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CONNECTION

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How Thoughts and Emotions Affect Our Heart Health

18 BETTER YOUR HEART WITH BETTER SEX

20 FERMENTING FOR FOODIES

Preserving Food and Traditions

23 LIVING IN THE

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24 POWER UP

YOUR WORKOUTS

A Guide to Protein Powders and Shakes

28 PARENTS AS ROLE MODELS

How to Help Kids Discover Positive Behaviors

30 FOSTERING LOVE

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Lomas notes that words such as “happiness” and “love” encompass an incredible range of emotions and experiences, but, as he points out, our words for these feelings are quite limiting. We can use this one word, love, to describe all of the following: a deep romantic connection; the heartfelt feelings toward friends; compassion and kindness toward self; a deep respect for other humans and cultures far removed from our inner circle; the fond, lighthearted appreciation for our pets; or even a beautiful sunset. These can all be described as love, yet each is so different. It is when we dig into the many nuances of the idea of love—perhaps even exploring words from other cultures as well as our own—that we can more fully understand each other, and deeply notice, articulate and embrace our human experience.

For example, jeong is a Korean noun that, though described as difficult to translate, can represent the feeling of deep attachment and affection for others—one that encompasses compassion, kindness and empathy, but may or may not imply romance. On the other hand, the word eros specifically denotes the sensual and passionate form of love.

In addition to the realization that a single word can represent so many feelings, the concept of the “five love languages” suggests that love is commonly shown in five ways, and that each person may value them in a different order. Words, touch, acts of service, the giving and receiving of gifts and the sharing of quality time are all various ways in which love can be expressed and shared with anyone in your life.

In this heart-centered month, we offer content across various subject lines, all rooted in the concept of love and kindness toward self and others.

The article The Heart-Mind Connection explores the interrelationship of our thoughts and emotions to our physical body. Our Inspiration piece touches on the balance of both giving and receiving as a two-way street that allows communication and compassion to flow.

As parents, teachers and role models, we can spread some of this wisdom to the younger generation. Our Healthy Kids article places emphasis on communication and modeling positive behavior. This helps set the stage at an early age for children to think and act from a place of kindness and honesty.

Fostering a pet is a great way to spread compassion and to give of oneself to another being in need. In our Natural Pet article, we offer guidance to first-time pet foster parents.

From a broader perspective, our Eco Tip reminds us that the shopping choices we make can indirectly help or harm other people and the planet.

In closing, I think it is important to remind ourselves that love encompasses an entire landscape of beautiful emotions and experiences, and that we should seek to open our hearts to all of these facets of love.

A world rife with dissonance and discrepancy is only rebalanced with love and kindness. There is no other way. Discord, debate and fear are holes that can only be patched with communication, support and compassion.

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Neijia Arts Offers Introduction to Yang Family Tai Chi

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ertified tai chi instructor Jim Janicik is now offering Eight Foundational Forms, a four-week introductory class that teaches the foundation and principles of Secret Yang Family tai chi chuan. Ongoing classes will be held from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the first four Thursdays of each month, beginning February 3.

Anyone who wishes to learn and master tai chi chuan must have a firm Jim Janicik foundation rooted in good basics. This class will cover eight neigong, or internal exercises, that combine slow, relaxed and intentional body movement with coordinated breathing. These exercises will strengthen the body, stretch the muscles, open the joints and begin the development of chi.

Janicik is a sixth-generation lineage holder of Yang Family tai chi chuan and brings over 35 years of experience in neijia (internal practices) to his students. He founded and opened Neijia Arts with the intent of passing on this ancient knowledge and experience to practitioners living in modern times.

Cost: $60. Location: 6789 N. Green Bay Ave., Glendale. For more information, call 414-839-4315 or visit Neijia-Arts.com. See ad, page 27.

Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference Honors Flora, Fauna and Funga

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he 11th annual Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference will be held May 27 through 29 at Camp Helen Brachman, in Almond, Wisconsin, to celebrate our connection with the Earth and each other. Keynote speakers are Dr. Cornelia Cho, Misty Cook and Suzanne Simard, author of Finding the Mother Tree. Participants can enjoy more than 60 workshops and plant walks, herbal education, personal growth workshops, singing, dancing, nourishing meals, swimming, campSuzanne Simard fires and a Red Tent communal space.

Three-hour pre-conference workshops on May 26 and 27 feature Susun Weed, Rev. Judith Laxer, Althea Northage-Orr, Heather Nic an Fhleisdeir, Cho and Simard. There will also be two sessions of hand drum making with Jacqueline Weber.

Three-day deep dive immersions on May 24, 25 and 26, include Reading the Body and Other Clinical Skills, with Margi Flint, and Herbal Pharmacy Intensive: Beyond the Basics: Making Better Medicines, with Lisa Ganora.

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Irish Celtic Shamanism Workshop at Golden Light Healing Retreat Center

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mantha Murphy, an international teacher, author and practitioner of ancient Irish Celtic shamanism, will be in Wisconsin to lead a workshop from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., March 27 to 29, and again on April 1 to 3.

The workshop will be held at Golden Light Healing Retreat Center, in Sobieski, north of Green Bay. Murphy was schooled in the ancient and hidden lore of wise women and healers, rooted in the Irish landscape and guarded over the years by her female forebears.

In this training, she brings to life shamanic practices from the Irish tradition, combining story, ritual, energy teaching and the insights gathered from her own shamanic journeying. The workshop will explore the pre-Celtic understanding of the Tree of Life and the Wheel of the Year, containing the seasonal turning points such as Samhain and Imbolc, their attendant festivals and the role and powers of the divine feminine.

Murphy lives in Ireland and is the author of The Way of the Seabhean: An Irish Shamanic Path. Her spiritual work began in 1972 as a clairvoyant and later expanded to other spiritual healing forms. She works with individuals and groups, at home and internationally.

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Before visiting, check the website on the day of the event as it will be cancelled in the case of inclement weather, such as cloudy skies or temperatures below 0° F. The Skydeck is located on the fifth floor of the Physics building. Follow the pink signs to take the elevator at the east end of the Physics building to the third floor and continue left to the staircase that leads to the roof. The Skydeck is not wheelchair accessible.

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Two new studies suggest that the right probiotics can offer relief for the 85 percent of pregnant women with nausea and for the 25 percent of fussy newborns with colic. In the journal Nutrients, University of California, Davis researchers reported on a study in which 32 pregnant women that had nausea, vomiting and constipation took a probiotic capsule twice a day. The over-the-counter probiotics formula contained 10 billion live cultures, mainly Lactobacillus. After 12 days, the number of hours participants felt nauseated was reduced by 16 percent, and they vomited one-third fewer times. Constipation was also reduced. Quality of life markers such as fatigue, poor appetite and difficulty maintaining normal social activities also improved. Examining biomarkers in fecal samples, the researchers found the probiotics increased vitamin E and a bile salt enzyme that helps prevent vomiting and nausea.

In a second study published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Naples researchers explored whether a particular probiotic strain (Bifidobacterium animalis subspecies lactis BB-12) could help soothe babies with colic, a common gastrointestinal disorder in the first three months of life that studies have linked to maternal postpartum depression, parental guilt and frustration, drug use and long-term behavioral and sleep problems. They found that the probiotic reduced the duration of daily crying by 50 to 80 percent in the 40 infants that received it once daily for 28 days, compared to a 32 percent reduction among 40 babies receiving a placebo. The probiotic also had beneficial effects on sleep duration and on stool frequency and consistency. It increased gut production of butyrate, which positively regulates intestinal transit time, pain perception, the gut-brain axis and inflammation.

Allergic rhinitis—the sneezing, runny nose and red eyes commonly called hay fever— affects one in 12 American adults and 10 to 30 percent of people worldwide. The usual treatment of antihistamines, decongestants or steroids can come with unwelcome side effects, but a simple alternative approach of ear acupressure may be as effective, suggests a new Chinese study. Researchers analyzed 11 random controlled studies that included 1,094 people with allergies. Small cow soapwort seeds or stainless steel pellets corresponding to Traditional Chinese Medicine meridians were placed with adhesive on their ears for several days. The study in Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine concluded that ear acupressure reduced allergy symptoms more effectively than an antihistamine, conventional medicine, herbs or regular acupuncture.

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Keep Moving to Sidestep Depression In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, people were sitting around a lot more and getting depressed, report researchers from Iowa State University. Analyzing data between April and June 2020 from 3,000 participants throughout the country, they found that people that ordinarily met the U.S. Physical Activity Guidelines of exercising 2.5 to five hours a week reported cutting back their exercise routines by 32 percent when pandemic restrictions kicked in. The same participants reported feeling more depressed, anxious and lonely. In a second study in the following months, people’s mental health generally improved as they adjusted to life’s new rhythms.

“But for people whose sitting times stayed high, their depressive symptoms, on average, didn’t recover in the same way as everyone else’s,” says lead author Jacob Meyer, assistant professor of kinesiology. He suggests taking short walks before and after Zoom calls at home, as well as walking around the block before and after the workday to mimic the prepandemic commute.

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A review published in Frontiers in Plant Science outlines the vulnerability of coffee quality to environmental shifts. Researchers from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University and Montana State University looked at the effects of 10 prevalent environmental factors and management conditions associated with climate change and adaptation as detailed in 73 published articles to form this analysis. Their findings have implications for farmers’ livelihoods and consumer experiences.

Coffee is grown on 12.5 million mostly small farms comprising more than 27 million acres in more than 50 countries. Some of these regions are feeling the impact of climate change, which leads to consequences for coffee’s taste, aroma, nutritional quality, yield and sustainability. Farms at higher altitudes were associated with better coffee flavor and aroma, while too much light exposure correlated with a decrease in overall quality.

Coffee quality is also susceptible to changes due to water stress and increased temperatures and carbon dioxide, although more research on these specific factors is needed. Current efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change include shade management to control light exposure, selection and maintenance of climateresilient wild coffee plants, and pest management, but innovative solutions to support bean growth at all elevations still need to be devised.

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When large collections of photovoltaic panels are erected as solar farms on undeveloped land, they can harm underlying ecosystems. As an alternative, large parking lots make use of land that is already cleared and produce electricity close to where it’s needed. Plus, they can also shade the cars. A solar parking facility at Rutgers University, in Piscataway, New Jersey, boasts an output of eight megawatts of electricity. If Walmart converted all 3,571 of its U.S. super center lots, the total capacity would be 11.1 gigawatts of solar power, roughly equivalent to a dozen, large, coal-fired power plants.

Most solar installation presently occupy croplands, arid lands and grasslands, not rooftops or parking lots, according to a global inventory published in Nature. Building alternative power sources quickly is important to replace fossil fuels and avert catastrophic climate change, and the process is cheaper and easier to manage by building on undeveloped land than on rooftops or in parking lots.

Ironically, putting solar facilities on undeveloped land is often not much better than building subdivisions there.

Rebecca Hernandez, an ecologist at the University of California at Davis, notes that developers tend to bulldoze sites, removing all of the above-ground vegetation. That’s bad for insects and the birds that feed on them. The trend to cluster solar facilities in buffer zones around protected areas can confuse birds and other wildlife and complicate migratory corridors.

Peat’s Potential to Forestall Climate Change Although peatlands are often disregarded as anaerobic wastelands, Christian Dunn, a wetlands scientist at Bangor University, in Wales, claims, “Peat is the superhero of the natural world.” Whether they are called moors, bogs, fens, mires, swamps or sloughs, the acidic, low-nutrient ecosystems are the most carbon-dense lands on the planet and can safely store twice as much carbon as all forests combined in one-tenth the landmass for 1,000 years. Climate scientists know the role oceans and forests play in storing carbon and are now coming to appreciate the power of peat and the need to preserve existing bogs and to restore those that have been damaged. On the flip side, carbon already locked up can be quickly released, hastening a warming climate. Because peatlands store an estimated 30 percent of sequestered carbon in 3 percent of the world’s land mass, climatologists call its potential discharge a “carbon bomb”.

Human agricultural practices are at the heart of the problem, as about 15 percent of peat has already been lost worldwide. Farmers have been paid to convert peatlands with government tax breaks and cash subsidies. Indonesia, one of the world’s top five greenhouse gas emitters, is clearing peat for palm oil plantations, with farmers burning soil that can smolder for months. Britain, one of the first countries to focus on peat in in a strategy to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, has pledged more than $1 billion by 2025 on peat restoration, woodland creation and management.

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A study from the University of East Anglia School of Biological Sciences (UK) published in the journal Nature Communications suggests that our natural environment is becoming quieter and less varied due to changes in the makeup of bird populations.

Researchers used annual bird monitoring data collected as part of the Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme and North American Breeding Bird Survey, plus recordings of birds in the wild, to reconstruct the soundscapes of more than 200,000 sites over the last 25 years.

Lead author Simon Butler states, “We’re living through a global environmental crisis with ongoing and widespread declines in biodiversity. This means that the quality of our interactions with nature is likely to be declining, reducing its potential benefits, but this has not previously been examined.” Other groups that contribute to natural soundscapes such as insects and amphibians are also declining, while road traffic and other sources of manmade noise are increasing.

Butler explains, “As we collectively become less aware of our natural surroundings, we also start to notice or care less about their deterioration.

We hope this study can help heighten awareness of these losses and encourage support for conservation through actions to protect and restore high-quality, natural soundscapes.”

A study by the University of British Columbia published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B discovered that free-roaming cats are likely infecting other animals with Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite responsible for toxoplasmosis, a disease linked to nervous system disorders, respiratory and heart disease, and other chronic illnesses that can be passed to both humans and wildlife. Conservationists have long emphasized the interconnectedness of human and wildlife health. Forestry adjunct professor Amy Wilson says, “It is important to understand the risk factors for this infection, because toxoplasmosis can have severe impacts on susceptible individuals, but even in healthy individuals, hosts are infected for life.”

Researchers analyzed more than 45,000 cases of toxoplasmosis in wild animals using data gathered from 202 studies that included 238 different species in 981 locations around the world. Only wild and domestic cats (felids) can spread the infectious form of toxoplasma into the environment through eggs, called oocysts, in their feces. “By simply limiting free roaming of cats, we can reduce the impact of toxoplasma on wildlife,” reports Wilson.

“Domestic cats outnumber wild felids by several orders of magnitude, so when you consider their population size and that they can shed millions of long-lived oocysts intermittently throughout their life, the potential for environmental contamination is considerable.”

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The Heart-Mind Connection How Thoughts and Emotions Affect Our Heart Health

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oes your wife show you her love?” In a study of 10,000 married men, this question turned out to be revelatory. Among men with high levels of anxiety, a whopping 93 percent that answered “No” developed anginarelated chest pains within five years—nearly twice the rate of those answering “Yes.” This 1976 Israeli study was one of the first to clearly document how emotions affect the physical heart. Today, the research is so vast and compelling that last year, the American Heart Association issued a statement urging that psychological factors be taken into account in cardiovascular care—which may result in doctors asking patients about depression and anxiety as well as testing for blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

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“What’s on your mind really does affect your heart,” says leading researcher and cardiologist Michael Miller, M.D., author of Heal Your Heart and director of the Center for Preventive Cardiology at the University of Maryland Medical System. “Our hearts require emotional health in order to maintain cardiovascular health.”

Two emerging fields are probing the mind-heart connection: neurocardiology, which studies their neurological interplay; and behavioral cardiology, which examines how psychological and social factors lead to heart disease. Increasingly, researchers are documenting that the brain and the heart form an intricate feedback loop that works neurologically, biochemically and electromagnetically to optimize well-being. What hurts one—be it artery-clogging foods or angry outbursts—can hurt the other.

What heals one—be it exercising or a good belly laugh—can heal

the other. There’s good news in that, says Miller: “You can heal your heart by actively engaging in positive emotions each and every day.”

Unveiling the Heart’s Role In Western medicine, the heart has been downplayed historically as a pump mechanistically taking orders from a bossy brain, but recently, the heart’s role is being reexamined: With 40,000 neurons, it sends more signals to the brain than it receives. As integrative cardiologist Mimi Guarneri, author of The Heart Speaks, puts it, “The heart is a multilayered, complex organ, possessing intelligence, memory and decision-making abilities independent from the mind.”

The electromagnetic field it generates is about 100 times stronger than the brain’s magnetic range and can be detected up to three feet away from the body, report researchers at the pioneering HeartMath Institute, in Boulder Creek, California.

They found that one person’s brain waves can synchronize to another person’s heart and two hearts can synchronize to each other, which may help explain why people are drawn to or repelled by each other. When the heart’s rhythm pattern becomes erratic and disordered during stress and negative emotions, they report, the neural signals traveling to the brain’s emotional centers also get disrupted, hindering clear thinking and reasoning—which may help explain why we make dubious decisions under stress.

The High Toll of Tough Emotions Although scientists debate whether emotions start in the brain, heart or from physical sensations elsewhere in the body, it’s clear through magnetic imaging technology that it’s the brain’s task to process and regulate emotions via the flow of neurotransmitters through the amygdala, hypothalamus, hippocampus, prefrontal cortex and other brain regions. Emotions like anger, fear, grief and anxiety set off a cascade of reactions involving the hormone cortisol and proteins called cytokines, creating an inflammatory response that, if it becomes chronic, can promote the accumulation of plaque in the arteries that can become unstable and rupture, triggering blood clots that lead to strokes and heart attacks.

Surveying 25,000 participants in 52 countries, the landmark INTERHEART Study in 2004 concluded that about 30 percent of heart attacks and strokes are due to psychological factors, and ongoing research supports this finding.

DEPRESSION. Adults that are depressed are twice as likely to develop heart disease. In one study, moderate to severe depression quadrupled the death rate in heart failure patients.

ANXIETY. Researchers have linked chronic anxiety with a 48 percent increased risk of cardiac-related death over 11 years. It has also been shown to be a risk factor for angina, heart attacks and ventricular arrhythmia.

SHOCK. A sudden emotional or physical shock, like a death in the family or an earthquake, can trigger stress cardiomyopathy, known as broken heart syndrome, which resembles a heart attack.

ANGER. An episode of intense fury—described as “body tense, clenching fists or teeth, ready to burst”—increases by 8.5 times the risk of a heart attack within the next two hours.

LONELINESS. Being socially isolated and lonely is linked to a higher risk for cardiovascular death than hypertension and obesity—alarming information since more than 60 percent of Americans report feeling lonely, left out, poorly understood and lacking companionship, according to a 2020 survey.

Boosting Both Brain and Heart “There’s no damage caused by negative emotions that positive emotions can’t heal,” says Miller. A large body of research has shown that cardiovascular disease risk can be reduced by up to half with optimism, a sense of humor, forgiveness, social support, religious faith, vitality, gratitude, altruistic behavior, emotional flexibility and coping flexibility. People that are optimistic are less likely to be rehospitalized or die from heart disease, Finnish researchers report.

“For optimal health, maximize the health of both brain and heart. For example, if you eat well and exercise, but are still stressed out, your heart will suffer. Conversely, if you are not stressed out, but overeat and do not exercise, your brain will suffer,” says Miller. Some heart-and-mind-healthy strategies include:

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aware of our thoughts, emotions, feelings and how we are choosing to react is critical,” says cardiologist Cynthia Thaik, author of Your Vibrant Heart and the founder of the Holistic Heart Healing Center, in Los Angeles. “Once we are aware of our reaction, the ability to let go—of judgment, doubt, anger, resentment, fear, all our negative thoughts, emotions and feelings—is crucial to our healing process.”

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LAUGHING A LOT. Many of us have a chuckle deficit in our lives: The average 5-year-old laughs up to 300 times a day, the average adult only four. To lower the risk of heart attack and stroke, find ways to laugh long and hard—such as watching hilarious films or videos on YouTube or TikTok. Physiologically, the endorphins released by a hearty belly laugh bind to receptors that release nitric oxide, relaxing blood vessels.

DOING THE BASICS. Exercising a half-hour daily and eating a largely plant-based, Mediterranean-type diet that’s low in saturated fats has been found in numerous studies to lower the risk of both cardiovascular disease and cognitive decline. Working with health practitioners to get blood pressure, blood sugar and inflammation levels under control, perhaps using supplements or medications, is also a key preventive step.

GIVING AND GETTING HUGS. Oxytocin, the “love hormone” released from the pituitary gland during touching and hugging, lowers blood pressure and heart rate, and regenerates new heart tissue in animal studies. Proactively reaching out to family, friends, neighbors and co-workers can nurture affectionate ties, but if a human isn’t nearby, even hugging a teddy bear has been shown to release oxytocin—which may explain why 40 percent of U.S. adults sleep with stuffed animals. Owning a dog, but not necessarily a cat, makes us more likely to survive a heart attack, report researchers.

MINDFULLY LETTING GO. As studies with police officers, healthcare workers and firefighters have demonstrated, mindfulness training effectively lowers anxiety and depression, even for those in life-threatening situations. “To be present, ever acutely

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BREATHWORK. To bring the mind and heart into a healthy, coherent rhythmic pattern, the HeartMath Institute suggests heart-focused breathing, which involves imagining that we are breathing in through the heart as we inhale in a smooth, comfortable manner to the count of five or six, then breathing out for five or six counts while visualizing that the breath is flowing out of the heart.

MEDITATION. People that practice meditation are significantly less likely to have a heart attack or stroke, perhaps because it has been shown to lower heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, oxygen consumption and cortisol levels. Alzheimer’s expert Dharma Singh Khalsa, author of Meditation as Medicine, advocates kirtan kriya, a 12-minute, daily meditation that includes chanting, finger movements and visualization. Research has demonstrated that it slows cognitive decline, eases depression and increases anti-aging telomerase activity at a cellular level by 43 percent in eight weeks.

YOGA OR TAI CHI. In studies, yoga has been shown to lower inflammation and metabolic syndrome markers linked to heart disease and reduce atrial fibrillation episodes. The slow, graceful movements of tai chi reportedly lower blood pressure and strengthen the hearts of people with heart failure.

MUSIC. Whether it involves listening, playing an instrument or singing, music has been shown to lower heart rate, reduce inflammation, enable longer exercise periods, ease anxiety after heart surgery and heart attacks, and help stroke victims regain the ability to speak. Choose music of whatever genre inspires joy and sing along for extra benefit, advises Miller. “If your partner is flummoxed by your enthusiasm for yodeling or your neighbor doesn’t exactly approve of your attempts at arias, kindly inform him or her it’s doctor’s orders,” he jokes in Heal Your Heart.

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ccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease is the leading cause of death for women, accounting for one in five female deaths. The risk of heart disease drastically increases in women after menopause, with 50 percent of all female deaths over the age of 50 being due to heart disease.

Stress management and maintaining a healthy blood pressure have been shown to reduce the risk for heart disease. And luckily, intercourse helps with both stress and blood-pressure management due to the physiological changes that occur within the body during intercourse and orgasm. Studies have shown the cardiovascular effects that occur during intercourse to be comparable to mild-to-moderate physical activity (3 to 5 METs, or metabolic equivalents).

That’s great news because it’s a fun way to improve your cardiovascular health. However, for a significant amount of women, that may not seem like such a great idea.

According to a 2021 article on WebMD. com, 40 to 50 percent of women report some type of problem with sexual activity.

Three very common issues treated at pelvicfloor physical therapy clinics are difficulty with orgasm, pain with intercourse and impaired arousal. Follow the tips below on ways to alleviate these issues and have better sex in order to help your heart.

Difficulty with orgasm. Achieving an orgasm is not necessary in order to have pleasurable sex or to reap the cardiovascular benefits of sex, but it is a nice added bonus. Orgasm can be impaired for a variety of reasons, but the most common causes that are treated include impaired blood flow, nerve compression and decreased tissue mobility. If the connective tissue and/ or muscles surrounding the pelvis are tight and restricted, this makes it more difficult to get adequate blood flow and nerve sig-

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Pain with intercourse. This common, but abnormal issue occurs in over 60 percent of women and will definitely affect intercourse. Pain could be superficial around the vaginal opening or deeper inside, and can vary in sensation from burning to achiness to stabbing pain. Overactive pelvic floor muscles or scar tissue are the likely culprits for pain, and they respond best to pelvic-floor physical therapy. Performing

diaphragmatic breathing and the butterfly stretch while lying on one’s back can help release tight, painful pelvic-floor muscles.

Impaired arousal. Hormonal changes with decreased estrogen can lead to vaginal dryness and difficulty achieving arousal physically. This is most common if one is breastfeeding, postpartum or menopausal, but can happen at any time. Using a quality lubricant will temporarily ease this issue, but for long-term changes, vaginal moisturizers are helpful to restore moisture and lubrication to the tissue. Utilizing vibration can also help improve the tissue hydration level and is an easy solution to try along with the moisturizers.

All of these issues are common, but are not normal and not something that should be ignored or tolerated. There are physical causes for all of these issues and ways to alleviate them. Keep in mind that cardiovascular health is not the only benefit of better sex, but one that females should not ignore based on the high prevalence of cardiovascular disease.

Brenda Heinecke, DPT, CSCS, is the owner and a pelvic-floor physical therapist at Revitalize Physical Therapy, which specializes in helping women through a hands-on, personalized, cohesive approach to living a healthy and active life. For more information, call 414-708-8066 or visit Revitalize-PT.com.

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f fermented food is a trend, it’s the oldest one on the planet. More and more people are rediscovering the time-honored foodways of fermentation to promote health, boost flavor and preserve the bounty of the seasons. “There is huge potential to use high-quality fermented foods to enhance our health and well-being,” says Sandor Katz, a so-called “fermentation revivalist”, in Liberty, Tennessee, and the author of several bestselling books on fermentation, including the newly released Sandor Katz’s Fermentation Journeys: Recipes, Techniques, and Traditions from Around the World.

Katz caught the fermentation bug after moving from New York City to rural Tennessee in the 1990s and being faced with the “positive problem” of an overly plentiful garden to preserve. He’s since wandered the globe teaching and learning about fermentation traditions, from Korea’s spicy kimchi to Mexico’s funky pineapple tepache drink.

Fermentation is defined as the chemical breakdown of a food by bacteria, yeasts or other microorganisms. An estimated one-third of all foods are fermented, including coffee, cured meats, cheese, condiments and chocolate. Pickles and yogurt are traditionally fermented through lactic acid bacteria, while beer and bread are typically fermented through yeast. Kombucha, an ancient tea drink, is made using a symbiotic culture of yeast and bacteria.

Pascal Baudar, a Los Angeles writer, instructor and self-proclaimed “culinary alchemist,” turned to fermentation techniques to preserve the precious wild ingredients of the fleeting seasons. His books and workshops cover unusual

culinary territory, like fermented and aged vegan cheeses from acorns and “seaweed” made from fermented broadleaf plantain, a common weed, using methods he’s studied and perfected. “I investigate new and lost flavors, and conserve them as gourmet foods through preservation,” he says.

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Fermentation with Benefits Fermentation transforms the nutrients in food in several ways, Katz explains. In a process known as predigestion, it breaks macronutrients down into more digestible forms (think proteins turned into amino acids) and renders minerals more bioavailable. Gluten, too, is broken down by fermentation, he says, as are potentially toxic compounds in foods such as cyanide and oxalic acid. The process also releases vitamins B and K and other micronutrients as metabolic byproducts.

Fermentation reduces the short-chain carbohydrates that are poorly absorbed in the small intestine and are prone to absorb water and ferment in the colon, causing gas and bloating. Found in wheat, beans and other foods, they can pose digestive problems for people with irritable bowel syndrome and other conditions, says Tayler Silfverduk, a registered dietitian nutritionist in Columbus, Ohio, specializing in celiac disease.

“The most profound nutritional benefit of fermentation is the live bacteria itself.

You are ingesting a rich biodiversity of beneficial bacteria that can potentially improve immune function,” says Katz, an AIDS survivor who considers fermentation an important part of his healing process.

No Starter Required “There is nothing you can eat that can’t be fermented, but the easiest and safest place to begin is with vegetables,” which need no special equipment or a starter like sourdough, kefir or kombucha, says Katz.

To make sauerkraut, for example, simply shred cabbage, lightly salt and season it, and submerge it in a jar under its own juices, “burping” it daily for a week to 10 days to release the fermentation gases.

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People have been practicing fermentation for years, and they began before they knew bacteria was a thing. To the contrary, fermentation is a strategy for food safety,” says Katz.

While yeast or mold can grow on the top layer that is exposed to oxygen, Katz says “a lot of sauerkraut is needlessly discarded.

Most such growth is harmless and normal, and can be skimmed off the top.”

Baudar, a University of California Master Food Preserver, has kept foods he’s fermented for up to three years and only once encountered mold. “You need to work with the ferment,” he says.

“That means regularly burping it, then shaking or stirring to promote the acidity that prevents bad bacteria from taking hold.”

“If it looks or tastes bad, throw it away,” he adds. “Some of my early experiments tasted horrible, but I just took my failures as learning and kept experimenting. The more you understand the fermentation process, the more you can play with it creatively and push the envelope.”

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Divide between two, 1-quart/1-liter bottles. Top off with warm water. Add yeast. Sprinkle about ¼ tsp bread or champagne yeast into each bottle. Let it sit for a few minutes, then shake the bottles to dissolve and distribute the yeast.

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ost of us refer to love as an emotion, but in essence, love is a verb, a powerful call to action. When we remember its true nature, we can answer its call with our unique signature. Some brave souls like Martin Luther King, Jr. leap into uncharted territory with authentic truths, while others sprinkle their quiet corner of the world with small gestures of kindness. Telling someone how much they mean to us, holding the door for a stranger, asking a cashier how their day is going or welcoming a new neighbor is like handing out a piece of light. Added up at the end of the day or a lifetime, we create a mural of stars against the darkness.

The frequency of love not only inspires, but heals. The energy of giving and receiving is literally wired into our neurochemistry, flooding our bloodstream with endorphins that combat systemic inflammation, influence mood, accelerate recovery and raise the pain threshold.

We can freely stream waters of genuine kindness, love and affection, but if there is no waiting vessel for love’s outpouring, the potential of its power is diminished and incomplete. Our willingness and that of others to receive activates kindness, awakens what is dormant inside of us and quickens our capacity to thrive.

Mother Teresa once said, “We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair and hopelessness is love.” With our willingness to gift one another with our full and authentic presence, all else is possible.

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rotein, from the Greek proteios, means “primary”, which sums up its vital role in the human body. Its structure of amino acids enables myriad bodily functions, from repairing and building tissues to creating biochemical reactions that form enzymes, hormones and neurotransmitters, and maintaining pH and fluid balances. When we fortify our diet with digestible, nutritionally dense, non-meat protein, we also amp up our fitness efforts, enhance immunity and offset premature aging. Whole-food and plant-based proteins like pea, quinoa and chia seeds are also strong allies against Type 2 diabetes, research shows.

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Whipping up a protein drink before or after a workout can foster muscle and joint integrity, and it can nourish soft tissue after injury. “Protein is vital for muscle synthesis. An individual who exercises at a higher intensity should focus on getting more protein in their diet to aid in better recovery,” says Hannah Davis, a personal trainer and owner of Body By Hannah, in Cleveland, Tennessee. “Protein is also important in overall nutrition to better balance hormones that control hunger, blood sugar and mood.”

Dominic Kennedy, a Los Angeles trainer and the creator of The Dominic Effect health and fitness app, concurs.

“Protein is considered a ‘macronutrient’, which means we typically need a large amount to stay healthy. Certain protein powders can be very healthy for you and help to build and repair tissue.”

The average daily protein requirement for adults is 50 to 70 grams, but can be higher during times of stress, injury, illness, pregnancy or breastfeeding.

Vegan fitness and nutrition coach Karina Inkster, in Powell River, British Columbia, gives a nod to protein shakes for their convenience, but advises, “Just make sure you’re not relying just on protein powder to hit your daily protein.” She highlights the importance of diet diversity with other protein sources like tofu, tempeh, legumes, nutritional yeast, nuts and seeds.

issue. Kennedy recommends experimenting with various protein sources. “If you are using whey protein and having trouble digesting it, it may just be a lactose intolerance. Trying one that is plant-based could be a game-changer.”

Among Inkster’s clients, brown rice and pea protein powders score high for digestibility and assimilation.

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Thirty years ago, heavily sweetened, incomplete protein powders seemed to be the only game in town. “Nowadays, we have countless plant-based options for protein powders—pea, rice, soy, hemp, pumpkin seed, quinoa … the list goes on,” says Inkster. “I like to stick to the basics, as I have a lot of serious food allergies.

I go with brown rice and/or pea protein. Single ingredients, no flavors and no sweeteners.”

For Kennedy, shakes and powders with sugar and dairy can contribute to bloating and store fat in the body, “which we need to work harder to burn off. I cannot stress the difference this has made in my body once I gave it up years ago. Not only do I look better physically, but most importantly, I feel better on the inside.

Sugar is highly addictive and can also affect your mood.”

Davis prefers sourcing her protein requirements from whole foods, but recommends whey-based powders when her clients want a reliable power shake and can tolerate it well.

Protein-to-carbohydrate ratio is paramount, especially for those with weight-loss goals or blood sugar instability. Reading labels is important, especially when food intolerances are an

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From antioxidant-rich pomegranate powder to blood-sugarsupportive monk fruit and adrenal- and thyroid-nourishing maca, nutritional extras abound. However, Inkster notes that supplemental products marketed as superfoods, including collagen, do not necessarily pack a powerful punch to an already nutrient-dense diet. “When we ingest collagen or a vegan alternative, this protein gets broken down into amino acids in the exact same way as any other protein we eat.”

Kennedy points to super-green and pomegranate powders as ways to help the body combat chronic disease. “It’s a great way to get more greens and vegetables and in turn, promote a healthy immune system. We could all use more of that.”

Davis reminds us that one person’s nutritional ally can be another’s bane. “Supplementation is very personal. I always encourage focusing on a whole foods diet that includes a lot of variety to create a micronutrient balance in the body and then experiment with some supplements to see how they may help.”

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Protect the rights of produce workers. Fair trade bananas, avocados, coconut products and cashews often come from small growers in Africa, Latin America and Asia, where cooperatives ensure them a living wage and better working conditions. These products may cost marginally more, but are readily available at many supermarkets.

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Protect sustainable tea and coffee farming. On fair trade tea and coffee farms, agrochemicals and genetically modified organisms are strictly prohibited, sustainable farming methods are encouraged and stringent programs for water conservation and proper waste disposal provide environmental stewardship.

Fair trade is an alternative international business model that puts people and the planet first. It is designed to help growers and producers in developing countries achieve sustainable, fair relationships with exporters and consumers in wealthier parts of the globe. It focuses particularly on commodities like coffee, tea, textiles and seafood, and works to ensure sustainable prices, better working conditions and higher environmental standards.

According to the Fair World Project, “The fair trade movement shares a vision of a world in which justice and sustainable development are at the heart of trade structures and practices both at home and abroad, so that everyone through their work can maintain a decent and dignified livelihood.”

At least five fair trade organizations certify compliance. While the criteria of each varies, certification typically requires companies to allow a third party to audit their business practices and monitor production to ensure standards are met.

Fair trade goods can cost slightly or significantly more than conventionally traded purchases, which may explain why ethical and fair trade products make up only 1 percent of the total market. But the trend is growing: In 2018, sales of fair trade produce in the U.S. rose by 30 percent, with 60 products available. International sales of a major German-based certifier, Fairtrade International, increased almost 10fold between 2004 and 2016, from $939 million to $8.9 billion.

Consider these steps to achieve ethical, sustainable shopping:

Protect the oceans with fair trade cotton. Buying clothing made with fair trade cotton means less synthetic apparel, so washing won’t shed microplastics that make their way into the ocean, fish and then our dinner plates.

Help build strong communities with fair trade cosmetics. When the shea butter, cocoa butter, sugar and coconut oil used in many skincare products comes from fair trade producers, a fair price is paid, decent working conditions without child labor are assured and a portion of the money is returned to infrastructure or community projects.

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they’re angry. To teach them constructive ways to express anger—like taking deep breaths or running around the block— you’ve got to employ those tools yourself.”

Actions speak louder than words. “To teach your child good values, you have to demonstrate them through your deeds.

If you tell your child that they must always be on time for school, but you’re late for work every day, your child hears one thing, but sees another,” MacDonald explains, adding that kids are adept at sniffing out these inconsistencies.

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ike the familiar adage, “Monkey see, monkey do,” children learn habits, attitudes and values by observing and mimicking their parents. This phenomenon, known as modeling, is a double-edged sword. Sometimes parents unintentionally teach their kids by example to smoke, eat too much candy or bully people. On the other hand, with awareness, planning and strategic modifications, parents can use modeling to instill in their kids good habits, positive attitudes, healthy emotional intelligence and strong self-esteem.

“We parent what we know, very often on automatic mode,” says Debra MacDonald, a certified parenting educator at the Center for Parenting Education, in Abington, Pennsylvania. “How many times have you said, ‘I will never say that to my kids,’ and then fast-forward several years, those words are coming out of your mouth. Awareness is your first step.”

“Look at how you handle stress or express anger,” MacDonald suggests. “If you slam the table, break something and yell, that’s what you’re teaching your children to do when

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Saying, “Eat your spinach,” while regularly gobbling ice cream won’t inspire desired results. When MacDonald’s son was young, she realized she wasn’t setting the right example at the dinner table. “Slowly, over time, I began to improve our family’s lifestyle choices, and now that he’s in college, he knows how to cook healthy meals, practice portion control and clean up after himself,” she boasts.

Tackling Childhood Anxiety Through Modeling In his 2021 book, Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD, Yale University Professor Eli Lebowitz offers a scientifically proven parental modeling program called Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE). Although the goal is to treat a child’s anxiety, parents meet with a therapist and learn tools to modify their parenting approach in two ways: being more supportive and reducing accommodations.

On the support side, SPACE parents learn to show a genuine acceptance and understanding of their child’s distress and to communicate their confidence in the child’s ability to tolerate and cope with the anxiety. The support can be as simple as saying, “I get it.

This is really hard. You’re upset, but I know you can handle this.”

“Supportive statements aren’t always intuitive for parents,” says Lebowitz, director of the program for anxiety disorders at the Yale Child Study Center. “Sometimes they don’t believe that their child is feeling anxiety. They might think that the child is being manipulative or attention-seeking. Or, when parents do believe that their child is anxious, they want to protect, soothe and reassure them, but by doing these things, parents aren’t communicating their belief that the child can handle it, which is critical to helping them overcome the anxiety.”

The second change that SPACE parents learn to make is to gradually and systematically reduce all the accommodations they have been making to help their child not feel anxious, such as sleeping beside a child that is afraid of being alone or not inviting company to the house to avoid upsetting a socially anxious kid.

“Research indicates that even though parents are trying to help, accommodations that rush to the rescue tend to maintain or worsen anxiety over time,” Lebowitz says. “I worked with parents of a child who had panic attacks at night and would say, ‘My heart is racing. I can’t breathe. I think I’m going to die.’

Feeling overwhelmed and scared, her parents would rush her to the hospital again and again, even after doctors assured them that she was healthy and didn’t need to come in. From the child’s perspective, when your parents rush you to the ER, that confirms that this is literally an emergency. You feel more worried and scared. When the parents were able to take a breath, give her a hug and say, ‘We know this is uncomfortable, but it’s going to pass, and you’re going to be okay,’ she began to learn that she didn’t need to be afraid of anxiety. She could handle it and didn’t need to avoid it.”

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In addition to Googling local animal shelters and rescue operations, online groups like PetFinder.com and PoorPawsRescue.com provide links to fostering options locally and nationwide.

Visit local shelters to observe both how they treat their animals and how they interact with the fostering volunteers.

Staff members can help with finding compatible pets and offer support when a foster situation doesn’t work for whatever reason. Also find out if the organization is involved every step of the way, including providing onsite veterinary care, or

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whether it relies heavily on the dedication and resources of foster parents.

think about short-term fostering. To give it a try,

volunteer for a short-term commitment—a few days or weeks. Vacation time is one big reason rescue organizations look for people willing to provide short-term fostering because they need volunteers to fill in while their “regulars” are away.

be fair to other pets at home. Don’t get caught up in the

needs of a new kitten or puppy so much that the needs of other pets go unnoticed.

Forever pets may even help out with newcomers. “In my home, puppies work well, as my dogs mother them and show

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or people that love cats and dogs but can’t adopt one—or one more—a heartwarming solution is to foster pets without homes that need a place to temporarily lay their heads and be loved until a forever home comes along. Fosters are needed when a shelter is filled to capacity or has too many large or old dogs, or orphaned puppies and kitties, for example, or when a rescue operation needs to quickly place shelter dogs that would otherwise be euthanized. As important and rewarding as the task of fostering is, it also comes with responsibilities and pitfalls worth considering in advance.

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them the ropes on how to be a good dog,” says Stasia Thompson, of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, a volunteer with Almost Home Dog Rescue and Poor Paws Rescue.

don’t stress about cost. Food, litter, toys and even

veterinary care is often offered to foster pet parents. In other cases, rescue centers may be struggling for support or getting slammed with natural disasters that create an influx of homeless pets, and foster parents may be asked to help with such items as crates and carriers, food and water bowls, collars, leashes and treats. “Homeowners who purchase items for their fosters can write them off as tax-deductible donations to the rescue organization, which is a great way to put your donation dollars to work,” says Karen Winkler, a volunteer with the Bucks County SPCA and the Animal Care & Control Team of Philadelphia.

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most-asked question about fostering a puppy or kitty is, “What if they never find a home for her?” Never fear; shelters and rescue groups are constantly putting out feelers. Foster parents can get in on the action by posting sweet, winsome or funny photos of the animal on social media and extolling its virtues to others when out in public with it. Thompson found new owners for her foster dogs by walking them around town wearing bright yellow “Adopt Me” vests.

it’s okay to fall in love with a foster pet.

Many people hesitate to foster pets because they’re afraid they’ll fall in love with a small ball of fur or a big pair of liquid eyes just begging to be adored. But that’s one of the risks of loving a creature with an open heart. “There is an amazing rush and deep sense of relief when you hear from the person who adopted your foster and you know the people found their true love in your foster,” says Winkler. “They know I helped save them. You can see it in their eyes.”

it’s even fine to adopt a foster. It does happen

sometimes; foster parents discover that the dog or cat that came into their home supposedly for a while happened to fit in perfectly, and no one can imagine living without it. While that’s been called a “foster failure”, it’s anything but. Any time an animal with no home finds one filled with love and caring, even if it’s their so-called temporary foster placement, it’s a success. Pet parents know when the animal they love is forever.

Veterinarian Karen Shaw Becker has spent her career empowering animal guardians to make knowledgeable decisions to extend the life and well-being of their animals. For more information, visit DrKarenBecker.com.

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calendar of events STAY HEALTHY MILWAUKEE — With so much uncertainty regarding COVID-19, many Milwaukee events have been temporarily cancelled or postponed in the efforts to keep our community safe. Please continue to take protective measures and follow public health guidelines to keep you and those around you safe and healthy. Finally, thank you for continuing to read Natural Awakenings Milwaukee and support its advertisers. This allows us to continue to publish during these unprecedented times. Natural Awakenings could not do it without you. We will continue to share information on events taking place this year, so please continue to read the magazine, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for updates. Be well, Milwaukee!

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2 The Soul Get Down: Makers’ Market – 5-8pm.

Showcasing local artists and crafters of all kinds.

Brendan Demet, Jack Reed and other local musicians will be setting the grooves throughout the evening.

Complimentary beverages provided. Tips appreciated. Soul Collective MKE, 900 S 5th St, Ste 101, Milwaukee. 414-436-3296. SoulCollectiveMKE.com.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Drum Making Workshop – 9am-1:30pm. With Dave Wilinski. Learn how to craft your own ceremonial hand drum. A variety of hides will be available to choose from; be taught about the various medicine gifts each animal spirit brings and how to use the drum for meditation and healing. Price includes all materials to create a 15” ceremonial drum and drumstick. Choose from elk, horse or buffalo. More info: 920-609-8277, Info@GoldenLight Healing.net or GoldenLightHealing.net.

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savethedate FRIDAY, MAY 27 11th Anniversary Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference Weekend: Honors Flora, Fauna and Funga – May 27-29. Keynote speakers are Dr. Cornelia Cho, Misty Cook and Suzanne Simard, author of Finding the Mother Tree. Enjoy more than 60 workshops and plant walks, herbal education, personal growth workshops, singing, dancing, nourishing meals, swimming, campfires and a Red Tent communal space. Camp Helen Brachman, Almond. MidwestWomensHerbal.com.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2 Mists of Ireland Tour – Oct 2-11. Be pampered on this luxury journey which includes 4-star superior accommodations including a 2-night castle stay, ceremonies at ancient sacred sites with local guides and shamans, traditional and gourmet meals, small private group travel throughout the tour and much more. More info: 920-609-8277, Info@Golden LightHealing.net, GoldenLightHealing.net.

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Sunday Celebrations at Unity Center in Milwaukee – 10am. Onsite (observing COVID-19 recommendations for face masks, social distancing and taking temperatures). Unity Center in Milwaukee, 1717 N 73rd St, Wauwatosa. 414-475-0105. Streaming live: UnityCenterInMilwaukee.com.

Yoga at Camp Serenity Yoga & Retreat Spa – 7am. Start your Tuesday with a relaxing and rejuvenating yoga class open to all levels. Camp Serenity, S76W18582 Kingston Dr, Muskego. 262-903-8774.

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CASA CALM rental space is available for yoga instructors, chiropractors and other wellness providers to join this collaborative healing center.

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Head2Toe Bodyworks – 7-8pm. Join the Head2Toe Bodyworks program to increase your range of motion, flexibility and balance. GreenSquare Center, 6789 N Green Bay Ave, Glendale. More info: 414839-4315. Head2ToeBodyworks.com.

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Life Journey Group – 6:15-8pm. 2nd & 4th Mon. Come with an open mind and kind heart to support others and self in spiritual growth through daily living. Love offering. Unity Center in Milwaukee, 1717 N 73rd St, Wauwatosa. 414-475-0105.

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thursday Qigong & Tai Chi – Learn Qigong (6-7pm) and old Yang family Tai Chi Chuan (7:30-9pm) from a 6th generation certified instructor. Visit website for more information. GreenSquare Center, 6789 N Green Bay Ave, Glendale. 414-839-4315.

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Naturopathic doctors with a focus on autoimmune diseases, gastrointestinal disorders, hormone imbalance, weight loss and hypothyroidism. See ad, page 22.

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OUTDOOR RECREATION

Grace E. Miazga 262-719-8928 HiddenGemNutritionWI@gmail.com HiddenGemNutrition.com

Invivo offers everything for the mind, body and spirit including massage therapy (relaxation, deep tissue, Thai, prenatal, and hot stone), physical therapy, yoga and fitness classes, chiropractic, esthetics and a gym. See ad, page 25.

Standard Process is a Wi s c o n s i n - b a s e d , family-owned, wholefood-based nutritional supplement company that partners with healthcare practitioners to address issues related to health conditions. See ad, page 39.

NUTRITION HIDDEN GEM NUTRITION

414-265-5606 2060 N Humboldt Ave, Ste 300, Milwaukee InvivoWellness.com

REVITALIZE PHYSICAL THERAPY

UNTETHERED AIRWAY HEALTH & TONGUE TIE CENTER

262-212-2388 HelloSoapFixxCo@gmail.com SoapFixxCo.com

INVIVO WELLNESS

STANDARD PROCESS

Kathy Kiss Sr Account Manager KKiss@StandardProcess.com

Maid Brigade starts with a multi-point cleaning process to remove dirt and debris and follows it with powerful, non-toxic, EPA-registered PUREcleaning® disinfectant to remove harmful contaminants. Call today.

PHYSICAL THERAPY

TREETOP EXPLORER TREE CLIMBING ADVENTURES & TRAINING 262-894-4949 • 620 Maple Ave, Waukesha TreetopExplorer.com Curt@TreetopExplorer.com

REAL ESTATE SHOREWEST REALTORS

Cierra Burmeister • 262-607-0215 CBurmeister@Shorewest.com Cierra.Shorewest.com Buyer and seller consultations available.

Trust and communication from our first meeting to closing. Clients can expect a relationship beyond the closing table to ensure their home needs are always met. See ad, page 18.

REGENERATIVE MEDICINE REGEN MED PAIN RELIEF CLINICS 15720 W National Ave, New Berlin 262-785-5515 RegenMedPainRelief.com

Climbing tall trees, you are energized yet at peace.

Public climbs, group events, climbing classes.

Fun - Fitness - Adventure!

See ad, page 23.

Exceptional chiropractic and wellness clinic with a special focus on chronic pain relief.

Offering MLS Laser Therapy, massage, exercise rehabilitation, functional medicine and more.

See ad, page 11.

SUPPORT LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES! They need us now more than ever. Choose to buy from local business owners, shops and farmers. Find local practitioners who can help you with stress, sleep, diet, healing and more.

We need each other to stay balanced and healthy as individuals and as a community.

Check out our ONLINE RESOURCE GUIDE for even more business listings that may offer exactly what you need at NaturalMKE.com/businesses.

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REIKI

SELF-CARE

INFINITY MASSAGE AND BODYWORK 4028 S Howell Ave, Milwaukee 7216 W North Ave, Wauwatosa 414-231-9326 DLewis@InfinityMKE.com InfinityMKE.com

CASA CALM

Trish Beckman, RN 21415 W Greenfield Ave, New Berlin 262-391-3876 TheCasaCalm@gmail.com CasaCalm.org

Infinity offers medical massage, reiki, and hypnotherapy to help you relax, stimulate the immune system and activate the body’s innate ability to heal. Open 7 days per week at two convenient locations, by appointment only. See ad, page 21.

CINDY CARLSON REIKI AND ENERGY HEALING

121 E Silver Spring Dr, Ste 208, Whitefish Bay 414-758-0657 • CarlsonHealing.com Reiki/energy healing is a powerful treatment that helps the body relax at a very deep level, allowing the body to activate its own ability to heal itself. See ad, page 13.

Casa Calm is a unique space of respite for the mind, body and soul. The inviting, beautiful place encourages all to unplug and turn inward to seek the answers needed for healing.

SKIN CARE AESTHETICALLY WELL

222 E Erie St, Ste 150, Milwaukee 414-331-8852 Info@AestheticallyWell.com AestheticallyWell.com Aesthetically Well is a trending holistic skincare and nutrition spa in the third ward. The services range from basic to medical to offer every client a perfect skin treatment. See ad, page 2.

RETREAT CENTER GOLDEN LIGHT HEALING RETREAT CENTER

SIENNA SKIN & BEAUTY

Amy Wilinski • 920-609-8277 GoldenLightHealing.net Offering workshops, sessions, group & personal retreats in shamanism, mediumship, reiki, psychic development and more.

See ad, page 13.

Lauren Molter, Owner/Esthetician 13625 W Greenfield Ave, New Berlin LMolter@SiennaSkinAndBeauty.com 414-436-7888 • SiennaSkinAndBeauty.com Sienna Skin & Beauty places an emphasis on mind and body wellness when treating the skin.

Education, skin health and relaxation are of utmost importance.

SOUND HEALING

coming in the march issue

Food & Nutrition

SPIRITUALITY UNITY CHURCH

1717 N 73rd St, Wauwatosa • 414-475-0105 UnityCenterInMilwaukee.com A God-centered c o m m u n i t y, welcoming all to come and share the gifts of divine love, life, peace, joy and abundance. Join us Sundays, 10 am. See ad, page 31.

TAI CHI AND QIGONG NEIJIA ARTS

GreenSquare Center 6789 N Green Bay Ave, Glendale 414-839-4315 • Neijia-arts.com Calm and focus your mind.

Increase your strength, flexibility, coordination, energy, overall health and longevity. Learn traditional Yang family Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong from a certified 6th generation instructor.

See ad, page 27.

YOGA CAMP SERENITY

S76W18582 Kingston Dr, Muskego 262-903-8774 CampSerenityYoga@facebook.com CampSerenity.wordpress.com Retreat spa with weekly Iron Lotus yoga classes to restore, relax, rejuvenate. Offering indoor studio classes and outdoor lakeside classes. Book a fabulous yoga retreat or amazing brunch now. Text Sharon for reservations or holiday gift cards. See ad, page 9.

MKE YOGA SOCIAL

LOVETUNER

Colleen Hickmann 414-349-7281 Media4Innocence@gmail.com Media4Innocence.com The LOVETUNER, a breathing and meditation device, is a revolutionary approach to reduce stress, relieve anxiety, and arrive in the present moment, connecting your exhale with the power of the 528hz Love frequency. For more information, call Colleen at 414-349-7281.

414-369-2259 MKEYogaSocial@gmail.com MKEYogaSocial.com Come for the yoga, stay for the community! MKE Yoga Social offers various yoga modalities in amazing venues throughout the city; from breweries to distilleries, parks and more, we’ve led yoga in over 65 spaces throughout our beautiful city! See ad, page 9.

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The Heart of the Matter High-quality cardiovascular supplements

Whether you’re a serious runner or chasing a more active lifestyle, a healthy heart is essential for keeping your body moving. Standard Process — a Wisconsin-based company — offers a wide range of products to support a healthy cardiovascular system.*^

Olprima™ EPA|DHA Through a 55:45 ratio of omega-3s EPA and DHA, Olprima EPA|DHA supports cardiovascular and brain health while supporting the body’s healthy inflammatory response.* Cardio-Plus® Helps support heart and cardiovascular health*^

Find a health care professional who offers Standard Process products at standardprocess.com/apply/patient ^As part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol standardprocess.com *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.

These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. ©2022 Standard Process Inc. All rights reserved. LN02211 12/21

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