Natural Awakenings Tucson September 2012

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5 newsbriefs

18 healthbriefs 20 globalbriefs

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CREATIVE SIDE

22 kudos 31 fitbody

Engaging in Community Arts Brings Unexpected Rewards

by Judith Fertig

27 USING CREATIVITY

33 inspiration

TO MOLD REALITY

35 healingways 38 healthykids

by Reverend Donald Graves

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28 BANISHING

WHEAT BELLY

39 classifieds 40 calendarofevents

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23 EXPLORING OUR

28 consciouseating

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

The Drawbacks of a Wheat-Dominated Diet

by Lee Walker

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Proven Approaches for Safe Practice

by Lynda Bassett

33 PEACE MAIL

Spreading Good Will on Earth Through Art

by April Thompson

35 FUNCTIONAL

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MEDICINE Taking the Whole

Toolbox Approach

by Kathleen Barnes

38 MAKING

ALLOWANCES

Learning to Manage Money at a Young Age

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letterfrompublisher he best way to predict the future is to create it. ~Peter Drucker

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ur imagination has the ability to expand our vision and explore realms beyond time and space, where no one has gone before. Likewise, it is a key attribute in creating a life we love to live.

You can change your reality by grabbing hold of life and finding that place in your heart to dream again.

We know that fear is one of the greatest enemies of an open and creative mind, so do not hide from your true nature, but allow the development of courage, creativity and love to become the light guiding your actions and dreams. Your future you is depending on you.

What would you choose to do with your life and energy if you knew that it would succeed? What would you do if you felt secure enough to allow yourself the free time to live your passion? You can jumpstart your life through self-creation; your future is whatever you decide it is going to be. However, weaving a new tapestry that transforms your life may require you to make a decisive break with routine to find your inner self and your spirit.

For opportunities to act on your creative interests, read our main feature, “Exploring Our Creative Side, Engaging in Community Arts Brings Unexpected Rewards.” Group participation in the arts is beneficial on many levels and positively affects your immune system, too.

In our Inspiration department, in honor of World Peace Day, September 21, read about how painter Franck de Las Mercedes, of New York City, carries his message of peace, along with more than 100 schools across the nation, through a unique, serendipitous, form of art.

Early habits of saving, spending within our means and giving serve to ensure a financially secure future. Read “Making Allowance: Learning to Manage Money at a Young Age,” in our Healthy Kids department, to find tips that encourage your child’s entrepreneurial spirit to think of creative ways to earn and manage money.

It is really important to me to be a part of something bigger than myself. I feel so blessed to be so creative with my Natural Awakenings family. With a heartfelt intent, we help guide others to a healthier, more balanced life. I love and feel so passionate about my work that I have no plans to ever retire.

Our imagination and creativity expands the way we see ourselves and our environment. Through harmonious development of our mind and heart, we all have the power to give birth to new worlds. The world is in need of visionaries, and without a sense of vision and imagination, there can be no peaceful present.

Dream on… and allow your magic to emerge.

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newsbriefs Feel the Effects of Lightweaving

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enji Kumara, creator of Quantum Lightweaving, returns to Tucson from September 9 to 16 for a series of events. Two workshops will be presented on September 9 and 10 to introduce the Quantum Field and the Direct Wave Experience. While in the Quantum, participants will be able to transmute their deepest pattern, their saddest day, sleepless nights or other core issues into grace, freedom, health and wisdom.

A Master Series Level 1 intensive will be held from September 14 to 16, at Kenyan Ranch, in Tumacacori, Arizona. Those students will learn how to do handson mini treatments, with a focus on re-birthing, soul embodiment, cleansing of karma and old mental habits, and the application of quantum “downloads” or “uploads” into the brain and nervous system.

Kenji Kumara

For more information, call Marcey DiCaro at 520-490-4149, email MarceysJourney@gmail.com or visit QuantumLightweaving.com.

Curious Dog at The Loft

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t The Loft Cinema, season four of National Theatre Live begins with The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, at 12 p.m., September 30. Based on Mark Haddon’s best-selling, award-winning novel, this story has been beautifully and imaginatively adapted into a stage play for the first time.

Individual screening admission: $15 general; $10 Loft members. Location 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. For more information, call 520-795-0844 or visit LoftCinema.org.

See ad on page 25.

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Rebuilding the Foundations of Health with Nutrition

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Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.

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t does take more time to prepare real, live food than opening a can or mixing up a box of something. But eating live food, closest to its source of growing, specifically organic, local, seasonal produce is our best bet for getting all the nutrients we need to be healthy.

Beginning September 9, WellnessFirst!

Dr. DeeAnn Saber, ND kicks off their new program of Rebuilding the Foundations of Health. Day one comprises a comprehensive, six-hour workshop that helps each person kick-start their new life. Dr. DeeAnn Saber, ND, will discuss the science behind food and gut function; raw food educator Arlene Siegel will teach about live food; and Joe Pinella, an independent health, wellness and fitness professional, will offer his wisdom about fitness inside and out.

The series includes vision/goal setting, live food demonstrations, fitness demonstrations with movement, a shopping day and the science behind food.

Weekly 1.5-hour support meetings include ongoing education, as well as working with participants individually to assist in ensuring their success in meeting goals.

Ongoing support continues for three months, climaxing in a huge gala to celebrate each person’s success.

Cost is $600, including three months of support and classes ($550 if paid in full in advance). Location: 3861 First. Ave. Preregistration is encouraged by contacting Arlene Siegel at 520-318-1478 or ArleneHSiegel@gmail.com. Payment plans available.

More about Dr. Saber at 3861WellnessFirst.com; Arlene Siegel at RawKitchen.co and Joe Pinella at QigongHealingInstitute.com. See ad on page 5.

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Desert Rose Homeopathics & Herbals Has Moved

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esert Rose Homeopathics & Herbals, the largest homeopathic store in Tucson, recently moved to 3065 North Campbell Avenue. They had been in their previous location on Ft. Lowell Road since 1996 and welcome this wonderful new expansion of space with great enthusiasm.

Their new location is next to Native SEED Search on the west side of Campbell Avenue, between Ft. Lowell and Glenn. There is plenty of free parking available. Outside their front door is a covered patio with plenty of shady seating, surrounded by beautiful trees and plants.

At Desert Rose, you will discover hundreds of different homeopathic remedies from low to high potencies, including many that are hard to find elsewhere.

The store also carries many wellknown brands of homeopathic combination remedies. You will find professional-grade quality vitamins and supplements at Desert Rose, and the essential oils and flower essences they carry are of a pure nature, gently offering you a healthful possibility for many physical, mental, emotional and spiritual imbalances. Personal consultations are also available.

Visit their new location to find safe, natural wellness alternatives for adults, children, and pets. And remember to enter their monthly drawing to win free products.

For more information, call 520-918-0100 or visit DesertRoseHomeopathics.com.

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Costa Rican Stress-Free Retreat Learn About onsoon Nectar Skin Care and Self-Centered Yoga Prosperity from M have partnered to bring individuals total health from the inside out. Indulge in the Ultimate Stress Escape Yoga Edwene Gaines & Lifestyle Retreat, in Cost Rica, from November 10 to 17, featuring beach yoga, gourmet cuisine, massage and tropical bliss. The Monsoon Nectar Travel Pak ensures your body will be as blissed out as your mind, and is included with your retreat.

Sample the 100 percent organic skin care line offered in the studio, online and at Wo(men) and Wine, & Wellness events. Experience the benefits of organic skin care at New Frontiers Market, in Sedona, with Monsoon Nectar from 1 to 3 p.m., September 4, and 2 to 5 p.m., September 6, and at Self-Centered Yoga’s Wo(men), Wine, & Wellness event, September 22.

More about Monsoon Nectar at 520-366-1641 and MonsoonNectar.com.

More about Self-Centered Yoga at 520-299-0331 and UltimateStressEscape.com.

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ationally recognized motivational speaker and author Edwene Gaines will speak about The Secret of Permanent Prosperity, September 16, at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday morning service of the Center for Spiritual Living Tucson, at the Donald R. Nickerson Performing Arts Center, in Tucson. A workshop based on her book, The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity, A Simple Guide to Unlimited Abundance, will be conducted from 2 to 4:30 p.m.

An ordained Unity minister since 1979, Gaines is a certified firewalking instructor and has been honored by the International New Thought Alliance with their Torchbearer for New Thought award. She travels 250 days a year presenting prosperity and commitment workshops.

Edwene Gaines

Love offering. Location: 3231 N. Craycroft Rd. For more information, call 520-319-1042 or visit Tucsoncsl.org.

See ad on page 10.

“How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I’m committed to?” ~Tony Robbins

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ORGANO GOLD

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Buenisimo Cafe

Consultant Luis & Alma Celaya

Cell:520-955-4398 Email:buenisimocafe1@gmail.com www.buenismos1.organogold.com

*Oxygenates the body *Provides more energy *Supports circulation *Support the immune system *Supports natural body detoxification

Ganoderma-Laced Coffee Has Arrived

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ucsonians can now enjoy USDA certified 100 percent organic coffee laced with Ganoderma, a genus of polypore mushrooms that grow on wood. It is great-tasting coffee that claims to have amazing benefits for your health. Varieties of Ganoderma coffee include black coffee, latte coffee, hot chocolate, cafe mocha and green tea.

It is said to provide more energy, help circulation, support the immune system, enhance cardiovascular health, be an antioxidant, give liver protection, be antibacterial, lower cholesterol, improve quality of sleep and support the urinary tract.

For more information, call 520-955-4398 or visit Buenisimo1.Organogold.com.

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The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity Workshop

Sunday, Sept 16, 2-4:30pm, presented on a love offering basis She will speak at our 10:30am Celebration Service

Edwene guarantees this event will change your life...if you are willing.

Are you ready to learn and practice the principles of true prosperity?

This workshop will answer your questions and inspire you to act.

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In the auditorium at 3231 N. Craycroft Rd just south of the Rillito River www.tucsoncsl.org • 520-319-1042

Overflowing abundance is our vision... for everyone

Gourmet Girls Foster Gluten-Free Community

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he Gourmet Girls Gluten Free Bakery/Bistro is fast becoming Southern Arizona’s support center for those avoiding gluten in their diets. Whether a newcomer to the often confusing gluten-free lifestyle or a veteran at navigating its pathways, a warm and safe environment awaits at this completely gluten-free eatery.

Owners Susan Fulton and Mary Gibson provide a delicious breakfast and lunch menu, featuring fresh and natural, homemade meals and baked goods.

Although the focus at the bakery/bistro is preparing products made without gluten, the friendly, knowledgeable staff is happy to customize meals to meet any further dietary restrictions.

Although serving delectable food is a primary goal of the Gourmet Girls, of equal importance is the creation of a caring gluten-free community, focused on the emotional and spiritual needs of their guests. The gluten-free road to optimal health is not always smooth, frequently accompanied by feelings of anxiety, lack of control and a sense of being outside the norm. The bakery/bistro is a venue where guests are encouraged to share their stories, network with each other, educate themselves and form new friendships.

Location: 5845 N. Oracle Rd. For more information, call 520-408-9000 or visit GourmetGirlsGlutenFree.com.

See ad on page 28.

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Meditation Teacher Training in Tucson

meditation practice institute

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cientific studies have shown that meditation can decrease stress, increase health and happiness and lead to a more contended life. Meditation Practice Institute, in Tucson, can help students gain these things for themselves and learn to teach others. A new teacher training program is beginning September 30, and no previous experience is necessary.

Meditation Practice Institute of Tucson helps enrich the lives of individuals and the success of organizations and businesses by providing meditation instruction that is founded on ancient tradition and tailored to meet contemporary needs. They aim to deepen the effectiveness of meditation instruction using an advanced teacher training and certification program. Courses are available live and online.

The demand for people that are trained in meditative concentration and can teach others is increasing as the world grows more chaotic and the pressures of a global social and economic community grow.

For more information, email Info@meditationpracticeinstitute.org or visit ItsMoreThanYouThink.org. See ad on page 8.

IONS presents McLaughlin and Tejpal

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r. Carrol McLaughlin, a music professor and director of the harp program at the University of Arizona, and her associate, Tejpal, a gifted intuitive, kundalini yoga master and graduate of the Brennan School of Healing, will present an interactive lecture, The Anatomy of Intuition and Creativity, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., October Dr. Carrol McLaughlin and Tejpal 5, at Unity of Tucson (3617 North Camino Blanco), using the harp, yoga techniques, neurolinguistic programming and power performance principles to reach participants on physical, emotional and spiritual levels.

They will also offer a hands-on workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., October 6, at Tucson Osteopathic Medical Foundation, (3182 North Swan Road) to teach participants to deepen their intuitive and healing skills and their potential to manifest the life they truly desire, moment-to-moment.

The cost is $50, and is limited to 25 participants.

For more information and registration, visit ionstucson.org.

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Exercises to Release Trauma and Tension Dr. David Bercelli Returns to Tucson

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by Dan Horner

tress is believed by some to cause or contribute to 60 to 90 percent of all visits to the doctor. We know we are stressed when we have feelings of frustration, anger, nervousness, fear, unease and worry. These feelings also directly affect our body—we may experience abdominal pain and headaches, as well as muscle tightness or pain.

Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE) is a technique that uses six simple exercises to release stress and tension from the body that accumulates from traumatic life experiences, immediate or prolonged stressful situations or our everyday circumstances of life.

These exercises help release deep tension from the body by evoking a self-controlled muscular shaking called neurogenic tremors. These gentle tremors originate deep in the core of the body in the psoas muscles and reverberate outward along the spine, releasing tension from the sacrum to the cranium.

The exercises consist of a simple form of stretching and are used to gently trigger these voluntary muscle tremors.

TRE was developed to be a selfhelp technique that can be integrated with and complement other health modalities, including yoga, craniosacral

therapy, massage, meditation, exercise and counseling, among others.

The exercises developed from Dr. David Berceli’s work with communities while living in Africa and the Middle East, and are based on the fundamental belief, backed by research, that trauma is primarily an experience of the physical body. He believes that just as the human body has a natural physical reaction to traumatic and stressful situations, it also has natural physical mechanisms for dealing with and healing from trauma and chronic stress. Bertelli writes, “The human animal is designed to experience, endure and survive traumatic episodes.”

We know the body constantly responds to elevated levels of stress by contracting the muscles to get through tough situations, but we seldom recognize these contractions until we experience pain, discomfort or illness. By practicing this preventive technique, we can prevent stress and tension from elevating to a point of chronic illness, or use it to assist in alleviating chronic, stress-induced illness. Once this technique is learned and mastered over several sessions, it becomes a quick and effective method for consistent relaxation.

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Dr. David Bercelli that promote healing. Some have described practicing TRE as getting a massage from the inside out. Once the technique is learned and mastered after several sessions, the warm-up exercises can be accelerated or replaced with normal exercise activity, like walking or yoga, and the technique then becomes a quick and effective method for consistent relaxation. Eventually, these tremors evoke themselves naturally in a rest position to reduce stress or tension accumulated over the course of the day.

TRE is being used by thousands of people around the world as an effective tool for releasing chronic traumatic stress, physical tension and emotional trauma and release the everyday stress, tension, and anxiety that evolves comes from the daily pressures of life.

Dr. David Bercelli will be presenting at The Science, Spirit and Health Symposium Oct 5th-7th. Information and registration: NewGroundEvents.com See ad on back cover.

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Trees for Tucson Taking Applications

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rees for Tucson, a program of Tucson Clean & Beautiful, is accepting applications for low-cost trees for delivery in the popular fall planting period. To qualify, residents must be in the Tucson Electric Power Co. or Trico Electric Cooperative electric service area, and agree to plant the trees within 15 feet of the west, south or east side of the home. Trees are delivered within approximately six to eight weeks, and will be at least three to five feet tall. Instructions for tree planting and care are provided at the time of delivery.

Trees for Tucson was established in 1989 to educate the community about the benefits of planting and properly maintaining trees to increase energy efficiency via decreased energy costs, beautifying homes, reduced use of nonrenewable fossil fuels, minimizing urban heat islands created by manmade surfaces, increased wildlife habitat, reduced air and water pollution, reduced stormwater runoff and erosion and mitigating carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Tucson Electric Power customers may print an application online at TreesForTucson.org or call 520791-3109 to receive a mailed or faxed form. Trico Electric Cooperative members may request trees online at Trico.coop or call 520-744-2944, extension 1605, for assistance.

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Your Creative Soul Explores Fundamental Wisdom

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Peace is the Answer

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he Earth Harmony Festival will be held October 6 and 7, at Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage, in Tumacácori, Arizona, with a vision to encourage the restoration of balance to the world’s people and ecosystems through awareness, cooperation, education, understanding, selflessness and a commitment to peace.

Keynote speaker Gary Paul Nabhan is an internationally celebrated author, conservation biologist, seed saver and sustainable agriculture activist, known as, “the father of the local food movement.”

Activities include live music, food, arts and crafts, eco-booths, hands-on demonstrations, organic garden and ecovillage tours, children’s village activities, hayrides and special presentations. Live music is provided by the Global Change Music Nonprofit Record Label, which promotes sustainable living, including growing organic food, building green, permaculture, sharing services and goods and having a protective environmental consciousness.

Donations are welcome to help support Avalon Gardens Internships and the nonprofit Personality Integration Rehabilitation Program, which assist individuals from diverse backgrounds in various levels of healing, training and education in order to actualize their dreams and talents.

re you ready to boldly explore advanced creativity concepts? You can! You’ll be led by a down-to-earth writing style that is actually entertaining, enlightening, sometimes humorous and always profoundly applicable to your life. Your Creative Soul, the fifth book by C Diane Ealy, Ph.D., has been written to provide you with insights into the vast changes happening to each of us, so that you can emerge empowered by the knowledge emanating through/from this wisdom. Profound and uplifting, it will clarify your perspective on human nature and creativity.

This book is designed for people who: want to consciously and creatively participate in the vast changes happening in their lives; are searching for a way out of the fear that dominates for many people; are wondering what’s next in their lives; want a deeper understanding of current reality that they can apply to their daily lives.

The truth is You are divine, You are human and You have adapted and will continue doing so.

C Diane Ealy, Ph.D. Your Creative Soul explores these three major aspects plus more from an innovative perspective. It delves into the interactive relationships among these three aspects, how they relate with the creative soul and why this process is accelerating.

To order Your Creative Soul, visit Cdianeealy.com or GatherInsight.com.

Ad m i s s i o n i s f r e e . C a m p i n g i s available by donation. For more information, call 520-398-2542 or visit EarthHarmonyFestival.org. See ad on page 8.

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2012 Process Art Journal Daily Practice

Kira Freed

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nspired by Julie & Julia, a film about a woman that challenges herself to cook all the recipes in Julia Child’s first book in one year, Kira Freed, MA, BCC, LPC, a certified life/ wellness coach and process artist, is engaged in a daily process art practice for all of 2012.

Process Art Journal emerged from Freed’s longstanding passion for process art, combined with a desire to do something transformational every day for a year. Her intention is to consciously change the center of gravity of her life by cultivating greater presence and attunement to her intuition. The practice is also an opportunity to unplug from daily pressures and regularly incorporate more flow into her life.

Blog posts include daily reflections and process art, along with occasional nature photography from morning walks. The website also includes information and resources for others interested in pursuing process art. People who do process art are invited to submit a photograph and one or two paragraphs of text for the community page.

For more information, 520-615-8615, email Kira@kirafreed.com or visit ProcessArtJournal.com.

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Breakthrough Weight Loss

Dr. John R. Keifer, DC

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r. John R. Keifer, DC, has been committed to the most advanced procedures in healthcare for more than 30 years. As a certified Brimhall Practitioner, he incorporates cutting-edge therapeutics, based upon thousands of hours and years of experience contributed by colleges, seminars and workshops to create a well organized, methodical approach to health.

Keifer incorporates a revolutionary weight-loss program that is tailored to the patient’s individual needs. For example, many people have difficulty losing weight and keeping it off due to underlying contributing factors such as toxicity, candida overgrowth and hormonal imbalances and stress.

More than just losing weight, the system addresses balancing health so weight normalizes naturally. By specifically identifying the underlying imbalances and managing the patient from a more causal level, long-term success and satisfaction can be achieved.

He states, “Many patients are in desperate need of a real, long-term solution for their weight problems. Although I’ve had training on weight loss as a healthcare practitioner, I have never really found a long-lasting solution for my patient’s weight issues until now.”

Location: 800 N. Swan Rd., Ste. 112. For more information, call 520-577-1717, email Dr@keiferwellnesscenter.com or visit KeiferWellnessCenter.com. See Community Calendar for events. See ad on page 10.

The Healing Clinic believes in the Mind, Body and Spirit

Cheryl Jeffries, heryl Jeffries, CCHT, CSD, has CCHT, CSD opened The Healing Clinic; Where You Heal It, in picturesque Picture Rocks, offering a supportive atmosphere for healing, built on the foundation of hypnotherapy.

We know scientifically that we can quiet our mind and communicate with our body to lower blood pressure, stop bleeding, stabilize the heartbeat and lose weight. This is the process of rewiring the brain, or creating reality. It occurs in a state of specific relaxation, or hypnosis. This technique can be applied to anything that needs to be accomplished—accept mentoring by an experienced practitioner and the possibilities are limitless.

Jeffries uses individualized service and healing packages of liquid organic whole food to balance the body, energy field analysis to assess health issues, vibrational remedies, spiritual direction adding wellbeing and life coaching to allow participants to heal and/or enhance whatever is desired.

Meetups, classes and CDs on rewiring the brain, metaphysical exploration, past life regression, pain reduction and self-hypnosis are available.

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Location: 11440 W. Picture Rocks Rd., Tucson. For more information and appointments, call 520-309-8726 or visit WhereYouHealit.com. See ad on page 12.

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healthbriefs National Women’s Health & Fitness Day is September 26— Look for a Local Event

Few U.S. Adults Regularly Practice Healthy Habits

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recent American Heart Association (AHA) survey reports that only 12 percent of American adults regularly practice the healthy-life trifecta of good nutrition, exercise and oral care. The most common excuse is a lack of time.

Of those surveyed, 80 percent said that eating at least nine servings of fruit and vegetables daily is a struggle. About 60 percent find it difficult to log the association’s recommended 150 minutes of moderate physical activity each week. At least 25 percent don’t brush and rinse twice daily and floss at least once daily.

Yet, 90 percent of Americans like the idea of improving their health. The AHA “My Heart. My Life.” initiative offers a straightforward set of solutions to help families understand how to make incremental changes that have long-term health impact (MyLifeCheck.Heart.org).

“Whether it is simply adding a 30-minute brisk walk to your day, eating a few more fruits and vegetables with meals, balancing your calories and physical activity to achieve a healthy body weight or creating routine oral care habits—it all contributes to an overall healthier lifestyle,” says Cardiologist Tracy Stevens, a professor of medicine with Saint Luke’s Cardiovascular Consultants, in Kansas City, Missouri.

Watching Magic Boosts Creativity in Children

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esearchers from Lancaster University have discovered that youngsters watching creative fantasy films improve their own imagination and creativity. The study involved 52 4-to-6-year-old children. The youngsters were split into two groups and shown two short segments of a popular fantasy movie.

The findings showed that the group watching the magical scenes generally scored “significantly better” in creative activities than their peers in the other group that saw scenes without any magical content.

Mate Tea Fights Colon Cancer

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ccording to a recent University of Illinois study, bioactive compounds in mate tea, a beverage consumed in South America for its medicinal properties, killed human colon cancer cells in vitro. The scientists attribute this surprising health benefit to the tea’s caffeine derivatives that not only induced death in the cancer cells, but also reduced important markers of inflammation.

Source: University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

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A New Direction for Neti Pots

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sed for centuries in Asian cultures to support nasal health and eliminate toxins from the nasal mucosa, neti pots have recently become popular in the Western world and are recognized for their value in preventing and relieving sinus infections. Typically, a mild solution of unrefined sea salt and purified or distilled water is poured from one nostril through the other to flush out unwanted mucus, bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms. Herbalist Steven Frank, of Nature’s Rite, points to a powerful new paradigm that helps neti pot users deal even more effectively with infection: a regimen of aqueous, colloidal silver and soothing herbal and plant extracts.

Frank recommends using the neti pot with a colloidal silver wash that is retained in the nostrils for several minutes. “Bacteria and fungus stick rather well to the nasal mucosa and few are flushed out with simple saline flushes,” he explains. “Most of these nasty pathogens adhere to the mucosa with what is called a biofilm. Within this slime layer, they are well protected and thrive in the warm moist sinuses, so a small saline bath once a day doesn’t bother them much. However, colloidal silver disables certain enzymes needed by anaerobic bacteria, viruses, yeasts and fungus, resulting in their destruction. And, unlike antibiotics, silver does not allow resistant ‘super bugs’ to develop.”

He also suggests soothing the sinuses with restorative herbal decoctions. Calendula, plantain and aloe contain vital nutrients that soothe and heal, while Echinacea root and grapefruit seed extract offer antimicrobial benefits.

Frank emphasizes the importance of using a neti pot safely and responsibly and warns against table salt, which can irritate nasal membranes, and tap water, which may contain contaminants.

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irst impressions not only count—they are surprisingly accurate, at least when it comes to detecting whether a stranger is “made” to be compassionate, trustworthy or kind. New research by the University of California, Berkeley suggests that it can take just 20 seconds to recognize who is genetically so inclined.

Two dozen couples participated in the study and provided DNA samples. Researchers documented them as they talked about times when they had suffered. A separate group of observers that did not know the couples were shown 20-second video segments of only the listeners and asked to rate which participants seemed most compassionate, based on facial expressions and body language.

The listeners that received the highest ratings for empathy turned out to possess a particular variation of the oxytocin receptor gene known as the GG genotype. Dubbed the “love hormone”, oxytocin is naturally secreted into the bloodstream and the brain, where it promotes social interaction, bonding and romantic love.

“People can’t see genes, so there has to be something going on that is signaling these genetic differences to the strangers,” says Aleksandr Kogan, lead author of the study. “What we found is that the people that had two copies of the G version displayed more trustworthy behaviors: more head nods, eye contact, smiling and open body posture. These behaviors signaled kindness to the strangers.”

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globalbriefs Noodle Doodle Creativity on Tap

Creativity is often perceived as an unpredictable event, the product of an unexpected “Aha!” moment. But a pair of Michigan psychologists, Mareike Wieth, of Albion College, and Rose Zacks, of Michigan State University, decided to research the concept. They discovered that problems requiring a flash of illumination to solve are best approached during the time of day when thinkers are not actually at what they feel is their peak.

Reporting their findings in the journal Thinking and Reasoning, they assigned 428 students to fill out a questionnaire with 19 questions, including, “What time would you get up if you were entirely free to plan your day?” and “How much do you depend upon an alarm clock?”

Participants were categorized as morning, evening or neutral types and randomly assigned to a morning or afternoon testing session. Some problems were analytic in nature, others were inspiration-based. While the more logical type of problem solving showed no statistical difference, morning people scored higher on the insight-demanding challenges in the late afternoon, and vice versa.

Wieth and Zacks believe the results depend upon an inhibitory process that suppresses distracting information. It is thought that this system performs less efficiently when individuals are less alert, allowing random thoughts to enter the decision-making process, resulting in more creative thinking.

Bunker Hunker Down is the New Up

Designer Matthew Fromboluti, of Washington University, in St. Louis, Missouri, has turned conventional wisdom about modern construction upsidedown with his architectural design, Above/Below, submitted f o r t h e e Vo l o S k y s c r a p e r Competition. His underground skyscraper would theoretically fill a 900-foot-deep, 300-acrewide crater left by the Lavender Pit copper mine, in Bisbee, Arizona.

A cone-shaped, inverted tower would allow people to live, work and even grow food in a huge cavern, covered by a dome. The building is designed to maintain a comfortable temperature via a passive climate-control system suited to the hot desert environment. A solar chimney provides natural ventilation as the sun heats the air at the surface, causing it to rise and draw cooler air up through vents at the bottom. The moving air passes through wind turbines at the top of the chimney, generating electricity.

Fromboluti’s aim is to atone for the mine’s destruction of the landscape by finding new ways to harvest the energy that went into excavating it, suggesting that no design should be considered “off the table” when planning for the future.

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Harm Alarm: The Bambi Effect According to a report in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, local ecosystems can be influenced and even disturbed by noise pollution. Clinton Francis, of the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, in Durham, North Carolina, found that the uproar of noisy gas wells that operate day and night in northwestern New Mexico woodlands drives away some wildlife species and attracts others, and also alters the overall makeup of area plant life.

Specifically, he discovered that the reshuffling of desirable birds and small mammals changed the odds of success for local plant reproduction. Hummingbird pollination, important for certain wildflowers, increased, while birds likely to spread around pine seeds without eating all of them largely gave way to seed-eating mice.

Source: Science News

Trash Fashions

The Rehabilitation of Plastic The rap on most plastic is that although it can be recycled, it doesn’t decompose in landfills. For a period of time, the city of Houston halted its composting of household yard waste due to the cost of having to cut and empty the plastic bags used in curbside pickup, even though the annual landfill fees exceeded $1 million. But now the service has resumed, based on the use of new, compostable plastic bags that require no special handling; the city even garners income from sales of composted clippings.

Dinnerware, such as utensils, plates and cups, is another niche market in which advocates see potential for use of compostable plastics, especially by cafeterias, restaurants and other institutions.

Not only are such items not biodegradable, they often end up being thrown out with food waste.

Biodegradable polymers that break down in a matter of months are more expensive; for example, the BASF company’s Ecoflex material costs about two-and-a-half times more than the polyethylene it replaces. But proponents say that it provides value by enabling the largescale collection of organic waste, such as grass clippings and food, and that the potential for growth is enormous.

Source: Chemical & Engineering News

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he U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FSWS) has formally proposed to protect 838,232 acres as “critical habitat” for endangered jaguars in southern Arizona and New Mexico—an area larger than the state of Rhode Island. When finalized in the next year and joined with a developing federal recovery plan, the decision will ensure jaguars return to the wild mountains and deserts of the American Southwest.

The decision has been a long time coming. The agency listed the jaguar as an endangered species in 1997 following a lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity that ended protection delays stretching back to 1978. The beautiful cats have historically ranged all the way from Monterey Bay, in California, to Louisiana and north to the Grand Canyon and Colorado.

Refusing to allow federal bureaucrats for the first time in U.S. history to consign an endangered species to extinction in the United States, the Center for Biological Diversity won their case in 2009, and the FSWS was ordered to protect the jaguar’s habitat and create a plan to fully restore the species.

Like wolves and grizzly bears, jaguars were killed en masse by federal trappers and sharpshooters, paid to make the West safe for heavily subsidized public-land ranching. By the 1950s, jaguars were virtually extinct, but in recent years began to show the first signs of recolonizing Arizona and New Mexico. Individual animals from a Mexican population have been exploring the borderlands of the two states recently.

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Exploring Our Creative Side Engaging in Community Arts Brings Unexpected Rewards

by Judith Fertig

“Turning, moving, spinning, dresses swirling, music beating, eyes in contact with a partner, then another, then another, then another, and the fiddle turns a corner, the phrase repeats, the dance repeats. You smile.

Your body smiles.” ~ Doug Plummer, photographer and contra dancer, Seattle, Washington

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hree years ago, Janine Joslin, a savvy business executive, set her sights on becoming a Dazzler, and today is a proud member of the Leawood, Kansas, chapter of community tap-dancing troupes.

“I love to dance and perform, and I felt that had been missing from my own life,” she says.

After a friend suggested it, Joslin showed up for her first practice ready to go, wearing tights and tap shoes.

Potential Dazzlers must prove they’ve learned the routines before being selected to perform for the public.

Luckily, says Joslin, “I’m a quick study,” and soon took her place in this 50-and-up women’s group that likes to routinely Shuffle Off to Buffalo at area retirement facilities, church halls and special events.

Learning the stop-and-go, Broadwaystyle routines such as Steppin’ Out and Millie is more of a mental challenge than aerobic exercise, comments Joslin. “The main thing is it exercises your brain.”

Performing for appreciative groups is a great feeling, she notes, and helps

make the twice-weekly practices worthwhile.

Just being around inspiring women has helped Joslin look at aging differently. She’s now applying her business skills to set up her troupe’s first website.

Joslin’s experience proves what many dancers, artists, writers, actors and musicians know: Active, hands-on, group participation in the arts is beneficial on many levels.

National Trend

In a recent study commissioned by the Wallace Foundation, Gifts of the Muse: Reframing the Debate About the Benefits of the Arts, the researchers found that, “People that engage in arts in a group setting develop a sense of community as they exchange favors (such as meeting to learn lines or loaning painting supplies); identify themselves with a cast, music ensemble or choral group; and develop a sense of trust and expectations of reciprocity.”

It also noted, “Through the arts of ethnic traditions—such as classical Indian dance, Jamaican steel drums or Japanese raku ceramics—participants develop and maintain their cultural NaturalTucson.com

heritage and communicate their cultural identity to outsiders.”

Gateway Experiences

Most art disciplines can be experienced at any age. No previous training or ability is required, just a curious spirit and willingness to participate and learn.

Fun options range from a painting party, in which participants set up an easel and paint a canvas at Uncork’d Art, in Washington, D.C. (UncorkdArt.com), to African drumming at DrumRise, in Decatur, Georgia (DrumRise.net).

“A drumming class is a great way to reduce stress, have fun, relax and reenergize, all at the same time; it has even been shown to positively affect your immune system,” say co-founders Amy Jackson and Colleen Caffrey.

Such activities allow us to dabble and explore amidst the power of a group and maximize the joy of artful endeavors, which many prefer to the cost of individual lessons.

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requires no special equipment. Singing in a group can also become a community tradition that gathers people of all ages and lifestyles in fellowship and celebration.

Since 1882, singing Handel’s Messiah has become an annual highlight for a Swedish wheat-farming community in South-Central Kansas. For three months before Palm Sunday, 200 farmers, homemakers, college students and business owners from the Lindsborg area gather twice weekly to rehearse the three-hour piece (Bethanylb.edu/ Oratorio_History.html).

Becky Anderson, the owner of Lindsborg’s Swedish Country Inn, who has sung for 41 years, points to a particularly thrilling moment during each performance. “There is just this exhilaration as the audience jumps to their feet yelling, ‘Brava, Brava.’ Golly, that’s fun.”

Chicagoans maintain a similar holiday tradition. For 35 years, free Do-It-Yourself Messiah concerts have provided a community-funded uplift (imfChicago.org). Thousands of audience members lend their voices to thrilling performances of this masterpiece, led by a world-class conductor and soloists and backed by an all-volunteer orchestra of local professionals and amateur musicians.

Storytelling is yet another community performing art that requires no special equipment. The National Storytelling Network (StoryNet.org) advances the art of storytelling through a national conference and local storytelling guilds.

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in; singles, couples and families with kids,” he relates. “Someone puts out the fiddle case for the $2 admission.

Whoever volunteered to bring baked goods sets them out. Harvey shows up with his fiddle, sits on the fold-up chair on the stage. Bob sits at the piano.

‘Line up for a contra,’ barks Don, in a clipped, Yankee accent. ‘First dance is Monymusk.’ Then everyone just joins in.” newcomers that love to practice—or just listen to—this ancient art.

Strong community and cultural identity is forged on other stages, as well. The Community Actors Theatre, in San Diego, California’s, Oak Park, performs many plays written by local playwrights exploring themes in black culture (CommunityActorsTheatre.com).

For Calvin Manson, a local poet and playwright who teaches acting workshops, the nonprofit venue feels like a mom-and-pop outfit. “They have the raw talent that could be developed into something wonderful. People don’t just learn to be actors and playwrights. They learn to work together, to commit to a common struggle. When they leave, they know how to work with people, to be team players.”

Sometimes, a life change can open the door to a creative outlet.

As a newly single 30-something, photographer Doug Plummer says that when he fell in with the Seattle contra dance scene in the mid-1980s, “It became my primary social life.” Derived from New England folk dance, two lines of dancers face each other and move to the rhythms of fiddle music.

“Since 2003, anytime I’m in New England, I try to stay over on a Monday and catch the Nelson [New Hampshire] dance,” says Plummer. Likening it to participating in the slow-food and similar local movements, he says, “I feel like I’m entering into a mode of slow-dancing.”

At the weekly Nelson gatherings, “The dancers will drift

Auditioning for the Role of a Lifetime The next level of volunteer arts participation may involve an audition and a greater commitment. At the same time, these pursuits offer prime opportunities to expand artistic skills and join in something bigger than one’s self.

Since 1873, the Cincinnati, Ohio, May Festival has served as a shining example of community showmanship (MayFestival.com). Chorus auditions are held in September, rehearsals begin in January and concerts routinely sell out by May. M u s i c c r i t i c N a n cy M a l i t z comments, “It’s that special, tiny sliver of the year when everybody stretches. When hundreds of amateur singers accelerate the tempo by devoting every night to rehearsal and every day to thoughts of the concerts to come… when audiences look their finest, clap their loudest.”

Lawrence Coleman, a chorus member for 15 years, has found that singing and networking with other May Festival vocalists has paid off in surprising ways. “I’ve recorded and had other singing engagements and opportunities, all because I’ve been connected to the chorus and the people in it,” he says. Coleman also sings with the rhythm and blues

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“When I’m not doing any plays, things just don’t go right.

This is my justification. This is my opportunity to just be me.” ~ Eva Jones, foster parent and member of Community Actors Theatre, Oak Park, California gospel group Fo Mo Brothers, performing at area churches and the Midwest Regional Black Family Reunion.

Coleman remarks, “I have friends in the chorus from very different walks of life. We come together for the single purpose of making great music. People of differing backgrounds and schools of thought can do more than coexist. It’s confirmed for me that we can learn to celebrate our differences when we have a common goal.”

Even those that don’t feel inherently artistic can find venturing into an art form unexpectedly rewarding.

Channeling an inner Elizabeth Bennett or Mr. Darcy is commonplace in Bay Area English Regency Society waltzes and “longways” dances, in Palo Alto, California (baers.org).

Alan Winston, a computer systems administrator and veteran dance caller, observes that these patterned dances appeal to math-science-logic-computer types. “It’s a great place for people that live in their heads to get out and be social,” he says.

Appropriately, the dances all feature choreography from Jane Austen’s era. Depending on the theme of the dance— like the sophisticated Cyprians Ball or spirited Return of the Regiments Ball—the ambience may be elegant or rowdy, explains Winston. Dances are taught beforehand to music such as George Washington’s Favourite Cotillion, an 1808 tune performed by musicians playing a clarinet, piano and recorder. Many wear period costumes, while others come in jeans. Winston is usually bedecked in a wine-colored waistcoat with tails that he found on eBay.

Plein air painters forsake the indoors to take their paints, easels and canvases outside. Plein-Air Painters of America regularly paint in groups in the fresh air and then hold an exhibition; annual workshops help teach techniques (p-a-p-a. com). At the recent seventh annual Florida’s Forgotten Coast event, in the state’s Panhandle, billed as America’s Great Plein Air Paint-Out, featured artists set up alongside amateurs eager to learn more (PleinAirfl.com).

Whatever one’s newly discovered or longtime treasure, individuals engaging in a group arts activity forge strong social bonds, keep ethnic arts traditions alive, learn new things in new ways and experience joyous personal growth.

… All while creating something wonderful.

J u d i t h Fe r t i g r e g u l a r l y c o n t r i b u t e s t o N a t u r a l Awakenings. She’s an award-winning cookbook author at AlfrescoFoodAndLifestyle.blogspot.com.

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Using Creativity to Mold Reality

by Reverend Donald Graves

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reativity is amazing… Rudy climbed onto an AMTRAK train, wearing his Captain America T-shirt, and immediately sat down and began talking to anyone who made eye contact about being on his way to the largest poker game in America, and how similar it was to Ocean’s Eleven and the Rat Pack and the later Ocean’s Twelve, and how Dean Martin wasn’t really a drunk (it was just an act) and how he finally started drinking when his son Dino died, and that Dean’s real Italian name was Dino, and that Frank Sinatra was from Hobokin, New Jersey, and he (Rudy) was from the Bronx, where many famous actors, including Dean, came from, and that he was a real live Captain America as a helicopter pilot in Viet Nam, and how he only flew one flight and was immediately shot down, and that he met and knew the real Miss Saigon and how she didn’t get on the last flight out, and how Bronx Pizza dough was flown in from New York City and that they made the best pizza in the San Diego area because of the dough, and that he was going to this poker game in Oceanside to meet up with his 18-year-old girlfriend who thinks he is the best looking guy around and, “Oh my god, she’s a regular Sharon Stone,” and on and on the monologue continued for the better part of an hour, while riding from Encinitas to San Diego.

On and on and on went Rudy… and on and on and on… even when officer Mike, the AMTRAK security officer approached, Rudy’s incessant banter continued for several more minutes. Officer Mike then turned to those around Rudy and asked, “Is he harassing you?” with a hopeful tone, wishing he could discharge Rudy from the train. People didn’t know how to answer, because Rudy wasn’t really harassing anyone. He was just bugging the living daylights out of them because he wouldn’t shut up. He was friendly to a fault, and talkative and entertaining to the max, but he wasn’t exactly harassing, so it was difficult to answer, “Yes.” Besides, the last stop was coming up in about five minutes and everyone knew they could get off Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, which had appeared as a young man named Rudy in a Captain America T-shirt. The whole scenario was like a badly-scripted sitcom. Creativity can be like that.

How people use their creativity depends upon their life experiences and the decisions they have made throughout their life. Rudy’s stories are no less real or valid to Rudy than the next person’s, and the next person’s judgments are equally real and valid to them, even though they are stories about Rudy’s stories. This is one way we use our creativity, and how the Creative Law works. The Creative Law of cause and effect doesn’t discriminate. It assumes people want the experience that automatically comes with their decisions and it cooperates with those decisions.

People use their imagination to make up stories all of the time, and those stories tend to rule that person’s life. Stories like, “There’s never enough,” can fill a person’s head and subsequently fill that person’s experience. This does not really mean there is not enough. It only means that the person believes there is not enough, and he or she subsequently experiences not-enough-ness because of that belief.

Everyone has heard, “It is done unto you as you believe.”

The master teacher didn’t say, “…as you wish you believe.” He said, “…as you believe.” He was talking about core beliefs, the beliefs that have become deeply embedded and reinforced for so long that they have become reality to that person. Core beliefs cause experiences that are consistent with the belief.

There are many beliefs centered around prosperity and “enoughness”. Some beliefs become experiences of lack and limitation and some become experiences of abundant good and well-being. Many people creatively and easily change their experience of prosperity or well-being or health by changing their beliefs about these ideas. This is where the work is, this is from where real freedom comes, and this work is the New Gospel, the newest Good News.

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Banishing Wheat Belly The Drawbacks of a Wheat-Dominated Diet

by Lee Walker

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r. William Davis, author of Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Path Back to Health, is a preventive cardiologist who has gone against the grain to expose yet another genetically engineered monstrosity, shedding light on the dark side of today’s commercial wheat crops.

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the people that came to see me had diabetes or pre-diabetes, I began asking patients to consider removing all wheat from their diets. This made sense to me due to wheat’s high glycemic index.

Foods made from this grain raise blood sugar higher than nearly all other foods, including table sugar. The next logical step was to reduce blood sugar by eliminating wheat—organic, multigrain, whole grain and sprouted—from anyone’s diet.

Patients that followed my simple

directives and replaced the lost calories with healthy foods such as vegetables, raw nuts, meats, eggs, avocados, olives and olive oil returned three months later with lower fasting blood sugars and lower glycohemoglobin levels, which tests how well diabetes is being controlled.

Some diabetics became non-diabetics and pre-diabetics became non-prediabetic. On average, these people each lost about 30 pounds and experienced relief from arthritis and joint pains, acid reflux, migraine headaches, edema and

irritable bowel syndrome, as well as other conditions. Some even reported that they no longer needed inhalers for asthma.

Initially, it seemed like these positive results were just odd coincidences.

However, based on the overwhelming number of incidences, I clearly saw that it was a real and repeatable phenomenon. I began systematically removing wheat from all my patients’ diets and continued to witness similar turnarounds in health.

Research related to agricultural genetics, an area largely ignored by medical doctors, and my own interviews with U.S. Department of Agriculture experts substantiated what my own anecdotal evidence has revealed.

Why has wheat suddenly become such a health threat?

The wheat we eat today is not the same wheat our grandmothers used for baking.

In the 1970s, in anticipation of a global population explosion and world hunger issues, a well-meaning University of Minnesota-trained geneticist developed a hybridized strain of high-yielding dwarf wheat. By 1985, all wheat products were made from the altered dwarf strain, which now comprises 99 percent of all wheat grown worldwide.

By weight, this modern wheat is approximately 70 percent carbohydrate, in a highly digestible form of a starch known as amylopectin A, which converts more easily to blood sugar than nearly all other simple or complex food carbohydrates. Gram-for-gram, wheat increases blood sugar and causes insulin problems to a greater degree than even potato chips or table sugar.

Wheat, which now typically comprises 20 percent of all the calories we consume, is in hundreds of prepared foods such as instant soups, salad dressings, candy and granola. In 1970, this wasn’t true. Wheat was only in such foods as bread, rolls, cookies and cake, and it was in a natural form.

How does a wheat-dominated diet compromise health?

Eating a wheat-based cereal for breakfast, wheat crackers and pretzels for snacks, two slices of whole wheat bread for lunch and whole wheat pasta for dinner results in too much exposure

to amylopectin A, and repeated spikes in blood sugar levels. This leads to insulin resistance and cultivates the growth of visceral fat in the abdomen, which tends toward diabetes and other inflammatory responses.

Even worse, the gliadin protein in wheat is an opiate that stimulates appetite and addictive eating behavior (it does not relieve pain). All this plus the direct intestinal toxic effects of the wheat germ agglutinin protein in wheat add up to a destructive ingredient that spurs acid reflux, bowel urgency and irritable bowel syndrome, and leads to inflammation in various organs.

Describe how eliminating wheat has affected you.

Thirty pounds ago, I was an enthusiastic consumer of “healthy whole grains,” who relied on pots of coffee or walking and other exercise to maintain focus and energy. My cholesterol values reflected my wheat-consuming habits: HDL 27 mg/dl [milligrams per deciliter of good cholesterol] (very low), triglycerides 350 mg/dl (very high), and blood sugars in the diabetic range (161 mg/dl). I had high blood pressure of 150/90 and excess weight around my middle.

Eliminating wheat from my diet reversed all of these conditions without drugs, including the struggle to maintain attention and focus. Overall, I feel better today at 54 than I felt at 30.

Are gluten-free foods the answer?

Commercially produced gluten-free foods made with tapioca, cornstarch or rice starch—all poor replacements for wheat—are destructive to the body.

Homemade or locally made glutenfree foods absent such ingredients are better, as are the free recipes available via WheatBellyBlog.com.

Millet, quinoa and amaranth, whole grains that lack most of the undesirable properties of modern wheat, are better but not necessarily safe in unlimited quantities because most people today have spent their lives overexposed to carbohydrates. Eating only small portions of these non-wheat grains is key.

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INJURY-FREE YOGA Proven Approaches for Safe Practice

by Lynda Bassett

Between 15 and 20 million Americans practice yoga, spending an estimated $5.7 billion annually on classes and accessories. National Yoga Month, in September, reminds us to always make personal safety a guiding principle during practice sessions. Experts advise the following guidelines for practicing injury-free yoga.

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ike any kind of movement, yoga involves some risk,” says Devarshi Steven Hartman, dean of the Kripalu School of Yoga, headquartered in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. “The level of risk depends on the individual’s age, physical condition, limitations, emotional state, previous injuries, strength, time of day, awareness, type of movement and how much weight bearing is taking place.”

It’s not uncommon for both seasoned athletes and yoga neophytes to push too hard in the beginning. Dr. Loren Fishman, medical director at Manhattan Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, says, “The three leading causes of injury are an overenthusiastic student, improper alignment and poor teaching.”

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are particularly prone to injury, counsels Hartman. “Twisting and contorting poses can cause undue pressure,” so take things slowly and stop if pain occurs.

Practice correct alignment. Experts agree that proper alignment is key to injury-free yoga. “There’s a lot to proper alignment; it’s integral to being a yoga teacher,” says Fishman. A good one will walk the room to make sure everyone has the correct form, keeping the vertebrae more or less in line, even in a certification and level of experience. twisting pose.

YogaAlliance.org maintains a well- Seek modifying options. Instructors respected registry of instructors that must teach modifications in poses to achave been certified as registered yoga commodate the individual, often using teachers (RYT). props such as blocks and straps.

Analyze the class level. Consider Learn to breathe. Proper breathing the name of the class, plus the level of cannot be overemphasized. “Kripalu’s advancement. New students may want teaching methodology, for example, to begin with a gentle, restorative or emphasizes coordinating movement yin-type class. To reduce any risk, “Sign with breath because it is one of the up for classes that are one level lower leading ways to prevent injury,” Hartthan where you are,” advises Fishman. man says.

Ask how many students are allowed in Go with a teacher that underthe class; a smaller size means more stands anatomy. A teacher with such one-on-one attention. a background knows not only how

Speak out. “Don’t be afraid to ask muscles move, but also how they move questions,” Fishman emphasizes; get together. Experts in yoga understand to the class early, introduce yourself kinesiology—the natural synergies and to the teacher and perhaps audit vari- limits to muscle and joint movement, ous classes. Good instructors always according to Fishman. Nardini further ask students about their health and emphasizes the importance of teaching fitness history. transitions between poses.

Look for special needs groups. Consider prior injuries. “People “You can get really specific in choosing think of yoga as a healing practice. That the right yoga class, whether it focuses on does not [necessarily] mean it will help back care or other therapeutic yoga,” heal a previous injury,” says Nardini. “It’s notes Nardini. possible you can make it even worse.”

Exercise caution. Certain areas of Those with previous injuries, plus elderly the body, like the back, neck and limbs, individuals and expectant mothers, must take extra safety precautions.

Remember that yoga is not about competition. “Don’t be afraid to take a time out,” says Fishman. “Or go into a child’s or modified child’s pose if you need to.”

I n t h e e n d , “ Yo g a i s a b o u t increasing awareness of the body. A well-schooled yoga teacher intends to create individual, empowering experiences,” concludes Hartman.

Lynda Bassett is a freelance writer based near Boston, MA. Connect at LyndaBassett.com.

Yoga is renowned for increasing physical flexibility, balance and range of motion, while decreasing stress. Yet, as with any form of exercise, injuries may result from improper practice.

Many aspirants feel they have to master a pose right away; thus, a “Type A” person may have the most potential for injury, observes Sadie Nardini, New York City-based founder of Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga and host of Cable TV’s Viera Living’s daily yoga show, Rock Your Yoga.

Some instructors may have a vigorous Type A attitude, as well. “Keep looking if you feel pushed,” she advises.

Choosing a style is less important than choosing the instructor best suited to the student’s needs. “Finding the right teacher,” says Nardini, “is kind of like dating. Keep looking until you find your match.”

Proven Guidelines

Here are some safe approaches and injury-prevention tips from experienced yogis.

Research the teacher. Investigate a yoga instructor’s credentials before signing up for a class, advises Meredith Montgomery, a board member of the Yoga Health Foundation and publisher of Natural Awakenings’ Mobile/Baldwin edition. Read the instructor’s biography to verify his or her professional training,

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PEACE MAIL Spreading Good Will on Earth Through Art

by April Thompson

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ainter Franck de Las Mercedes, of New York City, has combined a pair of hopeful concepts—world peace and free art for all—in a quickly broadening art initiative inspired by an “Aha!” moment at the local post office.

“I had always painted on the boxes I shipped my paintings in,” relates the native Nicaraguan. “One day, a postal clerk commented that my boxes were like works of art. I thought about how I had prompted the worker to pause in her everyday routine and wondered, ‘What if I shared my painting on the outside of a box, rather than the inside, and what if it carried a message of peace?’”

Since that pivotal 2006 encounter, the artist has sent more than 10,600 abstractly painted, pre-paid boxes, labeled with messages like, “Handle with Care: Contains Peace,” to individuals in 70 countries, as part of his Priority Boxes Art Project. Each empty box is symbolically “full” of meaning, engaging the thought of the recipient as well as the sender, plus the interpretation of all those handling it throughout its postal journey.

De Las Mercedes hopes that his painted-message boxes will stimulate new ways of communicating through art. He maintains, “We shouldn’t have to wait for world leaders to take a stand or create peace; it can begin through interpersonal dialogue.”

While many people write to the artist requesting boxes for themselves, others order them for loved ones.

Requests vary widely, from a death row inmate that asked for a box for his daughter and a mom that wanted to give one to her son, a leukemia sufferer whose daily highlight was a trip to the family mailbox. The brightly painted

boxes also have helped reconcile feuding friends and family members, serving as a peace offering from one to the other. It all helps to bring feelings of greater peace and understanding to the human race, one person at a time.

More than 100 schools across the United States have adopted the project, with students creating their own versions of the peace box in the classroom. School-sponsored peace boxes reach patients in hospitals and military personnel overseas and have been used in interschool box exchanges to support anti-bullying campaigns.

It would be difficult to find a group that couldn’t benefit from such fresh inspiration.

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To request a box, make a donation or start a local peace art project, visit fdlmStudio.com/PriorityBoxes.html.

April Thompson is a freelance writer i n Wa s h i n g t o n , D.C. Connect at AprilWrites.com.

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Functional Medicine Taking the Whole Toolbox Approach

by Kathleen Barnes

Once called “alternative” medicine, then “holistic” or “comple- mentary” and later “integrative”, the newest evolution is “functional” medicine, designed to search out the underlying causes of illnesses in order to carry out effective treatment.

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onventional medicine is like a carpenter that only has a hammer to work with, while functional medicine doctors are working with a full toolkit,” says the author of From Fatigued to Fantastic, National Medical Director of Fibromyalgia & Fatigue Centers, Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, of Kona, Hawaii.

Conventional medicine addresses symptoms instead of diseases, explains Los Angeles functional medicine practitioner Dr. Hyla Cass, author of 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health: A Take Charge Plan for Women. “It tends to treat the symptoms with more and more medications that cause a host of other side effects that also need to be treated and can result in declining health, rather than increased vitality.”

“Functional medicine, rather than simply ‘chasing symptoms’ while ignoring the causes, searches for and addresses environmental factors, nutritional deficiencies, genetic tendencies, biochemical dysfunctions and emotional and social stressors that can together cause the development of symptoms,” adds Dr. Adiel TelOren. He operates Eco-Health Clinics internationally (the U.S. site is in Minneapolis, Minnesota) and serves as president emeritus and professor of nutrition and functional medicine with the California-based University of

Natural Medicine.

In every case, it takes some investigation to get to the heart of the problems, and the solutions can take many forms. “For example, depression, insomnia and obesity aren’t diseases; they are symptoms,” says Cass. “If we can find the underlying cause of these symptoms, we can address the problem permanently.”

An allopathic approach, on the other hand, would routinely recommend a pill to lower temperature for high fever, prescribe a synthetic pill to elevate

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mood in treating depression, or look to pharmacological anti-inflammatory drugs for simple immune reactions.

Tel-Oren is among those that link a vast number of illnesses to stress: “Diverse conditions such as fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, heart disease, diabetes, mood and cognitive disorders, various autoimmune disorders, premenstrual syndrome, temporomandibular joint issues, chronic pelvic pain, interstitial cystitis, chronic low back pain, chemical and food sensitivities, allergies, asthma and cancer all seem to share common courses of formation.

The common denominator for these disturbances appears to be chronic stress.”

Dr. Mark Hyman, chair of the Institute for Functional Medicine, in Lenox, Massachusetts, elaborates: “Functional medicine seeks to create balance in the body by looking at seven keys to achieving wellness: nutrition, hormones, inflammation, digestion, detoxification, energy metabolism and a calm mind. We work through the entire system, help people identify patterns and return the body to balance.”

Hyman is a strong advocate of nutrition as the basis for restoring balance to the body. “Food is the most powerful medicine we have, more powerful than any drug, more powerful than anything you’ll ever find in a pill bottle,” he says.

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Teitelbaum notes, “Conventional medicine is basically run on economics, so doctors are too often influenced by drug company marketing messages masquerading as science that encourage expensive treatments, regardless of their toxicity.” In stark contrast, “Functional medicine instead looks for the lowest cost treatment that is supported by medical evidence.”

Conventional Medicine Case in Point

Fibromyalgia, for example,

encompasses a basket of symptoms, usually beginning with overall body pain with specific pain points. Other common symptoms can include extreme fatigue, facial pain, irritable bowel syndrome, memory loss and brain fog, depression, numbness and tingling, palpitations, insomnia and headaches, including migraines.

“Until a few years ago, conventional medicine decided you were crazy if you complained of these symptoms,” advises Teitelbaum. “Then some expensive medications came out—promoted by

$210 million a year in advertising; so now, patients are instead being told to take medications with lots of side effects.”

The most common conventionally prescribed drugs for fibromyalgia target symptoms of insomnia, depression, nerve pain and inflammation. According to Teitelbaum, the vast majority of people treating with these medications continue to experience the same symptoms over a five-year period; only 25 to 35 percent report some improvement.

I t ’s d i f f i c u l t t o d e t e r m i n e how many Americans suffer from f i b r o mya l g i a b e c a u s e m a ny g o undiagnosed (the average time from onset of symptoms to diagnosis is five years). Cure4Fibromyalgia.com estimates that 5 million Americans, or approximately 2 percent of the population, suffer from this disease.

Functional Medicine Alternative

“Functional medicine practitioners recognize that fibromyalgia represents an energy crisis in the body and use simple, appropriate and effective treatments with no harmful side effects,” says Teitelbaum. “Most often I use a SHINE protocol that I developed, based on 30 years of treating patients with chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, with a 90 percent success rate.”

His is just one example of the way functional medicine would treat a difficult-to-diagnose and to treat disease. Cass uses functional medicine very effectively against depression, addiction and a host of women’s health issues. Hyman specializes in managing diabetes and obesity with the tools of functional medicine.

“If other medicines worked as well as treatments used in functional medicine, I’d use them, but they don’t,” concludes Hyman. “My Hippocratic Oath says I must help relieve suffering. I can do that with the tools that functional medicine gives me.”

Kathleen Barnes is a natural health advocate, author and publisher. Eight Weeks to Vibrant Health: A Take Charge Plan for Women is among her many books. Visit KathleenBarnes.com.

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Making Allowances Learning to Manage Money at a Young Age

With an entitlement mindset, a child simply expects to be paid each week.

With an entrepreneur’s mindset, a child finds ways to create value and earn money through applied creativity.

by Sharon Lechter

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Instituting an allowance plan that works best for each child is a sound way to start teaching the value of money, budgeting and saving.

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y the time a child is 5 or 6, he or she should be able to understand how an allowance works and the reasons for receiving it. When deciding to pay a child an allowance, the family should first talk together about how he or she will be using the money.

Is the plan to save it or spend it?

Will a parent need to approve any purchases? Learning to consistently put away a portion in a savings account and perhaps gift another portion to charity become valuable life lessons. Many parents adopt the “three piggy bank” method to teach these lessons.

My 20 years of experience working with parents and teens has shaped a practical framework of four proven strategies to help a family wisely communicate this mutual commitment and set parameters, including a policy as to the amount and frequency of payment.

Allowance decisions can differ from one child to the next in the same family.

Personal responsibility: There should be no financial reward for things that children need to do for their own health and development, such as responsibly heading to bed on time after brushing their teeth. One father shared that he had to pay his son to brush his teeth every morning and night, so who was in charge?

Family or social responsibility: Tasks that contribute to the family or social environment should not result in financial reward, such as washing the dishes or reading to a younger sibling.

One mother, after explaining the plan to her children and consistently applying it, saw their attitude transform in just a

couple of weeks. Instead of fighting, the three kids now work together each night to clean up after dinner without arguing.

Paying for completion of specific tasks: Determine and agree to guidelines that include the general tasks or duties that are expected, the performance of which will result in earning the specified allowance. By defining what is over and above personal, family or social responsibility, parents encourage and reward children for their extra efforts.

Those same kids agreeably cleaning up after meals may also be thinking of extra chores around the house to earn their allowances.

E n c o u ra g i n g a c h i l d ’s entrepreneurial spirit: Inspire children to think of creative ways to earn money and watch in pleased amazement at how creative they become when they really want something. One 12-yearold now has a business collecting cans from all of his neighbors and is earning $100 every other week. He was able to buy the faster skateboard he wanted and even justified it as a business expense, because he could collect the cans more quickly with it.

Providing structure and enabling communication in a family’s approach to allowances is critical to ensuring that children learn good money habits that will serve them well for life. It’s a mutually constructive way to teach principles related to the importance of saving, spending less than they earn and consistently giving back to their community.

The answer to the question of whether or not to pay a child an allowance and under what conditions rests with the parents. The greater and more vital question is what mindset do they want to create and nurture within their children: a sense of entitlement or an entrepreneurial spirit? The foundational choice is theirs.

Sharon Lechter is CEO of Pay Your Family First, creator of the ThriveTime for Teens life and money reality board game and co-author of Outwitting the Devil, Three Feet from Gold and Rich Dad Poor Dad. A recognized financial education expert, she is a member of the National CPAs Financial Literacy Commission. Learn more at SharonLechter.com.

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MEETING ROOM for presentations, therapy groups, meditation, workshops, etc. Midtown location, off-street parking. Rates modest, flexible.

Lotus Massage & Wellness Center, 2850 E Grant, 520-326-7700, LotusTucson.com.

MEETING ROOM AND PRACTITIONER ROOMS for rent at SpiritsChild Metaphysical Center, Orange Grove and Thornydale. SpiritsChild, 520-744-4402.

NONFORCE NETWORK CHIROPRACTIC and Allergy Elimination techniques. 15 years experience in Tucson. See ad and practitioner listings. 520-296-5899. DesertMountainHealth.com.

PART-TIME COLON HYDROTHERAPIST wanted. Certification, communication & marketing skills, nutrition & detox knowledge and managerial skills required. Sheila Shea, Intestinal Health Institute. 520-325-9686 or Intestines@SheilaShea.com.

CLASS/SEMINAR SPACE Large room in healing center near downtown for workshops, weekly classes, full-time rental. Many rental options. Treatment space also available. Karen, 520-940-0486.

SEEKING VENDORS FOR FARMER’S MARKETS throughout Tucson with produce, prepared food, “green”/ecological products, health conscious items, artisans and health practitioners. Ed, 520-603-8116.

GET WELL AND STAY WELL WITH ACUPUNCTURE A unique medical approach. Children and adults welcome. Contact Annie, Golden Mountain Acupuncture, 520-991-5614.

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

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

Free Community Sing – 1-4pm. Folksinger Ted Warmbrand leads a community sing. No songbooks or instruments permitted; only voices and goodwill are required. First Christian Church, 740 E Speedway Blvd. 520-624-8695.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

Vermiculture Display – 10am-3pm. Gardens volunteer David Jester talks about pillbugs, redworms, grubs and mealworms, and how they help return nutrients to the Earth. Free with admission. Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N Alvernon Way. 520-3269686. TucsonBotanical.org.

Geology and Wildlife for Families – 1:30pm. Educational activities. Carr House Visitor Information Center. More info: HuachucaMountains.org.

Benefits of Animal Reiki – 1-2:15pm. Join Andra’s Animal Reiki Therapy for this presentation by Andra S. Ewton. Free. The Center for Advanced Energy Therapeutics, 1976 N Kolb Rd. RSVP required: 520-882-0292, AndraART@cox.net, AndraART.com.

EFT Drop-in Group – Sundays, 3-4:30pm. Don’t let stress build up, be emotionally free from everyday worries, stress, anxiety, pain or negative behaviors.

Maria Kingsley, EFT Practitioner: 520-780-0170.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

Prickly Pear Cactus Fruit Classes – 10:30am. Author Jean Groen teaches how to harvest and cook with prickly pear fruit in season. $9, $4.50/ages 5-12, free/under 5, includes admission. Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Hwy 60, Superior. 520-689-2811.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

PsychoNeuroImmunology: How Challenge Boosts Vitality – 9am-3pm. With Patrick Moore. 5 CE hours. $110. A Rich Experience, 7435 N Oracle Rd, Ste 101.

520-544-8086. ARichExperience.com.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5

Birding at Sweetwater Wetlands – 8-9:30am. Birding expert Doris Evans leads a walk for ages 12 and older to see a variety of wintering and migrating birds and raptors along easy trails. Free. Sweetwater Wetlands, 2667 W Sweetwater Dr. Reservations required: 520-615-7855 or EEducation@Pima.gov.

UA Cancer Center Monthly Educational Support Meeting – 12-1:30pm. Topic: Write To Heal: Embodying Positive Values Handed Down In Our Families. With Deborah Mayaan, MA and Rabbi Stephanie Aaron. University of Arizona Cancer Center, Rm 2920, 1515 N Campbell Ave. Kathleen Pickrel: 520-694-4786.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6

International Gem and Jewelry Show – Sept 6-9.

10am-6pm. Jewelry, gems, gifts, cut stones, findings, Swarovski crystals, pearls, amber, minerals, stone decor and more. Jewelry-making classes daily. $8. Tucson Expo Center, 3750 E Irvington Rd. 213-629-3030.

Women Impacting Tucson – 11:20am-1pm. Guest speakers are Johanna Duffek of Communities in Schools Arizona, and mayoral aide Andrew Greenhill. $30, $20 with a reservation made by Sept. 6. Arizona Inn, 2200 E Elm St. Reservation: 520-323-3100 or ArizonaInn.com/WIT. Monsoon Nectar Demonstration – 2-5pm. 100% natural and organic skin care. Experience multi-purpose products for your face, body, and hair. Free samples.

New Frontiers Natural Market, 1420 Arizona 89A, Sedona. 928-282-6311, MonsoonNectar.com.

Habitat for Humanity Tucson Accepting Applications for Homeowners – 5:30-7pm. Attend a free information session to learn more about how to qualify for a Habitat home and a zero-interest mortgage. Habitat for Humanity Tucson, 621 W Lester St. 520-326-1217 x 212. HabitatTucson.org/Own.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

Monsoon Nectar Demonstration – 1-3pm. 100% natural and organic skin care. Experience multi-purpose products for your face, body, and hair. Free samples.

New Frontiers Natural Market, 1420 Arizona 89A, Sedona. 928-282-6311, MonsoonNectar.com.

World Harmony: Can It Happen? – 6:30-7:30pm.

Guest panelists attorney Bill Risner, Black Box Voting board member Jim March, and co-founder of AuditAZ discuss “Will Your Vote Count in the Upcoming Election?” Free. Access Tucson, 124 E Broadway Blvd. Register: 520-722-2837.

Heart Healthy Series – Tuesdays, Sept 4-Nov 20.

4-7pm. Instruction from physicians, nurses, counselors, and more. Includes Risk Factor evaluations; label reading; how to make healthy choices; stress reduction techniques; and much more. Information/ registration, Richy Feinberg: 520-797-2281.

IONS Tucson presents “The Questions We Live By” – 6:30-8pm. Carla Woody, MA, CHT, author of Standing Stark and Calling Our Spirits Home: Gateways to Full Consciousness. $5 suggested donation.

520-399-8285. IonsTucson.org.

Archaeology Café: Preserving a 20th-Century Downtown – 5:30-7:30pm. The Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation discuss the latest developments in downtown preservation projects at a no-host dinner.

Casa Vicente Restaurante Español, 375 S Stone Ave. Reservations: 520-882-6946 x 16.

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9/11 Run, Walk and Remember 5k – A 5K fun run and walk honors first responders’ and military response to the 9/11 tragedy. $30, $25 if registered before Sept 7.

Crossroads at Silverbell Park, 7548 N Silverbell Rd. Register: Active.com/Running.

WaterSmart Landscapes for Homeowners – 9am12pm, Hands-On Water-Wise Garden Design; 10am-12pm, Greywater Rebate Seminar. Free. Pima County Cooperative Extension, 4210 N Campbell Ave. Registration required, SmartScape Program: 520-626-5161, SmartScape.Pima@gmail.com.

Watergardening Possibilities – Sept 8-9. 9am-3pm. A self-guided tour of eight water gardens in and around Tucson. Tucson Koi and Water Gardens, 3372 N Dodge Blvd. 520-760-5565.

Bisbee Garden Tour – 10am. Self-guided tour of established gardens in the historic district and a variety of gardens in the Warren district. $15. Tickets & maps available in front of the Mining and Historical Museum at 5 Copper Queen Plaza. 520-432-3554.

International Day of Literacy – 10am-2pm. Games, food, music and dance performances by school and community groups, free books to take home and a tour of the Pima County Public Library Bookmobile celebrate and encourage literacy. Rudy Garcia Park, 5001 S Nogales Hwy. Mulrich@Pima.edu.

Meditation: One Pointed Attention –10-11am. Join us as we explore how the process of meditation can bring greater harmony into your life. Unity of Tucson 3617 N Camino Blanco Annex Room 3.

520-603-1558, Santmat.net.

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide – 1:30-3pm. Documentary addresses how oppressed people around the world create solutions to problems in health care, education and economic empowerment. Free. Woods Memorial Branch Library, 3455 N First Ave. 520-594-5445.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

Sierra Vista Garden Tour – 10am. A tour of lowwater landscapes and xeriscape gardens. Free. Sierra Vista. 458-8278 x 2141 or Waterwise.Arizona.edu.

Potluck – 12:15pm, bring what you like to eat and 1:30pm, film The Magic Hand of Chance. A true store.

Making the impossible possible can be tricky. See how it’s done. $5. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco. 520-577-3300.

Intro to Quantum Lightweaving – Sept 9 & 10.

1-4pm, Sun; 6:30-9:30pm, Mon. Come play in the quantum field of endless possibilities. Space limited. $30. NMC Fountain Plaza Bldg, Event Center.

Marcey DiCaro: 520-490-4149.

BraveHeart Women Resonate Chapter Meeting – 1-4pm. What’s all this about Divine Feminine energy? Let’s look at what’s blocking and step into it.

Mention Natural Awakenings, receive free pass ($40 value). Viscount Suites Hotel. Reserve seat. Sarah 520-290-3070, Sarah_520@msn.com.

Rebuilding the Foundations of Health – 1-6pm. A 3-month series with weekly sessions helping you change your eating habits, purchasing of food and how you see food. WellnessFirst!, 3861 N First Ave. Dr Saber &Arlene Siegel: 520-318-1478, ArlenehSiegel@gmail.com.

Reiki Level 2 Attunement – 1-6pm. Learn distance healing, Byosen scanning and other advanced teachings of Usui Reiki. Class size is limited to four. $150 includes manual and certificate. Central Tucson. Ann Baldwin, PhD: 520-795-4048. ABaldwin@MindBody-Science.com. Mind-Body-Science.com.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

WaterSmart Landscapes for Homeowners – 8:30sm12:30pm, Residential Drip Irrigation; 9-11am, Rainwater Harvesting. Free. Pima County Cooperative Extension, 4210 N Campbell Ave. Registration required, SmartScape Program: 520-626-5161, SmartScape.Pima@gmail.com.

Orientation for Prospective TMA Docents – 10am.

An informational meeting for anyone interested art and in learning about how docents support the Tucson Museum of Art. Free. 140 N Main Ave. 520-625-1217.

Block Party – 10am-12pm. Sunrise at River Road, a senior living home, is having a block party. Music, food, and fun: 10am, Tucson Trivia; 11am, Zumba® fitness class; 1pm, Pet Therapy presentation. Free lunch available. Sunrise at River Road, 4975 N 1st Ave. 520-888-8400.

Free Introductory Class to The Writers Studio – 6:30-8:30pm. WellnessFirst!, 3861 N First Ave. Eleanor Kedney: 520-743-8214 or Eleanor@WriterStudio.com.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

Critical Conversations – 10am-12pm. Are you or someone you know facing advanced illness? Be informed. Know your resources. Face your fears and find your way. Interfaith Community Services, 2820 W Ina Rd. 520-400-0274. PassagesEducation.org.

UA Poetry Center Reading – 7pm. C.D. Wright reads poetry selections. Free. UA Poetry Center, 1508 E Helen St. 520-626-3765. Poetry.Arizona.edu.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

Master Series Level 1 Intensive – Sept 14-16.

CE’s available for massage therapy. Kenyan Ranch, Tumacacori. Marcey DiCaro: 520-4904149, MarceysJourney@gmail.com. For info: QuantumLightweaving.com.

Fall Art Showcase – 4-7pm. Innovative Lighted Paper Sculptures by Jeanne Fellow. Free. Crizmac Art Marketplace, 1642 N Alvernon Way. More info: 520-834-7800, JeanneFellow@yahoo.com.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

Beads of Courage 5k and 1-Mile Family Fun Run/ Walk – 7:30am. Benefits Beads of Courage, Inc., a Tucson-based charity that provides arts programs for children coping with cancer. Agua Linda Farm.

Register & cost: Taggrun.com.

Apple Harvest Celebration – Sept 15-16. 7:30am5:30pm. Families enjoy a hayride ride to pick apples from the orchard. Free. Apple Annie’s Produce and Pumpkins, 2081 W Hardy Rd, Willcox.

520-384-2084.

Fall Arts and Crafts Show – 9am-3pm. More than three-dozen members of the Tucson Arts and Crafts Association exhibit and sell their works. Free. Tanque Verde Ranch, 14301 E Speedway Blvd. 520-7971751. TucsonArtsAndCrafts.org.

Health Awareness Fair – 10am-4pm. The Arizona Health Awareness Group will be holding its 2nd Health Fair. Join us for various healing modalities at very affordable prices. $20 for 20-/30-minute treatments. New Moon Haven. Deb Wood: 520-449-4892.

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Habitat for Humanity Tucson Accepting Applications for Homeowners – 11am-12:30pm. Attend a free information session to learn more about how to qualify for a Habitat home and a zero-interest mortgage. Miller-Golflinks Library, 9640 E Golf Links Rd. 520-326-1217 x 212. HabitatTucson.org/Own.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

Special Guest Speaker: Edwene Gaines – 1011:30am. Workshop, 2-4:30pm. At the Center for Spiritual Living Tucson’s Sunday Celebration Services and afternoon workshop. Nickerson Auditorium, 3231 N Craycroft Rd, 85712. 520-319-1042, Admin@TucsonCSL.org, TucsonCSL.org.

Inversion Play Day – 11-1pm. Yoga workshop for those interested in learning inversions and playing around with the postures in a non-competitive environment. 4425 N. Campbell Ave. Register online: Myselfcentered.com/schedule.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

The Relationship of Energy Work – 9am-4pm. With Patrick Moore. 6 CE hours. $132 A Rich Experience, 7435 N Oracle Rd, Ste 101. 520-544-8086.

ARichExperience.com.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

Annual Greek Festival – Sept 20-23. Authentic Greek food, beer and wine; live music and folk dancing; kids’ rides; cooking demonstrations; import sales; and lectures. $3, free/military or child age 12 & younger.

St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, 1145 E Fort Lowell Rd. 520-888-0505.

Harvest Festival – 3-6pm. A bean stomp, dance party and potluck. Free. Native Seeds/SEARCH Conservation Farm, 42 San Antonio Rd. NativeSeeds.org.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

Catalina State Park Trail Race – 6:30am. Events for walkers and runners of all skill levels cover a three-trail course including a stair climb. $35-$55.

Catalina State Park, Oracle Rd. 520-797-7867.

Register: EveryoneRuns.net.

Wellness Day – 12:30-5:30pm. Four sessions of alternative healing for $50 including, Hypnotherapy, EFT, Acupuncture, Soul Healing, Life Coaching, Reiki, Aromatherapy, Massage, Nutrition Counseling, etc. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco. Info: 520-303-6042 or Unitics@q.com.

Breakthrough Weight Loss Seminar – 8pm. Free seminar to learn about a new breakthrough technology showing you how to “finally lose your weight and keep it off.” Emeritus, 8151 E Speedway. Dr. John R. Keifer: 520-577-1717.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

Quilt, Craft and Sewing Festival – Sept 27-29.

10am-5pm. Representatives of sewing, quilting and embroidery machines and other sewing and creativearts vendors show their latest tools, supplies and patterns. Free. Tucson Expo Center, 3750 E Irvington Rd. 520-750-8000. QuiltCraftSew.com.

Tucson Oktoberfest – Sept 27-30. A family festival with food, beverages, a range of entertainment, a kids’ activity area, and more than 100 arts and crafts vendors. Hi Corbett Field, 3400 E Camino Campestre.

520-327-9467.

Creating Breast Health – 5:30-7pm. Learn reflexology protocol for breast health and lymph drainage.

Women only. $40 prepaid. WellnessFirst!, 3861 N First Ave. Jane McCutchen: 520-270-5020.

Friday, Sept 28th

Wo(men), Wine, & Wellness, An event to support Go Red for Women to decrease heart disease – 6-8pm.

Enjoy food, wine, live music, art, and wonderful people. 4425 N Campbell Ave. RSVP: Myselfcentered.com/schedule.

No Bull Flow Yoga Retreat September 28th-30th Take Action and make a Positive Life Choice!

Our retreats are designed to take people on a journey of self discovery. Masterful yoga practice and peaceful meditation combined with healthy meals will leave you mentally clear, stress free and physically empowered!

Register today!

http://arizonapoweryoga.com/ eventstucsonyoga/ For more information email Liz Lloyd: liz@arizonaschoolofyoga.com

Urban Retreat: Meditations for Relaxation – Session 1: 2-3pm; Session 2: 3:30-4:30pm; Session 3: 5-6:pm. Escape the stress and worries of the day and move into the stillness of your own mind. Excellent for beginners. $5/session, $12/day. 520-441-1617.

MeditationInTucson.org.

Cooks and Chords Benefit for Multiple Sclerosis – 6-9pm. Acoustic music, a raffle, a silent auction and stations of chef-prepared dishes paired with spirits. Chinese Cultural Center, 1288 W River Rd. 520-455-3958. Tickets & info: ArizonaMS.org.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

Discovering the Desert’s Bounty – 2-4pm. Workshop on how the desert’s variety of trees, cacti and plants have been used by indigenous communities. $17.50 includes park admission. Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel St. Reservations recommended: 520-398-2252.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

AIWC Meeting – “Trauma and the Body” with Adena Bank Lees & Dr. Marlo Archer. For details: AZIntegrative.org.

NaturalTucson.com

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

Autumn Moon Festival – Enjoy dinner, moon cakes, paper lanterns, dancing and other Chinese traditions related to harvest time. $15, $10/member, $5/child, free child who brings a paper lantern. Tucson Chinese Cultural Center, 1288 W River Rd. 520-292-6900.

TreeHouse Farm Festival – 12-4pm. Part farm tour and part farmers’ market. Hands-on projects, gardening classes, and a chance to meet the farm animals and eat strawberries from the vine in a greenhouse. $5. TreeHouse Farm, 116 Camino Agave, Elgin.

520-576-0066.

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Habitat for Humanity Tucson Accepting Applications for Homeowners – 1-3:30pm. Attend a free information session to learn more about how to qualify for a Habitat home and a zero-interest mortgage. Mission Branch Library, 3770 S Mission Rd. 520-326-1217 x 212. HabitatTucson.org/Own. Path of the Shaman – Sept 29-30. 1-5pm, Sat; 1-4pm, Sun. With Jim Davis. A 2-day Initiation into Shamanic Journeying and direct revelation with Spirit guides/ Power animals. $65/in advance, $75/at door. New Moon Haven. 520-825-9044. NewMoonHaven.com.

Psychic Fair: Church Fundraiser – 2-5pm. Variety of readings: Spiritual One-on-One, Crystal ball, Abstract Art, Psychometry, Sea shells, Tarot Cards and Tea. All proceeds go to the Hi church. $20/15-min reading. Church of Mankind, 1231 S Van Buren Ave. 520-461-2910, 520-790-7374.

ongoingevents sunday Bruno Groening Circle of Friends Community Hours – Sept 15. Help, healing on the Spiritual Path.

Free. University of Arizona Medical Center, 1501 N Campbell Ave, Room E, cafeteria. Evey Weissman: 520-904-4801, Weissmae@email.arizona.edu.

Bruno-Groening.org/English.

Inspirational Services – 10am-2pm. Word of inspiration, healing, meditation, psychic messages.

United Fellowship Chapel, 4718 E Hawthorne St. 520-327-0142.

Are you “Spiritual but not religious?” – 10:30am.

Join us as we explore practical, positive teachings that will transform your life. Child care available. Unity Church of Peace, 1551 S Eastside Loop, Ste 121.

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

Community Interfaith Church Services – 11am.

Sunday Celebration Service, healing the planet, honoring all religions as legitimate pathways to God. Rev. George Wrigley. 6265 N La Canada, at Orange Grove, SW corner. 520-861-8734.

CommunityInterfaithChurch.com.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

Miracle Marketplace – 8am-5pm, Sun & Sat. Fresh organic produce at the Monterey Court Farmers’ Market. New vendors always welcome. Ample parking. 505 W Miracle Mile, one block west of Oracle Rd at 14th Ave. 520-207-2429 x 2, Marketplace@ MontereyCourtAZ.com, MontereyCourtAZ.com.

Meditation Teacher Training –We aim to deepen the effectiveness of meditation instruction through an advanced teacher training and certification program.

Courses available live and online. No experience necessary. info@meditationpracticeinstitute.org, http://ItsMoreThanYouThink.org/.

Silent Prayer and Meditation – 8:50-9:30am.

Enjoy the peace of shared silence in spiritual community. Unity Church of Peace welcomes all who wish to explore their innate Wholeness.

1551 S Eastside Loop, Ste 121. 520-546-3696.

Info@UnityChurchOfPeaceAZ.com.

Sunday Service – 11am. Coffee & conversation, 10:30am. Celebrating the Unity of God and Man, Worship, Healing, Prophesy. The Temple of Universality. Masonic Temple, 3590 N. Country Club Rd., Country Club & Prince. Founder Rev. Betty Tatalajski: 520-884-5340. TempleOfUniversality@gmail.com.

TheTempleOfUniversality.org.

Eric Hansen’s Benefit Concert – 2pm. Our beloved Eric has gazillion medical bills. David Prouty, Mike Padilla, Rachel Allen, Anna Mello, Barbara and Bill Harris will perform. Donation $15-$50. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco. 520-270-5000.

Community Meditation –9-9:45am. Various styles of meditation are offered. Open to beginning meditators and experienced ones looking for a sangha to meditate with. Free. Yoga Connection, 3929 E Pima.

520-323-1222 or YogaConnection.org.

Church of Mankind Services – 2pm. Come to the healing chair and receive laying-on of hands or messages from your Angels and Guides during services. Church of Mankind, 1231 S Van Buren Ave. 520-461-2910, 520-790-7374.

God Dwells Within – 9-10am: Meditation. 10-11am: Service. Inspirational services harmonize body, mind, and soul with Paramahansa Yogananda’s timeless, scientific methods of yoga meditation.

Tucson Meditation Group of Self-Realization Fellowship, 1702 E Prince Rd, Ste 140. 520-792-6544.

TucsonMeditationGroup.com.

EFT Drop-In Group – 3-4:30pm. Don’t let stress or discomfort take the fun out of life. Feel relief and free of anxiety, worries, pain or lack. Tap it away. Learn how to and benefit from group energy. Maria Kingsley, EFT Practitioner. Swan & Pima. 520-780-0170.

planahead WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3

Critical Conversations – 1-3pm. Are you or someone you know facing advanced illness? Be informed. Know your resources. Face your fears and find your way. Rincon Congregational, United Church of Christ, 122 N Craycroft. 520-400-0274.

PassagesEducation.org.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7

BraveHeart Women Resonate Chapter Meeting – 1-4pm. What’s all this about Divine Feminine energy?

Let’s look at what’s blocking and step into it. Mention Natural Awakenings, receive free pass ($40 value).

Viscount Suites Hotel. Reserve seat. Sarah 520-2903070, Sarah_520@msn.com.

Mystic Messengers Psychic Fair – 9am-4pm. 1st Sun (2nd Sun if a holiday). Readers, healers, intuitives, vendors. Admission free. Readings and healings: $20 for 15 mins. Windmill Suites, St Philip’s Plaza (Campbell & River). 520-742-9905.

ReadersAndHealers.com.

Practical Christianity with Applications for Day To Day Living – 9am & 11am. Learn how. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco. 520-577-3300.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11

Tucson Farmers’ Market at St. Philips Plaza – 9am1pm. Organic produce, fresh baked goods, custom blended teas, fresh roasted coffees, range-fed meats, gourmet soups and sauces, tamales and more. Intersection of River & Campbell. 520-882-2157.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21

Yogananda Gathering – 9am. 3rd Sun. Attune to Yogananda’s teachings through chanting, meditation affirmations, readings and the beautiful Festival of Light ceremony. Talk “Egotism and Desire: The Thieves of Happiness.” Food and fellowship follows. 1002 E Prince Rd. Elizabeth: 520-299-9309.

AnandaArizona.org.

4th Annual Multifaith Pride Service – 7-9pm. Heart and blessings dedicated to celebrating the lives and relationships of Tucson’s LGBTQ community. Raise funds for Habitat for Humanity’s Rainbow Build.

Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 E Adams St. 520-306-0157. HabitatTucson.org.

Benefits of Animal Reiki – 1-2:15pm. Join Andra’s Animal Reiki Therapy for this presentation by Andra S. Ewton. Free. The Center for Advanced Energy Therapeutics, 1976 N Kolb Rd. RSVP required: 520-882-0292, AndraART@cox.net, AndraART.com.

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Advice for Life and Prayers for World Peace – 10am.

Everyone welcome. Free. Kadampa Meditation Center, Arizona (formerly Tara Center), 1701 E Miles St. 520-441-1617. MeditationInTucson.org.

Center for Spiritual Living Tucson’s Sunday Celebration Services – 10am, meditation; 10:30-11:30am, service. Nickerson Auditorium, 3231 N Craycroft Rd, 85712. 520-319-1042, Admin@TucsonCSL.org, TucsonCSL.org.

Curves Laughter YogHA Club – 5:30pm. Free and open to the public. 2816 N Campbell Ave, Albertson’s Center, northeast corner Glenn & Campbell. Gita: 520-777-7544.

Sunday Feast and Festival – 5:30-8pm. Musical mantra chanting: 5:30pm. Spiritual discourse: 6pm. Ancient Arati ceremony consisting of music, chanting, and dancing: 6:30pm. Govinda’s legendary 7-course feast: 7pm. $3. Govinda’s Natural Foods, 711 E Blacklidge Dr. 520-792-0630.

GovindasOfTucson.com.

Self-Realization Fellowship – 6-8pm. Tucson Meditation Group. Teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda. 1702 E Prince Rd, Ste 140. 520-792-6544.

TucsonMeditationGroup.com.

Satsang of Swami Amar Jyoti – 7:30pm. Wisdom Teachings of classical, universal spirituality, chanting and meditation. Library and bookshop open at 6:30pm. Aarati (worship) at 7pm. Free. Desert Ashram, 3403 W Sweetwater Dr. 520-743-0384.

monday Aarati at Jyoti Mandir (Temple of Light) – 6:30am & 7pm, daily. You are welcome for Sanskrit Chanting, Worship and Meditation every day morning and evening. Free. Desert Ashram, 3403 W Sweetwater Dr. 520-743-0384.

Green Valley Farmers’ Market – 9am-1pm. Organic produce, organic meats and eggs, prepared food, baked items, body care products, coffee, teas, jams, jellies, soaps, artisans and live music. La Posada, Continental and S Park Centre Ave. Ed: 520-603-8116.

White Eagle World Healing Meditations – 10-11am.

A nice way to begin the week using White Eagle channeled books of Spiritual Unfoldment. Start any time. Free. Metaphysics World, 2559 E Broadway Blvd. 520-884-5340.

Elder Circles – 10:30am. 3rd Mon. The Wisdom Journey, a safe, respectful place for harvesting your life. A project of Center for Community Dialogue. Requires registration at OASIS. Fee. Oasis, 2099 E River Rd. Confirm meeting: 520-298-6542.

DelJonesAZ@cox.net. OurFamilyServices.org.

Stillness Meditation Group – 1:30-2:30pm. For patients, families, staff and community. Free. Kiewit Auditorium Room 2951, The University of Arizona Cancer Center University Campus, 1515 N Campbell.

Marsha Drozdoff, ACSW: 520-694-4605. Kathleen Pickrel, LMSW: 520-694-4786.

Qigong Class – 6-7pm. A gentle practice that activates your body’s meridian pathways, loosens your joints, and clears/moves stagnant chi. Pre-payment discounts available. Caritas Center for Healing, 330 E 16th St. Oliver: 520-881-0723 or OliversOasis7@gmail.com.

CaritasHealing.com.

NW Global Chant – 6:30pm. 1st & 3rd Mon. Group Chanting from all spiritual traditions. No musical experience necessary. Free. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 3601 W Cromwell Dr. 520-260-1515.

520-304-4812.

Ganoderma Coffee – English Conference: Monday 7:00pm. Spanish Conference: Tuesday/Thursday 7:00pm. Learn more about Ganoderma. Consultant Luis & Alma Celaya invite you as their guest at Los Portales Restaurant, 2615 S. 6th Ave. 520-955-4398.

Community Meditation – 7-8pm. Various styles of meditation are offered. Open to beginning meditators and experienced ones looking for a sangha to meditate with. Free. Yoga Connection, 3929 E Pima.

520-323-1222. YogaConnection.org.

tuesday Certified Reiki Master/Life Coach – Promote healing through stress reduction and relaxation. Learn new life skills and explore the possibilities. Practitioner, Sheryl Brown. $30/hr session. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco. By appt: 520-907-8983.

EnrichmentLifeCoaching.com.

Community Food Bank Farmers’ Market – 8am12pm. Fresh food from AZ farmers, demonstrations and samples. Cash, food stamp benefits, AZ FMNP checks welcome. 3003 S Country Club. 520-6220525. CommunityFoodBank.org.

Belly Dancing for Fun – 10-11am. Women only. All belly types welcomed. DeeAnn Saber teaches you more ways to have fun with your own body. $5/ seniors, $10/others. WellnessFirst!, 3861 N First Ave. DeeAnn: 520-668-0039.

Free Energy Field Analysis Q & A – 10am-12pm.

Got a nagging health concern? Call with a specific health question and receive information unique to your health. Sponsored by The Healing Clinic - Where You Heal It. Cheryl Jeffries, Certified Practitioner.

520-309-8726.

Manual Lymph Drainage – 1-5pm by appt. Support lymphatic health and manage lymphedema. Justine Robbins, MEd, LMT, Certified Lymphedema Therapist. Affordable to community. UMC North Supportive Care, 3838 N Campbell Ave. 520-694-1812.

Free Community Yoga – 2:30-3:30pm. Join us to begin, expand or enhance yoga practice. All levels of experience welcome. Yoga Connection, 3929 E Pima. 520-323-1222. YogaConnection.org.

Ventana Plaza, Farmers’ Market – 3-7pm. Organic produce, organic meats and eggs, prepared food, baked items, body care products, coffee, teas, jams, jellies, soaps, artisans and live music. Sunrise and Kolb. Ed: 520-603-8116.

Energization, Chanting and Meditation – 5pm, West or 6pm, East. Practice techniques taught by Paramahansa Yogananda. Free. Two locations: West, 3009 N Gaia Place (Grant/Silverbell/Goret Rd), 520-7431948. East, 4651 N Tierra Alta Dr (Catalina Hwy/ Houghton). 520-607-7760. AnandaArizona.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. Free. St. Francis in the Foothills, River & Swan, Rm 30. Loti: 520-490-5500; Jana: 520-325-9036.

East Central Global Chant – 6:30pm, 4th Tues.

Group chanting from all spiritual traditions. No musical experience necessary. Free. Atria Valley Manor, 5549 E Lee. ActOnWisdom.com/Global-Chant.

Ascended Masters’ Introductory Classes – 6:307:45pm. Release Light from your Individualized I AM Presence with assistance from the ascended masters. Call for dates & location: 520-795-4147 TempleOfThePresence.org.

Taize Meditation Service – 6:45pm. 1st & 3rd Tues.

Taize is a service of prayer, song, readings, silence and meditation. Free. St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 602 N Wilmot Rd at 5th St. 520-749-7950.

SJTucson@aol.com.

Alice Bailey Books – 7pm. Presently reading Initiation, Human and Solar, channeled to Alice A. Bailey

by Djwhal Khul. Facilitated by Rev. Inger Mason, followed by guided meditation. Start any time. Free.

520-331-5252.

Ganoderma Coffee – English Conference: Monday 7:00pm. Spanish Conference: Tuesday/Thursday 7:00pm. Learn more about Ganoderma. Consultant Luis & Alma Celaya invite you as their guest at Los Portales Restaurant, 2615 S. 6th Ave. 520-955-4398.

wednesday Healing Touch at Arizona Oncology Resource Center – A relaxing, nurturing energy therapy that assists in balancing the mind-body-spirit. Barbara Evans-Levine and other Certified Healing Touch Practitioners. Cancer Care Center, 2625 N Craycroft, Ste 100. 520-324-2840.

Downtown Farmers’ Market & Arts and Crafts Mercado – 8am-1pm. Wed & Thurs. Fresh fruits and vegetables; arts and crafts from local artists. South lawn of the Tucson-Pima Main Library, 101 N Stone Ave. 520-326-7810.

Kundalini Yoga meets Joyology – 9:30-10:30am.

With Rami Katz. For beginners and seasoned yogis alike, using humor, music and energy medicine. $8/ class. WellnessFirst!, 3861 N 1st Ave. 520-209-1755.

Rami: 520-405-4068.

NaturalTucson.com

Silent Prayer and Meditation – 9:45-10:15am.

Experience the healing peace of shared Silence.

All welcome who wish to explore and discover their Oneness with Spirit. Unity Church of Peace, 1551 S Eastside Loop, Ste 121. 520-546-3696.

Info@UnityChurchOfPeaceAZ.com.

Fun-Day Wednesday – 9:45-11:30am. Spiritualism/ Metaphysical Law, using fun, food and friends.

Facilitated by Rev. Betty Talalajski. Start any time.

Free. 520-884-5340.

Qigong at Arizona Oncology Resource Center – 121pm. Qigong is an ancient Chinese mind-body-spirit practice that boosts your immune system and brings a sense of balance and harmony. Barbara Evans-Levine, instructor. 2625 N Craycroft, NW corner of Grant/ Craycroft. 520-760-0054.

Eating Ayurvedically with Chef Hila – 6pm. Aligning and balancing our mind-body-soul. With a food as medicine approach. 5 elements in an exciting 5-wk series. $45/class, $200/series. The Tasteful Kitchen, 722 N Stone Ave. 520-250-9600.

Global Chant – 6-7:15pm. Group Chanting from all spiritual traditions. No musical experience necessary.

Free. Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church (Koch Chapel), 1200 N Campbell. ActOnWisdom.com/Global-Chant.

Free Tai Chi and Chi Kung – 6-7:30pm. Instruction in Wu Style Tai Chi Long Form and related Chi Kung; emphasis on whole-body movement.

Rm 30-31, Saint Francis in the Foothills United Methodist Church, 4625 E River Rd. 520-795-8612, Dsrtdrgn@gmail.com.

Oneness Blessing – 7:15pm. Experience divine love, inner peace, quieting of your mind, and grace through Deeksha, transference of intelligent energy. The Movement Shala, downtown. Zelie Duvauchelle, 520-579-8844. LuminousAdventures.com.

ZelieD.com.

BaGua – 6-8pm. Join Tony DellaCroce for an experience in this ancient internal martial art practice.

Caritas Center for Healing, 330 E 16th St. Tony: Waterformed@msn.com. CaritasHealing.com.

Self-Realization Fellowship – 6-8pm. Tucson Meditation Group. Teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda.

Free. 1702 E Prince Rd, Ste 140. 520-792-6544.

TucsonMeditationGroup.com.

thursday Free BraveHeart Women’s Oxy Circle – 4th Thurs.

Discover a scientific method to do everything with more ease. Join our meetup http://www.meetup.com/ Tucson-BraveHeart-Women/. 520-290-3070. iRest® Meditation – 8-8:45am. Introduction to the basic practice of yoga nidra. Experience profound relaxation, peace and greater sense of harmony in your daily life. Free. Yoga Connection, 3929 E Pima.

520-323-1222. YogaConnection.org.

Farmers’ Market Voyager RV Resort – 9am-1pm.

2nd Thurs. Organic produce, organic meats and eggs, prepared food, baked items, body care products, coffee, teas, jams, jellies, soaps, artisans and live music. Voyager RV Resort, Kolb & Interstate 10.

Ed: 520-603-8116.

Free Tai Chi and Chi Kung – 11am-12:30pm. Instruction in Wu Style Tai Chi Long Form and related Chi Kung with emphasis on whole-body movement.

Non-violent self-defense. Church of Christ, 2848 N Mountain Ave. 520-795-8612. Dsrtdrgn@gmail.com.

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Manual Lymph Drainage & Massage Cupping – 125pm by appt. Support lymphatic health and immune function. Justine Robbins, MEd, LMT, Certified Lymphedema Therapist. Available to community.

Arizona Oncology Resources, 2070 W Rudasill, Ste 100. 520-877-9038.

The Desert Crones – 1-3pm. Programs and meetings for women over 50. Programs include guest speakers, writing workshops, and drumming circles.

Free. Fellowship Square, Villa III, 210 Maguire Ave. 520-409-3357.

BraveHeart Women’s Oxy Circle – 3pm. 4th Thurs. Discover a scientific method do everything with more ease. Free. Oro Valley.

For questions: 520-290-3070. Join our meetup: Meetup.com/Tucson-BraveHeart-Women.

Hatha Yoga Class for Women – 4pm. Personalized therapeutic yoga in the Viniyoga tradition. Heal yourself through yoga. $10/drop-in, $42/5-class card, $75/10-class card. Desert Ashram, 3403 W Sweetwater Dr. Please phone ahead: 520-743-0384.

Santa Cruz River Farmers’ Market – 4-7pm. Santa Cruz River. Park on the west bank of the River (one block South of Speedway & West of the I-10).

BarrioHollywood.com.

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BraveHeart Women Oxy Circle – 5-7pm. 1st & 3rd Thurs. Learn to de-stress and connect soul to soul.

Free. Alvernon & Grant. For address: 520-290-3070.

Meetup.com/Tucson-BraveHeart-Women.

Miracle Marketplace – 5-8pm. Fresh organic produce at the Monterey Court Farmers’ Market. New vendors always welcome. Ample parking. 505 W Miracle Mile, one block west of Oracle Rd at 14th Ave. 520207-2429 x 2, Marketplace@MontereyCourtAZ.com, MontereyCourtAZ.com.

Yoga and Meditation – 5:15-6:45pm. As taught by Paramahansa Yogananda. Includes energization and chanting. All levels of yoga and meditation welcome.

Free. 1002 E Prince Rd. Elizabeth: 520-299-9309.

Tucson Village Experience – 6-8pm. 2nd & 4th Thurs.

An experiment in consciously connecting, inspiring and supporting personal and group strengths into an active network of sustainable community. Free. 510 N Stone Ave. Shift-Tucson.org.

Eastside Global Chant – 6:30pm. 1st & 3rd Thurs.

Group chanting from all spiritual traditions. No musical experience necessary. Free. Sunrise Chapel, 8421 E Wrightstown Rd (between Pantano & Camino Seco). ActonWisdom.com/Global-Chant.

Qigong for Health & Energy – 6:30-7:30pm. Relax into your body with breathing, energy movement, balance exercises and gentle self-massage. Oliver Wilson has taught since 1997. $8/class, $30/5 classes.

Lotus Massage & Wellness Center, 2850 E Grant.

520-881-0723. OliversOasis7@gmail.com.

Church of Mankind Services – 7:30pm. Sun: 2pm.

Come to the healing chair and receive laying-on of hands or messages from your Angels and Guides during services. Church of Mankind, 1231 S Van Buren Ave. 520-461-2910, 520-790-7374.

Satsang of Swami Amar Jyoti – 7:30pm. Wisdom Teachings of classical, universal spirituality, chanting and meditation. Library and bookshop open at 6:30pm. Aarati (worship) at 7pm. Free. Desert Ashram, 3403 W Sweetwater Dr. 520-743-0384.

friday Ashram Immersion Retreats – Spend time at a Center of Peace and Light, and immerse yourself in spiritual teachings and practices. Desert Ashram, 3403 W Sweetwater Dr. 520-743-0384. For full info: TruthConsciousness.org.

Rainbow Sun Qigong – 9am. Qigong is an ancient Chinese mind/body/spirit practice that brings a sense of mental, emotional, physical and spiritual wellbeing. $5/class. Grace St Paul Episcopal Church, 2331 E Adams at labyrinth or Healing Room. Instructor, Barbara Evans-Levine: 520-760-0054.

Tucson Farmers’ Market East – 9am-1pm. Organic produce, fresh baked goods, custom blended teas, fresh roasted coffees, range-fed meats, gourmet soups and sauces, tamales and more. Jesse Owens Park, south of Broadway on Sarnoff. 520-882-2157.

Elder Circles – 10am. 2nd Fri. The Wisdom Journey, a safe, respectful place for harvesting your life. A project of Center for Community Dialogue. St. Francis in the Foothills, 4625 E River at Swan. Confirm meeting: 520-298-6542.

DelJonesAZ@cox.net. OurFamilyServices.org.

Catalina Farmers’ Market – 10am-2pm. Fresh produce, baked goods, salmon, range-fed beef, artisans, unique gifts, food court, more. 77 N Marketplace (Farmer’s), 16733 N Oracle Rd (opposite Eagle Crest entrance), Catalina. 520-825-4427.

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.

Healing and Psychic Messages – 12pm. United Fellowship Chapel, Inc, 4718 E Hawthorne St. Rev David J Miller, Pastor: 520-327-0142 or 520-603-0407.

Manual Lymph Drainage – 1-5pm by appt. Support lymphatic health and manage lymphedema. Justine Robbins, MEd, LMT, Certified Lymphedema Therapist. Affordable to community. UMC North Supportive Care, 3838 N Campbell Ave. 520-694-1812.

Eight Steps to Happiness – 7pm. Introduction to Buddhist Philosophy and Meditation with Western Buddhist nun Gen Kelsang Lingpur. Everyone welcome.

First class free with this ad. Kadampa Meditation Center, Arizona (formerly Tara Center), 1701 E Miles St. 520-441-1617. MeditationInTucson.org.

Joyful Path of Good Fortune – 7pm. Buddhist Philosophy and Meditation with Stephan Hlohowskyj.

Drop-in classes. Everyone welcome. First class free with this ad. Kadampa Meditation Center, Arizona (formerly Tara Center), 1701 E Miles St. 520-441-1617. MeditationInTucson.org.

Ganoderma Coffee – English Conference: Monday 7:00pm. Spanish Conference: Tuesday/Thursday 7:00pm. Learn more about Ganoderma. Consultant Luis & Alma Celaya invite you as their guest at Los Portales Restaurant, 2615 S. 6th Ave. 520-955-4398.

Unity Reiki Circle – 7pm. 2nd Fri. Reiki is a Tibetan energy technique balancing energy bodies, physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, allowing the natural flow of Universal Life force to flow more abundantly. Unity Church, 3617 N Camino Blanco.

520-272-2819. TheReikiSource.com.

Self-Realization Fellowship – 7-8:30pm. The teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda. Donation. Tucson Meditation Group, 1702 E Prince Rd, Ste 140.

520-792-6544. TucsonMeditationGroup.com.

saturday Oro Valley Farmers’ Market – 9am-1pm. Organic fruits and vegetables, breads, pastries, aromatherapy, tamales, salsa, flowers. Corner of Naranja & La Canada in the Town Hall complex. 520-882-2157.

Rincon Valley Farmers’ Market – 9am-2pm. Organic produce, fresh flowers, baked goods, ironworks, arts and crafts by local artisans. 12500 E Old Spanish Trail.

St. Philips Saturday Farmers’ Market – 9am-2pm.

Organic produce and meats, prepared foods, baked goods, coffee/teas, cheese, eggs, honey, plants, body care, massage, green/ecological products, health conscious items, health practitioners, music. River & Campbell. 520-603-8116.

Kaballah – 10am-12pm. A body of knowledge encompassing the inner esoteric teaching of Judaism.

Class taught using Western Hermetic tradition combined with Jewish traditional information. Free. Start any time. Rev. Judy Fishman: MagicJudy@aol.com.

Tucson Children Need Your Help – 10am-12pm. 2nd Sat. See how can become a foster family. Learn the requirements and process in becoming a foster family.

CPES Loving Hearts Foster Care, 2828 N Country Club, Ste 100. 520-884-7954.

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.

Living Food Demo and Lunch – 11am. Learn and enjoy a 3 course meal with Chef Sigret. Southwestern, Asian or Italian inspired cuisine. $35. The Tasteful Kitchen, 722 N Stone Ave. 520-250-9600.

Spiritual Development for Children – 12-1pm. With Allarah LaVelle (Allarah Shashona). Teach your children how to have a closer connection to God/Spirit/ Creator and their Angels/Guides. $10. WellnessFirst!, 3861 N First Ave. Preregister required: 520-742-6393 or TheVoiceOfSpirit.net.

Qigong and Tai Chi Kung – 2-3pm. With Joe Pinella.

Harness the power of your mind, spirit and body for personal well-being. Combine breathing techniques, movement and inspirational visualizations. $10/class.

WellnessFirst!, 3861 N First Ave. 520-343-3523.

Joe@QigongHealingInstitute.com.

Bruno Groening Circle of Friends Community Hours – 3-4:30pm. Introductions by appointment.

Free. University of Arizona Medical Center, 1501 N Campbell Ave, Room E, cafeteria. Evey Weissman: 520-904-4801, Weissmae@email.arizona.edu.

Bruno-Groening.org/English.

Toastmasters of Unity – 4:30-5:30pm. Conquer your fear of public speaking with a friendly, supportive group meeting in a fun, relaxed atmosphere. Everyone welcome. Risky Business, 6866 E Sunrise Dr. Jeff: 520-861-7039. ToastmastersOfUnity.com.

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ACUPUNCTURE Marcey Rosin, L.Ac., M.A., NCCAOM.

Acupuncture at El Dorado Health Center 520-904-1460 MarceyRosinAcupuncture.com

Practicing acupuncture and Chinese herbology, Marcey treats many health conditions including specialization in the treatment of asthma, migraines, and digestive problems. Everyone deserves to experience the healing power of acupuncture. For this reason, Marcey offers discounted rates for those requiring regular follow up treatments.

THREE TREASURES ACUPUNCTURE AND HEALING ARTS Andrea Alagammai, L.Ac., M.S., M.A., R.N. Acupuncturist, Reiki Master, Energy Healer 520-298-7222

Andrea’s foundation in counseling, yoga and nursing blends into her Energy Medicine practice: Psychespirit-physical healing through energetic transformation. Sessions integrate Acupuncture, Reiki, Craniosacral, Lymph Drainage, EFT, Sound and Energetic therapies. Enhancing immunity, calming the mind, relieving pain, restoring health.

bodywork ARMORLESS BODY THERAPIES

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

Randy has 25 years bodywork experience, providing treatments that are stress busting or for specific issues. Sometimes sessions are energetic and primal, using sound, breath and movement which access deep tension and feelings. Also, Male-Female Team facilitating a uniquely blended, nurturing massage experience. See ad page 30.

CAROL DANIEL, LMT

520-760-3358 TucsonMindfulMassage.com

Experience the healing and intuitive touch of an accomplished professional massage therapist who for the past 27 years has used a wide variety of modalities on a diverse clientele.

Massage promotes health and fosters a deep sense of physical and mental peace.

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LASTONE THERAPY

Mary D Nelson, LMT 6761 N Harran Dr., 85704 520-400-9364 Nelson@LaStoneTherapy.com LaStoneTherapy.com

LaStone® alternates the temperatures of the stones resulting in a chemical response. This “vascular gymnastics” assists in self-healing, reduced inflammation and congestion of body fluids. A Session with Mary is like taking a week’s vacation in three hours. See ad on page 30.

LOTUS MASSAGE & WELLNESS CENTER 2850 E. Grant Rd. 520-326-7700 LotusTucson.com

For massage that relieves long-held tension, alleviates pain, and brings lasting therapeutic benefits – while feeling great to receive – call Lotus Center. Enjoy deep tissue massage, specialty techniques, or combination treatments at no extra cost. You’ll appreciate our soothing setting and exceptional therapists.

See ad page 30.

LUMINOUS ADVENTURES

Lucia Maya 520-579-8844 Lucia@LuminousAdventures.com LuminousAdventures.com

Reiki - Craniosacral - Raindrop Technique. Lucia offers a unique blend of energy work and aromatherapy which brings you to a state of profound and deep relaxation.

From this place of stillness, your body can heal, coming into balance and resolving physical and emotional pain. See ad page 30.

Massage on the Rocks Tomi Murphey, LMT 520-318-3427 Murphey1111@Gmail.com

Tomi uses a holistic approach to her integrative bodywork sessions.

Experience the healing power of Aquatic Massage or Negative Pressure Massage (Cupping) at lovely Santa Rita Springs. Tomi has 30 yrs experience in Healing Arts, 16 years as a massage educator.

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MEDICINE WHEEL DENTAL & WELLNESS CENTER Mercedez Lucke CranioSacral, Myo Fascia, Energetic Release 4650 W. Jojoba, 85745 520-743-7101

Come and experience a unique bodywork session by Mercedez Lucke. She utilizes Dr. Swidler’s Percussion Table in combination with CranioSacral Therapy, Myo Fascia/energetic release and combinations of massage and intuitive body work. Evening/wkend by appt. See ad on page 21.

ROCKING THE BODY

Gary Olsen Massage Teacher 520-449-2128 RockingTheBody@Gmail.com RockingTheBody.com

Specializes in injury recovery after car accidents and helping people perform in work and sports without pain. Also offering Ethics and technique CEU Massage Workshops to fit your schedule. See ad page 30.

SANTA RITA SPRINGS

Dorothy Richmond, LMT Aquatic Massage, Jin Shin Jyutsu, Cranial Sacral, Watsu 520-622-4201 • 520-990-1857 Watsu_Woman_Az@Yahoo.com SantaRitaSprings.com

Aquatic Massage, or Watsu®, immerses the body in 96 degree warm 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 30.

chiropractic MARTHA BERGNER, M.S., D.C. 5929 East Pima St., 85712 520-296-5899 DesertMountainHealth.com

Offering Network Chiropractic, which gently but powerfully helps you dissipate spinal tension and experience ease and comfort. Also, NAET, Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Techniques, which helps remove blockages that can result in allergies, sensitivities, digestive disturbances, and more. 15 years experience!”

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WINTERHAVEN HEALTH CENTER Dr Nathan Conlee 3020 North Country Club Rd., 87516 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 on page 5.

coaching counseling & guidance ARMORLESS BODY THERAPIES

Randy Usem, LMT, Radix Practitioner 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 Bioenergetics 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 30.

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. Call for a free initial interview.

PATHWAY TO YOUR SOUL LIFE COACHING Josie Collins MS, CPCC 520-275-6085 PathwayToYourSoul.com

colon hydrotherapy INTESTINAL HEALTH INSTITUTE Sheila Shea, Director 4427 E. 5th St., 85711 520-325-9686 IntestinalHealthInstitute.com

Sheila is an IACT member, instructor and is National Board Certified in the field of Colon Hydrotherapy.

With 34 years of experience, she offers sessions daily, professional trainings and public education. She guides people with dietary, detoxification and liver flush programs.

VERY SPECIAL ALTERNATIVES Vonnie Schultz Albrecht, RN Central Tucson location 520-403-1686 VerySpecialAlternatives@gmail.com

Confidentiality, privacy, and respect for your individual needs. Closed gravity system with dual-filtered, UV-purified water and disposable speculums. Probiotic reflorastation.

Also offering consultation, referral services, ear coning, phlebotomy skills, The One Command. Affordable rates & packages. By appointment including weekends.

dentistry 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 on page 21.

Would it be ok with you if life got easier? Learn to identify your core values and innate gifts, overcome limiting beliefs and emotional blocks, and discover your soul’s mission. Live your life with more joy, grace, ease and fun.

TRANSFORMATIONAL INTUITIVE GUIDANCE Lucia Maya 520-579-8844 LuminousAdventures.com

Get clear about what you want and how to achieve it, with support and guidance on your journey. Through deep listening, powerful questions, and my practical and spiritual approach you will unveil your heart’s desire and live your dreams.

See ad page 30.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY SOUTHWEST GAS CORPORATION 1-800-654-2765 Energyefficiency@swgas.com SwGasLiving.com/Efficiency

Delivering smart energy solutions for your home or business. Take advantage of our programs and incentives on residential and commercial high-efficiency equipment and learn a Smarter Greener Better® way to save money and the environment. See ad on page 26.

energy work EARTHWORKS OF TUCSON Clarice Naugle Will McCastle 440-341-6155 EarthworksTucson.com

Through healing, education and consultation Will & Clarice can guide you toward realizing your highest human potential. Empower yourself and embrace a new reality. Call today and learn how their services will assist you in enhancing your Earth journey. See ad on page 19.

healthcare A NEW CREATION WOMEN’S CLINIC 3055 W. Ina Rd., Ste. 195 520-293-1117 ANewCreationWomensClinic.com

We take time to listen, provide personal attention and individualized care. Services include Primary Care/Gynecology. Evaluation, treatment, management of common health problems including high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, thyroid disorders, perimenopause, menopause, birth control, colposcopy, annual exams, pap/screening tests, prescription services. See ad page 35.

HANDS TURNED ON,LLC Info@HandsTurnedOn.com HandsTurnedOn.com

healthfood stores NEW LIFE HEALTH CENTERS NewLifeHealth.com

Hands Turned On creates and sells Energy Medicine T-shirts. The shirts are designed my Ann Marie Chiasson M.D. Each shirt has Dr. Chiasson’s hand prints on it and comes with instructions on how to perform the practice the shirt demonstrates. See ad on page 33.

New Life Health Centers is locally owned and operated.

We have been serving Tucson since 1970 with the best products to help you live a long and healthy life. Our motto is “New Life KNOWS Nutrition” We make it our goal to do just that…KNOW nutrition…in order to serve you better. See ad inside back cover.

GOVINDA’S NATURAL FOODS BUFFET CHAITANYA CULTURAL CENTER 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 5:30 pm with musical meditation, spiritual discourse and dinner at 7 pm for $3.

Organo Gold Consultant Luis & Alma Celaya buenisimocafe1@gmail.com 520-955-4398 Buenisimo1.OrganoGold.com

Having heartburn after drinking coffee? Ganoderma coffee is your solution. Enjoy a cup of coffee that provides great flavor and amazing benefits to your health by supporting the Immune system, Lowering cholesterol, providing energy, supporting circulation, Liver protection and antioxidante. See ad on page 6.

HAWAIIAN ENERGY MEDICINE Zelie Duvauchelle 520-579-8844 ZelieD.com

Ho’oponopono is a cleansing of old memories. We are alive to the present without the filters of the past.

Our passion for life returns and we see things as they truly are. Whole, complete, one with all that is.

HOPE HEALING

Jodi Encinas 520-275-1861 JodiHopeHealing@Gmail.com

Awaken to your highest potential.

Energy healing helps you to move beyond any issue of the mind, body and spirit. For the individual, group or business owner who is ready for life to flow. 1/2 off your first session.

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 through 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 14.

healthy eating OPEN PATHWAYS

Judy Ferrig, M.S., IARP Energy, Healing, and Communications 520-245-4214 OpenPathways-EnergyAndCommunication.com

Energetic healing for people and animals is key to wellbeing and health. I use a variety of modalities such as Reiki, chakra and aura clearing, visualization, and balancing with stones, crystals, sound, color, and essences to work on the most effective vibrational level. Medical studies support the work I do as instrumental in healing. Free phone consultation.

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

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.

See ad on page 28.

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holistic healing CARITAS CENTER FOR HEALING 330 E. 16th St. 520-624-2743 CaritasHealing.com

For a full-service wellness experience, come to Caritas, where you can receive Imago relationship counseling, acupuncture, massage therapy, CranioSacral therapy, holistic facials and facial reflexology. Select from our panel of six experienced practitioners for the fit that’s right for you! Rental space for classes/workshops is also available in this historic neighborhood near downtown.

ENERGY HEALING/EFT – ADV

Phyllis Winslow LMT, EFT Practitioner, PSYCH-K Graduate: Barbara Brennan School of Healing 520-909-3455 EnergyTherapyAz.com

Phyllis can help you create the life you desire. Experience rapid relief from physical pain. Get to the root cause and resolve health, relationship and emotional issues including depression, fears, grief and sexual trauma. Over 20 years of healing experience.

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A GIFT OF WELLNESS

Reconnective Healing Practitioner Dr. Gowher R. Jamshedi 520-795-9484 • 520-548-3820

Reconnective Frequencies en-able spiritual and evolutionary advancement, enhance the renewal functions of the body, and increase vibratory levels for healing and development.

Many report healings from afflictions including depression, cancers, fibromyalgia, autoimmune disorders and AIDS-related diseases. Available in person or long-distance. See classifieds for other services. Schedule your appointment today.

HOMEopathy DESERT ROSE HOMEOPATHICS & HERBALS 3065 N. Campbell Ave. SW Corner of Hedrick & Campbell 520-918-0100 M-F 10-6, Sat. 9-1.

DesertRoseHomeopathics.com

A specialty shop offering homeopathics, flower essences, vitamins, herbal tinctures, supplements, LifeWave patches and locally crafted blends.

Personalized consultations. Hard-tofind remedies. Well-known brands.

Safe, balanced, natural alternatives for adults, children and pets. Come by and enter our monthly drawing to win free products.

JOURNEY TO WELLNESS

Pam McMahon, Ph.D., CHt, NCC 520-730-0236 LifeHealer4U@Aol.com LifeHealer.org

Devoted to optimally enhancing and improving your overall natural state of being and daily life. Ear Candling, Ionic Detox Foot Baths, Hypnotherapy, Reflexology, Herbal and Nutritional Counseling, Wellness Planning and Guidance. Beautiful and serene practice space, open 7-days/week. Experience vibrant health today. See ad pages 20 and 29.

MARY BETH ACKERLEY MD, MD(H) Board Certified Psychiatrist Homeopathic Physician 520-299-5694 MaryMD@MyPassion4Health.com MyPassion4Health.com

Dr. Mary Beth Ackerley, MD, MDH, is a classically-trained board-certified psychiatrist and homeopathic physician who specializes in the holistic treatment of depression, anxiety, bipolar disorders, and menopause through the use of amino acid therapy, hormone replacement, nutritional support and homeopathy. She was appointed by the Governor to sit on the Arizona Board of Homeopathic and Integrated Medicine. See ad page 5.

THE HEALING CLINIC – WHERE YOU HEAL IT

Cheryl Jeffries, CCHT, CSD, Practitioner 520-309-8726 CJeffries@WhereYouHealIt.com WhereYouHealIt.com

Whether the issue is physical, emotional or spiritual, there is a healing path for you at the clinic. The environment is one of support and mentoring in combination with results- oriented advanced healing practices. What if? FREE consultation. See ad on page 12.

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HOME SERVICES Mary’s House Cleaning Service

8808 East Dexter Dr., 85715 520-360-0688 MarysHouseCleaning.com Mary_victoria_glenn@hotmail.com

Providing chemical-free house cleaning and window washing services throughout the Metro Tucson, Vail, Rita Ranch, Marana since 1993. Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly and move out/in services. Licensed, insured, pet-friendly, reasonal rates, all natural cleaning products. Free consultation, 15% off first cleaning.

JOURNEY TO WELLNESS

Pam McMahon, Ph.D., CHt, NCC Board Certified Hypnotherapist 520-730-0236 LifeHealer4U@Aol.com LifeHealer.org

One-on-one hypnotherapy treatments in weight loss, smoking cessation, insomnia, anxiety, and past life regression therapy. Pam’s unrelenting mission is to help others let go of limiting behaviors and beliefs, discover their power and live up to their highest potential. See ad pages 20 and 29.

MOTIVATING MINDS HYPNOSIS CENTER

7301 E. 22nd St. Ste 1-C, 85710 520-270-0183 Facebook.com/MichaelCDeSchalitCHt MotivatingMindsHypnosis@gmail.com MotivatingMindsHypnosis.com

Helping people reach their maximum mental potential, using hypnosis and hypnotic suggestions, in order for them to achieve their goals and become successful in every area of their life.

metaphysical gifts & supplies New Moon Haven

hypnotherapy FOCUSED WELLNESS SOLUTIONS Rosemary R. King APRN, HN, CHt. 520-400-3456 FocusedWellnessSolutions.com

Rosie is dedicated to partnering with women to help them succeed in their wellness goals. She provides health coaching at convenient times over the telephone and hypnotherapy in the privacy of your home. Individualized hypnotherapy CDs are also available.

FRESH HEALING ENERGY Maria Kingsley, CHt 520-780-0170 1636 N. Swan Rd. Kadakingsley@msn.com

Hypnotherapy and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) together with Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) provide a powerful team to put you back on track. Are you ready for a blast of Fresh Energy?

Call Maria today. See ad, page 18.

16256 N. Oracle Rd., Ste. 100 Catalina, 85739 520-825-9044 NewMoonHaven.com

A place where Spirit Runs free.

New Moon Haven offers metaphysical items that uplift the Spirit and soften the heart. We also offer workshops with the intention of supporting selfawareness, physical well-being and expanding consciousness.

Room Rental available.

Spiritschild

A Unique Gift Shop Marana Market Pl., Ste. 120 S.E. Corner Thornydale & Orange Grove 520-744-4402 SpiritsChild.com

Your resource for one-of-akind gifts including crystals, jewelry, candles, music, books and spiritual tools for practitioners and students alike. See the calendar section for personal and spiritual development classes, workshops and book signings. Truly a spiritual oasis awaiting your exploration. New location.

See ad page 14.

naturopathic medicine Genesis Natural Medicine Center 3920 N. Campbell Ave. 520-495-4400 GenesisNMC.com

Genesis provides a level of compassionate, personalized care not seen in medicine today. We listen to our patients. Our specialties include: Naturopathic oncology and primary care, acupuncture, Chinese herbs, colon hydrotherapy, Intravenous nutrient therapy, lymphatic drainage, massage, pain management, FIR-Sauna. See ad on page 7.

PURE AESTHETICS

5110 E. 5th St., 85711 520-514-PURE(7873) PureSAestheticsTucson.com

Interested in skincare? Pure Aesthetics Natural Skincare School is the only school in Tucson dedicated exclusively to aesthetic education. We offer a variety of spa services including facials, waxing, and body treatments, as well a selection of truly natural skincare products.

schools CORTIVA INSTITUTE – TUCSON

Dr. DeeAnn Saber, NMD WellnessFIRST! 3861 N. First Ave., 85729 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 your optimal health. See ad page 5.

6390 E. Broadway Blvd., 85710 520-407-5145 Cortiva.com

Cortiva Tucson’s massage therapy programs are comprehensive and grounded in the value of clientcentered care. The student clinic offers treatments to the public 5 days a week. Visit cortiva.com/tucson for information on massage therapy treatments and careers. See ad on page 24.

SKY ISLANDS PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL

Dr Shari Popen, Director 3101 N. Sabino Canyon Rd., 85715 520-382-9210 Director@SkyIslands.org SkyIslands.org

salon/spa services I-KO-I SALON AND SPA

3161 N. Country Club Rd., Ste. 101 520-881-6096.

MagicBeeNutrition.com

Sky Islands is a non-profit, tuition-free public high school, grades 9-12. Environmental studies are integrated throughout the place-based educational program. Core classes are all teacher-taught by highly qualified educators. Sky Islands currently has open-enrollment in all grades. See ad on page 17.

No-toxic smell nail salon. Manicures $15, Pedicures $25 -featuring individually cleaned pipeless jets bowl, detoxify $15. No DBP, Toluene, Formaldehyde in products. No-Ammonia hair color and perm. Also, Organic Desert Honey. Fresh Royal Jelly and more bee products. Call 520-881-6096.

Natural Way Wellness Spa 329 E 7th St. 520-882-8828 NaturalWayWellnessSpa.com

Natural Way Wellness Spa believes in affordable and all natural whole body health. Services include massage, facials, peels, waxing, body treatments, custom aromatherapy, and personal yoga instruction.

Book now by phone at (520)-8828828 or online NaturalWayWellnessSpa.com. See ad on page 31.

skincare MONSOON NECTAR

520-366-1641 MonsoonNectar@gmail.com MonsoonNectar.com FB: Monsoon Nectar

100% pure essential oils and botanical skin care promises vibrant skin. Bioconscious, intricate formulas target anti-aging with immune boosting properties and moisturizers for improved well-being. Order or find retail locations on website. See ad on page 11.

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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 pages 10 and 29.

DESERT ASHRAM

3403 W. Sweetwater Dr., 85745 520-743-0384 TruthConsciousness.org DesertAshram@TruthConsciousness.org

An oasis of peace welcomes seekers from all traditions for: Satsang of Swami Amar Jyoti (Wisdom Teachings of universal classical spirituality, chanting, meditation) 7:30 pm Thursdays/Sundays; Aarati (Sanskrit chanting, worship/meditation) 7 am/pm daily; Women’s Hatha Yoga 4 pm Thursdays. Library, bookshop, retreats, service.

Tools For Spiritual Growth Susan Thompson 3617 N. Camino Blanco Annex Room 3 520-603-1558 Santmat.net

Know Thyself as Soul Foundation presents a FREE one hour class entitled “Meditation: One Pointed Attention” Saturday Sep 9, 10-11am at Unity of Tucson. Join us as we explore how the process of meditation can bring greater harmony into your life. See ad on page 12.

SELF-REALIZATION FELLOWSHIP

Tucson Meditation Group 1702 E. Prince, Ste. 140 520-792-6544 TucsonMeditationGroup.com Yogananda-Srf.org

Devotional Services: Sundays 10am-11am.Meditation Services: Sunday 9am-10am & 6pm-8pm, Wednesday 6pm-8pm, Friday 7pm8:30pm.

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KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTER ARIZONA 1701 E. Miles St., 85719 520-441-1617 MeditationInTucson.org

Learn time-tested methods for finding peace of mind - the key to happiness. Weekly classes in Buddhist meditation and philosophy, prayer services, retreats and spiritual advice with Resident teacher Gen Kelsang Lingpur and senior practitioners. Everyone welcome.

THE TEMPLE OF THE PRESENCE 11902 East Irvington Rd. (SW corner of Old Spanish Trail) 520-751-2039, ext. 100 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. Spiral upward to your Ascension. Thursday classes, 7pm.

UNITED FELLOWSHIP

CHAPEL, INC David Miller 4718 E. Hawthorne St., 85711 520-327-0142 United-Fellowship-Chapel.com

Self-Realization/Psychic-Development to know thyself, to heal, and to change is available on an individual basis. The Meta-physical Principles Course is an in-depth study of metaphysics. In the Universal Metaphysics course one learns the definitions. In the Seminary, one may become an ordained minister. See ad page 32.

UNITY CHURCH OF PEACE

1551 S. Eastside Loop, Ste. 121, 85710 520-546-3696 Info@UnityChurchOfPeaceAz.com

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 10:30.

Prayer services Sunday at 8:50am and Wednesdays at 9:45am. unitychurchofpeaceaz. com. See ad page 20.

The Temple of Universality Founder: Rev. Betty Tatalajski NEW Masonic Temple, 3590 N. Country Club Rd. 520-884-5340 TheTempleOfUniversality.org TempleOfUniversality@Gmail.com

Worship, Healing, Prophesy. Celebrating the Unity of God and Man. 11:00 am Sunday service, Free Metaphysical development classes in areas of: White Eagle World Healing Meditation, Alice Bailey books, Spiritual/Metaphysical Law, and Kaballah.

UNITY CHURCH OF TUCSON Rev. Larry and Mary Ellen Swarz 3617 N. Camino Blanco, 85718 520-577-3300

Ministry of love, inspiration, learning, wholeness and joy empowering all people to embrace their Divine Nature. Daycare: ages 1-5. Family health clinic: free, donation or Medicare. Beautiful, low-cost weddings. Bookstore for spiritual thinkers. Sunday services 9am and 11am.

Home to “The Daily Word.”

Tucson IANDS Experience Sharing (TIES) Facilitators: Chuck & Susan 520-395-2365 Meetup.com/Spiritual-Explorations

Information on and sharing of NDEs and other transformative experiences. Open to public.

Everyone has experiences worth sharing. Guest speaker series on 2nd Thursday, small groups on 3rd Thursday each month, 6:30pm at Unity Church of Tucson.

yoga Self Centered Yoga & Fitness 4425 N. Campbell Ave. 520-299-0331 MySelfCentered.com

The studio offers all styles of yoga for any level with awesome instructors, location, events for health & wellness, a boutique featuring Monsoon Nectar Organic Skin Care and the Ultimate Stress Escape Yoga & Lifestyle Retreat in Costa Rica, UltimateStressEscape.com. See ad on page 11.

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