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When I first read the article “Ageless Being”, I disagreed with the statement by Dr. Christiane Northrup that we shouldn’t tell how old we are. I thought, wait a minute, I’m proud of my age because I have survived and thrived through many life obstacles. And I don’t think we should be ashamed or afraid to admit our age.

But as I read further, I understood that by not telling our age, we do not risk falling prey to the ageism beliefs of others. A few days later, I was able to catch a portion of the PBS TV special of “Glorious Women Never Age” by Northrup. She expounded on what is mentioned in our article. What we believe about aging can promote either a regeneration or decline in our body, mind and spirit—even our DNA as Bruce Lipton reports. As comedian George Burns said, “You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.” We can’t stop the clock but we can stop holding our self back with the false and limiting beliefs that are usually associated with growing older.

I have discovered that there are many benefits and wonders to maturing. I have a confidence, ease, peace and happiness in my life now that was elusive to me in my younger years. I have plenty of work experience behind me to feel good about what I have accomplished so far. I am wise enough to be grateful for all that life has to offer. And I am blessed with the health and a positive attitude to be excited about the new possibilities ahead of me.

We are fortunate to have resources; technology, science and improved ways of eating that can prolong our life and allow us to stay vibrant. After all, growing older is better if we are able to still do the things we desire and take care of our self while enjoying our relationships.

There is a growing awareness that we need to appreciate our wise elders the way that some other cultures do. As Northrup says, older people may sometimes feel invisible because our society is youth oriented. Even though the boomers are the largest demographic with more disposable income, still most advertising targets the 19-30 year olds. She suggest that it is okay to be invisible, in fact even great, because then you have the ability to do the unexpected!

I have also discovered a new focus for my life that I want to share with you.

Commit to your health! No matter your age or size. I am not referring to dieting.

Commit to being active and fit while eating healthy (at least 80 percent of the time). We have to break the molds that other people, including a lot of media, try to squeeze us all into. We are not made to all be the same size, weight, height, race, ethnicity…One of my favorite sayings, “why do you try so hard to fit in when you were made to stand out?” Be proud to be you! Be proud to be different. You are the spice of life. Bring your specialness to the table and to the world. We will all be better for it.

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Staying Vibrant in Mind, Body and Spirit

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Research Proves its Health Benefits

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U.S. Farmed Seafood That’s Safe and Sustainable

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23 CHOOSE HAPPINESS

Four Tips to Flip the Joy Switch

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Stay with Locals and Make New Friends

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25 EYE HEALTH FOR DOGS 10 Foods to Keep Canine Vision Sharp

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newsbriefs Facial Rejuvenation with Acupuncture

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aige Hetherington, owner of Dakini Acupuncture, is a Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac.) and National Board Certified Diplomate of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. For September, Dakini offers promotional packages for facial rejuvenation acupuncture that include a gentle facial massage.

Practicing for over a decade in Southern California—where a youthful appearance is highly valued—afforded Hetherington the opportunity to hone her facial rejuvenation skills. These treatments stimulate energy circulation in the face, which increases collagen production while reducing fine lines and lifting sagging tissue. “As most energy meridians begin and end on the face, these comprehensive treatments also address internal patterns of disharmony,� explains Hetherington. “The result is beauty generated from within.� Reduced stress and improvement of symptoms are additional positive side effects of a cosmetic session.

Acupuncture balances the energy body while herbs facilitate metabolic shifts and maintain results in between treatments. Chinese medicine has the ability to address an individual’s constitutional imbalances along with their specific health concerns. Many patients may present with similar types of ailments but each is given a unique treatment.

Hetherington adds, “I chose the traditional Chinese form of healing because it views a person holistically and supports optimal wellness on physical, psychological and spiritual levels.� Acupuncture and herbs can be used to address a multitude of concerns including musculoskeletal pain, digestive issues, emotional stress, PTSD, fertility and addiction. True agelessness is experienced through bodymind balance and reflected in a radiant appearance!

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racticing Yoga is a way to experience peace of mind no matter what life throws at us. Now Yoga by Priscilla, LLC is available at the Natsu Mura studio in Summerville. Instructor Priscilla Bromley is a certified Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) in the traditional Sivananda style of yoga. Traditional Sivanada yoga includes practicing the five points of yoga: proper exercise (Asanas)—traditional poses initially practiced for flexibility and eventually held for longer periods of time; proper breathing (pranayama) to control ones life force; proper relaxation—physical, mental and spiritual; proper diet—eating to live not living to eat; and positive thinking and meditation.

Bromley invites participants to live yoga, not only by focusing on the yoga postures, but also incorporating all aspects of yoga into our daily life. It provides one with a currency of health and peace. In the words of Swami Vishnu-Devananda, “Health is wealth. Peace of mind is happiness. Yoga shows the way.�

Experience this call to peace and health with Yoga by Pricilla. Classes start September 8 at 6:30-7:30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the month. Classes are $10 each or $50 per month with private classes also available on a sliding scale.

Location: 125 South Main Street, Summerville. For a full schedule, check calendar at ResourcesUnlimited1.com. For more information call 843-875-4543. See listing page 30.

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ealing Oasis is excited to hold their 2nd annual MeditationA-Thon. The weekend events begin with a short opening ceremony at 6pm on September 11, and ends with a closing ceremony at 6pm on September 13. The dates were chosen to coordinate with the new moon phase, an opportune time for new beginnings and moving forward.

Volunteers may join in this endeavor to send out the message of peace and harmony for our community and the world at large. Owner Beverly Lucas states, “The goal is to always have at least one or more persons in meditation throughout the continuous 48-hour period.” Participants are also encouraged to work on the group Mega Mandala (35" x 25") Coloring Project during the weekend to create a thing of beauty as a symbol of our unity.

The center will be open and participants are welcome to stop in anytime during the event to stay in meditation as long or as short as one desires. Designated rooms will be open for mediation, as well as space for rest and nutritional intake.

During day light hours, there is no need to sign up. For anyone who can meditate after 10pm, please sign up for a specific time slot to provide scheduled rest for those who are in mediation for long periods, so as to not break the meditation.

Location: Healing Oasis, 772 Saint Andrews Boulevard. To volunteer, please call 843-743-5222 or email loveandlight@healingoasisllc.com. For further info, visit HealingOasisllc.com. See ad page 23.

Carolina Green Fair & Peace Walk

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ttend this year’s Carolina Green Fair, noon-5pm on September 20, at James Island County Park. New activities include Stand Up Paddle boarding water-based fitness classes on the lake. There is also Bubble Soccer for all ages by Purpose Adventures. For the little ones, KidZone and Eco-Carnival areas feature activities and games from local non-profit organizations. Families can explore wildlife exhibits from The Center for Birds of Prey and some wonderful animals available for adoption from the Charleston Animal Society.

Additionally, the Fair provides opportunity to shop for environmentally friendly products. Festival goers can watch food and cooking demonstrations by local chefs from many favorite Lowcountry restaurants. Plus visit dozens of exhibitors, artisans and vendors with plenty of refreshments for purchase. This year’s music lineup includes Katie Rose at 1pm, Yellowknife at 2:30pm and The Lowhills at 4pm.

On average, the fair diverts 97 percent of its waste from landfills with the assistance of Eco-Products and Food Waste Disposal who provide compostable paper products and sort waste. While at the Park, take advantage of other park attractions like the Climbing Wall, slacklining and mountain biking.

Attendees to this year’s Green Fair are also invited to participate in the Peace Walk that begins at 2:30pm. Hosted by the Branch of Peace Foundation, this event aims to “exercise” the values of peace and environmental sustainability.

The walk is around the “Green Trail” one-mile track that encompasses the Green Fair grounds. Participants can walk for any distance. Walkers are encouraged to sign-up and set a fundraising goal for peace in South Carolina with free registration online at BranchofPeace.org.

Admission is FREE to the Carolina Green Fair with $1 gate admission to James Island County Park. Hosted by Charleston County Environmental Management, Subaru, Charleston County Parks and other sponsors/partners. For more info, visit CharlestonCountyParks.com. See ad page 22.

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eptember represents a new start at Springbank Retreat. It’s a season of opportunities for healing and spiritual awakening with a fresh slate of programs and workshops. Located near Kingstree, Springbank’s quiet, rural setting is the perfect getaway for retreats, hospitality, healing, Earth education and the arts. Program fees include lodging and healthy meals.

Wholeness/Holiness Retreat for Women: Opening Minds & Hearts with Margie Hosch meets September 20-25.

This integrative program brings together the spiritual and psychological aspects of our lives. Women participants develop a new sense of inner strength and self-nurturing through daily spiritual direction, counseling, creative expression, prayer and silence.

October 2-4, a 12-Step Women’s Retreat with Kathy McGrogan and Dot Goodwin, explores Native Spirituality as one of many ways to connect with Higher Power. Experiences include sage blessings, prayer lodge, drumming and sacred pipe.

Other programs in October include Awakening the Spirit Within: Learning to Play the Native Flute; Making Sense of Myself: Three Keys Workshop; The Healing Power of Dreams as well as Native Spirituality and Pottery.

Workshops continue through early December. Private sabbaticals are also available.

For reservations at Springbank Retreat for Eco-Spirituality and the Arts call 843-382-9777, email Springbank@SpringbankRetreat.org or visit SpringbankRetreat.org. See Calendar Events and ad page 11.

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Earth Fare Opens in Summerville

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arth Fare, the authentic specialty organic and natural foods grocery store, proudly announces the opening of the new Summerville store on September 23. Grand Opening celebrations start at 7am with a check presentation to Dorchester 2 Education Foundation.

The family-friendly fun day includes giveaways, product demonstrations, live music and more. Opening week continues with promotions, raffles, product samples and entertainment.

Earth Fare currently operates 38 stores, including three in South Carolina.

“Charleston has been enjoying our fresh, healthy options for nearly 20 years; we are thrilled to extend our reach to Summerville,” says Earth Fare president and CEO Frank Scorpiniti. “We believe that healthy food improves lives, and can’t wait to share our fresh, healthy offerings with such a vibrant community.”

All products offered in the over 23,000 square-foot store adhere to a rigorous set of food Quality Standards that are free of trans-fats, artificial dyes, preservatives and sweeteners. Fresh meat and dairy products are also free of added hormones and antibiotics.

Additionally, all fresh-baked breads are free of bleached and bromated flour.

“We read the labels so that our shoppers don’t have to,” adds Earth Fare chief merchandising officer Dave Mock.

“By removing the guesswork from grocery shopping, we make it easier for our shoppers to make the healthiest choices for their lifestyle.”

Shoppers can enjoy meals in the 55-seat, Wi-Fi equipped café that features a juice, smoothie and salad bars; hot foods, sandwiches and other onthe-go meal options including pizza, sushi and more—all of which adhere to the same set of rigorous Quality Standards.

Yoga Boosts Brain Gray Matter

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Location: 1101 North Main Street, Summerville. Learn more or sign up for specials and giveaways at EarthFare.com/Summerville.

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esearch from the Brain Imaging and Analysis Center at Duke University Medical Center has found that a regular hatha yoga practice increases gray matter within the brain, reversing the loss found among those with chronic pain. The researchers tested seven hatha yoga meditation practitioners and seven non-practitioners. Each of the subjects underwent tests for depression, anxiety, moods and cognition levels, along with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans.

The scientists found that the brains of the yoga meditation practitioners contained significantly greater gray matter by volume in key brain regions, including the frontal, temporal and occipital cortices, plus the cerebellum and the hippocampus, compared to the non-yoga subjects.

The yoga meditation practitioners also had more gray area in the prefrontal cortex regions that are involved in decision-making, reward/consequence, control and coordination.

Daily Exercise Adds Five Years to Life

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esearch published this year in the British Journal of Sports Medicine has determined that just 30 minutes of exercise, six days a week, can result in a reduced risk of early death by 40 percent, regardless of the intensity of the exercise.

The researchers followed nearly 15,000 men born between 1923 and 1932.

The men’s exercise and sedentary levels were measured along with the number of deaths that occurred during two 12-year study periods. In the second 12-year period, the researchers followed almost 6,000 of the surviving men. The researchers compared those men that were sedentary with those that exercised either moderately or intensely and found that moderate to intense exercise increased their average lifespan by five years. This improvement was comparable to the difference between smoking and non-smoking, according to the researchers.

The data comes from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, in Oslo. The scientists’ finding confirms that public health practices for elderly men should include efforts to increase physical activity, along with efforts to reduce smoking.

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ew research published in the British Journal of Cancer has found that taking muscle-building supplements can increase the risk of testicular cancer by up to 65 percent. The study monitored 356 cancer patients and 513 control subjects, all from Connecticut and Massachusetts.

The case-control study was conducted by researchers from the Yale School of Public Health and the Harvard School of Public Health, and tested for testicular germ cell cancer.

About 90 percent of testicular cancers originate from germ cells.

The researchers found the subjects that used multiple musclebuilding supplements and those that began using the supplements when they were younger had the greatest risk of developing cancer.

n a study of 1,677 Mexican-American men and women over the age of 65 from the Southwestern U.S., researchers have found that drinking chamomile tea decreases the risk of earlier mortality by an average of 29 percent.

Researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch followed the study population for seven years.

Among those tested, 14 percent drank chamomile tea regularly. These were primarily women, and those women that drank chamomile tea experienced a 33 percent reduced mortality during the study period. The small group of men that drank the chamomile tea regularly did not register a significant difference in mortality.

Chamomile also has a long history of use in folk medicine and is primarily used to settle digestion and calm the mind. It is a leading natural herbal tea in many countries and contains no caffeine.

While various species may be used, chamomile tea is traditionally made by infusing the flowers of either German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla) or Roman chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile) into hot water. In Spanish-speaking regions, chamomile tea is often referred to as manzanilla tea—consumed in Mexico and other Spanish cultures for centuries.

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GREEN TEA, APPLES AND COCOA PROTECT AGAINST CANCER AND ARTERIAL PLAQUE

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esearch published in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research has found a new mechanism that may provide the key to why some foods are particularly healthy. The researchers found that epigallocatechin gallates, a class of polyphenols contained in green tea, apples, cocoa and other herbs and foods, blocks vascular endothelial growth factor, or VEGF, which is implicated in the buildup of plaque in the arteries, as well as cancer growth. Blocking VEGF helps prevent angiogenesis—when tumors form new blood vessels that help them grow.

The researchers, from the Institute of Food Research, in Norwich, in the United Kingdom, tested the polyphenols, as well as human cells, in the laboratory.

actionalert Dark Act

Protect Truth and Transparency in GMO Food Labeling On July 23, the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of H.R. 1599, known by supporters as the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act and dubbed the “Deny Americans the Right to Know (DARK) Act” by opponents.

The bill removes the requirement that foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMO) be labeled as such, preventing consumers from the right to know whether or not the foods they purchase contain potentially harmful ingredients. If it becomes law, H.R. 1599 will preempt state labeling requirements, including the pioneering Vermont GMO labeling law scheduled to take effect next year.

First, a companion bill will have to clear the Senate. No date is set yet for this and the time to let our senators know that we want to protect truth and transparency on food labels and encourage them to oppose the DARK Act starts now.

Make the people’s voice heard by contacting local state senators, call 202-2243121 and visit Tinyurl.com/ContactYourSenatorToday.

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Breeze Please

A Third of U.S. Power May Be Wind by 2050 According to a new study by the U.S. Energy Department (Tinyurl.com/ EnergyDepartmentWindReport), wind power could provide more than a third of the nation’s electricity in a few decades, while posting a net savings in energy costs.

Undersecretary for Technology and Energy Lynn Orr, Ph.D., states, “With continued commitment, wind can be the cheapest, cleanest option in all 50 states by 2050.”

Wind power has tripled since 2000, and now supplies nearly 5 percent of the country’s electric power. The report says that it could dramatically reduce air pollution and go a long way toward meeting the country’s goals of slowing climate change.

Meanwhile, Spanish engineers have invented the Vortex Bladeless wind turbine, a hollow straw that sticks up 40 feet from the ground and vibrates when the wind passes through it. Instead of using a propeller, the Vortex takes advantage of an aerodynamic effect called vorticity. The result is a turbine that’s 50 percent less expensive than a bladed model and is nearly silent.

It’s not as efficient as conventional turbines, but more of them can be placed in the same amount of space, for a net gain of 40 percent in efficiency. Plus, with no gears or moving parts, maintenance is much easier and they are safer for bats and birds.

Source: Wired

Spring Cleaning

Connecticut Initiates Mattress Recycling Connecticut has introduced the nation’s first-ever mattress recycling program to get old beds off the curb and into the renewable waste stream via Park City Green, a cavernous warehouse in Bridgeport where mattresses go to die and get reborn. One of only two mattress recycling facilities in the state, it employs workers that manually break down bedding parts, separating the materials into giant piles of foam, mounds of cotton and tall stacks of metal springs. All this gets shipped off to junk dealers to be recycled and reclaimed for later use in the metal industry or as backing for carpets.

The city had been paying hundreds of thousands of dollars per year to pick up mattresses on trash day and break them apart for disposal, but that figure is expected to drop to zero and create jobs at the same time. Connecticut’s program is voluntary, so municipalities don’t have to participate. But because it’s already being paid for by consumers and the mattress industry, state officials expect the program to grow.

Already, more than 60 Connecticut communities are participating.

Fossil Free

China Tests Hydrogen-Powered Mass Transit China has started testing the world’s first hydrogen-powered tram. Although hydrogen fuel cells have been around for a while and are currently being used and tested in a variety of vehicles, including buses, the country is the first to master the technology for trams.

Hydrogen is extremely abundant and can be extracted from a variety of sources, both renewable and non-renewable. Hydrogen-fuel cell vehicles produce zero emissions, only water. One tank lasts for about 60 miles and takes three minutes to refuel.

See the vehicle in action at Tinyurl.com/ChineseHydrogenTrain.

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1-, 2-, & 3-month sabbaticals, Sept. 16-Dec. 9

Wholeness/Holiness Retreat for Women, Sept. 20-25 Earth Awareness, Sept. 30-Oct. 1 12-Step Women’s Retreat, Oct. 2-4 Awakening the Spirit Within: Playing the Native Flute, Oct. 6 & 7 Making Sense of Myself: 3 Keys Workshop, Oct. 14 & 15 Healing Power of Dreams, Oct. 16-18 Native Spirituality & Pottery, Oct. 20-30 Enjoy 80 acres of quiet beauty.

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Online Summer of Peace Program Continues Designed by The Shift Network as “the largest virtual peace event on the planet,” a free, online three-month global movement program, The Summer of Peace, continues through September 21. It promises to inspire participants by teaching ways to heal conflicts within oneself, in relationships and in the world using peace, instead of conflict, as the new baseline.

Featured thought leaders include Deepak Chopra, Ervin Laszlo, Grandmother Agnes Pilgrim, Karen Armstrong, Lisa Garr and Congressman Tim Ryan, plus messages from the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Jane Goodall. Programs include The Subtle Activism Summit: Inner Dimensions of Peace Building from September 8 to 10, and 11 Ways to Transform Your World from September 11 to 21, concluding on the United Nations International Day of Peace.

“You’ll discover more personal ease, joy and well-being with techniques to connect more profoundly to the deep peace within yourself and the latest in the science of compassion,” says Garr, host of The Aware Show and Being Aware and bestselling author of Becoming Aware. She also attests that participants will find the best practices for citizen engagement and conscious activism to help accelerate the shift to a world of peace.

For more information or to register, visit SummerOfPeace.net.

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Parliament of World Religions Gathering The 2015 Parliament of the World’s Religions, regarded by organizers as the oldest, largest and most inclusive gathering of all faiths and traditions, will be held from October 15 to 19 at the Salt Palace Convention Center, in Salt Lake City. International spiritual leaders will come together to share wisdom and best practices in dealing with critical global issues, especially climate change and care for creation; income inequality and wasteful consumption; and war, violence and hate speech.

Leading speakers include the Dalai Lama, Karen Armstrong, Tariq Ramadan, Mairead Maguire, Jim Wallis, Oscar Arias Sanchez, Eboo Patel, Vandana Shiva and Michael Bernard Beckwith. Attendees can also participate in a Women’s Assembly and Program Initiative; training in dialogue, interfaith activism, fundraising and organizing; musical performances and film showings; breakout sessions; and networking opportunities.

Cost: $200 to $550, based on date of registration. Discounts and housing options are available for families, groups, organizations and students, along with scholarship and sponsorship opportunities. For more information or to register, email 2015@ParliamentOfReligions.org or visit ParliamentOfReligions.org.

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AGELESS BEING Staying Vibrant in Mind, Body and Spirit

by Kathleen Barnes

Agelessness: Engaging in and experiencing life without fear of falling, failing or falling apart.

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n a nutshell, that’s the philosophy of visionary women’s health expert Dr. Christiane Northrup, of Yarmouth, Maine, as explored in her latest book, Goddesses Never Age. “We’re long overdue for a paradigm shift about how we feel about growing older,” says Northrup. “You can change your future by adopting a new, ageless attitude that will help you flourish physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. We don’t have to buy into modern medicine’s promotion of the idea of the pathology of aging.”

One of Northrup’s primary admonitions: “Don’t tell anyone how old you are. Another birthday means nothing.”

Maintain a Sound Mind

Our Western society fosters a belief system that we will become decrepit, frail and mentally feeble at a certain age.

are women. The National Institute on Aging projects that this number could increase tenfold or more by 2050.

What we think of as “old” has changed. Many baby boomers refuse to buy into the mythology of aging, bristle at being called senior citizens and especially dislike being called elderly. Their position is backed by science. Stem cell biologist Bruce Lipton, Ph.D., author of Biology of Belief and currently a visiting professor at the New Zealand College of Chiropractic, in Auckland, is best known for promoting the concept that DNA can be changed by belief, for good or ill.

Lipton explains that we all have billions of stem cells designed to repair or replace damaged—and aging—tissues and organs. “[These cells] are profoundly influenced by our thoughts and perceptions about the environment,” Lipton explains. “Hence our beliefs about aging can either interfere with or enhance stem cell function, causing our physiological regeneration or decline.”

“Yes, we are destined to grow older, but decrepitude and what we call aging is an optional state,” Northrup adds.

“Our genes, nutrition and environment are under our control far more than we may have thought.” More, she says, “Words are powerful. Don’t talk yourself into believing your brain is turning to mush just because you are over 40.”

Take Control of the Body

“When my mother turned 50, her mailbox suddenly filled with ads for adult diapers, walkers and long-term care insurance,” Northrup quips. The point is well taken. Think vibrant, healthy, gorgeous and yes, sexy Sandra Bullock, Johnny Depp, Chris Rock and Brooke Shields—all 50 or older—as the targets of ads for Depend.

We’re living and working longer, and many of us are feeling, looking and staying young longer. So is 60 the new 40? Yes, say State University of New York at Stony Brook researchers, and further note that we’re generally leading longer and healthier lives.

Centenarians are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population. In the 2010 census, 53,364 people had surpassed their 100th year, an increase of 40 percent over the 1980 census, and more than 80 percent of them

“Manage the four horsemen of the aging apocalypse,” encourages nutrition and longevity expert Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., a Los Angeles board-certified nutritionist and author of The Most Effective Ways to Live Longer. He says the aging process, including disease, loss of physical or mental function and the general breakdown of systems, is caused by one or more of four factors: oxidative damage (literally rusty cells); inflammation; glycation (excess sugar, metabolic syndrome); and stress.

“Collectively, they damage cells and DNA, wear down organs and systems, deeply damage the vascular pathways that deliver blood and oxygen to the entire body, and even shrink brain size,” explains Bowden.

While it may seem like a tall order to make lifestyle changes that vanquish these four horsemen, Bowden says

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they can be broken into manageable elements by employing an arsenal of healthful weapons: whole foods, nutrients, stress-reduction techniques, exercise, detoxification and relationship improvement. “All of these actually do double duty, battling more than one of the four processes that can effectively shorten your life,” he reports, based on his 25 years of study.

Oxidative Damage

Consider what rust does to metal. That’s what free radical oxygen molecules do to cells. Over time, they damage them and cause aging from within.

“Oxidative damage plays a major role in virtually every degenerative disease of aging, from Alzheimer’s to cancer to heart disease and diabetes, even immune dysfunction,” says Bowden.

His recommended key to destroying free radicals is a diet rich in antioxidants, including lots of fresh fruits and vegetables and healthy fats, nuts, grassfed meats and organic dairy products.

Avoid environmental free radicals that show up in toxic chemicals by eating as much organic food as possible and avidly avoiding residues of the poisonous pesticides and herbicides sprayed on crops eaten by people and livestock.

Inflammation

Long-term inflammation is a silent killer because it operates beneath the radar, often unnoticed, damaging blood vessel walls. Like oxidative damage, inflammation is a factor in all the degenerative diseases associated with aging, says Bowden.

His suggestion: First, get a Creactive protein (CRP) test to determine the levels of inflammation in our body.

A CRP level over 3 milligrams/liter indicates a high risk of a heart attack. Antiinflammatory foods like onions, garlic, leafy greens, tomatoes, beans, nuts and seeds have all been widely scientifically proven to reduce chronic inflammation.

Glycation

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Bowden’s basic answer is to minimize intake of sugar and simple carbs; anything made with white flour or white rice. Also avoid fried dishes and any foods cooked at high temperatures that actually skip the glycation production in the body and deliver harmful AGEs directly from the food. He advises taking 1,000 mg of carnosine (available in health food stores) daily to prevent glycation.

Stress

The long-term effects of physical, mental or emotional stress are tremendously damaging to the human physiology.

Sustained exposure to the stress hormone cortisol can shrink parts of the brain, damage blood vessels, increase blood sugar levels, heart rate and blood pressure and contribute to chronic inflammation, according to wellestablished science recorded in the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Bowden warns, “Stress management is not a luxury.” In its many forms, including prayer, meditation and breathing exercises, it should be part of any agelessness program. Deep, restful sleep is as vital a component as ending toxic relationships, having a nurturing circle of friends and doing familiar, gentle exercise such as yoga or tai chi.

Overall, Bowden adds, “Rather than thinking of such endeavors as antiaging, I strive to embody the concept of age independence. I admire former Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, who resigned from the court when he reached age 90 because he wanted to play more tennis.”

Bowden recommends embracing the concept of “squaring the curve”, meaning that instead of anticipating and experiencing a long downhill slope of poor health leading to death, “I look

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at a long plateau of health, with a steep drop-off at the end.”

Wellness guru Dr. Michael Roizen, chair of the Cleveland Clinic’s Wellness Institute, contends that although our chronological age can’t be changed, “Your ‘real age’ [calculated from data he collected from 60 million people] is the result of a wide variety of factors that are within your control.

Dietary choices alone can make you 13 years younger or older than your actual age.”

Roizen adds uncontrolled portion sizes, tobacco use and physical inactivity to the list of life-shortening lifestyle options.

Align with Spirit

“If you don’t have some kind of spiritual foundation, literally, God help you,” says Northrup. “God isn’t confined to a book or a church, mosque or synagogue.

Divinity is the creative loving, vital flow of life force that we’re all part of and connected to. Our bodies are exquisite expressions meant to embody, not deny our spirits.”

Touch, pleasure and sex can be part of it, too. Individuals that have the most fulfilling sex lives live the longest, according to researchers conducting the University of California, Riverside’s Longevity Project. “Pleasure comes in infinite forms,” says Northrup. “It can mean the exquisite taste of a pear or the sound of an angelic symphony, the kiss of sun on skin, the laughter of a child, spending time with friends or creating a pastel landscape. When you experience pleasure, God comes through and you become aware of your divine nature.

You’ll find that joy comes in ways that are unique to you.”

Connection with the natural world is an essential element of agelessness, says Northrup. “The human body evolved to walk on the Earth, drinking its water, breathing its air and basking in its sunlight.” The bottom line is, “Agelessness is all about vitality. Taking all the right supplements and pills, or getting the right procedure isn’t the prescription for anti-aging,” says this renowned physician. “It’s ageless living that brings back a sense of vibrancy and youthfulness.”

We could live to be well over 100 years old and, as Northrup likes

to paraphrase Abraham Hicks, of The Law of Attraction fame, “Wouldn’t you rather have your life end something like this: ‘Happy-healthy, happy-healthy, happy-healthy, dead.’ Isn’t that a lot better than suffering sickness, decrepitude and frailty for years?”

Kathleen Barnes is the author of numerous books on natural health, her latest being Food Is Medicine: 101 Prescriptions from the Garden. Connect at KathleenBarnes.com.

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Yoga Enters the Medical Mainstream Research Proves its Health Benefits

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fter practicing internal medicine for 10 years in Boston, Dr. Timothy McCall became a full-time writer, exploring the health benefits of yoga. As the medical editor of Yoga Journal and the author of Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing, he says, “In the late 90s, the conveyor belt of patient care continued to speed up and I got frustrated. There was less time to form relationships with patients, which is essential to providing quality care without excessive tests and drugs.”

Initially, McCall found that most of the documented research on yoga was from India, and notes it was low in quality from a Western perspective (though it is now excellent). In the West, the first notable scientific yoga article was published in 1973 in The Lancet on combining yoga and biofeedback to manage hypertension. According to the International Journal of Yoga, the surge in yoga’s popularity here finally gained academic interest in 2007, and there are now more than 2,000

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yoga titles in the National Institutes of Health PubMed.gov database, with 200 added annually.

Initially, yoga teacher and economist Rajan Narayanan, Ph.D., founded the nonprofit Life in Yoga Foundation and Institute to offer free teacher training. Within a couple of years, the foundation’s focus shifted to integrating yoga into the mainstream healthcare system. “We realized that to make a real difference, we needed to teach doctors about yoga and its scientifically proven effects,” he says. Medical providers can earn credits to keep their licenses current by attending courses

by Life in Yoga, the only yoga institution independently certified by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

Currently, even if physicians don’t practice yoga, it’s likely that many of their patients do. “You now see it everywhere from major medical centers to mainstream advertising,” says McCall, who notes an increase in doctors, nurses and therapists attending the Yoga

as Medicine seminars he and his wife Eliana teach internationally and from their Simply Yoga Institute studio, in Summit, New Jersey.

therapy like there are for pharmaceuticals,” remarks Narayanan, and until yoga is funded by health insurance, it will be challenging to gain full acceptance in mainstream medicine.

Another barrier is certification standards. The International Association of Yoga Therapists (iayt. org) and the Council for Yoga Accreditation Intersuccessfully respond to stress national (cyai.org) are both by activating the parasympa- ~Rajan Narayaran beginning to offer certificathetic nervous system, which tions for therapy training slows the heart and lowers blood presprograms and therapists. Narayanan is sure. That in turn suppresses sympathetic hopeful that certification could lead to activity, reducing the amount of stress yoga being covered by insurance. hormones in the body.

Medical school curricula have Studies collected on PubMed.gov started shifting to embrace complemendemonstrate that yoga has been found to tary approaches to wellness, with many help manage hypertension, osteoporosis, textbooks now including information body weight, physical fitness, anxiety, on mind/body therapies. The Principles depression, diabetes, reproductive and Practices of Yoga in Healthcare, cofunctions and pregnancy, among other edited by Sat Bir Khalsa, Lorenzo Cohen, issues. Studies at California’s PrevenMcCall and Shirley Telles and due out tive Medicine Research Institute have in 2016, is the first professional-level, tracked amelioration of heart disease. medical textbook on yoga therapy.

A growing body of research is validat“Yoga has been proven to treat ing yoga’s benefits for cancer patients, many conditions, yet yoga teachers including at the University of Texas M.D. don’t treat conditions, we treat individAnderson Cancer Center. A small study uals,” says McCall. “Yoga therapy is not at Norway’s University of Oslo suggests a one-size-fits-all prescription because that yoga even alters gene expression, different bodies and minds, with differindicating it may induce health benefits ent abilities and weaknesses, require on a molecular level. individualized approaches.”

While medical research is working Cultural Challenges to grant yoga more legitimacy among “For yoga to be effective, a regular doctors, policymakers and the public, practice must be implemented, which McCall says, “I believe these studies is challenging in a culture where are systematically underestimating people can’t sit for long without an how powerful yoga can be. Scielectronic device. It’s more than ence may tell us that it decreases just popping pills,” says Narayanan. systolic blood pressure and cortiMcCall says, “Even if people sol secretion and increases lung can commit to just a few mincapacity and serotonin levels, utes of yoga practice a day, if but that doesn’t begin to they keep it up the benefits capture the totality of what can be enormous.” yoga is.”

“There are no sales reps Meredith Montgomery, a telling doctors to use yoga registered yoga teacher, publishes Natural September is Awakenings of National Yoga Mobile/Baldwin, Month AL (Healthy LivingHealthy Planet.com).

Any physical exercise done with breath awareness Mounting Evidence becomes yoga; “Yoga may help prevent diseases across the board be- anything done cause the root cause of 70 to without the 90 percent of all disorders is stress,” says Narayanan. Yoga breath is just a increases the body’s ability to physical practice.

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are bad news.”

A second solution is to consult with a trusted fishmonger that has high standards for flavor, health, safety, sustainability and environmental concerns.

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SURF TO TURF U.S. Farmed Seafood That’s Safe and Sustainable

by Judith Fertig

Wild-caught fish from pure waters is the gold standard of seafood, but sustainable populations from healthy waters are shrinking. That’s one reason why fish farms are appearing in unusual places—barramundi flourish on a Nebraska cattle ranch, shrimp in chilly Massachusetts and inland tilapia in Southern California.

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ith the demand for seafood outpacing what can safely be harvested in the wild, half the seafood we eat comes from aquaculture, says Kathryn Sullivan, Ph.D., administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Yet, farmed seafood has a reputation for uneven quality and questionable farming practices. A primary reason is that much of what Americans buy comes from Asia, where aquaculture is less stringently managed.

Meanwhile, domestic aquaculture provides only about 5 percent of the seafood consumed here, according to NOAA.

Safe Seafood Solutions

If we want to eat safer, sustainable, farmed seafood, there are two solutions.

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One is to purchase farmed fish raised in the U.S., says Sullivan. The agency’s FishWatch consumer information service assures: “If it’s harvested in the United States, it’s inherently sustainable as a result of the rigorous U.S. management process that ensures fisheries are continuously monitored, improved and sustainable.”

Whole Foods Markets have found that farming seafood (aquaculture) can provide a consistent, high-quality, year-round supply of healthy and delicious protein. Accordingly, “When it’s done right, aquaculture can be environmentally friendly and offer a crucial way to supplement wild-caught fish supplies. On the other hand, poor farming practices such as the overuse of chemicals and antibiotics and those that cause water pollution and other negative impacts on the environment

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Chefs like Rick Moonen, who owns RM Seafood, in Las Vegas, are getting behind U.S. aquaculture farms that do it right, raising healthy, sustainable and delicious fish. Moonen recently became a brand ambassador for True North Salmon, a farm system that integrates the way nature keeps fish healthy and fresh. “They have a salmon farm near a mussel farm near a kelp farm, mimicking the way these three species interact in the wild,” says Moonen.

The best seafood farms take what geography and climate offer—ocean inlets, a natural spring and a natural depression in the land or indoor controlled freshwater tanks—and use clean feed. With no antibiotics, nonGMO food (free of genetic modification) in the right ratio, good water quality and creative ways to use the effluent, they employ green farming practices to raise fish and shellfish that, in turn, are healthy to eat.

The Atlantic coasts of Maine and Canada are where families have been making their living from the sea for centuries, says Alan Craig, of Canada’s True North Salmon Company. “The fish are fed pellets made from all-natural, non-GMO sources with no dyes, chemicals or growth hormones added. Underwater cameras monitor the health of the fish to prevent overfeeding.”

True North Salmon follows a three-bay system, similar to crop rotation on land. Each bay is designated for a particular age of fish: young salmon, market-ready fish and a fallow, or empty, bay, breaking the cycle of any naturally occurring diseases and parasites.

Robin Hills Farm, near Ann Arbor, Michigan, offers vegetable, meat, egg and fruit community supported agriculture, U-pick fruit and a pair of stocked farm ponds. Farm Manager Mitzi Koors explains that the ponds are a way to le-

verage natural resources, add another income stream and attract visitors. “We first discovered a low-lying area that would become a beautiful pond with a little work,� Koors relates. “We then expanded to two close ponds that don’t connect, to keep the older fish raised on at least six months of non-GMO organic feed separate from the newer fish.

The ponds are spring fed, providing a great environment for trout.�

In northeastern Nebraska, five generations of the Garwood family have traditionally raised cattle and produced corn and tomatoes. To keep the farm thriving and sustainable, they have had to think outside the row crop. Today, they’re growing something new—barramundi, or Australian yellow perch. They built a warehouse that now holds 18, 10,000-gallon fish tanks full of growing fish. A Maryland company provides old-fashioned cow manure and leftover grain sorghum from area ethanol plants to create algae, naturally non-GMO, to use as biofuel and fish food. “People prefer to eat locally raised food, even if it’s fish in Nebraska,� says Scott Garwood.

The sophistication of closed containment systems like the Garwoods use means that chefs, too, can raise their own fish, besides growing their own herbs and vegetables. California Chef Adam Navidi, owner of the Oceans & Earth restaurant, in Yorba Linda, also runs nearby Future Foods Farms, encompassing 25 acres of herbs, lettuces, assorted vegetables and tank-raised tilapia. Baby greens, not GMO products, help feed the fish, while nitrates from the ammonia-rich fish waste fertilize the crops. The fish wastewater filters through the crops and returns to the fish tanks in an efficient, conservation-driven system that produces healthy, organic food. “Someday, chefs will be known both by their recipes and the methods used to produce their food,�

Navidi predicts.

Judith Fertig blogs at AlfrescoFoodAnd Lifestyle.blogspot.com from Overland Park, KS.

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ccording to the nationally recognized Monterey Bay Aquarium’s SeafoodWatch.org, these farmed fish and shellfish are current Best Choices.

Under each fish or shellfish variety, check the Seafood Recommendations list for specific geographic areas, certified organic options, non-GMO feed, or other designations.

Arctic Char: The farmed variety, raised in closed-tank systems, produce little impact on local habitats in the Pacific Northwest.

Barramundi (Australian yellow perch): Look for it sourced from recirculating aquaculture systems in farms throughout the U.S. Catfish: Pond-farmed American catfish, found mainly near the Mississippi River, are some of the most sustainable fish available.

Crawfish: Domestic production centers mainly in Louisiana, grown in ponds on existing agricultural lands.

No feeds are added, but minimal fertilizer is used to support an aquatic food web that crawfish thrive on. As a native species, the potential impacts of escape are minimal.

Mussels: Most farmed mussels for sale in the U.S. hail from New England and the Pacific Northwest, or are imported from nations with stringent environmental regulations. The nonprofit Marine Stewardship Council independently certifies some of these mussel fisheries as sustainable.

Oysters: Nearly 95 percent of the oysters Americans eat are farmed in New England, the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Northwest. Oyster farms in the U.S. and throughout the world are well managed and produce a sustainable product.

Salmon: Before ordering, Seafood Watch recommends finding out where salmon originated by asking the local grocer or restaurant manager if it’s wild caught or farmed and its source.

Shrimp: Most caught or farmed in U.S. and Canada also qualify as a Seafood Watch Good Alternative.

However, avoid shrimp caught in Louisiana with otter trawls and in the Gulf of Mexico (except Florida) with skimmer trawls. All shrimp from recirculating aquaculture systems constitute a Best Choice.

Tilapia: Tank-farmed tilapia in the U.S. and Canada has become a popular standard.

Trout: Farmed rainbow trout from the U.S. gets a nod because it’s raised in environmentally friendly ways in spring-fed ponds.

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Say Goodbye to Those Itchy Critters

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chool is back in session and nothing is worse than getting that note from school saying that there is a confirmed case of head lice in our child’s classroom.

Lice are a common problem for school aged kids. They are tiny wingless bugs that live in human hair and feed off of blood drawn from the scalp. These little bites cause itchiness—the most common symptom of head lice.

Lice are very contagious through person-to-person or hairto-hair contact and they are often difficult to get rid of. Having lice is not an indicator of dirtiness or poor hygiene. In fact, lice prefer clean hair. It is easier for nits to attach to clean hairs than to dirty ones.

When children are infested, they will have visible eggs, called nits, on the hair shaft located at the nape of the neck and behind ears. Schools will often not allow children back into class until they are nit-free. For parents, that means treating children with pesticides and hand combing individual bugs and nits out of the hair.

There are many simple ways to prevent a lice infestation from showing up in our child’s hair. Share these tips with children: 1. Avoid head to head contact at school and during sports. 2. Do not share brushes, combs, hats, helmets, barrettes or hair ties. 3. Do not wash hair daily. 4. Use natural hair care products that include essential oils such as rosemary, citronella, tea tree, anise, lavender and geranium when washing and styling hair. Products containing these oils have been proven 95 percent effective in repelling head lice.

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ecotip Happy Eco-Birthday!

Parties that Celebrate Life and the Planet The most memorable birthday parties make us feel good, and going green makes them feel even better.

Youngsters Location matters. Consider a park or beach as a setting to promote exercise and time outdoors. Children’s museums and wildlife centers frequently host kids’ birthday parties. Other “experience parties”, as suggested at Tinyurl. com/GreenChildPartyTips, include pottery making, tie-dyeing organic T-shirts or touring a local fire station.

Forgo traditional trappings. Rather than using paper materials, consider decorating an old sheet as a festive tablecloth, utilize recycled computer or other repurposed paper to print custom placemats, and personalize cloth napkins found at estate sales or made from old clothes with guest names written with fabric pens for a unique and reusable party favor.

Find details on these and other tips at Tinyurl.com/PBSGreen-Party-Ideas.

Sustainable gifts. PlanToys makes its toys from rubberwood, a sustainable byproduct of latex harvesting, and non-formaldehyde glues. For preteens, gift a subscription to the National Wildlife Federation’s Ranger Rick magazine or a birdhouse or bird feeder.

Make a maestro. Presenting a gift card for introductory music lessons can launch a young musician. A recent study by the National Association for Music Education notes that early exposure to music develops language, reading, math and memorization skills; improves hand-eye coordination; builds confidence and a sense of achievement; and promotes social interaction and teamwork when performing with others. Or, give tickets to introduce a child to classical, pops or jazz concert-going.

Adults Healthy drinks and eats. Serve or bring organic, locally made beer and wine and pure fruit juices. Have the party catered by a health food restaurant or store, or order organic takeout.

Do-good gifts. Antique and consignment shops are filled with items rich in culture and history. Museums, art centers and specialty gift shops offer fair trade creations handmade by overseas workers that all purchases assist.

Family ties. Work beforehand with a partner or family member of the birthday celebrant to showcase family photos at the party and spark sharing of nostalgic stories among guests.

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Whole Child Sports Free Play Earns the Winning Score

by Luis Fernando Llosa

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any parents concerned that their children are getting engulfed by social media often turn to sports to spark physical activity.

They scramble to sign their toddlers up for swimming and tennis lessons, T-ball and soccer practice, hoping these activities will teach their kids about motivation and leadership, while getting them off the couch and out the door. They hope that sports will be a conduit for their kids to learn what it takes to strive, drive toward a goal and succeed in later life.

As a result, more than 40 million kids across America are engaged in organized play. But youth sports

are not a panacea; while parental intentions are good, they sometimes don’t realize the potential for negative consequences. Those that have studied the phenomenon believe that youth sports—which on the surface, appear to provide a perfect environment for children to learn life lessons and develop critical social and physical skills—might hamper our children’s healthy physical, social, psychic and creative development.

Too Much Too Soon

It seems that many young kids playing on teams today are over-coached by controlling, command-oriented adults.

As Jenny Levy, head coach of the University of North Carolina’s 2013 NCAA champion women’s lacrosse team at Chapel Hill puts it, “Kids are kind of like overbred dogs, mimicking the drills we run in practice. They aren’t wired to think creatively. They do what they know. What’s safe.”

This kind of behavior can start at an early age, when kids should be engaging in free play with minimal adult supervision in unstructured settings. Parenting expert Kim John Payne, author of Simplicity Parenting and The Soul of Discipline, says, “Parents are giving in to enormous societal pressure to push kids into high-performance sports settings several times a week. It’s an ‘arms race’ of sorts, with the clear victims being the kids themselves that are robbed of their childhoods.”

There’s a much more holistic way kids can experience play, including sports. An American Academy of Pediatrics study attests that free and unstructured play is healthy and essential for helping children reach important social, emotional and cognitive developmental milestones, plus managing stress and becoming resilient.

Payne observes, “In free play, children have to actively problem solve and take one another’s feelings into account if the play is to be successful. In sports, the social problem solving is largely extrinsic, facilitated by coaches, referees or parents. During a child’s formative stages, between the ages of 5 and 12, having the freedom to develop, create and innovate is critical.”

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It’s crucial to consider the whole child, not just the budding athlete. To revive a child’s imagination and create better conditions for developing creativity, resiliency and flexibility, contemplate the option of taking a child out of organized youth sports for a while to provide the time, space and opportunity to rediscover childhood play and games. Then support them in re-entering organized athletics when they’re a bit older and more physically and emotionally ready.

Also, some kids that get heavily involved in highly structured youth sports too early may be prone to behavioral problems and serious physical injuries. The best thing a parent can do for a young child that is active and interested in sports is roll up their sleeves and join in unscripted backyard or playground family play. Kids thrive in the attention offered from mom or dad, regardless of parental athletic skill levels. Also, organize play dates with other neighborhood kids of varying ages, because they love to learn from each other, including how to work out disagreements.

Once kids are socially, emotionally and physically ready, organized sports can be an amazing platform for fun-filled learning. Having already experienced healthy free play, a child will be ready for and thrive in a more focused, competitive, organized and structured play environment. Fortified by a creative foundation in earlier years, a youngster is better able to identify and express their own mind, body and spirit.

Luis Fernando Llosa is the co-author of Beyond Winning: Smart Parenting in a Toxic Sports Environment and co-founder of WholeChildSports.com.

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Inspiration for a Woman’s Soul: Choosing Happiness endeavors to discover just that. Its collection of intimate stories from more than two dozen women reveals telling insights— most profoundly, that happiness is a choice that anyone can make, regardless of their history or circumstances.

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to protect ourselves, even against the love we want.

Certified Relationship Coach Stacey Martino, of Yardley, Pennsylvania, writes, “From the first day we met, I’d been waiting for [my boyfriend] Paul to end our relationship. I begged him for another chance—not for our relationship, but to be my authentic self—to figure out who I am and show up in our relationship as the real me.”

Fourteen years later, Martino and her boyfriend, now husband, are still exploring the depths of their love for one another. For them, the choice to be vulnerable was the gateway to happiness.

Look Inward Instead of to Others

If we can’t own our pain, how can we create our joy? Choosing happiness means taking full responsibility for our state of mind, with no excuses.

Lisa Marie Rosati, of Kings Park, New York, who today helps other women catalyze their own transformation, writes: “I didn’t want to accept what was going on inside [me], so I looked outside for a way to make things better. I depended on intimate relationships to complete me, and on friends and acquaintances for entertainment. My self-esteem floated on incoming compliments and I absolutely never wanted to spend a minute alone with my own thoughts, lest they erode whatever happiness I possessed at the moment. I was exhausted, frustrated and quite frankly, pissed off.”

It took a flash of insight to set Rosati free of her patterns of blame—and then realizing she could create her own fulfillment was all it took to catapult her into a place of empowerment. Look out, world!

As Los Angeles happiness expert and Positive Psychology Coach Lisa Cypers Kamen says, “Happiness is an inside job.” Joy, love and inspired living are ours for the taking—all we must do is choose.

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people’s faith and trust in aniel Sperry, a “couchsurfer” one another and create in his late 50s, decided a meaningful connecfew years ago to quit his day tions across cultures. job and make a living by performing It’s easy to become cello music and reciting poetry in liva member by creating a ing rooms across the country. “I didn’t profile as a host and/ know it would become a catalyst for or a traveler, which bringing communities of local people includes verified together,” he says, identification. Guests but his first gig, a don’t need to reciprocate by “little shotgun shack” hosting or leaving gifts, alin Elko, Nevada, though lasting friendships became more than a are a common result. once in a lifetime experiHosts and guests are enence. Years later, his Elko host couraged to leave honest remains a close friend and hosts reviews for each other, a regular (and lucrative) stop which helps ensure onon his cross-country tours.

As a traveler, offer going safety and good Not only does creating an ethnic meal, good behavior all around. connections with strangers Meanwhile, make us happier—as Univer- story or how to say non-members also are sity of Chicago social scienhello in a different welcome to explore tists have proven—it leads to fun travel stories. If we language. As a host, couchsurfing events in their city. Fun opporchoose to see the world via be open to what tunities to make new the decade-old organization guests can teach. connections include at Couchsurfing.com, we weekly language exmight find ourselves sleepKeep a travel log changes, skill swaps, ing on a sailboat in the Irish and guestbook to outdoor activities and Sea; meeting backpackers potlucks. by solar-powered light in a record memories.

“For me, it’s cave in Petra, Jordan; sharing undeniably about the community, the a room with a pet bird that falls asleep listening to sappy love songs on the radio; kind of person it tends to attract,” says Joseph Abrahamson, a couchsurfer in or jamming to old-time banjo and fiddle his mid-20s. “A room full of couchsurftunes in a North Carolina kitchen. ers is full of stories and listening and The global community of couchsurfers, now 10 million strong, consid- sharing and trust. It changes a person in a positive way… people that travel ers strangers “friends you haven’t met like this for long enough can no longer yet.” They currently are hosting and survive with closed minds.” organizing more than half-a-million events in more than 200,000 cities worldwide this year. The aim is to make Lisa Rosinky is a freelance writer travel easier and more affordable, build in Boston.

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ey colorful foods, packed with nutrients, protect against eye problems ranging from progressive retinal atrophy and uveitis to cataracts and glaucoma.

Here are 10 foods that are highly regarded in helping prevent and defend against vision problems. Their eye-worthy nutrients include anthocyanins, beta-carotene, carotenoids, glutathione, lycopene, omega-3 essential fatty acids, phytonutrients—and the special partnership of lutein and zeaxanthin, sometimes referred to as “sunscreen for the eyes”.

An easy way to serve these power-packed foods is as a mash. Simply combine a few cups of fruits and vegetables in a food processor with a half-cup of filtered water and blend as a raw pet meal topper. For a cooked topper, chop the fruits and vegetables and place in a medium sized sauce pan with the filtered water and a couple tablespoons of first-pressed olive oil. Simmer gently, cool and serve. Maybe top it all off with a fish or egg.

Blueberries contain two eye-healthy carotenoids: lutein and zeaxanthin. They also deliver anthocyanins, eye-nourishing phytonutrients known to support night vision, according to a study published in the Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology. University of Oklahoma research suggests that flavonoids like the rutin, resveratrol and quercetin in blueberries may help prevent retinal atrophy. Their selenium and zinc components also support vision, according to a study from the National Eye Institute. Eating blueberries has even been associated with the reduction of eye fatigue, according to The Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry.

Broccoli’s anti-cancer benefits are well known, but it’s also recognized as one of the best vegetables for eye health. A good source of lutein and zeaxanthin, it’s also packed with beta-carotene. Don’t leave the leaves behind, because they contain even more beta-carotene than the stems and florets. Researchers at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have found that broccoli and broccoli sprouts protect the retina from free radical damage, which may be due to a compound called sulphoraphane that boosts the body’s defense against free radicals.

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Carrots come in 100 varieties, from deep purple and white to brilliant orange. Each is a storehouse of nutrient power, providing vitamin A, beta-carotene, vitamins C, D, E and K, and riboflavin, niacin, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, sodium, iron, magnesium, manganese, sulphur, copper and iodine. The adage that carrots are good for the eyes is true. They even contain lycopene and lutein, phytonutrients that protect from UVB radiation and free radical damage.

Cold-water fish such as salmon, tuna, cod, haddock and sardines are rich in omega-3s, especially EPA and DHA, which are widely known to be important to cellular health. DHA makes up 30 percent of the fatty acids that comprise the retina. The particularly high levels of omega3s in sardines add further protection to retinal health, according to researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Eggs are rich in cysteine and sulphur, two components of glutathione. Cataract Health News reports that sulphurcontaining compounds have been found to protect eyes from cataract formation. Egg yolks contain lutein, and a University of Massachusetts study has found that eating an egg a day raised levels of lutein and zeaxanthin in the blood; at the same time, blood serum lipids and lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations remained stable.

Garlic. Researchers at the University of Oregon suggest that sulphur-rich garlic is important for the production of glutathione, a protein that acts as an antioxidant for the eye’s lens, and can be instrumental in the prevention of some visual problems.

Kale is an excellent source of lutein and zeaxanthin.

The American Optometric Association says these special antioxidants act like “internal sunglasses.” Add betacarotene to the mix and kale serves as a preferred foil to oxidative stress.

Pumpkin’s orange color is a sure sign that it’s packed with carotenoids like beta-carotene, which help neutralize free radicals. Its lutein and zeaxanthin generally promote eye health and further protect against retinal degeneration. Even pumpkin seeds carry several benefits, including omega-3s, zinc and phytosterols to enhance a dog’s immune response.

Sweet potatoes are loaded with both beta-carotene and anthocyanins, the latter high in antioxidant and antiinflammatory properties.

Tomatoes are famous for their lycopene, a carotenoid and phytonutrient found in red produce. This powerful antioxidant helps protect against sun damage and retinal degeneration and has been well documented as effective in cancer Make vision prevention. Proand diet part of cessed tomato products contain higher annual exams levels of lycopene by a local vet. than the raw fruit.

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I didn’t always have this serenity with my lifestyle and health. For a dozen years, until my late 20s, I struggled with bulimia. Becoming vegan improved my relationship with food, aligning my diet with my values, and I have never been more at peace with myself.

Alexandra Paul on Vegan Activism

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What is your philosophy of life?

Be kind. Being kind is different from being nice. I spent my teens and 20s anxious to be nice, and all it gave me was a boatload of acquaintances and an inauthentic self. Nice aims to be popular.

Kindness is about doing the right thing: justice, fairness, patience, respect. Kindness is at the heart of why I’m a vegan, and why I’ve been arrested 16 times for civil disobedience supporting peace, equal rights and the environment. Being kind to myself inspires me to exercise and live healthfully.

How has activism forged your identity and inspired others?

I’ve been an activist since I was 7, when I wrote to President Nixon asking him to stop pollution. As a dedicated citizen, my mom boycotted companies that acted against her ethics. Growing up with such a role model, trying to make the world better came naturally.

Walking my talk is a challenge I face daily as I choose what to buy, what to

eat and how to be, and I also think it is the most effective way to encourage change in others.

What drives your commitment to a vegan diet?

I became a vegetarian when I was 14, after reading Frances Moore Lappé’s Diet for a Small Planet, which taught me how eating meat was destructive to the planet.

A couple of years later, I did a book report on Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation and learned the ethical reasons against eating animals. I stopped using cosmetics tested on animals when I was a teen and stopped wearing leather, wool and silk in my 20s. I finally gave up eating dairy in my late 40s, and I wish I’d done it earlier.

Although I did it to benefit animals, being vegan has enriched my life and changed the way I look at the world. The only way there will be enough food and water for Earth’s expected 10 billion people in 35 years is if humankind stops raising animals for food, so my veganism is helping the planet, as well as my own health. photo by Denice Duff

t may seem odd that one of the most intensely dedicated public activists is also known for starring in one of TV’s most superficial shows of the 1990s, but Alexandra Paul overturns stereotypes. Behind that signature Baywatch onepiece that kept David Hasselhoff on his toes beats the heart of a true soldier for animal rights and population stabilization. At 52 years young, she is extremely fit and knowledgeable about the vegan lifestyle that got her there.

Which other aspects of your diet and lifestyle do you credit for looking and feeling vital?

My husband Ian and I go to bed early and generally get up with the sun.

I’ve never consumed coffee, soda or alcohol, only water and protein shakes.

I believe being a vegetarian, and now a vegan, has given me tons of energy.

I also prioritize making time for my workout routine, and that helps me feel good every day.

For me, being active is fun—not only because I feel good moving my body, but because I am also outside with friends, reading on a stationary bike or listening to favorite podcasts while stretching.

Six days a week, I do an hour of cardio; either swimming or the stationary bike. Every other day I practice yoga for at least 45 minutes to ensure that my back stays pain-free. Once a week, I go hiking for two hours with friends, chatting the whole time, which all makes it worth getting up at 4:30 a.m. I walk whenever I’m on a conference call, either outside or at my tread desk, a simple treadmill under a standing desk; I’m walking on it when I’m reading or answering emails, too. It’s the best present I ever gave myself.

Like everyone, sometimes I don’t particularly feel like working out, but all these factors make it easier to start, and once I start, I’m always glad to be exercising.

Gerry Strauss is a freelance writer in Hamilton, NJ. Connect at GerryStrauss@aol.com.

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UNITY CHURCH OF CHARLESTON 2535 Leeds Avenue /+*$,--$'-'' › le`kpZ_j%fi^ Reverend Ed Kosak, Minister

Sunday  Services:  9:30am  &  11:15am.  Are  you  more  spiritual  than  religious?  Do  you  believe  in  many  paths  to  God?  Then  please  join  us! Â

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BOOKSTORE

NEW SPIRIT BOOKS & GIFTS

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Serving  the  Summerville  area  for  29  years,  specializing  in  holistic  care;Íž  weight  loss  &  nutritional  cleansing,  pain  management,  bio-­ identical  hormones,  sugar  detox,  stress  testing,  chiropractic,  peripheral  neuropathy,  detox  footbaths,  emotional  (TBM/NET)  and  wellness  care. Â

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B r e a t h i n g  b r i n g s  oxygen  to  the  body  to  reduce  stress,  release  toxins  and  blockages  to  aid  us  in  being  more  Loving,  Open  and  Present.  It  is  a  great  healing  tool  and  helps  complete  RWKHU KHDOLQJ WKHUDSLHV )UDQN DQG 7HUU\ DUH FHUWL¿HG Alchemical  Breathworkers.  Call  today  for  an  appointment.  For  more  info  visit  their  website.

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THE PINK DOLPHIN-REIKI CENTER

301 E Richardson Ave, Summerville Dianne Thomas, Life Mentor & Usui/Karuna Reiki Master/Teacher 843-821-0232 Â&#x203A; thepinkdolphin.com underthewillow@earthlink.net Reiki  relieves  stress,  restores  balance  and  well-­being,  and  promotes  healing.  Call  for  appointment.  Dianne  is  licensed  with  ICRT  (reiki.org)  and  teaches  all  levels  of  Usui  and  Karuna  Reiki.  CEUs  available. Â

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Preventative  and  Personalized  Healthcare  w/over  75  years  of  combined  medical  practice.  Board-­ C e r t i f i e d  E n v i r o n m e n t a l ,  Functional  &  Integrative  Medicine.  We  get  to  the  root  cause  of  your  illness.  Allergy  Testing.  Autoimmune  Diseases.  Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Health.  See  ad  page  5.

HEALTH FOOD STORES GODâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GREEN ACRE

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ORGANIC SALON & BOUTIQUE SALON INDIGO

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Veggie  Bin  seeks  local  farmers  across  SC.  We  provide  local  and  organic  fruits,  veggies,  cheese,  meats  and  specialty  items.  We  are  your  Super  Local  Market!

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Herbs and Health Foods 119 North Goose Creek Blvd, Ste K >ffj\ :i\\b Â&#x203A; /+*$.0.$*)'' Best  selection  of  herbs  in  SC.  Organic  tea,  spices,  supplements,  essential  oils,  wheat-­free  and  gluten-­ free  products.  10am-­7pm  M-­Sat,  closed  Sunday. Â

at Healing Oasis, LLC 772 St. Andrews Blvd, Charleston 843-469-3049

Intuitive  Readings  available  in  person  and  by  phone  utilizing  tarot,  astrology  and  numerology  to  unveil  the  dynamics  in  your  life.  Holistic,  healing,  transformative  and  powerful.

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calendarofevents Our Calendar is filled with classes, workshops and events that feed your mind/ body/spirit and promote a healthy lifestyle. All submissions for the October issue must be received no later than September 10. Basic listings are a maximum of 35 words, not including the day/date and cost $5/month. Highlighted events are $.50/word plus $10/photo. Please email to: calendar@nalowcountry.com.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

GC  Yoga  Studio  Open  House  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  6-­7:30pm  GC  Yoga  Studio,  105  Laurel  Ave,  Goose  Creek.  Come  check  out  Goose  Creekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  new  yoga  studio  and  meet  the  instructors.  Special  pricing  on  classes  offered  to  attendees!  Goodcallyoga.com,  303-­2014.

+RXU 0HGLWDWLRQ $ 7KRQ  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  begins  6pm  with  open  ceremony  and  runs  thru  6pm  Sunday.  Healing  Oasis,  772  St  Andrews  Blvd.  Volunteers  needed  to  meditate  and  work  on  mandala  coloring  project.  Info:  743-­5222  or  Healingoasisllc.com

Green  Cleaning  With  Essential  Oils  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  6:30pm  Colucci  Wellness  Center.  Learn  how  easy  it  is  to  cre-­ ate  disinfecting,  deodorizing  and  antifungal  cleaning  products.  Participants  receive  ideas  and  recipes  to  naturally  clean  your  home.  RSVP:  875-­5700.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 Rockinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  the  River  Concert  Series  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  6:30-­9:30pm  North  Charleston  Riverfront  Park.  The  City  of  North  Charlestonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  monthly  concert  series  with  hits  from  the  60â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  by  Plane  Jane.  Food  trucks  available,  along  with  beer  and  wine  garden.  No  outside  cool-­ ers  permitted.  Free  admission/parking.  740-­5854,  northcharleston.org

markyourcalendar Transmission  Meditation 6HSWHPEHU Â&#x2021; SP Attend  a  Transmission  Meditation  on  the  1st  &  3rd  Sundays  in  September  at  Janna  Bakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  house  in  West  Ashley.  This  is  a  free  group  meditation  in  which  the  Hierarchy  of  the  Masters  use  us  to  channel  healing  energy  to  the  earth.

Google  Transmission  Meditation  or  call  Janna  for  more  information:  843-­573-­0516.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 Monthly  Lecture  Series  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  The  Proactive  Photographer  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  7-­8pm  Olde  Village  Community  Bldg,  4820  Jenkins  Ave.  Join  Doug  Cunningham  &  Stan  Foxworthy  of  D&S  Group,  LLC,  for  ca-­ sual,  monthly  presentations  on  photography.  Free.  740-­5854,  northcharleston.org

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 ,QWUR WR 'HWR[LÂżFDWLRQ  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  6-­7pm  Lime  and  Lotus,  925  Wappoo  Rd,  Ste  F.  Discover  the  secrets  to  natural  body  detox  and  weight  loss  with  Dr  Stephanie  Zgrag-­ gen,  DC,  CCN.  FREE.  RSVP:  LimeandLotus.com,  214-­2997.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 :DON LQ $FXSXQFWXUH &OLQLF  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  6:30-­8:30pm  Heal-­ ing  Oasis,  772  St  Andrews  Blvd.  General  ear  needle  protocol  used  with  other  possible  protocols  Paige  Hetherington,  LAc  of  Dakini  Acupuncture.  Dona-­ tions  accepted.  For  more  info:  healingoasisllc.com

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$FXSUHVVXUH IRU 6WUHVV 5HOHDVH â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  9am-­noon  Popiel  Holistic  Therapy,  Mt  Pleasant.  Learn  Seva  Stress  Release,  self-­care  treatment  initially  developed  and  utilized  for  rescue  workers  after  9-­11.  CEUs  Nurses/ MTs.  $60,  RSVP  to  Susan  Popiel,  RN:  834-­4168.

Usui/Holy  Fire  Reiki  I  &  II  Classes  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  9am-­6pm  Sat/Sun  Usui/Karuna  Reiki  Mater,  ICRT  Licensed  Teacher  Dianne  Thomas,  Summerville.  Includes  ICRT  NEW  HOLY  FIRE  REIKI.  Learn  healing  with  Reiki  energy.  CEs  Nurses/Massage  Therapists.  $350,  297-­2468,  Thepinkdolphin.com

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 North  Charleston  Drum  Circle  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  2-­4pm  Unity  of  Charleston,  2535  Leeds  Ave.  All  levels  of  drummers  are  welcome.  We  have  drums  to  share.  We  will  jam,  learn  some  root  patterns  and  practice  some  multipart  rhythms.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 $FXSUHVVXUH IRU 6WUHVV 5HOHDVH â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  9am-­noon  Popiel  Holistic  Therapy,  Mt  Pleasant.  Learn  Seva  Stress  Release,  self-­care  treatment  initially  developed  and  utilized  for  rescue  workers  after  9-­11.  CEUs  Nurses/ MTs.  $60,  RSVP  to  Susan  Popiel,  RN:  834-­4168.

Wine  Down  Wellness  Wednesday  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  6-­8pm  Lime  and  Lotus,  925-­F  Wappoo  Rd.  Enjoy  wine  and  healthy  snacks  while  learning  about  wellness!  Every  Third  Wednesday  of  the  Month.  Energy  Exchange:  $5.  RSVP/register:  LimeandLotus.com,  214-­2997.

Intro  To  Essential  Oils  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  6:30pm  Colucci  Wellness  Center,  Trolley  Rd,  Summerville.  Join  Dr.  Colucci  and  learn  how  essential  oils  can  help  your  friends  and  family  with  everyday  health  problems.  FREE  -­  limited  seating.  RSVP:  875-­5700.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Intuitive  Playground  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  7-­9pm  Lime  and  Lotus,  925-­F  Wappoo  Rd.  Discover  your  intuition.  Learn  techniques  for  improving  your  skills  and  life.  Energy  exchange:  $10.  RSVP/register:  LimeandLotus.com,  214-­2997.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 , &DQ 'R ,W +D\ +RXVH &RQIHUHQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  Fri/Sat/Sun  Orange  County  Convention  Center,  Orlando  FL.  Speakers  include  Dr.  Wayne  Dyer,  Joe  Dispenza  et.  al.  Workshops  include  Health  Secrets,  Meditation,  Intuition  &  more.  $275-­$375,  resistration/info:   800-­654-­5126,  HayHouse.com

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specialevent 0XQD\ .L ,QWLDWLRQV Workshop )UL 6HSW Â&#x2021; SP 6DW 6HSW Â&#x2021; DP SP 0RQ 6HSW Â&#x2021; SP Shankarji  Red  Hawk  Rising   (Keith  N.  Anderson)  Instructor.   Munay-­Ki  are  Rites  of  the  Shamanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Path  of  the  Qâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ero  nation,  indigenous  people  of  the  Andes  in  Peru.   Class  includes  understanding  the  Rites/ Rituals  of  Munay-­Ki  and  being  able  to  pass  the  rite  on  to  others.   $65/class  (does  not  include  initiation).  Natsu  Mura  Karate  &  Kobudo,  125  S.  Main  St,  Summerville.  Register:  875-­4543,   Resourcesunlimited1.com Â

Limited  Private  Sessions )UL 6HSW Â&#x2021; DP SP 0RQ 6HSW Â&#x2021; DP SP By  appointment  only.  Experience  a  dual  session  (â&#x20AC;&#x153;double  whammyâ&#x20AC;?)  with   Keith  N.  Anderson  and  Joyce  Stech.  Joyce  and  Keith  combine  their  energies  in  a  dance  of  Sacred  Union  as  you  receive  the  energies  of  Divine  Union.

These  sessions  are  offered  on  a  limited  basis   for  individuals  and  couples.   Please  call  870-­4462  for  availability.

%5($7+( $OFKHPLFDO Breathwork  Workshop Release  Stress  &  Tension,   Find  Bliss  and  Joy 6XQGD\ 6HSW Â&#x2021; DP SP Need  to  reduce  anxiety  and  depression  from  your  life?  Tired  of  being  tired?  Would  you  like  to  stay  focused,  clear  and  balanced  in  the  midst  of  your  busy  life?  Take  action!  Invest  in  yourself.  These  are  actual,  experiential   breathwork  sessions  with   Keith  N.  Anderson,  Founder.   Wear  comfortable  clothing.   $225.  Natsu  Mura  Karate  &  Kobudo,  125  S.  Main  St,  Summerville.  Register:  870-­4462  or   email  info@resourcesunlimited1.com

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

Palmistry  101  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  10am-­2pm  Lime  and  Lotus,  925  Wappoo  Rd,  Ste  F.  Interactive  Palm  Reading  Workshop  with  Ed  Schultz.  Discover  what  your  hand  says  about  you!  Energy  exchange:  $55.  RSVP:  LimeandLotus.com,  214-­2997.

North  Charleston  Drum  Circle  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  2-­4pm  Unity  of  Charleston,  2535  Leeds  Ave.  All  levels  of  drummers  are  welcome.  We  have  drums  to  share.  We  will  jam,  learn  some  root  patterns  and  practice  some  multipart  rhythms.

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 8th $QQXDO &DUROLQD *UHHQ )DLU â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  noon-­5pm  James  Island  County  Park,  James  Island.  Free  with  $1  gate  admission  to  park.  Family  fun  activities  for  all  ages,  exhibitors,  artisans,  music  performances,  food  and  more.  Charlestoncountyparks.com

GC  Yoga  Classes  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  Begin  9/8.  GC  Yoga  Studio,  105  Laurel  Ave,  Goose  Creek.  Visit  website  for  class  schedule:  Goodcallyoga.com,  303-­2014.

:KROHQHVV 5HWUHDW IRU :RPHQ 2SHQLQJ 0LQGV Hearts  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  2pm  thru  Fri  4pm  Springbank  Retreat,  Kingstree.  Develop  new  sense  of  inner  strength  &  self-­nurturing  through  spiritual  direction,  counsel-­ ing,  creative  expression,  prayer.  $650  includes  lodg-­ ing/meals.  843-­382-­9777,  SpringbankRetreat.org

monday Classic  Pilates  Mat  Class  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  9:30am  &  10:30am  Mon/Wed  Breathe  Pilates  Studio  &  Spa,  664  Long  Point  Rd,  Belle  Hall  Shopping  Center,  Mt  Pleasant.  Challenging  class  provides  serious  results!  Great  for  all  levels.  Breathepilates.us,  884-­4420.

Peace  Walk  Charleston  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  2:30pm  Green  Trail  around  Carolina  Green  Fair,  James  Island  County  Park,  James  Island.  Hosted  by  Branch  of  Peace  Foundation.  Free  to  signup  and  set  a  fundraising  goal  for  peace  in  SC:  Branchofpeace.org

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 Playing  With  Energy  Night  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  6:30-­8pm  Natsu  Mura  studio,  125  S  Main  St,  Summerville.  Night  of  sharing,  healing,  learning  and  developing  our  tal-­ ents!  Come  play  with  energy.  Always  an  interesting  evening,  everyone  welcome.  $donation.  870-­4462,  Resourcesunlimited1.com

specialinvitation Fall  Open  House :HG 6HSW Â&#x2021; SP  at  Lime  and  Lotus,  LLC Meet  our  holistic  practitioners,  indulge  in  a  mini  session,  enjoy  wine  and  appetizers  FREE,  Please  RSVP:  214-­2997,  LimeandLotus.com 925  Wappoo  Rd,  Suite  F

plan ahead FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 6WHS :RPHQÂśV 5HWUHDW â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  7pm  thru  Sun  1pm  Springbank  Retreat,  Kingstree.  Exploration  of  Native  Spiritualityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;sage  blessings,  prayer  lodge,  drumming  &  sacred  pipeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;w/Kathy  McGrogan  &  Dot  Goodwin.  $195  includes  lodging/meals.  843-­ 382-­9777,  Springbank@SpringbankRetreat.org,  or  SpringbankRetreat.org

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 $ZDNHQLQJ WKH 6SLULW :LWKLQ â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  10am  thru  Wed  3pm  Springbank  Retreat,  Kingstree.  Learn  to  play  WKH QDWLYH Ă&#x20AC;XWH DQG H[SUHVV \RXU LQQHU VRQJ Z Cerantha  Corley.  $200  includes  lodging/meals.  843-­ 382-­9777,  Springbank@SpringbankRetreat.org,  SpringbankRetreat.org

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 :DON LQ $FXSXQFWXUH &OLQLF  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  6:30-­8:30pm  Heal-­ ing  Oasis,  772  St  Andrews  Blvd.  General  ear  needle  protocol  used  with  other  possible  protocols  Paige  Hetherington,  LAc  of  Dakini  Acupuncture.  Dona-­ tions  accepted.  For  more  info:  healingoasisllc.com

0DNLQJ 6HQVH RI 0\VHOI 7KUHH .H\V :RUNVKRS â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  10am  thru  Thurs  4pm  Springbank  Retreat,  King-­ stree.  Personality  map  of  whole  self,  offering  direc-­ tion  and  tools  for  journey  to  your  soul  w/Tamera  Helms.  $225  includes  lodging/meals.  843-­382-­9777,  SpringbankRetreat.org

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16

Earth  Fare  Summerville  Grand  Opening  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  7am-­10pm  Earth  Fare,  1101  North  Main  St,  Sum-­ merville.  Includes  giveaways,  product  demonstra-­ WLRQV OLYH PXVLF DQG PRUH 3URPRWLRQV UDIĂ&#x20AC;HV samples  and  entertainment  throughout  the  week.   Earthfare.com/Summerville

+HDOLQJ 3RZHU RI 'UHDPV â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  7pm  thru  Sun  1pm  Springbank  Retreat,  Kingstree.  Betsy  Grund  &  Sharon  Smith-­Mathewes  leads  workshop  to  ex-­ perience  meaning  &  practice  translating  insights  into  guidance  &  action.  Counseling  CEUs.  $275,  843-­382-­9777,  SpringbankRetreat.org

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20

$OO 'D\ 0HGLWDWLRQ 6LOHQFH  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  7:30am-­6pm  Unity  Church  of  Charleston,  2535  Leeds  Ave,  North  Charleston.  Come  for  all  or  some  sessions,  30-­min  silent  lunch  scheduled  Explore  multiple  meditation  practices.  Spiritually  enriching.  Love  offering.  Unitychs.org,  566-­0600.

Native  Spirituality  &  Pottery  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  10am  thru  Fri  1pm  (10/30)  Springbank  Retreat,  Kingstree.  Share  in  ancient  wisdom  &  learn  ways  of  relating  to  natural  world.  Experience  Prayer  Lodge  &  Vision  Quest.  $780  includes  lodging/meals.  843-­382-­9777,  SpringbankRetreat.org

Restorative  Yoga  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  11:30am  (starts  9/14)  Breathe  Pilates  Studio,  664  Long  Point  Rd,  Belle  Hall  Shop-­ ping  Center,  MP.  Take  the  time  for  this  restorative  class  and  give  your  body  an  active  relaxation  ses-­ sion.  Breathepilates.us,  884-­4420.

Nia  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  4-­5pm  Hanahan  Senior  Center,  3102  Mabe-­ line  Rd  (near  Trident  Tech  off  Rivers  Ave).  Lively  movement  class,  energetic,  embraces  The  Bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Way/Nia  Way.  With  Ashima  Kahrs,  Nia  Blue  Belt  Instructor,  813-­2834.  Energy  Clinic  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  5-­8pm  (4th  Monday)  Bliss  Spiri-­ tual  Co-­op,  1163  Pleasant  Oaks  Dr,  Mt  Pleasant.  Enjoy  free  15-­minute  sessions  each  month  with  Sylvia  Barnhill  of  Sarva,  LLC  and  other  energy  practitioners.  Love  donation.  Contact:  224-­7377,  Sylvia@sarvallc.net .DUDWH &ODVVHV â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  White/Purple/Blue  belts  -­  6-­7pm;Íž  Green/Brown/Black  belts  -­  7-­8:15pm  Natsu  Mura  Karate  &  Kobudo,  125  S  Main  St,  Sum-­ merville.  875-­4543  or  870-­4462,  Natsumura.com Creativity  Coaching  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  6:30-­7:30pm  (1st  Monday)  Mt  Pleasant.  Calling  artists,  authors,  musicians,  entrepreneursâ&#x20AC;Śto  advance  in  their  work  through  meditation,  journaling  &  group  discussion.  Receive  guidance,  support  &  accountability.  $10/session,  RSVP:  Jennifer  514-­2848,  JEMichaels.com 6SLULWXDO /LIH &RDFKLQJ *URXS  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  6:30-­7:30pm  (3rd  Monday)  Mt  Pleasant.  Improve  all  areas  of  life  through  meditation,  journaling  and  group  discussion.  Receive  guidance,  support  &  account-­ ability.  $10/session,  RSVP:  Jennifer  514-­2848,  JEMichaels.com Guided  Meditation  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  7pm  (2nd  Monday)  Bliss  Spiritual  Co-­op,  1163  Pleasant  Oaks  Dr,  Mt  Pleas-­ ant.  Join  Sylvia  Barnhill  of  Sarva,  LLC  for  a  guided  meditation,  the  2nd  Monday  of  each  month.  Love  donation.  Contact:  224-­7377,  Sylvia@sarvallc.net

tuesday Restore/Release  Pilates  Mat  Class  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  9:30am  Tues/ Thurs  Breathe  Pilates  Studio,  664  Long  Point  Rd,  Belle  Hall  Shopping  Center,  MP.  Find  deeper  ease  of  movement  by  connecting  with  breath  to  support  core,  for  all  levels.  Breathepilates.us,  884-­4420.

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Farmers  Market  &  Concert  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  Market:  noon-­7pm;Íž  Concert  4-­6pm  (thru  Oct  29)  Felix  C.  Davis  Com-­ munity  Center  grounds,  4800  Park  Circle.  Offerings  include  abundance  of  fresh,  locally  grown  produce,  food  vendors,  art  &  craft  booths,  and  rotating  entertainment.  Free  admission/parking.  740-­5854,  northcharleston.org &RI&V &HQWHU IRU &UHDWLYH 5HWLUHPHQW :HHNO\ Lectures  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  1pm  St.  Joseph  Family  Life  Center,  1695  Raoul  Wallenberg  Blvd,  W  Ashley.  Weekly  lectures  on  many  topics.  First  time  guests  are  FREE.  Information,  contact  David  Barnard:  216-­6640.

Traditional  Sivananda  Yoga  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  6:30-­7:30pm  (starts  9/8  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  10)Natsu  Mura,  125  S  Main  St,  Summerville.  Includes  practicing  5  points  of  yoga  with  RYT  Certi-­ ÂżHG ,QVWUXFWRU 3ULVFLOOD %URPOH\ <RJD E\ 3ULVFLOOD Wear  comfortable  clothing.  $10/class;Íž  $50/month.  875-­4543,  Resourcesunlimited1.com The  Reiki  Connection  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  7pm  Unity  Church,  2535  Leeds  Ave.  All  welcome  for  guided  meditation  fol-­ ORZHG E\ PLQL 5HLNL VHVVLRQV E\ FHUWLÂżHG SUDFWLWLR-­ ners.  Love  offering.  (1st  Tues  for  practitioners  only)  Chrys  Franks,  Reiki  Master/Teacher,  364-­5725.

wednesday Hatha  Yoga  Group  Class  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  11:30am  Breathe  Pi-­ lates  Studio  &  Spa,  664  Long  Point  Rd  in  Belle  Hall  Shopping  Center,  Mt  Pleasant.  Great  for  beginners  with  a  focus  on  breathing,  relaxation  and  meditation.  Breathepilates.us,  884-­4420. .LGV <RJD  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  4pm  (ages  3-­12)  Play  Garden,  320  West  Coleman  Blvd,  Mt  Pleasant.  Fun  way  to  relax  after  school  at  drop-­in  eco-­friendly  play  space.  KidsPlayGarden.com Free  Hydration  Clinic  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  6-­7pm  (1st  Wed)  Dr.  Marianne  Rosen,  776  Daniel  Ellis  Dr  Ste  1A,  James  Island  (right  side  before  entrance  to  Lowes).  Learn  how  to  change  your  life  for  the  best.  723-­6529. .DUDWH &ODVVHV â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  White/Purple  belts  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  6-­7pm;Íž  Blue/Green/Brown  belts  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  7-­8pm;Íž  Black  belts  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  8-­9pm  Natsu  Mura  Karate  &  Kobudo,  125  S  Main  St,  Summerville.  875-­4543  or  870-­4462,  Natsumura.com Mt  Pleasant  Meditation  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  6:30-­7:30pm  Center  for  Holistic  Health,  1470  Ben  Sawyers  Blvd  Ste7.  (check  website  for  Sept  23  location)  Jennifer  Michaels  leads  guided  &  quiet  meditation,  begin-­ ners  &  advanced.  $10/class,  Drop-­ins  welcome.   JEMichaels.com,  Jennifer@jemichaels.com,  514-­2848.

Traditional  Sivananda  Yoga  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  6:30-­7:30pm  (starts  9/10)  Natsu  Mura,  125  S  Main  St,  Summerville.  Includes  practicing  5  points  of  yoga  with  RYT  Certi-­ ÂżHG ,QVWUXFWRU 3ULVFLOOD %URPOH\ <RJD E\ 3ULVFLOOD Wear  comfortable  clothing.  $10/class;Íž  $50/month.  875-­4543,  Resourcesunlimited1.com 6DWVDQJ ,Q WKH &RPSDQ\ RI WKH 7UXWK â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  7:45-­8:30pm  Natsu  Mura,  125  S  Main  St,  Sum-­ merville.  A  time  of  coming  together  to  receive  sacred  Teachings/Philosophies  and  sharing  love  with  one  another.  Love  donation.  875-­4543,  Resourcesunlimited1.com

Hatha  Yoga  Group  Class  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  10am  Breathe  Pilates  Studio  &  Spa,  664  Long  Point  Rd  in  Belle  Hall  Shopping  Center,  Mt  Pleasant.  Great  for  beginners  with  a  focus  on  breathing,  relaxation  and  meditation.  Breathepilates.us,  884-­4420.

Nia  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  11am-­noon  Hanahan  Senior  Center,  3102  Mabeline  Rd  (near  Trident  Tech).  Lively  movement  class,  energetic,  embraces  The  Bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Way/Nia  Way.  With  Ashima  Kahrs,  Nia  Blue  Belt  Instructor,  813-­2834.

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