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VITAL STEPS The Path to Vascular Fitness

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The Holistic Dental Center Working Together with Other Holistic Practitioners to Create a True Holistic Approach to Your Health

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team approach to your overall health and it starts at the Holistic they don’t see, I do, and vice versa, seeing dental infections and Dental Center in Millburn, New Jersey, with their highly skilled how they can affect organ systems through meridians or directly and team of trained professionals in holistic and biological dentistry. From utilizing the benefits of networking with a holistic practitioner can and their award winning doctors and their state of the art technology to does make all the difference in patient care…I wouldn’t have it any their use of ozone and self-healing therapies, they are committed other way,” Dr. Gashinsky says about working with other practitioners. to not only treating your dental related symptoms, but also, the root So if you’re looking for an approach that is inclusive of all aspects cause thereby eliminating disease and promoting optimal health. of holistic care, visit Dr. Gashinsky and his team at The Holistic Dental Little did conventional practitioners know so many years ago that Center in Millburn, New Jersey. It’s their priority to ensure complete it took more than just looking at the mouth. A generation ago there holistic care by promoting the benefits of holism. “It’s not just your was a disconnect, a thought that our mouth and teeth had no bearing teeth anymore,” as he says, “It never was,” but now they have the on the health of the rest of our body. Now more and more research ability to not just treat overall disease but truly prevent and promote has been showing that there is a strong connection between dental whole body wellness. disease and systemic health. Dr. Gashinsky, Holistic Dentist, has always known that. A holistic approach to health is multifaceted, so he Other than being a dentist for 40 years, Dr. Vladimir Gashinsky, is a has built a network of healthcare practitioners to assist his patients in certified nutritional consultant, Accredited by the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, SMART certified and a Naturopathic obtaining their desired level of optimal wellness. doctor “My passion for learning is never complete, I will continue to Working hand in hand with Naturopaths, Functional Medicine research and learn the latest in alternative treatments and team up practitioners and many others in the field of holistic medicine has with the best in the fields of holistic and alternative medicine to bring expanded Dr. Gashinsky’s ability to help more people. “I find it to be my patients the best treatments available, this I can assure you.” incredibly fulfilling to work synergistically with these practitioners to be able to improve patients’ health so dramatically. Some are coming Holistic Dental Center is located at 91 Millburn Avenue, Millburn, to me so very sick and by working together we’re seeing drastic New Jersey. For more information, call (973) 457-4688 or visit improvements in their quality of life,” says Dr. Gashinsky.

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Dr. Gashinsky feels strongly in the need to practice in such a manner as to take patients whole health into consideration. So much so, that he traveled to Switzerland this past spring to visit the Paracelsus Clinic and Swiss BioHealth Clinic; two healthcare models that promote the oral-body connection, to study their holistic approach to patient care. Dr. Gashinsky says, “To truly practice holism; the thought that everything is understood in relation to the whole and not just its parts, it’s important to remember that when treating a person it’s not just what one practitioner does, but how they can work together to improve the final outcome.”

“Finding and working with like minded practitioners to help my patients has not only been professionally satisfying, but also on a personal level knowing that my patients are being well taken care of,” say Dr. Gashinksy. “Finding and addressing the root cause of disease in all our disciplines is the key to success in our patients’ health. What __________________________________________ A D V E R T O R I A L __________________________________________

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Contents 22 Stop holding

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Cardio Training for 2020

23 CHOOSING LOVE

How to Cope With Fearful Times

28 PAIN RELIEF FOR PETS Prolotherapy Gives Joints New Life

30 A FEAST FOR ALL SEASONS

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Embracing the Rainbow Year Round

33 SACRED VESSELS The Lifeblood of Heart Health

40 DISRUPTING

DISPOSABLES The Drive to Banish Single-Use Plastics

45 VITAL STEPS

The Path to Vascular Fitness

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46 GOOD HEARTS

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s Valentine’s Day draws near, I am reminded of how my thinking, my feelings, and my behaviors have kept me from love. To be honest, I had zero understanding of the simple yet complicated concept of love. I know now that the need for it was the driving force of my life. In the beginning though, I did not know that I had implanted the wrong foundation for my thinking, and that what I searched for I could Joe Dunne, Publisher never achieve.

Eventually I did find the information, and I already had the need. However, the turning point came with a message that opened my awareness. A simple statement really, that “love is about giving and being able to receive love.” That is the key to being in love and being loved. It’s not enough to love others, you also have to let them close enough to love you. I had spent my life building walls to keep love out. People had tried to love me, and I wouldn’t let them. At the time, I did not understand how my thoughts affected both my behavior and my feelings in order to protect my fear of intimacy. Life became complicated. But, as always, love was the answer, and making the decision to allow love in was the key that changed my life.

Truth be told, I still have so much to learn. Valentine’s Day reminds me why my wife, Asta, came into my life. Simply, she came to teach love. She has taught me so much and still teaches me. She has also given this gift to my sons—modeling love, giving love. Consistency breeds trust, and she is always consistent. Not just around Valentine’s Day but every day. What could be better than that? She always leads with love and still amazes me. My sons always know where they get their love from. They know the safety of coming home. She planted a safe spot in their DNA for the rest of their lives. Unselfish to a flaw, no one ever questions her motives, which always come from simple, pure love. Her ability to accept, give and understand are awe-inspiring.

So, this Valentine’s Day month, I want to thank my wife for just being who she is every day of every year since we met—herself. Happy Valentine’s Day, Asta. Thanks. We love you.

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Past Life Regression and Hypnotherapy in Succasunna

H Kindness in words creates confidence.

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Kindness in giving creates love. ~Lao Tzu

ave traditional methods of dealing with relationship or behavioral issues failed to keep the same old patterns from returning? Cathy Ludwig, licensed psychotherapist, offers Past Life Regression (PLR) Therapy and Hypnotherapy as powerful treatment alternatives that can heal the root causes that keep individuals stuck.

Stubborn issues in otherwise fulfilling relationships and irrational fears that seem to have no source are often rooted in past lives. PLR helps connect the past to the present. With new understanding, changes and healing can occur.

Belief in past lives is not necessary to benefit from the experience. Following a session, many clients report feeling more compassion for themselves and others, a greater understanding of life’s purpose, gifts and potential, plus a diminished fear of death.

Hypnotherapy is a safe and effective treatment option especially for those who suffer with anxiety, fears, phobias and compulsive disorders. Hypnotherapy opens the door to the subconscious mind to receive healthy suggestions. The client is aware, highly focused and always in control.

With a strong background in spirituality and psychology, Ludwig works with individuals to determine the best course of treatment and uses her experience and insight to ensure each client gains as much as possible from each session.

Appointments are available Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Out of network insurance may be accepted.

Location: 109 Main St., Ste. 1b, Succasunna. For more information contact Cathy by phone at 201-738-8311 or email ludcat@optimum.net. See ad, page 36.

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The two-day expo includes over 30 free lectures, workshops and special guest presentations on Saturday and Sunday that are certain to spark and awaken connections both far and wide for all.

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Special Incentives to Show Love for the Trails in February

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he New York–New Jersey Trail Conference is celebrating Valentine’s Day by asking trail lovers to keep the mountains close to their heart with an exclusive, limited-edition T-shirt—a gift to anyone who becomes a Trail Conference member in February. Also, an anonymous couple who love each other and the trails will match February donations to the Trail Conference by Natural Awakenings readers.

The Trail Conference is a volunteer-powered organization that builds, maintains and protects public trails. Together with its partner organizations, it strives to ensure that the trails and natural areas in the New York–New Jersey area remain sustainable and publicly accessible for generations to come.

Every month, the Trail Conference hosts guided hikes and trail runs. This month’s free events include a guided hike on February 28 at Teatown Lake Reservation, in Ossining, New York, and a trail run on February 8 in Cedar Grove, New Jersey.

For more information about this or other events, or to read about donating to, volunteering for or joining the Trail Conference, visit nynjtc.org. To learn how to double a donation, see ad on page 18.

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ome learn what ECK Satsang has to offer at a free introductory meeting from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m., on March 12, at the Eckankar Center in Montclair. The class is perfect for those whose experience of spirituality differs from that found in traditional religions. Participants are free to share insights with fellow spiritual explorers in an ECK Satsang class of interest. The chance to discover truth in this way is one of the many benefits of membership in Eckankar, The Path of Spiritual Freedom.

Eckankar teaches that there is an audible life current known as the ECK, or Holy Spirit, that connects each of us with the heart of God. People can experience the ECK as light and sound.

Through study and practice of the spiritual exercises of ECK, one learns to recognize the light and sound of God as it touches their lives and brings increased divine love. They can find answers to the deepest spiritual questions through dream teachings and the inner and outer guidance of the spiritual leader of Eckankar, who is the Mahanta, the Living ECK Master, Sri Harold Klemp.

Location: Eckankar Center, 11 Park St., Montclair. For more information call 800-870-9139 or email spirituality@eckankar-nj.org.

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Throughout the day, there will be mini sessions with experts in the fields of health, beauty and wellness, live music, unique vendors and hors d’oeuvres.

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Use Probiotics to Reduce Bone Loss and Newborn Infections Bone loss leading to increased fracture risk occurs in half of postmenopausal women, but new research from Sweden offers a deterrent: a combination of three Lactobacillus probiotic strains. A total of 249 healthy, early postmenopausal women over the age of 50 that took the probiotics for a year suffered no significant bone loss in the lumbar spine compared to a placebo group, report researchers at Gothenburg University. They had slight reductions in bone loss at the neck and no changes at the hip or upper femur.

In a British Medical Journal-published study on probiotics that spanned 10 years and involved nearly 1,000 at-risk babies, researchers from the UK’s Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital found that newborns with gut infections were twice as likely to recover when given probiotics as part of their treatment in intensive care units, with sepsis rates reduced from 22.6 percent to 11.5 percent. The strains used were L. acidophilus, Bifidobacterium bifidum and B. longum subspecies infantis. The babies were suffering from necrotizing enterocolitis, a rare infection and inflammation of the intestines which can affect lowbirthweight babies.

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Qigong, a traditional Chinese massage technique and movement practice, may offer hope for the one in 68 American children suffering from autism spectrum disorder. Researchers at Portugal’s Oporto University reviewed 10 high-quality studies, all of which involved massage for children as young as 2, including two which also employed slow qigong movements and breathwork for older children.

Previous studies have found that the qigong type of gentle massage practiced for 15 minutes daily by parents on autistic children helps the children tolerate touch, feel reassured by it and bond more deeply with parents that also feel less stress. The meta-study affirmed, “Qigong seems to be able to decrease severity of individual sensory, behavioral and language components of autism, and improve self-control, sociability, sensory and cognitive awareness, as well as healthy physical behavior.”

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Climate Check

global briefs UNESCO Adopts Resolution on Earth Charter

The 40th General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), held last November, adopted a resolution that reaffirms the importance of the Earth Charter (EarthCharter.org) as an ethical framework for sustainable development.

The Charter’s four pillars— respect and care for the community of life; ecology integrity; social and economic justice; and democracy, non-violence and peace—have guided and underpinned UNESCO’s sustainable development work. Taking into account the current world situation and environmental crises, delegates felt it was time to act and that the Earth Charter provides the needed principles and values. Although it has no binding force, like previous UNESCO resolutions, its ethical foundation may surface in future battles in international courts.

A new Climate Neutral product label is joining others like Fair Trade, 100% Organic and Made in America, and is closing in on Kickstarter (Tinyurl.com/ CarbonNeutralKickstarter) funding goal to raise $100,000. The idea for the label was hatched by the founders of San Franciscobased backpack and camera equipment maker Peak Design and Brooklyn-based Biolite, which sells sustainable energy products. Participating companies start by establishing baseline emissions, evaluating such factors as raw materials, the energy costs at their facilities, the amount that employees travel, and how and where their products are shipped. They work to reduce and balance them through greener strategies, switching to renewable power and investing in carbon offsets before they can display the label on their products. According to Climate Neutral, it only costs 12 cents to offset the carbon emissions required to produce a $120 running shoe. More than 40 brands have already signed up.

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Scientists have discovered that some trees raise and lower their branches several times in the course of the night, indicating a cycle of water and sugar transportation, but they didn’t know why. Plants need water to photosynthesize glucose, the basic building block from which their more complex molecules are formed. For trees, this entails drawing water from the roots to the leaves. Dr. András Zlinszky, at Aarhus University, Denmark, used a laser scanning technique to measure the exact location of branches and leaves of 22 tree and shrub species, and published his observations of substantial unexpected movement cycles. He says, “We detected a previously unknown periodic movement of up to 0.4 inches in cycles of two to six hours. The movement has to be connected to variations in water pressure within the plants, and this effectively means that the tree is pumping. Water transport is not just a steady-state flow, as we previously assumed.” Some might call that pumping action a heartbeat.

Alaska Battles Air Pollution

Alaska, which has some of the most pristine environments in the U.S., also has some of the worst air quality in its cities.

According to the American Lung Association 2019 State of the Air report (Tinyurl.com/StateOfTheAirPDF), Fairbanks ranked third and a section of Anchorage ranked 21st in cities with high levels of short-term particle pollution between 2015-2017, the latest years that figures are available. Although the numbers are poor, they still represent an improvement from the last air quality report. “Particle pollution is made of soot, or tiny particles that come from coal-fired power plants, diesel emissions, wildfires and wood-burning devices.

These particles are so small that they can lodge deep in the lungs and trigger asthma attacks, heart attacks and strokes, and can even be lethal,” warns Marge Stoneking, executive director at the American Lung Association in Alaska.

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Green Horizons

A Billion Trees in Eight Years

Marrying forestry to technology, the startup Flash Forest, in Toronto, is using aerial drones to plant trees 10 times faster than human planters with a goal of 1 billion trees by 2028. Since testing prototype devices last year, it has already planted several thousand trees across Ontario using pre-germinated seed pods containing a mixture of species.

The drones are capable of planting trees at just 50 cents per pod, or a quarter of the cost of typical planting methods. Funded partly by a Kickstarter campaign, the group will start planting trees in April, with at least 150,000 in the ground by the end of this year. At full capacity, one drone operator will be able to plant 100,000 seed pods per day.

Flash Forest spokesperson Angelique Ahlstrom says, “Our goals are to have a significant and measurable impact on mitigating climate change in the next decade, while combatting deforestation and biodiversity loss on a global scale. We feel we are one of the only ways that the federal government will be able to fulfill its pledge to plant 2 billion trees in the next 10 years.”

Water Win

A droughtplagued Kenyan region is using a new, solar-powered, desalination plant from the international nonprofit GivePower to obtain clean water.

Before the plant’s arrival in the town of Kiunga, villagers had completely run out of clean drinking water and had to use dirty well water and saltwater from the Indian Ocean. The new solar water farm produces enough drinking water that’s cleaner than typical desalination plants for more than 35,000 people every day.

GivePower has a mission of using renewable energy as a means of bringing water, food and energy to places that need it most. They plan on building similar facilities in other drought-prone countries such as Colombia and Haiti.

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Clean and Green Eco-Laundry Tips

By laundering clothes using simple ingredients and wise eco-practices, consumers can both save money and lower their carbon footprint.

Natural cleaning ingredients cited by TheEcoGuide. org include white vinegar, baking soda, lemons, borax and castile soap, all of which “can be bought in bulk with minimal packaging and have known cleaning properties that make them safe, effective and carbon-friendly alternatives.” Coarse salt is also suggested due to its moldfighting power.

Look for biodegradable laundry detergents made with plant oils and other natural ingredients that are free of phosphates, bleach and surfactants such as petroleumbased nonylphenol ethoxylates.

Consider coldwater washing. About 90 percent of the energy a washing machine uses goes toward heating water. By washing four out of five loads in cold water, a household could cut its carbon emissions by 864 pounds a year, according to Energy Star data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Because the cold setting may still heat the water to as much as 80° F, see if the washer has a preferable “tap cold” option. Also, the temperature recommendations on clothing labels represent “the highest spectrum clothes can handle,” Melissa Hockstad, president and chief executive of the American Cleaning Institute, recently told The New York Times, so the hottest water won’t necessarily clean clothes better.

During rinsing, natural disinfectants that can be added include a few drops of peppermint or lavender essential oil; two teaspoons of tea tree oil; white vinegar (one-half cup per load); or one teaspoon of grapefruit seed extract.

Always assemble a full load of laundry each time. Line drying outdoors or on a drying rack indoors also conserves energy and is gentler on fabrics. Further, learn how to make homemade, felted wool dryer balls at DIYNatural. com; tossing four to six of them in each dryer load saves time, energy and money plus reduces static cling. And consider running the dryer early in the morning or overnight: this shifts energy consumption to off-peak hours, which lowers the demand on power plants and could help reduce national reliance on fossil fuels.

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Year of Metal Rat and Vernal Equinox Workshop

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n Chinese Astrology, 2020 is the Year of the Rat and marks a fresh beginning of the 12-year cycle. Coupled with the vernal equinox, this is a double beginning this year, making it the perfect time for a life reset. On March 21, from 1 to 5 p.m., philosophy teacher and 25th generation Taoist spiritual healer, Dr. Mei Jin Lu, will combine teachings respecting the vernal equinox and the Year of the Rat. This is a wonderful opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of Eastern healing modalities and will focus on Chinese techniques for planning important events in the Year of the Metal Rat.

In this fully-packed workshop, Dr. Lu will cover how the Year of the Metal Rat differs from other years and how it will affect people, society and the environment. Participants will learn the dramatic impact of this year on thinking and behavior patterns. In the workshop, participants will discover the opportune times to manifest goals in 2020 and how important this is in order to set the right pattern for the rest of the cycle. Dr. Lu will also address how to avoid some of the negative patterns that could present themselves.

In the new year, try to avoid idleness and hesitation when it comes to managing finances. This year is all about helping oneself before worrying about others’ business. Ambition and strategy are emphasized in a Metal Rat year. It is a period during which investments in important projects can bear lucrative fruit and will set the right tone for the coming years. It will require patience and steadfast determination to maximize well-deserved success from entrepreneurial endeavors. There could be much

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movement this year both with respect to job and home. The conflicting aspects of a Metal Rat year means time alone and other times with much social activity. This is due to the solitary nature of the metal element, paired with the gregarious nature of the rat.

Additionally, the workshop will delve into how the energy of the spring equinox can assist in removing blocks and releasing negative energy in order to progress. On the equinox, the length of day and night is nearly equal in most parts of the world. One can take this opportunity to renew interests and passions that have been hibernating through the cold and dark winter.

The celebration of spring festivals is common to most cultures of the world. The return of spring with longer days and warmer weather was welcomed, as it heralded the beginning of the planting season. During the workshop, all participants will take part in a traditional welcoming of spring ritual.

Ancient cultures were more attached to the sun and moon for agricultural as well as spiritual reasons. A Buddhist tradition, celebrated in Japan on the Spring Equinox, is called Higan. Its name, which means “the other shore,” references spirits who are able to reach nirvana after crossing the river of life and death and thereby represents them moving from the mortal world of suffering to the world of enlightenment or spirit.

Resurrection themes are common in spring rituals. This is exemplified in ancient Egyptian beliefs. Osiris, who was resurrected

by Isis, the mother goddess, is credited with teaching humans about agriculture and establishing civilization in the world.

Combining the symbolism of the above traditional observances of the spring equinox, with the Year of the Metal Rat tips and guidance, will energize the year and provide the tools to effectively plan important activities with a high confidence of success.

Mei Jin Lu, PhD, is an author, a Taoist philosophy teacher and a descendant of the ancient Quan Zhen Tao Lineage. She lectures worldwide on various disciplines of Eastern philosophy including aspects of Qigong, mindfulness and the psychology of the human unconscious.

She is the president of the US Health QiGong Association and the US Taoist Association, and owner of “Qi” Wellness Center.

In Mei Jin’s teaching, she emphasizes wisdom of the ancient sciences and practices that align with western approaches. Her profound knowledge and appreciation of both cultures allow her to present these eastern modalities to a western audience in a way they can understand and apply successfully. These include fundamental theories of Qi, Yin Yang, Five Elements, Feng Shui, Ba Gua, as well as some more advanced topics like I Ching, ancient longevity and TCM wellness methods.

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The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference is celebrating its 100th Anniversary!

Now more than ever, the Trail Conference needs your support.

In the early 1900s, there were people who understood there must be an escape from the hustle and bustle of the urban concrete jungle. They worked together to preserve the land, build the trails, and blaze and map them, so future generations would have a place to go in nature to breathe, explore, and thrive.

They formed the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference in 1920 to protect the land we all love. With your support, you can ensure the continued care for your favorite parks and trails—today, for the next 100 years, and beyond.

Go to NYNJTC.org for information about donating, membership, and volunteering.

Bonus! An anonymous couple who love each other and love trails will match your donations to the Trail Conference dollar for dollar through the end of February. Simply mention Natural Awakenings magazine in the comments of your donation submitted online at NYNJTC.org or mailed to Trail Conference Headquarters located at 600 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ 07430.

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The Trails Lead to Love

by Roger Dubin A photo from David DiCerbo and Jessica Tackett’s wedding reception.

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his is the story of two couples whose love has a special connection to the trails and nature. One couple was married on a mountaintop in Harriman Bear Mountain State Park, the other deep in the Catskills amidst 300-year-old birch trees and 400-yearold spruce. Coincidentally, they both got engaged in canoes.

Love Survives

David and Jessica met in early 2014, when Jessica scored a Groupon for a survival program run by David’s company, Destination Back Country Adventures. David taught the class.

David immediately felt an attraction to Jessica but quickly suppressed it. Then approaching 40, he had vowed that he

Marriage in the Woods, a private ceremony for David DiCerbo and Jessica Tackett

would only get serious with someone if the relationship could lead to permanence and marriage.

He didn’t think that possible with a 23-yearold. Jessica was attracted to Dave’s outdoorsy nature and adventurous lifestyle, but she also saw the age difference as a problem.

The survival class was followed by day hikes and backpacking. Jessica fell in love with the woods and eventually became a guide at Destination Back Country. She and David enjoyed each other’s company but avoided getting romantically involved. This went on for two years, as they fell in and out of relationships with others.

They finally changed from co-workers and friends to partners after a particularly intense backpacking trip that they led together. The emotions ran high with this group of 25 New Yorkers over nine nights in Utah, but Jessica persevered and

Dave was impressed. Rather than fly home alone, Jessica accepted Dave’s invitation to drive back to New York with him.

After a particularly rough stretch of driving, they decided to camp in a wooded area in Tennessee. That’s when Jessica really saw David’s passion for nature. It still makes her melt.

“Here’s this rugged guy who turns to mush when he sees a waterfall or hikes through an old-growth forest. And we get into the woods and he starts screaming, ‘Ferns! Ferns! Oh, how I missed you ferns!’”

A year later they married in a private ceremony in an old-growth forest miles from civilization. They held their reception on a mountaintop in the Catskills.

The Long Path

Daniel and Ayla grew up together. His dad was Ed Bieber, founder of the Nature Place

The Ceremony for Daniel Bieber and Ayla Dunn Bieber at the Raymond Torrey memorial on top of Long Mountain Day Camp, now in its 35th year. Her dad was Scott Dunn, the camp’s program director for 30 years. Daniel and Ayla shared the sense of wonder that comes from constant exposure to the outdoors.

They began dating 10 years ago and married in 2015. Asked about the importance of hiking and nature to their relationship, Daniel says, “Consider where we had our wedding. We were looking for a special place in nature to get married, and Dad suggested the site of the Raymond February 2020

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Torrey memorial on top of Long Mountain, where the Long Path crosses. What a metaphor that is for marriage and life! We started the journey of life together on the Long Path, which was conceived in 1931 and extends over 350 miles, from New York City to Thacher State Park in Albany County.”

The wedding took place on a blustery October day that started off mild and quickly turned cold. The rain blew horizontally at times, and the mile-long trail up the mountain was so slippery that guides were strategically located to keep the 100-plus guests from falling.

“Overcoming the challenges and weather to get to the top made the ceremony that much more meaningful,” Ayla says. “We’ll never forget that day and the start of our lives together as husband and wife on that mountaintop.”

Some trails lead into the woods.

Others, to love.

Happy trails!

Roger Dubin is marketing director for Natural Awakenings, volunteer trail supervisor for the New York-New Jersey Trail conference (nynjtc.org) and day hike leader and naturist for the Nature Place Day Camp.

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Tori Valspirit: Inner Truth Hypnotherapy and Meditation Center

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nner Truth Hypnotherapy & Meditation Center began as a metaphysical and meditation center in 1997. Owner Tori Valspirit, CMS-CHt, FIBH, is a clinical hypnotherapist who also practices medical support hypnotherapy. These services are constructed to help empower her clients with self-confidence and focus as well as help with the healing process.

When providing her medical support hypnotherapy services, she works with her patients’ physicians to ensure that each

healing session is being done in the most optimal way.

Valspirit’s father meditated and used other spiritual practices, which in turn became an important part of her life early on. After her father’s passing, she wanted to implement his teachings in her life.

Armed with this knowledge, she went on a search to find out more about what he knew. She began to work with mystery schools in order to empower others with the understanding that everyone has the ability to manifest a satisfying life. Since 1995, she has been teaching her clients how to understand their true selves and realize their true purpose in life.

In 2018, Valspirit decided to get back into hypnotherapy full-time. In that year, she was recertified as a clinical hypnotherapist with a 500-hour course that also included medical support. Her ideal client is a person who wants to heal, manifest, learn their true purpose and know themselves in order to create a satisfying life.

Inner Truth Hypnotherapy and Meditation Center is different because Valspirit practices Integral Hypnotherapy, a verified trademark Scientific Hypnotherapy style.

All sessions are customized and collaborated with her clients. She also provides

medical support and clinical hypnotherapy while working with her client’s health and counseling agencies, clinics and hospitals in order to provide the most optimal session. All information is kept confidential within the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations. Today, Tori has a 93% success rate.

Medical Support Hypnotherapy is beneficial for all medical conditions, including surgery, chronic pain, depression, overactive bladder, urinary incontinence and more. Clinical hypnotherapy is used to enhance athletic performances, confidence, public speaking, memory, focus, achieving goals, motivation, smoking cessation and weight management.

Valspirit also offers several meditation courses as well as Modern Sacred Science®, a Western mystery training. This Western mystery training is in the form of a mystery school, constructed to empower in the truest sense of the word.

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Stop Holding on to Your Fat Cardio Training for 2020

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person can go to the gym for months, even years, and still not be very successful at shedding unwanted fat. Let’s look at some of the false beliefs, which can make a flood of sweat just water under a never-changing bridge, in order to learn how to stop holding on to extra body fat!

Gyms are full of people on treadmills, often at steep inclines, holding on to the heart rate monitor or side rails, while briskly moving along as they intently watch the provided television programming. The action of holding on greatly reduces the overall effort and total calorie burn.

Simply letting go will help get rid of the extra weight that refuses to melt while allowing the legs and buttocks to enjoy a far more intense workout. The same tactic of letting go is true for ellipticals and stair climbers as well. If balance and stability are an issue, use caution and perhaps choose light touch on handles to ensure safety.

For those who are walking on a flat treadmill, try bumping up the incline!

Treadmills should be set between 3 and 5 degrees of incline to simulate walking

outside on level ground. Without this, the buttocks and rear muscles of the thighs and legs barely contract as the tread (ground) is moving backwards away from the push off of the feet. In reality, it is the hip flexing muscles, muscles in the front of the hips, that are contracting much harder than usual to throw the legs forward in order to get the foot down on the quickly moving tread. This can cause back, hip and knee issues and create unnecessary pain.

The theory that the more one sweats and the higher the heart rate rises, the more calories will be burned and thus more weight will be lost is completely false. This just means that an enormous

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amount of effort is exerted without ever reaching a destination.

Today, Americans are deep within the midst of a blood sugar and insulin crisis. Increasing numbers of people are becoming type 2 diabetics and almost 70% of the population have some form of pre-diabetes or insulin dysfunction. Often, those who are sincerely attempting to improve their cardiovascular system to achieve better health and lose weight believe the false narrative that streaming sweat and greater intensity will achieve the goals.

In reality, the higher heart rates, in the majority of people who have not trained their cardiovascular system correctly, shift the body away from burning stored unwanted fat for fuel to using the more readily available blood and liver stored glucose.

The faster heart rate can’t deliver enough oxygen to the cells so the switch is made to what is called anaerobic respiration which uses glucose as a fuel source.

In other words, a person is going like a hamster on a wheel, sweating profusely, breathing hard and when it’s over they find themselves still, perhaps even more, craving sweets, breads and other carbohydrates because their blood sugar level has dropped from the frenetic exercise. This is also made worse if that individual has blood glucose stability issues from insulin resistance or diabetes.

The basic success solutions to losing unwanted fat are to stop holding on, raise the heart rate or intensity level to where a person can still carry on a conversation without gasps for breath and slowly keep increasing inclines and speeds as the cardiovascular system strengthens over time.

Dr. Donald Joergens, D.C., and founder of Functional Brain Training (FBT), is an innovative thinker who uses cutting-edge functional neuroscience to help people reach their full potential.

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t’s hard to make sense of some of the troubling things we see on TV and read about in the news. Our kids ask us, “Why are these things happening?” It’s an important question and it all comes down to two competing feelings: fear versus love.

When we see disturbing images such as school shootings or political opponents attacking one another, it cultivates anxiety, which is epidemic in our society.

When left untreated, it can lead to negative outcomes including substance abuse, depression, suicide and violence. Often, we look to those in perceived power to solve these issues. Perhaps what we haven’t considered is that these are not political issues; rather, they are issues of the heart and only we can solve them.

So we continue to see pain and suffering played out before us. We feel powerless and this feeds our unease. Our personal safety is a priority and external safety measures sometimes fail. If we don’t feel safe, nothing else matters. There is a solution.

The opposite of anxiety and fear is love.

When we examine the trajectory of most societal ills, there is often an arc of loneliness, depression, isolation and often abuse.

From a young age, we can learn to choose love as a thoughtful response to any situation. When we do this, we take back our personal power. We become part of the solution to the issues we see, and science tells us that others will do the same.

There is a formula for choosing love. It starts with courage. My son Jesse was a 6-year-old boy who stood up to the shooter that came into his first-grade classroom at Sandy Hook Elementary School and saved nine of his classmates’ lives before losing his own. We all have that courage within us: the courage to be kind, to speak our truth, to do the right thing.

We can only have one thought at a time, so we can shift our thinking by replacing a negative thought with a grateful one. Forgiving helps us to take back our personal power and is a gift we give ourselves. It is the foundation of healthy relationships that lead to greater happiness and connection in our lives. Compassion in action helps us step outside our own busyness, distraction and even pain to help others.

When we do this, we’re choosing love and helping to create a safer, more peaceful and loving world. When we model the practice of these character values as a thoughtful response for our children, they grow up to do the same.

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Gluten And The Gut

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ith cold and flu season just around the corner, it’s a good time to be considering the condition of our immune system. It’s no secret that a weak immune system can leave us open to every stray germ that comes our way, and for those who work with the public or have small children, the chance of exposure is almost unavoidable.

A strong immune system can be our best friend during the winter season, but what can we do to help strengthen it?

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It turns out that 70 to 80 percent of our immune system resides in the gut, which is called gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT), so it makes sense that the health of our digestive tract plays a huge role in keeping our whole body healthy.

The digestive tract is the home of millions of microbes, called a microbiome, that keep everything in working order. Not surprisingly, what we eat has an effect on our microbiome. Gluten specifically can cause changes in our gut bacteria, includ-

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ing a reduction in some types of important microbes, and can affect the immune system that resides there. For those with a gluten sensitivity, the components that gluten is broken down into signal the GALT that they are problems and it reacts by creating antibodies to fight the problem. This in turn creates an attack on the enzymes that break down gluten, causing a loss of nutrition absorption.

Although this starts as a gut problem, it quickly affects the rest of the body.

Gluten can cause the cells in the intestines to produce a protein called zonulin, which breaks down the connectivity in the intestinal walls. This allows anything in the intestines to leak into the bloodstream and travel throughout the body, causing the myriad of seemingly unrelated symptoms that often accompany gluten intolerance.

What can we do in addition to avoiding gluten to help maintain gut/immune system health? Eat more prebiotic containing foods (such as asparagus, garlic and bananas), avoid antibiotics unless there is a serious need for them and exercise regularly (which can increase the beneficial gut microbes). Many holistic doctors also feel strongly that even if we have not been diagnosed with a gluten sensitivity, avoiding it is very beneficial to gut health and can aid in promoting a healthy immune system.

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Postmenopausal women are more likely to develop hypertension than men their age, but taking pumpkin seed oil daily may head off that condition, report researchers from Marymount University, in Arlington, Virginia. In a blind study of 23 participants, women taking three grams of pumpkin seed oil for six weeks had significantly reduced systolic blood pressure, as well as better blood flow in their arteries. The oil “might be effective in the prevention and treatment of hypertension in this population,” write the authors.

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Herbs For The Gut

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n early introduction to herbs for the gut came in the 1970s in the form of Raw Vegetable Juices by Norman Walker, which outlines giving the gut a rest and feeding in super nutrition in the form of raw juices. The direction of raw juice now is chlorophyll, the green substance we see in spinach, celery and kale, and a reduction of sweet vegetables such as carrot and beet. The chlorophyllbased wheat grass is healing to the gut and liver, not to mention purifying for the blood.

Colon hydrotherapy may be used to add nutrition to the body through the gut.

Colon hydrotherapists may get requests to add substances to incoming water into the colon. Additives used are wheat grass, coffee, oregano and the famous anti-cancer formula by the late John Christopher, a famous American herbalist.

Some people use regular castor oil packs, described in Edgar Cayce’s book Palma Christi. It breaks up waste in the gut and liver or wherever a person places the pack on their body.

A great number of people are also using laxatives on a daily basis. The key laxative herbs are senna, cascara, turkey

rhubarb and aloe. The first three were originally used in the colonies as a clothing dye. When people take these laxatives on a regular basis, it stains the gut brownblack, a condition called melanosis coli.

The condition is harmless, however it shows up in colonoscopies. The downside of overusing laxatives is the depletion of electrolytes, a serious micronutrient loss.

According to a new study, 88 percent of the public has metabolic syndrome.

More people are choosing to detox and heal their gut with parasite, liver and bowel cleanses. The major bowel cleansing herbs are psyllium, bentonite and activated charcoal. The major parasite clearing herbs are green hulls of black walnut, wormwood and clove.

Given the epidemic of Lyme disease and mold, people are tested for toxic metals. Herbs that draw out metals are cilantro and chlorella, a fresh water algae cultivated in Korea for thousands of years. The key herb to kill Candida is oregano. However, in order for the Candida to truly calm down, one has to reduce sugars.

For a simple way to soothe the gut, try teas made with peppermint, ginger and chamomile.

Sheila Shea, MA, is a colon hydrotherapist and Director of Intestinal Health Institute, in Tucson. Connect at 520-325-9686 or IntestinalHealthInstitute.com.

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Eat Garlic and Onion for Breast Health Women eating more onions and garlic reduced their risk of breast cancer by 59 percent compared to those that ate less of these, according to a study in the journal Nutrition and Cancer. Researchers from the State University of New York at Buffalo and the University of Puerto Rico surveyed 660 women in Puerto Rico to measure their intake of onions and garlic, as well as sofrito, a local dish also cooked with bell peppers, tomatoes, cilantro and black pepper. Women that ate the onion- and garlic-rich sofrito sauce more than once a day slashed their risk of breast cancer by 67 percent compared to those that didn’t eat it. Both garlic and onions contain compounds with anticarcinogenic properties, and earlier studies have found a link between higher onion and garlic intake and fewer cancers of the lung, prostate and stomach. Puerto Rican women eat more onions and garlic than women in Europe and the U.S., mainly due to the popularity of those two ingredients in sofrito, and also have markedly lower breast cancer rates.

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Prolotherapy Gives Joints New Life

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rian Engler, of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, was asked to provide hospice care for a senior Akita. Tadao was underweight, weak, arthritic and had been severely neglected. He needed a place to live out his remaining days in comfort. Even though Tadao was unstable with severely limited mobility, Engler believed that the old dog had more than a little life left in him.

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Engler’s veterinarian tried prolotherapy injection treatments for Tadao’s joint pain and he soon became more comfortable and gradually more active. “By the time we completed the treatments, he was able to get up and down with ease and started cruising around the kitchen looking for snacks on the counter,” says Engler.

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Prolotherapy, short for proliferative therapy, isn’t just for dogs. Any animal with a joint can receive the regenerative injection therapy, which relieves pain by strengthening ligaments and tendons supporting the joint. It’s minimally invasive, involving the injection of a sugar solution directly into the affected area. The body’s inflammation response kicks in, resulting in regrowth of new fibers in ligaments and tendons.

Prolotherapy has been around a long time. It was used to treat lame animals around 1350 B.C. Back then, a hot poker was used to induce the inflammation response. In the 1930s, injection of an irritant solution at the site of the injury became the new method, and has since been shown in scientific studies to facilitate the repair and regrowth of connective tissue, ligaments, tendons, cartilage and other joint-stabilizing structures.

Modern prolotherapy has remained basically the same for the last 80 years, although the injected irritant solution is modified according to the veterinarian, the type of animal and the injury. Every vet uses a slightly different prolotherapy “cocktail”, which typically includes 50 percent dextrose and possibly several other ingredients the practitioner finds useful, such as saline, vitamin B12, lidocaine and homeopathic combinations. Some vets also offer platelet-rich plasma or stem cells in the injection mixture.

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“Prolotherapy offers an effective alternative to surgery in a significant number of partial ligament tears or persistent joint pain issues,” says Judith M. Shoemaker, DVM, owner of Always Helpful Veterinary Services, in Nottingham, Pennsylvania. “It’s quite inexpensive and the success rate is very good. Many animals respond after just a few treatments.”

Shoemaker typically does prolotherapy treatments in three- to five-week intervals until the joint heals. She also looks to correct the underlying issues of the problem. “Joints don’t get torn up with normal movement,” she says.

Animals may have joint issues from falling, but other causes include overweight, long toenails or chiropractic issues.

Prolotherapy stabilizes joints after an injury and achieves pain-free motion, but it’s only successful if the cause of the injury is remedied.

“Prolotherapy is a very important tool in integrative veterinary care, but it’s not a panacea, and it’s never a stand-alone treatment,” says Christin Finn, DVM, owner

By the time we completed the treatments, he was able to get up and down with ease and started cruising around the kitchen looking for snacks on the counter. ~Brian Engler of the Canine Rehabilitation & Integrative Veterinary Center, in Kingston, Washington. “It’s part of a combination of integrative treatments based on what is best for your pet.”

The right balance of treatments to help an animal feel comfortable could include laser therapy, osteopathic manipulation, acupuncture, physical therapy, custom braces, prolotherapy or rest.

Using prolotherapy in conjunction with other posture-correcting and integrative therapies is a win for pets and their owners. Surgery is fraught with complications and expensive. When

prolotherapy is used as part of a comprehensive treatment plan, animals can recover from injuries that may have been debilitating or even fatal.

Ivey Sumrell’s Irish sport horse recovered from a severe injury. At 8 years old, Johnny was bitten on the neck by a stallion. “His neck became unstable and he had severe problems walking,” says Sumrell, of Tryon, North Carolina.

“Ultrasound-guided prolotherapy was done three times to all of his neck joints.”

Johnny was able to be ridden and lived to be 22.

And Tadao, the dog that was expected to die in hospice care a year ago, is enjoying life. He’s now well-nourished and loved, and painlessly goes for walks and plays at the park. “Tadao is the poster child for what prolotherapy can do,” says Engler.

Julie Peterson writes about health and environmental issues. Reach her at JuliePeterson2222@gmail.com.

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Food always tastes better in the season it was intended to be eaten in. ~Brigit Binns

A Feast for All Seasons Embracing the Rainbow Year Round

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o matter where we live, eating seasonally in winter doesn’t have to be boring or limiting; a culinary adventure awaits the home chef that’s willing to leave avocados and asparagus to their rightful seasons and embrace the winter rainbow of bitter greens, sweet potatoes, sunny citrus and fuchsia beets, among other timely delicacies.

“Sometimes people think of winter foods as brown and soft and boring, and it’s absolutely not the case. Winter brings bright things like pomegranates, beets and citrus, which offer color and acidity,” says Brigit Binns, the Paso Robles, California author of 30 cookbooks, including Cooking in Season: 100 Recipes for Eating Fresh.

Eating seasonally is especially important in winter, says Shannon Stonger of Texas, author of Simple Food for Winter: 30 Grain-Free Recipes to Get You Through the Dark Days. “Winter foods like fermented vegetables, root vegetables, squashes and hardy greens are especially helpful in the colder, darker months, when our bodies are in need of comfort foods as well as pre- and probiotic foods,” says Stonger, a homesteader and founder of the blog NourishingDays.com.

There are plenty of other reasons to stick to a seasonal diet in winter, adds Binns.

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it was intended to be eaten in. Seasonal foods are naturally ripened, rather than harvested early and trucked in. In addition to enhanced flavor, eating seasonally helps minimize use of fossil fuels to bring our food to us, and is likely to be less expensive.”

Winterizing the Kitchen

Much of the fall harvest, particularly root vegetables, stores well through the winter (hence the idea of a root cellar), extending produce across seasons, according to Steven Satterfield, chef and author of Root to Leaf: A Southern Chef Cooks Through the Seasons. There are lots of root vegetables beyond just carrots and potatoes to be enjoyed in winter, including sunchokes, parsnips and turnips, which can be used creatively rather than “boiled to death,” says Satterfield. For example, the Atlanta restaurateur incorporates parsnips into an upside-down cake with winter spices like nutmeg, black pepper and ginger.

Binns like to add texture to winter dishes with nuts, color with herbs, and crunch with a winter vegetable like fennel.

Warming soups are always comforting during the coldest season, but she also likes warm salads, like a beet and escarole salad drizzled with a warm sherry vinaigrette.

Satterfield suggests that specialty citrus like blood oranges, Meyer lemons

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and cross-hybridized varieties such as tangelos and pomelos are fun to intersperse with winter vegetables to maximize brightness and freshness. A lot of winter produce can be great in raw form as well, he adds, including Brussels sprouts, rutabaga or daikon radish, shaved thinly or julienned into a salad.

Winter squash is a favorite staple of the Stonger family in the cooler months.

“It is easy to grow, easy to store and so deliciously sweet and rich. We roast it as a side dish, mash it as a sort of breakfast porridge or make soups and curries from it,” says Stonger.

Satterfield suggests using all the parts of winter vegetables to maximize the harvest and minimize food waste.

For example, the seeds of winter squashes can be roasted with herbs and spices and eaten as is, churned into other dishes such as a squash seed granola or blended and strained into a homemade broth to add some texture, fat and flavor. After roasting carrots with Moroccan spices, Satterfield suggests taking the leafy carrot tops and chopping them with cilantro and garlic to make a green sauce to crown the carrots.

Swiss chard stems can also be chopped and cooked into Portuguese bread soup, with leftover stale bread made into olive oil croutons and egg whites stirred in at the end.

Winter Health Boosters

Beyond selecting seasonal produce, chefs recommend a few key dietary tweaks in winter, such as stepping up vitamin D consumption. “Since you’re not seeing a lot of sun this time of year, it’s more important to get it through colorful vegetables like carrots, cabbage or radicchio.

Watermelon radishes are another winter vegetable full of vitamins,” says Binns.

“You can grow your own sprouts throughout the winter as a great microgreen option. Sprouts are incredibly high in enzymes, something often lacking in other winter dishes,” suggests Stonger. “Fermented vegetables and other fermented foods can make up the difference in winter.”

April Thompson is a freelance writer in Washington, D.C. Connect at AprilWrites.com.

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to capture all the juices, use a serrated knife to cut a thick slice off the top and bottom of each citrus fruit. Working with one fruit at a time, stand it upright and, following the contour of the fruit, carefully slice downward to remove the peel, pith and membrane. Set the fruit on its side and cut crosswise into slices about ⅜-inch thick, discarding any seeds. Transfer the slices

to the bowl with the mâche, reserving the juices for the vinaigrette.

• Cut the fennel lengthwise in half. Using a mandoline or a sharp knife, cut the fennel crosswise into very thin slices and tuck among the citrus slices. Drain the celery and distribute evenly over the salad. Using the serrated knife, cut each kumquat crosswise into very thin slices, discarding any

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

seeds. Scatter the kumquat slices evenly over the salad, then sprinkle the almonds over the top.

• To make the vinaigrette, pour the reserved citrus juices into a measuring cup. Add enough additional orange juice to measure ½ cup then add the vinegar. Whisking constantly, slowly add the olive oil and whisk until well combined. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Drizzle the vinaigrette over the salad, toss gently to coat, and serve.

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Chard and Squash Salad 1 small winter squash, such as sweet dumpling, acorn or golden 2 small beets, trimmed 1 Tbsp olive oil 1 bunch Swiss chard, tough ribs removed and leaves torn Red wine vinaigrette or vinaigrette of choice Sea salt and freshly ground pepper • Cut the winter squash into wedges and remove the seeds, if desired. Transfer the wedges to a baking dish. Halve the beets and add to the dish. Drizzle with the oil and toss to coat. Bake in a preheated 450° F oven, stirring once, until tender and lightly browned, 20 to 40 minutes. Let cool. Peel and slice the beets. Place the chard in a bowl, drizzle with some of the vinaigrette.

Toss to coat. Add the squash and beets, drizzle with the remaining vinaigrette, and season to taste with salt and pepper.

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hen people think about heart health, what generally comes to mind is the fist-sized muscle that pumps and oxygenates the body’s lifeblood. However, the heart of the matter is not the pump itself, but the vascular system— the network of veins, arteries and capillaries that distributes blood to every cell in the body, delivering nutrients and eliminating waste.

Each human adult harbors an astonishing 60,000 miles of blood vessels— enough to wrap around the planet twice.

Keeping these hard-working vessels supple and open is the key not only to avoiding disease, but also to ensuring a long and healthy life.

The alternative—arteriosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries—can slowly and silently bring on cardiovascular disease (CVD), which can result in a heart attack, stroke, vision loss and cognitive decline. CVD is the leading cause of death in the U.S., killing one in four Americans,

When a disease is lifestyleinduced, the only thing that can reverse it is a dramatic change in diet and lifestyle.

We’ve seen over and over again that it works. ~Brenda Davis

according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). By 2035, nearly half the population—45 percent—is predicted to have some form of the disease.

“A hundred years ago, we were farming the back 40 with a team of horses, eating what we grew. Kids don’t get out and ride bikes; they’re playing video games and eating crap. There’s very little doubt how we got to this problem,” says John Osborne, M.D., director of cardiology at State of the Heart Cardiology, near Dallas.

Yet, the nation’s number one killer, which can fester for decades without symptoms, is largely preventable and reversible.

Only 15 percent of CVD is related to genetics; the rest is attributed to lifestyle, and the right choices can make all the difference. The key is to adopt heart-healthy habits before the body delivers a potentially fatal warning.

“The initial presentation of heart disease can be an acute catastrophic event that results in death in half the men and two-thirds of the women. That’s not treatable,” warns Osborne.

Know the Risk Factors

The first step toward cardiovascular health is awareness. Important indicators of CVD risk include: 4 High blood pressure (over 140/90) 4 High cholesterol (over 240 mg/dL) 4 High triglycerides (over 200 mg/dL) 4 High blood glucose (over 140 mg/dL) 4 Obesity (BMI over 30) 4 Inflammation (hsCRP test above 2 ml/dL) 4 Physical inactivity (less than 30 minutes a day) 4 Smoking or vaping (any at all) 4 Chronic stress 4 Loneliness February 2020

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“When a disease is lifestyle-induced, the only thing that can reverse it is a dramatic change in diet and lifestyle,” says Davis. “We’ve seen over and over again that it works.”

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CVD flies under the radar even though it’s increasingly common at younger ages. The Journal of the American Medical Association released a study in December 2019 stating that about one in four young adults in the U.S. have pre-diabetes, putting them at increased risk for Type 2 diabetes and CVD.

Lisa McDowell, director of clinical nutrition and wellness at St. Joseph’s Mercy Health System, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and team dietitian for the Detroit Red Wings, works with elite athletes of all ages and notes that they more likely know

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their favorite player’s jersey number than their own health numbers. “Learn what your blood pressure is, know your body mass index, get your cholesterol levels and triglycerides and your [hemoglobin] A1C. Know these numbers early on and, if there’s a problem, fix it,” she advises.

While simple blood tests help monitor indicators for CVD, more sophisticated tests can be even more revealing. In 2018, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (AHA) jointly issued new guidelines for patients over age 50 to get a computerized tomography (CT) scan to determine their calcium score. The procedure checks for hardening of the arteries and predicts the risk of a 10year future cardiovascular event.

“This identifies people who have preclinical atherosclerosis, regardless of risk factors,” says Osborne. “It also helps people modify behaviors, because they are faced with a diagnosis.”

Yale R. Smith, a Melbourne, Florida, M.D., who specializes in metabolic and functional medicine, utilizes the U.S. Food & Drug Administration-approved protein unstable lesion signature (PULS) blood test. Recommended for patients in their 40s, it measures inflammatory biomarkers for the body’s immune system response to arterial injury and provides a chronological heart age and risk of a CVD event.

“If you can show someone the future, it’s a wake-up call to make lifestyle changes to increase longevity,” Smith says.

n Eat for Heart Health

Perhaps the single most important change that people can make is diet.

“But a lot of people don’t want lifestyle medicine— they’d rather take a statin with their Big Mac,” says McDowell.

Preventing or reversing CVD requires diligence, but it’s largely about eating real, whole food—and mostly plants.

This means avoiding processed foods and consuming less salt, trans fats, saturated fat and cholesterol; and more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts and seeds.

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Any of these factors can increase the risk of CVD, but possessing a cluster of the first five comprises a condition called metabolic syndrome, which significantly increases the potential for heart disease and Type 2 diabetes—itself a significant risk factor that can damage blood vessels, as well as the organs they support.

“While diabetes is the seventh-leading cause of death in the United States, this figure belies the fact that most people with diabetes die of heart disease, kidney failure and other complications,” says Brenda Davis, RD, of Alberta, Canada, author of Kick Diabetes Essentials: The Diet and Lifestyle Guide.

Metabolic syndrome, like CVD, has few obvious symptoms and is on the rise: Nearly one-third of adults in the U.S. have it, according to the CDC. The one distinct marker for the condition is an accumulation of fat around the waistline, characterized by a measurement of over 35 inches for women and 40 for men.

in the American diet; there’s an excess of relatively inexpensive, highly processed junk foods in large containers,” says McDowell. Overcoming the urge to grab fast and easy foods requires education.

“Everyone needs to learn how to read a food label and avoid foods linked to vascular disease,” she adds.

Vegans have healthier cholesterol levels in their blood compared to vegetarians, which in turn have better levels than meateaters. Study-verified diets that lower CVD indicators also include the Mediterranean diet, as well as two developed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet and the Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) diet, which also addresses exercise and weight control.

“I don’t believe that one diet fits everybody, but there’s a preponderance of evidence that the more plant compounds you get, the better off you are,” says McDowell.

Some cardiovascular boosters:

Leafy greens flush out excess sodium and magnesium, and reduce inflammation.

Berries improve circulation by boosting nitric oxide, which expands blood vessels.

Pomegranate juice lowers blood pressure and reduces plaque formation.

Walnuts, peanuts and almonds lower LDL, the “bad cholesterol”.

Oily fish, chia and flax seeds with omega-3 fatty acids lower triglycerides.

Soy with anti-inflammatory isoflavones helps dilate blood vessels. “We could eat tofu, tempeh, miso, edamame, soy beans or even organic soy ‘veggie meats’ in place of red meat,” says Davis.

Yogurt, kefir and other fermented probiotic dairy products help improve glycemic control, blood lipids, cholesterol and blood pressure.

Supplements can be very helpful: Red yeast rice extract, much like a statin, significantly lowers total cholesterol and LDL.

Coenzyme Q10, a powerful antioxidant, lowers blood pressure and combats the side effects of statins.

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Sitting all day and then briefly exercising doesn’t provide the same benefit as moving periodically throughout the day. Take more frequent breaks from sitting, get up to move around for a couple of minutes every 30 minutes.

Exercise strengthens the endothelium, the innermost of an artery’s three layers, and produces nitric oxide, which helps keep arteries open and healthy. Getting the blood moving lowers cholesterol and blood pressure, and increases oxygen and nutrients to the body.

Exercising outdoors provides additional benefits. Research from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health found that exposure to green spaces helped prevent metabolic syndrome.

n Stress Less, Socialize More

Spending even 20 minutes outdoors in nature can do wonders for high blood pressure and cortisol levels, studies show.

Walking or talking with a friend deepens social engagement, a key factor in lowering CVD risk: “Having the right tribe is crucial,” says McDowell. “If you’re with people who support you and make you laugh, you feel less stress.”

Walking a dog outdoors gets three cardiovascular pluses— exercise, nature and sociability, as dogs tend to be tail-wagging ice-breakers. Further, merely stroking a pet lowers blood pressure.

Apps like Headspace and Insight Timer make it easy to do meditation, which studies suggest may reduce overall CVD risk.

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Not starting to smoke or vape at all is ideal for cardiovascular health, but quitting allows the body to begin to heal, reducing the risk of coronary heart disease after one year by 50 percent, reports the AHA; 14 years later, the risk is the same as a non-smoker’s.

“It’s not intuitively easy to make healthy decisions,” says McDowell. “We have to learn how to make good choices.”

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Previous studies have linked processed foods to hypertension and high cholesterol, and a 2019 British Medical Journal study of 105,000 adults reported that a 10 percent increase in the consumption of processed foods corresponded to a 12 percent overall increase in cardiovascular disease.

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High blood pressure occurs when the force of blood pushing against the vessel walls is too high, making the heart and vessels work harder. The friction damages the endothelium— the inner lining of veins and arteries—plaque builds up, the vessels narrow and blood pressure increases even more. Contributing factors include being sedentary, overweight and consuming excessive alcohol or salt.

High Cholesterol

A waxy, fat-like substance found in all cells of the body, cholesterol can pile up (mostly as a consequence of poor diet) and stick to arterial walls, creating plaque that stymies blood flow to the heart.

High Triglycerides

The end product of digesting fats in food, triglycerides become fat in the blood that gives the body energy. Numbers climb with consumption of refined carbohydrates, simple sugars and fatty foods, contributing to arteriosclerosis.

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Obesity

Obesity—which afflicts almost 40 percent of American adults—causes chronic inflammation, harms the endothelium and causes poor cholesterol numbers. A 12year study of 17,640 Europeans, published in the European Heart Journal, found that obese people with metabolic risk factors were two-and-a-half times as likely to have heart disease as those of normal weight.

Stress

When stressed by such factors as work overload, family strife or traumatic memories, the body releases adrenaline, which causes acceleration of breathing and heart rate, contraction of vessels and a rise in blood sugar. Chronic stress can cause constricted arteries that lead to arteriosclerosis and inflammation of the endothelium.

Further, stressed people often turn to vascular-destructive activities such as smoking, drinking and binge eating.

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Chronic inflammation, caused by such factors as fried and processed foods, smoking, obesity, alcohol and stress, can trigger the immune system to attack healthy tissues, including the endothelium, raising CVD risk. C-reactive protein (CRP), an inflammation marker, is measured by the hsCRP blood test. Men with higher CRP levels had three times the risk of heart attack and twice the risk of stroke, Harvard scientists have found.

Physical Inactivity

A lack of regular, ongoing physical activity has been shown to dramatically increase obesity, blood pressure, cholesterol and inflammation. A 2019 British study found that artery functions declined and CVD risk factors worsened in just two weeks when active exercisers reduced their daily steps from 10,000 to 1,000.

Smoking and Vaping

Nicotine, carbon monoxide and chemicals in cigarettes increase blood pressure and heart rate, damage the endothelium and cause blood platelets to clot more, which is why smokers are two to four times more likely to get cardiovascular disease. E-cigarettes and cigars may be worse due to higher doses of nicotine, the AHA warns.

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Disrupting Disposables The Drive to Banish Single-Use Plastics

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Because plastics are made from petroleum, their production also adds to greenhouse gases that contribute to the climate crisis.

Two-pronged efforts by businesses and individuals to divert plastics from the waste system and replacing them with Earth-friendly alternatives will eventually pay off, experts say, but it will be a long and slow process. However, momentum is building, spurred by consumer demand and a growing number of enterprising businesses, organizations and academic institutions.

At Penn State University, agriculture and biological engineering professor Judd Michael is working with sports facilities to lower both plastics use and littering; the initiative is working so well that their approaches may be taken up by other schools across the nation. “One of my projects is with NASCAR’s Pocono Raceway [also in Pennsylvania], where the owners of the track wanted to continue to make the venue more green,” he says.

“There is zero waste in suites for that track, and they are initiating a comprehensive recycling program. They try to get tailgaters to participate, as well.”

On campus, Penn State provides bags of different colors for tailgaters with instructions for fans to separate recyclables in one bag and everything else in the other.

That program was exported to Pocono.

Michael is also working with PepsiCo, which owns Frito-Lay, to develop alternative packaging.

The University of Florida’s efforts began in 2012, when the campus freed itself from plastic bags, getting buy-in from Chick-Fil-A, Subway and other eateries that agreed to switch to alternatives. “We’ve been Styrofoam-free since 2012, as well,” says Allison Vitt, outreach and communications coordinator for the UF Office of Sustainability. “At the end of 2018, we officially switched over all to compostable straws.” They feel like plastic, but are certified compostable, she says.

UF has engaged with Cupanion, a company that developed an app that has a “fill it forward” program, distributing money to clean-water charities worldwide.

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A lot of local folks have really changed their perspective. We see a lot more customers coming in and saying they appreciate that we are using compostable cups and compostable straws. ~Dana Honn people for reusing their bottles,” says Vitt.

Interested students, staff and faculty are given a barcode sticker to scan on their phone each time a bottle is refilled at a campus retailer or water fountain. The app provides points that can be redeemed for monthly prizes. “It also shows you your personal footprint—your cumulative impact, like how many single-use bottles you have avoided,” she says.

On a smaller scale, Dana Honn and his wife Christina went completely plasticfree upon opening Café Carmo, in New Orleans. “We only had about a dozen seats, but determined to have as little waste as possible. Every year, we were able to build upon it,” he says.

“A lot of local folks have really changed their perspective. We see a lot more customers coming in and saying they appreciate that we are using compostable cups and compostable straws.”

It’s a slow, but steady effort, says Eric DesRoberts, senior manager of the Ocean Conservancy’s Trash Free Seas program.

“We have worked with a number of restaurants talking about why it is important to be taking action to keep plastics out of the waste stream and out of the ocean.”

More people are volunteering to clean up and cut back on plastics, and more businesses are asking the nonprofit, Washington, D.C.-based, environmental advocacy organization how they can do their part. “There is momentum, but it is challenging,” says DesRoberts.

Yvette C. Hammett is an environmental writer based in Valrico, Florida. Connect at YvetteHammett28@hotmail.com.

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omeday, medical science will allow us to infuse damaged or aging organs with new cells, or to manufacture made-to-order organs on a 3-D printer.

These emerging techniques to revitalize worn-out body parts are on the drawing board in the field of regenerative medicine.

However, for the injured college athlete or the grandmother with compromised joint function, healing and pain relief can already be found in the form of prolotherapy and other non-invasive approaches that stimulate the body to heal itself.

Injection therapies using dextrose or the patient’s own platelets or stem cells are being used to naturally stimulate the body to produce collagen and rejuvenated tissue, offering hope to those with soft tissue injuries, osteoarthritis, degenerative disc disease and even pain syndromes like fibromyalgia. A recent review in the British Medical Bulletin of 10 high-quality studies of dextrose prolotherapy in adults with mild to moderate osteoarthritis of the knee showed patients experienced

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significantly less pain and improved range of motion in both the short term and long term without adverse effects. Eighty-two percent of patients were satisfied with the treatment.

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A type of regenerative medicine innovated by osteopathic physician Earl Gedney in the 1930s, prolotherapy induces lowgrade, temporary inflammation with the intention of triggering connective tissue cells called fibroblasts in and around the injection site. “If you cut your arm or twist your ankle, various immune cells rush to the area to begin the repair process. This is a very basic comparison of what prolotherapy does with injections directed to specific anatomical points,” says Ross A. Hauser, M.D., founder of Caring Medical Regenerative Medicine Clinics, in Fort Myers, Florida, and Chicago.

“Prolotherapy is used to treat osteoarthritis because it helps correct the underlying reason why it has occurred,

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which is joint instability. The body overgrows bone as a long-term response in an effort to stabilize an unstable joint,” Hauser says.

Naturopathic physician Brent Cameron, of Aurora Natural Medicine, in Gilbert, Arizona, suggests individualized treatment plans for best results.

“My recommendations are very patientspecific, which is an important piece in prolotherapy.” Cameron says his patients are likely to start seeing relief in the first week. “In many instances, they experience complete relief and mobility after a series of treatments.”

While Cameron attests to the efficacy of dextrose prolotherapy, he is cautious with recommending it for people with systemic inflammatory conditions.

“Someone with a history of joint-related autoimmune response tends to mount stronger inflammatory responses. Other forms of regenerative medicine can be helpful for rheumatoid arthritis [RA], but not in the inflammation-mediated way,

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PRP injections are similar to prolotherapy, using platelets from the patient’s body instead of dextrose. “As blood flows through an injury site, the inflammatory chemicals trigger the platelets to release growth factors, which causes the torn fibers of the damaged structures to heal,” says Fort Worth osteopath Gerald Harris, of Texas Prolotherapy and Neural Therapy. PRP is sometimes used in conjunction with stem cell therapy, which is typically applied in cases in which something needs to be replaced, to help fill in gaps in ligaments or tendons, Harris says.

PRP injections have proven to be effective in easing chronic low back pain from damaged vertebral discs. An overview of research published in the Journal of Spine Surgery in 2018 found it to be safe, effective and feasible, with promising potential for the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders.

Harris says that people that wish to avoid surgery or cortisone injections can benefit from PRP, which can also be applied topically to treat non-healing wounds like bedsores and diabetic ulcers.

Harris subscribes to the power of persistence. “Don’t give up. With proper treatment there is a strong likelihood that you can live a happy, healthy life free from chronic pain.”

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VITAL STEPS The Path to Vascular Fitness

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t is well-known that exercise combats cardiovascular disease by balancing blood pressure and managing blood sugar, but aerobic exercise, not resistance training, takes the prize for keeping the body’s thousands of miles of blood vessels more supple. A 2017 study published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise shows that all-extremity exercise like brisk walking improves arterial flexibility in older individuals; even those with a sedentary history.

Moving the body regularly also lowers stress hormones like cortisol that can ignite damaging vascular inflammation. A West Virginia University study presented at the 2016 Experimental Biology meeting in San Diego showed that aerobic exercise fosters healthy blood vessels in rats exposed to chronic stress. Combining aerobic exercise with good diet and paying attention to triglyceride levels all help to keep us young from the inside-out.

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According to a 2015 study by the University of Missouri School of Medicine published in Experimental Physiology, walking just 10 minutes after prolonged sitting can restore blood flow in the legs and improve impaired vascular function.

Results like these are another reason to get up and move. Walking, running, swimming, cycling, jumping rope and playing tennis are all excellent options.

“For blood vessel flexibility, any sort of sustained aerobic exercise helps. Find something you enjoy so that you’ll keep doing it in the long term,” says Alex Hutchinson, New York Times bestselling author of Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights?

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that treadmills and walking outside foster equal benefits by increasing the heart rate.

The American Heart Association recommends 150 minutes per week of moderate aerobic exercise. Dr. Regina Druz, a board-certified cardiologist and medical director of the Integrative Cardiology Center of Long Island, explains, “This translates into 30 minutes a day, five times a week. A specific exercise program may be helpful for those with a medical condition, but for overall vascular health, any physical activity like walking or taking the stairs will do.” Druz also highlights the role of nitric oxide: “One of the most studied mediators of vascular health is [nitric oxide], which makes arteries flexible.”

Research findings published in 2018 in the journal Hypertension spotlight the correlation between the number of daily steps and arterial plasticity through a technique called pulse wave velocity, which measures how fast blood travels from the heart to the feet. The evidence suggests that 1,000 extra steps a day foster significant vascular improvement.

Judy Heller, a walking coach and founder of Wonders of Walking, a fitness program in Portland, Oregon, concurs: “Moving throughout the day, not just once a day, is most important.” Heller is a firm believer in consistency. “My aunt lived to 107 and remained in her three-story house. Her words to me were, ‘Judy, don’t ever stop walking.’ Small changes yield greater rewards over time. We’re meant to move.”

Superfoods and Supplements

Nitric oxide, responsible for the dilation and contraction of blood vessels, is produced by exercising and helps to protect the smooth interior lining of the arteries from excessive plaque accumulation. Adding nitric oxide-boosting foods to an already healthy diet can give us an extra edge over vascular conditions like stroke and peripheral artery disease. “Beets, arugula, spinach and rhubarb are all good sources of dietary nitrate.

They’re not miracle supplements, but if you make these foods a regular part of your diet, you’ll have a positive effect on your arteries,” says Hutchinson.

Research by Florida State University published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics reveals that a one-cup daily serving of blueberries helps to protect the arteries from stiffness. Watermelon, rich in the nonessential amino acid L-citrulline, also packs a nitric oxide punch.

Full-spectrum vitamin E is another good option, especially for addressing peripheral artery disease and reducing serum triglyceride levels that are often seen as secondary to “bad” cholesterol levels, but which low levels are vital to cardiovascular health.

Druz cautions against using supplements as substitutes for healthy nutrition and exercise, and underscores the importance of dialing down stress, “I advise my patients to build stress resiliency, which involves recognizing and practicing stress response. This, along with nutrition and consistent exercise, will lower inflammation and help build stress resiliency.”

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e don’t often think of children as having cardiovascular problems, but evidence is mounting that many youngsters today—because of scant exercise, poor eating habits and excessive screen time—are on track to

experiencing serious heart and circulatory problems later in life.

“Instead of taking a wait-and-see approach by treating disease later in adulthood, we should help children maintain the standards of ideal cardiovascular

health that most children are born with,” reports Julia Steinberger, M.D., director of pediatric cardiology at the University of Minnesota Medical School, in Minneapolis, and lead author of a 2016 scientific statement on children’s cardiovascular health from the American Heart Association (AHA).

In a March 2019 update, the AHA noted that fewer than 1 percent of children meet all seven criteria, or metrics, for ideal cardiovascular health; half of all children meet merely half the measures, which include physical activity, healthy eating, not smoking, attaining ideal body mass index (BMI), total cholesterol, blood pressure and glucose readings.

Poor metrics in a child are linked to such adverse outcomes as heart attacks, heart failure and stroke in adulthood, advises Elaine Urbina, M.D., director of preventive cardiology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, adding that poor metrics in teens are linked to fatty build-up in the neck arteries and arterial stiffness later in life.

But starting in utero, crucial strategies can promote strong cardiovascular systems in kids. Children born to mothers with low vitamin D levels have about a 60 percent higher risk of elevated systolic blood pressure between ages 6 and 18, reports a Boston Medical Center study in the journal Hypertension; vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy may head that off. Other important strategies include:

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be physically active at least 60 minutes a day, the AHA recommends, but among kids 6 to 11, only half of the boys and a third of the girls meet that guideline; by ages 16 to 19, merely one in 10 boys and one in 20 girls do. A review of 50 fitness studies in 28 countries involving 25 million children concluded that American kids today are about a minute and a half slower running a mile than their peers 30 years ago.

“Aerobic exercises like running, swimming and cycling use the big muscles of the body and are excellent ways of stressing and strengthening the heart and lungs,” says study author Grant Tomkinson, Ph.D., professor of education, health and behavior studies at the University of North Dakota.

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U.S. children have what is classified as a “poor” diet that’s heavy in simple carbs like desserts and sugary drinks, the AHA reported. It recommends feeding kids a diet heavy in fruits, vegetables, fish and whole grains and low in sodium and sugary foods and drinks. A 2016 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study of 2,142 children found that nine of 10 kids exceeded recommended sodium levels. A Cleveland Clinic study found that obese children eating a low-fat, plant-based vegan diet for four weeks began lowering their risk of heart disease by improving their weight, blood pressure, BMI, cholesterol levels and insulin sensitivity.

Don’t smoke or vape. The risk

of a child developing carotid plaque in adulthood was four times higher if one or both parents smoked without taking care to limit the child’s exposure; when they did take care, the risk was still almost two times higher, according to an Australian study in the journal Circulation. Discouraging a teen from vaping is also critical to future health: New research from the University of Kansas School of Medicine shows that adults that vape are significantly more likely to have a heart attack, coronary artery disease and depression compared with those that don’t vape or use any tobacco products.

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6-year-olds that spent the most time in front of TVs, computers and video games had narrower arteries in the back of their eyes—a marker of future cardiovascular risk—reported a study in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular. A study from Canada’s McMaster University found that kids with video game addictions sleep less, which in turn elevates blood pressure, lowers helpful HDL cholesterol and raises triglycerides.

Ronica A. O’Hara is a Denver-based health writer. Connect at OHaraRonica@gmail.com.

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appy winter to all! or stuffed animal to their February brings little brother or sister. One us cold weather of my friends spends every superimposed with the Valentine’s Day having dinwarmth of Valentine’s Day. ner with her grandparents.

In my elementary school My other friend donates his years, winter was a time time at an extended care of cold days and hopeful facility. school closings that felt as It’s been said that “love if it dragged on forever. makes the world go ‘round.”

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So, why do we celebrate love? “love” became synonymous with another Countless songs and love stories have four-letter word, “kind”. What we, as been written about it, and there is an teens, seem to be seeking out to celebrate abundance of romantic comedies shown is the kindness and love that is inherent on TV. There is puppy love, love handles, within us all. love seat and love potions—those endear- Now it’s halfway through winter. ing terms are endless. There is love of Hope you have a lovely February! country, love of friends, love of family, Isabella Dussias is a 17-year-old singerlove of self. There are lovebugs and love songwriter/composer from New Jersey. She birds, lovesick and love songs. enjoys writing about issues that are impor In asking my friends if Valentine’s tant to today’s youth, and she believes muDay is important to them as teens, I got sic is an important outlet to connect people many different responses. Some were and share messages through the creativity looking forward to getting flowers or of lyric and melody. For more information, candy from a parent or from someone special. Others were excited to give a card please visit IsabellaDussias.com.

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Linda Carroll on Skills That Make Love Last

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sychotherapist Linda Carroll was drawn into the dynamics of couples’ counseling three decades ago when she saw how in her own marriage, petty disagreements could turn into full-blown arguments with the potential for deep wounds. She and her husband Tim worked on their issues by attending workshops across the country, including Imago therapy and PAIRS (Practical Application of Intimate Relationship Skills), which were so effective that she developed a curriculum called Love Skills by combining those tools, her experience as a married person and counselor, personal training from consciousness pioneers and resources from ancient mythology and spiritual/religious traditions.

She has co-taught the course with her husband for more than 25 years. Her first book, Love Cycles: The Five Essential Stages of Everlasting Love, has been translated into several languages and details stages in romantic relationships. Her new book, Love Skills: The Key to Unlocking Lasting, Wholehearted Love, is a guide to developing a relationship toolkit.

What is the Love Cycles model?

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can pass through them.

All relationships are teachers. If we allow them to teach us, we become free to love deeper and better.

What is the most difficult Love Cycles stage, and why?

Each stage has its own unique challenges.

For example, the first stage, the Merge, has a magic to it due to the chemical cocktail that floods your body when in the presence of your significant other. But this stage can be treacherous in that you can mistake your feelings for evidence that this is the “right” person for you. In the Power Struggle stage, feelings will have worn off and power struggles will start to show up. The third stage is Disillusionment.

Differences between both of you really start to show up at this time. The fourth stage is the Decision stage. At this point, many couples find themselves wanting out. The key to making it through this stage is to remember that this, too, shall pass and to commit to working it out. It’s important to realize that life is not about getting an A+ at all times. Sometimes, we need to accept that a C- is okay; and if you do need to leave a relationship, it is possible to do it in a wholehearted way at best—at the least, to minimize damage.

The fifth stage I call Wholehearted Love, a stage reached only through mindfulness and unconditional love. Because love has changing seasons, a couple will not stop at

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the fifth stage forever, but getting back to this state will become easier and easier as time goes on.

What was your impetus for writing Love Skills?

I have been teaching the program for 25 years and drew from my almost 40 years as a couples therapist, many trainings all over the country and own life experiences in my relationship with my husband to compile the program. Most couples lack the skills to manage the troubles of life. There is a skill to every aspect of a relationship, especially in communication: listening, speaking, knowing when to speak and when to be silent.

Who is most likely to benefit?

The relationship you have with yourself is a core part of the Love Cycles model. If you do not have a good relationship with yourself, you cannot have a solid and meaningful relationship with another person. This is a couples’ book, although it can also be gone through by a single person if the partner is not interested in it. What I tell people is that you can only work on your part. If the other person doesn’t want to buy in or isn’t wholeheartedly on board—or at least partially willing—there is nothing that you can do about it. You need to be able to be okay and confident in yourself. You cannot change another person, but you can always change yourself.

What is one of the most important pieces of advice you have for couples?

I hope that couples come to realize that feelings of love are like clouds, always changing. A good relationship requires a skill set, which we practice whatever the feelings are. We are not born knowing how to love skillfully, but this skill set can be learned by anyone and will make you able to listen better and appreciate each other more.

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The Shades of Gratitude by guest contributor Nicole Zornitzer

When I was a child, gratitude meant saying thank you.

When I was a teenager, gratitude meant being allowed to stay out past curfew with my friends.

When I was in college, gratitude meant getting grades good enough to welcome a successful career.

When I was 23, gratitude meant being thankful for having 23 good years with my father and having to say goodbye much too soon.

When I was 30 and birthed my son, gratitude was everything, and love was allconsuming.

When I was 33, gratitude was finally giving birth to the daughter I had waited for my entire life, and my world was complete.

When I was 36, gratitude became the ability to remain strong in the winds of change and move forward in my world without my husband. It was raising two children and learning to breathe all over again.

When I was 43, gratitude was surviving a stroke that nearly took my life.

Today, at 47, gratitude is being with the most loving, selfless, caring, nurturing, brilliant woman I have ever known—my beloved mother.

My mother has terminal cancer, glioblastoma.

Am I grateful today? Yes, I suppose, as I watch my mother swallow her first dose of chemotherapy and prepare for radiation treatment.

Gratitude has so many shades; the one I wear today is not one I want, but it is what is.

I will cry myself to sleep tonight as I have each day of the last seven weeks. I will cry for what the universe has “gifted” my mother, myself, my brother and our children. I will plead with my deceased father and grandmother to spare her from this. I will mourn prematurely for a life that is going to be cut short.

I am grateful for the woman that I have been given the honor of calling my mother, my friend. My mother is so much more than a mother to my brother and me—she is the woman who picked up the pieces when our father committed suicide and continued to be the adoring mother she is.

So yes, I am grateful every single day that I rise and my mother is with me by my side, experiencing life, breathing air and appreciating all that is.

Gratitude takes on many shades; let us all appreciate and cherish every one of those shades, even the darkest of them all.

Nicole Zornitzer, ERYT 1000, yoga therapist, founder of Niyama Yoga & Wellness Studio in Randolph, New Jersey.

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February calendar of events

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Cabo Breath Fest – Feb 1-21. The Cabo Breath Fest will offer many life-changing and self-empowering workshops, plus other activities from San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Tickets: $100 for any or all workshops. Info/tickets/accommodations: CaboBreathFest.com or on Facebook.

Trust and Nurture Your Intuition – 4wks; 7-8pm.

This class is for those whose intuition is on point and want to learn how to trust it. Most times the distrust is due to core beliefs, childhood pain, self-harm, trauma, bonds of attachments and resentment. $120/full course; $35 drop-in. Studio Yoga Madison, 2 Green Village Rd., Madison.

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2 Reiki Soul Celebration – 1–4pm. Enjoy Reiki healing, meditation, high vibration crystal singing bowls, drum, gong, flute, koshi bells, ting-sha and chants. Speaker: Beth Wishbow, Reiki Master Teacher. $15; walk-ins welcome. eZential Wellness Center, 1 Lamington Road, Branchburg. For information contact Beth at 908-526-0002 or beth@InSightHolisticHealth.com. InSightHolisticHealth.com.

Sound of Soul Event – 1:30-2:30pm. Are you seeking spiritual growth and transformation?

Experience HU, an ancient sacred Mantra, that has been sung for thousands of years in many lands for spiritual unfoldment. Chant HU, have contemplative time, and share in spiritual conversation. Eckankar Center, 11 Park St., Montclair.

800-870-9139. Eckankar–NJ.org.

plantoattend Wellness Gala Sunday, March 29 • 1-6pm.

Join us for mini-sessions with experts in the fields of health, beauty and wellness.

Keynote Speakers NY Times best-selling author, Dr. Bernie Siegal Astrologer Ray Sette.

Special Guest Speakers Hanson Tse, Shira, and Lee Grabarczyk.

Free General Admission includes two minisessions and access to all vendors, hors d’oeuvres & live music. Cash bar.

A portion of the proceeds will go to the Interfaith Food Pantry.

For tickets and information please visit WellnessGala.com/events or call us at 973-713-6811.

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Reiki Level II Training – 2/7, 6:30-8:30pm; 2/8, 11am-5pm. Join us for Reiki Level II. Learn symbols, Reiki grid, essential oils to use to enhance sessions, and much more! $85 deposit reserves your spot; total fee is $285. Blossoming into Light, 31 Fairmount Ave, Suite 105, Chester.

For information and to register contact info@ blossomingintolight-chester.com or text/call Sue on 862-222-4268. BlossomingIntoLight-Chester. com.

The Salted Yogi – 7:30-8:30pm. Immerse yourself in a guided yoga meditation on the Heart Chakra on the 1st and 3rd Friday each month.

Contemplate its message of love and connect to the hearts of others. Session includes a healing salt treatment in our therapeutic Salt Cave. $25/ prepaid. Space limited to 5. Revive Studios, 100 U.S. Hwy 46, Budd Lake (Village Green Shopping Center). Use APP to register or call 973-527-3419.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 Saturday Trail Running: Lenape Trail – 9-11am.

Explore the diverse habitats and history of Hilltop Reservation and Cedar Grove Park on the Lenape and West Essex Trails. This loop run gives you the choice of two pace groups and the option to run either 6 or 8 miles. Run is fairly level overall but has steep climbs at the beginning and end.

Free. Trail head: Robert J O’Toole Community Ctr, 199 Fairview Ave, Cedar Grove. For information, contact donweise@nynjtc.org or 201-512-9348, ext 813. Nynjtc.org.

Breakfast Benefits: Learn about Laser Treatment – 9am. 2nd Sat. All are welcome to share breakfast and learn about the benefits of laser treatment. Facilitated by Dr Paul M Bizzaro, DC. Free. The offices of Dr. Bizzaro, 81 S Main St, Yardley. RSVP to 215-493-6589. DrPaulBizzaro.com.

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Family Constellations with Madalina Blanton – 1-4pm. Family Constellations, is an experiential method of deeply connecting with unseen family patterns still active in our present time frame.

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$45 advance, $50 day of workshop, $80 for two people. To register, visit ShaktiNJ.com. Shakti Yoga & Living Arts, 1861 Springfield Avenue, Maplewood. For information, call 973-763-2288 or email info@shaktinj.com. ShaktiNJ.com.

5 Elements Theory & Practice - Feng Shui &”Qi” Fundamentals – 1-5pm. The Wisdom of Tao, 30A Ridgedale Ave., East Hanover. For information, please call 973-723-1811, email info@ Meijinlu.com or visit MeiJinLu.com.

Full Moon Ritual – 6:30-8pm. The Full Snow Moon is a time for releasing things in our lives that no longer serve us. Practice the Moon Salutation and other gentle flow yoga poses. Let go of guilt and make room for love. $20/prepaid; $25 day of event. Revive Studios, 100 U.S. Hwy 46, Budd Lake (Village Green Shopping Center). Use APP to register or call 973-527-3419. ReviveStudiosNJ.com.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Mindfulness and Metatations workshop – Five one-hour sessions led by Dr. Don Joergens of Functional Brain Training. Parsley, 30 Wall St., Rockaway. $79. For information, email info@ functionalbraintraining.com or call 862-777-8612.

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Holistic Chamber of Commerce meeting, Sparta-Franklin Chapter – 6:30-8pm. Join fellow holistic practice and business owners at our next gathering. This month, we meet at Deep Wellness Center, 1070 US-46, Ledgewood. For information, contact Kerri Kerr-Apito from K&P Holistic Health & Fitness at 973-823-1600 or fnj@ holisticchamberofcommerce.com.

Introduction to Self-Hypnosis – 7:15-8:15pm. This course will teach you a method of self-hypnosis, how to put yourself into trance, how to deepen your trance, how to program your subconscious to achieve your goals, change your behaviors and enhance your health. We will end with teaching you how to terminate that trance. $15. Inner Truth Hypnotherapy and Meditation Center, 1386 US Highway 22, Lebanon. For information call 908617-1535 or visit TheGoldenLight.org/calendar.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Tarot Card Readings with Rhonda Alin – 10am4pm. Rhonda will be available for 1/2 hour and 1 hour readings. Great time to receive guidance in your life as we are in a new year and new decade.

1/2 hour $65 and 1 hour $130. Walk-ins accepted based on availability. Blossoming into Light, 31 Fairmount Ave, Suite 105, Chester. For to schedule an appointment or for information contact info@blossomingintolight-chester.com or text/ call Sue on 862-222-4268. BlossomingIntoLightChester.com.

Reiki II Training & Certification – 10:30am6:30pm. Expand your reiki abilities in this comprehensive and in-depth training and certification.

Instructor: Beth Wishbow, Reiki Master Teacher. $225. eZential Wellness Center, 1 Lamington Road, Branchburg. Register at eZentialWellness. com/Reiki. For information contact Beth at 908526-0002 or beth@InSightHolisticHealth.com.

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Meditation Mini-Retreat with Ramananda John Welshons – 1-5:30pm. Quiet Mind / Open Heart.

Join us for this beautiful afternoon of meditation, relaxation, and quieting. A perfect way to alleviate the stress of daily life. Open to beginners and experienced meditators. Sitting, walking and lying-down meditation, short dharma talks and time for Q & A. Studio Yoga Madison, 2 Green Village Rd., Madison. StudioYogaMadison.com.

Tibetan Singing Bowls Meditation with Kati Walker – 3:30-4:45pm. Sound and vibration with Singing Bowls can be used to achieve a deep relaxation, reduce the effects of stress, and create a healthy flow of energy through the physical and etheric body. Himalayan Singing Bowls are one of the most powerful ways to create a sense of peace and harmony. $25. Shakti Yoga & Living Arts, 1861 Springfield Avenue, Maplewood. For information, call 973-763-2288 or email info@ shaktinj.com. ShaktiNJ.com.

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up. This is the course for you. With today’s high stress living that includes not only your classes but extracurricular activities, students have so much on their mind. This course will help you or your child do better when taking your /his-her next test. $90. Inner Truth Hypnotherapy and Meditation Center, 1386 US Highway 22, Lebanon. For information call 908-617-1535 or visit InnerTruthHypnotherapy.com.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21 The Salted Yogi – 7:30-8:30pm. Immerse yourself in a guided yoga meditation on the Heart Chakra on the 1st and 3rd Friday each month.

Contemplate its message of love and connect to the hearts of others. Session includes a healing salt treatment in our therapeutic Salt Cave. $25/ prepaid. Space limited to 5. Revive Studios, 100 U.S. Hwy 46, Budd Lake (Village Green Shopping Center). Use APP to register or call 973-527-3419.

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Crystal Bowl Sound Healing – 7:30-9pm. Sound waves are used as a conduit to amplify divine healing and create a harmonious state of wellbeing. Clears communication from Gaia, to the heart, brain, and the collective superconscious. $25/prepaid; $30 day of event. Revive Studios, 100 U.S. Hwy 46, Budd Lake (Village Green Shopping Center). Register online or use APP. 973-527-3419. ReviveStudiosNJ.com.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22 Astral Travel – 10pm-12noon. Have you ever wondered about leaving your body? Do you know that you naturally do it every night in your

savethedate ECK Satsang Introductory Meeting Thursday, March 12, 7:30- 9:00pm What is an ECK Satsang class? Come find out at this free meeting! If your experience of spirituality differs from that found in traditional religions, you may find sharing insights with fellow spiritual explorers of interest. Learn how discovering truth in this way is one of the many benefits of membership in Eckankar.Free book, ECKANKARAncient Wisdom for Today.

Eckankar Center 11 Park Street, Montclair, N.J. 800-870-9139 • eckankar-nj.org Presented by ECKANKAR The Path of Spiritual Freedom

Hypnosis for Test Taking – 6-8pm. Looking to do better on your SATs, want to bring your GPS

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Hiring NOW HIRING: Licensed “holistic minded” hairstylists for busy, organic salon in Hackettstown.

Looking for a change in environment, sick of breathing in chemicals or want a more relaxed work setting—keep reading. Our mission is to share knowledge of non-toxic/organic hair and beauty products while giving each guest a relaxing experience with impeccable customer service. Perfect candidate: outgoing, personable, willing to learn, interest in healthy/organic living, ambitious and willing to grow through social media and marketing, team player, willing to perform other services (facials, waxing, hair treatments, front desk, etc.).

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Services READINGS Oracle card and palmistry readings offered in person, phone, parties welcome. Spiritually guided channeled messages are for your highest good. Let my gifts guide you! Reasonable rates.

Cheryl 908-268-8029.

SPACE/office FOR RENT PROFESSIONAL SPACE FOR RENT IN PEQUANNOCK WELLNESS CENTER: If you are a massage therapist, nutritionist, nurse practitioner, or other medical specialist and are looking to rent part-time space, we might be your answer.

We are a busy chiropractic office in Pequannock on Newark Pompton Turnpike with spacious consulting rooms and courteous staff. Days and hours available are: Tuesday 8am–12noon; Thursday 1-7pm; Friday 8am–7pm; Saturday; 8am-12noon. (Days and hours negotiable and subject to change.) Contact Dr. Ian Fliss, Pequannock Chiropractic Group at 973-7274895 or email ifliss@hotmail.com.

Office Space Available: Nicely furnished office space at the 94 Valley Road Building in Montclair is available for sublet (full days preferred, may consider half days if multiple days are taken). Fridays and weekends available now. Tuesdays and Wednesdays available start-

ing in April. Building has own parking lot. Other therapists in building offer a sense of camaraderie. Close to Whole Foods and walking distance to many restaurants and shops. EmailLeslie@ LeslieLobell.com for details.

OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE IN CALDWELL: 1 private “wellness” office available for sublease.

Office is part of 3-room suite located on 2nd floor of newly constructed Green-Certified building.

Features high ceilings, large windows, specialtycreated sound-reducing walls. Suitable for individual/couples therapy, massage therapy, energy work, etc. Available March 1, 2020. Email daniel@ beyoucounselingllc.org for more details.

SPACE FOR RENT Event & meeting rental space in Morristown, NJ. Great for recitals, weddings, practice/rehearsal space and fitness classes. Accommodates up to 175 people. Plenty of parking, convenient to Route 202 or 287. Call 973-539-3114 or email Office@CslMorristown.org for details.

SPACE FOR RENT Unique space to share. 3rd floor walk-up in Morristown. Suitable for individual, family, group or play therapy; and Energy Work.

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dreams? Learn to leave your body safely, in a guided manner. We will discuss the ideal physical setting in which to astral travel and will enter a guided journey. Learn the techniques and do it whenever you wish! $60. Inner Truth Hypnotherapy and Meditation Center, 1386 US Highway 22, Lebanon. For information call 908-617-1535 or visit TheGoldenLight.org/calendar.

Make Your Own Pendulum Class with Tina DeMottie – 1-3pm. Join Tina to explore the art of using a pendulum. Class covers the basics of pendulum use, how and why they work, and hands-on applications using a pendulum you create, with charts to take home and personalize. $35 includes all supplies and handouts. Class limited to 10 individuals. Blossoming into Light, 31 Fairmount Ave, Suite 105, Chester. For information or to register contact info@blossomingintolightchester.com or text/call Sue on 862-222-4268.

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23 Light and Sound Service: “Be Your Best and Highest Self” – 11am-12noon. Join others seeking to bring more insight and divine love into their lives at this special celebration. Eckankar, the Path of Spiritual Freedom, offers spiritual exercises to help you experience the twin aspects of the Light and Sound of God within. Share your spiritual insights. Eckankar Center, 11 Park St., Montclair. 800-870-9139. Eckankar–NJ.org.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 Burlesque Revue at Revive – 7:30-8:30pm.

February turns hot in our new burlesque dance class. Feel the burn as you work a routine with boa feathers and sexy chair moves. Strut your favorite pumps or go barefoot. Class is for everyone and all levels. Time to bring sexy back! $25/ prepaid; $30 day of event. Revive Studios, 100 U.S. Hwy 46, Budd Lake (Village Green Shopping

plantoattend Sacred Science, Western Mysteries May 11-15, 2020 8am-6pm each day This Mystery School Teaching helps you to achieve a magical life. This week of Esoteric Training will show you how to harness your own power to achieve a more satisfying life.

Learn how to manifest by doing what people in Secret Societies do. Create prosperity and manifest your needs and wants easily.

Investment: $2,225.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29 Universal Kabbalah – 10am-4:30pm. The purest form of esoteric study available on the planet.

The study of God and the God essence within humans is a noble and essential part of being a spiritual being. This is what makes us who and what we are, and indeed through that study we come to the realization of who and what we are.

Kabbalah is a tradition whose roots extend back to the remotest history of humankind. The very DNA of life is explained here and manipulated so that we can even change our outward and inward appearance. $325. Inner Truth Hypnotherapy and Meditation Center, 1386 US Highway 22, Lebanon. For information call 908-617-1535 or visit TheGoldenLight.org/calendar.

Introduction to Sound Healing with Sue & Leslie – 1-4pm. Learn the history of sound, different types of sound healing, how to use sound to shift your vibration, solfeggio frequencies, how to balance the chakras with sound and more.

Includes demonstrations plus partner practice to try out different sound healing tools. $66 if paid by 2/19; $77 thereafter. Blossoming into Light, 31 Fairmount Ave, Suite 105, Chester. For information and to register contact info@blossomingintolightchester.com or text/call Sue on 862-222-4268.

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PLAN AHEAD THURSDAY, MARCH 12 ECK Satsang Introductory Meeting – 7:30-9pm.

What is an ECK Satsang class? Come find out at this free meeting! If your experience of spirituality differs from that found in traditional religions, you may find sharing insights with fellow spiritual explorers of interest. Learn how discovering truth in this way is one of the many benefits of membership in Eckankar. Eckankar Center, 11 Park St., Montclair. 800-870-9139. Eckankar–NJ.org.

SATURDAY, MARCH 14 Double Squatch Trail Race – 3/14, 7:30am thru 3/15, 3pm – Runners and hikers can sign up for a 5K, 3 hours or 6 hours on one or both days.

Organized by Sassquad Trail Running, portion of proceeds benefit the Trail Conference. See organizer’s website for pricing details. Trail head: Stokes State Forest - Stokes office parking lot, 1 Coursen Road, Branchville. For information contact sassquadtrailrunning@gmail.com.

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Year of Metal Rat/Vernal Equinox Workshop – 1-5pm. Dr. Mei Jin Lu, philosophy teacher and 25th generation Taoist spiritual healer, will combine teachings respecting the vernal equinox and the year of the Rat. It will be a very unique first year of this 12-year cycle. This is a wonderful opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of

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eastern healing modalities. It will focus especially on Chinese techniques for selecting the best timing for your important plans specifically in the year of the Metal Rat. $40 MCNJ/USHQA members; $55 non-members. Hyatt Regency Hotel Conference Center, 3 Speedwell Ave, Morristown. For information, email info@USHQA.com or harrietw4mcnj@gmail.com, call 973-298-2640 or visit MetaphysicalCenter.org.

FRIDAY, MARCH 27 Heart of Oneness Holistic Expo – 3/27-3/29; Fri. 5pm-6pm, Sat. 10am-7pm & Sun. 10am-5pm.

Heart of Oneness Holistic Expo is a collective event dedicated to Wellness, Spiritual Growth & the Conscious Evolution of Humanity. $5 Fri., $10 Sat., $15 Sun., $15 Weekend Pass. Heart of Oneness Holistic Expo, 97 Sunfield Ave., Edison NJ. Tickets Available on Eventbrite. For information, call 732-508-7990 or email Info@HeartofOnenessHolisticExpo.com. HeartofOnenessHolisticExpo.com.

SUNDAY, MARCH 29 Wellness Gala – 1-6pm. Free general admission.

Join us for mini-sessions with experts in the fields of health, beauty and wellness including: massage, anti-aging, reiki, nutritional counseling, chiropractic, acupuncture, and much more.

We will be featuring two keynote speakers, NY Times best-selling author, Dr. Bernie Siegal and astrologer Ray Sette. Special guest speakers are Hanson Tse, Shira, and Lee Grabarczyk. General admission includes two mini-sessions and access to all vendors, hors d’oeuvres & live music. Cash bar provided. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Interfaith Food Pantry. Birchwood Manor, 111 N. Jefferson Rd., Whippany. For tickets and information please visit WellnessGala.com/events or call us at 973-713-6811.

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SUNDAY Qigong Workshop & Intensive Qi Practice – 10-12noon. The Wisdom of Tao, 30A Ridgedale Ave., East Hanover. For information, please call 973-723-1811, email info@Meijinlu.com or visit MeiJinLu.com.

Sunday Celebration Service – 10:30am. Dr. Frankie, practitioners, and musicians create an inspiring, uplifting time to be reminded of our spiritual connectedness. Center for Spiritual Living Morristown, 331 Mt. Kemble Ave, Morristown.

For information contact call 973-539-3114 or email office@cslmorristown.org. CSLMorristown.org.

Sunday Service – 10:30am. Only words of Love are spoken here. To live in health, happiness and prosperity is everyone’s birthright, whether we choose to follow a certain path is our individual choice. No dogma or belief system is imposed upon anyone. Institute for Spiritual Development, 15 Sparta Ave, Sparta. ISDSparta.org.

Sunday Fellowship – 11:00 am. Unity Spiritual Center of Morris County is an idea that has served many people since 1998. It is here that we meet each Sunday with inspiring messages of Truth, singing, music, prayer and meditation. We affirm the self-worth of each person as unique, wonderful, and made in the image and likeness of God. Join us at 221 Main Street, 2nd Floor, VFW Building, Boonton. For information call 973-331-1776 or visit UnitySpiritualCenterOfMC.org.

TUESDAY Mommy & Me Yoga Classes 3mo-3years – 1/142/18; 10:30-11:15am. Experience the benefits of yoga while bonding with your child. Children

enjoy interactive songs and yoga to promote natural healthy growth, flexibility and brain stimulations. Moms will tone and regain flexibility and relaxation. $120/6-Weeks; $23/drop in. Tru Nature Yoga & Wellness Center, 219 Espanong Road, Lake Hopatcong. For information call 862803-9252 or email breathe@truantureyoga.com.

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Assisted Stretching in Salt Cave – 11am-3pm.

Benefit from the ‘warm-up method’ of dancers.

Assisted private session promotes flexibility and endurance. Instructor uses a mix of static and movement-based stretches to relax and stretch tight muscles. 30 minutes $45 / 60 minutes $85.

Revive Studios, 100 U.S. Hwy 46, Budd Lake (Village Green Shopping Center). For appointment call 973-527-3419. ReviveStudiosNJ.com.

Intuitive/Spiritual Development – 7:30-9:30pm.

Tap into your intuitive abilities. Exercises each week to raise your vibrations such as psychometry, readings, meditation, past life, channeling and more. Everyone welcome. $10. RSVP required. Huna Healing Center LLC, 5 East Main St., 2nd floor (Parking in back ), Denville. Lory 973-224-0096 or register@hunahealingcenter. com. HunaHealingCenter.com.

WEDNESDAY White Oak Center Organic Co-Op – Every other Wednesday. Delivered by Albert’s Organics. Membership $20, then $35 bimonthly. White Oak Center, 33 Woodport Rd., Sparta. For more info, contact Brian Trautz at 973-729-1900 or BTrautz@WhiteOakCenter.com.

Focused Awareness in the Salt Cave – 9:1510:15am. Learn how to create a calm state of mind through “resilience” meditation. Practice focuses

$ave Time and Ga$ Things do change. Please call in advance to ensure that the event you’re interested in is still available.

on interactions among the brain, mind, body and behavior. Builds confidence, self-awareness and psychological resilience. $25/prepaid; Limit to 5. Revive Studios, 100 U.S. Hwy 46, Budd Lake (Village Green Shopping Center). To register call 973-527-3419. ReviveStudiosNJ.com.

Assisted Stretching in Salt Cave – 11am-3pm.

Benefit from the ‘warm-up method’ of dancers.

Assisted private session promotes flexibility and endurance. Instructor uses a mix of static and movement-based stretches to relax and stretch tight muscles. 30 minutes $45 / 60 minutes $85.

Revive Studios, 100 U.S. Hwy 46, Budd Lake (Village Green Shopping Center). For appointment call 973-527-3419. ReviveStudiosNJ.com.

Awaken the Master Within – 6:30-8:30pm, 3rd Wed. each month. Workshop/Class on Transformation through the Art of Self-Mastery. $25. Portal of Healing, 50 Main Street, Chester. debbie@portalofhealing.com. 201-841-0358.

PortalOfHealing.com.

6-Week Tween Yoga Workshop 9-13 years – 1/22-2/26; 7-7:45pm. Tween Yoga is a wonderful way to increase self-awareness, build self-esteem and strengthen your body in our young tweens.

Learning poses that stretch and strengthen while promoting balance, coordination and concentration. $90/6-Weeks; $18/drop in. Tru Nature Yoga & Wellness Center, 219 Espanong Road, Lake Hopatcong. For information call 862-803-9252 or email breathe@truantureyoga.com. TruNatureYoga.com.

Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Support Group of Morristown – 7–9pm. First Wednesdays, except July and August. Support for patients and their families. Speakers. 95 Madison Ave., Suite 109A, Morristown. 973-219-8092. Wen5500@hotmail. com.

The Morris County (West) Chapter of Holistic

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Thriving on a PlantBased Diet

Moms Network – 7:30pm. First Wednesdays.

Held at Chester Field House, 107 Seminary Ave., Chester. InfoHMNWestMorris@yahoo.com.

Cultivate a Purpose Driven, Soul-Empowered Consciousness – 8-9pm. Cultivate a purpose driven, soul-empowered consciousness. Live online webinar, each Wednesday, except for 3rd Wednesday of the month when we meet in person. $29/month. Portal of Healing, 50 Main Street, Chester. Regiser at PortalOfHealing.com or text Debbie Carcuffe at 201-841-0358 or email debbie@portalofhealing.com. PortalOfHealing.com.

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Free. Cranford United Methodist Church, 201 Lincoln Ave., Cranford.

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THURSDAY Trust and Nurture Your Intuition – begins 2/6, 4wks; 7-8pm. This class is for those whose intuition is on point and want to learn how to trust it. Most times the distrust is due to core beliefs, childhood pain, self-harm, trauma, bonds of attachments and resentment. $120/full course; $35 drop-in. Studio Yoga Madison, 2 Green Village Rd., Madison. StudioYogaMadison.com.

A Pure Component Radio Show: Linking Spirit & Science –10am-11pm. Hosted by Tori Valspirit.

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Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous Meeting – 6:30-8pm. Are you having trouble controlling the way you eat? 12-step program for recovery from food addiction. No dues, fees or weighins. Free. 350 Essex Rd., 3rd flr, classroom A/B, Paramus Questions? Ellen Mutz 973-945-2704 or emutz514@gmail.com. FoodAddicts.org.

Qigong with Sal Canzoneri – 7pm. Qigong’s gentle flowing movements help support the body’s natural tendency to return to balance and equilibrium, plus supports joint flexibility, muscle strength and range of motion. There are meditative elements and focus on deep, diaphragmatic breathing, $35. Blossoming into Light, 31 Fairmount Avenue, Suite 105, Chester. More information email info@blossomingintolightchester.com or call/text Sue at 862-222-4268.

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Kid’s Zumba – 1/16-2/20; 5-5:45PM. Fun-filled 45 minutes of Kid’s Zumba, where kids will learn to dance and move their bodies to music from around the globe learning about the different regions of the world as well as learn tools to destress in a fast-paced, energy expending workshop. Kids 5-8 years. $60/6-Weeks; $12/drop in.

Tru Nature Yoga & Wellness Center, 219 Espanong Road, Lake Hopatcong. For information call 862803-9252 or email breathe@truantureyoga.com.

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FRIDAY Debtors Anonymous Meeting – 5:30-6:30pm.

Twelve-step meeting for those dealing with debt, overspending and under-earning. Downstairs Main Bldg. at Redeemer Church, 37 Newton Sparta Rd., Newton. 877-717-3328. NJPada.org.

AA Meeting – 7:30pm.St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 70 Maple Ave., Morristown. 973-5380555.

Al-Anon Meeting – 8-9:30pm. Center for Practical Spirituality - Religious Science, 331 Mt. Kemble Ave., Morristown. 973-539-3114. RSCI.org.

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SATURDAY Focused Awareness in the Salt Cave – 9-10am.

Learn how to create a calm state of mind through “resilience” meditation. Practice focuses on interactions among the brain, mind, body and behavior. Builds confidence, self-awareness and psychological resilience. $25/prepaid; Limit to 5. Revive Studios, 100 U.S. Hwy 46, Budd Lake (Village Green Shopping Center). To register call 973-527-3419. ReviveStudiosNJ.com.

Breakfast Benefits: Learn about Laser Treatment – 9am. 2nd Sat. All are welcome to share breakfast and learn about the benefits of laser treatment. Facilitated by Dr Paul M Bizzaro, DC. Free. The offices of Dr. Bizzaro, 81 S Main St, Yardley. RSVP to 215-493-6589. DrPaulBizzaro.com.

Overeaters Anonymous Meeting – 10:15am12:15pm. Weekly gathering of the free support group that helps people lose weight and keep it off. Downstairs meeting room, Parsippany Library.

973-335-1717. Wjioa.com.

Classic Nia Mind-Body Fitness – 11am-12noon.

Nia is a practice that will help you feel alive in your body through cardio conditioning through a world of music that evokes imagination and emotion. Instructor: Teresa Dangelo. $20 walk-in. Benessere Wellness Center and Spa, 510 Morris Ave., Summit. For information call 908-277-4080, email info@benesserenj.com or visit BenessereNJ.com.

Tea can lower risks of heart attack, certain cancers, type 2 Diabetes and Parkinson’s disease. Just make sure your tea isn’t too sweet!

Source: TIME Magazine

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Acupuncture

Beautification Services

NJ Advanced Acupuncture

Dr. Andy Rosenfarb, ND, LAc Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine; Board Certified in Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine 332 South Ave East, Westfield 908-928-0060 • AcuVisionTherapy.com Dr. Rosenfarb is world renowned in the field of holistic eye health.

He is passionate about helping people with degenerative eye diseases. Learn of his astounding work in this area—call now to qualify for your free copy of his groundbreaking book, Recover Your Vision. Additional specialties include glaucoma, retinitis pigmentosa and diabetic retinopathy. See ad, page 32.

Modern Acupuncture – Florham Park

Morgan Reade, LAc, MS 616 Bloomfield Ave, Caldwell 6 Green Village Rd, Madison 201-400-2261 NJAdvancedAcupuncture.com

Unlock Your Hidden Beauty

Morgan Reade has studied Acupuncture, herbal and dietary therapy. He is board certified and licensed in Florida and NJ. He specializes in female health including autoimmune and fertility. Other areas of expertise include digestive disorders, food allergies and Lyme disease. Born and raised in West Caldwell, where he currently resides, he opened his first office there. His second location is in downtown Madison, NJ. See ad, page 13.

Attorney (Holistic) Kelly M. Brown, Esq.

Joan Arata 176 Columbia Turnpike, Florham Park 973-457-4467 ModernAcupuncture.com/new-jersey/ florham-park/florham-park-nj001 Modern Acupuncture is revitalizing the ancient practice of acupuncture with enhanced fullbody treatments using tiny needles (smaller than human hair) to access distinct points to help restore the body’s balance, alleviate pain, reduce stress, promote relaxation and/or improve overall well-being. See ad, page 29.

973-909-0999 • Kelly@KMBrownLaw.com KMBrownLaw.com Licensed in NJ & PA With quality preparation, legal tragedies can often be prevented, or damage can be minimized or eliminated. Kelly Brown has been practicing law for 20 years. In addition, Brown is a Certified Life Mastery Coach, theologian and interfaith minister. Her current practice brings a holistic perspective to legal planning for families and businesses. See ad, page 41.

Bakery/Specialty Starseed Bakery

Montclair Acupuncture

Linda Beg 100 Hibernia Avenue, Rockaway 973-957-0500 StarseedBakery@gmail.com StarseedBakery.com

Maria B. Margate, LAC 104 Valley Rd., Montclair 973-220-4242 margate9@yahoo.com AcupunctureMontclairNJ.com Patient testimonials attest to the healing quality Maria Margate brings to her practice. Specialties include pain management and women’s health, e.g., OB-GYN, infertility, post-partum care, irregular cycles. Acupuncture can also treat stress, allergies, digestive ailments, skin disorders, migraines and more. See ad, page 20.

100% gluten-, dairy-, soy- and GMO-free retail and wholesale bakery. Available products: artisan breads, custom cakes, pies, cookies, desserts, seasonal, vegan, Paleo, natural sugars, nut-free. See ad, page 28.

Natalia Schweitzer, Licensed Esthetician & Board Certified Permanent Makeup Artist 1236 US Highway 46 West, Suite B-1 Parsippany 862-432-9074 UnlockYHB@gmail.com UnlockYHB.com We provide natural permanent makeup application: microblading (hairstroke brows), powdered brows, eyeliner, lip blush, 3D realistic areola and nipple reconstruction, and natural skin rejuvenation treatments. Our permanent makeup and skin rejuvenation services can help enhance your natural beauty and make you feel more relaxed, confident and beautiful. See ad, page 12.

BioEnergetic Testing – Holistic Dr. Michael La Mastro Holistic Practitioner 66 Woodport Rd, Sparta 973-729-7803 DrLaMastro.com As a holistic practitioner, Dr. La Mastro looks at the body in several ways to address the health of an individual beginning with bioenergetic testing. This non-invasive computerized tool measures magnetic energy and blockages through meridian points allowing both patient and practitioner visual feedback on the current state of health.

See ad, page 43.

An apple a day does keep the doctor away.

Apples can reduce levels of bad cholesterol to keep your heart healthy.

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Brain Training FBT - Functional Brain Training Dr. Don Joergens 862-777-8612 info@functionalbraintraining.com FunctionalBrainTraining.com Unlike conventional medicine we assess the function between areas within the two sides of the hemispherical brain. This allows a deeply revealing approach to where unbalanced strengths and weaknesses create your issue.

Then we physically create symmetry, making you whole. See ad, page 7.

Coaching Law Of Attraction Life Coach David Scott Bartky, CLOALC 973-444-7301 David@LifeCoachDavid.com LifeCoachDavid.com D a v i d i s a ce r t i f i e d a n d experienced Law of Attraction life coach. His clients all have great success because he teaches them powerful processes and techniques so they can attract what they want, instead of what they don’t want in all areas of life (both materialistically and emotionally). The Law of Attraction is always responding to you, so if you’re ready to say “Yes!” to attracting what you want, and/or improving your life in some way, contact David today.

Coaching sessions are held over the phone and the first session is always free.

Next Level Healing Of NJ, Inc. Susan Richter, RN, CCH, Nutritionist, LDHS 166 Franklin Road, Denville 973-586-0626 Scared to try a colonic? Susan has 31 years experience with colon hydrotherapy. Her system is gentle and thorough, and you have her expert assistance throughout the session. Colon cleansing has long been used to help the body absorb nutrients and eliminate waste effectively - a great way to enhance your chosen method of maintaining health and wellness. Call her for a free 15 minute consultation to determine if a colonic would be beneficial for you, as there are certain conditions that would wa r ra nt e n z y m e t h e ra py fi rst ! Vi s i t NextLevelHealing.com/colonics to get the scoop!

Education/Schools LearningRx, Millburn/ShortHills Romana Kulikova, MD 150 Main Street, Millburn 973-376-4646 ofc, 908-232-0211 fax ShortHills.NJ@LearningRx.net LearningRx.com

LearningRx, Warren Michael DiCristino 34 Mountain Blvd, Warren 908-222–7246 Warren.NJ@LearningRx.net

Colon Hydrotherapy

LearningRx offers one-on-one brain training through customized exercises to improve weak cognitive skills/IQ in children or adults with learning disabilities, attention deficit, traumatic brain injuries, intellectual disabilities or age-related cognitive decline. See ad, page 37.

Living Waters Wellness Center

Enzyme Nutrition

Ann Ochs • Colon Hydrotherapist I-ACT Certified, Advanced Level Certified National Board for Colon Therapy, Body Ecology Diet Certified 26 Elm St, Morristown 973-998-6550 • ColonHealthNJ.com AnnLivingWaters@aol.com Ann Ochs has more than 20 years experience as a colon hydrotherapist. She holds an advanced certification from the International Association of Colon Therapists (I-ACT), is certified by the National Board for Colon Hydrotherapy, and is a certified body ecologist.

Living Waters offers the Angel of Water ®, an advanced colon hydrotherapy system, designed to offer the ultimate in privacy and dignity. Call today for an appointment. See ad, page 46.

Next Level Healing Of NJ, Inc. Susan Richter, RN, Nutritionist, CCH, LDHS Denville • 973-586-0626 NextLevelHealing.com Enzyme nutrition is rapidly becoming a sought after therapy for the underlying digestive issues related to autism, autoimmune diseases, chronic pain, skin problems, mood disorders, bowel issues and allergies. The system of analysis is scientific, non-invasive, and based on anatomy and physiology.

The methods of correction are food-based, drugfree, and have no side effects. Regardless of age or diagnosis, correcting digestion, supporting the immune system, and following guidelines for healthy choices are the backbone of Susan’s successful private practice of 36 years. If you are looking for a gentle approach to healing, call her.

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Beyond Factory Farming Plus: Gut Health

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Holistic Healing Services

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Morning Star Family Health Center

Heartmath+♥

Awakening Wellness, LLC

54 Old Highway 22, Clinton 908-735-9344 MorningStarFHC.com MorningStar’s team of health professionals cares for you like family. Our membership-based practice cares for men, women and children age 8 and up with a functional approach to primary care. See ad, page 39.

Hiking New York-New Jersey Trail Conference 600 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah nynjtc.org 201- 512-9348 office@nynjtc.org Since 1920, the Trail Conference has been building, maintaining, and protecting what is now more than 2,100 miles of trails in the NY-NJ metropolitan area. It’s thanks to the dedication of volunteers and supporters that we all can have safe and enjoyable outdoor experiences. To find hikes, events, volunteer, become a member, or donate, go to nynjtc.org. See ad, page 18.

Holistic Dental Center Vladimir Gashinsky, DDS 91 Millburn Avenue, Millburn 973-457-4688 HolisticDentalCenterNJ.com We focus on performing holistic dental care that is good for the body as well as teeth and gums.

We put an emphasis on a more natural or holistic approach to dentistry. As a holistic dentist, Dr. Gashinsky treats the cause of the problem and not just the symptoms. He seeks to improve his patients’ quality of life through holistic dental care that respects and honors the body. See ad, page 3.

Linda Sercarz Certified Heartmath Coach Serving North Jersey & surrounding area 973-714-8650 • Sercarz@aol.com Heartmath+♥ consists of simple heart-focused, science-based meditations. The techniques are designed to change the way your body responds to stress by learning to self-regulate. They create more resilience, coherence, c l a r i ty (eve n i n s t re s s f u l situations), and the capacity to self-regulate.

Heartmath+♥

Huna Healing Center Lory Sison-Coppola 23 Diamond Spring Rd., 2nd fl., Denville 973-224-0096 Office@HunaHealingCenter.com HunaHealingCenter.com The Center offers different modalities that will raise your Spiritual Awareness, heighten y o u r v i b ra t i o n s . We a r e dedicated to understanding and providing for those with specific needs. Classes, certifications, healing sessions, readings and counseling are offered. See ad, page 40.

Reshma Shah Meditation and Thetahealing Reshma Shah Westfield 908-264-4344 Info@ReshmaShah.com • ReshmaShah.com Reshma is a certified ThetaHealing Teacher and Practitioner with a passion for helping individuals recognize their limiting belief patterns and tap into their true potential. Her students learn the practice of ThetaHealing and her clients benefit from one-on-one sessions healing them from illness, trauma, chronic pain, spiritual and emotional restriction giving them miraculous transformations. Reshma specializes in working with children and their parents, teaching them mediation, the use of alteration in life style with ThetaHealing ® and the power of developing intuitive abilities to transform their lives to their desires. As per debut month, first time clients get 25% off their first session.

FEED THE BIRDS DAY February 3 Help the wild birds in your backyard to survive the long, cold winter by feeding them. Seed and nuts are the best source of energy food for wild birds. Avoid foods like breads which give the birds little energy.

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Hilary D. Bilkis, MS, CST CranioSacral Therapy • SomatoEmotional Release Work • Visceral Mobility Energy Healing • MELT Method Instruction 973-479-2229 • Awakening4Wellness.com Hilary uniquely blends CranioSacral Therapy with other healing modalities to alleviate chronic pain, headaches, stress and accumulated tension.

Treatment benefits physical, emotional and energetic levels.

Hilary facilitates the body’s selfhealing process; gently releasing restrictions in the connective tissue and removing energy blockages. Using her intuitive abilities, she also helps release stored injury, trauma, memories and emotions. Clearing the body of stuck stress improves health, feelings of wellness, ability to feel calm, centered and empowered.

Hypnosis Morris Hypnosis Center Linda West, BA, ACH 55 Madison Ave, Morristown 973-506-9654 • MorrisHypnosisCenter.com Advanced Clinical Hypnosis using an interactive, personalized technique; based on a lengthy interview at our first session and dialogues at following sessions. I don’t talk “at” you; we both speak before and during your hypnosis.

I also teach you self-hypnosis.

Specializing in weight, stress, smoking, chronic pain, releasing the past, performance, obsessive thoughts, substance use, sleep, fears, confidence and attention issues. Hypnosis can get you unstuck in virtually any area of your life. If you have constraints that you can’t seem to break through, hypnosis can free you and put you back in charge.

Come for a free consultation to learn how you can reframe your past and design your future.

Soul Point Hypnosis 401 Rt 24, Chester 973-615-9261 SoulPointHypnosis.com morninglori17@gmail.com Mention ad for 15% off first visit.

D o c to r re fe r re d ce r t i f i e d medical hypnotist with 10 years experience. Successful approach with all ages addresses stress, confidence, fears, pain, performance, smoking, weight release and symptom relief. Plus learn self-hypnosis and other techniques.

Integrative Healing Arts Integrative Healing Arts Journey Mona Salminen, BA in Visual Arts Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Certified Art Pedagogue, Certified Yoga Teacher Rockaway, serving North Jersey MonaSalminen.com • 973-944-0047 Mona’s Integrative Healing Arts p ro g ra m e m p o we rs a n d supports women to reclaim greater health with more joyful creativity and aliveness and a deeper meaning and fulfillment of life through an integration of health-coaching, intuitive painting, yoga, music, meditation and nutrition.

Lyme disease coaching and support available. See

ad, page 10.

Natural Medicine Dr. Lisa Lewis, ND, MBA, LAc Naturopathic Doctor, Acupuncturist 470 Prospect Ave, Ste 100, W Orange 973-486-0148 • DrLisaLewis.com D r. L ew i s i s t h e h e a l t hy superwoman expert, owner of NatureDrs Nutraceuticals, and Bastyr University graduate. With over 30 years’ experience as a visionary and wellness doctor, she helps female leaders, professionals and entrepreneurs experience less stress, better health and hormone harmony.

Naturopathic School Health Queen Avis Gardell-Feldstein 1 Shadowbrook Lane, Basking Ridge 732-547-1196 (phone or text) HealthqueenAvis@gmail.com We are so excited to be able to bring the most cutting edge information in the Health Industry through our Certification in Naturopathy.

Private consultations with Matrix Decoder diagnostics and B i ofe e d b a c k p l u s te s t i n g available for Food Sensitivities, Hormones and more! See ad, page 9.

Organizing Solutions

Sound Healing

Everyday Organizing Solutions by Sherry

Awaken Sound Health

Sherry Onweller, Professional Organizer Serving NJ 908-619-4561 • SOnweller@aol.com EverydayOrganizingSolutions.com Everyday Organizing Solutions

by Sherry provides sympathetic and nonjudgmental organizing and decluttering services to residential and business clients, as well as helping female adults with ADD get their physical space/time management in order and helping children and teens to get organized.

Past Life Regression Therapy & Hypnotherapy Cathy Ludwig, Ed.S., LPC 109 Main St., Suite 1B, Succasunna 201-738-8311 ludcat@optimum.net Do you want to make peace with your past?

Self-acceptance and clarity are yours when you determine how the past is influencing the present and when you make conscious choices about the future. As a licensed psychotherapist, Cathy helps you experience healing in all areas of your life.

Using the powerful and effective treatments of Past Life Regression Therapy or Hypnotherapy alone or in combination with talk therapy, Cathy helps you develop your full potential, resolve conflict and have more compassion for yourself and others. Call to discuss which treatment option will work best for you. See ad, page 36.

Psychotherapy Leslie Karen Lobell, MA, LPC Pompton Plains (Rte 23) and Montclair 908-577-0053 • Leslie@LeslieLobell.com LeslieLobell.com Do you suffer from anxiety or stress? Do you want to lose weight, stop smoking, gain self-confidence or change a habit? Do you need support and guidance through a life or career transition? Are you ready to achieve your goals, pursue your dreams and actualize your potential? You CAN create the Life You Desire... I can help you MAKE IT HAPPEN! Using proven techniques such as Holistic Psychotherapy, Hypnosis, Stress Reduction, Reiki and Dream Interpretation, I help teens & adults create happier, healthier, more peaceful and fulfilling lives. Allow me to assist you! See ad, page 57.

Alison Iati 32 Grove Street, Chester 201-874-7255 AwakenSoundHealth@gmail.com AwakenSoundHealth.com License Number: 81-1853104 Sound Healing for individuals and groups. Vibrational Sound Therapy. Weekly sound baths.

Sonic tools include Tibetan and crystal bowls, chimes, forks, vocal toning and more.

Spiritual Enlightenment Eckankar – The Path of Spiritual Freedom 11 Park St, Montclair 800-870-9139 • Eckankar-NJ.org A truly spiritual way of life for the individual in modern times.

Teachings provide a framework and spiritual tools for anyone to explore their own spiritual experiences. Studies of Dreams, Past Lives, Soul Travel.

Spiritual Healing, Teaching Be The Medicine Janet StraightArrow 973-647-2500 Janet@BeTheMedicine.com BeTheMedicine.com Shamanic Healing, Energy Medicine, Past Life, Medical Intuition, Life, Health, Spiritual Coaching, Astrology Readings, House and Land Clearings. In p e rs o n , p h o n e o r S ky p e.

Professional Reiki, Shamanism, and Medical Intuitive Training.

Retreats. 40 years’ experience.

THERE ARE FIVE MAIN COMPONENTS OF FITNESS: the body’s ability to use oxygen, muscular strength, endurance, flexibility and body composition.

Source: Crazy Health Facts

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Thermography

Vision/Eye Health

Tru Nature Yoga & Wellness Center

Lisa’s Thermography and Wellness

Dr. Andy Rosenfarb, ND, LAc,

219 Espanong Road, Lake Hopatcong 862-803-9252 • 201-289-6366 cell breathe@trunatureyoga.com TruNatureYoga.com

Lisa Mack, CCT, HHC Thermographer and Holistic Counselor See website for locations in NJ, NY & PA 855-667-9338 Lisa@LisasThermographyAndWellness.com LisasThermographyAndWellness.com Thermography gives a very early look at the most important indicator of a potential health problem—inflammation. Early stage disease screening is an area in which thermography excels. Whether your pain is acute or chronic, or you are merely curious about the state of your health, thermography can help provide answers.

Radiation-free breast and full body screenings for men and women. See ad, page 22.

Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine; Board Certified in Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine 332 South Ave East, Westfield 908-928-0060 • AcuVisionTherapy.com Dr. Rosenfarb is world renowned in the field of holistic eye health.

He is passionate about helping people with degenerative eye diseases. Learn of his astounding work in this area—call now to qualify for your free copy of his groundbreaking book, Recover Your Vision. Additional specialties include glaucoma, retinitis pigmentosa and diabetic retinopathy. See ad, page 32.

Yoga/Wellness Revive Studios

Source: TIME Magazine

Exercising regularly can increase your lifespan by

keeping your DNA healthy and young.

An intimate, nurturing space for all that cultivates a healthy community through the wisdom of yoga and the sacred healing gifts of nature. The center features a variety of classes, massage and reiki services, yoga and wellness retreats, yoga teacher training and certifications, workshops, fostering personal growth and enriching our community. Tru Nature Yoga strives to serve the community in finding their Tru Nature so that we may all lead joyous, abundant, peace-filled, centered lives; body, mind & spirit. See ad, page 57.

Claudine Nicolich 100 U.S. Highway 46, Budd Lake 973-527-3419 • ReviveStudiosNJ.com A boutique fitness studio featuring a mind-body approach to wellness and notto-miss Special Events. Our welcoming classes, conducted in a body-positive environment, include Yoga, BARRE, Zumba, TRX, Pilates Reformer, Cycling, and Meditation.

Visit our therapeutic Salt Cave to detox/revitalize mind, body and spirit. This healing environment is ideal for practicing yoga, meditation and stretching.

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Enjoy discounts on products, memberships and spa services as we pre-launch the newly-expanded Tru Nature Yoga.

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Expand your spiritual awakening through one-on-one private sessions. Tailor made to help with your targeted issues, these sessions are not only useful, they are fun!

New York: Newburgh

Gift Certificates Available

Pennsylvania: Doylestown

For Classes or Private Sessions

Visit this link for information and to schedule an appointment:

Location: Westfield.

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For more spiritual awakening, call 908-264-4344 or visit ReshmaShah.com.

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90 Minute Massage & Facial $95 or 30 minute HImalayan Salt Sauna & 60 Minute Massage $95.

Tru Nature Yoga & Wellness Center 219 Espanong Road, Lake Hopatcong

For information, breathe@trunatureyoga.com or 862-803-9252 • TruNatureYoga.com See ad, page 57.

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