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

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Its Lessons Inspire, 14 businessspotlight Heal and Sustain Us

by Christine MacDonald 15 therapyspotlight 20 consciouseating 20 THE FOOD ARTISANS 22 wisewords

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Homemade Delicacies, 24 healingways Direct from Our Neighbors

by Lisa Kivirist and John Ivanko 26 greenliving 28 healthykids 22 HEALING JOURNEYS 24 30 naturalpet Paul Stutzman Finds Universal Truths on His Treks 32 fitbody

by Randy Kambic 34 inspiration 35 calendar 24 SPRING GREENING Easy Ways to Detox a House 39 resourceguide

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What Trees Teach Us About Life

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H contact us Publishers/Owners Jacqueline Mast • Kendra Campbell

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ome is where you settle in, laying down your head and heart and all those things that matter the most.

A refuge where energies from the day and night meet, this special place can affirm and sustain the moments, like an extension of self that hugs back.

I always gravitate toward spaces that invite in nature to refresh and calibrate the biorhythms that comprise my inner landscape.

Kendra & Jacqueline The simplest of designs can bring natural light, pure air, color and plants together, in celebration of the amazing intelligence that is interwoven throughout all of life. In our home, this is expressed through a small water feature that offers irreplaceably soothing qualities and a recent shift in layout that is redefining flow and allowing new patterns of sunlight to trickle in.

Wise transitions in letting go of excess, simple acts of reuse, as well as elements of the outdoors can ripple in magnitudes of serenity, wherever we feel our roots. This month’s edition unfolds and embraces the vibrant themes of Nature’s Wisdom and Healthy Home, illustrating the inherent power in living mindfully attuned to the very environments from which we take and to which we give back every day. The editorial offers an inspiring line-up of expertise and passion in food, home detox and gardening, as well as a personal trek/adventure of healing on the Appalachian Trail.

Reverence for the backdrop of plenitude and beauty this planet provides is shown in the myriad ways we work to save what is left of the magnificence and the resources at risk. Paul Stutzman’s personal journey, portrayed on page 22, also speaks to the significance of focused immersion in nature, and the experiences and healing that can occur there. Self-preservation has become an integral part of the equation that takes into account social justice and the environment, expanding the concept of “home” outward into the splendor of the universe.

Whether inside or out, whatever portions of our Earth evoke the familiar bliss of knowing and being known, may we all find these havens readily. The niches we carve out are all unique and most poignant when kept simple.

Join us in welcoming a spring that illuminates all those places we hold dear.

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For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

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he annual Berks County Earth Day Celebration will be held rain or shine from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., April 25, at Riverfront Park, in Reading.

Family-friendly activities include workshops and demonstrations about sustainability, tips for green living, educational talks covering global and community issues, a drum circle, and a tent with such children’s activities as yoga and a snake-and-animal farm.

GMO Free PA will discuss shopping organically on a budget and how to keep the kitchen pantry free of genetically engineered ingredients. Food will be available for purchase from the Perk Up Truck and local farmers. Entertainment includes performances by Medicine Horse Singers and Native American dancers among others.

This year’s event will be held in conjunction with the Reading Beautification Great American Clean Up, which begins at 7 a.m. the same day. A recycling drive will collect items such as gently used clothing, paper products, electronics, battery-operated items, batteries, plastic bags and more.

The city of Reading, Giorgio Fresh Foods and Natural Awakenings are among the event’s sponsors.

For more information, call 484-361-4422, email Coordinator@ EarthDayBerks.org or visit EarthDayBerks.org. See ad, page 27.

Jumpstart Spring Cleaning with Organizational Specialist

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ridget Renninger, owner of Organize Me Happy, is offering $25 off a wardrobe changeover during the month of April for those that want to get their living spaces organized and clutter-free. In a three-hour session, she helps pack up winter clothes, bring out the spring and summer wardrobe and determine which items to purge.

Bridget Renninger In January, Renninger joined Inglenook, a collective of small businesses specializing in home services such as design, landscaping, errand running and organizing. Her services include assistance with purging and disposal, organization planning, organization implementation, getting homes ready to sell, onsite and off-site business support and do-it-yourself plans.

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Early Childhood Program Expanding at Susquehanna Waldorf School

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he Susquehanna Waldorf School, in Marietta, an independent school serving students from early childhood through eighth grade, will add a third mixed-age kindergarten class in the 2015-2016 academic year.

Children ages 3 to 6 are eligible to enroll, and program options range from three half-days to five full-days, allowing flexibility to accommodate many schedules.

“At a time when so many young children are being asked to sit at desks for extensive periods of time, prepare for standardized tests and memorize words and numbers, we at The Susquehanna Waldorf School encourage early learning experiences that enable young children to develop selfconfidence, independence and creative thinking,” explains Michelle Wann, admissions director.

Waldorf Early Childhood educates young children by attending to a strong daily rhythm, surrounding them in a home-like setting and offering natural, open-ended toys to allow for imaginative and creative play. Kindergarten students learn through balanced movement, storytelling, experiencing language through song and poems, sequencing, sensory integration, crafting and outdoor play. The kindergarten program supports the work of the young child—to play—with outdoor time, imaginative play and experiential learning.

Location: 15 W. Walnut St., Marietta. For more information, call 717-426-4506 ext. 224, visit WhyWaldorfWorks.org or SusquehannaWaldorf.org. See ad, page 29.

CSA Registration Now Open

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ommunity of Oasis at Bird-in-Hand—a group of small, diverse farms committed to raising healthy, free-range livestock and chemical-free produce—is now accepting registrations for its 25-week community supported agriculture (CSA) program. CSA members receive a basket of fresh, locally raised organic produce weekly, beginning in May. Oasis farmers offer raw and pasteurized organic milk, butter and a large variety of artisanal cheeses from heritage breeds of grass-fed cows; eggs from pastured hens fed without genetically modified or soy ingredients; beef from grass-fed and grass-finished cattle; pork from pigs raised outdoors; and seasonal produce from local organic farms. Several CSA pickup locations are available.

Location: 60 N. Ronks Rd., Ste. J, Ronks. For more information call 717-288-2154, email Sales@OasisBIH.com or visit RealLiveFood.org. See ad, page 26.

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newsbriefs New Natural Latex Lines at Gardner’s Mattress & More

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ardner’s Mattress & More has recently introduced two new, chemical-free latex mattress lines—Prana Sleep and Naturals

by OMI—to their Lancaster showroom of natural and organic sleep solutions.

Gardner’s has specialized in latex mattresses for more than 15 years. Concerns by consumers regarding chemicals in foam mattresses have led Gardner’s to expand their selection, according to Ben McClure, company president. “Latex naturally conforms to the body and alleviates pressure points, allowing for greater circulation,” he comments. “Latex is heat and moisture resistant, antimicrobial and naturally hypoallergenic and dust mite resistant; it also remains impression-free for years.”

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Feel Refreshed, Get Inspired at the Women’s Expo

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usinessWoman magazine will host The Women’s Expo from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., May 30, at Millersville University. The event features exhibitors, interactive fun and demonstrations that present the latest in women’s health and wellness; nutrition and fitness; fashion and jewelry; travel; home improvements and homebased businesses.

Visitors can watch a fashion show by Christopher & Banks, enjoy a massage, shop and chat with exhibitors. Local nonprofits will also offer information about their organizations. New this year is the Show-and-Tell area and the Bricktastic Kids LEGO contest, where children ages 5 to 12 can build a creative LEGO masterpiece for the chance to win up to $75.

Cost: $5 at the door or free advanced online registration. Location: Millersville University Marauder Court, 21 S. George St., Millersville. For more information or to register, visit AGreatWayToSpendMyDay.com.

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Far Infrared Sauna Now Available at Emergence

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mergence Skin Care Studio, in Lancaster, is offering 30-minute far infrared sauna sessions Tuesdays through Saturdays. Towels and relaxing music are provided to complete the experience.

Infrared heaters warm the body in the same manner as natural sunlight.

Instead of raising the temperature of the air like a traditional sauna, far infrared saunas heat the body directly. This allows for perspiration while avoiding the potential harm of extremely hot air and steam, making it a suitable sauna alternative for people with asthma. As the body sweats, it eliminates toxins through the skin. Advocates propose that this process helps to improve blood circulation, aid in pain relief, improve the skin and diminish the appearance of cellulite.

Writing at MayoClinic.org, Brent Bauer, M.D., says that preliminary studies suggest that chronic conditions including high blood pressure, congestive heart failure and rheumatoid arthritis may benefit from the use of an infrared sauna, but more rigorous studies are needed. “On the other hand, no adverse effects have been reported with infrared saunas,” he writes.

“So if you’re considering trying a sauna for relaxation, an infrared sauna might be an option.”

Cost: $35 per session, or $245 for 10 sessions (three free). Location: 3695 Marietta Ave., Ste. 2, Lancaster. For more information, call 717-419-4766 or visit Emergence.SkinCareTherapy.net.

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Hamburg Field House Hosts Third Holistic Expo

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ancy Hartman, owner of Inner Peace and Wellness Center, in Hamburg, will host the third Inner Peace Holistic Expo from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., April 11, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., April 12, at the Hamburg Field House.

The event features several speakers on holistic health topics, as well as local massage therapists, chiropractors, an aura photographer and many other practitioners. Natural product vendors; purveyors of crystals, gems and stones and jewelry; and practitioners of spiritual arts will be on hand for shopping and demonstrations. Traditional fare and organic food will be for sale.

Children can enjoy the Crystal Corner for Kids from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., April 11, which features fun and educational activities that focus on different rock and mineral specimens.

Cost: $6; bring a canned good to donate and receive $1 discount. See website for directions. For more information, email Nancy@InnerPeaceAndWellnessCenter.com, call 610-401-1342 or visit InnerPeaceHolisticExpo.com. See ad, page 23.

New Essential Oil Therapy Offered at Sage Massage and Wellness

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rella Dubetz, owner of Sage Massage & Wellness, located in Millersville, is offering AromaDome sessions utilizing Young Living Essential Oils. The AromaDome is a holistic tool that easily and comfortably encapsulates the upper part of the body in a small tent while therapeutic grade essential oils are diffused, providing a restorative, balancing and supportive therapeutic session for all systems of the body.

Dubetz can tailor sessions to meet any client’s needs.

Session options include 30 minutes in the AromaDome and a Trella Dubetz 90-minute bodywork appointment that include the AromaDome’s aromatherapy infusion.

Location: 464B N. George St., Millersville. For more information, call 717-4687523 or visit TrellaDubetz.com or Trella.VibrantScents.com.

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Local Toxins Increase Risk of Autism

Smart Choices Help Our Home Planet The buy local movement and popularity of local farmers’ markets continue to grow, but we can do even better when it comes to sustainable shopping. A recent Greendex.com survey on environmental impacts of consumer behaviors in 18 countries reports that more Americans are eating local and organic foods and say they’re going to consume less meat and bottled water. Nevertheless, we continue to eat the most processed and packaged foods and the fewest fruits and vegetables of all the countries surveyed. Evidently, we need to literally put our money where our mouths are.

The Greendex survey cites several basic ways to make our diets more sustainable. These include eating more vegetables and less beef and lamb (recognizing the greater environmental impact of raising animals); participating and supporting community supported agriculture and fishery initiatives; economizing meal planning; and storing food properly in the refrigerator to maximize space and freshness periods.

When grocery shopping, peruse the perimeter aisles first, where whole foods are stocked, instead of the interior shelves, which typically comprise processed foods according to MotherEarthLiving.com.

More cooperation between the public and private sectors and individual involvement can also increase sustainability in communities around the world.

Rachael Durrant, Ph.D., a research fellow with the UK-based Sustainable Lifestyles Research Group, cites in a recent paper the need for improved understanding of the key roles that civil society organizations play within processes of large-scale social change and warned that many communities are vulnerable to grave environmental and social risks.

Durrant lauds “greener, fairer and healthier practices, such as community gardening or cookery classes,” plus “those that change the rules of the game through campaigns or lobbying to coordinate and facilitate activities of other groups.” Supporting food and farming management that’s independent, cooperative and welcomes volunteers, for example, is highly beneficial.

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onfirming previous findings, a large study from the University of Chicago has found that autism is linked to toxic environmental exposure. The research examined data from nearly a third of the U.S. population, which showed that both autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disabilities increased as exposure increased in region-by-region testing.

The research measured clusters of autism incidence together with exposure rates in different counties and states across the country. The areas with greater environmental toxin exposures had significantly increased autism rates. The correlation was significant among both boys and girls, but stronger among girls. Proximity to urban areas also increased autism incidence. For every 1 percent increase in urbanization, there was about a 3 percent rise in autism and intellectual disabilities.

Influential toxins include pesticides, plasticizers, lead and pharmaceuticals.

Acupuncture Increases Quality of Life for Allergy Sufferers

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esearch from Berlin’s Charité University Medical Center suggests that acupuncture is an effective treatment for patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis. Published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, in 2013, the study analyzed data on the costs and quality of life of 364 allergy patients that had been randomly assigned to receive one of three treatments: rescue medication alone (taken when symptoms are greatest); acupuncture treatment plus rescue medication; or sham (nontherapeutic) acupuncture plus rescue medication. Patients receiving acupuncture incurred higher total treatment costs, but also gained significantly more quality of life compared with the rescue medication-only groups.

Olive Oil Boosts Healthy Cholesterol

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n an effort to understand what makes olive oil so good for heart health, a study from Europe’s Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition Research Group and the U.S. National Institutes of Health has found that olive oil’s polyphenols significantly increase the size of high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL) in the blood and enhance the HDL’s ability to inhibit formation of the abnormal fatty deposits, known as plaque, within the walls of arteries. Polyphenols are natural compounds from plants known to help prevent cancer and heart disease.

In the three-week study, researchers isolated the effect of polyphenols by dividing 47 healthy European men into two groups: one ate a diet containing polyphenol-poor olive oil and the other consumed polyphenol-rich olive oil. The enriched diet resulted in increased size, fluidity and stability (resistance to oxidation) of the HDL molecules by reducing their triglyceride core. The researchers note that the oxidation of cholesterol lipids such as low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is linked with arteriosclerosis.

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nlike their Eastern counterparts, North American and some European herbalists seek to directly mitigate health issues or facilitate specific bodily functions using particular plants, roots and barks. Native Americans embraced the belief that Mother Nature provides, contending that the herbs of a local environment provide for all of the needs of the people dwelling there. For example, snake weed is prevalent in the Southwest, where encounters with rattlesnakes are frequent. Herbs such as comfrey, arnica and sage, which are found from coast to coast, are used to heal wounds, relieve pain and get rid of parasites, maladies common to people everywhere, according to the Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine.

Every culture in the world has developed and maintained a system of healing based on their indigenous plants, relying on these natural pharmaceutical entities for thousands of years. A human that lived 5,000 years ago found preserved in ice in 1991 was carrying herbs and mushrooms to mitigate health conditions that scientists confirmed were present in his body.

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

Vanishing Wildlife

50 Percent Gone in Under 50 years The latest World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Living Planet Report shows that the Living Planet Index (LPI), which measures more than 10,000 representative populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish, has declined by 52 percent since 1970. The report is widely considered the leading science-based analysis on the health of our planet and the impact of human activity (Tinyurl.com/WWF-Living-Planet-Report).

In fewer than two human generations, populations of vertebrate species—the life forms that constitute the fabric of life-sustaining ecosystems and serve as a barometer of how humans are impacting nature—have dropped by half. Nature conservation and sustainable development go hand-in-hand; it’s not only about preserving biodiversity and wild places, but about safeguarding the future of humanity.

Living Planet Report partners include the Zoological Society of London, Global Footprint Network and Water Footprint Network. Marco Lambertini, director general of WWF International, states, “We need leadership for change. Sitting on the bench waiting for someone else to make the first move, doesn’t work.

Heads of state need to start thinking globally; businesses and consumers need to stop behaving as if we live in a limitless world.”

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Innovations being successfully pioneered in Malaysia offer ideas for improving the world, according to the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), including the construction of high-tech, self-sustaining ecological “smart” villages.

These villages are lifting incomes for scores of rural families while promoting environmental sustainability. Each 50acre community consists of about 100 affordable homes, advanced educational, training and recreational facilities and an integrated, sustainable farm system that provides villagers with food and employment that on average, triples their monthly income.

Low-cost, 1,000-square-foot homes are built in 10 days and the communal farming operations include a cascading series of fish tanks, or “aquafarms”.

Filtered fish tank wastewater irrigates trees, grain fields and high-value plants grown in “autopots”, a three-piece container with a valve that detects soil moisture levels and releases water as required, reducing the need for fertilizers and pesticides. Free-range chickens feed on the fast-reproducing worms that process the plant compost.

This system optimizes nutrient absorption, minimizes waste and enables crops to be grown on previously non-arable land. The village’s solar-generated power is complemented by biomass energy and mini-hydro electricity. A community hall, resource center, places of worship, playgrounds and educational facilities equipped with 4G Internet service support e-learning and e-health services.

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Curbside Composting No Food Scraps Need Go to Waste

People in the United States waste more than a third of all of the food they produce, but more than 180 cities and towns are beginning to realize that wasted food can be valuable; they are asking residents to separate unwanted food from the rest of their trash and put it in a curbside compost bin. The idea is to stop sending food waste to the landfill, where it generates harmful methane gas pollution, and start turning it into something useful, like compost.

In 2011, Portland, Oregon, launched a curbside compost program in which residents are encouraged to put food scraps into the city’s green yard waste bin. Since then, the amount of garbage sent to the landfill has decreased by 37 percent. According to Bruce Walker, the city’s solid waste and recycling program manager, the program also reduces the environmental footprint of the trash heap.

Getting people to separate their food waste, however, can be difficult.

To motivate its residents to put more food waste in the compost bin, the city of Seattle, Washington, has proposed both making curbside composting mandatory and fining residents a dollar every time they put a disproportionate volume of food waste in their trash.

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andarin Local residents, Rose as well as out-ofspa, town guests that located in the frequently return Lancaster Marriott to the hotel for at Penn Square, conferences or was opened in special events, 2009 by licensed have become massage therapist regular clients beCarla Saylor, who cause of Saylor’s created a serene dedicated care. and nourishing A self-deenvironment for scribed eclectic local clients as world traveler, Carla Saylor well as visitors to Saylor has visited downtown Lancaster.

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“In 2000, after being employed as variety of healing modalities that she a school counselor for 10 years, I began has integrated into the extensive menu experiencing compassion fatigue and of holistic services. Massage techniques saw the limitations of working for a sys- include therapeutic, aromatherapeutic, tem. Because I love to help people and hot stone, traditional Thai mat, Japanese wanted to continue to do so, I knew Zen facial, lomilomi and reflexology, as I had to make a positive life change,” well as energy balancing with Reiki and explains Saylor. “My husband and I had Jin Shin Jyutsu. also made the decision to adopt a child The unique location of Mandarin from Russia, and thus came the aspiraRose spa, next to the pool, hot tub and tion to become a massage therapist so I exercise room, offers clients the option could set my own working hours.” to relax poolside after a holistic treat While still working as a counselor, ment or soothe tired muscles by followSaylor enrolled in a 600-hour, yearing a fitness session with a massage. long, part-time program at Lancaster The menu of treatments can be customSchool of Massage. “My husband and I ized to suit client choice, with options were like two ships passing in the night, that include couples massage and spa but we knew that my certification as party packages that pamper individuals a massage therapist would allow me and groups for any occasion. to stay at home with our child,” she

Saylor teaches all three levels of relates.

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In the years since, Saylor has classes for individuals or groups. She learned to balance family life, self-care also hosts other teachers at the Lanand the operation of a successful busicaster Marriott. Reiki Master Wolfgang ness. “I found my niche in the blissful Luckman, an acupuncture physician, environment of the spa where theralicensed massage therapist and diplopeutic techniques integrate to align mate in homeopathy, will teach a class mind, body and spirit,” she remarks. about fibromyalgia from 8 a.m. to 5

p.m., April 27. Continuing education units are available, and interested participants can register through Mandarin Rose spa.

Growing up in Lancaster County, Saylor remembers thinking that Lancaster was a diamond in the rough; she is grateful to now be a merchant located in the heart of downtown. “There is so much creative energy in Lancaster, and I love that I can contribute to that energy by sharing healing modalities through Mandarin Rose spa,” she enthuses.

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Gisele Siebold is a contributing writer to Natural Awakenings magazine, Lancaster-Berks edition. Connect at LunaAngelDancer@msn.com.

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n the human body, cerebrospinal fluid surrounds the brain and spinal cord, protecting and nourishing them. The system performs in a way similar to that of the hydraulics of car brakes; fluid evenly distributes itself to help absorb shock and spreads mechanical pressure out to the wheels, improving function.

Throughout the body, thin layers of tissue, called dural fascia, encapsulate the fluid as continuous sheaths around nerves. Because the nervous system is so far-reaching, interacting with and affecting nearly every process of health, this craniosacral hydraulic system, with its slightly pulsing rhythm and functional flow, is critically important. One method of enhancing the circulation of the cerebrospinal fluid is craniosacral therapy.

Osteopathic physician John Upledger developed craniosacral therapy in the 1970s. He says, “Every day, your body endures stresses and strains that it must work to compensate for” When trauma causes restrictions in the craniosacral system, widespread problems can occur. Craniosacral therapy evolved to treat central adhesions so the body’s inherent fluidity may pulse and drive the system towards better health.

Craniosacral therapy is delivered through a light touch technique.

Practitioners use specific points of contact and apply very mild pressure, usually no greater than five grams, or the weight of a nickel, to harness the

hydraulic effect of the cerebrospinal fluid. Although the targeted tissue is deep at the level of nerves, the buildup of hydraulic pressure does the primary release work, and the therapist works with extremely gentle force in their fingertips.

Osteopathic physician William Sutherland, a predecessor to Upledger, studied the bones of the skull and discovered that they can move by way of the flow of the cerebrospinal fluid. He realized that healthy skull bones shift slightly along joint lines called cranial sutures, and he practiced decompressing the skull and nervous system through cranial osteopathic manipulation.

Upledger built upon his work and extrapolated gentle cranial manipulation to the sacrum, or base of the spine, as well as throughout the entire body, because he believed that the dural tension of the nervous system is continuous in affecting health. Today, craniosacral therapy methods are practiced worldwide. Practitioners use it on infants, the elderly, Olympic-level athletes and anyone looking to reduce tension on their vital central nervous system. It’s used to address chronic pain, migraines, autism and immune disorders, as well as orthopedic problems such as temporomandibular joint (TMJ) tension.

Craniosacral therapy is often deeply relaxing for recipients. The hands of a craniosacral therapist are trained to engage a barrier without barging past it

and to shift slightly to absorb the speed of the body’s release. The work is to rebalance the cerebrospinal fluid rhythm, to allow the innately intelligent mechanism to halt tension, and to allow the body to heal itself from within.

Jonina Turzi holds a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Delaware. The owner of West End Yoga studio, located at 221 W. Walnut St., in Lancaster, Turzi is a certified hatha yoga instructor and a certified functional manual therapist who practices visceral and craniosacral therapy. Connect at JoninaTurzi.com.

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“If one way is better than another, that you may be sure is nature’s way,” admonished the Greek philosopher Aristotle, in the third century B.C.E.

“Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms the judgment of nature,” Roman politician and philosopher Cicero ruminated two centuries later.

Nobel Prize-winning physicist and philosopher Albert Einstein remarked, “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”

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Exposure to nature can help adults escape from today’s wired lives; reinvigorate, be fitter and less likely to suffer from obesity, diabetes and heart disease, as reported in studies published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and a University of Washington research summary. It can also unlock understanding of the spiritual essence of life.

Hours regularly spent by youth outdoors stimulate imagination and creativity and enhance cognitive development, helping them learn. Nature also helps youngsters develop social awareness, helping them better navigate human relations (Tinyurl.com/ OutdoorHealthBenefitsResearch).

“It’s strange and kind of sad that we are so removed from nature that we actually have to ask why nature is good for us,” says Dr. Eva Selhub, a lecturer at Harvard Medical School, author of the new book Your Health Destiny, and co-author of Your Brain on Nature. “The fact is our brains and bodies are wired in concert with nature.”

Recognition of nature’s positive effects has grown so much in recent years that physicians increasingly write their patients “prescriptions” to go hiking in the woods, counting on the healthy exercise and exposure to sunlight, nature and soothing views to address health problems stemming from poor diets and sedentary lifestyles.

Healthcare clinics and hospitals in Washington, D.C., New York City, Chicago, Indianapolis, Albuquerque, New Mexico, California’s Bay Area and elsewhere have launched Prescription Trails programs aimed at objectives from preventing obesity in children to healthful activities for retirees (Tinyurl. com/AmericanHealthTrails).

Bestselling author Richard Louv calls the positive nature effect “vitamin N” in The Nature Principle. He contends: “Many of us, without having a name for it, are using the nature tonic.

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Such ideas are commonly accepted in many cultures. The Japanese believe in the restorative power of shinrin-yoku, which could be translated as “forest medicine” or “forest bathing”. Indigenous peoples like the Brazilian tribe led by Shaman Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, fighting to preserve their land and way of life in the Amazon, profess to be at one with the innate riches of sustainable rainforests (SurvivalInternational.org/parks).

Innovative Nature

Scientists, inventors and other innovators are increasingly inspired by nature.

Biomimicry, part social movement and part burgeoning industry, looks to how Earth’s natural systems work and solve problems. University of Utah researchers, inspired by the durable homes built by sandcastle worms, are creating a synthetic glue that one day could help repair fractured bones. Architectural components manufacturer Panelite makes energy-efficient insulated glass by mimicking the hexagonal structure that bees use in honeycombs. (Find other precedents at Tinyurl.com/ BiomimicryCaseExamples).

The inspiration for biomimicry comes from many places, says Dayna Baumeister, Ph.D. co-founder of Biomimicry 3.8, a Missoula, Montana, company working with other companies and universities to propel biomimicry into the mainstream.

“People are recognizing that they’ve been disconnected to the natural world,” she says. “We also realize that [as a species] we are in trouble.

We don’t have all the answers, but we can look to other species for inspira-

Scientific studies show that a regular dose of nature has far-reaching health benefits. More doctors now write “nature” prescriptions for their patients. tion” for clearing pollutants from our bodies and environments.

Plants and fungi are now commonly used to clean up old industrial sites that resemble nature’s way of removing pollutants from water and soil. A University of California, Berkeley, meta-study confirms that farmers currently using organic farming methods and solar power achieve roughly the same crop yields as conventional techniques with far less dependence on fossil fuels, reducing greenhouse gases and petrochemical pesticide and fertilizer pollution.

Cyclical Nature

These breakthrough technologies emulate the way nature uses the building blocks of life in an endless cycle of birth, reproduction, decay and rebirth.

It’s part of a broad rethinking of the principles behind sustainability—building, manufacturing and living in greater harmony with natural systems, perhaps eventually eliminating landfills, air and water pollution, and toxic site cleanups.

“A toxin is a material in the wrong place,” says architect William McDonough, of Charlottesville, Virginia. The only individual recipient

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of the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development, he is co-author of Cradle-to-Cradle, a groundbreaking book that calls for re-envisioning even the nastiest waste, and The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability—Designing for Abundance. McDonough imagines a world where waste becomes raw material for new buildings, furniture and other goods—akin to how a forest reuses every deceased tree and animal to nourish the ecosystem and spawn new life.

With 80 percent of U.S. residents currently living in urban areas, architects, builders and municipal planners are likewise pivoting toward nature, prompted by the scientific evidence of the many ways that human health and general well-being rely upon it. While this contact is preferably the kind of “stopping by woods” that inspired New England poet Robert Frost, even a walk in a city park will work.

“Urban nature, when provided as parks and walkways and incorporated into building design, provides calming and inspiring environments and encourages learning, inquisitiveness and alertness,” reports the University of Washington’s College of the Environment, in Green Cities: Good Health.

The American Planning Association stresses the importance of integrating green space into urban neighborhoods. Not only does so-called “metro nature” improve air and water quality and reduce urban heat island effects, urban wilds such as Pittsburgh’s Nine Mile Run and Charlotte, North Carolina’s Little Sugar Creek Greenway also restore natural connections in densely populated city centers.

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A growing number of scientists say that research about our place in nature has sparked fresh thinking about our role and devastated quaint notions about our species’ superiority. “Single-celled slime molds solve mazes. Brainless plants make correct decisions and bees with brains the size of pinheads handle abstract concepts,” points out Anthropologist Jeremy Narby, author of the groundbreaking book Intelligence in Nature.

At a national conference of Bioneers, an organization based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and San Francisco that gathers nature-minded social and scientific innovators, Narby said: “We are nearly identical to many animals.

Many behaviors once thought to be exclusively human are shared by other species. The zone of the specifically human, as determined by science, has been shrinking.”

We haven’t lost the ability to tap that primal animal inside, even if most of us are more likely to “venture into the forest” by watching a movie or playing video games. We may feel cut off from our instincts, but studies show time in the woods can do wonders to restore the keenness of our senses to

connect with the subtle changes in natural habitat, the movements of other species and the changing seasons.

The rise of human civilizations may have taken “survival of the fittest” in new directions, often decidedly tamer ones, but experts ranging from scientific researchers to lifestyle analysts say humankind is still hardwired by our more primitive past. Despite the ingenious ways we’ve devised to exploit other life forms, capitalize on Earth’s resources and protect ourselves from nature’s sometimes terrifying power, our fate remains linked to natural laws and limits, from nurturing our body’s immune system to resolving planet-sized problems like climate change.

“‘Nature’ is our natural environment,” according to Selhub. We don’t have to move to the country to reconnect, she says. “Even spending 20 minutes a day outside has an effect.”

Houseplants, nature photos and aromatherapy Earth scents can also help indoor environments better reflect our own nature.

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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. ~John Muir

The Food Artisans Next Door Homemade Delicacies, Direct from Our Neighbors

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Neighbors in most states can now legally buy fresh breads, cookies and preserves from local food artisans.

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he locavore movement of eating locally produced foods continues to expand, thanks to 42 states passing cottage food laws that permit community members to make certain foods at home to sell to neighbors.

Some enterprises use a contract packer to deliver on a scale not possible domestically, or even operate from a commercially licensed production facility.

From sauerkraut and distinctive jams and organic jellies to gluten- or peanut-free cakes and regional artisanal breads, some of the most flavorful products are being produced with no chemical preservatives, artificial colors or other laboratory ingredients. Nearly all are made in small batches, and usually by the owner. Many source local ingredients or serve special dietary needs largely underserved or ignored by larger food businesses.

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als look less to big chain stores for their food needs and more to each other, making fresher, tastier and often healthier foods more accessible,” explains Janelle Orsi, co-founder of the Oakland, California, Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC), citing its Policies for Shareable Cities report partnered with the nonprofit Shareable.

The Specialty Food Association reports that sales of specialty foods— primarily at grocery retailers, but also cottage operators via farmers’ markets and direct orders when allowed by their state—grew 22 percent from 2010 to 2012, topping $85 billion.

Healthy as it Comes

“All of our products are made by hand and in small batches daily,” says Ruth Wardein, co-owner, with Andrew Amick, of Epiphany Gluten Free Bakery, in Naples, Florida, which she launched

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from her home kitchen. Besides glutenfree cookies, cakes and breads, she’s always “perfecting” her Paleo cookies, brownies and pancake mix.

Paleo recipes contain no grains, dairy, yeast or refined sugars, explains Wardein. “They require nut and seed flours, coconut oil and natural sugars like honey or maple syrup. So they are naturally higher in protein and fiber and lower in carbs than the average glutenfree recipe.”

“We’re experimenting with the community supported agriculture model with local fruit,” says Erin Schneider.

She and her husband, Rob McClure, operate Hilltop Community Farm, in LaValle, Wisconsin, which produces value-added products with organically grown crops. “We have salsas, pickles and jams. Our black currant and honey jam is sold before it’s made. Rob’s garlic dills have their own following.” Wisconsin’s cottage food law restricts sales to only high-acid foods.

Quality over Quantity

In Royal Oaks, California, Garden Variety Cheese owner, cheesemaker and shepherd Rebecca King feeds her

100 milking ewes organically raised, irrigated pasture grass and brewer’s grain to yield award-winning farmstead easier-to-digest sheep cheeses from her Monkeyflower Ranch. “Many first-time customers like my story as a small producer and want to buy direct from the farm. They keep buying because of the taste,” says King.

“My marinara and pizza sauces are made in small batches by hand in a home kitchen, enabling us to hot pack them to retain the ingredients’ natural favors,” says Liz James, owner of The Happy Tomato, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her sauces are also low in sodium and contain no sugar, saturated fat or gluten. James’ production is facilitated by Virginia’s home food processor license, which lets her work from home and sell wholesale. Whole Foods Market is among her major retail accounts.

When home-based cottage food businesses are spurred into expansion to keep up with demand, a situation sometimes complicated by state limits on sales volume, many opt for renting space in the growing number of incubator, or community, kitchens nationwide.

“We did farmers’ markets for three

years and went from seven customers to thousands,” says Wardein, who now rents a commercial kitchen space. “Returning customers are the momentum that has pushed us forward.”

“By growing food in and around our own neighborhoods and cities, we decrease our dependence on an oftentimes unjust and ecologically destructive global food system and build stronger, more connected and resilient communities,” affirms Yassi Eskandari-Qajar, director of SELC’s City Policies program.

“We think it’s important to produce what grows well on our soil and then sell it, so that ecology drives economics, rather than vice versa,” says Schneider.

“Random things prosper in our area, like paprika peppers, elderberries, hardy kiwi, garlic, pears and currants. It’s our job as ecologically-minded farmers to show how delicious these foods can be.”

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Stutzman chronicled his second journey, a 5,000-mile-plus crosscountry trek, in Biking Across America. This time, he perceived a “noble, yet humble America that still exists and inspires.” More recently, the author has turned to fiction with The Wanderers and Wandering Home, both enriched with reflections upon the values of his Amish Mennonite upbringing and marriage.

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Early on, I realized how soothing nature was to my grieving soul. Still, there

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were times it would have been easy to abandon my journeys and head for the safety of home. The desire to discover if my life held any meaning after such a great loss kept me moving forward. I kept telling myself on both journeys, “If my wife can fight cancer for four years, I can overcome any obstacle I encounter.”

I was determined to write about what I was being taught by nature. I also believed books written by and about someone seeking solace via an incomplete pilgrimage would be cheating the reader.

What do such journeys teach about nature and our response to experiencing it?

I find comfort in nature. I believe the beautiful streams and waterfalls, the grand views from mountaintops and the wildlife were all created for our enjoyment. When we absorb this beauty and wonderment, the stresses in life slowly melt away. Granted, not everyone will be able to do what I did; however, a stroll through a local park, along a beach or in a flower garden can have similar effects.

Did these extended physical endeavors make mental demands that catalyzed unexpected self-growth?

Treks like these into the unknown are physically demanding. With time and effort, one’s body gets into shape for extended hiking and biking. The mental hurdle must be crossed next. You’ll miss home and loved ones. Loneliness will set in. This is where you discover who the real you is. Are you tenacious enough to push through the desire to abandon the pilgrimage or will you succumb to the allure of comfort and safety?

On my journeys, I had to make difficult choices. There is a saying that applies to folks planning to hike the AT end-to-end through 14 states: “If hiking the entire Appalachian Trail isn’t the most important thing in your life, you won’t accomplish it.”

My daughter gave birth to my grandson while I was hiking. Although she asked that I come home for the event, I declined. I kept on hiking because I knew I wouldn’t return to the trail if I went home. I’d spent my lifetime trying to do the right things for my three children, but now had to do what was right for me.

What did you learn about Americans along the way?

I discovered that most Americans are kind, law-abiding citizens. Most are still willing to help a stranger in need.

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Spring Greening Easy Ways to Detox a House

by Lane Vail

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or most individuals, odorous chemicals are simply unpleasant. For those that are sensitive and susceptible, however, even common chemical exposures may evoke a toxicant-induced loss of tolerance (TILT) marked by multiple-system symptoms such as headaches, fatigue, autoimmune disease, asthma, depression and food intolerance. Since the post-World War II expansion of petrochemicals, the incidence of TILT has increased dramatically, says Claudia Miller, a medical doctor, researcher and professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and co-author of Chemical Exposures: Low Levels and High Stakes.

“Fortunately, public awareness has also grown significantly in the last few years,” says Rick Smith, Ph.D., a Canadian environmentalist who co-authored Toxin Toxout. “Now companies and governments worldwide are moving toward making safer products.”

We can support progress by leveraging some practical tips in greening our home.

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organic compounds (VOC) that include formaldehyde and benzene are concealed in household items such as couches, chairs, particleboard furniture, mattresses, box springs, carpeting, rugs, synthetic flooring, wallpaper and paint.

Green TV host and Fresh Living author Sara Snow implores us not to become overwhelmed, disheartened or fearful.

“Creating a healthy home is a gradual process that doesn’t require throwing all the furniture out,” she advises. Start by scrutinizing labels and choosing not to bring new toxins in.

For example, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is widely found to be associated with reproductive toxicity and is found in many waterproofed and flexible plastics. Select PVC-free toys, shower curtain liners and mattress covers.

In the kitchen, avoid potentially carcinogenic perfluorinated chemicals (PFC) found in nonstick coatings of pots and pans. Toss the Teflon when it scratches, says Snow, and upgrade to stainless steel or cast iron. Weed out bisphenols, the DNA-disrupting chemicals found in plastics and epoxy resin can

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liners. Even “BPA-free” products likely contain alternative and equally harmful substances, according to a recent study published in Chemosphere. Choose clear glass instead of plastic containers.

When remodeling, look for zeroVOC items, Miller says, plus materials free of stain-resistant sprays and flame retardants whose efficacy is questionable. Consider natural fiber rugs like jute or wool. Forest Stewardship Council-certified hardwoods or alternative flooring like cork or glass tile are safer investments in long-term well-being.

Clean green. Conventional cleaners are among the worst offenders, and even some “eco-cleaners” can be deceptively unsafe, says Smith. He recommends avoiding antibacterial products containing triclosan, which proliferates antibiotic-resistant bacteria that prolong and exacerbate illnesses, as well as phthalates, a chemical oil that carries artificial aromas and has been repeatedly linked to cancer and abnormal fetal development. “Even so-called natural fragrances are often complex petrochemicals that outgas and contaminate the air,” notes Miller.

Snow advises formulating products at home using staple pantry ingredients, including distilled white vinegar for disinfecting, baking soda for scouring, liquid castile soap for sudsing, lemon juice for degreasing and olive oil for polishing.

Freshen with fresh air. Americans spend about 90 percent of their time amid indoor air pollutants that are significantly more concentrated than outdoor pollutants, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports. “Most energy-efficient homes are well sealed with ventilation systems that recirculate indoor air, so opening the windows helps dilute accumulated airborne toxins,” says Miller. Snow further recommends bringing air-purifying plants into the home such as Gerbera daisies, bamboo palms and English ivy.

Vacuum and dust. Vacuuming with a high-efficiency particulate arrestance (HEPA) filter and dusting with a moist cloth eliminates allergens such as pet dander, mites, pollen and mold, and helps remove phthalates, flame retardants, lead and pesticides that “latch

Even small changes can measurably reduce your family’s daily exposure to health- damaging chemicals. ~Rick Smith onto house dust and accumulate in dust bunnies,” says Smith.

Weed out lawn chemicals. “Organophosphate pesticides are profoundly neurotoxic,” says Miller, especially to the developing brains of children.

Instead try integrated pest management, which involves controlling pests’ food sources and applying non-toxic deterrents. Eliminating potentially carcinogenic herbicides might mean managing more weeds, says Snow, but it’s worth it.

Eat green. “Buying produce as close to its source as possible, from a farmer or farmers’ market, provides threefold benefits,” says Snow—less wasteful packaging, reduced exposure to chemical plastics and greater concentration of health-promoting nutrients. Buy in bulk and favor glass containers or rectangular cardboard cartons.

Take tests. Radon, an invisible, odorless gas that can emanate from the ground and accumulate in homes, annually causes 21,000 U.S. lung cancer deaths, according to the U.S. EPA. Lead, a neurotoxin that may occasionally leach from home water pipes, can also hide in pre-1978 paint. Testing for both and implementing reduction or precautionary measures is simple, advises Smith. Most hardware stores stock test kits.

Take action. Join with other concerned citizens by launching a pertinent petition at Change.org; campaigning with organizations like the Environmental Working Group (ewg. org) or Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families (SaferChemicals.org); and supporting cleaner, greener companies with family purchases.

Lane Vail is a freelance writer and blogger at DiscoveringHomemaking.com.

Building-Science Basics for Everyone

by A. Tamasin Sterner Utilizing basic principles of building science can mean family comfort, building longevity and energy efficiency.

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Air, heat and moisture move from warmer to colder, taking the path of least resistance. Warmer rooms lose heat to cooler rooms. Moisture and air pressure move from higher concentrations to lower concentrations.

Insulating and air sealing building envelopes (the physical separators between the conditioned and unconditioned environments of the building) stops the movement of warm winter air into unconditioned attics and crawlspaces and outdoors.

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Air temperature, relative humidity, radiant temperature and air movement affect human comfort. A breeze from a fan on a hot day can create comfort, but a draft in the living room on a cold day feels uncomfortable.

Body heat is also lost to cooler surfaces, such as when we sit near a window or uninsulated wall in winter.

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Air leaks can be caused by a hole and a pressure difference. Air movement is primarily caused by the stack effect: warmer air rises and cooler air sinks.

The greater the indoor and outdoor temperature difference, the faster heated air flows. With great temperature differences between the two, more insulation is needed to stop the flow of energy.

Insulation and air barriers go hand in hand. A home’s air barrier should be durable, continuous and in full contact with insulation to stop convective currents and wind. This is helped by sealing the top of the building first in and around recessed can lights, dropped soffits, plumbing vent pipe penetrations, attic hatches, basement rim joists and marriage seams in modular or mobile homes and cracks around wall top plates and ceiling-mounted duct boots.

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Warm air holds more moisture than cold air. Moisture rides on warm air that moves into attics and condenses on the underside roofs or inside ductwork in winter, causing roof rot and stains on drywall ceilings.

Wet and moldy basements or crawlspaces mean wet and moldy attics.

Driven by moisture and pressure differences like the stack effect, wet air moves through the house and condenses on any surface below the dew point. Spots wetted often get moldy and rot. In vented attics, condensation may form on roof sheathing; adding more ventilation only treats the symptom.

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Special attention must be paid in homes with combustion appliances.

Many gas water heaters spill fumes because of air being sucked down the chimney by clothing dryers and bathroom fans. This can cause moisture problems and even cause carbon monoxide to enter the house.

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Organic gardening experts share strategies for growing a great garden and having a life, too.

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he arrival of planting season has a stunning effect on veggie gardeners. We talk to our seedlings as if they were children, and don’t mind working until dark if that’s what it takes to get the fingerling potatoes in the ground. Then, complications like crabgrass and cabbageworms appear, and keeping up with all the details feels impossible. We can lighten looming chores by using these time-saving tips, which will reduce later workloads when storms and the hot summer sun threaten to squelch the magic.

Mulch to reduce watering and prevent weeds. “You can cut your watering time in half by mulching crops with a three-to-four-inch layer of straw or shredded leaves,” says Niki Jabbour, award-winning author of The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener and Groundbreaking Food Gardens: 73 Plans That Will Change the Way You Grow Your Garden. “Crops like tomatoes, potatoes, kale, broccoli, cucumbers and squash all benefit from a deep

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mulch, which reduces the need to water and also prevents weeds, saving even more time.”

Grow herbs in convenient containers. Family cooks will harvest kitchen herbs every day, in all kinds of weather, so don’t waste footsteps. Grow some parsley, basil and other herbs in large containers near the kitchen door.

Try promising perennials. Plant them once, and vegetables like asparagus and rhubarb come back year after year in cold winter climates like the Midwest and Northeast. Where winters are mild, artichokes or chayote (pear squash) are long-lived and productive. Many resilient herbs will return each spring, too, including sage, mints, thyme and oregano. Tarragon and marjoram make trusty perennial herbs in the Sun Belt.

Stock up on organic seeds. “As a year-round vegetable gardener, I try to come up with a list of all the seeds I’ll need for every season when I place annual seed orders,” Jabbour says. “That way, I will place fewer orders and have

everything on hand at the proper planting time, saving both time and money.”

Organic seeds in consumer seed catalogs and retail racks won’t be genetically modified or treated with pesticides.

Be generous with organic compost.

With each planting, mix in organic compost along with a balanced organic fertilizer. Food crops grown in organically enriched soil are better able to resist challenges from pests and diseases, which simplifies summer tasks.

Grow flowers to attract beneficial insects. Reducing or eliminating pesticides and increasing plantings of flowers can radically improve the balance between helpful and harmful insects in a garden. Horticulturist Jessica Walliser, co-host of Pittsburgh’s The Organic Gardeners KDKA radio show and author of Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden, recommends starting with sweet alyssum, an easy-to-grow annual that can be tucked into the edges of beds or added to mixed containers.

“The tiny blossoms of sweet alyssum are adept at supporting several species of the non-stinging parasitic wasps that help keep aphids and other common pests in check,” Walliser says. In warm climates where they are widely grown, crape myrtles have been found to serve as nurseries for lady beetles, lacewings and other beneficial insects.

Protect plants with fabric barriers.

Pest insects seeking host plants won’t find cabbage or kale if they’re hidden

beneath hoops covered with fine-mesh fabric like wedding net (tulle) or garden fabric row cover. “Cover the plants the day they are transplanted into the garden,” advises Walliser. As long as the edges are securely tucked in, row covers will also protect plants from wind, hail, rabbits and deer.

Hoe briefly each day. Commit 10 minutes a day to hoeing. While slicing down young weeds, hill up soil over potatoes or clean up beds ready to be replanted. Look out for small problems to correct before they become big ones.

No more misplaced tools. Time is often wasted searching for lost weeders, pruning shears and other hand tools, which are easier to keep track of when painted in bright colors or marked with colored tape. Jabbour uses a tool stash basket placed at the garden entrance.

Stop to smell the flowers. Use moments saved to sit quietly, relax and soak up the sights, sounds and smells of the garden. Pausing to listen to the birds or watch a honeybee work a flower is part of the earned reward of any healthy garden that can’t be measured by the pound.

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his month, Home this.”

We only have stop Box Office (HBO), ~Zoe, age 12 in collaboration with one home. If we New York City’s American The National Oceanic and Museum of Natural History, mess this one up, Atmospheric Administrawill air the new documenwhere do we tion and NASA recently antary, Saving My Tomorrow. nounced that last year was go next?

Scientists representing the hottest in 135 years of the museum discuss how ~Hippocrates, age 8 recordkeeping, with rising temperature change affects ocean temperatures driving life on Planet Earth, but the the global heat index. majority of voices are those of children.

Nine of the 10 hottest years have ocTheir words cry out for universal action curred since 2000. The odds of this taking to prevent them from inheriting what place randomly are about 650 million to they believe is a dying planet in desper1, especially without an El Nino influate need of healing. ence, according to University of South Carolina statistician John Grego.

In the Atmosphere “The globe is warmer than it has “We need to know the truth, because been in the last 100 years,” says climate adults clearly aren’t doing enough to scientist Jennifer Francis, Ph.D., of

Rutgers University, in New Jersey. “Any wisps of doubt that human activities are at fault are now gone with the wind.”

At Sea

“We do more damage to the planet than we think.” ~Peri, age 9 In the same 100 years, sea levels have risen seven inches, mostly due to expansion as the water warms. “We have over 2 million preserved fish in our collection. We study them to see the effect of temperature change,” says Melanie Stiassny, Ph.D., curator of ichthyology at the museum. “The mummichog fish is less than an inch long. It’s a bottom feeder and that’s where pollution like mercury lies. When the water is warm, fish eat more and mercury is stored in their bodies.” The contaminants move up the food chain, bringing the effects of pollution to our dinner table.

A 2006 study by Nicola Beaumont, Ph.D., with the Plymouth Marine Laboratory UK, found that 29 percent of the oceans’ edible fish and seafood species have declined by 90 percent in the past 100 years. The international team of ecologists and economists led by Boris Worm, Ph.D., of Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, predict total saltwater fish extinction by 2048 due to overfishing, pollution, habitat loss and climate change. Rising ocean acidity due to absorption of increasing carbon dioxide and other emissions from burning fossil fuels impacts creatures large and small, like dissolving the shell of the tiny sea butterfly, a vital link in the ocean’s food chain.

Americans currently consume 4.5 billion pounds of seafood each year.

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“Each species was put here for a reason.

We are the caretakers.” ~a youth at a climate rally Scientists look back to look ahead.

Henry David Thoreau fell in love with the wilderness around Concord, Massachusetts, 160 years ago. From his renowned journals, scientists know

Forward Good Change Today 4 Reuse more, buy less. Less trash equals less pollution.

4 Bike or walk, instead of driving.

Don’t use the car at least one day a week. Less use of fossil fuels equals less drilling, fracking and oil spills.

4 Substitute a planet-healing activity for the usual after school program.

Replace lawns with native plants, which need less water and no mowing. Email manufacturers to urge them to use less packaging and plastic, auto makers to produce more fuel-efficient cars, grocery stores to carry more locally sourced foods and ban plastic bags, and government agencies to improve pollution control measures.

4 When eating meat, make sure the animals were humanely and locally raised, not factory farmed.

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4 Support wildlife. Help hatchling sea turtles make their way to the sea.

Predators and man are the biggest threats—only one in 1,000 hatchlings reach adulthood. Plant milkweed to feed monarch butterflies. Use natural insect repellants like basil or marigolds instead of killer sprays.

when flowers like the pink lady slipper (Cypripedium acaule), bird’s-foot violets (Viola pedata) or golden ragworts (Packera aurea) used to bloom. Today, with temperatures six degrees Fahrenheit warmer than in Thoreau’s time, these species now bloom two weeks earlier. The Canada lily (Lilium canadense), plentiful before, is now rare, unable to adapt to the new reality.

Paul Sweet, collections manager of the museum’s ornithology department, studies “skins” (stuffed birds). He says, “The skins show us how birds lived years ago.” In just the past 100 years, bird species that have gone extinct range from the ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) to the onceabundant passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) and Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis).

In Colorado, 70 percent of the lodgepole pines have been lost, with pines in other states also in trouble.

Pine beetles feed on the pines. Historically, winter brings death to both the beetles and weakened trees, which fall to feed a renewed forest. Due to warmer temperatures, the beetles are

living longer and migrating to higher altitudes to kill more trees. Forest fires follow the dry timber line.

All Are Needed

“I don’t have time to grow up before becoming an activist.” ~Ta’Kaiya, age 12 “Get your parents involved.” ~Teakahla, age 11 Children are more informed now than ever before. Schools offer classes on ecology, the environment, global warming and climate change. Disasters are instant news, constantly streaming through digital media. Kids are aware that they need adults to work with them to keep Earth habitable.

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Dogs with Library Cards Kids Love Reading to Animals

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The goal of Reading Education Assistance Dogs (READ), launched in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1999 as part of Intermountain Therapy Animals, is to improve children’s literacy skills with the mentoring help of certified therapy teams. Its reach has spread through library programs across the U.S. and Canada and internationally, with other therapy groups following suit.

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octors told the parents of an 11-year-old autistic son that he would never read… so quit trying to teach him,” says Suzanne Vening, an organic farmer in Jackson, Mississippi.

“The doctor didn’t count on Adam, my Australian shepherd.” Abused and abandoned before being adopted by Vening, she had trained him for therapy work.

Vening knew nothing about autistic or learning-disabled children, but she knew Adam could work miracles. The boy made eye contact with Adam during his library visit and read a few words.

His parents were overjoyed as his reading continued to improve. “It’s hard to include children with special needs in many family activities,” Vening says. “A library is a place the whole family can enjoy.”

She advises, “Designate a safe corner where a child can escape if feeling overwhelmed. After entering the room, handlers should sit on the floor with the dog lying beside them. A standing dog can cause too much excitement. It’s important to trust that your therapy dog will know how to approach a child that’s afraid, has tremors or can’t sit up or sit still.”

“An animal’s heartbeat seems to call to kids,” observes Rachael Barrera, a children’s librarian at Brook Hollow Public Library, in San Antonio, Texas. “Dogs have come here once a week for more than a year. Now older kids that are comfortable with the reading program are showing younger ones how to choose a book.”

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National Library Week, April 12 to 18, celebrates the program Unlimited Possiblities @ Your Library At California’s Benicia Public Library, kids read to Honey, a friendly brown dog, on Wednesday afternoons.

Sheila Jordan, managing editor and owner of Booklandia, founded in Bend, Oregon, says her 8-year-old, Chase, found it difficult to concentrate because of ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder). “The Tales and Tails program was a big help. All summer, we went every week and chose books he said the dog would love.” Jordan’s reward was a more focused child; Chase’s reward was a dog of his own last fall.

North Carolina’s Charlotte Mecklenburg Library offers 14,000 free programs a year throughout its 20 locations, including Paws to Read. Librarian Cathy Cartledge, reading program coordinator for the Morrison Regional branch, shares this story from Jaylee’s mom, Jill.

“Jaylee was tutored in reading for a year. After she also began reading to Zoey, a great Pyrenees, or Hunter, a golden retriever, I saw improvement in fluency, confidence and enjoyment. It worked miracles compared with the hours and money spent for tutoring,” her mom remarks.

The Mount Prospect Library, near Chicago, has an age requirement for its Tales to Tails program. “Rachael, 8, will hardly put a book down now,” says her

mom, Nicole Sasanuma, a senior associate with Business Communications & Advocacy, in Northbrook, Illinois. “Her sister, Emi, 6, is anxious for her next birthday so she ‘can read to doggies,’ too.”

Reading programs aren’t limited to libraries or schools. Jean Maclean, of Lompoc, California, trains her two dogs in agility and rally skills. For a change of pace, they visit the Chumash Learning Center, in Santa Ynez, once a month. The Chumash people value education from both its elders and teachers outside the tribe. Maclean relates that Donny, age 11, was afraid of dogs until he met hers, after which his teachers saw his reading improve three levels in one semester.

Animals help kids relax and become teachers to the dogs. Researchers at the University of California, Davis have found that reading skills for kids that read to dogs during a 10-week literacy program improved by 12 percent. Children in the same program that didn’t do the same showed no improvement.

Dogs and other pets prove that reading out loud doesn’t have to be scary.

All it takes is a good book and a good listener.

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Cleo, a small gray cat that lives with Michelle Cardosi, a retail clerk in Denver, enjoyed her Love on a Leash therapy visits. When she became arthritic, moving from lap-to-lap was painful, and Cardosi considered retiring her, but Cleo didn’t agree. “So we went to the library’s Whiskers and Tales program instead, where she could sit on a pillow, get petted and be the center of attention,” she says. “She was able to visit until her 18th birthday.”

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MASTERING THE FORCE

The Martial Arts Hold Deep Inner Lessons

by Eric Stevens

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ew words are as oddly coupled as martial and arts. The first means “relating to war and soldiers,” while the second means “something that is created with imagination and skill, and is beautiful or expresses important ideas or feelings.” All martial arts represent a paradox of push and pull, yin and yang, external and internal.

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ing of our physical lives in harmony with our emotional makeup, allowing our external activity to mirror our internal being. Seldom is the fusion of body, mind and spirit easily achieved with one activity, but martial arts are an exception, because they focus equally on internal and external well-being. Here are five key life lessons that martial arts can teach us.

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tion with our breath permeates an artist’s realm. A vocalist must reach deep within the diaphragm to sing proficiently and a dancer must learn to time their breath while performing. A martial artist learns to control breath with stillness and speed, like juxtaposing yoga with intense contact sports. Breathing properly makes the practitioner a better martial artist and a healthier one. According to a study published in the American Journal of Chinese Medicine, hypertensive qigong program participants were able to both lower their blood pressure after 10 weeks and increase their oxygen uptake by 20 percent.

Avoid conflict by developing character. While it may seem counterintuitive that learning how to fight could avoid conflict, it’s an essential part of martial arts. The philosopher Lao Tzu said the best fighter is never angry. The martial arts are primarily about discipline, heightened awareness and honing an ability to face our own internal conflicts. Several studies corroborate that practicing martial arts produces positive behavioral changes. For instance, according to a study published in the Journal of Adolescence, participating students in the martial arts were characterized as being less impulsive and less aggressive.

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Be both an artist and athlete. Artistry and athleticism need not be divergent forces. The martial artist combines the grace of a creator and skill of a warrior, and watching a martial arts competition can be as riveting as watching a ballet or sports event. Most of us may not be talented artists or natural athletes, yet all students can learn how to integrate both worlds by blending physicality with stillness and expression through action.

Let go of ego, find mental clarity and access the present moment. Jirōkichi Yamada, a master of Japanese kenjutsu, said, “The way of the sword and the way of Zen are identical, for they have the same purpose; that of killing the ego.” The focus of all true martial arts is the process, not the outcome. Whatever the style of execution, preparatory practice and meditative application, they all require the discipline of being purely present. Gaining such clarity requires grappling more with ego than with opponents; the real battle of a martial artist is waged within.

Bruce Lee, the film star who revolutionized Western awareness of martial arts and founded jeet kune do, realized that martial arts’ transcendent philosophy gives us many lessons to draw upon. He suggested, “Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.”

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Strong Winds Strong Roots

What Trees Teach Us About Life

by Dennis Merritt Jones

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great experiment in the desert called the biodome created a living environment for human, plant and animal life. A huge glass dome was constructed to house an artificial, controlled environment with purified air and water, healthy soil and filtered light. The intent was to afford perfect growing conditions for trees, fruits and vegetables, as well as humans.

People lived in the biodome, for many months at a time, and everything seemed to do well with one exception. When the trees grew to a certain height, they would topple over.

It baffled scientists until they realized they forgot to include the natural element of wind. Trees need wind to blow against them because it causes their root systems to grow deeper, which supports the tree as it grows taller.

Who among us doesn’t long for a perfect growing environment for ourselves, with no disruptions from outside influences?

We strive to avoid the times of contrast and tension, when life’s daily challenges push against us. When they do, the normal tendency is to curse them. If trees could talk, would we hear them curse the wind each time they encountered a storm?

We can learn a great deal from nature’s wisdom at work if we are open to the lesson. Watch how a tree bends and sways gracefully when the wind blows against it. It does not stand rigid, resisting the flow of energy. It does not push back. The tree accepts the strong wind as a blessing that helps it grow.

Such experiences develop our character and deepen our spiritual roots. When we grow deep, we too, stand tall.

Dennis Merritt Jones, D.D., is the author of Your Re-Defining Moments, The Art of Uncertainty and The Art of Being, the source of this essay. He has contributed to the human potential movement and field of spirituality as a minister, teacher, coach and lecturer for 30 years. Learn more at DennisMerrittJones.com.

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American Holistic Nurses' Meeting – 6:30-8:30pm.

A non-profit, educational and networking group for nurses and other interested holistic practitioners.

Speakers: Jackie Paige, soon-to-be Clinical Aromatherapist, and Anne Bachup, RN, PhD., Brennan Healing Science Practitioner. Health By Design, 266 W Main St, Leola. For info: Ann.Reid@Reiki-Nurse.com.

SATURDAY, APRIL 11 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 Mantra Yoga with David – 7:30pm. $15/class. downdog YOGA, 525 Reading Ave, West Reading.

610-373-7181.

SATURDAY, APRIL 4 Godfrey's Annual Canine Easter Egg and Bone Hunt – 9am – 5pm. Hunt held all day inside the store; outdoor hunt starts promptly at 2pm (weather permitting). To participate in the outdoor hunt, your dog must be dog and people-friendly, have no food aggression, be current with rabies vaccination and on a leash no longer than 6 ft. One dog per handler. Call for details.

Godfrey’s Welcome to Dogdom, 4267 New Holland Rd, Mohnton. 610-777-5755. GodfreysDogdom.com.

TUESDAY, APRIL 7 Workshop: GMOs in Our Food – 6:15pm.

Free. Family Chiropractic Wellness Center, 1717 Old Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster. 717-393-9955.

FamilyChiropracticLancaster.com.

THURSDAY APRIL 9 Classic Indian Cooking Class – 5:30-7:30pm. Lucine Sihelnik and special guest Neil Patel lead through tastes of India with vegetable samosas, chutney, palak paneer, basmati rice. Teaching, tasting and Q & A. $40 GoggleWorks Kitchen, #238 GoggleWorks, 201 Washington St, Reading. 484-706-3035. GayatriWellness.com.

Sit and Stitch – 6:30-9pm. Offered every third Thursday. Quilters, sewists, knitters, crocheters, and fiber artists of all kind, work on a sewing project with good company. Bring your project, enjoy a hot drink and an evening together. Light refreshments served. $2-3 donation suggested. Lancaster Creative Reuse, 1865 Lincoln Hwy E, Lancaster. 717-617-2977.

Free. Family Chiropractic Wellness Center, 1717 Old Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster. 717-393-9955.

FamilyChiropracticLancaster.com.

Women’s Intro Workshop “Writing Without Fear – 6:30-8:30pm (Tuesdays through May 12th). A relaxing, free-spirited exploration of how the creative process uplifts and transforms our lives. Spark a memory, poem, or story...or just listen. Beginners welcome.

Sharing optional. Mischief a must! Call for information and registration. Write From The Heart Studio, Lancaster. 717-393-4713. WriteFromTheHeart.us.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 Ayurveda Around the Table – 7-8:30pm. “Menu Planning and Food Sleuthing.” Sort through the balancing qualities of foods and how to prepare them. $20.

Lemon Street Market, 241 W Lemon St., Lancaster.

717-826-0843. LemonStreetMarket.com.

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Weight Management Group Hypnosis Class – 6pm.

Class meets on 4/16 and 4/23. $50 covers the two-session class; Pre-registration required. Jennifer Stumpf, Certified Hypnotherapist. Elizabethtown Fitness Club, Lower Level, 626 S Market St, Elizabethtown. 717951-7662. ElizabethtownHypnosis.com.

Lancaster Community Reiki Clinic – 6:30-8:30pm.

30 minutes of Reiki offered every third Thursday of the month. By appointment, by donation. Held at the office of Loeffler & Pitt, 2131 Oregon Pike, Lancaster.

717-269-6084. ReikiHelene@gmail.com.

Open Craft Night – 6:30-8:30pm. Take your own work, make your own craft. Lancaster Creative Reuse, 1865 Lincoln Hwy E, Lancaster. 717-617-2977.

Inner Peace & Wellness Holistic & Metaphysical Expo

Visit with practitioners and vendors of alternative healing modalities, therapeutic oils, natural products, Reiki, massage therapy, herbs, free lectures, and so much more.

Saturday, April 11 • 10am-6pm Sunday, April 12 • 10am-5pm

$6 admission, children under 12 free. Bring a canned food item and admission is $5.

Hamburg Field House, 123 S 4th St, Hamburg For directions and info: InnerPeaceHolisticExpo.com

FRIDAY, APRIL 17

Fairy Garden Workshop – 1pm. Create an enchanting miniature garden fit for a fairy. $35-50+ (Cost of workshop depends on materials used).

Riverview Nursery and Garden Center, 3049 Pricetown Rd, Temple. To register, call 610-929-5049.

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Children’s Writing Workshop “Writing Made Wonderful” – 2-4pm. (Saturdays, April 11, 25, May 9, 23). A non-intimidating, free-spirited workshop that inspires young people (ages 9-12) to love writing, in school or out! Beginners welcome. Sharing optional.

Teen and children’s summer writing camps also registering for June, July, and August. Call for information and registration. Write From The Heart studio, Lancaster. 717 393-4713. WriteFromTheHeart.us.

John Terlazzo & Voices in the Hall Concert – 7pm.

An evening of original song in an intimate candlelit setting featuring singer/songwriter John Terlazzo (vocals, guitar, Indian harmonium), Kristina Machusick (vocals, flute, and recorders), and Paul Wegmann (vocals and lead guitar). Donation $5-$20pp.

Radiance, 9 W Grant St, Lancaster. 717-290-1517.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 12 2nd Sunday Open House – 11am-4pm. Tour the campus, meet artists, stop by the studios, galleries and exhibitions. Shop the store for one-of-a-kind finds. GoggleWorks, 201 Washington St, Reading.

610-374-4600.

TUESDAY, APRIL 14 Workshop: Strive for Zero Heart Disease – 6:15pm.

Enhancing Wellness Through Voice and Chant – 6:30. Explore techniques used by medical practitioners through the ages for healing. Learn how to create and use a healing mantra. $40. Inner Peace and Wellness, 202 S 3rd St, Hamburg. 610-401-1342.

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Ladies Night Out at Building Character – 7-9pm.

Every Music Friday ladies will find free desserts and drinks, hand and chair massages, and shopping from over 35 vendors offering recycled clothing, handcrafted jewelry, art, cards and more. Building Character, 342 N Queen St, Warehouse B, Lancaster. 717-394-7201.

SATURDAY, APRIL 18 Animals and Essential Oils – 2-5pm. Learn safe, easy, effective ways to support your pets using Young Living therapeutic grade essential oils, including the top ten favorite oils for pets; peppermint, lavender, thieves, purification, and more. Class is for humans only. $10.

Lancaster location. For more info: Trella Dubetz. 717468-7523. VibrantScents.com or TrellaDubetz.com.

SUNDAY, APRIL 19 Clothing Swap – 1-3pm. Call to register and make an appointment to drop off your donations prior to this fun day of swapping clothing. Emergence Skin Care, 3695 Marietta Ave, Unit 2, Lancaster. 717-419-4766.

Emergence.SkinCareTherapy.net.

Hypertufa Workshop – 1pm. Create your own rustic and textured container with a lightweight, breathable material than retains water and that plants love. Over time the hypertufa also grows moss. $25.

Call to register: 610-929-5049. Riverview Nursery and Garden Center, 3049 Pricetown Rd, Temple.

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MONDAY, APRIL 20 Police Force Wellness Day – 9am-6pm. Complimentary 30 minute stress treatments for men and women in the police force. Call to reserve your spot. A $55 value. The Spa at Willow Pond, 1487 Old Lancaster Pike, Sinking Spring. 610-507-9004.

TheSpaAtWillowPond.com.

Living Foods Potluck – Dinner 6pm, Speaker 7pm.

Bring a 9 x 13 or equivalent size living foods dish to share. $2 per person. Meeting at the Kinzer Fire Hall, 3521 Lincoln Hwy East, Kinzer (beside Patriot Home Sales). Hosted by Terri Roberts 717-725-8617.

Screening, complimentary chair massages, honey sampling, demos, refreshments, door prizes and more.

Kulp Nutrition and Wellness Center, 52 Morgantown Rd, Reading.

Young Living Raindrop Technique Workshop – 1pm-6pm. Learn the therapeutic application of nine different therapeutic grade essential oils along the spine and feet while combining reflexology, aromatherapy, and massage to create cleansing and healing throughout the physical and spiritual body. Each participant will receive and provide a Raindrop session. $150 (includes oils, manual, and refreshments). Lancaster location.

Contact Trella Dubetz for more info: 717-468-7523.

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Raw Foods for Wellness Potluck – 6-8:45pm. $2 plus raw vegan dish to share. Hosted by Eileen Wieder Crone. Moravian Manor, 300 W Lemon St, Lititz.

717-627-4258.

SUNDAY, APRIL 26 Chakra Workshop – 12-3pm. Learn about the chakras, areas of life/health affected, signs of unhealthy chakra, colors, aromatherapy to use for healing and strengthening, tones, tools and meditations to clear and heal your chakras and much more. $45. Inner Peace & Wellness, 202 S 3rd St Hamburg. 610-401-1342.

InnerPeaceAndWellnessCenter.com.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 28

Workshop: The Antioxidant Myth – 6:15pm.

Free. Family Chiropractic Wellness Center, 1717 Old Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster. 717-393-9955.

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Workshop: GMOs in Our Food – 6:15pm. Free.

Family Chiropractic Wellness Center, 1717 Old Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster. 717-393-9955. FamilyChiropracticLancaster.com.

THURSDAY, APRIL 23 Young Living Meeting – 6-8pm. Learn about therapeutic grade essential oils and oil infused products, and the proprietary "seed to seal" process that makes Young Living the world leader in essential oils as well as how Young Living can support your well-being, including your financial well-being. Lancaster location. Call for details: Trella Dubetz. 717-468-7523.

VibrantScents.com. .SATURDAY, APRIL 25 Junior Gardener Club – 10am. The club will be starting seeds for the garden and doing arts and crafts.

Sign up today! Year membership: $35. Call to register: 610-929-5049. Riverview Nursery and Garden Center, 3049 Pricetown Rd, Temple. RiverviewTree.com.

savethedate Annual Berks County Earth Day

Workshops, vendors, children's activities, entertainment, food and more! Bring paper, plastic bags, electronics, clothing, and batteries for recycling.

Saturday, April 25 • 11-5 pm Riverfront Park, Riverfront Drive, Reading (Free Admission) For information: BerksEarthDay.org or call 484-361-4422

Intro to Astrology Workshop – 11am-12:30pm.

Learn the basics of a chart and the personal planets from astrologist Stephen Jarvis. $35. Inner Peace & Wellness Center, 202 S 3rd St, Hamburg. 610-4011342. InnerPeaceAndWellnessCenter.com.

Open House – 10am-3pm. Kulp Nutrition and Wellness Center celebrates you with a free Carotid Artery

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Women of all ages - relax and unwind during this fun-filled event featuring vendors of health and wellness products and services, nutrition, finance, home, and beauty. Enjoy shopping, a fashion show, demonstrations and more.

Saturday, May 30 • 9am-2pm

Free admission with coupon, page 6 ($5 value) Millersville University – Marauder’s Court 21 S George St, Millersville For info: AGreatWayToSpendMyDay.com

savethedate Write From The Heart Teen & Children Summer Writing Camps

With Melissa Greene: poet, teacher and believer in art for a kinder world Teens (ages 13-17), Children (ages 9-12) Fun, relaxing summer writing workshops inspire young people to love writing, in school or out! Through warmth, kindness and a touch of mischief, classes spark both intellect and imagination. No grades, grammar, competition, or stress. A non-intimidating, free-spirited look at how creativity flows when we let go of our inhibitions. Beginners welcome. Sharing optional.

Daily for 1 week in June, July & August Write From The Heart Lancaster Studio 717 393-4713 • WriteFromTheHeart.us

Farmers Markets Berks County Fairgrounds Farmers Market 2934 N 5th St Hwy, Reading 610-929-3429 Year-round Thurs/Fri/Sat Leesport Farmers Market Rt 61, Leesport 610-926-1307 Year-round Wednesdays PA Dutch Farmers Market 845 Woodland Rd, Wyomissing 610-374-1916 Year-round Thur/Fri/Sat Rodale Institute 611 Siegfriedale Rd, Kutztown 610-683-6009 Thursday thru Saturday Shillington Farmers Market 10 S Summit Ave, Shillington 610-777-7675 Year-round Thurs/Fri/Sat

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West Reading Farmers Market Penn Ave, Reading 610-685-8854 Sundays

Lancaster Central Market 23 N Market St, Lancaster 717-399-9494 Year-round Tues/Fri/Sat

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Masonic Village Farm Market 1 Masonic Dr, Elizabethtown 717-361-4520 Monday thru Saturday

Columbia Historic Market House 15 S 3rd St, Columbia 717-681-0385 Year-round Thurs/Fri/Sat Corn Crib Market 35 W Main St, Mount Joy Year-round Saturdays Green Dragon Farmers Market & Auction 955 N State St, Ephrata 717-738-1117 Year-round Fridays

Roots Country Market 705 Graystone Rd, Manheim 717-898-7811 Year-round Tuesdays only

ongoingevents sunday A Course in Miracles – 9:30am. Healing and Quiet Meditation at 10:30am. followed by a weekly service. Potluck the last Sunday of the month. Lancaster Metaphysical Chapel, 610 Second St, Lancaster.

717-393-4733. LancasterChapel.org.

All Levels Hatha Yoga – 10-11:30am. All Levels Hatha Yoga plus Be Still & Know—an ending meditation. $20. Yoga on Orange, 129 E Orange St, Lancaster. 717-392-3992. YOGAonOrange.com.

Eckankar Worship Service – 10:30-11:30am.

2nd Sunday. Community HU Song 10:30-11am.

4th Sunday. Experience the Light and Sound of God. Eckankar, 137 E Walnut St, Lancaster. 717394-9877.

Berks Reiki Clinic – 2-4:30pm. 1st and 3rd Sundays. 25 min sessions. Appointments accepted to guarantee a spot. Walk-in's welcome. 1st Sunday of the Month - Inner Healer Chiropractor, 20 N Front St, Bally. 3rd Sunday of the Month - Unity Church of Reading, 4443 10th Ave, Temple. 484-378-1854.

Restorative Yoga – 5-6pm. Relax and renew. Poses are held longer with the support of props. All levels welcome. $12. Bridge Yoga Studio, 1705 Lincoln Hwy E, Lancaster. 717-330-1304.

monday Awakening Yoga – 9:30-10:30am. Slow Hatha flow. Yoga on Orange, 129 E Orange St, Lancaster. $17/class. 717-392-3992. YogaOnOrange.com.

Wellness Movement: Yoga – 5:30pm. Small group class designed to integrate balance for the mind, body and spirit in a creative and nurturing environment. $12. Discovering Your Goddess Studio, 328 GoggleWorks, 201 Washington Street, Reading.

GayatriWellness.com.

Intro to Young Living Essential Oils – 6:307:30pm. Short and sweet weekly meeting of support to YL enthusiasts and those who wish to learn about the oils. Lancaster location. Free. Contact Trella Dubetz for info. 717-468-7523. TrellaDubetz.com.

tuesday Feldenkrais – 11am. Awareness Through Movement with Donna Bervinchak. At Susquehanna Dance Center, 120 College Ave, Mountville. $15/ drop-in. 717-285-0399. FeldenkraisBlog.com.

Hand Drumming Class – 6-8pm. Master percussionist Pete Barnhart guides us through hand drumming techniques and African rhythms with African djembe and djun djun drums and bells. All levels welcome. Bring your drum or borrow one from us! $20. Earth Rhythms, 641 Penn Ave, Reading.

610-374-3730.

Hormonal Metabolic Correction Seminar – 7-8pm. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays. Learn about a hormone-based weight loss program which addresses the root cause of slow metabolism and weight gain.

Free. Call to register: BeBalanced Center, 484 Royer Drive, Lancaster. 717-569-3040.

Light Vinyasa Yoga – 7-8pm. Suitable for beginners, intermediate and advanced students. Eileen

Wieder Crone, RD, MS, EYRT-500. Suggested $5 donation. Moravian Manor, 300 W Lemon St, Lititz.

717-627-4258. Raw4Yoga.com.

wednesday Chair Yoga – 9-9:45am. Yoga practice seated on a chair. Teri Butson RYT200. $5/class. Bright Side Opportunities Center, 515 Hershey Ave, Lancaster.

717-509-1342.

Waldorf Wednesdays – 9-10:30am. Visit Susquehanna Waldorf School for a tour of the school, classroom observation, an overview of Waldorf education and Q&A. Free. RSVP to Susquehanna Waldorf School, 15 W Walnut St, Marietta. 717426-4506. SusquehannaWaldorf.org.

Chair Yoga – 12:15-1pm. Yoga practice seated on a chair. Teri Butson RYT200. $5/class. Bright Side Opportunities Center, 515 Hershey Ave, Lancaster.

717-509-1342.

Vinyasa Class – 4:45-5:45pm. A flowing yoga practice. $5/class. Bright Side Opportunities Center, 515 Hershey Ave, Lancaster. 717-509-1342.

Hatha Yoga with David – 6pm.-$15/class. Downdog Yoga, 525 Reading Ave, West Reading, 610373-7181.

Meditation Group – 6-8pm. Guided meditation, walking meditation, social time/snack, spiritual teaching, and group discussion. $5. Friends Meeting House, 110 Tulane Terrace, Lancaster. For info contact Sue: 717-779-9951.

Slow Flow Yoga – 7:15-8:15pm. Great for beginners. Bridge Yoga Studio 1705 Lincoln Highway East. 717 330-1304. BridgeYogaStudio.com.

thursday Morning Yoga with Karen – 9:30am. Rise and truly shine with this gentle practice, suitable for all levels. $10/class. Drop-ins welcome. Health

By Design, 266 W Main St, Leola. 717-556-8103.

HBDClinic.com.

Silent Sitting Meditation – 5:30-6:30pm. (Doors open at 5pm). All are welcome to sit in silence for an hour, with freedom to take breaks or leave early. Free. Hosted by Craig Schollenberger, 4 Park Plaza, Ste 371, Wyomissing. 484-474-0984.

MindfulnessInReadingAndBerks.com.

Feldenkrais – 5:45pm. Awareness Through Move-

ment with Donna Bervinchak. At Susquehanna Dance Center, 120 College Ave, Mountville. $15 / drop-in. 717-285-0399. FeldenkraisBlog.com Christian Recovery Support Group – 6-7:30pm.

An opportunity for those recovering from addiction to share, learn and support each other. Free.

Empowering for Life, 234 D West Main St, Leola.

717-656-8558. EmpoweringForLife.net.

Healing Yoga – 6-7pm. With Rose Mary Herrero. $10/class. Reading Hospital Post Acute Rehab, 2802 Papermill Rd, Reading. To register, contact: RMHerrero@mac.com.

friday $5 Friday Yoga – 6-7pm. Ashtanga-basics. Improve alignment, flexibility and strength. Yoga on Orange, 129 E Orange St, Lancaster. 717-392-3992.

YOGAonOrange.com Qigong, Taiji (Tai Chi) – 6-7:30. Thru 5/22. Moving & Static Meditation Class. Traditional Yang Style Qigong and Taiji class suitable for any fitness level. $15 per class or special price if pre-paid for 10 sessions. Health by Design Clinic, 266 W Main St Leola. Call to register: 717-556-8103.

HBDClinic.com.

saturday Open House – 10am-1pm. Test your favorite essential oils, diffusers, products and more. Enter to win our weekly raffles. Josiah’s Oils, 8 Meadow Lane, Lancaster. 717-824-3222. JosiahsOils.com.

Guided Meditation – 10:30-11am. $5 donation. Jennifer Stumpf, Certified Hypnotherapist.

Elizabethtown Fitness Club, Lower Level, 626 S Market St, Elizabethtown. 717-951-7662.

ElizabethtownHypnosis.com.

DIF K9 Training Orientation Session – 11am12noon. Contact Pat at Training@difk9.com for more information and to register.Free. Godfrey’s Welcome to Dogdom, 4267 New Holland Rd, Mohnton. GodfreysDogdom.com. 610-777-5755.

For Loved Ones of People in Recovery – 11am12:30pm. An opportunity for family members and loved ones of recovering addicts to learn about the disease, share and support each other. Free.

Empowering for Life, 234 D West Main St, Leola.

717-656-8558. EmpoweringForLife.net.

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

ACUPUNCTURE BLOSSOMS AND ROOTS WELLNESS Jo Ellen Wisnosky, L.Ac. 122 E Chestnut St • Lancaster 717-723-1362 BlossomsAndRoots.com

Acupuncture naturally optimizes your health by treating pain and sports injuries, anxiety and stress, infertility and allergies, provides support for the immune system and revitalization for the facial muscles. Additional services include cupping, acupressure, nutrition and therapeutic bodywork.

Health For Life Clinic, Inc. Dr. Ann Lee, ND, L.Ac 112 N Cornell Ave • Lancaster 717-669-1050 DoctorNaturalMedicine.com

Learn how your symptoms are connected, get answers & steps to take towards health. I work with you as a person, not your conditions, as your body can heal itself. See testimonials on website.

Specialties hormone balancing & fertility. See ad, page 11.

TRADITIONAL ACUPUNCTURE Beverly Fornoff 28 Keystone Court • Leola 717-381-7334 AcupunctureMassagePA.com

Discover your body’s natural ability to heal. Acupuncture is a safe and effective way to relieve acute or chronic pain, stress, allergies, colds, digestive problems, insomnia and many more health problems. See ad page 9.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

CHINESE HEALTHCARE PRACTICES HEALTH BY DESIGN NATURAL CLINIC Mark R. Reinhart 266 W Main St • Leola 717-556-8103 HBDClinic.com ThreePureRivers.com

BLUE SKIES CHIROPRACTIC Dr. Leah Reiff 19 W Walnut St • Lancaster 717-390-9998 BlueSkiesChiroHealth.com

Chiropractic is used for natural relief from conditions such as chronic pain, injuries, pregnancy complications, complications from aging & more. Dr. Reiff carefully considers every individual's comfort level & provides specific adjustments to support the body for benefits that will last. See ad page 23.

FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC WELLNESS CENTER

Practitioner and teacher of the Chinese health, martial and healing arts for over 40 years, Mark offers individual or class sessions in Qigong, Taiji (Tai Chi), Emotional Balancing/Centering, Qigong For Recovery, and Meditation. He addresses the emotional aspect of diet and stress relief for our WIN System Weigh Loss Program.

For details or to schedule an appointment call Health

By Design Natural Clinic. See ad page 27.

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Dr. Martin J. Rodgers Dr. Bryan Rodgers Dr. Samuel Saikia

1717 Old Philadelphia Pike • Lancaster 717-393-9955 FamilyChiropracticLancaster.com

Family Chiropractic We l l n e s s C e n t e r focuses on whole body health. Our doctors make a personalized program for each patient and use a multidisciplinary approach of corrective Chiropractic Care, Massage, Rehabilitation and/or Spinal Decompression to return the spine to it's natural alignment, taking pressure off the nervous system so the body can function with optimal health.

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Dr. Andrew Ashton 313D Primrose Ln • Mountville 717-285-9955 ATherapeuticEffect.com Our doctors specialize in lowi m p a c t To r q u e R e l e a s e Technique which provides immediate results for people of all ages. See ad page 2.

BE WELL LANCASTER

Dr. Allison Lapp Dr. Matthew Lapp 354 N Queen St • Lancaster 717-205-2303 BeWellLancaster.com Be Well Lancaster is a holistic health center that provides Network Care. A gentle, evidencebased chiropractic approach that allows the body to connect to tension patterns in the spinal cord and release them, allowing the body to experience greater ease and vitality.

Dr. Charles JangDhari Dr. Jessica Riehl 7 Center Street • Intercourse 717-768-7148 JangDhariFamilyChiropractic.com JFChiropractic@gmail.com

JangDhari Family Chiropractic is committed to the health and wellness of our community. We provide quality Chiropractic care and give back to many area charities helping ensure that the people of our community have opportunities to live well and live long.

LINK CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC & Massage Dr. Thomas B. Wachtmann, DC Dr. Jessica Kmiecik, DC 3130 Pricetown Road • Fleetwood 610-944-5000 DrWachtmann.com

High quality, patient focused Chiropractic Care, Functional Diagnostic Medicine evaluation and treatment, and Massage Therapy. We focus on correcting the underlying causes of many disorders, diseases and conditions.

Call for a complimentary consultation and benefit check. See ad page 33.

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CLEANING SERVICES AND PRODUCTS ECO-FRIENDLY CLEANING BY SABRINA Sabrina Fernandez Greater Reading Area • Berks County 610-914-9969 Eco-FriendlyCleaning-BySabrina.com

ESSENTIAL OILS TRELLA DUBETZ

Sage Massage and Wellness 464 B N George St • Millersville 717-468-7523 Trella.VibrantScents.com TrellaDubetz.com

Berks County’s only cleaning company that is committed to the environment and your family. The team at Eco-Friendly Cleaning by Sabrina has been taking care of families and businesses in Berks County since 2011. Fully licensed, insured, bonded. Eco-Friendly Products are available on our website.

Offering natural remedies to life's imbalances, essential oils create true wellness when in their raw, pure and potent form. They are powerfully therapeutic, promoting overall health, and supporting both physical and emotional well-being when simply used in the day to day.

Free consults, massage and body work with essential oils, and weekly educational workshops available!

DENTISTRY

FELDENKRAIS

SUSQUEHANNA DENTAL ARTS Owen Allison, DMD 100 S 18th St • Columbia 717-684-3943 • 717-285-7033 SusquehannaDentalArts.com

We are a fullservice family dental practice providing 100% mercury-free restorations, quality non-surgical periodontal care, INVISALIGN, implant-retained dentures and partials. See ad page 30.

IMPROVING THROUGH MOVEMENT Donna Bervinchak Feldenkrais / Child’Space Practitioner 3543 Marietta Ave, H1 • Lancaster 717-285-0399 FeldenkraisBlog.com

Helping adults recover from back & leg pain; and children with special needs reach developmental milestones through movement and touch. Learn to sit, stand and walk more efficiently based upon the natural sequence of functional development.

FLOWER ESSENCE PRACTITIONER

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Lao Tzu

BRIGID’S WAY Jennifer Frey Lancaster 717-629-8426 BrigidsWay.com

Helping you be your Radiant Full Self through Flower Essences, Plant Spirit Healing, and Herbs.

Fostering connection with Nature and sharing techniques to take control of your healing. Classes and healing ceremonies are also available. Free monthly newsletter.

See ad, page 7.

Holistic Facial Treatments PATHWAYS TO HEALING

Rachel Mummolo 1817 Bernville Rd • Reading 610-373-7935 ext. 210 PathwaysToHealingpa.com/index Holistic Facial Therapies including the Japanese Cosmo Face-Lift, a natural and organic way to lift, tone and minimize fine lines and wrinkles. Facial Reflexology, stimulating nerve points on the face to maintain the health and balance of the whole body.

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HEALTH AND WELLNESS SUPPLIES HEALTH DEPOT WELLNESS CENTER

1571 Manheim Pike • Lancaster 717-509-4844 • 717-509-4434 • 717-509-7776 HDPWellness.com Health Depot is a complete wellness pharmacy providing for all your wellness needs including compounding for people and pets, vitamins, herbs and supplements, cough and cold care, nutritional support, home health medical equipment, immunizations, diabetic supplies, and more.

Free delivery available in certain areas.

HYPNOSIS Elizabethtown Hypnosis

Jennifer Stumpf, Certified Hypnotherapist Elizabethtown Fitness Club, Lower Level 626 S Market St • Elizabethtown 717-951-7662 Jennifer-Stumpf@comcast.net ElizabethtownHypnosis.com Hypnotherapy is a combination of hypnosis and therapeutic intervention. Let me lead you on a journey towards positive change while you are in a deeply relaxed in a state of mind. Stop smoking, manage stress and pain, lose weight, reduce anxiety, enhance sports or study performance. Possibilities are limitless!

PINNACLE HYPNOSIS & THERAPIES Lori Kleinsmith, Certified Hypnotist 202 S Third St • Hamburg (Inner Peace & Wellness Center) 610-823-4160 PinnacleHypnosis.com

Offering a full-range of hypnosis services. School-age children through adults receive compassionate, motivational and individualized sessions.

Specializing in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Why are you suffering when help is available? Call today!

Integrative Medicine NICK D'ORAZIO, MD

Strasburg Health Associates 181 Hartman Bridge Rd • Ronks 717-687-7541 DrNickDorazio@gmail.com Physician board certified in integrative and holistic medicine employs a wide variety of treatment modalities including ayurveda, IV treatments including chelation, homeopathic, herbal, and nutritional medicine, natural injections, physical rehabilitation, and bodywork. Dr. D’Orazio is a physician who lives what he teaches.

Integrative Physical Therapy JONINA TURZI, DPT, CFMT, E-RYT 221 W Walnut St • Lancaster 717-380-3559 JoninaYogaTherapy@gmail.com JoninaTurzi.com WestendYogaStudio.com

Dr. Turzi combines traditional physical therapy, osteopathic mobilization, neuromuscular therapy, and visceral manipulation with yoga and postural training in private sessions, studio group classes, and workshops.

Intuitive Consulting INTUITIVE CONSULTANTS

John Stewart CHt & Maggie Shetz CHt Lancaster 717-340-2121 IntuitiveConsultants.net Offering unique professional services to enhance your quality of life. Intuitive Readings in-person, Skype or phone, Past Life Regression, Hypnotherapy and CRV (to locate lost pets and valuables). We also offer Lectures, Workshops, Classes and Parties!

Learn more at our website.

LANDSCAPE services

MATTRESSES NATURAL/ORGANIC

EARTHBOUND ARTISAN

Timothy Seifarth 292 Duke Street • Ephrata 717-405-7941 EarthboundArtisan.com

GARDNER’S MATTRESS & MORE

Earthbound Artisan is a Tree Care and Landscape Design, Build, and Maintenance company that offers organic and holistic solutions for your surrounding ecosystem and environment. Certifications in Arboriculture (ISA), Landscape (PLANET-CLT-E), and Permaculture. See ad page 19.

MASSAGE THERAPY

830 Plaza Blvd • Lancaster 717-459-4570 GardnersMattressAndMore.com

Gardner’s is a locally owned mattress store offering a wide selection of quality natural and organic mattresses ranging from the luxurious to economical.

Educating our customers on getting a good night’s sleep and the benefits of sleeping naturally and organically is our mission. To schedule your private sleep consultation, go to SleepLancaster.com/Natural. See ad, page 5.

INTEGRATIVE MASSAGE & REIKI Christina Rossi 632 Penn Ave • West Reading 610-451-9577 IntegrativeMassageReiki.com

Providing a holistic mind-bodyspirit approach to wellness, from maintaining well-being to chronic pain management. Licensed & Nationally Certified in therapeutic massage & bodywork. Services and classes available, NCBTMB approved CE provider.

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. ~Marcus Aurelius

Sleep Apnea Relief

Natural solutions FO R A L L YOUR HEALTH NEEDS • Sleep Apnea • Bruises, Strains, tissue damage • Sinus Infection • Skin Rash Designed for my family, Shared with yours.

Order online at MyNaturesRite.com or call 800-991-7088

Helps ensure deep, steady breathing throughout the night, improving the efficiency of the lungs and relaxing muscles to address sleep apnea.

Injury Repair Ankle sprains, bruises, painful elbows and shoulders all need help during repair. Bruise, Strain & Tear Repair clears the bruising and keeps the healing process going for as long as you apply it. Get a complete repair naturally.

Sinus Infection Sinus Relief offers a nasal spray that is both anti-fungal and anti-bacterial in a convenient spray bottle. Super Neti Juice offers the same antimicrobial power with soothing, subtle peppermint. Powerful tools to combat germs.

Rash Relief This powerful herbal lotion is designed to relieve the pain and itch of eczema. while correcting the cause and repairing the skin. A healthy and natural approach to correcting skin rash without dangerous drugs.

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NATUROPATH HEALTH BY DESIGN NATURAL CLINIC

Jeannie Peck Traditional Naturopath Functional Nutrition Clinician 266 W. Main St • Leola 717-556-8103 HBDClinic.com Promoting an integrative functional medicine approach by educating others on how to improve health and prevent problems for both adults and children. See ad page 27.

HEALTH FOR LIFE

Ann Lee, ND, L.Ac 112 Cornell Ave • Lancaster 717-669-1050 DoctorNaturalMedicine.com Learn how your symptoms are connected, get answers, and achieve improved health and wellbeing as we facilitate your body's ability to heal itself through acupuncture and naturopathic medicine. Specializing in hormone balancing and fertility. Visit the website for testimonials and more information. See ad, page 11.

NATURAL HOPE CENTER

Karen O’Connor, ND, MS, NCTMB 310 W Wyomissing Blvd • West Lawn 610-743-4788 NaturalHopeCenter.com We offer a wide variety of noninvasive techniques and therapies to bring the mind and body back to balance naturally, including nutritional counseling, h y p n o t h e r a p y, m a s s a g e , h e r b o l o g y, h o m e o p a t h y, acupressure /auricular therapy, and stress and pain management.

TREE OF LIFE HEALTH MINISTRIES Robert Miller, ND 15 Pleasure Rd • Ephrata 717-733-2003 TOLHealth.com

Experience a customized health plan to meet your individual needs. Our t e a m o f f e r s comprehensive wellness services including naturopathic consultations, nutrition, weight management and detoxification programs, DNA testing with customized nutritional support, TurboSonic sessions, stress management, craniosacral and massage therapy, clinical herbalist consults, exercise programs, prenatal and pediatric wellness and more. See ad, back cover.

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ORGANIC HAIR SALON AMAZYNG STYLE AND RECLAIMED JEWELS

Tia Mazy, Owner Lora Ocasio, Stylist Amber Goodman, Stylist 4040 Penn Ave • Sinking Springs 610-741-6604 AmazyngStyleAndReclaimedJewels.com Amazyng Style is an ecofriendly salon specializing in organic hair color, and all natural make-up. All products are vegan and ammonia free. Reclaimed Jewels is a green boutique carrying recycled, repurposed, fair trade and organic merchandise.

PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION HIGHER BRAIN LIVING Allison Dracha 26 Skyline Drive • Temple 484-772-6446 AllisonDracha.com AJDracha@gmail.com

Higher Brain Living® dissolves that gigantic brain block you’ve been carrying around with you for so long. This simple yet innovative technique can put all those experiences behind you. Once that block is released you can truly move forward in your life. What you dream about becomes your reality. See ad page 23.

reiki LANCASTER REIKI CLINIC

Helene Williams Held at the office of Loeffler & Pitt 2131 Oregon Pike • Lancaster 717-269-6084 LancasterCommunityReikiClinic.com Offering thirty minute sessions to those who would like to experience the many benefits of Reiki. Clinic held the third Thursday of each month, from 6:30-8:30PM. Appointments must be scheduled in advance. Cost: By donation. Practitioners needed. Please call for more information.

SKIN/BODY CARE ELEMENTS TO WELLNESS

6 Hearthstone Court, Suite 106 • Reading 610-685-1761 ElementsToWellness.com We provide massage therapy, skin care, waxing, Reiki, reflexology, and aromatherapy services. All services are performed by licensed/ certified individuals in our private, spacious, relaxing suite. See ad page 31.

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EMERGENCE SKIN CARE

Rashell Brunner 3695 Marietta Ave, Unit 2 • Lancaster 717-419-4766 Emergence.SkinCareTherapy.net At Emergence we customize all facials to make sure you get the best results. We use products with no artificial color or fragrance.

From waxing, facials, peels, microderm, make-up to massage, we’ve got you covered. See ad page 19.

Thermal Imaging AQUA BLUE DETOX

Lori Martin 50 Keystone Court • Leola 717-656-8615 AquaBlueDetox.net Offering digital infra-red Thermal Imaging for breast and body, a non-invasive imaging procedure for early detection of a number of diseases and physical injuries.

Also providing detox therapies, a full-spectrum infra-red sauna, tapping, therapeutic massage, nutritional education, and more.

ADVANCED THERMAL IMAGING Pamela Howard, DC, CCT 550 Coventry Dr • Mechanicsburg 259 N 6th St, Ste 2 • Columbia 866-522-3484 AThermalImage.com

Thermal Imaging offers a safe, non-invasive way to visualize potential health concerns for a proactive approach to health, including breast health & monitoring. We provide resources and educational support. Locations in Columbia and Mechanicsburg.

See ad page 34.

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Overcome your health obstacles and spring into a new you… ...naturally!

As winter finally gives way to spring, wouldn’t it be nice to be more energized, focused, calm, rejuvenated or all of the above?

At Tree of Life Health Ministries, we are dedicated to teaching and supporting individuals on how to build their health naturally. Our naturopathic practitioners and consultants see clients of all ages, providing customized natural health programs to meet your individual needs.

NEW Services 7 Genetic Variant Support: DNA Testing & Customized Supportive Nutritional Supplementation Protocols 7 Clinical Herbalist Consultations 7 Prenatal Wellness: Nutrition and Wellness Consultations, Fertility Optimization Education and Support 7 Nutrition: Pediatric Nutrition Consultations, Food Sensitivity Testing, Healthy Eating Plans 7 Detoxification: Jade High Frequency Microcurrent for balancing Traditional Services 7 Naturopathic Consultations 7 Nutrition: Venice Nutrition and Purification Programs 7 Detoxification Support 7 TurboSonic Sessions (whole body vibration machine) 7 Stress Management 7 Structural Support: Cranio Sacral Therapy and Massage 7 Hormone Support 7 Air & Water Purification Systems 7 Educational Seminars

Don’t let another season of health speedbumps slow you down. Schedule your appointment today!

15 Pleasure Road • Ephrata, PA 17522 • 717.733.2003 • www.tolhealth.com *The suggested educational information from Tree of Life Health Ministries are not intended to diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat or prevent any disease.

The effects of the recommended supplements are nutritional support only.