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Natural Awakenings is your guide to a healthier, more 7 newsbriefs balanced life. In each issue readers find cutting-edge information on natural health, nutrition, fitness, personal 12 healthbriefs growth, green living, creative expression and the products and services that support a healthy lifestyle.

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By Susan Richter 22 22 naturalpet 24 consciouseating 24 BACKYARD PIZZA PARTY 26 inspiration Grill Your Own Scrumptious Pizzas and Flatbreads 32 healingways

by Claire O’Neil 34 fitbody 26 ON FATHERHOOD 36 healthtalk The Lifelong Lessons of Being a Dad

by Ben Greenman 38 wisewords 24 43 calendars 28 BREAK FREE OF CHRONIC PAIN 49 classifieds

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The Exxon Valdez Disaster Four Past Midnight is a work of horror and the supernatural by Stephen King. Good Friday is a day of reflection and celebrations for Christians of the world.

For the inhabitants of Valdez, Alaska, on March 24, 1989 at exactly four minutes past midnight, their horror story would begin, and it would be anything but good. It would, however, change their lives as well as ours forever.

The nightmare began when 42-year-old Captain Joseph Hazelwood, turned the controls of the $123 million supertanker over to his unlicensed third mate, switched the Valdez to auto pilot and retired from the bridge. The 976 foot Exxon Valdez supertanker, carrying 53 million gallons of North Slope crude oil, then slowly strayed two miles off course. Away from the safety of deep waters it struck Bligh Reef, a notorious and well known navigational hazard.

The 600-foot gash she received vomited 11 million gallons of pure destruction into the icy waters of pristine Prince William Sound. Over the next couple of weeks, aided by high winds and swift tides, the mousse (oil jargon for clumps of oil), would deliver death and destruction to everything in its path.

Despite Exxon’s $11 million clean-up campaign (all that they were held responsible), oil still covered 1,200 miles of shoreline. Mousse washed ashore and spread a deadly blanket (up to two feet thick) on every Island in the vicinity of the disaster. Weaving its way through interconnected waterways, streams and riverbeds, it decimated salmon spawning grounds and the home of the largest otter population in the world.

The tragedy also happened at the worst possible time as migratory birds were soon to arrive along with the annual bloom of phytoplankton. Everything should have been about life, but now was about death. The spill eventually reached Katami National Park, 550 miles away, where it covered and destroyed 90% of the 260-mile shoreline.

The nightmare started slowly then built momentum. By the first week in April 1989, the death toll of seabirds was 2,526; by the end of the month tens of thousands would perish. The final hand count would be upwards of 100,000 seabirds, though it is estimated that 250,000 perished. It’s hard to tell since otters and seabirds sink to the bottom of the sea when they are covered in oil.

In addition to seabirds: 2,800 otters; 300 harbor seals; 250 bald eagles; 22 killer whales. It’s impossible to estimate how many wolves and bears died directly or indirectly from the disaster. But we know that billions, yes billions, of salmon and herring eggs.

We are always reminded that from the past comes the lessons for the future. I hope we never forget what we do today becomes our past tomorrow. It’s clear that major lessons from the Exxon Valdez have yet to be learned. On April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon spilled 206,000,000 gallons into the Gulf of Mexico, and the damage will be felt for decades.

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ichard Wiseman, Ph.D., set off a media blitz when he declared that we can enhance and amplify our ability to “be lucky.” So much so, that the BBC in England created specials around his work and his book, The Luck Factor, soon followed.

His research can be distilled into four principles that anyone can mirror: Maximizing Chance Opportunities; Listening to Hunches; Expecting Good Fortune; and Turning Bad Luck into Good. While these are not necessarily new ideas, pulling it together with awareness and deliberate practice turns it into a strategy.

Beth Tunis agrees. Her unique work as an Inspired Transitions Coach helps clients plug into the meaning behind the words they use every day which allows them to breakthrough, stretch, and unblock limitations to stimulate the movement of its energy.

“The devil is in the details,” states Tunis. “By learning the caveats, for even common techniques like listening to one’s lucky hunches, and visualization, anyone can craft a more powerful personal plan.”

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When men experience issues and problems with selfconfidence or self-esteem, male prowess can often be compromised. Hypnosis can help because many times a simple change in self-image is all that is needed.

Naturally, there must be a willingness to change, and one must have a readiness to embark upon a transformation. If this is something you have endured and are ready to change, call Enhanced Living Hypnosis to get started on a path of transformational hypnosis.

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The app will allow customers to order product directly from it, and provide easy access to the company’s social media and brand websites; quick location of a nearby retailer; special coupons, discounts and promotions; tips on cleaning and making environmentally sustainable purchases, and more. Extreme Energy Solutions also plans to maximize the use of this tool by creating several promotions, special discounts, contests and drawings for its mobile app users throughout 2017. The app can be downloaded and used at the iTunes/Apple Store, as well as the Google Play/Android store.

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Do You Check Your Medical Bills for Errors?

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edical billing errors can result in patients paying more for their medical care. Creative billing coding by some doctors, specialists and hospitals as a way to increase profits come at the expense of patients having to pay more out of pocket.

Common billing errors include incorrect dates of service, duplicate billings, charges for generic vs name brand medications, incorrect hospital room charges, unbundled and bundled charges, upcoding of procedures and balance billing.

Reviewing medical bills is of critical importance. Errors can increase the deductible, copay and coinsurance amounts. There are several ways to ensure that you don’t pay more than you have to: 1. Know your insurance coverage. This includes deductibles, copayments, coinsurance and covered and noncovered services.

2. Always get an itemized bill.

3. Keep all explanation of benefit summaries.

4. Keep detailed records of dates of service and the reason for the visit together with all information on tests and medications.

If you suspect any billing errors, you should contact a medical billing reviewer to have your bills checked for errors so that reductions can be negotiated and payment plans can be set up.

For more information, call Jill Macbeth of Medical Bill Reviewers, at 908-7877279 or email MedicalBillReviewers@ hotmail.com.

Learn Medical Intuition: A Gift for Our Time

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ealth is truly our wealth. Using a perfect health focus, we can easily learn how to heal on every level. This Medical Intuition program strives to teach people how to live their health in order to heal themselves and assist others.

An introduction to the course, presented by Janet StraightArrow, will be held in Madison on Tuesday, June 6.

Going further than simply reading medical symptoms, the program is an in-depth discovery into how to heal the body, mind, emotions, spirit and soul. Participants will learn what contributes to disease, suffering, deterioration and pain.

They will explore what is causing and holding the pattern of pain, and how to release the cause and live the solution.

Additionally, those in the program will learn how to read and support medical treatment decisions. They will become co-creative and responsible in the healing process and learn how to support others.

Janet StraightArrow has been teaching various levels of healing since 1982. In bringing forth ancient traditions and knowledge in modern forms, Janet encourages each client and student to live the journey. Fifty years ago, Janet was told by her family doctor that she would die young. This awakened her lifelong journey into both healing herself and others. Janet has studied with traditional healers from around the world, medical doctors and masters of spiritual traditions, to answer her questions that continue to unfold to gain lasting results.

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The music line-up features over 30 musical performances including international touring acts The Nth Power and Moon Hooch and returning artists Wild Moon, Happy Accident and Incus.

Over a dozen yoga instructors will be teaching, including Loretta Turner of Powerflow Yoga, Jason Zagaro of Flow Yoga in Ho-Ho-Kus, Kimie Mittman leading Kids Yoga, and more.

More than 30 workshops will be held daily including “Oily Veteran” Michelle Terreri on the benefits of essential oils, in addition to professional permaculture designer and educator Robyn Mello, who is the Orchard Gleaning Director for The Philadelphia Orchard Project and owner of Edenspore, LLC. Eric Fuchs-Stengel who is the founder of MEVO, one of the most excellent youth lead environmental groups in Northern NJ will be presenting on beekeeping and permaculture.

If you are interested in vending, sponsoring, donating, or volunteering at the festival, send us an email to contribute@ permajam.com. For full details and tickets, visit PermaJam.com. See ad on page 33.

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A Home for Your Soul

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ometimes you have to take it to the next level. This is not only true for the body and mind, it’s also true for changing locations. Susan Richter, RN, Nutritionist, CCH, LDHS, is pleased to announce that she is now seeing clients in her new office in Denville.

With 30 years of clinical experience using drug-free treatments, Susan applies physiology and basic science to determine the body's source of stress (nutritional, structural, emotional and/or environmental).

“I love watching my clients discover what superior health feels like,” states Richter. “Seeing someone who arrives tired of being chronically ill, overweight, or sleepless, begin to thrive through an individualized program that includes enzyme nutrition, dietary alternatives and lifestyle recommendations is wonderful!”

She invites all to take their health to the “next level” and experience the energy a boosted immunity, normalized metabolism and elimination of body toxins can make.

Location: 166 Franklin Road, Denville. Contact Susan at 973-586-0626. NextLevelHealing.com. See ad on page 27.

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If you are in search of a spiritual community where you are respected and accepted for who you are and want the inspiration and support to grow to your highest potential, please visit us on Sundays, at 10:30 a.m. and be renewed as Reverend Frankie weaves Science of Mind teachings in inspiring, practical and authentic ways. In addition, all are welcome to join us on June 16, 7:30 p.m., when Reverend Frankie Timmers is presented with her Honorary Doctorate of Divinity. Please RSVP by June 1 to office@cslmorristown.org.

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healthbriefs A Tale of Two Brains

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etting off the couch and just moving may help slow the aging process in women that do not lead active lifestyles.

Researchers from the University of California at San Diego measured the telomere lengths of white blood cells in 1,481 women between the ages of 64 and 95. Telomere lengths are a measure of aging within genes. After adjusting for other health and lifestyle factors, the researchers found that the women with less physical activity had shorter telomere lengths than those with more active lifestyles.

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e all have neurons in our brain, but did you know we also have neurons in our gut? These special nerve cells form our two nervous systems: the central nervous system composed of the brain and spinal cord, and the enteric nervous system, or gut, which is the intrinsic nervous system of our gastrointestinal tract.

While Eastern thought has long understood underlying systems for health, Western research is beginning to recognize the gut as a “second brain” that “talks” back and forth with the brain, and shares information with profound results.

Have you ever “gone with your gut” when facing a decision? Those signals we receive are likely coming from our “second” brain. Have you ever experienced the visceral sensation of butterflies in your stomach when you’re nervous, or had an upset stomach when you were very angry or stressed? To help calm emotions, our body produces serotonin—a neurotransmitter found in the brain that is linked to mood. Yet our gut produces even more serotonin than the brain. Both “brains” work together to address the emotions and the physical response to emotion.

The flipside is also true. Sometimes the problem in the gut (leaky gut, gluten insensitivity/intolerance, GAPS, etc.), can trigger big shifts in emotional well-being.

Anxiety, depression, a disruption of normal hormone activities (affecting the reproductive system, sleep patterns and weight gain/loss), lack of focus (ADD/ADHD) are only a few of the mental/emotional responses to out of balance gut flora. However, because our two brains exchange information, a therapy designed to help the body may also help the mind and emotional well-being.

Therapies designed to guide both systems back to balance are readily available and easy to research. In the end, you might “ask your gut what’s right for you.”

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esearchers from the University of Rhode Island, in Kingston, have studied the rapid increase in Lyme disease in the northern U.S. Only 11 cases of the disease, which annually impacts about 300,000 Americans, were reported in 2015 in Alabama, a state of approximately 5 million residents. Meanwhile, there were 491 confirmed cases in Vermont, with a population of less than 700,000.

The researchers studied the life cycle, metabolism and behavior of blacklegged ticks, collecting larvae from several eastern areas. They discovered that ticks live longer in cooler temperatures with higher levels of humidity, making northeastern climates ideal, because longer lives mean increased chance of contact. Southern ticks stay hidden underfoot in layers of leaves to stay cool and damp, making them less likely to find a human host than their northern counterparts, which reside on leaves and trees.

“There has been a lot of research aimed at finding out what makes black-legged ticks more efficient hosts for Lyme disease in the north than in the south,” explains Roger LeBrun, an entomology professor at the University of Rhode Island and co-author of the study. “People have looked at everything from the effects of temperature on tick life cycles to the types of animals the ticks feed on. Probably all of these factors play roles, but our results suggest that evolutionary pressure to conserve moisture by staying under the leaf litter surface is a critical factor.”

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Vitamin D Helps Babies Grow Strong Bones and Muscle

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esearchers from McGill University, in Montreal, Canada, have discovered a connection between vitamin D supplementation during infancy and a healthier ratio of muscle and fat in toddlers. “We were very intrigued by the higher lean mass and the possibility that vitamin D can help infants to grow both healthy skeletons and amounts of muscle, yet less fat,” says Hope Weiler, one of the study’s authors and director of the Mary Emily Clinical Nutrition Research Unit at the university.

The original 2013 study, which followed 132 infants given one of four different dosages of vitamin D daily during their first years, confirmed the connection with strong bones. The 2016 study used the same data to explore the impact of vitamin D supplementation on the toddlers’ body fat levels. The researchers found that children given more than 400 international units per day during the first year of life had an average of 450 less grams of body fat at age 3. They also found a correlation between the supplementation and lean muscle mass in the youngsters during their first three years.

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esearch from the University of Medical Sciences and Technology, in Khartoum, Sudan, tested the efficacy of ginger, cinnamon and a combination of both in reducing root canal infections.

The study tested infections associated with 50 teeth involved in root canals. They were divided into five groups. One was treated with a paste of extract of ginger, another of cinnamon, and another with both of them. The final two groups were divided into a positive control group treated with calcium hydroxide with iodoform paste, and a negative control group was left untreated.

The researchers recorded the number of colony forming units (CFU) of bacteria—individual bacteria units capable of growing into a colony—before and after the treatments. The extract of ginger group showed the most effectiveness, with a reduction from 83 CFUs to 26.5, suggesting that ginger may help treat or prevent root canal infections. The cinnamon group saw their status reduced slightly, to 77.8 CFUs, and the combination caused a decrease to 49.7.

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Jennifer Heisz, lead author and assistant professor in the kinesiology department, observes, “Enjoyment during the first weeks of adopting a new exercise program may be especially important for preventing dropouts.”

Researchers divided 40 sedentary, healthy adults into two groups.

One participated in HIIT, which consists of short bursts of intense exercises, followed by lower-intensity recovery periods, for six weeks; the other group performed ongoing moderate exercises. The researchers discovered that while both groups started out with equal enjoyment levels, the HIIT group enjoyed their workouts more as they gained strength, while the moderate group reported unchanged or decreased enjoyment levels.

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Many Americans have been confused by the “Sell By” labels on groceries for 40 years. Now, the Food Marketing Institute and the Grocery Manufacturers Association, the two largest industry trade groups, are adopting voluntary standardized regulations to clarify.

Instead of using up to 10 different phrases to communicate safety, they have settled on just two: “Use By”, a safety designation to indicate when perishable foods are no longer good; and “Best if Used By”, an estimate of when the manufacturer thinks the product should be consumed for peak flavor.

Studies show that consumers generally believe the current labels all signal whether a product is safe to eat, and that it will still be okay well after its so-called expiration date. At the same time, prematurely tossed groceries dominate landfills and produce greenhouse gas emissions. The U.S. Department of Agriculture and a coalition of environmental groups have been urging the industry to clear this up.

The change is scheduled to take hold in July 2018.

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Last year, the United Nations International Year of Pulses recognized dry peas, lentils and chickpeas because they are affordable, nutritious and have a low eco-footprint. New, innovative, plant-based proteins will extend the options.

The Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition reported that vegetarians can save at least $750 annually over meat eaters by reducing or replacing consumption of animal products and switching to sources that adhere to higher animal welfare standards.

The Impossible Burger simulates the sizzle, the smell and the juicy first bite of the real thing to rave reviews. The similar Beyond Burger is a hit at Whole Foods Markets.

Tyson Foods is investing in the protein alternative company, Beyond Meat, and launching a $150 million venture capital fund to support plant-based foods. Some large German meat producers are also seeking to diversify with plant-based versions of traditional meaty favorites.

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Driverless Cars Promise Safety and Savings Hyundai demonstrated its Ioniq autonomous, or driverless, hybrid car concept at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show, demonstrating that such vehicles— equipped with sophisticated sensors, GPS and computers—could be for sale within five to seven years.

Safety is paramount. Estimates for the U.S., based on a 2013 Eco Center for Transportation study, projected that if 90 percent of vehicles were autonomous, the number of driving-related deaths would plummet from an annual 32,400 to approximately 11,300.

“Drivers are excited that driverless cars will offer 90 percent fewer U.S. traffic accidents, 40 percent lower insurance costs, the end of drunk driving accidents and newfound freedom for seniors and people with disabilities,” says Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association. Its 2016 report Self-Driving Vehicles: Consumer Sentiments found that nearly 75 percent of consumers surveyed like the proffered benefits.

In Driverless, authors Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman highlight significant ecological benefits, including McKinsey research findings that driverless cars will yield up to 20 percent fuel savings, and a corresponding reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. Their smoother driving also extends a vehicle’s life.

Ford intends to deliver a fully autonomous vehicle for ride sharing in 2021, according to Mark Fields, Ford Motor Company president and CEO. Companies such as Uber and Lyft already are testing driverless vehicles in pilot cities.

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Robot Parks Vehicles in China Lot A robotic, laser-guided, fully automated vehicle, manufactured

by Shenzhen-based Yeefung Automation Technology Co. Ltd., has been installed in the Chinese city of Nanking. Called GETA (get a car), the robot slides under a vehicle, picks it up, and places it in a parking spot in even the tightest of spaces in about two minutes.

Yeefung General Manager Wu Hao says that the company developed the robot in response to limited parking in big cities worldwide, increasing efficiency by 20 to 40 percent.

China has about 172 million vehicles on the road and projects that number to increase to 250 million by 2020.

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Under the Obama administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found in its first rigorous nationwide analysis of the effects of pesticides on endangered species, that 97 percent of the 1,800-plus animals and plants protected under the Endangered Species Act are likely to be harmed by malathion and chlorpyrifos, two commonly used pesticides; another 78 percent are likely to be hurt by another, diazinon.

But now the new EPA administration under President Trump has declined to ban chloripyrifos; the decision may be challenged in court.

All three pesticides are organophosphates widely used on crops such as corn, watermelon and wheat. Last year, the World Health Organization announced that malathion and diazinon are probable carcinogens. Based on the EPA’s conclusions, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service will issue biological opinions to identify mitigation measures and changes to pesticide use to ensure that targeted products will no longer potentially harm any endangered species. As part of a legal settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity, the biological opinions are due by December.

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Banning Bags Is Making a Difference

Governments worldwide are taking control of a pollution problem with bans on different forms of plastic, including shopping bags. The Indian state of Karnataka has completely banned the use of plastic.

No wholesale dealer, retailer or trader can now use or sell plastic carrier bags, plates, cups, spoons, cling film or even microbeads.

San Francisco became the first U.S. city to ban plastic shopping bags in 2007, and in 2014 it banned plastic water bottles on city properties. Since then, they have included Styrofoam and thermocol (polystyrene). Hawaii introduced a ban on single-use plastic bags in 2015.

Coles Bay, Tasmania, was the first town in Australia to ban disposable plastic bags in 2003, using 350,000 fewer than in 2002.

Ethiopia, France and Morocco have followed suit. It’s all part of a global movement to protect the life of oceans and other bodies of water.

Hair-Raising Talk

Beauticians Empowered to Fight Domestic Abuse An amendment to a law that governs the cosmetology industry in Illinois recognizes that the relationship between hairdressers and their customers may help curb domestic abuse and sexual assault. Salon workers are required to take one hour of training every two years to know the signs and provide resources to help clients. Without the training, cosmetologists, hairstylists, nail technicians and aestheticians will not be able to renew their licenses.

Angela Smith, a Chicago hairstylist, has heard many whispers of mistreatment by spouses or partners, of being choked, chased or emotionally abused.

“Everybody doesn’t talk, but once you build a relationship, it comes up,” she says.

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Recognition helps. In the North and West, it’s usually a shrub; in the East, Midwest and South, a vine. Watch out for a cluster of three leaves; the color changes seasonally.

For outdoor walks or hikes, maximize skin protection by wearing long-sleeved shirts, hats, rubber gloves, socks and closed-toe shoes. Also thoroughly rinse skin that may have come into contact with poison ivy in lukewarm soapy water using a washcloth or hand towel for friction as soon as possible to remove the damaging oil (video at Tinyurl.com/ Wash-Off-Poison-Ivy). n Stay watchful; a rash sometimes doesn’t appear for 12 to 72 hours after contact (aad.org). n If a rash develops, soak in cool water baths containing an oatmeal-based product like Aveena or oatmeal soap. n Lavender, peppermint, tea tree, Roman chamomile, myrrh, eucalyptus and cypress essential oils all offer anti-inflammatory and other soothing properties (recipes at NewHealthAdvisor.com/Essential-Oils-for-Poison-Ivy.html) n Natural treatments found at DrAxe.com include applying apple cider vinegar or brewed and chilled black tea; their tannins and other compounds lower inflammatory reactions. n To reduce itching, GlobalHealingCenter.com suggests baking soda baths and pastes. Ditch the Itch Cream has natural ingredients such as colloidal oatmeal, oat extract, tea tree and neem oils that can provide temporary relief, according to Eartheasy.com. Applying cool paper towels may be helpful; also try witch hazel. Over-the-counter cortisone cream or even calamine lotion is a last resort. n Avoid scratching as an infection may develop through opening a blister. If breathing or swallowing worsens, eyes swell or a rash develops in or near the mouth, head to an emergency room or urgent care center.

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f you’ve been hibernating all winter, now is the time to get back into shape. For many, attempting to lose weight means unsafe and ineffective yo-yo dieting. Through hypnosis, however, people can effectively break this cycle. Barry Wolfson, MS, the director of the Hypnosis Counseling Center in Flemington, has seen the profound difference hypnosis can make in a person’s life.

The problem lies not in the body, but the mind. Attitudes toward ourselves and food lead to our behaviors and resulting physical health. If we can get beneath the surface and look at psychological factors involved, we can change our relationship with food forever. Hypnosis teaches how to eat satisfying, healthy meals, get to an ideal weight and stay there. In fact, it’s been proven the most effective way to lose weight in studies done by Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Mt Sinai, Dr. Oz and Dateline NBC.

At the Hypnosis Counseling Center, they assess your past experiences your current patterns. They identify the subconscious elements that contribute to unhealthy attitudes and develop a plan unique to your needs. Each client receives a personalized audio tape that reaffirms the positive messages needed to get healthier each day.

Imagine putting down the guilt-and-reward approach to weight loss, enjoying a variety of foods again and seeing the pounds you want to lose drop away! After losing 105 pounds, Barry’s client Joseph writes, “I feel confident that I am not going to gain back the weight. I wish I had attended this class years sooner!”

Hypnosis is safe, medically approved, and best of all, it works. In addition to weight loss, the center also provides classes to help people build confidence, overcome anxiety and quit smoking. If you have the desire to make positive changes in your life, achieve your goals through hypnosis.

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n an experiment with over 900 cats, spanning a ten-year period from 1932 to 1942, Dr. Francis M. Pottenger, Jr., fed several generations of cats raw food, and the others a cooked, canned, bottled diet. At the time, he was looking for a way to prevent chronic disease, mitigate acute symptoms, and maintain good health.

He was ahead of his time, and although his solutions were time-consuming, difficult and sometimes dangerous, the results proved significant. The family of cats fed raw food had very good health, as seen in their dental, structural, reproductive and integumentary systems. Each had gentle personalities, (no scaredy cats in this bunch!), shiny fur, straight spines and no disease.

They bred easily, and had great bone structure and density.

Cooking the meat (and whatever else is in canned food) created an altogether different result.

Cats fed a cooked diet stopped reproducing by the fifth generation, and suffered with degenerative diseases similar to humans. They had skin irritations, allergies, anxiety, hypothyroidism and parasites. Their bones were soft and spines were curved.

What would create such opposite results? One major factor is the loss of enzymes through the cooking process.

Bodies require enzymes to release the energy found in all living things.

The Pottenger experiment serves as a reminder that all food and food preparation is not equal, and that our pets not only need a full body of nutrients, but the enzymes to release those nutrients, to thrive. Although most might find feeding their cats a raw fish, meat, eggs or milk diet to be difficult, providing additional support for your pet’s dietary needs can be as simple as adding supplemental food enzymes to their diet.

Digestive formulas that are safe for animals are available online and through some veterinarians and nutritionists.

Enhancing your pets diet will help them sleep, play and stay healthy!

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Here are a few pointers using a backyard charcoal-style approach, with toxin-free hardwood lump charcoal, or a barbecue gas grill. Grill grates can be plain or fancy, from a pizza stone to a high-heat pizza oven—all can bring out that charcoal earthiness.

Great Grilled Breads

“No patio pizzeria repertoire is complete without a signature grilled bread. It’s one of the easiest and most flavorful appetizers ever,” says Adler. This dish starts with good whole grain bread, liberally brushed with extra-virgin olive oil on both sides, and then grilled and topped with any number of vegetable mixtures, from fresh sliced tomatoes to sautéed bell peppers or broccoli rabe and garlic. “The bread slices should be big enough to manage on the grill grates with long-handled grill tongs,” she says. “Simply cook on each side until the bread has good grill marks, then add toppings.”

For flatbread, Fertig suggests starting with a pound of fresh pizza dough—healthy grain, if preferred—cut into four pieces. Pat each piece into an oval on a floured surface.

“The good thing about flatbread is that it can be just about any shape, so the pressure is off to make it perfectly round.”

Brush each oval with olive oil before transferring it directly onto the hot grill grate. When the dough bubbles up like a pancake, turn it with grill tongs and cook the other side.

Then top the grilled flatbread with mixtures like honey, pistachios and chive blossoms or freshly chopped herbs and grated pecorino cheese. “Grilled flatbread can go vegan, vegetarian or ‘omnivore-ean’,” she says.

Tiny Pizzas with Big Flavor

Another variation is to step up from flatbread to small, individual pizzas, or pizzettes. For this, use the same fresh pizza dough, but roll it into four perfect rounds. One by one, the rounds go on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and brushed with olive oil.

“Placing the dough on the oiled parchment paper first and then flipping it upside-down on the grill grates helps keep the dough’s shape better than placing it directly on the grates by hand. This quick flip-and-peel motion is easy once you do it a time or two. Keeping the pizzas small also makes them easier to maneuver on the grill,” advises Adler.

After each pizzette bubbles up like a pancake, it needs to be turned and moved to the indirect, or no-heat, side of the grill. There, it gets pizza toppings and can sit for a while with the grill lid closed, so the toppings melt.

Served with a fresh salad or summer fruit, a flatbread or pizzette makes for a perfect summer meal on the grill.

Claire O’Neil is a freelance writer in Kansas City, MO.

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Hearty greens such as broccoli rabe, kale, Swiss chard and spinach are interchangeable here. A quick sauté until greens are wilted keeps dark colors brilliant. Pile the greens, still dripping with olive oil, atop the toasted bread for an appetizer or delicious side with pasta or pizza.

For the sautéed broccoli rabe: 8 oz broccoli rabe, chopped 1 large garlic clove, thinly sliced 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 1 /8 tsp kosher or sea salt Pinch of red pepper flakes (less than 1/8 tsp)

For the bruschetta: 8 slices (½-inch-thick) of Italian country (or gluten-free) bread 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

For the sautéed broccoli rabe, in a large skillet on the stovetop, heat 2 tablespoons of water and add the broccoli rabe and garlic. Cook until soft, 6 to 8 minutes. Drizzle with the olive oil and season with the red pepper flakes and salt. Adjust the seasonings to taste.

For the bruschetta, prepare a medium-hot fire in the grill. Brush each slice with the olive oil and grill 1 to 2 minutes per side, or until it has good grill marks.

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“What isn’t being a father?” is a better question. Being a father isn’t indifference, but neither is it a steady stream of calm wisdom or a place of consistent self-control or a clearly delineated set of exercises engineered to help produce selfknowledge in offspring. Bridges are engineered. We stare into our little one’s eyes, beaming thoughts that we hope are received, translated and appreciated, waiting for a beam to come back to us. Child rearing is worked toward, clumsily, imperfectly, with a deep and near religious faith in trial and error. Children are refined over time with the assistance of many imperfect philosophies.

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If, in part, fatherhood is remembering things that did not exactly happen, it is also forgetting things that did happen, some transformative to a degree that I could not have imagined five seconds before they occurred. Afterwards, I knew I would never be the same again. But I was.

As children grow, they are not the same again. Parenting boys instead of babies is already a grand departure from everything I have learned up until now and I am just coming to see that it will always be this way. Recently, in trying to figure out when a man that is not a father becomes a man that is a father, I remarked to my sons, “Even though I know being a father has changed me forever, I remember certain things that happened, but not as many as I would have thought.”

My older son explained, “Maybe it’s because you are thinking of us more than yourself. Maybe you want time to pass so we can get to the next thing in our lives.”

My younger son zeroed in, “The problem is that you think it’s parenting when really it’s childing.”

He’s right. What is being a father?

It’s letting someone else be a child.

It’s suffering through certain kinds of abstract pain so that they don’t. It’s bearing the brunt of disappointments so that they can go on feeling invincible.

It’s teaching how to forget as much as it is teaching how to remember… but it is still very near the beginning.

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The U.S Census Bureau estimates there are 70.1 million fathers in the United States in 2008. And that there are 199,000 stay-at-home dads in 2015 taking care of children while a spouse works outside the home.

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ccording to the National Center for Health Statistics, 25 percent of Americans, or 76.2 million, are suffering from pain that lasts more than 24 hours at this very moment: Ouch!

Lower back pain alone keeps Americans from going to work a total of 149 million days each year, costing the U.S. economy $100 to $200 billion, reports the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Other common types of chronic pain affect musculoskeletal tissues, knees, hips or the neck. Migraines and severe headaches plague 16.6 percent of adults over 18, per a National Health and Nutrition Survey. Neurological discomfort can reach as high as 12.4 percent, estimates a study from the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota. Even visceral or organ pain associated with heart disease, cancer and pelvic diseases occur in at least 20 percent of the global population, according to the International Association for the Study of Pain, in Seattle.

If chronic pain is affecting you, you feel it and want relief—right now.

A majority of Americans feel pain on a daily basis.

Watch Out for Opioids

Unfortunately, conventional medicine often has little to offer most pain patients. Even for something as pervasive as back pain, surgery and steroid injections are usually an unsatisfactory first line of defense, having mixed results at best, seconded by prescriptions for addictive opioid painkillers.

Dr. Nora D. Vokov, director of the National Institute of Drug Abuse, told the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control in 2014 that there were an estimated 2.1 million people in the U.S. suffering from substance abuse disorders related to prescription opioid pain relievers in 2012. The problem is worsening. Every day, 1,000 people are treated in emergency rooms for misusing prescription opioids, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Go Natural for Effective Relief

Such statistics expose the magnitude of the problem of chronic pain. “It’s daunting, but there are many natural ways to address it that are inexpensive, effective and with what I call side benefits rather than negative side effects,” says Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, of Kona, Hawaii, author of the smartphone app Cures A-Z. Complementary, integrative or functional medicine, all names for a holistic approach to health care, offer a comforting wealth of gentle ways to address chronic pain, most of which the vast majority of conventional medical doctors are unaware, says Daniel Cherkin, Ph.D., senior investigator emeritus with the Group Health Research Institute, at the University of Washington, in Seattle.

“Effective natural treatments include yoga, acupuncture, chiropractic, meditation, lifestyle changes and exercise,” notes Cherkin. “But since they’re not in most doctors’ medical training or learned repertoire for pain relief, patients aren’t offered the opportunity to try them.”

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Here are just some of the many natural and affordable forms of pain relief.

Try the Yass method: Mitchell Yass, Ph.D., of St. John’s, Florida, author of The Pain Cure Rx, is busting the myth that musculoskeletal pain is often caused by osteoarthritis. “Arthritis or joint deterioration is rarely the cause

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of joint pain,” says Yass. He points out that 90 percent of people over 60 have herniated discs, but no associated pain.

Yass treats patients based on his observation that in up to 98 percent of the cases he sees, weak muscles are the underlying cause of joint pain, and strengthening them provides relief. He says his prescribed exercises are usually effective in days or a few weeks.

“Pain is an indication of tissue in distress. For example, pain in the shoulder area is often an impingement of the bicep,” he says. His prescription is strengthening exercises using hand weights for the trapezoid, tricep and serratus anterior muscles. His book suggests a detailed self-diagnosis program and the necessary exercises to strengthen muscles and relieve joint pain (more at Tinyurl.com/YassIntroInfo).

Address underlying trauma: Osteopath Maud Nerman, of Novato, California, author of Healing Pain and Injury, has broad experience in treating neurological problems and brain injuries and often focuses on

physical and emotional trauma as an underlying cause of chronic pain.

She explains that the autonomic nervous system that directs unconscious body functions like breathing, digestion and heartbeat is interrupted by such trauma.

“Trauma literally shocks the nervous system,” she says. “The body cannot turn off the ‘fight-or-flight’ reaction, causing a firestorm of inflammation that can lead to a variety of serious diseases, overwhelming the body’s ability to manage its own healing.” Her work has showed how readjusting the body, restoring breathing and reactivating the autonomic nervous system can provide relief in short order.

Consider lifestyle, diet and supplements: “Pain is like the ‘check oil’ light on a car’s dashboard. It signals that something needs attention,” says Teitelbaum, author of Pain Free 1-23. “If the oil light goes on, putting a Band-Aid over it or smashing it with a hammer won’t help.”

Teitelbaum recommends an energy optimization approach he

dubs SHINE that addresses underlying causes of chronic pain that has worked for 91 percent of the people he’s treated for fibromyalgia and muscle pain.

Sleep—Eight to nine hours a night helps replenish energy and heal muscles.

Hormones—Treat hormone imbalances even if lab tests are “normal”.

Immunity—Dysfunctional immune

systems and persistent infections can lead to chronic pain.

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Exercise—Daily exercise speeds the

healing process and after 10 weeks following the first four SHINE steps, will increase the capacity to exercise.

For migraines, Teitelbaum advocates vitamin B2 (riboflavin). Numerous studies support the effectiveness of dosages of 400 milligrams per day to prevent migraines. After just six weeks of use, a German study published in the European Journal of Neurology shows thats taking a daily riboflavin supplement cut the number of migraine days in half for participants and significantly reduced the amount of migraine medication needed.

Tap for Relief: Also known as the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Tapping Solutions founder Nick Ortner, of Newtown, Connecticut, says “Tapping sends a calming signal to the amygdala in the brain, turning off the fight or flight stress response and allowing the body to heal.” The physical tapping opens up the body’s energy meridians and allows them to relax so the natural healing process can take place, Ortner explains.

EFT combines tapping on specific body points while repeating appropriate affirmative statements such as: “Even though I have this [pain], I love, accept and forgive myself.”

He recalls a woman that arrived at a seminar he led with a toothache that had lasted for years. Doctors had done X-rays, seen an infection and prescribed antibiotics to no good effect. He asked her if she recalled when the pain began; without hesitation, she answered, “When my mother passed away unexpectedly.”

“So we started working together and the pain reduced significantly right away and eventually disappeared completely,” says Ortner. A follow-up with her dentist showed no sign of the former problem.

Up to now, the EFT research is positive. One study from the Energy Medicine University, in Mill Valley, California, found it helped people with chronic pain (some coping with severe fatigue and fibromyalgia) feel physically and emotionally better in as little as a month; another from the Foundation for Epigenetic Medicine, in Santa Rosa, California, showed substantially reduced trauma in institutionalized abused teenagers after just one EFT session.

Meditation vs. Medication: Meditation may not resolve the underlying cause of chronic pain, but research from the University of Alabama demonstrates it can interrupt pain signals to the brain. It’s at least as effective as opioid painkillers in relieving chronic pain, according to a study led by Cherkin at the University of Washington.

His team’s 342 subjects that had experienced back pain weekly for at least a year were offered either eight meditation and yoga classes, eight cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) sessions or just keeping up their own regular daily routines that did not include yoga and meditation. The results, recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, confirm what numerous other studies have reported: 44 percent experienced a “meaningful reduction” in pain within six months of the meditation or CBT ses-

sions, equal to results reported by people taking addictive opioid pharmaceuticals.

More, the pain relief continued for up to two years, even if the subjects stopped doing actual sitting meditation.

“Meditation changes the way people think about pain and how they develop skills to keep it from becoming a major focus in their lives,” observes Cherkin.

Regardless of the mechanism, experts in a holistic approach to chronic pain relief agree that encouraging self-control, self-determination and self-empowerment makes a huge difference in patients’ abilities to control pain more naturally and effectively.

Kathleen Barnes is author of numerous natural health books, including Our Toxic World: A Survivor’s Guide. Connect at KathleenBarnes.com.

How to Tap Away Pain

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apping, or Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), soothes the body by turning off the “fight or flight” stress response that can cause inflammation and worsen pain, according to Tapping Solutions founder Nick Ortner, of Newtown, Connecticut. Here’s how to do it:

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Identify the problem (e.g., pain in back of neck).

Rate the intensity of feelings about the problem on a scale of one to 10.

Compose a statement about it (e.g., “Even though I have intense neck pain today, I deeply and completely accept myself”).

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Using one or two fingers on one hand, tap the “karate chop” area on the outer edge of the other hand while repeating the statement three times.

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* chin * inner collarbone * under arm * top of head

While repeating, e.g., “intense neck pain,” using firm, but gentle pressure, use either two or four fingers to tap these areas, on either side, five to seven times in sequences as follows:

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* side of eyebrow * side of eye * under eye * under nose

Source: The Tapping Solution for Pain Relief, by Nick Ortner; instructional video at Tinyurl.com/JessicaOrtnerTapping.

Refocus on the original problem and rate its intensity. Restate what you’re feeling, as needed.

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I felt a little funny the next day and assumed I had vertigo. I was unaware I had sustained a concussion.”

According to WebMD, “a concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury that is caused by a blow to the head or body, a fall, or another injury that jars or shakes the brain inside the skull…there may be no visible signs of a brain injury. You don’t have to pass out to have a concussion.”

Our brain is a very soft organ. It is surrounded by cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) inside our skull. The CSF not only cushions and protects our brain, it plays an important role in maintaining healthy circulation through the brain and spinal cord, delivers nutrients to both areas, plus extracts and eliminates waste.

When a person suffers an impact to the head or the body, the brain can bounce around inside the skull. It is this secondary impact, that often causes inflammation of the brain. Once the brain is enflamed, it no longer functions efficiently and symptoms ensue.

“I stayed home from work that week and rested, but I was not “unplugged.”

The symptoms of post-concussion syndrome appeared three weeks later.”

According to a recent study, the incidents of concussions in children has surged 70% between the years 2010-2015. This increase may be due to more awareness about brain injury, proper screening of young athletes, and better diagnosis.

What are the Symptoms of a Concussion?

The signs and symptoms experienced after a concussion are often referred to as Post-Concussion Syndrome. These symptoms are a result of inflammation and physical changes to the brain and surrounding tissue resulting from the impact.

“I became sound sensitive, light sensitive, nauseated, dizzy, had headaches, was easily fatigued and could not stay awake for more than two hours at a time.

Everything was a huge effort—even simple things like walking, showering or feeding myself.”

Symptoms of a concussion can show up immediately after injury or days to weeks later. The most common physical symptoms are nausea and vomiting, headaches, dizziness, balance issues, blurry vision, extreme sensitivity to light and sound, and being easily fatigued. Concussions can also cause emotional symptoms such as feeling emotionally off balance, prone to anxiety or depression and poor sleep. There are cognitive symptoms such as problems with memory, fuzzy thinking, and poor concentration.

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Sometimes however, it is possible to have sustained a concussion and have no symptoms at all after the injury.

It is important to note that the negative effects of a concussion are cumulative. If you previously had a head trauma, healing time may be longer. Especially after a head injury, car accident or a fall, even if you think it was a minor incident, it is important to see a doctor to be evaluated. Typically, medical professionals recommend rest, avoiding stress and electronic stimulation, such as TV, cell phones, computers. Some may even advise against reading.

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More Than Rest May Be Needed to Heal CranioSacral Therapy (CST) may be useful in the healing process. This gentle, hands-on treatment modality corrects restrictions within the central nervous system, brain, spine, and body.

The underlying principal of CST is that there are subtle motions in the skull, the tissues of the brain and surrounding fluid that, when inhibited, can adversely affect all other systems of the body.

Restrictions in the skull bones, meninges and other membranes within the brain after a head trauma can limit the free flow of cerebral spinal fluid, blood and neural connectivity. By releasing the restrictions in the skull and body tissues, (which are also affected by the impact), your body is able to relax, selfcorrect, and heal.

While CST facilitates proper fluid movement and drainage, it is not a quick fix. Healing requires consistent appointments for 6-8 weeks. For many who have experienced concussion, the commitment is well worth it to get one’s life back.

Hilary Bilkis, MS, LMT, is a CST practitioner, and owner of Awakening Wellness, 14 Pine St., Suite 8, Morristown.

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You may not have heard of it yet, but pickleball is a mixture of tennis, squash and table tennis, and it’s one of the fastestgrowing sports in the country. The USA Pickleball Association (USAPA) at usapa.org estimates that 2.5 million players are active now, with the number expected to multiply to 8 million by next year.

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Regulation tennis courts especially marked for pickleball facilitate its smaller, 20-by-44-foot playing area. The need for less running about appeals to older players and others, as does the distinctive thud when the hard paddle hits the plastic ball. (Sample video at Tinyurl.com/WinningPickleballShot.)

Christine Barksdale, 48, of Vancouver, Washington, USAPA’s managing director of competition and athlete services, played league tennis from childhood into adulthood until she transferred her passion to pickleball. She assesses that half of participants are “totally focused on pickleball,” while the rest see it as a way to improve their volleying skills for tennis. “It definitely improves reflexes. It’s easy for beginners to pick it up and have fun.” It also introduces kids to racquet sports.

Stretching the shoulders before playing is advised by licensed sports massage therapist Brian Horner, who works with athletes at pickleball, tennis, racquetball and beach volleyball tournaments in Arizona, California and elsewhere. The shoulder is like the handle of a whip in these sports, says Horner, who authored the new ebook Complete Guide to Winning Pickleball (PickleballTournaments.com). “If it isn’t operating normally, when more pressure is applied it can strain the elbow and wrist.” Swimming, especially backstrokes, is advised because therapists regard water as a friend of shoulders.

“Sixty to 70 percent of the people that play [here] are retired,” says Steve Munro, owner of the West View Tennis Center, in Morgantown, West Virginia. He also sees the sport as a nice transition for older tennis players.

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According to CardioTennis.com (which includes a sample video), men can burn between 500 and 1,000 calories in one, hour-long class; women, between 300 and 500. Estimates put the number of players currently engaging in such clinics at 1.82 million nationwide.

“Tennis is a chief component of Cardio Tennis, but it’s much more. It’s a group fitness activity, a major workout that increases the heart rate,” says Chris Ojakian, a global Cardio Tennis trainer and executive director of racquet sports with Elite Racquet Sports, of Marina del Rey, California. They manage and operate tennis programs at facilities nationwide.

A session often consists of a fiveto-seven-minute dynamic warm-up including stretching, tossing tennis balls and light tennis play; more tennis lasting 10 to 12 minutes, including “cardio blast” sideline activities like quick footwork drills and jumping jacks when changing sides; 30 minutes of point-based tennis games with constant rotation of players and more cardio blasts; and a five-to-10-minute cool down.

“Participants are moving during the times they’d be waiting their turn to hit the ball in regular tennis clinics, and it works on the kind of quick footwork that’s done in competition,” explains Ojakian, the 2011 U.S. Professional Tennis Association California Pro of the Year.

Sessions, which also include party music and heart rate monitors, are “so fast paced and fun, people often can’t believe when they’re over,” he enthuses.

“It accomplishes so much in one hour.”

Larry Carlat, of Venice, California, editor in chief of PurpleClover. com, credits participating in Cardio Tennis sessions with Ojakian twice a week and a healthier diet in the last three-plus years for losing 25 pounds.

“You’re never standing still for more than a couple of seconds, and my footwork has improved,” says the 20-year tennis player. “Chris also provides tennis tips during classes. It’s fun and run!”

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symptom is the body’s cry for help. It is trying to tell us there is a problem, either a deficiency or a malfunction of one or more of the body’s systems. If the symptom is due to a deficiency, it can be quickly reversed, but if long-term deficiencies have caused a systemic breakdown, eradicating the symptom is not addressing the cause. When symptoms are relieved by a practitioner’s treatment, the malfunction often manifests in another area of the body because the underlying problem has not been remedied. This “new” manifestation of what caused the original malfunction will then require further symptom-chasing using natural or medical tools, which can continue for years, leading to more severe conditions with each symptom chase.

For example, eczema, acne or other skin lesions can simply be a vitamin B deficiency. If given vitamin B as a complex several times a day makes no headway against the problem, then more investigation is needed. Other common skin vitamins can be tried, like vitamin A and zinc. Deficiencies should first be tried and given time to work. Unless the deficiency is rectified, any other treatment will be fruitless.

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it is intended by dumping toxins to exit through that way instead of through the skin.

If the liver does not right itself after the bowel is working, it can then be addressed using the correct nutrients traditionally used to help the liver assume its natural function. The skin dysfunction was the person’s body “talking”. Look at a symptom as the body’s cry for help, usually in a place other than where the symptom manifests.

If the liver is overwhelmed, the body can enlist the aid of the body’s other cleansing organs, the bowel, kidney, lymph, lungs or skin. If the bowel and skin are not sent the liver’s load, kidney problems, a chronic cough or a lymphatic condition could result.

However, after rectifying deficiencies, it usually it is the bowel that must be addressed and fixed first.

When addressing symptoms, search for deficiencies first and foremost. Unless a deficiency is rectified, the body systems will remain out of balance and other symptoms will manifest one after another until a more dire condition manifests itself.

How simple an answer to disease is feeding the body the nutrients it needs to balance itself. It is common knowledge that the modern diet rarely, if ever, meets the body’s nutritional needs. Supplementation is more important today than ever before. There are five or six basic supplements every person requires to maintain balance everyday because in today’s food theses nutrients are no longer found in adequate quantities. Some people need more, but unless these few supplements are taken daily and habitually, no one stays or gets well.

Dian Freeman, in private practice in Morristown, NJ, teaches a six-month nutritional certification course and has certified more than 700 graduates in holistic health over the last 14 years.

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orn and raised in the Midwest, actress Molly Hagan moved west in the 1980s to pursue her dream of an acting career.

Her childhood home was located alongside farmland that ended up being sold and quarried for limestone. “They kept buying more acreage and infringing on our life and landscape. It was hideous, and led me to want to conserve and protect the land and its beauty,” says Hagan.

Committed to realizing her professional goals, she’s also dedicated to living eco-consciously and furthering conservation causes. Hagan lives with her partner, archaeologist Richard Guttenberg, in an energy-efficient home below the San Gabriel mountains in Altadena, California.

During her 30-plus-year acting career, Hagan has appeared in more than 30 films, including the classics Code of Silence, Some Kind of Wonderful, Sully and Election. Her many TV episode credits include Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Columbo, Friends, Seinfeld, The Golden Girls, Grey’s Anatomy and Bones; she was a regular on the popular Herman’s Head and beloved Unfabulous.

With so many dimensions to sustainability, what most moves you to make green lifestyle choices?

My chief concern is overpopulation. The most conscious environmental decision I ever made was not to have children; my decision is in no way a judgment on those that do. But I believe the warming world is grossly overpopulated, causing resources to become precious, and we must make ever wiser choices.

What are some of the conservation steps you have taken in your home and garden?

When I had the means, I bought big-ticket items to conserve electricity, like a Sun Frost refrigerator. When money was tight, I focused more on little things, like energy-efficient light bulbs, composting and recycling.

When we bought our small home in sunny Southern California three years ago, we tore out the lawn and irrigation system and planted mostly native plants that require little to no watering. We have an organic vegetable garden, which we hand water using rainwater captured in rain barrels. We also capture our shower water and use it to water plants in summer and flush toilets in winter. Our house had no heating or cooling system, so we invested in ductless split-system heat pumps that cool and heat very efficiently.

We knew we needed to do more, so we met with a home energy consultant. We followed through with doable improvements like chimney balloons, painting our flat roof with a reflecNaturalAwakeningsNJ.com

tive coating and weatherproofing windows and doors, while we saved toward doing more big things. Last year, we were able to take the plunge and installed recessed LED lighting, upgraded all our windows and doors and insulated our home’s ceilings and floors. We also repurposed material saved from my former yoga studio for the flooring.

The insulation has reduced our air conditioning use by 70 percent; despite living in the scorching San Gabriel Valley with little shade cover, we rarely have to turn it on. Our winter electricity bill is down 40 percent, so we’re already seeing a return on our investments, in addition to reducing our carbon footprint.

We know we can still do more.

We dream of going solar and adding a water reuse system. Next, we want to get everyone involved in planting trees in our neighborhood.

Because living in a sprawling city or suburb can raise our everyday transportation footprint, how do you minimize your driving?

It’s tough to have a small transportation footprint in Los Angeles. I took the bus a couple of times when I moved here, but it was difficult to make time-sensitive shoots and auditions. Luckily, nearly everything I need is near our home, and I try not to travel far unless I’m auditioning.

I’ve always bought small cars to save gas. I bought the first electric hybrid made by Honda, their futuristic-looking Insight. My last three cars have been a hybrid Toyota Prius.

Do you try to use your public profile to advocate for change?

I’ve always focused on what I can do in my life to live simply and cleanly. The choices I’ve made come from my heart.

I don’t carry statistics in my head, can’t quote experts and don’t consider myself an activist. I read up on eco-issues, get a visceral sense of what is right, and then try to lead by example. For example, after we tore out our water- and chemical-hungry lawn, our neighbors on both sides tore out theirs. It’s a simple, but powerful act.

Connect with freelance writer April Thompson, in Washington, D.C., at AprilWrites.com.

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n article written in 2015 entitled “Acorn Glut Signals Lyme Risks,” by Richard S. Ostfeld and Charles D. Canham from the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, predicted that this spring there would be an alarming increase in tick activity, which is a great cause for concern. The prediction was based on the large supply of acorns that fed all sorts of wildlife, including the white-footed mouse. More food readily available means more mice and therefore, more ticks. That, coupled with the mild winter, allowed for ticks to become active earlier.

Mice, chipmunks and shrews play a major role in infecting blacklegged ticks with the pathogens that cause Lyme disease, Anaplasmosis, Powassen and Babesiosis. Ticks feeding on these animals can acquire these pathogens from a single bloodmeal, says Richard Ostfeld. While there are several variables, rodents play a significant role in the incidence of tick activity. For example, mice are terrible groomers and don’t clean themselves as fastidiously as other woodland creatures.

This means that mice can carry many ticks on their bodies at a time. As the tick bites the mouse, the likelihood of transmission is much higher than most animals.

The folks at Tick Tackler recommend taking steps to reduce the amount of rodent activity you have in your yard. In fact, part of the Tick Tackler service includes identifying variables that attract mice along with ticks.

Firstly, take care of your gardening materials. Keep all seeds in rodent-proof containers. This includes grass seed, plant seed, bird seed and any perennial bulbs.

Next, install plants that many gardeners believe mice avoid. These include bulbs like daffodils and grape hyacinths and strong-smelling plants like lavender, catnip and other mints. Be sure that your patio cushions, gardening gloves and Styrofoam pool toys are stored away in mouse-proof containers. These items unfortunately make perfect nesting materials for the furry little nuisances. Ornamental trees and shrubs should be trimmed up and low-lying branches snipped back. The key is to take away the cover they provide for critters to hide under. Additionally, stacked wood, old pots and landscape materials offer shelter too.

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How Rolfing Helps Scoliosis Patients

By Thomas Findley, MD, PhD, and Edward Hemberger, LMT

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coliosis is a major concern for teens and adults. Scoliosis is the abnormal sideways curvature of the spine, also called an S-curvature and C-curvature. In the absence of physical injury or trauma, the cause of scoliosis is unknown, which is why it’s called idiopathic (unknown origin).

While Western medical literature holds that there is no cure for scoliosis, people who have the condition are often subjected to wearing restrictive braces or undergoing invasive surgery to install metal rods that support the spine and prevent it from further curvature. Unfortunately, these interventions aren’t always successful and in some cases, such as surgical intervention, can cause additional pain due to a stiff, inflexible spine.

Let’s look at scoliosis in a new way—if we look not at the bones but at the things that keep the bones in place, the soft tissue structures, we can see that the musculature is imbalanced side to side in a person with scoliosis. One side is too tight, pulling the spine sideways, and the other side is too loose, letting the spine get pulled.

Obviously, something in the wiring of a person with scoliosis got a little mixed up. Why is one side so tight and the other too loose? Because of a little thing called proprioception—your body’s orientation in space. Proprioception is what keeps you from banging into doorways and sticking your fork in your eye. It’s how you know where your feet are.

Studies have shown that people with scoliosis have a less refined sense of proprioception. Somehow, they’ve lost their sense of space. The first thing we do as babies once we are born (along with breathing, of course) is orient to ground and sky. Which way is up, which way is down? Preliminary theories suggest that scoliosis people either failed to do this initially or lost it somewhere along the road.

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So, back to the question of whether or not Rolfing works for scoliosis. If the person is young enough, the curve can be greatly reduced, almost to a level of imperceptibility. In adults, the changes are slower because the bones have actually changed shape to fit together into an s-curvature; however, it’s possible to see tremendous restoration of mobility and flexibility within one to three sessions.

Pain is another complaint of those who have scoliosis, and while doctors may assert that scoliosis doesn’t cause pain, patients beg to differ. Their backs are stiff and sore from holding themselves upright with a crooked body. As the tight muscles relax, the pain diminishes rapidly, and increased mobility means not having to brace so much throughout the day.

As the scoliosis patient walks into the Rolfing Clinic, the Rolfer assesses the person’s posture and structural balance to ascertain the extent of the imbalance on the feet, knees or pelvic area as well as gauging any other outward indicators of scoliosis symptoms.

Rolfing is used as a means to improve these conditions by realigning and lengthening the shortened connective tissue that wraps around the muscles. In other words, it de-rotates this connective tissue. This improves posture and movement, which can help reduce or eliminate the headaches, back pain, shoulder and neck pain that is brought on by scoliosis.

Rolfing specializes in de-rotating the connective tissue of the thorax and entire body to bring a certain level of balance and peace to beings with scoliosis. The Rolfing technology takes the whole being into consideration when exploring how to work with each individual, seeing them for more than just the product of their environmental conditioning. Certified Rolfing has the capacity to release, realign, and balance the whole body.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 1 T h e r m o g r a p h y S c a n s — 9 a m – 5 p m . Wi t h Lisa Mack, CCT, HHC. Call for appointment.

51 JFK Parkway, Short Hills. 855-667-9338.

LisasThermographyAndWellness.com.

Radiate! And Attract Real Love—7–9pm. CoFacilitators: Barbara Steingas and Lisa Caroselli. $45. Enrollment: SpiceofLifeYoga.com. Questions about program: lcaroselli08@optimum.net or call Barbara at 908-391-4463. LisasLoveLiftOff.com.

FRIDAY, JUNE 2 First Friday Healing Circle—7–8pm. First Friday Healing Circle led by Gail Belluardo, Licensed Practitioner. Different themes for each group. Center for Spiritual Living Morristown, 331 Mt Kemble Ave., Morristown. 973879-6476. CSLMorristownoffice@gmail.com.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 3 MEN WHO CARE—8:30–10:30am. Monthly.

All men welcomed! Celebrating their 15th year of monthly meetings on the first Saturday of each month. Love offering. Center for Spiritual Living Morristown, Friendship Hall, 331 Mt Kemble Ave., Morristown. 973-539-3114. CSLMorristownoffice@ gmail.com. cslmorristown.org.

Vianna’s Manifesting and Abundance Thetahealing—10am–5pm. June 3–4. Thetahealing in Westfield, NJ. To register visit: ReshmaShah.com or call 908-264-4344.

Soul Shamanism 101—10–5pm. June 3–4. Explore your inner space that directly reflects your body and entire life, with direct access to your healing, inner wisdom and knowledge. Powerful lifetime connection. $350. Janet StraightArrow, Be The Medicine in Madison. Janet@bethemedicine.com. 973-6472500. BeTheMedicine.com.

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Energizing Flow Vinyasa Yoga—12:30–1:15pm.

Energizing flow vinyasa yoga. A wonderful afternoon yoga class to add to your Saturday. Taught

by Tina Romano, 200 hour RYT with over 8-years experience. Please email to register for class as 10 is the max. $10. Unity Church, 25 Mudcut Road, Lafayette. 201-208-3368. tinaromano411@gmail.com.

Vince Gilbert in Concert—8–10 pm. The incomparable Vince Gilbert will entertain us with his insightful song-writing, distinctive vocal-styling, intrepid guitar picking as well as wit and humor. Opening Act - Mike Agranoff. Join us for a potluck supper from 6-7pm before the concert. Bring your favorite dish to share! $20 in advance; $25 at the door. Center for Spiritual Living Morristown, 331 Mt. Kemble Ave, Morristown. 973-539-3114. cslmorristown.org.

SUNDAY, JUNE 4 For Yoga Teachers: Honing Your Craft— 10:30am–1:30pm. Go beyond the basics, learn to construct a creative, intelligently crafted class. Class counts as 3 hours of CEU for Yoga Alliance. $45.

MONDO, 426 Springfield Ave, 3rd floor, Summit.

Register at AccessibleSpirituality.com/scheduleevents. Questions: dana@accessiblepirituality.com.

Ecstatic Dance Live!—11am–12:30pm. Come express yourself to the sound of inspired world-beat grooves, in a sacred space for conscious dance and freeform movement. Live music provided by Chuck Wood & Friends. $15. Middle Valley Community Center in Long Valley.ChuckWoodMusic.com.

Healing Center Open House—3–7pm. Is your body healing? Does your mind need soothing? 20-minute energy work tailored to your needs. $20. 811 Main St, Boonton, 2nd floor.

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MONDAY, JUNE 5 Relaxing Flow Yoga—6:30pm. Relaxing Vinyasa Flow Yoga is lovely way to end your day. Taught

by Tina Romano, 200 hour RYT instructor with over 8 years teaching experience. Please register for class as there is a 10 person max. $10. Unity Church, 25 Mudcut Road, Lafayette. 201-208-3368. tinaromano411@gmail.com.

SPIRITUAL EXPLORATION Open House Saturday, June 17 at the North County Branch Library 65 Halstead Street, Clinton, NJ 08809 1-3:30PM Explore your spiritual wisdom with like-hearted individuals.

Inner Guidance Karma and Reincarnation Dreams This event is sponsored by Eckankar in New Jersey

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Thermography Scans—9am–6:30pm. With Lisa Mack, CCT, HHC. On first Tuesdays. Call for appointment. 17 Hanover Road, Building 300 Florham Park.

855-667-9338. LisasThermographyAndWellness.com.

Introduction to Medical Intuition—7–9pm.

Learn this profound art of perception and healing.

Awareness of the many layers and levels of our health and well-being, awakens possibilities we never imagined. $40. Janet StraightArrow, Be The Medicine in Madison. Janet@bethemedicine.com.

973-647-2500. BeTheMedicine.com.

Association for Higher Awareness—7:30pm.

Presenting Janet Armstrong’s “Shamanism: An Interactive Presentation.” Come learn about this ancient tradition where we will engage in exercises to cleanse, strengthen and heal our chakras and subsequently ourselves. Learn about crystal and fluid entities, house clearings, soul retrieval and experience journeys for different purposes. $10 donation at door. Madison Masonic Lodge, 170 Main St., Madison. ahanj.org.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7 Grand Opening!—6–9pm. Celebrate the Grand Opening of Changes Spa & Aesthetics. Prosecco and light fair; discounts for facials booked this day; complimentary Angel Card readings; raffle and more. 420 Boulevard, Suite 107, Mountain Lakes.

973-588-3668. ChangesSkin.com.

THURSDAY, JUNE 8 T h e r m o g r a p h y S c a n s — 9 a m – 5 p m . Wi t h Lisa Mack, CCT, HHC. Call for appointment.

51 JFK Parkway, Short Hills. 855-667-9338.

LisasThermographyAndWellness.com.

FRIDAY, JUNE 9 Basic Thetahealing—10am–5pm. June 9–11.

Thetahealing in Westfield, NJ. To register visit: ReshmaShah.com or call 908-264-4344.

savethedate HEALING DAY RETREAT WITH KRISTI MENG & LINDA TIRONI Saturday, July 8 2017 10:00am -–3:00pm At the Place of Peace Private Day Retreat Facility, Newton, NJ

Tuesday, June 6 at 7:30pm.

5 hours on 5 secluded acres.

Featuring Janet Armstrong’s “Shamanism: An Interactive Presentation.” $10 donation at door.

A relaxing, fun filled day with like-minded people, yoga (no experience needed), connecting to Nature, & breathwork with drumming. Even building a terrarium to bring home. Also included, a healthy lunch. Call, text or email Linda for more information.

201-469-6307. linda_tironi@yahoo.com.

Madison Masonic Lodge, 170 Main St., Madison. ahanj.org.

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markyourcalendar EACH FRIDAY frankly speaking spirituality for the street JohnFrankShares.blogspot.com/ John Frank: Semi-retired Pastor and Professor; Seeker and Searcher.

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Goal: personal, social, cosmic (and whatever is beyond that) wholeness.

SATURDAY, JUNE 10 Soul Purpose Living Mastery Power of Intent— 10–5pm. We step into our life purpose and learn to live it, awakening wisdom in exploring our lives as soul and self in meditations and journeys. $175.

Janet StraightArrow, Be The Medicine in Madison.

Janet@bethemedicine.com. 973-647-2500. BeTheMedicine.com.

Spiritual Cinema—7pm. 2nd Saturdays. Center for Spiritual Living, 331 Mt. Kemble Ave., Morristown.

973-539-3333. CSLMorristown.org.

MONDAY, JUNE 12 Thermography Scans—9am–6:30pm. With Lisa Mack, CCT, HHC. On 2nd Mondays. Call for appointment. 63 Beaverbrook Rd, Suite 105 Lincoln Park.

855-667-9338. LisasThermographyAndWellness.com.

TUESDAY, JUNE 13 Thermography Scans—Time varies. With Lisa Mack, CCT, HHC. Hudson Valley Whole Life Center, 254 State Route 17 K, Newburgh, NY. 855667-9338. LisasThermographyAndWellness.com.

Stop Smoking with Hypnosis—6:30–7:30pm.

Through hypnosis, smoking cessation is easily achieved in a one-hour session. $55. Middlesex County College, 2600 Woodridge Av. Edison. 908-3037767. Barry@HypnosisNJ.com. HypnosisNJ.com.

Lose Weight with Hypnosis—7:30–8:30pm.

Through hypnosis, weight loss is easily and painlessly attained. Shed unwanted pounds and keep

them off. $55. Middlesex County College, 2600 Woodridge Av. Edison. 908-303-7767. Barry@ HypnosisNJ.com. HypnosisNJ.com.

Relaxation through Hypnosis—8:30–9:30pm.

Learn several easy to use techniques you can use daily to reduce stress in your life. $55. Middlesex County College, 2600 Woodridge Av. Edison. 908303-7767. Barry@HypnosisNJ.com. HypnosisNJ. com.

and spirit. Experience the love of higher consciousness. Featuring guest speakers every hour, area psychics, energy healers, shamanic practitioners, mind/body therapists, holistic practitioners, massage & stress management, artwork, jewelry, crystals, stones, gems, natural food court. $7 Admission.

New Hope Eagle Fire House, 46 N Sugan Rd, New Hope, Society for Metaphysical Enlightenment.

267-261-2768. WeAreSme.com

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 Thermography Scans—Time varies. With Lisa Mack, CCT, HHC. Awakenings Holistic and Wellness Center, 44 West St., Monmouth Beach. 855667-9338. LisasThermographyAndWellness.com.

Ascended Master Teachings—7–9pm. Ongoing monthly class. Who are the Ascended Masters?

What role do they play in Earth’s events, and what help can they offer us? Learn who or what are they, what their hierarchy, what role do they play in the events on Earth, and why do we need to know about the Ascended Masters, and the messages, guidance and help they offer us. $20. Huna Healing Center, 5 East Main St., Suite 28 B, Denville.

973-224-0096. register@hunahealingcenter.com. hunahealingcenter.com.

THURSDAY, JUNE 15 Thermography Scans—9am–5pm. With Lisa Mack, CCT, HHC. Call for appointment. 55 Madison Ave, Ste 400, Morristown. 855-667-9338.

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Healing Center Open House—10am–3pm. Is your body healing? Does your mind need soothing? 20-minute energy work tailored to your needs. $20. 811 Main St, Boonton, 2nd floor.

WhiteLotusHealingCenterNJ.com

FRIDAY, JUNE 16 T h e r m o g r a p h y S c a n s — 9 a m – 5 p m . Wi t h Lisa Mack, CCT, HHC. Call for appointment.

51 JFK Parkway, Short Hills. 855-667-9338.

LisasThermographyAndWellness.com.

Thermography Scans—9am–6:30pm. With Lisa Mack, CCT, HHC. On 3rd Tuesdays. Call for appointment. Corner of South Ridgedale Ave. @ 1 Heather Dr., East Hanover. 855-667-9338.

LisasThermographyAndWellness.com.

What Ernest Holmes Has Taught Me—7pm– 8:30pm. 6 weeks. Join Lynn Sebbard as she describes how the teaching of Ernest Holmes answered many questions and helped her progress in gaining deeper understanding of spiritual healing. $10/ session. Center for Spiritual Living Morristown, 331 Mt. Kemble Ave, Morristown. 973-539-3114. cslmorristown.org.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21 Awaken the Master Within—6:30pm–8:30pm.

Discover Authentic Power, Enjoy Emotional Freedom, and Experience Transformation though the Art of Self-Mastery Realize how your feelings unconsciously drive inappropriate behaviors and emotional reactions and learn how to deal with these feelings more appropriately so you can respond rather than react to outside circumstances. $25. Portal of Healing, 50 Main Street, Top Floor, Chester. 201-841-0358. debbie@portalofhealing. com. portalofhealing.com.

Reiki Level II (5 weeks)—10am–12pm. Prerequisite: Reiki I. Deepen Reiki knowledge and practice offering Reiki to others. Reiki Level II Attunement will be given. Class includes lecture and hands-on practice. $200. Fresh Look on Life, 31 US Highway 206, Suite 3, Augusta. 973-383-6847. cindy@ freshlookonlife.com. FreshLookOnLife.com.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 17 Solstice Expo & Holistic Fair—10am–6pm. Jun 17-18. 9th annual event. Tune up your body, mind

Summer Solstice Community Celebration— 7–9pm. Join Community Shamanic Ceremony.

Celebrate beginning of Summer, the longest day of year. Chant, Drum, Journey. Meditate. Outdoor fire. Dance and have jolly good fun! Donation.

Janet StraightArrow, Be The Medicine in Madison. Janet@bethemedicine.com. 973-647-2500.

BeTheMedicine.com.

FRIDAY, JUNE 23 Monthly Chair Yoga Class—7:15–8:30pm. 4th Friday each month. Using a chair will bring a deeper level of stretch and ease. All levels are welcome. The class will offer comfort if you might have a harder time getting up and down off of the floor. Use your class card or $19. Garden of Life Massage & Yoga Center, 9 Boulder Hills Blvd., Wantage. 973-8755433. dawn@1gardenoflife.com. 1gardenoflife.com.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 24 The Shaman Way 101—7–9 pm. Shamans have been the Bridges for Spirit since the Prehistoric Era. This workshop will provide the very basic practices of Shamans around the world. Powerful transformative healing is a natural byproduct of engaging in this work. Bring drums, rattles, notebook, pen, eyeshade, and something to lay on for journey work. $50. Huna Healing Center, 5 East Main St., Suite 28 B, Denville. 973-224-0096. register@hunahealingcenter. com. hunahealingcenter.com.

SUNDAY, JUNE 25 Create Your Own Blessing Bowl for Manifesting—1–4:30 pm. You are also welcome to bring your own blessing bowl; choose one that is visually pleasing to you, about 6-8 inches in diameter, 4 to 6 inches high and made of any material you wish including Singing, wooden, metal, crystal, glass.

(Bowls also available for purchase.) $25. Huna Healing Center, 5 East Main St., Suite 28 B, Denville.

973-224-0096. register@hunahealingcenter.com. hunahealingcenter.com.

SUNDAY, JUNE 25 Rhythm of Perfect Weight: One Day Thetahealing Workshop—10am–5pm. Thetahealing in Westfield, NJ. To register visit: ReshmaShah.com or call 908-264-4344.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28 Thermography Scans—9am–5pm. With Lisa Mack, CCT, HHC. Call for appointment. 55 Madison Ave, Ste 400, Morristown. 855-667-9338.

LisasThermographyAndWellness.com.

THURSDAY, JUNE 29 Summer Health with doTERRA—7pm. Essential oils can assist you with your summer routine. Use them to cool off your body, help you calm down, and de-stress for vacation. Free. Caldwell Salt Cave, 246 Bloomfield Ave., Caldwell. RSVP to Lynn by 6/25 at caldwellsaltcave@gmail.com. CaldwellSaltCave.com.

PLAN AHEAD SATURDAY, JULY 1 PermaJam 2017 Festival—July 1–4. Four nights of music, art, workshops, artist village and yoga at Rickey Farm in Vernon, NJ. Featured musical performances by The Nth Power and Moon Hooch.

PermaJam Festivals are for our children and for the earth. For details, visit PermaJam.com.

I Make Them Better!

There are two primary reasons a healing practitioner looks for additional patients: It’s a new practice, or all your patients got better. Well...I’m not new.

Helping my patients return to health is my mission in life (and yes, there is a story behind that). But it’s also about helping them stay healthy through teaching them how to look after themselves going forward.

What is Naturopathic Medicine?

Naturopathic medicine recognizes an inherent self-healing process in people that is ordered and intelligent. As a distinct primary health care profession, it emphasizes prevention, treatment and The Healing Power of Nature. Naturopathic physicians act to identify and remove obstacles to healing and recovery, and to support the self-healing process.

Reasons to visit a Naturopathic Physician > Need a 2nd opinion for a health related issue > Not getting results from pharmaceutical drugs > Desire for a more natural approach to health

Dr. Rodger (ND) also teaches courses on NUTRITION and preparation for obtaining the Certified Nutrition Consultant (CNC) qualification.

The next course starts on September 24, 2017.

For details visit NutritionConsultants.org.

Many conditions can be treated or improved through naturopathic care: From Asthma, ADD/ADHD, anxiety, Angina— and that’s just part of the “A’s.”

Dr. Derek Rodger

Naturopathic Doctor 908-223-8899 • DrRodgerND.com

Call for speaking engagements on Nutrition, Preventative Medicine, or Understanding STRESS. natural awakenings

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Sunday Free Zen Meditation Group Sit—7–8:30am. Led

by Kurt Spellmeyer of ColdMountainZen.org at Kula Yoga Wellness, 25 Main St., Stanhope. For info, email Rcr111@optonline.net.

Natural Meditation & Awareness Practice— 9–10am. Weekly free guided meditation in the advaita/non-duality tradition. Aikido Schools of NJ, 324 West Westfield Ave., Roselle Park. 908-875-9844.

Prenatal Yoga—9–10:15am. For the Mother Goddess and her growing baby! $18 drop-in or class package. The Karuna Shala, 855 Bloomfield Ave., Suite 208, 2nd Floor, Glen Ridge.

Morristown Unitarian Fellowship—Worship services at 9 and 11am. 21 Normandy Heights Rd., Morristown. 973-540-1177, ext. 203.

Summit Unitarian Worship Service—9:30 and 11:15am throughout the regular church year. The Unitarian Church, 4 Waldron Ave., Summit. 908273-3245.

Institute for Spiritual Development—10am. First and third Sundays. Psychic and spiritual development and healing. Masonic Lodge #93, 170 Main St., Madison.ISD-Madison.org. 973-437-4370.

Sunday Celebration Service—10:30am. Rev. Frankie, practitioners, and musicians create an inspiring, uplifting time to be reminded of our spiritual connectedness. Center for Spiritual Living of Morristown, 331 Mt Kemble Ave., Morristown.

973-539-3114. CSLMorristownoffice@gmail.com. cslmorristown.org.

Unity Spiritual Center of Morris County—11am.

221 Main St., 2nd floor, VFW Bldg., Boonton.

973-331-1776.

Unity of Sussex County—11am–12:30pm. Youth and family meeting, followed by fellowship in Wakeman Hall. 25 Mudcut Rd., Lafayette. 973-3836277. UnityofSussex.org.

Meditation—1–3pm. Join us in the crystal room, by the fireside for meditation with essential oils. Facilitated by Rev. William and Judith Hancox, meditation teachers since 1980. $15, $25/couple. Succasunna.

WhiteWolfCenter.net. RSVP 973-585-4661.

Drum Jam—3–5pm. Third Sundays. Open to all; beginners to experienced musicians. Some gather for spiritual reasons, others for an opportunity to socialize or try something different. $10 donation.

Rest Stop Rejuvenate, 21 Maple Ave., Rockaway.

973-985-7548. RestStopRejuvenate.com.

Meditation Course—10:45–11:45am. $60 per 3 week session. The School of Royal Yoga, 57 Main St., Chester. 908-879-9648. TheRoyalPathways.com.

Free Meditation Class—4–5pm. Learn how to manage stress and emotions through breathing techniques and meditation. A perfect introduction to meditation. Free. Art of Living Center for Peace and Meditation, 2nd Floor, 104 Broadway, Denville.

973-400-9191. MorrisCounty@Us.ArtofLiving.org.

Spiritual Discussion Group—5:50–8:30pm.

A variety of topics. $5. RSVP 908-879-3937.

TheArtoftheHeart-Chester.com.

Monday Speed Strategy Session—8am–8pm.. Identify and obtain the tools/strategies/techniques to advance, develop, or heal areas in your relationships to participate fully. Address work, family, romantic, personal, school, etc. areas. Find breakthroughs, resolution and take action. $40/20 min by phone.

Book session with Tracey Leacock Coaching at info@traceyleacock.com or 973-577-7307. TraceyLeacockCoaching.com.

Peaceful knitting and Crochet—1–2:30pm. Nurture Your Creative Side! All are welcome including beginners. Receive detailed pattern instructions and support all along the way. $195 for 13 weeks.

The School of Royal Yoga, 57 Main Street, Chester. 908-879-9648. royalyoga@embarqmail.com.

TheRoyalPathways.com.

Feldenkrais Method—9–10am. Semi Private Class. Please bring yoga mat. $25 drop in rate. Call 973-538-1600 for reservation. b.jones Organic Spa, 62b South St, Morristown. bjones-spa.com.

Yoga Therapy—9:30am. Heal your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual bodies through expert instruction and personal attention. Sadhana Yoga, 150 River Rd., Unit M4, Montville. 973-265-0665.

SadhanaNJ.com.

Free Blood Pressure and Glucose Testing—10am– 3pm. Overlook Downtown. 357 Springfield Ave., Summit. 908-598-7997.

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Energy Enhancing Blasts of Qigong with Sal Canzoneri—10am–11am. Energy healing. RSVP by 7pm day prior. Register at 908-879-3937. The Art of the Heart, 44 Main St., Chester. TheArtofTheHeart-Chester.com.

Gentle Yoga—11am–noon. Extra gentle yoga for those who enjoy moving slowly and gently, those who have not exercised in a while and those in recovery or receiving physical therapy. The School of Royal Yoga, 57 Main St., Chester. 908-879-9648.

TheRoyalPathways.com.

Meditation Course—10:45–11:45am. $60 per 3-week session. The School of Royal Yoga, 57 Main St., Chester. 908-879-9648. TheRoyalPathways.com.

Open Level Yoga—5:30–6:30pm. A gentle form of breathing and stretching that enhances relaxation, lowers blood pressure, improves muscle tone and reduces stress. Good for all levels. Bring a yoga mat. $15. Chambers Center for Well Being, 435 South St., Suite 160, Morristown. 973-971-6301.

Life Path Lessons Experience—6–7pm. learn key lessons that will bring more clarity to your life. What do you believe about yourself? Dress comfortably, bring a notebook and an open mind. Arrive 15 minutes early. Facilitated by Stephanie. $20 ($10 for college students). 127 Valley Rd., Montclair. Info@ ThoughtinMotion.net. 973-826-0367.

Qigong—6–7pm. Gentle exercises designed to generate energy flow. Move in Grace, 294 Main St., Chester. Contact Renee Dorn: 551-574-9500.

Tai Chi & Qigong—7pm. All levels, featuring Qigong for energy, Sun Style Tai Chi, and meditations for health. Institute for Spiritual Development,15 Sparta Ave., Sparta. More info at 973-786-6466 or MarkSGallagher@hotmail.com.

Awareness Through Movement—7–8pm. Gentle movement lessons suitable for everyone, even those limited by pain, injuries or neurological conditions.

Move in Grace, 294 Main St., Chester. Contact Beatrice Basso: 973-294-4059.

Divorce Support Group in Chester—7–8pm. First Mondays. Open to anyone currently struggling with divorce-related issues. Free. 154 Route 206, 2nd Floor, Suite A, Chester. 908-832-2305.

Relaxing Vinyasa Flow Yoga—6:30pm. A great way to end the day. $10. Unity Church, 25 Mudcut Road, Lafayette. For information, contact Tina Romano at tinaromano411@gmail.com or 201-2083368. UnityOfSussex.org.

Monday Night Meditation Circle—7–8pm. Relax and recharge with Reiki Master Victoria at Monday Night Meditation @ Evolve Restorative Therapy.

Feel the healing energy flow! Evolve Restorative Therapy, 523 Westfield Ave., 3rd Floor, Westfield.

908-361-6376.

Reiki Share & Healing Circle—7–8:30pm. All are welcome. 811 Main St, Boonton, 2nd floor. $10.

WhiteLotusHealingCenterNJ.com Because I Love You (B.I.L.Y.) Parent Support Group—7–8:30pm. Confidential self-help group for parents experiencing substance abuse issues with their children. Free. Jefferson Twp. BOE

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Community Room, 31 Rte. 181, Lake Hopatcong.

BilyofJefferson@yahoo.com. BILY.org.

& Yoga of Morris, LLC, 16-18 Elm St., Morristown.

TheWholeChildNJ.com.

A Course in Miracles—7:30pm. Unity of Montclair, 84 Orange Rd., Montclair. $10 suggested donation. Contact Connie at 973-239-8402 for details.

UnityofMontclair.com.

Yoga Level 1—6–7pm.Learn basic postures, breathing styles and meditation. Move in Grace, 294 Main St., Chester. Contact Jean Marie: 908-850-6475.

Yoga for Ultimate Beginners—8–9pm. For students brand new to yoga, this series covers the fundamentals of yoga from alignment basics to class etiquette. $90/six weeks. Purple Om Yoga, 3118 Rte. 10 West, Denville. 973-343-2848. PurpleOmYoga.com.

QiGong—11am–12pm. Learn how to take control and responsibility for your body, mind and spirit as certified QiGong therapist, Renee Dorn, helps you understand and alleviate energetic blockages that, if not addressed, can manifest disease in the body, discomfort in the spirit and distress to the mind. $5 for seniors 55 & up. Senior Resource Center, located inside the Church of the Messiah (Parish Hall) 50 Route 513, Chester. 908-879-2202. SRCNJ.org.

Tuesday Yoga Foundations—9:15–10:15am. Learn the foundations of yoga in a safe, encouraging environment, while releasing stress and tension. $10/class.

Breathing Room Center, 735 Rte. 94, Newton. 973896-0030. BreathingRoomCenter.com.

Christpaths—9:30am–noon. Second Tuesdays.

Monthly spiritual sharing and practice group.

Christ Church, 66 Highland Ave., Short Hills.

Yearly tuition: $175. 908-277-2120. Information@ Interweave.org. Interweave.org.

Gentle Yoga—9–10am. $25 drop in rate. SemiPrivate Class. All levels welcome. Please bring yoga mat. Call 973-538-1600 for reservation. b. jones Organic Spa, 62b South St, Morristown. bjones-spa.com.

Prenatal Yoga—10:15–11:15am. A beautiful class designed especially for expectant mothers to learn how to breathe, relax, stretch, and connect with the precious life within. $65 for 5 Jan. classes.

The School of Royal Yoga, 57 Main St., Chester.

908-879-9648. RoyalYoga@embarqmail.com.

The RoyalPathways.com.

Qi Gong/Tai Chi—11am–noon. Designed for all levels with each participant working at his/her individual level of ability. $60/10-class session. Senior Center of the Chathams, Chatham Twp. Municipal Bldg. Gym, 58 Meyersville Rd., Chatham. 973-6354565. ChathamSeniorCenter.org.

SMART Recovery—6:30–8pm. Secular, sciencebased recovery group for support and assistance with all forms of addictive behavior. Free. Roxbury Twp. Library. 201-774-8323. SmartRox@optimum.net.

Come Experience Enlightenment—7pm. Experience how to change every aspect of your life.

We teach how to create using Thought Energy.

Thought in Motion, 127 Valley Rd., Montclair.

ThoughtinMotion.net.

Creating with Thought Energy Experience— 7–8:30am. Class begins with slowing down the mind, and then teaches you lessons on how your thoughts create your reality. Energy work is included. Dress comfortably, bring an open mind and a notebook. Arrive 15 minutes early as class starts promptly at 7. Facilitated by Karina. $35. 127 Valley Rd., Montclair. Reservations: 973-826-0367.

Meditation—7–7:30pm. Unity of Sussex County, 25 Mudcut Rd., Lafayette. 973-383-6277.

UnityofSussex.org.

Meditation—7–8pm. Beginners and advanced are welcome to join a weekly guided meditation.

Aquarian Sun Healing and Learning Center, 212A Main St., Lincoln Park. Donation: $10. Call or email Suzanne@AquarianSun.net before 5pm Tuesday to reserve a spot. 973-686-9100.

A Course in Miracles—7:30pm. Study group for the course in spiritual psychotherapy. Miracles-Course. org. Garwood. Call Betsy Zipkin: 732-469-0234.

The Morris Music Men Quartet—7:30pm. Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 300 Shunpike Rd., Chatham.

Sing and socialize. Newcomers always welcome.

877-808-8697. MorrisMusicMen.org.

Restorative Yoga—7:30pm. Shed stress and unleash your body’s innate healing capacities through comfortably supported guided relaxations. Sadhana Yoga, 150 River Rd., Unit M4, Montville. 973-2650665. SadhanaNJ.com.

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Yoga for Teens & Tweens—3:45–5:45pm. Aquarian Yoga Center, 641 Bloomfield Ave., Montclair.

908-884-4984. AquarianYogaCenter.com.

Yoga for Kids (Ages 2 to 4)—5–5:45pm. Drop in $25. More info at 973-944-0555. Pediatric Therapy

Book Study Group—7:30–9pm. Held at Unity of Sussex County, 25 Mudcut Rd., Lafayette. UnityofSussex.org. 973-383-6277.

Connecting with Loved Ones in Spirit—7:30-9pm.

You and up to five family members will sit with three to five mediums who will contact the energy of your loved ones who have passed away. Netcong. Contact Garry: 908-852-4635. Garry@Hyp4Life.com.

The Gathering—7:30–9:30pm. First and third Tuesdays. Worship service with Christina Lynn Whited. Offering of $10-$20 requested. Call 908638-9066 to register. Circle of Intention, 76 Main St., High Bridge. CircleOfIntention.com.

Chair Pilates—2–3pm. Learn Pilates based moves led by Instructor Lisa Franey to build core, abdominal and spinal muscle strength, improve posture, muscle control and coordination. $2 for seniors 55 & up. Senior Resource Center, located inside the Church of the Messiah (Parish Hall) 50 Route 513, Chester. 908-879-2202. SRCNJ.org.

Zumba—2–3pm. Take the “work” out of workout and join Renee Dorn for a senior friendly, calorieburning dance fitness party, combining all elements of fitness - cardio, muscle conditioning, balance and flexibility, boosted energy, and a serious dose of awesome each time you leave class. $2 for seniors 55 & up. Senior Resource Center, located inside the Church of the Messiah (Parish Hall) 50 Route 513, Chester. 908-879-2202. SRCNJ.org.

Wednesday A Course in Miracles—7–8:30pm. 1st and 3rd Wed. Jeanne Uhl, RN, MA, Psychology facilitates this spiritual study group. The Unitarian Church in Summit, 4 Waldron Ave., Summit. Call or text Jeanne at 513-476-8186. Jeanne2145@gmail.com.

White Oak Center Organic Co-Op—Every other Wednesday. Delivered by Albert’s Organics.

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Mat Pilates—Noon–1pm. Try your first class for free. Pilates at Pro Physical Therapy, 2 Emery Ave., Randolph. 973-895-9925. PilateswithAmy@ verizon.net. PropTNJ.com.

Awareness Through Movement Classes with Diane Bates—12:30, 2 and 4:30pm. Ease pain, improve posture, prevent injury, increase energy and reduce stress. $15. Held at 24 Elm St., Room 1, Morristown. 973-534-8122. Diane.Bates7@Mac.com.

Meditation Course—10:45–11:45am. $60 per 3-week session. The School of Royal Yoga, 57 Main St., Chester. 908-879-9648. TheRoyalPathways.com.

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Membership $20, then $35 bimonthly. White Oak Center, 33 Woodport Rd., Sparta. For more info, contact Brian Trautz at 973-729-1900 or BTrautz@ WhiteOakCenter.com.

Pilates Mat/Tower—9–9:50am. Adding spring resistance to your Pilates workout can take your mat skills to the next level, building strength, coordination and balance. Limited to four participants. The Wellness Center of Northwest Jersey, Randolph Medical Arts Building 765 Rte. 10 East, Randolph.

WellnessCenterNWJ.com. 973-895-2003.

Yoga for Women’s Health—9:30–10:45am. Poses to help you better address menstruation, menopause, pelvic floor issues, and basic back care. The Karuna Shala, 855 Bloomfield Ave., Suite 208, 2nd Floor, Glen Ridge.

Healing Meditations with Rev. Frankie—Noon.

Center for Spiritual Living, 331 Mt. Kemble Ave., Morristown. Free. 973-539-3333.

Stress Reduction Group—Noon–1pm. Techniques to reduce stress, including positive thinking, guided imagery, gratitude affirmations and kindness meditation. $15. Chambers Center for Well Being. 435 South St., Morristown. 973-971-6301.

Children’s Yoga 7-12 years—4:45–5:30pm. In addition to yoga poses, gradual stretching and correct breathing, emphasis is placed on children seeing the beauty in themselves and in others through effective, fun yoga activities. $48 for 4 Jan. classes.

The School of Royal Yoga, 57 Main St., Chester.

908-879-9648. RoyalYoga@embarqmail.com. The RoyalPathways.com.

Pilates for Everyone—5–6pm. Lengthen, strengthen, stretch and tone. Move in Grace, 294 Main St., Chester. For more information, contact Carrie Oesmann at 201-919-7811.

Yoga as Medicine—6:15–7:30pm. Explore the interface of Hatha Yoga and Ayurvedic medicine. All levels welcome. The Karuna Shala, 855 Bloomfield Ave., Ste. 208, 2nd Floor, Glen Ridge.

Chanting Circle—6:30–7:30pm. With Leslie Treloar. Meets 1st, 2nd & 4th Wednesdays. Class size limited to five people. $20. The Art of the Heart, 44 Main St. Chester. RSVP: 908-879-3937.

TheArtoftheHeart-Chester.com.

Meditation & Self-Reliance Classes—6pm. Learn how to quiet the mind by getting in touch with your Source and truly learn the art of loving yourself.

Free. The Peace Within Spa & Holistic Wellness Center. 63 Beaverbrook Rd., Suite 105, Lincoln Park. Nancy@ThePeaceWithinSpa.com.

Morristown Unitarian Fellowship—6:30pm.

First Wednesdays. Mid-week renewal services. 21 Normandy Heights Rd., Morristown. 973-540-1177, ext. 203.

Teen Yoga—6:30–7:30pm. Age 13+. Teens learn to listen to their bodies as they move at their own pace promoting peacefulness, mental clarity and improved self-esteem. Carol’s Yoga Youngsters, 145 Washington St., Morristown. 973-898-0544. Ctr4child@ verizon.net. CarolsYogaYoungsters.com.

Ascension: Guidance, Processes, Activations, & Integration—6:30–8:30pm. Be the Master of your subconscious mind, achieve self-love, guide your child consciousness, and transcend the negative ego. $25. Portal of Healing, 50 Main St., Chester.

201-841-0358. PortalofHealing.com.

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Awaken the Master Within—6:30–8:30pm. With Debbie Carcuffe. Identify and transform fear-based false beliefs. Realize how feelings unconsciously drive inappropriate behaviors and emotional reactions. Guided group healing and clearing meditation during each class. $25. Portal of Healing, Conscious Alignment with the Soul (top floor), 50 Main St., Chester. PortalofHealing.com. 201-841-0358.

Free Meditation Class—7–8pm. Learn how to manage stress and emotions through breathing techniques and meditation. A perfect introduction to meditation. Free. Art of Living Center for Peace and Meditation, 2nd fl., 104 Broadway, Denville.

973-400-9191. MorrisCounty@Us.ArtofLiving.org.

Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Support Group of Morristown—7–9pm. First Wednesdays, except July and August. Support for patients and their families. Speakers. 95 Madison Ave., Suite 109A, Morristown. 973-219-8092. Wen5500@hotmail.com.

Women’s Healing Circle—7–9pm. First Wednesdays. Support, share, bond and attain deep peace through guided meditation. Led by Lindsey Sass. $30.The Healing Center, 142 Main St., Bloomingdale. Preregister at 973-714-0765.

Introduction to Soto Zen Practice—7:15pm.

Hands-on instruction and explanation for seated and walking meditation. Dharma talk and discussion.

By donation. Rev. Shofu Keegan, Empty Hand Zen Group, 22 Lackawanna Plaza, Montclair. 908-6728782. EmptyHandZen.org.

Intuitive Tantric Meditation—7:30pm. Still your mind, experience your inner energies, and enjoy love and peace. Sadhana Yoga, 150 River Rd., Unit M4, Montville. 973-265-0665. SadhanaNJ.com.

The Morris County (West) Chapter of Holistic Moms Network—7:30pm. First Wednesdays. Held at Chester Field House, 107 Seminary Ave., Chester.

InfoHMNWestMorris@yahoo.com.

AA Meeting (O-B-ST)—8pm. Open to those struggling with alcoholism or drug addiction. Free. Cranford United Methodist Church, 201 Lincoln Ave., Cranford.

Thursday Free BodySculpt Class—8:30–9:15am. Weekly.

Free. Carefully and gently strengthen and tone your core and body using light weights and props.

Benessere, The Center for Wellness, 510 Morris Ave., Summit. 908-277-4080. BenessereNJ.com.

Healthy Food Prep Classes with Phyllis Deering—Noon, Third Thursdays. Learn about delicious and healthy food preparation.$25; 4 for $75.

Contact Marnie at Mountain Lakes Organic Co-op, LLC, 10 Vale Dr., Mountain Lakes. 973-335-4469.

FruitLady@MountainLakesOrganic.com.

Teen—Young Adult Yoga—4:15–5pm. Program tailored to special needs teens and young adults.

Yoga assists the ability to focus and concentrate and helps improve both fine and gross motor skills.

It contributes to improved communication and an increased desire to build responsive and interactive relationships. $48 for 4 Jan. classes. The Center for Special Needs, Inc., 57 Main St., Chester.

908-879-9648. RoyalYoga@embarqmail.com.

TheRoyalPathways.com.

White Oak Yoga—4:15–5:15pm. Gentle Yoga.

Taught by Elizabeth Bell. Sparta Ambulance Bldg., 14 Sparta Ave., Sparta. 973-729-1900.

WhiteOakCenter.com.

Adolescent & Teen Boys Yoga (Elementary and Middle School)—6–6:45pm. More info at 973944-0555. The Yoga Way Center, 16-18 Elm St., Morristown. TheWholeChildNJ.com.

Pilates Sculpt—6–7pm. Pilates at Pro Physical Therapy, 2 Emery Ave., Randolph. 973-895-9925.

PilateswithAmy@verizon.net. ProPTNJ.com.

Evening Yoga Series—6:15pm–7:30pm. For adults. All levels yoga series. Advance registration and monthly payment is required; Essex County Environmental Center, 621-B Eagle Rock Ave., Roseland. 973-228-8776.

Reiki Share—6:30–9pm. Fourth Thursdays. Experience Reiki’s healing touch by giving or receiving.

All welcome. Free. Aquarian Sun, 212A Main St., Lincoln Park. 973-686-9100. AquarianSun.net.

The Sussex County Chapter of Holistic Moms— 7pm. Second Thursdays. Free. Held at Holy Counselor Lutheran Church, 68 Sand Hill Rd., Sussex.

973-347-1246. TiggerNorton04@gmail.com.

Yoga with Daniella—7pm.Yoga for all levels. $5 suggested donation. The First Presbyterian Church, 11-13 Main St., Franklin. $5 suggested donation.

Daniella.Hurley@yahoo.com. iwc Women’s Group—7–8:30pm. Thursdays.

Therapeutic discussion group led by licensed professional counselors processing all life issues, including depression, anxiety, grief and loss, divorce, life transition, stress, aging, care giving. iwc for medical, mind and body. 401 Rte. 24, Chester. 908-879-8700.

YogaFlow—7–8:30pm. $15/Class or $50/4classes.

Family Chiropractic Center, 28 Bowling Green Pkwy., Suite 1A, Lake Hopatcong. 973-663-5633.

HartmanChiropractic.com.

Hypnosis & NLP Certification—7–9pm. Become a certified hypnotherapist and NLP practitioner.

Eleven separate classes and the convenience of paying per class, or do certification separate. First 5 for NLP and last 6 for hypnotherapist. Huna Healing Center, 23 Diamond Spring Rd., Suite 5, Denville.

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Potluck and Spiritual Chat—7–9pm. Free. Bring a potluck dish to share, share in a safe, loving environment. Tree of Health Center, 55 Newton-Sparta Rd., Unit 107, Newton. 973-500-8813.

A Course in Miracles—7:30pm. Study group for the course in spiritual psychotherapy. MiraclesCourse.org. Summit. Betsy Zipkin. 732-469-0234.

Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Support Group Meeting—7:30–9pm. We follow the ASCA meeting format and our goal is mutual support in a gentle and nonjudgmental environment. The Morristown Chapter of ASCA, Church of the Redeemer, 36 South St., Morristown. Ascasupport.org or Ascamnj@yahoo.com.

A Course in Miracles—7:30–9pm. Second Thursdays. Study group for the course in spiritual psychotherapy. Unity of Sussex County, 25 Mudcut Rd., Lafayette.973-383-6277. Unity of Sussex County.

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Friday Yoga Flow—9:15–10:30am. $10/class. Breathing Room Center, 735 Rte. 94, Newton. 973-896-0030.

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Morning Yoga Series—9:30–10:45am for adults.

All levels yoga series. Essex County Environmental Center, 621-B Eagle Rock Ave., Roseland. 973-2288776. EssexCountyParks.org.

Reiki Share & Healing Circle—10–11:30am. All are welcome. 811 Main St, Boonton, 2nd floor. $10.

WhiteLotusHealingCenterNJ.com Qigong with Sal Canzoneri—10am–11am. Energy healing. RSVP by 7pm day prior. Register at 908879-3937. The Art of the Heart, 44 Main St., Chester.

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Kripalu Yoga with Stacy Ackerman—11am– 12:15pm. Healing/calming mixed level class, specialty 45+. Beginners always welcome. First class $10. 1225 Sussex Turnpike, Randolph (Bright Heart Yoga - back building, 3rd floor). StacyAYoga@ optonline.net. 973-216-5829.

Debtors Anonymous Meeting—5:30–6:30pm.

Twelve-step meeting for those dealing with debt, overspending and under-earning. Downstairs Main Bldg. at Redeemer Church, 37 Newton Sparta Rd., Newton. 877-717-3328. NJPada.org.

Drum Circle—6pm. Weekly drum circle to get your spirit flowing with the ancient healing art of drumming.

Learn new skills; connect with others in this warm and welcoming space. $20/class. Breathing Room Center, 735 Rte. 94, Newton. 973-997-0116. HoopNDrums@ Yahoo.com. BreathingRoomCenter.com.

Monthly Kirtan w/ Raghavendra & Tara— 7–9pm. Second Fridays. Bring your open heart to join us in chanting names of the Divine. Chants sheet and Chai provided. $5 donation at the door. Karuna Shala Yoga & Ayurveda, 10 Herman St., Glen Ridge.

973-743-1211. TheKarunaShala.com.

Reiki Share—7–9pm. Join with other Reiki practitioners and experience working on others. Suggested donation: $10-15. Divine Inspirations Bookstore, 217 Franklin Ave., Nutley. 973-562-5844. DivineBooks.net.

AA Meeting—7:30pm.St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 70 Maple Ave., Morristown. 973-538-0555.

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Saturday White Oak Yoga—8–9am. Mixed level. Taught by Elizabeth Bell. Sparta Ambulance Bldg., 14 Sparta Ave., Sparta. 973-729-1900. WhiteOakCenter.com.

“Men Who Care” Men’s Meeting—8:30– 10:30am. First Saturdays. 331 Mt. Kemble Ave., Morristown.973-539-3114. CSLMorristown.org.

Prenatal Yoga—9–10:15am. The Karuna Shala, 855 Bloomfield Ave., Suite 208, 2nd Floor, Glen Ridge.

Spiritual Cinema—7pm. 2nd Saturdays. Center for Spiritual Living, 331 Mt. Kemble Ave., Morristown.

973-539-3333. CSLMorristown.org.

Spin & Stretch—9:30–10:15am. The Wellness Center of Northwest Jersey, Randolph Medical Arts Building 765 Rte. 10 East, Randolph.

WellnessCenterNWJ.com. 973-895-2003.

T’ai Chi—9:30–11am. A series of meditative movements that improve balance, lower blood pressure, and decrease anxiety. $20. Chambers Center for Well Being. 435 South St., Morristown. 973-971-6301.

Tasting Life Twice: A Monthly Writing Circle—9:30–11:30am. Come to one session, or come to all. $20 drop-in. Interweave, 31 Woodland Ave. (2nd Floor of Calvary Episcopal Church’s Parish Office), Summit. 908-277-2120. Interweave.org.

Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous Meeting—10–11:30am. Twelve-step recovery for food obsession, overeating, under-eating and bulimia.

St. Clare’s Hospital Dover Campus, 400 West Blackwell St., Conference Room C, Dover. 973 945 2704. Erm514@comcast.net. FoodAddicts.org.

Ascension: Guidance, Processes, Activations, & Integration—10am–noon. Be the Master of your subconscious mind, achieve self-love, guide your child consciousness, and transcend the negative ego. $25. Portal of Healing, 50 Main St., Chester.

201-841-0358. PortalofHealing.com.

Overeaters Anonymous Meeting—10:15am– 12:15pm. Weekly gathering of the free support group that helps people lose weight and keep it

off. Downstairs meeting room, Parsippany Library.

973-335-1717. Wjioa.com.

Reiki Class—10:30am. Taught by Roxana Salas of the Roxamor Center. County College of Morris, 30 Schuyler Pl., Suite 220 B, Morristown. RoxamorCenter.com.

Prenatal Yoga—10:30–11:45am. Helps relieve back pain, increase flexibility & teaches relaxation techniques. KulaYogaWellness.com; 25 Main St., Stanhope.

Integrated Yoga for Boys—1:15–2pm. Pediatric Therapy & Yoga of Morris, LLC, 14 Elm St., Morristown. 201-213-1294.

Energizing Flow Vinyasa Yoga—12:30–1:15pm.

A great way to end the day. $10. Unity Church, 25 Mudcut Road, Lafayette. For information, contact Tina Romano at tinaromano411@gmail.com or 201-208-3368. UnityOfSussex.org.

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Biofeedback uses sensors attached to the body to magnify your body’s reactions in the form of a signal (lights, sounds, numbers, and colors) increasing awareness about your response at the present moment. Using this information or feedback along with therapeutic techniques you can learn how to regulate central nervous system functions, calming mind and body. Also called applied psychophysiology, biofeedback is a well researched and effective complimentary medical treatment for conditions such as chronic pain, stress related problems, anxiety with somatic components (muscle tension, gastrointestinal discomfort, headaches, tics, and pain) and attention disorders. It is also beneficial for improving performance in academics (reducing test anxiety, improving focused concentration).

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First session is free. As a certified Consulting Hypnotist David helps his clients with stress management, fear of public speaking/ performing, weight loss, smoking cessation, and other typical issues. He is also certified in Thinner Band Hypnosis for extreme weight loss.

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She holds an advanced certification from the International Association of Colon Therapists (I-ACT), is certified by the National Board for Colon Hydrotherapy, and is a certified body ecologist. Living Waters offers the Angel of Water®, an advanced colon hydrotherapy system, designed to offer the ultimate in privacy and dignity. The Center is under the medical direction of Kristine Profeta-Gedroic, MD, FAAFP. Call today for an appointment. See ad on page 19.

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When other traditional and even alternative treatments have not worked for chronic pain my holistic mind-body techniques are extremely effective. Called Zero Pain Now, these techniques have a 97% success rate in terms of eliminating pain once & for all. Even if you've been in pain for years or decades. Free, no risk consultation and I can work with people located anywhere in the USA & anywhere in the world by telephone & skype. Get free and get your life back! Works great for back pain, neck pain, herniated discs, bulging discs, spinal stenosis, spinal arthritis, whiplash, Fibromyalgia, tendinitis, neuropathy, headaches and other body pains. See ad on page 29.

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Heidi Kiebler-Brogan, MA, LPC Far Hills~Cranford~Scotch Plains~NYC Distance Counseling Via FaceTime/Phone 908-456-1871 • IECounseling.com Are you ready to take your life to the next level? At IE Counselingwe provide the tools, guidance and support you need. Whether you are struggling personally, within your relationships, family life or career we are here to help! We also work with children and teens. See ad on page 15.

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LIVING FIT HEALTH & WELLNESS Brian Kermizian, owner 406 Pompton Avenue, Cedar Grove 973-433-0445 • 201-341 1925 BKLivingFit.com

Brian’s extensive training includes approaches designed Guy Voyer D.O., Ray Peat Ph.D, Paul Chek, plus holds a BS in Exercise Science from M.S.U as well as a Division 1 athlete in Baseball at Rider University. His vast knowledge and experience make him one of the most sought after coaches in exercise, lifestyle management, and wellbeing enrichment. He uses a holistic approach to coaching clients of all ages. See ad on page 3.

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Hilary D. Bilkis, MS, CST CranioSacral Therapy • SomatoEmotional Release Work • Visceral Mobility Energy Healing • MELT Method Instruction 14 Pine St., Ste. 8, Morristown 973-479-2229 • Awakening4Wellness.com Hilary uniquely blends CranioSacral Therapy with other healing modalities to alleviate chronic pain, headaches, stress and accumulated tension.

Treatment benefits physical, emotional and energetic levels. Hilary facilitates the body’s self-healing process; gently releasing restrictions in the connective tissue and removing energy blockages.

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Reshma is a certified ThetaHealing Teacher and Practitioner with a passion in helping individuals recognize their limiting belief patterns and tap into their true potential. Her students learn the practice of Thetahealing and her clients benefit from one on one sessions healing them from illness, trauma, chronic pail, spiritual and emotional restriction giving them miraculous transformations. Reshma specializes in working with children and their parents teaching them mediation, the use of alteration in life style with Thetahealing® and the power of developing intuitive abilities to transform their lives to their desires. As per debut month, the first time clients get 25% off their first session. See ad on page 12.

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HUNA HEALING CENTER

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We specialize in weight loss, stress, smoking, confidence building, phobias, insomnia, test taking, sports improvement and public speaking. The State of New Jersey and Fortune 500 Corporation alike employ our programs. See ad on page 7.

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HYP4LIFE LLC—

Improving Your Life Through Hypnotherapy Garry Gewant, MA Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist 908-852-4635 Garry@Hyp4Life.com • Hyp4Life.com Incorporating traditional hypnotherapy techniques with other holistic modalities is Garry’s forte.

Using traditional hypnosis for Smoking Cessation, Weight Control, Stress Management, Elimination of Fears, Improving Sports, Artistic, and Academic Performance, Anger Management, etc. He has expanded his practice to include Reiki Healing, Transpersonal Hypnotherapy, Metaphysical Counseling, Psychic/Mediumship and Past Life Regression Therapy as taught to him by Dr. Brian Weiss author of “Many Lives, Many Masters.”

MAJOR MINDSET HYPNOSISCOUNSELING

Robert A. Bruckner, Board Certified Hypnotist 124 Little Falls Rd., Suite 206, Fairfield 973-370-2100 ofc • 973-370-2120 fax MajorMindset.com Hypnosis for medical pain issues, academic proficiency, sports success, smoking cessation and weight loss. It’s not just hypnosis, it’s Major Mindset Hypnosis. Get beyond whatever is holding you back. End pain, stop smoking, lose weight, eliminate fearful thoughts, nervous or anxious feelings and be your best! Call for free telephone consultation. See ad on page 9.

MORRIS HYPNOSIS CENTER

Linda West, BA, ACH 55 Madison Ave., Morristown 973-506-9654 • MorrisHypnosisCenter.com Advanced Clinical Hypnosis using an interactive, personalized technique; based on a lengthy interview at our first session and dialogues at following sessions. I don’t talk “at” you; we both speak before and during your hypnosis. I also teach you self-hypnosis.

Specializing in weight, stress, smoking, chronic pain, releasing the past, performance, obsessive thoughts, substance use, sleep, fears, confidence, and attention issues. Hypnosis can get you unstuck in virtually any area of your life. If you have constraints that you can’t seem to break through, hypnosis can free you and put you back in charge.

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MEDITATION/ SOUND THERAPY

In addition to being a nurse, Susan is a nutritionist, colon therapist, and digestive health specialist with 31 years experience. Each specialty helps find the source of stress underlying your symptoms. Her counseling includes making the right food choices based on scientific testing, and using enzyme rich whole food supplements. To rid any lingering toxins, she offers closed-system colonics and infrared saunas, which can also help shed weight and ease aches. All holistic methods target restoring normal function and preventing chronic disease. Visit the website for upcoming lectures and time sensitive specials! See ad on page 27.

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PROGRESSIVE HOLISTIC DENTAL THERAPIES TRANSFORM QUALITY OF LIFE Patients travel from around the world to experience world class quality, service and expertise Denville is famous for its medical community. So, it’s no surprise that a perfect smile is a must have item in this friendly town. Hand crafting those smiles is the life work of Dr. Steiner and Dr. Fine. Their office’s reputation has spread so far that they now treat patients from around the world; often doing more smile makeovers in a single month that some dentists do in a lifetime.

They also offer an amazing alternative for those living with missing teeth. This dramatic advancement in the field of dental implantology now makes it possible for many patients to switch from dentures to permanent implant supported teeth in only a few hours. This new approach can be used to replace a single missing tooth or an entire mouth. Patients leave the office after just one appointment with a beautiful and strong smile. Discomfort is so minimal that most patients eat a light meal that evening.

Upon entering the front door you will immediately know that this is no ordinary dental office, because that’s what most people say upon seeing it for the first time.

Among the practice’s notable patients are actresses, actors, astronauts, models and TV personalities. However most of the doctor’s patients are everyday people who just want to look their best.

Drs. Steiner, Fine and Kwiatkowski have focused their practice on those areas about which they are highly passionate. (After all you wouldn’t ask your family doctor to do heart surgery.) Those areas are Cosmetic Dentistry. Trained at the prestigious Las Vegas Institute for advanced dental studies, they have devoted over sixty combined years to perfecting their skills and have placed over 100,000 cosmetic restorations. Their main focus is on CoSMeT­ IC and FULL MoUTH reCoNSTrUCTIoN cases. This includes Implant Dentistry and Neuromuscular orthodontics, which can avoid unecessary removal of teeth. Many people do not realize that dental problems may be the cause of headaches, migraines, shoulder, back and neck pain, noisy jaw joints and pains in the TMJ. Drs. Steiner, Fine and Kwiatkowski pride themselves in having Morris County’s premier head, neck and jaw pain relief center. Their office also offers a “limited warranty” that provides free repair or replacement of restorative dental work, when a patient’s regular hygiene visits are maintained.

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Aesthetic Family Dentistry is pleased to offer Gentle Laser Periodontal Therapy (GLPT) to treat moderate to advanced gum disease, a condition linked to other serious health issues including heart disease and diabetes. This gentle and less invasive superior state-of-the-art procedure eliminates the need for traditional surgery. oral DNA and HPV testing is also available to determine a patient’s periodontal health, as well as detect any possible genetic proclivity toward gum issues.

Aesthetic Family Dentistry, PA 35 West Main Street, Suite 208, Denville, NJ 07834

973-627-3617

Alan B. Steiner, DMD • Derek Fine, DMD • Jenni Kwiatkowski, DDS

www.AestheticFamilyDentistry.com