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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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spotlight OF FRIENDSHIP

It Sustains, Nourishes and Supports Us 14 24 healingways

by Judith Fertig 27 ecotip 30 consciouseating 24 YOUR MOUTH 34 healthykids TELLS A STORY Functional Dentistry Connects 36 inspiration Oral Health to Sleep Apnea 37 fitbody and Heart Disease 38 yogapilatesfitness by Linda Sechrist 27 40 greenliving 30 ANCIENT GRAINS 42 wisewords FOR MODERN PALATES

Gluten-Free and Eco-Friendly 44 naturalpet Grains Gain Favor 47 calendar

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A contact us Publishers/Owners Jacqueline Mast • Kendra Campbell Executive Editor Jacqueline Mast Editor Michelle Bense Design & Production Stephen Blancett • Steven Hagewood Steffi Karwoth Writers Gisele Siebold • Julianne Hale Sheila Julson Advertising Sales Kendra Campbell 717-399-3187 Publisher@NALancaster.com Accounting Marilyn Campbell Natural Awakenings – Lancaster-Berks Ten Branches Publishing P.O. Box 6274 Lancaster, PA 17607 Phone: 717-399-3187 Fax: 717-427-1441 Publisher@NALancaster.com NALancaster.com • NABerks.com © 2016 by Natural Awakenings. All rights reserved.

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unified wholeness is lit by the sparks of interconnectivity that zip through our days. Subtle or not, these passing sentiments reassure our place in the natural order of a universe driven by its own logic. The network of relationships that give this world its organic rhythm is shaped by synchronicities, personal choice and sometimes more than a hint of irony—all precious portals for learning more about why Jacqueline & Kendra and how we come together.

Familiar or not, the conscious gaze of another reflects back basic hopes, fears and dreams and the resonance of worlds shared, bridging the human experience between souls. Awake eyes recognize the paradoxes of intimacy; individuality builds unity and vulnerability strengthens bonds.

Little leaps of faith help us navigate the dynamics of loss and love with each other and build irreplaceable and lasting memories, insight and gratitude. Walking through doors opened by the courage to share eventually transforms vulnerability into self-respect and empowers clarity on how and when to trust. At the generous end of the social spectrum, good friends hold a special place in the net of support—a true gift adding years and joy to our hearts.

In celebrating this month of love, we honor the peace and joy that starts first within ourselves, because we cannot truly give away or see in another that which we do not embody. Taking full responsibility for befriending oneself is a beautiful and transformative gift to the world, and this magic unfolds from the seat of the soul, informing character, purpose and joy.

The Zen of friendship carries its own rhythm, as we remind each other of who we really are, sharing vitality and caring and supporting truth, all in the name of devoted friendship/love, a timeless investment with endless returns and meaningful sacred bonds.

Cherish every moment… keep showing up and reaching out. We are here to help each other along and enrich our days together, so join us in this special issue of heart-centered appreciation for fellow travelers old and new.

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harles F. Snyder Funeral Homes and Crematory will host Lunch and Learn events, at 11 a.m., on February 10, at The Stockyard Inn, in Lancaster, and on March 16, at The Inn at Leola Village, in Leola. The Lunch and Learn program is a casual and relaxed luncheon that includes a short, 30-minute presentation by funeral pre-planning specialists, Jackie Adamson and Kelly Townsend, about the benefits of pre-planning, options, costs and veteran’s benefits. Open discussion will be followed by a complimentary lunch and a valuable event promotion.

The funeral directors at Charles F. Snyder Funeral Homes and Crematory help individuals and families consider and decide what type of funeral or memorial service to have. To effectively serve families in the most convenient and cost-effective manner, facilities are located in Lancaster, Lititz and Millersville, including one with an on-site crematory. A wide range of funeral services include traditional funeral services, graveside services, cremation, personalized ceremonies, Celebration of Life ceremonies, veteran services, green burials and eco-friendly services, as well as pet funeral services.

Locations: The Stockyard Inn, 1147 Lititz Pike, Lancaster; Inn at Leola Village, 38 Deborah Dr., Leola. For more information, visit SnyderFuneralHome.com, call 717-560-5100 or email PrePlan@SnyderFuneralHome.com. See ad, page 9.

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arilu Garofola, certified personal coach and owner of Sandpiper Life and Wellness, is now offering Healthy Reboot—an eight-session, three-tiered program of eating better, moving more and dealing with roadblocks to create a sustainable, healthy lifestyle. Certified in nutrition, with a long history of working in the fitness world, Garofola provides coaching through any food or exercise issue.

As a life and wellness coach, Garofola believes in the coaching ideal that the client holds all of the anMarilu Garofola swers, and the coach is there to help the client discover them. Her approach encourages people to enjoy their life with food, but make small, healthy moderations they can live with, while also working to increase physical activity.

“With the start of a new year, many people decide to change one or more areas of their life. Coaching is all about clearing the way for success by creating a plan that is achievable, time-based and possible,” notes Garofola.

Another service provided by Sandpiper is a monthly divorce support group called Divorce Dynamics, where women struggling through divorce while raising a family and discovering themselves again can share their experiences and valuable friendships with one another.

For more information, call 717-405-8344, email Marilu@Sandpiper-Coaching.com or visit Sandpiper-Coaching.com. See ad, page 41.

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Adding native plants and rainwater harvesting to a property can be very beneficial because they provide an opportunity to reduce water consumption and landscape maintenance costs. Native plants help increase and maintain the biodiversity in this ecoregion, providing food and shelter for beneficial birds and insects, which in turn helps keep unwanted and invasive pests under control. Harvesting rainwater prevents unnecessary run-off and decreases the amount of pollution to local waterways.

In some instances, where a storm water management fee is accessed, rainwater harvesting can help reduce utility bills. Options can be as simple as incorporating a rain barrel, or as complex as installing a water feature or pond that stores the rainwater and provides landscape variety.

Earthbound Artisan provides affordable, environmentally friendly, organic and holistic property management. Seifarth is a certified landscape technician, permaculturist and International Society of Arboriculture certified arborist who provides on-site consultations for all services.

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llison Dracha, Higher Brain Living facilitator and owner of De-Stress Center, in Temple, is offering a special, complimentary workshop titled Raising Your Vibration, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., February 27. This hands-on workshop is for those who are ready to shift their energy, re-awaken to their soul’s purpose, vibrate on a higher frequency, be happier and have more clarity for all of 2016. Regis-

tration is required.

The interactive workshop will provide an opportunity to meet other like-minded people and learn how to break the chain of old-thinking and have a better outcome with New Year’s resolutions with the support of the Higher Brain. Dracha will also share an introduction to Higher Brain Living, as well as provide a discount on introductory packages for those interested.

Higher Brain Living is a proven, gentle-touch technique that creates a surge of energy to the pre-frontal cortex—the area responsible for the experience of joy, insight, problemsolving, clarity and confidence. “This heightened activity in the pre-frontal cortex loosens the grip of the old, primitive, survival/stress brain and launches people into their full potential,” shares Dracha.

Location: 26 Skyline Dr., Temple. To register for the workshop, call 484-772-6446. For more information, email AJDracha@ gmail.com or visit AllisonDracha.com. See ad page 21.

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omplimentary Connected Warriors Yoga classes are held at 6:30 p.m. on Mondays, at the East Petersburg Area Civic Center (EPACC), in East Petersburg, with instructor Michaela Sharp. Veterans respond well to this trauma-conscious yoga therapy class, designed specifically for service members, veterans and their families.

Sharp’s training includes a 150-hour-plus yoga teacher apprenticeship from Felicia Mason, in Clarksville, Tennessee; yoga instructor certification from the National Exercise and Sports Trainers Association; as well as a 200-RYT Power Yoga Teacher training from Hot Yoga Plus, in Nashville. Throughout 2014 and 2015, Sharp completed the Connected Warriors training, both on site in Tennessee, and live via FaceTime. “Supporting Veterans is close to my heart because my husband—who just retired last year—served 25 years in the Army,” shares Sharp.

Morning Flow Yoga takes place at 9:15 a.m., on Mondays, with Gentle Yoga scheduled for 6:30 p.m., on Wednesdays. EPACC is supported by East Petersburg Faith Outreach, a nonprofit organization serving the community with programs such as Homework Help, Power Packs, nutrition, fitness classes and more.

Cost: Free for veterans; $5 donation for non-veterans. $10 drop-in fee for other classes. Location: 6020 Lemon St., East Petersburg. For more information about Sonnenflow Yoga, call 785-851-9858, email SonnenflowYoga@gmail.com or visit SonnenflowYoga.com. For more information about EPACC, call 717-454-3723, email Kent@EastPeteCC.org or visit EastPeteCC.org and Facebook.com/EPCIVIC.

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n herbal apprenticeship program will be held one weekend a month between May and October, at Heartstone Herbal School, in Van Etten, New York. The dates are: May 20-22, June Heartstone Herbal School 24-26, July 22-24, Students digging burdock August 19-21, September 16-18 and October 14-16. This in-depth, residential course offers an experience-based foundation for the lifelong journey of becoming a practitioner of herbal medicine, and spans three seasons, to intimately learn about plants over the course of their life cycles.

The program teaches plant identification and medicinal properties, diverse medicines including teas, tinctures, oils, creams and salves, ethical wild-crafting and anatomy and physiology of the body. Activities are designed to deepen a personal relationship with the natural world.

Heartstone School is located in Heartstone Center for Earth Essentials, whose mission includes carrying the principles of right relationship and gratitude for life into opportunities for learning and action. These are woven into the fabric of the apprenticeship. Heartstone courses are taught by co-directors Kris Miller and Tammi Sweet, along with special event guest instructors.

Tuition: $2,200, includes most meals, supplies, rustic accommodations and an online course. Non-refundable $250 deposit required. Payment programs and $250 in work trade available. Early bird discounts when paid in full by: March 1, $200 discount; April 1, $100 discount. Location: 301 Brink Rd., Van Etten, NY. For more information, call 607-589-4619, email Info@Heart-Stone.com or visit Heart-Stone.com. See ad, page 8.

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Screenings and Seminars Celebrate Heart-Health Month

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Discover the Therapeutic, Restorative Benefits of a Restoration Spa Facial

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ose Ann Linkens, owner of Restoration Spa, is an internationally boardcertified esthetician whose treatments are fine-tuned for each client, incorporating all-natural essential oils in exclusive blends designed to enhance and restore natural beauty. Three facial treatment levels begin with an assessment of skin type, challenges and routine skincare.

Recommended for the first visit, the Revitalizing Facial includes deep cleansing using custom-blended products, an enzyme peel, a lifting facial massage and a soothing, moisturizing mask.

Rejuvenating Facial Therapy is corrective and preventive—with a focus on challenges such as acne or fine lines and wrinkles—and incorporates microdermabrasion to whisk away dead skin cells. LED light therapy invigorates circulation in the healthy skin underneath, followed by a lifting facial massage.

Restoration Facial Therapy, designed to reverse the effects of time, restores skin to its glowing, radiant best. It includes all elements of the Rejuvenating Facial, as well as non-invasive facelift technology to lift and tone the skin, using products infused with custom-blended essential oils.

Restoration Spa is a boutique spa with a tradition of providing each client with individualized care and attention. “Winter weather can have harsh effects on skin. Our facials are both relaxing and therapeutically soothing,” shares Linkens.

First-time clients enjoy complimentary upgrades. Location: 235 N. Duke St., Ste. 203, Lancaster. For more information, call 717-290-1677, email RestorationSpaR@aol.com or visit RestorationSpa.net. See ad, page 39.

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om Wachtmann, doctor of chiropractic, is hosting Dave Brown, a registered vascular technologist, of Baseline Medical, who will perform carotid artery Intimal Media Thickness (IMT) ultrasound screenings, Carotid Artery Screening at Link Chiropractic, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., February 15th. The FDA-approved, painless, non-invasive screenings, done while clients are fully clothed, determine risk for heart attack and stroke. No prior preparation is necessary; registration is required.

As a vascular physiologist, Brown utilizes portable stateof-the-art imaging platforms to produce sophisticated ultrasound images of carotid arteries. Hundreds of digital measurements are taken during the first five-minute procedure, as the sonographer gently slides the ultrasound probe over each side of a client’s neck to see how thick the artery walls are, determining heart attack risk. Other measurements in the carotid arteries are also obtained in another five-minute protocol done specifically for stroke risk. Results are given immediately following the screenings.

Wachtmann is also holding two complimentary seminars at Twin Ponds Integrative Health Center, both from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.: “How Healthy Is Your Heart?” on February 9, and “What’s Keeping You Awake at Night? Stress, Hormones, Pain, Sugar Handling, Liver Dysfunction?” on February 17.

Cost for screenings: $65 per individual and $120 per couple.

Screening location: Link Chiropractic, 3130 Pricetown Rd., Ste. H, Fleetwood. For screening registration, call 610-9445000. Seminar location: Twin Ponds Integrative Health Center, 628 Twin Ponds Rd., Breinigsville. For seminar registration, call 610-841-3395. For more information, email NAHChiro@gmail.com or visit DrWachtmann.com. See ad, page 23.

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eb Gallagher, a registered nurse and Eden Energy Medicine certified practitioner, will host an Eden Energy Medicine Workshop at Bridge Yoga Studio, in Lancaster, from 1 to 3 p.m., February 13. The workshop will include an introduction to Energy Medicine, the nine energy systems and the Daily Energy Routine developed by Donna Eden, a worldwide healer, author and teacher for nearly 40 years. Pre-registration is required.

Learning the five-minute Daily Energy Routine can increase energy, concentration and sleep, improve the immune system and begin to balance energy systems to allow the body to heal naturally.

Eden Energy Medicine utilizes techniques from acupuncture, yoga, kinesiology and qigong. Flow, balance and harmony can be non-invasively restored and maintained within an energy system by tapping, massaging or connecting specific acu-points on the skin; by tracing or swirling the hand over the skin along specific energy pathways; through exercises or postures designed for specific energetic effects; by focused use of the mind to move specific energies; and/or by surrounding an area with healing energies.

“Over time we have been caught up in a fight-or-flight lifestyle that leads to pain, illness and emotional turmoil.

I feel balancing energies can be so important to give the body its true ability to begin healing,” says Gallagher.

Cost: $20 pre-paid; $25 day of. Location: 1705 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster.

For more information, call 717-2039666, email RestoreEnergy12@gmail. com or visit RestoreYourEnergy.org. See ad, page 52.

Sarah Preston—community herbalist and owner of both Herbs from the Labyrinth, LLC, and Radiance, a retail shop—has been named to the board of the Northeast Herbal Association (NEHA) for a three-year term, from 2016-2019. Since 1991, the NEHA has facilitated community networking among herbalists, allowing them to exchange ideas, knowledge and support.

NEHA publishes a prized tri-annual journal featuring articles and book reviews germane to herbalists’ work. The group also hosts an annual retreat for those who love and work with plants, and awards grants for community-oriented Sarah Preston projects benefitting children, the environment or continued education in community herbalism.

A member of NEHA for many years, Preston sells her line of herbal products, Herbs from the Labyrinth, at Radiance, which she and her daughter opened across from Central Market in Lancaster nine years ago.

Location: 9 W. Grant St., Lancaster. For more information, call 717-290-1517, email Sarah@HerbsFromTheLabyrinth.com or visit HerbsFromTheLabyrinth.com. See ad, page 6.

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esearch published in the International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry has concluded mothers that chew natural xylitol gum regularly will significantly reduce oral infections of mutans streptococcus bacteria in their infants. Five research teams and 11 randomized studies of 601 mothers and their children showed 46 percent fewer infections of the bacteria, which is the central species responsible for dental caries and periodontal disease. The studies included children that were 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 months old.

Other research supports the claim of xylitol’s beneficial nature. A study from the University of Manchester, in England, analyzing data from 4,216 schoolchildren, showed that using toothpaste containing xylitol with fluoride resulted in 13 percent less tooth decay than using toothpaste with fluoride only.

Note: Xylitol is toxic to dogs; if ingested, consult a veterinarian.

Olive Oil Compound Kills Cancer Cells

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esearchers from Rutgers University have found that an ingredient in olive oil will kill cancer cells in under an hour. The researchers tested a compound called oleocanthal, a central component of extra virgin olive oil, and found that it caused the premature death of cancer cells in the laboratory by puncturing cancer cell vesicles, called lysosomes.

“We needed to determine if oleocanthal was targeting that protein and causing the cells to die,” says Paul Breslin, Ph.D., a professor of nutritional sciences in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers and co-author of the study, published in Molecular and Cellular Oncology.

The research also found that the olive oil compound didn’t damage healthy cells. Breslin states that the compound merely “put them to sleep” for a day, after which they resumed their normal, healthy functioning.

Senior author David Foster, Ph.D., of Hunter College, points out that additional studies are necessary to determine if the compound halts tumor growth. “We also need to understand why it is that cancerous cells are more sensitive to oleocanthal than non-cancerous cells,” he says.

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n a study published in the British Journal of Nutrition, researchers found that supplementing with bifidobacteria probiotics will reduce colds and flu. The study followed 581 college students for six weeks as they prepared for their final exams. During the study period, the students consumed a placebo or a daily supplement with one of three probiotics, including Bifidobacterium bifidum.

The students given the bifidum supplement experienced significantly fewer cold or flu infections, and when they did succumb, the infection was generally less severe. The other probiotic supplements did not reduce colds or flu compared to the placebo for the six weeks.

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large study from the New York Medical College and the University of Massachusetts found that high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is linked to a greater risk of asthma and chronic bronchitis. The research included 2,801 people between the ages of 20 and 55 years old. The scientists utilized health data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of 2003 to 2006 to compare people with a history of chronic bronchitis.

The study measured the types of soft drinks consumed, eliminating risks related to known asthma relationships such as smoking. The researchers found those that drank five or more HFCS-containing sodas per week had an 80 percent increased incidence of chronic bronchitis.

Greater intake of HFCS has also been linked with higher risk of other health conditions, including diabetes and obesity.

Mediterranean Diet Sustains More Youthful Brain Sizes

esearch published in the journal Cognitive Science has found that toddlers with parents that played with them using humor and fantasy gained increased skills for learning, imagining and bonding, along with thinking in abstract ways.

The researchers tested children between 16 and 24 months old in two phases. The first utilized action play among 25 kids and the second utilized verbal play among 40 children. The parents and children pretended to do activities such as washing their hands with no soap or creating situations using a toy.

During the second phase, the children and parents played around jokingly by using words, identifying things in funny ways and making believe they were doing things.

The researchers found that joking and pretend play allowed the kids to distinguish cues that helped them communicate and develop skills to understand intentions. The study also found that older toddlers relied more on verbal cues to understand pretending and joking communications.

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s we age, our brains shrink, a condition linked to cognitive impairment. According to a study from Columbia University, a healthy diet can help reduce such occurrences.

The researchers studied 674 adults with an average age of 80. They were divided into two groups, depending upon their diets, and given magnetic resonance imaging scans to measure total brain volume and thickness.

It was found that those following diets that most closely resembled the Mediterranean diet—less meat and more vegetables and fish—had larger brain sizes with less shrinking. The researchers equated the average size difference between the groups to about five years of aging.

Dr. Yian Gu, a neuropsychology professor at Columbia University, says, “This is another study consistent with previous studies that indicate the Mediterranean diet is an overall healthy diet.” natural awakenings

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

Green Goalposts

Super Bowl Eco-Stadium Gains National Spotlight The 50th Super Bowl will take place February 7 at the brandnew Levi’s Stadium, in Santa Clara, outside San Francisco, and the anniversary isn’t the only thing that’s historic. As part of a trend toward sustainability in athletic facilities, it’s the greenest and most technologically advanced professional football stadium in the U.S. The structure is designed to support sustainability, located on a site with accessible public transportation plus a bike path to encourage fans to pedal to and from games.

Its predominantly open and airy, environmentally friendly building plan also takes advantage of the Silicon Valley climate. One outstanding feature is the green roof atop the suite tower on the west side of the stadium. Another is the three solar bridges connecting the main parking area to the stadium that generate energy from hundreds of solar panels.

All of the wood used was repurposed from a local airplane hangar at Moffett Field, in Mountain View, California, and other reclaimed building products were used where possible. Reclaimed water sources serve potable and non-potable uses, including playing field irrigation. The local suppliers providing farm-to-table food menus also are required to practice composting and recycling to the greatest extent possible.

For more information, visit LevisStadium.com.

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McCormick Going Non-GMO McCormick, the world’s largest spice company, plans to eliminate almost all genetically modified (GMO) ingredients from their product line by 2016. In response to increased consumer demand for healthier options, 80 percent of its overall gourmet herb and spice business in the U.S. will be both organic and non-GMO by 2016, as well as all McCormick-branded herbs, spices and extracts sold in the U.S.

They will voluntarily label the updated products to inform consumers as part of a commitment to transparency and consumer education. The first product introduced, a non-GMO vanilla extract, is already available.

McCormick also uses steam treatments in its processing to preserve the health benefits of spices instead of the ionizing irradiation used by competitors. Although food radiation is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, some studies link it to significant health problems.

“Our consumers are increasingly interested in quality flavors with pure ingredients in their food,” says McCormick President and Chief Operating Officer Lawrence Kurzius. “Our efforts prove that we are listening to consumers and are committed to continuing to evolve.”

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Young Children Can Unlearn Racial Stereotyping New research by Paul Quinn, a professor of psychological and brain sciences at the University of Delaware, and his collaborators across the globe, have found a simple exercise that can undo the unconscious racial biases that may begin to develop as early as infancy.

Quinn learned that 3-month-olds begin showing a visual preference for the same race they see most often in their daily lives. By 9 months, infants not only distinguish racial categories, but also become less able to tell different individuals apart if they are members of a less-familiar race.

In the experiment, the scientists morphed together photos of African and Asian faces to create ambiguous images that looked equally African and Asian. As a result, Quinn reports, “At 9 months, they didn’t respond to the differences between the African and Asian categories, but instead they had two less discriminatory broad categories; ‘own race’ and ‘other race’. We think it might be a precursor to an initial ‘in group/out group’ differentiation and suggest that perceptual and social processing of faces may overlap, even in infants.”

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Shrine Circus Ends Wild Animal Acts Bill Cunningham, CEO of Dallas-based Fun Time Shows, the largest Shrine Circus producer in the country, says he’ll no longer produce shows featuring elephants, tigers, lions or other wild animals. Cunningham says, “These animals are very special; we cohabit the Earth with them and they are deserving of our respect and awe. They’re not here to perform tricks for our entertainment.”

He says, “I’ve tried to listen to the mothers that said they didn’t want their kids to grow up and learn that the animals they saw had been probed, poked, prodded and chained to a floor.” The move has received an outpouring of support from outside the industry, including People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Cunningham’s Shrine Circuses will still feature high wire acts, human cannonballs, trapeze artists and motorcycle tricks, along with performing horses and dogs.

“The horses and dogs act in true collaboration with their owners,” says Cunningham.

“We feel the audience still wants to see domestic animals.”

Pioneering Aspen Ski Town Runs Entirely on Renewables

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Athletic shoemaker Adidas has teamed up with New York-based Parley for the Oceans, a multidisciplinary organization with a passion for protecting the oceans, to make footwear out of garbage. Available soon, the soft upper part of the shoe is knitted entirely from waste and debris pulled from the ocean, including yarn and fibers—just some of the estimated 5.25 trillion pieces of trash in the sea. With no extra material left over, nothing goes to waste; the shoes also incorporate illegal fishing nets taken from poachers.

Adidas executive Eric Liedtke suggests the technology could move beyond shoes and find its way to T-shirts, shorts and other apparel. A full line of similar consumer-ready products will be integrated into the Adidas line this year.

The larger issue goes beyond recycling and repurposing to avoid waste altogether. Plastic takes more than 450 years to decompose, so conservationists and researchers at Parley for the Oceans hope to re-imagine plastics by designing a renewable solution. In cleaning up our oceans, we protect ecosystems, food sources, jobs and local economies.

Aspen, Colorado, with a population of 7,000, has become the third municipality in the country, along with Burlington, Vermont, and Greensburg, Kansas, to receive all of its power from renewable sources. Its energy portfolio now consists primarily of wind power and hydroelectric, with smaller contributions from solar and geothermal.

The development reflects a decadelong effort made possible in part by a significant drop in the price of renewable energy and new government regulations that internalize some of the pollution costs of fossil fuels, making energy sources like coal increasingly uncompetitive. More than one-third of American coal plants have been shut down in the past six years and new carbon rules make it possible that no new coal plants will ever be built in the U.S.

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by Gisele Rinaldi Siebold

Global Outlook

Weather Website Tracks Climate Change A new website, WXshift.org, published by the hybrid science and journalism nonprofit Climate Central, provides climate projections for a specific location along with the day’s weather. In addition to a typical forecast of highs and lows, UV (ultraviolet rays) index, wind and times of sunrise and sunset, it graphically shows if the area indicates a warming uptick and by how much.

A 40-year-trend-to-date display offers a projection to 2050 and what the weather will be like for the next generation. Geoff Grant, director of digital media for Climate Central, says, “This is just putting weather and climate data together. There’s no spin to it. The weather is how everyone experiences climate.”

WXshift draws from 2,000 weather stations across the country and 100 years of temperature, rain and snow data to create customized climate graphics. Tutorials explain such topics as the difference between dew point and humidity, along with news and information about relevant issues.

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ancaster Agriculture Products, in Ronks, will present its annual Real Health Conference, from 8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., February 13, for a full day of lectures and hands-on demonstrations led by field experts in sustainable and organic agriculture. With more than 31 seminars discussing topics from how food affects individual health to the best herd management techniques, participants will further their understanding of the organic lifestyle.

Drs. Michael McNeill and Donald Huber will give the Keynote Lecture, GMOs in Our Food Today, during which they will discuss the interaction of GMOs and glyphosate on soil, plant, animal and human health. Attendees will learn about previously unknown side effects and crop disease agents associated with glyphosate, which has been commonly accepted as benign.

As an extra bonus, Dr. Arden Andersen will present Agriculture, Food and Cancer, at 6 p.m., on February 12. This special session examines the link between conventional agricultural practices and the increased prevalence of disease, particularly cancer.

Seminar highlights include: How Lack of Minerals Affects Today’s Human Health; GMOs: Making Lemonade from Lemons; Organic Veterinary Care and Calf Rearing; Minerals and Microbiology: A Productive Relationship; Dairy Herd Digestive Health; Building and Understanding Soil; Orchard Health and Systems; Livestock Selection; Why

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Food is a vital experience at this event. The program schedule includes three food demonstrations by Jonathan and Nina White: Fermented Foods: Good for the Gut; Heritage Grain and Baking; and Put the Life Back Into Dairy and Cultured Butter. Lunch includes buffet, soup and salad. The Lancaster Ag Team and Stoltzfus Family serve local organic products that are prepared on site.

Lancaster Agriculture Products was started in 1994 by co-founders Stephen E. Stoltzfus and his son Reuben. For over 20 years, Lancaster Ag has worked to serve family farmers, produce growers and gardeners with sustainable, biological and organic agricultural products. An essential part of the Lancaster Ag mission is to inform and educate their customers and the community about the journey to sustainable agriculture.

Real Health Conference is sponsored by Paul I. Shearer Insurance Agency, Oasis at Bird-in-Hand, Organic Valley, Horizon Organic, Alltech, Real Salt, Blue River Hybrids Organic Seed, Simon Lever, Diamond V, Hoober, Inc., Neptune’s Harvest, Thorvin and King’s AgriSeeds.

Cost: $20 for February 12; $40 for February 13. Location: 60 N. Ronks Rd., Ronks. For more information and to register, visit LancasterAg.com, email LancasterAg@LancasterAg.com or call 717-687-9222. See ad, page 7.

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evealing the Divine Feminine with Rev. Dr. Karen Tate, a Spring Equinox event for adults, will be held from March 18 to 20, at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Lancaster (UUCL).

Participants will celebrate a season of renewal with awareness of the sacred feminine, becoming energized by honoring the role of women in history, recognizing spirituality and power in creating a new perspective of living with optimism, nurturing, cooperation and love.

Discover how Goddess mythology can provide a template for a sustainable future and reshape society with a presentation, Reawakening Our Sacred Stories, at 7:30 p.m., March 18. A reception will follow. On March 19, a reception begins at 10 a.m., followed by the first workshop, Living a Goddess Inspired Life—Personally, at 10:30 a.m.

Lunch, which is included, follows at 12:30 p.m. The second workshop, Living a Goddess Inspired Life—Changing the World, begins at 1:30 p.m. The day concludes with a Spring Equinox Ritual at 4 p.m. On March 20, the 10 a.m. worship service features The Sacred Feminine for a Sustainable Future. A presentation

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about Sacred Goddess Sites of the World is scheduled for noon.

Facilitated by Web and Wheel at UUCL, the event is free and open to Lancaster and Berks communities, and beyond, due to a grant awarded by the Art and Selma Walters Trust for Programming Opportunities. Web and Wheel

honors the Earth by providing education, community, celebrations and rituals regularly with intention, practice and spiritual-based ceremonies.

Divine, sacred feminine, and Earthbased spirituality are ancient concepts, lived in harmony with Earth’s continuous cycles, distinct seasons and all of nature’s wonders. The mythology is based upon the female archetype which symbolizes the reproductive cycle, nurturance, cooperation and interconnectedness.

“The focus of Earth spirituality, interchangeable with the term Goddess spirituality, is to create a template for a sustainable future—using nature as an ally—that fosters partnership, compassion, equality, balance, inclusivity and gratitude,” says Linda Dobbins, event coordinator.

Dobbins further shares, “To replace God with Goddess is a misconception.

Our intention is to promote awareness of sacred feminine, influence life-affirming theology, build bridges between culture and spiritual communities, promote partnership, inclusivity, compassion and ecological sustainability. Our work is devoted to using Earth energy as our main ingredient for moving toward change.”

Cost: Free. Location: 538 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster. For more information and to register, email DLDobbins44@yahoo.com.

For more information about Karen Tate, visit KarenTate.com, call 310-450-6661 or email AncientCultures@CA.RR.com. See ad, page 23.

Gisele Rinaldi Siebold is a contributing writer to Natural Awakenings, Lancaster-Berks edition. Connect with her at Gisele@NALancaster.com.

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From Hollywood to the Heart Author Helps People Use Writing for Therapy

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elissa Greene always Greene studied writing with knew in her heart that the author, Jim Shepard, a she was a writer, yet National Book Award Finalist her childhood environment and fiction professor at Willed her to adorn a glamorous liams College. “He’s been my façade that dominated her forfriend and mentor for years,” mative years. Through her own Greene says. “He read my courage, along with helpful earliest fiction, and he also Melissa Greene mentors, she became a pubread through my Hollywood lished writer who today helps others façade, seeing through what had been use the magic of creativity to heal. conditioned into me.”

Greene comes from a Hollywood Greene penned short stories family. Her mother, Jan Wiley, appeared and was published in The Northwest in movies including Stage Door and the Review, and other literary magazines, Dick Tracy serials. Greene’s father, Mort, but her divorce interrupted her writwas a lyricist whose credits include “The ing stride. She later entered a business Toy Parade,” which became the Leave It partnership dealing high-end antiques, to Beaver theme. He wrote comedy for but that later dissolved, leaving her at a The Red Skelton Show and worked on crossroads with no compass. projects with Johnny Carson.

A visit to an antiques dealer in Lititz

As an adult, Greene pursued actled her to discover the Lancaster area. ing. Although her parents had connecShe made Lititz her new home and took tions, they offered little assistance and a corporate job in Malvern, PA writing Greene earned roles on her own merits, business newsletters. After two months, appearing in the movie Electra Glide her heart led her back to her dream of in Blue. She also had roles on 1970s supporting people through art. television hits including The Six-Million

Soon after, in 2002, Greene formed Dollar Man and The Rockford Files.

Write From the Heart and led a wom Despite the allure of Hollywood, en’s writing workshop at Ephrata ComGreene was a gentle soul who preferred munity Hospital. When the class ended, to observe the world from behind the Greene continued the workshop out scenes. “Acting wasn’t me, I was a of her home studio. Through the years, creative introvert putting on a façade,” she’s offered introductory and memoir she recalls. I had observed my father writing workshops for children, teens and knew that writing was what I really and adults. Most participants write wanted to do. I began to reach for my with pen and paper instead of a laptop. writing life in any way that I could.”

There are no assignments, no right or

Through a modeling job, Greene wrong formulas, no curricula and she learned of an ad copywriting internmaintains a playful, lighthearted ambiship at Detroit-based Campbell Ewald ance. “I’m spontaneous and create my agency. She earned the position, and at classes according to the people in front age 26, left California for the Midwest. of me,” she states. Participants may She later married a paintings conservashare their work with the class if they tor whose work brought the couple to choose; “there are no grades, grammar Williamstown, Massachusetts. There, or red pen.”

To help people find their creative voices, Greene gives verbal prompts or uses her favorite and sometimes quirky visual inspirations, such as polished stones or broken glass. “Observation, surprise and wonder are so important in the creative process. When our emotions are stirred, we learn to tap our feelings and jumpstart our hearts and souls,” Greene says. “Our writing is not about following a formula, my job is simply to give my students courage to open up. That’s what Jim Shepard gave to me, and that’s what I followed to create Write From the Heart.”

Since 2014, she’s led writing workshops at Lancaster General Health Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute. “We’re going into our second year. It’s most definitely a therapeutic tool, our classes are a safe space to both laugh and grieve.”

Greene began the New Year with an additional therapeutic writing workshop for cancer patients, providers and caregivers at The Penn State Cancer Institute at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of Hershey, Pa.

Content with her slice of life that has taken decades to create, Greene continues to use the power of the pen to help others. “These days, with the world so distracted and people living in such fear and anxiety, I see more than ever the healing properties of art—specifically writing,” she says. “Writing keeps my own life steady and calm, I believe it consoles, illuminates and heals- it is one of our greatest paths to hope.”

For more information about Write From the Heart, call 717-393-4713, email Melissa@WriteFromTheHeart or visit WriteFromTheHeart.com. See ad, page 36.

Sheila Julson is a Milwaukeebased freelance writer and contributor to Natural Awakenings magazines throughout the country.

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For a reason, a season or a lifetime, friends help us cope with challenges, motivate our best work and celebrate life. Friendships take many forms, crossing generations and self-imposed boundaries, and even spring up between unlikely confidants.

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hildhood friends Matt Damon and Ben Affleck collaborated on the Oscar-winning screenplay for Good Will Hunting. Fierce tennis competitors Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki like to get together for a gal-pal getaway after a major match.

Country music artists Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood married following an 18-year friendship; “We had a lot more in common than I ever dreamed we did,” says Brooks.

Rafts of research confirm how friendship enriches us. Carlin Flora, of New York City, spent years as a Psychology Today writer and editor before penning Friendfluence: The Surprising Ways Friends Make Us Who We Are. She notes that among the varied and perhaps unforeseen benefits, friendships can help us “shed pounds, sleep better, stop smoking and even survive a major illness.”

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An ongoing, two-decade-plus study of nearly 1,500 seniors by the Flinders University Centre for Ageing Studies, in Australia, found those with a large network of friends outliving others with the fewest friends by 22 percent. The University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center also reports people with five or more close friends as 50 percent more likely to describe themselves as “very happy” than those maintaining fewer confidants.

“Friends past and present play powerful and often unappreciated roles in determining our sense of self and the direction of our lives,” says Flora. “Even in a supposedly meritocratic society, friends give jobs and assignments to each other, so having friends that share your career interests and aspirations can get you much farther than you could ever get on your own.”

Make New Friends, Keep the Old Today, making and keeping friends can be challenging, due to distance, frequent life changes, overprotective parenting and substituting social media for more intimate face time. It all makes friendship more fluid than we might realize, says Shasta Nelson, the San Francisco founder of GirlFriendCircles. com, a women’s friendship matching site and author of Friendships Don’t Just Happen: The Guide to Creating a Meaningful Circle of Girlfriends, plus the upcoming book, Frientimacy, about deepening such relationships.

“Most of us replace half of our close friends every seven years,” says Nelson. Although this might seem alarming, she considers it a natural ebb and flow. “We all need a couple of very close friends, while others that come and go might just be what we currently need—at work or school, among firsttime parents, in a new neighborhood, starting a job, in retirement or during some other life change,” she says.

Canadian Greg Tjosvold, a married middle school teacher in Vancouver, Canada, has enjoyed great friendships with women, including his wife, partly because he doesn’t relate to men’s generally competitive nature and interest in sports. But when a close female friend moved away, he wanted to expand his circle to include men. He joined a group called The Barley Brethren that sample craft beers and talk about life. Although not into suds, he values “having a safe and enjoyable place to discuss deep issues, victories and temporary setbacks.” He admits, “That’s over-simplification, though.” Finding a group of men he can feel a part of has validated him, making this unique man still feel like one of the guys.

Nelson categorizes the concentric circles of developing friendship as starting with a mutually agreeable acquaintance or contact, and then moving emotionally closer with someone that we find similarities with. Then the original bond can enter the confirmed friend category. A group of friends, like a longtime book club, can constitute a community. The highest level is the committed friend that has evolved into a trusted and valuable life companion.

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How to Make Good Friends

by Shasta Nelson

Three Necessary Ingredients

Both friendship and romantic bonds are developed when three things occur: We feel satisfied, which happens when an interaction has more positivity than negativity. We feel safe, which comes when we commit to consistent time with each other.

We feel seen, which we experience when we practice revealing ourselves and expressing vulnerability.

Here’s a formula for creating meaningful connections: Positivity + Consistency + Vulnerability = Frientimacy.

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Sarah Huntsman Reed, a medical counselor in Kansas City, Missouri, has such a lifelong friend. She met Doug Reed, now a pharmacist, when both were in their high school musical, Once Upon a Mattress. Reed had a great sense of humor, Sarah remembers. “He’s still the most honest yet kindest person I’ve met,” she says. Soon, their mothers became friends, too, and the two teens would pair up for family weddings. Then she went to college and married and he moved away; yet they stayed in touch through mutual friends and their moms, catching up in person when he returned to his hometown.

Seventeen years after they first met, by which time Sarah was divorced, the two discussed taking their friendship to the next level and soon married. “It was a big decision to commit, because we knew so much about each other,” she says. “But we prefer each other’s company, and it was the best thing we ever did.”

Safety Net In trying times, friends can surround us with positive energy, says Madisyn Taylor, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the spiritual blog DailyOm, in Ashland, Oregon. “The people we love form a protective barrier that buffers and shields us from many of the world’s

It usually takes most people six to eight interactions with someone new before they start feeling like friends.

The sooner they schedule such occasions, the sooner the rewards. c Be open to making new friends. c Make the first move; repeat.

One Ratio

To keep a friendship going, remember that it has to have a positivity-to-negativity ratio of at least five-to-one. That means sharing five times more fun and feel-good moments than stressors that can range from disappointments and frustrations to jealousies. By definition, to be and keep a good friend requires that both parties bring satisfying positivity to the relationship.

Source: Adapted from Frientimacy: How to Deepen Friendships for Lifelong Intimacy by Shasta Nelson; scheduled for release in March.

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Hallmarks of good friendship include staying in touch and being consistently positive and vulnerable, so as we reveal ourselves over time, we can be authentic with each other.

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more crippling blows,” including receiving hurtful slights from others.

How we make friends has been altered by today’s social landscape, which includes working parents and Amber Alerts. The days of children freely roaming their neighborhood discovering friends to play with are, unfortunately, over, says Jennifer S. White, a Toledo, Ohio, blogger and author of The Art of Parenting: Love Letters from a Mother.

“My long-term friendships from childhood were all built around being neighbors and playing together just because we wanted to,” recalls White.

With today’s safety concerns and work-life challenges, parents now set up playdates, a more structured, less organic way of fostering childhood friendships, and they must be proactive to ensure success.

White has some misgivings about this modern-day approach. “When I think about that one little gleaming seed of truth at the heart of why, it’s often because I don’t think it’s fair that I have to be a popular ‘playdate mom’ for my kid to have some friends.”

Besties and Buddies Automatic playdates—with siblings—often enhance family ties through lifelong friendships. Sally Ekus is a culinary talent representative in Florence, Massachusetts.

Her younger sister, Amelia, is the general manager of Twitter Cafe, in New York City, and lives in Brooklyn. Both foodies have knife-and-fork tattoos. Sally is more into meal ingredients and preparation, while Amelia loves pouring wine and making sure everyone is comfortable.

“Together,” says Sally, “we create total hospitality, from lavish Passover seders to Friday nights with friends.”

She notes that her sister is the only other person who understands what the world looks like through the Ekus girls’ perspective.

Some adults might never meet faceto-face, but become friends via social media. American Jamie Schler, co-owner of the Hotel Diderot, in Chinon, France, with her native-born husband, says, “Social media [especially Facebook posts] is how I meet and make personal friends and keep in touch on a daily basis. As an expat, this is important because I often feel far from family and friends

views friendship as a type of health club in which we develop our empathy, forgiveness and compassion muscles through practice. “Friendships are the way we become better people,” she says.

Furthermore, the process, especially with people unlike us, leads to a better world. “Being able to inher-

Everyone from contemporary scientists to ancient philosophers agrees that having strong social bonds is probably the most meaningful contributor to happiness. ~Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project that understand me, share common interests and ideas and speak the same language—and I don’t necessarily mean English.” Her high-tech circle ranges from hometown pals to new friends in the food community and political forums. She raves, “It’s a place where I find them all at the same time!”

Nelson remarks, “No one is saying Facebook should replace visits, nights out and phone calls, but in a world where most of us wish we felt closer to a few more people, it doesn’t hurt to use every tool at our disposal for creating connections.”

Differences in age needn’t be a hurdle in forging friendships. Candelaria Silva-Collins, an arts marketing professional in Boston, attended area social gatherings where she regularly encountered a museum director and his wife. “They seemed like a fantastic couple,” she says, and began a friendship with the older woman, despite their being from different generations.

“My friend teaches me a lot about being vital and vibrant,” she says.

Expanding Circles

Becoming friends with people of different ages, languages and social standing gives us a spiritual workout, advises Nelson.

With a master’s degree in divinity, Nelson

ently care for people we know makes it easier to do the same for people we’ve not met yet,” says Nelson. World peace happens one friend at a time.

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Currently embraced by a small percentage of today’s farsighted dentists and doctors, this relatively new field of prevention and wellness views the mouth as a key portal when considering the status of the whole body.

Similar to the way doctors of Oriental medicine assess the heart’s pulse to help diagnose health issues throughout the body, these systemic health dentists consider the gums, tongue, teeth and throat to be key signals of overall health.

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American Academy for Oral Systemic Health (AAOSH) Executive Director Bobbie Delsasso was a periodontal hygienist for more than 30 years before becoming a consultant and public speaker on the larger perspective. “I taught patients about the importance of good nutrition and alerted them to consult their physician regarding what their mouth health might indicate about their body’s health,” she says. While the academy educates dental professionals to understand the internal workings of nutrition and what the mouth reveals about overall well-being, “Less than 6 percent of physicians even learn adequate

basics of nutrition in medical schools,” she notes.

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the prevention of heart attack, stroke and diabetes. Mike Milligan, a doctor of dental medicine, founder of Eastland Dental Center, in Bloomington, Illinois, and AAOSH president, explains that heart attack and stroke are triggered by an inflammatory process which can be initiated or exacerbated by periodontal disease and abscessed teeth.

Thomas Nabors, a doctor of dental surgery and an authority in molecular analysis and genetic risk assessment for periodontal diseases, provides clinical proof that supports the growing association between medicine and dentistry. “Since our inaugural AAOSH conference [in 2010], Bradley, Amy and Tom have continued to provide the current science and clinical backdrop to the oral/systemic connection to cardiovascular wellness,” says Milligan.

Respiratory Health Links

Other vital advances in oral systemic health involve treating airway concerns such as snoring and sleep apnea.

“Snoring is typically caused by muscles and tissues relaxing in the throat and mouth, resulting in decreased space in the airway passage and vibration of tissues. Eventually, individuals can develop sleep apnea, which can also result in hypertension and other problems,” advises Milligan.

In sleep apnea, the sleeper’s breathing pauses often or produces

hypopnea, slowed or shallow breathing for 10 or more seconds at a time.

Fewer than five episodes per hour is normal, with five to 15 considered mild apnea, 15 to 30 moderate and more than 30 severe.

Although 20 percent of Americans may have sleep apnea—typically associated with insomnia, tiredness and less oxygen in the body—95 percent of affected individuals go undiagnosed.

To help, Milligan suggests that before going to bed we lower the thermostat in the bedroom and avoid drinking alcohol, smoking, watching television or working on a computer.

Improved breathing helps assuage snoring, sleep apnea, asthma, hay fever and nasal congestion. Milligan cites Patrick McKeown’s work, explained in his book The Oxygen Advantage. An authority on the Buteyko Breathing Method, McKeown explains how improved breathing dramatically improves oxygenation, releases more energy and supports lifelong health and well-being.

Muscle retraining using orofacial myofunctional therapy can help prevent sleep apnea and also abate temporomandibular joint disorders. This new field is concerned with orofacial functional patterns and postures when teeth are apart, their status 95 percent of each day and night. It also retrains muscles to keep the tongue at the roof of the mouth and the lips together to

prevent breathing through the mouth, correct swallowing function and eliminate poor oral habits such as thumb sucking.

Three mechanical treatments for sleep apnea include mandibular advancement oral devices used to move the lower jaw forward, a continuous positive airway pressure machine to aid airway functioning, or surgery, which is the last resort. “The real opportunity for catching and preventing this is with children 5 to 10 years old, when their jaws are developing,” says Milligan.

He further cites links discovered between the mouth and brain. “Oral spirochetes, which normally live in the mouth, have been found in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. Dr. Judith Miklossy, from the International Association for Alzheimer’s, spoke at an AAOSH conference about the link between oral bacteria and dementia, and Garth Ehrlich, Ph.D., professor of microbiology, immunology and otolaryngology at Drexel University College of Medicine, addressed rheumatoid arthritis and certain types of cancers.

All of these links are more than enough reasons why good oral hygiene is essential to good health,” says Milligan.

Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings. Connect at ItsAllAboutWe.com.

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the rest of our body, this separation is increasingly impossible to rationalize.

Allison, an IAOMT member, has been a biological dentist for 20 years.

While he offers a full range of holistic services, his main thrust at present is

by Linda Sechrist mercury rehabilitation. When necessary, he refers patients out for chelation after their mercury removal. “Origihe science of are the cause of sleep nally, chelation held people captive for prevention and apnea. time-consuming intravenous treatments, wellness—at the Just as medical scibut now it’s done with oral neutraceutiforefront of holistic ence’s evolving comfunctional medicine— prehension of the physi- cals,” he remarks.

Allison’s concern for a patient’s has been the focus of ological workings of the brain that could be deprived of a sufthe International Acadbody make their way ficient stream of oxygen due to airway emy of Oral Medicine into treatments, new concerns, such as snoring and sleep ap& Toxicology (IAOMT) understanding regardnea, comes from personal experience. since 1984. Today, the ing the development “I wasn’t aware of my sleep apnea until academy and its 700 of facial muscles and after my sleep study. I was hooked on members have not bones, form and functhe device after the first night of restful only chronicled and tion, as well as dental sleep—even though I had something promoted research malocclusion have foreign in my mouth. If I am not sleepproving beyond a made their way into ing soundly and wake up in the middle reasonable doubt that areas such as orofacial of the night, it’s generally because I dental amalgam is a myofunctional therapy Dr. Owen Allison forgot to put my device in,” advises Alsource of significant (OMT). The multilison. mercury exposure, but they have also disciplinary education and training

Allison specializes in mini dentaken the lead in educating dentists and of licensed professionals in the areas tal implant placement. A much easier allied professionals in the development of dental hygiene, dentistry, speech procedure for an individual to tolerate, of more biocompatible approaches in pathology, medicine and nursing has minis are about one-third the size of areas such as endodontics, periodontics led to OMT therapeutic programs other implants. Made and disease prevention. and neuromuscular of solid titanium, they

This biocompatible approach, dentistry, which when easily integrate with the recognized more broadly today as combined with orthbone and are placed biological dentistry and oral systemic odontic treatment, are without the drilling health, now applies to all facets of dental capable of establishing of a larger hole made practice, as well as health care in gennew neuromuscular by typical implants. eral. Currently, the membership of the patterns and correcting There is also no suturInternational Association of Physiological chewing/swallowing/ ing required. “It’s a Aesthetics (IAPA), the American Acadeating patterns. If left much more streamlined emy for Oral Systemic Health and the untreated, these issues process and less costly,” Holistic Dental Association join IAOMT can eventually lead to says Allison. in promoting an awareness of dental care sleep apnea.

While the number of as it relates to the entire person.

Although dentists dentists who practice

Individuals new to this approach and doctors realize under the biological may be surprised to discover that that an infection in a shingle is slowly growthe mouth—gums, tongue, teeth and tooth can spread to ing, there are wellnessthroat—is a window through which other parts of the body Dr. David Schwartz oriented dentists, who to view the overall health of the body. and 830,000 annual strive to learn and train However, patients, who occupy the den- emergency room visits arise from prein similar protocols. Schwartz provides tal chairs of several area dentists such ventable dental problems (according to an example of how his “whole body as Dr. Owen Allison, DMD, Susquethe most recent Senate subcommittee dentistry” philosophy is emerging natuhanna Dental Arts in Columbia and Dr. report), dentistry and medicine are not rally among dentists.

David Schwartz, DDS, owner of David treated in the same way, either by the

Looking at the body as a series of A. Schwartz, DDS, in Wyomissing, are medical system or public insurance independent parts has always seemed accustomed to discussing overall health programs. However, as we learn about silly to Schwartz. Physiology, how the and well-being as well as mercury toxic- how health problems, such as sleep body works, interconnects and interacts ity and sleeping/breathing patterns that apnea, start with the mouth and impact

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with itself and its environment, has been his long-time fascination. “Which is why I understand just how important the mouth is to the overall well-being of my patients,” he says.

For Schwartz, the mouth has far more function than chewing and mixing food with digestive enzymes from the saliva. “It’s part of the balance system, the postural system and the secondary means to get oxygen into the body. Twothirds of the largest nerve that emerges from the brain, the trigeminal, is responsible for sensations in the face as well as motor functions such as biting and chewing,” explains Schwartz, who points out that our neck posture is supported best and will maintain its good alignment if the position of our jaws are correct and stabilized by a bite that is held by good muscle harmony.

“Head and neck muscles that are not in harmony are working much of the day, versus resting and working only as needed. During sleep, these fatigued muscles more easily collapse, compromising the airway and leading to sleep apnea, which can be managed if the necessary steps are taken to reduce risk factors. “Knowledge is always the key,” advises Schwartz, who cites an example of how his knowledge benefited a male patient with temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ).

Schwartz’s patient consulted an ear, nose and throat specialist (ENT), was referred out for a sleep study at a local center and was diagnosed with mild/moderate obstructive sleep apnea. The man did not want to try a continuous positive air pressure (CPAP) machine, which is a treatment that uses mild air pressure to keep the airways open. His ENT referred him out to an oral surgeon, who agreed that a $2,000 oral appliance (covered by insurance) was needed.

Upon reading a copy of the sleep report, Schwartz discovered that everyone involved totally missed the fact that the man had “positional sleep apnea”, which meant that his apnea was only severe while sleeping on his back, mild on his left side and normal on his right side.

“I informed my patient he does not need an appliance if he can lose 10 pounds and train himself to sleep on his side—especially his right. I taught him how to train himself,” explains Schwartz. “Although it may not work if he isn’t consistent with his self-training, at least he now knows his real problem and alternatives for treating it.”

In general, today’s biological dentists who specialize in oral systemic health are interested in the overall health of the individual. Proactive, they encourage their patients to take a more active and responsible role, not only in creating beautiful smiles, but also a healthier body.

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Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings.

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The java might taste even better if we reduce the amount of waste traditionally involved. Here are a few ways to better cherish Earth’s resources.

Avoid the paper cup; carry a reusable thermos or insulated bottle instead as a matter of routine. Author and activist Beth Terry, in her book Plastic Free: How I Kicked the Habit and How You Can Too suggests both stainless steel beverage containers and mugs. She also recommends glass mason jars and points out that EcoJarz recently began making stainless steel caps and lids instead of plastic. Learn more at MyPlastic FreeLife.com. Terry further cites the unhealthy aspects of continual use of paper cups because, “Many are lined with plastic, and the plastic lids are often the equivalent of Styrofoam.”

If caught without a favorite reusable container, Treehugger.com’s Katherine Martinko recommends at least giving an old paper cup one more turn. “It’s not a zero waste solution, but if you’ve already got a paper cup in your car or kitchen, you might as well extend its life. Wash and hand it over the next time you get a coffee,” she suggests. “It will still do the job.”

For those that add cream, milk or sugar to coffee, consider the waste involved just in the plastic and wood stirrers provided by the shop that are tossed in the trash after serving their one-time function. “Avoid all of them,” advises Terry.

“Carry a clean utensil in the car,” such as a bamboo tableware or a spork (combination spoon and fork). Cutting down or weaning off of dairy, sugar and especially sugar substitutes is another healthful move.

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But if a true list of ingredients were available for conventional mattresses, it would likely include TDI (a common component), a known carcinogen, which can cause respiratory ailments such as bronchitis and asthma. in addition, liver damage and breathing problems have been linked to vinyl chloride monomers, another common mattress material.

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one of the most significant actions we can take to reduce our exposure to toxins and improve our overall health is to make changes to the one household item that is in direct contact with our bodies for one third of our lives—our mattresses.

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According to Harry Balzer, an expert surveyor of food and diet trends with The NPD Group, concerns about grains and gluten have prompted about a third of Americans to try to cut back on both since 2012. About 1 percent of the population has celiac disease, estimates the Celiac Disease Foundation, but many more prefer not to eat gluten. Many ancient grains are naturally gluten-free, including amaranth, buckwheat, millet, quinoa, rice and teff.

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Whole grains fill us up and provide fiber, both necessary for maintaining optimum digestion and weight, says Kathleen Barnes, a widely published natural health expert in Brevard, North Carolina.

Eating more whole grains has been previously associated with a lower risk of major diseases such as Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, based on studies by the University of Minnesota and Lund University, in Sweden. Qi Sun, assistant professor in the Harvard School of Public Health department of nutrition, agrees that whole grains are one of the major healthful foods for prevention of major

chronic diseases. He’s the lead author of a new Harvard study of data associating consumption of whole grains with a 9 percent reduction in overall mortality and up to 15 percent fewer cardiovascular fatalities during two 25-yearlong research initiatives that followed 74,000 woman and 43,000 men. The researchers cited substituting whole grains for refined grains and red meat as likely contributors to longer life.

“Whole grains are nutritional powerhouses, packed with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, beneficial fiber and even some protein,” observes Speck. With a German father and a Greek mother, she grew up in two cultures where grains are a part of everyday meals. “We eat them because they taste good.”

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Sourcing and eating more organic and GMO-free whole grains (absent modified genetics) can help support local farmers, Speck maintains. Choose barley from Four Star Farms, in Massachusetts; heirloom grits from Anson Mills, in South Carolina; quinoa from White Mountain Farm, in Colorado; or heirloom Japanese rice from Koda Farms, in California.

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Ancient grains require fewer natural resources to plant, grow and harvest.

According to the Water Footprint Network, a pound of beef, millet and rice require 1,851, 568 and 300 gallons of water, respectively, to produce.

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Ancient grains can add variety and flavor to meals and a wealth of them are as close as the gluten-free aisle of a neighborhood grocery or health food store.

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t’s best to cook up a batch of ancient grains ahead on the weekend for use during a busy week. To inject more color and flavor, add a pinch of saffron to turn the cooking water golden, or cook the grains in pomegranate juice. Cooked grain keeps in the refrigerator for up to seven days, ready to enhance salads, soups, yogurt or desserts.

Amaranth. The seed head of pigweed, amaranth can be baked into a custard or added to a soup. Grown by the Aztecs, iron- and protein-rich amaranth can be popped raw in a skillet like popcorn, and then added as garnish to soups and salads.

Buckwheat. The seeds of a plant related to rhubarb and grown in northern

climates, buckwheat can be ground into flour for savory French crepes or simmered whole in soup.

Quinoa. Grown at high altitudes, quinoa has become a popular addition to salads or yogurt, as well as its own side dish.

Millet. A tiny, drought-tolerant grain, millet can be added to bread dough for texture or cooked as a healthy breakfast with toasted almonds and cardamom.

Teff. From Ethiopia, the flour of this tiny grain is fermented and used to make the flatbread known as injera.

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Cooking with Ancient Grains To make the soup, heat a large heavy saucepan over medium heat. Swirl in the oil and wait until it shimmers.

Add the onion and ¼ tsp of the salt. Stir occasionally, until the onion just starts to brown at the edges, about 5 minutes.

Buckwheat and Beet Soup 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1½ cups chopped red onion (1 medium) ¾ tsp fine sea salt 2 tsp minced garlic (2 cloves) ¼ tsp dried thyme ¾ tsp dried savory or ½ tsp more dried thyme ¾ cup raw buckwheat groats (not kasha) 4 cups low-sodium vegetable broth ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper 2 cups raw shredded beets, preferably red (1 large or 2 small) 1 to 2 tsp honey 1 cup purified water (approximately) 2 tsp sherry vinegar, or more as needed Horseradish Yogurt ¾ cup whole milk or 2% Greek yogurt 3 Tbsp retail horseradish, with liquid ¼ tsp fine sea salt ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper 32

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Stir in the buckwheat groats and cook, stirring occasionally and monitoring, until the grains take on some color, about 2 minutes.

Add the broth (beware of splatter), the remaining ½ tsp salt and the pepper and bring to a boil, scraping the bottom of the pan.

Decrease the heat to maintain a simmer, cover and cook until the buckwheat is tender, about 15 minutes.

Yields: 4 servings

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Stir in the garlic and the herbs thyme and savory, and then cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Watch closely, so as not to burn the pieces.

While it simmers, prepare the horseradish yogurt topping: Combine the horseradish, salt and pepper in a small bowl and beat until smooth using a fork. Season with more salt and pepper to taste.

To finish, stir in the beets and 1 tsp of the honey and then add about 1 cup of water to reach a preferred consistency.

Remove the pot from the heat, cover and allow to sit for 5 minutes until the vegetables soften.

Add the vinegar and taste for seasoning. Depending on the beets’ sweetness, maybe add another teaspoon of honey and a bit more vinegar to balance it, and perhaps a tad more salt and pepper. The seasoning is forgiving because the topping will bring the flavors together.

Ladle the soup into four bowls, garnish with a dollop of the yogurt topping and serve at once.

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Cardamom-Infused Black Rice Porridge with Blueberries and Pistachios Yields: 4 to 6 servings Black Rice ¾ cup black rice 2 whole green cardamom pods 1½ cups boiling purified water Porridge 1 cup half-and-half, plus more as needed 3 Tbsp maple syrup, or more as needed ¾ tsp ground cardamom 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries 4 to 6 Tbsp pomegranate seeds, for garnish 3 Tbsp lightly toasted chopped plain pistachios, for garnish Start the rice the night before: Add the rice and cardamom pods to a large, heavy saucepan. Pour over the boiling water, cover and let sit at room temperature or overnight (or chill, covered, for up to 2 days).

The next morning, make the porridge: Add 1 cup of half-and-half, the maple syrup and ground cardamom to the saucepan with the rice, cover and bring to a boil over medium-high heat.

Remove the pot from the heat, sprinkle with the feta and cover to allow the cheese to soften.

Uncover, decrease the heat to retain a lively simmer, and cook, stirring once occasionally, until the rice is tender with a slight chew, 5 to 7 minutes.

To prepare the shrimp (or tofu), season them with salt and pepper.

Remove the cardamom pods, if preferred. Add the blueberries and simmer gently until they are warmed through, 1 to 2 minutes more.

Heat the olive oil in a 12-inch skillet over high heat until it shimmers. Add the shrimp. Cook, undisturbed, until the shrimp or tofu pieces turn golden, 1 to 2 minutes, and then flip them with a spatula and cook until the shrimp are just opaque throughout or the tofu has warmed through, 1 to 2 more minutes, depending on the size.

To finish, add ¼ to ½ cup more halfand-half to reach a desired consistency.

Taste for sweetness and adjust with more maple syrup if needed.

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Divide between 4 to 6 breakfast bowls.

Top each bowl with 1 tablespoon of pomegranate seeds and 1 teaspoon of chopped pistachios. Serve warm.

Greek Millet Saganaki with Shrimp and Ouzo Millet 1¼ cups purified water ¾ cup millet 1 bay leaf Pinch of fine sea salt Saganaki 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 1 cup finely chopped yellow onion (1 small) 1 clove garlic, peeled and slightly crushed 1 small hot green chili, minced (optional) ¼ tsp fine sea salt 2 Tbsp tomato paste 1 (28-oz) BPA-free can whole tomatoes, crushed in a bowl ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper ½ cup green pimiento-stuffed olives, halved if large 4 oz coarsely crumbled Greek feta cheese (about 1 cup), preferably made from sheep’s milk Shrimp 1 lb jumbo shell-on shrimp from a reputable fishmonger, deveined and patted dry (or substitute firm tofu, cut into bite-sized pieces) Fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 1 /3 cup ouzo or other anise flavored liqueur ¼ cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

To prepare the millet, bring the water, millet, bay leaf, and salt to a boil in a 2-quart saucepan.

Decrease the heat to maintain a simmer, cover and cook until the water is absorbed, about 15 minutes.

Remove from the heat and let sit covered for 5 to 10 minutes. Uncover, remove the bay leaf and set aside to cool.

Meanwhile, make the saganaki. Heat the olive oil in a large Dutch oven or large, heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat until it shimmers. Add the onion, garlic, chili and salt; cook, stirring frequently, until the onion softens and turns light golden, about 5 minutes.

Add the tomato paste and cook, stirring, until it darkens, about 1 minute.

Add the tomatoes with their juices and the pepper; bring to a boil over medium-high heat.

Add the ouzo and cook until it’s syrupy, about 30 seconds. Using a spatula, briskly remove the shrimp from the pan and arrange on top of the millet.

Sprinkle with the parsley and serve at once.

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can own what’s happened, move through it and move on.”

“I like yoga because it makes me feel like there is calm all around me,” says 8-year-old Biko Cooper.

Dee Marie, the Boulder, Colorado, founder and executive director of Calming Kids, a nonprofit program that integrates yoga into the classroom to foster a nonviolent atmosphere, says, “When a child learns through yoga how to feel a sense of themselves and begins to understand their self-worth and stand tall in their power, they can begin to regulate their breath and their emotions.”

These invaluable skills stay with children through adulthood.

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merican kids’ school, after-school and weekend schedules now rival the hectic pace of their multitasking parents. Like their adult counterparts, youngsters need time to decompress from the pressures of life and be present in their own skin, and yoga provides the tools to accomplish this.

Most adults take to their yoga mat to create harmony in their body and mind, increase flexibility and balance, build muscle tone and strength, and because it makes them feel great. These same benefits apply to children as their developing bodies and minds respond to yoga on a deep level, both on and off the mat.

Start with Watching Breath

“Breathing and mindfulness practices are important for children,” explains Mariam Gates, the Santa Cruz, California, creator of the Kid Power Yoga Program and author of Good Morning Yoga and the upcoming Good Night Yoga. “There is so much that children are not in control of in their everyday lives; to give them a way to physically process their experience, to self-soothe and find their own internal 34

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source of strength, is crucial.”

“Having kids experience simply paying attention to their breath as it comes all the way in and moves all the way out can serve them well in every area of their lives going forward,” says Gates. In the classroom, it transfers to learning skills benefited by the ability to focus.

From toddlers to teens, children can have a difficult time processing and controlling their emotions, which are vital life skills. Carla Tantillo, founder of Mindful Practices, a Chicagoarea wellness organization, has found that yoga and the practice of mindfulness help children express themselves in constructive ways. She observes, “In any situation, especially in communities where reactivity, impulsiveness and violent solutions are modeled, yoga empowers children to pause and take a breath so they

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Educators are starting to take notice of yoga’s benefits for children, including those with attention deficit disorders or autism, but yoga practice is still rare among school-age children. As encouragement, “Make it fun,” advises Gates.

“It’s essential to create experiences that feel accessible and enjoyable for kids.

They must feel empowered to do it themselves and take over the experience.”

Six-year-old Carmen Wheeler likes doing yoga with her dad. “Yoga gets me feeling strong and it really calms me down,” she says. Music can help children relax and focus during their practice.

Soothing basic instrumentals are good to start; an Internet search for yoga music for kids reveals many options.

Parents can assist by incorporating yoga into a child’s daily bedtime ritual.

“Do whatever they are willing to do with them,” counsels Marie. “Start by lying on the bedroom floor, doing stretches and focusing on breathing. Then move to the bed and teach some relaxation and visualization techniques.”

Marie cautions parents against insisting that their child’s yoga practice mirror their own. “We have to meet children where they are.”

Adults think that yoga has to look a certain way, but sometimes children don’t necessarily want to do the postures we’re familiar with. The best teaching reaches each individual child in a way that resonates

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hen Scott Frauenheim, director of the Chicago International Charter School (CICS) West Belden, noticed that some students in his kindergarten through eighth grade urban classrooms were not fully engaged, he decided to focus the 2014-2015 school year on mindfulness for both students and faculty. He enlisted the help of Mindful Practices, a Chicago-based school wellness organization founded by Carla Tantillo.

Using the strategies Tantillo recommends in her book Cooling Down Your Classroom, teachers were taught to involve students in mindful www.DoctorNaturalMedicine.com minutes—short bursts of simple yoga poses, breathing exercises and other

with them because yoga is a lifestyle, not an exercise regimen,” she says. Yoga novices and parents that prefer specific guidance can take advantage of local studio classes for children and families or use DVDs, online streaming services and instruction books.

Kevin Day, age 5, regularly starts his days with a Boat pose. “I like it because you can do it with a friend,” he says.

Lisa Flynn, the Dover, New Hampshire, founder and chief executive officer of ChildLight Yoga and Yoga 4 Classrooms, is optimistic about the future. “In 10 years, I envision social and emotional learning, yoga, and mindfulness integrated at every school and mandated by educational policy,” she says. In addition to improved physical, social, emotional and cognitive health and wellness of the students, teachers and parents, she foresees “a positive shift in the overall school climate.”

Julianne Hale is a freelance writer and Natural Awakenings franchise magazine editor in Cleveland, TN.

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The initiative proved to be powerful and helpful, explains Frauenheim.

“Soon students were able to identify areas of personal need throughout the day and cultivate mindfulness within themselves using what they learned.”

The program concluded last year, but CICS West Belden teachers and students continue to use designated time to practice mindfulness in the morning and as a classroom mental reset when they notice that students are distracted or unfocused during the day. Mindful Practices’ innovative programs have achieved similar success in other elementary, middle and high schools in the Chicago area.

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DEEP LISTENING Our Wholehearted Attention Is Our Greatest Gift

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reflection and to let go of expectations, judgments, boredom, self-assertiveness and defensiveness.

When two people listen deeply to one another, we sense that we are present not only to each other, but also to something beyond our individual selves; something spiritual, holy or sacred.

Once we experience the depth of being listened to like this, we naturally begin to listen to be present with another. We notice what occurs when we interrupt someone and when we don’t.

We watch what unfolds when another stops speaking and we ask, “Is there anything else?”

Listening is an art that calls for practice. Imagine if we all spent just a few minutes each day choosing to practice the art of listening; of being fully present with the person we are with.

Being truly listened to and understood yields a sigh of contentment and joy.

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by Kay Lindahl erhaps one of the most precious and powerful gifts we give another person is to really listen to them with quiet, fascinated attention and our whole being; fully present. Deep listening occurs at the heart level, and we must ask ourselves how often we listen to each other so completely.

Such listening is a creative force. We expand, ideas come to life and grow and we remember who we are. It brings forth our inner spirit, intelligence, or true self, and opens up the space for us to thrive.

Sometimes we have to do a lot of listening before another’s inner being feels replenished. Some people just need to talk and go on and on, usually in a superficial, nervous manner. This often happens because they have not been truly listened to. Patience is required to be a listening presence for such a person long enough that they get to their center point of tranquility and peace. The results of such listening are extraordinary.

Some would call them miracles.

Listening well takes time, skill and a readiness to slow down to afford time for

Effective Listening Practices

Be present. Listen with an open, appreciative and curious mind rather than evaluating what’s being said. Put your own agenda aside.

Stop talking. One person speaks at a time without interruption.

Listen for understanding. No one is required to agree with or believe what they hear. Let empathy and compassion take the lead; put yourself in their shoes.

Ask for clarification. It can help a listener understand what’s being expressed.

Pause before speaking. Allow the speaker to complete their thought, and then wait a few seconds before responding. Also ask, “Is there anything else?” There almost always is.

Listen to yourself. Inquire of your inner voice, “What wants to be expressed next?”

Signal that they’ve been heard. Encouraging body language includes empathetic facial expressions, nodding and sympathetic postures.

Adapted from The Top Ten Powerful Listening Practices on the author’s website SacredListening.com.

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Both the standard Nordic form of what’s also known as free-heel skiing and the more challenging Telemark style, able to incorporate hilly terrains, have northern European roots. Cross-country skis are longer and thinner than downhill versions. Instead of placing the entire foot in a bulky, stiff boot affixed to an alpine ski, only the toe section of a sneakerlike boot adheres to a cross-country ski, enabling a fuller gliding motion.

Gliding over relatively flat terrain while leaning slightly forward, it’s important to keep weight evenly distributed over both skis. Continuously moving

ahead in a left-right-left-right motion with a long gait creates a full-body workout as each opposing arm plants a pole and pushes on it to carry the skier into the next step.

Cross-country skis aren’t made for sudden stops, so stay alert; gentle, sideto-side skidding employing both legs or turning the front of both skis inward to form a triangle effects stopping. With experience, the skis can be used more like long ice skates, pushing both ahead and outward on them to move slightly faster on wide, groomed, flat surfaces.

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For post-ski stretching, he and club coaches often recommend yoga-type flows like downward dog, child pose and the one-legged pigeon move. “We like to customize programs to enhance dynamic stretching, intensive knee analysis and specific routines to improve individual performance,” says Wood.

Winter Weight Loss

Outdoor winter recreation can help shed pounds. Harley Pasternak, a celebrity trainer, nutrition expert and author, recently reported in Health magazine, “Being outdoors in the cold air enables your body to burn more calories as it makes an effort to warm up. When you’re chilled, you shiver and shake, which is your body’s way of warming itself by increasing its resting metabolic rate.”

Pasternak says that spending time outdoors in cold weather can increase calories burned by as much as 30 percent and advises, “Take up ice skating, cross-country skiing or snowshoeing.”

Anytime, Anywhere Walking

Nordic walking, launched in Finland in the late 1990s and since spread throughout Europe, incorporates some motions similar to cross-country skiing. Walking while using special poles on dry land or at the beach extends associated health and fitness benefits year-round. Initiated 11 years ago, the American Nordic Walking Association (anwa.us), based in Palisades, California, conducts classes and other events nationwide.

Founder, president and master coach Bernd Zimmerman reports significant growth in its popularity in recent years. “Both cross-country skiing and Nordic walking are great full-body workouts that use 90 percent of your muscles and treat both the upper and lower parts of the body like machines.”

Suitable for all ages, including those

that have balance or health issues or can’t run anymore, the walking poles act as extensions of the hands. Their rubber or metal tips work on any surface, such as streets, sidewalks, gravel, sand, dirt or grass. Compared to regular walking, Zimmerman says the Nordic style burns up to 40 percent more calories, tones the arms and upper body, reduces stress on knees and joints, and safely boosts the intensity of exercises to yield additional heart and lung benefits.

Ski and general sports equipment retailers that sell and rent equipment also host informative clinics. Check out local retailers for local ski club group outings.

Randy Kambic is an Estero, FL, freelance writer and editor, including for Natural Awakenings.

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California and Nevada Many clubs in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco and Las Vegas offer overnight bus trips to cross-country trails in the Lake Tahoe and Sierra Nevada areas. (BackcountrySkiTours.com) Colorado The nonprofit 10th Mountain Division Hut Association was one of the first to establish a hut-to-hut system, encompassing 350 miles of trails in the Rocky Mountains. (Huts.org) Minnesota Boundary Country Trekking offers stays at various lodges along cross-country trails in northern Minnesota. (BoundaryCountry.com) Quebec A few hours’ drive from New England borders lies plenty of ungroomed backcountry terrain with stunning views along the 78-mile, 15-hut network in the Chic-Chic Mountains, near the Gaspé Peninsula Gaspésie Park. (sepaq.com) Vermont Try Blueberry Lake Cross Country Center, in East Warren. (BlueberryLakeSkiVt.com) Wisconsin Visit Seth Peterson Cottage Conservancy, in Reedsburg. (SethPeterson.org)

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“A good partner is someone that encourages you to be your authentic self,” says Jill Crosby, host of the online dating website NaturalAwakeningsSingles.com from Mount Shasta, California. “There are always some compromises, but similar core values and respect for each other make a good relationship even better.”

Online dating isn’t just for the unmarried, post-college crowd. Widowed and divorced singles also find it a good way to ease into a renewed social life.

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Dates can still spring from chance meetings, fix-ups by friends and family or workplace encounters, but these generally have the same success rate as finding the proverbial needle in a haystack. Adding must-have characteristics such as an eco-friendly lifestyle might land an aspirant in the shallow end of the dating pool unless it is pre-screened by a conscious dating site.

Discovering a potential partner via a dedicated online site enables members to refine their list of desired attributes versus deal-breakers, modifying their own profile accordingly. Elements of success stories usually include both prospects keeping an open mind while exploring a mutually compatible dating site. Honest communication is the most vital link in this get-to-know-you venue, but the goal is to meet, not become pen pals.

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the wrong thing that could delay or prevent a more in-depth reply. Textpert, a free app that crowdsources text messages, comes to the rescue with suggested responses by other members to help anyone encountering writer’s block.

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Long distance isn’t often a deterrent when love is right. A California vegan that spent four years on multiple vegan dating sites found her match thousands of miles away in New York through NaturalAwakeningsSingles. com. When an eventual first meeting is more than a quick coffee date, prior Skype or FaceTime chats can confirm that the photo is current and messages were more than pickup lines.

“Technology has made a tremendous difference in price, accessibility and reach,” says Crosby. “Members now post selfies as headshots, shoot their own videos and can access potential matches anywhere in the world.”

at the beach,” advises April Masini, a New York City author of four relationship books and the AskApril.com advice column. “Whether you’re looking in person or online for dates, focus on the areas where you’d naturally find others who are green like you.” Community gardens, river cleanups and Earth Day celebrations spring to mind.

Make a green impression by wearing clothing made of sustainable fabrics and offering a small gift of a fair trade item, organic chocolates or native wildflower bouquet. The choice

of going to a locally sourced restaurant will include an eco-friendly ride to get there.

A 2014 study by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that 50 percent of Americans over the age of 16 are unmarried—yet most believe marriage is extremely important. With all the people still looking for love, online meet-ups can dramatically improve success.

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

Discerning Kindred Spirits

Not all online relationships are love matches. Sometimes it’s enough to find like-minded people. “Natural AwakeningsSingles.com is a safe place to talk about spiritual awakening without someone looking at you like you have three heads. I’ve met a number of people who speak my language,” says Sharmaine Monteith, a sales manager in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. “When people care about the environment, it changes who they are and how they live. My profile maps my beliefs and my heart.”

A University of Chicago study asked 20,000 people that married between 2005 and 2012 how they met. One third said online; half used another kind of dating service. Another telling statistic showed that those that met at work, in a bar or by blind date were 25 percent more likely to divorce. Researchers think this is because online daters know each other better before meeting. When folks fudge a bit in their profile, it’s mostly about weight and height.

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Alyssa Milano’s Anti-Aging Secrets Her Natural Lifestyle Choices Keep Her Young

by Gerry Strauss

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lyssa Milano has grown up, and most of us have grown up with her. From her days as preteen tomboy Samantha Miceli on Who’s the Boss? to witchy woman Phoebe Halliwell on Charmed, the actress has been a vibrant, relatable and beautiful persona we’ve come to know via television. She was even named a UNICEF ambassador in 2004. Today, with a young family, her Touch licensed sports apparel line, and the wisdom that accompanies adulthood, her commitment to a natural, eco-friendly lifestyle has become another hallmark of her life.

What connection do you see between eating organic foods and maintaining the energy level that your busy life requires?

I think everything that you put into your body has a connection to how well we function in daily life. As a mom of two, eating organic is a priority; when organic is not an option, it’s about finding the healthiest accessible choices.

I eat tomatoes like other people eat fruit and love papaya. I would put avocado on anything. I also like to cook with healthful herbs and spices like garlic and onions, which is natural for an Italian like me. We keep genetically modified foods out of our house.

Which fitness habits embodied by others have you made your own?

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and athletic. Tony would bring in a tap dance teacher and Judith a private trainer during lunch breaks. Being tutored on the set, I had no physical education classes or sports activities, so it was super-important for me to see how self-motivated they were to stay fit and in shape. Their example instilled a desire to take care of myself as an adult.

What role does nature play in your daily life?

I love being outside in my organic garden three or more times a week.

Also, the kids and I regularly head outside, which is an easy place to keep them happily and healthfully occupied without my having to jump through hoops.

As an advocate of breastfeeding, which benefits do you think are especially good for mother and child?

In the beginning, a primary benefit is giving your child quality nourishment, including healthy antibodies and other goodies to support health. As they start eating solids, it’s still about maintaining that intimate connection until they’re ready to be weaned and you’re ready to surrender this last physical bond.

moment, doing the best I can every day. I’ve also learned to be kind to myself when I’m failing to do so or something is annoying me due to some unfortunate imbalance.

How do you and your husband keep both your friendship and love vibrant?

We work hard at maintaining a good and healthy marriage, which can be tested in tough times. I believe that it’s vital to have the ability to laugh; you have to find humor in things, reminding yourself and each other that there is something funny in every daily activity, no matter how mundane or hard. When there’s no time to eat together or be intimate, shared laughter is an easy thing to achieve together. Done daily, it can only make the marriage stronger.

We enjoy date nights once or twice a week when my parents take care of the kids. I’ll put on mascara and change out of yoga pants, even if we’re just hanging out together.

Then we do little things like asking how each other’s day went and caring about the answer. We also look for ways we can help each other throughout the week.

What actions does your family emphasize in being stewards of the Earth?

We try to be as eco-friendly as possible, including having lights on timers, conserving water and being kind to animals. I cannot stress how important it is to visit a farm and organic gardens and orchards with children so that they see where their food comes from. We can’t take good food for granted.

In addition to a naturally healthy lifestyle, what else do you credit for your enduring youthfulness?

How do you balance family life with your acting career?

My secret is happiness. I’ve always said that as long as my laugh lines are deeper than my frown lines, I’m living a good life.

It’s a hard balance for anyone, especially one who’s detail-oriented and a bit of a perfectionist, like me. The most important thing is to be in the

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

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Bird-Watching for Beginners Start with a Bird Feeder and Binoculars

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or those that love animals but can’t provide a home to a domestic pet, wild birds are just outside the window. Between 50 and 60 million Americans list bird-watching as a hobby. To start, all we need is a bird feeder.

For safety and comfort, position feeders near a tree or bush at least 15 feet from windows. Scott Logan, an Audubon Society board member in Sherman Oaks, California, cautions, “Birds stay alert for predators. An unmarked window looks like an escape route. They won’t see the glass.” Products like Window Alert, a decal that reflects ultraviolet rays birds see but humans don’t, can prevent a crash.

A book on local birds will describe the best food to attract them, whether residents or just passing through. Bluebirds love mealworms.

Hummingbirds like floral nectars and orioles prefer citrus flavors. Cardinals and jays dine on sunflower seeds.

Always provide unseasoned, unsalted seeds. In cold weather, also remember to hang homemade suet combining one part organic regular fat peanut butter with five parts organic, nonGMO (genetically modified) corn meal. Pour fresh water in the birdbath daily, change hummingbird nectar every three days and discard moldy seeds and old suet.

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New York. Migration, nest building, feeding a new family and staying warm in colder weather require substantial calories. “American goldfinches are social and will stay to eat,” adds Logan.

“Blue jays and titmouses are ‘grab-andgo’ birds.”

Join in the Fun

In Arlington, Texas, Cathy Stein, owner of EclecticDesignChoices.com, will participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count this year from February 12 to 15 (Audubon.org/content/aboutgreat-backyard-bird-count). “One easy resource for identifying birds is Merlin, the free app from Cornell Lab,” says Stein. “Take the bird’s picture, which is helpful in identifying details that can be overlooked or forgotten otherwise.”

Merlin works like facial recognition for birds, comparing eyes, beaks and tails to species in its database by location (Merlin.AllAboutBirds.org). Audubon’s free app includes birdcalls (Tinyurl. com/AudubonFreeBirdApp).

Jon Weber-Hahnsberg, a 12-yearold volunteer at the Dallas Zoo, and his seven-member team won last year’s statewide birding competition hosted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department by identifying 72 species in 12 hours.

“Now I’m hooked,” he says. “Outside the city, there are snowy egrets, waterfowl, hawks and owls to see.”

National wildlife refuges managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are suitable birding sites for both

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novices and pros. Here are some tips for beginners.

Focus on big, easy-to-see birds.

Sandhill crane tours are a hit in Mississippi and other Gulf Coast states (fws.gov/refuge/Mississippi_ Sandhill_Crane).

Concentrate on birds that travel in flocks. Common redhead ducks migrate in great numbers to the Texas coast each winter (Tinyurl.com/ LagunaAtascosaBirdlife).

Look for standouts, birds with characteristics that capture the imagination, like the speed of a peregrine falcon, large wingspan of a California condor or unusual color of Florida’s roseate spoonbills. (Visit fws.gov/refuge/ Cape_Meares and fws.gov/refuge/ JN_Ding_Darling.)

In Maine, see puffins at the only colony that allows visitors to go ashore for a close-up look (MaineBirdingTrail. com/MachiasSealIsland.htm). Not a

I think the most important quality in a birdwatcher is a willingness to stand quietly and see what comes. Some people are very competitive in their birding. Maybe they’ll die happy, having seen a thousand species… but I’ll die happy knowing I’ve spent all that quiet time being present. ~Lynn Thomson, Birding with Yeats: A Memoir

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refuge, ownership of the island has been disputed for two centuries.

Incredible Hobby

“Keeping a life list of birds you’ve seen, when and where, is not only fun,” says Nate Swick, author of the recent Birding for the Curious, in Greensboro, North Carolina. “It brings back memories of a time and place. Birding takes you places you wouldn’t think of. I’ve birdwatched in local landfills, as well as in India and Central America.” A particularly impressive sight was a shearwater, found 30 to 40 miles into the Atlantic Ocean off the North Carolina coast, a species that only comes to land during breeding season.

“Each bird has an incredible story,” he says. “Migrating birds that arrive exhausted and hungry after flying hundreds of miles will often look for local birds like chickadees that act as the welcome wagon, showing where food, water and a safe rest area can be found.”

Erika Zar, a catalog copywriter in Madison, Wisconsin, happened upon the nearby Horicon Marsh Bird Festival (HoriconMarshBirdClub.com/for-visitors). “Everyone seemed so meditative, hiking in quiet groups. It was peaceful,” she says. “Listing the birds they saw on checklists was like a scavenger hunt for adults.”

Zar immediately bought binoculars, but soon traded them for a better pair. “Bird-watching opened my eyes to a new world right in front of me,” she says joyfully. “I’d just never looked or listened closely enough before.”

Connect with Sandra Murphy at StLouisFreelanceWriter@mindspring.com.

Fine Feathered Facts

by Sandra Murphy

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hris Santella, author of Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die, offers these top sighting spots. n Pointe Reyes National Seashore, California, is on a migration route between Alaska and Mexico and renowned as a resting spot for upwards of 500 species. n Tucson, Arizona, welcomes hummingbirds and exotics like the brilliantly plumed elegant trogon from the tropics. n High Island and Galveston, Texas, are the first stop for birds crossing the Gulf of Mexico. n Cape May, New Jersey, hosts shorebirds year round plus it’s en route to Canada. n Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, in Chatham, Massachusetts, yields sightings of shorebirds such as plover, sandpipers and terns. n Prairie Pothole Region stretching from Iowa to Minnesota, Montana and the Dakotas is especially good for watching waterfowl. n Cleveland, Ohio, near Lake Erie, celebrates hundreds of species flying to Canada in May. “It’s great for anybody with a life list,” says Santella.

“You can add scores of species to your list in one day.”

In the fall, raptors migrate and Birds AndBlooms.com lists some of the best spots to watch hawks.

Find wildlife refuges by state: fws.gov/refuges Live bird cams: Cams.AllAboutBirds.org

n Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, in Sausalito, California n Hazel Bazemore County Park, in Corpus Christi, Texas n Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, in Duluth, Minnesota n Florida Keys Hawkwatch, Curry Hammock State Park, in Marathon, Florida n Cape May Hawk Watch, Cape May Point State Park, in New Jersey.

As rivers freeze over, eagles migrate south to follow the food supply, often near dams where fish gather. During the spring thaw, they return north to nest. Prime Wisconsin eagle watching sites include Lake Pepin, Necedah Wildlife Refuge, La Crosse, Prairie du Sac refuge, Sauk City and Wyalusing State Park. Alton, Illinois, is also along the Mississippi Flyway for eagles.

Florida eagles tend to stay year-round.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 My Funny Valentine Caricature Artist – 11am3pm. Neil McMillin, professional caricature artist, and one of the only animal caricature artists in PA, will offer his specialty of drawing dogs. One per appointment booked (max 2). Free. Godfrey’s Dogdom, 4267 New Holland Rd, Mohnton. 610777-5755. GodfreysDogdom.com.

Healing Thai Massage Workshop – 3pm-5pm.

Learn a unique form of relaxing and dynamic massage that will exhilarate and heal your body. In this form of therapeutic yoga of movement and stretching, you will boost energy and stamina by increasing blood circulation, while also providing the opportunity for deep rest and a strong connection with your loved one. $50 per couple. Just Breathe Yoga Fitness 4600 Penn Ave Sinking Spring. 610207-4120. JustBreatheYogaFitness.com.

Lunch N’ Learn – 11am. Learn about pre-arranging and preplanning for funerals. Free. Held at The Stockyard Inn, 1147 Lititz Pike, Lancaster. Limited seating. Register with Snyder Funeral Home: 717560-5100. SnyderFuneralHome.com.

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Stephen T. Hughes, PhD, presents on how parenting styles and school experiences of children impact their lives and development.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Health Talk & Demo – 6:30pm. How healthy is your heart? Receive important information about your heart's health with Max Pulse--a simple, non-

Co-sponsored by Franklin and Marshall College and the New School of Lancaster.

Schnader Theatre, Roschel Performing Arts Center 630 College Ave, Lancaster 717-397-7655 • NewSchool.net

savethedate 2nd Annual Real Health Conference

Offering expert speakers, education and an action plan for a healthier future.

Friday, February 12 • 6-9pm Special Guest: Dr. Arden Anderson

Saturday, February 13 • 8:30am-3:30pm 31 Seminars led by experts in sustainable and organic agriculture Lancaster Agriculture Products 60 N Ronks Rd, Ronks 717-687-9222 Register online: LancasterAg.com

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The Sweet Smell of Compassion – 10:30amNoon. Enjoy a mindfulness experience in scents and acupressure. Participants receive a take-home scent. Fee: $30. Samaritan Counseling Center, 1803 Oregon Pike, Lancaster. For info: Lesley Huff, PsyD at 717-560-9969. SCCLanc.org/events.

Eden Energy 5 minute Routine – 1-3pm. Deb Gallagher presents Eden Energy and the famous 5 minute Energy Routine. The daily routine can increase energy, improve sleep and concentration and boost our immune system. Space limited; preregistration required. $25/$20 in advance. Contact Deb Gallagher: 717-203-9666. Held at Bridge Yoga Studio, 1705 Lincoln Hwy East, Lancaster. Restore YourEnergy.org.

Thursday, February 11 • 6:30-8:30pm

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7 The Labyrinth – 1-4pm. A walking meditation on a spiraling pathway is open every first Sunday.

A journey to peace, balance, wisdom and beauty.

Tenders available for guidance and information.

Free. Founder’s Hall, Unitarian Universalist Church of Lancaster, 538 W. Chestnut St, Lancaster.

Open Practice Sessions with Kirtan – 5:30-6:45pm.

(Sundays, through March 6th). Come as you are, with whatever yoga experience you have. Natalie Bedouin hosts and can assist your personal practice as needed.

Beginner and avid yogis welcome! $60/5 weeks.

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

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14 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, FEBRUARY 16 Parasites Within Us – 6:30pm. Join Nicholas Kleinsmith, N.C and Master Herbalist, as he explains parasites and what we can do about them.

Questions and comments are encouraged. Free.

Inner Peace and Wellness Center, 202 S 3rd St, Hamburg. For more info: lori@pinnaclehypnosis. com or 610-823-4160.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Reiki l – 9am-5pm. The history and background of Usui Reiki, the Chakra system, ethics, and selfhealing techniques will be presented in this hands-on class. Students should bring a set of sheets. Instructor: Stacey Henshall, LMT. $130. Sage Continuing Education, 719 Old Hickory Rd, Ste B, Lancaster.

To register: 717-314-1733. SageContinuingEd.com.

Health Talk – 6:30pm - What's Keeping You Awake at Night? It may be stress, hormones, pain, sugar, liver dysfunction. Sleep is vital to our health and well-being; yet, a good night of sleep eludes many of us. Learn what may be preventing healthy sleep and what you can do about it. Twin Ponds Integrative Health Center, 628 Twin Ponds Rd, Breinigsville.

610-944-5000. Dr.Wachtmann.com.

Let's Experience Energy – 6:30pm. Fun, informative, hands-on class is perfect for the novice and expert. Come learn about and experience energy.

Free. Held at Inner Peace and Wellness Center, 202 S 3rd St, Hamburg. For information contact Lori@ PinnacleHypnosis.com or 610-823-4160.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18 Montessori Beginnings – 9-10:30am. Join Dotty Weaber, Montessori Certified Toddler and Primary Teacher with over 20 years of classroom Montessori experience, as she facilitates Parent and Child classes for Infants and Young Toddlers (birth to under 20 months).Space limited, RSVP required.

The New School of Lancaster, 939 Columbia Ave, Lancaster. 717-397-7655. NewSchool.net.

Reiki ll – 9am-5pm. Reiki I review, plus advanced instruction and awareness in energy healing, including distance healing. Students will receive the Reiki II attunement. Bring a set of sheets. Instructor: Stacey Henshall, LMT. $130. Sage Continuing Education, 719 Old Hickory Rd, Ste B, Lancaster.

To register: 717-314-1733. SageContinuingEd.com.

Lancaster Community Reiki Clinic – 6:308:30pm. 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. 717-824-9209. Lancaster CommunityReikiClinic.org.

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Science, RF 102: Standards of Practice for the Raw Foodie, RF 201: Basics of Raw Food, and RF 202: Advanced Raw Foods. Taught by Eileen Crone, dietitian, and raw food chef. $3 plus raw vegan dish to share. Luther Acres, 600 E Main St, Lititz.

717-626-4258.

Qigong Class – 7-8:15pm. QiGong uses posture, breath, mind focus and gentle movements to develop an awareness of the inner life force (“Qi”) in our bodies, and to integrate this awareness with the mind to create better balance between both mind and body. $10. The Yoga Place, 922 N Reading Rd, Ephrata.

717-366-5299. TheYogaPlaceInEphrata.com.

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.

Raising Your Vibration – 12:30 to 2:30pm. A handson workshop for those who are ready to shift their energy, re-awaken to their soul’s purpose, vibrate on a higher frequency, be happier and have more clarity for all of 2016. Registration is required. Free. Higher Brain Living, 26 Skyline Dr, Temple. 484-772-6446.

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Monthly Meditation – 2-3:30pm. Join Sarita-Linda for meditation in the Earth Room. $25. Bldg7 Yoga, 220 N Park Rd, Bldg7, Wyomissing. 484-755-5705.

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Celebrate the season of renewal with renowned writer, speaker, and scholar, Rev. Dr. Karen Tate in a series of free lectures and an all-day workshop.

Friday, March 18 • 7:30pm Saturday, March 19 • 9:30pm Sunday, March 20 • 10am and 1pm Unitarian Universalist Church of Lancaster 538 W Walnut St, Lancaster 717-464-7621 or DLDobbins44@yahoo.com

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19 Love Your Body – 5-8pm. Enjoy a free, fun, and informative evening with complimentary wine and cheese. Learn about massage techniques as well as how to incorporate essential oils into your healthy lifestyle. Chair massage, paraffin hand dips, hot stone demos, giveaways, and more. Free. RSVP encouraged. A Therapeutic Effect, 313D Primrose Ln, Mountville. 717-285-9955. ATherapeuticEffect.com.

Infant Massage Instruction – 5:30-7pm. Parents and caregivers will learn massage techniques and exercises to help infants (newborn through 12 months) with a variety of conditions. Babies are welcome so the parent can practice the techniques with their baby. Dolls also available. Instructor: Jennifer Taylor, LMT, CIMI. $45/family. Sage Continuing Education, 719 Old Hickory Rd, Ste B, Lancaster.

To register: 717-314-1733. SageContinuingEd.com.

Restorative Aerial Yoga – 5:30-6:30pm. Using the support of the Aerial Yoga Hammock and gravity, enjoy the restorative side of this unique practice.

Hammocks are lowered for easier accessibility.

Cost $20 drop in, lower package prices available.

Just Breathe Yoga Fitness, 4600 Penn Ave, Sinking Spring. 610-207-4120. JustBreatheYogaFitness.com.

Raw Food University – 6-8:45pm. This fun course officially enrolls you in RFU’s Raw Food Program and includes RF 101: Defining Raw Food and The

Be Anxious for Nothing Workshop –10am-2pm.

Understand the amazing ways we can handle stress, and how to best support our bodies through the process. $47 includes lunch, cooking demos, snacks and handouts. Simple and Merry, Lancaster location. Contact/RSVP for more details: Info@ SimpleAndMerry.com or 717-823-8334. Simple AndMerry.com.

New Patient Day – 12noon. Receive a new patient evaluation to determine if Sheehan Natural Health Center can help you with safe and natural solutions to your health problems. Free. Sheehan Natural Health Improvement Center,1301 E King St, Lancaster. RSVP in advance to: 717-392-6606.

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Ayurveda Class 2 – 2-4pm. Self Marma Therapy for Meditation with Sarita-Linda and Marci. $40pp includes Ayurvedic Herb Infused Creams. RSVP: Maximum 15 Students. Bldg7 Yoga, 220 N Park Rd, Bldg7, Wyomissing. 484-755-5705. Bldg7Yoga.com.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22 Montessori Mondays – 9am. Observe classrooms alive with children, speak with teachers, have your questions answered. Light refreshments provided.

Space limited, RSVP required. The New School of Lancaster, 939 Columbia Ave, Lancaster. 717-3977655. NewSchool.net.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23 Wellness Day for Bus Drivers – Complementary 30 minute stress treatment for bus drivers. Free ($55 value). Call to reserve your appointment. The Spa at Willow Pond, 1487 Old Lancaster Pike, Sinking Spring. 610-507-9004. TheSpaAtWillowPond.com.

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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.

Vinyasa Yoga – 10am. All levels. Dynamic flow class and strong breath work. $15/class. Month/ class card rates available. Down Dog Yoga Wellness Center, 525 Reading Ave, West Reading. 610-3737181. DDYoga.com.

YOGA on Barre – 10-11:15am. Yoga poses with the support of a barre. $16 drop-in. YOGA on Orange, 129 E Orange St, Lancaster. 717-392-3992; YogaOnOrange.com.

Eckankar Worship Service – 11am. 2nd Sunday.

Community HU Song, 11am. 4th Sunday. Experience the Light and Sound of God. Eckankar, Sleep Inn, 310 Primrose Ln, Mountville. 717-394-9877.

Meetup.com/CommunityHu.

monday Vinyasa Flow – 9:30-10:30am. An awesome vinyasa flow class with Keya. Suitable for both beginners and seasoned students. $10 drop-in or use class card. Tula Yoga Center at Flying Hills Fitness, 210 Love Rd & Rt. 10 Reading. 610-777-7801.

TulaYogaCenter.com.

Chair Yoga – 5:30 – 6:45pm. $10-$15/class. All the benefits of yoga without getting on the floor. The Yoga Place in Ephrata, 922 N Reading Rd, Ephrata.

717-336-5299. TheYogaPlaceInEphrata.com.

Fusion Wellness Yoga – 6-7pm. All levels class providing relaxation, and restoration. $15/class.

Packages available. Fusion Wellness, 1895 Graystone Road, East Petersburg. 717-475-1381.

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Restorative Yoga – 6-7pm. Gentle stretching, strengthening and relaxation. $12/class. Fusion Wellness 1895 Graystone Rd, East Petersburg. 717475-1381. FusionWellnessPA.com.

Vinyasa Yoga – 6pm. All levels. Dynamic flow class and strong breath work. $15/class. Month/class card rates available. Down Dog Yoga Wellness Center, 525 Reading Ave, West Reading. 610-373-7181.

DDYoga.com.

Connected Warriors Yoga – 6:30pm. Free yoga for military, veterans, and their family members. East Petersburg Area Civic Center, State and Lemon St, East Petersburg. 717-785-9858.

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.

Vinyasa Flow Yoga – 6-7pm. Dynamic flow, core movement and balance. $12/class. Fusion Wellness,

1895 Graystone Rd, East Petersburg. 717-475-1381.

FusionWellnessPA.com.

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.

Hatha Yoga – 6pm. Traditional flow class. All levels. $15/class. Month/class card rates available.

Down Dog Yoga Wellness Center, 525 Reading Ave, West Reading. 610-373-7181. DDYoga.com.

Hatha Yoga Level 1 – 6:30-7:45pm. Yoga simplified to learn poses & breath. $16 drop-in. YOGA on Orange, 129 E Orange St, Lancaster. 717-392-3992.

YogaOnOrange.com.

Warm Vinyasa – 7:30 - 8:30pm. A warm flow class that challenges all levels. Suitable for both beginners and seasoned students. $12 drop-in or use class card.

Tula Yoga Center@The Spine and Wellness Center, 3933 Perkiomen Ave, Reading. 610-401-0365.

TulaYogaCenter.com.

Kung Fu Club – 8-9pm. Every Tues/Thurs and First Friday With Sifu David. Call for membership dues and information. Dragonfly Studios, 398 Penn Ave, West Reading. 610-376-7176.

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.

FORTIUS Fundamentals – 10:30-11:30am.

Ideal for the individual who is new to strength and metabolic training. Focus is on impeccable form and technique. $25/class, first class free. FORTIUS Health and Performance Center, 2078 Bennett Ave, Lancaster. 717-533-4088. FortiusFit.net.

Hatha Yoga with David – 10:30am. A practice influenced by the Kundalini Yoga tradition, connecting to Mother Earth and nature, and the metaphysical nature of being. $15/class. Eastern Arts and Holistic Academy, 2212 Perkiomen Ave, Mt. Penn. 610-370-1999.

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

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.

Satsang and Chanting – 6pm. With Sudha and Ed and David Dragonfly. By donation. Kula Kamala Foundation, 17 Basket Rd, Reading. 484-509-5073.

KuluKamalaFoundation.org.

Slow Flow Yoga – 6pm. Slower moving yoga class great for beginners. $12. Bridge Yoga Studio, 1705 Lincoln Highway E, Lancaster. 717 330-1304.

BridgeYogaStudio.com.

Hatha Yoga – 7:30-8:30pm. Refine postures, deepen structure, build strength and flexibility. Especially good for those new to their practice. $10 drop-in or use class card. Tula Yoga Center, 3933 Perkiomen Ave in the Spine and Wellness Center, 610-4010365. TulaYogaCenter.com.

thursday YogaFit – 8:30am. A gentle yoga class that will focus on strength, flexibility, balance and alignment as you learn to use breath through each pose. Taught by a physical therapist. $15/class, first class free.

FORTIUS Health and Performance Center, 2078 Bennett Ave, Lancaster. 533-4088. FortiusFit.net.

Beginner’s Yoga – 9:30-10:30am. Six week series. Learn the basics of breath awareness, proper alignment, props, and movement with the breath to get you feeling relaxed and confident in your body. $12/drop-in. Shangri-La Yoga, 4 S Church St, Quarryville. 717-786-YOGA. ShangriLa YogaStudio.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 Movement with Donna Bervinchak. At Susquehanna Dance Center, 120 College Ave, Mountville. $15/ drop-in. 717-285-0399. FeldenkraisBlog.com.

Hatha Yoga Mixed – 6:30-7:45pm. Yoga for all levels of practice. $16 drop-in. YOGA on Orange, 129 E Orange St, Lancaster. 717-3923992. YogaOnOrange.com.

Kundalini Yoga – 7pm. Combines postures, breath, meditation and chanting. $15. RSVP to Your Inner Light, 1606 Rothsville Rd, Lititz. 717-618-1672.

YourInnerLight.net.

Light Vinyasa Yoga – 7-8pm. Suitable for beginners, intermediate and advanced students. Eileen Wieder Crone, RD, MS, EYRT-500. Suggested $5+ donation. Lititz Moravian Church, Church Square, Lititz. 717-627-4258. Raw4Yoga.com.

Kung Fu Club – 8-9pm. Every Tues/Thurs and First Friday with Sifu David. Call for membership dues and information. Dragonfly Studios, 398 Penn Ave, West Reading. 610-376-7176.

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friday Music in the Café – 6:30-8:15pm. Enjoy live music and a special menu in the café. Ten Thousand Villages, 240 N Reading Rd, Ephrata. 717-721-8400.

Pre-School Yoga Party – 4:30-5:15pm. Get your preschooler moving and having fun while they learn important coping and stress management tools. Give them a head start for school, athletics, and lovingkindness. Yoga poses are taught in a super fun way, while incorporating fun educational stories, breath awareness, the sillies, and relaxation. $12/drop-in.

Shangri-La Yoga, 4 S Church St, Quarryville. 717786-YOGA. ShangriLaYogaStudio.com.

Nia Dance Yoga – 6pm. Have fun with a combination of yoga, dance, martial arts and cardio fusion. $10/class. Shangri-La Yoga, 4 S Church St, Quarryville. 717-786-9642. ShangriLaYogaStudio.com.

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TRX Suspension Training – 8-9am. Invented by Navy Seals this unique format uses your own body weight to build muscle, and gain strength and balance using the TRX straps. You are in control of the intensity of your workout. Drop in price $15/ pkg prices available. Just Breathe Yoga Fitness 4600 Penn Ave Sinking Spring. 610-207-4120.

JustBreatheYogaFitness.com Gentle Yoga – 9:30-10:30am. Slower-paced yoga great for beginners. $12. Bridge Yoga Studio, 1705 Lincoln Highway E. Lancaster. 717-330-1304.

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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.

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.

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Learn how your symptoms are connected, get answers, and achieve improved health and well being 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 35.

Integrative Healing Arts Studio provides a unique mind body spirit approach to wellness with a variety of holistic therapies including massage therapy, Reiki, aromatherapy, crystal therapy, and more. Sessions and classes are available. Christina Rossi is a NCBTMB approved CE provider. Please visit website for more information.

LANCASTER MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE Jennifer Kegel, MD Lancaster, PA 717-575-9816 LancasterMedicalAcupuncture.com

Acupuncture facilitates the body's own ability to heal. Indications for acupuncture include but are not limited to chronic pain, stress, headaches and addiction. Dr. Kegel, combining her training in acupuncture, along with her medical knowledge and experience with yoga and meditation, takes a patient-centered approach to help you restore your balance and health.

TRADITIONAL ACUPUNCTURE Beverly Fornoff 28 Keystone Court • Leola 717-381-7334 LancasterAcupuncture.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 11.

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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.

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 23.

COUNSELING BLUE SKIES CHIROPRACTIC

Dr. Leah Reiff Wellness on Walnut Integrative Health Cente 219 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 37.

DEEP RELAXATION FOR POSITIVE RESULTS

Amy Titzer, MS, LPC 2938 Columbia Ave, Ste 1002 • Lancaster 717-742-2003 AmyTitzerDeepRelaxation.com Deep Relaxation is a highly effective treatment for stress management, weight loss, smoking cessation, pain management, increasing confidence, creativity and more.

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COUNSELING RYAN J. McGINNIS, BS, MDiv

Wellness on Walnut Integrative Health Center 219 W Walnut St • Lancaster 717-286-6573 RyanJMcGinnis@icloud.com Ryan has spent over 10 years serving in various capacities including pastor, caseworker, and counselor. He works with individuals, couples, and families to resolve conflicts and to live life as fully as possible.

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SUSANNE UMIKER SPURLOCK, MSW, ACSW

Life and Wellness Counselor Wellness on Walnut Integrative Health Center 219 W Walnut St • Lancaster 717-203-2326 WellnessOnWalnut.com I will help you figure out how you can overcome your personal life and health challenges and achieve a more dynamic life. Don’t settle for mediocrity! I will listen, inspire, inform, and help you transform! If you are ready for a change……Come see me! See ad, page 37.

DENTISTRY DAVID A. SCHWARTZ, DDS, PC 9 Bristol Court • Wyomissing 610-670-6910 SchwartzFamilyDental.com

We provide general and cosmetic Mercury-Free dental care to the entire family with attention to “whole person health.” We have advanced training in the safe removal of mercury fillings, nonsurgical gum treatments, orthodontics, sleep apnea, solutions for TMJ, facial pain, and headaches. Visit our website to learn more. See ad, page 24.

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

We are a full-service family dental practice providing 100% mercury-free restorations, quality non-surgical periodontal care, INVISALIGN, implant-retained dentures and partials. See ad, page 25.

education THE NEW SCHOOL OF LANCASTER 935 Columbia Ave • Lancaster 717-397-7655 NewSchool.net

Offering outstanding Montessori education for toddlers to middle school students in a light-filled, historic space in Lancaster City. For 25 years, The New School has provided an excellent, non-denominational, educational opportunity in a child-centered, respectful, and caring environment. Accredited by The American Montessori Society and licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. See ad, page 35.

SAGE CONTINUING EDUCATION CENTER

Lin Roussel, Director 719 Olde Hickory Rd, Suite B • Lancaster 717-314-1733 SageContinuingEd.com PA State Board approved Continuing Education Classes for Massage Therapists, Nurses, Acupuncturists, Physical Therapists, and Athletic Trainers. Also a provider of Holistic and wellness-based classes for the public.*Space available to rent for meetings, workshops, classes, massage and energy work.

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

Supporting brain development through movement and touch: Donna uses her deep knowledge of movement development to teach people how to function more efficiently. Improving the quality of functions such as sitting, climbing, standing, and walking is essential for restoring and maintaining the health of one’s back, legs, and arms.

HOLISTIC HEALTH RESTORE YOUR ENERGY Deb Gallagher, RN, EEM-CP Lancaster 717-203-9666 RestoreYourEnergy.org

Experience Eden Energy Medicine, a practice created by Donna Eden, healer, author and teacher. This method assists with balancing our nine energy systems which can become blocked by stress, pain and illnesses. When the energy is balanced, sleep, joy, concentration and immunity improve, and our body’s natural ability to heal can begin.

SHEEHAN NATURAL HEALTH IMPROVEMENT CENTER Dr. Keith Sheehan Laura Sheehan 1301 E King St • Lancaster 717-392-6606 SheehanChiropractic.com

Sheehan Natural Health Improvement Center provides holistic health care through nutritional counseling and whole food supplements. Our cuttingedge treatments have been found to help a broad range of symptoms and illnesses including fibromyalgia, depression, migraines, and weight loss. From infants to seniors. See ad, page 21.

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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!

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Balance is found through food, lifestyle, transformational coaching, optional supplements, and stress embracing techniques.

Mary sees clients via skype or phone, teaches healthy living classes, and offers allergy free recipes on her website.

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ZENERGY ARTS & WELLNESS Sandra Saylor Seaman, C. F. Hom. Sandree33@gmail.com ZenergyAW.com 610-763-1876

Body Code/Emotion Code energy work and homeopathy. Release trauma and emotional baggage.

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Eliminate toxins. Free evaluation with first session. For all chronic issues and supporting wellness.

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. See ad, page 38.

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GARDNER’S MATTRESS & MORE 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 ads, pages 5, 28 and 29.

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 35.

NATURAL HOPE CENTER

Karen O’Connor, ND, MS, NCTMB 310 W Wyomissing Blvd • West Lawn 610-743-4788 NaturalHopeCenter.com

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Jeannie Peck, Traditional Naturopath Functional Nutrition Clinician 344 E. 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 21.

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.

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Held at the office of Loeffler & Pitt 2131 Oregon Pike • Lancaster 717-824-9209 LancasterCommunityReikiClinic.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.

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.

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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

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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 29.

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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 21.

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.

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