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unie’s Natural Grocery & Vitamin Markets’ mission is to make healthy living more affordable and provide free wellness education to South Florida consumers. Tunie’s continues this tradition with their 16th Annual Health & Wellness Seminar, January 19, at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts.

The free event features an incredible line-up of nationally renowned presenters speaking on the most relevant topics in nutrition, natural products, supplements and alternative remedies for optimum health.

Dr. Joseph Mercola, osteopathic physician since 1985, is the author of three New York Times bestsellers. He has been featured on the Today Show, CNN, ABC World News Tonight, CBS, NBC and ABC local news. Mercola.com is the world’s #1 natural health website.

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t Divine Love Institute, it has long been their mission to take Reiki training back to the original teachings. Through this journey of discovery, Nancy Haney Duke and Nancy Livingston, cofounders of the institute, were invited to participate in the IV Gendai Reiki Ho International Gathering in Spain, held October 2015.

The event was co-organized by Gendai Reiki Network of Japan, Gendai Reiki Ho Association of Madrid, and the Usui Reiki Ryoho Association of Castilla and León. All training was imparted by Master Hiroshi Doi, founder, Gendai Reiki Ho. Participants flew in from around the world, with training beginning in El Escorial with the Dento Reiki Workshop (traditional Reiki), where the group participated in Reiki techniques exactly as practiced by Usui Sensi. They then continued with training available only to Gendai Reiki Ho Shihans (Masters).

Training then moved to Madrid where participants received Gendai Reiki Ho Gokuikaiden (the highest teaching in Gendai Reiki Ho) and Reiju (attunement) directly from Master Hiroshi Doi. At Divine Love Institute, Duke and Livingston are honored to now be offering these teachings directly from Hiroshi Doi as well as Gendai Reiki Ho Certification.

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ong ago, China was known as “the Land of the Divine.” It was a magical time when heroes, sages, emperors and immortals intermingled, as dragons and phoenixes roamed the Earth. This semi-divine culture permeated throughout society and through 5,000 years of history.

Now, Shen Yun Performing Arts brings this rich and profound culture once again to Broward Center with their new January 2016 show. They offer a glimpse into a world that was almost completely lost, as ancient legends come alive onstage. Every dance evokes the grandest emotion with unrivaled mastery, while a live orchestra blends Eastern and Western instruments in perfect harmony.

Ancient Chinese believed that civilization consisted of the material and spiritual. While material culture is tangible in things like books and gardens, spiritual culture cannot be seen or touched.

Yet it contains the essence of civilization as it passes through generations, and determines how people behave and what they create.

Shen Yun is banned in China today due to this spiritual culture; yet they continue to inspire audiences worldwide.

Shen Yun Performing Arts takes place January 8-10, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Call Hotline: 888-974-3698, Box Office: 954-462-0222 or visit ShenYun. com/ft-lauderdale. See ad page 11.

Ending World Hunger

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e’re ending world hunger. Are you in?

That’s the question asked by the South Florida team planning The Time is Now, an event designed to create a community of people investing in the end of world hunger.

The Time is Now is being put on in partnership with The Hunger Project (thp.org). When The Hunger Project was launched

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in 1977, the declaration that “the end of hunger is an idea whose time has come” was a bit of a lonely echo in the wilderness. Today, other voices—from Meryl Streep to Stephen Hawking to every UN member country—are joining a growing chorus that is calling for the end of extreme hunger and poverty in the world by the year 2030.

The Time is Now takes place 6:30pm, January 29, at Leiser Opera Center, Fort Lauderdale. No charge to attend; valet parking will be available for $7.

For more information, visit Facebook.com/thehungerproject/ events or call Bill Kantrowitz at 954-234-1101.

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eston Yoga will be hosting a Free Yoga Day on January 16. Classes will be offered throughout the day and donations will be accepted to benefit Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit organization that builds homes. Habitat believes that everyone, everywhere should have a healthy, affordable place to call home. More than building homes, they build communities, hope and the opportunity for families to help themselves.

Weston Yoga is a welcoming, vibrant yoga community devoted to health, personal growth, spirituality and happiness. Their goal is to strengthen the mind, body and spirit of every student and to provide a nurturing environment where yoga is accessible to all.

Weston Yoga believes in giving back to the community. Try one of their many classes and donate generously. Feel good about doing something to benefit yourself, while at the same time helping a very worthy cause.

Class schedule: 9:15-10:30am Hatha–All levels. 11:30am12:30pm Yoga Basics. 1-2pm Reiki Circle Meditation. 2:30-3pm Info Session for 200 and 300 Hr. RYT Teacher Training. 3:30-4:30pm Why Diets Don’t Work: Intro to Mindful Eating for Weight Management. 5-6:15pm Spanish Yoga & Meditation.

Location: 2600 Glades Cir., Ste. 400, Weston. To register, call 954-349-6868 or visit WestonYoga.com. See ad page 55.

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Elders Rock! Don’t Just Get Older: Become an Elder

ou Were Born to Be a Mystic!, a psychic development workshop facilitated by Rina Lichtinger-Ishwari, will take place at Namaste Yoga Salon, from 6 to 8pm, on February 6. Space is limited. The cost is $125. Attendees are asked to bring their pendulums and will learn how to use them for readings, combined with intuition. It is advised no caffeine intake prior to class.

An additional series, the 2016-Shamanic Activation Workshop-Inca Medicine, Jaguar Medicine, Physical Energetic Body, will be facilitated by Carmelina Pena-Heminger and Lichtinger-Ishwari, beginning January 9 (one class each month through April). The classes will focus on Jaguar medicine activation. Attendees will feel and experience the power of transmission using crystals, followed by meditation and activation of chakras in the medicine wheel tradition. Karpay will be used for clearing and healing group activation. All classes/workshops will be held from 6 to 8pm and the cost is $45 per workshop.

Location: 421 N. Federal Hwy., Pompano Beach. For more information or to reserve your seat, call 954-933-3023.

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lderhood has a capital E.

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A charismatic speaker, he has lectured in many countries. He is a sculptor, a writer, a leader and a philanthropist. As a major donor to The Hunger Project, he has spent time in India, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Bangladesh. He considers himself an ongoing student.

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ur world has wasted two of its most valuable resources—the Wisdom of Elder and the Power of Woman. As a result, we have a patriarchal world run by mere adults without Elder wisdom and guidance. Adults ask, “Can we?” Elders ask, “Should we?” Humanity’s immature thinking has resulted in our present competitive worldview of you OR me, our world on the brink of disaster.

Elders Rock! declares that our world needs Elder. We needs its wisdom, its compassion, and its long view. We need Elder spirituality. The Wise Woman Elder, once reverently known as the Crone, must be restored to her long-standing and rightful place.

Elders Rock! is committed to two things: One is the transformation of our worldwide worldview to the inclusive worldview of you AND me. The second is the restoration of Elder as our natural Third Stage of Life.

The book’s subtitle says it — Don’t Just Get Older: Become an Elder. This book, committed to, will teach you and support you, woman or man, to become an Elder, full of purpose, joy and satisfaction. The author has selected the best self-teaching techniques for you to train yourself to be an Elder—wise, compassionate and cherished.

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My Root Canal Nightmare

by Ellen Porr

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irst and foremost I want to say the reason I’m writing this is because I believe that human beings should care for one another. In the hopes of preventing other people from going through what I have gone through, I am sharing my experience.

In 2014 I had a lot of medical issues to deal with. I had to have surgery to remove a cyst from my throat, and I also needed a total hip replacement. In preparation for these surgeries, I went to my dentist and my periodontist to ensure excellent oral health. We are learning more each day how important oral health is. Research has now proven its effect on our cardiovascular system, immune system, and overall health.

I had a crown on a lower left molar that had been bothering me since the first day I went to see my dentist. I had to see him six times in seven months to have him adjust this crown. Eventually, he told me to go to the periodontist to have a crown lengthening procedure as his adjustments were not helping.

When I went to the Periodontist I was told that I needed a root canal, not a crown lengthening. Unfortunately, this was very bad news as my dentist had told me that another tooth on my upper right had cracked due to decay, and needed a root canal also. So now I needed two root canals and I was only 52 days away from my hip surgery.

Two days later I had both root canals done. Now I needed to have two crowns placed but I had such a bad experience with the prior crown from my

Dentist, I decided to go for a alternative opinion to Dr. Yolanda Cintron in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Dr. Cintron suggested I go home and do some research regarding my dental health. I recommend that you all do the same. It was quite an education.

When I researched online, I found an article by an Oncologist who treated all types of cancer. He had done a study on all of his cancer patients and found that 97% of them had root canals. His research revealed a direct correlation between the site of the root canal and the type of cancer the patient manifested.

Before he would agree to take on their case, he insisted that they remove their root canals in an effort to arrest and cure their cancer.

After reading all the material, I decided that I needed to remove those teeth immediately. Basically in layman’s terms, a root canal is a form of embalming a dead tooth and leaving it in your mouth.

There is a lot of research on the dangers of root canals.

I truly believe that if I had left those in my mouth, I would have had a terrible outcome with my hip replacement, and possibly have lost my hip.

One week later, I had Dr. Cintron remove both teeth with the root canals. Under those teeth she showed me photos of deep infection in both upper and lower jaw bones. She performed laser surgery to address the infection, bone grafting and plasma rich growth factors (PRGF) on both extraction sites to speed up healing time.

We are learning more each day how important oral health is. Research has now proven its effect on our cardiovascular system, immune system, and overall health.

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10 days before I got the root canals, I experienced a terrible sinus infection. After 10 days of heavy-duty antibiotics I was still very infected. After Dr. Cintron removed my teeth with the root canals, I woke up with great relief from my sinus infection. I now understand that without the removal of those teeth, the infection would have persisted.

We must educate ourselves whenever we are having any medical procedure done. I would advise all of you to research root canals, and never have one done. Although they are recognized as standard of care, I would suggest seeking alternative options. Also if you have root canals I would highly recommend that you have them removed before they cause future problems.

Dr. Yolanda Cintron did an amazing job of removing the teeth and cleaning out the infection. She gave me emotional support and encouragement. My new hip is great, I feel stronger than ever and I am smiling again. See ad page 31.

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Try Daily High Intensity R Interval Training with Orthotics

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unique and quick way to exercise daily is by using the High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) method. This entails short spurts of high speed (even a fast walk) followed by a slow recovery interval (slow walk) to catch your breath. All it takes is about 8 to 9 fast intervals and you are done! The entire workout takes about 12 to 15 minutes which makes it easy to do on a daily basis.

The health benefits of this method include increased metabolism (which aids weight-loss) and increased oxygenation (which fights pain, inflammation and disease). This training method can be done on land (walking, running), on a bike, in a pool or on an exercise machine (treadmill or elliptical).

Getting fitted with a pair of custom or customized orthotics (eyeglasses for your feet) prior to starting will ensure that your feet are properly balanced. Make sure to receive medical clearance from your physician before you start this training method.

Dr. Richard Rimler, DPM, has private practices in Hallandale and Hollywood Beach. More information on this topic can be found on WellnessStartsWithYourFeet.com. See ad page 53.

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esearch published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has found people that feel younger than their years have a lower incidence of earlier mortality.

Conducted by scientists from the UK’s University College London, the research analyzed data from 6,489 people and measured their self-perceived age with the question, “How old do you feel you are?” Then, over more than eight years, the scientists tracked the number of deaths from all causes.

Almost 70 percent of those that averaged a little over 65 reported feeling at least three years younger than their chronological age. Only a quarter said they felt close to their age and about 5 percent said they felt more than a year older.

The research found that deaths among those that felt younger were 14 percent, while more than 18 percent of those who felt their own age and more than 24 percent of people that felt older died during the follow-up period. The research further found that individuals that felt at least three years younger were less likely to die later from heart disease or cancer. These relationships prevailed even when other health and lifestyle factors were eliminated.

Co-author Andrew Steptoe, Ph.D., says, “We expected to find an association between self-perceived age and mortality.

We didn’t expect that the relationship would still be present even when wealth, other socio-demographic indicators, health, depression, mobility and other factors were taken into account.”

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Playing Outside Before Lunch Spurs Kids to Eat Healthier

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esearchers from Brigham Young University and Cornell University have determined that simply moving recess to precede lunch significantly increases students’ consumption of fruits and vegetables at lunch.

The researchers tested first- through sixth-graders from seven schools in Utah for 14 school days. In three schools, recess was switched from after to just before lunch. In the other four schools, recess still followed lunch.

Published in the journal Preventative Medicine, research found that when recess was just prior to lunch, students ate 54 percent more fruits and vegetables. Moving recess also resulted in 45 percent more kids eating at least one serving of fruits and vegetables during school-provided lunches.

The researchers concluded that results show the benefits of holding recess before lunch and suggest that if more schools did this, there would be significant increases in fruit and vegetable consumption, particularly among students that eat school lunch as part of the National School Lunch Program.

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Vitamin E and D Supplements Hinder Alzheimer’s and Falls Among Elderly

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wo common vitamins are making headlines in medical research. A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that supplementation with vitamin E may reduce the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

The five-year study followed 561 Alzheimer’s patients and included a placebo and the pharmaceutical drug memantine.

Those that took vitamin E had a reduced progression of the disease compared to both a placebo group and the memantine group.

Also, researchers from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center found that vitamin D supplementation reduced the risk of falling for elderly folks. The study had a vitamin D supplement or a placebo delivered through a Meals-on-Wheels program to 68 people. The subjects were given blood tests and their history of falls was measured. Diaries revealed that the individuals taking vitamin D supplements fell less than half the number of times than the placebo group.

Sunlight Reduces Risk of Pancreatic Cancer

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Scientists Urge Ban on Non-Stick Pan Coatings

esearchers from the University of California (UC) School of Medicine at San Diego have determined that regions with greater exposure to ultraviolet (UV)-B radiation from the sun and reduced cloud cover have significantly lower incidence of pancreatic cancer.

In an analysis of global rates of the disease, the research, published in the Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, demonstrated that areas with more sunshine had only one-sixth of the pancreatic cancer rates of areas with less sunshine.

The farther from the equator, the less is the exposure to UV-B radiation, leading to less body production of vitamin D. Study author Cedric F. Garland, doctor of public health, a UC professor and member of the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, says, “If you’re living at a high latitude or in a place with a lot of heavy cloud cover, you can’t make vitamin D most of the year, which results in a higher-than-normal risk of getting pancreatic cancer.”

According to World Cancer Research Fund International, 338,000 new cases of pancreatic cancer are diagnosed annually, and it is the seventh most lethal form of cancer.

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new paper published in the Environmental Health Perspectives journal warns of the continued health risks of chemicals used for non-stick pan coatings and water repellents on clothing. The chemical is being found in some municipalities’ drinking water.

More than 200 scientists signed the statement, which presents the dangers of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). These chemicals are persistently used as pan coatings, despite more than a decade of research showing associations with liver toxicity, neurological disorders, cancers of different organs and types, and heart conditions.

The paper noted that many manufacturers have discontinued long-chain PFAS production and substituted shorter-chain PFAS. The scientists caution that these shorterchain PFAS may not effectively reduce PFAS exposure because more has to be used to achieve the same effectiveness, maintaining PFAS in the environment with exposure levels relatively unchanged. It calls for scientists, governments, chemical manufacturers and consumer product manufacturers to participate in halting all PFAS production. natural awakenings

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Fish Folly

Marine Life Drops by Half since 1970 The nonprofit World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Zoological Society of London have jointly determined that industrial-scale overfishing, pollution and climate change have killed half of all marine life over the last 40 years. The Living Blue Planet Report cites that species essential to the global food supply are among the hardest hit, partially due to humans catching them faster than they can reproduce.

Large swaths of coral reefs, mangroves and sea grasses have also died, further decimating fish populations.

Statistics show that the family of fish that includes tuna and mackerel has declined by 75 percent since 1970. The number of species is also declining; a quarter of all shark and ray species face extinction. Half of all coral has already disappeared, and the rest will vanish by 2050 if temperatures continue to rise at current rates. “Coral reefs occupy less than 1 percent of the ocean surface, but they harbor a third of ocean species,” says French biologist Gilles Boeuf.

The WWF report argues that protected global ocean area should be tripled by 2020 and fish retailers should source from companies that follow certified best practice standards.

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GMO Labeling Endorsed

by Physicians Even as the federal government pursues H.R. 1599, aka the “Deny Americans the Right to Know” (DARK) act, mainstream medicine is urging the government to abandon its resistance to GMO (genetically modified organism) labeling. They are bolstered by a recent announcement by the World Health Organization that glyphosate (the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer) is probably carcinogenic in humans. The genetic engineering ends up making crops resistant to the herbicide so more must be applied.

According to contributing doctors from Harvard, Mt. Sinai Medical Center and the University of Wisconsin reporting in the New England Journal of Medicine, “GM crops are now the agricultural products most heavily treated with herbicides, and two of these herbicides may pose risks of cancer.”

A recent notice in the same journal, “GMOs, Herbicides and Public Health,” reports: “The application of biotechnology to agriculture has been rapid and aggressive. The vast majority of the soy and [feed] corn grown in the United States are now genetically engineered. Foods produced from GM crops have become ubiquitous.”

Sixty-four countries, including Russia and China, have already adopted transparency in labeling laws, but U.S. Big Food and Big Ag lobbyists have stonewalled efforts domestically.

For more information and petitions, visit OrganicConsumers.org.

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Eastern Practices Penetrate U.S. Corporate Culture Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini has introduced free yoga and meditation classes for employees of the health insurance giant, and more than 13,000 are participating. On average, they experienced a 28 percent reduction in their stress levels, 20 percent improvement in sleep quality, 19 percent reduction in pain and 62 minutes per week of extra productivity.

“We have this groundswell inside the company of people wanting to take the classes,” says Bertolini. “It’s been pretty magical.” He sells the same classes to businesses that contract with Aetna.

Google now offers emotional intelligence courses for employees and General Mills has a meditation room in every building on its Minneapolis corporate campus. Even conservative Wall Street firms such as Goldman Sachs are teaching meditation on the job.

Some programs, from yoga sessions for factory workers to guided meditations for executives, are intended to improve overall well-being; others to increase focus and productivity.

Most aim to make employees more present-minded, less prone to make rash decisions and generally nicer people to work with.

More than 21 million individuals now practice yoga nationwide, double the number from a decade ago, and nearly as many meditate, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Source: MindfulYogaHealth.com

Autism Spurs Creative Thinking

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he UK’s University of East Anglia and the University of Stirling conducted a study of individuals with autistic traits among 312 people recruited through social media, including 75 diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder. Each of the subjects completed a series of creativity tests in which they determined uses of mundane objects.

Published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, the study found that while the autistic people chose fewer uses for each object, their choices were significantly more original and creative. The subjects developed a greater range of “divergent thinking”.

Martin Doherty, Ph.D., co-author of the study, confirms, “People with high autistic traits can have less quantity, but greater quality of creative ideas. They are typically considered to be more rigid in their thinking, so the fact that the ideas they have are more unusual or rare is surprising. This difference may have positive implications for creative problem solving.”

The researchers found that while the average person will utilize simple mental strategies to produce more obvious answers first, autistic people tend to first utilize more demanding strategies during their processing, thus producing the more creative result.

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globalbriefs Unique Character Sesame Street Addresses Autism

After working with organizations such as Autism Speaks and the Autism Self Advocacy Network, Sesame Street has been aiming to help reduce the stigma associated with autism spectrum disorder. A new autistic character, Julia, already has her own digital storybook, We’re Amazing, 1,2,3 as part of the campaign See Amazing in All Children.

According to Dr. Jeanette Betancourt, senior vice president of U.S. social impact at Sesame Workshop, Sesame Street producers are waiting to hear back from the autism community before introducing Julia to the TV show.

For more information, visit Autism.SesameStreet.org/storybook-we-are-amazing and Tinyurl.com/MeetJuliaVideo.

actionalert No-Choice Vaccines

California Mandates Shots for Childcare Workers After passing the state House and Senate, California Senate Bill 792 was approved by Governor Jerry Brown on October 11. The unprecedented law mandates vaccines for adult childcare workers and volunteers, including all individuals working in private and public school early childhood education programs, with no religious exemptions permitted.

SB 792 reads, “Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a day care center if he or she has not been immunized against influenza, pertussis [whooping cough] and measles. Each employee and volunteer shall receive an influenza vaccination between August 1 and December 1 of each year.” The same regulations also apply to family home day care workers and volunteers. Failure to comply with these requirements can result in a loss of licensing for the facility/center.

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Wellness care is more than vaccines. While many conventional vets consider giving vaccines and flea medications to all of their patients to be their best form of wellness care, holistic vets know these aren’t always necessary and can potentially be harmful. Instead, true wellness care involves careful consideration of proper diet, blood titer testing instead of vaccines, natural parasite control when appropriate and a heavy dose of diagnostic testing (blood, urine, fecal) to monitor organ function, check for parasites, screen for disorders of the urogenital system, liver and pancreas and early screening for cancer and other inflammatory conditions. There’s also a full physical check for common diseases like dental and heart disease and tumors.

Individualized prescriptions for a proper diet and supplements to maintain health are big reasons many owners prefer a holistic vet.

Natural treatments include disease prevention. Many pets treated via a more natural approach have an easier experience with occasional illness than those that don’t enjoy this specialized care. Natural therapies can quickly restore an ill pet to his homeostatic balance without the side effects often associated with multiple drug doses.

A team approach is expected. A holistic practice is a team effort, and the family doctor will suggest options for care, helping an owner decide on the best therapies for each pet.

A fuller range of options is available. While holistic vets prefer a more natural approach, they know that if necessary, conventional therapies can sometimes be an appropriate complement if they follow holistic principles, which means infrequent use of low-dose medications and only when absolutely needed. In general, most conditions can be treated successfully without drug therapy, extending the health and life of the patient and reducing medical costs.

Gentler anesthesia means quicker recovery. A naturally balanced and gentler approach means less drugging if anesthesia becomes necessary, close monitoring of an anesthetized pet, a smooth and quick recovery for prompt discharge from the hospital and natural forms of follow-up treatment to control post-operative pain and inflammation.

New hope rises for the hopeless. Many pets are brought to holistic doctors after conventional care has failed to help them. Some have been turned away by practitioners of conventional medicine because their cases are diagnosed as “hopeless”. Holistic vets and pet parents alike experience considerable satisfaction in helping to give a joyful pet a whole new lease on life.

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The Role of Functional Medicine in the Treatment of Autoimmune Disease

by Dr. Marianne Beck

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s a functional medicine practitioner, I see many patients with autoimmune disease. The two most common questions they ask are: How did I get this autoimmune disease? How can you treat and manage my autoimmune disease without drugs?

First of all, any autoimmune disease occurs when the body’s immune system attacks the body’s organs and tissues. Your immune system can no longer recognize the difference between what belongs in the body (organs and tissues) and what does not belong in the body (bad bacteria, parasites, viruses, fungi, etc.). Autoimmune disease usually remains silent and without symptoms for several years as the immune system destroys an organ or tissue. But then, as time goes on and nothing is done to stop or lessen the autoimmune attack, symptoms begin to appear. Usually the symptoms are vague, such as fatigue, but as the autoimmune attack continues, more symptoms are noticed and the person visits their physician seeking a diagnosis.

Autoimmune diseases include Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (the most common form of diagnosed hypothyroidism), type 1 diabetes, Crohn’s disease, colitis, celiac disease, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, scleroderma, Graves’ disease, Sjogren’s syndrome,

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biliary cirrhosis, etc. There are approximately 200 named autoimmune diseases and the list is growing.

The Triad of Autoimmune Disease We know from scientific literature that three things need to be present in order to acquire an autoimmune disease.

1. The gene for that disease needs to be present in your DNA. In other words, in order to express Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, you must have the gene for this disease in your DNA. Then you must “turn on this gene” in order get the disease.

Once you turn a gene on, it can never be turned off!

2. You must have barrier compromise (leaky gut). The body has many barriers such as the skin barrier, the blood-brain barrier, the lung barrier, etc. If I get a cut on my hand, for instance, there is a chance of bacterial infection because the bacteria can get through the hole in my hand into the body. The largest and most important barrier system we have, that protects us from the outside world, is our gut lining. This is the lining that begins in the mouth and extends down into the intestines. This gut lining comes in contact with all of the food we eat and drink. The gut lining, if we were to remove it and flatten it out, is the size of two football fields! In all autoimmune disease, there is a breakdown in

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the gut lining which scientists call leaky gut or increased intestinal permeability.

With leaky gut, things can get into your body through the holes in the gut lining and into the bloodstream where they do not belong. These can be things like parasite eggs from unwashed vegetables and fruits or bad bacteria found in foods or large undigested protein particles from foods containing gluten (wheat, rye, barley), dairy, soy, etc.

Once in the bloodstream, the immune system wants to get rid of them so there is an immune attack by the white blood cells, not only on these parasites and bad bacteria, but on various tissues and organs of the body. It seems that the immune system is making a mistake in attacking the organs and tissues and this is where autoimmune disease gets its name. There are many reasons why a patient may have a leaky gut, such as antibiotic use, medications, eating inflammatory foods, intestinal infections, hormonal deficiencies, and emotional, chemical and physical stress. The leaky gut must be healed and sealed in order to diminish or stop the autoimmune attacks.

3. There are known environmental triggers for autoimmune disease that “turn your genes on” so that you express a particular autoimmune disease. Following are the most common environmental triggers:

• Food intolerances/sensitivities to gluten, dairy, soy, corn and other grains • Hidden infections such as parasites, fungi, pathogenic bacteria and viruses mainly in the gut but also in the bloodstream • Chemical, heavy metal and pesticide exposure • Vitamin D deficiency as well as other vitamin and mineral deficiencies • Decreased glutathione and other antioxidants • Blood sugar swings (hypo and hyperglycemia) • Hormone imbalances (probably why women suffer from more autoimmune diseases than men) From a functional medicine standpoint, there are many things you can do if you get diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, and most have to do with diet and lifestyle changes. Your medical doctor will look to prescribe immunosuppressive drugs such as prednisone, Humira, Enbrel and even methyltrexate in order to stop your hyperactive immune system from destroying your organs or tissues. However, you need your immune system! That is why these drugs come with so many warnings about causing cancer or even death.

You do not want your immune system “shut down”—you want it balanced. But most of all you want to find the root cause of WHY you have autoimmune disease.

This is where functional medicine shines! Instead of “giving a pill for an ill,” functional medicine doctors specialize in teaching the proper diet and lifestyle changes that are necessary, fix any specific nutritional deficiencies, blood sugar and hormonal imbalances, get rid of any hidden infections, test for chemical and heavy metal toxicity and get rid of these toxins—all for one reason: to stop the destruction of your organs and tissues from autoimmune disease so you can live a better life.

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iving green means living well, using what you create with minimal waste,” says Mike Bond, an ecologist and bestselling activist author in Winthrop, Maine. Here, he and other savvy sources share tips to go ever greener in ways that are painless and affordable.

Start Small 4 Choose the best bulb for the job. Light bulbs can confuse even informed shoppers. Incandescent bulbs last more than 750 hours, but aren’t energy-efficient.

Fluorescent bulbs use 75 percent less energy than incandescent and last 10 to 15

times longer. A 20-watt compact fluorescent light (CFL) uses 550 fewer kilowatthours than a 75-watt incandescent bulb.

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4 Use appliance thermometers. Widely available, this useful tool will confirm a correct operating temperature of 37 to 40 degrees in the refrigerator and zero degrees in the freezer. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a warmer fridge allows bacteria to grow, while 10 degrees cooler than the ideal range increases energy use 25 percent. Chiller units work harder if the room temperature exceeds 70 degrees, so keep appliances out of direct sunlight and away from the stove.

4 Find the right seeds and plants. Then get quick advice on how many to buy and how and when to plant using the SmartGardener.com step-by-step app. It encompasses more than 3,000 organic, GMO-free, edible varieties.

4 No dishpan hands. A full load of dishes in a water-efficient dishwasher uses four gallons of water versus 24 gallons for handwashing them, according

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to Seametrics, which manufactures flow meters.

4 Test the toilet. If a few drops of food coloring added to the toilet tank colors water in the bowl, replace the flap. It’s an easy and inexpensive DIY task. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports that one in 10 homes leaks a cumulative 90 gallons a day.

4 Fix the faucet. One drip per second equals 3,000 gallons a year wasted, Seametrics calculates.

4 Reset the hot water heater to 120 degrees. This safe and efficient setting also reduces corrosion and mineral buildup.

4 Discover soap nuts and wool dryer balls. Dried soapberry fruit shells contain saponin, which works like most detergents and soaps. Toss five or six whole shells (one-half ounce) in a wash bag with the laundry. They’re good for five to eight reuses. All-natural sheep’s wool dryer balls shorten drying time, soften and fluff fabric, reduce static and help keep pet hair off of clothes.

4 Change the car’s air filter. Maintain a clean filter according to manufacturer’s guidelines and visual inspection, about every 30,000 to 45,000 miles.

4 Use an oil-change service. In Connecticut alone, do-it-yourselfers change 9.5 million gallons of motor oil a year, and 85 percent of it ends up in sewers, soil and trash as a major groundwater pollutant. Earth Talk reports that one quart can create a two-acre oil slick; a gallon can contaminate a million gallons of fresh

water. While the more costly chemicals in synthetic oil create the same amount of pollution as traditional oil, it doesn’t need to be changed as often.

4 Carpool. The Green Living Ideas media network condones Uber, Lyft and Sidecar apps for making ridesharing ultra-accessible.

Go Greener 4 Replace old appliances with energy-efficient models. Check out a unit’s Energy Star rating. Consider a tankless heater for hot water on demand, rather than 24/7 heating.

4 Choose eco-tires. Low rolling resistance improves gas mileage and reduces emissions. Keep tires properly inflated and periodically rotated for longer wear.

Watch for future innovations in sustainable materials currently in research and development.

4 Ban idling. Don’t idle an electronic fuel-injected engine for more than 30 seconds when parked in cold weather; it warms up faster by being driven, explains the U.S. Department of Energy. Fuel injection engines took over in the 1980s and early 90s. Only older carburetors need a couple of minutes’ warm-up. The Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory further advises, “Idling for more than 10 seconds uses more fuel and emits more CO2 than engine restarting.”

4 Ask for pet- and eco-friendly antifreeze. Choose less toxic red-orange propylene glycol antifreeze instead of

green ethylene glycol antifreeze, which is poisonous to pets and people. Dispose of both types properly, as they are toxic to wildlife and fish via groundwater, as well.

4 Green-clean car windows. Choose a brand like EvergreeN Windshield Washer Fluid, which is plant-derived, eco-friendly, non-toxic and biodegradable. Traditional blue fluid is methanol, combined methyl alcohol and wood alcohol, and extremely poisonous, especially to children and pets.

Go Big 4 Switch to a heat pump. “A heat pump works the reverse of a refrigerator; it takes cold air from the outside and turns it into warm air inside, and uses no oil or gas,” explains Bond.

4 Go solar. It’s the eco-alternative to conventional electricity generation. “Solar means that you’re creating your own power,” says Bond, who has used solar for years. “It works on an elegant cycle—create energy, use energy.” Leased solar panels reduce the cost of equipment, which has dropped dramatically in recent years.

4 Get a hybrid car. In combination with solar power, a hybrid vehicle can reduce or eliminate daily energy costs. “An electric car is perfect when commutes are not long,” Bond discloses.

“If charged in the day, it can serve as the battery for a solar home at night, when no power is being created.”

Connect with freelance writer via AveryMack@mindspring.com.

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The Rise of Functional Medicine New Paradigm Gets to the Root Cause of Disease

by Lisa Marshall

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y the end of 2014, Trina Mills, of Parker, Arizona, had given up on conventional medicine. She’d been diagnosed with a thyroid disorder 17 years earlier and taken medication ever since without feeling her symp-

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toms of fatigue, muscle aches and stomach problems ever fully subside. She’d visited endocrinologists, gastroenterologists and a half-dozen other specialists, each of which offered a different diagnosis and prescribed a different drug.

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At one point, she had her gallbladder removed. At another, her doctor suspected she had bleeding in her brain and sent her for a computerized axial tomography (CAT) scan. Some thought she was a hypochondriac; others said she was depressed. “I would tell them, ‘I’m just depressed that you can’t figure out why I’m so sick,’” she says.

Weighing a skeletal 82 pounds, the 54-year-old mother of three finally wrote out a living will and braced for the inevitable. Then she heard of a new Center for Functional Medicine opening at the prestigious, century-old Cleveland Clinic. As the first clinic of its kind to open at an academic medical center, it promised to look at the underlying causes of disease, while focusing on the whole person, rather than isolated symptoms.

Intrigued, Mills caught a flight to Ohio and soon was offering up 30 tubes of blood, stool and saliva samples, as well as an exhaustive life history. One year later, thanks to a series of personalized diet and lifestyle changes, she’s 10 pounds heavier and feels better than she has in decades. “I spent a lot of years and money in the traditional medical system and got nothing,” says Mills. With functional medicine, “In a very short time, they had me feeling nearly 100 percent.”

Distinctive Characteristics In the 25 years since nutritional biochemist Jeffrey Bland, Ph.D., of Gig Harbor, Washington, coined the term, this science-based, whole-body approach to addressing chronic disease has gained widespread traction. More than 100,000 physicians—60 percent of them medical doctors—have trained with the Institute for Functional Medicine he founded in Washington and New Mexico, and numerous medical schools have added its tenets to their curricula. More naturopaths and chiropractors are also distinguishing themselves with a functional medicine emphasis.

“It is not alternative medicine at all,” stresses Bland, whose latest book, The Disease Delusion, details how functional medicine can curb chronic diseases like arthritis, diabetes, dementia, and heart disease, which constitute

78 percent of U.S. health care costs.

“It’s the basis of 21st-century health care,” he says.

For most of the 20th century, conventional medicine centered on a singular objective: Arrive at a diagnosis and treat it with drugs or surgery. Then, the alternative medicine movement proffered a toolbox of more natural therapies, including acupuncture, herbs and massage to address these same diagnoses.

The 1990s brought integrative medicine, a best-of-both-worlds approach.

“While all of the above have merit, they lack the necessary guidance to help practitioners determine which tools work best for which patient,” says Dr. Mark Hyman, director of the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Functional Medicine.

“Alternative therapies and conventional treatments are tools. We need a new map that can teach us how to skillfully use those tools,” maintains Hyman.

“That map is functional medicine.”

Because one chronic disease such as diabetes can have dozens of underlying causes, or one culprit such as a genetic predisposition or exposure to toxins can lead to multiple chronic conditions, functional medicine focuses on systems, rather than organs, and origins, rather than diseases. “It’s about listening to the patient’s story in a different way, where the objective is not simply about arriving at a diagnosis,” explains Bland.

Ferreting Out Key Clues Key to discovering the underlying origins of a health issue are a host of new gene, blood and gut health tests. “They allow us to look under the patient’s ‘metabolic hood’ at the genetic and biochemical factors influencing health,” says Naturopathic Doctor Kara Fitzgerald, who heads up a functional medicine clinic in Newtown, Connecticut.

For instance, certain genes influence how a person burns and stores fat. Depending on which variant a patient has, based on a genetic test, they might be guided toward a higheror lower-fat diet. Those genetically prone to difficulty in metabolizing the amino acid homocysteine (an excess of which can raise the risk of heart disease) might be advised to take folic acid supplements.

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gut problems, rather than simply look for blood or pathogens in the stool, Fitzgerald also looks at the DNA of their gut microbiome, mapping out which strains of good bacteria are present or absent and prescribing prebiotics, probiotics or whole foods to promote a healthful balance.

For another patient with thinning hair and aching joints, she might use specialized blood tests to look for micronutrient deficiencies, signs of allergies or certain autoantibodies—proteins produced by the immune system that mistakenly attack one’s own tissues—that might herald a brewing autoimmune disorder. “Research shows that predictive autoantibodies can show up in the blood 10 or even 20 years before an autoimmune disease such as Type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis or rheumatoid arthritis makes itself known,” says Fitzgerald, pointing to a seminal review published in 2007 in Scientific American: “If a patient with mild, early-stage symptoms is proactive with diet and lifestyle changes,

they may be able to fend it off.”

High-tech tests aside, Bland stresses that what’s most important is “a tool that has been largely lost in medicine today: Knowing how to listen to the patient.”

In a typical exam, Fitzgerald thoroughly inspects often neglected body parts, including the tongue and fingernails, which can hold important clues to underlying health. She asks about past emotional trauma which might trigger chronic disease, and inquires about what environmental toxins and harmful chemicals both the patient and their birth parents may have been exposed to. One example might be a patient exposed to cigarette smoking in utero having a bias toward an allergic disease. If their parents grew up in a period of famine, they might have inherited a genetic disposition for rapid weight gain.

“She spent two-and-a-half hours with me,” in her initial consultation, recalls 52-year-old Lauren Zambrelli, of Long Island, New York, who credits Fitzgerald for helping her tame her

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multiple sclerosis into remission. “It was like having a sister for a doctor.”

Who Pays Functional medicine doctors don’t shy away from prescription drugs when necessary, but they do lean decidedly toward the lower-tech modalities, using dietary supplements, allergen-free diets, exercise, mind-body practices and toxin avoidance as their primary tools. “We basically take out the bad stuff from the body and put in the good stuff,” says Hyman.

Maintaining good health is priceless, but without conventional insurance coverage, it can be expensive.

While Mills’ doctor visits were covered by insurance (which is rare), she spends roughly $1,000 a month on supplements to address her diagnosed leaky gut syndrome, nutrient deficiencies and mercury poisoning. Zambrelli has paid thousands out of her own pocket, too.

Some people worry that, like most conventional physicians, some functional medicine practitioners place too much emphasis on expensive tests and too little on the most crucial and affordable remedy—self-care. “Functional medicine as a concept is an important step forward,” says integrative medicine pioneer Dr. James Gordon, founder of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. “However, some

Lobby for Change To lobby for consistent insurance coverage of more complementary therapies, check out these resources.

CoverMyCare (CoverMyCare.org). This national grassroots advocacy campaign, a project of the Integrative Healthcare Policy Consortium, aims to support the proper full implementation of Section 2706 of the Affordable Care Act, which states that insurers cannot leave licensed practitioners like naturopaths, chiropractors, massage therapists or Oriental medicine practitioners out of their provider networks. It still lacks enforcement at the state level, although Oregon and Rhode Island recently passed legislation to fix the existing loophole; California, Hawaii, Minnesota and New Mexico are working to do the same.

American Sustainable Business Council (Tinyurl.com/Integrative Reimbursement). The organization recently launched a campaign to urge insurers to cover integrative practices. practitioners do a lot of tests and prescribe a lot of supplements and work on cleaning out the gut, but neglect the psychological, spiritual and social issues. That concerns me.”

Bland and Hyman concede that some practitioners over-test, but say that will fade over time as they learn to better discriminate which ones are useful for specific patients. Several efforts also are underway to get more functional medicine providers and the acupuncturists, massage therapists and nutritionists they work with covered under the Affordable Care Act, which expressly emphasizes a need for more preventive medicine.

Viewing the big picture, Bland

believes that functional medicine is just what the country needs to save on exploding healthcare costs. Rather than spending dollars on extraordinary measures to save heart attack victims or diabetics in emergencies, we can prevent such dire situations by identifying underlying problems sooner and halting their progression.

In the meantime, some patients are finding priceless relief. “Am I poorer right now? Yes,” says Mills. “Am I healthier? Way. It’s been so worth it.”

Lisa Marshall is a freelance health writer in Boulder, CO, who specializes in health care. Connect at LisaAnn Marshall.com.

Learn More Online Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine Tinyurl.com/Center4 FunctionalMedicine Dr. Kara Fitzgerald’s blog DrKaraFitzgerald.com/blog Functional Forum FunctionalForum.com Dr. Mark Hyman’s blog DrHyman.com/blog Institute for Functional Medicine FunctionalMedicine.org

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hile most practitioners recommend that patients consult with a physician to interpret their test results, several companies offer gene, blood and microbiome lab testing directly to consumers. Here are a few options to consider. uBiome, Inc. (Ubiome.com): Send in swab samples from gut, mouth, nose, genitals and/or skin and the company will genetically sequence the DNA of resident bacteria and send findings back within six weeks, identifying good and bad varieties present, deficiencies, and how that personal microbiome compares to others with similar lifestyles, such as smokers, vegans, meat-eaters, etc. It’s also possible to test a client’s microbiome over time to see if dietary changes implemented to change gut health are working.

WellnessFX (WellnessFX.com): Visit an affiliated diagnostic lab to submit blood samples with results

posted within a week on a secure website. Different packages targeting weight loss, sports performance, heart health or women’s health issues look at different biomarkers in the blood, such as levels of certain micronutrients, hormones or signs of inflammation. Clients can request an online consultation with a doctor or dietitian to interpret the results.

Pathway Genomics (Pathway. com): The company’s DNA Insight Genetic Health and Wellness Tests use genetic material taken from saliva to analyze genetic markers.

Ordered via a licensed practitioner, online or through a smartphone app, clients receive a kit, send in a sample and get results within three weeks. The Pathway Fit tests snapshot 75 genetic markers related to metabolism and sports performance.

Others look for genes that influence nutrient absorption, heart health or hormonal function.

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SUPER SOUPS New Twists on Old Favorites Heal, Nourish and Soothe

by Judith Fertig

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inter season soups on chilly days can warm us, both body and soul. Whatever our food preferences or time constraints, some new twists on traditional favorites will satisfy everyone’s taste buds—with an accent on healthy pleasure. Here’s where to start.

Reinventing the past. From her Colorado mountain home, Jenny McGruther, author of The Nourished Kitchen, celebrates the wisdom of traditional foodways, making nutrientdense, healing soup broth from bones, water, vegetables and seasonings.

McGruther’s twist is to make it in a six-quart slow cooker.

Once her family has dined on organic roast or rotisserie chicken, she simmers the bones with purified water, a bay leaf or two, a few whole peppercorns and a few chopped organic vegetables like onion, carrot and celery

on the low setting for 24 hours. Then she ladles the broth through a coffee strainer into another container, refreshes the slow cooker with more water and simmers the bones and seasonings for another 24 hours. Eventually, the broth will have less flavor and color, and that’s when McGruther starts all over again.

“I call this perpetual soup,” she says.

She blogs at NourishedKitchen.com.

Slowing it down. With homemade broth on hand, it’s easy to make the Italian winter staple of Tuscan Vegetable Bean Soup. Cookbook authors and slow cooker experts Kathy Moore and Roxanne Wyss, from Lee’s Summit, Missouri, love to make this when they’re working on a cookbook deadline. They simply use what they have in the refrigerator, freezer or pantry.

“With a soup like this you can always substitute one vegetable for

Natural Awakenings recommends using organic and non-GMO (genetically modified) ingredients whenever possible.

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another, adjusting the recipe to what you enjoy and have on hand,” advises Moore. The pair blogs at PluggedInto Cooking.com.

Speeding it up. Sometimes, we need a single serving of homemade soup fast. Award-winning recipe developer and cookbook author Camilla Saulsbury, of Nacogdoches, Texas, whips up a Pumpkin Sage Soup that can simmer in a saucepan within minutes, ready to be enjoyed in a mug.

Saulsbury uses organic canned pumpkin, full of vitamins, which can vary in sweetness. “If needed,” she suggests, “add a drizzle of maple syrup to enhance the flavor of the soup.”

Making “bisque” in a high-speed blender. Karen Adler is an avid grower of organic tomatoes in her Kansas City garden. When the seasonal harvest comes to an end, Adler grills or oven roasts the tomatoes, along with organic peppers and onions, and then freezes them, ready to make Roasted Tomato Bisque any time of the year.

“My secret to a light bisque without using cream is to blend all the roasted vegetables together with a high-speed blender to give it body. A swirl of extra-virgin olive oil at the end finishes ensuring the satisfying flavor,” she says.

Going cold. Douglas McNish, head chef at Toronto’s raw and vegan restaurant Raw Aura, serves a popular Lemon, Cucumber and Dill Soup, which is easy to make in a food processor. “This soup is amazing this time of year, when most of our diets may be lacking in healthy fats and trace minerals,” says McNish.

Warming up. Two cookbook authors teamed up across many miles to write 300 Sensational Soups. Meredith Deeds lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while Carla Snyder resides in Cleveland, Ohio. They’ve mutually discovered the naturally warming properties of curry powder in Curried Coconut Chickpea Soup.

Snyder observes, “A good soup nourishes the heart, as well as the stomach, spreading a feeling of satisfaction and contentment.”

Judith Fertig blogs at AlfrescoFood AndLifestyle.blogspot.com from Overland Park, KS.

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Tuscan Vegetable Bean Soup Yields: 6 servings

2 Tbsp olive oil 1 large yellow onion, chopped 3 carrots, chopped 1 stalk celery, chopped 1 cup frozen, cut green beans 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 can (14.5 oz, BPA-free) diced tomatoes, with liquid 4 cups bone broth or 1 carton (32 oz) vegetable broth 2 tsp Italian seasoning 1 /8 tsp crushed red pepper flakes, optional Salt and pepper, to taste 1 cup chopped fresh broccoli 1 can (15 oz, BPA-free) cannellini beans, rinsed and drained 2 Tbsp minced fresh basil, plus additional for garnish Freshly grated Parmesan cheese Heat the oil in a Dutch oven over medium high heat. Add onions, carrot and celery and cook, stirring frequently, for 3 minutes. Stir in the green beans and cook, stirring frequently, for 2 to 3 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.

Stir in garlic and cook for 30 seconds.

Stir in tomatoes, vegetable broth, Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper. Heat, covered, until boiling, and then reduce heat to a simmer and cook 15 to 20 minutes.

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n The Autism Revolution, Pediatric Technology and Massachusetts General Neurologist and Neuroscientist Martha Hospital Medical Imaging facility.

Herbert approaches autism as a whole“While autism is often thought of body condition that can improve, rather as a genetic disorder, it’s the result of than be a static, lifelong genetic brain a gene-environment interaction where disorder. genes are corrupted,” explains Psychia“It’s the way the brain is shifted trist Robert Hendren, who is currently into acting when faced partnering in developing with a combination of Experts agree that a the Center for Autism stressors—some, but Disorder and natural foundation Spectrum not all of which are Neurodevelopmental genetic—at a vulnerable for health begins with Disorders at the Univerpoint in development,” of California, San breastfeeding infants sity says Herbert. NonFrancisco. genetic challenges can According to the to support natural come from the immune U.S. Centers for Disease immunity, and then Control and Prevention, system, nutrition, the environment and stress. ensuring children’s autism is the fastest“Addressing them can growing developmental diets are rich in make a disability, now affecting profound difference in nutrients at all ages. one in 68 children and the condition; maybe one in 42 boys. Autism even turning it around.”

Speaks (AutismSpeaks.org) defines autism Herbert directs the Treatment Respectrum disorder (ASD) as a group of search and Neuroscience Evaluation of complex brain development disorders Neurodevelopmental Disorders (TRANcharacterized by difficulties in social SCEND) program at a joint Harvard interaction, verbal and nonverbal comUniversity, Massachusetts Institute of munication and repetitive behaviors.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Herbert notes some parents observe that their child became autistic after a vaccination but there are also autistic children that are vaccine-free; still others become so after facing other stresses such as illness or trauma.

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

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

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

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

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

behavior improves with a diet free of the proteins gluten (found in wheat, barley and rye) and casein (found in dairy).

Other parent-endorsed diets include anti-yeast, anti-hyperglycemia, specific carbohydrate, low-oxalate and specific food reaction regimens.

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

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

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

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Prescription Yoga – Using Yoga as Part of Your Fitness Plan

by Marilyn DeMartini

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o matter what the age or level of activity, the motor components of balance, agility, speed, coordination and power are all vital for functional daily living and athletic performance. Yoga could be the best prescription for all such motor activity, according to Kiersten Mooney, co-founder of greenmonkey®, a yoga studio chain with locations across South Florida, including a studio in Fort Lauderdale, two in Miami and two in Naples.

Mooney teamed up with the University of Miami to document the theory and has been studying various components of yoga. One study looked at the muscle utilization patterns of different yoga poses and showed which muscles are being used and how actively during specific poses at different skill levels. Additional studies showed the improvements of groups with neuromuscular diseases like Parkinson’s or those prone to falls. From this data, Mooney created a scientifically proven sequence of asana or poses geared to increasing

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balance and aiding in fall prevention.

“When you fall, whether it’s falling out of the pose on your yoga mat or in daily life, quick reactionary time is key to preventing injury,” says Mooney. “Having the capacity to respond quickly to catch yourself in the midst of a fall—or even to grab a child out of harm’s way—you want your body to have speed; falls rarely happen slowly or when you are standing still, but rather when you are transitioning.”

While most think of yoga as picturesque half-moons or holding a tree pose, the practice truly is using various muscles to build balance and coordination—skills that are important in preventing falls and subsequent injuries—especially as we age or when practicing the transitions between poses. As an example, the yoga electromyography (EMG) study recorded electrical activity produced by skeletal muscles and showed that as the toes were more activated, the lower leg muscle activity increased, therefore targeting the muscles that are predominant factors for balance and fall prevention.

After mastering a pose sequence, you can begin to add speed into your practice, building your capacity to react quickly and also to develop power and strength. “Not all yoga has to be slow,” Mooney explains. “When you increase the speed of the sequences, you develop more power. Also, as we move through our practice, we are moving our body weight from pose to pose, so it is weight-bearing resistance training, which builds strength.”

Various yoga classes are offered at greenmonkey, from Power Vinyasa with some heat to Slow Flow Restorative and Gentle Yoga. Children’s classes, private coaching and corporate wellness programs are also offered. The style you choose depends on the goals you set for your fitness and wellness.

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Good Reasons to Try Acupuncture Thousands of Studies Show Healing Results

by Kathleen Barnes

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he ancient Chinese art of acupuncture is gaining popularity in modern Western medicine for many reasons. “There’s lots of research to support the effectiveness of acupuncture for a wide variety of conditions,” says Thomas Burgoon, a medical doctor who practices internal medicine in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and is president of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture, an association of doctors of medicine and osteopathic medicine that use acupuncture in conjunction with conventional treatments.

Acupuncture treatments typically involve the nearly painless insertion of very thin needles to stimulate the body’s natural repair and regulation mechanisms based on the fundamental Chinese medicine principle that the inside of the body can often be treated from the outside. Burgoon explains that acupuncture works by stimulating and releasing the body’s natural pain relievers, including endorphins, producing the feel-good brain chemical serotonin and relieving inflammation, as well as 40

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bringing many other body processes into normal function.

Brevard, North Carolina, licensed master acupuncturist Paul Buchman, adds, “Acupuncture differs from conventional Western medicine in many ways, primarily in that when it treats a disease on the physical level, it also has far-reaching effects on our mental, emotional and spiritual aspects.”

Chronic back pain: Chronic low back pain affects 80 percent of us at some time and is the second-most common cause of disability in American adults, according to a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

A recent study of Australian patients arriving in Melbourne hospital emergency rooms complaining of low back pain found that those treated with acupuncture experienced as much pain relief in an hour as those given drugs.

“When I treat a person for low back pain, I always take pulses in several

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parts of the body, and then take into account many factors, including age, gender and life situation,” says Buchman. “The underlying causes of the pain may be different in a 20-something student with a stressful academic load than a 50-something woman that’s a recent empty nester redefining her future,” he explains.

When researchers at China’s Central South University reviewed 13 studies on acupuncture and low back pain, they concluded that comprehensive treatment plans that involve acupuncture are urgently needed.

Headache: Acupuncture has long been used to relieve the pain of migraines and tension headaches. Australian research published in EvidenceBased Complementary and Alternative Medicine found that 16 acupuncture sessions cut in half the number of days that patients experienced migraines, significantly reducing pain.

“Acupuncture is a must-try therapy for anyone with migraines or chronic or tension-type headaches,” says Burgoon. He notes that Aetna Insurance Company policy considers acupuncture among accepted, medically necessary treatments for migraines, chronic low back pain, knee osteoarthritis, postoperative dental pain and nausea associated with surgery, pregnancy and chemotherapy.

Asthma and allergies: More than 25 million Americans have asthma, including 6.8 million children. Danish research published in the journal Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine showed that 10 acupuncture sessions given over a three-month period reduced asthma symptoms and use of inhaled steroids, but only when acupuncture was ongoing. Benefits diminished when treatments were discontinued.

German researchers at Berlin’s Charité University Medical Center found similar effects for seasonal allergies by comparing it with the effects of antihistamines and sham acupuncture.

“Patterns of bad health get more ingrained in our body systems as we get older,” says Melanie Katin, a licensed acupuncturist specializing in treating children in New York City and professor at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. “If we can catch an illness in

No Needles Needed for Kids

by Kathleen Barnes

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cupuncture can be helpful for children, especially in treating asthma, allergies and childhood digestive disorders, including colic, says Melanie Katin, a licensed acupuncturist who specializes in treating children in New York City.

“Acupuncture for children rarely involves the use of needles. Since their qi (life force) flows very close to the surface of their skin, it doesn’t require a lot of movement to get things flowing in the right direction,” she explains.

Acupuncture for kids typically involves light, fast brushing of the skin to encourage a healing circulation of energy. Katin teaches parents to continue treatments at home. She explains that it’s still technically acupuncture, not acupressure, which would involve prolonged stimulation of the body’s energy meridian sites. Sometimes she includes the use of small instruments for tapping or brushing the skin and tuning forks to stimulate the meridian points.

She remarks, “The kids love it.”

a child’s first seven or eight years, we may be able to prevent it from becoming chronic in adulthood.”

Digestive problems: Acupuncture has been found to be effective for treating colic in babies, irritable bowel syndrome, morning sickness and postoperative nausea caused by anesthesia and chemotherapy treatments, verified in research from Australia’s University of Sydney on patients after surgery for metastatic liver cancer. Several other studies, including one from the Milwaukee’s Medical College of Wisconsin, show that acupuncture rebalances the nervous system and restores proper digestive function, while relieving pain.

The World Health Organization review of research notes how acupuncture relieved gastrointestinal (GI) spasms better than atropine injections, and also recommends acupuncture for relief of nausea. “Acupuncture helps calm down an overactive GI tract and stimulates an underactive one,” explains Burgoon.

Acupuncture is a non-pharmaceutical remedy for many health problems, Burgoon says. “I fell in love with acupuncture when I discovered I could use it to treat some problems that nothing else helped. I almost never prescribe any medications. Instead, I help people get off pharmaceuticals.”

Kathleen Barnes is author of many natural health books, including The Calcium Lie 2: What Your Doctor Still Doesn’t Know, with Dr. Robert Thompson. Connect at KathleenBarnes.com. natural awakenings

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A growing tribe of movers and shakers are discovering and unleashing their power in conscious dance, a combination of moving meditation, soul-stirring music, self-expression and sweat.

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ost are familiar with the performance or competitive dance world of learned steps.

Conscious dance is a non-competitive, body-based way of raising consciousness. There’s no wrong way to move and your shape and measurements don’t matter,” says Mark Metz, of Berkley, California, founder and executive director of the Dance First Association (DFA) and publisher of the Conscious Dancer Magazine and UpShift Guide.

The group identifies more than 100 forms of conscious dance, ranging from ecstatic dance to somatic movement therapy. Commonalities include body awareness, barefoot movement, inspiring global music and minimal structure facilitated by leaders.

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conscious dance suits their search for movement with purpose beyond improved fitness as it’s practiced in drug- and alcohol-free club-style events and ecstatic dance experiences, as well as dance fitness programs. “It’s about honoring body intelligence and paying attention to the body and mind-body connection,” says Metz.

“The modalities mentioned most often are 5Rhythms, Soul Motion, Open Floor, JourneyDance, and the Nia Technique,” says Metz. A brief look at three of them shows how each has its own style.

5Rhythms In St. Petersburg, Florida, 22 women have gathered to seek the bliss promised by 5Rhythms, one of the original conscious dance forms, founded by

Connecting “within” through free and inspired body movement is the power of conscious dance. the late Gabrielle Roth. “Find your flow. Feel your connection to the Earth through your feet and release your head,” guides facilitator Amber Ryan, of New York City, who travels the world for dance sessions. “Use your body as a gateway into the now.” For two hours, dancers move freely and individually, swaying, sensing and interacting in an experience called “the wave”, intended to move energy through the body, release emotions and heal the psyche.

It’s based on Roth’s premise that, “Each of us is a moving center, a space of divine mystery. Though we spend most of our time on the surface in daily ordinary existence, most of us hunger to connect to this space within, to break through to bliss, to be swept into something bigger.”

JourneyDance Toni Bergins, from the Massachusetts Berkshires, is a frequent presenter at the Kripalu Center and Omega Institute for Holistic Studies. After years of studying and teaching movement, drama, creative visualization and gestalt techniques, she combined them in creating JourneyDance. More than 400 trained facilitators now offer it in 60- or 90-minute classes worldwide based on the philosophy, “Move into a new story!” Every class includes visualization, creative movement, affirmations and evocative music, all working together to release emotions and connect with spirit.

“You learn to love your body, expand your emotional intelligence, clear your mind and connect with your inner source,” explains Bergins. “You express yourself, infuse life with creativity and connect with a dancing community.”

Participants engage in a ritual journey of physical transformation, cleansing the body through breath, sweat and expression. In this safe space, “Dancers discover their power and personal heart medicine, their true essence,” says Bergins.

Nia Technique For those that prefer more structure, the Nia Technique is the original barefoot mind-body-spirit fitness practice, activating sensation and awareness in a workout adaptable for everybody. More than 2,600 instructors in 51 countries offer 60-minute classes where enthusiasts move the way the body is built to move, reaping cardiovascular fitness and therapeutic benefits while having joyful fun. Dancers, guided by instructor’s moves, feel the rhythm of the music and ground themselves in spirit, equipping themselves to take the selfhealing experience into everyday life.

“Nia has always blended form and freedom,” says Debbie Rosas, of Portland, Oregon, co-founder and creator of the technique. “We are now introducing new FreeDance classes to bring what we have learned through Nia to embody consciousness in new ways, conditioning the whole body and nervous system. It’s an invitation to move in free, unbound, unstructured ways to offset the tendency we have to move less as we age.”

Dancers move to music designed to animate each chakra through an eight-stage process via a Nia DJ. They’re guided to listen to body feedback through sensation, release emotions and relish being in the present moment.

“Regardless of how you act, dress or think, the way you feel inside reveals

the most accurate truth of oneself and this is reflected in dance,” says Rosas.

“Moving without interference allows your unconscious creative self to shine.

You can connect to the sacred artist within; the one that holds a palette with endless colors, shapes and possibilities.” She sees life as ultimately a free-style dance into the self that supports a philosophy of “Love your body, love your life”.

“Dance is in everyone’s family tree, a universal message,” says Metz.

“In conscious dance, you disconnect from gadgets and reconnect with yourself and others around you. People need that.”

Gail Condrick is a Nia faculty member, retreat leader and archetypal soul coach in Sarasota, FL. Connect at GaelaVisions.com.

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What is a Midlife Crisis?

Karen L. Kaye, MS, LMHC

Q:

Dear Karen Kaye, How would you describe a midlife crisis and how would I know if I was having one?

Thanks, Don

A:

Dear Don, My beliefs about midlife crisis are obtained by observation and many years’ experience more than book knowledge (as are all my columns). Generally speaking, a midlife crisis can happen to anyone, everyone, and at any age. It is a time when either the path a person has taken did not work out the way they thought it would or did not give them what they wanted.

As people, we have mini-crises, just as we go from grade to grade in school or finish college and now have to work. One of my favorite expressions in my practice is “just when I got used to being a ‘senior’ at something, I turn around and become a ‘freshman’ at something else.” I believe that how well someone knows themselves and their wants and how to meet those wants is the key measurement to the ease in which someone handles transitions or crises. Some people get restless and climb Mount Kilimanjaro, get a tattoo, or take on a new hobby, while others take it to the extreme of having an affair and leaving their families. It depends on the mental health of the person and most probably how they saw their original family handle decisions and/or crises.

Let’s face it, we are all programmed a certain way and we have knee-jerk responses to things.

The difficulty with the midlife crisis extremists is that they are usually “runners” who have blown up many bridges in their past, leaving much debris behind, like a ball and chain that keeps catching up with them (and the people who they have hurt on the path).

Don, if you can relate to any of the characteristics I have mentioned, I suggest that you stop-drop-and-roll. Know that you will probably need some professional help to face yourself and begin the process of ownership and forgiveness of firstly yourself and then others. Correction of these behaviors (which takes reeducation and much bravery) is the only way we humans forgive ourselves.

Thank you so much for your question.

Sincerely, Karen L. Kaye Karen L. Kaye has been in private practice for more than 30 years in Broward County. She receives clients in person and over the phone at 954-384-1217. See ad page 51.

Individuals who might be more reactive in their midlife crisis include: People who either do not question who they are or what they want.

People who have difficulty asking themselves deep, introspective questions and instead come up with quick and easy answers.

Those who do not periodically take an inventory of themselves and their lives (unconscious people).

Those who are overly external and concerned about image and approval.

Those who do not trust their own decisions.

Those who have difficulty committing to themselves and others unless all is good.

Impatient, impulsive types of individuals.

Those who bore easily and/or have difficulty focusing on completing tasks.

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Tuesday, January 5

Light the Dark Yoga Series Begins @Rhythm & Vine - 6:00pm registration 6:30-7:30pm class, Yoga has never been experienced like this. Silent disco headphones, beer garden, nighttime ambiance, free giveaways from sponsors and vendors, and yoga from greenmonkey. Rhythm & Vine, 401 NE 5th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301. 954.533.3734.

Wednesday, January 6

Special Sound Therapy Event — 6:30–8pm, free. Learn more about the fascinating benefits of Sound Therapy. Workshop & Sound Therapy Experience, in Boca Raton. To register, call Kathleen, Co-Founder of Aqua Motion Movement & Good Vibrations Music Co. 817.938.7552.

Saturday, January 9

Vishnu Therapy for Women - 10am–noon. $30.

Solar plexus/navel self-massage. Oil and manual provided. Please bring towels, old clothes. The Train Station, west door, 3058 N Andrews Ave., Wilton Manors. Amrita: 786.390.2919.

Tuesday, January 12

Light the Dark Yoga Series @Rhythm & Vine - 6:00pm registration 6:30-7:30pm class, Yoga has never been experienced like this. Silent disco headphones, beer garden, nighttime ambiance, free giveaways from sponsors and vendors, and yoga from greenmonkey. Rhythm & Vine, 401 NE 5th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301. 954.533.3734.

Tuesday, January 19

Light the Dark Yoga Series @Rhythm & Vine

- 6:00pm registration 6:30-7:30pm class, Yoga has never been experienced like this. Silent disco headphones, beer garden, nighttime ambiance, free giveaways from sponsors and vendors, and yoga from greenmonkey. Rhythm & Vine, 401 NE 5th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301. 954.533.3734.

Tunie’s 16th Annual Health & Wellness Seminar - 6:30pm -10:00pm. Free. Nationally renowned presenters. Topics include nutrition, natural products, supplements, and alternative remedies.

Following event ~ sampling party, 50 companies distributing natural products. Coral Springs Center for the Arts, 2855 Coral Springs Dr, Pompano Beach, FL 33065, Gail Silverman, 954.525.0388

Wednesday, January 20

Tunie’s 10% Off Entire Store Sale - 9am-9pm.

Start the New Year off right at Tunie’s 10% Off Entire Store Sale. All your favorite natural groceries and supplements! Ft. Lauderdale, Coral Springs and Palm Beach Gardens locations. Tunie’s, 5651 Coral Ridge Dr., Coral Springs Fl 33076, Gail Silverman, 954.525.0388.

Saturday, January 23

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Bio-Identical Hormone Balance & Restoration For Women And Men - 12pm-1pm Free. Learn the symptoms of hormone imbalance. Find out if hormone replacement therapy can prevent cancer.

Learn if it’s right for you. Presenter Carolyn Zaumeyer. Tunie’s , 900 N Federal Highway, Ft Lauderdale FL 33304, Gary Rachelson, 954.525.0388.

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Hips: Rock ‘em and Unlock ‘em - 1:30-3:30pm, This hip opener workshop will equip you with the tools to learn how to adjust alignment, prevent knee pain and engage the muscles to support the bone structure in your body. greenmonkey, 1445 SE 17th St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316. 954.533.6782.

symptoms of hormone imbalance. Find out if hormone replacement therapy can prevent cancer? Learn how it works. Presenter: Carolyn Zaumeyer. Tunie’s Palm Beach Gardens, 7170 Fairway Dr. Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418, Cliff Salm, 561.721.8787.

Gynecological problems? – ATOM’s Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM) “free consultation & acupuncture treatment” (herbs extra). Patients seen by Licensed Acupuncturists & supervised by expert in that field. Treatments observed. Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine (ATOM), 100 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 100, Ft. Lauderdale. Appointments: 954.763.9840 ext. 201.

Inversions Workshop - 1:30-3:30pm, Whether you have a consistent inversion practice or have never attempted an inversion before, this workshop will equip you with the tools to take your practice to new heights. greenmonkey, 1445 SE 17th St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316. 954.533.6782.

Saturday, January 30

Bio-Identical Hormone Balance & Restoration For Women and Men - 12pm-1pm. Learn the

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The Power of Curcumin - 12pm-1pm. Free. Solgar’s Dr. Weiss speaks about multiple and systemic health benefits of curcumin and the critical importance of bioavailability in a curcumin supplement.

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ongoingevents sunday Sacred Journey Interfaith Seminary — 9am– 5pm. Classes for Interfaith Ministry Ordination. A Healing Space, 1410 NE 26th Street, Wilton Manors 33305. Rev. Dr. Grace Telesco 917.579.3750.

Yoga on the Beach — 9:30–10:30am, $10 Donation. Classes held daily weather permitting.

Experience gentle yoga flow outside. Copperbeech Yoga & Fitness Inc., Ocean Manor Resort, private patio behind tiki bar, 4040 Galt Ocean Drive, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308, 516.840.1455.

Unity of Pompano – Join us at 9:30am: Power Hour discussion on spiritual topics/books led by Cynthia Roberts, LUT and 11am: Celebration Service-Inspirational Message-Live Music; 11am Youth Classes K-12; Fellowship Hour following service. 261 SE 13th Ave, Pompano Beach, 954.946.0857.

Buddhist Meditation Class — 10–11:30am. $10 Learn to meditate and gain practical advice for living a peaceful life. Drolma Kadampa Buddhist Center, 140 West Prospect Rd. 954.537.9191.

Ft Lauderdale Center for Spiritual Living Services 10:30am Full Celebration Service with Dr. Arleen Bump on relevant topics. Includes musical presentations. 1550 NE 26th St, Wilton Manors, 954.566.2868.

Metaphysical Chapel of South Florida – Healing Service, 10:30am, Worship Service 11am. Shared space with the Sunshine Cathedral MCC (in the Graham/Fasana Chapel), 1480 SW 9th Ave, Ft. Lauderdale, 754.300.1428.

Catholic Mass — 10:30am, (+ Sat 5pm) The Parish of Sts. Francis & Clare, Staffed by Franciscan friars. 101 NE 3rd St, Ft Lauderdale, 954.731.8173.

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) — 11am–12pm, ­F ree, Inclusive, unprogrammed worship in the manner of Friends. 2nd Presbyterian Church, Multi-Purpose Rm, 1400 N Federal Hwy, Ft Lauderdale. 954.682.1433.

ECK Worship Service — 11am–12pm, Free, JAN: 2nd Sunday, normally First Sunday/month.

Experience the Light and Sound of God. Learn about the HU Song Eckankar, ECK Worship Service, Rodeway Inn and Suites, 2440 W State Rd 84 (Marina Mile Blvd), Ft Lauderdale, FL 33312, Johanna Carter, 954.693.5681.

Halotherapy Breathing Class - 12:30–1:30pm, $20. Open to everyone - current and former smokers and people with respiratory or allergy issues.

Dry saline aerosol inhalation cleanses deep. Salt This Way Wellness Center, 2286 Wilton Dr., Wilton Manors, FL 33305. 754.223.2302.

Coral Springs Metaphysical Group — 1–3pm (1st & 2nd Sun ea. mo. & 3rd Tues ea. mo) Deep trance channeling. Ask questions. Get answers.

12140 NW 10th St, Coral Springs, 954.340.7087.

Community HU Chant — 7–7:30 pm. 4th Sunday of each month, Release your inner tensions and gain peace and calm Dunkin Donuts/Meeting Room, 1405 S. Powerline Rd., Pompano Beach, FL 33442. For more information, 954.693.5681.

Free Guided Meditation & Kirtan (Satsang) — 7–8:30pm Meditation followed by uplifting calland-response chanting & music. Yoga Warehouse, 508 SW Flagler Ave, Downtown Ft Lauderdale, 954.525.7726.

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Dennis Cooper • 407.461.4161 Tai Chi-Qigong Health – Newcomers & experienced. 7–8pm Mon. & Thurs; Plus - Thurs thru Sun 7:30–8:30am. Locations depend on weather.

Call /Google web for details: Raven Cohan, Hollywood Beach 32 years certified Inst. Phone hours: 10am–10pm 954.927.2836.

Reiki Circle/Meditation — 7:30–8:45pm. $10 Reiki healing circle, guided meditation & discussion. Center for Spiritual Living, 1550 NE 26th Street, Wilton Manors, Rev Elise, R. M., 954.317.3907.

Men and Women’s Support Group: Conscious Awareness – designed for men and women to learn about and from each other regarding relationships, self-worth and the rewrite of negative patterns.

8–10pm. $20 per session. Contact: Karen Kaye, LMHC, 954.384.1217 (Landline)

Vinyasa Yoga — 9–10:15am. Plus Wed. & Fri. $18. Yello!, 2495 East Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33308, 954.491.1591.

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Hatha Yoga - employs a combination of physical postures, breathing exercises, cleansing processes, uniting mind, body, & spirit. Ha meaning sun and tha meaning moon. 9-10:15am and 10:30-11:45am, (plus Friday) $15. All Levels. Namaste Yoga, 421 S. Federal Hwy, Pompano Beach, Florida 33062 954.785.6333.

Beginners Vinyasa Yoga — 10–11:15am. Also Wed. 6–7pm. $18. Yello!, 2495 East Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Florida 33308, 954.491.1591.

Gentle Yoga & Meditation — 10–11:15am. $10 first class. Gentle Hatha will include some standing poses that will warm the body up and some restorative poses that will collectively balance the mind and body, includes meditation. Weston Yoga, 2600 Glades Circle, Suite 400, Weston. 954.349.6868.

A Course in Miracles Study Group — 10am– Noon (& Thurs). Guided Meditation 2:30-3:30pm.

Love Donation, Artserve, 1350 E Sunrise Blvd, Adam: 954.684.7007.

Raja Yoga Meditation — 10:15–11:30am (& 6:30–7:30pm) Free. Enjoy the peace & love within.

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Chakra Yoga - 10:30am $15 (All Levels). Chakra means wheels of light. Learn characteristics of the chakras and the properties associated with a particular part of the body recharging your energy.

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Coral Springs Metaphysical Group — 7pm, (3rd Tue ea mo, also Sun 1–3pm) Free, topics: Numerology, Handwriting, Auras, Near Death, Past Life, Kabbalah, Sondra & Charles Zecher’s Estate, 12140 NW 10 St, Coral Springs, 954.340.7087.

Have You Had a Spiritual Experience? 3rd Tue. 6–7pm. Free. Sense you’ve lived before? Out-ofbody or near-death experience? Spiritual Discussion for people of any faith. West Regional Library, Room 230, 8601 W. Broward Blvd., Plantation, 33324 Johanna 954.693.5681.

Reiki Circle & Meditation — 7pm, Center For Human Development, 5809 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, 954.989.6400.

Unity of Pompano —7–9pm. Join us for our ongoing Metaphysics/Bible studies class taught by Rev. Lawrence Palmer, LUT’s Bev Spivey and Cynthia Roberts. Unity S.E.E. credit available. 261 SE 13th Ave., Pompano Beach 954.946.0857.

wednesday Fountain of Youth class - 9–10am, $10. Discover the power of your own body to stay resilient and to heal. The Train Station west door, 3058 N Andrews Ave., Wilton Manors. Amrita, 786.390.2919.

Tai Chi-Chi Kung/Tao Yin Classes — 7:30– 8:30am (+Fri­, Sat, Sun. am & Mon. night), Near shady lifeguard stand, Franklin St, N Hollywood Beach, Raven Cohan. 954.927.2836. Call for Web, directions. 32 years teaching. See Mon. night listing.

Yoga Basics — 10–11am Fundamentals of posture & breathing for strength, flexibility & stamina.

First Class $10. (also Fri 10–11am), Weston Yoga, 2600 Glades Circle, Suite 400, Weston, 954.349.6868.

Gentle Yoga — 10–11:15am. $18. Yello!, 2495 East Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Florida 33308, 954.491.1591.

Kids Yoga (Ages 3-5) — 3:30–4pm. $12. Yello!, 2495 East Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Florida 33308, 954.491.1591.

Kids & Teens Yoga — 4–5pm. $15. Yello!, 2495 East Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Florida 33308, 954.491.1591.

Free Usui Reiki Circle — 7–8:30pm (2nd & 4th Tues). CEU provider classes monthly FL LMT. Center For Optimal Health, 1915 NE 45th St #103, Ft Lauderdale 954.491.6158 RSVP.

Beginners Vinyasa Yoga — 6–7pm. $18. Also on Tue. 10–11:15am. Yello!, 2495 East Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Florida 33308, 954.491.1591.

Meditation & Reiki Healing Circle — 7pm, $5Love, Nature’s Emporium, 8041 W Sample Rd, Coral Springs 954.755.2223.

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Vinyasa Yoga — 9–10:15am. Plus Mon. & Fri. $18. Yello!, 2495 East Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Florida 33308, 954.491.1591.

Vinyasa Yoga — 7–8pm. Plus Thurs. 6–7pm & 7–8pm. $18. Yello!, 2495 East Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Florida 33308, 954.491.1591.

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Reiki Circle — 7:30–9pm. Donation $Love, Delmar Arts Academy, 1400 N Federal Hwy, Ft Lauderdale, 954.537.9278.

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Meditation/Relaxation Class — 5:45–6:30pm, free. Guided meditation & relaxation led by Ina Lee. All levels. George English Park Rec Center, 1101 Bayview Dr. Ft Lauderdale. Call first, 954.463.4733.

Vinyasa Yoga — 6–7pm & 7–8pm. Plus Tues.

7-8pm. $18. Yello!, 2495 East Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Florida 33308, 954.491.1591.

Carole’s Circle – Meditate & Manifest!

Guided Meditation, Healing, Channeled Message – 7–8pm. $12. 1st & 3rd Thursdays each month. Tired of being sick and tired? Questions answered. Women’s Club of Deerfield Beach, 910 E. Hillsboro Blvd. Reservations: Carole Ramsay 954.655.5490.

Buddhist Meditation Class — 7:30–9pm. $10 Learn to meditate and gain practical advice for living a peaceful life. Drolma Kadampa Buddhist Center, 140 West Prospect Rd, Ft. Lauderdale, 954.537.9191.

friday Vinyasa Yoga — 9–10:15am. Plus Mon.& Wed. $18. Yello!, 2495 East Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Florida 33308, 954.491.1591.

Fat Village Art Walk — 5–11pm, (2nd Fri./ mo) Free. Free parking lot & trolley service.

954.785.7475.

Crystal Bowl Meditation — 6-7:15pm. $15.

Learn Krya Yoga (teachings of Pramahansa Yogananda), relaxation, & guided imagery, based upon self-realization fellowship teachings. Everybody is welcome. Namaste Yoga, 421 S. Federal Hwy, Pompano Beach, Florida 33062 954.785.6333.

Monthly Gallery Night, Meet the Artists, Show & Sale —6–11pm, (second Friday ea. mo) A great gathering of varied talents. Host/Artist: Michael D. Colanero. Uncommon Gallery, 2713 E Commercial Blvd, Ft Lauderdale, 954.336.4305.

Abraham-Hicks Living In The Vortex — 7– 9pm. $5.00. Dynamic discussions of various Abraham Hicks quotes/processes. Center for Spiritual Living, 1550 NE 26th St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305, Patti Blankenship, 305.546.2526.

Spiritual Evolution Study Group — 7–8:30pm $10. Ongoing series based on spiritually inspired texts. Darshan Center for Spiritual Evolution, 1410 NE 26th Street, Wilton Manors. Call Rev. G 917.579.3750.

Healing & Meditation Service —7:30pm Center For Human Development, 5809 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood 954.989.6400.

Reiki Circle/Meditation — Hosted by Reiki Masters Mayra & Rose, 7:30pm, $Love, Essentials Complementary Wellness Center, 2104 N Federal Hwy, Ste A, Hollywood. 954.921.7808.

Reiki Circle/Meditation —7:30–8:45pm. $10 Reiki healing circle, guided meditation & discussion Center for Spiritual Living, 1550 NE 26th Street, Wilton Manors, Rev Elise, R. M., 954.317.3907.

Community HU Chant — 3rd Friday. 7:30–8pm.

Expand your awareness, Experience divine love, Heal a broken heart. Release your inner tensions, gain insight, peace, and comfort. Dunkin Donuts, Cappuccino Room, 9170 W. State Rd 84, Davie, 33324 Johanna 954.693.5681.

saturday Tai Chi/Qigong Basics — 9–10am $10, Qigong practices & guidance on body alignment & proper energy foundation. White Crane Healing Arts Center, 7071 W Commercial Blvd. 2C, Tamarac.

954.721.7252.

Women’s Tai Chi and Meditation — 1010:55am, $10. The Train Station west door, 3058 N Andrews Ave., Wilton Manors. Amrita, text please 786.390.2919.

Free Reiki Circle —10–11am. Divine Love Institute & Gift Shop, 2832 Stirling Rd, #H, Hollywood, FL 33020. Conveniently located just west of I-95 on Stirling Rd, 954.920.0050.

The Sistrunk Farmers Market — 10am–2pm.

Locally, organically grown fruits & vegetables, old fashioned family fun, Artisan Market Vendors. Market hours EBT & SNAP accepted at the Market. Corner of Sistrunk Blvd & NW 10th Ave, Ft Lauderdale.

Raja Yoga Meditations at 3 Broward Libraries — 10:30–11:30am, weekly, Free, at Dania Beach and Carver Ranches. Hallandale Beach 10:30– 11:30am only 1st and 3rd Sat. of the month. Enjoy the peace within. Call Roz for info 954.962.7447.

Community Acupuncture — 11am–6pm $30-$40 (Mon-Sat). Relaxing & effective! Acupuncture treatments in a small group setting. Thrive Wellness Center, 1244 S Federal Hwy, Ft Lauderdale 954.713.6118.

Prenatal Yoga — 11:45am–12:45pm. $15. Excellent class designed specifically for second and third trimesters. Other classes available. Yogi Plus Yoga, 6329 W. Commercial Blvd, Tamarac, Florida 33319, Call Shauna for more details, 754.235.3353.

Psychic Fair — (last Sat. ea mo) 12pm–4pm, $15/15 min reading. Tarot, Astrology, Mediumship/Psychic Readings. Metaphysical Chapel of South Florida, Shared space with the Sunshine Cathedral MCC (in the Graham/Fasana Chapel), 1480 SW 9th Ave, Ft. Lauderdale, 754.300.1428.

Yin Yoga — 2-3:15pm, $15. Restorative Postures with Deep Breathing. Postures are held passively to expand the motion in the joints, supporting our immune system and emotional well being. Finalizing with meditation. Namaste Yoga, 421 S. Federal Hwy, Pompano Beach 954.785.6333.

Rock Kirtan: Sacred Devotional Singing — bi-weekly 7–8:30pm, $10. Darshan Center for Spiritual Evolution, 1410 NE 26th Street, Wilton Manors. Call Rev. G. 917.579.3750.

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counseling/therapy

A Colon Care Center

Healing Hearts Center

Michele Miglino, LMT/CCT 837 S.E. 9th Street Deerfield Beach FL 33441 954-421-0703 www.AColonCareCenter.com

D r. L i h a s p r a c t i c e d acupuncture & herbal medicine over 15 years in China/ US. He is specialized in pain management, internal, gynecological and geriatric diseases.

Colon hydrotherapy is one of the best things you can do for your health and wellness, and to keep your body functioning at peak efficiency.

Sandra Herrington, OMD, RN, LMT, CT 2544 No. Federal Hwy, Ft. Lauderdale 954-566-0444

Back In Harmony Chiropractic and Wellness Center, LLC

My approach to healing engages the strengths we each already possess in Mind, Body and Spirit to create lasting happiness, freedom and fulfillment. See ad page 46.

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CHIROPRACTIC physician

Sarah DiPerna, Psy.D., C.Ht., IKYTA 1937 E. Atlantic Blvd., Suite 106 Pompano Beach, FL, 33060 954-560-7629 www.HealingHeartsCenter.net

Cleansing for health/energy.

Constipation, impaction, bowel rehabilitation, digestive disorders, candida detox, nutrition, living foods/ wheatgrass. Individualized plans or Rx followed. Physician/ Instructor administered.

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Dr. Wei Sheen Chong 6115 Stirling Rd, Suite 205, Davie, FL 33314 954-604-5384 www.backinharmonychiropractic.com Passionate about helping others improve their health naturally.

Dr. Chong uses gentle spinal adjustments to remove nerve interference so your body can do the healing.

KAREN KAYE, Holistic Psychotherapist, LMHC

2625 Weston Road, Weston, FL 33331 954-384-1217 www.KarenKayeTherapist.com If talking about your problems hasn’t worked for you.... The transformational process that I teach will offer you awareness, alternatives, and action.

Specialties include Transitional Issues, Depression/Anxiety, Pre/ Post Divorce, Self-Worth Issues, Unhealthy Patterns/Addictions, Marital Conflict. 30 Years Experience.

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Dr. Bernard Burton is a Holistic Doctor who uses chiropractic, nutrition, applied kinesiology, acupuncture, and craniopathy to find and fix the cause of your symptoms.

For over sixty years the Budwig Diet has eradicated cancer from many sufferers, including pets. By following this protocol, along with my additional discoveries, I have been in remission for over six years. My program has avoided the need for chemotherapy, radiations or surgery. I welcome your call.

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communityresourceguide (crg) The International Center For Dental Excellence

dental health

Yolanda Cintron, DMD 2021 East Commercial Blvd., Suite 208 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 954-938-4599 FortLauderdaleDentistry.com www.GoNaturalDentistry.com

Brent J. Bracco, DDS – Comprehensive Dentistry 2467 E. Commercial Boulevard Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308 954-771-5300 www.DrBrentBracco.com

Do you wait till it hurts to see the dentist? Enhance your smile at our new tranquil, state-of-the-art office. We have been providing wholistic family dental care since 1985. Most insurance accepted.

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Dental Spa

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State-of-the-art dental office.

Many treatment options. Make informed, good choices about your oral health.

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See ad on pages 13 and 31.

THERMAE RETREAT

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essential oils HarnessNaturesPower.com

We follow strict amalgam removal protocols incorporating nutritional supplements for safe mercury detoxification ~ IAOMT member.

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Dr Yani Healing and Holistic Dentistry Jeff Dixon 212 SE 12th St (Davie Blvd), Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-525-6010 contact@yanidmd.com www.yanidmd.com

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Let your smile be a sign of happiness and great health. An attractive, younger smile can be yours today.

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Functional Medicine Advanced Medical Testing Centers 7200 W Commercial Blvd, Suite 209 Lauderhill, FL 33319 754-216-2332 AdvancedMedicalTesting.com

Traditional and advanced clinical evidence-based medical tests for early detection of chronic diseases that support a functional medicine approach to health. Testing for specialty labs, including Access, Cleveland HeartLab, HDL, Innovative, Singulex, SpectraCell, LabCorp, Quest and others.

Institute of Advanced Medicine 7200 W. Commercial Blvd, Suite 210 Lauderhill, FL 33319 954-748-4991 DrSlavin.com NaturalDocRadio.com

Rob and Jennifer Morris 954.998.4040 WorldsBestEssentialOils@gmail.com

To promote better healing, our hygiene care incorporates ozone and essential oils for gum treatments. Only Mercury-free biocompatible crowns and dental materials used.

Free holistic toothpaste recipe.

Oil infused, toxin-free personal care products. Oil infused supplements & non-toxic cleaning products. Healthy alternative to energy drinks.

Dr. Slavin has been in practice for 30 years and uses functional medicine and advanced medical tests to determine treatments and services that will keep you healthy.

See ad page 14.

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Request free eBook on optimum health. See ad page 6.

Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless ~Thomas A. Edison

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HOLISTIC medicine

Wendy Cottiers, Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner 954-306-3887 www.PositiveNutritionInc.net

The Ayurvedic Center for Wellbeing

gardening The Garden Gate

Sears (N. side), Pompano Citi Centre corner/Copans Road and US1 954-783-GATE (4283) DonnasGardenGate.com A unique garden center specializing in Florida native plants, butterfly and bird habitats, herbs, orchids, water gardening, organic gardening products, beneficial insects, garden decor and more!

Dr. Light Miller, N.D., D.D. & Dr. Bryan Miller, D.C. 2119 Hollywood Blvd., Suite A Hollywood, FL 33020 954-923-4444 earthess@aol.com www.ayurvedichealers.com

Offering Individual, Family & Group Counseling Services.

Offices in Ft. Lauderdale, Coral Gables, & Pembroke Pines.

T h e Ay u r v e d i c C e n t e r f o r Wellbeing is a natural healing center that practices the ancient medicine of India. The Center offers a variety of Ayurvedic treatments with integrative chiropractic care. The Center also offers Degrees in Ayurveda for those who want to pursue this as a career

Holistic Podiatrist HEALING ARTS

Wellness Starts With Your Feet Dr. Richard J. Rimler, DPM The Wellness Center at Post Haste, 4401 Sheridan St, Hollywood, FL 33021 954-989-6524 www.WellnessStartsWithYourFeet.com

Lisa’s Healing Center

Lisa Smith 3170 N. Federal Hwy, Suite 211K Lighthouse Point, FL 33064 954-415-6285 www.LisasHealingCenter.com

One of the only holistic podiatrists in the country who merges traditional and holistic podiatric medicine, along with a patientspecific biomechanical foundation.

Wellness Center supporting Mind, Body and Spirit. Massage modalities, Energy Work, Edgar Cayce methods, CranioSacral Therapy, Animal Communication, Classes. MM#27808.

homeopathy White Crane Healing Arts 7071 W. Commercial Blvd. Ste. 2C, Tamarac, FL 33319 954-721-7252 www.whitecranehealingarts.com

Over 20 yrs. experience in acupuncture, herbs, nutrition.

Over 40 yrs. experience in Qigong.

Authentic Taoist Lineage classes/ private lessons in Tai Chi, Tao Yoga, Longevity Breathing & more. Healing & transformation through experience and education.

Francine Kanter, RsHOM (NA), CCH

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HORMONE THERAPY Low TE Florida

Carolyn Zaumeyer, Nurse Practitioner 2740 E. Oakland Park Blvd., Suite 101 Fort Lauderdale FL 33308 954-791-4498 www.LowTEFlorida.com www.CarolynZaumeyer.com Bio-Identical Hormone Therapies, Testosterone Treatment for Men, Menopause Treatment, Botox, We i g h t L o s s , S p i d e r Ve i n Treatment. See ad page 34.

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Without prejudices and great understanding of your personal situation, I will give you straightforward insight in a warm, caring and kind manner.

Master Tarot Teacher, Astrologer and Energy Healer

Board Certified Homeopath Practitioner. Homeopathy relieves PMS, menopause, ADD, ADHD, depression, anxiety, acne, asthma, seizures disorders, herpes, addictions, eczema, psoriasis, insomnia, stress, digestive problems, recurring cold & flu.

Homeopathy will give you a healthy, balanced life.

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massage therapy Salt This Way Wellness Center

Linda Geer, LMT, RMT 2286 Wilton Dr, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 754-223-2302

Massage therapy infused with energy healing. Salt infused oils, scrubs and chakra balancing techniques for deep relaxation.

Mention ad ~ receive free foot Salt Scrub. See ad page 17.

The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. ~Elie Wiesel

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communityresourceguide (crg) MEDITATION & MOVEMENT Amrita SaraswatI

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3058 N Andrews Ave. Wilton Manors, FL 33311 786-390-2919 www.SpiritEnergyMovement.com

2863 Executive Park Dr. #103 Weston, FL 33331 954-217-2992 www.NaturalEyesofWeston.com

Meditation, Chi Gung, Tai Chi, and Yoga classes for women. All ages, life stages, and experience honored. Find your energy, wellbeing, breath, peace, awareness.

We are a modern optometry practice with a nutritional focus, offering great customer service, very thorough eye exams and a unique eyewear collection in a spa-like atmosphere.

NATURAL HOME

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Professional scientific and bioenergetic EMF analysis of your home or office. Featuring GeoSafe-E EMF neutralizing technology that works. Sleep in peace and feel real rejuvenation today!

Nicotine inDependence Program

Got Clutter! Get Bonnie! Clear your clutter, simplify your life.

Specializing in residential organizing and downsizing. Home care coordination. Assistance with life transitions. Complete confidentiality. Licensed/ Insured.

Photon Light Therapy

Salt This Way Wellness Center Dr. Scott Irwin, PhD, CTTS 2286 Wilton Dr, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 754-223-2302

Integrative Medical Treatment for Nicotine Independence ~ Free Nicotine Patches, Lozenges, Gum, Nicotrol Inhaler, Nasal Spray.

Individual or group setting. Salt Yoga, Halo-Breathing Classes, and more. See ad page 17.

NUTRITION

Photon Light Spa

218 Commercial Blvd, Ste 108 Lauderdale by the Sea, FL 33308 954-303-9585 photonlightspa.com Photon Genius/Genie, BioMat, Wellness, Body Cleanse/Detox (toxins/heavy metals/radiation), Infrared, Ionization, Photon Genius/Genie, BioMat, Foot Detox, Medical Thermographer, M e d i c a l I n t u i t i v e / H e a l e r, Raindrop Therapy, Organic Facials, Waxing & Comprehensive Lab/Nutrition Report.

Psychotherapy A Healing Space

Kris Drumm, LCSW, ACHT 954-549-0263 www.AHealingSpaceWiltonManors.com Uncover and transform limiting and damaging belief systems with individual and group therapies, including heart-centered hypnotherapy and inner child healing.

Free one half-hour consultation offered.

relationship coaching getting what you want

Susan Sheppard 1230 Crescent Dr., Glendale, CA 91205 818-414-6032, 818-548-0849 susan@gettingwhatyouwant.com www.gettingwhatyouwant.com If you want a significant increase in self esteem and a committed loving intimate relationship within the year, call for a free strategy session! See ad page 48.

salon Hair Holistic Eco-Friendly StudIo

Ibana Villasenor 881 E Palmetto Park Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33432 561-372-5354 HairHolistic@gmail.com www.HairHolistic.com

We offer scalp–hair analysis & detox, henna, organic colors, formaldehyde-free keratin.

Hair services & products with a truly holistic approach.

Kyani Distributor 2056304

Lisa K Perdue 561-603-6910 DrLisaKPerdue@gmail.com LisaKPerdue.kyani.net

Kyani features 3 Products: Sunrise, Nitro/Extreme, & Sunset. Each high nutrient dietary supplement works synergistically to provide an unmatched nutritional Health Triangle.

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Dr. Wendy H. Weiner, Principal 5850 South Pine Island Rd, Plantation FL 954-680-5808 info@conservatoryprep.org www.conservatoryprep.org

Celebrating our 10th Year ~ A progressive, middle and high school where you can be yourself. We feature Edluministic learning, the integration of the performing and visual arts with problem-based learning. Our school is designed to meet the needs of bright, creative students who are not meeting their potential in a traditional school setting. SACS Accredited

Summit—Questa Montessori School

Judy Dempsey 5451 SW 64th Ave, Davie FL 33314 954-584-3466 info@summitquesta.com summitquesta.com A non-denominational Montessori school on a lush 10-acre campus with PE fields, organic vegetable garden, live pond, new gymnasium and pools.

Montessori education for prek-3 to 8th grade. Accredited by AISF, AdvancEd/ SACS, MSA, Ai, NCPSA and an AMS full member.

Recipient of the Gold Seal Award of Excellence.

SPIRITUAL CENTER RASA SADHANA, a Place for Spiritual Growth Rina Lichtinger Carmelina Pena 954-952-4831 RasaSadhana@yahoo.com

Monthly Classes, Homeopathy, Ta i - C h i , A r o m a t h e r a p y , Shamanism. Spiritual Development, Meditation, Pranayama, Reiki and more. We are here to create Global Consciousness, Peace & Harmony.

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GODDESS T.O.U.C.H., INC.

Carole A. Ramsay, Ba. Div., RMT 954-655-5490 www.goddesstouch.net

We deliver a powerful practice that elevates the quality life, not only for our students but for the communities beyond our studio walls. See ad page 5.

Only psychic who guarantees her work! Reiki, Cellular Memory Activation, oils, plus. She communicates with the deceased.

Group and private sessions. Reiki Cruise to Bimini.

Weston Yoga Lorena Evans - Spiritual/Life Coach 1421 SE 4th Ave Suite B Fort Lauderdale FL 33316 954-278-9474 www.ISpeakSpirit.org

I can coach you through blockages to spiritual freedom (1st session FREE). I also do Reiki, Akashic Records, Angel Card Readings, Workshops and Circles.

2600 Glades Circle, Suite 400 Weston, FL 33327 954-349-6868 www.westonyoga.com Offering the wisdom of classical yoga teachings infused with contemporary insights and knowledge.

Classes for all levels. with private and group sessions available on and off site.

Yello!

2495 E Commercial Blvd.

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 954-491-1591 www.yellofl.com

wholistic physician Dr. Amadi’s Wholistic Health Center

Yello! is a community space in East Fort Lauderdale where all ages can enjoy dance and yoga at all levels in our eco-friendly, stateof-the-art studios.

Hepsharat Amadi, M.D., L.Ac. 10189 W Sample Rd Coral Springs, FL 33065 954-757-0064 954-757-2612, fax hepsharat.amadi@gmail.com www.dramadi.com

Primary Health Care with a Natural Approach including Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, Quantum Biofeedback, Weight Loss, Detoxification, Natural Allergy Treatment, Herbal and Homeopathic Remedies, Supplements, Nutrition and Lifestyle Counseling. See ad page 29.

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