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TRANSFORMS HEARTS AND MINDS

Rethinking How We See Our World Changes Everything

by Linda Sechrist

14 SCHOOLS THAT ROCK

Innovators Blaze Creative Paths

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recent wave of erratic weather around here brought with it a pleasant surplus of rainbows; colorful reminders of the beautiful synchronicity winding in and around the random events that shape lives. Winds of change often blow in a wild way, leaving nothing untouched by the dynamic flux that carries life forward. A subtle thread of opportunity represents the fine line between free will and fate, Lois, Jacqueline & Kendra linking perspective and choice to the capacity we all share for deep transformation.

As part of the counter-culture drive to explore the nature of reality, two progressive thought leaders came together along the magnificent coast of Big Sur, California, in 1962, to create Esalen, an institute for exploring and realizing human potential through experience, education and research. There, the epic blue of sea and sky converge in 120 acres of breathtaking, rugged geography, setting the tone for connecting with oneself and others in revelatory, mystical ways. My visit left me with an expansion of senses that affirmed a belief in the experiential transitions that can happen when the perfect mix of elements align.

This late summer issue on transformation explores the significance of intentional and engaged settings that catalyze lasting change. The power of socially supportive, interactive groups is highlighted in Linda Sechrist’s feature, “Learning That Transforms Hearts and Minds.” Non-judgmental discussions can add a heightened frequency to personal discovery, an energy that is crucial for the collaboration needed to carry positive forces into the future.

Several of my friends are teachers that encourage students in art and self-expression by opening up inspiring conversations and opportunities for self-awareness that will stay with these young people far beyond the classroom. Thoughtful navigation is needed as social institutions and cultures rapidly shift, and old practices fall away.

Today’s generation of youth is exhibiting insight that they are primed for this new frontier, and through inquisitive, encouraging conversation, we might all learn from these leaders of tomorrow.

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newsbriefs Link Chiropractic Adds Therapeutic Staff

Creative Writing Workshops for Adults, Children and Teens

ink Chiropractic Clinic, in Fleetwood, has added two new staff members: Jessica Kmiecik, DC, and Debra Readinger, LMT.

Kmiecik is a chiropractic physician who graduated from Logan Chiropractic with a master’s degree in sports science and rehabilitation and a doctor of chiropractic degree. She believes that health starts with the spine and nervous Jessica Kmiecik, DC system and makes chiropractic adjustments to take pressure off nerves and establish proper muscular balance, enabling the body to start healing itself and achieve optimal health.

Readinger is a licensed massage therapist who graduated from the Academy of Massage Therapy and Bodyworks, where she learned the mechanical, physiological and psychological effects of therapeutic massage. Dedicated to continuing education and to modifications that accommodate client needs, Readinger studies a variety of methods, incorporating myofascial trigger points, hot stone, deep tissue and Swedish therapeutic massage techniques into her approach.

Because therapeutic sessions affect specific structures and systems, no two client sessions are designed exactly the same.

Link Chiropractic Clinic focuses on establishing proper communication between the brain and the rest of the body to resolve the underlying causes of diseases and conditions through the use of chiropractic care, functional medicine and massage to restore health to the muscles, joints and organs.

elissa Greene, a published fiction writer, poet and professional writing mentor, leads year-round Write From The Heart Creative Writing Workshops for adults, children and teens. Classes emphasize the love of writing, not a cookie-cutter technique, and are free from grades, tests, competition and other sources of stress.

All workshops take place at Greene’s Lancaster studio, an uplifting, urban-style loft.

The fall schedule begins with several five-week women’s workshops, each running from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

The introductory class starts on September 9; fiction begins September 10; and memoir writing, September 11.

Children meet from 1 to 3 p.m. on September 20, October 11 and 25 and November 1. Teens are scheduled from 1 to 3 p.m., September 27, October 18 and November 15 and 22. Greene leads workshops for men from 2 to 4 p.m., September 21, October 12 and 26 and November 9. Oneon-one sessions and a Women’s Grief and Loss workshop are also available.

All classes promise a fun, non-intimidating experience to inspire freer, happier and more confident writers. Greene guides students to appreciate the role of intuition and passion in the creative process, enjoy beauty and detail and find writing inspiration in everyday surroundings.

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Preregistration is required. Discounts are available for multi-session registrants and same-session siblings. For fees, location details and more information, call 717 393-4713, email Melissa@WriteFromTheHeart.us or visit WriteFromTheHeart.us. See ad, page 28.

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newsbriefs Clinical Herbalist Leads Gut Health Seminar

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linical Herbalist Stephen Byers will teach a seminar on Nutritional and Herbal Approaches to Leaky Gut Syndrome at Tree of Life, in Ephrata, at 6:30 p.m., August 18. Byers will discuss combining medicinal plants with nutrient-dense foods that improve digestive function. The seminar will end with Q&A session and a take-home list of resources for further exploration.

New research continues to reveal how the more than 500 species of bacteria inhabiting the human gut are connected with health concerns related to the brain, hormones and the immune and digestive systems. Increased use of Stephen Byers antibiotics, consumption of highly processed and refined foods, nutritional deficiencies, chemical pollutants and our sometimes over-sanitized environment are some of the factors that may contribute to an imbalanced gut microbiome.

Cost: $5. Location: 15 Pleasure Rd., Ephrata. To preregister (required), call 717-7332003. For more information, visit StephenByersHerbalist.com. See ad, page 33.

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New Recovery Center to Open in Carbondale

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ust Believe Recovery Center will be opening a facility at 100 Lincoln Avenue, in Carbondale, this fall.

Joanne Rossi, a certified professional life and recovery coach and northeast outreach coordinator for Just Believe Recovery Centers, with locations in Jensen Beach and Port St. Lucie, Florida, offers free phone consultations and guided help for individuals seeking to resolve issues such as addictions, anxiety, depression and trauma.

“Reaching out for help with a phone call can connect you with appropriate resources that will lead you from the path of pain to the path of light, freedom and healing,” says Rossi, who became a New Thought leader, speaker and advocate after overcoming her own personal struggles. She encourages people to shift from the mindset of “What if I fall?” to “What if I fly?” in order to help them connect to solutions that work.

For more information and to schedule a free consultation, call 717-344-3858, email JRossi@JustBelieveRecovery.com or visit JustBelieveRecovery.com. See ad, page 17.

Local Beef Available From Myer SpringDell Farm

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ancaster County farmer Paul Myer, who raises beef cattle naturally on pasture without the use of antibiotics or hormones, is taking orders for frozen beef bundles of any size. Myer SpringDell Farm dry ages its meat for 14 days before it is custom cut, vacuum packed and flash frozen for delivery or scheduled pickup.

“I enjoy supplying families with high-quality beef they can trust and feel good about,” Myer says. “Our cattle are raised like the good old days, eating grass and lying under shade trees.”

For more information, call 717-806-1882, email APMyer@gmail.com or find Myer SpringDell Farm on Facebook. See ad, page 18.

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Lancaster Reiki Clinic Practices Community Outreach

he Lancaster Community Reiki Clinic offers 25-minute Reiki sessions by appointment from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month at the dental office of Loeffler and Pitt, in Lancaster. The fee for the treatment is by donation, and 30 percent of the clinic’s proceeds are donated to a charity chosen by one of the organization’s 18 certified Reiki volunteer practitioners.

Since January, the clinic has made donations to Water Street Rescue Ministries, Friendship Community, Domestic Violence Services of Lancaster County, The Clinic for Special Children, Believe Big and Children Deserve a Chance.

Location: 2131 Oregon Pike, Lancaster. For more information, call 717-269-6084, email ReikiHelene@gmail.com or visit LancasterCommunityReikiClinic.com. See ad, page 34.

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Classes for children ages 5 to 11 are from 6:15 to 7 p.m.

Teen/adult classes run from 7:15 to 8:30 p.m.

Named for the West African adinkra symbol for endurance, AYA is the Imani Edu-Tainers African Dance Company program that promotes increased physical activity to reduce obesity rates among Lancaster area youth. AYA incorporates traditional West African dance and drumming and the latest mobile and web technologies to educate youth about the lifelong benefits of physical activity and healthy eating.

Location: 21 N. Mulberry St. For more information and to take the AYA fitness pledge, visit Facebook.com/Projectaya.

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Tough Family Life Linked to Chromosome Aging

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hen Princeton University researchers analyzed data from a representative sample of 40 African-American boys enrolled in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study that followed children born in major U.S. cities between 1998 and 2000, they determined that those that lived through 9 years of age with less-stable families, such as parents with multiple partners and harsh or hostile parenting styles, had a higher probability of having shorter telomeres compared with other children. Telomeres were, on average, 40 percent longer among children from stable families.

Telomeres are the segments of DNA at either end of a chromosome that protect the ends from deterioration or fusion with neighboring chromosomes. Shorter telomeres can decrease life expectancy by reducing the number of times our cells can divide, and scientists are discovering that a person’s living environment may lead to the condition.

Using large cohort (age group) study data from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety, another group of researchers from Amsterdam’s Vrije University found significantly shorter telomere length among those with higher stress markers; the shorter length was also associated with aging approximately 10 years faster. In addition, the scientists observed significantly shorter telomere length among people with depressive symptoms lasting longer than four years; the shorter length correlated with both longer and more severe depression.

Parents’ Smoking Linked to Artery Damage in Children

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esearchers from Australia’s University of Tasmania have found that children exposed to the secondhand smoke of their parents will likely face abnormally thickened carotid arteries later in life.

The finding, published in the European Heart Journal, followed 3,776 children that participated in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study and the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health Study.

The children were divided into groups according to whether neither parent smoked, one parent smoked or both parents smoked. Questionnaire results were combined with ultrasound testing to correlate exposure during childhood with the health of carotid arteries, and researchers concluded that the effects are pervasive even 25 years later.

Those exposed to two parental smokers as children had significantly greater thickness of inner carotid artery walls than did children with non-smoking parents.

Their arteries also showed signs of premature aging of more than three years compared to children of nonsmokers. The researchers wrote, “There must be continued efforts to reduce smoking among adults to protect young people and to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease across the population.”

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Flaxseed Lowers Blood Pressure

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ating flaxseed reduces blood pressure, according to researchers from Canada’s St. Boniface Hospital Research Center. They attribute the effect to its omega-3 fatty acids, lignans and fiber.

The researchers examined the effects of flaxseed on systolic and diastolic blood pressure in patients with peripheral artery disease, a condition typically marked by hypertension. Patients consumed a variety of foods that collectively contained 30 grams of milled flaxseed or a placebo each day for six months.

The flaxseed group experienced significantly increased plasma levels of certain omega-3 fatty acids and lower average systolic blood pressure (by 10 mmHg) and diastolic blood pressure (by 7 mm Hg). Those in the flaxseed group with initial systolic blood pressure levels over 140 mmHg saw reductions averaging 15 mmHg.

Pine Bark Extract Reduces Perimenopausal Symptoms

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esearch published in the Journal of Reproductive Medicine confirms that pine bark extract can significantly reduce symptoms of menopause and perimenopause, including restless legs syndrome and hot flashes. For three months, 170 perimenopausal women were given 30 milligrams of Pycnogenol patented pine bark extract or a placebo twice a day.

Although a placebo effect was noted, the supplement significantly improved all but two symptoms and was especially effective in improving vasomotor and insomnia/ sleep patterns. The severity of symptoms among the Pycnogenol group, as measured by the Kupperman Index, decreased 56 percent more than for the placebo group.

In another study, scientists from Italy’s Pescara University gave 70 perimenopausal women a placebo or 100 milligrams of Pycnogenol daily for two months.

The supplement group experienced fewer menopausal symptoms and showed improvements with symptoms that include fatigue, insomnia, reduced concentration, memory problems, dizziness, depression and irritability.

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Heelless Shoes May Help Prevent Runners’ Injuries

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British study published in Footwear Science analyzed the effects of running in experimental heelless footwear compared with conventional running shoes with reinforced heels. The objective was to see if the heelless footwear would reduce the risk of chronic injury related to the habitual rear-foot strike pattern associated with conventional heeled shoes.

Using eight cameras with opto-electric running motion capture technology,12 male runners were tracked at four meters per second. The heelless running shoe resulted in less impact, greater plantar flexion and greater ankle eversion (rolling outward). The researchers concluded that the heelless shoes decreased the risk of chronic running foot injuries linked to excessive impact forces, but concede they may increase injury potential associated with excessive ankle eversion.

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

Fitness Update

Healthiest U.S. Metro Areas in 2014 The American College of Sports Medicine’s (ACSM) seventh annual American Fitness Index (AFI) ranks Washington, D.C., at the top with a score of 77.3 (out of 100), followed by Minneapolis-St. Paul (73.5), Portland, Oregon (72.1) Denver (71.7) and San Francisco (71). Overall, metro areas in 25 states scored 50 or above; the two lowest-ranking hovered near 25 points.

“The AFI data report is a snapshot of the state of health in the community and an evaluation of the infrastructure, community assets and policies that encourage healthy and fit lifestyles. These measures directly affect quality of life in our country’s urban areas,” says Walter Thompson, Ph.D., chair of the AFI advisory board.

True Grit

Why Persistence Counts

The Prescribe-a-Bike program (Tinyurl.com/Prescription Bikes) allows doctors at Boston Medical Center, in Massachusetts, to write low-income patients prescriptions for a one-year membership to Hubway, the city’s bike-sharing system, for $5, which is $80 less than the regular charge. A free helmet is part of the deal.

According to The Boston Globe, one in four Boston residents is obese, and Kate Walsh, chief executive of Boston Medical Center, believes the program can help. “Regular exercise is key to combating this [obesity] trend, and Prescribe-a-Bike,” she says, “is one important way our caregivers can help patients get the exercise they need to be healthy.”

Some educators believe that improvements in instruction, curriculum and school environments are not enough to raise the achievement levels of all students, especially disadvantaged children.

Also necessary is a quality called “grit”, loosely defined as persistence over time to overcome challenges and accomplish big goals. Grit comprises a suite of traits and behaviors that include goal-directedness (knowing where to go and how to get there); motivation (having a strong will to achieve identified goals); self-control (avoiding distractions and focusing on the task at hand); and a positive mindset (embracing challenges and viewing failure as a learning opportunity).

A meta-study of 25 years of research by John Hattie and Helen Timperley, professors at the University of Aukland, New Zealand, has shown that giving students challenging goals encourages greater effort and persistence than providing vague or no direction. Students aren’t hardwired for these qualities, but grit can be developed through an emerging battery of evidence-based techniques that give educators a powerful new set of tools to support student success.

A famous example of the power of self-regulation was observed when preschoolers that were able to withstand the temptation of eating a marshmallow for 15 minutes to receive a second one were more successful in high school and scored about 210 points higher on their SATs later in life than those with less willpower (Tinyurl.com/Stanford MarshallowStudy).

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Flight Zone

Airports Establish Bee-Friendly Acres The Common Acre is a nonprofit partnering with the airport serving Seattle, Washington, and the Urban Bee Company (UrbanBee.com) to reclaim 50 acres of vacant land to plant native wildflowers as pollinator habitat for hummingbirds, butterflies and disease-resistant bee colonies. A GMO-free (no genetic modification) wildflower seed farm is also in the works. Bees present no threat to air traffic and the hives discourage birds that do pose a danger to planes.

Beekeeper Jim Robins, of Robins Apiaries, in St. Louis, Missouri, rents an area with a plentiful supply of white Dutch clover, and Lambert Airport views his enterprise as part of its sustainability program. O’Hare Airport, in Chicago, the first in the U.S. to install hives, is rebuilding to its full complement of 50 hives after losing about half of them to 2014’s extreme winter. It’s a project that could be a model for airports everywhere—using inaccessible scrubland to do something revolutionary, like supporting a local food system. One hundred foods make up 90 percent of a human diet, and bees pollinate 71 of them.

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actionalert Dangerous Influx

Gas Pipeline Pumps Radioactive Radon into Homes In New York City, the Spectra gas pipeline that went online in 2013 is delivering more than just energy-efficient, clean-burning natural gas from Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale. It’s also piping radioactive radon gas that’s contaminating commercial and residential boilers, ovens, stoves, dryers and water heaters at 30 to 80 times baseline levels—well above the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency safe level for radiation exposure.

According to Dr. Sheila BushkinBedient, with the University of Albany, New York, “While it may be possible to remove other components of raw natural gas such as ethane, propane, butane and pentanes at natural gas processing centers, it’s not possible to remove radioactive substances such as radon. Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer among nonsmokers and the second-leading cause among smokers and indirect (secondhand) smokers.”

The Spectra conduit is one of hundreds of pipelines and fossil fuel infrastructure projects across the country being quickly approved by the Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission.

Citizens should demand that elected officials connect the dots and halt the uncontrolled rush to drill new sites regardless of safety concerns and let them know people are alarmed by the possibility of radioactive gas entering their communities.

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Learning that Transforms Hearts and Minds Rethinking How We See Our World Changes Everything

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n the 30 years since Harrison Owen introduced Open Space Technology (OST), it has been used hundreds of thousands of times by three-quarters of the world’s countries. Whether a few people gather in a circle to share ideas and brainstorm personal issues or thousands discuss a bulletin board of topics around tables, OST is a safe, informal venue for transformative learning.

Guided by purpose-based, shared leadership, it allows individuals focused on a specific task to freely speak their thoughts and be heard. It also encourages breakout groups to mine for more information—learning individually, as well as collectively, and self-organizing in order to concentrate on more complex topics. “Boeing engineers used OST to learn how to redesign airplane doors and young Egyptians used it to strategize for their Arab Spring,” as examples, comments Owen.

Circle Principle

For Owen, like Jack Mezirow, author of the paper, “Core Principles of Transformative Learning Theory,” 20th-century Brazilian educator Paulo Freire and Juanita Brown, co-founder of The World

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Café, learning is transformation, the keystone of life, and the essence of meaningful education. “The circle principle contains the predictability of fresh, emerging thoughts and learning that never occurred previously,” explains Owen.

He points to an experiment regarding children’s capacity for selflearning initiated by Sugata Mitra, Ph.D., the former science director of an educational technology firm in India.

On the outside wall of the building where he worked, Mitra installed a computer facing a New Delhi slum where most children were unschooled and illiterate and had never seen a computer. He turned it on and told children they could play with it.

Via a noninvasive video camera, he watched 7-to-13-year-olds discover how to use the computer and teach each other how to play music and games and draw using Microsoft’s Paint program. Repetition of the experiment in other impoverished sections of India yielded similar results. Wherever he established an Internet connection, children that could not read English, the Internet’s default language, taught themselves how to use the Web to ob-

tain information through their interactions with each other and the computer.

“I agree with what Mitra surmised from his experiment—learning is emergent, which is another word for selforganizing,” remarks Owen. Like Freire, Owen likens traditional education to the “banking” method of learning, whereby the teacher passes information to students that become dependent on someone else rather than learning how to think on their own.

Suzanne Daigle, a Sarasota, Florida-based consultant with a Canadian multidisciplinary consulting firm, explains how the OST learning environment changed her life: “My personal transformation began in 2009. Even though I was a leader in my corporate career, I doubted myself and often believed that what others had to say was more significant and interesting than what I could express.”

Now she says she has shed her people-pleasing tendencies and former attempts to control other people’s agendas and discovered the freedom and courage of her own voice. “As an OST facilitator, my life work now occurs in the moments I am collaboratively learning and listening for opportunities to enter into meaningful conversations that can lead to actions,” says Daigle. “I invite others to do the same.”

Co-Learning

In a compulsory two-year Theory of Learning class for an International Baccalaureate degree at California’s Granadas Hill Charter High School, math and science educator Anais Arteaga helps students apply two major elements of transformative learning: self-reflection to critique one’s own assumptions and discourse through which they question or validate their judgments. She focuses on the roles that perception, language, reason and emotion play in a student’s learning and decision-making abilities.

“Questions and lively discussions are the basis of the class,” Arteaga says.

“We begin with a question and explore what we know, how we know it and any conclusions drawn from the process.”

Using a democratic model in which the teacher welcomes critical discussion, Arteaga and her students have mutually discovered that knowl

edge is not static, but has a history and changes over time. “When we first started the class, it was challenging to accept that in many situations there is no right or wrong, just relativity and a matter of perception. We don’t really know anything for certain,” she remarks.

Worldview Explorations

Katia Petersen, Ph.D., is the executive director of education at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), headquartered in Petaluma, California. She codeveloped the tools, practices and 22 lessons in the pioneering organization’s Worldview Explorations (WE) project.

Founded on 40 years of IONS research, WE engages everyone in age-appropriate ways in reflecting upon long-held assumptions and how beliefs create the lens they see through, ultimately improving how they understand and respond to the world.

“When individuals understand the power of offering their story and are open to the worldview stories of others, they no longer focus attention on differences and limitations,” says Petersen. “They realize that everyone has their own truth.

“WE’s transformative learning experiences draw from the heart and soul of individuals, rather than stuffing heads with ideas and perspectives, which serves them well as they embody and apply these tools and practices in their daily lives.”

She cites a particularly powerful moment for a group of young people she worked with. “A student was killed in a drive-by shooting two weeks before their certification. The transformative moment came when they said that their new awareness and capacity for compassion and understanding would not allow them to seek revenge. Instead, they chose to save lives in their communities using their new skills.”

World Café

Like OST, the World Café, co-created

by Brown and David Isaacs, of Burns-

ville, North Carolina, creates a transformative learning environment for individuals of all ages. Its primary principles are: set the context, create hospitable space, explore questions that matter, encourage everyone’s contributions, connect diverse perspectives, listen together for patterns and insights and share collective discoveries. Webs of conversation created around actual or occasionally virtual tables resemble those found in coffeehouses.

“Conversation is a core meaningmaking process, and people get to experience how the collective intelligence of a small or large group can become apparent,” says Brown. After several rounds of conversation on one or more topics, participants offer their harvest of key insights, learning and opportunities for action with the full group gathered to reflect together on their discoveries.

“World Café provides an environment in which you are comfortably drawn forward by the questions you are asking together. When enough diversity is present, varied perspectives are offered and people feel listened to and free to make their contribution,” observes Brown.

What participants learn in this setting creates the climate of conditions that support the kinds of transformations that can change lives. Brown remarks, “When it happens to me, I feel like my brain cells have been rearranged. I know something in the collective, as well as the individual, has been evoked, so that something never before imagined becomes present and available.”

Transformative learning has been compared to a sea journey without landmarks. Adventurous individuals that are open to traversing its highly engaging processes can emerge as autonomous thinkers, capable of contributing fresh, new ideas that just might transform the world we live in.

Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings. Visit ItsAllAbout We.com for the recorded interviews.

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Creative educational initiatives offer more flexible programs of study than traditional institutions. First introduced into the United States in the latter part of the 20th century, today there are thousands of such facilities operating according to their own lights. Yet many share certain distinguishing characteristics including emphasis on close studentteacher relationships, diverse experiential learning and development of student decision-making skills aided by peer and parental support.

All aim to prepare and equip students for future success both inside and outside the classroom.

Montessori

At age 3, kids at the Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School, in Maryland, are gaining early math and motor skills, plus an appreciation for healthy foods, in unique and innovative ways. “The children roll out a long mat containing 1,000 beads that they use to learn to count by twos, fours and 10s,” says Jenny Smolen, development coordinator and grant writer for the school. “When it’s time for multiplication and division, they’re prepared.”

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seeds to grow in pots until it’s time to transplant them to the garden. “Before the seed-to-table program, the kids didn’t know what fresh tasted like. Now they go home and ask for vegetables for dinner,” says Smolen.

The school also has six chickens that supply fresh eggs, and two beehives produced 100 pounds of honey last year that was sold to raise funds. The school is free of charge to Baltimore city students chosen by lottery. Currently, 330 students from diverse backgrounds ages 3 through 13 attend, with 1,000 names on the waiting list.

Children at Wisconsin’s Montessori School of Waukesha learn to baste; spoon beans or rice from bowls; cut paper, draw, paint or paste cutouts; and sew or embroider using a three-finger grip.

It strengthens the muscles they will need later to practice writing skills.

Waldorf

Waldorf School alumna Jocelyn Miller, an account manager at Matter Communications, drives 45 minutes from Newburyport, Massachusetts, to take her three children to The Waldorf School at Moraine Farms, in Beverly.

“On bad weather days, I wonder why I make the drive, but the smiles when we arrive are worth it,” she says. There, her children spend time outdoors regardless of the weather. Indoors, they draw illustrations to bolster lessons on history and geography.

Second-graders work in three-hour blocks of time, rather than the traditional 45 minutes. Fifth-grade students recently spent three weeks studying Greek mythology. Older students play in an orchestra and learn German and Spanish.

They also knit; the craft builds manual dexterity and helps children learn to plan, correct mistakes, be creative, visualize the finished product and mindfully create something useful or decorative.

Middle school and high school students at the Waldorf School of Garden City, in New York, universally participate in seasonal sports—baseball, softball, basketball and soccer. The emphasis on the values of teamwork and sportsmanship complement development of skills. The school’s policy is, “You don’t have to be a superstar to get playing time,” noting that the quality of athletic teams is consistently strong.

The school also brings some green into the city with a horticultural program that fully cultivates a quarter-acre field. Its steady harvest of fruits,

vegetables, herbs and grains includes lettuce, beans, spinach, broccoli, kale, corn, oregano, thyme, rosemary, strawberries, blueberries and raspberries. A new greenhouse keeps produce growing through winter months.

Students at Conservatory Prep High School, in Davie, Florida, were tasked with finding a way to walk on water in order to explore principles of flotation and buoyancy. After researching and experimenting with each of a series of materials, they analyzed what went wrong, worked to fix it and then tried again. “We did the testing at our onsite pool,” says Wendy Weiner, Ed.D., the school’s founder and principal and a Waldorf alumna. “We saw some pretty funny results, but they eventually invented a pair of shoes that worked. Of course, they were pretty big shoes.”

Homeschooling

Homeschooling provides another option. Parents don’t need to know all about a subject with organizations like Bridgeway Academy’s homeschool curricula at hand. This Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, institution provides easy access to tools and support for families nationwide. “We’re a kindergartento-12th-grade provider,” says Jessica Parnell, academy president. “Teachers in a school setting have to teach standardized subjects, in certain ways, to the whole class. We use customized learning to inspire and excite children individually. We help parents discover their child’s learning style, personality and ideal learning environment.”

Materials provided include instructor guides, user-friendly websites and interactive games and other activities.

“It gives kids the freedom to explore, learn and discover,” Parnell adds. “This is how you grow a lifelong learner.”

California, has written a commoncore, standards-based curriculum for un-schoolers. “It’s a yearlong program for ages 15 and up designed to enable a student to realize his career path and life’s purpose,” she says.

Online Tutorials

“There’s an explosion in online learning, too,” observes Bob Bowdon, executive director of nonprofit Choice Media, an education news service at ChoiceMedia.tv, produced in New York City. School kids in some states are able to opt out of a class at school if they feel the teaching style is holding them back, instead tapping online teachers available in a virtual school setting.

Louisiana’s Department of Education’s Jump Start program partners high schools and local companies to offer students one-day-a-week internships apprenticing in trades. “It’s real-world, on-the-job training,” says Bowdon.

Thanks to such innovative approaches to school curricula and technology, parents and children have more options than ever before for learning. Instead of memorizing information until the next test and then forgetting it, more learning is customized and hands-on, because children that learn by doing, remember.

Connect with Sandra Murphy at StLouis FreelanceWriter@mindspring.com.

Un-Schooling

Un-schooling, another pioneering approach, is a method of homeschooling in which children pursue areas that interest them, eat foods they enjoy, rest when needed, choose friends of all ages or none at all and engage their world in unique, powerful and self-directed ways. Suzanne Strisower, a life and career coach in Oroville, natural awakenings

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The BFC designation is part of the Bicycle Friendly America program created by the League in 2002. Communities complete an online application and submit it with supporting documentation to the League. Local reviewers, League staff members and national judges assess the application and provide a feedback report and designation, if applicable. Based on the reviewers’ comments, the League awards applicants a platinum, gold, silver or bronze

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In the United States, 303 communities in 48 states have achieved the BFC designation. BFCs provide many accommodations for recreational and commuting bicyclists that include signage, bike lanes, education, events and organized rides. According to the organization’s website, BikeLeague.org, “Building such a community can translate into a more connected, physically active and environmentally sustainable community that enjoys increased property values, business growth, increased tourism and more transportation choices for citizens.” Communities in Pennsylvania that have earned the designation comprise Philadelphia (silver), Franklin (bronze), Pittsburgh (bronze), State College–Centre Region (bronze) and York (bronze).

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Dream Ride Projects, a nonprofit based in Lancaster that focuses on improving air quality, is the only goldlevel designated business in South Central Pennsylvania. The League awarded silver designations to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in 2014. Bronze-level businesses in Lancaster include Cargas Systems, the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Weber Advertising & Marketing. In June, six regional organizations submitted applications, including two Lancaster-based businesses: Lancaster County Library, Duke Street and Mountville branches, and Lemon Street Market. The League will announce this year’s final round of designations in September.

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We love our seafood, a delicious source of lean protein. The latest data reports U.S. annual consumption to be more than 4.8 billion pounds of it, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with the average American eating 3.5 ounces of seafood a week. About half of the catch is wild-caught and half farmed. How do we know which fish and shellfish are safe to eat and good for ocean ecology?

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he best approach is to choose seafood carefully. Oil spills, waste runoff and other environmental disasters can compromise the quality of seafood with toxic contaminants like mercury and other heavy metals and industrial, agricultural and lawn chemicals. These pollutants can wash out from land to sea (and vice versa). As smaller fish that have eaten pollutants are eaten by larger ones, contaminants accumulate and concentrate. Large predatory fish like swordfish and sharks end up with the most toxins.

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natives to overfished species such as sea bass and Atlantic cod. These newto-us, wild-caught fish can be delicious, sustainable and healthy.

Choices Good for Oceans

An outstanding resource for choosing well-managed caught or farmed seafood in environmentally responsible ways is Seafood Watch, provided through California’s Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Information on the most sustainable varieties of seafood is available in a printed guide, updated twice a year. The pocket guide or smartphone app provides instant information at the seafood counter and restaurant table. Online information at SeafoodWatch.org and via the app is regularly updated.

The truth is that no one fish can be seen as a sustainability darling, because if it is, it’s sure to be overfished. ~ DailyFinance.com

The Blue Ocean Institute, led by MacArthur Fellow and ecologist Carl Safina, Ph.D., supports ocean conservation, community economics and global peace by steering consumers and businesses toward sustainably fished seafood. It maintains a data base on 140 wild-caught fish and shellfish choices at BlueOcean.org.

Hoki, for instance, might have a green fish icon for “relatively abundant” and a blue icon for “sustainable and well-managed fisheries,” but also be red-flagged for containing levels of mercury or PCBs that can pose a health risk for children. As species become overfished, rebound or experience fluctuating levels of contaminants, their annual ratings can change.

Choices Good for Us

To help make choosing easier, Seafood Watch has now joined with the Harvard School of Public Health to also advise what’s currently safe to eat. Entries on their list of “green” fish, which can shift annually, are low in mercury, good sources of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids and caught or farmed responsibly.

If the top-listed fish and shellfish aren’t locally available, look for the Seafood Safe label, started by EcoFish company founder and President Henry

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Lovejoy, which furnishes at-a-glance consumption recommendations based upon tests for contaminants. Labels display a number that indicates how many four-ounce servings of the species a woman of childbearing age can safely eat per month. (Find consumption recommendations for other demographics at SeafoodSafe.com.) Expert-reviewed independent testing of random samples of the fish currently monitors mercury and PCB levels. Lovejoy advises that other toxins will be added to the testing platform in the future.

“My dream is to have all seafood sold in the U.S. qualify to bear the Seafood Safe label, because consumers deserve to know what they’re eating,” says Lovejoy. “We need to be a lot more careful in how we use toxic chemicals and where we put them.”

Retail Ratings

Some retailers also provide details on their seafood sourcing. Whole Foods, for example, offers complete traceability of the fish and shellfish they carry, from fishery or farm to stores. Their fish, wild-caught or farmed, frozen or fresh, meet strict quality guidelines in regard to exposure to antibiotics, preservatives and hormones. They also display Seafood Watch and Blue Ocean Institute ratings at the seafood counter.

Wise seafood choices feed and sustain our families, foster a healthier seafood industry, support responsible local fisheries and keep Earth’s water resources viable.

Judith Fertig blogs at AlfrescoFood AndLifestyle.blogspot.com from Overland Park, KS.

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We’d love it if our kids had fewer sick days away from school, but what if by bolstering their immune systems now, we could also protect them from serious diseases going forward?

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uring childhood, when the immune system is still developing, there’s a great opportunity to set the stage for improved health and resilience,” says Dr. Joel Fuhrman, a family physician and nutritional researcher in Flemington, New Jersey, and author of Disease-Proof Your Child. “A healthy diet and lifestyle can help kids avoid common childhood illnesses like colds, ear infections and allergies, as well as ensure greater resilience against disease later in life.”

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Food allergies and sensitivities can suppress the immune system by increasing inflammation in the body and call for consultation with a health specialist.

“Whenever there is extra inflammation, the body has less available energy to keep the immune system functioning as well as it should,” says Dr. Fred Pescatore, a New York author of The Allergy & Asthma Cure. “It’s like putting the wrong type of gasoline in the car; it hinders your performance.”

the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, kids that ate the most fruit had a 38 percent lower risk of cancer later in life. Berries, cherries, plums and pomegranates are among the most powerful immune-boosting fruits. For veggies, eat more dark leafy greens, tomatoes, carrots and cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli and cauliflower. Also emphasize whole grains and healthy fats such as those found in nuts, seeds and avocado, advises Fuhrman.

Sugar-laden calories depress the infection-fighting activity of white blood cells, says Dr. Alan R. Gaby, of Concord, New Hampshire, author of the textbook, Nutritional Medicine.

Even natural sweeteners such as honey and juice have similar effects when consumed in excess, he says. Try healthy options like pomegranate and kiwi fruit salad; trail mix with raw almonds; dried cranberries and air-popped popcorn; and hummus with red pepper strips and baby carrots for dipping.

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Probiotics can enhance immune function in children by stimulating white blood cells and reducing inflammation, says Gary B. Huffnagle, Ph.D., a University of Michigan Medical School immunology research professor and author of The Probiotics Revolution. They are especially protective against allergies, diarrhea and respiratory tract infection.

Start with yogurt: Serve with cereal; mix with mashed bananas and freeze in ice cube trays for a cool treat; or make smoothies with unsweetened, non-dairy yogurt and frozen berries.

Or consider a Lactobacillus acidophilus supplement; aim for 5 billion CFUs per day of Lactobacillus or bifidobacterium.

Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), an ayurvedic herb, boosts immunity by supporting and balancing adrenal function, says Dr. John Douillard, Ph.D., a Boulder, Colorado, chiropractor, ayurvedic physician and author of Perfect Health for Kids. The adrenal glands produce cortisol, and overproduction of this “fight-or-flight” hormone can dampen immunity.

Ashwagandha is particularly helpful for preventing colds and can also be used when kids are stressed or tired. For children ages 6 to 12, give 500 milligrams per day with breakfast; children over 12 can take 1,000 mg a day.

Stabilize Hormonal Changes

“Puberty and adolescence are marked by dramatic shifts in and surges of hormones,” says Dr. Richard Shames, of Sebastopol, California, co-author of Feeling Fat, Fuzzy, or Frazzled? “This is monumental, as far as the developing immune system is concerned. As the immune system is directly linked to hormonal in-

Tell kids they’ll get sick, and chances are it’ll happen.

Instead, nurture an attitude of wellness and help them learn they have control over their own health. fluences, any hormonal imbalance will affect overall immunity.” Shames recommends selenium—a potent antioxidant and general immune booster—to help balance hormones. For children ages 8 to 18, aim for 100 mg per day.

Let ’em Get Dirty

“Once a child has been exposed to dirt and germs, the immune system responds by trying to expel those bacteria from the body, which strengthens immunity,” counsels Jane Sheppard, owner of HealthyChild.com and founding executive director of the Holistic Pediatric Association.

Avoid antibacterial soaps, cleansers and gels; most contain the chemical triclosan, which some researchers suspect of contributing to development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Instead, use a natural antibacterial gel or make one, by combining witch hazel or alcohol, tea tree oil and lavender essential oil.

Stay in the Sun

“The sun is our primary source of vitamin D, which has broad effects on the immune system,” Fuhrman says.

“Depending on your skin tone and the local climate, about 15 minutes of full sun exposure a day will lead to natural production of sufficient amounts of vitamin D.” If kids have dark skin or live in a cloudy region, they may need vitamin D supplements—at least 200 IU per day.

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Green Travelers Recharge at Spas, Parks and Vineyards

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arving out time from crammed calendars for a week or more away from home can pose such a hurdle that more than half of all American workers forfeit hard-earned vacation days every year. Sometimes a long weekend in an inspiring locale is all we need to recharge our batteries.

Short vacations invite welcome rest and relaxation and are often more sustainable, according to Gary Diedrichs, publisher of the online Green Traveler Guides (GreenTravelerGuides.com).

“Airplanes pollute more than any other form of travel. When you take shorter trips by other means, whether bicycle or a hybrid rental car, you’re way ahead environmentally,” says Diedrichs, whose family enjoys road-tripping in an old Mercedes converted to run on recycled vegetable oil.

For families, short, sweet trips are also easier to do with the kids in tow. “It’s also an opportunity for parents to reinforce that living sustainably isn’t just something you do at home,” notes Diedrichs.

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We can prescribe—and reward— ourselves with one of the following minivacations, whether it’s a trip to a green spa if we’re stressed or a hike in a park or the woods if we’ve been sedentary.

Travel on tracks to trails. Leave behind stressful traffic and uninspiring highway views by hopping a train to a nearby state or national park. Riders can venture through a variety of terrains without leaving their seats. Amtrak reaches more than 237 national parks and monuments (AmtrakToParks.com), many of which offer stunning backdrops for outdoor music festivals.

A rail-to-park adventure can rekindle old friendships with faraway, but not forgotten friends. Draw a circle encompassing everyone’s location and pick a park within the perimeter as the meet-up spot, distributing the travel burden equally. Agree beforehand which friends bring which essential camping equipment, food and other provisions so that everyone travels light. Traversing trails is a fun, bonding experience.

Go farm to fork. Escape city crowds, live bucolic fantasies and learn about sustainable agriculture during a farm stay. Organic family farms across the country offer overnight accommodations to supplement farming incomes and connect with local consumers.

Farm life is about simple pleasures, like waking to a rooster’s call and then digging into a farm-fresh breakfast of free-range eggs, accompanied by homemade bread, cheese, jam and honey.

Afterwards, stroll an apple orchard or fragrant field of lavender. Most farms allow guests to pitch in with the chores, maybe feeding chickens, milking cows, picking cherries or making yogurt. Find a place nearby at FarmStayUS.com.

Renew your spirit. Reconnect with your faith or explore a new spiritual calling with a short stay at a retreat center. Some furnish structured guided sessions, such as vipassanã Buddhism’s silent retreats, at which participants sit in meditation eight hours a day without access to me-

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Grounds often feature sacred spaces like labyrinths or meditation gardens, providing an inspiring environment to contemplate one’s spiritual journey.

RetreatFinder.com supplies a comprehensive listing of possibilities conducive to every spiritual persuasion, from Anglican to Zen, across the country and worldwide.

Taste the terroir. A long weekend amidst vineyards can be a refreshing way to simultaneously explore the countryside and refine our wine palate. Along with tastings, some vintners provide tours of their vineyards and cellars, including insights into the characteristics of local terroirs that give each vintage its distinctive taste.

Some also have bed and breakfast inns onsite, eliminating the need for a designated driver.

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Numerous farms, spas, parks and vineyards are waiting to be explored; many nearby that we may overlook draw visitors from around the world. “Local travel gives us a chance to dig more deeply into the places that surround us,” says Diedrichs. “We can have fun playing tourists in our own backyards and support sustainable, local businesses we discover along the way.”

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Epigenetics The Nature of Nurturing Health

by Jonina Turzi

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ntil recently, neuroscientists believed there was a critical developmental period for human learning and before adulthood, human beings would have already established the maximum brain potential they would have throughout their lifetime. Now, according to the National Institute of Child Health and Development, scientists agree that at any age and stage of life, people can grow new brain cells, alter behavior and reflex patterns and create new neural pathways.

Similarly, gene scientists once thought of our DNA as an inherited code that would map out our future lives and determine our potential health. However, the science of epigenetics, which means “above” or “on top of” genes, provides a bigger story.

This scientific study of changes in gene expression (molecular production), rather than alteration of the genetic code itself, reveals how people can change the way DNA behaves.

Using simple practices like meditation, yoga and mindfulness, individuals can change the expression of

genes involved in critical processes that include immune function, energy metabolism and insulin production, according to scientists such as Herbert Benson, M.D., director emeritus at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston.

“It’s not New-Age nonsense,” Benson remarks.

After doing decades of research on mind-body interventions and the relaxation response to stress, he and his colleagues published a study in 2013 on the epigenetics of meditation.

They compared the gene profiles of people that do and don’t regularly practice meditation and found that meditators showed marked improvement in the function of the mitochondria (the powerhouse of cells) and decreased chronic inflammation, two factors associated with preventing chronic diseases.

In the experienced meditators, just one session of meditation significantly changed their cellular activity.

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“Interestingly, these changes were observed in genes that are the current targets of anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs,” notes Perla Kaliman, researcher at the Institute of Biomedical Research, at the University of Barcelona, in Spain, where the molecular analyses were conducted.

This growing body of research indicates that working with one’s state of mind can profoundly impact the underlying state of health, including chronic conditions. For thousands of years, humans have engaged in meditation to enhance their well-being. For decades, research has confirmed that such practices improve health and resilience to stress. Now the process occurring on the molecular level inside the cell’s nuclear genome is being revealed, just as the brain’s lifelong growth potential was acknowledged a few years ago.

“Our genes are quite dynamic in their expression, and these findings suggest that the calmness of our mind can actually have a potential influence on their expression,” affirms Davidson.

Dr. Jonina Turzi is a doctor of physical therapy, a functional manual therapist and a yoga instructor who owns West End Yoga studio, located at 221 W. Walnut St., in Lancaster. Connect with her at JoninaTurzi.com.

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Cures in the Kitchen Dr. Mark Hyman is Fed Up with Our National Health Crisis

by Judith Fertig

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n the groundbreaking new documentary film, Fed Up, Dr. Mark Hyman prescribes a major overhaul of the diets of all family members in communities across America to prevent far-reaching unwanted consequences. Hyman practices functional medicine, which takes a wholesystem approach to treating chronic illnesses by identifying and addressing their root causes, starting with poor diet. He is also the bestselling author of a series of books based on The Blood Sugar Solution.

What has your experience with Fed Up shown you about the root cause of many diseases?

In Fed Up, I met with a family of five to talk with them about their health and understand the roots of their family crisis of morbid obesity, pre-diabetes, renal failure, disability, financial stress and hopelessness. Rural South Carolina, where they live, is a food desert with nearly10 times as many fast-food and convenience stores as supermarkets.

The family’s kitchen was also a food desert, with barely a morsel of real food. There were no ingredients to make real food—only pre-made factory science projects sold in cans and boxes with unpronounceable, unrecognizable ingredient lists.

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They lived on food stamps and fast food and didn’t know how to navigate a grocery aisle, shop for real food, read a label, equip a kitchen or cook nutritious meals. Their grandmother has a garden, but never taught her children how to grow food, even though they live in a temperate rural area.

Sugar calories drive food addiction, storage of belly fat, inflammation and fatty liver (now the number one reason for liver transplants). They also disrupt appetite control, increasing hunger and promoting overeating, and are biologically addictive. Sugar calories are the major contributor to heart attacks, strokes, cancer, dementia and Type 2 diabetes. Sugar is a root cause behind the tripling of obesity rates in children since the 1970s.

As just one example illustrating government policy culprits, although poor people are disproportionately affected by obesity, the food industry vigorously opposes any efforts to limit the use of food stamps for soda. Every year, the U.S. government pays for $4 billion in soda purchases by the poor (10 billion servings annually) on the front end, and then pays billions more on the back end through Medicaid and Medicare to treat related health consequences that include obesity and diabetes.

What are the consequences if we don’t attack the problem of poor diet now?

I got the whole family cooking, washing, peeling, chopping, cutting and touching real food—onions, garlic, carrots, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes, salad greens, even asparagus.

After 12 months, the mother had lost 100 pounds and was off of blood pressure medication, and because the father had lost 45 pounds, he finally qualified for a kidney transplant. The son originally lost 40 pounds, but because he was stuck in a toxic food environment at school and only able to get a job at a fast-food eatery, he gained much of it back. I’m happy to report that he is now working to get back on track.

The costs of a poor diet are staggering: At the present rate, by 2040, 100 percent of the nation’s federal budget will go for Medicare and Medicaid. The federal debt soars as our unhealthy kids fall heir to an achievement gap that limits America’s capacity to compete in the global marketplace. At the same time, having 70 percent of young people unfit for military service weakens national security.

In a detailed scientific analysis published in The New England Journal of Medicine, a group of respected scientists reviewing all the data affecting projected life spans concluded that today’s children are the first generation of Americans ever that will live sicker and die younger than their parents.

Health issues due to poor diet comprise a national crisis. They threaten our future, not just for those fat and sick among us, but all of us.

How is sugar a primary factor in creating obesity?

For more information on Fed Up, visit FedUpMovie.com.

What results did the family see when they changed their eating habits?

Of some 600,000 processed food items on the market, 80 percent contain added sugar. Sugar calories act differently from fat or protein calories in the body.

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GMO Free Community Meeting – 1-3pm. GMO Free Lancaster County is pursuing a community ordinance to ban the use of Glyphosate (RoundUp) county-wide, and possibly the cultivation of GMOs Join the discussion, share your views. Millers Natural Foods, 2888 Miller Lane, Bird-in-Hand.

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THURSDAY, JULY 31 Intro to the Benefits of Young Living Oils – 6-8pm.

Learn about the incredible benefits and healing potential of using Young Living's Essential Oils in your everyday life. Lite fare served. $10. The Waterfront Restaurant, 680 Millcross Rd, Lancaster. 717-4687523. TrellaDubetz.com.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1 Up-cycled Craft Activity on First Friday – 5-9pm.

Free Open Craft Table for Kids during expanded hours for crafting and fun. Lancaster Creative Reuse, 1865 Lincoln Hwy E, Lancaster. 717-617-2977.

Vibrant: A Raw Food Pop-Up Dinner – 6pm.

Skinny Park Juice hosts a raw, vegan dinner inspired by the flavors of Italy and using locally grown organic foods. $35/ticket. RSVP required. Skinny Park Juice, 443 N Mulberry St, Lancaster. 717-394-4840.

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 6th Annual Angel Days Holistic Faire – 9am-4pm.

See Saturday listing for details.

Connecting with Trees – 10am-12noon. Learn how to raise consciousness through connecting with trees, after discussion, orient Trees using the Damanhur method. Free. Hosted at a Lancaster County park, call for details: 717-629-8426.

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Smoothies – Ayurveda-Style – 1-2:30pm. $25. Yoga Inlet, 734 Penn Ave, W Reading. 610-376-2881.

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Yoga Basics Summer Series – 12:30-1:30pm. Join Jonina Turzi for this series of four classes designed to help anyone get started with (or reinforce the foundations of) a healthy yoga practice; subsequent classes held on 8/9, 8/23, and 8/31. $70 for the series.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 7 Juicing and Smoothie Workshop – 6:30 - 8:30pm.

Taste and learn how to supercharge your body with healthy, good tasting, energizing nutrient rich juices and smoothies that deliver the healthy eating solution your body is craving. Benefit include improved digestion and immunity. $15. Register early as seating is limited. Tree of Life Health Ministries,15 Pleasure Rd, Ephrata. 717-733-2003. TOLHealth.com.

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Kids Yoga Teacher Certification

Visit Lehigh Valley, PA for 10 days & complete your 95 Hour Kids Yoga Teacher Certification with Young Yoga Masters, an accomplished Registered Children’s Yoga School (RCYS) with Yoga Alliance. This energizing training is for anyone who cares for children, including teachers & teaching assistants, health care professionals, youth leaders & yoga teachers.

August 8th through 17th To register: 484-554-4601.

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Wise Earth Ayurveda Practitioner Training – Through August 12th. Learn the foundation of Wise Earth Ayurveda through food, breath and sound practices. Register early to save your space. Call for details: Yoga Inlet, 734 Penn Ave, W Reading.

610-376-2881. YogaInlet.com.

2nd Friday Open House – 5:30-8:30pm. Stop in the studio to enter for your chance to win a free 30 minute massage, view work of a local artist, and shop the select items on sale. Free. Integrative Massage & Reiki Healing Arts Studio, 632 Penn Ave, W Reading. 610-451-9577. Integrative MassageReiki.com.

Sandal Saturday – Enjoy all Pedicure services at half price. Magnolia Day Spa, 2938 Columbia Ave, Suite 1501, Lancaster. Call for Appointment: 717-208-7391.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 2 6th Annual Angel Days Holistic Faire – 10am5pm. A weekend of fun featuring vendors of angel art, music, jewelry, flower essences, holistic practitioners, wellness centers, a labyrinth, a medicine wheel, free lectures and more. $6 admission. $5 with donation of cat or dog food. Leesport Farmers Market Banquet Hall, 8 miles North of Reading on Route 61. Call for info: 484-363-7356.

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Celebration of Life Holistic Expo – 10am-6pm.

John Stewart and Maggie Shetz of Intuitive Consultants will be among the many vendors and exhibitors. Admission: $7. Advance tickets available: New Visions Books & Gifts, 717-843-8067. York Expo Center, Memorial Hall East, 334 Carlisle Road, York.

Lammas Gathering-The Goddess Ripens – 7:309:30pm. With Dances of Universal Peace. Celebrate the abundance of late summer. Creating a sacred space, bring an item for the altar. Donation $5-10.

Radiance, 9 W Grant St, Lancaster. Call to register: 717-290-1517.

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 10 Celebration of Life Holistic Expo – 10am-5pm.

See Saturday, August 9 listing for details.

2nd Sunday Flavor Fair – 11am-3pm. Fresh local fare paired with live local music. Rain or Shine.

Building Character, 342 N Queen St, Warehouse B, Lancaster. 717-394-7201.

2nd Sunday Open House – 11am-4pm. Tour the campus, meet artists, stop by the studios, galleries and exhibitions. Listen to live music, join a walk-in workshop, watch demonstrations and complete a make-and-take project. Shop our store for one-ofa-kind finds. GoggleWorks, 201 Washington St, Reading. 610-374-4600.

How To: Raw Vegan Desserts – 5:30-7:00pm.

Learn how to make raw vegan desserts with basic kitchen equipment. $30 ($25 by 8/5). For info and to register contact Jamie Leedom at 717-945-4755.

Lemon Street Market, 24:1 W Lemon St, Lancaster.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 15 Germ Fighting Thieves Party – 2-4pm. Learn all of the amazing uses for this powerful essential oils blend. Free demos on how to make hand sanitizer and germ fighting hand soap pumps! Josiah’s Oils, 2469 Lititz Pike, Lancaster. 717-824-3222.

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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.

Wellness Series: Natural Skin Care Solutions – 6pm. Education, door prizes and refreshments in our new location. Register by August 12 as seating is limited. Health by Design Natural Clinic, 266 W Main St, Leola. 717-556-8103. Info@HBDClinic.com.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16 Ephrata Whistle Stop Market – 10am-2pm. Seasonal open air market offering local fruits and vegetables, hand crafted items and prepackaged food items as well as live music. Every third Saturday through October. Ephrata Whistle Stop Plaza on Main Street in Ephrata. www.DoctorNaturalMedicine.com

SUNDAY, AUGUST 17 Creative Writing Retreat – 2-4pm. An unconventional, be-who-you-are workshop, where playfulness matters and inspiration goes without saying. Come to write or just listen. Beginners welcome. Sharing optional. Call to register and for fees. Write From The heart Studio, Lancaster. 717-393-4713. WriteFromTheHeart.us.

MONDAY, AUGUST 18 Living Foods Pot Luck – 6pm. Speaker 7pm. “Let food be thy medicine.” Christina Smith offers perspective from her experience of healing lymphocytic colitis. $2 per person. Bring a 9x13 equivalent size living foods dish to share. Kinzer Fire Hall, 3521 Lincoln Hwy E, Kinzers (beside Patriot Homes Sales). Contact Terri Roberts 717-725-8617.

Nutritional and Herbal Approaches to Leaky Gut Syndrome – 6:30pm. Stephen Byers will

discuss combining medicinal plants with nutrientdense foods that improve digestive function. The seminar will end with Q&A session and a takehome list of resources for further exploration. $5. Pre-registration required. Tree of Life Health Ministries, 15 Pleasure Rd, Ephrata. 717-733-2003.

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 24 Day of Wellbeing – 10am-4pm. Every fourth Sunday. Kaleidoscope Angels, A Center of Well Being, 1056 Old Swede Rd, Douglassville. 610-689-3999.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27

Plant Walk – 5:30-7pm. Learn how to identify and use common wild medicinal and edible plants. $5 or $10/family. Hosted at a Lancaster County park.

Call for details: 717-629-8426. BrigidsWay.com.

Cultures and Cooking – 7:30pm. Come and learn a little about a new culture and taste some delicious food from that culture as well. Each 4th Wednesday of the month features a different culture. $5. Lancaster Public Library. 125 N Duke St, Lancaster.

717-394-2651.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21

SATURDAY, AUGUST 30

Pathways Connect Gathering Group – 1-2pm.

Join in discussion on pregnancy/birth, mindbody-spirit, holistic health care, breastfeeding, VBACs, compassionate and conscious parenting, sustainable and environmentally-friendly choices, community building, global shift to wellness and so much more! Free. Be Well Lancaster, 7 N Mulberry St, Lancaster. 717-205-2303.

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Yin/Restorative/Yoga Nidra Workshop – 1-3:30pm. Discover the stillness that is possible in your body, and the magic that exists there. Elizabeth Crisci offers this carefully crafted practice to calm your anxieties, release physical tension, and open the doors to an expansive and peaceful place inside of you. $30 by 8/20; $45 thereafter. West End Yoga, 221 W Walnut St, Lancaster. 717-466-YOGA. WestEndYogaStudio.com.

Lancaster Community Reiki Clinic – 6:308:30pm. Reiki by appointment every third Thursday of the month. 30 minutes of Reiki for $10 suggested donation. Held at the office of Loeffler & Pitt, 2131 Oregon Pike, Lancaster. 717-269-6084.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 22 Raw Foods for Wellness Potluck – 6-8:45pm.

Holistic Health Care for the 21st Century by Dr. Milena Safran, a Doctor of Naturopathy.

Hosted by Eileen Wieder Crone, RD, MS. $2 plus raw vegan dish to share. Moravian Manor, 300 W Lemon St, Lititz. 717-627-4258.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 23 Numerology 101 – 1-3pm. Sue Altieri leads this workshop for discovering how the ancient, symbolic system of Numerology works. Learn what your personal numbers are and how they can work for you. $30. Radiance, 9 W Grant St, Lancaster.

717-290-1517.

Finding Comfort in Chair Sitting – 1-3:30pm. A Feldenkrais Workshop will show you how pain-free sitting is just one class away! Health By Design, 266 W Main St Leola. $40 early registration, $55 after 8/23. 717-556-8103. HBDClinic.com.

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September 14, 1-2:30pm, or 16th 7-8:30pm or 20th 10-11:30am Unity of Reading, 4443 10th Ave, Temple.

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Hatha Yoga All Levels – 10-11:15am. $15. Yoga On Orange, 129 E Orange St, Lancaster. 717-3923992. 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.

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Live Music – 3-5pm. Live acoustic music every Sunday at Chestnut Hill Cafe. Check Facebook for details. 532 W Chestnut St, Lancaster. 717-5092008. ChestnutHillCafe.com.

Vinyasa + Yoga Wall – 11am-Noon. A flowing series of yoga poses on the mat, and with the assistance of the yoga wall for improved alignment and ranges of motion. $11-$16. West End Yoga, 221 W Walnut St, Lancaster. 717-466-YOGA. WestEndYogaStudio.com.

Restorative Yoga – 5-6pm. Relax and restore.

No experience required. $12. Bridge Yoga Studio, 1705 Lincoln Hwy E, Lancaster. 717-330-1304.

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Prenatal Yoga – 6-7:30pm. For moms to be. Bring a mat, two pillows and a bottle of water. $20/class or discounted 7-week session/$120. Santih Space, Lancaster location. Call Karen Simpson, RPYT to register: 717-872-4639. SantihSpace@live.com.

Brazilian Wax Special – 9-11:30am. 20% discount every Tuesday in August. Magnolia Day Spa, 2938 Columbia Ave, Suite 1501, Lancaster. Call for appointment: 717-208-7391.

Gentle Body Restore – 10-11am. $15. Yoga On Orange, 129 E Orange St, Lancaster. 717-392-3992.

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

Svaroopa Yoga – 5:30-7pm. Gentle, restorative, pain relieving. $13/class with card. Call ahead to reserve your spot. nuOMyoga, 25 Old Bowers Rd, Bowers. 610-641-9300. NuOmYoga.net.

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.

Gayatri Wellness Yoga – 5:30pm. Just Breathe Yoga Studio, 4606 Penn Ave, Sinking Spring. 610207-4120. GayatriWellness.com.

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

To register: The Rejuvenation Center, Kissel Hill Commons, 484 Royer Dr, 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.

monday Gayatri Wellness Yoga – 6:30pm. Open Call Fitness, 2686 Bernville Rd, Reading. 484-577-4650.

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Intro 2 Float – 7:45pm. Explore aerial yoga in this 45 min class. Great for first timers! $18. Float Yoga, 245 Bloomfield Dr, Ste 210, Lititz. 717-475-6333.

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wednesday Chair Yoga – 9-9:45am. Yoga practice seated on a chair.

Teri Butson RYT200. $7/class. Bright Side Opportunities Center, 515 Hershey Ave, Lancaster. 717-509-1342.

Chair Yoga – 12:15-1pm. Yoga practice seated on a chair. Teri Butson RYT200. $7/class. Bright Side Opportunities Center, 515 Hershey Ave, Lancaster.

717-509-1342.

Gayatri Wellness Yoga – 5-6pm. With Lucine Mackow. $10/class. Reading Hospital Post Acute Rehab, 2802 Papermill Road, Reading. GayatriWellness.com.

Svaroopa Yoga – 5:30-7pm. Gentle, restorative, pain relieving. $13/class with card. Call ahead to reserve your spot. nuOMyoga, 25 Old Bowers Rd, Bowers. 610-641-9300. NuOmYoga.net.

Vinyasa Class – 6-7pm. A flowing yoga practice. $7/class. Bright Side Opportunities Center, 515 Hershey Ave, Lancaster. 717-509-1342.

Bellydance Class – 6-7pm. Effective exercise, a fun hobby, & a great relaxation tool. 6 classes for $12.50 each or $15 for one class. New class begins 9/3.

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

Hatha Yoga – 6-7:15pm. David Dragonfly teaches Hatha Yoga with influence from the Kundalini tradition. Classes provide a sense of peaceful and loving connection with the Self and a rootedness to the Earth. $15. downdog YOGA, 525 Reading Ave, W Reading. 610-373-7131.

Summer Yoga – 6:15-7:15pm. Connect with nature on your yoga journey. Open your mind and body in an abundance of open space. $10 drop-in rate.

Charlestown Park, Charlestown Rd, Lancaster.

Contact Karen Simpson, RYT to register 717-8724639. SantihSpace@live.com.

Women’s Self Defense – 6:15-7:15pm. Open Call Fitness and Martial Arts Center, 2686 Bernville Rd, Reading. 484-577-4650.

Feldenkrais – 6:30pm. Awareness Through Movement class with Donna Bervinchak. At Improving Through Movement, 3543 Marietta Ave, Lancaster.

Pre-registration required due to limited space. 717285-0399. FeldenkraisBlog.com.

Yin Yoga – 7-8pm. A balanced and well-aligned practice to move slowly, deeply, and peacefully into yoga poses that increase circulation in the joints and improve flexibility. $11-$16. West End Yoga, 221 W Walnut St, Lancaster. 717-466-YOGA. WestEnd YogaStudio.com.

Mantra Yoga – 7:30pm (First Wednesday of the month). David Dragonfly teaches Mantra Yoga. $15. downdog YOGA, 525 Reading Ave, W Reading.

610-373-7131.

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.

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Gentle Body Restore – 10-11am. $15. Yoga On Orange, 129 E Orange St, Lancaster. 717-392-3992.

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Gayatri Wellness Farm Stand – 10am-2pm. Local produce and weekly pick up location for Gayatri CSA. Body Zone Sports, 3103 Paper Mill Rd, Wyomissing. GayatriWellness.com.

Gayatri Wellness Silver Sneakers Yoga – 11:30am.

Body Zone Sports, 3103 Paper Mill Rd, Wyomissing. 610-376-2100. GayatriWellness.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. Mindfulness InReadingAndBerks.com.

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.

Yoga On Barre – 6-7:15 pm. Targets core muscles. $15. Yoga On Orange, 129 E Orange St, Lancaster.

717-392-3992. YogaOnOrange.com.

Community Yoga Class – 7-8:15pm. This flowing vinyasa class is offered with the intention to create connections through yogaand wellness practices.

By donation. West End Yoga, 221 W Walnut St, Lancaster. 717-466-YOGA. WestEndYoga.com.

Buddhist Meditation Class – 7:30-9pm. (Doors open at 7). Learn meditations to reduce stress, relax, and improve your relationships. Open to all levels on a drop-in basis. Quaker Friends Meeting House, 110 Tulane Terrace, Lancaster. $8. Contact info: Kalpa Bhadra Kadampa Buddhist Center, 717-232-2700.

friday Float Low – 9:15-10:15am. Flex and gently extend.

This “slow and low” fabric class is for everyone. $25. Float Yoga, 245 Bloomfield Dr, Ste 210, Lititz. Call to reserve your space: 717-475-6333.

Float-Yoga.com.

Live Music in the Café – 6:30-8:30pm. Enjoy live music in the Cafe at Ten Thousand Villages in Ephrata every Friday night. The Café at Ten Thousand Villages, 240 N Reading Rd, Ephrata.

717-721-8400.

Community Yoga – 6:30pm. Experience the benefits of Bikram Yoga, a series of 26 postures in a heated room. By donation. Bikram Yoga of Lancaster, 533 Janet Ave, Lancaster. 717-392-4200.

saturday Get Fit Where You Sit™Chair Yoga – Fitness for active people challenged in conventional forms of exercise. Discounted packages available or $18 walk-in. Santih Space, Lancaster location. Contact Karen Simpson, LVCYT for information and to register: 717-872-4639. SantihSpace@live.com.

Gayatri Wellness Yoga – 9am. Open Call Fitness. 2686 Bernville Rd, Reading. 484-577-4650.

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Intro to Sun Style Tai Chi 31 Form – 10am. Also known as Tai Chi for Arthritis, this gentle, flowing form can be modified for individual limitations. $60/ series or $12/class. Class size is limited so register early! Health By Design, 266 W Main St, Leola.

717-556-8103. HBDClinic.com.

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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Lititz Market 7 S Broad St, Lititz 717-626-6332 Saturday mornings thru October

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