Natural Awakenings August 2018 Issue

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HEALTHY

LIVING

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Simplified Parenting

Focusing on What Matters Most

Healing at Every Level

Vibrant Health Embraces Many Dimensions

Cultivating Kindness An Exercise to Relax into Love

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Contents 16 HOW WORK AND PLAY KEEP STRESS AWAY

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Bente Goldstein on Immersing Kids in the Real World

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SIMPLIFIED PARENTING

Why Less Means More Happiness

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ERLING KAGGE

on Our Deep Need For Silence

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THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

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A KINDER HEART

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MULTILEVEL HEALING

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WASTE NO WATER

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MIGHTY MINERALS

Cultivating a Life of Compassion

Embracing All Dimensions of Well-Being

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Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor Certification Program Begins This Fall

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Laferty noted that this is the first class of its kind in the area since the closing of the highly regarded Kanyakumari Ayurveda and Yoga Wellness Center two years ago. “Our class is perfect for those wanting a more natural approach to health and wellness,” Laferty says. “It Tresa Laferty also fits well with any health provider wanting to offer a systematic approach to natural health. For those with a yoga background, you will find it pairs well with your existing offerings and approach.”

Laferty is a certified ayurvedic practitioner and panchakarma technician. She is also an advanced medicinal aromatherapist and reiki master teacher. She holds classes and workshops throughout the area and has been sharing her passion for natural living for over 12 years. She has a busy practice in Kenosha where she sees clients for ayurvedic consultations, body therapies and panchakarma.

Location: Mosaic Wellness Yoga & Ayurveda, in Germantown, W156N11482 Pilgrim Rd. For more information, call 262-902-2271, email TLaferty@icloud.com or visit Mosaic Wellness.net. See ad, page 11.

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Customers can also choose the OZone sauna, combined with MediCupping, for $110 (regularly $135). Individual therapies available include a 30-minute OZone treatment for $50; microcurrent therapy for $40; a 25-minute Halo Bed dry salt therapy session for $40; and an hour-long Teresa Lopez MediCupping treatment for $85.

“OZone is used as a disinfectant, limiting the effects of virus, bacteria, fungi, candida, yeast and protozoa in the body,” says Lopez. “OZone is widely used for wound-healing and normalizing hormone and enzyme production, and to improve brain fog, reduce lymphatic congestion and inflammation, activate the immune system to deter abnormal cellular growth, increase blood flow and circulation by cleaning arteries and veins, and lower the risk of complications of diabetes.”

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he third annual Milwaukee Fringe Festival will be held Saturday, August 25 and Sunday, August 26 at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. This festival highlights artists and creatives of all disciplines, and is intended to bring awareness and enjoyment of local and regional art and art-makers. The festival takes place in venues within and surrounding the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, including their outdoor space alongside the Milwaukee River. The event includes theatrical actors, painters, musicians, dancers, performance artists and playwrights, all participating in this joyous celebration of Milwaukee’s vibrant arts culture.

Fringe festivals began in 1947 when eight theater companies arrived at the Edinburgh International Festival hoping to put on their shows. When the larger festival turned them down, they decided to put on their own. These smaller groups literally performed on the fringe of the larger festival, forming the genesis of the fringe festival. Fringe festivals have since formed in arts-minded cities such as New York, London, Sydney and Minneapolis.

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he 13th annual Taste of Wellspring event and fundraiser, featuring a gourmet dinner prepared by local chefs, takes place 5 to 8 p.m., September 8, at the Urban Ecology Center’s location at the Washington Park Pavilion. The event will allow attendees to celebrate the harvest and taste food from Wellspring’s certified organic farm. There will also be a raffle with prizes: a gift certificate for $250 worth of pasteurized beef and pork; two overnight and breakfast stays at Wellspring B&B (worth $190); a winter share of Wellspring farm produce valued at $180; and a family membership to Riveredge Nature Center, along with their homemade pancake mix and maple syrup, worth $75.

Wellspring is a nonprofit education and retreat center whose mission is to inspire and teach people to grow, prepare and eat healthy food. In so doing, they transform food systems and build communities.

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Dr. Cardy Raper, author of Open House: Saturday Love, Sex and Mushrooms: AdAugust 25 from 3-5 pm ventures of a Woman in Science, will be the keynote speaker. She www.mosaicwellness.net will talk about her work as a scientist studying the reproductive nature of mushrooms at a time when few women worked in this field, and facilitate a workshop on her research and findings.

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The event will feature refreshments, trivia and brief remarks from Meta House President and CEO Valerie Vidal. The goal of the event is to bring members of the community together for education and to build partnerships, and to help Meta House continue its mission of ending the generational cycle of addiction by healing women and strengthening families.

Since 1963, Meta House has worked to end generational substance abuse. While the cornerstone of the program is addiction treatment, Meta House also offers parenting, vocational and educational services to clients, and a host of services for their children. This holistic approach ensures that as mom gets well, her entire family has the tools to successfully adapt to a life in recovery.

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Holding Hands Reduces Pain Holdings hands with a loved one reduces physical pain, report researchers at the University of Colorado and University of Haifa that studied the brainwaves of 22 heterosexual couples between ages 23 and 32. When in each other’s presence, the couples’ brainwaves tended to synchronize, especially in the alpha mu band, a measure of focused attention; holding hands amplified this effect and markedly lowered pain levels. The more empathetic the man was to the woman’s pain, the more their brain activity synced and her pain decreased. Men that were less empathetic did not produce the same effect.

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Turmeric Helps Heal Skin Ailments Turmeric, with its renowned anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and antioxidant properties, seems to improve a number of skin conditions when taken topically or orally, concludes a review of clinical studies published in Phytotherapy. Researchers at Drexel University, in Philadelphia, and the University of California, Sacramento, selected the 10 strongest clinical studies on turmeric out of 234 published. They concluded that this spice, with its active ingredient curcumin, was effective in treating acne, oral lichen planus (mouth inflammation), pruritus (itchy skin), psoriasis, radiodermatitis (a side effect of radiation treatment), diabetic microangiopathy (bleeding of small blood vessels) and diabetic edema (swelling). Studies on other skin conditions were either inconsistent or ineffective, the report concluded.

Mediterranean Diet Cuts Risk of Prostate Cancer In a five-year study published in The Journal of Urology of 2,000 older Spanish men, those following a Mediterranean diet rich in fish, boiled potatoes, whole fruits, vegetables, legumes and olive oil that was low in juices had a significantly lower risk of aggressive prostate cancer compared to those eating a Western diet.

This protective effect was not found in diets higher in fatty foods, red and processed meat, refined grains and sweets. The researchers also reviewed other science to date, confirming the protective effect of the Mediterranean diet as well as “healthy” and “prudent” diets, all consisting of greater portions of fruits and vegetables.

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Vitamin D can’t be metabolized without sufficient magnesium levels. Thus, it remains stored and inactive for as many as 50 percent of Americans on nutrient-poor diets, reports a research review in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. “Without magnesium, vitamin D is not really useful or safe,” says study co-author Mohammed S. Razzaque, Ph.D., a professor of pathology at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, in Erie, Pennsylvania.

As a consequence, taking vitamin D supplements can increase a person’s calcium and phosphate levels, even if they remain vitamin D deficient, he explains; and that can lead to vascular calcification if their magnesium levels aren’t sufficient.

The magnesium factor may explain why vitamin D supplementation doesn’t necessarily help vitamin D deficiency-related disorders such as skeletal deformities, cardiovascular diseases and metabolic syndrome. Natural sources of magnesium include almonds, cashews and other nuts, bananas, beans, broccoli, brown rice, egg yolks, fish oil, green vegetables, mushrooms, oatmeal, soybeans, sweet corn, tofu, whole grains, and pumpkin, sesame, sunflower and flax seeds.

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By the study’s end, 89 percent of those on the high-fiber diet and 50 percent of the lower-fiber diet group reached blood sugar levels in the normal range. Researchers theorized that the fiber increased numbers of the specific bacteria that break down carbohydrates, producing short-chain fatty acids that nourished gut-lining cells, reduced inflammation and helped control appetite. A shortage of short-chain fatty acids has been associated with Type 2 diabetes and other diseases.

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global briefs

Parrot Prosthetics

Pete, a 34-year-old Amazon parrot, received a boot-like prosthesis made by a 3-D printer from a customized mold after his leg was ripped off by a fox. A day later, he was not only already starting to accept it, but also realized he could place his weight on it. “That in itself is revolutionary for a bird,” says Veterinarian LaToya Latney, service head and attending clinician of the Exotic Companion Animal Medicine and Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s Ryan Hospital, known as Penn Vet. “He gets it.”

In another case of an interspecies application of new medical technology, Lola, a Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle, the most endangered species of marine turtle, suffered injuries so extensive that a flipper was amputated. Losing a limb can make it difficult for a turtle to avoid predators or chase after prey. At the Key West Aquarium, in Florida, Iok Wong, Samantha Varela and Vivian Liang, three recent engineering graduates from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, in Massachusetts, used their specialized skills and 3-D printing to create an effective, low-cost prosthetic turtle flipper.

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Plog On

Picking Up Litter While Jogging Becomes a Winning Trend

Sweden’s latest fitness craze, plogging, is a mashup of jogging and the Swedish plocka upp, meaning pick up, in this case, litter. There are plogging groups in Scandinavia, Germany and other parts of Europe. According to the Swedish fitness app Lifesum, which makes it possible for users to track plogging activity, a half-hour of jogging while picking up trash will burn 288 calories for the average person, compared with 235 via jogging alone. A brisk walk expends about 120 calories.

The Washington Post reports that in the U.S., it’s just starting to catch on among exercisers fed up with rubbish along their routes. They carry trash bags and pluck litter and recyclables off sidewalks and bushes wearing gardening gloves for safety. The environmental organization Keep America Beautiful recently started promoting plogging to encourage trash-free communities, putting out the #plogging message to its 600 affiliates. Spokesman Mike Rosen reports that response has been surprisingly robust.

Big Melt

North Pole Rises Above Freezing

March 20 is normally close to the coldest season at the North Pole, but an extraordinary thaw swelled over the tip of the planet this year. Analyses show that the temperature warmed to the melting point as an enormous storm pumped an intense pulse of heat through the Greenland Sea. Temperatures may have soared as high as 35 degrees, reports the U.S. Global Forecast System model.

Such extreme warm intrusions in the Arctic, once rare, are becoming routine, research has shown. A study published in Geophysical Research Letters in July 2017 found that since 1980, these events are becoming more frequent, longer-lasting and more intense. Study author Robert Graham, from the Norwegian Polar Institute, says, “Previously, this was not common. It happened in four years between 1980 and 2010, but has now occurred in four out of the last five winters.” The events are related to the decline of winter sea ice in the Arctic, with last January’s the lowest on record.

Sinking City

Rising Sea Levels Threaten San Francisco

A paper published in the journal Science Advances reports sea-level rise projections for San Francisco and the Bay Area in California that had not previously factored in a geological phenomenon called subsidence—the settling or sinking of the land.

When too much groundwater is pumped out of aquifers, the land on top sinks. In San Francisco, subsidence is occurring in areas developed atop artificial landfill and mud deposits. The area around the bay is in jeopardy of being underwater by 2100, and factoring in subsidence increases the projected amount of land underwater from 46 to 166 square miles, including half the runways at San Francisco International Airport.

Hyperloop Hyper-Speed

Innovative Shortcut to Faster Travel A Hyperloop is a proposed vacuumtube mode of passenger or freight transportation moving enclosed capsules along on thin cushions of air; it was first named in an opensource “vactrain” design released by a joint team from Elon Musk’s Tesla and SpaceX companies. It could offer an affordable, lowcarbon and super-fast alternative to current transportation systems.

Flying between Amsterdam and Paris usually takes an hour, but can be longer due to security procedures. Currently, the same trip on a Thalys railway fast train takes three hours and 17 minutes.

Hyperloop passenger group and cargo capsules can theoretically travel at more than 700 miles per hour, thus making the journey in about 30 minutes.

Hyperloop seems ideally suited to a small continent with many large urban centers. The Dutch team that won the SpaceX Hyperloop competition is rapidly working toward a commercial solution to connect all of Europe. Hardt Global Mobility has the backing of the Technical University of Delft, Dutch railway company Nederlandse Spoorwegen and multinational construction company BAM. August 2018

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Also with screen time, you’re living in your head, not through your hands or your senses. I feel that children live strongly through their senses, and that’s why memories of grandma’s cookies comes back so strong when we smell cookies baking, or maybe how that nettle stung when we brushed against it. The modern technological child needs more first-hand experiences.

It’s what I call “exposure therapy”: opening the kids to a sensory world that can either be pleasant or sometimes not so pleasant.

How Work and Play Keep Stress Away

Bente Goldstein on Immersing Kids in the Real World

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ente Goldstein, founder of FarmWise Education, in Eklhorn, applies her years of experience in Waldorf education to helping hundreds of children expand their learning beyond schoolbooks.

Children at the farm build confidence and pride as they accomplish meaningful daily tasks, such as animal care, growing produce, preparing food and doing maintenance work. She shares with Natural Awakenings some insights as to how work and play can help children lead happy, low-stress lives, even when surrounded by a frantic virtual world.

on that screen positive or negative? We also must consider what the child is not doing while they’re on that screen. When kids actually engage in the physical world, it has more meaning. Kids are deficient when it comes to knowing how to respond to anything that’s around them. I’ve created these farm programs to give kids a safe place where they can have their actual own experiences and feel like they can take initiatives.

In your new book, Childhood Is a Verb! Why a Virtual Childhood Isn’t Enough, you guide parents on how to create balanced and joyful lives for their children. What are some of the biggest challenges today that are robbing children of these experiences?

As grownups, we have to take initiatives all the time. Childhood is practice at taking initiatives, but it’s lost on the modern child. At one time, kids had to watch their younger siblings. That’s an example of “other-centeredness”, which teaches kids how to act around humans or animals. You could also just call it empathy. In our farm setting, we’re taught to feel for the animal.

If you forgot to give the animals water on a hot day, well, they wouldn’t feel good. It’s about drawing out feeling for creatures and others around them.

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What are some experiences you bring from your years as a Waldorf educator that help kids ease stress and just be kids?

Tending to needs of animals, plants and each other on a farm equals work. We have had this hang-up about putting children to work, and the word “chore” often comes with a heavy, negative tone—that’s something we have to overcome. There are many things that are harder than we’d prefer, but little by little, you can do real work that actually has a purpose and a sense of accomplishment at the other end.

What are some things that parents can do in everyday urban or suburban lives to help keep their children calm and happy?

Kids can help with little things such as cooking, cleaning or folding laundry—the whole family doing life together. Often when kids get into trouble, it’s because they don’t know what to do with their energy.

That’s when the parent has to say that it’s time to do some deed that forms their energy into positive results. Often after they have done real work, they can finally play; positive, self-inventive play can be an outlet. A lot of parents don’t know what that looks like because they have never seen it. They think that they have to always entertain the kids.

So can “less” actually be “more” for children?

Absolutely. We think that kids need to be filled up, but they are actually happiest when they come out of themselves. When

Bente Goldstein they invent play, do the dishes or make dessert, it’s much more meaningful to a kid than just being served a dessert. When a kid actually gets to know their own power to accomplish tasks through work, or bring out their own ingenuity through play, they learn about themselves.

The new type of poverty with a technological kid is not a lack of knowledge about the world, because we can certainly get that through a screen, but a lack of knowledge about themselves.

Too much input or too many impressions actually drown out creativity from within.

We talk so much about how to motivate kids, but they get motivated when they do something meaningful. Unless knowledge transforms you, it is worthless.

FarmWise Education is located at W2331 Kniep Rd., Elkhorn. For more information, call 262642-9738 or visit FarmWiseEducation.com.

Sheila Julson is a freelance writer and regular contributor to Natural Awakenings.

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More Happiness

by Deborah Shouse

Parents wishing to simplify child-raising seek less stress and more fun; less scheduling and more casual time; less “shoulds” and more “want-tos” less second-guessing and more confidence.

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or a happier family life, experts encourage parents to stay true to their own values, strengths and sense of family purpose, focusing on the wonders of their children instead of endless daily tasks.

It begins with each child feeling loved.

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For Gary Chapman, Ph. D., author of The 5 Love Languages of Children: The Secret to Loving Children Effectively, understanding each child’s particular needs for touch, affirming words, quality time, gifts or acts of service is foundational to parenting success. “Other than security, a child’s deepest need is to feel loved,” says Chapman, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. “If their love tank is full, children grow up emotionally healthy. Knowing a child’s preferred language helps parents effectively communicate their feelings. The question is not, ‘Do you love your children?’ It’s, ‘Do your children feel loved?’”

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calls out, “Dad, come into my room. I want to show you something.” This is how he communicates with each child in their primary love language.

Parents learn their children’s preferred communication style by observing their behavior, noticing how they express love and listening to them. They can also offer options and track results. For example: n Would you like to take the dog to the park (quality time) or for me to help you study for a test (acts of service)? n Would you like to wrestle (touch) or shop for your new shoes (gift)?

“Ideally, we offer heavy doses of the child’s primary language and sprinkle in the others,” says Chapman. “Children who feel loved respond better to suggestions and discipline. They also learn how to express their feelings.”

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Avoid Unreal Idealizing

Some parents carry a mental snapshot of their ideal child, perhaps envisioning a kid that is into sports or even-tempered or academically gifted. Often, that picture is very different from the actual child.

The first step to truly accepting the child is to allow ourselves to feel whatever authentic feelings pop up. The parent might think, “I love my son, but am struggling; I adore sports and may never get to share that with him.”

“Give yourself time to process disappointment,” advises Susan Stiffelman, a Los Angeles marriage and family therapist, mother of one and author of Parenting Without Power Struggles: Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids While Staying Cool, Calm and Connected. “Then identify the things you love about your kids and share those with them.” As just one example, we might convey that we love the sound of their voice and how gentle they are with the baby.

“Appreciating our children as they are is one way to keep our hearts open,” says Stiffelman.

Simply Raising Children Resources A Fine Parent, blog, Sumitha Bhandarkar, AFineParent.com/blog Edit Your Life, podcast, Asha Dornfest, EditYourLifeShow.com The book Parent Hacks:134 Genius Shortcuts for Life with Kids, by Asha Dornfest

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Focus on the Good

When Barbara Unell, a parent educator and author of Discipline With Love and Limits: Calm, Practical Solutions to the 43 Most Common Childhood Behavior Problems, birthed twins, she was initially daunted by the work of caring for them.

Then she began simplifying by focusing on the “wow” factors.

“Being a parent speaks to the core of our humanity. Experiencing the growth and development of a human being is miraculous. I started looking at parenting through that lens,” says Unell, who lives in the Leawood, Kansas, area.

Asha Dornfest, of Portland, Oregon, a podcaster, co-author of Minimalist Parenting: Enjoy Modern Family Life More by Doing Less and mother of two, relates, “I paid more attention to my values and my family’s unique needs and was less influenced by parenting experts, social pressures and well-meaning peers.”

Dornfest explored her own values by asking, “What did I learn from my parents?” and, “How do I want my family to be different?” She also practiced trusting her intuition.

“Even when I’m not certain I’m right, I know I love my children, I’m doing my best, and I’ll make adjustments if necessary,” she says.

Create Rhythm and Rituals

Rhythmic activities ease the anxiety of family transitions and furnish warm solidarity, consistency and connectedness.

“Increasing the predictability of meals, bedtime and other rituals also improves family life,” says Davina Muse, a mental health counselor and mother of two from Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

Muse serves as training director for Simplicity Parenting, a program based on Kim John Payne’s book Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power

of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids that offers a connective ritual families can merge with mealtimes. Each person describes a “rose” (one good thing from the day) or a “thorn” (one challenging thing) and a “bud” (one thing they’re anticipating).

Such sharing builds a family connection and helps kids discuss difficult issues, notes Muse. Also, “Describing the bud lifts everyone’s mood.”

Every Friday evening, the Dornfests share a Sabbath dinner, a low-key way for them to gather and talk. “This ritual adds a rhythm to our week and anchors us,” says Dornfest.

Elect De-Stress Over Distress

Everyone can sometimes become overscheduled and overwhelmed; a balance between scheduled time and downtime is necessary to well-being. In her daily checkin, Dornfest confers with herself and her husband, inquiring, “How are things going? Are they too hectic? Is our schedule energizing or draining?”

She advises, “When I feel like I’m riding a runaway train, I slow down. There seem to be so many ‘shoulds’ in parenting; we instead need to discover what our family loves.”

Before enlisting a child for an activity, Dornfest suggests we ask why it’s important: Are you making up for your own missed opportunities as a child? Are you worried your child will miss out?

Do you equate these lessons with being a good and caring parent?

Parenting is more than checking off lists and tasks. It’s about being connected with children. Build in playtime, roughhousing, chase each other around the yard, toss balloons or balls together, blow bubbles and welcome opportunities for laughter.

Soothing Quiet Time

Children that act out or withdraw may not have enough downtime. Take the kids outside to play. “Nature is very soothing,” says Muse. “Climb-

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ncorporating love throughout the day keeps a child’s tank full. Consider these tips from love languages expert Gary Chapman.

Physical Touch – Get Close ¤ Greet the child with a hug ¤ Stroke their hair while they talk about a challenging day ¤ Snuggle while watching TV

Affirmations – Encouraging Words ¤ Put a positive note in the child’s lunch box ¤ Appreciate something the child did or said ¤ Create an encouragement jar, with praising words to use as needed

Quality Time – Periods of Undivided Attention ¤ Ask a specific question about their day that elicits discussion ¤ Schedule a date with each child ¤ Create something together, like a photo album

Gifts – Tangible Expressions of Love ¤ Make a special meal or dessert; maybe do it together ¤ Have some small gifts the child can choose from as rewards for positive actions ¤ Seek natural gifts, like a special feather, stone or flower

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Know the Power of Space

Most parents think their children would go crazy if half their toys and books were removed, but this isn’t true.

“My trainers and I have worked with thousands of parents on decluttering, and the results have been powerful,” says Muse. The Simplicity Parenting approach encourages parents to discard broken toys, give away anything no longer being played with and attractively store current playthings. She observes, “As you decrease the quantity of toys and clutter, you increase the child’s attention and capacity for deep play.”

Build Resilience

Simplifying parenting means releasing the notion that children must be happy, wellbehaved and delighted with life and their parents at all times. Unell used the daily multitasking challenges with her twins as exercises in developing resilience and modeling these skills for them. If children spill milk, the parent comments, “No big deal.

We all spill things.” When there’s a minor accident, “Let’s just get towels and clean it up.” A resilient attitude is, “Something goes wrong, we fix it.” It’s also about being flexible and coping with disappointment.

“To build resilience, parents need to feel comfortable in the presence of an unhappy child,” says Stiffelman. “If parents don’t allow children to be disappointed, kids can become rigid, lack confidence and struggle with unreasonable expectations.”

During meltdowns or disappointments, she recommends sitting quietly, listening, and then empathizing and helping put the children’s feelings into words. “This is not the time to lecture

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or advise,” she says. “Upset children can’t really listen.” Yet, they can be heard—a key way to help them mature.

Parents that learn to simplify happily discover that their children feel calmer and more loved, socially and emotionally adept, and resilient. Concepts focused on creating connections, rather than parenting perfection, are easy to weave into everyday life.

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True Happy Meals

When there’s a little time and energy, use these ideas to connect. ¤ Start by smiling upon seeing the kids. ¤ Throw together an impromptu picnic and eat on the living room floor, in the yard or at the park. ¤ Ask the kids to read aloud while parents cook. ¤ Balance a soft item on a spoon held between the teeth and stage a fun race. ¤ While cooking, keep kids busy preparing a restaurant-style menu, a place setting with utensils wrapped in paper napkins and a way to take orders. ¤ Put on aprons and whip up homemade pizza, cupcakes or something unusual, like BLT pancake sandwiches. ¤ Buy write-on, wipe-off place mats and have kids doodle while they wait to eat. ¤ Dress up for dinner. Wear old Halloween costumes, put clothes on backwards or eat in pajamas. ¤ Share thanks. Everyone shares one thing they are grateful for.

Source: Adapted from 101 Fun Things To Do With Kids To Enjoy Everyday Family Life, by Sumitha Bhandarkar

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ing trees, searching for rocks and pine cones, playing with dirt, sticks, water and leaves all offer healing down time.”

To escape from worries and distractions, Stiffelman suggests three or four minutes of meditation or simply designated quiet time. For little ones, lay a stuffed teddy bear on the child’s tummy and have them notice how the animal is moving. A parent and child can also be aware of the sounds they are hearing, plus incorporate a little mindful breathing into the bedtime ritual.

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Erling Kagge on Our Deep Need For Silence

by Randy Kambic

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xplorer, publisher, art collector and author Erling Kagge inspires us to find silence around and within us as a transformative experience. The lengths he’s gone to make himself an authority in this pursuit include being the first person to complete the Three Poles Challenge on foot—the North and South poles and Mount Everest summit. He has also traveled to Japan to meditate and practice yoga.

The Norwegian’s seventh book, Silence: In the Age of Noise, selected as a 2017 Great Read from the Indie Next List, recounts his experiences and presents observations of many past and present poets, philosophers, artists and other explorers—including Plato, Aristotle, Søren Kierkegaard, Oliver Sacks, Blaise Pascal, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Stendhal, Denis Diderot and Mark Rothko—in exploring where we find silence and how to invoke it to improve well-being. It provokes reader reflection, demonstrating the kind of active engagement Kagge believes silence invites. He explores why it’s essential to our sanity and happiness and how it can open doors to wonder and gratitude.

Kagge, whose previous books address exploration, philosophy and art collecting, runs Kagge Forlag, a publishing company in Oslo, where he lives.

Why do you consider silence, “the new luxury”, more important now than ever before?

Silence in itself is rich. It is a quality, something exclusive and luxurious, and also a

When they come to the end of it, the poor wretches realize too late that for all this time, they have been preoccupied in doing nothing.”

Everything Earthly can be snatched away in an instant. Life is long if you know how to use it. Even if we were to live 1,000 years, our lives would feel short if we threw away this present time. We exist, but few of us actually live.

What have been the most helpful takeaways from your experiences?

Your mind—in silence—can be wider than the sky. Silence is about getting inside what you are doing—experiencing, rather than overthinking, and not living through electronic devices and other people.

Where may silence be found?

It’s easier to find silence than many people think or believe. I walked alone to the South Pole for 50 days and nights under the midnight sun in search of total silence; but I never found it before I turned inwards toward inner silence and uncovered forgotten sides of a universe just as mysterious as outer space. One universe stretches outward, the other inward.

Are there practical steps to achieve a state of silence? practical resource for living a richer life.

Silence is a deep human need that in our age, has ended up being scarcer than plastic bags from Louis Vuitton. To me, silence is a key to unlock new ways of thinking.

I wanted to write about silence because I consider it nearly extinct.

Which insight from the great thinkers cited in your latest book means the most to you?

The Roman philosopher Seneca, 2,000 years ago, said, “Life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present and fear the future.

You can shut out the world and fashion your own inner silence whenever you run, cook food, have sex, study, chat, work, think of a new idea, read or dance.

Silence is not about turning your back on your surroundings, but the opposite; it’s seeing the world a bit more clearly, staying on a course and aiming to love your life as much as you can. I had to use my legs to go far away in order to discover this, but I now know it’s possible to reach silence anywhere. One only needs to subtract. It’s about finding your own South Pole.

Randy Kambic, an Estero, FL, freelance writer and editor, regularly contributes to Natural Awakenings.

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eiki energy is considered to be a healing energy of the vibration of love. Hawayo Takata, who helped introduce the teachings to the West, defined the meaning of the word reiki as “universal life energy” or “God power”.

According to UCLAHealth.org, reiki touch therapy is “a complementary biofield energy therapy that involves the use of hands to help strengthen the body’s ability to heal. A study conducted by New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Campus to determine the effectiveness of reiki treatments on the autonomic nervous system showed lowered heart rate, respiration and blood pressure.”

Mikao Usui, from Japan, created Usui Shiki Ryoho reiki, also referred to as Usui Reiki Ryoho, and most practitioners receive training from this lineage.

Usui Reiki Ryoho is fun and easy to learn. Anyone can train in it, and it helps one develop a feel for the reiki energy.

During a reiki treatment, the energy is said to clear and balance our physical, etheric, mental, emotional and spiritual

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bodies by transmitting high frequency healing energies of unconditional, universal love through the practitioner to the client. Feelings of peace, clarity, joy and deep relaxation are reported as an effect of the reiki energy.

As one continues to work with and receive the healing energy, the reiki process begins to purify and align the body, mind and spirit. As a result, a person’s energy opens up to give and receive love more freely and deeply than ever before. Lower frequency energies that no longer serve that person are also released during a reiki treatment—blocks to self-love and the ability to love others are removed from the chakras and energetic bodies. Qualities that are disharmonious to one’s wellbeing are replaced with more positive energies of love and all its characteristics of peace, harmony and joy.

Karuna reiki—developed

by William Lee Rand, the founder of the International Center of Reiki Training— transmits the vibration of compassion. In this lineage of reiki, a person’s ability to have compassion for oneself and others is received along

with the guidance to make changes and take action to heal at a deeper level than ever before. In the book written about this form, Advanced Healing Energy for Our Evolving World, author Laurelle Shanti Gaia states, “Compassion is a state of consciousness which, when combined with energy, has great transformational power.”

When clients or students receive Karuna reiki, energetic blockages in their soul’s path are illuminated.

Karuna energies are highly refined, and therefore Karuna reiki training can only be taken a year after a student has received the reiki master teacher certification. Karuna training has three levels: level one, level two, and Karuna reiki master.

Typically this training is taught in three full-day classes. This powerful energy of compassion removes dense shadow energies and blockages within an individual, and enables them to be free from energies that bind. It can be used for cellular healing, soul retrieval work, karma clearing, ancestral healing, creating interdimensional links and much more. Furthermore, Karuna reiki works on a person’s subconscious energies for different issues, such as addiction, self sabotage and trauma. The modality helps a person fulfill his dharma to become an awakened being with an ascended heart that gives and receives compassionate love.

As more and more people begin to work with the evolved energies of Karuna reiki, their inner conflicts clear up. This can lead people to the eternal peace within that can then be extended freely to others.

Compatible with Usui reiki, Karuna reiki is a powerful form of reiki that gives palpable guidance for taking action in our lives to heal ourselves and our planet.

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The Elephant in the Room

by Aruna Tummala

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here are only a few emergency situations in the practice of psychiatry. However, these emergencies can be devastating—not just to the patient and their loved ones, but to everyone involved, including the care providers.

Suicide is the most feared emergency of them all. It’s a hard topic to discuss, in both clinical and non-clinical settings. It is the elephant in the room, and society needs to have a conversation about it.

According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports in 2016, suicide rates increased by 24 percent between 1999 and 2014. In absolute numbers, nearly 45,000 suicides occurred in the United States in 2016—more than twice the number of homicides—making it the 10th-leading cause of death. Among people aged 15 to 34, suicide is the secondleading cause of death.

“Why did they do it?” is the question we all ask. There are a handful of common factors that arise when one works with people struggling with suicidal feelings.

While rates of depression, anxiety and other mental illnesses are increasing in our society, more than half of suicides are due to societal factors.

Hopelessness or despair—the feeling that there is no solution to a problem one

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is facing—is a leading factor. This is often coupled with the feeling, “Nobody gets me.”

Another factor to consider is the social isolation that many of our youngsters are reporting. As we are advancing to a more tech-dependent socializing experience, it deprives us of all of the benefits of socializing, even at the neuronal level.

We also have to deal with the onslaught of chemical toxins in our food, water and environment that is compromising our microbiomes and leading to inflammation in our guts, brains and throughout our bodies. Researchers at John Hopkins are finding evidence that irritation in the gastrointestinal system may send signals to the central nervous system (CNS) that trigger mood changes, which may explain why a higher-thannormal percentage of people with IBS and functional bowel problems develop depression and anxiety.

All these factors can contribute to poor stress moderation, poor coping skills, poor distress tolerance and poor problemsolving skills. Over time, this can create the state of apathy and despair that can eventually lead to suicide.

Perhaps it is time to view suicide as a public health crisis. However, suicide is most often viewed as a “mental health

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crisis” and the common refrain in the media is that more access to mental health treatments should be available. Unfortunately, the answer is not as simple as it seems: a study published in 2017 in the International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine, declares, “The previous assumptions that treatment with antidepressants would lead to a drastic reduction in suicide rates are incorrect for the population of young women. On the contrary, it was found that an increasing tendency of completed suicides follow the increased prescription of antidepressants.”

Of course, one cannot abandon provision of care delivery systems altogether, but it should make us all reevaluate what we are doing in response to a problem of this magnitude. It is high time that we move away from a simplistic “medication or therapy” solution.

Within a holistic, root-cause framework, we can evaluate the role of hormones, nutrition, relationship skills and problemsolving skills. We can put in place solutions to optimize these areas. At the level of the society, we can work towards reducing stigma surrounding mental illness and suicide, and we can commit to enhancing the inter-connectedness that we have with each other. We can teach meditation and other self-help skills that promote a decrease in stress. We can work for equitable distribution of nutritional and other resources, and we can provide resources for vulnerable populations such as teens and veterans. We can make our environments less toxic, and we can reconnect with nature.

But none of this will happen until we take the first step: We must talk about the elephant in the room.

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he path to mentally transcending the world’s intrusive bustle is to be compassionate with our self and others. It begins in a relaxed heart from which emanate daily thoughts, words and deeds. Here’s a helpful centering exercise.

Sit or lie in a quiet spot for about 10 minutes with eyes closed and become aware of breaths moving in and out, then feel each one fully by filling the lungs from bottom to top. With each exhale, slowly and completely empty the lungs.

On each inhale, refill the lungs again.

Mentally reciting “optimum oxygen” three times helps the body deeply absorb the nourishing element.

Then bring both hands to the center of the chest to connect with the emotional heart centered there. Feel it pulsing beneath palms and fingers while quietly saying aloud, “I relax my heart.” Let the shoulders release coiled tension and drop gently. Repeat saying, “I relax my heart” and sense the heart fluttering open a bit more. Rest in this feeling.

Again say, “I relax my heart” and notice awareness drop into it, a feeling of being present in the heart. Feel all tension and holding-on melting down and out onto the floor.

Then fill the lungs deeply and release the air through puckered lips; blow out with strength and purpose. Continue for a minute or two, allowing each exhalation to come straight from the center of the chest.

When it feels complete, the feeling of active release will subside.

Sense how much lighter the heart feels.

Further relax the heart and shoulders, letting go into the ocean of love native to our heart.

Envision floating safely in this ocean. See it stretched into infinity. Feel its warm embrace.

Now choose kindness in this moment.

Relax into kindness without judgment or pressure, only loving acceptance. Accept the infinite ocean of love available and open to it. It is filled with compassion, and now so are you.

Rest gently for a few minutes, until once again aware of everyday surroundings. Rub hands over both arms, legs, hands and feet to feel present in the room.

Then go about a heart-centered day with the waves of the infinite ocean of love gently lapping there.

Amy Leigh Mercree, of Naples, FL, author of The Compassion Revolution, is a medical intuitive and relationship and wellness coach.

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r. Wayne Jonas’ curiosity was piqued after hearing stories of patients that have experienced healing from chronic illnesses or reclaimed well-being without following conventional medical advice. So he focused on researching dimensions of healing that Western medical schools never taught him. The rewards were radical discoveries: whole system science exploring the web of connections within the body; the need to acknowledge an individual’s core multi-dimensions—body/ external, behavior/lifestyle, social/emotional and spiritual/mental—and what’s needed to unlock each person’s inherent capacity for health and healing.

The author of How Healing Works: Get Well and Stay Well Using Your Hidden Power to Heal, Jonas concludes, “Only 20 percent of healing comes from the treatment agent the doctor applies. A full 80 percent of the healing potential, which lies dormant in everyone, comes from constructing a meaningful treatment response unique to you. This is internal, highly personal and uses simple principles and components.”

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During his 40-year career, Jonas was able to observe multi-level healings with patients, as well as through other professional roles. He’s served as director of the Office of Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health, a research scientist at the World Health Organization, CEO and president of the former Samueli Institute and director of the medical research fellowship at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.

Applying whole system science, Jonas developed the view of a patient as a veritable ecosystem. “We are more like a garden to be cultivated than a car to be fixed. Healing emerges when we support and strengthen the connections within us—body, behavior, social and spirit—making us more whole,” says Jonas. His broader approach for healing now includes the impacts of beauty, order, an optimal healing environment, connecting with nature, elements that induce an individual’s greatest meaning response, nourishment of the spiritual self, making time for joy, the roles of love and the physical presence of loved

Healing emerges when we support and strengthen the connections within us—body, behavior, social and spirit—making us more whole. ~Wayne Jonas ones and a supportive social network, as well as the energetic contributions of other social interactions and emotional dimensions.

For nearly 40 years, James Oschman, Ph.D., author of Energy Medicine: The Scientific Basis, has been conducting research in physiology and the biophysics of energy medicines worldwide, including at Cambridge University, in England, and Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland, Ohio.

“Medical doctors are unaware of the body’s energy field because they aren’t taught anything about it or physics in medical school. Although the vast majority believe there is no science behind energy medicine or any that proves the body even has an energy field, it is real and has been measured,” says Oschman.

He’s passionate about including energy medicine in healing, and says, “To understand the human body, health and healing, you have to look at all dimensions without any exclusions. No aspect of science, medicine or life should be left out. All medical interventions and everything you do to the body involves energy.

An awareness of this can fully transform any medical approach.”

Jonas experienced the energetic dimension of healing when his wife, Susan, was undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer.

Although skeptical, he tried the process of laying his hands on her while imagining a soft, white light filled with love being transmitted through the top of his head, down through his hands and into her body. “I knew of the dozens of experiments done at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. When meditating individuals put their hands around test tubes containing immune cells, the amount of infrared radiation emanating from their hands increased, which stimulated the immune cells to produce more adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the energy-producing molecule found in all cells. After this exposure, those cells survived better when hit with stresses such as heat and chemical shocks,” says Jonas.

“Susan said that she could feel something and fell asleep. The next day, she felt less fatigued, slept less and was more active. From then on, I cut back on travel and made sure my body—in all its physical, social and emotional dimensions—was around,” says Jonas.

To help patients and doctors expand their own perspectives, Jonas has developed a healing-oriented practices and environments (HOPE) consultation protocol (DrWayneJonas.com/resources). It includes questions a doctor or patient can use to spark pivotal lifestyle changes that cover optimal healing dimensions—inner, interpersonal, behavioral and external—to evaluate measures that facilitate or hamper healing.

Sincerely responding to the answers shows results. “With chronic diseases, it can almost always enhance wellness and well-being, and improve function, whether the disease is cured or not,” says Jonas.

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s fresh water becomes increasingly scarce worldwide, communities are coming together to find creative solutions to conserve it. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the average American family uses some 300 gallons of water a day at home, nearly a third of which lands on lawns and yardscapes. Yet simple solutions like installing lowflow showerheads, turning off the tap while brushing teeth and installing drought-friendly landscaping can save a householder thousands of gallons a year and big money on water bills.

The Irvine, California, Wyland Foundation created the Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation seven years ago to stimulate awareness and action around water waste by tapping into civic pride and a healthy sense of competition. “What we do at home has a big impact on what happens to natural resources 1,000 miles downstream,” says Steve Creech, executive director of the nonprofit, founded by marine life artist Robert Wyland to foster healthy oceans and waterways.

The program pits cities against each other every April to see which one can garner the most water-saving pledges from residents. Prizes for participants include a year’s worth of utility bills paid, green home cleaning kits and low-flow shower heads. It also provides immediate feedback on rankings at MyWaterPledge. com. As of May, 616,000 participants in 4,800 towns and cities had pledged to save 3 billion gallons per year.

“Many are attracted by prizes, but over time, become more interested in conservation and sustainability,” observes Creech.

“Social modeling is important because people get activated when they see friends and family involved. Surveys also show that we

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Calculate a personal water footprint at WaterCalculator.org. look to local leaders on issues like this, so it makes a difference when mayors take a stance.”

Mesa, Arizona’s thirsty desert lawns and gardens suck thousands of gallons of precious water a day. Nearly 20 years ago, the city joined forces with Phoenix and Scottsdale to launch a water conservation campaign that has become among the largest of its kind. Today, hundreds of private and public partners across North America use the Water – Use It Wisely program to turn the tide on water waste (WaterUseItWisely.com).

Creative approaches go a long way in encouraging households to save water, says Donna DiFrancesco, conservation coordinator for the city of Mesa. Its campaign newsletter speaks to 26,000 subscribers. Some 100 water-saving devices and symbols remind consumers to think about how they use water in everyday life. A traveling, 16-foot water tower made of water jugs represents the 120 gallons of water the average person uses per day in Arizona. They even challenge residents to “help your yard drink responsibly” through the Drab to Fab Backyard Rehab campaign, rewriting the narrative that sustainable is synonymous with sacrifice. In its second year, more than 11,500 entrants throughout the state put their creativity to work in revamping their backyards.

To promote behavior change, Creech suggests that providing justifications for each water-saving action is key. When citizens become more conscious of how they waste the most water, they are more motivated to act. Repairing toilet and pool leaks and exchanging baths for showers are common fixes.

“The 40 Gallon Challenge is designed to help people find the ‘low-hanging fruit’ in their water use—such as a leaky faucet or a long shower—that can readily help save 40 gallons a day,” says Ellen Bauske, program coordinator for this initiative of the Center for Urban Agriculture at the University of Georgia, in Griffin (40GallonChallenge.com). It’s designed to be flexible so states and municipalities can address the local context.

“It’s been great to see the creative ways it’s been adapted; for example, one agent used the pledge as a scavenger hunt item for 4H clubs,” Bauske notes. More than 11,000 people have taken this pledge across America, potentially saving 1.9 million gallons a day.

It can be difficult to measure the real water savings of such challenges, but DiFrancesco says that Mesa has seen a roughly 20 percent reduction in water use since 1999, when the local campaign began to take off. Drop by drop, small acts taken collectively by engaged citizens add up to big savings.

Find water-saving tips at HomeAdvisor.com/r/home-water-conservation and NationalGeographic.com/environment/freshwater/waterconservation-tips.

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ccording to the Alliance for Water Efficiency, if every American cut their water use by 25 percent, the nation would save 2.8 trillion gallons in a year; household faucet leaks alone are estimated to waste 1 trillion gallons annually. Opportunities to save water are everywhere.

Here are a few examples for the home, office and lawn, from Water – Use It Wisely’s 100+ Ways to Conserve Water (Tinyurl.com/100WaysToConserveWater).

Kitchen: Wash produce in a pot of water instead of running the tap, then reuse the water to quench house plants.

Bathroom: Save up to 1,000 gallons per month simply by showering for less than five minutes.

Laundry room: If city and county codes allow it, have a plumber reroute household gray water to irrigate exterior landscaping rather than losing it to the sewer line.

Lawn: Save up to 1,000 gallons a year by refraining from watering the lawn on windy days, when most of the water can blow away.

Landscape: Spreading organic mulch around plants helps them retain moisture and fend off evaporation, while deterring the growth of water-sucking weeds. Watering in the early morning, when temperatures are low, minimizes evaporation.

Use a rain barrel for hand-watering and zone plants by level of drought tolerance.

Pool: Use a pool cover and keep water levels to a minimum to reduce water loss and additions of fresh water and chemicals.

Office: Conduct a water audit to see where it’s easiest to save water and put in place a water management plan to address any issues. Promote awareness through a company newsletter to encourage employee water-saving efforts.

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Minerals—inorganic chemical elements or compounds that cannot be produced by the body, but occur in nature—play a key role in helping us function at our best.

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ccording to the authors of Minerals: The Forgotten Nutrient - Your Secret Weapon for Getting and Staying Healthy, they are integral to our health. Joy Stephenson-Laws, the lead author and founder of the nonprofit Proactive Health Labs, in Santa Monica, California, suggests getting a full-spectrum mineral test through a healthcare provider to identify any deficiencies or imbalances.

Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gives a broad, general Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for minerals, it’s not the most up-do-date or the most specific information according to gender, age or stage in life. The more current Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) are nutrient-reference values developed by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies—five private, nonprofit institutions that provide independent, objective analysis, located in Washington, D.C., Irvine, California, and Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Intended

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to serve as a guide for good nutrition by covering 40-plus nutrient substances and more demographically specific than the RDA, the DRI provides a scientific basis for the development of food guidelines in the U.S. and Canada.

This list of important minerals, based on the worldwide studies collected in the journal Minerals, is a good starting point. Another good reference is the extensive chart from the IOM of the National Academy of Sciences at ConsumerLab.com/RDAs.

Our Body’s Periodic Table Sodium with Chlorine

Why we need it: fluid balance, nerve transmission, muscle contraction Food sources: sodium combines with chlorine in salt; Himalayan sea salt also contains 84 trace elements Recommended Daily Intake: 1,500 milligrams (mg) of sodium

Potassium

Iodine

Calcium

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Why we need it: fluid balance, nerve transmission, muscle contraction Food sources: bananas, dried figs, nuts, avocadoes Recommended Daily Intake: 4.7 grams (g) Why we need it: strong teeth and bones, muscle relaxation and contraction, blood clotting, blood pressure regulation, immune system health Food sources: leafy green vegetables, fortified nut milk, dairy products, canned sardines/salmon, dried figs, oysters; plus mineral water brands labeled higher in calcium and lower in sodium, per integrative medicine pioneer Dr. Andrew Weil Recommended Daily Intake: 1,000 to 1,200 mg

Sulfur

Why we need it: joint function Food sources: fish, beef, poultry, egg yolks, beans, coconuts, bananas, garlic Recommended Daily Intake: 6 mg of sulfur-containing amino acids per pound of adult weight

Phosphorous

Why we need it: works with calcium to build strong bones, repair cells Food sources: salmon, yogurt, turkey, lentils, almonds Recommended Daily Intake: 700 mg

Magnesium

Why we need it: strong bones, energy, mental health Food sources: leafy green vegetables, nuts, seeds and foods with fiber Recommended Daily Intake: 310 to 320 mg for adult women, 410 to 420 mg for adult men

Iron

Why we need it: helps make blood hemoglobin Food sources: breakfast cereals fortified with iron, white beans, dark chocolate, beef liver, spinach Recommended Daily Intake: 18 mg for adult women, 8 mg for adult men

Manganese

Why we need it: healthy immune system Food sources: nuts, seeds, green leafy vegetables Recommended Daily Intake: 11 mg

Why we need it: thyroid function, healthy skin and nails Food sources: seaweed, turkey, cranberries, navy beans, iodized table salt Recommended Daily Intake: 150 mcg Why we need it: lowering cancer risk Food sources: Brazil nuts, tuna, halibut, turkey Recommended Daily Intake: 55 mcg

Molybdenum

Why we need it: facilitates production of natural enzymes Food sources: lima beans, cauliflower, peas, soybeans Recommended Daily Intake: 45 mcg

Chromium

Why we need it: reduces insulin resistance, helps lower cholesterol Food sources: lean meats, whole grains, broccoli, green beans Recommended Daily Intake: 25 mcg for adult females, 35 mcg for adult males We require macrominerals—those we need in larger amounts—as well as microminerals—those necessary in trace amounts. For a good overview from the Harvard University Medical School, visit Tinyurl.com/HelpGuide2Minerals.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 4 Waldorf High School Open House – 10am-2pm.

Tour the school, view student artwork, talk to faculty about the hands-on, experiential curriculum, and take part in a demonstration lesson. School serves pre-K through grade 12. Tamarack Waldorf HS, 2628 N Dr Martin Luther King, Jr Dr, Milwaukee.

Info: 414-277-0009.

Animal Communication Sessions – 12-4pm. Ever wonder what your animal friend is thinking? Bring your animal friend or pictures to find out their thoughts, feelings, behavioral issues or what they’d like; w/Stacy Krafczyk. $70/20-minute sessions, cash or check. Bark n Scratch Outpost, 5835 W Blue Mound Rd, Milwaukee. Pre-register at 414444-4110. BarkNScratchOutpost.com.

MONDAY, AUGUST 6 Tai Chi for Healers – 6-7:30pm. Six-week session.

Class includes a gentle practice of two person Tui Shou (push hands) and Chi Kung training (internal energy work); teaching and training through movement, breathe and energy. All are welcome. $75 for series. Light of Grace, Healing & Education Center, 5900 West National Ave, West Allis. RSVP: 414258-5555. LightOfGrace.Church.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 Soulmates and Soul Groups – 6:30-8:30pm. This workshop will explain how souls choose who they are in this lifetime and learn about other lifetimes.

Rev Keridak Silk will help you to make sense of the information. $25. Universal Awareness Fellowship, N91 W17194 Appleton Ave, Ste 106B, Menomonee Falls. 262-404-7119. RSVP: Keridak.com.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 Holy Fire Karuna Master Teacher Training – Aug 10, 11, 12. 9am-5pm. Learn nine symbols. Prerequisite: Reiki Master Teacher. 21CEUs. $800. Class held in East Troy. Register: 262-498-4162. Rhiana@ BeReiki.com.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 New Moon Meditative Yoga on the Beach – 9-10:30am. Intentions and focused meditation at the new moon are powerful to carry you through the month in a state of balance and strong on your path. $20; preregistration required. Shorewood location. 414-403-2053. RosieYoga@gmail.com.

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Quantum Activists of Milwaukee Seminar – 9am-5pm. With noted Quantum Physicist Dr. Amit Goswani, PhD, and Valentina Onisor, MD, Naturopathist. Brown Bag Lunch. Fee TBA. Unity Center in Milwaukee, 1717 N 73rd St, Wauwatosa.

414 475-0105. UCIM@wi.rr.com.

Make & Take Gemstone and Essential Oil Bracelets – 11am-1pm. Workshop w/Sarah Litzenberger.

Drop in and create with dozens of gemstones and leave with a personalized piece with special energetic meaning for you or your loved one. Learn from our studio expert. $30/per bracelet. Santosha Yoga & Ayurveda, W307 N149 Golf Rd, Delafield. 262271-4972. SantoshaYogaAyurveda.com.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 13 Chakra Yoga Summer Camp – Aug 13-17. 6-7am.

Week-long series explores the major chakras, their functions and practice yoga postures to help open those centers and remove blockages, creating greater balance physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. $65/series, $15/per day. Santosha Yoga & Ayurveda, W307 N149 Golf Rd, Delafield.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 Drum Circle & Meditation – 6:30-8pm. Beginning with a guided meditation, drum to various intentions; some drum healing as well. Bring a drum or rhythm instrument, some are available. Love offering. Light of Grace, Healing & Education Center, 5900 West National Ave, West Allis. RSVP: 414-258-5555.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 17 Ready, Set, Date – 6:30-8:30pm. Find what is blocking you and help you move into the world of dating. Age, size, ability, beliefs are not issues. Work to create your personal manifestation of love; w/Rev Keridak Silk. $25. Universal Awareness Fellowship, N91 W17194 Appleton Ave, Ste 106B, Menomonee Falls. 262-404-7119. RSVP: Keridak.com.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 Blissful Meditative Yoga on the Beach – 9-10:30am. Merge with the elements and let mother earth heal you as you come into perfect harmony within yourself, tune up your tone, offer up your prayers. $20; preregistration required. Shorewood location. 414-403-2053. RosieYoga@gmail.com.

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Gongs of Compassion: Meditation Session – 1-2:30pm. With Michael Bettine. Let the gongs & bells help reduce your stress, allowing your body and energy systems to realign, recharge, and reawaken. $25. Santosha Yoga & Ayurveda, W307 N149 Golf Rd, Delafield. 262-271-4972. SantoshaYoga Ayurveda.com.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 19 Metaphysical Movie – 1-3pm. Bruce Almighty; a guy who complains about God too often is given almighty powers to teach him how difficult it is to run the world. Popcorn, soda and water will be

served. $5. Light of Grace, Healing & Education Center, 5900 West National Ave, West Allis. RSVP: 414-258-5555. LightOfGrace.Church.

MONDAY, AUGUST 20 Dark Secrets of Our Food System – 6:30pm.

Presentation by Fred Depies, in alliance with Trust Local Food, the Oneida Nation, and Earth Justice, helping make wise choices about the foods we purchase and consume. The video Supersize Me shows a steady diet of McDonald’s cuisine for 30 days just to see what happens. In less than a week, an ordinarily fit body undergoes dark and ugly changes: $20 suggested donation. Unity Center in Milwaukee, 1717 N 73rd St, Wauwatosa. 414 4750105. UCIM@wi.rr.com.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22 Transform Your Life with Four Agreements – 7-8:30pm. Using The Four Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz as a guide, you will learn to speak your truth, stand in non-judgment, and transform your relationships. $25. Center for Well-Being Lake Country, LLC, 301 Cottonwood Ave, Hartland. 262367-0607. C4WB.com.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 23 Group Sound Therapy – 6:30-7:45pm. Singing bowls have been used for centuries as a tool for shifting into meditative states and emotional quietude. Give yourself the gift of healing, elevating your spirit and expanding your consciousness.

Please bring blankets or yoga mat and pillows for comfort. $25. Greensquare Integrative Health Care Center, 6789 N Green Bay Ave, Glendale. 414899-9496. Schedulicity.com/Scheduling/THPR5N/ Classes?cid=19208129.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 24 Artist Inspired Yoga Night Out – 6:30-7:45pm.

Take an in-body trip for 90 minutes on your mat.

Free your mind and open your heart with the progressive and psychedelic music of Pink Floyd; w/ Scott Fisher. $20. Santosha Yoga & Ayurveda, W307 N149 Golf Rd, Delafield. 262-271-4972.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 25 Animal Communication Sessions – 12-4pm.

Ever wonder what your animal friend is thinking?

Bring your animal friend or pictures to find out their thoughts, feelings, behavioral issues or what they’d like; w/Stacy Krafczyk. $70/20-minute sessions, cash or check. Petlicious, 2217 Silvernail Rd, Pewaukee. Preregister at 262-548-0923.

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Ayurveda Certification Program: Open House – 1-3pm. Lean about the certification program, tour the school and meet the instructor. See samples of program curriculum, review textbooks and enjoy healthy snacks. Free. Mosaic Wellness, W156N11482 Pilgrim Rd, Germantown. 262-2519642. MosaicWellness.net/.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 26 Community Wellbeing Event – 10am-4pm.

Healing modalities, readers, workshops, demonstrations; multiple vendors – crafts, jewelry and more. Free admission, parking. W17194 Appleton Ave, Menomonee Falls. 262-404-7119. Universal AwarenessFellowship.org

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T for Two: Both Men and Women Need Testosterone – 6:30-7:45 pm. A Wellness University talk. Low testosterone leads to higher body fat, increased cholesterol and hastens cognitive decline. $10. Greensquare Integrative Health Care Center, 6789 N Green Bay Ave, Glendale. 414446-5389. EventBrite.Com/O/Great-Lakes-VitalHealth-8064494045

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Chakra Workshops – Sept 5. 5-8pm. Seven classes, starts Sept. 5 and runs every 3 weeks. Learn about chakras and how they affect your life through fun, interactive practices and writing exercises; learn methods to heal and balance your chakras. $245.

3082 Main St, East Troy. Contact Rhiana, register: 262-498-4162. Rhiana@BeReiki.com.

Whispers on the Wind Shamanic Training – Sept 5-9, Jan 2-6 2019, Apr 2019, Aug 2019. Would you like a deeper connection with nature and the spirit world? Intensive training program in shamanism, energy medicine and self-transformation meets four times over 12 months. Learn core energy healing techniques including power animal and soul retrieval, clearing of past life and ancestral imprints, connecting with the forces of nature, etc. Golden Light Healing Retreat Center near Green Bay. Info: 920-609-8277. GoldenLightHealing.net.

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This 14-week course will provide a foundation in tai chi with emphasis on improving health and wellness. $150/entire course, $135/early bird by Aug 23; pre-registration required. GreenSquare Integrative Health Center, 6789 N Green Bay Ave, Glendale. 414-218-0500. HanaHolbus@ FindYourBalance.site. Info & to register: FindYourBalance.Site/Tai-Chi.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

Forgiveness, the Path to Peace – Sept 13. 6-week series, 2 Thurs per month. 6-8pm. A Course in Miracles class focused on the beautiful practice of forgiveness. An excellent class for beginning students, as well as continuing students. $120. Light of Grace, Healing & Education Center, 5900 West

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2018 Health & Wellness Speakers Jam – Sept 13. 6:30-9pm. Learn actionable tips to improve your health & well-being from 15+ local professional speakers. Meet numerous experts and other like-minded wellness enthusiasts in this fun atmosphere. $10/early bird registration and seating priority on Eventbrite, $15/at door. Country Inn & Suites by Radisson (through lobby, left, follow signs), 1250 S Moorland Rd, Brookfield.

414-520-5163. TheWellnessFair.org/2018Jam.

Mists of Ireland Tour – Fall 2018. Explore the sacred circles and holy wells of Celtic lore. Amy and David Wilinski of Golden Light Healing are excited to offer once again this popular spiritual journey on the Emerald Isle. More info, Amy: 920-609-8277.

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Magic and Manifesting with the Archangels & Ascended Masters – Sept 15-16. Enjoy the weekend manifesting with the angelic realm. Dee Grewal is a medium, psychic, angelic channel and practitioner, reiki and IET practitioner and artist from the UK. She is an associate and teacher at the Montclair Metaphysical Psychic School in NJ. $370/ commuter, $400/camp, $425/shared cabin, $450/ private cabin. For more info: Info@GoldenLight Healing.net. GoldenLightHealing.net.

2018 Wellness Fair – Oct 27. 11am-4:30pm.

Meet local wellness professionals to improve your mind, body, and soul, attend numerous speeches, and learn how to empower your body to heal itself. $7/early bird registration on Eventbrite, $10/at door, $20/entry and a copy of the new book, free/children 12 and under. Waukesha County Expo Center, 4-H Forum Building (2nd building from Northview Rd), 1000 Northview Rd, Waukesha. 414-520-5163. TheWellnessFair. org/2018Fair.

Breakthrough Breath Work Intensive Workshop – Sept 16. 8:30am-12:30pm. This breath work is a powerful pathway leading to personal transformation, creating a deeper connection to your inner being, your true self. Presenter: Mechthilde Moser. $85; pre-registration required. Center for WellBeing Lake Country, LLC, 301 Cottonwood Ave, Hartland. 262-367-5317. C4WB.com.

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Spirit & Wellness Fair – Lake Country – Sept 8.

10am-4pm. Experience private sessions with professional readers and healers throughout the day.

No reservations necessary just drop in, enjoy and relax for a well-deserved break. $20/services per 15 minutes. Center for Well-Being Lake Country, LLC, 301 Cottonwood Ave, Hartland. 262-367-0607.

Sandra@C4WB.com.

The Taste of Wellspring/Farm to Table – Sept 8.

5-8pm. Fund-raising dinner celebrates the harvest and shares the bounty of Wellspring’s certified organic farm. Food preferences on menu: gluten free, vegan, vegetarian and pastured meat. Items will be labeled at the buffet table. $50/by Aug 30, $75/after.

Urban Ecology Center, Washington Park Pavilion, Milwaukee. 262-675-6755. Wellspring@hnet.net.

Mycelium Mysteries: A Women’s Mushroom Retreat – Sept 28-30. Dr Cardy Raper, author of the book, Love, Sex and Mushrooms: Adventures of a Woman in Science, will make the keynote address. Other presenters: Sue Van Hook, Mara Penfil, Linda Conroy, Sarah Foltz and Carla Kramer. Retreat will focus on understanding fungi as the grandmothers of our ecosystems, with workshops at beginner through advanced levels.

Natural Awakenings readers use code 15FUNGI for a 15% discount. Camp Helen Brachman, Almond, WI. For more info & registration: MidwestWomensHerbal.com/mushrooms.

SEPTEMBER 20-22 Midwest Yoga and Kirtan Fest – Sept 2022. Fri, 12pm-12am; Sat, Sun, 8am-12am. A homegrown festival in the works. This is a new breed of chant fest, co-created by artists, teachers, and you to bring the heart-opening bhava to the Midwest. $150; 10% discount for seniors.

Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 503 N Jackson Ave, Jefferson. Gary Brachmann: 920-207-1007.

10Brahman10@gmail.com. MidwestYKF.com.

Breaking Free of Energy Vampires – September 28-29. Fri, 6:30-9pm; Sat, 8:30am-5pm. Are you an empath? Do you feel drained with certain people?

Are you told you’re too sensitive? Learn how to embrace your sensitivity and shine. Sept15 registration deadline. $277, $222/Aug 15 early bird discount deadline. Center for Well-Being Lake Country, LLC, 301 Cottonwood Ave, Hartland. 262-367-0607.

C4WB.com.

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JANUARY 2019 The Way of the Altomesayok: Peru Journey – Jan 14-25, 2019. Lucid Dreaming & Envisioning.

An opportunity to delve into the mystery teachings of the altomesayok shamans of Peru. Open only to mesa carriers. Under the guidance international teacher Jose Luis Herrerayou will be taken to places in your consciousness that will shatter your current framework of reference. We are looking for a dedicated group of people to further their studies in this mystical tradition. For info: GoldenLightHealing.net.

MAY 2019 Mists of Ireland 2019 – May 18-27, 2019. Explore the Celtic mysteries of the Emerald Isle. Engage in healing ceremonies and ritual in this ancient land of faerie, druids and magic. Two overnight castle stays, gourmet meals, and 4-star accommodations.

Celtic guides/shamans lead sacred ceremonies at ancient sites. More info, Amy: 920-609-8277.

GoldenLightHealing.net.

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sunday A.C.I.M. Study Group – A Course in Miracles study group, following Fellowship. Love offering.

Unity Center in Milwaukee, 1717 N 73rd St, Wauwatosa. 414-475-0105. UCIM@wi.rr.com.

Friendship and Potluck Sunday – After Fellowship. Last Sun. Bring a friend and receive a copy of Joe Sweeney’s new book, After Further Review, as a reward. Bring a dish to share and enjoy with your spiritual community. Unity Center in Milwaukee, 1717 N 73rd St, Wauwatosa. 414-475-0105.

UCIM@wi.rr.com.

Reiki Energy Healing – 9am, 9:15am, 9:30am. 1st Sun. Before Sunday fellowship. Services provided by reiki master Leslie Kastner. Love offering. Unity Center in Milwaukee, 1717 N 73rd St, Wauwatosa.

414-475-0105. UCIM@wi.rr.com.

Dream Interpretation Class – 3rd Sun. Dreams are a source of insight from the higher self. Facilitated

by Kevin Reger, who teaches the Edgar Casey five-step approach. $10 suggested offering. Unity Center in Milwaukee, 1717 N 73rd St, Wauwatosa.

414-475-0105. UCIM@wi.rr.com.

Sunday Gathering: Light of Grace – 10am.

Come for meditation, soul-filled music and an inspiring spiritual message to uplift and motivate you. Spiritual Youth Development, ages 5-9, the second Sunday of each month. Light of Grace, 5806 W. National Ave, West Allis. 414-258-5555.

LightOfGrace.Church.

Shamanic Journey and Healing Circle – 11:30am.

2nd Sun. Drumming is an act of letting go and letting God raise our consciousness. Bring your drum, some available for use. Group led by Dennis Clark. $10 suggested offering. Unity Center in Milwaukee, 1717 N 73rd St, Wauwatosa. 414-475-0105.

UCIM@wi.rr.com.

monday Viking Runes Journey Circle – Every other Mon starting Sep 10. 8:30-10:30am. Spiritual journey to a deeper connection with spirit and higher self with the help of the ancient wisdom and knowledge of the 24 Elder Futhark Runes. $25, includes supplies and snacks. Unity Center of Milwaukee, 1717 N 73rd St, Wauwatosa. Register, Lesley-Anne Raven: 414-4121313. WoodenShipsJourney.WixSite.com/mysite.

Monday Morning Calls – 10-11am. A weekly conference call using Danielle LaPorte’s Fire- Starter Sessions: A Soulful + Practical Guide to Creating Success on Your Own Terms. Led by Anne Wondra. $49/monthly. Info, weekly topics: WonderSpirit. com/calendar: 262-544-4310.

Mind Minutes Monday – 7:30-8pm. 2nd & 4th Mon. You can learn to master the mind: understand, control, and change the emotional, habitual patterns of the subconscious mind. Online course. Free; preregister. Rick@RickPaddock.com. 414-939-6463.

RSVP: MindMinutes.com.

tuesday Kids Yoga: Ages 5-10 – 9:30-10:30am. Fun, relaxed children’s yoga class; breathing and relaxation techniques; building social skills and discussing kindness and gratitude. Kids will draw, read, sing and play in this energy releasing class. $10, $50/10-class package; limited to 6 students; registration required.

Rise Yoga Studio, 1220 W Ranchito Ln, Mequon.

RiseYogaWI.com.

Kids Yoga: Ages 11+ – 10:30-11:30am. Designed for older children interested in learning and practicing yoga; breathing techniques sun salutations, poses, guided relaxation. Themes incorporate yoga philosophy and emphasize kindness. $10, $50/10 class package; limited to 10 students; registration required. Rise Yoga Studio, 1220 W Ranchito Ln, Mequon. RiseYogaWI.com.

Hatha Yoga – 6-7:15pm. A slow-flow practice, as proper alignment is built from the foundation up. Incorporating breath-work, poses/movements and relaxation/meditation in each class. All levels welcome. Please bring your own mat. $10. Light of Grace Education Center, 5900 W National Ave, West Allis. RSVP: 414-258-5555. Info@LightOf Grace.Church.

wednesday Writing Women Wednesdays – 10:30am12:30pm. 4th Wed. A special time to explore your creativity in a loving and supportive space with interested like-minded sisters; w/Anne Wondra. Unity Center in Milwaukee, 1717 N 73rd St, Wauwatosa.

414-475-0105. UCIM@wi.rr.com.

Wisconsin Asberger’s Empowerment Group – 6:30-9pm. 2nd & 4th Wed. Unity Center in Milwaukee, 1717 N 73rd St, Wauwatosa. UCIM@ wi.rr.com.

by Brene’ Brown. Free. Unity Center in Milwaukee, 1717 N 73rd St, Wauwatosa. 414-475-0105.

UCIM@wi.rr.com.

Kids Yoga: Ages 5-10 – 9:30-10:30am. Fun, relaxed children’s yoga class; breathing and relaxation techniques; building social skills and discussing kindness and gratitude. Kids will draw, read, sing and play in this energy releasing class. $10, $50/10 class package; limited to 6 students; registration required. Rise Yoga Studio, 1220 W Ranchito Ln, Mequon. RiseYogaWI.com.

Kids Yoga: Ages 11+ – 10:30-11:30am. Designed for older children interested in learning and practicing yoga; breathing techniques sun salutations, poses, guided relaxation. Themes incorporate yoga philosophy and emphasize kindness. $10, $50/10 class package; limited to 10 students; registration required. Rise Yoga Studio, 1220 W Ranchito Ln, Mequon. RiseYogaWI.com.

Silent Unity Prayer and Healing Circle – 11am. This prayer time coincides with the prayer time at World Headquarters Silent Unity where prayer partners are praying 24/7/365. This is a powerful time to join in prayer. Unity Center in Milwaukee, 1717 N 73rd St, Wauwatosa. 414-475-0105. UCIM@wi.rr.com.

saturday Wisconsin Asberger’s Empowerment Group – 6:30-9pm. 1st & 3rd Sat. Game nights. Unity Center in Milwaukee, 1717 N 73rd St, Wauwatosa.

UCIM@wi.rr.com.

Yoga with Mary Galati – 9am. 1st & 3rd Sat. Appropriate for all ages and abilities. Bring yoga mat or beach towel, wear comfortable clothing; men invited to participate. $7.50 per session. Unity Center in Milwaukee, 1717 N 73rd St, Wauwatosa.

414-475-0105. UCIM@wi.rr.com.

Citizens Climate Lobby – 10:30am-1:30pm. 2nd Sat. This is a non-partisan group dedicated to finding effective ways to preserving and protecting our planet from further climate change. Wedding Suite, Unity Center in Milwaukee, 1717 N 73rd St, Wauwatosa. 414-475-0105. UCIM@wi.rr.com.

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I lead from the heart, not the head. ~Princess Diana

thursday Minister’s Book Study – 9:15-10:45am. This is an open discussion group. We are beginning our study of Braving The Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone,

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COLON HYDROTHERAPY

Connecting you to the leaders in natural health care and green living in our community. To be included in the Community Resource Guide, email Publisher@NaturalMilwaukee.com to request our media kit.

ACUPUNCTURE ANANDA ACUPUNCTURE & HEALING CENTER

4528 N Oakland Ave, Shorewood 414-791-0303 AnandaAcupuncture.com

AYURVEDA SANTHIGRAM WELLNESS AYURVEDA SPA

12800 W National Ave, New Berlin 262-955-6600 Facebook.com/SanthigramMilwaukee

Ananda compassionately serves the unique needs of each individual offering a variety of holistic health therapies to support healing at the root and full recovery of mental, emotional, spiritual and physical well-being. See ad, page 25.

ROYAL ROAD CLINIC

1841 N Prospect Ave, Milwaukee 414-377-3898 RoyalRoadMke.com

Santhigram’s Vaidya Sunita, the only ayurvedic doctor in Wisconsin, offers affordable authentic ayurvedic consultations, diet/yoga/lifestyle coaching, panchakarma treatments, spa services. Come, experience true healing. See ad, page 2.

SANTOSHA YOGA AND AYURVEDA W307 N1497 Golf Rd, Delafield 262-271-4972 SantoshaYogaAyurveda.com

Specializing in mental health, including anxiety, depression, and PTSD; stress reduction, digestive and eating disorders, detox and chronic pain. Offering acupuncture, reiki, gong bath meditations.

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION/ HEALING ALL SPIRIT HEALING

Stacy Krafczyk • 414-460-4781 AllSpiritHealing.com

Nikki Estes offers holistic health coaching through ayurvedic consultations, AyurYoga therapy and ayurvedic products and essential oils. Balance the body, focus the mind, enlighten the spirit. See ad, page 22.

BODYWORK 20720 W Watertown Rd, Ste 100, Brookfield 414-405-3956 1212BodyWorks.com Emily Yenor, Physical Therapist and movement expert, identifies and corrects muscle imbalances throughout the body to help you move better, feel better and live better. See ad, page 11.

ANIMAL CONNECTING AND HEALING

Aimee is a Healing Touch for Animals (HTA) Practitioner and animal communicator. HTA restores harmony and balance to an animal’s energy system and works cooperatively with traditional veterinary care.

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Cassondra Klein, Certified Colon Hydrotherapist 1428 N Farwell, Milwaukee 414-278-8922

Colon therapy helps relieve constipation, diarrhea, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), skin problems, fatigue, frequent headaches, insomnia, bloating and indigestion, candida, irritability, depression and bad breath.

CRYSTALS ANGEL LIGHT CENTER FOR THE HEALING ARTS

13000 Watertown Plank Rd, Elm Grove 262-787-3001 • AngelLightLLC.com Our Crystal Emporium features unique and exquisite crystals, stones and natural stone jewelry at affordable prices. Crystal Workshops and therapeutic Crystal Healing sessions also available.

FREE SPIRIT CRYSTALS

4763 N 124 St, Butler • 262-790-0748 FreeSpiritCrystals.com Besides selling beautiful stones and crystals, we offer a variety of healing sessions, crystal healing classes, reiki, astrology, tarot readings and spiritual counseling.

See ad, page 13.

1212 BODYWORKS

Stacy Krafczyk specializes in Animal Communication, intuitive readings, after life communication, energy work and healing for both people and animals that helps promote physical and emotional well-being.

Aimee Lawent Beach 414-732-9860 AnimalConnectingAndHealing@yahoo.com

NATURAL HEALTH SERVICES

CHIROPRACTIC EVANS CHIROPRACTIC PAIN RELIEF LASER CLINIC

15720 W National Ave, New Berlin 262-785-5515 • NewBerlinChiro.com

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Exceptional chiropractic and wellness clinic with a special focus on chronic pain relief. Offering MLS Laser Therapy, massage, acupuncture, exercise rehabilitation, functional medicine, and more. See ad, page 4.

DENTISTRY HOLISTIC DENTISTRY OF PORT WASHINGTON

222 N Franklin St, Port Washington 262-235-4525 HolisticDentistryWI.com Dr. Railand is passionate about treating all ages with a whole body p e r s p e c t i v e . We c o m b i n e advanced alternative treatments with conventional procedures to provide true wellness. See ad, page 5.

INTEGRATIVE DENTAL SOLUTIONS N35 W23770 Capitol Dr, Pewaukee 6789 N Green Bay Ave, Glendale 262-691-4555 • WINaturalDentist.com

“…Because a healthy Body, starts with a healthy Mouth.”

Our office specializes in treating the cause of the problem and not just the symptoms; we offer the latest advances in dentistry. See ad, page 3.

WHOLEHEALTH BIOMIMETIC & BIOLOGIC FAMILY DENTISTRY

125 W Wisconsin Ave, Ste 102, Pewaukee 262-737-4004 WholeHealthFamilyDentistry.com Dr. Schwartz is board certified in Biomimetic Dentistry, Integrative Biologic Dental Medicine and is a Board Certified Naturopathic Physician. We offer the best and healthiest dentistry for our patients.

ESSENTIAL OILS YOUNG LIVING ESSENTIAL OILS Anne Wondra 262-544-4310 WonderSpirit.com/services

Wellness educator and essential oils/ aromatherapy resource.

HOLISTIC HEALING CENTER FOR WELL-BEING Sandra Anderson 301 Cottonwood Ave, Hartland 262-367-0607 • c4wb.com

Sandra Anderson is certified in advanced energy medicine techniques and practices for supporting individuals who are looking for holistic approaches in attaining fulfillment and wellbeing. See ad, page 25.

GOLDEN LIGHT HEALING

Amy Wilinski, Shamanic Energy Practitioner/ Reiki Master • 920-609-8277 GoldenLightHealing.net Discover your gifts with one of our many offerings! Offering healing sessions and training in Milwaukee and Green Bay area in Reiki, Shamanism, Intuition, Mediumship and much more.

HYPNOTHERAPY MIDAMERICA HYPNOSIS & MINDSET TRAINING CENTER

15350 W National Ave, Ste 120, New Berlin 414-939-6463 MidAmericaHypnosis.com Become a Certified Hypnotherapist.

Empower your Career and change your life forever. Learn to hypnotize anyone. Classes starting soon. Mention this listing for discount. See ad, page 17.

LAWNCARE/LANDSCAPE SERVICES ECO HARMONY LANDSCAPE

414-810-5858 Info@EcoHarmonyLandscaping.com Mike.EcoHarmony@gmail.com EcoHarmonyLandscaping.com Ecologically minded, full-service landscape company servicing SE Wisconsin. Specializing in sustainable ideas and low-maintenance solutions. Professional Craftsmanship Inspired by Nature. See ad, page 10.

LACEWING

Diane Olson-Schmidt • 414-793-3652 LaceWingGdcs@att.net Garden consultation, instruction, landscape design, wildflowers and woodland gardens, prairies, small ponds, rain gardens, landscape maintenance, organic lawn care.

Organic landscape practices in all habitats. See ad, page 22.

LED PHOTO REJUVENATION WHITE SAGE SPA

Susie Raymond, Esthetician, Life Coach, Reiki Master/Teacher WhiteSageSpa.com • 414-352-6550 Reveal your radiance through natural methods of skin rejuvenation, including photo rejuvenation, gentle peels, natural/ organic customized facials. Susie brings 19 years of experience to every service and has a gentle healing touch. See ad, page 13.

LIFE COACH WONDERSPIRIT

262-544-4310 2312 N Grandview Blvd, Ste 101, Waukesha WonderSpirit.com Anne Wondra teaches self-esteem and spirituality of women and teens; leads Monday morning calls on soul and success; and writes eclectically at AnneWondra.com.

See ad, page 13.

LYMPHATIC DETOX

MEDICINE – FUNCTIONAL & INTEGRATIVE GREENSQUARE INTEGRATIVE HEALTH CARE CENTER 6789 N Green Bay Ave, Glendale 414-292-3900, Ext 4797 GreenSquareCenter.com

25+ Integrative natural healing and medical specialists offer drug-free, patient-centered care.

We treat the cause, not the symptom, using the latest integrative strategies. Enjoy affordable daily health & fitness classes, all in a beautiful neighborhood setting.

MEDICINE - NATUROPATHIC LAKESIDE NATURAL MEDICINE 4433 N Oakland Ave, Shorewood LakesideNaturalMedicine.com 414-939-8748

Dr. Sarah Axtell and Dr. Joanne Aponte are naturopathic doctors with a focus on autoimmune diseases, gastrointestinal disorders, hormone imbalances, weight loss and hypothyroidism.

See ad, page 25.

NATURAL HEALTH SERVICES 1428 N Farwell, Milwaukee 414-278-8922 NHS1428.com

Dr. Mary Simon identifies and treats the causes of disease and stimulates the body’s self-healing mechanisms with nutrition, botanicals, homeopathy, and hydrotherapy. Clinical interests include chronic disease, women’s health, pregnancy, and pediatrics.

MENTAL HEALTH TRINERGY CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE PSYCHIATRY

12800 W National Ave, New Berlin 262-955-6600 At Trinergy, a holistic mental health clinic, Dr Tummala provides mind-body evaluation & comprehensive treatment plan to address psychological problems & achieve health & vitality. See ad, page 2.

ALIVE & WELL NATURALLY 140B S Main St, Thiensville 262-297-7070 AliveAndWellNaturally.com

Teresa Lopez provides ST-8 lymph decongestion with oxygen/ozone, halo dry salt Tx, MediCupping (gentle/intently), infrared therapy, microscopy. Esthetician, Raquel Schmitt: 262-378-0095 waxing/ eyelash extensions.

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MYOFASCIAL RELEASE WHITE WOLF MFR Infinity Healing Center, 3305 N 124th St, Brookfield 414-543-0855 WhiteWolfMFR.com

CINDY CARLSON REIKI AND ENERGY HEALING

121 E Silver Spring Dr, Ste 208, Whitefish Bay 414-758-0657 CarlsonHealing.com Reiki/energy healing is a powerful treatment that helps the body relax at a very deep level, allowing the body to activate its own ability to heal itself. See ad, page 27.

Tony Grimm, LMT since 2007; expert-level JFB Myofascial Release therapist. MFR is the most effective treatment to eliminate or reduce pain using gentle pressure to get lasting results.

RELATIONSHIP COACH NATURAL FOODS OUTPOST NATURAL FOODS

KERIDAK SILK

WiseWomen.Keridak.com 262-404-7119

Bay View, Brown Deer, Milwaukee, Mequon and Wauwatosa locations Outpost.coop

Clear intimacy issues, relationship blocks, gain confidence. Keridak Silk, MS, CCH utilizes intuitive counseling, hypnosis, life coaching and divination to help you with your unique needs. By phone or in-person.

We know Jack! Unlike other area grocers, we know by name many of the farmers and producers who supply Outpost with quality goods. See ad, page 14.

ROLFING NUTRITION LANGLOIS’ VITAL NUTRITION CENTER 16655 W Wisconsin Ave, Brookfield 414-453-8289 store, 414-453-4070 office VitalNutritionCenter.com

KEVIN MCCOY ROLFING

262-337-1530 KevinMcCoyRolfing.com Brookfield and Glendale locations Rolfing Structural Integration is a unique whole-body approach that facilitates effortless, upright posture & fluid, pain-free movement. It helps you feel comfortable in your own skin. See ad, page 10.

Langlois’ Vital Nutrition Center is at the forefront in optimal nutrition.

Optimal nutrition equals: Increased energy, more productivity, enhanced emotions, improved brain function and more. See ad, page 40.

OUTDOOR GEAR YELLOW WOOD GEAR

401 E Silver Spring Dr, Whitefish Bay YellowWoodGear.com 414-332-3636 Yellow Wood specializes in premier outdoor gear with a conscience, passion for what we do and purpose to create a better society and community.

See ad, page 9.

REIKI BE REIKI

100 Main St, Mukwonago 262-498-4162 BeReiki.com

SCHOOLS/TRAINING ART OF HEALING SCHOOL OF ENERGY MEDICINE

13300 Watertown Plank Rd, Elm Grove 262-787-3001 • AngelLightLLC.com Wisconsin’s premier School for Energy Medicine Training offering individual classes, certificate and diploma programs. Built on the belief that knowledge, competency and professionalism must exist at the very foundation of Energy Work.

MIDWEST COLLEGE OF ORIENTAL MEDICINE

6232 Bankers Rd, Racine • 800-593-2320 Acupuncture.edu

Rhiana is trained in Usui and Holy Fire Karuna Reiki. Earn CEUs. If you’re looking for certified training and compassionate healing sessions, call Rhiana.

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The Midwest College, with campuses in Racine and Chicago, offers accredited programs in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine that lead to licensed practice in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and many other states. See ad, page 23.

SPIRITUAL LIGHT OF GRACE

Kris Nelsen, Senior Pastor 5806 W National Ave, West Allis LightOfGrace.Church A loving, spiritual community dedicated to assisting others on their spiritual journey. We provide 10am Sunday gatherings, healing services, weddings, classes & more. Thomas Sherbrook, Pastor Emeritus. See ad, page 33.

ROSIE RAIN YOGA AND HEALING Reiki Master/Teacher, Experienced Yoga Teacher RosieRain.com • 414-909-2257

Offering 20 years of experience assisting others in their spiritual growth with yoga, meditation, reiki, crystal and sacred sound healing. Devotion to awareness is our practice.

UNITY CHURCH

Rev Mari Gabriels on 1717 N 73rd St, Wauwatosa • 414-475-0105 UnityChurchInMilwaukee.org A God-centered c o m m u n i t y, welcoming all to come and share the gifts of divine love, life, peace, joy and abundance. Join us Sundays, 10 am. See ad, page 27.

WELLNESS CENTER MYOM WELLBEING

7963 N Port Washington Rd, Fox Point 414-405-3556 MyOmWellbeing.com Offering yoga, meditation, reiki, massage, naturopathic skin care treatments and remedies, organic makeup. A personalized experience for children and adults in a cozy, home-like setting.

YOGA RISE YOGA STUDIO

1220 Ranchito Lane, Mequon 414-807-0629 RiseYogaWI.com Rise Yoga Studio offers classes that will support and challenge you. We welcome students of all ages/abilities to experience the transformational power of yoga.

See ad, page 23.

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