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Where did summer go? It sort of got washed away with all the rain, I think. Did you know…According to Weather.gov, the Mobile area’s annual rainfall to date is around 38 inches but still remains in deficit off the normal annual accumula tion by about 3 inches? Yikes. So, there you have it, more rain is probably com ing. Whatever the weather, it’s a great time to dive into your copy of this special Inspired Living issue. From healthy longevity strategies to aging gracefully with yoga, you’ll find many tantalizing topics. For example, today researchers say there has never been a better time in history to maximize our potential for metabolic renewal. By better understanding biological age, the state of our health at the cellular levels, researchers are fine-tuning dietary, sleep, relaxation and exercise requirements that turn back the clock. Very exciting stuff!
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I am really proud of our Yoga Month, Inspired Living issue. The local articles and advertisers teach so much about the healthy living options available right here on the Gulf Coast. It includes places to eat healthy in our Healthy Eats Guide, Masters of Yoga, inte grative health and wellness practices, future-oriented churches that are open to everyone and even at-home pet care. What a wonderful array of wellness opportunities for all of us.
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In honor of Yoga Month, you’ll hear from the world’s oldest (101 years) yoga teacher when you read Aging Gracefully: How a Yoga Practice Keeps Us Young. This excerpt from the article really spoke to me about navigating aging, “Whether it involves getting down on a mat or practicing modified poses with the use of a chair, yoga helps us stay nimble, manage stress, reduce symptoms of depression and tame high blood pressure. It helps build the essential physical skills for navigating aging…” We can do this!
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Gulf Coast summers are hot and humid so be sure to keep pups from overheating. The best times to walk are early morning or very late evening. Make sure they have plenty of fresh water and wait at least an hour after eating before going on a walk. If it’s a new walking plan, keep the first few walks less than a half mile until it’s clear how far the dog can walk comfortably without slowing down.
If a dog seems to be overheating, bring it inside and apply cool wet cloths to their abdomen or anywhere there isn’t hair and place them in front of a fan to help bring them slowly and safely to a normal temperature. If they are lethargic, please see a vet right away.
While the pastor and most of the congregation self-identify as progressive Christians, what unites the congregation is the love of God. According to Noah, “The life of faith is not about ascribing to certain doctrines, but instead about aligning our lives with God’s love, following in Jesus’ hopeful ways and being guided by the Holy Spirit.” Sunday services are held in the rear chapel behind All Saints Episcopal Church, 151 Ann St., Mobile, AL 36604 and live-streamed on Facebook. Visit OpenTableUCC.org for more information. See ad, page 7.
“Walking can be a great bonding time for people and their pups while creating a life long healthy habit with your furry love,” says Sullivan.
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The church holds regular Sunday services in the rear chapel of All Saints Episcopal Church in Mobile and plans to do so for three out of four Sundays each month. In order to serve a broader population, Open Table will start meeting in January at a location on the Eastern Shore on the fourth Sunday. Planning is still in the early stages, so check Open Table’s website and Facebook page for updates later this fall. “No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here,” says Noah.
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internationally.programsiveIt’sinYogaKrishnamacharyathetraininglineage,Krishnamacharyaathree-yearprogramatworld-renownedMandiramChennai,India.theonlyextenyogatherapyofferedAbove and Beyond offers 10 styles of yoga, including Pure Power, which is a yoga with weights class, designed by Treichel. Recently, the studio added salt therapy, offered in its Himalayan salt cave, to help relieve respiratory issues and skin conditions and to support overall health. Above and Beyond offers 30-day unlim ited trial memberships.
We’ve all heard of the benefits of walking: stress reduc tion, mood improvement, immune support and cardiovascular health. But it’s not just for people. Walking can do all those things and more for pets, as well. “Walking a dog every day is not only good for their musculoskeletal and cardiovascular health, but also great for their cognitive health,” says Lydia Sullivan, DVM at EverLoved Veterinary. Many dogs (and cats) will experience cognitive decline as they age. The signs in our dogs can be subtle. They may have accidents in the house, pace, get lost in corners or bark at seemingly nothing. While pups don’t have cross word puzzles or books to keep them bright, they do have walks. Walking engages almost all their sensory systems and lights up their brains.
Open Table welcomes people of all backgrounds, races, ethnicities, genders, sexual ori entations and spiritual leanings. The church recognizes that not all people feel welcomed by religious and other organizations because of who they are or what they believe. Open Table respects independent thought and self-actualization and is especially welcoming of anyone struggling to find a spiritual community where they are accepted unconditionally.
In honor of Yoga Month, we are delighted to present Shoshana Treichel, owner of Above and Beyond Yoga and Salt Therapy. Treichel answered the call when Natural Awakenings Pub lisher Michelle Smith invited new yoga advertisers to join our Masters of Yoga page for a chance to be on our Inspired Living, Yoga issue of Natural Awakenings Gulf Coast. Treichel is excited to share that Above and Beyond Yoga and Salt Therapy won the 2022 Nappie Award for Best Yoga Studio in Mobile. This is the 6th Nappie for Treichel. She attri butes her success to her
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For more information about EverLoved Veterinary, call 251-229-1043, email CareCoordinator@ EverLovedVeterinary.com or visit EverLovedVeterinary.com. See ad, page 33.
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A Future-Oriented Church Open Table, a congregation of the United Church of Christ, a progressive and inclu sive denomination, is pleased to announce that it is growing and expanding its outreach under the pastoral guidance of Pastor Josh Noah.
For more information, see Masters of Yoga and the Local Spotlight, pages 20-21.
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Therapeutic Massage Massage is powerfula tool to help anyone take charge of their health and wellbeing. According to Mayo Clinic, “Massage is considered part of integrative medicine and it’s increasingly being offered along with standard treatment for a wide range of medical conditions and situations.”
During September and October, Elements is saying ‘thank you’ to new and current members with three free upgrades to enhance the massage experience and balance mind, body and spirit. Members may choose Aroma Ritual, Himalayan Salt Stone or Hot Stones. Each of these enhancements help heighten the therapeutic value of a massage. Hot Stones help loosen muscles releasing tension and stress without added pressure. Himalayan Salt Stone uses heat to heal and help stimulate circulation, improve sleep, reduce inflammation and increase overall sense of well-being. Aroma Ritual is designed to balance mind and body in one effective massage treatment. Location: 6920 Airport Blvd., Ste. 111, Mobile, AL. For more infor mation visit ElementsMassage.com/Mobile or call 251-288-5351.
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Peak Alkalinity’s goal is to help people navigate healthier choices, detox their bodies and take control of their health. Ion ized alkaline water stabilizes the body’s pH, flushes toxins from the body and hydrates the body faster. Additionally, drinking ionized alkaline water is shown to increase oxygen levels, improve energy, boost metabolism, rejuvenate skin, strengthen the im mune system, reduce acid reflux and provide better overall health.
James Long once had no idea how impactful ion ized alkaline water would be to his health. Suffering from severe seasonal allergies, acid reflux and overall stress, Long met Missy Guitterrez, owner of Peak Alkalinity, during an Art Walk in Fairhope. “She had so much knowledge about ionized alkaline water. She explained how Himalayan salt therapy would help with my allergies and how the ionized alkaline water would help my acid reflux,” says Long.
“It’s not magic, it’s chemistry,” says Long. “At the heart of our business, we help people understand blood chemistry, human anatomy, how they interact with each other and ultimately how the body improves with the right chemistry. We like to help people discover optimal health from the inside out with proper alkaline levels.”
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The benefits of massage include less pain, muscle soreness and tension; stress reduction; improved circulation, energy, alertness and immune function; and lowered heart rate and blood pressure. Stud ies have found massage to be helpful in treating musculoskeletal disorders, headaches and insomnia. Beyond those benefits, massage can also produce feelings of caring, comfort and connection. Elements Massage has been serving the community since 2008 and has many long-standing members that have discovered the benefits of regular therapeutic massage. It’s easy to incorporate monthly massage therapy with the Elements Monthly Well ness Membership. This membership is flexible. In addition to monthly massage sessions, perks include rollovers, shareability and member-only discounts on gift cards, all with no long-term commitment. It’s a stress-free way to get “Stress Free.”
A few months ago, Guitterrez reached out to Long because she was expanding her business and needed a full-time manager.
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Long saw Guitterrez for detox services for four years. “She’s helped me so much that I am off my acid reflux medication and have not had my esophagus stretched in years,” says Long, add ing that he also gained endurance and boosted energy levels for walking his standard 15,000 steps per day.
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European doctors often prescribe the herb nettle root, and Iranian research ers tested its effectiveness in a study that divided 80 BPH patients into two groups. One was given 300 mil ligrams of nettle root extract twice a day for eight weeks; the other group received a placebo. The researchers found the nettle root significantly improved urinary frequency, urinary urgency and night urination compared with the placebo group. It was not effective in modifying prostate volume, the feeling of incomplete emptying, intermittency, urine stream and straining. svehlik/AdobeStock.com
“This study broadens our understanding of factors that can influence responses to immunotherapies,” says author Dihua Yu, M.D., Ph.D.
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Unlike chemotherapy, which acts directly on cancerous tumors, immunotherapy treats patients by revitalizing their immune system and “teaching” it how to identify and destroy cancer cells.
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In laboratory work, the researchers demonstrated that vitamin E directly binds and blocks the activity of the SHP1 checkpoint protein in dendritic cells, which primes T cells for an anti-tumor immune response.
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Sales of fermented dairy products like yogurt and kefir have been steadily rising in the U.S., and a new study from Australia’s Deakin University might accelerate that trend.
An enlarged prostate, known as benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), afflicts half of men by age 60 and 90 percent of men by age 85. Although it isn’t cancer ous, treatment can involve medications and surgery.
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In a study published in Cancer Discovery, re searchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported that vitamin E can enhance immunotherapy responses in cancer patients by stimulating the activity of dendritic cells in tumors. Combing the records of patients with melanoma, breast, colon and kidney cancers that were being treated with immunotherapy, they found that taking vitamin E improved survival times and boosted treatment responses.
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Researchers examined 24 years of nutritional and health data from 2,603 Finnish men between 42 and 60 years old. They found that men that ranked in the top third of consump tion of non-fermented dairy products such as milk and cream had double the risk of depression, while those in the top third of consumption of fermented dairy products like kefir, yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream and butter milk enjoyed a 45 percent reduced risk of depression.
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When the body becomes inflamed due to illness or age, hormones can suffer.
“I evaluate each patient’s lifestyle—nutrition, sleep, ex ercise, stress management—along with possible sources of inflammation or toxicity which may be contributing to symptoms, as well as possible genetic contributors. This helps people achieve health with a more natural, compre hensive approach,” says Tara McLellan, nurse practitioner and owner of Integrative Healthcare of Lower Alabama. McLellan adds that it’s important to focus on good nutrition. Most fruits and vegetables, especially those with deep color, contain phytonutrients that offer power ful signals to our cells that fight inflammation and result in healthy gene expression. Similarly, nutraceuticals or care fully selected supplements can influence good health. Stress is often a problem for optimal health. Certain kinds of stress are often out of one’s control but respons es can be controlled. Under stress, whether it’s perceived or actual, adrenal glands pump out the stress hormone cortisol. Cortisol creates inflammation in the body that can lead to diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, hormone imbalances and chronic fatigue.
“It’s very satisfying to work with people to create a cus tomized treatment plan that corrects hormone imbalances and other lifestyle health issues,” says McLellan.
Functional medicine focuses on identifying and addressing root causes of disease and is synonymous with anti-aging or longevity medicine, both of which rely heavily on fixing lifestyle factors that may diminish health. A functional medicine approach aims to identify any potential sources of inflammation or toxicity.
One can learn to curb the flood of cortisol with a relaxation practice, which can be as simple as deep breathing or walk ing in nature. In addition, there are many herbal remedies that help support adrenals and their production of cortisol.
One important contributor to healthy longevity is an optimal balance of hormones. The body makes many hormones, such as estrogen, testos terone, thyroid hormones, cortisol and more. All interact with each other in a delicate balance to maintain health.
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Laura Scott, a geneticist with the U.S. Geological Survey, found antibiotic-resistant bacteria in soil and water at all 10 national parks she sampled in 2016, with the abundance of such bacteria increasing along with human activity. The authors of a 40-year-old Montana study concluded, “The idea that shallow burial renders feces harmless in a short time is fallacious.”
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A rooftop solar array and 1,182 solar panels on the sides will adorn an eight-story, $40 million, high-rise planned for West Melbourne, Australia, to provide the office building with most of its power. Avancis, a German firm producing glass panels containing solar cells, will supply the solar skin. Architect Pete Kennon says, “These things are possible, and the fact that a building can harness the sunlight from its own skin, it sounds like something you dreamed of, or you saw in a cartoon.” Generating 50 times as much power as a typical home rooftop solar array, the solar skin will save an esti mated 77 tons of CO2 emissions each year.
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When pathogens in buried poop from campers and hikers leach into the soil, they can spread into waterways or become integrated into an ecosystem, reproducing and living on after the feces have decomposed. Modern-day dung is also likely to contain chemi cals, birth control hormones and antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Atlantic hurricanes pose risks to renewable energy wind turbines, and researchers at the University of ColoradoBoulder are developing more resilient models. Lucy Pao, the Palmer endowed chair in the Department of Electri cal, Computer and Energy Engineering, says, “We are very much bio-inspired by palm trees, which can survive these hurricane conditions.”
No longer is it safe to bury waste in a “cat hole” that is six inches deep and at least 200 feet from any water, as for merly believed. The solution is to use a Waste Alleviation and Gelling (WAG) bag, double-layered with chemical powder to render feces inert. Attach the bag to the outside of a backpack and deposit it in the trash on the way home. They are inexpensive and available at major retail outlets nationwide. If there are multiple WAG bags, collect them in a lightweight, dry bag.
Although this will be the first in Australia to use the panels, several projects in Europe have been built with the technology, including the world’s largest wooden sky scraper in Skellefteå, Sweden. “It feels urgent to innovate our building technologies to more sustainable methods,” says Kennon. “Collecting solar is a natural trajectory on our large-scale projects, particularly in locations that have great access to sunlight.”
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Traditional upwind turbine blades face into the wind, so the blades must be stiff, which requires more material and increases cost. Blades on downwind rotors face away from the wind, with less chance of hitting the tower when the winds pick up, so they can be lighter and more flex ible, requiring less material. Downwind blades can also bend, instead of break, like palm trees do.
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Over the last six years, Pao’s team, in conjunction with collaborators at the University of Virginia, the University of Texas at Dallas, the Colorado School of Mines and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, have collaborat ed to develop the Segmented Ultralight Morphing Rotor turbine, a two-bladed, downwind rotor, to test the concept in action. The researchers found that their turbine performed consistently and efficiently during periods of peak wind gusts.
“Racism continues to poison institutions, social struc tures and everyday life in every society. It continues to be a driver of persistent inequality and it continues to deny people their fundamental human rights. It destabilizes societies, undermines democracies, erodes the legitimacy of governments, and the linkages between racism and gender inequality are unmistakable.”
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To that end, the General As sembly has dedicated this day to observing 24 hours of non-violence and Secretary-Generalcease-fire.António Guterres says, “But achiev ing true peace entails much more than laying down arms. It requires the building of societies where all members feel that they can flourish. It involves creating a world in which people are treated equally, regardless of their race.
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The Western bumble bee, once easily spotted in California, could not be found in a recent survey led by the University Californiastatewide(UCR).California-RiversideofThefirstcensusofbumble bees in 40 years found several other species absent, as well. UCR entomologist Hollis Woodard’s research group collected bees from 17 sites representing six different ecosystems previously known to host a large variety of bumble bees, as documented in the journal Ecology and Evolution. One of the missing species, the Western bumble bee, is an important pollinator of wild plants and crops. “We didn’t find it, even once,” says Woodard. This study was an effort to document changes in bumble bee populations across large geographic areas in Califor nia since the last one in the 1980s. Smaller-scale studies have documented significant declines in bumble bee pop ulations around the world due to climate change, develop ment of wild habitat and the use of bee-killing pesticides, so it is important to have data that documents bee health. Bumble bees can fly in cooler temperatures and lower light levels than many other bees, helping to pollinate crops worth $3 billion annually in the U.S., including tomatoes, peppers and cranberries.
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People continue to flee across borders as conflicts erupt around the world, accompanied by race-based discrimi nation such as hate speech and violence. “We can work to dismantle the structures that entrench racism in our midst. We can support movements for equality and human rights everywhere. We can speak out against hate speech, both offline and online. We can promote anti-racism through education and reparatory justice,” says Guterres.
ongevity, a human quest through the ages, is now a hot topic among scientific researchers that assert there has never been a better time to maximize our potential for metabolic renewal.
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Biological age—the state of our health at the cellular level—is in the spotlight, as are the anti-aging benefits of science-supported phyto nutrients, cell-rejuvenating foods and safe, non-surgical, stem cell procedures. Functional medicine, with its focus on the biologybased root causes of disease, is also a rising star in the arena of ageNoreversal.matter which path we follow to aging vibrantly, the most inspiring takeaway is that lifestyle, not genes, deter mines destiny. “On average in the United States, the last 16 years of life are spent with multiple diagnoses and on multiple medications. We are giving our hard-earned money to phar macies, hospitals and nursing facilities,” says Kara Fitzgerald, a naturopathic doctor in Newtown, Connecticut, and the author of Younger You: Reduce Your Bio Age and Live Longer, Better. She and other researchers contrast “lifespan”, the years from birth to death, to “healthspan”, the years spent in good health free of age-related disease and disability. “Lifespan is not necessarily healthspan, and we can change that,” she says.
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Age Is Not Just a Number Until recently, age was determined by the year on our birth certificate, but “bio age” is the new number to pay attention to. It might not only predict health outcomes down the road, but also add years to our lives. In groundbreak ing work in 2017, anti-aging researcher Steven Horvath at the University of California, Los Angeles, used algorithms to calculate biological age on the basis of how extensively our genome is modified by a process called DNA methylation.
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13September 2022 mentia and neurodegenerative disorders,” says Fitzgerald, noting that only 10 to 20 percent of longevity outcomes are genetic. Fitzgerald and her team drove this point home with the first randomized, controlled study on the power of lifestyle and diet to turn back the biological age clock. Based upon functional medicine, the program enrolled 18 healthy men between ages 50 and 72 in a target group and 20 in a control group. Those in the target group ate a nutrient-rich diet, slept seven hours a night, practiced relaxation techniques and took supplemental probiot ics and phytonutrients. They ate only between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., exercised for at least 30 minutes five days a week, avoided sweets and consumed two cups of dark, leafy, greens and three cups each of cruciferous vegetables and colorful vegetables daily, as well as six ounces of animal protein.
Molecular Magic Harvard genetics professor David Sinclair, author of the seminal Lifespan: Why We Age—And Why We Don’t Have To, discovered antioxidant-rich resveratrol in grapes in 2003. Since then, he and other researchers have found additional compounds with the ability to activate longevity pathways. Nicotinamide adenine di nucleotide (NAD, or B3), a coenzyme involved in many metabolic processes essential to life, has been shown to rejuvenate aging mice, increasing energy-producing mitochondria in the cells and fortifying muscle mass. The body makes less NAD as we age, but research suggests that intermittent fasting, exercise and heat sau nas can stimulate this youth-preserving molecule. NAD-boosting supplements are also on the market, but consuming foods like naturally fermented sauerkraut, raw milk, nutritional yeast and pumpkin seeds is also a good strategy.
SIRT6, an enzyme in close relationship with NAD and respon sible for many molecular anti-aging processes, including DNA repair, is abundant in seaweeds, especially the strain Fucus vesi culosus, commonly known as bladder wrack. Research published in the journal Marine Drugs in 2017 indicates bladder wrack’s anti-inflammatory and anti-tumoral properties, as well as its potential to protect the liver and normalize high blood sugar and bloodFisetin,pressure.apowerful flavonoid found in certain foods like strawberries, peaches, apples, persimmons, tomatoes, onions and cucumbers, rivals ever-beneficial quercetin. Research published
The results, published last year in the journal Aging, showed that three years of bio age were reduced in the target group in just eight weeks compared to the control group. “What we eat, our stress load and our response to it, the quality of the air we breathe and if we exercise are all drivers or reducers of our bio age. Know ing this, we absolutely need to take responsibility for our lives,” saysThisFitzgerald.bioagereversal
Dr. Brown is one of only a few functional neurologists in the U.S. providing brain pathway activation therapy in conjunction with deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and Bredesen’s science-based nutritional program.
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The Trifecta of Acid, Inflammation and Stress
“While stem cell treatment has been quite effective, it is important to remember that avoiding chemicals in the environment, exercising vigorously and maintaining a low BMI [body mass index] are clearly the most important factors in good health,” advises Prodromos.
No matter which path we follow to aging vibrantly, the most inspiring takeaway is that lifestyle, not genes, determines destiny.
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Chronic, unmanaged stress is a major factor in physical and mental decline due to elevated levels of cortisol. “Stress threatens the health and diversity of our gut bacteria, leading to increased gut permeability, a central mechanism underlying widespread inflammation, which is the cornerstone of all chronic degenera tive conditions,” says Perlmutter. “Those conditions as a category are ranked by the World Health Organization as the number one cause of death on our planet today.”
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Chronic systemic inflammation is now understood to be the physi ological springboard for most diseases ranging from cancer to de pression, but its connection to uric acid is critical in producing free radicals that accelerate aging. “Unfortunately, most doctors look upon uric acid solely as a risk marker for gout. We now recognize that uric acid serves as a powerful signal in the body to prepare for food and water scarcity,” says neurologist David Perlmutter, author of The New York Times bestseller Grain Brain and the recent Drop Acid, a guide to lowering uric acid in the body. “Uric acid levels above 5.5 milligrams per decilitre trigger the body to raise the blood pressure, increase the blood sugar, become insulin-resistant and increase the formation and storage of body fat,” he says. “Cen tral to regaining metabolic health and reducing risk for metabolic conditions like Alzheimer’s disease, coronary artery disease and Type 2 diabetes is reining in uric acid.”
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Fitzgerald concurs, “Excessive inflammation—an imbalanced immune response—accelerates the aging process, and it increases with stress. Stress is the gasoline on the fire of aging.”
Eating to reduce inflammation is key, and there is power on our plates when we add some of Fitzgerald’s longevity boosters like turmeric, green tea, shitake mushrooms, wild-caught salmon, eggs, liver and sunflower seeds. A study last year in Experimental Gerontology reported that the amino acid L-theanine, found par ticularly in green tea, reduced oxidative stress, liver degeneration and inflammatory responses in aging rats.
In the daily survival game, the body’s stem cells generate special ized cells to replace those throughout the body that are damaged and dying. This ongoing repair process slows down as we advance in years, but cutting-edge procedures offer new hope for condi tions ranging from arthritis to age-related brain fog.
“Stem cells improve DNA methylation and telomere length, and result in a reduced physiologic age compared to your chronologic age,” says Chadwick Prodromos, a Chicago-based, board-certified orthopedic surgeon and the founder of the Prodromos Stem Cell Institute, in Antigua. “Joint replacements are offered quite liber ally nowadays, but most of our patients with severe arthritis who were offered joint replacements do well in our care without them for virtually any joint in the body.” Prodromos and his team com bine umbilical cord-derived stem cell treatment (non-embryonic/ fetal) with specially selected nutritional supplements and in some patients, platelet-rich plasma and hyaluronic acid injections.
Even with exciting advances in the promotion of long life, ex perts are unanimous in stressing that going into our golden years disease-free begins and ends with individual lifestyle choices, starting with what we put in our mouths. “Diet is the most critical variable in terms of our metabolic destiny. It’s been said that a person can’t exercise away a poor diet, and there’s great wisdom in this statement,” says Perlmutter.
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N ature concludes each day with a fiery mural, never again to be exactly duplicated and missed if we look away for a moment too long. “What color is in a picture, enthu siasm is in life,” said Vincent van Gogh, and to live with passion is to live life in full color.
As adults, too often we are barely aware of our lives stuck in grayscale, but if we look deep inside, we long to be the brave red rose in a black-and-white world. Sometimes it takes something drastic, like being faced with a terminal illness, to throw off the shackles of, “What would they think?” and follow our own brand of bliss. Hopefully, most of us can make that decision without such a drastic wake-up call.
Here’s to living in full color, come what may.
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As children, it was in our nature to live out loud. We sang offkey, belly-laughed and showed off our blueberry-stained tongues.
What parts of ourselves do we hold inside for fear of stand ing out a little too much? What would we wear if we defied fickle trends? How would we love if we realized that there is nothing more important than embodying love?
Somewhere between grade school and adolescence, we learned to swim with the social current, content to blend in for comfort.
In many parts of the world, nature saves her best for last and pulls out all the stops. She dresses the trees in unapologetic glory, inviting us to live more boldly before it’s too late, and to express the passions we’ve held in for dear life. If we are wise, we will fol low our bliss, whether it’s painting that wall in a color that might compromise resale value or dusting off the violin we set aside after high school. Autumn gives us much-needed permission to let our hair down, let our locks go silver or feisty red, let our souls blow in the wind and come in for dinner a little late and disheveled.
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One of the many unintended social consequences of the Industrial Revolution was the loss of apprenticeship.
For the pottage of mass-produced cheap goods, we’ve traded the birthright of work as a dimension of community, tradition, identity, art, fruitfulness and purpose. Unfortunately, this “mass production mentality” has invaded the church and the loss of apprenticeship with it.
Jesus focused most of his energy on just 12 ordinary men. He poured His life into them as a master craftsman teaching appren tices a way of life. He didn’t just impart a body of knowledge; He poured His life into them. They, in turn, poured their redeemed lives into others. With no money, power or cultural approval, these apprentices built a kingdom that changed the world. Now, the modern church has boiled the Christian experience down to a thin soup of propositions and emotions set to music and distributed in just under an hour. Jesus talked about a Way of life; we are producing widgets. That may slake our thirst for the cheap thrill, but it won’t give us abundant life. It’s time for a return to apprenticeship. If you’ve been taught well in the things of Christ, it is your duty to share it all with someone else. If you want the fullness of the Way, find those who are walking in it ahead of you and ask them to teach you everything they know.
Rather than learning a way of life by watching, learning from and living with a master craftsman, men have become tools themselves, producing widgets they don’t understand, for bosses they don’t know, to be used by consumers they’ll never meet and for whom they feel little responsibility.
Dr. Eric Hankins, Ph.D., is pastor at First Baptist Church of Fairhope, 300 S. Section St., Fairhope, AL. For more information call 251-928-8685 or visit FirstFairhope.com.
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n 1967, Tao Porchon-Lynch left a successful Hollywood career as a model and actress to become a fulltime yogi in her 50s. At age 87, she added ballroom dancing to her list of passions and at 93, she landed in the Guinness World Records as the oldest yoga teacher on the planet. She continued to teach a weekly yoga class just days before her death at age 101. “I love seeing students realize what is possible,” Porchon-Lynch said in an interview, and her words are an added incentive to reap the many benefits of a regular yoga practice at any age. Whether it involves getting down on a mat or practicing modified poses with the use of a chair, yoga helps us to stay nimble, manage stress, reduce symptoms of depres sion and tame high blood pressure. Yoga has been around for thousands of years for good reason, and health organizations like the Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center are now recommending the healing modality for a better quality of life.
“What I learned is that we need four es sential physical skills to navigate through life as we age—strength, flexibility, balance and agility—and we get that from yoga. We can find independence in our everyday life, and we don’t need a vigorous yoga class to do that,” says Ruth Pipitone, a gentle yoga instructor at various studios and senior centers in Northeastern Pennsylvania. For those that only associate the practice with youthful bodies and hip yoga gear, yoga is a full-spectrum practice. “Anyone can do yoga—gentle yoga, chair yoga and even wheelchair yoga.”
n Warm-ups are probably the most important part of a practice, especially for a more mature body; stiffer joints may take more time to relax, and a fast-paced class is less likely to offer that. Make sure to do warm-ups as part of a home practice, too.
n Keep it gentle and slow when diagnosed with low bone density or a back, knee or hip condition. Look for a slowerpaced class with a well-trained teacher or yoga therapist that can provide a variety of options. Not every yoga teacher is trained to address osteoporosis, joint replacement or overall muscle stiffness. In a live class, a well-trained teacher can watch for unhealthy knee placement or will notice if someone is holding their breath in a pose.
No matter how many trips we take around the sun, tapping into the life force can give us a new perspective. “I use asana (yoga poses) to examine my thoughts and feelings and to find introspec tion to examine what is happening with myself physically, as well as mentally and emotionally,” says Pipitone. “You become more mindful of what you need to carry with you and what you don’t need to carry with you.”
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Blair, who specializes in helping others to find emotional equilibrium after trauma, concurs: “The nervous system is sym biotic with the breath, and vice versa. A long, deep inhale and a long, slow exhale can act as an immediate elixir for the nervous system to recognize that, in that moment, we are okay.” She has taught groups of people, some in wheelchairs and hospital beds, and she “still experienced the entire room shift when breathing together. As long as we are able to consciously notice breath, we can do yoga.”
According to a 2016 study of 227 participants reported in the journal Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation, just 12 minutes of daily gentle yoga over 10 years improved bone mineral density in the spine and upper legs. About four in five participants had osteo porosis or osteopenia (low bone density), indicating that yoga is a good strategy for the 10 million Americans over the age of 50 with osteoporosis and the 44 million with osteopenia.
n Classes are not always billed as “Yoga Over 50” or “Senior” classes. They may be called “Gentle Yoga” or “Yoga Basics,” and participants certainly do not have to be of a certain age to benefit from a deliberate and slower-paced approach. Call local yoga studios to inquire about classes that involve longer warm-ups and a less-intense physical practice.
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Beth Spindler, author of Yoga Therapy for Fear, is a fea tured presenter for Yoga International, leads retreats world wide and has more than four decades of experience using yoga as a healing modality.
Those with conditions ranging from cancer to Parkinson’s dis ease can reap benefits from an appropriate yoga environment. In 2021, a meta-analysis of 12 studies published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health found that yoga can increase muscle strength, mobility, balance and lower body flexibility in mature adults. An older study from Temple University showed that Iyengar yoga can improve balance and prevent falls in women over 65 years old.
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A regular yoga practice can sup port better sleep habits, improve flexibility, increase energy and reduce chronic pain. Do some homework and choose an appropriate class rather than showing up at the local ingcenterfitnessandhoptolandinthe right one.
In essence, we deepen as we age, and yoga can meet us on a multidimensional level. “Yoga does not have to mean poses. Pos sibilities are infinite, and adaptations are unlimited, based upon our needs,” says Blair.
For Terecita “Ti” Blair, yoga offered a new way of life after a catastrophic automobile accident in 2009. The Denver-based trauma and resilience educator and 2017 SilverSneakers Instruc tor of the Year says, “Virtually any style or type of yoga can appeal and work well for you today, but not tomorrow. Therefore real ‘yoga’ is about adaptability, and yes, those of us with compromised joints, immune systems, pain, disability and illness can absolutely benefit from yoga.”
The keystone of all yoga practice is working with the breath, an action that is naturally compromised by just getting out of bed and into the day’s challenges. “Most adults breathe from their chest. That’s where we activate the stress response of fight, flight or freeze. We need to use the lower lungs, too, so we can activate the parasympathetic nervous system to find calm,” says Pipitone.
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The studio also holds events, provides teacher trainings and is putting together details for a two-week yoga retreat in India in March 2023. Attendees will join Treichel and Nrithya Jagannathan (director, KYM Institute of Yoga Studies) for time in the mountains around Rishikesh, at the beach in Kochi, on to Mysore and ending at the world renowned Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai where Treichel attended and graduated from a three-year program. Stay tuned for more details and an itinerary.
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Above and Beyond Yoga and Salt Therapy recently won their 6th Nappie Award in August, this one for best yoga studio in Mobile. But according to Shoshana Treichel, studio founder, “Winning isn’t getting ahead of others; it’s getting ahead of Treichelourselves!”has been teaching yoga since 2007 and practicing since 1993. She and her husband, Jake, moved to Mobile in 2014 with the United States Coast Guard. She wanted to bring the health and happiness that comes from yoga to the people of the Gulf Coast in a way that was approachable, empowering and most importantly, fun. When it came time to name the studio, Treichel remembered her time organizing every detail of a reception honoring visiting Director Nancy Spielberg after the showing of her documentary film. The film was a post WWII movie about overcoming adversity and reaching above all obstacles for the impossible. The name of the film was Above and Beyond. The name encompasses the very essence of the journey to open up and thus led to Above and Beyond Hot Yoga Center. Treichel has a professional team of instructors. They all strive to go above and beyond to help each person access and develop the strength, grace, health and focus that resides in each of “Fromus.the beginner interested in finding out more about yoga to advanced practitioners who have practiced extensively, we want to encourage each one of our students, wherever they may be on their path,” says Treichel. “Our expert instructors are committed to pro viding guidance with every step of your yoga journey.”
In addition to a variety of yoga classes, Above and Beyond is the only studio in the region that offers Halotherapy in the Himalayan Salt Therapy Room. Halotherapy is a for all ages and aids in detoxifying the respiratory system, helping skin conditions, promoting better breathing, sleep and overall health and wellness. “It can help alleviate symptoms of allergies, asthma, COPD, snoring, sinusitis, bronchitis, colds, flu and is a wellness therapy for those who live in the polluted air of urban cities,” says Treichel. “We’ve had doctors sending post-Covid patients to us for halotherapy to help their recovery process. And we see clients coming in for preventative measures as well.”
“Many of us step foot on the path to spiritual enlightenment expecting it to lead us onward and upward, hoping to become something better than we are, and ready to gather all of the important things we need along the way, says Treichel. “What a surprise it is when we eventually realize that this path isn’t taking us onward, but inward, that we’re not gathering things so much as letting them go, and that there was never anything more to aspire to than the truth of what we already are.”
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AshevilleToolLibrary.orgofcourtesyImage and rummage sales. Often aided by online technology, local shared enterprises and secondhand shops are saving people money and reducing the impact of excess consumerism on the environment.
Neighborly Sharing More than 50 tool-lending libraries ex ist in cities like Denver, Seattle, Atlanta and Washington, D.C., allowing people to “cut down on waste and overbuying, while helping out neighbors,” reports The Washington Post. Typically, they are staffed by volunteers and supported by nominal, income-based annual fees.
T ucked into the Blue Ridge Moun tains of North Carolina, Asheville is a DIY kind of community, attracting artists, musicians, yoginis, homesteaders and other folks looking to live a simpler life. When they garden and undertake home repairs, Ashevillans find it easy to cut expenses: They’ve formed a collective tool shed, the Asheville Tool Library, which offers them the use of 2,000 donated tools ranging from safety goggles to leaf mulchers and circular saws.
Starting a tool-lending library begins by connecting with other people in the com munity, using local online groups and coop bulletin boards to attract volunteers and donations, or hosting a drive for people to clean out their basements, Kane says. As memberships grow, additional tools can be purchased and employees can be hired. Web site design and inventory tracking in Asheville and elsewhere is simplified by the “library of things” software from MyTurn.com
THE RISE OF SHARING AND RESELLING
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“When you need a pressure washer once a year or decide to put in a garden, you don’t really need to own those tools,” says treasurer Stephanie Kane. People are allowed to take on projects they couldn’t otherwise afford, she says, “or they utilize existing skills to build the life they want, or even get a business off the ground.”
To combat inflation, which is squeezing family budgets, Americans are increasingly exploring shared resources and eco-friend ly alternatives like thrift stores, flea markets
Another way that people share resources is through Little Free Libraries—the charming “library on a stick” boxes on neighborhood posts and fences that give away books to passersby. It began in Hud son, Wisconsin, in 2009, when Todd Bol built a tiny model of a one-room school house as a tribute to his deceased mother, an educator and voracious reader. He stocked it with books and put it on a post in his front yard for neighbors and friends. The concept became so popular that he built more and gave them away. Today, more than 150,000 Little Free Libraries are found in communities worldwide.
n When purchasing toys or children’s furniture, parents should check for safety recalls and be sure the product contains no lead paint, recommends WebMD. com. Check for broken or missing parts and make sure the item is stable. Products manufactured many years ago may not have the same safety features as newer items.
An influx of online resellers adds even more choices for secondhand items. Although they make shopping more convenient, online sites carry risks: In 2019, the Federal Trade Commission reported more than 173,000 instances of online shopping fraud. When shopping online for secondhand items, experts advise, it’s wise to shop and pay on a trusted website or app, and to avoid using a personal debit card. Be sure there are photos of the product. On sites like Craigslist, eBay and Facebook, check each seller’s rating and thoroughly review all buyers’ comments before making a purchase.
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n Whether shopping for secondhand clothing in person or online, Glamour UK recommends ignoring the size on the label of vintage items, because they can vary greatly. When unable to try a garment on, check the measurements. Many vintage sellers on Etsy.com post them along with the label size.
FURNITURE n Consumer Reports recommends buying local for large items like furniture to avoid shipping costs and allow for close per sonal inspection.
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ELECTRONICS n For those un able to afford or justify the cost of a new $1,000 smartphone, Apple, Best Buy and Walmart sell refurbished phones, computers and TVs on their websites at a reduced cost. If using an E-commerce seller of refurbished electronics, make sure it uses programs such as CheckMEND to be sure the item wasn’t stolen.
Sheila Julson is a freelance writer and regular contributor to Natural Awakenings magazine.
Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore has more than 900 locations nationwide, offering an ever-changing stock of secondhand furni ture, household items and building materials like doors, windows and lighting fixtures. On the other hand, for-profit thrift stores, even if they claim a link to a worthy cause, often donate a much smaller percentage of profits to charity and are reluctant to release financial figures, reports Salon.com.
CLOTHING n The condition of items donated to thrift stores or posted by resellers can vary greatly, from brand-new items to well-worn pieces, notes Lifesavvy.com. Carefully check the item, especially under the sleeves and the inseams, for stains, tears, third-hand smoke odors or other defects.
n Avoid car seats and booster seats which may have been in volved in an accident. The same is true for bicycle and motorcy cle helmets. Federal safety standards for cribs frequently change, so avoid used pieces if they are more than a few years old.
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With a little enterprise, savvy and flexibility, mass consumerism can be circumvented by sharing community resources and fre quenting quality secondhand stores. As Kane puts it, “The sharing economy is essentially about leading a less consumerist lifestyle.”
Hennepin County, Minnesota, which includes Minneapolis, has resolved to send zero waste to its landfills by 2030. Part of this effort includes the Choose to Reuse campaign, which encour ages people to shop secondhand as a way to save money, help the environment, reduce packaging, support local businesses and find uniqueNonprofititems.thrift stores like Goodwill Industries and The Salva tion Army or those run by longtime charities like the American Cancer Society and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani mals have well-established reputations and proven track records.
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Whether housed in a local storefront or existing digitally online, resale shops have become big business due to pandemic-inspired decluttering and belt-tightening pursuits. Industry analysts expect thrift store clothing sales to grow globally 11 times faster than fast fashion and to be worth twice as much, at $84 billion, by 2030. Buying secondhand benefits not only shoppers, but also local governments struggling with the expense of operating landfills.
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Bo Hamilton, owner of Ox Kitchen, previously owned a fine-dining restaurant in Auburn in the early 2000s. Fast forward to 2022, his vision for Ox Kitchen is to provide a place that serves quality, made fresh daily food catering to busy families, local workers and community employees who want a simple, good meal with both healthy and indulge-worthy options.
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The menu was also expanded to add more healthy options and some lighter fare for busy workers and families. “We want to be versatile with our healthy menu options. It’s a place where one can get a healthy power bowl and someone else can get a burger on a gluten-free bun or a turkey wrap,” says Hamilton. Some of the enticing new menu items include the Southwest Protein Power Bowl (quinoa, pickled radish, pepitas, tomato, black beans, corn, avocado, cilantro lime vinaigrette) and a Greek Salad Plate (spring mix, cucumber, olive, to mato, feta, pickled onion, pita, hummus). Popular salads such as the Chopped Southern Salad and the Berry and Feta Salad have protein options such as house-smoked turkey, grilled or fried chicken or grilled black ened shrimp. All sandwich options on the menu are also available on glutenfree bread or can be made as a wrap for a lighter choice.
“Prepared with the freshest ingredients, our food is made inhouse daily, from the smoked turkey and pecan-smoked wings to the homemade French fries, sauces and salad dressings, even down to the homemade pickles,” says Hamilton. “Served in a casual, family-friendly atmosphere, our food is approachable, not intimidating. We like to call it ‘New South Casual.’”
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. ~ Hippocrates
In business since 2017, Ox Kitchen outgrew its downtown location at The Mill and moved to a new, renovated location in the old Market By the Bay. The new location opened March 2022 and provides a fast-casual, family-friendly lunch and dinner restaurant for Fairhope and boasts an outdoor fenced-in patio with a grassy area for kids, ample seating, easy parking and quick access to local businesses and neighborhoods.
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Ox Kitchen is open from Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Location: 365 S. Greeno Rd., Fairhope. 251-725-9385. TheOxKitchen.com.
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Lissa Rankin on the Mysteries of Healing
by Linda Sechrist months to realize that I could quit my job as an Ob-Gyn, but I couldn’t quit my calling. That which drew me to medicine from age 7 was still alive in me. I began spiritually seeking to find out what else heals. During my years of studying and practicing everything along the health, wellness, psychology, yoga and spirituality gamut, I tried many things, cherry-picking from various spiritual traditions, Eastern religions and New Age spirituality. None of these quite fit either. I found as much shadow in this camp as I did in the conven tional medicine camp. Why use a carefully balanced brew of several healing interventions? Limiting how you approach your health care to one camp or the other could prevent you from having the best possible health outcome. There’s light and shadow in both camps. My book helps educate readers so they can practice discernment and make wise choices about which tools from the world’s medicine bag serves them best. It’s meant to help them become more
After 14 years of studying and practicing conventional medicine, I left it at age 37 because I became disillusioned and “mor ally injured” by the limitations of conven tional medicine and the U.S. health care system, which give lip service to a patient’s well-being and ultimately are about the financial bottom line. I never lost respect for the life-saving aspects of conventional medicine. I simply believed it shouldn’t be the only medicine in my medicine bag. It only took me nine wise words
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Con sider not only what the mind is telling you about what’s wise and smart and what the science shows, but what intuition is telling you about what might be in your best interests. Or consider what your gut or other aspects of your body are feeling. It’s not only the gut that can give us somatic intelligence. We can tune into various intelligences all over our body. Some healers I’ve met are finely tuned into this kind of intelligence to the point that they can ask a “yes” or “no” question and feel the answer somatically. They use this as one of the ways to guide themselves and their clients. What part does trauma play in sacred medicine?
Linda Sechrist is Natural Awakenings senior staff writer. Connect at lysechrist@gmail.com.
Although trauma as a cause of physical disease might be disputed by skeptics who resist information that contradicts their world view, the body of scientific data linking psychological trauma and both pediatric and adult-onset disease is airtight. According to so many sources in the mainstream medical literature, anywhere from 60 to 80 percent of illnesses have stress-related emotional underpinnings. What causes stress? Trauma does.
miracle-prone and hopefully embrace the paradoxes of healing, one of which is: can heal yourself and you can’t do it alone. A lot of the practices I write about are intended to facilitate the restoration of wholeness. That doesn’t mean that people shouldn’t also seek out potentially curative treatments with their conven tional medical doctor. But those treatments often don’t cure either, so I really see it that individuals don’t have to choose one or the other. Rather, they can choose conventional medicine and sacred medicine.
What’s the difference between curing and healing?
What are our whole health intelligences?
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Generally, curing is about the elimination of all evidence of dis ease. Healing is a restoration of wholeness, which is what the word “heal” is based upon. When I’ve been present with people during end-of-life care, I’ve witnessed the restoration of wholeness in the tying up of the loose ends of a well-lived life or a life not so welllived, even in the presence of physical decline. Repair, healing and forgiveness in both internal and external relationships in our lives can come from doing deep shadow work.
Because healing is a return to wholeness, connecting with your whole health intelligences—mental, intuitive, emotional and somatic—must be the foundational part of your healing journey to create conditions which make the body miracle-prone. I think of the work of integrating them as I do a symphony that requires a conductor to arrange and harmonize the intelligences. I call the conductor the “inner pilot light”. For example, if we’re making medical decisions or any signifi cant decision, it’s important to consult all the intelligences.
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If the family lives reasonably close to school, encourage kids to walk or bike. For young children that require supervision, enlist one or more adults to lead a convoy of walking or biking kids. School buses and carpooling are the next best eco-friendly choices. When transporting kids by car, make sure to turn the engine off while wait ing in the pick-up or drop-off line. En gine idling is a significant air polluter.
Back to School with the Planet in Mind
This school season, families have an opportunity to make Earth-friendly decisions as they prepare their children for a successful educational experi ence. These tips balance sustainability against kids’ desires for the coolest, newest gadgets and garments.
Opt for durable items that are made with recycled or sustainable materi als and use minimal packaging. Avoid items made of plastic. Buy used text books whenever possible.
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Before going to the store to buy new school supplies, search the house for items that can be reused or repur posed, such as half-spent notebooks or last year’s pens and pencils. A little elbow grease and TLC can refurbish old lunchboxes and backpacks—also af fording an opportunity to teach kids how to repair and extend the life of items.
Walk or Bike to School
Kids that have outgrown last year’s threads and are clamoring for a whole new wardrobe can be cheerfully introduced to the burgeoning used clothing market, which is both ecoresponsible and budget-friendly. Resist the temptation to purchase cheap “fast fashion” that too quickly ends up in landfills and pollutes the environment by using toxic dyes, fossil-fuel-derived textiles and other bad chemicals. Donate old clothes instead of throwing them away.
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
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Avoid anything plastic, including single-use water bottles and Ziploc bags. Reusable, stainless steel, food and drink containers, as well as light weight, reusable bamboo utensils, are ideal. Homemade, whole and bulk foods are healthier and much more Earth-friendly compared to prepack aged snacks that are usually wrapped in plastic and jam-packed with sugar and other unhealthy ingredients.
Model StewardshipEnvironmental Show kids that the family embraces an eco-friendly lifestyle. Kids will watch and learn as their parents regularly bring reusable shopping bags to the store, frequent local small businesses, participate in commu nity cleanup efforts and continually search for innovative ways to safe guard the planet.
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BEST WAYS TO PRESERVE THE HARVEST
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Unlike other food preservation methods such as canning or fermenting, dehydrating food does not require lots of special equipment, tools or skill. “Dehydrating food is super easy to do,” says Carole Cancler, the Hawaii-based author of the Complete Dehydrator Cookbook. “Drying food is more forgiving. You can’t make a lot of mistakes. Canning, if you do it wrong, can make everyone in your family sick.” The only caveat, Cancler says, is that food not thoroughly dried will get moldy. In humid environments, dehydrated foods must be kept tightly sealed to keep out moisture and prevent mold from forming.
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When done correctly, dehydrating food is a safe method for maintaining its original state, says Tracey Brigman, NCHFP associate director and University of Georgia clinical assistant professor. “Dehydrators remove the water content in foods, resulting in a low risk of bacteria and spoilage.”
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Julia Skinner, founder and director of Root-Kitchens.com, an online fermentation and food history company, adds that when foods theydehydrated,areshrink and therefore take up less storage space. “They’re great to pack for traveling or for small tomatoes.”asflavors,tratealsoDehydratingkitchens.canconcensomesuchwithdried
Many types of food can be dehydrated, in cluding fruit, veggies, meat, fish, herbs and nuts. “It’s easier to say what can’t be dehy drated,” Cancler says. “The general rule is you don’t want to dehydrate food that has a high fat content, such as fatty meats or avocados.” They go rancid quickly during storage. While there are dehydrated, highfat foods sold commercially such as cheese, peanut butter and eggs, these are processed using special equipment and techniques that can’t be copied in a home kitchen.
“People tend to throw those foods away a lot. They buy them and don’t use it all up before they spoil. Dehydrate leftover strawberries for snacks and dehydrate vegetables to use in soups or stews,” Cancler suggests.
rying food is the oldest known method of food preservation. Middle and Far Eastern cultures have used the sun and wind to dry foods since 12,000 B.C., ac cording to the National Center for Home Food Preservation (NCHFP). Today, the easy availability of food dehydrators offers a convenient way to preserve the fall harvest.
Sliced strawberries, chopped onions or celery are good foods for beginners.
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Sheila Julson is a freelance writer and regular contributor to Natural Awakenings magazines throughout the country.
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When purchased new, most food dehydrators include recipeWhenbooklets.usinga dehydrator, Skinner advises, turn it on to the appropriate set ting and lay the food in a single layer on the trays provided, then let the dehydrator run for a few hours. She usually turns food halfway through to prevent sticking.
Cancler says that in some cases an oven can be used to dehydrate food, but it isn’t the most cost-effective method. “I don’t recommend continued use of the oven, because depending on where you live and the type or size of food being dried, drying can take anywhere from eight to 36 hours. Running an electric or gas range for that long uses a lot of energy.”
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Fresh herbs of choice (basil, parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme and dill are all good candidates)
Preheat electric dehydrator to 140° F. Wash and peel mangoes, chop roughly into chunks. Purée in blender until smooth. Pass purée through a food mill or sieve; discard any coarse fiber extracted in food mill. Add honey and spices to the purée and mix thoroughly.
She says that ideal temperatures are 125 to 135 degrees, but most standard ov ens only go as low as 170 degrees, which is too warm to dehydrate fruits or veg etables. “Then you must do wacky things like prop the door open to cool down the oven.” The exception, she says, is jerky: “It must be dried at a higher temperature, and lower-end food dehydrator models don’t get hot Sun-dryingenough.”foodsoutdoors is risky, Brigman cautions, due to varied weather conditions. In addition, insects and air pollution have to be considered. “For safety reasons, consumers should really purchase a food dehydrator. While it may be a high cost when you begin dehydrat ing, if you are a serious food preserver, it will save you money in the long term,” she says.
Starter model home food dehy drators, often found at resale stores or rummage sales, can be purchased for about $50. Some have adjustable temperature settings for different kinds of foods.
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Remove trays from dehydrator when purée is dry, with no sticky areas (about 10 hours— this will be highly dependent on the relative humidity of the drying room). Test for dryness by touching gently in several places near the center of leather; no indentation should be evident.
4 cups mango purée (from about 4 large, unripe mangoes)
Lightly spray two fruit roll tray liners from an electric dehydrator with vegetable oil cook ing spray. Spread mango mixture evenly to ¼-inch thickness on the trays. Position fruit roll liners on dryer trays and place in dehydrator. Dry continuously for about 10 hours. Main tain dehydrator air temperature steadily at 140° F. (Monitor the dehydrator air temperature periodically with a thermometer.)
Peel leather from trays while still warm. Leave the second tray on the dehydrator while peeling the first leather, or re-warm leathers slightly in the dehydrator if they cool too much prior to peeling. Cut into quarters, lay on a piece of clean parchment paper about 1 to 2 inches longer at each end of the leather and roll into fruit leather rolls. When cool, twist the ends of the parchment paper tightly to close. Store fruit rolls in an airtight container for short-term storage, up to about 1 month. Leathers should be stored in a cool, dark dry place. For longer storage up to one year, place tightly wrapped rolls in the freezer.
String (such as cotton baker’s twine) Rinse off the fresh herbs and pat them dry. Tie the herbs by the stems in small bunches. Hang them upside-down indoors and out of direct sunlight. Depending on the type of herb, they will take several days to a week or longer to dry. When dry, crush herbs with a mortar and pestle or in a clean coffee grinder. Store in glass jars with tight-fitting lids.
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AIR-DRYING FRESH HERBS
Digestive enzymes are used in supplemen tal form to improve or increase digestion and nutrient absorption. They can be de rived from pancreatic, plant or microbial sources such as bacteria or fungi. Enzymes are important especially when the animal’s digestive processes become exhausted or inefficient, such as during periods of stress or such gastrointestinal diseases as acute gastroenteritis, pancreatitis or either liver or inflammatory bowel disease. Enzymes may also be helpful for cancer, allergies andProbioticsarthritis. are living, healthy bacteria and yeasts, many of which are a part of a dog’s or cat’s microbiome. They can assist with healing in a variety of ways, including producing healthy fatty acids; decreasing the attachment of harmful bacteria and yeasts to the intestinal walls; increasing antibody production; support ing immunity; restoring healthy GI flora; and reducing inflammation. As a result, probiotics are useful for treating dogs and cats with a variety of medical problems, including leaky gut syndrome, acute non-specific gastroenteri tis, antibiotic or other medication-induced diarrhea, allergies, stress, obesity, neuro degenerative disorders, high cholesterol
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Vitamins, Minerals and Joint Support
he market for pet products is awash with supplements, so it’s not surprising that it can be challenging to figure out what a dog or cat really needs. The foundation of any healthcare program for dogs and cats, regardless of age and breed, is a healthy diet, well-chosen and appropriate supplements, minimal vaccines and medications, and veterinary check-ups. Basic helpful additions to a pet diet include a vitamin-mineral product, an enzyme and probiotic combination, and a fatty acid. For older animals, a choline supplement may delay the onset of cognitive disorder. Any tweaking of diet and supplements should follow regular testing that may diagnose a disease in its early stages. Here’s an overview of the top basic supplements every dog or cat should have.
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To provide immune and antioxidant sup port, and to bolster digestion, skin and coat health and overall wellness, a basic supple ment should contain vitamins and miner als as well as small amounts of glucosamine and chondroitin for joint support.
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Probiotics may also be helpful for middleaged and older dogs and cats, because GI microbial diversity diminishes with aging.
A good fatty acid fish oil supplement is also important. There are many brands on the market; some offer the flexibility of being administered either as a liquid (pump) or gel capsule. Phytoplankton, which serves as a food source for fish, is the source of the active ingredients docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). Fish oil tends to be derived from cold-wa ter fish rich in EPA and DHA such as wild (not farmed) salmon, mackerel, sardines andThisherring.isbeneficial for the treatment of heart disease and may reduce atheroscle rosis, thrombosis (blood clots), coronary heart disease, arrhythmias, heart failure, sudden cardiac death and stroke. Due to its anti-inflammatory effects, fish oil is often used for dogs and cats for the treatment of skin problems, arthritis and cancer, along with heart, inflammatory bowel, autoim mune and kidney diseases. It may reduce the side effects of chemotherapy and radia tion therapy in cancer patients, decrease cancer growth and metastasis, and reduce wasting in undernourished animals.
For dogs and cats 5 years old and up, a choline (phosphatidylcholine) supplement addresses aging changes that affect the brain and can lead to cognitive disorder. Choline is a component of several major phospholipids that are critical for normal cell membrane structure and function. The body uses it to maintain water balance; to control cell growth and gene expression; as a component of lung surfactant; and most importantly, to produce the major nerve transmitter acetylcholine. It may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by lower ing homocysteine levels.
Supplements other than these can be used as needed, based on the results of diagnostic testing and regular veterinary health exams. Under the guidance of a holistic or integrative veterinarian, supplements can add to a dog’s or cat’s health and longevity.
Choline is used to treat high cholesterol, improve memory and protect the liver. It may prevent fatty liver syndrome (especial ly in diabetics), help prevent or treat cogni
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Under the guidance of a holistic or integrative veterinarian, supplements can add to a dog’s or cat’s health and longevity. tive disorder and support liver function. It may reduce insulin requirements in diabetics and can reduce seizure frequency.
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In My Yellow Balloon, an award-winning children’s picture book, a little boy named Joey comes to love the lemon-colored balloon he receives at a carnival. Tied to his wrist, it isn’t just Joey’s favorite toy, it also becomes a loyal companion through many fun adventures.
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According to Papageorge, her book is intended to serve as a roadmap through grief that parents and kids can read to gether. “It’s important to acknowledge and
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One day, the string slips off his wrist and Joey’s best friend flies away, catapulting him on a journey through grief.
dults often want to shield children from suffering, but that isn’t always possible or advisable. Loss and grief are natural parts of life. Acknowledging and express ing uncomfortable feelings are necessary lessons in being human, and while there is no right way to grieve, adults can provide gentle guideposts. Most importantly, kids need to know that they aren’t alone as they process complicated emotions and inte grate lessons of empathy and acceptance.
Learning to Grieve
The beginning pages of My Yellow Balloon are rendered in full color to illustrate Joey’ s innocence. He has never known pain. After he loses the balloon, the ensuing pages turn black-and-white. “Loss is disorienting. I wanted to give kids that visceral under standing that it feels like the whole world turns upside-down and you just have to sit there helpless and watch your balloon float away—watch your life as you knew it get ting away from you,” Papageorge says.
“The yellow balloon is a metaphor for all kinds of losses—divorce, death, grade school graduation,” explains the book’s author and certified grief worker Tiffany Papageorge. “We think of loss as the death of a person, but loss can also be any change, transition or disappoint ment—big or small. The older we get, the more we shake them off, but some disap pointments can feel big in the moment, especially for little kids.”
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“At first, Joey misses his yellow balloon all of the time, then he misses it most of the time, then a lot of the time and then just some of the time, and the color slowly comes back into his world. At the end, when he says, ‘I still miss you, but when ever I see the sun, I’ll feel you with me,’ that’s when the color has shadow, light and range, because when you go through a profound loss and feel your feelings, you can see the world with greater depth and empathy for those around you.”
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According to Brittany Collins, an educa tor, curriculum designer and author of Learning from Loss: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Supporting Grieving Stu dents, “Grief elicits a fight-or-flight stress response, and chronic exposure to high levels of stress hormones can have deleteri ous effects on development, especially in adolescents when the prefrontal cortex is still in development. At the same time, neuroplasticity, the ability of the brain to grow, change and adapt at any point in life, is also at play. So, adolescence is a wonder ful moment to introduce teens to coping strategies they can use throughout their life, whether that’s mindfulness, different types of emotional regulations, storytelling activities, meditation, journaling or yoga.”
Expressive writing (journaling using emotion words) promotes regulation of the nervous system, which in turn lowers that stress response and creates physiological relief, Collins notes, adding, “Scientific data suggests that the metacognition involved in identifying feelings and writing feel ing-based words in narratives improves immune and liver function, elicits higher quality-of-life scores and improves psycho logicalWhenwell-being.”welosealoved one, we lose what psychologists call hidden regulators—sen sory facets that subconsciously make us feel that things are okay in the world. It could be the sound of a parent’s car pulling into the driveway after work or the smell of a loved one’s cologne. Collins says that teachers and parents can counterbalance a destabilizing loss by introducing routine and predictability in children’s schedules, perhaps starting class the same way every day with a five-minute free-write, or sched uling regular visits with a special mentor or relative every Saturday. Kids come to rely on such anchors in times of stress, upheaval and loss.
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Collins suggests that caring adults shift their mindset away from being a savior, because grief is not something to be fixed or solved, and instead serve as a facili tator of connection. “Think about what form of outlet might resonate with young people and shift the onus away from one adult being the person that says and does the right thing, and instead wrapping a community around them for support,” she says. Helpful resources include mental health professionals; youth engagement programs where kids experiencing loss can share and learn from each other; and activities that offer release and friendship, such as theater, dance, sports or Adultsmusic.should resist the temptation to jump in and assume they know what’s best for a grieving child, Col lins counsels. “Ask open-ended questions like, ‘What would be most helpful to you in this moment?’ or, ‘What makes you feel calm or connected?’ Find ways to inspire introspection and reflection without telling young people that we know the answer.” Making space to remember a lost loved one or to honor something we’ve lost can be healing for both kids and adults. Collins suggests that we ask kids how they’d like to memorialize a loss, preferably in community. Maybe they want to plant a tree in honor of someone’s memory or create a fundraiser for a cause that the loved one cared about. Ultimately, the greatest gift we can give grieving children is our presence. According to Collins, one of the best predictors of adjustment is a psychological concept called “per ceived support availability.” Letting young people know that we’re thinking about them and that we’re there if and when they need us can go a long way.
The Mind-Body Connection
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“The mind-body connection is fierce,” says Christina P. Kantzavelos, a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in chronic illness and pain at Begin Within Today, in San Diego. “It’s important to keep in mind that pain literally originates in the brain. I use a Constructed Aware ness approach with clients and bring cu riosity to the pain they are experiencing, including headaches. What thoughts and emotions are coming up when they focus on the pain?” she says. “Physical symptoms
While not completely understood, mental stress and anxiety can also be a trigger.
There are more than 150 types of headaches, with the most common being tension, mi graine and cluster. Migraine attacks, which according to the Migraine Research Founda tion affect 12 percent of people in the U.S., are about three times more common in women than in men. Classic symptoms, which can be mild to severe, include throbbing or pound ing pain located in the sinuses, forehead, back of the head or one of the temples. Triggers Migraine can be triggered by changes in the weather, fatigue, stress, anxiety, insufficient sleep, dehydration and hormonal changes, according to the American Migraine Foun dation. Headaches can also be provoked by certain allergens, such as cigarette smoke, exposure to harsh chemicals in cleaning or beauty products, mold, dust, caffeine, alcohol and fermented foods.
H eadaches are one of the most common pain conditions in the world. According to the Cleveland Clinic, up to 75 percent of adults have had a headache in the past year. While symptoms vary in scope and intensity, understanding the un derlying cause of a headache can lead to better treatment outcomes. Most headaches can be treated holistically, and lifestyle modifications can be key to lasting relief.
meals, varying your sleep patterns and exercising inconsistently can all confuse the body and lead to a headache, varying in intensity from dull and distracting to severe and debilitating,” he explains.
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According to Alexander Feoktistov, M.D., Ph.D., founder of the Synergy Integrative Headache Center, in Chicago, many headaches are caused by some form of stress. “Both physical and emotional stress can manifest with headaches. These are often triggered by changes in a routine or schedule, which throws the body’s regulatory rhythm off. Skipping
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Don’t Forget Exercise Renee also suggests maintaining a regular exercise routine to ward off headaches.
Supplements Help Nutritional supplements can also be helpful, Renee says. “Increasing nutrients such as magnesium, coenzyme Q-10 and riboflavin can help minimize pain. Before stocking up on supplements, be sure to consult with a holistic practitioner to make sure you are making the wisest and safest selections for you. Many nutrients can be found in common foods like dark choco late, leafy greens, seeds and nuts, meat, fatty fish and legumes.”
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Try Acupuncture or Acupressure Evidence suggests that acupuncture is ef fective in relieving the pain of headaches by changing the flow of energy, increasing blood circulation, releasing endorphins and relaxing muscles. Acupressure and other techniques can be done anywhere, says chiropractor and acupuncturist Mi chele Renee, director of integrative care at Northwestern Health Sciences University, in Bloomington, Minnesota. “The best acu pressure point for headaches is the soft skin in-between the thumb and pointer finger. Massage it for 20 to 30 seconds at a time to relieve pain or hold it for 10 seconds,” she says. “Migraines are caused by vascular di lation in the head, so I recommend putting your hands and feet in hot water or taking a bath to stimulate blood flow away from the head to the rest of the body.”
37September 2022 are often the manifestation or tangible evi dence of what is going on in your uncon scious mind. Our bodies become stronger or weaker, depending on our emotional state. Fear, self-criticism and invalidating the self can be the root of a headache.”
“The less active someone is, the tighter their muscles are and the more likely they will experience headaches. Make sure to get out for a walk every day, or try running to keep the body and mind moving. Yoga is another great activity as a mindfulness practice that decreases stress and also keeps the body moving to eliminate tension.”
Good Practices Feoktistov recommends that patients experiencing headaches start with lifestyle modi fications and over-the-counter meds such as ibuprofen. “Practice good sleep hygiene, stay hydrated by drinking water and minimizing caffeine, and introduce meditation as a way of focusing on what’s physically and emotionally going on in your body,” he says. “If headaches disrupt your daily routine, are severe or frequent and/or poorly controlled with over-the-counter medications, it’s time to seek help from a headache specialist or other medical professional who can work with you on a path to healing.”
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