.com, 484-515-8356

PATHWAYS HOLISTIC CENTER

ties, including Deep Tissue, Hot Stone, Ayurvedic, and Pre-Natal Massage, Herbal Poultice, Reiki, Shiatsu, Pranic Healing, Shamanic Healing, Past Life Regression, Crystal Healing, and more; we are dedicated to improving and balancing mental, spiritual and physical health. Join us for classes in Yoga, Bellydancing, Drumming, Chanting, Reiki, Tai Chi, QiGong and Herbal classes to create movement and freedom in your spirit!

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.

4833 Chestnut St. Emmaus, PA 18049 610.966.7001 Offering a variety of modali- www.pathwaysholistic.com

CHIROPRACTOR 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

NEW LEAF WELLNESS CENTER 21 Main Street Clinton, NJ 08809 908-333-4146 NewLeafWellness.com

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.

Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S., R.M.

3005 Broadhed Road #20 Bethlehem, PA 18020 610-216-4319 Offering colon hydrotherapy, ge@tinkerpsychotherapy.com detoxification, wellness coach- www.tinkerpsychotherapy.com ing 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.

LiveWell Integrated Health offers traditional Chinese acupuncture, chiropractic, COUNSELING – FAMILY HOLISTIC body work, and nutritional and lifestyle coaching. Being healthy is a lifestyle choice.... RCG COUNSELING choose to LiveWell. See ad, Easton, PA 610-258-5000 page 41.

COACHING - CAREER

REV. LYN S. FELIX, MSW, LCSW, CHT, RM

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.

FUNERAL SERVICES

rcgcounseling@rcgcounseling.com www.rcgcounseling.com

NICOS C. ELIAS FUNERAL HOME, INC

Twin Ponds Integrative Health Center 610-504-4830 WWW.LRSOUNDENERGY.COM

Regenerative Medicine

RCG Counseling under- Nicos C. Elias, Supervisor stands that families can be Allentown, PA. 610-433-2200 CAREER WELLNESS PARTNERS a source of great support www.eliasfuneralhome.com Barbara Berger, CPC, CCC Mr. Elias offers several different and joy, and they can also Allentown, PA green and eco-friendly funeral have challenging dynam484-862-9523 plans using biodegradable caskets, ics and relationships.

We Barbara@CareerWellnessPartners.com preservation without chemicals, are committed to providCareerWellnessPartners.com and earth friendly paper goods. A ing quality counseling services to restore balance to When work and true self aren’t natural, back to the earth apaligned, it affects our integral well- families and individuals. Call or e-mail today to proach. Biodegradable urns for set-up your free consultation.

ness. I provide Career Coaching to those choosing cremation. Also help align who you are with what offering assistance with home-based funerals COUNSELING – HOLISTIC you do or how you do it. Specializing in women in transition, midHAIR RESTORATION – NATURAL career professionals and college Meg Deak MCAT, LPC Life Rhythms @ students.

Lehigh Valley Institute of

COACHING – LIFE and HEALTH Blaze Success

Elizabeth Sanchez Certified Business & Lifestyle Coach 44 E. Broad St. Suite 120 Bethlehem PA 18018 610.417.0665 - www.blazesuccess.com

Mikhail Artamonov, MD Are you looking to free yourself 1004 Van Buren Rd., Easton, PA 18045 from stress overwhelm and 610-438-4460

anxiety? Do you need better LehighValleyIntituteOfRegenerativeMedicine.com We offer a cutting-edge therapy ways to release anger, fear, guilt to grow your own hair without and sadness? Are you ready to surgery or medication. Platelet shift from chronic worry to enRich Plasma from the patient’s during optimism? Call Meg toRecalibrate for your life’s true own blood stimulates the growth day for a no-charge 20 minute potential, Restore balance, Reconof blood vessels in the scalp, enstrategy session to see what’s right for you. nect with meaningful relationhancing and creating new hair ships, Rediscover and achieve follicles. This procedure reverses your dreams, Revitalize with clarhair miniaturization and pattern baldness with a safe, ity and focus. Elizabeth has been natural and simple procedure. See ad, page 64. working for over 18 years offering individual and group sessions to empower clients to live life in magnificence. Call to schedule a free “Magnificent Life Assessment”

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HEALTH COACH Health & Wellness Nurse Navigators, LLC

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

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!

HOLISTIC HEALTH Barbara Fenton, H.H.P.

Reiki Master/Teacher – Aromatherapist Emmaus, PA 18049 610-393-2036 www.barbarafenton1.com

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.

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

Beverley S. Bley Coopersburg, PA 610-797-8250, www.4change.com

INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE MJA Healthcare Network

Mikhail Artamonov, MD PhD 5195 Seven Bridges Road East Stroudsburg, PA 18301 570-872-9800 MJAHealthcare.com

Combining Allopathic (Western) medicine, Oriental medicine and the newest medical technology to offer patients complete and personalized health care. Certified in Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Pain medicine, Independent Medical Examination and Addiction Medicine, Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Medical Acupuncture, Functional and Anti-Aging Medicine. See ad, page 64.

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.

MANTRA MEDITATION YOGA Paul Wilson, D.Ay 6730 Geissinger Rd. Zionsville, PA 484 695 6880 paulclarkwilson@gmail.com

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

Meditation is nourishment for the soul. Experience the deep calm within you. Learn a simple but Certified Master Hypnotherapist. profound technique that brings Enhance Your Health, Control stress and anxiety, depresrest to the body, clarity to the mind Happiness & Productivity! sion, pain and anger. Lose weight, and effectiveness in action. Paul Counseling, Hypnotherapy And Naturally Generated Excellence eliminate smoking. Hypnotherapy has been a teacher of Mantra Lose Weight, Stop Smoking, Eliminate Phobias certification and hypnobirthing Meditation Yoga for forty years Control: Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Pain & Anger Hypnotherapy Certification Classes classes. See ad, page 24. and also gives Ayurvedic consultations.

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.com

OPTIONS HYPNOSIS

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

Carol Siddiqi FGNA, RYT

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 31.

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MOVEMENT THERAPY – FELDENKRAIS METHOD®

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

www.healthylehighvalley.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 Carol Sherman DDS William Baron DDS 2600 Newburg Rd. Easton, PA 18045 610-252-1454

www.beatacarlson.com

Dr. Carlson begins with 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.

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. See ad, page 19.

NATURAL FAMILY MEDICINE 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. Cold Laser Therapy for pain. The goal is to restore and/or maintain a healthy lifestyle..

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 17.

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

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 51.

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 bioidentical hormone therapy. See ad, page 16.

TWIN PONDS INTEGRATIVE HEALTH CENTER

NATURAL HEALTH

DALLAS WELLNESS CENTER, LLC

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

Dallas Wellness Center is a health oriented center that recognizes each person as an individual. We offer Iridology, Thermographic Imaging, Nutrigenomics and Nutrition, Hair Analysis, and Ion Cleansing. When people have been everywhere else and are still sick, they come visit us.

See ad, page 33.

Lehigh Valley Integrated Health

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 17 and 27.

NATUROPATH AUTHENTIC EASTERN HEALTH LLC

163 S. Green St., Nazareth, PA 18064 610-759-0500 www.VitalityLV.com

LV Integrated Health is an al­ ternative medicine practice located in the heart of Nazareth, PA. Services offered include: Family Chiropractic, Nutrition Response Testing, Massage Therapy, and Reflexology. The staffs’ health philosophy is that your lifestyle (not just your genetics) determines the length and quality of your existence.

They offer regular free educational classes in the practice on such top­ics as, How to Turn Stress and Fatigue into Vitali­ty! See ad, page 10.

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

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

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 26.

Ping Zhao ND, IIPA Certified Iridologist 3005 Brodhead Rd. Bethlehem 18020 610-866-9087 www.EasternHealth123.com

The Natural Way to Health. Using Iridology, Sclerology and Tongue Analysis to identify the parts of the body that may be in an overactive or underactive state, and where pain or inflammation is originating from. Promoting a healthy balance and prevention of disease using Herbal & Nutrition Consultation along with Therapeutic Acupressure and Tai Chi, Qigong exercise.

Mia Darling, N.D.

Maulfair Medical Center 2970 Corporate Court, Suite #1 Orefield, Pa 18069 484-272-2055

As a Naturopath, I am trained in both prescription drugs and natural supplements and herbs. I work with you, not just a lab value. I take the time to listen to you and to educate you on how your body works, including how foods, supplements, and exercise.

Whether you are trying to reverse or prevent a health issue, there are solutions to address the root cause of disease. See ad, page 44.

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 49.

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NUTRITIONAL TECHNOLOGIES

THE JOYFUL ELEPHANT

“Dr. Nick” Traditional Naturopath.

Get and stay healthy. Proven FivePoint 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 mini-consults! Call or email for information.

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.

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

NUTRITION & EDUCATION WELLNESS SIMPLIFIED

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

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

NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING ALICIA RAMBO-WOSNIAK

Center for Healthy Living @ Easton Yoga 524 Northampton St, 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 whole-body care. Over 10 years of wellness experience through yoga and now offering wellness coaching through lifestyle and nutritional counseling. Free Health Consultations, call now!

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.

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

REGRESSION THERAPY LIFE’S PATH REGRESSION THERAPY

Saucon Valley, PA 18015 610 972-0400 lifespath14@yahoo.com

Regression hypnotherapy helps you remember events from your past that may be the rootcause of your problems today.

Whether your subconscious mind revisits earlier times of this life, or past lives, you will be amazed at its vast knowledge, and the therapeutic effects of the process. You can connect to loved ones from the other side, and discover who you are as a soul, where you are coming from, and where you are heading.. See ad, page 37.

SEXUAL HEALTH THERAPY Alexandra T. Milspaw,

M.Ed., M.Ed., LPC

1 Bethlehem Place, Suite 408 Bethlehem, PA 18018 www.alexandramilspaw.com 484-894-1246

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

Be.” Anything is possible!

SPIRITUAL HEALING CLASSICAL REIKI PENNSYLVANIA Paula Michal-Johnson, Ph.D. Classical Reiki Pennyslvania 484-686-7388 IntheHeartofReikiLV@gmail.com www.classicalreikipa.wordpress.com

Consultations & Reiki sessions to promote health, wellness and recovery from physical, emotional and spiritual trauma. Cofounder of The Pennsylvania Reiki Consortium and authorized teacher of the Jikiden Reiki Institute in Kyoto, Japan. Teaching Reiki nationally and locally. Reiki I, Shoden, Reiki II, Okuden, Reiki III, Shinpiden.

www.healthylehighvalley.com

LEHIGH VALLEY REIKI

Tara Gallus, Reiki Practitioner & Teacher Bethlehem, PA 610.739.4201 www.lehighvalleyreiki.com

Supporting you in living a fuller, more healthy, balanced life. Relax, relieve stress, and improve your overall physical, emotional and spiritual wellness. Consultations, private sessions, & Reiki classes.

Co-founder of The Pennsylvania Reiki Consortium and ABMP Member. 15 years of experience.

Trained in Western, Traditional, and Jikiden Reiki Practices.

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; Sat 1pm-3pm

STUCTURAL INTEGRATION ANDREI KAZLOUSKI 188 Shiloh Court Whitehall 484.695.8265 www.si-rolfmethod.com

ROLFMETHODOFSTRUCTURAL 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 33.

THERMOGRAPHIC IMAGING Liesha Getson, BCTT, HHC

Serving Bethlehem, Easton and Fogelsville www.healththroughawareness.com 856-596-5834

A Board Certified Thermographic Technician has imaged thousands of patients for many types of health concern and administers outreach thermogram assessments in several eastern PA centers regularly. 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. See ad, page 17.

VETERINARY ACUPUNCTURE Diane Gabriel-Fraynert VMD, CVA

3247 B Wimmer Rd. Bethlehem, PA 18020 610-865-4348 www.AnimalTherapyCenter.com

VETERINARY CANINE REHABILITATION Pamela Mueller PhD DVM

3247 B Wimmer Rd. Bethlehem, PA 18020 610-865-4348 Dr. Gabriel-Fraynert is a veteri- www.AnimalTherapyCenter.com

narian certified in medical acupuncture for animals since 2005. She has been practicing Integrative Veterinary Medicine using both conventional and holistic modalities, including Chinese and Western herbs, Homo-toxicology/Homeopathy, and Nutraceuticals. Dr. GabrielFraynert feels an integrative approach allows for greater breadth of treatment options for many underlying and or/ pre-existing medical conditions. See ad, page 47.

VETERINARY CHIROPRACTIC Kristen Fenstermacher VMD

3247 B Wimmer Rd. Bethlehem, PA 18020 610-865-4348 www.AnimalTherapyCenter.com

Dr. Kristen Fenstermacher is a equine veterinarian certified in veterinary chiropractor by the International Veterinary Chiropractic Association . She provides chiropractic services for cats and dogs at the Animal Therapy Center. See ad, page 47.

CANINE MASSAGE Vyolet Albano CMP, RM, CM

3247 B Wimmer Rd. Bethlehem, PA 18020 610-865-4348 www.AnimalTherapyCenter.com

Vyolet Albano is certified canine massage practitioner who completed her certification at the Integrated Touch Therapy School in Circleville, Ohio. Having an interest in non-invasive modalities for addressing animal pain, she is also a Master of Chi Energy, Reiki and Quantum Healing. Vyolet provides massage and reiki services for dogs and cats at the Animal Therapy Center. ee ad, page 47.

Join our Healthy Living Community for as low as 67.50 per month.

Call 610-421-4443

Dr. Mueller is a veterinarian with advanced training in exercise physiology and canine rehabilitation. We welcome dogs with neurologic problems, sports injur i e s a n d p o s t s u rg i c a l p a tients. Aquatic exercise can rejuvenate geriatric pets and condition competition companions. ee ad, page 47.

VETERINARY PHYSICAL THERAPY Beth Kenny MPT, CCRP

3247 B Wimmer Rd. Bethlehem, PA 18020 610-865-4348 www.AnimalTherapyCenter.com

Beth is a physical therapist with 20 years experience, including special education in canine anatomy and rehabilitaion. She utilizes many of the same rehabilitative techniques and therapies developed for humans to help your companion animals recover from injury, surgery, or to improve life in their golden years. ee ad, page 47.

YOGA KULA HEART YOGA

3400 Bath Pike, Bethlehem 610-746-5852 www.kulaheartyoga.com Facebook: Yoga at Kulaheartyoga

Bringing community of the hearts together as we embrace diversity & celebrate life. Diverse yoga classes, certified/ registered yoga teachers, Yoga Teacher Tr a i n i n g , K i d ’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.

THE YOGA LOFT

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

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 2.

WEIGHT LOSS - HOLISTIC PATHWAYS HOLISTIC CENTER

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

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

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

Reduce stress. Relieve back pain. Restore energy and enjoy increased flexibility. This class is for everyone. No experience necessary. Classes Mon & Fri 10am. or Wed 1pm. Private sessions also available. Call for evening classes.

Peace begins with a smile. ~Mother Teresa

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Coming Next Month

classifieds APEALS Big Brothers Big Sisters – Needs volunteers for children living in Phillipsburg. Please call today to learn how you can help a child grow up. 908-689-0436 or INFO@BBBSHSW.ORG Healers Wanted – Help us to aid in the healing environment at Pocono Medical Center. Seeking volunteers for the Complementary & Alternative Medicine Program. Interested practitioners in Reiki and massage, artists and musicians please contact Jill Howell at 570-476-3443 or email JHowell@ pmcHealthSystem.org .

Hunterdon Helpline – Looking for caring volunteers!

Spend an hour a week with a senior, tutor an ESL/ GED learner, or become a translator (looking for all languages). 908-782-4357 literacy@helplinehc.org

COURSES Hypnotherapy Certification Classes - 150 hours.

“At Home” and/or classroom environment and “hands-on” practice experience. Reasonably priced!

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. Coopersburg area.

OPPORTUNITIES

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HEART HEALTH National and Local Experts Help Us Find Real Solutions

Vegetarian Café Co-Creator – Seeking invested co-creator for healthy café in South Allentown. Restaurant quantity food preparation and nutritional expertise required. Investment required. Serious inquiries only. 610-737-4882.

Love scented candles? We are looking for distributors www.getnaturalwaxcandlesnow.com 908-319-2455 for more info.

Established Pennsylvania Academy For Sale - DOE Licensed. Growing demand. Call 267-424-4549.

Licensed Massage Therapist – Independent contractor, needed at Twin Ponds Center. We are located just west of Rt. 100, off Schantz Rd. in the west end of Lehigh Valley. Please call 610.305.3355 for more information.

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PRODUCTS Tai Chi and Qigong DVDs – Aleve many health ailments by practicing Tai Chi and Qigoing any where and any time with quality DVD instruction. Simple to learn and can be practiced by anyone, young or old. Advanced through Expert levels available at EasternHealth123.com Hypnotherapy CDs and DVDs – Weight Control, Smoking Cessation, Insomnia, Personal Development, Stress Management, Procrastination. Prices: CDs $29DVDs $49. Call Bev at 610.797.8250 or order through “products” section at www.4change.com Mention this ad for a $5 discount!

Herbal Packs, Lavander Packs and Cool Downz – various styles, shapes and patterns. Prices: $7-$25. Call Bev 610.797.8250 or order through “products” section at www.4change.com www.4change.com.

SERVICES Migraines, Fibromyalgia, IBS – These all have symptoms caused by or worsened from food sensitivities. Targeted diet therapy can improve or eliminate these symptoms. Call for a free consultation.

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

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

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

Natural Awakenings Detoxifed Iodine is 100 percent natural, raw iodine in an ethyl alcohol solution. We thank all those that are benefiting from this product and enthusiastically telling us their great results.  Available only at NAWebstore.com  My wife, who suffered from extreme fatigue and other symptoms, saw a dramatic increase in energy after just a few days of taking the natural iodine drops. Now if she misses a day, she’ll end up falling asleep in the middle of the afternoon, like she used to do before taking the iodine. It works! ~ Aaron My doctor told me that I had a hypothyroid condition, prescribed medication and was happy with the follow-up test results, yet I noticed no positive effects on my overall wellbeing. Within two weeks of using the Natural Awakenings Detoxified Iodine, I had more energy, felt more awake and enjoyed clearer thinking and greater peace of mind. People even comment that I look younger. I am a fan! ~ Larry

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Proper iodine supplementation with a high-quality product like Natural Awakenings Detoxified Iodine can prevent harm by protecting the thyroid and other endocrine glands and restoring proper hormone production.

A Few Drops Can Change Your Life!

You could feel better, lose weight or increase energy and mental clarity with a few drops of Natural Awakenings DETOXIFIED IODINE daily in water or on your skin when used as directed.

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