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5 newsbriefs Natural Awakenings is your guide to a healthier, more balanced life. In each issue readers find cutting-edge 12 healthbriefs information on natural health, nutrition, fitness, personal 14 globalbriefs growth, green living, creative expression and the products and services that support a healthy lifestyle. 20 healthykids 22 yogaguide 24 consciouseating 16 HANDMADE HAPPINESS 28 naturalpet A Hands-On Approach to Authentic Living 30 healingways by Judith Fertig 16 14 32 wisewords 36 fitbody 20 ARTFUL KIDS 20 37 wayne county Hands-On Creativity Nurtures Mind, Body and Spirit yoga guide
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What is it about the fall that seems to get everyone back on track? Fall has always been one of my favorite seasons. The weather is truly delightful with cool nights and warm days, plus when you live in Michigan the fall colors are really something to behold, enjoy and savor. Nature really puts on an amazing show for us. Growing up, fall always meant a few new clothes, shoes and school supplies. I still wander into stores around this time of year just to browse through the amazingly good deals on school supplies, especially the spiral bound notebooks. I’m not sure why I have a fascination with notebooks, but it borders on an obsession. I can’t imagine starting a new project without getting a brand new notebook. This month I’m so pleased to include a page that lists a wide variety of yoga studios and classes available throughout Wayne County. Yoga has been an important part of my life for several years now, and in so many different ways. Initially I have to admit that I was a little bit intimidated by what I perceived to be yoga. I was drawn to it, but also concerned that I might not be able to do all the things that I thought yoga people were able to do. Luckily I didn’t let this hold me back; I decided to give it a try and I was so blessed to learn from an amazingly kind and patient teacher in a ‘gentle yoga’ class offered by Jane at the House of Yoga, in Berkley. Jane turned out to be the first of many yoga teachers that I have learned from over the years. My own husband David, who I brought along to a yoga class once upon a time, is now learning to teach yoga himself. I don’t always make time to practice, even though I know how much it helps me on many different levels. Sometimes I wonder if my husband becoming a teacher is the universe’s way of reminding me to take time to roll out my own yoga mat. In addition to the physical and spiritual benefits, practicing yoga has led me to meet some very special people. I’m thrilled to be able to share with you some places where you can explore yoga for yourself, and I truly hope that you will take the time to do it. There are many different styles, and we have a great article on page [22] that might help you narrow down your search a bit. Most importantly, be sure to try a few different styles, teachers and locations; there is always something for you to learn from each and every experience. Selena Browne of Northville wrote a wonderful and very timely article for us this month about the beauty and benefits of adding native plants to your garden. [pg 40] If you have some soil challenges, like clay, to deal with, it seems that nature has all sorts of remedies available. Camelia Noble is another one of those amazing people that I have met recently. Camelia will be leading raw food classes coming up at the Total Health Foods store in Wyandotte. I love her approach to raw food, which is based around figuring out a way to do what you can with what you have. I really believe that’s an excellent strategy, not only for raw foods, but for life in general. You can learn a little bit about Camelia’s inspiring journey to wellness on page [34]. Thanks to writer extraordinaire Erin Eagen who did a great job of pulling this article together. Ya Tafari is an amazingly interesting musician that I met recently. He had a wonderful idea of creating relaxing music in super long cuts that can be used for yoga classes, massage therapy, meditation and all around personal relaxation. I am truly blessed to have the opportunities that I do, and I thank the universe for entrusting me with so much to be thankful for. Love, Peace & Gratitude,
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Help for Made In Michigan Businesses and Products
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ichigan’s premiere specialty food show, Making it in Michigan, takes place Wednesday, October 19, at the Lansing Center. The day includes a conference and trade show designed to boost businesses and provide resources to those looking to make their “made in Michigan” dreams into reality. Included in the Product Center Conference agenda are practical and hands-on classes covering topics such as launching or expanding a business, marketing and distribution and safety regulations during production. Conference-goers benefit from direct access to Product Center members. David Browne, a Senior Analyst with Mintel, will give a keynote speech on the connection between consumer behavior and attitudes and new natural and organic product innovations that are meeting consumer needs. Location: 333 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing For information and registration visit MakingItInMichigan.msu.edu.
Bow Wow Benefit
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he 2nd Annual Buster Bash to benefit The Buster Foundation Pit Bull Education & Rescue will be held on September 17, from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Plymouth Elks Lodge. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for children 6-12, and free for children under 5. The evenings events include live and silent auctions, a 50/50 raffle, musical entertainment provided by a family friendly DJ, catered dinner, cash bar and a special guest speaker presentation. Some of the Foundation’s adoptable dogs will be on site; attendees are asked to leave personal pets at home.
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helterBox, the world’s largest disaster relief organization, will be onsite at several area farmer markets, in hopes of connecting with concerned individuals, garnering financial support and inspiring generosity in others. Over the past eleven years, ShelterBox has provided lifesaving equipment and clean water in response to 154 disasters in over 70 countries. Over 107,470 ShelterBoxes, each containing a family tent, means to purify water and cook food, tools and other essentials for up ten people have been deployed to disaster areas. Thousands more ShelterBoxes have been promised to refugees in Kenya and Ethiopia. ShetterBox team members are stationed in areas where aid is sent to ensure that those who are most in need of assistance receive help. Local ShelterBox representatives will be available to explain the program and accept donations. Fridays, September 9, and September 16, from 2:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Allen Park Farmers’ Market. Saturdays, October 1, and October 8, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Shelby Township Farmers’ Market. Sundays, September 18, and September 25, from 9:00 to 2:00 p.m. at the Warren Farmers’ Market. For more information about ShelterBox visit ShelterBox.org
Location: 41700 Ann Arbor Rd., Plymouth For info and tickets visit BusterDogs.com, email info@busterdogs.com or call 734-252-8009.
Various Yoga Classes Offered at Schoolcraft College
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choolcraft College, in Livonia, offers a plethora of affordably priced yoga classes for all levels of experience. The variety includes Hatha Yoga, Flowing Yoga I, II and III, Fluid Yoga, Light Weights with Yoga, Precision Yoga – The Iyengar Way, Yoga to Renew and Restore, and Vinyasa Style of Hatha Yoga. Senior discounts are available to those who are 60 and over. Location: 18600 Haggerty Road Livonia Visit Schoolcraft.edu/cepd or call 734-462-4448 for information and registration. natural awakenings
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newsbriefs Low Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic Opening in Taylor
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.A.W.S., a non-profit, Riverview based animal rescue organization has recently received a $90,000 grant from PetSmart Charities to help them purchase supplies and fund the training necessary to open a high quality, low cost spay/neuter clinic in Taylor. “We are absolutely thrilled to be the recipient of this incredibly generous grant from PetSmart Charities,” said Kris Jordan, executive director of The PAWS Clinic. “P.A.W.S. has been raising the money for this project for two years, and while we’ve raised enough to lease and renovate a building and cover all the expenses that go along with that, we needed this grant to be able to purchase the equipment and supplies required to operate the clinic.” Staff from The PAWS Clinic will be trained in Asheville, North Carolina by the National Spay/Neuter Response Team (NSNRT) of the Humane Alliance. Humane Alliance is the nation’s only training center for organizations to learn how to open and operate spay/neuter clinics and perfect specialized techniques to deliver high volume, high quality surgical sterilizations for cats and dogs more quickly and safely. The PAWS Clinic, which will employ three licensed, part-time veterinarians who are experts in performing spay/neuter surgeries, expects to perform about 7,000 procedures during their first year alone. A cat spay or neuter will cost $45; canines surgery fee is $80 for a dog up to 75 pounds, with slightly higher fees for larger dogs. All surgeries include a pre-surgical exam and pain medication. Appointments are now being booked in anticipation of the clinic’s September 19 opening date and a Grand Opening celebration open house is planned for Saturday, October 1 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the clinic. All are welcome to come and tour the facility, meet the veterinarians and clinic staff and learn more about the importance of spaying and neutering pets. Location: 2121 Goddard Rd., Taylor. For more information on the PAWS Clinic visit ThePawsClinic.com or call 313-451-8200. The clinic is being staffed entirely by volunteers in preparation of the opening date. Callers are asked to leave a message and expect a delay in return phone calls. P.A.W.S. animal rescue meetings are held at 6:30 p.m. on the 4th Wednesday of each month at Riverview City Hall. New volunteers are always welcome. Visit the organization’s web site at PawsOfMichigan.com.
Local Senior Continues Carving Niche
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hen longtime Dearborn residents Bob and Sylvia Rock decided to transition to living at Oakwood Common, a retirement community along the historic Rouge River Gateway in Dearborn, Rock decided to maintain his interest in woodcarving. A serious woodcarver, Rock is a member of the Metropolitan Woodcarvers and exhibits annually at a variety of shows and conferences. Rock spends time each day in the woodshop at Oakwood Common, honing his skills, making patterns and perfecting techniques. Two of Rock’s creations, carvings of an Eastern Bluebird and a Cedar Waxwing, are nestled in knot holes of a split rail fence along the pathway that surrounds the lush grounds of Oakwood Common. Says Rock, “A lot of people are surprised to find them and initially think they’re real.” For information about senior living at Oakwood Common visit OakwoodCommon. org or call 800-642-4663.
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Learning the Vegan Lifestyle
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eginning this month, Oakland University School of Nursing is offering a seven-week professional development course titled “A Lifestyle Change to Improve Health: The Vegan Diet.” The online course, which is open to nurses,
Oakland University students and the general public, utilizes a unique self-study module to teach participants about the ways in which a vegan diet offers a well-balanced approach with benefits beyond the prevention of chronic illnesses caused by poor choices in diet and lifestyles. According to Instructor and practicing vegan, Marilyn Mouradjian, MSN, RN, benefits of veganism include weight reduction, increased energy levels and better health. She explains, “Our culture relies heavily on pharmaceuticals that often have serious side effects, which can prompt additional medication use to reduce those side effects. The vegan diet scientifically addresses the prevention and reversal of many chronic health conditions.” A variety of recipes will also be taught to encourage students to expand their culinary horizons in pursuit of better health. For information and registration, visit Oakland.edu/pace or e-mailmouradji@ oakland.edu.
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Michigan Premier of Globalized Soul
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he fourth annual ONE PEACE event celebrating the United Nations International Day of Peace will present the Michigan premier of the film, Globalized Soul, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., September 21, at the Livonia Civic Center Library. Filmed worldwide, Globalized Soul explores the oneness at the center of the colorful diversity among the world’s religions. It shows spiritual leaders and activists coming together in search of unity by addressing the crises facing humanity and the Earth. The cornerstone of the film is its coverage of one of the largest interfaith gatherings in history, The Parliament of the World’s Religions, held in Melbourne, Australia, in December 2009. The film follows two participants back to the Middle East and India, where they establish unforgettable humanitarian efforts and grassroots peace projects. The film includes commentaries from the Dalai Lama, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Rev. James Trapp, Sister Joan Chittister and others, with music by Enya, Philip Glass, Ravi Shankar and Harold Moses. ONE PEACE is a local, nonprofit group dedicated to spreading world peace. Cost is $5 donation, with an exhibition of children’s international peace art. Location: 32777 Five Mile Rd., Livonia. For more information call 734-425-0079 or visit OnePeace.us.
Detroit Waldorf School Tours & Lecture Series
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he Detroit Waldorf School is holding a tour of their preschool and grade school building and grounds in the historic Indian Village on Wednesday, September 14 at 8:30 a.m. Informationabout the philosophy and approach of Waldorf education, and how that translates into curriculum and methods in both early childhood and elementary education will be explained. The school is also hosting a lecture series to encourage networking amongst likeminded parents. The group is open to the public and meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. to discuss parenting issues. The current book is Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne. Interested parties are asked to call the school for information on specific chapter selections.
s ALL PROCEEDS thi day will benefit Karmanos Cancer Research
Karmanos Cancer Awareness October 9th, 2011
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Image by Devin Inc., is hosting the 8th annual Cancer Awareness Fundraiser. They hope to acknowledge their surviving clients, friends, and family members; and for remembrance of those who have lost their battle with cancer. The staff of Image Salon has been deeply affected by this disease and want to help make a difference. Schedule your cut and color, plus there will be refreshments, music, and activities for the kids. Image Salon has accepted donations of products, food and services from a variety of local businesses to help make this Cut-A-Thon Fundraiser a great success!
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Help us raise money for early breast cancer detection!
Location: 2555 Burns in Detroit’s Indian Village Historic District. To learn more about the school visit DetroitWaldorf.org or call 313-822-0300. natural awakenings
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newsbriefs Yogathon Benefits New Non-Profit
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yogathon will be held on Sunday, September 4 from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Karma Yoga, in Bloomfield, to kick-off a new, non-profit foundation, Yoga By Design, created to help bring yoga to under-served populations. Fees of $15 per class will be donated entirely to the foundation. Yoga therapist and instructor, founder Lynn Medow, says “ Yoga is empow erment. I feel driven to empower each student and guide them back to their strongest, balanced Self.” The foundation will raise money to fund yoga outreach programs designed to heal and support typically under-served populations such as residents of shelters and prisons, those living in disadvantaged communities and people battling MS, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and cancer. “The Yoga By Design Foundation will raise money to fund programs so that yoga teachers can devote their time to doing what they do best: teach yoga – not search for funding,” explains Medow, who plans to make the yogathon an annual event. Location: 3683 W. Maple Rd., Bloomfield. To reserve a spot in a yogathon class call 248-939-1367 or email lymedow@aol.com. Walk-in guests are also welcome. Visit YogaByDesign.us for additional information.
Walk To Benefit Food Allergy Research
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he sixth annual Walk to raise funds for the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) is scheduled for Saturday, October 22 at 9:30 a.m. at the OCC Orchard Ridge Campus in Farmington Hills. Attendees are encouraged to come to this “Autumn Festival” themed walk in costume and enjoy trick or treating for allergen friendly goodies. Family activities, games and prizes for the entire family will take place as well. Proceeds from the event will be used to provide education and advocacy, and to advance research on behalf of all Americans affected by food allergies and anaphylaxis. To sign up for the walk visit FoodAllergyWalk.org. More information about FAAN is available at FoodAllergy.org.
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Stretching Food Dollars, Supporting Michigan Farmers
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air Food Network’s Double Up Food Bucks program “matches” Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food assistance benefits spent at participating farmers’ markets in Michigan. Shoppers who receive food assistance can receive tokens redeemable for up to $20 worth of Michigan-grown produce simply by visiting the Bridge Card booth/tent at their market. The goals of the Double Up Food Bucks program are to increase access to and affordability of healthy foods for lowincome families and individuals and to create new sales opportunities for Michigan farmers. Pilot programs in Detroit and several other cities in the U.S. indicate that a small incentive can result in a major change in the buying habits for low-income families. Due to Double Up Food Bucks, between August and October of 2010, Detroit Eastern Market experienced a 368% increase in food assistance buying power compared to the same period of 2009. During this same time span, a total of $203,451 in SNAP and Double Up Food Bucks tokens were spent at participating markets, with the money going directly to Michigan growers and food businesses. Over the next three years, Double Up Food Bucks will expand to include more of the 79 Michigan farmers’ markets that accept Bridge Cards. Wayne County markets currently participating in the program include the Detroit Eastern Market, Eastside Farmers Market, the Dearborn Farmers and Artisans Market, Lincoln Park Farmers Market, Peaches and Greens Produce Market, Sowing Seeds Growing Futures Farmers Market and Wayne State University Farmers Market.
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Embracing Holistic Health through Traditional Chinese Medicine
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he word healthy can mean different things to different people. For some, eating a strictly vegan diet is the embodiment of health; for others, health is about exercising regularly. Just as there is variability to be found in how people define health, there exists a basic difference in the way health is thought of in Eastern and Western cultures. “Traditional Chinese Medicine views a person as an energy system in which body and mind are unified; each influencing and balancing the other. Unlike Western medicine, which attempts to isolate and separate a disease from a person, Chinese Medicine emphasizes a holistic approach that treats the whole person,” explains Ma, Xin founder of First Oriental Therapy Center, in Livonia. Xin, who holds a Masters Degree in Oriental Medicine from the Florida College of Integrative Medicine, was inspired to open the clinic in an effort to introduce Traditional Chinese Medicine to the American public. It hasn’t been easy, but Xin feels that bringing the benefits of natural
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healing to those in his community is worth the effort. “The biggest challenge,” he says candidly, “is that the public knows very little about Traditional Chinese Medicine, and they sometimes fear or distrust [it]. So our goal is to bring Traditional Chinese Medicine out to more people and help people to understand and realize how it works.” Treatments at First Oriental Therapy Center typically involve a basic check-up, acupuncture treatment and additional side treatments as suggested by the practitioner to coordinate with and consolidate the effectiveness of the acupuncture. The goal of acupuncture, and all the treatments used in Traditional Chinese Medicine, is to restore the free flow of energy, also referred to as Qi or Chi, within the body. According to Xin, “Bu tong ze tong, tong ze bu tong” is a famous Chinese phrase that describes the basis of acupuncture. The phrase translates to “Free flow, no pain; no free flow, pain.” The use of herbs, hot lamps, electric stimulation, moxisbution, cupping, scraping and therapeutic massage are techniques that further assist in balancing the energy flow of each and every client. The First Oriental Therapy Center also has a massage therapist who specializes in reflexology on staff. These treatments, along with the use of herbs, can be used to successfully treat individuals who have an aversion to the needles used in acupuncture. Along with treating conditions such as chronic pain, insomnia, depression, anxiety and circulatory problems, all the treatments offered are capable of helping clients quit smoking, lose weight and improve their general health. Xin is pleased with the work he does and feels that Traditional Chinese Medicine is “a gift from God.” He says, “Traditional Chinese Medicine is all natural and it works with the body. It works with basically every problem you have with the body, from head to toe, inside and out. We want to bring this blessing out to more people.” First Oriental Therapy Center is located at 29520 Six Mile Rd., Livonia For more information visit NaturAcupuncture.com or call 734-744-7669.
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Taylor Yoga offers Belly Dancing
Metro Detroit Studios Show the Power of Mind-Body Medicine
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ith two new studios, in Birmingham and Farmington Hills, daily back care classes that fill the room with regulars in all shapes, sizes and ages and dozens upon dozens of private clients, YogaMedics is blazing a path in mindbody wellness for metro Detroiters who had nowhere else to turn. “It is imperative to view health as a mind-body situation,” says Fink, who has public health degrees, hospital management experience and comes from a family of doctors. “Without that powerful combination, no one can come close to total wellness.” Guided by a medical advisory board comprised of physicians, psychologists, therapists and other trained professionals, YogaMedics treatments use yoga poses to rehabilitate the physical body, building strength, flexibility and range of motion in a deliberate manner and teach tools for managing pain mentally and emotionally. Its programs group programs treat back injury and pain. In addition, YogaMedics individual programs are customized for specific medical conditions. Every first Sunday of the month, the Farmington Hills studio offers bagels and coffee following its back care classes, with the hope of building community among class participants and drawing new clients for a taste of YogaMedics. Sunday classes meet from 10-11 a.m.; participants can buy a series or pay a walk-in rate per-class. YogaMedics is now offering training certified by the Yoga Alliance. The training begins September 22nd. YogaMedics’ studios are located at 260 E. Brown Street, Suite 355, Birmingham and 37558 Hills Tech Drive, Farmington Hills. For more information contact YogaMedics at 248-324-0900, or visit YogaMedics.com.
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ee Watkins developed her love for dance and movement throughout her childhood. She shares a diverse dance background with training and experience in ballet, jazz, modern and cultural dance styles in her group and private classes. As an Instructor and Performer of Middle eastern dance, Dee hopes to increase the awareness and appreciation of Middle Eastern Oriental Dance as a cultural dance art through exploration of the dance history and sharing her knowledge and experience with others. By demonstrating the health benefits through belly dance, we are able to build a positive self image, thereby promoting the art of belly dance as a healthy alternative towards maintaining good health and fitness. Belly dancing is a low-impact, moderate physical activity which increases flexibility, improves muscle tone and strength and is a good cardiovascular workout which can burn as many calories as light jogging, swimming or bicycling. Classes start on Friday, August 26th with a sample class 6-7:30pm. $14 drop in rate, and $40 for 4 class packages starting September 9th. Taylor Yoga, 8935 Telegraph Rd, Taylor. 313-292-9642 TaylorYoga.com
Fresh Food...Real Fruit Smoothies
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here’s no better way to make a great meal than with fresh, natural, healthy ingredients. It’s a wonderful new trend among restaurants to start offering healthier choices. Tropical Smoothie Cafe practices this philosophy every day and their delicious smoothies are a treat that you don’t necessarily have to feel guilty about, made from super fresh fruits, they also offer your choice of sweeteners, or none at all. They offer wraps & sandwiches with premium meats and cheeses along with fresh veggie options. Their fresh to order gourmet salads are packed with flavors from across the globe, and offer a healthy choice that’s pretty fast, but not really ‘fast food’. They’ve got lots of great healthy choices for breakfast and a kid’s menu that is full of great flavors in bit size portions. Tropical Smoothie Cafe is located at 30971 Five Mile Rd, Livonia. 734-427-5500 natural awakenings
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Tai Chi Can Turn Depression Around
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recent study published in the online edition of The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry reveals that more than 2 million people age 65 and older suffer from depression, including 50 percent of nursing home residents. In seeking an alternative to aggressive drug treatments, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), turned to a gentle, westernized version of Tai chi, a 2,000-year-old Chinese martial art. During the study, 112 adults age 60 or older that had been diagnosed with major depression were treated with a standard antidepressant drug for four weeks. The 73 adults that showed only partial improvement continued to receive the medication, but were also assigned to 10 weeks of either Tai chi or health education classes. The group practicing Tai chi experienced greater improvement in their levels of depression, as well as an enhanced quality of life, better cognition and more overall energy than the non-practicing group. Dr. Helen Lavretsky, the study’s first author and a UCLA professor-in-residence of psychiatry, says, “This study shows that adding a mind-body exercise like Tai chi, that is widely available in the community, can improve the outcomes of treating depression in older adults that may also have other, coexisting medical conditions or cognitive impairment. With Tai chi, we may be able to treat these conditions without exposing them to additional medications.”
Exercise Pinches Salt’s Effects
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alt in the diet becomes less of a concern for individuals that are physically active, according to a presentation at this year’s American Heart Association conference sessions on nutrition, physical activity and metabolism, and cardiovascular disease epidemiology and prevention. The scientists behind the study concluded that the more active people are, the less their blood pressure rises in response to the amount of salt in their food. Study participants comprised 1,906 Han Chinese adults (average age, 38) in the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Salt Sensitivity project, designed to identify genetic and environmental factors contributing to salt sensitivity.
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Children at Risk for Eating Disorders
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he obesity rate among youngsters has nearly tripled during the last three decades and given rise to another worrisome trend: Children as young as 10 are making themselves vomit in order to lose weight, reports a new Taiwanese study of 15,716 school pupils, published online by the Journal of Clinical Nursing. Thirteen percent of the girls and boys that took part in the Asian research admitted they made themselves sick to lose weight. Unfortunately, studies in the United States show similar trends. According to The Eating Disorder Foundation, 46 percent of 10-yearold girls are dieting, have a fear of fatness or are binge eating, and 27 percent of girls ages 12 through 18 show significant eating disorder symptoms. Such findings have prompted researchers to warn that self-induced vomiting is an early sign that children could develop eating disorders and serious psychological problems. The researchers believe that eating disorders can be successfully tackled by ensuring that children get enough sleep, eat breakfast every day and consume less fried food and fewer night-time snacks. They also recommend spending less time in front of a computer screen. Source: Wiley-Blackwell
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roccoli has become a gold medal contender among vegetables, so how often should we eat it to reap all of its health benefits? Elizabeth Jeffery, a University of Illinois professor of nutritional sciences, explains: “Broccoli, prepared correctly, is an extremely potent cancerfighting agent—three to five servings a week are enough to have an effect. To get broccoli’s benefits, though, the enzyme myrosinase has to be present; if not, sulforaphane, broccoli’s cancer-preventive and anti-inflammatory component, doesn’t form.” According to Jeffery, myrosinase is often destroyed by overcooking. Health-conscious consumers that use broccoli powder supplements in recipes to boost their nutrition also are missing out, she says, because the supplements often do not contain the needed enzyme. A solution: Jeffery suggests incorporating fresh broccoli sprouts into our diet. Available at most grocery and health food stores, the sprouts contain abundant myrosinase. Source: University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
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study published in the journal Brain Stimulation, involving 301 patients, found that transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) non-invasive therapy can be an effective, longterm treatment for major depression. TMS works by delivering a series of electrical pulses to the part of the brain associated with depression and other mood disorders. This generates an electric current in the brain that stimulates neurons to increase the release of mood-enhancing chemicals such as serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine. TMS has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and can be performed on an outpatient basis in a psychiatrist’s office.
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tudents can combat test anxiety and post better results by writing about their worries just before taking an exam, according to a recent University of Chicago study published in the journal Science. Those prone to testing jitters improved their high-stakes test scores by nearly one grade point after they were given 10 minutes beforehand to write about what was causing their fears. Sian Beilock, an associate professor in psychology and the study’s senior author, is one of the nation’s leading experts on the phenomenon of “choking under pressure,” instances in which talented people perform below their skill level when presented with a particularly challenging experience. She explains that feeling under pressure can deplete a part of the brain’s processing power known as working memory, a sort of mental scratch pad that allows us to retrieve and use information relevant to the task at hand. The writing exercise allowed students to unload their anxieties before taking the test and freed up the needed brainpower to complete it with greater success. Beilock adds, “We think this type of writing will help people perform their best in a variety of pressure-filled situations, whether it is a big presentation to a client, a speech to an audience or even a job interview.”
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globalbriefs News and resources to inspire concerned citizens to work together in building a healthier, stronger society that benefits all.
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September 21 Brings International Peace Day Since its inception in 1981 at the United Nations, Peace Day has marked personal and planetary progress toward peace. Each year, events commemorating and celebrating peace involve millions of people throughout the world. This year’s 30th anniversary theme, Make Your Voice Heard, pays tribute to the many civil society activists that have lent the strength of their imagination to the institution of peace. Anyone can celebrate Peace Day. It can be as simple as lighting a candle at noon and just sitting in silent meditation. Or, it may evolve into engaging co-workers, organizations, communities or local government in a larger event. The impact of coming together for one day of peace is immense. The International Day of Peace is also a Day of Ceasefire—both personal and political. Why not take this opportunity to make peace in your own relationships as a start to positively influencing the larger conflicts of our time, by holding participants kindly in your thoughts? Imagine what a whole day of ceasefire could mean to humankind. Visit InternationalDayOfPeace.org.
Sea Power
Tidal Turbines on the Way Harnessing the power of tidal currents to produce electricity may seem like a new idea, but President Franklin D. Roosevelt started the first U.S. government test project in Eastport, Maine. The site sits across from Canada’s Nova Scotia on the American side of the Bay of Fundy, known for its tremendous tides. “The tides are about as reliable as anything in nature, so you can predict years in advance how much power you will have at a given time—that’s a great advantage,” says Paul Jacobson, Ph.D., ocean energy leader of the Electric Power Research Institute. New tidal technologies are inspired by wind turbines and are mounted on the seafloor, where they slowly spin in the current, out of sight. Ongoing tests by the University of Maine suggest no effect on marine life, which seem to avoid the devices. Several companies are in the hunt to be the industry pioneer, but the Mainebased Ocean Renewable Power Company already has plans to deploy a full-scale 150-kilowatt unit, the first tidal device to be connected to a U.S. electrical grid, off of Eastport later this year. They expect to add more units by 2015, to initially yield a total of five megawatts of current, enough to power about 4,000 homes. Source: The Christian Science Monitor
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Radio Daze
170 Million Americans Support Public Broadcasting A group called 170 Million Americans, a partnership of more than 400 public television and radio stations throughout the country, has been signing up members online to endorse the institution of public broadcasting. The organizers say, “We expect the 2012 budget year to bring another hardfought debate over the importance of public media, and we need the support and energy of every possible supporter right now.” The website also supplies visitors with the email addresses of their elected representatives in Washington, D.C., and asks that they express their opinion about the topic. The organization states that more than half of all Americans use noncommercial public media through 368 public television stations, 934 public radio stations, hundreds of online services, education services, and in-person events and activities. In 2010, Americans rated public broadcasting as an excellent use of taxpayer dollars, second only to defense spending, and 80 percent of those polled said funding for public broadcasting is money well-spent. It enhances the quality of local community life through children’s, public affairs, music and cultural programming not often provided by other sources.
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Jaws Cause
Shark Protection Going Global Governments around the world are taking action to protect sharks. News from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) points out that sharks are more valuable alive than dead, because they keep ecosystems healthy. Plus, shark-related tourism is becoming a major industry. All of this value is squandered when an estimated 26 to 73 million sharks are killed annually for short-term gain from the sale of their fins. The Chilean National Congress has passed legislation that bans shark finning in their waters, even though the country has been a major exporter of shark fins for soup, and The Bahamas recently joined Honduras, the Maldives and Palau in outlawing the practice. Hawaii and Fiji also realize that because sharks swim into unprotected waters, banning the sale and trade of fins is the best way to protect sharks. California is working on a similar approach. NRDC is calling on nations to do what they can by putting an end to finning in their waters or by stopping the trade of fins in their country, prior to the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro next year.
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HANDMADE HAPPINESS A Hands-On Approach to Authentic Living by Judith Fertig
Making something by hand—and getting good at it—can add a welcome dimension to our lives. The art of participating in craftwork gives us a sense of competence and completion that may be difficult to find in our digital, ephemeral world.
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merica’s resurging interest in arts and crafts today comes at a time when making things by hand seems an endangered activity. Why? In The Craftsman, sociologist and author Richard Sennett maintains that making things by hand is an, “enduring, basic human impulse, the desire to do a job well for its own sake.” He observes that craft and craftsmanship can enrich modern life in ways that might surprise us. The Arts and Crafts movement, which reigned from the mid-1800s through the early 20th century, was a major response to a commercial trend that steered society away from handmade toward machinemade products in Europe and North America. The movement encouraged amateur, student and professional involvement in the making of furniture, decorative glass, textiles, pottery and other forms that are beautiful, as well as functional. Yet today, we face a new barrier to creating more by hand, observes Monica Moses, editor-inchief of American Craft magazine (American CraftMag.org), published by the nonprofit American Craft Council. “Modern life offers a million
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distractions, a million ways to kill time, or at least stand by idly while it expires,” she says. Mindless television watching, puttering around on Facebook or playing computer solitaire add up. “Such semiconscious downtime can become a weekend, a habit, a lost opportunity.” Although many people return to an early love of arts and crafts during their retirement years, the good news is that such creative pursuits are also being taken up by young makers, according to Moses. “The marvel of it is that young people in the digital age are embracing craft so enthusiastically, not just their iPods and phone apps. We’re lucky to live in a time when engagement with the practice of craft is expanding.” She cites the popularity of buy-andsell craft websites such as Etsy.com, which reported 2010 sales of more than $400 million. Moses, who makes jewelry in her free time, values handcrafting for a simple reason: “It feeds my soul,” she says. “Other parts of my life focus on the
end result. When I’m making a piece, I’m focused on the process and I’m thinking, ‘This feels right.’” Whether we wake to this artful phenomenon in childhood or later in life, it’s never too late to reap the benefits. According to crafters from various walks of life, such hands-on experiences help us to enhance our well-being, ground our everyday lives, and give renewed purpose.
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Lenore Moritz, founder and curator of and blogger at MomCultureOnline.com, took her first jewelry making class when she was single and living in New York City. “I needed something to tether me,” she writes, “and I knew it would get me out of the office at a decent hour at least once a week.” She says that what started out as a whim turned into catharsis. “I loved toting my tackle box of crafting supplies and the act of using my hands to transform a silver sheet into wearable art felt empowering. I became an accidental craftsperson.” She found her best reward in finishing a piece, which she characterizes as, “... a crescendo I never knew in my day-to-day professional life.” She explains, “At the office, my world was nothing but to-do lists and complicated, open-ended projects; a sense of completion was rare. But in craft class, it was crystal clear when I had finished a project, and I reveled in that closure.” Jenny Barnett Rohrs spent 15 years as a music therapist in Lakewood, Ohio, helping people cope with life’s problems. Meanwhile, she loved decompressing at the end of the day by working with polymer clay to make beautiful beads, doll pins, nametags
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and other decorative items. “I was always a crafty, creative kid, learning to embroider from one grandmother and how to make seed flowers from the other,” she recalls. “Since both sets of grandparents lived through the Depression, they were always repurposing things, recycling before it was cool.” As she continued to expand her range of crafting skills and interests as an adult, she also started blogging about it at CraftTherapy.com. “I am a self-taught crafter and never met a craft I didn’t like,” admits Rohrs. “I believe that crafting is an extension of yourself and how you view your world. It’s a way of expressing yourself, coping with life and gaining insight.” As Rohrs continued to try out new crafts, materials, products and techniques, entries on her craft blog grew to the point that she launched a second one at CraftTestDummies.com, where she shares her evaluations. Earlier this year, she appeared on The Martha Stewart Show. Regular posts track her adventures with various media, including her recent experiences with water-soluble ink blocks for drawing and painting, and making a booklet from envelopes. Other popular pastimes range from scrapbooking and making home accessories using beachcomber finds to gifting baby garments personalized with fabric paint decoration. “I believe that creativity is innate,” comments Rohrs. “When you tell your inner critic to shut up, you can have a lot of fun and learn something about yourself. I especially love to encourage folks to try new things and new techniques, and to push their own boundaries.”
It’s Never Too Late
Sandra Palmer Ciolino learned to sew as a child, but didn’t maximize the creativity of her craft until her children were grown, when she was in her 40s. For Ciolino, of Cincinnati, Ohio, “Making contemporary quilts satisfies my desire to work in solitude and fulfills my longing to create lasting and beautiful art. Creating quilts for the wall marries many things I love—fabric, color, composition, piecing and machine quilting.” Ciolino fondly remembers her mother’s handiwork. “I have a vivid memory of her taking a navy blue overcoat of my father’s and using it to sew me a winter coat with cranberry piping; I was so proud of that coat.” She began by making doll clothes, and then started sewing clothing for herself in junior high school, doing her own garment construction. “The technical stuff came early,” she says. Later on, busy with family duties and teaching elementary school physical education classes, she didn’t take time to turn to quilting until the mid-1990s. At first, Ciolino made her quilts in traditional pieced patterns to hang in her house or share as gifts; but then, something changed. “I began to notice in my photography that I was most interested in close-ups of tree bark, ripples in water bodies and cracks in the rocks. My quilts then began to take on a more
In craft and craftsmanship we experience the development of critical thinking, imagination, the ability to play, a source of pride, even validation of our existence. ~ Suzanne Ramljak, art historian, from an interview with Richard Sennett
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abstract quality,” she says. So Ciolino took a class in Columbus, Ohio, with Nancy Crow, recognized by many as “the mother of contemporary quilts,” and never looked back. She still gives quilts as gifts, but her work is now also exhibited at museums and quilt shows (SandraPalmer Ciolino.com; NancyCrow.com). Like many craftspeople, Ciolino’s process in creating art is part technical skill and part intuitive imagining. When she starts a new quilt, she pulls fabrics from her workroom into groupings that appeal to her. She then takes a blackand-white photo to make sure the values of light and dark in the fabrics create an interesting pattern. Next, she uses a rotary cutter to cut the fabric by hand—like drawing a line with a pencil—into shapes freehand, without referring to any pattern. Finally, she sews the pieces together in a composition and uses machine quilting to add another layer of textural interest, finishing each creation by hand. “The craft is when I make something as meticulous and impeccable as I can,” Ciolino concludes. “The art is when I bring an authentic version of myself—my voice and spirit—to the work.” Judith Fertig celebrates the craft of cooking at AlfrescoFoodAndLifestyle. blogspot.com.
CREATIVE THERAPY “The hand is the window on to the mind.” ~ Immanuel Kant by Judith Fertig
carrying around a brain that appreciates working in the dirt and planting and hunting and preparing food.” Using both hands to do something enjoyable, like knitting a scarf, entails engaging in a repetitive motion that produces calming serotonin. Lambert adds that counting stitches distracts us
from other worries or concerns, and knitting something that we find pleasing and seeing the process through to completion activates what she refers to as the effort-driven reward circuit in the brain. This further prompts the release of the feel-good brain chemicals dopamine, serotonin and endorphins, she adds.
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f all our limbs,” explains Professor Richard Sennett, “the hands make the most varied movements, movements that can be controlled at will. Science has sought to show how these motions, plus the hand’s different ways of gripping and the sense of touch, affect the ways we think.” Sennett expounds at length on this topic in his book, The Craftsman, and teaches sociology at New York University and The London School of Economics and Political Science. He explains that making things by hand engages the brain in special ways. The furniture maker, the musician, the glassblower or any other person engaged mindfully in arts and crafts needs to first “localize,” or look at just what is there— a piece of wood, a musical instrument or melted glass. The second step is to question—“What can I do with this?” The third is to open up—figure out how to create something unique. “To deploy these capabilities, the brain needs to process visual, aural, tactile and language-symbol information simultaneously,” says Sennett. Working pleasurably with the hands also helps to enhance brain chemistry according to author Kelly Lambert, Ph.D., a psychology professor and lead researcher with the Lambert Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory at Randolph-Macon College, in Ashland, Virginia. Lambert, author of Lifting Depression: A Neuroscientist’s Approach to Activating Your Brain’s Healing Power, makes the case for hands-on crafts like gardening, cooking and knitting as antidotes to depression. In a “Reconsidering Crafts” segment on Wisconsin Public Radio, she remarked: “We’re still
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KIDS Hands-On Creativity Nurtures Mind, Body and Spirit by Judith Fertig
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ids’ active participation in the creative arts helps them develop physically, mentally, emotionally and socially—whether they are painting, drawing, shaping pottery, performing in plays or musicals, dancing, storytelling, or making music. Studies culled by educators at Arizona’s Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts confirm the multiple benefits, ranging from higher SAT scores to increases in selfesteem and improved ability to handle peer pressure. Yet, with shrinking school budgets, cutting back on what are considered non-core subjects such as music and art is the path that many school districts are forced to take, explains Anne Bryant, Ph.D., executive director of the National School Boards Association. Communities, in turn, must find new ways to counter this new financial reality. For example, an elementary school music or art teacher, once devoted to a single school, now may have to travel to several throughout a district.
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“Schools are under so much pressure due to dwindling resources and the No Child Left Behind legislation that sometimes the children who most need the arts are put in remedial classes instead,” says Susan Tate, a former teacher who is now executive director of Kansas’ Lawrence Arts Center. Add in our digital culture—where hands-on most often means a computer keyboard or phone-texting device—and domestic situations in which busy parents aren’t keen to clean up messy finger paints and other craft supplies, and the result is, “These days, kids also are less likely to do hands-on art at home,” adds Tate. At young ages, children are likely to be more passive than active learners, says Sharon Burch, a music educator in Mystic, Iowa. They may listen, for example, to whatever tunes their parents play, instead of simpler, more age-appropriate songs. Burch has helped fill the need by providing interactive Freddie the Frog resources for use by parents, as well as in music classrooms. Fortunately, communities across the country have rallied to offer afterschool and weekend arts and crafts programs. Many simple arts participation activities are easy for parents, grandparents and caregivers to do along with the kids.
Developing Mental Abilities
“Current studies of brain imaging and mapping show that the active making of music creates synapses in all four parts of the brain,” Burch says. By active, she means physically tapping out a rhythm with sticks, singing a song, dancing to a beat, marching, playing patty-cake or engaging in other age-appropriate, physical movement. “To really light up the brain, you have to do something, not just passively listen.” Making music helps kids think, create, reason and express themselves, adds Burch. Practicing the art of simple storytelling, as well as having adults regularly reading children’s literature with youngsters, can also have a profound impact. A 2003 study published in the American Educator, based on exhaustive research by Ph.D. psychologists Todd Risley and Betty Hart, showed that by age 4, a huge gap in vocabulary skills exists between children of different economic levels. Those growing up in a household of educated, professional people hear a cumulative 32 million more spoken words (1,500 more per hour) during these early years—and thus have a greater vocabulary—than those from welfare families. The researchers further documented more than five times the instances of encouraging feedback. They discovered a direct correlation between the intensity of these early verbal experiences and later achievement. Risley and Hart attributed the meaningful
difference to the increased interaction—more storytelling, reading and parent-child discussions—that typically takes place in more affluent households.
Firing Imagination
“Our culture is so linear and lingually driven that it often doesn’t tap into the vastness of a child’s imagination,” observes Anne Austin Pearce, assistant professor of communication and fine art at Missouri’s Rockhurst University. Pearce often works with school children through library events that couple art and storytelling. “Also, there’s pressure to measure results in a culture that tends to label you either a winner or a loser, but art is not quantifiable in that way; art allows kids to develop ideas through the creative process that they can’t do any other way. “When kids are drawing, they often talk as they are doing it,” she says. “You can then engage in a different kind of conversation with kids, just letting things happen and asking open questions. Kids tell their own stories.”
Confidence-Building
Kids that study and perform at least one of the arts such as dance, playing an instrument or acting in a play, “... will have an edge up that’s so critical as an adult,” concludes Verneda Edwards, executive director of curriculum and instruction for the Blue Valley School District, near Kansas City. “Kids not only benefit academically by engaging in the arts, they also have the ability to get up in front of people and perform. That builds increasing confidence.” Judith Fertig celebrates the craft of cooking at AlfrescoFood AndLifestyle.blogspot.com.
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any communities offer arts programs for children of all ages and income levels. Libraries offer free read-along story times and opportunities to engage in crafts, illustrate stories and dance. This past summer, libraries across the country—from the Ephrata Public Library, in Pennsylvania, to the Mercer Island Library, in Washington state—utilized the theme of One World, Many Stories for their youth arts activities. Kindermusik, an international program with local affiliates, offers age-appropriate classes for newborns through age 7. If a child feels more kinship with Jack Black than Johann Sebastian Bach, then singing or playing guitars, drums or a keyboard might be the ticket at a nearby School of Rock program location. Private music, dance, art, pottery and theatre classes also are becoming popular activities for kids and their families. At community arts centers such as the Lawrence Arts Center, in Kansas, kids of all ages pull on a shirt or a smock and get busy with Mudpie Madness (working with clay), 3D Mania (sculpting with different materials) or building up their own painting and montage portfolios. At the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, in Indiana, preschoolers enjoy watching and participating in weekly plays, stories and songs— all using finger puppets. Community colleges, such as one in Alvin, Texas, offer arts classes like Picasso Pizzazz, encouraging kids in grades one through six to create their own masterpieces. Kids can Dance, Dance, Dance! in the Kids on Campus arts program at Bucks County Community College, in Bristol, Pennsylvania, or take ballet or cartooning lessons in year-round classes through Kingsborough Community College, in Brooklyn, New York. Local parks and recreation departments are other good resources for youth arts participation activities. Iowa’s Orange City Parks & Recreation Department, for example, offers Zip, Zap, Zog! Exploring Theatre, giving kids the chance to improvise with drama games, as well as develop acting and speaking skills.
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YOGA GUIDE Y
oga, a holistic art and practice that originated some 5,000 years ago in India, aims to integrate mind, body and spirit. The word yoga comes from the Sanskrit root yuj, meaning to yoke or unite, and refers to the joining of body with mind and mind with soul to achieve health, balance, tranquility and enlightenment. Individuals of every age and physical condition can benefit from the regular practice of yoga, which has been proved to enhance flexibility, strength, stamina and concentration. Using a combination of asanas, or postures, and breathing techniques, yoga works to induce deep relaxation and reduce stress, tone the body and organs, increase vitality and improve circulation and energy flow. Uplifting and meditative, yoga can be applied as a spiritual practice, as well. Although many schools, or styles, of yoga exist, most differences derive from the primary focus of the practitioner’s attention: precise alignment of the body; holding of the asanas; flow between the postures; breath and movement coordination; or inner awareness and meditation. No particular style is better than another, and many students practice more than one.
that is light on meditation, Ashtanga yoga employs a fast-paced series of flowing poses to build strength, flexibility and stamina. Developed by Indian yoga master Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Ashtanga’s progressively difficult postures are synchronized with a loud breath (called Ujyaii breath in Sanskrit) and are designed to produce intense internal heat and purifying sweat in order to detoxify muscles and organs. The room is usually heated to warm muscles and increase flexibility. Preferred by many athletes, this style is too intense and demanding for most beginners.
ANANDA: A form of gentle Hatha yoga with an emphasis on meditation. Ananda combines classic yoga postures with breathing and silent affirmations to attune with higher levels of body sense, energy and silent inner awareness. As an inner-directed practice, it has less appeal to those desiring a more athletic or aerobic experience. ANUSARA: Anusara means “go with the flow,” and blends spirituality with inner/ outer alignment and balanced energetic actions. Developed by John Friend in 1997, this style urges students to think of poses as artistic expressions of the heart. Individual abilities and limitations are deeply respected and honored, so Anusara yoga can be helpful for everyone and is good for beginners.
HATHA: Hatha yoga is the foundational discipline on which nearly all other styles are based. In Sanskrit, ha represents the sun and tha, the moon—hence, the practice is designed to bring the yin and yang, light and dark, masculine and feminine aspects and polarities into balance. Essentially, Hatha yoga brings all aspects of life together. A class described as hatha will likely include slowpaced stretching, asanas, or postures, that are not too difficult, simple breathing exercises and perhaps, seated meditation. Hatha yoga classes provide a good starting point for beginners, who can learn basic poses and relaxation techniques.
ASHTANGA: A physically demanding style
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BIKRAM: A strenuous style, designed to make students sweat, taught in rooms heated to a minimum of 105º Fahrenheit, with about 40 percent humidity. The superheated rooms facilitate stretching and allow the body to release toxins through perspiration. Former national India yoga champion Bikram Choudhury developed the style, whose 26 demanding poses are performed in a specific order, to promote optimal health and proper function of every bodily system. Bikram yoga is a good choice for highly fit individuals and seasoned students seeking a challenge.
INTEGRAL: A gentle style of yoga brought to this country in 1966 by Sri Swami Satchidananda. Classes are structured to
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balance physical effort with relaxation and include breathing practices, chanting and both guided and silent meditation. Integral yoga is suitable for beginners and helpful for more advanced students who wish to deepen their physical and spiritual awareness. INTEGRATIVE YOGA THERAPY: Gentle postures, guided imagery, assisted stretching and breathwork help to make this style a useful one for rehab centers and hospitals. Joseph LePage began this therapy in the early 1990s to help promote healing and wellbeing for individuals facing heart disease, cancer, AIDS and psychiatric disorders. IYENGAR: Noted for precise alignment and symmetry of postures, the development of balance, and the use of props such as blocks, balls and belts. The Iyengar style of yoga was developed by B.K.S. Iyengar, based on an exceptional understanding of how the body works. Poses are held longer than usual. Iyengar is a good style for beginners, but can challenge seasoned practitioners, as well. KRIPALU: An integrated practice that emphasizes breathing and alignment and coordinates the breath with movement. Kripalu, also called the yoga of consciousness, was developed by Amrit Desai, a long time student of Kundalini yoga master Swami Kripaluvananda. This style incorporates three stages of development, beginning with postural alignment and progressing to meditation, with longer posture holding, finally creating a meditation in motion, where the movement from one posture to another happens unconsciously and spontaneously. Students are encouraged to honor “the wisdom of the body” and to work according to the limits of their flexibility and strength. Kripalu is suitable for everyone, from beginners to advanced students. KUNDALINI: A powerful, enlightening style that incorporates mantras (chanting), meditation, visualization, breathing and guided relaxation, with precise postures. According to Hindu philosophy, kundalini is a concentrated form of prana, or life force, represented by a coiled, sleeping serpent said to reside at the base of the spine. When breath and movement awaken the serpent (energy), it moves up the spine through each of the seven
chakras (energy centers) of the body, bringing energy and bliss. Once a closely guarded secret in India, kundalini yoga was first brought to the West in 1969 and has been known to help with addictions and releasing endorphins in the body. Kundalini will not appeal to everyone and should be practiced under the supervision of an experienced teacher. PHOENIX RISING YOGA THERAPY: This style helps release physical and emotional tension through assisted postures, breathing techniques and ongoing student/teacher dialogue. A deeper connection to the self is encouraged by incorporating traditional yoga techniques with contemporary psychology, which ultimately results in the healing of mind, body and spirit. POWER: An intense style that creates heat and energy, while developing strength and flexibility. Power yoga evolved from ashtanga yoga and was developed by American Beryl Bender Birch in the early 1990s. Its flowing style requires the strength and stamina of Ashtanga, but doesn’t always follow the same sequence of postures, making it similar to Vinyasa style. Power yoga is usually performed in a heated room. Although Baron Baptiste is a name often associated with power
yoga, he has developed his own method, called Baptiste Power Vinyasa yoga, which is taught only by teachers he certifies. Students that enjoy aerobics will probably favor power yoga. SIVANANDA: Cultivates awareness of mind and body by incorporating five main principles of proper exercise, breathing, relaxation and diet, as well as positive thinking and meditation. Based on the philosophy of Swami Sivananda, of India, the practice uses chanting, breathing techniques and meditation to help unblock energy and release stress. Sivananda focuses on 12 basic yoga postures to increase strength and spinal flexibility. It is an excellent practice for beginners, those recovering from injury or anyone interested in spiritual aspects of yoga. SVAROOPA: A style that helps each student discover their bliss. The Sanskrit word svaroopa means “the true nature of being,” and Svaroopa yoga is sometimes called the yoga of alignment and compassion. Attention to alignment in specifically chosen poses helps to soften the body’s connective tissues and ease spinal tension. Blocks and bolsters may be used to allow for deeper muscle release. The style is suitable for beginners and useful for those recovering
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Gluten-Free German Apple Pancakes “These delicious gluten-free yummies should be served as soon as they’re pulled from the oven, as they will deflate soon enough,” says gluten-free health advocate Tina Turbin. “They’re perfect for an easy, laid back brunch.” On her website, GlutenFreeHelp.info, Turbin offers recipes for two homemade, gluten-free flour blends. Makes 2 large pancakes, or 4 servings
4 large eggs ¾ cup gluten-free flour blend ¾ cup soy, rice or almond milk ½ tsp salt 1 /3 cup coconut oil 2 medium apples, thinly sliced ¼ cup natural granulated or raw sugar ¼ tsp ground cinnamon 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 2. Place 2 round, 9-inch cake pans in the oven. 3. Beat the eggs, flour, milk and salt in a small mixer bowl on medium speed for 1 minute. 4. Remove the pans from the oven. Place 2 Tbsp margarine in each pan. Rotate pans until margarine is melted and coats sides of pans. 5. Arrange half the apple slices in each pan. Divide batter evenly between pans. Mix sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle 2 Tbsp sugar mixture over
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batter in each pan. 6. Bake uncovered until puffed and golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Source: Recipe at GlutenFreeHelp.info
No-Knead, Gluten-Free Pizza Dough In this recipe, the ingredients just mix together in a bowl—no kneading is necessary. The raw dough doesn’t taste like yeast dough; but magically, during baking it becomes a gluten-free pizza crust, with a browned crust and mellow, yeasty flavor. Makes dough for 1 pizza to serve 8 to 12 1 cup stoneground brown rice flour 1 cup tapioca flour or potato starch 1 cup garbanzo bean or chickpea flour ½ cup cornstarch or corn flour 1 Tbsp xanthan gum 1 Tbsp instant or bread machine yeast 1½ tsp fine kosher or sea salt 3 large eggs or equivalent substitute 1 tsp cider vinegar 2 Tbsp agave nectar or honey 3 Tbsp vegetable oil, such as canola, corn, or light olive oil ½ cup unsweetened applesauce 1 cup lukewarm water, about 100 degrees 1. Spoon the flours and xanthan gum into a measuring cup, level with a knife or finger, then dump into a large mixing bowl. 2. Add the yeast and salt to the flour. Stir together with a wooden spoon. Lightly beat the eggs in 4-cup measuring glassware. Add the brown sugar, vegetable oil, applesauce and water and whisk until thoroughly mixed. Pour the liquid into the flour mixture and whisk until arriving at a smooth, very loose, batter-like dough.
Source: Adapted from The Artisan Bread Machine, by Judith Fertig (Robert Rose).
3. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let rise at room temperature, about 72 degrees, for 2 hours or until the dough has risen to nearly the top of the bowl and has a thick, golden, mashed potato-like appearance. Source: Adapted from 200 Fast & Easy Artisan Breads, by Judith Fertig.
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Gluten-Free Pizza “People that are allergic to the gluten in wheat still want to eat what everybody else does. And who can blame them?” queries Judith Fertig, author of 200 Fast & Easy Artisan Breads. “As long as the pizza toppings are also gluten-free (check the labels), there’s no reason why those that are gluten-sensitive can’t enjoy pizza, too. If dairy or meat are concerns, use soy equivalents,” she advises. This recipe makes a rectangular pizza, because it’s easier to spread the batter-like dough into this shape. Makes 1 pizza to serve 8 to 12 1 recipe of prepared No-Knead, Gluten-Free Dough 1 cup gluten-free pizza sauce 2 cups thinly sliced fresh button or Portabella mushrooms 2 cups shredded mozzarella, provolone or dairy-free cheese Olive oil for drizzling 2 cups sliced gluten-free pepperoni or soy-based pepperoni OR
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1 cup gluten-free sliced Kalamata olives ½ cup sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil 1. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. To form the pizza, transfer the dough to the prepared baking sheet. Using a water-moistened spatula or just hands, spread the dough into a 14-by10-inch rectangular shape. 2. Cover with a tea towel and let rest at room temperature for 40 minutes. 3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. 4. Spread the pizza sauce over the dough. Arrange the mushrooms and pepperoni over the surface, and then sprinkle with cheese. Drizzle with olive oil. 5. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until the crust is lightly browned and the pizza is bubbling. Transfer to a rack to cool. Slice and serve. Source: Adapted from 200 Fast & Easy Artisan Breads, by Judith Fertig.
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PET TRUSTS Peace of Mind for Your Pet’s Future by Kimberly A. Colgate, Esq.
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ost owners don’t think they need formal estate-planning documents for their pets because a friend, neighbor or relative has said that they will take care of the pet when the owner dies. Unfortunately, sometimes these folks may have good intentions, but when reality strikes, the hoped-for, unwritten arrangement may not be honored and the pet is euthanized. Such sad occurrences, the result of unforeseen financial distress, broken promises or misunderstandings, can be prevented if the proper legal documents are in place to protect a beloved
pet. The owner may provide for the pet either in a legally signed will or a trust specifically created for the named pet. So, which is better?
Limits of a Will
While a will cannot leave property directly to an animal, it can name a person that is charged with the responsibility of caring for the pet, as well as leave available funds to the individual for that purpose. However, problems can arise because many people don’t understand how a will works. With a will, the instructions con-
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tained in it are not automatically carried out. A lengthy and formal process must be followed in each state to admit a will to the probate court and appoint an executor; until that happens, no one can access the property of the deceased. Initiating the process typically takes at least 30 days and it can be up to a year before money is distributed to beneficiaries. But where does the pet live in the meantime? Who is taking care of the pet and providing money for housing, food, exercise and health care? Another problem is that even when money or property is given to the named person to care for a pet, it is difficult to ensure that they will actually spend the money on the pet, according to the will’s instructions. This is why creating a trust for the long-term care of a pet is the better solution.
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More than 45 states now have laws making it possible to create a trust for a pet. This arrangement offers many advantages; a pet trust document usually: n Names a physical caretaker for the pet n Names a trustee that will hold the money for caring for the pet n Instructs the trustee to distribute the money to the caretaker according to the instructions contained in the pet trust n Provides the trustee with the authority to place the pet with a new caretaker if for any reason the person named cannot take care of the pet as intended
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alk through the gluten-free product aisles at the grocery or health food store and many people might wonder: “Is this a food fad? Who has a problem with gluten?” As it turns out, more people have gluten sensitivity than scientists, physicians and researchers previously thought. A study at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Center for Celiac Research estimates that 6 percent of the U.S. population, or more than 18 million individuals, have some sensitivity to gluten, a protein found in wheat (including kamut and spelt), barley, rye, malts and triticale. Research published online by BMC Medicine and CeliacCenter.org this year provides the first scientific evidence of what many people allergic to gluten already know: While gluten sensitivity presents less serious negative health effects than celiac disease, its host of symptoms can become problematic. An earlier study in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics concluded that for dealing with both wheat allergies and celiac disease, the dietary avoidance of gluten-containing grains is the only effective treatment.
Case in Point Carol Mahaffey, a tax attorney in Columbus, Ohio, was experiencing intermittent joint pain and what she
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calls “living in a fog,” in the summer of 2009. Because she had read that joint pain can sometimes be caused by gluten sensitivity, she decided to eliminate gluten from her diet. Although her new regimen didn’t relieve the joint pain—she was later professionally diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis—she found that after four to five weeks, she looked and felt better overall. “I was losing weight, my digestive system was better and I found it easier to mentally focus. Somebody at work also happened to mention that I didn’t sniffle anymore,” she relates. Although Mahaffey’s blood tests were negative for celiac disease, she had all the signs that she is gluten-sensitive. “Imagine degrees of gluten ingestion along a spectrum,” says Dr. Alessio Fasano, a professor of pediatrics, medicine and physiology and director of the Center for Celiac Research. “At one end, you have people with celiac disease, who cannot tolerate one crumb of gluten in their diet. At the other, you have the lucky people who can eat pizza, beer, pasta and cookies—with no ill effects whatsoever. In the middle,
there is this murky area of those with gluten reactions, including gluten sensitivity,” says Fasano, who led the new study. “This is where we are looking for answers on how to best diagnose and treat this recently identified group of gluten-sensitive individuals.” Until more definitive answers come to light, those who suspect they might have an issue with gluten can try going gluten-free for a period of time, like Mahaffey. “I had to become a label reader,” she advises, “because even things like bottled soy sauce can contain gluten.” She buys baked goods at a local glutenfree bakery, still enjoys wine with glutenfree snacks, uses gluten-free dough to
make her own pizza at home, and has become a fan of risotto. For people that travel on a similar path, the feel-good benefits of a glutenfree diet can more than make up for some of the inconveniences. “You just make it work,” says Mahaffey. On a recent get-together with longtime college friends at a chalet in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Mahaffey brought her own snacks and breakfast foods, asked questions about the menu when they went out to dinner, and ended up having a great, gluten-free time.
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Baking supplies. Natural sweeteners such as locally produced honey, salt and pepper, herbs and spices, tapioca, baking soda, baking powder, cornmeal, gluten-free flours, baking chocolate and dried cocoa powder.
pastas and spaghetti sauces.
Frozen foods. Plain, frozen fruits and vegetables, gluten-free frozen waffles, and ice cream, sherbet and ices (check labels for added ingredients).
Grains, seeds and starches. Quinoa, rice, buckwheat, chickpeas, flax, sunflower seeds and potato starch. (See Gluten-Free Baking article for a full list of gluten-free flours.)
Meat and fish. All fresh beef and poultry, fish and shellfish; for any prepackaged or pre-wrapped item, check the label for additives.
Tips for people and Nuts and beans. Dried businesses in beans and peas, Breakfast foods. Rice and corn cereals plain nuts; nut butters such as peanut, meant to be cooked or eaten from the almond and cashew. Natural box, gluten-free cereals and gluten-free Produce. All fresh fruit, vegetables, frozen waffles. Awakenings’ herbs and spices. Condiments. Vinegars (except malt October vinegar), mustard, ketchup, horseradish, Refrigerated foods. Yogurts, milk, halfand-half, cream, whipping cream, sour jams and jellies, honey, maple syrup, edition. cream, butter, vegan margarine, cottage relish, pickles and olives. Beverages. Coffee and tea (always check the gluten-free status of flavored types), soft drinks and fruit juice.
Fats and oils. Vegetable, canola and olive oils, mayonnaise and salad dressings (check labels). Foods in packages, cans and jars. Plain, canned fruits and vegetables, applesauce, cranberry sauce, canned beans and lentils, canned fish (e.g., tuna, salmon and sardines), organic packaged soups, corn tortillas and gluten-free
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cheese, cream cheese, aged cheeses, eggs, tofu, rice pudding, tapioca pudding and 100 percent fruit juices.
Snacks. Rice cakes, rice crackers, soy crisps, popcorn, cheese puffs, potato and corn chips, chocolates and dried fruits. Source: Adapted from About.com list by Jane Anderson, a medical writer specializing in gluten-intolerance issues.
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Putumayo World
Dan Storper’s Music without Borders by April Thompson
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tional music? ince the 1970s, Thinking about my Putumayo World own experience Music founder growing up listening Dan Storper has apto crossover artists plied his entreprelike Manu Dibango, neurial acumen to the Miriam Makeba, business of bridging Hugh Masekela and cultures. Starting with Sergio Mendes, I see a small shop selling a universal conneccrafts and clothes that tion to melody-driven he discovered while music with interesting traveling throughout rhythms and beautiful Latin America, Storper’s voices, even if it’s in business evolved into other languages or uses an ethnically inspired unfamiliar instrumentaline of apparel sold in his seven U.S. Putution. mayo stores and 600 other boutiques around What are you trythe country. The music “Music really ing to achieve in mixes that Storper compiled and played in can transform and your Putumayo his stores led in 1993 transcend hardships Presents compilato the creation of the tions? Putumayo World Music and boundaries.” Putumayo looks for record label, intended universally appealing to introduce people to other cultures around the world through music that everyone can relate to. I refer to it as, “the spirit of Bob Marley”—I music. In 1997, he sold the clothing don’t know of anyone who can listen to business to focus full time on music. his songs and not enjoy them. Putumayo’s upbeat and wide Every album attempts to encapsuranging compilations are distinctive— late the best elements of a culture and exemplified by their hallmark folk art music of an area or region. We careCD covers by British illustrator Nicola fully curate each thematic album so Heindl and comprehensive liner notes. that, rather than a collection of random Putumayo’s releases, including songs tracks, it is a musical journey that will for its children’s label, Putumayo Kids, uplift listeners and interest them not are now available in 7,000 stores in only in the music, but also in the culmore than 80 countries. A longtime ture and the region. member of the Social Venture Net Every year, I receive emails and work, Putumayo has donated more letters from people that have been inthan $1 million of the proceeds from spired by the music to travel to a place its CD sales to nonprofit organizations they’ve discovered through our albums. that support communities where the We hope that more and more people music originates. will dig deeper by traveling to these countries, buying the works of individuWhat common threads charal artists and creating real connections. acterize the widely divergent genres that comprise interna-
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to the cultures whose music it shares with the world? For example, do you try to preserve “endangered species” of music?
We don’t set out to save dying genres of music, but one of the byproducts of our work is a greater awareness of other cultures and musical traditions. We’re particularly interested in finding musical gems that may not be known to people inside or outside of their country. In the process, we help people recognize and value the strong musical heritage they have. Sometimes we discover artists that become featured on movie soundtracks or are signed by a major label as a result of their collaboration with Putumayo. While we focus on presenting great music rather than countering stereotypes and cultural misperceptions, that often ends up being a healthy side effect. Much of the music we promote comes from parts of the world struggling with poverty, war and other issues; some are commonly associated with negative connotations in the Western media. Yet many of these places have rich traditions that are mostly accessible to outsiders through music, art and food. New Orleans, the city I now call home, is a great example of a place that is trying to rise above various challenges and misperceptions.
What are some of the trends you see in world music today?
For centuries, trading caravans would bring new instruments and songs to different regions, in turn, influencing the music of an area. Today, with the explosion of digital music, there is more music cross-fertilization than ever. African, Asian and Australian musicians can now hear each other’s music through tour concerts, the Internet and other media. Almost everyone can now similarly access music from around the world; at the same time, this means there is that much more for people to sift through. The music of the world is an ocean of millions of songs. Putumayo employs several people to do just that—search the world to identify little-known music that people all over will love. April Thompson is a freelance writer in Washington, D.C. Connect at April Writes.com.
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Healthy Homes, Happy Bodies by Gemma Woodgate
nize your pantry, she’ll offer personal guidance and instruction on the types of things to stock the pantry back up with. This is the newest aspect to her business, which has developed organically out of her own experiences using natural foods and holistic health techniques to conquer illness and improve her overall quality of life. “After you know the rules and regulations of the game, you came play them well,” Noble says, referring to the rules of holistic health and wellness, which she now shares with others through classes, workshops and one-one-one coaching sessions. By making the effort to keep a clean and organized home, we can also carve out the time to tend to issues affecting our health and wellness. Creating an organized home goes hand in hand with supporting a healthy body. Just as our body should be a place of health to house our spirits, our physical homes should be an environment of peace and calmness.
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eptember has begun. The neighborhood kids are heading back to school and with that comes the natural urge to organize and implement a bit more structure into our daily routines. Even those without children to pack lunches for and load onto the school bus often find fall a good time to shrug off the long days of summer and embrace new routines and habits. Professional organizer, Karen Bitterle recommends beginning with small, manageable tasks that make a meaningful impact. She suggests choosing projects based on priority and dedicating time each week to organize, clean and maintain progress. “Trying to tackle everything at once almost always results in nothing being accomplished,” advises Bitterle, who instead, proposes focusing efforts on individually selected goals and projects. If you don’t know where to start, or simply feel overwhelmed by the prospect of organizing and cleaning, consider enlisting the help of family, friends or a professional to assist. Camelia Noble, owner and founder of Hands That Can Help You, Inc. offers a multitude of services designed to cater to the individual and ever-changing needs of her clients. In addition to the basic cleaning and organizing services, Noble’s business has grown into a holistic coaching business. Not only will she help you clean out and orga-
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Interview with Camelia Noble Q: How did you first get started in the cleaning and organizing business? A: While working at Home Depot part time on the weekends, I was asked by a customer if I would clean their home. I cleaned the house like it never been cleaned and treated it like it was my home. Within one month, I had five clients, and Hands That Help You Clean started a year later. As the years went by we added more and more services. By 2008 we had full time employees and contracts with commercial and residential accounts
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SOUND YOGA
PRACTICES by Meredith Montgomery
As a long-distance runner, professional singer and songwriter and worldwide community and environmental activist, Michael Franti lives a life driven by yoga-inspired philosophies, both on and off the mat.
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nown as one of the most consciously positive artists in music today, Michael Franti has been practicing yoga for 11 years. The discipline resonates with him as a solution to the physical and mental stress he encounters touring on the road, and he has practiced yoga daily ever since his first experience. “I still recall how stiff I was during my first class. I couldn’t touch my toes and I could barely sit with my legs crossed,” Franti reflects. Franti reports that he is in better physical shape today than he was 20
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years ago. “The great thing about yoga is that it’s not a competition,” says the 45-year-old, who grew up in a competitive household with four siblings before going on to play college basketball at the University of San Francisco. “In yoga, you’re not competing against anyone, which has been a valuable, if difficult lesson for me—to stop thinking, ‘I wish I could do a headstand as well as the person next to me,’ but to instead really embrace where I am at that moment.” After suffering from a series of
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physical hurdles, including joint problems, operations on his abdomen and a ruptured appendix, Franti continues to be grateful that yoga has prolonged his livelihood as an athlete. He recalls, “There was a time when my body felt like it was breaking down and I thought I was never going to be able to play catch with my son again. But through yoga, I’ve learned that it’s possible to heal my body.” He attributes his ability to play basketball and run long distances to the flexibility and strength derived from his yoga practice. Currently performing with guitar legend Carlos Santana on the Sound of Collective Consciousness tour, Franti weaves the yogic philosophy of ahimsa, or the sacredness of life and nonviolence in thought or action, into his music. He explains, “For songwriters, one of the most difficult things to do is to instill all of your ideas into just one phrase, word or melody. When I’m in a yoga class, ideas come because my mind is clear, or because I’ll hear my teacher say something that starts me thinking in a different way. Often, when I practice without any sound at all, I’ll hear melodies in my head that I’ll sing to myself as I’m practicing. All of these insights find their way into my songs. “I like to rock out!” notes Franti of his preference for nontraditional yoga music during his personal practice. “Sometimes I make playlists that are all loud dance music, or all reggae. I’ll do a whole class to The Beatles sometimes. Today, I listened to singer-songwriter William Fitzsimmons.” A supporter of several charities and an environmental activist, Franti also values seva, a yogic philosophy that emphasizes selfless service. “As an individual in this world, I believe that we all have a responsibility to give back to our communities and to the planet,” he says. Ten years ago, he decided to go barefoot after playing music for children abroad that could not afford shoes. Since then, he’s remained barefoot, except in airplanes or restaurants. The artist also collects shoes for Soles4Souls (Soles4Souls.org) at all of his shows. As a touring musician, Franti enjoys traveling to places such as Haiti,
Israel, Palestine, Brazil and Indonesia so that he can share his music on the streets, but also so that he can experience unfamiliar settings. “I learn so much when I go outside of my comfort zone. Similarly, yoga forces us to step outside of our comfort zone and look at our self from a different perspective.” Although he enjoys practicing advanced arm balances and inversions, the final pose in every class, savasana, is Franti’s favorite. “It doesn’t matter if I’m at a workshop for three hours and we do 15 minutes of the relaxation pose, or if I just did one side of a sun salutation and I lay on my back for three minutes. Savasana always changes my whole outlook on life, on my day and the present moment. To lay quietly on my back on the floor, close my eyes, breathe deeply and let everything go for a few minutes enables me to then move forward into whatever comes next in my day.”
Meredith Montgomery publishes the Mobile/Baldwin, AL, edition of Natural Awakenings (HealthyLivingHealthy Planet.com). She also serves as director of donor relations for National Yoga Month (YogaMonth.org).
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Yoga and Christianity
Moving Bodies, Raising Spirits: the Connection Between Yoga and Spirituality
by Emily Lardner
The connection between yoga and spirituality is a topic that has captivated the attention of many people, and many faiths. Some religious people object to practicing yoga, and the belief that yoga is incompatible with Christianity has become a hot-button topic for people all over the world. “I started learning Holy Yoga because people told me I couldn’t do yoga because I am Christian,” says YC Yoga for Life instructor Trina Campbell, who teaches Holy Yoga, a Christianbased practice. The controversial assumption that yoga is a religion is one that Cobb and Campbell reject. Instead, both feel it is a spiritual experience that is acceptable for all human beings, including Christians. “The beauty of yoga is that it unites everybody because it’s about the breath of life,” says Cobb.
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he connection between mind and body has puzzled humans for centuries. For those of us living in this day and age, the connection between our body and our mind – consciousness, spirit and soul – is a daily consideration. Practitioners of yoga give particular attention to this connection; Yvette Cobb, owner of YC Yoga for Life Detroit, defines yoga as “the union of the self and the higher self.” Yoga Takes Many Forms The union between a person and their higher self can take many forms. People practicing yoga extend their bodies into various poses, stretching their muscles while focusing awareness on their breath. Many people believe that yoga is a Hindu practice, and they are not completely mistaken – yoga has a large and important place in Hinduism, but the basic movements and intentions stretch all the way back to the Egyptians, asserts Cobb, while emphasizing the fact that, regardless of where it originated, yoga is not a religious practice.
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Campbell can see the concerns of Christians, who may be unfamiliar with the language, names of poses and chants involved in the practice. According to Campbell, risking worship of a false idol is not in the best interest of any religious Christian. As a newcomer to yoga, Campbell’s solution to this dilemma was to request English translations and interpretations of each chant. “When I’ve been uncomfortable, I’ve chanted the lord’s prayer – something I can connect my practice with,” she explains. Campbell explains that the difference between Holy Yoga and other yoga styles lies mainly in the intention and connection. “We don’t rely on our strength; we rely on Christ’s strength,” she says. In fact, many Christians find that a Holy Yoga class can be a formal worship experience. For Campbell, hearing that her students have truly connected to Christ through the practice of Holy Yoga is the best reward. “People who don’t have time for church tell me they feel like they’ve had a church experience,” she shares, happily.
Nourishing the Spirit of the City
Bringing yoga and faith to Detroit, especially during this time of economic strife, are of paramount importance to both Cobb and Campbell. “Many Detroiters have lost their way or faith because of the [difficulties of] the ‘Big 3,’” says Cobb. She and Campbell hope that YC Yoga For Life Detroit will serve as an outlet for people looking for something to connect to. When asked about her studio’s low prices and urban location, Cobb speaks enthusiastically. “One, it allows individuals who would not have the opportunity to experience a variety of movements, to feel good and be more health and body conscious. Two, it allows Detroiters to experience a different type of fitness, one that is fun and enjoyable. It’s a domino effect, once a person feels good, they can relax, sleep better and reduce stress.” So the connection between yoga and spirituality, at least for this pioneering Detroit studio, is about healing and revitalizing the spirit. Her hope is that the center reduces the stress level of the city, helping to heal the spirit of Detroiters, many of whom are living in a survival mode in which joyfulness and health don’t always seem possible. Cobb sees herself on a mission from God, as a messenger for god, and believes that her movement classes can help people move into a more spiritually centered place, in which all things seem possible. By skillfully weaving scripture into her Holy Yoga classes, Campbell uses the studio space to facilitate and encourage Christians to move physically towards a connection with Christ. No matter which way we look at it, yoga is a moving experience that raises spirits, even if were don’t know where to or from – when a person does yoga, they know where they are. During these difficult times in Detroit, we could all use a little of that. Emily Lardner is an enthusiastic Detroit resident who recently graduated from University of Michigan. A poet by trade, this article provided a fun and challenging experience in journalism that she hopes to continue. Although she loves to talk to people face-to-face, you can reach her at efdlardner@gmail.com.
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A Pose By Any Other Name When Jeanne Eagen, RYT, began teaching yoga at several churches in her area, she was confronted by an issue that surprised her somewhat. “Many students expressed concerns about the Sanskrit terminology used in my classes,” says Eagen, who assures her students that the names used to describe the yoga asanas, or poses, are nothing more than words, and that they do not imply an association with the Hindu faith. She draws a parallel to dancers studying classical ballet; regardless of where they live or study, ballet dancers use French terms- plie’, for example, which describes a knee bend. “The asanas have Sanskrit names because they originated in India. If yoga descended from a French tradition, then the poses would have French names,” explains Eagen, adding, “I ask my students to be open-minded and release preconceived ideas. I say, ‘would it seem to conflict with your faith if these words were in Spanish, German or French, because Hindu words are no different.’”
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Yellow Coneflower or Ratibida pinnata.
a lesson from the prairie by Selena Browne
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he beauty of gardening with native plants is that it offers an added dimension to some lovely, hardy garden specimens, and an in depth look at ecology. In fact, putting in a native plant garden is very close to ecological restoration. Native plant gardening is really nothing new. It began with Thomas Jefferson who zealously collected botanical specimens and often sent samples across seas to introduce them to his European friends. Along with the samples, he enthusiastically described the qualities of each plant in accompanying letters. In Jefferson’s time, no one talked about
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ecological gardening, but essentially adding native plants to an expanse of lawn was exactly what encouraged biodiversity. One of the earliest native plants to be introduced to American gardens was the fiery orange Butterflyweed. Quite at home in the dry shortgrass and tallgrass prairies of North America, it is used to the blazing heat, temperature ranges of a full 150 degrees, periodic fires and long dry spells. We might expect in return a small parched flower, not the massive bunches sometimes reaching thirty inches across on one
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plant. There was also a love for the myriad Coneflowers, the Brown and Black Eyed Susans, the overflowing wealth of asters, the woodland and prairie phloxes, the purple Liatris, and the Baptisia clans (False Indigo.) Highly in demand overseas were the goldenrods and asters that were nearly exclusive to North America and so refreshingly beautiful in the autumn gardens. The term biodiversity is well known today thanks to the awareness we have of the complexities found in healthy ecosystems. We’ve all heard about the rainforest and its grand diversity, but diversity can be nurtured and encouraged on a much smaller scale. It’s possible to have a wealth of biodiversity by simply allowing for parts of your garden and yard to develop naturally.
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Native plants also provide necessary habitats and resources for animal and insect life. Monarch caterpillars are a prime example of the unique relationship between plant and animal kingdoms. Before forming a chrysalis, the caterpillars are completely reliant on the plant for proper nutrition. The sappy acrid milk found so readily in the Common Milkweed is also present in the butterfly weed in a mild watery form. The substance is toxic to all but a few creatures, and the Monarch is one of the specialists. This butterfly evolved the ability to use the alkaloid as a protective mechanism against predators (mainly birds) becoming, in a sense, ‘deadly beautiful.’
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Planting native gardens enriches the environment, the animal habitat and the aesthetics of both urban and suburban landscapes. Here are some of the best reasons to introduce natives to the local urban landscape: • In a practical sense, gardening with native is not a whole lot of work. Once established, these perennials perform every year, discourage weeds, need no fertilizing, and rarely cry out for water unless you specifically select plants that are ecologically adapted to wetlands. Many of these plants have a unique ability to survive in a wide scale moisture and soil variation.
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• Native plants add seasons of interest. Plants of the prairies and forest can retain lovely characteristics long after bloom time. Some will add exquisite foliage color while others form striking seed pods.
It is only the milkweed family plants that allow for Monarchs to reproduce, so the importance of these plants in the ecosystem is crucial to this species, not to mention other milkweed specializers. These species have uniquely adapted the same orange and black or red and black coloring of the Monarch caterpillars, which serves as a symbol of warning to others animals that this is a toxic creature, and one not to be messed with.
the grass as they turn scarlet and the deep inky blue of grapevines hang over all. The last to come is the wild surprise of finding blossoms in November on the Witch Hazel. Although it creates a different type of beauty than other, more manicured yards, gardening with native plants allows us to embrace and enhance our landscape while supporting the natural needs of the soil and plants around us.
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Selena Browne is a naturalist who has worked in native plant restoration and education for 15 years. She has worked with various local groups and projects including Friends of the Rouge, Friends of Maybury State Park, and Southeastern Oakland County Resource Recovery Association (S.O.C.R.R.A). SelenaBrowne@ rocketmail.com
Many more intricate relationships are seen by watching what happens in a native plant garden, especially one that mimics the free form of the prairie or an eastern forest. In addition, native plant gardens possess a type of natural beauty that flourishes for many seasons. One of the secrets to this naturally wild look is called the “prairie crescendo” and is much like music that builds to the grand overture. Plants progress in height naturally as the prairie grass grows taller and taller all season long. By fall, the prairie flowers must be very tall to tower above the long silky bluestem grasses. This crescendo occurs in native gardens every year as the season progresses. The plants grow tall and colors begin to burst into golds, purples and the whine reds of the grasses themselves. Likewise on the forest edge, the Sumacs take flame, the Virginia Creepers go bleeding all over
• The fruits and seeds produced by native plants are intended for wildlife. Everything is appreciated and consumed. Just watch the chickadees nibbling on Sumac fruits and the goldfinches going after the thin dry seeds of Coreopsis. • Forget having perfect soil, many natives will readily adapt to clay soil. Those that do (often called “clay busters”) improve aeration, hydration and soil texture within time. Remember, prairie plants are capable of creating the most fertile soils on earth! • Putting in freeborn plants of the American prairie that are raised from ancestral seeds gives an echoing appeal to the miles of prairie and sunny meadows of our greatest American habitat, whether crammed into a small city lot or extending on a sunny slope of a school yard or county park. Superior Growers is a local source for native plant seeds, they’re located at 29220 7 Mile Rd in Livonia. 248-473-0450 Kai is very knowledgeable and he would be happy to help you get started on your journey with native plants.
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SEPTEMBER 1 Detroit Water Protection & Conservation Team – 6-7pm. Work to protect our water from problems like sewage overflows while encouraging solutions like green infrastructure. Join us to learn how you can help. Free. Biggby Coffee, 4501 Woodward Ave, Detroit. 313-965-0055.
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SEPTEMBER 3 Tadpoles and Explorers Club – 10am. Tadpoles, ages 2-5, can have fun experiencing nature, playing games, & making crafts. Explorers Club, ages 8-12, grab your backpack, binoculars, and water and enjoy an outdoor experience. $4. Nature Center of Oakwoods Metropark, Flat Rock. MetroParks.com, RSVP 734-782-3956.
SEPTEMBER 7 Volunteer Day at Earthworks Urban Farm – 9am-12pm. Join us after working in the gardens for lunch in the soup kitchen. All volunteers meet at Capuchin Soup Kitchen. For individual volunteers, no RSVP needed. For groups, please contact in advance. Earthworks Urban Farm, 1264 Meldrum, Detroit. cskdetroit.org/EWG/index.cfm, earthworks@ cskdetroit.org, 313-579-2100 x204. Dearborn Chamber Art Gallery Opening and After Hours – 5-8pm. Business owners, corporate professionals and community leaders will have the opportunity to view the work of artist Janet Kondziela while sampling wine and cheese. Free. Padzieski Gallery, 15801 Michigan Ave, Dearborn.dearbornchamber. org/event/art-gallery-opening-and-after-hours, prichard@DearbornChamber.org, 313-584-6100.
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Emotional Freedom Therapy – 6-8pm. Workshop by Geraldine Torres, Iridologist, Reflexologist and Herbalist. Must register in advance. Free. In-Balance Ctr, 36920 Goddard Rd, Romulus. 734-942-9200.
SEPTEMBER 8 Glanduler Class - 6-8pm. Workshop by Geraldine Torres, Iridologist, Reflexologist and Herbalist. Must register in advance. Free. In-Balance Ctr, 36920 Goddard Rd, Romulus. 734-942-9200. Reiki Share – 6:30pm. Open to Reiki practitioners of all skills and abilities. Sharpen skills, ask questions or just give/receive a Reiki healing. Free. BodyWorks Healing Ctr, 819 Mill St, Plymouth. BodyWorksHealingCenter.com, Reiki Master Jennifer Flowers Gutman, 734-416-5200. Stop the Thyroid Madness – 6:30-7:15pm. Don’t miss this seminar to get your thyroid the support it needs to feel, function and look great! Learn safe and natural solutions. Free. Limited seating. Dr. William Civello, 34441 Eight Mile Rd, Ste 116, Livonia. RSVP 248615-1533. Exercise Using Resistance Tubes – 7-8pm. Learn the basics of using resistance tubes for strength and toning. Free. Canton Ctr Chiropractic Clinic, 6231 N Canton Ctr Rd, Ste 109, Canton. 734-455-6767.
SEPTEMBER 9 Pet Adoptions – 5-8. Join Basil’s Buddies for the National Pet Adoption Weekend at PetSmart Woodhaven. We have many available cats and kittens waiting for their fur-ever homes! PetSmart Woodhaven, 23470 Allen Rd, Woodhaven. BasilsBuddies.org, info@ basilsbuddies.org, 734-926-1098. Natural Parenting Mom2Mom Sale – 5:309:30pm. A great way to buy and sell all of the baby basics like cloth diapers, baby wearing carriers, sleeping attachments, breastfeeding equipment and baby clothes! Tables are available. Saint Paul United Church, 24158 Goddard Rd, Taylor. Downriver and Livonia La Leche League, Danielle, daniellerbaker@mac.com
SEPTEMBER 10 Erie Orchards Apple Festival – 9am-7pm. Thru Sept 11. Great apple picking and the cider press will be going for fresh cider. Enjoy the hay rides, pony rides and inflatables. Crafters onsite. Free. Erie Orchards and Cider Mills, 1235 Erie Rd, Erie. ErieOrchards.com, 734-848-4518. 9th Annual Dog Days of Summer Swim! – 11am-3pm. Bring your dog for a fun day at the Dog Days of Summer Swim! Contests, games, and onsite vendors! Proof of Rabies vaccination is required. $5. Kennedy Outdoor Aquatic Center, 3101 West Rd, Trenton. TrentonMi.org, 734-675-7300.
Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence. ~Robert Fripp Harvest Moon Hayride – 7pm. A hayride, bonfire and Harvest Moon program - what better way to spend an autumn evening? $5. Nature Center of Oakwoods Metropark, Flat Rock. MetroParks.com, RSVP 734-782-3956. Dally in the Alley – Striving to be “The Greenest Festival in Detroit” ~ a performing arts festival and street fair including local artists, music and food. Rain date is Sept 11th. Free. Cass Corridor, 4632 Second Avenue, Detroit. DallyinTheAlley.com
SEPTEMBER 11 Moving Foward in Forgiveness – 10am12pm. Unity of Livonia will have a special service and a movie to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the events of 9/11.Unity of Livonia, 28660 Five Mile Rd, Livonia. UnityofLivonia.org, 734-421-1760. Party in Pink - Zumbathon – 2-4pm. Zumbathon benefiting the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Tickets available at the studio and drop-ins welcome day of event. Clothing available for purchase. $15. World of Pole Fitness & Dance, 32669 Warren, Ste 6, Garden City. WorldofPole.com, 734-306-0909.
SEPTEMBER 14 Emotional Freedom Therapy – 6-8pm. Workshop by Geraldine Torres, Iridologist, Reflexologist and Herbalist. Must register in advance. Free. In-Balance Ctr, 36920 Goddard Rd, Romulus. 734-942-9200.
Holistic Cancer Awareness and Prevention – 7-8pm. Become aware of cancer-causing agents and preventative measures! Dr. Denise Acton, ND discusses healthy eating, reduction of chemicals, proper supplementation and the use of digital thermography imaging. Free. Broad Family Chiropractic, 43423 Joy Rd, Canton. Dr-Acton.MyShaklee.com, RSVP 734-645-4434.
SEPTEMBER 15 Urinary Class - 6-8pm. Workshop by Geraldine Torres, Iridologist, Reflexologist and Herbalist. Must register in advance. Free. In-Balance Ctr, 36920 Goddard Rd, Romulus. 734-942-9200. The Use of Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils – 7-8:15pm. You’ll be amazed at the many uses you’ll discover while learning about these fascinating oils. Free. Canton Ctr Chiropractic Clinic, 6231 N Canton Ctr Rd, Ste 109, Canton. CantonCenterChiropractic. com, 734-455-6767. Cluttered Lives, Empty Souls: Understanding and Treating Hoarding Disorder – 7-8:30pm. Hear Terrence Shulman, local therapist & author, discuss what hoarding is and isn’t, what causes it, and how to help yourself or someone you love! Free. Limited seating. Franklin Public Library, 32455 Franklin Rd., Franklin. terrenceshulman@ theshulmancenter.com, RSVP 248-358-8508.
SEPTEMBER 16 Haunted Houses in Michigan: Luncheon Series – 11:30am. Where are the Top Ten Most Haunted Places in Michigan? Do you live near a known source of “Supernatural Phenomena”? John E.L. Tenney will answer these questions and more. $20 per luncheon. Schoolcraft College, 18600 Haggerty Rd, Livonia. Transition Center, schoolcraft.edu/ transitions, RSVP one week prior 734-4624443. Happy Birthday Chiropractic – 4-6pm. The chiropractic profession is 116 years old! Celebrate this milestone with us! Refreshments from our sponsor, Rumi’s Bakery and gift bags will be available. Free. Canton Ctr Chiropractic Clinic, 6231 N Canton Ctr Rd, Ste 109, Canton. Cantoncenterchiropractic. com, RSVP 734-455-6767.
Pumpkin Festival – Sept 16-18. The Pumpkin Festival is back! The parade of lights will kick off the festival on Friday at dusk beginning at Goddard and Wayne roads through downtown ending at 5-points. Free. Romulus Historical Park, 11147 Hunt Street, Romulus. RomulusGov.com Victorian Festival – Sept 16-18. Journey back through time to a simpler era with a visit to the 23rd annual Victorian Festival. Free. Downtown Northville. Northville.org
SEPTEMBER 17 Flat Rock Riverfest – 9am-9pm. Music, Food, Arts and Crafts, Kiddie Games, Car Show, Bingo, Beer Tent, 3-on-3 Basketball, Parade and MORE! Music Performance by Alexander Zonjic and Friends. Free. Huroc Park, Flat Rock. DowntownFlatRock.com/ featured/riverfest Stressed Out!?! – 10-11am. Sheryl Mahnke discusses how complimentary alternative medicine therapies can help you control stress and keep it from becoming distress and disease. Free. Henry Ford Self-health Ctr, 23400 Allen Rd, Woodhaven. HenryFordSelfHealth. com, mslaven1@hfhs.org, 734-676-3813. Low-Cost Vaccine Clinic for Pets – 10am3pm. Protect your pets from illness even in this economy! Top quality vaccines and heartworm meds for dogs and cats at low prices. Masserant’s Landscape Supply & Hardware, 8496 Swan Creek, Newport. info@basilsbuddies.org, 734-926-1098. Used Book Sale – 10am-3pm. Taylor Community Library, 12303 Pardee Rd , Taylor. In the Library and the Log Cabin, Taylor.Lib. mi.us, 734-287-4840. Raw Food on a Dime – 1:30-3pm. Learn what equipment you need, what ingredients to buy and how to store them. See what living and raw food can do for you, your life and your health! handsthathelpyou@aol.com, $25. Total Health Foods, 2938 Biddle Ave, Wyandotte. 734-246-1208. The 2nd Annual Buster Bash – 5-10pm. Benefit for The Buster Foundation Pit Bull Education & Rescue: Auctions, 50/50 Raffle, DJ, Dinner, and a special guest speaker... plus, meet some of our available dogs. $20 for adults, $10 for children 6-12 (5 and under are free). Plymouth Elks Lodge, 41700 Ann Arbor Rd, Plymouth. busterdogs.com
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Start Living Expo – 12-4pm. Women of Wyandotte’s Annual Health Expo Forum - Cooking Demonstrations, Prizes and Giveaways! 20 venders in health-related products and services, and incredible guest speaker line up. $2 adults, kids free. Roosevelt High School, 540 Eureka Road, Wyandotte. WomenofWyandotte.com
Wellness Superheroes: CoQ10, Magnesium, Omega-3 Oil, Vitamin D – 6-8:30pm. Sandy Baumann discusses how these superheroes reduce risk for arthritis, bone loss, cancer, depression, heart disease, high cholesterol, leg pain, memory loss, and more. $22. Workbook fee $7. Stevenson High School, 33500 W Six Mile Rd, Livonia. Livonia Family YMCA, RSVP by Sept 19 734-261-2161.
SEPTEMBER 19 Kids’ Nutrition – 6-7:30pm. Come hear about proper nutrition for growing kids! Free. Total Health Foods, 2938 Biddle Ave, Wyandotte. THFDownriver.com, 734-246-1208. Functional Nutrition for Pets – 7-9pm. There is much more to nutrition than simply choosing the best commercial pet food. Learn how to determine the optimal food for your pet. Free. Petcare Holisitic Veterinary Center, 1954 S Industrial Hwy, Ann Arbor. DogDoctor.us, dogdoctor@earthlink.net , 734 213-7447.
SEPTEMBER 20 Toddler Story Time – 10am. For toddlers (2 - 3½ yr). Caregiver/parent must be present. Registration required. Taylor Community Library, 12303 Pardee Rd, Taylor. Taylor.Lib. mi.us, 734-287-4840. Pre-School Story Time – 10am. For preschool (3½ - 6 yr). Caregiver/parent must be present. Registration required. Taylor Community Library, 12303 Pardee Rd, Taylor. Yaylor.Lib.mi.us, 734-287-4840. Brain Health for the Young & Old – 1-2pm. We’ll discuss difficulty learning new concepts, overall brain health, slowing down and stopping Alzheimer disease. Free. Broad Family Chiropractic, 43423 Joy Rd, Canton. BroadFamilyChiro.com, 734-354-9900. Emotional Freedom Therapy – 6-8pm. Workshop by Geraldine Torres, Iridologist, Reflexologist and Herbalist. Must register in advance. Free. In-Balance Ctr, 36920 Goddard Rd, Romulus. 734-942-9200.
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Book Discussion – 6:30pm. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson. Taylor Community Library, 12303 Pardee Rd, Taylor. Taylor.Lib.mi.us, 734-287-4840. What to Eat When You’re Allergic to (Almost) Everything – 6:30-7:30pm. Do you struggle with what to eat due to food allergies, food sensitivities, or other dietary restrictions? Come hear some real-world advice! $10. Total Health Foods, 2938 Biddle Ave, Wyandotte. THFDownriver.com, veggiepatti@gmail.com, 734-246-1208. Pranic Healing Clinic – 7-8pm. Pranic healing clears out dirty and diseased energy allowing room for clean energy to help the energy body function properly for good health and well being. Free. Limited seating. BodyWorks Healing Ctr, 819 Mill St, Plymouth. BodyWorksHealingCenter.com, Dave or Pat Krajovic, RSVP 734-416-5200. Blueprint for Health – 7-8:30pm. Stay healthy in spite of your family history. Join us in celebration of the birthday of someone who knows how to make the most of life at 96 years young! Free. Limited seating. Livonia Civic Ctr Library, 32777 Five Mile Rd, 3rd Floor, Livonia. RSVP 734-425-8588.
SEPTEMBER 22 Know Your Numbers – 6-7pm. Diabetic? Roche clinical specialists show you what your meter is telling you and how your actions with diet, exercise, stress, and medications can impact your numbers. Free. Henry Ford Self-health Ctr, 23400 Allen Rd, Woodhaven. HenryFordSelfHealth.com, 734-676-3813.
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Hepathic Class - 6-8pm. Workshop by Geraldine Torres, Iridologist, Reflexologist and Herbalist. Must register in advance. Free. In-Balance Ctr, 36920 Goddard Rd, Romulus. 734-942-9200. Stop the Thyroid Madness – 6:30-7:15pm. Don’t miss this seminar to get your thyroid the support it needs to feel, function and look great! Learn safe and natural solutions. Free. Limited seating. Dr. William Civello, 34441 Eight Mile Rd, Ste 116, Livonia. RSVP 248615-1533. Wheat Free Recipe Exchange Night – 7:15-8:30pm. MJ Potter and special guest Dr. Robert Potter will present an informal discussion on wheat free recipes and cooking tips. Free. Canton Ctr Chiropractic Clinic, 6231 N Canton Ctr Rd, Ste 109, Canton. CantonCenterChiropractic.com, 734-455-6767.
SEPTEMBER 24 SAVE THE DATE Nature’s Sunshine Natural Health Education Seminar – 9am-3pm. Admission includes 12 Body Systems booklets, a DVD and a disc containing the PowerPoint presentations of the day. $35. Total Health Foods, 2938 Biddle Ave, Wyandotte. THFDownriver.com, RSVP 734-246-1208.
Fall Festival – 10am-4pm. Celebrate fall with crafts, games, cider making, guided hikes, the Metroparks rock wall, hayrides and canoe rides. Fees for activities. Nature Center of Oakwoods Metropark, Flat Rock. metroparks. com, RSVP 734-782-3956.
SEPTEMBER 27 Itch to Stitch Knitting Group – 6pm. Knitters of all skill ranges are invited to attend. Taylor Community Library, Library Activity Room, 12303 Pardee Rd, Taylor. TaylorLlib. mi.us, 734-287-4840.
Vegan Potluck and Game Night – 6:30-9 pm. Bring a vegan dish to pass that serves at least 8. Bring along your favorite game to play after the potluck! Free. Total Health Foods, 2938 Biddle Ave, Wyandotte. Adventures in Veganland on Facebook, veganland@ yahoo.com.
SEPTEMBER 28 SAVE THE DATE Build Stronger Bones Naturally – 6-8 pm. Sandy Baumann shows you ways to strengthen your bones at any age by eliminating common bone robbers and incorporating powerful but inexpensive natural bone builders. 2 sessions. $40. Workbook fee $10. Stevenson High School, Room E-13, 33500 W Six Mile Rd, Livonia. Livonia Family YMCA, RSVP by Sept 26 7 34-261-2161.
SEPTEMBER 29 Digestive Class - 6-8pm. Workshop by Geraldine Torres, Iridologist, Reflexologist and Herbalist. Must register in advance. Free. In-Balance Ctr, 36920 Goddard Rd, Romulus. 734-942-9200.
Emotional Freedom Therapy – 6-8pm. Workshop by Geraldine Torres, Iridologist, Reflexologist and Herbalist. Must register in advance. Free. In-Balance Ctr, 36920 Goddard Rd, Romulus. 734-942-9200. Craft Night – 6:30pm. Preschool - 3rd grade Registration required. Taylor Community Library, 12303 Pardee Rd, Taylor. Taylor.Lib. mi.us, 734-287-4840.
OCTOBER 1 Vegan Cooking Class – 1:30pm. Susan Kline, B.A., demonstrates recipes from her new cookbook, From the Earth with Love, a compilation of 300 recipes for the ultimate in vegan comfort food. $10. Total Health Foods, 2938 Biddle Ave, Wyandotte. THFDownriver. com, RSVP 734-246-1208. Huron Township Applefest – Oct 1-2. Annual event in Huron Township featuring vendors, food, contests, entertainment and more! Free. Huron Township. huronapplefest.com
SEPTEMBER 30 Scarecrow Festival – Sept 30-Oct 2. A fall festival featuring contests, children’s area with games/rides, a carnival, musical acts, and many other events. Proceeds donated to local charities. Free. Downtown Trenton. ScareCrowFestival.net
SAVE THE DATE The Third International Conference on Compulsive Theft, Spending and Hoarding – 8:30am-4:30pm. Terrence Daryl Shulman, therapist, attorney & consultant, explores theft addictions and disorders as well as the growing problems of compulsive shopping, spending and hoarding in this one-day workshop. 6 CEUs. $125. Embassy Suites Detroit Metro Airport, Romulus. theshulmancenter. com, terrenceshulman@sbcglobal.net, 248-358-8508.
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Cardio Kickboxing – 6-7pm. Challenge your cardiovascular strength and muscle endurance. $9. Fit Zone for Women, 15451 Southfield Rd, Allen Park. 313-386-8610. Yoga – 6-7pm. De-stress, relax, rejuvenate! $10. The Sanctuary, Chiropractic & Wellness Spa, 35275 Plymouth Rd, Livonia. SanctuaryChiropracticandWellnessspa.com, Katie 248-880-3755. Healthy Backs Yoga – 6:30-7:30pm. Call for details. Embracing the Lotus Yoga Sanctuary, Dearborn. OneSpaceConnected.com/ EmbracingtheLotus.htm, kiyoda1@me.com 313-410-3147. Nia Technique – 7-8pm. All ages & fitness levels. $6. Canton Ctr Chiropractic Clinic, 6231 N Canton Ctr Rd, Ste 109, Canton. cantoncenterchiropractic@yahoo.com 734-455-6767.
Gentle Flow – 11:30am-12:30pm. Serene, restorative practice. All levels. Yoga Shelter, 17000 Kercheval Ave, 2nd floor, Grosse Pte. YogaShelter.com, 313-884-YOGA. SWCRC Connections Weekly Networking Group – 12pm. (2nd & 4th Mondays) Free to chamber members, one business per industry. Non-members can visit 2 mtgs free. Famous Dave’s, 23800 Eureka Rd, Taylor. Suzan, SMaxey22@comcast.net 734-287-3699.
Surf-n-Tone – 7:15-8:15pm. This class increases balance and stamina, tones, and burns calories. Simulated surf boards are furnished and for sale. Bring a towel, comfortable shoes and plenty of water. $5. World of Pole Fitness & Dance, 32669 Warren, Ste 6, Garden City. WorldofPole.com, 734-306-0909.
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SWCRC Connections Weekly Networking Group – 8am. Free to chamber members, one business per industry. Non-members can visit two meetings free. Children with Hairloss, 12776 S Dixie Hwy, Rockwood. Rick Williams, 734-626-7778. Zumba – 9-10am. Zumba fuses Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow dance moves to create a fitness program that will blow you away. It’s all-inclusive and designed for every body, every shape and every age. $7. Total Health Foods, 2938 Biddle Ave, Wyandotte. THFDownriver.com, 734-246-1208. Gentle Yoga – 9-10:15am. Suitable for all levels. $14. TaylorYoga, 8935 Telegraph Rd, Taylor. TaylorYoga.com, 313-292-9642. Sowing Seeds Growing Futures Farmers Market – 3-7pm. Accepts Bridge card & Double up food bucks. 18900 Joy Rd, Detroit. Trisha, JoySouthfield.org, 313-581-7773. Youth Farm Stand – 5-7pm. Volunteers wanted. Earthworks Urban Farm, 1264 Meldrum, Detroit. Kadiri, cdobey@CSKDetroit. org, 313-579-2100. Classic Nia – 5:30-6:30pm. All levels. $13. Body and Mind Fitness, 239 E Nine Mile Rd, 1 block E of Woodward, Ferndale. NiaBethSchedule.BlogSpot.com
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Tuesday Night at the Movies – 7-8:30pm. Free. Nutrition Unlimited, 14185 Eureka, Southgate. 734-284-2357.
Yoga - Basic Hatha – 6-7pm. Call for details. $10. Embracing the Lotus Yoga Sanctuary, Dearborn. Lisa Phelps, kiyoda1@me.com 313-410-3147. Qi Gong , Yoga for Real Bodies and Yoga Nidra – 6-7:15pm. Qi Gong is ancient Chinese exercise. No experience needed. Yoga Nidra provides stress relief and focus. Donation. Yoga 4 Peace, 13550 Dix-Toledo Rd, Southgate. Y4Peace.org, 734-282-9642.
Wayne State University Farmers Market – 11am-4pm. Accepts Bridge card, WIC, Project Fresh, WSU One Card and Double Up Food Bucks. 5201 Cass Ave (in front of Prentis Hall across from the main branch of the Detroit Public Library), Detroit. Kami, 313-577-4296.
Powerflex Yoga – 6-7:15pm. Burn excess body fat and build lean muscle using aerobic breathing with power yoga poses. Beginners welcome. Bring a mat and water. $8. Total Health Foods, 2938 Biddle Ave, Wyandotte. THFDownriver.com, 734-246-1208.
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Want A Healthy Heart? – 6:30-7:15pm. Don’t miss this workshop to learn great, safe, natural solutions to a healthy heart. Free. Limited seating. Dr. William Civello, 34441 Eight Mile Rd, Ste 116, Livonia. RSVP 248-615-1533.
City of Wayne Farmers Market – 3-7 pm. 35310 W Michigan Ave, parking lot of Wayne State Theater Wayne. Teri, teri@ waynechamber.net, 734-721-0100. Oakland Ave Farmers Market – 3:307:30pm. Accepts credit, debit, SNAP, WIC and Project Fresh. 9354 Oakland Ave, Detroit. Jerry Ann, NorthEnd-cdc.org, 313-826-1601.
PiYo (Pilates Yoga) – 5:45pm. This class combines Yoga Poses with Pilates mat exercises to build CORE strength and enhance agility and balance. $12. Vixen Fitness, 1347 E Fisher Fwy, Detroit. VixenFitness.com, 866-900-9797. Midweek Meditation Group – 6-8:30pm. Meets weekly for 2 sessions: a 1/2 hour guided meditation at 6, then a 1/2 hour silent, seated meditation at 7. Non-religious, non-sectarian; all welcome. $3 donation. Boston Tea Room, 195 W Nine Mile Rd B2, Ferndale. 248-547-2987. Canton Communicators Club – 6:30pm. Learn to become a better communicator and improve public speaking abilities! Canton Coney Island, 8533 Lilly Rd, Canton. Canton.FreeToastHost.com, 734-994-0569.
SWCRC Connections Weekly Networking Group – 8am. Free to chamber members, one business per industry. Non-members can visit two mtgs free. Comfort Inn & Suites, 17600 Dix Rd, Melvindale. Mark Slagle, 734-671-5888.
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for fun, low-impact and joy. $12. PiYo (pilates yoga) fitness, – 5:45pm. This class Vixen Fitness, 1347 E Fisher Fwy, Detroit. combines Yoga Poses with Pilates mat exerVixenFitness.com, 866-900-9797. cises to build CORE strength and enhance agility and balance. $12. Vixen Fitness, 1347 E Fisher Fwy, Detroit. VixenFitness.com, Tai Chi – 6-7pm. $5. Canton Ctr Chiropractic 866-900-9797. Clinic, 6231 N Canton Ctr Rd, Ste 109,
Canton. CantonCenterChiropracticClinic.com, Midweek Meditation Group – 6-8:30pm. 734-455-6767. All ages, backgrounds and traditions who meet weekly for 2 sessions: a 1/2 hour guided meditation at 6pm, followed by a short break, Aerial Arts – 6-7:30pm. Oh my! Learn and then a 1/2 hour silent, seated meditation to fly. $25. Detroit Flyhouse, The FD Loft at 7pm. Non-religious, non-sectarian group, Bld, 3434 Russell St Loft #302, Detroit. all are welcome. $3 donation. Boston Tea DetroitFlyHouse.com, Micha, 313-674-6424. Room, 195 W Nine Mile Rd B2, Ferndale. 248-547-2987. Budokon Flow – 6:15-7:15pm. Experience Canton Communicators Club – 6:30pm. movements that fuse the yogic, martial & Learn to become a better communicator and living arts. 1st wk free. Practice Yoga, 20792 improve public speaking abilities! Canton CoMack Ave, Grosse Pte Wds. Practice-Yoga. ney Island, 8533 Lilly Rd, Canton. Canton. net, 313-881-2874. FreeToastHost.com, 734-994-0569.
Cardio Kickboxing – 7:45-8:45pm. Ages 13 Yoga – 6:30-7:40pm. Beginner, suitable for and up. $5. Michigan Karate Academy, 23753 all levels. $14. Taylor Yoga, 8935 Telegraph Van Born Rd, Taylor. 313-292-9214. Rd, Taylor. TaylorYoga.com, 313-292-9642. Prenatal Yoga – 7:45-8:45pm. $14. Pilates – 7-8pm. Dramatically transform the Northville Yoga Center, 200 S Main St Unit way your body looks, feels and performs! B, Northville. NorthvilleYogaCenter.com, $12. Fit Zone for Women - Allen Park. 15451 248-449-9642. Southfield Rd, Allen Park. 313-386-8610. PIYO – 7-8pm. A mix between Pilates & Yoga that focuses on core strengthening & flexibility. $12. Fit Zone for Women – Riverview, 17118 Fort St, Riverview. Farmers & Artisans Market Dearborn – 734-284-9100. 8am-1pm. Accepts Bridge card and Project
Fresh. 22100 Michigan Ave (behind Bryant Library bet Howard & Mason St, N of Michigan Ave) Dearborn. Joan, 313-673-4207.
Vinyasa Yoga – 9-10:15am. Flowing SWCRC Connections Weekly Networking sequence, suitable for all levels. $14. Group – 8am. Free to chamber members, one TaylorYoga, 8935 Telegraph Rd, Taylor. business per industry. Non-members can visit TaylorYoga.com, 313-292-9642. two mtgs free. Comfort Inn & Suites, 17600 Dix Rd, Melvindale. Mark Slagle, Dog Swimming – 10:30am-8pm. Pay for 734-671-5888. a 1 hr swim w/your dog and receive a free
do it -yourself bath for your dog. $21. Me & Yoga Basic Hatha – 8:45-9:45am. Call for My Shadow, 29855 Ford Rd, Garden City. details. $10. Embracing the Lotus Yoga SancMeAndMyShadowLLC.com, 734-525-9500. tuary, Dearborn. info@onespaceconnected. com 313-410-3147. Restorative Yoga – 10:45-11:45am. $8. Northville Sr Ctr, 303 W Main St, Northville. Zumba – 9-10am. The Zumba program NorthvilleParksAndRec.org, 248-349-0203. fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy-tofollow dance moves to create a one-of-a-kind Allen Park Farmers Market – 2-7pm. fitness program that will blow you away. Farm fresh produce and local artisans. DDA The formula is all inclusive and designed provides family-friendly events and activities. for every body, every shape, and every age. 7101 Park Ave (at the corner of Harrison), “Ditch the workout...join the party!” $7. Total Allen Park. AllenParkFarmersMarket.com, Health Foods, 2938 Biddle Ave, Wyandotte. Mary Anne, 586-943-5785. THFDownriver.com, 734-246-1208.
Middle Eastern Bellydance – 6-7:30pm. Beginner Belly Dance – 5:45pm. Learn the Bellydancing is a non-impact, weight bearing beautiful art of belly dance. Our focus is to exercise that provides a good cardiovascular bring belly dance to the everyday woman for workout, increases flexibility, strength and fun, low-impact fitness, and joy. $12. Vixen coordination, and can burn as many calories Fitness, 1347 E Fisher Fwy, Detroit. VixenFitas 30-60 minutes of jogging. $10. TaylorYoga, ness.com, 866-900-9797. 8935 Telegraph Rd, Taylor. TaylorYoga.com, RSVP 313-292-9642. Happy Hour Yoga – 5:30-6:40pm. Beginner, suitable for all levels. $7 - ½ off for walkins. Taylor Yoga, 8935 Telegraph Rd, Taylor. Yin Yoga – 7-8:15pm. All levels welcome. TaylorYoga.com, 313-292-9642. $10. Detroit Flyhouse, The FD Loft Bldg, 3434 Russell St Loft #302, Detroit. Powerflex Yoga – 6-7pm. Burn excess body DetroitFlyHouse.com. fat and build lean muscle using aerobic breathing with power yoga poses. Beginners welcome. Bring a mat and water. $8. Total Health Foods, 2938 Biddle Ave, Wyandotte. THFDownriver.com, 734-246-1208.
Tai Chi – 6-7pm. $5. Canton Ctr Chiropractic Clinic, 6231 N Canton Ctr Rd, Ste 109, Canton. CantonCenterChiropracticClinic.com, Detroit Eastern Market – 5am-5pm. 734-455-6767. Market Fresh & EBT accepted. 2934 Russell St, – 6-7:30pm. Oh my! Learn bet Mark & Gratiot, Detroit. Aerial Arts DetroitEasternMarket.com to fly. $25. Detroit Flyhouse, The FD Loft
Bld, 3434 Russell St Loft #302, Detroit. DetroitFlyHouse.com, Micha, 313-674-6424. Livonia Farmers Market – 8am-3pm. Until Oct 8. Wilson 29350 W Chicago (@ Budokon Flow Barn, – 6:15-7:15pm. Experience Middlebelt), Livonia. WilsonBarn.com,Karen, movements that fuse the yogic, martial & 734-261-3602. living arts. 1st wk free. Practice Yoga, 20792 Mack Ave, Grosse Pte Wds. Practice-Yoga. net, 313-881-2874. Oakland Ave Farmers Market – 8am-4pm. Mat Pilates – 7:15-8:15pm. All levels. $15. Accepts credit, debit, SNAP, WIC and Project Practice Yoga, 20792 Mack Ave, Grosse Pte Fresh. 9354 Oakland Ave, Detroit. NorthEndWds. Practice-Yoga.net, 313-881-2874. cdc.org, Jerry Ann, 313-826-1601.
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Volunteer Day at Earthworks Urban Farm – 9am-12pm. Saturday volunteers continue through mid-November except Labor Day. All volunteers meet at Capuchin Soup Kitchen. For individual volunteers, no RSVP needed. For groups, please contact in advance. Earthworks Urban Farm, 1264 Meldrum, Detroit. cskdetroit.org/EWG/index.cfm, earthworks@ cskdetroit.org, 313-579-2100 x204. Classic Nia – 9:30am. All levels welcome. $13. Body & Mind Fitness, 239 E Nine Mile Rd, 1 blk E of Woodward, Ferndale. NiaBethSchedule.BlogSpot.com Healthy Backs Yoga – 9:30-10:30am. Call for details. Embracing the Lotus Yoga Sanctuary, Dearborn. OneSpaceConnected. com/EmbracingtheLotus.htm, kiyoda1@ me.com 313-410-3147. Beginner Pole Dance – 10am. Learn the basics of pole dance for fitness and fun. Increase strength, flexibility, coordination and more. Registration required. $25. Vixen Fitness, 1347 E Fisher Fwy, Detroit. VixenFitness.com, 866-900-9797. Eastside Farmers Market – 10am-3pm. Fresh produce, healthy foods and unique artisan items. Everything locally made & sold by growers and producers. Open through Oct 1st. Wkly music & entertainment. Mack Alter Square, 14820 Mack Ave, Detroit. [Facebookeastsidefarmersmarket] efmdetroit@gmail. com 313-571-8200x1117. Kids Yoga – 11:30am -12:30pm. Donation. Yoga 4 Peace, 13550 Dix-Toledo Rd, Southgate. Y4Peace.org, 734-282-9642. Powerflex Yoga – 4-5:15pm. Burn excess body fat and build lean muscle using aerobic breathing with power yoga poses. Beginners welcome. Bring a mat and water. $8. Total Health Foods, 2938 Biddle Ave, Wyandotte. THFDownriver.com, 734-246-1208.
Be sure to re-submit Ongoing Calendar items each month via our website at HealthyLivingDetroit. com to help us keep this listing current and accurate. Our distribution sites get one free calendar listing each month, or you can purchase additional listings at a very reasonable fee. Call 313-221-9674 for more information.
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Detroit 313-831-3222 www.detroitcommunityacupuncture.com In pain? Stressed out? Try acupuncture! 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!
Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal. ~John F. Kennedy
Homeopathic and Natural Approach to Health for Chronic & Acute symptoms including: Seasonal & Environmental Allergies, Headaches, Concentration, Attention issues, Brain Fog, Mold Candida, Itchy Skin, Constipation, Digestion, Muscle, Sinus issues, Hormone Balancing including Menopause, Acne...the list is practically endless. Advance Computerized testing, EDS, Auriculotherapy, Biofeedback Certifications - Detox Ionic Footbaths
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Astrological Consultations Conditions Successfully Treated • Chronic or acute pain • Arthritis, joint & muscle problems • Addictions • Weight Control • Headaches - Migraines • PMS / Hormone Imbalance • Lower Back Pain • Sciatic Nerve • Vertigo - Tinnitus • and may more! Offices in Wyandotte, Dearborn and Birmingham
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See schedules, fees, FAQ, Clinic Hours State Licensed school. Supervised student clinic offering on-site clinical internships. On-site Herbal Pharmacy and Dispensary. Naturopathy diploma (ND), Massage Therapy/Natural Medicine Diploma, Medicinal Herbal Studies, Iridology, Homeopathy, Bodywork Therapies, Energy Medicine, Homeopathy, Healing Diets.
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Wall to Wall supplements Organic products & produce Frozen & Refrigerated foods Groceries, Teas, Bulk Foods Natural Chemical Free Pet Products Mineral Based Cosmetics Chemical Free Personal Care products Raw Living & Sprouted Food Section Fitness Section and more.
Angie is dedicated to providing her clients with nurturing treatments to promote balance in the body, relaxation, pain relief and self healing. Offering Therapeutic Massage, Reiki Energy Healing, Raindrop Therapy, AromaTouch Technique, Hot Stone Therapy, Bellanina Facelift Massage and more! Monthly and New Client specials available. Call to schedule your appointment today!
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Natures Remedies Dr Denise Acton, N.D. www.Dr-Acton.myshaklee.com
Allen Park Farmers Market 7101 Park Ave,Allen Park, MI 48101 Fridays 2-7pm June thru Oct vendor info call Mary Anne 586-943-5785 AllenParkFarmersMarket.com Pick up farm fresh locally grown fruits and veggies, honey, organic coffee, and specialty items from local crafters and artisans, plus so much more! Plus family friendly events sponsored by the Allen Park DDA, check the website for the most current info.
LINDA’S PEACEFUL and THERAPEUTICMASSAGE (734) 765-1341 linda4massage@gmail.com CUSTOMIZED THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE for you. Designed to relieve muscle tension and the stresses of the day. Complimentary, Essential Oils offered for additional benefits. Ask me about AFFORDABLE PRICES, GIFT CERTIFICATES and SPA PARTY ideas. Serving Southeastern MI in Canton: Shaft Chiropractic Wellness on Mondays & Thursdays. Avail weekends; call or email to schedule an appointment. ABMP (Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals).
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Certified naturopathic doctor offers acupuncture treatments, nutritional counseling, massage raindrop therapy, and biomeridian testing for a variety of issues. Additional training in neuromuscular 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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non profit Basil’s buddies PO Box 782 Trenton, MI 48183 734-926-1098 www.basilsbuddies.org info@basilsbuddies.org Basil’s Buddies is a 501(c)(3) animal welfare organization dedicated to improving the lives of companion animals. We provide services to the public, such as food assistance and low-cost vaccine clinics, to help keep people with their pets.
personal trainer Strength & Spirit Info@StrengthSpirit.com www.StrengthSpirit.com Irene - Massage Therapist 734-578-1302 Certified Personal Trainer Mike Mueller 734-664-7823 Linda Lieder 734-765-1341 In home/office personal training to suit your schedule and needs. Mike brings everything needed to give a balanced workout designed just for you. Mike believes that it is never too late to live a better, healthier life, and he understands, first hand, what making small changes can lead to. Ask about our couples training, individual training, fitness parties and boot camps. Call today and ask about any specials.
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Dr Sharon A. Oliver, M.D. Integrative Medicine Institute
THIS SACRED SPACE. EMILY FARKAS (NOOR)
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(734)363-0215 Emily is the Spiritual Director and Founder of ThisSacredSpace. She has studied and lived abroad creating a unique blend of Eastern/Western healing modalities and continues to travel the globe. Offering Energy Medicine Treatments, Myomassology Sessions, private & group Yoga and Meditation Instruction and Spiritual Direction.
Dr Carol Ann Fischer, D.C. N.D. TLC Holistic wellness 31580 Schoolcraft Rd,
Core Arts Pilates Studio
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Classes take place in the FD Lofts in Detroit’s Eastern Market. 3434 Russell St. #203, Detroit, MI 48207 313-409-6343 erin@coreartspilates.com
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Dr. Carol Ann Fischer, D.C., N.D. owns TLC Holistic Wellness in Livonia. She is a practicing chiropractor, naturopath and wellness consultant, who for 25 years has provided holistic and nutritional recommendations using whole food supplements. Visit www.TLCHolisticWellness.com for more health information, and free public workshop dates, or call (734) 664-0339.
Leslie Blackburn
Westland, MI 48185
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OneSpaceConnected.com MysterySchooloftheTempleArts.com Illuminating the Path of Self-Realization through Art, Yoga, Sacred Geometry, Sacred Sexuality & more! Individual and couple coaching is available in addition to group classes, workshops and retreats. Browse the website for original artwork and music. Prints, music downloads and commission pieces are also available.
Embracing the Lotus Yoga Sanctuary West Dearborn
All levels are welcome! Whether you are brand new to yoga or have a regular practice join us for this healing, stress relieving practice. Lisa Phelps, RYT-200 313-410-3147 or kiyoda1@me.com Leslie Blackburn, RYT-200 313-269-6719 or onespace@onespaceconnected.com Chad D’Aigle, Massage Therapist by appt 248-880-0326 or kroweadello@msn.com facebook.com/EmbracingtheLotus
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Karl WELLNESS CENTER & CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC 30935 Ann Arbor Trail
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Dr. Oliver is a medical doctor Board Certified by the American Holistic Medical Association. She has over 15 years experience helping people achieve their optimal health with the use of foods, herbs and natural remedies. If needed Dr. Oliver has the knowledge and ability to help you effectively use conventional treatments, including chelation therapy, intravenous Vitamin C, and nutritional I.V.s. Come experience truly wholistic care!
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CoreartsPilates.com Core Arts Pilates is offering Pilates Mat classes in September! The 8-week session begins on Sept. 6th-Oct. 27th with class offerings on Tuesday mornings from 10-11 and Wednesday evenings from 5:30-6:30. Pre-register as space is limited! Cost is $75 for the full 8 weeks. Call 313-409-6343 to register, or email erin@coreartspilates.com.
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13550 Dix-Toledo Rd., Southgate Mi 48195 www.y4peace.org
734.425.8220 KarlWellnessCenter.com Certified Wellness Doctor with over 30 years experience, Dr. William H. Karl, D.C., is dedicated to helping his patients obtain optimal health- utilizing whole food supplements, herbs, homeopathic remedies, nutritional consultation, allergy elimination/reprogramming techniques, detoxification programs, advanced chiropractic care, cold laser, and Neurological Relief Techniques for Fibromyalgia and pain management.
Yoga 4 Peace is a non-profit yoga studio that offers classes on a donation basis. We have a wide variety of classes for every level. We offer Classes, Workshops, Retreats and Teacher Training.
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classifieds To place a listing: 3 lines minimum (103 characters, spaces & punctuation): 1 month: $25; 3 months $22.50 per month, prepaid. Extra words: $1 each: Send check w/listing by 15th of the month to Healthy Living Detroit, Inc. - Classifieds, Box 341081, Detroit, MI 48234-1081. Info 313-2219674 or visit HealthyLivingDetroit.com.
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RETREATS Yoga & Spiritual Awareness Retreat (Brighton, Michigan) 11-1111. Laura Ginn will be facilitating a spiritual retreat at the Emrich Center in Brighton the weekend of 11-11-11. Retreat Package Includes: 2 nights lodging, 6 meals (Raw & Organic), 3 Kundalini Yoga classes with teacher Yvette Cobb, Workshops on healing with color, meditation message circle as channeled by Laura. This weekend allows you to lift your vibration and connect to self in a quiet peaceful environment. Cost $200.00 For additional information Call Laura @ 313-412-7690 or ReadingsbyLaura.net Tai Chj/Qigong Experience the ancient healing practices of Qigong & Tai Chi. Qigong Practice Group Saturday mornings in Plymouth, Tai Chi Easy Classes in Trenton. Erin Reas 313-429-3214, erin@erinreas.com , www.facebook.com/Ease.Chi
services Enjoy 12 Months of Beautiful Flowers from English Gardens for only $3.00 a month. To learn more Call Lynn 313.308.0500 ext 116 Lose 8-15 lbs in just 8 days! Safely and naturally. Guaranteed or your money back! Please call Bernadette. 586-604-8992 today for details
LOAVES AND FISHES SOUTHWEST Detroit seeks volunteers to help deliver items to the food pantry at St. Stephens. This is a great way for individuals or small groups to help provide nutritious meals to the homeless and working poor residents of SW Detroit. Contact Sr. Eileen Lantzy at 313- 478-2363 to volunteer. Financial donations and contributions of nonperishable goods are always welcome. The Detroit Rotary Club is looking for 200 Volunteer Tutors Call for the next Volunteer Tutor Training Workshop dates. At the end of the Workshop you willreceive a Certificate that entitles you to be an adult literacy tutor anywhere in the US!If you love to read, and want to make a difference in someone’s life – be a volunteer Literacy Tutor. Visit GrossePointeRotary.org or call 313-872-7720 for more information. Volunteer Opportunity for Garden Clean Up Calling on all green thumbs...whether you have an hour or several days to spare...one time or on a regular basis; all help is gladly accepted as we are looking for individuals to maintain the gardens on the 20 acres of property here at St Paul of the Cross Passionist Retreat & Conference Center. Please contact: Roz Salter at 313-535-9563 to schedule your volunteer opportunity.
OPPORTUNITIES Attention: Healthy Living Business OwnersAre you looking for an opportunity to network with other healthy living and green related businesses? Natural Awakenings of Wayne County is sponsoring a monthly meeting called the Grow Green Business Mixer.
BASIL’S BUDDIES IS SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR ACTIVITIES INVOLVING PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. If you’re interested, please email info@ basilsbuddies.org or call 734-926-1098 for more info. Thank you for caring about the animals!
This group will meet once per month, on the 2nd Monday of each month at 11am, beginning September 12, 2011 at the Matador Restaurant, 26747 Van Born Rd, Taylor. The meetings will be hosted by different businesses all over Wayne County and will consist of each guest giving a 60 second commercial about their business, followed by a 10 minute presentation by the host business.
Dearborn Animal Shelter seeks loving homes for adoptable animals. There are many dogs, kittens and senior felines. Financial support is always appreciated for those interested in helping but not choosing to adopt a pet. Want to volunteer? We can use your help. Visit online www. DearbornAnimals.org or call 313-943-2697
There is no cost for the meeting, and attendees can order from the menu individually. The idea is to learn a little bit about each business represented and then have an opportunity to connect. Register in advance by email to: mdemo@HealthyLivingDetroit.com or call 586-943-5785, space is limited.
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October 8th • 9am - 5pm New Grace Apostolic Temple
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• Natural vegan and gluten free body care • Ayurvedic body care • Expanded bulk herb and spices • Natural housekeeping cleaning supplies Royal Oak Farmers Market Hours Fri & Sat 7-1 Sun 8-3
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2898 Packard Rd. • Ann Arbor (bet. Platt & Stone School).
Juried indoor show featuring: • 50+ Artists and Crafters • Complimentary Kids Kraft Korner and Face-Painting • Concessions • Baked Goods • Door Prizes & More! $2 Admission (12+)
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