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ay springs forth the flowering plants, creating a plethora of colors, textures and amazing designs. Of course, here in Florida it’s a year-round event, nonetheless, this writer digs back to her roots and memory banks as decades of blooms come to mind. Flowers bring joy to any occasion, even the end of life celebrations.

Certainly, we are here to celebrate life and within that thought comes reflection of all that went before, allowing for the emergence of safe, sacred space to share with friends and family the failures and ultimate successes of one’s journey.

I believe that daily mindfulness and taking moments of stillness breed a balance for celebration, and this month, as my birth month, is an example of that. I was born amongst the blooming flowers; that has become a parallel for me as another way to connect with nature and see that I live as a flowering plant, meant to bloom on a regular basis.

Publishing Natural Awakenings magazine is one of the blooms in my life. I am now creating an additional bloom, though, in the early budding

stage. It’s an extension of the core mission of our publication: to feel good, live simply and laugh more.

I’m creating a line of clothing with my environmental artwork designs, birthed out of the idea that we are here to be of service to others, with each person finding their own particular spin on how that manifests.

I’ll keep you posted as to progress.

May’s issue is a focus on mental

and emotional well-being, and healthy vision. As one who is thriving beyond deep emotional traumas, I can attest to the benefits of bodywork in helping me through the physical manifestations of those experiences.

It’s not been easy to acknowledge that anything be “wrong” or not “normal” with me.

Is there another way to approach those differences? In delving into the darkness, there is a time to acclimate to that lack of light. Breathe easily, know that as the sun rises, so shall the truth emerge for an answer to whatever it is that one seeks. I’m reminded to remember to ask the right questions. What is a solution that serves my highest good?

Thankfully, mental and emotional well-being is being given more attention as we make our way through the 21st century. I am encouraged with the resolve of the youth and am supporting their efforts to speak up and make positive change.

I trust the article on vision will be of benefit, too. It contains interesting information about supporting eye health through the power of food choices. Discover which plants to eat that might support healthier vision.

Mother’s Day is here this month.

Though my mother has passed, I celebrate her life and all the caring, nurturing and guiding she gave me and our family. I am blessed.

May blooms require that the seed was planted a while ago. Be kind and the flowers are unstoppable. Imagine being the bloom and sharing in the joy of seeing others bloom beside you. We are the whole plant; we are the whole planet.

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19 THE MOTHER OUR SOULS NEED

Connecting With The Energy That Made Us

20 PETER SAGAL ON

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22 TOXIC LEGACY

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news briefs

Vita-Health in Pembroke Pines Introduces Cryosauna

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avid and Yelena Pakula, husband and wife co-owners of VitaHealth Wellness Center, are always looking for new technologies to help their patients. Their newest addition is a cryosauna.

Whole body cryotherapy (WBC) by cryosauna involves the use of liquid nitrogen, introduced into an upright chamber where the patient stands, producing extreme cold temperatures on the skin. The procedure results in

a simulated fight-or-flight response within a safe, controlled environment. It’s safe because the cold remains on the skin during the threeminute procedure and the body’s core temperature remains constant.

In reaction to what the brain perceives to be a cold injury threat, blood rushes to the core to protect the vital organs. After the procedure, supercharged blood returns to the peripheral tissues. There is also a reprogramming effect for various systems as the body seeks to diagnose and remedy the cause of the perceived threat.

The health benefits are wide-ranging: faster recovery from workouts and injuries; inflammation and pain reduction; arthritis relief; weight loss and cellulite reduction; improvement in immune and nervous system function, hormonal and mood disorders, chronic metabolic conditions and more.

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The Evensons: Celebrating 40 Years of Creating Peace through Music

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n 1979, when Dudley and Dean Evenson first sold their tapes out of the back of their van at craft fairs, they had no idea that 40 years later their sound healing music would be listened to over a billion times on Pandora alone.

The Evensons were among the first to combine the sounds of nature with their peaceful music with the intention of bringing awareness to protecting Mother Earth. People had never heard such relaxing music and said they would have to create their own genre.

The year 2019 marks an exciting chapter in the story of their label, Soundings of the Planet. They are releasing Peace through Music 40th Anniversary Collection, curated from four decades of award-winning tracks popular in the fields of massage, yoga, meditation and relaxation.

Additionally, the Evensons have a vast collection of videos produced since 1970. They are currently in the process of archiving hundreds-of-hours of video interviews with yogis, gurus, Native American wisdom keepers, healers and new thought leaders. Their book, Quieting the Monkey Mind: How to Meditate with Music, brings together the wisdom of their life experiences. Their music can be heard on all streaming services worldwide.

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Kirtan Concerts to Benefit Impoverished Children in Rural India

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hree soul-stirring kirtan concerts featuring San Francisco Bay Area musician, Acharya Mangalananda, will be held on May 17, at Yoga Source, in Plantation; May 18, at the Duncan Center Chapel, in Delray Beach; and May 25, at the Lotus Pond Center for Yoga & Wellness, in Tampa. All proceeds benefit Ma Sharanam Ashram and School, an educational institution in India, dedicated to the spiritual, academic, social and emotional needs of the impoverished children and families that it serves.

Mangalananda, who lived in India for 40 years and is a direct disciple of Sri Anandamayi Ma (1896–1982), to whom the school and ashram are dedicated, has just returned from visiting India. He will share about his experiences with Sri Anandamayi Ma and also about why the school can be a model for educating children in a wholistic, nurturing and natural way.

Children of Ma Anandamayi Foundation, ChildrenOfMa. org, a 501(c)(3) U.S. nonprofit that is sponsoring these events, provides the day-to-day operating funds for Ma Sharanam.

Cost: $20; $25 after May 12 and at the door. For more information and tickets, go to the FLKIRTAN page at ChildrenOfMa. org/flkirtan.html.

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The Body Wisdom Lifestyle Program: A Success Story

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reams can come true, according to clients of Dr. Donna Goldstein and her Body Wisdom Lifestyle Program.

Throughout her life, Mandy had dreamed of becoming a stewardess, traveling the world. At size 20, she felt she would never realize that dream. As a high fashion hairdresser, she was aware her image was out of sync. Each dieting attempt led to gaining more weight than was lost.

A chance meeting with Goldstein led her to the Body Wisdom Lifestyle. The program was very different: real grocery food, no shots, supplements or drugs. For the first time, she didn’t feel she was dieting but rather adopting a healthier lifestyle.

As her weight dropped, she began looking at life with feelings of possibility

and energy. She found joy in care for herself and it showed. Her cravings diminished and she had more energy and did water exercise and dance. She was learning to make better choices in all areas of her life.

In just six weeks, she lost 20 lbs. Now, it’s 60 lbs. and counting. Mandy is a perfect size 10 and has achieved her dream of being a flight attendant.

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Girl Scout Troop 10197 on a Mission to Save the Planet

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his past winter, local Girl Scout Troop 10197 rallied to help the community by digging in and clearing invasive plants from a local park. More recently, the girls teamed up with renowned environmental artist SusieQ Wood for a special cooperative art project to help spread the message of environmental awareness.

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The troop of 13 elementary school girls spent a month collecting litter from all over Broward County, especially along the coastline and parks, to use for the project. They observed that there was plenty of plastic to be picked up and also were enlightened to the fact that it takes around 250 years to decompose. It was an eyeopening experience for everyone involved with the project.

In collaboration with SusieQ, the troop created four pieces of art using the litter collected (and still had plenty left over). Their unique artwork includes two whale paintings, a heart painting and a recycle based painting. All will be on display at Virginia Shuman Young Montessori

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Troop member Alexandra G. suggests that everyone help this global cause at their local level by picking up trash to “help provide a clean world for generations to come.”

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Quieting the Monkey Mind: How to Meditate with Music

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uieting the Monkey Mind: How to Meditate with Music is the potent new book by sound healing pioneers Dudley and Dean Evenson.

This beautiful guidebook comes at the perfect time for people looking to find inner peace amidst the intensity of modern life. It is unique in offering basic meditative principles along with a variety

of sound healing practices presented in a non-esoteric and easy to digest way.

Topics range from how to create personal sanctuary to dynamic breathing techniques, vocal toning, partner meditation, affirmations, mantra, chant and sound yoga. Colorful illustrations, photos and practical tips supplement these teachings refined by the Evensons over the past 40 years as pioneers in the popular fields of sound healing, yoga and meditation.

The book is for both the longtime meditator and for the person, of any age, interested in incorporating mindfulness practices into their daily life. The Evensons believe that world peace starts within and they hope their book can help bring about new levels of inner peace for readers.

Quieting the Monkey Mind is available in both paperback and e-book. For more information, visit Soundings.com.

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Prenatal Yoga Reduces Caesareans and Labor Pain First-time mothers that practiced yoga beginning in the 30th week of pregnancy had fewer caesareans, fewer low-weight newborns and milder and briefer labor pains.

They were also less likely to require painkillers or labor inducement. The Mangalore, India, hospital study, published in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, included 150 women 20 to 35 years old that were pregnant for the first time and had no prior yoga experience. Half of the women did not do yoga, while the other half took 30-minute yoga classes once every week or two. Women in the yoga group were also more comfortable after giving birth.

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Fruits and Veggies Boost Moods Simply changing a diet to include more fruit and vegetables can boost mental well-being, say British researchers from Leeds and York universities. Examining health data of 40,000 people, they concluded those that eat more produce have a better psychological state, and that eating just one extra portion of fruits and vegetables a day could have a positive effect equivalent to around eight extra days of walking a month for at least 10 minutes at a time. A meta-analysis of 16 studies by the UK’s University of Manchester found the mood-boosting effect was particularly strong for women, and it worked with different types of diets, indicating a particular approach is not necessary. When dietary changes were combined with exercise, even greater improvements resulted.

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Selenium and CoQ10 Provide Lasting Benefits

Walking, cycling, climbing stairs and other aerobic activities may improve brain function not only in older people, but also in younger folk, according to a Columbia University study published in Neurology. The study recruited 132 people between 20 and 67 years old that didn’t exercise and had below-average fitness levels. Half stretched and toned four times a week for six months and half exercised aerobically on a treadmill, stationary bike or elliptical machine. When they were evaluated for their executive function thinking skills—regulating behavior, paying attention and achieving goals—the aerobics group improved twice as much as the stretching group. “The people who exercised were testing as if they were about 10 years younger at age 40 and about 20 years younger at age 60,” says study author Yaakov Stern, Ph.D.

Swedish seniors that took coenzyme Q10 and selenium during a fouryear study were still benefiting 12 years later with a reduced cardiovascular mortality risk of more than 40 percent.

In the original study, Linköping University researchers gave 443 independently living seniors over 70 years old either a placebo or 200 milligrams of CoQ10 and 200 micrograms of selenium per day. Those on the supplements showed a reduced risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, improved heart function, less hospitalization, more vitality and a better quality of life. Twelve years later, the researchers examined autopsies and death certificates, and found the supplement-takers had a lower risk of death compared to the placebo group, even if they had diabetes, high blood pressure or ischemic heart disease.

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Mindfulness May Ease Menopausal Symptoms Women in menopause that are mindful and nonjudgmental of their thoughts are less irritable, anxious and depressed, reports a Mayo Clinic study recently published in Climacteric, the journal of the International Menopause Society.

Researchers gave questionnaires to 1,744 menopausal patients 40 to 65 years old and found that those with higher mindfulness scores struggled less with common menopausal symptoms. However. mindfulness didn’t lower hot flash and night sweat symptoms.

Forty-eight percent of American adults have some form of cardiovascular disease, reported the American Heart Association (AHA) in its annual update. The increase is partly due to 2017 updated guidelines redefining high blood pressure as greater than 130/80 millimeters of mercury rather than 140/90, which raised the number of Americans with diagnosed hypertension from 32 percent to 46 percent. American heart disease deaths rose from 836,546 in 2015 to 840,678 in 2016. Studies show that about 80 percent of all cardiovascular disease can be prevented by controlling high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol, along with healthy practices like not smoking, says the AHA.

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Miners Becoming Beekeepers As the Appalachian economy struggles with the loss of three-fifths of its coal mining jobs in the last three decades, a surprising option is emerging for some: beekeeping.

The Appalachian Beekeeping Collective offers beekeeping training, including bees and equipment and ongoing mentoring, for displaced coal miners and low-income residents of mining towns; so far, about 35 people are participating.

Landowners are donating property for the beehives, which will be maintained without pesticides or antibiotics. Honey from a single hive can bring in about $750 a season, or $15,000 per 20, and additional money can be made selling the beeswax for candles and lip balm. The beekeeping collective is part of Appalachian Headwaters, a nonprofit formed in 2016 with a $7.5 million lawsuit settlement from coal mine operator Alpha Natural Resources for violations of the Clean Water Act. The money has been used to fund environmental restoration projects and to develop sustainable economic opportunities in the coal mining communities of West Virginia.

Dim Prospects

Light Bulb Standards Weakened Higher federal standards for energy-efficient light bulbs established two years ago are in the process of being rolled back by the U.S. Department of Energy, part of a move toward widespread deregulation by the current administration. Consumers stand to lose about $100 per household per year in electric bill savings if the higher standards are not implemented, say critics. The wasted energy could result in more power plant pollution, which harms the environment and contributes to health problems like asthma. The plan would also stifle innovation, eliminating a powerful regulatory incentive for manufacturers and retailers to invest in high-quality, energyefficient LED light bulbs.

Hatching a Record

Avian Senior Citizen Astounds Again Being at least 68 years old didn’t deter Wisdom, a Laysan Albatross, from recently hatching another chick. The world’s oldest known banded wild bird, which roosts at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, in Hawaii, has birthed and raised more than 30 chicks in her lifetime. She and her mate-for-life Akeakamai spent about two months incubating the new egg, and now they’ll raise the chick for five to six months before it flies out to sea. It is uncommon for albatross to return, lay and hatch an egg every single year, but the pair has produced a chick each year since 2006, say U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials.

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Beyond Green Burial

Poisoned Pastures

Human Composting at the End of Life

Nuclear Testing Linked to Radioactive Milk

Washington is poised to become the first state to make it legal to compost human remains. A bill allowing for the process, called natural organic reduction, as well as another called water cremation, has passed the state senate and is making its way to the house for a vote. Human composting involves placing a body in a tubular vessel and covering it with natural materials like wood chips and straw. Over several weeks, microbial activity breaks down the body into about a cubic yard of soil. Recompose, a company that wants to offer the practice as an alternative to traditional methods, worked with Washington State University to test its safety for environmental and human health. Six people donated their bodies for the study. The method alleviates much of the carbon footprint associated with both cremation and traditional casket burial.

The hundreds of nuclear bombs detonated on a remote Nevada test site during the Cold War produced radioactive fallout that led indirectly to the deaths of 340,000 to 690,000 Americans, concludes a recent study by economist Keith Meyers, Ph.D., of the University of Southern Denmark. Meyers conducted the research for his doctoral dissertation while attending the University of Arizona. By combining National Cancer Institute data measuring the radioactive element Iodine-131 in local cow milk with county-by-county mortality data, he found heightened death rates in the Midwest and Northeast between 1951 and 1973. The finding suggests that airborne radiation contaminated pastures that, in turn, made milk radioactive and led to the human ingestion of slow-acting, but fatal radioactive isotopes.

In comparison, an estimated 200,000 to 350,000 people in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki died directly from the atomic bombs dropped on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively.

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Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired

by Dr. Yolanda Cintron

If you were given bad news about your body not functioning or a diagnosis you didn’t expect, it is a wake-up call to change. Take action—it is time to stop and review your habits, priorities, purpose, spirituality and thought life.

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see hundreds of dental patients a year and it pains me to see them get desperate when they have to understand that their condition (cancer or neurological) didn’t happen overnight. It took years to get there.

I have a friend who knew of my biological dental practice for many years but recently found out he had endocarditis. His cardiologist was afraid of doing alternative treatment and afraid of the patient doing dental treatment. For 25 years, he had been under this same doctor’s care but the root cause had never been addressed. Once all the infections in his mouth were removed, his heart began to heal, and in one month, it went from 25 percent functioning to 45 percent and continues to heal. We are happy to say that he is doing great today—a true miracle to his cardiologist but we knew all along the truth about the root cause.

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Do not operate from fear. Do what you need to do to get healthy.

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Compared to newspapers, magazines and junk mail, retail sales receipts may seem inconsequential in their use of trees and their footprint on the environment. Yet, getting and handling that tabulation of a sale is a health hazard that contributes to landfills. Certainly, some receipts are required for tax records and product returns, but the vast majority serve no future purpose; there’s also a better and safer option than paper.

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waste from receipts in the U.S. totals 686 million pounds, and that skipping receipts would save 12 billion pounds of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of 1 million cars on the road. The problem is getting worse as many retail outlets include special offers and other promotional information on receipts, making them longer and the corresponding amount of paper used greater.

The Ecology Center, an educational nonprofit located in San Juan Capistrano, California, estimates that 93 percent of paper receipts are coated with Bisphenol-A (BPA) or BisphenolS (BPS), endocrine disrupters that are used as color developers to help make the receipts more legible. However, the presence of either makes them ineligible for recycling.

According to Green America (GreenAmerica.org), BPA that can be “absorbed into our bodies through our hands in mere seconds,” can impact fetal development and “is linked to reproductive impairment, Type 2 diabetes, thyroid conditions and other health concerns.” Employees that regularly handle receipts have 30 percent more BPA or BPS in their bodies.

In January, California Assembly member Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) introduced legislation (AB 161) nicknamed “skip the slip”, which would require retailers to offer digital receipts to customers. If it passes, it will be the first such law in the country.

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On the Brink Monarchs Need Species Protections Being listed as part of the Endangered Species Act would protect monarch butterflies. In the 1980s, about 4.5 million butterflies spent winters along the California coast. This season’s stay is shaping up to consist of only about 30,000. Fully 99 percent of the species listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 are still with us today. To urge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to give monarch butterflies the proven protection of the Endangered Species Act in June, sign the petition at Tinyurl.com/ ProtectTheMonarchs.

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The Mother Our Souls Need Connecting With the Energy That Made Us

by Christiane Northrup

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his Mother’s Day, I want to tell you about a different way to think about your mother and about yourself—a way that is deeply true and liberating, no matter what is going on with your mother.

On a soul level, we’re old friends with our mothers. And they signed up for assisting us on our souls’ journeys big time—by being willing to take on the role of our mother. And no matter how well they did or didn’t do that job, we have a job, too: to realize that though we might not have had the mother we wanted, we all got the mother our souls needed.

What’s more, every single one of us can connect right now with the mother energy that made all of our bodies in the first place—the Earth herself.

It has been said that when you lavish your attention on the Earth—on a flower, or a stream or any aspect of nature—that energy loves you right back.

In the book series The Ringing Cedars, Anastasia refers to the land you live on and love as, “Love dissolved in

space.” You can feel this when you travel to parks and gardens, farms and yards that have been loved by those who live there.

This mothering energy is available to each of us from the Earth and from Mother Nature—no matter what has happened with your biological mother.

So here is my prescription for a glorious Mother’s Day. Call your mother—in spirit, if she is no longer in a body—or if speaking with her directly is too painful. Here’s a special prayer: “With my Spirit, I send Divine Love to my mother’s Spirit.”

That’s it. Just say this prayer. With your whole heart. And let go of the outcome.

Happy Mother’s Day. Christiane Northrup, M.D., is a leading authority in the field of women’s health and wellness. The full text of this excerpt, reprinted with permission, appears at DrNorthrup.com. Christiane Northrup, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Peter Sagal on

RUNNING TOWARD MINDFULNESS

by Randy Kambic

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he 5 million faithful listeners of National Public Radio’s award-winning weekly broadcast Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me! know that 20-year host Peter Sagal infuses wit and wisdom into his views of the news and the world. In his new book, The Incomplete Book of Running, he brings his trademark humor to a memoir that posits running as a mode of survival—and hope, persistence, practice and love as vehicles of redemption.

Sagal’s collection of deeply personal lessons encompasses the emotional spectrum of running, body image and the special bonding between fellow runners.

His exhilarating guide to life suggests we

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keep moving forward in all ways. He also reflects upon the 2013 Boston Marathon, where he finished moments before two bombs exploded, and explores how running helped him cope with a devastating divorce, depression and more.

Sagal is also a playwright, screenwriter and the host of PBS’ Constitution USA with Peter Sagal when he’s not writing about the recreation he took up in mid-life where he found himself “lost, in a dark place” after a personal crisis. He lives near Chicago with his wife, Mara.

After becoming a serious runner at nearly 40, when did you

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realize running had evolved into something more than a simple mission to get healthy?

I was concerned about my weight, but mainly I was also concerned about getting older. I ran my first marathon in 2005 as an emotional reaction to growing older, and that’s when it all began to change for me. It struck me in a deep way as something I wanted to do better.

I’ve rarely experienced the classic “runner’s high”—that endorphin-caused euphoria—although I do believe it exists.

Rather, what’s more common is the sense that everything—body, mind—is working in concert, without discomfort, with strength, with ease. To paraphrase a line from Kurt Vonnegut, it’s when “everything is beautiful, and nothing hurts.”

As an advocate of escaping our “digital dystopia” of electronic screens by running outdoors, what’s the benefit you see in unplugging?

I’m a big fan of evolutionary biology. We evolved in very different circumstances than what we are living in now; to be attentive to the world and not with a screen in front of us. The reason we are up on two legs is so that we can look around and think. We’re supposed to ruminate. We didn’t evolve these extraordinary brains and self-consciousness so we could outsource our thinking. Anybody who has done creative work knows what’s needed to do that is uninterrupted thought.

I’ve met people who say they don’t run, but they walk, ride bikes, hike in the woods. Those people are getting many of the same benefits as running.

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ur sport seems mindless only to people who never run long enough for any thought to form other than, ‘When can I stop running?’ But the only way to succeed as a long-distance runner is to do it mindfully, to be aware of the body and the world it is moving through.

I think about my motion and my breathing, my muscles and their state of agitation or stress or relaxation. I note my surroundings—the downward slope I would never notice driving this street, the hawk’s nest I would never see for lack of looking up, the figure in a window caught in a solitary moment of their own. I think about the true meaning of distance—about the learning that comes from running a mile in your own shoes.

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From The Incomplete Book of Running,

by Peter Sagal.

What can non-runners take away from your book?

Go outside. We weren’t meant to spend so much time in offices. Take the headphones off, move, use your body. Look at little kids in playgrounds—they’re just running around before getting trained into games.

We forget that. We spend so much time in our heads reading, watching screens. I’ve met people who say they don’t run, but they walk, ride bikes, hike in the woods.

Those people are getting many of the same benefits as running.

Of the many anecdotes you cite about bonding with others through running, which one was the most gratifying?

Probably when I ran with William Greer, who I didn’t even know 24 hours before we ran the 2013 Boston Marathon, and by the end of that day we were friends forever because of all we went through together. [Greer is visually impaired and Sagal was his volunteer guide during the race.] We’re still in touch; we sometimes run together. He wouldn’t have finished if I wasn’t helping him and I wouldn’t have finished if he wasn’t helping me.

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he U.S. Surgeon General’s warning on cigarettes hasn’t prevented individuals from smoking, nor has the U.S. Food

and Drug Administration (FDA) list of risks and complications associated with breast implants kept women from undergoing

voluntary breast augmentation. Since 1997, the number of saline- and silicone-filled breast implant surgeries has tripled. According to the National Center for Health Research (NCHR), more than 400,000 women and teenagers undergo breast implant surgeries every year, with 75 percent for augmentation of healthy breasts and 25 percent for reconstruction after mastectomies.

The marked increase in surgeries implanting these Class III “high risk” medical devices includes many women that undergo procedures to replace old implants that have broken or caused other problems. An estimated 40,000 U.S. women a year have the surgery to remove the implants entirely. These “explants” stem from a variety of issues, from rupture or delayed wound healing to broken implants that have caused breast pain, capsule contracture, spontaneous deflation, breast lesion, infection, wrinkling/ scalloping and necrosis.

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growing concern about the reported incidence of breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), a treatable T-cell lymphoma, and breast implant illness (BII) associated with both silicone and saline implants.

The FDA first sounded the alarm about the rare lymphoma in 2011, linking it to implants with textured, Velcro-like outer shells. In February, the federal agency issued a letter to healthcare providers seeking to increase awareness “about an association between all breast implants, regardless of filling or texture,” and BIA-ALCL. On the issue of BII and other problems reported by women with implants, the FDA has remained largely silent, suggesting that “studies would need to be larger and longer than these conducted so far.”

However, the number of women with implants reporting health problems has prompted the FDA to demand that two manufacturers of the devices conduct proper long-term health studies. The agency sent out letters in March warning of deficiencies in FDA-required research and the possibility that their products could be taken off the market.

The move is considered to be a victory for patient activism. Facebook.com/ groups/HealingBreastImplantIllness has

become a sanctuary for more than 68,000 women that report a range of symptoms associated with BII. Nicole Daruda, of Vancouver Island, Canada, says she created the group to support women that visited her website, HealingBreastImplantIllness.com, where she told her personal BII story that began with implant surgery in 2005. “I never anticipated an avalanche of women’s stories about the symptoms that I endured before having my explant surgery in 2015.”

After hearing from other women, Daruda felt affirmed in her suspicions that implants had caused her fatigue, brain fog, memory loss, headaches, joint and muscle pain, hair loss, recurring infections, swollen lymph nodes, rashes, irritable bowel syndrome and problems with thyroid and adrenal glands. “I believe that various doctors pigeonholed my symptoms into the category of autoimmune disorders because few general practitioners are aware of BII.” Diana Hoppe, M.D., a board-certified OB/GYN in Encinitas, California, never heard of BII until earlier this year.

“Doctors rely on published, evidencebased study results, and while there are none linking connective tissue disorders and breast implants, I suspect that the outcomes of studies conducted by breast

implant manufacturers are equally as suspicious as the outcomes of studies done by the manufacturers of cigarettes.”

One longtime BII combatant says, “My body mounted an all-out war, in the form of a foreign body immune response.”

She learned about BII from Tinyurl. com/BreastImplantIllness, but is unable to afford the explant surgery that would remove the apparently toxic invaders.

NCHR reports that at the time of explant surgery, approximately three out of five women have had implants and their unhealthy symptoms for 10 years or more.

After explant surgery, 89 percent of the women report improvement. However, explant surgery is just the first step.

Daruda used chelation and the protocols of Gerson Therapy, a natural treatment that activates the body’s ability to heal itself through an organic, plant-based diet, raw juices, coffee enemas and supplements. “It took me four years to recuperate,” she says.

“It didn’t take that long to know the lesson I wanted to share with other women: Self-love and self-worth are more important than society’s false concepts of beauty. The essence of who we are is not tied to any body part.”

Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings. Connect at ItsAllAboutWe.com.

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ne of the best ways to protect and preserve our precious eyesight is to focus on food. In general, the same plant-based, antioxidant-rich diets that defend against heart disease and cancer also contribute to eye health by reducing the risk of cataracts and macular degeneration—the two most common agerelated causes of vision loss.

However, two specific nutrients— lutein and zeaxanthin—deserve special attention. These compounds uniquely concentrate in the macula, the centrally located part of the retina responsible for visual acuity, and are most vulnerable to oxidative damage from light exposure.

Both are members of the carotenoid family, a large group of powerful antioxidant nutrients found mostly in fruits and vegetables, especially those with dark green, deep yellow, red and orange pigments.

According to the National Eye Institute and the American Optometric Association, lutein and zeaxanthin help absorb damaging ultraviolet light from the sun, as well as blue light from computer screens, digital devices and LEDs. “Think of lutein as a sort of sunblock,” says Elizabeth Johnson, research associate

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professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition and Science Policy at Tufts University, in Boston. Speaking at the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics annual meeting in Washington, D.C., last fall, Johnson described the yellow macular pigments— lutein and zeaxanthin—as “internal sunglasses” that protect the eyes’ photoreceptor cells. “Yellow pigment absorbs blue light,” Johnson explains. The greater our macular pigment density, the more protection we have against light damage, and the better our visual function.

As a bonus, macular pigment density also aligns with improved academic performance and cognitive function across our lifespan, reports Naiman Khan, Ph.D., a registered dietitian and director at the Body Composition and Nutritional Neuroscience Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Because lutein is actively transported into breast milk, Johnson suspects the compound is important to infant eye and brain health.

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per day, falling short of levels needed to enhance visual and brain function and slow the progression of age-related eye diseases.

Her advice: Eat foods that provide between six to 10 milligrams of lutein and two milligrams of zeaxanthin each day.

Dark green leafy vegetables, including kale, spinach and collard greens, provide the highest amounts of lutein and zeaxanthin, especially when cooked. For example, one cup of cooked kale or spinach delivers more than 20 milligrams of lutein and zeaxanthin, whereas one cup of raw spinach contains just under four milligrams.

Johnson explains that cooking breaks down plant cell walls, making the carotenoids more bio-available. Plus, because lutein and zeaxanthin are fat-soluble, lower amounts found in avocados (0.4 milligrams in one medium fruit) are better absorbed. Further, simply adding an avocado or oil-based dressing to raw, dark leafy green salads will increase intestinal absorption.

The same is true for egg yolks (0.2

milligrams per large egg). In a study of 33 older adults, published in The Journal of Nutrition, researchers found that consumption of one egg a day for five weeks significantly increased blood levels of lutein and zeaxanthin without raising cholesterol levels.

According to the National Eye Institute and their Age-Related Eye Disease Studies (AREDS), additional nutrients that benefit eye health include vitamins C and E, and omega-3 fatty acids.

When it comes to eating for eye health, here’s some more insightful advice:

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Eat the “rainbow”. Choose a variety of colorful, organic fruits and vegetables daily; they are rich in eye-protecting carotenoids, flavonoids and vitamin C. Whole grains, nuts and seeds provide vitamin E, and fatty, cold-water fish such as sardines, salmon, tuna and mackerel are excellent sources of omega-3 fatty acids. Vegan sources of omega-3s include

walnuts, ground flax, hemp and chia seeds, or microalgae supplements.

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Become familiar with the best food sources of lutein and zeaxanthin: lpi.OregonState.edu/mic/dietary-factors/ phytochemicals/carotenoids.

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Obtain a physician’s approval before taking eye health supplements, and compare their effectiveness, safety and cost at ConsumerLab.com.

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Stay informed: National Eye Institute, nei.nih.gov; AREDS studies: nei.nih. gov/areds2/patientfaq.

Melinda Hemmelgarn, the “food sleuth”, is an award-winning registered dietitian, writer and nationally syndicated radio host based in Columbia, MO. Contact her by email at FoodSleuth@gmail.com. Tune into Food Sleuth Radio through iTunes, Stitcher and KOPN.org.

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The daily choice to prioritize caring for oneself can ultimately lead to an experience of self-love and wholeness. ~Dr. Kelly Brogan

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Seasons of a Woman’s Life

HER SOUL IN BLOOM Self-Care for All Stages of Life

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o be female is to be blessed with an innate gift for multitasking, but in our fastpaced, jam-packed world, daily life for most women is a juggling act that can come with a steep price tag if self-care isn’t on the to-do list. Depression, anxiety and feeling overwhelmed are all too common. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one in eight women experience depression during their lifetime—twice the rate of men.

Each decade poses unique challenges.

For women in their 20s and early 30s, comparing and finding one’s own path can be significant. “The feminist movement of our mothers’ generation opened doors, but so many 20- and 30-something women have interpreted that as, ‘I have to do everything and be everything,’” says Christine Hassler, life coach and author of Expectation Hangover: Overcoming Disappointment in Work, Love, and Life.

The San Diego-based motivational speaker views self-care to be as vital as education. “Women are not taught in high school and college how to take care of themselves. Prioritizing self-care is so important. I see so many young women with adrenal or thyroid burnout and eating disorders. All of that comes down to stress, relationship to self and lack of self-care.”

The personal interests of women in their 30s and 40s trying to balance motherhood and career often get lost in the tangled underbrush of daily logistics. There can be a deep longing for identity well into the

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50s, especially when children leave the nest.

Fears of aging and loneliness often accompany women 60 and older. By passionately and joyously taking care of body and spirit, women of any generation can find renewal.

Self-Care As Bedrock

Women play vital roles in family and community, much like the foundation of a sound building, and if self-care is not the bedrock, all that is supported by it is likely to be compromised. “I believe we’ve taken the bait, the promise that if we arrange our life circumstances just so, we’ll feel ease and happiness. We’re getting to a place as a collective where we see a bankruptcy in that,” says Miami-based holistic women’s psychiatrist Dr. Kelly Brogan, bestselling author of A Mind of Your Own: The Truth About Depression and How Women Can Heal Their Bodies to Reclaim Their Lives.

Body-mind-spirit self-care is the heart of Brogan’s approach, and self-love

Sometimes my daily me-time was only five minutes here or 10 minutes there, but it saved my sanity. ~Teigan Draig is the lifeblood. “Self-love is quite elusive for most of us, perhaps because our self-esteem is contingent [upon it], and we only feel good about ourselves under certain circumstances. The daily choice to prioritize caring for oneself can ultimately lead to an experience of self-love and wholeness,” says Brogan, who compares a ritualized system of daily self-care that comes first to putting on the proverbial oxygen mask before attempting to meet the needs of others.

“Balancing self-love and caring for others starts with recognizing and accepting that it’s possible for you to effectively

do both. Self-love at the soul level is the catalyst for healing on all levels, which in turn drives our level of self-worth,” concurs Teigan Draig, a spiritual life coach and busy home-schooling mom in Spencerville, Ohio. She reminds us that putting our needs above the wants of others is not being selfish, but is an emotional necessity that helps women get out of the loop of self-defeatism and self-sabotage. “The first step to finding your fire is learning to love yourself, all of yourself. Self-care and self-love are a total wellness package.”

Benefits of Self-Nourishment Many psychologists agree that self-care can help to improve concentration, promote relaxation, fortify relationships and boost productivity. Most women crave more metime, but don’t know how to implement change. “Without a premise of self-care, we react based on stress patterns. We react May 2019

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with more tension, irritabilto control. “I think it’s the Self-care does work of many women to ity, guilt and obligation. We say, ‘Yes’ when we want to not necessarily understand that we’re not say, ‘No’. However, when have to involve here to meet the needs of we take stock in our physieveryone on the planet— time; it’s a way and with our loved ones, it cal, emotional and spiritual disempowers them as much well-being, we’re less reacof being. as we’re feeling disempowtive,” observes Hassler, who ~Christine Hassler ered. We’re here to meet underscores self-care as an our own needs and then investment for life. “Most offer compassion and caring in a way that women have inner critics and a negative comes from a more boundaried space.” relationship with self. Self-care is essential Hassler affirms that when women so we can turn down the volume of the inare fully present, every aspect of life can be ner critic, stop people-pleasing and make viewed through a clearer lens. “Self-care self-honoring choices.” helps us tap into our super power, which is Balancing motherhood and career our intuition, and by doing that, we know or other obligations can leave many what we need and act on that.” women running on empty and resentful.

“We would never tell a loved one who desperately needed some TLC to get over Thrive With Small Changes it and just keep going. As busy women, Beginning the day with self-care can be when we don’t take the time to care for as simple as taking the time to meditate ourselves, the consequence is our chiland breathe deeply for a minute or two dren getting a mom who is preoccupied, before getting out of bed and opting for anxious and disconnected,” says women’s a healthier breakfast. Feeding our senses life coach Veronica Paris, in San Diego. and feasting on what gives us joy can be a Catering to everyone’s desires and spread- way of life. “Self-care does not necessarily ing ourselves too thin can backfire. Paris have to involve time; it’s a way of being,” asks, “How do I want my kids to look says Hassler. “The more time we spend on back on me as a mother? By taking the self-care tells the subconscious mind that time to self-care, we’re taking accountwe’re worth it.” ability for how we want to show up in our Draig suggests setting personal world rather than shape-shifting from boundaries, and part of this means reservone situation to the next. We can teach ing time for ourselves. “When I became our children how to do the same.” a new mother, I was running on fumes.

Sometimes my daily me-time was only Our Emotions As Wellspring five minutes here or 10 minutes there, but For too many women, another common it saved my sanity. Learn to schedule selfbyproduct of self-neglect can be emotional care time in your calendar as you would numbing and feeling “flatlined”. A toxic or anything else,” she says, noting, “My house addictive relationship to food, alcohol or was not always spotless, but it was a trade I shopping can be a symptom of a deep need was willing to make so I could take care of to nourish the self and give a voice to supmyself and be a better mother.” pressed feelings. “One of our greatest chalBeing innovative can be an ally. lenges is that we’ve become disconnected “Ten minutes walking the dog or taking from our deep seat of power, which is our the baby out in a stroller can become 10 capacity to feel,” says Brogan. “We’ve been minutes spent saying positive self-affirenculturated to disregard our experience mations,” suggests Paris. “That 15-minute of feeling emotions, and because of this, it’s drive can be spent deep breathing instead been reduced to a very narrow bandwidth.” of listening to the news on the radio.”

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SIMPLE SELF-CARE STRATEGIES 4 Schedule me-time on the calendar.

4 Unplug from gadgets.

4 Spend lunch breaks in the park.

4 Rest before hitting the wall of exhaustion.

4 Take 10 minutes to stretch and breathe in the morning.

4 Meditate in the shower; choose a luxurious, natural, body wash.

4 Wear your favorite jewelry.

4 Designate a beautiful tea cup or coffee mug to use on hectic work days.

4 Buy yourself flowers; take yourself out to lunch or a museum.

4 Sprinkle lavender, rose geranium or ylang ylang essential oil on your sheets.

4 Opt for a gentle workout instead of a high-intensity session when tired.

4 Choose a healthy breakfast.

4 Play, be silly and be a kid again.

4 Designate 15 to 20 minutes after the workday to color, doodle or journal.

4 Listen to your favorite music during commuting or cleaning the house.

4 Abandon perfectionism.

4 Connect to a higher power, however you define it, even if it is inner peace. about radical self-acceptance,” says Hassler.

Each decade poses an invitation to grow and commit to self-nourishment.

“There will be days where you feel like you can’t get the hang of it, but you’ll arrive, and when you do, no matter what age you are, it can be magical,” Draig says.

Marlaina Donato is a composer and author of several books in women’s spirituality and holistic health. Connect at AutumnEmbersMusic.com.

The Hidden Truth

Behind Our Compulsive Eating Habits

by Doris Jucht

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he path to overcoming compulsive eating habits is not too different than the path to overcoming any other compulsive behavior. Basically, it comes down to digging deep enough to discover what the burden we’re carrying represents in our life so that we may work, first and foremost, in offloading it from our soul, and subsequently from our body.

As any other compulsion or obsession, overeating leads to an ill mental state that deviates us from our true concerns and our true purpose, forcing us to pay attention to more superficial aspects of our lives—like body image.

Our first step to recovery should consist of asking ourselves

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WHEN EMOTIONS ARE PHYSICAL

Bodywork for Trauma and Grief

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assage is often associated with spa-like pampering, yet it is also an effective therapy for reducing physical and emotional pain. Bodywork can lower blood pressure and reduce stress hormones, which in turn helps to balance blood sugar and boost immunity. A surge of the feel-good neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine is also a natural perk of rubdowns.

On the emotional level, massage therapy can offer profound benefits for anyone experiencing acute grief or the effects of a traumatic past. A Swedish study published in the Journal of Clinical Nursing shows that bereaved individuals that received 25-minute hand and/or foot massages once a week for eight weeks felt greater comfort and were more capable of coping with stress.

The Body’s Pain Language

When the “fight-or-flight” stress response is activated in the presence of danger

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or emotional distress, the body has one objective: get us to safety. Yet, many times, the amygdala—the part of the brain that plays a key role in this process—becomes hyper alert and falsely perceives danger when there is none. Trauma becomes hardwired into the nervous system. Pain syndromes and tension are common symptoms.

No matter what the pattern for handling trauma, it takes a lot of work for the body to repress emotions, and it will create tension in the form of “armoring” to defend against unwanted feelings. “Trauma is a physiological experience. Body tension that results from unresolved trauma will not respond to only releasing muscle tension,” explains Lissa Wheeler, author of Engaging Resilience: Heal the Physical Impact of Emotional Trauma: A Guide for Bodywork Practitioners.

Wheeler’s Medford, Massachusetts, practice focuses on releasing emotional patterns locked in tissue memory. “When the nervous system is frozen in a state of

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what the food in question represents for us. Is it a lover? A companion? A hallucinogen? An antidepressant?

Most of us have one or multiple subliminal aims we wish certain foods to fulfill so that they become our go-to when that specific need is not being fulfilled or is simply missing from our life. That ‘standin’ purpose is what needs to be discovered.

What are we truly looking forward to getting when we turn to an unhealthy food or to unhealthy food volumes?

Figuring this out is no easy task, yet it’s attainable when we face the issue with full honesty. In turn, that state of frankness with ourselves leads us to our second stage in our liberating process, which consists of taking care of the real issue or issues so that we can finally take food out of the spotlight.

Getting rid of a compulsive behavior, such as overeating, is not an easy job, yet, with proper guidance and support, a person can set himself or herself in the right mindset and on the path of self-discovery to uncover the hidden truth behind their addictive habit. With focused work, this journey of self-discovery can also [in time] lead to major and permanent changes, not only in terms of achieving a healthy weight, but also in terms of living a fulfilled and joyful life that brings out the best in us, for the reward of facing our concerns with unflinching honesty can be bountiful indeed!

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threat long after the actual threat is gone, all of the body’s activities of healthy regulation are challenged. This affects not only skeletal muscles, but also smooth muscle such as what’s found in the gastrointestinal tract. Sleep problems and teeth grinding can also result.”

Cellular Memory and CranioSacral Therapy

Swedish massage, Thai massage and shiatsu are all ideal treatments for chronic pain, grief and emotional imprints locked within the body’s cellular consciousness. CranioSacral Therapy (CST) offers a gentler alternative. “CranioSacral Therapy can unravel cellular stories and assist in freeing repressed or preverbal emotions from childhood,” says Seattle-based CST therapist Barbara Coon. “Experiences are held in the body. Stress and muscular tension activate the vagus nerve, and CST focuses on calming [it].”

The vagus nerve facilitates communication between the brain and the heart, lungs and gut. Coon attests to the modality’s body-centered support for reducing anxiety, depression, panic attacks, memory loss, sleep disturbances and grief.

“Some people respond well to deep tissue work, while others do better with the gentleness of CranioSacral Therapy,” says Wheeler. “Like a perfect dance partner, a skilled bodywork practitioner follows the nervous system and helps the client access sources of trauma.”

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Healing Frequencies

Clinical aromatherapy and therapeutic sound can also play a vital role in emotional healing, especially when combined with bodywork. Kelli Passeri, a massage therapist and owner of Sound and Stone Massage, in Pittsburg, Kansas, utilizes a subwoofer speaker beneath her massage table so clients can feel the vibrations of the music. “I play music recorded in specific frequencies that align with the body and the chakras or energy centers to help rebalance the energy body,” says Passeri, who also uses rose quartz crystals in her hot stone sessions. She relies on aromatherapy blends that promote opening on both physical and emotional levels.

Passeri has observed common pain patterns in her clients that often don’t have a physical cause. “The sacrum tends to hold on to lifelong traumatic emotions from childhood, and the shoulders tend to reflect more current emotional blockages and issues,” she says, adding, “I encourage my clients to open up or cry because it’s a healthy thing to do. There’s no need for embarrassment and is totally okay.”

Healing on any level might take time, but allowing the body’s stories to be witnessed without judgement is key. “The good news is that when trauma is worked through, the whole body is much more resilient and has a greater capacity to live life fully,” Wheeler says.

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Better Living Through Chemistry

PLANTS TALK

Discover Their Secret Language

by April Thompson

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hile flowers are “Plants don’t have We underestimate known to lean specialized sense organs, what plants can but like animals, plants are toward light, a do because their very capable of sensing their growing body of research is demonstrating plants communication is environment. They perceive also respond to sounds and cues, weigh different alternainvisible to us. scents—and then herald the tives and allocate resources ~Heidi Appel news to their neighbors. Far in very sophisticated ways,” from being passive life forms, says Richard Karban, profesmembers of the plant kingdom are adept sor of entomology at the University of at interacting with their environments and California at Davis and the author of Plant with each other.

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Early evidence of plant communication was discovered by accident, according to Jack Schultz, senior executive director of research development at the University of Toledo, in Ohio. “In the 1970s, researchers began to notice plants under attack respond by increasing defensive chemistry—things that make a plant distasteful or toxic to predators,” he says. Researchers noticed that control plants also seemed to respond to their neighbors being attacked.

Since then, Schultz, Karban and other investigators have discovered that plants emit complex profiles of odors in the form of volatile compounds that can be picked up by other plants, as well as insects.

Studying sagebrush in the Sierra Nevada mountains, Karban found that plants under duress emit chemical cues that trigger nearby plants to increase their defenses.

These odors vary with the type of threat and time, working to attract pollinators during the day and fending off enemies at night, Schultz says. A plant being eaten by an insect may release a chemical that attracts predatory insects looking for herbivore prey. “There is a clear adaptive advantage in attracting the ‘enemy of your enemy’, who can act as a bodyguard for the plant being attacked.”

Smells are just part of a plant’s multisensory life, says Heidi Appel, a professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Toledo and

one of Schultz’s collaborators. Appel’s rePlants have no special balance sheet. Simard discovered these networks had hubs—typically older “mother trees”—that can search with collaborator Rex Cocroft, at the sense organs, so their connect to hundreds of saplings and send them exUniversity of Missouri, demonstrates they’re sophisticated sense of cess carbon that can quadruple their survival rates. listening for threats, too.

Her lab exposed plants from the Simard also found that trees engage in hearing is very surprising. mustard family to the sound of a caterpil“defense signaling” similar to plants, increasing ~Heidi Appel lar feeding, with control plants in silence or their natural defenses in response to damage “listening” to a recording of the wind or other inflicted on their neighbors, but only if the myinsects, and found that those vibrations didn’t effect the same corrhizal networks of fungi that aid in sending such messages are defensive-priming response as that of the plant-munching caterintact. Simard’s research seeks to understand how environmental pillar. “Plants have no special sense organs, so their sophisticated threats like climate change and logging may further disrupt these sense of hearing is very surprising,” says Appel. communication networks.

Recognizing all of the communication that exists between Nature’s Networks plants, we might wonder if human words of encouragement can Karban’s lab isolated plants to determine that their chemical help them grow. Perhaps, but not for the reasons one might hope, signals were transmitted by air rather than soil or root systems. says Appel. “Whenever we feel a sense of connection to another Yet researcher Suzanne Simard, a professor of forest ecology at the life form, we are more likely to take better care of it,” says the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, is digging into the researcher. “We underestimate what plants can do because their underground connections, finding that trees are interacting with communication is invisible to us. Yet we also have to be careful one another below the ground in complex ways. about overestimating their abilities. We need an understanding to

be driven by science, and not wishful thinking.”

Trees have a symbiotic relationship with fungi that’s built on a mutually beneficial exchange of nutrients, says Simard. This underApril Thompson is a freelance writer in Washington, D.C. Contact ground network links root systems of trees together, enabling them her at AprilWrites.com. to exchange carbon, water and other nutrients in a kind of natural

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good eating habits, too: A British study of 46 9- and 10-year-olds found that they ate 26 percent more vegetables and fruit after growing a school garden, and a University of Florida study of 1,351 college students showed them more likely to eat veggies if they had gardened as children.

For the most gratifying results, give kids a sense of ownership. “Let them make the decisions and be in charge of the care of the garden as much as developmentally possible,” advises Sarah Pounders, senior education specialist at KidsGardening.org, in Burlington, Vermont.

Getting Started

Gardening for Kids The Fun of Growing Their Own

by Ronica A. O’Hara

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t’s May, and the temperature is rising, as is the sap and green shoots. It’s the perfect time to involve kids in growing their own garden that will get them outdoors, teach them planning and

perseverance, and develop their motor, literacy and scientific skills.

A South Korean study found that gardening provides both high- and moderate-intensity exercise for kids. It builds

Order some seed catalogues, look online—or better yet, take a child to the local garden nursery. Let them decide what to grow. Their choices are as diverse as their interests.

Veggies, flowers and plants that draw butterflies each have their own appeal.

Some, like sunflowers, radishes and lettuce, are fast-growing, offering quick gratification.

Or, they can choose a theme.

“If your child likes Italian food, plant tomatoes and basil. If they enjoy Mexican food, then peppers and cilantro. For flowers—zinnias and cosmos—let them make flower arrangements from early summer into the fall,” suggests Susan Brandt, of Bristow, Virginia, co-founder of the gardening site BloomingSecrets.com.

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to healthy living. Point out and discuss the differences between organic and nonorganic seeds and between chemical fertilizers containing Roundup—labeled “Keep Out of Reach of Children”—and organic fertilizers containing fish, seaweed and other natural nutrients.

Choose the Spot

A three-foot-by-three-foot plot is an ideal size for a child’s garden, as long as it gets lots of sunshine. If living in an urban area, go with pots of soil in a sunny window.

Get the Right Tools

For young kids with short attention spans, small plastic spades, rakes and hoes might work. But older kids need hardier tools. Get them properly fitted garden gloves, plus sunhats and sunscreen.

Plant the Seeds

Help them read and interpret the seed package directions, if necessary, and use a ruler to measure proper spacing. “I always try to have a mix of plants that start from seed and from transplants, so that kids can have both immediate and delayed gratification,” says Pounders.

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Get Scientific

“They can look at the soil to see all the living creatures in it, which is especially fun through a microscope,” says Dixie Sandborn, an extension specialist at Michigan State University. “They can learn about vermiculture by making a worm bin and feeding the worms their table scraps.” With a ruler, they can measure the growth of various plants and create a chart comparing rates. By taking photos or drawing pictures on a daily or weekly basis, they can compile an album, along with their commentary on weather patterns.

Have Fun

“Let them add personal touches like stepping stones, signs and other decorations that let them express their personality in their garden space,” says Pounders. Help them build a scarecrow, bird feeder, toad house, bird bath, sundial or a tent. Make a teepee or small enclosure and cover it with flowers, vines or climbing beans.

Harvest the Crop

After picking ripe vegetables, kids can find recipes and prepare snacks or a dish; arrange plucked flowers in vases and take photos; do craft activities with seeds, plants and flowers, like making potpourri or framing dried flowers; or throw a garden-themed party with favors that include herbs or seed packets. “You could have a ‘pa-jam-a’ party.

Kids could wear their pajamas, pick berries, and make jam to take home,” suggests Sandborn.

Ronica A. O’Hara is a Denver-based freelance health writer.

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Who, What, When, Where, Why, How

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ho is this?

This is Carmen Wells. I’m 7 years old.

What am I talking about?

I am talking about garbage, and I want people to stop putting it in the nature.

When will this stop?

I want it to stop now and all the time.

Where is this?

This is in the ocean.

Why should we stop?

We should stop because the garbage is causing animals to die, such as fish, turtles, and birds.

Carmen Wells pictured on the right with her two friends.

How?

With my Girl Scout troop 10197 we went to the beach and picked up garbage. There was so much garbage that I could not pick it all up. This made me feel bad. I hope that people in the future stop putting garbage in the environment.

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ith the explosion of cannabidiol (CBD) products on the human medical scene, many pet owners are looking into this hemp plant derivative as a natural means of medicating their four-legged family members. A study conducted by the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, in Ithaca, New York, found that CBD can be effective in treating some of the same ailments in pets as it does in humans.

“I’ve used CBD on dogs and cats suffering from arthritis, anxiety and seizures,” says Angie Krause, DVM, a veterinarian with Boulder Holistic Vet, in Colorado. “I’ve even used CBD to treat cats with chronic respiratory infections.”

Unlike CBD from marijuana, which in most cases is a Schedule I narcotic that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration considers highly subject to abuse, CBD from industrial hemp contains less than 0.3 percent of the psychoactive component THC. It is legal under federal law and can be sold nationwide, subject to state regulations.

However, choosing the right CBD product is complicated by the number of confusing options.

“There are so many products on the shelves with different concentrations and formulations,” says Krause, who considers the extraction method used during production to be one of the most important factors. She favors CO2 (carbon dioxide) extraction over solvent extraction methods: “CO2 leaves no residue behind that could harm the bodies of small animals such as dogs and cats.”

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Within three days, it was like I had a new dog. She no longer destroys things, she is calm, she is more engaged with her environment. ~Cindy Hesse Stephen Cital, a veterinary technician in San Jose, California, co-founded the Facebook group Veterinary Cannabis Academy. He agrees that the purity of the extraction method is significant. He also notes that price is not necessarily an indicator of quality.

“A 30-cc bottle of CBD could cost $70 at a concentration of 700 milligrams [7 mg per cc]. However, it’s possible to find the same volume at the same price at a concentration of 1,000 milligrams [10 mg per cc].”

Some products don’t contain CBD at all, only hemp extract, Cital explains. “For people who don’t understand the labeling, this can be very misleading.”

CBD is one of 104 cannabinoids found in both industrial hemp and marijuana plants.

Full-spectrum hemp extracts contain the entire profile of cannabinoids, including trace amounts of THC. Broad-spectrum hemp extracts contain everything but the THC. Cital says

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it’s always best to start with full- or broadspectrum products for the “entourage effect”, in which the cannabinoids work in concert. Isolates of additional cannabinoids can be added as needed, he says.

When choosing a product to purchase for a pet, he recommends going with companies that are able to present the consumer with a certificate of analysis by a third party. “The certificate will show the complete profile of the CBD product, including cannabinoid, terpene, residual solvent, pesticide, bacteria, mycotoxin, fungicidal and elemental profiles,” he says.

Cital notes that the elemental profile is especially important. “Hemp is very good at absorbing what is in its environment, including heavy metals such as lead.”

Krause favors CBD products with minimal ingredients that “should be as simple as possible,” she says. “No xylitol, no artificial colors or sweeteners.”

Cindy Hesse, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, also believes that CBD for pets should be as pure as possible. Her Cocker Spaniel, Reina, is both blind and deaf. Because of her handicaps, Reina experienced extreme anxiety to the point of destroying her metal crate, furniture and door frames.

Reina’s vet put her on the antidepressant and antianxiety drugs Prozac and trazadone, but these only helped for a short period.

After attending a CBD conference in Florida, her veterinarian decided to see if the compound might help the dog—his first patient to use CBD. The results, Hesse says, were amazing. “Within three days, it was like I had a new dog. She no longer destroys things, she is calm, she is more engaged with her environment. I recommend CBD oil to everyone I know who has a pet with health issues.”

When deciding whether to give CBD to a pet, Krause and Cital recommend working with a veterinarian to ensure the proper dosage. “People can certainly work with CBD on their own with their pets,” says Krause, “but it’s important to get the dosing and concentration right to make it worthwhile.”

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Why is It So Difficult to Change?

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Q:

Dear Karen Kaye, Please tell me your thoughts as to why it is so difficult to change.

Sincerely, Luis

A:

Dear Luis, It is common knowledge that change will and does happen whether one likes it or not. So why do humans waste so much time resisting?

Most change is temporary because it comes after some negative event or trauma. Once the urgency is over, so is the motivation or need to change. It appears that people are more willing to take risks when they are in pain because they are already uncomfortable. When the pain subsides, though, the “comfort zone” or “status quo” sets in. Therefore, all that has been learned is forgotten. The opportunity to learn from the event or trauma is lost until the next catastrophe. So, the pattern continues.

To make things worse, the “ego mind” kicks in, telling the person that anything they have been doing over and over (even if it hasn’t worked)

must be the right way, and only way.

The ego mind always wants to be right.

In private practice, I teach individuals that trauma or breakdown is the universe reminding us that we have gone the wrong way. It is important to realize that “breakdowns”, when learned from, are the foundation for “breakthroughs” of positive change or correction. I believe that we are here on Earth to change and learn lessons in order to evolve as conscious beings.

Sincerely, Karen L. Kaye, LMHC

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Saturday, May 4

Hug a Tree Day

SusieQ Global TRASHformation Art Class—Transforming that which is unloved (little pieces of litter) into a colorful artistic statement. 12:30– 2:30pm. Studio 18 in the Pines, 1101 Poinciana Drive # 11, Pembroke Pines 33025, 954-961-6067.

SUNDAY, May 19

Monday, May 13 Free Healing Session with Cristovao Brilho — 7pm. Marriott North Fort Lauderdale, 6650 N Andrews Ave, 33309. Call 786-295-8665. Must arrive by 7pm.

Thursday, May 16

Saturday, May 18:

Duncan Center Chapel Delray, 7pm Acharya Mangalananda ~ vocals & harmonium, Rajesh Bhandari ~ tabla, Jaime Triana ~ guitar Tickets & Info:

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Note: All calendar events must be received via email by the 10th of the month and adhere to our guidelines. Email SQWood@gmail.com for guidelines and to submit entries. No phone calls or faxes, please. To order online or for more information visit: naBroward.com/calendar.

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.

A Course In Miracles — 9:30am– 11am. Last Sunday monthly. $5. Guided meditation & study led by Janet Weissman “Seek not to change the world, but choose to change your mind about the world.” Aloha, 5584 W Sample Rd, Margate 754.205.4949.

30 Minute Meditation — 10:15am –10:45am, $5. Tools for Happiness: 11am– 12:30pm, donation. Buddhist techniques for understanding one’s mind for a more peaceful life. Details on website. Thubten Kunga Ling Buddhist Center, 201 SE 15th Ter, Suite 206, Deerfield Beach, 954.421.6224.

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Two Kirtan Concerts!

Supporting Ma Sharanam Ashram & School, India Come and Sing, Dance & Enjoy the Bliss!

Brilliant Musicians! Excellent Venues!

Friday, May 31

Wear Purple for Peace Day

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If you have any male health issues — Come in for a free consultation/ treatment (herbs not included) at ATOM’s Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine program’s clinic.

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Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine (ATOM), 100 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 100, Ft. Lauderdale. Appointments: 954-763-9840 ext. 201.

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Catholic Mass (non-Roman Catholic) — 10:30am, (+ Sat 5pm) The Parish of Sts. Francis & Clare, staffed by Franciscan friars. 2300 NW 9th Ave (Powerline Rd), Wilton Manors, 33311, 954.731.8173.

Coral Springs Metaphysical Group — 1–3pm (1st Sun ea. mo.) Free.

Deep trance channeling. Ask questions.

Get answers. Talk to psychics. At the home of Charles and Sondra Zecher, 954.340.7087.

Life Enrichment — 11am with Rev. Dr. Charles Geddes. Empowering, Universal Spiritual Principles, honoring the wisdom and divinity within you. Bridges Spiritual Centers, Wilton Plaza, 1881 NE 26th St, Suite 244, Wilton Manors, 33305, Call 954.530.6006.

IANDS South Florida- International Association for Near Death Studies 1st Sunday Monthly — 4:30-6:30pm Meeting - Pavilion’s Gym (behind Main Hospital) Discussions include; Spiritually Transformative Experiences. All interested in the studies, are welcomed.

University Hospital, 7201 N. University Dr, Tamarac. Questions 305.798.8974.

Eck Light and Sound Service — 11am– noon, free / guest speaker. Sing HU the ancient name for God. Group Discussions, Fellowship & Refreshments.

Address: Rodeway Inn and Suites, 2400 W State Rd 84 (Marina Mile Blvd), Ft Lauderdale, 33312. Pier Mercer 954.309.1682 The Truth in Heart Group — the first Sunday of every month, 11:30am– 12:30pm. Free. Meditation to bring love back to your heart, lecture following.

Location: Ben Fiorendino Park, 10211 Taft St., Pembroke Pines. Information: 954.303.8533.

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Interfaith Sacred Celebrations of Spirit — Weekly on Sunday evenings 6:30–7:30pm at Darshan Center for Spiritual Evolution at a Healing Space,1410 NE 26th Street, Wilton Manors, 33305.

Rev. Dr. Grace Telesco 917.579.3750.

Free Meditation Gathering — 7–9pm, first Sunday each month. Guided meditation, kirtan, spiritual reading, Sivananda tradition. Yoga Warehouse, 508 SW Flagler Ave, downtown Ft Lauderdale, 954.525.7726.

monday Free Tai Chi Classes — Monday 5-6pm and Wednesday 1-2pm. Relax your mind and body at ATOM’s Wellness Center!

Tai Chi is a low-impact, slow-motion exercise that can treat & prevent many health problems. Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine (ATOM), 100 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 100, Ft. Lauderdale.

954-763-9840 ext. 219.

Chiropractic — Every 1st Monday, 6pm. Free, Attendees will receive a discount off their first visit. New Life Upper Cervical Chiropractic, 820 S. State Road 7, Plantation, 33317. Phone: 954.389.8297.

Fort Lauderdale Abraham-Hicks Meetup — 7–9pm. $20. Application & living the teachings of Abraham - Hicks.

Fort Lauderdale Center For Spiritual Living, 4849 N Dixie Highway Oakland Park, 33334, Bryan, 800.369.4107.

Men and Women’s Support Group: Conscious Awareness — 8–10pm. $25 per session. Designed for men and women to learn from each other regarding relationships, self-worth and the rewrite of negative patterns. Contact: Karen Kaye, LMHC, 954.384.1217 (landline)

Revitalizing Tuesdays — Holistic Psychic Fair 3–7pm. Free entry, $1 minute sessions. A Day of self-care for body mind and spirit & Evening of Bliss in a Candlelight Sound Healing Meditation 7:30–8:45pm, $17. Yoga Source, 6601 NW 14th St, #11, Plantation, 33313, 786.419.1389

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.

Talk Tuesday Food for Health Lecture Series — 6-8pm. Free. Second Tuesday each month. Hosted by Food for Health Foundation. Learn how plant-based foods can promote health. Yello Creative Arts and Events Center 2495 E Commercial Blvd, Ft Lauderdale, 33308 954-491-1591

Third Thursday Around the World Vegan Cooking Series — Third Thursday each month - 6-8pm. Free vegan cooking class. Hosted by Food for Health Foundation. Yello! Creative Arts and Events Center 2495 E Commercial Blvd, Ft Lauderdale, 33308 954.491.1591.

Carole’s Sacred Circles! — 7:30– 8:30pm. $10. Find Inner Stillness with empowering guided meditation, receive Reiki & other energy work, & a channeled Message. Jade Wellness, 2717 E Oakland Park Blvd #201 Reserve 954.655.5490.

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

tuesday Raja Yoga Meditation — 10:15–11:30am (& 6:30–7:30pm) Free. Enjoy the peace & love within. Hollywood Library, 2600 Hollywood Blvd, 33020. Roz, 954.962.7447.

wednesday

Natural Dental Consultations — 2–4pm.

Free. Wondering how your oral health is connected to your body? Dr. Lipovetskiy specializes in Natural and Biological Dentistry. Advanced Dental Wellness Center, 104 SE 1st St, Ft Lauderdale, 33301, 954.525.5662.

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Have You Had a Spiritual Experience? — 3rd Tue., 6–7pm. Free. Sense you’ve lived before? Out-of-body or near-death experience? Spiritual Discussion for people of any faith. West Regional Library, Room 210, 8601 W. Broward Blvd., Plantation, 33324. Pier 954.309.1682

Reiki Circle — 7:30-8:45pm Tuesday (& Friday) $10. Love @ Bridges Spiritual Centers, Wilton Plaza, 1881 NE 26th St. Suite 244, Wilton Manors, 33305.

Rev. Scott Friedman 954.854.7937.

Chakra Yoga — 10:45am–noon. $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. Namaste Yoga, 421 S. Federal Hwy, Pompano Beach, 954.785.6333.

Healing Touch / Reiki Circle Meditation — 7:30–9pm, 2nd & 4th Wednesday/each month $10. Healing Essence Studio 3081 E. Commercial Blvd. Ste. #103 (inside breezeway), Ft Lauderdale, 954.868.3505.

Free Tai Chi Classes — Monday 5-6pm and Wednesday 1-2pm. Relax your mind and body at ATOM’s Wellness Center!

Tai Chi is a low-impact, slow-motion exercise that can treat & prevent many health problems. Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine (ATOM), 100 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 100, Ft. Lauderdale.

954-763-9840 ext. 219.

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

Awakened Living Group — 7–8pm Free.

Practical spirituality for your journey of spiritual transformation/self discovery.

Center For Spiritual Living Ft. Lauderdale, 4849 N Dixie Hwy Oakland Park FL 33334, David, 305.746.0881.

Carole’s Sacred Circles on 1st & 3rd Thursdays — 7:30pm. $15. Guided Meditation, Transformational Energy, Personal Channeled Message… for Higher Consciousness Living! Lisa’s Healing Center, 3170 N Federal Hwy, Ste 211K, Lighthouse Point. Reserve 954-655-5490.

Pagan Study Group — 7:30–9:30pm. $Love. Weekly Classes & Open Public Rituals for the 8 major Sabbats. All Paths Welcome. Now Under New Leadership. Moonpath CUUPS, UUCFL: 3970 NW 21st Ave, Oakland Park, FL 33309 954.263.9098.

friday Reiki Circle — Friday noon-1:15pm & 7:30–8:45pm + Tuesday @ 7:30– 8:45pm, $10. Love @ Bridges Spiritual Centers, Wilton Plaza, 1881 NE 26th St. Suite 244, Wilton Manors, 33305. Rev. Scott Friedman 954.854.7937.

Fat Village / MASS Art Walk — 5–11pm, (2nd Fri./mo). Valet/paid Parking lot & free trolley service. 954.785.7475.

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Crystal Bowl Meditation — 6–7:15pm. $15. Learn how to meditate with Singing Bowls. Relax and experience a deep and profound inner peace with these sacred instruments’ vibrations. Namaste Yoga, 421 S Federal Hwy, Pompano Beach, 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, 2709 E Commercial Blvd, Ft Lauderdale, 954.336.4305.

saturday Volunteer ~ Fort Lauderdale Beach Sweep / Kids Ecology Corp and others — 7–11am (2nd Saturday of month), Help save lives and keep beaches litter-free. 300 S Ft Lauderdale Beach Blvd, (Las Olas & the Beach). Earn community hours.

Reiki Healing Circle — 9–10am, Free.

Usui Reiki Circle. All are welcome. Love & Light Spiritual Emporium, 1419 E Commercial Blvd. Ste B, Oakland Park, FL, 33334, 954.261.3878.

Paddle With A Purpose, Waterway and Shoreline Cleanup — Help remove trash and make new friends (third Saturday each month). Kayaks and canoes available on a first come, first serve basis; bringing your own is encouraged.

Location varies. Info, Robert Figueroa, 917.652.1050.

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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.

Integrative Painting Workshops — 10am–4pm, 3rd Thursday and Saturday each month. Groups or one-on-one. A deeply fulfilling inner journey facilitated through meditation, painting and the interpretation of colors and symbols.

Call for web address or more info: 954.775.5062.

Shakti Dance — 11am*. First class free.

Be the guest of Dr. Donna Goldstein and the Body Wisdom Lifestyle Program.

The Banyon House, 19 South US 1, Dania, 33004. *Call or text for details and other start times, 954.292.8477.

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.

Raja Yoga Meditation — Note: on vacation June thru September (resuming again in October). 12noon, at Dania Beach Library, 1 Park Avenue East, Dania Beach, 33004. Enjoy the peace within. Call Roz for info 954.962.7447.

Aromatherapy Blending, Create, Make, & Take! — monthly, first Saturday, 1–3pm. Take home your own blend.

Come as a group or individual. Healing Essence Studio, 3081 E. Commercial Blvd. Ste. 103 (inside Breezeway), Ft. Lauderdale, 33308. RSVP requested, Julia 954.868.3505.

Yin Yoga — 2–3:15pm, $15. (+Wed, 6pm) Restorative Postures with Deep Breathing are held passively to expand motion in joints, supporting our immune system and emotional well being. Concludes with meditation. Namaste Yoga, 421 S. Federal Hwy, Pompano Beach, 954.785.6333.

Broward Art Guild, Monthly Art Reception — 6:30–9pm, 1st Sat./month.

Free, meet and support local artists during the Juried Art Exhibit. Participate in the Peoples’ Choice Awards. Enjoy munchies from Bokampers. Broward Art Guild Gallery, 3280 N.E. 32nd St., Ft Lauderdale FL 33308, 954.537.3370.

Rock Kirtan: Sacred Devotional Singing — monthly (call) 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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Wanted, FL licensed massage therapist – Pembroke Pines, deep and trigger point experience. Call Ella 954.931.2423.

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PRODUCTS/SERVICES ZendoUsa – Tai Chi, Meditation, QiGong. Fulfill Your Human Potential. AmericanBuddhistSangha.org, 954-338-5480.

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Belly Dance Class — 12:15pm*. First class free. Be the guest of Dr. Donna Goldstein and the Body Wisdom Lifestyle Program. The Banyon House, 19 South US 1, Dania, 33004. *Call or text for details and other start times, 954.292.8477.

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“Global Garden of D’ Caps” Environmental Artwork original was created using discarded plastic bottle caps collected from various South Florida beaches.

Available on canvas, plexiglas, aluminum or fabric 954.630.1610

community resource guide CHIROPRACTIC physician Dr. Bernard Burton, d.c.

7800 W. Oakland Pk # 110, Bldg D Sunrise FL 33351 954-742-0332 BetterBacks.com

counseling/therapy

Physical Health Complex

Sandra Herrington, OMD, RN, LMT, CT 2544 No. Federal Hwy, Ft. Lauderdale 954-566-0444 PhysicalHealthComplex.com Cleansing for health/energy.

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

Established 1964. Clean, private, caring environment. mm966, ma6884.

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.

KAREN KAYE, Holistic Psychotherapist, LMHC

1500 Weston Rd Weston FL 33326 954-384-1217 KarenKayeTherapist.com.

Therapists.PsychologyToday.com/rms/ name/Karen_L_Kaye_MS,LMHC_Weston_ Florida_35986 I am Natural Awakenings’ “Ask the Therapist.” Please refer to the column and archives for the many topics I specialize in. I counsel individuals, couples and families.

You can also view my website.

CranioSacral Therapy

New Life Upper Cervical Chiropractic

820 S. State Rd. 7, Plantation FL 33317 954-389-8297 TopDocFL.com Upper Cervical Chiropractic, light force extremity adjusting, whole-food nutrition, Applied Kinesiology, The Emotion Code, Energy medicine, Mysofascial release

SUN COLONIC Center 2870 E. Oakland Park Blvd Fort Lauderdale FL 33306 954-526-3659 SunColonicCenter.com

A Functional Wellness Clinic offering Colon Hydrotherapy, Acupuncture and Massage.

Services provided are supportive to the body’s ability to achieve wellness through natural methods.

MM37884. See ad page 9.

Colon therapy COUNSELING

A Colon Care Center

Michele Miglino, LMT/CCT 837 SE 9th Street Deerfield Beach FL 33441 954-421-0703 954-695-6595, cell AColonCareCenter.com

Recovery4Women

2500 Hollywood Blvd,. Suite 210 Hollywood FL 33020 954-920-5020 Recovery4Women.com

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.

MM18325, MA0007506.

Heart-centered counseling and coaching for women with life, love, work issues in our office and by phone throughout Florida. Help healing from trauma, inner child and recovery; groups, workshops, tele-classes, Annual Bootcamp; Relationship Weekend; Creative Woman Workshops.

Perfecting Touch

Kathy Bates Physical Health Complex 2544 N. Federal Highway Ft. Lauderdale FL 33305 954-647-9010 PerfectingTouch1@ymail.com Cranial sacral therapy - CST- a light touch approach releasing tension and restrictions, reducing pain and dysfunction. Therapeutic massage also available.

Feel good within yourself. MA70919.

Total Balance 4 U

TJ Mallet 2800 E. Commercial Blvd, Suite 211 Ft. Lauderdale FL 33308 954-234-3299 Release “stuck” areas in your body that cause chronic pain: migraines, neck, low back, PTSD, anxiety, and more. It feels good to feel good! MA24266, MM30072. See ad page 31.

Day Retreats THERMAE Stillness RETREAT

604 S. Federal Highway Ft. Lauderdale FL 33301 954-604-7930 ThermaeRetreat.com

Thermae Retreat

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer and forgiveness. ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr. 44

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An organic serene daily retreat to prevent or heal. Infrared saunas, massage, skincare, body scrubs and masques, holistic healing, energy therapy. Yoga, meditation, hydrotherapy. See ad page 11.

dental health Advanced Dental Wellness Center

Boris Lipovetskiy, DMD 104 SE 1st St. Fort Lauderdale FL 33301 954-525-5662 ADWCenter.com

Dr. Lipovetskiy specializes in natural, biological, and cosmetic dentistry offering latest in technology in our relaxing environment. We provide mercury safe dentistry, metal-free braces, and biocompatible metal-free zirconia implants. He specializes in TMJ and sleep apnea. See ad page 25.

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

Mon – Thurs, 7:30am – 5pm.

FREDDA ROSENBAUM, D.D.S. 2925 Aventura Blvd. #201 Aventura FL 33180 305-933-3350 AventuraSedation.com

Dentistry with a Woman’s Touch.

General, Cosmetic, Holistic & Sedation. See ad, page 14.

The International Center For Dental Excellence Yolanda Cintron, DMD 2021 East Commercial Blvd., Suite 208 Fort Lauderdale FL 33308 954-938-4599 GoNaturalDentistry.com

face yoga Face Yoga by Susan Forma

Susan Forma 561-929-1627 YogaForFace.com

Face Yoga uses facial exercises to naturally tighten, tone, lift and smooth the muscles of the face, without the use of surgeries, chemicals or fillers. See ad page 31.

A ll phases of dentistry for optimum health, holistic, biocompatible dentistry.

• Sedation dentistry • Removing of toxic metals • Replacing them with bio-compatible materials • Laser dentistry for painless surgeries & extractions • Zirconia/ ceramic implants • Natural bone augmentation / Plasma Rich Growth Factor • Oral DNA Testing • Add gums to receding gums. See ad pages 17 & 29.

Dr. Yani Holistic and Healing Dentistry

FERTILITY COACH SoulWork Fertility, LLC

Melody Miller 2464 Madison St, Hollywood FL 33020 305-778-7715 We provide coaching for issues dealing with Fertility, Miscarriages, IVF, Low Sperm Count, PCOS, Adoption, Relationships, Fertility Nutrition, Meditation and tools to deal with Stress.

Yani Dixon, DMD 212 SE 12th St (Davie Blvd) Fort Lauderdale FL 33316 954-525-6010 info@Yanidmd.com Yanidmd.com

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

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. See ad page 12.

DIVORCE mediation

Fine art SusieQ Wood

954-630-1610 SQWood@gmail.com SusieQWood.com Artist, Advocate and Speaker.

Available for collaborative art projects. Unique Trashformation jewelry available using found objects. See ad pages 4 and 37.

DIVORCE BY DESIGN MEDIATION GROUP

915 Middle River Drive, Suite 204 Fort Lauderdale FL 33304 1-800-234-7112 DivorceByDesign.com

Confidential and compassionate Florida Supreme Court certified family law mediators with legal and mental health backgrounds. Available for divorce, parenting disputes, child support, paternity, alimony and equitable distribution.

HEALTH Living Well Health Center

2500 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 210 Hollywood FL 33020 954-920-5020 LivingWellHealthCenter.com

Helping you set and achieve your health goals - Naturally!

Chiropractic, physical therapies, non-needle acupuncture, deeptissues laser therapy, counseling and coaching for life, relationships, recovery and trauma.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense. ~Frank Lloyd Wright May 2019

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Holistic Podiatrist Start With Your Feet

INTEGRATIVE HYPNOSIS FORT LAUDERDALE HYPNOSIS AND COACHING

Dr. Richard J. Rimler, DPM The Wellness Center at Post Haste 4401 Sheridan St. Hollywood FL 33021 954-526-5800 StartWithYourFeet.com One of the only holistic podiatrists in the country who merges traditional and holistic podiatric medicine, along with a patientspecific biomechanical foundation.

Catherine Edelson MA, CH 2550 N. Federal Highway Fort Lauderdale 33305 954-745-0735 InFocus@CatherinEdelson.com FB business: Fort Lauderdale Hypnosis Hypnotists believe everything is hypnosis. We offer powerful, ecological and practical solutions to each client. Benefits are obvious as you allow it to happen!

Offering long distance “customized orthotics” on website online store. #StartWithYourFeet.

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Dr. Iqbal Nazir, M.S, D.Pharm, D.H.S. Licensed Lab Medicine Practitioner 954-226-3652 HomeopathTreatment.com

4646 N. University Drive Lauderhill FL 33351 954-769-1226 ShellsKavaBar@gmail.com What’s Kava? Lauderhill’s Relaxation Destination has the finest 100% natural South Pacific Root just for you! Come on down to Shells and have a few! See ad page 15.

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the most diseases and symptoms.

No side effects.

Call Dr. Iqbal Nazir, Homeopathic Specialist, for an appointment.

Hyperbaric therapy SUN HYPERBARICS

Life Coach Doris

2866 E. Oakland Park Blvd Fort Lauderdale FL 33306 954-832-1280 SunHyperbarics.com

305-332-5832, Hollywood, FL 33021 LifeCoachDoris@gmail.com Achieve unprecedented breakthroughs and a healthy balance in life. Honest and enlightening coaching will make you aware of self-created barriers and increase your everyday effectiveness. English/Spanish

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and more, offered by qualified and caring medical staff in a new facility, operating two Perry Baromedical Sigma 36 Chambers.

See ad page 9.

massage therapy Body Shop Massage, LLC

Chris ElKhal, LMT 120 E. Oakland Park Blvd, Suite 104 Wilton Manors FL 33334 954-552-8840 BodyShop.amtaMembers.com Over 10 years of professionalism and satisfaction specializing in Swedish and Deep Tissue with a hint of Shiatsu, stretching and energy work. Reward yourself!

Schedule today. MM38072

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Laura 305-793-9052, Broward HealingTouchMassage.me

Your Home or Office.

Neuromuscular bodywork, trigger point. I bring healing therapies tailored to your needs, including nutritional support. Blue Cross/PI provider. Lic # MA12603

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Sheila Schlegel, MS, RDN, LDN 561-289-5682 WellnessLivingRd.com

Experience health and healing through integrative and functional nutrition approaches.

Memberships include comprehensive wellness programs centered around both mental and physical health.

Organic Co-op joy of organics Food BUYING CLUB 954-465-6502 info@JoyOfOrganics.com JoyOfOrganics.com

Offering a wide variety of farm fresh, certified organic fruits and veggies at far below retail, Grass fed, pastured products and so much more.

PRONUNCIATION COACH Perfect Your American Accent

Professor Alice Wujciak / woo-jack / 954-963-7661 PerfectYourAmericanAccent.com Upgrade your accent and speak English confidently.

“Quick fixes to language issues.”

Psychotherapy A Healing Space

Kris Drumm, LCSW, ACHT 954-549-0263 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.

real estate Amy McGrotty, The Realestateologist

2227 Wilton Dr, Fort Lauderdale FL 33305 954-347-1732 Amy@CastelliHomes.com Amy.CastelliHomes.com Buy • Sell • Invest!

As a full time Realtor, Amy and her team specialize in helping her clients experience a drama-free and turnkey journey.

Healing Essence Studio 3081 E. Commercial Blvd, # 103 Ft. Lauderdale FL 33308 954-868-3505 HealingEssenceStudio.com

Nurturing Therapeutic Spiritual Center. Offering Personalized Massage, Aromatherapy Classes, Workshops, Monthly Reiki Circles, Spiritual Fairs. Shop in our Boutique for metaphysical gifts. See ad page 15.

By Appointment Only

SPIRITUAL CONSULTANT Carole Aileo Ha’la Ramsay 954-655-5490 info@GoddessTOUCH.net GoddessTOUCH.net

I’m Multi-Dimensional, accessing Light Information for Higher Consciousness Living.

Private readings, classes, circles, workshops; pets too! Empowering Clear the Path™; Past Lives Revealed™ sessions.

Debora Ramos salon Hair Holistic Eco-Friendly StudIo Ibana Villasenor 141 NW 20th St, Suite B7 Boca Raton FL 33431 561-372-5354 HairHolistic@gmail.com HairHolistic.com

Hair services & products with a truly holistic approach. Digital hair - scalp analysis, detox & jet rejuvenation. Variety of ecofriendly, vegan hair colors like henna. Formaldehyde free keratin & botox.

spiritual centers Bridges SPIRITUAL CENTERS

1881 NE 26th St #244 Ft. Lauderdale FL 33305 954-530-6006 BridgesSpiritualCenters.org

Empower your week – Sundays at 11am.

Workshops, classes, Reiki Training. Accredited study through Emerson Theological Institute for Practitioners & Ministers. A spiritual community of enrichment.

305-401-0607 DeboraRamos07@gmail.com DeboraRamos.com Angel Coach Readings and Therapy. Clear past lives, blocks to prosperity and relationships.

Reiki (continuing education).

Crystal therapist. Certified classes.

Archangels Soy Candles. English/ Spanish.

weight loss Body Wisdom Lifestyle Program Dr. Donna L. Goldstein 954-292-8477 (text or call) BodyWisdomByDrDonna.com

Easy, safe and empowering weight loss approach.

Extremely high success rate (8 – 15 lbs.) first month. A holistic approach, real food and gentle exercise. No pills, shots or supplements! Complimentary 30 minute confidential, non-judgmental consult.

Wellness Center Deep Roots Family Wellness

9532 Griffin Road, Cooper City, FL 33328 954-434-1800 DeepRootsHolistic.com Natural treatments for enhancing fertility, supporting pregnancy and postpartum, natural children’s remedies, lasting relief from pain, fatigue, insomnia, anxiety, and m i g r a i n e s . Yo u r p e r s o n a l consultation is free

Yoga Namasté Yoga Salon 407 South Federal Highway Pompano Beach FL 33062 954-785-6333 NamasteYogaSalon.com

We offer yoga for beginners to advanced. Warm, hatha, vinyasa & yin yoga plus crystal bowl and guided meditation. Chakra yoga.

Essentials oils for shavasana. See ad page 21.

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