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ne of the many pleasures of being a Natural Awakenings publisher is having the opportunity to hear other people’s stories and sometimes the chance to share them. When we take a moment to listen to someone else’s story, we open the door to deeper understanding and a deeper connection. From that point forward, the relationship is humanized. It’s as if our souls are now connected. I was fortunate to come from a family of storytellers; my mother especially is one who Scott and Daralyn Chase can draw in a crowd and mesmerize them with fascinating and interesting stories and she has been urged to write a book countless times. Yet, the book remains unwritten. The importance of writing your story and putting your truth in writing is well described in this month’s feature, “The Healing Power of Story.” Whether you seek to publish a book, share a story with your friends and family or just want to experience a moment of truth in your own words for your own private recollection, it all contributes to healthier living and vitality. There are many simple, everyday things we can do to create an authentic story and a healthier journey. Each month, our local practitioners share their stories, including how they discovered their path to healing. Kerry Abaco, a physician of Traditional Oriental Medicine for more than 20, relates the story of how he became a believer in acupuncture and how that led him to help others. Learning about new and improved healthy living and healthy planet choices is another reason we cherish stories from our local experts. After years of seeking a non-surgical solution for my own needs, I was thrilled to learn that we now have a practitioner of prolotherapy in our area. Dr. Shiela Mohammed explains this procedure, which is currently offered in her Milton/Pace office and will soon be available in her Destin office. My excitement continued when I learned of a new device that can be easily installed in the A/C unit that eliminates the need for filters and offers a healthier and more energy-efficient way to stay cool this summer. Doug Wagner, of Emerald Air, provides several articles this month to create awareness about simple green options like a geothermal system, including why and how it works. Laurie Azzarella, a local expert on applying essential oils, addresses moldy issues that may be overwhelming us after the Panhandle’s recent flood damages. Plus, Laurie offers her expertise through very informative and helpful workshops. For the past few months, instead of writing this letter, I chose to promote our Emerald Coast Health Expo, in Pensacola, which unfortunately was canceled due to flood damage. I truly missed writing the letter and the connection it gives me to our loyal readers and our dedicated advertisers. I am grateful for the opportunity to connect with all of our healthy living community. May we all be inspired and revitalized this summer! Daralyn
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contents Natural Awakenings is your guide to a healthier, more balanced life. In each issue readers find cutting-edge information on natural health, nutrition, fitness, personal growth, green living, creative expression and the products and services that support a healthy lifestyle.
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POWER OF STORY How Telling Our Truths Can Set Us Free by Judith Fertig
24 THE BIONIC COACH 22 High-Tech Boosts Healthy Routines by Linda Sechrist
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28 MUSICIAN WITH A CAUSE
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30 LIVING OFF THE LAND Low- and No-Cost Ways to Feed a Family by Avery Mack
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ellness Rocks, Pensacola’s premier Natural Health Care educational series, will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., June 12, in the Everman’s community education room, sponsored by Natural Awakenings in partnership with the Herb Study Group. Sheila Mohammed, M.D., Ph.D., will make a presentation about a new non-surgical procedure to correct joint and spine soft tissue problems through prolotherapy. Traditional surgical operations require anesthesia, great levels of constant pain, many hours of painful physical therapy and protracted recuperative periods. Prolotherapy holds great promise in allowing the body to heal itself from the inside out, as nature intended. Also presenting will be Bonnie Mclean DOM, AP, RN, acupuncturist and Oriental medicine expert, who will conduct an overview of integrated medicine, its history and how different modalities are interrelated for a holistic approach to living. Wayne Haynes, a board-certified reflexologist, will share his knowledge of reflexology of the hand and other parts of the body, its interrelationship to specific organs and how manipulation can have a profound effect on daily life. Admission is free. Location: 315 West Garden St., Pensacola, next to Everman’s Natural Foods. Register (required) call 850-460-3266 or visit WellnessRocks.com.
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Doggie Bowl to Benefit Pensacola Humane Society
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ndividuals, teams and sponsors are invited to participate in the annual Doggie Bowl event put on by the nonprofit Pensacola Humane Society, a no-kill shelter for homeless cats and dogs, from 2 to 5 p.m., June 28, at Cordova Lanes, in Pensacola. Teams of four to six people are assessed $20 per person, with shoe rental and five door prize tickets included. Grand prize winners will receive a trophy and a $100 gift certificate card for a team dinner. Others will receive three free games at Cordova Lanes. Other activities include door prizes, a 50/50 raffle, a team costume contest and a bake sale table. Mulligans, Buy a Strike, Buy a Gutter Ball and protection cards will be available for purchase the day of the event. Location: 5 N. Q St. Corporate sponsorships are also available. For sponsorship information or entry forms, call 850-432-4250 or visit PensacolaHumane.org.
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Florida Massage Trade Show Keynote is Howard Partridge
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he Florida State Massage Therapy Association (FSMTA) will celebrate its 75th anniversary at this year’s convention from June 26 to 29 at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld hotel. This year’s keynote speaker is Howard Partridge, author of the topselling books, 7 Secrets of a Phenomenal Life and The 5 Secrets of a Phenomenal Business. Partridge is considered a legacy speaker for renowned motivational teacher and trainer Zig Ziglar. The FSMTA, established in 1939, has been a leader in promoting, protecting, uniting and advancing the field of massage therapy and massage therapy professionals. Conference participants can attend the Success Summit presentation, select courses taught by top educators in the massage industry, shop new products and services at the trade show and enter to win prizes to support the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Massage therapy students and newly licensed massage therapists will also want to attend the free Successful Start program to kick-start their career. A free Medical Hot Topic lecture, open to all participants on the latest in medical marijuana and massage, will be presented by Dr. Adam S. Levine, of Clearwater, Florida, an attorney and founder of the Florida Legal Advocacy Group.
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Yummy Berries Cut Heart Attack Risk by a Third
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ating three or more servings of blueberries and strawberries a week may help women reduce their risk of a heart attack, according to research from the University of East Anglia, in collaboration with the Harvard School of Public Health. The berries contain high levels of powerful flavonoids called anthocyanins, which may help dilate arteries, counter buildup of plaque and provide other cardiovascular benefits. Published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, the study involved 93,600 women ages 25 to 42 that completed questionnaires about their diet every four years for over 16 years. Those that ate the most berries had a 32 percent reduction in heart attack risk compared with those that ate them once a month or less, even if they ate a diet rich in other fruits and vegetables. “This is the first study to look at the impact of diet in younger and middleaged women,” remarks the study’s lead author, Aedín Cassidy, Ph.D., head of the university’s nutrition department. “Even at an early age, eating more of these fruits may reduce risk of a heart attack later in life.”
Saw Palmetto Combos Combat Enlarged Prostate
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hree studies published in 2013 support the effectiveness of saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) extract for the treatment of prostate inflammation and other symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), commonly called enlarged prostate. In addition, both lycopene, a dietary carotenoid with strong antioxidant value, and selenium, an essential trace element that promotes an optimal antioxidant/oxidant balance, have been shown to exert beneficial effects in BPH. Researchers from Italy’s University of Catania studied 168 patients with prostate enlargement among nine urological medical clinics. Those taking a combination of saw palmetto, selenium and lycopene experienced greater reductions of inflammation markers and reduced risk of prostate cancer after three and six months of treatment. In an Australian study from the University of Queensland’s School of Medicine of patients with BPH, 32 men took an encapsulated formula containing saw palmetto, lycopene and other plant extracts, while 25 men were given a placebo. After three months of treatment, men receiving the herbal formulation experienced a 36 percent reduction in related symptoms, while the placebo group showed an 8 percent reduction. The herbal supplement group also showed a 15 percent reduction in daytime urination frequency and an almost 40 percent reduction in nighttime urination frequency. The long-term effectiveness of saw palmetto supplementation was reinforced in a Russian study of 38 patients with early prostate enlargement. After 10 years of receiving 320 milligrams of saw palmetto extract per day, researchers found no progression of the condition among the patients. 10
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Tapping Acupressure Points Heals Trauma in Vets
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motional Freedom Techniques (EFT) may be an effective treatment for veterans that have been diagnosed with clinical posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a study published in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. EFT involves tapping on acupressure points while focusing on traumatic memories or painful emotions in order to release them. As part of the Veterans’ Stress Project, an anonymous clinical study comprising more than 2,000 participants, 59 veterans with PTSD were randomly assigned to either receive strictly standard care or also experience six, hour-long, EFT sessions. The psychological distress and PTSD symptoms showed significant reductions among veterans receiving the EFT sessions, with 90 percent matriculating out of the criteria for clinical PTSD. At a six-month follow-up, 80 percent of those participants still had symptoms below the clinical level for PTSD. According to Deb Tribbey, national coordinator for the Veterans’ Stress Project, PTSD symptoms that can be resolved with the combined therapy include insomnia, anger, grief, hyper-vigilance and pain. For more information, visit StressProject.org or EFTForVets.com.
Mindfulness Meditation Reduces the Urge to Light Up
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indfulness meditation training may help people overcome addiction by activating the brain centers involved in self-control and addictive tendencies, suggests research from the psychology departments of Texas Tech University and the University of Oregon. Scientists led by Yi-Yuan Tang, Ph.D., studied 61 volunteers, including 27 smokers, randomly divided into groups that either received mindfulness meditation training or relaxation training. Two weeks later, after five hours of training, smoking among those in the meditative group decreased by 60 percent, while no significant reduction occurred in the relaxation group. Brain imaging scans determined that the mindfulness meditation training produced increased activity in the anterior cingulate and the prefrontal cortex; regions associated with self-control. Past research led by Tang showed that smokers and those with other addictions exhibited less activity in these areas than those free of addictions. The current study previously determined that myelin and brain cell matter in these two brain regions increases through mindfulness meditation.
Beets Beat Down Blood Pressure
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wo small studies have linked beets with lower blood pressure. A study from the University of Reading, in England, served beet-fortified bread or bread without beets to 23 healthy men. Those that ate the fortified bread experienced reduced diastolic blood pressure and less artery stiffness during the six hours afterwards. Australia’s Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute studied 15 women and 15 men, divided randomly into groups that consumed either 500 grams of a placebo juice or beets with apple juice. During the 24 hours after consumption, the researchers noted a statistically significant reduction in systolic blood pressure of four to five points among the men drinking the beet juice.
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Harvard Medical School study found that how well women age in their 70s is linked to the way they ate earlier in life. Researchers started with 10,670 healthy women in their late 50s and followed them for 15 years. Published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the results saw fewer chronic diseases among women that followed diets heavy in plant-based foods during midlife; these women were also 34 percent more likely to live past 70. Those that ate most similarly to the Mediterranean diet had even better outcomes—a 46 percent greater likelihood of living past 70 without chronic diseases. Eleven percent of the subjects qualified as healthy agers, which researchers defined as having no major chronic diseases, physical impairments, mental health problems or trouble with thinking and memory. According to lead author Cecilia Samieri, Ph.D., midlife exposures are thought to be a particularly relevant period because most health conditions develop slowly over many years.
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Involved Dads Make for Smarter, Happier Kids It’s well known that involving fathers from the start in children’s lives has a significant positive impact on their development, including the greater economic security of having more than one parent. Yet, there’s more to the “father effect”. Numerous studies have found that children growing up in a household with a father present show superior outcomes in intelligence tests, particularly in nonverbal, or spatial, reasoning that’s integral in mathematics, science and engineering. The IQ advantage is attributed to the way that fathers interact with their children, with an emphasis on the manipulation of objects like blocks, roughhousing and outdoor activities, rather than language-based activities. A study of Chinese parents found that it was a father’s warmth toward his child that was the ultimate factor in predicting the child’s future academic success. A recent Canadian study from Concordia University provides new insights into a father’s impact on a daughter’s emotional development, as well. Lead researcher Erin Peugnot concluded, “Girls whose fathers lived with them when they were in middle childhood (ages 6 to 10) demonstrated less sadness, worry and shyness as preteens (ages 9 to 13) compared with girls whose fathers did not live with them,” he says.
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Scientists Nab Fungicide as Bee Killer Colony collapse disorder, the mysterious mass die-off of honeybees that pollinate $30 billion worth of crops in the U.S., has been well documented, with toxic insecticides identified as the primary culprits. Now, scientists at the University of Maryland and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have expanded the identification of components of the toxic brew of pesticides and fungicides contaminating pollen and decimating the bee colonies that collect it to feed their hives. A study of eight agricultural chemicals associated with increased risk of infection by parasites found that bees that ate pollen contaminated with fungicides were three times as likely to be infected. Widely used fungicides had previously been accepted as harmless for bees because they are designed to kill fungus, not insects. Dennis vanEngelsdorp, the study’s lead author, states, “There’s growing evidence that fungicides may be affecting the bees on their own, highlighting a need to reassess how we label these agricultural chemicals.” Labels on pesticides warn farmers not to spray when pollinating bees are in the vicinity, but such precautions have not applied to fungicides. Source: qz.com
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ating back to the times of ancient Chinese empires, cultures across the globe have capitalized on the knowledge of the Earth’s ability to provide and store heat. Today, technological advances have enabled us to strategically harness this energy in ways that translate to energy savings in the heating and cooling of commercial and residential buildings. Geothermal heat pump technology and specifically, ground-source heat pumps, have been installed for more than three decades and are presently recognized as the most highly efficient type of heating and cooling system available. Ground-source heat pumps work in concert with either an open- or closed-loop water-source geothermal system of high-density polyethylene pipes installed in trenches (horizontal) or bore holes (vertical) in an outside
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location near a building or home. Fluid circulating through the underground pipes collect energy in the form of heat, which is either pumped into or out of the building by way of the heat pumps, depending on the indoor climate requirements. For each unit of electrical energy purchased to power a geothermal, or “geoexchange� system, renewable energy is drawn from the earth and used for space heating and cooling, domestic hot water and heating swimming pools/ spas. The amount of heat energy transferred to or from the earth depends on the thermoconductivity of the soil, the flow rate through the ground loop and the size of the refrigeration system in the heat pump. The simplicity and mechanics of the units allow geothermal systems to be applied to a wide range of installations.
Thanks to the robust efforts of the North American green building and renewable energy movements, today’s building community has a heightened understanding of both the economic and comfort benefits of geothermal systems. As products and technologies continue to evolve in their sophistication, ease of installation and streamlined operation, building professionals are also becoming more expertly trained in geothermal system design, installation and maintenance. Thus, geothermal systems are being incorporated into numerous new construction and retrofit projects throughout the U.S. and Canada, in both residential and commercial applications. In winter, water circulating inside a sealed loop absorbs heat from the earth and carries it to the unit. In the summer, the system reverses and expels heat from the home to the cooler earth via the loop system. This heat exchange process is not only natural, but is a truly Earth-friendly and highly efficient way to create a comfortable climate in a home. Depending on property size, the underground loops can be installed in a variety of ways, including horizontal, vertical or within a lake as a closed loop or, if an aquifer is present, as an open loop, virtually suiting any property configuration. Horizontal loops are installed in areas where the soil conditions allow for economical excavation. Taking up more land area than any other loop type, they are used where space permits. Trenches are normally five feet deep and several hundred feet of trench is required. Vertical loops are used extensively where land area is limited. A pair of pipes with a special U-bend assembly
For each unit of electrical energy purchased to power a geothermal, or “geoexchange” system, renewable energy is drawn from the earth and used for space heating and cooling, domestic hot water and heating swimming pools/spas. at the bottom is inserted into a borehole that averages around 250 feet in depth per ton of equipment. Lake loops are usually very economical to install. If a pond or lake at least eight feet deep is available, lake loops can utilize the water (rather than soil) for heat transfer. Reduced installation costs are characteristic of this type of loop system. Open loop installations actually pump water from an underground aquifer through the geothermal unit and then discharge that water to a drainage ditch or pond. Discharging water to a pond or lake is considered ideal. With a geothermal heating and cooling system, the lawn becomes a permanent power plant for your home or business. It’s tried and true, can cut utility bills more than half, and does away with noisy air conditioning condensers. A geothermal system is not
affected by the corrosive salt bombardment that coastal climates place on conventional equipment, thus greatly extending operational longevity. Users enjoy the benefits of the most comfortable, reliable, energy and cost efficient heating, cooling and water heating systems available on the market. Geothermal is now more affordable than ever, thanks to recent changes to the tax code. The change contains long-term tax incentives to encourage the use of renewable energy technology such as geothermal heat pumps in homes and businesses and extends tax incentives for homes and commercial buildings that support the installation of highly-efficient heating, cooling and water heating systems such as geothermal heat pumps until 2016. On all residential ground loop or ground water geothermal heat pump installations, a one-time tax credit of 30 percent of the total investment, up to a maximum of $2,000 for systems placed in service during 2008, is available. For property placed in service after January 1, 2009, a tax credit of 30 percent with no limit can be claimed. The tax credit can be used to offset both regular income taxes and alternative minimum taxes and can be carried forward into future years. With these changes, a homeowner can now more easily afford a heating and cooling system that will ultimately pay for itself. ClimateMaster is the world’s largest manufacturer of geothermal heat pumps in their state-of-the-art facility utilizing quality management systems that are ISO 9001:2000 certified. Contact Doug Wagner at 850-244-2665 or EmeraldDude@embarqmail.com.
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loodwaters bring damage and despair in their wake, and so can warm summer weather and moist air, if it is allowed to foster the growth of mold. In the South, mold exists everywhere, even after we have washed our walls, torn up our carpets and replaced the drywall. Mold spores are in the air, in our gardens, in rotting leaves and in the dew of cool shade. Mold can grow in our homes wherever moisture collects, like in the bathroom, in refrigerator drip trays, houseplants, mattresses, foam rubber pillows, garbage pails, in the walls, floors or carpets; wherever there are wet cellulose materials they can feed on, such as wood, ceiling tiles, or plasterboard, even if they are not visible. Molds come in thousands of different varieties, and fungus reproduces
into spores that come in many sizes, shapes and colors. The spores will reproduce and germinate into new mold growth which can produce millions more spores. In our tropical climate, molds thrive all year-round to cause problems. After even limited exposure, spores can colonize in the body, as well, because it is a perfect breeding ground in which to live and reproduce. Airborne mycotoxins from certain types of mold can be extremely dangerous to our health. Sometimes, people are unaware that they are breathing mold spores until they become very sick. If we are lucky and have a minor allergic reaction to the mold, once we leave the affected area we will recover. Many molds can emit allergens that affect some of the population, but
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THE HEALING POWER OF STORY
How Telling Our Truths Can Set Us Free by Judith Fertig
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fter his deployment in Iraq, U.S. Marine Captain Tyler Boudreau returned home in 2004 with post-traumatic stress syndrome and an emotional war wound that experts now call a “moral injury”. He could only sleep for an hour or two at night. He refused to take showers or leave the house for long periods of time. He and his wife divorced. “My body was home, but my head was still there [in Iraq],” he recounts. At first, Boudreau tried to make sense of his conflicted feelings by writing fiction. Then he wrote a detailed, nonfiction analysis of his deployment, but that didn’t help, either. In 2009 he wrote a memoir, Packing Inferno: The Unmaking of a Marine, that came closer to conveying his personal truth. “I needed to get back into the story,” he says, so he could pull his life back together in Northampton, Massachusetts. Like Boudreau, we all have stories—ongoing and ever-changing—that we tell ourselves to make sense of our lives. They can help us heal and powerfully guide us through life, or just as powerfully, hold us back.
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In 1949, Sarah Lawrence College Professor Joseph Campbell published The Hero with a Thousand Faces, in which he outlined a master monomyth. It involves leaving everyday life and answering a call to adventure, getting help from others along the way, facing adversity and returning with a gift, or boon, for ourselves and others. It’s a basic pattern of human existence, with endless variations.
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How does telling our truth help heal our body? Professor James Pennebaker, Ph.D., chair of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, is a pioneer in the mindbody benefits of story, which he explores in Opening Up: The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions. In the late 1980s, while consulting for the Texas prison system, Pennebaker discovered that when suspects lied while taking polygraph tests, their heart rate rose, but when they confessed the truth, they relaxed. “Our cells know the truth,” writes microbiologist Sondra Barrett, Ph.D., who also blogs at SondraBarrett.com, in Secrets of Your Cells, “Our physiol-
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ogy responds to what we’re thinking, including what we don’t want people to know.” When we are afraid to tell a story and keep it in, “Our cells broadcast a signal of danger,” she explains. “Molecules of adrenalin, along with stress hormones, connect with receptors on heart, muscle and lung cells— and in the case of long-term sustained stress, immune cells.” We experience increased heart rate, tense muscles, shortness of breath and lower immunity when we’re stressed. She notes, “When we release the stories and feelings that torment us, our cells respond with great relief and once again become havens of safety.” We need to tell our stories even in facing life-threatening illness, and maybe because of it. Dr. Shayna Watson, an oncologist at the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario, in Canada, encourages physicians to listen to patients. “In the name of efficiency,” she reports in an article in Canadian Family Physician, “it’s easy to block out patients’ stories and deal only with the ‘facts’, to see the chat, the time and the stories as luxuries for when there is a cancellation. The study of narrative tells us, however, that in these easily neglected moments we might find more than we expect; there can be understanding, relationship building and healing—the elements of our common humanity.” A current problem is but a dot on the entire timeline of a person’s existence. By keeping their larger story in mind, patients can find a wider perspective, with the strength and resolve to heal, while the physician can see the patient as a person, rather than a diagnosis.
Power to Heal Emotions
“Telling your story may be the most powerful medicine on Earth,” says Dr. Lissa Rankin, the author of Mind Over Medicine, who practices integrative medicine in Mill Valley, California. She’s tested the concept firsthand. “So many of us are tormented by the insane idea that we’re separate, disconnected beings, suffering all by our little lonesome selves,” she observes. “That’s exactly how I felt when I started blogging, as if I was the only one in the whole wide
world who had lost her mojo and longed to get it back. Then I started telling my story—and voilà! Millions of people responded to tell me how they had once lost theirs and since gotten it back.” They did it by telling their stories, witnessed with loving attention by others that care. “Each of us is a constantly unfolding narrative, a hero in a novel no one else can write. Yet, so many of us leave our stories untold, our songs unsung,” remarks Rankin. “When this happens, we wind up feeling lonely, listless and out of touch with our life purpose. We are plagued with a chronic sense that something is out of alignment. We may even wind up feeling unworthy, unloved or sick,” says Rankin, who blogs on related topics at LissaRankin.com.
Power to Heal a Family
Sometimes, writing a new story can help keep families connected. Kansas City, Missouri, author and columnist Deborah Shouse took an unplanned and unwanted, yet ultimately rewarding journey with her mother through Alzheimer’s disease. Shouse discovered that as her mother was losing her memory and identity through dementia, crafting a new narrative helped her family hold it together, a process she details in Love in the Land of Dementia. “You have to celebrate the person who is still with you,” Shouse says, noting we may discover a different, but still interesting, person that communicates in ways other than talking. She recommends employing a technique she calls The Hero Project, which she developed with her partner, Ron Zoglin. It uses words, photos and craft supplies in what Shouse
“By sharing our stories together and finding common ground, we lay the groundwork for world peace and much more.” ~Rev. Patrick McCollum terms “word-scrapping” to generate and tell a new story that helps keep the personal connection we have with our loved one and make visits more positive. She shares more supportive insights at DeborahShouseWrites.wordpress.com. Sharing an old story may also provide a rare link to the past for a person with dementia. “Savor and write down the stories you’re told, even if you hear certain ones many times,” Shouse counsels. “By writing down the most often-repeated stories, you create a legacy to share with family, friends and other caregivers.”
Power of the Wrong Story
Our thoughts are a shorthand version of a longer life story, says author Byron Katie, a self-help specialist from Ojai, California, who addresses reader stories via blog posts at ByronKatie.com. Sometimes we tell ourselves the wrong story, one that keeps us from realizing our full potential, while making us miserable at the same time. Examples might include “I will always be overweight,” “My partner doesn’t love me” or “I’m stuck here.” Katie’s book, Who Would You Be Without Your Story? explores how we often take what happens in our lives, create a story with negative overtones,
believe that version of the story and make ourselves unhappy. “The cause of suffering is the thought that we’re believing it,” she says. By questioning our stories, turning them around and crafting new and more truthful ones, we can change our lives.
Power to Heal the Community
Humorist, speaker, and professional storyteller Kim Weitkamp, of Christiansburg, Virginia, knows that the power of story creates wider ripples. She sees it happen every time she performs at festivals and events around the country. “It is naturally in our DNA to communicate in story form,” she advises. “The power of story causes great revelation and change in those that listen.” She cites supporting studies conducted by psychologists Marshall Duke, Ph.D., and Robyn Fivush, Ph.D., at the Emory Center for Myth and Ritual in American Life, in Atlanta, Georgia. “They found that children—at ages 4, 14, 44 or 104, because we’re all children at heart—are more resilient and happy and rebound faster from stress when they know their family stories. They know they’re part of something that’s bigger than themselves that people in their family have kept going,” says Weitkamp. “When people leave a storytelling event, they leave telling stories,” she says with a smile, “and that results in happier and healthier families and communities.” Judith Fertig tells stories about food at AlfrescoFoodAndLifestyle.blogspot.com from Overland Park, KS.
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hen President John F. Kennedy said in 1961 that the U.S. should commit to sending a man to the moon and return him safely by the end of the decade, few suspected the bounty of technological spinoffs that such National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) space missions would yield. Today, many of NASA’s research advancements, as well as technologies developed outside the space program, are put to good use in everyday life. Of particular interest are products used in fitness workouts. ABI Research, a technology market intelligence company, revealed the growing popularity of consumer health and wellness technologies in its latest market projections for wearable, healthrelated devices. Estimates are that 80 million wearable monitoring devices, including heart monitors and biosensors that read body temperature and motion, will be sold by 2016. When Clint, a global market research firm, conducted its most recent Fitness and Technology Survey, its findings showed technology at work. Based on 745 online interviews with people in seven countries, 72 percent of exercisers embraced some type of technology, including smartphone apps, to support their fitness routines two or more times a week. In recent years, amateur and professional athletes have increasingly
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benefited from technological advances that help them chart, improve upon and customize their fitness routines. Tracking fitness progress and weight loss is now just clicks away with personal devices such as a Wi-Fi scale, which accurately measures weight, body fat percentage and body mass index. Online graphs chart the individual’s progress. While the typical setting for measuring blood pressure and heart rate used to be in a physician’s office, hospital or pharmacy, new digital wrist blood pressure and heart monitors now allow exercise enthusiasts to do it themselves, wherever they are, helping ensure they are not exceeding the safety parameters of their fitness programs. User-friendly digital pocket pedometers and wireless activityduring-sleep wristbands both work in conjunction with a downloaded app to allow self-monitoring. Exercisers can track steps; distances walked cycled or swum; calories burned; total active minutes; and how long and how well they sleep. In some U.S. fitness centers, members have an option of working with an automated, virtual, personal trainer. This almost-do-it-yourself approach to professionally guided fitness begins with a survey of an individual’s lifestyle and goals to create a personalized fitness regimen. Each time exercisers go to the
center, they insert a key into a “smart trainer”, generating the day’s 30-minute customized workout. The technology focuses primarily on helping clients manage weight and maintain muscle. Other technologies, such as medical-grade, pneumatic [air] compression boot systems, are facilitating athome recovery for hip and knee surgery patients and quicker muscle recovery for serious athletes. Air-filled chambers remain inflated as pressure cycles sequentially move from the foot up the leg. The cycles flush out waste and replenish blood supplies to the muscles. More complex bio-analyzing systems retrieve feedback from the body’s electromagnetic fields, the multiple energy meridians and the frequencies of the body’s cells and organs. “Such systems are largely used by chiropractors, naturopaths, physical therapists and acupuncturists,” says Loran Swensen, CEO of Innergy Development, which owns AO Scan, maker of the Magnetic Resonance Bio-Analyzer. For people that struggle with traditional workouts or physical limitations, whole-body vibration technology may be a solution. “When you stand on the oscillating platform, the body reacts to the vertical vibratory stimulus with an involuntary muscle contraction; depending on the speed, muscles can react up to 23 times per second,” advises Linda Craig, co-owner of Circulation Nation, in Greer, South Carolina. Similar platforms are becoming commonplace in chiropractic practices. Consumer applications of medical devices have led to the home use of additional sophisticated technologies like laser therapy. Successfully used for more than 30 years in Europe to treat trauma, inflammation, overuse injuries and cosmetic issues, as well as to provide pain relief and healing, some forms have recently been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. With 129,397,925 gym members worldwide according to a recent International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association report, it’s safe to predict that consumer demand ensures even more significant technological advances are in our near future.
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en in general take pride in strenuous working and sporting activities that place tremendous stress on the musculoskeletal system. Working in the construction industry, manufacturing, forestry, the military and other high physical demand jobs are areas where men excel. The masculine gender also shows an inclination toward physically demanding recreation and sporting activities such as boxing, wrestling, football and other physical contact sports. Men are therefore at risk for suffering a variety of musculoskeletal injuries, and their life demands often do not permit for enough downtime to allow injuries to heal or for the long recovery period following surgical interventions. Prolotherapy is a recognized nonsurgical treatment alternative for painful conditions that stimulates the body's natural healing processes to strengthen joints weakened by trauma or arthritis. Joints weakened when ligaments and tendons are stretched, torn or fragmented become hypermobile and painful. Men commonly suffer from pubic symphysis (a fibrocartilaginous fusion between two bones) pain following a previous injury or while playing contact sports. The pubic symphysis joint may be stressed whenever the leg is pulled out from underneath a person, as can occur during a hit or a tackle. Swimmers that do the breast stroke often suffer groin pain from a pubic symphysis injury. Traditional approaches with anti-inflammatory drugs and surgery often fail to stabilize the joint and relieve pain permanently. Regenerative medicine such as prolotherapy is the wave of the future because it stimulates the body to repair itself naturally, leaving stronger cartilage, tendons, ligaments and fascia. The treatment is 80 to 90 percent successful in treating a number of musculoskeletal conditions, and can be used to treat any painful joint or spine condition that involves damage or overstretched liga-
ments and tendons. Historically, it is the same treatment which Julius Caesar and his gladiators used to heal themselves centuries ago. The treatment leads to growth of new ligament or tendon tissue in areas where these structures have become weakened. Ligaments hold bone to bone, whereas tendons hold muscle to bone. Ligaments and tendons can become weakened with overuse or be injured when exposed to excess stress. Ligaments and tendons only have so much ability
to stretch before they tear, and are then slow to heal because of a low blood supply. Resultant pain from the damage to these structures is common because of the high number of nerves involved. Old injuries to ligaments and tendons can be a common source of chronic pain years after the injury. Prolotherapy, at the simplest level, uses a solution of dextrose (sugar) and a local anesthetic such as procaine or lidocaine that is injected into the ligament and/or tendon where it attaches to the bone. The sugar in the solution triggers a localized inflammatory response that stimulates blood flow into the area. As new blood flow enters the old injury, growth factors, nutrients and fibroblast cells stimulate healing of the tissue. The dextrose is the stimulant, but the body has the innate ability to do the healing itself. In some instances, where a stronger healing response is needed, the patient will require platelet-rich plasma therapy or stem cell prolotherapy. Stem cells are extracted from the bone marrow or from fatty tissues. Some patients may require techniques such as trigger point therapy, neural prolotherapy and acupuncture, in addition to prolotherapy. There is also another form of prolotherapy called prolozone prolotherapy, which utilizes medical-grade ozone injected into the joints, along with other healing homeopathic solutions to promote cartilage growth and to reduce pain. Most patients typically require three to six treatments, administered from two to four weeks apart, depending on the severity of the condition and the patient’s overall healing ability. Occasionally, a patient may require more than six treatments as well as other therapies. All joints in the body can be successfully treated with prolotherapy. Anyone with a history of injury and unresolved pain should consider it. If they have pain that arises after standing too long and then goes away briefly while sitting, only to force them to get up again, awake with pain that gets better with movement or have pain that gets worse when they put stress on a joint, prolotherapy should be considered. Sheila Mohammed, M.D., Ph.D., is the owner of Industrial Medicine Institute, located at 4542 Alba St., in Pace. Contact her at 850-736-8401.
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inger-songwriter Jack Johnson’s touring concerts have almost always doubled as fundraisers for local environmental nonprofits. “Early on, we recognized that we could not only fill a room, but also raise funds and awareness for nonprofit groups we believe in,” says Johnson. Then, as he started playing larger venues, “I realized the power of touring to connect our fans with local nonprofits in every town we played.” Johnson and his wife, Kim, also founded two environmentally focused charitable foundations, and during the past five years, all of his tour proceeds have been donated to them, in turn going to hundreds of environmental education nonprofits worldwide. The enabling commercial success began in 2001 when his debut album successfully established this Oahu, Hawaiian’s trademark mellow surf-rocker style. Since then, he’s released five more studio albums, including the most recent, From Here to Now to You. “While I have so much gratitude for the support our music receives, for me, music has always been a hobby, a side thing. It grew into a way to work in the nonprofit world. Being engaged in environmental education almost feels like my real job, and the music’s something we’re lucky enough to provide to fund related causes,” says Johnson. As the size of his audiences grows, so does the size of his potential environmental footprint. On the road, Johnson’s team works with the Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance to fuel
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all tour trucks, buses and generators. Comprehensive conservation efforts including refillable water bottle stations, plus organic cotton T-shirts and reusable or biodegradable food service ware are standard at his shows. “We try to be environmentally conscious every step of the way,” says Johnson. “Our record cases and posters use recycled paper and ecofriendly inks. We record albums in my solar-powered studio. It’s an ongoing learning process and conversation as we find even better ways to do things.” Johnson’s team often requests increased recycling efforts and use of energy-efficient light bulbs at venues, advancing long-term eco-changes everywhere they perform. He explains, “Our thinking is that once they change the light bulbs for us, they’re not going to go back to the old light bulbs after we leave. Many venue managers tell us they have stuck with the improvements because they realize that they’re easy to do.” Marine pollution and single-use plastics are issues high on the musician’s environmental list, but the topic he’s most passionate about is food. In his home state of Hawaii, 90 percent of food is imported. “The idea of supporting your local food system is a big deal in our family and we take that point of view on the road because it’s a vital issue anywhere you go,” he says. At each tour stop, all of the band’s food is sourced within a specific radius. Johnson also works with radio stations to promote regional farming, helping to build community and fan awareness of the benefits of supporting local farms. At home, Johnson has solar panels on the roof and drives an electric car. The entire family, including three children, participates in recycling, worm composting and gardening. “It’s fun to take what we learn at home on the road and bring good things we learn on the road home,” he says. The Swiss Family Robinson is one of the family’s favorite books. “We love figuring out ways to apply ideas,” he remarks. “For our first water catchment system, we got 50-gallon drums previously used for oil and vinegar from a bread bakery and attached spigots. The kids were so excited to watch them fill the first time it rained.” Johnson finds that all of the facets of his life work together. For example, “Music is a social thing for me. I get to share it with people. Surfing is where I find a lot of balance; it’s a more private time. But I also come up with lyrics and musical ideas while I’m surfing.” Johnson’s approach to inspiring all generations to be conscious of the environment is to focus on the fun, because it’s easy to become overwhelmed by the big picture. Understanding that his own kids are among the future stewards of planet Earth, he works diligently to instill values of creativity and free thinking. Johnson reflects, “When I look at things that are in the world now that we would have never dreamed possible when we were growing up, I recognize how much can change in one generation. Looking for answers that aren’t there yet—things nobody’s thought of—that’s what’s going to solve problems.” Meredith Montgomery publishes Natural Awakenings of Mobile/Baldwin, AL (HealthyLivingHealthyPlanet.com).
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Whether it’s membership in a food co-op, tending a backyard garden or balcony tomato plant or foraging in the woods for edibles, living off the land means cleaner, fresher and more nutritious food on the table.
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o switch from running to the market to stepping into a home garden for fresh produce, it’s best to start small. Smart gardeners know it’s easy to be overwhelmed by a big plot so they plan ahead with like-minded friends to swap beans for tomatoes or zucchini for okra to add variety. If one household is more suited to freezing excess harvests while another cans or dehydrates, more trades are in the offing. Start kids by having them plant radishes, a crop that will give even the most impatient child quick results. “You can’t do everything yourself,” counsels Kathie Lapcevic, a farmer, freelance writer and teacher in Columbia Falls, Montana. “I have a huge garden, expanded now into about 7,000 square feet, that provides 65 percent of what our family eats,” she says. “On the other hand, I can’t imagine life without nut butter and found I can’t grow Brussels sprouts. A few trips to the store are inevitable.” Lapcevic plants non-GMO, heirloom varieties of seeds in her chemicalfree garden. She adds a new variety or two each year and reminds peers that it takes a while to build good soil. Three years ago, she also added pollinator beehives on the property. Their honey
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reduces the amount of processed sugar the family uses. From Libby, Montana, Chaya Foedus blogs on her store website PantryParatus.com about kitchen selfsufficiency. “Foraging is a good way to give children a full sensory experience,” she remarks. “We turn a hike into a mission to find and learn about specific foods, where they come from and what to do with them.” To start, select one easily identifiable item for the kids to pick. “In Libby, that’s huckleberries,” says Foedus. “Similar to blueberries, they grow on a bush, so they’re easy to see and pick. Huckleberries don’t grow in captivity—it’s a completely foraged economy.” Michelle Boatright, a graphic designer and hunter of wild plants in Bristol, Tennessee, learned eco-friendly ways to forage from a game warden friend. Five years later, her bookcase holds 30 books on edible plants—she brings two with her on excursions. “When in doubt, leave a plant alone. It’s too easy to make a mistake,” she advises. “Know how to harvest, too—take only about 10 percent of what’s there and leave the roots, so it can grow back. “For example, ramps, a wild leek, take seven years to cultivate,” says
We all need to be responsible for our own space; a custodian of the land. Boatright. “Overharvesting can wipe out years’ worth of growth. In Tennessee, it’s illegal to harvest ramps in state parks. Mushrooms are more apt to regrow, but leave the small ones.” As for meat, “I was raised to never shoot a gun, but to make my own bows and arrows,” recalls Bennett Rea, a writer and survivalist in Los Angeles, California. “Dad used Native American skills, tools and viewpoints when he hunted. Bow hunting kept our family from going hungry for a few lean years and was always done with reverence. It’s wise to take only what you need, use what you take and remember an animal gave its life to sustain yours.” Rea uses several methods for obtaining local foods. “Living here makes it easier due to the year-round growing season. For produce, I volunteer for a local CSA [community supported agriculture] collective. One hour of volunteering earns 11 pounds of free, sustainably farmed, organic produce—everything from kale to tangerines to cilantro. “Bartering is also an increasingly popular trend,” he notes. “I make my own hot sauce and trade it for highend foods and coffee from friends and neighbors. Several of us have now rented a plot in a community garden to grow more of our own vegetables. I only buy from stores the items I can’t trade for or make myself—usually oats, milk, cheese and olive oil.” Truly good food is thoughtfully, sustainably grown or harvested. It travels fewer miles; hasn’t been sprayed with toxins or been chemically fertilized; is fresh; ripens on the plant, not in a truck or the store; and doesn’t come from a factory farm. The old saying applies here: “If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.” Avery Mack is a freelance writer in St. Louis, MO. Connect via AveryMack@mindspring.com.
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Foraging 101 by Chaya Foedus 4 Start small. 4 Get permission before picking on private property. 4 It’s easy to mistake a poisonous lookalike for an edible plant. Learn to identify both before picking. 4 Skip the mushrooms at first—learn from an experienced mushroomer before going solo.
4 Make sure no chemical fertilizers or pesticides were used. 4 Always taste-test at home; the woods are not the place to cope with a surprise allergic reaction. 4 Make a day of it. Enjoy the out doors, learn more about native plants and invite kindred spirits along on the hunt.
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hristopher Nyerges, of Pasadena, California, author of Guide to Wild Food and Useful Plants and Foraging California, has spent 40 years teaching others to find free food safely as part of an ongoing curriculum (SchoolOfSelfReliance.com). He knows, “Wherever you live, common weeds and native plants can supplement food on the table.” He particularly likes to use acorns as a food extender, grinding them into a powder and mixing it 50/50 with flour to make bread and pancakes. For greens, he likes lamb’s quarters (Chenopodium album), a weed that crowds out native plants, but is easily found, nutritious and versatile. He uses the leaves like spinach and adds the seeds to soup or bread batter. He likens it to quinoa. Nyerges characterizes himself as a lazy gardener. “Forget having a traditional lawn. Grow food, not grass,” he says. “I like plants that take care of themselves and then of me.” Purslane (Portulaca oleracea) and New Zealand spinach (Tetragonia tetragonioides) are good edible ground covers. Purslane leaves add a lemon-pepper crunch. “If the neighbors complain, plant some nasturtiums—they’re pretty and good to eat, too,” he notes. Varieties of cactus, like the prickly pear, are also edible; remove the thorns and cook the pads with tofu or eggs. “I’m all for using technology, but know how to get by without it, too,” Nyerges advises. “There’s no such thing as total self-sufficiency. What we can be is self-reliant and knowledgeable users. Begin by learning and applying one thing.” He’s found, “There aren’t directions to follow; the path to selfreliance is different for each person.”
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An essential catalyst for this change usually comes from experiencing personal wounding: being overlooked for a promotion, feeling redundant, losing a friend or status or perhaps sacrificing a former identity to parenthood. Ultimately, the true test is how he faces such failure and deals with his emotions without labeling himself as weak. The hallmark of mature manhood is how a guy acknowledges his diminishment, not how he manages success. When he stops hiding from himself, signs of his emerging as a mature hero, an alpha wolf, will appear. He’ll recognize that he makes mistakes, absorb and acknowledge his vulnerability, admit he doesn’t know all the answers and become comfortable with this loss of control. These are the lessons a man must learn to become a more realistic, whole and three-di-
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Practical Tips
Breathe. Belly breathing calms the parasympathetic nervous system, expands lung capacity and improves circulation. Inhale through the nose, fill the belly and expel through the mouth, advises Asheville, North Carolina, resident Katherine Dreyer, co-founder and CEO of ChiWalking. Try new techniques and terrain. “The body is smart and efficient. It must be constantly challenged in safe ways and tricked into burning more calories,” says Malin Svensson, founder and President of Nordic Walking USA. She suggests taking the stairs or strolling on sand to strengthen the legs and heart.
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Dreyer recommends ascending hills sideways (crossing one foot over the other) to engage new muscles and protect the calves and Achilles tendons. She also suggests walking backwards for 30 steps every five minutes during a 30-minute walk to reestablish proper posture. Push with poles. Compelling the body forward with Nordic walking poles can burn 20 to 46 percent more calories than regular walking, reports Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. Svensson explains, “Applying pressure to the poles activates abdominal, chest, back and triceps muscles, which necessitates more oxygen and thereby raises the heart rate.” The basic technique is: plant, push and walk away.
Mindful Tips
Feel the Earth move under your (bare) feet. Improve mood, reduce pain and deepen sleep by going outside barefoot, says Dr. Laura Koniver, of Charleston, South Carolina, a featured expert in the documentary, The Grounded. “The Earth’s surface contains an infinite reservoir of free electrons, which, upon contact with the body, can neutralize damage from free radicals,” she says.
Notice nature. Alexandra Horowitz, author of On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes, finds walking outdoors infinitely more engaging than exercising in the gym. Seek out woodsy hikes, scenic waterways or historic downtowns, and “open up to experiencing the world,” she says. Practice moving meditation. To lighten a heavy mood, “Imagine your chest as a window through which energy, fresh air, sunshine, even rain, can pour into and through you as you walk,” says Dreyer. To ground a scattered mind, she suggests focusing on connecting one’s feet with the Earth.
Creative Tips
Make fresh air a social affair. A group walk can boost performance levels of participants, says Dennis Michele, president of the American Volkssport Association, which promotes fun, fitness and friendship through noncompetitive, year-round walking events. Horowitz suggests strolling with friends and sharing sensory discoveries. “A fresh perspective can help tune you into the great richness of ordinary environments often overlooked,” she says.
Let your feet speak for an important cause and sign up for an awareness walk. Ditch the distraction of electronic devices. Horowitz views walking texters as “hazards and obstacles, non-participants in the environment.” Australian researcher Siobhan Schabrun, Ph.D., reveals the science behind the sentiment in her recent University of Queensland study. The brain, she found, prioritizes texting over walking, resulting in “slowing down, deviating from a straight line and walking like robots, with the arms, trunk and head in one rigid line, which makes falling more likely.” Walking a dog brings mutual benefits. Dr. John Marshall, chief oncologist at Georgetown University Hospital, in Washington, D.C., prescribes dog walking to his cancer patients, asserting it yields better outcomes than chemotherapy. For maximum enjoyment, strive to hit a stride, advises Carla Ferris, owner of Washington, D.C. dog-walking company Wagamuffin.
Be a fanny pack fan. Fanny packs, unlike backpacks, which can disturb natural torso rotation, comfortably store identification, phone, keys and water, says Svensson. Ferris agrees: “Walks are so much more enjoyable hands-free.” Walk while you work. Much of the independent and collaborative work at Minneapolis finance company SALO emerges as employees walk slowly on ergonomic treadmill desks. “Being up, active and forward-moving on the treadmill benefits productivity,” says cofounder Amy Langer. Alternatively, consider investing in a cordless headset or standing desk. “Most anything you can do sitting, you can do standing, and supporting your own body weight is almost as beneficial as walking,” she says. A study reported in the journal Diabetologia suggests that sedentary time combined with periods of moderate-to-vigorous exercise poses a greater health risk than being gently active throughout the day. Dreyer’s mantra? “The body is wise. Listen when it says, ‘Get up and walk a bit.’” Lane Vail is a freelance writer in South Carolina. Connect at WriterLane.com.
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feet, looking up at them,” advises Lili Colby, owner of MTI Adventurewear, near Boston, Massachusetts, which makes life jackets for paddle sports. She notes that U.S. Coast Guard law requires that children 30 pounds and under wear infant life jackets to provide special head and neck support that turns a baby’s face up with an open airway within three seconds of entering the water. It’s a good idea to first practice paddling short distances in shallow waters near the shore. Toddlers are more likely to lean overboard to play in the water, Colby cautions, so engaging in nature-inspired games along the way will help occupy them onboard. “Young children introduced to water sports in the context of positive family interaction typically become eager to paddle on their own,” observes Tina Fetten, owner of Southern Tier Stand Up Paddle Corp., who leads a variety of SUP experiences throughout New York and northern Pennsylvania. “If they are strong swimmers, I bring them on a large board with me and teach them the skills for independent paddling.” Although SUP boards look like
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What was the key turning point in embracing your life’s calling? Every time I would visit a spiritual teacher as a kid, they would say, “We’ve been waiting for you.” But I just wanted to be normal and was also skeptical; not every well-intentioned person is necessarily leading you home. I reached a turning point when I knew something had to change. I told myself that if this thing called God really exists and if I’m here to be a messenger, I have to experience it personally. In that moment, I began to undergo a transformation that culminated in a direct experience of the divine; an infinite ocean of energy vibrating with unconditional love. I felt part of what every spiritual teacher has been telling the world for thousands of years: that the true nature of reality is love, a love that expresses itself through all life forms. That experience allowed me to accept my role of helping others see and achieve their potential.
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We are vibrational beings inhabiting a vibrational universe. Yogis and mystics from traditions throughout time have known this. The subtlest form of vibration is the soul, which is overlaid by the emotional, with the physical as the outermost layer of energy. Because the emotional layer can accumulate a density that enshrouds our soul’s light and potential, it’s important to address it. Energy is like water—it wants to flow and can shift states at any moment. Judging or rejecting any aspect of our genuine identity disrupts that flow of energy. For example, if instead of being available to feel your anger when it arises you repress or deny it, that accumulating emotion acquires density and over time, becomes rage. But if you can learn to slow down and lean into the emotion, the anger can wash through and out of you and energy again flows freely. By allowing ourselves to acknowledge, experience and release these emotions without judgment, we are clearing the obstacles to our authentic self, what I term one’s “soul signature”.
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Celebrating Women’s Health – 6:30-8:30pm. Explore ways to replenish the body, prevent symptoms of depleted hormones, reduce stress and regain the optimism that women need to maintain peaceful vitality in their active and demanding lives. $5. Unity of Pensacola Fellowship Hall, 716 North 9th Ave, Pensacola. 850-380-4943. LaurieAzzarella@gmail.com.
Overview of Herbal Medicine – 10am-12pm. What is the difference between an infusion and a decoction? Learn to use inexpensive bulk herbs to cure your family’s ailments and discomforts. Class covers infusions, decoctions, tinctures, capsules and salves. $25. Esther’s Garden of Healing, 8184 Navarre Pkwy, Navarre. 850-684-3230. EsthersGardenOfHealing@live.com.
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Cooking to Decrease Inflammation – 6:30pm8:30pm. Get your vitality back and say good-bye to brain fog and feeling sluggish. Class shows how a diet regimen can lead to inflammatory illnesses such as thyroid, heart disease and fibromyalgia. $25. Esther’s Garden of Healing, 8184 Navarre Pkwy, Navarre. 850-684-3230. EsthersGardenOfHealing@live.com.
Women’s Health through Herbalism and Aromatherapy – 6:30pm-8:30pm. Detailing remedies beginning in the puberty years for unbalanced hormones and ending with those difficult menopause years, this class – a must for every female – will discuss the world of herbs and herbal remedies. $20. Esther’s Garden of Healing, 8184 Navarre Pkwy, Navarre. 850-684-3230. EsthersGardenOfHealing@live.com.
DIY Natural Cleaners – 6:30-8:30pm. Learn to use products you already have on hand to deep clean your home. Go deeper than baking soda and vinegar; get recipes for wood polish, oven cleaner, carpet shampoo, car wash and more. $15. Esther’s Garden of Healing, 8184 Navarre Pkwy, Navarre. 850-684-3230. EsthersGardenOfHealing@live.com.
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Massage Convention and Tradeshow – Jun 26-29. The largest trade show for the massage professional, it’s where they enhance and expand their professional skills. Outstanding CE classes, pleanty of fun activities. Check website for details. Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld, Sea Harbor Dr. MyFSMTA.org.
TUESDAY, JUNE 10 Healing Meditation for Hips & Knees: Alice McCall – 6-7pm. Experience deep clearing and transformation at the cellular level. Hips and knees hold onto life experiences and negative energy, so this is great for prevention and healing. Via teleconference, reservations required. 850-585-5496. AliceMcCall@earthlink.net. HealingPath.info.
Gallery Night Open House – 6-8pm. Enjoy hors d’oevres while perusing the photography of Shawna Guheen and learning about the upcoming workshops, classes, and benefits of natural healing at Allegria Center for Well Being 327 E Romana St. Pensacola. 830-332-5662. AllegriaMassag.com
Herb Gardening: Seed to Harvest – 6:308:30pm. Esther’s is offering a class on how to plant, care for and harvest both culinary and medicinal herbs. Available are heirloom seeds for many herbs not usually available, such as Comfrey, which heals wounds. $15. Esther’s Garden of Healing, 8184 Navarre Pkwy, Navarre. 850-6843230. EsthersGardenOfHealing@live.com.
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Summer Solstice Event – 9:30-11am. The solstice brings powerful energy that we will harness for deep, transformative, inner work. Closes with alignment work fully connecting you with sky and earth. Via teleconference, reservations required. 850-585-5496. AliceMcCall@earthlink. net. HealingPath.info.com
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Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity – 7pm. A 7-week course of life-changing material to make you consciously aware of the spiritual laws of giving and receiving. If you passionately practice these spiritual principles your life will change. Loveoffering. Unity of Pensacola, Fellowship Hall, 716 N 9th Ave, Pensacola. 850-438-2277. UnityPns.org.
Soap Making Basics – 1-3pm. Learn the difference between hot and cold process soap, the kinds of lye and fats that can be used, and why soap nuts are a great laundry alternative. Make hot process liquid Castile soap and a bar soap you get to take home. $25. Esther’s Garden of Healing, 8184 Navarre Pkwy, Navarre. 850684-3230. EsthersGardenOfHealing@live.com.
Propel Forward Meditation: Alice McCall – 3-4pm. Have you been reaching for the next step on your spiritual journey? This meditation will help lift you to your next level utilizing traditional shamanic support. Via teleconference, reservations required. 850-585-5496. AliceMcCall@ earthlink.net. HealingPath.info.
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Take Shape for Life – 12-2pm . Pensacola Cooks Summer Camp for Kids: The Flavors of Five Flags – Thru June 6. 9am-012pm and 2-5pm.
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Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) Meeting – 7:30-8:30pm.
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Yoga 6 pm – 7 pm. Every Tues. You must be 18+ to attend. Free
Reiki Healing with Susie Gerard – 2-4pm.
Twin Hearts Meditation/Pranic Healing – 7:158:30pm. Every Tues. Promotes wellness and stress reduction. Free
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Transgender Alliance Meeting – 4-6pm. Integrate: A Trauma Sensitive Yoga Class – 6-7pm. Helps students by encouraging practice, through asana and breath, of listening to the body in a respectful way. Free.
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Veterans Community Meeting – 3-5pm.
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Pensacola Cooks for Preschool Chefs – 11am12pm. Kids make foods using picture card recipes.
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Mind, Body, Spirit group of Florida – 6-8pm. Bringing together people of various cultural/spiritual backgrounds for education/awareness. Ever’man Cooperative seating area.
How to Stay Young at 100 – 10am-12pm. Dr. Steele Smith, Advanced Family Chiropractic.
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LGBT Pride Week Movie Marathon – 12-9pm.
Integrate: A Trauma Sensitive Yoga Class – 6-7pm.
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SUNDAY JUNE 22 TUESDAY JUNE 24 Meditation/Pranic Healing Clinic – 7:15 pm – 8:30pm
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FRIDAY JUNE 13
Integrate: A Trauma Sensitive Yoga Class 6 pm – 7 pm
Gay Grassroots Meeting – 6-7pm.
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SATURDAY JUNE 14 Esther’s Garden of Healing: Overview of Herbal Medicine – 11am-1pm. Unleash the Power of the Conscious Mind using NLP – 2-3pm. Trish Taylor from Taylored NLP.
Pensacola Cooks for Preschool Chefs – 11am12pm. Kids make foods using picture card recipes.
SUNDAY JUNE 29 Take Shape for Life – 12-2pm.
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Pilates Equipment Classes – Mon, 9 & 5:30pm; Tues, 8am, 11:30am, 6pm; Wed, 9am; Thurs, 8am, 11:30am, 6:00pm; Fri, 9am, Sat, 10am. $28/drop in, $22/account. Pure Pilates, 221 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze. 850-932-3424. PurePilatesPensacola.com.
TRX and Aerial Movement Classes – Come hang from the ceiling and strengthen your core, tone your arms and legs, and decompress your spine. TRX Tue, 7am & Thur, 7am; Aerial Movement Fri, 8am. $28/drop in, $22/account. Pure Pilates, 221 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze. 850-932-3424. PurePilatesPensacola.com.
Yoga Classes – Mon, Vinyasa Flow 9:30am; Tues, Basics 8:30am, YogaFusion 5:30pm; Wed, Vinyasa Flow 5:30pm; Thurs, Basics 8:30am. $12/drop in, $10/account. Pure Pilates, 221 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze. 850-932-3424. PurePilatesPensacola.com. Restorative Yoga – 11:30am. Open to all Levels. Allegria Center for Well Being, 327 E Romana St Pensacola. Shawna Guheen, LMT. 850-332-5662. AllegriaMassage.com Barre Classes – Mon, 5:30pm; Wed, 7am; Thurs, 6pm. $12/drop in, $10/account. Pure Pilates, 221 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze. 850-932-3424. PurePilatesPensacola.com
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In The Flow Yoga – 5:30-6:30pm. For beginners and advanced practitioners, flow from rhythmic movement and laughter to flowing yogic postures and meditative stillness, all accompanied by live music. Bring a yoga mat. $10. Sanders Beach Community Center, 913 South I St, Pensacola. 850-436-5198. MDeMaria@ontos.org. ontos.org. Move into Wellness – 5:30-6:30pm. Movement exercises that promote health, including yoga, mudras, meditation, self-massage, stretching, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, deep breathing, rhythmic dancing and more. All levels welcome. $30, preregister. Perdido Bay Community Center, 13660 Innerarity Point Road, Pensacola. Cheryl: 850-492-4451. FoxCheryl@cox.net.
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Basic Yoga Classes – 8:30am. See schedule online for additional classes and times. $12/drop in, $10/ with a package. Pure Pilates, 221 Gulf Breeze Pkwy, Gulf Breeze. 850-932-3424. Info@purepilatespensacola.com. PurePilatesPensacola.com. Tuesday Mat Day – 8:30 & 9:30am. 8:30am, Advanced Mat; 9:45am, Beginning Mat: Beth Bradford instructing both classes. $15/drop-in, $10/ account. Pilates Core Training, 2130 Summit Blvd, Pensacola. 850-287-5836. PilatesCoreTraining.com. Modified Equipment Pilates – 4:30-5:30pm. Modified exercises for those needing extra assistance with back, neck, knee, shoulder or issues such as osteoporosis and arthritis; instructed by Lynette Ward, PT. $30/drop-in, $25/account. Pilates Core Training, 2130 Summit Blvd, Pensacola. 850-2875836. PilatesCoreTraining.com. Meditation – 6pm. 1st Tues. Guided meditation led by Reverend Jamie Sanders. Love offering. Unity of Pensacola, 716 North 9th Ave, Pens. 850-438-2277. Meditation & Pranic Healing Clinic – 7:15-9pm. MCKS Twin Heart’s meditation and Pranic Healing Clinic promoting general wellness/stress reduction. Free. Ever’man’s Natural Foods, Community Rm, 315 W Garden St, Pensacola. Lorraine Graves, PhD: 850-433-2042. PranicHealingOasis@gmail.com.
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wednesday Health Consultations – 9:30am- 6pm. One-onone with Herbalist Thomas Easley RH. A variety of assessment techniques used to identify the root cause of health issues. Appt req. Pace Wellness Center, 4958 Hwy 90. 850-994-5656. PaceWellnessCenter.com. Off the Vine Organic Produce Pick Up Milton – 12-6pm. Pre-order online by Sunday. PU Wed. Alternative Health Food Store, 5533 Hwy 90, Milton. 850-374-2181. OffTheVine.org.
Aerial Movement Classes – 5:30pm. Come hang from the ceiling with us and strengthen your core, tone your arms and legs, and decompress your spine. $28, $22/with a package. Pure Pilates, 221 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze. 850-932-3424. info@ purepilatespensacola.com. PurePilatesPensacola.com. Metaphysical Book Study – 6:30-8pm. A discusssion of important metaphysical texts. Currently using Discover the Power Within You. This is an open class with books available for use. Love offering. Unity of Gulf Breeze, 913 Gulf Breeze Parkway, #26, Harbourtown Village, Gulf Breeze. 850-9323076. UnityOfGulfBreeze.org.
Off the Vine Organic Produce Pick Up Pace – 1-5pm. Pre-order online by Sunday. PU Wed. The Wellness Center, 4958 US 90, Pace. 850-374-2181. OffTheVine.org.
Spiritual Living Discussion – 6:30-8:30pm. Learn spiritual living tools to transform your personal life and help make the world a better place. Love offering. Carolyn & Jim Vary’s home, 2385 Burr Oak Drive, Cantonment. 850-637-4488. JJVary@ gmail.com. SpiritualLivingPensacola.blogspot.com.
Off the Vine Organic Produce Pick Up Pensacola – 2-6pm. Pre-order online by Sunday. PU Wed. Aragon Wine Market, 27 S 9th Ave, Pensacola. 850-374-2181. OffTheVine.org.
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Off the Vine Organic Produce Pick Up Navarre – 2-6pm. Pre-order online by Sunday. PU Wed. Esther’s Garden of Healing, 8184 Navarre Pkwy, Navarre. 850-374-2181. OffTheVine.org. Off the Vine Organic Produce Pick Up Pensacola – 3-6pm. Pre-order online by Sunday. PU Wed. The Herb Shop, 4761-4 Bayou Blvd, Pensacola. 850374-2181. OffTheVine.org. Off the Vine Organic Produce Pick Up Pensacola – 3-6pm. Pre-order online by Sunday. PU Wed. Old Thyme Remedies, 2475 E 9 Mile Rd, Pensacola. 850-374-2181. OffTheVine.org. Peace Within Healing Meditation – 5:30-6:30pm. Guided healing meditation with sound healing makes this a unique experience. Bring mat, cover, pillow for a lying down meditation proven to help with PTSD, anxiety, depression, chronic pain and many other challenges. $10. Sanders Beach Community Center, 913 South I St, Pensacola. 850-4365198. MDeMaria@ontos.org.
of Gulf Breeze, 913 Gulf Breeze Parkway, #26, Harbourtown Village, Gulf Breeze. 850-932-3076. UnityOfGulfBreeze.org. Restorative Yoga – 7pm. Open to all Levels. Allegria Center for Well Being, 327 E Romana St Pensacola. Shawna Guheen, LMT. 850-332-5662. AllegriaMassage.com.
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Wellness Rocks Pensacola – 6-8pm. Professionals of integrative medicine and natural wellness provide educational presentations and workshops offering cutting-edge information and know-how on natural health, nutrition, fitness, personal growth and services that support a healthy lifestyle. Hosted by Natural Awakenings.a Free. Ever’man’s Community Room, 315 W Garden St, Pensacola. 850-6870826. Publisher@NWFNaturally.com. WellnessRocksNaturally.com. Community Acupuncture and Emotion Code Clinic – 6:30-8:30pm. Dr. Bonnie McLean is providing her Community Acupuncture Clinic for stress reduction, combined with Margie Kalaluhi’s Emotion Code sessions. $20/acup, $10/ec. 5012 Muldoon Cir, Pens. RSVP 850-457-3354. SpiritGateMedicine.com. Healing Meditation – 6:45pm. Experience meditation, music and healing prayer, with an opportunity to receive a brief reiki treatment, oneness blessing, or personal healing prayer. Love offering. Unity
Gyrokinesis Class – 9:15-10:45am. Work your entire body through spinal movements including gentle joint and rhythmic muscle undulation. $20/ drop-in, $15/account. Pilates Core Training, 2130 Summit Blvd, Pensacola. 850-287-5836. PilatesCoreTraining.com.
saturday Kundalini Yoga – 9-10:30am. Gentle Kundalini yoga, breathwork and meditation with Diana Waglis. $6/drop in, $20/4 classes. Unity of Gulf Breeze, 913 Gulf Breeze Parkway, #26, Harbourtown Village, Gulf Breeze. 850-932-3076. UnityOfGulfBreeze.org. Yoga for Life – 10am. Peace for the body, mind and soul. Perdido Bay Community Center, 13660 Innerarity Point Rd, Pensacola. 850-865-7144.
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