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his month we offer great inspiration for women of all ages and in all stages of life. Whether you are single, newly married, a mom with young children or adult children, a grandmother or independent senior, there are always opportunities to learn and grow.

In May, we also honor and celebrate the women in our lives that have nurtured us, inspired us and encouraged us to become the best version of ourselves. Every time we become a better version of ourselves, our transformation benefits our family, friends, co-workers and even strangers.

“By our example we become teachers for those close to us,” says Joyce Oliveto, in her article, Raw and Live Foods Lifestyle: The Journey to Transforming Health, on Page 16. Choosing a path to vibrant health affects people around us.

The benefits of eating a diet filled with raw and live foods are undeniable. Grant it, this may be unconventional to many people, but taking this journey step-bystep can be exciting and fun. Start by sprouting seeds in your own home and then adding them to salads and smoothies.

If sprouting is too big of a step, visit your local farmers market to pick up some fresh herbs and gradually add fruits and vegetables to your purchase as the seasonal produce comes in.

There are other ways to improve one’s health in addition to dietary enhancements as pointed out in Hedy Schulte’s article, Ten Reasons Why Women Should Strength Train, on Page 20. Increasing muscle strength and bone density are possible at any age, so it’s never too late to start a resistance training program.

Planting your own organic garden can be a good starting point for transforming both diet and exercise. Every little bit helps, and if nothing else, you may gain a newfound respect for what farmers accomplish on a regular basis.

Whether we embrace it all at once or gradually, this transformation will lead us from who we are to who we are capable of being – vibrant, healthy individuals.

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FOODS LIFESTYLE

The Journey to Transforming Health

by Joyce Oliveto

18 TRUST YOUR INTUITION Listen to that Still, Small Voice and Let it Lead You

by Linda Sechrist

20 10 REASONS WHY WOMEN 18 SHOULD STRENGTH TRAIN 22

by Hedy Schulte

22 PAIN-FREE POOCH

Five Natural Therapies that Work

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24 WHOA! TO LIMITATIONS Therapeutic Horseback Riding Strengthens Kids

by Cyndee Woolley

26 SACRED DANCE: DANCE AS A SPIRITUAL PRACTICE

by Heather Burcham

28 UNDERSTANDING

THYROID AND ADRENAL FATIGUE

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31 VOLLEYING LIFE Gabrielle Reece on Her Balancing Act

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From Body Repair to Reversing the Blues

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Celebrate Important Women in Your Life Director of Hippocrates Health Institute to Lecture at Northville Yoga at Raw Food and Healthy Lifestyle Expo Center ear from some of the best teachers in the fields of raw vegan living foods and

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natural healing at the sixth annual Raw Food and Healthy Lifestyle Expo, set to run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., May 18, at the Laurel Manor Conference Center in Livonia.

Brian Clement, Ph.D., director of Hippocrates Health Institute in Florida, a nonprofit complementary health care and education center, will explain how living foods’ abundant energy and nutrition protect cells from early death, promoting lifelong vitality, in his lecture, The Power of Live Food to Heal Disease and Conquer Aging, scheduled from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., at the Laurel Manor Conference Center after the expo.

This year’s event, which honors Ann Wigmore, founder of Hippocrates Health Institute, features local and international speakers, a raw food court and exhibitors whose interests range from healthy eating and natural body care products to green building, organic gardening, natural clothing, animal health and much more. Speakers include Viktoras Kulvinskas, author of Survival in the 21st Century; Dr. Joel Kahn, cardiologist and clinical professor of medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine; Terri VanDale, certified nutritional microscopist; Ellen Livingston of Living Yoga in Ann Arbor and Joyce Oliveto, living foods pioneer and natural healing expert.

“We know that this day will give you many tools and the opportunity to embrace a healthier lifestyle and help achieve vibrant health physically, mentally and emotionally,” says event organizer Oliveto.

Cost: $10/Expo; $30/Expo and Clement lecture. Location: 39000 Schoolcraft Rd., Livonia. To preregister (incls. special gift bag), visit LivoniaHealthyExpo.Eventbrite.com.

To purchase tickets for Clement lecture, visit RealHealthLivonia.Eventbrite.com, email JoyceOlivetoLSR@gmail.com or call 810-220-2088. For more information, including sponsorship and exhibitor space, visit LivingSimplyRaw.com.

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he Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is hosting the fitness program, 30 Days to Lose It!, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesdays, through June.

Inspired by the television show, The Biggest Loser, and sponsored by Beaumont Health System and St. John Providence Health System, the weekly workouts, periodic health screenings and seminars are ideal for women who want to lose weight, get fit or just stay in shape.

The program was launched in 2010 and runs September through June. Each month offers a different instructor and workout. A complimentary 12-month museum membership is offered to those who attend eight consecutive sessions.

Cost: Free/museum members; $5/nonmembers.

Location: 315 East Warren Ave., Detroit, multipurpose room. For more information, visit TheWright.org, call 313-494-5800 or email 30days@chwMuseum.org.

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orthville Yoga Center and sister studio Livonia Yoga Center are hosting the gathering, Spiritual Circle of Life, to remember and honor the women who have inspired, guided, loved and supported others, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., May 18, at the Northville Yoga Center.

Since the mystical moment of physical birth, our spiritual being continues to be shaped not only by our mother but by encounters and relationships with many other women who come into our lives,

perhaps for a pivotal moment or perhaps sharing our lives for an extended time.

Through their actions, influence and sometimes simply by the power of their very being we grow and develop. We may become kinder, stronger and more insightful. Perhaps we develop more patience, become more giving, gain in confidence, increase our independence; in all ways becoming more fully the person who we were created to be.

The celebration to affirm each of these women and their impact on the lives of many others begins with a short yoga practice and meditation, followed by shared recollections, conversations, gratitude and light refreshments.

Northville Yoga Center and Livonia Yoga Center offer a full schedule of yoga and meditation classes suitable for practitioners of all levels, including hatha, Vinyasa, flow, gentle, Yin Yoga, restorative and prenatal. Students are encouraged to explore their potential at their own pace.

Cost: $10. Location: 200 S. Main St., Northville 248-449-9642. Registration by email at NorthvilleYogaCenter.com or LivoniaYogaCenter.com.

newsbriefs Parker Street Market Opens in West Village

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avid Kirby has opened Parker Street Market, a neighborhood grocery store specializing in organic, locally farmed and made products, at the corner of Parker and Kercheval in West Village.

“Parker Street opened with the hope that we could provide fresh, organic and local food options for the neighborhood that we live in. The community has welcomed us, and we couldn’t be happier about our place here in Detroit,” says 26-yearold Kirby, who recently relocated from Brooklyn.

The finishing of the store was funded with corporate credit card points that Kirby’s girlfriend accumulated and redeemed for Lowes gift cards.

Location: 1814 Parker St., Detroit, 919-272-7368. Open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday. For more information, visit ParkerStreetMarket.com or Facebook. com/ParkerStreetMarket.

Golden Lotus Spring Banquet Benefits Song of the Morning Ranch

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he Golden Lotus Yoga Teachers’ Association (GLYTA) is hosting the fundraiser, The Ranch Belongs to its Members, beginning at 4:30 p.m., May 3, at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores. Money raised from the event will benefit the Song of the Morning Ranch, a yoga retreat center of excellence in Vanderbilt, Michigan, founded by Yogacharya J. Oliver Black, a direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda.

This annual event promises an evening of fellowship, entertainment and spiritual refreshment commencing with meditation and kirtan and followed by dinner. Special guests include Steve Sandner and Judi Schmitt, longtime GLYTA teachers and students of Black.

The GLYTA is an organization of qualified hatha yoga teachers who have completed a specialized yoga training program under the guidelines set by Yogacharya Black.

Cost: $80; $55/student. Location: 1100 Lake Shore Rd., Grosse Pointe Shores. To RSVP or make a donation, call Roy at 866-214-5329 or email RoyThib@GoldenLotusYoga.org.

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Workshop Teaches How to Tune Into a Healthier, Happier, More Balanced Life

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f you have an interest in natural health and want to learn how to properly nourish your body, join Healthy Living Specialist Latricia , owner of Olive Seed, from 7 to 8:30 p.m, May 13, for an informational, interactive healthy living discussion. Participants will learn proactive steps to boost energy, powerful benefits of herbal therapy and how to easily enhance their health and wellbeing.

Wright will provide nutritious recipes along with easy tips, tools and techniques to maximize nutritional needs, cooking demonstrations, herbal tea samples and much more.

Olive Seed is a natural health and wellness practice that specializes in lifestyle planning for holistic betterment, using an approach to nutrition, health and performance designed to assure that all of the body’s systems are functioning optimally. The company features a unique body chemistry analysis service that determines both genetic and acquired deficiencies.

Cost: $10. Location: 27700 Hoover Rd., Warren. To register (required), call Latricia at 313-757-0993. For more information, visit Olive-Seed.com or email Vitality@ Olive-Seed.com.

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newsbriefs Experience ThetaHealing® and Transition into Your Ideal Life

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looming Orchid Wellness Center in Detroit is hosting a free seminar on the spiritual healing modality ThetaHealing® at 7 p.m., May 7. Certified ThetaHealing® Practitioner Timothy Gay will explain the benefits of ThetaHealing®, which include experiencing emotional freedom through joy and happiness, improved mood to be present in your daily life, increased energy that lasts throughout the day, a deeper spiritual connection, and enjoying exciting personal relationships, career and increased physical health.

“ThetaHealing® is a simple and effective practice that releases the blocks in your subconscious that are holding you back, then, unlocks your potential to experience freedom in your life,” says Gay. “With the freedom you get to create infinite possibilities in your life, such as finding that great relationship you always wanted. ThetaHealing® has helped thousands of people from emotional issues to physical ailments and can help you too.”

Gay used ThetaHealing® to reprogram his own subconscious toward success and love. Learning how to access his passions has led him on a path of helping others to do the same.

Cost: Free. Location: 1386 Pine St., Detroit. For more information, call Timothy Gay at 313-595-2672 or Laura Montalto at 313-953-8673.

Socra Tea Hosts Detroit Artist and Mother’s Day Brunch

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ocra Tea, a tea house serving 70 varieties of organic, fine loose leaf tea in Midtown, is hosting two special events in May. The first event, an art exhibition featuring original watercolor paintings and ink art prints by Detroit artist Monique Edwards, takes place from 6 to 9 p.m., May 2. A Mother’s Day brunch with Detroit Cooks, a culinary collective which provides catering services, breakfast and lunch, is scheduled May 11, with two seatings available: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and 1 to 3 p.m.

Owner Meg Provenzino opened Socra Tea in 2012 as Detroit’s first tea house and gallery, offering a place for the community to gather and enjoy some of the world’s finest teas while sharing fellowship. Other events regularly scheduled at Socra Tea include pop-up yoga, from 9 to 10 a.m., Saturdays, and tea and scones special on Sundays.

Cost: $25/brunch. Location: 71 Garfield St., Detroit. To make a reservation for brunch (required), call 313-833-7100. For more information and events, visit SocraTeaDetroit. com or Facebook.com/SocraTeaDetroit.

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Pop-up Trish’s Garage Open for Business

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bony Rutherford has opened Trish’s Garage, an image consulting service providing stylish solutions to students and young professionals on a budget, as well as a vintage clothing and artisan goods store, at 1253 Woodward Avenue, in Detroit. Rutherford’s own personal experience inspired her to start Trish’s Garage and feels her life work is to help others connect with their true self, expressed through their style of dress.

Trish’s Garage is the fourth winner of Pilot, a pop-up retail project that provides 375 square feet of retail space

on Woodward Avenue rent free for two months for businesses to test their retail potential. The project, which is offered through D:hive in partnership with Opportunity Detroit, also provides marketing support, mentorship from small business experts and a $1,000 grant for design and remodeling of the space. Pilot holds an open call for pop-up proposals on a quarterly basis. Entrepreneurs may apply as an individual, a team or a group of businesses.

D:hive is a welcome center located in Detroit’s Central Business District, which serves as a powerful hub of information, connections and resources to help people live, work and engage in the city of Detroit. D:hive also offers BUILD, an eight-week business and project planning class designed for aspiring entrepreneurs.

Location: 1253 Woodward Ave., Detroit.

Trish’s Garage is open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and noon to 6 p.m., Sundays, through June 7. For more information, visit TrishsGarage.com, email info@TrishsGarge.com or call 313444-9219. For more information on Pilot, visit DHiveDetroit.org/pilot, email Pilot@ DHiveDetroit.org or call 313-962-4590.

newsbriefs Volunteers Needed for Rouge River Cleanup Day

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olunteers are needed to help trim trees, remove brush and trash, and other ecological restoration activities on the property of St. Paul of the Cross Passionist Retreat and Conference Center in Livonia, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., May 17, as part of the annual Rouge River cleanup event, known as Rouge Rescue.Since 1986, nonprofit organization, Friends of the Rouge, has partnered with Rouge communities to bring volunteers together the first Saturday in June to improve the river. This year’s cleanup date has been moved up due to deadlines for the Rouge River National Wet Weather Demonstration Project grant program, the federal grant that helps fund the event for the past 22 years.

“The Rouge River provides natural beauty and recreation opportunities throughout the region and is no longer thought of as an open sewer and a place to dump waste,” says event organizer Cyndi Ross, river restoration program manager for Friends of the Rouge. “Nowadays, in addition to trash removal, volunteers remove invasive plants to protect biodiversity, plant native vegetation to soak up rain water and stabilize eroding stream banks, maintain trail systems and learn about the life in the stream.”

Location: 23333 Schoolcraft, Livonia. To volunteer or for more information, call 313286-2810, email RSalter@Passionist.org or BBeach@Passionist.org. For other cleanup sites, visit TheRouge.org.

Discover the Art of Headwrapping at Expo

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he second annual Headwrap Expo, an interfaith, multicultural day of beauty, fashion, education and shopping, is scheduled from noon to 7 p.m., June 8, at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center, in Dearborn.

“One of the most unique diversity and community building programs of the year, the expo brings together entrepreneurs, fashion lovers and culture addicts from a variety of ethnic and religious backgrounds for a daylong celebration and exploration of the ancient global art of headwrapping,” says Zarinah El-Amin Naeem, founder and producer of the event. “Our goals are to promote togetherness, understanding, respect and love.”

The event features fashion shows, workshops on headwrapping and adornment, shopping, hair care and wellness, and much more. Last year’s event attracted more than 62 vendors, 350 attendees, fashion designers, stylists and cultural historians.

Cost: $20/advance; $25/door; $5/ages 6 to 12; $75/VIP . Location: 15801 Michigan Ave., Dearborn. For more information, including tickets and exhibitor space, visit HeadWrapExpo.com or call 313-377-2857.

Blooming Orchid Wellness Center Hosts Energy Practitioner

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oin Energy Practitioner Brigitte Taylor of Suite Manifestation for a mini energy healing session from 4 to 6 p.m., May 17, at Blooming Orchid Wellness Center in Detroit.

Taylor assists people using integrative energy balancing methods, including the Yuen Method, meditation and Reiki, to support restorative and harmonious outcomes. She has studied various healing modalities including indigenous healing traditions as well as spiritual traditions.

Taylor’s life experiences and inner seeking have directed her into the healing arts and believes that “life continues to unfold and offer lessons and opportunities for growth.”

She uses her background as an event director to produce healing arts festivals and promote neighborhood initiatives within communities.

Blooming Orchid Wellness Center offers massage therapy as well as health networking and education. Owner and Certified Massage Therapist Laura Montalto tailors each massage session to the client’s needs, with a specialty in deep tissue, myofascial release and trigger point release therapies.

Cost: $35/mini; $75/balancing and healing. Location: 1386 Pine St., Detroit.

For more information, call 619-852-5773, email SuiteBrigitte@gmail.com or visit SuiteManifestation.com.

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he third annual Tour de Troit event, Cycle Into Spring, will take place at 9 a.m., May 10, starting at the banks of the Detroit River at Maheras-Gentry Park in Detroit. The 20-mile police escorted cycling event, held in collaboration with the Detroit Eastside Community Collaborative, will support the development of the final two mile stretch of the nine miles of cycling infrastructure that constitute the Conner Creek Greenway, connecting eastside residents and visitors to the Detroit River.

“We’re thrilled to be able to bring back this amazing event,” said Tour de Troit Co-Director Kelli Kavanaugh. “We truly believe that putting on this ride in partnership with the Detroit Eastside Community Collaborative is such a fulfilling way to improve our community and help fund an amazing green space for everyone to enjoy.”

The Conner Creek Greenway is part of a larger vision in Southeast Michigan with a goal to create a regional, linked greenway network between neighborhoods, cities and counties and the Detroit River.

The mission of the Tour de Troit is to promote and encourage bicycling and bicycle safety through education, public events, collaboration with community and government organizations and support for nonmotorized infrastructure. The group produces events throughout the year that promote a healthy lifestyle and the city of Detroit.

Cost: $25/ride; $35/ride and lunch; $15/lunch. Location: Maheras-Gentry Park, 12550 Avondale, Detroit. To register or for more information, visit Tour-de-Troit.org.

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Join Chiropractic doctor Philip Hoehn and Dr. Susan Lawton as they share their expert insight and knowledge on how doTERRA essential oils can benefit health and well-being. Dr. Hoehn will discuss essential oils at two classes: The first class is scheduled at 6:30p.m., May 6, at the Carl Sandburg Library in Livonia; and the second is at 6:30 p.m., May 20, at Dr. Timothy Robinson and Associates chiropractic clinic in Livonia.

Dr. Lawton will present an advanced oil class at 7 p.m., May 13, at the Livonia Civic Park Senior Center.

Hoehn, a practicing chiropractor in Livonia for more than 30 years, uses a proactive approach to health by helping patients improve their overall wellbeing in an effort to reduce the risk of pain and illness in the first place.

Lawton is a clinical psychologist and biochemist with more than 40 years of clinical experience and expertise in essential oils.

Cost: Free. Locations: Carl Sandburg Library, 30100 Seven Mile Rd. W., Livonia; Livonia Civic Park Senior Center, 15218 Farmington Rd., Livonia; Timothy Robinson, DC, 32600 Five Mile Rd. #1, Livonia. For more information, call 734425-3940 or visit DrPhilChiroLivonia.com.

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newsbriefs Interior Designer Demonstrates How to Carve a Personalized Space Out of Nothing

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ivonia Yoga Center is hosting the workshop, Creating Your Own Space, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., May 18. Interior Designer Judy Latcha of the Latcha Design Group will discuss how to develop a peaceful, relaxing and rejuvenating area from existing space with little money.

“Everyone needs a special place to just sit and think, read a book or write in a journal, be alone with their own thoughts and a little place of privacy,” says Latcha. “Creating a personal escape space does not have to involve a lot of money or talent or even a lot of space.

Just a little thought and maybe some guidance from an outsider is needed.”

Bringing photos of the space is recommended for a quick, one-on-one consultation. Latcha Design Group assists in space planning, design and furnishings for residential and commercial projects ranging from small to large, renovations and new construction.

Cost: Free. Location: 19159 Merriman Rd., Livonia. For more information, call 313881-5655 or visit Facebook.com/LatchaDesignGroup.

Taylor Yoga Hosts Henna Party

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njoy a girl’s night out at Taylor Yoga featuring yoga, dinner and Henna tattoos, beginning at 5:30 p.m., May 14.

No prior yoga experience is necessary to participate.

Connie Fedel, owner of Taylor Yoga, and her staff help students find health and healing from within themselves through the discipline of yoga. The studio offers classes in pilates, belly dancing and a variety of hatha yoga classes, including Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Anusara, Yin and Yang, suitable for students of all levels.

Cost: $35. Location: 8935 Telegraph Rd., Taylor. To register or for more information, call 313-292-9642 or visit TaylorYoga.com.

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newsbriefs Aaron Scott Opens Team83elite Athletics Fitness Facility

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aron Scott has opened Team83elite Athletics, a strength and conditioning fitness facility, at 1600 Clay in the Russell Industrial Center in Detroit.

Team83elite Athletics offers personal and small group training and fitness classes that include a full body workout.

“My focus is to be a team with my clients to help them reach their goals through proper training and nutrition. I understand every individual has their personal goals, and my job is to help you reach them physically and mentally,” says Scott.

Scott’s personal struggles with weight and health directed him into a lifestyle of fitness and says, “I once struggled with walking around the block. I have a strong passion to help those who truly want to be helped.”

Classes are held 7:30 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays; 5:30 a.m., Tuesdays and Fridays; 9 a.m., Saturdays.

Location: 1600 Clay, Detroit. For more information, call 313-587-4137, email Team83Elite@yahoo.com or Facebook.com/Team83Elite-Athletics.

St. Paul of the Cross Rekindle the Spirit Institute and Personal Enrichment Programs May 17 9:00am – 1:00pm

Rouge River Clean-Up Day All Volunteers welcomed… lunch provided

May 28 Noon-5:00pm

6th Annual Nursing Open House Celebration Free Event to All Healthcare Professionals Seminars at 2:00pm; 4:00pm

May 30 – June 1

Christian Meditation: An Awakened Life Friday arrival between 4-6:00pm Sunday departure around 1:30pm $250 includes 2 nights lodging, 6 meals and Conference

June 14 8:30am – 4:30pm Transition Points of Grief & Change

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In a recent study published in the journal Midwifery Today, 40 of 48 women between ages 28 and 42 that underwent two or more sessions of Merciér Therapy achieved pregnancy within the first year; 32 of those used the method alone (no other artificial fertilization/insemination techniques). The four-year study was presented at the 2013 World Congress of Low Back and Pelvic Pain.

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Drinking Cow’s Milk While Nursing Linked to Infant Eczema

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Researchers from Bangkok’s Mahidol University assembled the mothers and infants into two groups. Mothers in one group drank cow’s milk during the first four months of breastfeeding; the control group did not. Eight of the children with mothers drinking cow’s milk had skin allergies, versus two of the children in the control group. All of the mothers exclusively breastfed their infants throughout this period.

An earlier study published in the British Medical Journal followed 124 mothers, 97 of which breastfed their babies. Of those that breastfed, 48 drank no milk or other dairy products and 49 drank milk. Infants in the milkdrinking group experienced 21 cases of eczema, while the no-milk group had only 11 cases. Overall, between the breastfed and non-breastfed infants, the breastfed infants had lower incidences of eczema regardless of the mother’s diet.

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Healthy Homemade Infant Food Reduces Kids’ Allergies

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study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology reports that infants that were fed more homemade foods comprising a higher percentage of fruits and vegetables were less likely to develop food allergies. In assessing youngsters of the same age, researchers from the University of Southampton Medical College, in the UK, followed 41 children that had developed food allergies by the age of 2, alongside 82 non-allergic infants. After tracking the toddlers’ diets with food diaries and conducting allergy testing, the researchers found that infants fed more of the healthier homemade diet had a significantly lower incidence of food allergies as toddlers.

Vitamin D No Help for Bone Mass or Hip Fractures

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niversity of Pittsburgh researchers that followed 29,862 women for 11 years have found that supplementing calcium with vitamin D does not reduce hip fractures. The study, published in the Journal of Women’s Health, found that women taking calcium plus vitamin D had as many hip fractures as women taking a placebo. Women supplementing with more than 600 international units (IU) of vitamin D per day also had a 28 percent higher incidence of breast cancer.

Because hip fractures are linked to a reduction in bone density, these findings are compounded by a review of research published in The Lancet, which established that vitamin D supplements typically taken with calcium did not increase bone density among elderly adults. The review analyzed 23 studies among 4,082 participants, 92 percent of whom were women.

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Antibacterial Soaps Could Pose Health Risks

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he Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is challenging manufacturers of antibacterial soaps to prove that their products do more good than harm. The agency says that there is no evidence that these soaps are more effective at preventing illness than washing with plain soap and water.

Long-term exposure to triclosan and triclocarban, active ingredients in liquid and bar soaps, “could pose health risks, such as bacterial resistance or hormonal effects,” according to an FDA statement released in December.

“New research, coupled with the widespread daily use of these products, prompted the agency to take action,” says Melissa Sargent, environmental health educator of LocalMotionGreen at the Ecology Center in Detroit, one of the region’s leading environmental health organizations.

The agency proposed that companies must do one of three things: provide data to support their claims, remove the antibacterial ingredients, or remove the antibacterial claim from the product’s label. The proposed rule also changes how the agency will test antibacterial soaps for their effectiveness and require proof of a clinical benefit over washing with non-antibacterial soap.

“Plain soap and water and rubbing your hands together under running water for 20 to 30 seconds work by removing germs instead of killing them,” says Sargent. According to the FDA announcement, hand-washing is one of the most important steps people can take to avoid getting sick and to prevent spreading germs to others.

The proposed rule does not affect hand sanitizers, wipes or antibacterial products used in health care settings.

The FDA welcomes public comment through June 16 at Regulations.gov.

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Raw and Live Foods Lifestyle: The Journey to Transforming Health

by Joyce Oliveto

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he choices we make clearly determine the quality of our lives. If one chooses to walk the path to vibrant health, ageless beauty and youthfulness, the reality is it will benefit both them and their family for generations to come. This happens because as a person changes, such as feeling the positive effects of a lifestyle modification, it affects people around them, including family, friends, co-workers and even acquaintances. By our example we become teachers for those close to us.

To begin the journey to a lifestyle transformation to wellness, look at it as a step-by-step process that can be exciting and fun. Taking responsibility for one’s life on every level involves working with the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of their being. This includes nourishing the body with quality nutrition and clean, pure water as well as incorporating healthy practices such as exercise, prayer, meditation and yoga. Changes on one area of the body directly affect other areas. A body that is nutritionally and chemically balanced, free of toxins and properly fed with live foods rich with life force, moves toward regeneration and rejuvenation, not degeneration and disease.

Eating foods that are heavy and hard to digest (dense) lowers the body’s vibration, resulting in slower movement and thinking. Feeding the body with easy-to-digest nourishment, such as raw juices, living foods, blended foods and fresh fruits and vegetables, brings a rise in consciousness. The mind becomes clearer and a feeling of well-being is evident in many areas of the individual’s life.

What better motivation could a person have to make the choice to take responsibility for their life and health? Oh yes, rejuvenation of cells and tissues in our bodies.

Physicians and researchers have been studying the relationship between enzymes and health and aging as far back as the 1920s. For every one of the more than 150,000 biochemical reactions occurring daily in the human body, an enzyme provides the spark. Energy, mental clarity, healing and health restoring processes, and the ability of vital organs to function properly all depend on enzymes.

Studies show that enzyme deficiencies, especially enzyme deficiencies within foods, promote premature aging and disease and that enzyme-rich diets promote good health. Eating enzyme-deficient foods forces the body to draw on its internal storehouse of enzymes for digestion. The enzyme bank starts to dwindle, and the ability of the digestive and eliminative organs may begin to weaken. When the body is provided with many outside sources, such as raw foods and live foods, raw juices and enzyme supplements, the body can use its own enzymes to maintain health and help.

Uncooked food is naturally enzyme rich, which assists the body in the digestive process. The natural enzymatic activity of food is destroyed around 110 to 118 degrees.

Since the majority of food in the modern American diet is cooked and/or processed, it is wise to add enzyme-rich foods and enzyme supplementation to the daily diet. Living foods are a wonderful source of enzymes and easy to digest nourishment. People who eat mostly raw and living foods enjoy very high levels of energy.

Transitioning Into a Living Foods Lifestyle Degeneration and disease, or regeneration and rejuvenation.

This is a choice every person can make. Choosing regeneration and rejuvenation can be a wonderful journey, filled with fun and excitement. It will affect a person’s life on every level in the most positive ways. Understanding the fundamentals of making this transition helps to relieve feelings of frustration and discouragement.

It takes time for permanent lifestyle and dietary habits to change. This incredible journey is a personal one that is different for each individual. State of mind, state of health, diet and lifestyle all play roles in how a person makes the transition into achieving vibrant health. It is

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pushed Teague to take a leap of faith—close her psychotherapy practice and enroll in a filmmaking class.

Teague recognizes that a deeper wisdom activated her response. She observes, “The individuals I was counseling about their restless desire for something better mirrored my own discontent, and my restlessness was an emotional response to what was emerging.

“Today, I no longer concern myself with making the right decision. I trust that whatever the circumstances are, I need to listen, observe and reflect, because ‘now’ contains information for my next step,” she advises.

Amanda Owen, counselor, coach and author of Born to Receive: 7 Powerful Steps Women Can Take Today to Reclaim Their Half of the Universe, has studied the state of receptivity that Teague references. Owen explains, “Receiving is a dynamic and productive state. When the body is relaxed and the mind and nervous system are calm, we become receptive and can feel and intuit subtle information contained in the energy received from external and internal environments.

“Our parasympathetic nervous system is engaged when we’re in this listening state. In contrast, rushing through the

Trust Your Intuition Listen to that Still, Small Voice and Let it Lead You

by Linda Sechrist

What if you could consistently tap into answers to life’s problems when you need them, knowing deep down that you are on the right track and that the decisions and choices you are making are the correct ones?

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ur body is a wellspring of priceless wisdom. Yet heeding our innate voice seems constantly tested as society distracts us with the busy acquisition of external knowledge and rewards more visible work. Those used to focusing outwardly over-stimulate their five senses and so tend to disconnect from their body’s deep innate intelligence—our sixth sense, also known as intuition.

The resulting joylessness, discontent, isolation, depression and illness have sent millions in search of a real solution that discerning experts believe already exists within. Our ultimate guide to the fountain of personal health and happiness, they believe, could well be our own intuition.

Changing Directions

For years, Katie Teague, producer of the documentary film, Money & Life, lived with the consequence of sublimating her intuitive impulse. “I felt a restless itch in my soul,” relates Teague, who intuited that life was prompting her to change careers so she could use her talents in a more meaningful way.

The vision of her 94-year-old self lying on her deathbed and faced with the question, “What are you not saying yes to?”

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day engages our ‘fight-or-flight’ sympathetic nervous system.

Busyness and mind chatter drowns out the valuable information that intuition provides,” Owen notes.

An intuitive energy therapist, Marilyn Eppolite strongly relies on intuitive guidance in her southern New Jersey practice, believing it emanates from her body’s intelligence. “I listen and it’s always present,” she says. Eppolite shares an example of a time she received a clear image and perceived the bodily sensations of a grieving small child from a female client that a psychotherapist had referred. “When I described what I was sensing, her tears flowed and she also connected to the feeling,” she says. “It provided the needed breakthrough she needed to access her feelings and move forward in therapy.”

Eppolite is keenly aware when roadblocks—busyness, willfulness and a fearful, restless mind—create interference.

“These feed each other and can rarely be separated. I can’t hear or feel my intuition when my energy and attention are willfully directed outward,” she observes.

Abandoning the drive for personal control and surrendering to stillness is how Eppolite signals her body’s intelligence that she’s ready for whispers of guidance. “I sense that surrender as strength and trust that the information received is for my greatest good, even if I don’t fully understand it,” she remarks.

“Discernment is necessary because deep wisdom frequently comes in segments that I must piece together and put into action before more of it bubbles up from within.”

The teachings of Yogeshwari Kamini Desai, Ph.D., combine Western psychology and Eastern philosophy. As the director of education and lead teacher of the Amrit Method of Yoga, at the facility in Silver Springs, Florida, Desai instructs on listening to the voice of intuition identified as prana in yogic tradition, which she characterizes as “the energy that enlivens and carries out all balancing and life-giving processes in nature.

“It speaks through the body as sensations, impulses and urges,” she says. “This ‘inner divining rod’ informs us what feelings, thoughts and actions are moving us into alignment with our source and what is moving us out of alignment.”

Quieting the mind and strengthening the directives of prana through meditation, yoga and being in nature moves us away from what we tell ourselves and back to directly responding to its promptings. “Absorbed in the present moment and bodily sensations, we connect with inner guidance,” explains Desai. “With practice, our mind becomes a servant to inner intelligence. It can both direct our lives and make us sensitive to early symptoms suggesting oncoming illness,” she adds.

“There is growing interest in energy medicine and developing a deeper connection to the body’s intelligence through yoga and energy practices like qigong and tai chi because people are tired of taking medications that don’t heal the root cause of health problems,” comments Dr. Sue Morter, founder of Morter Health Center, near Indianapolis, Indiana, and the healing phenomenon she terms Energy Codes.

A regular practice of any one of these disciplines expands sensory function to encompass internal recognition and referencing of subtle information.

Morter teaches how to awaken gut feelings, personal power and self-love to restore wholeness left behind in pursuit of external sources of happiness. “Participants learn to trust their gut more than the opinions of others, which turns up the volume on the whispers of intuition,” she explains.

After Pat Hall, a therapeutic bodyworker in Augusta, Georgia, read Jill Bolte Taylor’s My Stroke of Insight, she was certain a habit of listening to mental chatter interfered with feeling and interpreting her body’s helpful promptings.

“Jill’s experience of her body as energy and her mind as silent when the left lobe of her brain shut down due to a stroke was my ‘Aha!’ moment,” says Hall. For her, heeding inner guidance took practice and a commitment to dismantling reactive thought patterns and habits, plus discerning between intuition and distracting chatter.

“Mind chatter generally creates fear, negativity and pressure to do something,” she explains. “Intuitive guidance is gentle, expansive and undemanding.”

Hall believes in the Buddhist concept

that mindfulness of the body allows us to love fully. She finds, “It brings healing, wisdom and freedom.”

She relates how she is led to direct a client’s attention to their own body’s

Fearlessly following our intuition frees us to fully live an authentic and satisfying life. intuition, which works best when she is following her instincts, rather than thinking. “After one session, my client, who had been silently experiencing numerous feelings in her stomach, asked me why I had touched her abdomen. I was just intuitively led to that part of her body.”

Dr. Mona Lisa Schulz, also a Ph.D., medical intuitive and co-author of All is Well, notes that everyone has a connection to intuition. “We get a gut feeling and sadness in our heart from our inner intelligence that we don’t know what to do with. While some individuals consult a practitioner, others listen to their body’s intuitive language and reflect on their insights and dreams—the language of soul,” says Schulz. “Intuition can speak softly through symptoms,” she observes. “Eventually, when disregarded, it can become a full-blown illness.”

Biochemist and author of Secrets of Our Cells: Discovering Your Body’s Inner Intelligence, Sondra Barrett, Ph.D., is awed by the body’s cellular intel-

ligence. “Our cells are invisible, so we don’t think of ourselves as cellular beings.

However, a deeper understanding of our constitution and that our cells speak to each other and collaborate harmoniously could inspire us to befriend our body’s intelligence for life,” she says. “We might shift from wanting to fix an ache or pain to understanding that our cells are warning us of something.”

Sonia Choquette, a global consultant who recommends we rely on our sixth sense as our first sense, has authored several books on intuition. She finds, “With intuition, we have a personal compass and an ally in discerning what is authentic and true for us so that we won’t be tugged and pulled in different directions when we make decisions.”

Laurie McCammon, co-author of Enough: The Rise of the Feminine and the Birth of the New Story, was relaxing and reflecting with two friends when intuition graced her with a message of information-laden energy: “I am enough. We are enough. I have enough. We have enough.

Enough!” The experience inspired them to collaborate on an e-book celebrating the grassroots groundswell toward a major shift in the world. “I believe intuition is an aspect of The Grand Plan, which always moves us toward greater expansion, inclusion and an ever more mature and loving response to life,” says McCammon.

Ute Arnold, founder, director and teacher of the Unergi School of Body-Psychotherapy, in Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania, describes several physical signatures of body intelligence that can foster improved self-care. “You feel more expansive, available and receptive—with a sense of a longer spine, a wider and deeper body and feet rooted in the Earth’s powerful energy,” explains the author of Touchback: A Self-Healing Journey with Body, Art and Nature, who also has a master’s degree in fine arts.

“Expanded into a condition of soft relaxation, your mind stops talking; you enter a mind-body state of energetic receptive listening, where emotional intelligence is accessible.

“These feelings and sensations are indicative of wholeness. From it, we have access to the eternal place of the fully healed soul, which whispers intuitively, nudging us toward what can heal our life, body and mind.”

Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings. Visit ItsAllAboutWe. com for the recorded interviews.

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10 Reasons Why Women Should Strength Train

by Hedy Schulte

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tudies continue to demonstrate the many benefits of women strength training, yet less than 20 percent of adult females incorporate this type of training into their regular exercise regimen, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Experts interviewed agree a common misperception among women is they will bulk up from strength training.

“Strength training allows women to sculpt their body in a way that they will develop long, lean muscles, not large, bulky muscles,” says Curtis Fennell, certified personal trainer and exercise physiology Ph.D. student at Kent State University in Ohio. “Although some women may, most do not produce enough testosterone to build large muscles on their body,” adds Fennell.

Here are 10 top reasons why women should strength train: 1. Burn more calories

Heavy and/or high-intensity weight training causes an increase in metabolic rate for up to 48 hours, according to Fennell.

When the muscle is damaged, the body must work harder to repair the tissues.

Additionally, when resistance training is performed properly, excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC), which is an increase in the rate of oxygen intake due to the oxygen deficit created during strenuous exercise, increases metabolic rate. It also takes more energy for the body to maintain muscle mass than fat mass, which means more calories are burned at rest. Generally, one pound of lean muscle mass, which includes organs, bones, skin and other tissues not categorized as fat mass, burns four-and-a-half to seven calories per day, while one pound of body fat uses about two calories per day, according to the American Council on Exercise.

2. Lose body fat

“Increasing muscle mass through strength training helps to reduce body fat,” says Dr. Sharon Oliver, practicing medical doctor as well as holistic physician, of Integrative Medicine Institute in Detroit. Without strength training, women lose about five pounds of muscle mass every decade of adult life.

“This decrease in muscle can result in a higher percentage of body fat that also slows our metabolism,” adds Oliver.

Calories previously used by muscle tissue are routed into fat storage. A study of 700 women conducted by Wayne L. Westcott, Ph.D., fitness research director at South Shore

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YMCA in Massachusetts and author of several fitness books, found, on average, the women added nearly two pounds of muscle, lost four pounds of fat and increased muscle strength 40 percent after two months performing a combination of strength training and aerobic activity two to three times a week.

3. Decrease risk of osteoporosis

Studies with senior women who strength train have shown significant gains in bone mineral density. “Strength training has a large effect on bone density,” says Dr. Art Niederkohr, chiropractor and scoliosis expert of Anchor Bay Spine Center in New Baltimore. “Your bones work on the supply and demand principle. If you do not put demand on your bone, such as being inactive, the bone will have no reason to increase bone density. If you put demands on your bones, such as weight training, the body will respond over time by making the bone more dense because of the load placed on the bones,” explains Niederkohr.

4. Combat age-related muscle loss

Muscles grow in size and strength until age 30.

After age 30, sacropenia, or the loss of skeletal muscle strength and mass, can start. “People who are physically inactive can lose as much as 3 to 6 pounds of their muscle mass per decade after age 30,” says Niederkohr. This condition typically accelerates around age 75, although it may happen in people younger at age 65 or older at age 80, and is a factor in the occurrence of frailty and the likelihood of falls and factures in older adults. The loss of lean muscle mass is largely responsible for the 2 to 3 percent per decade drop in metabolic rate. Studies have shown that resistance training can increase muscle mass and strength even in elderly people.

5. Reduce risk of heart disease and diabetes

Research conducted by the University of Maryland showed a 23 percent improvement in glucose metabolism after four months of strength training. “When you exercise a muscle, as you do with resistance training, you almost immediately increase its insulin sensitivity,” says Dr. Michael E. Schulte, cardiologist at Traverse Heart & Vascular in Traverse City.

“Simply walking is a fine exercise, however, it does not reach the bulk of the muscles in the body in a way that you can with resistance training. With improved insulin sensitivity,

you will raise your good cholesterol, lower your triglycerides, lower blood pressure and potentially reduce the chance of future diabetes,” explains Schulte.

6. Help prevent injury

“Functional strength training can increase your mobility, balance and decrease the likelihood of falls and injury,” says Niederkohr. This can make the difference between living independently and dependently.

Niederkohr says pregnancy takes a toll on a woman’s body, especially the lower back, and keeping the back strong and flexible is important to avoid injury. He recommends patients stretch the hamstrings, strengthen the calf muscles and perform bodyweight core strengthening exercises. Additionally, strength training increases focus, improves mental clarity and bolsters attention span, all which can help reduce risk of injury, notes Oliver.

7. Increase strength

Women can increase strength by 30 to 50 percent after three to six months of working out, according to the American College of Sports Medicine. This is especially important for older women so that they are better able to carry out everyday activities independently.

Strength training can enhance physical abilities, making daily tasks easier, including carrying groceries and picking up children.

8. Improve self-esteem

Only 4 percent of women around the world consider themselves beautiful, according to a survey by wash brand Dove, which started a campaign 10 years ago to boost the self-esteem of women. Resistance training gives definition to muscles and a more toned body which can help boost confidence and self-esteem.

9. Sleep more soundly

Exercise can improve sleep. Research shows that physically active people have healthy sleep patterns and a lower risk for sleep apnea. Depression and anxiety can be major causes of insomnia; eight to 10 weeks of regular resistance training has shown

a 30 percent improvement in sleep in depressed persons with sleep disorders.

10. Improve mood and fight depression

Exercise pumps up the body’s production and release of chemicals called endorphins that reduce pain and trigger a positive feeling. Studies documented in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine demonstrated that moderate-intensity resistance training can help reduce stress and ward off feelings of anxiety. A Duke University study of people suffering from depression for four months found that 60 percent of the participants who strength trained four times a week for 40 minutes overcame their depression without using antidepressant medication – the same percentage rate

as those who used only medication in their treatment.

It’s never too late to start strength training. Studies show that strength training improvements are possible at any age, including women in their 70s and 80s.

For women just beginning a strength training program, Fennell suggests reading the book, The New Rules of Lifting for Women, by authors Lou Schuler, Cassandra Forsythe and Alwyn Cosgrove. It is always recommended that women first consult with their health care provider and fitness and nutrition experts before starting an exercise program.

Hedy Schulte is a freelance writer for Natural Awakenings-Detroit. Connect with her at HMSchulte@comcast.net.

Proper Nutrition for Strength Training Eating the right foods before and after a workout can maximize the benefits achieved.

Celeste Tyson, registered dietitian, metabolic specialist and certified personal trainer at Xtreme Fitness in Chesterfield, suggests the following dietary guidelines for women strength training.

Pre Workout Eat a meal or snack consisting of 15-25 grams of protein, 15-45 grams of carbohydrates and 0-10 grams of fat. Fat can be increased to 25 percent of caloric intake for long workout sessions that also include cardio or endurance training to help sustain energy level. Allow 30 minutes to two hours for digestion and time for the body to utilize food for energy; one to two hours for a heavy meal high in fat. Sample meals consist of a protein shake with ½ cup fruit or small banana and 1-2 tsp peanut butter; or ½ cup cooked oatmeal with ½ cup egg whites cooked in 1-2 tsp coconut oil. For quick, fast energy, Tyson suggests using less complex carbohydrates and instead use concentrated juices, fruit mixes, Gatorade or dried fruit.

Post Workout “After a workout it is very important to replenish any electrolyte losses, repair the working muscles with protein and restore muscle/liver glycogen losses, if needed,” advises Tyson. Protein powders using 15-30 grams whey isolate/concentrate or egg whites can be used for quick and easy post workout meals. Shakes can be mixed with 15-30 grams of carbohydrates in the form of 3-6 oz juice, a small banana or ½ cup to 1 cup fresh fruit. Eating fat sources immediately following a workout can slow down the digestion of the protein and carbohydrates. Tyson says 15 to 45 minutes post workout is the ideal time to consume a snack or meal. “Allowing the body to return to a normal resting heart rate ensures proper digestion,” explains Tyson. “Replenishing the body within the hour, every hour to two hours post helps the worked muscles recover promptly and fully, and ensures maximized benefits from strength training.”

Tyson recommends eating frequent, small and macronutrient balanced meals so the food is used for energy and not stored as fat. She says a common misconception among women is that eating fats and carbohydrates will make them gain weight.

Eating any particular food in excess at one time is what makes a person fat, notes Tyson.

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Pain-Free Pooch Five Natural Therapies that Work

by Jennifer Kachnic

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he truth is that arthritis and muscle or joint injuries are just as uncomfortable for dogs as they are for us, and many canine illnesses generate significant pain. While conventional medications can ease discomfort, they’re not the only or even the best options in many cases.

Alternative therapies can be helpful in managing and relieving pain and work best as part of a whole body wellness program designed for a dog’s individual needs. To that end, always consult with an integrative veterinarian before starting any new treatment. Together, practitioner and owner will note that some of the following modalities may be contraindicated in some situations—for example, massage should never be performed on or near a tumor.

Canine Massage: Dogs love massage because they crave being touched.

Physical contact from another being provides a calming effect and brings comfort. Skin, the largest sense organ in the body, is loaded with sensory receptors and nerve endings that register touch, temperature and pain, and send information to the brain. Massage therapy relaxes muscles and also stimulates endorphins, increases circulation, elevates oxygen

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levels, flushes toxins, helps with inflammation, strengthens the immune system and accelerates healing. All of these benefits can contribute to effective pain management.

Acupuncture and Acupressure: Both of these time-honored modalities are based on the concept of keeping vital energy flowing through the body and seek to stimulate key points along the energy meridians beneath the skin. Acupuncture involves the insertion of small needles at these points, while acupressure uses fingers to apply pressure to the same points. Both modalities are widely known to assist in managing pain and anxiety.

Energy Healing: Here, the practitioner improves the flow of energy in an animal’s body using a range of gentle and powerful natural therapies. During a treatment, the trained healer sends subtle energy through the hands to promote physical and emotional balance and healing. While conventional medicine follows the belief that treatments for disease or injury must be strictly biological, energy medicine works to restore the patient’s health by treating the mind, body and spirit in nonphysical ways. Energy healing modalities available for dogs include Reiki, qigong, Healing Touch and

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Tellington Touch.

Cold Laser Therapy: Developed more than 20 years ago, cold laser therapy has become a popular alternative treatment around the world for aches and pains in dogs. It directs highly concentrated coherent light waves to muscles, tissues and organs, reducing inflammation and muscle spasms. It’s also applied to disc and other spine-related issues.

Low-level cold laser therapy is painless, noninvasive and takes only minutes. The effects are similar to those provided by non-steroidal medications, with negligible negative side effects.

Hydrotherapy: The benefits of swimming are renowned. When dogs swim, they feel a resistance to movement, which makes a vigorous five-minute swim virtually equivalent in energy expended to a five-mile run. Some dogs like swimming even better than running.

Hydrotherapy, which includes exercise on an underwater treadmill combined with swimming, is particularly helpful.

The effect on senior dogs is especially dramatic, affording them a painless and enjoyable way to move about and exercise. Water’s natural buoyancy supports the dog, lessens stress on joints, facilitates greater movement and provides a safe and healthful form of exercise for those suffering injuries, disease or pain.

The best choice of therapies for an individual animal will depend on the dog’s condition and recommendations by the family veterinarian. Selected and practiced properly, these complementary modalities can make a major impact in a canine’s physical and emotional wellbeing, while minimizing or even eliminating the need for medications.

Jennifer Kachnic is the author of Your Dog’s Golden Years: Manual for Senior Dog Care Including Natural Remedies and Complementary Options. She is a certified canine massage therapist, animal Reiki practitioner and certified therapy dog handler with the American Humane Association. Learn more about this president of The Grey Muzzle Organization at GreyMuzzle.org.

Thur, May 1

“Ice Cream Social” – (5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29).

7-9pm. Bring your dog in for a Yoghund Frozen Yogurt treat. Socialize and play! $2 & human treat is free. Bow Wow Baktique, 21035 Mack, Grosse Pointe Woods. 313-469-7204.

Fri, May 2,

Low-Cost Vaccine & Microchipping Clinic for Pets – 4:30-7:30pm. Protect your pets from illness even in this economy! Top quality vaccines, heartworm meds, and flea and tick preventatives for dogs and cats at low prices. Microchips available for $25. Nail trims available for $5. Clinic brought to you by Basil’s Buddies. Check online for prices.

Tiny Paws Grooming, 13498 Dix Rd, Southgate.

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Sat, May, 10

Mutt Strut & Pet Expo – 9am-3pm. Pledge-driven dog walk and community-wide animal celebration with events, vendors and more. Ford Field Park, Brady and Garrison, Dearborn. 313-943-2697.

Westland Petco Meet and Greet – 8am. Petco, 35725 Warren, Westland. Like21af02@yahoo.com.

Sun, Mat 11

Allen Park Petco Meet and Greet for Prison Dogs – 12pm. Petco, 23155 Outer Drive, Allen Park. tgie@adoptagreyhound.org.

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Pet Food Bank – 3-5:30pm. 2 Wed. of every month. Bring proof of your animals which you are seeking assistance for. See website for requirements.

Please do not bring animals to this visit. Trenton/ Woodhaven Animal Shelter, 21860 Van Horn Rd, Woodhaven. 734-926-1098. nd

Fri, May 16

2014 Greyhound Event of 2014 – (5/17, 5/18).

Join the Greyhounds of Michigan for a weekend of training, vendors and fun for the entire family.

Cost varies on amount of participation. The Holiday Inn & Conf. Cen. Livonia, 17123 Laurel Park Place North, Livonia. 877-GEM-DOGS.

Sat, May 17

Bowling Fundraiser – 7-10pm. Join The Emergency Animal Relief Foundation’s bowling event for a night of fun! Plus, there will be a raffle with great prizes. $25 includes 3 games of bowling, shoes, pop & pizza. Bowl One Lanes, 1639 E 14 Mile Rd, Troy. 248-334-6877x279.

Sat, May 24

Dog Bowl – (5/25). All day. Join the fun at the nation’s largest Olympic style event for dogs!

Competitions, races, agility courses, demos, entertainment and more for the entire family.

Hot air balloons. 925 S. Main St, Frankenmuth.

DogBowlFun.com, 1-800-600-0105

Sat, May 17

savethedate 35th Annual Walk & Wag and Run – 8am-1pm. Humane Society of Huron Valley’s family fun day. Get sponsors & bring your dog for the 5K run or 1-mile fun walk and more. $50 min. participation donation requested for runner . Rolling Hills Park, 7660 Stony Creek Rd, Ypsilanti.

734-662-5585.

Family Fun Dog Bowl Event Returns to Frankenmuth

he eighth annual Dog Bowl, the T Nation’s largest Olympic-style event for dogs, is set to take place May 24 and

25 at the Frankenmuth River Place Shops in Frankenmuth.

This high energy event showcases dogs running, jumping, diving and retrieving in competitions including best costume contest, wiener dog races, Dock Dogs competition, disc dog competition and much more. In all, there are 21 fun dog events, 18 events for pets to join, 30 hot air balloons, six balloon flights and three balloon glow events. Dog Bowl 2014 king and queen award entries will be accepted until May 13.

Nearly 40,000 people attend the family-friendly dog event and hot-air balloon show.

Cost: Free. Location: 925 South Main St., Unit D-2, Frankenmuth. For more information, including a description of each event and registration information, visit dogfunfest.com. natural awakenings

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Whoa! to Limitations Therapeutic Horseback Riding Strengthens Kids

by Cyndee Woolley

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ach “Zachman” Aldridge was born healthy, but at just 10 weeks, he was hospitalized at the hands of his birth father. Suffering from a brain aneurism, partial paralysis and multiple broken bones from shaken baby syndrome, Zach’s mother, Rebekah, was told that he might live for a year.

Rebekah’s hope for a miracle was granted as her son’s life extended into weeks, months and years. Yet, at 4, the effects of the injury still prevented Zach from walking or talking like other children.

“While some people are resigned to leave special children like Zach confined to a wheelchair, therapeutic horseback riding gives them more options and improves their quality of life,” advises Kim Minarich, execu-

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tive director of Southwest Florida’s nonprofit Naples Equestrian Challenge therapeutic riding program. A medical examination ensures a child is qualified for safe participation.

During his first lessons, riding instructors had to prop up Zach’s head using “boppy pillows”. However, after just a few months, the Aldridge family saw dramatic improvements as the boy began speaking and telling his horse to “trot on.”

Next, Zach began walking, a surprise to all. His growing strength had worked to overcome the paralysis and the gentle rocking motion of his therapeutic riding sessions gently pushed his displaced hip back into place, ultimately enabling him to take steps on his own.

Zach’s achievements are not unique. Life-changing milestones like

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this are common occurrences at the 850 nationwide therapeutic riding centers registered with the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship (PATH) International.

Now in its 21st year, Dream Catchers, at the Cori Sikich Therapeutic Riding Center, in Toano, Virginia, is one such center celebrating its many success stories. Kendall Lecker, a PATH International-certified advanced instructor, describes the rapid progress of a new 6-year-old student living with autism as illustration.

In his first session, he slumped over in the saddle and struggled to hold himself up; by his third session, he was sitting up straight and confidently giving commands to his horse.

“Often, our riders start with insufficient core strength and may not be able to hold themselves upright, something the average person takes for granted.

But, in a relatively short time, most riders can see dramatic improvements,” says Lecker.

Both Naples Equestrian Challenge and Dream Catchers have achieved premier accreditation by demonstrating the highest levels of training, safety standards and quality controls in the industry developed to protect the riders, staff and volunteers. Feedback from approximately 56,000 participants nationwide, including nearly 41,000 under the age of 18, show that therapeutic horseback riding helps participants in five key areas:

Normalizes muscle tone. Riding a horse helps children of all abilities build core strength and exercise muscles that they may not be able to work from the confines of a wheelchair.

Increases flexibility and relaxation. The natural rhythm of a horse’s gait provides a relaxing effect on tense muscles and can gently rock joints back into place. It’s a unique therapeutic benefit not easily achieved through traditional physical therapy.

Improves coordination, balance and strength. Completing tasks like picking up an object, riding across the arena and placing it in a bucket helps riders develop hand/eye coordination.

The movements also help improve balance and strength.

Promotes spatial orientation and fine motor skills. Working side-by-side

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with their assigned volunteers and horses and reaching for objects from a different perspective than usual helps youths develop their spatial sense and fine motor skills.

Enhances self-esteem, self-confidence and self-control.

Riders are encouraged to give verbal commands to their horse during sessions, which effects a command of vocabulary and boosts confidence while they bond with the horse.

While the documented benefits are derived from personal testimonials rather than clinical studies, the positive results for children like Zach are indisputable. Meanwhile, therapeutic horseback riding is gaining increased acceptance in the medical community as more doctors are recommending this life-changing activity for their patients.

PATH International spokesperson Cher Smith says, “Our mission is to help certified centers provide safe access for all individuals living with special needs.”

For more information, visit PathIntl.org. Cyndee Woolley works as an advocate for therapeutic riding centers.

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Sacred Dance: Dance as a Spiritual Practice

by Heather Burcham

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ance has been used as a sacred art for centuries, having been an important part of rituals and celebrations in civilizations that predate recorded human history. Sacred dance is often defined as expressive movement in which connection to the divine is the intent. This form of dance can be prayerful, meditative or worshipful, and can be practiced alone or in connection with others in a group.

The important thing is that a mind, body and spirit connection is achieved through dance. Carla De Sola, highlyacclaimed pioneer in the modern sacred dance movement, writes in her book, The Spirit Moves: Handbook of Dance and Prayer, “All of life involves movement, and movement becomes dance when there is an inner life, a living spirit directing it… With this power, dance can lead us to the heart of reality.”

Today, Western sacred dance has been influenced by other cultural traditions including yoga, t’ai chi and Sufism. Sacred dance is an interfaith practice with countless subsets that reach every corner of the globe. One’s faith background does not matter— sacred dance is for everyone.

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“Dance to me is the way of understanding, of feeling a connection to the divine, of integrating life into my being such that every cell is present and engaged in being a divine presence on the planet,” shares Wendy Morrell, president of the Sacred Dance Guild, an international nonprofit organization that connects and engages sacred dancers from all over the world.

Not only can the practice of sacred dance bring a person closer to the divine on an individual experience level, but it can also connect people through the dance experience. The Sacred Dance Guild is a global sacred dance organization that invites people who practice sacred dance, or are interested in learning more, to join the group in order to connect with other sacred dancers online and in person at festivals and workshops.

“The Sacred Dance Guild is a ‘home’ for all who see dance as a sacred art and as a way of integrating mind, body and soul,” explains Morell.

“The Sacred Dance Guild is its own ‘village’ bringing together all types of individuals from different places and perspectives, but with one common understanding—dance is sacred, and

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dance is a wordless communication that melts hearts, creates compassion, provides collective and individual moments of joy, sorrow, peace and understanding. By saying nothing, it says everything. It transcends all languages, ages and cultures.”

Dance also has been shown to have medicinal benefits, promoting physical and emotional healing through movement. Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) is a widely-regarded treatment that promotes mental health and well-being. A study that appeared in Psychology Today showed that dance can reduce depression and anxiety .

Not only may dance lift your mood, but dance as a physical activity promotes physical fitness and health as well. Former U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjamin, advocates for the health benefits of dance by saying, “I love to dance, the exercise that is medicine. It’s better than most pills.”

The practice of sacred dance could benefit the mind, body and spirit in one movement, reducing mental and emotional stress, healing and improving the body, and connecting the spirit to the divine and to one another in the dance.

Upcoming Sacred Dance Classes in Metro Detroit in Ann Arbor. Based in Sufism, the dances are a spiritual practice that include circle dances rooted in many different faith traditions, all intended to facilitate connection and promote peace. There is a $5 requested donation. For more information contact Judy Trautman at JLTrautman@SBCGlobal. net.

The 2014 Praise and Worship Conference, Arming the Forces, will take place June 20 to 21, at the Detroit Marriott Southfield, in collaboration with the Christian Dance Fellowship USA-Midwest Region. Dance workshops and speakers will be scheduled throughout the conference. Visit cdfusa. org/events for conference details.

Join the Sacred Dance Guild for their monthly Sacred Dance Experience video series, where participants can join in festival-like classes and performances from the comfort of their own home.

The monthly Sacred Sundays series premieres May 4 and will continue the first Sunday of each month. Experience archived videos from the pilot series at Vimeo.com/SacredDanceGuild. Learn more about joining the Sacred Dance Guild at SacredDanceGuild.org.

The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church will gather in Detroit on June 14, and is seeking dancers to participate in the Presbytery of Detroit Liturgical Dance Ensemble to dance in the opening worship service at the assembly. Contact Judith Sheldon at 313-962-2924 or email FirstCircleInc@ SBCGlobal.net for more information.

Dance the International Dances of Universal Peace from 7 to 9 p.m., the first Friday of every month, at the Friends Meeting House on Hill Street

Heather Burcham is a freelance writer in Metro Detroit. She currently serves as the Public Relations Co-Director of the Sacred Dance Guild.

Heather can be reached at HeatheroseWriter@ gmail.com.

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Understanding Thyroid and Adrenal Fatigue

by Carol Ann Fischer

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verall health is based on the effectiveness and efficiency of the endocrine glands that make up the hormonal system.

Endocrine glands produce and store hormones and secrete them directly into the bloodstream instead of through a duct. The hormones secreted influence all body functions.

There are body organs that contain isolated cell clusters that also secrete hormones, including the heart, the gastrointestinal tract, the placenta, the kidneys, the thymus, fat tissue and the skin. The skin secretes hormones that convert sunlight into vitamin D while the fat tissue secretes hormones to either store or burn fat.

All hormone secretions are the major form of communication between different organs and body tissues.

They regulate digestion, metabolism, respiration, tissue function, sensory perception, sleep, excretion, lactation, stress, growth and development, movement, reproduction and mood.

At a cellular level, cell metabolism

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is altered by very minute amounts of hormones.

The major endocrine glands that secrete hormones include the pineal, pituitary, pancreas, ovaries, testes, thyroid, parathyroid, hypothalamus and adrenal glands. According to James L Wilson, ND, DC, Ph.D., in his book, Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome, “How well you live depends to a large degree, upon how well your adrenal glands function.”

Adrenal Glands

The adrenal glands are located on top of each kidney and are approximately the size of a walnut.

Their primary function is to handle all types of stress, including toxicity, deficiency, hydration, physical trauma, immune compromise and mental or emotional stress. The adrenals control fluid balance, blood sugar (especially between meals), response to injury or invasion, and immune system response and strength. They mobilize the body for the fight or flight stress response and produce anti-aging hormones.

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The adrenals influence sleep, mood, digestion, memory, weight gain, blood pressure, water retention, osteoporosis and sweet/carbohydrate cravings. When the adrenals are working in balance with the hormonal system the body has energy and vitality, strength and stamina, resistance to illness, efficient tissue repair and regeneration, and healthy sex hormones throughout life.

If there is more stress than the body can adapt to, stress overload occurs, resulting in adrenal fatigue. This can come from poor diet and lifestyle choices – caffeine, sugar, junk food, skipping meals and staying up late – pushing the body to continue past the point of being tired. It can also occur from prolonged mental/emotional stress, long-standing nutritional deficiencies, chronic exposure to toxins and/or physical pain/trauma.

Adrenal fatigue indicators include sugar and/or salt cravings, allergies, digestive issues, decreased ability to handle stress, fatigue not relieved by sleep, tired in the morning, sleep difficulties, feeling overwhelmed, less productive or motivated, poor memory, brain fog, moodiness or irritability, decreased interest in sex and increased recovery time from illness, injury or trauma with prolonged pain and inflammation.

Adrenal fatigue is becoming more common due to the increased stress levels in our fast-paced culture and the imbalance in the other hormones that occurs when the adrenals cannot maintain the proper hormonal output.

Thyroid gland function decreases in response to adrenal dysfunction.

Recovery of the adrenals cannot occur without recovery of the thyroid, as they work together.

Thyroid

There is no measurement of adrenal insufficiency, but statistics indicate that 10 percent of the population suffers from decreased thyroid activity. In the third edition of his book, Overcoming Thyroid Disorders, Dr. David Brownstein, medical director of the Center for Holistic Medicine in West Bloomfield and author of 11 health and hormones

books, states the research conclusions from the late 1970s by Dr. Broda Barnes, who studied endocrine dysfunctions, are still valid today – that up to 40 percent of the adult population suffers from thyroid deficiency.

Common indicators of an underactive thyroid include fatigue, cold hands and feet, hair loss, joint pain, dry coarse hair, loss of outer one-third of eyebrow, low moods, depression, weight gain, skin issues, concentration difficulties, fibromyalgia, menstrual issues, repeated colds and flu, low blood sugar and swelling of the eyelids. Some of these health issues also involve other glands of the hormonal system.

The entire hormonal system must be supported and in balance for optimal thyroid and adrenal function.

The thyroid gland is highly vascular.

It plays a role in immune function when it has sufficient iodine, the major mineral that it needs. The adrenals and reproductive area also require iodine for healthy hormone production.

“All the blood in the body passes through the thyroid gland every 17 minutes,” writes Dr. D. C. Jarvis, in his book, Folk Medicine: A Vermont Doctor’s Guide to Good Health. This occurs to allow the antimicrobial ability of the thyroid to kill weak germs, providing there is a normal supply of iodine. Brownstein uses iodine extensively in his practice and says it is a wonderful antibiotic solution without question. It is active against bacteria, fungi, spores, yeast, protozoa and viruses, according to the 20th edition of Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, by Alfonso R. Gennaro.

The factors that affect the thyroid include nutritional deficiencies of minerals, deficiencies of essential fatty acids and the B complex, overall biochemical imbalances from deficiencies, stress and toxicities, and weakness in the other glands of the hormonal system, especially the adrenals. The adrenals become weak from prolonged stress, which adversely affect the thyroid gland. Estrogen dominance, which is an imbalance between estrogen and progesterone levels, can also lead to functional hypothyroidism according to Dr. Janet Lang in her writings, Balancing Female Hormones Naturally.

The thyroid produces hormones that are released into the bloodstream to be carried to all cells of the body. These hormones govern the function of the organs and cells by delivering specific messages to them. The thyroid gland produces iodine-containing hormones called thyroxine (T4) and triidothyronine (T3). Most of the thyroid hormone that is produced is in the form of T4, which is mostly inactive.

A small amount of T3 is produced by the thyroid gland. The liver and various other body organs, including the brain, convert T4 to the active hormone T3 using selenium based enzymes, essential fatty acids, iodine, potassium and B vitamins – especially B1. The amount of T4 produced by the thyroid gland is controlled by the thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), which is made in the pituitary gland located at the base of the brain. The amount of T4 that the pituitary sees determines the amount of TSH that the pituitary sends into the bloodstream. An effective thyroid

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support program will have the proper ratio of these essential nutrients.

The thyroid hormone increases the functional activity throughout the body by activating the genetic code transfer from DNA to RNA. Common factors that affect thyroid blood tests to make them appear normal are excess estrogen, estrogen replacement therapy and oral contraceptives.

Conventional testing methods routinely miss most hypothyroid cases, so inadequate treatment is common according to physician Richard L. Shames, in the book Thyroid Power: Ten Steps to Total Health, written by Shames and his wife Karilee H. Shames, R.N., Ph.D.

In the medical diagnosis of hypothyroidism, blood work often shows a low T3, where the body has difficulty in converting T4 to T3. Conventional prescribed thyroid medication is the standard medical treatment for hypothyroidism. Thyroid medication is T4, which is ineffective at changing the conversion ratio according to patient advocate Mary Shomon, author of Living Well With Hypothyroidism, and founder of Thyroid-Info.com. Her book reviews the conventional medical approach for testing and treating hypothyroidism, and alternative evaluation methods and treatments.

In the fifth edition of his book, Iodine, Why You Need It, Why You Can’t Live Without It, Brownstein recommends up to 1 to 2 teaspoons per day of Real Salt or Celtic Sea Salt brands to help improve iodine uptake, as an aid in body detoxification, and to provide the minerals the adrenals need.

Even though Real Salt and Celtic Sea Salt contain only small amounts of naturally-occurring iodine, they are excellent

sources of more than 60 trace minerals and can be used safely by people who are not on a salt restricted diet. Starting with a pinch of salt in drinking water, slowly increase the amount to body tolerance.

Testing for Adrenal and Thyroid Dysfunction Alternative physicians test for adrenal dysfunction using hair analysis, saliva testing and muscle response testing. Thyroid dysfunction is tested using hair analysis, a 24-hour urine analysis, an iodine skin patch test and a basal temperature test.

Each of these tests provides different methods to determine deficiencies, toxicities and hormonal status. Traditional blood testing does not reveal hypoadrenal function, nor does it accurately reflect hypothyroid function.

There is a way to balance hormones naturally focusing on the adrenals and the thyroid, ensuring that the rest of the endocrine glands are supported, as needed. Instead of treating symptoms, specific nutrition for each gland or overall hormonesupporting herbs are often used to help restore balance at any age. Depending on the results of testing, a few helpful herbs include licorice, bladderwrack, rehmannia, ashwaganda, eleuthero, rhodiola and ginseng. It is always recommended that customized nutritional support programs be established for each individual based on need, not symptomatology.

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With your busy schedule, how do you find time to work out and stay in shape?

I think it’s been about momentum. I had the good fortune of training and eating well since I went off to play volleyball in college. That sort of steam made it easier as I added work, a partner and children.

I think it’s more difficult for women that don’t have that experience. When they enter “the real world” and add a big career or long hours, a partner or family, it becomes difficult to establish that grounding in healthy practices.

You have to create the environment in which you are going to succeed. That takes years. At some point, you have to be honest with yourself.

For me, I know I won’t get exercise or anything else done if I stay home. There are some things I can go to a gym to do that I can also do at home but know I won’t, so it’s about creating an environment that activates good intentions.

Volleying Life Gabrielle Reece on Her Balancing Act

by Christine MacDonald

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abrielle Reece has been called one of the world’s most influential women in sports and one of its most beautiful athletes. In her 20s, she built a career as both a fiercely competitive pro volleyball player and a fashion model. Since then, she’s written books and become an expert on women’s peak fitness and overall well-being, all while raising three daughters with her husband, Hawaiian surfer Laird Hamilton. Plus, she volunteers for environmental organizations such as the National Resources Defense Council and RainCatcher, a nonprofit bringing safe drinking water to people in need.

How do you find time for and balance all the roles you play in life—athlete, spouse, parent, businesswoman and volunteer?

Juggling life is hard for everyone. Living day-to-day, taking care of kids and paying bills is a challenge. There are ways to make it all more manageable, but for me, there is a level of discomfort, challenge and difficulty, as well as moments of joy. I think women are sometimes thrown off-balance by some difficulty, instead of saying, “OK, how am I going to strategize and make it all work for me and my family?”

We don’t give enough credit to having great girlfriends. I don’t mean people you go to lunch with—I mean real allies. People that give you good advice and are strong for you, that will

How do you choose to expend your volunteer efforts?

take your kids and you’ll take theirs.

I think that is an underutilized tool. I always encourage women to approach life with a strategy and use each other to help navigate it, because that makes it a little easier.

Which role is most important to you and where does selfcare fit in?

At this time in my life, being a mother is the most important. When my girls are older and more independent, then their demands on my time will lessen.

But I don’t think I’d ever blindly put one role over the other, because they are all connected. I just approach them with different parts of my personality. My work is intellectual, while being a mom is instinctual. Being in a relationship is a whole other ball of wax that I approach with the same diligence. Taking care of myself is at the center because I wouldn’t be able to do anything successfully if I am not well myself.

Laird and I are usually quick to be on board with anything that involves the environment and people. These causes are near and dear to everybody, but make special sense for us, given the amount of time we have lived and worked outside.

As a mother, do you feel a special concern for being a good environmental steward?

I felt this way even before I had children because I had the luxury of playing beach volleyball. I grew up in the Caribbean and have always tried to be a benefactor of the beautiful outdoors.

It adds another layer of motivation when you start thinking about your kids and the opportunities they will or will not have in their future.

In Hawaii, the Polynesians traditionally didn’t believe in ownership, but in being stewards of an area. That’s how I feel about the place where we live now. The ultimate for me would be to leave it better than I found it.

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ad habits are hard to break—and it’s even harder to eliminate those we are unaware of. Many people experience pain from unconscious physical patterns such as hunching over a computer keyboard or holding a musical instrument at an uncomfortable angle, but don’t know how to identify and change limiting positions. This calls for body movement re-education.

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“Let’s say you’re a runner and didn’t realize that you were running in a lopsided way,” explains Alexander Technique practitioner Beret Arcaya, who has taught the practice in New York City for almost 30 years. Students learn to retrain their thinking, movements and posture for better natural alignment. “It helps you understand how you’re making an argument between yourself and gravity,” she says.

Invented by Australian thespian F. Matthias Alexander at the end of the 19th century as a means of improving his onstage presence, the Alexander Technique is highly regarded by actors and entertainers, yet anyone can benefit from it, according to Arcaya.

In typical one-on-one sessions, Alexander movement practitioners use a light, gentle touch and verbal instruction to show students how to realign their head, neck and upper back while standing in front of a mirror, which helps the rest of

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the body attain a more natural position.

Next, students learn to move through routine activities like sitting, walking and bending in ways that replace damaging habits with easier movements.

The technique is easily modified to meet individual needs, Arcaya says, citing a former student that suffered from hemophilia. “He could hardly bend his knees, and he had little mobility in one elbow; he was terribly stiff,” she recalls.

While the technique couldn’t treat the disease, “It allowed him to skillfully use his remaining uninjured tissue.” One day, when he returned from a three-mile walk with his young son, he was beaming. “‘I walked with a freedom and a lightness,’ he said, ‘I didn’t want to stop.’”

A 2008 study in the medical journal BMJ found that patients with chronic back pain experienced long-term benefits from Alexander Technique exercises and lessons. People with Parkinson’s disease also improved their walking, speech, posture and balance through Alexander training, according to a 2002 study in Clinical Rehabilitation.

Feldenkrais Method

Others in need of movement reeducation use the method founded by physicist, electrical engineer and judo black belt holder Moshé Feldenkrais in the mid-20th century. Feldenkrais was familiar with the Alexander Technique, and the two methods share the same fundamental goal of helping students change harmful patterns through movement exploration, touch and dialogue.

The Feldenkrais Method avoids con-

cepts of “right” and “wrong”. Instead, the practitioner leads students through gentle, slow-movement sequences, mostly on the floor, while asking questions about subtle details as they experience options. This sharpens sensory awareness of how to perform each movement with maximum ease. In one-on-one sessions, the student is passive while the practitioner’s hands suggest various non-habitual movements to widen his repertoire. It all increases flexibility, balance, fine motor skills and overall physical self-awareness.

Feldenkrais stated, “What I’m after isn’t flexible bodies but flexible brains; to restore each person to their human dignity.”

Seniors that practiced the Feldenkrais Method enhanced their balance and mobility, according to a 2010 study published in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. It may also alleviate symptoms of nonclinical depression, according to a 2011 pilot study reported in the Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association.

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Another entry point to such a bodily reawakening is the Trager Approach, invented by Dr. Milton Trager, an athlete who suffered from a congenital spinal deformity. “The intention of the practitioner in a Trager session is to introduce the client to a series of playful and pleasurable sensations as the session unfolds,” says practitioner Martha Partridge, of New York City, who works primarily with people that have Parkinson’s disease.

During tablework sessions, practitioners “bring awareness” of a specific movement by rocking, cradling and gently rotating a client’s body, Partridge explains. The feeling of effortless movement is further ingrained through a series of mental gymnastics, termed mentastics, that clients can do at home.

The objective, says Partridge, is to help people have a sense of joy in everyday, common movement.

All three bodywork techniques can help people banish bad habits for good.

“Gradually, aches and pains will go away,” Arcaya says. “You can undo the imbalances that have done you wrong.”

Then go forward, doing things right.

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n 1886, Dr. William Murrell stated in the British Medical Journal, “Massage is of such inestimable value in the treatment of many intractable diseases that it is regretted that so little is known about it in this country, and that it is so rarely employed as a therapeutic agent.”

A 2013 survey by the American Massage Association (AMTA) showed that a majority of us are choosing massage therapy to treat such conditions as stress and pain management, according to Winona Bontrager, the association’s immediate past president. Of 1,007 adults surveyed, 75 percent opted for it within the previous year for stress or medical reasons, and 88 percent view massage as effective for pain relief.

“A growing body of evidence shows that massage therapy can be effective for a variety of health conditions,” reports Bontrager, adding that massage is rapidly becoming recognized as an important part of health and wellness.

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New York City, explains, “In the last few years, massage therapy research has been focusing more on the mechanisms by which the potential health benefits may be occurring—looking at the response of the brain, the immune system and the mechanisms of repair inside of muscle cells themselves.”

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An AMTA survey reported that 32 percent of positive respondents used massage to relieve stress, and numerous recent studies have confirmed this.

Research from Harvard Medical School shows that massage reduces pain and anxiety while increasing sleep and quality of life among metastatic cancer patients. Boston Medical Center researchers saw similar results among 60 cancer patients that underwent port placement surgery; 20-minute massages before and after surgery reduced participants’ stress and anxiety.

Australian researchers reporting in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery found that massage reduced pain, anxiety and muscle tension following heart surgery among

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A study from Nashville’s Meharry Medical College of 43 HIV patients revealed that Swedish massage reduced their symptoms of depression. Lead researcher Russell Poland, Ph.D., a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences, observes, “When we designed the study, we didn’t expect to see such a large effect of massage. We remain surprised.”

The benefit was echoed by a University of California-Los Angeles study of 95 volunteers that displayed increases in their production of oxytocin hormone simultaneous with reductions in adrenocorticotropin hormone. Oxytocin is linked to compassion, empathy, maternal affection and social connection, while lowered adrenocorticotropin effects less stress.

Relieves Pain

Researchers in the Gynecology and Obstetrics Department of Brazil’s University of Sao Paulo studied 46 birthing women and determined that lumbar massage during labor reduced pain by 27 percent. In another study at Beijing’s Chinese PLA General Hospital, deep massage brought relief to 64 patients suffering from chronic low back pain.

Relief was reported by a third of 110 headache patients in a Turkish medical school study. Dhaka Medical College Hospital, in Bangladesh, found similar results in a study of 500 headache sufferers, many of which had migraines. Research from the University of Miami’s School of Medicine showed that massage reduced arthritis pain and increased both grip strength and range of motion among 42 rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Lead researcher Tiffany Field, Ph.D., director of Miami University’s Touch Research Institute, says, “We have known that massage therapy reduces substance P, [a neuropeptide] which causes pain, and that it increases serotonin, the body’s natural pain killer.

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Lucy Liben, dean of massage therapy at the Swedish Institute, affirms the recent research as evidence documenting the numerous health benefits of massage therapy. “More and more consumers are seeking massage therapy for help with a variety of medical issues and conditions. Doctors are increasingly referring patients for such treatment and hospitals are enlisting more therapists to provide care for patients,” says Liben.

“Perhaps most importantly,” she adds, “research is offering us guidance in our work as massage therapists in how to provide the most effective care for chronic pain or musculoskeletal problems, during cancer treatment, during the changes of pregnancy or for any number of other health-related issues.”

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What Researchers Now Know Breast Cancer: A French study of 129 breast cancer patients found massage generally reduced lymphedema, a swelling of the lymphatic system, following treatments. The total reduction of lymphedema volume was 33 percent among those receiving massages, according to Gynecologic Oncology.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Thirty minutes of massage with trigger point reduced symptoms and improved function in a study of 21 carpal tunnel patients (Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies).

Constipation: Massage therapy increased the average number of bowel movements among 33 hospitalized Korean children, as reported in the Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.

Dementia: Research from Spain’s Extremadura University on 120 institutionalized elderly adults diagnosed with dementia found massage therapy generally helped improve behavior and sleep.

Migraines: Craniosacral massage reduced migraine occurrence in a study of 20 migraine sufferers from Iceland’s University of Akureyri, as published in Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice.

Osteoporosis: A study of 48 postmenopausal women receiving traditional Thai massage showed increased bone formation after just four weeks. The massage group’s serum P1NP levels—which assesses bone formation—increased by 15 percent, while the control group saw no increases (BMC Complementary & Alternative Medicine).

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Dressing Our Essence

Wardrobe consultants that apply the principles of feng shui to clothing believe the jacket we choose to wear carries as much impact as our words. Clothing pieces and accessories selected with conscious awareness and intention can bring us into harmony and balance, energize our life and transmit subconscious messages about our values.

Feng shui clothing stylists believe the five elements of nature—wood, fire, earth, metal and water—connect in an unending cycle of harmony that keeps the world in balance.

Following an authentic and harmonious lifestyle connects us with this cycle and the environment in a more natural balance of human motion and planetary sustainability.

As pioneering stylist Evana Maggiore observed in Fashion Feng Shui: The Power of Dressing with Intention, “I came to the conclusion that clothing is your body’s most intimate environment and energetically influences your life in the same way that your home and business décors do. Body coloring and shape, style, personality, lifestyle, goals and clothing design can align perfectly with the colors, shapes, substances and energies of feng shui’s five elements. Because feng shui connects divine energy to physical form, I realized I could dress my client’s spirits, as well as their surfaces.”

Fashion Feng Shui, Maggiore’s international corporate legacy, maintains that combining intention and the five elements with awareness of our personal style attracts what we desire. Holistic image and lifestyle consultant and lead trainer Andréa Dupont, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, states that the first step is discovering our “essence”, or primary element. “You can’t dress yourself until you know yourself.

I ask clients, ‘If you could change one thing about your life, what would it be?’ Once we establish an individual’s inner strengths and core element, the results can be life changing.”

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aking up on the morning of a big presentation to secure city funding for a new park, you’re confident that you’ve done your homework: You’ve prepared handouts, memorized key points of an environmental impact study and lined up community supporters. Opening the closet presents a different kind of challenge: What’s the most effective way to dress?

For Denise Medved, of Hendersonville, North Carolina, owner of Feng Shui Style, wardrobe consciousness shows respect for our individuality and the environment. “When I choose to dress in natural fibers such as cottons, leathers, silks or wools, or their vegan complements in manmade fibers, it represents the life force of plants and animals and builds qi, or energy,” says Medved.

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Practicing the three basic tenets of sustainability together with principles of feng shui keeps our wardrobe and closet resonating with life. Consultants agree that a wardrobe representing the five elements allows endless possibilities of creative combinations and reduces the need for having to keep up with new fashion trends. Shopping for such treasures at consignment and thrift stores, plus estate sales, allows us to reuse and repurpose clothing, energizing our budgets, closets and attitudes. Recycling items that pack closets and no longer suit our needs frees space and energy to create a wardrobe that is authentically ours.

The Practical Encyclopedia of Feng Shui, by Gill Hale, also contains helpful advice for bringing out an intended inner message and making a statement. The color green conveys the wood element, or individuals that are public spirited and energetic.

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THUR, MAY 01, 2014 Get Ready To Garden: Basic Gardening – 6-8pm. Learn how to select a site, when to plant and how to prepare the garden and much more. $5. Mathis Community Center, 19300 Greenfield, Detroit. DetroitAgriculture.net, 313- 757-2635.

FRI, MAY 02, 2014 Drink Yourself Healthy - 7pm. All water is not created equal. Learn which water is best for your body and how water will help to boost your overall health and improve your mood from hydration expert, Carol Ann Fischer, DC, ND. Free. Call for reservations. TLC Holistic Wellness, 31580 Schoolcraft Rd, Livonia..

TLCHolisticeWellness.com, 734-664-0339.

Art Opening – 6-9pm. Featuring artist, Monique Edwards. Socra Tea & Artist Gallery, 71 Garfield, Ste 50, Detroit. SocraTeasDetroit.com, 313833-7100.

SAT, MAY 03, 2014 Wild Weekends – 10am-5pm. (05/04). Exotic animal show and much more. $4. Heritage Park Petting Farm, 12803 Pardee, Taylor.

CityOfTaylor.com, 734-374-5946.

Raw Vegan Meal Tasting – 3-6pm. Join Holistic Prescriptions’ for an afternoon full of great food, massage, art and health forum! Includes four course raw and cooked vegan meal plus much more. $ 25. Charles H. Wright Museum, 315 E Warren, Detroit. 404-771-0547.

SUN, MAY 04, 2014 Pop Up Brunch – 11am-2pm. Brunch in conjunction with Detroit Guerrilla Food.

Vegetarian/gluten- free options available and includes pot of tea. $12. Socra Tea & Artist Gallery, 71 Garfield, Ste 50, Detroit. 313-8337100.

Waldorf School Tour – 2-3:30pm. Learn about Waldorf School for your Pre-K- 8th grade student, (childcare provided). Detroit Waldorf School, 2555 Burns, Detroit. 313-822-0300.

Flea Market – 7am-4pm. Join hundreds of vendors and shoppers at the Flat Rock Historical Society’s semi-annual event. All types of items available plus concession stand and bake sale.

No pets allowed. Free entry & parking. Flat Rock Speedway, 14041 Telegraph, Flat Rock.

734-782-5220.

Wish Upon a Butterfly – 10am. (thru 6/1). Walk among live butterflies. See hundreds of butterflies flutter around and some may even take a seat on you! This experience also teaches a butterfly’s life cycles from caterpillar to adult. The Flight of the Butterflies IMAX movie is a great complement to this exhibit. $17.95.Michigan Science Center, 5020 John R St, Detroit. 313-577-8400.

Meditation and Ayurveda: Ancient Wisdom for the Modern Life – ( 5/10). 2:30-4:30pm.

Program by Dr. Kapila Castoldi on topics which include concentrations & relaxation techniques, awareness & conscious living, basics of Ayurveda, and secrets of balanced living. Free.

The Center for Massage, Yoga & Wellness, 1200 Ann Arbor Rd, Plymouth. 734-994-7114.

MON, MAY 05, 2014

Ecorse Creek Cleanup – 9am-12pm. Help clean up the park and maintain a rain garden.

RSVP. Dearborn Heights Watershed Stewards Commission, 313-274-3144.

Active Flow Yoga – 6-7pm. An active flow, linking breath and sequence. $12. Yoga Shala and Wellness, 25411 W. Warren, Suite D, Dearborn.

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TUES, MAY 06, 2014 Essential Oils and Their Medicinal Properties – 6pm. Learn how to use essential oils to benefit your health with Dr Philip Hoehn.

Complementary samples. Free, call to register.

Carl Sandburg Library 30100 W Seven Mile, Livonia. 734-425-3940.

Veg 101- 7-8:30pm. Join VegMichigan for this informative cooking class and learn nutritional aspects of a plant base diet with food samples.

See how easy it is to transform a standard meal into a delicious plant-based option. RSVP. Free.

Whole Foods, 2918 Walton Blvd, Rochester Hills.

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WED, MAY 07, 2014 Painting with Spirit – 6-8pm. After a guided meditation connecting you to your Higher Self, create a painting of true self expression. You may even meet and paint your Spirit Guide! Bring your own supplies. Must RSVP. $20. Healing the Heart through Reiki and Art, 2955 Biddle, Ste 200, Wyandotte. 734-673-0079.

Detox-Spring Cleaning For a Healthier You – 7pm. Spring is the perfect time to detox your body.

Learn about potential toxins and the different types of detoxifications that are available plus which ones that will work for you.

Free. Call for reservations. TLC Holistic Wellness, 31580 Schoolcraft Rd, Livonia. 734-756-6904.

Experience Emotional Mastery and Be Free – 7pm. Learn how to create emotional freedom to create your ideal life through “ThetaHealing”.

Unlock your full potential, release subconscious blocks and transition into your perfect life, presented by Timothy Gay. Free. Blooming Orchid Wellness Center, 1386 Pine St, Detroit.

313-595-2672.

THUR, MAY 08, 2014 Holistic Networking Group – 7-8:30pm. April Speaker: Ilka Handshaw, Holistic Practitioner and Aromatherapy Consultant. Learn how Essential oils can make a difference in your life, especially with helping remove any blocks or limiting beliefs; achieving the success’ and joy you deserve. Opportunity to network, share ideas, support one another & grow our local healthy and sustainable community. Bring business cards and flyers to share. Free. St Paul of the Cross Passionist Retreat & Conference Center, 23333 Schoolcraft Rd, Detroit. (I-96 Svc Dr E of Telegraph). 586-943-5785.

Girl’s Night Out – 7-9pm. Novi Chiropractic Clinic presents a night of fashion, food, massage, and more! RSVP. Free. 23975 Novi Rd, Suite A-101, Novi. 734-525-9588.

Trigger Point/Pressure Point Therapy & Stress Reduction – 7-8pm. Step-by-step instruction taught by Dr William H, Karl, DC & Dr Jacob H Karl DC Improve your overall health! Bring a partner. Free, call to register. Karl Wellness Center, 30935 Ann Arbor Trail, Westland. 734425-8220.

Veg 101- 7-8:30pm. Join VegMichigan for this informative cooking class and learn nutritional aspects of a plant base diet with food samples.

See how easy it is to transform a standard meal into a delicious plant-based option. $5. RSVP. Ann Arbor Whole Foods, 990 East Eisenhower Pkwy, Ann Arbor. 734-997-7500.

Primary Exercise – 8-9pm. Learn the primary movements necessary before doing any other type of exercise to protect yourself from potential harm. Improve strength, balance and overall energy. All ages and fitness levels welcome. Free.

Karl Wellness Center, 30935 Ann Arbor Trail, Westland. 734-425-8220.

Spring Clean Your Body – 7-8:15pm. Lean how to detox gently and naturally with Cynthia Haas, Aroma Therapist, using therapeutic essential oils, eliminating, certain foods, plus other easy ideas.

Leave with a plan! Pre-register. Free. Canton Chiropractic, 6231 N Canton Center Rd, Ste 109, Canton. 734-455-6767.

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Heirloom Tomato & Herb Sale- 9-11am.

Master Gardeners of West Wayne County plant exchange & heirloom plant sale. 1 Heritage Place, Southgate. 313-719-1181.

Drink Yourself Healthy - 11am. All water is not created equal. Learn which water is best for your body and the how water will help to boost your overall health and improve your mood from hydration expert, Carol Ann Fischer, DC, ND. Free. Call for reservations. TLC Holistic Wellness, 31580 Schoolcraft Rd, Livonia. 734664-0339.

Explore the Rouge: Eliza Howell Park Bird Walk – 8-10am. Join Det. Audubon Soc. member, Leonard Weber, on a birding adventure in a park which encompasses the confluence of the Main & Upper branches of the Rouge River! $5. RSVP. Eliza Howell Park, 23751 Fenkell St, Detroit (Enter off Fenkell, E of Telegraph & drive to the bottom of the loop after entering park). 313792-9900.

Holistic Festival – 10am-8pm. (5/11, 10am6pm). Products & services inc. astrologer, tarot card readings, jewelry, massage therapy, aromatherapy, herbal products and more. $3 per car. Gibraltar Trade Center –North, 237 N River Rd, Mt. Clemens. 586-465-6440.

Hoophouse Workshop: Warm Season Production – 1-5pm. This workshop will help you use a hoophouse to your greatest advantage; help with making decisions about crop selection, planting schedules and more. RSVP. Earthworks Urban Farm, 1264 Meldrum, Detroit. 517-8512372.

SUN, MAY 11, 2014 Mother’s Day Brunch - Brunch in cooperation with Detroit Cooks. 11am-1pm seating, 1-3pm seating. RSVP. $25 per person. Socra Tea & Artist Gallery, 71 Garfield, Ste 50, Detroit.

SocraTeasDetroit.com, 313-833-7100.

TUES, MAY 13, 2014 Advanced Essential Oils & Their Medicinal Properties – 6:30pm. Advanced essential oil class to benefit your health with presentation by Dr. Sue Lawton. Livonia Park Senior Center, 15218 Farmington Rd, Livonia. 734-425-3940.

Waldorf School Tour – 8:30-10am. Learn about Waldorf School for your Pre-K- 8th grade student, (Adults only). Detroit Waldorf School, 2555 Burns, Detroit. 313-822-0300.

Miracle of a 24 Hour Fast- 7pm. Presentation

by Dr William Civello on how to fast and how it can achieve miracles in your life with your body, mind and spirit. RSVP. Free. Zerbo’s Health Foods, 34164 Plymouth, Livonia. 734-525-9588.

THUR, MAY 15, 2014 Meditation for Beginners: Isha Kriya – 7-8pm.

Learn a simple yet powerful 15 min. practice which creates enhanced clarity, improved health and a state of peacefulness and joy. (ages 12+) Free. Summit on the Park, 46000 Summit Pkwy, Canton. 313-451-4742.

Meditation for Beginners: Isha Kriya – 7-8pm.

Learn a simple yet powerful 15 min. practice which creates enhanced clarity, improved health and a state of peacefulness and joy. (ages 12+) Free. Whole Foods, 115 Mack Ave, Detroit.

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Rouge Rescue – Volunteers needed at several Rouge River work sites. Work towards the common goal of improving the Rouge River for generations to come. Much of the event is focused on river restoration, removing invasive plants from the river corridor, installing native plantings and stabilizing stream banks to improve the health of the river. 313-792-9621.

SUN, MAY 18, 2014 Eastern Market Flower Day – 7am-5pm. One of the largest flower sales in the country. Vendors, artisans, food, and more. Eastern Market, 2934 Russell, Detroit. DetroitEasternMarket.com, 313-833-9300.

Every moment in our lives is a miracle we should enjoy instead of ignoring. ~Yoko Ono Natural Health & EcoFest – 10am-5pm. 6Th Annual Raw Food & Healthy Lifestyle Expo.

Includes international and local speakers: Viktoras Kulvinskas, Dr Joel Kahn, Joyce Oliveto, Terri VanDale, and Ellen Livingston, Lectures and workshops, food demos and samples, healthy and eco lifestyle vendors. Laurel Manor Conference Center, 39000 Schoolcraft St, Livonia. $10. NaturalHealthAndEcoFest.com Happy 20 th Birthday – 12-6pm. Join the celebration at Michigan’s longest running, independently owned Coffeehouse - outdoor concerts, food including BBQ, games, magic, moonwalk, and more! Plymouth Coffee Bean, 884 Penniman Ave, Plymouth. 734-454-0178.

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savethedate Soul Retreat – 10am-3pm. Recharge your inner batteries and de-stress, all while being surrounded by nature and like-minded people. This restorative day, presented by Your Soul Fuel, will include opportunities for guided meditation, tools to support a sense of calm and rejuvenation through essential oils plus a delicious and healthy lunch. $60. RSVP. Lower Huron Metro Park, 17845 Savage Rd, Belleville. 734-789-9964.

Healthy Detroit Service Day – 9am-4pm.

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calendarofevents savethedate Hippocrates Health Institute – 5:309:30pm. Dr Brian Clement, Co-Director will present a special lecture immediately following the EcoFest. $30 included admission to expo and lecture. Register at https://realhealthlivonia.eventbrite.com

MON, MAY 19, 2014 Meditation – 7:15-8pm. Join MJ Potter and learn techniques to use at home including breath work. All welcome. Pre-register. Free. Canton Chiropractic, 6231 N Canton Center Rd, Ste 109, Canton. 734-455-6767.

Anatomy of a Hoophouse – 6-9pm. This workshop will address issues regarding all levels of interest. RSVP. Oakland Ave Community Garden and Farm, 9354 Oakland Ave, Detroit.

517-851-2372.

TUES, MAY 20, 2014 Essential Oils and Their Medicinal Properties - 6:30pm. Presentation on essential oil with Dr Philip Hoehn DC, complementary samples, space is limited, call to register, free. Dr Tim Robinson & Assoc Clinic, 32600 Five Mile, Livonia. 734425-3940.

A Natural Approach to Stress and Anxiety and Depression – 7:15-8:30pm. Presentation by Dr. D on natural approach to treating symptoms of depression with the fewest side effects while learning the 7 signs of stress.. RSVP. Free. Canton Chiropractic, 6231 N Canton Center Rd, Ste 109, Canton. 734-455-6767.

Energy for Life – 7-8:30pm. Find out how you can increase your energy to survive in today’s world! Learn which common environmental toxins destroy your energy-producing cells, and how to protect them. Free. Register. Karl Wellness Center, 30935 Ann Arbor Trail, Westland. 734-425-8220.

THUR, MAY 22, 2014 Eat Your Way Thin – 7pm. Take a natural approach to a healthier, new you. Learn ways diets do not work, ways to avoid weight gain and how to lose weight with diet, nutrition and exercise with this presentation by Dr. Carol Ann Fisher, B.S., D.C., N.D. Free. Call to register.

Civic Center Library, 3rd floor, 32777 Five Mile, Livonia. 734-756-6904.

SUN, MAY 25, 2014 Reiki Share – 1-2pm. Calling all Reiki practitioners for a new Downriver Reiki share.

The session is open to those who have been attuned to at least Level 1 Reiki. Free. Healing the Heart Through Reiki and Art, 2955 Biddle, Wyandotte. 734-673-0079.

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WED, MAY 28, 2014 Nursing Open House Celebration – 12-5pm.

Nurses and Nursing students, come experience a stress free, enjoyable, afternoon at this 6th Annual event, as we honor you and the great contributions you make . A peaceful oasis with valuable presentations, delicious food, stress relief therapy stations, vendors, goodie bags, door prizes, and more will abound. RSVP. St. Paul of the Cross Passionist Retreat & Conference Center, 23333 Schoolcraft, Detroit. 313-5359563.

FRI, MAY 30, 2014 Drink Yourself Healthy - 7pm. All water is not created equal. Learn which water is best for your body and how water will help to boost your overall health and improve your mood from hydration expert, Carol Ann Fischer, DC, ND. Free. Call for reservations. TLC Holistic Wellness, 31580 Schoolcraft Rd, Livonia.. 734664-0339.

Islandfest On Historic Grosse Ile – (5/31, 6/1).

12pm. Celebrate the beginning of summer and enjoy small town fun with fireworks, parade, art show, tours, aircraft display, children’s activities, music, car show, rides, food and more! Free.

Grosse Ile Airport, 9601 Groh Rd, Grosse Ile. 734-675-2364.

savethedate Christian Meditation: An Awakened Life – (5/31, 6/1). This weekend retreat, presented by, Fr. Joseph Mitchell, CP, will explore the foundation of Christian meditation and how to use it as a way of untying the knots in the mind which block the inner radiance. It offers a basic guidance for those interested in the fundamentals of meditation as well as a support for seasoned practitioners, in a straightforward and useful way. $250 includes 2 nights lodging, 6 meals and Conferences. St. Paul of the Cross Passionist Retreat & Conference Center, 23333 Schoolcraft, Detroit.

313-286-2803.

SAT, MAY 31, 2014 Yoga LGBT – 12:30-1:30pm. Yoga brings together mind, body and spirit. Join instructor, Chloe in this class. $10. The Yoga and Wellness Collective, 21925 Garrison, Dearborn. 313617-9535.

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SUN, JUN 1, 2014 Butterfly Bash – 4-8pm. SHE’S Empowered, 5th Annual Women’s Empowerment Conf color theme is Purple & Pearls, and Gail Perry-Mason will be there to share some of her “Financial Pearls of Wisdom” Wright Museum of African American History, 315 E Warren, Detroit. Purchase tickets at ButterflyBash2014.

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SAT, JUN 7, 2014 Make Me Up Natural – Natural Hair, Health, Wellness & Body Expo – 1-5pm. Attendees will learn how to build a natural hair regimen, how to lead a healthy lifestyle, learn about natural and organic makeup, get style tips for shopping on a budget, shopping opportunities, prizes and giveaways plus much more including just some good ole fun, brought to you by EMBRACE the Natural You. $10 now, $12@ the door.

McGregor Memorial Conference Center, Wayne State Uni, 495 Ferry Mall, Detroit.

EmbraceTheNaturalYou.com.

THUR, Jul 31, 2014 4th Annual YogaFest 2014 – (7/31-8/3) Enjoy a variety of yoga classes, workshops, live music, healthy food, vendors, speakers, group meditations, kids events, and Jump for Joy program. Yogic fun for the whole family. Come for a day or stay for the whole weekend. Song of the Morning Ranch retreat in Vanderbilt.

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savethedate Christian Women Yoga Retreat 2014 (8/1-8/3). Your mat, your altar, your worship; integrating God, you and yoga at this special, three day, two night retreat on beautiful Lake Huron in Port Huron. The weekend includes a pajama party, give always, sisterly fellowship, pampering, Worship, hiking, a soaking experience and lots of rest and fun! Please call for more info. $279.

ExaltGodOnlyYoga.com, 313-352-6788.

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Gentle Yoga – 9-10:15am. All levels. $14.

TaylorYoga, 8935 Telegraph Rd, Taylor. 313292-9642.

Sunday’s Tea - 20 oz pot of tea with 2 scones. $5. Knitting groups welcome. SocraTea & Artist Gallery, 71 Garfield, Ste 50, Detroit. 313-833-7100.

Yin (restorative) Yoga – 7-8pm. $14 walk in.

Livonia Yoga Ctr, 19219 Merriman Rd, Livonia.

248-449-9642.

Donation Yoga -12pm. All levels welcome in a serene studio with natural light. Be Nice Yoga, 4100 Woodward, Detroit. 313-544-9787.

Gentle Basic Yoga – 9:30-10:30am. Have you been wanting to try a yoga class? David Demo teaches this wonderful class that will help get your week off to a great start – all levels welcome. New students – first wk free, then $5.

Strongheart Yoga, 8373 Old 13 Mile Rd, Warren.

StrongHeartYoga.com Lunch Yoga – 12-1pm. Donation. Yoga 4 Peace, 13550 Dix-Toledo Rd, Southgate. 734282-9642.

Health, Healing and Happiness – 6:457:45pm. Workshop encompassing new approach to better and happier you. $10. The Yoga and Wellness Collective, 21925 Garrison, Dearborn.

734-778-2022.

Spring Clean Yourself-– 11am-12pm, (and again 7:30-8:30pm). Yoga class to spring clean your mind, body and soul. Appropriate for all levels. $10. Your Soul Fuel, 28471 Greenlawn, Flat Rock. YourSoulFuel.com, 734-789-9964.

LifeCare’s Outstretched in Worship – 6:107:20pm.Workout, worshipful experience and a little relaxation; beginner and intermediate/adv classes. $6. LifeCare, 33445 Warren, Westland.

734-629-3551.

SWCRC Connections Weekly Networking Group – 8am. Free to chamber members, one business per industry. Non-members can visit two meetings free. WCCC-Downriver Campus, 21000 Northline Rd – Conference Room 11, Taylor. Rick Williams, 734-626-7778.

Transformational Tuesdays – 12-2pm. $5 SanKofa Life Center, 18734 Woodward Ave, Detroit. 313-366-5250.

Classic Nia – 5:30-6:30pm. All levels. $13.

Body and Mind Fitness, 239 E Nine Mile Rd, 1 blk E of Woodward, Ferndale. NiaBethSchedule.

BlogSpot.com Beginners Pilates – 6pm. Guardian Martial Arts & Fitness, 30942 Ford Rd, Garden City.

734-266-0565.

Qi Gong and Yoga for Real Bodies and Yoga Nidra – 6-7:15pm. Qi Gong is ancient Chinese exercise. No exp needed, provides stress relief and focus. Donation. Yoga 4 Peace, 13550 DixToledo Rd, Southgate. 734-282-9642.

Transformational Tuesdays – 7-9pm. $5 SanKofa Life Center, 18734 Woodward Ave, Detroit. 313-366-5250.

Opening the Doors of Change - 8pm. Prepare to be informed, uplifted and inspired as you discover how to open the doors to positive change in your life. Each wk Chris Lee brings you the hottest authors, experts and thought leaders - dynamic people who positively impact the planet. Visit Blogtalkradio.com/ chrisleelifestyle to listen online.

SWCRC Connections Weekly Networking Group – 8am. 2nd and 4th Wed. Free to chamber members, one business per industry. Nonmembers can visit 2 meetings free. WCCCDownriver Campus, 21000 Northline Rd – Conf Rm 8, Taylor. Contact Mark Tremper 313-4600438.

Mom & Baby Yoga – 10:30-11:30am. Bond w/your baby, release tension, strengthen your body, focus the mind and increase flexibility.

Enjoy togetherness with your baby during this fun and worthwhile activity; meet other moms and babies too. Northville Yoga Center, 200 S Main St Unit B, Northville. 248-449-9642.

Tai Chi – 6-7pm. With Bobby Jean Calhoun $5.

SanKofa Life Center, 18734 Woodward Ave, Detroit. 313-366-5250.

Canton Communicators Club – 6:30pm. Learn to become a better communicator and improve public speaking abilities! Canton Coney Island, 8533 Lilly Rd, Canton. 734-994-0569.

Community Share Dinner & Activities – 6:30-8pm. Join us for a meal, followed by contemporary worship, Bible study, classes, music, cards, and crafts-sign up for dinner each wk, suggested cost $6 per adult, $4 for 4-14, 3 and under free. “pay-what-you-can”. Allen Park Presbyterian Church, 7101 Park Ave, Allen Park. 313-383-0100.

SWCRC Connections Weekly Networking Group – 8am. Free to chamber members, one business per industry. Non-members can visit two mtgs free. Best Western/Greenfield Inn “The Pink Palace” Packard Room, 3000 Enterprise Dr, Allen Park. Annette Prevaux 313389-3937.

Chakra Yoga – 11am-12pm. Vinyasa class led

by Courtney Conover, designed to help balance chakras, all levels $14. Taylor Yoga, 8935 Telegraph Rd, Taylor. 313-292-9642.

Circle of Light – 2-7pm. (Light Energy) with Sukyo Mahikari - Love Offering. SanKofa Life Center, 18734 Woodward Ave, Detroit. 313-366-5250.

Open Mic – 7-10pm. For musicians, poets, comedians, etc. Sign up starts at 6:30pm. Free.

Always Brewing Detroit, 19180 Grand River, Detroit. 313-879-1102.

Drum Circle – 7-9pm. Includes instructions with Baba Uche’, $5. SanKofa Life Center, 18734 Woodward Ave, Detroit. 313-366-5250.

Community Yoga - 7-8pm. All-levels, dedicated Christian Yoga Studio. Free/Donation. Living Waters Yoga, 63 Kercheval, Ste 20, Grosse Pte Farms. 313-884-4465.

Slow Flow/Yin Fusion – 7:15pm. Slow down and stretch out your body in order to leave your worries behind, all levels, $12 walk ins.

Yoga Shala Wellness, 25411 W Warren Ste D, Dearborn Heights. 313-520-3377.

Hatha Yoga- 8:30-9:30am. All levels. Bring mat, towel, water bottle and dress comfortable in workout clothing. Suggested donation, $515. Pop-Up Yoga at Whole Foods Market, Midtown-Detroit, upstairs Community Room, 115 Mack, Detroit. 248-930-4587.

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Vinyasa Yoga - 9-10:15am. Flowing sequence, all levels. $14. Taylor Yoga, 8935 Telegraph Rd, Taylor. 313-292-9642.

Hustle Dance Classes – 6:30-7:30pm. With Fast Freddy, $5. SanKofa Life Center, 18734 Woodward Ave, Detroit. 313-366-5250.

Stay calm and aggressive. ~Gabrielle Reece Open Gymnastics Fridays – 7-9pm. All levels welcome, drop in fee $10. Sokol Detroit Gymnastics, 23600 W Warren Ave, Dearborn Hghts. 313-278-9493.

Prenatal Yoga – 11am. $14. Northville Yoga Center, 200 S Main St Unit B, Northville. 248449-9642.

Slow Flow Yoga – 9-10am. Pop-Up Yoga. $10 suggested donation. SocraTea & Artist Gallery, 71 Garfield, Ste 50, Detroit. 313-833-7100 Prenatal Yoga – 10:45-11:45am. All levels welcome. Goal is to leave you feeling more connected to yourself and your baby.$ 12. Yoga Shala and Wellness Center, 25411 W. Warren, Dearborn Heights. 313-278-4308.

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Dearborn – (5/30). 9am-2pm. MI Ave, behind Bryant Library, Dearborn. 313-584-6100.

Northville – (5/1). 8am-3pm. Northville Downs parking lot, 7 Mile & Sheldon. 248-349-7640.

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We offer comfortable, individualized treatments in a cozy community setting. $15 - $35 sliding scale. Check our website for current specials, “What to Expect” for new patients, and more!

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We offer Chiropractic and nutritional services to help you achieve optimal wellness.

Additional services include Massage, Reflexolgy, Reiki, Kinesio-Taping and educational workshops. Let Dr. Robert Potter, Jr. and Associates be “Your Natural Health Care Providers”.

Laura Montalto • Owner/Operator/ Certified Massage Therapist 1386 Pine Street, Corktown Detroit MI 48201 • 313-953-8673 bloomingorchidwellnesscenter@gmail.com

East 6870 N. Telegraph Dearborn Heights, MI 48127 • 313-277-4066 West 1192 Ann Arbor Rd, Plymouth, MI 48170 734-927-6951 • PurePasturesMI.com We specialize in organic, and locally sourced, grass fed meats, eggs and cheeses, free of antibiotics and hormones.

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We offer a massage therapy to address a wide range of clients’ needs, with a specialty in deep tissue, myofascial release, and trigger point release. Our intention is to tailor each session to the needs of our clients and to educate our clients so that they may better recognize and understand the needs of their bodies. BOWC is dedicated to creating a community of health and wellness and offers classes and workshops on many different holistic topics.

We are happy to announce that we now offer Reiki Therapy. Call us today and let yourself bloom!

Olive Seed specializes in lifestyle planning for holistic betterment. We offer a unique service that indicates the body’s biochemical balance and state of general health.

We also feature customized wellness planning using a variety of natural therapies, custom herbal tea blends and homemade beauty products that offer a nontoxic and sustainable addendum to our programs.

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Brain OPTiMiZaTiOn MENTAL WELLNESS A PERFECT BALANCED MIND Debbie Bollen Farmington Hills • 248-254-7823 APerfectBalancedMind.com

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Visit us! State Licensed School since 2009. Two Year Accelerated Professional Natural Medicine (ND) program Foundational Herbal Studies at : gaiaherbalstudies.net. FACEBOOK: “Naturopathic School of Ann Arbor” Website offers Information : schedules, tuition, payment plans, topics, faculty bios. Offering individual classes, diploma programs, Teacher Training, Clinical Services.

734-645-4434 • DrDSNaturesRemedies.com Certified naturopathic doctor offers acupuncture treatments, nutritional counseling, massage raindrop therapy, and biomeridian testing for a variety of issues.

Advanced training in nutrition response testing for food sensitivities, chemicals, heavy metals, or virus, bacteria, fungus or parasites. She works out of several clinics in Canton or Livonia. Call to schedule an appt today to get your health back on track.

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Located on spacious and secluded grounds, St. Paul’s is distinguished by a spirit of serenity and tranquility, graced with compassion and hospitality, where all are welcome to experience renewal through retreats and hosted events.

Learn a simple yet powerful 15 minute practice which creates enhanced c l a r i t y, i m p r o v e d health and a state of peacefulness and joy.

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Individual and couple coaching is available in addition to group classes, workshops and retreats.

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HEAL THE HEART WITH REIKI AND ART 2955 Biddle Ave. Suite 200 Wyandotte, MI 48192 • 734-673-0079 www.healingtheheartthroughart.com Facebook.com / healingtheheartthroughreikiandart Our gallery and healing center strives to increase community awareness about the integration of the Energy Body with the physical body through education, creating expression and bodywork.Our approach to health and wellness works both your mind and body. We give you the tools to empower your personal growth, self healing and balance through classes in exercise, nutrition, the arts and meditation.

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Yoga The stillness of our 4 Peace is a non-profit yoga studio practice space and the that offers classes on a donation basis. We have a wide encouragement of variety of classes for every level. We our knowledgeable offer Classes,offer Workshops, Retreats and Teacher instructors Training. you yoga for health through the harmony of body, mind and heart.

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ST. PAUL OF THE CROSS RETREAT CENTER IS SEEKING VOLUNTEERS to assist with housekeeping and yard work.

Housekeeping volunteers help with making beds and vacuuming on specified days. Yard work volunteers assist with various yard work tasks beginning in the spring. If interested, contact Roz at 313-286-2848

200 S.centers Main St. UnitaB comfortable, • Northville Both offer practice space that encourages each NorthvilleYogaCenter.com person to explore and experience 248.449.YOGA yoga at their own pace, and best benefit. Full schedule of Hatha, Vinyasa, Flow, High Energy, Gentle & Restorative, Pre-natal and Mom & Baby Yoga. Private sessions as well as corporate sessions held on-site. We can host a Yoga party for you and your friends. Also offered: meditation sessions, workshops, book study and discussion groups. Our space is peaceful. Our instructors are encouraging.

Our members are welcoming. Find us on Facebook.

B E C O M E A N E N V I R O N M E N TA L VOLUNTEER FOR THE BELLE ISLE CONSERVANCY IN 2014 THIS MAY 15. We have Stewardship Saturdays the third Saturday of each month except December in order to remove invasive plants that damage the old-growth forest.

No experience is necessary. Work gloves and tools will be provided. You bring a smile and a water bottle! We meet at 9am at the Nature Zoo Building on the east end of Belle Isle. Wear warm clothing such as long underwear, wool socks, boots (not leather, please) and a warm jacket. A light breakfast snack is served, bagels and juice.

We will work until noon, clean our tools, and have a hot chocolate toast! You will have fun!

Apr 19th, May 17th, Jun 21st, Jul 19th, Aug 16th, Sep 20th, Oct 18th, Nov 15th. RSVP to Mebby Pearson at melvadean.pearson@gmail.com Belle Isle Conservancy, 8109 E. Jefferson, Detroit, MI 48214 www.belleisleconservancy.org

• Hatha • Vinyasa • Flow • Gentle 19159 Merriman Rd • 248-477-4408 LivoniaYogaCenter.com • Candlelight Restorative Yoga • Pre-Natal • Mom & Baby Yoga NORTHVILLE YOGA • Meditation & YogaCENTER Book Study 200 S Main St Unit B • 248-449-9042 NorthvilleYogaCenter.com See our website for class schedule and information.

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Probiotic Foods Can Fix a Troubled Gut

by Kathleen Barnes

researchers at the University of California-Berkeley warn against long-term exposure to antibiotics through their widespread use in the dairy and meat industries. One animal study from Washington University, in St. Louis, showed that intestinal bacteria tend to extract more nutrients—and more calories—from the same foods when eaten by obese animals than when ingested by thinner ones. This helps explain why obese people tend to stay obese without heroic measures.

Gas, bloating, stomach cramps, diarrhea and constipation—each of these digestive issues indicates an imbalance of “good” and “bad” Good Food Solutions intestinal bacteria.

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hronic digestive discomfort is distressingly common. More than 60 million Americans suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), notes Dr. Mark Pimentel, director of the Gastrointestinal Motility Program at Cedars-Sinai Hospital, in Los Angeles, and author of A New IBS Solution.

Many are too embarrassed to mention it to their doctor, so they suffer silently and learn to live with it.

Multiple Culprits

While digestive distress can visit most of us occasionally, regular bouts have increased due to high-stress lifestyles and unhealthy diets, according to Dr. Dustin James, a St. Louis, Missouri, gastroenterologist and author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Digestive Health. “Getting home late after a stressful day, eating a high-fat meal and then going to bed is a recipe for problems,” he says.

James advises a food-free interlude of four to six hours before bedtime and notes that prescription and over-thecounter heartburn medications can actually worsen the problem over time.

Pimentel, citing his own research, also suggests that even a minor case of food poisoning may unbalance digestive bacteria enough to cause problems for years. “We think food poisoning leads to bacterial overgrowth,” says Pimentel.

In his clinical experience, James says about 10 percent of IBS cases can be connected to the food poisoning theory. Although such cases are typically treated with an antibiotic, rifaximin, many experts

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ironically attribute bacterial overgrowth to the use of antibiotics. All antibiotics, taken for any reason, indiscriminately kill both good and bad intestinal bacteria, ultimately creating unbalanced bacteria colonies in the digestive tract, says James. “There can be bad long-term effects,” he advises. James’ antibiotics theory is affirmed by a major Australian review of current research on the links between antibiotics and intestinal bacterial overgrowth.

Sugar is another culprit as are antibiotics in dairy products and meats, which can also aggravate digestive problems. Sugar feeds the growth of unfriendly bacteria and yeast and antibiotics kill friendly bacteria, contributing to imbalances.

The U.S. obesity epidemic has even been linked to digestive problems.

In a study published in the journal Frontiers of Public Health,

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probiotics—live bacteria such as those contained in fermented foods like quality yogurt—help rebalance beneficial bacteria in the digestive tract and ease ailments that include IBS. Due to U.S. food regulations, yogurt is routinely pasteurized, which kills its probiotic benefits; conscientious suppliers then add active digestive microorganisms, like Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus, back into their products.

“Check yogurt labels for specific names of the species and a certification that it contains live cultures,” counsels Maria Marco, Ph.D., an assistant professor of food science at the University of California-Davis.

Coconut yogurt may be preferred by those with dairy-free diets. Dairy is acidforming and can be difficult to digest.

Many fermented foods can provide the same probiotics to ease digestive woes and restore a healthy balance of the right bacteria. Sauerkraut, rich in Lactobacillus and other strains of healthy bacteria, is at the top of the list.

It’s easy to make super-healthy sauerkraut at home with shredded organic cabbage and salt.

Other fermented foods to put high on a natural probiotic list include: miso, kefir, tempeh, soft cheese, kimchi, sour pickles and sourdough bread.

James recommends two daily servings of high-quality yogurt or other fermented foods to obtain the 2 to 5 billion live bacteria needed to restore gut health. “Every human is unique; try different products in search of what works,” he says.

Probiotic supplements may be more effective for people with serious digestive distress that need higher bacterial counts and the product label may provide specifics of the bacteria and strains. “For example, Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG is a strain that has been proven to be effective against antibiotic-induced diarrhea,” Marco explains. High-quality probiotics usually require refrigeration to keep the bacteria alive.

In addition, there are many nonfermented foods, including certain juices, candies and energy bars, with specific strains of bacteria added that have probiotic effects.

Kathleen Barnes is the author of a wide variety of natural health books including 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health, with Dr. Hyla Cass. Connect at KathleenBarnes.com.

Simple Sauerkraut Recipe It’s easy to make a healthy batch of sauerkraut in a glass quart canning jar in as little as three days.

Organic cabbage, finely shredded 1 Tbsp sea salt or other natural salt Mix salt and cabbage together in a large bowl, squeezing the salt into the cabbage. Cabbage will become limp and begin to release its juice.

Tightly pack cabbage and juice into a clean glass canning jar. Keep the cabbage submerged in liquid; if necessary, use a smaller canning jar loaded with marbles or stones.

Cover jar with a clean cloth or piece of cheesecloth and keep it in a cool place.

Jar contents will begin to bubble, signaling that fermentation is taking place (note that conventional cabbage additives may interrupt the fermentation process).

It’s ready to eat in three days, but keeps well for several weeks in the refrigerator.

Primary source: TheKitchen.com

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LIVE YOUR SONG It Keeps Us in Tune with Ourself

by Jill Mattson

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isten to a traditional West African Griot story: When a tribal woman knows she is pregnant, she goes into the wilderness with a few friends to pray and meditate until they hear the song of the child. They recognize that every soul has its own vibration that expresses its unique flavor and purpose.

When the women attune to the song, they sing it out loud. Then they return and teach it to everyone else.

When children are born into the tribe, the village community gathers and sings their song, one unique melody for each unique child. Later, when children begin their education, the village again gathers to chant each child’s song. They sing upon the initiation of adulthood and at the time of their marriage. If at any time someone commits a crime or aberrant social act, the villagers will circle the individual and chant their song, recognizing that the proper correction is love and the remembrance of identity, because when you recognize your own song you have no desire or need to do anything that would hurt another. Finally, when the soul is about to pass from this world, family and friends gather at the bedside, as they did at birth, and sing the person to the next life.

In any culture, a friend is one that knows our song and sings it to us when we have forgotten it. Those that love us are not fooled by the mistakes we’ve made or the dark images we hold about ourself. They remember our beauty when we feel ugly; our wholeness

when we are broken; our innocence when we feel guilty; and our purpose when we are confused.

Life always reminds us when we are and when we’re not in tune with ourself.

When we feel good, we are matching our song. We may feel a little wobbly at times, but so have all the great singers. If we just keep singing, we’ll find our way home. In the end, we shall all recognize our song and sing it well.

Modern pioneers in vibrational energy like Sharry Edwards (bioacoustic biology) and Donna Eden (energy medicine) have independently detected that each of us has a fundamental signature frequency that can be equated to our unique song that persists throughout life. We innately seek natural sounds that reinforce and strengthen our song such as the surf, wind or birds. Even the stars and heavens offer songs out of our hearing range that benefit cell-to-cell vibrations within that we intuitively feel as the magic of a midnight sky.

At one with the universe, our song contributes its part in the infinite chorus of creation.

Jill Mattson is an author, artist, musician and sound healing composer. Her books and CDs, based on 20 years of studying ancient civilizations, support healing and personal growth. Connect at JillsWingsOfLight.com.

The Griot story is based on an interpretation by Jane Maluka and Dan Millman.

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Contraceptive Pill Chill Dangers Include Cancer, Strokes and Fatigue

by Kathleen Barnes

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or more than 50 years, women have appreciated the freedom that birth control pills offer. They simply take a little pill every day and rest easy, fairly assured that an unplanned pregnancy won’t occur. However, there’s actually a lot not to love about “The Pill”, especially its long-term side effects.

“The sexual freedom that women have fought so hard to obtain has been won at a terrible price,” advises Naturopathic Doctor Sherrill Sellman, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, author of The Hormone Heresy: What Women Must Know about Their Hormones.

That price includes blood clots and even death from heart attacks and strokes in young women. As early as 1963, an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association linked The Pill to venous thrombosis, or blood clots. By 1968, at least one cancer journal, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, had linked cancer to the use of the steroid hormones contained in oral contraceptives. In 1973, Scandinavian researchers warned of the link between oral contraceptives and strokes.

“In December 2002, the U.S. government published its biannual Report on Carcinogens that added all steroidal estrogens to the list of known human carcinogens,” says Sellman, “The grav-

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ity of this finding cannot be overstated: All estrogens used in HRT [hormone replacement therapy] and oral contraceptives have now been proven unequivocally to cause cancer.”

Yet, regardless of the many downsides, The Pill remains the most common method of birth control worldwide, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with usage by 16 percent of married American women.

Elsewhere, users include 29 percent of British women and 40 percent of women in France and the Netherlands.

pharmacist, certified clinical nutritionist and author of The Pill Problem. Oral contraceptives deplete more bodily nutrients than any other class of drugs, says Pelton, who blogs regularly at NaturalPharmacist.net.

However, he adds, women taking The Pill even as long as 10 years may not notice any obvious health problems. “Maybe she’ll first notice a lack of energy, but doesn’t connect the dots and realize that magnesium, B12 and numerous other nutrients involved in energy production are depleted,” he explains.

The nutrient-depleting effects of The Pill were recognized as early as 1975 in a study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, but it carried no recommendations for replacing them. Some of these nutrients are essential for the production of brain chemicals, called neurotransmitters, including mood-elevating dopamine. An affected woman can become depressed, a condition closely linked to the use of The Pill, according to a German study published in 2013 in the journal General Hospital Psychiatry.

The Pill’s steroidal hormones also reduce the body’s natural accumulations of disease-preventing antioxidants, increasing vulnerability to diseases of aging, including cancer, diabetes and heart disease, according to Pelton.

Filches Vitamins

“Birth control pills are vitamin robbers, and this is the source of the health risks that accompany the use of The Pill,” says Ross Pelton, a registered

Nutrients Women on The Pill Need 4 BHRT* 4 Chrysin 4 Coenzyme Q10 4 DHEA 4 Folic acid 4 L-methlyfolate 4 Magnesium

4 Melatonin 4 Natural progesterone 4 Nettle root 4 Omega-3 oils 4 Probiotics 4 Selenium 4 Tyrosine

4 Vitamin B2 4 Vitamin B6 4 Vitamin B12 4 Vitamin C 4 Zinc

* Bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (for perimenopausal and menopausal women) Source: Ross Pelton, NaturalPharmacist.net

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Dangerous Downsides Mount n Birth defects n Blood clots n Cancer (breast, uterine and colon) n Cardiovascular disease n Decreased sexual desire

n Depression n Fatigue, low energy and anemia n Fluid retention and weight gain n Heart attack n High blood pressure n Migraine

n Osteoporosis n Sleep disorders n Stroke n Vaginal yeast infections n Weakened immune system

Sources: American Heart Association; University of Milan, Italy; Berlin Center for Epidemiology and Health Research, Germany; Women’s College Research Institute, Canada; Columbia University, NY; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; University of Parma, Italy; Wingate University, NC; Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, NJ; Institute of Health Sciences Research, Melbourne, Australia

Women that decide to keep taking The Pill should add an array of specified supplements to counterbalance the nutrient loss, advises Pelton. Replacing nutrients should, in the long term, neutralize the negative effects of The Pill, even cancer and blood clots, he assures. Better yet, say Sellman and Pelton, stop taking The Pill and switch to safer forms of contraception. It may

take months or even years for the nutrient imbalances to be fully corrected, so start now.

Natural Contraceptives

Although no natural forms of estrogen are suited for birth control, safe and effective natural forms exist, advises women’s health expert Holly Lucille, a naturopathic doctor and registered

nurse in West Hollywood, California.

She cautions against the potential risks of using estrogen patches, shots and vaginal rings, and recommends avoiding anything that contains estrogen. “Not using The Pill doesn’t mean you have to rely on withdrawal or the rhythm method, both of which are notoriously unreliable,” says Lucille, preferring what she terms “barrier methods”, like diaphragms, cervical caps and male and female condoms.

She notes, “Cervical caps are just as effective as The Pill and you can put them in and leave them a little longer for a bit more spontaneity.” Female condoms are even more convenient, she explains: “They fit much like a diaphragm and they can be left in place as long as eight hours.” Instead of potentially toxic spermicides, Lucille recommends using lemon juice, which, she says, is equally effective.

Kathleen Barnes is the author of numerous natural health books including the Basic Health Publications User’s Guide to Natural Hormone Replacement.

Connect at KathleenBarnes.com.

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e spend a good deal of time gazing at ourselves in a mirror with the physical eye, as well as into the mirror of our mind with an analytical eye, endeavoring to size ourselves up in our own estimation, and also determining how others might evaluate us. Both of these mirrors are clouded with ego-related dust that distorts our vision. Only when we turn our gaze inward with the intuitive eye of awareness can we perceive our innate wholeness, for there is no dust on the mirror of the soul.

Consider this: A consciousness of wholeness reunifies us with our authentic self, so that even during those times when we are unaware of it, our wholeness is intact and utterly dust-free—only our awareness of it is missing. When awareness returns, we live free from ego’s bondage and its ignorance-soaked history and habits. We are reunified with the reality of our being.

Our daily practice is to be ever mindful—on the dot— the moment we lose sight of our true nature. Everyday experiences grace us with reminders by mentally tapping us on the shoulder and returning us to the qualities we wish to express in our interactions with our self, others and all of life. We are continually given the opportunity to reconnect with the high vision we hold for ourselves in our mental, emotional, spiritual, physical, professional, relational and communal life structures.

It serves us well to remember that we are here learning to mother our consciousness, just as the universe mothers us throughout our lifetime and beyond. Intelligence, wisdom, intuition, joy and creativity—these are the qualities we want to mother within ourselves in order to unveil our original face. As we set a conscious intention to evolve, we live as the master artists we are—creating, directing and producing our lives.

The more time we set aside for meditation, contemplation and life visioning, the more we can have 20/20 vision in foresight, rather than hindsight. Through practice, we activate our intuition, clean off egoic dust and enter a more consistently clear-sighted state of mindful being. Thus we actualize our highest potential and realize our organic, enlightened consciousness.

Michael Bernard Beckwith is the founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center, in Los Angeles, California, author of Life Visioning: A Transformative Process for Activating Your Unique Gifts and Highest Potential (Sounds True, 2011/2014), and originator of the Life Visioning process.

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In this book, readers will discover how to ace the sewing basics, create do-it-yourself designer look-alikes, style the same dress in seven different ways and more.

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