Natural Awakenings Dallas Metroplex Dec 2017 Issue

EE R F

HEALTHY

North Texas Air Quality

Has a Multifaceted Defense

MerryMaking Made Easy

LIVING

HEALTHY

PLANET

Peace on Earth Resolve Conflicts

in a Healthy & Transformative Way

Go Eco Like Grandma

New Twists on Old Ways

12 Happy Holiday Tips

Inspired Living

Five Ways to Make the New Year Sparkle December 2017 | Dallas Edition | NADallas.com

FIGHTERS FIGHTERSWANTED. WANTED. In the In the battle battle against against cancer, cancer, we all wehave all have something something important important to fight to fight for. for.

AndAnd Baylor Baylor Charles Charles A. Sammons A. Sammons Cancer Cancer Center Center is right is right at your at your side.side.

Informing Informing you you about about prevention, prevention, detection detection andand treatment treatment at the at the Cancer Cancer CareCare website. website.

Empowering Empowering you you withwith advanced advanced screenings screenings andand genetic genetic testing. testing.

AndAnd using using the the latest latest science, science, the the mostmost trusted trusted procedures procedures andand unequaled unequaled compassion compassion to help to help you you defeat defeat the the disease—and disease—and get get backback to life. to life.

Because Because at Baylor at Baylor Charles Charles A. Sammons A. Sammons Cancer Cancer Center, Center, we bring we bring the the fightfight to cancer. to cancer.

Paola Paola Gerber, Gerber, Baylor Baylor Patient Patient

Baylor Baylor Charles Charles A. Sammons A. Sammons Cancer Cancer Center Center locations locations in: in: • Dallas • Dallas • Fort • Fort • Garland • Garland • Grapevine • Grapevine Carrollton Carrollton Worth Worth • • • • Plano Plano Waxahachie Waxahachie Irving Irving

NowNow offering offering cancer cancer services services in: McKinney in: McKinney Not all services Not allavailable services available at all locations. at all locations.

PhysiciansPhysicians provide clinical provideservices clinicalasservices members as members of the medical of thestaff medical at one staff of at Baylor one ofScott Baylor & White Scott & Health’s Whitesubsidiary, Health’s subsidiary, community community or affiliated or affiliated medical centers medicaland centers do not and provide do notclinical provideservices clinicalasservices employees as employees or or agents of agents those medical of thosecenters medicalorcenters BaylororScott Baylor & White Scott & Health.

White©2016 Health.Baylor ©2016Scott Baylor & White Scott & Health.

WhiteSammons_538_2015 Health. Sammons_538_2015 CE 09.16CE 09.16

YO U R HE A LTHY LIVING, HE ALTHY PLANET RESO URCE G U I D E

Early Bird Special to Extended t Dec 31s

COMING MARCH 2018

Natural Awakenings Dallas Metroplex Healthy Living Directory

Heathy Living Directory Early Bird Pricing

• $109 Basic Listing • $189 for Business/ Practitioner Profiles (expires 12/05/17)

ATTENTION LOCAL BUSINESSES!

Don’t miss on this opportunity to reach thousands of Metroplex Natural Awakenings readers all year long. Attract new customers and increse your business with our cost-efficient advertising, in print and online.

Reduced Pricing for DISPLAY ADS in our Annual Directory • 20% for new ads in by Early Bird date • ALL Second display ads enjoy 20% OFF Each Listing Includes: • Basic-Description up to 50 words • Profiles-Descriptions up to 150 words

RESERVE YOUR SPACE! CALL 972.992.8815 or Email: HealthyLivingDirectory@NADallas.com

A VACATION Unlike ANY

OTHER

10 DAY VEGAN C RUI S E FEB. 15-25, 2018 Our 15th Anniversary 10 Day* Cruise will be the best yet! Join 1800+ like-minded vegans during a vacation that will nourish your body, stimulate your mind and rejuvenate your spirit. Shop at the duty-free capital of the world in St. Thomas, USVI; watch batik-making on St. Kitts and Nevis; sip on coconut water in Fort de France, Martinique; dance in Bridgetown, Barbados; and see the waterfalls of Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe. In addition to our stellar lineup of vegan health luminaries, the 2018 cruise will add a focus on the ethical treatment of animals featuring PETA president Ingrid Newkirk. The latest in diet and nutrition science, cooking classes, yoga, exotic ports... there’s something for everyone! Learn more about the classes, cuisine and itinerary at holisticholidayatsea.com.

LAST CHANCE DISCOUNT BOOK BY JAN. 11!

Ch o s en b y NATIONAL GE OGRAPHIC TR A VELER as On e of the 1 00 B E ST WORLDWI DE VACATIONS to ENRICH YOUR L IF E Vegan, Gluten-free, Oil-free & Ship’s Menu Daily Yoga, Meditation, Pilates, Qi Gong, Do-In, Running & Fitness Classes 150+ Lectures & Workshops Special Panel Focusing on Animal Rights CME & CEU Credits Available 45+ Teachers 10+ Cooking Classes Dancing & Social Events Almost Every Evening Singles’ Social Cancer Support Group & Recovery Panel Snorkel, Kayak, Cultural Tours & Other Excursion Types Available Environmentally-Friendly Award-Winning Ship Private Consultations & Treatments Available

Featuring Renowned Chefs, Teachers & Healers New York Times BestSelling Author of The Engine 2 Diet; Featured on the Today Show, Good Morning America and The Dr. Oz Show

RIP ESSELSTYN Author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Plantand Other Books; TEDx Speaker; VegNews’

JULIEANNA HEVER, MS, RD, CPT Founder of the Physicians Commitee for Responsible Medicine; Author of Food for Life and Power Foods for the Brain

NEAL BARNARD, M.D.

LEA RN MORE 1-800-496-0989 (US) 1-828-749-9537

*Only 6 work days due to Presidents’ Day

hhas_vegan_cruise

PETA President and Cofounder; Author of Numerous Books; Speaker on Animal Rights; Profiled in HBO Documentary I Am an Animal

INGRID NEWKIRK Co-Author of The China Study and author of Whole: Rethinking the ; Featured in the Film Forks Over Knives

T. COLIN CAMPBELL, PH.D. Physician, Speaker and New York Times BestSelling Author; Founder Appeared on Dr. Oz and the Colbert Report

MICHAEL GREGER, M.D.

B OOK TODAY 1-877-844-7977 Opt. 2 must be made through our program.

to

LOVED ONES With convenient service to Love Field and DFW International Airport, DART is your quick and easy getaway to the ones you love this holiday season.

DART.org/airports

6

Dallas Edition

www.NADallas.com

“TV•Ears saved our marriage!”

New Special Offer!

TM

The Doctor Recommended TV•EARS® headset has helped millions of people hear television dialog clearly while eliminating concerns about loud volume or the need to buy expensive hearing aids. Put on your TV•Ears headset and turn it up as loud as you want while others listen to the television at a comfortable volume. You can even put the TV on mute and listen through the headset only. Others in the room won’t hear a thing, but we guarantee you will. Imagine watching television with your family again without fighting over the TV volume or listening in private while a loved one sleeps or reads. As thousands of our customers have said, “TV•Ears has

Adjustable Foam Tips

changed our lives!”

Voice Clarifying Circuitry® The TV•Ears headset contains proprietary Voice Clarifying Circuitry that automatically adjusts the audio curve to increase the clarity of television dialog while decreasing the volume of background sounds such as music and sound effects.

The words seem to jump out of the audio track, Transmitter/Charger making even whispers and accents understandable.

Pat and Shirley Boone Happily married over 60 years!

“I can watch TV as loud as I want without disturbing my wife. The dialog is clear and it’s good to hear my favorite shows again!”

— Pat Boone, Singer/Songwriter

120dB Volume

Adjustable Tone

Fast, Safe and Simple. TV•Ears transmitters use Speed of Light Infrared Technology™ (SoLIT) to send the television’s audio to the headset. Unlike slower Bluetooth or Radio Frequency, SoLIT does not need to be paired or adjusted, is completely safe with pacemakers, and will not interfere with your telephone.

Twice the Power with 120 decibels. The TV•Ears headsets are classified as “Assistive Listening Devices” for hearing-impaired individuals. This special designation permits the TV•Ears headset to have twice the maximum volume compared to all other wireless headsets.

Voice Clarifying TV•Ears Headset

“My wife and I have used the TV•Ears headset almost daily for many years and find them an invaluable help in our enjoyment of television. We would not be without them. As a retired Otologist, I heartily recommend them to people with or without hearing loss.”

— Robert Forbes, M.D., California

TV Ears Original™......$129.95 Special Offer

Now $59.95 +s&h For fastest service, call toll-free between 6am and 6pm PST Monday through Friday.

1-800-379-7832 or visit

www.tvears.com Please mention Promotion Code 35839

30-day risk free trial

Over 2 million satisfied users since 1998 TV dialog is clear and understandable Works better than hearing aids

natural awakenings December 2017 Voice Clarifying Products

TV Ears is a trademark of TV Ears, Inc. © 2017 TV Ears, Inc. All Rights Reserved 7

letterfrompublisher

Be Part of the Areas’ Largest Annual Healthy Living Directory

by Reserving now and Paying later

R

eservations are now open for the 4th annual edition of Natural Awakenings Dallas Metroplex Healthy Living Healthy Planet Resource Guide, which serves as a handy reference for consumers to keep at their fingertips all year long and turn to when searching for the products and services they want to live a healthier, happier and more sustainable lifestyle.

2017 It is a must for Healthy Li ving Resource Directory businesses that offer healthy and green living products and services and/or sustainable living products and services.

Those participating in the Annual Directory have the opportunity to reach thousands of loyal, engaged readers in Dallas, Tarrant and Rockwall counties at more than 950 distribution points across the region , as well as digitally and at many more regional expos, trade shows and healthy living-healthy planet events. Participants in last years 3rd Annual Directory say they are still receiving calls from their listings and the Directory’s online presence.

If you have been contemplating entering the Natural Awakenings community as an advertiser, increased year-round circulation makes March’s Annual Healthy Living Directory the one issue of the year not to miss, or the perfect edition to begin a Natural Awakenings marketing program in 2018.

H E A L T H Y

L I V I N G

H E A L T H Y

P L A N E T

feel good • live simpl y • laugh more

FREE

Third Ann ual

Dallas-Fo rt Worth Me troplex Edi tion

Keep Sprin until for Fug 2018 Refe ture renc e

March 2017

| Dallas Metro plex Editio n | NADa llas.com

Special directory listing prices are available during the “Early Bird” offering period which ends December 31st. For more information call 972-992-8815 or email Healthy LivingDirectory@NADallas.com.

8

Dallas Edition

I

Spiritual Foundation

love our annual December theme of Uplifting Humanity because it gives a nod to the real reason for the Christmas season. While we may feel overwhelmed by the commercialization of holy days, we can still stand firm in celebrating how the Christ speaks to us all. I rejoice in recognizing that however muted, familiar symbols, customs and rituals tied to Christmas traditions still directly point to their roots in the circumstances surrounding the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Presents: The greatest gift of all is the salvation of the world from sin. It was honored early by the gifts of the magi.

Christmas trees: In Hosea 14:8 , God declares. “I am like a green fir tree.

From me is thy fruit found”; and fruitful Christian lives ornament His divine tree.

Candy canes: Their shape is similar to a shepherd’s staff used by those watching in their fields, led by a heavenly host to welcome the babe in a manger; he who serves as the good shepherd of His people.

Stars: The three wise men told King Herod of Judea that following a star in the east, they had come to worship the Bethlehem babe. One of Christ’s names is “the bright morning star”.

Light: The Gospel of John announces, “Light has come into the world.” Jesus said, “I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.” So we celebrate Christ Jesus as the “light of the world”.

Red: A dominant color of Christmas, it represents Jesus’ blood shed for our salvation.

The spirit of Christmas brings out our innate magnanimity. It is when we are most generous, thoughtful of others and drawn closer to family and friends. By all accounts, it’s the most generous time of the year in terms of gift-giving, philanthropic donations and kindnesses to employees and service workers. According to a recent survey of nonprofits, many receive up to a quarter of their annual donations during the winter holiday season.

We understand that giving is not always about money. It’s about sharing our time and talents, too. We are all gifted with talents important and necessary to the well-being of mankind. Lately, I’ve been thinking about how we could make the magnanimous spirit of the season last throughout the year, and I was delighted to learn of this practice: When routinely asked, “How are you?” respond “I am happy,” or “I am grateful.” This reminds me how feelings, attitudes and personal transformation all begin with our words, which can then morph into corresponding behaviors. I believe the same can be said for uplifting humanity; it begins and endures through the small daily actions we take, with consistency being the key.

As always, we hope you find information and ideas in these pages to enrich your health and happiness and enable you to deeply appreciate and care for our magnificent home planet.

Blessings now, in the new year and always, Contact me at: Publisher@NADallas.com Bernice Butler, Publisher

www.NADallas.com

Twitter.com/naturaldallas • Facebook.com/NADallasmag • Pinterest.com/NADallasmag/

Dallas Edition

contact us Publisher Bernice Butler National Editor S. Alison Chabonais Editor Martin Miron Editorial Joyce Connelly Gina Cronin Judity Fertig Dianne Bischoff James Avery Mack Kelly Martinson Linda Sechrist Julie Thibodeaux

John East, D.O. | Sylvia Flores-Bugarin, D.C., FNP-C

Our practice combines interventional pain management with chiropractic treatment to provide pain relief through conventional, alternative, and natural therapies. Our osteopath, chiropractors, and nurse practitioners will work collaboratively to identify and treat your pain in a warm, welcoming environment without resorting to invasive surgeries or unnecessary medication.

Design & Production Stephen Blancett Kim Cerne Citlalli Castellon

Sylvia Flores-Bugarin, D.C., FNP-C

Distribution: Mark Steger Rick Clark

Certified in Chiropractic & Family Medicine As a certified nurse practitioner with over 17 years of experience in chiropractic medicine, Sylvia’s unique background provides an expertise in musculoskeletal disorders. Sylvia’s passion for health and wellness, along with her pain management skills, provides the highest quality of care for all her patients.

NADallas.com P.O. Box 140614 • Irving, TX 75014 Phone: 972-992-8815 Fax: 972-478-0339 www.NADallas.com

CONDITIONS TREATED

Corrections & Clarifications

Natural Awakenings Dallas is committed to accuracy.

To reach us, contact the Publisher, Bernice Butler at 972.992.8815 or email editor@NADallas.com. Please indicate whether you’re responding to content online or in the magazine

 

TREATMENTS PROVIDED

© 2017 by Natural Awakenings. All rights reserved. Although some parts of this publication may be reproduced and reprinted, we require that prior permission be obtained in writing.

Natural Awakenings is a free publication distributed locally and is supported by our advertisers. It is available in selected stores, health and education centers, healing centers, public libraries and wherever free publications are generally seen.

Please call to find a location near you or if you would like copies placed at your business.

We do not necessarily endorse the views expressed in the articles and advertisements, nor are we responsible for the products and services advertised. We welcome your ideas, articles and feedback.

SUBSCRIPTIONS Subscribe online to receive free monthly digital issue at NADallas.com

Natural Awakenings is printed on recycled newsprint with soy- based ink.

Tendinitis  Rotator cuff injuries  Spine conditions Osteoarthritis  Overuse injuries  Inflammation



Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP)



Stem Cells



Amniofix

 Hyaluronic Acid  Tissue Grafting  Regenerative Treatment Measures  Radiofrequency ablation  Trigger Points  Botox-A (non-cosmetic)

Schedule your visit today!

(972) 380 0000

16633 Dallas Pkwy #150 Addison, TX 75001

 addisonpain.com

natural awakenings

December 2017

9

contents

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

11 newsbriefs 13 eventbriefs 18 NORTH TEXAS GREENIES GATHER 14 ecobriefs For Sustainable 16 16 healthbriefs Leadership Awards

by Julie Thibodeaux

17 globalbriefs 20 BACKYARD 18 communityspotlight BIOSPHERES Save Pollinators 25 inspiration

by Joyce Connelley

26 consciouseating 21 NORTH TEXAS 17 28 greenliving AIR QUALITY Has Multifaceted Defense 28 30 healingways 34 calendarofevents 22 PEACE ON EARTH Conflict Resolutions that Work to Bridge Divides 36 ongoingevents

by Linda Sechrist 38 community

resourceguide

advertising & submissions how to advertise To advertise with Natural Awakenings or request a media kit, please contact us at 972-992-8815 or email Publisher@NADallas.com.

Deadline for ads: the 10th of the month.

Editorial submissions Email articles, news items and ideas to: Publisher@NADallas.com.

Deadline for editorial: the 10th of the month. calendar submissions Submit your Calendar Events online at Submit.NADallas.com/DAL/Calendar.

Deadline for calendar: the 10th of the month.

Dallas Edition

www.NADallas.com

22

25 INSPIRED LIVING

Five Ways to Make the New Year Sparkle

by Kelly Martinsen

26 THE GIFTS OF CITRUS 26 Colorful Good Health in Holiday Dishes

by Judith Fertig

28 GO ECO LIKE

GRANDMA

Honor Her Wisdom in New Ways

by Avery Mack

30 12 HAPPY

HOLIDAY TIPS

regional markets

How to Really Advertise your products or services in multiple markets!

Enjoy the Season Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp. is a growing

by Dianne Bischoff James franchised family of locally owned magazines serving communities since 1994. To place your ad in other markets call 239-449-8309. For franchising opportunities DART SAFELY DURING call 239-530-1377 or visit NaturalAwakeningsMag.com.

10

20

33 THE HOLIDAYS

30

newsbriefs Christmas Prairie Lights are an Annual Tradition

P Holiday at the Arboretum

H

oliday at the Arboretum, through January 7 at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden has added an Elf movie night, karaoke, a toy soldier stilt walker and a display of 800 nutcrackers in the historic DeGolyer House, as well as a 12 Days of Christmas exhibition. The outdoor display includes more than half a million lights burning each night in the garden. Holiday tea, Santa sightings and special activities complete a day’s visit to the Dallas Arboretum.

Elaborately decorated Victorianstyle gazebos are on display every day throughout the garden. Guests are invited to experience this delightful holiday tradition with a festive stroll through the gardens and revel in The 12 Days of Christmas exhibition with a dozen breathtaking gazebos in the beloved Christmas carol. The gazebos are encased in glass and extravagantly decorated on all sides to provide a dramatic, three-dimensional experience that adds to its “music box” quality, depicting the old English carol. Each gazebo brings Christmas to life, including a partridge in a pear tree, hidden animals in the eight maids-a-milking and the elegant seven swans a-swimming.

For more information, visit DallasArboretum.org.

rairie Lights takes visitors on a two-mile drive featuring 4 million lights that drew 230,000 visitors in 2016 and will be better than ever in 2017 with new custom displays and attractions with themes like Pirate Christmas, Santa’s Mailroom, Winter Woods and others. Midway through the drive, families can stop at Holiday Village for concessions, carousel rides, a gift shop and photos with Santa.

Inside Holiday Village, the Snow Maze is a whimsical world of a snowman wonderland that goes through a playful labyrinth of twists and turns. The Holiday Magic Walk-Through Forest contains even more displays and illuminated trees for the perfect spot to take photos and see the lights up close. Then, finish the drive through the park with the always-popular animated tunnel of lights.

Admission is $35 to $45. Location: Lynn Creek Park on Joe Pool Lake, 5610 Lake Ridge Pkwy., Grand Prairie. For times, dates and more information, call 972-2378339. Avoid the lines with a Prairie Lights Fast Pass from PrairieLights.org.

Are Digestive Problems Affecting You?

Discover A Better Y ou... Inside & Out Benefits of Colon Hydrotherapy: • Relieves Constipation • Flushes Toxins • Reduces Bloating • Helps with Weight Loss Colon Hydrotherapy not only cleanses but also hydrates.

It is comfortable and relaxing.

Experience a feeling of wellbeing, increased energy, refreshment, and revitalization.

Detox Special

10% discount on 3 sessions (when purchased as a package)

817-847-0900

www.AbundantLifeWellnessCenter.com

3904 Boat Club Road Lake Worth, Tx 76135

natural awakenings

December 2017

11

newsbriefs Jingle All the Way

T

allas Area Rapid Transit (DART) will Stuff a Bus with the help of local residents to support hundreds of needy people with donations of adult socks, blankets, canned food and unwrapped toys for children. Donations may be dropped off at the 40-foot-long DART bus in the parking lot at Mockingbird Station from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., December 8.

Stuff a Bus is an annual campaign put on by DART bus operators and police officers. It combines two employee-sponsored drives, Santa Cops and Comforting of the Souls, to fill a bus with donations.

he Generational Group Dallas festive, family-friendly Jingle Bell Run, a Dallas tradition for more than 20 years, will take place on December 21, at the Hilton Anatole. Races begin at 6:30 p.m. Contests include a 5k race, one-mile fun run and a lively post-race party at the hotel. Participants re encouraged to come dressed in their spirited holiday attire and will also be given a pair of jingle bells and glow sticks to “jingle all the way” through the race.

There will even be carolers and music along the race course to ensure every step is enjoyable.

Proceeds of the Jingle Bell run benefit the Trinity Strand Trail in the heart of the Dallas Design District and the Mavs Foundation. The trail will connect the Katy Trail to the Trinity River and also provide Dallas citizens access to the Southwestern Medical District, Dallas Market Center, downtown and uptown Dallas, Stemmons Corridor businesses and the Dallas Design District. When the project is complete, it will connect more than 73 miles of trail.

Location: Mockingbird Station, 5465 E. Mockingbird Lane. See ad, page 5.

Location: 2201 N. Stemmon Fwy., Dallas. To register and for more information, visit DallasJingleBellRun.com. See ad, inside back cover.

Stuff a Bus with Holiday Cheer

D

Explore • Enjoy • Protect Explore Explore••Enjoy Enjoy••Protect Protect Explore • Enjoy • Protect

Dallas Sierra Club Dallas Sierra Club Dallas Sierra Club Dallas Sierra Club

This year’s Hottest Gifts!

Look and feel younger…Naturally!

Lookinganfor an organizationshares that shares Looking Lookingfor for anorganization organizationthat that shares your values of caring for the environment your values of caring for the environment Looking for an organization that shares your values of caring for the environment and of love ofgreat the great outdoors? love outdoors? your values and ofand caring the environment love for ofthe the great outdoors? and love of the great outdoors? visitofone of Sierra Club’s general Come general ComeCome visitone Sierra Club’s genComevisit visit one one of ofSierra SierraClub’s Club’s general the 2nd ofmonth thethe month at eralmeetings meetings the 2ndTuesday Tuesday of the 2nd Tuesday of the Comemeetings visit one of Sierra Club’s general meetings the 2nd Tuesday of the monthatat at Brookhaven College, Bldg thestore REIofstore at 4515 LBJH the REI at 4515 LBJ meetingsmonth the 2nd Tuesday the month at the REI store at 4515 LBJ Valley View in Farmers Branch, atinpm.

6:30 pm. inin3939 Farmers atLane 6:30 the REI store atBranch, 4515 LBJ Farmers Branch, at 6:30 pm.

Farmers Branch, 6:30 pm. in Farmers Branch, at 6:30atpm.

Sierra Club is about conservation, Sierra SierraClub Clubisisabout aboutconservation, conservation, Sierra isoutdoor about conservation, outreach to children, outdoor outreach totochildren, Sierraoutings, Cluboutings, isClub about conservation, outings, outdoor outreach children, outings, outdoor outreach to activities, and more.

Findmore out more about and more.

Find out about activities, outings, outdoor outreach to children, and more. and Find more. out more about activities, th Find children, outtrip more outings and our Day bustotrip to 4Memorial ofactivities, July to outings and Day trip and more.

Find outour more about outings and ourMemorial Memorial Daybus bus about activities and outings at trip to Backpack in the Pecos Wilderness New Mexico at dallassierraclub.org New Mexico at dallassierraclub.org outings and our Memorial Day bus trip to New Mexico at dallassierraclub.org New Mexico DallasSierraClub.org at dallassierraclub.org

Colonic Pkg 4 $360 $285 Anniversary Special

LymphaKc Drainage Pkg 6 $1,050 $899

Thermography $399 $274 LIPO-C InjecKons $60 $40 Ozone IV $140 $120

Valid through 12/31/2017

Rockwall Complete Healing & Wellness Spa 2455 Ridge Road, Suite 151 | Rockwall, TX 75087

Visit dallassierraclub.org for info Visit Visitdallassierraclub.org dallassierraclub.orgfor forinfo info Visit dallassierraclub.org for info

12

Dallas Edition

www.NADallas.com

Tel. 972-771-8900 | rockwallcolonics.com | dripzoneiv.com

* GiU Cards Available

eventbrief BMW Dallas Marathon and Health & Wellness Expo

T Sierra Club Taking Registrations for Big Bend Trip

T

he Dallas Sierra Club trip to Big Bend National Park from February 28 through March 5, 2018, features a chartered sleeper bus, breakfast in the lodge at the park and one of four backpacking itineraries. Another option is to base camp at a group campsite with running water and flush toilets in the Chisos Basin Campground and day hike each day.

The park is located in Southwest Texas along the Mexican border, preserving more than 1,106 square miles of the Chihuahuan Desert—larger than the state of Rhode Island. Hiking itineraries include the Chisos Mountains, the Window, Juniper Canyon, Dodson, Elephant Tusk and Upper Burro Mesa pour-off trails, the Mesa de Anguila and the Rio Grande from Boquillas Canyon to Langford Hot Springs. The usual November timing of this popular trip was moved to follow the holiday season so more people could attend.

Prices are discounted for reservations received by Feb. 10. For more information, call trip leader Arthur Kuehne at 214-608-3210 or email Arthur@akuehne.com. See ad, page 12.

twitter.com/naturaldallas

he 47th BMW Dallas Marathon, Half Marathon and SMU Cox School of Business Relay on December 10 are getting a new course for 2017 that honors its origins by including a nine-mile lap around White Rock Lake. The new course includes a number of city landmarks, including Reunion Tower, Dealey Plaza and the American Airlines Center. Marathon organizers worked with city of Dallas officials, the Dallas Police Department and DART to finalize the course, which will be certified to distance by USA Track & Field. There is also a new a competitive 5K and 10K race on December 9.

Race officials focused on enhancing the runner experience, including adding more downhill miles toward the end of the race and creating a more scenic route for participants and spectators in the updated course design. It features a nod to the race’s history: for the first time since 2011, marathon participants will complete the 9.3-mile full loop around White Rock Lake, site of the original Dallas Marathon in 1971.

“We worked to create a more dynamic course this year that will be entertaining for runners and spectators,” says President Paul Lambert. “Moving the start/finish line to Dallas City Hall gives us an amazing backdrop, as well as more opportunities to program pre-race entertainment and post-race celebrations than we have had in years past. From the start to the finish, we want to ensure that all 13.1 or 26.2 miles of our race energizes participants.” The Dallas City Hall footprint will allow the race to accommodate expanded participant fields in future years.

Marathon and half-marathon participants will run together for the first nine miles. Marathon runners will break off and pass through Lakewood to White Rock Lake, where they will run around the lake. Once runners exit White Rock Lake from trails along the lake’s Southwest side, they will follow a downhill stretch along historic Swiss Avenue through the Deep Ellum neighborhood before returning to the finish line at Young Street and Akard Street in front of Dallas City Hall.

Other weekend festivities include the Health & Fitness Expo on December 8 and 9 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, located at 650 South Griffin Street, in Dallas. This event is filled with merchandise, information and exhibits related to the running, fitness and health industries. The Expo will serve as the official packet pick-up location for all runners. The Expo will also have Dallas’ only indoor BMW test drive experience, with attendees of driving age eligible to test drive the new BMW i3 all-electric vehicle.

Admission to the Expo is free. Registration for the 2017 BMW Dallas Marathon, Half Marathon, SMU Cox School of Business Relay and BMW Weekend Series is currently available. For more information, visit DallasMarathon.com. natural awakenings

December 2017

13

ecobrief First Fossil-Free Mutual Fund Reaches $.5 Billion

G

reen Century Capital Management has reached a new landmark, now exceeding $500 million.

As the investment advisor to the first family of fossil fuel-free responsible and diversified mutual funds in the U.S., their unique combination of three characteristics allows it to make an impact well beyond its size. Green Century invests in sustainable com-

panies, leads a shareholder advocacy program and is owned by nonprofit organizations.

Green Century has grown 435 percent since 2012, mirroring both the rise of interest in sustainable investing and the growth of global fossil fuel divestment campaigns. “More than ever, people want to make an impact through their investments,” says Leslie Samuel-

www.senergy.us

rich, president of Green Century Capital Management. “We are a mission-driven firm seeking to provide competitive returns for investors who want to align their values and invest in sustainable companies. We are proud to work with our investors to transition away from industries that have misled the public and have driven the devastating effects of climate change that we are witnessing today with the latest rash of hurricanes and fires.” Samuelrich thinks that fossil fuel-free investing is not only possible, but is a relatively easy way to act on eco-friendly concerns while providing financial benefit for investments.

One out of every five dollars of professionally managed assets in the U.S. is now invested with some consideration of environmental, social and governance factors, according to U.S. Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment. Samuelrich says. “I believe they [customers] turn to Green Century because of our commitment to help them invest in the future without compromising their values and our ability to make a difference on issues they care about, such as protecting tropical rainforests and promoting sustainable agriculture.”

For more information, visit GreenCentury.com.

14

Dallas Edition

www.NADallas.com

Solar on Tap for Downtown Dallas Rehab

A

once-abandoned building in downtown Dallas is being reincarnated as an ecoconscious, people-friendly mixed-use destination that offers coworking, loft living, green space, commercial office space and a coffee shop. The developers have also been awarded a $300,000 grant to install solar power. The 60,000-square-foot building, located at 1808 South Good Latimer Expressway, in East Cedars near the farmers’ market, was built in the 1930s and expanded in the 1950s.

Occupancy is targeted for January 2018. “1808, from its conception, is an innovative, mixed-use redevelopment. Our goal is a coworking, business and residential community built around the synergies of design, business and sustainability,” says Steve Kinder, the building’s owner and CEO of LOFTwall.

One of the nation’s premier green architectural design firms, GGO Architects, led

by Gary Olp, FAIA and LEED fellow, designed and directed the renovation of the project in partnership with GoodWork, led by Amy King, a company dedicated to incubating healthy environments for working and living.

Kinder says, “As we worked with our partners to pursue LEED certification, solar was on our wish list.” The Dallas nonprofit group Downwinders at Risk (DownwindersAtRisk.org) chose the 1808 project to receive the final grant from their Sue Pope Fun;d for Pollution Reduction.

Dallas-based Sunfinity Solar (SunfinitySolar.com) was selected to design and manage the system installation. John Billingsley, CEO of Sunfinity Solar, notes that this installation will be one of a small handful of solar systems operating in the downtown area. The system from Sunfinity Solar includes 454 panels (150 kilowatts) that will provide almost half of the building’s power needs and feed excess power produced back to the electric grid. Over 20 years, this solar system is estimated by the U.S. Department of Energy to offset significant amounts of carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and mercury. The carbon sequestered alone is equivalent to taking 638 cars off the road for a year, planting 78,317 trees over 10 years or preserving 24 acres of forest from conversion to cropland in one year.

“Solar power makes sense for businesses of all sizes – from for-profit concerns to schools and non-profits - for the same reasons that it appeals to homeowners,” says Billingsley, who also notes that Texas is particularly suited for solar, with the secondgreatest technical potential for photovoltaic rooftop installations, given its location in the Southwest and relatively low tree coverage.

“The potential financial savings are impressive, and they go on for years,” Billingsley explains. “Businesses have the choice to be energy-independent by owning their own power and locking in a percentage of their building’s needs for 30-plus years.

The environmental benefits are just as compelling, since solar taps a clean, endlessly renewable energy source that doesn’t require other resources, like water and fuels, to produce or transport.”

Olp says, “It has been rewarding to take this building from a dilapidated, overlooked, abandoned building and transform it to one of the most healthy working and living environments in Dallas.”

For more information, visit 1808.biz.

FEEL GREAT AGAIN!

Get More Energy, Sleep & Focus Better!

Acne, Arthritis, Allergy, Autism, Bipolar, Depression, Detox, Energy, Fertility, Cysts, Pancreatic Ulcer, Thyroid, Herpes, Lupus, Fibroid, Hair Loss, Impotency, Prostate, Kidney & Bladder Infection, Hepatitis A, B, C, Yeast Infection All Organic Herbs All Natural, No Caffeine

Leslie Duong 214.887.8325

BS BIOLOGY LICENSED HERBALIST + HEALTH NUTRITIONIST PLEASE CALL FOR A FREE CONSULTATION

5917 Greenville Ave NW Corner Southwestern & Greenville

www.LeslieDuong.com SATISFACTION GUARANTEED

GREEN TEA VITAMINS • HERBS

natural awakenings

December 2017

15

Milk Chocolate Also Benefits Heart Health

H

Before

After

Pink Noise While Asleep Helps Memory

R Eliminate or Improve Symptoms of: n

ADD/ADHD

n

Epilepsy

n

Addiction

n

Fibromyalgia

n

Autism

n

Head Injury

Insomnia n Obsessive n Bipolar Compulsive n Chronic Fatigue Disorder n Depression n Migraines n Dyslexia n PTSD n

Anxiety

n

817-847-0900

AbundantLifeWellnessCenter.com 3345 Western CenterClub Blvd., Ste. 140 3904 Boat Rd. Ft. Worth, TX 76137 Lake Worth, TX 76135

16

Dallas Edition

www.NADallas.com

esearchers from Northwestern University have found that acoustic stimulation using pink noise (random sound with more low frequencies than white noise) increases slow-wave brain activity, thus improving sleep-dependent memory retention. Thirteen mature adults completed two nights of sleep; one with the pink noise and one without, in random order.

Specific brainwave activity increased during the periods when the pink noise was being delivered, suggesting that it could help older adults preserve some memory functions.

Africa Studio/Shutterstock.com

Visualize “Inside” The Brain With NeuroMapping Technology

igh-cacao dark chocolate contains high levels of flavanol, a compound known for its heart health benefits, but less is known about diluted foods such as milk chocolate candy.

Harvard researchers followed 55,502 subjects for 13 years, comparing levels of high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular disease to lifestyle traits. They found those eating one to three servings of chocolate a month (including milk chocolate) displayed a 10 percent lower risk of irregular heartbeat than those eating an ounce or less a month. Eating one serving per week of chocolate yielded a 17 percent lower risk and two to six servings a week 20 percent, and then leveled off after eating one or more servings per day.

“Eating excessive amounts of chocolate is not recommended, because many chocolate products are high in calories from sugar and fat, and could lead to weight gain and other metabolic problems,” advises Elizabeth Mostofsky, author of the study.

iadams/Shutterstock.com

healthbriefs

globalbriefs Robot Roomies Pressmaster/Shutterstock.com

ODM/Shutterstock.com

News and resources to inspire concerned citizens to work together in building a healthier, stronger society that benefits all.

New Tech May Relieve Elder Isolation

Approximately a third of those older than 65 and half of elders at least 85 live alone, as do many people with illnesses and mental disorders. All can suffer from feelings of profound loneliness. Emerging virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies provide avenues to alleviate such isolation, instilling contentment, peace of mind, enrichment, fun, a sense of companionship and contributing to physical and mental health.

Instead of passively watching TV, seniors can travel virtually to World Heritage sites, revisit old haunts or even attend family events they would otherwise miss. In terms of benefits attained, VR is predicted to measurably improve seniors’ quality of life.

Healthcare applications of AI and telemedicine include reminders to eat, be active or take medications, perhaps assisted by a robotic companion that can share information with practitioners, children, caregivers and emergency personnel. Social applications include helping to form and maintain social connections.

It may also serve as a personal concierge by reminding seniors of appointments, playing games with them and initiating dialogue to spark outward engagement.

Tiny Baubles

Fotos593/Shutterstock.com

Microplastic Mess Threatens World Oceans Scientists from the University of Hull and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have published research in the journal Science of the Total Environment showing levels of microplastics are five times higher in the Antarctic than previous estimates.

Co-author Dr. Claire Waluda, a BAS biologist, says, “We have monitored the presence of large plastic items in Antarctica for more than 30 years. While we know that bigger pieces can be ingested by seabirds or cause entanglements in seals, the effects of microplastics on marine animals in the Southern Ocean are as yet unknown.”

The tiny beads of plastic come from cosmetics or are shreddings from larger plastic items like clothing or bottles. According to United Nations sources, they may number as many as 51 trillion particles across the seafloor, throughout the oceans and on beaches worldwide. They are considered a serious threat to marine life in general. More international monitoring of the situation is needed, including a requirement for all polar research stations to provide waste treatment options.

For more information, see Tinyurl.com/PlasticInAntarctica.

Tree Tally

Digitalizing Data Helps Rainforest Census The Amazon rainforest is thought to harbor a greater diversity of trees than anywhere else on Earth, but the exact number has long been a mystery.

In 2013, scientists estimated that the number of species was around 16,000, but no actual count had been done. In a new paper in Scientific Reports, researchers delved into museum collections from around the world to confirm the current number of tree species recorded in the Amazon and assess possibilities of those yet to be discovered.

“Since 1900, between 50 and 200 new trees have been discovered in the Amazon every year,” notes Nigel Pitman, a Mellon senior conservation ecologist with the Field Museum. “Our analysis suggests that we won’t finish discovering new tree species there for three more centuries.”

The study relied upon the digitization of museum collections data— photographs and digital records—of the specimens housed there and shared worldwide through aggregator sites like IDigBio.org. “It gives scientists a better sense of what’s actually growing in the Amazon Basin, aiding conservation efforts,” says Pitman.

natural awakenings

December 2017

17

communityspotlight

North Texas Greenies Gather for Green Source DFW Awards

by Julie Thibodeaux

E

nvironmentalists from all sectors of the North Texas green community gathered at the sixth annual Green Source DFW Sustainability Leadership Awards on November 9 at the Dallas Arboretum. The event was hosted by Green Source DFW, an online environmental news site, and its nonprofit parent, Memnosyne Institute.

Wendel Withrow, Green Source DFW director, announced a new partnership between Green Source DFW and Oak Cliff Earth Day, an annual event formerly hosted by the Friends of Oak Cliff Parks. The popular event was not held last year, but will be brought back in 2018 through the new partnership.

Nonprofit Project or Program Award for its homegrown Sustainability Summit. The free annual one-day conference engages students, staff and the community at large with local and national green speakers.

Dallas-based Recycle Revolution, which won Best Small Business in

Winners Announced

The Sustainable Leadership Awards spotlighted several successful grassroots programs and marked some notable environmental milestones.

Dallas County Community College District won the Large Business or

Maria Lott

2017 Sustaina

ble Leadership

18

Dallas Edition

2013, took home the honor again.

This time, the award gave a nod to cofounder Maria Lott, who took over the business from her son Eddie Lott in 2014.

Eddie credits her tenacity for saving the company and increasAward winners

www.NADallas.com

ing its collection dramatically in several streams, including food waste, e-waste and plastics.

Arlington eco-activists had a noticeable presence, with several A-town finalists vying for awards, including the 40-yearold Arlington Conservation Council. But it was the newly formed Liveable Arlington, founded by Ranjana Bhandari, that took home the Small Nonprofit trophy. The group led a successful grassroots effort to stop a disposal well from being installed next to Lake Arlington, Lee Stetson a drinking water source for a halfmillion people.

The victory was hailed as a regional milestone.

Likewise, Corey Troiani, DFW director of Texas Campaign for the Environment, was named top Nonprofit Professional for his contribution to several local environmental fights, including defeating the Trinity Toll Road and a state “tree bill� that threatened local tree ordinances.

An overdue recognition was given to Dr. Robert Haley, named Volunteer of the year. Fourteen years ago, the Dallas-based doctor first rallied the Dallas County Medical Society and the Texas Medical Association to take a stand on the relationship between air pollution and health, in opposition to Texas coal plants. More recently, Haley led one of two studies by University of North Texas and UT Southwestern, commissioned by Downwinders at Risk, that spelled out the real costs of local air quality that fails to meet the federal standard.

Seeking Alternatives To Vaccines?

D To

xic Alternat onto i ve N A

Consider Homeoprophylaxis

eP r iseas eventio n

Natural • Nontoxic • Holistic

Healthy Healing Arts, LLC Learn More!

Contact: Cathy Lemmon - 469-383-8442 or Visit: www.HealthyHealingArts.com

Mary Ann Fren k and Quynh Stone

Specialty Awards

The Henry B. Gonzalez Green Team was given the Future Generation award for their progressive environmental program at the Dallas elementary school. Jeff Dye, of Earthx, won the Unsung Hero award. The in-house Founders Award went to Dr. Todd Collier, director of FoodSourceDFW, a sister program of GreenSourceDFW created by the Memnosyne Institute.

Collier was recognized for overseeing the agency, which acts as a liaison between food donors and donees.

Relying primarily on volunteers, Food Source DFW has moved $1.5 million pounds of food so far this year.

The Corporate Trailblazer Award went to Living Earth, which recycles and sells mulch, compost and soil products primarily derived from yard trimmings that otherwise would be disposed of in landfills. The Lifetime Achievement Award went to Brent A. Brown, founder of bcWorkshop and interim president with the Trinity Park Conservancy. Brown is known for his sustainable urban public projects in and beyond Dallas. He is currently working to deliver to Dallas the new 200-acre plus Trinity River Park.

Julie Thibodeaux is the editor for GreenSourceDFW.org, an online environmental news site for North Texas.

CALL TODAY 214-329-9454 • Integrative veterinary services • Vaccine titers • Life stage--associated pet care • Surgery

• Dentistry • Acupuncture • Rehabilitation therapy • Massage

Call today to schedule your pet’s evaluation with the department that best suits your pet’s needs: • Primary Care Services • Acupuncture • Rehabilitation and physical medicine • Advanced senior pet comprehensive care evaluation

4509 Lemmon Ave., Dallas, TX 75219

214--329--9454 HEALvet.com natural awakenings

December 2017

19

Backyard Biospheres Save Pollinators

by Joyce Connelley

T

here is a revolution taking place in the way homeowners and professionals are thinking about backyard gardens and community open spaces.

It’s being led by a coalition of groups representing horticulture industry professionals, landscapers, environmentalists, government agencies, nature lovers and home gardeners.

More and more of us want to attract bees, butterflies and other pollinators into our yards, but to welcome them, we have to let go of our old way of thinking about our garden spaces.

We can no longer treat our backyards as sterile, bug-free zones that are mere extensions of our living area. Conventional thinking dictates that our gardens should be neat and clean, like the inside of our home— dirt should be swept up, leaves should be removed and shrubs pruned into neat, regular shapes. We believe bugs are bad; even beneficial insects like spiders are something to be eradicated. Our quest to kill everything that moves in the garden has had devastating effects on our own wellbeing, from exposure to cancer-causing chemicals to endangering the pollinators we need to grow our food.

For the sake of our own survival, we need to change our approach and embrace a new philosophy, the “backyard biosphere”, based on set of sustainable, organic landscape management practices. The simplest definition is one that is in balance with the local climate, and requires minimal resource inputs such as fertilizers, pesticides, water, gasoline for lawn mowers and maintenance efforts. The most impor-

20

Dallas Edition

tant characteristic is that it must use only organic pesticides or herbicides should be used, and only when natural methods won’t suffice.

Texas pollinators include fruit bats, beetles, hummingbirds, moths and even flies. If we really want to save our pollinators, we not only must stop spraying them with pesticides, but we also must find ways to replace at least of portion of habitat lost to development.

Our backyards are the primary avenue available for us to accomplish that.

They are obvious substitutes for natural spaces because they can offer all the essentials of native habitat: homes, food, water and protection. Together, these elements constitute a backyard biosphere. The more diversity the biosphere offers, the greater the range of wildlife it can support and mitigate the damage.

In nature, a new layer of compost is laid each year as leaves, animal waste and other debris that falls to the ground turn into rich, fertile soil. When we rake up the leaves and bag them for collection, we are removing the Earth’s natural fertilizer source, the very thing that makes a garden sustainable. Where possible, backyard biospheres leave the leaves alone to take advantage of this natural supplement. Instead of pruning away valuable nesting materials and shrubby cover, backyard biospheres allow plants to grow in natural shapes that help birds and other small animals hide from predators and find shelter from the weather.

Backyard biospheres also rely on native plants. Studies have shown

www.NADallas.com

conclusively that native wildlife prefer foods produced by native plants over non-natives. In fact, many native plants can only be pollinated by native pollinators. Native plants also require less maintenance because they are better adapted to our native soils and climate, so they need less fertilization and are more drought tolerant.

The Million Pollinator Garden Challenge attempts to create a string a pollinator-friendly gardens from Texas to the Canadian border to provide habitat for Monarch butterflies, and the National Wildlife Federation offers certification that a garden is wildlife-friendly.

Fragmentation separates animals from each other and their sources of food, water and shelter. Much of the Earth’s land area has been cut up into pieces by roads and development. Dams and water diversions have isolated aquatic species. These disjointed chunks may not be large enough or close enough together to support animals that need large territories. Fragmentation also makes it difficult for migratory species to find places to rest and feed along their migration routes.

Backyard biospheres help connect the pieces. By working cooperatively with our neighbors, homeowner’s associations and local governments, we can knit together larger, more sustainable chunks of habitat that allow animals to move through and around the local environment to get to needed resources such as lakes and rivers.

Unless we can eliminate toxic pesticides and herbicides from our gardening repertoire, our gardens will continue to be graveyards for our pollinators and eventually, ourselves. As millions of acres of native habitat are destroyed every day, building backyard biospheres may be the only way to preserve many of our native plant and animal species.

Joyce Connelly is co-owner of Marshall Grains Organic Gardening and Nature Store. For more information call 817-416-6600 or email MGC@marshallgrain.com.

North Texas Air Quality has Multifaceted Defense

2

Garden Tips for December

T

he garden doesn’t take a vacation in winter; there is still plenty to keep us busy.

n Relocate and/or prune trees and shrubs n Plant cool season annuals such as pansies, dianthus and ornamental kale. n Continue fertilizing annuals regularly. n Plant spring-blooming bulbs such as tulips, daffodils and hyacinths at a depth of three times the bulb’s circumference. n Mulch new plantings to retain moisture, suppress weeds and insulate roots against cold temperatures. n Cool season grass seed can be spread if warm temperatures are expected. n Don’t forget to fertilize overseeded turf once established. Rye grass is an easy-to-maintain ground cover that retains soil moisture and helps reduce soil erosion. n Keep a frost cloth handy to cover any tender annuals, perennials or new plantings. Buy it early before local retailers sell out.

Courtesy of the Dallas Arboretum. To learn about Dallas Arboretum Trial Gardens, visit DallasArboretum.org.

017 is the first year the 10-county North Central Texas nonattainment area ozone season was extended to the last day of November. Currently, it is designated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as moderate. The target for compliance is July 2018, which means the region’s classification will be based on the 2017 design value.

The North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) has several air quality programs in place to improve our region’s air quality and move into ozone attainment. Many focus on education and development, implementation and enforcement of emissionreduction strategies.

Air North Texas, the region’s clean air public awareness campaign, implements ongoing air quality education and outreach. This year, it hosted the eighth annual Clean Air Action Day on June 23, in which North Texans were asked to do at least one new thing to help improve air quality, and saw the most participation to date, with more than 1,000 North Texans making commitments to improve air quality. Air North Texas encourages businesses, governments and individuals to implement specific clean air strategies, such as carpooling, using mass transit, conserving electricity and more, when air pollution is forecast to reach unhealthy levels.

Dallas-Fort Worth Clean Cities is a locally based, public/private partnership that seeks to advance energy security, protect environmental and public health, and stimulate economic development by promoting practices and decisions to reduce petroleum consumption and improve air quality, primarily in the transportation sector.

The coalition’s main goals are to facilitate and increase purchases of alternative fuel vehicles, support alternative fuel infrastructure and promote informed consumer choice on fuel economy, including hybrid vehicles. It hosts several events each year, facilitates

clean vehicle trainings provides updates on available funding. At National Drive Electric Week, Grapevine, they set a North Texas record for the most electric vehicles in one location. An estimated 155 electric vehicles attended to show their support. Next year, attendees can expect an even better event that is tentatively scheduled for September 2018.

The AirCheckTexas Drive a Clean Machine Program provides financial assistance to registered vehicle owners to repair or replace vehicles that have failed the state emissions test in nine of the 10 nonattainment counties. Since 2003, the AirCheckTexas program has replaced 34,150 vehicles and repaired 33,888 vehicles. Engine Off North Texas is a regional initiative dedicated to reducing the impacts associated with the idling of vehicles. Efforts are focused on expanding the adoption of anti-idling ordinances and policies, researching new technologies and promoting idle reduction campaigns across the region.

The Electric Vehicles North Texas (EVNT) Program seeks to increase awareness of the availability and feasibility of EV in the DFW area and ensure availability of resources needed to support widespread adoption of electric (EV) through collaboration with local governments, businesses and interested parties. The region has nearly 300 locations with public recharging infrastructure.

Another defender of the environment, Go Solar Texas, expanded to include SolSmart, a national program that provides technical assistance to and recognizes solar friendly municipalities. Since May, NCTCOG has served as a SolSmart advisor to the North Texas region with the goals of improving the region’s air quality, reducing non-technical barriers to solar, and creating a more solar friendly North Central Texas region.

For more information, visit nctcog.org.

natural awakenings

December 2017

21

PEACE ON EARTH Conflict Resolutions that Work to Bridge Divides Healing happens when we handle conflict in a healthy and transformative way.

Call to Action

Roughly 30 years ago, notable voices began urging Americans to embrace a sustainable worldview of unity in diversity, recognizing our core oneness as a solution to an increasingly out-of-balance society. Success in this endeavor depends primarily on the “habits of the heart” of our citizens, developed in local milieus of families, neighborhoods, classrooms, congregations, voluntary associations, workplaces and public places where strangers gather.

Activating Answers

While mainstream media often largely focuses on the negative aspects of conflict—discord, divisiveness, intolerance, violence, incivility, injustice, chaos and complex problems—a countermovement is convening constructive conversations. Participants are initiating dialogue and deliberations intended to resolve conflicts and create cohesiveness, collaboration, cooperation and compromise among local factions that disagree on how to deal with everything from health care and social justice to environmental protection and climate science. Educational training materials and books are giving outdated models of conflict resolution a facelift.

In The Revolution Where You Live: Stories from a 12,000 Mile Journey Through a New America, Sarah Van Gelder devotes a chapter to a Greens-

22

Dallas Edition

boro, North Carolina, battle over a story about a deadly, racially charged incident from the city’s recent past. She quotes James Lamar Gibson, a 20-something AfricanAmerican activist and core organizer for the Counter Stories Project: “We’ve been stuck in an old conversation for a couple of decades. We want to have an army of people with restorative conversation skills, so we can get past the divisiveness and imagine together a different sort of Greensboro,” he says.

The project began with facilitator training, and then developed story circles in which residents were able to have the difficult discussions that don’t ordinarily take place among the police, city council, churches and social agencies.

Today’s conflict resolution experts are discovering that conflict is an essential and powerful call for applying spiritual principles and exercising spiritual practices.

Provocative Questions

“What if we considered conflict as a secret ally or a guidepost, showing us what really matters to us and how much we care? What if our intense emotions are sources of invincible energy, with the power to build the world we want, together? What does having conflict in a healthy and transformative way look like?” queries Ma’ikwe Ludwig, executive director of Commonomics USA,

www.NADallas.com

an organization which educates and advocates for a world where a commons-based economy creates economic and ecological security for all.

“Conflict has the power to bring to the surface what’s really at stake and to unite people toward a common goal,” advises Ludwig. Her thought-provoking questions can help shift perceptions toward the idea that we need to use conflict; maybe even welcome it.

Ludwig, author of Together Resilient: Building Community in the Age of Climate Disruption, recently helped present new perspectives on conflict resolution during a webinar for Transition US members interested in creating inclusive and diverse communities through collaboration. The nonprofit inspires, encourages, supports and provides networking and training for grassroots initiatives seeking to build community resilience in the face of such challenges as oil spills, climate change and economic crises.

Courtney Breese, managing director for the nonprofit National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) and her colleagues, together with thousands of innovative thinkers, are helping by introducing people to simple dialogue and deliberation structures, processes and resources that invite meaningful and productive conversations leading to constructive civic

Little Perfect Stock/Shutterstock.com

by Linda Sechrist

Jacob Lund/Shutterstock.com

A community is a group that can fight gracefully…

Chaos is not just a state; it is an essential process of community development. ~Dr. M. Scott Peck, The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace engagement. Breese remarks, “We’re open to working with anyone interested in learning processes that can help bridge divides. We also like sharing stories about what is working.”

Toolbox

The group’s downloadable free tools help newcomers: A beginner’s guide for exploring dialogue (ncdd.org/rc/ beginners-guide); a how-to-guide for Conversation Café (CC) hosts (Tinyurl. com/ManualForConversationCafe); and the American Library Association Libraries Transforming Communities: Models for Change Project (ala.org/ ltc-models). “To date, we’ve had at least 800 librarians participate in free NCDD webinars,” Breese notes.

CC is a simple tool useful in exploring difficult topics and provides a safe space to process different perspectives. “Initial agreement on basic rules includes suspending judgment while listening and seeking to understand others, refraining from persuading or converting and talking only from personal experience,” explains Breese.

One new network member, J. Scott Wagner, author of The Liberal’s Guide to Conservatives, speaks about the importance of using neutral language in dialogue. “I learned from him how words can be emotional triggers and signal one-sided perspectives, leaving some group members feeling angry or excluded because they feel the speaker won’t be open to hearing their perspective,” says Breese.

After three tours of the U.S. and hundreds of interviews with conservative individuals, Wagner, founder of the nonprofit Reach the Right, was inspired to use his knowledge of five arenas—neurology/cognitive psychology, personality, bias, social conformity and morality—to help progressives understand conservatives that are not only their political leaders, but also their relatives, partners, friends and managers.

He offers a simple explanation for anyone drenched in inaccurate biases.

“We inherit unconscious genetic personality characteristics that lead us to develop our ideology, with which we construct our world and align with others that are in agreement. Differences in our personality characteristics are the culprits that create conflict.”

Community Needs Erase Enmity

Drawing on 25 years of experience of enabling sworn enemies to create peace in places such as South Africa, Northern Ireland and Colombia, Adam Kahane, author of Collaborating with the Enemy: How to Work with People You Don’t Agree with or Like or Trust, shares insights into the “enemyfying syndrome” that instigates conflict.

This habit of thinking and acting as if people we are dealing with are our enemies and the cause of our problems is all around us and dominates the media. “The enemies are always the others, ‘those people’. Enemyfying, which feels exciting and satisfying— even righteous and heroic—usually obscures, rather than clarifies, the reality of the challenges we face. It amplifies conflicts, narrows the space for problem solving and creativity, and distracts us with unrealizable dreams of decisive victory from the real work we need to do,” observes Kahane.

Kahane sees the challenge of conflict becoming more acute.

“People today are generally more free, individualistic and diverse, with stronger voices and less deference.

Volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity are growing.” Yet, contrary to the common view, it is possible for people that hold contradictory positions to find ways to collaborate.

That’s what he and 40 others representing military officers, guerrillas and paramilitaries; activists and politicians; businesspeople and trade unionists; landowners and farmers; and academics, journalists and young people, accomplished in the Destino Colombia project. They organized to contribute to ending their country’s 52-year civil war.

Motivated to Act

Jonathan Bender, founder of The Performance of Your Life, a public speaking and personal development business, has been on a lifelong quest of fostering personal growth and societal transformation. His therapeutic classes and workshops demonstrate how to connect, honor and deeply resonate with others, even if they have different worldviews, and how to listen and hear in the same way we want to be heard.

Acknowledging the adrenalin rush that’s a common response to fear of conflict, Bender says, “When we learn to be mindful and speak from our entire body, rather than just from our head, we notice that the voice resonates and originates from a much bigger place.

This teaches us to cultivate greater awareness of our emotions and how we express them.

“Begin by acknowledging an emotion, and then reduce its intensity through slow, deep breaths, paying attention to the correlating physical sensation. Shifting our focus back to the heart allows us to recognize parts of ourselves in the stories of others and come to understand that our personal history is the filter through which we ‘enemyfy’,” says Bender, who speaks and presents publicly, educating audiences and clients about the universally challenging performances of everyday life.

According to Robert Atkinson, Ph.D., author of The Story of Our

natural awakenings

December 2017

23

Time: From Duality to Interconnectedness to Oneness, today’s rugged individualism amid conflicts comprises a crisis of consciousness. “No longer can we settle only on seeing things in opposition to one another; we need to shift our consciousness to be able to see the parts coming together in a new whole. Accepting the oneness of humanity as a biological fact, a social necessity and a spiritual reality will lead us further along our journey toward lasting world peace.”

His observation fits with what Joanna Macy, author and scholar of Buddhism and deep ecology, believes is the call of our time: “As planetary citizens, we are being called to wake up together.”

Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings who blogs at LindaSechrist.com.

We’re Not Just Changing Smiles, We Are Changing Lives “Offering Dental Excellence With a Gentle Touch” Biological Dentistry Mercury Fillings Replaced Safely Cosmetic Dentistry Services • Fluoride-Free Dr. Daniel Strader • Third generation Dallas Dentist, practicing Biological Dentistry for 20 years • Listed in the Consumer Research Council’s “Best Dentists in America” • Texas Dental Assn, Honorable Order of Good Fellow • IABDM member • IAOMT Member • LVI fellow

After Work Appointments Unique hours of 11:00 am to 7:00 pm Monday through Thursday

METAL-FREE Ceramic Crowns, Bridges, even Ceramic Implants

Dallas Designer Smiles

8222 Douglas Ave., Suite 810 Dallas, Texas 75225

Schedule Your Appoinment Today, Call: 214-363-7777 • www.2grin.com 24

Dallas Edition

www.NADallas.com

inspiration

INSPIRED LIVING Five Ways to Make the New Year Sparkle

by Kelly Martinsen

I STARTING TOOLS W

Art Stocker/Shutterstock.com

orld Café-style conversations used in Conversation Cafés to discuss issues that matter offer a powerful social technology to engage people in meaningful and constructive dialog in corporate, government and community settings.

Understanding that conversation is the core process that drives personal, business and organizational life, it’s a way of thinking and being together sourced in a philosophy of conversational leadership.

Embracing a combination of these guiding principles can foster collaborative exchanges, active engagement and helpful possibilities for action.

nspiration may strike anywhere, at any time. The trick is nurturing the process to appear on demand when we need it most.

Often, an inspiration is sparked when we perceive someone being selfless, courageous, physically extraordinary or deliciously creative. However, we don’t need to wait for outside stimulus when we can discover internal stirrings by invoking any of these self-inspiring tips.

Just Do It – The Nike slogan has never been more appropriate. We all have something we’ve thought about doing or trying. Whether traveling to a new location, trying a different sport, joining a new-to-us group or club, or making more friends, don’t put it off— just do it.

Economics examined the relationship between volunteering and happiness in a large group of American adults, they found that the more people volunteered, the happier they were.

Journal – People often journal as a way to reflect upon their lives. This can be helpfully revealing, but rather than looking back, look forward, using a journal as a blueprint to manifest the most inspired year yet. Write out plans and dreams with the steps needed to achieve them.

Defeat allodoxaphobia – It’s the fear of others’ negative opinions. Everyone suffers from this to some extent, and it can hinder us from living our best life.

Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt remarked, “You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”

Gratitude – This is the big one.

One way to be and stay inspired is by starting off each day in a state of gratitude. Every morning before getting out of bed, think of at least three things to be grateful for. By doing this, we recognize the blessings we have and greet the day in a positive frame of mind. It’s a perfect way to end each day, too. When someone routinely inquires, “How are you?” answer, “I am grateful.”

Our time on Earth is not infinite.

With only so many days promised, let’s vow to live them inspired.

Volunteer – A common excuse for not volunteering is, “I don’t have the time.” Next year, make the time. When researchers at the London School of

Kelly Martinsen is publisher of Natural Awakenings Long Island and author of the new book A Year of Inspired Living (Publisher@AwakeLI.com).

n Clarify the Purpose n Create a Hospitable Space n Explore Questions that Matter n Encourage Everyone’s Contribution n Connect Diverse Perspectives n Listen for Insights and Share Discoveries Source: Tinyurl.com/CafeConversation Principles natural awakenings

December 2017

25

THE GIFTS OF CITRUS Colorful Good Health in Holiday Dishes

by Judith Fertig

W

inter citrus fruits that arrive in a gift basket or show up on sale at the grocer present a welcome bright spot on winter’s darker days. Valencia and blood oranges, limes and Meyer lemons are delicious in their own right, and deserve their place on the breakfast table. Yet there are many other intriguing ways to enjoy them in vinaigrettes, salads, main dishes, baked goods and desserts.

Winter citrus is full of health benefits, just when we need them most: during the busy holiday season. To start, they help bolster our immune system, guarding against colds or helping us recover faster. Their high vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, content is water soluble.

According to a comprehensive study by the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University, a daily intake of 400 milligrams of vitamin C can halve the incidence of colds in adults and cut their duration by 14 percent.

The flavonoid hesperidin in citrus helps boost “good” HDL cholesterol and lowers “bad” LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, report researchers in the Journal of Nutrition. In a new study in Nutritional Neuroscience, hesperidin in citrus also was found to ameliorate brain deterioration found in Alzheimer’s patients.

Other studies further show that the grapefruit diet wasn’t wrong; eating half a fresh grapefruit before each meal can help us lose weight. In a study conducted at the Scripps Clinic, in La Jolla, California, and published in the Journal of Medicinal Food, researchers put overweight volunteers on an exercise plan for 12 weeks and asked them to eat either half a fresh grapefruit or drink apple juice and pop a placebo pill before each meal.

The grapefruit group dropped an average of three-and-a-half pounds, compared to only one-half pound for the apple group.

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

26

Dallas Edition

www.NADallas.com

lizabarbiza/Shutterstock.com

Limonoids, an antioxidant found in most citrus, may help guard against stomach, lung, breast and skin cancer, according to the U.S. Agricultural Research Service. Animal and human cell studies found that limonoids—especially those in fresh oranges—harbor potential as anticancer compounds. Another study in Nutritional Neuroscience showed that the volatile compound limonene, found in the rind of a lemon, can enhance memory.

As nights grow colder and longer, winter citrus “adds a little sunshine to every meal,” says Jamie Schler, author of the recently released cookbook Orange Appeal: Savory & Sweet. Schler grew up in Florida, surrounded by citrus groves between the Atlantic Coast and Indian River.

“Winters meant Dad’s workbench in the garage groaning under the weight of brown paper grocery bags filled to bursting with navels, tangerines, grapefruits, Valencias and tangelos,” writes Schler. “I fondly recall trips in the old green station wagon to the groves on chilly weekend mornings where we could pick them ourselves.” Today, Schler and her husband own and operate the boutique Hotel Diderot, in Chinon, France, where life’s a feast—especially during citrus season.

Judith Fertig writes cookbooks and foodie fiction from Overland Park, KS (JudithFertig.com).

photo by Ilva Beretta

consciouseating

Zesty Citrus Holiday Recipes Moroccan Spiced Orange Slices with Orange Blossom Water Orange blossom or orange flower water is available at better grocery stores, kitchen shops, Middle Eastern markets or online.

Yields: 4 to 5 servings 5 medium to large navel or large blood oranges 3 Tbsp orange blossom water 1 tsp ground cinnamon 2 Tbsp honey or date sugar ½ pomegranate, seeded 1½ to 2 Tbsp coarsely chopped unsalted pistachios 8 to 10 mint leaves, chopped or torn, for garnish Peel the oranges and cut away all of the white pith and outer membrane.

Slice each orange across the core into ¼-inch slices, six per orange, reserving any juice that runs off. Push out and discard any spongy white core.

Fan the slices in concentric circles, slightly overlapping the fruit, on a large round serving platter.

Drizzle the orange blossom water and any reserved runoff juice over the fruit.

Using a fine sieve, lightly and evenly dust with cinnamon and a generous drizzle of honey.

Chill the oranges for at least 1 hour or longer in the refrigerator before serving.

When ready to serve, sprinkle the pomegranate seeds, pistachios and mint leaves evenly over the top.

Meyer Lemon Chia Seed Bowl with Tangerines Yields: 2 servings for breakfast, or as a snack or dessert ¼ heaping cup chia seeds 1½ cups dairy or non-dairy milk 2 Tbsp maple syrup, or to taste

1 Tbsp Meyer lemon juice (or other citrus juice) Pinch of sea salt ½ tsp lemon zest Fresh tangerine segments for garnish In a bowl, stir together the chia seeds, milk, maple syrup, Meyer lemon juice, salt and lemon zest.

Cover and chill for at least 1 hour.

To serve, spoon the chia seed mixture into bowls and garnish with tangerine segments.

Adapted orange recipes are from Orange Appeal, by Jamie Schler, permission of Gibbs Smith.

Adapted lemon and lime recipes are from Red, White, and ’Que: Farm Fresh Foods for the American Grill by Karen Adler and Judith Fertig, permission of Running Press.

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Natural Awakenings Magazine Supports

Rockwall Holistic Practitioners Network Body Synergie Yoga, Rolfing, Tai Chi 972-772-5808 BodySynergie.com

N-Balance Physical Therapy Natural Treatment Technique 972-722-1212 Nbalancephysicaltherapy.com

Cris Stone Pilates Restorative Pilates 214-454-2842 RockwallPilates.com

Rockwall Acupuncture Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, NAET 972-772-3327 RockwallAcupuncture.com

Dawn of a New Dance Energy Healing, Coaching, Movement 972-658-9068 DawnofaNewDance.com

Rockwall Complete Healing & Wellness Colonics, Thermography, Raw Food 972-771-8900 RockwallColonics.com

Healthy Healing Arts Homeopathy, Homeoprophylaxis 469-383-8442 HealthyHealingArts.com

Rockwall Health Center Chiropractic, Integrative Care, Nutrition 469-769-1009 RHCStayHealthy.com

Lattie Psychological Associates, PLLC Licensed Clinical Psychologist 417-861-6214 DrLattie.com

Rockwall Lymphatics LLC Health-Vitality-Beauty 972-672-6741 RockwallLymphatics.net

Delivered With Love Birthing Center Licensed Midwife & Birth Centers 214-729-6050 Deliveredwithlovemidwifery.com

Stef’s Therapeutic Bodywork LLC Improve performance & disfunction 214-618-9239 Stefstherapeuticbodywork.com

Living Springs Natural Health Natural Health & Wellness 972-722-4668 LivingSpringsNaturalHealth.com

Well Within Chiropractic Holistic Chiropractic, Brain Balancing 972-587-0101 WellWithinRockwall.com

Maxine Thomas, MD Functional Medicine 903-450-9120 DrMaxinethomas.com

YoPlay Yoga For Kids® Where Yoga & Play come together 972-439-5653 Yoplayoga4kids.com natural awakenings

December 2017

27

Nasturtium leaves are fermented, seeds and stems pickled and flowers puréed. “I make nasturtium flower coulis, bright orange and spicy, to dollop on freshwater fish,” Russell says. “Stems are minced into grain salads and seeds sprinkled on slabs of beefsteak tomatoes. Leaves, soft from fermentation, wrap around fresh goat cheese, shred into coleslaw or pair with steamed basmati rice.”

Apply Gardening Tips

Go Eco Like Grandma

Honor Her Wisdom in New Ways

by Avery Mack

Sew Up Repairs

U

“

se it up, wear it out, make do or do without,” was the motto of past generations. Today, it’s recycle, repurpose and reinvent. Nostalgia is making a comeback. It’s tempting to revert to successful old-fashioned ways; it’s even better to update the how-to of natural eco-living.

Preserve Food “There are tradeoffs between convenience and environmental impact,” says Kathleen Hanover, executive creative director at Imagine That Creative Marketing Services, in Dayton, Ohio.

“I’d love to freeze all of our family’s produce, but after two power outages, I can veggies, too. Steam canners for jams, jellies, tomatoes and high-acid foods use three inches of water and 10 minutes of energy.”

Shel Horowitz, a consultant for Green and Profitable and co-author of Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World, joined a food co-op in the 1970s. Today, it has 9,000 members. “I dehydrate

28

Dallas Edition

Containers ease gardening, especially for tomatoes. Hanover repurposes plastic cat litter buckets. “They’re sturdy and hold up in cold weather,” she says. “Alpaca poop fertilizer supplied by a neighbor doesn’t smell and plants thrive.”

Ocala, Florida, reiki master and teacher Debi Goldben employs nature’s bounty at home. “Downspouts collect rainwater for the garden, and it’s much better than chemically treated city water,” she says. Some municipalities, including in Colorado, regulate rainwater collection, mandating the size and number of barrels per property “for outdoor use only”.

veggies for soup, pasta, stir-fry dishes or as tomato or zucchini chips,” he says.

“Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks, celery, kale, hot peppers, tomatillos and fruit were successful; eggplant, cucumbers and rhubarb were not.”

Use It All The Traditional Line menu devised by executive chef Mark Russell, of Great Performances, a sustainability-oriented high-end catering and food service company in New York City, remarks, “Food trends have changed,” noting preserving, freezing, pickling and canning remain sound. He salutes thrifty Depression-era practices.

“My grandparents picked dandelion greens to fry in bacon fat,” he says. “A salad with olive oil and fresh tomato is healthier.” Fermented grape leaves can be rolled up into dolmas filled with local grains and feta cheese instead of meat.

He also blanches and freezes cauliflower leaves, warmed in butter to serve; he’s then used the whole vegetable.

www.NADallas.com

Anca Gooje, owner of Chid Kala, a natural ingredient lotion maker in Scarborough, Maine, uses colorful patches to repair tears and update the look of her two children’s clothing.

She also recompressed their sofa’s inner springs to their original shape by encasing them in fabric. “It was timeconsuming, but only cost a few dollars for fabric,” she relates. “Updating avoided creating more landfill. For a fresh look, I made a new cover.”

Multipurpose a Cook Pot “My mother believed pressure cookers would explode, so I bought an Instant Pot and changed the way I cook,” says Sue Ann Jaffarian, a Los Angeles paralegal and mystery writer. “I have a demanding day job and writing deadlines. I toss in healthy ingredients and have a simple homemade meal, often vegan, in a minute. Soup, stew, risotto, pasta, chili, pudding, brown rice and oatmeal work well. It doesn’t heat up the kitchen, either.”

Lucky Business/Shutterstock.com

greenliving

The Instant Pot works like a crock pot, pressure cooker, steamer, sauté pan, warming pot, rice cooker and yogurt maker, replacing seven appliances.

Employ Onsite Power “My Hadley, Massachusetts, farmhouse, built in 1743, might be the oldest solar home in the country,” muses Horowitz. “Our farmer neighbors have a methane digester to turn cow poop and restaurant waste into electricity and heat. We’ll hook up to it to replace heating oil.”

Custom Solutions For Landscape Water Savings Redesigns For Residential And Commercial Clients Since 1995

Sprinkler Repairs • Upgrades • Retrofitting Re-Routes Smart Technology Controllers & High Efficiency Sprinkler Heads Valve Location Wire Tracking & Repair Let Us Help Drainage: Channel, Panels & Sumps

You Save Water & Money Call Today!

972-979-3996

TX LI 5307 & TX LI 6145

Sales@LandscapeWaterManagement.com | www.LandscapeWaterManagement.com

photos by Cynthia O’Connor O’Hara

for YOUR Pet! s Wellknaegses Pac ble! la Avai

Acupuncture Homeopathy Nutrition Titers Testing Veterinary Orthopedic Manipulation (VOM) Low-Level Laser Therapy

Heali Pet at ng One a Tim e!

Call and Mention this Ad for Alternative Medicine Consultation!

Make Holiday Décor “Retro-style repurposing is smart, fun and easy,” says upstate New York lifestyle writer and cookbook author Cynthia O’Connor O’Hara.

“I glued together assorted cups, saucers and plates with glass-specific glue to create tiered servers that double as a centerpiece. Check your house to find dishware that will look nice together.”

It’s satisfying to combine experiences with updated technology, save time and support a healthier planet, both during the holidays and year-round.

Connect with the freelance writer via AveryMack@mindspring.com.

THE ANIMAL DOCTOR

Call (817) 572-2400

www.TheAnimalDoctorTX.com

621 N. Little School Rd. Kennedale, Texas 76060 natural awakenings

December 2017

29

Sing While We Work Nothing makes meal preparation tasks go faster than crooning along to our favorite carols. Turn up Susan Boyle’s O Holy Night and soon your lungs will be full of air, your heart filled with sentiment, and the turkey stuffed with seasonal goodness will be ready to go into the oven.

8

Express Feelings in a Healthy Way Family gatherings can sometimes test our boundaries and patience.

Avoid repressing feelings by finding a way to speak a personal truth in the moment, in a calm and healthy fashion. It’s better than returning home stewing about what we wish we could or should have said.

12 Happy Holiday Tips 9

How to Really Enjoy the Season

by Dianne Bischoff James

F

eelings of comfort and joy can seem elusive when the holiday to-do list looms or runs amok. The season can seem more like an endless burden than a parade of cheerful events and glad tidings.

Amidst celebratory chaos, these simple rules will help restore inner peace and create greater happiness.

1

Eschew Perfection Guests are much more interested in filling their stomachs with great food than judging the scuff marks and wall dings. The perfection of the season is found in the special moments when families and friends sit down together.

2

Pay Attention to the Smiles The approaching holidays encourage more shared smiles, kind words and thoughtful gestures. While out and about, look for the grins and well wishes.

Hold the door open for others and offer a friendly greeting to store clerks. We’ll find ourselves smiling even more, because thoughtfulness is contagious.

3

Do Nothing for 15 Minutes It’s amazing how refreshed we feel when we take a few minutes to sit in a comfortable chair and simply

30

Dallas Edition

experience a moment of stillness. Inner quiet allows the mind to relax and reinvest energy in the body, so we can return to holiday activities with renewed zest.

4

Give Each Person a Special Gift Think of something thoughtful that both the giver and receiver enjoy doing together and write a promissory note for the shared experience, such as a free backrub, a day spent downtown, a personal manicure or a movie the other person wants to see.

5

Take Advantage of Extended Shopping Hours To avoid crowds and lines, schedule a late-night power-shopping trip. This is the easiest way to manage a department store visit with sanity, have easy access to the shelves and get immediate service.

6

Take a Holiday Binge Day Designate a day with no limits and no self-judgment. For anyone that mentally monitors their calories or sweets, claim a binge day out loud with permission for total holiday munching freedom. The next day, we can reinstate discipline.

www.NADallas.com

Assign Roles to Household Helpers The holiday load is lighter when everyone pitches in. Assign specific roles to household members with clear responsibilities, from taking out the garbage to setting the table and washing up.

10

Leave Some Tasks for Later It’s unrealistic to think the house has to be in perfect order after festive gatherings. After guests leave, put the leftovers in the fridge and watch a movie. Cleanup will feel easier and faster after a good night’s rest.

11

Express Gratitude at the Table Loving feelings can never be expressed enough, so use the holiday as an opportunity to tell others how important they are to you. Create a heartfelt moment at the table by sharing at least one thing that you’re truly grateful for, and ask everyone else to do the same.

12

Go Outside for Fun in Nature Hiking in a nearby forest preserve, skating, sledding or building a snow fort with the kids not only burns energy, but is emotionally exhilarating for the whole family.

Pick an outdoor activity, don appropriate togs, and share in the laughter and serenity of a sparkling winter day.

Dianne Bischoff James is a life transformation coach, actor, business consultant and author of The Real Brass Ring: Change Your Life Course Now. She specializes in facilitating the midlife reboot and lives in Boston, MA.

Kichigin/Shutterstock.com

7

healingways

Hope Hope is an image of goals planted firmly in your mind.

When looking at life before you, hope lines the paths you find.

Do you Suffer From

Degenerative Disease or Chronic Joint Pain?

Hope is a well of courage nestled deep within your heart.

When faltering in fear and doubt, hope pushes you to start.

Health The Way Nature Intended

Hope is an urge to keep going, for limbs too tired and weak.

When apathy stills all desire, hope sparks the fuel you seek.

Alternative Therapies that Simulate your Immune System for Optimal Healing and Long-Term Pain Relief

Hope is a promise of patience as you wait for distress to wane.

When all you can do is nothing, hope pulls you through the pain.

IV Vitamins

Stem Cell Therapy

Thermography

Ozone Therapy

Hope is a spirit that lifts you, should heaviness pull at your soul.

When torn apart by losses, hope mends to keep you whole.

Wendy S. Harpham, M.D. Wendy S. Harpham, MD is a Dallas resident and physician and a 27-year cancer survivor.

Her award-winning books and articles help patients become “Healthy Survivors,” namely survivors who get good care and live as fully as possible.

For more information contact Wendyharpham.com.

Monica Jaynes

Julie Clowers

Learn More!

972-722-4668 6700 Horizon Road Suite 100 • Heath, TX 75032 Livingspringsnaturalhealth.com natural awakenings

December 2017

31

Philip Stein is a Philip Stein is a Leader in Wearable Leader in Wearable Sleep Technology Sleep Technology

by Linda Sechrist

by Linda Sechrist rom computers, cellcomputers, phones, smart rom cell TVs, DVR phones, smartplayers TVs, andDVR programmable players and appliances to a seemingly programmable appliancendless list of other eleces to a seemingly endtronic we are less list gadgets, of other elecin constant contact tronic gadgets, we arewith unnatural electromagin constant contact with netic frequencies (EMFs) unnatural electromaggenerated by technology. netic frequencies (EMFs) In today’s 24/7 society, invisible generated by technology.

In today’s 24/7 invisible EMFs are inescapable; they permeate oursociety, working and living EMFs areWhat inescapable; they permeate working and impact livspaces. we may not know is howour they negatively ing What we may not know is suppressing how they negatively our spaces. body’s natural sleep-wake cycle: melatonin, impact our body’s suppressing the hormone that natural controlssleep-wake the naturalcycle: circadian rhythm, dismelatonin, the hormone that controls the natural circadian to turbing slumber and even affecting weight gain, according rhythm, disturbing slumber and even affecting weight gain, University of Tel Aviv research. according to University of Tel Aviv research.

On the brighter side, some new technological products On the brighterbalance side, some new technological products promise to restore to the body, including deeper and promise to restore to Philip the body, including deeper sleep and more restful sleep.balance From the Stein sleep bracelet, more restful From thesleep Philiptrackers Stein sleep bracelet, sleep number bedssleep. and portable to sleep-related number beds and portable sleep trackers to sleep-related

FF

apps, devices and applications, user-friendly innovations are addressing sleep deprivation problem. apps, devicesAmerica’s and applications, user-friendly innovations are

“Philip Stein lifestyle accessories such as the sleep addressing America’s sleep deprivation problem. bracelet are designed to contribute to a better “Philip Stein lifestyle accessories such as thequality sleep of life.

The unique technology inside each channels bracelet are designed to contribute to one a better qualitybeneficial of life. natural frequencies ininside the environment into your body,” The unique technology each one channels beneficial says Will Stein, co-founder and president thebody,” Philip Stein natural frequencies in the environment into of your Group.

“The result is to help the individual feel centered, says Will Stein, co-founder and president of the Philip Stein balanced, more easily ablefeel to maintain Group.

“Thegrounded result is toand help the individual centered,a sense of well-being.”

Theand company defines optimal well-being as balanced, grounded more easily able to maintain a sense state of harmony achieveddefines through physical, emotional, ofawell-being.”

The company optimal well-being as spiritual alignment. a mental state of and harmony achieved through physical, emotional,

Although natural-frequency mental and spiritual alignment. technology was developed earlier by a group of engineers technology and scientists various Although natural-frequency wasexploring developed frequencies’ influence on water, initial exploring discovery various has been earlier by a group of engineers andthe scientists attributed toinfluence ancient sages in India that intuited them. exfrequencies’ on water, the initial discovery has For been ample, 7.83 Hz, the frequency “om”, happens toFor be exMother attributed to ancient sages in Indiaofthat intuited them.

Earth’s7.83 natural rhythm, now known ample, Hz, heartbeat the frequency of “om”, happensastothe beSchumann Mother Resonance. with the brain’s alpha and theta states, this Earth’s naturalAligned heartbeat rhythm, now known as the Schumann technologyAligned of resonating frequencies hasand been carefully Resonance. with the brain’s alpha theta states, tuned this and testedofbyresonating Philip Stein researchers, andtuned sleep technology frequencies hastechnicians been carefully and testedToday,

by Philip sleep experts. it isStein at theresearchers, core of all technicians Philip Stein and products. experts.

Today, it is attuning the core of all Philip Stein

Philip Stein’s technology picks upproducts. and channels Stein’s tuningfrequencies technologythat picks up and channels thePhilip beneficial natural have always surthe beneficial natural frequencies that have sur- have rounded human beings.

“We believe that always all organisms rounded beings.

“We believe that natural all organisms have evolvedhuman or grown accustomed to these frequencies, evolved grown accustomed these natural frequencies, and ourorsystems are tuned toto operate best with them, rather and ourwith systems are tuned number to operate with them, rather we than the increasing of best manmade frequencies than with the increasing number of manmade frequencies we experience in the modern world,” explains Stein. experience in the modern world,” explains Stein.

For more information, visit PhilipStein.com.

For more information, visit PhilipStein.com. See ad, page xx.

BETTER SLEEP The Philip Stein Sleep Bracelet can be a natural solution for a truly restful night’s sleep.

Its Natural Frequency Technology® promotes overall wellbeing.

Recommended by

Wearers have experienced:

· Falling asleep faster · Increased quality sleep · Waking up more refreshed

32

Dallas Edition

www.NADallas.com

Discover more at philipstein.com

DART Safely During the Holidays

T

he holidays are a time for joy and celebration with family and friends.

It’s also a time of year when we need to be more aware of our surroundings when we are out and about. DART Police has a strong presence on buses and trains, and monitored security cameras are present at all rail stations. Recognizing that riders also play an important role in helping keep DART safe, the agency has introduced a new mobile app—DART Say Something. The app, which is available in the App Store and on Google Play, allows people to anonymously and discretely report incidents on the agency’s buses and trains.

A drop-down menu allows riders to select the type of activity they wish to report, as well as the location.

Customers can submit photos and video, and there is a notes field that allows them to type any additional information before sending the report.

Two-way communication allows police dispatchers to request further details and allows riders to respond to alerts they receive. Here are some additional tips. n Plan each trip before boarding.

Before heading to a stop or rail platform, know what bus or train to take

and when it is scheduled to arrive. DART’s GoPass app is a great travel tool. In addition to purchasing tickets, the free app allows passengers to plan their trip, locate their bus or train and connect with Uber or Lyft for help covering that last mile.

Download the GoPass app from the App Store or the Google Play store. n Keep bags close. Reduce the chances of theft by keeping electronics in the bag and holding onto bags while on a train or bus. This also is good practice when in other public places. n Take precautions when parking.

When parking a vehicle at a DART station or any other public parking area, always park in well-lit areas, lock the car, take the keys and hide valuables from plain view.

Natural Awakenings Maga zine is Ranked 5th Nationally in Ci sion’s 2016 Top 10 Health & Fitne ss Magazines List 1.

2.

3.

4.

The world’s leading source of media research Spry Living – 8,907,303 Shape – 2,521,203 Men’s Health – 1,852,715 Prevention – 1,539,872

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Women’s Health – 1,511,791 Weight Watchers Magazine – 1,126,168 Dr. Oz The Good Life – 870,524 Vim & Vigor – 789,000 Experience Life – 700,000

5. Natural Awakenings – 1,536,365

www.naturalawakeningsmag.com

Report suspicious or criminal activity while on a DART bus or train by calling 214-749-5900 or 911, or by using the new DART Say Something app. Non-smartphone users can text information to the system’s text-a-tip service at 214-256-1819. For more information, visit DART.org/Safety and DART.org/riding/dartpoliceelerts.asp.

See ad, page 5.

Love and

compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. ~Dalai Lama

natural awakenings

December 2017

33

calendarofevents All Calendar events for the January issue must be received by December 10th and adhere to our guidelines. Email publisher@NADallas.com for guidelines and to submit entries.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1

Kat Cole Trunk Show – 5-7pm. Join Kat Cole at the Nasher Store for an evening full of contemporary jewelry. Kat will be debuting several new designs just for Dallas. Free with RSVP. 2001 Flora St, Dallas. NasherSculptureCenter.org.

Run The Lights 5K and Fun Run – 7pm. Run or walk through the 12-acre park, with millions of sparkling LED lights that are wrapped around more than 550 glittering trees. Register online. Vitruvian Park, 3875 Ponte Ave, Addison. RunTheLights.org.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2

Elves on the Run – 8:30am. Meet Santa at the finish line, food trucks and beverages available for spectators, check out the vendors at Santa’s Workshop and giveaways. Dogs on leashes welcome. Prizes for best elf costume. Register online. Oak Grove Park, Trawick Pavilion, 2700 Darren G. Medlin Trail, Grapevine. ElvesOnTheRun5k.com.

Environmental League Chapter Management Certification – 9am-2pm. This certification entitles the adult holder to manage an Environment League Chapter. Adult attendees will leave the course with a full year course plan for their chapter. Registration required. Free. TreeHouse, 8021 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas. Bit.ly/2j9BsEv. Marshall Grain: Holiday Open House – 9am6pm. The all-day event, which benefits the Humane Society of North Texas, will also feature pet adoptions, raffle prizes, giveaways and holiday treats. Marshall Grain, 3525 William D. Tate, Grapevine. MarshallGrain.com.

The Holiday Market – 10am-4pm. The Holiday Market is the ultimate gift-shopping experience!

Find specialty foods, jewelry, accessories, fashion and more to suit any taste, style or size. Free with admission. Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Rd, Dallas. DallasArboretum.org.

Family Experiments at Klyde Warren Park – 11am-2pm. Explore the mysteries of the universe through a fun, hands-on activity. Free. Klyde Warren Park, 2012 Woodall Rodgers Fwy, Dallas.

KlydeWarrenPark.org.

year! Each float will be decked out with holiday lights. Town Center Plaza. CoppellTX.gov/NewsMedia/Events.

Holiday Party & Potluck with David Sunshine – 7-10pm. Come celebrate the holidays with your DYC friends and family at our annual yoga party and potluck. Free and open to the public. Dallas Yoga Center, 4525 Lemmon Ave, Dallas. DallasYogaCenter.com.

Lighted Parade and Tree Lighting Celebration – 6:30-9pm. Wear your favorite or tackiest holiday sweater and join us along the route to enjoy our parade that gets bigger, better, and brighter every

34

Dallas Edition

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9

REI First Aid and Wilderness Training – Dec 9-10. 7am-6pm. In this 2-day course you will learn skills and abilities to make sound decisions in emergency situations. Bob Jones Nature Center, 355 Bob Jones Rd, Southlake. BJNC.org.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3

Christmas 5K – 7:45am. Run a flat and fast 5K race in Trinity Park. Awards for overall male and female and age groups. Refreshments to follow the race. Register online. $8-$15. Trinity Park Pavilion 3, 2401 University Dr, Fort Worth. FWRunners.org/ Christmas-5k/.

Creating Healthy Relationships – 3-5pm. Developing a healthy relationship with the self is the basis for building rich, loving and sustainable relationships with others. Free. Tapasya Dham Meditation Home, 14135 Friendship Rd, Pilot Point.

BKDallas.net.

Drums, Dreams, Stories and Chants – 5-7pm.

Drumming can bring calmness and inner peace into your life. Celebrate community and life through rhythm and music. Donation-based. Unity on Greenville, 3425 Greenville Ave, Dallas. DallasUnity.org.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5

Pop-Up Art Spot – 11am-1pm. Visit the Pop-Up Art Spot in the Ancient Art of the Americas Galleries to pick up a passport and begin your travels to earn activity stamps. Free for all ages. Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N Harwood, Dallas. DMA.org.

EODIAH Public Talk – 4pm. Join Edleeca Thompson, UTD Fellow, for her talk African Art on View: Mediating Transnational Histories in Four Metropolitan Museums. Free. Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N Harwood, Dallas. DMA.org.

All Aboard the Polar Express – 7pm. All Aboard! Wear your pajamas, enjoy hot cocoa, and crafts! All ages welcome. Free. Cozby Library, 177 N Heartz Rd, Coppell. Coppelltx.gov/news-media/ events.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7

Holiday Art and Gift Market 2017 – 11am-6pm.

If you’re looking for special finds this year, skip the mall and join us to fall in love with handmade jewelry, artwork and treasures by area artists in a relaxed atmosphere. Free. North Haven Gardens, 7700 Northaven Rd, Dallas. NHG.com.

wash over you as Kenny takes you on a deep inward journey. $20. Dallas Yoga Center, 4525 Lemmon Ave, Dallas. DallasYogaCenter.com.

DART Community Meeting – 6:30-8:30pm. You are invited to a community meeting, open house and presentation with Q and A to review the progress of the Cotton Belt Regiona l Rail Corridor Project. Addison Conference Center, 15650 Addison Rd, Addison. DART.org/cottonbelt.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8

STAR North Texas: Holiday Party – 11am-1pm.

Please join us for the STAR-NT annual membership meeting and holiday luncheon for some food, fun and networking. $25-$40. La Hacienda Ranch, 5250 Hwy 121, Colleyville. Bit.ly/2hFpMsB.

Gong Meditation Workshop with Kenny Kolter – 6:30-8pm. Enter the studio, lie down on a nest of blankets and bolsters, and allow the sounds to

www.NADallas.com

The Flavor Run Waco 5k – 9am. Enjoy the World‘s first Premier Flavored Powder Experience combining outdoor fitness, family/friends fun, healthy eating, and one-of-a-kind fruit-flavored color powder. Register online. Baylor University, 1301 S University Parks Dr, Waco. FlavorRun.com/5k-run/5k-runs-in-texas.html.

Tea Ceremony and Tour with Johnny Fogg – 11am-12:30pm. Tom Sachs’s friend and colleague in tea, Johnny Fogg, will give an informative tour of the tea garden and will perform tea ceremony. $10/Members, free/Non-members. 2001 Flora St, Dallas. NasherSculptureCenter.org.

The Climate Reality Project – 11am-12pm. Listen Kelly Longfellow, a Vice President Al Gore Climate Reality Project Presenter. Kelly is a Sustainability Manager and her focus is on Rethinking our purchases in order to Stay Sustainable. Free. TreeHouse, 8021 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas. Tree.House.

Dangers of PM Pollution and What We Can Do About It in DFW – 2-4pm. Public information and brainstorming session hosted by the local clean air advocacy group. 2900 Live Oak, Dallas. DownwindersAtRisk.org.

How to Rest – 2-4pm. Discover the transformative power of restful relaxation with guided meditations

by Kirsten Burch. $35. Mastermind Meditate, 3858 Oak Lawn Ave, Ste 410, Dallas. MastermindMeditate.com.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10

Holiday High Tea – 2-4pm. Join us for our Holiday High Tea in The Gallery at North Haven Gardens.

Enjoy fine tea and delicate treats while surrounded by nature inspired art. $39. The Gallery at North Haven Gardens, 7700 Northaven Rd, Dallas. NHG.com.

BMW Dallas Marathon – 8am. Marathon, half marathon and SMU Cox School of Business relay. 5K and 10K on December 9. Runs through cities most vibrant neighborhoods and includes full weekend of activities. Benefits Scottish Rite Hospital. 650 S. Griffin Street, Dallas. BMWDallas Marathon.com.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 11

Holy Yoga – 9:30-10:30am. Gentle Hatha/Bhakti yoga. Holy Yoga uses encouraging Bible passages in meditation and prayer in lieu of ohm-ing. Fitness

studio in Bartula Family Center. Free. First United Methodist Church of Richardson, 503 N Central Expy, Richardson.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12

Dallas Sierra Club Meeting – 6:30pm. See three presentations from different speakers about preserving land, zero waste in DFW and solutions to overpopulation. Free. Brookhaven College, building H, 3939 Valley View Ln, Farmers Branch. Dallas SierraClub.org.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13

Mindfulness for Anxiety – 7-8:30pm. This is an integrative class that combines a multitude of meditation techniques designed to soothe the mind, work through emotions, relieve anxiety and to cultivate awareness of mental patterns. $35. Mastermind Meditate, 3858 Oak Lawn Ave, Ste 410, Dallas.

MastermindMeditate.com.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14

Three-State Local Policy Webinar – 11am12:30pm. Join us in a webinar to learn about available policy tools and successes of local governments in three states – Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado.

Sponsored by Carton Council. Register online at Bit.ly/2AZ6hTl.

Fort Worth Audubon Society: Bird Watching Equipment – 7:30pm. Jim Jones will give a long asked for presentation to share his knowledge about the equipment selection available to enhance our bird watching experience. UNT Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, Research and Education Bldg, Beyer Hall, Rm 114, Fort Worth.

FWAS.org.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15

Heard Museum: Holidays at the Heard – Dec 15-16. 6:30-9pm. Outdoor light display on the halfmile nature trail. Photos with Father Christmas and Mother Nature. Hot beverages and treats. Familyfriendly entertainment. Live holiday music in the Heard outdoor amphitheater. $2-$9. Heard Museum, 1 Nature Pl, McKinney. HeardMuseum.org.

Irish Holiday Baking with Rachel Gaffney – 11am-1pm. Inspired by Christmas traditions growing up in Ireland, native Irish woman, Rachel Gaffney will bake up some holiday treats. $65. Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, 8525 Garland Rd, Dallas. KGabbert@dallasarboretum.org.

Winter Solstice Celebration – 6:30-9:30pm. Entertainment, children’s activities, storytelling, Yule log burning, drumming and more will be featured at the Winter Solstice Event. Free. LWCH UU Church of Oak Cliff, 3839 W Kiest Blvd, Dallas.

LabyrinthWalkCoffeehouse.com/WSC_2017.html.

2410 N Carrier Pkwy, Grand Prairie. BodiesRaceCompany.com/GrandPrairie/Bodies-Events/ Holiday-Series/Candy-Cane-Course/.

River Cleanup Day – 9am-12pm. Come and join us as we clean up the Paluxy River. Bring gloves, water shoes, clothes you don’t mind getting wet in, a towel, and water. Dinosaur Valley State Park.

254-897-4588. TPWD.Texas.Gov.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 25 Merry Christmas!

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27

Christmas with the Richardson Community Chorale – 7-8pm. Performance will include Vivaldi’s Gloria as well as Holiday songs and an audience sing along of well known carols. Free. Arapaho United Methodists Church, 1400 W Arapaho Rd, Richardson. RCChorale.org.

Magnificent Mammals – 11:30am-3:30pm. Enjoy an animal exploration followed by a craft. Choose from an 11:30 am; 1:30 pm or 3:30 pm time slot. $2 per person. River Legacy Living Science Center, 703 NW Green Oaks Blvd, Arlington. RiverLegacy.org.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29

Experiments in Meditation – 10:30-11:30am. Be inspired by guided meditation and music to reconnect each of us with our inner qualities of love, peace and happiness and the light of the Supreme Source. Free. Tapasya Dham Meditation Home, 14135 Friendship Rd, Pilot Point. BKDallas.net.

Dallas Sierra Club Holiday Party – 6-9pm. Club members and guests will share the holiday spirit, some great Mexican food, and the company of others at this annual event. Join us for some camaraderie, raffle prizes, and perhaps some surprise speakers. DallasSierraClub.org.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19

Essential Oils for Pregnancy and Birth – 7-9pm.

Essential oils are a safe, effective, and natural option for moms who recognize the importance of self-care.

Donation-based. Unity of Dallas, 6525 Forest Ln, Dallas. UnityDallas.org.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16

Candy Cane Course – 8am. Come join for this holiday run and stay feeling good. Bring the whole family and get outside and ready for the holidays.

Register online. Mike Lewis Park,

Candle Lighting Service and Ritual – 6-8pm.

Our evening features music by the TranSiberian Orchestra performed by our CSLDallas Choir and Soloists, accompanied by special guest Steve Curry and our fabulous CSLDallas band. Cider and cookies will be provided after each celebration. CSLDallas, International Pkwy, 4801 Spring Valley Rd, Ste 115, Dallas. CSLDallas.org.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21

Generational Group Jingle Bell Run – 6:30pm.

There will be a post-race party inside the hotel with live entertainment, various activities as well as complimentary (adult and kid friendly) beverages and snacks. $15-$35. The Hilton Anatole, 2201 Stemmons Fwy, Dallas. DallasJingleBellRun.com.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24

Holiday Bricktacular at LEGOLAND Discovery Center – 11am-4pm. Write a letter to Santa and drop it in the LEGO mailbox and test your skills by helping the Master Model Builder with the Winter Wonderland Big Build. $0-$21.95. LEGOLAND® Discovery Center, 3000 Grapevine Mills Pkwy, Grapevine. LegolandDiscoveryCenter.com/DallasFW.

Guided Hike – 11:30am-3:30pm. Go on a guided hike led by a River Legacy Naturalist to explore the winter flora and fauna of River Legacy Park. Hike will be followed by a craft or activity. River Legacy Living Science Center, 703 NW Green Oaks Blvd, Arlington. RiverLegacy.org.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30

Watercolor Wetland –There is nothing more relaxing than painting outside. We will provide the supplies for you to create your own masterpiece.

Limited instruction is provided. Free with park entrance. Boat Ramp Picnic Area, Caddo Lake State Park. Kelsey.Johnson@tpwd.texas.gov

RAW for you!

Participate in a promising 4-week study on the effects of a delicious raw, vegan diet/ lifestyle on quality of life and health for cancer patients.

Christmas Pageant – 5-5:45pm. Exploring the Metaphysical Meaning of the Christian Nativity Story. CSLDallas, International Pkwy, 4801 Spring Valley Rd, Ste 115, Dallas. CSLDallas.org.

natural awakenings

Please contact: Suzy Edmonson, LOT, RMT, Occupational Therapist and Live Food & Lifestyle Instructor at the Kotsanis Institute in Grapevine.

(817) 996-9961

www.healingsynergies.com www.kotsanisinstitute.com

December 2017

35

ongoingcalendar All Calendar events for the January issue must be received by December 10th and adhere to our guidelines. Email Publisher@NADallas.com for guidelines and to submit entries.

daily Energy Blast — Exhibit tells the dynamic story of energy and alternative energy resources in North Texas, the Barnett Shale. Ages 11 & up. Included in $14/adult, $10/ child admission. Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, 1600 Gendy St, Ft Worth. 817-255-9300. FWMuseum.org.

The Omni Imax: Ft Worth — Showtimes and features online. $8/adults, $7/children 2-12 & seniors.

Ft Worth Museum of Science & History, Omni Theater, 1600 Gendy St, Ft Worth. 817-255-9300.

FWMuseum.org.

Arboretum Amber Ale – 10am-3pm. Get excited for the new beer, Arboretum Amber, which is an amber ale created from a special blend of both North American and German malts, brought to you by Texas Ale Project. Through January 2018. $6. Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Rd, Dallas.

The Wittgenstein Vitrine — 11am-5pm, Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun; 11am-9pm, Thurs; Closed, Mon. This exhibit reveals the results of an intensive research and conservation program by exploring the conservation effort and charting the context and history of this masterwork’s design. Through December 31, 2017. Free. Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 North Harwood, Dallas. DMA.org.

Zen to Go — Mon thru Thurs. 12-12:45pm. An oasis in the middle of the day offering walking and sitting meditation followed by brief sharing. Donation accepted. Dallas Meditation Center, 810 We Arapaho Rd, Ste 98, Richardson. 972-432-7871.

DallasMeditationCenter.com.

Anvil Pub Happy Hour — 4-8pm, Mon-Fri. $1 off selevt drinks and discounted appretizers. Vegan and vegetarian options available. Thurs Happy Hour all night. 2638 Elm St., Dallas. AnvilPubDeepEllum.com.

Vegan Sunday Brunch at Spiral Diner — 9am3pm. Vegan diner and bakery since 2002. Sunday brunch features vegan pancakes, tofu scramble, breakfast quesadillas and organic mimosas. 1314 W Magnolia Ave, Fort Worth & 1101 N. Beckley, Dallas. SpiralDiner.com.

Dynamic Meditation — 10-11am. One of the active meditations compiled by Osho. Breath, jump, scream and shout, let it all go, then be in the bliss of silence and stillness. Cosmic Cafe, 2912 Oak Lawn Ave, Dallas. 214-521-6157. CosmicCafeDallas.com.

Yoga at White Rock Hills Branch Library — 1-2pm. Class will include breathing and relaxation techniques taught by Mara Black. Free. White Rock Hills Branch Library, 9150 Ferguson Rd, Dallas.

214-670-8443.

Gentle Waves — 9:15-10:15am. Gentle Waves is a healing meditative practice that moves very slow and intentional. $21. Gaia Flow Yoga, 3000 Blackburn St, Ste 140B, Dallas. GaiaFlowYoga.com.

Sunday Service/Meditation and Purification — 9-11:30am. Participate in meditation, chanting and readings from the Bible and Bhagavad Gita.

9-9:45am, Meditation and Purification; 10-11:30am, Service. Ananda Dallas Meditation & Yoga Center, 4901 Keller Springs Rd, Ste 103, Addison. 972-2489126. AnandaDallas.org.

36

Dallas Edition

Ayurveda Classes — 7-8pm. Learn the ancient Vedic healthcare science. Donation. Kalachandji’s Restaurant, 5430 Gurley Ave, Dallas. Bostmas@ gmail.com.

Meditation Mondays with Beverly Pryor — 7-8pm. Meditation Mondays focuses on the practice and the experience of various forms of meditation.

Free. Unity of Dallas, 6525 Forest Ln, Dallas. 972233-7106. UnityDallas.org.

Hatha Yoga — 7-8pm. A gentle Hatha yoga geared for all ages and levels with a special focus on breathing, meditation and a specific intention each sequence. Cosmic Cafe, 2912 Oak Lawn Dr, Dallas.

214-521-6157. CosmicCafeDallas.com.

tuesday Beginning Taoist Tai Chi Class — 9:30-10:30am.

Learn the 108 moves. Class cost includes matriculation, a shirt, 4 months of beginning classes and 1 month of continuing classes. $10-$15/class. Packages available. Central Congregational Church, 5600 Royal Ln, Dallas. 214-762-1661. Dallas.TX@ Taoist.org. Taoist.org.

Dallas Organic Garden Club — 2:30-4:30pm.

4th Sun each month. North Haven Gardens, 7700 Northaven Rd, Dallas. GDOGC.org.

Chakra Sound Meditation — 5-6:30pm. Includes chakra sounds and breathing techniques. Cosmic Cafe, 2912 Oak Lawn Ave, Dallas. 214-521-6157.

CosmicCafeDallas.com.

Awakening Heart Meditation — 5-7pm. Interfaith mindfulness meditation, music and message based on the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh. Facilitated

by Brother ChiSing. Childcare provided. Donation accepted. Dallas Meditation Center, 727 S Floyd Rd, Richardson. 972-432-7871. DallasMeditation Center.com.

sunday Carrollton Runners Club Mile + 5K — 7:30am.

A low-key 5K and 1 mile race every last Sunday of the month at 7:30am inside McInnish Park in Carrollton. 2335 Sandy Lake Rd, Carrollton. CarrolltonRunners.com.

8821. Shakti-YogaCenter.com.

monday uBaby Cafe — 8:30am-5pm. Mon, Wed, Fri. New and expectant mothers come together to discuss breastfeeding and receive support. Groups are alternated every week in English and Spanish.

Community Baby Cafe, 8202 Spring Valley Rd, Ste 100, Dallas. 214-243-2104. Sandra.Rodriguez@ DallasCityHall.com.

Spanish Made Simple — 11:15am. Free. Friends Place Adult Day Services, 1960 Nantucket, Richardson. 972-437-2940. FriendsPlaceAds.com.

Yoga for Children & Tweens — 4-5:15pm. Yoga helps kids to develop body awareness with positive self-image, manage stress through breathing, meditation and safe movement. $10. Shakti Yoga Center, 118 W Centerville Rd, Ste 300, Garland. 469-573-

www.NADallas.com

Balance Flow for All — 11am-12:15pm. This class combines elements of yoga, Pilates, physical therapy, movement/dance and meditation to create a gentle yet effective exercise class for seniors. $15.

Through January 2018. Unity of Dallas, 6525 Forest Ln, Dallas. RammDance.org.

Wives-Only Alzheimer’s Support Group — 2-3:30pm. 1st & 2rd Tues. Activities & care available at no charge with a reservation for family members if attending support group. Free. Friends Place Adult Day Services, 1960 Nantucket, Richardson.

972-437-2940. FriendsPlaceAds.com.

Texas Tuesdays — 5-8pm. We love local. Join for Texas Tuesdays at the bar. Every Tuesday we›ll feature $1 off local brews by the glass. Las Colinas Whole Foods, 6741 N MacArthur Blvd, Irving.

WholeFoodsMarket.com/Stores/LasColinas.

Tuesday Meditation — 6:30-7:30pm. Experience the silence of a gently guided meditation. All levels of experience welcome. Love offering. Unity on Greenville, 3425 Greenville Ave, The Gathering Place, Dallas. KarenRomestan@DallasUnity.org.

DallasUnity.org.

YES: A Young Adults Meditation Fellowship — 7-9pm. A meditation series for young adults in their 20s and 30s. Each evening will include a beginnerfriendly walking and sitting meditation, Dharma teachings and refreshments afterwards. Donation.

Dallas Meditation Center, 810 West Arapaho Road, Suite 98, Richardson. 972-432-7871. DallasMedita tionCenter.com.

Group Meditation — 7:30-8:30pm. Meditate with like-minded friends to access inner peace, calmness and joy. Free. Ananda Dallas Meditation & Yoga Center, 4901 Keller Springs Rd, Ste 103, Addison. 972-248-9126. AnandaDallas@aol.com.

AnandaDallas.org.

wednesday Storytime Serendipity — 3:30-4pm. Toddlers will experience tales that awake and excite. Dallas Public Library, Bookmarks Branch, 8687 N Ctrl Expy, Dallas. 214-671-1381. NorthPark@DallasLibrary.org.

Lewy Body Dementia Caregiver Support Group — 5-6:30pm. 1st Wed. Cindy Marshall, M.D., director of Memory Care at Baylor Neuroscience Center, will address the unique concerns, challenges, & treatments associated with LBD. Free. Friends Place Adult Day Services, 1960 Nantucket, Richardson.

972-437-2940. FriendsPlaceAds.com.

Dallas Green Drinks — 6pm. 2nd Wed. Meet for happy hour with other eco-conscious people. No cover, buy own drinks. Location TBD. DallasGreendrinks@yahoo.com. Greendrinks.org/TX/Dallas.

The Darshan Room — 6:30-8:30pm. Kirtan music, meditation, philosophy, vegetarian feast, spiritual discourse. Donation. The Darshan Room, 5430 Gurley Ave, Dallas. 214-810-1371. NCD@Krishna. com. TheDarshanRoom.com.

Hot Yoga 201 — 7-8pm. Open to all levels. This flowing style class links the fundamental asanas (poses) of yoga linking body, mind and breath with music. Yoga4Love Studio Cabin, Ovilla. Yoga4Love.com.

Calming Moon Vinyasa — 7:15-8:30pm. A composition of basic postures that can be adapted for people with mobility problems. $10. Shakti Yoga Center, 604 Main St, Garland. 469-223-6673.

Shakti-YogaCenter.com.

thursday Beginning Taoist Tai Chi Class — 9:30-10:30am.

Learn the 108 moves. Class cost includes matriculation, a shirt, 4 months of beginning classes and 1 month of continuing classes. $140/ adults, $110/ seniors or students for 4 months. Central Congregational Church, 5600 Royal Ln, Dallas. 214-7621661. Dallas.TX@Taoist.org. Taoist.org.

Baby Basics Storytime — 12:30-1pm. Activities for moms/caregivers and infants up to 24 months old with interactive music, nursery rhymes and stories.

Dallas Public Library, Bookmarks Branch, 8687 N Central Expy, Dallas. 214-671-1381. NorthPark@ DallasLibrary.org.

Pizza Pie Thursdays — All day. It’s Pizza Pie Thursday! Enjoy fresh made-to-order pizzas for only $12.99 with up to three toppings. Las Colinas Whole Foods, 6741 N MacArthur Blvd, Irving.

WholeFoodsMarket.com/Stores/LasColinas.

Alzheimer’s Support Group — 2-3:30pm. 2nd & 4th Thurs. Activities & care available at no charge with a reservation for family members if attending support group. Guest speaker each month. Free.

Friends Place Adult Day Services, 1960 Nantucket, Richardson. 972-437-2940. FriendsPlaceAds.com.

Second Thursdays with a Twist — 5-9pm. Second Thursdays with a Twist takes an unexpected look at the Museum’s collection with a pop culture twist. Awaken the force within you by joining us

for a night of rebellion, power struggles and Jedi training. $5, free for members. Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 North Harwood, Dallas. DMA.org.

Dallas Vegan Drinks — 6:30pm. Meets the second Thursday of the month at various veg-friendly locations for fellowship. Facebook.com/Dallas VeganDrinks.

friday Daily Tastings — 10am-4pm. Guests can sample recipes featuring seasonal vegetables. Free with paid admission. Through December 2017. 8525 Garland Rd, Dallas. 214-515-6612. DallasArboretum.org.

Steady Warrior Trauma Sensitive Yoga — 4:305:30pm. This trauma sensitive yoga class focuses on breath and gentle yoga movements and is followed by a very restorative guided meditation. Free for veterans and first responders. Through September 2018. Studio 4, 518 W Davis St, Dallas. Warrior SpiritProject.org

saturday Plano Pacers — 8am. Set aside your last Saturday of each month for the Pacers! 1K, 3K, 8K. There is a Jr. Sprint (1K) for ages 0-12 each month. Bob Woodruff Park, 2510 San Gabriel Drive, Plano.

PlanoPacers.org/race_schedule/.

JAN Coming Next Month

Natural Stress Relief

Plus: Understanding Nutraceuticals January articles include: Answers for Stress Reduction Solutions for Digestive System Health Just What Are Nutraceuticals? and so much more!

Chi Gong on the Lawn — 8:30-9:30am. Join on the southwest lawn over-looking Unity Bay for a Saturday morning energy re-up. Donation-based. Unity of Dallas, 6525 Forest Ln, Dallas. UnityDallas.org.

Tai Chi Classes — 9am. Tai Chi is excellent for health, balance, back problems, and one’s general internal energy flow and energy balance. Free. Kalachandji’s Restaurant, 5430 Gurley Ave, Dallas.

Bostmas@gmail.com.

White Rock Lake Cleanup — 9am. 2nd Sat. Walk and talk while picking up trash and recyclables at the Sierra Club’s adopted section of White Rock Lake Park. Free juice and coffee. Gloves, trash bags, etc. provided. Love of the Lake, northeast corner of Garland Road and Buckner Boulevard, Dallas.

214-824-0244. DallasSierraClub.org.

Target First Saturdays — 10am-2pm. 1st Sat. Family activities including art scavenger hunts, family tours, yoga, story time and live performances.

Free. Nasher Sculpture Center, 2001 Flora St, Dallas. 214-242-5100. NasherSculptureCenter.org.

Yoga — 10-11am. Please bring your own mat and water bottle. All levels from beginner to advanced are welcome. $10. River Legacy Living Science Center, 703 NW Green Oaks Blvd, Arlington.

RiverLegacy.org.

Yoga in the Park — 10-11am. Enjoy the serenity of yoga in the park. Perform sun salutations with guidance from Dallas Yoga Center. Meets at the Muse Family Performance Pavilion. Free. Klyde Warren Park, 2012 Woodall Rodgers Fwy, Dallas.

214-716-4500. Info@KlydeWarrenPark.org

To advertise or participate in our next issue, call

972-992-8815 natural awakenings

December 2017

37

communityresourceguide Connecting you to the leaders in natural healthcare and green living in our community. To find out how you can be included in the Community Resource Guide email Publisher@NADallas.com to request our media kit.

acupuncture DR. CARLOS CHAPA, LAC, OMD, PHD 9901 E. Valley Ranch Parkwy, Suite 1000, Irving, TX 18601 LBJ, Suite 501 Mesquite, TX 972-444-0660 AIMC-DFW.com

As an Oriental medicine doctor, board-certified herbalist, and licensed acupuncturist with 17 years of experience, Dr. Chapa helps patients find relief using acupuncture, herbal medicine, homeopathy and more. He offers an herbal pharmacy with over 1,000 safe, organic medicines. His office is In-network with most insurance providers. Don’t forget to mention Natural Awakenings.

KC KORE CHIROPRACTIC

Dr. Steven Kloster, DC Medical City Dallas 7777 Forest Ln, Suite C534, Dallas 972-566-3355 KansasCityCore.com/Chiropractor-Dallas We are a hospital based, comprehensive Chiropractic care, rehabilitation and pain center designed to achieve optimum results through caring, compassion and individual treatment plans. Specializing in spinal decompression and pre-natal care, we accept most forms of major insurance. Extended, offices hours and free parking. Call now to schedule an appointment.

EDUCATION BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS ROCKWALL HOLISTIC NETWORK 214-454-2842 Facebook.com/RockwallHolisticNetwork

Rockwall Holistic Network’s mission is to foster a community of holistic practitioners who serve Rockwall and neighboring cities. The group shares specific modalities of treatment, ideas, marketing opportunities, advice and friendship. Their aim is to help each other grow, while being a wellspring of healthful information for all. Meetings 1st Wednesday of the month. See ad, page 27.

CHIROPRACTIC HEIKKINEN CHIROPRACTIC & ACUPUNCTURE CENTER Paul, Heikkinen, D.C., Marsha, Heikkinen, D.C. 820 E. Cartwright Rd, Suite 133, Mesquite, TX 972-285-3232 HeikkinenChiropractic.com

Our office is a family owned and operated business dedicated to helping our patients realize their natural healing abilities. We utilize chiropractic, acupuncture, massage and nutrition to effectively treat the whole person. We live to give you Back Your Life. See us for pain relief, wellness care, and much more.

38

Dallas Edition

DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT 1601 South Lamar, Dallas 214-378-1824 DCCCD.edu

The Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) is a network of seven colleges, in-cluding El Centro, Brookhaven, Mountain View, Eastfield, Richland, Cedar Valley and Northlake. DCCCD serves the region with accredited one and two year certificates, degrees and core credit courses guaranteed to transfer to Texas colleges and universities.

THE HOCKADAY SCHOOL 11600 Welch Road, Dallas 214- 363-6311 Hockaday.org

Established almost 100 years ago, The Hockaday School provides a college preparatory educa-tion for girls; from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade, including Boarding school for grades 8-12.

With an approximate enrollment of 1,000 students and a 10:1 student teacher ratio, Hockaday students enjoy a 100% acceptance rate to college.

www.NADallas.com

In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute. ~Thurgood Marshall

JESUIT COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL OF DALLAS 12345 Inwood Rd, Dallas 972-387-8700 JesuitCP.org

Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas is a private Catholic institution for young men under the direction of the Society of Jesus. Located in North Dallas, it provides a student-centered education to approximately 1,000 students, grades 9-12. Our students’ average SAT scores exceed the national average by over 200 points.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES TEXAS TOYOTA OF GRAPEVINE 801 State Hwy 114 East, Grapevine 877-858-0831 ToyotaOfGrapevine.com

Experience TOYOTACARE peace of mind with the purchase or lease of every new Toyota. It includes a complimentary worry-free maintenance plan and roadside assistance for 2 years or 25,000 miles, whichever comes first.We’re currently offering a $500 Military Rebate and $750 College Graduate Rebate.

See our website for details.

ENERGY BREEZE ENERGY

855-391-WIND (9463) BreezeEnergy.com 100% Pure, Green, Texas.

Wind power uses no water; which is critical in a droughtplagued state. Using wind energy, you’re good to the environment and your wallet.

At an average of 8.6 cents per kilowatt hour, our residential rates are lower than TXU and Green Mountain for average 12-month plans.

HAIR CARE SWANK SALON ORGANIC COLOR BAR & BOUTIQUE 15635 Quorum Dr, Addison 972-387-9265 SwankSalon.org

We are a preferred Moroccan Oil & Milkshake salon specializing in color, hair cutting, styling, and complete makeovers. The organic color bar is a top-quality option for the eco-friendly and beauty-conscious mavens with sensitive skin. We know the best techniques, tools and brands in the industry. Schedule your appointment today.

HEALTH CARE BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM 1-800-4BAYLOR BaylorHealth.com/CancerCare We have a network of comprehensive cancer treatment centers throughout Dallas-Fort Worth, offering full range cancer-related and integrative medical services. Whether you want to learn about types of cancer, screenings, prevention, healthy living or support, Baylor is here for you. We offer the experience, expertise and technology you can trust. See ad, inside front cover.

PRIMACARE

13 Locations in Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex 888-286-4603 PrimaCare.com With 13 Urgent Care Centers, PrimaCare serves the medical needs of area families with courtesy, convenience and compassion. Open 7 days a week with extended hours. No appointment necessary. Most insurance accepted. Use our Call Ahead Service and wait where your want. Open: Monday–Friday 8am-8pm, Saturday– Sunday 8am–5pm.

HERBAL MEDICINE ACN HERBS AND VITAMINS

SMILE RANCH

KOTSANIS INSTITUTE

Dr. Robyn Abramczyk, DDS 6700 Horizon Rd, Heath 972-772-7645 SmileRanchDentistry.com Smile Ranch is a spa-like dental experience that treats the whole being. Their office practices, treatments, and protocols stand by the belief of biological dentistry.

Robyn Abramcyzk, DDS wants to keep her patients safe from dangerous toxins and help them maintain a beautiful smile. They do not use toxic fillings or substances. See ad on back cover.

HEALTHY HEALING ARTS/HPWWC Cathy Lemmon 469-383-8442 Cathy@HPWWC.org HealthyHealingArts.com

Homeoprophylaxis (HP), a part of Homeopathy, is a major part of Cathy Lemmon’s practice at Healthy Healing Arts. HP has been used worldwide for hundreds of years with a success rate of over 90% to help fight off disease.

Lemmon uses an energetic, nontoxic means of promoting immunity in a safe and natural way. See ad, page 19.

MASSAGE MASSAGE BY GORDON

ACN Herbs and Vitamins specialist Leslie Duong will sit down with you to conduct a private and personal health evaluation. You can be assured her 20 years of experience in Chinese Natural Herbs will start to help you feel better in no time.

Free Consultation Available.

Schedule your appointment now. See ad, page 15.

At Massage By Gordon the massage is tailored to you! Licensed Massage Therapist with over 5 years experience and strong massage skills. Available for in and outcalls. Comfortable massage room and shower available.

Booking in advance is recommended but last minute inquiries are welcome!

Cash and major credit cards accepted.

HOLISTIC DENTISTRY

MEDICAL

Dr. Daniel Strader 8222 Douglas Ave, Suite 810, Dallas 214-363-7777 2Grin.com A 3rd generation Dallasite, practicing Biological Dentistry for 30 years, we offer non-toxic, healthier, metal-free ceramic crowns, bridges, and implants. Mercury fillings are removed and replaced safely, and we offer convenient office hours with after work appointments. Experience a pampering environment in our centrally located office. Call our concierge to schedule an appointment now. See ad, page 24.

Dr. Kotsanis blends modern medicine with time-tested older disciplines, creating unique treatments for each person. He believes proper nutrition is the foundation and applies this to treating conditions ranging from autism spectrum to chronic diseases. You’re invited to his FREE monthly Lunch & Learns. The schedule’s on their website.

HOMEOPATHY

Leslie Duong 5917 Greenville Ave, Dallas 214-887-8325 Leslie.ACN_Herbs@yahoo.com LeslieDuong.com

DALLAS DESIGNER SMILES

Kotsanis, MD Constantine A. 2260 Pool Road, Grapevine 817-481-6342 DrKotsanis@gmail.com KotsanisInstitute.com

Gordon Dawkins, LMT 202 S. Austin Dr, Suite 200, Allen 214-998-6916 MassageByGordon@gmail.com

TENNANT INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE

Dr. Jerry Tennant MD, Medical Director 35 Veranda Lane , Ste 100, Colleyville 972-580-1156 TennantInstitute.us Providing traditional “standard-ofcare” medicine using prescription as well as complementary medicine.

Recognizing that the human body is not simply a collection of independent parts but rather an integrative whole -we treat it that way. Conditions treated include chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, macular degeneration and glaucoma, as well as thyroid support, adrenal support, hormone replacement. essential oil therapy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. See ad, page 6.

NATUROPATHIC HEALTH

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CENTER DALLAS

Dr. William Rea 8345 Walnut Hill Lane, Suite #220, Dallas 214.368.4132 EHCD.com The Environmental Health Center Dallas is a medical facility whose emphasis is the relationship of health and disease to environmental factors. Diagnosis and treatment is directed at determining the cause of the illness. Through thorough investigation we determine the correlation of the patient’s disease process to environmental factors. A leader in the field treating: mold exposure/sensitivity, oil spill exposures, pesticides, chemical exposure/chemical sensitivities, immune dysregulation and much more.

LIVING SPRINGS NATURAL HEALTH Monica Jaynes, ND, MSN, RNC, CCT Julie Clowers, ND, MSN, RNC, CCT 6700 Horizon Rd, Suite 100, Heath 972-722-4668 LivingSpringsNaturalHealth.com

Employing a team approach and a mission of empowering clients through education, our practitioners harness many unique alternative therapies to assist the body in balancing energy and nutrients to stimulate the immune system and normalize overall health. Primary services include thermography, bioscan, ozone therapy, stem-cell therapy and bio-frequency. See ad, page 31.

Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn’t come from a store. ~Dr. Seuss

natural awakenings

December 2017

39

PRODUCTS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE

PAIN MANAGEMENT SENERGY MEDICAL GROUP

9901 Valley Ranch Pkwy East, Suite 1009 Irving 972-580-0545 Biomodulator@senergy.us Senergy.us We are the exclusive distributor of the patented Tennant Biomodulator® PLUS & PRO. These FDA accepted non-invasive devices are designed to offer an affordable, drug free, userfriendly option for the indicated use of symptomatic relief for chronic, severe or intractable pain; and adjunctive treatment in managing post-surgical and post-traumatic pain. See ad, page 14.

AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION STORE

8345 Walnut Hill Lane, Suite 225, Dallas 214-361-9515 AEHF.com The only retail store in the US devoted solely to the sales of environmentally safe products for everyday use in homes, schools and businesses – we even provide environmentally safe housing. Founded in 1975, our products and the education we provide to our customers is based on extensive research into the fields of chemical sensitivity and environmental illness.

PETS

Dr. Michael Einsohn 5220 Spring Valley Rd, Suite 405, Dallas 214-352-8758 ThermographyCenter.com Offering full body Regulation Thermography, including the breast. It can detect abnormalities in the very earliest of stages, many times finding underlying causes of disease. It looks at the entire body’s behavior after being stressed giving a ‘living dynamic view.’ Consultations, further evaluation and follow up care are also offered. See ad, page 24.

VETERINARY

Dr. Brittney Barton, DVM 4509 Lemmon Ave, Dallas 214-329-9454 HEALVet.com

SPIRITUAL

12 Metroplex Area locations Hollywoodfeed.com

CONCORD DALLAS CHURCH

Offering some of the widest selections of natural and holistic pet foods and products in the Metroplex, these well-stocked neighborhood locations also have interesting and unique pet and pet-owner products at reasonable prices. Professional pet grooming and selfservice dog washing stations available. Check out our famous Mississippi Made Dog beds.

PHARMACIES ABRAMS-ROYAL COMPOUNDING PHARMACY 8220 Abrams Rd, Dallas 214-349-8000 4909 W. Park Blvd, Plano 972-599-7700 ARP-RX.com

Family owned and operated since 1980, with more than 135 years of combined experience. Our pharmacists work to provide proactive solutions to restore health and wellness. We work as trusted partners with physicians and patients to develop targeted treatment plans and customized wellness programs for your unique needs. Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board (PACB) certified.

6808 Pastor Bailey Dr, Dallas 214-331-8522 ConcordDallas.org

Concord Dallas is the church that grows people.

Their core values are passion for Christ, passion for people and catalyst for change. Services are Sundays at 7:30am, 9:15am, 11:00am, 12:45am, and online at Streamingfaith.com. Mid-week service is Wednesdays at 7:00pm. Reverend Bryan L. Carter, Senior Pastor.

UNITY CHURCH OF SACHSE 5502 Ben Davis, Sachse 972-984-8946 UnityOfSachse@gmail.com UnityOfSachse.com

We teach positive psychology based on Spiritual teachings of Jesus. Services are held Sundays at 11:30am. Join us as we share truths and principles to help along your spiritual journey. Each week’s message and all events are posted on our website for your convenience.

Spiritual counseling and positive prayer available.

The success of your marketing message is about reaching the right number of qualified people...

The various tools in Natural Awakenings are designed to get your message out to the most readers... who are in the right niche... in the most effective manner.

Visit NADallas.com for details.

Dallas Edition

THERMOGRAPHY CENTER

HEAL Veterinary Hospital

HOLLYWOOD FEED

40

THERMOGRAPHY

www.NADallas.com

We are a full service Veterinary hospital that focuses on the day to day needs of your pet, from preventative care, illness to surgical support.

Devoted to helping support your aging pet, we provide rehabilitative therapies, acupuncture, education and supplemental support. Our goals include advocacy, enrichment services and we provide home delivery of medications and pet nutrition. See ad, page 19.

THE ANIMAL DOCTOR

Dr. Nancy Bozeman 621 N. Little School Rd, Kennedale 817-572-2400 TheAnimalDoctorTx@yahoo.com TheAnimalDoctor.com As an alternative medicine specialist, Dr. Nancy Bozeman emphasizes your pet’s entire well-being by taking a holistic approach to veterinary medicine. Offering a full range of conventional and complementary modalities including Homeopathy, Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Laser Thera-py, NAET, Nutrition Counseling and Vaccination titers. Come visit our comfortable, pet-friendly, homey office environment. See ad, page 29.

ALL CREATURES EVERY SPINE (A.C.E.S.) Dr. Amy Hayek Dr. Bill Ormston 214-802-7815, 843-860-8336 AllCreaturesEverySpine.com

Through Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Homeopathy and other drug free modalities veterinarians Amy Hayek and Bill Ormston help their animal patients sustain the miracle of life. A.C.E.S. believes that the power that made the body can heal the body. We offer the highest level of drug free veterinary care available.

WELLNESS CENTERS ABUNDANT LIFE WELLNESS AND THERMOGRAPHY CENTER Jennifer Trejo, Naturopath 3904 Boat Club Rd, Lake Worth 817-847-0900 AbundantLifeWellnessCenter.com

We help with acute and chronic health concerns including autoimmune, fatigue, ADHD, gut is-sues, metabolic issues and more. Services include detoxification, enzyme therapy, homeopathy, nutrition, weight loss, functional blood analysis, hormone testing, essential oils, foot detox, and oxygen steam sauna. We offer the latest technology in Neurofeedback and Breast Thermography. See ads, pages 11 & 16.

ROCKWALL COMPLETE HEALING & WELLNESS 2455 Ridge Road, Suite 151, Rockwall 972-771-8900 RockwallColonics.com

“Our goal is to offer our community high-quality wellness services in an exceptionally comforta-ble and healing environment.

We know that time-honored healing traditions – Acupuncture, Massage, Herbal medicine, Young Living Raindrop Therapy, Chiropractic and Colonics work. Rejuvenation, Relaxation, Relief from pain, stress and tension and the opportunity to achieve your highest potential.”

See ad, page 12.

YARD AND GARDEN LANDSCAPING WATER MANAGEMENT

MARSHALL GRAIN COMPANY

3525 William D. Tate Ave, Grapevine 817-416-6600 MarshallGrain.com MGC@marshallgrain.com Serving north Texans since 1914, we provide landscaping design, installation and maintenance, drainage and irrigation services, hardscaping and organic maintenance services, as well as organic gardening supplies, pet supplies and you will find the best selections available of native trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, vegetables and herbs for our kitchen garden.

YOGA CRESCENT YOGA STUDIO 812 Alex Ln, Midlothian 469-285-3559 CrescentYogaStudio.com

Ellis County’s premier yoga studio brings peace to the mind, body and spirit. Teachers are experienced, educated and passionate about sharing their knowledge. Learn techniques to balance the body and ease hectic lifestyles. Crescent Yoga offers a wide variety of yoga styles. Over 18 classes per week. 2 Weeks Unlimited Yoga for $20.

ROHdes Organic Nursery

1651 Wall Street, Garland 972-864-1934 BeOrganic.com Rohde’s helps you get and maintain beautiful yards and gardens in a chemical-free environment.

As the first organic nursery in DFW, we know organics better than anyone else. Products and services include landscaping and maintenance, natural fertilizer, natural insect control, unique garden gift items, pet food and a large selections of native and drought-tolerant plants.

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. ~Oprah Winfrey

1710 Tantor Rd, Dallas Tom@LandscapeWaterManagement.com 213-878-0312 LandscapeWaterManagement.com Licensed Horticulturists Tom and Bella Thompson have been specializing in irrigation, landscape design and turf management since 1995, using the newest water saving products available.

The goal is to save you water and money. Need your sprinkler system to operate at maximum design level, solutions to commercial or residential irrigation or drainage problems -call immediately for a consultation.See ad, page 29.

In our 2016 Readership Survey, readers responded....

66% have been reading Natural Awakenings for more than 2 years 21% purchase from our advertisers between 1 and 3 times per month 34.2% share their monthly copy of our magazine with 2 or more additional readers 84.7% are female, 47.7% between 35 and 54 years of age 60% have one or more college degrees 88.1% purchase healthy or organic food 47.1% regularly attend spiritual or healing events 47.4% regularly attend exercise or fitness events

Call 972-992-8815 to place your ad

Facebook.com/NADallasmag natural awakenings

December 2017

41

Join Us in Spreading the Light.

Become a Natural Awakenings Publisher!

Create Your Future with a Lifestyle Franchise!

23+ years of leadership in publishing has made Natural Awakenings the #1 healthy, green living magazine with 98 editions across the U.S., Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic ... ... and we continue to grow!

• Meaningful New Career • Low Initial Investment • Proven Business System • Home-Based Business • Exceptional Franchise Support and Training • No Publishing Experience Necessary

*Natural Awakenings recently received the prestigious FBR50 Franchise Satisfaction Award from Franchise Business Review.

Natural Awakenings Magazine is ranked 5th Nationally in Cision’s® 2016 Top 10 Health & Fitness Magazines list Cision® is the world’s leading source of media research. www.cision.com

We are currently expanding across the U.S. and Canada. To find out more about starting your own Natural Awakenings magazine or acquiring an existing one, 42

visit NaturalAwakeningsFranchise.com or call 239-530-1377 www.NADallas.com

Dallas Edition

FUN RUN STARTS AT 6:30 PM 5K RUN/RACE STARTS AT 7:00 PM

“We take a Holistic Approach to Dentistry”

FLUORIDE FREE MERCURY SAFE

HOLISTIC THERAPIES | BIOLOGICAL THERAPIES | INTEGRATIVE THERAPIES LASER THERAPY | INFANT FRENECTOMIES | SAFE MERCURY REMOVAL IAOMT ACCREDITED FLUORIDE FREE | HOMEOPATHY | ESSENTIAL OIL | MASSAGE THERAPY OZONE TREATMENT | NUTRITIONAL AND SUPPLEMENTATION COUNSELING

DR. ROBYN ABRAMCZYK, DDS GENERAL DENTISTRY