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Natural Awakenings is a family of more than 70 healthy living magazines celebrating 25 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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20 21ST CENTURY PARENTING

Preparing Kids for the Future

24 WILD AND WONDERFUL Foraging for Foodies

28 AYSHA AKHTAR ON Our Symphony With Animals

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elcome to a hot summer issue! The summer sun is at full strength and I plan to enjoy the warm weather and the opportunity to be outside for as long as it

lasts. I love summer. It brings out the kid in me. I enjoy swimming, mountain biking and hiking and Northeast Pennsylvania offers so many opportunities to indulge these passions with beautiful backdrops and amazing people. I keep finding new adventures in the

Poconos and Lake Wallenpaupack area and I plan to explore Ricketts Glen and Nescopeck State Parks in the next few weeks.

Our August issue focuses on children. Local writer Sheila Julson Thompson interviews Scranto Doula Sarah Glenn who guides women through pregnancy, postpartum

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and early childhood development using natural, mindful modalities that are in the longterm best interest of mother and child.

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Parenting: Preparing Kids for the Future.” She offers insights into raising kind, resilient and resourceful kids in a world vastly different from the one we grew up in.

Adults and kids will find plenty of healthy activities and options in this month’s issue. Take a walk on the wild side with April Thompson’s “Wild and Wonderful: Foraging for Foodies” as your guide.

Our August spotlight shines on animals, too. Writer Julie Peterson interviews neurologist Aysha Akhtar, author of Our Symphony With Animals: On Health, Empathy and Our Shared Destinies, who weighs in on the biology of the human/animal bond. Julie also presents a helpful overview of the natural approach used by holistic veterinarians.

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Delaware Riverkeeper is Keynote Speaker

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ariah Achey Pramick, a licensed massage therapist and certified manual lymph drainage therapist, will be the guest speaker at the NEPA Lyme Support Group Meeting at 6 p.m., August 6, at Misericordia University She has provided manual lymphatic drainage to many patients, including those struggling with tick-borne illness. Pramick also educates patients about the benefits of detoxification and provides instruction on self-massage for ongoing home management of symptoms.

Mariah Achey Pramick, Informational literature and brochures from PA Lyme ReLMT, CMLDT source Network will be available, as well as the NEPA Lyme Support Group lending library books. Cedar oil repellant and tick removers will be available for a donation.

aya K. van Rossum, veteran environmental activist, attorney and longtime leader of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, will Maya K. van Rossum be keynote speaker at the Brodhead Watershed Association annual celebration on September 13 at Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort, in Shawnee-on-Delaware. She has championed the rights of people as the Delaware Riverkeeper, taking on industry, government and even the U.S. Army.

In her talk, van Rossum will discuss how legislative environmentalism has failed communities across America; the transformational difference environmental constitutionalism can make, including for the environmental justice movement; the economic imperative of environmental constitutionalism; and how people can take action in their communities.

State Representative Maureen Madden, a strong advocate for environmental issues, will receive the John Riley Friend of the Watershed Award for her work on the protection of clean drinking water and her involvement to help obtain a $2.4 million Pennvest low-interest loan to perform extensive work on the Middle Dam in East Stroudsburg.

Admission is free. Location: Insalaco Hall, Room 218, 301 Lake St., Dallas, PA. For more information, call 570-760-6108 or email Michele Cassetori, director of education and outreach, PA Lyme Resource Network at michcassot@comcast.net.

Admission is free. For information, call 570839-1120, email Info@BrodheadWatershed. org or visit BrodheadWatershed.org.

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r. Peter Amato, founder of Inner Harmony Wellness Centers, has been testing clients for imbalances and creating personalized wellness plans for individuals for more than 25 years and says, “We guarantee results!” An initial visit is 90 minutes.

Amato is board certified in natural medicine has developed a powerful, time-tested five-step approach that restores alkalinity, Peter Amato Ph.D., DNM targets and eliminates chronic infections, detoxifies the body, balances hormones and implements a solid anti-aging and rejuvenation program for optimum health.

This program uses nutritional testing, quantum biofeedback, emotional response testing, and wellness and lifestyle coaching. Some conditions addressed are digestive issues, sleep irregularities, bone and joint pain, chronic fatigue, diabetes, and Lyme. Amato says, “Our organic, non-synthetic approach prompts your body’s response to give us the answers and we provide the precision nutrition just for you.”

Join Dr. Amato for a free seminar on Friday, August 30 at 6:30pm in Kingston.

Locations: Inner Harmony Center for Well-Being 131 Reynolds Rd., Dalton, PA; and Thrive Wellness Center 647 Wyoming Ave., Kingston, PA. For appointments and more information, call 570-319-6073 or visit PeterAmato.com. See ad, page 40.

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Sing From Your Soul Offering: Holistic Vocal Training for the Serious Singer Includes : Vocal Technique, Song Interpretation, Stage Presence, Yogic Approach (Mind, Body, Spirit), & Incorporating Young Living Products

Doreen Hudak Coleman Carbondale, PA • 570-281-6279

Turn to Red Light for Beautiful Skin

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do Salon, in Clarks Summit, is offering red light therapy to enhance natural beauty and encourage vibrant, healthier skin. The treatment will take multiple sessions to get the desired results, based on age and skin conditions.

The salon is offering a first month of unlimited visits (available five days per week) for $149 so clients can experience the healing possibilities.

NASA-developed near-infrared technology uses light waves to penetrate the skin’s dermis layer, stimulating cells that produce collagen to improve skin tone and texture, and control pigmentation. After exposure to the light, new collagen moves to the surface of the skin, which increases elastin, smooths the skin and reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. The treatments also reduce pore size and increases moisture retention.

In addition to the cosmetic benefits of red light therapy, the increased oxygenation of the skin reduces inflammation associated with acne, psoriasis and eczema helping it heal 200 percent faster than non-treated skin. Added health benefits include improvement in the circulatory system, promoting nerve health and boosting the immune system.

oreen Hudak Coleman is offering holistic voice coaching that incorporates a holistic approach for serious students seeking to find their authentic singing voice.

Coleman incorporates sound, Young Living essential oils and specific yoga exercises to enhance and deepen the journey of her students to connect with their inner-souls.

Coleman has dedicated her life to music as a performance artist, vocalist and pianist. Realizing that her voice is her instrument for healing, she followed a path of greater fulfillment and a deeper connection with her soul’s purpose. Coleman began practicing many yoga styles in 1992 to enhance her spiritual life, and found they augmented her singing technique.

Her diverse practices have brought her music skills full circle from a very technical form to one rooted in her soul’s purpose.

Coleman’s vocal coach is William Riley, vocal coach to Celine Dion and many others. She also trains with Chloe Goodchild, founder of The Naked Voice. She holds a Level 2 certification in Transform Your Voice, Transform Yourself, with Chloë Goodchild.

Location: 1149 Northern Blvd., Clarks Summit. For appointments, call 570-587-2355. See ad, page 13.

Location: 58 Spring St., Carbondale, PA. For more information, call 570-281-6279. See ad, page 6.

Labor Day Weekend

Aug. 31 & Sept. 1 Celebrating 25 Years!

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• Food vendors • Craft vendors • Live music • Garlic Eating Contest • Petting zoo • Educational demos & more!

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Therapeutic Cold Therapy Promotes Healing and Toning

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erbs to Your Success, A wellness Spapothecary in Nazareth, has added Cryo T-Shock therapy to their menu of noninvasive healing and cosmetic services. Spa owner Vanessa Sabatine will provide a demonstration of the new service at the Lehigh Valley Mall Wellness Expo from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., August 10.

Combining hot and cold thermal energy is a scientifically proven, effective solution to reduce pain and inflammation after injury or surgery. Application of Cryo T-Shock reduces pain, increases mobility and accelerates healing.

After treatment, many patients experience improvement in flexibility and motion.

The cooling energy also causes apoptosis, destruction of fat cells, in a safe, painless and non-surgical process that increases basal metabolism by 13 to 20 percent. Using the Cryo T-Shock as part of a cosmetic maintenance plan results in fat reduction, youngerlooking skin and effective targeted body shaping and toning for both men and women.

Event location: 250 Lehigh Valley Mall, Whitehall, PA. Herbs to Your Success location: 64 S. Main St., Nazareth. For more information, call 610-365-8996 or visit HerbstoYourSuccess.com. See ad page 31.

A Teacher's Guide to Instruction of Restorative Yoga

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troudsburg Yoga Studio Owner Chris Loebsack has published, Boundless Bliss, a guide to the practice and instruction of restorative yoga, a practice which creates a nurturing and supportive environment for the body and mind. Using props and longer holds, it restorative yoga encourages deep relaxation.

The manual looks at the science behind the practice and how we can use the body's natural response mechanisms to cultivate a more therapeutic experience for the recipient, as well as some of the more subtle details, such as creating a practice space and qualities of a good restorative yoga teacher. With essential contributions from Tracy Gross and Jessica Batha, it is a collaborative work that is both comprehensive and time-tested.

Loebsack has been teaching yoga since 2003. She began leading restorative yoga teacher trainings in 2009, and this manual is a direct result of that work. A Restorative Yoga Teacher Training and Immersion certification program will be held at her studio, Boundless Yoga, in early November.

Boundless Bliss is available on Amazon. Location: 823-F Ann St, Stroudsburg. For more information, call 570-664-0956 or visit BoundlessYogaStudio.com. See ad page 31.

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Improving Sleep Helps ADHD Symptoms

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ccording to a comprehensive study by the National Institute of Health, sleep deprivation in children and attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) exhibit the same symptoms. The study found that when the sleep disorders were addressed, 70 percent of the children had seen a resolution in ADD/ADHD symptoms. Their ADHD was actually a treatable sleep disorder.

Mind Vision Inc., in Hawley, uses the gradual learning process of EEG biofeedback to train the brain for children with ADHD symptoms. One of the first areas where improvements are seen when using EEG biofeedback is a more restorative sleep. Just as a coach conditions an athlete to work out and strengthen their muscles, conditioning the brain to recognize improved bioelectrical function improves mental and emotional control, optimizes cognitive function and helps maintain physiological balance.

Neurofeedback can help with any problem that is influenced by brain dysregulation, including learning disorders, anxiety disorders, traumatic brain injury, stroke/cerebrovascular accidents, cognitive changes with aging, PTSD, migraine, addiction disorders.

Location: 8 Silk Mill Dr., Hawley. For more information, call 570-390-4565 or visit MindVisionPA.net. See ad page 11.

The Lost Ramblers, Juggernaut String Band and Brian Fox, a stilt walker, will also be strolling the festival grounds all weekend long.

Educational demonstrations will take place throughout the weekend by groups such as the Monroe County Beekeepers Association, the Pocono Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and the Butterfly Guy. Other fun activities include magic shows featuring Stephan the Magician, ventriloquism shows featuring Matt Cadabra, a petting zoo and the annual Garlic Eating Contest, which will be held under the main festival tent on both days.

Advance tickets may be purchased on the website, ShawneeMt.com, at a discounted price through August 30 at 4 p.m.

event spotlight

Pocono Garlic & Harvest Festival

Celebrating 25 Years of the Pocono Hardneck Garlic Harvest

Location: Shawnee Mountain, in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania just off Exit 309 on Interstate 80. For general information, call 570-421-7231 or visit ShawneeMt.com. See ad, page 7.

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he 25th Annual Pocono Garlic & Harvest Festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on August 31 and September 1 (Labor Day weekend) at Shawnee Mountain.

Attendees can enjoy everything from garlic ice cream and pickles to garlic-themed crafts; late summer produce; local wines and craft beers by the glass or bottle; and more.

The Cramer Brothers, a country band from the Poconos, and the Amazing Keith Hypnotist will be performing both days on the main stage. The Dixie Dandies, a Dixieland band, will play one set on the main stage“Meditation each day isand festival not stroll a way ofthe making your grounds. mind quiet. It’s a way

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of entering into the quiet that’s already there—buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day.”

— Deepak Chopra, M.D

LEARN TO MEDITATE LEARN TO MEDITATE

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Practiced for thousands of years, meditation is a tool for rediscovering the body’s own inner intelligence.

Primordial Sound Meditation uses individually selected sounds of nature called mantras, to disconnect us from the activity of life. These primordial sounds are based on the vibration the universe was creating at USING THE TIMELESS PRACTICE OF Sound Meditation on a daily basis will help you: the moment of your birth. Practicing Primordial PRIMORDIAL SOUND MEDITATION

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• Enhance your sleep patterns thousands of years, meditation is a tool for rediscovering the inner intelligence. Primordial Sound Meditation uses individually body’s own• Lower your blood pressure • Connect more deeply to spirit selected sounds of nature called mantras, to disconnect us from the activity of life. These primordial sounds are based on the vibration the universe was creating at the moment of your birth.

Practicing Primordial Sound Meditation Learn Primordial Sound on a daily basis will help you: • Manage stress & reduce anxiety Meditation as developed by • Improve your relationships Deepak M.D. and • Chopra, Create inner peace led by Inner Harmony Center for Well-Being • Enhance your sleep patterns David Simon, M.D. • Lower your blood pressure founder and meditation master, Peter Amato Co-founders of • Connect more deeply to spirit

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Eggs should only be a now and then thing, the latest research from Northwestern Medicine, in Chicago, indicates. The new study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, looked at pooled data on 29,615 U.S. racially and ethnically diverse adults with an average of more than 17 years of follow up.

It found that for every 300 milligrams (mg) of dietary cholesterol eaten per day, risk of death from heart disease increases by 17 percent and mortality from any cause increases by 18 percent. One large egg has a whopping 186 mg of cholesterol in the yolk, and eating three to four eggs a week increases heart disease mortality by 6 percent and all-cause mortality by 8 percent. Frank Hu, M.D., at the Harvard School of Public Health, comments that low to moderate intake of eggs can be included as part of a healthy eating pattern, but they are not essential. Dietary cholesterol also comes from red meat, processed meat and high-fat dairy products such as butter and whipped cream.

Use Probiotics to Shed Pounds

At least one-third of early deaths could be prevented if people moved to a largely plant-based diet, prominent scientists from Harvard University Medical School have calculated. An international initiative, “Food in the Anthropocene,” published in the medical journal The Lancet, linked plant-based diets not only to improved health worldwide, but also to global sustainability.

The report advocates a diet high in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes and nuts, and low in red meat, sugar and refined grains. “Unhealthy diets pose a greater risk to morbidity and mortality than does unsafe sex, and alcohol, drug and tobacco use combined,” it concludes.

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For the one-third of Americans struggling with obesity, new research on probiotics from the Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, in China, offers a promising approach. In a meta-review of 12 randomized, placebo-controlled studies that tested 821 obese and overweight people, probiotic supplementation was found to significantly reduce body weight, weight circumference and fat mass, and to improve cholesterol and glucose metabolism measures. Probiotics were administered in forms that included sachet, capsule, powder, kefir yogurt and fermented milk, in durations that ranged from eight to 24 weeks.

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Eat Plants to Live Longer

Montmorency tart cherries, first discovered

by Roman legionnaires along the Black Sea, have been shown to have potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, according to scientists. Now a study from the UK’s University of Hertfordshire published in the Journal of Functional Foods has found that the cherries can mitigate factors that lead to metabolic syndrome, a condition that increases the risk of stroke, heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. Just two hours after being given cherries in the form of juice or capsules, subjects showed significantly decreased systolic blood pressure, and insulin levels were significantly lower after one and three hours compared to those given a placebo.

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Take It Easy on the Eggs

Savor Cherries to Lower Metabolic Syndrome Risk

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Walk or Run to Keep Blood Vessels and Brains Young Running novices that trained for six months and then ran their first marathon actually reversed the aging of major blood vessels— and older and slower people benefitted most, report researchers at University College London.

The study of 139 healthy firsttime marathon runners, ages 21 to 69, was presented at the 2019 European Society of Cardiology Congress. It found that those first-timers reduced their arterial age by four years and their stroke risk by 10 percent over their lifetime.

In another study presented at the Congress that was based on data from 605 heart failure patients, researchers reported that those walking the farthest in a six-minute test, indicating better fitness, were significantly less likely to have the cognitive impairment that afflicts 67 percent of patients with heart failure.

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Coral Care

global briefs

Climate change has inspired farmers to turn to regenerative agriculture, which pulls carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and stores it in their soil. Regenerative agriculture incorporates the practices of planting trees, cover cropping, no-till farming and rotational grazing.

As the groundswell of support grows, 250 soil health bills have been introduced in state and federal legislatures in the last two years.

At a U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee climate change hearing, Nebraska soybean farmer Matthew Rezac said that keeping soil healthy, not just reducing greenhouse gas emissions, was a key part of what farmers could do to cool a warming planet. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, the bills have different justifications, but they all focus on soil health. As disastrous floods and drought sweep away farmland, the idea that regenerative agriculture could make for more productive farming is gaining traction.

Moon Rocks

Tectonic Activity Shakes Geologists

Long considered to be geologically inactive, our 4.6billion-year-old moon is showing signs of tectonic activity via seismometers deployed between 1969 and 1972 during the NASA Apollo program. Although some “moonquakes” have been recorded near cliff-like fault scarps on the surface, they may be caused by the irregular gravitational effects of orbiting the more massive Earth or extreme temperature differences created by sunlight in the vacuum of space. Employing more sensitive equipment has been proposed for future missions to assist in choosing potential colonization sites.

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Farmers Responding to Climate Change

Critical habitat is threatened for 12 coral species in Florida, the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean, while all corals worldwide are experiencing dramatic declines due to the impacts of climate change, pollution and overfishing. The Center for Biological Diversity, a Tucson-based nonprofit focused on species protection, intends to file a lawsuit against the federal government for failing to protect coral habitat as required under the Endangered Species Act. Benefits of securing a critical habitat designation from the National Marine Fisheries Service include improved water quality throughout the coastal zone, limits on overfishing, protection of spawning grounds, reduced impact from development and dredging, and reduced human pressures on thousands of species that inhabit the reefs.

Nearly 30 percent of all corals have already been lost to warming ocean temperatures and ocean acidification due to greenhouse gas pollution; scientists predict that the rest could be gone by the end of the century without help.

Fluorescent Findings

Artificial Light Tied to Inflammation Fluorescent lighting is one of the most common sources of artificial light, but new research from Texas State University suggests there may be unexpected consequences at the genetic level. Team member Ronald B. Walter says, “Over the past 60 years, we have increasingly relied on artificial light sources that emit much narrower wavelength spectrums than does the sun. Yet, little research has been conducted to determine gene expression consequences, if any, from use of common artificial light sources.” Their findings, published in the online journal Genes, show increased inflammation in tissue and organs and increased immune response in the subject animals, regardless of whether the species is primarily active in the day or night.

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Solar panels currently generate only about 1 percent of our nation’s energy needs, but new research from the federal National Renewable Energy Laboratory shows that installation of “floatovoltaics”— floating, electricitygenerating photovoltaic panels—on only one-fourth of our manmade reservoirs would generate about 10 percent of U.S. energy needs without taking up valuable real estate.

Floatovoltaics cost less to install than traditional, landbased solar panels because there’s no need to clear land or treat soil, and research shows that the natural cooling effect of the water below can boost the solar panels’ power production by up to 22 percent. Of the approximately 100 current floatovoltaic installations, only seven are in the U.S., mostly at wineries in California and water treatment facilities. About 80 percent are in Japan, where limited land and roof space make water-based solar panels especially suitable.

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has reversed course without explanation, greenlighting the Rosemont copper mine proposed by Canadian mining company Hudbay Minerals in Arizona’s Santa Rita mountains, 30 miles from Tucson. The Corps approved Rosemont’s Clean Water Act permit this spring after recommending its denial more than two years earlier. Environmentalists, local leaders and indigenous people are suing over the violation of this environmentally sensitive habitat. The Tohono O’odham, Pascua Yaqui and Hopi tribes consider the land sacred. The Cienega Aquifer will be severely impacted by a conical pit a mile wide and up to 2,900 feet deep. Tailings will cover miles of streams and trucks would haul an estimated 50 daily shipments of copper concentrate down the adjacent twolane highway.

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On Earth Day, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags in retail stores that goes into effect next March.

It’s estimated that New York uses 23 billion plastic bags every year, with 50 percent ending up in landfills and around cities and waterways.

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August is prime time for camping out in the woods or at a music festival.

Communing with nature or enjoying the beat outdoors for extended periods can stress the environment—but with proper planning, it doesn’t have to.

The Association of Independent Festivals has launched its Take Your Tent Home campaign in the UK, according to Treehugger.com. The group is urging concertgoers to not discard their tents at venues and retailers to stop marketing camping gear as intended for single-use; festival organizers also have been asked to eliminate singleuse cups, bottles and straws.

In America, MindBodyGreen.com reports that carbon credits are being offered to help offset trips to and from Lollapalooza, in Chicago, from August 1 to 4. Pickathon, taking place on the same days outside Portland, Oregon, will have a free bike parking lot, as well as a dedicated shuttle for cars, plus no single-use serving ware.

ChasingGreen.org advises campers to look for tents and related products made with recycled material and natural fibers like hemp, cotton, coconut husks and bamboo. Marmot, Lafuma, Sierra Designs and The North

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The website also suggests carpooling with family and friends, choosing a site that’s closer to home and packing light to reduce weight in the car, thus improving mileage.

Also, if we bring trash into a campsite where there are no receptacles, leave with it. Don’t burn it in the fire, as that contributes to air pollution; instead, pack it up and dispose of it properly at home. Set up a method for collecting rainwater to use to wash dishes.

EcoWatch.com recommends bringing unbreakable, washable plates, cups, utensils and napkins, a small basin or bucket, sponge and biodegradable soap, and a bag to store items that are too dirty to reuse.

Stock up on batteries to power lights and lanterns or use solar power with a LuminAID light lamp. Follow the “leave no trace” motto: no litter, smoldering fire pits, ripped-up grass, crushed bushes or repositioned boulders. Stay on marked trails, never pick plants, flowers or berries, and never harm or disturb wildlife.

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n the last two years, we have received nearly double the average rainfall— and it has become clear that the average property is not equipped to deal with such volumes of water. The good news is that proper ecological strategies for managing water can yield benefits across all seasons and weather patterns, including heat waves and drought.

“You must, at all costs, develop a proper water management strategy to pave the way for a successful backyard landscape, garden or small organic farm,” says Richie Mitchell of Bear Creek Organics. “After you have a plan for water, your fencing, roads, patios, family areas, plants and healthy organic food harvest will fall into place.”

Many of Bear Creek Organics’ clients

are asking for help with their water troubles this 2019 season. As an ecological landscape consult, design and build company—water management is at the heart of every job.

There are many beautiful and effective ecological solutions for managing water, such as tranquil ponds and dry stream beds, rain gardens with native flowers, rain collection bins, swales that evenly disperse water to fruit trees, and many more custom strategies. At the core of these solutions is the concept of mimicking nature by slowing, spreading and sinking water so that it does not result in flooding and erosion in the yard. Likewise, a yard’s water should not contribute to the overall burden of water volume in roadside drainages, streams, rivers and lakes. Water can be stored and utilized in times of drought, or directed toward dry areas of the landscape to enhance plant growth and reduce maintenance.

The goal of Bear Creek Organics is to develop water wise solutions that add beauty and functionality to your property.

“We build our systems to enhance your property and to restore the local watershed of the neighborhood,” notes Mitchell. “Our clients not only care for their land, but they are also mindful of their neighbors and their local streams and lakes.”

Bear Creek Organics is saturating the local community with successful projects and educating the broader audience to consider what their properties and lives can look like if they implemented this type of work.

The process of education, consultation, design, construction and management is the Bear Creek Organics’ path to success.

“Clients that stick to the process, commit to good communication and believe in the ‘slow is fast’ mind set are reaping the benefits of our work,” says Mitchell. “We do not shortcut our process and our process never leaves us hanging. We have a 100 percent approval rating for those who have worked with us through the process. Be prepared to work and then be prepared for success.”

Richard Mitchell is the owner of Bear Creek Organics offering Edible Landscaping design in Northeast Pennsylvania and beyond.

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Doula Advocates for Breastfeeding Through Lactation Station & More

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arah Glenn of Lactation Station & More grew up as an only child in the Rockaway Beach neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. While playing at the home of the little girl who lived next door, she witnessed something she had never seen before. “I saw my friend’s mom nursing her newborn son, and I had no idea what she was doing.

I never saw a woman breastfeed before, and was very impactful on the rest of my life,” Glenn reflects.

The experience instilled in her an intrigue to learn details about pregnancy,

birth and the postpartum experience, and to become immersed into family structures. She considered becoming a doctor and began working at a pediatrician’s office during high school and college. In 1987, at age 19, she became pregnant with the first of her seven children.

“I was ecstatic.

I delved into books and wanted to know everything I could to be have the best outcome,” she says. “With my second pregnancy, I had an unwarranted C-section, so it became my life’s mission to teach other women how to make informed decisions regarding their

body. That’s why I became a childbirth educator, and soon after a doula. Everyone needs a doula in stressful situations.

A doula is in addition to the partner. She is an advocate to the birthing family and provides education, support, reminders, comfort and massage. She mothers the mother.”

Regardless of whether the mother chooses a conventional or unconventional birthing method, Glenn’s main goal is to offer support. “My vision is to educate and empower women with evidence-based knowledge to make an informed decision, despite how they choose to bring life into the world. I meet them where they’re at— with no shame,” she says.

Glenn apprenticed with many midwives and various birth workers throughout her career, allowing her to pass the valuable information on to her clients. She has studied in many areas of pregnancy, birth and the newborn period throughout a 30-year history. Some of her credentials include the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBCLC), The Bradley Method Natural Childbirth, Lamaze, Birthing from Within and Peaceful Pregnancy.

Glenn also specializes in breastfeeding education and strives to raise awareness through events such as World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), celebrated annually August 1 through 7. “This event is to bring out information and empower parents to enable breastfeeding. The more it’s normalized, the more successful people will be, so rather than seeing a breastfeeding mom and shaming her, people will instead be supportive,” Glenn says.

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liance for Breastfeeding Action. Since 2016, the organization has aligned the WBW campaign to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, which serve as a blueprint for a solid, sustainable future for everyone. Many events are shared around the world during this time. Lactation Station & More will be hosting free events throughout August to bring awareness and celebrate moms and babies everywhere: at 10 a.m. on August 3, The Global Big Latch On will take place at Lactation Station & More, where moms and babies will have a synchronized “latch on” all over the world. There will be free belly painting for pregnant moms, face painting for kids, crafts, snacks, a sidewalk sale, education and fun for all.

Other WBW events include a walk or stroll and a picnic at Nay Aug Park, in Scranton, at 10 a.m. August 10; free prenatal yoga at 11 a.m., free postpartum yoga at noon and free kid’s yoga at 1 p.m. at Near Me Yoga (700 Main St., Moosic) on August 11; and a free health fair at Lactation Station & More from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. August 17, with activities for parents and children,

snacks, education and freebies. All events are free and open to the public.

Lactation Station & More also hosts ongoing free support groups for postpartum depression, and a breastfeeding café where moms can socialize with other moms. Glenn noted there’s a mental health expert on hand to consult with new moms.

Glenn’s workshops cover topics like baby wearing, and yoga with baby.

Glenn takes great joy in serving new moms and moms-to-be. “I get to meet people from a variety of backgrounds and help them on their journey into motherhood,” she shares. “It’s a privilege to take part in such an intimate expedition.”

Lactation Station & More is located at 1105 Oram St., in Scranton. For more information, call 570-350-7327 or visit LactationStationandMore.com.

Sheila Julson is a Milwaukee-based freelance writer and regular contributor to Natural Awakenings magazines throughout the country.

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PARENTING Preparing Kids for the Future

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oday’s children have more opportunities to change the world than ever before. Teenagers are organizing global activism movements, LEGO lovers are mastering robotics and young entrepreneurs are launching successful businesses before they’re old enough to drive.

But for Mom and Dad, this fastpaced, technology-driven childhood looks drastically different from their own.

To help kids thrive, parents must learn to mindfully embrace today’s modern advances without losing sight of timeless virtues and skills such as kindness, creativity and critical thinking.

Finding Balance After-school hours used to be filled with outdoor free play in which kids independently developed their natural capabilities as self-learners and creative problemsolvers. The Children & Nature Network has reported that just 6 percent of children ages 9 to 13 play outside on their own.

Instead, stress and anxiety are on the rise in our competitive culture as many kids attempt to balance heavy homework loads with an overflowing schedule of extracurricular activities.

With the ability to connect to the world at our fingertips, Thomas Murray, director of innovation for Future Ready Schools, in Washington, D.C., notes that devices can also disconnect us from those right next to us. “It’s a massive struggle to find balance and mindfulness, but it’s vitally important. How often do we see an AP [advanced placement] kid that is falling apart emotionally? As parents, we need to recognize that kids have a lot on their plate—more than ever before.”

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Salt Lake City-based Courtney Carver, author of Soulful Simplicity: How Living with Less Can Lead to So Much More, worries that parents are creating résumés for a life their children probably don’t want. On her BeMoreWithLess.com website, she focuses on living with less clutter, busyness and stress to simplify life and discover what really matters. “It’s challenging to maintain close connections when we’re overwhelmed with what’s in our inbox, or on Instagram or what the kids are looking at online,” she says.

On her own journey to practical minimalism, she gained a greater sense of presence with her daughter. “When you can pay attention to a conversation and not feel distracted and antsy, especially with young kids, that is everything,” says Carver.

Managing Technology The ubiquity of digital devices is a defining difference between today’s youth and that of their elders, making it difficult for parents to relate and know how to set boundaries.

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Caroline Knorr helps parents make sense of what’s going on in their kids’ media lives.

“We can think of media as a ‘super peer’: When children are consuming it, they’re looking for cues on how to behave and what’s cool and what’s normal.” Parents need to be the intermediary so they can counterbalance the external messages with their own family’s values.

Today’s devices are persuasive and addictive. “As parents, we need to set boundaries, model good digital habits and help

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kids to self-regulate more—which is our ultimate goal,” Knorr says.

To raise good digital citizens, Richard Culatta, CEO of International Society for Technology in Education, in Arlington, Virginia, believes conversations about device use shouldn’t end with screen time limits and online safety.

“Ask kids if their technology use is helping them be more engaged and find more meaning in the world or is it pulling them out of the world that they’re in,” he says. “Talk about how to use technology to improve the community around you, recognize true and false info, be involved in democratic processes and making your voice heard about issues you care about.”

Parents are often uncomfortable with their kids socializing digitally, but Culatta encourages the introduction of interactive media sooner rather than later, so they understand how to engage with the world online before they are old enough to have social media accounts.

Geocaching, which uses GPS-enabled devices to treasure hunt, and citizen science apps provide family-friendly opportunities to engage in both outdoor activities and online communities.

“The majority of our kids will need these digital communication skills to be able to work with anyone at any time,” says Murray. He’s witnessed the impact of connecting classrooms around the world, observing, “When students learn to navigate time zones and language barriers to communicate and collaborate, they see that they can solve the world’s problems together.”

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practice; you develop it because you have a real interest.”

To create a culture of innovation, Murray encourages teachers and parents to get to know the interests, passions and strengths of today’s children “and prove to them every day that they matter.” When that interest blossoms into a passion, it can lead to a deeper sense of purpose and a desire to make a difference.

According to Wagner, this happens when parents and teachers instill one simple, but profound moral lesson, “We are not here on this Earth primarily and only to serve ourselves; we have some deep, profound obligation to give back and to serve others.”

Teaching Kindness In a culture that is obsessed with selfies and threatened by cyberbullies, it’s a tough task for parents to teach compassion and kindness. “We need to create an intentional family culture where virtues like kindness and respect are talked about, modeled, upheld, celebrated and practiced in everyday life. What we do over and over gradually shapes our character, until it becomes second nature—part of who we are,” says Thomas Lickona, Ph.D., a developmental psychologist and education professor emeritus at the State University of New York College at Cortland, and author of How to Raise Kind Kids: And Get Respect, Gratitude, and a Happier Family in the Bargain.

Sesame Workshop’s 2016 Kindness Study found that 70 percent of parents worry that the world is an unkind place for their kids, but Scarlett Lewis believes it’s all in our mind, saying, “When you choose love, you transform how you see the world from a scary and anxiety-producing place to a loving and welcoming one.”

After losing her 6-year-old son Jesse in the horrific Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, she attributed the tragedy to an angry thought in the mind of the shooter. Her compassion fueled the founding of the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement to educate and encourage individuals to choose loving thoughts over angry ones. “Although we can’t always choose what happens to us, we can always choose

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become automated. “We’re born with a temperament of creative problem solvers.

But then something happens. The longer kids are in school, the fewer questions they ask, the more they worry about getting the right answer and fewer and fewer think of themselves as creative in any way,” he says.

“Instead of listening and regurgitating, kids need to learn how to find and be a critical consumer of information,” says Murray. Fewer employers are asking for college transcripts—including Google—as they discover the disconnect between what students are taught and what innovative skills they actually need.

While most schools are slow to adapt to the modern needs of the future workforce, parents can proactively foster the entrepreneurial spirit and discourage a fear of failure at home by offering safe opportunities for risk-taking and independence. After speaking extensively with compelling young innovators around the world, Wagner discovered that their parents explicitly encouraged three things: play, passion and purpose.

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here is such a thing as a free lunch, and it awaits adventurous foragers in backyards, city parks, mountain meadows and even sidewalk cracks. From nutritious weeds and juicy berries to delicate, delicious flowers and refreshing tree sap, wild, edible foods abound

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Throughout most of history, humans were foragers that relied on local plant knowledge for survival, as both food and medicine. Today’s foragers are reviving that ancestral tradition to improve diets, explore new flavors, develop kinship

“There are many benefits to eating wild food,” says Deane Jordan, founder of EatTheWeeds.com, of Orlando, Florida.

“Wild plants, because they must take care of themselves, tend to be more nutritious than cultivated plants—particularly in terms of phytochemicals and antioxidants. They also tend to be lower in sugar and other simple carbs, and higher in fiber.”

Purslane, a wild succulent, has more omega-3s than any other leafy vegetable, says John Kallas, the Portland, Oregon, author of Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt to Plate. Mustard garlic, a common invasive plant, is the most nutritious leafy green ever analyzed, says Kallas, who holds a Ph.D. in nutrition. “However, the real dietary benefit of foraged plants is in their great diversity, as each has a unique profile of phytochemicals. There is no such thing as a superfood, just superdiets,” he adds.

Know Thy Plant Rule number one of foraging is to be 100 percent sure of your identification 100 percent of the time, says Leda Meredith, the New York City author of The Forager’s Feast: How to Identify, Gather, and Prepare Wild Edibles. Foraging experts say the fear of wild plants is largely unfounded.

“The biggest misconception is that we

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are experimenting with unknowns,” says Kallas. “Today’s wild edibles are traditional foods from Native American or European cultures we have lost touch with.”

For example, European settlers brought with them dandelions, now considered a nuisance weed, as a source of food and medicine. All parts of it are edible, including flowers, roots and leaves, and have nutritional superpowers.

To assess a plant, Kallas adds, a forager must know three things about it: the part or parts that are edible, the stage of growth to gather it and how to prepare it. “Some plants have parts that are both edible and poisonous. Others can be toxic raw, but perfectly edible cooked,” he says.

Timing is everything, adds Meredith.

“A wild ingredient can be fantastic in one week, and incredibly bitter a week later, so it’s important to know when its prime season is.”

Kallas recommends staying away from highly trafficked roadsides and polluted areas. Given that many lawns and public areas are sprayed with herbicides, Sam Thayer, author of The Forager’s Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants, recommends not foraging in an area if it’s uncertain whether chemicals have been applied.

Environmental awareness includes understanding how foraging may positively or negatively affect the ecosystem, says Meredith. “Overharvesting can endanger future populations. But there is a ‘win-win’ way to forage, where I get fantastic food and the landscape is better for my having foraged, by clearing invasive plants around natives or planting seeds while collecting a local plant gone to seed.”

Thayer, of Bruce, Wisconsin, suggests collecting where species are abundant and thriving: “Fruit, for example, can be harvested limitlessly, as can wild invasives that disrupt the balance of the ecosystem and crowd out native species.”

Meal Preparation Vinegars, jams and cordials from wild fruits and flowers can be wonderful, but require some patience for the payoff, yet

many wild edibles can be eaten raw or lightly sautéed, requiring very little prep work. Thayer recommends sautéing wild greens with just a little soy sauce, vinegar and garlic.

Foraging builds confidence, powers of observation and connections to the natural world. The biggest benefit, says Thayer, may just be the fun of it. “You can experience food and flavors you cannot have any other way. A lot of these foods you cannot buy anywhere, and really, it’s better food than you can buy.”

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on’t try to learn foraging; just try to learn about one vegetable or fruit, says Sam Thayer. “Take it one plant at a time. It takes the intimidation out of it.”

Find a good local instructor that has a solid background in botany and other fundamentals of foraging, says John Kallas.

“Also, get some good books, and more than one, as each will offer different dimensions,” says the author and instructor.

Conquer the fear of Latin and learn the scientific names of plants, suggests Leda Meredith. As there may be several plants with the same common name, or one plant with many common names, knowing scientific names will help clear up potential confusion in identifying them.

You don’t have to go far to find food, says Deane Jordan. “In reality, there is often a greater selection around your neighborhood than in state parks.

In suburbia, you find native species, the edible weeds that come with agriculture, and also edible ornamentals.”

Bring the kids: They make fabulous foragers, says Meredith. “They learn superfast and it’s a way to pass cultural knowledge along and instill that food doesn’t come from a garden or a farm, but from photosynthesis and the Earth and the sun.”

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Simply Wild: Forage Recipes Garlic Mustard Pesto on Crisp-Creamy Polenta Yields: 4 servings Leda Meredith, author of The Forager’s Feast: How to Identify, Gather, and Prepare Wild Edibles, says, “Wild food aficionados may roll their eyes when they see that I’m including this recipe because pesto is used as the go-to recipe for this plant so often that it’s become a cliché. But there’s a reason for that: it’s really, really good.

“You can toss garlic mustard pesto with pasta, of course, but a spoonful added to soup just before serving is also wonderful, as is a smear of it on focaccia or toast. My favorite way to enjoy garlic mustard pesto is on pan-fried polenta that is crispy on the outside and creamy within.”

Buttered Cattail Shoots With Peas and Mint Yields: 4 servings This is a riff on the traditional English springtime dish of lettuce wilted in butter with peas and mint. The pleasingly mild flavor of the cattail shoots stands in for the lettuce. Stick with just the whitest parts of the shoots for pure tenderness or include some of the pale green bits if you want a sturdier dish.

2 Tbsp unsalted butter 3 cups cattail shoots, chopped ½ cup water 1 cup fresh or frozen shelled peas (if frozen, defrost them first) 2 Tbsp fresh mint, minced Salt and freshly ground black pepper

2 cups fresh garlic mustard leaves and tender stems 3 Tbsp walnuts or pine nuts, chopped 1 tsp garlic, minced (wild or cultivated) ¼ cup Parmesan or Romano cheese, grated ½ cup plus 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, divided 2 Tbsp butter 8 slices (½-inch-thick) cooked polenta Put the garlic mustard leaves, nuts and garlic into the blender or food processor.

Pulse until the leaves are chopped.

Melt the butter in a pot over medium heat. When the butter has melted, add the cattail shoots and water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to low and cook, stirring often, until the cattail shoots are tender and most of the water has evaporated.

Add the peas and cook for 2 minutes more, stirring.

Remove from the heat and stir in the mint with salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste. Serve warm.

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Add the cheese. With the motor running, add ½ cup of oil a little at a time until the mixture is well blended, but not completely smooth. (You want a bit of texture from the nuts and greens to remain.)

Heat the butter and 2 tablespoons oil in a large nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Add the polenta slices. (You can use the precooked polenta that comes out of a tube, or if you cooked some from scratch, spread it out ½-inch thick on a baking sheet and refrigerate until sliceable.)

Don’t try to move the polenta slices until they’ve browned on the bottom side. You’ll know that’s happened when they dislodge easily. Use a spatula to flip them over and brown the other side.

Plate two slices per person, with the garlic mustard pesto spread on top. Serve hot or at room temperature.

Tip: If you want to keep this pesto in the refrigerator for up to a week or in the freezer for up to six months, blanch the garlic mustard greens in boiling water for 20 seconds, then immediately run them under cold water or dip them in an ice bath. Squeeze out as much water as you can, then proceed with the recipe. This blanching step prevents the pesto from losing its bright green color and turning brown in cold storage.

Simple Supper Garlic Mustard Pasta Yields: 4 servings This is a simple, but satisfying one-pot meal that comes together in about 20 minutes total. You can embellish the recipe with additional ingredients such as chorizo sausage or pine nuts, but it’s really not necessary. Sometimes simple is best.

1 lb penne pasta 1 lb garlic mustard leaves and shoots, washed and coarsely chopped (ideally,you’re using garlic mustard at the stage where the stems are still tender and the flowers are either budding or just starting to open)

4 garlic cloves, peeled 1 to 2 medium-hot red chili peppers (pepperoncini), stems and seeds removed ¼ cup plus 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, divided (use your best as this is one of the main flavors of the sauce) Salt to taste ½ cup Parmesan or Romano cheese, freshly grated (again, use the best you’ve got) Freshly ground black pepper Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the penne and set a timer for seven minutes.

While the pasta is cooking, prep the other ingredients: wash and chop the garlic mustard, mince the garlic or put it through a garlic press, chop the chili peppers.

After seven minutes, add the garlic mustard to the pasta in the pot and cook until the pasta is al dente, usually about five minutes more.

Scoop out a ladleful of the pasta cooking water and set it aside.

Drain the pasta and garlic mustard in a colander. Return the pot to the stove over low heat.

Add 1 tablespoon of the olive oil to the pot along with the garlic and chili pepper. Cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Return the reserved pasta cooking water and the drained pasta and garlic mustard greens back to the pot. Raise the heat to medium and cook, stirring, for a minute or two until the liquid is mostly evaporated or absorbed. Remove from the heat, then stir in the remaining olive oil and salt. (Go scant on the salt because the grated cheese you’ll be adding is salty.)

Serve hot with freshly grated cheese and freshly ground pepper.

Other wild edibles you can use in this recipe include any leafy greens, as well as the leaves of any wild garlic species.

Recipes and photos from The Forager’s Feast: How to Identify, Gather, and Prepare Wild Edibles. Reproduced by permission of The Countryman Press. All rights reserved.

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Our Symphony With Animals

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s a neurologist, Dr. Aysha Akhtar wanted to acknowledge that medicine has largely overlooked our relationships with animals and their impact on our health. As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and bullying, she gained strength and courage to change her situation after forming a deep bond with an abused dog. She found there were more stories like hers that explain how the health and happiness of humans and animals are interlaced.

After traveling to interview people whose lives have been profoundly influenced by animals, Akhtar used her experiences and those of others to demonstrate the science behind the intricate and mutually beneficial associations between humans and animals. The result is her book, Our Symphony with Animals: On Health, Empathy, and Our Shared Destinies. After time spent with homeless people, a former

How do you explain that an untrained animal, like Sylvester, the abused dog you bonded with, can help a person heal and recover?

It’s the fact that the animal is not a human being. Animals help diffuse the humangenerated pressure in our lives. If you treat an animal with kindness, that is the only thing that the animal will judge you by.

Animals don’t care about your past, your money, your mistakes in life—they have no preconceived notions about you. Animals have a purity that helps us be our true selves without worrying about being judged.

What is the most memorable moment of your journey to discover more stories like your own?

mobster, a Marine veteran, a serial killer, animal sanctuary workers and farmers, she relates what happens when people forge (or break) bonds with animals, and how the love we give them comes full circle back to us.

It was a beautiful, warm, summer evening, and I was just sitting at an animal sanctuary with a pig named Ivy. She was such a sweet girl and such an emotional being, she reminded me of Sylvester. While Ivy was sleeping, I was listening to the sounds around me—ducks, chickens, cows, horses, dogs and nature. The sun was setting. I became immersed in the moment and felt a profound sense of connectedness. All the sounds came together for me like a Mozart symphony. I had never felt that kind of peace. It was beautiful.

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way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart. ~Pablo Casals

There is a moral consciousness growing within our species. We are waking up to the fact that how we treat each other needs to be more ethical, and that includes animals. ~Aysha Akhtar

What is the science behind the neurological and biological phenomena you describe in this interaction between humans and animals?

First, studies are emerging that suggest that the way we feel empathy toward each other is not very different from the way we feel empathy toward other animals. It appears that we may feel stronger empathy toward other animals because, like children, we see them as vulnerable.

Second, medical studies show that just being with animals provides measurable physiological changes within us, showing a boost to our well-being. For example, just being with a dog for five to 10 minutes can decrease blood pressure and stress hormones, and provide a long-term boost to cardiovascular health. It also leads to increases in positive neurochemicals like dopamine and oxytocin—the chemicals that make us feel happy.

What’s even more interesting, studies suggest that the same positive effects are also happening in the animal.

How did you come to believe that compassion for animals is the next step in the moral evolution of humans?

Animals are more on the radar of the current younger generation than they used to be. This means that empathy for animals is growing with each generation. Part of the reason is that there is a moral consciousness growing within our species. We are waking up to the fact that how we treat each other needs to be more ethical, and that includes animals.

We’re witnessing that the destruction of other species is causing the unraveling of ecosystems, and that is causing increases in things like mosquito-borne diseases. In other words, our disruption of other species is coming back to hurt us. Slowly, our collective consciousness is waking up to recognize that how we treat nonhumans affects us, as well.

If readers could learn just one thing from Symphony, what would you like it to be?

Go forward in life feeling a sense of empowerment and hope, recognizing that our well-being is very much tied in with the wellbeing of other animals.

Julie Peterson lives in rural Wisconsin with her husband, dogs and chickens, and has contributed to Natural Awakenings for more than a decade. Contact her at JPtrsn22@att.net.

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Beyond Sustainability Regenerative Agriculture Takes Aim at Climate Change

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ost people have never heard of regenerative agriculture, but there’s plenty of talk about it in the scientific and farming communities, along with a growing consensus that regeneration is a desirable step beyond sustainability.

Those that are laser-focused on clean food and a better environment believe regenerative agriculture will not only result in healthier food, but could become a significant factor in reversing the dangerous effects of manmade climate change.

This centers on the idea that healthy soils anchor a healthy planet: They contain more carbon than all above-ground vegetation and regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

“We have taken soils for granted for a long time. Nevertheless, soils are the foundation of food production and food security, supplying plants with nutrients, water and support for their roots,” according to the study “Status of the World’s Soil Resources,” by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. Most of the world’s soil resources, which also function as the planet’s largest water filter, are in fair, poor or very poor condition, the report states.

Tilling, erosion and chemicals all play significant roles in soil degradation.

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Regenerative agriculture seeks to reverse that trend by focusing on inexpensive organic methods that minimize soil disturbance and feed its microbial diversity with the application of compost and compost teas. Cover crops, crop and livestock rotation and multistory agroforestry are all part of a whole-farm design that’s intended to rebuild the quantity and quality of topsoil, as well as increase biodiversity and watershed function.

“True regenerative organic agriculture can improve the environment, the communities, the economy, even the human spirit,” says Diana Martin, director of communications for the Rodale Institute, in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. Rodale, a leader in the organic movement, has been carrying the global torch for regenerative agriculture since the 1970s, when Bob Rodale, son of the institute’s founder, first began talking about it. “He said sustainability isn’t good enough. In the U.S., we are depleting our topsoil 10 times faster than we are replenishing it. We only have 60 years of farmable topsoil remaining,” says Martin.

The institute is working with corporate brands in conducting a pilot project on farms around the world to certify food as regenerative organic. It has three pillars that were created with the help of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Or-

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ganic Program: soil health; animal welfare; and social justice, the latter because people want to know that workers are being treated fairly, Martin says.

“In some ways, we felt the organic program could do more, so we introduced the regenerative organic certification. It is a new, high-bar label that is very holistic,” says Jeff Moyer, an expert in organic agriculture and the executive director at the Rodale Institute. The pilot phase involves 21 farms with connections to big brands like Patagonia, Lotus Foods and Dr. Bronner’s. “We needed relationships with brands to make this a reality,” Moyer says. Product should be rolling out by this fall.

“There’s kind of a broad umbrella of things going on,” says Bruce Branham, a crop sciences professor with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “No-till farming certainly is a small step toward regenerative ag, because every time we till the soil, we essentially expose a lot of the carbon dioxide, which burns off carbon.”

Cover crops can be planted right after harvesting a cash crop to help regenerate the soil, adding nitrogen and organic matter, he says. “It is a long-term benefit, so a lot of farmers are hesitant. It takes a while to improve soil fertility through cover crop use.” It doesn’t cost much, but for a corn or soybean farmer making almost no money right now, every expense matters. “The real things we are working on are more toward different cropping systems,” he says, in which farmers are growing perennial tree crops that produce nuts and fruits, absorb carbon and don’t require replanting or tilling.

There’s considerable interest in regenerative organic agriculture in Idaho, as many farmers there have already adopted no-till practices, says Sanford Eigenbrode, a professor at the University of Idaho, who specializes in entomology, plant pathology and nematology. Farmers want to try to improve retention of soil carbon to both stabilize soils and improve long-term productivity, he says. “There are economic and environmental advantages.”

Yvette C. Hammett is an environmental writer based in Valrico, Florida. She can be contacted at YvetteHammett28@hotmail.com.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 Connecting with Your Subconscious – Damian Miller, CCH will be offering a workshop on the power of connecting with your subconscious. Learn quick communication with the subconscious mind you can easily begin to clear any past emotional baggage, clear old anger, sadness, hurt, shame or guilt. Develop high levels of self-confidence and resolve self-doubt. Free. Thrive Wellness, 647 Wyoming Ave, Kingston, 570-283-0111.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 Martin on Main Festival – Visit local businesses with sidewalk sales. Be sure to stop into Herbs to Your Success and say hello to Vanessa. Chance to win a 50th anniversary Woodstock guitar by Martin for $5. 1-7pm. Free. All over Nazareth.

Tour of Columcille – 2.5-hour walking tour of a beautiful, wooded 17-acre megalithic standing stone park. Tour guide, Tom Egan, an Irish Historian and Irish mythology storyteller, offers pre-Christian Celtic interpretations of the park’s many stone monuments and structures. 9:30am-noon, rain or shine. 3155 Fox Gap Road, Bangor. 610-360-1701. tpegan@ptd.net for more information

SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 Lehigh Valley Mall Wellness Expo – Learn about healthy solutions including T-shock Cryo therapy

by Herbs to Your Success. Great for overcoming physical trauma or for fat loss and body toning.

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Fitness Chair Yoga Workshop – Release the stereotypes of chair yoga and learn an effective and fun chair fitness practice. Great for restoring

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flexibility and overcoming injury. 1-2:30pm. $15 Boundless Yoga Studio 823-F Ann Street, Stroudsburg. 570-216-8253

TUESDAY, AUGUST 13 Understanding Minimalism – For your Home, Mind, Body, and Spirit. Living with less is empowering.

Learn how to enjoy less financial and spiritual burdens such as debt and unnecessary expenses.

Getting rid of excess physical and emotional stuff leads to joy. 6-8pm. $35. Thrive Wellness, 647 Wyoming Ave, Kingston, 570-283-0111.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14 Gentle Yoga and Guided Meditation- Wake up the body and mind with relaxing movements and guided imagery with Kate Deangelo. 7am. $17 Drop-in ($10 students/seniors) /class Boundless Yoga Studio 823F Ann Street, Stroudsburg. 570-216-8253

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 Flow: Progressions to Expressions- Move and expand your practice with Chris Loebsack›s intelligent sequences designed to take your practice into and incredible state of refinement. 9:30am. $17 Drop-in ($10 students/seniors) /class Boundless Yoga Studio 823-F Ann Street, Stroudsburg. 570216-8253

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 PEMF Open House – For first time Thrive customers. Do you suffer from discomfort due to inflammation or have challenges with muscle stiffness, limited range of motion, or circulatory issues? PEMF is a non-invasive and gentle treatment to improve circulation, increase oxygen to the cells and reduce pain and inflammation. 15 min apts 11am-5pm. $20 Reservation Req. Thrive Wellness, 647 Wyoming Ave, Kingston, 570-283-0111.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 18 HNC Level 2: Principles of Nutrition – Learn the nutritional needs of the human body which include macro and micronutrients, vitamins, fats, carbohydrates, sugars, proteins, enzymes and antioxidants. Learn how nutrition can affect the body on a cellular and systemic level. For individual use or part of practitioner certification program.

9am-5pm. Thrive Wellness, 647 Wyoming Ave, Kingston, 570-283-0111.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 20 Hope 4 Cancer Clinic Follow-up – The owner of Thrive Wellness Center, Amber Summers and her mother Betsy Summers will be discussing their recent follow up visit experience with the Hope 4 Cancer Clinic in Cancun Mexico. Open forum and discussion about options. We will discuss preventative care, integrative care, and novel science based alternative therapies being used today.

6-8pm. Free. Thrive Wellness, 647 Wyoming Ave, Kingston, 570-283-0111.

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 Essential Oils for Balancing Chakras – Learn how essential oils can address each chakra to help balance your mind, body and spirit. Learn to choose essential oils; safety guidelines; how oils can be used therapeutically. 5pm. $10. Thrive Wellness, 647 Wyoming Ave, Kingston, 570-283-0111.

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Gentle Yoga and Guided Meditation- Wake up the body and mind with relaxing movements and guided imagery with Kate Deangelo. 7am. $17 Drop-in ($10 students/seniors) /class Boundless Yoga Studio 823-F Ann Street, Stroudsburg. 570-216-8253

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 22 Flow: Progressions to Expressions- Move and expand your practice with Chris Loebsack›s intelligent sequences designed to take your practice into and incredible state of refinement. 9:30am. $17 Drop-in ($10 students/seniors) /class Boundless Yoga Studio 823-F Ann Street, Stroudsburg. 570216-8253

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 25 Clinical Preparation Course – The student will interview the client, perform observations, make recommendations and test remedies in 10 case studies. Each day of clinical practice is 6 hours.

Class times may change depending on student availability. For individual use or part of practitioner certification program. 9am-5pm. Thrive Wellness, 647 Wyoming Ave, Kingston, 570-283-0111.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 27 All About Sound Healing – Learn and experience vibrational medicine. Vibration is believed to affect your body’s functions, such as blood pressure and breathing. Vibroacoustic therapy uses audible sound vibrations to improve health and reduce stress.

6-8pm. $15. Thrive Wellness, 647 Wyoming Ave, Kingston, 570-283-0111.

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Walk and Picnic – August 10 - 9am. At Nay Aug Park. Walk starts at 9:30am, picnic to follow.

Kids, babies, dads or anyone is encouraged to join in. Stroller friendly. Bring a dish to share!

Health Fair – August 17 - 10-2pm. Join us in celebration of alternative therapies. Education, freebies and events to support all families will be available.

Free Yoga Day – August 24. At Nearme Yoga, 700 Main St. Moosic. Prenatal 11am, postpartum 12pm and kids’ yoga class 1pm to culminate with a Nearme Café delight. Everyone welcome to join.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 22 Flow: Progressions to Expressions- Move and expand your practice with Chris Loebsack›s intelligent sequences designed to take your practice into and incredible state of refinement. 9:30am. $17 Drop-in ($10 students/seniors) /class Boundless Yoga Studio 823-F Ann Street, Stroudsburg. 570216-8253

FRIDAY, AUGUST 30 Beyond Pharmaceuticals – Organic, Not Synthetic with Board certified Doctor of Natural Medicine Peter Amato. Learn the exact root cause of your health imbalances and how to alleviate them.

Come learn how organic wholefood based nutrition unlocks the door to your innate healing force through health creation. Get results and feel better.

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FIND YOUR FREEDOM IN JULY REIKI FOR TRANSITION TRAININGS Aroma Freedom Certification Training – August 2 & 3 - 9am-6pm. This 3-month course in a small group setting will allow for personalized attention and real-time feedback as you develop the skills needed to become the most effective Aroma Freedom Practitioner possible. This training program covers all three of the basic Aroma Freedom Techniques. Tuition is $997.

Reiki 1 & 2 For Animals - Aug 17 at The Violet Studio and Aug 18 at Indraloka Animal Sanctuary. Call for more information!

Frequency and Flames Analysis System – Learn about your vibration your consciousness.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 Connecting with Your Subconscious – Damian Miller, CCH will be offering a workshop on the power of connecting with your subconscious. Learn quick communication with the subconscious mind you can easily begin to clear any past emotional baggage, clear old anger, sadness, hurt, shame or guilt. Develop high levels of self-confidence and resolve self-doubt. Free. Thrive Wellness, 647 Wyoming Ave, Kingston, 570-283-0111.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 Tour of Columcille – 2.5-hour walking tour of a beautiful, wooded 17-acre megalithic standing stone park. Tour guide, Tom Egan, an Irish Historian and Irish mythology storyteller, offers pre-Christian Celtic interpretations of the park’s many stone monuments and structures. 9:30am-noon, rain or shine. 3155 Fox Gap Road, Bangor. 610-360-1701. tpegan@ptd.net for more information

Holy Fire III Karuna Reiki® Master - The highest level of Reiki taught by the International Center for Reiki Training. This technique allows the Reiki to move deeply seated energy for a complete release at the source. You will learn healing experience techniques and how to release spiritual attachments. Next class October 17-19 @ Thaxton Holistic Wellness in Scranton, PA 60 Second Reset - Learn how to use essential oils to reset your state of mind in 60 seconds. This class will show you how you can help yourself and family relieve the tensions of the day. Great for moms, dads and children. Call to schedule a personal or group class. $20 Call 570-575-3077 for more information. Like us on Facebook!

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daily Fitness Bootcamp – A combination of strength training, cardio, and joint mobility exercises. Classes are for all ages and levels of fitness with absolutely no intimidation. $10 or $199 for 3mo unlimited w/nutritional counseling. First class free. 8:30am and 5:30pm.

NutriFitness, 311 Market St., Kingston. 570-288-2409 Ascend Hospice Volunteering – Ascend Hospice is actively recruiting Reiki Practitioners, Certified Massage Therapists and Comfort Volunteers to impact the lives of Hospice patients. 866-821-1212.

Volunteer Work on the Farm – Help out on our sustainable farm for learning, outdoor activity, exercise and good clean fun. Every Weekday Available 9-11am or 3-5 pm. Josie Porter Farm, 6514 Cherry Valley Rd. Stroudsburg. Call to schedule 570-992-5731.

sunday Sunday Services – All are Welcome! Unity offers practical, spiritual teachings that empower abundant and meaningful living. We believe that prayer works.

We help people discover and live their spiritual purpose and potential. 10am. Unity of NEPA, 140 S. Grant Street, Wilkes-Barre. 570-824-7222. UnityNEPA.org.

Yoga Nidra- Go into progressively deeper and deeper states of relaxation of every point in the body. Allow your body to drop into a sleep like state, while you train your mind to stay awake and focused. Suitable for everyone. No yoga experience needed. 10:30am. Namaste 919, 919 South Main St., Old Forge. 570-451-1001 Bhakti Yoga – Detoxify the body in this hot, rejuvenating flow class through breathing & vigorous poses then cooling down in long held yin yoga shapes to further quiet the mind and integrate the breath. Suitable for All Levels. Room is heated to 90 degrees. 930am. Balance Yoga, 900 Rutter Ave, Forty Fort. 570-714-2777.

Mat/Tower Group Pilates Class – Authentic and traditional style of Pilates for total body health and increased strength and flexibility. Individual evaluation before joining group required. 10am. Mountain Laurel Pilates, Silk Mill, Rt 6, Hawley. 570-857-1707.

Chair Pilates Group Class – Authentic and traditional style of Pilates for physically challenged looking to improve total body health and increase strength and flexibility. Individual evaluation before joining group required. 11am. Mountain Laurel Pilates, Silk Mill, Rt6, Hawley. 570-857-1707.

monday Rise and Shine Yoga - Join us for this energizing all level Vinyasa Flow designed to wake you up and get your morning moving! 6am. Balance Yoga, 900 Rutter Ave, Forty Fort. 570-714-2777 Small Group Vinyasa Yoga – Suitable for all levels of students, limited to 6 students. Enjoy Vinyasa yoga with a semi-private class size. Typically, relaxing and restorative, Tom customizes the class to the student’s needs. 6pm. $15. $120/10 series.

Registration required. Thrive Wellness, 647 Wyoming Ave, Kingston, 570-283-0111

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Metabolic Reboot Workshop - Reboot Your Health.

28-day program includes four evenings of guidance with the goal to reduce inflammation, support healing of the immune system, and to shift your body to a burn fat burning metabolism. Get results for sustainable weight loss. 6pm. $50/5wks. Thrive Wellness, 647 Wyoming Ave., Kingston, 570-283-0111 Qigong/Meditation: All welcome, ideal for those new to Qigong or for the long-time practitioner.

Ongoing classes allow anyone to attend at anytime and enjoy the benefits of this complete Ancient Chinese Healthcare System.

10am, 11am, or 7:30pm. $12. Three Pure Rivers Studio for the Arts, 18 Rittenhouse Pl. Drums. 570-359-3059.

Aerial Yoga - Join us as we move through a practice using the silks. Beginners are welcome. Mats are utilized. If you are registering for more than one person, please call the studio! 7:30pm. Class is limited to 10 participants. Balance Yoga, 900 Rutter Ave, Forty Fort. 570-714-2777.

tuesday Strength and Conditioning Yoga – With a strong anatomical focus on balancing muscles across the joints this class will help to inform you of muscular asymmetries. All levels welcome. Become stronger around the best possible alignment. 6am or 5:30pm. Balance Yoga, 900 Rutter Ave, Forty Fort. 570-714-2777.

Kundalini Yoga & Meditation – As taught by a yogi Bhajan is considered the most comprehensive of yoga traditions, combining meditation, mantra, physical exercises and breathing techniques. 9:30am and 6:15pm. $15. White Lotus Yoga Studio 58 Spring Street, Carbondale 570-281-6279 Qigong/Meditation – Ideal for those new to Qigong or for the long-time practitioner. Ongoing classes allow anyone to attend at anytime and enjoy the benefits of this complete Ancient Chinese Healthcare System.

6:30pm or 7:30pm. $12. Three Pure Rivers Studio for the Arts, 18 Rittenhouse Pl. Drums. 570-359-3059.

wednesday Rise and Shine Yoga - Join us for this energizing all level Vinyasa Flow designed to wake you up and get your morning moving! 6am. Balance Yoga, 900 Rutter Ave, Forty Fort. 570-714-2777 Yin Yoga – All levels. Yin Yoga generally targets the ligaments, bones and joints of the hips, pelvis, and lower spine. These are parts of the body that normally are not exercised very much in a more active style of asana practice. 6pm. $15. Call to register. Thrive Wellness, 647 Wyoming Ave, Kingston, 570-283-0111 Facilitated Drum Circle – All drums and percussion provided. We use basic beats to create a rhythmic conversation with the goal of relaxation and group entrainment.

5:30-7:30pm. $7. Tunkhannock Area. Call Al Cabral for directions and to reserve a place. 570-410-1830.

Qigong/Meditation – All welcome, ideal for those new to Qigong or for the long-time practitioner. Ongoing classes allow anyone to attend at any time and enjoy the benefits of this complete Ancient Chinese Healthcare System.

9:30am or 10:30am. $12. Three Pure Rivers Studio for the Arts, 18 Rittenhouse Pl. Drums. 570-359-3059.

Yoga for Beginners – This class offers the beginner and the experienced student the foundational elements of the basic poses. Alignment cues will be given

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throughout the class, and a variety of adjustments will be available for all students. 5:30pm. Balance Yoga, 900 Rutter Ave, Forty Fort. 570-714-2777 Heated Vinyasa – Using fluid and repetitive movement, this class will offer a variety of sun salutations, balance poses, and floor work. A great option if your intention is stress release, opening the body, and quieting the mind. Suitable for All Levels. 90 degrees. 6pm. Balance Yoga, 900 Rutter Ave, Forty Fort. 570-714-2777.

Tai Chi – A slow moving martial art, more appropriate, but not restricted to middle age and the elderly, with health benefits including strengthening, improvement of balance and flexibility. All levels. 5:15pm. Asian Institute, 1355 Pocono Blvd, Mt Pocono. 570-839-1898.

Shaolin Kung Fu – A faster moving martial art which improves leg strength, cardiovascular & aerobic conditioning, stamina & coordination at 5:15pm. Asian Institute, 1355 Pocono Blvd, Mt. Pocono. 570-839-1898.

Mat/Tower Group Pilates Class – Authentic and traditional style of Pilates for total body health and increased strength and flexibility. Individual evaluation before joining group required. 5:30pm. Mountain Laurel Pilates, Silk Mill, Rt 6, Hawley. 570-857-1707.

thursday Vinyasa Yoga – Suitable for all levels of students generally targeting the ligaments, bones and joints of the hips, pelvis, and lower spine. These are parts of the body that normally are not exercised very much in a more active style of asana practice. 6:30pm. $15. $120/10 series. RSVP. Thrive Wellness, 647 Wyoming Ave, Kingston, 570-283-0111 Yoga for Beginners – This class offers the beginner and the experienced student the foundational elements of the basic poses. Alignment cues will be given throughout the class, and a variety of adjustments will be available for all students. 7:30pm. Balance Yoga, 900 Rutter Ave, Forty Fort. 570-714-2777 Balance Training 101- Ones physical stability is challenged daily. Balance exercises increases strength and can reduce the risk of injury in just a few sessions. 8:30am or 5:30pm. $10 per class or $35 for 4 classes. NutriFitness, 311 Market St., Kingston. 570-288-2409 Mixed Level Mat Pilates Group Class – Authentic and traditional style of Pilates for total body health and increased strength and flexibility. Individual evaluation before joining group required. 4:30pm. Mountain Laurel Pilates, Silk Mill, Rt 6, Hawley. 570-857-1707.

Yoga – End your work day by treating yourself to the wonderful benefits of breathing synchronized movement. Embrace the serenity with every flowing movement from pose to pose. 7pm with Priya. $10 per class.

NutriFitness, 311 Market St., Kingston 570-288-2409 Kundalini Yoga & Meditation – As taught by a yogi Bhajan is considered the most comprehensive of yoga traditions, combining meditation, mantra, physical exercises and breathing techniques. 6:157:45pm. $15. White Lotus Yoga Studio 58 Spring Street, Carbondale 570-281-6279 Restorative Yoga – A combination of meditation, breath work, restorative yoga postures and very gentle movement to calm the mind and body. A perfect refresh any time during the day. Promotes restful sleep and nourishes body/mind/spirit. 7pm. Balance Yoga, 900 Rutter Ave, Forty Fort. 570-714-2777

friday Yoga for Beginners – This class offers the beginner and the experienced student the foundational elements of the basic poses. Alignment cues will be given throughout the class, and a variety of adjustments will be available for all students. 9am. Balance Yoga, 900 Rutter Ave, Forty Fort. 570-714-2777 Yochi – A fusion program that combines the ancient forms of mind body wellness: Yoga and Tai Chi to help you develop strength, balance, flexibility, and mobility in a meditative and relaxing environment. This unique 60-minute program is perfect for beginners and all skill levels! No exp needed. 4pm. Namaste 919, 919 South Main St., Old Forge. 570-451-1001 Vinyasa Yoga by Donation – This 60-minute Vinyasa Flow class is the perfect opportunity to find a little balance in the middle of your busy day. Beginners are welcome. Class is donation based. Suggested donation $10. 7pm, every other week, check schedule. Balance Yoga, 900 Rutter Ave, Forty Fort. 570-714-2777.

saturday Kundalini Meditation - As taught by a Yogi Bhajan, contains specific, practical tools to support the mind and guide the body through the use of breath, mantra, mudra, and focus. Reduce stress, work on addictions, increase vitality, clear chakras. 9:30am. $15. White Lotus Yoga Studio 58 Spring Street, Carbondale 570-281-6279 Mellow Flow Yoga – Find your bliss and peace in Mellow Flow! This class offers gentle movement/ stretching and brief meditation to calm your mind and lift your spirit. Suitable for All Levels. Great for beginners. 10am. Balance Yoga, 900 Rutter Ave, Forty Fort. 570-714-2777.

Free Boot Camp Session – A fun and adventurous class provides the ideal atmosphere for motivation and emotional support to help the participants achieve their desired results. For continuous exercise to tone the body and facilitate fat burn for maximum results. Get Motivation and support to make this a lifestyle. 10am. NutriFitness, 311 Market St., Kingston. 570-288-2409 Mixed Level Mat Pilates Group Class – Authentic and traditional style of Pilates for total body health and increased strength and flexibility. Individual evaluation before joining group required. 10am. Mountain Laurel Pilates, Silk Mill, Rt 6, Hawley. 570-857-1707.

Tai Chi – A slow moving martial art, more appropriate, but not restricted to middle age and the elderly, with health benefits including strengthening, improvement of balance and flexibility. All levels.

11:45am. Asian Institute, 1355 Pocono Blvd, Mt Pocono. 570-839-1898.

Shaolin Kung Fu – A faster moving martial art which improves leg strength, cardiovascular & aerobic conditioning, stamina & coordination at 11:45am. Asian Institute, 1355 Pocono Blvd, Mt. Pocono. 570-839-1898.

community resource guide AUTISM SUPPORT MIND VISION

Paula Pugliese, RN 8 Silk Mill Drive, Hawley, PA 18428 570-390-4565

Hundreds of clinicians have used neurofeedback with several thousand autistic spectrum children over the past 15 years.

In one study a 26 percent average reduction in Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklists (ATEC) symptoms showing improvement in behavior related to socialization, vocalization, anxiety, schoolwork, tantrums, and sleep.

BIRTHING SERVICES LACTATION STATION AND MORE

Sarah Glenn, Doula IBCLC 1105 Oram Street, Scranton PA 18504 570-350-7327 LactationStationAndMore.com

Looking for a seasoned and compassionate birth worker? Someone you can count on to guide you through pregnancy, birth and beyond? Need help finding reputable resources?

With over 25 years’ experience I can help you uncover the mysteries surrounding the perinatal season. Stop by or call for personalized attention.

CHINESE METAPHYSICAL HEALTH PRACTICES THREE PURE RIVERS STUDIO FOR THE ARTS 18 Rittenhouse Place PO Box 402, Drums, PA 18222 570-359-3059 ThreePureRiverssfa@ptd.net ThreePureRivers.com

Mark R. Reinhart has been a practitioner and teacher of Traditional & Classical Chinese health, martial and metaphysical arts for over 40 years.

He offers individual and class instruction in Qigong and Taiji (Tai Chi).

Other services include Medical Qigong, Emotional/Nutritional Balancing & Centering, Qigong For Recovery, Personal Feng Shui/Five Element Assessments, Chinese & Western Astrology, and Yijing (I Ching) consultations.

COLON HYDROTHERAPY PATHWAYS HOLISTIC CENTER

4833 Chestnut Street Emmaus, PA 18049 610-966-7001 Healing@PathwaysHolistic.com PathwaysHolistic.com

Offering colon hydrotherapy (CHT) from compassionate practitioners also skilled in health coaching and total system healing. Also offering Holistic Nursing, Life Coaching, Massage & Raindrop Therapy. Body Ecology Specialist. In addition to healing services, we also offer an array of organic nuts and seeds, sprouted flour, fermented foods, and prepared nutritional meals.

REJUVENATE COLON & MASSAGE CENTER

Karen McConnell – I-Act 2625 Lake Ariel Hwy Honesdale, PA 18431 570-470-1201 RejuvenateColonAndMassageCenter.com Committed to helping people learn about and enjoy a healthy lifestyle through colon care, Swedish massage, Cranial Sacral Therapy, myofascial release techniques, reflexology, ear coning and detoxification protocols. Specializing in one-onone approaches in a relaxing, nurturing, private atmosphere to achieve optimal results for each individual’s own unique wellbeing journey.

ENERGETIC HEALING LIMITLESS VIBRATIONS

Francesca Montelione Locations in Clarks Summit, Moosic & Scranton 570-733-4055 Limitlessvibrations.com

Gain mental, emotional clarity and physical ease. Francesca, uses energybalancing procedures to re-establish the full healing potential of the body, using it’s natural healing abilities. Have interference removed, that is demanding the attention of the healing power.

Learn how to strengthen yourself in the ‘in between’ moments to ready yourself for Life’s Major moments.

Sound Therapist, B.E.S.T. Practitioner, Reiki Master, Crystal Healer, YL Raindrop Technician.

Tai Chi Classes – Tai Chi Chuan is often described as “meditation in motion” and there is growing evidence that this mind-body practice has value in supporting optimal mental and physical health. This gentle form of exercise can help build and maintain strength, flexibility, and balance. 10am. $18 or $100/8cl. RSVP. Thrive Wellness, 647 Wyoming Ave, Kingston, 570-283-0111

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Dr. John Harrington 137 Mountain Ave, Hackettstown, NJ 908-441-2276 SunriseNutritionCenter.com

Donna Florimonte, RN 1102 Lily Lake Rd, PO Box 255 Waverly, PA 18471 570.563.2565 WaverlyWellness.com WaverlyWellness@gmail.com

Discover Lifelong Wellness. At the intersection of cutting-edge research and traditional wisdom, Young Living’s essential oils and oil-infused products empower you to claim your best life. Eliminate chemicals from your home and personal care. Begin your journey now… I can help guide you. Your life will never be the same.

If you are tired of suffering and wish to explore different options for better health then the Sunrise Nutrition Center is at the top of the list! Advanced technology for nutritional status and toxin overload are blended with the most accurate muscle testing and laboratory work to produce a personalized health plan specific for your body. Not only is the right diet implemented but having the best tests for evaluating your health is crucial! Try this safe, drug-free approach today!

32 Years of combined experience improving energy and health of your colon, liver, gall bladder, lymph system, and immune system. Therapy addresses mood relieving altering inflammation, constipation, digestive distress, fatigue, foggy thinking, skin problems, weight issues, sinus congestion and hormonal distress. Experience optimal wellness with full-spectrum sauna, lymphatic drainage, colon hydrotherapy, better nutrition, Young Living essential oils and more.

Doreen Coleman 570-281-6279 Independent Distributor #1309346 myyl.com/doreencoleman

WASHBURN WELLNESS

Peggy Washburn Essential Oil Educator and Mentor Wellness Advocate for doTERRA Essential Oils 208 859-9155 info@myperfectlifetoday.com Peggy offers Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade (CPTG ™) essential oil from doTERRA but more so education on the use and application of the oils.

Learn what the hype is around essential oils and the use as well as application of those oils. Most importantly why doTERRA, now one of the top oil companies in the world. Also looking for enthusiastic health-oriented people to train and mentor.

FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE DR. JARRETT KAMINSKY

909 Albright Ave Scranton, PA 18508 570-348-1158 Dr.Kaminsky@live.com

Dr. Kaminsky’s approach to health is to look at your body as a whole, not just a set of symptoms. By performing a complete history, examination, and appropriate lab testing (blood, urine, hair, saliva, and/or stool), he can determine imbalances in your body and will design a personalized plan of natural therapies (nutrition/diet, supplements, lifestyle changes, and more) to restore balance to your body.

HEALTH COACH/LIFE COACH YOLANDA REGINA BATTAGLIA, BS Certified Health Coach 570-903-8700 Lifecoachyb@gmail.com

25+ years in the Wellness Industry.

How many unsuccessful diets have you been on? Are you ready for a cutting-edge approach to address weight challenges, overeating, emotional and stress eating, binge eating, body image, and fatigue? I support individuals with discovering what nourishes their unique body through exploring their food, relationships, career, mindset, physical activity, and spirituality. Everything is connected to everything!

Getting healthy shouldn’t consume your life! Let’s get FREE!

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NATURAL FAMILY MEDICINE MJA HEALTHCARE NETWORK Mikhail Artamonov, MD PhD 391 East Brown Street E. Stroudsburg, PA 18301 MJAHealthcare.com

Combining Allopathic (Western) medicine, Oriental medicine and the newest medical technology to offer patients complete and personalized health care. Certified in Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Pain medicine, Independent Medical Examination and Addiction Medicine, Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Medical Acupuncture, Medical Marijuana, Functional and Anti-Aging Medicine.

Comprehensive protocols for Lyme Disease, Stem Cell Therapy, Regenerative Medicine and HCG/ Laser Weight Loss.

NATURAL HEALTH LYNN’S HEALING ZONE

106 Shook Rd, Suite 101, Hawley, PA 18428 570-234-8568 (call or text) LynnsHealingZone.com FB: Lynn’s Healing Zone

We put the CARE in healthcare. We offer natural therapies to improve your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health. Services include microscopic nutritional blood audits, detox methods, relaxation treatments, light therapy, energy healing, workshops & classes. If you don’t take care of your body where are you going to live? Let us help you make your life all that you want it to be.

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NATURAL HEALTH PROMOTION LLC Tina Stashko, N.D. PhD MIfHI Emmaus, PA 18049 610-965-8132 NaturalHealthPromotion.net

Specializing in preventative healthcare, digestion and nutrient absorption, and thyroid and adrenal health.

Modalities such as iridology, sclerology and biochemical balancing enable the development of your unique program for optimum health. These programs are easy to follow and incorporate into your daily life. Reach your full health potential!

NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR NATUROPATHIC WELLNESS CENTER Heather DeLuca, ND 250 Pierce St., Ste. 200, Kingston, PA 18704 570-287-9955 HDeLucaND.com

Let me be your partner in health. Working with individuals for 10+ years and specializing in non-invasive, cuttingedge therapies and testing, as an alternative to or collaborative effort to treat the cause of disease, prevent disease and assist in maintaining wellness and your best self. Therapies include clinical nutrition, vitamin/mineral/nutrient supplementation, herbal medicine, homeopathy, hydrotherapy and lifestyle therapy.

NUTRITION & HOLISTIC HEALTH MARAH YOUNG, MS

Balance Yoga & Wellness 900 Rutter Ave, 2nd Floor marahyoungholistics@gmail.com marahyoung.com

A one size fits all diet and lifestyle doesn’t exist because every body thrives differently. Marah’s approach to health is simple and natural, taking into consideration the whole being including the mind and soul. Marah guides you on your journey to live your best life naturally through coaching and alternative therapies.

NUTRITION & HOLISTIC HEALTH EDUCATION DIAN’S WELLNESS SIMPLIFIED

Dian Freeman, MA, MHHC Private Nutritional Consultations, Classes, Nutritional Certification Course Morristown, NJ • 973 267-4816 WellnessSimplified.com Clinical Nutritionist Dian Freeman has a private practice in Morristown, NJ, she teaches a six-month nutritional certification course and has certified over 700 graduates in Holistic Health over the last 14 years. She also practices frequency biofeedback, teaches 1-day classes and lectures widely.

THRIVE WELLNESS CENTER

647 Wyoming Ave, Kingston PA 18704 570-283-0111 ThriveWellnessKingston.com Seven levels of course study including Iridology, Chinese Medicine, nutrition, vitamin therapy, herbology, aromatherapy and homeopathy offered through the Washington Institute of Natural Medicine. Successful graduates receive certification through ANHA, WINM, NADP and are board certified Holistic Health Practitioners. Rolling admissions and CEU credits for practitioners available.

PHYSICAL THERAPY/ MYOFASCIAL RELEASE SUSKO THERAPY

Chase D. Susko, MSPT Dr. Danica Kuti, PT, DPT 2800 Memorial Hwy, Suite 5, Dallas PA 18612 570 675 1800 · suskotherapy.com Susko Therapy offers exceptional, compassionate physical therapy. Our highly trained staff often treat patients using the John Barnes Myofascial Release approach, a gentle and effective hands-on technique which can help minimize or eliminate chronic pain. Don’t live with pain; release it.

REIKI LIFE HOLISTIC CENTER, LLC

Mountain Top, PA Anthony V Wojnar D.D., RMT, OBT 570-706-6680 ReikiCenterOnline@yahoo.com LifeHolisticReiki.com

Our main focus is Reiki, a Spiritual practice which promotes physical, emotional and spiritual healing. We offer Certification in Reiki 1 thru Reiki Master/Teacher Usui and Tibetan Style. Reiki and Reiki/Shiatsu sessions and, also a monthly Reiki Share. Dr. Anthony received a Master/Teacher attunement on Kurama Mtn. Japan, the birthplace of Reiki. CEU’s for Massage Therapists. Member IARP., ICRT.

METTA PHYSICAL FINE REIKI Mission Yoga 639 Northern Blvd, S Abington Twp, PA 18410 570-780-8400

In a Usui and Karuna Reiki session you will receive a full chakra alignment, crystal therapy, aromatherapy, and a higher vibrational frequency tuning with Tibetan singing bowls.

During each session, your practitioner is guided by intuition to implement the necessary techniques to remove all energy blocks. Also offering holistic wellness products including CBD infused products. Free CBD wellness and pain relief consultations.

WELLNESS CENTER ASIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALING ARTS

Dr. Christopher C. Meister, D.C., L.Ac. Dr. Debora T. Cantel, D.C., L.Ac. 1355 Pocono Blvd, Mt. Pocono, PA 18344 570-839-1898 AsianInstituteOfHealingArts.com Dedicated to helping people solve their health concerns using affordable, natural & holistic methods.

Our services include: acupuncture, chiropractic, nutritional counseling, indigo and life systems biofeedback, massage, ashiatsu, Reiki, smoking cessation, kung fu, tai chi & qigong. Serving the Poconos since 1991.

SPIRITUAL COUNSELING SHOOTING FOR THE MOON

BALANCE YOGA & WELLNESS

Kathy Agate Brown has training and certification in both Aromatherapy and Herbology. Her training in Spiritual Counseling allows her to incorporate Intuitive readings in her sessions as well as Clinical Hypnotherapy. Her intent is to bring all beliefs together through education and communication.

Balance Yoga and Wellness is committed to celebrating the practice of yoga and cultivating wellness by offering a wide range of group classes, private lessons, and workshops, in a variety of yoga traditions, at convenient times throughout the day in order to accommodate all students of yoga, from novice to advanced, as well as other treatment modalities and high-quality retail items.

Kathy Agate Brown 3200 Hamilton East Road, Stroudsburg 570-992-0943 ShootingForTheMoon.com Agate@ShootingForTheMoon.com

STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION BALANCE YOGA & WELLNESS Corinne Farrell 900 Rutter Ave, 2nd Floor Forty Fort, PA 18704 570-714-2777 • BalanceNEPA.com

A type of bodywork that focuses on the connective tissue of the body and works to lengthen, stretch, and soften this tissue to restore postural balance, ease of movement, and a feeling of being more at home in your own body. Clients credit Corrine with helping them find freedom from pain, improved mobility and inspiration to live stronger, healthier lives.

RICHARD PATERSON ROLFING Richard Paterson, Ph.D. Certified Advanced Rolfer™ 142 Mulberry Dr, Milford PA 18337 135 S Main St, Pittston, PA 18640 571-265-9950 • www.RolfingPA.com

Richard Paterson Rolfing® SI, LLC can help you make changes in your body that are long-lasting, and often permanent. It doesn’t just treat symptoms but unwinds the causes of pain and dysfunction. It improves posture, reduces chronic pain, and creates more ease of movement. Paterson supplements Rolfing with Cold Laser Therapy.

Corinne Farrell 900 Rutter Ave, 2nd Floor Forty Fort, PA 18704 570-714-2777 * BalanceNEPA.com

PATHWAYS TO INNER HEALING 133 South Main Street Moscow, PA 18444 570-842-2401 PathwaysToInnerHealing.com

Nora M (Toy) Riley has over 43 years of experience in holistic healing. Offering the higher dimensional healing energies of: Cranial Temple Activation, Light Codes Activation, Reconnective Healing, Acess Bars, Theta Healing, Angel Healing® Atlantean Crystal Healing Integrated Energy Therapy Spiritual Counseling aruna Reiki Magnified Healing. Offering a large variety of classes and workshops.

THRIVE WELLNESS CENTER Amber Summers, HHP 647 Wyoming Avenue Kingston PA 570-283-0111 ThriveWellnessKingston.com

Alleviate symptoms of disease and heal through nutrition, supplementation, relaxation and mental/emotional freedom. Our Mission is to educate the community about the healing nature of holistic wellness and provide sanctuary within the community where like-minded professionals can come together to offer affordable holistic services in a peaceful, tranquil setting.

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APEALS Big Brothers Big Sisters – Needs volunteers for children living in Phillipsburg. Please call today to learn how you can help a child grow up. 908-6890436 or INFO@BBBSHSW.ORG Transportation Volunteers Needed – The American Cancer Society seeks volunteers to assist cancer patients with transportation to and from appointments as part of their Road To Recovery Program.

Help your neighbors in a difficult time. Please call 800-227-2345 or visit www.cancer.org for more information.

COURSES HypnoBirthing® Classes – The Mongan Method, of childbirth education is an amazing program that teaches you and your birthing companion in five, 2 and a half hour classes the art and joy of experiencing birth in a more natural and comfortable way. Call 570-730-9963 for schedule. Peace and Healing for Women, 134 Broad St, Stroudsburg.

Hypnosis Training Course – Classes forming for National Guild of Hypnosis-approved Banyan Hypnosis Certification Super Course with 5-PATH and 7th Path Self-Hypnosis techniques. For more information, call 610-248-2358.

Join the Team – Metta Physical Fine Reiki Infused Goods and Mission Yoga Wellness Center is seeking an Acupuncturist, Reflexologist, Nutrition Response Testing Nutritionist or other Wellness Coach to Sublet space in our Wellness Center in South Abington Township! We have a phenomenal team and are looking to grow even more! 570-780-8400.

Part-time Colon Hydro-therapist Needed – The ideal candidate will be a LPN with knowledge and a passion for holistic healing. Training for Colonics and Lymphatic treatments provided. Experience in massage therapy a plus. Flexible schedule in a Spalike environment. Waverly, PA. Call 570-563-2565.

Part- time Sales and Marketing – Looking for a motivated representative with holistic knowledge and experience committed to raising awareness and developing business in NEPA. Must be proficient in sales calls, developing leads, social media, and digital marketing. Call 570-319.6073.

Publish Natural Awakenings Magazine – A career you can be passionate about. Home based business complete with comprehensive training and support system. New franchises are available, or purchase an existing franchise. Call 239-530-1377 or visit www. naturalawakeningsmag.com/mymagazine

Holistic Chiropractor, Naturopath or Natural Functional Medicine Practitioner Needed – Join our comprehensive solution Wellness Center in Stroudsburg. Access to over 2000 clients in a professional, dedicated facility. Call Vicki at 570977-1900 to discuss.

PRODUCTS Trichotillomania Sufferers – Be pull-free for life.

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SPACE TO RENT Beautiful Spacious Studios Available to Rent; Yoga, Dance, MMA. Annual membership $100, hourly rental $13 - $35. www.MindBodySpiritCoop. com, 570-348-1735.

Tudor Corners – Store front for rent in high traffic location on Wyoming Ave in Kingston. Perfect for health and wellness focused business or professional. Appropriate for café, retail or office space.

Parking on-site. 570-472-4489.

Unique Event Rental – Victorian home rental in the Poconos for workshops, meetings, private parties & other events. Custom rates to suit your needs. Call 570-443-7777. www.TheVictorianConnection.com.

Discovering the Law of Attraction – Certified Law of Attraction life coach David Bartky offers a 21-Day Self-Guided Coaching Program. You will find out how to attract what you want by following the processes and techniques each day. Go to www. lifecoachdavid.com for more information.

Available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Neighborhood bookstores

Is God in That Bottle Cap? An inspirational guide to leading a life of spirituality

A true life story of the personal quest for spiritual enlightenment and the many benefits of meditation, based on the author’s 44 years of daily meditation, more than 40 years of yoga and tai chi, and more than 20 years of qigong

I would love to see this book in the hands of practitioners of all paths for self-realization.

- Vijayendra Pratap, Ph.D.

president of the Yoga Research Society, Author (Beginning Yoga, Yoga Vision, Secrets of Hatha Vidya)

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… readers should certainly enjoy this absorbing book, A lively and intensely readable story of one man’s use of a variety of spiritual practices to reveal the nature of reality.

- Kirkus Reviews

A fun ride and informative read.

- Jeff Cox, retired president of

Snow Lion Publications

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2 days, if they still get the cold it is millions of disease In hundreds of studies, EPA and unimilder than usual and they feel better. germs on copper. versity researchers have confirmed that Users wrote things like, “It “They started to die viruses and bacteria die almost instantly stopped my cold right away,” and “Is literally as soon as when touched by copper. it supposed to work that fast?” they touched the That’s why ancient Greeks and Egyp“What a wonderful thing,” wrote surface,” he said. tians used copper to purify water and Physician’s Assistant Julie. “No more People have even Dr. Bill Keevil: Copper quickly kills heal wounds. They didn’t know about colds for me!” used copper on cold cold viruses. viruses and bacteria, but now we do.

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