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$250 if registered by November 1; $270 thereafter Sarasota School of Massage Therapy 5899 Whitfield Avenue • Sarasota, FL 34243 Saturday Workshop: 10:00am–5:00pm (School Talk: 5:00pm–6:00pm) Sunday Workshop: 10:00am–4:00pm

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HU is for everyone of any background or belief You are invited to participate in a Community HU Song for 20 minutes, followed by a brief, quiet contemplation. Singing HU can expand your awareness, help you experience divine love, heal a broken heart, offer solace in times of grief and bring peace & calm.

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

36 TRUE WEALTH

Living a Life We Love is Real Affluence

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by Judith Fertig

38 NATURAL FACIAL ESSENTIALS

Few Skincare Product Labels Tell the Whole Story

by Linda Sechrist

40 SHARING OUR BOUNTY Food Drives Need Healthy Donations

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by Avery Mack

42 WHAT’S YOUR CHILD’S EQ?

Six Ways to Raise Emotional Intelligence

by Teal Swan

43 BARRE YOUR WAY

TO BETTER FITNESS

Ballet-Inspired Workouts Create Long and Lean Muscles

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by Lynda Bassett

44 DANGERS IN THE COSMETIC BAG

Choose Safe and Healthy Natural Beauty Aids

by Kathleen Barnes

46 KRISTEN BELL ON

PLANET-FRIENDLY LIVING

Eco-Activist Actress Takes Steps that Make a Difference

by Gerry Strauss

48 CHOOSING THE PERFECT PET Not Just Any Dog or Cat Will Do

by Sandra Murphy

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26 11 newsbriefs 26 healthbriefs 30 globalbriefs 32 ecotip 32 actionalert 38 healingways 30 40 consciouseating 42 healthykids 43 fitbody 44 greenliving 46 wisewords 32 47 inspiration 48 naturalpet 72 calendar 78 classifieds 81 resourceguide advertising & submissions HOW TO ADVERTISE To advertise with Natural Awakenings or request a media kit, please contact us at 941-564-0885 or email Publisher@ nasrq.com. Deadline for ads: the 15th of the month.

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ith Thanksgiving just around the corner, November is the ideal time to pause and reflect on life’s incredible blessings relationships, laughter and well-being, to name a few. This month always fills me with little reminders to savor those simple pleasures.

As you prepare to enjoy this upcoming holiday season with loved ones and focus on what makes you most appreciative, I hope you’ll draw inspiration and positivity from this issue’s article on “A Grateful Life.” Sometimes, as a culture, we become so overwhelmed by the season’s “hustle and bustle” that we forget to meditate on its truly gratifying aspects like family togetherness, so this article will help to accomplish just that!

Also, for anyone who is concerned about gaining extra weight this time of year, you’ll find some health conscious tips for a “Green Thanksgiving.” Who says holiday feasting can’t taste indulgent yet still be figurefriendly, right? Finally, for additional pointers on staying healthy throughout the season, our “Beautifying Barre” article delves into this fitness trend sweeping the nation, and how you can stay in shape with its ballet-inspired techniques.

I sincerely hope you find this issue enjoyable, reflective and informative. As always, please feel free to email any comments or suggestions to Publisher@nasrq. com. Wishing you all a blessed Thanksgiving and enriching start to the holidays!

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newsbriefs Tickets for the Bradenton Blues Festival Available for Pre-Order

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he Bradenton Blues Festival will be returning December 5, with an allstar lineup of acclaimed blues acts. Local cuisine, craft beverages and numerous vendors will complement the live music to create a comfortable, family-friendly experience at the Bradenton Riverwalk.

Save $10 per general admission entry fee by ordering your tickets right now.

Our reserved, front row seats will give you the perfect view from a comfortable seat in a prime location. We only have a few of these tickets left, so reserve yours now. The cost includes a special lanyard to gain access into the festival, as well as the reserved front-row section. No more wishing you had a better view or lugging that chair from your car. Next to being on-stage, these are the best seats in the house.

In addition, our new blues festival t-shirts are hot off the press and ready to order. Each t-shirt is screen-printed by hand on premium, soft cotton. If you can’t wait until the festival to pick yours up, order them online or purchase at Keeton’s in downtown Bradenton. Thank you, Manatee Apparel, for supporting the Bradenton Blues Festival, as well as printing this year’s shirts!

Cost for reserved seating: $75. Cost for general admission: $30 (online, in advance). Location: Bradenton Riverwalk, Waterfront Blvd., Bradenton. For more information, call 941-621-6471, email Blues@RealizeBradenton.com or visit BradentonBluesFestival.org.

Beach Life Wellness of Nokomis Celebrates Two Years in Business

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n November 6, from 6–8 p.m., Dabbert Gallery will be hosting the opening night of its exhibit “Local Color, Sarasota Inspired,” followed by a reception with the featured artists.

This exhibit will run through December 31, and will showcase seven Sarasota area artists: James Griffin, specializing in interpretive realism infused with glowing light and color; Jeff Cornell, specializing in soft pastel pigments meticulously blended to create dreamlike imagery of figurative realism; William Jerdon, specializing in authentic nudes and sensuous still life subjects; Bill Farnsworth, specializing in light as the element that makes an object “special”; Nancy Turner, specializing in eloquent women’s narratives revealed through soft color harmonies; Christopher Zhang, specializing in realism paintings and has recently opened a studio in Sarasota after relocating from Shanghai; and Martin Dunn, specializing in paintings that “grow to express what I have to say,” by his own description.

ark your calendars! You are invited to an Open House hosted by Beach Life Wellness December 12, 1–3 p.m. at their holistic wellness. Come celebrate two years in business with Lucho and Lana De Vettori and the team at Beach Life Wellness.

The facility in a peaceful cottage near Nokomis Beach offers a full menu of professional massage services, body wraps, organic facials, acupuncture, private personal training and nutrition advice.

The Open House will feature free demo treatments, table Thai massages, chair massages, organic oxygen ultrasonic facials, a 10 minute functional training fitness demo, discount holiday gift certificates, festive refreshments and more!

Special offers and discounts are available only to attendees on the day of the event. Special holiday gift certificates may include a $59 massage, $40 personal training, $90 mango massage and scrub for 90 minutes and a $65 organic facial.

This Open House event is a perfect time to meet the team, receive some free demo treatments, enjoy holiday refreshments and mark a few items off your holiday shopping list.

Location: 76 S Palm Ave., Sarasota. Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call 941-955-1315, email Dabbert@ DabbertGallery.com or visit DabbertGallery.com. Photos are used with the artists’ permission.

Location: 301 Albee Rd., Nokomis. For more information, call 941-244-2006, email BeachLifeWellness@gmail.com and visit BeachLifeWellness.com.

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Top Sarasota Dermatologist to Preside over

Elysian Fields Announces November Events

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hroughout this entire month, Elysian Fields, Sarasota’s destination for books and gifts that promote conscious living will host a variety of events for the community to enjoy.

On November 12, 7–8 p.m., come experience group-guided meditation, “Living Fifth Dimensional Consciousness,” with Angela Valentine. Cost is $10.

On November 12 and 19, 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m., join Deborah Chadwick who can communicate with her guides and angels, quickly receiving very specific information for her clients. Cost is 15 minutes for $30 and 30 minutes for $60.

On November 14, 10:30 a.m.–5 p.m., take part in an Intuitive Arts Fair. No appointments by phone will be accepted. First come, first served. Cost is 30 minutes for $35.

On November 17, 7–9 p.m., participate in an “Astrology Discussions” class with Catherine Rosenbaum who will act as your personalized guide to assist you in better understanding both yourself and others, using an astrology chart. Cost is $25.

On November 18, 3–4:30 p.m., attend the “Interiorology: Interior Design from Within” lecture and book-signing with Laurel James. Awaken the possibilities, positive aspects and expressions of the true you in your home. This event is free-ofcharge.

On November 20, 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m., benefit from Psychic Intuitive and Trance Channel Readings with Sherry Lord, a versatile channel who can assist you on your individual path. Cost is 15 minutes for $40, 30 minutes for $75 and 60 minutes for $125. Deep Trance Channel Sessions are 50 minutes for $175.

On November 23, 7:00–9 p.m., experience “The Magical Life of Wicca: Power of the Elements” with Tesha Miller. Learn to harness the energies of Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit. Cost is $15.

Location: Midtown Plaza, 1273 S Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. For more information, call 941-361-3006 or visit ElysianFieldsOnline.com.

Green Door Organics Offers Juicing Produce

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t Green Door Organics, we like to provide our members with convenient, fresh, certified-organic fruits and vegetables. That goes for juicing too! The freshest produce available yields more nutrient-dense juice.

So, save yourself an extra trip and get your juicing produce at Green Door as well. We make it both quick and easy for you to pick up and go. Bulk juicing orders can be made through our website and will be available for pick-up at any of our convenient locations.

Downtown Sarasota Location: 810 Central Ave. South Sarasota Location: 5102 Swift Rd. Bradenton Location: 6156 SR 70 E. Venice Location: 312 E Venice Ave. To place a juicing order, visit OrganicVeggies.net/JuiceAndBulkOrders.html. To become a Green Door member, visit OrganicVeggies.net/SignUp.html. For more information, call 941378-9036, email GreenDoorOrganics@yahoo.com or visit OrganicVeggies.net.

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Florida Society of Dermatologic Surgeons

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n a recent ceremony held during the 34th Annual Meeting of the Florida Society of Dermatologic Surgeons (FSDS) at the Boca Raton Resort and Club, Dr. J. Morgan O’Donoghue was installed as President of the FSDS. Since 2000, Dr. O’Donoghue has been treating skin cancer and other skin conditions, as well as providing cosmetic services at his local practice O’Donoghue Dermatology.

In addition, he will be heading the Dermatology Department of the new Sarasota Memorial Hospital (SMH) Internal Medicine Residency Program.

This is the first program for newlygraduated doctors in Sarasota, and it is the final step in Sarasota Memorial’s transformation into a nationallyrecognized teaching hospital.

“I am honored to have been selected by my peers to preside over an organization that raises the bar for dermatologic surgeons and I am really looking forward to helping shape the next generation of doctors as Chief of the Dermatology Department of the new SMH residency program” says Dr. O’Donoghue.

Certified by the American Board of Dermatology, he is a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and a board member of the Florida Society of Dermatologic Surgeons.

Dr. O’Donoghue is also a member of the American Medical Association and Sarasota County Medical Association. His many accolades include “America’s Top Physicians,” “Patients’ Choice Award,” “Best Dermatologist in Sarasota,” “America’s Top Dermatologist” and “Most Compassionate Doctor Award.”

Location: 1952 Field Rd., Sarasota. For more information, call 941-926-7546 or visit DermatologyExperts.com.

“Yoga is the Poetry of Movement” Breathe, Relax, Let go Englewood Beach Yoga Every Day - All Year! Holidays Included All are Welcome!

Loving Light Yoga offers Yoga for Every Body - Every Day 8:30am Also offering an Energizing Class to greet the Early Morning Sun with Sun Salutations on Tues & Thurs 7:45am and a Relaxing Sunset Yoga on Wednesday!

All on beautiful Englewood Beach!

Join us inside at Englewood’s Loving Light Healing Center 3455 S. Access Rd., Englewood Gentle Beginner Yoga Vinyasa Flow and Slow Flow Yoga Infused, Aerial Yoga, Chair Yoga Blindfold/Inner Vision Yoga Sound Healing Crystal Bowls with Restorative/Yin Yoga, Yoga Nidra & Chakra Yoga

941-473-0135 • www.lovinglightyoga.com

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newsbriefs Pixie Dust Metaphysical Boutique Moves to New Location

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ixie Dust Metaphysical Boutique is celebrating its third anniversary with a move to a larger store location. “We wanted to stay with our Main Street roots, so it’s only a block down the street,” says owner Johnna White. She adds that the new location is much larger, so customers will be able to shop in comfort with room for strollers or wheelchairs.

The additional space will enable Pixie Dust to offer expanded services including massage therapy, classes and workshops, past life regression, quantum healing, Reiki, amethyst biomat sessions and more. Certified facilitator Lee Greenbaum will offer “The Work of Byron Katie” sessions. In addition, Dr. Rebecca Merz will be joining the Pixie Dust staff to facilitate psychomanteum sessions. The new location will open on October 24 at 9 a.m.

Location: 1476 Main St., Sarasota. For more information, call 941-366-6325, email Johnna@DustyPixie.com or visit Dusty Pixie.com.

Call for Artists to Participate in 2015 Sarasota Craft Show

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imited space remains for local artists to reach thousands of shoppers and collectors at the prestigious Sarasota Craft Show, taking place December 4–6, at Robarts Arena. Booths are available for all categories of fine art including painting, photography, sculpture, graphics, glass, wood, ceramics, furniture and fiber art.

Richard Rothbard, president of American Art Marketing, the company that manages this and several other top crafts show around the country, explains festival coordinators hand-select the nation’s top artists, emphasizing technical skill, quality of workmanship and originality of design. According to Rothbard, the Sarasota-Manatee region is home to a wealth of first-rate artists and artisans.

“We’re very impressed with the depth and scope of the area arts community,” says Rothbard. “More regional artists are participating—and we invite others to contact us about booth opportunities. Space is limited, but if they get to us soon, we’ll do our best to make room.”

Rothbard adds that last year’s show attracted nearly 5,000 people who each paid a $10 admission fee. “Our show draws a discriminating and educated audience. These are serious collectors and arts enthusiasts who have a passion for exceptional art and design. They understand this is one of the nation’s most sophisticated fine art and crafts shows, and they expect the best. We seek only those artists who can create the best.”

Location: 3000 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota. For more information on show requirements and booth fees, interested artists should visit SarasotaCraftShow. com.

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Don’t Strip Drinking Your Water of Its Natural Minerals

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alcium is needed for our heart, muscles, nerves and blood-clotting.

Inadequate calcium significantly contributes to the development of osteoporosis. Many published studies show that low calcium intake throughout life is associated with low bone mass and high fracture rates (National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases).

Manganese is found mostly in bones, the liver, kidneys and pancreas.

Manganese helps the body form connective tissue, bones, blood clotting factors and sex hormones. It also plays a role in fat and carbohydrate metabolism, calcium absorption and blood sugar regulation. Manganese is also necessary for normal brain and nerve function (University of Maryland Medical Center).

In addition, if you are over 40 years old, which many Floridians are, or live on a low-sodium diet, you also need to know that salt water softeners can be hazardous to your health (World Health Organization).

Sparky Healthy Water provides beneficial levels of calcium and manganese which are necessary for your body’s health. Unlike salt water softeners that strip drinking water of these important minerals your body needs to sustain, Sparky is a hybrid allin-one sanitizer, providing delicious and healthy water for your entire home without salt, harmful chemicals or replacement filters.

For a free presentation or more information on potable water, call 941202-9050 or visit SparkyHealthyWater. com.

Innovative Workshop Series Customizes Feng Shui & Chakra Balancing For Students

B Annual Sarasota Medieval Fair Brings Historical Enrichment to Our Community

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he twelfth annual Sarasota Medieval Fair will return to the Ringling Woods at the Sarasota Fairgrounds on Saturdays and Sundays, November 7–22, for three weekends of family friendly events for young enthusiasts and historical re-enactors alike. Rain or shine, this event will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Attendees can enjoy food, shows, entertainers, colorful costumes, music, vendors and even visit from Father Christmas. The front gates will open to the year 1314 in Scotland, then transport visitors to the Battle of Bannockburn between Robert the Bruce and Edward II. With this year’s Scottish theme, guests can also experience highland bag pipes, thundering drums and traditional kilted dress.

The Medieval Fair’s most popular attraction remains the fullcontact jousting shows. Armorclad riders compete in a game of skill and technique, during which each knight will attempt to knock the other off his steed while riding at full speed. Spectators will be enthralled with the action-packed excitement as they partake in this ancient sporting event.

Location: 3000 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota. For more information, call 1-888-303-3247 or visit SarasotaMedievalFair.com.

right Life will offer a new, innovative workshop series this year that custom tailors Chakra Balancing remedies and Classical Feng Shui strategies for students, based on their unique set of needs and circumstances.

The first all-day workshop will take place November 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and will focus on physical and emotional health. The following three workshops will target “Success and Prosperity,” “Love and Partnership” and “Finding One’s Life Path”.

For the first workshop, students will obtain their own energy-based remedies and strategies which enable them to achieve glowing emotional and physical health. Since we are heading into the holiday season, this is an ideal time to lay the foundation for effectively balancing joy and laughter with indulgences and stressors.

This workshop offers custom tailored remedies, as well as a Classical Feng Shui formula called Ba Zhai, designed for each student based on individual birth dates. The pre-requisite for this course is a three-hour “Introduction to Feng Shui & Chakra Balancing” class, offered every month.

Kathy Keh is the owner of Bright Life, Natural Awakenings’ 2014 award winner for “Favorite Business of the Year.” Location: 2135 Siesta Dr., Sarasota. Cost: $150. For more information or to register for the workshop, call 941-366-8113, email Info@BrightLife-USA.com or visit Bright-Life-USA.com.

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newsbriefs Introduction to Yoga Therapy Weekend with Dr. Marie Bailey

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oga Therapy is a journey into Prana (life force) as a medium for healing. Incomplete emotions and experiences can manifest as “holding patterns” in the body which can result in desensitization, chronic tension and pain.

Because your body innately knows how to heal itself on all levels, the same pranic energy that heals your body also knows how to recognize the state of wholeness that you already are. In Yoga Therapy, we can remove the barriers to maximal energy flow, optimize mental, physical and emotional wellbeing, and move our evolutionary journey towards self-actualization and self-realization.

On January 15–17, 2016, join Dr. Marie Bailey, RYT-500, and Journey Into Complete Wellbeing Yoga & Meditation Studio for an informative weekend of Amrit Yoga Therapy. Explore the Yogic perspective on energy and the development of energy blocks, as well as their manifestation in the body.

In addition, group Yoga Therapy sessions will gently guide participants to experience the limbs of Yoga Therapy. This weekend will deepen your yoga practice on all levels.

Dr. Marie Bailey holds a Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology and spent many years in her first career as a psychologist. She discovered and became intrigued with Yoga Therapy in 2007 while still practicing psychology. She first met the creator of Amrit Method Yoga Therapy, Kamini Desai, PhD, in 2009, and a beautiful collaboration began.

Location: 265 E Marion Ave. Suite 117C, Punta Gorda. For more information on each workshop session and to sign up for early bird pricing, call 772-485-0605 or visit JourneyInStudio.com. Space is limited to first 20 participants.

Blow-Out Before You Go Out

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aureen Conlon, a master stylist at Angela’s Pure Salon & Spa, has 25 years of experience working at high profile salons in New York City. She specializes in precision hair cutting and blow-dry styling, and was a member of the styling team on NBC’s The Maury Povitch Show. Conlon has also utilized her skills at New York fashion runway shows, as well as in major fashion magazines and trade publications.

She now brings these skills to the Sarasota area, offering the expertise gained from her New York career to clients at Angela’s Pure Salon & Spa. Using organic and eco-friendly products, Conlon makes her clients look “runway ready,” so come experience her precision cuts and blow-out styles, just in time for your next night out.

Location: 3510 N Lockwood Ridge Rd., Sarasota. For more information and to schedule an appointment, call 941-351-0670 or visit AngelasPureSalon.com.

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Our Sacred Love Temple to Attend Zen Awakening Festival in Orlando

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arasota’s own Sacred Love Temple will be traveling to the Zen Awakening Festival in Orlando during the weekend of November 20–22.

Zen Awakening is a transformational, music and arts festival, featuring spiritual teachers, holistic teachers, live music, yoga, meditation, 14 intentional conscious villages, cirque performers, flow dancers, drum circles, group chants, fire performers, healing sanctuary, workshops, permaculture, kirtan, camping, organic food vendors and art installations.

Zen Awakening’s mission is to create a sacred environment for each individual to realize they are a unique emanation of the Great Creator, the love-intelligence governing this universe. Our Sacred Love Temple will be set up at the festival to offer sacred space and teachings.

Love Priestess Lucia Gabriela will be teaching three workshops over the weekend: “Reawakening Sensuality: Couples Connecting through Divine Touch,” “Reawakening Sensuality: a Ritual to Embody your Sensual Goddess” and “Blue Tent: Honoring Our Divine Masculine” (men’s circle).

These workshops and others are also being presented here at Our Sacred Love Temple in Sarasota.

For more information on the Zen Awakening Festival, visit ZenAwakeningFestival.com. For more information on upcoming events at Our Sacred Love Temple, visit SacredLoveTemple.com.

Our Sacred Love Temple Hosts Sacred Sexuality Workshops

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arasota’s Sacred Love Temple is hosting a series of workshops to teach and explore the topic of sacred sexuality. These workshops are intended to reawaken your own divine nature, reconnect to your sensual experience of your world through the five basic senses and more subtle energy senses, and grow into living your personal expression of unconditional love.

Several workshops will be led by the Love Temple’s founder Lucia Gabriela who is a Love Coach, Love Healer, Love Alchemist and Teacher of Sacred Sexuality. The “Reawakening Sensuality” series, led by Lucia Gabriela, features different workshops, some designed for individuals and some for couples. All workshops will facilitate a deeper connection between you and your divine, eternal nature. The workshops for couples will also rejuvenate and restore the romantic, sensual and sacred sexual energy between you and your partner-creating a more harmonious and healthy relationship.

In addition, the Love Temple will be hosting nationally recognized love and sacred sexuality teachers who will offer their own workshops, as they travel the country teaching and facilitating groups. On December 7, 8 and 9, Peter Peterson and Monique Darling will be here sharing their teachings. Peterson and Lucia Gabriela will co-teach “Awaken Your Body and Soul through Movement, Nutrition and Touch.” Darling will teach “Introduction to Energetic Sex: Learning to Play in the Energetic Field of Infinite Possibilities.” Peterson and Darling will also co-lead another successful “Official Cuddle Party.”

For more information, visit SacredLoveTemple.com/Events.

Mainstay Chiropractic Launches Community Health Meetup Group

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rs. Jill and Beau Smith are pleased to announce the debut of our Meetup Group, SRQ Mainstay Catalyst Community Events. Our steadfast mission is to improve the health of our community by empowering people to take charge of their own wellness.

In today’s world, an estimated Americans experience more emotional, chemical and physical stress in 30 days than their grandparents did in their lifetime. So, if you want to become proactive about your health rather than reactive, this is the group for you.

There are multiple factors involved in achieving health. You must live a balanced lifestyle by managing relationships, nutrition, spiritual practices, exercise and work, while limiting toxic exposure. We intend to explore these issues and identify strategies in order to create the optimal conditions for wellness. The topics covered in this group will inform, educate and empower our community.

At Mainstay Chiropractic, we believe that better health directly translates to a better society. Often, people work their entire lives in hopes of a dream retirement, only to have their health fail when the time comes to reap those rewards. Many people don’t even live long enough for retirement. Better health creates more productivity, family time and an opportunity to live out your dreams. Mainstay Chiropractic’s solution is more health, performance and life-not just less disease.

Location: 717 Honore Ave., Sarasota. For more information, call 941-342-1291, email MainstayChiropractic@outlook.com or visit MainstayChiropractic.com. Join our Meetup Group at Meetup.com/SRQ-Mainstay-Catalyst-Community-Events.

Dr. Anna’s Acupuncture Face and Necklift Seminar

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n November 18 at 2 p.m., Dr. Anna Baker, DOM and founder of Faces by Dr. Anna, will present a seminar on facial rejuvenation at any stage in the aging process, using her muscle tightening acupuncture face and necklift technique. This seminar will be held at the Pearl Cream by Dr. Anna store.

Dr. Anna’s results are unique in that all facial and neck muscles are retightened proportionally along the route they aged. She will show pictures and results on patients of all different ages and face types. She also specializes in restoring drooping surgical facelifts and poor results from Botox, fillers and laser treatments.

A nationally board-certified Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Anna Baker has been practicing in Sarasota since 1998. She has developed a specialty in a muscle tightening acupuncture face and necklift without any needles being used on the face. Up to three treatments can be done in one day with a 10-treatment minimum.

After treatments are completed, one or two touch-ups are suggested every 18 months to maintain the lift. Dr. Anna’s work has been nationally televised, and she has been voted Sarasota’s favorite anti-aging practitioner.

Location: 2721 Mall Dr., Sarasota.

To make seminar reservations or schedule a free consultation, call 941924-2723. For more information or to view before-and-after pictures, visit FacesbyDrAnna.com.

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newsbriefs Life-Changing Insights with Powerful Tools for Transformation Healing and Energy

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very few generations, someone comes into the world illuminating the spiritual path more brightly and uplifting others to walk upon it. Since his clairvoyant sight emerged in 2007, Cristo L. Bowers has perceived and shared what only a few clairvoyant teachers have seen. He is currently one of the most highly developed clairvoyant intuitives on the planet.

The scope, depth and clarity of his capabilities equal or surpass the most renowned clairvoyants of this and past generations, and he transforms the lives of thousands with his amazing insights. Bowers is also a notable spiritual teacher and powerful energy healer. He has the archetypal energy of “The One Who Makes Others Whole.”

David Winfree is an inspiring spiritual teacher, energy healer and author of the book The Evolution of the Human Energy Field, co-written with Bowers. This book broadens humanity’s understanding of the function, meaning and structure of the human energy field and conveys how this information can transform lives. He has the archetypal energies of “The One Who Opens the Door for Others” and “The One Who Pours Out Blessings.”

Together, they will be hosting a workshop series on November 12–15. Topics will include “Advanced Energy Anatomy Lecture,” “A Clairvoyant Demonstration,” “Receiving Your Spiritual Name,” “Attaining Your Highest Aspirations,” “Using Crystals for Major Transformation,” “Discovering Your Unique Archetypal Patterns,” “Your Hidden Negative and Limiting Beliefs,” “Paths of Transformation” and “Divine Energy Immersion.”

Location: Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Meadows, Sarasota.

Cost: $250 (four-day pass) or $250 (November 14–15). To register, call 941-3719333 or visit DavidWinfree.com/QuickReg. For more information, visit CCOSL.com or see the Calendar of Events in Natural Awakenings.

The Unitaraian Universalist Church of Sarasota Presents

“Give My Regards to Broadway”

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ocalist Amy Jo Connours, baritone Jason Stearns and pianist Lee Dougherty-Ross, part of the Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota’s performing outreach series, will perform songs by showtune favorites in “Give My Regards to Broadway” on November 8, 3 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Church Mezzo soprano Connours is a prominent soloist who is active in many local music organizations.

Connours is a frequent guest performer at the Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota. Her eclectic repertoire that features silky mezzo tones that cross multiple genres from opera, oratorios and the classics, to jazz and contemporary composers.

Stearns has built a distinguished reputation with his uniquely dramatic baritone repertoire. He has sung all over the world and has dozens of leading operatic baritone roles to his credit including Broadway musicals, concerts and even the New York Metropolitan Opera.

Dougherty-Ross debuted as piano soloist at age 12 with the Norfolk Symphony Orchestra. She has since performed both nationally and internationally, and her vocal talents have been showcased at New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Kennedy White House. Along with her husband, Dougherty-Ross founded the Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota.

Location: 3975 Fruitville Rd., Sarasota.

Cost: $15. To purchase tickets, visit www.BeachSun.org/Concerts/. For more information, call 941-371-4974 or visit www.UUSarasota.org.

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newsbriefs Pearl Cream by Dr. Anna Anti-Aging Seminar

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n November 20 at 1 p.m., Dr. Anna Baker, DOM., will give a seminar about Pearl Cream by Dr. Anna, her revolutionary antiaging serum made from real pearls and Chinese herbs without any preservatives.

Pearls contain amino acids that retighten muscles and slowly return the face to its younger look with daily use. Dr. Anna will show picture results of patient of all different ages.

Pearl Cream by Dr, Anna is also available as a muscle tightening body lotion, a men’s anti-aging line and a sports performance line.

Location: 2721 Mall Dr., Sarasota. Hours: Monday–Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call 941-921-2662 or visit PearlCreamByDrAnna.com.

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Now Available in Sarasota

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indfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is the Gold Standard for stress reduction, with over 35 years of research by founder Jon Kabat Zinn, PhD. After years of practice on his own, Don Reed Simmons trained with Kabat-Zinn in 1998, advancing his awareness of meditation’s health benefits.

When combined with sound therapy, Simmons discovered meditation’s results were both quicker and gentler. Simmons, president of the International Sound Therapy Association (ISTA), a non-profit organization promoting the benefits of sound and vibration, has been teaching meditation and therapeutic sound for over 20 years in Los Angeles, Honolulu and Atlanta.

“Up to 90% of all office visits to health care professionals are for stress related disorders” (Mind-Body Medical Institute at Harvard University). As for sound usage, Dr. Mitchell Gaynor, former Director of Medical Oncology and Integrative Medicine at Strang-Cornell Cancer Prevention Center says, “Sound can redress imbalances on every level of physiologic functioning and can play a positive role in the treatment of virtually any medical disorder.”

Simmons will be teaching eight-week and retreat style workshops on MBSR. His next workshop will take place on November 28, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and November 29, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., in Sarasota. Bring water, yoga mat and meditation pillow, journaling supplies and lunch for Saturday. Wear comfortable clothes.

Location: MindSpa Integrative Wellness Center, 5632 Bee Ridge Rd., Unit 10, Sarasota. Cost: $150 (before November 9), $165 (before November 23) and $225 (after November 23). For more information visit, call 310-739-8842, email DonReedSimmons@aol.com or visit TheMindfulSociety.com.

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Attract True Love Effortlessly: Weekend Retreat and Online Academy

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oin Our Sacred Love Temple November 14–15, for an all-inclusive retreat, open to individuals who desire to attract love and be in the best relationship of their life (or couples who desire to rejuvenate the love energy in their relationship, re-awakening the magic “new relationship energy” some call it the “honeymoon phase” that initially emanated during the exciting process of falling in love.)

Treat yourself to this powerful two-day retreat, featuring six unique holistic practitioners. This event includes the stand-alone “Attract True Love Effortlessly!” Workshop, plus other activities such as self-love yoga, chakra dance, aromatherapy for love and energy healing touch massage.

A vegetarian lunch and dinner with fresh juices will also be available.

The Attract True Love Effortlessly workshop is a dynamic taste of what Love Priestess Lucia Gabriela, coach, healer and alchemist, shares with her one-on-one transformational clients.

The Attract True Love Effortlessly Academy has also recently launched online, making this worthwhile process available to a worldwide audience. The online classes include a three-week video series, worksheets and rituals to launch your journey toward attracting true love and experiencing the life you deserve.

To purchase tickets for the retreat, visit SacredLoveTemple.com. For more information, call 516-287-0242 or email Support@SacredLoveTemple. com. To access the online classes, visit AttractTrueLoveEffortless.com.

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newsbriefs Achieving Total Balance with Pizza, Beer and Yoga

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his is the true story of a “loser” who learned how to win. Certified holistic health coach and local Sarasota wellness author, Michael Tamez, shares how he reversed severe sleep apnea, high blood pressure and advanced gum disease, while losing over 100 pounds.

His incredibly inspiring debut book will encourage readers to listen to their bodies and discover their own healing answers.

As inspiring as it is insightful, Transformative Nutrition is a guide to whole-body wellness that, not only addresses weight loss and reversing physical illness, but also gets to the underlying cause of mental and emotional attachments to those physical issues. Tamez’s mission is to influence health transformation on a global scale, starting in the Sarasota-Bradenton area. A highly progressive lifestyle and wellness book, The Ultimate Guide to Healthy and Balanced Living will inspire a permanent shift in the way you eat, think, feel, live and love.

Cost: $14.99 paperback; $6.99 eBook. For more information, call 941-268-3949, email MichaelT@Transformative-Nutrition.com or visit Transformative-Nutrition.com.

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tarting November 1, Sarasota eatery Veg will be serving breakfast, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., seven days a week. For the past five-and-a-half years, Veg has been open for lunch and dinner, and we are excited to announce our new breakfast options including cage-free three egg omelets, pancakes, bubble and squeak, potato paradise and much more. There will also be menu items available for vegans and diners with gluten intolerance.

ou are invited to the devapriya Yoga School on Friday evenings at 7 p.m. for rich, diverse conversations on the Indian spiritual epic The Bhagavad Gita. As this group is brand new, we are at the beginning of the story, making this a great time to get started. Week by week, verse by verse, we read, discuss and integrate the sacred lessons. In time, familiarity with characters, setting and circumstances develops.

Gita is worth examination. For some who study long-term, Gita is life-changing. Our empathy with the main character Arjuna who, although an accomplished warrior and yogi, suffers a near emotional and mental collapse when faced with his fate, may cause the student to deeply examine and possibly reform their own psyche. In this story, God offers Arjuna guidance through his ordeal.

Today, as students, we apply the lessons Arjuna learned long ago to our own social and psychological dilemmas.

Spiritually nourishing and everrelieving, the words of Lord Krishna will open and expand consciousness, inspiring us toward liberation of heart and soul. Hot tea and light vegan snacks will be provided.

Location: 2164 Gulf Gate Dr., Sarasota. For more information, call 941-312-6424, email VegSRQ@gmail.com or visit VegSRQ.com.

Location: 7211 41st Ct. E, Sarasota.

Suggested donation: $10. For more information, visit InSelfYoga.net.

Unitarian Universalists Now in Lakewood Ranch

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hose looking for an alternative to the religious traditions of their youth and who are interested in joining with others in a progressive, welcoming spiritual community are invited to attend Sunday services with the Unitarian Universalists of Lakewood Ranch at 9 a.m. every week. These services are open to all who embrace the principles of respect, justice and compassion for both people and the earth. They will be led by various ministers, as well as lay people. Families with children are welcome.

Unitarian Universalists embrace seven principles, almost all of which center around treating others with dignity and respect, working for social justice, conserving the earth, doing good works and making this world better for all. It is a non-dogmatic religion where members are encouraged to discover what gives their life meaning.

Members enjoy a large variety of activities including classes, discussion groups, shared meals, social events, art exhibits, concerts and stimulating conversation.

Location: 6600 River Club Blvd., Bradenton. For more information, call 941-5544783 or visit UUSarasota.org.

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Inner Vision Blindfolded Yoga

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racticing yoga with your eyes blindfolded has a huge impact on the rest of your senses. You will feel your balance being challenged as you remove visual references and you will also feel the rest of your senses become deepened and refined.

Experience this revelation for yourself at Englewood Yoga Center’s “Inner Vision Yoga” on

November 18, 6–8 p.m.

Move inward through this amazing class, getting to know both your body and deeper self. Find balance and harmony with breath and movement, while being guided verbally through this inward journey. This class is transformational for body, mind and spirit!

The present moment will be magnified, and you will notice how the need for focus and presence becomes greater than usual. Practicing blindfolded will also help let go of competition with others or yourself, releasing the need for visual references and using this opportunity to find approval, confidence and answers from within.

A new eye mask will be provided, or you can bring your own from a previous class. All that is required is your presence, attention and willingness to explore your personal yoga practice from the inside out. Space is limited and fills up quickly, so please register in advance.

Location: 3455 S Access Rd., Unit A, Englewood. Cost: $20. To register, visit LovingLightYoga.com. For more information, call 941-473-0135 or email Lata528@gmail. com.

What Is a Life Coach?

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an you see it? Can you envision it? The abundant life you always dreamed of? Do you want a passionate, fulfilling marriage and healthy relationships with family, friends and coworkers? Do you want to be the person who learns to manage stress despite difficult and unexpected circumstances? Do you want to discover your God-given purpose and live life to the fullest?

Life Coaches can take you from where you are to where you want to be. They will help you move forward by motivating and supporting you to set goals, while holding you accountable to take the steps to achieve your vision. They will help you uncover what is holding you back from seeking your full potential. They will challenge you to take risks by stepping out of your comfort zone. Life Coaching produces action that will lead to lasting change.

Life Coaching is not counseling. This process does not coerce you to dwell on your past, but rather encourages you to focus on your future. Everybody can benefit from Life Coaching because we all need someone to challenge us, hold us accountable and motivate us to be our highest potential.

Life Coaches will help you to live life on “purpose.” They will help you to discover your talents and gifts to help you discover your unique purpose. Do you know what your purpose is? A lack of purpose will always leave you searching. Are you ready to start an incredible journey that will give you the peace and joy that you always desired? Your new life begins at the end of your comfort zone.

If you answered “yes” to these questions, Raymond and Jacqueline Bevan, Certified Christian Life Coaches, are available to help you with a faith-based approach. Their new office in Sarasota is conveniently located, and their doors are open to anyone who wants to begin this journey of personal fulfillment.

Location: 4067 S Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. For more information, call 1-941-702-0216 or email LoveFaithHopeSRQ@gmail.com.

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newsbriefs Jin Shin Jyutsu Self-Care PlayShop

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uncoast Jin Shin Jyutsu is offering a self-care PlayShop that explores a holistic approach for memory based on the ancient hands-on healing art, Jin Shin Jyutsu. This interactive session covers simple, practical tools to promote proper memory function, as well as help ease the emotional effects related to memory issues including stress, anxiety, depression, sadness and worry.

In addition, this PlayShop will show you how to enhance body-mind awareness as you gain personal insights into physical, mental, emotional and spiritual factors in your life.

Finally, you’ll learn how to effectively practice and experience hands-on, self-care energy harmonizing routines to maintain and restore balance.

Widely known more than 3,000 years ago, Jin Shin Jyutsu was dramatically revived in 1912 in Japan by Jiro Murai when he healed himself from a “terminal” illness. This ancient art was used to treat brain injuries in a study which demonstrated that participants receiving Jin Shin Jyutsu responded to stimuli more rapidly than those who received the placebo treatments.

This event will be presented by Michelle Giambra, Certified Jin Shin Jyutsu Self-Help Instructor and Practitioner, LMT. Giambra has 18 years of experience providing personal energy harmonizing sessions and self-care classes. She won the 2014 Natural Choice Awards for “Favorite Energy Healer” and “Favorite Holistic Practitioner.”

The Jin Shin Jyutsu PlayShop will take place on November 14. Space is limited, and paid registration is required. To secure your space, payment must be received by November 11.

Location: Suncoast Jin Shin Jyutsu at Rosemary Court Yoga, 810 Central Avenue, Sarasota. For more information, call 941-228-2972, email Michelle@SuncoastJSJ.com or visit SuncoastJSJ. com. Jin Shin Jyutsu is a gentle, non-invasive supplement to all therapies. It is intended to complement, not replace, the advice of your own physician or other healthcare professional.

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Calling all Lightworkers for the Venice Holiday Parade

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he Venice Holiday Parade will be joyously dancing through downtown Venice on November 28. Our Sacred Love Temple has reserved a space in the parade, and we are inviting lightworkers, healers, yogis, dancers, musicians (drummers from Siesta Key and Nokomis drum circles), artists and lovers of life to help us celebrate and share our light with the community. We want to let lightworkers, healers and spiritual teachers shine in the parade this year.

Parade staging will begin at 3 p.m., pre-parade will begin at 5 p.m., and the actual parade will begin at 7 p.m. If you are interested in walking, dancing, hula hooping or moving in your own unique way with our section, contact Love Priestess Lucia Gabriela.

For more information on participating in the parade, call 516-287-0242 or email Support@SacredLoveTemple.com

petbriefs Cat Depot Offers “Namastray Yoga” Classes

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at Depot is now offering yoga classes in its Education & Activity Center. Enjoy Karma yoga with certified yoga instructors and the calming presence of cats throughout the room. Karma yoga is “the discipline of selfless action as a way to perfection.”

All yoga instructors are donating their time and services. Students are asked to bring their own yoga mat and water. Classes will typically run about one hour, based on the instructor’s discretion, and are designed for all experience levels. Class times are as follows: • November 5 at 6:30 p.m.

• November 10 at 5 p.m.

• November 12 at 7:15 p.m.

• November 15 at 11: 30 a.m.

• November 18 at 2 p.m.

• November 21 at 11 a.m.

• November 24 at 5: 45 p.m.

• December 3 at 6:30 p.m.

• December 8 at 5 p.m.

• December 10 at 7:15 p.m.

• December 16 at 11:30 a.m.

• December 19 at 2 p.m.

• December 20 at 11 a.m.

• December 22 at 5:45 p.m.

Cat Depot, a nonprofit, 501(c)3 no-kill, free-roaming facility, is recognized for its progressive design and commitment to helping homeless, abandoned and injured animals. Cat Depot’s mission is to save lives, find loving homes, and provide the resources and education to improve the destiny of homeless cats. Cat Depot supports more than 150 cats and kittens.

Location: 2542 17th St., Sarasota. Hours: Monday–Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday–Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call 941366-2404 ext. 316, email Lenah@CatDepot.org or visit CatDepot.org.

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Having Gratitude Yields More Happiness than Having Things

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wo studies from Baylor University have confirmed that materialism can lead to feeling less satisfied with life, while a sense of gratitude reverses some of the negative effects of the pursuit of things.

The research, led by Professor James Roberts, Ph.D., included questionnaires sent to 246 marketing students from another university, focusing on happiness and satisfaction with a 15-minute survey that included a 15-point materialism scale.

The study found that individuals that focused on achieving material goals were less satisfied with their lives, less happy and had lower self-esteem. Meanwhile, the study found that grateful students found more meaning in their lives and felt a greater sense of satisfaction.

“Individuals high in gratitude showed less of a relationship between materialism and its negative affect. Additionally, individuals high in materialism showed decreased life satisfaction when either gratitude or positive affect was low,” note the researchers.

Animal Friends Soothe Autistic Children

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ccording to the Centers for Disease Control, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) now affects about 1 in every 68 children in the U.S., up from 1 in 150 in 2000. This includes 1 in 42 boys and 1 in 189 girls.

Contact with animals may help ameliorate this troubling trend. A recent study of 114 children between 5 and 12 years old has found that autistic children having greater contact with animals have less anxiety related to social situations.

The research was led by Marguerite O’Haire, Ph.D., from the Center for the Human-Animal Bond at the College of Veterinary Medicine of Purdue University, in West Lafayette, Indiana. Colleagues from the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland, in Brisbane, Australia, also participated in the study.

The researchers divided the 114 children into 38 groups of three. Each group had one ASD child and two children without ASD. Skin conductance, which provides an objective way for researchers to gauge social anxiety, was measured among the children as they read silently and aloud. As expected, skin conductance was significantly higher among the ASD children as they read aloud in front of their peers.

In successive sessions, when researchers introduced pet guinea pigs for the children to pet prior to their readings, the ASD children’s skin conductance levels dropped significantly.

“Previous studies suggest that in the presence of companion animals, children with autism spectrum disorders function better socially,” says James Griffin, Ph.D., of the Child Development and Behavior Branch of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. “This study provides physiological evidence that the proximity of animals eases the stress that children with autism may experience in social situations.”

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Formaldehyde Found in GMO Soybeans

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esearchers from the International Center for Integrative Systems, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have determined that genetically modified (GM/GMO) soybean plants accumulate the carcinogen formaldehyde.

The researchers utilized a scientific method called CytoSolve to analyze 6,497 diverse laboratory studies conducted by 184 scientific institutions in 23 countries worldwide. The study data showed that GMO soybeans significantly accumulate formaldehyde, a class-one carcinogen.

The research also found that genetic modification forces a depletion of glutathione among the plants, which weakens their immune system. This contrasts with the proposals put forth by the GM industry that GMO soybean plants are stronger, allowing them to endure environmental hardships better than non-GMO soybean plants.

The research was led by V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai, Ph.D., a biologist trained at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and published in the peer-reviewed journal Agricultural Sciences. “The results demand immediate testing, along with rigorous scientific standards to assure such testing is objective and replicable. It’s unbelievable such standards for testing don’t already exist. The safety of our food supply demands that science delivers such modern scientific standards for approval of GMOs,” states Ayyadurai.

Former Environmental Protection Agency Senior Scientist Ray Seidler, Ph.D., comments about the study, “The discovery reported by Ayyadurai reveals a new molecular paradigm associated with genetic engineering that will require research to discover why the extent of formaldehyde and glutathione concentrations are altered, and what other chemicals relevant to human and animal health are affected. We need the kinds of standards Ayyadurai demands to conduct such research.”

Antidepressants in Pregnancy Raises Risk of Hypertension in Kids

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n a large study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers from participating universities found mothers that take antidepressant drugs during pregnancy face the risk of heart issues for their children.

The researchers tested 3,789,330 pregnant women between 2000 and 2010. Of these, 128,950 took at least one prescription for antidepressants during their pregnancy.

High blood pressure among children of mothers that didn’t take antidepressants was about 21 percent. Children that were exposed to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant drugs during pregnancy experienced high blood pressure in 31.5 percent of the cases. Those that were exposed to non-SSRI antidepressants experienced high blood pressure 29 percent of the time.

This represents a 50 percent increased risk of hypertension for babies of mothers that take SSRIs during pregnancy and a 40 percent increased risk for children exposed to non-SSRIs.

In their conclusion, the researchers note, “Evidence from publicly insured pregnant women studied may be consistent with a potential increased risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn associated with maternal use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in late pregnancy.”

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Cloves Inhibit Cancer Growth

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esearch from China has determined that cloves (Syzygium aromaticum) inhibit the growth of several cancers. Researchers tested an extract of whole cloves against several types of human cancer cells, including those of ovarian, cervical, liver, colon, breast and pancreatic cancers.

Published in the journal Oncology Research, the test used an incubation system that simulated the ability of these cancer cells to grow within the body. The researchers found that the clove extract stopped such development. The active constituents they identified within the clove extracts include oleanolic acid and eugenol. “Clove extract may represent a novel therapeutic herb for cancer treatment, and oleanolic acid is one of the components responsible for part of its antitumor activity,” the researchers commented.

Cloves, one of the oldest medicinal spices, have been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for many centuries.

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study from the UK’s University of Nottingham published in the journal Physical Biology has found that over-trimming nails can lead to structural changes to the shape of the nail that increase the risk of ingrown nails and other nail conditions. The risk was more prevalent in larger nails, such as large toenails and thumbnails.

The researchers furthered a hypothesis called the theory of nail plate adhesion that links the nail’s healthy growth to the side-to-side curvatures of the nail plate.

The researchers identified that when this nail plate adhesion becomes weakened through trimming, it can result in one of three potential nail conditions: spoonshaped or pincer-shaped nails, or ingrown nails.

The paper noted deficiencies among many nail salons regarding these potential conditions. While they may be reversed over time with careful maintenance, prevention is the best medicine, according to the researchers.

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Autumn Harvest Jordan Parker Cover artist Jordan Parker uses watercolors and acrylics to capture nature’s beauty and bounty across the seasons, from spring daffodils to fall leaves. “Autumn is my favorite season; I get inspired when I see the colors start to change,” says Parker.

The cover image, Autumn Harvest, was inspired by a still life from the artist’s garden. “I had picked some pumpkins, corn and grape leaves and set it up as a table arrangement. It was so beautiful that I just had to paint it,” says Parker. “I put the painting up in my home every fall now.”

At a very young age, Parker was fascinated with horses and persistently worked at drawing them until “they eventually started to look like horses,” she says. Parker continued her artistic journey into adulthood, teaching herself how to paint and experimenting with techniques until she began to develop her own colorful style.

Today, Parker’s prints and original paintings can be found in private collections across the Pacific Northwest. The artist’s work is also sold in Revolution Gallery, in Issaquah, Washington, where Parker lives with her husband, daughter, dog and two cats.

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

Sky Kings

Agricultural Drones May Boost Sustainability Beginning November 15, farmers will be able to implement flying drones to perform important tasks in their fields. That’s when changes in Federal Aviation Administration regulations will loosen many of the current restrictions on this new technology.

Advocates believe the devices can improve precision agriculture management that uses GPS and data collection to boost crop yields and profits while aiding water conservation. For the first time, the drones will be operated legally during an entire growing season, allowing companies to test their business models and technologies together. This boost in crop intelligence should make farms more efficient and help smaller operations compete with well-funded big agribusiness conglomerates whose fields are typically rife with genetically modified (GMO) crops.

“This is the first year we’ll actually be able to see, by the time the growing season is over, the impact on the farmer and the impact of the quality of the grapes,” says David Baeza, whose precision agriculture startup Vine Rangers uses drones and ground robots to gather data on vineyard crops. “The biggest thing to watch is what’s going to happen to giants like Monsanto. How you define this market is changing, and the incumbents are in for a battle.”

Source: Fortune magazine

Recycling Revolution

Global Rise Bolsters Sustainability On November 15, thousands of events in communities nationwide will celebrate America Recycles Day (America RecyclesDay.org). A program run by national nonprofit Keep America Beautiful since 2006, the event is dedicated to promoting recycling in the U.S. via special material collection drives and educational activities.

Materials available to groups include advice on setting up collectibles stations and customizable templates for promoting activities to increase recycling awareness, commitment and local action. There’s plenty of room to grow: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the amount of waste that the average citizen composts or recycles has increased from 17 percent in 1990 to 33 percent today.

Some other countries have been conducting their own national programs longer. For the 19th year, Australia will celebrate a weeklong National Recycling Week (RecyclingWeek.PlanetArk.org) in November. More than 90 percent of Aussies feel it’s the right thing to do.

Recycle Now (RecycleNow.com), England’s national program, supported and funded by the government and implemented by 90 percent of municipalities, conducts its annual weeklong program in June. Organizers contend that six out of 10 citizens now describe themselves as committed recyclers, compared to fewer than half when the campaign launched in 2004. Germany also celebrates recycling for two days in June; many other countries do so in July.

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Monsanto Pushback More Countries Ban Toxic Roundup

Countries are gradually banning the use of Monsanto Roundup herbicide around the world as a danger to the environment and human health, and Bermuda is one of the latest to join the ranks. These moves come soon after a recently published metastudy conducted by the World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer published in The Lancet Oncology determined that glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup, is probably carcinogenic to humans.

Colombia stopped using Roundup to kill illegal coca plants. France banned the sale to homeowners, and Germany is poised to do the same. A group of 30,000 Argentine physicians are calling for a ban there, where it’s blamed for boosting birth defects and cancer. Others, including the Brazilian federal prosecutor, are demanding that Roundup’s active ingredient, glyphosate, be pulled off the shelves.

In the U.S., the Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT) is assisting efforts in cities, counties and school systems to enact immediate bans of glyphosate-based sprays. IRT is also calling for schools to measure the amount of glyphosate residues in school meals and to take steps to eliminate them if found.

Source: EcoWatch

Solving Hunger

France Tackles Food Waste with New Law French supermarkets will be banned from throwing away or destroying unsold food and must instead donate it to charities or for animal feed under a law set to crack down on food waste.

Supermarkets will also be barred from deliberately spoiling unsold food so it cannot be eaten.

Larger stores will have to sign contracts with charities by July 2016 or face penalties.

The law will also introduce an education program about food waste in schools and businesses, and follows a measure enacted last February to remove best-before dates on fresh foods.

The Gars’pilleurs, an action group founded in Lyon, warns that simply obliging supermarket giants to pass unsold food to charities could give a “false and dangerous idea of a magic solution” to food waste, failing to address the core issues of overproduction in the food industry and wastage in food distribution chains.

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Pay Tied to Sustainability

Researchers Nale Lehmann-Willenbrock and Joseph A. Allen have written in the Journal of Applied Psychology about their research into the effect of group humor on workers by studying the behavioral patterns of 54 real-world teams from two businesses.

Humor and laughter were examined and each interaction was coded, based on recordings made at meetings. Performance ratings were collected immediately afterward and also several years later.

Results showed that levity can reduce body pain and stress and help with relaxation. Cognitively, it bolsters creativity, memory and problem-solving ability. Humor reduces anxiety, elevates mood and increases self-esteem, hope, optimism and energy.

In terms of society, it attracts connections, promotes bonding and altruism and leads to happier partnerships.

The researchers also found, “At the team level, humor patterns [but not humor or laughter alone] positively related to team performance, both immediately and two years later.” The positive aftereffects of humor on team performance include question-asking, proposals of innovative ideas, new people speaking up and kudos given for jobs well done or problems solved.

While sustainability is often categorized as a long-term strategy to mitigate both corporate reputational and financial risk, a small but growing number of companies are beginning to tie environmental goals to executive compensation. That means leaders of participating firms now must weigh operational variables such as greenhouse gas emissions against short-term financial outcomes.

In a report published by Sustainalytics and the sustainability nonprofit Ceres, 24 percent of the 613 largest publicly traded companies have now tied sustainability to executive compensation, up from 15 percent in 2012.

“At the end of the day, people are motivated by their pocketbooks,” says Veena Ramani, Ceres senior director of corporate programs. “I think investors have come to recognize that if you want companies to take this stuff seriously, you’re going to have to link it to people’s compensation.”

The shift is part of a broader push to tie corporate social responsibility areas such as environmental, social and governance metrics, as well as labor and local community impacts, to core business models.

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Green Thanksgiving

A Soulful Celebration of Body, Mind and Spirit Making the most of the original spirit and intention of the season’s holiday of gratitude feeds mind, body and spirit.

Consider these happy and healthy choices.

Turkey: Free-range and organic gobblers are less likely to carry diseases and contain synthetic additives.

Heritage turkeys are raised outdoors, freely roam pastures, are genetically diverse and eat the varied diet that nature intended (SustainableTable.org).

Spare a bird: Turkey alternatives include fun, seasonal staples such as vegetable lasagna, butternut ravioli and acorn squash filled with onions, beans and dried fruits.

Beverages: Serving locally made apple cider, beer or wine supports local farmers and businesses, plus avoids the carbon footprint that distant choices incur in transport.

Festive preparations: Refrain from using Styrofoam, as it isn’t recyclable and can emit chemicals when meeting up with hot turkey; use washable cloth napkins instead of paper brands that go to the incinerator or landfill; and ask guests to bring a container to take leftovers home to avoid food waste.

Get kids involved: Tinyurl.com/GreenThanksgivingTips suggests giving children construction paper that can be made into decorations and recycled later. Baker’s clay, a mixture of flour, salt and water, can also be molded into creative pieces.

Revive the traditional atmosphere: The first Thanksgiving was a communal affair, so invite neighbors to join family members. Besides enhancing friendships, their proximity reduces auto emissions by keeping them off the road or encouraging shorter trips.

Honor peace and brotherhood across all races and ethnicities by sharing with guests the essence of the first successful summer harvest by pilgrims in 1621. According to Listening to America, by Stuart Berg Flexner, members of the Native American Wampanoags were also invited to the celebration because the tribe had taught them to plant native Indian corn, a key to recovery after their first difficult winter. Perhaps read a passage from the Iroquois Thanksgiving Prayer, encouraging us to “return to our mother, the Earth, which sustains us.”

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Support the Pivotal Paris Climate Change Conference As part of its Off + On initiative and ongoing efforts to get governments and businesses worldwide to address climate change and switch to renewable energy sources, 350.org and affiliated organizations will spearhead a number of events in the host city and internationally surrounding the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Paris, from November 30 to December 11.

Bill McKibben and May Boeve, co-founders of 350.org, encourage everyone to particularly follow November 28 and 29 events working to influence summit participants and spread news of their stance through social media. Volunteers are encouraged to travel to Paris to help ask all attending government officials, politicians and business leaders to pledge to work toward divesting state and local government and university pension and endowment funds of all fossil fuel stock holdings.

In addition, individual investors are urged to direct their financial advisors to eliminate fossil fuel stock holdings and switch to alternative energy companies. Graduates and college students can promote a movement to pressure their alma maters to similarly shift investments. More than 300 institutions worldwide have already made such commitments, including the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Norwegian Soverign Wealth Fund, University of Glascow, World Council of Churches, the California Public University System and Syracuse University.

For more information on how to take action, donate and join in, visit 350.org.

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What are the main ecological and environmental benefits of a plant-based diet?

Dr. T. Colin Campbell on the Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet

by Sandy Pukel

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r. T. Colin Campbell, the Jacob Gould Schurman professor emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University, is the co-author of The China Study, author of Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition and was featured in the film Forks Over Knives. In his 70-plus years, he has written more than 300 research papers on diet, nutrition and health based on laboratory research and largescale human studies in China and the Philippines. He founded the nonprofit T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies, in Ithaca, New York.

The terms “vegan diet” and “plant-based diet” are often used interchangeably, but is there a difference?

In past years, most people that chose a vegan diet did so for ideological reasons, without fully understanding the scientific basis for this choice. As a result, the average vegan diet is not very healthy, nutritionally speaking—it’s much too high in total fat (about 30 percent of total calories) and refined carbohydrates (sugar and flour), often in the form of processed foods.

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Methane production by livestock is a major contributor to climate change, responsible for as much as 50 percent of current greenhouse gas production, according to some sources. Even the livestock interest group with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has estimated for at least the past 10 years that this contribution, although cited lower at 14.5 to 18 percent, outranks even the transportation sector.

The significance relates to methane production, which has a far higher capacity on a molecular level to trap and hold heat energy in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, although it has a shorter life. Its effect multiplies because a faster rise in temperature leads to permafrost melting and an additional release of methane. Other serious problems associated with livestock production include loss of topsoil, contamination of groundwater, depletion of deepwater aquifers and pollution of oceans and reefs.

Are all animal proteins harmful to health, or is dairy particularly detrimental?

The casein effect of dairy products on cancer can be generalized to all animal proteins, based on comparing its

adverse effects on serum cholesterol, development of cardiovascular disease, excessive cell replication and inflammation. Just as important, diets with more animal protein are prone to include less plant-based foods that provide many essential health benefits.

Is there any evidence indicating that a diet that includes 5 to 10 percent of high-quality animal protein is less healthy than a 100 percent vegan diet?

To my knowledge, absent published direct evidence, there is a strong commonsense impression that a 100 percent plant diet is better than anything less. This is probably best answered by evidence from population-based studies showing a linear association of disease occurring with increasing consumption of animal-based foods, with zero disease at zero consumption of animal products. However, it’s also true that individual susceptibilities vary considerably.

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Choose Lasting Wealth

“Imagine an economy in which life is valued more than money and power resides with ordinary people that care about one another, their community and their natural environment,” says David Korten, Ph.D., the co-founder of Positive Futures Network and author of Change the Story, Change the Future: A Living Economy for a Living Earth.

“When we choose real wealth,” says Korten, of Bainbridge Island, Washington, “we can have exciting hobbies and adventures; work that challenges and stimulates us; and spiritual connection with a universe that’s infinitely larger than a stock portfolio. Instead of more stuff in our alreadystuffed lives, we can have fewer things, but better things of higher quality—fewer visits to the doctor and more visits to museums and friends’ houses.”

Step One: Taking Inventory of Our Stuff

Suze Orman, owner of the Suze Orman Financial Group, in Emeryville, California, and the bestselling author of The Courage to Be Rich: Creating a Life of Material and Spiritual Abundance, ponders whether having stuff is worth it and suggests we take an inventory of what we own. “Think about the value of each object—what it cost you when you bought it, what it’s worth in dollars today, and what it’s worth in an Earthly, material representation of who you are now,” she says.

Orman suggests that we go through every closet and cupboard and recycle or throw away items that no longer serve us well, and then reconnect with items we cannot part with, such as family mementos. “Think of these items so precious to you and how little, in fact, they cost you,” she says. In this way we define for ourselves the true meaning of worth, and it’s never about the stuff. Once we have a handle on what we own, it’s time to turn to what we want and how we can get there.

TRUE WEALTH Living a Life We Love is Real Affluence

by Judith Fertig

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raditional economics has us thinking in opposites—in terms of assets and liabilities. We consider the value of the material things we’ve accumulated: We add up our assets, which may include stocks, bonds, real estate, bank accounts and retirement savings. Then we subtract what we owe: Our liabilities may include a home mortgage, credit card debt, insurance premiums and student and vehicle loans. The balance is deemed our net worth. Figured this way, our net worth changes every minute and can sometimes shift dramatically.

There is a better way to assess our wealth, because we are overlooking, dismissing or squandering valuable resources and benefits such as time, personal health, spiritual well-being, social connections or community in order to buy temporal things that will only depreciate over time.

Golden, Colorado, author David Wann explores this theme in his book Simple Prosperity: Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle. He remarks, “The U.S. may be on top when it comes to spending, but we also lead the world in debt per capita, children in poverty, percent of people in prison, obesity and infant mortality.” In fact, the U.S. has recently been ranked 42nd among countries in longevity— right below Guam and just above Albania.

“So where is all the spending really getting us?” he asks.

“We need to be getting more value out of each dollar, each hour, each spoonful of food, each square foot of house and each gallon of gas. The secret of success at the local, national and global scale is not really a secret; it’s in plain sight, and it’s called moderation.”

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Step Two: Re-Evaluating Life Goals

Just as we would do a personal financial assessment before we make plans to achieve financial goals, a life audit helps us determine our priorities for living happily and productively. Ximena Vengoechea, a design researcher for Twitter, Inc., in San Francisco, recently did this using 100 sticky notes during one dedicated afternoon. She wrote a single wish, one thing she’d like to do, on each note.

During this “spring cleaning for the soul,” as How we spend she calls it, Vengoechea reaffirmed her thirst for our days is, of learning and adventure. course, how we Taking it a step further, she analyzed how she spend our lives. spent her time and how often she saw the people ~Annie Dillard most important to her, mapping the data as pie

charts. She discovered that most of her time was spent in work-related activities and not enough in adventure or seeing the people she loved. Drawing it up in the visual medium of charts helped her identify her life goals and see the changes she needed to make.

Doubtless, we can all find better ways to utilize our assets.

local communities with a research-based model for prosperity. In socially abundant communities and nations, individuals don’t have to earn as much money to be comfortable, because their quality of life is partly provided by the strength of social bonds.

Heeding the Call to Change

Finding and doing what “lights us up” will bring us abundance, claims David Howitt in Heed Your Call. The Arianna Huffington, of New York City, founder of The Portland, Oregon, Meriwether Group entrepreneur who Huffington Post, knows firsthand about having so many consults for consumer companies, maintains that finding demands on our time that days feel rushed, which can our heroic purpose (that heart-centered thing we feel increase our stress and negatively impact our producwe were meant to do) is the first step toward tivity. She says, “On the flip side, the feeling of true wealth.

Howitt says the secret is in one having enough time, or even surplus time, is Finding and doing small word—and. Instead of choosing either/ called ‘time affluence’. Although it may be hard what “lights us or, our world expands with “and”. He urges us to believe, it’s actually possible to achieve.” to integrate the intuitive and analytic parts of Huffington recommends simple steps like getup” will bring ourselves: “poet and professional, prophet and ting enough sleep and putting time limits on profit, soul and success.” us abundance. work and online activities.

It’s not just about philanthropy, but truly

Belinda Munoz, a social change activist in making your community and your world a ~David Howitt San Francisco who blogs at TheHalfwayPoint.net, better place through your work, he observes. observes, “Time is neutral. We either use it wisely or waste “You’re doing good in the world, and when you live that way, it, so the onus is on us to make it an asset.” Munoz can both money follows you.” let go of stress and be more productive when she blocks out

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day parts. “When I focus, I shut out interruptions, stop feeling rushed and get my work done with ease,” she says.

Our Health

One high-impact way to support personal health is to value food more, maintains Wann. “We need to spend more of our household budget for food, not less,” he says. “By rearranging both our household and national expenditures, we should give a higher priority to fresh, healthy food and a lower priority to electronic gadgets, shopping, cars, lawns and even vacations.

Our overall expenses don’t have to go up, they just need to be realigned with our changing values. By choosing higher quality food and supporting better ways of growing it, we also begin to reshape the American culture,” he says.

Our Community

The community, rather than the stock market, is the better source of real wealth—both personal and global—maintains Korten. “Your community economy is part of the glue that binds people together. It’s the key to physical and mental health and happiness.” Giving less control over our financial well-being to Wall Street and more to Main Street will help us think in terms of livelihoods, instead of mere jobs. For Korten, this equates to not only how we make money to live, but also how we live—valuing our homes, communities and natural environment.

Priceless social capital comes from investing our time and money in local communities. Korten observes how, when freely and wisely spent, these efforts can lower crime rates, make schools more productive and help economies function better. Korten cites Oakland, California’s Well-Being in Business Lab, which works with the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley, to provide

Judith Fertig blogs about living well at AlfrescoFoodAnd Lifestyle.blogspot.com from Overland Park, KS.

Conducting a Life Audit

by Ximena Vengoechea

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ere’s one approach to doing a life audit in order to both discern more keenly what’s important and figure out how to allocate resources better to make those things happen.

Step 1: Take a few hours and 100 sticky notes. Write a wish—something you’d like to do or have happen in your life—on each one. Arrange them on a flat surface.

Step 2: See what patterns evolve. Rearrange the notes by themes or categories, such as family, physical health, adventure, profession, giving back and skills. Those that contain the most notes indicate the realm of your most powerful wishes.

Step 3: Evaluate your time. Take stock of a typical day, week and month to analyze how you are spending it.

Step 4: Prioritize. Some wishes need to be fulfilled every day or soon, while long-term wishes aim for “someday”.

Step 5: Make a plan. Just as with a smart financial strategy, which typically involves investing money over time, you can now allocate your time to make your wish list happen.

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Natural Facial Essentials Few Skincare Product Labels Tell the Whole Story

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t age 25, Paula natural include synthetic The skin, your Begoun, author chemicals, meaning that protective organ, the term organic doesn’t of The Original Beauty Bible and other apply to the entire formula. is meant to be bestselling books on Fragrances are common “worn” for life. It is synthetic ingredients, as is skincare, makeup and hair care, read her first not a luxury, but a the triethanolamine that’s label on a skincare prodoften used to adjust the necessity to take pH or as an emulsifying uct she was using. Although she’d tried many the best possible agent to convert acid to different products to cona salt, or stearate, as the care of it. trol her acne and eczema base for a cleanser. since age 11, she hadn’t To help consumers ~Charlene Handel thought about the conavoid overpaying for skintents, which was partially care products which may why she was distraught to discover that not be as natural or organic as touted, acetone (nail polish remover) was the Begoun encourages skepticism regardfourth ingredient listed. ing marketing messages. She suggests

That moment became the inspirathat an important key is to choose the tion for Begoun’s lifetime devotion to best formulation for an individual’s skin skincare research and education and type and specific skin concerns. customer advocacy. Today, as founder

“There are no U.S. Food and Drug of the Seattle-based Paula’s Choice Agency-approved standards for the Skincare, she continues to help women organic labeling of skincare products understand when product claims are sold in salons and spas or over-themisleading or factual. counter. The cosmetics industry hasn’t agreed on one set of standards either.

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any unfamiliar ingredient to learn if it’s toxic or safe.

Fedotova, a cosmetic chemist and aesthetician who makes her professional skincare line, Elina Organics, by hand in a laboratory, compares the difference between salon and commercial products to fine dining versus fast food. “Salon products are made in far smaller quantities than mass-produced brands and offer higher concentrations of ingredients. They are generally shipped directly to the salon and have a higher turnover rate. Because they don’t have to be stored for indeterminate periods or endure warehouse temperatures, they are fresher and more potent,” she says.

Although a facial can easily be performed at home with salon or commercial products, Fedotova, who owns spas in Chicago and Kalamazoo, Michigan, recommends having a professional facial every four to five weeks. Charlene Handel, a certified holistic esthetician, holistic skin care educator and owner of Skin Fitness Etc., in Carlsbad, California, agrees.

Sequenced Steps

Handel chooses treatments that penetrate and nourish the layer of skin below the epidermis, the outermost layer, consisting of mostly dead cells, with 100 percent holistic (edible) products and freshly brewed organic tea compresses. “Without a gentle exfoliation, the first step in any effective facial, not even skincare formulas with penetration enhancers, can nourish the lower layer of live cells. One key nourishment among others is vitamin C, an antioxidant which brightens, protects against sun damage and promotes collagen production,” advises Handel.

She explains that skin cells produced in the deepest layer gradually push their way to the epidermis every 30 days and die. Dead cells can pile up unevenly and give the skin’s surface a dry, rough, dull appearance. As we age, cell turnover time increases to 45 or 60 days, which is why gentle sloughing is necessary. This can be done at home three times a week with a honey mask.

Another form of exfoliation performed in a salon uses a diamondtipped, crystal-free microdermabrasion

machine to gently buff away the surface layer of skin.

An additional option is a light glycolic acid and beta hydroxy acid treatment. This can be purchased over the counter or prepared at home using organic papaya (glycolic) and pineapple (beta hydroxyl) for more even skin tone.

These treatments, sometimes referred to as acid peels, can be applied to the face for no more than 10 to 15 minutes, typically every two to four weeks or every few months.

Treatment serums, moisturizing lotions and eye and neck creams are all elements of a complete facial. The simplest sequence of application is layering from the lightest to heaviest—eye cream, serum and moisturizer. Give them a minute or two to absorb. No facial is complete without a sunscreen with zinc oxide or titanium dioxide, applied last.

Linda Sechrist is a Natural Awakenings senior staff writer.

DIY Facial Treats Elina DIY Facial

Follow with organic toner per skin type.

Dry complexion: Cleanse the skin with a mix of baking soda and coconut oil.

Gently scrub on and rinse off.

Oily complexion: Cleanse the skin using a mixture of yogurt and baking soda. Gently scrub on and rinse off.

Refresh the skin after cleansing with distilled rose water or herbal tea, adding in a few drops each of lemon juice and a favorite essential oil. For dry skin, choose chamomile tea; for oily skin, go with burdock root tea and juniper berry essential oil.

Exfoliate the skin with a gentle, healthy alternative to chemical peels by massaging with organic papaya; its enzymes help dissolve dead cells.

It also infuses skin with beta carotene and other beauty nutrients.

After rinsing skin, apply a mashed banana mask, which benefits all complexions by nourishing and moisturizing the skin. It’s also high in antiinflammatory vitamin B6.

Remove the banana with a wet wash cloth, and then apply a favorite moisturizer. Dry skin does well with coconut oil. For very dry skin, use shea butter or sesame oil.

Use a zinc oxide-based natural sunblock, especially after a facial, because the skin is more sensitive to ultraviolet rays after exfoliation. Eating foods rich in antioxidants helps prevent sun damage.

Source: Courtesy of Charlene Handel

Source: Courtesy of Elina Fedotova

Fruit Smoothie Mask Prep time: 15 minutes Increase sun protection with this antioxidant- and resveratrol-rich soothing smoothie mask. Use fresh, organic ingredients.

6 medium strawberries 12 red grapes ½ banana 1 Tbsp honey Combine first three ingredients in a standard or bullet blender until mixture becomes creamy. Remove and put in a bowl. Gently fold honey into mixture.

Cleanse face.

Apply mask to skin, preferably with a fan brush, and lightly massage with fingertips for two minutes. Allow to sit on skin for 20 minutes.

Remove mask with warm water.

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hat’s on the salmon store easily for Please be table can help use in salads or cassegenerous at lower risks roles, on a sandwich and of stroke, heart attack, the holidays and in whole wheat pasta, cancer and diabetes, acbrown rice or low-fat stir year-round. cording to the American fries. Avoid the bisphenolHeart Association. Not all A (BPA) associated with families are able to afford the healthicans and plastic containers. Instead est foods, but fatty, high-sugar options choose BPA-free pouch packaging and can be avoided. The most-needed cans with BPA-free liners (see Tinyurl. donations are nonperishable and high com/BPAFreeCannedFood). in protein, but low in sodium, sugar Soup and Stew: Containing meat and fats. and veggies, soups and stews provide

Give the best, most affordable filling, hearty comfort foods. products, according to these tips and Vegetables: Yams and whole-berry the food drive’s guidelines. Organic and cranberry sauce turn dinner into a non-GMO (genetically modified) foods holiday feast. Add color to the plate are welcome. Note that not all pantries with mixed veggies. Lentils, pinto, can store fresh produce, glass containblack and kidney beans in stew, chili or ers or personal hygiene items. salad provide fiber, calcium, zinc and

“Pantries rely on informed commu- iron. Spices add zing. Tomatoes, sauce nity support,” explains Jim Byrnes, diand salsa add flavor; choose glass jar rector of Pennsylvania’s Nazareth Area products only in order to be BPA-free, Food Bank. “Area churches, schools due to the acidic effect on cans. and businesses keep us supplied. We’ll

Pasta, Rice and Grain: In Kansas help 300 families this year, compared City, Missouri, Katie Thomas, owner to 100 in 2006, balancing nutrition of Crazy Daisy Cleaning, regularly with practical needs.” organizes food drives. She says, “Pasta

California’s San Diego Food Bank and sauce make a variety of dishes and feeds better choices to 370,000 people extend the number of meals.” Whole each month, including military families, grain pasta, brown or wild rice, quinoa seniors and children. Such community and couscous are better choices than efforts change lives. white pasta. Bulgur provides nearly 75 Meat: Tinned tuna, chicken and percent of a day’s fiber requirement

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Search for a generic food item at CalorieCount.com to see how brand-name products rank in nutritional value. when added to soup or salad.

Cereal: Steel-cut or rolled oats, farina (Cream of Wheat) and grits are low-calorie and nutritious options for a warm start to the day. All can be found as organic; farina in whole wheat or white wheat that is certified kosher.

Cold cereals should list whole grains as the first ingredient and be high in fiber and low in sugar, like organic Oat O’s.

Snacks: Unsalted nuts, full of fiber, protein and vitamins, are highly prized at food pantries. Packed in juice, fruit cups make a healthy treat. Dried fruit and sunflower seeds are another favorite. Low-salt, low-sugar peanut or sunflower butter packs protein. Honey is a healthy sweetener.

Collecting Party: “A group of us collected and donated 600 pounds of food for babies, pets and adults to Extended Hands Food Bank,” says Dee

Power, in Fountain Hills, Arizona. For babies, include food without added sugar or salt and single-grain cereal.

Alternative Giving: Especially popular during the December holidays, the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank offers prepacked bags to grocery store patrons, paid for at checkout. Customers can see what’s included and the food bank picks them up. (Tip: Cash donations allow lower cost bulk purchases with no need to transport or sort items.)

Non-Food: Make sure the food pantry has storage space before donating wet or dry food for cats and dogs and birdseed; baby wipes, shampoo and soap; and adult soap, deodorant, shaving supplies, toothpaste, shampoo and toilet paper. “A $5,000 grant gave us added storage space,” says Byrnes.

The bottom line is what food pantries need is much the same as what’s found in any healthy home pantry—comestibles rich in flavor, vitamins and fiber and free of unhealthy additives.

Please be generous year-round, sharing well beyond the holidays.

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

Annual Food Drives Local Boy Scout troops remind us to prepare for their annual food drive.

On November 7, be on the lookout for a door hanger reminder; on November 14, they’ll pick up food for delivery to local food banks.

The National Association of Letter Carriers’ (U.S. Postal Service) annual nationwide food drive is May 14, 2016. Since 1992, they’ve collected more than 1.3 billion pounds of food.

Feeding America’s drive benefits from a matching gift from motivational speaker and author Tony Robbins through December 3, aimed to provide a total of 100 million meals for the 49 million Americans that struggle with hunger. Each $1 given and matched helps secure and distribute 20 meals through its network of food banks. Donate at Tinyurl. com/TonyRobbinsFeedingAmerica.

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relationship in accomplishing good.

Using this six-part process of helpful concrete steps applies equally to the children and adults in our lives. n Become aware of the other person’s emotions.

What’s Your Child’s EQ? Six Ways to Raise Emotional Intelligence

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uch of our identity is shaped in childhood by key events and the emotions and perspectives we associate with them.

All Emotions Count

Emotional intelligence, sometimes referred to as EQ, is often overlooked as a skill set in today’s world. The recent animated film Inside Out calls attention to effective ways of addressing a child’s journey by embracing and better understanding their emotions; particularly those that don’t feel positive.

A recent study by the London School of Economics Centre for Economic Performance found that a child’s emotional health is far more important in determining future happiness than factors such as academic success or wealth. Parents can help ensure a healthy emotional upbringing by avoiding making three mistakes.

Disapproval of a child’s emotions: This involves being critical of a child’s displays of negative emotion and reprimanding or punishing the child for expressing them.

Dismissing a child’s emotions: This comes across as regarding a child’s emotions as unimportant, either through ignoring their emotions, or worse, trivializing them.

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Recipe for a High EQ

Parents can successfully form deeper connections with their kids by recognizing, respecting and acknowledging their emotional range, rather than telling kids they should feel a certain way. Telling someone how they should or shouldn’t feel only teaches them to distrust themselves and that there’s something wrong with them. As a communication aid, Inside Out may speak best to older children, because younger viewers may get the erroneous impression that emotions can control them, rather than that they can control their own emotional reactions.

The recipe for healthy bonding and emotional development is for all parties to model how they value the importance of each other’s feelings and respectfully listen for the feelings behind the words.

In opening ourselves to being understood, we open ourselves to understanding others. Good parenting involves emotion. Good relationships involve emotion.

The bottom line is that emotions matter.

We all struggle with negative emotions from time to time, and the way we address and deal with them influences our emotional health. The goal is to develop a trustworthy emotional connection with the other person that is important to us, which enhances intimacy and the effectiveness of the

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n Care about the other person by seeing their emotions as valid and important. n Listen empathetically to better understand the way they feel, allowing them to feel safe to be vulnerable without fear of judgment. Seek to understand, rather than to agree or redirect. n Acknowledge and validate their feelings. We don’t need to validate that the thoughts they have about their emotions are correct; instead, simply let them know that it’s valid to feel the way that they do. For example, if a friend says, “I feel useless,” we could validate them by saying, “I can see how you might feel that way.” n Allow the person to experience their emotions fully before moving toward any kind of improvement. We cannot impose our idea of when they should be ready or able to feel differently. This is when we practice unconditional presence and unconditional love. We are there as support, without trying to fix them or anything else. Don’t be offended if they don’t accept support that’s offered at this time. A benevolent power is inherent in offering love that exists regardless of what someone does or does not do with it. n Help the other person to strategize ways to manage the reactions they might be having to their emotions after—and only after—their feelings have been validated, acknowledged and fully felt. This is when we can assert new ways of looking at a situation that may improve the way another person is feeling. This is when advice may be offered.

When done successfully, this process can transform a conflict encountered in a relationship into solid gold.

Teal Swan is the author of Shadows Before Dawn: Finding the Light of SelfLove Through Your Darkest Times, on how healing hidden wounds reveals our authentic selves (TealSwan.com).

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“Seniors love it because barre helps improve their balance. It’s also perfect for people working to overcome injuries,” says Juliet. She notes that while women are predominant in classes, the tide is turning a bit toward more gender equity. “Men that enter classes as skeptical come out sweating.” One recently earned his barre teaching certificate.

Benefits of Barre

Barre Your Way to Better Fitness

Ballet-Inspired Workouts Create Long and Lean Muscles

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magine having a ballerina’s physique, grace, strength and flexibility. That’s the potential of barre.

“Barre is a combination of ballet, yoga and Pilates principles. We use small, isometric movements to temporarily fatigue muscles and make them long and lean. The so-called fatigue is what causes muscles to shake, and therefore, change,” explains Nadia Yokarini-Kotsonis, a certified barre instructor at Physique Fitness Studio, in Grove City, Ohio. Students use a ballet barre to support themselves while doing the exercises.

Yokarini-Kotsonis is among many former dancers that have embraced barre fitness. Trained in ballet, tap, contemporary and traditional dance in Athens, Greece, she discovered barre when she moved to the U.S. “I fell in love with how challenging it was and the effects and changes I saw in my body. I got certified a year later and have been teaching ever since. I’m still in love with practicing it, no matter how tired I

might be beforehand,” she says.

Rather than a cardiovascular regimen, “Barre is good for developing core strength. You gain overall flexibility, muscle strength, improved posture and range of motion,” says Lisa Juliet, West Coast regional director of the teacher certification program (Barre Certification.com).

Not Just for Dancers

While barre has had some U.S. presence since the 1950s, “It’s having a resurgence now,” says Charlene Causey, a certified natural health professional and ballet body barre instructor in Pueblo, Colorado.

Newfound interest began on both coasts and is quickly becoming a Midwest mainstay, according to YokariniKotsonis, who says it’s one of the most popular classes she teaches, and other studios are following suit. She remarks, “Everyone wants to offer barre, and everyone wants to come to a class and see what it’s about.”

“What makes this workout brilliant is that the classes are designed to fit the goals and ability levels of all participants. Each set of exercises provides options ranging from the beginner to the more advanced barre enthusiast.

Effective, yet safe, low-impact techniques provide ongoing challenges,” says Causey.

Those that regularly practice realize many positive effects. “Your body becomes long and lean, similar to a ballet dancer’s. You learn to stand tall and become stronger with each class,” says Yokarini-Kotsonis. However, don’t expect it to be easy. “Even when you do it every day, you’ll still find it extremely challenging,” she adds.

Most teachers individualize modifications for beginners. “I tell my students to do what they can. There’s no judgment here,” says Causey.

Many yoga teachers offer barre classes as a beneficial complement to other sports and activities such as running. “It supplements your other endeavors,” notes Causey. Today’s barre classes feature bare feet and typical workout wear, specialized equipment and props, contemporary music and of course, the ballet barre. The whole experience is highly positive and upbeat, says Causey.

Most fitness experts would agree that it’s good to add variety to workouts, and trying something new adds spice to the mix. Plus, for those that keep at it, says Yokarini-Kotsonis, “Barre can be the fastest results-oriented program you can undergo. Expect to see a change in your body in a month if you attend three to four classes a week.”

Lynda Bassett is a freelance writer near Boston, MA. Connect at LyndaBassett@ gmail.com.

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Toxic Ingredients to Avoid n Benzophenone

Dangers in the Cosmetic Bag

Choose Safe and Healthy Natural Beauty Aids

n Butylated compounds, including BHA, BHT n Carbon black n Ethanolamine compounds including DEA, MEA, TEA n Formaldehyde-releasing preservatives (quaternium-15, imidazolidinyl urea) n Heavy metals, including lead (may not be labeled) n Phthalates n PTFE (Teflon)

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e all want to look and feel beautiful, often enhancing our best features with assistance from cosmetics. Yet many of us may not be aware of the toxic ingredients contained in products we’re using.

“When the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act was passed 77 years ago, it contained 112 pages of standards for food and drugs, and only one page for cosmetics,” says Connie Engel, Ph.D., science and education manager at the Breast Cancer Fund and its Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, in San Francisco.

While most cosmetic ingredients must be listed on product labels, sometimes their names are hard to recognize, many are toxic and some of the most dangerous ones may not even be listed. Labeled toxins commonly found in cosmetics include endocrine disruptors that can affect our developmental, reproductive, neurological and immune systems. Here are just a few:

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), also known as Teflon, is found in foundation, pressed powder, loose powder, bronzer, blush, eye shadow and mascara. It can even enhance the toxicity of other chemicals, according to Danish research published in the International Journal of Andrology, and due to its fluorine base, can disrupt iodine absorption, contributing to breast disease including cancer.

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are common preservatives found in lip products, liquid makeup and moisturizers that the European Commission on Endocrine Disruption cites as interfering with hormone function. They’ve also been shown to cause kidney damage, according to research from Spain’s Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Formaldehyde in many forms, including quaternium-15, coal tar, benzene and mineral oils that are prohibited in the European Union and Japan, are classified as carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

These examples represent the tip of the iceberg of toxic chemicals of concern commonly used in cosmetics.

They further range from allergens and substances that cause non-cancerous and cancerous tumors and organ toxicity to developmental and reproductive impairment, miscarriage and bioaccumulation leading to toxic overload when not excreted.

Fragrances don’t have to be included in label ingredient lists, constituting another major concern, explains Engel.

“Most cosmetics, even eye shadow, contain fragrance, and those fragrances can contain several dozen unlabeled ingredients, including hormone-disrupting phthalates.”

The European Union is the authoritative source on all of these issues.

Based on its CosIng (cosmetic ingredients) database accessed via ec.europa.

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eu/consumers/cosmetics/cosing, it has banned scores of toxic chemicals from makeup sold in EU countries.

Safe and Healthy Alternatives Fortunately, safe alternatives are available to enhance our natural beauty.

“Become an educated consumer and read the list of ingredients,” advises Janice Cox, the Medford, Oregon, author of Natural Beauty at Home. “Fewer ingredients and organic components mean safer products.”

Better yet, we can make our own more natural beauty aids. “One advantage of making your own is that you’re in control. You know yourself and your skin and sensitivities,” says Cox. DIY products are easy if intense color isn’t a requirement. “The color many people want is hard to produce with kitchen ingredients,” Cox explains. “You can make clear mascara and eyebrow tamer with castor oil. It’s easy to make lip balms and maybe get a little color by adding berry juice or beet root powder.”

For those that want the look of highquality makeup without toxins, other good alternatives come into play, says Hollywood makeup artist Lina Hanson, author of Eco-Beautiful. “I had been working in the industry for several years before I discovered the toxic ingredients in makeup; I was shocked,” she says.

Equally unsettling, “I also learned that many of the ingredients allowed in the U.S. are banned in the European Union because of their toxicity.”

That knowledge launched Hanson’s quest to create safe, organic, beauty-enhancing products for women, celebrities and everyday people alike.

“So many people these days pay close attention to what they put in their bodies, but not everyone is as careful about what they put on their bodies,” she says. “I want people to understand that you don’t have to sacrifice beauty in going green.”

Hanson warns against so-called “natural” cosmetics that abuse the term and may include harmful preservatives and synthetic ingredients. She assures, “Any product labeled ‘USDA certified

DIY Island Lip Gloss 1 tsp grated beeswax 1 tsp grated cocoa butter 1 tsp coconut oil 1 tsp macadamia or other nut oil 1 tsp light sesame oil 1 /8 tsp vitamin E oil Choose organic ingredients when possible. Melt ingredients together in a double boiler or microwave. Add a pinch of beetroot power for color.

Stir well until all are mixed. Store in a small, clean container.

Recipe courtesy of Janice Cox, EcoBeauty

organic’ contains 100 percent organic ingredients.” Her book mentions numerous brands she recommends.

Beauty Bonus Tip Healthy, moisturized skin is essential to natural beauty, many experts agree, noting that younger women need to unclog pores to prevent acne. They don’t need much moisturizing, but skin generally becomes drier with age, making good moisturizers important. Cox recommends jojoba oil to effect glowing skin.

Hanson likes coconut oil, although she recommends rubbing it in, re-

moving makeup and then taking it off with a hot, wet towel.

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics (SafeCosmetics.org) has created a helpful app for iPhone and Android users at ThinkDirtyApp.com. Simply download it and scan a store item’s barcode to immediately access information on the product’s toxic ingredients, along with recommendations for healthier alternatives.

Kathleen Barnes is the author of many natural health books, including Food Is Medicine. Connect at Kathleen Barnes.com.

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Which core beliefs catalyze your passion for consciously stewarding the environment?

I wholeheartedly believe: Every problem has a solution. We are all global citizens. Kindness is always in fashion.

We have to laugh at ourselves. There is strength in forgiveness. Honesty without tact is cruelty. No one can make me feel inferior without my consent. Ultimately, we are responsible for one another and for the creatures and places around us.

I felt good about caring for the world around me before I had kids, but now I also derive a ton of self-esteem from being a good example for them.

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People don’t have to listen… but when they do, helpful things happen.

My approach is to spotlight an issue while also shedding light on a solution. I particularly like talking about childhood malnutrition and telling people about ThisBarSavesLives (ThisBarSavesLives.com), which donates a life-saving nutritional packet to a child in need every time we buy this organic, gluten-free snack bar. I love their motto, “We eat together.”

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rom Veronica Mars to Forgetting Sarah Marshall, her face is unmistakable. Thanks to the worldwide popularity of Frozen, her voice is now unforgettable, as well. Kristen Bell, though, believes the greatest contribution she can make is embodying an ecofriendly lifestyle together with her husband, actor Dax Shepard, and their two daughters, finding ways to help the planet survive and thrive for generations to come.

What Earth-friendly actions do you and your family embrace in day-to-day living?

Our fun time revolves around being active outdoors. We love hiking as a family, walking a mile to dinner or biking along the river. We often go exploring and make up outdoor games such as: How far can you jump? How far can I throw this? and Let’s race! The kids like to get dirty and my husband and I like to breathe fresh air at the end of a workday.

We have a garden where the girls and I are learning about growing and caring for edible plants and how to cook what we grow. Our thumbs aren’t very green just yet but we are trying.

As PETA’s “Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrities” of 2013, why are you and Dax convinced that healthy vibrancy doesn’t rely on eating meat?

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I have been a vegetarian since I was 11.

I have never wanted to eat meat, even before I knew the positive environmental effects of a vegetarian diet. People need to be conscious of what they are eating. Most edible supermarket items aren’t real food. I like knowing where my meal comes from and who handles it. It makes both my mind and body feel better.

How did the animated film Frozen enable you to reach a larger young audience than ever before?

My goal with the character Anna was to play an imperfect princess, giving voice to the heroine I had been searching for when I was young: Someone who was awkward, clumsy, optimistic, too talkative, caring and didn’t have perfect posture. I wanted girls that feel like they don’t always fit in to have a fearless heroine to identify with. I want to be a real-life Anna, someone who doesn’t apologize for her flaws and stands up for herself and others because she’s strong.

Thanks to Frozen, I have been invited to do more projects that reach young people. I hope to extend my voice as a trustworthy source supporting projects that can benefit them.

You are passionate about the universal need for water conservation. What steps has your own family taken to be water-conscious?

Living in California and dealing with drought firsthand teaches about water conservation by necessity.

We carefully consider how the food we eat directly impacts water use; we all understand that producing meat and dairy is water intensive.

Replacing our lawn with AstroTurf cut our household water bill dramatically.

We never run water from the tap when we are brushing our teeth, and always ‘let it mellow if it’s yellow’, that is, flush selectively. We even reuse the water used to sterilize baby bottles to water houseplants.

Gerry Strauss is a freelance writer in Hamilton, NJ. Connect at GerryStrauss@aol.com.

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he secret to happiness and finding the enduring joy we all seek is Thanksgiving—the simple act of continually giving thanks. To realize wonderful positive outcomes, up to and including seeming miracles, do one thing: Show gratitude all day long. Seeing everything in a new light, through a refreshing prism of love and appreciation, imparts a deep inner well of peace, calm and joy, making us feel more alive.

We can feel that way every day, in every aspect of life, awaking each morning excited to create the day ahead and enthusiastic about each moment and then falling asleep at night embracing a profound feeling of gratitude for all the good we know and have. Happiness is contagious and becomes an upward spiral of joy naturally shared with others.

Start today by launching a daily gratitude journal. This single action, the simplest and quickest way to get results, will foster a habit geared to change everything forever. It fills up our love tank, sparks success and benefits everyone. To embrace better relationships, health, clarity, life and tangible and intangible wealth: n Set a daily time for journal writing. n Pick a handful of things that prompt gratitude that day. Perhaps begin with people that support you in some way.

Everything counts, from expressions of beauty to basic conveniences. Eventually the daily list will grow, generating the joy of gratitude at ever-higher levels. n It’s important to write with love and joy, because such feelings create your

world. Even if something’s a work in progress, like encouraging steps in a relationship, focus on what makes you feel good and want more of and you’ll start seeing more evidence of them. n Elaborate in detail about a particular thing that earns extra gratitude. This carries more benefits from intense feelings than creating a list. When we see how blessed we are with what we already have, it creates more of what we are grateful for, generating an endless cycle of gratitude.

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An all-day-long attitude of gratitude ramps up our awareness of life’s pleasures. It takes an already good life to a whole new zone of zest.

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he old line, “He followed me home, can we keep him?” used to get a kid a dog or cat of his own. In today’s homes, it’s not that easy. Choosing a pet is a personal choice not to be taken lightly nor made on another person’s behalf. A surprise pet is a bad idea.

Rather than gift a pet during the holidays or at any other time, give a coupon to be redeemed after extensive and careful consideration. Involve the whole family in listing pros and cons, deal breakers and must-haves. Lifestyle adjustments by everyone are to be expected, but pets shouldn’t make all the sacrifices. Available time and space, daily routines and costs all matter in determining the perfect pet.

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Account Coordinator for z11 Communications, public speaker and author Michael Holtz, of Knoxville, Tennessee, admits he would’ve fallen in love with any dog. His wife, Sarah, searched to find the one that would work best for them. Based on past experience, Sarah knew that she didn’t want a herding, massive, shedding or miniature pet. She was drawn to Labrador types and found Marley, a golden/basset mix rescue that moved in as Michael was undergoing cancer treatment.

“She’s calm, playful and wants to be near, but doesn’t smother, is stubborn, yet trainable, and mostly obedient,” Sarah says. “Plus, she’s content to nap or go on three-mile walks.

Walking Marley helped Michael’s recovery after surgery. She was good with just sniffing the green off of a blade of grass until he was ready to head home.”

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Small dogs and those that need extensive grooming were on Melinda Carver’s no-adopt list. “I read books, visited websites,

shelters, adopt-a-thons and rescue groups,” she When a dog or Take Two says. “As a single person with a full-time job, cat won’t do, try Herbert Palmer, of Morris Plains, New Jersey, I wanted a dog that would fit with my work, now with Green the Grid Group, worked for a volunteer and exercise schedules.” Riley, a something in a moving company when three kittens showed bloodhound/Lab mix, fit the bill. tank—freshwater up near the loading dock. A co-worker took

Shelter workers can project how large a one. Not in the market for a cat, much less two, dog will get when fully grown, as well as their fish, lizards Palmer tried to find them good, safe homes. Aftemperament and other breed traits. Carver ter five days, he realized, Lucky and Day had a or hamsters. was cautioned that Riley was an active anihome—with him. “Sometimes we adopt them. mal, needed long walks and would ultimately Many times they adopt us,” he confides. top 100 pounds. Now age 11, he’s a companionable 135

Falling in love doesn’t depend solely on what looks pounds. “I was surprised at how easy it was to change my good on paper. Everyone deserves to find their “heart” pet— routine to accommodate playtime, mile-long walks and train- when that first exchanged look proclaims, “He’s mine.” ing. He’s laid back and gentle for his size,” comments Carver, a blog talk radio show host in Parma, Ohio.

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Danielle Nay, an expat from the UK, researched for two mindspring.com. years before choosing Freeway, her neighbor-friendly löwchen. He’s a mid-size dog, big enough to be a manly companion, but the right size for a high-rise apartment. “When his humans are busy, Freeway flings his own ball down the hall and then runs after it,” she says. n A yard isn’t a must, but dogs need regular exercise and socialization.

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The perfect pet doesn’t have to be perfect in looks or health. Dorie Herman, of Jersey City, New Jersey, a graphic designer for Martha Stewart Living, in New York City, is the human behind Chloe Kardoggian, a Chihuahua and puppy mill rescue, age 11, which she describes as “three pounds, two teeth, one giant tongue and an Instagram sensation.” Due to poor nutrition, mill dogs often lose their teeth as young adults, causing their tongues to hang out. She advocates for older dogs and an adopt/don’t buy policy. “With senior animals, you know what you’re getting. They have personality,” says Herman. “With my work schedule, I wanted an older pet, small and piddlepad trained.”

n Adult children boomerang home after college or a divorce, often with pets. A new baby also alters a home’s equilibrium. Many hours away due to work, school activities, elder care and/or volunteering can lead to a bored pet that will produce its own entertainment, often to the family’s dismay. n Some pets are easily washable, while others need professional grooming. Daily brushing minimizes shedding. n Family members’ tolerance for pet drool and snoring counts. n A yearly wellness exam, required inoculations, a microchip and pet insurance add to the tab.

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Death Café: Food for the Soul

by Juliette Jones “In the depths of winter, I finally learned there is in me an invincible summer.”– Albert Camus

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n the Northern Hemisphere, the month of November sits on an edge between autumn and winter. The leaves have passed through verdant summer days, waved colorful autumn goodbyes, and fallen from the trees to rest upon the firmament. As the days grow shorter, lower temperatures and reduced periods of sunlight bring forth internal changes in mood and behavior. Several activities come to a close and, in a sense, life begins to shut down. Nothing in nature escapes transformation.

The Anglo Saxons referred to November as the “blood month,” possibly because this is when they slaughtered animals to fortify winter food supplies. By this time, crops have already been harvested, and we prepare to celebrate the traditional feast of Thanksgiving. While Thanksgiving is the holiday most associated with November, this month also hosts a series of other days set aside to commemorate themes of death and decline in health or relationships. In fact, November is observed as National Hospice and Palliative Care Month.

“In our Western culture, although death has come out of the closet, it is still not openly experienced or discussed. Allowing dying to be so intensely present enriches both the preciousness of each moment and our detachment from it.” – Ram Dass During the early ‘90s, when I began my career with hospice, the phenomenon of death had not yet come far out of the closet in the American mainstream. I felt awkward

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responding to questions at social gatherings about what I did for a living. When people discovered I worked with hospice, facial expressions dropped and became somber. Sometimes there would be a comment extolling the virtue of such a career choice, but just as often, others’ comments revealed their anxiety: “How can you go to work and see that every day?” Either way, the conversation was short lived. People, in general, expressed discomfort during conversations that pointed toward the reality of death and dying.

However, throughout the past two decades, attitudes have become somewhat different. These days, when I mention my involvement with hospice, people often want to talk about their experiences with the death of loved ones, particularly if hospice has been involved. Most speak positively about their hospice experience. Many continue to feel a need to discuss their feelings, as well as the many considerations surrounding death and dying.

Hospices and funeral homes regularly provide grief support groups for the bereaved, and these groups definitely have their place. But, I have long thought that our culture is calling for something different than what medical models, funeral homes or church groups provide a place completely independent of profit motive or dogma (medical, religious or otherwise), where the universal common denominator of death gives rise to a special and unique context of authenticity. In this type of setting, the community would discover freedom to speak their deepest thoughts and feelings, to voice divergent opinions, to and ask questions about death and dying that might not come forth in a conventional atmosphere.

This community is often difficult to find in our society.

“Only think about death when you are happy.” – Sogyal Rinpoche When I stumbled upon the phenomenon of Death Café, I was intrigued. What is a Death Café? Initially, the two words seem to clash. A café is generally considered a place to eat and socialize associated with light fare, not with “dying” per se. Yet, when you think about it, people are more inclined to loosen up and talk freely about issues such as death or bereavement in a nurturing, hospitable setting where the comfort of food and drink is available, and nothing is demanded in return.

“It is crucial to be mindful of death, to contemplate that you will not remain in this life.”– Dalai Llama

Death as a Reminder to Live Fully At a Death Café, people from all walks of life gather in community to accomplish a collective mission (which is the mission of Death Café): To increase awareness of death with the view of helping people make the most of their (finite) lives. There are guidelines, however. “A Death Café is a group-directed discussion with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session. Death Cafés are offered on a notfor-profit basis in an accessible, respectful and confidential space with no intention of leading people to any conclusion, product or course of action. At a Death Café, people (often

strangers) gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death.”

Like the modern hospice movement, Death Cafés trace their origins to London, England. Based on the ideas of Bernard Cravatz, this concept was founded in 2011 by Jon Underwood, and the first Death Café was held in his house with his mother, Sue Barsky Reid (a psychotherapist) facilitating. The mother-son duo went on to host Death Cafés in various venues: restaurants, private homes, cemeteries, a Mongolian circular tent and The Royal Festival Hall.

Currently, they are working to establish a permanent Death Café site in London.

In 2012, Underwood and Barsky-Reid published a field guide for establishing and facilitating Death Cafes, based around the methodology Barsky-Reid developed. Since that time, groups have spread widely throughout Europe, North America and Australasia, with hundreds of people have working with the originators to host Death Cafes around the world. Death Café is a “social franchise,” meaning that people can host Death Cafés according to the stated guidelines and avail themselves of the movement’s name and website.

Each individual Death Café has a different facilitator and, thus, a distinct personality. Attendees come with diverse experiences and expectations, and no death-related topic is considered taboo. This is a safe space to discuss everything political, legal, psychosocial, religious and spiritual subjects are all acceptable.

“A man who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.”

– Augustia Santa Clara Most who attend Death Café do so from a need to deepen awareness, and some to distribute their business cards for various services. Death Cafés will become even more widespread as the population expands and ages. Numbers don’t lie. The growth and the popularity of the Death Cafe demonstrates there are many people who feel the need or have a strong interest in talking about death―not in a morbid way, but to normalize and understand this universal passage.

“Dear friend, please know as you pass by As you are now, so once was I. As I am now so you will be.

Prepare yourself to follow me.”

– Anonymous Tombstone Inscription There are two Death Cafes in Sarasota County. Sarasota Death Café #16 is hosted by Lori Marshall and Mark Sanders.

Location: Radiance of Sarasota, 2868 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota. For more information, call 941-312-4349 or email Info@ContinuityOfLife.com. Death Café of Venice is hosted

by Pam Schierberg. Location: Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library, 4143 Windmere Park Blvd., Venice. Meets the third Saturday of each month at 1:30 p.m. For more information, call 850-512-3151 or email PSchierberg@yahoo.com.

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Your Wellness “Epiphany” Awaits, and It’s Closer than You Think…

by Mary-Elizabeth Schurrer

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hen Natasha Crow left her native England to re-settle on the Suncoast 18 years ago, she brought along an inner resolve to help others channel the vast healing benefits available in nature. This passion later fueled her to earn a Licensed Massage, Skin Care and Nail Therapist certification from the Florida College of Natural Health.

Ultimately, Crow’s yearning to practice holistic wellness was fully realized when her Sarasota-based spa, Epiphany Rejuvenation Sanctuary, opened its doors in 2010.

“I have always felt connected to nature and where food comes from. Since I was young, I’ve had a ‘whole’ approach to everything. I’m also thoroughly committed to fair and just outcomes. Holistic health operates this way, so it just makes sense to me. Aspects of Western Medicine, however, don’t make sense to me. I find that Western Medicine makes remarkable discoveries, saves lives every day, and offers medical miracles for many people. Yet, these benefits are often temporary, so how can we preserve longevity?

“This question led me into the holistic world-what I call the ‘Conscious.’ Becoming conscious of where food comes from is vital. After all, we are what we eat and drink. Most illnesses are self-inflicted because we take unhealthy paths.

This is deeply disturbing to me since both the earth and its beings suffer as a result. I want to show people what I and other holistic practitioners see,” explains Crow.

Prompted by her lifelong fascination with studying alternative remedies, plant-based medicinal properties and bodywork modalities, Crow has shaped Epiphany

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Rejuvenation Sanctuary into a tranquil environment featuring a prolific menu of services.

She illuminates, “We offer all traditional types of massage, but we also provide unusual therapies like Bamboo Massage, Ashiatsu and Thai Poultice Massage. Our body treatments are divine and include tropical ingredients like a Pineapple & Coconut Body Scrub for smooth radiant, skin. We also have a Salt & Chocolate Body Wrap for detoxification, along with our house specialty-Herbal Body Glow, performed by Ayurvedic practitioner Tiffany Fradley, using lavender, cinnamon, and freshly ground herbs and spices.

“A wide variety of skincare treatments and products are also available in our Spa Boutique including traditional facials, Dermafile and Dermaplane (chemical-free skin polishing), and holistic resurfacing peels made with paprika, pepper and fruit.

“In addition, we have a Nail Boutique, offering a unique pedicure experience on our Pedi-Couches an idea I brought over from England. My inspiration for opening the Nail Boutique was to provide safe, sanitary, relaxing and beautiful treatments. We host Spa Parties for groups and special events, as well as custom services for men, women and teenagers.”

The foundational element interwoven throughout this spa’s expansive menu is a concept called “bodywork.” Crow describes this practice as applying therapeutic pressure on muscles, joints and tissues in order to promote circulation, alleviate physical tension, increase range of motion and reduce chronic pain, among other health benefits.

“I have always valued ‘bodywork’ in everything from deep tissue and hot stone massage, to body wraps, scrubs and neuro-muscular therapy. In my opinion, these diverse treatments fall under the ‘bodywork’ category because of a profound experience I had several years ago. After a client made a last-minute cancellation, I treated myself to a manicure. After feeling thoroughly pampered and relaxed, this renewal gave me an epiphany (hence, the spa’s name borne-from my numerous epiphanies).

“In that moment, I realized the feeling experienced from a massage is the same healing sensation I felt after this manicure. I realized when we relax and surrender, we allow ourselves to enjoy the healing touch from another person.

This inspired me to open the Nail Boutique and expand our facial selection. Everyone should nourish themselves with these therapies that require only a small amount of time and money,” she continues.

While Crow expresses equal appreciation for all holistic healing methods, her specialty lies within the skincare sector. In fact, she is currently designing her own natural product line. “My knowledge of skincare is innate, but many people are misinformed about it. Most products are not sold for purity standards or positive results, but for profits and wholesale gains (holistic skincare specialists and clients usually become enlightened about this after suffering a facial or skin reaction from poor product use).

“90% of products found in pharmacy stores, as well as almost all products in department stores, should not be considered ‘pure.’ They make people look and feel good,

but I haven’t found many department store brands that ‘do good’ by changing or improving skin at the cellular level. I think the money allotted to manufacturing these products is used for packaging, marketing and funding expensive-yet misleading-studies.

“Instead of believing advertised claims (e.g. ‘clinical studies indicate 5% wrinkle reduction’ which is not even noticeable!), we must focus on attainable goals like achieving healthy, radiant and glowing skin. Trust top quality products recommended by spa professionals or your local health store, as these alternatives are pure and nourishing. Also, please honor the business and trained professionals lending their assistance by purchasing in-store, rather than ordering online.

“In addition, these products promote balanced skin tone, even for those dealing with acne or Rosacea. You won’t believe how much younger and vibrant your skin will look by investing in safe, non-toxic ingredients.

“The holistic path allows skincare specialists to offer a well-rounded and healthy approach to their clients.

My passion is offering clients the best treatments, products and prices available. I am honored to watch people change for the better by eating healthier diets and experiencing holistic care. People often need guidance to find this path, and I love positively enhancing someone else’s life just like clients and fellow practitioners do for me.”

Since founding this transformative retreat five years ago, her sincere concern for peoples’ well-being has generated widespread community support and satisfaction. Crow credits the Sarasota area for becoming increasingly receptive to alternative health initiatives, while also noting that Epiphany Rejuvenation Sanctuary features several attributes which distinguish its services from other local spas.

“We are a vegan and organic (where applicable) establishment. We don’t put pesticides from non-organic products on the skin, and we don’t support using animal cruelty to enhance our own lives. We also buy fair-trade whenever possible. Overall, we pride

ourselves on selecting the purest ingredients possible and buying from responsible companies, while providing continual education, commitment and nurturing care to each client.

“Besides myself, we have two other Nail Therapists on-staff, Claudia and Robin. We also have another Skin Care Specialist named Lily, and Tiffany is our resident Massage Therapist and Ayurvedic Practitioner. One of our Nail Therapists is attending Skin Care School, and our Lead Spa Coordinator, Mercedes, is training to become a Nail Therapist. I’m proud of these ladies and look forward to the completion of our in-house apprenticeship program-The Epiphany School of Spa and Wellnesswhich will help new graduates build their clientele.

“We enjoy serving clients with a sophisticated yet affordable spa experience, and we do our best to

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accommodate their schedules. Our clients always come first-without them, we wouldn’t be in business, so we are eternally grateful for this opportunity to provide the excellence they deserve,” she aptly concludes.

Epiphany Rejuvenation Sanctuary is located at 665 S Orange Ave., Suite 2, Sarasota. For more information and to schedule an appointment, call 941-4006337, email Info@NatashaCrow.com or visit NatashaCrow.com.

Mary-Elizabeth Schurrer is the Managing Editor of Natural Awakenings Sarasota-Manatee. She also works as a freelance writer, blogger and social media marketer, based in Southwest Florida. Her personal blog, HealthBeAHippie.Wordpress.com, features practical tips for embracing a fit, nutritious and empowered lifestyle.

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Fibromyalgia: the Chiropractic Perspective

by Beau Smith

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ibromyalgia is a condition that has existed in the medical literature under various names for 150 years. It wasn’t until 1990 that this diagnosis was officially recognized by the American College of Rheumatology.

Fibromyalgia is characterized by chronic widespread pain throughout the body. The pain often migrates and is extremely debilitating. This constant pain often causes fatigue and sometimes depression.

Other symptoms include stiffness, sleep disturbance, migraine and tension headaches, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder, irritable bowel syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome and intolerance to cold weather. It is estimated that up to 12 million Americans suffer from fibromyalgia.

Despite this prevalence, Fibromyalgia remains an elusive diagnosis. There is no known cause of Fibromyalgia, as well as no objective physical evidence for a physician to find during routine medical testing.

Both doctors and Fibromyalgia sufferers

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are frustrated by this condition because of the elusive nature of the disease and lack of effective treatments.

Fibromyalgia commonly affects women between 20 and 50 years old.

As many as 28% of adults report the onset of symptoms during childhood.

It is estimated Fibromyalgia is more than twice as common as rheumatoid arthritis.

Medical Treatments Unfortunately, there is no known cure for Fibromyalgia. Treatment is targeted at relieving symptoms. Most experts agree that current medications offer little relief. Frederick Wolfe, M.D. wrote, “There is little evidence that we can treat Fibromyalgia patients effectively with drugs. A recent study of patients with long-standing Fibromyalgia demonstrates that expensive medical care does not result in symptom improvement or better function.”

Aspirin and non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) like

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Ibuprofen do not effectively dull the pain. Powerful corticosteroids provide little relief from Fibromyalgia symptoms as well. Early on, doctors thought Fibromyalgia was caused by stress and worry which contribute to muscle tension. While stress and anxiety are not the cause of Fibromyalgia, they do make the condition worse. This pain, stress and worry compounds the problem, creating a vicious cycle.

Tricyclic antidepressants are typically used in attempt to break this cycle, but the side effects of pain killers and antidepressants often cause other problems such as kidney damage, bleeding ulcers, drowsiness, constipation, dry mouth and weight gain. Considering the fact that many young people are affected by Fibromyalgia, long-term medication use can potentially cause further health problems.

Diet and Exercise Many people suffering from Fibromyalgia have found relief by eliminating certain foods from their diet. Experts also recommend paying attention to how you feel shortly after eating. Foods that tend to aggravate the pain should be avoided.

Practitioners of Functional Medicine, Acupuncture, Yoga and Massage Therapy can also help patients create a plan for the best outcomes.

Many patients find relief by creating the environment for health when battling Fibromyalgia. Eliminating toxins, eating the best foods, managing stress and maintaining healthy relationships promote healing.

What Causes Fibromyalgia?

Fibromyalgia is a complicated condition that most likely has multiple causes.

Most researchers agree the primary cause is a breakdown in the normal function of the central nervous system.

This breakdown creates abnormal pain signals throughout the body.

The nervous system coordinates and controls every function of the body directly or indirectly. Therefore, the actual cause of Fibromyalgia is likely the interaction of multiples processes that affect sleep, muscle use, blood flow

and pain transmission.

When the nervous system becomes overly sensitive, it generates false alarms from non-painful stimuli, perceived as pain. The technical term for this state of being is supersensitivity.

This derangement of the central nervous system is believed to be the cause of the Fibromyalgia symptoms.

Tender points throughout the body and peripheral tissues are secondary phenomena. As a result, the perception of pain is essentially an interpretive defect in the absence of recognizable bodily injury.

The prevalence of Fibromyalgia is higher in people who have experienced a neck injury. Occupational hazards such as repetitive stress or overuse syndromes are also associated with Fibromyalgia. Flexion extension injuries, commonly referred to as whiplash, are often a precursor to Fibromyalgia and chronic headaches.

This association exists even in the absence of boney damage of the cervical spine and immediate pain after injury. What causes the Central nervous system to become supersensitive?

Research indicates that trauma injuries or “micro-trauma” might trigger Fibromyalgia.

Vertebral Subluxation Research Scientific literature describes disturbances to the nervous system by several names including neuritis, dysponesis, double crush phenomenon, nerve dysfunction, neuropathophysiology and subluxation, all of which cause interference to the nervous system.

The primary cause of nerve interference can be found in the spinal column. When individual bones in the spine called vertebrae are misaligned, often as a result of trauma or injury, irritation and interference occur in the nerve pathways. Spinal misalignments causing nerve dysfunction are called “vertebral subluxations.” Vertebral subluxations are well documented in the scientific literature.

“Subluxations are very real. We have documented them to the extent that no one can dispute their existence.

Vertebral subluxations change the entire health of the body by causing structural dysfunction of the spine and nerve interference” (Chang Ha Suh, M.M. PhD).

“Subluxations of vertebrae occur in all parts of the spine and in all degrees.

When the dislocation is so slight as not to affect the spinal cord, it will still produce disturbances in the spinal nerves passing off from the foramina” (Dr. James Woddersee, Neurosurgeon).

Doctors have been looking to the spine for health since Hippocrates. The nervous system is the master control system of the human body, and every single function reflects its activity.

Chiropractic Health Care Chiropractic is a healthcare system founded on the premise that a properly functioning nervous system is paramount to overall health and bodily function. Chiropractic has a different concept of dis-ease. The objective is to restore “ease” to the body. Chiropractic asks the question, “What is necessary to create the conditions for health?”

Chiropractors have never claimed they can “cure” Fibromyalgia and other health conditions, but research studies show that Chiropractic is effective in helping patients improve Fibromyalgia conditions.

Doctors of Chiropractic detect and correct vertebral subluxation

by physically adjusting the spine.

Their objective is to restore optimum spinal function, enabling the nervous system to initiate the healing process.

Chiropractic adjustments restore normal nerve function, improving spinal biomechanics, range of motion and posture, all of which are essential for alleviating Fibromyalgia pain.

A study published in the American Journal of Medicine reported that, in a group of Fibromyalgia patients that received Chiropractic care, the majority of patients experienced some type of improvement, and nearly half experienced significant improvement.

Fibromyalgia patients who received Chiropractic care also demonstrated that Chiropractic has the ability to improve motion in the neck and lower back. Chiropractic care also improves spinal flexibility and reduces pain levels.

Considering there is no known cause or cure for Fibromyalgia, both doctors and patients should seek to create the conditions for health in their own environments. The strategy of treating the “whole person” is a successful option that many healthcare providers offer. Chiropractic care is a proven safe and effective method of resolving neurological conditions like Fibromyalgia and, therefore, should be considered a “first choice” by patients suffering from this condition.

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eaven is a state of mind, not a location, since Spirit is everywhere and in everything. You can begin making a conscious decision to look for the unfolding of Spirit in everything and everyone that you encounter.

I personally do this by making an effort to look upon my world as if I were observing it through lenses that filter out the form and all of the material aspects of what I’m seeing, and I can only view the spiritual energy that allows what I’m noticing to exist. Try putting on these imaginary magical lenses and see how different everything appears.

I now see spiritual energy in everyone I encounter. When I’m tempted to judge anyone, I remind myself to view them through my special lenses.

When I can do so, all negative judgment dissolves. I feel more peaceful knowing that I’m not just this body that I’m destined to discard. I also feel the life-giving Spirit within me on a daily basis, and it’s exhilarating!

Being more balanced spiritually and physically gives me the opportunity to be in a continual state of gratitude and awe. I see miracles everywhere. Try changing your view of the world to one of awe and wonder. Rather than looking for miracles, shift to seeing everything as miraculous. By being in a state of

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awe, you won’t be able to mentally experience boredom or disappointment.

Try seeing the invisible Divine flowing through and supporting everyone and everything. A rainstorm becomes a miraculous event, the lightning a fascinating display of electrical fireworks, the thunder a booming reminder of the invisible power of nature.

Live the mystery by beginning to perceive what average eyes fail to notice.

Wayne Dyer, Ph.D. {May 10, 1940 – Aug. 29, 2015}, affectionately called the “father of motivation” by his fans, was an internationally renowned author, speaker and pioneer in the field of self-development. Over the four decades of his career, he wrote more than 40 books (including 21 New York Times bestsellers), created numerous audio programs and videos and appeared on thousands of television and radio shows.

DrWayneDyer.com includes information on his new book, Memories of Heaven: Children’s Astounding Recollections of the Time Before They Came to Earth, released this month.

To Go Deeper, You Must Dive In

by Reverend Elizabeth Thompson, Unity of Sarasota Senior Minister

o go deeper, you must dive in. This pithy statement involves our risking, getting wet, getting lost and even doing a painful belly flop.

There is a reason “darkness covers the face of the deep,” as we read in the first chapter Genesis.

Symbolically, this concept represents unexplored territory and potential, but to the “spiritual child” in us, it presents an excellent opportunity to explore for buried treasure. The discovery of hidden treasure waiting to be claimed, as well as adventure waiting to be experienced, is the essence of becoming childlike to enter the Realm of Heaven. This is spoken of by the ancients. Even today’s scientists refer to a universal field which creatively, responsively and actively participates in our lives.

The trick is understanding how to dive in and interact with this field of creative possibilities which are influenced directly by each of us in greater or lesser degrees.

Our individual degrees depend on our willingness to dive into life.

At the first level, we cultivate our Sacred Witness. We observe our consciousness and environment, seeing through the layers of obvious and hidden motivations. We watch the movement within us and around us, without judgments of right or wrong.

The second level indicates how we view what is unfolding. At this level, any pretense interferes with our development of intuition and holistic influence. So, with direct and deliberate attention, we fine-tune our attention to noticing all the goodness that is present and can be cultivated in each moment. We do this with gentle compassionate awareness.

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For example, I frequently ask myself, “What is the level of maturity of this reaction in me? Is it childlike curiosity or childish reactionary?” This frank inquiry gives me instant access to my intuitive response which is never to put down, but always to build up the potential for absolute goodness, joy, peace and soul advancement.

From this point, we are able to easily go deeper into the third level of buried treasure and possibilities. Here, we gain access to the infallible guidance system with the voice of Infinite Wisdom which the ancients called the “still small voice” of our indwelling Creator, Source and Counselor.

This guidance speaks with no urgency or condemnation, only unconditional acceptance. We are required to make a gentle yet deliberate effort to dive into our own hidden realms. This deeper space exists in constant communication with the Universe.

May I suggest a rapid way to awaken your connection deeper realms of allgoodness within and around? Begin with compassion and keen attentiveness to the good this now moment. With your everincreasing attunement to the empowering Universal invitations, your discovery of bliss will be inevitable. You will become one with the blessings around you.

Ultimately, exploring these levels will help you gain traction with the joy of your own spiritual dive into the deep on a regular basis. This willingness gives way to your recognition of the endless array of invitations at hand regardless of your personal readiness. The dive will invite you to stretch beyond your comfort zone. It is an invitation that you can welcome because you have firsthand knowledge that there is always more good to uncover.

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Mindful Smiling

by Richard Lamson

y now, we have all most likely heard that smiling is beneficial for our health and well-being, but do we really understand why, and are we utilizing this powerful gesture for all of its miraculous magical capabilities? Too often, our smiles have become mindless – a repetitive gesture dismissed by our cognitive mind.

In her book, Why Smile: the Science behind Facial Expression, leading expert Marianne LaFrance writes, “Human smiles are designed to captivate. They are consequential –they affect what others feel and do. Far from being merely a nice gesture, a credible smile is a force to be reckoned with. Smiles are indispensable to physical health, psychological well-being and social viability.” The first step in mindful smiling is embracing the idea that your smile is, “a force to be reckoned with;” the second step is utilizing that force.

Let’s take a brief look at what happens when we flash those pearly whites. Once we engage the zygomatic major with the orbicularis oculi muscle, we have what is known as the Duchene Smile, named after the 19th century French anatomist. That smile triggers a neurological dance party, and the life of that party are endorphins, dopamine and

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serotonin. The release of these neurons or (party favorites) is what makes smiling so beneficial. They help reduce stress, boost our immune system, lower blood pressure, and contribute to a positive mood and outlook, enhancing our overall health and well-being. These party favorites are the agents of longevity.

With that understanding, let’s examine the brief smile we exchange with a stranger. We have all experienced it, but it is more than just a social norm. Thanks to what scientists call “mirror neurons,” we are conditioned to respond to a smile with a smile. In that fleeting moment when two strangers connect, one flashes a big smile, and the other returns one.

Thereby, a magical gift is given to you. Both of you reap the rewards of that neurological dance party.

We are biologically wired to help one another. The survival of our species depends on it. Now, what if we became mindful of the fact that every smile really does uplift one another? Your smile does communicate; it can inform others that you acknowledge their value and dignity.

When we practice mindful smiling, we consciously remind ourselves of others value. The cause and effect of valuing others should not be underestimated.

Your own self-value and your value in the world will increase; this is simply Universal Law. When we are mindful of this energy force, we are far more inclined to use it as often as possible. Take comfort in the fact there are no recorded deaths linked to excessive smiling. Your smile can invoke cooperation, slow down your emotions, and project confidence. Be mindful of this force and use it.

Ellen Langer, author of the bestselling book Mindfulness, identifies three key qualities of a mindful state – creation of new categories, openness to new information and awareness of more than one perception. When applied to smiling, we experience heightened awareness, we open ourselves to give and receive, and our perception of this simple gesture is transformed. Our smile should serve to remind us of our connectedness and inter-dependence. Mother Theresa understood the power behind a smile when she said, “Peace begins with a smile.”

Richard Lamson is an artist, humorist, author and selfproclaimed “Smile Guru.” His book, Smile I AM: The Art of Smiling to a Life Fulfilled integrates the power of I AM and the science of smiling. He resides in Sarasota and can be found at art fairs along the Gulf Coast and throughout Florida.

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suggest following a low-fat, plant-based diet rich in fruits and vegetables, along with a vitamin B12 supplement.

What other factors besides food help maintain good cognitive function?

Barnard: Lace up your sneakers. University of Illinois researchers found that a brisk, 40-minute walk three times a week reversed brain shrinkage and improved memory. It also pays to get adequate sleep; when the clock strikes 10 p.m., turn out the light.

What’s the most vital dietary change we can make to ensure cognitive abilities in later life?

Dr. Neal Barnard on Diet, Lifestyle and Brain Health

by Sandy Pukel

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r. Neal Barnard is the founder of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and author of 17 books on nutrition and health. An adjunct associate professor of medicine at George Washington University, in Washington, D.C., he has led research studies in diabetes, obesity and other serious health issues. Barnard’s latest interest in brain health is the focus of his book Power Foods for the Brain.

How has your family history influenced your interest in brain health?

Barnard: All of my grandparents suffered from various kinds of dementia, as did my father and, to a lesser extent, my mother. It’s an epidemic. Alzheimer’s disease now attacks about half of Americans by their mid-80s, according to the Alzheimer’s Association which publishes an annual Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures.

If both parents have had Alzheimer’s, is a child destined to have it, too?

Barnard: There are genes, particularly as the APOE e4 allele, that increase Alzheimer’s risk. But genes are not destiny. A recent Scandinavian study is among those suggesting that people that follow healthful diets can dramatically improve their odds of retaining brain health—even if they carry this gene (International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry).

Can those with signs of mild cognitive impairment see improvement by following your recommendations?

Barnard: Scientists from leading institutions including the University of Cincinnati and the University of Oxford have tested a number of different approaches, using grape juice, blueberry juice, a B-vitamin combination (B6, B12 and folate) and other nutritional supports, and have found overall that dietary changes can help. To keep it simple, I would

Barnard: Throw out the animal products and build your menu from vegetables, fruits, whole grains and beans. This simple step eliminates animal fats, cuts cholesterol and boosts antioxidant intake, all of which are likely good for the brain according to neurology studies published by the American Medical Association. And be sure take vitamin B12; this is important for anyone over 50, and essential for people on vegan diets. The adult recommended daily allowance is 2.4 micrograms, and all common supplements contain more than that.

What effect do dietary fats and metals have on the development of Alzheimer’s?

Barnard: The Chicago Health and Aging Project showed that saturated fats (think chicken fat, cheese and bacon grease) and trans fats (think doughnuts) increase Alzheimer’s risk, probably because of their cholesterol-raising effect. Excess copper (in shellfish and liver) and iron (in meat and liver) are linked to Alzheimer’s, too, according to American Medical Association publications.

Aluminum is more controversial, but I recommend avoiding it. You’ll find it in some antacids, baking powder, some processed cheeses, pizzas and, of course, aluminum cookware and antiperspirants. It pays to read labels and choose aluminum-free alternatives.

What are some of the best power foods for brain health?

Barnard: Emphasize green leafy vegetables, almonds and seeds for vitamin E, plus sweet potatoes, a staple in Okinawa, home to an extraordinary number of healthy centenarians.

Add a handful of blueberries to morning oatmeal or make them a mid-morning snack.

What can we do to increase public awareness of how life choices affect brain health?

Barnard: The Physicians Committee offers free resources at PCRM.org.

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Now I Lay Me Down: Reflections of a Hospice Caregiver

by Juliette Jones “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.”

18th century children’s bedtime prayer

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mbedded in this little children’s verse, known to many of us by heart, is a secret formula to dispel the fear of physical death and put the conscious mind at ease even into a state of pleasure. How many of us can follow the secret, narrow passage in consciousness implied in this simple verse, as we contemplate death and dying?

Or, are we taken-up upon the super highway of the material worldview, fed by the messages of an ego-based culture, and suffering from a cataclysmic disidentification with the natural messages of spirit? We live in a mainstream culture that refutes anything which borders on the unknown and where many fear even the idea of death, let alone talk about it or be around its imminence.

The abiding archetype of death in the modern Western world is almost exclusively the Grim Reaper, and it has a stranglehold on our ego-based concept of reality so much so, that it is akin to heresy to suggest that death could be a pleasurable release or a euphoric experience. Mainstream Western culture sees death as the enemy, and while the Grim Reaper has his place, it should not be to the exclusion of the Angel of Light. Death has more than one face. Just as there seem to be fortuitous and difficult birth, or fortuitous and difficult life; so it is with death and dying. Since many adults have never even seen an actual human death, the experience remains unknown, hidden from view and made to seem threatening by the prospect of its inevitability.

The material-minded have the most difficulty seeing a

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spiritual or energetic aspect around physical death even if they have witnessed it because they have lost the connection to their inner eyes and ears. The spirit cannot enter when the door is closed. To even suggest to such a person that people need not fear death is normally met with sheer indignation in the medical model. I once heard a medical doctor say it was impossible not to fear death.

When I suggested to her that, in twenty years of bedside experience, I had encountered many people who approached death with minimal fear, and was present for several euphoric, blissful deaths, she scorned me. “You don’t know what you’re talking about,” was her response. Ram Dass made an interesting point when he said, “Doctors are higher in anxiety about death than the general population.”

Every hospice fieldworker has heard the following questions many times: “How do you do what you do?

How do you work with the dying every day” During my tenure with hospice, I frequently asked colleagues about their reasons for entering the field of death and dying and discovered that most of them had experienced the death of a loved one which effected them deeply. Subsequently, they found both purpose, and self-healing in assisting those experiencing their final days on earth.

On the surface, working with the dying appears to be a noble effort and, if properly undertaken, there is a grace to this work as long as there is emotional maturity and spiritual readiness to undertake the task. Care must be taken not to project one’s own fears or process one’s own pain through attachment to another’s. It is a great privilege and unparalleled learning experience to work on one’s own selfrealization through being with someone who is conscious of their own impending death. In this, each fellow traveler also becomes a teacher.

Experienced hospice field workers know that one of the most powerful ways to eliminate a fear of death is by spending time with the dying. In this work, one gains an opportunity for deeper understanding of many facets. For example, one particular hospice nurse whom I worked alongside for many years is from Haiti. When she began training, I could see she possessed talent for the work.

Soon after the completion of her field training period, she confided in me, “Before I began working here, I used to suffer because of the prejudice that has touched my life. I just couldn’t seem to get over the feelings that bothered me.

After three months on this job, these feelings have eased and dropped away. You begin to see how to let go of things to understand what is real and important.”

We once encountered a patient, diagnosed with a lifelimiting illness, who had an extreme fear of dying. She was a likable person with a lovely family, and everyone wanted to support her but didn’t know how to help. Because of the nature of her illness, she had been placed in a full-care facility converted from what had once been a large, private home.

Each patient had his or her own room and shared a kitchen, living room and large lanai, in addition to common areas where patients and families could get together in the comfort of a home-like setting. Staff was present around the clock to care for patients and cook meals.

Generally, this facility took relatively short-term patients;

in fact, the staff affectionately referred to the place as “God’s Waiting Room.”

However, this particular patient, whom I will call Dolora, was an exception to this policy due to political and placement issues. Though Dolora had never been consciously spiritual or religious, she requested a consultation, and this turned into two visits per week.

She was a pleasant person to visit, and she appreciated emotional and spiritual support, but she could simply not let go of her deep fears which continued to be of concern for both family and staff. In fact, this fear was so greatly exacerbated by the frequent deaths of other short-term patients that her family contemplated removing Dolora from the facility, but the place had such a supportive environment, they ultimately decided against it.

As fate would have it, there was another patient in the living facility, whom I will call Charlie, who had resided there for some time as well. Charlie and Dolora became friends, often sitting on the lanai to chat and eat lunch together.

It was really a poignant thing the gift of a stranger becoming a real friend at the very sunset of life. Everyone saw the special bond that had been created, and they seemed to help one another profoundly.

Then, one morning, I received a call that Charlie had died. Dolora was at his bedside when he passed during the night and has since retired to her room. The staff wanted me to visit her immediately, fearing that Charlie’s death would affect her adversely. I knocked softly on her door, almost hoping that she would be resting, but she was wide awake and let me in. Our subsequent conversation went like this: “I came over because I heard that Charlie died. The staff said you were with him,” I began. “Yes, I’m glad you came because I wanted to talk to you about it,” she responded with exceeding calm. “I’d like to listen,” I continued.

“I’m not afraid of death anymore not at all. I wanted to talk to you because I know you’re going to understand this.

I stood next to him and saw his face.

There was a light around him, and I could feel a great luminous peace.

Somehow, I think he was letting me feel his peace. When he left, it was beauti-

ful, beyond what I can put into words,” was her peaceful explanation.

We sat in silence, and I waited a long time before I replied. This was a moment of stunning realization. “I do understand, Dolora. I understand about these numinous final gifts. Charlie gave you a gift.” From this experience, Dolora finally recognized that transformation becomes possible when an awareness occurs which could not manifest without truly witnessing the edge of physical life.

From that time on, Dolora was completely at peace with death. It was remarkable what a force she became befriending patients and staff, and the effect she had on her family. This, in itself, was deserving of a special story, so I recorded the events and presented it to her and her family. They appreciated that gesture, and I felt honored to give her a memento commemorating what she had accomplished. Dolora lay down to sleep one night and didn’t return to her earthly home the next morning. She left entirely at peace.

Fear has a tendency to disappear once the miraculous side of dying is witnessed. There are many varieties of extraordinary experience that happen around the death bed. As people reach the shores of heaven, they often accomplish meaningful life reviews. Stunning synchronicities occur, as well as lucid dreams and full blown conscious visions. Communication with loved ones on the other side is also common.

“One who sees the way in the morning can gladly die in the evening.”

– Confucius The impact of a full-blown transpersonal experience does not fade with, and often completely heals, the fear of death. There comes a point in time when it is possible to realize not believe but become consciously aware there is an aspect of the self which does not die.

Once realized, whether early or late in life, understanding of who we are and may become changes completely.

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Generalized vulvodynia indicates pain in different areas of the vulva at different times. Vulvar pain may be constant or occasional. Touch or pressure may or may not prompt it.

However, this could make the pain worse.

Vulvar vestibulitis syndrome indicates pain in the vestibule, the entrance to the vagina. Often a burning sensation, this type of vulvar pain occurs only after touch or pressure, such as during intercourse.

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elvic pain is silent epidemic and growing area of concern for health care providers, as well as women with disorders that involve the pelvic area (vulva, bladder, pelvic floor muscle, rectum and uterus.) Vaginismus and Vulvodynia are only two of these frustrating pelvic disorders seen in women, and currently, they are not well understood.

Research on these conditions, often linked under the umbrella of “chronic pain syndromes,” is scarce, especially as it relates to successful treatments. After several months or even years of seeing different specialist, women still go undiagnosed, or they are told the pain is “all in their head.”

Therefore, women often become depressed, and marriages become difficult due to the lack of sexual intercourse.

Women with chronic pelvic pain or Vulvodynia tend to visit specialists who provide treatments for urinary incontinence and other pelvic disorders because they seem appropriate, or they visit their gynecologist who diagnoses them incorrectly with endometriosis.

Those who do receive the correct diagnosis of Vulvodynia are often put on harmful anti-depressant medications, or a Vestibulectomy is recommended. This procedure removes the tender areas of the skin within the vestibule (the area between the lower vagina and just within the vulva), but the operation has a low success rate at reducing pain, and can create even more pain issues than before surgery.

This article will provide an overview of common pelvic pain conditions and explain a new, non-surgical and holistic pain-relieving option that is now available.

Vulvodynia Vulvodynia affects the vulva, the external female genital organs. This includes the labia, clitoris and vaginal opening.

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When a woman suffers from vaginismus, the muscle walls of her vagina contracts or spasms in response to attempted insertion for example, with a tampon or penis. This involuntary muscle contraction can be mildly uncomfortable, or it may cause searing and tearing pain. Vaginismus can interfere with normal activities like sex or having a pelvic exam at the doctor’s office.

Dyspareunia Dyspareunia is painful sexual intercourse due to medical or psychological causes. The pain can primarily be on the external surface of the genitalia or deeper in the pelvis upon applied pressure against the cervix. This condition can affect a small portion of the vulva or vagina, or can be felt across its entire surface.

Pelvic Radiation Therapy After radiation treatment to the pelvic area, scar tissue begins to form in the vagina, causing the tissue to dry out and lose elasticity. Shrinking of the vagina and vaginal opening might occur. Scarring of the vaginal tissue result in adhesions or areas where scar tissue forms, sealing the sides of the vaginal together. This can make it difficult for a doctor to perform vaginal exams. In addition, sexual intercourse will become more difficult and uncomfortable.

Menopause During or after menopause, vaginal dryness and thinning or weakening vaginal walls can cause pain and stinging during penetration, especially if the woman is not having regular sex.

Vaginal Stenosis Vaginal stenosis is often a side-effect of radiotherapy or genital surgery. This condition indicates a narrowing or loss of vaginal flexibility, often accompanied by other changes such as the scar tissue dryness and loss of resilience.

Vaginal Atrophy Vaginal atrophy, also called atrophic vaginitis, indicates the thinning, drying and inflammation of vaginal walls due to estrogen loss. Vaginal atrophy occurs most often after menopause, but it can also develop during breast-feeding or at any other time the body’s estrogen production declines.

For many women, vaginal atrophy makes intercourse painful—if intercourse hurts, interest in sex will naturally decrease.

As the creator of VuVa Magnetic Dilators, I was diagnosed with Vulvodynia over five years ago. I did not want to take any anti-depressants or have painful surgery. Instead, I decided to take an existing magnetic treatment for nerve pain caused by fibromyalgia and combine it with vaginal dilator therapy to see if it would relieve nerve pain, and it did.

Neodymium magnets have been used for centuries for chronic pain. VuVa has incorporated them into a vaginal dilator set. The “North Pole” of a Neodymium magnet is often referred to by medical researchers as a magnet’s “healing side.”

The patent-pending VuVa Vaginal Dilator set contains over sixty strategically positioned Neodymium magnets that allow this field of soothing energy to flow into the body.

When a powerful negative magnetic field is placed over a nerve, positivelycharged ions will be attracted to the negative magnetic field, impeding the ion’s flow along nerves to the brain.

This causes soft tissue to lengthen, relaxing muscles and ligaments. As the tissue relaxes, Neodymium magnets increase blood-flow to the painful area, thereby calming nerves. VuVa Dilators are the only dilators available with Neodymium Magnets.

Throughout my work, I have found that women are happy to discover this non-surgical option to relieve their pain.

The emails and calls I receive on a daily basis are overwhelming. Women from all over the United States tell me that VuVa gave them their lives back and, in some cases, even saved their marriages.

Are you wondering how to use VuVa Vaginal Dilators? The process is simple, only requiring a few 20-30 minute sessions per day with a water-based lubricant. Through our research, we have found that using your VuVa Dilator immediately before sexual intercourse can decreases the pain significantly VuVa Dilators are manufactured right here in Sarasota, and human clinical trials are currently underway. We are also pleased to announce that the VuVa device has been approved for use in a research study being conducted in Sarasota.

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Fact: With the exception of color additives and a few prohibited substances, cosmetic companies may use any ingredient or raw material in their products without government review or approval (FDA 2005).

Whereas the European Union has banned more than 1,000 ingredients from use in cosmetics, the FDA has only prohibited the following (FDA 2000a): • Bithionol • Chlorofluorocarbon propellants • Chloroform • Halogenated salicylanilides (di-, tri-,

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metabromsalan and tetrachlorosalicylanilide) • Methylene chloride • Vinyl chloride • Zirconium-containing complexes • Prohibited cattle materials (including material from non-ambulatory cattle, material from cattle not inspected, and passed and mechanically separated beef).

Myth: If a cosmetic or personal care product is labeled “organic,” it is required to have the ingredients be 90% organic, like foods labeled organic.

Fact: The FDA requires that a cosmetic or personal care product labeled “organic” only have 7% of its ingredients be organic.

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y name is Dr. Anna Baker, and I am a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, practicing in Sarasota since 1998.

Before that, I worked as a research and development engineer, and was awarded 21 patents for my work in aerospace technology. Unfortunately, I became sensitized to chemicals and had to leave that career to retrain in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Due to my chemical sensitivity, I had to become extremely aware of what was in the products that I used. So, when a pearl cream that I was getting from China gave myself and my patients an allergic reaction, I decided to make my own. In Pearl Cream by Dr. Anna, I use real pearls and Chinese herbs and, most importantly, no preservatives. I also found that the use of preservatives in commercial pearl creams had destroyed the pearl’s legendary muscle tightening abilities which slowly return the youthful appearance to the face and body.

The other anti-aging products on the market are all made with chemicals that are usually causing some sort of micro-injury to the skin, making it respond with collagen and other biochemical repair products that temporarily puff out the area. There is no long-term study on the risks of daily injury to the skin. Other anti-aging products use untested agents like stem cells or growth hormones which have

no long term studies on the potential side effects. Doctors warn us not to get sunburns, but they condone the use of all these chemically laden personal products.

Pearls have been used throughout history as an ancient beauty elixir in Egypt, Greece and China because of their therapeutic flesh generating properties.

Medical research has found the legendary benefits of pearls come from unique substances called “signal proteins” which act as messengers by sending out signals that control cellular growth. Signal proteins can stimulate new skin and bone regeneration, as well as enhance skin tissue repair and muscle retightening.

A key feature and benefit of my line of Pearl Cream by Dr. Anna face and body lotions for women and men is that there are absolutely no preservatives— preservatives destroy the amino acids properties that tighten the muscle. Also, preservative chemicals are not good for the skin, and can be very toxic to the body. My products are so fresh and healthy, they must be refrigerated.

I have also shown with an extensive photo documentation study that the effects of pearl without preservatives are real and long lasting. Continued use gives an increasingly younger appear­ance by retightening the muscles gradu­ally over the path they took to age. I show the re­ sults at PearlCreambyDrAnna.com, with several before and after photos of users of each product, and it’s clear that each product refreshes the skin and improves skin and muscle quality.

I have continued my quest to make safer personal care products by launching my “Truly Organic” line this year. The line includes facial cleanser, shampoo and lip gloss so far. The products are foodgrade organic—not just 7% organic! I will continue my mission to bring organic food grade quality health care products into being.

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e are currently in the season of fall, going into winter. In many parts of the United States, especially in the Carolinas and New York, this time of the year is known for the beautiful color on tree leaves.

However, it is also known as the season where flu symptoms and coughs prevail, and one can readily hear someone else coughing not too far away. The reason for these symptoms is because fall typically ushers in dry, cool air that gets gradually colder as winter approaches. This weather change impairs the lungs, and the resulting irritation causes dry coughing which can become chronic. Eventually, the lungs can become injured, resulting in a deeper cough.

During this time of year, the Chinese take special care to protect their lungs, especially through diet. Pears and strawberries are especially good for the lungs, and help to keep this organ system healthy and moist. In addition, refraining from ice cold drinks helps to alleviate coughing, so try to drink more room temperature liquids. These are excellent strategies typically used in China to protect the lungs from cold, dry air, as well as resulting illness.

Rene Ng, DOM, AP, L.Ac, is a board-certified, licensed Acupuncture Physician and Chinese Herbalist located in Sarasota, Florida. In 2014, he was voted Sarasota’s “Favorite Acupuncture Physician” for a second year in a row, and was also the area’s “Favorite Anti-Aging Practitioner.” For more information or to schedule an appointment with Ng, call 941-773-5156 or via email: RNG@ ChineseMedicalSolutions.com.

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Supermedicine

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Ancient Wellness Wisdom, Modern Scientific Solutions

by Rene Ng (DOM, AP, L.Ac)

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an you imagine what would happen if you combined over four thousand years worth of effective protocols in natural wellness maintenance and treatment of diseases with the latest and greatest of today’s most advanced and modern diagnostic tools and medicinal drugs?

You would arguably end up with the most effective and advanced medicine that can be available to mankind a form of “Supermedicine” that can systematically identify and explain why symptoms and illnesses happen in an individual, what the likely causes and sources of origin are, and the prognosis of how things are likely to develop.

Moreover, this Supermedicine would combine time tested diagnostic techniques with the most modern and technologically advanced tools to give an accurate account for what is going on inside the body, while providing a means to precisely track the effectiveness of the current treatment protocol.

This comprehensive history of four thousand plus years of clinical case histories would also pave the way for an extremely powerful treatment protocol with a high probability of success.

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Supermedicin can Integration of Western and Chinese Medicines To understand this Supermedicine concept, we need to first understand how the two primary forms of medicines, mainstream Western Medicine and alternative Chinese Medicine, work. The best way to distinguish the two forms of medicine is by looking at them through these commonly used ways to describe each approach: • Western Medicine: if it’s not broken, don’t fix it • Eastern Medicine: if it’s not broken, prevent it from breaking Western Medicine Most Americans are familiar with Western Medicine, as it is the primary form of medicine practiced here in the USA. As we can see from above, Western Medicine tends to be more reactive in nature. It focuses primarily on symptoms, and its main objective is managing those symptoms. It also places a lot of emphasis on human physiology and how each part of the body functions.

In addition, specialist doctors focus on key physiological processes and associated organs, which is why

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a patient would visit a cardiologist for heart issues, an endocrinologist for kidney issues, a dermatologist for skin issues and so on. These specialists also focus on specific types of diseases―for example, an oncologist treats cancer, and a gastroenterologist treats stomach or intestinal conditions.

Western Medicine also relies heavily, if not solely, on modern technology for diagnosis such as MRI’s, CT Scans and lab tests. The results from these treatments tend to take effect within a short period of time, although the lasting period is often minimal or of short duration. Treatment protocols include medication, surgery, injections, laser technology, radiation, stem cell and others.

Chinese Medicine Acupuncture is the branch of Chinese Medicine that most Americans are familiar with, even though the medicine has been around for over four thousand years. In addition to Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine includes several other modalities such as herbal medicine, food therapy, gua sha, cupping, tui na/ an mo/dit da massage therapy, lancing, qi gong/tai chi, moxibustion, cupping and others.

Acupuncture in the United States has taken off within the last 25 years, and patients are increasingly turning towards Chinese Medicine for relief from their health issues. As previously indicated, Chinese Medicine is mainly a proactive form of medicine. Unlike Western Medicine, Chinese Medicine strives to address, not only the symptoms, but also the source. As such, it always strives to determine the underlying causative factors behind a patient’s symptoms.

Also, unlike Western Medicine, Chinese Medicine places its focus on the functions in the body, how each individual organ contributes to this integrative and inter dependent network of functions, and the energies that are involved in the process. Therefore, Chinese Medicine diagnoses and treats the body as a whole, with the thought that no single organ or body part can be diseased without affecting another part and, eventually, the entire body.

Thousands of years worth of case histories have resulted in a system

whereby Chinese doctors can leverage symptoms and ailments that the individual is experiencing to determine the underlying source of the problem and to develop an effective treatment plan accordingly. Such cases have shown that abnormalities in the face (e.g. wrinkles, age spots, lines), skin, mouth, hair, eyes, sputum and other areas of the body is tied indicate internal health conditions.

It is also believed that the tongue’s shape, color, coating and texture, along with the quality of the pulse taken at six different spots on both wrists, accurately reflect how the body is functioning. In fact, even Western Medicine has begun recognizing correlations between symptoms and illnesses, just like Chinese Medicine (e.g. abnormally flush face indicating potential heart problems; a frozen deviated tongue indicating a potential stroke condition).

The effects from Chinese Medicine often take longer to occur, but they also tend have a longer-lasting, even permanent, impact.

Collaborative Utilization of Western Medicine and Chinese Medicine concurrently Western Medicine’s reactive approach complements perfectly with Chinese Medicine’s proactive characteristics.

When a patient shows signs of illness, both medicines can be used to target the symptoms. Western Medicine’s quick acting drugs can provide almost instant pain relief, while Chinese Medicine works to achieve long lasting relief.

The latter can then be used to determine the pain’s root cause, along with its origin, resulting in a more permanent solution to the issue. Take a look at some examples of how this Supermedicine would work:

Cancer Care Western Medicine and Chinese Medicine combine in harmonious tandem to treat cancer. In general, Western Medicine’s powerful chemotherapy drugs, surgery and radiation modalities can help prevent cancer cells from growing, while Chinese Medicine can be used to address the accompanying side-effects, as well as help the body recover faster. Lab tests, tumor markers and thermal scans can pin-point how effective the treatments have been and whether additional steps need to be taken.

Then, once the cancer is in full remission, Chinese Medicine can be leveraged to indicate the key causative factors that likely contributed to the cancer’s growth. Addressing these factors could drastically minimize or even eliminate a potential cancer recurrence Diabetes In Chinese Medicine, diabetes (both Types I and II) is considered an illness involving the kidneys, liver, spleen and stomach. Lab and insulin tests can be used to monitor the diabetes status, while Chinese herbal medicine, along with acupuncture, can address issues within the kidneys, liver and spleen which cause the diabetes. In addition, they can also be used to address symptoms such as diabetic neuropathy, glaucoma, mouth dryness and other related factors.

Facial Procedures Symptoms on the face appear due to issues or imbalances in certain organs.

The overall texture of facial skin can be a sign of impaired overall circulation, especially if the skin is dry and loose.

Symptoms such as wrinkles, crow’s feet or age spots can be addressed through Sarasota

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The location of these facial symptoms is also noted to determine the potential organ systems in question.

Further diagnosis and intake of those organs is then applied, along with necessary lab work, to identify the underlying causes of those facial symptoms.

These causes are then addressed by Chinese Medicine and Western drugs, as needed. Further cosmetic work on the face can be done, using Western Medicine procedures such as Botox.

Bells Palsey Bells Palsey is a disorder for which Chinese Medicine is shown to be extremely effective. Patients who suffer from this condition generally see outstanding results if they seek treatment shortly after the first attack. Chinese Medicine traces Bells Palsey to an imbalance in liver function, and the treatments are focused accordingly with acupuncture, massage and herbal medicine.

Currently, corticosteroids such as Prednisone address Bells Palsey, along with more invasive cosmetic facial surgical procedures in Western Medicine.

These, however, can be utilized as a last resort if the facial issue cannot be corrected with Chinese Medicine. The picture shows a Bells Palsey patient whose face was corrected within three weeks of the initial attack using Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture.

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United States, according to Healthline. In Western Medicine, MS is a disorder whereby the immune system attacks itself, resulting in lesions in the brain and the central nervous system. Various symptoms, ranging from extreme fatigue, bowel issues, eye issues and cognitive issues, to muscle weakness and even paralysis, commonly result from this disease.

Chinese Medicine sees MS as a disorder of the circulatory system, tied to the spleen kidney and liver. The illness is diagnosed by imaging means usually MRIand, once the patient is confirmed to have MS, a drug specifically made for MS (e.g.

Copaxon, Tysabri) is prescribed to suppress the immune system to prevent it from attacking itself.

However, Chinese Medicine can go a step further by addressing why the immune system is attacking itself, thereby determining organ systems is malfunctioning. Then, Chinese Medicine proceeds to address balance out those organ systems. MRI tests can then be used to confirm that MS-related lesions are not increasing.

Summary This combination of Western and Chinese Medicines forms an extremely powerful alliance that can be used to effectively treat various illnesses. Western Medicine can take advantage of documented approaches used in the care of these conditions over the past four thousand years in order to come up with a refined treatment approach.

Western Medicine can also utilize current research and technology tools to show the proof and efficacy of Chinese Medicine. As a result, both modalities work together to develop a new, integrative form of medicine a Supermedicine that will, ideally, become our healthcare model of the future.

Rene Ng, DOM, AP, L.Ac, is a boardcertified, licensed Acupuncture Physician and Chinese Herbalist located in Sarasota, Florida. In 2014, he was voted Sarasota’s “Favorite Acupuncture Physician” for a second year in a row, and was also the area’s “Favorite Anti-Aging Practitioner.”

For more information or to schedule an appointment with Ng, call 941-773-5156 or email RNG@ChineseMedicalSolutions. com.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Veg Now Open for Breakfast – 8am-2pm. Veg has been open for the past 5 1/2 yrs, serving lunch and dinner, and will now be serving breakfast: cage-free 3-egg omelets, pancakes, bubble and squeak, potato paradise and much more. Options available for vegans and those with gluten intolerance. 2164 Gulf Gate Dr, Sarasota. 941-312-6424.

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ECK Worship Service – 10-11am. This month: Facing Life’s Challenges. Learn how expanding your spiritual consciousness can help you solve the daily problems in life and cause you to be more joyful. Free. Charlotte County Cultural Center, Rm I, 2280 Aaron St, Port Charlotte. 941-764-1797, Meetup.com/EckankarInSarasota.

Open Heart Divine Healing Service – 12:15pm.

1st Sunday each month. Through the gathering of the Faithful, experience and co-create the Anchoring of Powerful Divine Healing energies within the Sacred Circle. Expect Miracles! Rev. Sharon Elizabeth James. Love offering. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941-371-9333, ccosl.com.

The Women Have Gathered: The Circle is Open – 2-4 pm. Join a circle conversation about ‘awakening to nature within’ as a powerful tool for lasting change in the world, to follow the Gather the Women Annual Conference on the same theme. Spark conversations and invite connections around topics that matter to the community. Free.

DaySpring Conference Center, 8411 25th St E, Parrish, DaySpringFla.org. Jeanie 805-637-4671.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2 Vinyasa Yoga with Ildi Bercak – 6:30-7:45pm.

Every Mon in Nov. A vigorous style of yoga, which links breath and movement through a heatbuilding sequence. $14, $50/5. Rosemary Court Yoga, 810 Central Ave, Sarasota. 941-952-5280, RosemaryCourt.com.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Tai Chi – 10-11am. Nov 3, 10, 17. Tai Chi taught

by Dr Aihan Kuhn. Wear comfortable clothing. $20/class. Traditional Aikido of Sarasota, 803 Bell Rd, Sarasota. Dr Kuhn 508-380-0449. TaiChiHealing.org.

Love Circles: Love, Heal & Live – 7pm. Powerful circles designed to gather our community in the spirit of love and mutual support. Here we create a sacred space for profound emotional healing through experiencing the miracles of love. Be in touch with your true self and heal in all aspects of your life: mentally, emotionally, spiritually, sexually, physically, and financially. Led by Lucia Gabriela, Love Priestess, Coach, Healer & Alchemist.

Bring cushion or yoga mat. Love exchange $10$20. Crystal Cave, 1899 Fruitville Rd, Sarasota.

516-287-0242. SacredLoveTemple.com.

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Beginner’s Guide to Astrology – 7-9pm. Tuesdays, Nov 3-Dec 8. Denise Clair makes astrology fun and easy to understand. Learn what all those signs and symbols mean, and make life easier with basic practical tips. $10/per night. DeniseClairDreams@gmail.com. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941-371-9333, ccosl.com.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Renowned Flutist: Douglas Blue Feather – 7:20pm. Douglas Blue Feather, whose ancestry includes American Indian, Iberian and European, is an internationally known recording artist/performer of music featuring the Native American flute.

Creates magical vibrations for your heart with his flute! The Sanctuary, Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Rd (between Beneva & Swift), Sarasota. 941955-3301 UnityOfSarasota.com.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Spiritual Wisdom on Life after Death – 6:307:30pm. We will be exploring heaven, near-death experiences, reincarnation, and the truth about the afterlife based on the book Spiritual Wisdom on Life after Death, which will be given as a gift to all attendees. Free. Jacaranda Library, 4143 Woodmere Park Blvd, Venice. 941-358-0325, Meetup. com/EckankarInSarasota.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 Ringling College of Art and Design Art Walk – 4:30-7pm. Public Art Walk showcasing a wide variety of art in the campus galleries and Letterpress & Book Arts Center, and live drawing demonstrations by Ringling students. Refreshments will be served. Free. Open to all with plenty of convenient parking. Maps and student ambassadors will be available to guide you around the different galleries. 2700 N Tamiami Trl, Sarasota. 941-359-7563.

Cuban Art from the Collection of Jorge Reynardus – 5-7pm Opening Reception. On display Nov 6-Dec 9. Presented by Ringling College Selby Gallery, a selection of paintings and sculpture by Cuban artists, exploring the concepts of expression and freedom, creating a first-person narrative about life, liberty, culture and national pride. Reynardus’ collection includes the works of Jose Bédia, Augustin Fernández, Wifredo Lam and Glexis Novoa. Gallery Hours: Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm & Tues 10am-7pm. Curator Tour with Collector: Nov 9, 11:30 am. Artists’ Talk with Aldo Menendez & Ivonne Ferrer, Nov 6, 11:30am. 2700 N Tamiami Trl, Sarasota. RSVP 941-359-7563.

“Live from Downtown Sarasota It’s Friday Night!” – 6-9pm. Live street performances and entertainment on Main Street at 5 Points Park and Palm Ave. Local entertainers and performing arts groups. Rotating locations each week. November Sarasota Events on Escape-to-Sarasota.com.

Women’s New Moon Meditation with Jo Mooy – 6:30pm. Doors close at 7pm when meditation be-

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gins. Crystals of Light Journey. Jo leads a guided meditation through time and space, where you emerge as a Crystal of Light holding light for the benefit of all beings. Circle meets on the new and full moons. Led by a senior member of the community. $10/Donation. Rising Tide, 5102 Swift Rd, Sarasota. Info, Jo Mooy 941-355-1414 or JoMooy@gmail.com.

Messages from Loved Ones in Spirit – 7-9pm.

Special Event: Medium Hollister Rand. Can relationships continue beyond death? Do loved ones see what’s going on? Can they help with life’s challenges? Get answers to these questions from the spirits themselves! Experience the peace of knowing that those you love remain close to you. Hear how those you love may be reaching out to you.

Some audience members will receive messages from loved ones living in the spirit world. Q&A. $30/in advance, $35/at door. The Spirit University, 373 Braden Ave, Sarasota. 941-544-5874, Light@ VictoriaAckerman.com, TheSpiritUniversity.com.

Reiki Share – 7-9pm. An Invitation to Reiki Practitioners - All Levels are most welcome! Join in the fun of giving and receiving healing. $5/Love Offering. Angel Ministries, 2269 S Tamiami Trl, Venice.

Rev Patricia Charnley, 941-492-4995, RevPat@AngelMinistriesfl.org, AngelMinistriesfl.org.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 28th Annual Venice Art Fest – 10am-5pm. Nov 7-8. Begun in 1987 and with usually perfect weather, this outdoor event is held in Historic Downtown Venice, and features the works of over 150 artists.

West Venice Ave. Info, November Sarasota Events on Escape-to-Sarasota.com.

Trail Guide Training – 1pm. Enjoy learning and teaching others about nature? Looking for a fun and educational way to meet like-minded people? From October through April, volunteers are needed as trail guides to lead nature walks through several local Charlotte County properties, weekdays and weekends, from approximately 9-11am.

Come and learn plants, animals and interpretive techniques that may help you lead these “walks in the woods.” Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center, Cedar Point Park, 2300 Placida Rd, Englewood. Info, Bobbi Rodgers, 941-475-0769, Bobbi@checFlorida.org, checFlorida.org.

Sarasota Healing Arts Open House – 4-7pm. A family wellness practice in the greater Sarasota area for over 10 years serving ages pre-birth to 97 years, Dr Jessica Lipham’s practice includes spiritual and physical alignment through acupuncture, nutrient and supplement counseling through food sensitivity testing, exercise physiology, diagnostic testing and imaging, and herbal medicine from Eastern and Western traditions. Dr. J introduces Heather Locklear as Holistic Wellness Facilitator and Karen Benford-Smith as in-house Massage Therapist. Enjoy healthy eats and drinks, complimentary chair massage, custom essential oil blends, door prizes and informational tours of the center. Sarasota Healing Arts, 1810 S Tuttle Ave, Sarasota. 941-487-7311.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 Vital Signs: Discovering and Sustaining Your Passion for Life – 12:30pm. What inspires passion? How can you learn to ignite this joy and rightful inheritance of vitality? Get your

spark back! Thoughtfully presented workshop by Gregg Levoy, author/inspirational leader. $20. The Sanctuary, Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Rd (between Beneva & Swift), Sarasota. 941-955-3301, UnityOfSarasota.com.

An Afternoon with Cantor Lisa Levine: Yoga Shalom – 1-4pm. Through deep breathing, gentle yoga postures, meditations, chants and deep relaxation we bring ourselves into a peaceful state of rest and renewal. Following this practice, Cantor Lisa will guide you in her Mending Hearts, Making Peace Drum Circle. Join her as she shares some newly written and deeply spiritual melodies which will help focus your intention on the path to wholeness, hope and inner peace. If you have a drum or hand instrument, bring it. Open to all levels. $20$48. The Yoga Sanctuary, 112 Sullivan St, Punta Gorda. 941-505-9642. TheYogaSanctuary.biz.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Beatles Yoga – 6-8:30pm. Learn how Beatles’ songs can give you a clear understanding of your transcendental Self’s true nature and a glimpse into enlightenment; the liberating benefits of contacting Self regularly and how meditation enables you to do so; a relaxing breathing technique that can enliven vital energy. Led by Cary Bayer, life coach, former TM teacher, founder of Higher Self-Healing, and author, carybayer.com/higher-self-meditation. html. $25/By Nov 5, $35/After. Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, Englewood. 941-473-0135, Lata528@gmail.com, LovingLightYoga.com.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Our Personal Connection to God – 6-7pm. Introductory discussion about spiritual experiences, past lives, dreams & Soul Travel. Gift of Spiritual Experiences Guidebook, with CD. Free. Gulf Gate Library, 7112 Curtiss Ave, Sarasota. 941-358-0325, Meetup.com/EckankarInSarasota.

Reawakening Sensuality: Couples Connecting through Divine Touch – 7pm. In this workshop, we create a sacred space to be fully present with our partners, communicating by replacing words with touch and breath, learning to listen to our bodies (yours and his/hers), feeling our heart, mind, body, and soul merging in bliss to become one. Experience how the power of Divine Touch enhances, improves and restores intimacy. Designed for those ready to go deeper and beyond the mainstream perception of sensuality. BYO cushion or yoga mat.

Led by Lucia Gabriela, Our Sacred Love Tempe, Love Priestess, Coach, Healer & Alchemist. Love Exchange $60/couple. RSVP and for private home location, 516-287-0242. SacredLoveTemple.com.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 Making Mandalas for Gifts - 1-5pm. Make mandalas! It’s a simple meditative practice based on sacred geometry. Denise Clair will also share gift ideas you can create for the holidays. $40, sliding scale available. DeniseClairDreams@gmail.com.

The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941-371-9333, ccosl.com.

The 11:11 Phenomenon – 7-8:30pm. An open forum on the 11:11 mystery which has appeared to millions all over the world. More than a casual coincidence, many people have associated this as a call from Spirit. Some people also receive triple

numbers such as 333, 444, 555. Explore this intriguing phenomenon! With Lin Maloney. $10.

The Spirit University, 373 Braden Ave, Sarasota.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 Intuitive & Healer Readings – 10:30am-5:30pm.

Nov 12 & 19. Join Deborah Chadwick who communicates with her guides and angels, quickly receiving very specific information for her clients.15 mins/$30; 30 mins/$60. Elysian Fields, 1273 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota. 941-361-3006, ElysianFieldsOnline.com.

Family Yoga at Selby Gardens – 4-4:45pm. Jen Maecker 200RYT teaches yoga to children and adults throughout the Sarasota community, and has a certification to teach yoga to children with special needs. Inside location will be provided in case of rain or high temperatures. Families should bring either yoga mats or towels. $15/ Member parent and up to 2 children; $20/Non-member parent and up to 2 children. Selby Gardens, 900 S Palm Ave, Sarasota. 415-755-7167. JenMaeckeryoga@gmail.com.

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Grand Opening Sarasota’s Newest Private Health and Fitness Studio – 5:30-8:30pm. Enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and studio tours. Goodie bags to the first 50 people. Total body workout in 30 minutes. All types of programs, strength training, cardio, stretch and balance all custom tailored to you. Free assessments, by appt only. 330 S Pineapple Ave, #202, Sarasota. 941-365-2348, Info@ BeFitsrq.com, BeFitsrq.com.

Living 5th Dimensional Consciousness – 7-8pm.

Join Angela Valentine for a group-guided meditation. $10. Elysian Fields, Midtown Plaza, 1273 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota. RSVP 941-361-3006, ElysianFieldsOnline.com.

Advanced Energy Anatomy Lecture – 7-9pm.

Participate in a voyage of discovery into new information about the human energy field, by authors of the book The Evolution of the Human Energy Field and Humanity’s Ultimate Destiny, David Winfree and Cristo L Bowers. DavidWinfree.com/transformnow. Special attention is given to archetypal patterns that shape and influence each individual. $20. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941-3719333, ccosl.com.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 World Wellness Eco Fest at Home and Garden Show – Nov 13-15. 10am-6pm Fri-Sat. 10am-5pm Sun. Eco Fest brings a 40 booth section to the Home Show, featuring all things for a healthy lifestyle. Vendors showcase their health and wellness and sustainable products and services, with interactive demos, health counselors, entertainment, new innovations and creations and much more. Enjoy a fun way to learn about living a more healthy and positive lifestyle. Free admission. Bradenton Convention Center, 1 Haben Blvd, Palmetto. Info 941225-1425, EastCoastConsumerShows.com.

Documentary: Gandhi-Part 2 – 7pm. Sir Ben Kingsley stars as Mohandas Gandhi in Lord Richard Attenborough’s biography of the man who rose from simple lawyer to worldwide symbol of peace and understanding. Gandhi is an intriguing story about activism, politics, religious tolerance and freedom, but at the center of it all is an extraordinary man who

fought for a nonviolent, peaceful existence and set an entire nation free. Become inspired by the true story. Venice Holistic Center, 714 Shamrock Blvd, Venice. Rosa Jones 941-441-5926, PureAirJones@ verizon.net, VenicePeaceProject.org.

Red Tent to Empower and Honor Our Goddesses (Women Only) – 7pm. Honoring Our Divine Feminine - A sacred circle where women gather to honor and appreciate their body, sensuality and sexuality. Women claim the wisdom of their sacred womb and heart; awaken their inner fire and BECOME a full expression of their Divine Sensuality. Fall in love with yourself and become a magnet for true love. BYO cushion or mat.

Led by Lucia Gabriela, Our Sacred Love Temple, Love Priestess, Coach, Healer & Alchemist. Dress code: Red. $20-$30. Location & RSVP 516-2870242. Info SacredLoveTemple.com.

Qi Gong – 7-8pm. Qi Gong opens pathways in the body to circulate & stimulate the body’s internal processes to allow for the smooth flow of Qi (energy), which can increase strength and produce vitality. $20. Angel Ministries, 2269 S Tamiami Trl, Venice. Dr Bill Philpott, 941-587-1288, RevPat@ AngelMinistriesfl.org, AngelMinistriesfl.org.

Clairvoyant Demonstration & Open Forum – 7-9:30pm. Cristo L Bowers will share how his clairvoyant sight and other intuitive capabilities developed and he will talk about the nature of his current practice. The last portion of the evening will be open to questions and answers. $25.

DavidWinfree.com/transformnow/. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941-371-9333, ccosl.com.

Know Thy Self: An Exploration of the Within with Pir Zia Inayat Khan – 7:30pm. Pir Zia, a teacher of Universal Sufism, talks on the infallible sense of guidance within us and recognizing our inner voice via sacred sound and breath practices, contemplative perspectives and meditative practices. Lecture $20. Retreat 9:30am-5pm Nov 1415, $225-$245. Rising Tide International, 5102 Swift Rd, RisingTideInternational.org.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Fall CMF Psychic Fair – 10am-2pm. Nine intuitively gifted workers will be available to provide 15-minute sessions of: Private Readings, Crystal Bowl Healing with Spirit Message, Spiritual Hands-on Healing and Numerology, your choice for just $20 each. Aura Photography using digital equipment and providing printout of the image plus a written interpretation (report) for $25.

All are welcome to come relax, enjoy the peaceful environment, fellowship and spiritual energy.

Benefit from any one or several of the services offered. 2044 Bispham Rd, Sarasota. Info 941-2668435, cmfSarasota.org.

Receive Your Spiritual Name-Attain Your Highest Aspiration – 10am-4:30pm. Clairvoyant Cristo L Bowers will provide each person a powerfully transforming spiritual name and a package of charged quartz crystals with the unique vibration most important for them, and give his clairvoyant insight to each one. DavidWinfree.com/transformnow/. Seating limited. $150. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941-371-9333, ccosl.com.

Intuitive Arts Fair – 10:30am-5pm. No appointments made by phone. First come, first served.

30mins/$35. Elysian Fields, 1273 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota. 941-361-3006, ElysianFieldsOnline.com.

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Community HU Song – 11am-Noon. For everyone of any background or belief. Singing ‘HU’, a love song to God, for 20 minutes can bring insight, peace, and calm into your life; followed by light refreshments. Free. Jacaranda Library, 4143 Woodmere Park Blvd, Venice. 941-358-0325, Meetup. com/EckankarInSarasota.

liefs. Receiving such insights can be greatly healing and transforming, enabling one to overcome obstacles. Each person will receive at least two of their most limiting beliefs. DavidWinfree.com/transformnow/. Seating limited. $50. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941-371-9333, ccosl.com.

Astrology Discussions –7-9pm. Catherine Rosenbaum will be your personalized guide to assist you in better understanding yourself and others using an astrology chart. $25. Elysian Fields, 1273 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota. 941-361-3006, ElysianFieldsOnline.com.

Group Past Life Regression – 1-3pm. Experience a micro view of your past life. Includes information on the benefits of regression therapy. Elissa Bentsen has trained with Dr Brian Weiss, a pioneer in Past Life Regression. Who were you? Find out!

You will be hypnotized to view a portion of a past lifetime. Session is done in silence as each person experiences their own past life. Discussion of group experiences will follow. $35. The Spirit University, 373 Braden Ave, Sarasota. 941-544-5874. Light@ VictoriaAckerman.com. TheSpiritUniversity.com.

A Reiki Share – 6-7pm. For healing practitioners to participate in giving and receiving Reiki within an atmosphere of friendship and love. Align with your Spirit, feel more centered, release fear and stress, and experience connection. For anyone who is interested in finding wellbeing and creating harmonious changes in their life through personal healing, transformation and awakening. All are welcome to come and receive a healing. With Dawn Freeman. Free. The Spirit University, 373 Braden Ave, Sarasota. 941-544-5874. Light@VictoriaAckerman.com. TheSpiritUniversity.com.

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Learn Palmistry – 1-3pm. Everything that can be seen in a hand can be analyzed. Hands ask, invoke, promise, dismiss, threaten, embrace, express fear, pity, joy, grief, doubts and also mark time. Learn to interpret lines, symbols and patterns on a palm.

Discover the difference between palm reading and fortune telling. See major life events on the palm from the past and how they affect future life opportunities. With Myrna Lou Goldbaum. $25/in advance. $30/at the door. Includes book. The Spirit University, 373 Braden Ave, Sarasota. 941-5445874. Light@VictoriaAckerman.com. TheSpiritUniversity.com.

Your Archetypal Patterns – 6-10pm. Clairvoyant Cristo L Bowers will share with each individual some of the unique archetypal patterns that influence them. David Winfree will explain how to use crystals as powerful tools for transformation. DavidWinfree. com/transformnow. Seating limited. $75. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941-371-9333, ccosl.com.

Weekend Love Retreat: Attract True Love Effortlessly – Nov 14-15. Powerful love retreat for individuals who desire to attract and be in the best relationship of their life (and/or couples who desire to reconnect and take their relationship to the next level, or perhaps re-awaken the magic that marked the phase of falling in love in the first place). Featuring six unique holistic practitioners; includes the standalone “Attract True Love Effortlessly!” workshop, plus Self-Love Yoga, Chakra Dance, Aromatherapy for Love, Energy Healing Touch (Massage) & Vegetarian Lunch/Dinner with fresh juices. Sacred Love Temple. 516-287-0242. Support@SacredLoveTemple.com. SacredLoveTemple.com.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Community HU Song – 10-11am. HU is an ancient name for God. When sung as a pure prayer of love, it opens your heart to God’s Love for you; 30 mins, followed by light refreshments. Free. AmericInn, 5931 Fruitville Rd (W of I-75), Sarasota.

941-358-0325, Meetup.com/EckankarInSarasota.

To Go Deeper You Must Dive In! – 12:15pm. Explore practical, positive tips to enhance your life and learn how to actually successfully apply them.

Expertly taught by Reverend Elizabeth Thompson, Senior Minister. $10 Suggested Love Offering. Fellowship Hall Education Annex, Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Rd (between Beneva & Swift), Sarasota. 941-955-3301, UnityOfSarasota.com.

Discover Your Hidden Negative and Limiting Beliefs – 3-5:30pm. Cristo L Bowers will clairvoyantly look into the energy fields of those present and share with them their major negative or limiting be-

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Path of Transformation Presentation and Divine Energy Immersion – 6-9pm. David Winfree will share valuable insights for walking a path of ongoing transformation toward fully expressing “One’s Highest Archetypal Path in this Life.”

Cristo L Bowers and David Winfree will facilitate a Divine Energy Immersion for those present. DavidWinfree.com/transformnow/. $50. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941-371-9333, ccosl.com.

Sunday Celebration – 7-8:20pm. Join with us for a monthly gathering as we come together in fellowship to celebrate, to be strengthened, to encourage each other in the tradition of Spirituality.

Lecturers, Music, Spirit Message demonstration.

Free. The Spirit University, 373 Braden Ave, Sarasota. 941-544-5874. Light@VictoriaAckerman. com. TheSpiritUniversity.com.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Bruno Groening and Healing Lecture – 7pm.

Presented by Cornelia Wehr MD from Austria and part of an international series of lectures in over 60 countries. Learn about: Actual cases of Healing medically verified and explained in simple terms; the healing stream and how it can be felt and experienced in one’s own body; demonstrations and absorption of the spiritual healing force; methods for healing ongoing, at home and with friends. 14 yrs & up welcome. Donations appreciated. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. Barb 414-852-2222.

Love Circles: Love, Heal & Live – 7pm. Powerful circles designed to gather our community in the spirit of love and mutual support. Here we create a sacred space for profound emotional healing through experiencing the miracles of love. Be in touch with your true self and heal in all aspects of your life: mentally, emotionally, spiritually, sexually, physically, and financially. Led by Lucia Gabriela, Our Sacred Love Temple, Love Priestess, Coach, Healer & Alchemist. Bring cushion or yoga mat. Love Exchange $10-$20. Elixir Tea House, 1926 Hillview St, Sarasota. 516-287-0242.

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A Journey Into The Angelic Realm Series/Angel Speak – 7-9pm. In this inspiration class Molly Friedenfeld teaches how to decipher Angel numbers, signs, symbology & communication. Utilize simple angelic divination tools: pendulum, angelic crystal ball and divining rods. Love conquers all. $20. Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. Info & Registration, 941-371-9333, ccosl.com.

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Interiorology: Interior Design from Within – 3-4:30pm. Lecture and book-signing with Laurel James. Awaken the possibilities, positive aspects and expressions of the true you in your home. Free.

Elysian Fields, 1273 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota. 941361-3006, ElysianFieldsOnline.com.

Master Share for Reiki III – 7-9pm. Masters of all lineages come together to share, expand, enhance and brush up on their Reiki. Wear comfortable clothes. $5 Suggested Donation. Rising Tide, 5102 Swift Rd, Sarasota. Rev Zan Benham 941-922-7839. Zan@ Woman-Spirit.com or Woman-Spirit.com.

INTRODUCTION TO BECOMING THE SACRED SENSUAL MAN (Men’s Only Event) - 7 pm - 9:30pm Join us, in a men’s only group which will address issues and concerns around sensual relationship to Self as well as within Loving Relationship. In this safe and honoring environment, we will share ancient secrets and practices which bring you, as a man, into the total awareness of what it takes to be a Sacred and Sensual Man. Organized by Our Sacred Love Temple and Led by our leading mentor Sensual Sage Evelynn. Love Exchange Prepaid $50 At door $75. For Private Location RSVP is required. For more information visit sacredlovetemple.com and contact us at support@sacredlovetemple.com

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 John of God, Crystal Light Bed Session – Call or email to book your session with Michele Denise, authorized John of God guide. 828-423-1482. Michele@Crystalhealingbed.com. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941-371-9333, ccosl.com.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 Psychic Intuitive & Trance Channel Readings – 10:30am-5:30pm. Sherry Lord is a versatile channel who can assist you on your path. 15 mins/$40; 30 mins/$75; 60 mins/$125; Deep Trance Channel Sessions 50 mins/$175. Elysian Fields, Midtown Plaza, 1273 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota. RSVP 941361-3006, ElysianFieldsOnline.com.

Women’s Full Moon Meditation with Cheryl Chaffee – 6:30pm. Doors close at 7pm when meditation begins. Kirtan Chanting & Barbara Gail on Drums. Kirtan is a call and response method of chanting and one of the oldest of the sacred music traditions. It opens the heart to community and the experience of the inner soul’s beauty. Circle meets on the new and full moons. Led by a senior member of the community. $10/Donation. Rising Tide, 5102 Swift Rd, Sarasota. Info, Jo Mooy 941-3551414 or JoMooy@gmail.com.

Essential Oils – 7-9pm. This workshop will be focusing on lavender, rosewood & ylang ylang. Join us and learn the various methods of use & health benefits associated with each oil including hand massage application. $25. Angel Ministries, 2269 S Tamiami Trl, Venice. Rev Patricia Charnley, 941-492-4995, RevPat@AngelMinistriesfl.org, AngelMinistriesfl.org.

John of God, Crystal Light Bed Session – Call or email to book your session with Michele Denise, authorized John of God guide. 828-423-1482. Michele@Crystalhealingbed.com. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941-371-9333, ccosl.com.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21 Automatic Writing – 10am-Noon. Come Join our Psychic/Medium from England and learn how to use this method so our guides and angels will be able to communicate with us and answer any questions we may have. $20. Angel Ministries, 2269 S Tamiami Trl, Venice. Rev Patricia Charnley, 941492-4995, RevPat@AngelMinistriesfl.org, AngelMinistriesfl.org.

Hands of Light with Joy Adler – 10am-5pm Nov 21. 10am-4pm Nov 22. Learn skills as taught at the premier healing school in the world. Energy Mastery techniques are great for self-healing and helping others. $250. Sarasota School of Massage Therapy. Info, email Joy, GoldenVoice@prodigy. net. To register, visit SarasotaSchoolOfMassageTherapy.edu/ce_hands_of_light.html.

Sarasota Fall Fine Arts Festival – 10am-5pm.

Sun 11am-5pm. Nov 21-22. Featuring original paintings, photography, sculpture, metalwork, digital art, jewelry, glass, ceramics, woodworking and more. Free admission. Gulfstream Ave & Main.

More info, November Sarasota Events on Escapeto-Sarasota.com.

Intuitive Faire Readings and More – 11am4pm. A monthly event with Intuitive and Mediumistic Readings, Spirit Artist, Palmistry, Astrology and Numerology Reports. Something for everyone. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941371-9333, ccosl.com.

Psychic Fair – 11am-4pm. Readings, Healings, message gallery, free lectures. Psychic Readers will use their intuitive abilities to assist you in making choices and in answers for personal growth. Readings and Healings are 15 minutes, so you have time to sample different reader styles. If you’ve never had a reading, now is the time to give it a try! Join in the fun and see how spirit is helping you! $20/15 min. The Spirit University, 373 Braden Ave, Sarasota. 941-544-5874. Light@VictoriaAckerman. com. TheSpiritUniversity.com.

Reiki I Certification – Noon-5pm. In this 2-day workshop, join our Reiki Master and receive Reiki Attunement, experience guided meditation, meet your Reiki Guides, and so much more! $75/$15 Reiki I manual, 0.5 Credit. Angel Ministries College, 2269 S Tamiami Trl, Venice. Rev Patricia Charnley, 941-492-4995, RevPat@AngelMinistriesfl.org, AngelMinistriesfl.org.

Sunset Beach Sound Immersion – 4:30-5:30pm.

Enjoy the vibration of Crystal and Tibetan bowls and the sacred sound of the gong as the sun sets over the Gulf of Mexico. $15 or as affordable.

South Lido Beach Park (gulf side). 941-812-8695.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22 ECK Worship Service – 10-11am. This month: True Generosity and the Law of Plenty. Learn the best way to give to others and how to bring the things you want into your life. Free. AmericInn, 5931 Fruitville Rd (W of I-75), Sarasota. 941-3580325, Meetup.com/EckankarInSarasota.

Sarasota Suncoast Concert Band – 3pm. $5.

Northminster Presbyterian Church, Lockwood Ridge, 3131 61st St, 1 block S of University Pkwy, Sarasota. More info, 941-907-4123. November Sarasota Events on Escape-to-Sarasota.com.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26

As Above So Below: Seen with New Eyes – 3-7pm. Beloved minister and sage, Dorothy Ann Jackson leads a journey of the Sun through the Zodiac as we see the Creation, Fall and Redemption with teachings from the early Bible Christians, Essenes and Gnostics, Plato and sages of the Holy Science. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941371-9333, ccosl.com.

Annual Sahib Shrine’s Feztival of Trees – Nov 27-29. 9am-7pm Fri & Sat. 9am-3pm Sun. Familyfriendly Christmas event that displays dozens of Christmas trees that are also raffled off. The trees are donated and decorated by community businesses and organizations. There’s also music, pictures with Santa, a kids workshop, fish pond and craft fair. $2. Free/Children 12 & under. 600 N Beneva Rd, Sarasota. Info, November Sarasota Events on Escape-to-Sarasota.com.

Blue Tent to Embrace and Honor Our Men (Men Only) – 7pm. Honoring Our Divine Masculine - A sacred circle where men gather to open their hearts, share their truth and step into their power. Men experience honor, respect, acceptance, appreciation, gratitude & unconditional love for who they are. Rediscover your inner fire; embody what your heart desires; gain clarity in your life; claim, attract, and manifest true love into your life. BYO cushion or yoga mat. Led by Lucia Gabriela, Love Priestess, Coach, Healer & Alchemist. Dress Code: Blue.

Love Exchange $20-$30. Elixir Tea House, 1926 Hillview St, Sarasota. Location & RSVP 516-2870242. Info SacredLoveTemple.com.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23 The Magical Life of Wicca: Power of the Elements – 7-9pm. Tesha Miller discusses how to harness the Earth energies of Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit. $15. Elysian Fields, Midtown Plaza, 1273 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota. RSVP 941-3613006, ElysianFieldsOnline.com.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Reawakening Sensuality: A Ritual to Embody Your Sensual Goddess – 7pm. Experience the fire, the power, the passion, and the unconditional love of your Divine Inner Goddess coming to the surface without apologies: to be fully present, alive, and in her power. Experience an initiation ritual where we create a sacred container to surrender what is not our true essence, let go of what has been holding us back, give ourselves permission to be our authentic selves, and reclaim our truth.

BYO cushion or yoga mat. Led by Lucia Gabriela, Our Sacred Love Tempe, Love Priestess, Coach, Healer & Alchemist. Love Exchange $30. RSVP and for private home location, 516-287-0242. SacredLoveTemple.com.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Thanksgiving Eve Party: “Main Street Live” – 5pm-Midnight. Food vendors and arts and crafts. Historic Old Main St, Bradenton. November Sarasota Events on Escape-to-Sarasota.com.

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Annual Light Up Siesta Key Village Parade & Holiday Open House – 6-9pm. Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony about 6:15pm at the Gazebo at Ocean Blvd & Canal Rd. Santa arrives on a float in the parade which will begin at Avenida del Mare & Beach Rd 5:40pm, traveling north into the Village, arriving at Siesta Center 6:15pm. Santa will greet all children, with the first 250 receiving gift bags donated by Beach Bazaar. At Santa’s Village there will also be a clown, face painting, games with

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prizes & photos with Santa. Live music at various venues plus carolers, demos of gymnastics and martial arts and a petting zoo. Free admission. Free trolley rides from Siesta Key Public Beach to Siesta Village 5:30-10pm. Info, November Sarasota Events on Escape-to-Sarasota.com.

The Venice Holiday Parade – 7pm. The 37-year tradition continues with one of the biggest Holiday Parades along the Suncoast. Over 3000 participants representing about 120 local companies, schools, churches, social organizations and music groups, it is expected to draw 40,000 viewers. Pre-parade entertainment begins at 5pm in the downtown Venice area. Parade route runs from Park Blvd and West Venice Ave to the Venice Community Center.

Streets in the parade route close at 3pm. Historic Downtown Venice. More info, November Sarasota Events on Escape-to-Sarasota.com.

Tree Lighting Ceremony & Movie – 7-10pm. Watch the tree lighting and then watch Miracle on 34th Street, the free outdoor holiday movie. Bridge Street, Bradenton Beach, Anna Maria Island. Info, November Sarasota Events on Escape-to-Sarasota.com.

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Reiki II Certification – 6:30-9pm. In this 2-day workshop you will learn three Reiki Symbols and how to draw them correctly, discover their meanings and when to use them, or not! Learn about Raku-Kei, Crystals and more. Receive Second Degree Reiki Attunement. $75/$15 Reiki I manual, 0.5 Credit. Angel Ministries College, 2269 S Tamiami Trl, Venice. Rev Patricia Charnley, 941492-4995, RevPat@AngelMinistriesfl.org, AngelMinistriesfl.org.

plan ahead THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3 Muttini Mingle – 5:30-8pm. A pawtastic yappy hour, presented by Salty Paws. Live entertainment.

Fishermen’s Village, 1200 W Retta Espl, Port Charlotte, 800-443-7297.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 Spirit of the Holidays Messages Party – 7-9pm.

Come celebrate the Spirit of the holidays! At our fundraiser and holiday gala all guests will receive heartwarming and validating information from a top psychic medium. Holiday Gala includes: Spirit Messages from 5 Top Psychic Mediums-everyone receives a personal message; Dinner Buffet, Wine, Desserts, Gift Baskets Raffle, Music, Fun. Space is limited; reserve your place early. $55. Unity Church Fellowship Hall, 3023 Proctor Rd, Sarasota. 941-544-5874. Light@VictoriaAckerman.com.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 Family Yoga at Selby Gardens – 4-4:45pm. Jen Maecker 200RYT teaches yoga to children and adults throughout the Sarasota community, and has a certification to teach yoga to children with special needs. Inside location will be provided in case of rain or high temperatures. Families should bring either yoga mats or towels. $15/ Member parent and up to 2 children; $20/Non-member parent and up to 2 children. Selby Gardens, 900 S Palm Ave, Sarasota. 415-755-7167. JenMaeckerYoga@gmail.com.

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sunday Beach Yoga for Everybody – 8:30-9:30am. Relax, breathe, stretch & greet the beautiful morning on beautiful Englewood Beach (N end). Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, Englewood. 941473-0135, Lata528@gmail.com, LovingLightYoga.com.

Meet & Greet: Learn With Other Like-Minded Souls – 9-10am. Enrichment spiritual classes for adults. Free. Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Rd (between Beneva & Swift), Sarasota. 941-9553301, UnityOfSarasota.com.

One from the Heart Healing Sessions – 9:3010:15am. Center of Spiritual Awareness healing practitioners offer 15-min sessions to bring a state of wholeness to body, mind, and spirit. Free. Fruitville Rd (Knights of Columbus Bldg), 941-926-7828.

Amrit Level 1 Yoga – 9:30-10:15am. Students are guided through Level 1 Amrit Yoga posture sequence into a deeper experience of integration.

You will be guided into proper alignment for your body type through energetic extensions and pressure points. Working with the first and second half of the posture brings the nervous system into balance and body into homeostasis. Intentionally repeating this sequence is similar to chanting a mantra repeatedly, focusing the mind so that the body can relax fully.

All levels of students welcome. $15/1, $125/10, $57/unlimited-1x offer/new students only. Journey Into Complete Wellbeing Yoga & Meditation Studio, 265 E Marion Ave, Ste 117C, Punta Gorda. 772485-0605. JourneyInStudio.com.

Discover Your Spiritual Home – 10am. With Rev Karen Wolfson. Center for Spiritual Living Sarasota, South Gate Community Center, 3145 S Gate Cir, Sarasota. 941-927-6212. CSLSarasota.com.

Hatha Yoga with Jamie Coffey – 10-11:30am. A creative blend of yoga styles based on the teacher’s background. The class helps to build strength and increase flexibility. $14, $50/5, Rosemary Court Yoga, 810 Central Ave, Sarasota, 941-952-5280, RosemaryCourt.com.

Mixed Levels Yoga with Cindy – 10-11:30am.

Alignment-based yoga suitable for anyone with previous yoga experience. Learn standing poses, twists, back bends, seated bends & inversions at your own pace. More options given for beginning or advanced students. $16; $78/6. Garden of the Heart Yoga, 2888 Ringling Blvd, Sarasota, 941341-9781, GardenOfTheHeartYoga.com.

A Cosmic New Thought Service – 10:30-11:30am.

A metaphysical universal service with music, talk, meditation and chants, to educate & expand our understanding and concepts to clarify and empower our connection with Infinite Spirit, Divine Source.

Free energy healings at 10am. Love offering. The Cosmic Center, 5041 Ringwood Meadow, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. Rev Zan Benham 941-922-7839, Zan@Woman-Spirit.com, CCOSL.com.

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FUNday at Unity of Sarasota – 10:30-11:30am.

Spiritual Seekers, all are welcome to join us each Sunday for a wonderful, uplifting service. Free.

Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Rd (between Beneva & Swift), Sarasota. 941-955-3301, UnityOfSarasota.com.

Sunday Worship Service – 10:30-11:30am. Start your week refreshed. Join CMF for a morning of inspiration, spiritual healing, inspirational talk, special music and spirit messages from guides and loved ones. Love Offering. Center for Metaphysical Fellowship, 2044 Bispham Rd, Sarasota. 941266-8435, CMFSarasota.org.

Sunday AM Service – 10:30am-Noon. Join us for a free chair healing, singing, inspiring spiritual church messages and, after service, messages from Spirit with our Psychic/Mediums. Love Offering Welcome. Angel Ministries, 2269 S Tamiami Trl, Venice. Rev Patricia Charnley, 941-492-4995, revpat@ angelministriesfl.org, angelministriesfl.org.

Aerial Yoga – 11:30am-12:45pm. With Mandy.

All levels. Begins with basic mat work & progresses to using a soft fabric yoga inversion swing. $15; $12/senior/student. 6260 N Lockwood Ridge Rd, Sarasota. 941-359-9642. ReflexArts.com.

Cosmic In-Service – 12:15-1:30pm. Gathering of Lightworkers. A call to Planetary World Servers to anchor Light and work with our family of light to bridge Heaven and Earth. Love Offering. The Cosmic Center, 5041 Ringwood Meadow, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. Rev Sharon Elizabeth James, 941-3719333, CCOSL.com.

Sunday PM Service – 6:30-8pm. Join us for a free chair healing, singing, inspiring spiritual church messages and, after service, messages from Spirit with our Psychic/Mediums. Love Offering Welcome. Angel Ministries, 2269 S Tamiami Trl, Venice. Rev Patricia Charnley, 941-492-4995, revpat@ angelministriesfl.org, angelministriesfl.org.

monday Beach Yoga for Everybody – 8:30-9:30am. Relax, breathe, stretch & greet the beautiful morning on beautiful Englewood Beach (N end). Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, Englewood, 941-473-0135, Lata528@gmail.com, LovingLightYoga.com.

No Nonsense Nutrition – 9-10am. With Eve Prang Plews, LNC, IFMCP. WSLR 96FM, wslr.org.

Workout with Lucho – Mon & Weds 9:1510am. F.I.T. Functional Interval Training. Improve strength, flexibility and heart health using your own body combined with resistance and cardio exercises. All levels. $12/Prepaid, Beach Life Wellness, 301 Albee Rd W, Nokomis, 941-244-2006, BeachLifeWellness.com.

Hatha Yoga with Stephanie Cole – 9:3010:45am. A creative blend of yoga styles based on the teacher’s background. The class helps to build

strength and increase flexibility. $14, $50/5, Rosemary Court Yoga, 810 Central Ave, Sarasota, 941952-5280, RosemaryCourt.com.

Alternative Health – 10-11am. Alt Mondays.

With Eve Prang Plews, LNC, IFMCP. WMNF 88SFM. Call-in line 813-239-9663, wmnf.org.

Amrit Yoga Therapeutics – 10-11:30am. Over time, patterns of thinking and feeling are energetically and physically held in the body. Left unsolved, they can manifest as tension, agitation, health imbalances and other problems. Through this understanding and the use of yoga postures to free prana, the body mind complex can begin to heal and integrate itself. The focus of this class is learning to relax with forms of energy one would normally resist and recognizing that even the most intense, uncomfortable sensations lead back to stillness and calm. All levels of students welcome. $15/1, $125/10, special $57/unlimited-1x offer/ new students only. Journey Into Complete Wellbeing Yoga & Meditation Studio, 265 E Marion Ave, Ste 117C, Punta Gorda. 772-485-0605. JourneyInStudio.com.

Ashtanga Yoga with Liana Bryant – 11:15am12:45pm. Ashtanga Yoga is a physically demanding practice synchronizing breath with movement through a set series of progressive postures to build strength, flexibility, and stamina. $14, $50/5, Rosemary Court Yoga, 810 Central Ave, Sarasota, 941952-5280, RosemaryCourt.com, LianaYoga.com.

Slow Flow Kripalu Yoga with Angelena Craig – 4-5:15pm. A gentle yet energetic approach to traditional yoga, suitable for beginners or the more advanced. First time student special $15/ first class, second one is free; $55/5 class packages. Circusoul Yoga Studio, 4141 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota. 941822-9620, ANewAgingMovement.com.

Transitions Support Group – 5-6:30pm. A support group that helps cope with the reality of traumatic changes. Discover resources & chart strategies to achieve priority goals. Six sessions are recommended. Free. Transition Church, 2215 Sunset Dr, Ste E1, Bradenton. 941-739-7103. RevDCT@ Verizon.net.

Zumba with Carla – 5:30-6:30pm. Forget the workout, Join the party! Dance yourself into shape listening to the exotic & exhilarating rhythms of Latin and international beats. Just lose yourself in the music at the original dance-fitness party. All levels welcome. $12/Prepaid, Beach Life Wellness, 301 Albee Rd W, Nokomis, 941-244-2006, BeachLifeWellness.com.

Mixed Levels Yoga with Randall – 5:30-7pm.

This alignment-based yoga class is geared toward students who have been practicing yoga for at least 6 months. Inversion options will be taught in this class to prepare you for headstands, handstands, and shoulderstands. Dropins welcome. $16; $78/6. Garden of the Heart Yoga, 2888 Ringling Blvd, 941-341-9781.

GardenOfTheHeartYoga.com.

Ongoing Class Feldenkrais – 5:45-6:45pm.

Awareness Through Movement® classes improve posture, balance, body awareness. Lessons (in chairs/on floor) are designed to quiet non-working habitual patterns, invite you into a process for learning and offer experiences for more efficient movement. $15/class; $50/4 classes, Ionie’s, 1241 Fruitville Rd, Sarasota, 941-587-4535, FeldenkraisInSarasota.com.

The Amrit Method of Yoga Nidra – 6-7pm. Experience a guided meditation technique with the power to take you to the innermost, deepest levels of relaxation where your whole body and being is permeated by peace of mind and profound stillness.

Yoga Nidra takes you beyond the ordinary state of mind where the deepest level of healing and rejuvenation take place effortlessly. $15/1, $125/10, special $57/unlimited-1x offer/new students only.

Journey Into Complete Wellbeing Yoga & Meditation Studio, 265 E Marion Ave, Ste 117C, Punta Gorda. 772-485-0605. JourneyInStudio.com.

Anchoring the Light Meditation – 7:458:45pm. Rev Sharon-Elizabeth James channels anchoring the light meditation. Serving the Ascension of our planet with the Ascended Realms as Anchors of Light. Every Monday since 2007. Love Offering.

The Cosmic Center, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941-371-9333, CCOSL.com.

Spirit Automatic Writing – 6-7pm. Our spirit loved ones and guides are ever ready to help each of us. Colleen Panebianco will help you learn how to open up and enjoy this effective communication method. The technique comes so very naturally with just a little coaching. $10 Donation. Center for Metaphysical Fellowship, 2044 Bispham Rd, Sarasota. 941-266-8435, cmfSarasota.org.

Yoga Classes – Mon, Tues, Wed. A variety of styles.

Ionie Body Mind Retreat/Raw Food Café, 1241 Fruitville Rd, Sarasota. Info 941-955-4599, Ionie.com.

Evening Yoga Flow – 6-7:15pm. Join Lata in this evening slow flow vinyasa practice. Bring your focus to releasing stress and tension in the body and mind while opening the heart and freeing the spirit, slowing down from your busy day as we link breath and movement with grounding asana sequencing and longer held forward bends to relax and re-new. Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, Englewood. 941-473-0135, Lata528@gmail.com, LovingLightYoga.com.

Women’s Life Transitions Group – 6-7:30pm. 1st & 3rd Monday. Support for women experiencing change/transition in their lives, including retirement, divorce, loss, relocation, empty nest, family problems, relationship issues, etc. in a warm, supportive atmosphere. $20/Session. 2055 Wood St, Ste 205, Sarasota. 941-306-1235. CounselingAssociatesOfSarasota.com.

Vinyasa Yoga with Ildi Bercak – 6:30-7:45pm.

A vigorous style of yoga, which links breath and movement through a heat-building sequence. $14, $50/5. Rosemary Court Yoga, 810 Central Ave, Sarasota. 941-952-5280, RosemaryCourt.com.

Booty Beat! – 6:40pm & Friday 9:15am. Experience the fabulous feeling that dancing gives you, while reaping the benefits of strength and cardio.

This fabulous and super fun dance fitness class allows you to let loose and condition the entire body inside out! $10, Packages available, Fly Dance Fitness, 999 Cattleman Rd, Sarasota. 941-400-0020.

FlyDanceFitness.com.

Joyful Mindful Meditation – 7-8pm. All are welcome to this meditation presented by Monk Bhante San. Learn to experience peace and happiness. $10. Unity of Sarasota Enlightenment Center, 3023 Proctor Rd (yellow building). 941-9553301, UnityOfSarasota.com.

Forgiveness Support Group – 7-8:30pm. Forgiveness in Aramaic is to cancel, untie or let loose.

It’s a tool for changing a reality in the mind. This is one of the core messages of Why is this Happening to Me Again? $10. Unity Church of Sarasota. 941776-7465, UnityOfSarasota.com.

Sai Maa Satsang & Blessing – 7-8:30pm. 1st Monday. A spiritual gathering, meditation & blessing to strengthen connection to self, truth & healing. Uses Sai Maa teachings & transformational healing. Free. Central Sarasota location. 941-4877077, Sai-Maa.com.

Chakra Clearing & Alignment – Spiritual guidance from Rev Duffy Rutledge using the Crystal Bed from John of God. $25. Call for appointments.

941-926-7828.

tuesday Self Love Yoga – 8:15am. Tuesday & Thursday.

Led by Love Yoga Instructor Jake Jones. Bring yoga mat or cushion. Love Exchange $10-$20.

Southgate Circle Park on Tuttle, park at 3205 Southgate Circle. Text 516-287-0242 for rainy day location. Info SacredLoveTemple.com.

Beach Yoga for Everybody – 8:30-9:30am. Relax, breathe, stretch & greet the beautiful morning on beautiful Englewood Beach (N end). Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, Englewood. 941473-0135, Lata528@gmail.com, LovingLightYoga.com.

WSLR Peace & Justice Show – 9-10am. Tune in to 96.5 on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Tuesdays of the month for The Peace and Justice Report. Submit any event announcements for the show to Info@wslr.org.

TRX Training Basics – Tues & Thurs 9:15-10am.

Learn how to safely use this Suspension Training System used today by all branches in the US Military and in fitness & rehabilitation programs all over the world. Basic yet challenging full body workout. $12/Prepaid, Beach Life Wellness, 301 Albee Rd W, Nokomis, 941-244-2006, BeachLifeWellness.com.

Dance N Tone – 9:30-10:30am. A work out for your mind and body! One hour of low impact exercise and fun in an air-conditioned gym. Optional 1/2 hour of floor work afterwards. $5. Faith Church (corner of Beneva and 12th St), Sarasota. Info, Gail 941-586-3464.

Tai Chi – 10-11am. Nov 3, 10, 17. Tai Chi taught

by Dr Aihan Kuhn. Wear comfortable clothing. $20/class. Traditional Aikido of Sarasota, 803 Bell Rd, Sarasota. Dr Kuhn 508-380-0449. TaiChiHealing.org.

Hatha Yoga with Stephanie Cole – 10-11:15am. A creative blend of styles that builds strength and increases flexibility. $14; $50/5. Rosemary Court Yoga, 810 Central Ave, Sarasota, 941-952-5280, RosemaryCourt.com.

Beginners Spanish Lessons – 10:30am-Noon.

Beginning October 13, Starflower Spathecary is hosting beginner Spanish conversation classes.

Instructor Lisa Stuart has taught Spanish for more than 20 years in Florida public schools and adult education programs and currently owns a private tutoring business. Classes are fun, highly interactive and include lots of dialogue. $10. Starflower Spathecary, 415 S Pineapple Ave, Sarasota. 941554-4292. Starflower.com.

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Hot Vinyasa Yoga – 11am-12:15pm. Combines upbeat music, interesting transitions, & fulfilling vinyasas to begin the week. Betsy is experienced & continues to grow & evolve this beautiful practice. $15, Class cards available. 6260 N Lockwood Ridge Rd, Sarasota. 941-359-9642. ReflexArts.com.

Chair Yoga – Noon-1pm. Tues & Thurs. With Carol. Perfect for those that struggle with flexibility or balance demands of a traditional yoga class. Benefits of asana, pranayama, & short meditation. $15, $12/Senior. Reflex Arts, 6260 N Lockwood Ridge Rd, Sarasota. 941-359-9642. ReflexArts.com.

Community Acupuncture with Dr Wald and Dr Dienes – 1-3pm. $35. Beach Life Wellness, 301 Albee Rd W, Nokomis. Space is limited. Reservations, 942-244-2006, BeachLifeWellness.com.

Belly Dance Fundamentals – 5:30-6:30pm.

Belly Dancing is natural to a woman’s bone and muscle structure with movements emanating from the torso. Join us as we focus on the basic isolations essential for the beginner as well as the professional dancer. $12/Prepaid, Beach Life Wellness, 301 Albee Rd W, Nokomis, 941-244-2006, BeachLifeWellness.com.

Automatic Writing Class – 5:30-6:45pm. Melissa Parks helps students connect to loved ones and guides. $15. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota.

941-371-9333, CCOSL.com.

Advanced Practice – 5:30-7:15pm. Tuesday nights are a teacher-led practice where strong yogis can come to learn advanced sequences and poses.

Knowledge of alignment is expected. Led by Jaye Martin or Cheryl Chaffee alternate weeks. Advanced students from other styles are welcome. $15; $88/8. Garden of the Heart Yoga, 2888 Ringling Blvd, 941-341-9781. GardenOfTheHeartYoga.com The Essentials Yoga Class – 5:45-7pm. An active class appropriate for most levels, focusing on essential yoga postures to improve one’s skeletal alignment, balance, flexibility & strength. Learn to release stress & enhance breathing. $14; $80/8.

Yoga Arts, Bradenton. 941-747-9397.

Yoga Nidra and Sound Healing – 6-7pm. First Tuesday monthly. A time to relax, restore and renew. A deep guided meditation that will take you into the deepest levels of relaxation. Through the use of guided imagery, breath awareness and the healing sounds of the Crystal Bowls, Yoga Nidra will help to alleviate not only muscular tensions, but also mental & emotional stress, healing the body, mind & spirit, bringing you into balance, harmony and peace. Open to all ages. Bring your favorite blanket and pillow. $18. Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, Englewood. Must Preregister, 941-473-0135, Lata528@gmail.com, LovingLightYoga.com.

Yin/Restorative and Sound Healing – 6-7:15pm.

A gentle yin practice with the crystal healing bowls. Relax and surrender into sensations and unlock deep rooted tensions in the body, quite the busy mind as you allow every cell of your bod y to be bathed in sound healing and vibration. A Spiritual Uplift for body, mind and soul! Englewood Yoga Center/Loving Light Yoga. Must pre-register, 941-473-0135, LovingLightYoga.com.

Iyengar Yoga with Deborah Di Carlo – 6:308pm. Iyengar Yoga is characterized by an emphasis on precision of alignment in the yoga postures, the

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use of props to help students of all ability levels achieve correct alignment, and an understanding of the therapeutic potential of yoga. $14, $50/5, Rosemary Court Yoga, 810 Central Ave, Sarasota, 941-952-5280, RosemaryCourt.com.

Intro to Buddhist Meditation – 7-8:30pm. Intro to meditation (6 varieties) from an authentic Tibetan Buddhist perspective, along with chats about Buddhist philosophy. $45/6 classes. Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota, 3975 Fruitville Rd. 941-552-8466. Saratara@gmail.com.

Zen Meditation – 7-8:30pm. Tues & Thurs. Led by spiritual director, Rev Daito Zenei Thompson.

Consists of two 20-min meditations, separated by a 5-min walking meditation. Ends with tea & conversation. Free. Sarasota Zen Center, 3947 Clark Rd, Ste A, Sarasota. 941-451-6988. SarasotaZen.org.

wednesday Early Morning Yoga with Jaye – 6-7:30am.

Alignment-based yoga class geared toward students who have been practicing yoga for at least 6 months. Greet the day with yoga. $16; $78/6. Garden of the Heart Yoga, 2888 Ringling Blvd, 941341-9781. GardenOfTheHeartYoga.com.

Self Love Yoga – 8:30am. Led by Love Yoga Instructor Jake Jones. BYO cushion or yoga mat.

Sliding Scale Love Offering $10-$20. Southgate Circle Park on Tuttle (park at 3205 Southgate Cir & look for Self Love Yoga banners), Sarasota. Call 516-287-0242, Details SacredLoveTemple.com.

Beach Yoga for Everybody – 8:30-9:30am. Relax, breathe, stretch & greet the beautiful morning on beautiful Englewood Beach (N end). Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, Englewood, 941473-0135, Lata528@gmail.com, LovingLightYoga.com.

Chair Yoga in Salt Room – 9:30-10:30am. Experience the health benefits of gentle yoga combined with the health benefits of working with the breath during dry salt therapy. $20; Pkgs available; Sr discount; 1st time Free. Fusion Therapy, 7069 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota. 941-921-7900, FusionTherapy.net.

Restorative/Therapeutic Yoga – 10-11:15am.

This class combines therapeutic movement & restorative postures. Suited for people unable to practice yoga in its more active form. Movements are gentle & well-supported. $14; $80/8. Yoga Arts, Bradenton. 941-747-9397.

Five Points Park Farmers Market – 10am-2pm.

Omega Cure bottles, vials, cookies and chocolates available. Stop by, say hi, and try a sample. First St & N Pineapple Ave, Sarasota, Omega3Innovations.com.

Tai Chi Dance/Baby Dragon – 10:30-11:30am.

This is an internal dance of breath and balance focusing on brain waves and connections found in the ultimate movements of the Baby Dragon Dance, with Master Teacher, Cody, Flying Eagle, Templeton. $10. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota.

941-371-9333, CCOSL.com. Info & Register, 941780-3168, EagleWings64@hotmail.com, MindBodyFitnessForYou.com.

Feldenkrais with Bonnie K – 10:45-11:45am.

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Core Tone-Up – 11:15am-12:30pm. A therapeutic flow of yoga and Pilates taught by a certified teacher in both. Beg-Int levels. Develop strong posture, healthy spine & joints, pelvic stability, balance, respiration, and all of yoga’s other benefits. $15; $10/10. Alive with Yoga, 7512 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota, 941-302-1004, AlivewithYoga.com.

Gentle Kundalini Yoga – 11:30am. Release stress and anxiety with breathing, light exercise and meditation. $15. Radiance of Sarasota, 2868 Ringling Blvd & Tuttle Ave, Sarasota. Lena 310-720-4320.

YogaBreathOfLife.com.

Vinyasa Yoga with Stephanie Cole – 11:30am12:45pm. A vigorous style of yoga, which links breath and movement through a heat-building sequence. $14, $50/5. Rosemary Court Yoga, 810 Central Ave, Sarasota. 941-952-5280, RosemaryCourt.com.

Stand Up Paddleboard Yoga – 3pm. A gentle yoga class on stand up paddleboards in a beautiful lagoon. Great for beginners. $35/includes board rental. 190 Taft Dr, Lido Key, Sarasota. Info & sign-up, 941-952-8245, Info@SurfItusa.com, SurfItusa.com.

TRX Chisel with Carla – 3-4pm. Intense fitness class working all of your muscles using TRX Suspension Training with a combination of the best basic exercises including squats, presses, lifts, curls, pushes, pulls, and more! $15, Beach Life Wellness, 301 Albee Rd W, Nokomis, 941-2442006, BeachLifeWellness.com.

Free Yoga for Veterans/Military – 3:30-4:30pm.

Veterans, military personnel and their family members can attend a free weekly yoga class designed for vets with PTSD, TBI and other combat injuries. Free, Garden of the Heart Yoga, 2888 Ringling Blvd, Sarasota, 941-341-9781, GardenOfTheHeartYoga.com.

Free Healing Clinic – 4-6:30pm. Our Masters tap into the Divine Source of energy to balance and heal your being. Relax and enjoy this renewing and enlightening experience. Love Donation Appreciated. Angel Ministries, 2269 S Tamiami Trl, Venice.

Rev Patricia Charnley, 941-492-4995, revpat@angelministriesfl.org, angelministriesfl.org.

Helping Parents Heal – 7-9pm. 2nd Weds monthly. Providing support and resources for parents who have experienced the death of a child.

Spiritual group, discuss after death communications, dreams, visits. $5 Love Donation. Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Rd, Sarasota. Mark 740-7019793, Mark@SoulProof.com. Bob 585-857-2719.

Tea with the Goddesses – 4:30-6:30pm. The Goddess Love Circle of Sarasota meet-up with other amazing Goddesses. Relax, chat, share wisdom, receive support from others and hold space for mind, body, heart and soul healing. Elixir Tea Shop, 1926 Hillview St, Sarasota, Text RSVP 516-287-0242.

Sarasota Contact Improv Jam – 7-9pm. 2nd & 4th Weds. Contact improv dance class. Love offering. Ionie Body Mind Retreat/Raw Food Café, 1241 Fruitville Rd, Sarasota. 941-320-8144. Ionie.com.

Sunlight Yoga – 5:45-7pm. With Debbie Downing. Gentle flowing hatha yoga. Range of motion, balance, breath awareness, asanas, relaxation.

Mixed level. The Power of One, 238 W Tampa Ave, Venice Centre Mall/KMI Bldg, Ste 250, 941468-0403, SunlightYoga@Verizon.net.

The Keys of Enoch Study Group – 7-9pm. 1st and 3rd Weds. Known also as The Book of Knowledge, this is the study of the “code-book” or blueprint for spiritual consciousness with the reality of Divine Intelligence. KeysOfEnoch.com. Written by Dr J J Hurtak. Facilitated by Kim Converse. $7. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941-371-9333, ccosl.com.

Intro to Hoop Dance Class – 6-7pm. Learn the basics of the art of Hoop Dance in this 4-week series that begins each month. Have fun, dance, meet new friends and burn calories. $40/month series.

Prana Yoga Studio, 3840 S Osprey Ave, Sarasota.

Bonnie Brown 941-404-8114. OutwardSpiral.net.

Midweek Prayer and Meditation Service – 7:208:30pm. Midweek relaxing respite which includes meditation, affirmative prayer, music, candle lighting, and silence. Free. Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Rd (between Beneva & Swift), Sarasota.

941-955-3301, UnityOfSarasota.com.

Kundalini Yoga with Erinn Earth – 6-7pm. Outdoor class for fresh air intake. Lots of breathing while stretching. Techniques for kundalini manipulation for subtle body transformation. Meditation indoors at end of class. Lesson from Sutras or Gita. $10; $40/5, Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Rd, Sarasota, 941-284-9563, InSelfYoga.net.

Restorative Yoga & Meditation – 7:30-8:45pm.

All levels welcome. Focuses on postures that relax the body & allow the mind to rest. Guided meditation & Reiki healing make this a great place to find rejuvenation. $15; Class cards available. 6260 N Lockwood Ridge Rd, Sarasota. 941-359-9642.

ReflexArts.com.

All Levels Flow Yoga – 6-7:15pm. With Ginny. Healing yoga class, afterwards, take a walk through gardens, visit the chickens & relax. $15; $12/Senior/Student. Heartwood Retreat Center.

941-359-9642. ReflexArts.com.

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Pregnancy Yoga – 6-7:15pm. Experience the benefits of pregnancy yoga for improved posture, strength, flexibility, endurance, breathing & relaxation. Appropriate for all levels. $15; $50/5. Prana Yoga, 3840 S Osprey Ave, Sarasota. 941-312-1898.

LeBarre – 6:40pm & Tues 9:15am. Taking the hottest trend in dance-inspired conditioning, people LeLove LeBarre! Combines balance, agility, resistance, recovery and eloquence into a challenging full body workout. Unlike any barre class you’ve seen! All levels welcome. $10; Packages available, Fly Dance Fitness, 999 Cattleman Rd, Sarasota, 941-400-0020, FlyDanceFitness.com.

Chair Yoga in Salt Room – 7-8pm. Experience the health benefits of gentle yoga, combined with the health benefits of working with the breath during dry salt therapy. $20; Packages available; Sr discount. Fusion Therapy, 7069 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota. 941-921-7900. FusionTherapy.net.

Meditation Study Group – 7-8:30pm. Introduction of the various philosophies of meditation followed by a study of different kinds of practices throughout history. We will discover what meditative practices are most appropriate today and for those interested in spiritual development.

Free. Starflower Spathecary, 415 S Pineapple Ave, Sarasota. 941-554-4292. Starflower.com.

Numerology Classes – 7-8:30pm. Learn to manage your life with numerology, with Kathy Skeen. $30. Rejuvenations Center, 2610 Bee Ridge Rd, Sarasota. 941554-8657. RejuvenationsOfSarasota@gmail.com.

Beach Yoga for Everybody – 8:30-9:30am. Relax, breathe, stretch & greet the beautiful morning on beautiful Englewood Beach (N end). Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, Englewood. 941-473-0135, Lata528@gmail.com, LovingLightYoga.com.

through a set series of progressive postures to build strength, flexibility and stamina. $14; $50/5, Rosemary Court Yoga, 810 Central Ave, Sarasota, 941952-5280, RosemaryCourt.com.

Tai Chi as a Spiritual Practice – 2-3pm. Join master teacher and author Caroline Demoise and experience the wonderful benefits of the meditative practice of tai chi that helps retain health with vitality while creating relaxation. All ages welcome. $10; $40/5. Fellowship Hall, Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Rd (between Beneva & Swift), Sarasota. 941-955-3301. UnityOfSarasota.com.

Amrit Yoga Therapeutics – 6-7:30pm. Over time, patterns of thinking and feeling are energetically and physically held in the body. Left unsolved, they can manifest as tension, agitation, health imbalances and other problems. Through the use of yoga postures to free prana, the body mind complex can begin to heal and integrate itself. The focus of this class is learning to relax with forms of energy one would normally resist and recognizing that even the most intense, uncomfortable sensations lead back to stillness and calm. All levels of students welcome. $15/1, $125/10, special $57/ unlimited-1x offer/new students only. Journey Into Complete Wellbeing Yoga & Meditation Studio, 265 E Marion Ave, Ste 117C, Punta Gorda. 772485-0605. JourneyInStudio.com.

Mother Earth Qigong – 6:30-7:30pm.

Come breathe fresh ocean chi-filled air on the beach!

Qigong utilizes presence of mind, with slow movements of body and breath to cultivate ease, strength and youthfulness in our being. With Peter Reed on North Lido Beach. Call or email for exact location, 941-323-6661, Dupres@mac.com. Meetup.com/ Mother-Earth-Qigong-on-Lido-Beach.

Vinyasa Yoga with Ildi Bercak – 6:30-7:45pm.

A vigorous style of yoga, which links breath and movement through a heat-building sequence. $14, $50/5. Rosemary Court Yoga, 810 Central Ave, Sarasota. 941-952-5280, RosemaryCourt.com.

Hatha Yoga – 9-10am. For a Life in Balance. A gentle, transforming practice with Pauline Dimitri. $10. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941-3719333, CCOSL.com.

Healing & Messages – 6:30-8pm. Join us for a free chair healing, singing, inspiring spiritual messages with our Psychic/Mediums. Love Offering Welcome. Angel Ministries, 2269 S Tamiami Trl, Venice. Rev Patricia Charnley, 941-492-4995, revpat@angelministriesfl.org, angelministriesfl.org.

Englewood Farmers Market – 9am-2pm. Omega Cure bottles, vials, cookies and chocolates available. Stop by, say hi, and try a sample. Historic Dearborn St, Sarasota, Omega3Innovations.com.

Pet Grief Support Group – 7pm. 3rd Thursday.

For understanding, support & sharing pictures & stories of your special friend. Love offering. Unity of Sarasota. 941-955-3301.

Mom + Baby Yoga with Liana – 10-10:45am. In this playful practice, moms rebuild core strength and relieve neck and shoulder tension while bonding with their little ones, and create lasting relationships with other moms. $14; $50/5, Rosemary Court Yoga, 810 Central Ave, Sarasota, 941-9525280, RosemaryCourt.com.

Prenatal Yoga – 7-8:15pm. Exclusively for momsto-be. Learn to safely modify yoga poses for every stage of pregnancy. Relax, de-stress, & embrace the joy of being pregnant, in a supportive environment. $16; $78/6. Garden of the Heart Yoga, 2888 Ringling Blvd, 941-341-9781. GardenOfTheHeartYoga.com.

Qi Gong Classes – 10-11am. Join Dr J in a weekly ancient meditative martial art class that has the potential to expand your body, mind and spirit. Using breathwork, physical poses and meditation, this hour-long session will leave you feeling better than when you walked in. Free/1st class. $12/Drop-in, Packages available. Sarasota Healing Arts, 1810 S Tuttle Ave, Sarasota. 941-487-7311.

Mapquesting for Your Spiritual Journey – 7-8:30pm. 2nd Thursday. Guided by Reverend Amy Zehe and Mary Ann Modrak. Join a lively discussion designed to assist you on your individual spiritual path. Love Offering. Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Rd (between Beneva & Swift). UnityOfSarasota.com.

Ashtanga Yoga with Liana Bryant – 11:15am12:30pm. Ashtanga Yoga is a physically demanding practice synchronizing breath with movement

Mediumship Training: Connecting with the Spirit World – 7-8:30pm. Do you have psychic abilities or see and sense spirits? If you would like to learn how to develop your mediumship ability,

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this class is a perfect place to get started. Victoria Ackerman teaches you how to unlock your abilities and provides the key for learning. $10 per class.

The Spirit University, 373 Braden Ave, Sarasota.

941-544-5874, Light@VictoriaAckerman.com, TheSpiritUniversity.com.

The Law of Attraction – 7-9pm. Part of the Spiritual Evolution series, ending on Dec 17. Teachings are based on the principles and processes of the Law of Attraction (cause/effect; sow/ reap) with an emphasis on the works of Abraham-Hicks’ Ask and It Is Given, and other notable sages past and present, with Rev Zan Benham. $10. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941-371-9333. CCOSL.com.

friday Sarasota Farmers Market – 7am-1pm. Come early for good parking & pick of the best produce & products from the market’s 70+ vendors. Downtown Sarasota, intersection of Lemon & Main St, 941-225-9256. SarasotaFarmersMarket.org.

Beach Yoga for Everybody – 8:30-9:30am. Relax, breathe, stretch & greet the beautiful morning on beautiful Englewood Beach (N end). Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, Englewood, 941473-0135, Lata528@gmail.com, LovingLightYoga.com.

Kundalini Yoga with Dev Atma – 8:30-9:45am.

Classes includes gentle warm ups, a yoga set of postures, movements, breathing techniques, and relaxation, followed by meditation utilizing mantra, breath, and often times the healing vibration of the Gong. $14; $50/5. Rosemary Court Yoga, 810 Central Ave, Sarasota. 941-952-5280. RosemaryCourt.com.

Downtown Bradenton Farmers’ Market – 9am2pm. Each Sat, the market features a special activity including guest chefs, raffles, arts & crafts vendors & children’s activities. Old Main St, Downtown parking/free on weekends. Dogs on leashes are welcome. 941-744-7484.

Nokomis Powerwalk – 9:15-10:15am. Group gathers at Beach Life Wellness and walks, jogs, lunges, and performs a variety of exercises as we make our way to Nokomis Beach and back. Super fun way to exercise with a group and enjoy the beautiful outdoors. All levels welcome. $12/ Prepaid, Beach Life Wellness, 301 Albee Rd W, Nokomis, 941-244-2006, BeachLifeWellness.com.

Essentials for Healthy Backs – 9:15-10:30am.

Therapeutic Yoga emphasizing alignment, core, breath, and specific poses to relieve common back conditions. $15; $10/10. Alive with Yoga, 7512 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota. Paula Morris, 941-923-5621, MrrisHaven@aol.com, AliveWithYoga.com.

Chair Yoga in Salt Room – 9:30-10:30am. Experience the health benefits of gentle yoga combined with the health benefits of working with the breath during dry salt therapy. $20; Pkgs available; Sr discount; 1st time Free. Fusion Therapy, 7069 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota. 941-921-7900, FusionTherapy.net.

Amrit Gentle Yoga Class – 10-11am. This gentle Amrit Yoga practice is designed to guide you into deeper levels of body awareness. Through breath you learn to release limitations felt in your body and keep the mind present in the experience. You will be guided into your body’s energetic extensions and press points present within each posture.

By working with press points and extensions the body naturally is held into the pose without force

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or strain, allowing you to find your full expression in the posture, opening the energy channels in your body to release trapped energy and tensions, effortlessly bringing you back into harmony. $15/1, $125/10, special $57/unlimited-1x offer/ new students only. Journey Into Complete Wellbeing Yoga & Meditation Studio, 265 E Marion Ave, Ste 117C, Punta Gorda. 772-485-0605. JourneyInStudio.com.

Flow Yoga – 10-11:15am. Sun Salutations to warm the body & move into a series of standing poses.

Practice balance, core stability & breathe awareness. $15, $88/8. Prana Yoga. 941-735-0344.

Hatha Yoga with Stephanie Cole – 10-11:15am.

A creative blend of yoga styles based on the teacher’s background. The class helps to build strength and increase flexibility. $14, $50/5, Rosemary Court Yoga, 810 Central Ave, Sarasota, 941-9525280, RosemaryCourt.com.

Book Study & Discussion – 10am-Noon. An ongoing book study group encouraging discussion & group interaction. $10. Unity of Sarasota. 941-9553301. UnityOfSarasota.com.

Astrology Fridays at The Power of One – 11am3pm. Know thyself and know what’s coming in your future. New relationship, order a synastry chart. Accurate, affordable prices. Call for an appointment or stop by the store to talk. Ask for Astrology Bob. $35/Natal or Progressed chart. The Power of One Metaphysical Shop, 238 W Tampa Ave, Venice. 941-493-6096.

Mindfulness and More – 1-2:30pm. Alive With Yoga, 7513 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota. Charlie Bradt 941-922-5205.

Amrit Yoga Nidra Class – 6-7pm. The Amrit Method of Yoga Nidra is a guided meditation technique, accessible to everyone. It has the power to take you to the innermost, deepest levels of relaxation where your whole body and being is permeated by peace of mind and profound stillness. Yoga Nidra takes you beyond the ordinary state of mind where the deepest level of healing and rejuvenation take place effortlessly. $15/1, $125/10, special $57/unlimited-1x offer/new students only. Journey Into Complete Wellbeing Yoga & Meditation Studio, 265 E Marion Ave, Ste 117C, Punta Gorda.

772-485-0605. JourneyInStudio.com.

Reiki Share – 7-9pm. 2nd Friday. Interested in practicing, receiving or just want to learn more about Reiki? Come and participate in group healing, with guided meditation beginning the evening, followed by Reiki transference. Massage tables are set up and everyone takes turns giving and receiving Reiki, sharing their month’s experiences and discussing the art of healing to enhance their gifts.

Donation/Goes to a different charity each month.

ReFlex Arts, Heartwood Retreat Center, 6260 N Lockwood Ridge Rd, Sarasota. 941-359-9642, Contact@ReFlexArts.com, ReFlexArts.com.

Chronic Illness Support Group – 7-9pm. 4th Friday. For women living with chronic illnesses in Sarasota. Free. Lido Key, Sarasota. 802-373-8779, ChronicWellnessNurse.com/events.html.

saturday Sarasota Farmers Market – 7am-1pm. Omega Cure bottles, vials, cookies and chocolates available. Stop by, say hi, and try a sample. Main St & Lemon Ave, Sarasota, Omega3Innovations.com.

Central Sarasota Year-Round Farmers’ Market – 8am-1pm, rain or shine. Every agriculture ven-

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Beach Yoga for Everybody – 8:30-9:30am. Relax, breathe, stretch & greet the beautiful morning on beautiful Englewood Beach (N end). Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, Englewood, 941-473-0135, Lata528@gmail.com, LovingLightYoga.com.

Align and Flow Yoga with Jen Maecker – 9-10:15am. A vigorous style of yoga, which links breath and movement through a heat-building sequence, with an extra focus on alignment. $14, $50/5. Rosemary Court Yoga, 810 Central Ave, Sarasota. 941-952-5280, RosemaryCourt.com.

Stand Up Paddleboard Yoga – 10am. A gentle yoga class on stand up paddleboards in a beautiful lagoon. Great for beginners. $35/includes board rental. 190 Taft Dr, Lido Key, Sarasota. Info & sign-up, 941-952-8245, Info@SurfItusa.com, SurfItusa.com.

Spiritual Grieving Support Group – 10-11am.

1st and 4th Sat. Meet with others who share a special bond in the loss of a loved one & learn the unique perspective of what happens to them when they pass by noted Mediums Revs Mary Linn and Thomas Clarke. Love Offering. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941-371-9333, ccosl.com.

Yoga with Lana – 10-11am. Join Lana in her serene Banyan Tree Open Studio. Authentic Yoga incorporating the essentials of a vital practice: meditation, strength, flexibility, balance, and healing.

Beginner-Intermediate Hatha Yoga. $12/Prepaid, Beach Life Wellness, 301 Albee Rd W, Nokomis, 941-244-2006, BeachLifeWellness.com.

Psychic Fair – 10am-3pm. 2nd & 4th Sat. Are you searching, questioning and seeking answers? Choose from some of the best Intuitive Artists in the Area! See what your future holds! Complimentary refreshments. Private Readings $1/Min. Angel Ministries, 2269 S Tamiami Trl, Venice.

Rev Patricia Charnley, 941-492-4995, revpat@angelministriesfl.org, angelministriesfl.org.

Wild Ginger Apothecary – 10am-6pm. Now open in Gulf Gate, featuring non-toxic and eco-friendly health + beauty items for the entire family. 6557 Superior Ave, Sarasota. 941-312-5630. WildGingerApothecary@gmail.com, WildGingerApothecary.com.

Kundalini Yoga with Erinn Earth – 10:3011:45am. Outdoor class for fresh air intake. Lots of breathing while stretching. Techniques for kundalini manipulation for subtle body transformation. Meditation indoors at end of class. Lesson from Sutras or Gita. $10; $40/5, Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Rd, Sarasota. 941-284-9563, InSelfYoga.net.

Iyengar Yoga with Deborah Di Carlo – 11am12:30pm. Iyengar Yoga is characterized by an emphasis on precision of alignment in the yoga postures, the use of props to help students of all ability levels achieve correct alignment, and an understanding of the therapeutic potential of yoga. $14, $50/5, Rosemary Court Yoga, 810 Central Ave, Sarasota. 941-952-5280, RosemaryCourt.com.

Nokomis Reiki Share – 3-5pm. 2nd Sat. An opportunity for Reiki practitioners to connect with one another and those who are interested to know more. Everyone will have time to receive as well as practice sharing healing energy in this safe, caring, environment. No experience needed. Love offering. Beach Life Wellness, 301 Albee Rd W, Nokomis, 941-244-2006, BeachLifeWellness.com.

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ACUPUNCTURE/ CHINESE MEDICINE CARYN L. YOUNG, DOM, AP, OTR

Board Certified Acupuncture Physician The Integrated Path, P.A. 3148 Southgate Ci, Sarasota 941-924-8833

The Integrated Path to Health and Wellness for the whole family utilizing Traditional Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture, Bio-Meridian Computerized Scanning, Bio-Cleanse Detoxification, Energetic Medicine, Clinical Nutrition.

ADULT EDUCATION THE OPEN CENTER

Bob Waxman, Ph.D. Author & Educator 3023 Proctor Rd. at Unity of Sarasota 941-724-5151 • OpenCenter@comcast.net OpenCenterFL.com (see 2014 Events)

Come and enjoy uplifting classes, events and films that explore spirituality, wellness & personal growth. Expand your mind and nourish your spirit! Many events by donation. Newcomers welcome! Also, seeking teachers with experience & credentials.

THE SPIRIT UNIVERSITY COURTNEY F. CONNELL, AP

Longevity Wellness Clinic & Crane Health 2106 Bispham Road, Sarasota, FL 941-923-9355 (WELL) LongevityWellnessClinic.com CraneHealth.net

We offer a holistic approach to healthcare that combines Chinese Medicine, acupuncture and nutrition with Western science and diagnostics. We specialize in Pain and Stress Relief, Heart Health and Healthy Aging, Endocrine and Nerological Disorders.

DR. PAULA KOGER BSN.MA AP OMD Home office in Sarasota, Florida call 941 539 4232 www.wealthofhealthcenter.com

Combining integrative technology and techniques to bring you Dynamic results see www.wealthofhealthcenter.com Acupuncture, NES, Zyto, Homeopathy, Scalar

ACUPUNCTURE FACELIFT FACES BY DR ANNA

Anna L. Baker, D.O.M. Nationally Board Certified Acupuncture Physician 941-924-2723 FacesByDrAnna.com

Unique muscle-tightening acupuncture facelift and necklift done with 12 hair-thin needles, none of which are on the face. Results documented photographically. Only one maintenance treatment needed every 18 months.

Free consultation includes facial analysis. Monthly seminars, call for schedule.

373 Braden Ave, Sarasota 941-888-4246 www.TheSpiritUniversity.com

Classes and Events: enriching and educational experiences for your personal transformation. Interact with like-minded individuals and learn from industry experts. Meditation, Energy Healing, Psychic Skills. Beginner to expert – all are welcome.

ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER SARASOTA ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER

Anne Luther, DVM 3646 Birky St., Sarasota 34232 941-954-4771 SRQVet.com

Dr. Anne Luther has over 25 years experience in conventional medicine and alternative therapies such as acupuncture and homeopathy.

“We treat your pet like our own!”

AROMATHERAPY YOUNG LIVING ESSENTIAL OILS

Alina Piccone & Robert Ridpath, ICA 813-644-9104 AlinaPiccone@me.com YLEOSarasota.com WeOwnOurLife.com

Young Living is the world leader in therapeutic essential oils. Contact us for details about hosting your own workshop or to attend an upcoming class!

BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES FAMILY PHARMACY

3644 Webber Street Sarasota • 941-921-6645 888-245-0070 FamilyPharmacy.org

Personalized service for 30 years— specializing in custom compounding. We offer herbal and nutritional supplements, seminars on bio-identical hormone replacement therapy, cholesterol screenings and more.

BOOKSTORE/GIFT SHOPS BRIGHT LIFE

2135 Siesta Drive, Sarasota 941-366-8113 www.BrightLife-USA.com

Bright Life, an award winning boutique specializing in innovative products that accelerate personal growth and transformation. Offering includes energy based healing products which utilize color, sound, fragrance, and the signatures of flowers, crystals & gemstones, monthly workshops, Aura-Soma & Classical Feng Shui consultations & training. Tue & Wed 12:30pm-5:30pm, Thur & Fri (by appointment), Sat 10am-4pm, closed Sun & Mon

ELYSIAN FIELDS

1273 Tamiami Trail, Sarasota 941-361-3006 ElysianFieldsOnline.com

APPLIED KINESIOLOGY DR. CYNTHIA CLARK, AP, ACN

Longevity Wellness Clinic & Crane Health 2106 Bispham Road, Sarasota, FL 941-923-9355 (WELL) LongevityWellnessClinic.com CraneHealth.net

Nutritional Healing with muscle testing combines dietary therapy with Western nutrition science; the aim is to recommend the precise nutrients your body needs to treat your specific health issues, increase healing and enhance performance.

Books and gifts for conscious living. Award-winning store! Jewelry, incense, clothing, candles, greeting cards and more. Private readings daily. Classes and events. M-Sat 10-6, Sun 12-5.

COLON HYDROTHERAPY COLON THERAPY CLINIC

Alain Menard • Allaesia Menard 7733 Holiday Ave. • Sarasota, Fl 34231 941-922-7744 ColonTherapyClinic.com

Cleansing for digestive disorders.

Licensed 42 years. Developed gentle technique. Foot bath and ear candling.

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COUNSELING

CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY

SARASOTA PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES

ADVANCED CRANIOSACRAL WHOLE BODY THERAPY

Eva Macaluso, MA, LMHC, BCC 941-363-1039 info@anxietytx.com

Holistic treatment approaches integrating Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Energy Psychology and Mindfulness. Working with the mind and body to alleviate symptoms and learn new ways of approaching life with a greater sense of calmness and less anxiety.

CHIROPRACTORS

Terry Grywinksi, LMT MA6049 San Marco 205D, 1188 N Tamiami Tr, Sarasota • 941-755-3437 AdvancedCranioSacralHealing.com

Gifted healer Terry Grywinski with 19 years experience and advanced craniosacral training provides rapid relief from injury, pain, and muscle restrictions. Great success with auto/ sports injury, sciatic, neck and back pain, TMJ, migraines.

Mainstay Chiropractic offers the latest 21st century chiropractic techniques and diagnostic approaches. See how contemporary neurologically based chiropractic care can help you and your specific health problem. Immediate openings. Since Drs. Smith are new in town and in the process of establishing their practice, you can probably be seen the same day you call. Call now to begin the healing process!

Sellers of stones, crystals, mineral specimens, fossils, jewelry, books, gifts, etc. Susan has over 25 years experience working with crystals and stones.

CRYSTAL BOWLS/GIFTS THE OM SHOPPE & SPA

4801 S. Tamiami Tr. Sarasota 941-706-3257 www.theOMshoppe.com

Sarasota’s largest selection of crystal singing bowls, Himalayan salt products, organic essential oils & aromatherapy, ascension crystals, meditation accessories and mindful living gifts.

Clinical & Transpersonal Hypnotherapist

Save your teeth with safe natural holistic dentistry. We offer general dental services such as cleanings, checkups and emergencies. Safe appropriate amalgam removal. Metal-free crowns, bridges and dentures.Non-surgical gum treatment. Holistic extractions.

FELDENKRAIS® METHOD

1899B Fruitville Rd., Sarasota 941-346-6203 CrystalCave.me

Drs. Jill and Beau Smith 717 Honore Avenue, Sarasota (941) 342-1291 www.mainstaychiropractic.com Email: www.mainstaychiro.com

RAY BEHM DDS

127 N Garden Ave. Clearwater, FL SaveYourTeeth.com 727-446-6747

FELDENKRAIS METHOD®

CRYSTALS THE CRYSTAL CAVE

MAINSTAY CHIROPRACTIC

DENTISTRY

Classes, Individual Lessons and Workshops.

Bonnie Kissam, M.A. At Ionie’s, 1241 Fruitville Rd., Sarasota 941-360-2248 Bonnie@FeldenkraisInSarasota.com

Movement with attention is the Feldenkrais Method®’s approach to improve posture and create more harmonious, efficient ways of moving. Through heightened awareness to the flow of movement, clients optimize their musical, athletic or natural everyday movements, and improve abilities after an injury, illness or trauma. Benefits go beyond the physical. Visit: FeldenkraisInSarasota.com.

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FENG SHUI BRIGHT LIFE AKA FENG SHUI SARASOTA

Kathy Keh, Classical Feng Shui Consultant 2135 Siesta Drive, Sarasota 941-366-8113 www.BrightLife-USA.com

Kathy Keh is a Classical Feng Shui Consultant who specializes in commercial and residential properties, existing and new construction. She also offers Advanced Feng Shui Consultation Certification Training on behalf of the Wu Ji Academy, Europe’s premier teaching institution for Classical Feng Shui Consultants formally recognized by the Chinese Institute of Classical Feng Shui in Beijing, China.

THE FENG SHUI CURE

Steve Kodad, CFSP, CFSRE 941-720-4480 www.TheFengShuiCure.com

Transform any environment into one that encourages success, good health, and great peace. Visit www.TheFengShuiCure.com for information on evaluations, seminars, and training in SW Florida.

FOOTBATH MASSAGE & SPA

ROYAL BUSINESS CONSULTING, LLC Enjoy the best of Asian health culture Care for feet - health control center 2312 Gulf Gate Dr, Sarasota 941-203-5289

Feeling exhausted and stressed? Enjoy the Finest authentic and professional care for your feet and body. Call 941203-5289 for an appointment. All major credit cards accepted

GYMNASTICS EURORHYTHMICGYMNASTICS

6050 Longwood Run Blvd, Sarasota 941-212-9166 EuroRhythmicGymnastics.com

The beauty of the Rhythmic Gymnastics is coming to the area! A sport that blends the strength of gymnastics, the grace of ballet and the creativity of dance, combined with the use of Ribbons, balls, ropes and clubs. Available for Girls all ages Opens August 18 at Longwood Community Center Classes coached from former Olympic level gymnast for Artistic Gymnastics and former College Champion of Rhythmic Gymnastics Rossy Mihaylova.

HAIR SALON BLISS SALON

5531 Palmer Crossing Ci, Sarasota 941-923-1287 BlissSalonSRQ.com

Come relax, be pampered and leave feeling beautiful inside and out. Have a green experience from head to toe at Sarasota’s premier natural salon & boutique. We focus on natural beauty products.

HEALTH CARE / MASSAGE

JUICE BAR

CROP JUICE BAR & CAFE

ZUNZUN MASSAGE AND HEALTHCARE

2320 Gulf Gate Drive, Sarasota and 4057 Cattlemen Rd, Sarasota (inside LA Fitness) (941) 923-8640 cropjuicesrq.com

Phillip &Tamayo Shope LMTs 2975 Bee Ridge Rd, A-#5, Sarasota MA66926 &MA59620 & MM28165 941-400-8291 www.zunzunmassage.abmp.com

At CROP, we hand craft our juices daily by using the highest ORGANIC JUICE BAR & CAFE quality organic vegetables, mix the appropriate amounts of organic fruits for a burst of flavor, and package our juice in glass to ensure the freshest, highest quality juice available anywhere. We invite you to try a CROP juice today and compare the ingredients on our label to any other juice on the market. You will then understand why we believe no other juice even comes close.

HOLISTIC VETERINARIAN

MANICURE/PEDICURE

BEAR CREEK VETERINARY ALTERNATIVES

BLISS SALON

7509 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota 941-312-6825 BearCreekSarasota.com

Jaime Gonzalez DVM, CVA, is coowner of this specialty practice. He is a holistic care expert and his approach to veterinary care combines 22 years of conventional, emergency medicine and alternative modalities.

5531 Palmer Crossing Ci, Sarasota 941-923-1287 BlissSalonSRQ.com

Come relax, be pampered and leave feeling beautiful inside and out. Have a green experience from head to toe at Sarasota’s premier natural salon & boutique. We focus on natural beauty products.

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WELLPRIDE

727 Commerce Dr, Venice, FL 34242 866-840-4811 Wellpride.com

Wellpride Omega-3 fish oil (EPADHA) for horses. Immune System • Respiratory Protection • Greater Endurance • Joint Flexibility • Better Fertility • Muscle Recovery • Hoof Integrity • Stomach Protection • Coat Sheen

Will meet or beat all competitor pricing.

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Customized massage to fit your • Customized Massage to Fit Your Needs needs.

Specializing in sports • Specializing in Sports Massage massage.

Available evenings & • Works onNew all levels of special athletics-to weekends. client 3 alleviate pai and prevent injury massages for $100.

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East Ave, Suite 202, Sarasota, FL RAINDROP 1219 TECHNIQUE CAROL FORREST, LMT

HEALTH SUPPLEMENTS OMEGA3 INNOVATIONS

cccforrest1@gmail.com 941-266-5771

727 Commerce Dr, Venice, FL 34242 866-840-4811 Omega3Innovations.com

Omega Cure® – Ultra-fresh, pure omega-3 cod liver oil. The result is impressive: our customers tell us they experience lowered triglyceride levels and relieved joint pains.

The Raindrop technique uses the amazing power of essential oils (which are dispensed in small, rain-like drops) to bring the body back into structural and electrical alignment.

THE OM SHOPPE & SPA

4801 S. Tamiami Tr. Sarasota 941-706-3257 theOMshoppeandspa.com

JIN SHIN JYUTSU® SUNCOAST JIN SHIN JYUTSU

Michelle Giambra, Certified Practitioner at Rosemary Court Yoga, 810 Central Ave 941-228-2972 SuncoastJSJ.com

Michelle shares this ancient, hands-on art of balancing life energy in the body with individuals addressing acute, chronic and serious health projects along with those interested in maintaining wellness. MA42460

OM Energy Day Spa. Om Sound Wave Fusion, Hot Himalayan Salt/ Cold Marble, Steamed Thai Herbal Ball, Four Hand, Chakra Clearing, & Integrated Energy Therapy. Complimentary with all treatments- organic products, color light and sound wave therapy and Amethyst Biomat.

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NUTRITION

MA39216 Sarasota Office & House Calls 970-389-4019 tonyalaughlin@yahoo.com

ous place to live.

LICENSED NUTRITION COUNSELOR

Choose one or more therapies for your session: Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork, Craniosacral Therapy, and Crystal Therapy.

My goal is to guide you to release pain and discomfort; enhancing a rhythmically harmoni-

Eve Prang Plews, LIC NC333 Full Spectrum Health, Inc. 2106 Bispham Road Sarasota, FL 941-952-1200 • M-Fri 9-5, Sat10-2 FullSpectrumHealth.com

HOLISTIC HEALTH CLINIC & STORE. Superior Supplements by Xymogen and more. Professional Grade Homeopathics by Newton.

Essential Oils by Oil Lady and Wind River Organic Skin Care by Éminence.

MEDICAL SPA/ MASSAGE THERAPY C’S MEDI SPA

Clara Diaz 2726 Tamiami Trl, Unit C, Port Charlotte 941-249-8160 • www.csmedispa.com

Clara Diaz, the heart and soul behind C’s Medi Spa, is a Licensed Paramedical Aesthetician with a passion for helping others. Specializing in Fractional RadioFrequency, Micro-Needling, Facial Treatments, Massages, Chakra Balancing Massage, Slimming Cavitation, Waxing, and Eyebrow Tinting.

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NATURAL FOOD

STARFLOWER ORGANIC SPATHECARY

415 S. Pineapple Ave Sarasota, FL 34236 941-554-4292, Starflower.com

Starflower Organic Spathecary offers an extensive line of superfoods and herbal medicinals with disease protocols. We offer a Holistic Wellness consultation for detoxification, which is a comprehensive multi-organ, totalbody cleansing and natural detoxification program. It includes reducing toxin intake, enhancing toxin elimination, and using specific detoxification herbs and other supportive dietary supplements to strengthen and promote optimum function of the organs. Mon- Fri, 10-5pm Sat 11-4

NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS

CAFE EVERGREEN

801 S Tamiami Trail, Nokomis, FL 941-412-4334 CafeEvergreen.net

SPECIAL NUTRITION DISCOUNT PRICES

Cafe Evergreen is a natural, organic restaurant.

Our menu consists of many organic recipes designed to not only taste delicious, but also enhance your health. Open 7 days a week 11am-9pm.

NATURAL PET FOOD

1882 Stickney Point Rd, Sarasota 941-929-0884 SpecialNutrition.net

Valerie Clows 713 Honore Ave, Sarasota, 941-378-4367 8728 SR 70, Bradenton, 753-7297 HolisticForPets.com

Specializing in Hypo-allergenic Foods, Frozen Natural Raw Foods, Herbal & Homeopathic Remedies, Detergent & Soap Free Shampoo, Natural Flee Preventatives Skin Care Products, Healthy treats, Toys and gifts.

AVA ANDERSON NON-TOXIC

Ashley Light, Independent Consultant (941)536-8051 Rabbitfox8@gmail.com avaandersonnontoxic.com/ashleylight

Offering skincare, makeup, cleaning products, pet products, kid products, baby products, and personal care items. All 100% toxin-free made with 100% certified organic essential oils and botanicals. Shop, host, join us!

PEST CONTROL GOOD NEWS PEST SOLUTIONS Dean Burnside, President Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice 941-371-1311 GoodNewsPestSolutions.com

Go Green Plus 3 • Pest Control, Termite Control • Rodent Proofing and Trapping • Bat and Bird Exclusion • Mosquito and Mole Suppression • Bed Bug Control • Residential and Commercial.

PET SUPPLIES HOLISTIC FOR PETS

Valerie Clows 713 Honore Ave, Sarasota, 941-378-4367 8728 SR 70, Bradenton, 753-7297 HolisticForPets.com

Offering the largest selection of all major supplement brands and natural products in the Sarasota area at discount prices. Special orders are our pleasure.

Specializing in Hypo-allergenic Foods, Frozen Natural Raw Foods, Herbal & Homeopathic Remedies, Detergent & Soap Free Shampoo, Natural Flee Preventatives Skin Care Products, Healthy treats, Toys and gifts.

ORGANIC BABY CLOTHES

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HOLISTIC FOR PETS

ORGANIC PERSONAL CARE/CLEANING PRODUCTS

6170 N. Lockwood Rd. • Sarasota 941-552-8500 upscalebabies.com

Our store carries made in the US 100% organic baby clothes made of bamboosa (grown right here in the US).

We offer Kee - Ka(an organic cotton), organic Boba wraps(bamboo), local artisan’s such as Fiona’s Fairies, Coast 2 Coast Threads, and Erna. Educational books and games coming soon.

Pre-made gift baskets available as well.

THE PILATES BODY & GYROTONIC STUDIO

1071 S Tuttle Ave. Ste 2, Sarasota, FL 941-955-5533 PilatesSRQ.com

A fully equipped movement center utilizing Pilates, GYROTONIC® & GYROKINESIS® Methods in small group classes, duets or one on one training.

PSYCHIC MEDIUM REVEREND LOIS CHENEY

928-300-2030 Sarasota-Psychic-Medium.com RevLois@gmail.com

Contacts Guides, Angels, Loved Ones, Past Lives. Cord Removal, Healing with Sound & Color. Chakra Balancing. Home or Office Clearing. Clinical Hypnosis for Habit Change. Psychic Parties!

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RECONNECTION® THE RECONNECTION® AND RECONNECTIVE HEALING®

Laura Mahoney, Practitioner and Yoga Teacher 561-306-9712 SarasotaHealer.com AngelWingsYoga.com

STARFLOWER ORGANIC SPATHECARY 415 S. Pineapple Ave Sarasota, FL 34236 941-554-4292 Starflower.com

ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER

Fresh, food-grade, organic skin care made in small batches, including medicinal - grade essential oils. We specialize in anti-aging for mature skin, rosacea, and acne. Visit our boutique and Spathecary Mon - Fri 105pm and Sat 11-4pm

Laura shares Dr. Eric Pearl’s energy healing for the body, mind and spirit.

She also offers private and group yoga.

CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING

SPIRITUAL COUNSELOR, SHAMANIC AND REIKI PRACTICES Rev. Zan Benham, BSL, BS, CHT 941-922-7839

Spiritual counselor, shamanic practitioner, Reiki healing, breath, and energy work, hypnosis, soul retrieval, past life regression all to empower and help you move into the Divine flow of the joy and power within you.

Sarasota

Rev. Karen Wolfson 3145 South Gate Circle (Tuttle@Siesta Dr.) 941-927-6212 CSLSarasota.com

COSMIC CENTER OF SPIRITUAL LIGHT 5041 Ringwood Meadow, G2, Sarasota 941-371-9333 CosmicCenterOfSpiritualLight.com

Embracing the New Paradigms of our Awakening Consciousness. A place of Knowledge,Wisdom, Healing and Comfort. Please visit our website at CCOSL.com for more information.

SPATHECARY STARFLOWER ORGANIC SPATHECARY

415 S, Pineapple Ave. Sarasota, FL 34236 941-554-4292 Starflower.com

Starflower Organic Skincare is one of the leading holistic skin care manufacturers in the U.S.A, offering a complete line of certified organically grown, food grade ingredients and essential oils. Spathecary services include Organic Facials, Structural Alignment Massage, Reflexology and Nutritional and Holistic Detoxification counseling.

SWIMMING SCHOOLS BODY-MIND AQUATICS SWIM SCHOOL Sarasota, Fl 941-981-1200 info@bodymindswimming.com www.BodyMindAquatics.com

Enjoy Sarasota’s holistic swim school’s healthier hydrogen peroxide pool. NO-TEARS Survival Safety Swim, childpaced, fun, individualized small classes of 3-4. Overcome fears. 6 months-adults.

FREE EVALUATIONS.

SKIN CARE SPA DE VRIES

3534 S. Osprey Ave, Sarasota 941-706-1157 DevriesCollection@comcast.net

Customized advanced skin care for all skin types. Specializing in custom facials, DermaSweep - exfoliation, Dermaplane and light therapy.

MM 26158.

3646 Birky Street, Sarasota 941-954-4771 SRQVet.com

Dr. Anne Luther has over 25 years experience in conventional medicine and alternative therapies such as acupuncture and homeopathy. “We treat your pet like our own!”

YOGA ROSEMARY COURT YOGA

SPIRITUAL CENTERS SHAMANIC PRACTICES

VETERINARIAN

ECKANKAR

Explore Eckankar at eckankar.org, call 941-358-0325 or on Facebook: EckankarInSarasota

810 Central Ave, Sarasota 941-952-5280 RosemaryCourt.com

Rosemary Court Yoga in downtown Sarasota offers all styles & levels of yoga classes including Beginner, Hatha, Pre & Postnatal, Iyengar, Restorative, Vinyasa, Power, Senior, Kundalini, Kripalu, and more. Come visit our welcoming and tranquil space.

GARDEN OF THE HEART YOGA

2888 Ringling Blvd, Sarasota. Near Tuttle 941-341-9781 GardenOfTheHeartYoga.com

Alignment-based hatha yoga for all ages and abilities. Classes are taught progressively, building from one week to the next each month, so you can access more poses with ease, according you your level. Gentle Yoga, Meditation, Vinyasa, Mixed Levels, Kirtan, Restorative Yoga, Chair Yoga, Workshops, and Teacher Training. Open 7 days a week. Drop-ins welcome.

REFLEX ARTS DANCE & YOGA STUDIO

Eckankar gives practical ways for people to have real spiritual experiences—even the ultimate experience of God—in this very lifetime. You can Explore Eckankar at eckankar.org, call 941-358-0325 or on Facebook: EckankarInSarasota.

6260 N. Lockwood Ridge Rd 941-359-YOGA (9642) ReFLEXarts.com

ReFLEX offers it all: from chair yoga to aerial yoga, from ballet to Zumba, from meditation & journaling classes to massage services! Honor your mind, body & spirit today. All ages and skill levels welcome.

RISING TIDE INTERNATIONAL

5102 Swift Rd, Sarasota RisingTideInternational.org Universal Worship: Sunday 10:30am

YOGA SRQ

Interfaith and interspiritual classes, seminars, retreats and worship/service. Core offerings are rooted in the teachings of Universal Sufism. Founder: Shahabuddin David Less,Senior TeacherSufi Order International.

UNITY OF SARASOTA

Rev. Elizabeth Thompson 3023 Proctor Rd, Sarasota 941-955-3301 UnityOfSarasota.com

Robyn Marin, RYT 5900 S Tamiami Tr, Sarasota 941-955-4777 YogaSRQ.com

Sarasota’s Vinyasa Flow Power Yoga Studio. Gentle, Restorative & Laughter yogaSRQ Yoga too! We’ve moved!

Beautiful new studio at 5900 S. Tamiami Tr. 1.5 Miles from Siesta Key/Next to Simon’s Coffee House. Yoga SRQ, a studio offering a full schedule of classes. We have what you wantearly mornings-evenings.Vinyasa Flow Yoga for all levels, Gentle Yoga, Yoga Rx, Donation based Family Yoga, Workshops and Retreats.

Unity is an extremely positive approach to life, seeking to accept the good in people and all of life. God is seen as having many attributes, but most important that God is LOVE.

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