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14 RETHINKING CANCER 14 A Brave New World of Effective Natural Therapies

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letterfrompublisher When I think of summertime, I think of slow living; hot days spent by the water, family picnics at sunset and peaceful relaxing evenings at home. Last month, we spent a week at the beach with extended family, but since then, our household has been nonstop. On top of balancing our regular workloads, we’ve been cleaning out closets to shuffle rooms around, tending to a fruitful garden and planning Mays’ fourth birthday party.

To make sure all of our to-do lists get completed, each Sunday, Josh and I sit down to make a detailed schedule of who has Mays and when, and who is responsible for what household chores. After we put Mays to bed, most of our nights are spent catching up on the work we didn’t complete during the day. What happened to slow summer living?

When I spoke with Renee Peterson Trudeau for this month’s Wise Words article about her new book, Nurturing the Soul of Your Family, she spoke of the overscheduled lives that so many families live. We aren’t the only ones overwhelmed by the responsibilities and activities that fill each day. Productivity can be seductive because it can feel so good to accomplish all of our self-assigned tasks. Renee encourages busy families to slow down and do less, so that we can experience more. One way to do this is to schedule “unscheduled” family time.

I took her advice to heart and marked our calendar for a 10-day family camping trip. With national parks as our focus, we have enjoyed exploring road maps to see where we can escape. We have campsites reserved in three national parks—Great Smokies, Shenandoah and Mammoth Cave, with two nights reserved at my aunt and uncle’s home in the mountains of West Virginia. It would be easy to fill an itinerary with each stop’s most notable activities, sites and eateries, but this is our unscheduled time. Less is more.

While we’re off the grid, I hope you can connect with a topic in this month’s Natural Awakenings that inspires you as much as Renee inspired me. Check out this month’s feature, “Rethinking Cancer,” to learn about natural therapy options for cancer-free living, consider keeping a conscious closet based on our “Wear It Well” eco-tip and spice up your regular fitness routine with ideas from “Wacky Workouts.”

When this issue hits stands, the Montgomery family may be hiking a trail in cooler mountain air or playing Go Fish in our tent during a rain shower. Whether you are at home or on the road, I hope that you too, can schedule some rejuvenating, nature-filled time with those you love.

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newsbriefs Glow Yoga Opens in Gulf Shores Jennifer and Drew Guthrie moved from Nashville to open Glow Yoga, lower Baldwin’s first hot studio, at 824 Gulf Shores Parkway, in Gulf Shores. The studio overlooks the marshes of the state park and offers a full schedule of heated and unheated classes for all levels, all ages, all shapes and all sizes.

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We say it’s not your grandma’s yoga, students and teachers even though plenty of grandmas do it!

Most people aren't aware of the physical challenge it is, so you get the best of both worlds—work up a sweat and restore your body and mind.”

Glow Yoga is offering a first-timer special for two weeks of unlimited yoga for $22 to invite people to figure out how yoga can fit into their lives.

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Hypnotherapist Marquerite Dillon, RN, of Mobile Hypnosis, will teach a class on self-hypnosis for those anticipating surgery, on September 14, in Mobile. Students will learn relaxation and imagery techniques to help them have better outcomes. Studies have shown that surgery patients that prepare for surgery with hypnosis require fewer anesthetics and recover faster with fewer complications and less pain.

Hypnosis is occasionally used instead of anesthetic drugs during minor surgical and dental procedures and during childbirth. Dillon says, “Some supporters also believe hypnosis speeds recovery after operations, reduces the amount of surgical bleeding and enhances the body’s immune system.”

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newsbriefs Yoga Life Fair Call for Vendors and Volunteers Mobile/Baldwin Yoga Week will kick off with the Yoga Life Fair, September 21, on the bluff of Fairhope Municipal Park. Mindful and healthfocused businesses are encouraged to register for vendor space. Volunteer opportunities are available.

Amid the fellowship of yoga practitioners and local businesses, the fair seeks to educate the public about mindful living and yoga. In addition to vendor booths, there is a full schedule of yoga classes and mini workshops for all levels, giveaways, live music and refreshments.

During the third annual Yoga Week, September 23 through 27, studios throughout the area invite new students to try yoga classes for free with the donation of nonperishable food items for the Bay Area Food Bank.

For more information, see next month’s Natural Awakenings, call 251-379-4493 or visit YogaLifeFair.com or Facebook: Yoga Life Fair - Mobile/Baldwin Yoga Week. See ad, page 2.

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Suzanne King “My journey into the art world has taken many turns along the way,” advises fine artist Suzanne King. “What started as pure passion and the motivation to express myself eventually evolved into the desire to find more substance and purpose within my art.”

King’s dynamic paintings, glowing with color and layered with texture, range from abstract works of spirituality to realistic portraits rendered in exacting detail. She draws creative inspiration from influences as diverse as Georgia O’Keeffe, whose brilliant perspectives she admires, and Mary Cassatt, for her skill in capturing scenes of intimacy that portray the essence of human nature.

The Austin, Texas-based artist believes in giving back to her community, and she recently painted a children’s mural for the Dripping Springs Library.

“I also love doing portraits of people as gifts and expressing the overflow of my heart in prophetic art, painted live during church services,” says King.

View the artist’s portfolio at FineArt America.com/profiles/suzanne-king.html and NewPerspectiveArt.com.

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Wind Creek Resort introduces yoga and meditation at its Escape Spa to further enhance their goal of bringing increased wellness to guests. Escape at Wind Creek Resort offers full-service spa experiences, retreats, yoga, meditation, hands-on cooking classes and more. The benefits of physical, mental and spiritual experiences are appealing to anyone wishing to enhance themselves in any aspect.

Resort Marketing Manager Amanda Warren says, “Our mission is to enhance the well-being of our guests, and when they come back, that’s how we know we’re doing something right. I love bringing my girlfriends to Escape!”

Location: 303 Poarch Rd. Atmore. For more information, call 251-359-1607 or visit EscapeAtWindCreek.com. See ad, page 13.

Food Bank Chef Challenge to End Hunger Bay Area Food Bank kicks off Hunger Action Month with its 15th annual Chef Challenge—A Challenge to End Hunger, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., September 5, at Five Rivers Delta Resource Center, with cuisine from some of the community’s most celebrated chefs, live music from Roman Street and a silent auction.

The Bay Area Food Bank’s national partner, Feeding America, has designated September as Hunger Action Month. All funds from the event will be used to continue distributing food to those in need along the Central Gulf Coast.

Tickets are $50 per person in advance online at BayAreaFoodBank.org or $60 at the door. Location: 30945 Five Rivers Blvd., Spanish Fort.

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Pranic Healing Class Level 1 will be held from August 17 through 18, at the Center for Spiritual Living, in Mobile. Participants will learn the anatomy of the energy body, 11 major chakra systems and their functions, how to feel energy and use it to validate the details in life with energy scanning, keep energetically clear and balanced, step-by-step techniques for healing and more.

Instructor Greg Toews is a direct student of Grand Master Choa Kok Sui, founder of modern Pranic Healing, and has been a full-time healer for more than 23 years, performing more than 70,000 healings. He has an extensive background in the healing arts, dedicating the last 13 years to Pranic Healing. This combination gives him the ability to help students integrate the teachings into their everyday lives.

Pranic Healing of the Greater Mobile Bay Area also offers weekly healing clinics for the public, Pranic Healing 101 intros, retreats and weekend classes where individuals can learn how to do natural healing, plus meditations for world peace and expanded consciousness.

Chasing Fresh, a farm-to-table delivery service, is opening a market carrying only Alabama-grown and cooked foods at 19176 Highway 181, in Fairhope, this month. The market offers produce, honey, eggs, milk, meat, seafood, baked goods, grits, barbecue sauces and jams. Much of the market's inventory is organically grown, with some hydroponic options, as well.

Delivery service is available daily in Fairhope and once a week for the rest of Mobile and Baldwin counties. There is no minimum order and customers are not required to order every week.

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The World Paddle For The Planet ecoeducational fundraiser festival will be held from October 10 through 13 at Carillon Beach, in Panama City Beach, World SUP Lake Powell board meeting along with satellite events around the world. Funds benefit Expedition Florida 500, a project of Mother Ocean. Sponsorships are available now for businesses to become part of this important milestone.

The featured event is a 24-hour endurance paddle by individuals and teams on Lake Powell, open to canoes, kayaks and standup paddle boards (SUP) from noon-tonoon, October 12 and 13.

Educational exhibits from NOAA, the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance, Turtle Watch, The Shark Whisperer, Lake Powell Community Alliance and other local and national groups will be on display. Speakers, a roundtable summit, eco-art and music round out the celebration.

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team of researchers at the Yale School of Medicine, in New Haven, Connecticut, has found that vaginal birth triggers the expression of a protein, UCP2 (mitochondrial uncoupling protein 2), in the brains of newborns that improves brain development and function in adulthood. It influences neurons and circuits in the hippocampus, the area responsible for memory.

The protein is also involved in the cellular metabolism of fat, a key component of breast milk, suggesting that induction of UCP2 by natural birth may aid the transition to breastfeeding. The researchers also found that this protein expression is impaired in the brains of babies delivered by Caesarean section.

These results suggest, “The increasing prevalence of C-sections, driven by convenience rather than medical necessity, may have a previously unsuspected lasting effect on brain development and function in humans,” observes Tamas Horvath, chair of Yale’s Department of Comparative Medicine.

ratitude gifts teens with better mental health, according to researchers at California State University. Thankful teens are more apt to be happy and less likely to abuse drugs and alcohol or have behavior problems at school than their less grateful peers.

The researchers asked 700 students, ages 10 to 14, to complete questionnaires initially, and again four years later. Teens that reported practicing the most gratitude at the end of the study enjoyed a 15 percent greater sense of meaning in life, became 15 percent more satisfied with their life overall (at home, at school and with their neighborhood, friends and themselves) and grew 17 percent more happy and hopeful about their lives, plus experienced 13 and 15 percent drops in negative emotions and depressive symptoms, respectively.

“These findings suggest that gratitude may be strongly linked with life skills such as cooperation, purpose, creativity and persistence,” making it “a vital resource that parents, teachers and others that work with young people should help youth build up as they grow up,” says lead author Giacomo Bono, Ph.D., a psychology professor at California State University-Dominguez Hills. “More gratitude may be precisely what our society needs to raise a generation that is ready to make a difference in the world.”

Source: American Psychological Association’s 120th annual convention

arents trying to entice fussy eaters to sample more nutritionally diverse diets have a surprising strategy at hand: color. A study at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, has shown that colorful fare—specifically, food plates with seven different items and six colors—appear to be particularly favored by children. In contrast, adults tend to prefer fewer colors on one plate—only three items and three hues.

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staple at amusement parks, fast-food restaurants and kids’ backyard parties, inflatable bounce houses look and sound like a lot of fun—yet can cause problems.

“I was surprised by the number of injuries, especially by the rapid increase,” says Dr. Gary A. Smith, lead author of a recent study by the Center for Injury Research and Policy that he founded at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital, in Columbus, Ohio. From fewer than 1,000 injuries sending kids 17 and under to emergency rooms in 1995, the number skyrocketed to nearly 11,000 in 2010. Most injuries result from falls or collisions within the bounce houses or from falling out of them; only 3 percent required a hospital stay.

Bounce house injuries are similar to those associated with trampolines, and more than a third of the study injuries involved children 5 and younger. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recommends against letting children younger than 6 use full-size trampolines, and Smith says barring that age group from even smaller, home-use bounce houses makes sense. In addition, the commission recommends limiting use to fewer bouncers at a time and not allowing younger children to participate at the same time as older kids.

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Shifting Priorities

A Dose of Awe Can Make a Teen More Caring A meta-analysis published in the Personality and Social Psychology Review suggests that experiencing awe helps young people focus less on themselves and more on the world around them. Exposure to natural wonders and accounts of great human accomplishments can do the trick.

It’s a helpful strategy, given that narcissism is on the rise and college students have become dramatically less empathetic over the years, particularly since 2000.

Sixty-four percent of respondents ages 18 to 25 surveyed thought getting rich is their most important goal, while only 30 percent believed that helping others in need is important.

Awe humbles us in the presence of something greater than ourselves. Experiencing it during adolescence, a period crucial in the formation of self-identity, could help coax teens out of their, “I am the center of the world,” funk and put them on a path to a life lived in compassionate connection with others.

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Capturing Energy from Asphalt Roads Asphalt roads throughout the country are well known for soaking up the sun’s rays. Now, new piping technology from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, in Massachusetts, is offering a way to trap heat and use it elsewhere, potentially transforming blacktopped streets into giant solar energy collectors.

It works by using the sun-warmed asphalt to heat water pumped through tubes embedded a few inches below the road surface. This can help to cool asphalt by utilizing some of the heat that would have remained in the material to heat the circulating water to produce electricity.

Researchers are testing different pipe materials and conductive aggregates to add to the asphalt to improve heat absorption. Costs relative to potential returns have yet to be quantified.

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Chug-A-Lug Pricey Bottled Water May Come from a Tap Peter Gleick, the author of Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water, found that most companies are cagey about revealing the source of their water. “There’s no legal requirement that they say on their label where the water comes from, and they don’t like to advertise that fact,” says Gleick. As a result, most Americans don’t know much about the origins of what we spend $11 billion a year on.

In order to be called “spring water”, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a product has to be either “collected at the point where water flows naturally to the Earth’s surface or from a borehole that taps into the underground source.”

Other terms aren’t regulated. Gleick found that about 55 percent of bottled waters are spring water. The other 45 percent is mostly treated tap water, including Aquafina (Pepsi) and Dasani (Coke).

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GM-Oh-Oh GMOs Threaten Wheat Exports America lags behind the world in limiting, banning or even labeling genetically modified (GE, GM or GMO) crops, and now Japan has suspended some imports from the United States because of the discovery of unapproved GM wheat in Oregon.

The European Union is weighing similar action. Serious economic implications stem from the fact that many countries will not accept imports of genetically modified foods, and the U.S. exports about half of its annual wheat crop.

The Washington Post reports the presence of GMO wheat on an 80-acre field in Oregon as a mystery. Monsanto tested a similar strain in Oregon between 1994 and 2005, but the product was never approved for commercial use. The strain was identified in the state when a farmer tried clearing a field using Monsanto’s herbicide and discovered that the wheat could not be killed.

Blake Rowe, CEO of the Oregon Wheat Commission, says that reductions in Northwest wheat sales would affect farmers in Idaho and Washington as well as Oregon, because the wheat is blended together. Oregon sold $492 million of wheat in 2011; 90 percent of it went overseas.

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CANCER A Brave New World of Effective Natural Therapies

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usan Silberstein takes her message for preventing cancer and recurrences to medical and nursing schools, continuing oncology nursing education programs and universities from her BeatCancer.org headquarters in Richboro, Pennsylvania. The nonprofit organization provides research-based education and counseling on how to prevent, cope with and beat cancer through immune-boosting holistic approaches. Since 1977, it has helped nearly 30,000 cancer patients and more than 50,000 prevention seekers.

“Early detection is better than late detection, but it’s not prevention,” says Silberstein, who taught the psychology of health and disease at Pennsylvania’s Im14

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maculata University. “We focus on building up patients—minimizing treatment side effects, enhancing immune system function, improving nutritional status and addressing the reasons for sickness in the first place.”

“Conventional medicine never addresses the cause, which is a process that needs to be understood so the individual can turn it off,” elaborates Massachusetts Institute of Technology-trained scientist Raymond Francis, author of Never Fear Cancer Again: How to Prevent and Reverse Cancer. Based on his experience beating cancer and research into cellular biochemistry and molecular biology, he concluded that the disease is a biological process that affects the entire body, not something that can be cut out, killed or poisoned.

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“Central to healing and prevention is the elimination of things that fuel the growth of cancer cells, such as sugar, toxins, heavy metals, nutrient-deficient processed foods and an acidic environment in the body,” observes Francis. “Regular exercise, a daily, high-quality multivitamin and detoxification are equally crucial to restoring the body’s biological terrain.”

Doctor of Naturopathy Judy Seeger, founder of CancerCleanseCamp.com and host of CancerAnswers.TV and Cancer Winner Radio, recommends both a regular detoxification regimen and ongoing healthy nutritional plan to help maintain a healing alkaline environment. While this helps cleanse the body of environmental toxins, the toxic emotions and stress that produce acid, weaken the immune system and create an environment for cancer to propagate, must also be dealt with.

Experts generally agree on a range of basic, commonsense preventive measures that include a low-fat, plant-based diet; aerobic, flexibility and strength exercises; healthy sleep habits; and other stress-reducing activities. “These are basic ingredients for maintaining sound health, and can be crucial toward improving the health of an individual with cancer,” says Dr. Keith Block, the “father of integrative oncology,” and author of Life Over Cancer.

He founded The Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment, in Skokie, Illinois, that customizes care plans based on each person’s medical, biochemical, physical, nutritional and psychosocial needs.

Nourish Biochemistry

Thousands of cancer patients have outlived their “medical expiration date” by using alternative nontoxic treatments and approaches, many of which are documented in Outsmart Your Cancer,

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Lou Dina, a cancer survivor who like Francis, underwent a journey of intensive research, became a patient advocate and authored Cancer: A Rational Approach to Long-Term Recovery. Dina speaks at conventions hosted by the Foundation for Advancement in Cancer Therapy (FACT), founded in 1971 by Ruth Sackman. He also appears with other survivors in the FACT documentary based on Sackman’s book, Rethinking Cancer: Non-Traditional Approaches to the Theories, Treatments and Prevention of Cancer.

“When it comes to one’s lifetime risk of cancer, healthy diet and lifestyle choices can make all the difference.” ~ Susan Silberstein, Ph.D., founder and president of the Center for Advancement in Cancer Education

From decades of findings by international clinicians, FACT educates practitioners and patients to view chronic degenerative diseases as systematic malfunctions caused by breakdowns in the balance of body chemistry that are subject to bio-repair. However manifested, they are viewed as correctable and controllable via an individualized program that includes a balanced diet of whole, unprocessed, organic foods—spurred by Gerson therapy that floods the body with organically grown nutrients—supplementation and detoxification. Other key measures involve body temperature therapy, cellular and stem cell therapies and the use of botanicals.

“Nutrients in food directly impact the mechanisms by which cancer cells grow and spread,” explains Block. “They also indirectly impact cancer by changing the surrounding biochemical conditions that either promote or inhibit the progression of malignant disease. This is why targeting only tumors is not enough to quash cancer. Conventional cancer therapies almost inevitably leave behind at least a small number of malignant cells. Your internal biochemical terrain plays an integral role in determining whether a tumor will regain a foothold after treatment, metastasize to distant sites or stay where it is without posing a threat.”

Block notes that a healthy biochemistry can help prevent unpleasant and possibly life-threatening, complications.

An anti-cancer biochemical terrain will

even boost a patient’s overall quality of life. At the Block Center, detailed assessments identify disruptions in six defining features of patients’ biochemical terrain— oxidation, inflammation, immunity, blood coagulation, glycemia and stress chemistry. Cancer thrives on terrain disruptions, which also can impair treatment.

Focus on High-Impact Foods

Kathy Bero, founder of NuGenesis Inc., in Stone Bank, Wisconsin, asks, “How many other lives could be saved if doctors prescribed a diet primarily focused on plant-based, angiogenic-inhibiting foods for all cancer patients?”

Angiogenesis is the development of new blood vessels. Cancer turns the body against itself by hijacking the angiogenesis process and keeping it permanently activated, ensuring that cancerous cells receive a dedicated, uninterrupted blood supply. “To effectively prevent cancer, inflammation and angiogenesis need to be controlled before a tumor can get a foothold,” advises Bero.

Bero has personally beaten back two unrelated aggressive forms of cancer and credits the angiogenic-inhibiting foods in clinical research at the Medical College of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee, and the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha.

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“These foods also played a significant role in strengthening my immune system and restoring my overall health, which was radically affected by many rounds of chemotherapy and radiation,” remarks Bero.

Boost Recuperative Powers

Patrick Quillin, Ph.D., a former vice president of nutrition for a national network of cancer hospitals and author of The Wisdom and Healing Power of Whole Foods and Beating Cancer with Nutrition, recommends a triple threat.

“Cancer requires a threefold treatment approach to create a synergistic response.

Teaming up to reduce the tumor burden without harming the patient, re-regulate the cancer to normal healthy tissue and nourish the patient’s recuperative powers is far better than any one approach,” says Quillin.

He maintains that restrained medical interventions, appropriate nutrition and naturopathic approaches can bolster nonspecific natural defense mechanisms to reverse the underlying cause of the disease.

“Nutrition and traditional oncology treatments are synergistic, not antagonistic, as many oncologists believe,” advises Quillin.

Glenn Sabin, founder of FON Therapeutics, similarly suggests that multiinterventional, outcome-based studies, akin to Dr. Dean Ornish’s approach to prostate cancer, could greatly benefit conventional oncology. Sabin recounts

his Harvard Medical School-documented remission of advanced leukemia in his upcoming book, N-of-1: How One Man’s Triumph Over Terminal Cancer is Changing the Medical Establishment.

Sabin turned to therapeutic nutrition, neutraceuticals, stress reduction and exercise to become a 22-year cancer “thriver” without the aid of conventional therapies.

He also emphasizes the importance of the psychological and psychosocial aspects of healing with the cancer patients he coaches. “If you don’t have your head in the game, it’s hard to make anything else work for you,” counsels Sabin.

Understand the Connection

Silberstein and other leading physicians, including Dr. Tien-Sheng Hsu, a Chinese psychiatrist and author of the Secret to Healing Cancer; Dr. Jingduan Yang, a board-certified psychiatrist and founder and medical director of the Tao Institute of Mind & Body Medicine; and Seeger, believe that the mind and spirit play a significant role in healing.

“Cancer begins in the spirit and ends up in the body, which is why I recommend that anyone positively diagnosed read the Cancer Report,” remarks Silberstein. Cancer Report, co-written by John R. Voell and Cynthia A. Chatfield, discusses psychoneuroimmunology and the powerful role that the mind, emotions and spirit play in contributing to or resisting disease and healing even the

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Yang and Hsu, who also use acupuncture protocols, believe illness is a reflection of inner problems that disrupt the body’s naturally powerful immune system. “Cancer is a symptom delivering a message: You need to take better care of yourself—emotionally, chemically, physically and spiritually,” says Yang.

As a faculty member of the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, Yang sees firsthand how few patients understand that the trauma of a diagnosis and treatment can reactivate past traumas, unresolved issues, blockages and repressed emotions. Both he and Hsu offer mind/body/spirit interventions to help patients cope better.

“I talk to people who do all the right things to improve their biochemistry, but without an emotional detox and spiritual connection to something larger than themselves, their healing process tends to stall,” Seeger observes. Her online talk shows feature long-term cancer survivors like Dr. Carl Helvie, author of You Can Beat Lung Cancer Using Alternative/ Integrative Interventions.

“It all comes down to the microcosm of the cell. If we give our 73 trillion cells everything they need, the macrocosm of the body will function properly,” says Francis. The authors of Cancer Killers, Dr. Charles Majors, Dr. Ben Lerner and Sayer Ji, agree. Up till now, they attest that the war on cancer has been almost exclusively an assault on the disease, rather than an enlightened preventive campaign that clearly identifies and counters how cancer develops. “The battle can only be won by instructing people in how to boost their body’s immune responses to kill cancer cells before they face a fullblown diagnosis and showing them how to aggressively address the hostile exterior agents that turn healthy cells cancerous.”

The best winning strategy is to naturally nurture a body—structurally, chemically, energetically, emotionally and spiritually—so that the inner terrain naturally kills cancer cells and stops them from growing.

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

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by Kathleen Barnes

We live in a world of microbes: bacteria, viruses, fungi and other pathogens that can make us sick. Most of the time, our immune systems are able to fight off microbial attacks, yet we’ve all experienced unsettling infections.

When Use Becomes Overuse

In recent years, conventional medicine has increasingly used antibiotics as a universal remedy against all kinds of microbial attacks—even though they are ineffective against anything except bacterial infections.

It’s best to use them selectively and cautiously when nothing else will do the job, because by definition, they are “opposed to life.” The worst-case scenario is what we have now: overuse creating “superbugs,” able to multiply out of control, sometimes with fatal consequences, even when treated with antibiotics that used to work.

“Antibiotics are helpful and effective when used properly when there is a bacterial infection such as strep throat, urinary tract infection, bacterial pneumonia or a wound that has become infected,” explains Doctor of Naturopathy Trevor Holly Cates, of Waldorf Astoria Spa, in Park City, Utah. “But antibiotics are so overused and overprescribed that bacteria are changing in ways to resist them.

This has become a significant public health problem.”

National and global public health officials have expressed increasing concerns about dangers posed by such bacteria, including methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycinresistant enterococci (VRE), which are often transmitted between patients in hospital settings, and a multi-antibioticresistant form of tuberculosis.

The problem is compounded by the use of antibiotics to enhance growth and production in livestock. A variety of superbugs have been found in meat, poultry and milk products, according to the nonprofits Center for Science in the Public Interest and Environmental Working Group.

Chris Kilham, a worldwide medicine hunter who teaches ethnobotany at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, explains the transmission. “When you eat conventionally raised meat, you’re not getting antibiotics, but you are getting bits of self-replicating genetic material that transfer antibiotic resistance to your body, which can prove fatal.”

Preferred Alternatives

Fortunately, there are many natural substances that have proven to be effective against bacteria, viruses, fungi and other infectious microbial pathogens—all without dangerous side effects. Here’s a short list:

Propolis, sometimes called “bee glue”, produced by bees to seal their hives and protect them from infections, is “the single most powerful antimicrobial we have in the plant kingdom,” advises Kilham. That claim is backed by numerous studies from institutions such as Britain’s National Heart and Long Institute, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Harokopio University, in Greece.

In 2005, a study by Turkey’s Hacettepe University showed that propolis killed

both MRSA and VRE bacteria. Other studies by Italy’s University of Milan have shown propolis’ effectiveness in combating upper respiratory infections and Candida albicans fungal infections. Propolis is also available in pill form.

Pelargonium sidoides is a favored option for Cates to abbreviate both the duration and severity of cold and flu, including any lingering cough or sore throat. This South African medicinal is also known as African geranium. Usually used in tincture form, it’s also useful against a large range of microbial infections.

One study from the Russian Institute of Pulmonology reported that nearly 70 percent of participating adults with bronchitis received relief within four days— more than double those that became well taking a placebo.

Olive leaf extract was first mentioned in the Bible and recent research confirms its effectiveness against a wide variety of microbial infections. A U.S. Department of Agriculture study published in the Journal of Food Science confirms that olive leaf extract is effective in fighting food-borne pathogens like salmonella and E. coli, labeling it a broad-spectrum antimicrobial.

New York University School of Medicine research published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications showed that olive leaf extract reversed many HIV-related changes in the immune system.

Retired medical journalist Dr. Morton Walker, author of Nature’s Antibiotic: Olive Leaf Extract, wrote that olive leaf extract “inhibits the growth of every virus, bacterium, fungus, yeast and protozoan it was tested against… and is effective against a minimum of 56 disease-causing organisms.”

In a worst-case scenario, “If antibiotics are the only alternative to treat a labconfirmed bacterial infection, it’s vital to replace the beneficial intestinal bacteria inevitably wiped out by the drug,” concludes Cates. “Sometimes a few servings of a good natural yogurt (without sugar or fruit) will suffice. If not, look for a high-quality probiotic to restore the digestive system’s natural bacterial colony.”

Kathleen Barnes is a natural health advocate, author and book publisher (KathleenBarnes.com).

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The U.S. presently imports about 95 percent of Americans’ clothing, reports the Ecology Global Network (Ecology. com), with most manufactured in countries where sweatshops and human rights abuses are common. Polyester and nylon, the most commonly used synthetic fibers, are derived from petroleum and processed and dyed using synthetic, often toxic substances. According to a 2010 report by China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection, the textile industry is that country’s third-worst polluter.

The nonprofit Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture’s (cuesa.org) Fibershed program raises public awareness of the issue in Central California. Robin Lynde, a shepherd, weaver and teacher at Meridian Jacobs Farm, in Vacaville, also sells yarn, fleece, felt, lambskin, hand-woven garments and blankets. “Fiber producers, users and designers may not know that there are sheep 10 miles away from them and they can get that fiber,” she says.

Fibershed also promotes a Grow Your Jeans program, comprising area sourcing, dyeing and sewing of a limited run of jeans. While textile sustainability in any given region is developing, the organization recommends that residents mend, instead of discard, old clothes, swap clothing or buy used, while resisting marketing pressure to augment wardrobes every season to keep up with trends. Someday, we might be able to visit a nearby field where our clothing is grown.

The Sustainable Cotton Project (SustainableCotton.org), based in Winters, California, conducts a Cleaner Cotton program that helps conventional growers transition to more sustainable practices using non-GMO varieties and integrated pest management practices to more gently solve ecological challenges. A big part of the challenge is to get the word out. “To get cleaner cotton to a spinner, someone has to request it,” says Executive Director Marcia Gibbs.

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hat’s so amazing about the job of being the Mobile Baykeeper and yet so completely challenging is how often we are faced with a new issue that our local community has never addressed. The latest is oil and gas pipelines and the transportation of differing types of crude oil. While crude oil is piped and transported across the nation on a regular basis, more and more accidents are occurring that require the community to take a very close look at each project before simply signing off.

There are two separate pipelines that will affect our community: the Gulf Coast Asphalt Corporation (GCAC) Mobile River pipeline and the Plains Southcap, LLC, Mobile to Mississippi line. Both will be carrying crude oil, but only one that we know of will carry tar sands crude oil.

GCAC Mobile River pipeline: We became aware of this proposal when GCAC approached us at the end of last year about their desire to transport toxic

"Mobile Baykeeper stands ready to fight to move the pipeline out of our drinking water at a minimum, but also feels strongly that additional protections must be put in place as our communities grow and our energy needs grow along with them."

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tar sands crude oil by rail from Canada to their facility in Mobile. They would build a pipeline under Mobile River, from the rail yard downtown to a storage facility on the eastern side of the river. As we understand, GCAC will bring in the toxic tar sands in specially made rail cars that have an external heating core. Once they arrive at the facility, they pump steam into external heater coils, making the tar sands more viscous and therefore easier to transport. Tar sands crude is so thick it doesn’t easily flow through a pipeline, so it must either have chemicals added to it or be heated in order to flow through the pipe.

GCAC plans to then put the tar sands on barges to be shipped from Mobile. We now understand that the Chevron refinery in Pascagoula doesn’t process this type of oil. In fact, there are only a select few refineries in the Southeast that process tar sands.

Plains Southcap, LLC Mobile to Mississippi line:

The second pipeline we all missed. There apparently was a tiny advertisement in the Press Register’s public notices section for a public hearing in Montgomery to discuss whether or not this pipeline would be approved. This ad never mentioned a location, and it didn’t include a map of the area the proposed pipeline would impact. Worst of all, there were no public hearings held anywhere except Montgomery. Those of us that live and work in Mobile County had no chance to voice concerns or ask questions about this plan, so they approved a pipeline to carry crude oil through the Big Creek Lake watershed.

The Mobile Area Water & Sewer Service (MAWSS) and the Mobile County Commission are heavily engaged in

working to move the pipeline out of the Big Creek Lake watershed, and the city of Semmes has produced a stop work order, halting construction of the pipe in that area. We have great allies fighting to protect our very important drinking water source.

Why is any of this important? What was so often said during the BP Oil Disaster of 2010 was how lucky we were that the more than 200 million gallons of oil gushing out of the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico was considered light, sweet crude.

That means it is less toxic, floats to the surface and contains fewer heavy metals, and that most of the toxins contained will naturally be released to the environment when it is exposed to open air.

Heavier crudes do not do this; they sink in water, stick to everything and have to be excavated for removal if the accidental release doesn’t result in a major fire/explosion. A quick search for pipeline breaks or crude oil spills will show a terrible history of severe problems that have long-term impacts on communities when extreme care is not taken or there is simply an accident.

Mobile Baykeeper stands ready to fight to move the pipeline out of our drinking water at a minimum, but also feels strongly that additional protections must be put in place as our communities grow and our energy needs grow along with them. We will continue to research and work on the pipeline issue and update the public regularly on our progress.

Casi Callaway is the executive director of Mobile Baykeeper. To learn more and get involved, visit MobileBaykeeper.org.

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Go Plastic-Free Game On: Ways to Shrink Our Footprint

by Randy Kambic

Looking around us, we see plastic everywhere.

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esides the customary food and product packaging, plus store bags, consider all the nooks and crannies of our lives that plastic now permeates: eating utensils; baby and pet toys; computer keyboards and accessories; pens; eyeglasses; athletic footwear; backpacks; lighters; beauty care and pill containers; household cleaning bottles; ice cube trays; shaving razors; tool handles; hairbrushes and toothbrushes—even some facial scrubs, shampoos and chewing gum.

Beth Terry, author of Plastic Free: How I Kicked the Habit and How You Can Too, points out compelling reasons to take personal action. In 2007, this Oakland, California, resident saw a photo of the decomposed carcass of a Laysan albatross riddled with plastic bits in an article on water pollution.

“For several seconds, I could not breathe,” she writes. This seminal moment led her to further research, by which she realized, “This plague of plastic chemicals is harming everyone, and especially the most vulnerable members of our planet— children and animals—and that is both unacceptable and unfair.” She’s been working on going plastic-free ever since.

“I made a game of it; a fun, creative, step-by-step challenge,” she advises. “You

can’t go through the house and think you can get rid of all plastic immediately. As items get used up, you’ll find alternatives.”

Once we are in the habit of staying alert to the plastic scourge, we’ll naturally spot opportunities for healthy change-ups.

Science Sounds the Alarm

In 2011, Harvard School of Public Health researchers made news by discovering that consuming one serving of canned food daily for five days led to significantly elevated urinary levels of bisphenol-A (BPA).

This plastic and epoxy resin ingredient is found in the liners of many food and drink cans and sometimes in plastic bottles. It’s known to be a serious endocrine disrupter.

Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, altered functions of reproductive organs and other ailments have been linked to high BPA levels in several studies, including one cited in Endocrine Reviews journal.

The Manchester Guardian also recently reported that the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety has stated that an unborn baby’s exposure to BPA through the mother could be linked to many health problems, including breast cancer later in life.

When plastics are subjected to stress— like heat, light or age—undisclosed addi-

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tives used in their production for strength, flexibility and color can leach out and even contaminate lab results, as the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry found. Such chemicals can migrate into our digestive systems and through our skin; they can also off-gas into the air, according to a recent study by Weber State University’s Energy & Sustainability Office, in Ogden, Utah. Plus, unrecycled plastic materials can enter waterways and kill marine life through ingestion or entanglement (ocean garbage patches are major examples).

Reducing our own plastic footprint can both safeguard family health and prove that we are serious about pressuring industry to produce less of it. The key, according to Terry, is not to be intimidated or overwhelmed by plastic overload, but persist in taking baby steps (see MyPlasticFreeLife.com).

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As a starting point, Terry notes that plastic enables the long-distance food distribution system. Reducing food miles associated with our meals helps cut down on the use of plastic. In the kitchen, use airtight stainless steel containers or glass jars or simply refrigerate a bowl of food with a saucer on top to hold leftovers for the next day.

Compost food waste. Reuse empty plastic food bags and line garbage cans with old newspapers instead of plastic bags.

Terry cautions, “People assume everything that carries the triangular symbol is accepted at all recycling facilities. This is not the case. What isn’t accepted is landfilled or even incinerated.” Also, according to the city of Oakland’s Waste Management Department, she learned that “Much of what we put out for recycling goes to China, and their processing standards are not as strong as ours.”

In Plastic Free, the author provides scores of tips for borrowing, renting and sharing products; buying used plastic equipment if it’s a necessity; and avoiding disposable packaging and paper products.

Areas for improvement range from personal care and household cleaning products to bags, bottles, grocery shopping, takeout food, portable leftovers and lunches, plus durable goods. Activists will move on to also participate in area cleanups, donate to green organizations and write their legislators.

Randy Kambic, a freelance editor and writer in Estero, Florida, regularly contributes to Natural Awakenings.

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Hoopnotica, on a roll here and in Europe, reintroduces play into physical fitness with fresh, fun, expressive movements (Tinyurl.com/Hoopnotica Lessons). Instructional DVDs and classes are available to revive and enhance childhood hooping abilities.

“Hooping spans genres from classical to hip-hop, tribal to lyrical, depending on who’s spinning the hoop and what’s spinning on the turntable,” says Jacqui Becker, Hoopnotica’s director of content development and lead master trainer, in Brooklyn, New York. “When I carry a hoop around town, people light up. It’s like walking a puppy, but an even better workout, with no cleanup.”

Dancing in Air

What do bikini-clad gorillas, hoop dancing, aerial silk acrobatics, Aerial silk classes take exercising to new anti-gravity yoga and Pilates on the water have in common? They are heights. Cirque du Soleil-style and more among the most enjoyable ways to burn calories and increase strength. elegant than rope climbing, students don’t In Mankato, Minnesota, runners and walkers dressed like gorillas, many embellished with bikinis, tutus and football jerseys, take part in the annual Gorilla Run to benefit the nonprofit North Mankato Miracle League and Fallenstein Field, a fully accessible softball field for children with mental or physical challenges. This year, a local DJ dressed as a banana led the pack of 600 gorillas through the 2.4-mile course, raising $30,000. Next April, pro athletes and other volunteers will again pitch in to set the pace for other cities that want to ape their act.

Travis Snyder’s family-friendly Color Run, founded in Draper, Utah, and launched in Tempe, Arizona, in early 2012, has caught on in more than 100 U.S. cities as a way for novice runners to have a stress-free, untimed, fun day. Sixty percent of the participants have never run a 5K (three-plus miles) race before. Staff and volunteers throw brightly colored cornstarch on the runners at regular intervals, making the finish line a virtual rainbow. The larger runs boast thousands of participants. There are only two rules: wear a white shirt at the starting line and finish plastered in color.

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Fort Lauderdale Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP), has an answer. “We have paddleboard boot camps and sunrise and sunset tours, on the ocean or the Intracoastal Waterway, based on conditions. Safe and eco-friendly LED lights, our latest innovation, let us see the fish below and make sure boats see us at night.”

Their SUP manatee tour is particularly popular. “This endangered species congregates in less-traveled waterways. They often come up out of the water to look at us,” says Lovechenko. “We’re not allowed to touch them and must stay alert in case they bump the boards and dump us into the water. They’re gentle, but immense.”

If basic SUP isn’t enough, onboard yoga or Pilates can be added. “It’s easy on the joints for those with knee or ankle problems,” Lovechenko advises. Regardless of the level of experience, “Yoga paddleboarding naturally calls for a calm mind, steady breathing and attention to balance. With Pilates, working out on a board in water that’s 10 to 20 feet deep activates a different set of muscles.”

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have to be in peak shape to start. “Just show up and want to learn,” says international performing aerialist Laura Witwer, who teaches how to climb fabric attached to steel rigging 16 to 25 feet high in New York City spaces. “We work close to the floor for beginners,” she explains. “They learn to climb, then to hang upside-down, and then tie knots. We’ve had all body sizes, shapes and ages in class; it’s a great way to stretch and add strength.”

"These runs [Color Me Rad and The Color Run] are an opportunity to let go of the competitive and embrace the carefree.

They are not timed with racing clocks, but in the end, you find you have had the time of your life!"

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~Amanda Barfield, Fairhope

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“The hula hoop has had its resurgence due to the overstimulated world we live in.

It allows us to come outside into nature, laugh and play like we are children again.

A youthful mind will create a youthful active body.

Hooping is therapeutic for so many types of health issues—lower back pain, poor digestive health, depression, weight control, balance. The transformations I have seen happen from the hoop have been beautiful.”

Stand Up Paddle Boarding (SUP)

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Yoga can also take to the air with antigravity classes that position participants in fabric slings or hammocks that relax joints and help the body realign itself.

Christopher Harrison, founder and artistic director of AntiGravity Yoga, in New York City, is a former world-class gymnast and professional dancer on Broadway, two professions that are tough on the body.

“As an aging athlete whose passion continued, but whose body had been ripped apart by numerous surgeries, yoga healed and rejuvenated my mind and body,” he remarks. “In order to take pressure off the joints, I took my performance company from tumbling off the ground to hanging up into the air by inventing apparatus that allowed us to fly.”

Whether by land, sea or air, adventurous souls are discovering new ways to recharge mind, spirit and body.

~Jay Everett, Gulf Shores

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Color Runs Color Me Rad 5K

April 14, 2014 ColorMeRad.com/race.i?raceid=104 251-473-1080 This annual race in Mobile benefits the DragonflyPaddleBoards.com; Ronald McDonald House. With waves McCoyOutdoorCo.com McCoy Outdoor Company, in Mobile, of runners getting plastered with paint serves as the retail gallery for locally made every five minutes, racers end up looking like a kindergarten art class gone Dragonfly Boatworks paddle boards. wild at the finish line.

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Aqua Life Fitness

850-281-6315 Color Run 5K-Mobile AquaLifeFitness.com October 12, 2013 SUP yoga classes are offered in Gulf TheColorRun.com/mobile Breeze and Navarre Beach, Florida.

Boards are also available to buy or rent. Color Run 5k-Orange Beach Spring 2014 TheColorRun.com/gulf-shores GUSU Paddlesports Known as the Happiest 5k on the 850-460-7300 Planet, this paint race celebrates GusuPaddlesports.com SUP-Lates (SUP and Pilates) and SUP healthiness, happiness, individuality yoga classes are offered in Destin and and giving back to the community.

Fort Walton, Florida. Boards are also Individuals can sign up for the run or available to buy or rent. to be a color thrower.

Hula Hooping and Aerial Silks Jay Everett

JaysOnTour@gmail.com Offering mind, body and soul hooping workshops at Blue Moon Farm, in Silverhill, and at local parks. Madeto-order hoops are also available.

Thrive Yoga & Bodywork

251-379-4493 ThriveFairhope.com Basic hula-hooping classes (fourweek series) are regularly scheduled on the Fairhope bluff. Custom-made hoops are available. A schedule of aerial silk classes will be posted online when they are offered.

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HAPPY PARENTS HAPPY KIDS

...for the health of the planet and her inhabitants.

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Healing & Learning Center Upcoming Workshop August 24: Dancing with the Devas Through the use of Wisdom of the Earth essential oils, reconnect with the healing power of Mother Earth.

Open the door to human/plant communication, experiencing and trusting the universal language from the inner core of the heart. Registration required.

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Faith doesn’t mean checking your brain at the door.

How can individuals achieve more peace?

We realize peace by nurturing our hearts and souls with self-care, by slowing down and being gentle with ourselves.

It requires us to attune and respond to our own needs and desires in the present moment. Am I responding with compassion when I make mistakes? Am I saying no when I need to say no? Did I ask for and receive help when I needed it? This is self-care in day-to-day life. When we feel nurtured in ways aligned with our deeper needs, we’re able to more fully express our potential and relax into being who we truly are.

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he oldest of seven Montessori-inspired children and mother of one, Renée Peterson Trudeau serves as a life balance coach, speaker and president of Career Strategists, a coaching and consulting firm. Thousands of women in 10 countries participate in Personal Renewal Groups based on her first book, The Mother’s Guide to Self-Renewal.

Now, in a new book, Nurturing the Soul of Your Family, Trudeau helps empower families to handle the challenges of everyday life with harmony and ease.

How does such caring show up in family dynamics?

When I’m feeling grumpy or irritable, I know that my inner cup is empty and I’m out of sync with my needs. When

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we practice self-care, we are more present with our partner and children. We feel more generous, loving and playful, and it’s easier to weather crises and uncertainties. I believe that modeling self-love is one of the best ways to influence children’s self-esteem.

Why is it important for families to define what they value most?

It’s empowering for a family to anchor together around one key core value. Once you identify it, you all can make more conscious decisions. The value that my own family has chosen is compassion for one’s self and others. Creativity, spirituality, service or learning are others.

As kids grow into adolescence, it becomes more challenging to maintain balance; there are so many demands on a family’s time and attention. Mentally, we’re often overwhelmed by an expanding scope of activities and decisions.

At any age, a lot of us are just reacting to whatever comes at us. But when we identify the values most important to us, it’s easier to know when to say yes and no to things, so that our actions become aligned with our priorities.

What is behind the rising appeal of living more simply?

Simplicity is alluring at a most basic level of our being; we crave it. We want to invest less energy in making decisions and have more space for life to organi-

“Mom, tell them to surprise their kids—listen to them, have fun with them and just spend time with them.” ~ Jonah Trudeau, age 9 cally unfold. We want to hit the pause button because we are overscheduled, overworked and overloaded with too much information. It can feel so good to be productive, and American culture rewards output. But we need to be mindful of balancing the harder task of ‘being’ with the seduction of doing, for we are at our most powerful when both of these energies are equal.

Five Reconnection Points n Be mindful of how and when the family uses technology. Put people first.

What role does spirituality play in fostering a healthy family life?

I hear a lot of parents say that they used to think that spirituality was separate from parenting. Then they woke up to the idea that being a parent is a spiritual practice, maybe the most profound one they will ever have. Connecting to the sacred in everyday life yields nurturing gifts we can enjoy with our children, not separate from them.

What is the most valuable advice that you offer to parents?

Pause to breathe in compassion and realize that our outer state is a reflection of our inner state. It helps us release whatever we’re dealing with and reconnect with ourselves and loved ones.

Fo r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n , ReneeTrudeau.com.

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n Slow down. Do less to experience more. Fewer choices and a lighter schedule can make for a happier family.

n Tap the healing power of nature together. Take hikes, picnics and explore a local greenbelt.

Source: Nurturing the Soul of Your Family: 10 Ways to Reconnect and Find Peace in Everyday Life, by Renée Peterson Trudeau.

n Love the ones you’re with. Schedule regular time together to make sure it happens.

Small Daily Practices Make a Huge Difference

Where do we start?

If we are not currently living in alignment with what matters most to us, we can stop what we’re doing and course-correct. We have to define what simplicity looks like for us and can start by just slowing down.

Do less to experience more. Unplug from technology. Try spending unscheduled, media-free time together. My family feels most nourished after weekends that we hardly did anything and just enjoyed connecting through simple pleasures.

n Define your family’s values and honor them.

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regular spiritual practice grounds us and helps us navigate the challenges of just being human.

It helps us stay awake, begin to let go, trust the rhythm and flow of life and relax into the beauty of our true nature.

Create Ritual – Meaningful rituals can be carefully planned events or casual, but regular remembrances, such as voicing gratitude before a family meal or greeting one another with a hug.

Marking transitions and milestones in the lives of family members likewise connects everyone to the sacredness of daily living. We remember that life is more than to-do lists.

Cultivate Stillness – Quiet private contemplation through stillness, prayer, meditation or reflection is a daily way to connect with our inner wisdom and/ or embrace a higher power, and can make the whole day better.

Practice Service to Others – The more we reach out and are present to one another, the stronger we become and the easier it is to understand our interconnection—that we’re all one.

Live in the Present – Many great spiritual teachers believe the answer to everything is to just “be here now,” and that our suffering and emotional

distress would end if we simply stopped resisting the present. When we temporarily suspend our desire to change things, we can embrace that where we are is exactly where we’re supposed to be.

Choose Happiness – Can we only be happy if things are going our way?

Experts suggest that we’re born with the innate capacity to experience inner well-being and joy; it’s our birthright to feel good. We must remember to choose happiness in each present moment.

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Good Food on a Tight Budget

Tips to Get Top Value from Each Dollar

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or many, the recent economic downturn has affected the way we shop for food. Even families that cook dinner at home most nights are struggling to afford the ingredients to make healthy meals, says Laura Seman, a senior manager for Cooking Matters, a national program that educates families in need about reaping the most from local food resources.

“Putting good food on the family table on a five-orsix-dollar-a-day per person budget is tough, but it’s pos-

sible,” advises Nutritionist Dawn Undurraga, a registered dietitian and co-author of the Environmental Working Group’s online publication, Good Food on a Tight Budget. “Even eating for one is doable for under $200 a month.”

Researchers examined 1,200 foods to help people get beyond the common perception that eating healthy is expensive. “We looked at food prices, nutrients, pesticides, environmental pollutants and artificial ingredients,” says Undurraga.

“Then we chose the top 100 or so, based on balancing all of those factors.”

Think Outside the Box Some of the EWG findings might surprise many of us: 4 Raw cabbage is the top-ranked food because of its price and high nutritional value as a cruciferous vegetable. For less than 10 cents a serving, it poses far fewer calories than potatoes and is a worthy addition to salads, soups and stir-fries.

4 The next highest marks for price and nutrition spotlight carrots, bananas, pears, watermelon and frozen broccoli, each at less than 30 cents a serving.

4 Bananas and pears usually cost less than apples, plus they customarily endure fewer pesticide applications.

4 The best animal protein award goes to roasted turkey; hot dogs ranked last.

4 The next-best animal protein identified is a whole chicken, roasted at the begin-

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ning of the week and used in various ways for future meals.

4 Fresh, whole carrots and sweet potatoes are among the best produce buys, but frozen corn and broccoli almost always cost less than their fresh equivalents and are just as nutritious.

4 A serving of oatmeal is half the cost of sugary processed cereals, plus it’s more filling and causes less fluctuation in blood sugar levels.

4 Canned salmon is almost always wild caught and is much cheaper than fresh, but be wary of BPA (bisphenol-A) migration from the can.

4 Queso blanco, a mild, soft, white cheese common in Latino cooking, is both less expensive and less processed than many other cheeses.

Change Our Routine Tracie McMillan, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, author of the bestselling book, The American Way of Eating, learned how to eat on a tight budget as an undercover journalist. “Time and energy are key ingredients when cooking from scratch,” notes McMillan.

Without disposable funds for the fast-food route, cooking from scratch was mandatory. She learned how to soak beans overnight, cook a large pot of them and freeze helpings to reheat later. The cost was about 50 cents a meal, compared with $3 for two or three servings from a can.

Eggs, brown rice and sweet potatoes became an important—and healthy—part of her weekly diet. McMillan also gained a lasting affection for roasted vegetables, both as part of meals and as snacks. “I just cut up a couple of sweet potatoes, add some broccoli or beans or whatever is cheap at the supermarket or farmers’ market, toss in a tablespoon of olive oil and I’m set for two or three days,” she says. Also, “I learned to use meat more as a seasoning than as a main course.”

Find more tips and pages of recipes at ewg.org/goodfood.

Kathleen Barnes has authored many books on natural health, including Rx from the Garden: 101 Food Cures You Can Easily Grow.

Connect at KathleenBarnes.com.

Eat Well, Spend Less 4 Freeze cheese that starts going bad. Defrosted cheese tastes best melted.

Don’t buy shredded cheese—shred it at home.

4 Substitute yogurt for cream and sour cream in recipes. Drain yogurt in a coffee filter to thicken.

To economize and reduce package waste, buy in volume and measure out small servings.

4 Cut and freeze fresh fruit when it’s on sale or overripe. Use later in smoothies, oatmeal or yogurt. To eliminate clumping, lay pieces on a tray to freeze or freeze pureed fruit in ice cube trays. When frozen, transfer to a bag.

4 Make sure the word “whole” is in the very first ingredient listed on the label. “Multigrain” or “wheat” language or a brown color isn’t enough.

4 Start kids off right with whole grains, not white bread and white pasta. If they’re not used to whole grains, mix them in gradually.

4 Buy in bulk and stock up during sales. Avoid pricey

oatmeal packets; they’re often loaded with salt and sugar. Buy whole-grain bread on sale and freeze.

4 Add nuts to oatmeal, cereal, salads and stir-fries for healthy, hearty meals.

Raw nuts are often the less expensive option; roast them for a delicious snack.

Freeze nuts so they’ll stay fresh longer.

4 Whole or cut-up bone-in chicken can save money.

Buy family-size packs on sale and freeze. Bake extra and use all week.

4 Soak and cook dried beans to save money.

4 Before vegetables go bad, freeze them or make soup.

4 Stock up on veggies that store well in a cool, dry place. Potatoes, carrots, pumpkin, calabaza (squash and melons) and sweet potatoes hold their taste for several weeks. Frozen vegetables and cabbage keep well, too.

Source: ewg.org/goodfood

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MONDAY, AUGUST 5

Healthy Community Dinner – 6pm. This dinner is sponsored by the Lopez team to bring real health to the Eastern Shore. Learn about the 5 Essentials of real health & how to apply them in your daily life.

Reservations required. Free. Andree's, Fairhope. 251928-5058. MaximizedLivingDrLopez.com.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 6

Introduction to Pranic Healing – 6pm. Learn the ancient art and science of all natural energy healing.

You will learn about prana, chakras, auras, energetichygiene, how to heal yourself and others and meditation for blessing all, stress reduction and illumination.

Learn to scan energy, plus much more. $10 donation.

Reiki Center of Fairhope. Deana: 251-454-0959.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7

Pranic Healing 101 – 6pm. Pranic Healing is an energy-based technique designed to teach you how to heal yourself and others. You will learn about prana, chakras, auras, energetic-hygiene, and meditation for blessing all, stress reduction and illumination. Learn to scan energy, plus much more. $10 donation. Center for Spiritual Living-Mobile. Deana: 251-454-0959.

Quantum-Touch Demonstration and Sharing with Julie E Brent and Chester Schmidt – 7-8:30pm.

Quantum-Touch is used for improving your mental, physical and spiritual self. In a few minutes you can see hips leveled and discomfort eased. QT gives your body that boost toward perfect health. MT's get 13 CEs for QT workshops. Free. Reiki Center of Fairhope, 20730 Hwy 181, Ste B, Fairhope. 251281-8811. ReikiCenterOfFairhope@gmail.com.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 9

Sunset Yoga for Charity – 6:30pm. This event is by donation for charity every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month overlooking the bay. Bring your own mat and a friend. Beginner friendly classes. Donation. Fairhope Bluff. 251-379-4493. ThriveFairhope.com.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 10

Quantum-Touch Level I Workshop with Julie E Brent, Certified Instructor – Aug 10-11. 9:30am5:30pm. Quantum-Touch works deep in the cellular level by raising your energy, creating an environment for the innate healing intelligence to activate, stimulating the process in every cell allowing natural healing to occur. CNEs 12.5 (add $50) and MT CEs 13. $400 at the door/prepaid $350. Reiki Center of Fairhope, 20730 Hwy 181, Ste B, Fairhope. Call Julie: 251-504-5328.

ReikiCenterOfFairhope@gmail.com. MoonSunEarth. com/Quantum-Touch.htm.

Women's Self Defense – 1-3pm. Learn the basics of defending yourself. Course focuses on building confidence and empowerment in the face of diversity.

No prior knowledge of martial arts is needed. Pre-paid registration is required. $20. Prana Health and Wellness, 209-A S Section St, Fairhope. 251-455-9359.

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 11

Body In Spirit Sunday with Rev. K. Laurendine: HOCUS FOCUS! – 1-4pm. Put the Law of Attraction to work for you--and understand the main roadblocks for why sometimes it "doesn't". Clear your energy with EFT, reveal personal symbolism and connect with angels/guides/higher self by “visioning” to create a powerful high-vibration vision board. Preregistration required. Suggested donation: $35/$25 for Fortis affiliates. Fortis College, 300-F Azalea Rd, Mobile. 251-753-1937. KellyLaurendine@gmail.com.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 15

Qigong for Busy People with Trainer: Donna Weber, MA, LPC – 6-9pm. Qigong (pronounced chee-gong) is an ancient Chinese practice using breath and movement.

In as little as 10 mins a day you can improve your health.

Learn 5 easy Qigong practices and a technique to heal others. $35. Reiki Center of Fairhope. Registration: ReclaimYourTrueEmotions.com/store.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 17

Back to School Bash & Barbeque – 9am-12pm.

Back-to-school health exams ($20 donation to The Lighthouse), free barbeque, prizes, face painting, bounce house, fire truck, child ID's & Fairhope Police Department, healthy living resources & more! Let's build a healthier community together! Free & Donation items/Fundraiser for The Lighthouse. Lopez Chiropractic, 401 N Section St, Fairhope. 251-928-5058.

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markyourcalendar Pranic Healing Class Level 1 You will learn anatomy of the energybody, 11 major Chakras, their functions, how to feel energy, validate details in your life with energy-scanning, keep yourself energetically clear and balanced, step-by-step techniques for healing yourself and loved ones, plus much more! Discount for early bird.

August 17 • 9am-6pm August 18 • 12-6pm

Center for Spiritual Living-Mobile Deana: 251-454-0959 Usui Reiki Level I & II with Julie E Brent – Aug 17-18. 9:30am-5:30pm. Reiki is the universal energy specifically tuned to healing energies to be used by anyone who desires to heal themselves, others & our Universe. All are invited to be infused with this universal energy thru the attunement process. $330/Prepaid $299. Reiki Center of Fairhope, 20730 Hwy 181, Ste B, Fairhope. 251-281-8811. ReikiCenterOfFairhope@ gmail.com. MoonSunEarth.com/reiki.html.

Pensacola Para Con: A Science, Sci Fi, Anime, Gaming, Paranormal, Horror & Costuming Conven-

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tion – Aug 17-18. 10am-6pm. Guests Gil Gerard/Buck Rogers, Cindy Morgan/Caddyshock & Tron, Jason Faunt/Power Rangers, Michael Berryman/The Hills Have Eyes, Ari Lehman/ Jason and Friday the 13th, Walking Dead Actors, SyFy's Deep South Paranormal, Scott Tepperman/SyFy Channel's Ghost Hunters and more. $10 adult/children 0-12 free. Pensacola Interstate Fair Grounds, 6655 Mobile Hwy, Pensacola, FL. 850941-4321. PensacolaParaCon.com.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 20

Full Moon Beach Meditation – 6:30pm. Join us for the Meditation on Twin-Hearts. Experience the tremendous downpour of divine-spiritual energy that is especially available to us at this time of the month. We become instruments of divine-blessings to the Gulf-waters, planet-earth, humanity and our loved ones. Free. Dauphin Island. For details: Deana 251-454-0959.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 22

How to Release Limiting Emotions – 6-9pm. Do you have limiting emotions that are holding you back from the life you dream about? Many limiting emotions were learned in childhood. Release fear, shame, guilt, self-judgment and more. $40. Reiki Center of Fairhope, 20730 Hwy 181, Fairhope. Registration: ReclaimYourTrueEmotions.com/store.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 23

Sunset Yoga for Charity – 6:30pm. This event is by donation for charity every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month overlooking the bay. Bring your own mat and a friend. Beginner friendly classes. Donation. Fairhope Bluff. 251-379-4493. ThriveFairhope.com.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 24

Dancing with the Devas – 10am-3pm. In this workshop we will discuss the toxic world in which we live, why it’s impacting the immune system of people and planet, and how essential oils can restore balance and harmony to our body/mind/spirit and our planet. Learn how to reconnect with the healing power of Mother Earth. Registration required. Donations appreciated.

20205 Middle Earth Rd, Citronelle. 251-866-7204.

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Essential Oils Workshop with Renee Adcock – 10am-12pm. Come and learn the uses and benefits of essential oils. If there is a specific oil that you are interested in learning about, now is the time. Sue Sides, a former certified nurse practitioner will lead the meeting. Free. Reiki Center of Fairhope, 20730 Hwy 181, Ste B, Fairhope. RSVP: 251-923-6122.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 25

Body In Spirit Sunday with Rev. K. Laurendine: Sacred Yoga-Fire – 1-4pm. The Fire element corresponds with summer, is governed by the heart which houses Shen, or Spirit, and is associated with the emotion of joy. Come light the fire of your joyful spirit while practicing postures and exploring this element together! Pre-registration required. Suggested donation: $35/$25 for Fortis affiliates. Fortis College, 300-F Azalea Rd, Mobile. 251-753-1937.

KellyLaurendine@gmail.com. BodyInSpirit.com.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 30

Happy Hour at The Brennity at Daphne – 4-5pm.

Join us for Happy Hour to celebrate Peach Month! Live music, delicious hor'derves and Georgia peach rum drinks. Free. 27440 Co Rd 13, Daphne. 251-262-9000.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

markyourcalendar The Gathering: A Day for ALL Yogis

Come fellowship with yogis of all kinds! We'll start the day with Sunrise Yoga and offer more yoga, meditation, spa services and healthy food throughout the day! Free.

September 7 • 9am-6pm Escape at Wind Creek, Atmore.

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

Body In Spirit Sunday with Rev. K. Laurendine: Chakras & Chi – 1-4pm. You may have heard the word “chi”, but what is it? Come gain a fundamental understanding of the life force energy around and within you while exploring the chakra energy system. Includes energy and movement exercises to experience each chakra.

Pre-registration required. Suggested donation: $35/$25 for Fortis affiliates. Fortis College, 300-F Azalea Rd, Mobile. 251-753-1937. KellyLaurendine@gmail.com.

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

Prepare for Surgery with Self Hypnosis – 10:30am12:30pm. Students will learn self-hypnosis, relaxation and imagery techniques to help them have better outcomes. Surgery patients that prepare for surgery with hypnosis require fewer anesthetics and recover faster with fewer complications and less pain. $25. Preregistration required. Mobile Hypnosis, 4313 Momote Dr S, Mobile. 251-272-1030. MobileHypnosis.co.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

markyourcalendar Yoga Life Fair

An educational event to build mindful community, increase yoga awareness and kick off Mobile/ Baldwin Yoga Week. Mindful vendors, healthy refreshments, live music and a full schedule of yoga classes from beginner to advanced, including chair yoga, meditation, paddleboard yoga and more! Now seeking vendors, volunteers and studio participation. Free.

September 21 • 2:30pm Fairhope Pier Park • 1 Beach Rd., Fairhope 251-379-4493 • YogaLifeFair.com

OCTOBER 10

World Paddle For The Planet – Oct 10-13. Educational exhibits, speakers, roundtable summit, eco-art and music. Featured event is a 24-hour endurance paddle (canoes, kayaks, paddle boards) on Lake Powell. Carillon Beach, Panama City Beach, FL. SUPRadioShow@ gmail.com. WorldPaddleForThePlanet.com.

FAIRHOPE BECKY ARDREY, LMT 811 Fairhope Avenue Becky@PranaHealthAndWellness.com 251-455-9359 MOONSTONE MASSAGE Therapeutic Massage and Energy Work 17048 Scenic Highway 98 251-517-5383 Moonstone-Massage.com See ad, page 27.

MONTROSE JEN ADAMS, LMT 22787 US 98 at Parker Rd., Bdg. D, Ste. 5 251-616-4201 JenAdams.Massage@gmail.com JenAdamsLMT.info See ad, page 27.

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HEALING ACRES Massage, Reflexology, Colonics, Reiki 22355 Price Grubbs Road REIKI CENTER OF FAIRHOPE LMTs-Chester Schmidt & Rebecca Havard 251-423-1863 20730 Highway 181 See ad, page 10.

251-281-8811 ReikiCenterOfFairhope.com WEST MOBILE See ad, page 15.

FOLEY THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE Charlene Rester, RN, LMT Located inside Align Chiropractic 117 West Orange Avenue 251-952-5555

BELLA SUNDRIES WELLNESS STUDIO 6576 Airport Boulevard, Building C 251-458-8884 Bella.Sundries.Massage@gmail.com BellaSundries.Webs.com See ad, page 18.

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ongoingevents Please call ahead to confirm dates and times. All calendar events must be received by the 10th of the month and adhere to our guidelines. Go to TinyURL.com/NACalendar to submit entries. adventure of life. Center for Joyful Living, 60 N Ann St, Mobile. 251-391-6960.

sunday Discounts on Supplements – Every Sunday get 15% off supplements at Fairhope Health Foods (251-9280644) and Virginia's Health Foods (251-345-0494).

280 Eastern Shore Shopping Center, Fairhope and 3952 Airport Blvd, Mobile. VA-FairhopeHealthFoods.com.

Glow and Slow Flow Yoga – 9:30am and 11:30am.

Mindful flowing sequences in an unheated, relaxedpaced vinyasa style class. This class will help beginners to establish a firm foundation in their practice and will also support the experienced student to deepen their understanding of yoga. $15 drop-in. Glow Yoga, Gulf Shores. 251-216-GLOW. Full class schedule at Glow-Yoga.com.

Center for Spiritual Living Service – 10am. Make every step, every choice, every word, a conscious one. Center for Spiritual Living, 1230 Montlimar, Mobile. Rev. Sherrie Quander: 251-343-0777.

CenterForSpiritualLiving-Mobile.org.

Sunday Service – 10:30am. Explore a spiritual pathway with Mobile Unitarian Universalists, 6345 Old Shell Rd, Mobile. UUFM.org.

Sunday Service – 10:30am. Questioning, understanding and growing together spiritually as we enjoy the

Sunday Worship – 11am. Celebrate Spirit in this special and sacred space. Between Hillcrest and Knollwood. Unity Mobile, 5859 Cottage Hill, Mobile.

251-661-1788.

Unlimited Horizons of the Emerald Coast – 2:30-5:30pm. 2nd Sunday. Open to public. All are invited to join this forum of open-minded seekers of Universal truth. Share knowledge and promote enlightenment. Monthly speakers present on a variety of metaphysical topics. $7. Gulf Breeze Recreation Center, 800 Shoreline Dr, Gulf Breeze, FL. 850-610-0919. UnlimitedHorizons1@gmail. com. Unlimited-Horizons.org.

Open Table Worship Service (United Church of Christ) – 5pm. Weekly progressive Christian worship.

Gathering at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 1050 Azalea Rd, Mobile. 251-545-1011. Ellen.OpenTable@gmail. com. OpenTableUCC.org.

monday Glow and Slow Flow Yoga – 6am, 8:30am, 4:30pm (unheated) and 5:45pm. Mon and Wed. Powerful vinyasa practice that links breath with movement by combining postures through flow to energizing music.

It heals, detoxifies and strengthens the entire body, igniting our inner fire allowing the true self to shine through. $15 drop-in. Glow Yoga, Gulf Shores. 251216-GLOW. Full class schedule at Glow-Yoga.com.

Summer Sun Salutations – 8:30am. Mon-Fri. Begin your day with a series of sun salutations. Add this as a supplement to your existing practice! Instruction is not given, simply come in and go through your flow. $5.

Prana health and Wellness, Fairhope. 251-455-9359.

PranaHealthandWellness.com.

Flow Yoga – 5pm. Open to all levels. Join Liz Keglor, RYT 200, at TKR Fitness in our brand new fitness studio for a free trial class. Build strength and gain flexibility with a touch of flow yoga. $59/mo unlimited scheduled classes. 29891 Woodrow Ln, Ste 600, Daphne. 251-625-6988.

Outstretched Christ-Centered Yoga Class – 5:45pm. Also at 8:15am on Wed. Each week Pneuma offers two donation-only yoga classes open to the public. Classes are appropriate for all levels and include a Christ-centered devotion. Donation only. 1901 Main St, Daphne. See website for more info Pneuma-YogaMovement.com.

Pranic Healing & Meditation – 6:30pm. Experience healing for your mind, body and soul. We address specific physical and emotional ailments, followed by the Meditation on Twin Hearts. Let us take the stress off and balance your aura. Classes also available. CEU's -LMTs & Nurses. $10 donation. Mobile.

Deana: 251-454-0959.

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tuesday Rise and Shine Yoga – 6:30-7:45am. Tues and Thurs.

Start the day with an invigorating Hatha Yoga practice.

Class includes a mixture of flow yoga, Pranayama, restorative and meditation. Fellowship, coffee and some of Mom's homemade bread follows. $8/drop-in, $60/10 class package, $85/family. Trinity Yoga Studio, Highway 98 East, Foley. 251-987-1147 or 251-6095541. TinyURL.com/TrinityYogaFoleyAL. Classical Yoga – 8:30am. Open to all levels. Join Liz Keglor, RYT 200, at TKR Fitness in our brand new fitness studio for a free trial class. Ease stress, build strength, and gain flexibility with this classical yoga practice. $59/mo unlimited scheduled classes. 29891 Woodrow Ln, Ste 600, Daphne. 251-625-6988.

Hot Power Yoga – 8:30am, 12pm and 5:30pm. Tues and Thurs. Baptiste Power vinyasa practice that links breath with movement. It heals, detoxifies and strengthens the entire body while guiding students through the connection of the mind, body and spirit, igniting our inner fire allowing the true self to shine through. $15 drop-in. Glow Yoga, Gulf Shores. 251-216-GLOW. Full class schedule at Glow-Yoga.com.

Tuesday Morning Yoga with Tracey, RYT 200 – 9:30am. Join Tracey for an all-levels 75 min flow yoga class incorporating all the yogic tools at our disposal to quiet and expand our minds, open our hearts, release anxiety and depression, and find the peace, freedom and wholeness we all crave. $12 (senior and student discounts available). Quiet Mind Massage and Yoga Studio, Mobile. Tracey@ShantiWarrior.com.

Gentle Yoga – 10-11am. Tues and Thurs. All abilities welcome. Gentle yoga focused on moving meditation, joint-freeing postures, breathwork and relaxation.

Modifications made for injuries and yogis of all levels.

Pay What You Can. Rosie Bluum, Fairhope. 251-202YOGA. KulaYogaCommunity.org.

Group Reformer Class – 10am. Catch the wave of classical fitness and join Dana for a Pilates group reformer class. Stand taller, get toned and be both leaner and stronger. Please log onto the website to make reservations. Synergy Yoga & Pilates, Mobile.

251-473-1104. Synergyoga.net.

Yoga at Wind Creek – 10am. Tues-Fri. Alignment principles, gentle breathing techniques and basic poses will be taught for all levels of student. Modifications will be made, as needed for each student so that everyone, regardless of age or physical ability, will feel benefits that yoga has to offer. Preregistration required: NDalati@PCIGaming.com or 251-4464200, x4860. Donation. Escape Wind Creek Resort, Atmore. EscapeAtWindCreek.com.

La Leche League Mobile Bay Area – 10:30am. La Leche League meetings are open to all women with an interest in learning about and supporting breastfeeding. Meetings are always free and babies/children are welcome. 251-689-2085. For location information or breastfeeding help contact AmandaLLLMobile@ yahoo.com or MeghanLLL@yahoo.com.

Gentle Yoga with Martha – 12pm. Tues and Thurs.

Take a break in the middle of your day. Join Martha Collier in the land of "ahhhhs" for a relaxing class to sooth the spirit, calm the mind and replenish the soul. Synergy Yoga & Pilates, Mobile. 251-473-1104.

Synergyoga.net.

Grief Recovery Meeting – 1-2:30pm. This is a Christian-based grief recovery program for all losses.

Experienced, professional and compassionate staff members support you through the grief process with the goal of transitioning into a renewed life of purpose and fulfillment. Ascension Funerals & Cremations, 1016 Hillcrest Rd, Mobile. 251-6348055. AscensionFuneralGroup.com.

Energize and Relax Yoga – 6-7:15pm. Tues and Thurs. This class emphasizes flow yoga with Pranayama and some Kundalini. Meditation follows the energizing portion to calm in preparation for the day. $8/drop-in, $60/10 class package, $85/family. Trinity Yoga Studio, Hwy 98 East, Foley. 251-987-1147 or 251-609-5541. TinyURL.com/TrinityYogaFoleyAL. Positive Parenting Class – 6-8pm. Also Wed. at 9:30am. Kids don’t come with a set of instructions.

Learn tools and skills to create a happy, healthy family.

Free. The Family Center, 601 Bel Air Blvd, Ste 100, Mobile. 251-479-5700. Kids101@comcast.net.

wednesday $5 Yoga Flow & Chair – 9:15am, Flow. 10:30am, Chair Yoga (seated or holding onto chair to practice balance). Beginners welcome. Bring your own mat.

Enjoy exercise at every level. Improve balance, strength and flexibility. $5. Fairhope UMC CLC. 251379-4493. ThriveFairhope.com.

Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis – 12-1pm. This chair yoga class is free to participants and funded by the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation. Build strength and flexibility while improving balance and circulation. Enjoy exercise at every level, even in a wheelchair. Improve balance, strength and flexibility. Free. Fairhope UMC CLC. 251-379-4493. ThriveFairhope.com.

Group Reformer Class – 4:45pm. Catch the wave of classical fitness and join Dana for a Pilates group reformer class. Stand taller, get toned and be both leaner and stronger. Please log onto the website to make reservations. Synergy Yoga & Pilates, Mobile.

251-473-1104. Synergyoga.net.

Beginners Yoga – 5pm. This is the perfect class for the beginning or returning yogi. Learn the fundamentals of yoga in a safe, supportive environment. $10 without membership. Prana health and Wellness, Fairhope.

251-455-9359. PranaHealthandWellness.com.

Flow Yoga – 5pm. Open to all levels. Join Liz Keglor, RYT 200, at TKR Fitness in our brand new fitness studio for a free trial class. Build strength and gain flexibility with a touch of flow yoga. $59/mo unlimited scheduled classes. 29891 Woodrow Ln, Ste 600, Daphne. 251-625-6988.

Eastern Shore MS Support Group – 5:30pm. Second Wed. Eastern Shore MS Support Group meets each month at Ruby Tuesday in Fairhope. Family, friends and caregivers are always welcome. Weezer: 251-928-7606.

Mid-Week Breather – 6-7:15pm. Join Amanda Barfield for alignment-based yoga with attention to breath, form & fun. Beginners are welcome, as we explore the components of assorted poses and offer variations that best serve you. Seasoned yogis enjoy the opportunity to revisit their foundation. $12/drop-in. $5/first class. Integrated Health & Wellness, Fairhope.

InHealthWell.com.

Near Death and Related Consciousness and Spiritual Experiences – 6pm. 2nd Wed. Mobile affiliate group of IANDS. All are welcome to share experiences and support. Beginning our 11th year. Free. West Regional

Branch, Mobile Public Library, Grelot Rd (near University Blvd). 251-340-8565. IANDS.org.

Reiki Share – 7-9pm. A “Reiki Exchange” is a way for those unfamiliar with Reiki to learn more about it. Those who want to practice giving Reiki treatments can SHARE Reiki with anyone who wants to experience Reiki. Free. Reiki Center of Fairhope, 20730 Hwy 181, Ste B, Fairhope. 251281-8811. ReikiCenterOfFairhope@gmail.com.

ReikiCenterOfFairhope.com.

thursday Rise and Shine Yoga – 6:30-7:45am. Tues and Thurs.

Start the day with an invigorating Hatha Yoga practice.

Class includes a mixture of flow yoga, Pranayama, restorative and meditation. Fellowship, coffee and some of mom's homemade bread follows. $8/drop-in, $60/10 class package, $85/family. Trinity Yoga Studio, Highway 98 East, Foley. 251-987-1147 or 251-6095541. TinyURL.com/TrinityYogaFoleyAL. Gentle Yoga – 3:30pm. Tues and Thurs. Gentle yoga focused on moving meditation, joint-freeing postures, breathwork, and relaxation. All abilities welcome.

Modifications made for injuries and yogis of all levels.

Pay What You Can. Rosie Bluum, Fairhope. 251-202YOGA. KulaYogaCommunity.org.

Yoga with Chris M – 5:45pm. Join Chris McFadyen for some energizing yoga that will calm the mind and both enhance & refocus the body. Relocate your passion and humor after a long day! Synergy Yoga & Pilates, Mobile. 251-473-1104. Synergyoga.net.

Sunrise Yoga with Robert – 6am. The calendar says HOT, but not at sunrise! So jump-start your morning, beat the heat and refresh yourself with Robert’s energizing and revitalizing brand of yoga! Synergy Yoga & Pilates, Mobile. 251-473-1104. Synergyoga.net.

Gentle Yoga – 8:30am. Open to all levels. Join Liz Keglor, RYT 200, at TKR Fitness in our brand new fitness studio for a free trial class. Ease stress and quiet your mind with pranayama and restorative poses. $59/ mo unlimited scheduled classes. 29891 Woodrow Ln, Ste 600, Daphne. 251-625-6988.

Yoga with Marsha – 8:30am. Revel in Marsha's refreshing energy as she challenges you with a strong emphasis on alignment and focus while still calming the mind. It’s Friday, so sink into the moment and experience the bliss! Synergy Yoga & Pilates, Mobile.

251-473-1104. Synergyoga.net.

Yoga Happy Hour – 11am. If you need to work on a particular asana, have questions or want something new in your practice, stop by the studio! Certified instructors are available to work with you in a safe, supportive environment. Not for beginners. $10 without membership. Prana health and Wellness, Fairhope.

251-455-9359. PranaHealthandWellness.com.

Table in a Kitchen – 6pm. HIS kitchen. YOUR table.

Enjoy an interactive six course dining experience with our chef. It's fun. It's different. There's no other experience like it! $59. Wind Creek Resort, Atmore.

251-359-1607. EscapeAtWindCreek.com.

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Energize and Relax Yoga – 6-7:15pm. Tues and Thurs. This class emphasizes flow yoga with Pranayama and some Kundalini. Meditation follows the energizing portion to calm in preparation for the day. $8/drop-in, $60/10 class package, $85/family. Trinity Yoga Studio, Hwy 98 East, Foley. 251-987-1147 or 251-609-5541. TinyURL.com/TrinityYogaFoleyAL.

Saturday Morning Yoga with Augusta – 7:30-8:45am.

All levels. The movements will challenge you to stay mindful and your mindfulness will allow you to honor your limits without judging yourself. $15 drop-in. $10 students and instructors. Creative Outlet, 66 1/2 S Section St, Fairhope. 251-928-5363. HeartStringsYoga.com.

Thursday Evening Yoga in West Mobile – 6:30pm.

4th Thurs. All levels 75 minute practice incorporating mantra, pranayama, asana and readings from all of the world's great spiritual traditions which are united in universal love and light. BYOM. Fourth Thursday of every month fundraiser for a different charity each month. $10 or contact Tracey for special rates.

Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, 7125 Hitt Rd, Mobile. 251-510-2418. Tracey@ShantiWarrior.com.

ShantiWarior.com.

Saturday Mini-Yoga Retreats – 8:30-11:45am. Spend Saturday mornings with friends and yoga! Start the morning with an invigorating vinyasa flow at 8:30 then relax with a cooling restorative class at 10:30. $20 non-members. Prana health and Wellness, Fairhope.

251-455-9359. PranaHealthandWellness.com.

Body, Mind, Spirit, Coffee, Tea & Conversation Social Meet-Up Group – 6:30-8:30pm. 1st Thurs.

The Body, Mind & Spirit Group of Florida: Emerald Coast. Each meet-up will have an array of activities, speakers, products, samples, demonstrations, practitioners and networking opportunities. $5. Pensacola, FL. Call for details: 850-941-4321. BMSFL.com.

friday Hot Power Yoga – 6am and 8:30am. Baptiste Power vinyasa practice that links breath with movement.

It heals, detoxifies and strengthens the entire body while guiding students through the connection of the mind, body and spirit, igniting our inner fire allowing the true self to shine through. $15 drop-in.

Glow Yoga, Gulf Shores. 251-216-GLOW. Full class schedule at Glow-Yoga.com.

Hot Power Yoga – 8am and 9:30am. Start off your weekend with powerful vinyasa practice that links breath with movement by combining postures through flow to energizing music. It heals, detoxifies and strengthens the entire body, igniting our inner fire allowing the true self to shine through. $15 drop-in.

Glow Yoga, Gulf Shores. 251-216-GLOW. Full class schedule at Glow-Yoga.com.

Kundalini Yoga: A Summertime Weekly Class Series – Every Sat, Aug 3-24. 11am-12:15pm. Join instructor Gurupreet Khalsa for this dynamic system combining posture, breath, movement, and concentration. The exercises and meditations aim to improve physical health and vitality as well as mental focus. Enjoy each Saturday in August - leave refreshed and recharged! $15 per class. Synergy Yoga & Pilates, Mobile. 251473-1104. Synergyoga.net.

Messages from the Other Side with Psychic Medium Ericka Boussarhane – 6:30-8:30pm. Ericka uses her mediumship to help others find closure and insight in the lives. As a medium she is able to connect with loved ones who have crossed over to the other side. $10 per person. Mystic Cottage, 4971 Mobile Hwy, Pensacola, FL. 850-941-4321. ColdCasePsychic.com/.

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ACUPUNCTURE BELLA SUNDRIES WELLNESS STUDIO 6576 Airport Boulevard, Mobile 251-458-8884 BellaSundries.Webs.com

Offering auricular acupuncture which utilizes 108 points in the ear that correlate to different parts of the body. Therapeutic for physical, emotional, digestive and respiratory problems. See ad, page 18.

ART FAIRHOPE ARTIST GALLERY

18 South Section Street, Fairhope 251-990-8763 FairhopeArtistGallery.BlogSpot.com Looking for inspiration and creativity? We are THE destination for local and original paintings, pottery and jewelry. Artists paint daily. Classes offered. Open Tues.-Sat.10-5.

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103A North Bancroft Street, Fairhope 251-990-9934 BButterflySalon.com A certified organic salon

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BURRIS FARM MARKET & BAKERY

60 North Ann Street Mobile, AL 36695 251-391-6960

3100 Hickory Street, Loxley 251-964-6464 Questioning, understanding and growing together spiritually as we enjoy life’s adventure. Center for Joyful Living in Mobile. Sundays, 10:30 a.m.

Hwy 59 on the way to Gulf Shores.

Fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh baked strawberry shortcake, ice cream and much more. Your first and last stop to the beach, or any other time.

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CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING 1230 Montlimar Drive, Mobile 251-343-0777 CMSpiritualCenter.org

280 Eastern Shore Shopping Center 251-928-0644 • Café: 251-929-0055 Va-FairhopeHealthFoods.com

Rev. Sherrie Quander invites you to visit a loving, inclusive spiritual community where we aim to make every step we take, every choice we make, every word we speak a conscious one. Sundays at 10 a.m. See ad, page 16.

Comprehensive health food store and organic café, featuring organic food, free-range meat, vegan options and organic wine. Store open 7 days a week.

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THE HEALTH HUT OPEN TABLE: A COMMUNITY OF FAITH (UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST) 1050 Azalea Road, Mobile at St Luke’s (St. Luke's Episcopal Church) 251-545-1011 • OpenTableUCC.org No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here! Pastor Ellen Sims and the congregation invite you to join them on Sunday evenings at 5 p.m.

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SUSTAINABLE LIVING MIDDLE EARTH HEALING AND LEARNING CENTER

20205 Middle Earth Road, Citronelle 251-866-7204 • MiddleEarthHealing.com Middle Earth is an evolving education center, modeling permaculture, sustainable living and the interconnection of the health of the planet and the health of her inhabitants. See ad on page 24.

PRANIC HEALING IN MOBILE Deana Lannie 251-454-0959

METAPHYSICAL Free healing nights and group meditations every M o n d a y. P r a n i c Healing classes and the advanced technique of Superbrain Yoga.

UNLIMITED HORIZONS

800 Shoreline Drive, Gulf Breeze, FL 850-610-0919 • Unlimited-Horizons.org UnlimitedHorizons1@gmail.com A monthly forum for open-minded seekers of Universal truth through the metaphysical, holistic, paranormal, cryptozoological and extraterrestrial.

PEST CONTROL

REIKI CENTER OF FAIRHOPE 20730 Hwy 181, Fairhope 251-281-8811 ReikiCenterOfFairhope.com/book-appointment

HOUSEHOLD TERMITE & PEST CONTROL

Health and wellness is our mission. Private Reiki sessions, therapeutic massage, QuantumTouch®, reflexology and more. Book online or call for appointment. Reiki workshops monthly, free Reiki share. See ad, page 15.

Full service, environmentally responsible pest management company and do-it yourself store specializing in termites, general pests, bed bugs, thermal remediation, mosquitoes, wildlife rem o v a l , m o i s t u r e c o n trol, TAP insulation. See ad, back cover.

Serving Mobile and Baldwin Counties 866-943-7874 HouseholdPest.com

YOGA GLOW YOGA

824 Gulf Shores Parkway, Gulf Shores 251-216-GLOW Glow-Yoga.com Hot and cool vinyasa style yoga. Work hard and work up a sweat, rejuvenating the body and calming the mind as you flow to energizing music. Our classes empower students of all levels. See ad, page 21.

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Treat your locavore palate to farm-fresh foods while contributing to a healthier planet and a more prosperous local economy. Support these Mobile/Baldwin businesses!

FARMERS MARKETS MARKET ON THE SQUARE Cathedral Square, Downtown Mobile Old Shell and University, Mobile 251-208-1558 • NCSMobile.org Local produce, baked goods, honey, flowers, soaps, live music and more! April 27 to July 28: 7:30am-12pm, Saturdays downtown and 2-6pm, Thursdays at Old Shell and University.

GROCERY STORES FAIRHOPE HEALTH FOODS 280 Eastern Shore Shopping Center 251-928-0644 Va-FairhopeHealthFoods.com Comprehensive health food store featuring local products: organic produce, organic milk, meat, eggs, honey and soap. See ad, page 3.

VIRGINIA'S HEALTH FOODS 3952 Airport Boulevard, Mobile 251-345-0494 Va-FairhopeHealthFoods.com Comprehensive health food store featuring local products: organic produce, organic milk, meat, eggs, honey and soap. See ad, page 3.

WESTSIDE GROCERY 85 North Bancroft Street, Fairhope 251-990-8883 WindmillMarket.org Local grocery sells the area's best produce, grassfed meat, Alabama's Organic milk, locally made cheeses, Gulf seafood, local honey, sweets and baked goods, and more! Best prices in town on produce, too!

PRODUCE CLUBS & DELIVERY SERVICES CHASING FRESH Serving Mobile and Baldwin Counties 251-550-9600 Facebook.com/ChasingFresh Your local source for 100% Alabama farm to table produce. Delivering fresh, Alabama produce to your home or business. Fruits, vegetables, herbs, honey and farm eggs. Organic options available.

No minimums, no commitment. See ad, page 7.

OFF THE VINE ORGANIC PRODUCE Serving Mobile, Fairhope, Daphne, Spanish Fort and Orange Beach 850-374-2181 • OffTheVine.org We are the original organic box program. All organic - all the time! 100% guaranteed. We bring the farmer’s market to you. Simply check our weekly list every Friday. Mixed Fruit and Vegetable Shares, All Fruit Shares and Juicing Shares. Local pick up locations or delivery available.

WINDMILL MARKET'S PRODUCE CLUB 85 North Bancroft Street, Fairhope 251-990-8883 Info@WindmillMarket.org A weekly delivery of local and seasonal fruits, veggies, organic milk, cheese, grass-fed beef and more delivered from Baldwin County farms to your table every week! Six box sizes to fit your family's needs. Home delivery and Mobile pickup option also available!

RESTAURANTS & BAKERIES LULU'S AT HOMEPORT Under the bridge in Gulf Shores 251-967-LULU LuLuBuffett.com

SUNFLOWER CAFE II 3952 Airport Boulevard, Mobile 251-345-0495 Va-FairhopeHealthFoods.com Organic cafe and juice bar. Local produce, herbs and meats used. Menu online. See ad, page 3.

SWEET OLIVE BAKERY & CAFE 85 North Bancroft Street, Fairhope 251-990-8883 SweetOlive.co Open for breakfast and lunch every day until 5 p.m. serving European-style, artisan baked goods; freshly squeezed fruit and veggie juices; smoothies; daily lunch specials like fish tacos and poboys; delicious food to go; hot breakfast plates, and more!

U-PICK FARMS LA BERRY FARMS 12562 Mary Ann Beach Road, Fairhope 251-928-7744 LABerryFarms.com A family-friendly, pesticide-free, u-pick blueberry farm. Nine varieties will be available throughout this season which runs from May to July. Hours: 8am-12pm, Thursday-Saturday. Check our website or Facebook page for firm pick dates and details.

Proudly serving fresh local produce, Gulf Wild Red Snapper and Alabama Wild Shrimp.

MANNA BAKERY 251-447-8667 Info@Manna-Bakery.com Manna-Bakery.com Mobile's first organic bakery offers 100% organic breads including wholegrain, sweet and glutenfree choices, as well as European style desserts.

Desserts are 100% all natural. We bake upon order, delivery within Mobile, Spanish Fort, Daphne, Fairhope and Dauphin Island. Seasonal specialties!

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SUNFLOWER CAFE I 320 Eastern Shore Shopping Center 251-929-0055 Va-FairhopeHealthFoods.com Organic cafe serving lunch and Sunday brunch.

Local produce, herbs and meats used.

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