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contents Natural Awakenings is your guide to a healthier, more balanced life. In each issue readers find cutting-edge information on natural health, nutrition, fitness, personal growth, green living, creative expression and the products and services that support a healthy lifestyle.

14 AGELESS BEING

Staying Vibrant in Mind, Body and Spirit

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by Kathleen Barnes

24 YOGA ENTERS THE

MEDICAL MAINSTREAM Research Proves its Health Benefits

by Meredith Montgomery

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26 LOCAL YOGA HEALERS ABOUND

by Meredith Montgomery

About the Cover In celebration of National Yoga Month and the fifth annual Mobile/Baldwin Yoga Week, Natural Awakenings teamed up with Fairhope photographer Brock Larsen for a photo shoot at Brookley Aeroplex, in Mobile.

Larsen says, “I chose Brookley Aeroplex because of the incredible transformation process that it’s currently undergoing. Rather than destroying the beautiful old buildings and putting in new, Mobile Airport Authority is honoring its history through renovation. I think this is very much in line with yoga philosophy—improving is great, but it’s just as important to be happy where you are now.”

Featured on the cover is Sprite Rose Wood, a yoga teacher at Sterling Hot Yoga Works, in Mobile.

Additional photos from the shoot are included in this month’s special yoga section, on pages 18 to 27, and picture local yoga teachers Lucille Allen, Debbie Cavalcante, Kenney Jackson, Joy Rose Larsen, Anna Percy, Billie Reinhart and Michelle Ryan.

To connect with Larsen, find Brock Larsen Photography on Facebook.

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30 GREENING

AMERICA’S GAMES

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Major Leagues Sport More Sustainable Stadiums

by Avery Mack

32 CHOOSE

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HAPPINESS

Four Tips to Flip the Joy Switch

by Linda Joy

33 SURF TO TURF

U.S. Farmed Seafood That’s Safe and Sustainable

by Judith Fertig

35 OYSTER

AQUACULTURE MAKING ADVANCES IN ALABAMA

by William C. Walton

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letterfrompublisher I often joke that Thatch, our 16-monthold, has aged me 10 years. We sensed his big personality even before we met him face-to-face. In utero, he kicked anything that invaded his space and he flipped around widely, making me feel like I was constantly on a rollercoaster.

Once Thatch arrived, it was no surprise that he refused to be swaddled and was extremely active—walking by eight-anda-half months. He has never been big on sleeping, and we were still struggling to get a full night’s sleep on his first birthday.

A year’s worth of sleep deprivation compounded as I tried to keep up with his needs while also adapting to our oldest son Mays’ new schedule and responsibilities as a kindergartener. It’s no wonder I suddenly felt “old”.

In this month’s feature story, “Ageless Being,” Kathleen Barnes explores how adapting an ageless attitude leads to a vibrant mind, body and spirit. According to Dr. Michael Roizen, our chronological age can’t be changed, but our “real age” is determined by factors that we can control, such as nutrition, exercise and stress.

This month we celebrate National Yoga Month with our fifth annual yoga section.

Learn about the proven health benefits of this ancient practice, discover local resources and make plans to attend one of the many free yoga events scheduled this month. With Mays now in first grade and Thatch in preschool a couple of mornings a week, I plan to begin addressing my own toddler-induced aging by restarting my regular yoga practice.

I don’t really blame Thatch for my sometimes frazzled mind or the extra lines around my eyes. His dimpled smile can instantly lift my mood, and his fearlessness and zest for life are inspiring. In our story “Choose Happiness,” I am reminded that circumstances don’t determine our ability to be joyful—we do.

Even though Dr. Christiane Northrup says another birthday means nothing, I plan on joining my best friends of 30 years for a belated joint birthday celebration in New Orleans this month. According to the experts, close friends can reduce your chronological age by 2.1 years. Join me in rediscovering a youthful spirit!

Publisher/Editor Meredith Montgomery Publisher@HealthyLivingHealthyPlanet.com Assistant Editor Martin Miron Distribution Manager Stephanie Klumpp Contributors Josh Montgomery, Anne Wilson Michael Wilson Design and Production Meredith Montgomery Natural Awakenings Mobile/Baldwin P.O. Box 725, Fairhope, AL 36533 Phone: 251-990-9552 Fax: 251-281-2375

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newsbriefs Try the Matcha Experience at Zen Tea Zen Tea, in Daphne, has begun carrying Matcha, a Japanese green tea powder used for drinking or as an ingredient in recipes. It is rich in nutrients, antioxidants, fiber and chlorophyll, and because drinkers ingest the whole leaf, not just the brewed water, the health benefits exceed those of other green teas. Matcha's amino acids are said to relax the mind, and its full-bodied taste has been compared to dark chocolate or red wine.

Zen Tea offers premium tea, herbs and tea accessories from around the world. Owner Clare Chen says, “Drinking tea is awakening and calming at the same time. It refreshes your mind, body and spirit.” Many varieties of premium herbal, black, green, oolong, pu-erh and flower- and fruit-infused teas from around the world are available at the shop.

Most are loose leaf and some are organic. High-quality herbs, as well as tea accessories such as tea pots and tea warmers, are available, as well.

Beginning in Sept., for every $10 purchase, customers receive a free tea sample.

Location: 10025 County Rd. 64, Ste. 1, (corner of Hwy. 64 and 181), Daphne. For more information, call 251391-0109, email ZenTeaFairhope@gmail.com or visit LivingZenTea.com. See listing, page 42.

Eco-Friendly Clothing and Yoga Beer Specials at Green Drinks The next meeting of Green Drinks Fairhope will take place from 5 to 7 p.m., September 8, at Fairhope Brewing Company. With a focus on ecofriendly clothing, Susan Haines, of Stitchin’ with Susan, will speak at 6 p.m. about how a simple needle and thread can transform closets and minds. In observance of National Yoga Month, the brewery will also be offering $3 pints of Namaste Everyday Ale.

Attendees are encouraged to bring an old T-shirt so they can learn how to upcycle it into a carryall bag. Organic, Alabama-made Zkano socks will also be for sale during the meeting. Old socks—pairs or singles—can be brought to the meeting for recycling through Zkano.

Green Drinks is a casual happy hour for the environmentally thoughtful. Meetings take place every second Tuesday of the month in Fairhope and every third Wednesday of the month at Alchemy Tavern, in Mobile.

Annual Alabama Coastal Cleanup Seeks Volunteers The 28th annual Alabama Coastal Cleanup, sponsored by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Alabama People Against a Littered State, will take place from 8 a.m. to noon, September 19. The event gives residents in Mobile, Baldwin and inland counties an opportunity to give back by cleaning up along the coast and waterways and within their cities. Volunteers, including involved citizens, community organizations, businesses, individuals, school groups and families, can find one of 28 cleanup zones near them at AlabamaCoastalCleanup.com.

All supplies are provided, and volunteers that arrive early will receive a free T-shirt.

Since 1987, more than 77,000 volunteers have removed more than 1.5 million pounds of trash from Alabama's coastline and waterways, including furniture, home appliances, computers and laptops.

To volunteer, call 251-928-9792.

ALABAMA COASTAL CLEANUP 28TH ANNUAL

Get the Trash Out of the Splash Saturday, September 19, 2015 | 8AM - Noon

Location: 914 Nichols Ave., Fairhope. For more information, call 251-279-7517, email MobileBayAreaGreenDrinks@gmail.com or visit Facebook.com/MobileBayGreenDrinks.

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For the fourth year, BayFest's EcoTeam is recruiting volunteers for recycling efforts during Alabama's largest music festival from October 2 to 4. Volunteers help BayFest reduce its environmental impact while enjoying the festival's music.

Attendees are encouraged to bike, carpool or ride the WAVE bus to the festival. Vendors are able to recycle the food grease they generate and sustainable paper products are available for serving. In the children's area, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management and the Alabama Recycle Coalition will set up to raise awareness of recycling and other environmental ideas.

The BayFest Goes Green initiative is facilitated by the Cleaner, Greener LoDa committee partners, which includes Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel, BayFest, Inc., city of Mobile, Downtown Mobile Alliance, Keep Mobile Beautiful, Mobile Bay National Estuary Program, Mobile Carnival Association, Mobile County Recycling Center and the Mobile County Health Department.

To volunteer, call Valerie Longa at 251-434-8498, email VLonga@JoinACF.org or visit BayFest.com. See ad, page 12.

Natural Awakenings Family of Franchises Keeps Growing Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp. (NAPC) recently welcomed new publishers that completed a training program in early August at the corporate headquarters, in Naples, Florida. NAPC staff spent several days with the entrepreneurs launching a new Natural Awakenings edition in Philadelphia and renewing publication of the existing Southeast Louisiana magazine.

Founded by CEO Sharon BruckKim and Chris Murray, Philadelphia; Coco Kunstman man with a single edition in and Melissa Burbank, Southeast Louisiana; Naples in 1994, Natural Awakenings has grown to become one of the largest free, local, healthy living lifestyle publications in the world, serving approximately 4 million readers in 95 cities across the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

“Living a conscious lifestyle that supports our well-being and the sustainability of planet Earth has become more important than ever,” says Bruckman. “Our dedicated family of publishers, supported by loyal advertisers, connects readers with the resources they need to create a healthier, happy world that works for all living things.”

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Support Groups Keep Artery Patients Mobile

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esearch published in the Journal of the American Heart Association has determined that when peripheral artery disease patients engage in behavioral support groups that encourage exercise, they realize increased mobility.

The researchers from Northwestern University followed 194 patients for a year, testing subjects at six months and again at 12 months. The patients were divided into two groups; one attended weekly intervention group meetings, while the control group attended weekly lectures.

After six months, the researchers found that only 6.3 percent of those that attended the support group meetings experienced mobility loss, compared to 26.5 percent of those that didn’t attend the meetings.

After one year, the support group attendees again showed positive results.

The control group had 18.5 percent loss in mobility, while only 5.2 percent of the support group attendees did.

Smog Increases Stroke Risk

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esearch from Germany has found that the high particulate numbers in smoggy areas increase the risk of stroke. The Heinz Nixdorf Recall study followed more than 4,400 people between the ages of 45 and 74 years old.

The researchers began the study in 2000. They compared stroke and heart attacks to air pollution particulate matter (PM) levels of PM10 (particle sizes of 10 micrometers or less) and PM2.5 (2.5 micrometers or less).

The study found that stroke incidence was more than two-and-a-half times higher among people with long-term exposure to PM10, while stroke incidence increased by more than three times among people with long-term exposure to PM2.5 smog.

GREEN TEA, APPLES AND COCOA PROTECT AGAINST CANCER AND ARTERIAL PLAQUE

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ew research published in the British Journal of Cancer has found that taking muscle-building supplements can increase the risk of testicular cancer by up to 65 percent. The study monitored 356 cancer patients and 513 control subjects, all from Connecticut and Massachusetts.

The case-control study was conducted by researchers from the Yale School of Public Health and the Harvard School of Public Health, and tested for testicular germ cell cancer. About 90 percent of testicular cancers originate from germ cells.

The researchers found the subjects that used multiple musclebuilding supplements and those that began using the supplements when they were younger had the greatest risk of developing cancer.

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esearch published in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research has found a new mechanism that may provide the key to why some foods are particularly healthy. The researchers found that epigallocatechin gallates, a class of polyphenols contained in green tea, apples, cocoa and other herbs and foods, blocks vascular endothelial growth factor, or VEGF, which is implicated in the buildup of plaque in the arteries, as well as cancer growth. Blocking VEGF helps prevent angiogenesis—when tumors form new blood vessels that help them grow.

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Daily Exercise Adds Five Years to Life

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esearch published this year in the British Journal of Sports Medicine has determined that just 30 minutes of exercise, six days a week, can result in a reduced risk of early death by 40 percent, regardless of the intensity of the exercise.

The researchers followed nearly 15,000 men born between 1923 and 1932.

The men’s exercise and sedentary levels were measured along with the number of deaths that occurred during two 12-year study periods. In the second 12-year period, the researchers followed almost 6,000 of the surviving men. The researchers compared those men that were sedentary with those that exercised either moderately or intensely and found that moderate to intense exercise increased their average lifespan by five years. This improvement was comparable to the difference between smoking and non-smoking, according to the researchers.

The data comes from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, in Oslo. The scientists’ finding confirms that public health practices for elderly men should include efforts to increase physical activity, along with efforts to reduce smoking.

Plants Absorb Second-Hand Smoke, Too

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on-smokers aren’t the only ones to suffer from passive smoking. New research from the Technical University of Braunschweig, in Germany, has determined that plants can also absorb nicotine from cigarette smoke, soil and pesticide sprays.

The data showed that many plants yield higher quantities of nicotine residues from periods when pesticides used contained nicotine. Plants that were mulched with tobacco leaves also absorbed nicotine into their leaves. “Tremendously elevated nicotine levels were detected after fumigation with cigarette smoke,” says Dirk Selmar, lead author of the study.

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Chamomile Tea Helps Us Live Longer

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n a study of 1,677 Mexican-American men and women over the age of 65 from the Southwestern U.S., researchers have found that drinking chamomile tea decreases the risk of earlier mortality by an average of 29 percent.

Researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch followed the study population for seven years. Among those tested, 14 percent drank chamomile tea regularly.

These were primarily women, and those women that drank chamomile tea experienced a 33 percent reduced mortality during the study period. The small group of men that drank the chamomile tea regularly did not register a significant difference in mortality.

Chamomile also has a long history of use in folk medicine and is primarily used to settle digestion and calm the mind. It is a leading natural herbal tea in many countries and contains no caffeine.

While various species may be used, chamomile tea is traditionally made by infusing the flowers of either German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla) or Roman chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile) into hot water. In Spanish-speaking regions, chamomile tea is often referred to as manzanilla tea—consumed in Mexico and other Spanish cultures for centuries.

globalbriefs News and resources to inspire concerned citizens to work together in building a healthier, stronger society that benefits all.

Bottomless Well

De-Salting Water Could Help Drought-Stricken Areas A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Jain Irrigation Systems has devised a method of turning brackish water into drinking water using renewable energy. This solar-powered machine is able to pull salt out of water and disinfect it with ultraviolet rays, making it suitable for both irrigation and drinking.

Electrodialysis works by passing a stream of water between two electrodes with opposite charges. Because the salt dissolved in water consists of positive and negative ions, the electrodes pull the ions out of the water, leaving fresher water at the center of the flow. A series of membranes separate the freshwater stream from increasingly salty ones.

The photovoltaic-powered electrodialysis reversal system recently won the top $140,000 Desal Prize from the U.S. Department of Interior. “This technology has the potential to bring agriculture to vast barren lands using brackish water,” says Richard Restuccia, Jain’s vice president of landscape solutions. The prize was developed to supply catalytic funding to capture and support innovative ideas and new technologies that could have a significant impact on resolving global water demand.

Among 13 desalination projects under consideration along the California coast, the Carlsbad Desalination Project will be the largest in the Western Hemisphere once it is completed in the fall.

Source: EcoWatch.com

Fossil Free

China Tests Hydrogen-Powered Mass Transit China has started testing the world’s first hydrogen-powered tram. Although hydrogen fuel cells have been around for a while and are currently being used and tested in a variety of vehicles, including buses, the country is the first to master the technology for trams.

Hydrogen is extremely abundant and can be extracted from a variety of sources, both renewable and non-renewable. Hydrogen-fuel cell vehicles produce zero emissions, only water. One tank lasts for about 60 miles and takes three minutes to refuel.

See the vehicle in action at Tinyurl.com/ChineseHydrogenTrain.

Spring Cleaning

Connecticut Initiates Mattress Recycling Connecticut has introduced the nation’s first-ever mattress recycling program to get old beds off the curb and into the renewable waste stream via Park City Green, a cavernous warehouse in Bridgeport where mattresses go to die and get reborn. One of only two mattress recycling facilities in the state, it employs workers that manually break down bedding parts, separating the materials into giant piles of foam, mounds of cotton and tall stacks of metal springs. All this gets shipped off to junk dealers to be recycled and reclaimed for later use in the metal industry or as backing for carpets.

The city had been paying hundreds of thousands of dollars per year to pick up mattresses on trash day and break them apart for disposal, but that figure is expected to drop to zero and create jobs at the same time. Connecticut’s program is voluntary, so municipalities don’t have to participate. But because it’s already being paid for by consumers and the mattress industry, state officials expect the program to grow.

Already, more than 60 Connecticut communities are participating.

Embracing Invasives Rethinking the Balance of Nature

Environmental journalist Fred Pearce, author of the new book, The New Wild: Why Invasive Species Will Be Nature’s Salvation, traveled across six continents and ecosystems from remote Pacific islands to the United Kingdom and the Great Lakes to reveal some outdated scientific ideas about invasive species and the balance of nature.

Pearce argues that mainstream environmentalists are correct that we need a rewilding of the Earth, but they are wrong if they believe it can be achieved by reengineering ecosystems. He thinks that humans have changed the planet too much, and nature never goes backward. But a growing group of scientists is taking a fresh look at how species interact in the wild. According to these new ecologists, we should applaud the dynamism of alien species and the new ecosystems they create.

In an era of climate change and widespread ecological damage, it’s crucial that we find ways to help nature regenerate. Embracing this new ecology, Pearce proposes, is our best chance, maintaining, “To be an environmentalist in the 21st century means celebrating nature’s wildness and capacity for change.”

Source: Earthtalk.org

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globalbriefs Supreme Hope

Online Summer of Peace Program Continues

DOWNTOWN MOBILE, ALABAMA

BayFest is happy to partner with Cleaner, Greener LoDa to reduce the environmental impact of the festival area! Please volunteer to help the recycle team during the festival!

For more information, festival line-up and tickets, visit www.bayfest.com

Designed by The Shift Network as “the largest virtual peace event on the planet,” a free, online three-month global movement program, The Summer of Peace, continues through September 21. It promises to inspire participants by teaching ways to heal conflicts within oneself, in relationships and in the world using peace, instead of conflict, as the new baseline.

Featured thought leaders include Deepak Chopra, Ervin Laszlo, Grandmother Agnes Pilgrim, Karen Armstrong, Lisa Garr and Congressman Tim Ryan, plus messages from the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Jane Goodall. Programs include The Subtle Activism Summit: Inner Dimensions of Peace Building from September 8 to 10, and 11 Ways to Transform Your World from September 11 to 21, concluding on the United Nations International Day of Peace.

“You’ll discover more personal ease, joy and well-being with techniques to connect more profoundly to the deep peace within yourself and the latest in the science of compassion,” says Garr, host of The Aware Show and Being Aware and bestselling author of Becoming Aware. She also attests that participants will find the best practices for citizen engagement and conscious activism to help accelerate the shift to a world of peace.

For more information or to register, visit SummerOfPeace.net.

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The 2015 Parliament of the World’s Religions, regarded by organizers as the oldest, largest and most inclusive gathering of all faiths and traditions, will be held from October 15 to 19 at the Salt Palace Convention Center, in Salt Lake City. International spiritual leaders will come together to share wisdom and best practices in dealing with critical global issues, especially climate change and care for creation; income inequality and wasteful consumption; and war, violence and hate speech.

Leading speakers include the Dalai Lama, Karen Armstrong, Tariq Ramadan, Mairead Maguire, Jim Wallis, Oscar Arias Sanchez, Eboo Patel, Vandana Shiva and Michael Bernard Beckwith. Attendees can also participate in a Women’s Assembly and Program Initiative; training in dialogue, interfaith activism, fundraising and organizing; musical performances and film showings; breakout sessions; and networking opportunities.

Cost: $200 to $550, based on date of registration. Discounts and housing options are available for families, groups, organizations and students, along with scholarship and sponsorship opportunities. For more information or to register, email 2015@ParliamentOfReligions.org or visit ParliamentOfReligions.org.

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actionalert Happy Eco-Birthday!

Parties that Celebrate Life and the Planet The most memorable birthday parties make us feel good, and going green makes them feel even better.

Youngsters Location matters. Consider a park or beach as a setting to promote exercise and time outdoors. Children’s museums and wildlife centers frequently host kids’ birthday parties. Other “experience parties”, as suggested at Tinyurl.com/GreenChildPartyTips, include pottery making, tie-dyeing organic T-shirts or touring a local fire station.

Forgo traditional trappings. Rather than using paper materials, consider decorating an old sheet as a festive tablecloth, utilize recycled computer or other repurposed paper to print custom placemats, and personalize cloth napkins found at estate sales or made from old clothes with guest names written with fabric pens for a unique and reusable party favor. Find details on these and other tips at Tinyurl. com/PBS-Green-Party-Ideas.

Sustainable gifts. PlanToys makes its toys from rubberwood, a sustainable byproduct of latex harvesting, and non-formaldehyde glues. For preteens, gift a subscription to the National Wildlife Federation’s Ranger Rick magazine or a birdhouse or bird feeder.

Make a maestro. Presenting a gift card for introductory music lessons can launch a young musician. A recent study by the National Association for Music Education notes that early exposure to music develops language, reading, math and memorization skills; improves hand-eye coordination; builds confidence and a sense of achievement; and promotes social interaction and teamwork when performing with others. Or, give tickets to introduce a child to classical, pops or jazz concert-going.

Adults Healthy drinks and eats. Serve or bring organic, locally made beer and wine and pure fruit juices. Have the party catered by a health food restaurant or store, or order organic takeout.

Do-good gifts. Antique and consignment shops are filled with items rich in culture and history. Museums, art centers and specialty gift shops offer fair trade creations handmade by overseas workers that all purchases assist.

Family ties. Work beforehand with a partner or family member of the birthday celebrant to showcase family photos at the party and spark sharing of nostalgic stories among guests.

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Protect Truth and Transparency in GMO Food Labeling On July 23, the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of H.R. 1599, known by supporters as the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act and dubbed the “Deny Americans the Right to Know (DARK) Act” by opponents.

The bill removes the requirement that foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMO) be labeled as such, preventing consumers from the right to know whether or not the foods they purchase contain potentially harmful ingredients. If it becomes law, H.R. 1599 will preempt state labeling requirements, including the pioneering Vermont GMO labeling law scheduled to take effect next year.

First, a companion bill will have to clear the Senate. No date is set yet for this and the time to let our senators know that we want to protect truth and transparency on food labels and encourage them to oppose the DARK Act starts now.

Make the people’s voice heard by contacting local state senators, call 202-224-3121 and visit Tinyurl.com/ ContactYourSenatorToday.

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AGELESS BEING Staying Vibrant in Mind, Body and Spirit

by Kathleen Barnes

Agelessness: Engaging in and experiencing life without fear of falling, failing or falling apart.

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n a nutshell, that’s the philosophy of visionary women’s health expert Dr. Christiane Northrup, of Yarmouth, Maine, as explored in her latest book, Goddesses Never Age.

“We’re long overdue for a paradigm shift about how we feel about growing older,” says Northrup. “You can change your future by adopting a new, ageless attitude that will help you flourish physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. We don’t have to buy into modern medicine’s promotion of the idea of the pathology of aging.”

One of Northrup’s primary admonitions: “Don’t tell anyone how old you are.

Another birthday means nothing.”

Maintain a Sound Mind

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frail and mentally feeble at a certain age. “When my mother turned 50, her mailbox suddenly filled with ads for adult diapers, walkers and long-term care insurance,” Northrup quips. The point is well taken. Think vibrant, healthy, gorgeous and yes, sexy Sandra Bullock, Johnny Depp, Chris Rock and Brooke Shields—all 50 or older—as the targets of ads for Depend.

We’re living and working longer, and many of us are feeling, looking and staying young longer. So is 60 the new 40?

Yes, say State University of New York at Stony Brook researchers, and further note that we’re generally leading longer and healthier lives.

Centenarians are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population. In the 2010 census, 53,364 people had surpassed their 100th year, an increase of 40

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percent over the 1980 census, and more than 80 percent of them are women. The National Institute on Aging projects that this number could increase tenfold or more by 2050.

What we think of as “old” has changed. Many baby boomers refuse to buy into the mythology of aging, bristle at being called senior citizens and especially dislike being called elderly. Their position is backed by science. Stem cell biologist Bruce Lipton, Ph.D., author of Biology of Belief and currently a visiting professor at the New Zealand College of Chiropractic, in Auckland, is best known for promoting the concept that DNA can be changed by belief, for good or ill.

Lipton explains that we all have billions of stem cells designed to repair or replace damaged—and aging—tissues and organs. “[These cells] are profoundly influenced by our thoughts and perceptions about the environment,” Lipton explains. “Hence our beliefs about aging can either interfere with or enhance stem cell function, causing our physiological regeneration or decline.”

“Yes, we are destined to grow older, but decrepitude and what we call aging is an optional state,” Northrup adds. “Our genes, nutrition and environment are under our control far more than we may have thought.” More, she says, “Words are powerful. Don’t talk yourself into believing your brain is turning to mush just because you are over 40.”

Take Control of the Body

“Manage the four horsemen of the aging apocalypse,” encourages nutrition and longevity expert Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., a Los Angeles board-certified nutritionist and author of The Most Effective Ways to Live Longer. He says the aging process, including disease, loss of physical or mental function and the general breakdown of systems, is caused by one or more of four factors: oxidative damage (literally rusty cells); inflammation; glycation (excess sugar, metabolic syndrome); and stress.

“Collectively, they damage cells and DNA, wear down organs and systems, deeply damage the vascular pathways that deliver blood and oxygen to the entire body, and even shrink brain size,” explains Bowden.

While it may seem like a tall order to make lifestyle changes that vanquish

these four horsemen, Bowden says they can be broken into manageable elements by employing an arsenal of healthful weapons: whole foods, nutrients, stressreduction techniques, exercise, detoxification and relationship improvement.

“All of these actually do double duty, battling more than one of the four processes that can effectively shorten your life,” he reports, based on his 25 years of study.

Oxidative Damage

Consider what rust does to metal. That’s what free radical oxygen molecules do to cells. Over time, they damage them and cause aging from within. “Oxidative damage plays a major role in virtually every degenerative disease of aging, from Alzheimer’s to cancer to heart disease and diabetes, even immune dysfunction,” says Bowden.

His recommended key to destroying free radicals is a diet rich in antioxidants, including lots of fresh fruits and vegetables and healthy fats, nuts, grass-fed meats and organic dairy products. Avoid environmental free radicals that show up in toxic chemicals by eating as much organic food as possible and avidly avoiding residues of the poisonous pesticides and herbicides sprayed on crops eaten by people and livestock.

Inflammation

Long-term inflammation is a silent killer

because it operates beneath the radar, often unnoticed, damaging blood vessel walls. Like oxidative damage, inflammation is a factor in all the degenerative diseases associated with aging, says Bowden.

His suggestion: First, get a C-reactive protein (CRP) test to determine the levels of inflammation in our body. A CRP level over 3 milligrams/liter indicates a high risk of a heart attack. Anti-inflammatory foods like onions, garlic, leafy greens, tomatoes, beans, nuts and seeds have all been widely scientifically proven to reduce chronic inflammation.

Glycation

This is the result of excessive sugar that glues itself to protein or fat molecules, leaving a sticky mess that creates advanced glycation end (AGE) products that damage all body systems and are acknowledged culprits in the dreaded diseases associated with aging.

Compute Your Real Age Lifestyle choices can make our bodies older, or younger, than our number of orbits around the sun, according to Michael Roizen, a doctor of internal medicine and author of This is Your Do-Over: The 7 Secrets of Losing Weight, Living Longer, and Getting a Second Chance at the Life You Want. “Seventy percent of aging is in the simple things you do or don’t do,” he maintains.

Here are a few sobering examples: n An unresolved major life stressor, such as a divorce, being sued, the death of a close relative or other traumatic events, can add up to 32 years to chronological age. Managing the stress adds a relatively insignificant two years. n Swap out saturated fats (cheese and meat) for monounsaturated fats (olive oil, nuts and avocados). Subtract 2.5 years from chronological age. n Get up out of the chair every 15 minutes and also take a 10-minute walk every two hours. Subtract 2.1 years from chronological age. n Have close friends. Subtract 2.1 years from chronological age.

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Bowden’s basic answer is to minimize intake of sugar and simple carbs; anything made with white flour or white rice. Also avoid fried dishes and any foods cooked at high temperatures that actually skip the glycation production in the body and deliver harmful AGEs directly from the food. He advises taking 1,000 mg of carnosine (available in health food stores) daily to prevent glycation.

Stress

The long-term effects of physical, mental or emotional stress are tremendously damaging to the human physiology.

Sustained exposure to the stress hormone cortisol can shrink parts of the brain, damage blood vessels, increase blood sugar levels, heart rate and blood pressure and contribute to chronic inflammation, according to wellestablished science recorded in the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Bowden warns, “Stress management is not a luxury.” In its many forms, including prayer, meditation and breathing exercises, it should be part of any agelessness program. Deep, restful sleep is as vital a component as ending toxic relationships, having a nurturing circle of friends and doing familiar, gentle exercise such as yoga or tai chi.

Overall, Bowden adds, “Rather than thinking of such endeavors as anti-aging, I strive to embody the concept of age independence. I admire former Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, who resigned from the court when he reached age 90 because he wanted to play more tennis.”

Bowden recommends embracing the concept of “squaring the curve”, meaning that instead of anticipating and experiencing a long downhill slope of poor health leading to death, “I look at a long plateau of health, with a steep drop-off at the end.”

Wellness guru Dr. Michael Roizen, chair of the Cleveland Clinic’s Wellness Institute, contends that although our chronological age can’t be changed, “Your ‘real age’ [calculated from data he collected from 60 million people] is the result of a wide variety of factors that are within your control. Dietary choices alone can make you 13 years younger or older than your actual age.”

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tion sizes, tobacco use and physical inactivity to the list of life-shortening lifestyle options.

Align with Spirit

“If you don’t have some kind of spiritual foundation, literally, God help you,” says Northrup. “God isn’t confined to a book or a church, mosque or synagogue. Divinity is the creative loving, vital flow of life force that we’re all part of and connected to. Our bodies are exquisite expressions meant to embody, not deny our spirits.”

Touch, pleasure and sex can be part of it, too. Individuals that have the most fulfilling sex lives live the longest, according to researchers conducting the University of California, Riverside’s Longevity Project.

“Pleasure comes in infinite forms,” says Northrup. “It can mean the exquisite taste of a pear or the sound of an angelic symphony, the kiss of sun on skin, the laughter of a child, spending time with friends or creating a pastel landscape. When you experience pleasure, God comes through and you become aware of your divine nature. You’ll find that joy comes in ways that are unique to you.”

Connection with the natural world is an essential element of agelessness, says Northrup. “The human body evolved to walk on the Earth, drinking its water, breathing its air and basking in its sunlight.” The bottom line is, “Agelessness is all about vitality. Taking all the right supplements and pills, or getting the right procedure isn’t the prescription for antiaging,” says this renowned physician.

“It’s ageless living that brings back a sense of vibrancy and youthfulness.”

We could live to be well over 100 years old and, as Northrup likes to paraphrase Abraham Hicks, of The Law of Attraction fame, “Wouldn’t you rather have your life end something like this: ‘Happy-healthy, happy-healthy, happyhealthy, dead.’ Isn’t that a lot better than suffering sickness, decrepitude and frailty for years?”

Kathleen Barnes is the author of numerous books on natural health, her latest being Food Is Medicine: 101 Prescriptions from the Garden. Connect at KathleenBarnes.com.

Age-Defying Exercise

by Kathleen Barnes

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pecially designed movements performed to music can dramatically improve memory, as well as slow the process of physical aging, according to Denise Medved, of Hendersonville, North Carolina, the founder of Ageless Grace.

Medved’s foundational physical and mental exercise classes involve 21 exercises that promote brain plasticity by activating all five functions of the brain: analytic, strategic, kinesthetic learning, memory/recall and creativity and imagination. Find videos of Ageless Grace exercises by searching YouTube, including this one: n While sitting in a chair (all exercises are taught in this position to develop core strength), make a circle with the right lower arm. n Add a triangular motion with the left foot. n Next, add a horizontal movement with the left hand. n Finally, do the entire series in reverse.

Classes are available in all 50 states and in 12 countries. To find a teacher nearby, visit AgelessGrace.com.

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yogabriefs Soul Shine Yoga Training Begins in October Soul Shine Yoga School (SSYS) Trainings are open to any yoga practitioner seeking change through the powerful practice of yoga on and off the mat. Brooke Nisbet, E-RYT-200, and Emily Sommerville, RYT-200, lead the Fall 2015 100-hour and 200hour training programs with support from the entire community of Soul Shine Yoga RYTs.

SSYS is a Yoga Alliance registered yoga school, offering two training options. For those wanting to share their practice with others through teaching, the 200-hour training program makes graduates eligible to apply to become a Yoga Alliance 200-hour registered yoga teacher (RYT).

For those not seeking RYT status, the 100-hour option allows participants to create a custom program by selecting the subjects most relevant to their needs.

This is ideal for yoga teachers that want to continue training and learning or for yoga practitioners of any level and style that would like to learn more about yoga philosophy, theory, asana and way of being.

Sommerville says, “Advanced training will change and transform your way of being, your relationships and your life.”

Sample Massage Saturday In observance of Yoga Month, samples of Thai yoga massage will be offered by Billie Reinhart, owner of Thrive Yoga and Massage, from September 1 to October 17. This unique style of massage incorporates gentle stretching and massage together without requiring any effort from the recipient.

Call to schedule a session at the discounted rate of $25 per halfhour or ask about rates for longer sessions. Appointments will fill up quickly.

Location: 811 Fairhope Ave. To make an appointment (required), call 251-379-4493. For more information, visit ThriveFairhope.com/ massage. See ad, page 22.

For more information or an application, call Sommerville at 251-225-4597, email Emily@TheSoulShineLife.com or visit TheSoulShineLife.com. See ads, page 3 and 23.

Begin a New Career in Massage Therapy, Yoga or Reiki Educators at Mobile’s newest occupational college, Alabama Healing Arts (AHA), have more than 25 years of teaching experience to assist students in becoming a licensed massage therapist, certified yoga instructor or certified Reiki practitioner. Daytime and evening classes are available.

The 650-hour curriculum for licensed massage therapists meets state requirements. This interactive learning program includes hands-on techniques, fundamental science and the massage clinic and outreach practicum. AHA students typically have a 100 percent pass rate taking the MBLEX licensing exam.

After the 200/300/500-hour weekends-only yoga teacher training, graduates will be eligible to become registered with Yoga Alliance. This immersive hatha yoga training includes fundamental sciences, teaching methodologies, breath and meditation practices and in-depth yogic philosophy study.

Reiki certification begins with the Level I Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki training.

Upon completion, participants can offer professional Reiki treatments. Each of the three levels may be purchased individually and for continuing education.

For an application, call 251-753-1937, email AlabamaHealingArts@gmail.com, or visit AlabamaHealingArts.com. See ad, page 22.

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Yoga is the fountain of youth. You’re only as young as your spine is flexible. ~Bob Harper

Research from the Brain Imaging and Analysis Center at Duke University Medical Center has found that a regular hatha yoga practice increases gray matter within the brain, reversing the loss found among those with chronic pain. The researchers tested seven hatha yoga meditation practitioners and seven non-practitioners. Each of the subjects underwent tests for depression, anxiety, moods and cognition levels, along with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans.

The scientists found that the brains of the yoga meditation practitioners contained significantly greater gray matter by volume in key brain regions, including the frontal, temporal and occipital cortices, plus the cerebellum and the hippocampus, compared to the non-yoga subjects.

The yoga meditation practitioners also had more gray area in the prefrontal cortex regions that are involved in decision-making, reward/consequence, control and coordination.

kudos Synergy Yoga and Pilates has just celebrated their 10th year of business. During that time, Mobile’s mindful movement community has grown and evolved along with them, and Synergy is pleased to be able to offer restorative, gentle and kundalini yoga, as well as blends of vinyasa, power and Iyengar yoga. Pilates classes including Reformer, Mat, EXO Chair and Fitness Fusion are offered, as well as Barre sessions.

Regularly refreshing their skills by attending workshops and trainings, Synergy owners Dana and Chris Garrett hope to keep bringing safe, effective and fun classes to their clients for many years to come.

Location: 3152 Old Shell Rd., Ste. 2, Mobile. For more information, call 251473-1104 or visit SynergYoga.net. See ad, page 23.

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low Yoga opened two years ago in Gulf Shores and plans to open a Mobile location this fall.

Offering a welcoming, non-judgmental studio where new yogis are nurtured and experienced students are challenged, owner Jennifer Guthrie, RYT, says, "We empower you to ignite your personal best."

Providing donation-based and community classes, along with world-class teacher training programs, the studio's unique teaching style synchronizes breath and movement while equally emphasizing physicality and mindfulness. An array of gentle restorative classes to sweaty power flow yoga are accessible to all levels. Students can expect to lengthen and strengthen every major muscle group in the body while experiencing increased mental and emotional clarity.

Guthrie says, "We know your time is precious. Expect to breathe, sweat, move and be challenged every time. We are here to inspire, empower and support each other on and off the mat. Whether your dream is less stress, empowerment to start a new chapter or healing physically or emotionally, try yoga—it will change your life.�

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Locals Observe National Yoga Month In recognition of National Yoga Month, local yoga instructors and studio owners have teamed up to celebrate the area’s vibrant yoga community with Yoga Week from September 19 to 25. Mobile and Baldwin County studios are inviting new students for free classes with a cash or can food donation. Throughout September, other workshops and events are also being offered in exchange for food donations to coincide with Hunger Action Month.

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rganizer Billie Reinhart says, “This has been one of the biggest yoga events in the area in recent years, and a good way to bring the community together. Yoga Week inspires first-timers to give yoga a try and encourages experienced yogis to check out new studios and styles while stocking food bank shelves before the holidays. A lot of people think you have to do the advanced “pretzel postures” or touch your toes to do yoga, but anyone can find the style and teacher that shows them how to practice at their current level to suit their body and their goals, whatever that level, limitations or goals may be.”

Kicking off Yoga Week, the Yoga Life Fair will take place from 2:30 to 6 p.m., September 19, at Fairhope Pier Park. The outdoor space allows for paddleboard yoga and aerial yoga, in addition to a variety of more traditional styles. The fair includes sample classes for all interests, ranging from beginner to advanced, and kid’s classes all day. No experience is necessary, but participants should bring their own mat or beach towel and water.

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Paddleboards are supplied, and participants should be prepared to get in the water.

Healthy refreshments from Sunflower Cafe, live music by Emily Stuckey and Ric Kindle, raffle prizes, giveaways and a plethora of conscious living information booths will be available throughout the event. Reinhart says, “We are promoting yoga as a mindful lifestyle, not just a physical exercise. Exhibitors will be on hand to educate guests about their consciously made products and mindful services.” Yoga teachers will also be available to answer questions about yoga and their own style and class offerings.

Throughout Yoga Month, instructors encourage participants to take part in seva (the yogic concept of selfless service) by bringing cash or canned food items to free classes and events. Donations will also be collected at the Yoga Life Fair, other events and local businesses. Last year, $557 and 1,196 pounds of food were collected during Yoga Week for the Bay Area Food Bank, providing 3,705 meals to families and individuals in need along the Gulf Coast.

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The Yoga Life Fair will take place at Fairhope Pier Park, 1 Beach Rd., in Fairhope. Rain site: Fairhope United Methodist Church, Christian Life Center, 155 S. Section St., Fairhope. Reinhart can be reached at 251379-4493. For a calendar of events, visit YogaLifeFair.com and Mobile/Baldwin Yoga Month on Facebook. See ad, back cover.

Living with Intention and Shining from Within

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oul Shine Yoga strives to create community on and off the mat.

With two locations in downtown Fairhope, the studios offer yoga, massage and wellness coaching. In addition to hot power classes unlike any other on the Eastern Shore, the studios’ class schedules feature unheated vinyasa, foundations, hatha, yin, restorative, therapeutic, chair, gentle, prenatal and children’s yoga. Studio first-timers can try three weeks of unlimited classes for $30 and $5 community classes are always offered.

Private yoga sessions, 200-hour teacher training programs and group and individual health and wellness coaching are also available.

While all classes are open to all levels, the studios also offer a monthly beginner series. Soul Shine teachers are committed to high standards and continuing education so that they may serve and inspire in a safe, supportive environment. The staff of 20 includes several RYT-500 teachers, and all teachers have a minimum of 200 hours of training.

Originally focusing on hot power yoga, Soul Shine's focus has evolved, and owner Emily Sommerville, RYT and certified health coach, says, “I’m proud that we offer such a diversity of classes that my young daughter and my parents can all practice regularly at Soul Shine. With over 40 classes each week, yoga is accessible to everyone.”

For more information, visit TheSoulShineLife.com. See ads, page 3 and 23.

Yoga Retreat

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alutations in the Sand, a beach yoga and meditation retreat, will be held at Caribe Resort, in Orange Beach, from October 15 through 18, to give participants many useful tools and techniques to restore the body, mind and soul.

Retreat organizer and yoga teacher Jen Hammonds states, “As a person who has been addicted to busyness, I have learned to make a conscious choice to make time for fun and relaxation. I make time daily for quiet reflection so I can hear what my soul wants me to hear. This is how I check in with my true purpose and stay on my path. We will show you how to unplug from the daily tasks and todos and connect to your spirit.”

Highlights include classes to cleanse and balance, such as Yin and Restorative Yoga; Sunrise Power Vinyasa to build strength and feel empowered; and Beats Yoga, a lighthearted class with lively music to build core strength.

A hip-opening workshop, Release with Love, focuses on tension in the hips and the clearing of emotional blocks in the body/mind. Hula Hoop Dance and Harmonious Chakras workshops will liberate the childlike spirit within.

Guests will journey into their true nature to find sublime peace with daily meditation and pranayama classes, and The Shortcut to Happiness workshop. In the Raw Food “Cooking” Class, learn how to prepare a decadent dessert and healthy main course that are raw, vegan and delicious.

Retreat packages include four nights of luxury accommodations at Caribe Resort with access to pools, lazy river, sauna and putting green; healthy breakfasts, dinners and snacks prepared daily by Cobalt Restaurant; yoga classes from sunrise to sunset and daily workshops for mindfulness.

Massage, acupuncture, Reiki and reflexology sessions can be added to packages.

Register by calling 251-752-8790 or visit SalutationsInTheSand.com. See ad, page 5.

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Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in. ~B.K.S. Iyengar

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Celebrate National Yoga Month with the following free or donation-based classes and events. Schedules are subject to change.

Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis Yoga Life Fair

10:30 a.m., Wednesdays 2:30 p.m., September 19 Fairhope United Methodist Church Fairhope Pier Park, Fairhope ThriveFairhope.com YogaLifeFair.com Free for multiple sclerosis patients.

Free with donation of canned goods.

Free Yoga Classes at Glow

Global Mala Yoga for Peace Celebration

September 1 through 30 Glow Yoga, Gulf Shores Glow-Yoga.com

10 a.m., September 20 Quiet Mind Massage and One free class per student during Sep- Yoga Studio, Mobile tember with donation of canned good. QuietMindMassageTherapy.com Free with donation of canned goods.

Hoppy Hour Yoga Pilates Trampoline Refor er Chair

6 p.m., September 1 and 22 Fairhope Brewing Company, Fairhope TheSoulShineLife.com Free.

4500 00 Old Shell Road, Suite E

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Chair Yoga

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Free with donation of canned goods or $5.

6 p.m., September 11 and 25 11 a.m., September 21 Fairhope Pier Park Bluff, Fairhope Soul Shine Yoga Morphy, Fairhope ThriveFairhope.com TheSoulShineLife.com

9:30 to 11 a.m., September 12 Dauphin Island Reservations required: 251-209-8914 kids yin restorative

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Let your soul shine

4 p.m., September 20 Soul Shine Yoga Bancroft, Fairhope TheSoulShineLife.com

Sunset Yoga for Charity

Stand Up Paddle Yoga

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Prenatal Yoga

Community Yoga

12:15 p.m., September 22 and 24 Under the oaks, Faulkner Campus, Fairhope Class is free, board rental not included. TheSoulShineLife.com

Creating AHA Yoga Moments

Free with donation of canned goods or $5.

9:30 to 10:45 a.m., September 19 Full Moon Yoga on the Beach Alabama Healing Arts, Mobile 6 to 8 p.m., September 28 Gulf Shores Public Beach AlabamaHealingArts.com Free to new students with donation of NatsTrinityYoga@gmail.com canned goods; $5 for current students. Free.

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Yoga Enters the Medical Mainstream Research Proves its Health Benefits

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fter practicing internal medicine for 10 years in Boston, Dr. Timothy McCall became a full-time writer, exploring the health benefits of yoga. As the medical editor of Yoga Journal and the author of Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing, he says, “In the late 90s, the conveyor belt of patient care continued to speed up and I got frustrated. There was less time to form relationships with patients, which is essential to providing quality care without excessive tests and drugs.”

Initially, McCall found that most of the documented research on yoga was from India, and notes it was low in quality from a Western perspective (though it is now excellent). In the West, the first notable scientific yoga article was published in 1973 in The Lancet on combining yoga and biofeedback to manage hypertension.

According to the International Journal of Yoga, the surge in yoga’s popularity here finally gained academic interest in 2007, and there are now more than

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2,000 yoga titles in the National Institutes of Health PubMed.gov database, with 200 added annually.

Initially, yoga teacher and economist Rajan Narayanan, Ph.D., founded the nonprofit Life in Yoga Foundation and Institute to offer free teacher training.

Within a couple of years, the foundation’s focus shifted to integrating yoga into the mainstream healthcare system.

“We realized that to make a real difference, we needed to teach doctors about yoga and its scientifically proven effects,” he says. Medical providers can earn credits to keep their licenses current by attending courses by Life in Yoga, the only yoga institution independently certified by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

Currently, even if physicians don’t practice yoga, it’s likely that many of their patients do. “You now see it everywhere from major medical centers to mainstream advertising,” says McCall, who notes an increase in doctors, nurses and therapists attending the Yoga as Medicine seminars he and his wife

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“Yoga may help prevent diseases across the board because the root cause of 70 to 90 percent of all disorders is stress,” says Narayanan. Yoga increases the body’s ability to successfully respond to stress by activating the parasympathetic nervous system, which slows the heart and lowers blood pressure. That in turn suppresses sympathetic activity, reducing the amount of stress hormones in the body.

Studies collected on PubMed.gov demonstrate that yoga has been found to help manage hypertension, osteoporosis, body weight, physical fitness, anxiety, depression, diabetes, reproductive functions and pregnancy, among other issues. Studies at California’s Preventive Medicine Research Institute have tracked amelioration of heart disease.

A growing body of research is validating yoga’s benefits for cancer patients, including at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. A small study at Norway’s University of Oslo suggests that yoga even alters gene expression, indicating it may induce health benefits on a molecular level.

~Rajan Narayaran

Cultural Challenges

“For yoga to be effective, a regular practice must be implemented, which is challenging in a culture where people can’t sit for long without an electronic device. It’s more than just popping pills,” says Narayanan.

McCall says, “Even if people can commit to just a few minutes of yoga practice a day, if they keep it up the benefits can be enormous.”

“There are no sales reps telling doctors to use yoga therapy like there are for pharmaceuticals,” remarks Narayanan, and until yoga is funded by health insurance, it will be challenging to gain full

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acceptance in mainstream medicine.

Another barrier is certification standards. The International Association of Yoga Therapists (iayt.org) and the Council for Yoga Accreditation International (cyai.org) are both beginning to offer certifications for therapy training programs and therapists. Narayanan is hopeful that certification could lead to yoga being covered by insurance.

Medical school curricula have started shifting to embrace complementary approaches to wellness, with many textbooks now including information on mind/body therapies. The Principles and Practices of Yoga in Healthcare, co-ed-

ited by Sat Bir Khalsa, Lorenzo Cohen, McCall and Shirley Telles and due out in 2016, is the first professional-level, medical textbook on yoga therapy.

“Yoga has been proven to treat many conditions, yet yoga teachers don’t treat conditions, we treat individuals,” says McCall. “Yoga therapy is not a one-size-fits-all prescription because different bodies and minds, with different abilities and weaknesses, require individualized approaches.”

While medical research is working to grant yoga more legitimacy among doctors, policymakers and the public, McCall says, “I believe these studies are systematically underestimating how powerful yoga can be. Science may tell us that it decreases systolic blood pressure and cortisol secretion and increases lung capacity and serotonin levels, but that doesn’t begin to capture the totality of what yoga is.”

Thrive Yoga and Massage

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hrive Yoga & Massage offers a variety of weekly yoga classes at multiple locations around Fairhope. Catering to a range of needs and interests, specialty classes include both restful and advanced versions of aerial yoga (a form of yoga that uses fabric swings to suspend students in mid-air) and chair yoga for those with limited mobility. Mindfulness, breathing and alignment are the basis for all of Reinhart’s classes, and all are beginner-friendly. Private sessions and therapeutic plans are available for those looking for a more personal approach.

Owner Billie Reinhart says, “It's important for everyone to know there is a style of yoga for them—like chair yoga, if getting down to the floor is difficult or faster-paced vinyasa flow for those who like to move a lot.”

Thrive also offers a full menu of massage services, including Thai yoga massage, with gentle stretching that complements the movement and breath work practiced in yoga classes. This combination of therapeutic services and classes is effective for the natural healing of mind, body and spirit, particularly in relieving pain and mental anguish.

Reinhart says, “If you take one thing from a yoga class, I think it should be to recognize and respect where you are on your own path at the present moment. Yoga offers a window, one breath at a time, toward a more enjoyable and present existence all around.”

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Any physical exercise done with breath awareness becomes yoga; anything done without the breath is just a physical practice.

SEPTEMBER IS YOGA MONTH

Local Yoga Healers Abound

by Meredith Montgomery

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s medical centers across the U.S. such as Cleveland Clinic and the University of Arizona Medical Center are incorporating yoga therapy into treatment plans, a pool of qualified yoga therapists are making this complementary care option available to Lower Alabama residents.

Daphne resident and co-owner of Kula Yoga Community Julie Wilkins had extensive spine fusion surgery for scoliosis 30 years ago. Working as an occupational therapist for 10 years before beginning her journey as a yoga instructor, Wilkins relies on the merging of her rehabilitation background with therapeutic yoga techniques to “keep my body and mind mobile, stable and happy,” she says.

With a belief that traditional medicine often overlooks the mental and emotional stress that accompanies a physical diagnosis, Wilkins says, “You can’t separate the mind from the body. A good yoga therapist can evaluate a client on all levels—physically, emotionally and spiritually—to establish a holistic therapy program that is personal and unique to each individual.”

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to the body—it can be a discouraging experience, not an empowering one,” says Fairhope yoga teacher and massage therapist Billie Reinhart, who teaches a free class to multiple sclerosis patients every week. Even when there is damage to bones, tissue or joints, good alignment with mindful movement can be very relieving. Reinhart has witnessed the effectiveness of yoga therapy in the management of hernias, hip replacements, bladder control and herniated discs. “I love to see mind-blown eyes or softened faces after the clearing of extreme discomfort,” she says.

Fairhope-based yoga therapist Cynthia Galas says, “Medicine provided by a physician can help us maintain balance and manage symptoms, but yoga therapy is a true investment in healing that allows a patient to take an active role in their own healing process.” She also points out that a patient’s relationship with their physician is different from that

with their yoga therapist. “In a medical environment, patients may tense up and don’t always engage with the practitioner’s undivided attention. When working with a therapist, clients tend to feel more relaxed, conversing casually and moving naturally. This makes it easier to more fully nurture them holistically.”

Reinhart recalls, “One of my students recently said, ‘I trust you, but most importantly, my body trusts you,’ and this allows her to accomplish so much more on her mat to reach her full potential.”

Laura Jones is an Integrative Yoga Therapy teacher at Mobile’s Alabama Healing Arts, and says, “In yoga therapy, we practice connecting to and becoming aware of ourselves as a whole person through the many layers that make up our being. It slows us down enough to feel and notice what truly is going on with ourselves.”

In addition to an individualized physical practice, an effective yoga therapy program is customized with breathing exer-

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cises that help calm the mind. It considers the strengths and limitations of the individual and can be tailored to the changing stages of medical treatment and recovery.

Jones has observed that those practicing yoga regularly are calmer, stronger and more resilient to life's challenges, and she points out that there are no prerequisites, saying, “You do not have to be flexible or in shape to start.”

Yoga is offered in a variety of settings, but private instruction with a qualified yoga therapy instructor is recommended for those with therapeutic needs. Wilkins advises, “If you have therapeutic needs, be careful entering general public classes, as not every class is appropriate for every body.”

Wilkins receives positive feedback on the online videos she created for individuals that have had spine fusions. She says, “Many people felt trapped by their immobile, fused spines, and the yoga programs have helped them gain strength and freedom in a way they never thought possible. Sometimes, the yoga techniques have simply given people an outlet to lower their pain through conscious breathing and mindful meditation.”

Reinhart points out, “The more basic gifts of the practice—proper breathing, posture awareness and an understanding of how to use supportive props—are helpful for anyone to decompress the spine and shoulders, but they can be life-changing to someone bound to a wheelchair.”

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labama Healing Arts (AHA), in West Mobile, is a new occupational college and wellness studio that offers a holistic approach to healthy living and successful careers and a variety of services, products and training.

AHA offers 50- and 75-minute, beginner-friendly group yoga classes and private yoga sessions by appointment. Private yoga with Laura Jones, RYT-200, is perfect for those seeking personalized instruction such as working with a specific health challenge (back pain, digestive issues), achieving a specific goal (weight loss, resiliency) or learning the basics before entering group classes.

The 200-, 300-, and 500-hour weekends-only yoga teacher trainings are available for aspiring teachers or personal development. Enrollment is open for new students to begin the January 2016 class. Graduates are eligible to become registered with Yoga Alliance (RYT). AHA also offers a 650-hour massage therapy program and three levels of Reiki certification.

Individuals looking to improve their health can receive the benefits of a therapeutic professional session in massage, Reiki or holistic counseling/life coaching. Other movement classes include qigong with longtime instructor Jaime Lee. Also available are benefits at the cellular level with a toxin-cleansing nutritional, skincare or aromatherapy program.

Owner Kelly Laurendine, with more than 25 years of experience, says, “It is an amazing experience to realize a dream of offering a space where healing and personal development modalities can be experienced or learned in a heart-centered, mindful way.”

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Healthy Living Made Simple

by Meredith Montgomery

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eff Sheldon is the owner of The Health Hut, in Mobile and Daphne, and his wellness philosophy is simple, “If you p r ov i d e yo u r body with the proper raw materials—clean foods and regular exercise—it will take care of itself. Like managing relationships and finances, healthy living requires a commitment on a daily basis, but there’s no need to complicate things with extreme diets or unnecessary products.”

With a master’s degree in exercise physiology and nutrition, Sheldon has been a strength coach and personal trainer since 1998. “I would encourage my clients to start taking something basic like a multivitamin, but then they’d return from the retailer with a bag full of unnecessary products that they were being told they

needed to take,” he recalls.

Frustrated by this ongoing scenario, he started ordering products so his athlete clients could purchase the simple products they needed directly from him. This led to the addition of a small retail space in the front of Sport Nutrition Plus, his training studio located in Daphne. Sport Nutrition Plus became a full retail store when they relocated to the Eastern Shore Center. In 2011, he bought The Health Hut in Mobile, eventually leaving his Spanish Fort space to open a second Health Hut location in Daphne.

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grocery items. Sheldon believes that the health food and supplement industry can be intimidating, and wants to create an environment to help customers feel empowered. “We’re the place to go for credible information, and we pride ourselves on customer service. We don’t pay employees product commissions because we don’t want to skew their thought process. When a customer walks into our stores, our recommendations are based on their health needs and goals and nothing else,” he says.

The Health Hut serves a wide customer base, from moms taking care of their families to professional athletes wanting to boost their performance.

Many individuals come in with specific ailments, and Sheldon says, “While we can’t diagnosis health conditions or prescribe products, we read a lot of research, and can therefore cite studies or reference the experiences of other customers. Many people are simply dehydrated or eating

If you provide your body with the proper raw materials—clean foods and regular exercise—it will take care of itself. ~Jeff Sheldon

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too much sugar, so a lot of times we start there.” Sheldon also speaks about nutrition and fitness outside of the stores, offering educational programs to schools, professional organizations and sports teams.

Even as the local community seems to becoming more health conscious, there is still a lot of misinformation circulating around. Probiotics, gluten-free items and anti-inflammatory products are popular now, but Sheldon discourages trendy lifestyle changes. “A customer interested in going gluten-free might come in because a family member lost 20 pounds after cutting gluten out of their diet. We talk through resolutions like this with our customers and encourage them to do their homework so they can make informed decisions,” he advises. “We want them to do things that they feel at peace with, because if they don’t, they’ll add more stress to the body. But we don’t want a customer changing their diet because someone else did.”

In addition to enhancing and enriching the lives of every customer Sheldon is also very invested in his employees and the local economy. “As a local business, we’re always asking for citizens to shop local. We try not to shop online because we want to reciprocate the actions of our loyal customers by supporting other local businesses,” says Sheldon.

He facilitates continued education opportunities for all staff members on product knowledge, business management and customer service. Sheldon admits to previously working 60-hour weeks and struggling to delegate, “But I’m big on family, and my daughter is 9 now—I want to be at every soccer game,” he says. “When I enrich the lives of our employees, I don’t have to be at the stores all day every day. And by growing internally in the short term, we pave the way to grow externally down the road.”

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The Crunch is the first pro hockey team to skate on recycled rainwater. It’s collected from the roof, stored in three central reservoirs in the basement and pumped into the Zamboni machine for resurfacing the ice.

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GREENING AMERICA’S GAMES Major Leagues Sport More Sustainable Stadiums

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raditional sports stadiums and arenas generate a huge carbon footprint.

Multiple sources concur that during a single football game, a 78,000-seat stadium can consume 65,000 kilowatt hours of electricity, and discarded cardboard, plastic and paper; in-stadium food and beverage containers; and tailgating debris that includes cans and bottles leave behind a mountain of waste.

A dozen years ago, the pioneering Philadelphia Eagles enlisted the help of the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to begin a persistent push to their goal of going green. Today, the NRDC publishes the Greening Advisor guidebooks on green operating practices for all professional teams in Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League and Major League Soccer, plus the U.S. Tennis Association, and has expanded to include college sports.

sensibly and well with options like the roasted turkey sandwich at AT&T Park, in San Francisco, where concessionaires source locally and compost leftovers. Veggie burgers, vegan cheesesteaks and sushi have also found their way onto game-day menus to add a change of pace for fans, says Julianne Soviero, author of Unleash Your True Athletic Potential.

The growing interest shown by the sports industry in composting offers enormous potential benefits, and not a moment too soon, says Allen Hershkowitz, Ph.D., co-founder of the Green Sports Alliance and director of the NRDC Sports Project.

Using recyclable containers counts—New York City’s venerable Yankee Stadium reduced its trash load by 40 percent by switching to biodegradable cups and service ware. PepsiCo supported the upgrade by exchanging its conventional plastic bottle for a bio-based version made from agricultural waste.

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~Jim Sarosy LED lights. “They make the arena brighter.

It’s easier to see the puck,” says defenseman Joey Mormina. “The fun light show that follows goals adds energy for the crowd and players.”

LED lighting provides improved clarity in TV transmissions and sports action photos and doesn’t create soft spots on the ice, like traditional lights.

“Utica and Binghamton teams switched to LED after playing in our arena,” comments Jim Sarosy, chief operating officer for the Crunch.

Water

“The Crunch is the first pro hockey team to skate on recycled rainwater,” Sarosy adds. “It’s collected from the roof, stored in three central reservoirs in the basement and pumped into the Zamboni machine for resurfacing the ice.” The practice also diverts rainwater from overworked sewer systems.

The first pro football stadium to earn a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification, the San Francisco 49ers Levi’s Stadium features a 27,000-square-foot rooftop garden to help control water runoff.

Home to the Los Angeles Lakers, Clippers and Kings, the Staples Center has swapped out 178 flush urinals for waterless models, reducing annual water usage by 7 million gallons.

Like the Eagles, the Florida Marlins pro baseball team, in Miami, now uses 50 percent less water via low-flow plumbing fixtures. Also, the stadium’s upgraded landscape design lessens outdoor irrigation needs by 60 percent.

The University of Georgia likes keeping its grass green, but hates wasteful water dispensers. Its football field is now watered via an underground irrigation system that saves a million gallons a year. Soil moisture sensors indicate when watering is needed.

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Lincoln Financial Field, home to the Philadelphia Eagles, now boasts more than 11,000 solar panels and 14 wind turbines that combined, generate more than four times the energy used for all home games in a season. The staff uses green cleaning products and has increased recycling more than 200 percent since 2010. Most creatively, the carbon costs of team travel are offset via mitigation by financing tree plantings in their home state and purchasing seedlings for a wildlife refuge in Louisiana.

The Seattle Mariners Safeco Field’s new scoreboard uses 90 percent less power than its predecessor and the Arizona Cardinals pro football team provides bags for tailgating fans to use for recycling.

Five NBA arenas have achieved LEED certification—Phillips Arena (Atlanta Hawks), Toyota Center (Houston Rockets), American Airlines Arena (Miami Heat), Amway Center (Orlando Magic) and Rose Garden (Portland Trail Blazers).

The goal of a cleaner, healthier planet is achievable with systemic shifts like these as more pro and collegiate sports teams score green points.

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Choose Happiness Four Tips to Flip the Joy Switch

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recent Harris Interactive poll indicates that only one in three Americans are happy. Success, education and increases in annual household income create only marginally more happiness. So what will it take to go the distance?

Inspiration for a Woman’s Soul: Choosing Happiness endeavors to discover just that. Its collection of intimate stories from more than two dozen women reveals telling insights—most profoundly, that happiness is a choice that anyone can make, regardless of their history or circumstances. Four tips from contributors to the book show how we all can rise up out of our troubles to the other side, shining.

Let Go of ‘Supposed To’

Family, friends and society exert pressure on us to achieve certain goals or impose their definition of success. When our soul doesn’t fit the mold, exciting things can happen.

Happiness strategist Kristi Ling seemed to have it all: a high-powered job

in Hollywood, significant income and the envy of all her friends—but her success felt empty. She writes from her home in Los Angeles, “Each morning I’d get up thinking about who I needed to please, and then prepare myself to exist for another day. I looked and felt exhausted just about all the time. The worst part was that I thought I was doing everything right!”

After a middle-of-the-night epiphany, Ling left her job and set out to discover what her heart wanted. She began following a completely different life path as a coach and healer, in which success means manifesting joy.

Be Grateful Now

While we’re striving to change our life or wishing things could have been different, we often forget to pay attention to what we have right now.

Boni Lonnsburry, a conscious creation expert and founder/CEO of Inner Art, Inc., in Boulder, Colorado, writes about the morning she decided to choose happiness, despite the enormous challenges she was facing, including divorce, foreclosure, bankruptcy and possible homelessness.

“I thought to myself, ‘Yes, my life could be better, but it also could be a hell of a lot worse. I’m healthy and smart—why, I even have some wisdom. Why am I focusing on how terrible everything is?’”

Using the power of her choice to be happy right now, Lonnsburry not only found joy amidst the adversity, but created love and success beyond her wildest dreams.

Let Love In

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we’re afraid of getting hurt, we put up barriers to protect ourselves, even against the love we want.

Certified Relationship Coach Stacey Martino, of Yardley, Pennsylvania, writes, “From the first day we met, I’d been waiting for [my boyfriend] Paul to end our relationship. I begged him for another chance—not for our relationship, but to be my authentic self—to figure out who I am and show up in our relationship as the real me.”

Fourteen years later, Martino and her boyfriend, now husband, are still exploring the depths of their love for one another. For them, the choice to be vulnerable was the gateway to happiness.

Look Inward Instead of to Others

If we can’t own our pain, how can we create our joy? Choosing happiness means taking full responsibility for our state of mind, with no excuses.

Lisa Marie Rosati, of Kings Park, New York, who today helps other women catalyze their own transformation, writes: “I didn’t want to accept what was going on inside [me], so I looked outside for a way to make things better. I depended on intimate relationships to complete me, and on friends and acquaintances for entertainment. My self-esteem floated on incoming compliments and I absolutely never wanted to spend a minute alone with my own thoughts, lest they erode whatever happiness I possessed at the moment. I was exhausted, frustrated and quite frankly, pissed off.”

It took a flash of insight to set Rosati free of her patterns of blame—and then realizing she could create her own fulfillment was all it took to catapult her into a place of empowerment. Look out, world!

As Los Angeles happiness expert and Positive Psychology Coach Lisa Cypers Kamen says, “Happiness is an inside job.”

Joy, love and inspired living are ours for the taking—all we must do is choose.

Linda Joy is the heart of Inspired Living Publishing and Aspire magazine. Inspiration for a Woman’s Soul: Choosing Happiness is her third in a series of bestselling anthologies. Next up is Inspiration for a Woman’s Soul: Cultivating Joy. Learn more at InspiredLivingPublishing.com.

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SURF TO TURF U.S. Farmed Seafood That’s Safe and Sustainable

by Judith Fertig

Wild-caught fish from pure waters is the gold standard of seafood, but sustainable populations from healthy waters are shrinking. That’s one reason why fish farms are appearing in unusual places—barramundi flourish on a Nebraska cattle ranch, shrimp in chilly Massachusetts and inland tilapia in Southern California.

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ith the demand for seafood outpacing what can safely be harvested in the wild, half the seafood we eat comes from aquaculture, says Kathryn Sullivan, Ph.D., administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Yet, farmed seafood has a reputation for uneven quality and questionable farming practices. A primary reason is that much of what Americans buy comes from Asia, where aquaculture is less stringently managed. Meanwhile, domestic aquaculture provides only about 5 percent of the seafood consumed here, according to NOAA.

Safe Seafood Solutions

If we want to eat safer, sustainable, farmed seafood, there are two solutions. One is to purchase farmed fish raised in the U.S., says Sullivan. The agency’s FishWatch consumer information service assures: “If it’s harvested in the United States, it’s inherently sustainable as a result of the

rigorous U.S. management process that ensures fisheries are continuously monitored, improved and sustainable.”

Whole Foods Markets have found that farming seafood (aquaculture) can provide a consistent, high-quality, yearround supply of healthy and delicious protein. Accordingly, “When it’s done right, aquaculture can be environmentally friendly and offer a crucial way to supplement wild-caught fish supplies.

On the other hand, poor farming practices such as the overuse of chemicals and antibiotics and those that cause water pollution and other negative impacts on the environment are bad news.”

A second solution is to consult with a trusted fishmonger that has high standards for flavor, health, safety, sustainability and environmental concerns.

The Green Fish Farmer Chefs like Rick Moonen, who owns RM

Seafood, in Las Vegas, are getting behind U.S. aquaculture farms that do it right, raising healthy, sustainable and delicious fish. Moonen recently became a brand ambassador for True North Salmon, a farm system that integrates the way nature keeps fish healthy and fresh. “They have a salmon farm near a mussel farm near a kelp farm, mimicking the way these three species interact in the wild,” says Moonen.

The best seafood farms take what geography and climate offer—ocean inlets, a natural spring and a natural depression in the land or indoor controlled freshwater tanks—and use clean feed. With no antibiotics, non-GMO food (free of genetic modification) in the right ratio, good water quality and creative ways to use the effluent, they employ green farming practices to raise fish and shellfish that, in turn, are healthy to eat.

The Atlantic coasts of Maine and Canada are where families have been making their living from the sea for centuries, says Alan Craig, of Canada’s True North Salmon Company. “The fish are fed pellets made from all-natural, nonGMO sources with no dyes, chemicals or growth hormones added. Underwater cameras monitor the health of the fish to prevent overfeeding.”

True North Salmon follows a threebay system, similar to crop rotation on land. Each bay is designated for a particular age of fish: young salmon, market-ready fish and a fallow, or empty, bay, breaking the cycle of any naturally occurring diseases and parasites.

Robin Hills Farm, near Ann Arbor, Michigan, offers vegetable, meat, egg and fruit community supported agriculture, U-pick fruit and a pair of stocked farm ponds. Farm Manager Mitzi Koors explains that the ponds are a way to leverage natural resources, add another income stream and attract visitors.

“We first discovered a low-lying area that would become a beautiful pond with a little work,” Koors relates. “We then expanded to two close ponds that don’t connect, to keep the older fish raised on at least six months of non-GMO organic feed separate from the newer fish. The ponds are spring fed, providing a great environment for trout.”

In northeastern Nebraska, five generations of the Garwood family have

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traditionally raised cattle and produced corn and tomatoes. To keep the farm thriving and sustainable, they have had to think outside the row crop. Today, they’re growing something new—barramundi, or Australian yellow perch.

They built a warehouse that now holds 18, 10,000-gallon fish tanks full of growing fish. A Maryland company provides old-fashioned cow manure and leftover grain sorghum from area ethanol plants to create algae, naturally non-GMO, to use as biofuel and fish food. “People prefer to eat locally raised food, even if it’s fish in Nebraska,” says Scott Garwood.

The sophistication of closed containment systems like the Garwoods use means that chefs, too, can raise their own fish, besides growing their own herbs and vegetables. California Chef Adam Navidi, owner of the Oceans & Earth restaurant, in Yorba Linda, also runs nearby Future Foods Farms, encompassing 25 acres of herbs, lettuces, assorted vegetables and tank-raised tilapia. Baby greens, not GMO products, help feed the fish, while nitrates from the ammonia-rich fish waste fertilize the crops. The fish wastewater filters through the crops and returns to the fish tanks in an efficient, conservationdriven system that produces healthy, organic food.

“Someday, chefs will be known both by their recipes and the methods used to produce their food,” Navidi predicts.

Judith Fertig blogs at AlfrescoFoodAnd Lifestyle.blogspot.com from Overland Park, KS.

10 Seafood Choices to Feel Good About

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ccording to the nationally recognized Monterey Bay Aquarium’s SeafoodWatch.org, these farmed fish and shellfish are current Best Choices.

Under each fish or shellfish variety, check the Seafood Recommendations list for specific geographic areas, certified organic options, non-GMO feed, or other designations.

Arctic Char: The farmed variety, raised in closed-tank systems, produce little impact on local habitats in the Pacific Northwest.

Barramundi (Australian yellow perch): Look for it sourced from recirculating aquaculture systems in farms throughout the U.S.

Catfish: Pond-farmed American catfish, found mainly near the Mississippi River, are some of the most sustainable fish available.

Crawfish: Domestic production centers mainly in Louisiana, grown in ponds on existing agricultural lands. No feeds are added, but minimal fertilizer is used to support an aquatic food web that crawfish thrive on. As a native species, the potential impacts of escape are minimal.

Mussels: Most farmed mussels for sale in the U.S. hail from New England and the Pacific Northwest, or are imported from nations with stringent environmental regulations. The nonprofit Marine

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Oysters: Nearly 95 percent of the oysters Americans eat are farmed in New England, the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Northwest. Oyster farms in the U.S. and throughout the world are well managed and produce a sustainable product.

Salmon: Before ordering, Seafood Watch recommends finding out where salmon originated by asking the local grocer or restaurant manager if it’s wild caught or farmed and its source.

Shrimp: Most caught or farmed in U.S. and Canada also qualify as a Seafood Watch Good Alternative. All shrimp from recirculating aquaculture systems constitute a Best Choice.

Tilapia: Tank-farmed tilapia in the U.S. and Canada has become a popular standard.

Trout: Farmed rainbow trout from the U.S. gets a nod because it’s raised in environmentally friendly ways in springfed ponds.

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n 2014, a handful of commercial offbottom oyster farmers, along with representatives of academia and government, formed the Oyster South Coalition for Advancement of Southern Mariculture (TheOysterSouth.com), an informational network focused on advancing coastal aquaculture (mariculture) of oysters along the Southern Coast from North Carolina around to Texas. By encouraging sustainable development of oyster mariculture, they hope to help the region’s economy, improve the coastal environment and preserve the traditional coastal culture.

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embraced the production of hatcheryreared oysters using off-bottom techniques to target the premium half-shell market.

Off-bottom culture systems, which are widely implemented on the east and west coasts, include rafts, racks and longlines that let oyster farmers use the “water column” to raise native oysters. These methods make more efficient use of growing space, promote faster oyster growth and increase survival against predators.

Although newly established and relatively small in scale, Oyster South farms have illustrated the potential for off-bottom oyster farming in the region.

Several culture methods have proven economically feasible in the northern Gulf and have been implemented by new oyster farming businesses. These businesses have also found that there is a ready market in the region for locally produced premium oysters, prompting significant interest in developing this industry further in the Gulf and along the southern Atlantic coast.

In Alabama alone, nine commercial oyster farms have been started up since 2009 from Grand Bay to Portersville Bay, Dauphin Island and Bon Secour Bay. These farms have led to the birth of one commercial nursery operation where smaller oyster seed are raised to a bit larger, more easily handled size and two regional oyster farming gear suppliers. Now oyster lovers can ask for Alabama-raised oysters by name, such as Isle Dauphines, Massacre Islands, Mon Louis, Murder Points, Navy Coves, Point aux Pins, Southern Pearls and Turtlebacks.

William C. Walton is an associate professor at the Auburn University Shellfish Lab, on Dauphin Island, and the Auburn University Marine Extension and Research Center, in Mobile.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

markyourcalendar Green Drinks Fairhope: Eco-Friendly Clothing Join us for an informal happy hour with like-minded folks. Brief speaker on eco-friendly clothing at 6pm. $3 pints of Namaste Everyday Ale in honor of Yoga Month. Food from Sunflower Cafe. Free to attend except the cost of your drinks.

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Join us for an informal yet engaging happy hour with like-minded folks every third Wednesday. This month’s speaker: Anne LaBelle from AL Sustainable Agriculture Network. Open to the public. Free to attend except the cost of your drinks.

September 16 • 5-7pm

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Usui Reiki Level I & II Certification Weekend w/Julie – 9:30am-5:30pm. Sept 12-13. Level One Reiki is focused on your personal healing. Level Two will give you the tools to work with others and yourself more deeply, as well as learning to work distantly. Learn more about Julie and her experience at JulieEBrent.com. $300 at the door/$250 prepaid 7-day advance. Reiki Center of Fairhope, 19655 Hwy 181, Fairhope. Julie: 251281 -8811. ReikiCenterOfFairhope@gmail.com.

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Basic Animal Communication Workshop – 11am5pm. Learn to converse with animals telepathically.

Basic Animal Communication Workshop with Babette de Jongh at Dragonfly Pond Farm (off 225, 6 mi south of exit 31 on I-65). Practice with photos and live animals. Lunch is provided, space is limited. $165. 8321 Dixon Rd, Bay Minette. Text or call: 251-424-4944. Babette@BabettedeJongh.com.

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28th Annual Alabama Coastal Cleanup – 8am12pm. Over the years, volunteers have removed over 1.5 million pounds of trash from our coast.

Join us this year to keep Alabama beautiful! Visit AlabamaCoastalCleanup.com or call 251-928-9792 for a zone nearest you. Free.

Jubilee Race for Life – 8am: 5K race. 9am: Fun run start. Benefitting Bayside Medical Missions, a local nonprofit that provides wheelchairs and corrective orthopedic surgeries in under-developed countries. Registration before Sept 12: $20/adults, $17/children under 15. Fun Walk/Run: $13; children under 7 are free with a registered adult (no t-shirt).

Daphne Baptist Church, 1515 6th St, at the corner of College Ave. JubileeRaceForLife.org.

markyourcalendar Yoga Life Fair

This event kicks off a week of free yoga for food donations. Conscious living booths, healthy refreshments, live music and a full schedule of yoga classes from beginner to advanced, including paddleboard yoga, aerial yoga, yoga nidra, restorative yoga and more! Now seeking vendors, volunteers and studio participation. Free with food donation.

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Global Mala Yoga for Peace Celebration! – 1011:30am. Join studios around the globe as we celebrate with yoga for peace. Gentle yoga practice, guided meditation, 108-om chant. Lunch following and trunk show with Bella Line Boutique, a fair trade company offering organic yoga-wear products.

Free with food donation for Bay Area Food Bank.

Quiet Mind Massage & Yoga Studio, Mobile. 251476-6463. Yoga@QuietMindMassageTherapy.com.

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Astara – 2- 4pm. If you seek enlightenment, healing for body and soul, mystical wisdom of the ages at your fingertips, if you want to express hidden potentials of mind and Higher Self, you may be very near the answer to your desires through Astara, a place of light. Free. Mobile. 251-454-0959.

Intro to Pranic Healing – 2-4pm. Pranic Healing is an all natural healing system designed to teach you how to heal yourself and loved ones. Learn about your energy field, how to keep it healthy, create a speedy recovery of ailments, stress reduction, meditation, plus much more! Donation. Mobile.

251-454-0959.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

Autumnal Equinox Meditation – 7-8pm. Autumnal Equinox: time of equal day & equal night, at this moment nature is in balance. It is a time to reap what you have sown, to give thanks for bounty.

Meditation for finishing up the old & planting the seeds for the new, or change in lifestyle. Donation.

Reiki Center of Fairhope, 19655 Hwy 181, Fairhope.

Julie: 251-281 -8811. ReikiCenterOfFairhope@ gmail.com. ReikiCenterOfFairhope.com/events.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

Chemistry of Essential Oils – 6:30pm. What makes essential oil work? We will explore how and why essential oils work to support our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellness. Join Laurie Azzarella, Young Living Educator as she explains the science behind the scent. $5 at the door. Prodisee Pantry, 9315 Spanish Fort Blvd, Spanish Fort. Laurie Azzarella: 850-380-4943. LaurieAzzarella@gmail. com. Laurie.MarketingScents.com.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

Earth-Heart Codes – 9:30am-4:00pm. You will learn to use your breath and codes together to infuse your aura and chakras with updated energies.

Use of the codes and breathing together on regular basis will allow you to stay connected to your heart chakra and to the Earth's heart chakra. $88. Reiki Center of Fairhope, 19655 Hwy 181, Fairhope. Julie: 251-281 -8811. AskJulieEBrent@gmail.com. http:// bit.ly/1Jcp5RI.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

Full Moon Yoga on the Beach – 6-8pm. Beach yoga practice as the sun sets and full moon rises.

Poses, breathing exercises and meditation. All levels. Sponsored by Trinity Yoga. Bring straw mat or beach towel (instead of yoga mat). Weather permitting. Free. Gulf Shores Public Beach. More info, contact Natalie Saucier: 251-987-1147 or NatsTrinityYoga@gmail.com.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3

Sound Essence Transformation – 3-5pm. Join Kat and her partner Danny for this amazing sound

and aromatherapy journey. Private sessions also available Saturday and Sunday. $35. Quiet Mind Massage & Yoga Studio Mobile. 251-4766463.Yoga@QuietMindMassageTherapy.com.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9

Pranic Healing Class Level 1 – 6-7pm, Oct 9-10.

Learn anatomy of the energy-body, the major energy centers & their functions, how to feel energy & validate details in your life, keep yourself energetically clear & balanced, step-by-step techniques for healing yourself, loved ones, plus much more! Call for more info. Mobile. 251-454-0959.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

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Resort: yoga sunrise to sunset; delicious, healthy breakfasts and dinners prepared by Cobalt chefs; evening moonlight meditation; empowering workshops; massage, reiki, acupuncture, reflexology, essential oil therapy.

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Smoking Cessation Seminar – 10am-12pm. Discussion of how quitting smoking can be easy and something to look forward to. Then a hypnosis session for quitting smoking. CD and book available. $30 until Sept 17/$40 after or at door. Center for Spritual Living Mobile, Mobile. Marquerite Dillon: 251-272-1030.

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British Car Festival – 9am-2:30pm. 25th Annual British Car Festival south AL’s auto show classic and modern British motor. If registering more than one car, complete a new registration form for each. Select "additional car" price for second or third cars. $25 for 1st car, $15 for each other. Fairhope United Methodist Church, Fairhope.

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sunday Discounts on Supplements – Every Sunday get 15% off supplements at Fairhope Health Foods (251-928-0644) and Virginia's Health Foods (251479-3952). 280 Eastern Shore Shopping Center, Fairhope and 3055-A Dauphin St, Mobile. VAFairhopeHealthFoods.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.

Open Table Worship Service (United Church of Christ) – 10:30am. Weekly progressive Christian worship. Gathering in the chapel at All Saints Episcopal Church, 151 S Ann St, Mobile. 251-545-1011.

Ellen.OpenTable@gmail.com. OpenTableUCC.org.

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

Unity Christ Church Sunday Service – 11am.

Tune in, turn on, tap into the loving presence of the Divine at Unity Christ Church. If you desire a nonjudgmental, open, supportive and loving spiritual community, Unity Christ Church of Mobile is here to inspire, uplift and celebrate the Divine. 5859 Cottage Hill Rd, Mobile. 251-285-3440. Facebook. com/unityofmobile.

AHA Student Sunday Yoga Clinic – 1pm. Sept 6, 13, 20, 27. School-supervised internship gives opportunity for student practitioners to teach in a professional setting & practitioners to receive quality yoga classes at a great value. Registration required.

Call or text 251-753-1937 to register. $5. Alabama Healing Arts, LLC, 6304 Cottage Hill Rd, Mobile.

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monday Mindful Movement – 9:15am. Unwind your morning with a beginner friendly mindfully moving yoga practice ending in restorative yoga positions. Practice among Himalayan salt lamps and waterfalls. $10 donation. Rosie Bluum, Fairhope. 251-379-4493.

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$5 Chair + Gentle Yoga – 11am. Build strength, endurance and courage. Each chair yoga pose will be adapted while seated firmly in a chair or on your yoga mat. Maintain and restore mobility and increase balance in a safe, supportive environment. $5. Soul Shine Yoga South, 456 Morphy Ave, Fairhope. Namaste@TheSoulShineLife.com.

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of classical fitness and join Adrienne during your day for a Pilates group reformer class. Stand taller, get toned, and be both leaner and stronger. Also Wednesdays at noon - please log onto the website to make reservations. 251-473-1104. Synergy Yoga & Pilates, Mobile. Synergyoga.net.

Men’s Pilates Class – 4pm. Classes utilize reformers, Pilates chairs and barrels. There are 2-4 people in a class to insure each client receives the instruction they require. Individual and group sessions are 60 minutes. Call for more time options. Advanced registration required. 2-4 people/class: $30/person.

Individual sessions: $60. 4500 Old Shell Rd, Mobile.

251-344-0590. PeakConditionPilates.com.

Gentle Yoga with Dana – 4:15pm. Join Dana for a calming yoga class to ease stress, transform the soul, and both soothe and quiet the mind. Find bliss and experience the joy - leave feeling on top of the world! . 251-473-1104. Synergy Yoga & Pilates, Mobile. Synergyoga.net.

Doggie Happy Hour – 5-7pm. 1st Mon. A rescue networking event hosted by My Happy Dog 123.

Bring your dog for drinks and live music while raising money for a local rescue foundation. Q&A with local vets. Free grain-free dog treats. Raffle prizes. Puppy photo booth. Free. OK Bicycle Shop, 661 Dauphin St, Mobile. Viviane Hentschel: MyHappyDog123@ gmail.com. MyHappyDog123.com. Facebook.com/ myhappydog123.

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-Yoga-Movement.com.

Soul Shine Vinyasa Yoga – 6pm. Mon & Wed. Vinyasa classes emphasize a continuous flow of movement using sun salutations, dynamic breathing and long holdings. Each part of the body is explored and worked in a deep and mindful way.

75 min. All levels. Unheated. $15 drop in. Packages available. Soul Shine Yoga, 103-B N Bancroft St, Fairhope. Namaste@TheSoulShineLife. com. TheSoulShineLife.com.

Together We Can – 6-8pm. The Family Center offers this class to help parents build a better future for their children by working together as co-parents.

It is open to couples regardless of their relationship.

Become a team that supports your family's success.

Free. 27365 Pollard Rd, Daphne. Christie Brannon: 251-626-1610. BaldwinFamilies@gmail.com.

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tuesday La Leche League Mobile Bay Area – 10:30am. La Leche League meetings are open to all women with

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Pilates Classes – 12pm & 2pm. Also 12pm, Thursdays. Classes utilize reformers, Pilates chairs and barrels. There are 2-4 people in a class to insure each client receives the instruction they require. Individual and group sessions are 60 minutes. Call for more time options. Advanced registration required.

2-4 people/class: $30/person. Individual sessions: $60. 4500 Old Shell Rd, Mobile. 251-344-0590.

PeakConditionPilates.com.

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.

Green Drinks Fairhope – 5-7pm. Every 2nd Tues.

Join us for an informal yet engaging happy hour with like-minded folks. Connect with other progressive people in our area. Brief speaker at 6pm.

Sponsorship, speaking and catering opportunities available. Open to the public. Free to attend except the cost of your drinks. Fairhope Brewing Company, 914 Nichols Ave, Fairhope. 251-279-7517.

MobileBayGreenDrinks@gmail.com. Facebook. com/MobileBayGreenDrinks.

Pilates Mat & Equipment Class – 5:15pm. Join Dana and use controlled movement to develop core strength, increased flexibility and improved posture. A variety of mat exercises will be combined with work on the Reformer and EXO Chair to develop and challenge the core. Reservations are required. Synergy Yoga & Pilates, Mobile. 251-473-1104. Synergyoga.net.

Soul Shine Hot Power Hour – 5:30pm Tues & Thurs. A faster paced power vinyasa flow that will build strength, increase flexibility, strengthen your core and transform your body and mind. Find your groove, shine your light and practice at your own level. 60 min class in a heated room. $15 drop in.

Packages available. Soul Shine Yoga, 103-B N Bancroft St, Fairhope. Namaste@TheSoulShineLife. com. TheSoulShineLife.com

Yin Yoga with Cindy Johnson – 5:30pm. Experience yin yoga, a blissful and meditative evening of gentle stretching that focuses on your joints and muscle tissue. Yin yoga is gentle and nurturing, bringing balance to an active lifestyle. A perfect way to ease into yoga. All welcome. $10. Rosie Bluum, Fairhope. 251-517-5626. Info@RosieBluum.com.

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Yoga with Laura – 5:45pm. Enjoy Laura’s zest and refreshing energy as she puts you back in touch with your body, restores the mind, & leaves you refreshed, energized, and focused. Sink into the bliss and embrace the joy! 251-473-1104. Synergy Yoga & Pilates, Mobile. Synergyoga.net.

Sierra Club Meeting – 6-8pm. 1st Tues. Open to the public. 5 Rivers Delta Resource Center, Spanish Fort.

Pranic Healing and Meditation – 6:30pm. Headaches, stress, physical or emotional ailments bothering you? Experience healing for your mind, body and soul, with Pranic Healing and/or Meditation on Twin Hearts.

We all have the ability to heal ourselves and others.

Classes also available. Free. Mobile. 251-454-0959.

Guided Meditation – 7pm. Go within. Release thoughts, concerns and worries as you relax into the peaceful state that is your true nature. Let us guide you to tranquility and freedom of mind. Your only requirement is to listen, allow, be open and bring your imagination. $5. Rosie Bluum, Fairhope. 251-5175626. Info@RosieBluum.com. RosieBluum.com.

wednesday Pilates Classes – 6am Yogalates. 8am Chair Pilates.

6pm Reformer. There are 2-4 people in a class to insure each client receives the instruction they require. Individual and group sessions are 60 minutes.

Call for more time options. Advanced registration required. 2-4 people/class: $30/person. Individual sessions: $60. 4500 Old Shell Rd, Mobile. 251-3440590. PeakConditionPilates.com.

Yoga with Susan – 7:30am. Join Susan Kangal and start your day with her refreshing energy as she challenges you with a strong emphasis on alignment and focus while still calming the mind. Sink into the moment and experience the bliss - yes! 251-473-1104.

Synergy Yoga & Pilates, Mobile. Synergyoga.net.

Pilates for Older Adults – 9am. Wed & Fri. Includes work on the reformer and mat focusing on balance, core strength and flexibility. Slow to moderate pace. Advanced registration required.

2-4 people/class: $30/person. Individual sessions: $60. 4500 Old Shell Rd, Mobile. 251-344-0590.

PeakConditionPilates.com. $5 Yoga & Chair Yoga – 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. 251-379-4493. ThriveFairhope.com.

AHA Integrative Yoga – 9:30am. Wed & Fri. Attain inner peace, relieve stress and build strength/ flexibility through body-mind awareness, breath and postures. Includes healing techniques like affirmations, mudras, chakra balancing and guided/ silent meditations. Beginner-friendly. Props provided. $10 per class, 12-classes for $100. Alabama Healing Arts, LLC, 6304 Cottage Hill Rd, Mobile.

251-753-1937. AlabamaHealingArts@gmail.com.

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Free Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis – 10:30am. This chair yoga class is free to participants and funded by the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation. Build strength and flexibility while improving balance and circulation.

Fairhope. Thrive@ThriveFairhope.com. 251-379-4493.

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. 251-473-1104. Synergy Yoga & Pilates, Mobile. Synergyoga.net.

Green Drinks Mobile – 5-7pm. Every 3rd Wed. Join us for an informal yet engaging happy hour with like-minded folks. With a local drink in one hand and environmental concerns in the other, connect with other progressive people in our area. Sponsorship, speaking and catering opportunities available. Open to the public. Free to attend except the cost of your drinks. Alchemy Tavern, 7 S Joachim St, Mobile.

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Eastern Shore MS Support Group – 5:30pm. 2nd 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.

Power Flow Yoga with Angela – 5:45pm. Join associate Baptiste Power Vinyasa Teacher Angela Cain to revitalize the body, nurture the soul, and energize the day. Enjoy the sweet sweat and moving meditation of Power Flow and leave class refreshed and recharged! 251-473-1104.

Synergy Yoga & Pilates, Mobile. Synergyoga.net.

Near Death (NDEs) and Related Experiences – 6pm. 2nd Wed. Mobile affiliate group of IANDS. All are welcome to share experiences and support.

Free. West Regional Branch, Mobile Public Library, Grelot Rd (near University Blvd). 251-340-8565. lbrlumin@aol.com. IANDS.org.

Soul Shine Vinyasa Yoga – 6pm. Mon & Wed. Vinyasa classes emphasize a continuous flow of movement using sun salutations, dynamic breathing and long holdings. Each part of the body is explored and worked in a deep and mindful way. 75 min. All levels.

Unheated. $15 drop in. Packages available. Soul Shine Yoga, 103-B N Bancroft St, Fairhope. Namaste@ TheSoulShineLife.com. TheSoulShineLife.com Book Study/Discussion – 7pm. Are you searching for real meaning in your life? Are you looking for a spiritual community of like-minded people? Join us at Unity of Mobile for our book study/discussion group. Our current book study is Transform Your Life by Dr. Barbara King. Love offering. Unity Christ Church, 5859 Cottage Hill Rd, Mobile. 251285-3440. Facebook.com/unityofmobile.

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Chill Skills – 7-9pm. The Family Center offers an inspiring four-week class designed to change your life outlook. Learn what fuels your anger and how to see it in a new light. Warning: classes may cause peace. $25/week. 601 Bel Air Blvd. Suite 100, Mobile. Call 251-479-5700 to register for next class.

Guided Meditation – 7pm. Guided meditation with Betsey Grady. Meditation is a wonderful way to quiet the mind, still the body and relax your being. $5. Rosie Bluum, Fairhope. 251-517-5626. RosieBluum.com.

thursday AHA Lunch-Time Yoga – 11:30am-12:20pm. Energize, align, strengthen, center. Eclectic yoga postures with traditional foundations to ensure proper alignment, safety and fun. Beginner-friendly. Props provided. Call/text to register. Begins soon. Alabama Healing Arts, LLC, 6304 Cottage Hill Rd, Mobile.

251-753-1937. AlabamaHealingArts@gmail.com.

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Men’s Pilates Class – 5pm. Classes utilize reformers, Pilates chairs and barrels. There are 2-4 people in a class to insure each client receives the instruction they require. Individual and group sessions are 60 minutes. Call for more time options. Advanced registration required. 2-4 people/class: $30/person.

Individual sessions: $60. 4500 Old Shell Rd, Mobile.

251-344-0590. PeakConditionPilates.com.

Soul Shine Hot Power Hour – 5:30. Tues & Thurs.

A faster paced power vinyasa flow that will build strength, increase flexibility, strengthen your core and transform your body and mind. Find your groove, shine your light and practice at your own level. 60 min class in a heated room. $15 drop in.

Packages available. Soul Shine Yoga, 103-B N Bancroft St, Fairhope. Namaste@thesoulshinelife. com. TheSoulShineLife.com.

Dynamic Dads – 7-9pm. The Family Center is the site of the Mobile County Fatherhood Initiative. Six Thursday night classes delve into the importance of fathers and how to meet the challenges of being the father your children need--A super hero for your super kid! Free. 601 Bel Air Blvd, Suite 100, Mobile. Lydia Pettijohn: 251-479-5700. FamilyCenterMobile.org.

friday Pilates Classes – 8am & 10am. Classes utilize reformers, Pilates chairs and barrels. There are 2-4 people in a class to insure each client receives the instruction they require. Individual and group sessions are 60 minutes. Call for more time options. Advanced registration required. 2-4 people/class: $30/ person. Individual sessions: $60. 4500 Old Shell Rd, Mobile. 251-344-0590. PeakConditionPilates.com.

EXO Chair Pilates – 8:30am. Join Dana for a unique & fun, full-body workout - use controlled movement on the EXO Chair to develop both overall & core strength, increase flexibility, & improve posture. Develop and challenge the core. Reservations are required. 251-473-1104. Synergy Yoga & Pilates, Mobile. Synergyoga.net.

AHA Integrative Yoga – 9:30am. Wed & Fri. Attain inner peace, relieve stress and build strength/flexibility through body-mind awareness, breath and postures.

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PLANS CHANGE!

Please call ahead to confirm dates and times.

Includes healing techniques like affirmations, mudras, chakra balancing and guided/silent meditations.

Beginner-friendly. Props provided. $10 per class, 12-classes for $100. Alabama Healing Arts, LLC, 6304 Cottage Hill Rd, Mobile. 251-753-1937. AlabamaHealingArts@gmail.com. AlabamaHealingArts.com.

Heated Meditation – 11am. Purify body and mind in this heated guided meditation hour. Rest in a heated space that inspires detoxification. Release physical and mental impurities. The power of the heat and power of the mind brings you physical and mental clarity. Led by Betsey Grady. $10. Soul Shine Yoga, 103-B N Bancroft St, Fairhope. Namaste@ TheSoulShineLife.com. TheSoulShineLife.com.

AHA Supervised Student Massage & Reiki Clinic – TBD. School-supervised internship gives opportunity for student practitioners to work with clients in a professional setting and clients to receive quality, full-length healing treatments at a great value. Appointment only. Appointments at 4:30, 5:45 & 7pm. $25 for 50-min full-body student massage and/or Reiki session. Alabama Healing Arts, LLC, 6304 Cottage Hill Rd, Mobile.

251-753-1937. AlabamaHealingArts@gmail.com.

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Sunset Yoga for Charity – 2nd & 4th Fridays, MarOct. Beginner friendly yoga on the bluff ending at sunset. Start time varies with sunset time. Full schedule of details and charities online: ThriveFairhope. com. Bring your mat and a donation for the charity supported. Donation. Henry George Bluff, Fairhope.

251-379-4493. ThriveFairhope.com.

saturday Saturday Morning Yoga with Augusta – 7:308:45am. 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. $5 Soul Shine Hot Power Hour – 9am. A faster paced power vinyasa flow that will build strength, increase flexibility, strengthen your core and transform your body and mind. Find your groove, shine your light and practice at your own level. 60 min class in a heated room. $5. Packages available. Soul Shine Yoga, 103-B N Bancroft St, Fairhope. Namaste@ TheSoulShineLife.com. TheSoulShineLife.com

AHA Morning Yoga – 9:30am. Sept 12, 19, 26. Explore body-mind-spirit while promoting balance and wellness within. Eclectic yogic elements ensure variety and fun; traditional foundations ensure proper alignment and safety. Beginner-friendly. Props provided.

Call/text to register. $10 per class, 12-classes for $100.

Alabama Healing Arts, LLC, 6304 Cottage Hill Rd, Mobile. 251-753-1937. AlabamaHealingArts@gmail. com. AlabamaHealingArts.com.

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MEETINGS QUAKER MEDITATION MEETING – Quaker (Christian meditation) meeting forming in Mobile. Contact Jason: email Jasonedd@hotmail.com or call 251-2073261 for further information.

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BEAUTY B-BUTTERFLY SALON

103A North Bancroft Street, Fairhope 251-990-9934 BButterflySalon.com salon offering organic B-Butterfly Aproducts and services

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Make a difference today in your hair, your life and the Earth. Visit us for a free hair exam today and go organic! Manicures, pedicures and eyebrow waxing also available.

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CHURCHES UNITY CHRIST CHURCH

5859 Cottage Hill Road, Mobile 251-285-3440 Facebook.com/unityofmobile Unity Christ Church is here to inspire, uplift and celebrate the Divine. We offer a nonjudgmental, open, supportive and loving environment to support one's spiritual awakening. See ad, page 8.

DENTISTRY DR. DAYTON HART, DMD

LAURIE AZZARELLA YL #327923 Daphne, AL • 850-380-4943 LaurieAzzarella@gmail.com Laurie.MarketingScents.com

Experience the healing, uplifting and detoxifying benefits of authentic, genuine therapeutic grade essential oils and supplements. Contact us for personal Zyto Wellness readings and wholesale privileges. Wellness classes last Thursday of the month at Prodisee Pantry.

See ad, page 13.

FENG SHUI

IAOMT Protocol 225 West Laurel Avenue, Foley 251-943-2471 • DrDaytonHart.com

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Free book for new patients: Mercury Free Dentistry.

Offering ozone; laser (nosuture) gum surgery; testing for compatible materials and cavity-causing bacteria; examine for gum disease and bacteria; laser cavity diagnoses; saliva pH check; oral galvanic screening; no fluoride.

ECO-FRIENDLY PRODUCTS THE WILLOW TREE AT ROSIE BLUUM 6A South Bancroft Street, Fairhope 251-517-5326 or 251-751-6945 RosieBluum.com

Offering gifts and services that nurture your spirit.

Books, card decks, essential oils, Bach Flower Remedies, crystals, salt lamps, incense and organic clothing. Local art, jewelry, honey, soaps and candles. See ad, page 10.

Meryl Hyderally, Feng Shui Design Consultant 251-463-1862 • Meryl@MerylHyderally.com fengshui831.com

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Utilizing feng shui principles, let us create an organized and productive space that reflects who you are while enhancing your life, personally and professionally. It's about more than aesthetics— holistically designed spaces are conducive to an effortless life. See ad, page 8.

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CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY KRISTEN KELLY, LMT

Rosie Bluum 6A S Bancroft Street, Fairhope 251-599-5943 • 251-517-5626 Offering Chinese Craniosacral Therapy, a subtle blend of Chinese meridian therapy and craniosacral energy work, that indirectly approaches physical and psychological imbalances.

This experience teaches your body to use its own bioelectric immune system. See ad, page 10.

ECO-FRIENDLY POOLS L.A. ECOSMARTE LLC

Susan Nice: 251-709-7023 Dan Nice: 251-586-8250 LAEcoSmarte@att.net; LAEcoSmarte.com Non-salt, non-chlorine, chemical-free pool water t e c h n o l o g y. T h e b e s t alternative to chlorine and salt water pools. Easier to use, safer and more effective than traditional methods.

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FOOD & NUTRITION

HEALING ARTS

FAIRHOPE HEALTH FOODS AND THE SUNFLOWER CAFÉ

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

a week. See ad, page 2.

Comprehensive health food store and organic café serving the public for 39 years. Store open 7 days

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THE HEALTH HUT

680 S. Schillinger, Mobile: 251-633-0485 (Across from Home Depot) 6845 Hwy 90, Daphne: 251-621-1865 (Across from Fresh Market)

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Find true health and vibrancy by fueling your body with clean, nutritious foods. Free initial consultation. See ad, page 3.

For 30 years The Health Hut has been the go-to place for high quality, whole-food vitamins, herbs and sport supplements at great prices. Service-oriented, knowledgeable staff. See ad, page 34.

MASSAGE THERAPY

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JEN ADAMS, LMT

3055 A Dauphin Street, Mobile 251-479-3952 • Café: 479-3200 Va-FairhopeHealthFoods.com

a week. See ad, page 2.

Comprehensive health food store and organic café serving the public for 38 years. Store open 7 days

MIKE KERR CONSTRUCTION LLC Certified Green Builder 251-391-4848 MikeKerrConstructionLLC.com

Unique massage technique that is gentle enough for the severest sufferers of pain and deep enough for the most rigorous of athletes. 14 years experience in the bodywork and natural wellness field.

SUN-INSPIRED ARCHITECTURE

Debbie Coleman, Architect, AIA, LEED GA 251-341-0509 • Interest08@SunPlans.com SunPlansGulfCoast.com Naturally bright spaces!

Designing for delight, durability, comfort and lowenergy. Services range from simple consulting to detailed drawings – starting with your ideas or ours. New construction and renovations.

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MEDITATION BETSEY GRADY

Live green, build green.

Specializing in energy efficiency, reclaimed materials, low VOC paints and flooring.

Residential new construction and remodeling. See ad, page 35.

GREEN DRINKS

251-279-7517 MobileBayGreenDrinks@gmail.com Facebook.com/MobileBayGreenDrinks An informal yet engaging happy hour with likemobile bay minded folks every second Tuesday in Fairhope and every third Wednesday in Mobile. Connect with other progressive people in our area. Sponsorship, speaker and catering opportunities available.

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SUSTAINABLE LIVING MIDDLE EARTH HEALING AND LEARNING CENTER

20205 Middle Earth Road, Citronelle 251-866-7204 • MiddleEarthHealing.com Middle Earth offers workshops on permaculture, r a i n w a t e r harvesting, graywater recycling, shiitake mushroom cultivation, composting, soil building, chemical-free gardening, aquaponics, real food, natural medicine making, reconnecting with Mother Earth and medicinal aromatherapy. See ad, page 9.

22787 US 98, Building D, Suite 5, Montrose 251-616-4201 • JenAdamsLMT.info JenAdams.Massage@gmail.com

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Free healing nights and group meditations every Tuesday. Pranic Healing classes and the advanced technique of Superbrain Yoga. See ad, page 8.

NETWORKING

Founder of Rosie Bluum 6A S Bancroft Street, Fairhope • 251-517-5626 BetseyGrady.com • RosieBluum.com Certified MARI® practitioner, Reiki master, meditation teacher and natural intuitive.

Experience peace of mind, find clarity and reconnect with your own power by learning to go within. Group classes and one-on-one instruction available. See ad, page 10.

TEA ZEN TEA

10025 County Road 64, Ste. 1, Daphne 251-391-0109 • ZenTeaFairhope@gmail.com LivingZenTea.com Facebook.com/zenteafairhope A tea shop offering premium tea, herbs and tea accessories from around the world.

Uplift your energy and spirit and experience all the healthy benefits of tea. (Location: corner of Highways 64 and 181)

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Susan Nice: 251-709-7023 Dan Nice: 251-586-8250 LAEcoSmarte@att.net; LAEcoSmarte.com Premium water that is safe and sustainable for people and the planet. ECOsmarte treats all of your water, indoor and outdoor, with a chemical-free water purification system. See ad, page 31.

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food drive

nourishing conscious community

Presented by

Kick off Yoga Week with an afternoon of conscious living booths, raffle prizes and giveaways, healthy refreshments from Sunflower Cafe, live music with Emily Stuckey and Ric Kindle and a full schedule of sample yoga classes from beginner to advanced. Benefitting Bay Area Food Bank.

September 19, 2015 2:30-6:00 PM at Fairhope PIER Park

Rain Site: Fairhope United Methodist Church

Kids Yoga • Paddleboard Yoga • Thai Yoga Massage Hot Yoga • Yoga Nidra • Aerial Yoga • and More!

FREE admission. No experience necessary. Bring your yoga mat or towel, water & cash or can food donation.

free yoga classes all week long!

5th Annual Mobile Baldwin Yoga Week: September 19-25 The following studios invite new students to try yoga classes for free during Yoga Week when you bring nonperishable food items for the Bay Area Food Bank. Contact the studios for details.

Mobile

Quiet Mind Massage & Yoga Sterling Hot Yoga Works Synergy Yoga & Pilates The Fit Nest

Eastern Shore

Thrive Yoga & Massage Bluum Yoga Pneuma Yoga/Movement Studio Soul Shine Yoga

Foley

Trinity Yoga

Gulf Shores Glow Yoga

Contact us to add your studio to the list!

For full schedule & details of events happening all month: YogaLifeFair.com Or contact Billie Reinhart: 251-379-4493 • Yoga@YogaLifeFair.com