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Welcome to our Environment issue. “Oh dear, the environment! That’s so big; I feel so confused and powerless.” Get over it. Sure, climate change is still controversial. There are lots of theories and even more conflicting statistics.

Some people can’t see it and some say it’s staring us in the face. Okay, instead, let’s consider that there is really no doubt about the manmade nature of things like radioactive contamination from nuclear reactors, the threat of fracking the earth beneath our feet for natural gas or the relentless pursuit of oil at any cost. We don’t need theories to figure them out. We just need to stop.

Actress and environmentalist Daryl Hannah has been using solar power for 20 years and is currently on the stump to block the Keystone XL pipeline.

She says, “Diesel motors, of course, were invented by Rudolf Diesel to run on vegetable oil so that farmers could grow their own fuel for their farm equipment—and guess what? Although they took his engine and modified it to run on diesel fuel (a more toxic byproduct of petroleum) they still can run on veggie oil (thinned to the right viscosity), even already used veggie oil, which is what I use in my 1983 El Camino! Most people don’t know this, and the wealthiest industry in the history of humankind (big oil) has every intention (and deep financial interests) that it remains that way.”

If each of us took time to learn something about the environmental issues we choose to address and maybe even the views of candidates for elected office in our state, county and town, that would be a start. I’m not even talking about actually doing anything (yet), just reading. Pretend it’s homework for the school of life. You are holding a textbook in your hands.

For more information about the big picture, read our main feature, “Easing Earth’s Rising Fever,” by Christine McDonald, and you’ll be up to speed on the latest climate change developments. With the holidays coming up, there are lots of ways that that we all can make adjustments in our traditions to make them a little more sustainable. Found out how in McDonald’s companion piece, “Shop with the Planet in Mind.”

Many people have found the Atkins Diet to be very beneficial for losing weight, and a new wrinkle called the Paleo Diet (for eating what our distant forebears supposedly ate) has recently burst onto the scene. Authors Sayer Ji and Tania Melkonian weigh in with their own slimmed down version with “Ancestral Diets: A Lighter Shade of Paleo.”

In this issue, you will also find in-depth reporting on the rising status of energy medicine and the implications for the whole field of medicine. Life is all about choices, so the more the merrier, right?

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Harmonic Sound Demonstration by Jonathan Goldman

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he Body and Sol Women’s Expo, to be held March 8 and 9, 2014, at the Tucson Convention Center, is a multifaceted event that’s all about innovation, education and entertainment.

Learn how you can “Begin With Yes” when embarking on a new journey, support two of our great local charities and have fun along the way.

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by Nadia Valle in June 2010, and helps women and children with basic needs such as rent, utilities, job searching and resume writing. In 2012, they improved the quality of life for 48 women and 68 children in our community.

Youth On Their Own (YOTO) was founded in 1986 by Ann Young.

YOTO‘s priority is the education of youth 12 to 21 years of age, and it focuses on promoting high school graduation and continued success for homeless youth. YOTO has provided financial assistance and guidance to 930 students since its inception

A portion of the proceeds from this event, including 100 percent of all auctions at the Expo, will benefit these two nonprofits.

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he IONS-Tucson Community Group presents Jonathan Goldman, at 6:30 p.m., Nov. 1, at Unity of Tucson, demonstrating The Power of Sound: An Introduction to Sound Healing and Harmonics. It has been scientifically shown that sounds affect brain waves, heartbeat and respiraJonathan and Andi Goldman tion in relaxing, therapeutic ways, by actually decreasing stress levels in the brain and body.

Listening to and participating in harmonically related sounds, particularly vocal toning, can be both uplifting and transformative, and can allow consciousness to travel to higher planes.

Goldman, M.A., musician, composer, writer, teacher and chant master, is an authority on sound healing and pioneer in the field of harmonics. Author of several books, including his latest, The Divine Name: The Sound That Can Change the World, he is the founder of World Sound Healing Day and president of Spirit Music.

Admission is free (donations accepted). Location: 3617 N. Camino Blanco. For more information, call 520-548-2185 email kcmatt38@gmail.com or visit IONStucson.org. See ad, page 12.

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he University of Arizona is running a non-pharmaceutical, non-invasive study at UMC Hospital on an alternative therapy for depression, and is looking for test subjects between the ages of 18 and 65 that are currently experiencing depression for at least four weeks. Other qualifications apply.

The procedure involves a single session of one of two intensities of whole body hyperthermia that takes approximately two hours and involves lying in a machine that delivers safe infrared heating to the body. The study will examine the effects on depressive symptoms, stress and immune systems, sleep and how subjects relate to other people in their environment.

Compensation will be provided to eligible subjects. This study is UA IRB approved.

For more information, call 520-314-7492, email KKelly@psychiatry.arizona.edu or visit mddstudy.org. See ad, page 19.

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Healthy Happy Hour at Urban Retreat Center

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he Urban Retreat Center will hold a Healthy Happy Hour, sponsored by Natural Awakenings magazine, from 5 to 7 p.m., October 23 and the last Friday of every month as a friendly place for complete mind-body training, with “chill” music and good conversation with other healthy minded people. Chinese tea and finger snackies will be served. All are welcome from any discipline.

Natural Awakenings Publisher Holly Baker will be available to talk about marketing opportunities for business owners including the upcoming Body and Sol Women’s Expo in March 2014.

The complete mind-body curriculum at the Urban Retreat Center consists of a blend of three broad modules of inquiry: meditation—still and moving, seated and standing, deep and subtle breathwork; bodywork—Taoist yoga, posture, joint alignment, core strength training, range of motion; and Chinese esoteric practice—partner training, i liq chuan, neigong and qigong.

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RSVP required. Urban-Retreat.org. For more information, call Sifu Kelley Graham at 520-770-1200. Contact Baker at 520-760-2378 or Holly@NaturalTucson.com. See ad, page 13.

Open House at Indigo Oasis

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ndigo Oasis Spa and Studio is having an Open House from 2 to 4 p.m., October 20, at 204 West Grant Road, in the Placita de la Luna court, where guests can experience the renovated facility and expanded menu of services. Enjoy pampering mini-treatments, skin consultations, discount coupons, prizes, refreshments and a special guest appearance by psychic medium Brian Fox.

Indigo Oasis is a spa and studio focused on natural skincare and health, where licensed professionals offer superb, custom-designed facials, waxing, body treatments, eyebrow shaping and all skincare services. The Spa proudly uses Image Skincare, Glo Minerals and Hyalogic products. Across the courtyard, the Indigo Oasis Studio is a multipurpose space accommodating classes and events that include hatha yoga, aromatherapy, soap making, natural skin care, custom perfume creation and bridal and girls-day-out parties.

Parking is available off Castro St. and Grant, in the rear of the property. For more information, call 520-329-2478, email Info@IndigoOasis.com or visit IndigoOasis.com.

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New Colon Hydrotherapy Option at Very Special Alternatives

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ery Special Alternatives, now three years old, provides colon hydrotherapy, health and nutritional guidance, referral resources, skilled nursing, ear coning, and The One Command instruction. Vonnie Schultz Albrecht, RN, has now added an option in colon hydrotherapy not available elsewhere in Tucson.

An FDA-approved colonic instrument has been incorporated with the efficient and effective closed-gravity Vonnie Schultz system and is now available at WellnessFirst! with the opAlbrecht, RN tion to provide a conventional colonic utilizing the Hydro San or the five-gallon gravity tank.

The upgraded system allows Albrecht to control water temperature and flow from the Hydro San in order to deliver a gentle treatment from the instrument or from the gravity tank. Either can be utilized during the session, depending on patient response or preference; all results can be assessed via the viewing tube of the instrument.

Natural Awakenings readers that mention this news brief receive a special discount. For more information, call Vonnie Schultz Albrecht, RN, at 520-403-1686, email VerySpecialAlternatives@gmail.com or visit 3861wellnessfirst.com/?page_id=2185.

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Reiki Level I Training

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udy Ferrig, MS, a Reiki master teacher and founder of Open Pathways, will conduct a Level I Reiki training from noon to 5 p.m., October 19, at New Moon Haven. This is a medically documented method of creating wellness on the physical, mental and emotional levels, with a discount for reviewers.

Ferrig says, “Every one of us can access energy to clear and heal ourselves, and there are many helpful methods.

Reiki, however, is the most medically studied and scientifically documented method of energetic healing. This training will Judy Ferrig enable you to access this powerful energy and heal yourself, loved ones, and even pets!” She says that a Reiki attunement increases the capacity to hold and benefit from universal life force energy.

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Location: 657 W. St. Mary’s Rd. For more information, call Tammy at 520-305-5393 or Simone at 520-940-5840 or visit TeslaMetamorphosis.com. See ad, page 17.

To Grandmother’s House We Go

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randma’s House Dog Boarding, LLC, is open 365 days a year to provide a healthy alternative to traditional pet boarding and daycare. Small Breed dogs are invited to stay for the day or staycation while parents are away, without the restriction of cages. Pets have 24-hour access to a clean, comfortable home and a secure, grassy play yard. A loving care giver suppresses separation anxieties and encourages social behavior with affirmation.

Grandma’s House is open to all small breed dogs, conveniently located in the heart of Tucson, at Swan and Broadway. New visitors are invited to a free meet-and-greet to assess compatibility of both animal and caregiver.

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“Chill” music and good conversation with other healthy minded people.

Chinese tea and finger snacks will be served.

Location: 5019 East Timrod St. For more information, call 520-979-2539, email lanaemcdade@hotmail.com or visit Facebook.com/houseofgrandma.

Meditation Workshop at Kadampa Meditation Center

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et go of stress, enjoy inner peace and find more joy at the Introduction to Meditation Workshop, from 2 to 6 p.m., October 19. The workshops are offered monthly.

Participants will learn how to create an inner space and clarity that enables us to control our mind, regardless of external circumstances. Through developing a meditation practice, we can gradually let go of the agitated states of mind, such as anger, fear or jealousy, which produce unhappiness, and instead cultivate peaceful, powerful minds such as love, acceptance, wisdom and joy.

The workshop includes a series of one-hour sessions, in each of which a different meditation technique will be explained, followed by a meditation on that particular instruction. Practical advice will be given on how to set up a sustainable and rewarding personal meditation routine, as well as how to integrate a meditation practice into daily life.

Cost is $10 for introductory talk, $15 including retreat. Location: 1701 E. Miles St. For more information, call 520-441-1617, email Info@MeditationInTucson.org or visit MeditationInTucson.org.

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Get Ready for the Holiday Food Fights

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ou are what you eat, and that’s especially true around Halloween and the holidays. Kristen Codianni, a certified holistic health coach with Surprisingly Healthy, is offering a 14 Day Pre-Halloween Food Discovery Program

Through email and tele-sessions, the program addresses mood, relationships, energy, skin, hormones, gut health, focus, career, aging, sleep, organs, nervous system and stress, as well as how well they all work together.

Participants will learn to understand how diet and lifestyle truly impact all areas of life, get un-stuck, adapt to and deal with changes in life, recognize and correct problems before they escalate and achieve their goals and dreams.

Students will be guided through a documentation process; have a mid-way “check-in” session with Codianni; have a full session with Codianni after day 14; review the findings and learn what it all means; receive specific actions to make improvements now; and receive recommendations for their next steps.

By documenting food habits, cravings and triggers, people become aware of connections between behaviors and food. Everyone has them, and it’s important to recognize the unhealthy ones, deconstruct them and make changes.

Cost is $197. For more information, call 520-762-1314, email Kristen@ KristenCodianni.com.

For a free, 30-minute strategy session, visit KristenCodianni.com. See ad, page 21.

Free Consultation About Why Money Matters

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oney and fear seem to go handin-hand: fear of losing one’s job; fear that Social Security may go bankrupt; fear of not having Gail Benton enough money for a child’s education; and fear that saving for retirement is hopeless. Most people simply fear the current challenging economic conditions. Long-term income is not predictable and there are plenty of reasons to fear the future, so our financial planning is too important to be left to chance or just hoping things will work out.

Gail Benton, CLTC, CSA, a licensed insurance agent since 1997, is offering a free Financial Assessment for individuals to get a quick look at their financial future and find out what it will take to create a safety net.

Benton believes anyone can make the most of their hard-earned assets and take strides to achieve freedom from financial concerns; small changes can create big benefits.

For a free financial assessment, call 520-296-5695. Location: Senior Services, LLC, 900 N. Citadel Ave. For more information, email Gail@Why-Money-Matters.com or visit Why-Money-Matters.com. See ad, page 17.

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Ease Sleep Apnea with Herbs

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leep apnea is a serious health problem in which the sleeper can stop breathing as often as 30 times an hour. Conventional medicine says that apnea is caused by a sagging soft palate or some other obstructive tissue in the throat. Not so, says Master Herbalist Steven Frank, of Nature’s Rite, who believes that it is instead caused by a reduced signal from the brain to the diaphragm, prompting breathing to slow down or even causing the sleeper to stop breathing.

“After a short period of time, the brain realizes the need to breathe and forces a rapid inhalation, dragging any sagging soft tissues into the airway and disturbing the sleep cycle,” he says, explaining such an obstruction as a consequence, rather than a cause.

Conventional medicine usually addresses sleep apnea with a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine. Using such a device can be costly and cumbersome, as well as uncomfortable, creating its own form of sleep disruption.

Frank suggests that a more natural solution to sleep apnea can be found by ingesting three simple herbs—lobelia, thyme and cramp bark. These work together to intensify the signal from the brain to the diaphragm, increasing lung efficiency, relaxing related skeletal muscles and so providing relief.

For more information, call 888-465-4404 or visit NaturesRiteRemedies.com. See ad, page 42.

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New Life Health Centers Have All the Good Stuff

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he motto of New Life Health Centers is “New Life knows nutrition!” and that’s apparent in the way they do business. If you have a question about anything connected to nutrition, from earaches to nutrition research, chances are someone working at one of the four New Life stores in the four quadrants of Tucson will be able to answer your question.

Employees make it a point to keep up on the very latest in research and products because it matters to them.

They are hired with experience and each employee passes 13 tests to continue on the floor. There is regular continued training and they bring in manufacturers of products to train employees. They want customers to have access to that information, as well. They take the time to give personalized, one-on-one attention and make themselves available. Many of the store managers have been employed at New Life for 30 years; a recent hire would be 17 years ago.

The store idea began when Dr. Eugene Burns and his good buddy, Dr. Sheldon Deal, were working on their bodybuilding—it was Deal’s idea. The two men went to the only health food store in Tucson at the time. One feisty employee at this health food store, Belle Drake, responded to one of Eugene’s

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questions with, “We don’t have what you want. Why don’t you open a health food store and carry that?” The clerk said that if he followed through with it, she would work with him for 20 years.

He did and she did, but Drake died a few months before her 20 years was up.

They were humble beginnings, with an old crank cash register, and the first store was 1,100 square feet. Burns went on to become a chiropractor and naturopath, while building 13 stores over the years.

The stores are each unique to the areas they serve. They have a similar base line of products but specialize in different items depending on their customers needs. The Ajo store, for example, is stocked with herbs, a frequent request from the customers frequenting this particular New Life location. The Broadway location is especially knowledgeable about celiac disease and gluten-free products.

Speedway, the biggest full-service health food store, has most anything you may be looking for, including all-organic produce, some local and some from a supplier. People line up for their organic meat. They also have a big supply of health and beauty items, including natural soaps without chemicals, and candles. And they support local prod-

ucts. Small business owners can bring in their wares to be considered for sale at the store. Cactus products, wheat grass and handmade local jewelry are examples of that.

New Life stays on top of new products and managers and staff are sent to the International Natural Health Food Expo every year. They are keen on educating people, often bringing in demonstrations and offering lectures.

Those that work at New Life believe the body can heal when it is given what it needs. If customers have a special order request, they will try to locate the item using their personal touch. New Life Marketing Director Susan Shew says, “New Life is here to serve you. Let us help you with whatever you need. We want you to find new life at New Life Centers.”

For more information, visit NewLifeHealth.com.

Sylvia Haskvitz is a frequent contributor to Natural Awakenings. See ads, pages 23, 28 and 29.

Shamanic Conference and Couple’s Workshop in Tubac

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he Shamanic Astrology Mystery School (SAMS) will present the inaugural SAMS annual conference, Renaissance of the Sacred Feminine: Redreaming the Magical Connection between Land & Sky, followed by a two-day Couple’s Workshop, at Moonreach Ranch, in Tubac, Arizona. The pre-conference on October 31 and November 1 includes a general introduction and overview of Shamanic Astrology and the school; the November 2 and 3 conference includes presentations from shamanic astrologers and a post-conference, November 4 and 5, on chart analysis and the night sky. Both events involve the specific framework of astrology as proposed by Daniel Giamario and his partner Catelin Castell, which is based on the journey of the soul and its purpose.

The Couple’s Workshop, Discovering Your Sacred Purpose as a Couple, on November 6 and 7, will be led by Shamanic Astrologer Anyaa McAndrews and her husband, Gary Stamper, and will focus on each individual’s soul purpose and how they can co-create a shared purpose together.

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Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) can help clear any negative patterns that have kept you from being in a healthy relationship.

Many poor relationships stem from low self-esteem caused by parental discord and childhood or teenage upset.

Muscle testing can help in determining what is going on in a person’s unconscious mind. For example, a graduate student that was addicted to sweets, alcohol and drugs was attracted to men that were also abusive and addicts. Like many people, she felt she was “not worthy of love” and “not worthy of being nurtured.” Because she was unhappy, she used alcohol and drugs to escape and take her to altered realms of consciousness.

Often, there is a pattern of shame that needs to be cleared before moving into a good relationship. With EFT, the young woman was able to stop many of her addictive patterns, including eating lots of sweets and drinking. Feeling better about herself, she was able to move into a loving relationship with a man that was several years younger.

It is time to clear the negative feelings that are holding you back from being in a wonderful relationship where you feel happy and supported.

Licensed Massage Therapist Phyllis Winslow graduated from the Barbara Brennan School of Healing and uses Emotional Freedom Techniques, PSYCH-K, and Donna Eden’s Energy Medicine. Contact her at 520-909-3455 or EnergyBalancingAz.com.

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any people only think about chiropractors when they have neck or back pain. What most people do not realize is that chiropractors receive the same breadth and depth of education in most of the same areas as other medical providers. According to the Council on Chiropractic Education, recognized by the Department of Education as a national accrediting agency that promotes excellence and assures the quality of chiropractic education, there are 15 accredited chiropractic teaching institutions in the United States.

All of these colleges or universities must provide instruction in the following areas: anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, microbiology, pathology, diagnosis, gynecology/proctology, pediatrics, dermatology, diagnostic imaging, psychology, nutrition, biomechanics, orthopedics, neurology, spinal analysis, and chiropractic adjusting techniques, among others.

Chiropractors are educated to recognize and identify structural, pathological and psychological disorders in order to provide the best care to patients, including referral to other appropriate health care providers.

As would be expected, chiropractors are thoroughly trained in the identification, management and correction of nervous system interference. The aim of chiropractic is to remove interference from the nervous system, the master control system directing every process and function in the body. By removing this interference, chiropractic facilitates the highest level of health possible, potentially addressing much more than just neck or back pain.

Dr. Lee Ann Kalaba operates Be Now Chiropractic, utilizing a gentle approach to chiropractic in Torque Release Technique. For more information, call 520-484 3471. See ad, page 10.

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Cavities are Contagious

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an a kiss lead to a cavity? Yes, says Middleton, Wisconsin, Dentist Chris Kammer, president of The American Academy of Oral Systemic Health.

He contends that cavities can be caused by bacteria that are passed from one person to another, just like a cold or the flu.

“We aren’t born with tooth decay-causing bacteria,” says Kammer. “At some point, it is introduced to us from an external source, usually a family member,” through sharing food utensils, licking pacifiers, kissing and more. “Then it takes up residence in our mouths, where it is fed by sugars, which cause the bacteria to produce acid.”

Cavity-causing bacteria can be transmitted by sharing food, by drinking out of the same glass and by toothbrushes that make contact with the bathroom counter. If bacteria is not removed from teeth (existing in a protective biofilm called plaque), the acid byproduct is able to directly reach and soften tooth surfaces, creating the holes called cavities.

Easy solutions to the problem start with good oral hygiene for both parents and kids and proper brushing from a very young age, starting with finger brushing as soon as the first tooth erupts. Kammer advises making it fun and thus habit-forming when kids become old enough to do it themselves; one new interactive toothbrush times kids to ensure they brush the dentist-recommended two minutes.

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globalbriefs News and resources to inspire concerned citizens to work together in building a healthier, stronger society that benefits all.

Eco-Power Tower

Meet the World’s Greenest Office Building

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Even on cloudy days, the photovoltaic-paneled roof of the Bullitt Center, in Seattle, Washington, generates all the electricity the six-story structure requires. Inside, commercial office space is equipped with composting toilets, rainwater showers and a glass-enclosed stairway to encourage climbing exercise over riding the elevator.

The Bullitt Foundation, founded in 1952, has focused since the 1990s on helping cities function more like ecosystems. Seattle’s new building not only provides space for eco-conscious tenants, but also functions as a learning center, demonstrating how people and businesses can coexist more in harmony with nature.

The Bullitt Center was constructed according to a demanding green building certification program called the Living Building Challenge, which lists zero net use of energy and water among its many requirements. The standards far surpass those of the better-known Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.

Founder Jason McLennan says the challenge is to encourage others to build more enjoyable, sustainable and affordable structures around the world.

Source: Yes! magazine

Pivot Point

Solar Panels Almost Breaking Even At current growth rates, solar energy could be harnessed to produce 10 percent of the world’s electricity by 2020. But the greater benefit of clean solar power relies on first realizing an efficient initial payback for all the energy needed to produce the panels. To make polysilicon, the basic building block of most solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, silica rock must be melted at 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, using electricity from mostly coal-fired power plants. Stanford University researchers believe that a tipping point when clean electricity from installed solar panels surpasses the energy going into the industry’s continued growth will occur by 2015.

As the industry has advanced, it’s required ever less energy and silicon to manufacture and install solar PV panels, along with less wasted silicon, according to Stanford University’s Global Climate & Energy Project. Advances in solar cell efficiency requires fewer panels, and new thin-film solar panels leave out silicon altogether.

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Krill Kill

Core Marine Food Source Faces Depletion Small, shrimp-like creatures that inhabit the world’s oceans, krill are one of the planet’s largest and least contaminated biomasses. The tiny crustaceans are the primary food source for a variety of fish, whales, penguins and seabird species. Krill are also used to make feed for livestock, poultry and farmed fish and in nutritional supplements—krill oil is a rich source of omega-3 essential fatty acids and less likely than fish oil to be contaminated with mercury or heavy metals.

Recent studies cited by National Geographic suggest that since the 1970s, Antarctic krill stocks may have dropped by up to 80 percent.

Environmental groups and scientists worry that new fishing technologies, coupled with climate warming that removes ice algae, the crustaceans’ primary food source, could deplete krill populations and potentially devastate the Antarctic’s ecosystem.

Denzil Miller, Ph.D., former executive secretary of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, advises, “There are a whole lot of dominoes that follow afterwards that just look too horrendous to contemplate.”

Concerned consumers can opt to avoid farm-raised fish; choose organic, non-grain-fed meat and poultry; and substitute algae-derived omega-3 supplements for fish or krill oil capsules.

Source: Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (asoc.org)

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he Tucson Hispanic Chamber (THCC) has been named Large Chamber of the Year by the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) from among 250 Hispanic chambers in the nation.

Award recipients are selected by an independent panel of judges on the basis of major accomplishments in business and economic development, quality of service, innovation of programs, leadership and services provided to the Hispanic and business community.

President/CEO Lea Márquez Peterson, Chairwoman Tannya Gaxiola, Vice Chairman Carlos Ruiz and Secretary Laura Oldaker traveled to the USHCC conference in Chicago for the awards event, where1,500 corporate and business leaders from across the nation were in attendance. THCC membership has grown from 300 in January 2009 to more than 1,050.

Reach the Chamber at 520-620-0005 or TucsonHispanicChamber.org.

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Natural Beauty Aids from India

The health and beauty aisle at Indian grocery stores includes several natural products in wide use among Indian women. Here are some popular ones available in America.

Henna: Women mix powder from the henna plant with water to use as a natural hair dye and conditioner.

Coconut oil: Indian women regularly massage a natural oil into their scalp before washing to keep their hair healthy and prevent the scalp from drying out and itching. “Coconut oil helps to grow hair long,” advises Bibya Malik, owner of Bibya Hair Design, a salon chain in Chicago. “It is probably the most widely used hair oil in the Indian subcontinent; amla oil, jasmine oil and other herbal oils are used, as well.”

Rosewater: Most often used as a skin toner, some women also like to spray rosewater on their face as a refresher. Rosewater has a long history as a fragrance and as a flavoring in dessert recipes.

Ubtan: This mixture of turmeric, gram (chickpea) flour and herbs is combined with milk or water as a beauty treatment. Indian brides scrub their skin with it in the days prior to their wedding.

Source: Bibya Hair Design, research

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Hyperbaric Chamber Healing

by Jon D’Auria

Hyperbaric oxygen chamber treatments provide patients with astounding results with Dr. Carol Henricks, founder of Northstar HBOT.

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hen people plagued with debilitating conditions, disabilities and serious injuries run into a dead end at traditional medical practices, they often turn to alternative treatments that are uncommon in traditional Western medicine.

Some of these treatments provide astonishing results that restore hope to the patients and aid them on their way to recovery.

One of these exciting new methods of healing lies in hyperbaric oxygen chamber treatments. By simply sitting inside of a hyperbaric (higher that normal pressure) chamber and breathing 100 percent pure oxygen, patients experience breakthrough results by means of the pressurized environment that aids the body to heal itself. Henricks has been using this revolutionary treatment to heal patients at her Northwest Tucson office for nearly a decade.

“Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has several healing mechanisms. One of the ways it promotes healing is by releasing stem cells from bone marrow. Stem cells then travel to where they need to be within the body to do their job,” explains Henricks. “Stem cells in the brain create glial tissue, or astrocytes, which are responsible for 22

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helping networking and re-networking in the brain.” She says that that hyperbaric oxygen therapy produces extra oxygen that interacts with DNA at the molecular level to turn on genes that promote healing and growth hormones that are essential to recovery.

Hyperbaric oxygen treatments have been found to help treat serious conditions including, memory disorders such as strokes, sleep disorders, ALS, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, neuropathy, Parkinson’s disease, back pain, cerebral palsy, Bell’s palsy, comas, vertigo, migraines, movement disorders, myasthenia gravis and many others.

“There are 13 indicated conditions that insurance will cover for this, but there is a broad range of other conditions that can be treated,” says Henricks. “It’s been used to even treat post-drowning patients with anoxic brain injury, and it really is a breakthrough in treating post-stroke patients. When somebody has a stroke, the area of the brain that’s been damaged is not restorable, but the area around that, called the ischemic penumbra, is the part of the brain that’s been injured but not totally lost, and the chamber can facilitate recovery in that area. Lyme disease, spinal chord

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injuries and nerve problems have all been treated with this method, as well.”

The state-of-the-art hyperbaric chamber at Northstar can easily seat six patients at a time and contains a flat screen television with satellite service to entertain patients as they go through the hour-long sessions. Most treatments require patients to receive 40 treatments in total, which are typically scheduled twice daily for the first 10 days, and then after a week off, on a once-a-day basis. Patients feel no drastic differences inside the chamber and experience a slight sensation that is similar to traveling in an airplane.

“When you’re in the hyperbaric chamber, we have you wear a mask to breathe 100 percent oxygen, so the increased pressure pushes the oxygen across the membrane to the lungs and you hyper-oxygenate the blood,” says Henricks. “Ninety-eight-point-five percent of the oxygen that we carry as humans is attached to the hemoglobin molecule and 1.5 percent is just floating free in the plasma (the fluid part of blood). So when you push more oxygen across that membrane, then you have much more free-floating oxygen in the blood. Your blood circulates to

injured areas of the body, and that’s why this therapy is a whole-body healing tool.”

The results of these treatments have been truly inspiring for Henricks, who has observed remarkable strides in patients that had tried all other forms of medicine for their recovery with minimal results. “I’ve treated several patients with acute multiple sclerosis who have improved within the first 20 treatments who started out with double vision, unsteady gait, and not being able to drive, to having all of those issues restored,” says Henricks. “One patient was a 47-year-old man who had several strokes and could not talk, and his right arm was constantly flexed against him, and his gait was abnormal even two years after his strokes.

We gave him 40 treatments and when he came back afterwards, his arm was at his side, he was walking normally and he was able to say basic words to convey basic needs. No other treatment has ever caused that kind of improvement.”

Henricks was first introduced to hyperbaric oxygen healing in 2003, when she attended medical meetings with European doctors that expressed the success they had with such chambers. After doing research on her own, she decided to embark on the practice herself, so that she could help her patients move further toward healing instead reaching a point of frustration where progress would end.

“Even while I was telling people that they have no

other options, I knew there had to be more out there. You should never expect anyone to just give up. As a doctor, you shouldn’t just get your medical education and then go on to defend that knowledge for the rest of your life. You should be looking for more answers and more ways to heal people who need it. We need to hunt down solutions for problems that have never been solved and keep aspiring to find answers that can change the lives of the people who depend on us.”

Northstar HBOT is located at 7598 N. La Cholla Blvd. For more information, call 520-229-2122 or visit NorthstarHBOT.com. See ad page 14.

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Frequencies of Healing

We Are All Sound Healers

by Jonathan Goldman and Andi Goldman Jonathan and Andi Goldman

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esides being the way we listen to music, sound is an powerful tool. On the physiological level, it is an energy that has the ability to affect our brain, our nervous system, our heart rate and much more, including shifting and changing our cellular structure and DNA. When you consider the use of sound on the emotional body and particularly, the mental and spiritual bodies, the possibilities are endless.

We teach people how to use sound for healing. Most people assume that means some kind of performance that requires musical training, but it does not. We are not talking about learning to sing and getting

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up in front of an audience. That can be a very wonderful and courageous and even healing thing to do, but it is entertainment. We are talking about entrainment—the ability of one sound to shift and change the frequencies of another sound in order to restore health and balance and create transformation.

Scientists are now in agreement with our ancient mystics—that everything is in a state of vibration.

From the electrons spinning around the nucleus of an atom to planets in distant galaxies revolving around their suns, everything is in motion and therefore, in a state of vibration. That means conceptually, they’re all mak-

ing sound, as well.

Every organ, every bone and every tissue; every portion of our body is in a state of vibration. When they are in a state of wellness, we say that we are in sound health. We are like a wonderful orchestra that is playing the “suite of the self”. But, using an orchestra as a metaphor for the body, what happens when the second violin player loses their sheet music? Soon they are playing out of tune and out of harmony. Now the entire string section sounds off and before long, the whole orchestra is sounding disharmonious.

When a part of our body begins to vibrate out of its normal, healthy

resonant frequency, we say it is vibrating out of ease and is dis-eased. The concept of using sound for healing is very simple. What if we could give the string player back their sheet music?

What if we could somehow project the correct resonant frequency to the part of the body that was vibrating out of tune?

When you understand this basic principle of the universe, to which both quantum scientists and ancient mystics adhere, you begin to understand the power of sound and the potential of sound to be an extraordinary tool for both healing and transformation.

It’s true that everyone can be a sound healer! If you can make an elongated vowel sound (called “toning”) or even hum, you can use sound for healing. Our voice has amazing abilities to create shift and change.

Scientific data on the beneficial physiological effects of self-created sound cite increased oxygenation of the cells, lowered blood pressure and heart rate, increased lymphatic circulation, increased levels of melatonin, reduced levels of stress-related hormones, release of endorphins—selfcreated opiates that work as natural pain relievers—boosted production of interleukin-l, a protein associated with blood and planet production, increased levels of nitric oxide, a molecule associated with promotion of healing, and release of oxytocin, the “trust” hormone.

Please remember that these are just some of the physiological benefits, let alone those shifts and changes that occur on an etheric level. Our chakras, for example, are understood as being composed of vibration and as such, are easily affected by vibration—especially by our own sounds.

Thus, one of the first exercises we

teach at the Frequencies of Healing workshop is called “Vowels as Mantras,” in which participants learn to resonate, balance and heal their chakras with their own self-created sounds. This is something that everyone can learn to do, and it is lifechanging. We also share experiences working with many other modalities of sound healing that anyone can learn to use, including sacred Pythagorean tuning forks, as well as doing other forms of chanting and toning.

Frequencies of Healing will take place in Tucson on November 2 and 3. It is an extraordinary workshop that will provide lifelong benefits.

A free multimedia presentation with Jonathan will be held at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, in Tucson, the night before the workshop, on November 1.

It is sure to be entertaining and educational and perhaps a bit enlightening.

Jonathan Goldman, MA, is an awardwinning writer, musician and teacher and an authority on sound healing and a pioneer in the field of harmonics. He is the founder and director of the Sound Healers Association and CEO of Spirit Music. Andi Goldman, MA, LPC, is a licensed psychotherapist specializing in holistic counseling and sound therapy. She is the director of the Healing Sounds Seminars and codirector of the Sound Healers Association. She is a musician, teacher, sound healer, award-winning author, and the wife and partner of Jonathan Goldman. Together, they authored Chakra Frequencies, winner of the Ford Foundation Visionary Award for best alternative health book of the year. For more information, visit HealingSounds.com.

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Deva Premal & Miten Bring MantraFest to Mesa Deva Premal & Miten will be in Mesa on, November 5 to bring the sacred spirit of India’s ancient mantras to audiences at the Mesa Performing Arts Center. The Mesa concert is part of the Mantra Fest 2013 Tour, the duo’s 25-city North American tour, featuring special guests Manose, Maneesh de Moor and The GuruGanesha Band.

The couple fell in love playing meditation music together at an Indian ashram and have been sharing their love of that music with eclectic audiences across the globe ever since. For Premal, who was raised in the mystical traditions of the East, the spaces between the sounds are just as important as the music itself. “Music is nourishment, but then you have to give yourself time to take it in so you can reap its benefits,” she observes.

Manose, a bamboo flute virtuoso from Nepal, is also featured on the couple’s latest release, A Deeper Light.

“If ever we were to doubt that we are supported by the divine, we just have to turn around and look to see who is with us,” says Miten. “Manrose is a gift from God. Just wait until you hear it all.”

Location: Mesa Performing Arts Center, 1 East Main St., Mesa. For tickets starting at $30, visit BrightStarEvents.net. Listen to samples at DevaPremalMiten.com.

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RISING FEVER The Right Steps Now Can Avert the Worst of It

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have opted for enowned “We’re not going to stop would the “bunny slope” climate scientist Richard global warming; it’s too approach, a leisurely from the ubiqSomerville, Ph.D., late for that. But we can descent uitous use of climateuses simple language and sports keep it from getting as bad changing fossil fuels. greenanalogies to help us as it could possibly get.” Unfortunately, house gases would understand climate have had to peak two change and the risks ~ Bill McKibben years ago and now be ahead. in decline in order to

A distinguished professor emeritake the easy way out.

Instead, the amount of carbon dioxide tus, researcher at California’s Scripps in the atmosphere shot past 400 parts Institution of Oceanography and author per million last May, a level that most of The Forgiving Air, he likens greenscientists agree the planet hasn’t expehouse gases to a scandal that’s rocked rienced since long before the arrival of major league baseball in recent years. modern humans.

“Greenhouse gases are the steroids of

“Science tells you, you can put this the climate system,” he says. Although we can’t link them to any single weather much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, but no more,” without changing event, we can see them in the statistics the planet’s climate too dramatically, at the end of the season, Somerville says. With the bases loaded, “Look out, Somerville says. “Mother Nature tells because Mother Nature bats last.” you, you cannot wait 50 or 100 years to

To explain how we could consolve this. You have to do it in five to 10 front the problem, he turns to another years. There’s been a general failure to sport, skiing. If we were serious about connect the dots.” The bit of good news avoiding a worst-case scenario, we is that time has not yet completely run Tucson 30

On the Energy Front

McKibben’s grassroots group, 350. org, opposes the planned Keystone XL pipeline that, if built, is expected to transport Canadian tar sands oil across the United States to refineries along the Gulf of Mexico.

Frances Beinecke Increasing fossil fuel infrastructure, he says, is impractical, and we’d be better off investing in clean and renewable energies such as wind, solar and geothermal.

It’s a theme also sounded by Frances Beinecke, president of the New York City-based Natural Resources Defense Council and author of Clean Energy Common Sense. With the failure of the U.S. Congress to enact climate legislation, her group, encompassing 1.4 million online members and activists, is pressing the Obama administration to live up to its pledge to regulate the carbon dioxide emitted by power plants.

The leading culprits for climate-changing gases, they contribute 40 percent of the country’s carbon emissions. “It’s time to act, and we have to act now,” Beinecke says.

On the Water Front

Sandra Postel agrees. “Water, energy and food production: These things are tightly linked, and all are affected by climate change.” From Los Lunas, New Mexico, she leads the Global Water

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out. He and other pioneering thought leaders believe that we can still reverse the dangerous current course.

“These next few years are going to tell the tale about the next 10,000 years,” says well-known global environmental activist Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet. “We’re not going to stop global warming; it’s too late for that. But we can keep it from getting as bad as it could possibly get.”

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“Tell politicians that you care about this. We’ve got to get countering climate change high on the priority list.” ~ Richard Somerville Policy Project, a group also focused on the climate conundrum, as well as National Geographic’s Change the Course national freshwater conservation and restoration campaign.

Competition for Sandra Postel water is increasing in several parts of the country, she says, and will only get worse as dry conditions increase demands on groundwater. Endangered sources detailed in her extensive related writings include the Ogallala Aquifer, vital to agricultural operations across much of the Great Plains, and California’s Central Valley, the nation’s fruit and vegetable bowl. In the Colorado River Basin, which provides drinking water to some 30 million people, water demands already exceed the available supply—and that gap is expected to widen with changes in the region’s climate.

In other regions, the problem is too much water from storms, hurricanes and flooding, a trend that Postel and other experts say will also worsen as the world continues to warm and fuel weather extremes. Beyond the loss of lives and property damage, this “new normal” holds stark implications for communities.

“We’ve built our bridges, dams and other infrastructure based on 100year records of what’s happened in the past,” advises Postel. “In a lot of ways, how we experience climate change is going to be through changes in the water cycle. If the past isn’t a good guide to the future anymore, we’ll have to change our water management.”

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“Water, energy and food production: These things are tightly linked, and all are affected by climate change.” ~ Sandra Postel

On the Ocean Front

The world’s oceans are being transformed by climate change in ways we are only beginning to understand.

Since the Industrial Revolution, oceans have absorbed a significant portion of the carbon dioxide Dawn Wright generated, experiencing a 30 percent rise in acidity; that’s expected to reach 100 to 150 percent above pre-industrial levels by the end of this century, according to the nonprofit National Academy of Science (NAS), in Washington, D.C.

“Thank goodness for the oceans, but they are paying a tremendous price,” says Oceanographer Dawn Wright, Ph.D. She’s chief scientist of Esri, in Redlands, California, that analyzes geographic system relationships, patterns and trends.

The higher acidity levels are “taking a toll on shellfish such as oysters, clams and sea urchins, as well as coral reefs, where much aquatic life is spawned,” Wright explains. Climate change may have other devastating impacts on the ocean food chain—and eventually us—that scientists are only beginning to discern. As just one of myriad impacts: Ocean acidification threatens the country’s $3.7 billion annual wild fish and shellfish industry and the $9.6 billion slice of the global tourism business that caters to scuba divers and snorkelers, according to a recent NAS study.

The Way Forward

We can be grateful for some hopeful developments in the call to act.

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overseeing her company’s ocean initiative, which includes building an ocean basemap of unparalleled detail. While less than 10 percent of the world’s oceans’ underwater realms are mapped today, Esri is compiling authoritative bathymetric data to build a comprehensive map of the ocean floor. Public and private sector planners, researchers, businesses and nonprofits are already using this map and analysis tools to, among other things, conduct risk assessments and provide greater understanding of how onshore development impacts oceans’ natural systems.

Municipalities are also taking action. New York City plans to restore natural buffers to future hurricanes, while Philadelphia and other cities are restoring watersheds, replanting trees in riparian areas, adding rain gardens, laying permeable pavement and revamping roofs and parking lots to reduce stormwater runoff. Investing in such “green infrastructure” is less costly than expanding “grey infrastructure” such as underground sewer systems and water purification plants.

Increasingly, local authorities are relocating communities out of flood zones to allow rivers to reclaim wetlands, an effort which also creates new recreation and tourism spots. Floodplains buffer against extreme flooding and drought, plus filter stormwater runoff, removing farm and lawn fertilizers and other chemicals that otherwise enter waterways, creating deoxygenated “dead zones” where aquatic life can’t survive, as exemplified by parts of Lake Erie, Chesapeake Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.

“These solutions are unfolding here and there,” Postel notes, while also remarking that too many locales are rebuilding levees at their peril and allowing people to return to areas that flood repeatedly. “An amount of climate change is already locked in. We will have to adapt, as well as mitigate, simultaneously.”

Somerville, who helped write the

“Thank goodness for the oceans, but they are paying a tremendous price.” ~ Dawn Wright

2007 assessment by the Nobel Prizewinning International Panel on Climate Change, labels it “baloney” when politicians say there’s not enough time or it’s too expensive to address the problem.

“It’s very doable,” he maintains. “First, inform yourself. Second, tell politicians that you care about this. Then raise hell with those who don’t agree. We’ve got to get countering climate change high on the priority list.”

McKibben recommends that the country gets serious about putting a price on carbon emissions. Meanwhile, he’s encouraged by the people-powered regional successes in blocking fracking, a controversial method of extracting natural gas, and credits grassroots groups for holding the Keystone pipeline project at bay.

“We’re cutting it super-close” and need to change the trajectory of climate change, according to McKibben, who says we can still have good lives powered by wind and solar, but will have to learn to live more simply. “I don’t know where it will all end and won’t see it in my lifetime. But if we can stop the combustion of fossil fuels and endless consumption, then there’s some chance for the next generation to figure out what the landing is going to be.”

Christine MacDonald is a freelance journalist in Washington, D.C., who specializes in health, science and environmental issues. Learn more at ChristineMacDonald.info.

Signs Of Changes To Come Without actions to significantly curb greenhouse gas emissions, air temperatures could increase as much as 11.5 percent by 2100, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

While the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change pledged in 2009 to keep warming from increasing more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, more recent reports by the World Bank and other institutions warn that the goal may be unrealistic. Continued global warming could cause widespread drought, flooding and other changes, with disastrous consequences. Here are some of the ways climate change has already impacted our lives.

Temperatures: The average global temperature for 2012—about 58.3 degrees Fahrenheit—was the ninth-warmest year since record keeping began in 1880.

It was also the 36th consecutive year that the global temperature surpassed the 20th-century average, according to the National Climate Data Center at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The problem comes alive in a video at Tinyurl.com/NASAEarthTemps.

The EPA reports that the number of days that temperatures will exceed 90 degrees Farenheit is expected to increase throughout the U.S., especially in areas that already experience heat waves.

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Drought: Drought struck two-thirds of America’s lower 48 states last year, and continued into 2013 in many parts of the country, costing billions of dollars in crop failures and damage from resulting wildfires.

Extreme storms: East Coast weather has become wilder, with storms such as Hurricane Irene and Superstorm Sandy wreaking unprecedented losses in human life and property.

Freshwater supplies: As melting shrinks glaciers’ historic footprints, reducing the amount of springtime snowmelt, and we continue to deplete groundwater faster than it can be replenished, conflicts between agriculture, industry and municipalities over water are expected to increase. Meanwhile, rising sea levels near some seashore cities have already led to incursions of saltwater, contaminating underground freshwater systems.

Rising sea levels: Since 1870, the global sea level has risen by about eight inches, according to the EPA. By the end of this century, it estimates that New York City could see a rise of 2.3 feet and Galveston, Texas, 3.5 feet. Other studies say those estimates are conservative.

Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in July concluded that a rise of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit could result in a corresponding rise in sea levels exceeding 13 feet.

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Shop with the Planet in Mind

Daily Choices Help Counter Climate Change

by Christine MacDonald

Until recently, we’ve been asked to choose between the economy and the environment. Now we’re realizing that the two are closely linked, and that our continued prosperity depends on how well we take care of the natural systems that sustain life—clean air, water, food and an overall healthy environment.

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lthough the worst impacts of climate change are still decades away, experts say it’s already a costly problem. In 2012, U.S. taxpayers spent nearly $100 billion—approximately $1,100 apiece—to cover crop losses, flooding, wildfires and other climate-related disasters, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council.

That’s more than America spent last year on education or transportation.

Given the lack of action on climate change by Congress, more Americans are looking to leverage their purchasing power to make a difference.

Yet, as consumers trying to “shop their values” know, it’s often difficult to distinguish the “green” from the “greenwashed”. Natural Awakenings

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has rounded up some tips that can help.

Dismiss Meaningless Labels

Urvashi Rangan, Ph.D., who leads the Consumer Safety and Sustainability Group for Consumer Reports and its Greener Choices and Eco-labels online initiatives, says companies take far too many liberties in product labeling.

The dearth of standards and consistency across the marketplace has rendered terms like “fresh,” and “free range” meaningless. Also, there’s more wrong than right about the “natural” label put on everything from soymilk to frozen dinners, she says.

While critics of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s USDA Organic label say its regulations are not tough

enough, Rangan says at least we know what we’re getting. The same is not true of many claims decorating consumer goods, Rangan advises. Plus, producers get away without identifying myriad other controversial practices, she says, including genetically engineered ingredients.

To help consumers protect themselves, the Consumer Union and other nonprofit public advocates have made their evaluations easily accessible via cell phones and iPads. The Web-based Good Guide’s evaluations of more than 145,000 food, toys, personal care and household products are at shoppers’ fingertips via an app that scans product barcodes on the spot.

Calculate Impacts

A number of easy-to-use online tools help us understand the far-flung impacts of a purchase, including on humans and habitats. The Good Guide, for instance, employs chemists, toxicologists, nutritionists, sociologists and environmental lifecycle specialists to evaluate a product’s repercussions on health, environment and society.

Sandra Postel, who leads the Global Water Policy Project, has teamed up with the National Geographic Society to devise a personal water footprint calculator. It helps people understand the wider environmental impacts of their lifestyle and purchasing choices, and provides options for reducing their footprints and supporting water replenishment efforts.

“It takes a per capita average of 2,000 gallons of water each day to keep our U.S. lifestyle afloat,” twice the world average, calculates Postel. The typical hamburger takes 630 gallons of water to produce, for example, while a pair of jeans consumes 2,600 gallons, most of it to grow the necessary cotton.

Water is just one of numerous resources overused in the United States, according to author and journalist Danielle Nierenberg, co-founder of Food Tank. “We overbuy food. It goes bad and ends up in landfills,” where it lets off methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, as it decomposes.

“We also over-order at restaurants,” observes Nierenberg, whose think tank focuses on the interrelated issues of hunger, obesity and environmental degrada-

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tion. Overall, the U.S. annually accounts for 34 million tons of food waste. “Part of the problem is we’ve lost home culinary skills,” says Nierenberg, who says we need to rethink how and how much we eat. “We don’t really understand what portions are,” she adds.

Share Instead of Buy

Collaboration characterizes the broader trend in careful consuming that relies on cell phone apps. Sometimes known as the

“sharing economy” or “collaborative consumption”, initiatives can range from car and bike shares to neighborly lending of lawn mowers and other tools and sharing homegrown produce. One of the more innovative food-sharing options is Halfsies, in which diners at participating restaurants pay full price for a meal, but receive half of a full portion, effectively donating the cost of the other half to fight hunger.

Whatever the product, experts say, the new sharing business model is part of

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a fundamental shift in how people think about consuming, with the potential to help us reduce our personal carbon footprint and contribute to a more sustainable future.

Christine MacDonald is a freelance journalist in Washington, D.C., who specializes in health, science and environmental issues. Learn more at ChristineMacDonald.info.

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STARRY-EYED KIDS Clear Skies, Cool Nights Open Vast Vistas

by Randy Kambic

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ishing upon a star The magical over Russia in February and is an iconic activity the latest images from the night sky is surface of Mars beamed to us steeped in everyone’s childhood desire to a perfect by the NASA rover Curiosity. attain happiness and fulfillExperiencing the excitement playground of early knowledge can bolment. Actual stargazing can help make parents’ dreams for a child’s ster academics while fostering for their children’s well-being a calming sense of the order imagination. of nature’s rhythms. come true, as well.

Children are exposed

“Astronomy ties into to imagining the larger celestial realm every educational domain—physics, through popular films, science fiction geometry, algebra, history and ecolliterature and pop songs, plus more ogy,” advises former elementary school tangibly via current sky events. Consider teacher Hiram Bertoch, of West Valley news of the meteoroid that exploded City, Utah, owner of the KidsKnowIt

Network, which maintains 10 free children’s learning websites, including KidsAstronomy.com. Standing in awe at the wonders of the universe can also instill a centering sense of humility in the face of such grandeur.

Autumn is one of the best times for channeling youngsters’ intrigue in constellations, given the clearer skies and comfortably cool nights. This year, families can anticipate a special viewing of the Comet ISON, which is expected to be visible from much of the United States in late November.

Getting Started

Sky & Telescope magazine’s online guide, Getting Started in Astronomy, offers easy steps for parents to put stars in kids’ eyes. Check out its This Week’s Sky at a Glance link. Find an open space like a park or wooded clearing to reduce ambient light and use sky maps in hobby publications or astronomy books from the library as guides.

Binoculars are the best tool to start getting familiar with the night sky—they augment the naked eye enough to identify many Moon craters, Jupiter’s moons and the crescent phases of Venus. Planetariums, science and children’s museums, nature centers and astronomy clubs often hold public family events that

include access to telescopes; some loan or rent them out. (Find local clubs and facilities at SkyAndTelescope.com/community/organizations.)

Other opportunities include NASA’s Night Sky Network of astronomy clubs, Astronomy magazine’s youth programs, SpacePlace.nasa.gov and Astronomy.com/kids programs. Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops offer astronomy merit badges.

When a family’s interest continues sufficiently to buy a telescope, test preferred models at many potential settings before finalizing a purchase. According to the online guide, a first telescope should provide high-quality optics that limit diffraction (the spreading of light as it passes through the lens system to the eye) and a sturdy, smooth-working mount. More advanced telescopes have built-in computers and motors that can be programmed to point at specific spots in the sky.

Whether early steps lead to a later career or as a heavenly hobby, helping to convert a child’s, “What’s that?” to a happy, “I know what that is,” becomes worth encouraging. As Bertoch observes, “Kids have an innate excitement about what’s out there.”

Randy Kambic, in Estero, FL, is a freelance writer and editor who regularly contributes to Natural Awakenings.

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Energy Healing Comes of Age A Historic Milestone in Complementary Medicine

pedia of Energy Medicine, by Linnie Thomas, operates on the belief that changes in the body’s life force can affect health and healing. The therapeutic use of any of them begins with an assessment of the body’s electromagnetic field. Then, a treatment specifically designed to correct energy disturbances helps recreate a healthy balance in its multilayered energy field, comprised of pathways, known as meridians, and energy centers (chakras) that correspond to related nerve centers, endocrine glands, internal organ systems and the circulatory system.

The objective for energy medicine practitioners is to uncover the root causes of imbalances—often from emotional stress or physical trauma— and harmonize them at a bioenergetic level before aberrations completely solidify and manifest as illness.

Clinical Support

by Linda Sechrist

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s recently as 2010, it would have been unimaginable for an annual medical conference including allopathic physicians to hold a meeting themed Illuminating the Energy Spectrum. Yet it happened at the sold-out Institute of Functional Medicine 2013 annual international conference. Workshop topics ranged from bodily energy regulation to presentations by Grand Qigong Master Ou, Wen Wei, the originator of Pangu

Shengong, and Medical Anthropologist and Psychologist Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D., whose Four Winds Light Body School offers a two-year program on the luminous light body, also known as a local energy field, aura, life force, qi/chi or prana.

The energy medicine practiced by acupuncturists and other health practitioners that offer any one of the 60-plus hands-on and hands-off modalities described in The Encyclo-

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James Oschman, Ph.D., an academic scientist and international authority in Dover, New Hampshire, has conducted decades of research into the science of bioenergetics—the flow and transformation of energy between living organisms and their environment. He explores the basis of the energetic exchanges that manifest via complementary and alternative therapies in his book, Energy Medicine: The Scientific Basis.

According to Oschman, there is now enough high-quality research in leading peer-reviewed biomedical journals to provide energy medicine the credence to transform from a little-known, alternative healthcare modality into a conventional form of medicine. The progression to more widespread acceptance is similar to that experienced by acupuncture and massage.

Evolving Platform

For more than 35 years, pioneers of energy medicine like Barbara Ann Brennan, founder of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing; John F. Thie, founder of Touch for Health; and Donna Eden, founder of Eden Energy Medicine, have delved beyond con-

ventional models of healing to confirm that our sensory experience of the world is as limited as our vocabulary to describe it. New language for new concepts is required, such as: nature’s drive for wholeness, resonance, a new band of frequencies, restructuring DNA, local fields and the non-local field, encoding, entrainment, strings, strands, attunement, evolutionary healing and vibration.

Eden, who has had a lifelong ability to make intuitive health assessments later confirmed by medical tests, can look at an individual’s body, see and feel where the energy flow is interrupted, out of balance or not in harmony, and then work to correct the problem.

“Very little of the natural world that human beings evolved in still exists. In addition, our bodies haven’t adapted to modern stressors or the electromagnetic energies associated with technologies that occupy our living and working environments,” says Eden. “Energy medicine is invaluable because anyone can learn how to understand their body as an energy system and how to use techniques to restore energies that have become weak, disturbed or unbalanced.” Her teaching tools include her classic book, Energy Medicine, and Energy Medicine University, which she founded in 2006 in Sausalito, California.

In a 2009 talk at the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, Oschman predicted that energy medicine will become prominent in anti-aging medicine. “When I review the history of medicine, there are periods in which things stay pretty much the same, and then there are great breakthroughs. I think that with the advent of energy medicine, another milestone is upon us.”

Understanding the Science of Energy Medicine Conference

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he Science, Spirit and Health Symposium is holding their second annual conference, Dr. William Tiller Understanding the Science of Energy Medicine, from November 8 through 10, in Tucson. The symposium intends to take a sizeable step in taking Energy Medicine further “out of the closet” and into the Dr. Melinda Connor mainstream, featuring Dr. William Tiller, who appeared in the film, What the Bleep Do We Know? and University of Arizona scientist Dr. Gary Schwartz, as well as other nationally and locally known Dr. Gary Schwartz presenters, researchers and energy medicine practitioners.

The film, The Living Matrix, and the keynote Bruce Lipton address of the 2011 ISSEEM Conference on Energy Medicine’s History and Future by Bruce Lipton, a cellular biologist and author The Biology of Belief and Spontaneous Evolution, will be screened, as well.

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Tiller will present: The Scientific Experiments that turned Orthodox Science on It’s Head! and Schwartz, author of The Sacred Promise, The Energy Healing Experiments, will present: The Energy Healing Experiments.

Art Giser, founder of Energetic NLP, will teach: What You Absolutely Need to Know About Your Energy Field. Dr. Melinda Connor, a neuropsychologist and internationally recognized researcher, will present: How Music Heals Your Brain.

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consciouseating

Ancestral Diets A Lighter Shade of Paleo

by Sayer Ji and Tania Melkonian

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egetarian Awareness Month provides a timely opportunity to realize that a plant-focused diet does not derive exclusively from plants. Just as a carnivore does not subsist on meat alone, the same applies to a vegetarian.

What can we learn from our Paleolithic, or Stone Age, ancestors? The recent trend toward recreating a Paleo-era diet emphasizes the importance of vegetable nutrition to prehistoric communities, correcting the misperception that they were primarily meat-eaters.

The original Paleo diet, before the advent of agriculture, reflected the hunting and gathering of lean meats, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, and was absent of grains, dairy, starchy foods, sugar

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and salt. Today’s updated version might comprise foods naturally available and/or abundant before the cultivation of food in gardens, crops and livestock.

Loren Cordain, Ph.D., author of The Paleo Diet and Nutritionist Nora Gedgaudas, author of Primal Body, Primal Mind, each contest the premise perpetuated by many in the weight-loss industry that fat, especially naturally saturated fat, is unhealthy. Those same proponents that maintain low-fat/non-fat food is a panacea for modern illnesses also purport that cholesterol is the chief cause of heart ailments.

Gedgaudas writes that the diets of hunter-gatherers inhabiting varied landscapes, from the Inuit of the north to

tropical forest hominids, included large amounts of fat and cholesterol, which is essential to maintaining cell membranes and regulating hormones. She points out that obtaining cholesterol from food is necessary to augment the liver’s function of creating cholesterol internally.

Cordain agrees that even saturated fats in meats can be beneficial, providing the animals are grass-fed, lean and live in clean surroundings. He emphasizes, however, that when our prehistoric ancestors ate fat, they did not also eat grain carbohydrates, sugar and salt, and contends that it is these components, not meat, that can be detrimental to the body.

Doctor of Naturopathy Maureen Horne-Paul adds that organic, lean and game meats are exempt from the acidity inherent in corn-based animal feed.

Plus, “When an animal is insensitively confined and killed, stress hormones are released that result in acidity. So, we are changing our pH from a healthy alkaline state to a more acidic condition when we consume meat from conventionally raised animals.”

Scientific studies published in the Journal of Gluten Sensitivity, Medical Hypotheses and by the Mercola group attest to key problems related to human consumption of grains. Anti-nutrients such as phytic acid in grains lead to the poor absorption of minerals and related deficiencies. Improper absorption of dietary protein caused in part by enzyme inhibitors in grains also tends to damage the pancreas. Individual sensitivities to proteins in specific grains can further interfere with functioning of the neuroendocrine system and subse-

quent emotional difficulties like addiction and depression may arise. All of these difficulties have been exacerbated by irresponsible prenatal diets that have made younger generations extra-sensitive to the challenges posed by grains to the human system.

While Cordain doesn’t recommend dairy, Gedgaudas suggests organic or raw milk products, provided they retain their full fat content and come from grass-fed cows. She reasons that the presence of the anti-carcinogenic fatty acid conjugated linolenic acid (CLA) and the Wulzen factor anti-stiffness agent in the fat benefit joint lubrication.

Experts suggest that the dietary formula established by our prehistoric ancestors can be the foundation for a modern-day, healthy, non-confining, creative eating experience. We can exchange grains for quinoa, amaranth and buckwheat (not technically grains at all), and include tubers and legumes, due to their folate and protein content.

Blue and sweet potatoes also contain high levels of anthocyanins and potassium. Nearly every category of food, in the proper amounts, can be part of such a balanced diet.

When we explore what makes sense and eat clean and natural foods, we have a good chance of finding our body’s own sweet spot.

Sayer Ji is the founder of GreenMed Info.com and an advisory board member of the National Health Federation. Tania Melkonian is a certified nutritionist and healthy culinary arts educator. Learn more at GreenMedInfo.com.

Paleo Menu Recipes

by Tania Melkonian

Curried Carrot Soup 2 Tbsp ground turmeric 1 tsp ground cumin 1 cup diced onions 3 Tbsp curry paste 2 cups coconut milk 2 cups vegetable broth 1 Tbsp coconut oil 1 stalk lemon grass 3 leaves Kaffir lime 1 cup diced carrots 1 cup finely chopped red pepper Set a heavy-bottomed pot on medium heat. Add turmeric and cumin, to toast. Add oil and stir to combine with spices. Add onions; sweat to cook until translucent, but not browned.

Add curry paste and stir. Add coconut milk and vegetable broth and bring to a boil.

With the back of a knife, bruise the lime leaves and lemongrass stalk.

When the stock comes to a boil, reduce to medium heat and add leaves, add half of the carrots and stalk.

Cover and simmer for 30 minutes.

Remove from heat, cool and then remove leaves and stalk; blend soup until smooth.

Return soup blend to pot, add peppers and the rest of the carrots and then simmer on low heat for 40 minutes.

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Kale Wraps 1 head kale (suggest cavolo nero or dino kale) 1 bell pepper, sliced into julienned strips 1 avocado, julienned 3 oz grass-fed sirloin, grilled to medium and julienned Chili flakes and cumin to taste Wash and dry kale.

Hold the blade of a long chef’s knife along the rib of the kale leaf and pull the leaf away from the rib. Repeat on the other side of the leaf to produce two long flat wraps. Set aside the ribs for stock.

Bring a pot filled with 2 cups of water to a rolling boil. Lower the heat to simmer and set a metal colander inside as a steamer basket so it sits on top of the water, not immersed.

Line the colander/basket with the kale “wrap” leaves. Cover and steam for 3 minutes until the leaves are just wilted.

Remove basket from heat and lay out leaves on a clean work surface, lined up vertically.

Stack 1 slice meat, 1 slice avocado and 2 slices pepper horizontally near the edge of a leaf. Add cumin and chili flakes and roll leaf away from the cook into a wrap. Repeat with all leaves.

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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 2 Teachings of the Ascended Masters – Oct 2-6.

Conference sponsored by The Temple of The Presence. Live releases by the Masters for the benefit of the planet and each one’s personal acceleration on their path to the ascension. 520-751-2039 x 293.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3 Hormones in Harmony – 6-7:30pm. Talk with Dana Reed of Reed’s Compounding Pharmacy and Dr. Sholes-Douglas. What every woman should know about hormones and libido. Free. Windmill Inn, 4250 N Campbell Ave. 520-577-1129.

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Astrology 101 – 7-8pm. Learn some basics in preparation for the Oct. 12 class: Vedic Astrology and the Chakras. Free. Ananda Center of Tucson, 1002 E Prince Rd. 520-991-2598. Holovejoy@gmail.com.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 Women Wellness & Wine – 5:30-7pm. Great information, door prizes, swag bags, and of course there will be wine! RSVP: tmurphey@tulawellnessmd.com or 520-577-1129. Free. Sullivan’s Steakhouse, 1785 E River Rd. 520-577-1129.

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markyourcalendar Meditation And Nonviolent Communication Saturday, October 5, 9am - 4:30pm and Sunday, October 6, 11am - 4:30pm In this workshop, we weave Mindfulness and Nonviolent (Compassionate) Communication together to embody the practice of being present in each moment. In our busy lives, these practices support us in pausing which allows us to be mindful of our choices in the way we connect with ourselves and others.Visit EatByChoice.net for more information or email Silgiraffe@gmail.com. 520 572-9295.

Friday Happy-ness Hour – 6-8:30pm. First a teaching on how to develop and maintain a happy mind, followed by a vegetarian dinner. Teaching: $10/Dinner: $5. Kadampa Meditation Center, 1701 E Miles St. 520-441-1617. Info@MeditationInTucson.org.

MeditationInTucson.org IONS Tucson Monthly Presentation – 6:30-8pm.

Join Sylvia Haskvitz, MA RD, author and certified trainer with Center for Nonviolent Communication, for her presentation, Be the Change We Want to See; How Do We Do That? $5 suggested donation. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco.

520-399-8285. IONSTucson@ionstucson.

Meditation by Donation: Mantra Meditation – 7-8pm. Using mantra and the silence that follows, move into stillness for greater insight. Learn the sacred sounds that bring your mind into a place of greater clarity, insight and peace. By donation.

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

Cynthia@YogaConnection.org. YogaConnection.org.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 Introduction to Aquaponics System Design– 9am-12pm. Aquaponics is the combination of aquaculture & hydroponics. Workshop will emphasize how to design and build an aquaponic system that will work for you. $20. Manzo Elementary School, 855 N Melrose. 520-450-1607.

Zcitlalcoatl@gmail.com. SonoranPermaculture.org.

Resistance & Release Workshop – 9am-6pm.

Wth Deane Juhan. Join this remarkable teacher with advanced techniques for coordinating, increasing range of motion & eliminating chronic restrictions & discomfort in the body. CEU’s 16. $325. ASIS Massage Education, 639 N 6th Ave. 928-639-3455. Workshops@ASISMassage.com.

Earth Harmony Festival – Oct 5-6. 11am-8pm.

EcoVillage tours, live music, food, art, children’s village, pony rides, and nationally-known speakers. Learn about green building, water harvesting, composting, recycling, alternative clean energy, organic gardening, Permaculture and other sustainable practices. Free (donations appreciated). Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage, 2074 Pendleton Dr, Tumacacori.

520-398-2542. Info@EarthHarmonyFestival.org.

EarthHarmonyFestival.org.

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How to End Migraines – 12:30-2pm. Gary Olsen professional massage therapist for 18 years will present “Three Keys to Ending Migraines”. $15. Mindful Yoga Studio, 1101 N. Wilmot. 520-449-2128.

Gary@alifewithoutmigraines.com.

R’s Raw Kitchen Beginning Series – 12:30-2:30pm.

Oct 5, 12, 19, 26. Series of 4 classes teaches basic raw food skills. Enjoy a hands-on learning experience in the kitchen. Get questions answered. Register by phone or online. $135 for series/$50 deposit required. R’s Kitchen, Pima/Country Club Area. 520-256-1663.

RawKitchen.co@gmail.com. RawKitchen.co.

Oktoberfest at the Many Hands Courtyard – 4-10pm.

Tucson’s most authentic Oktoberfest, Original German food from the House of Brats, German beer, music and Oktoberfest souvenirs. Part of proceeds go to Tucson Celtic Society Scholarship fund. Free. Many Hands Courtyard, 3054 N First Ave. 520-360-0092.

Mucgirl@hotmail.com.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6 Building the Foundations of Health – 10am-6pm.

Oct 13, 20, 27 at 1-3 pm. Looking and feeling great from the inside out in a 1-month life changing series

by Dr. DeeAnn Saber and Arlene H. Siegel, chef and educator. Learn how to successfully build your health on all levels: physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Includes private session with both. $249.

WellnessFirst Clinic, 3861 N First Ave. 520-256-1663.

ArleneHSiegel@gmail.com. RawKitchen.co.

Secret Life of Wellness – 1-3pm. The Secret Life of Wellness by author Inna Segal will be discussed at Sunday lessons held at 9am and 11am, and in-depth at workshop at 1pm. $20. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco. 520-488-8284.

Molly.Nelson@q.com.

Yoga Open House – 1-5pm. Reservation not required. Mindful Yoga, 1101 N Wilmot #123.

520-300-4378. MindfulYogaTucson.com.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 TIES Guest Speaker - Richard Martini – 6:30pm.

Award winning filmmaker & author of Flipside, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Afterlife. $5. Unity Church of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco Pl. 520-395-2365. TucsonAZ@iands.org.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 Physical Therapy Open House – 9am-1pm. House Simons Physical Therapy is celebrating 10th anniversary with an Open House Event. Back school, core strengthening and pain reduction classes will be offered to the community. Free. Simons Physical Therapy, 8703 E Golf Links Rd. 520-514-1114.

Spt8703@yahoo.com. SimonsPhysicalTherapy.com.

Raising Chickens in Your Backyard: A Handson Primer – 9am-4pm. For anyone interested in raising chickens fo­­r the production of compost, eggs, and/or meat. $49. Milpa Tecolotlan. 520-450-1607. Zcitlalcoatl@gmail.com.

SonoranPermaculture.org.

Valley Fever lecture – 2pm-4pm. With internationally acclaimed Natural Pet Care pioneer, Dr. Lisa S. Newman N.D., Ph.D. Fast paced, entertaining and informative presentation on how to successfully prevent and reverse symptoms of Valley Fever. Free. Holistic Animal Care Shoppes, 7334 E Broadway Blvd. 520-886-1727.

Hacshoppes@azmira.biz. AZmira.biz.

Vedic Astrology and the Chakras – 2pm-5pm.

Vedic Astrology and the Chakras with Natasha Korshak who is a very knowledgeable Vedic Astrologer. $30. Ananda Center of Tucson, 1002 E Prince Rd. 520-991-2598. Holovejoy@gmail.com.

AnandaArizona.org.

Mood Management with Bach Flower Essences – 2:30pm. Mood management with Bach flower essences. Learn how to manage your emotions/ moods. Receive your personalized blend of Bach flower remedies. Pre-registration required. $55. Desert Rose Homeopathics & Herbals, 3065 N Campbell Ave. 520-918-0100.

DRHomeopathics@gmail.com.

Understanding Buddhist Ritual – 4-8:30pm. Learn the meaning behind traditional Buddhist rituals and how they can have an inspiring effect on our spiritual life. Pre-register by Oct. 10. $25 includes light supper. Kadampa Meditation Center, 1701 E Miles St. 520-441-1617. Info@MeditationInTucson.org.

MeditationInTucson.org.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13 Meditation by Donation: Green Tara Healing Meditation – 9-9:45am. Green Tara Healing Meditation is a way to open ones heart and mind in compassion with the intent of benefiting all beings. In so doing, it removes our own obstacles and creates a positive mind state. By donation.

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

Cynthia@YogaConnection.org. YogaConnection.org.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 14 How To Magnetize Money – 6-8pm. Learn how energy and willpower can be used to become confident, attract money and reach any goal. Free.

Ananda Center of Tucson, 1002 E Prince Rd. 520-907-4534. ElizabethLMason@yahoo.com.

AnandaArizona.org.

Spiritual Awakening Group – 6:30pm. Spiritual Awakening 8-wk group. Deep spiritual reflection, exercises, Higher Guidance, sacred connections.

Begin Oct 14. Free intro class 10/7. $100. Water of Life MCC, 3269 Mountain Ave. 520-780-0170.

Kadakingsley@msn.com.

Meditation by Donation: Chakra Balancing Meditation – 7-8pm. Explore the chakras and how to balance the energy of the chakras through meditation, affirmation and awareness. By donation.

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

Cynthia@YogaConnection.org. YogaConnection.org.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15 Yoga for Veterans Teacher Training: Presented

By Connected Warriors – 11:30am-3:30pm. Training focuses on learning skills proven to help service members and veterans connect to the present, leaving anxiety behind while learning to feel safe and in control. For yoga teachers with a 200-hour minimum training. 4 CEUs. Free; pre-registration required.

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

Cynthia@YogaConnection.org. YogaConnection.org.

NaturalTucson.com

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16 Bio-Touch Presentation for Massage Therapists – 6pm. Informational presentation. Massage therapists discover how to earn 10 c.e. hours by learning Bio-Touch, a complimentary healing method. Informal meeting with Q&A. Free. BioTouch Center, 5634 E Pima St. 520-323-7951.

Kukaber33@yahoo.com. JustTouch.com.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 Full Moon Women’s Circle – 7-9pm. Sharing, toning and other musical rejoicing, weaving our stories, divination with tarot, Runes and our inner guides. RSVP. $10. Luminous Adventures, E Hampton St. 520-204-6280.

Lucia@LuminousAdventures.com.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 Chopra Center Certified Course with Davidji: Awaken the Silence. Oct 18-20. “This course makes the science of meditation practical, easy, fun and rewarding. It changed my life for the best.” $375.

Hilton El Conquistador. PerfectHealthTucson.com.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19 Integrative Restoration – iRest Yoga Nidra iRest – 1-3pm. Led by Lily Cann. Evidence based, mind-body approach to health, healing and well-being. Most often practiced lying down or sitting comfortably, this practice is accessible to all regardless of ability or state of health. Mindful Yoga, 1101 N. Wilmot, #123. 520-300-4378.

MindfulYogaTucson.com.

Reiki Level I – 12-5pm. Join Reiki Master/ Teacher Judy Ferrigto learn this medically documented method of creating wellness on the physical, mental and emotional levels.(Discount for reviewers). $100. New Moon Haven, 16256 N Oracle Rd. 520-245-4214. JudyFerrig@comcast.net.

OpenPathways-EnergyandCommunication.com.

Meditation Intro and Mini-Retreat – 2pm-3pm.

Learn the key points for easy, relaxed and effective meditation. Followed by an optional mini-retreat to gain experience. $10, or $15 including retreat.

Kadampa Meditation Center, 1701 E Miles St. 520-441-1617. Info@MeditationInTucson.org.

MeditationInTucson.org.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20 QiGong for Dancers – 9am-12pm. Joe Pinella leads a QiGong class for Dancers (9 am) and Dance Instructors (10:45 am). Free. Tucson High School, 400 N 2nd Ave. 520-743-1349. Krystyna@AzDanceCoalition.org.

AzDanceCoalition.org/dance-fest-soaz.

Floor Barre for Dancers – 10:45-11:30am.

Eva Tessler leads a Floor Barre class that improves strength, placement and flexibility for dancers and those that are physically active. $15. Tucson High School, 400 N 2nd Ave. 520-743-1349. Krystyna@AzDanceCoalition.org.

AzDanceCoalition.org/dance-fest-soaz.

SABHF Blues Festival – 11am-7pm. Bring lawn chairs and shade. Assistance animals welcome, no coolers please. Slide guitar legend Roy Rogers, Australian Kara Grainger and the best local Blues bands will keep you dancing. $10/under 18 free. Rillito Raceway Park, 4502 N 1st Ave. Info@AZBlues.org. AZBlues.org.

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Feldenkrais for Dancers – 12-1pm. Tammy Rosen Wilbur teaches Feldenkrais class for dancers. $20. Tucson High School, 400 N 2nd Ave,.

520-743-1349. Krystyna@AzDanceCoalition.org.

AZDanceCoalition.org/dance-fest-soaz.

Open House Celebration – 2-4pm. Experience the renovated studio and spa. Enjoy pampering mini-treatments, skin consultations, discount coupons, prizes, refreshments and a special guest appearance by Brian Fox, psychic medium. Free.

Indigo Oasis, 204 W Grant Rd. 520-329-2478.

Amanda@IndigoOasis.com. IndigoOasis.com.

Secret Power of Sound – 2:30-4pm. Teachings of Elizabeth Clare Prophet on The Secret Power of Sound. Free. Wilmot Library, 530 N Wilmot Rd. 520-668-8008. Wlskew@aol.com.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21 Feed the World Day – 4-8pm. 12th annual Feed The World celebrates positive change through life style choices and healthy eating. 6 course vegan meal, holistic booths, health displays, massage, eco-friendly vendors and live music.

Free. Govinda’s Natural Foods, 711 E Blacklidge Dr. 520-792-0630. Sandaminidd@cs.com.

GovindasOfTucson.com.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 Healthy Happy Hour-5-7pm. “Chill” music and good conversation with other healthy minded people. Free. Chinese tea and finger snackies served. Limited to 30 participants. RSVP required to urban-retreat.org/rsvp. Sifu Kelley Graham, 520-770-1200. Sponsored by Natural Awakenings Magazine, NaturalTucson.com.

Angel Gong Concert – 6:30-8pm. Bathe in the Angel Gong Waves with Marcia Breitenbach, MA, while floating in a warm salt-water indoor pool.

Relax and allow warm salt water and gong frequencies to foster self love and promote healing. $15.

Santa Rita Springs, 1195 E Edison. 520-975-5376.

Millmarcia@gmail.com. SantaritaSprings.com.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 Chi Nei Tsang: Taoist Abdominal Massage – Oct 26-27. Course will cover: basic traditional principles of Chi Nei Tsang, beginning anatomy of the internal organs, Taoist meditations and breathing exercises, qigong to increase the flow of chi through the body, and a complete detoxifying routine. $275 for CE 16. ASIS Massage Education, 639 N 6th Ave. 928-639-3455.

Karen@AsisMassage.com. AsisMassage.com.

Reiki Level I Training – 12-5pm. Join Reiki Master/Teacher Judy Ferrig to learn this medically documented method of creating wellness on the physical, mental and emotional levels. $100. New Moon Haven, 16256 N Oracle Rd. 520-245-4214.

JudyFerrig@comcast.net.

Mini Healing Retreat – 1-5:45pm. Mini Healing Retreat is for pampering yourself and healing.

Massage, soul healing, relationship healing, acupuncture and more. Four sessions for $50. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco. 520-488-8284.

Molly.Nelson@q.com.

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markyourcalendar NONVIOLENT COMMUNICATION; TOOLS FOR MEDIATORS, MANAGERS AND TEACHERS November 1-2, 9am - 4pm $130 Unique skills to listen deeply and to articulate back the message to the speakers satisfaction.

Why is this important? Prevent conflict, increase efficiency, greater connection, more understanding and lots easier. And learn to say what you mean with clarity. Visit: OurFamilyServices.org, look under training & workshops for more information. Sponsored by Center for Community Dialogue, a program of Our Family Services.

520-572-9295.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27 Stress Free Workshop – 11:30am-1pm. Gentle techniques will include: Hatha yoga poses to rejuvenate and revitalize the body, breathing practices and deep relaxation to calm and restore the mind, meditation and visualization to calm and center the spirit. By donation. Yoga Connection, 3929 E Pima.

520-323-1222. Cynthia@YogaConnection.org.

YogaConnection.org.

Food for Change: Presented by Food Conspiracy Co-op – 5pm. Food For Change is a feature-length documentary film focusing on food co-ops as a force for dynamic social and economic change in American culture. The goal is to educate a wide national audience about the principles of cooperation with a focus on food. $5. The Loft Cinema, 3233 E Speedway Blvd. FoodConspiracy.coop.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 28 How To Magnetize Anything – 6-8pm. The true meaning of success is more than stable income.

Learn keys that lead to success in whatever you choose but tapping into your own genius, in your superconsciousness. Free. Ananda Center of Tucson, 1002 E Prince Rd. 520-907-4534.

ElizabethLMason@yahoo.com. AnandaArizona.org.

Meditation by Donation: Mantra Meditation – 7-8pm. Using mantra and the silence that follows. move into stillness for greater insight.

Learn the sacred sounds that bring your mind into a place of greater clarity, insight and peace.

By Donation. Yoga Connection, 3929 E Pima.

520-323-1222. Cynthia@YogaConnection.org.

YogaConnection.org.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31 First Samanic Astrology Mystery School (SAMS) 2013 – Oct 31-Nov 5. Renaissance of the Sacred Feminine: Redreaming the Magical Connection between land & Sky. Pre-conference begins Oct. 31, 6-9pm and Nov. 1, 9-5pm: Introduction to Shamanic Astrology. Learn about your soul’s purpose. Post-Conference: Advanced Chart Analysis & Night-Sky Viewing, Nov. 4-5. Moonreach Ranch, 41 Guadalupe Ln, Tubac. 917-404-7117. Erik@inspiralnexus.com.

ShamanicAstrology.com.

IONS Community Event – 6:30-8pm. Please join Jonathan Goldman, author, musician, composer, teacher and chant master for his presentation “The Power of Sound: Multi-Media Introduction to Sound Healing and Harmonics”. He will demonstrate the healing qualities of harmonic sound, particularly vocal toning. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N. Camino Blanco, 85718.

planahead SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 Frequencies of Healing with Jonathan & Andi Goldman – Nov 2: 9am-5pm & Nov 3: 1-4pm. Explore the scientific and spiritual basis of using sound for healing and transformation and find out how your own self-created sounds can enhance your health and wellness. Reserve early. $199. Tucson Osteopathic Conference Center, 3182 N Swan Rd. 520-358-0575.

ChantingRiver@gmail.com. HealingSounds.com.

Bio-Touch Practitioner Training – Nov 2-3.

10am-4pm. Fun, interactive, hands-on training of bio-energetic healing technique, teaches how to help family, friends relieve pain, stress, support good health. $48. Bio-Touch Center, 5634 E Pima St. 520-323-7951. Kukaber33@yahoo.com.

International Festival of Tucson – Nov 2-3.

Sat:11am-9pm; Sun: 11am-5pm. Cuisine and sweets from around the world including Middle East & Eastern Europe. Family entertainment.

Shop many artisans, Arabic Village and Church Market. $1 Adults; kids under 12 free. Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church, 5910 E 5th St. 520-730-6361. Labdulnour@yahoo.com.

Introduction to Masterpath – 1-2:30pm. Free introductory talk and video of Sri Gary Olsen, spiritual leader of MasterPath, presented by a MasterPath higher initiate. Sincere spiritual seekers who desire to deepen their investigation of MasterPath are cordially invited to attend. Free. Pima Community College Downtown Campus, Amethyst/Community Room, 1255 N Stone Ave. MasterPath.org.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Shiatsu Touch Workshop – Nov 3-9. 6-day intensive with chakra meridians and hara attunement.

40 CEUs. Cost contingent on number of students registered. The Shiatsu Dojo, 1320 E Linden St. 505-490-2938. Teabird@Mindspring.com.

ZenTribeWellness.com.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 Discovering Your Sacred Purpose as a Couple– Nov 6-7. 9am-5pm. 2-day workshop to enhance and revitalize your relationship. For couples at every stage of relationship, this workshop weaves in shamanic astrology along with other modalities to help partners better understand their unique couple’s purpose and each other’s individual soul purpose.

Moonreach Ranch, 41 Guadalupe Ln, Tubac.

828-788-0773. Anyaa@GoddessOnTheLoose.com.

GoddessOnTheLoose.com.

markyourcalendar NOVEMBER 8-10 Understanding The Science Of Energy Medicine Conference Featuring: “What the Bleep” Scientist, Dr. William Tiller “Experiments that Turned Science on it’s Head”, U of A researcher Dr. Gary Schwartz “The Energy Healing Experiments”. Plus: Art Giser “ENLP”, Dr. Melinda Connor, Dr. Bruce Lipton, energy healers, films and more!

Early-bird pricing $99 until Oct 20th! To register/more information NewGroundEvents.com; Joshuadanhorner@yahoo.com

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8 Divine Administration Seminar – Nov 8-10.

Ascension Science, Protected Areas, Destiny Reservists, Epochal Revelation. Early reg $500; Late reg $700 (incl housing & meals). Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage, 2074 Pendleton Dr, Tumacacori. 520-603-9932. Info@GCCAlliance.org.

PCOA Art Auction: People Creating Original Art – 6-10pm. PCOA Art Auction: People Creating Art Friday, benefits the Pima Council on Aging: The place to go for HELP when you don’t know where to go. Donations from local artist are appreciated. Free. Armory Park Center, 220 South 5th Ave. 520-790-0504. DConover@pcoa.org.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Therapeutics for Asana for Teachers, Yoga Therapists and Interested Students - 11/9-10. Twists, Inversions and Savasana, Led by Jeff Martens of Inner Vision Yoga. Mindful Yoga, 1101 N. Wilmot, #123. 520-300-4378. MindfulYogaTucson.com.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14 TIES Guest Speaker: Ken Prather – 6:30pm.

Ken Prather had two near-death experiences, as a child and at 49. Founder of A Day Away outreach program. $5. Unity of Tucson, 3617 Camino Blanco Pl. 520-395-2365.

TucsonAZ@iands.org. TucsonIANDS.org.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Intro to Trager Skills – Nov 15-17. Trager Skills, an Intro Principles & Practice with instructor Deane Juhan. Without shifts in conscious awareness no change in our muscular patterns can be lasting.

Join this wonderful playful workshop of practical techniques to support our practice. CEU’s 20. $350. ASIS Massage Education, 639 N 6th Ave, 928-639-3455. Workshops@ASISMassage.com.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Full Moon JourneyDance – 3-5pm.A celebration that will have you loving your body and loving your life! Weaving simple, guided movement sequences and free exploration, Mindful Yoga, 1101 N. Wilmot, #123. 520-300-4378.

MindfulYogaTucson.com.

Spirit of Giving Arts and Crafts Show – 9am3pm. Beautiful, handmade items presented by our local fine artists. Ideal gift selections for your early holiday shopping. Bring a can or bag of pet food to donate and receive a free raffle ticket.

Free. The Doubletree by Hilton, 445 S Alvernon.

520-797-1751. TucsonArtsAndCrafts.org.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17 VegFest TUCSON – 9am-5pm. Featuring lectures, food demonstrations, health and wellness providers. Free. Hilton Tucson East, 7600 E Broadway Blvd. 520-275-7999.

JohnyReid@gmail.com. HealthyYouNetwork.com.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 El Tour de Tucson – Ride for Pima Council on Aging. Be a part of the fun and help make a difference in the community by raising awareness for the needs of older adults. 520-305-3401. Dconover@pcoa.com.

PimaCouncilOnAging.blogspot.com.

Decording – 1-3pm. Learn to remove energetic cords that attach you to others in non-beneficial ways and stop the energy drain. $30 advance/$35 at event. Spirits Child, SE Corner of Orange Grove and River, by Sprouts.

520-245-4214. JudyFerrig@comcast.net.

OpenPathways-EnergyandCommunication.com.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Transpersonal Somatic Therapy, Phase 1 – Nov 29-Dec 1. 5-6pm. These workshops are designed for all types of therapists and health care providers who share the common interest in deepening presence, compassion and skills in their work with themselves and with others. $295 CE’s 16. ASIS Massage Education, 639 N 6th Ave. 928-639-3455. Karen@AsisMassage.com.

AsisMassage.com.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6 Transpersonal Somatic Therapy, Phase II – Dec 6-8. 5-6pm. Awareness in therapy, meditation and inquiry. Specific methods and practices will be taught for awakening empathic attunement and compassion, while discovering how the emotional body is layered and a key to aliveness. $295 CE’s 16. ASIS Massage Education Sedona/ Clarkdale Campus, 701 S Broadway, Clarkdale.

928-639-3455. Karen@AsisMassage.com.

AsisMassage.com.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12 Tucson IANDS Experience Sharing (TIES) – 6:30pm. Amy Call had an allergic reaction to prescribed medication and ‘died’ of anaphylactic shock in 2003. $5. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco Pl. 520-395-2365. TucsonAZ@iands.org.

TucsonIANDS.org.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 Reiki Level II – 12pm. The symbol provided in Level II allows you to heal at a distance and to access information across all time and space. $100. New Moon Haven, 16256 N Oracle Rd. 20-245-4214. JudyFerrig@comcast.net.

OpenPathways-EnergyandCommunication.com.

ongoing events Calendar events must be received by the 15th of the month prior to publication and adhere to our guidelines. Visit NaturalTucson.com for guidelines and to submit listings.

daily Morning and Evening Meditation – 7am & 7pm, Daily. Begin and end your day with Sanskrit chanting, worship and meditation in the contemplative environment of Jyoti Mandir – Temple of Light. Free. Desert Ashram, 3403 W. Sweetwater Dr, 520-743-0384.

Joyful Hearts Yoga Classes - 9-10am, Sunrise Chapel; 12-1pm, Harrison Hills/Pantano Park; 3-4pm, Tucson Meadows; 6-7pm, VFW Post 549. $5 per class. Visit JoyfulHeartsYoga.com for full address/ schedule information. Tim Howell, 520-808-9383.

sunday The Deeper Meaning of Jesus’ Words – 9am & 11 am. Explore the underlying ideas of our Christian heritage for your deeper understanding. Child care provided. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N. Camino Blanco. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco. 520-577-3300.

UnityTus.com.

Agape Gatherings – 10am. 8 Key Elements to High Vibrational Living; 10:30am:Agape Message. 699 W Magee Rd, Casas Lindas Apartment Clubhouse.

Contact Rachel Allen: 520-270-0409.

Ai Chi – 10am. With Julia Barwell. Enjoy warm water in a flowing, powerful progression of movements to increase oxygen and caloric consumption. $15. Santa Rita Springs. 520-360-1798 Aquatic.Relaxation@yahoo.com.

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

Advice for Life and Prayers for World Peace – 10-11:30am. Learn how to put Buddha’s teaching to use in our normal busy lives. Concurrent children’s class. By donation. Kadampa Meditation Center, 1701 E Miles Street.

520-441-1617. Info@MeditationInTucson.org.

MeditationInTucson.org/meditation-classes/weeklyclasses/kmc-sundays/.

Chapel of Awareness Sunday Services – 10-11am Meditation and Healing, 11 am-12pm Lecture, Absent Healing and Spirit Messages. Rev. Jim McCaw. All parts of the service are free. 2850 E Grant Rd .

ChapelOfAwarenessTucson@wordpress.com.

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

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

NaturalTucson.com

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Science of Spirituality – 10am-2pm. New hours.

WellnessFirst!, 3861 N 1st Ave. 520-209-1755.

Unity Spiritual Center of Peace – 10:30-11:30am.

Learn to live your spiritual potential and purpose.

Pray, sing, and celebrate Oneness in community - all are welcome. Sunday school for kids.

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

Info@UnityPeaceAZ.com. UnityPeaceAZ.com.

Community Interfaith Church – 10:45am, Visioning Meditation; 11am, Sunday Celebration. Teaching New Thought Spirituality for a new way of living. Rev. George Wrigley, Senior Minister. 6265 N La Canada, south of Orange Grove Rd, on west side of road.

520-861-8734. CommunityInterfaithChurch.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.

Yogananda Gathering – 11am. 3rd & 4th Sun. Attune to Yogananda’s teachings through chanting, meditation affirmations, readings and the beautiful Festival of Light ceremony.” Snack and fellowship follows. 1002 E Prince Rd. Elizabeth: 520-299-9309.

AnandaArizona.org.

All Natural Spa Facial – 12pm. Free promotion party. Learn how to deep cleanse, look younger through exfoliation and rehydrate with the newest safe natural beauty chemicals. Free. Campus Area, 2660 W Calle Cuero De Vaca. 520-743-1249.

Trudy_Erickson@hotmail.com.

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.

Desert Ashram -– 7pm. Also Thurs, 7pm. Immerse yourself in a beautiful and peaceful monastic center. Spiritual teachings of Swami Amar Jyoti, chanting, meditation, library, bookshop, walking paths. Free. Personal retreats available. Desert Ashram, 3403 W Sweetwater Dr. 520-743-0384. Gomati@TruthConsciousness.org.

TruthConsciousness.org.

monday Joyful Hearts Yoga Classes - 9-10am, Sunrise Chapel; 12-1pm, Harrison Hills/Pantano Park; 3-4pm, Tucson Meadows; 6-7pm, VFW Post 549. $5 per class. Visit JoyfulHeartsYoga.com for full address/schedule information. Tim Howell, 520-808-9383.

Bio-Touch Sessions – 9am-5pm. For soothing arthritis and other pain, stress relief and supporting good health, as an application of the universal principle “Love Thy Neighbor”. By donation. Bio-Touch Center, 5634 E Pima St. 520-751-7751.

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Connected Warriors Free Yoga for Vets – 1011am. Free yoga classes for vets, current service members and their families. Free. Arizona Power Yoga, 8567 N Silverbell Rd. 520-572-7697.

Footbliss@comcast.net. ArizonaPowerYoga.com.

Taoist and Sufi Meditation – 7:15pm. With Oliver Wilson. Integrate two spiritual traditions to bring deep inner peace to your being. Utilizes Taoist Water Method and chanting of divine qualities. Contact Oliver at 520-881-0723. Donation. Caritas Center for Healing, 330 E 16th St. CaritasHealing.com.

tuesday Joyful Hearts Yoga Classes - 10:30-11:30am, VFW Post 549; 1:30-2:30pm, Rincon Country East (by invite); 4:30-5:30pm and 6-7pm, Vail School District Office. $5 per class. Visit JoyfulHeartsYoga.com for full address/schedule information. Tim Howell, 520-808-9383.

8am Workout – 8-9am. Combination of yoga, Pilates and Tai Chi ending with meditation. Bring yoga mat and water bottle. $10. WellnessFirst!, 3861 N First Ave. 520-209-1755. Saberlmp@aol.com.

WellnessFirst.com.

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. Free.

Sunrise and Kolb. 520-603-8116.

Qigong Practice – 5:30-6:30pm. Increase your vitality with the ancient Chinese health practice.

Reduce stress, prevent falls, enhance balance, inspire the immune system. $9. Mindful Yoga Studio, 1001 N Wilmot Rd. 520-370-8066.

GotQi4u@gmail.com. Gotqi4u.com.

Unity Public Observatory – 6-9pm. Also Thurs.

The solar program will start 1 hour before sundown: the night program starts after that. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco, 520-303-6042.

Molly.Nelson@q.com.

Distance Healing Conference Calls – 6:307pm. 3rd Tues. Distance energy healing offers a powerful way to receive the benefits of Reiki and Deeksha, with a guided meditation first to help you relax and open. call 805-399-1000 and enter access code: 611994.

Free. Lucia@LuminousAdventures.com.

LuminousAdventures.com.

Transformative Tao – 6:30-8pm. Weekly sessions following the wisdom of I Ching. Casting hexagrams, discussion of experiences, lecture series on Transformative Tao. $5. Bio-Touch Center, 5634 E Pima St. RSVP: 520-331-1956, TaoTime@DaleBruder.com.

DaleBruder.com/taotime.

wednesday Joyful Hearts Yoga Classes - 8-9am, Tanque Verde Lutheran Church; 12-1pm, Yoga Connection; 3-4 pm, Fountain of Life Lutheran Church; 6-7pm, VFW Post 549. $5 per class. Visit JoyfulHeartsYoga.com for full address/schedule information.

Tim Howell, 520-808-9383.

Acupuncture for Cancer Survivors (past and present) – 8am-5pm. Survivors, family and caregivers welcome. Relieve stress, anxiety, pain and side effects of cancer treatments or improve general well being.

Professional, individualized treatments by Jill Darban, licensed acupuncturist. $35. Arizona Oncology Northwest, 2070 W Rudasil, Ste 100. 520-877-9038.

Jdarban@attnet. DesertSandsCancerCare.com.

Rainbow Sun Qigong – 9-10am. This ancient Chinese mind-body-spirit healing practice lowers stress, boosts immune system, calms the mind, creates balance and harmony within. $7. Lotus Massage & Wellness Center, 2850 E Grant Rd, Tucson. 520-760-0054.

Bjel17@yahoo.com. LotusTucson.com.

Silent Prayer and Meditation – 9:45-10:15am. Experience the healing peace of shared Silence. Unity Spiritual Center of Peace welcomes all who wish to explore and discover their Oneness with Spirit.

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

Info@UnityPeaceAZ.com.

Belly Dancing for All Belly Types – 10-11am. As long as they’re women. $5/seniors 65+, $10/others. WellnessFirst!, 3861 N First Ave. DeeAnn: 520-668-0039.

Aquatic Therapy Rehabilitation – 11:30am.

Slow, gentle movements with guided breathing in a warm indoor pool. Relieve pain, tension, depression, improve circulation, breathing, flexibility, tone, endurance, laughter. 8 classes: $160.

First class free. Santa Rita Springs, 520-742-4292.

AquaticTherapyTucson@gmail.com.

AquaticTherapyTucson.com.

The Cure for Chronic Pain – 12-1pm. Learn how a corrective exercise program addresses pain at the deep, structural foundation. Free.

WellnessFirst!, 3861 N First Ave. 970-2744840. KarenJorgensen1108@gmail.com.

3861WellnessFirst.com.

All Natural Spa Facial – 6pm. Free promotion party. Learn how to deep cleanse, look younger through exfoliation and rehydrate with the newest safe natural beauty chemicals. Free. Campus Area, 2660 W Calle Cuero De Vaca. 520-743-1249.

Trudy_Erickson@hotmail.com.

Sunset Ai Chi – 6pm. with Julia Barwell. Movement and relaxation program combining Tai-Chi concepts with Shiatsu and QiGong techniques, performed standing in warm water. $15/class. Santa Rita Springs. 520-360-1798. JuliaBar@cox.net.

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

Oneness Blessing Circle - 6:30-8:30pm. Awaken to Divine love, inner peace, quieting of your mind and grace, through Deeksha, a blessing and transfer of Divine energy. $10 donation. Luminous Adventures Transformational Healing E Hampton St. 520-204-6280. Lucia@luminousadventures.com.

LuminousAdventures.com.

TurnON in Tucson – 7-8:30pm. Through guided wordplay, engage in honest, humorous, playful conversation on seldom-discussed topics. Free..

Lotus Center, 2850 E Grant. 520-465-8893.

Mvsc_ca@yahoo.com. OneTaste.us/turnon-events.

thursday Joyful Hearts Yoga Classes - 9-10am, Sunrise Chapel; 12-1pm, Harrison HIlls/Pantano Park; 2-3pm, Tucson Meadows; 4:30-5:30pm and 6-7pm.

Vail School District Office. $5 per class. Visit JoyfulHeartsYoga.com for full address/schedule information. Tim Howell, 520-808-9383.

Tai Chi and Chi Kung – 11am-12:30pm. Gentle flowing movements that relax the body, calm the mind, improve health, enhance your energy and make you feel good. Free. Church of Christ, 2848 N Mountain Ave. 520-795-8612. Dsrtdrgn@gmail.com.

How To Meditate – 11:30am-12:30pm. In this 4-week class, practice sensory awareness, breath awareness, using a mantra, listen to music. $35 for 4 classes pre-paid or $10/class. 520 825-2009.

Steve.Ross@wildblue.net. RelaxAndBreathe.net.

Therapeutic Yin Yoga – 4:30-5:45pm. A quiet practice that compliments your regular dynamic yoga practice. Call for pricing & to reserve a space.

Medicine Wheel Wellness, 4650 W Jojoba Dr. 520743-3366. MedicineWheelWellness@gmail.com.

MedicineWheelWellness.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.

Peace Circle – 6pm. 2nd Thur. Focus on peace education -the causes and conditions of peace. Free will donation. Our Family Services, 3830 E Bellevue. 520-323-1708.

Ctornbom@OurFamilyServices.org.

Unity Public Observatory – 6-9pm. Also Tues. The solar program will start 1 hour before sundown: the night program starts after that. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco, 520-303-6042. Molly.Nelson@q.com.

TIES (Tucson IANDS Experience Sharing) – 6:30pm. Guest Speaker Series, 2nd Thurs (OctMay); Small Group Sharing Meetings, 3rd Thurs year round. Share NDE’s and other spiritual transformations. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco.

Susan or Chuck: 520-395-2365. TucsonIANDS.org.

I Ching Mandalas & Transformative Tao – 6:308pm. Explore how I Ching mandalas can shape and organize reality through a Transformative Tao Zen Shojo. $5. Bio-Touch Center, 5634 E Pima St. 520-331-1956.

Taotime@DaleBruder.com. DaleBruder.com.

Chant for Peace - 7pm. 3rd Thurs. Help anchor the energy of peace in Tucson. Sweet Beautiful Waters Peace Sound Chamber. 520-395-0648.

Desert Ashram – 7pm. Immerse yourself in a beautiful and peaceful monastic center. Spiritual teachings of Swami Amar Jyoti, chanting, meditation, library, bookshop, walking paths. Free. Personal retreats available.

Desert Ashram, 3403 W Sweetwater Dr. 520-743-0384.

8am Workout – 8-9am. Combination of yoga, Pilates and Tai Chi ending with meditation. Bring yoga mat and water bottle. $10. WellnessFirst!, 3861 N First Ave. 520-209-1755. Saberlmp@aol.com.

3861WellnessFirst.com.

Yum Yum Stretch – 9-10:15am. With Jaime Chandler, LMT. A unique blend of yoga, meditation, breath work and fun. Mats, other props and light refreshment are provided. $10. Caritas Center for Healing, 330 E 16th St. JCREnterprises@gmail.com.

CaritasHealing.com.

Bio-Touch Sessions – 9am-5pm. Bio-Touch is an application of the universal principle “Love thy Neighbor,” as a means to alleviate pain, stress, and support good health. By donation. Bio-Touch Center, 5634 E Pima St, Tucson. 520-751-7751.

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.

Women’s Group – 9:30-11:30am. A weekly group that explores personal issues through the ancient technique of intuitive drumming and guided meditation. $20. 520-405-0963. Vsuaso@comcast.net.

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.

Aquatic Therapy Rehabilitation – 11:30am.

Slow, gentle movements with guided breathing in a warm indoor pool. Relieve pain, tension, depression, improve circulation, breathing, flexibility, tone, endurance, laughter. 8 classes: $160. First class free. Santa Rita Springs, 520-742-4292.AquaticTherapyTucson@gmail.com.

AquaticTherapyTucson.com.

saturday Loft Cinema Farmers’ Market – 8-11am.

Weekly farmers’ market on our patio featuring fresh organic food from local vendors and farmers.

Free. The Loft Cinema, 3233 E Speedway Blvd.

520-795-0844. LoftCinema.org.

MiracleMarketplace:Farmers’andArtisans’Market– 8am-12pm. Fresh organic produce, artisans, psychic readings, and more. New vendors always welcome.

Ample parking. Monterey Court, 505 W Miracle Mile at 14th Ave. 520-207-2429 x2. Marketplace@ MontereyCourtAZ.com. MontereyCourtAZ.com.

Joyful Hearts Yoga Class - 9-10am. Vail School District Office, 13801 E. Benson Hwy. $5 per class. Visit JoyfulHeartsYoga.com for full address/ schedule information. Tim Howell, 520-808-9383.

Phire Heart Community Farm Tour – 9-11am.

Not-for-profit membership organization committed to growing the highest vibration and most nutritionally dense food possible. Free. SE of Sabino Canyon Rd and Cloud Rd. 520-477-7040.

PhireHeart@cox.net. PhireHeart.org.

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.

Qigong Practice – 10-11am. Increase your vitality with the ancient Chinese health practice. Reduce stress, prevent falls, enhance balance, inspire the immune system. $7. New Moon Haven Conference Room, 16256 N Oracle Rd. 520-370-8066. Gotqi4u.com.

Plaza Palomino Saturday Market – 10am-2pm.

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

Breathe Well - Feel Better – 11am-1pm. This fun and highly interactive class addresses the simple solution to so many health and stress-related problems – proper breathing. Fragrance free. $20/ class, $55/individual session. 520-825-2009. Steve.

Ross@Wildblue.net. RelaxAndBreathe.net.

Addiction and Family Healing – 1pm. The author, Barbara Fredricks will teach three classes based on her book, Addiction and Family Healing. Her journey to healing is described with practical steps and techniques to change your life. $10.. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N Camino Blanco. 520-303-6042. molly.nelson@q.com.

The Cure for Chronic Pain – 2-3pm. Learn how a corrective exercise program addresses pain at the deep, structural foundation.

Free. WellnessFirst!, 3861 N First Ave. 970274-4840. KarenJorgensen1108@gmail.com.

3861WellnessFirst.com.

Reiki Share & Discussion – 3-5pm. 3rd Sat. Sharing the Universal Healing Energy of Reiki.

Give and receive Reiki, discuss your Reiki successes and challenges, receive support in your practice and your personal healing. Please RSVP. $10 donation. Luminous Adventures Transformational Healing, 1631 E Hampton St. 520-204-6280. Lucia@LuminousAdventures.com.

LuminousAdventures.com.

friday Joyful Hearts Yoga Classes - 8-9am, Tanque Verde Lutheran Church; 10:30-11:30, VFW Post 549; 1:302:30pm, Rincon County East (by invite); 4-5pm, Fountain of Life Lutheran Church. $5 per class. Visit JoyfulHeartsYoga.com for full address/schedule information. Tim Howell, 520-808-9383.

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DEADLINE: November 2013 Issue: October 12 ANIMAL COMMUNICATION AND ENERGY HEALING Better understand your animal to enhance your relationship, address behavioral issues, learn what your pet needs to be healthy. Judy Ferrig, M.S., 520-245-4214, OpenPathways-EnergyandCommunication.com.

MEETING ROOM for presentations, groups, workshops, etc. Midtown, offstreet parking. Modest rates. Lotus Massage & Wellness Center, 2850 E Grant, 520-326-7700, LotusTucson.com.

MEETING ROOMAND PRACTITIONER ROOMS for rent at SpiritsChild Metaphysical Center, Orange Grove and Thornydale.

SpiritsChild, 520-744-4402.

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.

UNICITY NETWORK: research based natural products for everyday health. Lower cholesterol and slim down without side effects. rrking.myunicity.net.

500 + SQ FT of carpeted beautiful teaching space includes ample parking, chairs and conference tables at WellnessFirst!, 3861 N First Ave. $25 per hour. Various times and days available. Zach, 520-209-1755.

Attention Independent Massage Therapists and Body Workers TREATMENT SPACE AVAILABLE

• Rent by the day/week/month • Work the hours you want • Set your own fees • Offer the modalities you love • Work with other professionals in a safe environment The Right Touch Massage Therapy 2984 E. Ft. Lowell

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ACUPUNCTURE THE GATHERING POINT COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE

Michele Smith, M.Ac.O.M, L.Ac., Dipl, Ac. 1927 E. Grant Rd., 85719 520-777-7444 gpcacupuncture@gmail.com gpcacupuncture.com Licensed acupuncturist, Michele Smith, is confident and skilled in treating a wide range of health concerns, having administered thousands of acupuncture treatments. The clinic’s tranquil community setting and low cost allow patients to receive the quality healthcare needed. See ad page 18.

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: Psyche-spirit-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 27.

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

Practicing and teaching Bio-Touch to alleviate pain and stress, and support good health through all stages of life. Personal sessions are shared on a donation basis. See ad on page 32.

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 27.

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 27.

books THE EMPATHY FACTOR

Marie Miyashiro, APR Author, Speaker, Business Consultant 520-777-7271 P.O. Box 64338; 85728 Marie.Miyashiro@elucity.com EmpathyFactorAtWork.com For business owners and team leaders who want to increase productivity and profits, this book offers both real-world insights and practical tools for winning workplace collaborations. See ad on page 15.

EAT BY CHOICE, NOT BY HABIT Sylvia Haskvitz 520-572-9295 Silgiraffe@aol.com EatByChoice.net

Using the Nonviolent Communication process, explore your inner critic’s messages that underlie your eating patterns and translate your judgments into compassion to connect with your underlying needs. Create the quality of relationship with food that you would like. Eat

by Choice Adult and youth e-guidebooks available at eatbychoice.net. See ad page 33.

business services MARIE MIYASHIRO, APR

Elucity Network, Inc. Business Consultant, Author, Speaker 520-777-7271 P.O. Box 64338; 85728 Marie.Miyashiro@elucity.com EmpathyFactorAtWork.com For business owners and team leaders who want to increase productivity and profits, Marie consults, writes, and speaks on the topic of winning workplace collaborations. See ad on page 15.

chiropractic BE NOW Chiropractic Dr. Lee Ann Kalaba 520-484-3471 Facebook.com/benowchiro

Light-force chiropractic adjustments, Soft Tissue Release, nutritional counseling, weight-loss strategies, exercise programs. Call today for a free consultation.

Mention seeing us in Natural Awakenings and receive $20 off an initial physical exam!

See ad on page 10.

GENESIS NATURAL MEDICINE CENTER Fred Weiner, DC 520-495-4400

Dr Weiner provides comprehensive chiropractic care utilizing muscle testing, structural adjustment, nutrition, meridian therapies, organ system targeted reflexology, and related techniques and therapies based on individual needs.

See ad on page 9.

Synergy Wellness

Dr. Tim Harrigan, Chiropractic Physician 520-818-8857 NaturalHealthTucson.com We offer Gentle Chiropractic, Weight Loss, Nutrition Protocols, Cellular Cleansing Programs. Pain? Hormone Issues? Muscle Pain? Fatigue?

Weight Gain? Call for a Free Consultation with the doctor and for a Free Organic Recipe E-Book.

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 15.

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 Bio-energetics and Primal Therapy. Exploring with breath, body awareness, centering and grounding to access anger, fear, grief, longing and restore love, trust, pleasure, fulfillment and aliveness. See ad page 27.

COACHING SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS

Gail Benton, Owner T: 520-296-5695 C: 520-404-4819 Gail@coachingsolutionsforbusiness.com Business coaching for entrepreneurs, couples, family businesses. Align your Money Mindset, Business Systems, Life Purpose and Passion. Call for a complimentary Strategy Session. See ad on page 17.

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HEALTHY COUPLES

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

Satisfaction guaranteed.

LIGHT YOUR INNNER FIRE

LIFE COACHING FOR WOMEN Terri Levine, Coach-on-Fire 520-982-7091 Info@lightyourinnerfirecoaching.com Take the passion test today!

Become clear about what’s important to you and what you really want in your life. Identify your top 5 passions and learn to align your life with those passions. Use awesome fire starters to stay focused and overcome obstacles.

STEVE ROSS, MA, MFT 520-320-5559 Steve.Ross@wildblue.net

Steve Ross, M.A., M.F.T., specializes in anxiety reduction and stress management using diaphragmatic breathing, deep relaxation, mindfulness, and ways to neutralizing negative thoughts. Steve is an experienced meditation teacher and grief counselor. He offers classes, groups, and private coaching sessions.

SURPRISINGLY HEALTHY Kristen Codianni, CHHC AADP 520-762-1314 KristenCodianni.com

Experience increased energy, improved mental focus, better sleep, body fat loss, the ability to better cope with stress and more! Providing Guidance Support & Accountability.

Working together to create a Sustainable Nutrition plan & lifestyle custom designed to fit you! See ad page 21.

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 27.

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colon hydrotherapy GENESIS NATURAL MEDICINE CENTER Dr. Nancy Aton, Family Practice 520-495-4400

Dr Aton emphasizes the importance of healthy diet, is committed to helping patients achieve optimal health using natural methods and has been offering colon hydroptherapy to patients for six years. See ad page 9.

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 dail•y, professional trainings and public education. She guides people with dietary, detoxification and liver flush programs.

SKYLINE HEALTHWORKS

Sandra Joy Van Hall 3966 East Pima, Tucson, 85712 520-299-5158 Detoxify and improve your health with Colon Hydrotherapy. Let me be your “waste management” expert. Call today for a free phone consultation and have all your questions and concerns answered.

Making this a comfortable and “ease-ful” experience is my specialty! See ad page 10.

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.”

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diaper service SUN SROUT DIAPER DELIVERY SERVICE 520-351-2370 Sunsprout.us

Sun Sprout Cloth Diaper Delivery Service brings clean cotton diapers to your door every week and cleans the dirty ones for you. Choose the ecological alternative to disposable diapers. To set up your service call us at: 520-351-2370 or visit www.sunsprout.us. See ad on page 8.

energy work INTEGRATIVE THERAPIES

Keep Your Energy System Flowing Candace Studebaker 520-818-3848 SheHawk12@aol.com IntegrativeEnergyTherapies.weebly.com Testing and treating all 9 dynamic parts of the body’s energy system to rebalance for health. Bars-Access Consciousness, Reiki, Healing Touch, Therapeutic Touch and emotional and spiritual issues addressed. Individual instruction to maintain balance in the energy system. Emotional instruction to maintain balance in the energy system.

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 27.

GARDENING PHIRE HEART COMMUNITY FARMS Don McKinnon, Co-Founder Sabino Canyon Rd. & E. Cloud Rd. 520-477-7040 PhireHeart@cox.net • PhireHeart.org

Committed to growing the highest vibration and most nutritionally dense food possible.

Members experience the joy of working as a team, in harmony with each other and nature. Feel the energy vortex and taste the Phire Heart difference.

green living SOUTHERN ARIZONA GREEN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Rick Small, President 2840 N. Country Club Rd., Ste. 101 520-834-7362 • SAGCC.org

SAGCC was formed to foster the success of green business and enterprise in Southern Arizona by uniting our members under the premise of sustainable business.

We envision Southern Arizona as a leader in sustainable enterprise with a vibrant green economy committed to environmental and social responsibility.

Hair Salons PROJEKK

Modern Organic Hairdressing Placita de la Luna 204 W. Grant Rd. 520-331-9006 • ProjekkHair@yahoo.com In the courtyard of placita de la luna, enter projekK hair studio and notice the scents of pine, rosemary and sage. Stylist Kathie features U.K. inspired cuts that need minimal styling.

Haircolour is ammonia free and organic, providing beautiful professional results.

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.CE’s available for all Reiki levels.

healthfood stores NEW LIFE HEALTH CENTERS NewLifeHealth.com

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 on pages 23, 28 and 29.

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 11.

healthy eating EAT BY CHOICE, NOT BY HABIT

Sylvia Haskvitz 520-572-9295 Silgiraffe@aol.com • EatByChoice.net Using the Nonviolent Communication process, explore your inner critic’s messages that underlie your eating patterns and translate your judgments into compassion to connect with your underlying needs. Create the quality of relationship with food that you would like. See ad page 33.

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 pages 35.

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.

R’S RAW KITCHEN Arlene H. Siegel 520-256-1663 rawkitchen.co

Magic happens making and eating healthy, delicious foods together.

Learn through a hands-on experience how to prepare raw vegan foods. All eating preferences welcome!

healthy kids THE PUPPET LADY

Rose Mayer 520-400-0758 TheTucsonPuppetLady.com Have a memorable puppet making birthday party. We come to you with supplies and do cleanup. One hour of crafty puppet making entertainment. Great for girls and boys ages 5-14. Kids love puppets! See ad page 15.

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, and wellness classes. Select from our panel of experienced practitioners. Rental space for classes/ workshops is also available in this beautiful center located in a calm, historic neighborhood.

COYOTE HEALING CENTER David C Rupley, Jr, MD(H) 700 N Country Club Road Suite 110, 85716 CoyoteHealingCenter.com Dcrupley@gmail.com

Coyote Healing Center is using a new instrument that generates pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF). Tremendous results are reported including relief from sciatic pain, improved energy, enhanced healing, increased range of motion and relief from depression. Sessions can be scheduled with or without consultation with David Rupley, Jr., M.D.(H). See ad page 13.

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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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.

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 37.

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

Offering balanced, natural alternatives for adults, children and pets - a large selection of well-known brands and hard-tofind remedies including homeopathics, flower essences, vitamins, herbal tinctures, supplements, essencial oils and locally crafted blends. Come in for personalized consultations and monthly drawing.

HOME loans KAREN M FISHER, NMLS # 180167

Nova Home Loans 6245 E. Broadway Blvd., Ste. 400 Tucson, 85711 520-202-4108 520-977-0214 Karen.Fisher@novahomeloans.com HomeLoansForTucson.com

Karen Fisher is a mortgage originator for Nova Home Loans.

She specializes in purchase and refinance transactions with conventional, FHA, and VA financing. See ad inside back cover.

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HOME SERVICES PLANET HUGGER 877-624-3326 Planet-Hugger.com

An eco-friendly home and office cleaning company & offers natural cleaning products. 877-624-3326.

See ad on page 36.

HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY NORTHSTAR HYPERBARICS Dr. Carol Hendrinks, MD 7598 N La Cholla Blvd., 85741 520-229-1238

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) saturates the body with oxygen reducing inflammation and enhancing recovery from central nervous system injury including: Traumatic Brain Injury, Post Concussion Syndrome, Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy, Birth Injury, Autism, Spinal Cord Injury, Near Drowning, Anoxic Brain Injury and other conditions. See ad on page 14.

hypnotherapy INTUITIVE GUIDANCE

Rev. Maria Kingsley Hypnotherapist & EFT/NLP Practitioner 1636 N. Swan, Ste. 100 520-780-0170 Kadakingsley@msn.com Change what is stopping you from living the happy, free life you have wanted all along.

Intuitive Wisdom is available for you. We can access this together through hypnotherapy, remove obstacles with EFT and anchor new thoughts and behaviors with Neuro-Linguisitc Programming. It’s fun and effective. Free initial interview.

FOCUSED WELLNESS SOLUTIONS Rosemary King Aprn, Bc Hn, Bc Cht 520-400-3456 Rrking52@Aol.Com FocusedWellnessSolutions.com

Could past patterns be holding you back in succeeding with your wellness goals? Rosie works with individuals in the privacy of their homes with personalized hypnosis sessions. Individuals hypnosis CDs also available as well as Health Coaching.

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metaphysical gifts & supplies THE CRYSTAL SINGING BOWL TEMPLE Tryshe Dhevney, Bowl Master Day’s Inn (just off the lobby) 222 S. Freeway/I-10, I-10 & Congress Exit 258, Tucson.

520-440-7820 • SoundShifting.com

The Crystal Singing Bowl Temple offers a life-changing and transformational experience.

Crystal bowls resonate with the crystalline realm of the planet as well as the crystalline structure within our very bones, bringing about deep calm, centeredness and joy. Call for an appointment today. See ad page 36.

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.

naturopathic medicine Dr. DeeAnn Saber, NMD WellnessFIRST! 3861 N. First Ave., 85719 520-209-1755 3861WellnessFirst.com

Dr. Saber is a Primary Care Naturopathic Physician who specializes in Endocrinology and Functional Medicine. Using science-based information as well as your personal symptoms we will together find the best way to your optimal health. See ad page 40.

GENESIS NATURAL MEDICINE CENTER

Dr. Micheal Uzick Dr. Nancy Aton 3920 N. Campbell Ave. 520-495-4400 GenesisNMC.com Genesis offers superior care in: Naturopathic Oncology, Gynecology, Pediatrics, Family Practice, Primary Care, Chiropractic, Nutritional Counseling, Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, Colon Hydrotherapy, Intravenous nutrient therapy, Lymphatic Drainage, Massage, Far Infrared Sauna. See ad page 9.

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

Dr. Morris treats all conditions, pediatric through geriatric, emphasizing ‘nature cure’ to heal mind, body, spirit. Developer of RST; Resonant Sound Therapy.

See website for more information.

personal growth and development TAO TIME

Dale Bruder 1505 N Alamo Pl., 85712 520-331-1956 DaleBruder.com TaoTime@dalebruder.com New moon seminars engaging spiritual alchemy in a Zen Taoist way. Shojo 72 days over 2 ½ lunar cycles in an I Ching mandala of 12 hexagrams. Be in a time of blossoming, realize something and manifest it. Register at dalebruder.com.

TOASTMASTERS OF UNITY Jeff Hafner Risky 520-861-7039 ToastMastersOfUnity.com

Saturdays 4:30-5:30 pm. Learn how to speak in public with a friendly, supportive group in a fun, relaxed atmosphere.

Meets at Risky Business, 6866 E Sunrise Dr. Come see what Toastmasters is all about.

Everyone welcome!

Pet services GRANDMA’S HOUSE DOG BOARDING

Lanae McDade 5019 E. Timrod St., 85711 520-979-2539 LanaeMcDade@hotmail.com Facebook.com/houseofgrandma Boarding with love not cages! Specialized boarding and daycare of small breed dogs. Free meet and greet by appointment. Clean home, secure yard. 24 hour indoor/ outdoor access and supervision.Affordable, loving care your dog deserves.

resorts SUNGLOW RANCH

Brooks Bradbury, General Manager 14066 S. Sunglow Ranch Pearce, 85625 520-824-3334 Reservations@sunglowranch.com SunglowRanch.com Sunglow is a hideaway guest ranch in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeast Arizona offering guests comfortable lodging, inspired dining and a breadth of activities.

See ad page 39.

retreats/workshops JOURNEYS IN CONSCIOUSNESS Tina Suaso, PhD 520-405-0963 Vsuaso@comcast.net JourneysInConsciousness.com

Workshops are for those beginning a more conscious journey or for those wishing to deepen their connection to self and the divine through nature and spiritual practice; principles in shamanism, energetic healing, drumming, dreamwork & ecotherapy. Tucson-Sedona-Big Sur. See ad page 23.

SUNGLOW RANCH

Brooks Bradbury, General Manager 14066 S. Sunglow Ranch Pearce, 85625 520-824-3334 Reservations@sunglowranch.com SunglowRanch.com Sunglow is a hideaway guest ranch in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeast Arizona offering guests comfortable lodging, inspired dining and a breadth of activities.

See ad page 39.

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

3161 N. Country Club Rd., Ste. 101 520-881-6096 • MagicBeeNutrition.com No-toxic smell nail salon.

Manicures $15, Pedicures $25 -featuring individually cleaned pipe-less 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.

Indigo Oasis

Natural Skincare Placita de la Luna 204 West Grant Rd. 520-329-2478 • IndigoOasis.com Offering personalized and caring skincare using natural products. Choose from our wide variety of services including facials, peels, waxing and body treatments. Focused Hatha Yoga classes are held in our charming studio. See schedule on-line. See ad page 12.

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 ARIZONA SCHOOL OF ACUPUNCTURE AND ORIENTAL MEDICINE 4646 E. Fort Lowell Rd., Ste. 103 520-795-0787 Admissions@asaom.edu • Asaom.edu

Learn to practice a full medicine—traditional Chinese thinking and diagnosis along with skills in acupuncture, herbs, and Asian bodywork therapy—the three departments in a traditional Chinese hospital. Respond competently and with confidence to whatever concerns people bring in your clinic door. .

shamanism SHAMANIC OMNI INTERCOMMUNITY Peter Deane 213-880-5816 • Tanka@live.com

Offering the path of the Natural Way through Shamanism. If you are being called into the Shamanic realm or Natural Way of being or are in need of a Shaman – call or email for a consultation. All services are free.

sound therapy ANGEL GONG WAVE

Marcia Breitenbach, MA 520-975-5376 • millmarcia@gmail.com SpiritedChangeAZ.com Experience the magic of the Angel Gong Wave frequencies. Offerings include gong meditations in home, office, conference and salt-water pool.

Participants say, “heaven on earth, “ delicious!” “best sound healing ever,” “energy boost for me and my home, “ and “transcendent deep relaxation.”

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WHOLISTIC FAMILY MEDICINE

Dr. Lance Morris 1601 N. Tucson Blvd., Ste 37 Tucson, 85716 520-322-8122 • Wfmedicine@gmail.com ResonantSoundTherapy.com Dr. Morris treats all conditions, pediatric through geriatric, emphasizing ‘nature cure’ to heal mind, body, spirit. Developer of RST; Resonant Sound Therapy.

See website for more information.

spiritual teachings CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING - TUCSON Rev. Donald Graves Sunday Service: 3231 N. Craycroft Rd., 85712 520-319-1042 • TucsonCSL.org

Through partnering with possibility, expanding in consciousness, compassion and connection, and by offering spiritual tools that change lives, the Center for Spiritual Living Tucson provides an environment for spiritual deepening through classes in spiritual practice, community building activities, and meaningful sharing. “It’s like coming home, in a good way.” Sunday Celebration Service 10:30am, 10am Meditation. See ad on page 18.

CHAPEL OF AWARENESS SPIRITUAL CHURCH

Rev. Jim McCaw, Pastor 2850 E. Grant Rd. ChapelOfAwarenessTucson@wordpress.com Sunday Service, classes and circles. Develop your own clairaudience, clairvoyance, power of thought, healing and other psychic skills. You will learn to communicate with and know your own benevolent spiritual guides, guardian angels and spirit healers.

Stillness meditation, concentration and healing will be taught and practiced in all classes. 10-11am Meditation and Healing, 11am-12pm Lecture, Absent healing and Spirit Messages.

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.

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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.

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

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.

Tucson IANDS Experience Sharing (TIES) Facilitators: Chuck & Susan 520-395-2365 TucsonIANDS.org

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

Guest speaker series on 2nd Thursday (Oct – May); small groups on 3rd Thursday each month, 6:30 pm at Unity Church of Tucson.

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 Metaphysical 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 38.

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UNITY spiritual center OF PEACE 1551 S. Eastside Loop, Ste. 121, 85710 520-546-3696 Info@unitypeaceaz.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. www. unitypeaceaz.com. See ad page 37.

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.”

weight loss EAT BY CHOICE, NOT BY HABIT Sylvia Haskvitz 520-572-9295 Silgiraffe@aol.com EatByChoice.net

Using the Nonviolent Communication process, explore your inner critic’s messages that underlie your eating patterns and translate your judgments into compassion to connect with your underlying needs. Create the quality of relationship with food that you would like.

See ad page 33.

wellness center NATURAL HEALING CARE CENTER 2272 E Speedway Blvd.,85719

(Between Campbell & Tucson Blvd) 520-323-0069 NaturalHealingCareCenter.com Info@naturalhealingcarecenter.com Tucson’s local wellness clinic.

Our team of Naturopathic Doctors and Therapists are dedicated to natural healing and individualized healthcare. We specialize in: Naturopathic Medicine (including pediatrics), Acupuncture, Massage Therapy, Hypnotherapy, Herbs & Nutrition, Kinesio Tape Application, Constitutional Hydrotherapy, AZ Medical Marijuana card program.

women’s health Diane Goedecke, NP, MS, CNM, FNP-C 5659 E. Grant Rd. 520-751-4321 DianeGoedecke.com Dmgarizona@gmail.com

Primary Health Care for Women and Women’s Health. Annual exams, birth control, IUD’s, prescription services, sexual health, menopause, hormone replacement, general health care,allergy, blood draw in office.

Most insurances accepted, cash pay, same day appointments in most cases, Se Habla Espanol. See ad on page 36.

TULA WELLNESS

Integrative Health for Women Arianna Sholes-Douglas, MD, FACOG 2200 East River Road Suite 109, 85718 520-577-1129 TulaWellnessMD@gmail. comTulawellnessMD.com Tula Wellness is an integrative health center devoted to women’s wellness. Tula means “balance” in sanskrit. Dr. Arianna believes that the body has the innate ability to heal itself and the desire for perfect balance. She combines the principles of a traditional women’s health model with an evidenced based integrative wellness philosophy. See ad page 24.

yoga JOYFUL HEARTS YOGA

Tim Howell, e-RYT-200, RYT-500 520-808-9383 Tim@JoyfulHeartsYoga.com JoyfulHeartsYoga.com Tim offers classes that facilitate a smile in a safe environment for students at all fitness levels.

Offering 20 weekly yoga classes at 9 Eastside locations near you. Just $5 per session.

Visit website for locations and times JoyfulHeartsYoga.com.

Mindful Yoga Studio

1101 N. Wilmot, #123, (next to Trader Joe’s) 520-300-4378 MindfulYogaTucson.com Mindful Yoga offers a nurturing space for students to explore, heal and transform their bodies and lives. The studio offers a wide range of classes, from wake-up stretch and get-theblood-circulating flow classes to deep-stretch yin yoga and relaxing restorative classes. See ad on page 11.

Karen Fisher is about her clients.

Karen M. Fisher

Senior Loan Officer NOVA Home Loans

If you’re looking to purchase, build or refinance a home, call Karen Fisher today. You’ll find out why her clients keep coming back.

Karen M. Fisher

Senior Loan Officer ~ NMLS# 180167

520.202.4108

karen.fisher@novahomeloans.com

www.HomeLoansForTucson.com NaturalTucson.com

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