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letter from the publisher

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Gratitude as a Way of Life

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t’s easy to remember to focus on gratitude in November.

Most of us in the U.S. celebrate the traditional Thanksgiving holiday and become a little more conscious of what we have to be grateful for around this time of year.

In this month’s Wise Words article, “Kristi Nelson on Why Gratefulness Brings Happiness”, by April Thompson, we learn the differences between gratefulness, gratitude and thanksgiving. Although I hadn’t ever given much thought to any difference, I’m thankful to have a deeper level of understanding now.

Whether it’s getting older, deepening the spiritual connection that I’ve been cultivating the last several years, or even that publishing this magazines forces me into expanding my consciousness, I’m far more consciously aware of how expressing and feeling gratitude can bring me back to center, especially in challenging times.

It’s not always easy to find gratitude, gratefulness or thanksgiving when times are tough. We all experience life’s ups and downs and manage them with whatever tools we’ve got at that particular time and space in our lives. I haven’t always been grateful for the “bad” things I’ve experienced, but finding a path to gratitude through the most challenging times has assuredly led me to a new level of peace and ease during and after negative experiences.

In the long run, though the clouds can get very dark at times, once I pass through a particular difficulty, it most always seems to turn out for the best in the long run. Despite the unknowns in any moment, I’ve begun to look through the tough stuff with fresh eyes that leave space for me to experience the challenge with the trust that things are always working out for me.

Today I’m committing to consciously look for things to be grateful for at least once a day and to make a practice out of gratefulness, gratitude and thanksgiving. I’ve got a feeling it will pay off in even deeper levels of peace at all times.

With deep and heartfelt gratefulness, gratitude and thanksgiving I wish you and yours a most splendid Happy Thanksgiving!

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Contents

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

14 SUPERCHARGE YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM

Natural Ways to Stay Healthy

16 PERSONALIZATION IS KEY

Achieving Optimal Health by Evaluating Root Causes

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18 THANKSGIVING DESSERTS

Plant-Based Pies for Every Palate

22 SAFE DRINKING WATER Home Systems to Purify H2O

24 KRISTI NELSON

on Why Gratefulness Brings Happiness

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25 ABUNDANT LIVING 10 Practices Open Doors

26 EASE REPETITIVE

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STRAIN INJURIES

Targeted Exercises Lower Risk of Injury

28 GIVE ROVER A RUBDOWN

Massage Keeps a Dog at Peak Health

28 DEPARTMENTS 6 news briefs 10 health briefs 11 global briefs 12 eco tip 18 conscious

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25 inspiration 26 fit body 28 natural pet 30 calendar 34 resource guide 35 classifieds

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Dr. Iveta Iontcheva-Barehmi DMD, MS, D.Sc. Dr. Iontcheva-Barehmi is an accomplished dentist and specialist in Periodontics and Implants. She has a firm belief that our bodies are very intelligent. All the body organs and systems are interconnected and related to each other (the teeth and the mouth are part of and related to the whole body).

Our bodies are perfect self-sustainable systems, capable of self-healing and self-regeneration.

Dr. Iontcheva-Barehmi has expertise in the areas of Biological, Physiological Dentistry and Integrative Periodontal Medicine and Implants, Lasers and Energy Medicine.

Miracle Bite Tabs™ (MBT) Miracle Bite Tabs™ (MBT) and and Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) are used to treat Dental Distress Syndrome. Your teeth and jaws are an extension of your brain and spinal cord. Any imbalances caused by improper alignment of the jaw can play a major role in pain syndromes and chronic diseases.

Head and Neck Pain Management Scenar, a non-invasive treatment device, is the only real time biofeedback device that will find what is wrong with your body and stimulate self-healing through electro stimulation and “conversation” with the control systems of the body (CNS Integrative Periodontal Medicine-Periodontal Spa The majority of the dental and periodontal procedures in Dr. Iontcheva-Barehmi’s office are laser assisted. She has Biolase MD, the most versatile laser, which can be utilized to work with the gums and the teeth, implants and root canals. The discomfort is minimal to none and the healing is speededup. The procedures are often combined with a low level laser and Scenar, which give additional boost to the healing and removing discomfort.

Vitamin C electrophoreses is a unique method used in Europe to prevent recession, boost collagen synthesis, support and increase the blood circulation leading to firming the gingiva and discontinuing the signs of aging and bleeding. It is part of the integrative protocol for treatment and prophylaxes of periodontitis.

Zirconia Solution to Titanium Implant If you are allergic or sensitive to other metals Bio-ceramic (zirconia) implants might be an option for you. Dr. IontchevaBarehmi is certified to place zirconia implants, you don’t need to travel to Europe anymore.

Ozone Treatment Ozone is a powerful oxidizer and kills effectively bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites.

Oxygen ozone therapy can be applied as an adjunctive therapy in treatment of periodontitis (periodontal disease), in arresting and reversing carious lesions in initial stage, reversal of initial pulp inflammation in deep carious lesions, treatment of dentinal hypersensitivity. The methods applied are efficacious with no toxicity or side effects.

Perio-Protect Dr. Iontcheva-Barehmi is certified to use the Perio-protect methodone of the best prophylactic methods for periodontal disease, and subsequently for cardiovascular disease, diabetes and some other conditions.

Restorative and Cosmetic Dentistry Your amalgam fillings contain not only poisonous mercury but they cause cracks in your tooth structure and can lead to tooth loss. Defective amalgam fillings are removed safely following the IAOMT protocol, Including spa treatments for detoxification and the newest form of noninjectable Vitamin C with comparable absorption.

Anxiety and dental phobias are rarely experienced in the Dr. Iontcheva-Barehmi’ s practice.

Meditation, breathing techniques, homeopathy, EFT technique, hypnotherapy are all used, so you can be comfortable and love coming to your dentist.

To schedule your comprehensive exam and share the excitement of a healthy smile call:

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news briefs

November is Eye Donation Month

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he Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) will be raising awareness during the month of November about the life-changing opportunities that are created through eye donation.

Eye Donation Month 2018 will focus on all the individuals that make the gift of sight possible.

Eye bank staffs, funeral directors, medical examiners/coroners, hospital administrators, cornea donor families and cornea recipients are the enduring champions for the millions of people around the world whose lives are transformed through cornea donation and transplantation.

In 2017, more than 50,000 corneas were provided for transplant with a more than 95 percent success rate. Almost anyone can be a cornea donor, regardless of vision, age, or past ocular health issues such as cataracts or laser vision correction. The transplants performed each year increase their recipients’ productivity and reduce their healthcare costs, contributing $6 billion in benefits to the U.S. healthcare system.

It all starts with registering to be an eye, organ and tissue donor and sharing your decision with your family and loved ones.

Individuals interested in learning more about cornea donation and transplantation should visit the EBAA website at RestoreSight.org.

While there, visitors can also get information on how to register as a donor to leave the lasting legacy of the gift of sight.

Essential Oils for Intimacy Consultations on Sale Now

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acha Fossa, sexual empowerment coach, educator and holistic practitioner at Sacred Temple Arts, is offering a $50 discount on essential oils for intimacy consultations.

Essential oils can contribute greatly to not only overall health, but to sexual health and arousal. Using high quality, therapeutic grade, specific oils in the recommended amounts can effectively affect mood, stimulate passion and libido, and reduce fatigue. Many essential oils have aphrodisiac properties. These properties enhance and stimulate passion and sexual arousal while raising the body temperature to an ideal state.

Those interested will learn how, when, why and where to use essential oils in daily life for maximum benefit and ease; get the proper education on which oils will be of most benefit to one’s sex and/or love life, partnered or not; learn about the value of using essential oils in one’s daily regimen; and how to address any specific concerns one may have with essential oil support.

For more information, call 978-309-9399, email SacredTempleArts@ gmail.com or visit SacredTempleArts.com. See ad on page 29 and Resource Guide on page 38.

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Functional Dietitian Will Present at the 12th Annual Natural Living Expo In Marlborough

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ohnson Compounding & Wellness’ (JCW) functional dietitian, Bridgitte Carroll, will speak at 10:30 a.m., November 10, at the 12th annual Natural Living Expo. Held on November 10 and 11, at the Best Western Royal Plaza & Trade Center, in Marlborough, the expo provides a unique opportunity to learn about body-mind-spirit healing, as well as green living, healthy eating, stress relief, alternative medicine and making the planet a healthier place for everyone.

The JCW booth will be offering tastings, samples and education on its high-quality products. Its knowledgeable staff will be readily available to answer any questions on health and wellness.

New this year, The Qigong Experience brings four extraordinary qi masters to the expo, who will present 80-minute segments of healing qigong exercises that can be practiced by anyone for increased health overall, as well as healing of targeted diseases and conditions.

Three special keynote speakers are: John Holland, internationally renowned psychic medium, author and radio host; Rhys Thomas, energy medicine author, teacher and founder of the Rhys Thomas Institute of Energy Medicine; and Cheryl Richardson, celebrity coach and bestselling author on personal growth and selfcare. Admission to keynote presenters is an additional $35 to $50 per speaker.

Some people are always grumbling because roseshave thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses. ~Alphonse Karr

Cost: $12 in advance online; $15 at the door; kids under 12 free. Free readmission on Sunday is available with a wristband.

Onsite parking is free. Location: 181 Boston Post Rd. W., Marlborough. For more information, call 508-278-9640, email Info@ NaturalExpo.org or visit NaturalExpo.org.

See ad on page 17 and Resource Guide on pages 35 and 37.

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news briefs

Four-Week Bilingual Spiritual Book Study

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BioMed Center New England is Now Open in Providence

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he American Center for Bioregulatory Medicine and Dentistry, known as the BioMed Center New England, is now open and taking appointments at 111 Chestnut Street, in Providence, Rhode Island. BioMed is the most comprehensive center in North America for bioregulatory medicine and dentistry together under one roof, with a comprehensive holistic approach to health care that harnesses cutting-edge modern technologies.

BioRegulatory medicine puts the patient at the center and addresses the full range of physical, emotional, mental, social, spiritual and environmental influences that affect health. It is a biologically oriented approach to medicine, aiming to eliminate symptoms by supporting and restoring the body’s own intrinsic healing mechanisms. For people that have not seen optimal results with conventional allopathic medicine, this could be a life-changing experience.

Employing a personalized strategy that considers each individual’s unique conditions, needs and circumstances, bioregulatory medicine uses the most appropriate interventions from an array of scientific disciplines to heal illness and disease, and help each person regain and maintain optimum health.

The BioMed Center New England offers assessment, therapeutics and integrated care packages, providing a quality of care remarkable for natural and holistic treatment centers, and a level of compassion seldom achieved in a conventional medical setting.

For more information, call 833-8BIOMED or visit TheBioMed CenterNE.com. See ad, back page.

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ev. Olga Silva and Rev. Natalia deRezendes will facilitate a four-week bilingual (English and Spanish) intense study of This Thing Called You, by Ernest Holmes, a 1948 text revealing profound mysticism. The course of study will take place from 6 to 8 p.m., November 12, 19 and 26, and December 3, at Concordia Center for Spiritual Living, in Warwick, Rhode Island.

This text is an intimate guide through which readers learn the most important lesson of how they are an immutable part of the flow of life, and how they may fulfill the longing within us all to live more fully. The book details methods of meditation used Rev. Olga Silva and for healing, improving the mind and body, and reaching one’s Rev. Natalia deRezendes divine self. Included are numerous inspirations, meditations and prayers that individuals can apply to their lives which reveal the unlimited potential of the spiritual psychology that Holmes founded in religious science.

Cost: $100. Location: 292 West Shore Rd., Warwick, RI. For more information or to register, call 401-732-1552.

Third Annual Fight Back Against Chronic Pain Conference

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he third annual Fight Back Against Chronic Pain Conference, a collaboration between the Hope Collective and the U.S. Pain Foundation, will take place from 1 to 4 p.m., December 1, at the NonProfit Center, in Boston. Hear directly from those in pain and from alternative healthcare professionals that work with those in pain. Light refreshments donated by Whole Foods will be provided.

Chronic pain affects one in three adults in America and still remains widely misunderstood by both the general public and the medical field. Many people that suffer from pain do so in silence. This event is uniting those in pain and connecting them with alternative healthcare specialists that work directly with those in pain. There is strength in numbers and in finding the right support system.

Cost: Free. Location: The NonProfit Center, East Room, 89 South St., Boston. For more information, call 978-604-1436 or visit HopeCollectiveBoston.org.

New Kids’ Classes at Boston Martial Arts Center

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oston Martial Arts Center (BMAC) has been teaching kids from 3 to 13 (and beyond) on Saturday mornings for close to 20 years. Now they are adding afternoon classes, Mondays and Wednesdays, to accommodate increased interest in after school martial arts programs.

BMAC’s kids’ program focuses on developing the whole student. From body and spacial awareness to life skills, from coordination to confidence, BMAC instructors support growth and development. They create an atmosphere of team work and mutual respect, where each student can celebrate their individual success in the class.

Cost: $49.95 for the first month (includes uniform). Location: 161 Harvard Ave., Ste. 4E, Boston. For more information, call 617-789-5524, email BostonMartialArtsCenter@gmail.com or visit BostonMartialArts.com. See ad on page 21 and Resource Guide on page 37.

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Groton Wellness Welcomes Dr. Henri Balaguera, M.D.

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roton Wellness, a cutting-edge health center that combines He will be continuing his clinical research, in collaboration with biological dentistry, functional and integrative medithe Groton Wellness team. cine, detoxification spa and organic café, welcomes Dr. Henri

Dr. Jean Nordin-Evans, DDS, and co-founder of Groton Balaguera, M.D., to its practice as a functional medicine doctor Wellness, states, “We are excited to welcome Dr. Henri Balaguera, and clinical director. He specializes in functional medicine, M.D., to our innovative, community health and wellness center. chronic and infectious disease, auto immune disorHis approach of combining traditional medical trainders, functional nutrition, sleep issues, pulmonary ing with an in-depth knowledge of functional medidisorders, cardiovascular and metabolic dysfunccine will help our patients immensely. We are happy to tion, natural hormone replacement and preventative add to our long list of practitioners so that patients will medicine. receive the best care possible in the 21st century.”

Balaguera holds a medical degree from UniverMeet Balaguera from 7:30 to 9 a.m., November 13, sidad Industrial de Santander and is certified by the at Groton Wellness’ monthly Practitioner’s Breakfast.

American Board of Internal Medicine. He comes to To register for this complimentary event, visit GrotonGroton Wellness with more than eight years of exWellness.com/Events. In addition, Balaguera, like most perience as an M.D. at Lahey Hospital and Medical of Groton Wellness’ practitioners, offers a free 15-minDr. Henri Balaguera Center, Department of Medicine, Division Hospital ute phone consultation to new patients. Many insurance companies will cover functional medicine services. Check Medicine, in Burlington, Massachusetts. He is trained in internal with your carrier for details. medicine and infectious diseases and has a fellowship in immunogenetics.

Location: Mill Run Plaza, 491-496 Main St., Groton. To book an

Currently he is an assistant professor of clinical medicine at appointment, call 978-449-9919. For additional information reTufts University School of Medicine, and he will be a certified garding Groton Wellness’ services and philosophy, and to view a list functional medicine physician from the Institute of Functional of upcoming classes and events, visit GrotonWellness.com. See ad on Medicine. He has a dedicated holistic self-care practice, with page 2 and Resource Guide on page 35. mindfulness and meditation at the foundation of his core values.

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Eating Well Protects Hearing A healthy diet can lower the risk of moderate to severe hearing loss by 30 percent or more, conclude researchers from Harvard Medical School’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Studying the diets of 33,000 women for 22 years, they found that hearing was better retained among those that ate closer to the Mediterranean Diet—with more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts, fish and virgin olive oil.

The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, high in fruits and vegetables and low-fat dairy, as well as low in sodium, also was associated with better hearing.

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Raw fruit and vegetables are better for mental health than canned, cooked or otherwise processed produce, report researchers from New Zealand’s University of Otago. Their survey of more than 400 young adults from their country and the U.S., published in Frontiers in Psychology, found a correlation between eating raw produce and measures of psychological well-being, positive mood and life satisfaction.

“The cooking and processing of produce likely limits the delivery of nutrients that are essential for optimal emotional functioning,” says co-author Tamlin Conner, Ph.D. The top 10 raw foods for mental health are carrots, bananas, apples, dark leafy greens, grapefruit, lettuce, other citrus, berries, cucumbers and kiwis.

Early-stage breast cancer can be accurately detected via a simple breath test and urine sample, report researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in Israel. Using electronic nose sensors and gas-chromatography mass spectrometry to analyze breath and urine, respectively, they were able to identify biomarkers for breast cancer, the most commonly diagnosed cancer for women worldwide. “Our new approach… with inexpensive, commercially available processes, is non-invasive, accessible and may be easily implemented in a variety of settings,” says study co-author Yehuda Zeiri, Ph.D.

Mammography, the common screening test for breast cancer, is typically 75 to 85 percent accurate, a figure that drops for full-bodied women and those with dense breast tissue. Dual-energy digital mammography is more accurate, but increases radiation exposure, and MRIs are more expensive.

The Israeli research, published in the journal Computers in Biology and Medicine, compared breath and urine samples taken from 85 women with breast cancer and 81 healthy women. The electronic e-nose device, picking up on a unique breath pattern, detected cancer cells accurately 95 percent of the time. The urine test proved 85 percent accurate. “With further study, it may also be possible to analyze exhaled breath and urine samples to identify other cancer types, as well,” says Zeiri.

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Raw Fruit and Veggies Key to Mental Health

Breath and Urine Tests Detect Breast Cancer

Pumpkin Compounds Inhibit Cancer Growth In addition to being tasty, autumn’s pumpkin pie may also help prevent cancer. Two studies have confirmed the ability of certain nutrients in pumpkins to inhibit the growth of cancer cells.

Researchers from the Italian Institute of Food Science found that carotenoid compounds from pumpkins delayed the growth of human colorectal cancer and bone cancer cells by an average of 40 percent. In China, Harbin Medical University researchers found that a polysaccharide compound from pumpkins halted the growth of human liver cancer cells.

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global briefs

Really Natural

Organic Labeling Evolves to Meet Challenges

Organic shoppers may see additional labeling on produce.

More than a dozen farmers and scientists from around the country met to create the standards for an additional organic certification pilot program called the Real Organic Project (ROP), which they plan to initially introduce at 20 to 60 farms. Under the current U.S. Department of Agriculture program, the organic label means that produce has been grown without synthetic substances or genetic engineering; it doesn’t specify whether produce was grown in water or soil, which the new labeling would address.

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Countries Ban Single-Use Plastics

Bans on plastic consumption have been increasing globally for the last two years.

Single-use plastics will be officially banned in the Bahamas by 2020, including plastic bags collected at the point of sale, straws, Styrofoam food containers and plastic utensils. Also, the release of balloons in the air will be illegal.

Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Antigua and Barbuda have already banned single-use plastic products. In Kenya it’s illegal to produce, sell or use plastic bags. Haiti has banned plastic bags and Styrofoam products. Belize moved to ban single-use plastics by April 2019. The UK has outlined a plan to eradicate plastic use completely by 2042.

The Clean Seas Campaign, launched in 2017 by the United Nations Environment Programme, aims to increase global public and corporate awareness of the critical need to reduce marine litter.

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Dumping Disincentive

Big Bank Acts to Protect Oceans from Mine Waste

Citigroup is no longer financing mining projects that dump mine waste into the ocean. The move comes in response to pressure from the Ditch Ocean Dumping campaign, which calls on financial institutions to divest from any project or company that employs the practice. “Banks and financial institutions must actively take steps to ensure that they are not bankrolling the destruction of our oceans,” says campaign coordinator Ellen Moore of Earthworks.

Mine waste can contain up to three dozen dangerous chemicals, including arsenic, lead, mercury and cyanide. These metals accumulate in fish, and ultimately, the wildlife and people that eat them.

The pollution contaminates drinking water, decimates ecosystems and destroys fisheries. While the outdated practice has been phased out in many parts of the world, new mining proposals in Papua New Guinea and Norway signal that such dumping is being ramped up, not phased out.

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eco tip

Dr. Mitchell Levine of WomanWell in Needham talks about WOMEN’S HEALTH

Tuesday, November 13 7 - 8PM at Keyes Drug

Rebirthing Books New Life for Old Friends Spread the wonders and joys of reading to others while conserving woodlands and other resources and keeping books out of landfills by donating them. Many outlets welcome books that may have been collecting dust at home, but can enrich the lives of others of all ages, both locally and worldwide. n Many public libraries are supported by community volunteer “friends of” organizations that sell donated books at deep discounts to the public. Funds raised help underwrite host library programming. n Along with selling new and used books online, Better WorldBooks.com accepts book donations that support national and global literacy initiatives, including in Latin America and Africa. They recently forwarded 37,000 donated books to UK teachers and other educators, and also operate a senior book outreach program. n Local chapters of national organizations like Girl Scouts, Kiwanis International, Rotary International and the General Federation of Women’s Clubs frequently collect gently used children’s books. n Other donation sites include The Salvation Army, Goodwill, thrift shops and used and antique bookstores. n BooksForSoldiers.com lists specific titles military members are requesting. BooksForAfrica.org has shipped 41 million books to Africa’s 54 countries. BooksThroughBars.org supplies prison libraries, while BooksToPrisoners.net links books donated by the public to requests. n Consider the novelty of regifting books. With the Christmas gifting season approaching, parents can bestow a Shakespeare play or Mark Twain tale that meant so much to them decades ago to their kids. The gesture can even spark a greater interest in reading.

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Supercharge Your Immune System

Natural Ways to Stay Healthy

by Kathleen Barnes

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ike many other health conditions, challenges to our immune systems are on the rise. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 26.5 million adults and kids have asthma, 50 million have allergies and up to 20 percent get the flu each year.

Catching a cold is common, with U.S. adults generally coping with two or three a year and children about twice as many.

As many as 50 million Americans suffer from autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, celiac and lupus, costing $100 billion a year to treat, which is nearly twice the amount spent on cancer care, according to the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association. Initial statistics released 20 years ago estimated that 9 million Americans had autoimmune diseases; a five-fold increase since then illustrates the magnitude of the problem.

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People that are free of some degree of immune system dysfunction are relatively uncommon.

Identified Culprits

“We are absolutely seeing a rise in immune disorders,” says Michael T. Murray, a doctor of naturopathy in Lyons, Colorado, and author of Chronic Candidiasis: Your Natural Guide to Healing with Diet, Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs, Exercise and Other Natural Methods. “Many factors are responsible for the increase.” He cites the most notable as the widespread use of antibiotics and pesticides; dietary factors, including too much sugar; decreased intake of essential vitamins and minerals; overconsumption of calories in general; lifestyle factors like not getting enough sleep or exercise; excessive alcohol; stress; and exposure to cigarette smoke.

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“The microbiome—the bacterial structure that supports a strong immune system—is largely inherited from the mother during a vaginal birth,” says Sayer Ji, of Miami, Florida, founder of GreenMedInfo.com, sponsor of the 2017 Immune Defense Summit and a member of the National Health Federation’s board of governors. “The rising number of Caesarean sections, at nearly one-third of all U.S. births, up from 18 percent in 1997, deprives infants of those naturally occurring bacteria, and can result in immune deficiencies at an early age.”

Low-level chronic stress of the kind that occurs in everyday modern life is a leading underlying factor in immune system compromise, says natural health and healing expert Dr. Deepak Chopra, of Carlsbad, California, author of The Healing Self: A Revolutionary New Plan to Supercharge Your Immunity and Stay Well for Life. Along with emotional stress, he points to any kind of inner or outer challenge that pulls us off center.

Everyone experiences some stress every day; when unrelieved, it’s been widely shown to have a huge negative impact on our health. “Imbalance can be negative or positive, and so can stress,” says Chopra.

“Winning the lottery is just as stressful as going through a divorce. So the challenge isn’t to achieve static balance, but to successfully thrive in stressful surroundings.”

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Internal Communiqués

Institute of Medical Research confirms that supporting the immune system helps heal inflammation and autoimmune diseases. Instead, these are commonly treated with immune system suppressants that leave the patient with diminished resistance to other diseases.

Raw foods, especially pineapple and papaya, are good sources of digestive enzymes. They’re also available as supplements.

Medical science now generally agrees that the greatest part of the immune system resides in the gut. “We need those trillions of bacteria that live in the digestive tract.

Without them, we are unable to defend ourselves from all types of assaults, including the autoimmune diseases, in which the body turns upon itself,” says Ji.

“The immune system lines the large and small intestines,” says Dr. Susan Blum, of Rye Brook, New York, author of The Immune System Recovery Plan: A Doctor’s 4-Step Program to Treat Autoimmune Disease. “The microbes in the gut lining speak to the immune system. Anything that alters the microbes in negative ways—like antibiotics or viral illness, among others—can also negatively alter the immune system.”

Prebiotics and probiotics: Prebiotics, plant fibers that ferment in the colon helping to increase desirable bacteria in the gut, and probiotics, live beneficial bacteria, help restore balance in the microbiome, effectively feeding and strengthening the immune system. Myers suggests that declining levels of friendly bacteria in the gut may actually mark the onset of chronic degenerative disease.

Unavoidable Toxin

We can’t avoid the toxic exposure that underlies much of the immune dysfunction we are experiencing today, says Wendy Myers, a functional diagnostic nutritionist in Los Angeles, California, and author of Limitless Energy: How to Detox Toxic Metals to End Exhaustion and Chronic Fatigue. “Toxins, especially heavy metals like lead and mercury, are in the air, water and soil. Since we can’t escape them, we need to know how they are affecting us and work to neutralize them.”

Experts agree that immune challenges can be neutralized and overcome with the right diet and lifestyle, stress management and appropriate supplements to restore and maintain the whole system balance needed to flourish in a world of our own making that stresses us on every level.

The Right Food

Eliminating wheat and dairy can end half of current immune system dysfunction through helping to repair the microbiome and healing the immune system, Ji believes. As one example, “If my mom had known I was allergic to cow’s milk when I was a child, I wouldn’t have suffered for 20 years with bronchial asthma,” he says.

An anti-inflammatory diet also speeds gut healing and strengthens the immune system, says Blum. Highlights of her program for a basic clean-up include eliminating anything white (sugar and all products made with flour); eating quality fats (cold-pressed vegetable oils, nuts and seeds); protein (grass-fed beef, organic and

free-range poultry, wild game and wildcaught fish); organic fruits and vegetables as much as possible and fermented foods daily; limiting and preferably eliminating dairy; and reading labels and banishing additives, chemicals and processed foods.

According to CDC statistics, almost everyone has some level of immune dysfunction, so this clean-up diet will benefit most of us, Blum says. After a basic regimen of three weeks or longer, she recommends exploring an elimination and challenge diet in which gluten, dairy, corn, soy and eggs are all eliminated for three weeks. People with arthritis should also eliminate nightshades like tomatoes and potatoes. “Then add back in the eliminated foods one at a time and carefully note the body’s reaction. It’s not that hard to get a clear picture of what aggravates inflammation such as arthritis pain,” Blum says.

The Right Supplements Multivitamins: “High-quality vitamin

and mineral supplements are foundational to immune health,” Murray says. “Vitamins C, E and B and selenium are especially important.”

Digestive enzymes: “Digestive

enzymes are key to restoring gut health, and thereby healing the immune system.

They’re useful in reducing immune-mediated inflammation in autoimmune disorders,” Murray explains.

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Vitamin D: Several studies, including one from Israel, have shown that people with the highest vitamin D levels have the lowest number of upper respiratory infections. “To ensure optimal vitamin D status, many health advocates, myself included, are recently advocating daily dosages of 2,000 to 5,000 international units (IU), even in apparently healthy adults,” Murray says.

Beta glucan: Beta glucans are polysac-

charides; soluble fiber naturally occurring in the cell walls of grains, bacteria, yeast, algae and fungi. Natural sources include oats, barley, seaweed, and shitake and reishi mushrooms. In supplements, look for products extracted by fermentation if grain or yeast is a concern. These sugars are known to help prevent and shorten durations of colds and flu and provide relief for allergies and sinus congestion, and may help regulate an overactive immune response in cases of autoimmune disorders.

Both internal and external factors can affect us all the way to the cellular level. Chopra says, “You are talking to your genes all the time, and what you say affects every cell in your body. Through lifestyle choices, you can make healing decisions rather than damaging ones.”

Kathleen Barnes is the author of numerous natural health books including The Calcium Lie: What Your Doctor Still Doesn’t Know, with Dr. Robert Thompson. Connect at KathleenBarnes.com.

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Personalization is Key Achieving Optimal Health by Evaluating Root Causes

by Bridgitte Carroll

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ach one of the 8 billion people inhabiting our planet is uniquely different—our genetics, ancestry, biochemistry, lifestyle, environment, likes and dislikes—down to our every thought, feeling and behavior. All of these individual factors play a role in the creation of health yet, generally speaking, our current conventional medical system uses a one-size-fits-all approach to diagnosis and treatment.

While this system of medicine and its accompanying tools may have been appropriate for acute conditions prevalent in the early part of the 20th century, it does not address the multitude of causes for our chronic disease epidemic.

In the emerging medical model called integrative and functional medicine, the guiding principle is personalization of care in order to uncover the root cause of an individual’s condition. Functional medicine practitioners are trained to evaluate diet, lifestyle, genetic and the many environmental factors to get to the root cause of dysfunction and work with individuals to co-create optimal health.

Humans and all beings need stress to survive and its presence is crucial to health. It stimulates life-saving hormones like adrenaline but over time, an overload of stress can cause great health dysfunction such as chronic disease.

Stress can have chemical, nutritional, environmental, emotional or psychospiritual origins. When our body systems are overstressed, we may notice symptoms, which are different for everyone—migraines, weight gain, skin issues, fatigue, chronic pain, high cholesterol and more.

These symptoms are the body’s way of telling us that it can’t handle the amount of stress that it’s receiving. Simply put, our “stress cup” is overflowing.

Similarly, diseases are merely a set

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In the emerging medical model called integrative and functional medicine, the guiding principle is personalization of care in order to uncover the root cause of an individual’s condition. of symptoms that are given a name. The factors that contribute to dis-ease of the body can be thought of with the acronym S.T.A.I.N., which stands for stress, toxins, adverse food reactions, infections and nutrient deficiencies. It is a tool developed by Kathie Swift, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, and Sheila Dean, DSc, RDN, LDN, CCN, IFMCP, functional dietitians and co-founders of the Integrative and Functional Nutrition Academy. It’s useful for evaluating root causes of dysfunction to achieve optimal health.

The S in the acronym, S.T.A.I.N. brings our most common form of stress to the forefront: mental stress. In our go-gogo society, this form of stress is ever present and a significant cause of many dysfunctions and diseases. The T is for toxins and is one of the lesser discussed forms of stress. These can include pesticides in our food, PCBs in household cleaners, carcinogens in our skincare and the list goes on.

The Environmental Working Group is an excellent resource in evaluating toxins in our everyday life, diet and home.

Adverse food reactions can account for many immune and digestive disruptions. The most common are gluten, dairy,

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soy, eggs and nuts but, again, this must be individualized. The gold standard of evaluating adverse food reactions continues to be an elimination diet of one month followed by a trial of the food every three days.

Infections are another root cause and can linger in the body for years or can be acute. Either way, the whole body and immune system are taking a hit.

Evaluate life from birth to the present when thinking of this stressor. Additionally, infections, such as bacterial overgrowth can lead to malabsorption of nutrients from otherwise healthy foods.

Nutritional deficiencies are extremely common and can be evaluated by looking at daily intake as well as absorption of nutrients.

If we want to have successful health outcomes in this country, we must treat the individual and their specific root causes, not the disease. A diagnosis should not inhibit practitioners from delving deeper into a patient’s specific root cause. Yet, health is not only the absence of disease. Those that feel “good” can feel great, and prevent any dis-ease in the future. With more data from genetic testing and functional lab tests, personalization and optimal health can be achieved and enjoyed for a lifetime.

Bridgitte Carroll, MS, RDN, LDN, is an integrative and functional dietitian, in Waltham, MA. She works one-on-one with clients utilizing a systems approach to get to the root cause of bodily imbalances. She is currently accepting new clients at Johnson Compounding and Wellness and accepts insurance. To schedule a consult, visit Calendly.com/bridgitte-carroll or contact her at Bridgitte@Natural Compounder.com. See ad on next page and Resource Guide on pages 35 and 37.

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THANKSGIVING DESSERTS Plant-Based Pies for Every Palate

by Judith Fertig

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ratitude for the bounty in our lives has been a constant in every American Thanksgiving since the Pilgrims’ first celebration at Plymouth Plantation. What has changed is the menu.

Many holiday hosts today wish to be inclusive and respect everyone’s increasingly restrictive dietary needs. A few dishes that offer naturally gluten-free, paleo and plant-based options never go amiss, especially when we’re talking pie.

It’s easy to make a plant-based pie—think pumpkin, sweet potato and chocolate. As a bonus, many vegan pies can be made ahead and actually taste better the next day.

The Crust

A mellow nut crust might be the best way to go; pecans or almonds, sweetened with dates, crumbled in the food processor and pressed into a pie pan. It’s deliciously easy and can be made the day before, always a plus at holiday time. Gluten-free vanilla, chocolate or gingersnap cookie crumbs, mixed with a little coconut oil pressed into the pan, can serve as an alternative to nuts.

The Filling

The freshest filling makes the freshest-tasting pie. Winter vegetables such as squash, small sugar or pie pumpkins or sweet potatoes can be baked in the oven and puréed in the food processor days ahead of time. Or, make the purées weeks ahead and 18

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freeze them, ready to thaw for a recipe.

Award-winning cookbook author Deborah Madison, author of Seasonal Fruit Desserts: From Orchard, Farm, and Market, in Galisteo, New Mexico, preheats her oven to 375° F. “Cut the squash in half, the pumpkins into quarters, scrape out the seeds and brush the cut surfaces with a vegetable oil such as sunflower or safflower,” she suggests.

“Place the squash or pumpkins cutside-down on a sheet pan. Prick sweet potatoes all over with a fork. Bake the vegetables until tender, about 40 minutes,” says Madison. When baked, scoop out the flesh, discard the rinds or skin and purée the flesh in a food processor. About two cups of purée equals a 15-ounce can of pumpkin, sweet potato or butternut squash. Pies made with fresh purées will have a lighter color and flavor.

Madison says she prefers natural sweeteners. “Honey and maple syrup are so dynamic—they’re more like foods in their own right than just sweeteners.”

Maple and date sugars give pies a deep, caramelized flavor.

Always taste test during preparation, recommends Alissa Saenz, of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, who blogs at Connois seurusVeg.com. She loves a big dose of chai spices and little dose of sweetener in her Vegan Chai-Spiced Sweet Potato Pie. But pie is personal. “I recommend tasting your batter to decide if you’d prefer a little more or less of each,” she says.

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Finishing Touches

An ethereal cloud of coconut whipped cream can taste just as delicious as the dairy version, says vegan baker and cookbook author Fran Costigan, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She refrigerates a 14-ounce can of unsweetened, full-fat coconut milk for at least 24 hours. After opening it, she spoons out only the solid coconut cream into a chilled bowl, saving the remaining liquid coconut milk for another use. She whips the coconut cream with an electric mixer until fluffy, adding a natural sweetener and vanilla extract if desired. It all makes for a perfectly healthy plant pie.

Judith Fertig writes award-winning cookbooks plus foodie fiction from Overland Park, KS (JudithFertig.com).

Our Pick of Plant Pie Recipes No-Bake Vegan Chocolate Pie Yields: Filling for one nine-inch vegan pecan-date pie crust 18 oz vegan or dairy-free chocolate chips 1 (14-oz) can unsweetened, full-fat coconut milk ½ cup almond or cashew butter Place the chocolate chips in a medium mixing bowl. Spoon the almond butter on top of the chocolate chips. Set aside.

Vegan Pecan-Date Pie Crust The crust takes minutes to make and then press into a pie pan.

Yields: One nine-inch pie crust 1½ cups pitted dates, preferably Medjool, coarsely chopped 1½ cups chopped pecans ¼ tsp sea salt 2 tsp coconut oil Soak the dates in hot water for 10 minutes.

Remove the dates from the water and pat dry.

Place the dates, pecans and salt in the bowl of a food processor and blend until the mixture sticks together.

Spoon the entire can of coconut milk into a saucepan. Over medium heat, stir and bring to a simmer until small bubbles form around the perimeter of the pan.

Pour the hot coconut milk over the chocolate chips and almond butter. Make sure all the chocolate is covered with the hot milk. Let it sit for three to five minutes to melt the chocolate.

Whisk by hand until the mixture becomes smooth, shiny and dark. Pour into the prepared crust.

Refrigerate the completed pie until it is firm and ready to serve.

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by Nava Atlas, at VegKitchen.com, Fran Costigan at FranCostigan.com and Ashley Adams, who blogs at TheSpruceEats.com.

Lightly oil the bottom and sides of a nineinch pie or springform pan.

Press the date mixture into the bottom and up the sides of the prepared pan.

Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.

Adapted from a recipe by Nava Atlas, of Hudson Valley, NY, vegan cookbook author of Vegan Express: 160 Fast, Easy, & Tasty Plant-Based Recipes.

Natural Awakenings recommends using organic, non-GMO (genetically modified) and non-bromated ingredients whenever possible.

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This pie filling is robust with spices and not too sweet. Add less spice and more maple syrup to taste.

2 large sweet potatoes ¾ cup coconut milk 3 Tbsp maple syrup 2 tsp vanilla extract 2 Tbsp arrowroot or tapioca starch 2 Tbsp ground cinnamon 1 Tbsp ground ginger 1 tsp ground cardamom ½ tsp ground nutmeg ¼ tsp ground cloves ½ tsp sea salt Preheat the oven to 400° F. Poke a few holes in each sweet potato using a sharp knife.

Place the sweet potatoes directly on the oven rack and bake until very soft, about 45 minutes. Or microwave them for about eight minutes, checking every minute or so after the first five minutes.

Remove from oven and slice the sweet potatoes open to allow the steam to escape.

Let them sit a few minutes to cool.

Lower the oven temperature to 375° F.

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When the sweet potatoes are cool enough to handle, scoop out the insides and place them into a food processor bowl. Add the coconut milk, maple syrup, vanilla, cornstarch, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, nutmeg, cloves and salt.

Process the filling until smooth, stopping to scrape the bowl as needed. Pour the batter into a prepared pie crust and smooth out the top with a rubber scraper.

Bake about 40 minutes or until it sets.

Remove the pie from oven and allow it to cool completely before slicing.

Top with whipped coconut cream, if desired.

Adapted recipe courtesy of Alissa Saenz, of Phoenixville, PA; ConnoisseurusVeg.com/ vegan-chai-spiced-sweet-potato-pie.

Pecan Pumpkin Custard Pie With no flour, this pie has a softer, more velvety texture. For a thicker filling, simply refrigerate before serving.

Yields: Filling for one nine-inch vegan pecan-date pie crust 1 (15-oz) can pumpkin purée 1½ cups unsweetened plant milk such as soy or coconut for the creamiest texture ¼ cup arrowroot or tapioca starch

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Add all ingredients, except for the starch and dates, into a large pot. Stir well and bring to a simmer.

While the pumpkin mixture is heating, prepare a “slurry” by adding two to three tablespoons of water to the starch in a small bowl. Gently mix together until a thick liquid has formed; avoid clumps.

Add the slurry to the simmering pumpkin mixture and cook over medium heat for five to six minutes, stirring continuously.

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Transfer this mixture to a blender or food processor, add in the pitted (unsoaked) Medjool dates and blend until smooth.

Pour the filling into a prepared crust, then bake for 30 to 35 minutes.

Let cool completely before slicing and serving.

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Adapted recipe ourtesy of Caitlin Shoemaker, of Miami, FL; FromMyBowl.com/ pecan-pumpkin-custard-pie.

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mericans trust bottled more than tap water, but that confidence might work better if reversed.

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) notes that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) monitors tap water for more than 90 contaminants, and it must meet the strict standards of the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974.

Nationally distributed bottled water, under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, isn’t as carefully or frequently checked. A quarter of all bottled water is actually filtered tap water, reports the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

Concern about safe tap water is relatively recent—in the 1960s, for instance, people worried more about fluoridation than contamination. But since 1990, partly driven by bottled water ads, Gallup polls have shown tap water concerns rising; 63 percent of us now worry about our drinking water “a great deal”.

Bottled water is usually safe to drink, but isn’t environmentally friendly.

Plastic bottle production in the U.S. requires 17.6 million barrels of oil annually, reports the nonprofit Riverkeeper; plus the energy used to transport it to market, refrigerate

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it and collect the empties equals filling the bottles a quarter full of oil. Then, 77 percent of discards end up in the landfill, the Earth Day Network reports.

Retail costs range from 89 cents a serving to $8 a gallon for designer water, averaging $1.11 a gallon, compared to .002 cents per gallon for tap water.

What’s in Tap Water

Legitimate concerns about tap water exist, mostly because homes built before 1986 likely have lead in their pipes, solder and fixtures, possibly contaminating municipally sourced water. Well water is also susceptible to outside contamination from chemicals and microorganisms that must be monitored.

Because lead accumulates in stagnated water in pipes, run the water until it gets as cold as possible; up to two minutes if the taps haven’t been turned on in six hours or more. Other chemicals found in tap water include low levels of chlorine, arsenic, nitrates, atrazine, perchlorate and pathogens, reports the NRDC. Pharmaceutical products can also get into tap water, warns the World Health Organization (WHO). A recent study from the EWG and Northeastern University, in Boston, showed small

quantities of toxic chemicals in tap water serving 15 million Americans in 27 states.

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Filter Options

Filters can allay tap water worries from municipal or well supplies. Several types—tap-mounted, under-sink and pitchers— are effective and affordable, ranging from $20 to $300. Seek filters certified by the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) testing agency that check for specific contaminants of concern.

NSF-42 coding certifies filters that improve water taste and remove both chlorine and particulate matter. NSF-53 is more stringent and requires removal of metals and harmful chemicals. The highest standard, NSF-401, covers filters that eliminate bacteria, pesticides/herbicides and residue from drugs like ibuprofen.

Activated carbon filters, which require regular replacement cartridges, remove large particles like sediment and silt.

Reverse osmosis filters remove dissolved inorganic solids (including salts) by pushing tap water through a semi-permeable membrane. Ultraviolet water purification is effective at treating bacteria and viruses, but not contaminants such as chlorine, volatile organic compounds or heavy metals.

Charcoal pitcher filters are the most common, easiest to use and least expensive, although cartridges add to the cost and are only effective for processing about 40 gallons each. To save money, DIY products allow individuals to refill used cartridges with new activated charcoal. Filter pitchers need to be cleaned regularly because the charcoal can leak, producing mildew, calcium and grime.

Faucet-mounted models are easy to install and can be switched easily from filtered to unfiltered water (e.g., for washing up). Under-sink filters and cartridges are effective for up to 200 gallons, but more challenging to install. Connecting to refrigerators and ice makers makes installation more complex, and leakage can be an issue; countertop filters take up space, but are less likely to clog.

Consumer Reports says reverse osmosis filters are effective at removing contaminants, but can operate slowly, consume cabinet space, need periodic cleaning with bleach and create three to five gallons of wastewater for every gallon filtered.

WHO indicates that conventional municipal water treatment processes can remove about half of the compounds associated with pharmaceutical drugs. Advanced treatment like reverse osmosis and nanofiltration can be more efficient, removing up to 99 percent of large pharmaceutical molecules.

The first step is a water test. Some state and local health departments offer free test kits and they are also sold at hardware stores. Certified laboratories test tap water samples, with information often available from the local water provider.

Find a state-by-state list of certified labs plus program contacts at Tinyurl.com/DrinkingWaterCertificationInfo. The EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline is 800-426-4791.

Jim Motavalli, of Fairfield, CT, is an author, freelance journalist and speaker specializing in clean automotive and other environmental topics. Connect at JimMotavalli.com.

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yths abound regarding proper hydration—many of them encouraged by purveyors of bottled water. Gauge personal hydration know-how by answering these true-or-false questions.

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If we’re thirsty, we’re already dehydrated.

True. Our kidneys let us know when we need water by sending a “thirsty” message to the brain. “If you ignore that warning, it will go away and other symptoms will occur, such as headache, brain fog, muscle cramps and dry, cool skin, making the dehydration more serious,” warns Chiropractor Livia Valle, of Valins Chiropractic, in Smithtown, New York.

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We must drink eight glasses of water every day.

False. Eating fruits and vegetables also bolsters hydration (watermelon and spinach are almost 100 percent water by weight), as do milk, juice and herbal tea, advises the Mayo Clinic.

3

It’s impossible to overhydrate.

False. Although rare, hyponatremia can result from some diseases, medications and consuming too much water too quickly, causing sodium (salt) levels to plummet; this can lead to nausea and coma, to which marathon runners can be prone (WebMD.com).

4

Electrolyte-enhanced drinks beat out water.

False. Experts say that for most people most of the time, plain water hydrates just as well, which is good news, considering the sugar and artificial dyes in Gatorade and similar electrolyte drinks. Even for athletes, hydrating with electrolytes is called for only after more than an hour of intense, sweaty exercise, according to the American College of Sports Medicine. If concerned about hydrating on an active, steamy day, consider stirring additive- and sugar-free electrolyte tablets or powder into water.

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Caffeine causes dehydration.

False. A UK University of Birmingham study of 50 people that drank three to six cups of coffee daily found no significant effects on hydration—perhaps because the water in coffee and tea makes up for any dehydrating effects.

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The volume of urine is a better hydration indicator than its color.

True. “Urine color varies based on many factors, including diet,” says exercise physiologist Mary Jayne Rogers, Ph.D., of Albuquerque, New Mexico. “But if you are not producing much urine, it can be a sign that your body is clinging to water and may need more.”

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risti Nelson has dedicated her career to leading, funding and strengthening organizations committed to progressive social and spiritual change. Today, at the helm of the Network for Grateful Living, she is helping awaken thousands of people around the world to the life-changing practice of gratefulness.

Co-founded by Benedictine monk, teacher and author David Steindl-Rast, the network offers educational programs and practices that inspire and guide a commitment to grateful living, and spark the transformative power of personal and societal responsibility.

Earlier in her career, Nelson founded a values-based fundraising, consulting, training and leadership coaching company, working with groups such as the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, Buddhist Peace Fellowship and the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society. She also served in director-level positions for the Soul of Money Institute, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society.

Nelson lives in Western Massachusetts with her family, grateful to be surrounded by the wonders of the natural world and connected to a vibrant, loving and grateful global community.

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Why is it helpful to differentiate between gratefulness, gratitude and thanksgiving?

Gratefulness is a proactive orientation to life that originates inside. You wake with a sense of thankful awareness for the gift of another day, of all the miraculous things your body did overnight to keep you alive and healthy and an all-encompassing sense of the great fullness of life.

Gratitude is more of a response to something going well; anything from receiving the perfect present to five green lights on the way home to beautiful weather. It can become an addictive pursuit to try to get life to deliver something positive again and again, whereas gratefulness emanates from a more unconditional core.

Thanksgiving bubbles up when we’re so filled with a sense of gratefulness—that great fullness—that we overflow into finding ways to express thanks aloud and in actions, such as delivering praise or being of service.

In what way is happiness related to gratefulness?

The truth is that it’s not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy. We can have all the things that should make us happy, and that we wish would make us happy, but unless we

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feel grateful for what we have, it’s likely nothing will truly make us happy. Happiness can be susceptible to outside circumstance, whereas gratefulness is an orientation we can more consistently maintain.

How do we cultivate gratefulness as a way of being, rather than an intermittent feeling?

It’s a three-step process: stop, look and go.

First, we pause to be present; slow down enough to notice all the things for which we can be grateful.

Second, we enlarge our perspective to take nothing for granted and acknowledge that life is short and uncertain, so we are grateful each day we wake up.

This step is also about being aware of our privileges, starting with our ability to see, hear, move about and function. It keeps us aware, awake and alert.

Consider how we feel when electricity returns after an outage or when we can use our hand or foot after a cast comes off. Within minutes, we can forget how appreciative we were for those things, so we need to build reminders into our lives.

Third, we generate possibilities. Find ways to express appreciation or nurture something we care about by engaging in an actively grateful way. Even when we suffer hardship, shifting our awareness to notice whatever is sufficient, abundant and beautiful enables us to be grateful. This creates a ripple effect, bringing more reasons to be grateful. It’s a radical way to live.

Which other qualities of life that people now seek give you hope?

It gives me hope when people seek contentment. Paradoxically, discontent gives me hope too, because when people recognize injustice and social biases, it pushes us to engage; to stand up and take note of what’s not okay and needs to be changed.

Love also gives me hope, especially when individuals seek to love more generously, inclusively and compassionately.

It brings me the most hope of all when I see people building bridges and stretching their own capacity to love beyond their comfort zone.

Connect with April Thompson, in Washington, D.C., at AprilWrites.com.

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ractices designed to enrich life with purpose and meaning yield empowering results for anyone that takes them to heart. Whether striving for a new job, higher salary, stronger relationships or spiritual acceleration, these “rules of the road” offer inspired guidance to free thinking and enlarge possibilities beyond anything we’ve ever imagined.

Be one with life: Belief in our oneness with “more than enough” sets us free to receive.

Be aware we live in an expanding universe: The creative life force of the universe constantly conspires for our good as we consciously participate in the process.

Be accountable for individual consciousness: How we perceive ourself and our world defines our experience. Changing our point of view can change everything.

Be focused: Establish and maintain a disciplined mind, focusing on what’s right with life rather than what’s wrong.

Be in the flow: The law of circulation manifests as either a cornucopia of more than enough or a vortex of not enough, depending on how freely energy flows through us. Remember that we are the gatekeeper that directs the flow.

Be passionate: Honoring our passions sets us free from the tyranny of a joyless life. Unearthing and living what creates joy, love and peace brings the gift of our authentic self to the party called life.

Be blessed: To be blessed and know it is to affirm that we are a whole person, with nothing missing. Sharing our abundance becomes our daily norm. This state of being blesses our world.

Be of service: When we serve others selflessly, we are recognizing that they matter. When someone knows they matter, they are intrinsically guided to demonstrate it in ways that serve others… and the circle is complete.

Be courageous: Boldly move beyond false limits to horizons that call us to new levels of self-expression and fulfillment, often in collaboration with a spirited community.

Be a catalyst for good: Such actions connect us directly to the secret of creating an abundant life—our innate oneness with the universe.

Dennis Merritt Jones, D.D., of St. Pete Beach, FL, speaks and writes books on human potential and spirituality. His latest, The Art of Abundance, is the source of this essay. Connect via DennisMerrittJones.com.

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eekend athletes, office workers and hobbyists greatly benefit from a balanced array of regular exercises as a preventive measure against injury. In our technological age, repetitive strain injury (RSI) is all too common, and anyone using a computer daily can be at risk. Sedentary lifestyles help set the stage for injury.

RSI is classified as a cumulative trauma disorder that can affect muscles, tendons and nerves of not only the forearm and hand, but also the neck and shoulders. Symptoms may include pain, weakness, numbness or compromised motor control. Carpal tunnel syndrome is just one example.

“Repetitive injuries occur by executing the same motions over and over again with little or no variation, and become syndromes when they occur frequently or chronically,” says Brian Lebo, a strength and conditioning coach and director of the Athletic Performance Training Center, in North Royalton, Ohio.

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RSI Risk Factors

Poor posture, faulty movement technique and lack of periodic breaks from activities can play a major role in developing any form of RSI. “I find that people that maintain a balanced exercise routine tend to do the best in jobs that apply repetitive stresses. People that sit at a desk need core strengthening, flexibility work in the hips, wrists and hands, and work on the neck flexors of the cervical spine,” says Felipe J. Mares, a physical therapist and owner of PT First Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. “People that exercise on a daily basis, regardless of their job, hold up better at work. There’s a lot of stored equity in muscle tissue and strength that comes in handy.”

Lebo elaborates, “Exercise is critical for improving quality of life for people that suffer from repetitive injuries or RSI because it provides variation from repetitive movement, strengthens muscle and connective tissue, stabilizes joints and improves the body’s response to physical stress. For people with

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The impulse to get outside, engage in a sport or push through limitations on weekends can lead to injury if exercising is not also part of the work week.

“Do something on weekdays to support your weekend activity to prepare and strengthen your body specifically for it,” says Lebo. “For recreational athletes, I recommend performing some type of strength training to support the demands and movement patterns of your activity.

For tendinitis or inflammation of the tendons—the most common type of repetitive injury—exercise can reverse or minimize injury following appropriate rest, together with physical therapy when indicated.”

Basic strength training, maintaining a healthy weight and staying hydrated all help prevent injury and decrease the risk of reoccurrence.“Repetitive injuries that I see often are iliotibial band syndrome, patellofemoral syndrome, lower back pain and rotator cuff injuries. The main cause of these is overuse, faulty alignment and muscle compensation,” says Brooke Taylor, a functional training expert and owner of Taylored Fitness NY Ltd., in New York City.

“Functional training engages the body in multiplanar movements that simulate everyday motions. This forces the body to work as one unit, as opposed to isolating various body parts. The beauty is that with a well-designed program, you leave no muscle untouched. Functional training is beneficial for everyone, and one hour of training a day can make a huge difference. Get out and explore different activities and work opposing muscles. Make all parts of the body work as one,” counsels Taylor.

Whether injuries occur at the desk, on the soccer field or not at all, keeping the body fit is key. Mares reminds us that exercise is like sleep—something we all need and cannot avoid, saying, “Exercise is the great equalizer in life.”

Marlaina Donato is a freelance writer and authors books related to the fields of alternative health and spirituality. Connect at MarlainaDonato.com.

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touched more tolerable. Rudinger explains that it can clear physiological energy blocks. His approach with dogs is to work on the stomach energy meridian, which flows down around the mouth, down both sides of the midline and underneath the abdominal side of the body. It ends up around the anus, beneath the animal’s tail.

As the meridian is associated with the emotional brain or limbic system, working on this area is particularly useful for dogs that are fear-biters, food- or dog-aggressive, have separation anxiety or problems with their gastrointestinal tract.

Generally speaking, dog massage can be a useful tool for stress relief and relaxation.

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nimals have performed massage on themselves or others since the dawn of time through natural grooming behaviors,” reports the Northwest School of Animal Massage, in Vashon, Washington. “Any animal’s quality of life can be enhanced with massage.”

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“Maintenance massage is great for helping your pet stay at their peak level of health for as long as possible. It’s also a great tool for monitoring and early detection,” says Kim Tews, a certified small animal massage practitioner located near Portland, Oregon.

Jonathan Rudinger, a registered nurse, licensed massage therapist and authority on canine massage in Toledo, Ohio, explains that massage supports oxygen exchange, helping animals to breathe more deeply, and even encourages coughing to loosen phlegm and debris in the lungs.

Increasing both blood and lymphatic circulation is another benefit. “Manual lymphatic drainage massage is a good immune booster, and benefits pets of all breeds and ages,” says Tews. Massage shortens postoperative recovery time for pets and helps decrease inflammation and pain while lowering blood pressure and working to normalize breathing patterns 28

and digestion.

For dogs with arthritis, Rudinger says that massage works to increase the natural fluids within the dog’s body, along with improving lymph and blood circulation and hormone and energy flow. When it comes to sporting events and intense recreation, massage can be used to increase blood flow to muscles beforehand and reduce muscle soreness afterward.

Massage is a comfort for beloved dogs receiving treatment for a terminal illness or palliative care. The practice can also reduce the need for pain medication, decrease metabolic end products in tissues, ease constipation and feelings of anxiety and isolation, and instill greater peace.

Behavioral Results

Massage therapist Michelle Rivera with the Healing Oasis Wellness Center, in Sturtevant, Wisconsin, remarks in the journal Integrative Veterinary Care, “It was in China that I learned that many behavioral problems can also be alleviated or eliminated with the addition of massage therapy. In my own practice, the majority of issues I successfully work with using massage are behavior problems and seizures.”

Highly sensitive animals may find that therapeutic massage makes being

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An integrative veterinarian can provide advice and recommend an experienced area canine massage therapist to treat an animal’s specific need. At-home or in-clinic sessions may last from 30 to 80 minutes.

Having a family member massage a pet can add calming and bonding benefits, especially in palliative care. A workshop or continuing education course will teach basic to advanced hands-on massage skills.

Offering the benefits of therapeutic massage to a dog is one of the greatest gifts we can give to support their happiness and quality of life. It can also work wonders for cats.

Karen Becker, a doctor of veterinary medicine, is a proactive, integrative practitioner who consults internationally and writes for Mercola Healthy Pets (HealthyPets.Mercola.com).

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 Voice soft, soothing, low-tone phrases— not baby talk; maybe repeating, “Oh, you good boy, good boy.”

Susi Rosinski, a certified feline, canine and equine massage therapist and owner of Ancient Far East Healing Arts, in Tonawanda, New York, offers, “Most of my [feline] clients have joint pain or back mobility difficulties. Working on legs and joints

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after they’re fully relaxed helps them, as well as being safer for me, as I slowly add pressure to the areas where they need it most.”

“For four minutes a day, cat massage is therapeutic, whether it’s for you or the cat,” says Ballner.

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lthough the method of massage and results can be similar to that for dogs, cats have their own rules about how they are touched. “Every massage must be individualized,” says Katie Mehrtens, owner of The Right Spot Pet Massage, near Chicago, and a nationally certified small animal massage therapist. “Cats are typically more sensitive to touch than dogs, and can become overstimulated. I am hyperaware of the cat’s reactions, and often give them more breaks to avoid stress,” she says.

“If your cat doesn’t like to be touched, you just haven’t figured out the best moves yet,” advises Maryjean Ballner, a massage therapist in Santa Barbara, California.

“Common mistakes include rubbing, instead of caressing, and going too fast.

Felines get the reputation they’re difficult.

Pay attention to the basics.”

“Although many bones and muscles in cats and dogs have the same names and locations, they may not be identical in physical appearance or function,” Mehrtens says. “A cat’s skeleton is slender, with lean, fluid muscles designed for leaping distances with stealth and agility. They’re likely to experience less wear and tear on joints than dogs.”

Ballner offers tips to let the cat be the teacher as to what works best:  Get down to their level.  Approach at shoulder height, not the top of the head.  Caress using full palms, not just fingertips. Slower is safe, enjoyable and desirable.  Caress under the chin and around the cheeks using finger pads and full palms or the flat area between the knuckles.  Focus totally on the cat for four minutes. Make it routine.

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calendarofevents All Calendar events for the December issue must be received by November 10 and adhere to our guidelines. Visit NaturalAwakeningsBoston.com for guidelines and to submit entries. For extended event descriptions and additional listings, visit NaturalAwakeningsBoston.com.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Enneagram Basic Workshop – 7:30-9:30pm.

Learn the 9 types with Herb acting out each type with hats. Learn your type and how to relate effectively to all nine types. $40. Home, 77 Tanager St, #2 (upstairs), Arlington. 617-7947213. HerbPearce.com.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 Mulan Quan (Orchid Fist) Tai Chi with Alexia Rees – Nov 2-4. Mulan Quan, also known as Orchid Fist, is the only major tai chi style developed by a woman master exclusively for women. Based on Hua Jia Quan, an ancient martial art featuring dance movements, this style is both powerful and feminine at the same time. Eastover Estate & Retreat Center, 430 East St, Lenox. 866264-5139. Eastover.com.

Shaman School/Medicine Wheel: 1st Direction – Nov 2-4. 2-8pm. The South class begins the Medicine Wheel: shamanic teachings to create joy/ ease in career, relationships, health. The South is the first of a 4-weekend journey. $675/weekend; $575/weekend for all 4 directions. Hawthorn Farm Retreat Center, 315 N St, Medfield. 617-549-0439.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Pumpkin Smash – 11am-2pm. Compost your Halloween pumpkins with Greenovate Boston.

Free. Mattapan Evocation Center, 456 American Legion Hwy, Boston. Boston.gov/Events.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Eat. Drink. Think. – 3-5pm. A food and drink educational experience featuring local thought leaders, experts and chefs dedicated to building a more sustainable food system for all. Free.

Evoo, 350 Third St, Cambridge. Eventbrite. com/E/Eat-drink-think-power-of-the-plate-palatetickets-51032956948.

Type 1 Reformer Workshop – 7:30-9:30pm.

Learn everything about Type 1, the Perfectionist/ Reformer. Their strengths, defenses, subtypes, growth issues and relationship dynamics. Led by Enneagram expert Herb Pearce. $40. Home, 77 Tanager St, #2 (upstairs), Arlington. 617-7947213. HerbPearce.com.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEBER 7 Diwali: The Festival of Lights – 5-10pm. Come celebrate Diwali and experience music, dance, story hours, gallery tours exploring highlights from the collection of South Asian art and much more. Free admission starting at 4pm. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. MFA.org.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8 BEMER Workshop – 7:15-8:15pm. BEMER is designed to improve circulation supporting the body’s natural self-regulating processes.

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It enhances cardiac function, physical fitness, endurance, strength and energy, concentration, mental acuity, stress reduction and relaxation, and sleep management. Limited space; RSVP. Free.

Newton Chiropractic & Wellness Centre, 383 Elliot St, Door F, Ste 250, Newton Upper Falls.

617-894-5834. WellAdjusted.com.

Type 6 Security Seeker Workshop – 7:309:30pm. Learn everything about Type 6 the Questioner. Their strengths, defenses, subtypes, growth issues and relationship dynamics. Perfect for 6s or anyone in relationship with 6s. Led by Enneagram expert Herb Pearce. $40. Private home, 77 Tanager St, #2 (upstairs), Arlington. 617-7947213. HerbPearce.com.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Basic Pranic Healing Workshop – 9am-6pm.

Learn the science behind healing. Greatly increase your body’s innate ability to heal. Learn about the chakras and their functions. Unlock your healing ability. $350. Workbar Boston, 711 Atlantic Ave, Boston. Center for Pranic Healing Boston LLC: 857-529-7804. PHBoston.com.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 Veterans’ Day Parades – 1pm. Two parades that march around Boston Common along Boylston and Tremont sts, & on to City Hall Plaza & the front of Faneuil Hall.

Reiki Clinic – 1:30-4:30pm. A community service project of Arlington Reiki Associates where clients receive a half-hr reiki treatment by a team of practitioners. Reiki practitioners volunteer at the clinics and receive a free treatment. Pre-registration required. $15/clients; free/practitioners. Arlington Reiki Associates, 366 Massachusetts Ave, Ste 304, Arlington. 617-835-9963. ArlingtonReiki.com.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 Dark Side of the Types – 7:30-10pm. Learn the worst traits of each Enneagram type and how to correct them. Led by Enneagram expert Herb Pearce. $40. Private home, 77 Tanager St, #2 (upstairs), Arlington. 617-794-7213.

HerbPearce.com.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Keyes Drug Lecture – 7-8pm. Keyes Drug is hosting a lecture on women’s health with Dr. Mitchell Levine of WomanWell in Needham.

Free. Boca Bella, 442 Lexington St, Auburndale.

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The Incredible Dr. You Workshop – 7:158:15pm. This first of 2 workshop breaks down the basics of Network Spinal Analysis, the method of chiropractic used at Newton Chiropractic. Get more out of your adjustments and enlighten yourself on just how incredible your body is at healing itself.

RSVP. Free. Newton Chiropractic & Wellness Centre, 383 Elliot St, Door F, Ste 250, Newton Upper Falls. 617-894-5834. WellAdjusted.com.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Fertility Awareness Meetup – 6:30-7:30pm. A space where women can connect with peers to access information and pose questions about using natural birth control for pregnancy prevention or achievement. Free. The Women’s Center, 46 Pleasant St, Cambridge. 617-899-7624. More info: AnnaChurchill26@gmail.com.

special event Ask the Vet Lecture Hosted by Acton Pharmacy. With veterinarian Dr. Anne Field. She will discuss heartworm disease and other topics. Dr. Field earned her doctor of veterinary medicine degree from Cornell University and currently runs an animal hospital in Acton.

Wed., Nov. 14 7-8pm Free. Acton Pharmacy, 563 Massachusetts Ave, Acton. ActonPharmacy.com.

Bright Side of the Types – 7:30-9:30pm. Learn the best traits of each Enneagram type. Led by Enneagram expert Herb Pearce. $40. Private home, 77 Tanager St, #2 (upstairs), Arlington. 617794-7213. HerbPearce.com.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Free Webinar: Book Bites – 11:30am-12pm.

A half hour that will feed your mind and your curiosity. Get a sneak peek at the upcoming release Bioregulatory Medicine: An Innovative Holistic Approach to Self-Healing, a ground-breaking primer to a truly individualized approach to holistic health care. Free. 508-748-0816. Register: bit.ly/2NDG56E.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Yang Style Taijiquan Training – Nov 16-18.

With Master Fukui Yang & Rick Barrett. Taijiquan is usually taught from the outside in: you learn the choreography, practice for yrs, and gradually come to understand what’s going on inside. In this seminar, 2 teachers/healers with over 70 yrs of martial arts/clinical experience teach it from the inside out, showing not just how to feel the qi, but what to do with it. Eastover Estate & Retreat Center, 430 East St, Lenox. 866-264-5139.

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Listening Party: The Music of Duke Ellington – 6:30pm. Friday Frolics inspired by BCAE’s inaugural year, 1933. Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Lady was introduced in 1933.

Listen and discuss some of his greatest hits that contributed to the evolution of jazz in America.

Advanced registration required. Free. 617-2674430. Boston Center for Adult Education, 122 Arlington St, Boston. bcae.org.

Type 5 Knowledge Seeker Workshop – 7:3010pm. Learn everything about Type 5 the Knowledge Seeker. Their strengths, defenses, subtypes, growth issues and relationship dynamics.

Perfect for 5s or anyone in relationship with 5s. Led

by Enneagram expert Herb Pearce. $40. Private home, 77 Tanager St, #2 (upstairs), Arlington. 617794-7213. HerbPearce.com.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 The Intimacy Breakthrough Experience – 11am-6:30pm. This experiential workshop is the missing link to consensual dating and conscious relationships. Whether you are single or come with your partner, you will practice the essential intimacy skills of communicating your boundaries, needs and desires while giving and receiving nurturing, non-sexual touch. Experience the empowerment, liberation, connection and pleasure that results from clearly understanding and embodying the 4 quadrants of giving and receiving within the Wheel of Consent. $147/person, $294/couple. Watertown Center for Healing Arts, 22 Mount Auburn St, Watertown. More info: Conscious-Intimacy.com.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Reiki Level 1 Training & Certification – 9am7pm. Learn to care for yourself and others with reiki practice. Shoden training classes in a warm and professional setting. Learn the traditional Japanese reiki meditations, how to practice hands-on healing of self and others, the reiki principles, reiki history, and how reiki promotes mindfulness and resilience on all levels of your being. Comprehensive course manual. CEUs for nurses, social workers and LMTs. $150. Brenner Reiki Healing, 324 Central St, Auburndale. 617244-8856. BrennerReikiHealing.org.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19 Type 3 Achiever Workshop – 7:30-9:30pm.

Learn everything about Type 3 the Achiever. Their strengths, defenses, subtypes, growth issues and relationship dynamics. Perfect for 3s or anyone in relationship with 3s. Led by Enneagram expert Herb Pearce. $40. Home, 77 Tanager St, #2 (upstairs), Arlington. 617-794-7213. HerbPearce.com.

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Type 9 Peacemaker Workshop – 7:30-10pm.

Learn everything about Type 9 the Peacemaker.

Their strengths, defenses, subtypes, growth issues and relationship dynamics. Perfect for 9s or anyone in relationship with 9s. Led by Enneagram expert Herb Pearce. $40. Private home, 77 Tanager St, #2 (upstairs), Arlington.

617-794-7213. HerbPearce.com.

Living Between the Center and the Edge – 7:30-9pm. With Pir Zia Inayat-Khan. Can one keep one’s center and engage meaningfully with a shifting landscape? We’ll explore moving between, and harmonizing, the external and internal dimensions of life. Free. Dante Alighieri Society, 41 Hampshire St, Cambridge. 617-5220800. GardenLight.org.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24 33rd Annual Boston Tuba Christmas – 2pm.

An estimated 150-200 tuba players will serenade the crowd outdoors with favorite holiday classics.

Free. Faneuil Hall Marketplace, West End, 4 S Market St, Boston. FaneuilHallMarketplace.com.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26 Type 7 Optimist Workshop – 7:30-10:30pm.

Learn everything about Type 7 the Optimist.

Their strengths, defenses, subtypes, growth issues and relationship dynamics. Perfect for 7s or anyone in relationship with 7s. Led by Enneagram expert Herb Pearce. $40. Private home, 77 Tanager St, #2 (upstairs), Arlington.

617-794-7213. HerbPearce.com.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 Type 8 Director Workshop – 7:30-9:30pm.

Learn everything about Type 8 the Director.

Their strengths, defenses, subtypes, growth issues and relationship dynamics. Perfect for 8s or anyone in relationship with 8s. Led by Enneagram expert Herb Pearce. $40. Private home, 77 Tanager St, #2 (upstairs), Arlington.

617-794-7213. HerbPearce.com.

special event BMAC Bootcamp: Back to Foundations Life is messy, and sometimes you can lose your direction. Returning to the fundamental elements of practice provides the grounding you need to move forward. The basics are the tools needed to find your way to a safe place to ride out life’s storms. In martial arts practice, every form is built on the fundamental elements. We will examine these building blocks to enhance your technique at every level. All experience levels welcome.

Fri., Nov. 30 to Sun., Dec. 2

$359. Boston Martial Arts Center, 161 Harvard Ave, Ste 4E, Boston. 617-789-5524.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Enneagram Personality Types Workshop – 7:30-10pm. Learn the basic 9 types with Herb acting out each type with hats. Learn your type and how to relate effectively to all 9 types. Led

by Enneagram expert Herb Pearce. $40. Private home, 77 Tanager St, #2 (upstairs), Arlington. 617794-7213. HerbPearce.com.

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suggested; donations sent to a variety of local charitable causes. Open Doors, 395 Washington St, Braintree. 781-843-8224. OpenDoors7.com.

Quincy Market History Tour – Learn about Quincy Market’s central and ever-evolving role in Boston’s history. Meet guide by Pulse Café on South Market St. Faneuil Hall Marketplace, 4 S Market, Boston. 617-523-1300. Available dates & times: FaneuilHallMarketplace.com.

Martial Arts for Kids at BMAC – 5pm, Mon & Wed, 5pm. Also Sat, 9:30am. Fun, confidence, coordination and self-defense in a supportive, student-centered class. Classes for ages 3 yrs to teens. See website for pricing. Boston Martial Arts Center, 161 Harvard Ave, Ste 4E, Boston. 617789-5524. BostonMartialArts.com.

Mental Wellness: The Science & Solutions – 9-9:30pm. Also Mon. Join Amare Global for a live webinar as we discuss the science behind the gut-brain connection and natural solutions for addressing the mental wellness epidemic. Free.

Pamela Pearson: 978-877-6122. For webinar details: PamelaEPearson@yahoo.com. Amare. com/10054.

Free Tour of Symphony Hall – 4:30pm select weekdays. Also 3:30pm select Sat. Join volunteers on a behind-the-scenes tour and hear about the hall and the history and traditions of the famed musicians and conductors. Boston Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave, Boston. For available dates & times: 617-638-9390. bso.org.

Blink! Light and Music Show – Nov 22-Jan 3.

4:30-9:30pm, running every half hour. Light and music show at Faneuil Marketplace. Free. 4 S Market St, Boston. FaneuilHallMarketplace.com.

monthly Anxiety and Panic Support Group – 6:30pm.

1st day of month. A group designed to offer a place where people with common interests and experience can meet. People who have been through, or are going through, a similar circumstance can do more than sympathize with you, they can relate to what you are going through and keep you from feeling alone. Free. Washington St, Newton. 617-849-3198. UCanBeFearFree.com.

Anxiety and Panic Support Group – 5:30pm.

1st Mon. A group designed to offer a place where people with common interests and experience can meet. People who have been through, or are going through, a similar circumstance can do more than sympathize with you, they can relate to what you are going through and keep you from feeling alone.

Free. Washington St, Newton. 617-849-3198.

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Free Guided Meditation – 6:15-6:45pm.

Experience different HypnoMeditations (prerecorded by Richard Lanza) each week.

HypnoMeditation takes you on a journey to states of expansive inner calm which allow for personal transformation and healing. Free. Open Doors, 395A Washington St, Braintree. 781-843-8224.

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Mental Wellness: The Gut-Brain Connection – 9-9:30pm. Join Amare Global, The Mental Wellness Company for a live webinar as we discuss the science behind the gut-brain connection and its impact on mental wellness. Free. Online. 978-8776122. Amare.com/10054.

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Seasoned Healers Group – 9:45am. 1st Sun. Come and break bread to discuss and dream of living as an intentional group in a more rural area with like-minded, active, older adults. Singles and couples welcomed. Watertown. For more info: 617-548-4698 or HealerGinny@gmail.com.

Noon Concerts on the Freedom Trail – 12:15pm.

Stop by to hear a 30-40-min concert. Performers vary each week and perform a wide variety of music ranging from jazz to folk, medieval to modern. $5 suggested donation. King’s Chapel, 64 Beacon St, Boston. 617-227-2155. Kings-Chapel.org.

Celebration Service – 10-11:15am. Meditation, 9:45am. Service followed by fellowship. Free.

Center for Spiritual Living of Greater Boston, 50 Dudley St, Cambridge. 617-947-2743. cslboston.org.

SoWa Vintage Market – 10am-4pm. Designers, collectors, appreciators of the beautiful and unusual love this market. A cool, urban, vintage flea market featuring fresh vintage and designer finds every week. Free. SoWa Vintage Market, 450 Harrison Ave, Boston. SoWaVintageMarket.com.

Kirtan: The Music of Spirituality – 7-9pm. 2nd Sun. Charlie Braun’s music is a creative outpouring of reflective melodies, sweet harmonies, inthe-groove rhythms and the space in between.

Donation. Eastover Estate & Retreat Center, 430 East St, Lenox. 866-264-5139. Eastover.com.

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Weekly Divine Meditation – 6-7pm. Experience a powerful guided meditation lead by Bhavna, the Golden Light Goddess. No two meditations are ever the same. Drop-ins encouraged. $10. Bhavna’s Wellness Group, 512 Main St, Penthouse Ste, Shrewsbury. 508-970-5620.

BHWellnessGroup.com.

Support Group for Spouses and Family Members of Cancer Patients and Survivors – 6:30-7:30pm. 4th Tues. Led by the husband of a cancer survivor. Free. Tri-Community YMCA, 43 Everett St, Southbridge. 508-987-3310.

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Reiki Healing Sessions – 7-9pm. Reiki and energy healers offer their services free of charge.

To broaden the spirit of free care and community services to others, please make a donation in any amount for each healing you receive. Free, donation

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wednesday Restorative Yoga – 12-1pm. Restorative yoga for breast cancer patients, survivors and their families/ caregivers. Free for those listed. Saint Vincent Cancer & Wellness Center, 1 Eaton Pl, Worcester.

508-987-3310. PinkHippy.org.

Museum of Fine Arts Free Wednesdays – Free admission after 4pm. MFA, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617-267-9300. mfa.org.

Public Open Night at the Observatory – 7:30pm, Fall/Winter; 8:30pm, Spring/Summer. A chance to come observe the night sky through telescopes and binoculars and see things you otherwise might not get to see. Held most Wed evenings throughout the year, weather permitting. Space limited, reservations recommended. Free. Coit Observatory at Boston University, 725 Commonwealth Ave, Boston. 617-353-2630. bu.edu.

Let’s Laugh Today Laughter Yoga – 7:308:30pm. 1st Wed. Any age and any level of physical ability can enjoy this unique exercise of laughter and clapping combined with gentle breathing that brings more oxygen to the body’s cells. Free. Meetinghouse of the First Universalist Society, 262 Chestnut St, Franklin. 508-660-2223.

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Natural Solutions for Mental Wellness – 8-8:30pm. Join Amare Global, The Mental Wellness Company, for a live webinar as we discuss the science behind the gut-brain connection and its impact on mental wellness. Free. Pamela Pearson: 978-877-6122. For webinar details: PamelaEPearson@yahoo.com. Amare.com/10054.

thursday Mental Wellness: A Deep Dive with Q&A – 2:30pm. Join Amare Global’s live webinars and deep dive into mental wellness topics like stress, ADHD, brain fog, fatigue, low energy, sleep and more with Q&A. Free. Pamela Pearson: 978-8776122. For webinar details: PamelaEPearson@ yahoo.com. Amare.com/10054.

Free Night at the ICA – 5-9pm. The Institute of Contemporary Art, 100 Northern Ave, Boston.

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SRR Thursday Night 4.06 Miler – 7:15-8:15pm.

It may be raining. It may be hot or cold. The SRR Thursday night run will happen every week, no matter what. Free. Casey’s Bar, 171 Broadway, Somerville. SRR.org/Events/Thursday-Night-Race.

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Observatory Night – 7:30-9:30pm. 3rd Thurs.

A non-technical lecture and telescopic observing from the observatory roof if weather permits. Free.

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St, Cambridge. 617-495-7461. CFA. Harvard.edu.

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friday Watertown Mall Walking Club – 9am. Meet the club leader near Carter’s. Start with stretching exercises followed by a walk through the mall.

Occasional guest lectures. Free. Watertown Mall, 550 Arsenal St, Watertown. 617-926-4968.

Watertown-Mall.com.

Second Fridays – 5-8pm. Free with admission at the MIT Museum on the 2nd Fri each month.

Mingle with friends in the unique galleries and see some of the latest research coming out of MIT. MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge.

617-253-5927. mit.edu/museum.

SoWa First Fridays – 5-9pm. 1st Fri. Over 60 galleries south of Washington St and at the Artist’s Guild, nearby businesses and restaurants open their doors to give you a chance to experience the vibrant South End arts community. Free. Start at 450 Harrison Ave, follow gallery lights around the neighborhood. SoWaBoston.com.

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Community Reiki Clinic – 7-8:45pm. 1st Fri. Receive a 30-min reiki session by appt.

Appointments start at 7, 7:35 & 8:10pm. If you have been curious about reiki, schedule a session. $15.

Brenner Reiki Healing, 324 Central St. Auburndale.

617-244-8856. BrennerReikiHealing.org.

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Restorative Yoga – 8:15-9:15am. Restorative yoga for breast cancer patients, survivors and their families/caregivers. Free. Oxford Community Center, 4 Maple Rd, Oxford. 508-987-3310.

PinkHippy.org.

The Marketplace at Simpson Spring – 10am2pm. Includes farmers, bakers, artisans and local entrepreneurs. Stop in to browse or take in our featured entertainment, local authors, educational seminars and lecturers. 719 Washington St, South Easton. SimpsonSpring.com/saturday-market.

Let’s Laugh Today Laughter Yoga – 11am12pm. 2nd Sat. Any age and any level of physical ability can enjoy this unique exercise of laughter and clapping combined with gentle breathing that brings more oxygen to the body’s cells. Free.

Unitarian Church of Sharon, 4 N Main St, Sharon.

508-660-2223. LetsLaughToday.com.

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ACUPUNCTURE GROTON WELLNESS

Quan Zhou, LicAc, Nutritionist 493-495 Main St, Groton 978-449-9919 GrotonWellness.com Helping patients return to health with acupuncture, ear therapy, cupping, guasha and acupressure, Quan’s expertise lies in the areas of chronic and acute pain, allergy, digestive conditions, stress-related problems, headaches, migraines, anxiety, depression, neurological disorders, respiratory issues, supportive treatment for cancer, fertility, reproductive health, women’s health and difficult-to-treat conditions in conventional medicine. See ad, page 2.

APPLIED KINESIOLOGY CENTRAL SQUARE HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Kristine Jelstrup, CMFT, CBK, LMT 126 Prospect St, Ste 5, Cambridge, 02139 617-833-3407 Kristine@CentralSquareHealthAnd Wellness.com CentralSquareHealthAndWellness.com

CAROUSEL COACHING

Nancy Lavoie NancyLaterDressageHorses@gmail.com CarouselCoaching.com Nancy Lavoie has a gift for helping people navigate through social pressures and the complication of technology to find their unique confidence.

SYMMETRY NEURO-PATHWAY TRAINING Dianne Kosto, Founder & CEO 132 Central St, Ste 205A, Foxboro 844-272-4666 Dianne@SymmetryNeuroPT.com SymmetryNeuroPt.com

Natural solutions to ADHD, autism, migraines, memory loss and mental fatigue do exist.

SYMMETRY is helping families increase grades in school, become more productive at work, manage emotions with calmness and security, and regain their health. Book a free consultation at MeetMe.so/DianneKosto.

CHIROPRACTIC NEWTON CHIROPRACTIC AND WELLNESS CENTRE Julie Burke, DC 617-964-3332 Info@WellAdjusted.com

We are an integrative holistic center, with a caring team of Network Spinal Analysis chiropractors, massage therapists, Shiatsu and reiki practitioners and a Wellness Coach. See ads, pages 7 and 13.

Achieve optimal health physically, emotionally, nutritionally.

Kristine uses a form of muscle response testing to identify and clear nervous system interference, facilitating optimal health.

COACHING

TAKE THE LEAP COACHING

Kim Childs 1025 Mass Ave, Arlington, MA 02476 617-640-3813 Kim@KimChilds.com KimChilds.com Need help clarifying and realizing your desires? Asking “What’s next?” or “How do I get started?” Kim is a certified life and career coach specializing in Positive Psychology, creativity, and midlife transitions, to help clients create more personally fulfilling, meaningful and empowered lives. Initial consultations are free.

COLON HYDROTHERAPY GROTON WELLNESS

Katryn Miller, MEd, LMT, Colon Hydrotherapist 493-495 Main St, Groton 978-449-9919 GrotonWellness.com Katryn has always held a deep desire to learn about the body and how it works. After many years of running her own business, Katryn joined Groton Wellness to help others with Colon Hydrotherapy. She holds a training certificate on the Libbe Colon Hydrotherapy Device. See ad, page 2.

A COMMON THREAD COACHING James Ashton, Certified Life Coach 646-262-3037 james@ashtoncoaching.com

BRAIN TRAINING ADVANCED NEUROTHERAPY, PC Jolene Ross, PhD 781-444-9115 RetrainYourBrain.com

Specializing in Neurotherapy, an effective, drug-free treatment for: attention, behavior, emotional, and executive function problems, autistic spectrum, anxiety, depression, postconcussion, peak performance and more. See ad, page 21.

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Coaching is a place where you can be truly heard and supported.

Through deep listening and powerful questioning, I can assist you in moving towards a desired outcome in virtually any area of life. Complimentary 45-minute “Gain Clarity” session.

INTERNAL WELLNESS CENTER

Liz Marcano-Pucillo 150 Wood Rd, Ste 403, Braintree, MA 02184 781-228-6915 Liz@InternalWellnessCtr.com InternalWellnessCtr.com Receive professional colon hydrotherapy by a national board-certified therapist using the Angel of Water system. The most comfortable and private system in the industry. See ad, page 25.

JOHNSON COMPOUNDING AND WELLNESS

COMPOSTING

John Walczyk 577 Main St, Waltham, MA 02452 781-893-3870 • Fax: 781-899-1172 John@NaturalCompounder.com NaturalCompounder.com

CITY COMPOST

978-378-3048 Info@CityCompost.com CityCompost.com City Compost provides home composting services and custom solutions for events and organizations. All compostables including meat, dairy and paper products are accepted. 100% of the independently processed compost goes to grow more fresh food and subscribers can receive top quality, tested, compost with service. See ad, page 25.

JCW is the only sterile and non-sterile PCABaccredited pharmacy in Massachusetts. In addition to our compounding service, we offer a full range of nutritional supplements, natural products, homeopathic remedies and home health care equipment. See ad on page 17.

DENTIST DR. IVETA IONTCHEVA-BAREHMI DMD, MS, D.SC.

COMPOUNDING & WELLNESS PHARMACY

1842 Beacon St, Ste 305, Brookline, MA 617-868-1516 BostonDentalWellness.com

BIRD’S HILL COMPOUNDING PHARMACY

401 Great Plain Ave, Needham, MA 02492 781-449-0550 Pharmacist@BirdsHillPharmacy.com BirdsHillPharmacy.com Familyowned and -operated since 1960, we have evolved from a traditional pharmacy to a worldwide compounding and nutritional resource.

Our unique one-on-one patient consultations produce a full understanding of your health needs.

You, your physician, and one of our compounding pharmacists work as partners to ensure that you will receive the best care possible.

DINNO HEALTH

Acton Pharmacy 563 Massachusetts Ave, Acton, MA 01721 978-263-3901 Keyes Drug 2090 Commonwealth Ave Newton, MA 02466 617-244-2794 West Concord Pharmacy 1212 Main St, Concord, MA 01742 978-369-3100 DinnoHealth.com For more than a quarter of a century, Dinno Health has been a trusted provider of pharmacy services and is committed to providing the highest quality of individualized care for each customer. At our three independent pharmacies we offer prescriptions, compounded medications, medical supplies, homeopathic remedies, vitamins and vaccines. See ad, page 12.

Dr. Iontcheva-Barehmi is an accomplished dentist and specialist in Periodontics and Implants with a holistic approach to medicine and dentistry. To schedule your comprehensive exam and share the excitement of a healthy smile, call: 617-868-1516. See ad, page 6.

GROTON WELLNESS – FAMILY DENTISTRY & ORTHODONTICS, MEDICAL, SPA, CAFÉ 493-495 Main St (Off Rte 119) Groton, MA 01450 978-449-9919 GrotonWellness.com

Groton Wellness is a vibrant center for health and healing consisting of Holistic Family Dentistry & Orthodontics, an Integrative Medical Practice, a therapeutic detoxification spa, and a clean food, farm-to-table café—all working together to provide exceptional community health care. We also offer exciting talks, cleanses, classes and events, many of which are free to the community. Groton Wellness uses IV therapy, nutrition management, herbal medicine, bio-identical hormone balancing, EAV testing, colon hydrotherapy, acupuncture and many other holistic therapies to treat patients from head-to-toe. We have enormous success treating chronic health issues such as Lyme disease, cancer, diabetes, hormonal imbalance, mold, internal toxicity and more. See ad, page 2.

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY START A CAREER YOU CAN BE PASSIONATE ABOUT – Publish your own Natural Awakenings magazine. Home-based business complete with comprehensive training and support system. New franchises are available or purchase a magazine that is currently publishing. Call 239-530-1377 or visit NaturalAwakeningsmag.com/MyMagazine.

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS ACIM TALKS – Talks based on A Course in Miracles streaming live every Wednesday night with ongoing access if you can’t listen live. Hosted by Marianne Williamson. Marianne.com.

NATURAL AWAKENINGS SINGLES READY TO MEET THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE? – Dip into our pool of conscious, awake singles and meet someone that you would have never met without us! Free to join. NaturalAwakeningsSingles.com.

PRODUCTS SPRINGHILL STATUARY - HOME OF THE $10 STATUE – Pet memorials, Angels, Buddha statues, bird baths.

Many dog breeds. Shipping worldwide.

Open year round. 75 Laura St, Tiverton.

401-314-6752. SpringhillStatuary.com.

SELF-STUDY A COURSE IN MIRACLES – A unique, universal, self-study, spiritual thought system that teaches that the way to love and inner peace is through forgiveness. ACIM.org.

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DIVINE HEALING BHVANA’S WELLNESS GROUP

512 Main St, Shrewsbury, MA 01545 Bhavnasrivastava@BhWellnessGroup.com BhWellnessGroup.com Call now to receive Divine healing energy to release pain from your heart, soul, body and allow for love and joy to enter your life. See ad, page 18.

FLOAT THERAPY CLOUD 9 FLOAT & WELLNESS

162 South St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 617-942-2644 Cloud9Boston.com Float therapy involves using 10 inches of warm water heated to skin temperature and 800 lbs of epsom salt. The salt is healing and allows you to float effortlessly providing relaxation and pain relief like never before. See ad, page 9.

HEALTH COACH

EMOTION CODE PETER HOWE

98 Parmenter Rd, Framingham, MA 01701 508-838-1101 Info@PeterHoweHealer.com PeterHoweHealer.com

YOUR WELLNESS SCOUT Kirsten Wright-Cirit 919-593-2943 YourWellnessScout@gmail.com YourWellnessScout.com

Your Wellness Scout provides coaching, resources, and tips to set wellness goals and integrate sustainable solutions and practices without tipping the work, life, family balance.

Through a mutli-modatlity approach, Peter’s practice utilizes the wisdom of ancient knowledge with the science of modern day. Addressing the person’s physical, emotional and spiritual needs that will support the client’s health or return to health.

See ad, page 7.

ENERGY HEALING VESSEL OF HEALING

Tim Grantham, Certified NIASZIIH Healer 745 High St, Westwood, MA 339-203-1726 VesselOfHealing.com

HEALTH & WELLNESS COACH ONU

Alexia Taylor 617-939-3113 Alexia@onuwell.com An individualized approach to health. Using Functional Medicine, Positive Psychology, Mindfulness to support your path to happiness. Specializing in transforming stress, sleep problems, developing an eating plan that works for you. Live fully, well, now. See ad, page 12.

Hands-on, Earth-based, energy healing, where the healer assists the client to alleviate illness, pain and dis-ease by tracking it’s aspects through all layers of the body in order to locate and shift the source.

HORMONE BALANCING ENNEAGRAM HERB PEARCE COUNSELING 617-794-7213 Herb@HerbPearce.com HerbPearce.com

BELLA NATURAL HEALTH

Dawna Jones, MD, FACOG 427 Washington St, Norwell, MA 02061 781-829-0930 BellaNaturalHealth.com

Psychotherapist and Enneagram expert Herb Pearce with 38 years’ experience, works with individuals, couples and families to clarify differences and practice personalized, effective communication.

Enneagram team building workshops for groups and organizations. Author of six books.

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Board-certified MD in gynecology and integrative medicine.

Hormone balancing, nutrition and detoxification are keys to optimal health. See ad, page 18.

GROTON WELLNESS

Irina Serebryakova, Holistic, NP 493-495 Main St, Groton 978-449-9919 GrotonWellness.com Irina is trained in holistic modalities such as weight management, whole body detoxification, nutraceuticals, essential oils, spiritual medical intuition and kinesiology. Irina’s training extends to endocrine disorders such as hypothyroidism, adrenal insufficiency, depression, anxiety and sex hormone deficiencies. She also practices holistic gynecology, bio-identical hormone restoration, neurotherapy, endocrine disorders and ozone therapy. See ad, page 2.

INFRARED SAUNA CLOUD 9 FLOAT & WELLNESS

162 South St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 617-942-2644 Cloud9Boston.com Our Infrared Sauna uses far infrared waves to heat the body reaching only 1400F and is a dry heat. Despite this, you sweat 3x more and detox 15-20x more toxins than a normal sauna. See ad, page 9.

INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE CRYSTAL SOUND HEALING/ SACRED SONG REIKI 978-897-8846 SacredSongReiki@yahoo.com SacredSongReiki.com

Services include: (John of God) Crystal Bed Healing with Crystal Singing Bowls; Sound Healing; Sound Healing with Reiki; Reiki. Release stress, reduce pain, boost your immune system, lower blood pressure, more energy, clarity of thought. sessions and appropriate referrals where necessary.

INTEGRATIVE VETERINARY MEDICAL CARE MASH MAIN ST ANIMAL SERVICES OF HOPKINTON Margo Roman, DVM 72 W Main St, Hopkinton, MA 01748 508-435-4077 MASHVet.com

A full-service integrative veterinary clinic offering caring and healthful options and mod- alities like acupuncture, functional nutrition, homeopathy, chiropractic, herbs, ozone therapy, surgery and dentistry. See ad, page 29.

BOSTON BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE

LYME SPECIALIST PETER HOWE

98 Parmenter Rd, Framingham, MA 01701 508-838-1101 Info@PeterHoweHealer.com PeterHoweHealer.com Lyme requires a mutli-dimensional approach. With the use of Quantum Reflex Analysis, Zyto, and nutritional support we can identify the Lyme, its supporting bacteria and remediate them.

Returning the person to one’s health. See ad, page 7.

MARTIAL ARTS BOSTON MARTIAL ARTS CENTER 161 Harvard Ave, Ste 4E, Boston 617-789-5524 BostonMartialArtsCenter.com

The Boston Martial Arts Center has been actively training and teaching in the Boston area for over 25 years. We have grown from a small, dedicated group of practitioners into a full-fledged martial arts school devoted to training quality individuals in the best martial arts and self-defense available anywhere. See ad, page 21.

1371 Beacon St, Ste 304-305 Brookline, MA 02446 617-232-2435 Ext 0 BostonBMed.com

Boston Behavioral Medicine promotes a holistic view of health using integrative mind-body psychotherapy, stress management, and nutritional services, and strives for the balance of mental, physical, social and spiritual well-being.

GROTON WELLNESS

Grace Ramsey-Coolidge, LMHC 493-495 Main St, Groton 978-449-9919 GrotonWellness.com Grace Ramsey-Coolidge is a Heart-and Energy-Based Psychotherapist who practices process-oriented care that focuses on the interactions between the mind, body and spirit to target the root cause of issues using kinesiology and energetic medicine. A Reiki Master, she teaches meditation techniques, energetic medicine classes and chakra seminars. See ad, page 2.

NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE GARY KRACOFF, RPH & NMD

MASSAGE

Johnson Compounding and Wellness 781-893-3870 Gary@NaturalCompounder.com

NEWTON CHIROPRACTIC & WELLNESS CENTRE 383 Elliot St, Ste 250 617-964-3332 WellAdjusted.com

Deep-tissue, medical, sports, Swedish and therapeutic massage, shiatsu, reiki & hydromassage in a full-service Wellness Center also featuring chiropractic, acupuncture, Facial Rejuvenation, Facelift Acupuncture and detox footbath. See ads, pages 7 and 13.

MIND-BODY MEDICINE

Dr. Gary Kracoff provides guidance and in-depth consultative services to find the “why” to what is happening physically and mentally, working with individuals to restore balance in the body. Specializes in customizing medications to meet individualized needs of patients, and he suggests nutritional supplements, natural products and homeopathic remedies to aid in faster healing and recovery. See ad on page 17.

KERI LAYTON, ND

Whole Family Wellness, LLC 29 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02116 781-721-4585

BODYMIND REPATTERNING

Alison Shaw APRN, LMT, CEH 109 Massachusetts Ave Lexington, MA 02420 781-646-0686 Alison@BodymindRepatterning.com BodymindRepatterning.com An innovative blend of bodycentered counseling, integrative bodywork and energy medicine to uncover and release bodymind patterns that limit your life and health. See ad, page 21.

Naturopathic Medicine since 2006. Dr. Layton provide safe, effective, complementary and alternative natural therapies to achieve vibrant health in people of all ages.

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SHAMANIC HEALING/ WORKSHOPS

PRANIC HEALING CENTER FOR PRANIC HEALING

Christian Verde, Certified Pranic Healer 857-529-7804 Info@phboston.com

JULIE HANNON, SHAMANISM 617-549-0439 Julie@InnerPeaceAndWellness.net InnerPeaceAndWellness.net

A center providing workshops, healing sessions and meditation to alleviate suffering and elevate consciousness through the principles in GMCKS Pranic Healing, Arhatic Yoga and Kriyashakti. See ad, page 31.

Shamanic healing/workshops to facilitate personal transformation and joy in relationships, career and health. Work through private sessions or join a medicine wheel series. Virtual sessions/Arlington, MA.

PULSE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY CLOUD 9 FLOAT & WELLNESS

162 South St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 617-942-2644 Cloud9Boston.com

PETER HOWE

98 Parmenter Rd, Framingham, MA 01701 508-838-1101 Info@PeterHoweHealer.com PeterHoweHealer.com Peter offers every 1st and 3rd Tuesday evening meditation at 7pm. Once a month Peter offers sweat lodge. Both are for those who seek to find awareness for the heart and soul. See ad, page 7.

REIKI 34 Lincoln St, Newton Highlands 617-633-3654 BostonReikiMaster.com Are you stressed from the pressure of your job, home life, kids or an illness? Do you want to feel calm and relaxed?

Experience reiki. Certified Reiki Master/Teacher with over 20 years’ experience in energy medicine providing pure Usui Reiki healing/relaxation sessions.

TANTRA/SACRED SEXUALITY SACRED TEMPLE ARTS

Sacha L. Fossa, Masters Health Arts & Sciences, Certified Sex & Tantric Educator, Licensed Erotic Blueprint Coach, Healing Arts Practitioner 978-309-9399 SacredTempleArts.com

BRENNER REIKI HEALING

324 Central St, Newton 02466 617-244-8856 Elise@BrennerReikiHealing.org BrennerReikiHealing.org Providing you with reiki healing sessions, reiki meditation, and reiki training to support you in reaching your goals of mind-body-spirit wellness and wholeness.

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METROWEST THERMAL IMAGING Susan Shaw Saari, Lic.Ac., CCT, MEd, MAOM, Diplomate in Acupuncture (NCCAOM) 781-899-2121 Sue@Thpclinic.com, MyThermography. com

A clinical imaging technique that records thermal patterns of the body to help diagnose and monitor pain or pathology in any part of the body. See ad, page 22.

SPIRITUALITY

P.E.M.F. (Pulse Electroagnetic Field) Therapy replicates the Earth’s magnetic field to energize the cells in the body. It has many benefits; however, most use it to target pain in certain areas. See ad, page 9.

BOSTON REIKI MASTER

THERMOGRAPHY

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Ready to have better sex, and love your life more, partnered or not? Holistic cutting-edge sex, intimacy and relationship coaching, energy and bodywork, for your sexual healing and empowerment. In person and/or virtual sessions and programs.

See ad, page 29.

WELLNESS RESOURCES BETH GARDNER

Acton Pharmacy Keyes Drug West Concord Pharmacy Bgardner@DinnoHealth.com 508-259-7851 Certified lifestyle educator and the director of health and wellness at Acton Pharmacy, Keyes Drug and West Concord Pharmacy. Beth Gardner works one-on-one with patients to help create ways to improve diet and overall health as a means for disease and illness prevention. See ad, page 12.

SOUL BEING

Wellness@SoulBeing.com SoulBeing.com An expanding technology platform that connects health seekers with wellness professionals. Representing 40+ therapies in health and wellness. Online tools to manage your holistic lifestyle. See ad, page 12.

YOGA CECILE RAYNOR

Certified Alexander Technique Teacher; Certified Thai Yoga Therapist 33A Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02445 617-359-7841 OffTheMatYogaBlog.com Your yoga can release or create tension depending on the quality of your daily movements. Learn to let your postural mechanism work for you and notice excess body tension ease away on-and-off the mat.

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