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newsbriefs Atlanta Veg Fest: Celebrating Veganism in the South
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he second annual Atlanta Veg Fest will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., November 9, at Le Fais Do-Do, a charming venue tucked inside the heart of the West Midtown design district. The event is a fun celebration of healthy, compassionate living that includes food samples, cooking demonstrations, kids’ activities and dozens of exhibitors. Presentations by internationally recognized speakers include Dr. Joe Esposito, host of the Health Talk Atlanta radio show and author of Eating Right…For the Health of It! Nutritionists, authors, vegan lifestyle coaches and vegan culinary instructors will all share their expertise at the event. The first 300 people will receive a bag of sample products and coupons. Location: 1611 Ellsworth Industrial Blvd., Ste. D, Atlanta. For more information, visit AtlantaVegFest.com or Facebook.com/atlantavegfest. See ad, page 23.
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he Heal Center will host a workshop on November 9 and 10, facilitated by Dominique Mallee Meeroff, a leading Metamorphic Technique teacher and practitioner. Participants will learn about touch, unconditional love and the transformational power of each individual’s life force. Topics include relationships, the effect of the formative time in the womb, work and life purpose, transitions and taking action. Meeroff has received advanced teacher training from Gaston Saint-Pierre, the founder and author of The Metamorphic Technique. She teaches workshops around the U.S., UK, India, Hong Kong and Australia. Meeroff is also the creator of Sacred Life Alchemy, a cutting-edge system of heart-based energy work. Location: The Heal Center, 180 Allen Rd., Ste. 101 N., Atlanta. For more information, call 404-303-0007 or visit HealCenterAtlanta.com. See ad, page 9.
Book Claims that God’s True Identity is Holy Mother Mary
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CNC Celebrates Fall with Nature-Inspired Family Events
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newsbriefs Nile Wellness Seeks Online Grant to Fight Diabetes and Obesity
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Holiday Pottery Sale at Callanwolde
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Tellabration! Atlanta Storytelling Confab
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Annual Art Festival at Chastain Park
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Muse for Life Hosts New Moon Celebrations and Tea Tastings
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communityspotlight Keeping the Flame of Tibetan Buddhism Alive by Martin Miron
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he Drepung Loseling Monastery, in India, which has long been associated with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, has firmly planted roots in Atlanta. Drepung Loseling Monastery Atlanta is the North American seat of this monastery, with its main missions to share the unique Tibetan arts and culture, as well as to help to preserve and provide training in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition of wisdom and compassion. The monastery also provides a sanctuary to nurture inner peace and kindness, community understanding and global healing. This task is especially important in light of the current fragile political status of Tibetan culture. Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, the spiritual director of the Drepung Loseling Monastery, is also a senior lecturer and director of the Emory-Tibet Partnership at Emory university. In 1998, the Dalai Lama inaugurated an affiliation between the two schools which makes many activities available to a wider audience. When the Dalai Lama visited here in October, he spoke at Emory. Thus, Drepung Loseling provides a unique link between the resources and faculty of a major American university and a principal scholastic Tibetan monastery-inexile in India. The Buddhist Studies and Practice program is designed to provide instruction and practical training at beginning, intermediate and advanced levels. It offers a number of free, weekly opportunities to learn about meditation and Buddhism, as well as more formal courses. Most of their highly qualified teachers were educated at the Drepung Loseling Monastery in India. Geshe Ngawang Phende, a teacher at the monastery for five years, has spent his life in the service of Buddhism. Born in Tibet in 1968, he entered the monk’s training at age 12 and spent 30 years in India before moving to Atlanta. He administers lessons to seekers on the wisdom of the ancients. Geshe-la emphasizes that these are sectarian, not religious classes, saying, “Our main purpose is to live a very
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peaceful and happy life. The main thing is for the individual to have a peaceful and calm mind. If in their mind there is something going wrong, like anger or hatred or jealousy or selfishness; any negative emotion, it can disturb the individual’s personal life and family life and society. My service is to help people learn how to be calm and peaceful and remain positive.” The monk explains that this process is not an easy one. “To get rid of this negative mind is not easy; it is very, very difficult, and you need a background of philosophy and common sense to increase the poverty of mind using meditation,” he says. Geshe-la first teaches pupils how to discipline their mind and then about compassion—what it is and what its causes are. “Sometimes you have to deal with very difficult people, and at that moment, drop anger out of love, out of compassion,” he explains. “It’s not only in America, it’s all over the world. Human nature is fundamentally very positive; everyone wants to be peaceful and happy. Even when there seem to be many obstacles to happiness, they are not external, they are internal.” He notes that the danger is that when people feel hopeless, they become weak and it is harder to fight. Everyone has equal potential, but they need to cultivate their inner strength, which cannot be obtained by external means. Geshe-la describes the more widely known form of relaxing meditation as a solution for short-term distress, saying, “Strong negative emotions require meditation to shift and focus on deep breathing to calm down.” For more long-term benefits, there is another form: analytical meditation. “When your mind is calm, you have a better way to think,” he states. “When your mind is negative, your actions are negative. Instead of getting stuck with the problem from feeling anger, how can I look forward? Analytical meditation says, ‘I am here to get rid of the problem.’ From positive thought comes the wisdom to get rid of the problems. Education is crucial.” One ongoing project of the monastery is to establish a “Little Tibet” in Atlanta with a center and a separate residence for the monks. Their goal is to raise $2.87 million, and individuals and businesses in the community are invited to donate at a variety of sponsorship levels. For a complete list of services, classes, lectures and events, call 404-982-0051 or visit Drepung.org. Martin Miron is the editor for Natural Awakenings magazine of Atlanta.
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juice and cayenne pepper in the VitaMix and blend. Serve with celery, carrot, jicama and cucumber sticks.
Apple Fig Custard Ingredients: 2 cups black mission figs 1 cup medjool dates 2 cups apples 1 cup walnuts Directions: Soak the walnuts, pitted dates and figs in separate glass jars in filtered water overnight and drain the next day. The almonds will have increased in size and be plump and crisp. The figs and dates will be moist and chewy. Chop the walnuts in the food processor until chunky and set aside. Seed the apples, leave on the skin. Chop the apples in the food processor and combine with the almonds. Next, blend the figs and dates in the food processor into a creamy paste and fold into the nuts and apples. Serve as a pudding or dehydrate this recipe to create a warm and crunchy treat.
Savory Nut Paté Ingredients: 1 cup walnuts 1 cup almonds 1 cup sunflower seeds 1 cup chopped green onions 1 cup parsley 1 cup hemp seed 3 cloves garlic 2 tsp Himalayan salt ½ cup fresh oregano ½ cup fresh thyme ½ cup fresh basil Water (just a little to help form the mixture into dough) Directions: Soak the walnuts, almonds and sun-
flower seeds in filtered water overnight. Drain. Combine all ingredients in the food processor until blended. Serve with zucchini squash rounds. This recipe can also be dehydrated for a warm and crunchy treat.
Sweet Sensation Salsa Ingredients: 2 cups fresh tomatoes 2 cups fresh strawberries 1 cup fresh cilantro 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice ½ cup chopped green onions 1 Tbsp fresh garlic ½ tsp cumin powder 2 tsp Himalayan salt Directions: Set aside a few strawberries and cilantro leaves to decorate your salsa. Chop the tomatoes, strawberries, onions, cilantro and garlic and combine with the lemon juice, cumin powder and sea salt. Toss and serve.
Hemp ‘n Chia Crackers Ingredients: 2 cups chia seeds 2 cups hemp seeds 1 cup sun-dried tomatoes 1 cup fresh tomatoes 1 Tbsp fresh garlic 1 cup fresh cilantro 2 tsp Himalayan salt Directions: Soak sun-dried tomatoes in filtered water overnight and drain. Cover flax seeds in just enough water to come to the top and let soak 30 minutes. They will become jelly-like. Mince garlic and cilantro including stems. Put all ingredients in the food processor and blend into a batter. Put 1 tablespoon of mixture on dehydrator sheet and pat into a flat cracker. Dehydrate overnight at 95 degrees. The longer you dehydrate, the crisper they will be. Brenda Cobb is author of The Living Foods Lifestyle and founder of The Living Foods Institute, an educational center and therapy spa in Atlanta, offering healthy lifestyle courses on nutrition, cleansing, healing, anti-aging, detoxification, relaxation and cleansing therapies. For more information, call 404-524-4488 or 1-800-844-9876 and visit LivingFoodsInstitute.com See ad, inside front cover.
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Transform Your Life with Mentors, Books, Workshops and Online Courses by Bess J.M. Hochstein
Our capacity for self-examination distinguishes us from other animals. We feel compelled to ask: “Who am I? What am I here for? How can I attain my full potential?” The quest for answers has engaged humans for millennia.
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opular books that have helped people on this journey span centuries, from Wallace Wattles’ The Science of Getting Rich (1910), Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich (1937), Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People (1937), Abraham Maslow’s Motivation and Personality (1954) and Dr. Thomas Anthony Harris’ I’m OK, You’re OK (1967) to Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret (2006). The personal growth genre is a cornerstone of the publishing industry. Companies like Hay House, founded by motivational author Louise Hay, have flourished. Hay teaches, “No matter where we live or how difficult
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our situation seems to be, we have the ability to overcome and transcend our circumstances.” The success of her 1984 book, You Can Heal Your Life, a New York Times bestseller well into the 21st century, led to her publishing empire, which includes authors such as Dr. Wayne Dyer, Caroline Myss and Joan Borysenko, Ph.D. One of its recent top sellers is Pam Grout’s E-Squared: Nine Do-It-Yourself Energy Experiments that Prove Your Thoughts Create Your Reality. Hay House has expanded its messages of hope and healing through online courses, films, conferences, special events and other opportunities to meet leading thinkers and peers.
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Such expansion is essential as more of those pursuing the examined life seek personal interaction in community and find that inward exploration frequently translates into outward action to improve the world. Perched on the cliffs of Big Sur, in California, the Esalen Institute, established in 1962, helped birth the modern human potential movement. It exists to help individuals grow through education, experience and research, with the conviction that positive personal and social transformation go hand-in-hand. Today, Esalen offers about 600 workshops a year, serving around 12,000 participants. Popular programs range from dance and yoga to couples workshops and psychology courses. Cheryl Fraenzl, director of programs, explains the appeal: “For most of us, life can be challenging and messy. Gaining the insight, skills and tools to move through the challenging times with more ease and grace while creating more love for yourself and those around you seems like a good investment of time and energy. Being consciously kind and relationally wise ripples out and changes the world. The effort has to start with the individual, like paying it forward; imagine if we all were doing it?” The largest holistic retreat center in North America, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, attracts 35,000 participants to 800 programs annually. According to Denise Barack, the nonprofit’s director of program development, current workshops in high demand include qigong, Buddhist meditation, mindfulness and yoga nidra. She also notes a growing interest in diverse dimensions of yoga, dance and “authentic movement” for
~ Plato healing, addiction recovery, releasing trauma and energy medicine. Psychotherapist and yoga teacher Stephen Cope, founder and director of the Kripalu Institute for Extraordinary Living, the Center’s yoga research department, notes that many guests first come to Kripalu “… as a result of some form of suffering. Then they engage in a period of self-exploration—perhaps learning some form of contemplative practice to help them manage themselves more effectively. Almost always there is a turn outward, back toward the world, and a longing to bring the healing power of contemplative practice into their own domain.” Once someone has experienced the benefits of contemplative practices such as yoga, meditation, breathing and other healthy lifestyle routines, notes Cope, a powerful aspiration typically arises to share these practices and perspectives. “These practices all lead to a sense of union, relatedness and sameness with others,” he says, “and this burgeoning consciousness of sameness compels us to share what we’ve learned.” In Rhinebeck, New York, the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies offers similar self-empowering and reflective opportunities. Dr. Stephan Rechtschaffen and Elizabeth Lesser founded Omega in 1977 as a “university of life.” Through working with prominent Zen masters, rabbis, Christian monks, psychologists, scientists and others, Lesser has found, “By combining a variety of religious, psychological and healing traditions,
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each of us has the unique ability to satisfy our spiritual hunger.” Based since 1981 in a former camp on a lake with more than 100 buildings on 200-plus acres, Omega hosts more than 23,000 guests in up to 500 programs between mid-April and October, plus special programs in Costa Rica and New York City. Director of Rhinebeck Programs Carol Donahoe notes the rising interest in workshops on dietary cleansing, detox and juicing, such as “Reboot with Joe Cross: A Jump Start to Health and Weight Loss,” led by the filmmaker of Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead. Personal transformation and mindfulness programs led by teachers like Jon Kabat-Zinn, Saki Santorelli, Florence Meleo-Meyer, Byron Katie and Pema Chödrön are perennial favorites. “As humans, we continue to be fascinated by the big questions in life,” observes Donahoe, “like, ‘Where do we go when we die? Who are we if we are not our thoughts?’ People seem particularly drawn to hearing about it from those that have always lived their lives in a left-brain, logical way, and then come to believe the unexplainable through an extraordinary life experience, and now view the world through a completely different lens.” As examples, she cites neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander, who recounts his near-death experience in his bestselling book, Proof of Heaven, and neuroanatomist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, author of the bestselling memoir My Stroke of Insight. Taylor’s 2008 TED talk was ranked the nonprofit’s second most-watched for the past two years. Both of these cutting-edge thinkers have given presentations at Omega, which, like at Esalen and Kripalu, helps bring ideas and practices that
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Self-Awareness
Growing self-awareness enables an individual to live a life by design, instead of one marred by feelings of mediocrity, discontent or being a victim of circumstance. When elevated awareness becomes one’s modus operandi, it brings infinite spiritual riches to life.
Happiness
Successful growth requires taking personal responsibility for each choice we make in shaping and responding to circumstances and other people. Most of us are happier when we feel that we have some control over creating our own reality. Feeling empowered supports self-worth and increases our confidence to make even more of the changes we desire to comfort and nurture us and keep us safe.
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once seemed on the fringe—from yoga and meditation to complementary medicine and sustainability—into mainstream consciousness. Particularly innovative initiatives include helping military veterans heal from post-traumatic stress disorder; the women’s leadership center; the center for sustainable living; and pioneering programs on mindfulness in the workplace, education system and at-risk urban youth communities. “We recognize that because we live in an interconnected world; the behavior of one can contribute to creating changes that benefit the whole,” says Donahoe. “Doing both the inner and outer work can awaken the best in the human spirit, and so provide hope and healing to individuals and society.” For those unable to travel great distances for a holistic immersion experience in community with like-minded seekers, Wanderlust Festivals may offer an answer. Four-day regional summits, primarily held at ski resorts during the off-season, feature teachers like Shiva Rea, Elena Brower and Gurmukh; stimulating discussions; yoga; music and adventure, amidst stunning vistas. Wanderlust co-founders Sean Hoess and Jeff Krasno strive to create an expansive space for personal growth and mindful living. One common element at every gathering—now including urban and exotic locales—is Seane Corn and Suzanne Sterling’s Off the Mat program, mobilizing yoga students toward activating social change. The Shift Network is dedicated to creating an online community that shares the tools of self-actualization, empowering a global movement of people creating an evolutionary shift of consciousness that leads to a more enlightened society, built on principles of sustainability, peace, health and prosperity. This new model for the human potential movement has roots in the grandfather of retreat centers; The Shift Network’s founder, Stephen Dinan, both worked at Esalen and contributed to Esalen’s Center for Theory & Research. Dinan explains that at a meditation retreat, he received a detailed vision of “a large global transformation network that would be helping to usher in a shift to the new era.” The Shift Network
now offers free teleseminars and online summits on subjects ranging from meditation and parenting with presence to enlightened business practices and cultivating peace. “We started with The Sacred Awakening Series—40 days with 40 spiritual leaders—and 30,000 people signed up in 21 days,” says Dinan. The Inspiring Women Summit attracted 25,000 participants. Since 2010, more than 400,000 people from 160 countries have participated in free teleseminars; 18,000 have paid for online courses such as Barbara Marx Hubbard’s Agents of Conscious Evolution, Andrew Harvey’s Christ Path and Thomas Hüebl’s Authentic Awakening. The Shift Network has already reached profitability and donated more than $50,000 to nonprofits. Dinan’s vision includes providing education program certifications; building a multimedia platform of e-zines, mobile phone apps and web TV broadcasts; and eventually building facilities and intentional communities to model the possibilities of a more healthy, peaceful, sustainable way of life. From reading a book on meditation to attending a yoga intensive or tapping into a multifaceted community striving to change the world, we have myriad opportunities to lead an examined life. While the seeker may have a personal goal in mind, each mode of self-inquiry can expand outward toward making the world a better place. Hay encourages us all. “You’ve been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” Bess Hochstein is a freelance writer enjoying bicoastal bliss in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and Sonoma County, California. Connect at BessHochstein.com.
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pirituality is meant to bring about harmony and peace. But the diversity of our philosophies, beliefs, concepts and views about spiritual matters often leads to confusion or even conflict. The fact is that the very act of seeking spiritual freedom causes notions of success and failure, and these notions serve only to bind us to our own self-judgments: Am I growing? Have I done anything wrong? Am I meditating enough? Truth is only complicated because we pass it through our habitual thought patterns. When we step back from ourselves, truth becomes simple. There are not many paths to freedom; there is only one. In the end, no matter what particular patterns of thought we have managed to build in our minds, freedom always means transcending these personal thought patterns. So how does one go about transcending the personal self and awakening to spiritual freedom? What is needed for this journey are succinct steps that are so universal that they can echo through the halls of any religion as well as support intellectual understanding. The following is a universal road map to Self-Realization.
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Realize that you are in there. You must first come to realize that you are in there. From deep inside, you are experiencing this world. You are experiencing your physical body, your
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Understand that you are not okay in there. Look to see what’s going on inside. If you want to understand why you’ve done everything you have ever done, if you want to see what’s really going on, just observe your mind and emotions—just experience your inner state. If you objectively look, you will see that you are never completely at peace. You will see that you are not okay in there.
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Notice that you’re always trying to be okay. At any point when you look at the state of your inner being, you will see that something is bothering you. You will then notice that this causes urges, drives and impulses to do something about it. You will find yourself constantly trying to either get something or avoid something. All of this is done in an attempt to be okay.
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Watch as your mind strives to figure out how everything needs to be for you to be okay. If you watch, you will see that your mind is always telling you what you should and should not do, what others should and should not do and how things should and should not be. All of this is the mind’s attempt to first create a conceptual model of what would make you
Realize that the process of defining how the outside needs to be is not going to make you okay. You must seriously look at this process of trying to be okay. You’ve been at it your entire life—you’ve just tried different things at different times. While it’s true that sometimes you manage to make it better for short periods of time, you know that you’ve never even come close to reaching a state of permanent peace. Watch very closely how you react to the things your mind has preferences about. You will see that if your mind gets what it wants, you feel joy; if it doesn’t get what it wants, you feel disturbance. Likewise, when your mind experiences what it doesn’t want, you feel disturbance, and when it avoids what it doesn’t want, you feel relief. You will never be okay playing this game because the world will never match the conceptual model your mind has made up. Eventually, you will come to see that struggling to be okay does not work. At some point, you will try to find a different way to be okay in there.
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Learn to not participate in the mind’s struggle to be okay. This step is about learning to sit in as the witness, the part of you that notices the inner urges to be okay. You must become comfortable with sitting in there and not participating in the inner energies. You learn to relax in the midst of them. You come to see that there is a habitual process in which the moment you feel inner disturbance, you are drawn into doing something about it. You must learn to sit inside and not participate in this process. If you truly understand that going outside to try to be okay inside doesn’t work, then you’ll be willing to sit inside and simply allow the disturbance to pass through. It is not difficult. If you can do this, all disturbance will cease by itself.
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Go about your life just like everyone else, except that nothing you do is for the purpose of trying to be okay. If you aren’t so preoccupied with trying to be okay, you will be free to sit inside and quietly love, serve and
honor whatever naturally unfolds in front of you. When you reach this point, you are no longer living for yourself. You are interacting with life, but not for the purpose of being okay.
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As you sincerely let go of the inner energies you are watching, you begin to feel a deeper energy come in from behind. Up to this point, everything you were watching inside was in front of you. But now that you are no longer being drawn into those personal energies, you’ll realize that your inner universe is actually very expansive. You will begin to feel Spirit flow in from behind. It lifts you and brings you great love and joy.
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Your inner experience becomes so beautiful that you fall in love with the energy flow, and you develop a very deep and personal relationship with it. It will become completely clear to you that there is a direct trade-off between your personal energies and the amount of Spirit that you feel. The more you get drawn into your personal energies, the less Spirit you feel; the less you participate in your personal energies, the more Spirit you feel. You now have a direct relationship with the spiritual energy, and you will find yourself constantly longing to experience it.
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You begin to feel the energy pulling you up into it, and your entire path becomes letting go of yourself in order to merge. Will is no longer needed. Now your path is strictly about releasing yourself into the pull of the higher energy. You must surrender deeply enough to be able to overcome the fear of losing your connection to the
personal self. You must to be willing to die to be reborn.
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Once you get far enough back into the energy, you realize that your personal life can go on without you, leaving you free to become immersed in Spirit. This is the greatest miracle: You’ve surrendered and your entire life is about Spirit, yet people, places and things continue to interact with you. The difference is that these interactions require none of your energy. They happen naturally, by themselves, leaving you at peace and absorbed in Spirit.
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Now you are truly okay and nothing inside or outside of you can cause disturbance—you have come to be at peace with it all. Because you are now completely okay, you don’t need anything. Things just are what they are. At this point, you know yourself as Self. The world, mind and heart cannot disturb you. You’ve transcended them all. What is more, instead of feeling drawn into Spirit, you now actually experience yourself as Spirit. You have no boundaries in time or space. You have always existed and you will always exist. You have no form, shape, gender or body. You simply are, have always been and will always be— Infinite Spirit.
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lzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia and a general term for memory loss and other intellectual disabilities serious enough to interfere with daily life, affects 5.6 million Americans. According to The Lancet Neurology, a well-respected medical journal on brain research, Alzheimer’s, which presently has no cure, is preventable. “Lifestyle choices, like aerobic exercise and eating plenty of healthy fats and reducing carbohydrates, affect overall brain health, as well as the risk of Alzheimer’s,” says Dr. David Perlmutter, a board-certified neurologist and author of the new bestselling book, Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar—Your Brain’s Silent Killers. Food is a powerful epigenetic modulator—it can enable or hamper our DNA, thus regulating the expression of many genes. Experts have only begun to understand the damaging consequences of wheat consumption. “Grain Brain is a timely wake-up call about how we are increasingly challenging human physiology by consuming what we are not genetically prepared to process, like the 133 pounds of wheat the average American eats annually,” says Perlmutter. He believes that one of the main culprits for the decline in brain health in modern times has been the introduction of wheat into the human diet. Today’s modernized and hybridized wheat crops share little genetic, structural or chemical similarity to the wild einkorn variety of grain our ancestors consumed in small amounts.
In the West, 20 percent of calories “A hallmark of what I term to disease processes like Alzheimer’s, come from wheat-based food. Perlmutmild cognitive impairment and corograin brain is that brain nary artery disease. The researchers ter is among those that regard this as a dangerous statistic, especially since Dr. dysfunction is predicated concluded that elevated hemoglobin Alessio Fasano, a pediatric gastroenteroloA1C is directly associated with brain on the inflammation from shrinkage, says Perlmutter. gist and research scientist who leads the Center for Celiac Research & Treatment at He further notes, “The function of consumption of gluten, Massachusetts General Hospital, in Bosthe brain, which is 60 to 70 percent fat as well as the long chains and maintained by the fats you consume, ton, found that the gluten in wheat leads to the production of zonulin in the gut. of sugar molecules known depends on its environment.” Grain Zonulin increases the permeability Brain recommends a diet that’s aggresas carbohydrates.” of the intestinal wall, allowing proteins to sively low in carbohydrates (60 grams leak from the gut into the bloodstream, per day) and bountiful in supportive ~ Dr. David Perlmutter explains Perlmutter. These proteins, brain fats. These include extra-virgin which would normally remain within the olive oil, sesame oil, coconut oil, ghee, digestive system, then challenge parts of the immune system, almond milk, avocados, olives, nuts, nut butters, cheese and the macro fascia and certain other types of white blood cells seeds such as flaxseed, sunflower, pumpkin, sesame and that increase production of inflammation-related chemicals. chia. It is also rich in above-ground vegetables such as kale, “Zonulin is the cornerstone of diseases characterized by broccoli, spinach, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and salad inflammation in the brain—Alzheimer’s, autism, Parkinson’s greens, while relatively low in below-ground vegetables like and attention deficit disorders—as well as autoimmune disbeets, carrots and potatoes, which are higher in carbohyeases,” advises Perlmutter. drates. It also calls for reduced fruit consumption. Fasano’s research shows that such a reaction to zonulin “Having two to four servings of fruit every day, based on is present in 100 percent of humans—not just in the 1.8 perAmerica’s present food pyramid, is not helpful. More in line cent of the population that have celiac disease or 30 percent with avoiding brain drain is an apple or a handful of berries, that are gluten sensitive. “A hallmark of what I term grain or about 100 calories worth of any fruit. In my opinion, the brain is that brain dysfunction is predicated on the inflamma- pyramid needs to be stood on its head,” advises Perlmutter. tion from consumption of gluten, as well as the long chains “We should eat a diet similar to what our ancestors survived of sugar molecules known as carbohydrates,” says Perlmuton for 2.6 million years and reprogram support of our genetic ter. “This includes fruit, which also was consumed in limited destiny for the better.” quantities by our ancestors.” He cites a published analysis by Loren Cordain, Ph.D., author of The Paleo Diet. Dr. David Perlmutter is a board-certified neurologist, Fellow A diet high in carbohydrates has been directly related of the American College of Nutrition and author of Grain to atrophy, or brain shrinkage, according to a recent GerBrain. For more information on his 2013 PBS Grain Brain man study by University of Bonn researchers, published in series, visit DrPerlmutter.com. Neurology. A blood test for hemoglobin A1C, the standard laboratory measurement to assess average blood sugar, is Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings. frequently used in studies that correlate blood sugar control Visit ItsAllAboutWe.com for the recorded interview.
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ow would we live, were we not afraid of death? How would we live if we gave ourselves permission to give to life everything we’ve got? In The Longevity Factor, Lydia Brontë, Ph.D., observes that we’ve added 15 years to our lives… but in the middle, not at the end. No longer identifying ourselves as “over the hill” at whatever age, we are simply removing the hill. We are forging a different conversation and a new vision to take us beyond the limited thought forms that have defined the parameters of age for generations. For the first time in history, we can realistically view the first half of life as a kind of gestation period, preparing us for an even more productive second half. Midlife is like a second puberty, a point at which one persona falls away and another comes to take its place. What happens then is up to us. Some begin a long, slow cruise toward death at that point, allowing memories to become more meaningful than the present. Others, remembering that the spirit within us never ages, see the moment of midlife as a rebirth—the time to put our engines into high gear. Whomever it is we were born to be, whatever our soul was coded to accomplish, whatever lessons we are here to learn; now is the time to seriously get going. We may regret that we’re no longer young, but we’re ecstatic that we’re no longer clueless. We must be disciplined, though. We want to become precision instru-
ments now, focused on exactly what we want to do and being exactly who we need to be. This requires separating from the person we were before to whatever extent that person was not who we know in our hearts we were created to be. There’s no more time for five-year detours. No more time for relationships that don’t serve us or for staying in situations that aren’t true to who we are. No more time for pettiness, false pride or whatever other dysfunctional roadblocks obstruct our higher destiny and the joy that’s meant to be ours. Our life might not be as fabulous as it used to be in some ways, but in other ways it’s even more fabulous. The Universe is constantly and infinitely elastic, responding not to our past, but to our present state of mind. As we learn to reprogram thoughts—atoning for our mistakes of the past and embracing the endless miraculous possibilities of the present—we step into a time when we have every reason to look forward with genuine excitement to what happens next. Individually and collectively, we are now fitted to fearlessly forge new ground, wielding the power of what life has taught us so far and laying claim to the possibility of redemption, not only for ourselves, but also for the entire world. The planet needs a new story, aligned with a larger consciousness, and so do we. What we need now are imagination and courage. Many of us feel we’ve
forever carried around a secret dream, rarely validating it even to ourselves and often denying its reality. Yet it has refused to go away and is ready to be born at last. Individuals that have spent decades achieving one thing or moving in one direction often take up something else entirely that gives them far more psychic satisfaction. They see achievements that were the height of their material success as preparation for an even greater one; the means by which they learned the skills ultimately needed to make their biggest contribution to the world. Divine law guarantees that the power of “now” presents an endless fount of miraculous opportunities. In God, there are no limits to how high we can go, ever. In God, there is no time… only the call of the soul. It is not too late; we are right on time and we are better than we know. Now, having visited so many other places in our journey of life, we seek our place within the collective heartbeat of holiness. When enough of us stand in the light of our higher purpose, seeking to be ever-greater servants of love,
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31
Living Foods Institute Healthy Lifestyle Programs – Oct 31-Nov 14. 8am-6pm. 5-, 10-, 15- & 30-day program options available. Hands-on training in the raw and living foods recipe preparation, emotional/ mental healing, cleansing and detoxification and more. Fee according to package selected. Living Foods Institute, 1700 Commerce Dr, Atlanta. 404524-4488. LivingFoodsInstitute.com.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2
5th Annual Chastain Park Arts Festival – Nov 2-3. Experience a wide variety of art and crafts, children’s area and local food and beverage concessions including the “gourmet” food trucks and local acoustic musicians. Fun for the entire family; pet friendly. Free. 4469 Stella Dr, Atlanta (inside upper Chastain Park on Park Dr). ChastainParkArtsFestival.com.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3
New Moon Movement & Music Ceremony – 7pm. Come honor the moon, honor each other, and honor yourself by tuning in naturally through movement and music. Free; donations welcome. Muse for Life Community Inspiration Center, 205 Hilderbrand Dr, Sandy Springs. 404-943-1063. MuseForLife.com.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4
Reiki Clinic for Usui Reiki Practitioners Levels 1, 2 and Master – 7-9pm. Next clinic meets 9/2. Reiki practitioners of all levels invited for an evening of meditation, education, connection and fun. Learn how to include Reiki in all areas of life. Give and receive Reiki. 1st Mon each month. $20; $25 at door. Heal Center Atlanta, 180 Allen Rd, Ste 101, Atlanta. Info@BalancedMoments.com. BalancedMoments.com/Reiki-Clinic.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5
Reflexology Certification Class – With Roz Zollinger. A comprehensive 14-wk training program designed to provide all the necessary skills and knowledge to practice this established and popular natural healing art. Classes meet for 3 hrs once per week for 14 wks. Massage therapists: 42 CEs. Heal Center Atlanta, 180 Allen Rd, Ste 101, Atlanta. Info & registration: 404-303-0007 or HealCenterAtlanta.com.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Green Wednesday – 11:45am-1pm. Join us for lunch, a presentation and networking. Presentation: Brian Carr, The Clean Air Campaign. 5 Seasons Brewery, 1000 Marietta St, Atlanta. More info & register: GreenCS.org.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7
Athleta Esprit de She Run – 4-6:15pm, day-of registration & packet pickup; 7pm, race; 6:30-9pm, post-race rendezvous & night market. An evening run followed by a night on the town like no other. Begins with a fun 5K or 10K run and ends with a post-race night market. For more info & registration: EspritdeShe.com.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8
TEDx Peachtree – 9am-4pm. Conference offers unique and thought-provoking content. Speakers will draw inspiration from the conference theme “Catalyze” and speak on subjects including artificial intelligence, human rights, pediatric emergency care and cognitive psychology. The Buckhead Theatre, 3110 Roswell Rd NE, Atlanta. TEDxPeachtree.com.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9
Atlanta Veg Fest – 10am-5pm. Vegan, vegetarian or veg-curious? Enjoy a day of engaging speakers, delicious food and fun activities. All ages; open to the public. Free. Le Fais do-do, 1611 Ellsworth Industrial Blvd NW, Atlanta. AtlantaVegFest.com.
savethedate Certified Laughter Yoga Leader Trainings, Nov 9-10 Laugh, learn and have fun while earning certification in Laughter Yoga. 11 CEUS if you are a MH professional. Attend just for fun. You will be qualified to lead groups, start a laughter club and get paid for presentations. Nov 9-10 Woodstock, GA; Apr 19-20, Destin, FL. Details: 404-520-0221, AddLaughter.com.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13
Spirituality and Neurofeedback, Unlocking your Mind with Technology – 7pm. With Stephanie Rimka, DC, BCN. By presenting the brain with specific feedback about its mental state, you can allow your brain to upgrade its communication with the heart and mind. Brain and Body Solutions, 675 Seminole Ave, Ste T-05, Atlanta. More info: BrainAndBodySolutions.com/Live-Workshop-Calendar.html.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15
An Evening with Deepak Chopra: Lecture and Book Signing – 7pm. Dr. Chopra will be presenting his latest book, What Are You Hungry For? He returns to his health and wellness roots with an exciting new approach to weight loss. Unity North Atlanta Church, 4255 Sandy Plains Rd, Marietta. Tickets & more info: 678-644-2138 or UnityNorth.org.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16
Metamorphic Technique Workshop – Nov 9-10. 10:30am-5pm. Discover this unique form of gentle touch to work on yourself, your friends, your partner and children, or go on to become a practitioner. Heal Center Atlanta, 180 Allen Rd, Ste 101, Atlanta. Info & registration: 404-303-0007 or HealCenterAtlanta.com. Emotions: Do They Have You? -- 2:30-5pm. With Ellen Sichel E-RYT. Learn powerful techniques to calm your mind and decompress your body. Open to everybody. $50. Marietta Center for Yoga & Well Being. 317 Alexander St., Marietta. 770-425-4488. MariettaYoga.com. Intro to Beekeeping – 2-4pm. Learn the basics: best location to set up a hive, when to order bees and from whom, where do you find your materials. $25/member, $30/nonmember. Wylde Center, 435 Oakview Rd, Decatur. Registration required: 404-371-1920. Andrea.Zoppo@yahoo.com. WyldeCenter.org. Tree and Forest Folklore Hike – 6-9pm. Join Horticulturalist Lisa Cole in an evening journey through our illuminated woodland trails. $15/general public, $10/CNC members. CNC, 9135 Willeo Rd, Roswell. Advance registration required by Nov 6: 770-9922055 x 237. ChattNatureCenter.org.
Five Points Challenge 5K – 8am. Benefits childhood cancer and environmental awareness. Dinner at Canongate Windermere Golf Club, Friday November 15 5-7pm, registration required. Medals for age groups. Refreshments & music at finish line. Bring new and gently shoes for recycling/donation. Canongate Windermere Golf Club, 5000 Davis Love Dr, Cumming. For more info & registration: ReapingNature.org/Five-Points-Challenge-5K.html. Qigong Seminar with Mike McElwee – 12-1pm. Learn about the unique qualities and many benefits of tai chi and qigong practices. All are welcome. $18. Marietta Center for Yoga & Well Being. 317 Alexander St., Marietta. 770-425-4488.MariettaYoga.com. Film Bruno Groening, On the Tracks of the Miracle Healer – Nov 16 & Dec 28. 1-7pm. Film showcases medically-verified spiritual healings recorded by doctors that can not explain medically. Free; donations appreciated. Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham, 1500 Parkwood Cir, Atlanta. Info: 404-584-5242, 404-492-3013. Bruno-Groening.org/English. Tellabration! Atlanta 2013 – 7:30pm. Presented by The Southern Order of Storytellers. An international night of storytelling as storytelling enthusiasts gather to share stories while bridging global cultures. $10/ advance, $15/after Nov 13. The Friends School of Atlanta, 862 Columbia Dr, Decatur. 404-805-5705. SouthernOrderOfStorytellers.org.
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17
Raw & Living Foods Banquet Feast & Graduation Party – 3:30pm. Delicious organic raw and living foods buffet and testimonies from students who have completed the Healthy Lifestyle Course. Open to the public. $5-$10 donation appreciated. Living Foods Institute, 1700 Commerce Dr, Atlanta. For reservations: 404-524-4488. LivingFoodsInstitute.com. Reiki Level 1 Class – 11am-5pm. With Michal Spiegelman, nationally recognized Reiki Master and teacher. Includes: Reiki ideals and history, hand positions for self treatment and treating others, Reiki attunement. CE credits approved. $150 including manual and certification; payment plans available. The Atlanta School of Massage, 2 Dunwoody Park South, Atlanta. Info@BalancedMoments.com. Info & register: BalancedMoments.com.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11
Raw & Living Foods Educational Seminar & Recipe Demonstration – 7pm. Learn how to reverse and slow aging, heal disease, increase energy, reach ideal weight and more. Enjoy recipe demo and taste delicious recipes. Open to the public. $5-$10 donation appreciated. Living Foods Institute, 1700 Commerce Dr, Atlanta. Call & leave name & number for reservations: 404-524-4488. LivingFoodsInstitute.com.
Full Moon Movement & Music Ceremony – 7pm. Come honor the moon, honor each other, and honor yourself by tuning in naturally through movement and music. Free; donations welcome. Muse for Life Community Inspiration Center, 205 Hilderbrand Dr, Sandy Springs. 404-943-1063. MuseForLife.com.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22
Akashville™ Akashic Records Meetup: 2013, Now You See It, Now You Don’t – 7-8:30pm. In this Year of the Snake, we gracefully recognize and release the old, shedding the skin that no longer fits. Enjoy an evening in dialogue with Akashic Masters. $15/advance, $20/door. Phoenix & Dragon Bookstore, 5531 Roswell Rd NW, Atlanta. RSVP: KellySJones.net/Events or 404-255-5207.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23
Free Community Tea Tasting – 7pm. Connect more deeply with the deep subtlety of presence and sensation that tea offers. The simple ritual of tea can awaken us to deeper levels of awareness and living. Muse for Life Community Inspiration Center, 205 Hilderbrand Dr, Sandy Springs. 404-943-1063. MuseForLife.com.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24
Healer Practitioner & Psychic Fair – 11:30am4:30pm. All healing services and readers are $1/ min. You Yoga, Me Yoga & More, 8745 Dunwoody Pl, Sandy Springs. 404-654-3336. YouYogaMeYoga.com. Raw Holiday Recipes & Health Workshop – 126pm. Learn how to use superfoods, herbs and essential oils to strengthen the body and avoid getting colds and flu and to reverse aging. $90/person advance, $120/at door; pre-register by Nov 18 for only $45 and bring a friend for free. Includes demonstration of holiday recipes and treats and lunch. Living Foods Institute, 1700 Commerce Dr, Ste 100, Atlanta. For Reservations: 404-524-4488. LivingFoodsInstitute.com.
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Reiki Master Certification Training – With Michal Spiegelman, nationally recognized Reiki Master and teacher. Open to Level 2 graduates. Gain the knowledge, skills and an increased level of vibration to deepen your connection and understanding of Reiki. CE credits approved. $650 including manual and certification; payment plans available. The Atlanta School of Massage, 2 Dunwoody Park South, Atlanta. Info@BalancedMoments.com. Info & register: BalancedMoments.com.
Saturday, January 18
Revitalize Your Life, Holistic Health Retreat in Sedona, Arizona – January 18-23, 2014. Lodging, meals, classes, workshops, excursions and personalized health assessments included. For info, LimeAndLotus.com.
ongoingevents sunday Stress Release Yoga Class – 6pm. Yoga class is $5. You Yoga, Me Yoga & More, 8745 Dunwoody Pl, Sandy Springs. 404-654-3336. YouYogaMeYoga.com.
savethedate Weekly Meditations Sundays 11am. Free
1st Sun–Basics of Meditation by Geshe Lobsang Tenzin. Other Sun– Meditation with Tibetan monk. Free. Drepung Loseling Monastery, Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies, Practice and Culture. 1781 Dresden Drive, Atlanta. 404-982-0051. For complete calendar & info, visit Drepung.org. Meditation Service – 10am. See website for complete list of services and events. Atlanta Meditation Center of Self-Realization Fellowship, 4000 King Springs Rd SE, Smyrna. 770-434-7200. SRFAtlanta.org. Reading Service – 11am. See website for a complete list of services and events. Atlanta Meditation Center of Self-Realization Fellowship, 4000 King Springs Rd SE, Smyrna. 770-434-7200. SRFAtlanta.org. Prayers for World Peace – 11am-12:30pm. To achieve world peace, we must first create peace within our own minds. Includes teaching, meditation, and prayers. Everyone welcome. Free. Kadampa Meditation Center GA, 6860 Peachtree-Dunwoody Rd, Sandy Springs. 770-913-0260. MeditationForEveryone.org.
monday Yin Yoga – Begins Jan 7. 7:30pm. With Elizabeth Henderson. Vista Yoga, 2836 Lavista Rd, Ste D, Decatur. 404-929-9642. VistaYoga.com. Grounded Yoga For Kids – 4:45pm. Ages 5-10. Cafe of Life Grant Park, 1030 Grant St, Atlanta. 404-917-4992. ComeThriveWithMe.com.
tuesday Community Clinic – 2-4pm. Treating Pain with Dr. Osano. Group session, $35/visit and $25 for initial consultation. Limited space. Wholecare Medical, 5390 Peachtree Ind. Blvd, Norcross. 770-686-3100. WholeCareMedical.org. Core Restore – 6:15pm. Opening muscles of the hips and legs while strengthening core muscles! Café of Life Grant Park, 1030 Grant St, Atlanta. ComeThriveWithMe.com. Basic/Intermediate Mat Class – 6pm. Escape for an hour with Instructor Peggy Brown for a high energy Pilates Mat Workout. $15/class; $13.50/10-class package. Body Awareness Studio, 5549 Roswell Rd NE, Atlanta. 404-252-7550. Info@BodyAwarenessStudio.com. BodyAwarenessStudio.com. Introductory Presentation on Meditation and Positive Living – 7-9pm. Come and enjoy this most inspiring of topics to reach your highest potential as soul. Free. Life Enrichment Center, 1340 McConnell Dr, Decatur. To register, Dhana: 404-273-5704. Santmat.net. Millennium Healthcare Wellness Events – 7:30pm. 2nd Tues each month. Hosted by Dr. Gould. New topic each month. Free. Millennium Healthcare, 4370 Georgetown Sq, Atlanta. 770390-0012. MH@Millennium-Healthcare.com. Millennium-Healthcare.com.
freepresentation Meditation & Public Talk Tuesdays 7:30pm
Join us for weekly meditation and public talks. Medicine Buddha meditation practice prior to talks. Free. Drepung Loseling Monastery, Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies, Practice and Culture. 1781 Dresden Drive, Atlanta. 404-982-0051. For topics, calendar & info, visit Drepung.org.
wednesday Raw Wednesdays – 2-4pm. Sevananda working member, Tassili Ma’at of Tassili’s Raw Reality will demo her yummy food. 5-8pm, Chef Laura of Living Foods Institute offers delicious raw food samples. Sevananda Natural Foods Market, 467 Moreland Ave NE, Atlanta. 404-681-2831. Sevananda.coop. Meditation and Gentle Yoga Stretch – 10am. For anyone new to yoga and meditation, or for those who wish to refine their skills. Vista Yoga, 2836 Lavista Rd, Ste D, Decatur. 404-929-9642. VistaYoga.com.
thursday Stress Release Yoga Class & Zumba – Yoga starts at 5:30 pm. Zumba starts at 7pm. The yoga class is $5 and Zumba is $8. You Yoga, Me Yoga & More, 8745 Dunwoody Pl, Sandy Springs. 404-654-3336. YouYogaMeYoga.com. Community Clinic – 2-4pm. Treating Pain with Dr. Lee. Group session, $35/visit and $15 for initial consultation. Limited space. Wholecare Medical, 5390 Peachtree Ind. Blvd, Norcross. 770-686-3100. WholeCareMedical.org.
Noetic Sciences Meeting – 7:30pm. 3rd Thurs each month. Topic changes monthly. Free. Millen nium Healthcare, 4370 Georgetown Sq, Atlanta. 770-390-0012. MH@Millennium-Healthcare.com. Millennium-Healthcare.com.
friday Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable – 7:30-9am; doors open 7am for networking. 1st Fri. Discusses the region’s current environmental issues, from water to energy, urban planning to policy and much more. All Saints Episcopal Church, Ellis Hall, 634 W Peachtree St NW, Atlanta. More info: Southface.org/SART. Environmental Sustainability Board Meeting – 8-10am. Provides recommendations to the City Commission, and assists with implementation of city projects impacting the natural environment. Public involvement welcome. Decatur City Hall, Conference Rm, 509 N McDonough St, Decatur. Lena Stevens: 404-370-4102 or Lena.Stevens@DecaturGA.com. Monthly Gathering for Inspiration and Networking – 11am-12:30pm. 2nd Fri. World Peace Café, 220 Hammond Dr NE, Atlanta. Meetup.com/ SpiritualEntrepreneursAtlanta.
saturday Yoga for Stiff Guys – 12-1:30pm. Vista Yoga, 2836 Lavista Rd, Ste D, Decatur. 404-929-9642. VistaYoga.com. Man Center Universal Meditation Group Meeting -- 7:15am. Meeting are held in Roswell and by Skype at Man.Center.Atlanta. To join the local meeting, contact Jana Muduc, East Coast Man Center Representative. 404-791-0843.
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HEALTH SCREENING FREE HEALTH SCREENING – Offered every other Tues as part of research on health & wellbeing using the ECP (Electrophotonic Capture Device). Also learn about the Moringa nutrition and weight loss/restoring health program. Upcoming: positive effects of practicing Tai chi/qigong with EPC. Dunwoody. Aimon Kopera: QiMountain@gmail.com.
SPACE AVAILABLE WHOLECARE MEDICAL AND WELLNESS - Norcross. Progressive facility, move-in ready with well equipped laboratory. Seeking professional to complement alternative healing, LMNT, etc. Call Angie Lee. 404-277-8988.
WANTED COLON THERAPIST – For Wellness Center that uses the closed system. Call 404-497-9268 or send info/resume to Info@ClearPathWellness.com. MASSAGE THERAPIST – For newly renovated space in our Wellness Center. Prefer someone with established clientele. Call 404-497-9268 or send info/resume to Info@ClearPathWellness.com.
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Life Grocery and Cafe
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A natural foods market featuring organic produce. Extensive selection of nutritional supplements. Vegetarian cafe, organic foods including salad bar, hot bar, fresh juices, smoothies. See ad, page 8.
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Formerly Atlanta Laser Dentistry. Only the name has changed. The same great dentist and staff remain. See ad, page 4.
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LIVING/RAW FOODS Living Foods Institute
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COLON HYDROTHERAPY CLEAR PATH WELLNESS CENTER
275 Carpenter Dr, Ste 202, Sandy Springs 404-497-9268 • ClearPathWellness.com
Providing colon hydrotherapy, nutritional consulting, ion cleanse foot bath, far infrared sauna, reflexology, massage and raindrop therapy, bio-energetic evaluation and life-enhancement processing services for the greater Atlanta metro area. See ad, page 25.
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Meditation on the Inner Light and Sound: Learn how to live in alignment with the soul’s purpose and to experience greater harmony within, with others, and with the environment. Always free, never a charge. See calendar for local meditation groups, classes and events.
The Heal Center Wellness Collective 180 Allen Rd, Ste. 101 N., Sandy Springs 404-303-0007 • HCWellnessAtlanta.com
BODY & SOUL WELLNESS
Meredith Grech, LMT, Reiki Master Mobile Licensed Massage Therapy BodyAndSoulAtlanta.com • 404-832-5245
Offering treatments in your own Sanctuary. Therapeutic Massage, AMMA Therapy®, Reiki, Pregnancy, Deep Tissue and Medical Massage, Reflexology. ABMP Member, Insured. GA License # MT007169. New Client Special: $10 off first treatment, or free 30 minute massage on your second treatment.
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Offering medical qigong, reflexology and acupoint therapy, an energetic approach to managing chronic symptoms, targetting the root cause of symptoms, and bringing balance to the entire being.
The RISING LOTUS QIGONG
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Offering Medical Qigong Therapy. Specializing in chronic conditions and difficult cases. Weekly Qigong & Tai Chi classes. Certification courses. See willad, page 12.
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Sant Baljit Singh, Spiritual Master info@KnowThyselfAsSoul.org 877-MEDITATE • SantMat.net
Man center
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Free teachings about Universal Meditation by Pier Franco Marcenaro, Director and President of the World Ecumenical Center. See ad, page 19.
KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTER 6680 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd Sandy Springs • 770-913-0260 MeditationInGeorgia.org
ATLANTA MEDITATION CENTER OF SELF-REALIZATION FELLOWSHIP 4000 King Springs Rd SE, Atlanta 770-434-7200 • SrfAtlanta.org
Realize your true Self by direct perception of the divine through Kriya Yoga. Self-Realization Fellowship is a world wide organization founded in 1920 by P a r a m a h a n s a Yo g a n a n d a (Autobiography of a Yogi). Sundays: Meditation Service @ 10:00AM; Reading Service @ 11:00AM. See our website for a complete list of services and events. See calendar for local events.
OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY Felecia L. Dawson, MD
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