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n any given day in downtown Knoxville, I see runners, cyclists, dog walkers, skaters—people of all ages and descriptions out and moving. It does my heart good, and theirs, too. Chances are that’s why they’re there—to get a good cardio workout or maybe shed a few pounds. But they might be getting another, unexpected benefit, too: better odds for a cancer-free life. Sure, everyone knows there are things you shouldn’t do if you want to improve your chances of staying cancer-free. But according to Raymond Francis, author of Never Fear Cancer Again: How to Prevent and Reverse Cancer, we there’s plenty we should do, too—tools we can use to get proactive and avoid that dreaded diagnosis. Among the best tools? A good multivitamin, detoxification and regular exercise. Read more advice from him and other natural health experts in “Rethinking Cancer,” page 18, and you’ll see why you have more control over the Big C than you think. This month’s Natural Awakenings is devoted to the topic of fitness, and we have several articles designed to help you on your fitness journey. Begin with our “Universal Fitness Tips” (page 16), our favorite ways to get and stay motivated and make any workout, safe, fun and satisfying. If you’re considering hiring a personal trainer to help you get the most out of your workout (or just to keep you honest), don’t miss “Staying Power,” page 22, which includes a checklist for evaluating trainers to find the best one for you. It’s no secret that yoga is one of the most effective, versatile and accessible fitness practices. Its positives are almost too many to mention, but just to name a few: It can be learned at any age; there are styles to suit any ability (or disability); it requires almost no equipment; it’s safe; and it can be practiced at home. Best of all, yoga is uniquely healing, physically and psychologically. Read the science behind that healing on page 24—and then try yoga for yourself. With Knoxville’s abundance of excellent teachers, there’s no excuse not to! If eating better is one of your fitness goals, make sure to read Ellen Hitchcock’s wise advice on how to identify and stop “emotional eating”—you know, the kind of eating that feeds your angst, not your hunger (and sends you out for Cheetos at three a.m.). We’ve all done it, and it’s hard to stop. Fortunately, Ellen (a local psychotherapist) can help you get your emotional eating under control. Her column is on page 21. Wishing you a happy, healthy September!
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newsbriefs Unity World Day of Prayer September 12
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nity Transformation and Yoga Haven will join together for World Day of Prayer activities on September 12 at 12 Forest Court in Knoxville. Events will include Prayerful Yoga with Shanti at 6 p.m., as participants relax into the sacredness of this event with breath and gentle movement. (Participants should dress comfortably.) At 7 p.m. Unity minister Lora Beth Gilbreath will lead a World Day of Prayer service during which individuals may bring a list of people (first names only) or situations that they wish to have held in prayer. Unity Transformation will join Silent Unity—an international, 24/7 prayer ministry open to people of all faiths—and Unity churches worldwide September 12 for the 20th annual Unity World Day of Prayer. “This is an opportunity to make a positive difference by fostering healing and wholeness through prayer,” Gilbreath says. “As citizens of the planet, we are tasked to heed Gandhi’s call to ‘be the change you want to see in the world.’ What better way to start than by establishing healthy and life-affirming practices in our own lives.” The theme of this year’s event is “Living Well: Nurturing Mind, Body, and Spirit.” Gilbreath says the theme has special meaning at Unity World Headquarters in Unity Village, Missouri, where the historic Unity Village Tower will reopen to house the Awaken Life Center, a fullservice holistic health facility. Unity’s prayer ministry, Silent Unity, offers prayer support 24/7. Anyone in need of prayer support at any time may call 800-NOW-PRAY (800-669-7729) or visit SilentUnity.org. For more information about World Day of Prayer at Unity Transformation, visit UnityTransformation.org. See ad, page 11. CHEO Hosts Presentations on Water Quality, Vaccines
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he Center for Peace—a holistic, nondenominational spiritual center located in Seymour, Tennessee—is hosting its 19th annual Drum Dance September 27-29. “The Drum Dance comes from the vision of Joseph Rael, who teaches us that dancing or movement forward and backward—into ‘mind’ and ‘no-mind’—helps us commune with Spirit in a way that is difficult to do in our daily busy lives,” says dance chief Perry Robinson. “Being quiet, fasting, watching our breath, focusing our minds on our dance feathers, and moving with the drum puts us in a meditative state where visions are easier to access.” While Robinson calls the dancers together and leads the dance, he says, “the dance is something that is created in our midst by something more than the chief, the drummers, the dancers, the fire keepers and other support staff. The dance always comes; we are filled. The drum will call you; if you feel the call of the drum, come to the dance.” Anyone interested in attending or participating in the Drum Dance should contact Perry Robinson at least a week ahead of time. The Center for Peace is located at 880 Graves-Delozier Rd., about 45 minutes from downtown Knoxville. For more information (including time, what to bring, and how to prepare), contact Perry Robinson at 865-428-3070 or visit CenterForPeace.us. See ad, page 19.
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n celebration of the third anniversary of Rhama Center, its practitioners have planned Rhamapalooza: a full day of information, consultations and healing for the Knoxville community. On September 21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Rhama members will be on hand giving lectures and providing services and mini-sessions. Visitors can try techniques like massage, Reiki, crystal healing, essential oils and intuitive readings, and they can shop for crystals, gemstones and jewelry as well. An admission price of $5 covers the lectures, which will run all day. Topics will include “Maori Healing” with Ana Goncalves, “Fifth Dimensional Living” with Theresa Richardson, “Mental Alchemy” with Steven Frampton, and “Essential Oils for Health” with Kathy Wickard. Rhama Center is a co-op comprised of professional, experienced practitioners who provide expert consultation, counseling and healing. “After opening in August 2010, Rhama has steadily evolved as a participant in Knoxville’s growing alternative health-care community,” says Rhama practitioner Theresa Richardson. “Losing original founder and owner Denise Bates to Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro was a setback, but with Steve Frampton staying on, and two great new partners, Maria Crenshaw and Nancy Val Verde, we’re looking forward to a terrific fourth year.” Visit RhamaCenter.com to learn more about Rhamapalooza and Rhama Center.
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ince Crown Cleaners was founded in the early 1960s, much about the Knoxville business has remained unchanged, particularly its focus on exceptional customer service. But owner Don Holecek says that in one key respect, Crown Cleaners is light-years ahead of its beginnings—and its competition. “Recently we installed the most state-of-the-art dry cleaning equipment available anywhere in the world,” he says. “It’s not only environmentally friendly, but it also produces outstanding results.” Unlike five decades ago, Americans are now keenly aware of their environmental impact on the world, and that awareness is shared by the dry cleaning industry, Holecek says. “There are technological advances in dry cleaning equipment and cleaning solutions that are both eco-friendly and highly effective,” he says. “As you might expect, these advances carry a steep price tag, which is often a barrier to dry cleaning companies. However, after thorough research and much deliberation, I made the only decision that a longtime Knoxville native and father of four children could make: I invested in the future.” The technology upgrade is just the latest in a series of steps Crown Cleaners has made toward a green business model. Over the past decade, Holecek has implemented several measures to lessen Crown Cleaners’ carbon footprint, including eliminating its use of the chemical percholorethylene (perc); using mostly non-phosphorus detergents; reducing its water usage by 70 percent; and reusing and recycling whenever possible. “Our investment in our environment is our way of thanking Knoxvillians for nearly a halfcentury of support,” he says. “But our investment also underscores our commitment to our children, to whom the future belongs.” Crown Cleaners has two Knoxville locations: 9409 Northshore Dr. and 6300 Kingston Pk. For more information, visit CrownCleaners.com. See ad, page 5.
Genesis Analgesia Provides Safe, Holistic Pain Management Mushrooms Perfect Complement for Fitness Regimen
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art of Bob Hess’s job as owner of Everything Mushrooms involves dispelling old wives’ tales, especially the one about mushrooms having little nutritional value. In fact, quite the opposite is true—which is why Hess owns a store devoted to, well, everything mushrooms. Lowly fungi might not be much to look at, he says, but they pack a powerful punch. Fresh mushrooms are rich in essential amino acids, vitamins and minerals, and they are low in fat but high in fiber and water content. In fact, mushrooms are the perfect food for active people, Hess says. “Mushrooms provide carbohydrates but they contain no starch, so you get fuel for your workouts and also quality protein for muscle rejuvenation,” he says. While the better-known varieties, like shiitake or oyster, are plenty nutritious, Hess recommends cordyceps—or “caterpillar fungus”—as a perfect option for athletes. Used for thousands of years in traditional Chinese medicine, cordyceps helps reduce cholesterol, increase lung function and boost immunity. “That’s really important, because if you’re an endurance athlete, you’re really beating up your immune system.” Everything Mushrooms sells rarer mushroom varieties in supplement form. More common varieties are also available dried, or even as spores and plugs for the do-it-yourselfer. As with most foods, fresher is better, Hess says—although unlike fruits and veggies, mushrooms should be cooked to release their full nutritional power. (Another misconception dispelled …)
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newsbriefs The Write Place Celebrates Fifth Anniversary
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o officially celebrate five years of writing workshops, The Write Place in Maryville will host its first annual Write to Read on September 28 from 9 a.m. until noon. “We’re inviting women writers of all genres and experience levels to come and read from their own work,” says founder and workshop leader Judy Bingham. The event is free of charge, but space is limited, so advance sign-up is required. Envisioned as a women’s refuge for creative self-discovery, “The Write Place has been the right place for many women,” Bingham says. Two of its workshops are ongoing. The first, Write to Grow, focuses on writing to learn more about oneself. The second, Write Now, focuses on the craft of writing and offers the opportunity for feedback from others. Free half-day workshops have been offered, as well, including A Refresher Course in Gratitude, Cultivating Qualities That Count, Touching Summer (for educators), and Write Around the Holidays. “The biggest obstacle most writers face is getting themselves to sit down and stay long enough to write,” Bingham says. “In our workshops, we sit down together, focus on a prompt, set the timer and write wherever our hearts and minds take us.” She refers to The Write Place as “the pen-to-paper and seat-to-seat connection, where writing is not (exactly) therapy, not (necessarily) for critique, and not (usually) for publication.”
The Write Place is located at 2611 E. Broadway in Maryville, one mile from Pellissippi Pky., Exit 14. To register or for more information, contact Bingham at 865-660-4799 or judy@judybingham.net. See ad, page 7.
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he Knoxville Group of CHEO, the Complementary Health Education Organization, has invited a panel of water quality experts to address its next monthly educational meeting September 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Parkwest Medical Center classrooms. Like all CHEO meetings, this one is free and open to the public, with a suggested $5 donation for returning guests. The panelists will be Garry Crain, a water treatment specialist with Eco Water Systems; Russ DeLuca from the nonprofit WATeR (Watershed Association of the Tellico Reservoir); and Nancy Wart, past president of CHEO and a representative for Kangan ionized alkaline drinking water. “The adult human body is 50 to 70 percent water,” Wart says. “Because we are what we eat and drink, discovering your options for quality water is extremely important.” The panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A session, and a drawing will be held for a biofeedback session with Phil Minch, compliments of Nancy Wart. The next meeting of the Loudon/Monroe Group of CHEO will be held September 25 at 6:30 p.m. and will feature pharmacist Joe Nowell presenting “Flu Shots and Vaccines: What You Need to Know.” Nowell will discuss the effectiveness of flu shots and vaccines and address common controversies and concerns about them, including issues regarding mercury toxicity and links to autism/ADD. A drawing will be held for a door prize donated by Nowell. The meeting will be held at the Rarity Bay Community Activity Center, 150 Rarity Bay Parkway, Vonore, Tennessee.
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Mindfulness Therapy Eases Stress for Better Health
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iven the medical research linking stress and disease, including heart disease and some cancers, the best route to optimal health may begin in our head. “When we talk about fitness, a lot of people think only about physical fitness,” says Samantha Metheney, a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified hypnotherapist. “But it’s also important to stay mentally, emotionally and spiritually fit, because that’s connected to physical health.” Metheney says stress and anxiety come from “being stuck in the past and the future”—that is, constantly ruminating over things that have already happened or worrying about what might happen. At her therapy practice, Knoxville Trauma Connection, Metheney uses a “mindfulness approach,” including cognitive therapy and/or hypnotherapy, to help her clients stay focused on the here and now. Through cognitive therapy, clients learn to recognize when their focus has strayed and reel it back in to the present. “A lot of that has to do with meditation and awareness,” Metheney says. “For that therapy to be really effective, you have to practice in your day-today life.” Hypnotherapy can be either an alternative or a complementary means to a similar end, she says. “With hypnotherapy I tap into the psyche on a deeper level to work on stress and anxiety, which can cause a lot of physical ailments. I also offer treatment for weight loss, obesity and smoking cessation, and I can help people increase their motivation to eat healthy or exercise—that is, do what they need to do to take care of themselves.” For an appointment or more information about Knoxville Trauma Connection or its services, call 865-456-0058 or visit KnoxTraumaConnection.com. See ad, page 21.
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The health and beauty aisle at Indian grocery stores includes several natural products in wide use among Indian women. Here are some popular ones available in America. Henna: Women mix powder from the henna plant with water to use as a natural hair dye and conditioner. Coconut oil: Indian women regularly massage a natural oil into their scalp before washing to keep their hair healthy and prevent the scalp from drying out and itching. “Coconut oil helps to grow hair long,” advises Bibya Malik, owner of Bibya Hair Design, a salon chain in Chicago. “It is probably the most widely used hair oil in the Indian subcontinent; amla oil, jasmine oil and other herbal oils are used, as well.” Rosewater: Most often used as a skin toner, some women also like to spray rosewater on their face as a refresher. Rosewater has a long history as a fragrance and as a flavoring in dessert recipes. Ubtan: This mixture of turmeric, gram (chickpea) flour and herbs is combined with milk or water as a beauty treatment. Indian brides scrub their skin with it in the days prior to their wedding. Source: Bibya Hair Design, research by Bushra Bajwa
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he International Society for Horticultural Science named the elderberry its 2013 Herb of the Year for good reason. In June, scientists gathered in Columbia, Missouri, to share research on the potential of elderberries and elder flowers for preventing and treating illnesses at the first International Elderberry Symposium. For example, Dennis Lubahn, director of the University of Missouri’s Center for Botanical Interaction Studies, and his team are researching the molecular mechanisms behind elderberry’s folk medicine legacy; specifically, how the berries might help prevent strokes, prostate cancer and inflammation while boosting an individual’s resistance to infectious diseases. Preliminary results show that just two tablespoons of elderberry juice per day appear to offer protection against prostate cancer. Madeleine Mumcuoglu, Ph.D., from the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical Center, in Jerusalem, explained how the yet unnamed active principle in elderberry blocks viruses from entering human cells. She believes that elderberry extract holds significant potential for preventing and reducing symptoms of the flu, including avian flu and swine flu, plus HIV and the herpes simplex virus. The effective dose may be just one tablespoon a day. While Mumcuoglu believes elderberry extract is safe, she does not recommend it for pregnant women or those with autoimmune diseases, because it is a known immune system stimulant. “It may be completely risk-free,” she says. “We simply don’t yet have adequate data for proof.” For more information, visit MUConf.Missouri.edu/elderberrysymposium.
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dults’ obsession with antibacterial soaps, toothpastes and other personal care products may be making our children more prone to many allergies, according to research from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, in Baltimore, Maryland. While not the direct cause, researchers say such products may impair the development of children’s immune systems. In a study of 860 children between the ages of 6 and 18, researchers found elevated levels of immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies in children from households where these products were used. IgEs increase when exposed to allergy-causing substances like pollen, pet dander and certain foods. Urine levels of triclosan, an antibacterial agent used in soaps, mouthwash and toothpaste, provided the strongest link to increased IgE levels and increased allergy risk. Parabens, preservatives with antimicrobial properties commonly found in shampoos, conditioners, lotions and body washes, were strongly associated with allergies to pollen and pet dander. These results confirm the “hygiene hypothesis” that society’s focus on cleanliness has actually prevented children from getting dirty and developing strong immune systems that are regularly challenged and strengthened by pathogens, say researchers.
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Protein for Breakfast Curbs Food Cravings
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hree-quarters of American women are interested in changing their hair color, particularly to cover gray, according to a Clairol study. But other studies show they should be wary of most traditional hair dyes and consider natural alternatives. A study from the University of Southern California published in the International Journal of Cancer, for example, identified women using permanent hair dyes at least once a month to be at the highest risk for bladder cancer. As early as 2007, the European Union banned 22 potentially dangerous chemicals in cosmetic and body care products, including hair dyes. In the journal Materials last year, British researchers warned of the increased cancer risk from toxic chemicals called secondary amines, found in European- and U.S.-manufactured permanent hair dyes, because they remain on the hair for extended periods long after application and can penetrate skin. Meanwhile, increasing demand by consumers for safer products has expanded the market for natural hair dyes containing henna, oils and extracts from berries and other fruits, plus vegetables. Many are now available at pharmacies, organic salons and online, including do-it-yourself recipes.
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kipping breakfast or eating sugary breakfast breads and cereals sets us up for increased appetite all day long, while protein-rich food effectively satiates us, according to a recent University of Missouri-Columbia study. Subjects were 20 overweight young women, ages 18 to 20, divided into three groups: those that skipped breakfast, ate cereal, or enjoyed a 350-calorie, high-protein breakfast of eggs and lean meat. Researchers tracking brain function concluded that those eating the high-protein breakfast were better able to control their eating throughout the day and evening. For people that don’t currently eat breakfast, lead researcher Heather Leidy, Ph.D., an assistant professor of nutrition and exercise physiology, says it only takes about three days to acclimate the body. Leidy suggests first trying plain Greek yogurt, cottage cheese or egg or meat burritos. Aim for 35 grams of protein in the morning for all-day control of food cravings.
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Neonicotinoid Pesticides Threaten Birds and Insects, Too
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Online Mapping Points the Way Falling Fruit (FallingFruit.org), created by Caleb Philips, cofounder of Boulder Food Rescue, and Ethan Welty, a photographer and geographer based in Boulder, Colorado, uses a map to cite locations of fruits and vegetables that are free to forage around the world. It looks like a Google map, with reported locations marked with dots. Zoom in and click on one to find a description of what tree or bush is there. The description often includes information about the best season to pluck plant fruits, the quality and yield, a link to the species’ profile on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s website and additional advice on accessing the spot. Welty compiled most of the half-million or so locations from various municipal databases, local foraging organizations and urban gardening groups. Additionally, the map is open for Wikipedia-style public editing. He says, “Falling Fruit pinpoints all sorts of tasty trees in public parks, lining city streets and even hanging over fences from the UK to New Zealand.” It also lists beehives, public water wells and even dumpsters with excess food waste.
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Portable Power from Any Windowpane The Window Socket, a new device that attaches to any window using a suction cup, provides a small amount of electricity to charge and operate small devices from its solar panel. Inventors Kyuho Song and Boa Oh, of Yanko Design, note, “We tried to design a portable socket so that users can use it intuitively, without special training.” Even better, the charger stores energy. After five to eight hours of charging, The Socket provides 10 hours of juice to charge a phone, even in a dark room. The device is not yet available in the United States. Find more information at Tinyurl.com/WindowSocket.
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Bio-Breakthrough Can Reduce Fossil Fuel Use Researchers at Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, attest they have succeeded in using xylose, the most abundant simple plant sugar, to produce a large quantity of hydrogen in a method that can be performed using any source of biomass. “Our new process could help end our dependence on fossil fuels,” projects Y. H. Percival Zhang, the associate professor of biological systems engineering who is spearheading the initiative. This environmentally friendly method of producing hydrogen utilizes renewable natural resources, releases almost zero greenhouse gases and doesn’t require costly heavy metals. Most hydrogen for commercial use is produced from natural gas, which is expensive to manufacture and generates a large amount of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. “It really doesn’t make sense to use non-renewable natural resources to produce hydrogen,” says Zhang. “We think this discovery is a game-changer in the world of alternative energy.”
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Killing Fields
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Controversial neonicotinoid pesticides linked to catastrophic honeybee declines in North America and Europe may also kill other creatures, posing ecological threats even graver than feared, according to a new report by the American Bird Conservancy. It claims that dangers to birds and streamdwelling and soil-dwelling insects accidentally exposed to the chemicals have been underestimated by regulators and downplayed by industry. “The environmental persistence of the neonicotinoids, their propensity for runoff and for groundwater infiltration and their cumulative and largely irreversible mode of action in invertebrates raise environmental concerns that go well beyond bees,” according to the report co-authors, pesticide policy expert Cynthia Palmer and pesticide toxicologist Pierre Mineau, Ph.D., who both work for the nonprofit. They note that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency typically sets guidelines for bird exposures using laboratory tests on just two species, which ignores widely varying sensitivities among hundreds of other species. Scott Black, executive director of the Xerces Society, an invertebrate conservation group, says that integrated pest management (IPM), which combines precisely targeted chemical use with other, non-chemical means of pest control, can deliver industrial-scale yields in an environmentally sustainable way. To the detriment of wildlife, “[Our nation] has moved away from IPM, from scouting a farm, putting in habitat for beneficial insects and spraying only if there’s damage,” he warns. “With neonicotinoids, they don’t do that anymore,” instead returning to indiscriminate blanket spraying. Primary source: Tinyurl.com/ ABCBirdReport
Fashion Freedom
Fair Trade Comes to Retail Clothing The revolution that started in food is expanding to clothing: origins matter. With fair trade coffee and organic fruit now standard on grocery shelves, consumers concerned with industry working conditions, environmental issues and outsourcing are now demanding similar accountability for their T-shirts. As a result, some retailers have started supplying information about how and where their products are made. “There’s real demand for sweat-free products,” observes Ian Robinson, Ph.D., a lecturer and research scientist at the University of Michigan who studies labor issues. “Consumers don’t have the information they need, and they do care.” The New York Times reported that a recent factory collapse in Bangladesh might play a part in changing that. Loblaw Companies Limited, the parent company of Joe Fresh, which produced clothing there, has vowed to audit factories more aggressively and compensate the victims’ families. “The apparel industry can be a force for good,” vows Galen G. Weston, Loblaw’s chairman.
Scrub Up
Cleaning the Environment a Step at a Time Unilever, one of the world’s largest consumer product companies, which makes Vaseline and Dove soaps, is doing away with a longtime manufacturing process because scientists and environmental groups are concerned that it contributes to polluting oceans. The company has decided to phase out the use of plastic micro-beads as a scrubbing agent in all personal care products by 2015. Small pieces of plastic material under five millimeters in diameter, referred to as micro-plastics, originate from a variety of different sources, including the breakdown of larger plastic materials in the water, the shedding of synthetic fibers from textiles during domestic clothes washing, and the micro-beads used for their abrasive properties in a range of consumer and industrial products.
Fare Sharing
Three Is the Perfect Number With increasing traffic congestion and escalating gas prices, carpooling has become a way of life in America’s biggest cities. Now new high-tech innovations such as ridesharing apps that make the process more efficient have given rise to a new class of riders know as “slugs”. The term was originally coined by bus drivers trying to distinguish between commuters awaiting carpool drivers and people standing in line for the bus, just as they used to stay vigilant for fake bus tokens known as slugs. In many urban centers with specific lanes dedicated to cars with three occupants (HOV-3), having clearly marked entry and exit points benefits everyone—drivers move faster and save gas; riders get to work; and the environment gets a break. The magic number is three—something about having just two occupants doesn’t seem as safe to many people, although the concept is the same. If the worst happens and no drivers show up, there’s always the bus. Source: Grist.com
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UNIVERSAL FITNESS TIPS
Mindful Practices Enhance Any Routine by Casey McAnn
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hen it comes to attaining fitness, several well-regarded recommendations increase the likelihood of success. Natural Awakenings canvassed online fitness sources for tips and techniques intended to keep workouts safe, fun and satisfying. Our favorites follow. Always stretch – Light stretching before and after workouts loosens muscles and increases circulation for quicker repair and healing. It can also help prevent injuries. It’s ideal to hold stretches for at least 30 seconds, breathing “into” the muscles that are being stretched and inviting a gentle release of tension on the exhalation. If any pain surfaces while stretching a certain area, stop. Start slowly – Begin and build workout routines slowly in order to
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avoid straining muscles and ligaments. Exercise at least twice a week, the bare minimum for staying physically fit. Be well rounded – Add leg and back exercises to crunches and bicep curls, and vary cardio routines to stay enthusiastic about workouts. Experiment with all the equipment available at a studio or gym, asking a trainer for guidance. Drink plenty of water – Drinking water helps to decrease appetite and eliminate cravings, while nourishing and hydrating the body. The goal is to drink half of one’s body weight number in ounces each day. Keep it regular – Making exercise a regularly scheduled part of the week eliminates excuses. Keep it on the calendar and show up as dutifully as for any other important appointment. Make up
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any days missed. Increase intensity – More intense workouts mean less time spent doing them while achieving the same level of benefits. It’s also important to keep endurance exercises in any routine, however, because they are vital for cardiovascular benefits and building stamina. Use weights – Adding muscle to the body increases strength, life expectancy and fat burning. To tone muscles, use a weight that works for eight to 12 lifts. For bulk, use a weight suited to four to six lifts. Practice a weight training routine two to three times a week, keeping sessions under 45 minutes. Add interval training – Sprinting for about 50 yards boosts metabolism and heart health. Return to the starting point by taking a slow walk. Repeat as many times as possible, making sure to warm up before the interval training and cool down afterwards. Dress up – Energize a workout session and boost confidence by wearing something snazzy. Donning an exercise “uniform” gets us in the mood, and a new piece of clothing or footwear can make us excited to get moving again. Be a safe runner – Every six weeks, cut running mileage and frequency in half for a week. This allows the body to recover from workouts and helps to prevent injury. Make it meaningful – While walking or running, recite prayers or a gratitude list, or listen to inspirational podcasts and downloads. Volunteer for fitness – Many volunteer tasks involve some form of physical movement. It feels good to burn calories while helping others. Bring workout buddies – Friends and pets need exercise, too, and they provide restorative companionship. Working out with a pal adds support and motivation, which are keys to success. Seek out a human buddy with similar fitness goals. Go green – Research from the University of Essex, in England, shows that exercising in nature produces additional physical and mental benefits. The researchers found that “green exercise” improves mood, self-esteem, enjoyment and motivation. Casey McAnn is a freelance writer in Boston, MA.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Energies for the Last Half of 2013 by Dr. Nancy C. Canestaro
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hat if every month you could take advantage of the beneficial and detrimental feng shui energies where you live and work? Feng shui can point out where in your home or workplace the energies can make it easy or difficult to live in health, harmony and prosperity. For any particular month and year, there are two or three really good energy combinations and two or three difficult ones in everyone’s home or workplace. If two hard energies cluster in one space for a month, consider not being there for it. Sleep or carry out important activities in areas with good energy. You can also add particular remedies or enhancements that charge a space up or dampen it down. Below are the most beneficial and detrimental energy patterns for each month in the last half of 2013 and what to do about them.
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two worst energies and the resulting corrections in each of the eight individual sectors. 5. The chart below lists the most extreme energies for each month, and possible remedies or enhancements. 6. There are two other considerations that aren’t listed in the information below. They are the time period during which your home was built and the actual direction it faces and sits. For this you will need to enlist the services of a classically trained feng shui practitioner.
Energies and Corrections for August 2013January 2014 From August 7, 2013 – Add fire/red in the NE and metal/white in the North for two areas of beneficial energy. Add metal/white in the SW and center of the house for two areas of detrimental energy. Consider not sleeping in the SW sector in August.
1. Make a sketch of the outside footprint of your home, noting in From September 8, particular where For any particular month 2013 – Add fire/red anyone sleeps, works or plays. and year, there are two in the SE and NE for two areas of ben2. Divide the floor or three really good eficial energy. Add plan sketch metal/white in the into nine equal energy combinations East and center of the segments (three and two or three difficult house for two areas across and three down). ones in everyone’s home of detrimental energy. Consider not sleeping 3. Use a compass or workplace. in the East sector in to determine the September. direction out from the back of your From October 8, 2013 – Add metal/white house, and lay in each of the eight in the NE and North sectors for two areas different orientations for the eight directional sectors: North, South, East, of beneficial energy. Add metal/white in the SE and center of the house for two West, and also NE, SE, NW and SW. areas of detrimental energy. Consider not 4. Use the information below to desleeping in the SE sector in October. termine each month’s two best and
From November 7, 2013 – You can render the SW and NE sectors beneficial for the month by adding a rock salt tank in each of these sectors. This consists of a large tank of water with a couple of inches of rock salt and six metal coins, such as pennies, placed on top of the salt. As the salt “grows” crystals up the side of the glass, the good Earth energy is enhanced and the bad Earth energy is reduced. Add metal/white in the center of the house to reduce detrimental energy. From December 7, 2013 – Add fire/red in the NE and metal/white in the North for two beneficial areas of energy. Add metal/white in the South and center of the house for two areas of detrimental energy. Consider not sleeping in the South sector in December. From January 5, 2013 until February 4, 2014 – Add metal/white in the NW and fire/red in the SE for two beneficial areas of energy. Add metal/white in the North and center of the house for two areas of detrimental energy. Consider not sleeping in the North sector in January. Nancy C. Canestaro, DArch, practices classical feng shui in the Knoxville area. For more information, visit her new website, FengShuiFYI. com See resource listing, page 29.
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RETHINKING
CANCER A Brave New World of Effective Natural Therapies by Linda Sechrist
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usan Silberstein takes her message for preventing cancer and recurrences to medical and nursing schools, continuing oncology nursing education programs and universities from her BeatCancer.org headquarters in Richboro, Pennsylvania. The nonprofit organization provides research-based education and counseling on how to prevent, cope with and beat cancer through immune-boosting holistic approaches. Since 1977, it has helped nearly 30,000 cancer patients and more than 50,000 prevention seekers. “Early detection is better than late detection, but it’s not prevention,” says Silberstein, who taught the psychology of health and disease at Pennsylvania’s
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Immaculata University. “We focus on building up patients—minimizing treatment side effects, enhancing immune system function, improving nutritional status and addressing the reasons for sickness in the first place.” “Conventional medicine never addresses the cause, which is a process that needs to be understood so the individual can turn it off,” elaborates Massachusetts Institute of Technologytrained scientist Raymond Francis, author of Never Fear Cancer Again: How to Prevent and Reverse Cancer. Based on his experience beating cancer and research into cellular biochemistry and molecular biology, he concluded that the disease is a biological process that
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affects the entire body, not something that can be cut out, killed or poisoned. “Central to healing and prevention is the elimination of things that fuel the growth of cancer cells, such as sugar, toxins, heavy metals, nutrient-deficient processed foods and an acidic environment in the body,” observes Francis. “Regular exercise, a daily, high-quality multivitamin and detoxification are equally crucial to restoring the body’s biological terrain.” Doctor of Naturopathy Judy Seeger, founder of CancerCleanseCamp.com and host of CancerAnswers.TV and Cancer Winner Radio, recommends both a regular detoxification regimen and ongoing healthy nutritional plan to help maintain a healing alkaline environment. While this helps cleanse the body of environmental toxins, the toxic emotions and stress that produce acid, weaken the immune system and create an environment for cancer to propagate, must also be dealt with. Experts generally agree on a range of basic, commonsense preventive measures that include a low-fat, plant-based diet; aerobic, flexibility and strength exercises; healthy sleep habits; and other stress-reducing activities. “These are basic ingredients for maintaining sound health, and can be crucial toward improving the health of an individual with cancer,” says Dr. Keith Block, the “father of integrative oncology,” and author of Life Over Cancer. He founded The Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment, in Skokie, Illinois, that customizes care plans based on each person’s medical, biochemical, physical, nutritional and psychosocial needs.
Nourish Biochemistry
Thousands of cancer patients have outlived their “medical expiration date” by using alternative nontoxic treatments and approaches, many of which are documented in Outsmart Your Cancer, by Tanya Harter Pierce. Lou Dina, a cancer survivor who like Francis, underwent a journey of intensive research, became a patient advocate and authored Cancer: A Rational Approach to Long-Term Recovery. Dina speaks at conventions hosted by the Foundation for Advancement in Cancer Therapy (FACT), founded in 1971 by
Ruth Sackman. He also appears with other survivors in the FACT documentary based on Sackman’s book, Rethinking Cancer: Non-Traditional Approaches to the Theories, Treatments and Prevention of Cancer. From decades of findings by international clinicians, FACT educates practitioners and patients to view chronic degenerative diseases as systematic malfunctions caused by breakdowns in the balance of body chemistry that are subject to bio-repair. However manifested, they are viewed as correctable and controllable via an individualized program that includes a balanced diet of whole, unprocessed, organic foods—spurred by Gerson therapy that floods the body with organically grown nutrients—supplementation and detoxification. Other key measures involve body temperature therapy, cellular and stem cell therapies and the use of botanicals. “Nutrients in food directly impact the mechanisms by which cancer cells grow and spread,” explains Block. “They also indirectly impact cancer by changing the surrounding biochemical conditions that either promote or inhibit the progression of malignant disease. This is why targeting only tumors is not enough to quash cancer. Conventional cancer therapies almost inevitably leave behind at least a small number of malignant cells. Your internal biochemical terrain plays an integral role in determining whether a tumor will regain a foothold after treatment, metastasize to distant sites or stay where it is without posing a threat.” Block notes that a healthy biochemistry can help prevent unpleasant and possibly life-threatening, complications. An anti-cancer biochemical terrain will even boost a patient’s overall quality of life. At the Block Center, detailed assessments identify disruptions in six defining features of patients’ biochemical terrain—oxidation, inflammation, immunity, blood coagulation, glycemia and stress chemistry. Cancer thrives on terrain disruptions, which also can impair treatment.
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many other lives could be saved if doctors prescribed a diet primarily focused on plant-based, angiogenic-inhibiting foods for all cancer patients?” Angiogenesis is the development of new blood vessels. Cancer turns the body against itself by hijacking the angiogenesis process and keeping it permanently activated, ensuring that cancerous cells receive a dedicated, uninterrupted blood supply. “To effectively prevent cancer, inflammation and angiogenesis need to be controlled before a tumor can get a foothold,” advises Bero. Bero has personally beaten back two unrelated aggressive forms of cancer and credits the angiogenicinhibiting foods in clinical research at the Medical College of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee, and the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha. Examples include green tea, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, apples, grapefruit, lemons, tomatoes, cinnamon, kale, grape seed oil and pomegranate. “These foods also played a significant role in strengthening my immune system and restoring my overall health, which was radically affected by many rounds of chemotherapy and radiation,” remarks Bero.
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Patrick Quillin, Ph.D., a former vice president of nutrition for a national network of cancer hospitals and author of The Wisdom and Healing Power of Whole Foods and Beating Cancer with Nutrition, recommends a triple threat. “Cancer requires a threefold treatment approach to create a synergistic response. Teaming up to reduce the tumor burden without harming the patient, reregulate the cancer to normal healthy tissue and nourish the patient’s recuperative powers is far better than any one approach,” says Quillin. He maintains that restrained medical interventions, appropriate nutrition and naturopathic approaches can bolster nonspecific natural defense mechanisms to reverse the underlying cause of the disease. “Nutrition and traditional oncology treatments are synergistic, not antagonistic, as many oncologists believe,” advises Quillin.
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“When it comes to one’s lifetime risk of cancer, healthy diet and lifestyle choices can make all the difference.” ~ Susan Silberstein, Ph.D., founder and president of the Center for Advancement in Cancer Education Glenn Sabin, founder of FON Therapeutics, similarly suggests that multiinterventional, outcome-based studies, akin to Dr. Dean Ornish’s approach to prostate cancer, could greatly benefit conventional oncology. Sabin recounts his Harvard Medical School-documented remission of advanced leukemia in his upcoming book, N-of-1: How One Man’s Triumph Over Terminal Cancer is Changing the Medical Establishment. Sabin turned to therapeutic nutrition, neutraceuticals, stress reduction and exercise to become a 22-year cancer “thriver” without the aid of conventional therapies. He also emphasizes the importance of the psychological and psychosocial aspects of healing with the cancer patients he coaches. “If you don’t have your head in the game, it’s hard to make anything else work for you,” counsels Sabin.
Understand the Connection
Silberstein and other leading physicians, including Dr. Tien-Sheng Hsu, a Chinese psychiatrist and author of the Secret to Healing Cancer; Dr. Jingduan Yang, a board-certified psychiatrist and founder and medical director of the Tao Institute of Mind & Body Medicine; and Seeger, believe that the mind and spirit play a significant role in healing. “Cancer begins in the spirit and ends up in the body, which is why I recommend that anyone positively diagnosed read the Cancer Report,” remarks Silberstein. Cancer Report, co-written by John R. Voell and Cynthia A. Chatfield, discusses psychoneuroimmunology and the powerful role that the mind, emotions and spirit play in contributing to or resisting disease and healing even the most terminal of cancers (Tinyurl. com/VoellCancerReport).
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Yang and Hsu, who also use acupuncture protocols, believe illness is a reflection of inner problems that disrupt the body’s naturally powerful immune system. “Cancer is a symptom delivering a message: You need to take better care of yourself—emotionally, chemically, physically and spiritually,” says Yang. As a faculty member of the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, Yang sees firsthand how few patients understand that the trauma of a diagnosis and treatment can reactivate past traumas, unresolved issues, blockages and repressed emotions. Both he and Hsu offer mind/body/spirit interventions to help patients cope better. “I talk to people who do all the right things to improve their biochemistry, but without an emotional detox and spiritual connection to something larger than themselves, their healing process tends to stall,” Seeger observes. Her online talk shows feature long-term cancer survivors like Dr. Carl Helvie, author of You Can Beat Lung Cancer Using Alternative/Integrative Interventions. “It all comes down to the microcosm of the cell. If we give our 73 trillion cells everything they need, the macrocosm of the body will function properly,” says Francis. The authors of Cancer Killers, Dr. Charles Majors, Dr. Ben Lerner and Sayer Ji, agree. Up till now, they attest that the war on cancer has been almost exclusively an assault on the disease, rather than an enlightened preventive campaign that clearly identifies and counters how cancer develops. “The battle can only be won by instructing people in how to boost their body’s immune responses to kill cancer cells before they face a full-blown diagnosis and showing them how to aggressively address the hostile exterior agents that turn healthy cells cancerous.” The best winning strategy is to naturally nurture a body—structurally, chemically, energetically, emotionally and spiritually—so that the inner terrain naturally kills cancer cells and stops them from growing. Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings. Visit ItsAllAboutWe. com for the recorded interviews.
Are Emotional Issues Weighing You Down? by Ellen Hitchcock
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er, or take up an active hobby. Second, keep a journal—let yourself write. Identify your emotions and track what seems to trigger the emotional hunger pangs. Studies show that journaling can reduce reactive responses. Third, practice waiting. Don’t forbid yourself to eat; just delay eating for 15 minutes at a time. While waiting, get away from food and do a self-assessment of what you are feeling emotionally. Fourth, begin to develop healthy lifestyle practices such as exercising, relaxing/meditating, and staying connected with positive people who enhance your life. These are simple practices, but they are not always easy. Food and emotions can weigh us down. Choose to let go of the emotional eating habit. The journey of personal understanding and change can enrich and sustain you. Happiness, confidence and self-empowerment come when we learn to recognize and deal with our emotions in healthy ways.
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Traits to Look for in a Trainer
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by Cecily Casey Engage a personal trainer based on his/her positive responses to the following qualifiers.
A Good Trainer Keeps Us On Track
4 Starts by discussing short- and long-term goals 4 Customizes a program for individual needs 4 Reviews one’s health history in detail
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4 Conducts a posture analysis 4 Screens each client for quality of movement 4 Asks the client to track his or her food intake 4 Provides helpful cues for improvement during sessions 4 Critiques movement from various angles
Maintaining one’s own fitness program can prove a challenge when the will to work out fizzles. Many people are getting help conquering roadblocks and staying on an effective path of regular exercise through an enduring relationship with a personal trainer.
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When nine-year client Bebe Duke, 58, faced a lengthy rehabilitation after tripping and shattering a shoulder, McGee helped lift her spirits, ease her back into full-body fitness and even slay some psychological dragons. “We worked her lower half; we kept her strong and her moods steady with meditation and yoga,” McGee says. “The physical therapist knew how to work with her shoulder joint, but not with the rest of her body and the rest of her life.” Duke felt, as she puts it, “a significant fear of falling” after the accident. “So we spent an enormous amount of time on balance and making sure I didn’t feel nervous.” McGee was able to help Duke prevent fitness loss, which can happen to anyone that goes four weeks without exercising, reports Medicine
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4 Is able to ramp up or ease off exercise challenges as needed 4 Never uses the phrase, “No pain, no gain” 4 Keeps current with educational certifications, workshops and seminars Cecily Casey is co-owner of RealFit Gym, in Highland Park, IL, where she is a practicing American College of Sports Medicine certified personal trainer.
& Science in Sports & Exercise journal. Maintaining regular exercise can also deter depression, confirmed by a study in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine. Three years after the injury, Duke can now hold a downward dog yoga pose and do a headstand. “I’m also running again,” Duke adds. “I’m signed up for a half marathon.” Richard Cotton, a personal trainer in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the American College of Sports Medicine’s national director of certification, agrees that a good
“Group training can cost as little as $15 an hour. Women especially enjoy combining fitness with socializing. Working together and growing together, they feed off and rely on each other to show up.” ~ Kristin McGee
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a wish that grows around the world long-term trainer often serves as a fitness, nutrition and even life coach. “You can’t metaphorically cut off people’s heads and only train their bodies. Then you are just a technician,” he observes. Building a true foundation for health requires understanding the importance of each building block, not just working with a trainer for a few sessions and afterwards going blindly through the motions, attests Sandra Blackie, a former professional bodybuilder, certified nutritionist and current personal trainer in San Diego, California. “I want to educate my clients.” During extended periods, good trainers also revise routines at least once every four weeks to prevent adaptation, another problem that can hinder reaching fitness goals. “Without trainers, people often get stuck in a rut and lose motivation,” remarks Blackie, who also adapts exercises according to bodily changes due to aging or other conditions. Long-term relationships also allow trainers to focus on the individual’s bottom-line goals, Cotton notes. For instance, “I want to lose 10 pounds,” might really mean, “I want the energy to play with my kids,” or “I want to feel more alert at work.” “Achievable goals evolve from values,” Cotton explains. “It’s not about getting in super great shape for six months and then stopping. It’s about creating a foundation for life.” Freelance journalist Debra Melani writes about health care and fitness from Lyons, CO. Connect at Debra Melani.com or DMelani@msn.com.
everyone feeling music in their hearts everyone having someone to love everyone knowing they are in a safe place everyone knowing they are beautiful inside and out singing together making art and sharing it with others growing a garden, planting a tree protecting animals getting Dorothy back home everyone playing sports instead of going to war happiness for all, peace on Earth and pizza for all people being kissed goodnight every child having a family every child having a ball to play with at least one hug a day a warm bed to dream in the angel in my heart using your voice for good treating others as you wish to be treated sending all soldiers home to their families people shaking hands
having fun and being kind helping people in need everyone having an education everyone having good food goodness laughter love meditating nature the beauty that surrounds the world
Kids for Peace Pledge I pledge to use my words to speak in a kind way. I pledge to help others as I go throughout my day. I pledge to care for our Earth with my healing heart and hands. I pledge to respect people in each and every land. I pledge to join together as we unite the big and small. I pledge to do my part to create peace for one and all. Contributions are by children ages 5 to 11. For more information, visit KidsForPeaceGlobal.org.
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DEEP-HEALING YOGA Release Trauma, Build Resilience by Sarah Todd
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hen a woman separated from her husband last fall, she tried hard to shut down her emotions. A 30-year-old working mother of two young boys, she felt she couldn’t afford to be sad or angry, even as she contemplated divorce. But something shifted when she began taking yoga classes in her town in northern Michigan. “It was my one place to relax and let go,” says Emily, who asked that her real name stay private. “I used to go to class, get into a deep stretch and cry. It was like my muscles were connected with my heart. My instructor would warn us that certain poses would provide emotional releases, and sure enough, the tears would fall.” People suffering disruptive changes —from losing a loved one to coping with unemployment or striving for sobriety— often find yoga to be a healing force. Lola Remy, of yogaHOPE, a Boston and Seattle nonprofit that helps women navigate challenging transitions, attests that yoga makes them feel safe enough in their bodies to process difficult emotions. “The goal isn’t to make stressors go away, it’s to learn resilience,” Remy explains. “Irreparable harm isn’t necessarily the only result of experiencing stress. Even if I’m in a challenging position—like wobbling in the tree pose—I can see that I’m still okay.” The object
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is to teach women that their bodies are strong and capable, giving them more confidence in their ability to weather obstacles off the mat.
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Research suggests that yoga can also be an effective therapy for people affected by some forms of severe traumatic stress. A study in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences that scanned the brains of trauma survivors after a reminder of the traumatic event revealed decreased activity in the prefrontal cortex—the part of the brain that helps make sense of raw emotions and bodily experiences. While shutting down the connection between body and mind can help in coping with dangerous experiences, it also makes recovery difficult. “You need to have a high-functioning prefrontal cortex to organize the thoughts that come up and know that you’re safe in the present moment,” advises David Emerson, director of yoga services at the Trauma Center, in Brookline, Massachusetts. “Otherwise, you’re assaulted by memory sensory information.” Yoga appears to rewire the brains of trauma survivors to stop reliving past distress. “You can’t talk your prefrontal cortex into functioning well again,” Em-
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erson observes. “But you may be able to do it with your body.” The study found that eight female patients that participated in traumasensitive yoga saw significant decreases in the frequency and severity of their post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. In a study at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in Boston, co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense, military veterans enrolled in a 10-week yoga course also showed improvement in PTSD symptoms. A paper presented at a recent International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies conference studied 64 people that had experienced childhood abuse and neglect; those that participated in a trauma-sensitive yoga course had a 33 percent reduction in PTSD symptoms. Two months later, more than 50 percent in the yoga group experienced greater freedom and were no longer diagnosed as suffering from PTSD, compared to the control group’s 21 percent. Yoga can also transform traumatized lives in other ways. “For many traumatized people, being touched intimately can be a trigger,” Emerson remarks. “Yoga may let them feel ready for physical intimacy again. Others have mentioned victories such as being able to go to the grocery store and knowing exactly what foods their bodies crave.” Emerson notes that such programs emphasize choice and individual empowerment. “The beauty of yoga is that you reclaim your body as your own.”
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Once largely concentrated on the East Coast, trauma-sensitive yoga programs are spreading. Jennifer Johnston, a research clinician and yoga instructor at Boston’s Mind Body Institute, sees programs like these enriching our culture’s understanding of the physical and mental health connection. “In a country where drugs and surgery are often the first go-to,” she says, “it’s important to remember that things like yoga can change our chemistry, too.” Sarah Todd is an East Coast-based writer and editor. Connect at SarahToddInk.com.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Senior Citizens Day at the Tennessee Valley Fair – 10am-3:30pm. Free for adults 65 and older. Free entertainment, door prizes, health checks, access to beneficial community resources. Be sure to stop by Avalon Hospice booth. Info about Avalon Hospice (192B Marketplace Blvd., Knoxville): 865-7695110 or jtownsend@avalon-hospice.com.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 Astrology Class – 6:45- 8:45pm. In-depth discussions on the planets, signs and houses in an astrological birth chart. See website for specific class topics. The Oasis Institute, 4928 Homberg Dr., Knoxville. Info: RadiantLightAstrology.com or 865-719-2049.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 Red Tent Temple – 6-8pm. We are creating a growing work of art together. Come share and create side-by-side with women, for women, about women. We will provide soup, tea and art supplies at no charge. Please bring creativity and an open heart. Nova Massage & Bodywork, 155 Sherway Rd. Ste. 2, Knoxville. Info: 865-816-7056 or Nova-Healing.com.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 Fire Ceremony – 6:45pm. Center for Peace, Seymour, TN. This focused meditation on a ceremonial fire is perfect for introspection, insight, releasing and transmuting what no longer serves you, or simply participating in a ceremony honoring this powerful elemental force. Free. Info: CFP at 865-428-3070 or Katy Koontz at 865-693-9845. Sweat Lodge – 7pm. Center for Peace, Seymour, TN. Experience a deeper spiritual awareness through this ancient form of prayer and purification. Bring towel, change of clothes, flashlight, food to share for the feast afterward. Donations appreciated to cover costs. Info: 865-428-3070. “Qi Activation” – Sept. 7-10. Jeff Primack and 25 Qigong teachers are coming to Chattanooga Convention Center to teach 4 days of Qigong. Cost $129. Tickets and info: 800-298-8970 or QiActivation.com.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 Raindrop Technique® 8-hour class – Learn safety, research, application of essential oils: a powerful, noninvasive healing tool. Students will exchange a one-hour healing with a partner. Free Raindrop kit ($163 value) with paid tuition of $280 (early-bird price). The Avenue, 141 N. Martinwood, Knoxville. Info: Margaret Leslie, 865-607-0173.
Unity World Day of Prayer – 6pm: Body Prayer with Shanti. 7pm: World Day of Prayer service with Lora Beth Gilbreath. Yoga Haven, 12 Forest Court, Knoxville. Info: 865-809-5207 or UnityTransformation@gmail.com. Astrology Class – 6:45-8:45pm. In-depth discussions on the planets, signs and houses in an astrological birth chart. See website for specific class topics. The Oasis Institute, 4928 Homberg Dr., Knoxville. Info: RadiantLightAstrology.com or 865-719-2049.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Touch for Health® 3 – Sep14-15, 9am-6pm. Prerequisite: TFH 2. 15 CE hours for LMTs and acupuncturists. $250 if paid by 8/31/13
or $300 thereafter. Charles West, LMT, 318 Erin Dr., #5, Knoxville. Info: 865-694-3144 or MassageWorksTN.com. Astarte Reiki Level 1 Workshop – 10am-4:30pm. At Rhama Center with Theresa Richardson. Blends the techniques and healing processes of traditional Reiki with the new energies and wisdom of 2013 and beyond. Raise your vibration by focusing on skills that create health and harmony on all levels of your being. Info: TheresaRichardson.com.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 Water quality presentation – 6:30pm. Expert panel discussion and Q&A at CHEO’s monthly educational meeting. Open to public. Free for CHEO members and first-time guests; $5 donation returning guests. Parkwest Medical Center classrooms, Knoxville. Info: CHEOKnox.org.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Sweat Lodge – 6:30pm. Center for Peace, Seymour, TN. Experience a deeper spiritual awareness through this ancient form of prayer and purification. Bring towel, change of clothes, flashlight, food to share for the feast afterward. Donations appreciated to cover costs. Info: 865-428-3070.
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Knoxville film Festival – Sep19-22. Film screenings, student film competition, workshops, 7-Day Shootout, special guests. Regal Downtown West Cinema 8. Info: KnoxvilleFilmFestival.com.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 Rhamapalooza Holistic Fair and Expo – 10am5pm. Rhama Center, 9237 Middlebrook Pk., Knoxville. The holistic healing practitioners of Rhama Center for a fun day of information, consultations and healing. Free lectures on topics from Maori healing to mental alchemy. Services include massage, Reiki, crystal healing, intuitive readings, essential oils. $5 admission. Info: RhamaCenter.com.
Drum Dance at Center for Peace – Sep27-29. 19th annual Drum Dance comes from the vision of Joseph Rael, “Beautiful Painted Arrow.” Center for Peace, 880 Graves-Delozier Rd., Seymour, TN. Info: 865-428-3070 or CenterForPeace.us.
“Rebuilding When Your Relationship Ends” – Sep24-Oct29, 6-7:30pm (6 weeks). Divorce care program provides specific “rebuilding blocks,” a step-by-step process to make divorce recovery less traumatic. Child care provided. Cost $5. Registration required. Info: Ellen Hitchcock, LCSW, 865-4829252, ext. 1, or CreativeMentor.net.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 “Flu Shots and Vaccines: What You Need to Know” – 6:30pm. Pharmacist Joe Nowell is featured speaker at Loudon/Monroe CHEO’s monthly educational meeting. Open to public. Free for CHEO members, first-time guests; $5 donation returning guests. 150 Rarity Bay Pkwy., Vonore, TN. Info: CHEOKnox.org.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 Aromatherapy for a Healthy Practice 6-hour CE class – Foundation for using essential oils in
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 Write to Read – 9 a.m.-noon. To celebrate its 5th anniversary, The Write Place is hosting the first annual event for women writers of all genres and experience levels to share their writing. Free of charge but space is limited. Advanced sign-up required. The Write Place, Maryville, TN. Info: Judy Bingham, 865-660-4799.
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Southeast Wise Women Herbal Conference – Oct11-13. Ninth annual event near Asheville, NC, celebrates and empowers women and includes workshops on herbal medicine and earth-based healing. Info: SEWiseWomen.com.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 Thresholds: Gateways to the Unconscious – Oct16-18. Explore four universal “fires of awakening”—Fire of Illumination, Vision, Heart & Wisdom—at this women’s spirit retreat. Registration required. Info: Ellen Hitchcock, LCSW, 865-4829252, ext. 1, or CreativeMentor.net.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 Touch for Health® 4 – Oct26-27, 9am-6pm. Prerequisite: TFH 3. 15 CE hours for LMTs and acupuncturists. $250 if paid by 10/12/13 or $300 thereafter. Charles West, LMT, 318 Erin Dr., #5, Knoxville. Info: 865-694-3144 or MassageWorksTN.com.
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Mediumship Psychic/clairvoyant/tea leaf reader. Renowned internationally, as featured on TV, radio, magazines and other media, with 46 years’ experience. Please see my amazing website, GypsyNiyan.com. For an in-depth reading call 865-244-9039.
Volunteers needed Avalon Hospice needs caring volunteers to spend 1 hr/wk supporting patients/families in Knox, Blount, Anderson, Roane, Morgan, Sevier areas. Special need for veterans. Drug test, TB test and training required, all free. Jill Townsend: 865-796-5110.
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saturday Intuitive readings with Theresa Richardson – Rhama Center, Knoxville. Come explore your options and opportunities for growth and enlightenment. Readings address work, relationships, life purpose and how to align with your most positive future. Questions welcome. Call for appointments: 865705-2525. Info: TheresaRichardson.com.
sunday Unity Transformation – 10:55am at Yoga Haven, 12 Forest Court, with Rev. Lora Beth Gilbreath. Join us each Sunday for music, meditation, Unity teachings and fresh perspectives on current spirituality. Info: UnityTransformation.org
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Unity of Knoxville – 11am. A spirit-led community exploring all spiritual paths. 141 N. Martinwood Dr., Knoxville. Info: UnityChurchOfKnoxville.org. Eckankar Center Sunday events – 11am. First Sunday of month: worship service. Second Sunday: spiritual truths for personal growth discussion. Third Sunday: book discussion, How to Survive Spiritually in Our Times by Harold Klemp. Fourth Sunday: HU Sing. Eckankar Center of Knoxville, 301 Gallaher View Rd., Ste. 226, Knoxville. Info: 865-622-7685 or Eck-Tenn.org.
tuesday “Messiah Training” – 7:30 pm. Center for Peace, Seymour, TN. This weekly program explores how we can allow the divine part of us to define our lives, rather than being awash in definitions of who we “ought to be.” Donations appreciated. Info: Perry Robinson at the Center for Peace, 865-428-3070.
wednesday Write to Grow – 9-11:30am. First, third and fifth Wednesdays at The Write Place, Maryville, TN. Writing workshop for women interested in developing a deeper sense of self through writing. Info: 865-660-4799 or judy@judybingham.net. Write Now – 12:30-3pm. First, third and fifth Wednesdays at The Write Place, Maryville, TN. AWA creative writing workshop. Learn about the craft. Gain perspective on your writing and
confidence in your voice. Info: 865-660-4799 or judy@judybingham.net. HU Sing – 7:30pm. Second Wednesdays. Chant the holy word HU, a love song to God. Eckankar Center of Knoxville, 301 Gallaher View Rd., Ste. 22, Knoxville. Info: 865-622-7685 or Eck-Tenn.org.
thursday Astrology Class – 6:45-8:45pm. Please see website for exact dates and class topics. The Oasis Institute, 4928 Homberg Dr., Knoxville. Info: RadiantLightAstrology.com or 865-719-2049. Spiritual Study class: The Easy Way Discourses – Fourth Thursdays. Eckankar Center of Knoxville, 301 Gallaher View Rd. Ste. 22, Knoxville. Info: 865-622-7685 or Eck-Tenn.org.
friday Fleur de Luna – 7:30-9pm every other Friday. Experience the benefits of a Reiki Circle, a Japanese technique developed by Dr. Mikao Usui. Practitioners are encouraged and welcome. Offerings are appreciated. Info, including dates and location: Fleur-De-Luna.com.
Intuitive Counseling Sessions with Pamela Nine, PhD – Answers about life lessons, events, relationships, career, life purpose. Find the answers you are seeking and further your personal and spiritual growth through professional intuitive guidance. Available by appointment at Nine Wellness Centre, 3113 Gose Cove Ln., Knoxville. Info and appointments: 865-531-9086, PamelaNine@msn. com, PamelaNine.com.
monthly Spiritual Apprenticeship Program – Advance your spiritual path and develop inner awareness, intuitive and mediumship abilities through easy, effective methods in a one-one-one learning environment. Person program available for 3- and 6-month terms. Pamela Nine, PhD, Nine Wellness Centre. Info: 865-531-9086, PamelaNine@msn. com, PamelaNine.com.
save the date THURSDAYS IN OCTOBER Discover the Power Book Discussion – 7pm. Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24. Study and discussion of Discover the Power within You by Eric Butterworth. Books-aMillion café area, 8513 Kingston Pk., Knoxville. Info: 865-809-5207 or UnityTransformation@gmail.com.
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communityresourceguide Connecting you to the leaders in natural healthcare and green living in our community. To find out how you can be included in this directory each month, email KnoxvilleNA@epbfi.com or call 423-517-0128.
Acupuncture JODIE MANROSS ACUPUNCTURE
4645 Newcom Ave. (Bearden area) Knoxville, TN 37919 865-403-2492 JodieManross@gmail.com Licensed, nationally certified acupuncturist trained in NYC. Integrates traditional Chinese medicine and trigger point therapy (an advanced technique for chronic pain) and treats autoimmune conditions, infertility, allergies, as well as pregnant women, babies, toddlers, teens.
KNOXVILLE ACUPUNCTURE & HEALING ARTS
Trudy Moore, LAc 1310 Luttrell St. • Knoxville, TN 865-525-1665 KnoxvilleAcupuncture.com By appointment only Trudy Moore relocated here in 2003 from SC, where she was in private practice and at MUSC-Charleston (then one of few LAc’s at a Western medical school in the country). Her ongoing post-grad training includes cancer care and Tibetan medicine.
BIRTH CENTER 1925 Ailor Ave. • Knoxville, TN 865-524-4422 LisaRossCenter.org
Certified nurse-midwives in a nationally accredited freestanding birth center. Gynecology care, full-scope maternity and postpartum care with birth center, waterbirth and hospital delivery options. Complimentary services include breastfeeding support/lactation consultations, well-baby care and peer support.
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Women’s Pavilion, Physicians Regional Medical Center 939 Emerald Ave. Ste. 806 Knoxville, TN 37917 865-637-6698/865-470-0493 Midwife@StMarysBirth.net StMarysBirth.net
Leonard A. Brabson, MD, medical director. Board-certified nurse/ midwives (l-r): Manola McCain, Blair Hicks, Libbi Martino. Natural and water labor; vaginal birth after Caesarean. Supportive, birth center atmosphere with emergency care nearby. Breastfeeding support. Gynecological care.
Bodywork MASSAGEWORKS
Charles West, LMT, TFH, MAT 318 Erin Dr. #5 • Knoxville, TN 37919 865-694-3144 MassageWorksTN.com Move better, feel better, live better. Bodywork for pain and stress relief since 1994. A c u p r e s s u r e , To u c h f o r Health® kinesiology, structural alignment, stress relief, relaxation, chair massage, cupping, Tai chi. Classes for LMTs, everyone.
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Julia Ealy, NCMT 1113 Andrew Johnson Hwy Strawberry Plains, TN. 37871 865-465-7759 Jbug68@ymail.com Website coming soon Therapeutic massage and bodywork for women. Specializing in women’s massage: deep-tissue, hot stone, massage cupping, Swedish and chair massage, as well as Reiki (a form of energy healing) and basic acupressure.
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NOVA MASSAGE AND BODYWORK
Cynthia J. Taylor, BGS, LMT Reiki Master Teacher 155 Sherway Rd. Ste. 2 • Knoxville, TN 37922 865-816-7056 NovaMassageCT@gmail.com Nova-Healing.com A private practice specializing in pre- and perinatal massage. Certified pregnancy massage therapist, currently obtaining a massage doula certification. Craniosacral therapy, myofascial release, neuromuscular, medical massage, trigger point therapy. See website for specials, online booking.
Cleaning Services ECO CLEAN
865-691-5556 KnoxClean.com Eco Clean provides green cleaning for the following services: carpet, upholstery, tile and grout, hardwood floors. See ad, page 15.
Conscious Living HEMP MONKEYS
Amanda Keller & Amber Keirn 4928 Homberg Dr. Ste. A1 Knoxville, TN 37919 865-474-1340 Info@HempMonkeysOnline.com Hemp Monkeys is an eclectic and unique shop that specializes in hemp and bamboo clothing, hemp oil soaps, lotions, handmade jewelry, Himalayan salt lamps, and Indonesian and Balinese décor and jewelry. See ad, page 11.
Counseling/ Psychotherapy KNOXVILLE TRAUMA CONNECTION AND FAMILY THERAPY SERVICES
Samantha Metheney, LMFT, CHT 2931 Essary Dr. • Knoxville, TN 37918 4032 Sutherland Ave. • Knoxville, TN 37919 865-456-0058 Samantha@KnoxTraumaConnection.com KnoxTraumaConnection.com
Licensed marriage/family therapist, certified clinical hypnotherapist, EMDR Level 2 practitioner, Kundalini yoga/meditation practitioner, Reiki 2 practitioner, 15 years in bodywork. Free workshops: trauma/emotional release, anger management, marriage/family dynamics, addiction and family dynamics, autism/Aspergers. See ad, page 21.
Craniosacral Therapy (CST) GENTLE TOUCH THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE
Marty Austin, MS, LMT, CST, NMT, CDP 218 South Peters Rd. • Knoxville, TN 37923 865-691-1565 GentleTouch815@aol.com GentleTouchTherapeutic.com Marty Austin is certified in craniosacral/somato-emotional r e l e a s e , n e u r o m u s c u l a r, lymphatic drainage and Russian medical massage. Her clients range from newborns to seniors. See ad, page 3.
Emotion Code LEA’S NATURAL HEALTH SOLUTIONS, LLC
Linda Lea, Natural Health Professional, RCR, CCA, HTSM 620 N. Campbell Station Rd. #23 Farragut, TN 37934 865-966-1509 LeasNHS.com Lea’s Natural Health Solutions offers e m o t i o n a l empowerment and spiritual maturity processes including The Emotion Code, designed to eliminate hidden emotional baggage and selfsabotaging beliefs and behaviors that prevent you from giving and receiving love freely. See ad, page 19.
Energy Healing FLEUR DE LUNA
865-309-5862 Fleur-De-Luna.com On Facebook and Twitter @Fleurdeluna3 All people are on a journey to create balance in this place between earth and heavens. Fleur De Luna was created to lift up the voices of healing arts and holistic practitioners/ non-practitioners. See ad, page 7.
ROCK AND PINE HEALING Rev. Carol Bodeau, PhD Maryville, TN 865-233-7402 RockAndPineMinistry.com
Restoring wholeness and renewing harmony for body, heart, mind, spirit. Rev. Carol Bodeau is an experienced interfaith minister and healer offering spiritual guidance, intuitive counseling, Reiki and crystal healing, wilderness quests and rites of passage.
Energy Reduction POWERSAVERS
865-388-6094 Michael@PowerSaversTN.com. PowerSaversTN.com
GREEN DRY CLEANERS CROWN CLEANERS
9409 Northshore Dr. • Knoxville, TN 37922 865-539-6040 6300 Kingston Pk. • Knoxville, TN 37919 865-584-7464 CrownCleaners.com More than 40 years as Knoxville’s premier dry cleaners. Traditional customer service meets state-of-the-art technology. Eco-friendly dry cleaning equipment and solutions produce superior results. Register online for free pickup/delivery of dry cleaning, laundry, alterations. See ad, page 5.
Health & Wellness Centers GYPSY HANDS HEALING ARTS CENTER
701 N. Central St. • Knoxville, TN 37917 865-522-5829 Info@GypsyHands.com GypsyHands.com
Integrative wellness center offering bodywork, intuitive counseling, Reiki (training/certification), chakra balancing, herbal medicine, Thai massage and belly dancing. Extensive variety of Japanese and Himalayan incense, Native American sweet grass, pottery, books, jewelry and sage smudge. See ad, page 2.
HEALTH REVOLUTION PowerSavers offers homes, businesses and churches affordable options to reduce electric bills. Attic temperature reduction improves heating and cooling costs, Power Factor conditioning, surge and spike protection, tubular skylights reduce daytime lighting costs. Locally owned. 100% Made in America.
Feng Shui FENG SHUI DESIGN
Dr. Elise Brown 1204 Frederick Dr. • Knoxville, TN 37931 865-242-5667 DrEliseBrown.com Our mission is “Big & Rich Health for a Big & Rich Life.” Visit our website to hear from our patients about the great work we are doing; then sign up for our online special!
Dr. Nancy C. Canestaro 6920 Lark Ln. • Knoxville, TN 37919 865-789-5856 FengShuiLadies.com Nancy helps you find health, harmony, prosperity for home/ office. With 2+ decades of experience, she will study your property and produce a report with recommendations for enhancements, remedies. Look for her 2013 Rhama Center lectures.
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Health Foods & Nutrition EVERYTHING MUSHROOMS
1004 Sevier Ave. • Knoxville, TN 37920 865-329-7566 Info@EverythingMushrooms.com EverythingMushrooms.com Complete mushroom s u p p l y, g i f t s a n d r e s o u r c e c e n t e r. Gourmet mushroom foods, mushroom logs, books and much more. For workshops, check website or call for current schedule. See ad, page 11.
Holistic Health Care CHEO of GREATER KNOXVILLE AREA Complementary Health Education Organization PO Box 22511 • Knoxville, TN 37933 423-884-6031 CheoKnox.org
Discover your options for health using holistic and integrative approaches to wellness. Health fairs, free directory of services, and monthly educational programs 7 p.m. every first Monday (Knoxville) and fourth Wednesday (Loudon/Monroe). Details at CheoKnox.org.
GENESIS ANALGESIA CENTER, PLLC 1408 Currier Ln. • Knoxville, TN 856-692-4141 GenesisAnalgesia.com
Genesis Analgesia Center now featuring acupuncture, hypnotherapy, Chinese medicine, reflexology, yoga, tai chi and Reiki. Massage therapy and more coming September 2013. All available in a relaxed, private medical environment. Introductory specials on reflexology $45. See ad, page 32.
Intuitive Counseling NINE WELLNESS CENTRE
Pamela Nine, PhD 3113 Gose Cove Ln. • Knoxville, TN 37931 865-531-9086 PamelaNine@msn.com PamelaNine.com Pamela Nine, PhD, owner of Nine Wellness Centre, is an internationally recognized professional intuitive counselor and educator with 25+ years’ experience. Services include spiritual apprenticeship program, educational courses, life and business coaching, and personal and telephone intuitive counseling by appointment.
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Theresa is an intuitive healer/ teacher whose services include readings, Reiki sessions and a variety of classes. Her intention is to facilitate transformation and alignment with the soul’s wisdom. In-person, phone or long-distance healing sessions available.
RIGHT PATH LIFE COACHING
Brooke Hamby, PhD, Certified Life Coach 865-202-9250 RightPathLifeCoaching@yahoo.com RightPathLifeCoaching.org If you’re on the right path, you’re engaged and fulfilled in life. Right Path Life Coaching helps you clarify what you want in life and create a plan to get you on your right path. Call or e-mail for your initial complimentary consultation.
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Theresa Richardson Rhama Center 9237 Middlebrook Pk. • Knoxville, TN 37931 865-705-2525 Info@TheresaRichardson.com TheresaRichardson.com
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Spiritual Centers THE CENTER FOR PEACE 880 Graves-Delozier Rd. Seymour, TN 37865 865-428-3070 CenterForPeace.us
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UNITY TRANSFORMATION
Rev. Lora Beth Gilbreath 865-809-5207 UnityTransformation@gmail.com UnityTransformation.org Sunday morning and midweek activities. Host of the internet “radio” broadcast “Hooked on Classics” through UnityOnlineRadio.org. Affiliated with Unity Worldwide Ministries. See ad, page 11.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AVALON HOSPICE
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