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Nutrition The Allergic Upgrades Pet

Five Strategies for Better Eating

Natural Remedies vs. Conventional

PLANET

The Path to Wealth

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HEALTHY LIVING HEALTHY PLANET

Nutrition, Then and Now. It’s fascinating to see how dietary recommendations have evolved over the years.

My grade school classrooms were plastered with that colorful food pyramid emphasizing starches and grains for optimal nutrition. Now, I essentially equate carbs with an evil, inflammatory and fat-producing monster. I’m not saying that’s the right attitude because I think there are healthy grains, and balance is important to me. We didn’t always get it right, but the path was paved with good intentions and the science is ever-evolving. My mantra for simplicity Michelle Vacanti, Publisher these days is to just eat “real” food.

But it isn’t always so simple. The main feature this month on "Nutrition Upgrades" explores how various foods can potentially interfere with and/or promote microbiome balance in the gut. And this becomes so important when 70 percent of the immune system relies on optimal gut health. The business profiled this month, Go With Your Gut Testing, offers personalized sensitivity testing for up to 500 foods that may be contributing to inflammation in the gut and related illnesses. I’ve heard countless stories of autoimmune disorders and other diseases directly related to a particular, seemingly benign food. It’s a worthwhile investment in one’s optimal wellness. Finally, it’s more than just what we are eating. Our lifestyles and behaviors surrounding food all intermingle to create an optimal nutrition profile for both ourselves and the planet.

In this month’s Green Living section, we advocate for water conservation. March 22 is World Water Day, a time to take stock of water scarcity, the top long-term global risk for the next decade. How can we reduce our water footprint? Learn helpful and practical everyday solutions and take action!

Best, Michelle

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Contents 20 SELF-MASSAGE

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A New Option for an Old Problem

22 SAVING A DROP TO DRINK

Our Role in the Coming Water Crisis

24 GO WITH YOUR GUT Microbiome

26 NUTRITION UPGRADES Five Strategies for Better Health

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30 DELICIOUS DISCARDS Making Meals From Mainly Scraps

34 HEALING FROM GENETICALLY ALTERED FOODS

Another Reason to Go Organic

36 AIR CARE FOR KIDS

Keeping the Homefront Allergy-Free

That which is not good for the beehive cannot be good for the bees.

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40 THE ALLERGIC PET 42 THE PATH TO WEALTH

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Halo Wellness Center Now Offers Red Light Therapy

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alo Wellness Center, in Marlton, is now offering red light therapy. This therapy refers to a specific range of red light that is able to penetrate into the skin about eight to 10 millimeters. This has a positive effect on cellular energy and multiple nervous system and metabolic processes, which means it is beneficial for many different conditions. There have been numerous scientific studies performed on the effectiveness of this natural healing tool. It has been shown to improve joint pain associated with fibromyalgia and arthritis; skin-related issues such as acne, psoriasis and eczema; immune function; as well as help with side effects of chemotherapy and radiation treatment. It also has a host of anti-aging benefits, including collagen production to improve wrinkles, fine lines, skin tone and appearance.

“We are always looking for new ways to help our clients heal naturally,” says Halo Wellness Center owner Michele Marcinko. “Red light therapy covers so many of the common symptoms we see every day and has zero side effects.”

Cost: 20-minute session, $25; packages are available for multiple sessions. Location: 968 Rte 73S. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 856-574-4433 or visit ElevateYourHealth.com. See ad on page 33.

Animal Welfare Association Receives $250,000 Capital Campaign Gift

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aya Richmond, executive director of the Animal Welfare Association (AWA), announced that the organization’s Building a Place Where Happiness Begins capital campaign has taken a giant leap forward with the contribution of the largest single individual donation to AWA in its 70-year history.

Animal lovers and dedicated AWA friends Albert and Barbara Dragon pledged $250,000 to galvanize community support of AWA’s $2.5 million capital campaign to fund construction of a new, modern animal adoption center to be located at AWA’s current location on Centennial Boulevard, in Voorhees. Since the fall launch of the campaign, $1.325 million has already been raised.

The building of a new adoption center isn’t just a luxury for AWA, or the South Jersey community, it’s a necessity. The current shelter, built in 1966, is showing its age.

As the building deteriorates, it is becoming increasingly difficult to effectively care for the animals. On a day-to-day basis, it is also becoming a less-than-suitable environment for staff and volunteers to carry out their work. This desperately needed new center will improve care to South Jersey’s most vulnerable and needy animals while serving as a welcoming, professional appearing resource for our community’s pet-loving friends.

For more information about the campaign, including securing a Naming Opportunity within the new center, visit AWANJ.org.

Fourth Annual Banquet for Birds & Blooms

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he food’s the thing for the fourth annual Banquet for Birds & Blooms to benefit Friends of Rancocas Nature Center (FRNC), as this year will feature a buffet by Christopher’s Deli & Catering, of Mt. Holly, which will be serving its “Best of Burlington County” food for the evening’s supporters. Hosted again at Mt. Holly Moose Lodge #737 on March 30, from 7 to 10 p.m., the annual fundraiser helps the Friends’ ongoing efforts to sustain the Nature Center.

“Christopher’s buffet will offer vegetarian options; and beer and wine are included (but no outside alcohol),” says event coordinator Wolf Skacel.

“This casual dress event will again have a 50/50, gift baskets, raffles and a DJ with great dancing music,” says Rich Chichester, FRNC chair.

“We want a wide variety of citizens to enjoy Rancocas Nature Center’s beauty, as well as its history, nature and educational programming,” adds Chichester. “It all helps us increase our fundraising base to keep the center open, so we’re always looking for new groups to include in our activities.”

Cost: $35 before March 15; $45 after.

Location: 853 Woodlane Rd. Tickets can be purchased in person Tuesdays through Sundays at the Rancocas Nature Center; by mail with a check made payable to Rancocas Nature Center, 794 Rancocas Rd., Westampton, NJ 08060; or by credit card by calling 609-261-2495. For more information, call 609-261-2495 or email Info@RancocasNatureCenter.org.

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ealThy Life NJ and The Mile Bar are hosting a lunch and learn from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on March 10, at The Mile Bar, in Runnemede. In addition to a delicious taco buffet, a basket auction and 50/50s, attendees will have the opportunity to learn about HealThy Life NJ’s support and education opportunities and meet their local practitioner network who take a more integrative approach to cancer treatment.

Whether you have a diagnosis or are simply interested to learn how HealThy Life NJ can make a difference in your life, all are encouraged to come.

HealThy Life NJ is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that raises funds for late-stage cancer patients seeking integrative and holistic treatments not covered by health insurance.

Cost: $20, includes lunch buffet and two raffle tickets. Location: 212 N. Black Horse Pike. For more information, visit HealThyLifeNJ.com. To purchase tickets, visit HealThyLifeNJ.com/events.

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Ales for Tails

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n April 10, from 6 to 9 p.m., Burlington County Animal Alliance of New Jersey will be hosting Ales for Tails, a food extravaganza at Double Nickel Brewery, in Pennsauken. Local restaurants will be offering samples of their finest wares to eventgoers. Participants will also be able to peruse a wide variety of items from a carefully curated silent auction.

Burlington County Animal Alliance has a clear mission. They focus primarily on rescue and adoption of shelter dogs and cats from Burlington County and surrounding areas. Their main focus is to make the public aware of the number of homeless dogs and cats there are in shelters and to promote adoption of these animals.

They advocate spaying and neutering of all companion animals to counteract the overpopulation of dogs and cats and to end the tragedy of euthanizing healthy, unwanted companion animals.

In 2018, they adopted out 1,282 dogs and 167 cats.

Cost: Tickets are $35 each, or two for $50, and will be available online for presale at AlesForTails.net or at the door for $40 each.

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First Annual Healer’s Way Natural Health Fair

Halo Wellness Center Celebrates Five Years

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alo Wellness Center, in Marlton, is having a five-year anniversary celebration from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on March 10. There will be a sampling of services, food and, of course, cake.

Halo has brought many unique holistic treatments to the South Jersey community, including the area’s first Himalayan salt room. “The past five years have flown by so fast, and we are filled with so much gratitude to be here serving this wonderful community. Our clients have truly become like family, and we appreciate the support and love we receive every day,” says owner Michele Marcinko.

Halo has a wide range of services, including therapeutic massage, holistic facials, infrared sauna, salt room, energy healing, red light therapy, kinesiology, health coaching and more. They also host unique events on various health topics and carry an assortment of supplements and gifts.

Cost: Free; no preregistration required. Location: 968 Rte 73S. For more information, visit ElevateYourHealth.com. See ad on page 33.

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he first annual Healer’s Way Natural Health Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 31, at Ryan’s Retail, in Merchantville. Spirit to Sole Connection is proud to bring this bodymind-spirit wellness event to the community. There will be local vendors, unlimited all-day lectures and activities for children.

This health fair will be different than others; those in attendance will experience a personalized fair, where each attendee will be able to get one-on-one time with various professionals that strive to live wholesome, holistic lifestyles. Speak to masterful practitioners, get an ionic foot detox treatment, drink herbal tea, and let the kids enjoy themselves in their dedicated area.

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Cost: Early-bird ticket, $2; $3 at the door (bring nonperishable goods for $2 entry); children 12 and under are free. Location: 22 North Centre Street, in Merchantville. The entry fee provides all-day entertainment with samples, drawings, lectures, a kids’ area and more. For more information, visit SpiritToSoleConnection.com/ healersway.

Location: 1600 Haddon Ave., Camden. Register through the student portal at liws.org at least one week in advance of the date. For more information, see the spring 2019 brochure at liws.org. See ad on page 5.

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A Father’s Legacy—an Incredible Technology

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igital infrared thermal imaging (DITI) is an incredible technology whose time has come. Healthy Body Thermography (HBT), owned and operated by sisters in Marlton and Franklinville, provides this state-of-the-art health screening service.

More than 20 years ago, believing knowledge is power, their father introduced his “girls” to DITI to monitor their breast health. They learned its importance for early detection and prevention of disease and began receiving annual thermograms. Their dad passed and they continued his legacy, as Healthy Body Thermography was born.

DITI is safe and effective for women of all ages, and especially advantageous for younger women, who can and should begin screening much earlier than the suggested age for mammogram testing. For women with denser breast tissue, larger breasts, implants and who have undergone mastectomies or breast reductions, it also provides an easy, painless way to receive valuable breast health information.

HBT clinics take pictures of full body, upper body, lower body or any region of interest. Thermography is painless; it involves no radiation or compression. In fact, it’s the only technology that visualizes inflammation and helps locate the source of disease, dysfunction or pain.

Since it offers the chance for early detection of disease, it makes an earlier diagnosis possible, and better treatment options, as well as opportunities for patients and healthcare practitioners to intervene at an early stage with preventive treatment.

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SunGlow Chakras Launches Birthstone Tradition

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he association of stones representing months or signs of the zodiac goes as far back as Josephus, a first-century Jewish historian. Aaron’s breastplate carried 12 stones, one for each of the Tribes of Israel, the 12 months of the year, and the 12 signs of the zodiac. Over the years, continents and cultures, the “birthstone” has taken on many meanings. Many of the “traditional birthstones” in the West are precious stones, such as diamonds for April and emeralds for May.

In Eastern traditions, gemstones are associated with one’s zodiac sign, instead of the birth month. Stones are worn that correspond with celestial forces such as the sun, the moon and the planets. You wear your stone as protection based on the position of the celestial bodies at the time and place of your birth. Other traditions include “mystical birthstones”, a Tibetan tradition that is more than 1,000 years old. In the Indian tradition (dating back to 1500 B.C.), the ayurvedic birthstone list has medicinal qualities.

SunGlow Chakras has launched its own birthstone tradition. The exclusive designs of unique Birthday Bracelets use the traditional semi-precious stones, zodiac charms and birthstones for each month. Each month’s design was carefully researched for the birthstones, birth month colors and more, and each is available in silver- or gold-plated finishes.

These are wonderful gifts for anyone’s birthday, including your own.

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EarthShack Introduces Charlotte’s Web Hemp CBD Oil

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ast October, EarthShack began carrying Charlotte’s Web Hemp CBD oil. This came after a year of one of their customers having successfully used this oil to ease his pain and insomnia after his chemo treatment. He had been looking for a more natural product in place of unsuccessful pharmaceuticals.

After some research, EarthShack owner Bill Reneau Bill Reneau found a product that he could trust for this task and suggested Charlotte’s Web. It made a clear, positive difference in his customer’s quality of life.

Today, it’s challenging to even keep the oil in stock, as its reputation and popularity is beyond measure. Customers are using it for sleep issues, anxiety, pain management, autism, fibromyalgia, inflammation, nicotine and drug withdrawal symptoms, epilepsy disorders, schizophrenia, cancer support, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder, Type 1 diabetes, acne, Alzheimer’s disease and more.

Reneau always suggests to customers that they do their research before making any decisions regarding trying a new product or lifestyle change. “Our physical and mental health is most important to our quality of life, and we are here to support you at EarthShack,” says Reneau.

Location: 108 Swedesboro Rd., Mullica Hill (in the Amish Market). For more information, call 856-210-7662, email Bill@EarthShack.org or visit EarthShack.org.

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ines on the Pines, an event celebrating the New Jersey Pine Barrens, returns to Stockton University Campus Center, in Galloway, from 11a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 10. This popular event, which includes book signings, history, arts, humanities, a craft show, and everything Pine Barrens, is free and open to the public.

Meet more than 90 “Pine Barrens celebrities”, including authors sharing stories and artists and crafters selling items such as handcrafted soaps, baskets, photographs, jewelry, hand-spun articles, paintings, candles, sculptures and hand-carved birds—all related to the Pine Barrens.

There will also be plenty of things for kids to do, including clay stamping, painting, craft making and a variety of activities that will enable them to learn more about paws and claws, this year’s theme for kids.

There’s also a new program for kids, The PB&J’s/The Pine Barrens and Juniors, which is a unique opportunity for children to learn about the Pine Barrens and earn a patch at the event.

Dinner following the event highlights speakers John D. Hunt, AtlantiCare corporate director of Security and Emergency Management and co-founder of Crisis Response Canines, who will present “The Role of Crisis Response K9’s,” and Mark Demitroff, owner/president at Buckhorn Garden Services and adjunct faculty at Stockton University and a Pinelands natural historian, who will present “A Barren Cold Desert.”

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Attendees will move through standing twists to detoxify and cleanse, as well as yin and restorative postures to ground, center and connect as this new season unfolds. Each week, participants will experience something new and allow their bodies to feel refreshed.

Cost: Members, $75; nonmembers, $99; drop-in members, $10; drop-in nonmembers, $15 (only if there is space). Minimum seven people; maximum 25. No refunds will be issued after the first class. Location: 2309 Evesham Rd., Voorhees. For more information or to register, call 856-325-5300. See ad on page 3.

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Beginner Tribal Belly Dance classes are offered on Mondays at 6 p.m. and Saturdays at 10:30 a.m., and intermediate classes are offered Saturdays at noon. Buti Yoga classes are offered at noon Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

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Inversions and arm balances are empowering and amazing for reducing stress, improving sleep, regulating hormone production, soothing anxiety and liberating you from the dark clouds of depression.

This workshop is appropriate for everyone. If you are new to inversions, spend time focusing on the fundamental building blocks or preparation postures. If you already have an arm balance or inversion practice, then practice the sequences that will help you to fine tune your arm balances and/or inversions.

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Lemon Balm Lowers Blood Pressure, Reduces LDL Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis), a soothing herb from the mint family, can significantly improve the condition of patients with chronic stable angina, reports a recent study in the Journal of Herbal Medicine. Researchers at Iran’s Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences tested 80 patients with the condition, which involves chest pain linked to a lack of blood flow to the heart. The patients were given three one-gram doses a day of lemon balm powder or a placebo. After two months, the patients given the lemon balm had significant reductions of “bad” low-density cholesterol (LDL), both systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and increased workout capacity, a measure of heart function.

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A Harvard study was conducted on the diets of nearly 28,000 male health professionals spanning two decades between their 50s and 70s and published by the American Academy of Neurology. It found those that drank orange juice and ate leafy greens, berries and dark orange and red vegetables suffered significantly less memory loss than others. Subjects reported every four years and were examined for both thinking and memory skills. Those that ate about six servings of vegetables a day were a third less likely to develop poor thinking skills than those consuming two servings; those that drank orange juice every day were half as likely to develop poor thinking skills as those drinking one serving per month.

Men that ate larger amounts of fruits and vegetables 20 years earlier were less likely to develop similar problems, whether or not they kept eating larger amounts of fruits and vegetables later.

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Herbs Make Worthy Prebiotics Ginger, black pepper and holy basil, mainstays in traditional medicines as anti-inflammatories, also contain significant prebiotic potential that could help gut health, report researchers from India’s National Institute of Nutrition, in Hyderabad. Holy basil (Ocimum sanctum) and ginger (Zingiber officinale) showed significantly higher prebiotic activity, especially of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium species, when compared to the well-known prebiotic fructooligosaccharide (FOS). Black pepper (Piper Nigrum) had prebiotic effects similar to FOS.

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Meditating or listening to classical music altered biomarkers associated with cellular aging and Alzheimer’s disease in adults experiencing memory loss, according to a recent West Virginia University study. The 60 participants had subjective cognitive decline, including forgetting familiar names and losing objects, a condition that may be a preclinical stage of Alzheimer’s. For 12 minutes a day, they either listened to instrumental classical music or did a kirtan kriya meditation involving chanting, visualization and finger poses. After three months, all subjects had increases in a key beta amyloid peptide protective from Alzheimer’s, as well as better memory, mood, sleep and quality of life, while the meditation group experienced significantly better improvements. Activity in two chromosomal markers of cellular aging—telomere length and telomerase activity—increased for both groups, especially among those that practiced more frequently or started with lower cognitive scores. The improved biomarkers were maintained or even strengthened three months after the study ended.

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A second NOAA study reported that glaciers at the top of the world are also thawing, melting and breaking down.

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“The blue field represents water, which is essential for life,” writes Pernefeldt. “The flower’s outer rings form a circle which could be seen as a symbol of Earth as a planet, and the blue surface could represent the universe.” The flag has yet to be adopted by any official government agencies.

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Self-Massage for Knee Pain Relief:

A New Option for an Old Problem

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steoarthritis (OA) affects 27 million Americans; of that number, 4.3 million suffer from osteoarthritis of the knee. Unfortunately, this condition does not have a cure; therefore, easing the chronic pain that accompanies mobility is a priority. Researchers predict the prevalence of this type of arthritis will increase as the population ages.

With symptoms often beginning at middle age, chronic knee pain may lead to fear of falling, overuse of pain medications, depression and hopelessness. Equally important, the need for cost-effective, participatory therapies aimed at managing the pain and disability that causes knee OA will also increase. Fortunately, more and more people with other chronic musculoskeletal conditions are getting pain relief using complementary therapies such as tai chi, yoga, massage, progressive relaxation and others.

This pain can also be relieved by integrated massage techniques—most often, deep tissue massage. Massage, a form of applied touch, is one of the oldest healing techniques. It has evolved in America, primarily because valid research is now available to support its therapeutic

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value. According to the American Massage Therapy Association, “massage therapy” is a generic term that denotes the promotion of health and well-being by way of soft tissue manipulation and movement of the body. The primary characteristics of massage are touch and movement.

In 2006, Dr. Adam Perlman of the Duke Integrative Medicine Center led a study finding Swedish massage is to be safe and effective for reducing pain and improving function in patients with symptomatic osteoarthritis of the knee. In addition to relieving pain, it was suggested massage could be included as an additional option to current approaches such as acupuncture. In 2012, the same team conducted another study which concluded that a 60-minute massage once a week provided therapeutic benefits for symptom relief of knee osteoarthritis.

The Atkins method of self-massage is an on-demand, self-treatment technique using various massage strokes on accessible areas of the body for therapeutic symptom relief and/or relaxation. This method is the first of its kind to be the subject of a randomized, controlled trial; The Effects of Self-Massage on Osteoarthritis of the Knee conducted

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at Lourdes Wellness Center in Collingswood, New Jersey. The results provided significant evidence that self-massage of the quadriceps muscle significantly affected knee pain, stiffness, function and range of motion.

Quadriceps weakness is commonly seen in patients with knee OA, which begs the question as to whether it is quadriceps muscle dysfunction or knee joint changes that leads to arthritis of the knee. A common misconception is that the cause of pain and resulting disability is attributed mainly to the slow progression of cartilage degeneration that causes spur formation.

But the quadriceps muscles function to move, stabilize and protect the knee joint.

Structurally, muscles insert into tendons, and the tendons then insert onto the bones. when a thigh muscle is strained or torn, it can cause tendinitis or severe pain around the knee. So, when compromised, the quadriceps muscles could be the origin of knee pain and immobility.

Based on this functional theory of causation, the Atkins method focuses on self-massage intervention techniques that access the soft tissue connected to the musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction.

Patients with chronic pain are now able to learn how to relieve their own knee pain on demand. Knee self-massage is an active patient centered self-therapy that provides hope and empowerment. Similarly, it can be taught individually or in a group because the technique is applied to the thigh muscles while seated and clothed.

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The U.S. is not in a water crisis—yet— but serious problems loom on the horizon in places like Southern California and the desert Southwest. Los Angeles and San Diego rely on mountain snow in the north to melt and replenish rivers and lakes. But record high temperatures and a shortfall of winter storms—problems aggravated by climate change—have greatly reduced available water supplies.

In the Southwest, Colorado River reservoirs were at record lows last summer. As the region continues to use more water than can be replaced by rain and snow, places like Phoenix may experience severe rationing, according to the Center for Biological Di-

versity. Arizona’s Lake Mead, which supplies water to 22 million people, could run dry by 2021, report researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California at San Diego.

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“Fortunately, through conservation, more water-conscious consumption and smarter management of water, we can replenish and repair the water cycle. But we must make this a priority and pick up the pace,” says Sandra Postel, director of the Global Water Policy Project and author of Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity.

Right now, we’re addressing a 21stcentury crisis with 20th-century tools.

Leaky pipes, broken water mains and faulty meters are responsible for the loss of 2.1 trillion gallons of water annually in the U.S., according to the American Water Works Association. And our lifestyles are extremely water-intensive. For instance, it takes 3,120 gallons of water to produce one smartphone; watering a 1,000-square-foot lawn even once uses 620 gallons of water.

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4 Track down water leaks, which typically waste 10 gallons daily. Common leak sites are faucets, shower heads, swimming pools, garden hoses and pipe joints.

4 Replace old, leaky toilets with efficient models bearing the WaterSense label, or simply put a brick in the toilet tank to reduce consumption with each flush. To check a toilet for leaks, put a few drops of food coloring in the tank and see if any of it transfers to the bowl without flushing.

4 Wash only full loads of laundry and use right-size load settings. Typically, the washing machine accounts for 15 to 40 percent of a household’s indoor water use. Consider a more water-efficient, front-loading washer.

4 Take shorter, five-minute showers with a low-flow showerhead (saving more than 10 gallons compared to the 10-minute version), turn off the water while brushing teeth and shave with a full basin rather than open taps.

4 Wash the car less often: The process uses as much as 150 gallons of water. Driving may not seem to have much to do with water use, but the Water Footprint Calculator (WaterCalculator.org) reports, “Water is used in great quantities during fuel extraction, refining and production.” So taking public transportation, combining errands or joining a car pool will reduce our water footprint.

4 Reduce lawn watering to a one-hour soaking once a week, rather than daily.

Water in the morning—before 10 a.m.— when it’s cooler, so grass roots can absorb moisture before it evaporates. If watering must be done in the evening, try between 4 and 6 p.m., which gives the grass blades time to dry before nightfall.

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Fortunately, through conservation, more water-conscious consumption and smarter management of water, we can replenish and repair the water cycle. But we must make this a priority and pick up the pace. ~Sandra Postel, director of the Global Water Policy Project

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What It Takes to Make Our Stuff An eye-popping amount of water is needed to grow or manufacture what we eat, buy and use on a daily basis. Although it’s impossible to reduce our water use to zero, it’s helpful to know how much water is required, so that we’re less inclined to overbuy or waste.

1 cup of coffee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 gal.

1 hamburger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660 gal.

1 gallon of milk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 879 gal.

1 pound of wheat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 gal.

1 pound of soybeans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 gal.

1 orange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 gal.

1 pound of chocolate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,170 gal.

20 pounds of dog food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000 gal.

1 pair of cotton jeans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,108 gal.

1 smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,190 gal.

1 car tire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518 gal.

1 avocado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 gal.

1 pound of chicken meat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468 gal.

1 pound of barley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 gal.

1 pound of rice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 gal.

1 pound of almonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,900 gal.

1 egg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 gal.

1 slice of bread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 gal.

1 pair of leather shoes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,626 gal.

1 cotton T-shirt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659 gal.

1 car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,737 to 21,926 gal.

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ost of us cringe at the thought of taking an academic test, and even more of us avoid taking medical tests. But Donna Gabler, of Go With Your Gut Testing, can’t emphasize enough the importance of doing just that.

She stresses, “When your body is trying to send you a message, you need to listen.” And illnesses like IBS, obesity and eczema can be the first indication that you’ve developed leaky gut, a condition indicating that your gut has become porous, allowing food particles to seep out into the bloodstream. Taking the ALCAT (Antigen Leucocyte Cellular Antibody Test) Food Sensitivity Test can be the fastest, simplest way to determine the root cause of these symptoms.

In our everyday life, we are exposed to stress, toxins, medicines and other elements and factors that can disrupt our gut microbiome, an ecosystem of bacteria in our bodies. Ultimately, this disruption causes the gut walls to become porous, a condition known as leaky gut. Our immune systems react to try to protect us, but over-activation of the immune system can lead to inflammation, which then manifests as various illnesses.

In the past seven years, scientists have discovered just how important the gut microbiome is in keeping our bodies in check.

It’s referred to as the second brain. Once the gut is out of balance, steps need to be taken to put it back in balance. The ALCAT Food Sensitivity Test is one method of

Donna Gabler determining which foods or antigens are causing the inflammation that leads to chronic illness. It measures the white blood cell (WBC) response after exposure to the certain foods. If the WBC response is elevated, that indicates that a particular food is causing inflammation. Simply, when you remove the reactive foods your immune system retreats and inflammation subsides.

Typically, those tested are relieved to finally know what was causing the problem, even though many of the reactive foods are healthy foods.

It’s important to note that this is not an allergy test. Allergies cause an immediate reaction, like the development of hives, or in worse case scenarios, anaphylactic shock.

Sensitivities take longer to appear, sometimes as long as 72 hours, making it particu-

larly difficult to make the connection.

In identifying a sensitivity to certain foods, the test allows the practitioner to help her clients put together a menu which incorporates the new limitations for a period of one to six months. “It takes some substantial effort to implement the plan.

And the client has made an investment of time and money, but I’m confident this test can be the first step to healing,” says Gabler.

While the test has been tweaked and perfected over more than 30 years, many clinical studies support the effectiveness of this test. In fact, in March of 2018, Yale Medical School published a clinical study supporting its effectiveness.

It’s no surprise that Gabler practices what she preaches in her own home. “My diet is specific to me. Most people can eat tuna and turkey, but I can’t; at least not for the next month. However, I do encourage all clients to avoid wheat because of the GMO qualities that come with it.”

Gabler reports that the bulk of her clientele exhibit IBS symptoms, skin disorders or weight gain. The most common sensitivities are sugar, dairy and gluten. Most people have two to three different illnesses.

“When someone says she has an autoimmune disease, I expect to see all three,” says Gabler. What really motivates Gabler is when clients call to report the many improvements they’re seeing after removing their reactive foods.

Leaky gut develops from disruptions in the gut microbiome. Once we healed, it’s important to eat organic when possible, avoid antibiotics, limit stress and eliminate household products that contain toxins, in order to safeguard gut health.

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Carol Jarzyna is a freelance writer based in Chicago.

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pringtime brings a desire to clean up our diets and refresh our plates. Here are five worthy strategies for upgrading nutrition and greeting the season with a renewed sense of well-being. n Ditch dieting.

According to the Boston Medical Center, an estimated 45 million Americans go on a diet each year and spend more than $30 billion annually on weight-loss products.

Despite this hefty investment, restrictive diets don’t work, says Sandra Aamodt, a neuroscientist based in northern California. Aamodt co-presented the Neurobiology of Dieting: Evidence for Improving Mental Health With a Self-Care Approach session at the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) annual meeting last October in Washington, D.C.

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trigger eating disorders such as binge eating and even make people fatter over time.”

It’s better to take a kinder approach, says Rebecca Scritchfield, a Washington, D.C.-based registered dietitian and Aamodt’s co-presenter. Scritchfield is the author of Body Kindness: Transform Your Health From the Inside Out – and Never Say Diet Again. She teaches her clients to value their self-worth regardless of body size, practice mindful eating and focus on overall self-care: Think enjoyable physical activity, adequate sleep and positive self-talk.

Mindful eating includes paying attention to thoughts and feelings that trigger eating such as hunger, but also stress, boredom and loneliness, says Californiabased registered dietitian Andrea Lieberstein, who wrote Well Nourished: Mindful Practices to Heal Your Relationship with Food, Feed Your Whole Self, and End Overeating. She encourages clients to identify voids in their lives and fill them

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n Learn how to cook and garden. The best

dietary upgrade starts in our own kitchens, where the cook controls the ingredients. Home cooking with fresh, whole foods is at the heart of feeding ourselves well. Processed food manufacturers would like us to equate cooking with drudgery or think that cooking takes too much time, yet this couldn’t be further from the truth.

Tanmeet Sethi, an integrative physician at the Swedish Cherry Hill Family Medicine Residency, in Seattle, established a culinary medicine program that includes both cooking and gardening classes. Sethi says, “Eating is sacred; it’s our connection to the earth.” She also believes there is wisdom in the way food has been traditionally cooked. Sethi recommends a Mediterranean eating pattern for

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with healthy relationships and pleasurable activities, rather than food.

The “health at any size” philosophy is accepted by a growing number of health and nutrition experts, including Annie Kay, a registered dietitian and registered yoga therapist at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She’s the author of Every Bite is Divine: The Balanced Approach to Enjoying Eating, Feeling Healthy and Happy, and Getting to a Weight That’s Natural for You. Kay injects compassion into her work, promoting stress reduction, conscious eating and finding peace for individuals to reach their natural weight.

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its power to reduce depression and ward off chronic diseases. She also promotes the “herb and spice pharmacy” to reduce inflammation and treat and prevent disease. For example, she says, “Ginger and turmeric both act on the same biochemical pathways as antiinflammatory medicines.”

Cooking and eating together as a family has multiple benefits, too, improving children’s nutrition, self-esteem and school performance. Best of all, says Sethi, “Family meals allow us to connect with the people we love.” Put away phones, turn off screens and truly tune in to each other.

Connecting to the earth through gardening also improves our health, according to both Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, a registered dietitian and associate director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Diana Dyer, a Michigan-based organic farmer, registered dietitian and author of A Dietitian’s Cancer Story: Information & Inspiration for Recovery & Healing. They promote gardening as a way to interact with nature, reduce stress and improve quality of life. With just a small patch of soil, home and community gardens provide a ready source of affordable, fresh and nutritious vegetables and herbs. n Eat to protect our planet. According to the

American Public Health Association, climate change is a major threat to our population. Droughts, fires, storms and flooding create obvious challenges to growing crops, but new research also shows how increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere decreases the nutritional quality of food, leading to lower levels of protein and minerals. One solution is to change the way we farm and eat.

For example, Jennifer Jay, Ph.D., a professor of environmental engineering in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of California Los Angeles, calculated the carbon footprints and climate impacts of a variety of food choices. In general, she says, the fewer animal products in our diets, the lower the greenhouse gas impact.

But meat and other animal products

Seventy percent of our immune system is in the lining of the gut. ~Tanmeet Sethi, an integrative physician at the Swedish Cherry Hill Family Medicine Residency, in Seattle. need not be totally off the table. Simply choose smaller portions and when possible, purchase local pasture-raised products produced without antibiotics and hormones.

Organic food production introduces less fertilizers, pesticides, antibiotic-resistant bacteria and greenhouse gases into our environment. So, what’s best for the planet is best for us. Jay provides easy, plant-based and planet-friendly recipes at Meals4Planet.org. n Support gut health. Around 400

B.C., Hippocrates said, “Bad digestion is the root of all evil.” Fast forward through the centuries to today, and one of the hottest areas of research in health, medicine and nutrition revolves around the microbiome; more specifically, the community of microorganisms living in the gut.

“Seventy percent of our immune system is in the lining of the gut,” explains Sethi, which is why she advises,“Feed the bacteria in your gut real food.” Similarly, Teresa

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Martin, a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator based in Bend, Oregon, emphasizes the value of unprocessed, highfiber, organic plant foods to nourish gut bacteria and maintain microbial balance.

Speaking at the same recent meeting, Martin described multiple ways gut bacteria influence our physical and mental health, including nutrient absorption, body weight and blood sugar control, bone density, inflammation and mood. Microbes in the colon digest and ferment plant fibers into short-chain fatty acids, which help ensure a thick, healthy, intestinal mucus lining. Martin notes, “When we don’t eat enough plants, we can’t make enough short-chain fatty acids,” which are key to gut-brain crosstalk and control of appetite and mood.

Martin recommends eating 35 to 50 grams of fiber per day from food, not supplements. She also warns against “microbial assassins” such as antibiotics, processed meats, high-fat diets, refined carbohydrates, added sugars and artificial sweeteners, plus the emulsifiers polysorbate 80 and carboxymethylcellulose, which are commonly added to foods like ice cream and baked goods to improve texture and extend shelf life. All contribute to microbial imbalance, the loss of microbial diversity and leaky gut—the inability to keep offending food compounds like gluten and intact milk protein out of the bloodstream—leading to food intolerance, inflammation and autoimmune disorders.

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n Try intermittent

fasting and smart meal timing. Allowing

the body at least 12 hours without food intake benefits gut microbial diversity, says Martin. Intermittent fasting, or eating patterns in which no or few calories are consumed between 12 to 16 hours, can protect against a variety of metabolic diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, perhaps in part due to the effect on gut microbes.

Dorothy Sears, associate professor of medicine and associate director of the Center for Circadian Biology at the University of California, San Diego, studied the effect of intermittent fasting, or “time-restricted feeding”, on the risk of breast cancer recurrence. In a study of more than 2,300 breast cancer survivors, Sears discovered the women that fasted for at least 13 hours a day reduced breast cancer recurrence by 36 percent, regardless of other dietary factors.

Putting this into practice, if the last meal of the day ends at 6 p.m., the first meal of the next day would not begin before 7 a.m.

In addition to this “prolonged nightly fasting,” Sears says that when we eat affects the way our bodies handle calories. She recommends eating during the first half of the day, when the sun is up and our enzyme and hormone systems are best able to handle calories, control blood sugar and body weight.

Spring forward with these five tips and enjoy better health.

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Delicious Discards

Making Meals From Mainly Scraps

by April Thompson

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ood scraps are no It’s fun to challenge ing the plant, the fish, the longer relegated to animal and its life,” says yourself to create just making soup, something delicious out the co-author of Scraps, stock and sauces that hide Wilt & Weeds: Turning of something no one Wasted Food into Plenty. their true nature. Creative chefs are reawakening to would think edible, like Tama Matsuoka the possibilities of skins, my banana peel cake. Wong, forager and cocores, rinds and other author of Scraps, Wilt ~Lindsay-Jean Hard parts we’ve needlessly & Weeds, points to the been throwing away, with startling results. cultural relativism of cooking, noting that

“Cooking with scraps is good for the our ancestors or other cultures may think planet and good for the pocketbook. Forty that modern Americans are throwing away percent of food produced goes uneaten, the best parts of our food. “Some of the unnecessarily filling the landfill with best flavor and nutrients can be found in hundreds of billions of dollars of food,” says vegetable, fruit and fish skins that often get Lindsay-Jean Hard, a chef in Ann Arbor, discarded,” says Matsuoka Wong.

Michigan, and the author of Cooking With

Both Scraps, Wilt & Weeds and CookScraps: Turn Your Peels, Cores, Rinds, and ing with Scraps are intended as reference Stems into Delicious Meals. guides to provide inspiration to home chefs,

Yet the real driving force behind Hard’s rather than rigid cookbooks to be followed unusual, scrap-based recipes is the joy of with precision. Matsuoka Wong suggests creativity and innovation. “It’s fun to chaltrying to work with the ingredients at hand, lenge yourself to create something delicious using substitutions as needed, instead of out of something no one would think edible, buying an ingredient just to follow a recipe. like my banana peel cake,” says Hard.

Cooking from scraps requires a shift in

Mads Refslund, a Danish chef living mindset about our food and a new mindfulin New York City, seeks nature in food by ness about our habits in the kitchen, says Matcooking and serving it on the plate. “In suoka Wong. “Before automatically throwing nature, there is no ugly, no trash, just cycles of something away or composting, pause and change. Using all the parts is a way of respect- think, what might I do with this?” she says.

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Hard suggests choosing one new ingredient at a time to work with, old bread being an easy one to start with. “Stale bread can easily be transformed into breadcrumbs and croutons that can add nice texture to a lot of dishes,” says Hard.

“Nail a couple things you can make out of anything, like fried rice or frittatas, which are both very accepting of most any ingredient you add,” says Matsuoka Wong.

Hard agrees that simple, hearty dishes like layered casseroles or tasty tempura can be great ways to clean out the odds and ends in the crisper.

Sometimes the toughest ingredients can yield the tastiest meal. Hard admits to having been stumped by what to do with the non-fleshy part of artichoke leaves, which can be tough and bitter, until she developed a recipe for artichoke leaf nachos.

Edible weeds, leaves, stalks and stems of all kinds, including celery, asparagus ends and carrot tops, make for great pesto, which is itself a versatile ingredient—great for sandwiches, dips, pastas and more—and it freezes well, Hard says. Fish scales can be fried and eaten like potato chips; they are a crunchy bar snack in Japan, notes Matsuoka Wong. Fish carcasses or shrimp shells can also be boiled down into stock for risotto or seafood chowder, suggests Hard.

Fruit cores can be boiled into sweet syrup for cocktails or non-alcoholic refreshments, or distilled down into vinegars. Fruit peels can be crisped up into a healthy snack or boiled into a tea. Hard likes to infuse tequila with beet peels for a dramatic look and a little extra flavor. Fruit or vegetable tops such as pineapples, strawberries, cucumbers and leftover herbs can be used to infuse water or vinegar. Water from canned beans, known as aquafaba, is a great stand-in for egg whites to make everything from homemade vegan mayo to fudgy brownies.

“Cooking with scraps shouldn’t be intimidating or overwhelming or feel like a chore: They’re just ingredients,” says Hard. “The more you cook using these recipes, the more familiar the concepts will become, and you’ll realize how easy it is to adapt them to make them your own.”

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Spiralize the cauliflower cores into a spaghetti shape using the thicker noodle blade of a spiralizer.

In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter to coat the pan. Add the pepper bits and cracked pepper and sauté for two minutes, until the pepper is toasted and aromatic. Mix in the crème fraiche and broth and cook, stirring for about five minutes until the sauce is slightly thickened.

Add the cauliflower “spaghetti”, stirring occasionally until just cooked, about two minutes. Transfer to a large bowl and immediately add the Parmesan and Romano. Toss until the cauliflower is coated and not clumping.

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Banana Peel Cake With Brown Sugar Frosting

For the frosting: ½ cup unsalted butter 1 cup packed light or dark brown sugar ¼ cup milk, 2 percent or higher 1¾ to 2 cups powdered sugar, sifted Preheat oven to 350° F. Cut the banana peels into 1-inch pieces and place them in a small saucepan with 1 cup water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove pan from the heat and allow the mixture to cool slightly, then drain the banana peels, reserving a cup of the cooking water.

photo by Penny De Los Santos

For one, two-layer cake: Peels from 2 very ripe bananas, stem and very bottom discarded (see note) ½ cup unsalted butter, softened, plus more for buttering the pans 1½ cups granulated sugar 2 large eggs, separated ½ cup buttermilk 1⅔ cups cake flour, (gluten-free if needed), plus more flour for flouring the pans 1 tsp baking soda ¼ tsp baking powder ½ tsp fine-grain sea salt

You’re done when you pull out the whisk or beater and a soft peak is formed, but immediately collapses. Gently fold the egg whites into the batter and divide the batter evenly between the two prepared pans.

Bake, rotating the pans halfway through, until the tops are golden and a toothpick inserted into the center of each cake pulls out with dry crumbs rather than wet batter, about 25 minutes. Let the cakes cool completely in the pans.

Transfer the peels and the cup of cooking water to a tall, narrow container and purée with an immersion blender or a mini food processor until completely smooth.

When the cakes are cool, make the frosting. Melt butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Stir in brown sugar and cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Stir in the milk, raise the heat to medium-high and cook, stirring constantly until the mixture boils. Remove from the heat and let cool until lukewarm. Gradually whisk in one cup of the powdered sugar, beating until smooth.

Add the remainder of it if the frosting is too loose. Use the frosting immediately as it will begin to thicken and stiffen as it sits.

Cream together the butter and sugar in a large bowl using an electric mixer or a wooden spoon until pale and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the egg yolks one at a time, mixing until incorporated, and scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition. Mix in the banana peel mixture, then stir in the buttermilk until well combined.

To remove the cake from the pans, invert one cake pan on a serving plate, lift off the pan and peel off the parchment. Repeat for the second cake pan. Put one layer of the cake on a serving platter and spread about one third of the frosting evenly over the top. Set the other layer on top, and spread the remaining frosting over the top and sides.

In a medium-size bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add the dry ingredients with the butter mixture and stir gently, just until combined.

Note: Banana peels contain some of the same proteins found in latex and could cause an allergic reaction. Those same proteins might also make your immersion blender feel slightly gummy to the touch. Rub the surface down with cooking oil before washing it.

Butter and flour the sides of two 8-inch round cake pans and line the bottoms with parchment paper. Butter and flour the pans again to coat the paper.

Put the egg whites in another bowl (make sure it’s dry) and whisk until soft peaks form, either by hand or with the whisk attachment on an electric mixer. If using an electric mixer, start slowly and gradually increase speed to medium-high.

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and organic diets. “Many of the conditions that improved in the survey participants are similar to the health issues found in lab animals fed GMOs or the associated herbicide Roundup,” he wrote. More than 85 percent reported improvement from digestive disorders. It is possible that glyphosate, which is antibiotic in nature, may disrupt the delicate balance of the microbiome, a community of microbes that inhabit the gut.

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wenty-five years As I dug deeper, I put search on their long-term ago, the first the pieces together of effect on human health genetically modihave ignited controthe relationship between versy among scientists, fied (GM) crop came to GMOs, gut health and consumers and even market in the form of a tomato engineered for a subsequent diseases. governments. longer shelf life. Today, Much of the research ~Michelle Perro, pediatrician, as much as 80 percent of has been conducted in author and executive director other countries—more food in the U.S. contains of GMO Science GMOs (as they are best than 60 have banned known) and most of the world’s genetically GMOs—and most studies have focused on engineered crops are treated with glyphosate the health effects of the glyphosate used herbicides, primarily Monsanto’s Roundup. on these crops, which the World Health

Unlike hybrids produced by convenOrganization in 2015 declared a probable tional breeding, GMOs are created in a human carcinogen. “Glyphosate adversely laboratory, often incorporating DNA from affects the mitochondria, neurotransother species, such as bacteria and viruses. mitter production and hormones,” says Researching the potential health effects Smith, whose recent documentary, Secret “must be our number one priority, because Ingredients, presents stories of people that GMO technology is replacing nature,” says overcame chronic illnesses by eliminating Jeffrey Smith, executive director of the GMOs from their diets.

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“Roundup can loosen the tight junctions between our cells,” explains Smith. “This can lead to leaky gut, which can contribute to inflammation and numerous diseases.”

Dr. Akil Palanisamy, a Harvard-educated physician and author of The Paleovedic Diet: A Complete Program to Burn Fat, Increase Energy, and Reverse Disease, concurs. “I do believe that the microbiome is crucial for health, and by switching to organic, we eliminate the potential microbiome-damaging effects of glyphosate.”

Palanisamy, based in San Francisco, emphasizes glyphosate’s known ability to cause DNA damage and potentially induce cell death. “It may be a contributing factor to Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, depression, infertility and gastrointestinal disorders,” he says. “It is impossible in the U.S. to just eliminate GMO foods from the diet, so eating organic is the only way to guarantee avoiding GMO foods. This automatically also reduces pesticides from the diet.”

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Dr. Michelle Perro, a pediatrician, author and executive director of GMO Science, in San Rafael, California, became involved when she came across research by plant biologist Dr. Arpad Pusztai, one of the first scientists to raise concerns about the safety of genetically modified foods. “I was able to correlate his findings with the change in children’s health that I was beginning to notice in my own practice,” says Perro. “As I dug deeper, I put the pieces together of the relationship between GMOs, gut health and subsequent diseases.”

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Palanisamy has also seen significant changes in his patients’ health when they heed his advice and avoid GMOs. “Often, they report improvement in digestion, mood, brain fog and energy levels.”

The body is designed with the innate ability to heal, says Pero. “Chronic diseases can be reversed when organic nutrition is the foundation.”

The Hartman Group’s Organic & Natural 2018 report reveals that 46 percent of American shoppers now seek GMO-free food. “The tipping point here in the United States has begun,” says Smith.

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n allergy is a dramatic overreaction of the immune system to environmental agents that are harmless to most people. Antibodies fight allergens with the release of histamines, and a runny nose, red eyes, sneezing, coughing, rash or hives can be the tangible result.

Common around age 10, allergies often fade later in life, so children are often most sensitive to their causes. Outdoors, the problem could be pollen from trees or plants. Indoors, chemicals, dust mites, mold or pet dander are common culprits.

An allergist can help identify them.

Author of Clearing the Air One Nose at a Time: Caring for Your Personal Filter, pediatrician Hana Solomon, M.D., in Columbia, Missouri, focuses on a natural approach to prevent, rather than treat, symptoms. “Thirty years ago, we didn’t have specialty cleaning products,” she says.

“Natural solutions work; sometimes just a cotton cloth and water are enough.”

Frisco, Texas-based Urban Hydration uses vegan-friendly, cruelty- and glutenfree ingredients and herbal extracts to ensure their cleaning products don’t contain parabens, synthetics, polybeads and toxic chemicals. Their home and spa collections are kept as natural as possible without requiring refrigeration. Lemon extract

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Microscopic dust mites live in upholstery, carpets and mattresses. They are the cleanup crew for the millions of dead skin cells humans shed daily. “If a child is allergic to dust mites, get rid of the carpet. Hang blinds on the windows.

Vacuum heat vents,” Solomon says. “Use allergen-free pillows, no down or feathers, and a mattress cover. Wash it and bedding once a week. Reduce the number of toys and stuffed animals in use, wash [them] frequently and store others. Go unscented.”

Leslie Fischer, an eco-minded mom and entrepreneur in Chicago, reviews mattresses for adults and babies at SustainableSlumber.com/reviews. “Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) off-gas from the mattress and disrupt sleep, but also trigger allergy symptoms, asthma and hives,” she says. “An organic mattress is a better choice.”

Natural fabrics are the best option for bed linens. Kathryn Kellogg, author of the Going Zero Waste blog in Vallejo, California, lists 17 sustainable and eco-friendly bedding brands. For her own use, she chose organic cotton sheets from a family-owned business (Tinyurl.com/EcoFriendlyBeddingBrands).

Pajamas are also important. Look for comfy organic fibers that wick moisture, are hypoallergenic and fire-resistant.

Merino wool’s millions of tiny air pockets create a micro-climate to keep sleeping kids toasty in cold weather and cool in summer heat.

Pallet furniture is trendy, but keep in mind that chemical residue or insecticides may remain in the porous wood, as well as E. coli or listeria from food transports.

A safety checklist can be found at Tinyurl. com/PalletSafety.

Often overlooked, indoor mold can live year-round in damp places like bathrooms. A DecoLife bath mat made of natural diatomaceous earth and resilient plant-fiber is antibacterial, non-slip and contains no colorants. It dries within three minutes to prevent mold or mildew from forming. Instead of dropping wet towels and washcloths into the hamper, hang them to dry and launder weekly.

Lemon juice keeps faucets sparkly clean and fresh-smelling. Vinegar cleans glass shower doors. Ditch the old shower curtain; most are made with PVC and release chemicals into the air. Install a rain showerhead to avoid water spray, and use a fast-drying hemp or organic cotton curtain.

Opt for natural flooring; bamboo and cork are both sturdy and sustainable, but have a large carbon footprint due to shipping distances. Linoleum, updated and colorful, is available with marbled, stone-like, flecked and woodgrain patterns. Antistatic and antibacterial, it withstands kids and pets, requiring only a mild cleanser and damp mop to stay clean.

Pets are often blamed when a child develops allergies. It’s actually their dander that causes the reaction. Rather than giving Sparky away, use pet-friendly wipes on fur and feet to remove dander and allergens carried in from outdoors. The Daily Shep offers tips at Tinyurl.com/TheDailyShepTips.

Kids bring allergens into the house, too. Leave shoes outside the door, schedule an early bath and change to indoor garb for the evening. A high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter will help clean the air.

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hilippe Cousteau Jr., the 39-yearold grandson of legendary undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau, is continuing a rich family legacy of sharing the wonders of the natural world with a global audience. A diver, conservationist and environmental activist, the younger Cousteau has also become an inspirational speaker, writer, social entrepreneur and producer of myriad television and film projects.

Now in his fifth season of hosting the Emmy-nominated series Xploration Awesome Planet, which airs on a number of outlets, Cousteau and his wife, Ashlan, also co-host the popular Travel Channel series Caribbean Pirate Treasure, a waterborne odyssey that explores pirate legends, shipwrecks and the lore of lost treasures.

His previous work has examined the fragile future of sharks, tigers, rhinos and other species nearing collapse, and their critical places in the natural order. Like his grandfather and

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father before him—Philippe Sr. died in a plane crash six months before his son was born—Cousteau has embraced the mission of inspiring youth to take action for a sustainable planet, launching EarthEcho International in 2005 and authoring several children’s books.

How did your grandfather inspire you?

He was a captain in the French Navy during World War II when he and an engineer invented scuba diving. It revolutionized humanity in many ways because until then, we were limited in our ability to explore the ocean. He then went on to help create underwater cameras and lights and the means to do storytelling about this wonderful world that he was exploring. It was the first time for millions of people around the world to get a glimpse of what lived in the ocean.

Ted Turner called him the “father of the environmental

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movement” because over time, his stories led him to a deeper understanding of the changes that were happening in the oceans and inspired him to embark on a journey not just of exploration, but of conservation. Growing up with that legacy, I was very much inspired by his work. My father was also a big part of the early Cousteau Society, and was a major driver in the early days of the conservation ethic.

How did covering the 2010 BP oil disaster for news organizations and being among the first to dive into the historic spill shape your world view?

It was a transformative experience for me, and for the country. It was a much-needed reminder of the consequences of our addiction to oil. Seeing the spill firsthand was a horrific experience. While I was already engaged and committed to conservation, it really helped [me] to double down on the urgency that I feel on these issues, because I saw not only what it did to the environment, but what it did to the communities that rely on the environment— the fishermen, the tourism operators, other people. They were all shattered and devastated by that spill. It was a powerful reminder that when we talk about conservation, we are really talking about building a world where humans can thrive as much as nature.

What are your goals in reaching out to the next generation?

A focus on environmental education is something we’ve always been doing.

EarthEcho International has become one of the leading environmental education groups in the U.S. My grandfather always recognized that young people are key to building society’s ethos of environmental sustainability. We have to start with young people to grow constituencies of the older people to understand and be able to connect the dots and to care about it.

Xploration Awesome Planet is targeted to the teen and tween audience, and we also have a lot of adults that watch it.

It’s a great example of a program that’s all

about inspiring people to not just be a passive observer of the world around them, but to be an active participant, to get engaged.

How can parents build upon the foundational message of environmental responsibility that your work instills in kids?

They can treat their kids like the hearts and minds of these issues and recognize that they are more than vessels to be filled with information. We try to encourage them to be treated like they are agents of change, that they are creative, and give them the latitude, trust and empowerment to come up with their own ideas, to look at the world, be informed and inspired, so they can say, “Oh wow. This is an issue I really care about, and I am going to do something about it.”

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when the same pet is flea-free and remains itchy. Other pests, like mange, are ruled out with testing.

Once proven to be bug- and ringworm-free, the next step is a food trial.

Pets are placed on a rigid diet containing only one protein that they have never had and one carbohydrate. The trial takes two months in cats and three months in dogs.

Some pets respond within a week, others take longer. Pets experiencing improvement at the end of the trial are reintroduced to their original diet. Food allergy is only confirmed if the original food recreates the skin problem. Determining exactly which food items are allergens requires a tedious trial of one item (like chicken) at a time with the full food trial diet taking place in between each one. Sadly, blood tests for food allergens have been proven ineffective. Some

by Lori Cobb clients send out a saliva test, but I have not found this useful either. llergies in humans usually affect the itching threshold. To

Pets showing no imthe respiratory system; runny make matters worse, allergic provement after removing nose, congestion and sneezing. pets are susceptible to various pests, contact allergens and Dogs and cats, on the contrary, show allerbacteria and yeast infections food allergens are difficult to gies primarily through their skin through which compound itchiness treat. These pets often have an scratching, chewing and licking. Skin issues and inflammation. abnormality of the skin that often benefit from a good diet, fish oil and

Avoidance of allergens, allows allergens to penetrate probiotics. But when a pet has recurring when possible, is the best and interact with the immune itchiness or inflammation, allergies are the treatment. Determining what system. We do what we can to most likely culprit. to avoid is complicated. We minimize contact. Decreasing Dr. Lori Cobb, VMD, CVA

Pets can be allergic to anything: flea start the process of identificahumidity can minimize mold saliva, dust mites, food products and pollen tion with a flea comb. If a pet has fleas and pollens. Moist dusting can minimize dust are common examples. Allergies to one signs of skin allergies, it’s presumed to be a mite allergens. Air conditioning minimizes thing build on allergies to another to reach primary flea issue until proven otherwise; tree pollen. Minimization, though helpful, is not the same as elimination so pets often require veterinary intervention.

Veterinarians can help minimize the itchy inflammation. We can even eliminate these signs for long stretches of time.

But there is no cure. Clients can choose from three major options: skin testing and allergy desensitization shots, alternative medicine and/or conventional therapies.

Alternative medicine offers herbs, acupuncture and other modalities applied based upon the patient’s specific signs. The big four conventional anti-itch therapies are prednisone, Atopica, Apoquel and Cytopoint.

There are strong proponents of all kinds of allergy or anti-itch therapies, some more vocal than others. A winning treat-

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Thus, the more therapies out there for any given condition, the less likely we have a silver bullet “cure�. Allergic dermatitis is a stellar example. Regardless of treatment paths, flare-ups and secondary infections happen periodically. In this regard, pet allergies mimic human allergies. They are a chronic, long-term problem requiring diligence and patience.

Dr. Lori Cobb, VMD, CVA, has been practicing alternative medicine since 2000. She often utilizes acupuncture, Chinese herbs, spinal manipulation and conventional medicine at Pathways to Wellness, located at 1485 Rte. 38, in Hainesport, N.J. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 609-267-2111 or visit VeterinaryAlternativeMedicine.com.

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The Path to Wealth How to Make a Dream Come True

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with gratitude, your beliefs will change and your subconscious can work with you to make those statements true.

Speak your goal statements aloud with emotion.

The practice of uttering your goal statements out loud anchors the meaning more fully internally. This practice helps to convince your subconscious that achieving your goals is possible. Ideas and thoughts that are in alignment with them will then become more noticeable.

Imagine yourself achieving your desired outcomes.

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uccessful professional athletes, musicians and business men and women that have achieved their goals can often point to repetition as a key to their prosperity and success.

Undergoing both physical and mental training on a daily basis are keys for them to perform at their highest levels. Keeping their goals at the forefront of their thoughts, talking about the outcomes that they want to achieve and mentally seeing themselves achieving their goals are essential components of a repetitive practice that reaps great rewards.

Everyone can implement a similar success practice. Revisit goals daily to enable subconscious and spiritual intuition to illuminate possibilities in taking steps necessary to create the life that we

love. This repetitive practice will shift our beliefs so that goals will be achieved sooner. Motivational speaker and author Earl Nightingale writes, “Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.”

To realize goals sooner, set aside 20 minutes and follow three simple steps each morning:

Write down your goals and be specific in describing the desired outcome.

For example, instead of saying, “I want to lose 10 pounds,” say, “I’m so grateful that I am physically fit in a pain-free body that easily moves through life.” By spending time each day describing completed goals

With eyes closed, create a clear picture of your realized goals in your mind each day.

As you begin to feel yourself completing goals, spiritual intuition that emerges as gut instincts, strong thoughts and ideas, and messages that are external to you will become obvious. Take action as led by your intuition to manifest your dreams.

Repeat these steps every day to create new beliefs and achieve all that you desire sooner. Now is the time to enjoy increased prosperity and success in all of your endeavors.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 2 Campfire Session: Bike Cleaning & Care – 2-2:30pm. We’ll walk you through some of the cleaning techniques and products we suggest to keep your ride in tip top shape. REI Marlton, 501 Rte 73 S, Marlton. 856-810-1938. rei.com/stores/marlton.html.

TREE-ific Party with Cat in the Hat and Friends – 2-4pm. This free family event is full of fun activities about reading and the environment for you and your children to enjoy. PPA Office, 17 Pemberton Rd, Southampton. 609-859-8860. PinelandsAlliance.org.

SUNDAY, MARCH 3 Yoga for Stronger Bones – 9am-1pm. Workshop focuses on postures which support bone health and increase their density. Appropriate for anyone who wants to build and maintain strong bones well into their elder years. $60. Lourdes Institute of Wholistic Studies, 1600 Haddon Ave, Camden. To register: 856-580-6444 or liws.org.

Flat Tire Repair Workshop – 10am-12pm. From start to finish, you will work through everything you need to know to change a tire. Bring your own bike or practice on one of ours. $25/member, $45/ nonmember. REI Marlton, 501 Rte 73 S, Marlton.

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Blueberry Music Jam – 11am-2pm. Stop into the historic village of Whitesbog to listen to the tunes of local musicians; the open music jam is acoustic.

Free. Whitesbog Preservation Trust, 120 W Whites Bogs Rd, #34, Browns Mills. 609-893-4646.

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Yoga and Mindfulness for Children – 4:155:15pm. Experience fun-filled yoga and mindfulness classes in a nurturing atmosphere where creativity and play are the foundation for building strength, friendship, flexibility and confidence, alongside a community of supportive peers. Instructor, Hollie Helman. $60/4-wk series; $18/drop-in. Just Breathe, 2800 Rte 130, Ste 100, Cinnaminson.

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Grow Your Own Sweet Potatoes – 1pm. This fun, make & take class will focus on starting, growing, and harvesting sweet potatoes, and now is the time to begin. Bring own sweet potato or use one that is provided. The South Jersey Seed Circle Library will be on-hand with seeds that can be started now. Free.

Collingswood Library, 771 Haddon Ave, Collingswood. 856-425-2221. GMOFreeNJ.com/events.

Foot Health Class – 5:30-6:30pm. With Postural Alignment Specialist Deb Freeman. Begin to treat or prevent flat feet, plantar fasciitis, heel spurs, calluses, corns, bunions and hammertoes. All are caused by dysfunctional loading of the feet so improving alignment can help. $15. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. Pre-registration suggested: 856-4047287 or Rhonda@YogaForLiving.net.

Interpretive Trail Hike – 1:30-2:30pm. Join an RNC naturalist for an interpretive hike through our varied habitats. Pace is easy and suitable for adults and teenagers. Free; donations encouraged. Rancocas Nature Center, 794 Rancocas Rd, Westampton. Preregister: 609-261-2495 or RancocasNatureCenter.org.

Freedom Flow Yoga – 5:30-6:30pm. Come experience the benefits of yoga and mindfulness, designed to show how yoga is truly available for everybody. $48/4 classes; $14/drop-in. Just Breathe, 2800 Rte 130, Ste 100, Cinnaminson. Register: JustBreatheCenter.org.

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Bear Bags and Backcountry Food Storage Workshop – 6:30-8:30pm. Learn the basics of bear canisters and bear bags, and when and where to use them.

Get a hands-on chance to practice bear bag hanging skills, and learn bear awareness to keep your food (and your campsite) bear free. $15/member, $35/ nonmember. REI Marlton, 501 Rte 73 S, Marlton.

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Learn how to boost the cell’s potential to maintain balance between these 2 processes to allow the body to look and feel younger and healthier. Free.

Meadowsweet Natural Health Center, 639 Stokes Rd, Ste 203, Medford. RSVP: 609-257-3345 or Christy@MeadowsweetNaturalHealth.com.

Holistic Networking Mixer – 6:30-8:30pm. Join the Holistic Chamber of Commerce, CHMC for our quarterly networking event. Mix and mingle with our members, who represent some of the best holistic practitioners and wellness providers in the area, and get to know other like-minded professionals who share the same passion for natural and spiritual healing. Light refreshments and appetizers provided.

Cash bar available. $15/member, $20/nonmember, $25/at door. Brio Tuscan Grille, 901 Haddonfield Rd, Cherry Hill. Paypal.me/HCCCHMC. Transition with the Seasons – 7pm. Just like everything in nature is melting during the Spring, toxins that have been building up within us are melting as well. Spring is the time of cleansing and renewal.

Janet Watkins, ayurvedic health consultant and yoga instructor, will show you how to rid the body of these toxins using easy recipes you can make at home. Get rid of joint pain and bring clarity of mind, energy and vitality. Hosted by Women’s Wellness Connection of SJ. Sponsored by DeCotiis Chiropractic Wellness.

LourdesCare, 1 Brace Rd, Cherry Hill. Register, Judy: 609-221-2285 or Tammy@Wellness4Living.com.

THURSDAY, MARCH 7 New to Yoga – 5:30-6:30pm. Spark your curiosity and build your confidence learning poses, breathing and mindfulness. Instructor: Hollie Helman. $48/4 classes; $14/drop-in. Just Breathe, 2800 Rte 130, Ste 100, Cinnaminson. Register: JustBreatheCenter.org.

FRIDAY, MARCH 8 Back to the Mat and Big Beginnings – Mar 8, 29, Apr 5. Registered Yoga Teacher Melody will help you to gently and safely move through asanas (yoga poses) that increase flexibility, strength and stamina in both your body and mind while building confidence and harmony within your being. $15/drop-in.

Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

Pinelands Commission Meeting – 9:30am-12pm.

The Pinelands Commission is the state agency that oversees conservation and development within the Pinelands boundaries. They hold a regular monthly meeting that is open to the public. 15 Springfield Rd, Pemberton. Pinelands Preservation Alliance: 609-859-8860. Agenda: State.nj.us/pinelands.

The Thru-Hiker’s Secret – 6:30-8:30pm. An Appalachian Trail thru-hike is one of the greatest gifts to yourself. Explore the physical, psychological and logistical secrets that can help you earn the coveted moniker of Thru-hiker. Free. REI Marlton, 501 Rte 73 S, Marlton. 856-810-1938. rei.com/stores/marlton.html.

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IET with Crystals – 7-9pm. Learn about Integrated Energy Therapy (IET) and the power of healing crystals. Receive a 10-min IET treatment and make a crystal bracelet imprinted with the healing energy of IET to take home. Supplies included.

Instructors: Christine Juckett & Lisa Pero. $40.

Just Breathe, 2800 Rte 130, Ste 100, Cinnaminson.

Register: JustBreatheCenter.org.

SATURDAY, MARCH 9

markyourcalendar 30th Annual Pinelands Short Course Sat, March 9 9am-4pm

Features a total of 36 presentations that highlight the unique history, ecology and culture of the New Jersey Pinelands.

There will be 25 new courses this year, along with a special, post-event celebration with free coffee and cake. $50, $45/seniors (65+) & students.

Stockton University 101 Vera King Farris Dr, Galloway More info & registration: 609-894-7300 x 125 or Stockton.edu/continuing-studies/ conferences.html.

OCP Workday: Ravine Cleanup – 10am-12pm.

Help pick up debris along the ravine to give more room for the beech, oak and tulip trees and groundcover to grow. Oldman’s Creek Preserve, 21 Main St, Auburn. RSVP, Philip Arsenault: PMArsenault@gmail.com. sjlandwater.org.

Water Babies – Saturdays, Mar 9-Apr 13. 10:3011am. 6-wk session. Certified American Red Cross Lifeguards on duty. Certified Water Safety Instructor.

Techniques to help orient children to the water. Ages 6 mos-2 yrs. $100/member, $115/nonmember. William G. Rohrer Center for Health Fitness, 2309 Evesham Rd, Voorhees. 856-325-5300. VirtuaFitness.org.

40-Day Reset: Rekindle your fire, Rekindle your Life – Mar 9, 1-4pm; Apr 6, 1-3pm, Apr 27, 1-3pm.

Learn how to release the duller qualities of winter and shift into the more dynamic spring smoothly and safely with ayurveda consultant Janet Watkins. $175. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

Campfire Session: Trail Running – 2-2:30pm.

Learn about technique, training, clothing and footwear specific to the sport of trail running. REI Marlton, 501 Rte 73 S, Marlton. 856-810-1938. rei.com/stores/marlton.html.

SUNDAY, MARCH 10 Eckankar Light and Sound Service – 11am12pm. Service includes a reading from the ECK writings, singing HU, followed by a discussion on this month’s topic: Learning the Language of Love. Open to all spiritual backgrounds and faiths. Free. Acu-Health Center, 100 W Camden Ave, Moorestown. More info: 800-870-9139 or Spirituality@Eckankar-NJ.org.

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Halo Wellness Center Celebrates 5 Years –11am1pm. Join Halo as they thank the community for 5 wonderful years. There will be free sampling of services, food and of course, cake. Free. Halo Wellness Center, 968 Rte 73S, Marlton. 856-574-4433.

ElevateYourHealth.com.

HealThy Life’s Taco Blast – 11am-3pm. Co-hosted

by The Mile. Enjoy lunch and learn about HealThy Life’s support and education opportunities and meet our local practitioner network who take a more integrative approach to cancer treatment. Basket auction, 50/50s and a delicious taco buffet. $20 includes lunch buffet and 2 raffle tickets. The Mile Bar, 212 N Black Horse Pk, Runnemede. Tickets: HealThyLifeNJ.com.

14th Annual Lines on the Pines: The Jersey Devil’s in the Details – 11am-4pm. Meet Pine Barrens authors, artists and artisans. Over 80 talented Pine Barrens artists will be on hand to sign their books, display their artwork or craft, play their music and in general, share their love of the Pine Barrens. Food court and craft beer too. Bring your kids so they can enjoy and learn at our “Lines on the Pines for Kids” area. Stockton University, 101 Vera King Farris Dr, Galloway. 609-338-8220.

LinesOnThePines.org.

Spring into Happiness – 12pm. Experience the new life and spiritual awakening that comes with the renaissance of spring. Treat yourself with a spring luncheon, reiki session with Susan Drummond, foot detox with Will Harris and angel card reading with Antonia Anastasia. $99. The Center, Life in Balance, 45 S Main St, Medford. Reserve: 856-313-0733.

Inversions and Arm Balances – 1-3pm. Instructor: Toula. Learn to break down the fundamental components of basic arm balances and inversions.

To master these fundamentals we need to conquer our fear of falling, develop strength, flexibility (of the mind) and grow our ability to concentrate. $20/ members, $30/guest. Virtua Center for Health Fitness, 401 Young Ave, Moorestown. 856-291-8811.

VirtuaFitness.org.

NaMAMAste Yoga – 6:30-8pm. Yoga just for moms with Stephanie Varnum. Blends postures and breathing exercises to help mothers find balance, be more patient, cultivate self-compassion and build strength. $20. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006.

LiveInJoyYoga.com.

TUESDAY, MARCH 12 Self-Defense for Women – 9:30-10:30am. With Kathy Crane, Sensei. Learn safety tips and a bit more about the unique Japanese Martial Art of Aikido. Based on redirection of the force of the attacker for effective self-defense without violence.

Free. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 839 Haddon Ave, Collingswood. Register: 856-435-2667 or Dojo@AikidoAgatsuDojos.com.

Learn How To Lower Oxidative Stress – 10:3011:30am. Chronic inflammation and oxidative stress play a role in health and the disease process.

Learn how to boost the cell’s potential to maintain balance between these 2 processes to allow the body to look and feel younger and healthier. Free.

Meadowsweet Natural Health Center, 639 Stokes Rd, Ste 203, Medford. RSVP: 609-257-3345 or Christy@MeadowsweetNaturalHealth.com.

NASouthJersey.com

Tai Chi Fundamentals – 11am. Also Mar 19. Learn the foundational exercises of tai chi. Excellent class for beginners to learn the basics. Experienced students also benefit from revisiting the fundamentals.

All welcome. Free/member, $10/guest. Virtua Center for Health Fitness, 401 Young Ave, Moorestown.

856-291-8811. VirtuaFitness.org.

Reduce Pain Naturally – 5:30-6:30pm. With Postural Alignment Specialist Deb Freeman.

Experience gentle positions and movements that can reduce and even eliminate pains throughout the body without drugs, surgery or manipulation. $15. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. Pre-registration suggested: 856-404-7287 or Rhonda@YogaForLiving.net.

Propagating Plants from Cuttings and Divisions – 7pm. With Joan Pope, proprietor of Popes’ Gardens in Waterford. Horticultural Society of South Jersey monthly meeting. She will be bringing samples of plants she’s currently working on in the greenhouse, doing thousands of cuttings each season. Free.

Carman Tilelli Hall, 820 Mercer Street, Cherry Hill. 856-287-5959. hssj.org.

Language of Spirit Advanced Manifesting – 7-9pm. Spend time developing a road map of desires by conscious daydreaming, journaling with prompts and creating vision boards. Time will be spent addressing any blocks that would impede a clear intention. Instructor: Rita Strough. $150/5-wk series.

Just Breathe, 2800 Rte 130, Ste 100, Cinnaminson.

Register: JustBreatheCenter.org.

Anti-Oxidant, Alkaline Water Demonstration – 9pm. Attend this live-streaming event with Nutritionist Shan Stratton, Nutritional Consultant to professional athletes from the NFL, the NBA, and the MLB who will share his passion for Kangen Water and achieving true health through his alkaline living principles. Register, Pat: 201-913-0397.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 Career Day For Entrepreneurs Webinar – 11am, 3 & 9pm. Anyone searching for a new beginning, new purpose; make immediate part-time or full-time income in the health and wellness industry, attend this webinar. Learn how to get started as the owner of your own global business. For more info: 201-913-0397. Kangen-Hydration.com.

THURSDAY, MARCH 14 Lightweight Backpacking Workshop – 6:308:30pm. It’s empowering and exhausting to carry everything you need for a multi-day trip, on your back. Let REI help to lighten your load for your next adventure. $20/member, $40/nonmember. REI Marlton, 501 Rte 73 S, Marlton. 856-810-1938. rei.com/stores/marlton.html.

Angel Card Reading – 7-9pm. Beth will begin with an angel card reading for each participant, and based on the reading everyone will create a candle charged with intention to help manifest their wishes. $20. Spiritual Healing Through Guidance, 459 Oak Shade Rd, Ste B, Shamong. SpiritualHealing ThruGuidance@gmail.com. Bethob67.wixsite.com/ spiritual-healing.

FRIDAY, MARCH 15 Friday Night Flow – 6:30-7:45pm. Lori Bobbin leads a series of gentle asana (yoga poses), guided meditation, and breath work designed to help ground and maintain balance through this season of transition. Designed for all shapes and sizes. $15 or class card. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

Self-Defense for Women – 7-8:30pm. With Kathy Crane, Sensei. Learn safety tips and a bit more about the unique Japanese Martial Art of Aikido. Based on redirection of the force of the attacker for effective self-defense without violence. Free. Aikido Agatsu Dojos, 1124 Stone Rd, Laurel Springs. Register: 856-435-2667 or Dojo@AikidoAgatsuDojos.com.

New Jersey Massage Therapy Certification Workshop – 7:30-9:30pm. Prerequisite: Completion of the Massage Therapy program. Feeling overwhelmed with the NJ certification and MBlex application process and don’t know what to do next? Join us for a free workshop to assist in guiding and supporting you through the process. No matter what phase of the certification process you are in, we are here to offer support. Also held June 14, Sept 13, Dec 13.

Lourdes Institute of Wholistic Studies, 1600 Haddon Ave, Camden. To register: 856-580-6444 or liws.org.

SATURDAY, MARCH 16 Pump Branch Road Cleanup – 10am-1pm. Woodpeckers, dark-eyed juncos, hawks, and more all live in the natural lands along Pump Branch Road.

Help us clean up this area so we can protect their habitats. Pump Branch Rd, 121 Pump Branch Rd, Berlin. RSVP, Michael Hogan: 609-476-2086 or HoganPhoto@verizon.net. sjlandwater.org.

Naturalist-Led Walk – 10:30am-12pm. Join an RNC naturalist for a themed hike around the preserve. Suitable for adults and interested teenagers.

Free, but donations encouraged. Rancocas Nature Center, 794 Rancocas Rd, Westampton. Pre-register: 609-261-2495. RancocasNatureCenter.org.

Yoga for Building Awareness & Strength – 1-3pm.

With Linda Sheehan. A workshop to help challenge yourself on your mat. Find your balance as you build inner and outer strength and awareness. All levels; some yoga experience recommended. $25. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon.

856-546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

Campfire Sessions: Fitness & Adventure Recovery – 2-2:30pm. Learn how to and when to use a roll bar, foam roller or foot massager/massage ball.

REI Marlton, 501 Rte 73 S, Marlton. 856-810-1938. rei.com/stores/marlton.html.

Introduction to Kundalini Yoga for Teachers – 2-6pm. Training includes: energetic kryias to raise kundalini (life force within) resulting in a stronger nervous system and hormonal balance, meditation to improve mental concentration and sharpen awareness, learning kryias for various health problems, chanting to bring the body to balance. $60. Lourdes Institute of Wholistic Studies, 1600 Haddon Ave, Camden. To register: 856-580-6444 or liws.org.

markyourcalendar 4th Annual Night of Hope Sat, March 16, 6pm.

Evening includes a 9-piece band, great food from local restaurants, a silent auction and honoring 4 supporters for their service and dedication to the HLC mission.

Benefits for Hope Loves Company. $35, $15/students, seniors.

Union Fire Company and Rescue Squad Ballroom 1396 River Rd, Titusville.

Tickets: Eventbrite.com/e/4th-annualnight-of-hope-tickets-54131055444.

SUNDAY, MARCH 17 Back Care Level I – 9am-1pm. Workshop addresses holistic back care through class and partner work. Learn to use a written assessment to evaluate spinal health and range of motion abilities. Level II held Mar 31. $60. Lourdes Institute of Wholistic Studies, 1600 Haddon Ave, Camden. To register: 856-580-6444 or liws.org.

Blueberry Music Jam – 11am-2pm. Stop into the historic village of Whitesbog to listen to the tunes of local musicians; the open music jam is acoustic.

Free. Whitesbog Preservation Trust, 120 W Whites Bogs Rd, #34, Browns Mills. 609-893-4646.

Whitesbog.org.

Irish Music in Suningive – 1-3pm. Enjoy Traditional Irish Music from the Greater Pinelands Dulcimer Society musicians while you relax with family, friends or a new mate. Whitesbog Preservation Trust, 120 W Whites Bogs Rd, #34, Browns Mills. 609-893-4646. Whitesbog.org.

Walk in the Wild: Proper Care of Edged Tools – 2pm. With Charles White and Freddie Patane. Used around the home, these tools work best when properly cared for. Learn how to maintain and use a sharp, well working tool. Bring a problem tool to sharpen and refurbish. Free. Old Pine Farm Natural Lands Trust, Willoughby House, 340 Pine Ave, Deptford.

To register: 856-217-9138. OldPineFarm.org.

markyourcalendar Happy Tails Yoga: A Cause for Paws Sun, March 17 2-4:30pm Fundraiser for the NJSPCA. Flowing yoga practice followed by a Shamanic Journey. $25 suggested donation

Marianist Retreat Center 417 Yale Ave, Cape May Point.

Karen: 609-827-8886 YogaCapeMay.com

Restorative Yoga – 6:30-8pm. With Linda Sheehan.

Using blankets, bolsters, pillows, blocks, straps and other “props” to support the body, restorative yoga works to bring profound shifts to the central nervous system, promoting deep restfulness, physical healing and greater well-being. $20. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006.

LiveInJoyYoga.com.

Full Moon Ceremony – 7-9pm. A ceremony with guided movement to tune into the energy of the full moon, your body, guides, angels and divine helpers. Consciously release anything that doesn’t serve you and create more room for the gifts the Universe has for you. $20. Just Breathe, 2800 Rte 130, Ste 100, Cinnaminson. Register: JustBreatheCenter.org.

TUESDAY, MARCH 19 Tai Chi Fundamentals – 11am. See Mar 12 listing.

Virtua Center for Health Fitness, 401 Young Ave, Moorestown. 856-291-8811. VirtuaFitness.org.

Leg Pain Class – 5:30-6:30pm. With Postural Alignment Specialist Deb Freeman. Simple exercises can reduce or even eliminate leg pain, so you can get a better night’s sleep and enjoy more of life. $15. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. Pre-registration suggested: 856-404-7287 or Rhonda@YogaForLiving.net.

Yoga Health Series – Tuesdays, Mar 19-May 7.

6pm. Spring clean your mind and body with our 8-wk yoga health series. Move through standing twists to detoxify and cleanse, as well as yin and restorative postures to ground, center and connect as this new season unfolds. William G. Rohrer Center for Health Fitness, 2309 Evesham Rd, Voorhees.

856-325-5300. VirtuaFitness.org.

Introduction to Tai Chi & Qigong – Tuesdays, Mar 19-Apr 23. 7:30-8:30pm. With Ben Kipnis. Elements of static postures coupled with stretching, breath and movement will be taught, giving the student a foundation to achieve relaxation, flexibility and strength. $105/6-wk series. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. Pre-registration required: 856-546-1006 or LiveInJoyYoga.com.

Anti-Oxidant, Alkaline Water Demonstration – 9pm. Attend this live-streaming event with Nutritionist Shan Stratton, Nutritional Consultant to professional athletes from the NFL, the NBA, and the MLB who will share his passion for Kangen Water and achieving true health through his alkaline living principles. Register, Pat: 201-913-0397.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 Career Day For Entrepreneurs Webinar – 11am, 3 & 9pm. Anyone searching for a new beginning, new purpose; make immediate part-time or full-time income in the health and wellness industry, attend this webinar. Learn how to get started as the owner of your own global business. For more info: 201-913-0397. Kangen-Hydration.com.

Healthy Cooking Made Easy – 5:30pm. Step-bystep demonstration and tasting opportunities, recipe modifications available for all health needs, nutrition information provided for each dish. All experience levels welcome. $15. William G. Rohrer Center for Health Fitness, 2309 Evesham Rd, Voorhees.

Register: 888-847-8823 or Virtua.org/CookDemo.

I think of exercise as the father of the body and nutrition as the mother. ~Mandy Ingber March 2019

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THURSDAY, MARCH 21 Do You Suffer with Chronic Inflammation? – 11am-12pm. Chronic inflammation and oxidative stress play a role in health and the disease process.

Learn how to boost the cell’s potential to maintain balance between these 2 processes to allow the body to look and feel younger and healthier. Free.

Meadowsweet Natural Health Center, 639 Stokes Rd, Ste 203, Medford. RSVP: 609-257-3345 or Christy@MeadowsweetNaturalHealth.com.

Spiritual Wisdom Discussion Class – 11am-12pm.

Learn techniques to open your awareness of your spiritual life beyond the physical. Join us for our monthly Spiritual Discussion Class, covering various Spiritual Laws to help navigate life easier. Free.

Mt. Laurel Community Center, 100 Mount Laurel Rd, Mount Laurel. More info: 800-870-9139 or Spirituality@Eckankar-NJ.org.

LL Bean Afternoon Hike – 2-3:30pm. Join us for a quick afternoon hike and get home in time for a cup of hot chocolate to end the day. Rancocas Nature Center, 794 Rancocas Rd, Westampton. Register: 856-810-5560 or llbean.com/marlton.

Equipoise and Equity 11th Annual Spring Equinox Ceremony – 7-9:30pm. Vernal Equinox has equal times of daylight and darkness. So too must we bring balance to our inner and outer worlds, masculine and feminine aspects, the hidden unconscious and the enlightened mind. Create equilibrium and equanimity walking the Labyrinth and Sacred Ceremony. $35/advance, $40/day of. Cherry Hill. Register, Andrea Regal: 856-904-5566 or HealersUniverse.com.

SATURDAY, MARCH 23

markyourcalendar Energy Medicine 101 & 102 Mar 23-24. 9am-5pm Langhorn, PA

Also held Mar 26-17 Lakewood

Learn a daily routine to help improve your energy, stay grounded, pain releasing techniques, energy testing on yourself and others.

Rain Barrel Workshop – 6:30-8:30pm. We’ll provide you with a prepped and pre-drilled barrel, give a lesson on the what and why on rain barrels, then assist you with finishing the barrel so you can take it and use it at home. $25. Oldman’s Creek Preserve, 21 Main St, Auburn. RSVP, Ashley Aversa: Ashley@sjlandwater.org.

More info: 609-752-1048 or Siobhan@NextStepStrategiesLLC.com.

NextStepStrategiesLLC.com.

Get Real Power: Discover Sanse, an Ancient Voodoo Tradition – 7pm. Destroy anxiety, fatigue and depression. Enjoy a free intro talk on the oldest healing system of psychic development in the world. Space limited. Priestess Works Studio, 5 N Broadway, Pitman. Text to register: 856-379-8510.

PriestessWorks.com.

Maurice River Bluffs Bald Eagle Walk – 10am12pm. Grab your binoculars and join us for our Bald Eagle Walk in the Maurice River Bluffs Preserve. Maurice River Bluffs, Silver Run Rd, Millville. RSVP, Michael Hogan: 609-476-2086 or HoganPhoto@verizon.net. SJLandWater.org.

Spring Equinox Drum Circle – 7-8:30pm. An evening of honoring and celebrating the Spring Equinox with drumming and a ceremony. Bring drum or rattle.

Also have some to lend. Suggested donation $20 to benefit Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge, Medford. Halo Wellness Center, 968 Rte 73S, Marlton. 856574-4433. Register: Info@HaloWellnesCtr.com.

ElevateYourHealth.com.

Exploring Your Intuition Series – 7-9pm. Wk 1. Each month Beth will guide you through different exercises to help open and expand your intuitive abilities. March features, “Psychic protection.” In order to proceed safely through the journey. $20/class. Spiritual Healing Through Guidance, 459 Oak Shade Rd, Ste B, Shamong.

SpiritualHealingThruGuidance@gmail.com.

Bethob67.wixsite.com/spiritual-healing.

FRIDAY, MARCH 22 Wild Soul Movement (WSM) Series for Women – 7-8:30pm. With Christine Juckett. WSM is a women’s movement and a feminine movement practice designed to melt away everything that’s ever made you feel wrong, ashamed, less than, or unsafe in your sacred body. It incorporates yoga poses, meditation, mantras, discussion, oracle cards, crystals. $20. The Center, Life in Balance, 45 S Main St, Medford. 609-975-8379.

TheCenterLifeInBalance@gmail.com.

$175/class.

NJ Maker’s Day Event – 11am-3pm. Whitesbog Historic Village comes alive with activities for families to play, build, create and have fun. Free. Whitesbog Preservation Trust, 120 W Whites Bogs Rd, #34, Browns Mills. 609-893-4646. Whitesbog.org.

Blueberry Plant Pruning Workshop – 12-2pm.

Join Rick Stevens, Blueberry Farmer at Whitesbog for a hands-on pruning workshop for shaping and increasing blueberry fruit production on highbush blueberry varieties in Elizabeth White’s garden and the farm Triangle Blueberry Field. Whitesbog Preservation Trust, 120 W Whites Bogs Rd, #34, Browns Mills. 609-893-4646. Whitesbog.org.

Deeper Look: Backbends & Hip Openers – 1-3pm. With Janet Watkins. Learn more about the subtle and physical anatomy of poses, and how to bring them into your practice in the most beneficial way for you. $25. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006.

LiveInJoyYoga.com.

Moonlight Walk – 7pm. Come explore the village and the bogs by moon light. An experienced guide will share insights about Whitesbog and the nature that surrounds us with a different topic each month. Whitesbog Preservation Trust, 120 W Whites Bogs Rd, #34, Browns Mills. 609-893-4646.

Whitesbog.org.

SUNDAY, MARCH 24 Love Orphanage Fundraiser: Improving the Lives of Children in Haiti – 1:30-4:30pm. Will offer mini-sessions, live music with the amazing singer songwriter Ginger Coyle, raffles and more. 100% of donations will go to Love Orphanage. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon.

856-546-1006. Schedule: LiveInJoyYoga.com.

Crystal Sound Bath – 2pm. Join Melissa Quattrone and Jody Thorpe as they take you on a sound journey. Melissa will be singing live soothing songs while playing the harmonium in addition to vocal toning and galactic light language. Jody will play various instruments under the John of God crystal bed. $25. Just Breathe, 2800 Rte 130, Ste 100, Cinnaminson. Register: JustBreatheCenter.org.

TUESDAY, MARCH 26 Learn How To Lower Oxidative Stress – 11am12pm. Chronic inflammation and oxidative stress play a role in health and the disease process.

Learn how to boost the cell’s potential to maintain balance between these 2 processes to allow the body to look and feel younger and healthier. Free.

Meadowsweet Natural Health Center, 639 Stokes Rd, Ste 203, Medford. RSVP: 609-257-3345 or Christy@MeadowsweetNaturalHealth.com.

Better Than Opioids – 5:30-6:30pm. With Postural Alignment Specialist Deb Freeman. Opioids may silence the pain but the pain is not the problem, it’s only a symptom of the problem. Learn how you can begin to address the root causes of your pain through gentle positions and movements. $15. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. Pre-registration suggested: 856-404-7287 or Rhonda@YogaForLiving.net.

Reiki Share – 7-8:30pm. For Reiki Level I, II or master levels to practice and share their healing energy with others. Free. Spiritual Healing Through Guidance, 459 Oak Shade Rd, Ste B, Shamong.

SpiritualHealingThruGuidance@gmail.com.

Bethob67.wixsite.com/spiritual-healing.

Anti-Oxidant, Alkaline Water Demonstration – 9pm. Attend this live-streaming event with Nutritionist Shan Stratton, Nutritional Consultant to professional athletes from the NFL, the NBA, and the MLB who will share his passion for Kangen Water and achieving true health through his alkaline living principles. Register, Pat: 201-913-0397.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 Career Day For Entrepreneurs Webinar – 11am, 3 & 9pm. Anyone searching for a new beginning, new purpose; make immediate part-time or full-time income in the health and wellness industry, attend this webinar. Learn how to get started as the owner of your own global business. For more info: 201-913-0397. Kangen-Hydration.com.

THURSDAY, MARCH 28 Bike Chains and Derailleurs Workshop – 6:308:30pm. Join REI’s expert bike techs in this handson workshop on how to care for and maintain your bike’s derailleurs and chain. $40/member, $60/ nonmember. REI Marlton, 501 Rte 73 S, Marlton.

856-810-1938. rei.com/stores/marlton.html.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. ~Mahatma Gandhi 46

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SATURDAY, MARCH 30 Chair Yoga Teacher Training – 12-6pm. With Shiva Das. This modified practice is based on tradition hatha yoga poses and pranic techniques for specific population like those suffering from PSTD, folks in poor health and the elderly. $130; 6 Yoga Alliance CEUs for yoga teachers. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon.

856-546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

markyourcalendar Banquet for Birds & Blooms Sat, March 30, 7-10pm Rancocas Nature Center fundraiser dinner.

Buffet by Christopher’s Deli and Catering; vegetarian options, beer and wine included.

DJ, gift baskets, 50/50, raffle. $45.

Mt Holly Moose Lodge No 737 853 Woodlane Rd, Mt Holly Tickets: 609-261-2495 RancocasNatureCenter.org.

SUNDAY, MARCH 31 Back Care Level II: Teaching to Address Sciatic and Sacroiliac Pain – 9am-1pm. Prerequisite: Back Care Level I (held Mar 17.) Workshop presents opportunities to holistically address back pain that arises from misalignments in the spine that can cause sciatica and sacroiliac pain. Observational tools used, along with partner work and lesson plan construction, stress reduction and meditation. $60.

Lourdes Institute of Wholistic Studies, 1600 Haddon Ave, Camden. To register: 856-580-6444 or liws.org.

markyourcalendar Healer’s Way Natural Health Fair Sun, March 31, 10am-4pm All ages. Learn about natural health and bodymind-spirit wellness in your community. Local vendors and unlimited all-day lectures. Activities for children. $2/early bird, $3/at door; $2/bring non-perishable food & personal items, free/children 12 & under.

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markyourcalendar Reiki II - Class & Certificate Saturday, April (TBA) 9-5pm A gentle method to support the body's natural healing ability. Open to Reiki 1 & auditors. $200 if registered by 4/1/19.

At the Street Center, Hainesport, NJ. Contact: 609-752-1048 or Siobhan@NextStepStrategiesLLC.com.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 Homeowners Series: Rain Gauge Make and Take/ Butterfly Gardening – 7-8:30pm. Rutgers Master Gardeners. Learning how a butterfly garden can be as simple as learning what plants attract butterflies. Make a rain gauge to ensure; get a perennial plant to begin your gardening experience. $25.

Camden County Environmental Center, 1301 Park Blvd, Cherry Hill. Pre-registration required: MasterGardenersCamdenCounty.org/events.

SATURDAY, APRIL 6

markyourcalendar “Your Journey To Wellness” First Annual Wellness Fair Sat, April 6, 10am-4pm

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 Ales for Tails – 6-9pm. With Burlington County Animal Alliance of New Jersey. Local restaurants offering samples of their finest wares to event goers.

Also be able to peruse a wide variety of items from a carefully curated silent auction. Advance: $35/person, two for $50/2 people; $40/at door. Double Nickel Brewery, 1585 NJ-73, Pennsauken. AlesForTails.net.

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markyourcalendar “Spring into Bliss” Annual Holistic Yoga Retreat May 3-5

Deepen your experience with yoga and meditation. This retreat can help you connect deep within yourself to discover your true self and allow you to find your own path to wholeness. All levels. $299 all inclusive

Holly Shores Camping Resort 491 Rte 9 S, Cape May To reserve: 609-886-1234. nfo: 609-827-8886 or YogaCapeMay.com.

With the Holistic Chamber of Commerce Cherry Hill-Moorestown

Unitarian Universalist Church 401 Kings Hwy North, Cherry Hill Tinyurl.com/y8566dbg.

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markyourcalendar Greens! Greens! Greens!

Sun, April 7, 1-2:30pm

Ryan’s Retail 22 N Centre St, Merchantville

SJ Seed Circle Library will have seeds for early season varieties like green leafy vegetables.

Be sure to stop by to get your seeds for garden produce that can be planted now. Someone will be on hand to answer your gardening questions.

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Collingswood Library 771 Haddon Ave, Collingswood 856-425-2221 GMOFreeNJ.com.

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MONDAY, APRIL 8TH T'ai Chi Chih - 6:30-7:30pm. A gentle, moving meditation that helps to restore Balance & Harmony in our hearts and lives. $100 if registered by 4/1/19.

At the Street Center, Hainesport, NJ. RSVP: 609267-7114.

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By Appointment – Struggling with a chronic condition or feel there is nowhere else to turn?

Let’s work together to balance energies and create a customized strategy for you. Appointments at Toms River Center and New Eygpt, or your home (central NJ+). See testimonials on our website and ask about our other days of service.

For more info & registration: 609-752-1048 or Siobhan@NextStepStrategiesLLC.com.

sunday Movement to Meditation Yoga – 4-5:15pm. Join Michael for a gentle yoga session with an emphasis on visualization and meditation. If you are looking to deepen your meditation practice or if you are just beginning, this class is for you. $15/drop-in; plans available. Spiritual Healing Through Guidance, 459 Oakshade Rd, Shamong. Bethob67. wixsite.com/spiritual-healing.

monday Chicks Who Lift – 5:45pm. Also Sat, 11:30am.

This small group class will teach proper form, safety and technique, so you can get the most out of each exercise. William G. Rohrer Center for Health Fitness, 2309 Evesham Rd, Voorhees. 856-325-5300.

VirtuaFitness.org.

Beginning Belly Dance Yoga – 6-7pm. Balance your life with belly dance workouts that burn fat fast, raise metabolism, and build tone immediately.

Learn basic movements and exercises for building muscle. $20/class. Priestess Works Studio, 5 N Broadway, Pitman. Text to register: 856-379-8510.

PriestessWorks.com.

Sanctuary Big Kids Yoga – 6-7pm. Joyce will integrate traditional yoga poses, flowing sequences, breathing exercises, as well as deep relaxation and meditation. Students will leave with a more nuanced understanding of the physical and philosophical aspects of yoga. $10/class. The Sanctuary for Yoga, 43 S Main St, Medford. 609-953-7800.

TheSanctuaryForYoga.com.

Mind-Body-Breath – 6-7:15pm. With Matt Liberti.

Assimilate the essential yogic elements of asana (postures), pranayama (breathwork) and dhyana (meditation). When practiced together, these spheres tap into the sacred power of yoga and all its teachings. Regular class rates apply. The Sanctuary for Yoga, 43 S Main St, Medford. Pre-registration advised: 609-953-7800. TheSanctuaryForYoga.com.

T’ai Chi Chih for Beginners and Seniors – 6:30-7:30pm. Need better balance, concerned about high blood pressure, quality sleep a challenge? Street Center, 100 Broad St, Hainesport. Register, Hainesport Municipal Bldg: 609-267-7114. More info: 609-752-1048 or Siobhan@NextStepStrategiesLLC.com.

God: An Open Forum – 6:30-8pm. 2nd Mon. Are you aware of God? How would you define your relationship? What role, if any, does He play? Have your thoughts and feelings shifted during the years? An open discussion about what might be a critical awareness as we navigate our journey. $15. The Center, Life in Balance, 45 S Main St, Medford. 609-975-8379.

TheCenterLifeInBalance@gmail.com.

Monthly Meditation/Mini-Workshop – 6:308:30pm. 1st Mon. Explore meditation, energy education/topics and reiki. Please arrive on time so the meditation is not disturbed, and refrain from alcohol the day of the workshop. $15. The Center, Life in Balance, 45 S Main St, Medford. 609-975-8379.

TheCenterLifeInBalance@gmail.com.

Working Session Meeting: Sustainable Haddon Heights – 7pm. 1st Mon. Meetings are open to all interested volunteers. Haddon Heights Public Library, lower level, 608 Station Ave. SustainableHaddonHeights.org.

Yoga Nidra – 7:30-8:30pm. 3rd Mon. Experience a state of consciousness between waking and sleeping, where the body is completely relaxed, and the practitioner becomes systematically and increasingly aware of the inner world by following a set of verbal instructions, remaining in a state of light withdrawal from the senses and connection to the body for deep relaxation. Instructor: Stacey Reeves. $10. Just Breathe, 2800 Rte 130, Ste 100, Cinnaminson. JustBreatheCenter.org.

tuesday Booty Boot Camp – 8am. Also Wed, 6:30pm. A mix traditional calisthenics and body weight exercises with intervals and training exercises designed to strengthen and tone the legs and “booty.” All levels. William G. Rohrer Center for Health Fitness, 2309 Evesham Rd, Voorhees. 856-325-5300.

VirtuaFitness.org.

T’ai Chi Chih for Beginners & Intermediate – 9:30am. Need better balance, concerned about high blood pressure, quality sleep a challenge? Affordable, continual classes. Country Lakes Clubhouse, 69 Tensaw Dr, Browns Mills.

For more info & registration: 609-752-1048 or Siobhan@NextStepStrategiesLLC.com.

Buti Yoga – 12-1pm. Balance your life with buti yoga workouts that burn fat fast, raise metabolism, and build tone immediately. Buti yoga combines intensive cardio workouts with slow flowing postures to help build strength in a fun way. $20/class.

Priestess Works Studio, 5 N Broadway, Pitman. Text to register: 856-379-8510. PriestessWorks.com.

Tranquil Tuesdays – 6-7pm. Take a break from the stress of the week and join us for a tranquil hour of meditation and mindfulness practices with nurturing aromas of pure essential oils. Free. Infuse, 107 S Rte 73, Marlton. 856-452-5511. InfusedHere.com.

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Knee Self-Massage Class for Pain Relief – 6-7:30pm. 2nd & 4th Tues. Also 11am-12:30pm, 1st Thurs. Proven simple self-massage technique teaches you how to eliminate knee pain immediately. Massage applied to your thigh (quadriceps) muscle, while in a seated position. Wear comfortable clothes with easy access to your thigh. No jeans please or bring shorts. Easy to learn, immediate benefits. $15/drop-in. Holos Touch LLC, 17 White Horse Pike, Ste 6, Haddon Heights. Registration: 856-428-5486, Dr.DottyAtkins@gmail.com.

Down to Earth Yoga – 6:30-7:30pm. A practical and realistic practice, using straightforward poses and clear alignment cues to developmental and physical confidence and awareness. Class touches on the natural world and its seasonal changes. Sol Yoga at Vacanti Jiu Jitsu, 1351 Rte 38W, Hainesport.

267-664-3236. SolYogaNJ.com.

T’ai Chi Chih for Intermediate – 6:30-7:30pm.

Need better balance, concerned about high blood pressure, quality sleep a challenge? American Legion, 2 Meadowbrook Ln, New Egypt. For more info & registration: 609-752-1048 or Siobhan@NextStepStrategiesLLC.com.

Holistic Chamber of Commerce Cherry Hill-Moorestown – 6:30-8pm. 3rd Tues.

Regular chapter meetings. $5/members, $10/ nonmembers. Details about meetings, including current meeting location & topic: HolisticChamberOfCommerce.com/Moorestown.

Cancer Survivors Support Group – 7-8:30pm. 4th Tues. This support group focuses on cancer patients who have completed active treatment and are learning to live life as cancer survivors or for patients who wonder what life would be like after treatment. Free. Virtua Memorial Hospital, 175 Madison Ave, Mount Holly. 888-847-8823. Virtua.org.

wednesday Natural Health: Fresh Organic Produce Delivery – Wed & Fri. Delivery times vary. Laurel Hill Plaza, corner of Blackwood-Clementon Rd & Laurel Rd, Lindenwold. For more info: 856-784-1021.

NaturalHealthNJ.com.

Mid-Day Meditation – 12pm. Also held Fri. Join us for a 10-min meditation. On Wed the focus is love; on Fri, peace. Each week we raise the love and peace vibration personally and globally. Treat yourself to a mid-week refresher. The Center, Life in Balance, 45 S Main St, Medford. 609-975-8379.

Buti Yoga – 12-1pm. Balance your life with buti yoga workouts that burn fat fast, raise metabolism, and build tone immediately. Buti yoga combines intensive cardio workouts with slow flowing postures to help build strength in a fun way. $20/class.

Priestess Works Studio, 5 N Broadway, Pitman. Text to register: 856-379-8510. PriestessWorks.com.

T’ai Chi Chih for Beginners, Seniors & Intermediate – 1-2pm. Need better balance, concerned about high blood pressure, quality sleep a challenge? Hainesport Municipal Bldg, Hainesport. Register, Hainesport Municipal Bldg: 609-267-7114. More info: 609-752-1048 or Siobhan@NextStepStrategiesLLC.com.

Melt Your Muffin Top – 5:45pm. Also Fri, 10am.

This class is designed to help strengthen and tone your core muscles. Incorporating a variety of equipment to strengthen your abs, improve your balance and achieve better posture. All levels. William G. Rohrer Center for Health Fitness, 2309 Evesham Rd, Voorhees. 856-325-5300. VirtuaFitness.org.

Booty Boot Camp – 6:30pm. See Tues listing.

William G. Rohrer Center for Health Fitness, 2309 Evesham Rd, Voorhees. 856-325-5300.

VirtuaFitness.org.

thursday Knee Self-Massage Class for Pain Relief – 11am12:30pm. 1st Thurs. Also 6-7:30pm, 2nd & 4th Tues. See Tues listing. Holos Touch LLC, 17 White Horse Pike, Ste 6, Haddon Heights. Registration: 856-428-5486, Dr.DottyAtkins@gmail.com.

Pre-Natal Yoga – 5:45-6:45pm. Pre-natal yoga embraces the different stages of the pregnancy and birth. Each stage of the pregnancy will change with movement, stretch, breath, mindfulness and meditation. William G. Rohrer Center for Health Fitness, 2309 Evesham Rd, Voorhees.

856-325-5300. VirtuaFitness.org.

T’ai Chi Chih for Beginners – 6pm. Advanced at 7:15pm. 1970 Hwy 33, Hamilton. More info: 609-752-1048 or Siobhan@NextStepStrategies LLC.com.

Cancer Survivors Support Group – 6:30-8pm. 2nd Thurs. This support group focuses on cancer patients who have completed active treatment and are learning to live life as cancer survivors or for patients who wonder what life would be like after treatment. Free.

William G. Rohrer Center for HealthFitness, 2309 Evesham Rd, Voorhees. 888-847-8823. Virtua.org.

Wild Soul Movement – 7-8:30pm. Last Thurs. A women’s feminine movement practice that incorporates yoga poses, meditation, mantras, discussion, oracle cards, crystals and kinship. Instructor: Christine Juckett. $20. Just Breathe, 2800 Rte 130, Ste 100, Cinnaminson. JustBreatheCenter.org.

Awakening with the Angels – 7-9pm. 3rd Thurs.

Each month explore with the Angels as Rita takes you through meditations, invocations and attunements with various beings of a high vibration. $25.

Just Breathe, 2800 Rte 130, Ste 100, Cinnaminson.

JustBreatheCenter.org.

friday Melt Your Muffin Top – 10am. See Wed listing.

William G. Rohrer Center for Health Fitness, 2309 Evesham Rd, Voorhees. 856-325-5300.

VirtuaFitness.org.

Mid-Day Meditation – 12pm. See Wed listing. The Center, Life in Balance, 45 S Main St, Medford.

609-975-8379.

Friday Nite Fitness Hike – 7pm. Brisk pace, 8-10 miles. Work up a sweat exploring the sand roads and trails of Brendan Byrne State Forest. Be prepared to walk at an average of 3.5 mph, with few breaks.

Meet at the Campground, Glass House and Coopers Rd, Woodland Township. Leaders, Bob Hodges: RLHHLR@aol.com. ocsj.org.

Shaman-Based Cosmic Sounds Class – 7pm.

For pranic power, well-being and family healing.

Sei Jun Kan Korean Karate Studio, Cooper Corner Plaza, 201 Kresson Gibbsboro Rd, Voorhees.

More info, Dana Reynolds: 856-993-1786 or MtMeruHolistic.com.

Essential Oils 101 – 7-8pm. Learn the basics of essential oils. Attendees receive 10% off all customized purchases. Excludes merchandise. Free.

Infuse, 107 S Rte 73, Marlton. 856-452-5511.

InfusedHere.com.

Childbirth Basics – 7-9:30pm. Last Fri. Discuss the process of labor and birth, pain management techniques and the very important role of the birth partner. Great for first time parents and a refresher for baby #2, 3, etc. $50. Just Breathe, 2800 Rte 130, Ste 100, Cinnaminson. JustBreatheCenter.org.

saturday Beginner’s Flow Yoga – 9:30-10:45am. Spiritual Healing Through Guidance, 459 Oakshade Rd, Shamong. Bethob67.wixsite.com/spiritual-healing.

Whitesbog Volunteer Work Day – 10am-3pm. 1st Sat. Come out and join our volunteers in outdoor or indoor projects in the village. You can choose from helping to clear trails and garden paths or helping to organize our office cottage supplies for events.

Whitesbog Preservation Trust, 120 W Whites Bogs Rd, #34, Browns Mills. 609-893-4646. Whitesbog.org.

Beginning Belly Dance Yoga – 10:30-11:30am. Balance your life with belly dance workouts that burn fat fast, raise metabolism, and build tone immediately. Learn basic movements and exercises for building muscle. $20/class. Priestess Works Studio, 5 N Broadway, Pitman. Text to register: 856-379-8510.

PriestessWorks.com.

Pet Adoption Day – 11am-2pm. PetsMart, 62 Centerton Rd, Mount Laurel. More info, Burlington County Animal Alliance: bcaaofnj.org.

Chicks Who Lift – 11:30am. See Mon listing.

William G. Rohrer Center for Health Fitness, 2309 Evesham Rd, Voorhees. 856-325-5300.

VirtuaFitness.org.

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FOR RENT AFFORDABLE OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT ON MAIN ST IN HISTORIC MEDFORD, NJ – South Jersey’s premier source for all that is holistic and spiritually enlightened, The Center, Life In Balance on Main Street in Medford has office space for rent. The office space would be shared with other like-minded practitioners, so it’s very affordable. A BOH certified kitchen and a large multipurpose room are available for rent also. For more info: 609-975-8379.

JOIN LEADING HEALTH PRACTITIONERS AT WELL-ESTABLISHED HOLISTIC HEALTH CENTER – In Moorestown, NJ. One part-time room furnished for massage and energy work, by the day or hourly. We’re in our 15th year of supporting a wide clientele seeking natural health services. More info, Paula: 856-222-9444 or Info@Acu-HealthCenter.com.

OFFICE SPACE – Integrative Physician looking to share office space in Voorhees. 856-669-9118.

YOGA, PILATES, DANCE OR RELATED WORKSHOPS – Studio space for rent in Hainesport. Great location on Rte 38. 267-664-3236.

Intermediate Belly Dance Yoga – 12-1pm. Balance your life with belly dance workouts that burn fat fast, raise metabolism, and build tone immediately. Enjoy this energetic class where Shoshana drills Indian tribal fusion movements, floor patterns, isolations and group dynamics. $20/class. Priestess Works Studio, 5 N Broadway, Pitman. Text to register: 856-379-8510. PriestessWorks.com.

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ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE MARK JAMES BARTISS, MD

Institute for Complementary & Alternative Medicine 24 Nautilus Dr, Ste 3, Manahawkin 609-978-9002 504 Hamburg Tpk, Ste 202, Wayne 973-790-6363 639 Stokes Rd, Se 202, Medford 609-654-5900 ICAMBartissMD.com Dr. Bartiss is both conventionally and holistically trained giving patients the best of both worlds and the freedom to choose. ICAM’s HEART Program addresses the body’s basic needs in terms of hormone rejuvenation to include adrenal, thyroid, sex and growth hormones as well as the essential neurotransmitters. As an active and founding member of the American Association of Ozonotherapists, Dr. Bartiss is an expert in various forms of bio-oxidative therapies that include ozone, hydrogen peroxide, ultraviolet phototherapy and highdose vitamin C. These and other powerful therapies are offered by only a few hundred medical practitioners throughout the country. See ad on page 19.

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AYURVEDIC HEALING PRACTITIONER JANET WATKINS, RYT, CRM

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MARK JAMES BARTISS, MD

Institute for Complementary & Alternative Medicine 24 Nautilus Dr, Ste 3, Manahawkin 609-978-9002 504 Hamburg Tpk, Ste 202, Wayne 973-790-6363 639 Stokes Rd, Se 202, Medford 609-654-5900 ICAMBartissMD.com Dr. Bartiss is among a small group of physicians that pioneered the early “integrated” health care system. As a conventionally and holistically trained physician, he offers the best of both schools of medicine. Dr. Bartiss’ “HEART” Program (Hormone, Endocrine, Adrenal Rejuvenation Therapy) addresses hormone imbalance and focuses on restoring his patients to optimal levels.

The simple explanation of this program is that when the endocrine system is balanced, a person is less likely to become ill, over-weight and emotionally imbalanced. ICAM patients report an improved quality of life, both emotionally and physically. See ad on page 19.

CHIROPRACTOR DECOTIIS CHIROPRACTIC WELLNESS 30 W Holly Ave, Pitman, NJ 08071 856-218-1330 Fddec@WellnessSpeakers.org

Dr. DeCotiis specializes in wellnessbased Chiropractic care: helping the body to function at its personal best while reducing internal and external stresses. We individualize care to optimize performance of body systems by reducing nerve damage, improving spinal alignment, posture, ergonomics, sleep habits, hormone balance and improving overall health through exercise, weight loss, detox and supplementation.

DR. SYLVIA BIDWELL BIDWELL CHIROPRACTIC

The Strawbridge Professional Center 212 W Rte 38, Ste 100 Moorestown, NJ 08057 856-273-1551 DrSylviaBidwell@verizon.net Bidwell-Chiropractic.com Dr. Bidwell is dedicated to providing patients the best possible spinal healthcare including chiropractic adjustment, massage, electrical muscle stimulation, ultrasound, hot and cold therapy, cervical and lumbar traction, and stretching and strengthening exercise instruction.

Her adjustments techniques consist of diversified, activator, arthrostim, SOT blocking, craniosacral work, active release technique, and PNF stretching. See ad on page 21.

COMMERCIAL KITCHEN CHERRY STREET KITCHEN

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ENERGYWORK DR. KEVIN GYURINA, DC, CCWP, RM The Healing Space Wellness Center 504 White Horse Pike, Collingswood, NJ 08107 609-361-4401 • DrKevinG.com

As above so below. Whatever the challenge or problem may be, it is expressed throughout all the layers of your body, mind and spirit. Dr Kevin combines advanced chiropractic techniques with life coaching, quantum energy healing, reiki and advanced detox, vitamin, mineral and herbal protocols to address multiple areas related to the pain. Unique, exciting and impactful results provided in one place from one doctor.

LISA O’BRIEN, E-RYT, CRM

Experienced Energy Intuitive and Yoga Teacher 856-261-0554• L-I-G-H-T.org Lisa O’Brien is an experienced yoga teacher, Reiki Master and energy intuitive offering private and group sessions. She specializes in clearing blockages and negative programs out of the energy system for healing and advancement on one’s path.

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LIESHA GETSON, BCTT, HHC Health Through Awareness 100 Brick Rd, Ste 206, Marlton 856-596-5834 HealthThroughAwareness.com

Liesha Getson is a Board-Certified Thermographic Technician, Holistic Health Counselor, a Reiki Master and Energy Practitioner. Liesha is a founding partner of Health Through Awareness in Marlton, a cooperative wellness center that provides a variety of alternative services to facilitate healthy living including nutrition and lifestyle counseling, reiki, thermography, infrared detoxification and biopuncture. See ad on page 31.

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HYPNOTHERAPY DR. JAIME FELDMAN, DCH

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Some users say it also helps with sinuses. Attorney Donna Blight had a 2-day sinus headache. When her CopperZap arrived, she tried it. “I am shocked!” she said. “My head cleared, no more headache, no more congestion.”

Some say copper stops nighttime stuffiness if used just before bed. One man said, “Best sleep I’ve had in years.”

Copper may even stop flu if used earNew research: Copper stops colds if used early. ly and for several days. Lab technicians ew research shows you can went away completely.” It worked again placed 25 million live flu viruses on a stop a cold in its tracks if you CopperZap. No viruses were found alive every time he felt a cold coming on and take one simple step with a soon after. he hasn’t had a cold since. new device when you feel a cold about People have used it on cold sores He asked relatives and friends to try to start. and say it can completely prevent ugly it. They said it worked for them, too, so Colds start when cold viruses get in outbreaks. You can also rub it gently he patented CopperZap™ and put it on your nose. Viruses multiply fast. If you on wounds, cuts, or lesions to combat the market. don’t stop them early, they spread in infections.

Soon hundreds of people had tried it your airways and cause misery.

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Tests by the Environmental Protecpresents ever. This little jewel really The EPA says copper still works tion Agency (EPA) show germs die fast works.” Now thousands of users have even when tarnished. It kills hundreds of on copper. Some hospitals tried copper stopped getting colds. different disease germs so it can prevent for surfaces like faucets and doorknobs.

People often use CopperZap preserious or even fatal illness. ventively. Frequent flier Karen Gauci This cut the spread of MRSA and other CopperZap is made in the U.S. of used to get colds after crowded flights. illnesses by over half, and saved lives. pure copper. It has a 90-day full money Though skeptical, she tried it several The strong scientific evidence gave back guarantee when used as directed times a day on travel days for 2 months. inventor Doug Cornell an idea. When to stop a cold. It is $69.95. Get $10 off he felt a cold coming on he fashioned “Sixteen flights and not a sniffle!” each CopperZap with code NATA9. a smooth copper probe and rubbed it Businesswoman Rosaleen says when Go to www.CopperZap.com or call people are sick around her she uses Cop- toll-free 1-888-411-6114. gently in his nose for 60 seconds.

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