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id you know that it takes 630 gallons of water to produce a typical hamburger? Or that producing a pair of jeans consumes a whopping 2,600 gallons (most of it to grow the cotton)? And our U.S. lifestyle takes an average of 2,000 gallons of water per day to 'stay afloat,' according to writer Christine MacDonald in this month's article Shop with the Planet in Mind.

There are many other statistics she provides that we also found eye-opening and helped us understand more the impacts of our purchasing habits.

This is just one of the articles this month that support October's core theme of living sustainably. It's an important topic and one that can be confusing, especially as it relates to deciding the changes we all can make to help fight climate change, pollution and the other related issues. It doesn't matter where you stand on the political aspect of this, everyone should be taking steps to live more responsibly and sustainably. We hope our content this month helps you become more informed and effective with your own efforts. We know that Natural Awakenings' readers care!

One of our fellow publishers in Sarasota, FL also happens to be a chiropractor. This month, he helped us construct the content for our special 2013 Natural Awakenings Chiropractic Guide. In it, we provide a glossary of chiropractic terminology that we know will help guide our readers to understanding the many different approaches. In East Michigan, we have many chiropractors, but one thing we've come to realize is that very few of them are identical in what they offer, especially those that are integrated and 'holistic' in nature...and provide the type of care that Natural Awakenings readers desire. We know the 2013 Chiropractic Guide section will be a resource to which you can refer whenever you have a question about the different chiropractic modalities.

Finally, we want to make sure you know about a new online classified advertising program that has just been launched. We're offering free listings to everyone for the next month or so, just to introduce the program to East Michigan. We're anticipating that it will provide a valuable tool for readers and those who have products, services and offerings that are tailored to classified listings. You can find more information by visiting mhlClassifieds.com. Let us know how you like it!

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newsbriefs Remove Blocks and Manifest Desires

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eginning Wednesday October 9th from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm, Manifesting Unblocked will be offered as a six week class in removing the blocks to attracting or manifesting what you desire. Join Phil Rosenbaum, MA Counselor and Certified Hypnotherapist and Aoghain Lakes, Teacher and Holistic Energy Medicine Practitioner, who will be co-teaching this class at The Balance Holistic & Clinical Massage Therapy in Berkley.

The program is designed to identify the blocks to manifesting anything. Once identified the work will begin to neutralize the blocks or prompters stopping your ability to attract what you want. Next, class attendees will experience Clinical hypnosis techniques to create the type of new beliefs that will allow students to manifest.

“Many people lose faith in the process of attracting what they want because the subconscious mind contains the seed or prompter in direct opposition of what you may consciously want to manifest” says Rosenbaum.

Lakes adds, “Like old computer programs that are still running the show, old worn out beliefs are causing you to unintentionally manifest based on those former thought patterns stored in your subconscious mind.”

The class is purposely small to allow for interaction and can hold up to eight participants. Registering before October 7, 2013 is recommended.

The Balance Holistic & Clinical Massage Therapy is located at 3250 Coolidge Hwy., Berkley. For more information, call Aoghian Lakes at 248- 542-3073 or Phil Rosenbaum at The Self Esteem Academy, 248-688-6469. See ad page 25.

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“Our students wanted a more robust cardiovascular option, so we spent time researching the best way to increase the heart rate without impacting the joints. The Dailey Method’s core alignment principles are at its foundation to make it both safe and effective, while maintaining, core strength work, flexibility and form,” said Jill Dailey, founder of The Dailey Method. “On that foundation, we layered carefully considered movements to heat up the body, lengthen each muscle and create an optimal caloric burn.”

Since opening its first location in June 2000 in a small 1,000 square foot facility in San Francisco's Marina District the company has grown into an international phenomenon with 48 locations globally and easy-to-follow DVDs. Daily Method Birmingham is located inThe Birmingham Place, 34665 Woodward Avenue. For information: 248-723-8901 or TheDaileyMethod.com/birmingham.html.

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Rochester Center Announces New Holistic Chiropractor

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oul Space, located in downtown Rochester, is pleased to announce the integration of holistic chriopractor Dr. Lawrence Bell, D.C. Dr. Bell's healing work will compliment and enhance Soul Space's existing holistic therapies, allowing for deep healing at all levels.

Dr. Bell practices a unique and progressive form of chiropractic, known as Network Spinal Analysis (NSA). NSA is described as a safe, gentle and advanced form of Chiropractic with no “cracking,” sudden “popping,” or twisting of the spine.

After years of personal and clinical experience, Dr. Bell develDr. Lawrence Bell oped Sameta, a healing application that allows the body to experience a sense of inner peace and deep well-being, increased energy and vitality; improved posture; reduction of tension, pain and physical stress; greater connection to body, breath, and senses; increased flexibility, range of motion, and ease of movement; emotional and mental clarity; increased focus, creativity, and efficiency; freedom from stress and more.

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n Tuesday, October 8th at 1:30 p.m. the Genesee/ Lapeer/N.Oakland Chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation will present a worshop titled Lyme Disease: What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You! at the Hadley township hall. Key topics include the causes, co-infections, diagnosis and both conventional and integrative treatments for Lyme disease.

Admission is free.

"Most people think of Lyme disease as something you get from a tick bite," explains presenter Dr. Mark Morningstar, of the Natural Wellness & Pain Relief Centers. "However, recent evidence suggests that it may be passed from person to person!

In fact, some experts think that more people now get Lyme disease from other people instead of tick bites. This workshop will provide an expanded look at the signs, symptoms, and treatments for Lyme disease that most people are not familiar with. There will be plenty of time to ask questions."

The Hadley Town Hall is located in downtown Hadley at 3551 Hadley Rd., (just south of the intersection of Pratt & Hadley Roads.). For more information, contact Kim Lockard Genesee/Lapeer/N.Oakland MI Chapter Leader Weston A. Price Foundation at 810-667-1707. See ads page 23 & 31. natural awakenings

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Chronic Pain Solutions Workshop at Lapeer Library

he Awake and Empowered Expo, Thriving in an Era of Higher Consciousness, is taking place at Cobo Center in Detroit October 11th-13th. Experts from around the globe will present the latest advancements in holistic health, wellness, science and free energy technology.

"The Awake and Empowered Expo is the first event of its kind," says Ethann Fox, founder of Flower of Life Center and visionary behind the expo. "This event brings research, technology and viable solutions into the hands of the public, allowing them to live healthier and happier."

The schedule includes lectures, workshops and panel discussions. Attendees will enjoy interactive raw food and juicing demos, participate in the meditative and energy balancing practices of Tai Chi and Ki Qigong, and realign and strengthen the body through yoga and the vibration of planetary gongs.

The expo also features exhibitors with products and services that support a holistic and healthy lifestyle.

ebekah’s Health and Nutrition Source in Lapeer is proud to announce the latest workshop in its continuing lecture series called Innovative Treatments for Chronic Pain.

The event will be held on Saturday, October, 26th at the Lapeer Library. The event is free.

"This breakthrough workshop will discuss many of the physiological mechanisms behind the development of chronic pain," explains Rebekah Niman of Rebekah's Health and Nutrition Source, "and Dr. Mark Morningstar summarize some of the newest, oldest and most effective natural treatments that eliminate chronic pain and help people break the cycle of continuous prescription pain killers and other potentially harmful drugs."

Taught by Dr. Mark Morningstar, DC, PhD of the Natural Wellness & Pain Relief Centers, the workshop will detail some of the key ingredients necessary to defeating chronic pain.

Highlights of the workshop include Autoimmune disorders and their contribution to chronic pain, Lyme disease and its impact on musculoskeletal pain, Fibromyalgia and its impact on joint pain and emotional health, Heavy metals and their inflammatory consequences, Neurotransmitter imbalances and their impact on psychosomatic health, Antioxidants and their necessity for tissue repair. Treatments and approaches discussed will include food-based anti-inflammatory, supplements, rapid intravenous (IV) and medication assisted mobilization (MAM)/Manipulation under anesthesia (MUA) Posture/Ergonomic correction.

Dr. Morningstar has been in practice for 11 years. He practices at the Natural Wellness & Pain Relief Centers in Grand Blanc. Dr. Morningstar's practice focuses on the integrative treatment of chronic pain an all of its sources using the latest in evidence-based procedures.

"Chronic Pain is creating significant health and financial hardships on patients and their families," says Niman. "According to a 2012 study in the Journal of Pain, people are increasingly being managed for chronic pain to the tune of $635 billion per year in the United States. This is more than the amounts spent for cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Many people in our own communities are affected by chronic pain, which seemingly has no end in sight."

The Marguerite deAngeli Library is located in downtown Lapeer at 921 W. Nepessing St. For more information contact Rebekah Niman at 810-660-8585. Websites: RebekahsPureLiving.com and NWPRC.com. See ads pages 6, 23 & 31.

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rom November 4th 2013 until March 3rd 2014, the Econauts (someone exploring new frontiers of living in balance with the planet) of Project Nuevo Mundo are planning an Earth Odyssey mobile village and online network that will leave a positive trace at six to eight impact centers and transformational festivals by providing skilled labor, professional media and publicity, and an array of workshops for living holistically with the planet. They plan to increase their visibility by releasing 3-minute films on a weekly basis throughout the journey and a full-length documentary post-tour.

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Group shot of Tashirate Orphinage, one of the first stops on their tour There will be an Earth Odyssey Bus Tour Fundraiser October 5th in Oakland, CA at A Place for Sustainable Living; Re-Inhabiting the Village, A one-day convergence on village building skills November 2 in San Diego, CA at Emerald Village; and Cosmic Convergence, December 29th to January 1st at Lago Atitlan, Guatemala.

"We envision creating a world of all beings living in harmony with the ecosystem and creating transformational experiences for people to rekindle their tribal wisdom," explains Shayna Gladstone of Project Nuevo Mundo.

Currently, Earth Odyssey is crowdfunding to raise the funds for living and traveling expenses on this four-month mission.

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n twelve years of clinical experience, Lee Rossano, CNC, of Advanced Nutritional Solutions in Rochester, MI, has noticed a pattern in children with ADD/ADHD. "We have seen digestive issues such as gas, bloating, diarrhea and/or constipation," she says. "They often were ‘colicky’ babies who may have been put on acid blockers and antibiotics, and they were prone to ear infections."

According to Dr. Family Physician Mark Hyman, Chairman of the Institute for Functional Medicine and a six-time New York Times bestselling author, there is a gut-brain connection. As the digestion goes, so does the brain.

"Proper colon flora is so important for a healthy colon and immune system," explains Rossano. "Our current diets destroy the natural 80% good bacteria to 20% bad bacteria. When this happens we grow yeast, bacteria and parasites. This destroys the gut barrier and causes Leaky Gut Syndrome. The toxic microbes fill the blood and create congestion in the organs, glands and brain. Leaky gut is the leading cause of hidden food allergies and inflammation in the body.

Lee Rossano is a Certified Nutritional Counselor and owner of Advanced Nutritional Solutions in Rochester, MI. For more information call 248-652-6160 or visit WhySuffer.net. For information on Dr. Mark Hyman, visit DrHyman.com. See ad page 21.

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healthy spine is more than the basis of good posture—it is a harbinger of sound emotional and physical health, according to practitioners of holistic chiropractic care. Those seeking relief from back pain and other common spine-related conditions might do well to exchange pain-masking drugs for more lasting relief from professional adjustments.

All chiropractic can be considered alternative medicine, because practitioners do not prescribe drugs or surgery. Instead, these doctors rely on manual therapies such as spinal manipulation to improve function and provide pain relief for conditions ranging from simple sprains and strains to herniated discs and sciatica.

Yet, holistic chiropractors go beyond treatment of structural problems, like a misaligned spine, to address root causes.

Holistic chiropractors typically can suggest complementary measures such as massage, yoga, naturopathy or physical therapy for a more integrated and comprehensive treatment approach. Beyond adjusting the spine, they may also prescribe adjustments to diet, exercise and other lifestyle elements, depending on their understanding of an individual’s optimum path to wellness.

Before placing one’s care in someone else’s hands, ask for credentials and seek out reviews from former patients. Good health—and a happy spine—begin with an educated and empowered patient.

ChiroHealthy.com includes a database of licensed chiropractors, searchable by zip code. For a list of local chiropractors, see our 2013 Chiropractic Guide on page 28. www.NAeastMichigan.com

Can What’s In Your Mouth Really Make You Sick?

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consuming any variety of this sweet fruit—red, green or black— may help protect against organ damage associated with the progression of metabolic syndrome, according to new research presented at the 2013 Experimental Biology Conference, in Boston.

Natural components in grapes, known as polyphenols, are thought to be responsible for this benefit.

Metabolic syndrome comprises a cluster of conditions—increased blood pressure, high blood sugar level, excess body fat around the waist and abnormal cholesterol levels—that occur together, increasing the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

Working with lab animals, researchers found that three months of a grape-enriched diet significantly reduced inflammatory markers throughout the body, most significantly in the liver and abdominal fat tissue. The diet also reduced the fat weight of the animals’ liver, kidneys and abdomen compared with those that were on a control diet. The grape intake also increased markers of antioxidant defense, particularly in the liver and kidneys.

“Our study suggests that a grapeenriched diet may play a critical role in protecting against metabolic syndrome and the toll it takes on the body and its organs,” says lead investigator E. Mitchell Seymour, Ph.D., of the University of Michigan Health System. “Both inflammation and oxidative stress play a role in cardiovascular disease progression and organ dysfunction in Type 2 diabetes.”

or years we have heard of the ever-growing connections between dentistry and medicine, with articles written in medical and dental journals as well as in scientific authorities such as Reader’s Digest or Ladies Home Journal. For decades dentists have looked at the increasing body of evidence that what we are doing in the mouth can affect the rest of the body.

The mountain of evidence that supports the oral health-overall health connection has seen incredible growth and advancement over the past few years. There is no longer a question as to “if” the soft tissues in the mouth are connected to the rest of the body.

For example, we can easily find evidence of gum disease-causing bacteria creating challenges in tissues throughout the body. However, the mouth-body connection is not limited to just infections in the soft tissues of the mouth. The impact of the mouth also extends to such monumental things as blood flow to the brain.

Each year we learn more and more about how poor oral health is linked to problems elsewhere in the body.

It has been linked to serious conditions like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s Disease, respiratory diseases, and even increased risks of some cancers. Today, more than ever, it is vital to make regular trips to the dentist a part of your plan to achieve optimal health and wellness.

“At our practice we don’t just look in your mouth, we look past your mouth to see the whole picture of you individually,” says Heather Pranzarone Stratton, DDS, a Fam-

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ily and Cosmetic dentist in Shelby Township, MI. “Your mouth is the window to your overall health and wellness,” she says. “The state of your oral health can offer clues about your overall well-being. Oral Health and total health and wellness are more connected than you might realize.”

“As we have learned more about the relationship between oral health and overall health,” continues Dr. Stratton, “we have also learned much about how the materials and techniques that we use everyday can affect your overall heath as well, both positively and negatively.”

“At our practice, we believe in Changing Lives! Our goal is to positively impact the lives of every person that we are lucky enough to cross paths with. We take, very seriously, the trust that is given to us by the patients we have the privilege to serve. We believe that, given the opportunity, we will impact your life for the better. The care we provide will always be the best for your individual needs with the focus on achieving total health & wellness to create a smile that is uniquely yours.

Every member of our practice, from our doctors to our dental team to our patients, is our family. We will always create an unmatched dental experience that you will not find anywhere else, while having a lot of fun in the process!”

For more information about HPS Advanced Dental Care and Dr. Heather Pranzarone Stratton or to reserve your time with her practice, call 248-652-0024 or visit http:// MercuryFreeDentalWellness.com.

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causal link between the worldwide epidemic of childhood obesity and phthalates commonly used in soft plastics, packaging and many personal care products is becoming more evident. A Korean study from Sanggye Paik Hospital at the Inje University College of Medicine, in Seoul, shows that the risk of childhood obesity increases with the level of DEHP (di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate) in the bloodstream.

The study indicates that phthalates may change gene expression associated with fat metabolism. DEHP in particular is a suspected endocrine disruptor, or hormone-altering agent. Children with the highest DEHP levels were nearly five times more likely of being obese than children with the lowest levels.

The scientists studied 204 children ages 6 to 13, of whom 105 were obese.

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Acupuncture’s Growing Acceptance

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ne in 10 American adults has received acupuncture at least once and nearly half of them say they are “extremely” or “very” satisfied with their treatment, according to a survey sponsored by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Sixty percent of survey respondents readily accepted the idea of acupuncture as a treatment option, and 20 percent have used other forms of Oriental medicine, including herbs and Chinese bodywork.

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Findings by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization show that genetic diversity, among even domestic livestock, is declining. Typically, breeds become rare because their characteristics either don’t suit contemporary demands or because differences in their qualities have not been recognized. When a breed population falls to about 1,000 animals, it is considered rare and endangered.

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Climate Science Curriculum Update Millions of young Americans are beginning to learn about climate change and associated science in the classroom.

Next Generation Science Standards (NextGenScience.org), which have been adopted by 26 states and are under consideration by 15 more, teach how and why fossil fuel emissions are a causal factor in overheating the world.

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In May 2012, the Brazilian Congress changed the Legal Reserve rule that requires landowners to keep 80 percent of their property forested by eliminating mandatory fines as long as the land is reforested. But enforcement is difficult and the land is often used for growing cash crops such as soybeans or raising cattle.

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“These next few years are going to tell the tale about the next 10,000 years,” says well-known global environmental activist Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet.

“We’re not going to stop global warming; it’s too late for that. But we can keep it from getting as bad as it could possibly get.”

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A distinguished professor emerithe easy way out. Instead, the amount of tus, researcher at California’s Scripps carbon dioxide in the atmosphere shot Institution of Oceanography and past 400 parts per million last May, a author of The Forgiving Air, he likens level that most scientists agree the planet greenhouse gases to a scandal that’s rocked major league baseball in recent hasn’t experienced since long before the years. “Greenhouse gases are the stearrival of modern humans. roids of the climate system,” he says.

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It’s a theme also sounded by Frances Beinecke, president of the New York City-based Natural Resources Defense Council and author of Clean Energy Common Sense. With the failure of the U.S. Frances Beinecke Congress to enact climate legislation, her group, encompassing 1.4 million online members and activists, is pressing the Obama administration to live up to its pledge to regulate the carbon dioxide emitted by power plants. The leading culprits for climate-changing gases, they contribute 40 percent of the country’s carbon emissions. “It’s time to act, and we have to act now,” Beinecke says.

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Competition for water is increasing in several parts of the country, she says, and will only get worse as dry conditions increase demands on groundwater. Endangered sources detailed Sandra Postel in her extensive related writings include the Ogallala Aquifer, vital to agricultural operations across much of the Great Plains, and California’s Central Valley, the nation’s fruit and vegetable bowl. In the Colorado River Basin, which provides drinking water to some 30 million people, water demands already exceed the available supply—and that gap is expected to widen with changes in the region’s climate.

In other regions, the problem is too much water from storms, hurricanes and flooding, a trend that Postel and other experts say will also worsen as the world continues to warm and fuel weather extremes. Beyond the loss of lives and property damage, this “new normal” holds stark implications for communities.

“We’ve built our bridges, dams and other infrastructure based on 100-year records of what’s happened in the past,” advises Postel. “In a lot of ways, how we experience climate change is going to be through changes in the water cycle. If the past isn’t a good guide to the future anymore, we’ll have to change our water management.” (See nrdc.org/ water/readiness by city and state.)

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Eden, who has had a lifelong ability to make intuitive health assessments later confirmed by medical tests, can look at an individual’s body, see and feel where the energy flow is interrupted, out of balance or not in harmony, and then work to correct the problem.

“Very little of the natural world that human beings evolved in still exists. In addition, our bodies haven’t adapted to modern stressors or the electromagnetic energies associated with technologies that occupy our living and working environments,” says Eden. “Energy medicine is invaluable because anyone can learn how to understand their body as an energy system and how to use techniques to restore energies that have become weak, disturbed or unbalanced.” Her teaching tools include her classic book, Energy Medicine, and Energy Medicine University, which she founded in 2006 in Sausalito, California.

In a 2009 talk at the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, Oschman predicted that energy medicine will become prominent in antiaging medicine. “When I review the history of medicine, there are periods in which things stay pretty much the same, and then there are great breakthroughs. I think that with the advent of energy medicine, another milestone is upon us.”

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Hormones are responsible for maintaining several bodily processes, and when those hormones are out of balance, the resulting symptoms can be disastrous on our daily lives.

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Bio-identical hormones are plantderived hormones that have the exact same molecular structure as those hormones made in the human body. Doctors who specialize in anti-aging and regenerative medicine have been using BHRT to dramatically improve the daily lives of woman all over the world for the past 20 years. BHRT is much safer than conventional synthetic hormone replacement drugs like PremPro and Premarin, which have been linked to increased risk of stroke, breast cancer, heart disease, and circula-

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Because BHRT is such a powerful therapeutic agent in combating and treating the symptoms of menopause and hormone imbalances, BHRT should be administered by physicians who specialize in anti-aging or functional medicine. These physicians employ specific types of laboratory testing essential to the safe and scientific application of bio-identical hormone replacement therapy.

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Binoculars are the best tool to start getting familiar with the night sky—they augment the naked eye enough to identify many Moon craters, Jupiter’s moons and the crescent phases of Venus. Planetariums, science and children’s museums, nature centers and astronomy clubs often hold public family events that include access to telescopes; some loan or rent them out. (Find local clubs and facilities at SkyAndTelescope.com/ community/organizations.)

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What can we learn from our Paleolithic, or Stone Age, ancestors? The recent trend toward recreating a Paleoera diet emphasizes the importance of vegetable nutrition to prehistoric communities, correcting the misperception

that they were primarily meat-eaters.

The original Paleo diet, before the advent of agriculture, reflected the hunting and gathering of lean meats, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, and was absent of grains, dairy, starchy foods, sugar and salt. Today’s updated version might comprise foods naturally available and/or abundant before the cultivation of food in gardens, crops and livestock.

Loren Cordain, Ph.D., author of

The Paleo Diet and Nutritionist Nora Gedgaudas, author of Primal Body, Primal Mind, each contest the premise perpetuated by many in the weight-loss industry that fat, especially naturally saturated fat, is unhealthy. Those same proponents that maintain low-fat/ non-fat food is a panacea for modern illnesses also purport that cholesterol is the chief cause of heart ailments.

Gedgaudas writes that the diets of hunter-gatherers inhabiting varied landscapes, from the Inuit of the north to tropical forest hominids, included large amounts of fat and cholesterol, which is essential to maintaining cell membranes and regulating hormones. She points out that obtaining cholesterol from food is necessary to augment the liver’s function of creating cholesterol internally.

Cordain agrees that even saturated fats in meats can be beneficial, providing the animals are grass-fed, lean and live in clean surroundings. He emphasizes, however, that when our prehistoric ancestors ate fat, they did not also eat grain carbohydrates, sugar and salt, and contends that it is these components, not meat, that can be detrimental to the body.

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While Cordain doesn’t recommend dairy, Gedgaudas suggests organic or raw milk products, provided they retain their full fat content and come from grass-fed cows. She reasons that the presence of the anti-carcinogenic fatty acid conjugated linolenic acid (CLA) and the Wulzen factor anti-stiffness agent in the fat benefit joint lubrication.

Experts suggest that the dietary formula established by our prehistoric ancestors can be the foundation for a modern-day, healthy, non-confining, creative eating experience. We can exchange grains for quinoa, amaranth and buckwheat (not technically grains at all), and include tubers and legumes, due to their folate and protein content.

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For newcomers to chiropractic, some of the terms may be unknown or confusing. This glossary, provided by and used with permission from the Kansas Chiropractic Foundation (KansasChiroFoundation.org) provides definitions of terms and explanations of procedures.

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Classified as a light force technique, which was designed by Dr. Arlan Fuhr.

It employees a small hand held instrument which delivers a quick and precise adjustment to the spine to help reduce subluxations.

Acupressure

Acupressure is manual pressure applied to specific acupuncture points with the intention of stimulating neurological flow to various organs, glands or tissues, with the purpose of returning the body to a normal status.

National Chiropractic Health Month, celebrated in October, looks at the importance of joint health at all stages of life, and what people can do to keep their joints functioning properly. The annual celebration is an outreach program of the American Chiropractic Association (ACA). Adjustment

A specific directional thrust maneuver

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or application of forces applied to a subluxated vertebra that moves the vertebra to reduce and/or correct the vertebral misalignment, thus improving the neurological part of the vertebral problem along with helping affected tissues and body functions.

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is the art and science of using needles, and electrical/or manual stimulation of reflex centers throughout the body to create change within organs, glands, and tissues with intent to return the body to normal function.

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Diathermy

ments are directed at specific regions of the vertebral spine. The purpose of the Chiropractic adjustment is to correct vertebral subluxations, which can cause issues with the biomechanical and physiological structures of the spine.

Therapeutic measure used in medicine to generate heat in the body tissues.

Electrodes and other instruments are used to transmit electric current to surface structures, thereby increasing the local blood circulation and facilitating and accelerating the process of absorption and repair. The heat works like fever to increase the blood flow to the areas that need more blood to bring in white blood cells and red blood cells and antibodies to reduce infection and cause increased healing in a much shorter period of time. It is used a lot for sinus infections, ear infections, bronchitis and pneumonia.

Chiropractic Analysis

A chiropractic analysis is performed on a routine basis to determine the patient’s need for spinal adjustments. A chiropractic analysis may include (but certainly is not limited to) two or more of the following procedures: instrumentation (skin temperature differential analysis), chiropractic x-ray analysis, spinal static and motion palpation, postural analysis, leg-length comparison tests, muscle strength measures, and other chiropractic analysis procedures.

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The process of combining the clinical analysis to determine the best mode to address and monitor the correction of vertebral subluxation and other malpositioned articulations and structures.

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Chiropractor aka Doctor of Chiropractic aka D.C., aka DC

This term refers to the behaviors, methods, procedures, etc., that chiropractic practitioners employ in the case-management of patients.

Necessary in the professional judgment of the attending doctor of chiropractic to determine the need for care and, in particular, to detect the presence, location and nature of chiropractic lesions (subluxation and attendant biomechanical, biochemical, structural and neurophysiological problems, etc.) and prepare and administer an appropri-

Reduce or correct vertebral subluxations and other body alignment issues in a safe and effective manner.

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Degeneration

The body’s response to injury is to form new bone. Calcium deposits eventually can build up around a vertebrae and become an ongoing case of subluxation degeneration.

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Taught at most major chiropractic colleges. It is primarily the use of the practitioner’s hands to make the spinal correction. Many times an audible snap or pop will be heard as the correction is made.

Drugless Profession

Chiropractic is a drugless health care profession. Doctors of Chiropractic do not prescribe or issue drugs to their patients.

Electrotherapy

Electrotherapy pertains to the use of electrical stimulation of the body. It may be used to control pain, increase blood and lymphatic circulation, reduce muscle spasm, relax or stimulate the nervous system or aid in the healing process.

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treat people of all ages. Seniors may be treated with a light, medium or firm adjustment depending on their age, degree of degeneration etc. There are doctors of chiropractic specializing in the treatment of elderly patients.

Gonstead Dr. Clarence Gonstead developed Gonstead technique. It adopts the use of the doctor’s hands to make corrections of the spine. The doctor may use the side posture position (lumbar roll) to adjust the lumbar spine, knee chest table to correct thoracic (mid shoulder) problems and the cervical chair to correct cervical (neck) problems while the patient remains seated. This technique is also taught in most chiropractic colleges.

Holistic

Holistic health care is the art and science of regaining health by treating man as a functioning whole. Health is attained by creating a natural balance of environment, diet, water, rest, exercise, emotional well-being and proper neurological balance.

ICE/IME

Independent Chiropractic or Medical Examination is an examination which is usually conducted at the request of an insurance company that wants an independent examination by a doctor other than the treating doctor for the determination of maximum medical improvement or degree of impairment.

Interferential Electro-Therapy

It is a therapeutic treatment to aid in the relief of pain and the promotion of soft tissue healing. It works by tiny amounts of electrical impulses are induced into the tissues in the vicinity of the injury.

Where these waves intersect below the surface of the skin, a low-frequency stimulation is created. This prompts the body to secrete endorphins and other natural painkillers to help relieve pain.

Intersegmental Traction

It is a way of inducing passive motion into the spine for the purpose of stretching spinal joints, increasing mobility. It works by the patient lying face up on a bench table, which has roller-type cams beneath its surface. These rollers can slowly travel the length of the spine, stretching spinal joints.

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Kinesiology

The art and science of testing the strength of certain muscles to determine areas of vertebral subluxations, neurological deficits, and certain types of nutritional deficiencies. Also known as Applied Kinesiology (AK). a system that evaluates structural, chemical and mental aspects of health using manual muscle testing combined with other standard methods of diagnosis. AK, a non-invasive system of evaluating body function that is unique in the healing arts, has become a dynamic movement in health care in its relatively short existence.

Manipulation

A non-specific manual procedure that involves a directed thrust to move a joint past its physiological range of motion.

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Nutrition is the art and science of correcting dietary deficiencies, which can result in abnormal tissue function and certain disease processes. Some doctors prescribe specific vitamins, minerals, proteins, enzymes, herbs, etc., for various health problems with emphasis placed on changing overall dietary habits.

Orthopedics

Orthopedics pertains to the correction and prevention of skeletal and joint disjunction. There are chiropractors that take additional post-graduate classes in orthopedics and specialize in more in-depth injuries sustained to the spine or extremity joints.

Orthotics help with pain reduction, and provided increased motion.

Network

The integration of chiropractic techniques, which utilized light touch or taps to relieve spinal tension to clear the body of nervous interference. Major differences in approach is the sequence or timing of adjustments which are determined by objective changes in body parameters, such as leg length, etc.

Network Chiropractic releases spinal imprints or facilitation caused by physical, emotional or chemical stress, and promotes overall wellness.

Nimmo

Developed by Dr. Nimmo, uses thumb, elbow or a “Nimmo Tee” to apply pressure to trigger points to reduce pain and edema associated with the subluxation complex.

Non Force

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Orthopedic devices designed to treat or adjust various biomechanical foot disorders. Orthotic is placed in the patient’s shoe and helps keep the foot in proper alignment. Almost anyone can achieve some benefit from an orthotic.

Your feet should not hurt. Pain is the body’s way of warning you something is wrong. If you ignore your pain, the condition causing it could become worse.

Palmer

Palmer College was the first college of chiropractic in the world. The Palmer Method places a strong emphasis on correcting the spinal subluxation and establishing a normal neurological balance to all tissues of the body. All additional therapies such as physical therapy, nutrition, etc., would be considered secondary after the correction of spinal subluxation.

Pediatrics

Pediatrics pertains to the use of chiropractic care for young children. Doctors of chiropractic are licensed and extensively trained to diagnose and

treat people of all ages, using a gentler type of treatment for children. There are doctors of chiropractic who specialize in pediatrics.

Pettibon

This technique was originated by a Dr. Pettibon who used his background in engineering to develop a specific chiropractic technique to make corrections of the spinal subluxation. This technique uses a complex formula to ascertain various misalignment angles and uses specific manual and instrument adjustments to correct such misalignments.

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Radiology is the use of x-rays to determine pathology (cancer, tumors, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis etc.) fractures, short leg deficiencies and spinal subluxations (misalignment).

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Dr. De Jarnette of Nebraska City, Nebraska, developed Sacral Occipital Technique. He divides low back conditions into three categories and incorporates wedge shaped blocks in conjunction with a pumping motion to make sacral corrections. He also uses a “stair walking” movement to make cervical corrections. His primary intent is to restore normal cerebral corrections. His primary intent is to restore normal cerebral spinal fluid flow as well as improve normal spinal integrity.

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Many doctors of chiropractic specialize in injuries that occur during sports activities: (concussion, sprain/strains of the ankle, knee, wrist etc.)

Subluxation

A displacement of the spine that causes interference to the nervous system.

Since your spine affects the nerves in all parts of your body, problems in your spine may cause many types of health problems.

Trigger

Trigger points are acupuncture points which become inflamed with vertebral subluxations and can be treated mechanically by hand, needle, or electrically such as electrical muscle stimulation for the purpose of pain relief.

Ultrasound

Symptom(s)

Subjective evidence of a patient’s condition, such evidence as perceived by the patient.

Sonography, in medicine, technique that uses sound waves to study and treat hard-to-reach body areas. In scanning with ultrasound, high-frequency sound waves are transmitted to the area of interest and the returning echoes recorded.

Thermography

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Thermograhpy is the use of instrumentation to measure the temperature of various areas of the body to determine if there are any abnormal changes in the body which would alter the flow of neurological, lymphatic, or blood to outer tissues (skin, muscle, tendons, ligaments, etc.) Most chiropractors will use thermography to determine if there is a neurological deficit (subluxation) within the spine that would cause vasodialation of the outer dermatones (skin) of the body. Monitoring of thermography could be used to determine how well the patient is responding to care, or the degree of permanent injury sustained.

Thompson

Dr. Thompson developed a mechanical drop mechanism for the adjusting table, which reduces spinal adjusting force and reduces patient sensitivity and pain during the spinal adjustment. He has developed a specific technique to be used in conjunction with his Thompson table. It may be considered a non-force technique by some doctors.

Toftness

Dr. Toftness has developed a technique which uses a unique tube shaped instrument with a series of lenses that help detect the area of subluxation and neurological disturbances. This instrument is said to detect minute radiation and electromagnetic disturbances that exist with spinal subluxations. He uses a very light non-force adjustment in conjunction with this instrument to www.NAeastMichigan.com

Any of the thirty-three bones of the spinal column comprising the seven cervial, twelve thoracic, five lumbar, five sacral and three to five coccygeal vertebrae.

Webster Technique

A specific chiropractic analysis and adjustment used to correct subluxations in the pregnant mother’s sacrum and pelvis. This balances the mother’s pelvic muscles and ligaments, providing the physiological environment necessary for optimal baby positioning. This specialized technique was developed

by Dr. Larry Webster, Founder of the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association.

Weight Loss

Some chiropractors suggest various diets to help the patient lose and maintain a desirable weight to reduce spinal stress. Nutritional consultation is used in conjunction with weight loss to maintain a holistic healthcare program.

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sk American adults if they’re anxious about time and they’ll likely say yes. Our society even deems it expected, acceptable and normal to experience such stress, but is it necessary? It’s helpful to explore what is at the root of our problems with time and why we believe we benefit from worrying and complaining about it. Both are good first steps to releasing ourselves from the drama of getting caught up in and blaming time as a convenient catchall. Which of the following rationales apply to us personally?

“If I can complain about being busy, I don’t have to examine other areas in my life.”

“My schedule is wrapped up with my self-esteem; being ‘too busy’ means that I’m successful.”

“Worrying about time gives me something to talk about.”

“I don’t plan things I might enjoy because it can be too demanding or even scary—it just feels easier and safer to be bored.”

“Worrying about time is a convenient excuse for not following my dreams.”

Once we identify the perceived payoffs from worrying about time, we can see them for what they are: illusions that keep us from living our true potential. Awareness allows us to make a different choice and to partner with

time, instead of working against it.

Einstein proved that time is subjective, illustrated every time we compare an hour in a dentist’s chair to an hour in the company of a loved one. Time behaves and feels differently based on many variables, like emotion, engagement, flow, desire, interest, pain and pleasure. Our perspective counts. With capricious factors dancing around in our every moment, we can see why time isn’t constant.

Happily, we can use the relative nature of time to our advantage and choose what our relationship with it will be. Consider that with each instance we choose how we talk about, measure and experience time, we are actually creating a new paradigm of time for ourselves.

We can relinquish general views and limitations of time that hinder us and emerge into the possibilities of time as anything but a defined line. It can be a vibrant, completely moldable, layered, multifaceted work of art that we may adapt as we wish, to custom design each and every day.

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or more than a millennium, seekers have made spiritual pilgrimages on the Way of St. James, beginning at their chosen point in Europe, winding westward and ending in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela. Today, as portrayed in the 2010 movie, The Way, the core route continues to attract both secular and devout trekkers. It’s fair to say that every pilgrim derives something from the journey, although it’s not always what they expect.

Alyssa Machle, a landscape architect in San Francisco, imagined that walking The Way would be a quietly contemplative and solitary experience. Instead, she spent weeks bonding with fellow trekkers: an Ohio schoolteacher trying to decide whether to become a Catholic nun, and a German woman in her 30s unsettled by falling in love with her life partner’s best friend, a war veteran in his 70s.

“Inevitably, each person had some internal battle that he or she hoped to resolve,” Machle found. “My own ideological shift was about setting aside www.NAeastMichigan.com

preconceived ideas about how I would experience the path, and focusing my energy on the community that I suddenly was part of.”

The diverse goals of the people Machle met on The Way speaks to the power of adventurous treks. From the Bible story of Moses and the Israelites crossing the desert for 40 years to young Fellowship of the Ring members hiking across Middle Earth, we like the idea of walking long distances as a way to get in touch with ourselves—and often with something larger. In America, there are as many trails to hike as there are reasons to do it.

For Cheryl Strayed, author of the 2012 bestselling memoir, Wild, hiking the Pacific Crest Trail at age 26 allowed her innate courage to blossom. A rank novice, she took to the trails solo, grieving the early death of her mother, and discovered a new kind of self-reliance.

“Every time I heard a sound of unknown origin or felt something horrible cohering in my imagination, I pushed it

“If you commit your life to the healing and restoration of community and yourself, you are going to be wholly provided for.” ~ Activist David Rogner away,” Strayed relates. “I simply did not let myself become afraid. Fear begets fear. Power begets power. I willed myself to beget power. It wasn’t long before I actually wasn’t afraid.”

Other people on such journeys are inspired by their love for the environment, like Zen Buddhist priest and retired psychotherapist Shodo Spring, leader of this year’s Compassionate Earth Walk, a July-through-October protest of our nation’s dependence on fossil fuels.

It has engaged a “moving community” of shared prayers, meditation and yoga along the path of the pending Keystone XL pipeline from Hardisty, Alberta, Canada, to Steele City, Nebraska.

Spring emphasizes that the walk is intended to connect participants to the land and the people that live on it.

“We’re going to small towns,” she says, “where many residents make their livelihoods from oil. There’s a deep division between such people and our group.

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Get in shape. Walk two hours a day in preceding months to help train for lengthy days on foot. Do a few test walks loaded with gear to see what it’s like to carry that amount of weight before hitting the trail.

Prepare for foot care. Expert trekkers smear jelly-like products like Waxelene on their feet before putting on their socks to help prevent blisters. It also soothes chafing and offers foot relief at the end of a long day’s hike.

Plan meals beforehand. Measure out all the ingredients for a healthy menu plan and put them in lightweight bags to allow the exact right amount of food needed—no more, no less—for the long haul between provisioning stations (local accessible towns and holding spots for preshipped boxes).

walking across the United States in the first coast-to-coast roadside litter program, Pick Up America.

“As we walked and picked up trash, we inspired people to believe there could be change,” he says. His trek gave him hope for his own future, too. He now believes, “If you commit your life to the healing and restoration of community and yourself, you are going to be wholly provided for.”

Whatever the purpose, there are many scenic long-distance walking trails to choose from. The Pacific Crest Trail, from the U.S.-Mexico border in Southern California to the uppermost reaches of Washington State, offers stunning views of the Sierra Nevada

and Cascade mountain ranges. The Appalachian Trail, which winds 2,200 miles between Georgia and Maine, provides 250 shelters and campsites. In Wisconsin, the 1,000-mile Ice Age Trail offers awe-inspiring views of glacial landscapes. Starting in North Carolina, the Mountains-to-Sea trail extends from the Great Smoky Mountains to the crystal-blue waters of the Outer Banks.

In Missouri, the Ozark Trail sweeps through mountains, lush valleys and tumbling waterfalls. Plus, overseas trails await, as well.

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The Power of One Julia Butterfly Hill Asks, ‘What’s Your Tree?’

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or 738 days, Julia Butterfly Hill lived in the canopy of an ancient redwood tree called Luna to increase awareness of threats to our ancient forests.

Her courageous act of civil disobedience gained international attention for California’s redwoods, together with related ecological and social justice issues. When she claimed victory for Luna on December 18, 1999, she was recognized worldwide as both a heroine and powerful voice for the environment.

Today, Butterfly Hill’s commitment to such causes continues to inspire people worldwide. She has helped found and launch a host of nonprofit organizations and currently serves as ambassador for the Pollination Project, which awards $1,000 a day to individuals making a positive difference. The impassioned activist is the inspiration for the What’s Your Tree initiative and also leads workshops at eco-villages such as Findhorn, in Scotland, and Damanhur, in Italy. She lives in Belize, where she describes her life as, “Before tree, during tree and after tree.”

What prompted your life shift from being the daughter of a traveling preacher to an environmental activist?

Before Tree, when I was 22, I was rear-ended by a drunk driver and spent 10 months recovering. As I got better physically, I realized that my 38 East Michigan edition

whole life had been out of balance. I had been working nonstop since graduating from high school—obsessed by my career, worldly success and material things. This pivotal experience woke me to the importance of the moment and doing whatever I can to make a positive impact on the future.

How did you come to climb up a 1,000-plus-year-old redwood tree and stay there for two years?

After I recovered from the accident, I went on a road trip to California. There, I volunteered at a reggae festival. That year, the event was dedicated to the protection of ancient forests. I listened and learned from the speakers and activists passionate about educating people on the destructive logging practices of the Maxxam-controlled Pacific Lumber Company.

Returning to my place in Arkansas, I sold everything I owned and returned to California to see how I could help. Earth First! was doing tree-sits to call attention to the urgent need to protect ancient trees, and they needed someone to stay in a redwood tree so the loggers couldn’t cut it down; because nobody else volunteered, they had to pick me.

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two years and eight days. I returned to the ground only after the company agreed to protect Luna and the surrounding grove.

What are some of the legacies of your incredible feat?

The Luna experience brought international attention to the plight of the last dwindling stands of ancient redwoods.

After Tree, I was asked to speak about the issue all over the world. My bestselling book, The Legacy of Luna, has been translated into 11 languages. A follow-up environmental handbook is titled One Makes the Difference. It all inspires concerned citizens to take action in their own communities.

Now, as a yoga enthusiast, vegan, peacemaker and antidisposable activist, how do you stay true to yourself and model the changes you champion?

I am committed to living with as much integrity, joy and love as I can. If we want to see something in the world, then we have to live it. Like I learn in yoga, I aim to stretch into my life and breathe and see what opens up, trusting that clarity and growth will emerge in the process.

On a personal ecology level, I love swimming in the sea and the sound of the waves rolling over the reef. I love being at home, mixing fresh masa to make tamales and listening to the birds singing as they sway from the palm branches and bougainvillea. These are the moments that make my soul sing.

How has believing in one person’s power to change the world led you to ask, “What’s Your Tree?”

Service is core to my being. It gives purpose and joy to my life. The What’s Your Tree project helps people connect with a place of deep purpose that helps guide their lives, choices and actions.

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hether we are talking about you or your pet there are some very basic predisposing causes of disease that you should know about in order to help avoid illness. To list them briefly the causes are nutritional inadequacies, toxins, lifestyle/stress and genetic/immune system defects.

Nutritional Inadequacies Consider the source of dietary inadequacies. Poor farming practices deplete soil of the essential minerals necessary to live healthy lives. Consequently, even when we provide our pets what appear to be a balanced diet, some important ingredients are often missing.

In addition, most commercial dog and cat pet foods are what I term “grain-based." They are inappropriate for carnivores and difficult for them to digest. Feeding grained-based diets will result in a “leaky gut� that, over time, results in such chronic diseases as arthritis, allergy, auto immune disease and inflammatory bowel disease.

Furthermore, the processing of commercial pet diets tends to destroy many of the nutrients originally present and eventually leads to a nutritional deficiency unless supplements are provided.

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Our food supply, whether plant or animal, has become polluted by food production practices that add toxins to both our pet's and our own already nutrient-deficient food supply. This is in the form of plant insecticides and fungicides, hormones, antibiotics and parasites that are fed to our food animals. Manufacturers then add other potentially dangerous chemicals to our food in the form of coloring dyes, chemical flavorings and preservatives.

Also, commercial pet diets that sit too long in the warehouse develop toxins in the form of "rancid fat."

Water pollution is another source of toxins that result from industry contamination and attempts at water purification. The air our pets breath and the soil our pets walk on are sources of additional toxins. Airborne toxins can be a result of car and industry exhaust, cigarette smoke, out-gassing from new carpeting or photocopiers.

Plant, grass, weed, tree pollens, and biting insects can also be classified as toxins and the pet's yard may become another source of toxins if lawn chemicals are used. Worm eggs, fleas, ticks and dangerous bacteria are somewhat different types of toxins that can be found in the yard or dog parks.

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Lifestyle/Stress Psychological and physical stress can be looked at as a different form of toxin.

Excessive stress suppresses the immune system and exhaust the adrenal glands.

Psychological stress can result from abuse and punishment, lack of human companionship and lack of training resulting in an adversarial relationship with the owner.

Stress also results from loud noises such as fireworks, lack of sunlight, lack of shade and ventilation, with heat stress as a possible outcome and lack of warm housing during the winter. Asking a pet to hold its urine for an excessive time is very stressful. It may surprise you that not providing your pet an opportunity for exercise is also a form of stress.

Genetic/Immune System Defects The final cause of disease is a genetic defect which can show up as physical birth defects, congenital organ disease, allergies, immune deficiencies and autoimmune disease to name just a few.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 Birding with ruth - 9am. Join an interpreter on the trail with volunteer expert birder, Ruth Glass for a hike in search of wildlife action, perhaps to some lesser known parts of the park. $2/person. Preregistration required. Stony Creek Metropark Nature Center near rOcHESTEr/ WaSHinGTOn TOWnSHip. 586-781-9113.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13 family lab day – 1pm. Herpetology is the study of reptiles and amphibians. Participants will become Herpetologists as they take a closer look at our favorite scaly and slippery friends. $3/person.

Preregistration required. For ages 5 years and older.

Environmental Discovery Center, near WHiTE lakE. Info: 248-625-7280.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16 Veterinary rehabilitation Therapy and physical Medicine for pets - 6:30-8pm. Physical therapy for animals? Why not! Structured rehabilitation programs improve recovery from surgery, ease the pain of arthritis, help lessen neurologic problems and improve quality of life. Learn how this exciting field in veterinary medicine can help your furry family members! FREE. Presentation by Dr. Tari Kern. Pawsitive Steps Rehabilitation & Therapy for Pets, 1894 Star Batt Drive, rOcHESTEr HillS. Contact 248-564-0309. See ad page 41.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22 feng Shui for people & pets - 6-7pm. Learn: 1.

What Feng Shui is, 2. Which objects help better the flow of energy 3. Practical tips for improving your home. $20. The Pet Beastro, 27637 John R Rd, MadiSOn HEiGHTS. Jill or Erica 248-548-3448.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 One-day Training class - 10-11am. This group class will offer each individual owner a chance to address specific issues. This includes but is not limited to excessive barking, jumping up on you or your guests, biting, and general poor behavior.

Register early. Minimum number required. Please bring training treats to all classes and have a training collar. Springfield Twp residents: $20/non $25. Mill Pond Park, daViSBurG. Info/reg: 248-846-6558.

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Toenail Sundays - Noon-4pm every Sunday. Instore nail trim. Bring in your dog, cat, small animal or reptile and have their nails trimmed. Price is $5 per Pet. WaSHinGTOn TOWnSHip Pet Supplies Plus, 64920 Van Dyke. Info: 586-7522800.

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Best Buddy dog rescue - 12-4pm. 2nd & 4th Sundays. Pet Supplies Plus, 8020 Cooley Lake Rd, WHiTE lakE. 248-360-1400. adoptions - 12pm-4pm. We do adoptions each Sat. & Sunday every month. FREE. PetSmart, BriGHTOn. devoted friends animal Society - 11am-5pm. 4th Sunday monthly. Pet Supplies Plus, 22 N Ortonville Rd, OrTOnVillE. 248-627-7900. cat's cradle adoptions - 12-4pm. 1st & 3rd Sundays. Pet Supplies Plus, 41660 W. 10 Mile Rd, nOVi. 248-380-0007.

tuesdays Tuesdays

Senior citizen day - 9am-9pm. Every Tuesday.

Seniors (55 and older) will receive a 10% discount on total purchase. Excludes sale items and live animals.

WaSHinGTOn TOWnSHip Pet Supplies Plus, 64920 Van Dyke. For more information call 586752-2800.

Essential Oils & pet care - 6-8pm. Preventative Health & Addressing Illness Alternative to meds & antibiotics $5. lakE OriOn. Diana Wanamaker 248-882-7484.

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Senior citizen day - 9am-9pm. Every Wednesday.

Seniors (55 and older) will receive a 10% discount on total purchase. Excludes sale items and live animals. OrTOnVillE and lapEEr Pet Supplies Plus, For more information, contact store at 248-627-7900 and 810-245-2200.

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pet Therapy at Town Village - 11am-12pm. Meet in a large room with residents who are interested in seeing, hearing about and interacting with your dog. Your dog should be people friendly, not just interested in other dogs. Town Village, 4500 Dobry Drive, STErlinG HEiGHTS. k-9 Stray rescue league - 11am-3pm. 2nd Sat. monthly. Pet Supplies Plus, 22 N Ortonville Rd, OrTOnVillE. 248-627-7900. k-9 Stray rescue league - 11am-4pm. 4th Saturday monthly. Pet Supplies Plus, 1170 Walton, rOcHESTEr HillS. 248-650-5385.

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Michigan anti-cruelty Society adoptions - 1st and 2nd Saturdays (and 5th Saturday, if applicable).

PetSmart uTica, 45050 Northpointe Blvd. 586323-7030. adoptions - 11am-3pm. We do adoptions every Saturday. FREE. Peters True Value Hardware Store, 3455 W. Highland, MilfOrd. paws animal rescue - 12-4pm. 1st & 3rd Saturdays. Pet Supplies Plus, 22 N Ortonville Rd, OrTOnVillE. 248-627-7900.

Michigan anti-cruelty Society adoptions - 3rd and 4th Saturdays. PetSmart rOSEVillE, 32074 Gratiot Avenue. 586-294-0519 forget us not rescue - 1st & 3rd Saturdays 124pm. Pet Supplies Plus, 42241 Garfield, clinTOn TWp. 586-228-0090.

Homefurever dog and puppy Event - 12-4pm.

Every other Saturday. We have dogs and puppies for adoption every Saturday. Petco, 1217 Coolidge between 14-15 Mile, TrOY. 248-643-0694. Call for days: Rescue phone: 313-897-4931.

Heaven Will Wait adoption Event - 12-4pm. 2nd & 4th Weekend monthly. Pet Supplies Plus, 31029 Harper, ST. clair SHOrES. 586-771-3277.

Homefurever dog & puppy adoptions - Every other Saturdays. Dog and puppies available for adoptions. FREE. Petco- Roseville, 32074 Gratiot 131/2 Mile Masonic, rOSEVillE. Call for days: Marilyn 313-897-4931. adoptions - 12pm-4pm. We do adoptions each Sat. & Sunday every month. FREE. PetSmart, BriGHTOn. last chance rescue adoption - 12-3pm. Adoptions are being done on-site, lots of animals all shapes and sizes! Recurring event. Pet Provisions, Whitmore Lake Rd, Suite 200, BriGHTOn. 810-227-0967. dog adoption day - Every Saturday. Cat adoptions every day. Working with Happy Homes Rescue, Almost Home Animal Haven and Companion Pet Rescue. Premier Pet Supply, 31215 Southfield Rd., BEVErlY HillS. Info: 248-647-4310. See ad page 39.

Elizabeth lake animal rescue - 1st Saturdays: 10am-2pm; 3rd Saturdays: 1-4pm. Pet Supplies Plus, 8020 Cooley Lake Rd, WHiTE lakE. 248-360-1400. idyllic cat & dog Sanctuary - 1-5pm. 1st & 3rd Saturdays. Pet Supplies Plus, 11525 S Saginaw, Grand Blanc. 810-694-1771.

Guardian angel animal rescue - 1-4pm. 1st & 3rd Saturdays. Pet Supplies Plus, 1170 Walton, rOcHESTEr HillS. 248-650-5385. fetch dog rescue - 12-3pm. 2nd Saturdays. Pet Supplies Plus, 64920 Van Dyke, WaSHinGTOn TWp. 586-752-2800. rescue One dog adoptions - 9am-1pm. Pet Supplies Plus, 3110 W. Silver Lake Rd, fEnTOn. 810-714-4973. rejoiceful animal rescue - 3-7pm. 2nd & 4th Saturdays. Pet Supplies Plus, 42241 Garfield, clinTOn TWp. 586-228-0090.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 The amazing Thyroid! - 7-8:15pm. Learn how to support this incredible gland. Discover its link to heart health, digestive issues, weight gain and more. Dr. Richard Sowerby D.C., Clinical Nutritionist demonstrates how Nutrition Response Testing addresses these issues. Whole Foods, rOcHESTEr HillS. FREE! Call 248-879-1900 to register.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 Wheatgrass Tasting - 5:30-7:30pm. Talk with Anca of Wheatgrass and Sprouts. Try her sweet wheatgrass juice & learn how she healed herself from cancer with green juices and living foods.

FREE. Whole Foods Market, 2880 W Maple Rd, TrOY. 242-469-9600. See ad page 52. raw food Basics: Equipment - 7-8pm. Learn about equipment to make raw food prep quick/easy.

Deb Klungle will explain which tools & brands of appliances are worth spending your money on. $10. Whole Foods Market, 2918 Walton Blvd, rOcHESTEr HillS. Customer Service 248371-1400. See ad page 54.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 Gentle kundalini Yoga - 8-10pm. A gentle intro to Kundalini yoga suitable for all levels with soothing ancient sound vibration. Stretch, move and resonate as you heal yourself. $20. Santosha Yoga, 48774 Gratiot Ave, cHESTErfiEld. Theresa May 586-949-5515. See ad page 54.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 Wheatgrass Tasting - 10am-1pm. Talk with Anca of Wheatgrass and Sprouts. Try her sweet wheatgrass juice & learn how she healed herself from cancer with green juices and living foods FREE . Whole Foods Market, 2918 Walton Blvd, rOcHESTEr. 248-371-1400. See ad page 52.

Oktoberfest in Store - 1-4pm. Join Whole Foods for a sampling of Bavarian style brats made fresh right in our store with all of the fabulous trimmings,

including the BEER! FREE. Whole Foods Market, 2880 West Maple, TrOY. 248-649-9600.

Get Out and play - Get outdoors for fall family fun! Enjoy a variety of activities, crafts, music and even healthy snacks. This event is co-sponsored with Healthy Kids and the Healthy Futures Coalition for Macomb County. Lake St. Clair Metropark Nature Center, near MT. clEMEnS. 586-463-4332. awakening to love - 5:30–8:00pm. Discover how your beliefs about love, intimacy and sexuality affect your relationships, sexual satisfaction, marriage, body image and ability to find love. Verbal sharing and exercises designed to open your heart.

FREE. Northwest Unitarian Universalist Church, SOuTHfiEld. Info: 734-523-8566.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1 VegMi presents: Vegan 101 - 7pm. Join VegMichigan for this monthly event, which will include a cooking demonstration and samples.

Long-time VegMichigan members will discuss how easy it can be to transform a standard meal to a delicious, vegan option. FREE. Registration required at Customer Service desk. Whole Foods rOcHESTEr HillS. 248-371-1400.

Meditation Series - 7-8:30pm. Meet your guardian angel, ask for guidance & interpret what is received.

Phenomenal 4 week series. An experience you won't want to miss. $25/week. Soul Space, 210 W. University Dr. Ste 6, rOcHESTEr. Soul Space 855-200-7685. See ad page 19.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3 all about detox - 6:30-8:30pm. Ann Heusted, RN, FirstLine Therapy Coordinator, will cover all the important reasons for detoxification, methods available and the benefits. $25. The Downing Clinic, clarkSTOn. 248-625-6677. See ad page 9.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 Juicing & Sprouting for Health - 10am-12:30pm.

Learn how to grow your own wheatgrass and sprouts and how to juice them, in this demo led by grower

Anca who healed herself of cancer with these green juices. $10. Wheatgrass and Sprouts, 1925 W Maple Rd, TrOY. Anca Iordachianu 248-822-9999. See ad page 52.

RARA Trick or Treat Trail - 4-6pm. Bloomer Park.

Hayride, bonfire, donuts, music and visit with the Rochester Hills Fire Dept. $8/person. Bloomer Park, 345 John R Rd rOcHESTEr HillS. arm Balancing level 1 - 1-2:30pm. Introductory arm balances will give a good foundation to lead up to arm balances Level 2. Warm up with Sun Salutations, core & hip openers. $25. Santosha Yoga, 48774 Gratiot Ave, cHESTErfiEld. Theresa May 586-949-5515. See ad page 54. fall festival - noon-4pm. Also Sun. 10/6. Enjoy a fun-filled weekend of activities for the whole family.

Tour the farm and view traditional demonstrations, visit with food and craft vendors. Take a hayride to and from the pumpkin patch to select the perfect Jack-O-Lantern. Pumpkins priced according to size. Most activities are free. Kensington Metropark Farm Center, near MilfOrd/BriGHTOn. 810227-8910.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 Wellness Screening/checkups - 8am. Thru Sat. Oct. 12th. Join us for fun, food, drawings and prizes with Tigger. FREE wellness screening/ check-up/unique nutritional testing with cutting edge technology to find hidden health problems to prevent your next heart attack or bout with cancer.

Free color ID cards on Monday. Bence Chiropractic Wellness Center, 39573 Mound Rd, STErlinG HEiGHTS. 586-978-9900. See ad page 29.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8 all about alGO clay - 6:30-8pm. Learn about Clay’s amazing healing properties and how to use it in drinks, masks, baths and body wraps to detoxify your body in just 21 days. $ 10. Wheatgrass and Sprouts, 1925 W Maple Rd, TrOY. Anca Iordachianu 248-822-9999. See ad page 52.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 14 Overcoming fear of childbirth - 7pm. Join HypnoBirthing mom Janice Rex-Weaver of Peaceful Birthing, as she explores how fear affects labor and intensifies sensations while birthing. With fear and stress absent from the birth experience it can become a beautiful bonding experience. FREE. Whole Foods rOcHESTEr HillS. 248-371-1400.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18

Workshop: Women’s Health - 5pm. Purpose of the workshop is to educate the audience about most common health issues in female population, including hormonal imbalances and postmenoposal health problems and alternative ways how to help and prevent those diseases. Dr. Budaj will include a nutritional aspect in health prevention. Seating limited. FREE. Place YMCA, farMinGTOn HillS. Info/reg: 248-626-0001.

partner Yoga - 7:30-9pm. You will assist one another in going deeper into the poses, guide each other and just have fun. We welcome partners of all ages, sizes & experience. $15. Santosha Yoga, 48774 Gratiot Ave, cHESTErfiEld. Theresa May 586-949-5515. See ad page 54.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 World drumming Event - 7-8:30pm. Tom Price leads you through an interactive session which includes a short meditation using Tibetan Drum & Singing Bowls. $ 20. Soul Space, 210 W. University Dr. Ste 6, rOcHESTEr. 855-200-7685. See ad page 19.

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Zonta's Of lapeer fantasy forest/ Halloween Walk - 11am-4pm. Each station decorates with a theme and provides an activity and a treat for the kids. Every child receives a treat bag that comes with an advertiser and activity booklet. Geared for ages 10 and under. Tickets: $3.50 gate. Rowden Park, lapEEr.

Headaches – 6-7:30pm. Talk & Complimentary Dinner. Dr. Bence is known as a headache specialist.

We have the solution to 90% of all headaches! We will decode your headaches, classify them, and show home remedies you can implement right away!

FREE. Dr. Bence at Ike's Restaurant, 38550 Van Dyke Ave, STErlinG HEiGHTS. RSVP Diane 586-978-9900. See ad page 29.

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What is Energy Healing - 7-8:30pm. Join Anita Govender, Energy Healer, as she tours you through the concept of energy healing and how you can benefit from it. FREE . Soul Space, 210 W. University Dr. Ste 6, rOcHESTEr. 855-2007685. See ad page 19.

The amazing Thyroid! - 7-8:15pm. Learn how to support this incredible gland. Discover its link to heart health, digestive issues, weight gain and more.

Dr. Richard Sowerby D.C., Clinical Nutritionist demonstrates how Nutrition Response Testing addresses these issues. FREE! Vitamin Shoppe, TrOY. Call 248-879-1900 to register.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23 Workshop: fibromyalgia and chronic fatique - 5pm.Dr. Budaj who is an exprert in treating these conditions will discuss health options how to conquer them. Dr. Budaj will discuss what nutritional, homeopathic and whole food supplements would be beneficial in treatment. He will also present more multidisciplinary approach to help with healing. FREE. Seating limited. YMCA, farMinGTOn HillS. Info/reg: 248-626-0001.

The amazing Thyroid! - 7-8:15pm. Learn how to support this incredible gland. Discover its link to heart health, digestive issues, weight gain and more. Dr. Richard Sowerby D.C., Clinical Nutritionist demonstrates how Nutrition Response Testing addresses these issues. FREE! Whole Foods Market, rOcHESTEr HillS. Call 248-879-1900 to register.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 Better Health now and for the future - 6:308:30pm. Ann Heusted, RN and FirstLine Therapy Program Coordinator, will cover the elements and benefits of the program, which focuses on food, special testing and meeting your goals for a healthier life by using a personalized approach. Individual sessions and group meetings. $5 advance/$8 door.

Call to register, The Downing Clinic, 5715 Bella Rose Blvd, Ste 100 clarkSTOn. 248-625-6677.

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Story Telling - 6:30-9pm. Meet heart-centered people, listen to & share your own-stories of healing, eat amazing food, gain fresh perspectives on the healing 'journey.' FREE. Soul Space, 210

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 21 cranial Sacral Therapy class - 7-9pm. Come learn how to get rid of some stress. With some simple tips and CranioSacral Therapy, your body can kick in its natural self-healing mode. $20. SCS Adult Ed Center, 23055 Masonic, ST clair SHOrES. 586-285-8880.

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introduction to Sanskirt - 1-3pm. Recognize & pronounce the Sanskrit alphabet, learn to chant traditional mantras for universal healing & peace of mind with Alan Harris of Hamsa Yoga. $25. Santosha Yoga, 48774 Gratiot Ave, cHESTErfiEld. Theresa May 586-949-5515.

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laughing Yoga - 7:30-9pm. Laugh your "asasna" off as you relieve stress. A light yoga flow, breath work, and lots of fun, but the main event is laughing, all levels welcomed. $20. Santosha Yoga, 48774 Gratiot Ave, cHESTErfiEld. Theresa May 586-949-5515. See ad page 54.

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Wheatgrass Tasting - 5:30-7:30pm. Talk with Anca Iordachianu of Wheatgrass & Sprouts. Try her sweet wheatgrass juice & learn how she healed herself from cancer with green juices. FREE . Whole Foods Market, 2880 W Maple Rd, TrOY. Info: Anca Iordachianu 248-822-9999. See ad page 52. raw food Basics: Milks - 7-8pm. Join Deb Klungle fo Nourished Body for this series specifically designed for raw food newbies. Learn to make milks from nuts, seeds & coconut. $10. Whole Foods Market, 2918 Walton Blvd, rOcHESTEr HillS. Customer Service 248-371-1400. See ad page 54.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 Family Nature Club: Halloween and Campfire - 7:30pm. Gather ‘round the campfire for some spooky stories and yummy treats. This program will go on rain or shine - we’ll move inside to the fireplace if it rains! $5/person. Preregister only. For ages 6+. Lake St. Clair Metropark Nature Center near MT. clEMEnS. Info: 586-463-4332.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 Green Juice Wheatgrass Tasting - 10am-1pm. Talk with Anca of Wheatgrass & Sprouts. Try her sweet wheatgrass juice & learn how she healed herself from cancer with green juices. FREE. Whole Foods Market, 2918 Walton Blvd, rOcHESTEr. Info: Anca Iordachianu 248-822-9999. See ad page 52. food addicts(fa) info. Meeting - 9-10:30am.

Information meeting for Food Addicts in Recovery a FREE 12 step program for anyone suffering from

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FREE . Central Methodist Church, 3882 Highland Rd, WaTErfOrd. Aieda 248-277-0628. awakening to love - 7-9:30pm. Discover how your beliefs about love, intimacy and sexuality affect your relationships, sexual satisfaction, marriage, body image and ability to find love. Connect with others through verbal sharing and exercises.

FREE. Northwest Unitarian Universalist Church, SOuTHfiEld. 734-523-8566.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 28 Herbal Medicine - 7-9pm. Herbs are a gift to us by nature. This class will focus on the use of herbs & healing. We will be demonstrating the use of Compass Biofeedback tool. $20. SCS Adult Ed Center, 23055 Masonic, ST clair SHOrES. 586-285-8880.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17 candlelight yoga with Girish - 7:30-9pm. Join us for a candelight yoga class led by Abby with live music with Girish. Tickets $20. House of Yoga, 2965 W. 12 Mile Rd, BErklEY. Abby Bechek Hoot 248-797-0466. See ad page 54.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17 How to Stay Healthy during the Holidays - 6-7:30 pm. Talk & Complimentary Dinner. Reducing your most harmful stresses, naturally increase your energy, learn how to obtain true health and wellness for life, & learn how to recognize potential health problems people have before symptoms appear!

RVSP Call TODAY! FREE. Dr. Bence at Ike's Restaurant, 38550 Van Dyke Ave, STErlinG HEiGHTS. Diane 586-978-9900. See ad page 29.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 Healthy living to 100 - 6-7:30pm. Talk & Complimentary Dinner. Learn how people are living longer with a better quality of life. Learn how to live without any limits. "Live Like You Mean It!” RVSP Call TODAY! FREE. Dr. Bence at Ike's Restaurant, 38550 Van Dyke Ave, STErlinG HEiGHTS. Diane 586-978-9900. See ad page 29.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 kirtan with Girish - 7:30-9:30pm. Join us for an evening of uplifting live music and chanting with Girish. Tickets $20. House of Yoga, 2965 W. 12 Mile Rd, BErklEY. Abby Bechek Hoot 248-7970466. See ad page 54.

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Thus, we can’t efficiently produce the thyroid hormones that serve as chemical messengers triggering nearly every bodily function. The presence or absence of iodine affects our every cell.

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Low-sodium diets: Failure to use healthy salts to fulfill sodium requirements, plus overuse of zero-nutrient table salt in foods, leads to iodine depletion.

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ON TARGET Basic Yoga - 7:30-8:45pm. Basic Yoga with a different focus each week. Learn how yoga can help it all $12. Strongheart Yoga, 8373 Old 13 Mile Rd, Warren. Pattie McCann 248-5638615. See ad page 54.

Essential Yoga w/Meditation - 6:30-7:45pm. Dan Gwinn will be teaching. $15. Namaste Yoga 309 S. Troy St, Royal Oak. Linda K. Makowski 248752-3431. See ad page 20.

Hypnotherapy with Frank Garfield, C.M.Ht. Also Thurs 9:30am-7pm by appt. Frank teaches and specializes in all aspects of hypnotherapy, Medical Hypnotherapy and hypnotherapy for Pregnancy and Childbirth. Free Consultation. Warren. Call 586-751-7500. See ad page 12.

Cafe Sunday - 11am-4pm. Sundays offering organic coffee and tea, with variety of gluten free organic vegan and raw treats to purchase to make your visit like a family visit. WiFi available. Bernie's Best, 3370 Highland Rd, Waterford. 248-738-3734.

See ad page 7.

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Tai Chi - 6:30-7:30pm. Eric Scott, 23 years' experience. 2 week trial, $16. KMAI, 935 Baldwin Rd, Lapeer. 810-667-2101. See ad inside back cover.

Vinyasa Yoga - 9:15-10:15am. New Vinyasa Yoga class with Carol Ann Dunning $15. Namaste Yoga 309 S. Troy St., Royal Oak. Linda K. Makowski 248-752-3431. See ad page 20.

Hypnotherapy with Cheryl Beshada, C.M.Ht. 9:30am-7pm by appt. Also Wed’s. Cheryl teaches and specializes in Personal Empowerment, Releasing Blocks and Patterns of Negative Behavior, Higher Self Communication. Free Consultation.

Warren. 586-751-7500. See ad page 12.

La Leche League of Lake Orion - 10am. Daytime Series meeting: 3rd Monday. FREE. Christ the Redeemer Church, 2700 Waldon Rd, Lake Orion.

Tawnya 586-604-4074.

Breastfeeding Info/Support: La Leche League of Warren - 10:15 am. 1st Mon. FREE. St. John-Mac. Hosp. Med. Educ. Ctr, 12000 E. 12 Mile. Enter @ Main Hosp. entrance & turn L. Mtg in 1st bldg on L, Audit. A. WARREN. Info: Ginny 586-940-1634.

Jen's Warm Slow Flow Yoga- 5:30pm. Connect with your breath and still your mind in this moving meditation. $12. Powerhouse Gym Yoga Studio, 400 East Brown Street, Birmingham. Jen Cooper 248-563-7300.

Intermediate Vinyasa Flow Yoga - 6-7:15pm. A place to get comfortable with strong yoga practices, a good slow burn. $12. Strongheart Yoga, 8373 Old 13 Mile Rd, Warren. Pattie McCann 248-5638615. See ad page 40.

Better You Fitness - 6:30-7:30pm. Also Wed & Fri same time. Janet Wassmann, ITA Certified Black Belt. 14 years' experience. 2 week trial, $18. KMAI, 935 Baldwin Rd, Lapeer. 810-667-2101. See ad inside back cover.

Breath, Relax, Meditate in Motion - 6:30-8pm starting 9/16. Yang thirty-seven posture condensed Tai Chi Chuan form. $20/class. Orchid Leaf Energy

Weekly Young Living Classes - 6:30-8pm. Join us for these WEEKLY educational events on how to use Young Living Essential Oils to achieve health and wellness for you and your family! $5. Soul Space, 210 W. University Dr. Ste 6, ROCHESTER. 855200-7685. See ad page 19.

Lyme Disease Support Group - 7pm. First Tuesday monthly (except Jan, July & Sept). Open to anyone in the Detroit metropolitan area who has, thinks they might have, or cares about someone who has Lyme Disease. Northwest Unitarian-Universalist Church, 23925 Northwestern Highway, Southfield.

248-354-4488.

Macomb County Homebirth Circle - 7-8:30pm.

Social gathering where women are supported for their choice to birth at home. FREE. Thrive In Line Chiropractic, 51309 Mound Rd, Shelby Township. Erica Michaels 248-881-0836.

Vinyasa w/Michael Duerr - 6-7am. New Vinyasa class. $15. Namaste Yoga 309 S. Troy St., Royal Oak. Linda K. Makowski 248-752-3431. See ad page 20.

Farmers' Market/Crafts - 9am-3pm. Thru 10/9 Local produce,baked goods,diabetic socks,Project Fresh & more. FREE. Durand Union Station, E.Main St., Downtown , DURAND. 989-288-3561.

Adult Women’s and Children’s Domestic Violence Support Groups - 10-11:30am. LACASA: Comprehensive Services Center, 2895 W. Grand River Avenue, Howell. Info: 517-548-1350.

Vinyasa Yoga - 6:15-7:15pm. $15. Namaste Yoga 309 S. Troy St., Royal Oak. Linda K. Makowski 248-752-3431. See ad page 20.

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Preregistration required. Stony Creek Metropark Nature Center near Rochester/Washington Township. Info:586-781-9113.

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Tai Chi/Qi Gung classes - 10am. This ancient art will help you improve balance, muscle tone, flexibility, posture, and balance. Great stress reliever! $8. Alternative Health and Rehab. Centre, G-2284 S Ballenger Hwy, Flint. Dawei 810-2355181. See ad page 34.

Kids Yoga is Back! - 11:15am-12pm. Yoga improves children s concentration, sense of calmness & relaxation, enhancing flexibility, coordination & body awareness having fun along the way! $9. Santosha Yoga, 48774 Gratiot Ave, CHESTERFIELD. Theresa May 586-949-5515.

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State of Michigan Registered, NCCAOM Certified. Former MD in China served North American people for over 27 years with acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine. Specializing in various pains and intestinal problems. See ad page 25.

Acupuncture & Herbal Clinic Acupuncture • Massage • Nutrition Michal Kelly L. Ac., Dipl. O.M. 12272 Fenton Rd., Suite 3, Fenton 810-714-5556 • FentonAcupuncture.com

Offering personalized natural health care that focuses on treating the root cause of the illness, not just the symptom.

A safe and effective alternative for children, adults and seniors. Specializing in infertility, internal medicine and pain management.

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Sunshine healing center 42192 Garfield Rd. Clinton Township 586-226-2811

Rid yourself of allergies! Focusing on ridding ourselves of food allergies; chronic illness, persistent viruses, parasites, fatigue and cancer. Successful for 30 years using herbology and kinesiology.

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MICHIGAN ORIENTAL MEDICINE Acupuncture and Herbs Karen DeBruyn, PT, Dipl.OM 12809 S. Saginaw, Suite 206 Grand Blanc, 810-694-3500

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Computerized sensitivity testing and Natural Allergy Treatments. Certified in NAET with 13 years of experience. Specializing in environmental allergies, food allergies/sensitivities, digestive issues, skin p r o b le ms , h e a d a c h e s , fatigue and Candida.

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Mercury and metal-free dental materials, non surgical perio treatment, Invisalign© Orthodontics, DDS weight-loss system, cosmetic dentistry and TMJ pain diagnosis & treatment. Over 25 years of providing dental services to the community. See ad page 2.

HPS Advanced Dental care, PC Heather Pranzarone Stratton, DDS 4741 24 Mile Rd., Ste. C, Shelby Township 248-652-0024 • HPSDental.com

Our Family and Cosmetic Dental Practice is committed to practicing dentistry with a biocompatible approach. We perform mercury free/ mercury safe dentistry in a friendly, caring atmosphere for the entire family. See ad page 11.

The Mental Fitness Center

850 W. University, Suite C, Rochester 248-601-3111 www.MentalFitnessCenter.org A natural approach to mental and physical health, offering counseling, behavior analysis, coaching, nutrition and physical fitness training, for individuals, couples, families and persons with special needs. See ad pg 17.

colon hydrotherapy alternative health & Rehab centre, PLLC S. Ballenger Hwy, Flint • 810-235-5181

Advanced I-ACT certified Colon Hydro therapist available 3 days/wk. Water based cleansing of large intestines and colon's impacted waste. See ad page 34.

Craniosacral therapy guided touch • denae tait Lapeer • 810-614-7582

Pain/stress relief and more with Craniosacral therapy, aromatherapy and holistic nutrition. 11 years experience. See ad page 9.

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. ~William Shakespeare

Digestive health TheDigestionDoctor.com

Dr. Christine Kaczmar 47729 Van Dyke Ave. • Shelby Township 586-685-2222 Founder of "14-Point Digestion Discovery System" Solutions for Diarrhea, IBS, Constipation, Colitis, etc.

When the source of stress is known, the treatment becomes obvious. Dr. Christine uses 100% natural digestive formulas to nourish your body back to health. See ad outside back cover.

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Dena Holmes, doTerra Representative 248-303-3611 • OilsForHealthyLiving.com dena@OilsForHealthyLiving.com

Dentistry David Ewing, DDS, LPC

Gateway Dental 5321 Gateway Centre Blvd., Flint 810-250-7191 General Dentistry, including root canals, dentures, extractions, bridges, composite (white) fillings, crowns, TMJ, N.E.T. for pain control, anxiety and more. Nutrition and ZOOM teeth whitening. See ad page 14.

Discover the power of nature with Essential Oils that work with your body’s chemistry to create balance/wellness. PURE & POTENT oils are safe/effective – take charge of your own health!

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Why essential oils are mentioned 200 times in the Bible? Call for FREE "Missing Link" CD. (Income opportunities also available). See ad page 27.

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Karen Malone, Independent Distributor 810-938-9099 • YL_KarenZ@yahoo.com KarenMalone.VibrantScents.com Curious why Wise Men brought Frankincense and Myrrh to the Baby Jesus?

Why essential oils are mentioned 200 times in the Bible? Call for FREE "Missing Link" CD. (Income opportunities also available). See ad page 27.

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Marlene Wiegers, Ind. Dist. # 1000995 Marlene.YoungLivingConnect.com Facebook: Marlene Misiak Wiegers Become an Independent Distributor! Discover Young Living Essential Oil's healing properties for enhancing health--yours, as well as others who seek holistic options. Free training. 810-252-9807.

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If we do not permit the Earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either. ~Joseph Wood Krutch

Feng Shui Catherine Hilker, owner Creating Sanctuary 248-547-4965 www.CatherineHilker.com

Life Coaching, Feng Shui and Space Purification services. Call today and make permanent positive changes in your home, business and life.

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fitness/ Martial Arts Korean Martial Arts Institute 935 Baldwin Rd., Lapeer 810-667-2101 • KMAI.net Traditional TaeKwon-Do training for ages 5 through seniors. Adult enrichment classes in Yoga, Kick-fit and Women’s self-defense.

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Health foods/beverages Lucky’s Natural Foods, LLC Since 1974, 248-693-1209 101 S. Broadway, Lake Orion Historic Business District LuckysNaturalFoods.com

W h o l e F o o d Vi t a m i n s , Minerals, Herbs, Homeopathy.

Supplement Savings Card, Organic Groceries, Wheat & Gluten-Free Products, Amish Poultry & Eggs, Fresh Amish Turkeys for the Holidays.

Personalized service, knowledgable staff, special orders.

hypnotherapy alternative health & Rehab centre, PLLC S. Ballenger Hwy, Flint • 810-235-5181

Medical Hypnotherapist Jon Tomlinson, with 90% success rate. Helping with conditions: quit smoking, weight loss, golf and much more. See ad page 34.

Mid-Michigan Hypnosis Center Hypnosis Delivers • 810-423-6541 3280 N. Elms Rd., Flushing www.HypnosisDelivers.com

HYPNOSIS to achieve YOUR goals - Lose weight, stop smoking, reduce stress, eliminate unhealthy fears, improve your golf game.

Individual, couples, family, small group sessions. NEW CAREER? NGH Hypnotism certification courses forming NOW.

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Counselor, MA, Certified Hypnotherapist 26711 Woodward, Huntington Woods 248-688-6469 Specializing in counseling and/or hypnotherapy for anxiety, stress, self esteem, self-hypnosis and pain control. See ad page 25.

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We also carry top quality herbal and nutritional supplements.

Rebekah's health & Nutrition 700 S. Main St, Ste 113 • Lapeer 810-660-8585 RebekahsPureLiving.com

Organic whole food supplements, nutritional superfoods, detoxification, weight management and the HCG protocol.

Consultations available with our knowledgeable and experienced staff. See ad page 6.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. ~Margaret Mead

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Wheatgrass and Sprouts Anca & Gabriel • 248.822.9999 1925 West Maple Road, Troy WheatgrassAndSprouts.com

Learn about juicing's powerful health benefits and sample fresh delicious juices in Anca's classes. We also sell juicers, wheatgrass, sprouts and growing supplies and offer free home delivery.

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Susan Miller, CBP, CNHP • 248-953-9402 Essential Oil Executive Consultant/Teacher FREE CLASSES (ask about samples) Help your Body heal Itself with Certified Health Professional - Holistic and ALL Natural Approaches to Heath for Chronic and Acute symptoms including: Digestive, Headaches, Sleep, Sleep, Pain, Attention, Concentration, Brain Fog, Food Issues. The list is practically endless. Certified in Biofeedback, Living Foods Chef and Teacher, EDS, Auricular Therapy, Reiki, Biofeedback, Aroma Touch. DETOXIFYING IONIC FOOTBATH SPECIALS.

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integrative medicine ABC Wellness • Diane Culik, MD 37300 Dequindre Suite 102 Sterling Heights • www.DrCulik.com 855-NOW-WELL (855-669-9355)

Board Certified Holistic MD. Natural Thyroid/ Adrenal and Bio-Identical Hormones. NEW: Ozone injections/systemic therapy, Pulsed Electro Magnetic Therapy (see Dr. Oz), Foot Detox, Release of Trapped Emotions.

Dr. Hilda Lauderman DHM, Ph.D, NMD, RN Serving East Michigan 810-503-4056

"Dr. Hilda" has recently been licensed as a Dr. of ® to discuss issues Nedicine ˇ related to stress, fatigue, depression, osteopenia, pain, intestinal issues and much more. 50% off initial consult for new clients. See ad page 24.

The Downing Clinic

Laura Kovalcik, DO, FACOI 5715 Bella Rose, Ste 100, Clarkston 248-625-6677 • TheDowningClinic.com Integrative Internal Medicine practice owned

by Board-Certified Internal Medicine physician.

Practice emphasizes natural treatments where possible and uses special testing to determine health and nutritional status. Support services onsite include:Acupuncture, Bowen Therapy, Rolfing® Structural Integration, Massage, Healing Touch, IV Therapy. Clinic specializes in primary care, natural treatments for menopause and andropause symptoms, Osteoporosis, cholesterol management, Candida, Fibromyalgia. See ad page 9.

Longevity Health Institute 1467 E 12 Mile Rd, Madison Heights 248-548-3060 1555 E South Blvd, Rochester Hills 248-459-1139 LongevityHealthInstituteInc.com LewerenzMedicalCenter.com

A Functional, Regenerative Holistic Medical Approach.

We l l n e s s ; H o r m o n e Replacement Therapy, IV T h e r a p y : Vi t a m i n s , Chelation, Detox, Adrenal (Cortisol) support; HBOT - Hyperbaric O2.

Natural wellness & Pain Relief Centers

Medical Intuition

Grand Blanc • 810-694-3576 Richmond • 586-727-7500 NWPRC.com

Comprehensive treatment options to maximize your results. Bio-identical hormones, IV nutritionals, HcG weight loss, manipulation under anesthesia, decompression therapy, exercise with oxygen therapy, and cancer therapies. See ads pages 23 & 31.

Becky Stevens Holistic Alternatives, LLC

586-294-6540 33576 Harper Ave., Clinton Township BeckyStevensHolisticAlternatives.com

Safe, effective options utilizing medical intuition to assess the root cause of disease or dysfunction in the body. Also herbal, homeopathic, JMT and vibropathic remedies. Physician testimonials available. See ad page 26.

Iridology Orchid Leaf Energy Arts

Dawn Fleetwood MH, CId. 2290 E. Hill, Grand Blanc 810-953-9500 • DawnFleetwood.com

Iridology, Herbs, Organic Chinese formulas.

Full Energy Analysis: Chinese face, tongue and pulse reading. Tai Chi Chuan, Medical Qigong, Acupuncture, Tunia. Thirty-six years experience.

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Medical spa Timeless Health & Beauty medical spa 810-724-0480 542 N. Cedar, Imlay City

A healthy body from the inside out. Bioidentical Hormone replacement, weight loss, intravenous nutritional support, vaser and smart lipo, botox, nonsurgical facelift, vericose veins and other services.

See ad page 17.

Alternative Health & Rehab Centre, PLLC 2284 S Ballenger Hwy, Ste F, Flint 810-235-5181 • www.AHRC.us

A diagnostic, treatment and research centre with a holistic, personal approach. Acupuncture, Chiropractic, sports rehab and exercise, massage, oxygen therapy, detox and more. See ad page 34.

Bence Chiropractic Wellness Center

39573 Mound Rd., Sterling Heights.

586-978-9900 • BenceChiro.com/specials Therapeutic, Deep Tissue, Craniosacral, Hot Stone, Swedish, Aromatherapy w/ Essential Oils. Relaxing environment, Nationally Certified, Professional/ Skilled Therapists to minimize Stress, convenient hours. See website for specials. See ad page 29.

Julie L. Ward CMT, LE, COE Exactly Esthetics & Massage www.JulieLWard.com 810-875-8416

Mental Wellness

Vickie Evans, CMT

The Downing Clinic 5715 Bella Rose Blvd., Ste 100, Clarkston 248-625-6677 • TheDowningClinic.com Certified in Massage, Reiki and Healing and T h e r a p e u t i c To u c h .

Certified in Bowen T h e r a p y. P r o v i d e s combination of therapies as needed or requested by patients. See ad page 9.

advanced nutritional solutions Lee Rossano, CNC Rochester Hills • 248-652-4160 whysuffer.NET

Lee brings 10 years of clinical experience, the most advanced assessment techniques, and a lifetime of intuitive healing with personalized health plans to help cease suffering. That means better sex, energy, and a greater sense of happiness! See ad page 21.

Organic Lawncare A-1 Organic Lawns, L.L.C.

Complete Natural Lawn Application Products & Programs PO Box 874, Highland 248-889-7200, A-1OrganicLawns.com We believe in protecting and preserving your family and home environment with natural fertilizers that use the power of nature to beautify your property.

See ad page 10.

Bio-Turf, LLC • 810-348-7547

Serving Oakland, Livingston & Genesee Lawn/tree care program that offers organic-based fertilizers, Free lawn analysis. Visit Bio-Turf.com.

A Perfect Balance

Debbie Bollen • Jenny Harwood Farmington Hills • 248-254-7823 PerfectBalanceMind.com Holistic, non-invasive brain optimization technology, identifying where brainwave patterns are not functioning at optimal levels. Specializing in: anxiety, memory/focus problems, sleep issues, PTSD, ADD/ADHD, Brain Injury.

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ONCOLOGY CERTIFIED MASSAGE THERAPIST AND ONCOLOGY ESTHETICIAN. Advanced Practicioner, Therapuetic, Deep Tissue, Relaxation Massage, Body Treatments, Custom Facials, Waxing Expert, Eyelash Exstensions

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Alice Goodall, RN, BSN V.P. MI Holistic Nursing Assoc 586-646-0066 Nutritional counseling/ herbal remendies based on the COMPASS® nutritional assessment. Identify deficiencies in your body in the comfort of your own home. Serving SE Michigan. Goodallsherbs@ comcast.net).

oxygen/hyperbarics Longevity Health Institute 1467 E 12 Mile Rd, Madison Heights 248-548-3060 1555 E South Blvd, Rochester Hills 248-459-1139 LongevityHealthInstituteInc.com LewerenzMedicalCenter.com

A Functional, Regenerative Holistic Medical Approach.

HBOT (Hyperbaric O 2), We l l n e s s ; H o r m o n e Replacement Therapy, IV T h e r a p y : Vi t a m i n s , Chelation, Detox, Adrenal (Cortisol) support.

Rochester Holistic Arts 118 Terry Ave., Rochester 248-330-9569 RochesterHolisticArts.com

Holistic classes and services including: yoga, essential oils, massage, body wraps, energy work, hot stone massage, craniosacral, reflexology, ear candling, Thai massage, Ayurveda massage, body scrubs, oncology massage, and more.

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Natural wellness & Pain Relief Centers

8293 Office Park Dr. • Grand Blanc 810-694-3576 • NWPRC.com

Comprehensive treatment options to maximize your results. Bio-identical hormones, IV nutritionals, HcG weight loss, manipulation under anesthesia, decompression therapy, exercise with oxygen therapy, and cancer therapies. See ads pages 23 & 31.

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YOGA Santosha (Sanskrit): Contentment, peace, gratitude

Intro to Sanskrit with Alan Hara of Hamsa Yoga Saturday, October 19th 1:00-3:00 pm Call us or visit our website for details.

See the calendar in this magazine for more classes.

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NouRIsHED boDy | sAtIsFIED souL Deb Klungle • 248-497-4189 Certified Raw Food Chef & Educator YourNourishedBody.com

Learn how simple, nutritious, & delicious raw foods can be! Services include customized private instruction & detox support.

pHARMAcy pHysIcIANs coMpouNDING pHARMAcy

Your only local womanowned, compounding-only p h a r m a c y. C u s t o m medications to meet each patient’s specific needs.

Bio-identical HRT, pain management, veterinary, pharmaceutical grade supplements. Consultative services for hormones and nutritionals.

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from May to October Vendor Spaces $20 Contact Justine 586-808-4471

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or Mary Anne 586-943-5785

ALtERNAtIVE HEALtH & REHAb cENtRE, pLLc S. Ballenger Hwy, Flint • 810-235-5181

Certified Acupuncture with 8 years experience, David Birmingham. Chronic pain relief from many everyday issues without drug therapy. See ad page 34.

NAtuRAL wELLNEss & pAIN RELIEF cENtERs

Grand Blanc • 810-694-3576 Richmond • 586-727-7500 NWPRC.com

People under Dr. Strauchman's supervised HcG protocol are losing 20-30 pounds a month and keeping it off. Mention Natural Awakenings Directory and receive $50 off your HcG Program. See ads pages 23 & 31.

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MILLs pHARMAcy + ApotHEcARy

Locally grown, farm fresh fruits & vegetables, flowers, breads & baked goods, honey, weekly cooking at Packard Proving Grounds demonstrations, crafters & 49965 Van Dyke Ave artisans, local Shelby Twp, MI 48317 businesses between 22 & 23 Mile Rds & more!

wEIGHt Loss

We combine the best health and well-being products with good old-fashioned personal service. A Stateof-the-art Compounding Lab, a collection of world’s best apothecary brands and Epicure, a gourmet market for your convenience. See ad page 8.

yoGA HousE oF yoGA

2965 W. 12 Mile Rd., Berkley 248-556-0992 HouseOfYoga.net Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Yin and J i v a m u k t i Yo g a classes. Our space offers a warm, safe and peaceful environment to explore your practice. Teacher Training (RYT 200).

KoREAN MARtIAL ARts INstItutE 935 Baldwin Rd., Lapeer 810-667-2101 • KMAI.net Traditional TaeKwon-Do training for ages 5 through seniors. Adult enrichment classes in Yoga, Kick-fit and Women’s self-defense.

Visit website for class schedule and offering.

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20 W. Washington, Ste 10 • Clarkston 248-909-3700 • Leslie@AETherapy.com AdvancedEnergyTherapy.com Do you or someone you love have cancer? Reiki can help reduce sideeffects of Chemo/ Radiation therapy. It also reduces stress and promotes healing. Pet Reiki available too.

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8373 Old 13 Mile Rd • Warren 248-563-8615 StrongheartYoga.com Whether you are practiced or new to yoga we offer yoga for every body, nearby. Check our schedule for classes on our website.

Life is a song – sing it.

Life is a game – play it.

Life is a challenge – meet it.

Life is a dream – realize it.

Life is a sacrifice – offer it.

Life is love – enjoy it. ~Sai Baba

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