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his month’s issue of Natural Awakenings focuses on supercharging the immune system, which mostly resides in the gut. With that in mind, we have recipes for plantbased pies, which after we eat them end up in our gut. I feel the irony here. Who doesn’t love a good slice of pie, especially at Thanksgiving? Most of us think about the damage that slice may do to our waistline, but not what it can do to our immune system. We generally eat for comfort and sustenance—often we eat when we aren’t even hungry—but eating for a healthy gut takes thought and planning. Ask yourselves these questions: Do you get bloated after eating certain foods? Are you lethargic? Does your skin itch? Eliminating foods to figure out what ails you takes lots of patience and willpower. Try doing it with a 9-year-old! But we did just that to help our son, and it worked! (Read my letter in our August issue to learn more.)

When I was a child, I suffered from many stomach ailments, and I missed a lot of school because of it. I had the typical tests done, but back then no one suggested eliminating foods. I wish they had; I could have done without the suffering. It wasn’t until college, when I drank a glass of milk prior to class and cramped up so badly that I never made it there, that it finally registered: I could have a dairy intolerance. I stopped drinking whole milk and gave up ice cream and yogurt. After a while, I tried dairy in different forms—cheese on pizza, skim milk, butter, etc. I found out that my body cannot tolerate milk in its true form, but when it’s mixed in with other ingredients, I’m OK.

Since this is the month we traditionally eat one of the most delicious meals of the year, don’t let yourself be uncomfortable in your own skin. Get in touch with how you feel after you eat certain foods, and start investigating. You may be happy that you did.

May you all have a bountiful Thanksgiving! We’re thankful for your continued readership.

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fter reading Cyrece’s letter, I’m going back to my old catchphrase for when I’m mindlessly eating: “Be kind to your digestive system.”

I’ll admit that I’m biased, but I love reading Natural Awakenings, with its many reminders to improve my well-being. For example, Roger Dubin’s article on how hiking boosts the immune system (page 17) has inspired me to get out in nature more, and our Healing Ways column (page 20), which spotlights the importance of drinking water safety—for our personal health and for the health of the environment—was the nudge I needed to explore home purification systems.

And every Thanksgiving season, I love the magazine’s practical reminders to live a year-round life of gratitude. Don’t miss this month’s Wise Words interview with Kristi Nelson, executive director of A Network for Grateful Living (page 18).

Now here’s my reminder to you: Be kind to others—and yourself. We often forget to do the latter.

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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.

Contents 14 SUPERCHARGE YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM

Natural Ways to Stay Healthy

17 HIKING BOOSTS YOUR IMMUNITY

18 KRISTI NELSON

on Why Gratefulness Brings Happiness

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19 OUR WORDS

CREATE OUR WORLDS

19 ABUNDANT LIVING 10 Practices Open Doors

20 SAFE DRINKING WATER

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27 DEPARTMENTS 6 news briefs 10 health briefs 11 global briefs 12 eco tip 12 reader

spotlight 18 wise words 19 inspiration

20 healing ways 23 conscious

eating 25 book corner 27 natural pet 28 calendar 29 classifieds 30 resource guide November 2018

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Jazz Up the Holiday Spirit with The Gospel Messiah

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ive years ago, the United Palace in Washington Heights mashed up hip-hop dance with Tchaikovsky’s music to produce its groundbreaking annual touring show, The Hip Hop Nutcracker. This holiday season, the historic Manhattan theater is continuing that tradition by presenting Handel’s Messiah—uptown style—with Too Hot To Handel: The Gospel Messiah, at 3 p.m. on December 15.

This reimagining of the holiday classic fuses gospel and jazz with Latin music to connect with the Washington Heights community, which is predominantly Dominican. The performance will feature local musicians and artists, including the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra, Fort Washington Community Choir, and guest choirs under the music direction of composer, conductor and pianist Chris Whittaker. Headlining soloists will include Angela Birchett (The Color Purple, Smokey Joe’s Café), Anwar Robinson (American Idol finalist, Rent) and up-and-comer Yancy Garcia.

Rev. Heather Shea, CEO and spiritual director of the United Palace, says the performance is part of the United Palace’s mission to foster creativity and transformation through the connection to spirit through music, art and entertainment—or “spiritual arts.”

The 3,400-seats venue opened in 1930 as the region’s premiere vaudeville and movie theater. Today the United Palace produces world-class concerts, immersive multimedia productions, communal experiences, movie screenings, spiritual programming and more.

Too Hot to Handel, first performed in 1993 at Lincoln Center, has been hailed as “ingeniously re-imagined” by the Chicago Tribune and “perhaps the jazziest, most soulful reinterpretation of Handel’s Messiah you’ll ever hear” by the New York Post.

“We believe families who have never been to a traditional performance of the Messiah will have the same transformative experience with this new holiday classic,” says Mike Fitelson, executive producer of the United Palace.

Awaken Wellness Fair Returns to Tarrytown November 18

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he Awaken Wellness Fair, the longrunning “body-mind-spirit-green” expo, will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., November 18, at the DoubleTree Hotel in Tarrytown. Visitors can browse products and services designed to support a healthy lifestyle, listen to expert speakers on a variety of issues, and consult with intuitive readers and holistic healers.

Participating vendors will represent a range of offerings related to natural wellness, from essential oils, healing crystals and handmade jewelry to chiropractic services, nutritional supplements and organic cleaning products.

Three rooms will be devoted to expert speakers, with presentations offered all day long at no extra charge. Among the many topics to be discussed are A Spiritual Revolution: The Quest to Experience God; A Meditation to Help the World; and Brain Coach Answers All Your Questions about Memory Loss, Insomnia, Fatigue and Anxiety.

Intuitive readers will offer insight through tarot reading, mediumship, angel reading, pet readings and other methods (for entertainment purposes only). A number of energy healers, including reiki practitioners, will also be on hand for visitors who want to sample a healing practice.

Organizers say the Awaken Wellness Fair often attracts visitors who are curious about holistic practices, as the vendors, information and practitioners there encompass the world of ancient as well as new, cutting-edge healing and wellness methods.

Location: 455 S. Broadway, Tarrytown, NY. For tickets and information, including vendor and sponsorship opportunities, visit AwakenFair.com.

Until November 17, discount-rate appointments can be made with the fair’s readers and healers at AwakenFair.FullSlate.com. See ad on back cover.

Cost: $15-$75. Discounts for children 12 and under and seniors.

Group rates available. Location: 4140 Broadway at 175th St. For tickets and information, visit UnitedPalace.org. See ad page 22.

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EXPLORE THE WISDOM

United Palace Hosts Conversation with OF ANCIENT Toltec Masters TOLTEC

Kindergarten Info Session & Family Barn Dance

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n Saturday, November 17 at 10 a.m., Blue Rock School invites parents and their 4-and 5-year-olds interested in kindergarten to visit their beautiful, wooded campus. Children will engage in fall crafts, storytelling, and outdoor play while parents will get a chance to meet the Admissions Director and hear how the school’s vibrant and creative learning environment nurtures children’s natural curiosity and fosters a lifelong love of learning. “Discover how Blue Rock School’s unique educational approach brings learning to life,” invites Admissions Director Beverly Stycos. To RSVP, contact 535-3353 or admissions@ bluerockschool.org.

And don’t miss the school’s eighth annual old-fashioned Family Barn Dance being held Friday, November 9 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Congers Lake Memorial Park Auditorium. This fun, familyfriendly event always draws a crowd and is guaranteed to be a lively, foot-stompin’ time for all. Children of all ages are welcome, and no previous dance experience is necessary. Renowned dance caller, Eric Hollman, will lead the way as guests keep step to live, traditional fiddle tunes.

The event is open to the public. Admission is $10 per person and tickets are available at BrownPaperTickets.com and will also be sold at the door. There will also be a fun raffle and local refreshments for sale. All proceeds to benefit the Ruth Schaeffer Scholarship Fund at Blue Rock School.

Locations: Blue Rock School, 110 Demarest Mill Rd. (off Germonds Rd.), West Nyack.

Barn Dance is at 6 Gilchrest Rd., Congers.

For more information, call 535-3353 or visit BlueRockSchool.org. See ad, page 27.

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WITH DON JOSE & DON RUIZ JR oltec masters don RUIZ José Ruiz andMIGUEL don Miguel Ruiz Jr. will be featured guests at the United Palace’s next Open Heart Conversation. This relaxed afternoon event will begin at 3 p.m., November 11, with doors opening at 2:30 p.m.

Book signing to follow, including “The Fifth Agreement” byThe willdon be Miguel sharing insights don brothers Jose Ruiz, and Ruiz Jr.’s newbased book on Seven Secrets Healthy,who Happy Relationships” the“The traditions of thetoToltec, ruled central Mexico from the 10th through the 12th centuries and developed a secret society to preserve the knowledge of their ancestors, knownNOVEMBER as teachers 11 of |spirituality, 3PM | FREE BUT RSVP 414O BROADWAY IN NYC OR LIVESTREAM | UPSPIRITUALARTS.ORG science and the arts. don José Ruiz and

Don José teaches and lectures around the world, transdon Miguel Ruiz lating ancient Toltec wisdom into practical life concepts that promote transformation through truth, love and common sense. He wrote a book The Fifth Agreement, along with his father, don Miguel Ruiz Sr. He also founded a band, Circle of Shadows, a collective of artists inspired by the dream of different voices coming together to share a common message of truth.

As a teen, don Miguel became an apprentice to his father and his grandmother, who were physical and spiritual healers; now he passes along the wisdom and tools of his family’s traditions. Along with his father and his brother, don Miguel leads workshops, retreats and power journeys to help others achieve personal freedom and optimal physical and spiritual health. He also hosts a weekly internet radio show, The Way of the Desert.

The Open Heart Conversation will begin with don José sharing wisdom from his teachers and ancestors in what he calls shamanic dreaming. Participants will discover the deeper meaning and value of ancient stories and how to apply this wisdom to everyday life. Then don Miguel will share lessons based on the Toltec tradition, designed to help people love without fear. Both brothers will have a book signing after the discussion.

Cost: Free, with RSVP. Location: 4140 Broadway, or tune in on Livestream. For more information or to RSVP, visit UPSpiritualArts.org. See ad page 11.

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Bestselling Author Jon Mundy Resumes Monthly Lectures

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The Alkaline Alternative on Mundy, Ph.D., is resuming his monthly Sunday-afterCap Side of Tubenoon lectures on A Course in Miracles, after a brief hiatus. to (4x) Fluoride 0.0310 The next lecture is scheduled for 1:30 p.m., November 11, at

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“There is something about this book called A Course in Miracles,” he says. “It has add toxins to the about it a diamond-like quality of clarity, durability and literary excellence found only in system. But there the world’s most inspired works. There is a dignity, presence and spirit in the Course. It have also been is also uncompromising in its insistence that heaven is our home and God’s will for us is lingering doubts perfect happiness.” since the “grand

The topic of Mundy’s November lecture will be Dharma, Karma, and God’s Plan for public health Salvation. experiment” of “Dharma is the cosmic law and order that makes life and the universe possible,” he fluoridation was started 30 years ago, says of Tube Bottom says. “Karma is the action—what we think, say and do. To attain enlightenment, our acDr. Lewis Gross, director and owner of should be based on dharma, what the Course calls God’s plan for salvation. Accord3.5000tions Holistic Dentists in Tribeca. ing to the Course, only God’s plan for salvation will work.”

“The government has lowered the ex Next month’s lecture, Advaita Vedanta (Non-Dualism) and the Course, is set for posure due to fluorosis,” he says. “ConspirDecember 9. acy theorists believe fluoride is a neurotoxin and lowers IQ, and new research by Location: 123, 4th Ave. (between 12th and 13th Streets). For more information, call the School of Toronto Dalla Lana Public 212-677-8621 or visit crsny.org.

Health confirms some risk. The study suggests prenatal fluoride exposure may increase ADHD symptoms in children 6 to 12 years old.”

While fluoride prevents tooth decay in children, they could easily brush with it rather than ingesting it, Gross says. “There nutritious diet can come with a hefty price tag. As are no benefits in swallowing fluoride, and a 2010 study in Food Policy concludes, “The sharp it’s difficult to filter tap water. Fluoride price increase observed for nutrient rich foods relative replaces calcium, which is leached out by to other less nutritious foods indicates that economic bacterial acid.” constraints may pose a barrier to a healthful diet.”

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Raw fruit and vegetables are better for mental health than canned, cooked or otherwise processed produce, report researchers from New Zealand’s University of Otago. Their survey of more than 400 young adults from their country and the U.S., published in Frontiers in Psychology, found a correlation between eating raw produce and measures of psychological well-being, positive mood and life satisfaction.

“The cooking and processing of produce likely limits the delivery of nutrients that are essential for optimal emotional functioning,” says co-author Tamlin Conner, Ph.D. The top 10 raw foods for mental health are carrots, bananas, apples, dark leafy greens, grapefruit, lettuce, other citrus, berries, cucumbers and kiwis.

Eating a handful of walnuts daily boosts certain types of healthy gut bacteria that appear to contribute to cardio, metabolic and gastrointestinal health, according to a study of 18 adults by University of Illinois scientists published in the Journal of Nutrition. The researchers found that eating walnuts increased species of healthy gut bacteria, while decreasing species of unhealthy bacteria. Eating walnuts also improved cholesterol levels.

Aerobic Fitness Helps Prevent Word Loss Tip-of-the-tongue word loss, an aggravation for many seniors and other adults, occurs less frequently in those with higher levels of aerobic fitness, regardless of age or vocabulary, reports a study of 56 men and women from the UK’s University of Birmingham. Lead researcher Katrien Segaert also clarified that tip-of-the-tongue word loss is not associated with memory loss—a common concern by those that often experience it.

Pumpkin Compounds Inhibit Cancer Growth In addition to being tasty, autumn’s pumpkin pie may also help prevent cancer. Two studies have confirmed the ability of certain nutrients in pumpkins to inhibit the growth of cancer cells.

Researchers from the Italian Institute of Food Science found that carotenoid compounds from pumpkins delayed the growth of human colorectal cancer and bone cancer cells by an average of 40 percent. In China, Harbin Medical University researchers found that a polysaccharide compound from pumpkins halted the growth of human liver cancer cells.

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Organic Labeling Evolves to Meet Challenges

Organic shoppers may see additional labeling on produce. More than a dozen farmers and scientists from around the country met to create the standards for an additional organic certification pilot program called the Real Organic Project (ROP), which they plan to initially introduce at 20 to 60 farms. Under the current U.S. Department of Agriculture program, the organic label means that produce has been grown without synthetic substances or genetic engineering; it doesn’t specify whether produce was grown in water or soil, which the new labeling would address.

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Rebirthing Books

Who’s a Natural Awakenings NYC Reader?

Meet Selmin Karatas

Spread the wonders and joys of reading to others while conserving woodlands and other resources and keeping books out of landfills by donating them. Many outlets welcome books that may have been collecting dust at home, but can enrich the lives of others of all ages, both locally and worldwide.

Life’s mission: My father and I started a family business called Kazani Hair Care. These clean beauty products are made from age-old recipes and plant-based ingredients that nourish the scalp and make your hair look lustrous and healthy. My mission is to enhance women’s and men’s self-confidence and create sustainability for future generations as we donate part of our proceeds to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. I am dedicated to the preservation of plants around the world.

New Life for Old Friends

n Many public libraries are supported by community volunteer “friends of” organizations that sell donated books at deep discounts to the public. Funds raised help underwrite host library programming. n Along with selling new and used books online, BetterWorldBooks.com accepts book donations that support national and global literacy initiatives, including in Latin America and Africa. They recently forwarded 37,000 donated books to UK teachers and other educators, and also operate a senior book outreach program. n Local chapters of national organizations like Girl Scouts, Kiwanis International, Rotary International and the General Federation of Women’s Clubs frequently collect gently used children’s books. n Other donation sites include The Salvation Army, Goodwill, thrift shops and used and antique bookstores. n BooksForSoldiers.com lists specific titles military members are requesting. BooksForAfrica.org has shipped 41 million books to Africa’s 54 countries.

BooksThroughBars.org supplies prison libraries, while BooksToPrisoners.net links books donated by the public to requests. n Include unwanted books when planning a yard sale. n Consider the novelty of regifting books. With the Christmas gifting season approaching, parents can bestow a Shakespeare play or Mark Twain tale that meant so much to them decades ago to their kids—including a card explaining its poignancy and significance. The gesture can even spark a greater interest in reading.

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Work: I’m the owner of Kazani Hair Care (KazaniHair.com).

Proudest achievements: I’ve been playing piano since I was 9, and I attained a certificate from the Royal School of Music in London. I attained a certificate from Columbia Business School this summer. Another proud achievement is when my customers rave about how happy they are and how confident they feel with my products.

Expectations for the future: My goal is to continue conserving plants around the world for future generations.

Favorite app: Shazam Favorite websites: NaturalAwakenings.com, SubconsciousChange.com, nasa.gov, BeautyIndependent.com Local causes supported: I support International Union for Conservation of Nature (iucn.org) Favorite thing about Natural Awakenings: It recommends simple and holistic solutions for a healthier you without the use of medicines. For instance, I read an Natural Awakenings article about how calorie restriction slows aging, and now I follow that guideline.

Most frequented healthy food restaurant: I shop for groceries at The Health Nuts Store, and I dine at sweetgreen and fresh&co.

How do you invest in your community? I help my neighbors’ children with their schoolwork. I used to be a member of the Rotary Club. I also donate Kazani products for charity events.

Favorite quote: “Imagination is more important than knowledge.”—Albert Einstein What are you doing to be the change you want to see in the world?

I’m creating clean hair and skin products because I want people to use beauty products that don’t compromise their wellness.

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Would you believe that grandma might have given it you? How about your best friend? How is that possible? Isn’t it only sexually transmitted? What you don’t know could get you infected.

In truth, while it often is sexually transmitted it can also be passed on by contact with silverware while dining or even sharing a water bottle at the gym. Unfortunately, it’s simply that easy.

Grandma may have had a little brown or pink “dot” on her tongue one morning when she fed you your oatmeal. Not the fullblown blister that we all know is obviously an outbreak. Tasting it, she found it too hot so she blew on it and tested it again. Finding it was now the right temperature she fed it to you. Unfortunately she just transferred the virus onto the spoon and now to you.

Have you ever shared food in a restaurant with a friend, a family member or on a date with that special someone? The same thing that could have happened with grandma could have hap-

pened then. Ever shared a soft drink with a friend or allowed your date to taste your cocktail?

Most will blame the last person they were intimate with, but unless you had a blood test shortly before being with them proving you were clean, you may have already been infected.

How can it be dangerous?

As scary as this may sound an outbreak on you lips or inside your nose can travel up your face to your eyes and literally blind you. Believe it or not this is not that uncommon.

Besides being painful as it attacks the sensory nerves and putting aside the small scar it can leave (though most lesions fade away), if a woman has it internally it may breakout during birth causing the baby to be born blind.

What can you do to get rid of permanently?

Please don’t believe the drug commercials on television that say it can only be suppressed. Their only interest is to keep you on expensive medication for the rest of your life. They either don’t know about the treatment I am going to share with you or they choose to ignore and suppress its existence.

Intravenous Ozone Therapy uses ozone gas as a medicine effectively destroying, getting rid of these dreaded viruses completely. Over 45,000 physicians have used it safely in over 50 countries for over 70 years, while being suppressed in this country obviously for the financial gain of Big Pharma.

In truth it is a very, very hard virus to kill. The good news is that Ozone used as a medicine intravenously will penetrate its defenses and completely destroy it without the possibility of developing a mutated or resistant strain. It does this safely with virtually NO adverse reactions!

Believe it or not, it is even possible to rid your body of it so completely with Ozone therapy that you will stop manufacturing antibodies for it (the bodies normal defense mechanism), so that you will test negative for it, as if you never had it!

For more information, call Dr. Howard Robins at 212-581-0101. Robins is considered the foremost clinical expert on the use of ozone in North America, with more than 24 years of clinical practice and 185,000 treatments performed.

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Supercharge Your Immune System

Natural Ways to Stay Healthy

by Kathleen Barnes

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ike many other health conditions, challenges to our immune systems are on the rise. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 26.5 million adults and kids have asthma, 50 million have allergies and up to 20 percent get the flu each year. Catching a cold is common, with U.S. adults generally coping with two or three a year and children about twice as many.

As many as 50 million Americans suffer from autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, celiac and lupus, costing $100 billion a year to treat, which is nearly twice the amount spent on cancer care, according to the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association. Initial statistics released 20 years ago estimated that 9 million Americans had autoimmune diseases; a five-fold increase since then illustrates the magnitude of the problem.

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People that are free of some degree of immune system dysfunction are relatively uncommon.

Identified Culprits

“We are absolutely seeing a rise in immune disorders,” says Michael T. Murray, a doctor of naturopathy in Lyons, Colorado, and author of Chronic Candidiasis: Your Natural Guide to Healing with Diet, Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs, Exercise and Other Natural Methods. “Many factors are responsible for the increase.” He cites the most notable as the widespread use of antibiotics and pesticides; dietary factors, including too much sugar; decreased intake of essential vitamins and minerals; overconsumption of calories in general; lifestyle factors like not getting enough sleep or exercise; excessive alcohol; stress; and exposure to cigarette smoke.

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“The microbiome—the bacterial structure that supports a strong immune system—is largely inherited from the mother during a vaginal birth,” says Sayer Ji, of Miami, Florida, founder of GreenMedInfo.com, sponsor of the 2017 Immune Defense Summit and a member of the National Health Federation’s board of governors. “The rising number of Caesarean sections, at nearly one-third of all U.S. births, up from 18 percent in 1997, deprives infants of those naturally occurring bacteria, and can result in immune deficiencies at an early age.”

Low-level chronic stress of the kind that occurs in everyday modern life is a leading underlying factor in immune system compromise, says natural health and healing expert Dr. Deepak Chopra, of Carlsbad, California, author of The Healing Self: A Revolutionary New Plan to Supercharge Your Immunity and Stay Well for Life. Along with emotional stress, he points to any kind of inner or outer challenge that pulls us off center.

Everyone experiences some stress every day; when unrelieved, it’s been widely shown to have a huge negative impact on our health. “Imbalance can be negative or positive, and so can stress,” says Chopra.

“Winning the lottery is just as stressful as going through a divorce. So the challenge isn’t to achieve static balance, but to successfully thrive in stressful surroundings.”

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Internal Communiqués

Medical science now generally agrees that the greatest part of the immune system resides in the gut. “We need those trillions of bacteria that live in the digestive tract.

Without them, we are unable to defend ourselves from all types of assaults, including the autoimmune diseases, in which the body turns upon itself,” says Ji.

“The immune system lines the large and small intestines,” says Dr. Susan Blum, of Rye Brook, New York, author of The Immune System Recovery Plan: A Doctor’s 4-Step Program to Treat Autoimmune Disease. “The microbes in the gut lining speak to the immune system. Anything that alters the microbes in negative ways—like antibiotics or viral illness, among others—can also negatively alter the immune system.”

Unavoidable Toxin

We can’t avoid the toxic exposure that underlies much of the immune dysfunction we are experiencing today, says Wendy Myers, a functional diagnostic nutritionist in Los Angeles, California, and author of Limitless Energy: How to Detox Toxic Metals to End Exhaustion and Chronic Fatigue.

“Toxins, especially heavy metals like lead and mercury, are in the air, water and soil.

Since we can’t escape them, we need to know how they are affecting us and work to neutralize them.”

Experts agree that immune challenges can be neutralized and overcome with the right diet and lifestyle, stress management and appropriate supplements to restore and maintain the whole system balance needed to flourish in a world of our own making that stresses us on every level.

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challenge diet in which gluten, dairy, corn, soy and eggs are all eliminated for three weeks. People with arthritis should also eliminate nightshades like tomatoes and potatoes. “Then add back in the eliminated foods one at a time and carefully note the body’s reaction. It’s not that hard to get a clear picture of what aggravates inflammation such as arthritis pain,” Blum says.

The Right Food

Eliminating wheat and dairy can end half of current immune system dysfunction through helping to repair the microbiome and healing the immune system, Ji believes. As one example, “If my mom had known I was allergic to cow’s milk when I was a child, I wouldn’t have suffered for 20 years with bronchial asthma,” he says.

An anti-inflammatory diet also speeds gut healing and strengthens the immune system, says Blum. Highlights of her program for a basic clean-up include

The Right Supplements Multivitamins: “High-quality vitamin

and mineral supplements are foundational to immune health,” Murray says. “Vitamins C, E and B and selenium are especially important.”

Digestive enzymes: “Digestive eliminating anything white (sugar and all products made with flour); eating quality fats (cold-pressed vegetable oils, nuts and seeds); protein (grass-fed beef, organic and free-range poultry, wild game and wildcaught fish); organic fruits and vegetables as much as possible and fermented foods daily; limiting and preferably eliminating dairy; and reading labels and banishing additives, chemicals and processed foods.

According to CDC statistics, almost everyone has some level of immune dysfunction, so this clean-up diet will benefit most of us, Blum says. After a basic regimen of three weeks or longer, she recommends exploring an elimination and

enzymes are key to restoring gut health, and thereby healing the immune system.

They’re useful in reducing immunemediated inflammation in autoimmune disorders,” Murray explains.

Australian research from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research confirms that supporting the immune system helps heal inflammation and autoimmune diseases. Instead, these are commonly treated with immune system suppressants that leave the patient with diminished resistance to other diseases.

Raw foods, especially pineapple and papaya, are good sources of digestive enzymes. They’re also available as supplements.

Prebiotics and probiotics: Prebiotics, plant fibers that ferment in the colon helping to increase desirable bacteria in the gut, and probiotics, live beneficial bacteria, help restore balance in the microbiome, effectively feeding and strengthening the immune system. Myers suggests that declining levels of friendly bacteria in the gut may actually mark the onset of chronic degenerative disease.

Vitamin D: Several studies, including one from Israel, have shown that people with the highest vitamin D levels have the lowest number of upper respiratory infections. “To ensure optimal vitamin D status, many health advocates, myself included, are recently advocating daily dosages of 2,000 to 5,000 international units (IU), even in apparently healthy adults,” Murray says.

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charides; soluble fiber naturally occurring in the cell walls of grains, bacteria, yeast, algae and fungi. Natural sources include oats, barley, seaweed, and shitake and reishi mushrooms. In supplements, look for products extracted by fermentation if grain or yeast is a concern. These sugars are known to help prevent and shorten durations of colds and flu and provide relief for allergies and sinus congestion, and may help regulate an overactive immune response in cases of autoimmune disorders.

Both internal and external factors can affect us all the way to the cellular level.

Chopra says, “You are talking to your genes all the time, and what you say affects every cell in your body. Through lifestyle choices, you can make healing decisions rather than damaging ones.”

Kathleen Barnes is the author of numerous natural health books including The Calcium Lie: What Your Doctor Still Doesn’t Know, with Dr. Robert Thompson. Connect at KathleenBarnes.com.

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Flu Shot or Not

he effectiveness and safety of flu shots has long been questioned. At best, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reckons that the flu vaccine is 60 percent effective and less so for those older than 65. Plus, it admits it will have zero effect if scientists wrongly project which strains will be prevalent in the coming year. Having a strong immune system is the best bet to prevent flu, says Sayer Ji, founder of GreenMedInfo.com.

Further protection can be found in vitamin D, says Naturopathic Doctor Michael T. Murray. He notes, “It may prove to be more effective and less costly than conventional flu shots.”

If a cold or flu strikes, Murray suggests zinc lozenges. For coughs, German research from the Department of Integrative Gastroenterology at the Kliniken Essen-Mitte shows that a South African medicinal plant, Pelargoniium

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sidoides, commonly known as Umckloab (an ingredient in Umcka ColdCare) is especially effective in treating coughs caused by colds, bronchitis and sinusitis.

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Hiking Boosts Your Immunity

by Roger Dubin

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hen I saw that this month’s issue of Natural Awakenings was going to focus on the immune system, it occurred to me that it’s been several years since I’ve had a cold or another illness. I’d also just gotten good results from a routine blood test. We all know that blood doesn’t lie.

This got me thinking, “Could all this hiking I’ve been doing actually boost my immune system?” I did some reading, and in addition to articles highlighting the obvious benefits of hiking, like exercise and stress management, I found lots of support for the idea that it boosts immunity too.

According to a 2016 article on TheAlternativeDaily.com, for example, simply taking a monthly hike can help keep your immune system strong:

“Exercise is important, but where you exercise may be just as important. A study from 2009 conducted by Japanese researchers found that when men spent six hours hiking in the woods, they had higher levels of white blood cells and other immune boosters. Surprisingly, this health boost lasted a full month after their walk.”

Many similar studies conducted in Japan and Korea have led to the concept of “forest bathing,” which millions of Japanese people practice every year as a form of preventive medicine. The studies found that after walking in the woods, participants had an increased number of “natural killer cells,” immune system cells that combat disease and may even help prevent some kinds of cancer. The researchers believe these cells are boosted when people breathe in phytoncides, organic compounds released by trees.

A 2012 article in Outside Magazine notes that Japanese scientists

Yoshifumi Miyazaki and Qing Li have measured what happens in our cells when we get a breath of fresh air:

“‘Throughout our evolution, we’ve spent 99.9 percent of our time in natural environments,’ Miyazaki says. ‘Our physiological functions are still adapted to it. During everyday life, a feeling of comfort can be achieved if our rhythms are synchronized with those of the environment.’”

Much of the physiological gain comes from an increase in white blood cells and stress reduction. But hiking also increases the body’s production of vitamin D, lowers blood pressure and supports the joints and muscles through practiced movement in a natural environment.

Another benefit I have noticed since I started hiking regularly would probably surprise many people. I used to have knee pain that got so bad that it sometimes required medication. A little over a year ago, I realized that I had not had knee pain for some time.

Yes, my muscles get sore after a particularly challenging hike, but that goes away in a few days. Yes, I have made other lifestyle changes that contribute to my improved health. But for me, the biggest change, and the cornerstone of my health, is hiking regularly and putting my body in sync with nature.

So my prescription for a healthy immune system is simple: Take a hike, and do it regularly!

Roger Dubin is marketing director for Natural Awakenings and a volunteer trail supervisor for the New York New Jersey Trail Conference, managing trails in South Eastern Harriman State Park. Contact him at MrNaturalNYC@gmail.com or on Instagram @MrNaturalNYC.

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by April Thompson

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risti Nelson has dedicated her career to leading, funding and strengthening organizations committed to progressive social and spiritual change. Today, at the helm of the Network for Grateful Living, she is helping awaken thousands of people around the world to the life-changing practice of gratefulness. Co-founded by Benedictine monk, teacher and author David Steindl-Rast, the network offers educational programs and practices that inspire and guide a commitment to grateful living, and spark the transformative power of personal and societal responsibility.

Earlier in her career, Nelson founded a values-based fundraising, consulting, training and leadership coaching company, working with groups such as the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, Buddhist Peace Fellowship and the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society. She also served in director-level positions for the Soul of Money Institute, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society.

Nelson lives in Western Massachusetts with her family, grateful to be surrounded by the wonders of the natural world and connected to a vibrant, loving and grateful global community.

Why is it helpful to differentiate between gratefulness, gratitude and thanksgiving?

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Gratefulness is a proactive orientation to life that originates inside.

You wake with a sense of thankful awareness for the gift of another day, of all the miraculous things your body did overnight to keep you alive and healthy and an all-encompassing sense of the great fullness of life.

Gratitude is more of a response to something going well; anything from receiving the perfect present to five green lights on the way home to beautiful weather. It can become an addictive pursuit to try to get life to deliver something positive again and again, whereas gratefulness emanates from a more unconditional core.

Thanksgiving bubbles up when we’re so filled with a sense of gratefulness—that great fullness—that we overflow into finding ways to express thanks aloud and in actions, such as delivering praise or being of service.

In what way is happiness related to gratefulness?

The truth is that it’s not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy. We can have all the things that should make us happy, and that we wish would make us happy, but unless we feel grateful for what we have, it’s likely nothing will truly make us happy. Happiness can be susceptible to outside circumstance, whereas gratefulness is an orientation we can more consistently maintain.

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How do we cultivate gratefulness as a way of being, rather than an intermittent feeling?

It’s a three-step process: stop, look and go.

First, we pause to be present; slow down enough to notice all the things for which we can be grateful.

Second, we enlarge our perspective to take nothing for granted and acknowledge that life is short and uncertain, so we are grateful each day we wake up. This step is also about being aware of our privileges, starting with our ability to see, hear, move about and function. It keeps us aware, awake and alert.

Consider how we feel when electricity returns after an outage or when we can use our hand or foot after a cast comes off. Within minutes, we can forget how appreciative we were for those things, so we need to build reminders into our lives.

Third, we generate possibilities. Find ways to express appreciation or nurture something we care about by engaging in an actively grateful way. Even when we suffer hardship, shifting our awareness to notice whatever is sufficient, abundant and beautiful enables us to be grateful.

This creates a ripple effect, bringing more reasons to be grateful. It’s a radical way to live.

Which other qualities of life that people now seek give you hope?

It gives me hope when people seek contentment. Paradoxically, discontent gives me hope too, because when people recognize injustice and social biases, it pushes us to engage; to stand up and take note of what’s not okay and needs to be changed.

Love also gives me hope, especially when individuals seek to love more generously, inclusively and compassionately. It brings me the most hope of all when I see people building bridges and stretching their own capacity to love beyond their comfort zone.

Connect with April Thompson, in Washington, D.C., at AprilWrites.com.

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Our Words ABUNDANT LIVING Create Our 10 Practices Open Doors Worlds

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by Dennis Merritt Jones

ractices designed to enrich life with purpose and meaning yield empowering results for anyone that takes them to heart. Whether striving for a new job, higher salary, stronger relationships or spiritual acceleration, these “rules of the road” offer inspired guidance to free thinking and enlarge possibilities beyond anything we’ve ever imagined.

Be one with life: Belief in our oneness with “more than enough” sets us free to receive.

Be aware we live in an expanding universe: The creative life force of the universe constantly conspires for our good as we consciously participate in the process.

Be accountable for individual consciousness: How we perceive ourself and our world defines our experience. Changing our point of view can change everything.

Be focused: Establish and maintain a disciplined mind, focusing on what’s right with life rather than what’s wrong.

Be in the flow: The law of circulation manifests as either a cornucopia of more than enough or a vortex of not enough, depending on how freely energy flows through us. Remember that we are the gatekeeper that directs the flow.

Be passionate: Honoring our passions sets us free from the tyranny of a joyless life. Unearthing and living what creates joy, love and peace brings the gift of our authentic self to the party called life.

Be blessed: To be blessed and know it is to affirm that we are a whole person, with nothing missing. Sharing our abundance becomes our daily norm. This state of being blesses our world.

Be of service: When we serve others selflessly, we are recognizing that they matter. When someone knows they matter, they are intrinsically guided to demonstrate it in ways that serve others… and the circle is complete.

Be courageous: Boldly move beyond false limits to horizons that call us to new levels of self-expression and fulfillment, often in collaboration with a spirited community.

Be a catalyst for good: Such actions connect us directly to the secret of creating an abundant life—our innate oneness with the universe.

Dennis Merritt Jones, D.D., of St. Petersburg Beach, FL, speaks and writes books on human potential and spirituality. His latest, The Art of Abundance, is the source of this essay. Connect via DennisMerrittJones.com.

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by Michael Mongno

taying conscious in a world such as ours can be very difficult at times. So much of what’s around us can easily drive us back to sleep, or back to living unconsciously. Below is the sleep that the 13th-century Persian poet Rumi speaks of:

For years, copying other people, I tried to know myself.

From within, I couldn’t decide what to do.

Unable to see, I heard my name being called.

Then I walked outside.

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.

Don’t go back to sleep.

You must ask for what you really want.

Don’t go back to sleep.

People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch.

The door is round and open.

Don’t go back to sleep.

We have a choice at any given moment to stay awake to a bigger world—the one around us as well as a transcendent one. The primary way to accomplish this is through the words we use, since they carry great energy and weight. They can create either health and accomplishment or quite the opposite: depression and divisiveness, both within and without. Our words are the conduits of energy, meaning and emotional resonance.

A Course in Miracles states that there is no world except the one we project. Our inner world of thoughts and feelings is the one we project, like a movie projector projects images on a screen. When we truly see that our inner world creates our outer one, we can become much more conscious of the words we’re using to create our reality every minute of every day. Is it a world that is uplifting, that touches others or makes a contribution to those less fortunate?

We know how good it feels to be in the flow, where everything is just clicking and moving in alignment with what we need or desire. Our positive thoughts help create this flow and come from reflecting on ourselves with the kind of inquiry that Rumi speaks of. Who I am in any given moment is determined not only by how I feel emotionally, but also by the words or labels I use to define myself. We can all try to be more aware of the words we use toward ourselves and others so they bespeak our positivity, love and wholeness, and perhaps even our holiness.

Michael Mongno, Ph.D., offers present-centered therapies to help individuals and couples communicate better, heal more quickly and achieve a better quality of life. He is available for appointments in person or by phone or Skype. For more information, contact him at 212-799-0001 or visit PresentCenteredTherapies.com.

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mericans trust bottled more than tap water, but that confidence might work better if reversed. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) notes that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) monitors tap water for more than 90 contaminants, and it must meet the strict standards of the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974. Nationally distributed bottled water, under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, isn’t as carefully or frequently checked.

A quarter of all bottled water is actually filtered tap water, reports the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

Concern about safe tap water is relatively recent—in the 1960s, for instance, people worried more about fluoridation than contamination. But since 1990, partly driven by bottled water ads, Gallup polls have shown tap water concerns rising; 63 percent of us now worry about our drinking water “a great deal”.

Bottled water is usually safe to drink, but isn’t environmentally friendly. Plastic bottle production in the U.S. requires 17.6 million barrels of oil annually, reports the nonprofit Riverkeeper; plus the energy used to transport it to market, refrigerate

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it and collect the empties equals filling the bottles a quarter full of oil. Then, 77 percent of discards end up in the landfill. the Earth Day Network reports.

Retail costs range from 89 cents a serving to $8 a gallon for designer water, averaging $1.11 a gallon, compared to .002 cents per gallon for tap water.

What’s in Tap Water Legitimate concerns about tap water exist, mostly because homes built before 1986 likely have lead in their pipes, solder and fixtures, possibly contaminating municipally sourced water. Well water is also susceptible to outside contamination from chemicals and microorganisms that must be monitored.

Because lead accumulates in stagnated water in pipes, run the water until it gets as cold as possible; up to two minutes if the taps haven’t been turned on in six hours or more. Other chemicals found in tap water include low levels of chlorine, arsenic, nitrates, atrazine, perchlorate and pathogens, reports the NRDC. Pharmaceutical products can also get into tap water, warns the World Health Organization (WHO).

A recent study from the EWG and North-

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eastern University, in Boston, showed small quantities of toxic chemicals in tap water serving 15 million Americans in 27 states.

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Filter Options Filters can allay tap water worries from municipal or well supplies.

Several types—tap-mounted, under-sink and pitchers—are effective and affordable, ranging from $20 to $300. Seek filters certified by the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) testing agency that check for specific contaminants of concern.

NSF-42 coding certifies filters that improve water taste and remove both chlorine and particulate matter. NSF-53 is more stringent and requires removal of metals and harmful chemicals.

The highest standard, NSF-401, covers filters that eliminate bacteria, pesticides/herbicides and residue from drugs like ibuprofen.

Activated carbon filters, which require regular replacement cartridges, remove large particles like sediment and silt. Reverse osmosis filters remove dissolved inorganic solids (including salts) by pushing tap water through a semi-permeable membrane.

Ultraviolet water purification is effective at treating bacteria and viruses, but not contaminants such as chlorine, volatile organic compounds or heavy metals.

Charcoal pitcher filters are the most common, easiest to use and least expensive, although cartridges add to the cost and are only effective for processing about 40 gallons each. To save money, DIY products allow individuals to refill used cartridges with new activated charcoal. Filter pitchers need to be cleaned regularly because the charcoal can leak, producing mildew, calcium and grime.

Faucet-mounted models are easy to install and can be switched easily from filtered to unfiltered water (e.g., for washing up). Under-sink filters and cartridges are effective for up to 200 gallons, but more challenging to install. Connecting to refrigerators and ice makers makes installation more complex, and leakage can be an issue; countertop filters take up space, but are less likely to clog.

Consumer Reports says reverse osmosis filters are effective at removing contaminants, but can operate slowly, consume cabinet space, need periodic cleaning with bleach and create three to five gallons of wastewater for every gallon filtered.

WHO indicates that conventional municipal water treatment processes can remove about half of the compounds associated with pharmaceutical drugs. Advanced treatment like reverse osmosis and nanofiltration can be more efficient, removing up to 99 percent of large pharmaceutical molecules.

The first step is a water test. Some state and local health departments offer free test kits and they are also sold at hardware stores. Certified laboratories test tap water samples, with information often available from the local water provider.

Find a state-by-state list of certified labs plus program contacts at Tinyurl.com/DrinkingWaterCertificationInfo. The EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline is 800-426-4791.

Jim Motavalli, of Fairfield, CT, is an author, freelance journalist and speaker specializing in clean automotive and other environmental topics. Connect at JimMotavalli.com.

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baby cries, and we are riveted by the sound’s urgency. Children run, play and laugh, and we stand in awe at their spontaneity and the richness of their imaginations. We resonate with their joy and yearn for when we, too, experienced such openness. Even a young child’s gibberish is filled with inflection and color that communicate eloquently.

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What has happened to make so many of us self-conscious about creative self-expression and embarrassed by the sound of our own voice? Why is it that a baby can bellow for hours and never get hoarse, but we feel strain and vocal fatigue after a few hours of teaching or even after a long chat? Why do our voices tend to disappear when we have to express ourselves in a meeting or in front of a group?

Is it possible to regain the freedom and spontaneity of our voices and being? The answer is yes.

Awakening our true voice is a highly creative process that uses our powers of breath, imagination and observation. Not surprisingly, this is also a path back to our real self and true emotional maturity.

Many people are amazed when I tell them that uncovering their true voice is as creative a process as painting, writing or musical improvisation. In connecting with our real voice, we experience enormous concentration and a quality of being “in the moment,” where we feel un-self-conscious, free and filled with energy.

The great singer Luciano Pavarotti once told an interviewer that he never tries to “sing”; sound just flows out of him. Similarly, Mozart wrote that he really had no idea how he composed music; it just seemed to “flow.” Painters talk about losing all sense of time when working, and my students tell me that when they first experience their real voice, they feel “out of control,” as if somebody else’s voice is coming out of them. All these examples have one thing in common: the creative process.

The search for one’s true voice is a deeply intuitive process of rediscovery. Sometimes, though, it can be difficult to let go of preconceptions about how our true voice should sound and just allow it to emerge. Freeing our voice from life’s constraints may make us feel somewhat vulnerable, though at the same time it can be liberating. We must approach our work with a sense of curiosity and discovery and Zen-like patience. Then this wonderful, freeing process will cease to be a mystery and never be lost.

Jean McClelland is a renowned teacher of voice, breathing and the Alexander Technique and has performed on Broadway and in concert. She has taught workshops in holistic centers and universities throughout the country and will be teaching Awakening Your True Voice at the New York Open Center, Mondays from 6 to 7:30 p.m., November 5 through December 10. For more information, visit OpenCenter.org.

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HAPPINESS CORNER

by Terry Chriswell

Every November as Thanksgiving rolls around, we’re reminded to be grateful; literally “giving thanks” for all we have. What if we put that mindset into practice every day of the year?

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Make a choice to focus on aspects of your life that make you feel thankful and appreciative. Is the glass half-empty or half-full?

In reality it’s both, but what you are conditioned to look at first?

Gratitude requires a perspective shift, and an awareness of the many things, people and circumstances we take for granted. A gratitude practice fosters heightened awareness and creates a feedback loop known as a “virtuous circle.”

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Notice how you compare from a place of deficiency. We try to keep up with the Joneses but the competition is all in our heads. When we compare ourselves to others (or someone does it for us, by “shoulding” on us), we feel less powerful, less important, inadequate, unsure about who we are and what we’ve done.

You can’t possibly feel gratitude when you are focused on lack. That race is simply unwinnable.

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Focus on present self and the glass is already half-full. You are valuable; you have important contributions to make to the world; and you are the reason someone has a smile on her face or an extra tip in his pocket. You are special and unique, so have gratitude simply for who you are, as you are, every day. How many ways can you find to be grateful about yourself?

An “attitude of gratitude” affects everything. When you focus each day on things, people and situations you appreciate, that positive flow of energy will extend to other areas of your life. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to automatically think in terms of gratitude and appreciation? Instead of feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt, you will experience your life as full and rich and vibrant, looking forward to even more.

Excerpted from “Moving Toward Happy” by Terry Chriswell, author and co-publisher of Natural Awakenings. She can be reached at Terry@MovingTowardHappy.com

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18 oz vegan or dairy-free chocolate chips 1 (14-oz) can unsweetened, full-fat coconut milk ½ cup almond or cashew butter Place the chocolate chips in a medium mixing bowl. Spoon the almond butter on top of the chocolate chips. Set aside.

Vegan Pecan-Date Pie Crust The crust takes minutes to make and then press into a pie pan.

Yields: One nine-inch pie crust 1½ cups pitted dates, preferably Medjool, coarsely chopped 1½ cups chopped pecans ¼ tsp sea salt 2 tsp coconut oil Soak the dates in hot water for 10 minutes.

Remove the dates from the water and pat dry.

Place the dates, pecans and salt in the bowl of a food processor and blend until the mixture sticks together.

Spoon the entire can of coconut milk into a saucepan. Over medium heat, stir and bring to a simmer until small bubbles form around the perimeter of the pan.

Pour the hot coconut milk over the chocolate chips and almond butter. Make sure all the chocolate is covered with the hot milk.

Let it sit for three to five minutes to melt the chocolate.

Whisk by hand until the mixture becomes smooth, shiny and dark. Pour into the prepared crust.

Refrigerate the completed pie until it is firm and ready to serve.

Inspired by and adapted from recipes by Nava Atlas, at VegKitchen.com, Fran Costigan at FranCostigan.com and Ashley Adams, who blogs at TheSpruceEats.com.

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Lightly oil the bottom and sides of a nineinch pie or springform pan.

Press the date mixture into the bottom and up the sides of the prepared pan.

Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.

Adapted from a recipe by Nava Atlas, of Hudson Valley, NY, vegan cookbook author of Vegan Express: 160 Fast, Easy, & Tasty Plant-Based Recipes.

Natural Awakenings recommends using organic, non-GMO (genetically modified) and non-bromated ingredients whenever possible.

Pecan Pumpkin Custard Pie With no flour, this pie has a softer, more velvety texture. For a thicker filling, simply refrigerate before serving.

Yields: Filling for one nine-inch vegan pecan-date pie crust 1 (15-oz) can pumpkin purée 1½ cups unsweetened plant milk such as soy or coconut for the creamiest texture ¼ cup arrowroot or tapioca starch 1 tsp vanilla extract ½ Tbsp pumpkin pie spice ½ tsp sea salt ⅔ cup Medjool dates, pitted Preheat the oven to 350° F. Add all ingredients, except for the starch and dates, into a large pot. Stir well and bring to a simmer.

While the pumpkin mixture is heating, prepare a “slurry” by adding two to three tablespoons of water to the starch in a small bowl. Gently mix together until a thick liquid has formed; avoid clumps.

Add the slurry to the simmering pumpkin mixture and cook over medium heat for five to six minutes, stirring continuously.

Transfer this mixture to a blender or food processor, add in the pitted (unsoaked) Medjool dates and blend until smooth.

Pour the filling into a prepared crust, then bake for 30 to 35 minutes.

Let cool completely before slicing and serving.

Adapted recipe and photo courtesy of Caitlin Shoemaker, of Miami, FL; FromMyBowl.com/ pecan-pumpkin-custard-pie.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Developing Your Intuition: A Decision-Making Tool for Life – Free introductory class, 6pm. 5 Sessions, Nov 8-Dec 13, 6-7:45pm. With Constantina Rhodes. An attuned intuition empowers and enables us to make far better decisions about all aspects of our lives. Discover meditation and visualization exercises to activate and hone specific intuitive abilities and explore techniques to heighten the senses. $140/members, $165/nonmembers. New York Open Center, 22 E 30th St, Manhattan. 212-219-2527.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 Mulan Quan (Orchid Fist) Tai Chi – Nov 2-4.

With Alexia Rees. This is the only major Tai Chi style developed by a woman master exclusively for women. Though new to America, its health benefits have attracted 1000s of followers throughout China, Japan, SE Asia and Europe. A meditative dance through which you’ll develop gracefulness, poise, strength, balance and flexibility, it is both powerful and feminine and is beautiful to watch. Eastover Estate and Retreat, 430 East St, Lenox, MA. 866-2645139. Eastover.com/workshop/Mulan-quan.html.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Introductory Classes in Alexander Technique – Nov 3, 17, 24. 10-11:30am. Learn about your internal, built-in organization that helps you move with more ease, balance and coordination. Improve your posture without straining and breathe more efficiently as well as avoid, reduce or eliminate back, shoulder and neck pain. $30 per class. Pre-register.

Think AT Studio, 200 Vesey St (AMEX Bldg 24th floor), Manhattan. Contact Mona Al-Kazemi, 646632-5181 or mona@think-at.com.

“Anxiety and Fear” Workshop – 11:30am-1:30pm.

With Leah Guy. Your life can become altered and your energy drained by anxiety and fear. Fear keeps you stuck, but you can break those patterns, heal and become whole again. Leah helps you focus on shifting your fear energies to become strong. Explore natural cures and techniques to open and center the root and crown chakras. $30. Aum Shanti Bookshop, 230 E 14th St, Manhattan. 212-505-2665 or 212-260-2866.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Awakening Your True Voice – Nov 5-Dec 10.

6-7:30pm. 6pm. With Jean McClelland. Everyone possesses a powerful natural voice that reveals who he or she truly is. Oftentimes, tension, past experiences and fears restrict the natural flow of breath and voice, resulting in a forced, unnatural sound and blocked energy. Learn skills in a supportive environment where self-consciousness dissolves and your authentic voice emerges. $160/members, $175/nonmembers. New York Open Center, 22 E 30th St, Manhattan. 212-219-2527. OpenCenter.org/ awakening-true-voice. JeanMcClellandVoice.com.

CANTAMOS: A Celebration of Spanish-Language Song – 7pm/doors, 7:30pm/show. With MC Mario Arévalo. Showcased tonight is the diversity of classical music by bringing the fascinating and spirited music of Latin America and Europe to Upper Manhattan and exploring the rich cultural heritage of Washington Heights.

Vocalists and instrumentalists perform selections from Argentina, El Salvador and Puerto Rico. $15. United Palace, 4140 Broadway, Manhattan. 212-568-6700.

Info@UnitedPalace.org. UnitedPalace.org/product/ cantamos-celebration-spanish-language-song/.

Creating the Relationship You Want – Free Intro Class, 8pm. Four sessions, Nov 14-Dec 12, 8-10pm.

With Thomas M Jones. Transform negative emotions quickly into positive realities with the Paradox Process, an innovative and easy mindfulness technique. Learn to accept the unacceptable and allow yourself to shift your focus toward possibilities. Take away effective tools to make your ideal relationship a reality. $120/ members, $145/nonmembers. New York Open Center, 22 E 30th St, Manhattan. 212-219-2527. OpenCenter. org/mindfulness-technique-to-create-change.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 8th Annual Family Barn Dance with Live Fiddle Music – 7-9:30pm. With Renowned Caller Eric Hollman. This fun family event always draws a crowd and is a lively, foot-stompin’ time for all. Children of all ages welcome, and no previous dance experience necessary. Lively, traditional fiddle tunes from Ireland, New England, Appalachia and beyond. Tickets at BrownPaperTickets.com and at door. Proceeds benefit Blue Rock School Ruth Schaeffer Scholarship Fund. Congers Lake Memorial Park Auditorium, 6 Gilchrest Rd, Congers, NY. Beth Norman, 535-3352. Development.marketing@BlueRockSchool.org. BlueRockSchool.org.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Source and Synchronicities Course – Nov 10-11.

Participants may access the Power of Source and the Power of Consciousness in 3 important life zones: healing, love and wealth. Along with her faculty, Preethaji, an enlightened sage and founder of O&O Academy, will be teaching via webcast from India. Vanderbilt Hall-Greenberg Lounge at New York University School of Law, 40 Washington Square S, Manhattan.

Info, Catherine.Scherwenka@gmail.com. Register, ooacademyusa.org/course/source-synchronicities.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 A Course in Miracles Lecture – 1:30pm. With Jon Mundy, PhD. Jon was introduced to the Course by its scribe Dr Helen Schucman in 1975 and is the author of ten books based on the Course. November’s presentation will be Dharma, Karma and God’s Plan for Salvation. The course states that Heaven is our Home and God’s Will for us is perfect happiness. Center for Remembering and Sharing, 123 4th Ave, Manhattan.

212-677-8621. Crsny.org or MiraclesMagazine.org.

Open Heart Conversations: Toltec – 3-5pm. Join Toltec Masters don Miguel Ruiz Jr and don Jose Ruiz for an afternoon of intimate conversation, beginning with Shamanic Dreaming and ending with don Miguel Jr’s new book The Seven Secrets to Healthy, Happy Relationships. A book signing follows. Learn insights like how to take responsibility for your personal dream, gain tools to evolve and be the dream master of your life and much more. United Palace of Spiritual Arts, 4140 Broadway, Manhattan. 212-568-6700. UPSpiritualarts.org/uphi-calendar/eventdetail/5237/-/open-heart-conversations-toltec.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Weekend Mindfulness and Relaxation Retreat in Connecticut – Nov 16-18. With Fayina Cohen, LCSW and Linda Fuller, certified yoga therapist. Calm the mind, open the heart, and relax the body in a gorgeous retreat center in the Connecticut woods. Enjoy yoga classes, labyrinth walks, guided meditations and learn various mindfulness and stress reduction practices for work and personal life settings. We will enjoy experiential exercises, meditation, visioning, art and movement exercise as well as various mindfulness techniques. 516-313-8073, awakentoself@yahoo.com or AwakentoSelf.com.

Yang Style Taijiquan Training – Nov 16-18. With Master Fukui Yang, Rick Barrett, Abdi Assadi. Learn how to get the most out of your taijiquan practice in a loving and understandable way. This martial art is a training for health and healing, a moving meditation and a spiritual practice. For taijiquan teachers and intermediate/advanced students. Eastover Estate and Retreat, 430 East St, Lenox, MA. 866-264-5139.

Eastover.com/workshop/yang-style-taijiquan-teacher-training-with-master-fukui-yang-rick-barrett.html.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Fall Information Session and Campus Tour at Blue Rock School – 10am. Blue Rock School invites parents interested in kindergarten through eighth grade to visit our beautiful, four-and-a-half-acre campus.

Come meet Blue Rock faculty and hear how our vibrant and creative learning environment nurtures children’s natural curiosity and fosters a lifelong love of learning.

Space is limited. Blue Rock School, 110 Demarest Mill Rd (off Germonds Rd), West Nyack, NY. RSVP to Admissions Director, Beverly Stycos, 535-3353 or admissions@BlueRockSchool.org. BlueRockSchool.org.

Opening of the Heart Sheng Zhen Meditation and Stillness – Nov 17-21. With Li Jing. To feel at ease and be worry-free is everyone’s wish. Everyone seeks a deeper meaning in life and long-lasting happiness.

If the heart is emotionally closed, negative feelings like fear and anger accumulate, influencing the brain and the view of life. Free the heart from smallness and tightness and feel love in the heart. Eastover Estate and Retreat, 430 East St, Lenox, MA. 866-264-5139.

Eastover.com/. Eastover.com/workshop/openingheart-sheng-zhen-meditation-stillness-jing-li-2.html.

Introductory Classes in Alexander Technique – 1011:30am. Learn about your internal, built-in organization that helps you move with more ease, balance and coordination. Improve your posture without straining and breathe more efficiently as well as avoid, reduce or eliminate back, shoulder and neck pain. $30 per class. Pre-register. Think AT Studio, 200 Vesey St (AMEX Bldg 24th floor), Manhattan. Contact Mona Al-Kazemi, 646-632-5181 or mona@think-at.com.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Awaken Wellness Fair – 10am-5pm. Nothing like being at the Awaken Wellness Fair in Autumn in the beautiful Hudson Valley! Located just 35 minutes north of NYC, the fair this year has expanded reader and healer areas for everyone’s comfort. An abundance of expert speakers, gifted healers, intuitive readers, and unique vendors will be there to provide you with the best Awaken Wellness Fair ever. $15/guest, $25/VIP. Double Tree Hotel, 455 S Broadway, Rt 9, Tarrytown, NY. AwakenUSA@aol. com or AwakenFair.com/tarrytown-11-18-2018.html.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 A Full Moon in Gemini: Grace and Thanks Giving – 6-7:30pm. With Astrologer Demitra Vassiliadis. Join us

as we prepare for Thanksgiving and Friday’s full moon in Gemini. Commit to elevating patterns of thought and communication, releasing negative core beliefs, envisioning beautiful new narratives, and embodying this generous, thankful state of mental and spiritual Grace.

Free/members, $10/member guests, $15/nonmembers.

New York Open Center, 22 E 30th St, Manhattan.

212-219-2527. OpenCenter.org/a-full-moon-in-gemini.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Introductory Classes in Alexander Technique – 10-11:30am. Learn about your internal, built-in organization that helps you move with more ease, balance and coordination. Improve your posture without straining and breathe more efficiently as well as avoid, reduce or eliminate back, shoulder and neck pain. $30 per class. Pre-register. Think AT Studio, 200 Vesey St (AMEX Bldg 24th floor), Manhattan. Contact Mona Al-Kazemi, 646-632-5181 or mona@think-at.com.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Thanksgiving Flying Phoenix Qigong – Nov 29-Dec 2. With Terence Dunn. In this workshop, you will learn this complete Taoist monastic system of hygienics, comprised of standing and seated, stationary and moving meditations that imparts a wide range of salient health benefits with remarkable swiftness: increased respiratory power, improved circulation and metabolism, higher energy levels, improved neuro-muscular function and balance, peak immunity, increased bone strength, and the allostatic reversal of many signs of aging. Eastover Estate and Retreat, 430 East St, Lenox, MA. 866-264-5139. TheDaobums.com/topic/12639flying-phoenix-chi-kung/. Eastover.com/workshop/ master-terence-dunns-flying-phoenix-qigong-iii.html.

vibe and features the colorful and electric sounds of the Heights. The Chicago Tribune hails it as “ingeniously re-imagined.” $15/up. United Palace, 4140 Broadway, Manhattan. 212-568-6700. info@UnitedPalace.org. UnitedPalace.org/product/too-hot-to-handel-gospel-messiah/.

ongoing sunday Reiki Group Class – 2nd Sun, 3-9pm. With Jyogan, Reiki Shihan (master teacher). Namaste Bookshop, 2 W 14th St, Manhattan. 917-723-4342. Jyogan@TraditionalReikiCenter.com. TraditionalReikiCenter.com.

Reiki Share – 4th Sun, 5:30-8pm. With Jyogan, Reiki Shihan (master teacher). Namaste Bookshop, 2 W 14th St, Manhattan. 917-723-4342. Jyogan@TraditionalReikiCenter.com. TraditionalReikiCenter.com.

wednesday Jyogan Reiki Treatments – 5-8pm. Jyogan is a Reiki Shihan (master teacher). $25/15-minute sample sessions; $50/30-minutes (front of the body); $100/60-minutes (front/back of the body).

Namaste Bookshop, 2 W 14th St, Manhattan.

212-645-1014. info@NamasteBookshop.com.

NamasteBookshop.com.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30 Leveraging Your Discontent: How Opportunities Lead Us to Self-Discovery & Transformation – 7pm. With Rahman (Roc) Mwongozi. Staying in a bad relationship or at a job you hate creates discontent.

With discontent, our souls are telling us that we are not in the right place or doing the right thing. Roc grew up surrounded by drugs, gangs, and other forms of trouble.

Knowing he didn’t want that life, he took steps to live his dreams by reframing discontent as opportunities for personal transformation. $27/members, $33/nonmembers.

New York Open Center, 22 E 30th St, Manhattan. 212219-2527. OpenCenter.org/leveraging-your-discontent.

plan ahead SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9 A Course in Miracles Lecture – 1:30pm. With Jon Mundy, PhD. Jon was introduced to the Course by its scribe Dr Helen Schucman in 1975 and is the author of ten books based on the Course. The topic will be Advaita Vedanta (non-dualism) and the Course. The course states that Heaven is our Home and God’s Will for us is perfect happiness. Center for Remembering and Sharing, 123 4th Ave, Manhattan. 212-677-8621.

Crsny.org or MiraclesMagazine.org.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 Too Hot to Handel: The Gospel Messiah – 1:30pm doors, 3pm show. Here is a new holiday tradition in Washington Heights. Infused with Latin rhythms, jazz improvisation and gospel harmony, “this is the jazziest, most soulful reinterpretation of Handel’s Messiah you’ll ever hear” (The New York Post). It adds a unique uptown

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CONSCIOUS CENTERS ALL FAITHS SEMINARY INTERNATIONAL

For the Training of Interfaith Ministers 212-866-3795 • AllFaithsSeminary.org InfoAllFaithsSeminary.org@gmail.com Classes: Society of Jewish Science 109 E 39th St, NYC All Faiths Seminary International (AFSI) has monthly classes beginning the 2nd Saturday of September and end the 2nd Saturday of June 2019.

AUM SHANTI BOOKSHOP

226 E 14th St, NYC 212-260-2866 • AumShantiBookshop.com Aum Shanti Bookshop is a community-oriented spiritual gallery providing offerings that inspire clarity, guidance and inspiration on one’s journey. They offer high-vibration, reiki-charged and spiritually energized items such as a semi-precious gems and tumbled stones, one-of-a kind rare crystal specimens and clusters, beautifully hand-crafted jewelry made with love and empowering energy. Join for tarot, psychic and astrology readings.

EDGAR CAYCE CENTER

153 West 27th St, NYC 212-691-7690 • EdgarCayceNYC.org Holistic health and personal growth resource in midtown Manhattan since 1997. This nonprofit Center offers: NYC’s largest selection of Cayce remedies and books, with affordable instruction on using them to bring body, mind and spirit back to a natural state of health.

NAMASTE BOOKSHOP & HEALING CENTER

2 W 14th St, NYC 212-645-0141 • NamasteBookshop.com Namaste Bookshop and Healing Center offers a unique and large selection of Eastern and Western philosophy books, tarot cards, crystals, pendulums, calendars, wind chimes, incense, greeting cards, yoga accessories, meditation cushions, instructional and music CDs and DVDs, salt lamps, and 20 sections of books – including Spanish.

The event space above the bookshop holds classes, workshops and book signings, and provides rooms for regular readers and practitioners.

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NEW YORK OPEN CENTER 22 E 30th St, NYC 212-219-2527 • OpenCenter.org

The Open Center presents programs of exceptional depth and integrity, concentrating in five major areas: contemplative and spiritual traditions; health and wellness; psychology; society and ecology; and creativity and the arts. Programs and teachers focused on understanding health and mind-body healing, depth psychology, mystical and esoteric traditions, compassionate dying, socially responsible investing, humanity’s impact on the Earth and renewable energy, untapped sources for creativity in the arts and what we can learn from world cultures.

REFLECTIONS CENTER FOR CONSCIOUS LIVING

227 E 24th St, NYC 212-974-2288 • ReflectionsYoga.com Reflections Center for Conscious Living and Yoga is an East Side urban oasis in Murray Hill/ Gramercy, near Gramercy Park’s well-walked paths. We invite you to transcend the tensions of city life and join us for a “just right” yoga class with some of the best and most skilled teachers in NYC, an illuminating talk or a super-cool dance party. Come to Reflections and celebrate all of who you are!

UNITED PALACE OF SPIRITUAL ARTS 4140 Broadway, NYC 212-568-6700 • UnitedPalace.org

As an inclusive spiritual community, the United Palace of Spiritual Arts seeks to cultivate compassion, wisdom, and peace through spiritual practices born of the great wisdom traditions, sacred service, and joyous connection to spirit through music, arts and entertainment. Join us for Sunday service at 12pm EST or on live stream.

COUNSELING & MENTAL WELLNESS MICHAEL MONGNO, MFT, PH.D.

Present Centered Therapies Upper West Side DrMongno@PresentCenteredTherapies.com 212-799-0001 • PresentCenteredTherapies.com Awarded the 2015 Best Business of New York for Counseling and Mental Health, Dr. Mongno has helped both couples and individuals communicate better, heal faster and achieve a better quality of life for more than 20 years. Dr. Mongno’s practice originates from his personal work over the course of his life journey, and integration of the most effective therapeutic modalities. His clients report he is both compassionate and professional with an ability to create insightful and emotionally corrective experiences leading to lasting change. He is available for appointments in person, by phone and via Skype.

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GETAWAYS & RETREATS EASTOVER ESTATE AND RETREAT 430 East St, Box 2282, Lenox, MA 866-264-5139 • Eastover.com

Eastover is a 600-acre sanctuary and residential holistic retreat center in Berkshire Lenox, MA, a dedicated facilitator of holistic events and retreats.

Minutes to Stockbridge and Great Barrington, next to October Mountain with views of Mt. Greylock.

HEALING & WELLNESS EVE FISCHER

PULSE Manifestation™ 914-262-7426 • EvieFischer@gmail.com PULSEManifestation.com

Eve Fischer, MAed and channel, is co-founder and co-developer of PULSE Manifestation™, a technique for creating whatever you want in your life, while releasing old patterns that block you. PULSE (perception uniting life spiritual energy) works on a psychological and physiological level and is designed to become a daily practice and a lifetime tool. It’s fast, easy, enlightening and effective. PULSE is also used by large groups of people for the transformation of the World in a moving ceremonial meditation called “The Ultimate Manifestation”. While PULSE Manifestation is usually taught in a workshop format, Fischer is currently offering individual (or partner, friend, family member) intensive sessions, a wholeday or two-day experience convenient to Manhattan, The Bronx and lower Westchester County. Virtual experiences are also available.

DEIRDRE HADE

Mystic And Spiritual Teacher DeirdreHade.com For quick, easy access points to open the gates to your inner reservoir of your strength, resilience, love, and harmony, visit Deirdre’s website to watch the 6 Simple Keys for Living a Spiritually Connected and Purpose-filled Life.

MEG HAGAR MS, RD, CDN, CHHP

Registered Dietitian, Holistic Nutritionist 115 Broadway, Ste 1800, NYC 347-395-2815 • MegTheDietitian.com Specializing in helping stressed, busy women find relief from digestive and skin issues, Meg Hagar uses the right healing nutrition therapy and stress management to provide a well rounded and comprehensive regimen for healing. Visit the website to schedule your complimentary strategy session and find out how you can finally break free of troubling skin and tummy issues! Virtual appointments available.

JEAN MCCLELLAND, MMUS., MAMSAT

JeanMcClellandVoice.com Private lessons and workshops: voice, breathing and Alexander Technique. Jean McClelland has more than 40 years’ experience as a performer and teacher. She has helped thousands of students free their bodies, strengthen their breathing, and uncover the natural beauty of their voices.

PHILIP RADIOTES

Serving New York City Phil@TreInNYC.com • TreInNYC.com Shake your stress away with TRE! A certified provider, Philip Radiotes teaches this body-based approach to stress and trauma recovery and integration. The simple exercises that comprise TRE lead to the release of core tension in a relaxing, meditative way. Reconnect with your body and move past life’s traumas. Email or visit his website to schedule a session.

THINK AT

646-632-5181 • Think-AT.com Think AT is a new small business located in Battery Park City, dedicated to teaching Alexander Technique, mainly through individual lessons. The name is inspired by the focus of Alexander Technique on “thinking,” which affects the way we live, including how we move whether with patterns of tension or ease. Teachers at Think AT have expertise with more than 15 years of training.

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WHOLISTIC FOOD THERAPY

280 Madison Ave, Ste 702, NYC 718-482-7197 • WholisticFoodTherapy.com WholisticFoodTherapy@gmail.com Sarah Thacker specializes in working with women who struggle with emotional/stress eating, eating disorders body-image issues, PTSD and anxiety. Using an integrative approach including EMDR, mindfulness/meditation training, nutritional awareness and creativity development you will identify, work through and release the root cause of your struggles with food.

INTUITIVE GUIDANCE NATALIE DAVIS

8514 5th Ave, 2nd Flr, Brooklyn, NY 718-688-2959 • NatalieDavisPsychic.com Gifted intuitive, Natalie Davis, has been helping people with intuitive readings for more than 45 years, since the age of 7. She is a fifth-generation psychic and provides guidance on your past, present, and future. She can answer all your questions, tell you about love, soulmates, business, work, marriage, health and family. She can also provide names and descriptions of meaningful people through your life. Her specialty is reuniting loved ones and she can advise you on finding your soulmate. Her intention is to bring love, peace, and light to all.

NATURAL DENTISTRY TRIBECA CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE HOLISTIC DENTISTS 17 Park Place, NYC 212-732-2200 • Holistic-Dentists.com

Dr. Lewis Gross has more than 31 years’ experience providing holistic dentistry to adults and children with his staff of dental specialists and integrative practitioners. Offering less invasive and more natural solutions for patients with difficult dental issues and those who seek just a good family dentist.

Our recently renovated, state-of-the-art facility, offers among other things, laser dentistry, metal-free implants, non-invasive oral cancer screening, ozone and alternatives to surgery and root canal.

NATURAL PET TAILS OF DOG: FORCE FREE TRAINING AND BEHAVIOR 646-675-8692 • TailsOfDog.com Tails of Dog provides forcefree, customized, top-quality dog training and behavioral guidance for owners and their dogs. From puppyhood to the golden years, communicating with your dog involves more than just training; it’s a lifestyle. Tails of Dog invites you to continue your tale whether you are navigating through basic manner cues or a more serious behavioral issue.

OZONE THERAPY DR. HOWARD ROBINS The Healing Center 200 W 57th St, Ste 807, NYC 212-581-0101 • DrHowardRobins@gmail.com If you have a disease or condition that you haven’t been able to get rid of, Ozone Therapy will most likely be the answer, even for people that have suffered for years and have lost all hope. If you are questioning if your condition can be treated, call or email Dr. Robins today.

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844-285-8811 • info@goodgreencleaner.com GoodGreenCeaner.com Good Green Cleaners are non-toxic, biodegradable, reusable and recyclable cleaners for your home. Our Odor Eliminator & All Purpose Cleaner is the first Probiotic Cleaner on the market eliminating bacteria naturally.

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HERBASWAY

800-672-7322 • HerbaSway.com Founded in 1996, HerbaSway Laboratories is located in Wallingford, CT. Our formulas are based on traditional herbal combinations that have been used for thousands of years.

Using only the purest ingredients and wild-crafted herbs, in combination with the latest Western scientific research, HerbaSway’s formulas are synergistically blended to produce optimal balance in your body.

LIVE GREEN

LiveGreen.Life/evergreen Shop with LiveGreen where we make healthy affordable. LiveGreen is an online shopping portal for popular natural and organic products at 20%-50% off, alwaysfree shipping. Go to LiveGreen.life/evergreen to start your free 14-day trial membership then join for $99.95/year for continued savings.

SUPHERBALS

SupHERBals.com 844-857-4325 info@SupHerbals.com Provides the most premium and sacred CBD oil to love and nourish your mind and body.

CBD oil has been used in conjunction with symptoms related to inflammation, anxiety, insomnia, digestive disorders, and many more difficulties. Don’t just live life…

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TRADITIONAL JAPANESE REIKI REV. JYOGAN

CUSTOM CANDLE CO

Reiki Shihan (Master Teacher) 917-723-4342 • TraditionalReikiCenter.com Jyogan@TraditionalReikiCenter.com

Custom Candle was born from a need to find that perfect candle. An ecofriendly, nontoxic, and longlasting candle that had an aroma that would last long after the candle was extinguished. All candles are hand-poured and only use all-natural soy in high-quality natural productions.

Custom designs allow creativity and give a one-of-akind gift for your home

Jyogan is one of only a few reiki master teachers who have studied traditional Japanese-style reiki directly in Kyoto, Japan while he was living in that sacred city where reiki originated. Jyogan passes this direct connection to reiki root practices and teachings on to you. Learn and experience reiki from its source. Other teachers of reiki teach westernized reiki. Reiki group classes are held monthly on the 2nd Sunday and Reiki Shares on the 4th Sunday of every month at Namaste Bookshop’s Healing Center near Union Square. Private classes and treatment sessions can be scheduled at any time. Jyogan is also a Ministerial Director and officiates weddings as well as ordains other Ministers.

25 Depot Plaza, Bedford Hills, NY 914-218-8357 Westchester Mall • 914-245-6739 CustomCandleCo.com Info@CustomCandleCo.com

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