September 2020 Natural Awakenings Chicago Magazine

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EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING

Self-Care for ToughTimes

RAISING RESILIENT KIDS HOW TO HELP THEM BOUNCE BACK

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Natural Awakenings is a family of nearly 60 healthy living magazines celebrating 26 years of providing the communities we serve with the tools and resources we all need to lead healthier lives on a healthy planet.

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Contents 20 DIVEHEART

Provides Multifaceted Health Benefits Underwater

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22 EMOTIONAL

WELL-BEING IN THE PANDEMIC AGE

Self-Care Strategies for Tough Times

26 EMPOWERING ADOLESCENTS

Through Uncertain Times

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28 RAISING RESILIENT KIDS

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How to Help Them Bounce Back

29 NATURE CONNECTIONS are Vital for Students This Fall

30 DYNAMIC JOURNALING for Emotional Well-Being

31 MYTHBUSTING

MISCONCEPTIONS

About the Microbiome

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32 SPICE UP HEALTH

Using Herbs for Flavor and Medicine

35 EIGHT WAYS TO

REPLACE DIETARY SALT

38 YOGA FOR EVERY BODY Adaptive Ways Ease Pain and Immobility

40 PRAIRIE LIFE

Flourishes in September

42 MAISHA WYNN

On Brain Aneurysm Awareness

44 FINDING THE RIGHT TUNE FOR PETS

Music Calms the Animal Soul

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Peggy Malecki

t’s really hard to believe that we’re heading into September.

This summer seemed to go by in a blur as we adjusted to the realities of modified schedules and everyday living in a pandemic. Many of us have also had to find creative ways to help children, friends or aging parents understand and navigate the new reality while trying to balance our own responsibilities, worries and concerns.

Some days require more resilience, yet even little things can help us to be more positive and happy. Patience, flexibility, kindness and compassion are so very important now. There still are silver linings, happy coincidences and joyful moments to look for and cultivate. As always, I encourage you to step outside each day and reflect on the natural world as you connect with the changing season and slow down, breathe deeply and tend to your emotional well-being. I invite you to try the activities in this month's Natural Awakenings Inspiration department article.

HAPPINESS HELPERS

HEALTHY LIVING HEALTHY PLANET

CHICAGO EDITION Publisher Peggy Malecki

Circulation Manager Jim Irwin

Sales & Marketing Peggy Malecki

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Kyle Hass Madeleine O'Connell Editors Marty Miron Theresa Archer

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Martin Friedman Josh Pope

Five Ways to Be More Positive

by Brad Aronson

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tudies show that when we see the positive more often, we’re happier and kinder to ourselves and to those around us. Luckily, we’re not locked into one way of viewing the world. We can choose to see things in a more positive fashion. Here are some steps we can take to teach ourselves to look for the positive more often. Eventually, the brain can get into the habit of doing this without any prodding.

Compliment at least one person every day. Maybe we can begin the day by sending a short email or text telling someone why we appreciate them. Besides reshaping how we see the world, we might make someone’s day.

Keep a gratitude journal. Every night, write down three things to be grateful for. Researchers have found that people that regularly keep track of what they’re grateful for are happier. We can also have a nightly family discussion about what happened that day that we’re thankful for.

Perform a daily act of kindness. When we perform a kind act every day, we start noticing other opportunities to be kind, creating a cycle of positivity in our minds. Think small—a thank-you note or letting someone cut in front of us in traffic.

Be mindful of who and what we expose ourselves to. The people we spend time with and what we watch, listen to and read all send messages to our brain that influence how we see the world.

Train the brain for positivity. Here is a simple 10-minute exercise that can train the mind to think differently: • Get a pen and paper. Take only three seconds to look around the room and remember everything that’s red. Then take only a few seconds to write a list of everything you remember that’s red. Finish this step before continuing.

• Now write down everything that is blue. Chances are that like most people, we won’t remember the blue things nearly as well because we weren’t looking for them. We see what we look for, and that’s as much an asset as a shortcoming.

Training the brain to be more positive takes time, but it’s a priceless opportunity to change our perspective and become happier.

Brad Aronson, a tech entrepreneur and investor, is the author of HumanKind: Changing the World One Small Act At a Time. Connect at BradAronson.com.

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A Virtual Garden Walk

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est Cook Wild Ones and the Interfaith Green Network will present a free webinar, Native Gardens Through the Seasons: A Virtual Walk, from 3 to 4:30 p.m., September 12. A deep dive into Berwyn and Oak Park gardens, the annual native garden tour will be virtual this year, providing a fuller, year-round look at the way the gardens develop through the seasons, with practical, hands-on advice to bring native plants into home gardens.

Judy Klem, of the Interfaith Green Network, and Laura Hartwell Berlin, West Cook Wild Ones programs chair, will moderate the discussion and invite questions from the audience. The presenters Gardener Stephanie Walquist are three outstanding home gardeners that have been experimenting with and observing native plants altogether for more than 50 years.

Attendees can purchase plants through the West Cook Wild Ones 2020 Fall Tree and Shrub Sale. For more information including free registration, visit WestCook.WildOnes.org.

Annual Mycelium Mysteries Women’s Conference Goes Online This Year

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ycelium Mysteries, a virtual women’s conference to be presented September 25, 26 and 27 by the Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference, is intended to provide inspiration and education about mushrooms for the health and healing of people and the planet.

Workshops will be offered at the beginner through advanced levels on topics such as wild mushroom skills, fungal ecology, fungi and human health, and ethnomycology.

Fungi are the “grandmothers” of our ecosystems, silently shaping the soil. The conference aims to help modern women connect with the roles and wisdom of their female ancestors that maintained and shared their understanding of the role of the fungal world.

Conference Presenter Cornelia Cho, M.D. This is the only women-run, women-taught, women-focused mushroom conference in the world. Midwest Women’s Herbal is committed to providing herbal education and opportunities for transformation, immersed in the Wise Woman Tradition.

For more information or to register, visit MidwestWomensHerbal.com. See ad on page 11.

Learn to Connect the Digestive Dots

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ertified Digestive Health Specialist Reneé S. Barasch and Dr. Danny McLane will host a presentation at 5 p.m., September 16, and 11 a.m., September 17, at Digestive Health Solutions, located inside ADIO Chiropractic Clinic, to help “connect the digestive dots”.

A Q&A session will follow each presentation.

With more than 30 years of combined experience, they have been successfully helping clients address unresolved heartburn, Reneé S. Barasch acid reflux, constipation and irritable bowel syndrome.

This information is for those that may have made multiple visits to a gastroenterologist with little or no results or are using expensive over-the-counter medications that are not resolving their symptoms.

Barasch and McLane will describe the process of digestion, how structure plays a role and explain why digestion is crucial to proper nutrition. Participants will learn why standard treatments for digestive problems provide only temporary relief and what is needed to address the underlying causes of common digestive problems.

Admission is free. Location: 316 Peterson Lane, Libertyville. For more information and to reserve a seat, call 847-207-2034.

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Digital Journal Writing Courses Now Enrolling for Fall

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eam Sage owner Laura Stukel has been helping individuals, families and organizations navigate change for more than 25 years. In 2019, she was certified as a Journal to the Self instructor by the Center for Journal Therapy and also credentialed as one of their online instructors.

Because online wellness support is so important right now, Team Sage is offering specially designed fall workshops.

Journal to the Self is a six-week, self-paced learning experience where students practice and apply 18 life-changing techniques. Journal writing occurs privately, while learning is explored in the digital lounge Laura Stukel with personalized guidance by Stukel. Sessions begin the second Thursday of each month.

Coping with COVID-In Your Journal is offered in two, 90-minute sessions on the Zoom platform. Students explore a framework for simple and effective wellness writing. Sessions are digital, yet focused on old-fashioned journal writing; they provide a sense of community yet with built-in privacy. Sessions are available daytime or evenings twice a month.

For more information or to set up a free trial, call 773-251-1631 or visit TeamSage.studio/workshops. See ad on page 9 and in the Business Directory at NAChicago.com.

Illinois Stewardship Alliance Hosts The Dish Virtual 'Storyslam'

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he Illinois Stewardship Alliance has gathered central Illinois’ finest chefs and paired their talents with delicious local foods from the state’s farmers in an annual Harvest Celebration every fall for the last 12 years. As it’s not possible to gather in person to celebrate the labor and creativity of these great chefs and farmers this year, the Alliance will host an inaugural virtual online storytelling event, The Dish, on the evening of October 4.

Modeled after public radio’s The Moth storytelling program, they will showcase a series of live and recorded stories during The Dish to share the real-life accounts of farmers and chefs that are part of Illinois’ local food scene.

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he virtual Trinity Health Freedom Expo (formerly a live event held at the Tinley Park Convention Center) will showcase health experts and natural products companies from around the country on October 24 and 25. This event advocates for health freedom and provides a platform for education and discussions about holistic health.

Notable speakers include Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, Erin Elizabeth and Robert Scott Bell. Two interactive discussion panels will explore significant health freedom topics. The exhibit hall is open for the duration of the event. Radio host George Noory will speak at a private virtual symposium on Saturday evening.

Early registration: $30. After Oct. 1, admission: $40. The first 500 that register get a free attendee gift. Admission to the George Noory symposium: additional $50. To register as an attendee or to exhibit, call 1-888-658-3976 or visit TrinityHealthFreedomExpo.com. See ad on page 9.

New Science-Based Weight-Loss Program

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r. Lana Moshkovich, DACM, owner of Nirvana Naturopathics, in Deerfield, has written the two-volume Dr. Lana Weight-Loss Handbook, available in both paperback and e-book formats. Also, a monthly weight-loss contest offers the opportunity to win a $100 Amazon gift card.

She says, “All my life I struggled with weight loss and finally created a wonderful support system for myself.

I lost 40 pounds in nine months.” Now Moshkovich has made her path available to all in daily, weekly and monthly steps for success in just three months. Motivational essays, journaling prompts, recipes and exercise tips serve as motivational guideposts along the way.

Other programs include Anti-Inflammatory Pain Relief; Elite Nirvana Reset; Elite Sport Recovery; Allergy Relief; Cosmetic Anti-Aging; and the Let’s Get Healthy plan (with five months of care).

Moshkovich holds a Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine degree from Pacific College of Health and Science, in San Diego, and a Master of Pharmaceutical Science degree from Zaporizhya State Medical University, in Ukraine.

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COVID Testing Available at Essentially Pure

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The antibody test measures levels of IgM and IgG for late- and end-phases of COVID to know if someone has had it, but it’s either nearly or already gone. It’ll also tell if a person has never had it. The turnaround time for both is 36 hours and as soon as the highly detailed and specific saliva test with 10-minute turnaround is available, they’ll offer that service as well.

Nasal test: $175; Antibody test: $195; both together: $340 by appointment only in a highly safe COVID-free office. Location: 1535 Lake Cook Rd., Ste. 108. For more information or to make an appointment, call 847-977-1655, text 773-456-8632 or visit EssentiallyPureDental. com. See ad on page 21, in the Community Resource Guide and in the Business Directory at NAChicago.com.

BrainTapping Turns Brainwaves Into a Symphony

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rainTapping is a quick and easy way to relax, reboot and revitalize by optimizing the brain’s peak potential. Backed by neuroscience and research, the BrainTap method, provided at Wellness Empowered, in Northbrook, has been proven to help people that experience high stress, difficulty in sleeping, low energy and other lifestyle challenges. It creates a symphony of brainwave activity, a feeling of calm focus that’s aligned for learning and productivity. Each session is designed with achieving brainwave balance.

Unlike meditation programs, the system’s exclusive neuro-algorithms gently and naturally guide the brain through a broad range of brainwave patterns instead of just the alpha state, resulting in a complete spectrum of brainwave activity. This service can only be offered in the office because it uses headphones and glasses for a visual component that includes flashing lights.

Braintapping guides the mind from an awake, reactionary state into one of intuition and creativity, then to a place where super-learning and healing can occur, with an outcome of a heightened state of clearly focused consciousness.

Location: 2177 Shermer Rd. For appointments, call 847-963-6094. For more information, visit YourWellnessEmpowered.com. See ad on page 15, in the Community Resource Guide and in the Business Directory at NAChicago.com.

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ET FIT EGV, in Elk Grove Village, offers personalized coaching for clients to achieve fitness goals without incurring injuries. With small class sizes, they can customize so that any workout of the day can be challenging and fulfilling.

Certified Personal Trainer Rowena Dziubla also provides nutrition coaching, personal training and virtual coaching to help with navigating through these unique times.

Evening classes are offered Monday through Friday, with additional classes held on Sundays for those just starting out or not comfortable working out while wearing a mask. Additional class times will be made available as demand increases.

Location: 1100 Nerge Rd., Ste. 206. For more information, call 773-819-7459 or visit getfitegv.com. See ad in the Community Resource Guide and in the Business Directory at NAChicago.com.

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oul Energy founder Mary Ellen Azzi combines her passion for sound healing, meditation and chakra-clearing energy work when doing sound journeys.

The 90-minute group Chakra Meditation & Sound Journey is held online twice a month on a Saturday and Thursday evening. The events cycle through the seven main chakras (energy centers) every four months.

The need to make healing services available online inspired Azzi to adapt and create a unique personal service for individuals. A new, 75-minute, online, private offering combines aspects of a traditional vibrational sound session with the multi-instrumental guided experience of the group sound journeys.

Azzi explains that whether experienced as part of a group or during a private session, “Each sound journey is very personal, based on our own higher consciousness and what our souls are ready to process in the present moment.”

By entering a meditative state, participants prepare to fully “receive” the sound. Working with many bowls and some unusual instruments, Azzi provides a unique sound healing experience.

Private Sound Journey: $80, Group Sound Journey: $25 day of/$20 advance purchase discount. Location: Soul Energy Online.

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Dr. McLane’s priority is to help parents understand the process and gets them involved in a strategy that works.

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pside Counseling, PC, is offering teletherapy as a safe, simple solution for those struggling with chronic stress, anxiety, major life problems and the resulting depression. Craig Mead, LCSW, LCPC, a licensed clinical social worker and professional counselor who has been helping people with their depression and anxiety for more than 25 years, says, “Teletherapy is a safe, easy way to have video counseling sessions from the privacy of your home using a computer or smartphone. It offers benefits like less time and stress, no transportation or parking, no awkward waiting room. You can use the time before your session for yoga or meditation to relax and prepare yourself mentally and emotionally.”

Mead integrates traditional psychotherapy with holistic wellness mind-body-spirit practices to Craig Mead, LCSW, LCPC help clients overcome depression and anxiety and return to a place of optimum health and genuine happiness. Alternative methods such as meditation, mindfulness, guided imagery, breathing techniques and self-hypnosis are encouraged as practical, actionable skills to relieve stress and promote wellness through relaxation and natural self-care. These grounding and self-care tools, he says, are “crucially important as we navigate through these turbulent times when chronic stress and anxiety all too commonly lead to depression.”

For more information or to make an appointment, call 312-918-2885 or visit UpsideCounselingPC.com. See ad on page 9, in the Community Resource Guide and in the Business Directory at NAChicago.com.

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Oak Wood Extract Can Lessen Post-Surgical Effects

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A brief, hands-on reflexology treatment after a major heart operation can have a significant impact, scientists at Iran’s Tabriz University of Medical Sciences report. Immediately following coronary bypass surgery, 60 of 120 male patients received a 15-minute foot reflexology treatment from nurses. The researchers found that foot reflexology decreased patient agitation and reduced the average amount of time spent on a ventilator.

Hysterectomy surgery is sometimes necessary and may result in postoperative fatigue, headache, nausea, depression or pain. In a study reported in the journal Nutrients, researchers from Slovakia’s Comenius University gave 66 women recovering from a hysterectomy either a placebo or 300 milligrams of oak wood extract. Eight weeks later, those given the oak wood extract had lower oxidative stress, better energy and mood, and a greater ability to perform physical tasks and participate in social activities compared to the placebo group, which mostly saw declines in those areas. chamillew/AdobeStock.com

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Boost Fun Nutrition with Microgreens

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Halfway in size between sprouts and full-grown plants, microgreens are bursting with nutrients, but have been mostly relegated to garnishes at upscale restaurants.

Researchers at Colorado State University, exploring their acceptability, fed 99 people six separate types of microgreens: arugula, broccoli, bull’s blood beet, red cabbage, red garnet amaranth and tendril pea. The red-colored varieties—beet, cabbage and amaranth—received top marks for appearance, but broccoli, red cabbage and tendril pea scored the highest overall grades. The subjects found the greens were fun (“funfetti”), colorful and attractive. Microgreens, which can be grown quickly indoors year-round with minimal water, offer a possible solution to sustainably feeding the planet, the researchers pointed out.

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Drawdown Direction

Nurses Stand Up Against Climate Change

Planetary Planning

Nurses, the most numerous and trusted health profession in the world, have organized the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments and partnered with Project Drawdown to significantly impact climate change. Together, they are working to help decrease greenhouse gas emissions and create a healthier future for humans and the planet. Nurses from all specialties and in all practice settings are encouraged to take action in four key areas.

A study led by the National Geographic Society and the University of California (UC), Davis, published in the journal Global Change Biology compared four recent global maps of the conversion of natural lands to anthropogenic (human activity) land uses. It concluded that if we act quickly and decisively, there is an opportunity to conserve about half of the planet’s ice-free land. The developed half includes cities, croplands, ranches and mines.

The authors note that areas having low human influence do not necessarily exclude people, livestock or sustainable management of resources. A balanced conservation response that addresses land sovereignty and weighs agriculture, settlement or other resource needs with the protection of ecosystem services and biodiversity is essential. Approximately 15 percent of the Earth’s land surface and 10 percent of the oceans are currently protected in some form.

Lead author Jason Riggio, a postdoctoral scholar at the UC Davis Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology, says, “The encouraging takeaway from this study is that if we act quickly and decisively, there is a slim window in which we can still conserve roughly half of Earth’s land in a relatively intact state.”

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Energy: Supporting a clean energy future by promoting energy efficiency and advocating for a transition to renewable energy.

Food: Committing to a plant-based diet, use of clean cook stoves and reduced food waste.

Mobility: Supporting bike infrastructure, walkable cities and mass transit.

Gender equity: Educating girls and family planning.

Nature-based solutions: Planting trees, protecting tropical forests and forest protection.

Founded in 2014, nonprofit Project Drawdown seeks to help the world reach “drawdown”, the point in time when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline.

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Recycling, the go-to strategy for environmentally conscious citizens, is unfortunately not a good option. Even in ordinary times, local recyclers won’t accept surgical masks and latex gloves because they jam machinery.

Some dedicated providers box up used face masks and gloves and send them to TerraCycle.com, where they are sorted manually and sustainably recycled. The cost for a small box is a hefty $148; MindBodyGreen.com suggests asking grocery stores or retailers to stock some for the community to use.

Instead of recycling, the World Health Organization recommends throwing single-use masks, gloves and wipes into a covered trash can or bin immediately after use so they are handled as regular trash. Ideally, they should be put in a resealable plastic bag first in consideration of frontline sanitation workers that can become ill from handling virus-infected materials. No mask, glove or wipe should be flushed down a toilet.

Mask Eco-Disposal

How to Dispose of Antiviral Wear Discarded face masks and gloves littering streets, beaches, parks and parking lots are a sad sight of the times, creating eyesores and more importantly, major contamination risks to pick up and discard. With 88 percent of the world’s population living in countries that have required or advised use of face coverings, disposable face masks number in the billions, especially the commonplace, single-use polypropylene variety. Along with disposable gloves and sanitary wipes, they are clogging sewers and waterways worldwide and showing up in fish bellies and on ocean floors.

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For masks, the eco-solution that harbors the lowest carbon dioxide footprint is one made of cloth that is machine-washed and dried after each use at a high temperature or washed by hand in a bleach solution (five tablespoons per gallon of water). University of Chicago researchers found certain fabrics filter out viral aerosol particles almost as effectively as the medical N-95 mask: a layer of a tightly woven cotton sheet combined with two layers of polyester-spandex chiffon, natural silk or flannel, or simply a cotton quilt with cotton-polyester batting.

See cdc.gov for instructions for using sew and no-sew masks, and many DIY videos can be found on YouTube using T-shirts, socks and napkins.

Another good eco-strategy is to buy sustainable face masks made from recycled or organic materials (GoodOnYou.eco). In lieu of recycling to help the planet, a donation can be made to an eco-organization that deals with plastic waste, such as PlasticPollutionCoalition.org or OceanConservancy.org.

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ne in five people in the country have a disability. Volunteer-driven nonprofit Diveheart, based in Downers Grove, has been serving this population since 2001 with a very unique type of therapy in zero-gravity. They discovered that underwater scuba therapy in a pool, lake or ocean can give people with disabilities the freedom to move independently, even if they are severely disabled. The benefits of therapy in zero-gravity depend on the disability.

Researchers from Midwestern University collaborated with Diveheart to do the world’s first research on autism and scuba therapy. Individuals with autism spectrum disorder, for example, go through therapy on land using pressure vests, weighted blankets and sensory deprivation rooms. Diveheart has found that 20

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LEFT: Triston is helped to the dive platform by two Rainbow Reef dive instructors in Key Largo, Florida. Once he’s in place, the team will bring Triston his gear and commence the dive. underwater, they gain the opportunity to avoid surface distractions and triggers that may cause them distress. Pressure also increases the deeper they go—from one atmosphere at the surface to two atmospheres at 33 feet below the surface. This increased ambient pressure seems to provide that soothing pressure sensation for individuals with autism, as well as helping them focus better.

Diveheart has hosted 10 international adaptive scuba symposiums since it was founded in 2001. In Cozumel, Mexico, top hyperbaric physician and researcher Jake Freiberger, from Duke University Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine, presented with Dan Goodman, researcher and assistant professor at Northwestern University, who is also an attending physician at the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, in Chicago.

Chronic pain relief is another benefit found in scuba therapy.

In 2011, a Diveheart-trained team joined researchers from John Hopkins University in the Cayman Islands, where they conducted research involving 12 veterans with spinal cord injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They found that when submerged to 66 feet, or three atmospheres, underwater, there was an extra output of serotonin in the body that helped with pain management and anxiety. Eighty percent of the PTSD symptoms experienced by the subjects were alleviated during the dives.

Diveheart subjects with spinal cord injuries suffering from chronic pain asserted that by the second day of an adaptive dive trip their chronic pain disappeared, and if they dove deep enough, the pain did not reappear until two weeks after the trip.

In addition to helping individuals with autism, PTSD and chronic pain, scuba therapy provides freedom of movement that participants say helps with their bladder integrity and circulation, as well as gastrointestinal benefits.

From the beginning, Diveheart’s mission has been to use zero-gravity and scuba therapy underwater to help build confidence, independence and self-esteem in individuals with any kind of disability. After establishing an adaptive scuba training program for scuba instructors, able-bodied divers and individuals with disabilities, Diveheart has become the leader in adaptive scuba training by inspiring, promoting and helping to facilitate adaptive scuba programs around the world.

Diveheart uses the cool factor and adventure paradigm that accompanies scuba diving to help individuals with disabilities find a new identity. In many instances, when they realize they can scuba dive, they no longer identify as a wheelchair user or someone with a disability, but as a scuba diver. Diveheart mom Denise Brown shares, “My son has a traumatic brain injury and has been diving with Diveheart for 12 years. His association with Diveheart has brought him joy, confidence and a great feeling of accomplishment. I have found that the volunteers are extremely well trained and really love what they do. I have seen them take a person who is scared and turn that fear into one great big smile. As a non-diving volunteer, that alone makes it all worthwhile.”

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Emotional Well-Being in the Pandemic Age Self-Care Strategies for Tough Times

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s the pandemic ravages our country, we are engulfed by a sea of challenging emotions, including fear, loss, anger, disappointment and grief.

Compounding the suffering, past emotional traumas and pent-up desires are surfacing and crying for attention. One way to navigate these treacherous waters is by first enveloping ourselves in self-compassion.

Next, we can gather the courage to face our fears and experience unpleasant feelings in order to heal them and let them go. Then, we search for and internalize positive emotional states to rewire our brains for positivity. This noble voyage promises immense rewards along the way.

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The Cocoon of Self-Compassion

Some of us chase self-esteem like the Holy Grail, yet it eludes us when we need it most.

Faced with a failing grade or cruel insult, our self-worth withers. We can’t understand why we lost it or how to get it back. When we attach our self-worth to achievements or comparisons with other people, self-esteem becomes unstable and unreliable.

Enter self-compassion, the life-changing perspective of showing kindness to ourselves in any and all situations—a supportive best friend that lives within us and can be accessed any time, every day. A pioneer and expert in this topic, Kristin Neff believes that

self-compassion has three components: a decision to be kind to ourselves, a mindful awareness when we are in pain so that we can seek some relief and a sense of common humanity or connectedness.

We already know how to be compassionate, says Neff, an associate professor of educational psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and co-author of The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook. “It’s linked to the parasympathetic nervous system, which is a natural part of our organism. We’re tapping into this way of feeling safe, which is through care, bonding and connectedness.”

Encouraging our friends when they’re feeling down or hugging our moms in the

Finding Confidence Through Unpleasant Feelings

Nobody likes to feel sad or embarrassed.

We’d rather have an ice cream cone or turn on the TV. But for Dr. Joan Rosenberg, a prominent psychologist and speaker, uncomfortable feelings present an invaluable opportunity for people to transform into confident individuals that relate to the world around them with authenticity and resilience.

In her book 90 Seconds to a Life You Love, Rosenberg offers a formula—one choice, eight feelings, 90 seconds—to experience and move through eight of the most common unpleasant feelings: sadness, shame, helplessness, anger, embarrassment, disappointment, frustration and vulnerability.

“The choice is to stay aware of and in touch with as much of your mo-

ment-to-moment experience as possible and not get lost in avoidance,” she explains, adding that there are more than 30 behaviors, thoughts and emotions that we employ as distractions, including substance abuse, social media, pornography, exercise, obsessive thoughts about body image, humor and denial.

“Be aware of what you’re aware of,” she advises. “If we know that we don’t like feelings, and we know we’ve been engaged in using ways to distract ourselves, then our challenge is to be more awake and aware of those times we do it, and as soon as we start to do the thing and become aware, that’s when we make the decision to stop and ask, ‘What’s really going on?’”

Discoveries in neuroscience suggest that most of us come to know what we’re feeling emotionally through bodily sensations. We might feel heat in the neck and face when embarrassed or a sinking feeling in the chest when disappointed. As feelings get triggered in the body, a rush of biochemicals in the bloodstream activate these sensations and are flushed out of the bloodstream in roughly 90 seconds.

“Most people have the impression that feelings linger a whole lot longer and that they’re going to be overwhelmed by it and never come out of it if they start. But when they understand that what they’re trying to avoid are uncomfortable bodily sensations that help you know what you’re feeling emotionally, and that these are short-lived, most people will start to lean into them, and once they do, their life changes,”

Rosenberg says.

To move through bodily sensations, which may come in multiple waves, take deep, slow breaths. Try not to tighten up or clench the jaw and swallow. Notice the location and nature of the bodily sensations to help identify which of the eight unpleasant feelings it might be, and be curious as to what might have triggered it. All of this will take a few moments. With practice, identification will become faster, easier and more accurate.

“If I have more time, then I can think about whether this is connected to anything else. Is it just one thing that triggered it, or is it like something else that’s happened before?” Rosenberg says. This level of awareness leads to a calming effect, clearer

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morning is hardwired into us. When we decide to be kind to ourselves, it’s easy to think of what we would say: “I’m sorry you failed that test. You’ll do better next time.

How can I help you?” To lend perspective, add a statement about our common humanity, counsels Neff. “This is hard for everybody. You’re not alone.”

We must be aware of our pain before we can comfort it, and many of us try to suppress or resist pain, choosing to numb it with distractions like alcohol addiction or compulsive shopping. Others may get lost in the storyline of what’s happening and succumb to suffering with no apparent way to obtain relief. Self-pity or self-criticism may creep in.

Mindful awareness is the antidote to these emotional extremes, because it helps us become aware that we are experiencing pain and to stay with that pain long enough to make a conscious decision to take care of ourselves. “One easy thing is physical touch,” says Neff. “The first few years of life you have no words, so the body is programmed to respond to touch as a signal of care. Put your hand on your heart or your stomach, or hold your hand. This changes your physiology, activates your parasympathetic nervous system, helps you calm down and helps you feel physically supported. Sometimes, that’s an entryway for people.”

Making Courage a Habit In her book The Courage Habit, life coach Kate Swoboda presents a four-part method for people to face their fears, release the past and live their most courageous life.

Access the body. Practice any body-centric activity like mindful meditation, exercise or dancing every single day to release stress and anxiety, become centered and more present, and clear the mind.

Listen without attachment. When your self-critic offers a warning or criticism, hear the words, understanding that this is fear trying to protect you and deciding that it’s misguided and not true.

Reframe limiting stories or beliefs.

Amend your internalized self-critic’s messages to be more respectful and supportive. If it says, “You’re stupid to try that,” revise it to, “I’m smart because I’m willing to try.”

Create community. Reach out to like-minded individuals that are supportive of the changes you are trying to make.

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Building Up Our Happiness Quotient These exercises are recommended by psychologist Rick Hanson: Slow down, breathe and see the big picture. This simple practice brings us into the present moment, reduces the stress activation in the body, disengages us from verbal chatter and negative reactivity, and buys us time to see more clearly.

Take three breaths, making the exhalation longer than the inhalation.

Five-Minute Challenge Take in the good. It could be a flower blooming, birds singing or a nice exchange with another person. Slow down, take a few breaths and let it sink in for a minute or two.

Focus on something to cultivate. Perhaps it’s patience or gratitude. Look for opportunities to have an experience of this quality and internalize it for another minute.

Marinate in pleasant feelings. Cultivate a sense of calm, contentment or warm-heartedness for a couple of minutes.

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thinking, improved decision making and, perhaps most importantly, an ability to speak authentically.

“If we don’t handle the eight feelings, we don’t feel capable in the world,” she says.

The ability to speak adds to that empowerment. “From asking someone to stop a behavior so that you feel safer to telling someone you love them, asking your boss for a raise or letting people know about yourself and your work to garner opportunities and desired experiences—it cuts across every aspect of our lives and is absolutely crucial to our sense of well-being.”

Rewiring the Brain for Positivity

Discoveries in neuroplasticity have revealed that the brain changes throughout life well into adulthood. It’s designed to learn not just ideas and information, but skills, attitudes, feelings and moods. Rick Hanson, a clinical psychologist and author of several books, including Hardwiring Happiness and Resilient, contends that we can develop greater happiness, just like we can develop greater depression.

“There’s a lot of research that shows that through deliberate little practices spread out through the day or sometimes more formal practices like psychotherapy or meditation, we can actually produce

physical changes in the brain that are now measurable with things like MRIs,” he remarks.

Hardwiring happiness is easy, pleasurable and doesn’t take a lot of time. “If you take care of the minutes, the years will take care of themselves,” says Hanson. “Little steps gradually move us forward a breath at a time, a minute at a time, a synapse at a time. Bit by bit, we grow the good inside while gradually releasing the bad.”

“Our power to positively influence who we are in small, genuine ways every day is really important to compensate for the brain’s negativity bias, which makes it like Velcro for bad experiences, but Teflon for good ones,” he says. “We evolved a negativity bias over the 600-million-year evolution of the nervous system. Learning from negative experiences and mistakes was a critical survival skill, so we have a brain that is designed to scan for bad news, overreact to it and fast-track it into memory. It’s not our fault, but it is our responsibility to deal with it by first, feeling the negative without reinforcing it and second, focusing on the positive and taking it in. Gradually, you can give yourself a brain that’s like Velcro for the good and Teflon for the bad.”

Sandra Yeyati, J.D., is a professional writer.

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EMPOWERING ADOLESCENTS Through Uncertain Times

by Carrie Jackson

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he uncertainly that has come from the COVID-19 pandemic can be especially challenging for adolescents that have had portions of their lives altered or put on hold during a time of pivotal social growth and personal development. Hannah Dailey, a marriage and family therapist with CORE Chicago (CORE-Chicago.com), reports that she’s seeing her teenage clients exhibit social isolation, lack of daily structure, loss of extracurricular activities that are beneficial in shaping healthy identity development, anxiety and increased familial conflict with more time spent together under stressful conditions.

Community and structure can play an important role in navigating this time in limbo. “Empowering our teens is vital in order to give them a sense of independence and agency over their circumstances, especially during a time that is so out of anyone’s control,” says Erica Hornthal, a dance movement therapist and founder of Chicago Dance Therapy (ChicagoDanceTherapy.com).

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the pandemic, there was anxiety about not knowing when they could see their friends again or go back to school. Now there’s a frustration around not being able to do activities they were looking forward to over the summer, such as camps, sports and festivals.”

Finding a way to still connect is critical. “Accepting that screen contact is real contact is a step that many teens have already taken. Taking classes or sharing a movie across the screens can give a profound sense of connection, even when you’re not physically together,” says Malik Turley, of Hip Circle Empowerment Center (HipCircle.org), a nonprofit that uses dance, fitness and community to empower women and girls.

Connecting online can help turn the feelings into something cathartic, says Audrey Petty, co-founder of Sojourner Scholars, a program of Illinois Humanities (IlHumanities.org), and editor of High Rise Stories: Voices From Chicago Public Housing. The program works primarily with high-schoolers from the greater South Side of Chicago to promote intellectual growth, community and civic engagement, and had to shift to online seminars for this summer’s intensive, four-week curriculum.

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“Everything is knowledge, everything is learning. We’re talking about the things we can do, the things we must do, the things that are possible in this moment and beyond.

There are challenges with the transition to online seminars, but there is a real sense of urgency and hunger and desire for students to have and to create this space,” says Petty.

Ozakh Ahmed is the interim program director at Girls, Inc. Chicago (GirlsIncOf Chicago.org), a nonprofit that inspires girls to respond with thoughtful, informed decisions and lead healthy, fulfilling lives.

She says that much of their programing has shifted during the quarantine, but there have been some benefits to that. “Great bonds can be made when we are able to come together as a community over a shared emotional event, even if that’s on a Zoom or phone call. I’ve had the opportunity to see my high school students more now than I would have if the meetings were in person. We take the time to really check in, ask how everyone is feeling, and the girls are able to identify others who may be experiencing something similar,” says Ahmed.

With a little creativity, being at home can still provide ample room for growth.

“Teens can continue to find fulfillment and meaning in their everyday lives through intentionality and structure, and can continue to build their confidence by actively trying new things,” says Dailey. True Star Foundation (TrueStarFoundation.org) is a nonprofit that provides on-the-job training for teenagers to create their own media and takes a hands-on approach to solving problems. Co-founder Na-Tae’ Thompson says that it is imperative for teens to conquer their insecurities and master communication skills. “By developing media platforms, teens learn skills associated with content creation, digital media and marketing, but they also learn the importance of leadership, teamwork, dependability, problem-solving and thinking outside of the box.”

Hodges says that parents have the chance to have a strong and supportive role in how their teens respond to the pandemic, and encourages them to acknowledge what’s going on instead of normalizing it.

“This is an important time for parents to

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ask their kids how they are doing and really listen and validate what they’re feeling.

Teens need to hear, ‘Yes, this is challenging.

How can I help you?’ They might not have the emotional regulation to articulate their needs right then, but letting them know that their feelings are being heard will help start the conversation.”

These complex emotions that are coming up can manifest in many areas, and Hornthal works with clients to facilitate releasing emotions trapped in the body through movement and dance. She encourages adolescents to practice taking up space and stretching whenever possible.

“Teens can take time to center and ground throughout the day by placing their feet on the floor, lifting the body and breathing consciously, which reinforces connection.

If they can connect to themselves, then they can tap into their own power and find their independence,” she says.

COVID-19 will become part of their permanent story for today’s adolescents instead of proms, parties and other rites of passage. “Parents should be conscious of

how they are validating their teen’s experience during this time, as well as being vulnerable in sharing their own difficulties during as a means to normalize their teen’s experience and connect to one another,” says Dailey. True Star encourages teens to shift their perspective. “In a time where youth have the ability to control the narrative, to be an example to peers, we implore them to take full advantage.

"It is such an empowerment move to shift a young person’s mindset and to help shape them for adulthood,” says Thompson.

Monique Petty-Ashmeade, a freshman at DePaul University, uses social media and other platforms to share with friends at True Star and throughout the community.

“Creating my own media gives me confidence and pride. It makes me feel as though

my voice matters and that what I have to say is important. I also get to share my thoughts and opinions with people and hopefully, in some way help them out,” she states.

Adolescents are at a unique time in their lives where they are starting to explore their place in the world, and support from peers, family and community is crucial for long-term success. “Our programs help facilitate the process of the students finding the power that is already within them. They are already acting as social scientists, and have the answers to create positive social change,” says Ahmed. With the resources to thrive, not just survive, through a global pandemic, they can come out of this stronger than ever.

“Having empowering experiences that show how strong and impactful they can be at a time in their lives when so much is in flux can set teens up for being truly courageous and confident adults,” says Turley.

Carrie Jackson is an Evanston-based writer and frequent contributor to Natural Awakenings magazine. Connect at CarrieJacksonWrites.com.

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vantages in education and household income they are born into and hostile, crime-infested neighborhoods where they live,” says Damon Nailer, a Monroe, Louisiana, motivational speaker and author of Living, Loving, Leading. For children in all circumstances, he says, it’s important to “teach them that setbacks, failures, losses and adversity help you to learn, grow and become stronger.”

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n these turbulent times, children need to know how to confidently weather and deal with changes no matter what life hands them, say many psychologists. Studies show that when kids are resilient—having the ability to recover quickly from difficulties—they are less fearful and anxious, more confident and empathetic, and better able to handle cataclysmic events like 9/11.

Resilience can help them deal creatively with everything from cyberbullying to societal change. A Florida Atlantic University study of 1,204 children found that those that agreed with such statements as, “I can deal with whatever comes my way,” “I am not easily discouraged by failure,” and, “Having to cope with stress makes me stronger,” were less likely to be bullied in person or online and better able to cope when it occurred.

Resilience can be taught and learned at any stage in a child’s life, studies suggest. Some useful strategies include:

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Let them know they’re loved and supported. One stable, committed relationship with a supportive adult such as a parent, grandparent, aunt, teacher or coach is what a child needs to be resilient, according to research from Harvard’s Center for the Developing Child. This can be particularly important for children raised in less-than-ideal circumstances. “It is absolutely critical for African-American children to learn resilience due to the current climate of hostility and racism, the inherent disad28

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Make resilience a household word. When San Diego child psychologist Bruce Thiessen’s daughter Kassidy was 4, he’d pretend to be the wolf in The Three Little Pigs, howling, “I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house down!”

She would reply, “Go ahead! I’ll rebuild it tougher and stronger!”

It was his way of embedding resilience in her, which he and his wife Roxie have reinforced with books, movies and songs. “Making the theme of resilience dominant in multiple activities will make an enduring, indelible impression on your child,” he says.

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Be a good example. “The most important thing to cultivate resilience, mindfulness and any other emotions really, is for parents to practice and model these things themselves,” says Christopher Willard, Ph.D., a Harvard lecturer and author of Raising Resilience: The Wisdom and Science of Happy Families and Thriving Children. Adults need to bounce back from setbacks, whether it’s a social media mistake or a lost job, and find ways to reframe what happened in a positive light. To convey that attitude to a child, ask at dinner or bedtime, “What was the rose in your day? The thorn? What did you learn? What would you do differently next time?” The parent can model responses to these questions by sharing their own rose and thorn.

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Let them figure things out. “As tempting as it may be to step in every time you see your children struggling, allowing them to figure things out on their own builds resilience,” says Katie Lear, a Davidson, North Carolina, therapist specializing in childhood anxiety. “On the flip side, when a parent hovers or immediately steps in to solve a child’s problem, the child may interpret that behavior as, ‘I don’t trust you to be able to do this without help.’” Asking a child how they plan to solve a problem rather than questioning why the problem happened in the first place is a way to teach them creative problem-solving, advises Lynn Lyons, a Concord, New Hampshire, psychotherapist and co-author of Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents.

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Teach thankfulness. Feelings of gratitude bolster resilience, studies show. For example, college students that performed gratitude-inducing exercises reported feeling better able to handle academic challenges. “Teach your child to look for the gift within every problem,” advises C.J. Scarlet, author of Heroic Parenting: An Essential Guide to Raising Safe, Savvy, Confident Kids.

“That’s often hard to do in the midst of challenges, but just knowing there will be a gift found at some point can help your child to ride out the storm with greater patience and confidence.”

Ronica O’Hara is a Denver-based health writer. Connect at OHaraRonica@gmail.com.

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aid youth in their nature exploration. Consider incorporating virtual programming at a specific time each day, as well as nature-focused activities for ongoing learning and engagement. Here are five simple tips on how to create nature-focused learning opportunities.

Nature Connections

n Pick a garden or green space, with each student choosing a spot in that space.

Regularly visit that place and spot and note what is happening, what is growing, what is flying around and what has changed since the last visit. This is an opportunity to experience the natural space. n Draw anything nature-related. Start with something easy—a leaf or petal—and if inspired, move to more advanced efforts. n Follow the life cycle of one plant. Note how it grows over time, when it blooms, what pollinators like it and how it produces and distributes seeds.

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ith school continuing online this fall, students will not have familiar interactions, varied environment and time set aside for physical activity. Students are also experiencing a different kind of stress and anxiety. Many may be having trouble sleeping or staying engaged with this emotional burden. Now more than ever, youth need the benefits a connection with nature offers.

Some of the proven benefits of a nature connection are an improvement in academic performance, focus, attentiveness and creativity, with a reduction in disruptive behavior, stress and aggression. Those are just a few of the many benefits presented by the Children & Nature Network (ChildrenAndNature.org) on their Tools & Resources page.

Connecting with nature also builds strong communities, encouraging a sense of respect and positive communication.

Participants learn not only the direct content of a program, but also added messages of stewardship, resilience and confidence.

Nature connectedness can be promoted with virtual messages: images and videos working distantly through a live feed or online meeting. Even virtual education, experience and immersion has benefits and offers the community another way to be involved and stay connected. Students are already familiar with smartphones and tablets, so technology and virtual programs can work together to offer this nature connection on a regular basis.

Parents may be looking for a plan to

Staying connected to the natural world during COVID-19 is critical, and the resources we discover during this emergency will provide a lifetime of potential learning experiences after it is over.

Gina Iliopoulos is the founder and chief horticultural specialist of Keeler Gardens, located at 3631 N. Keeler Ave., in Chicago, which offers direct and extended programming for a nature connection. View interactive live videos at Facebook.com/KeelerGardens. For more information, email Gina@KeelerGardens.org or visit KeelerGardens.org.

Keeler Gardens Nonprofit Keeler Gardens offers a much-needed connection with nature on the North Side of Chicago in the form of a native pollinator habitat that is open to the public, right on the sidewalk in a residential neighborhood.

The space is an active, abundant source of activity for students in need of unique learning opportunities to improve the health and sustainability of urban community life through environmental experiences, supporting diversity and youth development and building a love of nature.

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entry will help you clarify, vent and process.

Adding a “reflection write” at the end brings self-coaching and personal growth.

Take a moment to reread what you have written and be present with it. Then notice any emotions. physical responses, surprises or new ideas. Then write one last sentence in reflection. Inner wisdom is here.

Different types of journal writing activities lead to different results. For example: ◆ Write about yourself one year from today for goal-setting. ◆ Write about yourself from the perspective of a person who is pushing your buttons for new insight on the relationship. ◆ Use a daily gratitude journal to focus on the simple things in your life.

n Set a timer. A five-minute alarm on your phone instantly boosts journal writing insights. The time commitment becomes a lot easier, but more importantly, the quick deadline distracts your inner critic for a more balanced and honest writing session.

Research by the Center for Journal Therapy suggests that an ideal practice is 10 to 15 minutes of writing (including a reflection write), about three days per week. Such a practice creates space to track the progress of our life and direct self-coaching and healing.

Practicing journal writing regularly offers many benefits, including helping us stay on track to achieve goals, keeping us in the now and building our writing and language skills. Jotting down our thoughts and recollections may also help to improve perception of details, and even our memory skills.

n Start intentionally. Best practices for meditation, yoga or exercise apply to journal writing, as well. Get comfortable, take some deep breaths and be present to yourself. Inspiration is everywhere—a long walk, music or a favorite quote are great springboards into journal writing.

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ournal writing is a handy toolkit for wellness whenever we need it. It combines the best of mindfulness with an approach that leads to achieving goals, relieving stress and healing emotions. A hot bath, for instance, is not therapy, but it can be therapeutic.

The same goes for journal writing. It’s easy to get beyond the cliché, “Dear Diary, today I…” prompt and benefit from a wider range of journal writing activities with just a few simple concepts.

During the health pandemic, journal writing has been recommended as a wellness strategy by experts ranging from NASA astronaut Mark Kelly to the Mayo Clinic. During stressful times, more impact can actually come from less writing.

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rom yogurt lids to age-old proclamations, myths and misconceptions about the role of the microbiome in human health may cause confusion about how this important aspect of health works and impacts everyday health.

Microorganisms living in the human body outnumber human cells by 10 to one.

This estimate came from microbiologist Thomas Luckey in 1972, but recent research suggests that the ratio is closer to one-to-one. Scientists found that Luckey underestimated the average amount of human cells, miscalculated the number of bacteria in the human body and incorrectly assumed that the microbiome was spread evenly throughout the gastrointestinal (GI) tract from the mouth to the colon. The reality is that a large majority of bacteria constituting the microbiome congregate in the lower GI tract. A one-to-one ratio of bacterial cells to human cells is still incredible, as bacteria in the microbiome grow right alongside human cells through all stages of life.

This is exactly what a healthy microbiome looks like.

There is no standard for a healthy microbiome. The science is still growing, and although researchers learn something new about how the microbiome works all the time, there is still a lot that is unknown. What we do know is that certain lifestyle factors like diet, physical activity and environmental exposures affect the composition of the microbiome, and certain bacterial species are associated with positive and negative health effects. But the composition of our microbiome can look vastly different than that of our neighbor’s, although both may be considered healthy.

For most people, supporting the microbiome is less about finding the right ingredients at the right store in the right season for the right recipe and more about, “a pinch of this and a pinch of that", based on a general understanding of what promotes microbial populations to flourish and diversify: lots of fruits and vegetables, regular physical activity and other healthy lifestyle habits.

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Prebiotics and probiotics are both live cultures of bacteria.

One of these is not like the other. Prebiotics are different from probiotics in that they are not made up of live bacteria. While the term “biotic” typically references something that is a living organism, prebiotics are substances like fiber or human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) found in breast milk that feed bacteria in the microbiome.

Probiotics are live microorganisms often found as ingredients in nutritional supplements supporting the microbiome, as well as in a variety of foods like yogurt, kombucha and other fermented products. Prebiotics are like the fertilizer that feeds beneficial bacteria in the microbiome, and probiotics are like caretakers that crowd out the weeds attempting to take over the garden.

A healthy microbiome only promotes digestive health.

Gut bacteria play a role that extends beyond the digestive tract, influencing nearly every aspect of the body’s everyday functions. We’ve known for a long time that they play a role in protecting us from pathogens, producing certain vitamins and providing fuel for intestinal cells, but studies also show their importance for regulating pain and inflammation.

The microbiome is an important part of human health, as it influences physiology in multiple systems all over the body. Scientists continue to study the microbiome and how specific components can affect change in human physiology, further determining how human lifestyle choices like diet, physical activity and environmental exposure are linked to changes in the microbiome and overall health status.

Kara Credle is the clinical nutrition communication specialist at Standard Process, Inc., managing the digital education platform WholisticMatters.com. Nancy Morrow is a Washington state certified nutritionist with a master’s degree in human nutrition. She is the technical nutrition coordinator at Standard Process, Inc., and serves as an adjunct professor of nutrition science at Purdue University Global.

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Vinegars are one of Bellebuono’s go-to methods to incorporate herbs into a diet, infusing fresh or dried herbs into red wine or apple cider vinegar for salad dressings and other uses. “Vinegar is great at extracting minerals from herbs and making them more bioavailable,” she says.

Drying herbs does not diminish their medicinal properties, but rather concentrates their essence, as it removes excess water, according to Bellebuono.

“Dried and powdered herbs are a great way to preserve the garden harvest and add herbs into everyday dishes. You can throw a teaspoon of turmeric, a wonderful anti-inflammatory herb, in spaghetti sauce or oatmeal, and you won’t even notice it,” she says.

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SPICE UP HEALTH Using Herbs for Flavor and Medicine

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erbs add lush flavor to all kinds of dishes, and they are culinary friends that bring the benefits of helping to restore and maintain health. “Food is medicine, and herbs bring out the medicinal properties of food,” says Kami McBride, of Sebastopol, California, author of The Herbal Kitchen: Bring Lasting Health to You and Your Family with 50 Easy-to-Find Common Herbs and Over 250 Recipes. “The spice rack is a relic from another time when we knew how to use herbs and spices to optimize health and to digest our food.”

To get a medicinal dose of an herb, consider making teas, vinegar extracts or pestos, says Brittany Wood Nickerson, the Conway, Massachusetts, author of The Herbalist’s Kitchen: Delicious, Nourishing Food for Lifelong Health and Well-Being. “Parsley, for example, is a nutrient- and vitamin-rich herb. If you garnish with parsley, you won’t get a significant amount of vitamin C, as you would if you make a pesto from it.”

Salads can also pack a healthy dose of herbs into a meal, says Martha’s Vineyard resident Holly Bellebuono, an herbalist and author of The Healing Kitchen: Cooking with Nourishing Herbs for Health, Wellness, and Vitality. “So many herbs, including violets, mints and red clover, can just be tossed fresh into a salad, offering both fiber and minerals.”

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While Mediterranean herbs like oregano and basil are often at the front of the spice rack, Nickerson also suggests lesser-used herbs such as sour sumac, anise-accented tarragon and versatile, yet often discarded orange peels, which can be added to soups along with fennel seed and bay leaves for a complex flavor. Thyme is another of Nickerson’s favorites, a hearty herb for fall dishes that’s also a powerful antifungal and aids with digestion, lung health and detoxification.

While some may think of parsley as a garnish, “It offers incredible freshness and livens up almost anything,” says Nickerson. “I use it as a vegetable and make a salad of its leaves or add handfuls of it into a quiche. Parsley is loaded with vitamins and minerals, and has detoxification properties.” Adding it near the end of cooking maintains its vibrant flavor and color, she notes.

McBride loves versatile herbs like mint and coriander that can be used in sweet and savory dishes with antimicrobial properties that help fight colds and flu. She also keeps salt shakers on the table filled with spices like cardamom, an antibacterial, anti-spasmotic and expectorant, to sprinkle onto beverages and dishes.

Bellebuono also recommends infusing honey with herbs such as sage or oregano that support the immune system.

Herbal-Aided Digestion

All herbs, whether leafy, green culinary herbs or spices like coriander and clove, are carminative, meaning they help digest food, McBride says. “Digestion can use up to 40 percent of your day’s energy, which is why you often get a nap attack after a big meal. Every meal needs a carminative, even if it’s just black pepper, which is one of the problems with most fast food.”

Pungent and bitter herbs, in particular, support digestion and absorption of nutrients and make them more bioavailable, says Nickerson: “Activating the taste buds dedicated to sensing bitter stimulates the digestive system.” A salad of bitter greens, for example, can help prepare digestion of a heavier meal to come, whereas a post-meal aperitif can help with digesting the food afterward.

“It absolutely adds up when you add small doses of herbs to your meals every day,” McBride advises. “Many Americans suffer from gastrointestinal inflammation from modern diets and lifestyles, and herbs can help reverse that. Your gut gets a little healing every day.”

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Leave the sections whole or cut them into bite-size pieces.

Toast the pumpkin seeds in a skillet over medium heat, stirring often, until they are lightly browned, have puffed up and begin to pop—4 to 7 minutes.

Combine the oil, lemon juice, vinegar, mustard, shallot, tarragon and salt in a bowl and whisk together. Stir in any grapefruit juice that may have puddled on the cutting board while sectioning the fruit.

Pour the dressing over the spinach. If any dressing is left over, it will keep in the fridge for up to a week. Toss the spinach well, then add the grapefruit and pumpkin seeds and toss gently again to combine.

Spinach & Grapefruit Salad with Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

Recipe and photo from Recipes from the Herbalist’s Kitchen by Brittany Wood Nickerson.

The floral notes of tarragon in the dressing and the juicy, sour grapefruit invigorate the senses and wake up the digestive processes.

Yields: 4 to 6 servings

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8 oz spinach (about 4 packed cups) 1 large or 2 medium-size grapefruits ½ cup pumpkin seeds Dressing ½ cup olive oil 1 Tbsp lemon juice 1 Tbsp white wine vinegar 1 tsp Dijon mustard 1 Tbsp finely minced shallot 1 tsp finely chopped tarragon Pinch of salt

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Tear the spinach into bite-size pieces, if necessary, and place in a large bowl.

Cut the top and bottom off the grapefruit so that the flesh of the fruit is exposed so it sits flat on a cutting board. Cut the peel and pith from the fruit using a sharp knife or vegetable peeler.

Set the grapefruit on one of its flat ends on a cutting board. The sections of the fruit will face up. Cut out the sections, slicing from the outside toward the center

Mint and Feta Bruschetta with Chive Blossoms Yields: 4 servings as an appetizer ½ cup fresh chive blossoms (can be substituted with other edible flowers or left out) 1 French baguette ½ lb feta cheese, crumbled, or a vegan alternative 1 cup chopped fresh mint ½ cup minced chives (can be substituted with scallions) 2-4 Tbsp olive oil Salt and freshly ground black pepper … continued on page 34 September 2020

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Preheat the oven to 325° F. While the oven is heating, pull apart the chive blossoms, removing the central stem and plucking the tiny purple florets.

Set the baguette in the hot oven and bake for 7 to 10 minutes, until the edges are crispy, but not browned.

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Meanwhile, combine the feta in a bowl with the mint, minced chives and chive florets. Add enough of the oil to moisten then season with salt and pepper to taste.

Cilantro Pesto Yields: about ½ cup

Mix well.

2 Tbsp (heaping) walnuts 2 cups packed cilantro leaves and stems (one large bunch) 2 garlic cloves 2 Tbsp olive oil Salt and freshly ground pepper Soak the walnuts overnight in enough water to cover them. (This makes them easier to digest and helps remove some of the bitterness in the skin.)

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Remove the baguette from the oven and slice along the diagonal. Arrange on a platter with 1 to 2 tablespoons of the bruschetta mixture on each slice. Drizzle with a little more oil and serve.

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Note: For the bread to be crisp throughout rather than soft on the inside and crispy on the outside, slice it on the diagonal to start with, brush each piece with olive oil and bake on a baking sheet at 325° F for 5 to 7 minutes until crispy.

Recipe and photos from Recipes from the Herbalist’s Kitchen by Brittany Wood Nickerson.

Drain and rinse the walnuts. Combine them with the cilantro, garlic, oil and salt to taste, and a few grinds of pepper in a food processor. Blend until smooth.

Taste and adjust the seasonings as necessary. The pesto will keep for 5 to 7 days in the fridge or for 6 months or more in the freezer.

Recipe and photo from Recipes from the Herbalist’s Kitchen by Brittany Wood Nickerson.

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

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alt is stored in the blood, tissues and especially joints, contributing to such ailments as high blood pressure and arthritis.

Salt is salt, and it doesn’t matter if you use sea salt, Celtic salt, kosher salt, pink Himalayan or any other kind of salt. Here are a few tips on how to replace added salt in our daily lives.

Celery juice is naturally super salty—add it to other dishes.

Marinate diced cucumber in lime juice for a couple of days in the fridge and add to other dishes.

Use seaweed instead. Popular and easily accessible kinds are nori, wakame, kombu/kelp and sea palm. Always read the labels to make sure it is pure seaweed, without salt or other additives.

Use a lot of fresh dill and cilantro in dishes. Make sure to include the stalks, which are the saltiest part of the plants.

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Use other fresh herbs to enhance flavor. The more pronounced the flavor, the less the need for salt. Parsley, rosemary, basil, oregano, chives, thyme, mint, marjoram and sage are all great for this.

Dried herbs can also be a great substitute. Use at least one teaspoon of dried herbs per each pinch of salt normally used. If using dried lavender, only use a little bit.

Spicy, heat-inducing aromatics such as black and white pepper powder, fresh ginger, horseradish, garlic, onion and turmeric help make food very appealing to the taste buds.

If there is leftover salt in the cupboard, use it for cleaning and scrubbing or combine it with turmeric and neem powder for a simple homemade tooth powder to use instead of conventional toothpaste.

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there are ways to make lunches this year fun and more sustainable for the Earth.

Here are three tips for using more sustainable lunch packaging:

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Use a brown paper bag each day to take your lunch. This gives mom the ability to write an inspiring message or affirmation each day. Or give them a riddle to share with friends and write the answer on the bottom of the paper bag.

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Use the parchment paper lunch bags for more than a sandwich. Pack chips or other dry items like granola. Use recyclable, decorative tape to close them by folding over and securing. These can easily be added to the compost or paper recycling bin at school.

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Many local grocery stores have posted signs directing us not to bring our own bags—no more using cloth, reusable market bags due to COVID-19 precautions. This is similar to the concept and rules of many of the Chicago area schools and daycares that will be opening this fall for bringing lunch to school. Many of the children in our area will be eating in their classroom and are not allowed to bring home any packaging from lunch. For families with food allergies, while we are still able to bring safe food, our reusable container options have changed.

Food allergies are a growing food safety and public health concern that affect an estimated 8 percent of children in the U.S. according to the CDC (cdc.gov/healthyschools/foodallergies/index.htm). That’s one in 13 children, or about two students per classroom. A large concern with the new school lunch policy is all the waste created by using disposable packages each day.

The average American family already uses 500 resealable bags every year. Current consumption of single-use plastic baggies contributes to the existing 26.8 million tons of plastic deposited each year in landfills.

They take up to 500 years to decompose and are not compostable. (epa.gov/factsand-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/plastics-material-specific-data).

Erlene Howard, from the Chicago area nonprofit Collective Resource Compost (CollectiveResource.us), offers recycling and composting options for many local schools.

They provide compostable collection bins and are able to help reduce the waste impact on our environment by collecting waxed paper, parchment, string, newspaper and even organic food waste like banana peels. Using a few ideas from Howard,

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For liquid items, yogurt, soups and other items, use a glass jar left over from jam, pickles or other condiments. These jars can easily go in the recycle bin at school, helping to reduce landfill waste.

Here are two of GF Mom Certified’s favorite recipes for school lunches.

Mixed Berry Mix Salad Yields: 5 servings 1 pkg strawberries, rinsed and halved 1 pkg raspberries, rinsed 1 pkg blackberries, rinsed 1 pkg blueberries, rinsed Mix all the berries together in a large bowl and store covered in the fridge. Store in a

Granola Yields: 12 servings 2 cups quick oats ¾ cup chia or flax seeds ¾ cup sunflower seeds ½ cup almond slivers ½ cup toasted quinoa hot cereal 1 Tbsp ginger, peeled and minced 1 cup dried cranberries ⅓ cup sugar ⅓ cup maple syrup ½ cup agave nectar or honey ¼ cup vegan butter 1 tsp ground cinnamon ½ tsp ground cardamom

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Preheat oven to 400º F. On a baking sheet with raised sides, stir together the oats, flax or chia seeds, sunflower seeds, almonds and quinoa cereal.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, stirring often, until toasted.

Remove from the oven, transfer to a large bowl and stir in the ginger and cranberries.

Line a 11 x 13-inch baking dish with parchment paper and spray with non-stick spray.

In a saucepan over medium heat, bring the coconut sugar, maple syrup, and agave/ honey, vegan butter, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and salt to a simmer, stirring constantly.

Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.

Pour this mixture over the nut mixture and stir so everything is coated. Transfer to prepared baking dish and use a rubber spatula to spread out the mixture and press it into the pan.

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Place a sheet of wax or parchment paper on top and press down hard to compact the mixture into the pan. Let this cool in the pan for 2 to 3 hours, then turn out onto a cutting board and use a large knife to cut into bars.

Preheat oven to 300º F and place the cut bars on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for 20 minutes, or until the edges start to brown. Let cool completely, then store in an airtight container.

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of modification I do with them is endless,” says Ramat, who underscores the importance of listening to the body. “I learned the hard way 17 years ago when I first became a teacher. I am gentle with myself if I am unable to do a pose and embrace the modification. I go deeper in my poses now than when I was younger.”

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Yoga for Every Body Adaptive Ways Ease Pain and Immobility

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aming chronic pain, restoring energy reserves, improving heart health and relieving symptoms of depression and anxiety are only a few of the science-backed perks of spending time on a yoga mat. However, misconceptions about this ancient practice can make yoga seem intimidating for individuals that could benefit the most from it.

Adaptive yoga, designed for people challenged by injury, chronic pain, autoimmune disease or debilitating conditions like multiple sclerosis, can foster perhaps unexpected gains through the use of props, chairs, wall space and even countertops. From wheelchair-bound veterans to seniors with compromised balance, adaptive yoga offers new horizons for achieving well-being.

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passionate and more mindfully in the moment than those in a control group.

Empowerment, Not Perfection “Yoga is for any body, no matter the size, shape or color. It’s not about designer clothing, athletic ability, talents or perfection in the pose. Adaptive yoga is a movement to change this misconception and mitigate the anxiety to try yoga,” says Mindy Eisenberg, a Detroit-area certified yoga therapist and author of Adaptive Yoga Moves Any Body: Created for Individuals with MS and Neuromuscular Condition and the accompanying Adaptive Yoga Cards. For Eisenberg, the focus is about the internal experience, healing and most of all, “the sense of joy that comes from a regular practice.”

Ora Ramat, owner of the Wagging Tail Yoga Studio, in Bethel, New York, witnesses remarkable, everyday mastery in her students through adapted poses. “Many of my students are 40 to 95 years young, and the range

“Our students have a wide range of health conditions including spina bifida, arthritis, MS, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease, fibromyalgia, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, paraplegia, epiphyseal dysplasia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, chronic back pain and more,” says Miranda McCarthy, CEO of Wavelength VR (WavelengthVR.com), a healthcare company that produces a library of science-supported content for pain management without medication. The London-based creator of Adaptive Yoga LIVE, which offers seated online classes, knows firsthand how yoga can change lives.

“Until I found adaptive yoga, I felt like I was constantly at war with my body,” she says. Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 2 and the youngest recipient of bilateral hip replacement surgery in the U.S., McCarthy thought she knew her body inside and out. After 40 surgeries and decades of rehabilitation and medication, she went through a radical shift in perspective.

“When I discovered adaptive yoga, I soon realized my relationship with my body had only just begun.”

Eisenberg highlights the internal process that adaptive yoga can catalyze: “The energy and sensation that yoga students feel on the inside is much more important than what the pose looks like on the outside.” Items such as chairs, blocks, straps, blankets and bolsters are used to make traditional postures more accessible to those with physical challenges and to ensure safety. “Using props is not a sign of weakness or inferiority. We even use ambulatory devices such as a cane as a prop.

Those who require assistive devices cease to see them as a hindrance. In fact, they become an accessory,” says Eisenberg.

For McCarthy, the biggest takeaway is simple, yet profound self-acceptance. “I no longer judge myself or compare myself to

able-bodied people. I gained a newfound love for my body and a love for myself.”

Eisenberg affirms, “It’s exciting to realize that our bodies are so much more capable than we thought, and we learn that we are not defined by our individual disease or limitations. As my teacher Jon Kabat-Zinn says, ‘As long as you are breathing, there is more right with you than wrong.’”

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Marlaina Donato is an author and composer.

Connect at AutumnEmbersMusic.com.

Adaptive Yoga Benefits from Miranda McCarthy

n Increased strength, balance and flexibility—both mental and physical n Discovery of a subtle level of mindbody sensation not impeded by disability n Improvements in the quality of breathing n A sense of lightness and freedom within the body n An increased ability to manage stress n A deepened sense of wholeness and connection with others

Online Yoga Resources Free adaptive yoga classes online from Miranda McCarthy. AdaptiveYogaLive.com YogaJP, YouTube chair yoga classes for people in wheelchairs. Tinyurl.com/ WheelchairYogaClasses Yoga and MS, book from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. omsyoga.org September 2020

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Flourishes in September

by Sheryl DeVore

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tepping into a prairie in September overwhelms the senses as vibrant purple and yellow blooms sway in the wind and bees buzz gathering pollen amid the final days of summer’s heat and humidity. “Goldenrod and New England asters are so bright and rich at this time of year,” says Veronica Hinke, public affairs officer and public services team leader at the USDA Forest Service Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie (usda.gov/midewin), in Wilmington. “This is the time of year when cheery yellows of goldenrods and deep purples of asters and bottle gentian come together, and the prairie is vibrant with complementary colors.”

She notes, “Even the grasses provide new color this time of year. You can see fields covered in hazes of browns and yellows, and if you look closely, you might even see the bottle gentian blooming.”

Bottle gentian is one of several species that produce purple blooms in high-quality prairies.

Before European settlement, the prairies, a blend of short and tall grasses, along with forbs that bloom spring through fall, covered 60 per cent of present-day Illinois. Bison herds once roamed there. Approximately 2,300 acres of high-quality remnant prairie is left in the state, according to the Illinois Natural History Survey.

“A remnant is simply prairie that is untouched by the plow or by construction and developPhoto by Michelle Pearion

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ment,” explains Cindy Crosby, author of The Tallgrass Prairie: An Introduction.

Both the 20,000-acre Midewin and the 3,600-acre Nachusa Grasslands (NachusaGrasslands.org), near Franklin Grove, harbor remnant prairies as well as woods, wetlands and restored prairies maintained to approximate how they looked before they were settled. Other small parcels of untouched prairie include the Berkeley Prairie Forest Preserve, in Highland Park, James Woodworth Prairie, in Glenview, and Wolf Road Prairie, in Westchester—all open to the public. A native prairie remnant was discovered on Metropolitan Water Reclamation District property in Hanover Park, although this parcel is not open to the public.

Volunteers and staff at Midewin, Nachusa and many other natural areas in the state are constructing prairies where they did not exist before or returning disturbed land back to the prairie it once was. Two examples are the Schulenberg Prairie at Morton Arboretum (MortonArb.org/science-conservation/restoration/ projects/schulenberg-prairie) and Fermi Lab LEFT: Bottle gentian bloom in September at high-quality prairies such as Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, in Wilmington.

Grassland Versus Prairie: Grasslands is a broad term referring to regions worldwide that are dominated by grasses with very few trees. For example, Brazil has grasslands called cerrados, and in Asia, grasslands are called steppes.

North America’s grasslands include tallgrass prairie.

So all prairies are grasslands, but not all grasslands are prairies.

LEFT: Nachusa Grasslands near Franklin Grove bursts with color throughout the summer. This photo was taken in mid-summer when blazing star, compass plant and other prairie flowers bloom.

Prairie, in Batavia (ed.fnal.gov/samplers/prairie/fnal_prairie.html).

The latter is one of the nation’s earliest tallgrass prairie restorations, a term often used interchangeably to refer to any remnant, planting or reconstruction being cared for by land stewards. Midewin and Nachusa serve as two examples of how private citizens and governmental agencies can work together to restore native prairie. Both offer unfettered views of the prairie landscape and the opportunity to see reintroduced bison.

Nachusa Grasslands, managed by The Nature Conservancy (Nature.org), is open from dawn to dusk, and allows the public to hike anywhere, even off trails, except for fenced areas. In the 1980s, prairie lovers told The Nature Conservancy about farmland 100 miles west of Chicago where a few acres of remnant prairies remained intact interspersed with woodlands and cornfields. A 300-acre purchase back then led to the eventual protection of 3,600 acres of prairie, wetland and woodlands. There, staff and volunteers remove invasive species, sow seeds, make prescribed burns and monitor wildlife to help prairies thrive.

Crosby, a volunteer steward, says visitors to Nachusa should start at the outdoor visitors center pavilion, open from dawn to dusk daily. Displays there provide a sense of the region’s natural and cultural heritage. Visitors to the grassland can hike near the visitor center, spot bison or drive to one of five trailheads to explore the September grasslands and associated wetland sand woodlands.

BELOW: Bison wander Nachusa Grasslands as they did centuries ago in Illinois.

Photo by Steven D. Bailey

LEFT: Goldenrods and New England asters bloom at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in September as visitors hike.

They are also encouraged to leave the trails to explore, something not every conservation area allows.

Crosby recommends hiking Clear Creek Knolls to wade in a creek on hot days. The trailhead is on Lowden Road, north of the visitors center. Visitors can hike on mowed lanes or go off trail Photo by Veronica Hinke among 300 acres of restored prairie and a remnant hill prairie.

In September, look for cup plant, Western sunflower, fringed gentian, prairie gentian, rough blazing star, showy goldenrod, cream gentian, partridge pea, compass plant and rattlesnake master (NachusaGrasslands.org/september.html).

Midewin is USDA Forest Service land, and was established as a national tallgrass prairie in 1996 on the former site of the Joliet army ammunition plant, and 200 acres within the property are untouched remnant prairie. Roughly 3,000 acres at Midewin are being restored to prairie. Thirty miles of non-motorized trails can be explored from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

Having local seeds is important in prairie restorations, and at Midewin, visitors can see many flower species in bloom at the River Road seed beds. To get to there, exit River Road off Interstate 55, drive east for 1.5 miles to Boathouse Road and go north to the parking area. “At the River Road seed beds, you can see fields full of all different types of goldenrod, now at their peak and in full color,” Hinke says. Aster species are also blooming; some are white, others are pink; some have large flower heads, like the New England aster, with its purple petals and yellow center.

“This area is just bursting with color,” Hinke adds. Among her favorites are the bright white asters. “It’s incredible to see that,” she says. “It’s like snow in September.”

Prairie Happenings The annual Midewin National Tallgrass Prairies fall color hike will be held virtually at 7 p.m., September 15. To participate, email VHinke@fs.fed.us.

The Forest Preserve District of Will County will host a prairie pedal bike ride from 8 a.m. to noon, September 26 in observance of National Public Lands Day. The ride will go through Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie. For more information, visit ReconnectWithNature.org and choose the September calendar link.

Conditions may change, check the websites in advance. Be sure to follow all location, local and CDC guidelines for masks and social distancing.

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Maisha Wynn

ON BRAIN ANEURYSM AWARENESS

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eptember is Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month, and Maisha Wynn is raising awareness of this potentially fatal condition by sharing her own powerful story and educating others about prevention and maintenance. Wynn, a lifestyle personality, vegan enthusiast, chef, author and founder of Live To Wynn, a lifestyle consulting firm, says that brain health is directly tied to overall wellness. Her book, The Wynning Way: A Guide to Creating Success Your Way, outlines how people can take control of their lives and promote brain health through lifestyle changes such as diet modifications, mindfulness and having an attitude of gratitude.

How has your own experience with a brain aneurysm turned you into an advocate for overall brain health?

In 2016, I was experiencing excruciating headaches that brought tears to my eyes. I was reluctant to get it checked out, but eventually went to the ER. After five hours of testing, I was told I had been living with an unruptured brain aneurysm. I was shocked. Symptoms can include dizziness, headaches, numbness, and slurred speech, but many people don’t experience any symptoms. One in 50 people in America are living with a brain aneurysm, and if it ruptures, about half of those will lead to fatality. African American women are twice as likely to be affected, and high blood pressure is another risk 42

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factor. My mother died with a multitude of health conditions, including hypertension, and was taking over 15 medications to manage them. It reignited my commitment to take control of my own health and manage my aneurysm holistically through diet and behavior modifications.

How does what we eat contribute to brain health?

Food not only fuels us, it heals us. I follow a vegan, plant-based lifestyle that includes lots of nutrient-dense foods like blueberries, kale, spinach, pineapples and Swiss chard, which contain antioxidants that promote brain health. Omega-3 is another great vitamin and I get that through flaxseed, nuts and soybeans, not supplements. Your body is a temple, and you need to treat it with love.

Nourishing food gives you energy to move through your life with intention and interact with others with a positive light. This allows strengthening social relationships that are also important to brain health.

What lifestyle changes can people make to prevent a brain aneurysm?

An active heart is a healthy heart, which leads to a healthy brain. Any kind of physical activity that moves the energy around is beneficial. I regularly practice Pilates, which helps with blood flow to the brainwaves, but it’s important for people to find an activity they truly enjoy whether that’s walking, swimming, dancing or biking.

Doing this outside and absorbing vitamin D can act as a natural antidepressant and help regulate sleep. Embracing self-care and respecting yourself and your body is an act of love that will directly enhance overall health and wellness. Taking time to read, journal and meditate stimulates different parts of the brain and keeps it active.

What can people do to reduce stress and heighten overall spiritual wellness?

Stress is a silent killer and prolonged, chronic stress has a direct negative impact on our emotional and physical well-being. Women, especially,

LiveToWynn Pineapple Juice Recipe “If you’re looking to boost your immune system while detoxifying your body and mind, this is the recipe for you!” says Maisha Wynn of LiveToWynn.

Yields: 1 serving

Place peeled and chopped pineapple, ginger, lemon and cucumbers in your juicer.

Pour it in your favorite glass and enjoy.

Cheers to nurturing you from the inside-out.

Photo by Aleksandar Pasaric from Pexels

1 large organic pineapple, peeled and chopped 2 inches fresh ginger root, peeled ½ lemon, peeled 2 medium organic cucumbers

need to set healthy boundaries and learn to say no to some of the demands put on them and others and say yes to putting themselves first. Disconnecting from your phone and other devices and spending time in nature will help you feel a sense of connection to something greater, whether that’s time in your garden or a walk on the beach. Expressing gratitude is perhaps one of the most important practices for overall wellness. We only have one life and waking up truly feeling grateful to be able to see a new day makes a huge impact on how we positively interact with ourselves and others. There is power in what we think and what we speak. I don’t use the words “try” or “maybe”; I set the intention that, “I will,” and, “I can.” It’s important to have goals and dreams while being open to what the universe has in store for us.

For more information, call 312-869-9662, email Info@LiveToWynn.com or visit LiveToWynn.com.

Facebook and Instagram @LiveToWynn; Twitter @LiveToWynn1

Carrie Jackson is an Evanston-based writer and frequent contributor to Natural Awakenings magazine. Connect at CarrieJacksonWrites.com.

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the cats. “I wondered what their reaction would be if I wrote some meditative music with different tones—beta/alpha waves— to present to them alternative sounds,” she says. She composed some music and experimented with it in the cat room, noticing that the animals reacted positively to certain tones. That eventually led to a CD for cats, and then one for dogs, with the proceeds donated to the ASPCA and the Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, in New York City.

Finding the Right Tune for Pets Music Calms the Animal Soul

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ometimes it takes a little dog to bring about a big truth, as Cheryl Christine, a professional musician and composer in Ridgeland, South Carolina, learned. “I was playing the piano at a party and the owners had a hyper little dog. After a while, I started playing some of the music from my CD and the dog stopped, turned around and came up to me, and just sat there and listened. The owners were shocked.”

The mood of dogs and cats can be improved by hearing the right kind of tunes, but it’s important to choose their music wisely, because they are more highly attuned to sensory cues than humans.

Resounding Research

The nicest notes for animals have been well studied, especially dogs. Colorado State University researchers found that auditory stimulation with music can be helpful or detrimental. Results of a study in the Journal of Veterinary Behavior suggest that dogs sleep more and bark less when they listen to classical music; and they shake more and rise to their feet when exposed to heavy metal music, possibly from nervousness.

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Patricia McConnell, Ph.D., a zoologist and certified applied animal behaviorist in Wisconsin, wrote her dissertation on the effect of different types of sounds upon working domestic animals.

“What is important is not whether the music is ‘classical’ or ‘heavy metal’, but whether it includes a set of acoustic features that appear to be universally associated with soothing or stimulating internal states,” states McConnell in her blog, TheOtherEndOfTheLeash.com.

McConnell explains that, “Pure tones and regular rhythms are associated with positive states.” On the other hand, harsh, noisy tones and irregular rhythms are linked with negative ones. She adds, “A tempo matching an animal’s resting heart rate (or respiration) tends to be calming.”

Composers and musicians are currently writing music specifically for animals with the aim of reducing stress from noise or separation, assisting with healing, controlling overeating and soothing irritability.

Compositions for Cats

Christine was volunteering at a local animal shelter that played country music for

Harmonies for Hounds

The Rescue Animal MP3 Project, an organization that has donated free MP3 players filled with music to more than 1,420 animal shelters and sanctuaries, was founded by Pamela Fisher, a holistic veterinarian in North Canton, Ohio.

Calmer animals are more likely to be adopted, and the music is designed to provide a relaxed environment for animals so they can better cope with stressful housing conditions. The MP3s contain a variety of music and artists, including selections like Canine Lullabies, by Terry Woodford, therapeutic music expert; Pet Calm, Pet Healing, by hypnotherapist Rick Collingwood; and Harp Music to Soothe the Savage Beast, by Alianna Boone, who states, “The structure of the harp is considered to be the most healing instrument next to the human voice.”

Pet owners may need to listen more closely. “We so often focus on other aspects of their environment—Is their dog bed comfy? Does it look pretty to us?—and fail to attend to the impact of sound on our dog’s environment (not to mention our own),” writes McConnell about new animal-music studies.

There are many melodic medleys for pet parents, but buyer beware. “If you’re to spend your money on this, make sure you are looking at music backed by research,” advises Christine.

For more information, visit CherylChristine.com.

Julie Peterson writes about wellness for people, animals and the environment.

Reach her at JuliePeterson2222@gmail.com.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

Healy Introduction – 6:30pm. Join us to learn about how frequency and vibration can change your life.

Wellness Empowered, 2177 Shermer Rd, Northbrook.

847-963-6094. YourWellnessEmpowered.com.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 Free Online Remote Healing Session: Chakra Cleansing, Enlivening and Balancing Treatment – Wednesdays, Sept 2-30. 7-7:30pm. With Jim Lal-Tabak of Heart of Transformation Wellness Institute SC. Treatment incorporates the wisdom of ayurveda, yoga and meditation, quantum physics and essential oils. Treatment is open to all and all you have to do is be present and have the intention to receive. Zoom meeting: Tinyurl.com/y4ckhv2q. Meeting ID: 327 662 2527. Password: 995432. For more info: 224-714-9593 or BodyMindMedicine.com.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 See NAChicago.com for latest events.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 ONLINE Meditation Retreat: The Healing Power of Meditation – 10am-5pm. 1-day retreat with special guest teacher, Buddhist nun Gen Kelsang Demo.

Learn how to heal your mind and enhance your love, compassion and wisdom. Everyone welcome to attend all or part of this retreat, in 4 sessions.

Register by 4pm, Sept 5 & stream any time through Sept 10. $45/whole day, $12/session. Info & register: 708-763-0132 or MeditateInChicago.org.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 Preparing Your Lawn for Fall – 10am-12pm.

Learn the basics of lawn renovation and how to prepare your lawn for winter. Discuss and observe proper techniques for installing sod, seeding and overseeding, and aerating and fertilizing. Preregistration & a face covering required. $32/$40. Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe.

847-835-5440. ChicagoBotanic.org.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 ONLINE Meditation Workshop: Letting Go of the Past – 11am-12:30pm. In this special class, guest teacher Gen Kelsang Demo will share methods for developing the wisdom to recognize the impermanent nature of things. Through this we can learn to free ourselves to move forward with a positive and beneficial outlook. Everyone welcome. $15. Register by 12pm, Sept 6 & stream any time thru Sept 10. Info & register: 708-763-0132 or MeditateInChicago.org.

Labor Day

Healy Introduction – 6:30pm. Join us to learn about how frequency and vibration can change your life. Advanced Health Care Center, 416 E Roosevelt Rd, Ste 107, Wheaton. 847-963-6094.

YourWellnessEmpowered.com.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 Free Shiatsu Intro – 7-9:30pm. Learn the fundamental techniques and philosophies of Zen Shiatsu, and chat with current students and instructors. Zen Shiatsu Chicago, 825A Chicago Ave, Evanston.

847-864-1130. ZenShiatsuChicago.org.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Journal to the Self: Online Workshop – 6-wks, self-paced. Quick, goal-oriented writing techniques for mindfulness, goals, emotional healing and more.

A new lesson opens every Thurs. Discussion and learning guided by a trained facilitator. All writing in the privacy of your own laptop or journal. $197.

773-251-1631. TeamSage.studio.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 Virtual Intimacy Retreat for Couples – Sept 11-13.

Create magic in your relationship! Live, experiential workshop via Zoom. Led by Diana & Richard Daffner, authors of Tantric Sex for Busy Couples. Homeplay assignments break up screen time. On Zoom.

Add’l dates: 941-349-6804 or IntimacyRetreats.com.

Caravan of Unity Across America — 7am-9pm. The Caravan of Unity is a groundbreaking tour for peace and unity moving across the USA in September 2020.

Arriving in Chicago on September 11. RSVP: 224676-1752. Chicago schedule: ConsciousChicagoland. com. Unity.earth/caravan

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 Bird Walk: Fall Migration – 7:30-9am. Take a walk in the Garden and learn to identify birds in their sometimes confusing fall plumage. Earlier bird migration will highlight warblers, vireos and flycatchers, while later ones will feature ducks, sparrows and hawks. Preregistration & a face covering required. $16/$20. Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe. 847-835-5440. ChicagoBotanic.org.

AKASHIC CONSULTATION AKASHIC RECORD READING – Open the record of your soul’s journey to find information to support you in your life right now, heal your past and help you into your future. Heal. Grow.

Investigate. Find direction. Lin Ewing: 847-6090034. AstrologicalDetails.com.

ASTROLOGY ASTROLOGY – Understand yourself, your motivations, your feelings. Recognize your talents, strengths, successes. Overcome difficulties and confusion. Astrology can help pull it all together.

Relationships. Career. Plan the future. Serious astrology for serious seekers. Private, personal consultations. Lin Ewing: 847-609-0034. AstrologicalDetails.com.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES YOUR LISTING CAN BE HERE – Visit Submit.NAChicago.com/CHI/Magazine-Classifieds.

HELP WANTED ARE YOU HIRING? – Find your next team member. Call 847-858-3697 or submit online at Submit.NAChicago.com/CHI/Magazine-Classifieds.

DIGITAL MEDIA SALES: CHICAGO & SUBURBS – Excellent opportunity for flexible full- or part-time work with great rewards. Natural Awakenings Chicago is seeking a self-motivated professional with strong interpersonal and communication skills and a passion for digital marketing and business development. Ideal candidate must be self-motivated, organized and creative in sourcing suitable clients and events to target in Chicago and suburbs. You must enjoy conversing on Zoom, using LinkedIn and Facebook, plus meeting via the phone, as well as enjoy working both from your home and from the road throughout the metropolitan area. Previous relationship-based ad sales experience as well as digital marketing understanding and experience preferable. You’ll need at least 20 flexible daytime hours per week to prosper. Occasional weekend and evening time needed to attend events and network. Pay is generous commission, plus bonuses. Email your info, a brief description of your experience and your phone number to Editor@NAChicago.com.

WHAT’S BETTER? – A job or an expansive career at a 29-year established compassionate secondary medical lymphatic clinic? We are expanding locations and now accepting applications for LMT, CLT, Aesthetician, Concierge cleaning, Desk Management and Interns. We have a 2-4-week training orientation including strict COVID-19 guidelines. Downers Grove & Joliet locations. Joliet hrs for LMT: Thurs, 10am-6pm & Sat, 8am-4pm. Downers Grove hrs for LMT: Sun, 12-4pm; Mon, 12-8pm; Tues & Wed, 4-8pm.

Learn about us: Lymphatics.net.

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Conversational Mediumship – 9am-4:30pm. With Joseph Shiel. Using the art of conversation, expand your ability in mediumship. In this informative and inspiration journey, discover the nuances of altered states and begin to immerse themselves in Spirit communication using a myriad of useful techniques.

CEUs available. You will be emailed a link after registration to participate in the Zoom class. $100.

For more info & registration: 847-831-8828 or InfinityFoundation.org.

ONLINE Chicago IANDS – 2pm. Support/study/

resource forum for near-death, out-of-body and spiritual experiences, losses. Guest speaker: Suzane Northrop, internationally acclaimed Medium, grief & bereavement expert, TV and radio host, author of 3 books and NDE at age 5. Become a subscriber to Chicago IANDS by filling in the form on our website. You will receive an invitation with instructions. $20 Tax-deductible donation requested.

Send to Chicago IANDS, PO Box 732, Wilmette, IL, 60091. For more info: 847-251-5758 or ChicagoIANDS.org.

Native Gardens Through the Seasons: A Virtual Walk – 3-4:30pm. A deep dive into Berwyn and Oak Park gardens. The annual native garden tour will be virtual this year for a fuller, year-round look at the way the gardens develop through the seasons, with practical, hands-on advice to bring native plants into home gardens. Attendees can purchase plants through the West Cook Wild Ones 2020 Fall Tree and Shrub Sale. For free registration: WestCook.

WildOnes.org.

Sacral Chakra Virtual Meditation & Sound Journey – 7-9pm. Our collective journey is intense right now. It is a time that many are re-inventing themselves or taking a deep dive into discovering who they really are. Clearing the sacral chakra can provide a sense of openness to your creativity, sexuality, fertility; the expression of all that is you. Be guided through a Sacral Chakra Clearing Meditation leading into a unique Sound Journey. $20/ advance, $25/day of. On Zoom. Soul Energy Online: 773-609-3466 or SoulEnergyWeb.com.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

SAVE THE DATE Virtual Green Team Summit: A Just Recovery – Sept 13-17. Hosted by Faith in Place. Explore ways to face the challenges of climate change, COVID-19 and environmental and systemic racism. Expert speakers and diverse workshops will facilitate discussions with attendees. Free.

For more info: 224-698-9735. To participate: GreenTeamSummit.org.

Astrology: Solar Arcs/Solar Directions – 1-4pm.

Forecasting future events and rectifying birth charts.

The Solar Arc method can be used to very easily and quickly forecast upcoming events and trends related to any type of chart: Natal/Birth Chart, Marriage, Business, etc, and also to rectify the birth time on a natal chart. A wonderful tool and can be easily and quickly learned and used. $55, $45 by Sept 6. Via Zoom. Registration, Life Force Arts Foundation: 773-327-7224 or LifeForceArts.org.

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Beginning Astrology Level 1 – Mondays, Sept 14Oct 19. 7:30-9:30pm. Learn planets, signs, houses, aspects, interpretation and transits. Beginner or know some astrology but need to increase skill in interpreting charts, this course provides what you need to go forward. $180, $150 by Sept 7. Via Zoom. Registration, Life Force Arts Foundation: 773-327-7224 or LifeForceArts.org.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 Latin Heritage Month begins

Healy Introduction – 6:30pm. Join us to learn about how frequency and vibration can change your life.

Wellness Empowered, 2177 Shermer Rd, Northbrook.

847-963-6094. YourWellnessEmpowered.com.

Fall for the Prairie Webinar – 7-8pm. Celebrate Woodsy Owl’s birthday with us and find out where to hike to see the spectacular array of vibrant fall colors at the USDA Forest Service’s Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie. Free. To participate: usfs.adobeconnect.com/r9-midewin-1000.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 Connect the “Digestive” Dots – 5pm. Also Sept 24, 5pm. Certified Digestive Health Specialist Reneé S. Barasch and Dr. Danny McLane will describe the process of digestion, how your structure plays a role and explain why digestion is crucial to proper nutrition. Free. Digestive Health Solutions, ADIOChirporactic, 316 Peterson Rd, Libertyville. Register: 847-207-2034. DigestiveHealthSolutions.com.

Beginning Zen Shiatsu – Wednesdays, Sept 16-Nov 18. 7-10pm. Learn how to give a basic 1-hr shiatsu treatment that you can share with friends and family.

This course is a stand-alone offering, and also is the first 30 hrs of our complete shiatsu certification programs. $450 plus books. Zen Shiatsu Chicago, 825A Chicago Ave, Evanston. ZenShiatsuChicago.org.

Virtual “Hot” Yoga – 8-9pm. Class hosted and led

by Gloria Nash (with Emerging Essentials) virtually but Get Fit EGV will make their facility available to those interested in experiencing the class “hot” and with other members. There is no limit on the class size virtually but on-site will be restricted in order to maintain social distancing. Link provided on the day of class. $10. Get Fit EGV, 1100 Nerge Rd, Ste 206, Elk Grove Village. 773-849-4990. GetFitEGV.com.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Kheñ-den gó-nah – Moon of Deer Has Full Tail

Connect the “Digestive” Dots – 11am. See Sept 23 listing. Digestive Health Solutions, ADIOChirporactic, 316 Peterson Rd, Libertyville. Register: 847-207-2034. DigestiveHealthSolutions.com.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 Rosh Hashanah starts at sundown (Judaism)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Midewin Rocks Geology Webinar – 9-10am. A 1-mile-thick glacial ice sheet moved over Illinois 15,000 yrs ago and left its mark on Midewin. Environments in prehistoric times included tropical swamplands and subtropical oceans. During this webinar, we will hear about the rocks, hills and plains at Midewin that still bear evidence of these vastly different environments. Free. To participate: usfs.adobeconnect.com/r9-midewin-1000.

Reiki Level 1 Certification – 9am-6pm. Be introduced to the practice and energy of Reiki, its definition, history and principles. Learn all components of a reiki session. Learn all hand positions and receive a certificate upon completion, along with a comprehensive reiki book and a Soul Energy Reiki 1 manual. $150. A live virtual class with an in-person future follow-up. Soul Energy Online.

Pre-registration required by Sept 18: 773-609-3466 or SoulEnergyWeb.com.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Reiki Level 1 – 9am-4pm. Can attend online or in person. Get attuned to reiki which enables you to become a channel for this healing energy. Also start a 21-day energetic cleanse that moves through your chakras cleaning and releasing bound energy. $150.

Zen Shiatsu Chicago, 825A Chicago Ave, Evanston.

847-864-1130. ZenShiatsuChicago.org.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 Autumn Equinox

Healy Introduction – 6:30pm. Join us to learn about how frequency and vibration can change your life.

Advanced Health Care Center, 416 E Roosevelt Rd, Ste 107, Wheaton. 847-963-6094. YourWellnessEmpowered.com.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 See NAChicago.com for latest events.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 ONLINE Holistic Chamber of Commerce Chicago Monthly Meeting – 6:30-8pm. Open to all (you don’t need to be a member to join the meeting).

Free. Via Zoom. More info & register on Facebook: @HCCSchaumburg. Tinyurl.com/y3vtmvl7.

Solar Plexus Chakra Virtual Meditation & Sound Journey – 7-9pm. The Solar Plexus Chakra is our power center. It involves our ego, power, will, desires, action. We have little control over current events.

Clearing this chakra can create a sense of personal power and action without the struggle of control.

Be guided through a Solar Plexus Chakra Clearing Meditation leading into a unique Sound Journey. $20/ advance, $25/day of. On Zoom. Soul Energy Online: 773-609-3466 or SoulEnergyWeb.com.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

SAVE THE DATE Virtual Weekend Conference: Mycelium Mysteries: A One-of-a-kind Women’s Mushroom Conference – Sept 25-27. Theme: Mushrooms as the Grandmothers of our ecosystem. Workshops offered at the beginner through advanced levels, and include topics in wild mushroom skills, fungal ecology, fungi and human health, and ethnomycology. Learn and get comfortable with mycological skills in a supportive, “fungal” community. Keynote speakers: Guiliana Furci author of Fungi of Chile, the Field Guide; Litt Woon Long, author of The Way of the Woods on Mushrooms and Mourning. More info & to register: MidwestWomensHerbal.com.

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into the bloodstream through a condition called “leaky gut syndrome,” which often leads to more serious conditions like Crohn’s Disease, colitis, and other autoimmune disorders.

Environmental irritants also affect digestion.

Reneé Barasch, Certified Digestive Health and Detoxification Specialist, has been helping clients achieve nutritional balance and enhance quality of life for more than 14 years. Reneé’s individualized plans help clients re-boot their digestive tracts and increase absorption of needed nutrients—creating the environment for detoxification of all organs and the pathways between them.

The environment can also produce irritation and inflammation. Everyday, airborne toxins — perfumes, cleaning products, smoke, automotive exhaust, indoor dust, and springtime pollen— find their way into our bloodstream (in less than 20 seconds!) and cause digestive organs to work overtime. A runny nose, itchy eyes, and red and blotchy skin often result in a trip to the allergist, when a digestive imbalance may be contributing.

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and those that don’t.

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Digestion is one of the main ways the body detoxifies and cleanses.

If the food you consume isn’t thoroughly broken down, your body cannot work as efficiently as it should. Poor digestion causes stress for the entire digestive system and leads to gas, bloating, acid reflux, constipation, diarrhea—and even insomnia, psoriasis, eczema, chronic pain, and anxiety. Undigested food can seep

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 Harnessing the Power of Egyptian Hieroglyphics – 9am-4:30pm. With Normandi Ellis. Explore how to use hieroglyphics and apply them with meditation, divination and dream work. Harness and enliven ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics as tools for manifesting ideas in the material world. CEUs available. You will be emailed a link after registration to participate in the Zoom class. $100. For more info & registration: 847-831-8828 or InfinityFoundation.org.

Reiki Level 2 Certification – 9am-6pm. Pre-requisite: Reiki 1 Certification. Learn the first 3 reiki symbols, distance reiki, how to become a reiki practitioner and business considerations. Practice using the symbols and receive a certificate upon completion, along with a comprehensive reiki book and a soul energy reiki 2 manual. $225. A live virtual class with an in-person future follow-up. Soul Energy Online. Pre-registration required by Sept 25: 773-609-3466 or SoulEnergyWeb.com.

ONLINE HU Chant: Experience the Sound of

Soul – 11am-12pm. HU, a sacred sound and ancient mantra, has been sung for thousands of years in many lands for spiritual unfoldment, inner peace and healing. Experience chanting HU for 15 mins, followed by a few mins of silent contemplation. Then join in a relaxed spiritual conversation with others of like heart. All welcome. Sponsored by Eckankar, the Path of Spiritual Freedom. Free. Via Zoom or phone; info provided after RSVP: EckInfo@Eck-Illinois.org.

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Harvest Weekend – Sept 26-27. 11am-4pm. A weekend of fresh ideas for handling the harvest.

Learn how to harvest, preserve and store your homegrown produce or farmers’ market bounty. “How-to” displays and demonstrations, fall gardening tips and techniques, shopping from local vendors, Garden Chef Series presentations, a cookbook swap and more. Preregistration & a face covering required. Free admission. Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe. 847-835-5440. ChicagoBotanic.org.

Virtual Evergreen: The Gala for the Morton Arboretum – 6:30pm. For the first time, the evening gala will be free to attend online via live stream on YouTube. Donations during the 45-min event will support the Arboretum’s ability to advance leading-edge tree science, benefiting Chicago area communities, as well as addressing threatened species globally. Details: MortonArb.org.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

Yom Kippur starts at sundown (Judaism) Powerful Secrets of Anti-Aging from Around the World – 1-4pm. Learn about important facts about aging and what you can do to not only slow it down, but possibly to reverse the aging process. How hormones control the aging process. Learn what herbs and teas have been traditionally used to keep body and mind young and strong. $10 which gives you a credit toward food and drink. Lecture by Dr. Leon Kolodziej. Art Gallery Kafe, 127 Front St, Wood Dale. 773-589-9996. DrKChiroCare.com.

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 Navaratri (Hinduism)

Healy Introduction – 6:30pm. Join us to learn about how frequency and vibration can change your life. Wellness Empowered, 2177 Shermer Rd, Northbrook. 847-963-6094. YourWellnessEmpowered.com.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 See NAChicago.com for latest events.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 Healing Karmic Relationships Webinar: Theosophical Society – 1:40-4pm. With David Birr and Susan Wisehart. In this workshop, experience a group past life regression to gain insight into a current relationship; learn how spiritual tools such as astrology, numerology, past life and life between lives regression can help in understanding karmic relationship dynamics; shift your model of karma from the concept of debt and suffering to learning and forgiveness in relationships; learn specific methods to transform the energy of karmic relationship patterns. $40. 630-668-1571. Theosophical.org.

LOGAN RYAN WITH LEO AND JULIUS: ADOPTED 2014 AND 2018.

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SAVE THE DATE SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 The Dish – For the last 12 years, every fall the Alliance has gathered some of central Illinois’ finest chefs and paired their talent with delicious local foods from Illinois farmers, blending them all together for our Annual Harvest Celebration.

Modelled after public radio’s The Moth storytelling program, we’ll showcase a series of live and recorded stories to share the real-life accounts of individuals across Illinois’ local food scene.

More info: ILStewards.org.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 Journal to the Self: Online Workshop – 6-wks, self-paced. Quick, goal-oriented writing techniques for mindfulness, goals, emotional healing and more. A new lesson opens every Thurs. Discussion and learning guided by a trained facilitator. All writing in the privacy of your own laptop or journal. $197. 773-251-1631.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 ONLINE: Chicago IANDS – 2pm. Support/ study/resource forum for near-death, out-of-body and spiritual experiences, losses. Guest speaker: Edy Nathan, MA, LCSW, CST, well-known grief counselor from NYC, licensed psychotherapist, author of It’s Grief and star of Psychic Kids TV show. Become a subscriber to Chicago IANDS by filling in the form on our website. You will receive an invitation with instructions. $20 Tax-deductible donation requested. Send to Chicago IANDS, PO Box 732, Wilmette, IL, 60091 or use Zelle on your bank site. For more info: 847-251-5758 or ChicagoIANDS.org.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 Meet & Greet with Eben Alexander – 6-6:45pm. $40. Must also register for the 23rd Gala: Revisioning 2020: Powering Up Gala, 7:15-9:15pm. $80 (includes Practitioners’ Summit on Oct 18, 2-4pm). You will be emailed a link after registration to participate in the Zoom class. $295. For more info & registration: 847-831-8828 or InfinityFoundation.org.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 Trinity Health Freedom Expo – Oct 24-25.

Health experts, innovative natural products and services, and healthcare legislation. 45 presenters and more than 100 exhibitors, notable speakers include Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, Dr. Todd Frisch, Erin Elizabeth and Robert Scott Bell. $30/day, $50/weekend; The George Noory Reception is $50 additional. Tinley Park Convention Center, 18451 Convention Center Dr, Tinley Park. Register: 888-658-3976 or TrinityHealthFreedomExpo.com.

ongoing events To ensure we keep our community calendar current, ongoing events must be resubmitted each month.

DEADLINE: All listings must be received by the 10th of the month prior to publication. Calendar events must be submitted online at NAChicago.com/Calendar.

Check Online: Check the NA Online Calendar and Directory for many updates and new online events and workshops.

ONLINE Light School – 10-11:15am. Weekly gathering with Heather Faun Basl on various spiritual topics and subjects. Have tea with Heather and expand your soul. Love donation. RSVP: HeatherFaunBasl.com.

ONLINE Yoga Basics with Jenny – 11am. Also held 9:30am, Wed & Fri. Heaven Meets Earth, 2746 Central St, Evanston. 847-475-1500. HeavenMeetsEarthYoga.com.

TUESDAY ONLINE Yoga with Lisa – 10am. Heaven Meets

MONTHLY SPECIAL OFFERS ONLINE Christian Science Lectures – During

COVID-19, all Christian Science Lectures have moved online. Everyday you’ll find several events happening live as well pre-recorded presentations you can watch anytime. Cultivate your spiritual practice and get ideas and inspiration to stay calm, safe and healthy. CSMetroChicago.org.

ONLINE: Free Crisis Health Coaching – With the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy, Inc and the Institute for Functional Medicine. This amazing community of health coaches is giving back during this extraordinary time of need by offering free health coaching services. More info: bit.ly/FMCHC_Gives_Back.

ONLINE Moon Membership with Heather Faun Basl – Join our moon membership and receive your special message. Each package receives 1-2 messages a month following the full or new moon. Quantity depends on the package you choose. These messages come from mini-readings which use light and playful energy. Members are first to receive promotions and sales. 630210-8688. Heather@HeatherFaunBasl.com.

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Remote Healing with Heather Faun Basl – Schedule a 15-min phone call with Heather to decide your focus area to promote healing and overall well-being. She will meditate and perform remote healing to clear/adjust your energy frequency so the body can heal and keep you healthy. Raising your vibration is the best vaccination. 630-210-8688. Heather@ HeatherFaunBasl.com. HeatherFaunBasl.com.

Butterflies & Blooms – Thru Sept 20. 10am-5pm.

A butterfly exhibition where visitors can immerse themselves in a habitat filled with hundreds of live butterflies. Filled with species native to South America, Asia, North America, and Africa, as well as those native to North America. Preregistration & a face covering required. Admission fees apply. Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe.

847-835-5440. ChicagoBotanic.org.

ONLINE The Mike Nowak Show Radio Program

– 9-11am. Live weekly local radio show focused on gardening and the environment, with lots of humor to wake us up. Author and master gardener Mike Nowak and cohost Peggy Malecki feature a variety of guests and weather/climate scientist Rick DiMaio in a live show on 1590 WCGO AM, also available in podcast on MikeNowak.net, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and podcast apps, and streaming live on MikeNowak.net, TuneIn radio app and on Facebook at @The Mike Nowak Show.

Go Green Highland Park Monthly Meeting – 6:30pm. 1st Tues. Check website for updates.

GoGreenHP.com.

Green Drinks Libertyville – 6:30pm. 2nd Tues.

Check our Facebook page for updates. Facebook. com/greendrinkslibertyville.

ONLINE Hacking Your Health Meetup– 6:30-

8pm. 3rd Tues. With Tiffany Hinton. Let’s get together to expand our knowledge of living a healthy life, using integrative wellness. Features an expert speaker on topics current to our health landscape.

We can share recipes, have events at local health restaurants and learn more to raise healthier children.

Free. Purple Sprout Cafe and Juice Bar: Meetup. com/Hacking-Your-Health-Meetup.

& Quieting the Mind – 6:50-8:10pm. 3rd Tue. With Ellen Radha Katz. Donation. Via Zoom. Register: Meetup.com/Inner-Balance-Meditation.

ONLINE Inspiring Solutions for a Challenging

World – 11am-12:15pm. Meditation and modern Buddhism. Overcome negative thinking and emotions, strengthen your mind, and stay inspired in daily life using profound Buddhist psychology and simple, effective meditations you can incorporate in everyday life. No previous experience necessary.

With Kadampa Buddhist monk Gen Zamling. Donation. MeditateInChicago.org/sunday.

MONDAY

Glenwood Sunday Market – Thru Oct 25. 9am2pm. 1233-41 W Pratt Blvd, Rogers Park. GlenwoodSundayMarket.org.

Sentinel Watch Podcast – 24/7 online. New audio podcasts filled with thought-provoking ideas posted each Monday. Contributors tackle topics relevant to daily life and inspiring prayers for the world.

CSMetroChicago.org.

ONLINE Time to Dance: Ballet – 10:30am.

ONLINE Kid’s Light School – 9-9:45am. An

Also 1:30pm, Tues. Although not beginner classes, dancers of all levels of experience welcome. Via Zoom. To register: DanceForJoy16@gmail.com or CBG-Institute.org.

ONLINE Time to Dance: Ballet – 1:30pm. Also 10:30am, Sun. Although not beginner classes, dancers of all levels of experience welcome. Via Zoom. To register: DanceForJoy16@gmail.com or CBG-Institute.org.

ONLINEGuided Meditation for Inner Balance

SUNDAY Wicker Park Farmers’ Market – Thru Oct 27.

8am-2pm. Wicker Park, 1425 N Damen Ave, Chicago. WickerParkFarmersMarket.com.

Earth, 2746 Central St, Evanston. 847-475-1500.

HeavenMeetsEarthYoga.com.

ONLINE Let’s Talk Hemp Health – 7pm. A short presentation by hemp advocates and educators on the basics of CBD oil. Learn the benefits and science of how and why cannabis works in the body. Learn exactly what CBD and other cannabinoids are and what function they play in the body. Different guests each week. Free. On Zoom. Details: 630-309-3409 or HempHealthTalks.com.

ONLINE Clutter Clearing for a New Start – 7-9pm. Course available on Zoom. Discover how to easily and purposely declutter your home until it is filled with what is truly essential to you. CEUs available. You will be emailed a link after registration to participate in the Zoom class. $95. For more info & registration: InfinityFoundation.org.

Shiatsu Student Clinic – 7-9pm. Receive a 45-min session from an advanced Zen Shiatsu student. Sessions are performed in a group setting with instructor observation. $35/45-min or $90/3 treatments. Zen Shiatsu Chicago, 825A Chicago Ave, Evanston.

Availability limited; for appts: 847-864-1130. ZenShiatsuChicago.org.

event inspired to share the path to enlightenment to young minds. This is a safe space dedicated to fostering spiritual growth. Love offering. More info & to register: HeatherFaunBasl.com.

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ONLINE Prayer Meeting – Informal online weekly gatherings on Wednesdays with inspirational readings, song, prayer and time to share healings and inspiration. Meetings sponsored by more than 24 locations of Churches of Christ, Scientist in the metro Chicago region. Free. Log-on info & times: CSMetroChicago.org.

ONLINE Time to Dance: Modern – 1:30pm.

Although not beginner classes, dancers of all levels of experience welcome. Via Zoom. To register: DanceForJoy16@gmail.com or CBG-Institute.org.

Summer Online Youth Summit – Thru Sept 12. For spiritual seekers ages 12-40. Gather with peers from around the world to explore the healing impact of Christian Science. Weekly sessions focused on inspiration, exploration and renewal. Register once and then come to whichever sessions want. Free. More info: CSMetroChicago.org/online-summit-series.

Ravinia Farmers’ Market – Thru Oct 28. 7-8am, priority shopping; 8am-1pm, general public. Jens Jensen Park, 486 Roger Williams Ave, Highland Park. RaviniaFarmersMarket.com.

Green City Market: Lincoln Park – Thru Oct. 7am-1pm. South end of Lincoln Park, N Clark St & N Lincoln Ave, Chicago. GreenCityMarket.org.

ONLINE Body & Brain Tai Chi Class – 7:30-

8:30am; 10-11am; 6-7pm. Additional classes held daily; see website for times. After a short set of warm up exercises, get into meridian stretching (to improve circulation, strength and flexibility, and relax the mind) and then go into Body & Brain-style tai chi called DahnMuDo. We stream all classes live on Zoom.

Info & to register: 847-362-2724, Libertyville@ BodyNBrain.com, BodyNBrain.com/libertyville.

ONLINE Self-Shiatsu for Stress Relief and

Emotional Well-Being – 10am. With Steve Rogne.

Learn and practice methods for pain relief; emotional stress relief; and connecting with the capacity for self-healing and hope. Includes Q&A about self-shiatsu techniques for any particular problems individuals may be facing. Free. Via Zoom. Register: ZenShiatsuChicago.org.

ONLINE Mindfulness Adjustments for the Pandemic – 10-10:30am. With Vacation of the Mind. Free mindfulness webinar series for HR Specialists, Leaders and Management. Will discuss best practices for handling employee production, communication issues, lifestyle changes and more. Workplace wellness topics highlighted.

VacationOfTheMind.com/webinar.

Green Drinks McHenry County – 5-7pm. 1st Wed. Check website for updates. GreenDrinks.org/ IL/Crystal Lake.

ONLINE Transform Your Mind, Transform

Your Life – June 3-24. 7:30-8:30pm. Overcome negative thinking and emotions, strengthen your mind, and stay inspired in daily life using profound Buddhist psychology and simple, effective meditations you can incorporate in everyday life. Taught

by Buddhist monk Gen Kelsang Zamling. Includes guided meditations, practical instruction and interactive Q&A via livestream chat. No previous experience necessary. $12/person. MeditateInChicago.org.

ONLINE Goddess Social – 4-5pm. Dedicated to helping women connect and remember their inner goddess. Attendees are encouraged to sip on their favorite cocktail as they converse and get an oracle message from Basl. Love donation. RSVP: HeatherFaunBasl.com.

ONLINE Healy Introduction – 6:30pm. Have

you heard of frequency medicine? Learn about a new personal device called Healy. A short presentation on what the frequency medicine is and how to purchase one. This is the next level in well-being and balance. RSVP: 630-309-3409. Meeting ID: 630-309-3409. Zoom.US.

Functional Fitness Training – 6:30-7:30pm or 8-9pm. Not getting the results you want? Try functional fitness with Coach Ro. During our small group training sessions you can expect to not only build strength but improve your flexibility and mobility with the various types of modalities involved within each and every workout. Get Fit EGV, 1100 Nerge Rd, Ste 206, Elk Grove Village. 773-849-4990.

GetFitEGV.com.

FRIDAY Shiatsu Student Clinic – 11am-1pm. Receive a 45-min session from an advanced Zen Shiatsu student. Sessions are performed in a group setting with instructor observation. $35/45-min or $90/3 treatments. Zen Shiatsu Chicago, 825A Chicago Ave, Evanston. Availability limited; for appts: 847-864-1130. ZenShiatsuChicago.org.

ONLINE Free Guided Meditation and Mindfulness Discussion – 3-3:30pm. Talk about some of the current challenges facing our daily habits and routine such as isolation, calming anxiety and fear, stress reduction, scarcity mindset and re-balancing life in the new norm. We will provide tools and techniques for combating short- and long-term stress, reducing anxiety and calming fear. Includes a10-min guided meditation.

Facebook.com/groups/VacationOfTheMind.

ONLINE Ancient African Adorations – 7pm. 2nd Fri. Live stream online concert series presented by Tchiya Amet. Tchiya.EventCombo.com.

Green City Market: Lincoln Park – Thru Oct. 7am-1pm. South end of Lincoln Park, N Clark St & N Lincoln Ave, Chicago. GreenCityMarket.org.

Palatine Farmers’ Market – Thru Oct. 7am-1pm.

To view the guidelines and procedures established by the Farmers’ Market due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, please visit the website. Palatine Train Station Parking Lot, directly east of the Palatine Train Station. Palatine.il.us/663/Farmers-Market.

Evanston Farmers’ Market – Thru Nov 7. 7:30am1pm. This year’s market has been redesigned to accommodate all of the procedures needed to secure the market during the pandemic. See website for more info. Intersection of University Pl & Oak Ave, just east of East Railroad Ave, Evanston.

EvanstonFarmersMarkets.org.

Oak Park Farmers’ Market – Thru Oct. 7:30am1pm. Vendor stalls are moved from the usual Pilgrim Church parking lot site on Lake Street to nearby streets to allow room for safe social distancing and preorders offered via an online app as part of a pilot program.

Oak-Park.us/our-community/oak-park-farmersmarket.

Glenview Farmers’ Market – Thru Oct 24. 8am12pm. Wagner Farm’s Circle Dr, 1510 Wagner Rd, Glenview. GlenviewFarmersMarket.org.

Green City Market: West Loop – Thru Oct. 8am1pm. Bartleme Park, 115 S Sangamon St, Chicago.

GreenCityMarket.org.

Advanced Allergy Therapeutic Treatment – 9am1pm. Offering holistic, non-invasive, drug-free treatments to calm the sympathetic nervous system.

Taking all precautions to protect from COVID-19.

For an appt: 847-392-7901, MWAllergyRelief@ gmail.com or MidwestAllergyRelief.com.

ONLINE Body & Brain Basic Yoga Class –

9:30-10:30am & 2-3pm. After a short set of warm up exercises, get into meridian stretching, followed by core strengthening and breathing postures to accumulate energy. Then be guided in the practice of energy meditation. $20/class. Body & Brain Yoga and Tai Chi, 860 S Milwaukee Ave, Libertyville.

847-362-2724. BodyNBrain.com/libertyville.

Plant Chicago Outdoor Market – Thru Sept.

11am-3pm. Corner of 45th St & Marshfield Ave, Chicago. 773-847-5523. PlantChicago.org.

ONLINE Wine and Spirit – 6-7pm. Every other

Yoga is just good for you. ~Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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Sat. Join us with a glass of wine as spirits give an upbeat message through Basl channeling loved ones. Love donation. RSVP: HeatherFaunBasl.com.

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community resource guide Connecting you to the leaders in natural health care and green living in our community.

ACUPUNCTURE AND TRADITIONAL ORIENTAL MEDICINE

BODY-CENTERED PSYCHOTHERAPY ERICA HORNTHAL, LCPC, BC-DMT

LANA MOSHKOVICH, LAC, ND, MSOM Nirvana Naturopathics 707 Lake Cook Rd, Ste 100, Deerfield 60015 847-715-9044 NirvanaNaturopathics.com

We use acupuncture to help you get immediate relief from acute or chronic pain. Combining Western and Chinese Medicine, we can treat and resolve insomnia, anxiety and women’s health issues, plus chronic conditions. Certified NAET. Preferred MeiZen Provider. Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine. Major insurances accepted.

Schedule your initial appointment on Nirvana Naturopathics.com. Get a healthier and alternative approach to your chronic health conditions. See ad on page 25.

ALLERGIES CALANDRA CENTER FOR HEALTH & WELLNESS

Acupuncture, NAET Allergy Elimination, Reiki, Classes/CEU Located in Chicago’s South Loop & Schaumburg 312-796-3965 CalandraAcupuncture.com CCHW offers: acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine, NAET Allergy Elimination, reiki, Access Consciousness Bars and a variety of classes. Classes are available for adults, children and CEU for acupuncturists. We believe that when someone has the tools to help themselves that the possibilities are endless.

MIDWEST ALLERGY RELIEF CENTER 3365 N Arlington Hts Rd, Ste D, Arlington Hts 60004 847-392-7901 MidwestAllergyRelief.com

Dr. Amanda Thiry, DC, BSN, uses Advanced Allergy Therapeutics (AAT), a non-invasive alternative technology that’s effective and safe for all ages, to identify and treat specific allergen elements that affect your quality of life. Discover how you can eat foods, be near pets and use products again that you now avoid, and experience a new lease on life. See ad on page 17.

Chicago Dance Therapy 847-848-0697 EricaHornthal.com

Life is experienced through movement and the body, mind and spirit are connected. The body holds all experiences and talking alone is not enough to release our emotional issues. Erica uses a combination of talk therapy and dance/movement therapy to help clients express what is often too deep for words.

BODYWORK NATIONAL LYMPHATIC CENTERS

Sharon M Vogel, LMT, CLT, BCTMB, MFR 5002a Main St, Downers Grove 3100 Theodore St, Ste 202, Joliet 630-241-4100 • Lymphatics.net Sharon Vogel is referred to by Mayo Clinic practitioners, national surgeons and physicians. She offers 46 years hands-on experience, 29 years as a licensed practitioner, and is Nationally Board Certified, specializing in oncology massage, lymph drainage MLD and myofascial release JFB MFR, all to help assist clients in regaining health. Free consult with RSVP.

ROTH STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION

Diane Roth, BCSI Highland Park, 60035 847-533-3213 • RothSI.com Structural Integration (SI) realigns, rebalances and re-educates the body through manual therapy and movement education. Chronic pain, bad posture, tired and achy bodies are signs that the body is out of balance. SI benefits include decreased pain, injury rehabilitation, improved posture, ease in movement, and increased flexibility and stamina.

ZEN SHIATSU CHICAGO 825 Chicago Ave, Evanston 60202 847-864-1130 ZenShiatsuChicago.org

You’ll feel the stress melt away like the snow in spring through our relaxation-focused shiatsu massage practice, which offers the same energizing benefits as acupuncture combined with the restorative power of yoga poses. Dress in cozy threads, shiatsu is performed on fully clothed clients. Professional and student therapists available.

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CBD / HEMP OIL NATURAL REMEDEE HEALTH SOLUTIONS Dee Bayro, CHHC NaturalRemedee.com LetsTalkHempOil.com

The research is overwhelming on the benefits of using phytocannabinoids from hemp. As a certified holistic health advisor, let me help answer your questions and see if hemp oil extract is right for you. Over thousands of studies support the therapeutic benefits of phytocannabinoid diols for over 250 health conditions. I offer the world’s best, one-of-akind hemp extract that has the power of intravenous therapy within a convenient oral, liposomal delivery system. Visit our website or attend a local presentation to learn more about this new science. Get involved with this revolution in health. We are looking for professionals and influencers to work with contact me for more info. See ad on page 25.

COACHING & COUNSELING SUSAN CURRY

InteriorWerx 312-479-7893 Info@InteriorWerx.us InteriorWerx.us Feeling anxious or scared? Are you seeking solutions to regain emotional balance and clarity? Susan Curry of InteriorWerx can assist, using her intuitive energy coaching skills. 15-min complimentary phone consult available using promo MYFIRSTSESSION.

You have to motivate yourself with challenges.

That’s how you know you’re still alive. ~Jerry Seinfeld

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CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY ONE MIND AND BODY CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY

Carol G. Sherby, BS, LMT, BCST 22W550 Poss St, Glen Ellyn Also located in Tucson, AZ 630-205-1075 OneMindAndBody.com Carol Sherby uses gentle CranioSacral Therapy to help treat pain and dysfunction associated with a wide range of medical issues, including concussions, migraines, neck and back pain, torticollis, autism, chronic fatigue and more. She takes a holistic approach to healing, and how constrictions to nerve fibers can arise in response to physical injury, stress or emotional trauma. Through CST technique, massage and reflexology, balance can be achieved, promoting wellness in mind, body and spirit.

DANCE FOR HEALTH TIME TO DANCE WITH CBG INSTITUTE FOR DANCE & HEALTH North Shore School of Dance 505 Laurel Ave, Highland Park 60035 DanceForJoy16@gmail.com CBG-Institute.org

Discover the healing art of dance through ballet, modern and tap for adults 50+.

Dance is proven to have both physical and psychological benefits. Taught by dancer teachers Lisa Gold, Lynne Chervony Belsky, MD, and Lorraine Chase. See ad on page 11.

DECLUTTERING/ ORGANIZING MEGAN SPILLMAN

708-275-0110 Megan@PeaceAndTidy.com • PeaceAndTidy.com Clutter adds stress and drains time and energy. Megan supports individuals, families and business owners in decluttering spaces. She is trained in the KonMari Method™ which focuses on joy and gratitude.

Contact Megan to schedule a complimentary 30-minute call to learn more about creating a plan to confront clutter.

DIGESTIVE HEALTH SPECIALIST

FLOAT THERAPY FLOTSTONE

57 E Scranton Ave, Lake Bluff 60044 847-482-1700 Flotstone.com Floatation therapy is quickly being recognized as a very safe and effective way to shift into the parasympathetic state of total relaxation. Floating cradles you in its graceful healing waters optimizing your body’s ability to do what it does best, heal! Float effortlessly in over 1,250 lbs of Epsom salt.

FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE

Holistic dentistry involves an awareness of care that relates to the entire person. We are a full-service practice using the most biocompatible dental options and laser dentistry (no numbing in most cases). Our services range from non-surgical gum care to mercury- and PBA-free restorations, crowns, bridges, partial and full dentures, children’s dentistry, braces, dental homeopathy and CranioSacral Therapy. See ad on page 21.

GYMS, FITNESS & ONLINE WORKOUTS GET FIT EGV

Rowena Dziubla, Owner 773-819-7459 • CoachRo@GetFitEGV.com Facebook | Instagram RX your workout at GET FIT EGV located at 1100 Nerge Rd, Ste 206 in Elk Grove Village. Group classes available 7 days a week: barbell/Olympic training, HIIT, bootcamp and more. We also offer ONLINE virtual coaching options for home workouts; see website for more info.

HEALTH & WELLNESS COACHING

Personalized health coaching programs to help you reach sustainable health for life through better nutrition and lifestyle changes. Areas of specialty include Celiac disease, autoimmune disorders, women’s health and weight management. Understanding.

Encouragement. Support. Accountability.

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ANDIE PEARSON, DMD

Specializing in medical wellness, weight loss, hormone balancing, diabetes, fibromyalgia, and anti-aging using integrative and functional medicine. We find and resolve the root cause of medical conditions and achieve outstanding, lasting results for our patients, many of which had almost given up on wellness goals. Free educational seminars. PPO insurance and Medicare accepted for covered services.

Digestive problems? Acid Reflux/ GERD, IBS, Crohn’s, colitis? Let us help you naturally achieve nutritional balance, feel better and enhance the quality of your life. Improve digestion while reducing discomfort and bloating so you can eat the foods you love again. Certified digestive health specialist/enzyme therapist. See ads on pages 7 and 47.

Chicago

2400 Ravine Way, Suite 400, Glenview 60025 847-998-5100 GlenviewSmiles.com Our office uses whole-body, preventive dental care. We utilize non-fluoridated ozonated water, herbal periodontal treatments, and gluten-free herbal paste. We offer: safe amalgam removal; BPA-free fillings and sealants; non-metal crowns; sleep apnea and TMJ appliances; ozone therapy; microscopic plaque analysis; material reactivity testing kits; and non-acrylic night guards, partials. See ad on page 17.

Essentially Pure Cosmetic & Family Dentistry 1535 Lake Cook Rd, Ste 108, Northbrook 847-983-3185 EssentiallyPureDental.com

Meena Malhotra, MD, ABIM, ABOM 1122 Willow Rd, Northbrook 60062 847-686-4444 • HealNCure.com

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DR. ALLA AVER, DDS

HEAL N CURE MEDICAL WELLNESS

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HOLISTIC DENTISTRY

Heidi Smith, CINHC, CCWS, CMP 312-259-7585 HeidiSmith@IntegrativeWellnessStudio.net IntegrativeWellnessStudio.net

K. BOEHM, DDS, & ASSOCIATES

1585 N Barrington Rd, Ste 106, Hoffman Estates 60069 847-884-1220 1440 Maple Ave, Ste 2A Lisle 60532 630-810-1280 • KBoehmDDS.com

Offering state-of-the-art holistic dental care in a relaxed environment, Dr. Boehm and his staff are ready to meet all your dental needs in either of his two locations. Bio-compatible materials and an extensive knowledge of the correlation between oral and overall health are his specialties. Services include safe mercury removal, electrodermal screening for materials compatibility and tooth viability, crowns, bridges, dentures, zirconia implants, homeopathy, cranial osteopathy, orthodontics, ozone therapy, CT/3D imaging, and laser treatment for both gum disease and decay.

WRIGLEYVILLE DENTAL

Dr. Bernice Teplitsky, DDS, PC 3256 N Ashland, Chicago 60657 773-975-6666 WrigleyvilleDental.com In addition to state-of-the-art technology and methods offered by most holistic dentists (microscopes, ozone therapy, etc.), we treat you as a partner. We thoroughly explain your unique situation, provide treatment options and keep you comfortable with Netflix, music and paraffin wax treatments. Located off the Brown line.

Free garage parking.

HOLISTIC HEALTH PRACTITIONER BIO-ENERGY CENTER

Kankakee Natural Foods BioEnergy Center 815-933-6236 KankakeeNaturalFoods.com Our BioEnergy Center brings together state-ofthe-art machines in one location for an integrative wellness experience. Our approach to healing meets each client’s unique needs through personalized testing and therapies. Come as you are, no appointment needed.

Kankakee Natural Foods Wellness under One Roof.

EPIGENETIC SIGNATURE MAPPING Wellness Empowered 2177 Shermer Rd, Northbrook 60062 847-963-6094 YourWellnessEmpowered.com

Every hair on our head contains valuable genetic information coded in DNA biomarkers. The Cell Well-Being hair profiler assesses for nutritional deficiencies, immune health and environmental toxins. Becoming aware of healthier lifestyle choices is crucial to repair damaged DNA. The scan includes a 1-hr consultation with a holistic practitioner to review your results and assist you on your wellness journey.

See ad on page 15.

WHOLE LIFE SPINE & SOFT TISSUE Christopher Codina, DC 33 W Higgins Rd, Ste 735 South Barrington 60010 WholeLifeChiroHE.com

Constantly foam rolling or taking meds to get through the day, just for it to come back?

Learn how something that is easily treated and commonly found in the body may be the reason for your pain. Schedule your free consultation today to learn more Conveniently located and insurance accepted.

INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY ELLEN KATZ, MS, LMFT

Clinical Director, Inner Balance Northbrook, Chicago, Palm Springs 847-224-0244 EllenKatz.net Ellen’s 30 years of experience as a psychotherapist integrates a conscious approach to healing old patterns through a mix of trauma and mindfulness-based psychotherapies, HMR, Lifeline, The Work (Byron Katie), energy medicine and somatic awareness. Join Meetup.com “Inner Balance Meditation” for updates on her events, and visit her at EllenKatz.net.

UPSIDE COUNSELING P.C.

Craig Mead, LCSW, LCPC Chicago clinical office closed for in-person Telehealth office hours by appt 312-918-2885 UpsideCounselingPC.com Teletherapy is the right solution to get the counseling help you need right now. Chronic stress and anxiety can easily develop into depression, making difficult life circumstances even harder to manage. Craig Mead can help you learn and integrate alternative holistic wellness practices to help relieve stress, anxiety and depression. See ad on page 9.

INTUITIVE CONSULTATION HEATHER FAUN BASL

Office locations: Chicago, Glenview, Naperville, Aurora 630-210-8688 Heather@HeatherFaunBasl.com HeatherFaunBasl.com Heather is an intuitive medium, healer and mentor. She holds workshops, retreats, certifications and shares fun social events monthly.

Her skills give her a strong connection which helps others learn to raise their own frequency. She helps you evolve. Get a reading or check out her programs on her website.

MICHELE HEATHER

INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE thriveMD – OPTIMAL HEALTH

Dr. Greg Seaman 1355 Remington Rd, Ste I, Schaumburg IL 60173 312-600-5070 Info@thriveMD.org

Using IV therapies, PRP, weight management and other natural programs, we help conditions like fatigue, brain fog, hormone imbalance, pain, injury, weight gain, decreased performance, tickborn disease and more. After an initial consultation, we design your custom program to obtain true optimal health, which includes living a healthy lifestyle and being committed to yourself. See ads on pages 3 and 13.

847-509-8289 MicheleHeather1@yahoo.com Get clarity, direction and empowerment as we release old patterns and blockages that keep you feeling stuck in life. Using Soul Memory Discovery, Michele helps you work with your angels and guides to practice new inner processes and expand into your highest good and true self. Michele is also intuitive and a Reiki Master Teacher.

LIFELONG LEARNING & PERSONAL GROWTH CHRISTIAN SCIENCE IN METRO CHICAGO CSMetroChicago.org

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Resources for your spiritual journey … events, weekly online podcasts, community worship services, Christian Science Reading Rooms. Explore our website and connect with us at more than 24 locations around Chicago. See

THE EDGAR CAYCE HOLISTIC CENTER AND BOOKSTORE

At Unity Northwest Church 259 E Central Rd, Des Plaines 60016 847-299-6535 • AREChicagoCenter@gmail.com Full-service bookstore, Cayce remedies, spiritual growth study groups, monthly programs, workshops and holistic fairs, intuitive skills development training, knowledgeable seekers, intuitives, healers and more. Call for hours.

INFINITY FOUNDATION

1280 Old Skokie Rd, Highland Park 60035 847-831-8828 • InfinityFoundation.org Offering all Courses for Life in personal, professional and spiritual growth and development on Zoom. Live on Zoom with recordings. Joseph Shiel Message Portraits from Spirit on Sept 11 and Conversational Mediumship Workshop on Zoom Sept 12. Harnessing the Power of Egyptian Hieroglyphics on Zoom Sept 26. Call or email for a free course guide. CEUs available for 14 professionals.

MEDITATION CENTER KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTER CHICAGO

13 Harrison St, Oak Park 60304 2010 W Pierce Ave, Chicago 60622 708-763-0132 • MeditateInChicago.org Meditation and modern Buddhism. Everyone welcome. We offer an array of drop-in classes, weekend events, and retreats open to everyone and suitable for all levels of experience. A nonprofit, all-volunteer organization, we’re dedicated to sharing the practical wisdom of Buddha’s teachings with Chicagoland through meditation and mindfulness practices.

Open your eyes, look within.

Are you satisfied with the life you’re living? ~Bob Marley September 2020

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NATURE CLASSES THE RESILIENCY INSTITUTE

Located at McDonald Farm 10S404 Knoch Knolls Rd, Naperville 60565 630-447-9910 • TheResiliencyInstitute.net We offer intro and advanced events and courses in: permaculture, herbalism, edible wild plants, natural landscapes, forest/nature therapy, wellness and more. Register online for our courses and certificate programs. Check our website for a schedule of events, classes, seed swaps, community celebrations, food security projects and more.

NATUROPATHIC CONSULTATION DR. ALLA ARUTCHEVA, MD, PHD, ND

Associate Professor, Rush University Med. School Antalee Wellness 1836 Glenview Rd, 2nd Fl, Glenview 60025 847-486-1130 • AntaleeHolistic.com Have gut problems? Suspect leaky gut? Do not give up! We have a solution for you! Our key strategies are “DetermineRemoveRepairRestore” that address the gut health and integrity of the intestinal wall. Special individual program will be created and help your gut be happy again. Learn more about leaky gut and our therapeutic strategy at AntaleeHolistic.com.

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. ~Mahatma Gandhi

NUTRITIONAL IV THERAPY thriveIV

Located inside CryoEffect Spas and Freeze Fix: 1967 N Halsted, Chicago 312-741-1789 211 W Lake St, Chicago 312-741-1787 714 N Lasalle St, Chicago 312-756-8186 24B Chicago Ave, Hinsdale 630-632-3214 Cryo-Effect.com thriveIV is managed by thriveMD 1355 Remington Rd, Schaumburg 312-600-5070 • thriveMD.com thriveIV offers a way to deliver vital fluids, vitamins, electrolytes and nutrients directly into the bloodstream which can restore hydration, support the immune system and aid in faster recovery. Offerings include nutritional, immune support, weight loss, vitality and stress relief. thriveIV services now offered at various CryoEffect locations and Freeze Fix in Hinsdale. See ad on page 13.

REGENERATIVE MEDICINE CARING MEDICAL REGENERATIVE MEDICINE CLINICS Dave Woznica, MD Danielle Steilen-Matias, MMS, PA-C 715 Lake St, Ste 600, Oak Park 60301 708-462-6377 • CaringMedical.com

Specialists in stem cell therapy, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and Comprehensive Prolotherapy: individualized regenerative injection treatment protocols for resolving chronic pain, sports injuries and osteoarthritis. Our goal is to help patients who have plateaued with other treatments to avoid unnecessary surgeries, including meniscal and labral surgery, disc and joint replacements, and fusions.

OCTOBER

SOUND THERAPY HEALING WAVES SOUND THERAPY 1733 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60647 773-485-2935 Info@HealingWavesSoundTherapy.com HealingWavesSoundTherapy.com

Alternative emotional therapy using applied specific sound frequencies to release you from the weight of unwanted emotional burdens. Common emotions worked with are anxiety, fear, anger, depression, grief, worry, suicidal thoughts, stress and much more.

In-person and remote sessions are available.

LIGHT BEING WELLNESS CENTER

Arit Neter S Mery Maati (Aka Tchiya Amet) 8008 S Ellis Ave, Ste 2, Chicago 60619 773-571-1591 LightBeingWellness@gmail.com LightBeingWellness.com Light Being Wellness Center is the home of KemeTones Cosmic Sound Healing, HeruScopes 13 Month Kemetic Sidereal Astrology, TeaChiya Medicinal Salves and Wellness Products, and Ancient African Adorations (Devotional World Music of Ancient Kemet). See ad on page 39.

SOUL ENERGY

Mary Ellen Azzi 3323 N Pulaski, Chicago 60641 773-609-3466 SoulEnergyWeb.com Life is full of challenges but we can learn to flow with the continual changes.

Receive a combination of vibrational sound therapy, meditation, reiki and other energy modalities to release the charged energies of these times. Offering private sessions, group sound journeys, and reiki classes by creating a virtual space that is kind, caring, supportive and safe.

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Chicago

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2177 Shermer Rd, Northbrook 60062 847-963-6094 YourWellnessEmpowered.com Whole Body Thermometry (WBT) is a gentle, painless testing method utilizing a radiation-free, infrared-scanning device which assesses and identifies which organs are struggling to regulate. Knowing which organ systems are stressed, enables us to take preventive actions to restore and maintain balanced organ function. This remarkable adjunct diagnostic device, enables us to see the contributing factors that often manifest long before symptoms of chronic illness appear. See ad on page 15.

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Beginning Zen Shiatsu 10-Week Session September 16 - Nov 18, Wed, 7-10pm 2 Weekend Intensive Sessions October 16-18 & 23-25, Fri 7-10pm, Sat/Sun 9am-4pm 5-Day Intensive Dec 14-18, Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm

Rooted in universal principles of change and balance, the study of Zen Shiatsu enriches your life while you learn to help others.

Learn to relieve aches and pains through acupressure and assisted stretching while also listening to the deeper messages our bodies have to tell us. Try an entry-level class and decide if our program is the one you’ve been looking for.

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Free Introductory Workshops August 12, Wednesday, 7:00-9:30pm September 9, Wednesday, 7:00-9:30pm To view more class times visit zenshiatsuchicago.org/schedule/

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