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contents Natural Awakenings is your guide to a healthier, more balanced life. In each issue readers find cutting-edge information on natural health, nutrition, fitness, personal growth, green living, creative expression and the products and services that support a healthy lifestyle.

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UNWIND

Restorative Yoga Poses Foster Healing

by Meredith Montgomery

23 MUSIC AS MEDICINE

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Music Soothes, Energizes and Heals Us

by Kathleen Barnes

27 THE SECRET OF

SUBLIME LIVING Savoring Perfect Present Moments

by Carl Greer

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28 THE MODERN SHAMAN

Ancient Practices Heal Body and Soul

by Linda Sechrist

30 A PATH OF

PURE INSPIRATION

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32 TREATING

AUTISM NATURALLY

Plus Strategies for Prevention

by Meredith Montgomery

36 THE ABCs OF A PLANT POWERED BACK-TO- SCHOOL LUNCHBOX

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by Robyn Landis

departments 8 newsbriefs

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22 fitbody 27 inspiration

28 healingways

30 artistspotlight

32 healthykids

36 consciouseating

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letterfrompublisher One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. ~ Bob Marley

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hances are, we’ve all experienced the healing powers of music at one time or another.

Whether it was the soothing beat, the sound of that certain singer’s voice or the lyrics that we desperately needed to hear in that moment— music has a way of curing what ails us.

Here, see how different types of music can have an effect on us, both body and mind. On page 23, read about how drumming, chanting, crystal bowls, gongs and more can be used to re-harmonize the body, benefiting those suffering Holly Baker, publisher from depression, Alzheimer’s, substance abuse, and even those with cancer.

Another method of gentle healing is restorative yoga, which Meredith Montgomery illuminates on page 22. September is National Yoga Month—a great time to begin or enhance your yoga practice.

With the beginning of a new school year, of course we must focus on our children and their well-being and growth this year. Learn some fun and delicious vegan choices to pack in their lunchboxes, on page 36.

A topic affecting more children than ever before is autism. Whether your child is on the autism spectrum, or goes to school with someone who is, we can all learn more about how autism is “a whole-body condition that can improve, rather than a static, lifelong genetic disorder”, on page 32. Several local experts also weigh in with their methods for assisting with autism—through homeopathy, BioTouch and integrative developmental pediatric care.

So, take time to heal and renew this month. Turn up that song that makes your heart soar, try sound therapy, take an extra yoga class and learn more about helping others around you heal. Helping others is often the best way to help ourselves.

To healing and new beginnings,

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newsbriefs Baby Boomers Create New Radio Podcast

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hree baby-boomer women—Team Boom Goddess—have combined their talents to create the fascinating Boom Goddess Radio podcast. The podcast covers topics such as love, friendship, self-care, personal fulfillment, social activism and relationships of all kinds, and can be found at BoomGoddessRadio.com, as well as in podcast apps.

Boom Goddess Radio was born of three very different, creatively compatible urban women who met in the summer of 2015 and worked through the fall and winter to cook up an appealing blend of camaraderie and conversation. Scrolling through their first season’s episode list reads like a potpourri of mental and emotional nourishment. The team is made up of “BB” Barbara Peters, of SageFields Consulting; Jennifer Davis-Paige, of Journeys by Train; and Dr. Andrea Gould-Marks, licensed psychologist and founder of Lucid Learning Systems, Enlightened Information for Transformation.

The podcast can be found by searching “BoomGoddessRadio” on iTunes, SoundCloud and other podcast apps. BoomGoddessRadio.com also features blog essays relevant to the chosen podcast themes.

For more information, call 516-526-9488, email Andrea@BoomGoddessRadio.com or visit BoomGoddessRadio.com. See ad, page 18.

Personal Creativity Development and Healing Music in Tucson

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premier intuitive music therapist, Suzanne Grosvenor is celebrating 40 years as a musical presence in Tucson. Grosvenor currently teaches Personal Creative Development with musicians, piano students and instrumentalists. Her other great passion is her work with Therapeutic Music Portrait sessions for clients seeking breakthrough and life change. Her therapeutic music work led to the new website FaceTheMusic.world, where listeners can browse music designed for promoting healing and self-development.

As a music teacher, Grosvenor takes a creative, intuitive approach and loves the process of bringing out the Suzanne Grosvenor potential of musicians, as composers, arrangers, improvisation artists and performers. “Music is so wonderfully life enhancing and healing, if it were up to me, the exploration of music and arts would be a requirement for all children,” she says. “Music develops latent, higher potentials and intelligence.”

Those interested in therapeutic music can visit FaceTheMusic.world to participate in the Listening Test. Listeners are challenged to choose music that resonates for them, listen five hours a week or more, and note any life changes. Listening is free and music is downloadable for a small fee. By signing up for the mailing list, listeners will receive one complimentary music download.

Grosvenor is accepting new music students. She teaches in her home and at the Music and Arts School and Store, both in northwest Tucson.

For more information, call 520-229-6282, email Info@MusicForHealth.net or visit FaceTheMusic.world. See ad, page 33.

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or over a year now, Tula Wellness, in Tucson, has been offering ThermiVa, a comfortable and non-invasive treatment for mild to moderate stress incontinence or urge incontinence (involuntary leaking of urine) and vaginal rejuvenation. Tula Wellness is following up on the many clients who have finished their three treatments, and the results are confirming ThermiVa’s efficacy. Women have had remarkable results with partial or complete resolution of symptoms.

At Tula Wellness, these treatments are done by two highly experienced clinicians with over 50 years of combined experience in gynecology—Dr. Arianna SholesDouglas, M.D., FACOG, and Barbara Cooper, CNM, NP. This includes a complete pelvic exam to assess any problems and to individualize patients’ treatments.

This personalized care is not offered in offices that do not focus on gynecology.

“Vaginal moisture and lubrication are increased. There are cosmetic benefits of vaginal rejuvenation as well,” reports Sholes-Douglas. “Women report their labia being smaller and tighter and firmer. There is a tightening of the vaginal opening. Our clients are pleased to report increased sexual response, and even an increase in libido related to changes in the tissues and improved comfort with sex.”

ThermiVa treatments use radiofrequency energy to gently heat the vulvar and vaginal tissues to reclaim, restore and revive feminine wellness without discomfort, surgery or downtime. The safe treatments are an excellent option for women with vaginal dryness when systemic and topical hormones are contraindicated. Treatments are done in a series of three sessions lasting 30 minutes, each session a month apart. The treatments’ effects can last up to one year with women coming in for a “touch-up” treatment at six to 12 months.

For more information, call 520-577-1129 or visit TulaWellnessMD.com. See ad, page 12.

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newsbriefs Local Flower Shop Provides Hands-On Experience

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n addition to beautiful arrangements for any occasion, Flower Shop on 4th Avenue offers hands-on experience with flower arranging through monthly classes. Two upcoming classes include: Thoughts about Fall Flowers, from 6 to 8 p.m., September 28, and Making Our Own Thanksgiving Centerpiece, from 6 to 8 p.m., October 26.

Attendees will always leave with an arrangement of their own design to show off and be proud of.

In Thoughts about Fall Flowers, participants will learn to design with Asters, the flower of September, and they’ll learn the meaning and origin of this beautiful flower that comes in many colors. They will take away a self-designed arrangement and vase. Space is limited, so RSVP is required by September 21. ​ In Making Our Own Thanksgiving Centerpiece, attendees will create a centerpiece for their Thanksgiving table with pumpkins, gourds and fall flowers. RSVP is required by October 19.

Flower Shop on 4th Avenue is a local florist that delivers all over Tucson, and is a great source for out-of-town delivery as well.

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

Heart Series Program with Richy Feinberg

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nrollment is open for the local Heart Series program, a medically-directed, handson program for anyone who wants to prevent, halt or reverse coronary artery disease.

Richy Feinberg The 12-week program includes weekly, three-hour sessions, from 4 to 7 p.m., Tuesdays, beginning September 6. The aim of the program is to improve the quality and length of life by teaching the skills that will lead to health and happiness through the prevention and reduction of illness, hospitalizations, medications and invasive medical procedures.

The 22-year-old program is led by Tucson cardiologist Dr. Charles Katzenberg, Medical Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, and Edna Silva, R.N., founder of the T’ai Chi Center of Tucson.

Richard “Richy” Feinberg, now Director of Public Relations for the Foundation for Cardiovascular Health/ Heart Series, has been an advocate of the program since 1994. At the age of 58, he had a heart attack, followed by quadruple bypass heart surgery, then another heart attack two months later.

“I was blessed to find the Heart Series program right here in Tucson,” explains Feinberg. “This month, I’ll be 81 years old. I’m happy, healthy and my heart is doing great. The program has given me the tools to be aware that negative, stressful situations can be changed to positive ones if I have the desire and fortitude to be aware of the possibility.”

The Heart Series is Arizona’s first intensive cardiac rehabilitation program.

It recently came in first in a contest for Influential Health and Medical Leaders for Achievement in Wellness Programs in our region.

For more information, call Richy at 520-797-2281 or Edna Silva at 520-544-3720.

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Come Home to Your Heart’s Wisdom Retreat

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oted teachers and facilitators Barbara Evans Levine and Marcey DiCaro will present Come Home to Your Heart’s Wisdom, a three-day retreat, from November 4 to 6, at the beautiful and tranquil El Rancho Robles Retreat Center, in Oracle. The retreat will help attendees discover more peace, joy and relaxation and learn to incorporate these states of being in daily life.

“It is said that there is a brain in the heart, which can guide the mind in choosing actions that promote greater peace. Here you will be able to release all that holds you back from experiencing unlimited possibilities for greater peace and joy,” says DiCaro.

The retreat will include daily meditations, qigong, healing through creative arts, quiet time for reflection and integration and much more. Healthy gourmet meals and double occupancy lodging will be available. The event is sponsored by The Essential Alchemist and Silence Heals (SilenceHeals.com).

Location: 1170 N. Rancho Robles Rd., Oracle.

For more information, call 520-490-4149 or visit TheEssentialAlchemist.com.

YWCA Hosts Tucson Means Business Forum

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he Tucson Means Business Forum—a free event that aims to guide female business owners through the process of getting a license, insurance, health permits and more—will take place from 5 to 7 p.m., September 22 at the Francis McClelland Community Center. City officials from the health department, license and taxes, procurement, lenders and more will be on site to answer all questions and help every step of the way.

“The City of Tucson is home to majestic saguaros, scenic mountains and the best food in the world. Designated a city of gastronomy by UNESCO, Tucson is no longer a best kept secret. If you’re looking to share your culinary masterpieces with the world, or bring out the best of Tucson flavor in your own quaint café, you are going to need more than just great food,” says [need a speaker here, and their title]. “This process can be daunting, but you don’t have to go it alone. The Women’s Business Center and WARD I City Council Member Regina Romero’s Office are here to help.”

Location: 525 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson. For more information and to register, call 520-884-7810 x106 or visit YWCATucson.org.

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newsbriefs Research Supports Herbal Menopause Relief

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atural Health International’s (NHI) Femmenessence, an herbal formulation that has been shown in clinical studies to significantly reduce menopausal symptoms for up to 80% of women, is now available locally at Fresh Vitamins locations.

According to authors Meissner et al., in the International Journal of Biomedical Science (2006 Dec; 2(4): 360–374), Maca-GO, the proprietary ingredient in Femmenessence was observed to reduce: the frequency and severity of hot flashes, excessive sweating, interrupted sleep pattern, nervousness, depression, headaches and loss of libido/interest in sex. They further concluded that full benefit could only be achieved after two consecutive months of use.

“The transition to menopause should be relatively symptom free. After all, it’s not an illness, despite what women have been led to believe,” says Jan Roberts, Pharmacist, Clinical Nutritionist and bestselling author.

According to a company spokesperson, “Femmenessence is organic, kosher, vegan, pure, global trade and environmentally friendly.. By establishing infrastructure and manufacturing operations in Peru, NHI has created industry with year-round employment while engaging in environmentally sustainable and organic farming practices. Femmenessence is packaged in the United States in a GMP, Organic and Kosher-certified facility utilizing oxygen-barrier blister packs, which keep the product stable for up to three years versus six months for packs or bottles.

To learn more about Femmenesscence, visit NaturalHI.com.

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Become the Woman You are Meant to Be

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uthors and teachers HeatherAsh Amara (Warrior Goddess Training) and Sarah Marshank (Being Selfish) are leading their first retreat in Tucson, Become the Woman You are Meant to Be, from noon to HeatherAsh Amara & 6:30 p.m., October 8, at Sarah Marshank Mindful Yoga East. Retreat participants will create a safe and sacred space to unpack limiting agreements and discover the truth of their potential.

Amara has facilitated hundreds of workshops in the Toltec tradition and taught extensively with Don Miguel Ruiz, author of The Four Agreements. As she says in her book, Warrior Goddess Training, “As women, we are trained to seek our wholeness and value and to find love through others. The new women’s revolution is an evolution from being otherfocused to inner-focused. When our attention is trapped by fearful shoulds, what ifs, and don’ts, we scatter our energy and struggle with knowing what is authentic for us. When we bring our attention back to discovering who we are on the inside— not who we wish we were or who we think we should be— we begin a sacred path of transformation toward our innate, authentic, embodied power.”

Drawing on wisdom from Buddhism, the Toltec tradition and ancient Earth-based goddess spirituality, the Warrior Goddess path includes personal stories, rituals and exercises that encourage and inspire women to become the true warrior goddesses they are meant to be.

Cost: $149 before September 15, $169 after. Pay in full or in three installments. Location: 1101 N. Wilmot Rd., #123, Tucson. For more information or to register, call 520-300-4378 or visit MindfulYogaTucson.com.

Sacred Space Presents Cognitively-Based Compassion Training

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ally Dodds, Ph.D., in conjunction with Sacred Space, will present Cognitively-Based Compassion Training (CBCT), an eight-week, contemplative course that uses meditation to gradually train the heart and mind in the qualities of compassion, from 1 to 3 p.m., Sundays, starting September 25, in Tucson. Developed at the Emory University-Tibet Partnership by a former Buddhist monk, the entirely secular CBCT uses a step-by-step approach and covers a different topic each week related to compassion, including self-compassion, equanimity and impartiality for all people, interdependence and interpersonal Sally Dodds connection, appreciation and gratitude, kindness, empathy and universal love and compassion.

To deepen these qualities, students learn to use several different meditation techniques. Practices used first are those designed to enhance mindfulness—or the ability to focus, pay attention and be present. Once a degree of stable attention has been gained, compassion practices are used to promote self-reflection and self-awareness, aid in taking the perspectives of others and in enhancing positive mental states.

“Recent research has shown that people who train in compassion have improved interpersonal relationships and overall well-being,” says Dodds. “Further, studies suggest that the underlying biology of compassion actually enhances both physical and mental health.”

Dodds is a 20-year meditator and certified teacher of CBCT. A retired university research professor, she has studied stress and mind-body health, integrative medicine and CBCT with breast cancer survivors. Location details will be provided upon registration. Cost of the training includes eight audio recordings of guided meditations, readings and handouts.

Michelle Arbore, CEO of Savvy Social Media, recently won the Rochester Women’s Network 2016 Up and Coming Business Woman Award. This award Michelle Arbore is presented annually to local women of Rochester, New York, selected by an independent panel of judges, who are recognized for their professional and volunteer accomplishments and contributions to the Rochester community. Arbore will receive this award, along with four other deserving women, on September 28.

Arbore, a social media coach, offers customized social media packages and training that fit the needs of small businesses and entrepreneurs. She is also a speaker who is available for workshops, presentations and conferences. “I am very passionate about what I do and love social media,” she says. “I take the frustration away from you by staying on top of all the changes, trends, tips and tricks.”

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Cost: $300. For more information and to register, visit SacredSpaceTucson.org.

For more information, call 585-506-6291, email MArbore@SavvySocialMedia.net or visit SavvySocialMedia.net. See ad, page 7.

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newsbriefs Study to be a Nutritional Therapist

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he Nutritional Therapy Association is offering two separate, ninemonth, blended online and in-person nutritional therapist certification programs with new venues in Washington, D.C., Phoenix, Boston, New York City, Denver, Toronto and other cities. Enrollment continues through September 12 for workshop courses that begin on September 19, while registration for the winter courses will commence October 10 until February 6, 2017, with classes starting February 13.

The course, based on the teachings of Dr. Weston A. Price and Dr. Francis Pottenger, instructs students in how to conduct a five-step client consultation process.

Highlights include a hands-on functional assessment tool to identify nutritional weaknesses and effectively manage wellness goals.

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The Beatles Film at Loft Cinema

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he Loft Cinema will be showing The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years, beginning September 16. See the film and stay for an exclusive, in-theatres-only, 30-minute concert of The Beatles’ 1965 performance from Shea Stadium, digitally restored with remastered sound.

The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years, a new documentary from Oscar-winning director Ron Howard, is based on the first part of The Beatles’ career (1962-1966)—the period in which they toured and captured the world’s acclaim. Howard’s film explores how John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr came together to become the extraordinary phenomenon known as “The Beatles”. A riveting look at the inner workings of the most popular rock band in history—how they made decisions, created their music and built their collective career together—the film also explores The Beatles’ extraordinary and unique musical gifts and their remarkable, complementary personalities.

The film uses vintage footage of electrifying Beatles performances and a wealth of interviews to create an eye-opening, toe-tapping look at the band we know, and the story we don’t.

Location: 3233 E. Speedway Blvd., Tucson. For more information, call 520-795-0844, email JJ@LoftCinema.org or visit LoftCinema.com. See ad, page 26.

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Banish Emotional Distress at Yume Japanese Gardens

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ume Japanese Gardens of Tucson reopens for the fall/winter season on October 1, and its Stroll for Well-Being Program resumes at mid-month. Strolling the gardens is a measure to pull out of dire spiritual and mental circumstances that has the added benefit of enhancing a youthful and creative outlook on life.

Participants in the Stroll for Well-Being Program walk through Yume Gardens with journals prepared by healthcare professionals containing questions to encourage them to pause and reflect at a dozen designated spots along garden walkways, where the setting serves as an allegory of a crucial life situation, such as making a difficult transition, proceeding without knowing exactly where one will end up, or drawing upon inner resources for strength.

Open to everyone and repeated throughout the year, the 12-week program at Yume Gardens offers an initial group welcome from a professionally trained facilitator. Participants receive a journal/guide book at this session, and may opt for an iPhone app as well. Four weeks later, participants and facilitator meet again to go over questions and to listen to each other’s experiences. At the end of the program, participants meet to share how the stroll has affected their life.

Veterans suffering from PTSD, cancer survivors and widows and widowers are just some of those who have benefited since the Stroll for Well-Being Program was instituted at Yume Gardens in 2015. They report discovering a new purpose in life after losing a family member, learning how to focus their minds to better observe and better create, and learning to put the past behind them and move confidently into the future.

Location: 2130 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson. For more details on the program and to sign up, call 520-272-3200 or visit YumeGardens.org.

eventbrief Darsombra Live at the Galactic Center

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arsombra, a trans-apocalyptic galaxy rock duo for dreamers, schemers and those seeking an audio-visual journey, will perform at 8 p.m., September 27, at the Galactic Center, in Tucson. The makers of this sound and vision are Brian Daniloski, spinning webs with a guitar and his voice and a multitude of effects pedals; and Ann Everton, enriching the sound with synthesizer, gong and voice, as well as creating a moving backdrop of imagery, projected on the two as they narrate without words a voyage of the soul.

The sound is alive and symbiotic, organic and rich—it could be called progressive rock, psych rock, glam or metal or moody like a soundtrack, but the music is not a sound bite. The songs are journeys, and the videos are guides.

Darsombra has been touring relentlessly for over 10 years at music venues, house shows, galleries, festivals and more. Recent tours in the U.S. and Europe have paired Darsombra with Wino, Jucifer, Thrones, Floor and Stinking Lizaveta, and the duo just completed their massive, three-part tour of 111 cities in North America—the Three-Legged Monster Tour of 2015.

Cost: $10. Location: 35 E. Toole Ave., Tucson. For more information, visit Facebook.com/GalacticCenter and Darsombra.com.

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What Writing Can Do for Your Business

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ike so many small businesses, The Accurate Wordsmith employs only a few people—the two founders. This isn’t unusual. In fact, companies in the U.S. having fewer than 100 employees comprise the largest proportion of business employment.

Most small business owners must handle marketing, advertising, networking, financing, supplies and customer service. Yet, many small business owners seldom incorporate daily writing about the business into their practice. By integrating writing about their business and writing clearly, persuasively and powerfully, business owners can make their case to their customers.

From Fast Company, here are some tips for getting the most out of writing daily content for a business.

Think about a headline that tempts the reader’s curiosity to click through to read the whole story.

Use numbers. A small but important outcome from research is that digits instead of written numbers (i.e., 10, rather than ten) work well in headlines and higher numbered lists (i.e., “100 Ways To…”).

The most powerful source to activate our brains is storytelling. Knowing the audience well, understanding the audience goals, using simple word choices and short sentences and tailoring words to the audience will produce dedicated, responsible followers and customers or clients.

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Cruz River Valley south of Tucson, the area has a long tradition of being both a melting pot of different cultures and a spiritual gathering place for new-world seekers and sages. Nestled between the sky-islands of Southern Arizona, the valley below has come to be known as the “palm of God’s hand”.

Avalon Gardens’ founders, Gabriel of Urantia and Niánn Emerson Chase, created the Earth Harmony Festival to share the vision unfolding at Avalon Gardens and to inspire others to pursue a lifestyle of positive global change through sustainable living on all levels. Festival organizer Amadon DellErba says, “This festival is really about showing people that a new way of living is possible. We want to educate and inspire others to change their consciousness around what it means to be truly sustainable. The culture here at Avalon reflects a physical reality that models the intrinsic values of environmental, social and spiritual sustainability.”

The festival weekend is filled with educational speakers; EcoTours highlighting the many sustainable practices of the EcoVillage; yoga; higher-consciousness live music; dancing; delicious and vitalizing foods; a kaleidoscopic interactive Kids’ Village; a Locavore’s Vendor Village; and camping under the celestial skies.

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Relax and Unwind Restorative Yoga Poses

Foster Healing

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n classical yoga, teachers often sequence instruction toward reaching a pinnacle pose such as an inversion or arm balance. In restorative yoga, the peak pose is savasana—in which the practitioner fully relaxes while resting flat on their back. Leeann Carey, author of Restorative Yoga Therapy: The Yapana Way to Self-Care and Well-Being, explains, “This passive asana practice turns down the branch of the nervous system that keeps us in fight-or-flight mode and turns up the system allowing us to rest and digest. It feels like a massage for the nervous system and encourages self-inquiry, reflection and change, rather than perfection.”

The physical, mental and spiritual benefits are similar to those of active yoga, but because poses are held longer and supported by props such as bolsters, blankets, belts and blocks, “There’s no stress on the tissue and joints. Each pose gifts us with longer-lasting benefits, including more time for the mind to unwind,” advises Carey.

“Restorative yoga allows both muscles and the brain to recover from fatigue, so we are stronger, sharper and better able to act in the world afterward,” explains Roger Cole, Ph.D., a certified Iyengar yoga teacher in Del Mar, California, and a research scientist studying the physiology of relaxation, sleep and biological rhythms. He attests that it also serves as preparation for pranayama (mindful yoga breathing) and meditation, which require a clear, well-rested, focused mind.

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tension, premenstrual syndrome, weak immune functioning, back pain, pregnancy and recovery for athletes. “Poses for healing may require targeted gentle stretching, but prop use will coax the body into desired positions without requiring muscular effort,” says Cole.

An early student of B.K.S. Iyengar and familiar with props, San Francisco resident and co-founder of Yoga Journal magazine Judith Hanson Lasater, Ph.D., found herself leading her first class comprised entirely of supported poses during a power blackout at a 1980 workshop. “I didn’t want people walking around in the dark, so I improvised a restorative class and everyone loved it,” she recalls. She revisited the idea several years later when she personally felt the need for physical, emotional and spiritual restoration.

For a year, 90 percent of her practice was supported poses, and the switch helped her so much that it inspired her first book, Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times. She’s since written more books and trained teachers in restorative yoga around the world.

As in classical yoga, a restorative sequence should be balanced with asanas (positions) from all pose classifications— backbends, twists, inversions and forward bends. It takes time for the body to comfortably settle deeply into a pose—as long as 15 minutes—therefore, a 90-minute restorative class may include only a handful of asanas. Lasater says, “Most people don’t need more of anything from the culture in which we live. They need much more to learn to be still and at ease.”

In today’s yoga world, which seems to emphasize power and action, “Restorative yoga has become imperative to balance activity and ambition with stillness and being,” she continues. Lasater notes that while many classes are reducing savasana to as little as three minutes, students need 20 minutes.

Carey clarifies that because this approach focuses on opening and letting go, rather than striving for the biggest stretch, “Sensation-seeking yogis may need to shift their perspective.

The biggest challenge is often quieting the mind while the body is still. When a student is uncomfortable because the mind is screaming, it helps to compare it to having tight hamstrings in an active class. We’re not chasing relaxation; just breathe, feel and watch,” she says. “Eventually, everything will let go.”

“The more our mind rebels against relaxing, the more we need it,” observes Lasater. Students often turn to yoga as a strategy for feeling whole, and she suggests that one of the best ways to find clarity within is to listen in stillness, one savasana at a time. “It’s a gift to ourself, our family and the world,” she adds. “When we feel rested, we’re more compassionate and ready to serve the greater good.”

Meredith Montgomery, a registered yoga teacher, publishes Natural Awakenings of Gulf Coast Alabama/Mississippi (HealthyLivingHealthyPlanet.com).

Music as Medicine Music Soothes, Energizes and Heals Us

music, the immunoglobulin levels in the blood are significantly increased. Even the heart rate and blood pressure are lowered.

There’s no part of your body not affected.

Its effects even show up on a cellular and sub-cellular level.”

Practical Applications

Consider some of music’s scientifically validated health benefits:

Stress: Singing, whether carrying a tune or not, is a powerful way to combat stress, according to many studies.

A recent joint study by German and British researchers published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience confirms that simply listening to soothing music results in significantly lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol. The more intense the experience is in singing or playing an instrument, the greater the stress reduction. A collaborative study by several s primeval drumbeats echo across Healing, Goldman is convinced of the Swedish universities showed that group an African savannah, the rhythms profound effect sound has on the human singing caused participants’ heart rates to circle the globe, picked up by the organism. “The simple chanting of the synchronize, producing relaxation effects chants and rattles of shamans gracing sound ‘om,’ or ‘aum,’ in addition to insimilar to that achieved through group Amazonian jungles and Siberian tundra. stilling calmness and relaxation, causes meditation.

They’re repeated in Gregorian chants the release of melatonin and nitric oxide.

Cancer: Gaynor used music to filling medieval cathedrals and “om” It relaxes blood vessels, releases soothing treat even advanced cancer patients for meditations sounding in Himalayan caves endorphins, reduces the heart rate and decades, considering it a “disease of and yoga classes everywhere. They gently slows breathing,” he explains. disharmony.” He advocated re-harmoecho in the repeated tones of mothers’ lul- “Sound can change our immune nizing the body with sound vibrations labies, happy hummings as we go about function,” wrote the late Dr. Mitchell that affect virtually every cell, especially our day and the melodies of Mozart.

Gaynor, former director of medical oncol- enhancing immune function and poten Music is the soundtrack of our ogy at New York’s Weill-Cornell Medical tially preventing cancer from spreading. lives, whether we’re aware of it or not.

College for Complementary and IntegraGaynor primarily used crystal bowls to It exists within, uniting and guiding us, tive Medicine in his book The Healing produce deep relaxation and harmonize and has helped heal body and spirit Power of Sound. “After either chanting or dysrhythmic cells in patients, but also since the dawn of humanity. National listening to certain forms of music, your confirmed the healing effects of cerAeronautics and Space Administration Interleukin-1 level, an index of your imtain vibratory tones of drumming and scientists recently discovered that the mune system, goes up between 12-andTibetan metal gongs. universe itself has a song. a-half and 15 percent. Further, about 20

Several studies confirm that lisminutes after listening to meditative-type tening to any kind of soothing music

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From the soothing tones of a harp to the jarring screeches of a construction site, the stress-reducing or stress-producing properties of sound are familiar to us all.

“Stress is an underlying cause of the vast majority of all illnesses, and sound and music are effective in relieving stress and bringing stillness,” says Jonathan Goldman, an internationally recognized pioneer in harmonics and sound healing and director of the Sound Healers Association in Boulder, Colorado.

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relieves anxiety in cancer patients; a large study from Philadelphia’s Drexel University confirms that it also relieves pain, lowers blood pressure, improves breathing and minimizes nausea associated with chemotherapy.

Depression: Drumming can better counter depression than the prescription drug Prozac, according to a recent study by England’s Royal College of Music. Those that participated in a weekly drumming group experienced significantly reduced symptoms compared to a control group.

Substance Abuse: University of California, Los Angeles, scientists found that drumming was especially helpful for a group of Native Americans struggling with such issues.

In Nigeria, we say that rhythm is the soul of life, because the whole universe revolves around rhythm; when we get out of rhythm, that’s when we get into trouble. ~Babatunde Olatunji, drummer and social activist

Smartphone Addiction: Korean research found that music therapy is helpful in overcoming this condition.

Immune Dysfunction: The same British study of drumming’s antidepressant effects saw similar improvement in immune function, plus an anti-inflammatory response that continued for at least three months after the study period.

Neuroendocrine Disorders: Researchers at Pennsylvania’s Meadville Medical Center Mind-Body Wellness

Group found that drumming effectively helped drummers (skilled and unskilled) suffering from neuroendocrine disorders such as pituitary tumors and intestinal issues caused by disconnections between the endocrine gland and nervous systems. They further confirmed that group drumming reduced stress chemicals such as cortisol in the drummers.

Muscle Tension Dysphonia: Even tuneless humming sounds like “umhum” can have a measurable therapeutic

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effect on individuals that have lost their voices due to overuse.

Pain: When a group of British citizens suffering from chronic pain joined a choir, a Lancaster University study found they were better able to manage their condition for improved quality of life.

Just listening to harp music for 20 minutes decreased anxiety, lowered blood pressure and relieved pain in a group of U.S. heart surgery patients with short-term pain participating in a University of Central Florida study in Orlando.

Alzheimer’s Disease: In addition to reducing the agitation and anxiety frequently accompanying Alzheimer’s disease, researchers at Florida’s University of Miami School of Medicine found that a group of patients that participated in music therapy for four weeks experienced increased levels of the calming brain chemical melatonin.

How It Works

“Humming or singing causes longer exhalations than normal, helping to naturally eliminate toxins and acidity,” says Dr. Madan Kataria, of Mumbai, India, who has spawned 5,000 laughter clubs worldwide.

“We started experimenting with the vowel sounds and humming sound. An early unpublished humming study I did in Denmark showed that people that hummed anything for just 10 minutes were able to reduce their systolic blood pressure by 10 to 15 points, their diastolic by four to five points and their pulse rate by 10 beats per minute.” Kataria found that people with breathing problems like asthma and emphysema experienced especially positive effects because it strengthened belly muscles used in breathing.

Kataria is also a fan of kirtan—Hindu devotional call-andresponse chants often accompanied by ecstatic dancing. “Kirtan takes away self-consciousness or nervousness and anxiety,” he says.

Dr. Eben Alexander, who recorded his near-death experience in Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife, says the “indescribable” cosmic music he experienced has helped him come to understand the effects of specific sound frequencies on the brain. He now provides audio tools to help bring the brain to a higher state and help it match that higher and more conscious state. In his medical practice in Charlottesville, Virginia, he often employs music from a patient’s past to help them emerge from a brain injury or coma and even “reconnect pathways in a damaged brain.”

Alexander explains that binaural beats and other sound effects combine to create “brain entrainment” and also in theory, “monotonize” it to free awareness and access realms other than the physical. “It’s magical what the right type of music can do to the brain stem to free up our consciousness,” he observes.

No Talent Needed

Experts agree that people without musical talent are able to experience the same benefits as virtuosos, based on their degree of engagement with music. Anyone can hum, and most research confirms that benefits are enhanced in creating music rather than merely listening to it.

Group singing has become increasingly popular, especially following the hit TV show Glee. Time magazine reported in 2013 that 32.5 million American adults sang in choirs, up about 30 percent from a decade earlier.

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The choice of musical genre matters. Recent data from Montreal’s McGill University shows that types of music tend to have specific effects; for example, blues slows heart rate and calms an anxious person, rock and punk can boost energy, and reggae can help control anger.

Spirit Moves

The spiritual aspects of virtually all types of music cannot be underestimated, says Michael Hove, Ph.D., a cognitive neuroscientist affiliated with Harvard Medical School and Fitchburg State University, in Massachusetts.

His research has primarily focused on drumming to induce altered states of consciousness that shamans from diverse cultures use to bring about

physical and emotional healing. What Hove calls a “boring and super-predictable” drumbeat of 240 beats a minute induced a deep trance state within minutes in most subjects, and brain scans confirmed that it enabled them to focus intensely and block out distracting sounds within eight minutes.

This aligns with Alexander’s view that, “The sound of music is absolutely crucial in launching us into transcendental awareness. For the true, deep seeker, sound and vibration and the memory of music can serve as a powerful engine to help direct us in the spiritual realms.”

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Nature’s Healing Sounds The calming sounds of rushing water and gentle breezes are well known; science is now confirming the therapeutic effects of singing birds. Belgian researchers confirmed that bird song helps drown out the stressful effects of traffic noise, and Korean scientists found it makes people feel less crowded. A study published in the American Journal of Physiology showed that it can even help regulate participants’ circadian rhythms, contributing to restful sleep and overall wellness.

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The Secret of Sublime Living Savoring Perfect Present Moments

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satisfying tales can be replaced when we live according to a new story we write each day, called, “My life is an extraordinary adventure,” or “I relish being with my children,” or “I express love through sharing my music,” or “I am being true to myself, and that enables me to help others heal.”

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We can pause to contemplate our power to be the storyteller and to always remain fully present and conscious of the sublime moments.

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ife has many sublime pleasures: watching the sun rise over the horizon and observing the changing colors of the clouds; laughing with a best friend; or simply feeling the grass, dirt or sand under bare feet. The Japanese have a term, mono no aware, for that sublime moment of perfection just before it fades. Sometimes it translates as sensitivity or awareness of impermanent things. It could, for instance, refer to the beauty of cherry blossoms in full bloom; the cherry trees will blossom again next year, but we do not always have a chance to see them again.

Everyday distractions can cause us to forget to slow down to enjoy moments.

The secret to sublime living is to pay close attention to the sweet pleasures of life, no matter how small, and savor them before they pass. There is no way to know which weather-perfect day will be the last before the season shifts. Enjoying such a fleeting, sublime moment may mean discarding the day’s plans, but the delights of life do not always come around again.

How easy it is to let the mind wander and forget to focus on the pleasure of an experience and the joys that life offers. We’re in danger of missing out on sublime living when we constantly prioritize what “has to be done” instead of that which is most valued. Soon, it may seem as if the stories of our lives are being written by someone else.

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“I’ve studied various areas of medicine and found them devoid of tools and methods that empower patients to make changes that lead to better health. Studying shamanism means being on my own healing path of cleansing body, mind and spirit. It’s necessary for any empowered healer that aspires to inspire and generate confidence and assertiveness in others, enabling them to do what

is needed to live out their Sean Wei Mah, a Spirituality is an life purpose,” he says.

Native American Cree, extension of the inner grew up on a reserva Rieders found shamanism to be an being’s connection to tion in Alberta, Canada, effective complearound tribal medicine what the conscious men that practiced mentary therapy for strengthening the body ceremony mind longs for, to seek smudging, and building resilience. and ritual. “Smudging, One of his patients was a higher awareness by burning fine powunhappy with his job, ders, considered sacred and realize one’s feeling it only served to medicine, is significant support a costly family to any shaman as holy full potential. lifestyle. Upon discernmedicine to cleanse the ing his true desire was body. It’s part of Native ~Richard L. Alaniz to own a gym and teach American life and the people how to get foundation of how we healthy, he took action. “A heart procecommunicate, give thanks to and ask for dure was no longer necessary. Stored help and guidance from the Creator. Ceranger can create heart disease, as well as emony is our church and smudging is how cancer,” he remarks. we purify it,” says the shaman, artist and

Seti Gershberg’s life changed dramatiactor known as “The Rattlemaker”. cally while studying shamanism in the Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq, a sharemote Peruvian Andes, where he lived man, healer, storyteller and carrier of the with the indigenous Q’ero people for two Qilaut (wind drum), is an elder from the years. Taking a break from a career in Kalaaleq tribe, in Greenland. His family international investment banking, he set belongs to the traditional healers from out to learn about a shaman’s relationship Kalallit Nunaat. Endearingly known as to energy, consciousness and the superUncle, he has traveled to 67 countries to natural, with an eye to creating a system of conduct ceremonies including healing universal reciprocity, balance and harmocircles, sacred sweat lodge purification ny. He was also interested in indigenous and Melting the Ice in the Heart of Man people’s views of the relationship of the intensives, where he teaches the spiritual physical world with self, consciousness significance of climate change.

He advises, “A shaman’s responsibility is and multi-dimensional space-time as a to guide you on your inner path and support single interwoven idea; a continuum. you in recognizing your beauty so that you

“Today, I’m an executive producer and creative director in Phoenix, Arizona, can love yourself and know who you truly are. A shaman guides you to a new level of working on a video series, TV commercials and films, including two documenta- consciousness through teachings, storytelling and ceremonies, which my grandmother ries on shamanic rituals and ceremonies, taught me were the key. All of this helps you as well as the Q’ero culture,” says Gerrely on your own inner guidance.” shberg. He practices the Q’ero shaman’s gift of Ayni, giving of our self first without asking for anything in return. His website, Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer ThePathOfTheSun.com, offers a “pay what for Natural Awakenings. Connect at ItsAllAboutWe.com. you can afford” option.

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he life of a working artist takes many side roads. Some are distractions, others, new pathways through creations’ terrain. Flora Layla’s roads taken moved through building recording studios with Richard Alderson and Jose Feliciano to raising orchids and chrysanthemums in a third-world countryside.

Sans Peace Corp help, Layla and crew built green houses, an irrigation dam, clean water system, a covered bridge and a road, and fought off armed bandits who wanted to take over, while always painting.

“Every day, I go to the place where painting creates me,” explains Layla.

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colors vibrating, rich smells and sounds, energy emitting from all of life.”

Layla surrounds herself with visionaries doing breakthrough work. Mayan elders from Chiapas, Mexico showed her and Alderson how to build ancient musical instruments and assisted in recording Sacred Music of the Mayans that was accepted into the Smithsonian Library. “An artist is always working on their art—always operating on all cylinders,” Layla says.

Two artist residencies—the first in Chiapas, the second in Konyu, Turkey— both permeated with ancient cultures and provided places where painting created Flora Layla. She added to the cultural treasure with a mural at the Na Balom Museum, in Chiapas, and an exhibit at the Mevlana Mausoleum, in Konyu, honoring the mystic Sufi poet and founder of the Whirling Dervish order.

Layla established her studio in Tucson during the early 1980s, when the town was bursting with New West modernization and fighting Californication.

In her mid-life years, the artist pursued

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a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Arizona, eventually graduating magna cum laude. She has sustained a gallery presence since 1983.

A well-known artist in the community, Layla’s work can be found in broad venues from Hana’s Salon, in Palamino Plaza, to Solar Culture, on Toole.

Her abstract expressionist oil paintings vibrate with color and ethereal images. A single-color palette flows, respecting boundaries that send the eye ever into new dimensions. “Painting is like reading a good book, always with ourselves. To be with all. Evolving, penetrating to the depths and surrounding us in its subtle levels. Layer upon layer of infinite possibilities manifesting.

Waves of deep concentration and focus behind each brush stroke.” She whispers as though a secret, “I get to know their relations from inside out.”

The large canvas “Man in the Mountain” draws one into a suspenseful story, unfolding in time and space. “This painting excites and stimulates me, expressing myself from inside out. Pure inspiration motivates me to be creative with my painting to the sound of Earth’s heartbeat,” says Layla. Hoof beats shake the earth as the story unfolds before the viewer’s eye.

Layla lives her credo, constantly exploring new mediums, returning to artistic forms she’s used before, seeking technique and innovation for her creative expression. Exploring lapidary techniques with the jeweler known as Coyote, returning to an earlier passion of sculpture this time with George Penaloza at the TMA pottery studio. “Being an artist is a transcendental reality, capturing a moment in time in line, form and colors, forming a reality with many

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subtle levels of discovery and life’s blissful rapture,” she says.

The weight of her achievements hangs lightly on Layla. Paintings, murals and audio recordings in museums’ permanent collections, numerous grants and awards, video art, films and broadcast productions, exhibitions, books of paintings and poems and, of course, her legacy in Chiapas.

“I’m thinking about returning to Chiapas—a fresh perspective, materials and techniques to explore,” the artist muses. Returning to the present and the practicality of the moment, “I’d like Mr. Etherton to see my work, put it in a gallery.” Always working, ever on all cylinders, she turns to the sketches on the table by her easel, moves into her self and the pure inspiration that guides her.

Flora Layla’s art is available for sale. Connect with her at 520-440-3536, Light.Finger@hotmail.com and TheArtStack.com/artists/flora-layla-edwards.

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

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by Meredith Montgomery

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n The Autism Revolution, Pediatric Neurologist and Neuroscientist Martha Herbert approaches autism as a wholebody condition that can improve, rather than be a static, lifelong genetic brain disorder.

“It’s the way the brain is shifted into acting when faced with a combination of stressors—some, but not all of which are genetic—at a vulnerable point in development,” says Herbert. Non-genetic challenges can come from the immune system, nutrition, the environment and stress. “Addressing them can make a profound difference in the condition; maybe even turning it around.”

Herbert directs the Treatment Research and Neuroscience Evaluation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (TRANSCEND) program at a joint Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Massachusetts General Hospital Medical Imaging facility.

“While autism is often thought of as a genetic disorder, it’s the result of a gene-environment interaction where genes are corrupted,” explains Psychiatrist Robert Hendren, who is currently partnering in developing the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorder and Neurodevelopmental Disorders at the University of California, San Francisco.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, autism is the fastest-growing developmental disability, now affecting one in 68 children and one in 42 boys.

Autism Speaks (AutismSpeaks.org) defines autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as a group of complex brain development disorders characterized by difficulties in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors.

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Prevention

Many experts agree that in some cases, autism can be prevented. “Prevention needs to start early—preconception is ideal,” says Dr. Kenneth A. Bock, of Bock Integrative Medicine, in New York, and author of Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma and Allergies.

Emphasizing omega-3 essential fatty acids, folic acid and probiotics during pregnancy can be beneficial, and it’s important to avoid iron deficiency, which has been tied to higher rates of autism, Hendren counsels.

Results from a recent University of California, Davis study published in Environmental Health Perspectives reveals increased rates of autism among children of women that live close to pesticide-treated fields during pregnancy, particularly during the second and third trimesters. Hendren says, “Living near heavily sprayed fields can be very detrimental.

Living close to freeways or downwind of coal-fired power plants is also associated with autism.”

If heavy metal toxicity in blood is confirmed, chelation therapy is often used to remove metals, although Hendren advises against using it for the general treatment of ASD. “Chelators pull out mercury, along with other metals, a process that can be harmful. Instead, think about diet and nutritional supplements that can help detoxify the body more safely,” he explains.

Experts agree that a natural foundation for health begins with breastfeeding infants to support natural immunity, and then ensuring children’s diets are rich in nutrients at all ages.

Bock says, “It’s not enough to detoxify, we have to remove and prevent exposure to neurodevelopmental toxins.”

Herbert suggests avoiding toxic household products, electromagnetic exposure from devices such as cell phones and baby monitors, which can lead to stress, sleep disruption and cell health problems, as well as antibiotic overuse, which can disrupt the gut microbiome, increasing vulnerability to exposure to other harmful chemicals.

Herbert notes some parents observe that their child became autistic after a vaccination but there are also autistic children that are vaccine-free; still others become so after facing other stresses such as illness or trauma. “We need to focus on the underlying vulnerabilities and keep children strong and resilient so they can handle life’s challenges to their health and immune systems,” she says.

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Currently, the only treatment that has been proven to consistently improve the core symptoms of ASD is behavioral therapy designed to foster language, socialization and academic skills.

While effective, this approach is time- and staff-intensive.

With the rise and prevalence of autism in the past decade, more parents are turning to complementary and alternative treatments (CAM). Hendren reports that the best researched and safest CAM therapies for treating autism

Relax your attachment to expectations and realize that your child sees, hears and feels the world differently than you.

Broaden your perspective and make every choice a healthy choice. ~Martha Herbert include melatonin to improve sleep, omega-3 fatty acids to ease hyperactivity and possibly improve socialization, multivitamins to supplement a limited diet or poor appetite and methyl B12 injections to protect against oxidative stress. Massage therapy has also proven effective in increasing connectivity with others and reducing over-arousal, while reducing ASD symptoms.

Research remains in its infancy, but other CAMs deemed acceptable for a professionally monitored trial include B6 and magnesium supplements to correct metabolic aberration, folic acid for improvements in core symptoms, probiotics to ease gastrointestinal distress and iron supplementation for a deficiency.

Although clear benefits have yet to be backed by scientific evidence, many parents of children with ASD report that behavior improves with a diet free

of the proteins gluten (found in wheat, barley and rye) and casein (found in dairy). Other parent-endorsed diets include anti-yeast, anti-hyperglycemia, specific carbohydrate, low-oxalate and specific food reaction regimens.

A review article in the journal Autism Research and Treatment notes that acupuncture, exercise, and music- and animal-assisted therapy have all been reported as helping to reduce a variety of ASD functional and behavioral symptoms.

From sound-dampening headphones that offset loud noises to structuring the environment to anticipate transitions, removing stressors can help reduce the debilitating characteristics of ASD. “This improves abilities to learn and interact with others, but we also don’t want to shelter them from having a chance to learn the rules of social interaction in real-world situations,” advises Hendren.

Because autism is a heterogeneous disorder with numerous subtypes, the best individualized combination of treatments can be challenging to identify and can often change throughout one’s life. Bock reminds families that even with a successful treatment plan, “A parent’s love is the final element that brings these recovering children out of darkness into light.”

Meredith Montgomery publishes Natural Awakenings of Gulf Coast Alabama/Mississippi (HealthyLiving HealthyPlanet.com).

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The workshop will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., October 27, at the Bio-Touch Center, in Tucson. Workshop participants will learn and practice specific touch points on the body, discovering how BioTouch can help alleviate the severity of symptoms associated with ASD.

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Autism and Homeopathy

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utism is the single most common permanent, pervasive developmental disability affecting our children today. Approximately 1.5 percent of all school-aged children today are found to have an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This means that at least one child in every second elementary school classroom will live with this condition.

Even if a child does not have autism, it is very likely that they will be affected by association.

The cause of autism is not clearly understood. The rapid rise in cases cannot be explained by genetics alone. There is likely a combination of widespread, external factors that pregnant mothers and infants are being exposed to that is precipitating this condition.

There is no one test for ASD. The diagnosis is made on a collection symptoms relating to impaired social ability,

communication skills, behaviors and sensory or motor functions. These impairments may consist of: delays in language, or losing speech; repetition of words and phrases (echolalia) or movements, like hand flapping; missing social cues and avoiding eye contact; avoiding conversation, preferring inanimate objects to people; difficulty integrating sensations like pain, light, sound, crowds, touch; repetitive behaviors and ritualized activities; rigid behavior and difficulty in coping with change; fixations or obsessions; and awkwardness, or delayed development of fine and gross motor skills.

Because of these impairments, people with ASD often find the demands of everyday life overwhelming. They frequently experience anxiety, confusion and frustration, which is often outwardly expressed as stubbornness, aggression, disruptive behavior and “meltdowns”. Autism not only affects the child, but every aspect of family life and every family member.

Combining conventional management like speech therapy, occupational therapy, nutritional support and behavioral management, along with homeopathy, can provide the maximum benefit to these kids. Homeopathy is completely safe and nontoxic, which is especially helpful in treating autistic children, as they are often hypersensitive to conventional medication.

Homeopathy treats the child as a whole—not only the isolated symptoms of autism. During the homeopathic evaluation, a homeopath will explore in depth the physical and mental constitution of the patient, past medical history, medical history of parents, information about

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pregnancy and vaccination, and exposure to heavy metals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and toxins.

In addition, the exact peculiarities and unique aspects of each child’s autistic features are essential to choosing the correct homeopathic medication.

It is essential to distinguish the features that make this child’s case different, and filter out from what is common to most children, as it is these specific characteristics that lead to the correct selection of the homeopathic medication.

It has been found that children respond very favorably to homeopathy over time. Often, parents, occupational therapists, physical therapists and speech therapists will report that an autistic individual’s progress is greatly accelerated after starting homeopathic treatment. The improvements seen regularly are less rigidity, fewer “meltdowns”, accelerated learning, better relations with family and peers, acquisition of toileting skills, improved sleep, less anxiety, broader food choices and much relief for family members.

Every child is different, of course, and results vary depending on severity, complexity of health issues and age of beginning treatment. The younger the child, the more rapid and broader response can be expected, but even autistic adults benefit from treatment.

When a family has a child with autism, it is likely that there is an increased latent vulnerability within the family—in homeopathic terms, a miasm—that may be expressed in subsequent children. Homeopathy can help with this also, and it is often recommended that siblings and parents also participate in homeopathic treatment.

Dr. Melanie Chimes M.D., MD(H), CCH, is a boardcertified pediatrician and doctor of homeopathy, practicing at Arizona Homeopathy Center, located at 1643 N. Alvernon Way, Ste. 102, in Tucson. She received her medical degree in 1985 in Johannesburg, South Africa, and graduated from the American Medical College of Homeopathy in 2002. Since 1999, her private practice in Tucson has served patients of all ages. Connect at 520-743-4660 or AZHomeopathy.com.

Integrative Pediatric Care for the Developing Child

by Sharon McDonough-Means

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ntegrative developmental pediatric care is healing-oriented care for the whole child and family—body, mind and spirit. It is health care for children with disabling conditions, provided by a developmental pediatrician within which all appropriate conventional and non-conventional therapeutic approaches may be used. The focus of care is understanding (how and why a child works the way he/she does) and empowering management (helping the child to be the very best he/she can be). The hope and goal are mindful transformation of the way daily life unfolds and the joy of empowered self-care, which is uplifting and fun.

Children and their families come with a wide range of concerns: delay in early development, including motor and speech-communication difficulties; behavior concerns, including sensory aversions, sleep disturbance and social problems; digestive and growth issues; concern for autistic disorder; problems with learning or producing work at school; and specific conditions such as cerebral palsy, seizure disorder, abuse and neglect.

A most helpful perspective sees child behavior as an indicator of his/her overall functioning—the “tip of the iceberg”. The focus of evaluation and care then becomes “the iceberg”—or the real causes that underlie the more visible behavior—stresses from environment, physical health, developmental abilities and spiritual-emotional issues. This avoids the behavioral “label” becoming the sole focus of treatment, an approach which is often much less effective—putting on a Band-Aid rather than removing the cause of the injury.

Care begins with a comprehensive developmental evaluation of each child to understand their unique developmental strengths and weaknesses, the effect of any physical health stresses past or present, and develops a better understanding of their behavior. This understanding is developed with parents, along with plentiful resources and guidance for the child and family to alleviate the stresses and improve all aspects of functioning. Management may include biomedical care—the profound inter-relationship of genetic vulnerabilities, environmental stressors/toxins and the body’s metabolic and nutritional functioning and impact upon the whole-person.

Sharon McDonough-Means, M.D., is actively practicing in Tucson as an integrative developmental pediatrician, and is also engaged in pediatric integrative medicine research. Connect at 520-247-0405 or HolisticSpecialKids.com.

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For the PB&J traditionalist, choose a healthy organic peanut or almond butter and pure fruit jam. Feeling adventurous?

Try an unusual nut butter, like Nuttzo 7-Nut Power Fuel or brazil nut, pistachio nut, sunflower or cashew butter.

Consider tucking in a small baked sweet potato. Several can be baked in advance and they keep for days. Lightly sweet, energy-boosting, loaded with fiber and other critical nutrients, they make a super-fast healthy meal or snack.

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Fruit is a go-to healthy pick for kids. But how to make it more fun? Let kids pick a new apple variety instead of the same old Delicious or McIntosh (one little girl

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Adding small squeeze packs of nut a great lesson, involving not only math t’s that time again—as kids return to butter (Nuttzo, Wild Friends and Justin’s but planning skills and accountability. class, along with new clothes and And what’s more important than learning make unique ones) can help with the school supplies, it’s time to think about what’s good for fueling our bodies? promise of dipping. Grapes and cherabout healthy lunch foods. With more ries, while available, make sweet treats and more research amassing to support that are also shareable. the health and sustainability benefits Main Attractions

A homemade smoothie may not be of plant-based eating, many people are Wraps are easy and can be packed tote-able—although, with a small stainseeking more plant foods both at home full of bright, satisfying, nutrient-dense less steel water bottle, why not?—but for and on the go. Whether strictly vegan, fillings. Start with an organic, grainy the ultimate in speed, toss in a Mamma mostly plant-based, or flexitarian, plant- tortilla, whether whole wheat, quinoa Chia’s Chia Squeeze Vitality Snack, with based eating is easier and yummier than and flax or gluten-free. Spread with only 7 grams of sugar each.

Try Berry ever. Thanks to an explosion of new hummus, guacamole or a delicious Cherry or Mango Coconut; some kids products, tried-and-true fresh choices vegan mayo like Hampton Foods Just even like Green Magic. can be augmented with select healthier Mayo Chipotle, and layer a few slices

Trail mix can be not only a vitalizing convenience foods for a fast and fit of Tofurky or Field Roast plant-based protein/carb/fiber-rich energy boost, but lunchbox. “lunch meat” or veggie “bacon”. Other it’s fun to make.

Gather assorted organic

A school lunch can be loaded with bright fixings include shredded carrot, nuts, dark chocolate chips and various plant-based goodness for sustained red/yellow pepper strips, cucumbers, dried fruits, and let the child design his energy, to keep kids’ attention focused pickles or even sweet potato. Try adding or her own blend.

Prepackage daily and bodies fueled for a busy school day. one of the many plant-based “cheeses” handfuls in little baggies for quick grabs.

Here are some ideas that will not only now available. These are easily prepared

Assuming the child is not nutkeep children from trading their lunches the night before and wrapped to grab for Twinkies—they might even have the the next day. other kids wanting to trade with them.

For old-school sandwiches, try the

Draw up a three-column list—the same ingredients above on a wholemain meal, the fruit and the snack colgrain bun or bread, with favorite umn. Let kids “build” a different lunch condiments. Or go for a soy-free veggie each day by picking items from the A, B burger like Amy’s Sonoma Burger (made with nuts, grains and veggies), adding and C column like a menu. This can be

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For a protein boost, include a plantbased jerky like Primal Strips.

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To include a truly sweet “candy” treat, a few darker chocolate squares, or energy bars that are relatively low in sugar— allergic, nuts by themselves are handy— such as Clif Organic Fruit and Nut, Kind, Clif Kidz, Zing Bars or Envirokidz standby almonds are good, but try granola bars—make a good substitute hazelnuts, toasted flavored pumpkin for sugar-loaded classics. Darker, lowseeds or pistachios for a change. Toasting walnuts in the oven with cinnamon sugar organic peanut butter cups like Theo’s make a fine special reward as and a dusting of sweetener is one way well. to make these nutritious nuts more ap For the child who just craves a pealing to kids. cookie, seek the lowest-sugar brands

In place of greasy potato chips, like Andean Dream, GoGo Quinoa or healthier crunchy snacks abound.

Crackers can be paired with small con- Jovial. Shoot for less than 4 grams of tainers of hummus or bean dip. Gluten- sugar per cookie.

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With Jessica Byron MD, ERYT-500. First class no charge. Mention Natural Awakenings to get this class free. Mindful Yoga East, 101 N Wilmot, #123.

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ZY Qigong Level 1 Class – 7-8:30pm. Also 9/8, 9/16, 9/23, 9/30. Qigong is a proven way to connect with the energy and life around us by combining physical and breathing exercises, visualizations and meditations. $10. First class no charge. Desert Milagros, 3438 N Country Club. 520-404-8745. QigongMark@yahoo. com. Meetup.com/Tucson-ZY-Qigong-Meetup.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 Overcoming Anger: Free Public Talk – 6:30-8pm.

The reason we get angry is that we allow our mind to remain on an object that is likely to stimulate anger.

If we catch our mind as soon as it starts to focus it is quite easy to prevent anger from arising. No charge. Kadampa Meditation Center, 5326 E Pima St. 520-441-1617. Info@MeditationInTucson.org.

MeditationInTucson.org.

IONS Tucson Speaker Series – 6:30-8:30pm. Catherine Yunt speaks on Issues in your Tissues - what you think and feel impacts your health. $5. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco. 520-730-5640.

Info@IONSTucson.org. IONSTucson.org.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 Drinking Water: What’s Healthy, What’s Not – 10am-12pm. Presentation about the health benefits of special ionized water (electrically charged). No charge. Healthy Water Resource Center, 4810 E 1st St. 520-869-6782. Bill@TheHealthyCouple.com.

HSCWater.net.

Alzheimer’s: Understanding the Bigger Picture – 3-4pm. Learn about the dangers of constant stress, excess sugar, repressed emotions and what to do about it. No charge. Natural Grocers, 7220 E Broadway Blvd. 520-584-0343. InspiredHealing.

Tucson@gmail.com. InspiredHealing.org.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

Face the Music – Suzanne Grosvenor is a synesthete who hears music from people. When she plays the music it supports the healing process. Hear the music, free online, at FaceTheMusic.world. No charge. 520-229-6282.

More info, email: Info@MusicForHealth.net.

Yoga Basics and Beyond – 9-10:15am. With Jim Lipson. First class no charge. Mention Natural Awakenings to get class free. Mindful Yoga East, 101 N Wilmot, #123. MindfulYogaTucson.com.

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.

PKLibra@aol.com. MysticMessengers.com.

markyourcalendar HEALING TOUCH PROGRAM • LEVEL 1

Call ahead to confirm event

Sacred Space Gathering – 4-5:30pm. Sing-along, live music with Mark Holdaway. Cultivate Compassion by engaging in Collective Music. Sing or just listen and enjoy. No charge. Ward 6 Office, 3202 E 1st St. 520-318-3557. TC@TCJonesCoaching.com.

SacredSpaceTucson.org.

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A Conversation on Kindness – 12-1pm. Matt Bowdren from Ben’s Bells will share evidencedbased benefits of intentional kindness and how to incoporate more kindness into one’s life. No charge.

UA Cancer Center-University Campus, 1515 N Campbell, Rm 2920. 520-694-4605. Marsha.

Drozdoff@BannerHealth.com. AZCC.Arizona.edu.

Qi Gong of Unconditional Love – 12-1pm. Also 9/14, 9/21, 9/28. Sheng Zhen Gong cultivates good health, inner peace and happiness through gentle movement, meditation and fun. $10 pass or JCC membership. Jewish Community Center, 3800 E River Rd. 520-850-8897. Jason@MysticHealingPaths.com.

MysticHealingPaths.com.

Tucson Death Café – 5:30-7pm. Group directed conversation about death and related subjects.

No agenda or objectives. Not grief support or counseling. No Charge. Donation for refreshments and supplies. Himmel Park Library, 1035 N Treat Ave. 520-261-7003. IsabelDeathCafe@gmail.com.

Facebook.com/TucsonDeathCafe.

Introduction to Epicureanism – 6:30-8:30pm.

Join us in exploring the ancient philosophy and texts of Epicureanism through reading, discussion and activities. By donation. CSLT Office & Education Center, 4200 E River Rd. 520 319-1042.

Admin@TucsonCSL.org. TucsonCSL.org.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 Take the Listening Test – Enjoy Therapeutic Music. Feel and enjoy at least 5 hours per week and notice changes in your life. No charge, online. 520-229-6282. Info@MusicForHealth.net.

FaceTheMusic.world.

TIES September Kickoff with David Young– 6:308pm. Young has sold 1 million+ albums, worked with George Harrison and John Lennon, has enabled thousands of transformational spiritual experiences with his music. $5/suggested. Unity of Tucson, 3617 Camino Blanco. 520-395-2365. TucsonAZ@IANDS.org.

TucsonIANDS.org.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Reiki Share – 10-11:15am. This share includes a brief discussion about Reiki and two mini Reiki sessions.

All welcome. No charge. 2030 E Broadway Blvd, Conference Room. 520-226-5953. LisaMWestrick@ gmail.com. SerenityHolisticTouch.com.

September 10 - 11 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. Bring 2 students to class and receive 25% off. Limited space. Register early.

520-591-7267 BarbHartht@gmail.com. Facebook.com HealingTouchTucson Film Screening: The Parent Trap – 10am-1pm.

Teen twins equal double trouble in Walt Disney’s fun-loving comedy classic, The Parent Trap, starring the one-and-only Hayley Mills. No charge. Loft Cinema, 3233 E Speedway Blvd. 520-322-5638.

Jeff@LoftCinema.org. LoftCinema.com.

Tucson Astrologers’ Guild Free Beginners’ Class – 11am-12pm. Covering the basics, Gael Chilson will help you decipher the meaning of signs and planets that you will find in your own natal chart.

No charge. Ramada Tucson Foothills, 6944 E Tanque Verde Rd. 520-625-5762. GaelChilson@gmail.com.

TucsonAstrologersGuild.net.

Essentials of Essential Oils – 3-5pm. What do you use to treat a burn, a headache, a bruise? Ever thought of using Frankincense, Sandalwood or Cinnamon essential oil to dissipate fear? $20. The Galactic Center, 35 E Toole Ave. 847-323-9188.

Danielle@Replevyn.com. Replevyn.com.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 Yin and Gentle Yoga – 11am-12:15pm. With Shraddha Hilda. First class no charge. Mention Natural Awakenings to get class free. Mindful Yoga East, 101 N Wilmot, #123. MindfulYogaTucson.com.

David Young Soul Ascension Workshop: Portal Between Heaven and Earth – 1-4pm. Two 30-minute musical meditations followed by sharing/ discussion. See DavidYoungMusic.com. Unity of Tucson, 3617 Camino Blanco. 520-395-2365.

TucsonAZ@IANDS.org. TucsonIANDS.org.

Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society: Good Time Silent Auction and Ice Cream Social – 3-5pm.

Two to three silent auctions with approximately 200 cacti auctioned from members plant collections. No charge. Sky Islands Public High School, 6000 E 14th St. 520-256-2447. TCSS@TucsonCactus.org.

TucsonCactus.org.

Yoga for a Peaceful and Happy Life – 4-5:15pm.

With Vicki Jackson, E-RYT500. How do we accomplish a peaceful and happy life? Yoga offers us a map and guides us toward this goal. $5-$10/ recommended donation. Mindful Yoga East, 101 N Wilmot, #123. MindfulYogaTucson.com.

Sacred Space Gathering – 4-5:30pm. Diane Call and Klara Wojtkowska: Compassion and the Imagination. Live music from Klara on Violin. All welcome. No charge. Ward 6 Office, 3202 E 1st St. 520-318-3557. TC@TCJonesCoaching.com.

SacredSpaceTucson.org.

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calendarof events Patriot Day Gong Bath – 5:30-7pm. Celebrate your freedom and release remaining trauma from 9/11/2001. The Earth Gong clears our energy.

Relieve stress, relax, find contentment. $15-$20. The Galactic Center, 35 E Toole Ave. 847-323-9188.

Danielle@Replevyn.com. Replevyn.com.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 Study of Man’s Eternal Quest – 4:30-6pm. The book, Paramhansa Yogananda explains the workings of the universe and spiritual journey. By donation.

Ananda Center Of Tucson, 1002 E Prince Rd. 520-906-4346. PVold@comcast.net. AnandaArizona.org.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 How To Be Your Own Best Psychic – 6:30-8pm.

Come and play. Extra ordinary times require extra ordinary consciousness. Everybody is psychic and here is your opportunity to experiment with psychic awarness. By donation. Tamara Spiritual Center, 3002 Fort Lowell Rd. 928-699-7504. Benz@pobox.com.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

Face the Music – Suzanne Grosvenor is a synesthete who hears music from people. When she plays the music it supports the healing process. Hear the music, free online, at FaceTheMusic.world.

No charge. 520-229-6282. More info, email: Info@MusicForHealth.net.

Changemaker Book Club – 7:30-9am. Wondering what you can do to make a difference? This book club is an invitation for the community to engage in a dialogue on racism in our world and in our community.

No charge. YWCA of S. Arizona, 525 N Bonita Ave. 520-884-7810. LHernandez@YWCATucson.org.

YWCATucson.org.

Drinking Water: What’s Healthy, What’s Not – 6:30-8:30pm. Presentation about the health benefits of special ionized water (electrically charged). No charge. Healthy Water Resource Center, 4810 E 1st St. 520-869-6782. Bill@TheHealthyCouple.com.

HSCWater.net.

Introduction to Stoicism – 6:30-9:30pm. Join us in exploring the ancient philosophy and texts of Stoicism through reading, discussion and activities.

Stoicism may not be what you think it is. By donation. CSLT Office & Education Center, 4200 E River Rd. 520 319-1042. Admin@TucsonCSL.org.

TucsonCSL.org.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 Raising Healthy Children – 5-6pm. Get tips on healthy eating habits along with how to improve behavioral issues. No charge. Natural Grocers, 3016 E Broadway. 520-584-0343. InspiredHealing.Tucson@ gmail.com. InspiredHealing.org.

Free Lecture: Hormones In Harmony – 6-8pm.

What every woman over 35 should know about hormones, menopause and libido. Speakers: Arianna Sholes Douglas, MD and Dana Reed-Kane, Pharm.D. Space is limited. No charge. Plaza Arboleda Conference Center, 2502 N Dodge Blvd.

520-318-4421. Dana@ReedsRX.com. ReedRX.com.

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

Film: Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast – 7-9pm.

Cocteau’s 1946 film version of Beauty and the Beast will be shown, followed by discussion of the Jungian approach to fairy tales. $15/members, $20/ non-members. Grace St. Paul’s Church, 2331 E Adams St. SAFOJ.org.

Kadampa Meditation Center - Monthly Open House – 7-8pm. For those new to Buddhism and meditation. Guided relaxation breathing meditation and short talk on meditation and Buddhism. No charge. Kadampa Meditation Center, 5326 E Pima St. 520-441-1617. Info@MeditationInTucson.org.

MeditationInTucson.org.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Chinese Brush Painting – 12-2pm. With Deanna Dikinis. Learn to use brush and ink to create bamboo paintings. No experience necessary. Materials provided. $30. United Fellowship Chapel, 4718 E Hawthorne St. 520-327-0142. DFN@icloud.com.

United-Fellowship-Chapel.com.

Reiki I – 12pm-5pm. Learn about Reiki and its benefits. Receive Reiki I attunement and have plenty of practice time. $111. Conference Room, 2030 E Broadway Blvd, 520-226-5953. LisaMWestrick@ gmail.com. SerenityHolisticTouch.com.

Bruno Groening Circle of Friends Community Hour – 3-4:30pm. Learn a simple, natural healing technique. All welcome. Contact Evey Weissman.

No charge. Banner UMC, 1501 N Campbell Ave, Rm E. 520-904-4801. Weissmae@email.arizona.edu.

Bruno-Groening.org.

Cuddle Tucson – 7-10pm. Mini workshop on conscious communication and healthy boundaries in a safe, non-sexual environment of human to human contact. $10/online, $15/at door. Private resid-ence, 6664 E Calle La Paz, Unit A, 520-975-3961.

Mark@SouthwestTantra.com. SouthwestTantra.com.

markyourcalendar CALLING ALL GODDESSES WORKSHOP September 18 11am-1pm Learn the importance of playing in the sacred union of Warrior and Goddess energies and become unstoppable in your authentic truth and joy.

Call to register, space limited. $20 RSVP for location 520-730-9277 Info@Jeanette.com • JeanetteGibler.com

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 Take the Listening Test – Feel and enjoy Therapeutic Music of Suzanne Grosvenor. Choose music that supports your body, mind and spirit and notice changes in your life. No charge, online. 520-229-6282.

Info@MusicForHealth.net. FaceTheMusic.world.

Sacred Space Gathering – 4-5:30pm. Brad Stroup: Another Passage to India. Live music from Ruthie Neilan. Be Inspired by Spiritual Autobiography. No charge. Ward 6 Office, 3202 E 1st St. 520-318-3557.

TC@TCJonesCoaching.com. SacredSpaceTucson.org.

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Nutritional Therapy Training Certification Program – Fall courses begin 9/19. 9-month training course is part online and part in-person. Includes 3 in-person workshop weekends. $5,400/9-month program. 800-918-9798.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 Instant Healing – 6:30-8pm. Extra ordinary times require extra ordinay consciousness. Find out and experiment with the power of Healing with Pure Awareness: an introduction to the A Call To Love workshop. No charge. Tamara Spiritual Center, 3002 Fort Lowell Rd. 928-699-7504. Benz@pobox.com.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Prayers for the Dying and Deceased – 5-6pm.

If deceased living beings have the opportunity to take rebirth in Buddha’s Pure Land they will attain permanent liberation from suffering and experience pure, everlasting happiness. No charge.

Kadampa Meditation Center, 5326 E Pima St. 520-441-1617. Info@MeditationInTucson.org.

MeditationInTucson.org.

Mass Incarceration Forum – 6-8pm. The US sentences more people, incarcerates longer and has higher recidivism rates than any other cultures.

Learn about alternatives to incarceration that can benefit Tucson. No charge. YWCA of S. Arizona, 525 N Bonita Ave. 520-884-7810. LHernandez@ YWCATucson.org. YWCATucson.org.

Introduction to Pragmatism – 6:30-9:30pm.

Join us in exploring the ideas of William James, pre-eminent Pragmatist, through reading, discussion and activities. By donation. CSLT Office & Education Center, 4200 E River Rd. 520 319-1042.

Admin@TucsonCSL.org. TucsonCSL.org.

Oral Pleasure for Her – 7-9:30pm. Why be a good lover when you can be a master? We’ll share knowledge and techniques on how to please her orally. $20/online, $25/at door. Galactic Center, 35 E Toole Ave. 520-975-3961. Mark@SouthwestTantra. com. SouthwestTantra.com.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 Take the Listening Test – Look for improvement in your capacity to relax deeply and easily, in mental clarity and creative flow, confidence, joy and ease in life. No charge online. 520-229-6282.

Info@MusicForHealth.net. FaceTheMusic.world.

Bio-Touch Adrenal Fatigue Workshop –– 6-8pm.

Focus on adrenal fatigue with practice of the BioTouch points shown to help alleviate symptoms. $10/ members, $15/non-members. Massage therapists earn 2 CEUs (add $5). Bio-Touch Center, 5634 E Pima St. 520-323-7951. Office@JustTouch.com.

JustTouch.com.

Making Friends with Death and Dying – 7-8pm.

Come to listen and share, if you like, with a Death Expert. Free presentation includes valuable information about how to create your good death. No charge.

The Galactic Center, 35 E Toole Ave. 847-323-9188.

Danielle@Replevyn.com. Replevyn.com.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 Film Screening: Marwencol – 8-10:15pm. Depicting one man’s journey into a world of his own making, the acclaimed documentary Marwencol is a unique, humorous and inspiring celebration of the power of outsider art. No charge. Loft Cinema, 3233 E Speedway Blvd. 520-322-5638. Jeff@LoftCinema.org.

LoftCinema.com.

markyourcalendar TALK WITH DR. LANCE MORRIS AND EDM CONCERT September 23 • 8pm-12am

8-9pm • Join Dr. Lance J. Morris, developer of RST​and author of: The Edge and Beyond; A Journey for Personal Self-Discovery, Awakening and Healing. At this free pre-dance event​we will practice together in the Morphic Field utilizing tools for personal and group illumination.

9pm-12am • EDM Dance Music Concert Multiple Psy-flavors by Fractionality with special guests: Jaronium and Galilei. $10

Galactic Center, 35 E Toole Ave. Facebook: Resonant Sound Therapy

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 Chakra Class Part 1 –10am-1pm. Class devoted to the root, sacral and solar chakras. Includes discussion, meditation and exercises. See website for two additional chakra classes. $35. 2030 E Broadway Blvd, Conference Room. 520-226-5953. LisaMWestrick@ gmail.com. SerenityHolisticTouch.com.

Astrology for Beginners – 10am-4pm. Workshop for learning the basics of Astrology. Discuss the 12 houses and signs and the 4 angles of the chart.

Bring notebook and natal chart. $45/before 9/16. $60/after. 620 W Limberlost Dr, #51. 413-313-5677.

ShivaB01073@gmail.com.

Count St. Germain Message Circle – 12-1pm.

With Rev. Dorothea. General message will be given, then each person will receive a personal channeled message. $40. United Fellowship Chapel, 4718 E Hawthorne St. 520-444-3392. DFN@icloud.com.

United-Fellowship-Chapel.com.

Awaken Your Healing Potential – 1-2pm.

Learn how Network Spinal Analysis can help you experience more energy, flexibility, endurance and greater ability to deal with stress. No charge. Inspired Healing, 4858 E Broadway Blvd.

520-584-0343. InspiredHealing.Tucson@gmail.com.

InspiredHealing.org.

Yoga for Hips and Knees: Fun and Valuable Tools for Self-Care – 1-3pm. With Vicki Jackson, E-RYT 500. Workshop open to everyone who is able to get up and down on the floor. Register in advance. $20; $23/after 9/7. Mindful Yoga East, 101 N Wilmot, #123, MindfulYogaTucson.com.

Gong Bath – 2-3:30pm. Sit or lay in meditation, while the sound washes over and through you, calming the monkey mind and nervous system. You become the sound. The Yoga Connection, 3929 E Pima St. 520-323-1222. Yoga@YogaConnection.org.

YogaConnection.org.

Family Constellations with John Dore– 1-5pm.

All participation is voluntary. Class limited to 10 people. $10 donation. Ward 6 Office, 3202 E 1st St. 520-906-1768. DrJDore@gmail.com.

JohnDore.com.

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COGNITIVELY BASED COMPASSION TRAINING

EARTH HARMONY FESTIVAL

Sundays • 1-3pm • starting September 25 Presented by Sacred Space and Dr. Solly Dodds 8-week program of meditation practices to train the heart and mind in the core qualities of compassion cultivation. $300 Register at SacredSpaceTucson.org

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 Sacred Space Gathering – 4-5:30pm. Tom Mendola of The Essence of Yoga: A Walk-Through of the Eight Limbs. Live Music from Stephanos.

Honoring Hindu Wisdom. No charge. Ward 6 Office, Central Tucson, 3202 E 1st St. 520-318-3557.

TC@TCJonesCoaching.com. SacredSpaceTucson.org.

Earth Gong Bath – 5:30-7pm. Allow the healing frequencies of the Earth Gong to wash over and through you, calming the monkey mind and nervous system. Experience huge stress relief. $15-$20. The Galactic Center, 35 E Toole Ave. 847-323-9188.

Danielle@Replevyn.com. Replevyn.com.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 Film Screening: Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles – 7:30-8:30pm. The masterpiece of the late Chantal Akerman, Jeanne Dielman is one of the most debated, influential, and singular works in the history of cinema. No charge.

Loft Cinema, 3233 E Speedway Blvd. 520-322-5638.

Jeff@LoftCinema.org. LoftCinema.com.

Darsombra – 8-10:15pm. Darsombra is transapocalyptic galaxy rock, for dreamers and schemers and those seeking an audio-visual journey. The makers of this sound and vision are Brian Daniloski and Ann Everton. $10. Galactic Center, 35 E Toole Ave. Darsombra.com.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 Thoughts About Fall Flowers – 6-8pm. Learn to design with Asters. Learn the meaning and origin of this beautiful flower that comes in many colors.

Take away a self-designed arrangement and vase. $60. Flower Shop on 4th Ave, 531 N 4th Ave. 520-622-7673. FlowerShopOn4th@gmail.com.

FlowerShopOn4th.com.

Seventh Step to Freedom – 6:30-9:30pm. With Keith Gorley, guest presenter. Exploration of personal beliefs that keep us stuck and how to take that seventh step to freedom. By donation. CSLT Office & Education Center, 4200 E River Rd. 520-319-1042.

Admin@TucsonCSL.org. TucsonCSL.org.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 Yume Japanese Gardens Reopen for Season – 9:30am-4:30pm; 7 days per week. $9/adults, $7/ seniors, $6/military, $6/students, $5/children up to 12. Yume Japanese Gardens of Tucson, 2130 N Alvernon Way. 520-272-3200. Info@YumeGardens.org.

YumeGardens.org.

October 1 - 2 11am-1pm Fifth annual Earth Harmony Festival at Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage in Tumacácori.

A culturally creative, vibrantly entertaining, and exciting weekend showcasing a new paradigm society of enlightened cooperation, shared resources, regenerative culture, global stewardship, and compassionate care for humanity and the earth.

520-398-2542 EarthHarmonyFestival.org Drinking Water: What’s Healthy, What’s Not – 10am-12pm. Presentation about the health benefits of special ionized water (electrically charged). No charge. Healthy Water Resource Center, 4810 E 1st St. 520-869-6782. Bill@TheHealthyCouple.com.

HSCWater.net.

Earth Harmony Festival – 11am-9pm. 10/1-10/2.

One of the world’s largest EcoVillages, tours, Global Change Music, food, art, kid’s village, pony rides, speakers on sustainability. No charge. Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage, 2074 Pendleton Dr, Tumacacori. 520-398-2542. MyCenay@ GlobalChange.media. EarthHarmonyFestival.org.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5 Ascended Master Conference – 7:30. 10/5-10/9. Sit at the feet of Ascended Masters and receive their instruction and radiance through their Anointed Representatives. Work with Divine Beings to help the planet. $25/ session. The Temple of The Presence, 11902 E Irvingston Rd. 520-751-2039. SusanKnittel@msn.com.

TempleOfThePresence.org.

markyourcalendar MINDFUL YOGA STUDIO WARRIOR GODDESS TRAINING October 8 • 12-6:30pm ​ uthors and teachers HeatherAsh Amara and A Sarah Marshank are leading their first retreat in Tucson, Become the Woman You are Meant to Be. Register before September 15 • $149, $169 after. Pay in full or in three installments.

Mindful Yoga East • 1101 N Wilmot #123 Register at MindfulYogaTucson.com 520-300-4378 • Info@MindfulYogaTucson.com

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 Bio-Touch Practitioner Training – 10am-4pm. 10/810/9. Help family/friends by learning Bio-Touch’s unique healing technique at our hands-on training. $48, Massage therapists earn 10 CEUs ($60).

Bio-Touch Center, 5634 E Pima St. 520-546-5713.

Office@JustTouch.com. JustTouch.com.

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calendarof events markyourcalendar ZY QIGONG LEVEL 1 INTENSIVE

October 14 • 6-7:30pm • intro to ZYQ October 15 • 10am-6pm October 16 • 10am-6pm Learn level 1 and all the exercises and meditations needed to lay a solid practice of ZY Qigong. $170 Desert Milagros, 3438 N Country Club Register at ZYQigongAZ.com or call 520-404-8745. Class size limited.

QigongMark@yahoo.com

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26 Making Your Own Thanksgiving Centerpiece – 6-8pm. Create a centerpiece with pumpkins, gourds and fall flowers. Take away a designed centerpiece. Space is limited. $60. Flower Shop on 4th Ave, 531 N 4th Ave. 520-622-7673. FlowerShopOn4th@gmail.com.

FlowerShopOn4th.com.

markyourcalendar COME HOME TO YOUR HEART’S WISDOM

November 4-6 Discover more peace, joy and relaxation and learn to incorporate these states of being in your daily life. Daily meditations, Qi Gong, healing through Creative Arts, Quiet Time for reflection and integration. Learn to come from beginner’s mind and open your heart anew.

Sponsored by The Essential Alchemist and Silence Heals (SilenceHeals.com).

El Rancho Robles Retreat Center • Oracle, AZ 520-490-4149 • TheEssentialAlchemist.com

markyourcalendar CELEBRATE YOUR LIFE November 4-7 ​Featuring Marianne Williamson, Gregg Braden, Caroline Myss, Neale Donald Walsch, Anita Moorjani and more powerful presenters.

This gathering is like no other. Immerse yourself in a space of teachers who see your divinity, your truth…who see Y​ou​!

480-970-8543 CelebrateYourLife.Org

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ongoingevents daily 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.

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.

FoodInRoot St. Philip’s Plaza Farmers Market – 8am-12pm. 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.

Mini Sound Healings – 9am-4pm. First Sunday.

Cloud Nine Flotation will give away free mini sound healings using quartz crystal singing pyramids during the monthly Psychic Fair. No charge. Doubletree Hotel, 445 S Alvernon Way. 520-668-4017.

Info@FloatTucson.com. FloatTucson.com.

Salt Tastings at the St Phillips Plaza Farmer’s Market – 8am-12pm. Not first Sunday. Cloud Nine Flotation offers salt tastings and info on the Sensory Deprivation Tank. No charge. St. Philips Plaza, 4380 N Campbell Ave. 520-668-4017.

Info@FloatTucson.com. FloatTucson.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.

Center for Spiritual Living Tucson’s Sunday Celebration Services – 10am, meditation; 10-11:30am, service. No charge. Nickerson Auditorium, 3231 N Craycroft Rd. 520-319-1042. Admin@TucsonCSL.org.

TucsonCSL.org.

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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. UnityUS.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. For ages 12 to 19. By donation.

Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco Pl, Rm 2.

520-488-8284. UnityTucson.com.

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 available for children. 1551 S Eastside Loop #121. 520-546-3696.

Info@UnityPeaceAZ.com. UnityPeaceAZ.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.

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. First and third 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, 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.

ongoingevents Cognitively Based Compassion Training – 1-3pm.

8-weeks beginning 9/25. With Dr. Sally Dodds.

Cultivate compassion for self and others through research-based meditation practices. $300/8-weeks.

Location provided upon registration. 520-318-3557.

believe they can meditate. Fragrance-free. $40. AZ Oncology Foundation, 2625 N Craycroft, Ste 101.

Also on Wednesdays, 12:30-1:30pm. Call for location. 520-825-2009. BreathingCoachTucson.com or Marriageafter40.com.

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

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 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.

Sacred Space Gathering – 4:15-5:30pm. Nonfaith and interfaith gathering for live music and 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 and Readings – 5-6pm. Meditation, healings, spirit messages, classes available. Private readings also available. By donation. Chapel of Awareness, 931 N Fifth Ave. 520-820-0727. RevJim@ChapelOfAwareness.org.

ChapelOfAwarenessTucson.net.

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. WellnessFirst!, 3861 N First Ave. 520-490-4149. MarceysJourney@ gmail.com. TheEssentialAlchemist.com.

monday White Eagle World Healing Meditations – 1011am. With Frances Smith. Using White Eagle channeled books of Spiritual Unfoldment. Temple of Universality Class. No charge. United Fellowship Chapel, 4718 E Hawthorne St. 520-885-5065.

How To Meditate – 11am-12pm. 4-week mindfulness meditation class for people who don’t

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 well-being. 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.

Mindfulness and Meditation Group – 1:15-2:45 pm. No experience necessary. Sitting and walking meditation as well as the Metta Sutta are regular parts of the practice. No charge. UA Cancer Center 1515 N Campbell, Kiewit Auditorium, Rm 2951.

520-694-4605. Marsha.Drozdoff@BannerHealth.com.

AZCC.Arizona.edu.

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. Second Monday. With Rev. Yazdi Contractor, Rev. Howard Milwich and Revs. Martha and Darryl Schoon. Temple of Universality class. No charge.

United Fellowship Chapel, 4718 E Hawthorne St. 520-327-0142. TempleofUniversality@gmail.com.

Energy Healing – 6-8pm. First and third Mondays.

Learn about energy work, crystals, Reiki from Brian LeNormand. By donation. WellnessFirst!, 3861 N 1st Ave. 520-209-1755. SaberLMP@aol.com.

All Level Yoga - 7-10pm. Spiritual Gangsta Yoga. Sandra Turner, Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Café, 505 W Miracle Mile. No charge. 619-861-9706. Meetup.com/TucsonYogi. .

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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.

Small Groups at Sacred Space – 1pm. Join various small groups at SacredSpaceTucson.org. Let personal growth lead to societal transformation. Masterlevel facilitators, meetings weekly or monthly.

Various locations and times. No charge. Call for details, 520-318-3557. TC@TCJonesCoaching.com.

SacredSpaceTucson.org.

Qigong/Tao Meditation – 1-2pm. Inspiring community of well-being. Everyone welcome. Followed by Tai Chi for Health. Qigong: $75/9-week 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.

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 East Pima St. 520-323-1222. Yoga@ YogaConnection.org. YogaConnection.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.

A Course in Miracles – 6-7:30pm. Using the traditional blue book, we read and discuss the profound, spiritual teachings as channeled through Helen Schuchman. By donation. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco, Rm 1. 520-488-8284.

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

Global Chant (Downtown) – 6:15-9:30pm.

Group chanting from all spiritual traditions. Open to the public. No musical experience necessary.

No charge. Armory Park Senior Center, 220 S 5th Ave. 520-838-4194. VASTucson@yahoo.com.

VictorShamas.com.

Foundations of the Science of Mind – 6:30-9:30pm.

13-week course teaches you the foundational principles of the Science of Mind philosophy. Learn affirmative prayer. $240/+ books. CSLT Office & Education Center, 4200 E River Rd. 520-319-1042.

Admin@TucsonCSL.org. TucsonCSL.org.

Alice Bailey Books – 7-8:30pm. With Rev. Inger Mason. Reading of books channeled to Alice A. Bailey by Djwhal Khul, followed by guided meditation. Temple of Universality class. Call for details. No charge. Call for details, 520-331-5252.

TempleofUniversality@gmail.com.

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ongoingevents wednesday Prayer and Meditation – 9:45-10:15am. Experience the healing 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, Ste 121.

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

Fun-Day Wednesday Class – 9:45-11:30am. With Rev. Fred Smith. Metaphysical Law, using fun, food and friends. Temple of Universality class. No charge. Masonic Temple, 3590 N Country Club Rd. 520-546-3898. TempleofUniversality@gmail.com.

Yoga/Meditation – 11am-12:30pm. Yoga and meditation as taught by Paramhansa Yogananda includes energization and chanting. All levels of yoga and meditation welcome. Ananda Center Of Tucson, 1002 E Prince Rd. 520-299-9309.

ElizabethLMason@yahoo.com. AnandaArizona.org.

Aquatic Therapy Rehabilitation – 11:30am12:30pm. With Carolyn Rashti, M.S. Guided gentle movements with deep breathing to relieve pain, improve circulation and breathing. First class free. Limited to six participants. $200/8 classes. Santa Rita Springs, 2301 N Santa Rita Ave. 520-742-4292. AquaticTherapyTucson@gmail.com.

AquaticTherapyTucson.com.

Qi Gong of Unconditional Love – 12-1pm.

Sheng Zhen Gong cultivates good health, inner peace and happiness through gentle movement, meditation and fun. $10 daypass or JCC membership. Jewish Community Center, 3800 E River Rd. 520-850-8897. Jason@MysticHealingPaths.com.

MysticHealingPaths.com.

Yoga by Donation – 3:30-4:30pm. 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.

Grief Support Group – 5pm. First and third Wednesdays. With Reverend Felicitas, Reverend Dea. Support group for grief, loss and healing.

Not a therapy group. Respectful and compassionate. No charge. CODAC, 3130 E Broadway Blvd. 520-792-6222. Info@TempleOfMA.org.

TempleOfMA.org.

Way of Mastery – 5-6:30pm. This channeling to Jon Mark Hammer is clearer and easier to understand than the Course in Miracles. It deals more with our feeling nature. By donation. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco, Rm 3. 520-488-8284. Molly.Nelson@q.com.

UnityTucson.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.

Deeksha for You – 7:15-9:15pm. Blissful profound transpersonal energy transfer with meditation. No charge. St Francis in the Foothills, 4625 E River Rd, Rm 30-31. 520-869-4982. LastHouseOB1@ yahoo.com. Meetup: Awaken Tucson into Oneness.

A Course in Miracles: Original Dictation – 7:30pm. Fifty eight thousand words were edited out of the traditional Course in Miracles book.

They have since been restored and are available for study. By donation. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco, Rm 1. 520-488-8284.

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

Spirit Lab – 7-8:30pm. Third Wednesday. Potluck for 20s-50s adults. Explore aspects of different faith traditions, discuss 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 Belly Dancing for Beginners – 8:30-9:30am. Shisandra aka Dr. Saber, teaches beginning belly dance. Wear comfortable clothing that moves. Bring water bottle.

Suggested donation $10. WellnessFirst!, 3861 N 1st Ave. 520-209-1755. DrDeeAnnND@aol.com.

3861WellnessFirst.com.

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.

Yoga for People Touched by Cancer – 11am -12:15pm. With Jessica Byron MD, ERYT and Shraddha Hilda, RYT500. Participants practice at their own pace; postures may be done using a mat or chair. All levels welcome. $7/class. Caregivers accompanying participants $3. First class free.

Mindful Yoga Central, 3400 E. Speedway #210.

Info@MindfulYogaTucson.com.

Desert Crones of Tucson – 1pm. Weekly gathering of older women to celebrate our “croneness” at Fellowship Square. Enjoy speakers, drumming, writing, crafts, chats, and each other’s support. For information or questions contact Audrey Wann 520-730-9352.

Self Mastery/Spiritual Development – 1-2pm. New. Class Meets at 1pm & 7pm. Explore Metaphysical Concepts & Principles to Achieve Self Mastery & Ignite Your Divine Authority through Meditation and Discussion. By Donation. United Fellowship Chapel, 4718 E Hawthorne St, 520-327-0142.

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

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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 East Pima St. 520-323-1222. Yoga@ YogaConnection.org. YogaConnection.org.

Qi Gong of Unconditional Love – 4-5:15pm. Sheng Zhen gong, gentle movements mixed with meditation and fun to cultivate good health and inner happiness. $7. Modern Mystic Yoga Academy, 1927 E Grant Rd. 520-850-8897. Jason@MysticHealingPaths.com.

MysticHealingPaths.com.

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.

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.

Bio-Touch: Monthly Health Workshop – 6-8pm.

Fourth Thursday. Practice of the Bio-Touch points shown to help alleviate symptoms of adrenal fatigue. $10/members, $15/non-members, Massage therapists earn 2 CEUs (add $5). Bio-Touch Center, 5634 E Pima St. 520-323-7951. Office@JustTouch.com.

JustTouch.com.

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.

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.

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.

ZY Qigong Level 1 Class – 7-8:30pm. Qigong is a proven way to connect with the energy and life around us by combining physical and breathing exercises, visualizations and meditations. $10. First class no charge. Desert Milagros, 3438 N Country Club Rd. 520-404-8745. QigongMark@yahoo.com.

Meetup.com/Tucson-ZY-Qigong-Meetup.

friday 8:30am Workout – Experience a workout that will perk you up. A combination of Yoga, Pilates and Tai Chi ending with meditation. Bring yoga mat and water bottle. Start your day with a smile. $5.

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

Saberlmp@aol.com. 3861WellnessFirst.com.

saturday 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.

Winning Together: Breast and GYN Cancer Support Group – 10:30am-12:30pm. Educational support group is for women with a diagnosis of Breast and/or Gynecological Cancer; any stage of survivorship is welcome. No charge. UA Cancer CenterUniversity Campus, 1515 N Campbell, Rm 2919.

520-694-4605. Marsha.Drozdoff@BannerHealth.com.

AZCC.Arizona.edu.

Waterbabies Freestyle Pooltime – 11:30am. For women with chronic pain, healing from surgery Pain relieving movement in warm salt water. 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.

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.

Mediumship Course Fall 2016 – 6-8pm. Develop contact with the psychic world, your teachers and guides. Explore trance, clairvoyance, auras and other psychic skills. $75. United Fellowship Chapel, 4718 E Hawthorne St. 520-327-1042. DFN1@icloud.com.

United-Fellowship-Chapel.com.

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.

Nature of Dreams – 9-10am. New time. 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. 520-327-0142. DFN1@icloud.com.

United-Fellowship-Chapel.com.

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 – 8am-12pm. 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.

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.

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.

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.

Light Circle – 3:30-5pm. First Saturday. Put yourself in the wow zone. Receive a session of True Light and discover how amazing radiant energy stimulates your spirit, mind and body. No charge. Miller-Golf Links Public Library, 9640 E Golf Links Rd. LightCircleMahikari@gmail.com.

classifieds 19TH EGYPT TRAVELING WORKSHOP. Journey of Transformation with Lynn Gardner.

17 days, October 12-28, 2016. All inclusive from JFK. Call 520-749-0291 for information.

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.

DEEPER ENERGY HEALING for bodymind-spirit. Release blockages; clear negative energy and strengthen your system. Heartcentered intuitive Lightwork. 20 years experience.

Kerry Blank, 410-206-8699. KerryBlank.com.

INSPIRED FAITH-BASED YOGA FOR ALL OFFERS: personal teaching, gentle/chair, yin, yoga nidra, age 50 and over classes. Cathy Bounds RYT, R-YFT, YF-A 520-309-5083 YogaFaithTucson@gmail.com.

NEW LEAF LIFE COACHING AND COUNSELING​. Areas include grief, family, relationships, work, financial and career issues. Nancy O’Connor PhD, 520-615-1244.​ ORIENTAL READINGS with Aiko Moto.

Not mere entertainment​, serious reading for serious mind. Receive guidance for a positive and productive life. 5​ 20-297-9463.

PRACTITIONER ROOMS FOR RENT in quaint, clean facility. Centrally located in well-lit, newly remodeled shopping center. Individual private rooms for $600 a month, with month to month agreement. Ideal for massage therapist or alternative practitioners. Contact Susan, 520-490-3214.

SOCIAL DANCING HEALS. Ballroom, Salsa, Swing and more NW/W Locations – Group classes. Beautiful hardwood floors. Semester-end party. Starting early September. 14 weeks/$78.

KPDancINC@gmail.com.

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.

ZY QIGONG is a very old system that is proven to help you to move forward on your spiritual journey. 520-404-8745. Meetup.com/ Tucson-ZY-Qigong-Meetup.

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ACUPUNCTURE AKASHIC ACUPUNCTURE

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

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE TIMOTHY M MARSHALL, Ph.D. Holistic Neurospecialist 520-370-6044 Dr-Marshall.com

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 25.

AROMATHERAPY RITUAL BY KATE’S MAGIK

MYSTIC HEALING PATH

Jason Wechs, L.Ac. Acupuncturist, ThetaHealer 3045 N 1st Ave 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 33.

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 ads, pages 3 and 31.

215 N Court Ave, 85701 520-743-1486 RitualTucson.com

Ritual by Kate’s Magik is an 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 16.

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.

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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 28.

BEDS ARIZONA BEDS

Organic Mattresses 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 both Naturepedic and 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. 0% financing available. See ad, page 5.

BODYWORK ARMORLESS BODY THERAPIES

Randy Usem, LMT, Radix Practitioner Near Campbell & Grant 520-312-9563 • Armorless.net TucsonMassageAndBodyTherapy.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 20.

JENNIFER BEARD

Therapeutic Intuitive Bodywork 520-906-8136 EclecticBodywork.com A skilled touch with a unique effective approach. With 25 years of experience, Jennifer utilizes eclectic modalities to balance the body and reduce stress, leaving you feeling energized and lighter. Will travel to your location. In office summer special: $150 for 3 sessions. See ad, page 21.

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 21.

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 accepted. See ad, page 4.

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 20.

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.

SANTA RITA SPRINGS

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

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 20.

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 19.

CLASSES COGNITIVELY BASED COMPASSION TRAINING

Sacred Space and Dr. Sally Dodds 520-318-3557 SacredSpaceTucson.org An 8-week course in compassion cultivation with Dr. Sally Dodds, certified CBCT teacher.

Sundays 1-3 pm beginning Sept. 25th, $300. CBCT is a program of meditation practices to train the heart and mind in the core qualities of compassion and is completely non-secular. Enrollment is limited. For information or to register, please visit SacredSpaceTucson.org.

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 20.

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 ads, pages 3 and 31.

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 no-obligation consultation

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 37.

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COACHING COUNSELING & GUIDANCE INTEGRAL BUSINESS AND LIFE COACH

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 and entrepreneurs.

Are you ready to release doubt, fear, or struggle and began creating radical success with joy & ease? See ad, page 35.

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 7.

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, closed-gravity option; purified water; disposable speculums. Probiotic reflorastation. Affordable rates and packages. Ear coning also available. Flexible hours include weekends. See ad, page 3.

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COMPUTER SERVICES GE COMPUTING AND INTERNET SERVICES

Don Gibbens 520-332-1485 • CompDoc@GoGibbens.com 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 19.

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 15.

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.

DENTISTRY JEANNE ANNE KRIZMAN, DMD, MPH 1601 N Tucson Blvd, Ste 35 520-326-0082 Smile@KrizmanDental.com

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 19.

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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.

PHYLLIS WINSLOW

Energy Healing/EFT-ADV Barbara Brennan Graduate, School of Healing, EFT Practitioner, LMT 520-909-3455 EnergyBalancingAZ.com Experience positive results in 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.

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.

SPIRITUAL ENERGY TRANSFORMATION Johanna Alley 520-370-1306 JWalley@protonmail.ch JohannaAlley.com

Are you ready to change your life? Johanna has 30 years of hypnosis and energy healing experience (and many more of life!). Through Past Life Regression learn the cause; through multi-faceted energy healing realign your energies to manifest your authentic self-actualized life. See ad, page 37.

TAMMY ROSEN WILBUR, GCFP

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 20.

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.

FAMILY RELATIONSHIP HEALING JOHN DORE, PHD

Family Constellation Counselor 520-906-1768 DrJDore@gmail.com JohnDore.com Family Constellations clarify the feelings, beliefs and mental habits we inherited from our family. They release “tensions” in relationships we “carry” unconsciously for our family.

Constellations settle unfinished emotional “family business”, in individual sessions and in groups. See calendar for specific dates.

FLOTATION SPA

HAIR SALONS

CLOUD NINE FLOTATION

PROJEKK

The ultimate body/mind experience, Flotation Therapy is the answer for: chronic pain and anxiety, recuperation from injuries, deeper and more meaningful meditation. Unplug from the stresses in your life, and call for an appointment. Ask about our Heavenly Sandwich.

Mention Natural Awakenings for special pricing.

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.

Kalyn Wolf Info@FloatTucson.com 520-668-4017

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

FLOWER SHOP FLOWER SHOP ON 4TH AVE Norah and David Schultz 531 N 4th Ave, 85705 520-622-7673 FlowerShopOn4th@gmail.com FlowerShopOn4th.com

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 Yume Japanese Gardens of Tucson offers a scientifically proven two month long healing walk program that reduces anxiety, stress, and sadness and promotes joy and peacefulness.

For details and start dates, visit YumeGardens.org. Open daily 9:30am-4:30pm; October to June.

GREEN PRODUCTS A & E RECYCLED GRANITE 520-885-8970 - Tucson Metro 480-739-0234 - Phoenix Metro ROC # 305289 AERecycledGranite.com

Arizona’s eco-friendly manufacturer of recycled granite pavers, split stone tile veneer, subway tiles and fire pits. The locally crafted products add a unique, beautiful look to your home and business while keeping our planet’s mountains out of Arizona’s waste stream.

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 to when a tumor is dense enough to be seen with mammography. This early detection of change can lead to earlier diagnosis and better treatment options, as well as the opportunity for patients and their healthcare practitioners to intervene at an early stage with preventive treatment. See ad, page 3.

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HEALTHY LIVING

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 29.

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. Happy Hour coming soon! See ad, page 26.

GOVINDA’S NATURAL FOODS BUFFET & ISKCON TEMPLE

711 E Blacklidge Dr, 85719 520-792-0630 • GovindasOfTucson.com 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 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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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 31.

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

Amy Kalama guides the release of stored emotions, cellular memory, trauma and energetic past with her unique blend of HeartLight healing, cellular cleansing and whole-person health/ACT coaching. Feel renewed and restored in health and wellness, body, mind, heart and soul.

COYOTE HEALING CENTER

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 34.

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JOURNEY TO WELLNESS

Pam McMahon, PhD, CHt Sarai Darbandi, MSW, LMSW, CHt Maggie J. Rose, MMSc, LMT, CRM 520-336-8178 • LifeHealer777@gmail.com LifeHealer.org Journey to Wellness 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 25.

KAREEN & CO.

Karreen Martin BS, MTCM, LAc, LE, LNT Tarot Readings & Spiritual Response Therapy (SRT) 1011 N Craycroft, 304 520-327-4649 KarreenAndCo.com Karreen provides vibrational tarot readings. Tarot opens the channels of understanding, healing and soul growth. SRT Therapy clears everything the soul has experienced relating to past life blocks, belief systems and programs collected in the subconscious mind and soul records.

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 16.

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.

INTUITIVE ARTS AWARENESS CENTER Gunter Benz 928-699-7504 Benz@pobox.com

A gifted clairvoyant, healer and teacher, Gunter offers private intuitive reading and massage therapy/bodywork sessions. He also holds workshops and seminars on Quantum Healing and development of intuition— everything that makes us more aware and feeling better physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

KAREN KIESTER

541-941-8432 Karkies5@yahoo.com KarenKiester.com PathoftheSacredMasculine.com Karen offers a variety of sessions including channeling with Josef, the Earthly Father of Christ, Path of the Sacred Masculine (based on her book and card deck) and Human Design, to understand who you uniquely are. By phone.

Schedule today.

IRIDOLOGY 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. See website for online self-paced Iridlogy course. 10% off initial Iridology reading.practice areas, see DMYL.com.

LIFE INSURANCE DON COX – FARMERS INSURANCE

6340 N Campbell Ave, Ste 100, 85718 520-789-7234 Dcox1@farmersagent.com Agents.farmers.com/az/tucson/donald-cox As your local Farmers agent, Don helps customers like you identify the insurance coverage that best fits your needs. This process is straightforward and personalized to help make you smarter about insurance. Don can help provide options for life, auto, home, business insurance and more.

MASSAGE MARK R DAVENPORT, LMT

2118 S Avenida Planeta 520-314-7558 HeartNHandsMassage.com Book online at FloatTucson.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 20.

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.

MUSIC VOCAL VELOCITY STUDIO

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 ​and​ amazing training, rhythm a​ nd​ song. ​ W​ith ​a solid foundation, you can choose to sing any genre of music​.

NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE DR. DEEANN SABER, NMD

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 4.

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 3.

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, weight-loss, acupuncture, colon hydrotherapy, nutritional IVs, well-woman exams, quick care clinic.

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NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE 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.

PHARMACY REED’S COMPOUNDING PHARMACY 2729 E Speedway Blvd, 85716 520-318-4421 ReedsRX.com • Info@ReedsRX.com

Reed’s Compounding Pharmacy specializes in custom compounded prescriptions for the special needs of patients and pets. They compound creams, suspensions, capsules, suppositories, troches and more. Pharmacists are available to make recommendations based on your needs and to consult with your provider.

PHOTOGRAPHY

PAST LIFE REGRESSION JOURNEY TO WELLNESS

Pam McMahon, PhD, CHt Sarai Darbandi, MSW, LMSW, CHt Maggie J. Rose, MMSc, LMT, CRM 520-336-8178 • LifeHealer777@gmail.com LifeHealer.org Journey to Wellness offers ear candling, infrared sauna detox, ionic detox footbath, pass life regression, 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 25.

PERSONAL GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT

ARTISTIC IMAGES STUDIO

Eric H. Smith, Photographer/Owner 520-977-6733 ArtisticImages347@gmail.com ArtisticImages347.com

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.

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

Artistic Images Studio presents empowering Where all-natural health care glamorous photography for meets all-natural beauty those who desire a treat in the solutions. Specializing in Tucson, Southern Arizona, all-natural weight loss, and Phoenix area by securing anti-aging treatments, skin care a clients’ most cherished, joyous, events, and and pain management. Unique significant moments in digital images. “Our focus is equipment and treatments set your inner beauty”! Glamour/Boudair session is us apart from everyone else. normally $250 available at $173 plus Digital Portrait Look younger and be healthier naturally. See ad, Special, $99. See ad, page 22. page 13.

PLUMBING RES-COM PLUMBING CO.

SEXUALITY JOURNEY TO WELLNESS

TAO TIME

Dale Bruder 2614 N Balboa Ave 520-331-1956 • TaoTime@DaleBruder.com

3750 E 22nd St, 85713 520-901-0053 Luigi@Res-ComPlumbing.com Res-ComPlumbing.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 ads, pages 24 and 37.

Trust all your plumbing needs Have you lost your spark? (large or small) to “Luigi” at Dr. Pam can help you have locally-owned and operated Resconfidence in your performance, Com Plumbing Co. Personalized overcome feelings of inadequacy, service is reliable and profesrestore joy and boost your sex sional. Luigi is a 30 year veteran appeal. See ad, page 25. in residential and commercial plumbing, including water softener and purification installation. Member, SW Gas Referral Program.

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PET SERVICES 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 33.

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MARK FRIGHETTI

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

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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.

Pam McMahon, Ph.D., CH.t 520-336-8178 LifeHealer777@gmail.com LifeHealer.org

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.

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.

KARREEN & CO.

Karreen Martin BS, MTCM, LAc, LE, LNT Acupuncture ~ Aesthetics ~ Permanent Cosmetics 1011 N Craycroft, Ste 304 520-327-4649 Facebook.com/KarreenAndCo KarreenAndCo.com

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 Tula means Balance.

Integrative Gynecology, well- woman exams, help with perimen-opausal 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 12.

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 7.

Karreen provides customized holistic skin care therapies based on the theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Individualized treatment plans specifically designed to meet your constitutional needs.

Cosmetic Facial Acupuncture (Mei Zen & Wakefield), full body waxing, Permanent Cosmetics and micro blading.

PAMPERED SKIN STUDIO

Suzanne Pear, RN, PhD, LE, COE 520-400-8109 PamperedSkinStudio.com Is your face missing its youthful glow? Do you feel that the “real” you isn’t shining through? Doctor Suzie uses the patented Energy-Light Rejuvenation System that bridges ancient Eastern healing traditions with the latest Western technology. Combining Microcurrent and Therapeutic LED Color Energies with Needle-less Acupuncture and Natural Exfoliation, ELR balances internal vibrations while providing customized holistic facial renewal.

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.

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 23.

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 16.

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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UNITY SPIRITUAL CENTER OF PEACE 1551 S Eastside Loop, #121, 85710 520-546-3696 Info@UnityPeaceAZ.com UnityPeaceAZ.com

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.

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 37.

SUSTAINABLE SHOPPING GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA

1940 E Silverlake, Ste 405, 85713 520-623-5174 GoodwillSouthernAZ.org Selling and recycling gently-used goods enabled us to keep over 25 million pounds out of the landfill last year while fueling our operation of five youth programs, five adult programs, and over 500 full-time jobs. See ad, page 31.

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

T’AI CHI HEATHER CHALON, MPH

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 29.

UNITY CHURCH OF TUCSON

Rev. Larry and Mary Ellen Swartz 3617 N Camino Blanco, 85718 520-577-3300 • UnityTucson.com

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.

WATER PRODUCTS ERIC SMITH

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.

​ ffiliated with Unity School A of Christianity and now in our 60th​​Year serving the Tucson community. Sunday services at 10 am.​See ad, page 26.

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WELLNESS CENTER FOREVER ABLE WELLNESS

Amey Aubry, L.Ac., Ph.D. 205 W Giaconda Way, #135 520-219-2400 • Amey@Forever-Able.com 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.

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 perimen-opausal 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 12.

WRITING SERVICES THE ACCURATE WORDSMITH

Stephanie Parker and Eve Hady 3496 N Paseo de San Agustin, 85712 520-955-2468 or 520-444-9189 TheAccurateWordsmith.com Eve Hady and Stephanie Parker are The Accurate Wordsmith. We empower your success by providing confidentiality, accuracy, excellent customer service and fair pricing in audio transcription, proofreading, and editing, including Doctoral dissertations and Master’s theses. Your success is our success.

YOGA MINDFUL YOGA STUDIO​

3400 E Speedway #210 (near Whole Foods) 1101 N Wilmot #123 (next to Trader Joe’s) 520-300-4378 I​nfo@MindfulYogaTucson.com MindfulY​oga​T​ucson.com Mindful Yoga Studio offers two locations in Tucson for self-awareness, self-reflection and self-compassion. The studio offers: yin, restorative, yoga for people touched by cancer, back care, flow, gentle, hatha all levels.

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He’s my dentist… need I say more?

Andrew Weil, MD

Healthy Smiles, Healthy Lives Experience extraordinary Bodywork on Dr. Swidler’s patented “Percussion Table”

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