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omen are—and have always been—a force to be reckoned with. While we still have a long way to go before women are seen in all eyes as perfectly equal to men, each small stand taken to acknowledge and celebrate the power of women is making a difference. I am especially ecstatic to hear the recent announcement that Harriet Tubman will appear on the front of our $20 bill, and other prominent women are being added to the $5 and $10 notes. It’s about time.

So it’s a special treat to dedicate this issue to Women’s Wellness. In these pages, you’ll find insights on some health and wellness topics especially pertinent to being the best women we can be.

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Most of us know someone with thyroid issues, and this is such an important topic for women and men, as the thyroid controls so many aspects of our health. When our hormones are out of wack, seemingly minor symptoms can add up to bigger problems. More helpful information on the thyroid and iodine’s role in keeping it in balance can be found on page 34.

A local woman we admire is Robin “Athena” Hall, an artist who creates clothing for active women and men and enjoys her life to the fullest, exploring all that Tucson and the Southwest have to offer. Learn more about this colorful and inspiring woman on page 20.

This month, we’re also talking about some taboo topics, relating to boosting our libido (page 22), the health benefits of orgasms (page 26) and how looking good can lead to feeling good (page 30). It’s always in style to pamper ourselves and be reminded of the beautiful, strong and desirable women we all are—at every age.

I hope you’ll share this celebration of women with your mom, sister, best friend, daughter, grandmother, neighbor or yoga instructor. And don’t forget to wish a Happy Mother’s Day to those special women in your life.

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lower Shop on 4th Avenue, located in the Delectable Courtyard Shops, offers fine floral arrangements and gifts backed by a service that is friendly and prompt. Owner Norah Schultz is offering free delivery for clients who mention Natural Awakenings, a value of $10 or more.

The shop offers local delivery, a flower exchange program, vase recycling, succulent gardens in upcycled containers and vintage gifts. They use locally sourced greens and flowers whenever possible, and flower cuttings and scraps are composted.

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“Our knowledgeable staff is ready to assist you with placing orders for local delivery or anywhere in the world,” says Schultz. ​“Use a local florist to send flowers across the U.S. instead of a wire service.

You receive more value for your money. This takes the middle man out and helps support your local business community.​”

Flower Shop on 4th Avenue allows clients to order through its secure, 24-hour online ordering service, as well as by phone. They are open Monday through Saturday, and offer daily floral delivery to local funeral homes and hospitals.

Location: 531 N. 4th Ave., Tucson. For more information, call 520-622-7673, email FlowerShopOn4th@gmail.com or visit FlowerShopOn4th.com.

Female Sexual Dysfunction Consultations at Reed’s Compounding Pharmacy

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eed’s Compounding Pharmacy offers private consultations to treat female sexual dysfunction (FSD)—persistent, recurrent problems with sexual response or desire. For those experiencing FSD, pharmacists are available for a private consultation to make specific recommendations based on an individual’s needs. During consultations, patients learn about proactive, viable options to optimize their healthcare.

“Often, these problems cause distress or strain your relationship with your partner,” says Dana Reed-Kane, Pharm.D. “Many women experience Dana Reed-Kane problems with sexual function at some point in their lives.” There are different types of FSD, including hypoactive sexual desire disorder, sexual arousal disorder, orgasmic disorder and sexual pain disorder. FSD can occur at all stages of life, and it may be ongoing or happen only once in a while.

Pharmacists can recommend lubricants, moisturizers, devices, medications and other specific dosage forms in order to cater to patients’ unique needs. After consultation, the pharmacy will contact a client’s medical provider to obtain an appropriate prescription.

Location: 2729 E. Speedway Blvd., Tucson. For more information, call 520-318-4421, email Dana@ReedsRX.com, or visit ReedsRX.com. See ad, page 9.

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alactic Center, an intimate event venue, spiritual center and global visionary art gallery, is a hidden gem in downtown Tucson. This high-vibe temple environment, complete with resonant cave chambers, is ideal for classes, workshops, lectures, DJ events, concerts and other public or private gatherings.

Events are happening at Galactic Center all year long, but it truly activates and accelerates during the gem show time, when the sacred space is being held for the global community moving through. Every day, along with tea ceremonies, there are events happening in the flow, featuring famous speakers, artists and musicians.

“The higher energies are being anchored here, returning us to the temple, and to the primordial resonant caves, the sacred space where we can feel safe to travel within, grounding, raising awareness and expanding our hearts,” says Kati Astraeir. “It is a sacred playground where you can practice your offerings for the community and evolve on your spiritual journey.”

Location: 35 E. Toole Ave., Tucson. For more information, call 520-305-0856, email Kati.Astraeir@gmail.com or visit Facebook.com/GalacticCenter.

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avid Rupley, Jr., MD(H), physician at Coyote Healing Center, offers non-invasive, pain-free therapy for increasing energy and reducing pain through pulsing a magnetic field. This therapy can increase energy and reduce pain regardless of the cause, and has helped many women with incontinence as well.

“Lack of energy, low mood, anxiety and insomnia frequently occur together and are very common. These can occur with or independently of chronic pain,” says Rupley. “Pain and poor sleep can be relieved with a single PEMF session.

Frequently, as few as six to 10 sessions will provide lasting relief.”

For more information, call 520-722-9787, email DCRupley@gmail.com or visit CoyoteHealingCenter.com. See ad, page 35.

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newsbriefs Proactive Health Solutions Welcomes Juanita Garcia

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uanita Garcia, a fully certified clinical thermographer, has recently joined Proactive Health Solutions, located at WellnessFirst!, in Tucson. “I want to welcome her to the Proactive Health Solutions family,” says Lynda Witt, CCT.

Garcia has been through her training for almost two years and received her certification one year ago. She is Juanita Garcia certified and trained to complete breast, upper body and full body imaging, and is committed to supporting people in her community who are eager to use preventive screening in their desires to maintain or regain their health.

Location: 3861 N. 1st Ave., Tucson. For more information, call 520-235-7036, email Lynda@ProactiveHealthSolutions.org or visit ProactiveHealthSolutions.org.

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isa M. Westrick, Holy Fire Karuna Reiki Master and owner of Serenity Holistic Touch LLC, recently opened an office at 2030 East Broadway Boulevard, Suite 28, and to celebrate, she is offering a package deal for the month of May: buy three, one-hour sessions for $150. Westrick offers energy work sessions and spiritual classes to the Tucson community to promote physiLisa M. Westrick cal, emotional and spiritual wellness.

Westrick explains that reiki and other therapies she provides create change in our bodies through our senses. “We absorb and live in the world around us through our senses; therefore, our senses play a vital role during a session,” she says. “It varies from person to person which of our senses are engaged during the treatment and how the energy is received within our bodies. The purpose of one of these sessions is to restore balance to the holistic body.”

A reiki treatment promotes healing through touch by channeling universal energy through her hands into a client’s body. Chakra therapy includes stimulating the senses of sight, touch and smell through the use of colors, gems and aromatherapy to restore and balance the Chakra system. Sound therapy uses vibrations from singing bowls, tuning forks and reiki chants to adjust and realign the body. “Whichever energy method you choose, it delivers energy into your body to areas which need it, to relieve stress and to promote healing from injury or illness,” explains Westrick.

For more information, call 520-226-5953, email LisaMWestrick@gmail.com or visit SerenityHolisticTouch.com.

Sylvaine Francine Helps Clients with Allergies Enjoy the Desert in Bloom

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s a spiritual counselor and doctor of chiropractic, Sylvaine Francine empowers her clients by freeing them from the emotional impact of traumas and helping them to find their joy, power and center. Besides specializing in stress release and teaching meditation, Francine is also an energy worker and helps her clients deal with their allergies.

“The desert in bloom is truly a beautiful sight, but unfortunately many among us suffer the yearly ailment of allergies,” says Francine. “I discover the reasons for one’s allergies, whether they are stemming from the environment, the genetic pool or the emotions. Blockages along the energy pathways create the perfect ground for creating and sustaining allergies.”

Aside from consultations, which she offers in person, by phone or Skype, Francine also facilitates a series of meditation classes, levels I and II, a weekly meditation gathering and a Sylvaine Master Mind class, where she teaches participants how to harFrancine ness and protect their energy.

“My clients say, ‘It seems like a dream coming true. My allergies are gone.

Spring is the most beautiful season now.’ It is wonderful to hear that children can go play soccer and ride their bicycles,” enthuses Francine.

For more information, call 206-501-7575 or visit SylvaineFrancine.com.

Glamour and Boudoir Photography at Artistic Images Studio

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ric Smith, owner of Artistic Images Studio, is offering discounted Glamour and Boudoir photography shoots. A Glamour/ Boudoir session, normally $250, will be $173 until July 31. During this time, he is also offering a digital portrait special of $99.

A boudoir photo shoot/photo experience for women is based on one’s own comfort level. It is an opportunity to embrace one’s whole self in a positive, Amanda’s Transformation understanding and safe environment. “It is Before & After Amanda hid behind her hair most of a safe expression to explore one’s sensual her life. Once she cut her hair and self, through a variety of photographic realized she didn’t need to hide, she options,” explains Smith. “This is photography to help women get in touch with, found a new confidence, strength appreciate and accept their authentic self and acceptance of herself. and see their natural beauty.”

Appropriate for those who have experienced emotional or physical traumas or have received negative messages from others due to body size, it is designed to be a healing experience. “I have worked with a client that had undergone a bilateral mastectomy and was able, through the photographic experience, to embrace her femininity again, remove doubt about the appearance of her reconstructed breasts and any desire to hide her body,” says Smith.

For more information, call 520-977-6733, email ArtisticImages347@gmail.com or visit ArtisticImages347.com. See ad, page 12.

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newsbriefs Hamlet Starring Benedict Cumberbatch

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he Loft Cinema of Tucson will present screenings of Hamlet, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, at noon on May 22, and at 7:30 p.m. on May 24.

Academy Award-nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy in this National Theatre production.

Directed by Lyndsey Turner and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, National Theatre Live will broadcast this eagerly awaited production live to cinemas. As a country arms itself for war, a famBenedict Cumberbatch ily tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s as Hamlet death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.

Location: 3233 E. Speedway Blvd., Tucson. For more information, call 520-795-0844, email Info@LoftCinema.org or visit LoftCinema.org. See ad, page 11.

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he Natural Awakenings online national readership survey allows us to better serve readers. “Your participation takes just two minutes, and will give us a better understanding of what you need and how well we’re delivering on your expectations,” says founding CEO Sharon Bruckman. “We’ll also use your responses to help guide the direction of future development.”

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With the interests and welfare of readers in mind, Natural Awakenings provides information and resources for living a healthier, happier life. Now publishing in more than 95 communities nationwide, as well as Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, Natural Awakenings is the country’s most widely read healthy living magazine, with a loyal monthly readership of almost 4 million and growing.

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laire Johnson, owner of Claire’s Cafe and Art Gallery, is one of three finalists for the 2016 Torch Awards Good Neighbor Award, recently announced by The Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Southern Arizona.

The Good Neighbor Award recognizes a company that has shown a commitment to making southern Arizona a better place Claire Johnson through community service.

Claire’s Cafe has been serving the community for 28 years, serving delicious and healthy home-style food prepared and served with a personal touch. Every year on the day before Thanksgiving, Johnson opens up the restaurant and serves free meals to more than 500 people in need. Many local business owners support her with this project.

The nominated business and employees play a significant role in support of local charities or community service projects.

Finalists for the awards represent both nonprofit and for-profit organizations in southern Arizona and they’re selected by a panel of judges independent of BBB. Winners will be named at an awards ceremony from 6:30 to 8 p.m., May 5, at Casino del Sol Resort.

For more information, call 520-825-2525, email ClairesCafe@comcast.net or visit ClairesCafe.net.

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Favorite thing about Natural Awakenings: I first discovered Natural Awakenings three years ago. It is an extremely resourceful magazine. It has everything you need or what you may be looking to achieve in your personal, professional, emotional, physical and spiritual goals. It touches every subject—even the ones you never knew existed.

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healthbriefs Overcoming Limiting or Negative Self-Talk

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ur mind, if left unchecked, will take the path of least resistance when it comes to our thoughts and beliefs. We may start to believe things like “I will never get ahead”, “I can’t do it”, “I am overwhelmed and stressed out”, “I am just not lucky” and “I am not good enough”. These thoughts are not true, but when they play automatically over and over in our mind, we start to believe them and assume they are true. It is possible to stop the monkey mind.

We can change and control our thoughts rather than letting our thoughts control us. We have the power to change our thinking and approach life from a new perspective. A properly trained coach can help us to become the best version of ourselves, changing and eliminating negative and/or destructive selftalk. Simple techniques can be implemented that will change our thinking and, therefore, change our life.

By learning to change and control our thoughts, we can achieve increased motivation, optimism and balance, while reducing stress, worry and anxiety. Those who are experiencing burnout at work, overwhelm and never-ending stress, who want to break through blocks and limitations they are experiencing relating to a lifestyle change such as weight loss or fitness, or who want to improve relationships and communication, will find that it is all possible and easier than once thought.

Renee Powers, owner of Human Potential Coach, is a Certified Wellness Coach and a Holistic Life Coach with a Ph.D. in Transpersonal Counseling. Powers currently offers private, custom coaching, as well as two programs: 9-Week Discover Meditation and 6-Week You +Potential. Connect at 520-222-9063, GetInspired@live.com or HumanPotentialCoach.com. See ad, page 8.

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onstipation is a reflection of diet, fluid, breathing, emotions, thoughts, genes and culture. The condition can be lifelong and the basis for other seemingly unrelated illnesses, or it can be short-term and have obvious and immediate causes. Others might cycle in and out of it, not knowing why it is happening.

According to Sylvester Yong, a doctor from Singapore overseeing a study on constipation and colon hydrotherapy, “Constipation is a problem that affects almost everyone at varying periods of their lives.” For many, constipation is the most common sign their digestive system is out of balance.

The most obvious signs are fatigue, bloating and brain fog. When we are constipated, we’re saturated with residue from the gut that has seeped into the bloodstream and lymph, lodging in cells and tissue. It’s no wonder we become tired and our favorite jeans don’t fit around the waist.

For women, there could be a number of causes relating to emotional or mental issues, trauma, poor lifestyle, diet, hydration or sexual and physical abuse. Constipation can lead to excess weight and gas and poor quality of life. It leads to poor habits, such as not exercising and overeating. It is embarrassing and hard to talk about.

Shea Shea, of the Intestinal Health Institute, offers clients cleanses, along with colon hydrotherapy, to help get their intestines moving and happy again.

Sheila Shea, of the Intestinal Health Institute, in Tucson, is offering a 15 percent off special on series of five, eight and 10 colon hydrotherapy sessions. Connect at 520-325-9686 or Intestines@SheilaShea.com. See ad, page 21.

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eventspotlight Healing Movement Qigong Workshop with Joe Pinella

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oe Pinella, founder and owner of Healing Movements System, will present a workshop on healing chronic pain with qigong, called Hope and a Roadmap, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., June 4. Attendees will learn the same powerful healing techniques that allowed Pinella to completely recover from what his doctors insisted would be lifelong paralysis. Tickets will be 20 percent off until May 12.

“Too many people have given over the responsibility for healing to ‘experts’, when, in fact, the greatest expert is the innate intelligence of your body. With the right kind of guidance, this intelligence can do its job. It can achieve true healing by addressing the cause of pain or limitation, instead of just focusing on symptom management,” explains Pinella.

In this workshop, Pinella will teach how to tap into an inner wellspring of hope and determination through the profoundly spiritual aspects of qigong. By listening to their own innate body wisdom, participants will learn how to stimulate the body’s natural healing processes. The workshop is open to people of all skill levels, beginners and advanced.

“Many people find that the most discouraging part of healing is actually when things start to get a little bit better,” says Pinella. “For some reason they stop whatever helped them get better and go back to their old habits.

That’s why it’s important to make health part of a daily spiritual practice.”

Location: Scottish Rite Cathedral, 33 Ochoa St., Tucson.

For more information, call 520-235-7180, email JoePinella@gmail.com or visit JoePinella.com/events.

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obyn Landis, author of the bestselling BodyFueling and Herbal Defense, is now offering individual coaching programs in Tucson and worldwide.

Robyn Landis Her work uplifts clients to become super-savvy and empowered, so they experience healthy self-care as a pleasure and privilege—integrating mind, body and spirit.

Landis is gifted at cutting through layers of confusing, overwhelming health headlines and sound bites to streamline and synthesize the most proven essentials. Another specialty is igniting powerful motivation to apply those essentials. With infectious exuberance, energy, compassion and common-sense logic, she deflates myths, distractions and objections. In their place, she helps create compelling, juicy inspiration for healthy choices and habits that lead to radiant well-being.

Landis is currently working on her third book, BodyFueling Reloaded— Not Your Parents’ Middle Age to share how her 25 years of living an organic, plant-based life has supported a vibrant, youthful “maturity” that reflects our true potential. She embodies and transmits a possibility for aging naturally and beautifully that feels and looks remarkable.

The original BodyFueling schooled readers in often-misunderstood basics about food, exercise and the body— liberating them from the “diet thinking” that obstructs healthy, conscious living.

For more than two decades since, Landis has taught and modeled a fit, fueled and sustainable life.

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Change Your Life for Good

by Jeanette Gibler

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e live in fascinating and interesting times, with a lot of rapid change and opportunity taking place.

So much possibility can be very exciting and empowering, but it can also feel overwhelming and even provoke fear, a sense of uncertainty and self-doubt. Many believe the ideas that change is hard or change is scary, and some believe it’s downright dangerous. This creates the perfect environment to resist forward movement or to sabotage the very change we desire.

During these “stuck” moments, it’s helpful to pause and take in another perspective. Change is beautiful and powerful and has the ability to liberate individuals from what they have outgrown, what is no longer adding joy and fulfillment or what is out of alignment with new hopes, desires and dreams.

Old paradigms break down in order for change and new paradigms to break through. The breakdown process takes on many expressions and can usher individuals into more self-potential.

For example, a job that was once cherished may suddenly be causing us to feel stuck, unmotivated and downright unhappy. At the thought of moving forward, fear speaks up and lists all the reasons to stay put. We downplay our brilliance while silencing the desire to find something to evoke new growth, invigoration, meaning and inspiration.

Or maybe we’re ignoring an inner voice screaming to add ourselves to the top of the priority list, depleted from pouring energy into the business, family, household and to-do list. This overwhelm partners with fear and convinces us that money can dry up if we don’t keep working at this fast pace, and only when the kids leave the house will we be a priority.

All of this worry and pressure tends to eventually build up enough to cause a major event, or breakdown, thereby making way for positive changes. However, it is not necessary to reach complete breakdown before implementing change.

Here are some indicators that change is knocking on our door.

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Internal feelings of dissatisfaction.

Experiencing the blahs and dreading going to work or home.

Numbing out with eating, drinking, shopping, television or social media.

It’s natural to want to feel quick relief, and it’s easy to get stuck here. Compulsive behavior is a sign that we’re battling the voice of reason with our heart’s desires.

Putting on extra pounds. Oftentimes when denying or resisting change, we’ll exercise less and become more stationary.

We’re tired of merely surviving. We know on a fundamental level that life is meant to be experienced, enjoyed and shared in loving ways. Yet, we feel like we’re constantly struggling to survive, working and paying bills, with little life enjoyment.

Procrastination. We put off tasks that really aren’t that involved.

Glorification of busyness. Many people brag about being busy, but are they making their hearts sing, or do they simply create a false sense of accomplishment?

Playing it safe. Increased insecurities and negative self-talk become the common inner voice as we consider stepping out of something that’s no longer fulfilling.

the nervous system, leading to new insights and possibilities. Incorporate breathing rituals while at a stoplight, waiting in line somewhere, preparing dinner and before falling asleep.

•Hire a coach. An especially supportive approach to navigate transition and growth is through an experienced coach. Coaches help individuals to make lasting changes in a much quicker timeframe, using established techniques, tools, processes and programs, while providing the benefits of partnership, accountability and safety.

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oises Orozco’s statue of Athena, golden scissors and sewing needle in hand, stands seven feet tall in the courtyard of Athena’s Castle. This midtown Tucson property is art studio, garden, home and hearth for Robin “Athena” Hall, renaissance woman extraordinaire.

Vibrantly vital, she is entering her crone years with an electrifying verve of a woman half her age. Twelve- to 15mile hikes, 60-mile road bike trips and mountain wilderness backpacking are normal for the loving grandmother and open-hearted lover of life. The clothing line business she started in her late 50s has customers trekking Tasmania, strolling Paris streets and celebrating themselves in her colorful designs every day.

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fuels female ambition to climb to new heights, taking on a mountain or a glass ceiling.

Hall’s fully expressed femaleness has been more a continuous work in progress then reinvention. From the earliest age as a toddler in rural New Hampshire, Hall has been exploring simple expressions of old world hand sewing, farming and music. Both her grandparents’ farms were close by her parents homestead. Young Hall would walk through the woods, feeling the winds blowing through the trees, to grandmothers who taught her to sew on a treadle machine and cook on a wood burning stove, to playtime in hay barn lofts and helping the men keep the farm machinery running.

She would recreate these happy memories in many forms throughout the years ahead.

Her midlife wakeup happened in the ordinary way of our modern society: kids grown, husband divorced and a big case of self-doubt looming in front of her face. She took up long distance road biking, running, speed hiking and swimming; placed in races and triathlons; and filled her hours with training and nutrition. Backpacking the sky islands and canyons of the Southwest and rock climbing brought back the winds blowing through the trees, uplifting her heart and spirit. “Since childhood, feeling the wind has always been important to me,” recalls Hall.

The outdoor athleticism provided a foundation to seek additional activities to enjoy a fuller experience of life. A community of healers invited her into their circle, renewing her experience of family. Two years living in the Bio-Touch house, led by a guru-like Paul Bucky, reinstated in her a heart-oriented approach to life. “If I have a philosophy, it began there—to be kind, good and cooperative with people,” says Hall.

A growing curiosity of ancient ways led the spiritual traveler to the Temple of the Presence, where she became familiar with the alchemy of Saint Germain and the radiance of the Ascended Masters. The TucRobin Athena Sewing son community embraced her participation in the kitchen, and she provided epistle covers and ceremony gowns from her sewing machine. Hall describes a dreamlike state in 2010, when she was told by the Ascended Masters to start a sewing business and call it Athena Garments. Her casual interest became an enterprise.

“I like it best when a creative thought hits me. I immediately imagine what it will look like and how it will come together, jump into looking for fabric, finishing the garment in a few hours,” muses Hall. She looks through the shelves filled with bolts of patterned and textured cloth, some decades old,

Robin Athena on Vespa waiting for its creative thought. “The ones that take one creative session are sometimes the very, very best.”

A patron of the arts, Athena is an artist in her own right. Athena’s lines of Southwestern chic, active outdoor attire and tailored clothes are designed in her sewing studio—its walls peppered with her primitive painted images of nature.

Hall longed for colorful and versatile, active, outdoor clothing for women that wasn’t mauve or putty colored, so she began making her own clothes to complement her love of the outdoors.

Soon after, her friends began asking for their own hiking and biking clothes.

Adventurous and theatrical in her Athena Garments YouTube channel, Hall entertains subscribers with videos including scenes such as: yeah-hawing, slipping and sliding down the smooth rocks of Wild Horse Canyon; splashing into mountain spring flow; bike riding around the Sun Circle after dusk, glowing like an electrified field in headlights; and strumming a banjouke, belting out a rewrite of Buffalo Gals, about Buffalo Palooza at Cat Mountain Station. Self-described as shy, Hall regularly costumes up in self-creations while out and about at art gallery openings. In enlightened moments of Athena’s wisdom, she recognizes

that what is called self-doubt may actually be the internal art critic, hungry for the next creative thought that will top the last one.

In 2012, the fashion designer journeyed to France with Victor Navarro’s ParisSan Carlos Art Exchange. The artist exhibited her Athena Southwest clothing line in a tour through Avallon, Quarréles-Tombes, Toutry and other French towns. Her designs came to the forefront again in the 2015 Clifton, Arizona Colors of Copper themed art competition, where Parisian artists wore vests and skirts of her design. An expanding roster of artists and connoisseurs of couture don Athena-designed garments. Gabriel Ayala wears her vests in his performance concerts. At the recent Vintage Palooza at Cat Mountain Station, Kerstin Block, founder of the Buffalo Exchange em-

pire, bought a modernism-themed skirt and a Frida Kahlo patterned dress.

The statue of Athena holding golden scissors and needle stands in the courtyard of the temple Hall has built to her. A wide circle reaches to a 20-by-40-foot vegetable garden, a fountain by Lee Blackwell, The Nest sleeping room, Hestia (the 1920s era Home Comfort wood cook stove), an art studio, fruit trees and chickens. This rural, self-sufficient ecology, detailed with functional art objects, is home comfort for the creative expression of a woman ever in process.

Robin “Athena” Hall creates clothing for women and men. Connect with her at 520-409-0567, RobinAnnHall@cox.net, AthenaGarments.com and the Athena Garments YouTube channel.

Dale Bruder is a freelance writer interested in creative people, social and cultural movements and applications of esoteric knowledge. Connect at 520-331-1956 or TaoTime@DaleBruder.com.

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SPARK UP YOUR LOVE LIFE Natural Ways to Boost Libido

by Lisa Marshall

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nderlying health issues aside, a hectic schedule packed with work deadlines, kids’ sporting events and household chores can leave little time for intimacy. Letting that pattern go on too long can become a problem. “There’s a use-it-or-lose-it phenomenon that occurs,” says Dr. Anita Clayton, a University of Virginia psychiatry professor, neurologist and author of Satisfaction: Women, Sex, and the Quest for Intimacy.

Despite what hyper-seductive female media stereotypes suggest we

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believe, in the real world, 39 percent of women feel they lack sex drive, and nearly half experience some kind of sexual dissatisfaction, according to a survey of 32,000 women published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.

About one in eight women are significantly distressed about it. “The truth is, many of us don’t have great sex lives,” confirms Clayton.

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“This is a complex problem that requires a complex solution,” says Honolulu-based naturopathic physician Laurie Steelsmith, author of Great Sex Naturally: Every Woman’s Guide to Enhancing Her Sexuality Through the Secrets of Natural Medicine. “For most women, drugs are not the answer.” She notes that for men, boosting libido is largely a matter of boosting circulation and blood flow to the penis. But for women, desire for lovemaking stems from an interplay of emotional, interpersonal, hormonal and anatomical drivers that make lack of desire harder to “treat”.

The truth is that many simple, effective, non-drug approaches exist. As Boulder, Colorado, marriage therapist Michele Weiner Davis puts it, “There’s no reason why a woman wanting a more robust sex life cannot have one.”

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The number one culprit for low libido in women is subpar physical health, says Steelsmith. “To be capable of fully enjoying pleasure, you need a healthy body.” Carrying excess weight can both erode self-esteem and lead to reductions in a woman’s natural circulating testosterone, a critical hormone that helps ignite pleasure circuits in the female brain and increase sensitivity in the clitoris. Being underweight can result in fatigue and low sexual energy, diminished production of excitatory brain chemicals and low levels of estrogen, key for keeping a woman moist.

Meanwhile, Steelsmith explains, excess stress can prompt the body to “steal” from libido-boosting hormones like progesterone in order to make more of the stress-hormone cortisol.

High blood sugar can drive down

testosterone, while high cholesterol can clog pelvic blood vessels, dulling sensation.

Depression, diabetes and thyroid disorders are other major libido killers, says Clayton. “If you treat them effectively, you may see big improvements.”

Women seeking to improve their sexual health should first try to achieve a healthy weight via diet and exercise, Steelsmith says. She recommends an organic diet rich in complex carbohydrates (which keep blood sugar balanced), lean protein (a precursor to desire-related neurotransmitters) and good fats (which help keep vulval tissues lubricated).

Exercise—another circulation booster—is also key. Do it before a scheduled hot date for even better results. One 2014 study of 52 women found that those that worked out prior to an anticipated romantic encounter had significantly increased sexual desire.

cream or suppositories.

If an infection occurs, try to treat it naturally, avoiding antibiotics, which can spark yeast overgrowth. Instead, Steelsmith recommends using tea tree oil, goldenseal, or probiotic douches or suppositories, available online and at health food stores.

Kegel exercises are a famous aid, involving clamping down as if interrupting urine flow, before releasing and repeating. This not only help fends off urinary incontinence and infection, it also strengthens and firms pelvic muscles, rendering enhanced enjoyment for both partners.

Birth Control Pills: Oral contraceptives can boost levels of sex hormone-binding globulin, which attaches to desire-promoting testosterone, making it harder for the body to access it.

Make Time for Intimacy

Smoking: It impairs circulation to genitals.

Research has shown that over time, frequent lovemaking actually causes structural changes in certain areas of the brain as new connections form and sex-related regions grow stronger.

Stop, and those areas atrophy, making physical intimacy feel awkward once it’s resurrected.

Pamper Femaleness

A sexless relationship can also be Many women avoid sexual encounters emotionally devastating for the perfor fear of sparking a urinary tract or son, often the male, that wants more contact, says Weiner Davis, author of vaginal infection. This becomes more The Sex-Starved Marriage: Boosting common after age 40, as estrogen wanes and pelvic tissue thins and dries, Your Marriage Libido. “For the spouse leaving it more vulnerable to microbial yearning for touch, it is a huge deal,” invaders. Because semen is alkaline, it she says. “It’s about feeling wanted, atchanges a woman’s vaginal pH, allow- tractive and loved.” In her practice, she often sees couples that are mismatched ing unfriendly bacteria to thrive, says in how they wish to demonstrate and Steelsmith. receive love. Often, the woman wants

Her advice: Always go to the bathroom and urinate after intercourse, to feel close emotionally before she and use natural lubricants, like vitamin can feel close physically. For the man, physical intimacy is a conduit for E. For some women, she also recommends low-dose, prescription estrogen opening up emotionally. When both

Five Common Libido Killers

Antidepressants: Numerous antidepressant medications have been shown to decrease libido, but leaving depression untreated can kill sex drive even more; consider natural alternatives.

Alcohol: Too much alcohol lowers sexual response.

Caffeine: Excess caffeine can erode levels of testosterone, which is vital for driving desire.

Sources: Laurie Steelsmith, ND, and research studies

Nature’s Libido-Enhancers L-arginine: Boosts blood flow to sexual organs. Can be taken in supplement form or applied topically.

Chinese ginseng (Panax ginseng): Considered a sexual tonic in Chinese medicine for its ability to stabilize sexual energy over time; also used to address vaginal dryness.

Epimedium (horny goat weed): Said to stimulate nerves in genitals, support adrenal glands and boost levels of feel-good brain chemicals.

Phenylethylamine: Sometimes referred to as the “romance chemical”, this stimulant and mood elevator is naturally released in the brain when we have an orgasm, exercise or eat chocolate; also available in supplement form.

Maca: A Peruvian root used for centuries in that country to promote sexual energy, Maca is said to boost production of libido-boosting hormones.

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keep waiting to get what they want, the relationship suffers.

She counsels couples to deliberately make time to address both partners’ needs. Schedule a long walk or intimate dinner to talk over feelings; also schedule sex. “Some people say, ‘Oh, but that’s not spontaneous enough,’” says Weiner Davis. “But even if you put it on the calendar, what you do with that time can still be spontaneous and playful.”

While most women assume that they need to be in the mood first, research by University of British Columbia Psychiatrist Rosemary Basson suggests that in some women, desire only comes after physical arousal, especially by a loving partner that takes the time to meet her needs. “I wish I had a dollar for each time someone said to me, ‘I’m not in the mood, but once I get into it, I surprise myself, because I have a really good time,’” says Weiner Davis. She’s not advising women to make love when they really don’t want to, but rather to be open to it even when the circumstances aren’t ideal. “A lot of women feel like the house has to be clean, with the kids asleep and free of distracting noises,” she says. “Sometimes, just do it.”

Is Sex Essential?

For some in this subset that are unable to find relief via lifestyle changes, she would recommend Addyi, said to boost desire by changing brain chemicals.

On the other hand, many women don’t need to take any action at all. “If someone has low sex drive and it doesn’t matter to them or their partner, it’s not a problem.”

That said, the benefits of attending to an affectionate, healthy sex life can go far beyond the bedroom, improving overall health and strengthening relationships, notes Steelsmith. Sex burns calories, increases circulation, releases calming and painkilling hormones like prolactin and prompts production of the “bonding hormones” vasopressin and oxytocin.

“When you are in a loving relationship and you express that love through your body, physiological changes occur that can help you bond more deeply with your partner,” she says. “The more you make love, the more love you make.”

Clayton points out that while 42 percent of women experience either low sex drive or satisfaction, fewer than 12 percent are really bothered by it.

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n modern society, a lot of pressure is placed on younger women to appear a certain way, to be appealing and have a healthy libido or healthy sexual drive. In Latin, libido means desire, willfulness or lust—akin to libore, meaning to be pleasing. Cultural expectations, and not living from one’s own heart, can interfere with a healthy libido.

Swiss psychiatrist Carl G. Jung states that “the libido is identified as psychic energy… that manifests itself in the life process and is perceived subjectively as striving and desire.” It also represents a healthy balance between the feminine and masculine—the yin and yang aspects of ourselves.

In Chinese Medicine, the libido, with its chemical mix of neurotransmitters, neuropeptides and sex hormones, is associated with qi and yin and a healthy balance between the heart and kidneys. The heart is said to house the mind and spirit (yang), and the kidneys (yin) rule our life essence. The kidney energy naturally dissipates as we age. However, consciousness and resonance of the heart grow stronger with awareness and joyful expression.

As women age, we can certainly remain “juicy” and pleasing through a healthy lust for life and becoming more and more pleasing toward our authentic selves. Women of mature age are becoming “sexier” through knowing who we are, trusting our own authority and becoming more playfully expressive. There need not be anything “anti” about aging. Graceful aging cultivates spiritual maturity—acceptance, appreciation and celebration of the natural cycles of life.

Barbara Marx Hubbard, vital 86-year-old futurist and visionary, invites taking libido to a higher level. Imagine a new embodiment of the “suprasexual” that is discovered through “vocational arousal”. In essence, it is doing and expressing what we love and what we are passionate about.

Passion is heart medicine. Add into the formula that most delicious ingredient of all—humor—and we can enhance the life force.

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exual health is often overlooked in our society because it is a touchy subject, even though it is an integral part of who we are. These are some simple practices and exercises that will bring greater pleasure to life—as well as greater overall health.

Orgasms occur when we circulate sexual energy (the most powerful energy we possess) up through our bodies until it reaches the brain, where it then reverses course back to the genitals and rapidly expands into a wave of bliss, blocking out conscious thought.

There are methods and practices that not only enhance orgasms, but greatly expand them and use the energy from them to heal our minds, our bodies and our spirits. Though some women find difficulty in achieving orgasm, all women have the ability to experience orgasm. Some of these practices come from Tantra Yoga and Taoist traditions from China, and they all involve learning how to breathe.

Women often hold their breath during orgasms, forgetting to exhale. This causes tension between the body and the mind; the orgasm is “right there” just out of reach, and then it runs away. Learning to relax into the orgasm, breathing through it and making sound allows the orgasm to come to them, bigger and better than before.

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START A LOVE AFFAIR — WITH YOURSELF

by Kate McDavid

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hen was the last time you were fascinated and infatuated with yourself? In 2004, Dove commissioned a worldwide study (“The Real Truth About Beauty: A Global Report”) on how women relate to beauty. What they found was alarm-

ing. Only 4 percent of the women around the world would think of themselves as beautiful, but 80 percent agree that all women have something beautiful about them and do not see it.

The report concluded that programs for teens that centered on

increasing self-esteem had a positive impact on that age group. But what about the women that went through adolescence and lost a lot of their self-confidence already? Borrowing some of those tips from the Dove teen programs, we can find things within to be fascinated and infatuated with, as adults. Here are just a few suggestions.

Consider your positive role models.

Who are those women that you admire for qualities other than physical beauty?

Whether it be someone you personally know or a public figure, think about what they have that intrigues you.

List at least 10 items you love about yourself that are not related to appearance. Do not hold back. This is not a time to be coy—just be honest.

Read the completed list and celebrate each unique quality.

Think of three activities that make you feel feminine and delicious when you do them. This can range from having a massage to getting your nails done, or just having a bubble bath that is not interrupted by anyone needing you. Pick at least one a week and do it.

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Why did you become a vegetarian at age 14?

When I was 13, I picked up a book from the nightstand in my parents’ bedroom called Miami and the Siege of Chicago by Norman Mailer. I happened to open to a page with a highly graphic description of Midwest slaughterhouses.

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Was it tougher to maintain your natural standards as your career became filled with travel and tight schedules?

After I first became a vegetarian kid living at home, I soon convinced my family to go vegetarian, too. I read a lot of books to learn how to replace meat protein with healthier choices. Through the early years, as I continued to learn about options, I tried many kinds of vegetarian, macrobiotic and vegan approaches.

Once I started modeling in seashore locations, it seemed natural to me to add bits of fresh fish and some dairy; so for the most part I have been a lacto ichthyo variation of vegetarian.

I raised my children as vegetarians, and recently my daughter, Sailor, and I took the next step to become mostly vegan. I allow myself a little mozzarella and an occasional salmon dish when my body is craving it, because I think we need to listen to what our body needs.

After the environmental disasters of the BP oil spill in the Gulf, made worse by toxic dispersants, and the Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown that pumped radioactive isotopes into the Pacific, I am extra-cautious about the salmon I choose and don’t eat other seafood. I’m

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How much of anti-aging do you believe is tied to mental and emotional health?

Growing old gracefully is all about the positive energy that you use to power through your day and project to others. Happiness is a youthful quality and a smile is always our best accessory; it’s also been proven to release feel-good endorphins.

When you take good care of yourself by eating right and exercising, you naturally feel better about yourself. If we’re feeling down, stressed or depressed, we’re tempted to eliminate exercise, which is the very thing that could lift us up and make us feel better.

The more we move, the merrier we are.

Because you also recognize the importance of treating the body well from the outside as well as from the inside, what other practices do you apply?

With everything we know about how the sun can damage our skin, it’s crucial to use a moisturizer with a broad ultraviolet spectrum blocker of both UVA and UVB rays to prevent wrinkles and hyperpigmented spots. I created my own skin care line that offers an SPF 30 broad-spectrum moisturizer that also defends against infrared rays [IR], which represent more than half of the sun’s damaging rays that reach Earth. IR emissions also come from manmade objects such as computers and cell phones. Beyond that, I wanted a product that takes advantage of our body’s own circadian rhythms, using special peptides that help the body build collagen and elastin as we sleep and repair.

Using a gentle exfoliating scrub is also key, a step many people overlook; I’ve included it in my daily skin care routine for 30 years.

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

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ravity takes its toll as years pass, and many women find themselves bemoaning crow’s feet, frown lines and turkey necks that make them look older than they feel. Experts point to the loss of “fat pads” in the cheeks, bone loss around the eye sockets and cheekbones and overall weak muscles as potential contributors to facial aging. Natural exercise programs designed to reverse these unpleasant signs of aging comprise a new fitnessfor-beauty trend.

“Face and neck muscles somehow have been left out of mainstream fitness programs,” observes Denver esthetician and massage therapist Grace Mosgeller, who addresses this void with her series of eight FaceFitnez audio and video exercises. “If you tone the muscles of your face and neck, the skin attached to those muscles firms and tones as well, creating a natural youthful look.”

Muscular stress—the good kind— is at the core of facial fitness, says Mosgeller. She cite’s Wolff’s Law, a well-known medical theory that bone grows and remodels in response to the tension or muscle engagement put on it. “Regular facial exercise works the muscles to correct the loss of both muscle tone and bone density and build collagen. It might be called the equivalent of push-ups, pull-ups and

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abdominal tucks for the face.”

Carolyn Cleaves, owner of Carolyn’s Facial Fitness, in Seabeck, Washington, near Seattle, a former college professor, developed a facial exercise program for herself upon detecting early signs of aging. With the help of two primary care physicians, she designed a routine that includes 28 basic exercises that target all 57 facial muscles. “As we get older, we lose the underlying layer of fat just beneath the skin, and as a result, we look old and tired,” says Cleaves. She agrees that exercising the face actually helps rebuild lost bone, enlarges the muscles and also builds collagen. A study from the University of Rochester, in New York, confirms that loss of bone mass can start in women as early as age 40.

It starts in men 16 to 25 years later.

Mosgeller’s facial exercises work to fade wrinkles and lines and firm up sagging flesh, yielding visible results in as little as two weeks of dedicated training. She says, “Within six to nine months, it’s possible to look five to 10 years younger than when you started.”

Her claims are verified by Dr. Carol Lipper, in Denver, who states, “I’ve done the exercises and they work.

The trouble is compliance. It’s a lot of work.” She confirms that she saw improvement in her droopy eyelids after just two or three weeks of adhering to

Mosgeller’s workouts.

“It seems that every three months or so, I see another leap in results and a younger look,” adds Cleaves of those using her program. Here are a few crucial areas to target, with just a few of these experts’ recommended remedies.

Cleaves’ Crow’s Feet Eliminator: Place fingertips on top of the head, thumbs resting near the corners of the eyes. Shut eyes tightly and slide thumbs toward the temples for a count of five.

Repeat 10 times.

Mosgeller’s Rx for Droopy Eyelids: Place index finger on top of a closed eyelid, and then lift fingers up and slightly to the outside. Blink hard and hold. It’s preventive, as well as curative, says

Mosgeller, so those over 45 should repeat this 100 times a day, while younger individuals should repeat 20 to 50 times a day.

Mosgeller’s Frown Line Eraser: Pull brows apart with fingers and hold for two seconds. Repeat 50 to 100 times up to six times per week.

This is meant to relax and tone the muscles, not build them.

Cleaves’ Turkey Neck Buster: Tilt the head back slightly.

With palm facing the neck, grasp under the chin with a wideopen hand and slowly slide hand down to the collarbone; hold there while counting to 10. Repeat five times daily.

Kathleen Barnes is author and publisher of many natural health books.

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“Looking younger is in our reach.

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she observes, “People walk out of the office and they’re happy.”

Utilizing event seminars to inspire, empower and educate women, Sholes-Douglas hosts Women, Wellness and Wine seminars. The topics might be vision boarding with a life coach; women’s sexual health, including her vaginal rejuvenation specialty; or discussions about hormones, happiness and healing. She also teaches a seminar on the importance of learning how and when to say “no”—a difficult response for some women.

Teaching women how to care for their aging skin is a priority for SholesDouglas. She emphasizes it is critical to wear sunscreen, rain or shine, and extols the virtues of exfoliation. Tula’s Dr. Arianna and the Tula Wellness team lead aesthetician, Karina Dabdoub, is committed to helping clients achieve their skin care goals. Dabdoub’s favorite treatments include micro-needling, which is one of their most popular treatments, as well as ThermiSmooth, a non-invasive procedure that uses radio frequency for improving skin laxity.

by Suzie Agrillo She says, “It is ideal to tighten the skin around the eyes and mouth.” r. Arianna Sholes-Douglas had

In Sanskrit, “Tula” means “bal Facials are also provided by a vision when she started Tula ance”, and that includes the mind, Dabdoub, including microdermabraWellness: uplifting a woman’s body and spirit. Sholes-Douglas has sion facials that exfoliate the skin and life journey with inspiration, education over 20 years of experience in obstetpromote new collagen growth. Another and tools that create a holistic balance. rics and gynecology. As her practice popular treatment, the dermaplaning She strives to help women feel their evolved, she learned that women facial, includes a complete dermapersonal best, which includes both were interested in more than just their planing treatment, which uses a dull looking better and feeling better. “After physical health. She relates, “My whole scalpel to eliminate facial fuzz and all, how a woman sees herself physipractice has grown as a result of my slough off dead skin. This facial also cally is a part of her mental health,” patients’ needs and wants, and women includes massage, extractions, mask she opines. “At the end of the day, we want to look good.” Now that her pracserum, moisturizer, eye cream and have to deal with health, wellness and tice is divided about 50/50 between sunscreen. beauty.” medical care and aesthetic treatments,

Barbara Cooper, NP, CNM, a midwife for 30 years and nurse practitioner for 25 years, is part of the team specializing in Integrative Gynecology at Tula Wellness. Cooper also teaches yoga and specializes in health and nutritional coaching. With her patients, Cooper begins by completing a comprehensive questionnaire about their lifestyle, then DISCOVER YOUR VOICE! takes an integrative approach to the Believe you can’t sing but would really love to? individual, including hormone balancDoes speaking in public create fear and doubt?

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to people to find out what’s going on.

She notes, “The healing begins when women feel heard and cared about and feel that their concerns are validated and addressed.”

A consultation might also address sexual function. “A lot of women talk about decreased libido or response, and we give them permission to go there and talk about sex without any stigma,” says Cooper. “We have enhancement tools to get people to have a fun, playful and satisfying sex life. We’re very excited about helping women come in to their fullness, regardless of their age.”

With respect to detoxing the body, weight loss and diet, Cooper comments, “It’s not rocket science.

As Michael Pollan has said, it’s basically about eating real food, mostly plants, and not too much.” Cooper will provide consults to improve a patient’s diet. She is passionate about her work as a healer, harnessing the body’s innate ability to heal.

Women are caregivers, and sometimes that means we neglect to take care of ourselves. It is critical to create some time for carefree activities in our schedules. Cooper is a proponent of exercise, yoga, meditation and time outdoors in nature as components of a healthy lifestyle to minimize stress.

“Self-care is important. Women get so busy taking care of others that they

neglect their own needs and joys and passion.” she counsels.

Sholes-Douglas’ medical aesthetics practice to enhance women’s beauty includes dermal fillers, injectables for lines and wrinkles, as well as Coolsculpting for the body. Fillers can slow the aging process by stimulating collagen and adding volume to plump wrinkles.

Injectables like Botox work by temporarily stopping the contraction of the muscles that are responsible for creating wrinkles. Coolsculpting is an innovative way to contour body fat away, by freezing unwanted fat cells.

An even more revolutionary treatment offered for females is ThermiVA, which uses painless radio frequency heat energy to shrink and regenerate vaginal tissue. Sholes-Douglas is impressed by the results her patients have experienced. It can improve mild to moderate stress incontinence, increase

vaginal lubrication and help with menopausal vaginal atrophy, vaginal laxity and sexual function.

The success of Sholes-Douglas’ practice has resulted in a heavier workload, but she recognizes that there are more important things in life than work. “My motto is: create freedom, flexibility and fun,” she says. When not working, she loves spending time with her husband and two children, and participating in community activities.

Tula Wellness is located at 2404 E. River Rd., in Tucson. For more information, call 520-577-1129 or visit TulaWellnessMD.com. See ad, page 27.

Suzie Agrillo is a freelance writer in Tucson and a frequent contributor to Natural Awakenings magazine. She focuses on writing on the arts, inspirational people and the human connection.

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Solutions for a Sluggish Thyroid Keying in on Iodine

by Kathleen Barnes

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t seems that a common mineral supplement that costs just pennies per day can stimulate an underactive thyroid, restore metabolism to normal levels, curb excess appetite, banish fatigue and generally improve everyone’s health.

Mounting scientific evidence shows that iodine may be an answer to many such health woes, especially for women.

“The thyroid acts as a throttle, the gas pedal for all metabolic functions

in the human body,” says Dr. Richard Shames, of San Rafael, California, author of Thyroid Mind Power.

If the thyroid is a driving force of human physiology, then iodine is its key fuel, says Dr. Robert Thompson, of Soldotna, Alaska, author of What Doctors Fail to Tell You About Iodine & Your Thyroid. “Every single cell in your body depends on thyroid hormone, and the thyroid depends on iodine for proper functioning.”

“Without sufficient thyroid hormone, we have low energy, slower metabolism, lower immunity to illness and impaired repair and maintenance of bones and joints,” explains Shames.

After testing thousands of patients in his practice, Thompson estimates that 90 percent of North Americans are iodine deficient, citing what he calls “epidemic proportions” of hypothyroidism (low thyroid function) with symptoms comprising obesity, fatigue, brain fog, irregular or absent menstrual periods, hair loss and heat and cold intolerance.

Major Culprits

Estrogen: Hypothyroidism is overwhelmingly a women’s disease, with women five to eight times more likely to suffer from it than men, according to the American Thyroid Association.

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“Estrogen inhibits the body’s natural ability to absorb and utilize iodine,” says Dr. Jorge Flechas, of Hendersonville, North Carolina, who specializes in thyroid disorders. “We find three periods in life when women need more iodine: at puberty and during both pregnancy and perimenopause or menopause. It’s because estrogen levels tend to fluctuate wildly at those times, neutralizing the ability of iodine gained through select foods to balance thyroid and other hormones.” Flechas prescribes iodine supplements for most women at all three stages of life.

Toxic halogens: Iodine belongs to a group of halogens that includes chlorine, bromine and fluorine, three chemicals that are both toxic to the human body and block its ability to absorb iodine, explains Thompson.

“They’re everywhere, in our air, water and food. It’s nearly impossible to avoid them,” reports Shames, a longtime advocate in the movement against the common practice of adding fluoride (a derivative of fluorine) and chlorine to municipal water. Fluoride is also added to many brands of toothpaste. Bromide is part of almost all commercial flour and flour products, as well as soft drinks.

Shames offers an historic insight.

“Fluoride was once used to slow down an overactive thyroid, as recommended by the physicians’ bible, the Merck Manuals.

Now we’re putting it in the water supply and wondering why we have a mushrooming epidemic of low thyroid incidence.”

Food: “So-called ‘iodized’ salt doesn’t contain much usable iodine, and neither does pink Himalyan sea salt,” Shames cautions.

We’ve known that our soil is deficient in essential minerals such as iodine since at least 1936, when a special U.S. Senate report concluded that our soil was already severely depleted.

“This simply means that when we grow produce, the plants cannot extract these vital nutrients from the soil for us—including iodine—if those nutrients aren’t there in the first place,” says Thompson.

If anything, he adds, U.S. soils have become even more sterile in the 80 years since the report and, “Factory farming and the use of genetically modified (GMO) crops, Roundup herbicide and

Nine in 10 North Americans may be iodine deficient. ~ Dr. Robert Thompson synthetic chemical fertilizers have undoubtedly worsened the situation.”

Sources of Iodine

It’s difficult to include sufficient natural iodine in our daily diet unless we follow a Japanese-style diet that includes lots of seaweed and saltwater fish, says Shames. Other food sources are shellfish, turkey, cheese, yogurt, milk, eggs, legumes, cranberries and strawberries.

There is little agreement about the optimal levels of iodine people need.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture maintains that we need 150 micrograms a day, but iodine advocates are quick to point out that a person eating a typical Japanese diet (where hypothyroidism, or low thyroid activity, is rare) ingests 12.5 milligrams of iodine each day—83 times the amount recommended by the government.

Shames recommends getting an iodine lab test (available without a prescription at CanaryClub.org) to determine exact needs. Thompson recommends potassium iodide and sodium iodide supplements for thyroid health.

Kathleen Barnes is author of numerous natural health books, including User’s Guide to Thyroid Disorders.

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Importance of Thyroid Health

hyroid issues affect 12 million people in America and many are not receiving the help they need to feel good. Under-functioning thyroids can cause fatigue, weight gain, brain fog, constipation and poor temperature regulation.

Under-functioning or hypothyroid conditions affect about 10 million Americans, while over-functioning or hyperthyroidism affects roughly 6 million Americans.

Physicians tend to look at signs and symptoms. For an under-functioning thyroid, signs could be cold hands and feet, thinning or brittle hair, constipation, dry skin, dry mucus membranes and loss of the outer edges of the eyebrows (also called Queen Anne’s sign). A doctor will order labs to check TSH, and maybe Free T4 and/or Free T3. Naturopaths are taught to check five to six different labs. A functional medicine specialist will check 10 labs—TSH, Total and Free T4, Total and Free T3, TPO, TGA, Reverse T3, selenium and iodine.

For an over-functioning thyroid, signs could include increased or irregular heart rate, pressure behind the eyes, increased blood pressure, unexpected weight loss, sweating and irritability. It is best to check all 10 versus the standard five labs, yet there may still be other labs to run. These lab values are checked against certain physical exam findings.

Iodine deficiency can lead to hypothyroidism, while over exposure to iodine can cause hyperthyroidism, so it is important to not overdo one’s intake of iodine, kelp or seaweed. Inflammation of the gland can cause hyperthyroid symptoms, and benign tumors can overly stimulate the thyroid, causing swelling which can lead to excess T4 and/or T3 to leak out of the gland. Both conditions can be treated with herbs. Medicines are given, but many times by including alternative treatments, a more satisfactory outcome can be achieved.

Dr. DeeAnn G. Saber is a Naturopathic Doctor at Transformational Medicine PLLC. She has treated hundreds of thyroid patients and personally knows multiple ways to feel great even with hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s. Connect at 520-209-1755, DrDeeAnnND@aol.com or 3861WellnessFirst.com. See ad, page 2.

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Qigong is a simple life science; a proven way to connect with the energy and life around us by combining physical and breathing exercises with powerful visualizations and meditations.

This movement of energy releases stress and offers healing to mind, body, and spirit. The original purpose of qigong was to bring the practitioners into a qigong, or deep meditative state. This state connects one to the energy of the earth and universe, as well as to life around us. Those who practice say that the connection creates a peaceful feeling that can be nurtured and grown from a simple energetic sensation to feeling that the whole body is vibrating with energy and joy.

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to eventually shape an inspiring affirmation representing cherished personal aspirations for the year ahead. Place this next to the selfie and other key personal photos in the center of the board and reinforce its verity by daily repeating it.

Pride of place: Prominently display the board where it will be visible throughout the day. The more time we spend with our board, the more movement we’ll make toward our goals and the faster they’ll become our reality.

Activate: Sit with the board and connect with its opportunities. Visualize being, doing, having and experiencing everything shown, as if they are already an intimate part of daily life. This living, breathing idea grows with us, and a companion gratitude journal can support us in acknowledging our progress.

Picture Your Future Creating a Vision Board Makes Dreams Real

by Jayne Morris

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ision boards, a powerful tool for transformation, comprise a collage of pictures, phrases, poems and quotes that visually represent what we would like to experience more of in life.

Building one works to uncover hidden desires and inner guidance that help clarify the details of a roadmap to our future.

Anyone can create one in a few hours.

The layout may be intuitive, placing pieces where feelings direct; circles within circles like a mandala; or in titled, pie-shaped segments arranged in the form of a wheel.

Board basics: Choose a large piece of poster board, corkboard or canvas the size of an unfolded newspaper. Gather pens, scissors, glue or pins, sticky tape and a current selfie.

Gather 10 to 20 magazines ranging from women’s and men’s fashion, health and fitness to hobbies, house and garden and travel, including animals representing specific character traits. Pick topics that resonate, uplift and inspire, energize or bring relaxation. Beauty salons, libraries and community centers like to clear out old issues; an alternative is to

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assemble images by using a computer.

Prepare a space: Find a quiet, relaxing spot, free of disturbances and distractions.

Mindset magic: Let go of ought-tos, shoulds and musts. Rest assured that feeling the desire to be good, to do good or have something good in our life means we can make it happen, even if we do not yet know how.

A vision board clarifies our deepest desires.

Flick, snip and stick: Have fun seeing what jumps out and catches your attention while riffling through the magazine pages.

Clip and place these images in a pile, and then sort out those that feel really right.

Arrange: Experiment with the positioning and relationships of words and images until it feels good. Take a photograph as a reference. Affix pieces either so they can be repositioned or permanent, leaving spaces to symbolize an openness to receiving more ideas.

Purpose Statement: Play with words that describe desired values and qualities

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ision boards have become a staple tool in my life.

Before learning about the Law of Attraction, I would make collages of images that I felt Kathleen Geis good looking at—things that I wanted to see appear in my life. Little did I know that creating a concrete representation of what I wanted was exactly what I needed to put me into the right state of mind for allowing those things to manifest into reality.

To create a vision board, you simply need to cut/print out pictures that represent what you want to see manifest in your life, and that you feel a strong sense of positive emotional connection to. Tape or glue them onto a piece of paper or poster board. Look at them often and imagine that they are already in your life. Feel the joy behind the images. If doubt ever creeps in, simply revisit your board and focus again on the end result—on the joy you would feel in having those things become reality. ~ Kathleen Geis Realtor, home stager and re-designer

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SUNDAY, MAY 1 Mystic Messengers Psychic Fair – 9am-4pm. Tucson’s premier community of independent psychics, healers and crafts people. No charge. Doubletree at Alvernon, 445 S Alvernon Way. 520-403-4270.

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Postmortems of the Famous – 11:30am12:30pm. We will consider the lives and deaths of Anne Boleyn, Napoleon I, Henry VII, Jeanne D’Arc, the Pied Piper, Attila the Hun, and Catherine the Great. By donation. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco, Rm 2. 520-488-8284.

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Friday, May 6 • 8:30am to 12pm Do you write what you mean as clearly as possible? Avoid costly blunders by investing in writing skills that get results. Fun, interactive, instantly practical.

Tucson College 5151 E. Broadway Only $67 (includes Word Trippers book) BarbaraMcNichol.com/wordshops Register: Editor@BarbaraMcNichol.com

Wisdom Wednesday – 6:30-8:30pm. Discover the potential of you and flourish. Cultivate inner personal power and increase confidence, well-being FRIDAY, MAY 6 and joy. $10. RSVP for location. 520-730-9277.

Kirtan with Sandi Siegel, Cassandra BendickInfo@JeanetteGibler.com. JeanetteGibler.com. son and Matt Finstrom – 6pm. Please join us What’s Your Story? – 6:30-9:30pm. Looking as we sing together the chants that connect us to at the seven main types of story lines, we will rethose aspects of ourselves we wish to embrace, frame our stories, looking for the biggest possible evolve and embody. $10. Galactic Center, 35 E viewpoint through facilitated discussion. By donaToole Ave. Facebook.com/GalacticCenter. tion. Center For Spiritual Living Ed Cntr, 4200 E River Rd. 520-319-1042. Amin@TucsonCSL.org. The Magic of Tantra - 5/6-5/12. Essential Explorations in Love and Freedom workshop. During TucsonCSL.org. this experiential workshop, you will learn founPorangui – Ayahuasca: CD Release Ceremony dational tantric practices that will support you and Celebration – 8pm-. Ayahuasca is sonic alin knowing your True Self as love and freedom. chemy from Brazilian born artist Poranguí McScottsdale, Az. Register at MagicOfTantra.com.

Grew. Porangui.com. $10-$15. Galactic Center, 35 E Toole Ave. Facebook.com/GalacticCenter.

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THURSDAY, MAY 5

21-Day Transformation Program – 5/7-5/28.

Experience a profound journey of healing on the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels in this 21-day program. $7,579. Tree of Life Center US, 686 Harshaw Rd, Patagonia. 520-394-6005.

ProgramInfo@TreeOfLife.nu. TreeOfLifeCenterUS.com.

Diabetes Recovery Program – 5/5-5/28. As featured in the movie Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days, this program revolutionizes the treatment of diabetes. $11,799. Tree of Life Center US, 686 Harshaw Rd, Patagonia. 520-394-6005.

ProgramInfo@TreeOfLife.nu. TreeOfLifeCenterUS.com. Mother’s Day Mini Mani’s – 9am-12pm.

Hands-on workshop includes flower for mother, Heal Your Grieving Heart: How to Recover nail kit, sparkling grape juice and snacks. $30/ from Significant Loss – 6-8pm. Learn how to mother and child, $10/one additional child. embrace grief and how to give and receive support.

Gigi70 Skin Care, 300 E University Blvd, Ste No charge. St. Francis in Foothills Church, 4625 144. Gigi70nsc.SkincareTherapy.net.

E River. 520-661-7444. MBeck333@mac.com.

Annual Children’s Day Festival – 11am-3pm. A YourGrievingHeart.com. traditional Japanese celebration featuring Yukata Zhong Yuan Qigong level 1 and 2 – 7-8:30pm. for youngsters to wear, games, origami,crafts, a Raise your vibration and be a part of lifting huchildren’s music concert, exhibitions and more. manity up as a whole. $10. 1st class no charge.

Free under 15 years old. Yume Japanese Gardens Desert Milagros, 3438 N Country Club. 520-404of Tucson, 2130 N Alvernon Way, 520-272-3200.

8745. QigongMark@yahoo.com.

Yume.Gardens@gmail.com. YumeGardens.org.

Earth Gong Bath – 5-6:30pm. Stress relief, sleep issues, physical pain, busy mind, digestive problems, toxicity and more can be helped with this form of sound and vibration. $10-$15. Dunbar Cultural Center, 325 W 2nd St. 847-323-9188.

Danielle@Replevyn.com. Replevyn.com.

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calendarofevents Awaken or Deepen Your Intuition in Your Practice – 6-8:30pm. Develop easy strategies for using intuition when working with clients. For all practices and abilities. $44.

Caritas Center for Healing, 330 E 16th St. 520-305-5393. TucsonFeldenkrais@gmail.com.

TeslaMetamorphosisPractitionersArizona.com.

SUNDAY, MAY 8 Sunday Celebration Service – 10:30am-11:45am.

Sunday Celebration Service celebrates life in all its possibilities. Come and bring your mom. By donation. Center for Spiritual Living Tucson, 3231 N Craycroft Rd, auditorium. 520-319-1042.

Admin@TucsonCSL.org. TucsonCSL.org.

South AZ Authors Series – 11:30am-12:30pm.

With Miriam Ruth Black. Chats about Turtle Season, a story of a new widow at midlife. By donation. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco, Annex Rm 3. 520-488-8284. Molly.Nelson@q.com.

UnityTucson.com.

Galactic Gong Bath – 5:30-7pm. Allow the healing frequencies of the Earth Gong to wash over and through you, calming the mind and nervous system. $10-$15. The Galactic Center, 35 E Toole Ave. 520-884-0874. Kati.Astraeir@gmail.com.

Facebook.com/GalacticCenter.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 11 ASIS May ‘16 Massage Therapy Training Program – 9am-12pm. We have full-time 6 month massage therapy training program beginning May 11. $11,800. ASIS Massage Education, 639 N 6th Ave. 520-343-0338. Tucson@ASISMassage.com.

ASISMassage.com.

Wisdom Wednesday – 6:30-8:30pm. Discover the potential of you and flourish. Cultivate inner personal power and increase confidence, well-being and joy. $10. RSVP for location. 520-730-9277.

Info@JeanetteGibler.com. JeanetteGibler.com.

Mining Memories – 6:30-9:30pm. New way to look at your memories and learn from them.

By donation. Center For Spiritual Living Tucson Ed Cntr, 4200 E River Rd. 520-319-1042.

Admin@TucsonCSL.org. TucsonCSL.org.

THURSDAY, MAY 12 TIES Guest Speaker: Beth Peterson – 6:308:30pm. Survival and purpose are two lessons Beth grasped from the Life Review in her near-death experience. $5/suggested. Unity of Tucson, 3617 Camino Blanco, 520-395-2365.

TucsonAZ@IANDS.org. TucsonIANDS.org.

FRIDAY, MAY 13 TSW Night – 6-8pm. Learn from those who have successfully demonstrated that affirmative prayer and affirmations improve their lives. Shared potluck follows. By donation. Center For Spiritual Living Tucson Ed Cntr, 4200 E River Rd. 520-319-1042.

Admin@TucsonCSL.org. TucsonCSL.org.

markyourcalendar HEALING TOUCH PROGRAM • LEVEL 1

Sat-Sun 5/14-5/15 & Sat-Sun 7/9-7/10 9am to 6:30pm Want to learn more than Reiki?

Healing Touch is the #1 and only Energy Medicine Program with NCCA accreditation. Easy to learn. $365 520-591-7267 BarbHartht@gmail.com. Facebook.com HealingTouchTucson

SATURDAY, MAY 14 My Little Pony: The Movie – 10am. Pony up for major fun, adventure and music with a 30th anniversary screening of the original My Little Pony movie. No charge. The Loft Cinema, 3233 E Speedway Blvd. 520-795-0844.

Info@LoftCinema.org. LoftCinema.com.

Bio-Touch Practitioner Certification Class – 10am-4pm. 5/12, 5/15, 5/21 & 5/22. Calling all BioTouch Practitioners – are you ready to become certified? Reserve your spot today. All four classes $60.

Bio-Touch Center, 5634 E Pima St. 520-323-7951.

Office@JustTouch.com. JustTouch.com.

Tucson Astrologers’ Guild Beginners’ Class – 11am-12pm. With Susie Cox. Finding the Astronomy in Astrology. No charge. Ramada Tucson Foothills, 6944 E Tanque Verde Rd. 520-625-5762.

GaelChilson@gmail.com. TucsonAstrologersGuild.net.

Meet me at Bookmans – 1-3pm. With Sylvaine Francine. Q/A about stress release, benefits of meditation and energy work. Come meet me. See if we are a good match. Free raffle: Meditation Class Series.

Value: $149.99. No charge. Bookmans, 3733 W Ina Rd. 206-501-7575. SylvaineFrancine@gmail.com.

SylvaineFrancine.com.

Green Is The New Red – 7pm-. Come out for the free presentation and Q&A on Big Ag’s Dirty Secrets: What ‘Ag-Gag’ Laws Are Trying to Hide from Consumers and Activists. No charge. The Loft Cinema, 3233 E Speedway Blvd. 520-795-0844.

Info@LoftCinema.org. LoftCinema.com.

SUNDAY, MAY 15 Aqua Yoga – 12-1pm. With Jessica Byron. Yoga stretches in the comfort and support of 96 degree water open possibilities for better balance, breathing and relaxation. $15/class. Santa Rita Springs, 2301 N Santa Rita Ave. 520-370-3499. Jebyron@yahoo.com.

HealingPathYoga.net.

Ariana Saraha With Fernando Medina – 8pm.

Ariana’s achingly beautiful and evocatively versatile voice reveals a heart that loves this world.

ArianaSaraha.com. $10-$20. Galactic Center, 35 E Toole Ave. Facebook.com/GalacticCenter.

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Workshop: Beth Peterson – 1-4pm. Beth shares self-healing practices, a result of knowledge gained from her NDEs after being struck by lightning (twice), in this hands-on workshop featuring essential oils. By donation. Unity of Tucson, 3617 Camino Blanco. 520-395-2365. TucsonAZ@IANDS.org.

TucsonIANDS.org.

Reiki Level I Training & Attunement – 2-8pm.

Original, traditional Usui Reiki Training delivered by Usui Master/Teacher Danielle Dvořák. She is 12th generation from Dr. Usui, so a purer training and lineage than most. $150. The Galactic Center, 35 E Toole Ave. 847-323-9188. Danielle@Replevyn.com.

Replevyn.com.

MONDAY, MAY 16 Kadampa Meditation Center - Monthly Open House – 7-8pm. Guided meditation, short talk on meditation, Buddhism and introduction to the Center’s programs, refreshments and tour. No charge. Kadampa Meditation Center, 5326 E Pima St. 520-441-1617. Info@MeditationInTucson.org.

MeditationInTucson.org.

TUESDAY, MAY 17 Meet Your Best Self – 5:45-7pm. Introduction to Meditation: learn a simple technique to go within, find quietness. Question and answer session. No charge. 3231 1st Ave N. 206-501-7575.

SylvaineFrancine@gmail.com. SylvaineFrancine.com.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 Wisdom Wednesday – 6:30-8:30pm. Discover the potential of you and flourish. Cultivate inner personal power and increase confidence, well-being and joy. $10. RSVP for location. 520-730-9277.

Info@JeanetteGibler.com. JeanetteGibler.com.

Conscious Loving / The Ups and Downs of Lingam Honoring – 7-9:30pm. Sanskrit for male genitalia. Learn the anatomy, physiology and energy to honor the sacred masculine. $20/online, $25/at door.

Galactic Center, 35 E Toole Ave. 520-975-3961.

Mark@SouthwestTantra.com. SouthwestTantra.com.

markyourcalendar WARRIOR GODDESS TRAINING With Jeanette Gibler

6:30 to 8:30pm Eight Fridays, starting May 20 Powerful 8-week course to becoming the woman you are meant to be. Own your power and passion, step into joyful play, open to loving and honoring yourself with every fiber of your being.

Limited space; pre-registration discount.

Just $179 by May 10th Please call 520-730-9277 today or visit JeanetteGibler.com/Warrior-Goddess for details.

FRIDAY, MAY 20 Angel Gong Wave – 6:30-8:30pm. With Marcia Breitenbach, MA. Vibrational sound meditation while floating in 96 degree indoor pool. Revitalizing gong waves. $15/poolside, $20/floating. Santa Rita Springs, 2301 N Santa Rita Ave. 520-975-5376.

MillMarcia@gmail.com. SpiritedChangeAZ.com.

Kate Becker and Ronstadt Generations CD Release Show – 7-11:30pm. This show will feature some of Tucson’s hottest musicians for an experience that blends the genres of folk, jazz and soul with a Latin-Caribbean flair. $20. Whistle Stop Depot, 127 W 5th St. 520-743-1486. KateBeckerMusic.com.

SATURDAY, MAY 21 Reiki II Class – 12-5pm. The Reiki II class will teach you how to give long-distance Reiki and you will receive an attunement. We will have lots of hands-on practice. $111. Conference Room, 2030 E Broadway Blvd. 520-226-5953. LisaMWestrick@gmail.com.

SerenityHolisticTouch.com.

Veiled in the Mist of Time: Intro to Tarot Session 1 – 1:30-3:30pm. Class 1 of 2 covering the 4 Suits & Major Arcana, along with Basic Layouts. $25. United Fellowship Chapel, 4718 E Hawthorne St. 520-444-3392. Dfn1@icloud.com.

United-Fellowship-Chapel.com.

Bruno Groening Circle of Friends Community Hour – 3-4:30pm. Learn a simple, natural healing technique called tapping in to the Divine Healing Energy. Meet new friends. No charge. Banner UMC, 1501 N Campbell Ave. 520-904-4801.

Weissmae@email.arizona.edu. Bruno-Groening.org.

SUNDAY, MAY 22 TRE - Trauma/Tension Release Exercises with Joey Esposito – 3pm. Exercises focus on the tensing and stretching of muscle groups.

Once they are fatigued, tremors begin to happen in the body and allows the body to release frozen energy. $44. Galactic Center, 35 E Toole Ave. BioEnergist@gmail.com.

Facebook.com/GalacticCenter.

Earth Gong Bath – 5-6:30pm. Refresh and renew yourself. The sounds and vibrations of the Paiste Earth Gong are excellent at doing this. $10-$15. Dunbar Cultural Center, 325 W 2nd St. 847-323-9188.

Danielle@Replevyn.com. Replevyn.com.

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Wisdom Wednesday – 6:30-8:30pm. Discover the potential of you and flourish. Cultivate inner personal power and increase confidence, well-being and joy. $10. RSVP for location. 520-730-9277.

Info@JeanetteGibler.com. JeanetteGibler.com.

Galactic Gong Bath – 5:30-7pm. Stress relief, sleep issues, physical pain, busy mind, digestive problems, toxicity and more can be helped with this form of sound and vibration. $10-$15. The Galactic Center, 35 E Toole Ave. 520-884-0874. Kati.Astraeir@gmail.com.

Facebook.com/GalacticCenter.

THURSDAY, MAY 26 Gentle End to a Wonderful Life Lecture – 6-7pm. Sign up for our free one hour lecture on at home pet euthanasia by Dr. Karen McWhirter, DVM. Sign up by 5/19. Holistic Animal Care Shoppe, 7334 E Broadway Dr. 520-886-1727. Info@HolisticAnimalCareShoppes.com.

HolisticAnimalCareShoppes.com.

SATURDAY, MAY 28 Veiled in the Mist of Time: Intro to Tarot Session 2 – 1:30-3:30pm. Class 2 of 2 covering the 4 Suits & Major Arcana, along with Basic Layouts. $25. United Fellowship Chapel, 4718 E Hawthorne St. 520-444-3392. Dfn1@icloud.com.

United-Fellowship-Chapel.com.

ongoingevents daily Friends of the Library Book Sale – 8am-12pm.

5/28-35/0. Monday is bag-day $10. Great used books/media, great prices. No charge. Book Barn, 2230 N Country Club. 520-795-3763.

Info@PimaFriends.com. PimaFriends.com.

Consult the I Ching Oracle – 11am-6pm. The I Ching is an Oracle tool to ask the what and how of be do have. Readings on day of lunar phases new moon, first quarter, full moon, last quarter. $25-$90. 2614 N Balboa. 520-331-1956.

TaoTime@DaleBruder.com. DaleBruder.com.

Evening Meditation – 7pm. End your day with Sanskrit chanting, worship and meditation in the contemplative environment of Jyoti Mandir. Desert Ashram. 3403 W Sweetwater Dr. 520-743-0384. TruthConsciousness.org.

SATURDAY, JUNE 4 Hope and a Roadmap – 9am-3:30pm. Qigong instructor, Joe Pinella, will lead an intensive workshop to teach how to stimulate your body’s own innate healing systems using his program Healing Movements System. $129 until 5/12. Scottish Rite Cathedral, 33 Ochoa St. 520-235-7180.

JoePinella@gmail.com. JoePinella.com/Events.

SATURDAY, JUNE 18 Reiki Master Class – 12-5pm. In the Reiki Master class, you will receive the Master symbol. We will also cover the many ways Reiki can be used in our lives. $147. Conference Room, 2030 E Broadway Blvd. 520-226-5953.

LisaMWestrick@gmail.com. SerenityHolisticTouch.com.

Call ahead to confirm event

sunday Silent Prayer and Meditation – 8:45-9:30am.

Experience the exquisite peace of shared Silence.

Unity Spiritual Center of Peace welcomes all who wish to explore and discover their Oneness with Spirit. No charge. 1551 S Eastside Loop #121.

520-546-3696. RevNita@UnityPeaceAZ.com.

UnityPeaceaAZ.com.

Center for Spiritual Living Tucson’s Sunday Celebration Services – 10am, meditation; 1011:30am, service. No charge. Nickerson Auditorium, 3231 N Craycroft Rd. 520-319-1042.

Admin@TucsonCSL.org. TucsonCSL.org.

The Deeper Meaning of Jesus’ Words – 10-11am.

Explore underlying ideas of our Christianity. Learn techniques to gain greater abundance and happiness. Child care, youth and teen programs. No charge. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco.

520-303-6942. Molly.Nelson@q.com. UnitytUS.com.

FoodInRoot St. Philip’s Plaza Farmers Market – 9am-1pm. One of the largest farmers markets in Southwestern Arizona and has a regional reputation for the number of local farmers it supports.

No charge. St. Philips Plaza, 4380 N Campbell Ave. FoodInRoot.com.

Teen Support – 10-11am. Teens’ Safe Space.

Unity of Tucson offers teens a program where understanding sponsors and other teens can support their journey. Ages 12 to 19. Donation. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco Pl, Rm 2.

520-488-8284. UnityTucson.com.

Religious Service – 9am. St Michael’s ECC, the other Catholic Church. Feminist? GLBTQ? Catholic? We are and more. No charge. Chapel - First Christian Church, 740 E Speedway, 520-575-8486.

StMichaelsECC@q.com. StMichaelsECC.org.

Unity Spiritual Center of Peace Sunday Celebration – 10:30-11:30am. Potluck last Sunday.

Learn to live your spiritual potential and purpose. Pray, sing and celebrate oneness in community. All welcome. Sunday school for kids.

1551 S Eastside Loop #121. 520-546-3696.

Info@UnityPeaceAZ.com. UnityPeaceAZ.com.

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ongoingevents The Temple of Universality Sunday Service – 11am. With Founder Rev. Betty Tatalajski. Celebrating the Unity of God and Man, worship, healing, prophesy. Masonic Temple, 3590 N Country Club Rd, 520-884-5340. TempleOfUniversality@gmail.com.

TheTempleOfUniversality.org.

Yogananda Gathering – 11am-1pm. 1st & 3rd Sundays. Attune to Yogananda’s teachings through chanting, meditation affirmations, readings and Festival of Light ceremony.

Snack and fellowship follows. Ananda Center, 1002 E Prince Rd. 520-299-9309.

ElizabethLMason@yahoo.com. AnandaArizona.org.

Community of Light Sunday Services – 11am-12:30pm. Metaphysical and spiritual gathering of lightworkers for healing, prophecy, enlightenment and growth. Donations welcome. Unscrewed Theater, 3244 E Speedway Blvd. 520-304-1768. DianaoHoh@yahoo.com.

CommunityOfLightTucson.com.

Tamara Spiritual Center’s Sunday Services – 11am and 5:30pm. Third Sunday of each month at 2:30pm only. Services include a healing meditation, inspirational talk and messages. No charge.

Tamara Spiritual Center, 3002 E Ft Lowell Rd. 520-325-0513. Info@TamaraFoundation.com.

TamaraSpiritualCenter.com.

Yoga Class – 11:15am-12:45pm. Yoga is up and stretching. All levels and all styles. Individual instruction available in class. $10/per class. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco, Rm 4. 520-303-6942. Molly.Nelson@q.com.

UnitytUS.com.

Community of Light Reiki Circle – 12:452:15pm. 4th Sunday. Meet after the service at Unscrewed Theater. All welcome. Donations welcome. Unscrewed Theater, 3244 E Speedway Blvd. 520-403-6156. YeahRightro@gmail.com.

CommunityOfLightTucson.com.

United Fellowship Chapel – 2pm service. Sunday Services feature a guided meditation, healing, in-

Lend yourself to

others, but give yourself to yourself.

spirational speakers and psychic messages. Everyone receives a message. No charge. United Fellowship Chapel, 4718 E Hawthorne St. 520-327-0142.

DFN1@icloud.com. United-Fellowship-Chapel.com.

Elder Circle Jewish Community Center – 1-2pm. First Sunday. A safe, respectful place for harvesting your life; a project of the Center for Community Dialogue. No charge. 3800 E River Rd. 520-405-1926. LBosch@OurFamilyServices.org.

OurFamilyServices.org.

Petanque In The Park – 2-4:30pm. Learn and play the French game of petanque (boules).

Detailed directions and information available online. No charge. Reid Park, near DeMeester bandshell & Rose Garden, S Concert Pl. 520-664-4133. Tucson.Petanque@gmail.com.

TucsonPetanqueClub.wordpress.com.

Heart Rhythm Meditation – 4-5pm. Simple method of aligning your heart and breath to carry you deeper into a meditative state. By donation. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco, Rm 4. 520-303-6042.

Molly.Nelson@q.com. UnityTucson.com.

Sacred Space Gathering – 4:15-5:30pm. Nonfaith and interfaith gathering for live music, inspiration from the world’s spiritual traditions and community connection. Bands and teachers vary weekly. No charge. Community Room at Tucson City Council, Ward 6, 3202 E 1st St. 520-318-3557. Info@SacredSpaceTucson.org.

SacredSpaceTucson.org.

Chapel of Awareness Healings & Readings – 5-6pm. Meditation, healings, spirit messages, classes available. Private readings available. By donation. Chapel of Awareness, 931 N Fifth Ave. 520-820-0727. RevJim@ChapelOfAwareness.org.

ChapelOfAwarenessTucson.net.

Feast and Festival – 5:30-7:45pm. Evening of Bhakti Yoga. 5:30: chanting; 6pm: discussion; 6:30: dancing and singing; 7pm: free blessed vegetarian feast. No charge. Govindas Natural Foods, 711 E Blacklidge Dr. 503-477-3808.

GovindasOfTucson.com.

Tucson Heart Wisdom Meetup – 6:30-8pm. Explore connecting to the Wisdom of the Heart through discussion, sharing and guided meditation. Explore the difference between ego/mind and heart. $10 suggested donation. Wellness First, 3861 N First Ave. 520-490-4149. MarceysJourney@gmail.com.

TheEssentialAlchemist.com.

Desert Ashram - 7pm. Immerse yourself in a beautiful and peaceful meditation and retreat center. Spiritual teachings of Swami Amar Jyoti, chanting, meditation, library, book shop, walking paths. No charge. 3403 W Sweetwater Dr. 520-743-0384. TruthConsciousness.org.

~Michel de Montaigne

monday White Eagle World Healing Meditations – 1011am. With Frances Smith. Using White Eagle channeled books of Spiritual Unfoldment. Temple of Universality Class, held at United Fellowship Chapel. No charge. 4718 E Hawthorne St.

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520-885-5065. TempleofUniversality@gmail.com.

TempleOfUniversality.org.

Gentle, Restorative Yoga – 10-11:30am. The class will last 1 hour with extra time for individual attention if needed. Beginners and those with health challenges are most welcome. $8. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco, Rm 4. 520-4888284. Molly.Nelson@q.com. UnityTucson.com.

How To Meditate – 11am-12pm. 4-week mindfulness meditation class for people who don’t believe they can meditate. Addresses myths and misunderstandings, covers all aspects of basic practice in a relaxed and comfortable way.

Fragrance-free. $40. Arizona Oncology Foundation, 2625 N Craycroft, Ste 101. Alternative class Wednesdays, 12:30-1:30pm, separate location.

520-825-2009. BreathingCoachTucson.com or Marriageafter40.com.

Waterbabies Free-Style Pooltime – 1pm. For women with chronic pain, healing from surgery, pain relieving movement in warm salt water, a healing atmosphere. Support, exchanging helpful information to laugh and enjoy life. $10. Santa Rita Springs, 2301 N Santa Rita Ave. 520-577-7377. KathyNina7377@gmail.com.

SantaritaSprings.com.

Elder Circle Udall Senior Center – 1-2pm.

Second Monday. A safe, respectful place for harvesting your life; a project of the Center for Community Dialogue. No charge.

7200 E Tanque Verde Rd. 520-405-1926.

LBosch@OurFamilyServices.org. OurFamilyServices.org.

Tai Chi for Health: NW Tucson – 1-2pm. Dr Paul Lam’s program proven to improve balance, relieve pain and stiffness, promote mental clarity, improved memory, overall wellbeing. All welcome. $60/9-sessions. $10/drop-in. Resurrection Lutheran Church, 11575 N 1st Ave, Oro Valley.

520-780-6751. Heather@HeatherChalon.com.

HeatherChalon.com.

Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement Class – 5:30-6:15pm. Improve posture, flexibility and ease of movement. Specific verbally guided movement sequences help reprogram movement habits that interfere with your intentions. ZUZI Move It Dance Studio, 738 N 5th Ave, Historic Y. 520-305-5393. TucsonFeldenkrais@gmail.com.

TucsonFeldenkrais.com.

Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement Class – 6pm. Gentle, mindful guided movement explorations develop kinesthetic awareness to relieve strain, increase pleasure and ease, improve performance. St Francis United Methodist Church, 4625 E River Rd. 520-529-1913.

DavTay@aol.com.

Golden Pyramid Meditation – 6-7pm. 2nd Monday. Facilitated by Rev. Yazdi Contractor, Rev. How-

ard Milwich and Revs. Martha and Darryl Schoon.

Temple of Universality class held at United Fellowship Chapel. No charge. 4718 E Hawthorne St. 520-884-5340. TempleOfUniversality@gmail.com.

TempleOfUniversality.org.

Modern/Contemporary Dance – 6:30-8pm. With Tammy Rosen. Teen and adult. Improve placement and technique, explore personal expression with movement that is both quirky and lush. ZUZI Move It Dance Studio, 738 N 5th Ave, Historic Y. 520-629-0237. TucsonFeldenkrais@gmail.com.

ZUZIMoveIt.org.

All Level Yoga - 7-10pm. Spiritual Gangsta Yoga. Sandra Turner, Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Café, 505 W Miracle Mile.Free.

619-861-9706. Meetup.com/TucsonYogi.

tuesday FoodInRoot-Carondelet St. Joseph’s Farmer’s Market – 10am-2pm. 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month. No charge. Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital, NE Corner of Carondelet Drive and Wilmot Rd. 520-261-6982. Tim@FoodInRoot.com.

FoodInRoot.com.

Yoga – 11:15am-12:45pm. With Mark Lind. Group and individual instruction. Bring your own mat and belt. Kids under 12 free. $10. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco, Rm 3. 520-488-8284.

Molly.Nelson@q.com. UnityTucson.com.

Qigong/Tao Meditation – 1-2pm. Inspiring community of well-being. Everyone welcome.

Followed by Tai Chi for Health. Qigong: $75/9week session. Qigong and tai chi: $120/9-week session. St Francis in the Foothills, 4625 E River Rd. 520-780-6751. Heather@HeatherChalon. com. HeatherChalon.com.

Reiki Sessions – 1-3pm. Individual appointments to experience this ancient method that brings healing, pain relief, and deep relaxation. By donation. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco, Rm 4. 520-488-8284.

Molly.Nelson@q.com. UnityTucson.com.

Tai Chi for Health Central Foothills – 2-3pm. Dr Paul Lam’s Tai Chi program is endorsed by the Arthritis Foundation, CDC, National Council on Aging.

Preceded by Qigong. Open to all levels. $60/9-week session. St Francis in the Foothills, 4625 E River

Rd. 520-780-6751. Heather@HeatherChalon.com.

HeatherChalon.com.

Yoga by Donation – 2:30-3:30pm. Gentle hatha yoga class led by recent graduates of The Yoga Connection. By donation. The Yoga Connection, 3929 E Pima St. 520-323-1222.

Yoga@YogaConnection.org. YogaConnection.org.

Silent Unity Prayer Service – 10-10:30am.

Led by a minister, this is a guided meditation and prayer. The center of the week is a good time to get centered. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco, Prayer Room. 520-488-8284.

Molly.Nelson@q.com. UnityTucson.com.

Yoga/Meditation – 11am-12:30pm. Yoga and Global Chant – 6:20​pm. Uplifting weekly commu- meditation as taught by Paramhansa Yogananda nity gathering celebrating the sacred music from all includes energization and chanting. All levels of traditions. Not linked with any other group or orga- yoga and meditation welcome. Ananda Center nized religion. Open to public.​​No charge. ​Armory Of Tucson, 1002 E Prince Rd. 520-299-9309.

Park Senior Center, 220 S. 5th Ave.​​520-838-4194.​ ElizabethLMason@yahoo.com. AnandaArizona.org.

VShamas@hotmail.com​.

Aquatic Therapy Rehabilitation – 11:30amAscended Masters’ Introductory Classes – 7pm. 12:30pm. With Carolyn Rashti, M.S. Guided Learn practical keys to open your heart and connect gentle movements with deep breathing to relieve with your Individualized I AM Presence. Lakes Apts pain, improve circulation and breathing. First class Recreation Rm, 5666 E Hampton. 520-343-1036. free. Limited to six participants. $200/8 classInfo@TheTemple.ws. TempleOfThePresence.org. es. Santa Rita Springs, 2301 N Santa Rita Ave. 520-742-4292. AquaticTherapyTucson@gmail.com.

Alice Bailey Books – 7pm. With Rev. Inger AquaticTherapyTucson.com.

Mason. Reading of books channeled to Alice A. Reiki Share – 12-1:15pm. Includes a brief discusBailey by Djwhal Khul. No charge. Temple sion about Reiki and two mini Reiki sessions. EveryOf Universality, 3590 N Country Club Rd. one welcome. Conference Room, 2030 E Broadway 520-331-5252. TempleOfUniversality@gmail.com.

Blvd. 520-226-5953. LisaMWestrick@gmail.com.

TempleOfUniversality.org.

SerenityHolisticTouch.com.

Energy Movement Meditation – 12-1pm. Sheng Zhen Gong, a series of gentle, easy movements to cultivate a sense of inner peace, while raising your vitality and quality of life. $10 daypass or JCC membership. Jewish Community Center, 3800 E Prayer and Meditation – 9:45-10:15am. Experi- River Rd. 520-850-8897. JasonWechsLac@hotence the healing peace of shared Silence. Unity mail.com. MysticHealingPaths.com.

Spiritual Center of Peace welcomes all who wish to explore and discover their Oneness with Yoga by Donation – 3:30-4:30pm. Gentle haSpirit. No charge. 1551 S Eastside Loop, Ste 121. tha yoga class led by recent graduates of The Yoga Connection. By donation. The Yoga 520-546-3696. Info@UnityPeaceAZ.com.

Connection, 3929 E Pima St. 520-323-1222.

Fun-Day Wednesday Class – 9:45-11:30am. Yoga@YogaConnection.org. YogaConnection.org.

With Rev. Fred Smith. Metaphysical Law, using fun, food and friends. Temple Grief Support Group – 5pm. First and third of Universality Class class. No charge. Ma- Wednesdays. With Reverend Felicitas, Reverend sonic Temple, 3590 N Country Club Rd, Dea. Support group for grief, loss and healing.

520-546-3898. TempleOfUniversality@gmail.com. Not a therapy group. Respectful and compassionate. No charge. CODAC, 3130 E Broadway TempleOfUniversality.org.

Blvd. 520-792-6222. Info@TempleOfMA.org.

TempleOfMA.org.

Tucson Tuesday Laughter Yoga – 6-7pm. Gently through breathing and yogic exercises, we touch your heart with playful laughter designed to promote peace and healing. No charge. St Francis in the Foothills Church, Corner of River and Swan, Rm 30. 520-490-5500. LaughingJana@gmail.com.

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ongoingevents Meditation Gatherings – 5:45-7pm. 5/4-5/25.

All welcome. No instructions. Meditation within a group allows everyone to go deeper. By donation. 3231 1st Ave N, 206-501-7575.

SylvaineFrancine@gmail.com. SylvaineFrancine.com.

Wisdom Wednesday – 6:30-8:30pm. Discover the potential of you and flourish. Cultivate inner personal power and increase confidence, well-being and joy. $10. RSVP for location. 520-730-9277.

Info@JeanetteGibler.com. JeanetteGibler.com.

Ascended Masters’ Introductory Classes – 6:30pm. Learn to open your heart and connect with your individualized I AM Presence; the source of all the abundance you will ever need. No charge. Center for Integrative Psychotherapy, 6105 E Grant Rd. 520-795-4147.

Info@TheTemple.ws. TempleOfThePresence.org.

The Journey - 6:30-9:30pm. Year-long series of workshops and classes offering spiritual practices, experientials, expanded perceptions and inspiration to facilitate you on The Journey of your life. Drop in. By donation. Center for Spiritual Living Tucson Education Center, 4200 E River Rd. 520-319-1042.

Admin@TucsonCSL.org. TucsonCSL.org.

Deeksha for You – 7:15-9:15pm. A blissful profound transpersonal energy transfer with meditation. By donation. St. Francis in the Foothills, 4625 East River Rd, Rm 30-31. 520-869-4982.

LastHouseOB1@yahoo.com. Meetup: Awaken Tucson into Oneness.

Spirit Lab – 7-8:30pm. Third Wednesday. A conversational potluck for 20s-50s adults. Explore aspects of different faith traditions, discuss our personal experiences of the divine, examine religion and culture, and play with progressive theological ideas. No charge. St. Philip’s in the Hills Church, 4440 N Campbell Ave. 520-342-8998.

Bulldog2212@gmail.com. StPhilipsTucson.org.

thursday Tai Chi for Health: NE Tucson – 9-10am. Tai Chi for Health, for Fall Prevention and much more. Dr Paul Lam’s program including qigong warm-ups and cool downs. $60/9-week session. Tanque Verde Lutheran Church, Chapel, 8625 E Tanque Verde Rd. 520-780-6751. Heather@HeatherChalon.com.

HeatherChalon.com.

Qi Gong Class – 10-11am. Ancient healing, exercise program. Individual guidance as well as group instruction. $10/per class. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco Rm, Harmony Hall. 520-488-8284.

Molly.Nelson@q.com. UnityTucson.com.

Self-Realization/Psychic Development Classes – 1-2pm. Explore metaphysical concepts and principles in order to know yourself and awaken your own authority in life through meditation and discussion. No charge. United Fellowship Chapel, 4718 E Hawthorne St. 520-444-3392.

DFN1@icloud.com. United-Fellowship-Chapel.com.

Yoga by Donation – 2:30-3:30pm. Gentle hatha yoga class led by recent graduates of The Yoga Connection. By donation. The Yoga Connection, 3929 E Pima St. 520-323-1222.

Yoga@YogaConnection.org. YogaConnection.org.

A Course in Miracles – 5:30pm. With Colleen Hall. Temple of Universality class. Call for details.

No charge. Spirits Child, 3870 W River Rd, #120.

520-981-2249. TempleOfUniversality@gmail.com.

TempleOfUniversality.org.

Reiki Circle at Bookmans – 6-7:30pm. Second Thursday. Come learn about, receive or give Reiki. Studies show real results on the physical, emotional and energetic levels. $5 suggested donation; proceeds shared with Hope Animal Shelter. Bookmans, 1930 E Grant Rd. 520-638-5251. JudyFerrig@comcast.net.

OpenPathways-EnergyandCommunication.com.

Free Tai Chi and Chi Kung – 6-7:30pm. Gentle, flowing movements that relax the body, quiet the mind, increase energy, improve health and make you feel good. No Charge. Church of Christ, 2848 N Mountain Ave. 520-795-8612.

DsrtDrgn@gmail.com.

New Bio-Touch Workshop – 6-8pm. Fourth Thursday. Specific health condition workshops to address symptoms and practice Bio-Touch points.

5/26: migraines. Members/$10, non-members/$15, massage therapists earn 2 CEUs (add $5). BioTouch Center, 5634 E. Pima St. 520-323-7951.

Office@JustTouch.com. JustTouch.com.

Living Spirit Metaphysical 12-Step Group – 6:30-7:30pm. This group is for individuals who have been in recovery a while and for whom the original 12-steps, while initially critical, are now too constraining. By donation. Center For Spiritual Living Tucson Ed Cntr, 4200 E River Rd. 520-319-1042. Admin@TucsonCSL.org.

TucsonCSL.org.

TIES Sharing and Discussion Group – 6:308:30pm. Third Thursday. TIES mission is to provide a safe neutral environment for presenting information on and sharing of near-death and other spiritually transformative experiences. Everyone is welcome. No Charge (love offering accepted). Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco. 520-395-2365.

TucsonAZ@IANDS.org. TucsonIANDS.org.

Outreagch Classes from The Temple of The Presence – 7pm. No charge. 11902 E Irvington Rd. 520-751-2039, ext. 100. Info@TheTemple.ws.

TempleOfThePresence.org.

Ascended Masters’ Introductory Classes – 7pm.

Learn about your own individual Divine Being, your I AM Presence. Find Divine solutions to every challenge! No charge. The Temple of The Presence, 11902 E Irvington Rd. 520-751-2039.

SusanKnittel@msn.com. TempleOfThePresence.org.

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Desert Ashram – 7pm. Immerse yourself in a beautiful and peaceful meditation and retreat center. Spiritual teachings of Swami Amar Jyoti, chanting, meditation, library, book shop, walking paths. Free. 3403 W Sweetwater Dr. 520-743-0384.

TruthConsciousness.org.

Centering Prayer – 7-8pm. 20-25 minute meditation and reading/discussion. All welcome. We offer two Thursday sessions every week: 12-1pm in the Bride’s Room and 7-8pm in the Library. No charge.

St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 4440 N Campbell Ave. 520-820-6537. Javani@outlook.com.

StPhilipsTucson.org/Pastoral-Care.

Zhong Yuan Qigong Level 1 and 2 – 7-8:30pm.

Learn to relax the body so that the mind when stressed can not influence it into tensing up. Enter a qigong state to raise your awareness. $10. 1st class no charge. Desert Milagros, 3438 N Country Club. 520-404-8745. QiGongMark@yahoo.com.

ZyQigongAZ.com.

friday 8:30am Workout – Experience an awesome workout that perks you up. A combination of Yoga, Pilates and Tai Chi ending with meditation.

Bring yoga mat and water bottle, plan on laughing and starting your day out with a smile. $5.

WellnessFirst! 3861 N First Ave. 520-209-1755.

Saberlmp@aol.com. 3861WellnessFirst.com.

Catalina Farmers Market Artworks and More – 9am-1pm. Fresh produce, baked goods, salmon, range-fed beef, artisans, unique gifts, food court, more. 16733 N Oracle Rd, Catalina. 970-903-0529. MichaelisPlaza@gmail.com.

77NorthMarketPlace.com.

Trail Dust Town Farmers Market – 8am-12pm.

Formerly Jesse Owens Market. Bring the family and enjoy everything this premiere farmers’ market has to offer. No charge. Trail Dust Town, 6541 E Tanque Verde Rd. HeirloomFM.com.

Friday Farmers’ Market at Broadway Village – 10am-2pm. Southern Arizona’s only indoor (A/C)/outdoor venue. Organic produce, meats, prepared foods, baked goods, coffee/teas, cheese, eggs, plants, artisans, body care, massage, music.

Broadway/Country Club. 520-603-8116.

FoodInRoot UAMC Farmers’ Market – 10am2pm. Every week at UAMC on the plaza south of the hospital. Great Food and Music. No charge.

UA Medical Center, NW Corner of Speedway and Campbell. 520-261-6982. Tim@FoodInRoot.com.

FoodInRoot.com.

Waterbabies Free-Style Pooltime – 11:30am.

For women with chronic pain, healing from surgery, pain relieving movement in warm salt water, a healing atmosphere. Support, exchanging helpful information, to laugh and enjoy life. $10. Santa Rita Springs, 2301 N Santa Rita Ave. 520-577-7377. KathyNina7377@gmail.com.

SantaritaSprings.com.

Community of Light Healing and Message Circle – 12pm. Metaphysical and spiritual gathering for healing, enlightenment and growth. Unscrewed Theater, 3244 E Speedway Blvd. 520-403-6156. YeahRightRo@gmail.com.

CommunityOfLightTucson.com.

Plaza Palomino Saturday Market – 10am-2pm.

Fresh produce, breads, coffee, tea, plants, tamales, salsa and emu oil products. Live music. 2970 N Swan Rd. 520-523-1005.

Reiki Share – 10-11:15am. Includes a brief discussion about Reiki and two mini Reiki sessions. Everyone welcome. Conference Room, 2030 E Broadway Blvd. 520-226-5953. LisaMWestrick@gmail.com.

SerenityHolisticTouch.com.

Looking for Some Peace & Quiet? – 12-1pm.

Guided healing meditation plus, everyone receives a Message. Receive healing energy in meditation for yourself and those in need of healing.

By donation. United Fellowship Chapel, 4718 E Hawthorne St. 520-327-0142. DFN1@icloud. com. United-Fellowship-Chapel.com. .Healthy Happy Hour – 5:30-6:30pm. 3rd Friday. Happy hour along with a 20-30 minute presentation followed by a question/answer period. Join us for wine, lemonade, community.

No charge. WellnessFirst!, 3861 N First Ave. 520-209-1755. TransformMedpLLC@aol.com.

3861WellnessFirst.com.

Nature of Dreams – 12-1pm. Discussions on the validity of dreams, meanings of symbols, interpretations and beliefs from different cultures. Facilitator: Rev. Howard Milwich. By donation. United Fellowship Chapel, 4718 E Hawthorne St. 520-444-3392. DFN1@icloud.com.

United-Fellowship-Chapel.com.

Oro Valley Farmers Market – 10am-2pm. 30 vendor stalls. Every 2nd Saturday fun events are planned to introduce more customers to this neighborhood gem. No charge. Steam Pump Ranch, 10901 N Oracle Rd. Heirloomfm.com.

How to Meditate – 10:15am-12pm. 5/7- 5/28.

Learn a technique every week, practice it daily.

Come back with questions and learn more. Establish a daily practice. $149.99. 3231 1st Ave N, 3231 1st Ave N, 206-501-7575.

SylvaineFrancine@gmail.com. SylvaineFrancine.com.

AI CHI – 10am. With Connie Seddon. Delicious tai chi-like movements and stretching for all in our 96 degree saltwater indoor pool at Santa Rita Springs. Great for pain relief, arthritis, fibromyalgia, balance and stamina. $15/class. Santa Rita Springs, 2301 N Santa Rita Ave. 520-245-6616.

Connie@AquaticRelaxation.com. AquaticRelaxation.com.

Community Potluck – 10:30am-12:30pm. Last Sunday of the month. Spiritual life is best lived with friends. Enjoy a community potluck and get to know one another. By donation. Unity Spiritual Center of Peace, 1551 S Eastside Loop #121.

520-546-3696. RevNita@UnityPeaceAZ.com.

UnityPeaceAZ.com.

Qi Gong of Unconditional Love – 5:30-6:30pm.

Slow meditation movements to help cultivate and enhance your vitality, health, create a sense of well being and inner peace. No experience necessary, everybody is welcome. $10 or donation. Palo Santo Wellness, 3045 N 1st Ave. 520-850-8897. Jason@MysticHealingPaths.com.

MysticHealingPaths.com.

Reiki Circle – 7:30-9pm. Second Friday. Reiki Circle brings Reiki Masters and receivers to share and experience this ancient healing method that brings deep relaxation, pain and stress relief. By donation. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco, Rm 4. 520-488-8284. Molly.Nelson@q.com.

UnityTucson.com.

saturday Rincon Valley Farmers’ Market – 8am-1pm.

Organic produce, fresh flowers, baked goods, ironworks, arts and crafts by local artisans.

12500 E Old Spanish Trail. 520-591-BARN. RVFM@RinconInstitute.org. RVFM.org.

Free Iyengar Yoga at Tahoe Park – 9am.

Slow, alignment based instruction, for beginners. No charge. Tahoe Park, 2000 E Edison St. FreeYogaTucson@gmail.com. Facebook.com/ FreeYogaTucson.

Living Lab and Learning Center Free Tour – 9-10:30am. Second Saturday. WMG staff will guide you on an interactive tour to learn about all the systems in detail and what you can do at your own home. No charge. WMG’s Living Lab & Learning Center, 1137 N Dodge Blvd.

520-396-3266, ext 18. SBrown@WatershedMG.org.

WatershedMG.org.

FoodInRoot St. Philip’s Plaza Farmers Market – 9am-1pm. One of the largest farmers markets in Southwestern Arizona and has a regional reputation for the number of local farmers it supports.

No charge. St. Philips Plaza, 4380 N Campbell Ave. FoodInRoot.com.

classifieds A N I M A L C O M M U N I C AT I O N A N D ENERGY HEALING. Better understand your animal to enhance your relationship, address behavioral issues, learn what your pet needs to be healthy. Judy Ferrig, M.S., 520-245-4214, OpenPathways-EnergyAndCommunication.com.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. Phoenix Natural Awakenings magazine franchise available for sale. Start a career you can be passionate about. Home based business complete with comprehensive training and support system. Call 239-530-1377 or visit our website: NaturalAwakeningsMag.com/MyMagazine.

ENTER A QIGONG STATE using ZY Qigong. Deepen your inner power and generate a feeling of peace inside. Private and group lessons. Mark Frighetti, 520-404-8745.

Meetup.com/Tucson-ZY-Qigong-Meetup LOOKING FOR MASSAGE T H E R A P I S T TO R E N T R O O M SPACE. Located at the Green Valley Massage Clinic. Large room with built in cabinets and sink. Responsible for own clientele. Must provide own products and supplies. Contact Judy 520-648-2893.

N AT U R A L LY H E A LT H Y W E I G H T L O S S W I T H AW E S O M E R E S U LT S , and Diabetic Friendly. I’m winning my weight loss battle without hunger or fatigue.

Website: WinWin.ValentusMovie.com. Call/text Katie at 520-286-6177.

JOHN ​O F GOD CRYSTAL BED LIGHTS FOR SALE. ​ E ver wanted Crystal Bed Therapy from John of God for personal use, but cannot go to Brazil? This might be for you. Purchased these lights for personal use with the intention of passing them on to the right person at the right time​.​ Brand ​ n ​ e w​, ​ $ 3800 ​ firm (paid $6000​ ) .​ Oro Valley​.​ 520​-219​-2379​.

ORIENTAL FENG SHUI READINGS with Iko. Not mere entertainment​, serious reading for serious mind. Receive guidance for a positive and productive life. 5​ 20-297-9463.

TRY THE VIBRACUSSOR. Medical Massage Treatment Tool for deep relief of joint and muscle tissue pain and restrictions. Randy L.M.T. 520-312-9563.

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AROMATHERAPY RITUAL BY KATE’S MAGIK

215 N Court Ave, 85701 Connecting you to the leaders in natural healthcare and green living in 520-743-1486 our community. To find out how you can be included in the Community RitualTucson.com Resource Guide email Holly@NaturalTucson.com to request our media kit.

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ACUPUNCTURE ACUPUNCTURE DEL SOUL

Nanie Carrillo, L.Ac. Dipl. O.M. Located within Caritas Center for Healing 330 E. 16th St, 85701 520-979-7078 NanieC@AcupunctureDelSoul.com AcupunctureDelSoul.com Nanie Carrillo, provides compassionate health care to all ages using acupuncture, Chinese herbal therapy, nutritional guidance, massage, Reiki and CranioSacral Therapy. She also provides Mei Zen Cosmetic Acupuncture for facial rejuvenation. Workers Compensation and some insurance accepted. See ad, page 10.

AKASHIC ACUPUNCTURE

ADDICTION TREATMENT TRANSFORMATIONAL CONCEPTS, PLLC

DeeAnn Saber, NMD Zach Saber, LMP Dr. Jo Ruddy, PHD Jodi Hardy, MALPC 3861 N First Ave, 85719 520-209-1755 • AddictionToConnection.com An integrative approach to heal addiction through demonstrating, teaching and sharing. “Because the opposite of addiction is not sobriety, it is connection.” See ad, page 2.

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

Linda Joy Stone, OMD, L.Ac., Dipl. Ac. 520-444-6901 LindaJoyStone1@me.com LindaJoyStone.com

TIMOTHY M MARSHALL, Ph.D.

Double your healing experience by combining an Akashic reading with a grounding acupuncture session—bridging Heaven & Earth, Yin and Yang and rejuvenating body and spirit.

Linda brings humor, compassion and 27 years of experience into the treatment room—a sacred place of Joy! Ask about her Natural Awakenings Discount.

Dr. Marshall has a passion for natural solutions that rebalance and rebuild the brain and body promoting greater health and healing. With the proper diet, guidance, and a balance of the right nutrients – you can start feeling better today. To schedule an enlightening consultation, call 520-370-6044. See ad, page 16.

Holistic Neurospecialist 520-370-6044 Dr-Marshall.com

ANIMAL SERVICES

MYSTIC HEALING PATH

Jason Wechs, L.Ac. Acupuncturist, ThetaHealer® 1834 N Craycroft Rd Jason@MysticHealingPaths.com 520-850-8897 • MysticHealingPaths.com Experience real change of chronic mental, emotional, physical and spiritual issues through ThetaHealing® technique. Private sessions and incorporated into unique healing classes. Offering ThetaHealing®, Acupuncture, Sheng Zhen Qi Gong instruction, Reiki, Craniosacral Therapy and more. See ad, page 24.

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ANIMAL ALLY OF ARIZONA

Nancy McDonald Certified Canine Massage Therapist 520-591-2950 • AnimalAllyAZ@gmail.com Is your pet recovering from injury or illness, or just getting on in years? Animal Ally can help. Using massage, Reiki, aromatherapy and communication, Nancy guides and assists you and your pet in achieving optimum health, naturally. $20 off first appointment. Call to schedule a session today. See ad, page 12.

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intimate boutique that carries 100% pure aromatherapy products and ceremonial supplies. Ritual also offers a variety of aromatherapy-focused massages designed to help people relieve stress, move through grief or promote love, healing and success. See ad, page 6.

ASTROLOGY ASTRO ANSWERS

Millie Silvio 520-603-8395 MSilvio@cox.net In person, by phone or Skype Let Millie help you better understand the people in your life - family, romance, career.

Readings include chart for yourself and one other person.

With a greater understanding of yourself and the other person, the relationship can be enhanced. Great party entertainment. Gift certificates available.

READINGS BY SHIVANI

413-313-5677 Shivab@charter.net In person, by phone or Skype Shivani has 30 years of experience as Astrologer, Tarot reader, teacher and has helped many through transitions and crisis. Strong spiritual background with grounded practical approach. 90-minute sessions. Private readings, classes, lectures and parties. Seniors/ student discounts. See ad, page 23.

BEDS ORGANIPEDIC BY OMI​

Showing at ​Baker’s Distinctive Home Furnishings​ 2303 E Grant Rd​,​85719 520​-​300​-9307 • cell: 520​-​419​-5882 ​Jeff@AZBeds.net • ​AZBeds.net​ Chemically sensitive or would prefer a healthy sleeping alternative? We feature Organicpedic by OMI. These mattresses are the purest on the market and utilize eco and cruelty-free wool, organic cotton and pure organic latex. Now showing at Baker’s Distinctive Home Furnishings, 2303 E Grant Rd. 85719. See ad, page 4.

BODYWORK

SANTA RITA SPRINGS

Randy Usem, LMT, Radix Practitioner Near Campbell & Grant 520-312-9563 • Armorless.net TucsonMassageAndBodyTherapy.com

Dorothy Richmond, LMT Aquatic Massage, Jin Shin Jyutsu, Craniosacral, Watsu 520-622-4201 Watsu_Woman_Az@yahoo.com SantaRitaSprings.com

Randy has 28 years of bodywork experience, providing treatments that are stress busting or for specific issues. Sometimes sessions are enhanced and integrated with mind-body awareness experiments. The client uses sound, breath and movement to contact feelings and access deep tension and energy release. See ad, page 36.

Aquatic Massage, or Watsu, immerses the body in 96-degree water, using flowing, wavelike movement and the water’s resistance to stretch and free joints, muscles, connective tissue and nerves while your therapist keeps your nose above water. Wave patterns of energy release tension into the flow and regenerate tissue. Deep relaxation frees the mind. See ad, page 36.

ARMORLESS BODY THERAPIES

BIO-TOUCH CENTER 5634 E Pima St, 85712 520-323-7951 Office@JustTouch.com JustTouch.com

Voted one of Tucson’s top alternative healing centers.

Sessions offered on a donation basis. Classes held monthly. Massage therapists and nurses receive continuing education credits. See ad, page 36.

INTUITIVE HANDS MOBILE MASSAGE

CHIROPRACTIC ALAN D. CROSS, D.C., P.C.

AAA Accident & Injury Clinic 6700 N Oracle, #502, 85704 520​-797-4177 • AlanCrossDC.com Chiropractic care for accident victims, people suffering from headaches and/or bodily pain, and those concerned with general well-being. Utilization of the gentle and highly effective Atlas Orthogonal approach. Convenient office hours.

Most insurances ac/cepted. See ad, page 13.

Don May, LMT Location: House Calls, Office Calls 520-730-0656 DonMay.MassageTherapy.com

DR. JOANNE HAUPERT, D.C.

Enjoy the deeply healing benefits of therapeutic massage in the comfort of your own home or office. Relieve chronic pain, release stress, or recover from injuries with Don’s nurturing Integrative Bodywork (blending traditional massage modalities with Craniosacral and Reiki). Don is known for his “ground​ed​ness” (a deeply calm presence), which allows clients to enter a state of deep relaxation with ease. See ad, page 36.

Do you want to trust and increase your body’s ability to heal and regenerate? Network Chiropractic is very gentle and helps increase your brain/body connection and empower you to make healthier choices. Great for Children, PTSD, Depression and Auto Immune diseases.

NEW LEAF MASSAGE THERAPY Stephanie Dixon, LMT, CNMT 520-775-2367 SDixonLMT@NewLeafTucson.com NewLeafTucson.com

Massage Therapy specializing in relief and treatment of pain and injuries. Stephanie has experience and training with a wide variety of massage therapy techniques.

Also certified in neuromuscular therapy. A session at the New Leaf Studio is helpful for conditions like arthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic back and neck pain and more.

4858 E. Broadway 520-584-0343 InspiredHealing.org

WINTERHAVEN HEALTH CENTER Dr. Nathan Conlee 3020 North Country Club Rd, 85716 520-322-6161 PerformanceNeurology.com

Dr. Conlee, Chiropractor Neurologist, diagnoses and treats such conditions as Dystonia, ADHD, Peripheral Neuropathy, vertigo, migraine headaches, balance disorders, numbness, tingling, Irritable Bowel Syndrome and other conditions related to neurologic function.

Also available: acupuncture, physiotherapy, kinesiotape, nutrition and allergy testing. See ad, page 22.

COACHING COUNSELING & GUIDANCE ARMORLESS BODY THERAPIES

Randy Usem, LMT, Radix Practitioner Near Campbell & Grant 520-312-9563 TucsonEmotionalAndTraumaTherapy.com TucsonMassageAndBodyTherapy.com Affordable alternative or addition to traditional therapy. Radix is a neo-Reichian, deep feeling, regressive process similar to bio-energetics and primal therapy.

Exploring with breath, body awareness, centering and grounding to access anger, fear, grief, longing and restore love, trust, pleasure, fulfillment and aliveness. See ad, page 36.

COUNSELING CONCEPTS Jo Ruddy and Jody Hardy 3861 N First Ave 520-881-4237 CounselingConceptsLLC.org

Dr. Jo Ruddy, Metaphysical Life Coach and Clinical Master Hypnotherapist, along with Jodi Hardy, M.A., LPC and highly experienced psychotherapist, offer metaphysical approaches to healing and creating lasting change in your life. Located at WellnessFIRST! See ad, page 2.

HEALTHY COUPLES

Bill White, M.A., Love Coach 520-319-9132 TheHealthyCouple.com Quick and dramatic results are common. Bill is a master at navigating relationship challenges to restore love and play. Resolve anger, arguments, emotional distancing, broken trust, childhood influences. Free consultation.

Satisfaction guaranteed.

HUMAN POTENTIAL COACH

Renee Powers, Ph.D. Certified Wellness Coach & Holistic Life Coach 520-222-9063 • GetInspired@live.com HumanPotentialCoach.com In transition or overwhelmed by stress? Seeking more balance, direction, guidance, support and fulfillment in your life? Renée coaches individuals who are ready to take their life to the next level. Goal attainment, health/wellness support, stress reduction, relationships, business and life balance.

Coaching sessions are personal, professional and confidential. See ad, page 8.

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Jeanette Gibler, Entrepreneur Certified Awakening Excellence Coach 520-730-9277 • Info@JeanetteGibler.com JeanetteGibler.com Tired of procrastinating on your un-limited potential?

Using dynamic processes, tools and intuition, Jeanette has coached hundreds of heart-based individuals & entrepreneurs. Are you ready to release doubt, fear, or struggle and began creating radical success with joy & ease? See ad, page 10.

STILLNESS, LLC

Dr. Sylvaine Francine Spiritual Counselor In person, by phone and Skype 206-501-7575 • SylvaineFrancine.com Learn how to release your stress. Have you ever wondered how your life would be without the influencing patterns from your past and future lives? Transition to a place where you function happily in the present with authenticity, newly discovered strengths and enhanced potential. See website for testimonials.

COLON HYDROTHERAPY INTESTINAL HEALTH INSTITUTE 520-325-9686 Intestines@SheilaShea.com IntestinalHealthInstitute.com

Sheila Shea, M.A., has 38 years of experience and is board certified. Her institute offers colon hydrotherapy, detox protocols, and GAPS counseling. She specializes in abdominal massage, nutritional support and colonoscopy preparation. Heal your gut, heal your body. See ad, page 21.

VERY SPECIAL ALTERNATIVES Vonnie Schultz Albrecht, RN WellnessFirst!

3861 N First Ave, Rm 3, 85719 520-403-1686 VerySpecialAlternatives@gmail.com

FDA-approved system integrated with full, closedgravity option; purified water; disposable speculums. Probiotic reflorastation. Affordable rates & packages. Ear coning also available. Flexible hours include weekends. See ad, page 2.

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COMPUTER SERVICES GE COMPUTING AND INTERNET SERVICES

Don Gibbens 520-332-1485 • CompDoc@gogibbenscom Facebook: GE Computing and Internet Services One of Don’s Taglines is, “Computer Sick? Call the Doctor.” He has been helping people keep their computers and technology working f​ or over 30 years​. ​As one of​ Don’s customers ​said, “​You don’t make me feel stupid”. House calls and via remote.​ See ad, page 23.

CRYOTHERAPY EVOLVE PHYSICAL THERAPY 3461 E Speedway Blvd, 85716 520-425-0379 Evolve-PT.com

Evolve Physical Therapy provides natural healing therapies, including Whole Body Cryotherapy, Dry Needling, Ultrasound Therapy, Cold Laser Therapy, and more to promote ultimate wellness, relieve pain and inflammation, recover from injury and promote wellbeing. Call now to schedule your service. See ad, page 9.

DEMENTIA MEMORY CARE HELPING HANDS ELDER ENRICHMENT SERVICES

Founder and Owner, Wendy Annis 322 N Citadel Ave, 85748 520-647-6947 HelpingHandSees.com Helping Hands Elder Enrichment Services provides one-on-one memory connection activities to individuals with dementia.

Our methods incorporate the arts and the five senses, along with pieces of each individual’s personal history.

Caregiver training and support also offered.

MEDICINE WHEEL DENTAL

Dr. Steven A. Swidler, DDS Dr. Kenneth C. Glass, DDS 4650 W Jojoba Dr, 85745 520-743-7101 • MedicineWheelDental.com Medicine Wheel Dental is Tucson’s premier holistic integrative dental practice.

Utilizing a balanced mix of traditional dentistry with exclusive naturopathic, holistic and alternative modalities, Medicine Wheel Dental provides the highest level of personalized dental care. “With awareness, we can make a choice.” See ad, back cover.

ENERGY WORK INFINITE SELF CREATIONS

Rev. Susan Wright Reiki Master 5343 S Civano Blvd, 85747 520-401-4486 SWrightISC.wix.com/ISelfCreations Susan Wright and Infinite Self Creations offers the John of God Crystal Healing Bed sessions, Reiki, Reiki attunements, Crystal Intuitive classes, and Certified Theta Healing. The JOG crystal bed is blessed by the entities giving you a high level of healing being done by the spirit beings.

LIFEFORCE RENEWAL

Patrice St. Clair, Reiki Master Practitioner, ICRT Aromatherapy, Numerologist, Feng Shui Consultant 949-412-5127 • StClair516@hotmail.com LifeForceRenewal.net Transformation on the cellular level with shamanic crystal Reiki to raise your vibration; chakra clearing with Tibetan bowls; aromatherapy aura cleansing; numerology charts; shamanic medicine card reading; readings to connect with your Spirit Guides.

PHYLLIS WINSLOW

Energy Healing/EFT-ADV Barbara Brennan Graduate, School of JEANNE ANNE KRIZMAN, DMD, MPH Healing, EFT Practitioner, LMT 520-909-3455 1601 N Tucson Blvd, Ste 35 EnergyBalancingAZ.com 520-326-0082 Smile@KrizmanDental.com Experience positive results in

DENTISTRY

A centrally located biologic, and integrative dental office with Tucson’s only International academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology accredited dentist. Specializing in general & cosmetic dentistry, mercury-free fillings, safe amalgam removal, implants, extractions, cavitation treatment, and ozone therapy. Call for appointment today. See ad, page 31.

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one appointment. Phyllis is highly intuitive and gets directly to the root of your health, relationship and career issues. Pain, depression/anxiety, financial problems and sexual trauma resolution. Call now and get your confidence back.

FLOTATION SPA CLOUD NINE FLOTATION

PROJEKK

Imagine an Environment Free From Gravity, Stress, Tension & Pain. You’ve just imagined floating in a Flotation or Sensory Deprivation Tank.

Discover the world within while healing your body in a totally unique way.

Ask about our Natural Awakenings specials.

In the courtyard of Placita de la Luna, enter ProjekK hair studio and notice the scents of pine, rosemary and sage. Stylist Kathie features U.K.-inspired cuts that need minimal styling. Hair color is ammonia-free and organic, providing beautiful, professional results.

2118 S Avenida Planeta 520-668-4017 FloatTucson.com

SERENITY HOLISTIC TOUCH​

Lisa Westrick, IARP, RMA Holy Fire Usui and Karuna Reiki® Master 520-226-5953 ​SerenityHolisticTouch.com​ Reiki is a gentle touch therapy that promotes physical, emotional, and spiritual wellness. Lisa also does charka therapy to restore and balance the body with crystals and singing bowls. When scheduling appointment, mention this ad and receive $10 off your first visit.

By appointment only 520-339-6674 • LevityRising.com

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FlowerShopOn4th.com

Tesla Metamorphosis Pracititoner 3079 W. Avenida Cresta, 85745 520-305-5393 TeslaMetamorphosisPractitionersArizona.com Tammy Rosen Wilbur, Simone Gers and Karen Olsen are certified to offer Tesla Metamorphosis Healing, Light Body activations and soul communication. See ad, page 36.

EVENTS GALACTIC CENTER

35 East Toole Ave. 520-305-0856 Facebook.com/GalacticCenter Galactic Center is an intimate event venue, spiritual center, global visionary art gallery. This high vibe temple environment complete with the resonant cave chambers, is ideal for classes, workshops, lectures, DJ events, concerts & other public or private gatherings.

Modern Organic Hairdressing 204 W Grant Rd 520-331-9006 • ProjekkHair@yahoo.com Facebook: ProjekK

LEVITY FLOAT AND WELLNESS CENTER

Flotation is the experience of immersing oneself in a SPIRITUAL HYPNOSIS specially designed tank AND HEALING HANDS that contains 12 inches Johanna Alley of water and 800 pounds of Epson salt, within a 520-370-1306 Rise above it all;lightproof environment that induces soundproof, JWalley@protonmail.ch Floatationaissensation the experience of immersing Stress, tension and of weightlessness.

JohannaAlley.com one’s self in a specially designed tank pain dissipate and the mind is free to explore a that contains 12” of water and 700 lbs.

Are you ready to change your meditative state. life? Johanna has 30 yearsof ofEpsom salt, within a soundproof, lightproof, environment that induces a hypnosis and energy healing womb-like sensation of weightlessness.

FLOWER SHOP experience (and many more of FLOATATION Benefits: deep relaxation, life!). Through Past Life stress relief, ease chronic pain.

FLOWER SHOP ON 4TH AVE Regression learn the cause; Call 520-339-6674 Norah and David Schultz through multi-faceted energy ask about our $55.

531 N 4th Ave, 85705 “First healing realign your energies to Float” 520-622-7673 manifest your authentic self-actualized life. See levityrising.com ad, page 12.

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TAMMY ROSEN WILBUR, GCFP

HAIR SALONS

Family-owned/ operated, full-service florist for local delivery or across globe. Walk-in for vintage gifts, one-of-a-kind succulent gardens, plants and hand-tied bouquets backed by a service that is friendly and prompt. Locally-sourced flowers and greens when possible. Special offer: free delivery, value of $10+​.

GARDEN THERAPY YUME JAPANESE GARDENS OF TUCSON

2130 N. Alvernon Way, 85712 520-332-2928 Yume.Gardens@gmail.com Yume.Gardens.org

HEALING TOUCH BARBARA J. HART RN, HTCP

520-591-7267 BarbHartHT@gmail.com Healing Touch Tucson on Facebook Easy to learn, anyone can use Healing Touch on themselves, others and family. Adds balance to life, encourages mindfulness and can be used immediately for bumps, bruises, broken bones, cuts and more. Contact Barbara for information on upcoming trainings.

HEALTHFOOD STORES DESERT WELLNESS NUTRITION 125 W Calle De Las Tiendas, 103A, Green Valley, 85614 520-625-3665 • DesertWN.com

Desert Wellness is a local health food store dedicated to helping the community access high quality health/nutrition products. The store’s owner, Christina Roberts, is a nutritionist and certified holistic health coach, qualified to guide customers to healthier lifestyles.

HEALTH SCREENING PROACTIVE HEALTH SOLUTIONS, LLC Lynda Witt ACCT Certified Thermographer 520-235-7036 ProactiveHealthSolutions.org

Screening thermography has the opportunity to detect changes at any stage in the development of breast cancer, from the first year Yume Japanese Gardens of to when a tumor is dense Tucson offers a scientifically enough to be seen with proven two month long healing mammography. This early walk program that reduces detection of change can lead to anxiety, stress, and sadness and promotes joy and peacefulness. earlier diagnosis and better treatment options, as For details and start dates, visit well as the opportunity for patients and their healthcare practitioners to intervene at an early YumeGardens.org. stage with preventive treatment. See ad, page 2.

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HEALTHY EATING CLAIRE’S CAFE & ART GALLERY 16140 N Oracle Rd, Catalina, 85739 520-825-2525 • ClairesCafe.net

Claire’s Cafe & Art Gallery serves home-cooked breakfasts and lunches daily, 7am-3pm. Vegetarian, gluten-free and other dietary needs are easily accommodated. The gallery includes original artwork, jewelry, leather goods and greeting cards. See ad, page 14.

DOSA EXPRESS

Foothills Mall Food Court, Ste 135 7401 La Cholla Blvd, 85741 520-887-3990 An Indian restaurant featuring South Indian Cuisine. The Dosa is a crepe made from lentils and rice that is gluten free. Dosa can be filled with most anything and eaten for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Vegan and dairy free menu items.

GOURMET GIRLS GLUTEN FREE BAKERY/BISTRO 5845 N Oracle Rd, 85704 520-408-9000 GourmetGirlsGlutenFree.com Tues-Sun 7am-3pm, Fri-Sat 5-8pm

Do you have celiac disease or suffer from gluten intolerance?

Visit Tucson’s only completely gluten-free bakery/bistro where you can enjoy breakfast, lunch or freshly baked treats in a relaxed and friendly environment, without worrying about cross contamination. Now serving dinner on Friday and Saturday. See ad, page 19.

GOVINDA’S NATURAL FOODS BUFFET & ISKCON TEMPLE

711 E Blacklidge Dr, 85719 520-792-0630 • GovindasOfTucson.com

HEALTHY LIVING NOT YOUR PARENTS’ MIDDLE AGE

Robyn Landis/Bodyfueling® Health Coaching/Training 520-314-0994 • Robyn@RobynLandis.net RobynLandis.net Become a super-savvy, joyful expression of vibrant youthful healthy living. Get strong, lean, energetic. “Install” keystone habits and conscious choices.

Know what to do, and love doing it! Personal coaching for deep inspiration and commonsense discernment—to cut through confusion and match your self-care to your purpose and potential.

See ad, page 6.

HEATING & COOLING A.M. HEATING & COOLING 520-548-2650 AMHeatCool.com ROC#296152

Providing commercial and residential service for routine maintenance, repairs, inspections, and new installation of air conditioning systems and furnaces. Specializing in clean and proper installation of equipment, energy efficiency, and indoor air quality.

Also offers Mini-splits. Family-owned and operated.

HOLISTIC HEALTH/ ALTERNATIVE HEALING AMY KALAMA HOCHREITER 520-272-4290 877-300-1279 AmyHochreiterCoaching.com

Awakening Heart energy, Amy Kalama’s gentle hands, ACT, and whole person health coaching facilitates your body, mind, heart and soul to restore health, wellness, reinvigorate your being and allow your transformation. Cleanse your cellular and energy bodies by Awakening your HeartLight.

Enjoy resort-like atmosphere of waterfalls, peacocks, fountains and gardens while relishing international vegetarian cuisine emphasizing healthy organic produce. Dinner under $10. Join us for weekly Sunday Festival at 5:30pm with musical COYOTE HEALING CENTER meditation, spiritual discourse and dinner at 7pm.

LOVIN’ SPOONFULS

Vegetarian Restaurant 2990 N Campbell Ave, 85719 520-325-7766 • LovinSpoonfuls.com Lovin’ Spoonfuls offers breakfast, lunch and dinner in a gracious atmosphere, perfect for dining with friends, family and business associates. Awards and accolades include Tucson Lifestyle magazine’s Best Vegetarian Restaurant, Tucson Weekly’s Best of Tucson and VegNews’ Best Vegetarian Restaurant.

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David C. Rupley, Jr, MD(H) 700 N Country Club Rd, Ste 110, 85716 DCRupley@gmail.com CoyoteHealingCenter.com

Coyote Healing Center is using a new instrument that generates pulsed electromagnetic fields. Tremendous results are reported, including relief from sciatic pain, improved energy, enhanced healing, increased range of motion and relief from depression.

Sessions can be scheduled with or without consultation. See ad, page 35.

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JOURNEY TO WELLNESS Pam McMahon, Ph.D., CH.t Danielle McFarlin, CH.t (c) Kate McDavid, CH.t 520-730-0236 LifeHealer.org

Pam McMahon offers ear candling, infrared sauna detox, ionic detox footbath, reflexology, Reiki, hypnotherapy, herbal and nutritional counseling and creates wellness plans together with her clients. She is committed to helping clients achieve health, wellness and spiritual well-being. See ad, page 16.

HOME SERVICES PURMAID LLC

520-331-2629 PurMaidTucson@gmail.com PurMaid.com PurMaid LLC provides professional green cleaning services to Tucson homes and businesses. Locally owned and operated. Special offer: 3 labor hours of cleaning, just $57. See ad for details. See ad, page 17.

HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY NORTHSTAR HYPERBARICS

Dr. Carol Henrinks, MD 7598 N La Cholla Blvd, 85741 520-229-1238 • NorthStarHBOT.com Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) saturates the body with oxygen, reducing inflammation and enhancing recovery from central nervous system injury including: traumatic brain injury, post-concussion syndrome, stroke, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, birth injury, autism, spinal cord injury, near drowning, anoxic brain injury and other conditions. See ad, page 33.

HYPNOTHERAPY INTEGRATIVE HYPNOTHERAPY Jeri Mills, MD, CCH 3333 N Campbell, Ste 12, 85709 520-395-0340 • JeriMillsMD.com

Hypnosis is a natural state of deep relaxation where the mind can easily create change. Use this powerful tool to make lifestyle improvements including: weight loss, smoking cessation, overcoming fears and phobias, releasing trauma, and more. 25% off first visit.

MUSIC

IRIDOLOGY

VOCAL VELOCITY STUDIO

DR. ANN ALENE

Iridology and Nutrition IIPA Certified 520-975-1133 • HeavenlyHealings.net Dr. Ann was taught by Dr. Bernard Jensen, Father of American Iridology. A worldwide teacher of Iridology, she uses the latest in iris technology from Australia. Your eyes tell it all; they are the mirror of your soul. Call for personal consultation.

LEGAL SERVICES DECONCINI MCDONALD YETWIN & LACY, P.C.

2525 E Broadway Blvd, Ste 200, 85716 520-322-5000 • DMYL.com DMYL has been providing quality legal services for individuals and businesses for 40+ years. This local, full-service law firm offers assistance with estate, retirement, and succession planning; real estate; business law, including emerging businesses/start-ups, contracts, taxation, intellectual property, and litigation. For a list of practice areas, see DMYL.com.

LIFE COACHING/ COUNSELORS VOCAL VELOCITY STUDIO

Stephanie Sikes, Founder, MA, MC, BCC Creative Life Communication Coaching 520-909-8989​• SGSikes@comcast.net Stephanie’s eclectic professional 20+-year career experience is working with couples, families,​addiction recovery and​women’s challenges. Her energy, creative spirit and non-judgmental approach fosters a trusting relationship and is the key to her clients’ ability to succeed. ​Y​oung adults and children​are ​ also a​ n ​area of specialization. See ad, page 32.

MASSAGE MARK R DAVENPORT, LMT 7301 E. 22nd St, 85710 520-975-3961 HeartNHandsMassage.com

Mark Davenport, LMT, Reiki Master. Physical pain/mental anguish produces stress in our bodies. Reducing stress helps to heal our minds, our bodies, and our spirits. Relieve pain, relax your mind with Swedish, Deep Tissue, Myofascial massage combined with Reiki. See ad, page 36.

OTHON MOLINA PH.D. C LMT

Sports/Medical Massage and Kinesiology 916-598-5525 BackDoc.Molina@gmail.com Molina Massage.com Holistic Manual Therapist for over 45 years. Specializing in back and neck challenges.

If you’ve been in pain, he can help you get your life back.

Just moved to Tucson. Special introductory price: 50% off first session and 25% off second session.

DOUG RUPEL LMT

Hawaiian, Deep Muscle, Sports Massage 3233 N 1st Ave 520-406-8935 Doug graduated from Desert Institute in 1985, studied under Marie Hansen in the art of intensive deep work and studied Lomi Lomi with Abraham a kahuna from Hawaii. He is certified in Body Talk Access and provider of Body Walking. Choose Breathe Wellness Studios for relaxation and rejuvenation.

METAPHYSICAL GIFTS & SUPPLIES ARIZONA LAPIDARY & GEM ROUGH 7320 E Broadway, 85710 520-399-6641 ArizonaLapidary.com

Tucson’s cleanest, friendliest Rock Shop is open to the public year round. Minerals, Crystals, Metaphysical Stones, Cabochons, Cutting, Polishing, Jewelry Design & Repair. We love sharing our rocks with you. Come in and see our brand new location!

See ad, page 18.

MYSTIC MESSENGERS PSYCHIC FAIR

Patricia Kirkman 445 S Alvernon Way at Doubletree by Hilton 520-403-4270 Patricia.Kirkman@gmail.com MysticMessengers.com Mystic Messengers Psychic Fair is Tucson’s Premier Metaphysical Community of independent psychics, healers, artists and crafts people.

Everyone interested in metaphysical events is welcome, always with free admission. Event dates are listed online at MysticMessengers.com.

Stephanie Sikes, Founder, MA, MC, BCC 520-909-8989​ SGSikes@comcast.net With proper diaphragmatic vocal (breath) placement and simple ear training practice, a novice singer can become quite proficient. ​Lessons are 90 minutes of fun a​ nd​ amazing training, rhythm ​and​ song. ​W​ith ​ a solid foundation, you can choose to sing any genre of music​.​See ad, page 32.

NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE DR. DEEANN SABER, NMD WellnessFIRST! 3861 N First Ave, 85719 520-209-1755 3861WellnessFirst.com

Dr. Saber is a primary care naturopathic physician who specializes in endocrinology and functional medicine. Using science-based information as well as your personal symptoms, we will together find the best way to optimal health. See ad, page 2.

NATUREMEDICA NATUROPATHIC CLINIC & DETOX SPA Judy Gianni, NMD Katie Rose, NMD Kam Tecaya, NMD 1 W. Wetmore Rd, #101, 85705 520-887-4287 • Naturemedica.net

Hormone balancing, bioidentical hormones, thyroid issues, gastrointestinal complaints, autoimmune disorders, skin conditions, allergies, pediatrics, weightloss, acupuncture, colon hydrotherapy, nutritional IVs, well-woman exams, quick care clinic.

WHOLISTIC FAMILY MEDICINE Dr. Lance Morris 1601 N Tucson Blvd, Ste 37, 85716 520-322-8122 WFMedicine@gmail.com ResonantSoundTherapy.com

Dr. Morris treats all conditions, pediatric through geriatric, emphasizing ‘”nature cure” to heal mind, body and spirit.

Developer of Resonant Sound Therapy. See website for more information.

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PHOTOGRAPHY

PAST LIFE REGRESSION JOURNEY TO WELLNESS

ARTISTIC IMAGES STUDIO

Pam McMahon, Ph.D., CH.t Danielle McFarlin, CH.t (c) Kate McDavid, CH.t 520-730-0236 • LifeHealer.org

Eric H. Smith, photographer/owner 520-977-6733 ArtisticImages347@gmail.com ArtisticImages347.com

Pam McMahon offers ear candling, infrared sauna detox, ionic detox footbath, reflexology, Reiki, hypnotherapy, herbal and nutritional counseling and creates wellness plans together with her clients. She is committed to helping clients achieve health, wellness and spiritual well-being. See ad, page 16.

Artistic Images Studio presents empowering glamorous photography for those who desire a treat in the Tucson, Southern Arizona, and Phoenix area by securing a clients’ most cherished, joyous, events, and significant moments in digital images.

“Our focus is your inner beauty”! Glamour/ Boudair session is normally $250 available at $173 plus Digital Portrait Special, $99 from May 1 to July 31, 2016. See ad, page 12.

PERSONAL GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT TAO TIME

Dale Bruder 2614 N Balboa Ave 520-331-1956 TaoTime@DaleBruder.com Two hour contemplative consultations of the I Ching Oracle every quarter moon 11am-6pm. See some ways, choose a path and embark on a guided journey. Good for ‘what’ and ‘how’ inquiries in the idea, design, and make phases of an action. Best for artists, entrepreneurs, professionals and the self-directed.

More at DaleBruder.com. See ad, page 34.

PLUMBING RES-COM PLUMBING CO.

3750 E. 22nd St, 85713 520-901-0053 Luigi@Res-ComPlumbing.com Res-ComPlumbing.com Trust all your plumbing needs (large or small) to “Luigi” at locally-owned and operated Res-Com Plumbing Co. Personalized service is reliable and professional. Luigi is a 30 year veteran in residential and commercial plumbing, including water softener and purification installation. Member, SW Gas Referral Program.

PET SERVICES HOLISTIC ANIMAL CARE

7334 E Broadway Blvd, 85710 520-886-1727 HolisticAnimalCareShoppes.com The Shoppe features top quality natural products to ensure optimal health and happiness for your beloved pets. Locally and independently owned by world-renowned natural pet care pioneer, author of nine books and educator to veterinarians, Dr. Lisa S. Newman, Ph.D. See ad, page 29.

QIGONG MARK FRIGHETTI

ZY Qigong Teacher/Practitioner Desert Milagros 3438 N Country Club 520-404-8745 • QigongMark@yahoo.com ZyQigongAz.com Meetup.com/Tucson-ZY-Qigong-Meetup/

PRICKLY PEAR HOLISTIC VETERINARY CARE

Lauren Genow, DVM, CVA, CVSMT 520-979-7273 PricklyPearVet@gmail.com PricklyPearVet.com Prickly Pear Holistic Veterinary Care is a mobile, holistic veterinary practice that specializes in acupuncture, herbal medicine, chiropractic therapy and Reiki for all animals including dogs, cats and horses. See ad, page 24.

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Zhong Yuan Qigong is a simple life science. Practice an ancient qigong system to quiet the mind and relax the body while developing your physical, emotional and spiritual being to a higher level, Private and group lessons.

REAL ESTATE MELISSA DAWN RICH

Realtor Tierra Antigua Realty 7330 N Oracle Rd, Ste #280, 85704 520-406-0689 Info@ARichExperience.com ARichExperienceRealty.com From helping you find your dream home and negotiating the best deal, to providing innovative marketing solutions to help you sell your home, I will be here as your Real Estate Professional and Consultant to help you every step of the way!

See ad, page 33.

SALON/SPA SERVICES ALTERNATIVES IN HEALTH CARE Debbie Shaw, Owner 520-275-4510 DetoxTherapySpa.com

Where all-natural health care meets all-natural beauty solutions. Specializing in all-natural weight loss, anti-aging treatments, skin care and pain management.

Unique equipment and treatments set us apart from everyone else. Look younger and be healthier naturally. See ad, page 26.

SCHOOLS/TRAINING ASIS MASSAGE EDUCATION

4 Campuses: Clarkdale, Prescott, Flagstaff, Tucson 866-334-3348 ASISMassage.com ASIS Massage School offers full and part time massage therapy training programs, continuing education workshops for body-workers, and a student clinic for the community. See ad, page 37.

SEXUALITY JOURNEY TO WELLNESS Pam McMahon, Ph.D., CH.t Danielle McFarlin, CH.t (c) 520-730-0236 LifeHealer.org

Have you lost your spark?

Dr. Pam can help you have confidence in your performance, overcome feelings of inadequacy, restore joy and boost your sex appeal. See ad, page 16.

TULA WELLNESS

Dr. Arianna Scholes-Douglas Barbara Cooper ARNP, CNM 2404 E River Rd, Ste 251, 85718 520-577-1129 • Info@TulaWellnessMD.com TulaWellnessMD.com

SOUTHWEST TANTRA

Daka Ray Certified Tantra Yoga Educator / Healer 520-975-3961 SouthwestTantra.com Do you want to be truly happy in this life? Then learn to embrace your whole self. Relationship Empowerment, Self Empowerment, Self Love, Sexual Healing. Remove the blocks from living an ecstatic life fully expressed, mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually, sexually.

Tula means Balance.

Integrative Gynecology, well- woman exams, help with perimenopausal and menopausal concerns, PMS and hormone balancing. health and nutrition coaching.

Digestive issues and medical weight loss. Complete medspa services including botox and fillers, aesthetics. CoolSculpting, ThermiVa vaginal rejuvenation. See ad, page 27.

SOCIAL MEDIA SAVVY SOCIAL MEDIA

Michelle Arbore MArbore@SavvySocialMedia.net SavvySocialMedia.net Michelle will help plan and manage your social media giving you more time to focus on other aspects of your business and to spend with the people you love.

She will take you through each step with ease and simplification to help you understand social media. See ad, page 15.

SKIN CARE GIGI70 NATURAL SKIN CARE

Gina “Gigi” Gianforti, Owner 300 E University Blvd, Ste 144, 85705 520-390-0081 • Facebook.com/Gigi70nsc Gigi70.SkincareTherapy.net Gigi is excited in helping you to feel as beautiful on the outside as you are on the inside! Specializing in Dermaplaning, also provides facials, waxing, manicures, pedicures & public workshops.

Grand Opening Specials applicable.

PLEXY LABORATORIES, LLC Acne treatment Jordan Austin 520-221-1856 PlexyLabs.com

Plexy Laboratories LLC. provides an all-natural acne treatment that is unique to the market. By using Beta-Sitosterol in our topical acne lotion we can help balance and ultimately regulate your skin’s sebum production. Our ingredients are all-natural and organic based. See ad, page 26.

REFRESHED FACES

Vien Belcher Sawhney, RN, FNP-C 520-888-1183 ILoveRefreshedFaces.com Refreshed Faces is results driven using various methods to combat the signs of aging to create a younger, refreshed, and beautiful look. Acute treatment, maintenance, and prevention are key. Call today for home visits and skincare parties.

SOLAR ANN GOLSETH

Senior Field Energy Consultant 520-390-1901 Mgolseth@SolarCity.com At SolarCity, we believe in a better way to power homes at a lower cost while contributing to a cleaner planet. Work with a local Tucson energy consultant and know that you are supporting Tucson jobs when you switch to cleaner cheaper solar power. To see if you qualify for free solar installation, call Ann directly at 520-390-1901.

SOUND THERAPY REPLEVYN

Danielle Dvorak 847-323-9188 Danielle@Replevyn.com Replevyn.com Antique Tibetan Singing Bowls, Gantas (Bells), Tingshas, and more are utilized by Danielle in the Tibetan Sacred Sound modality. She is certified through TibetanBowlSchool.com and combines other modalities, as is appropriate for each individual. Relax, release stress, improve health, and realize your own gifts! See ad, page 15.

WHOLISTIC FAMILY MEDICINE Dr. Lance Morris 1601 N Tucson Blvd, Ste 37, 85716 520-322-8122 WFMedicine@gmail.com ResonantSoundTherapy.com

Dr. Morris treats all conditions, pediatric through geriatric, emphasizing ‘”nature cure” to heal mind, body and spirit.

Developer of Resonant Sound Therapy. See website for more information.

SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING - TUCSON

Rev. Donald Graves Sunday Service: 3231 N Craycroft Rd, 85712 520-319-1042 • TucsonCSL.org Through partnering with possibility, expanding in consciousness, compassion and connection, and by offering spiritual tools that change lives, the Center for Spiritual Living Tucson provides an environment for spiritual deepening through classes in spiritual practice, community building activities and meaningful sharing. “It’s like coming home, in a good way.” Sunday Celebration Service 10:30am, 10am meditation. See ad, page 11.

COMMUNITY OF LIGHT

Meeting at the Unscrewed Theater 3244 E Speedway, 85716 CommunityOfLightTucson.com Metaphysical and spiritual gathering of Lightworkers for healing, enlightenment, and growth. Friday Healing Circle at noon; Sunday Service at 11am.

THE TEMPLE OF THE PRESENCE 11902 E Irvington Rd

520-751-2039, x100 TempleOfThePresence.org Saint Germain and the Ascended Masters stand ready to assist you. In their Radiance, you will learn how to release the Light from your Individualized I AM Presence.

Find Divine solutions to every challenge. Free broadcasts 24 hours a day.

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SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS THE TEMPLE OF UNIVERSALITY Rev. Betty Tatalajski New Masonic Temple, 3590 N Country Club Rd, 85716 520-884-5340 TempleOfUniversality@gmail.com TheTempleOfUniversality.org

Worship, healing, prophesy.

Celebrating the unity of God and man. 11am Sunday service. Free metaphysical development classes in areas of White Eagle World Healing Meditation, Alice Bailey books, Spiritual/Metaphysical Law and Kaballah.

TUCSON IANDS EXPERIENCE Sharing (TIES) Chuck Swedrock 520-395-2365 TucsonIANDS.org

Information on and sharing of NDEs and other transformative experiences. Open to public; everyone has experiences worth sharing. Guest speaker series on 2nd Thursday (Oct – May); small groups on 3rd Thursday each month, 6:30pm at Unity Church of Tucson.

UNITED FELLOWSHIP CHAPEL Rev. Dorothea Nobile 4718 E. Hawthorne St, 85711 520-327-0142 United-Fellowship-Chapel.com

Sunday Service at 2 p.m.

Open Monday, WednesdaySunday, closed Tuesday.

Igniting knowledge within to know yourself, heal and change your life. Weekly classes in Metaphysical Principles, Self-Realization/Psychic Development, Friday Meditation & Messages and a Seminary leading to Ordination. See ad, page 19.

UNITY CHURCH OF TUCSON

Rev. Larry and Mary Ellen Swartz 3617 N Camino Blanco, 85718 520-577-3300 • UnityTucson.com Ministry of love, inspiration, learning, wholeness and joy empowering all people to embrace their divine nature. Daycare ages 1-5. Beautiful, low-cost weddings. Largest metaphysical bookstore in the Tucson valley. See ad, page 29.

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UNITY SPIRITUAL CENTER OF PEACE

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1551 S Eastside Loop, #121, 85710 520-546-3696 • Info@UnityPeaceAZ.com UnityPeaceAZ.com

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Explore your spirituality in a warm and loving community of caring friends. Learn practical tools that really work to improve your life and the world around you.

Sunday service, 10:30am. Prayer services Sunday at 8:50am and Wednesdays at 9:45am. See ad, page 8.

Forever Able Wellness is an alternative wellness center with acupuncture and massage services, and classes in yoga and qigong. We are committed to providing the highest quality care, empowering patients to take an active role in their wellness.

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T’AI CHI HEATHER CHALON, MPH

Senior Trainer, T’ai Chi, Qigong, Tao Yoga 520-780-6751 Heather@HeatherChalon.com HeatherChalon.com More than 25 years of experience. Practical solutions for relaxation, rejuvenation, harmony, balance. Inspiring healthy community by empowering people to improve wellness. Collaborative programs to serve your group’s needs. Skills workshops, instructor training, professional CEs, classes at various locations, private lessons.

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Kangen Water Distributor 2450 E Speedway Blvd, Ste 7, 85715 520-977-6733​​ ArtisticImages347@gmail.com Facebook.com/Love’s-Awakening-Journey Eric is excited to help you create a healthier and more beautiful you with Kangen alkaline water by Enagic Corporation. The goal is to take one’s physiology from an acidic base and to more alkaline in nature boost​ing​the immune system and creating​greater wellness.

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NATURAL HEALING CARE CENTER 2272 E Speedway Blvd, 85719 520-323-0069 Info@NaturalHealingCareCenter.com NaturalHealingCareCenter.com

Tucson’s local wellness clinic. Our team of naturopathic doctors and therapists are dedicated to natural healing and individualized healthcare.

We specialize in: naturopathic medicine (including pediatrics), acupuncture, massage therapy, hypnotherapy, herbs and nutrition, kinesio tape application, constitutional hydrotherapy, AZ Medical Marijuana card program.

WOMEN’S HEALTH TULA WELLNESS

Dr. Arianna Scholes-Douglas, Barbara Cooper ARNP, CNM 2404 East River Rd, Suite 251, 85718 520-577-1129 • Info@TulaWellnessMD.com TulaWellnessMD.com Tula means Balance.

Integrative Gynecology, well- woman exams, help with perimenopausal and menopausal concerns, PMS and hormone balancing. health and nutrition coaching.

Digestive issues and medical weight loss. Complete medspa services including botox and fillers, aesthetics. CoolSculpting, ThermiVa vaginal rejuvenation. See ad, page 27.

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He’s my dentist… need I say more?

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