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eptember was first designated National Yoga Month in 2008, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A grassroots 10-city Health Festival Tour included a stop in nearby Chicago to boost awareness and inspire more Americans to embrace a healthy lifestyle.

Today, hundreds of yoga studios around the country serve students in weekly classes led by certified teachers. YogaMonth.org provides more information and helpful resources (it’s fun to see Natural Awakenings’ national home page linked there).

My true practice of yoga began some 12 years ago when sessions were included with my gym membership. I devoted myself to instructor-guided practice three times a week. One day after nearly a year of this discipline, in the midst of a forward stretch I felt what I can only describe as an energy “orb” moving in my body, fanning out from my right glute down my right leg. I soon realized that a long-held sciatic pinch from whiplash had released and ceased to be; the earlier sporadic discomfort has never returned since.

I could call this healing a miracle or simply a natural consequence of regular yoga practice. It proved to be a turning point, encouraging me to seek even more physical benefits. I admit that it takes extraordinary motivation for me to stay with any physical practice, let alone working to elevate it to a comprehensive mental, emotional and even spiritual practice.

When I moved to Madison several years ago I worked a physically demanding job that provided all the exercise I wanted, and so I did not again join a gym.

In fact, I stopped practicing yoga altogether, partly because I just could not get a handle on some of the more demanding poses, such as hero and wheel. Now, though, inspired by this magazine’s coverage of yoga, I am finally ready to once again give it another go.

For all of us seeking to stay youthfully vital in body, mind and spirit, we are also fortunate this month to have experts at hand to help inform us of numerous essentially common-sense practices that can help turn back or at least flex the effects of clock and calendar. I loved reading Kathleen Barnes’ feature article on “Ageless Being” and think you will, too.

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Holistic Dentists Ingo Mahn and Supriya Shetty Share How Whole Body Health Begins in the Mouth

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14 AGELESS BEING Staying Vibrant in Mind, Body and Spirit

by Kathleen Barnes

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newsbriefs Local Yoga Studio Changes Name and Mission

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fter many years of growth and transformation, Capital Fitness Yoga, in Madison, has changed its name to The Yoga Sangha. This shift acknowledges the authenticity and depth of the studio’s offerings and marks a commitment to a new mission: community. The expanded fall schedule will begin September 14 and features a two-hour immersion with senior teacher Aubree Saia from 2 to 4 p.m., September 20.

“At The Yoga Sangha, we aim to bring a traditional perspective to modern yoga practices by embracing a long lineage of often untapped disciplines that some curious yogis may find attractive with the right introduction and teacher,” explains Director Ellen McKenzie. “We would like to be that introduction and teacher. We have created a space that cultivates introspection and allows you to find the practice that best fits you and your lifestyle.”

McKenzie continues, “Our teachers offer a wide spectrum of teaching styles that will help everyone from the most experienced to the most inexperienced feel comfortable and at home in our studios. This space is an extension of our teachers and forms what we hope will be your yoga community: your Yoga Sangha.”

Location: 15 N. Butler St. To register for the immersion (required), visit CapitalFitness.net/Aubree. For more information, call 608-251-1245 or email Ellen@TheYogaSangha.net. See ad, page 9.

Wildwood Institute Offers 3 Herb Medicine Kit

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athleen Wildwood, of Wildwood Institute and Herbs, is offering three of her favorite medicinal travel companions in her new medicine kit: Yarrow Tincture, Skin ReLeaf Oil and Kelp. The set comes with complete usage directions and an actions chart for the herbs.

Order through the Wildwood Institute Products Store at WildwoodInstitute.com. See ad, page 23.

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ccess Consciousness Certified Facilitator Bettina Madini is offering Access Bars energy sessions by appointment from noon to 6 p.m. Wednesdays at Sacred Rhythms Wellness Center, in Madison.

Access Bars is an energy technique that allows individuals to release thoughts, judgments and limitations. The facilitator uses a light touch on certain parts of the head and Bettina Madini this process assists the body and mind in creating more clarity, space, joy and ease in life. It helps individuals discover different possibilities for their lives, particularly in areas in which they feel stuck.

Location: 6314 Odana Rd., Ste. 22. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 608-215-9725 or email Bettina@BettinaMadini.com. See ad, page 19 AwakeMadison.com

UW Doctoral Candidate Seeks K-12 Teachers for Wellness Study

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arla Manning, a doctoral candidate in Curriculum & Instruction at University of Wisconsin-Madison, is recruiting participants for dissertation research on self-care and wellness practices of kindergarten through 12th grade teachers.

According to Manning, the purpose of the research is to study how K-12 teachers use self-care practices to negotiate physical, emotional, and psychological stresses associated with their teaching experiences and Karla Manning argue for the need for self-care and wellness practices within a given teaching and learning context.

A former high school English teacher in Chicago Public School, Manning transitioned to Madison to pursue graduate work. Her research and implementation of various self-care strategies in her own life influenced and informed her dissertation focus.

Ten teachers, any grade, any discipline, are being sought to participate in this study. Manning envisions meeting with each teacher through the course of the study at an agreed upon place and time. Meetings are to include research-related interactions and practical information concerning wellness and self-care practices.

Participating K-12 teachers will be asked to describe/explain, initiate and/or learn about embodied teaching and self-care practices.

A nominal stipend will be provided for participants. Location: Meeting sites will be arranged between Manning and each participant. For more information or to volunteer, contact Manning at 312-778-0179 or KRManning@wisc.edu. See ad, page 16.

Madison Senior Center Hosts Evolution of Consciousness Lecture

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adison Senior Center will host The Evolution of Consciousness, a lecture by William Meader, from 7 to 9 p.m., September 16. An author, teacher and counselor, Meader presents in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

Beginning at the stage called The AwakenWilliam Meader ing, each step in the transformation of consciousness will be closely examined. Meader will also discuss the dark night of the soul experience, as well as methods to recognize the soul within the immediacy of one’s life.

Meader’s talent for bringing relevance to ageless wisdom teachings and applying them to our changing times is one of the ways that he fulfills today’s growing need for progressive truths. The teachings are not particular to any one religion but rather a collection of profound ideas that have application to every aspect of human existence.

Cost: $20. Location: Upstairs classroom, 330 W. Mifflin St. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

For more information or to preregister (preferred), call Sue at 608-298-7151 or email Sue.Brou@gmail.com.

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Founded by CEO Sharon Bruckman with a single edition in Naples in 1994, Natural Awakenings has grown to become one of the largest free, local, healthy living lifestyle publications in the world, serving approximately 4 million readers in 95 cities across the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

“Living a conscious lifestyle that supports our well-being and the sustainability of planet Earth has become more important than ever,” says Bruckman. “Our dedicated family of publishers, supported by loyal advertisers, connects readers with the resources they need to create a healthier, happy world that works for all living things.”

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Yoga Boosts Brain Gray Matter

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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.

Support Groups Keep Artery Patients Mobile

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esearch published in the Journal of the American Heart Association has determined that when peripheral artery disease patients engage in behavioral support groups that encourage exercise, they realize increased mobility.

The researchers from Northwestern University followed 194 patients for a year, testing subjects at six months and again at 12 months. The patients were divided into two groups; one attended weekly intervention group meetings, while the control group attended weekly lectures.

After six months, the researchers found that only 6.3 percent of those that attended the support group meetings experienced mobility loss, compared to 26.5 percent of those that didn’t attend the meetings.

After one year, the support group attendees again showed positive results.

The control group had 18.5 percent loss in mobility, while only 5.2 percent of the support group attendees did.

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esearch from Germany has found that the high particulate numbers in smoggy areas increase the risk of stroke. The Heinz Nixdorf Recall study followed more than 4,400 people between the ages of 45 and 74 years old.

The researchers began the study in 2000. They compared stroke and heart attacks to air pollution particulate matter (PM) levels of PM10 (particle sizes of 10 micrometers or less) and PM2.5 (2.5 micrometers or less).

The study found that stroke incidence was more than two-and-a-half times higher among people with long-term exposure to PM10, while stroke incidence increased by more than three times among people with long-term exposure to PM2.5 smog.

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Chamomile Tea Helps Us Live Longer

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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.

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.

Muscle-Building Supplements Linked to Testicular Cancer

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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.

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.

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globalbriefs News and resources to inspire concerned citizens to work together in building a healthier, stronger society that benefits all.

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

Bottomless Well

De-Salting Water Could Help Drought-Stricken Areas A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Jain Irrigation Systems has devised a method of turning brackish water into drinking water using renewable energy. This solar-powered machine is able to pull salt out of water and disinfect it with ultraviolet rays, making it suitable for both irrigation and drinking.

Electrodialysis works by passing a stream of water between two electrodes with opposite charges. Because the salt dissolved in water consists of positive and negative ions, the electrodes pull the ions out of the water, leaving fresher water at the center of the flow. A series of membranes separate the freshwater stream from increasingly salty ones.

The photovoltaic-powered electrodialysis reversal system recently won the top $140,000 Desal Prize from the U.S. Department of Interior. “This technology has the potential to bring agriculture to vast barren lands using brackish water,” says Richard Restuccia, Jain’s vice president of landscape solutions. The prize was developed to supply catalytic funding to capture and support innovative ideas and new technologies that could have a significant impact on resolving global water demand.

Among 13 desalination projects under consideration along the California coast, the Carlsbad Desalination Project will be the largest in the Western Hemisphere once it is completed in the fall.

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Embracing Invasives Rethinking the Balance of Nature

Environmental journalist Fred Pearce, author of the new book, The New Wild: Why Invasive Species Will Be Nature’s Salvation, traveled across six continents and ecosystems from remote Pacific islands to the United Kingdom and the Great Lakes to reveal some outdated scientific ideas about invasive species and the balance of nature.

Pearce argues that mainstream environmentalists are correct that we need a rewilding of the Earth, but they are wrong if they believe it can be achieved by reengineering ecosystems. He thinks that humans have changed the planet too much, and nature never goes backward. But a growing group of scientists is taking a fresh look at how species interact in the wild. According to these new ecologists, we should applaud the dynamism of alien species and the new ecosystems they create.

In an era of climate change and widespread ecological damage, it’s crucial that we find ways to help nature regenerate. Embracing this new ecology, Pearce proposes, is our best chance, maintaining, “To be an environmentalist in the 21st century means celebrating nature’s wildness and capacity for change.”

Source: Earthtalk.org

You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old. ~George Burns

Secular Socialization

Today’s Young Adults Are the Least Religious Ever Researchers led by San Diego State University Psychology Professor Jean M. Twenge, Ph.D., found that millennials are the least religious generation of the last six decades, and possibly in the nation’s history. They analyzed data from 11.2 million respondents from four nationally representative surveys of U.S. adolescents ages 13 to 18 taken between 1966 and 2014.

Results published in the journal PLOS One conclude that recent adolescents are less likely to say that religion is important in their lives, report less approval of religious organizations and find themselves feeling less spiritual and spending less time praying or meditating. “Unlike previous studies, ours is able to show that millennials’ lower religious involvement is due to cultural change, not to their being young and unsettled,” says Twenge, who is also the author of Generation Me. “Millennial adolescents are less religious than Boomers and GenXers were at the same ages,” she notes. “We also looked at younger ages than the previous studies. More of today’s adolescents are abandoning religion before they reach adulthood, with an increasing number not raised with religion at all.”

Source: San Diego State University

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.

Supreme Hope

Online Summer of Peace Program Continues Designed by The Shift Network as “the largest virtual peace event on the planet,” a free, online threemonth 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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THE FUTURE OF DENTISTRY Holistic Dentists Ingo Mahn and Supriya Shetty Share How Whole Body Health Begins in the Mouth

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simple Internet search for “detox” will produce countless articles, websites, blogs and products offering what so many people are increasingly seeking—a healthier body. Also readily available are articles warning of the toxicity of many materials historically used in dentistry. What is often missing from these information sources, however, is a synthesis of these two health areas.

Wisconsin holistic dentists Ingo Mahn and Supriya Shetty of Integrative Dental Solutions, in Pewaukee, met with Natural Awakenings to explain the pivotal role oral health plays in determining the success or failure of any health regimen and offer advice for readers seeking a holistic dentist.

What should readers that are unfamiliar with the toxicity of dental materials know?

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als used for traditional crowns sometimes contain nickel. Not only is nickel a known carcinogen, but it can react with amalgam fillings and enhance the release of mercury vapor.

The problem with root canals is the potential for residual infections. This is due to the fact that the root of the tooth is comprised of millions of tubules.

For this reason, many holistic dentists believe all root canal teeth need to be extracted. In our practice we recommend further testing and offer therapies that allow us to save many of these teeth.

How does this toxicity affect our overall health?

Dr. Shetty: Natural healthcare practitioners usually agree that the first step in becoming healthy involves performing a detoxification. Hippocrates stated that “All disease begins in the gut,” and the mouth is the gateway to the gut.

You can’t successfully detoxify the body while keeping a mouthful of toxins.

Dr. Mahn: When you visit the top integrative medical clinics in Europe, the first doctor you see is a dentist. The mouth/body connection isn’t as imme-

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Will any dentist be able to discuss oral toxins with patients?

Dr. Mahn: Unless a dentist has received further training and advertises their practice to be holistic, natural or biological, they probably will not be able to help with toxicity concerns. Although we are seeing some promising movement, Western medical and dental communities can be slow to change.

Dr. Shetty: Our patients regularly tell us that communication is important to them. We understand their concerns and “speak the same language”, in a sense. They can be completely confident that their health and safety, as well as that of our doctors and staff, is our top concern.

What should readers look for when choosing a holistic dentist?

Dr. Shetty: Ensure your dentist is accredited through the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology. Additional accreditation is available through the Huggins Alliance.

Dr. Mahn: Unfortunately, some dentists are using “mercury free” as a marketing tool. Removing an amalgam filling without following the proper protocols can expose the patients to more toxins than if the filling had remained in place. Readers should educate themselves on the safety protocols and then ask their dentist informed questions.

What protocols should be followed for safe amalgam removal?

Dr. Mahn: Here at Integrative Dental Solutions, patients rinse with a bentonite clay mixture before and after the removal procedure to bind with any stray particles. During the procedure we place a rubber dam in the mouth that isolates the teeth we are working on, as well as placing a hood over the patient’s nose that delivers medical-grade

oxygen. Finally, we have an evacuation system placed just outside the patient’s mouth that draws all of the vapors away to our special air filtration system.

sleep apnea, such as wear on the teeth, scalloping of the edges of the tongue and large tonsils. In children we see narrow dental arches that may indicate a breathing problem. As dentists we are in a position to not only see and help with the ultimate diagnosis of these issues, but also to participate in the treatment in both adults and children.

How can readers ensure that their amalgam replacement is safe?

Dr. Mahn: Readers should ask how a dentist chooses their materials. If you had read a dental journal a few years ago, you would have seen no mention of “biocompatible” on any advertising. Today, it isn’t so unusual. It makes no sense to remove a toxic material and then replace it with a composite resin that the patient might be reactive to. Testing can be done using a blood serum test, similar to an allergy test, as well as using energetic ways to test for compatibility.

Many of the materials we use come from Germany and Europe.

Traditionally, they have been more conscious of the types of materials going into their composites. In the United States, this information is considered proprietary in nature and manufacturers are not required to disclose all of the

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What future developments do you see for dentistry?

Dr. Shetty: One of the exciting areas that our practice is really focusing on is the importance of proper sleep and breathing. Sleep apnea often goes undiagnosed in women, children and thinner men. Basically, our medical colleagues often associate sleep apnea with older, overweight men, so it gets missed in others. As a dentist I am looking right at the airway—just behind the teeth. We can see signs of a narrowed airway that might obstruct while sleeping. We can also see telltale signs of

Dr. Mahn: We believe holistic dentistry is the future, and I see that manifesting as more people learn about this subject. We have always stayed on the leading edge of equipment technology, including CAD/CAM (to fabricate crowns and onlays in a single visit), low-dose 3D CT imaging, non-metallic dental implants and lasers. Many of our patients are healthcare providers—even M.D.s—and we consider ourselves partners in healthcare. It’s an exciting shift, and we are proud to be a part of it.

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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.”

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and mentally feeble at a certain age.

“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

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of 40 percent over the 1980 census, and more than 80 percent of them 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

“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 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.

seeds have all been widely scientifically proven to reduce chronic inflammation.

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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

Compute Your Real Age Lifestyle choices can make our bodies older, or younger, than our number of orbits around the sun, according to Michael Roizen, a doctor of internal medicine and author of This is Your Do-Over: The 7 Secrets of Losing Weight, Living Longer, and Getting a Second Chance at the Life You Want. “Seventy percent of aging is in the simple things you do or don’t do,” he maintains.

Here are a few sobering examples: n An unresolved major life stressor, such as a divorce, being sued, the death of a close relative or other traumatic events, can add up to 32 years to chronological age. Managing the stress adds a relatively insignificant two years. n Swap out saturated fats (cheese and meat) for monounsaturated fats (olive oil, nuts and avocados). Subtract 2.5 years from chronological age. n Get up out of the chair every 15 minutes and also take a 10-minute walk every two hours. Subtract 2.1 years from chronological age. n Have close friends. Subtract 2.1 years from chronological age.

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This is the result of excessive sugar that glues itself to protein or fat molecules, leaving a sticky mess that creates advanced glycation end (AGE) products that damage all body systems and are acknowledged culprits in the dreaded diseases associated with aging.

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

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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.

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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, happyhealthy, 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.

Natural Awakenings Celebrates

YOGA MONTH and invites you to learn more about these teachers and centers committed to the well-being of our community.

Body & Brain Yoga

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Body & Brain Yoga offers holistic, experiential classes in Korean yoga, tai chi, meditation, and mind-body workshops. Master Suhaeng Park combines Asian energy principles and healing philosophy with current neuroscience research, with a commitment to create energetic, balanced, and healthy lives for practitioners. Enjoy a deep experience of energy, power, serenity, and vitality in an enjoyable and caring learning environment. Suitable for all ages, body types, and fitness levels. Master Suhaeng Park has 18 years of experience teaching classes, giving private sessions and guiding people to heal and grow.

Location: 2045 Atwood Ave., Madison.

For more information, call 608-665-3081 or visit BodynBrain.com/Madison-WI.

to prepare students for group classes, and soon she was teaching yoga to professional athletes, rehabbing students after surgery, and aiding in reducing depression and anxiety. Eventually she developed the “BalancePoint Method” where students use yoga postures, emotional exploration and personal goal setting for healing.

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Celebrating 10 years as the only exclusive Svaroopa Yoga studio in Wisconsin.

Svaroopa Yoga opens the body (roopa) to reveal the Self (sva). Create core openings by releasing the tensions in the body’s deepest layers, without sweat or strain because Svaroopa Yoga is not exercise. Dissolving these tensions cultivates ease. Certified teachers offer a combined 21 years of Svaroopa Yoga teaching experience. Also offering full-spectrum, Embodyment, yoga therapy for scoliosis, general yoga therapy and a basic meditation course.

Location: 2674 Allen Dr.,, Verona (between Verona and Mt. Horeb off CR PD). For more information, call 608-215-7218 or 608-437-5082 or visit SpringdaleYoga.com.

Well Within Yoga

Amy Pearce-Hayden, ERYT 500 As a Professional Yoga Teacher for nearly two decades, Amy has been helping individuals find balance through both physical and emotional support. Her private practice, which began in 2003, focused on traditional yoga techniques

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Jules Pilates Studio JULES WOLF STENZEL

Jules Pilates Studio offers Gentle Hatha Yoga and Vinyasa Flow. Classes are taught with caring mindfulness. Yoga practice here embodies wise movement, centering without self-consciousness, releasing stress, and loving kindness.

Gentle hand assists may be given, but practitioners are never pushed or wrenched into poses. Says Jules: “We try, we see. We breathe, we see. It is not about the pose itself, it is about your path. We are here to guide.” Instructors are fully certified in several modalities.

Location: 6138 Mineral Point Rd., Madison. For more information, call 608-233-7745, email JulesPilatesStudio@ gmail.com or visit JulesPilates.com.

A certified, professional-level yoga teacher and Phoenix Rising Yoga therapist, Maruti brings 30-plus years of experience and a blend of Viniyoga and Kripalu Yoga to her teaching. Maruti creates a welcoming and supportive space—free from judgment and competition—that invites exploration and cultivates selfacceptance. Her classes are gentle, mindful and easeful, with an inward, breath-centered focus.

Slow, controlled movement into and out of postures, combined with staying in postures, leads to greater strength, stability and flexibility. The breath initiates and facilitates mindful movement and inner calm.

Location: Quarry Arts Bldg. (near Whole Foods), 715 Hill St., Madison.

Contact: 608-236-9138, Maruti@Well WithinMadison.com or visit WellWithin Madison.com.

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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

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.

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.”

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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.

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If we want to eat safer, sustainable, farmed seafood, there are two solutions. One is to purchase farmed fish raised in the U.S., says Sullivan. The agency’s FishWatch consumer informa20

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tion 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 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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The Green Fish Farmer

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, non-GMO 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, nonGMO 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 threebay 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 leverage 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 nonGMO 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, conservationdriven 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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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

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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.

Every elite athlete starts as an innocent kid playing fun games. ~Travis Tygart, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for sports integrity 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.”

Creativity isn’t limited to only younger children. How sports are taught in this country at all levels, right up through college, often inhibits athletic creativity and problem solving—as Levy has noticed year after year in the freshmen players she trains—rather than fostering these attributes.

A Better Alternative

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,

No matter what happens on the field or in the pool, your first four words to your kids afterward should be, “I loved watching you.”

That is all. That’s all your kids really want to hear. ~Luis Fernando Llosa 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 funfilled 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.

A writer, speaker and former Sports Illustrated reporter, he lives in New York City, where he coaches his five kids. For more information, visit LuisFernandoLlosa.com.

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EYE HEALTH FOR DOGS 10 Foods to Keep Canine Vision Sharp

by Audi Donamor

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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.

Carrots come in 100 varieties, from deep purple and antioxidant for the eye’s lens, and can be instrumental in the white to brilliant orange. Each is a storehouse of nutrient prevention of some visual problems. power, providing vitamin A, beta-carotene, vitamins C, D, E Kale is an excellent source of lutein and zeaxanthin. and K, and riboflavin, niacin, calcium, potassium, phosphoThe American Optometric Association says these special rus, sodium, iron, magnesium, manganese, sulphur, copper antioxidants act like “internal sunglasses.” Add betaand iodine. The adage that carrots are good for the eyes is carotene to the mix and kale serves as a preferred foil true. They even contain lycopene and lutein, phytonutrients to oxidative stress. that protect from UVB radiation and free radical damage.

Pumpkin’s orange color is a sure sign that it’s packed Cold-water fish such as salmon, tuna, cod, haddock with carotenoids like beta-carotene, which help neutralize and sardines are rich in omega-3s, especially EPA and free radicals. Its lutein and zeaxanthin generally promote eye DHA, which are widely known to be important to cellular health and further protect against retinal degeneration. Even health. DHA makes up 30 percent of the fatty pumpkin seeds carry several benefits, including Make vision acids that comprise the retina. The particularly omega-3s, zinc and phytosterols to enhance a high levels of omega-3s in sardines add further and diet part of dog’s immune response. protection to retinal health, according to reSweet potatoes are loaded with both betasearchers at the London School of Hygiene and annual exams by carotene and anthocyanins, the latter high in Tropical Medicine. antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. a local vet.

Eggs are rich in cysteine and sulphur, two Tomatoes are famous for their lycopene, a components of glutathione. Cataract Health News carotenoid and phytonutrient found in red produce. reports that sulphur-containing compounds have This powerful antioxidant helps protect against sun been found to protect eyes from cataract formation. damage and retinal degeneration and has been well Egg yolks contain lutein, and a University of Masdocumented as effective in cancer prevention. Processed sachusetts study has found that eating an egg a day tomato products contain higher levels of lycopene than raised levels of lutein and zeaxanthin in the blood; the raw fruit. at the same time, blood serum lipids and lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations remained stable.

Audi Donamor regularly contributes to Animal WellGarlic. Researchers at the University of Oregon ness Magazine (AnimalWellnessMagazine.com), suggest that sulphur-rich garlic is important for the from which this was adapted and used with production of glutathione, a protein that acts as an permission.

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The Adventure of Couchsurfing

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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 on his cross-country tours.

As a traveler, offer which helps ensure ongoing safety and good

Not only does creating connections with strangers an ethnic meal, good behavior all around.

Meanwhile, nonmake us happier—as Unistory or how to say members also are versity of Chicago social scientists have proven—it leads hello in a different welcome to explore to fun travel stories. If we language. As a host, couchsurfing events in their city. Fun opportuchoose to see the world via be open to what nities to make new conthe decade-old organization at Couchsurfing.com, we guests can teach. nections include weekly language exchanges, might find ourselves sleepKeep a travel log skill swaps, outdoor ing on a sailboat in the Irish Sea; meeting backpackers and guestbook to activities and potlucks.

“For me, it’s by solar-powered light in a cave in Petra, Jordan; sharing record memories. undeniably about the community, the kind of a room with a pet bird that falls asleep listening to sappy love songs on the radio; person it tends to attract,” says Joseph Abrahamson, a couchsurfer in his midor jamming to old-time banjo and fiddle 20s. “A room full of couchsurfers is full tunes in a North Carolina kitchen. of stories and listening and sharing and

The global community of couchsurfers, now 10 million strong, consid- trust. It changes a person in a positive way… people that travel like this for ers strangers “friends you haven’t met long enough can no longer survive with yet.” They currently are hosting and 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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Choose Happiness Four Tips to Flip the Joy Switch

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recent Harris Interactive poll indicates that only one in three Americans are happy. Success, education and increases in annual household income create only marginally more happiness. So what will it take to go the distance?

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.

Four tips from contributors to the book show how we all can rise up out of our troubles to the other side, shining.

Let Go of ‘Supposed To’

Family, friends and society exert pressure on us to achieve certain goals or impose their definition of success.

When our soul doesn’t fit the mold, exciting things can happen.

Happiness strategist Kristi Ling seemed to have it all: a high-powered job in Hollywood, significant income and the envy of all her friends—but her

success felt empty. She writes from her home in Los Angeles, “Each morning I’d get up thinking about who I needed to please, and then prepare myself to exist for another day. I looked and felt exhausted just about all the time. The worst part was that I thought I was doing everything right!”

After a middle-of-the-night epiphany, Ling left her job and set out to discover what her heart wanted. She began following a completely different life path as a coach and healer, in which success means manifesting joy.

Be Grateful Now

While we’re striving to change our life or wishing things could have been different, we often forget to pay attention to what we have right now.

Boni Lonnsburry, a conscious creation expert and founder/CEO of Inner Art, Inc., in Boulder, Colorado, writes about the morning she decided to choose happiness, despite the enormous challenges she was facing, including divorce, foreclosure, bankruptcy and possible homelessness. “I thought to myself, ‘Yes, my life could be better, but it also could be a hell of a lot worse. I’m healthy and smart—why, I even have some wisdom. Why am I focusing on how terrible everything is?’”

Using the power of her choice to be happy right now, Lonnsburry not only found joy amidst the adversity, but created love and success beyond her wildest dreams.

Let Love In

We all want to feel loved, but when we’re afraid of getting hurt, we put up barriers

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.

Linda Joy is the heart of Inspired Living Publishing and Aspire magazine. Inspiration for a Woman’s Soul: Choosing Happiness is her third in a series of bestselling anthologies. Next up is Inspiration for a Woman’s Soul: Cultivating Joy. Learn more at InspiredLivingPublishing.com.

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Numerology-Your Sacred Contract – 2-4pm.

Use numerology to determine your birth/soul path number and clarify your purpose – your sacred contract. Taught by Intuitive Life/Career Coach Patricia Penner. Free. Fitchburg Public Library, 5530 Lacy Rd, Fitchburg. Info or register: 608-467-7033, text 608-556-8618 or Patty@Heart-Light-Reiki.com.

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Meditation-in-Motion – 5:30-6:45pm. Inward, breath-centered focus in a safe and supportive space that invites peace, healing & restoration. Suitable for all, including beginners. Yoga mats, cushions, blankets provided. Free. Well Within, 715 Hill St # 170, Madison. Contact 608-236-9138 or Maruti@ WellWithinMadison.com. Info at WellWithin Madison.com.

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Herbal Apprenticeship program overview, with time for questions and discussion. This collegiatelevel training is offered by the semester. The fall semester begins October 3. Free. Register by email: Kathleen@WildwoodInstitute.com. Wildwood Institute, 946 Burr Oak Lane, Madison. 608-6639608. WildwoodInstitute.com.

The Evolution of Consciousness – 7-9pm. Author, teacher, counselor William Meader examines transformation of consciousness and methods to recognize the soul within the immediacy of one’s life. Doors open at 6:30. $20. Madison Senior Center, upstairs classroom, 330 W Mifflin St, Madison.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 Engage Your Ego as an Ally to Healing – 7-8:30pm. What is the role of the ego in the enlightenment process? Come join this interesting discussion. $15 (or donation). First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Dr, Madison. Info – Kathy Levac: 262-370-5463, Info@White-Conch.org.

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Community HU – 7:30pm. Singing HU can open your heart to God’s love and expand awareness.

Sing HU for 20 minutes followed by fellowship and light refreshments. Free. Goodman Center, 149 Waubesa St, Madison. Experience the sound of HU at HearHU.org.

Breaking Through to New Levels of Compassion – 7-8:30pm. Compassion is the love that can heal the wounded world. Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to learn something new. $15 (or donation). Free Congregation of Sauk County, 307 Polk St, Sauk City. Info – Kathy Levac: 262-370-5463, Info@White-Conch.org. White-Conch.org.

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The Inner Current with Aubree Saia – 2-4pm.

The Yoga Sangha at Capital Fitness welcomes senior teacher Aubree Saia. Explore and deepen your asana practice with hands-on assistance under Aubree’s experienced eye. $25 by 9/13, $30 thereafter.

Capital Fitness, 15 N Butler St, Madison. Register at CapitalFitness.net/Aubree.

Reiki 4-Hands Energy Healing Clinic – 10am2pm. Reiki Masters Kristen and Tim Bank co-facilitate clients’ choice of 20-, 30- or 40-min sessions. $2/minute.Sacred Rhythms Wellness Center, 6314 Odana Rd, Madison. Register: 608-271-2278. Info: SacredRhythmsMassage.com.

Free Herb Walk – 2pm. Wildwood Institute will host a free Herb Walk in Olin-Turville Park. Come see what’s growing, and learn local herb uses.

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Tonglen – 1-4:30pm. Tonglen is a powerful healing technique to heal oneself and others. Come learn this ancient technique for self-healing. Joyful Path Healing, 11000 Division St, Blue Mounds. $50 (or donation). Info – Kathy Levac: 262-370-5463, Info@White-Conch.org. White-Conch.org.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 Reiki I Attunement Class – 10am-4pm. With Reiki Masters teacher Kristen Bank. Learn Reiki to self-heal and help heal others. Includes book,

private consultation and Reiki level 1 Certificate upon completion. $150. Space is limited – $50 nonrefundable deposit required. Sacred Rhythms Wellness Center, 6314 Odana Rd, Madison. Register: 608-271-2278. Info: SacredRhythmsMassage.com.

The Self and Enlightenment – 3-4:30pm. What happens when one becomes enlightened? Come listen or join in this discussion from a Tibetan Buddhist perspective. The Green Vine, 102 4th Ave, Baraboo. $15 (or donation). Info – Kathy Levac: 262-3705463, Info@White-Conch.org. White-Conch.org.

plan ahead FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 Community HU – 7:30pm. Singing HU can open your heart to God’s love and expand awareness. Sing HU for 20 minutes followed by fellowship and light refreshments. Free. McCormick Place, 5610 Medical Circle, # 25, Madison. Experience the sound of HU at HearHU.org.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 Herbalism 101 – 10am-4:30pm. Learn safe effective herb preparations, including tinctures, teas, ointments and oils, traditional basis of Western herbal medicine, and how to choose quality herbal remedies at the store. $85. Wildwood Institute, 946 Burr Oak Lane, Madison. Register online: WildWoodInstitute.com.

Newcomers Svaroopa Yoga – 10:30am-12pm.

Experience the benefits of Svaroopa Yoga in this beginners class. Decide if Svaroopa Yoga is for you.

Free. Springdale Yoga, 2674 Allen Drive, Verona (between Verona & Mt. Horeb, off CR PD). Register at 608-215-7218 or Margie@SpringdaleYoga.com.

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ongoing sunday Vinyasa Flow – 10-11:30am. Beginning September 13. A caring, thorough, mindful, flowing class. Gentle attention given to students. All levels welcome. $15 single, 10/$130. Jules Pilates Studio, 6138 Mineral Point Road, Madison. 608-233-7745.

JulesPilatesStudio@gmail.com. Pre-register online: JulesPilates.com.

tuesday Gentle Hatha Yoga – 5:30-6:30pm. Move gently and restore after work. $15 single, 10/$130. Jules Pilates Studio, 6138 Mineral Point Road, Madison.

608-233-7745. JulesPilatesStudio@gmail.com. Preregister online: JulesPilates.com.

thursday Survivor Yoga – 9-10:15 am. A very gentle class for people dealing with the tough stuff life throws our way: illness, transitions, aging, stress. $15 single, 10/$130. Jules Pilates Studio, 6138 Mineral Point Road, Madison. 608-233-7745. JulesPilatesStudio@ gmail.com. Pre-register online: JulesPilates.com.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 Yoga Walking Lessons Workshop – 9am-12pm.

Learn a new way to use your legs & abs when walking in the Svaroopa Yoga style. Workshop allows you go deeper into poses and explore benefits. $45. Springdale Yoga, 2674 Allen Drive, Verona (between Verona & Mt. Horeb, off CR PD). Register at 608-215-7218 or Margie@SpringdaleYoga.com.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14 Meditation-in-Motion – 5:30-6:45pm. Slower meditative approach to asana (yoga postures) helps quiet the mind and focus on subtleties of movement. All levels welcome, no experience necessary. Yoga mats, cushions, blankets provided.

Drop-in $15, 8-class pass $96. Well Within, 715 Hill St #170, Madison. Contact 608-236-9138 or Maruti@WellWithinMadison.com. Info at Well WithinMadison.com.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2 Gentle Yoga Series – 5:30-7pm. Experience healing power of a Gentle Svaroopa Yoga class. For cancer survivors, surgery recovery, joint replacements, or a pain-full body. 5-week series. Springdale Yoga, 2674 Allen Drive, Verona (between Verona & Mt. Horeb, off CR PD). $20/class. Register at 608-215-7218 or Margie@SpringdaleYoga.com.

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