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WHY WE NEED WILD PLACES

HOW TO INVITE MORE WILDERNESS INTO OUR LIVES

EARTH DAY 2022 FOCUSES ON COLLECTIVE

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HEALTHY LIVING HEALTHY PLANET

The Ever-Changing Stream

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f you want to ruin your day, turn on the news, read the paper, or peruse any of the mainstream media about the current state of affairs in the world. It seems a biblical prophecy is playing out before our eyes. I don’t need to go into the particulars; you know what’s happening. It’s hard not to be consumed with all the misery and destruction.

But to quote the noted philosopher Billy Joel, “We didn’t start the fire.” It’s been burning for as long as humans have existed. As bad as you might think things are now, they’ve Daralyn & Scott Chase been worse and gotten better. That’s no consolation prize— every day brings something different, good and bad—but as my college biology teacher liked to say, “You can’t put your foot into the same stream twice.” The world is in a constant state of flux, so take a long, deep breath and exhale.

Things will change, and likely for the better. Realize there are many things out of your control. Just keep being the kind and gentle person you are.

Springtime itself is a cause for hope, proof that better times are always on the horizon. It’s when Earth shows us the kindest, gentlest version of herself, and when communities worldwide gather to celebrate her. Here in Northwest Florida, April’s warmer weather provides many opportunities to get outdoors and get together. Pensacola hosts VegFest on April 9 and then its own Earth Day festival on April 23. Meanwhile Fort Walton Beach will mark Earth Day with a land and water cleanup at Liza Jackson Park on April 23, and host the Musical Echoes Flute Festival, a family-friendly celebration of Native American culture, April 22 through 24 at Fort Walton Beach Landing. (You can find all the details on page 16 through 19.) After two tough pandemic years, we hope you’ll take advantage of these chances to reconnect with nature and each other.

Side note: While we’re all eager to put the pandemic in the rearview mirror, some people are still struggling with lingering covid symptoms. We’re grateful to Bonnie McLean, an acupuncturist and Chinese Medicine practitioner at Empathic Practice, in Pensacola, for sharing what she’s learned about “long-haul” covid and natural solutions for addressing it. Read more on page 22.

The April issue of Natural Awakenings has a strong focus on nature as a powerful source of healing and restoration. For everyone who laments the loss of natural landscapes to development, we encourage you to read “Why We Need Wild Places,” our feature story on page 26. Writer Sheryl DeVore discusses the connection between our well-being and biodiverse environments, and how we can restore them in our neighborhoods and communities. If you enjoy exploring wild places, consider using your smartphone as a tool to learn more about the flora and fauna around you. Sheryl’s article “Technology Meets Nature,” page 30, reviews a few of the apps that can make a walk in the woods an educational experience.

That’s just a taste of what we bring you this month. Please read, enjoy and recycle— or, better yet, pass the magazine along.

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Contents 16 EARTH DAY 2022

Focuses on Collective Responsibility

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20 THERMOGRAPHY ADVANTAGE

Breast Health and Beyond

24 BUZZ-FREE DRINKING The Healthy Rise of NonAlcoholic Beverages

26 WHY WE NEED WILD PLACES

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How to Invite Nature Back into Our Lives and Landscapes

30 TECHNOLOGY MEETS NATURE

Apps Bring Us Closer to Flora and Fauna

32 SPIRITED STRIDES Power Walk to Better Fitness

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36 NATURE SPEAKS Storytelling Connects Kids to the Natural World

38 EATING FOR THE PLANET Diet for a Climate Crisis

DEPARTMENTS 34 wise words 8 news briefs 36 healthy kid 10 health briefs 38 conscious 14 global briefs eating 16 event 44 calendar spotlights 24 healing ways 46 classifieds 47 resource guide 30 green living 32 fit body April 2022

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news briefs

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Ed Berry, who owned For the Health of It on 30A for more than 25 years, created the product line in 1995 and sold it at his store, where it was popular with patrons throughout the Gulf Coast, he says.

“This superfood utilizes bee pollen, royal jelly and other plant-based foods that are full of life-sustaining nutrients in all of our formulations,” Berry says. “Our formulations include a generous portion of bee pollen due to its active role in promoting a strong immune system, increased energy and an overall feeling of good health.”

The supplements are designed to be added to smoothies and drinks for a tasty energy and immune boost at home, he says.

All Earthquake Eddie Bee products are gluten free, dairy free and non-GMO. “We use only the finest ingredients, and the time-tested formulations we offer have been a part of our lives for many years,” Berry says. “You can find our products at your favorite health food stores and at other locations found on our website, eebsf.com.”

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A new type of immunotherapy that enables T-cells to fight cancer cells is proving hopeful for people with the deadly skin cancer melanoma, and a new study has found that a high-fiber diet improves the effectiveness of the therapy. Researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported in Science that, by analyzing the gut microbiome in hundreds of patients, they found that higher dietary fiber intake was linked with disease non-progression among patients receiving immune checkpoint blockade therapy compared to patients eating little fiber. The results were strongest in patients that ate the most dietary fiber, but did not take probiotics, a finding that was replicated with lab animals.

When used together, the plant alkaloid berberine and the probiotic Bifidobacterium breve work synergistically to significantly improve total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, reports a new study in Gut Microbes from Shanghai Jiao Tung University, in China. Researchers tested 365 diabetes patients at 20 centers throughout the country, giving them either a placebo, one of the two substances or both. Comparing post-meal blood samples after 12 weeks, patients that had taken both the berberine and the probiotic had significantly better cholesterol readings and experienced positive changes in the gut microbiome, as well as better fatty acid metabolism.

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Practice Good Dental Care to Lower Heart and Cognitive Risks A whopping 47 percent of U.S. adults over 30 have periodontal disease, and the consequences can be severe for their physical and mental health, suggests a new study in the journal BMJ Open. Researchers from the UK University of Manchester followed 64,379 people diagnosed with periodontal disease, including gingivitis, marked by swollen and red gums, as well as periodontitis, in which gums pull away from the tooth and bone or teeth are lost. The subjects, with an average age of 44, were compared over an average of three years to 251,161 people without the disease. Those with periodontal disease had a 37 percent higher risk of mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety and serious mental illness; a 33 percent higher risk of developing autoimmune diseases like arthritis, Type 1 diabetes and psoriasis; an 18 percent higher risk of cardiovascular disease, including heart failure, stroke and vascular dementia; and a 26 percent higher risk for developing Type 2 diabetes.

“This research provides further, clear evidence why healthcare professionals need to be vigilant for early signs of gum disease and how it can have wide-reaching implications for a person’s health, reinforcing the importance of taking a holistic approach when treating people,” says Caroline Aylott, head of research delivery at the University of Birmingham Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research.

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The Central Park Conservancy, the Yale School of the Environment and the New York City-based Natural Areas Conservancy are launching the Central Park Climate Lab, a new initiative and climate partnership to study the impacts of climate change on urban parks. Their mission is to work with cities across the country to improve urban park mitigation and adaptation to climate change. New York City Mayor Eric Adams states, “The Central Park Climate Lab begins a new era in research and cooperation that will give our park professionals improved tools to combat the climate crisis, and it will be a model for urban parks across the country.”

Because around 55 percent of the world’s population lives in urban areas, the program will use mapping tools to develop interventions and protect urban parkland.

With no national standard in place for characterizing and mapping it, the ability to identify broader climate solutions is limited. Research will begin in Central Park and then other New York City greenspaces before expanding to more parks. The data collected will be used to create new, scalable strategies and protocols.

Elizabeth W. Smith, president and CEO of the Central Park Conservancy, says, “Severe weather events such as unprecedented rainfall, blizzards, high winds and extreme heat and cold, strain resources and impact Central Park’s tree canopy, plants and wildlife.”

Researchers at the University of British Columbia found that increased farm sizes resulted in a 15 percent decline in bird diversity. Frederik Noack, assistant professor in the Food and Resource Economics Group, part of their faculty of land and food systems, says, “Wildlife is a good indicator of a healthy agroecosystem, and one thing we wanted to understand was the link between farm size and biodiversity in surrounding areas.” A diverse bird population provides natural pest control and maintenance of an overall healthy ecosystem.

They studied how various farming indicators impacted the diversity of local birds in the farmland bordering the former “Iron Curtain” in Germany. On the Western side of the former political border, farms are five times larger than on the Eastern side, a legacy of Communist farm collectivization. Although farms in East Germany have been privatized for 30 years, sharp differences in farm size remain along the former border, providing an opportunity to study the impact on biodiversity in an ecologically similar environment. Noack says, “Our results show that the negative impact of increased farm size can be mitigated by conserving land cover diversity within the agricultural landscape. In practice, this could mean incentivizing riparian buffer strips, forest patches, hedgerows or agroforestry.”

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Glaciers in the Himalayan Mountains have been growing for millions of years, but researchers at England’s University of Leeds conclude in a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports that they are melting at an exceptional rate compared to other glaciers around the world. The Himalayas are home to nine of the world’s 10 highest peaks, including Mt. Everest, and the source of Asia’s longest river, the Yangtze. They contain the third-largest deposit of ice and snow in the world, after Antarctica and the Arctic. Study co-author Jonathan Carrivick, deputy head of the University of Leeds School of Geography, says, “Our findings clearly show that ice is now being lost from Himalayan glaciers at a rate that is at least 10 times higher than the average rate over past centuries ... and coincides with human-induced climate change.”

These glaciers release meltwater that forms the headwaters of several major rivers, and their disappearance could threaten agriculture, drinking water and energy production in countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, China, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. But the impact is not only regional, it includes the effect on sea level rise and the damage that could wreak on coastal communities globally. Carrivick says, “We must act urgently to reduce and mitigate the impact of human-made climate change on the glaciers and meltwater-fed rivers.”

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Plastic On its Way Out at National Parks A poll by Ipsos conducted for the ocean conservation group Oceana last November found that 82 percent of registered U.S. voters responding would like the National Park Service to stop selling and distributing singleuse plastic items. The survey revealed broad appreciation for national parks, with around four in five respondents saying they had been to a park and 83 percent of previous park visitors looking forward to a return visit. Oceana Plastics Campaign Director Christy Leavitt says, “These polling results indicate that Americans, whether Republican or Democrat, want our parks to be unmarred by the pollution caused by single-use plastic.”

The results show broad support for a campaign led by Oceana and more than 300 other environmental organizations which sent a letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland asking the parks to end the sale and distribution of plastic beverage bottles, bags, foodware and cutlery, and plastic foam products. The proposed Reducing Waste in National Parks Act would see such a policy enacted if passed. “The National Park Service was created to preserve these natural and historic spaces, and in order to truly uphold that purpose, it needs to ban the sale and distribution of single-use plastic items, many of which will end up polluting our environment for centuries to come, despite being used for only a moment,” says Leavitt.

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Airless Tires Increase Safety, Limit Waste Michelin’s new airless tires don’t puncture, so they should last longer, which means fewer tires will need to be produced, thus limiting waste. Their Unique Puncture Proof Tire System (UPTIS) is an important step on the road to sustainability. The company notes that millions of tires end up in landfills early because of puncture damage, along with all the tires that are old and worn out. Disposed tires can become fire hazards, releasing gases, heavy metals and oil into the environment. The U.S. alone produced more than 260 million scrapped tires in 2019. The new tires can also be made from recycled plastic waste, according to industry publication Interesting Engineering.

UPTIS, in development for more than a decade, combines an aluminum wheel with a special “tire” around it comprised of a plastic matrix laced with and reinforced by glass fibers. This outer tire is designed to be flexible, yet strong enough to support the car. Michelin Technical and Scientific Communications Director Cyrille Roget says, “It was an exceptional experience for us, and our greatest satisfaction came at the end of the demonstration when our passengers ... said they felt no difference compared with conventional tires.” Goodyear has announced that the Jacksonville, Florida, Transportation Authority will be piloting the company’s own version of an airless tire on its fleet of autonomous vehicles.

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legislation, as well as educate on corporate and personal sustainability. Art shows allow attendees to visualize a better future while data collection for citizen-based science research and workshops find ways to build local green economies. All are appropriate ways to participate this Earth Day, as well as clean-up campaigns and tree plantings. To learn about personal actions, including step-by-step instructions on how to organize an event, visit EarthDay.org.

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As 1 billion people around the globe gather to mark Earth Day on April 22, they will be focusing on an increasingly critical goal: the need for everyone—governments, citizens and businesses—to do their part to combat climate change.

“Everyone accounted for, and everyone accountable,” is the day’s emerging motto.

While Earth Day themes over the past 52 years have often centered on specific issues, such as plastic pollution and deforestation, this year’s broader theme, “Invest In Our Planet,” reflects a growing consensus that, at such a critical point for the Earth’s future, governments will

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“Like the industrial, space and information revolutions, all sectors of society can and must play major roles—this time with the extraordinary responsibilities to get it right,” reads a statement from EarthDay.org. Activism involves not only lowering carbon emissions, but also making sure that the benefits of the coming Green Revolution are spread evenly throughout society, the statement says. “In 2022, we all must enter into one partnership for the planet,” says Earth Day President Kathleen Rogers.

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Earth Day Festival

Comes to Bayview Park April 23

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New Year, New Energy Earth Day Pensacola relies on a dedicated group of volunteers who organize a mix of activities and work to make the festival inspiring and fun. Ric Kindle, the event’s music and entertainment director, says having new committee members on board this year “has brought a whole new energy to Earth Day Pensacola. We are all excited to bring the continued message of sustainability to the community.”

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arth Day Pensacola will return to Bayview Park on April 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This year’s festival will feature a new event layout along the shores of Bayou Texar and next to the new Bayview Community Center.

“For 32 years, Earth Day Pensacola has engaged the community in a day of fun and education in celebration of our connection to the natural world that sustains us all,” says Christian Wagley, the Florida-Alabama coastal organizer for Healthy Gulf, a regional environmental nonprofit. “Earth Day 2022 will continue that tradition in an enhanced waterfront setting that promises to deepen our relationships with each other and the planet.”

Each year, Earth Day Pensacola draws thousands of attendees for a day of learning, live music, local food and plants, art, green products and hands-on activities. Its goals are to educate the public about environmental issues, to empower individuals and organizations to make eco-minded decisions, and to mobilize the community toward a more environmentally friendly Pensacola.

“While our planet faces many challenges, including climate change and loss of habitat, Earth Day brings home solutions like the transition to clean energy and building communities around people rather than cars,” Wagley says.

One of the highlights of the 2022 festival is the Pensacola Arts Market and its dozens of local vendors. The market showcases small-batch and handmade eco-friendly products that include art, soaps, baked goods, unique jewelry, treats and more.

“This will support locally owned small businesses in a way that shifts our purchasing choices to keep our money in our local community while celebrating more sustainable products,” Kindle says.

Meanwhile, some of the Pensacola area’s best performers will keep the Earth Day stage lively throughout the day with what Kindle calls “an eclectic mix of genres.”

“This year we’ve added the children’s dance group Swerve,” he says. “We truly believe that if we can get the message of sustainability to kids, it will be a way of life as they grow into adults.”

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MUSICAL ECHOES 2022 Native American Flute, Art and Cultural Festival Returns to Fort Walton Beach

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usical Echoes Flute Festival, celebrating Native American culture, art and music, will return to the Fort Walton Beach Landing after a two-year hiatus due to Covid-19. This free weekend event will kick off at 4 p.m. on April 22 and continue on April 23 and 24, beginning at 10 a.m. both days. This is a nonalcoholic festival intended for the entire family.

Throughout the weekend, a lineup of musicians will bring to life the unique sounds of the Native American flute. A range of acts, from solo performers to full bands, will provide live music from the stage during the entire festival. There will also be dancers performing

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colorful, rhythmic traditional dances and sharing the meaning of each one.

The entertainment lineup will include internationally acclaimed authentic Native American musicians and dancers, such as Nation of Change Native American Dancers, Jonny Lipford and the award-winning Shelley Morning Song. A special performance by Michael DeMaria will be another highlight. To see the full lineup of performers, visit Musical Echoes on Facebook.

Handmade Flutes for Sale Art and craft vendors will be on hand too, offering custom-made items like jewelry, baskets and leatherwork. Among the festival’s traditional highlights are flute makers selling their handcrafted instruments, collaborating with each customer to find the perfect flute, and providing tips for playing as well. At the main tent, guests can visit the silent auction and raffles and purchase the annual festival T-shirt featuring the butterfly, this year’s totem. The totem image was created by artist Kenneth Maines; festival T-shirts are being produced locally by the TShirt Factory FWB. A torchlight ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. on April 23. It will feature the Thunderbird Honor Guard and Poarch Creek Indian Traditional Dancers. Visit MusicalEchoes.org for the complete schedule of events.

Musical Echoes is co-presented by Musical Echoes Flute Festival Inc., a volunteerrun nonprofit 501(c)3 charitable organization; the Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce; and the City of Fort Walton Beach. It is sponsored by Ocean City Bingo. The festival relies on funding through sponsorships and donations.

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Thermography Advantage BREAST HEALTH AND BEYOND

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hermography Advantage, a local digital infrared thermal imaging company, is educating women on the value of thermography and the role thermograms play in preventative breast health. While mammograms use X-rays to capture images of the structure of the breast, thermography uses a digital infrared medical device to detect functional changes that may occur with disease. Such changes in the lymph system, hormone dominance and vascular changes take place with disease that need extra blood supply for tumor growth.

“At this time, women in their 20s and 30s, and even some in their 40s, are not falling into the standard recommendations for mammograms,” says Thermography Advantage owner and certified thermographer Carolyn Olson. “It is not because they are not getting diagnosed with cancer at these ages, it is usually because they believe dense breasts in mammography are not going to bring very accurate results.” Thermography can be done as a breast screening even in addition to mammography.

The thermography camera used at Thermography Advantage is registered by the FDA as a medical device. The thermal images are interpreted by a medical doctor that is certified in thermography. Patients get a copy of the written report and the colored images. Referrals are not needed to make an appointment. The procedure is radiation-free, non-invasive and highly effective as a tool to monitor the whole body.

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Thermography is also used to monitor inflammation, which can be a precursor to other diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.

“In addition to helping diagnose disease, thermograms form a baseline for future routine evaluations so clients can watch for changes from year-to-year and take preventative measures such as the electro-lymphatic drainage therapy that we offer,” says Olson. “Lymphatic therapy has been used to help patients of all ages with inflammation, autoimmune diseases, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, lymphedema, neuropathy, edema and water retention, cancer, heart disease, chronic pain, cosmetic enhancement, pre- and post-athletic application, enlarged prostate and detoxification. It’s a great way to prevent disease down the road and keep your immune system strong.”

Thermography Advantage offers other testing and treatments including Zyto testing, which is a bio-feedback program that tests the body's response to multiple conditions and possibly finding the root causes of disease. Patients receive a lengthy detailed written report with a plan of action, a video explanation and a phone consultation.

Looking forward to healthier days ahead means taking action. With such a high rate of breast cancer now is the time to be proactive in prioritizing your health with thermography. We are happy to answer any questions you may have and direct you to the service that will best meet your needs. All our services will come with free consults and evaluations. Our website also has extensive details on our services along with pricing and locations.

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ost of us are weary of pandemic living. We’ve been masked, tested, quarantined, immunized and boosted; we’ve treated ourselves or been treated by doctors and hospitals. We’re getting used to the possibility that coronavirus is joining the flu, colds and other viruses we’ve learned to live with.

Long-haul covid is something many people are dealing with. The aftereffects may last weeks, months or even years. Persistent fatigue is a common symptom, as is the loss of taste and smell, which tells us that the virus affects the brain. It’s not unusual to hear about effects on the respiratory or digestives tracts, such as an ongoing cough or diarrhea.

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Since my severe bout with covid in July 2020, I’ve been researching the virus and giving myself the good self-care I’ve long been teaching my patients to give themselves.

Now I do some type of exercise daily—yoga, a workout, or a brisk walk outdoors. I’m back to meditating, and I’m sleeping better. I’m also receiving acupuncture treatments, which can improve covid symptoms and boost the immune system.

I used Chinese herbs during my bout with covid—many herbal formulas have antiviral effects and build immunity—and now I use a formula of reishi and astragalus to keep my immune system strong. Moxa is a Chinese herb that is burned on certain acupuncture points to enhance resistance to attacks from viruses and bacteria.

Since I’ve had covid, my eating habits have become stricter, with a focus on natural, non-GMO foods. I’ve let go of my enjoyment of refined sugar and wheat. I’m staying

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hydrated, drinking more lemon water and green and herb teas.

Vitamin C, vitamin D3 with K2, and zinc, which I took during covid, are still part of my daily preventive routine. I also have a morning protein shake containing a multivitamin and minerals, a probiotic, and other health-maintaining tinctures, herbs and supplements.

Long-Term Blessings With all the challenges that this pandemic introduced, I can see and have experienced many blessings too. I’ve learned not to take many things—including good health and life itself—for granted. I have an even deeper appreciation for my family, friends and community. I’ve learned to appreciate the value of simply having the energy to get out of bed, see the sunshine, take deep breaths, do my daily chores and go to work.

My priorities have changed. Spending time outdoors, playing with my kitties, and enjoying my friends and patients have become more important than achieving anything or paying bills.

In Chinese Medicine we talk about balancing the two energies, yin and yang.

Yang is the active, “masculine” energy: light, movement and warmth, making things happen. Yin is the receptive, “feminine” energy: dark, passivity and coolness, allowing things to unfold. Neither is superior to the other. Our individual health and the health of our environment come from the balance of yin and yang.

For many years now, we’ve been living in a culture that worships the yang.

Achievement, competition and making money have been our priorities. Because of this pandemic, individuals, communities, workplaces and the world have all changed. Covid forced us all to slow down, to learn more about the yin side of ourselves and life. We now have a chance to be healthy, as individuals and as a culture.

One of my beloved spiritual teachers, Sandra Ingerman (SandraIngerman.com), has an interesting take on the pandemic.

She notes that viruses are more intelligent and passionate about life than humans are.

Viruses work together. They create mutations that help them survive and grow stronger. They don’t fight about what color they are or if they agree with political policies. They work together and thrive.

Throughout history, we humans have not been at peace with each other, because our egos are into wielding power, not finding mutual peace and harmony.

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as a teacher, offering lessons about unity, oneness and the power of cooperation and mutual support. We have the opportunity to learn how to have more passion for life as a good defense against viruses.

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Buzz-Free Drinking THE HEALTHY RISE OF NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

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SOUR MOCK-A-RITA 1 cup and 2 Tbsp lime juice ¼ cup and 2 Tbsp orange juice 3 Tbsp agave nectar, plus more to taste 2½ cups and 2 Tbsp coconut water Few dashes of salt Lime wheels for garnish Lime wedges and sea salt to rim the glasses To salt the rims of four to six lowball or margarita glasses, pour a thin layer of salt onto a plate or a shallow bowl.

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Slide a lime wedge around the rim of the glass to wet it, or use a finger to apply the juice to the rim, then dip and twist the glass in the salt. Combine all of the drink ingredients in a pitcher. Stir.

Fill the rimmed glasses with ice. Divide the margarita mix among the glasses.

Garnish with lime wheels.

From Mocktail Party: 75 Plant-Based, Non-Alcoholic Mocktail Recipes for Every Occasion, by Kerry Benson and Diana Licalzi.

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s a former bartender, Katie Cheney enjoys mixing drinks for friends, and one night recently, in her San Francisco apartment, she tried out something new: an alcohol-free “Noquila Sunrise” made with a distilled, plant-based spirit. “I was actually pleasantly surprised. Even though we were drinking non-alcoholic drinks, we still had just as much fun as usual!” recalls Cheney, who blogs at DrinksSaloon.com.

In New York City, Marcos Martinez has begun drinking virgin piña coladas when out on the town with friends. “The feeling is surprisingly great since I don’t wake up with hangovers. More importantly, I’ve realized that I don’t have to use alcohol as a crutch for my social anxiety,” says Martinez, who owns the black gay lifestyle blog TheMenWhoBrunch.com.

At Chicago’s Kumiko Japanese cocktail bar, owner Julia Momosé offers a menu of what she calls “Spiritfrees,” crafted without alcohol and with ingredients like yarrow, ume—a Japanese fruit—and cardamom. “Folks comment on how they appreciate that it is ‘more than just juice,’ or how surprised they are at their depth, texture and complexity,” she says.

The “sober-curious”—people experimenting with alcohol-free beverages as a way of prioritizing their health and fitness over a short-lived buzz—are changing America’s drinking culture. For the first time in 20 years, fewer Americans are regularly drinking, reports Gallup, and tipplers are drinking measurably less than they did 10 years ago.

You have your wits about you, you can drive if necessary, you are less likely to say or do something you might regret and you won’t have a hangover the next morning.

–Kerry Benson No longer stuck with a seltzer while dodging questions from inquisitive imbibers, today the sober-inclined can sip from a vast array of sophisticated choices—from faux vodka in exotic, crafted drinks to prize-winning sparkling wines to low- and no-alcohol craft beer. No-booze options can be easily ordered at restaurants, picked up at supermarkets or delivered at home with a few online clicks.

“The best part about having a fun, non-alcoholic beverage in hand is that you get the taste and experience of a cocktail or beer, just without the alcohol and potential negative side effects,” says dietitian Kerry Benson, co-author of Mocktail Party: 75 PlantBased, Non-Alcoholic Mocktail Recipes for Every Occasion. “You have your wits about you, you can drive if necessary, you are less likely to say or do something you might regret and you won’t have a hangover the next morning. And alcohol-free drinks are usually less expensive than their alcoholic counterparts.”

Sober-curious strategies range widely. Some people start tentatively, but increasingly turn to non-alcoholic drinks because they prefer the taste, price and lower calorie count, as well as the diminished risk of heart and liver disease. Others may go cold turkey for a month or two to break a pandemicinduced habit, alternate alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks at a game or bar to avoid getting tipsy, or drink a Bloody Mary for a weekend brunch and virgin versions during the week to enhance work productivity.

The sales of non-alcoholic beverages shot up 33 percent to $331 million in 2021, reports Nielsen, and online sales of non- and low-alcoholic beverages skyrocketed 315 percent.

To compete for the Millennials-heavy market, distillers like Seedlip, Suntory and Lyre’s have created beverages evoking tequila, Campari and vodka; breweries like Guinness, Budweiser and Carlsberg and small crafters are offering robust-tasting near- and no-alcohol beers; and wineries are using distillation and reverse osmosis to produce fine, low-alcohol Cabernets, Chardonnays and other varieties. Niche products are growing: for example, Los Angeles-based Optimist Botanicals bills its gin-, vodka- and tequila-like botanical blends as being vegan, gluten-free and paleo- and keto-friendly.

On the home front, people are making their own concoc-

tions, often with natural and herbal ingredients, such as pears, tomatoes, cilantro and spices. “Garden-grown produce, windowsill herbs and farmers market finds are the ideal foundation for recipes, from tea sangrias to shaken mocktails,” says New Jersey cooking instructor and recipe developer Vanessa Young, creator of ThirstyRadish.com. As an example, she says, “A slice of brûléed fruit gives a non-alcoholic drink a touch of smoky sweetness, plus it is so appealing in the glass.”

Substance abuse counselors caution that beverages that mimic alcohol may not be a good route for recovery from serious alcohol abuse because they can reawaken destructive patterns.

And consumers are advised to look carefully at labels. “Alcoholfree” beer contains 0.0 percent alcohol. “Non-alcoholic” beer can contain up to 0.5 percent alcohol, but some have been found to contain up to 2 percent—not desirable if pregnant or in recovery.

Still, says Karolina Rzadkowolska, author of Euphoric: Ditch Alcohol and Gain a Happier, More Confident You, “The popularity of alcohol-free drinks is changing a culture. We are going from a culture that glamorizes drinking at every social situation, with little valid excuse to decline, to a culture that gives people healthier options.”

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WILD PLACES How to Invite Nature Back into Our Lives and Landscapes

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n a blustery day, Julian Hoffman stood outdoors and watched wild bison grazing in the restored grassland of Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, fewer than 50 miles from downtown Chicago. For him, it was a wild place, affording a glimpse of what North America looked like hundreds of years ago when bison roamed the continent by the millions.

“We’re witnessing, in a way that’s both terrible and tragic, just what the profound cost is of continuing to destroy the natural world,” he writes.

Saving wild places is critical for human health and wellbeing, say both scientists and environmentalists. But defining what a wild place is or what the word wilderness means can be difficult, says Hoffman, author of Irreplaceable: The Fight to Save Our Wild Places. “If wilderness means a place untouched by humans, then none is left,” he says. Even the set-aside wildernesses where no one may have ever stepped have been altered through climate change, acid rain and other human interventions.

Humans are also losing the wilderness that is defined as land set aside solely for plants and creatures other than humans. Prominent naturalist David Attenborough, whose most recent documentary is A Life on Our Planet, says that in 1937, when he was a boy, about 66 percent of the world’s wilderness areas remained. By 2020, it was down to 35 percent.

A wild place can be as spectacular as Yellowstone, a 3,500-square-mile national park in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana, filled with hot springs, canyons, wolves, and elk. It can also be as simple as a sky filled with a murmu-

ration, or gathering, of thousands of swooping starlings, which once caused two teens to stop taking selfies and photograph the natural scene above them instead, as Hoffman witnessed in Great Britain.

Such regions that offer vast tracts of natural beauty and biodiversity are even found in and around major cities like Chicago, says Chicagoland nature blogger Andrew Morkes. “A wild place is also where you don’t see too many people, or any people, and you can explore,” he says. “You can walk up a hill and wonder what’s around the next bend.”

“A wild place could be a 15-minute drive from home where we can walk among plants in a meadow, or a tree-lined street, or front and back yard, if landscaped with wild creatures in mind,” says Douglas Tallamy, author of Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts with Your Yard.

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“We need these places to save ourselves,” says Tallamy, who heads the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware. “Humans are totally dependent on the production of oxygen and clean water, and that happens with the continued existance of flowering plants, which are dependent on the continued existence of all the pollinators. When you lose the pollinators, you lose 90 percent of the flowering plants on the Earth. That is not an option if we want to stay alive and healthy.”

Our mental and emotional health is also at stake.

According to a recent overview in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, studies have shown that natural settings can lower blood pressure, reduce depression and anxiety, and help the immune system function better.

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People have saved wild places over time, of course. “The world’s ancient redwoods are still with us today because people in the early 1900s fought to protect and preserve what they could already see was rapidly diminishing,” Hoffman says. “In the year 2022, we are the beneficiaries of those past actions. Yet less than 5 percent of those old-growth redwood groves are left, and we live in an age where we’re losing an extraordinary range of wild species; for example, 3 billion birds have disappeared from the skies of North America in just the past 50 years. That’s why people need to continue to fight for wild spaces.”

Community Crusaders In researching his book, Hoffman went looking for wild-space struggles. In Glasgow, Scotland, he met people that fought to save an urban meadow from being turned into a luxury home development. “I’d never experienced as much joy in any one place as when I spent time with the community fighting to preserve this tiny meadow,” he recalls. “They campaigned and lobbied politicians, and eventually, the government backed down. And now the whole community is able to enjoy this site where a lot of urban wildlife thrives.”

Once-wild places may also need human help to again become wild refuges. The Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, where Hoffman saw the buffalo, “was once an arsenal for the production of extraordinary quantities of ordnance for a number of wars,” he says. After hundreds of die-hard volunteers dug out invasive plants, scattered seed and documented wildlife on the 18,000-acre prairie, visitors can now walk among big bluestem and golden alexander, and listen for the sweet song of meadowlarks in the grasslands and chorus frogs in the wetlands.

Conservation volunteers working to save wild places hail from every state. In fact, nearly 300,000 volunteers contribute more than 6.5 million hours of volunteer service a year to the U.S. National Park Service, from leading tours to studying wildlife and hosting campgrounds.

One doesn’t have to be an environmental crusader to save wild places, Hoffman stresses. Exploring local wild places and sharing them with others can help save them, as well. “We can only protect those places that we love,” he says. “And we can only love those places that we know.”

Sadly, roughly 100 million people, including 28 million children, do not have access to a quality park within 10 minutes of home, according to The Trust for Public Land. Projects, such as the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program, which enables urban communities to create outdoor spaces, can help. The U.S. Department of the Interior committed $150 million to the program in 2021. “Every child in America deserves to have a safe and nearby place to experience the great outdoors,” says Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.

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Tallamy says one of the most important ways to get people to appreciate and save wild places is to begin in their own yards.

“We have wilderness designations. We have national forests. We have national parks.

We have 12 percent of the U.S. protected from development,” he says. “Yet, we are in the sixth great extinction. Our parks and our preserves are not enough. My point is that we have got to focus on the areas outside of parks and preserves.” He urges what he calls a “homegrown national park,” in which homeowners, land managers and farmers create a habitat by replacing invasive plants with native species.

Tallamy speaks from experience. He lives on a 10-acre former farm in Oxford, Pennsylvania. “It had been mowed for hay and when we moved in, very little life was here,” he says. “We have been rebuilding the eastern deciduous forest here, getting invasive plants under control and replanting with species that ought to be here.”

He’s now counted more than 1,400 different species of moths on his property and documented 60 species of birds nesting within the landscape. “We have foxes who raise their kits in the front yard,” he says.

Lots of acreage is not required, he says.

In Kirkwood, Missouri, homeowners created a wild place on six-tenths of an acre on which they’ve documented 149 species of birds. “If one person does it, it’s not going to work,” he stresses. “The point is to get those acres connected. When everybody adopts this as a general landscape culture, it’s going to help tremendously.

By rewilding your yard, you are filling in spaces between the true wild places and natural areas. The reason our wild spaces are not working in terms of conservation is because they are too small and too isolated. Even the biggest national parks are too small or too isolated.”

Tallamy says people can create wild spaces in their yards by reducing the amount of lawn they have or even getting rid of it. They can grow native plants and

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discontinue the use of pesticides and herbicides, which are disrupting ecological function of wild places the world over, as research shows. Hoffman agrees, “We’ve cultivated a culture of tidiness. It’s actually very easy to welcome wildlife into your home places, often by doing fewer things, by not bringing the leaf blower out and by leaving some dead wood where it fell, which creates important shelters for insects, for example.

“Such wild yard spaces encourage wonder. Suddenly, the kids are out there and they can be absolutely fascinated by a small glittering beetle. For me, to experience the wild is to go to the shore of a lake, to be present in the mystery, to be among the lake’s reed beds, to see a marsh harrier sleek out of those reeds and to know you’re part of something much larger,” he says. “There’s so much joy and beauty and complexity in being in the presence of other lives besides human.” That in itself is reason enough to save wild places.

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hile exploring Seattle, Jackie Lentz Bowman noticed some bushes filled with pink and orange berries. She discovered she could safely eat them by using the smartphone nature app called iNaturalist (iNaturalist.org). “I learned they were salmonberries and edible,” says the Chicago area photographer and birder. “I just had to try them. They were very similar to raspberries.”

Bowman is among a growing number of people using their smartphones to enhance their nature experiences. Phone apps are available for free or a modest price to identify mushrooms, bugs, birds, dragonflies, reptiles, beetles, wildflowers and other flora and fauna. “Whether it is to help identify a plant I’ve taken a photo of or to familiarize myself with what a bird looks like and sounds like, these are tools I’m always glad to have in my back pocket,” she explains.

At least 6,300 nature apps were available in 2015, according to Paul Jepson and Richard Ladle, Oxford environmental scholars and co-authors of “Nature Apps: Wait-

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ing for the Revolution,” a research paper published in the Swedish environmental journal Ambio. Such programs are only beginning to scratch the surface of what is possible. They write, “As most people own a mobile phone today, the app—though a small device—is a major way conservationists could be reaching a huge audience with transformative possibilities.”

Right now, some apps allow the user to point a smartphone to a plant or animal to get instant feedback on its common or scientific name. Others ask the user questions about what they are seeing and suggest an identity based on the answers.

Some allow the user to interact with scientists, share their knowledge, record their observations and contribute to science.

Perhaps the most popular nature app is iNaturalist, which has all those features and more. “Our mission has been to connect people to nature through technology,” says Scott Loarie, co-director of iNaturalist, a joint initiative of the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society. “By 2030, we want to connect 100 million people to nature to facilitate science and conservation.”

The app began as a master’s degree project at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2008, and today 2 million people have recorded about 100 million observations, covering one in six species on the planet. “iNaturalist has grown to the point where it’s helping take the pulse of biodiversity,” he adds.

Newcomers are often mentored and helped with identifications by volunteers that are experts in different fields. One example is a worldwide competition called the City Nature Challenge in which beginning and advanced naturalists document urban flora and fauna for several days.

During the event, people share their photos of plants and animals on iNaturalist.

During Chicago’s Challenge, Eric Gyllenhaal, who blogs about nature on the city’s west side, found an uncommon species. “A Canadian expert helped confirm the identification as a bronze ground beetle

native to Europe,” says Cassi Saari, project manager of natural areas for the Chicago Park District. “It’s an introduced species in Illinois and could have implications for wildlife in the region down the line.”

Two other nature apps that Loarie likes are eBird (eBird.org) and Merlin (Merlin.

AllAboutBirds.org), both administered by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, in Ithaca, New York. With eBird, users can report on their phones a list of birds they’re seeing in the wild, including when and where, and the sightings are added to a database for scientific research.

Merlin is a field guide app to help folks identify the birds they are seeing. “Merlin has taken on authoring content with great descriptions of birds, something iNaturalist doesn’t do,” Loarie points out. “Merlin also just released sound recognition in the app, so people can identify birds by sound. It’s huge for birders.”

Award-winning nature photographer Adriana Greisman, of Phoenix, says she uses both Merlin and iBird (iBird.com), another field guide app, to identify birds in the wild and when processing photos.

“These are great resources to identify unknown species and to learn about their behavior.”

The favorite app of Joyce Gibbons, a volunteer at the Natural Land Institute, in Rockford, Illinois, is Odonata Central (OdonataCentral.org), which focuses on her passion—dragonflies and damselflies, collectively called odonates.

“I’ve loved solitary walks in the woods, prairies and other natural areas since I was a child,” she says. “I’ve always taken photos and tried to ID the many species I’ve observed. Now, with these apps on my phone, I feel like I am actually contributing to the scientific body of knowledge and connecting with other enthusiasts and not just keeping all this joy of discovery to myself.”

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e all know that the more steps we take in a day the better. The Mayo Clinic advocates walking regularly to keep bad cholesterol in check, maintain a hearthealthy weight and keep blood pressure within a normal range. Power walking— going a mile in under 15 minutes—amps up cardiovascular benefits and takes metabolic conditioning to a new level.

Power walking involves taking longer strides, moving at 4.5 to 5.5 miles per hour and using the arms to propel motion, with or without light weights.

“With this more intensive exercise, in comparison to everyday walking, one should note that their breathing is harder and their heart rate is faster with power walking. Compared to someone who walks at a casual pace, a power walker can expect lower blood pressure, heart rate, blood sugar and cholesterol numbers,” says Jason C. Robin, M.D., director of cardio oncology at North Shore University Health System, in Glenview, Illinois.

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In cases of severe coronary artery disease, certain heart muscle disorders, known as cardiomyopathy or valvular diseases, Robin recommends seeing a doctor before taking up fitness walking, but emphasizes, “Obvious injuries or illnesses aside, power walking is great for all ages, genders, sizes and fitness levels and is, in general, very safe with very few contraindications.” He suggests aiming for 15 minutes or less on a first endeavor, and after one week increasing the time to 20 to 25 minutes, eventually working up to 30 minutes. To complement power walking, he recommends resistance training to increase muscle strength and tone, protect joints from injury, and improve flexibility and balance.

Dave McGovern, walking coach and author of The Complete Guide to Competitive Walking: Racewalking, Power Walk-

ing, Nordic Walking and More!, points out, “The impact forces of walking, even high-level racewalking, can be one-third of what runners experience, so it’s a lot easier on the joints.

Power walking doesn’t have many rules.” A 30-year veteran of the U.S. National Racewalk Team, McGovern underscores the importance of starting out with a regular, easy walk before progressing to a more vigorous pace.

To avoid and reduce injury, he advocates mindfulness of correct posture and taking shorter, faster steps rather than long, stomping strides. He trains on a variety of surfaces, including everyday roads, tartan (rubber) running tracks, treadmills, dirt trails, grass, and even the occasional concrete sidewalk. “Changing up surfaces uses your muscles in different ways, which can help prevent overuse injuries that crop up from too much training on the same surfaces day in, day out,” he says.

Practical Essentials For optimal results on any surface, proper footwear is vital.

“We would typically recommend a running shoe for any fitness-based walking,” says Josh Saint Cyr, store manager at New Balance, in Highland Park, Illinois. He notes that the right shoes are designed to help align gait and avoid pronation or supination that prompts the ankle to roll inward or outward with movement. “For a more customized experience, someone with medium or lower arches would want a shoe from the stability running section, and someone with higher arches would want a shoe from the cushioned running section.”

In cases of tight calf muscles, Saint Cyr recommends stretching as a daily practice, even on non-exercise days. “Rollers or massage guns can be useful for immediate relief, but ultimately, stretching will help by reducing or eliminating tightness.”

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In the end, having a goal can be the best motivator. “For the athletes I coach, many of them in their 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and beyond, racewalking and power walking gives a purpose to their workouts,” says McGovern. “One of my athletes has said that she hates to work out, but loves to train. Having the goal of a race over the horizon gives a lot of athletes a reason to get out the door every day.”

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It’s very grassroots. We believe in a Green Team model, which is a core group of people within a faith community, anywhere from three to 30 individuals, depending on the size of the community. Through coaching, we help teams evaluate the community’s needs and assets, set goals for the year, and create a strategic plan to address needs through programming, advocacy and a network of nonprofit partners.

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ith degrees in natural resource management, environmental science, religion and business administration, Mennonite Reverend Brian Sauder is an adjunct professor at two Illinois seminary schools, as well as president and executive director of Faith in Place, a Midwest nonprofit headquartered in Chicago that helps diverse faith-based groups become community leaders in a shared quest for environmental, social and racial justice.

The messenger matters. When you work with a community, it’s the people in that community that are going to understand the culture, the theology, the context, the history, the politics of the local body; so they understand how to meet people where they’re at and how to talk about these issues in a way that’s effective and attainable.

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How are places of faith uniquely positioned to address Can you describe a noteworthy environmental and Faith in Place project? racial justice?

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If you look at the history of the U.S. environmental justice movement, from Warren County, North Carolina, where black church women laid their bodies on the road to stop toxic waste dump trucks in their community, to Dr. Benjamin Chavis’ coining of the phrase “environmental racism” through the United Church of Christ, there’s a legacy of people of faith and diverse spiritualities calling out environmental racism and organizing the community to take action. We view ourselves in that historical lineage, with a mission to provide the tools, resources and programming for our faith partners to continue to advance these valuable pursuits.

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wanted to address the need of hunger in their community by turning four acres of land that they had into a congregationsupported agriculture project (CSA), where people paid upfront to get a weekly bushel of produce grown on the land, while the church tithed 10 percent of it to local food pantries. Over several years, we helped them write a business plan, approach the committee structure of the church, hire a farmer, set up a legal structure and launch Sola Gratia Farm, which today is employing a bunch of people and stocking local food pantries with fresh tomatoes, kale, fruits and vegetables grown right there in the community. Once Faith in Place shared this story, other faith partners wanted to replicate it. We now support five different CSAs across Illinois.

One way to describe justice is love in action.

Does Faith in Place welcome all denominations?

Absolutely. Whether it’s an institution of religion or a spiritual tradition, people are bringing the wisdom of the ages to bear on understanding the moment we’re in. Everything is connected, and the ecological crisis is a spiritual crisis. The healing of me and the healing of you and the healing of Earth are bound together, and this mutuality is core to all our different spiritualities and traditions. At our annual Green Team summit, people from different regions, backgrounds and religions come together, all united by the air we breathe, the water we drink, the land where our food is grown and a deep sense of calling and purpose. It’s hope-inspiring in a world that is so divided.

What areas of environmental justice do you focus on?

A Green Team might say, “We have an issue with lead pipes in our communities,” or, “We have an issue with high school-age youth needing employment.”

Our programs, which are shaped by the needs of our Green Teams and are constantly being reevaluated and reshaped, cover sustainable food and land use, climate change and energy, environmental advocacy, youth empowerment, and water and flooding prevention. We also advocate to policymakers. Last year in Illinois, Green Teams helped pass the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act by convincing legislators to not only reduce carbon emissions, but also prioritize employment opportunities in the new

green economy for highunemployment neighborhoods.

What is your philosophy concerning the intersection between faith and environmental and social justice?

We’ve got to be committed to the transformation that we seek. Our spirituality calls us to remember how connected we are. One way to describe justice is love in action—a love that begins with ourselves—and as we love ourselves more deeply, it spurs outward action that seeks to dismantle injustice.

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hildren are natural storytellers with imaginations that shape their play and learning. In outdoor settings, everything from puddles to pine cones can engage children and draw them closer to the natural world, opening up a lifelong appreciation of natural environments. Connecting with nature also improves creativity, academic performance and attentiveness, while reducing stress and aggressive behavior, a body of research shows.

Organizations, like the Wilderness Awareness School, a Duvall, Washington-based nonprofit, work to help children and adults cultivate healthy relationships with nature, community and self. “We find that children who feel at home in the outdoors are often more resourceful, creative and allow for curiosity to naturally unfold,” says Leah Carlson, director of marketing and communications at Wilderness Awareness School. “Allowing them to play freely and explore in nature is a wonderful way to build resilience and resourcefulness. When children can be intrigued through a story, it also allows them to understand their own outdoor experiences. They become more adept at finding new solutions to problems using the tools they have access to and creative thinking.”

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stories are the plants, animals, rocks and landforms around them. The suburban tree that was always an obstacle on the sidewalk can be seen through new eyes as a dragon, monkey bars or a red alder,” Carlson explains.

Megan Zeni, a public school teacher in Steveston, British Columbia, says there is a global body of research that shows every measure of wellness is improved through time spent outside. She teaches solely outdoors, ensuring that her students have exposure to nature regardless of which neighborhood they live in. “In our modern world, higher-income families generally have better access to green spaces. Incorporating outdoor activities into the school day gives children equitable exposure to nature and outdoor learning,” she explains.

Zeni uses both non-fiction and fiction storytelling approaches to teaching. “To learn about water cycles, I’ll have kids jump in puddles, observe where the water goes and track where it is in the community. They’ll then relay a fact-based story based on their observations and experiences. For a lesson on squirrels, I’ll ask the students to imagine where their habitat is, who their family is and what they eat. We use loose parts, which are open-ended items, such as pine cones and sticks, to creatively illustrate the story.

“By using storytelling as a measure of knowledge, it is more equitable for students who don’t perform as well using traditional test and essay methods,” she says. Listening to a child’s story can also reveal misconceptions that can be clarified through further exploration and instruction.

Storytelling can take on many forms and be enhanced with the use of props.

As the artistic director of Rootstock Puppet Co., based in Chicago, Mark Blashford performs puppet theater rooted in stories that promote mutual kindness and ecological awareness. “Puppets are remarkable storytelling agents because, not only can they play characters and support narrative through movement, they can also tell a story from the very material

We find that children who feel at home in the outdoors are often more resourceful, creative and allow for curiosity to naturally unfold.

–Leah Carlson they inhabit,” he says. “Puppets invite kids to exercise empathy by compelling them to accept and invest in the thoughts, feelings and life of another entity.”

By making puppets out of wood and using them to weave environmental awareness into his shows, Blashford helps to put the natural world in perspective.

“My show TIMBER! is about an entire forest and a single tree which is home to a family of spotted owls. I want children to see the role of both the forest and the tree in the lives of an owl family. When they fall in love with little wooden puppet owls, they are able to convert the giant concept of deforestation into a manageable scale,” he says.

He encourages parents to regularly engage their children with their natural habitat. “Go to your local forest or park, find a tree, name it and check on it as often as you can. Prompt children to ask questions about who they think lives in that tree, why the branches stretch out how they do and what happens at night. As children learn to see the outdoor world as part of their own characters and setting, the stories will develop naturally,” he advises.

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hat we choose to put on our plates influences not only our physical health, but also the health of the environment. While much of the climate conversation focuses on the burning of fossil fuels, commercial food production—particularly livestock—uses large amounts of land, water and energy. Wasted food contributes to approximately 10 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions.

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specialist for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), says agriculture accounts for about 70 percent of the world’s fresh water use, while pasture and crop land accounts for about 50 percent of the Earth’s habitable land.

“The environmental impacts begin with the soil,” Prezkop explains. “Soil that’s depleted of nutrients loses its ability to capture carbon and produce nutrient-rich foods. The long chain continues with the processing and packag-

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ing of that food, and then transporting it to grocery store shelves and, eventually, to the consumer’s home.”

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Animal agriculture is the leading cause of climate change, argues author, screenwriter and playwright Glen Merzer in his latest book, Food Is Climate: A Response to Al Gore, Bill Gates, Paul Hawken & the Conventional Narrative on Climate Change. “When we have 93 million cattle

When food is wasted, we’re not just throwing away food, but everything it took to produce that food is also wasted— the water, the fertilizer and the land.

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He adds that cows belch methane, a far more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, and that grass-fed cows belch even more of it than grain-fed, feedlot cows. In addition, nitrogen fertilizers used to grow animal feed run into waterways. Overfishing and ocean warming threaten populations of phytoplankton, which sequester carbon dioxide and seed clouds. Deforestation to create grazing land may be the single greatest future threat to our climate because forests also sequester carbon and provide a home for diverse flora and fauna.

Make Simple Swaps Prezkop emphasizes that despite these problems with the industrial food chain, changing the way we produce food is also the solution. The WWF works with suppliers to educate and promote regenerative production practices. On the consumer side, changing the way food is produced can be achieved by changing people’s dietary demands.

“We don’t prescribe people to eat a certain way. We do believe different people and cultures have different dietary needs,” she says. “The global north eats a lot of meat, so we do recommend a plant-forward diet while still incorporating animal proteins, depending on individual dietary needs.”

Merzer argues that we have little control over fossil fuel burning, but we can control our diets. He promotes plant-based eating as a primary solution to climate change. Changing mindsets about “normal” traditions, such as having hamburgers on the Fourth of July or turkey on Thanksgiving, can be difficult, but achievable with the planet at stake, he says.

Sophie Egan, founder of FullTableSolutions.com and author of How to Be a Conscious Eater: Making Food Choices That Are Good For You, Others, and the Planet, advises to start small by looking at the foods eaten most frequently and identifying ways to make simple swaps. “If you have toast with butter every morning, that could be changed to a nut butter. A sandwich with cold cuts every day for lunch, that can be replaced with a roasted vegetables and hummus sandwich or an avocado

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sandwich. You can still eat something in a familiar form, but replace ingredients with lower-emissions options,” she says.

If someone is intimidated by switching to an all plant-based diet, a flexitarian option emphasizing foods from the plant kingdom while enjoying meat only occasionally may be more sustainable throughout a person’s lifetime. Her book contains a “protein scorecard” from the World Resources Institute that lists animal and plant sources in terms of greenhouse gas emissions per gram of protein from the worst offenders to the least, with beef (along with goat and lamb) being at the top.

Prezkop recommends eating a wide variety of foods. “Currently, 75 percent of food produced is from 12 plant species and five animal species, despite that there are thousands of varieties. This means there’s less diversity happening in the field. Diversity helps with regeneration and healthy soils. Producing the same crops over and over means there’s no crop rotation and no diversity happening, leading to degraded soils and deforestation to produce more of the same crop.”

Egan adds that diets that are over-reliant on just a few food sources like corn, wheat, rice and soy threaten the Earth and can lead to food insecurity. “Think of it as risk management with a financial portfolio: We have a diversified portfolio of foods available to feed a growing population, but as the climate warms, extreme weather events threaten yields because lack of fresh water and unhealthy soil threaten the planet and, ultimately, food production.”

Eating food that is as close as to its original state as possible is better for the planet. “The more food is processed, the more resources it took to get it to market,” Prezkop notes.

Cut Food Waste Prezkop says approximately 40 percent of the food produced globally is lost while still on the farm or further up the supply chain. “When food is wasted, we’re not just throwing away food, but everything it took to produce that food is also wasted—the water, the fertilizer and the land.”

A recent WWF report entitled Driven To Waste cites new data indicating that food waste contributes to approximately 10 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions—nearly twice the emissions produced annually by all the cars in the U.S. and Europe.

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Egan suggests using a shopping list; impulse buys can be forgotten and are prone to spoiling. Keeping food visible by putting fruits and vegetables front and center ensures they won’t be forgotten. Leftovers can be kept from languishing by designating a section of the refrigerator for food to eat first or a day of the week to eat leftovers for dinner. “You can freeze just about anything,” Egan says, from leftover bread to cheese, which can be shredded before frozen. Even scrambled eggs can be poured into a freezer container to use later. (For more ideas, check out SaveTheFood.com and Dana Gunders’ Waste-Free Kitchen Handbook.)

Nonprofits throughout the country are creating solutions to divert food waste from the landfills. Keep Austin Fed, a nonprofit comprised of mostly volunteers, helps neighbors experiencing food insecurity by redistributing wholesome, nutritious, surplus food from any food-permitted business. Volunteers pick up leftover food from urban gardens, rural farms, grocery stores and caterers serving area tech firms. All prepared food accepted and redistributed is handled by licensed food handlers.

Executive Director Lisa Barden says that Keep Austin Fed redistributed 982,428 pounds of food, or the equivalent of 818,695 meals, in 2021, thus keeping it out of the waste stream.

Similarly missioned organizations exist nationwide. FoodRescue.us, with 40 locations in 20 states, provides assistance and even a dropoff/pickup app for people starting local groups. Since its founding in 2011, it has provided 85 million meals and kept 109 million pounds of excess food out of landfills.

Its website offers a potent plea: “Fight Hunger. Help the Planet. Be the Rescue.”

Sheila Julson is a Milwaukee-based freelance writer and contributor to Natural Awakenings magazine.

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calendar of events Gua Sha Class – 10am-noon. Pamela Purser, Acupuncturist and Herbalist, teaches background history, research evidence, acupressure points, and how to apply on neck and shoulders. Learn how to assess changes based on symptoms, sha quality and color, relief and mobility. Register in advance, only 10 spots available. $80. Navarre Acupuncture and Wellness, 7287 Navarre Pkwy, Navarre. 850710-3288. NavAcuWell.com.

SATURDAY, APRIL 9

save the date VegFest Food and Music Festival $5 admission

April 9, 11am to 6pm This 4th annual event is family-friendly with live music, specialty foods and shopping provided by vendors of clothing, jewelry, natural soaps and locally made specialty candles. Nonprofit organizations include animal sanctuaries. Scheduled activities throughout the day include beginner, intermediate and advanced yoga, and a children’s area offering face painting, coloring tables and other activities.

FRIDAY, APRIL 22

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Pensacola’s Earth Day

3-Day Event. 4/22-4/24 Recognized as the largest Native American Indian Flute Festival nationwide provides a wide variety of Native American Music, Dancing, and Artistry with the Indian Temple Mound Museum in the background.

This festival provides a glimpse of our local history and culture, preserving it in the heats and minds of all ages. Enjoy family-friendly performances by extraordinary dancers and internationally acclaimed musicians.

Interact with Native American artisans, watch demonstrations, attend seminars, and even learn to play or make a Native Americna style flute. The event also features the following competitions: Flute Makers, Flute Player and Art where participants are recognized at the festival and prize money is awarded to the winners. This is a nonalcoholic event for the entire family.

Gulfside Pavilion, 20 Casino Beach Boardwalk, Pensacola Beach.

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Fort Walton Beach Landing, 139 Brooks St, FWB. 850-685-4428, MusicalEchoes.org.

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FREE The event showcases sustainable living through a fun day of environmental education, art, live music, local food, green products and hands-on activities.

10am-3pm Bayview Park 2001 E. Lloyd St. EarthDayPensacola.org

SATURDAY, APRIL 30 87 ArtFest – 9am-5pm. Over 30 artists, food trucks and live music all day. Bring a chair and linger, or stop by on your way to the beach. Currently accepting artist applications, email ShopPikitz@ gmail.com. Pik-itz, 1922 Highway 87, Navarre.

NOTE: All calendar events must be received via email by the 10th of the month and adhere to our guidelines. Email Publisher@ NaturalAwakeningsNWF.com for guidelines and to submit entries.

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on going events strength, posture, alignment and flexibility. Limited to 6 participants. $30/drop-in, $25/account rate. Pilates Core Training, 1308 Dunmire St, Pensacola. 850-287-5836. PilatesCoreTraining.com.

30A Farmers’ Market – 9am-1pm. Find local grass-fed beef; whole chickens; eggs; goat milk; cheese; produce; hydroponic lettuce; herbs; microgreens; local and regional honey, including Tupelo honey; homemade from scratch breads, pies and pastries; pickled veggies; jams; salsas; BBQ sauces; pesto sauce; tuna and shrimp dips; and the best Maryland crab cakes you have ever had. In addition, beautifully handcrafted soaps.

Free. 28 N Barrett Sq, Rosemary Beach. 850-4994697. 30AFarmersMarket@gmail.com. 30AFarmersMarket.com Community Yoga Class – 4:30-5:30pm. Enjoy a yoga class and support a charity at the same time, with donations for this class going to PAWS, Children in Crisis, Headstart, Southern Dog Rescue and more. Donations accepted. Dragonfly Yoga Studio, 184 Brooks St, Ste 2, FWB. DragonflyYoga.com.

monday Pilates Advanced Equipment Class – 8:309:30am. Mon, Wed & Sat. Plus For those individuals that have a strong foundation in the Pilates

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fundamentals. Limited to 6 participants. $30/ drop-in, $25/account rate. Pilates Core Training, 1308 Dunmire St, Pensacola. 850-287-5836. PilatesCoreTraining.com.

Pilates Modified Equipment Class – 9:4510:45am. Mon, Wed & Fri. For those with conditions such as osteoporosis, disc pathologies, arthritis and joint replacements. Limited to 6 participants. $30/drop-in, $25/account rate. Pilates Core Training, 1308 Dunmire St, Pensacola. 850287-5836. PilatesCoreTraining.com.

Pilates Intermediate Equipment Class – noon1pm. Plus Tue & Thur-5:30pm, Fri-9:45am & Sat-9am. Challenging exercises for those that have a foundation in the Pilates fundamentals. Improves

Veterans Talking Circle – noon-1pm. For and by veterans discussing veteran issues that affect your daily life. Free. Roots Shoppe, 357 Beal Pkwy NW, FWB. 850-863-1044. RootsShoppe.com.

Redefining Meditation for Beginners w/ Q&A Pilates Multi-Level Mat Class – 5:30-6:30pm.

Plus Tue-8:30am. For those that have a basic understanding of fundamentals of Pilates Mat. Uses a variety of different props (stability balls, rollers, rings, etc) to align, strengthen and increase flexibility. Limited to 8 participants. $15/drop-in, $10/account rate. Pilates Core Training, 1308 Dunmire St, Pensacola. 850-287-5836. PilatesCoreTraining.com.

tuesday Pilates Multi-level & Beginning Mat Class – 8:30-9:30am/Multi-Level Mat & 9:45-10:45am/ Beginning Mat. Increase strength, flexibility, alignment, improve your posture, and love how your body feels after just one hour of corrective movement exercises. Limited to 8 participants.

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$15/drop-in, $10/account rate. Pilates Core Training, 1308 Dunmire St, Pensacola. 850-287-5836.

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Refuge Recovery Meeting – 6:30-7:30pm. A Buddhist-oriented, non-theistic recovery program offering recovery from all forms of addiction.

Free. Roots Shoppe, 357 Beal Pkwy NW, FWB. RefugeRecovery.org.

wednesday

BBQ sauces; pesto sauce; tuna and shrimp dips; and the best Maryland crab cakes you have ever had. In addition, beautiful arts and crafts, including fusion glass, jewelry, handmade stationery and beautiful soaps. Free. 30A Farmers’ Market at Palm Plaza, 1003 John Sims Pkwy, Niceville.

850-499-4697. 30AFarmersMarket@gmail.com.

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Grand Boulevard Farmers’ Market – 9am-1pm.

Find grass-fed beef, whole chickens, eggs, goat milk, cheese, produce, hydroponic lettuce, herbs and microgreens. Also, the best honey, including Tupelo honey; homemade from scratch breads, pies and pastries; pickled veggies; jams; salsas; BBQ sauces; pesto sauce; tuna and shrimp dips; and the best Maryland crab cakes you have ever had. In addition, beautifully handcrafted soaps.

Free. Grand Boulevard at Sandestin, 600 Grand Blvd (in Grand Park between Tommy Bahama and Cantina Laredo), Miramar Beach. 850-499-4697.

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Body Rolling and MFR Stretch Zoom – 10:45am-11:45am. Releases fascial restrictions in the body which cause pain and restrict joint movement. Uses various props such as foam roller, lacrosse ball, bands and MFR ball. $15/drop-in, $10/account rate.Pilates Core Training. 850-2875836. Pilates CoreTraining.com.

ited to 8 Participants. $15/drop-in, $10/account rate Pilates Core Training. 850-287-5836. Pilates CoreTraining.com.

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Body Rolling and MFR Stretch Zoom – 10:45am-11:45am. Releases fascial restrictions in the body which cause pain and restrict joint movement. Uses various props such as foam roller, lacrosse ball, bands and MFR ball. $15/drop-in, $10/account rate.Pilates Core Training. 850-2875836. Pilates CoreTraining.com.

Pilates Beginner Equipment Class – 7:15-8:15am.

For beginners to improve your posture, strength and flexibility. Limited to 6 Participants. $30/drop-in, $25/account rate. Pilates Core Training, 1308 Dunmire St, Pensacola. 850-287-5836. PilatesCore Training.com.

Pilates Intermediate Equipment Class – 9:4510:45am. Challenging exercises for those that have a foundation in the Pilates fundamentals. Improves strength, posture, alignment and flexibility. Limited to 6 participants. $30/drop-in, $25/account rate. Pilates Core Training, 1308 Dunmire St, Pensacola. 850-287-5836. PilatesCore Training.com.

30A Farmers’ Market – 9am-1pm. Find local grass-fed beef, whole chickens, eggs, goat milk, cheese, produce, hydroponic lettuce, herbs and microgreens. Also, the best honey, including Tupelo honey; homemade from scratch bread, pies and pastries; pickled veggies; jams; salsas;

Pilates Beginner Equipment Class – 11am-noon.

For beginners to improve your posture, strength and flexibility. Limited to 6 Participants. $30/ drop-in, $25/account rate.Pilates Core Training, 1308 Dunmire St, Pensacola. 850-287-5836.

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Pilates Multi-level Mat Class – 11am-noon.

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A C O M P R E H E N S I V E LY T R A I N E D PILATES INSTRUCTOR WANTED – Join Barbara Bruni’s team at her busy studio, Pilates Core Training, Pensacola. The studio encompasses a warm and caring environment for clients specializing in Pilates, Gyrotonics, Myofascial Release and Structural Integration. Minimum of three years’ Pilates experience required; preferably trained in Contemporary Pilates with a rehabilitation background. Must be a team player with the ability to retain and recruit new clients. Send resume to Info@PilatesCoreTraining.com.

SERVICES MOBILE MASSAGE THERAPY – A unique professional integrated therapy sessions, mobile or in office, range from deep tissue to light lymphatic to biofield energy work. Mind, body, soul holistic health, self-care made easy. Following all COVID guidelines for your safety Carlie Nagy LMT. 724-809-6344. License # MA94272.

SPIRITUAL COUNSELING ANDCOACHING – Spiritual counseling and coaching available with Rev Jamie Sanders. Metaphysical approach, meditation and affirmative prayer. Jamie1118@ aol.com. 850-438-2277.

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LICENSED MASSAGE THERAPIST WANTED – Must like medical/sports massage. We provide everything.You provide desire to work and skills. Contact Bodyworks by Bull. 850-651-2286.

UNITY OF PENSACOLA FACILITY RENTAL AVAILABLE – Beautiful historical sanctuary that seats up to 300 and/or our Fellowship Hall with tables and chairs for up to 65, stage and kitchen area. Weddings, reunions, networking events. For more information, call 850-438-2277.

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BEAUTIFUL MARRIAGE CEREMONIES – Spiritual marriage ceremonies with Rev Jamie Sanders at Unity of Pensacola or your location of choice. Packages available. 850-438-2277.

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BRAIN HEALTH

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ACUPUNCTURE BONNIE MCLEAN O.M.D., A.P. Empathic Practice 2701 N 12 Ave, Pensacola 850-777-3334 SpiritgateMedicine.com

Offering acupuncture and Chinese herbology, cupping and injection therapy, hypnosis and lifestyle coaching. See ad, page 41.

RAW ORGANIC HAIR STUDIO 707 N Richard Jackson Blvd, PCB Located in Zen Garden Text: 850-319-5863 RawOrganicHairStudio.com

Jessica Melton, owner/holistic hair stylist, has 15 years of experience. Offering farm-totable products for great, organic color that lasts. Certified organic, cruelty-free, 100% vegan products.

BODY CONTOURING NAVARRE ACUPUNCTURE AND WELLNESS Pamela Purser, AP, LAc, 7287 Navarre Pkwy, Navarre 850-710-3288 Navacuwell.com

Navarre Acupuncture and We l l n e s s o f f e r s q u a l i t y acupuncture and Chinese herbology, cupping therapy, moxibustion and Acupuncture Injection Therapy (AIT).

BEAUTY ORGANIC CONCEPTS BY CAMY AT LE VOGUE SALON 609 W Chase St, Pensacola 850-582-0177 CamyKilker@gmail.com

Providing an organic solution to beauty in a world full of chemicals. Organic Salon Systems gives you clean and healthy hair with ammoniafree hair color and chemicalfree styling products. See ad, page 8.

SCULPSURE BODY CONTOURING Karen Kennedy, MD 1118 Gulf Breeze Pkwy, Ste 201, GB 7552 Navarre Pkwy, Navarre 850-916-7766 KarenKennedyMD.com

SculpSure is a non-surgical laser treatment for the reduction of stubborn fat in areas like the abdomen, love handles, back, and inner and outer thighs; and chin contouring. Amazing results with zero down time and without drugs. See ad, page 2.

BONE HEALTH OSTEOSTRONG

880 Gulf Breeze Pkwy, Gulf Breeze 850-480-7333 Cordova Pensacola 1151 Office Woods Dr, Ste D 850-480-7119 OsteoStrong® is a scientificallybacked concept with proven technology focused on improving your overall health by focusing on the skeletal system. See ad, page 19.

MIND PERFORMANCE CENTER, LLC (Located inside Path to Wellness) 240 W Laurel Ave, Foley, AL 251-597-8787 MindPerformanceCenter.com

Our non-invasive, drug-free approach helps brain injury patients improve speech, balance, limb and finger control, memory and mental focus, plus the restoration of personality traits. See ad, page 39.

BREAST SCREENING RADIANT BODY THERMOGRAPHY Candace Parmer Clinical Thermographic Technician 503-775-1812 RadiantBodyThermography.com

Call to learn how we can assist you and your doctor in protecting breasts from disease, excess hormonal activity, and overdiagnosis of breast cancer.

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THERMOGRAPHY ADVANTAGE

Carolyn Olson Certified Clinical Thermographer Gulf Coast Area (Louisiana to Florida) 251-623-2225 ThermographyAdvantage@hotmail.com ThermographyAdvantage.com FDA-registered thermography (digital infrared thermal imaging) offers breast screenings that are non-invasive and radiation-free, without compression or bodily contact.

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We p r o v i d e a g r e a t selection of CBD and hemp oils in a variety of applications, such as droppers, sprays, capsules, softgels, balms and vape liquids. See ad, page 21.

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339 Racetrack Rd NW, Ste 3, FWB 850-863-5811 • GoldenAlmond.com Hours: M-F 9-6, S 10-5, Closed Sun

DR TONY SALAMAY,DC, MS, FASA 520 N Macarthur Ave, Panama City 850-785-9372 TheBayDoctor.com

Treating conditions through chiropractic, functional neurology and clinical nutrition, such as fibromyalgia and thyroid issues. We treat the root causes and not just masking your symptoms. Always accepting new patients. See ad, page 5.

Providing the largest selection of CBD oils, tinctures, sprays, softgels, balms and vape liquid in the area, including high-dose options for pain, anxiety, sleep and much more. See ad, page 3.

OLIVE LEAVES HEALTH FOOD CENTER

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Olive Leaves provides the best CBD oil and hemp products from Carun and the finest quality, fresh, natural, organic and whole foods; nutritional products; body care products; and health information in a fun, comfortable, clean, safe environment. See ad, page 16.

Dr. Gabriel and his team focus on the nervous system: the brain, spinal cord, nerves and the spinal structure that protects this delicate system—essential to the body’s ability to function, restore and preserve health. We help individuals and families overcome health obstacles and reach their fullest health potential. See ad, page 10.

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BLUEWATER CHIROPRACTIC WELLNESS CENTER Dr Letitia Smith, DC 4400 Hwy 20 E, Niceville 850-897-1177 BluewaterChiropractic.com

Quality chiropractic care for infants, children and adults.

Providing support for you to fulfill your health goals and reach overall wellness naturally.

Also offering lumbar decompression, massage therapy and nutritional education.

HENARD FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC Dr Karen Henard-Carter, DC 4566 Hwy 20 E, Ste 205, Niceville 850-897-1105 • HenardChiro.com

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CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY SHARALEE HOELSCHER, RCST Certified Rolfer (MA34039) Registered CranioSacral Therapist 850-450-8508 HealingWithBodywork.com

A second-generation chiropractor, Dr Henard is committed to chiropractic w e l l n e s s f o r t h e f a m i l y, improving health naturally.

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I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown for going out, I found was really going in. ~John Muir 48

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COLON IRRIGATION COYLE INSTITUTE

9295 Scenic Hwy, Pensacola 850-637-8258 CoyleInstitute.com Colon Hydrotherapy (CHT)—a safe process for colon cleansing.

CHT works by gently introducing warm water into the colon for the purpose of softening and eliminating waste.

Under the direction of Dr. Michael Coyle, DO, our patients are in the best possible hands. Call to schedule your session today. See ad, page 19.

DEMENTIA MIND PERFORMANCE CENTER, LLC (Located inside Path to Wellness) 240 W Laurel Ave, Foley, AL 251-597-8787 MindPerformanceCenter.com

Our non-invasive, drug-free approach helps dementia patients that originally scored in the teens on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment be restored to the point of scoring normal (26-30). See ad, page 39.

DENTISTRY DR SUSAN WELCH, FAGD

106 Wright Pkwy SW, FWB 850-243-1534 WrightParkwayDentalCenter.com

Healthy digestion, well-aligned physical structure, proper breathing and a good night’s sleep begin with a healthy mouth. We treat snoring, sleep apnea and TMJ disorders, plus crowns, teeth whitening, bridges, veneers, implant restorations, aligner orthodontics, cleanings, digital X-ray imaging and CO2 laser periodontal treatment. No mercury fillings. See ads, pages 12 and 41.

DEPRESSION MIND PERFORMANCE CENTER, LLC (Located inside Path to Wellness) 240 W Laurel Ave, Foley, AL 251-597-8787 MindPerformanceCenter.com

Offering Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (Brainsway—a proven tool in the fight against depression that is non-invasive, painless and drug-free) with functional medicine and brain pathway rehabilitation for the most robust changes possible. See ad, page 39.

FARMERS’ MARKETS 30A FARMERS’ MARKETS

850-499-4697 30AFarmersMarket.com Locations: •Rosemary Beach Town Center 28 N Barrett Square, Rosemary Beach 9am-1pm Sundays (Year Round) •30A Farmers’ Market at Palm Plaza 1003C John Sims Pwy, Niceville 9am-1pm Saturdays (Year Round) •Sandestin Grand Boulevard Hwy 98 600 Grand Blvd, Miramar Beach 9am-1pm Saturdays (Year Round) Serene, beautiful, distinctive and exclusive is the best way to describe the 30A Farmers’ Market Family. European and coastal-inspired markets feature local farmers, makers, bakers, and specialty vendors in an inviting market experience.

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FOOD & SUPPLEMENTS BODY-B-HEALTHY

Natural Alternative Wellness Center 2225 S Ferdon Blvd, Crestview 850-682-8893 • Find us on Facebook We offer cutting-edge testing/screenings, iridology and wellness coaching, along with allnatural supplements, homeopathic solutions and anti-aging products.

Let our knowledgeable staff can help guide your selection of trusted products. See ad, page 21.

EARTHQUAKE EDDIE BEE POLLEN Based Nutritional Supplements 112 E Shipwreck Rd, Santa Rosa Beach 850-582-6765 Info@EEBSF.com

We utilize bee pollen, royal Jelly and other plant-based foods that are full of lifesustaining nutrients in all of our formulations. Our formulations include a generous portion of bee pollen due to its active role in promoting a strong immune system, increased energy, and an overall feeling of good health. See ad, page 13.

GOLDEN ALMOND HEALTH FOOD STORE

KIMBERLY HOOD, MD

137 Crystal Beach Dr, Destin 850-470-1554 Dpcgyn2020.com Balance of hormones (sex, adrenal, thyroid) for energy/ wellbeing in women/men, utilizing functional and traditional medicine principles.

Telemedicine options. Epigenetic testing. See ad, page 4.

HERBS ROOTS SHOPPE

339 Racetrack Rd NW, Ste 3, FWB 850-863-5811 • GoldenAlmond.com Hours: M-F 9-6, S 10-5, Closed Sun

357 Beal Pkwy NW, FWB 850-863-1044 C.Gypsymuse@gmail.com CGypsymuse.com O ffering a vast selection of

Natural supplements, herbs, skin care and essential oils, plus organic and specialty foods. In-store 100% organic café (weekdays 9-4) with juices, smoothies, etc. Very knowledgeable staff. See ad, page 3.

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HONEYMED

Rosemary and Grand Blvd Farmers’ Market 850-797-2786 HoneyMedBiz@gmail.com HoneyMedBiz.com HoneyMed is a delicious blend of raw honey and three powerful superfoods: turmeric, ginger and cayenne pepper.

HoneyMed is true nature’s medicine with antii n f l a m m a t o r y, a n t i bacterial, revitalizing and immunity-boosting properties. See ad, page 37.

OLIVE LEAVES HEALTH FOOD CENTER

In the Publix Shopping Center 634 W 23rd St, PC 850-763-8871 • OliveLeavesPC.com Olive Leaves is here to provide you with the f i n e s t - q u a l i t y, f r e s h , natural, organic and whole foods; nutritional products; body care products; and health information in a fun, comfortable, clean, safe environment. See ad, page 16.

quality herbs, self-care products and metaphysical goods, as well as an experience to remember.

See ad, page 8.

HOLISTIC MEDICINE 2701 N 12th Ave, Pensacola Pensacola • 850-777-3334 Contact@EmpathicPractice.us EmpathicPractice.us

Empathic Practice is focused on wellness beyond medication.

We believe that mindfulness, not medication alone, will lead you to your best self. Compassionate care for a new path to healing.

KIMBERLY HOOD, MD

137 Crystal Beach Dr, Destin 850-470-1554 Dpcgyn2020.com Balance of hormones (sex, adrenal, thyroid) for energy/ wellbeing in women/men, utilizing functional and traditional medicine principles.

Telemedicine options. Epigenetic testing. See ad, page 4.

To forget how to dig the earth and tend the soil is to forget ourselves. ~Mahatma Gandhi

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KAREN KENNEDY, MD

Board-Certified Gynecologist 1118 Gulf Breeze Pkwy, GB 7552 Navarre Pkwy, Navarre 850-916-7766 KarenKennedyMD.com

Board Certified Gynecologist 1118 Gulf Breeze Pkwy, GB 7552 Navarre Pkwy, Navarre 850-916-7766 KarenKennedyMD.com

Board-Certified Gynecologist MD, offering full GYN services and proud to feature MonaLisa Touch Laser, a non-invasive treatment for symptoms of low hormones or menopause. Stop suffering and start living. Call for an appointment. Offices in Gulf Breeze and Navarre. See ad, page 2.

Board Certified Gynecologist MD, offering full GYN services and proud to feature MonaLisa Touch Laser, a non-invasive treatment for symptoms of low hormones or menopause. Stop suffering and start living. Call for an appointment. Offices in Gulf Breeze and Navarre. See ad, page 2.

HOT YOGA STUDIO

DR TONY SALAMAY, DC, MS, FASA 520 N Macarthur Ave, Panama City 850-785-9372 TheBayDoctor.com

Treating conditions through chiropractic, functional neurology and clinical nutrition such as fibromyalgia and thyroid issues. We treat the root causes and not just masking your symptoms. Always accepting new patients. See ad, page 5.

HOT YOGA OM

222 Miracle Strip Pkwy SE, Unit A Downtown Fort Walton Beach 850-430-9434 • HotYogaOM.com Hot Yoga Om features far infrared heat, radiant heat, radiant life. Daily classes, amazing teachers, great benefits. Experience it for yourself. See ad, page 45.

VITALITY-WORX

Ramona Shires 4590 Isabella Ingram Dr, Ste B, Pensacola 850-361-8995 • Vitality-Worx.com Holistic health specialists for sex and thyroid hormone optimization,gut repair and restoration chronic pain and inflammation, nutritional and herbal therapy anti-aging and rejuvenation with p e p t i d e t h e r a p y, d e t o x i f i c a t i o n a n d cleansing,weight loss and body sculpting. See ad, page 25.

HORMONE THERAPY AGELESS SOLUTIONS Cave, MD • Barber, MD

Janis Cook, RN 8990 Ortego Park Dr, Navarre 850-529-0770 Ageless Navarre.com

We offer multiple techniques and programs to get you on the right track to better health and a better body. Our services include behavioral therapies, nutritional strategies, hormone replacement pellet therapy, stem cell therapy, prescription medications and, best of all, the support of a caring staff. See ad, page 43.

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HYPNOSIS BAYSIDE HYPNOSIS

700 S Palafox St. Ste 200A, Pensacola Michelle@BaysideHypnosis.com BaysideHypnosis.com A full-service weight-loss, smoking-cessation, and anxietyreduction center. We also help people with changing habits, personal development, confidence and self esteem improvement. See ad, page 43.

DR. PEGGY

Peggy Hyde, PhD 850-902-9066, FWB DrPeggyHyde@gmail.com Hypnosis deals with the subconscious mind. You will learn simple methods to calm your mind and body, create visualization and give yourself positive suggestions. The skills you will learn will enhance everyday life. Call or email for class schedules. See ad, page 21.

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INFRARED SAUNA PILATES CORE TRAINING Barbara Bruni, Owner 1308 Dunmire St, Pensacola 850-287-5836 PilatesCoreTraining.com

Our Sunlighten sauna offers the highest quality and quantity of far infrared heat.

Potential benefits include lowered blood pressure, weight loss, detoxification, inflammation reduction, pain relief and more. Also included is Sound Therapy for deeper relaxation, as well as Chromotherapy, which uses the full spectrum of colored lights on various energy points to help balance your body, each color of which addresses a distinct need. See ad, page 9.

MASSAGE THERAPY MINI ESCAPE MASSAGE NAVARRE

1929 Ortega St, Navarre 850-376-7785 MiniEscapeMassageNavarre.com Licensed and professional therapeutic massage. We are skilled, experienced therapists.

We are locally owned and operated. We want to help everybody heal. We only do professional massages. LIC#MM41202. See ad, page 33.

METAPHYSICAL SHOP ROOTS SHOPPE

357 Beal Pkwy NW, FWB 850-863-1044 C.Gypsymuse@gmail.com CGypsymuse.com Offering a vast selection of quality herbs, self-care products and metaphysical goods, as well as an experience to remember.

See ad, page 8.

STONE SOUP INTUITIVE SPIRITUAL CENTER 314 Carmel Dr, FWB 850-533-6565 ShadowBonus@gmail.com

F o r t Wa l t o n ’s newest eclectic intuitive center.

Locally made crafts by local artisans. Intuitive readings, jewelry, paintings, incense, crystals, pottery, semi-precious stones, wind chimes, diaper cakes and handpainted furniture. See ad, page 31.

MYOFASCIAL RELEASE BARBARA BRUNI

Pilates Core Training 1308 Dunmire St, Pensacola 850-287-5836 PilatesCoreTraining.com Myofascial release treats the entire myofascial mind/body complex, eliminating the pressure of the restricted myofascial system (the straightjacket) that causes painful symptoms. LMT #MA64267. See ad, page 49

LAURA TYREE

Myofascial Release Massage Therapist LauraTyree Health in Hot Yoga Om (Downtown FWB) 850-642-1015 • LauraTyree.com A healing sanctuary that relieves stress and alleviates damage caused by tension and strain.

Fostering physical, mental and emotional relaxation while performing postures and breathing techniques with the underlying philosophy and relaxed attitude continuing outside of the studio into life. Classes for all levels and private classes upon request. See ad, page 45.

PHYSICAL THERAPY 365 DIRECT PT

Dr. Darnita Spann, PT DPT 850-366-9988 Wellness@Teleptclinic.com Teleptclinic.com Physical therapy 365 days a year, on your schedule. Free screens, telehealth visits, flexible appointment times, cash payments accepted. Physician referral not required. Call to schedule today. See ad, page 13.

PHYSICIANS COYLE INSTITUTE

Dr. Michael Coyle, DO FACOOG, FPMRS 9295 Scenic Hwy, Pensacola 850-637-8258 CoyleInstitute.com Dr. Coyle offers an unparalleled level of medical care to women all over the Gulf Coast, hoping that, in providing his patients with treatment and relief from the conditions that have so greatly affected their ability to live free from pain, he is offering them renewed hope and enriching their lives. See ad, page 19.

EMERALD COAST RHEUMATOLOGY Aymen A Kenawy, MD 850-215-6400 3890 Jenks Ave, Lynn Haven/PC Info@ecrheum.com DrKenawy.com

Aymen A Kenawy, MD, FACP, FA C R , B o a r d - C e r t i f i e d Rheumatologist, specializes in the treatment of arthritis and other rheumatic diseases, and stem cell and infusion therapy.

See ad, page 9.

KIMBERLY HOOD, MD

137 Crystal Beach Dr, Destin 850-470-1554 Dpcgyn2020.com Balance of hormones (sex, adrenal, thyroid) for energy/ wellbeing in women/men, utilizing functional and traditional medicine principles.

Telemedicine options. Epigenetic testing. See ad, page 4.

PILATES STUDIO PILATES CORE TRAINING Barbara Bruni, Owner 1308 Dunmire St, Pensacola 850-287-5836 PilatesCoreTraining.com

Feel what it feels like to move and feel good again. From athletic training to rehab sessions, PCT can accommodate every level.

We offer mat, Gyrokinesis and equipment classes. Private or group sessions available for all levels. Visit website for class schedule and pricing. See ad, page 9.

PURE PILATES

Gulf Breeze Proper 221 Gulf Breeze Pkwy, 850-932-3424 Downtown Pensacola 426 S Palafox, 850-607-2772 PurePilatesPensacola.com Join us at Pure to experience the largest Pilates studio on the coast.

Variety of equipment and mat classes are offered 6 days a week. Tone your core with Pure.

KAREN KENNEDY, MD

Board-Certified Gynecologist 1118 Gulf Breeze Pkwy, GB 7552 Navarre Pkwy, Navarre 850-916-7766 KarenKennedyMD.com Board-Certified Gynecologist MD, offering full GYN services and proud to feature MonaLisa Touch Laser, a non-invasive treatment for symptoms of low hormones or menopause. Stop suffering and start living. Call for appointment. Offices in Gulf Breeze and Navarre. See ad, page 2.

SPINE & JOINT, LLC

Sheila Mohammed, MD, PhD 4507 Furling Ln, Ste 213, Destin 850-281-8186 DrSheilaMohammed.com We are a medical clinic that treats pain naturally through remedies such as prolotherapy, prolozone, ozone, platelet-rich plasma and stem cell treatments.

See ad, page 18.

OSTEOPOROSIS OSTEOSTRONG

880 Gulf Breeze Pkwy, Gulf Breeze 850-480-7333 Cordova in Pensacola 1151 Office Woods Dr, Ste D 850-480-7119 OsteoStrong® is a scientificallybacked concept with proven technology focused on improving your overall health by focusing on the skeletal system. See ad, page 19.

ROLFING SHARALEE HOELSCHER, RCST Certified Rolfer (MA34039) Registered CranioSacral Therapist 850-450-8508 HealingWithBodywork.com

Get out of pain once and for all.

Treat the source, not the symptom. Enjoy moving freely in a more organized, comfortable and balanced body.

See ad, page 18.

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SKIN CARE SKINTRENZIXS

348 Miracle Strip Pkwy, Ste 26, FWB 205-718-2611 Skintrenzixs.com Providers of skin education and exceptional customer service in a clean and relaxed spa environment.Our products are pH balanced and extremely effective in balancing the skin.

See ad, page 15.

YOGI AND HERB

850-450-7357 Marissa@YogiAndHerb.com Yogi and Herb formulates and provides natural, botanical skincare products free of additives and preservatives for skincare your body will thank you for. See ad, page 11.

SLEEP DISORDERS GULF COAST SLEEP CENTER 2202 State Ave, Ste 104 850-U-SNOOZE 850-876-6693 GulfCoastSleepCenter.com

Gulf Coast Sleep Center is a stateof-the-art sleep research and diagnostic facility with the latest technology for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea. A comfortable, new and clean setting. All COVID protocols observed. No referral required, most insurance accepted. See ad, page 29.

DR SUSAN WELCH, FAGD

106 Wright Pkwy SW, FWB 850-243-1534 WrightParkwayDentalCenter.com Healthy digestion, well-aligned physical structure, proper breathing and a good night’s sleep begin with a healthy mouth. We treat snoring, sleep apnea and TMJ disorders, plus crowns, teeth whitening, bridges, veneers, implant restorations, aligner orthodontics, cleanings, digital X-ray imaging and CO2 laser periodontal treatment. No mercury fillings. See ads, pages 12 and 41.

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SPIRITUAL CENTER GIFTS STONE SOUP INTUITIVE SPIRITUAL CENTER 314 Carmel Dr, FWB 850-533-6565 ShadowBonus@gmail.com

F o r t Wa l t o n ’s newest eclectic intuitive center.

Locally made crafts by local artisans. Intuitive readings, jewelry, paintings, incense, crystals, pottery, semi-precious stones, wind chimes, diaper cakes and handpainted furniture. See ad, page 31.

UNITY OF PENSACOLA Jamie Sanders, Minister 716 N 9th Ave, Pensacola 850-438-2277 UnityOfPensacola.org

Unity of Pensacola offers spiritual teachings that empower abundant and meaningful living. We provide philosophy that is spiritual, not religious, and love-based, not fear-based. Rev Jamie Sanders offers spiritual counseling. See ad, page 29.

STEM CELL THERAPY AGELESS SOLUTIONS

Cave, MD • Barber, MD • Janis Cook, RN 8990 Ortego Park Dr, Navarre 850-529-0770 • Ageless Navarre.com Stem Cell Therapy is utilized to seek out inflammation in the body and regenerate any damaged tissue, applying our body’s natural internal repair system. Our services include behavioral therapies, nutritional strategies, hormone replacement pellet therapy, stem cell therapy, prescription medications and, best of all, the support of a caring staff. See ad, page 53.

STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION BARBARA BRUNI

Pilates Core Training 1308 Dunmire St, Pensacola 850-287-5836 PilatesCoreTraining.com Ida Rolf’s 10-Series is a method of bodywork that creates profound and lasting results.

Structural Integration is a method of bodywork that creates profound and lasting results.

Restructure your body and discover what authentic freedom of movement feels like again. Call to schedule your session today. LMT# MA64267. See ad, page 9.

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TEACHER TRAINING PILATES AND BEYOND TEACHER TRAINING SCHOOL Barbara Bruni, Owner 1308 Dunmire St, Pensacola 850-287-5836 PilatesAndBeyond.com

450-hour comprehensive training covering the fundamentals of movement, complete repertoire on the mat equipment, and includes modification movements for osteoporosis, knee and hip replacements and other various special needs. Registered with the Pilates Method Alliance. See ad, page 9.

THERMOGRAPHY RADIANT BODY THERMOGRAPHY Candace Parmer Clinical Thermographic Technician 503-775-1812 RadiantBodyThermography.com

Medical Infrared (MIR) technology developed by NASA provides an early, objective warning system that may show neurochemical signals far in advance of damage to the body.

See ad, page 37.

THERMOGRAPHY ADVANTAGE

Carolyn Olson Certified Clinical Thermographer Gulf Coast Area (Louisiana to Florida) 251-623-2225 ThermographyAdvantage@hotmail.com ThermographyAdvantage.com

FDA-registered thermography (digital infrared thermal imaging) offers breast screenings that are non-invasive and radiation-free, without compression or bodily contact.

Valuable for detecting earlystage breast disease and more.

See ad, page 33.

THETA-HEALING LAURA TYREE

ThetaHealing Healer LauraTyree Health in Hot Yoga Om (Downtown FWB) 850-642-1015 • LauraTyree.com ThetaHealing is a meditation technique and spirituality philosophy, accepting of all religions, with the purpose of getting closer to your beliefs Creator. A holistic healing technique allowing you to clear limiting beliefs with meditation and prayer. See ad, page 45.

TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TMS)

MIND PERFORMANCE CENTER, LLC (Located inside Path to Wellness) 240 W Laurel Ave, Foley, AL 251-597-8787 MindPerformanceCenter.com

DTMS increases the brain’s ability to regenerate and release neurotransmitters. We pair this with brain pathway correction and the nutritional program of Alzheimer’s researcher Dale Bredesen for quick, profound, positive results. See ad, page 39.

HOT YOGA OM

222 Miracle Strip Pkwy SE, Unit A Downtown FWB • 850-430-9434 HotYogaOM.com Hot Yoga Om features far infrared heat, radiant heat, radiant life. Daily classes, amazing teachers, great benefits.

Experience it for yourself. See ad, page 45.

YOGI AND HERB

850-450-7357 Marissa@YogiAndHerb.com Trauma-informed private yoga and sound-healing services from Destin to Pensacola. One-onone, couples and small-group yoga. Specialties are end-of-life yoga, PTSD, anxiety/ depression, strength and stretch, sound baths. I provide my students with tools and techniques based in ancient yogic tradition that facilitate self discovery and the ease of suffering. See ad, page 11.

WEIGHT MANAGEMENT AGELESS SOLUTIONS

8990 Ortega Park Dr, Navarre 850-529-0770 AgelessNavarre.com More than 20 years of medical assistance with a weight-loss program that helps you reach your perfect weight while maintaining your energy and health. See ad, this page.

BAYSIDE HYPNOSIS

700 S Palafox St, Ste 200A, Pensacola Michelle@BaysideHypnosis.com BaysideHypnosis.com Hypnotic weight-loss works because it combines common sense, realistic nutrition, and teaches how to think like a naturally thin person with the most advanced hypnotic technology available, performed by skilled, experienced master hypnotists. See ad, page 43.

YOGA STUDIOS DRAGONFLY YOGA STUDIES 184 Brooks St SE, Bldg 2 Downtown FWB • 850-244-0184 DragonFlyYoga.com

Serene environment for the study and practice of hatha yoga. Certified instructors.

Owner/Director Laura Tyree, E-RYT 500. See ad, page 45.

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Largest Holistic Health Expo IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

6TH ANNUAL EMERALD COAST

HOLISTIC HEALTH

SEPTEMBER 10 TH & 11 TH, 2022 Destin/Ft. Walton Convention Center (Formerly Emerald Coast Convention Center) 1250 Miracle Strip Parkway • Ft. Walton Beach, FL

ECHHExpo.com LOCAL EXHIBITORS SHARING • Acupuncture • Alternative Medicine • Bodywork • Chiropractic Therapy • Meditation • Natural ChildBirth • CryoTherapy • Natural Beauty • Midwives • Massage Therapy • Natural Foods & Supplements • Thermography Breast Screening • Health and Wellness Coaching • Nutrition • Myofascial Release • Rieki • Stem Cell Therapy

• CBD • Brain Health • Medical Marijuana • Structural Integration • Osteoporosis Therapy • Natural Products • Craniosacral Therapy • Holistic Dentistry • Yoga • Much More...

Now Accepting Exhibitor Registrations

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TEN HEALTH TESTS EVERY WOMAN SHOULD HAVE More than 45% of women over 20 have hypertension, and that heart disease and cancer are the leading causes of death in women? Regular blood work is one of the number one steps a woman take to stay on top of her health and can catch these issues early, potentially saving her life!

Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH): FSH levels stimulate egg production and contributes to estradiol/estrogen levels.

Luteinizing Hormone (LH): measures presence of LH in the blood, regulating menstrual cycles and egg production.

Comprehensive Metabolic Profile (CMP): pulls information on 14 chemicals in the body, giving a full picture of the current state of your metabolism (blood sugar, electrolyte levels, and kidney & liver health).

Urinalysis: detects UTIs, kidney disease, and diabetes.

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH): screens for thyroid health, which can also affect many hormone levels, including testosterone.

Progesterone: progesterone regulates menstrual cycles and early stages of pregnancies.

The CDC mentions that women in certain age ranges should pay special attention to the following blood tests: Women 18-39: Regular cholesterol and diabetes screening, as well as physicals, blood pressure checks, and necessary vaccinations.

Women 19-26: Discuss the HPV vaccine with your doctor.

At age 21: Cervical cancer screenings are recommended with a standard Pap smear.

Women 40-64: Continue doing blood pressure, cholesterol, and diabetes screenings, but also add in mammograms, general heart health tests, and hormone panels.

Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) Sulfate: evaluates adrenal gland function. The adrenal gland produces many hormones that regulate bodily functions including stress responses, immune responses, blood pressure, and metabolism.

The ProHealth Women’s Panel ($285) will address cancer signifiers, cholesterol, diabetes, hormone levels, and heart-related tests, with the exception of a blood pressure check (which can be done upon request).

Visit ProHealthFL.com for more info.

Complete Blood Count (CBC): evaluates overall health and can detect things like anemia, infection, and certain cancers.

Estradiol: measures the amount of estradiol (female sex hormone) in your blood, helps determine your estrogen levels, ovarian function, and some aspects of ovulation.

Free and Total Testosterone: Blood testosterone levels can affect fertility, sex drive, and mental health.

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