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As much as we include articles and information for you on managing your physical health and wellness, we also feel that emotional and spiritual health is also important. We incorporated both items in our FitBody section this month in our article titled “Walking Meditation: The Calming and Centering Effects of Labyrinths”. Many of you may have heard of this and not know much about it, so I am happy to share with you. In fact, I lived in the Northeast for a number of years, and recently visited some friends there. The Columcille Megalith Park, next to the Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center, is somewhere we love to visit. This last visit, my friend caught this photo of me walking the labyrinth. The article mentions the Labyrinth Locater website to find others across the nation. We are happy to include the local labyrinths we know in the article, so you can easily visit one near you. It is a very interesting experience to walk and meditate with the labyrinth, I encourage you to find one near you that you can enjoy.

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newsbriefs Olympic Cupping Therapy Available in Galveston

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n August, at the recent Rio Olympics, a lot happened to complete the summer. One thing that came out in the news which took the country by storm was the alternative therapy of Cupping, brought to fame by gold-medalist Michael Phelps.

Cupping is an ancient Chinese pain therapy consisting of placing warmed glass or plastic suction cups on sore parts of the body creating a partial vacuum, bringing blood flow to the affected areas and stimulating local muscles. The result is a reduction in inflammation and the pain in the area. It can be used for a variety of ailments including pain, shingles, acne and breathing difficulties. The marks they leave go away after just a couple of days.

It has become so popular in recent years that even celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Aniston partake in the therapy. Earlier this year, Hooked on Acupuncture expanded their cupping facilities to help more Texas residents take advantage of this ancient therapy.

Hooked on Acupuncture is also now offering Ear Acupuncture Happy Hour on Fridays at 5pm starting on October 7th. Be sure to stop by for this unique event every weekend. Clint McCallum provides NADA protocol (5 needles each ear) in a group setting, where donations are graciously accepted. Arrive promptly as this is a group healing experience.

Location: Hooked on Acupuncture, 2505 Market Street, Galveston. 409-241-3199.

HookedOnAcupuncture.com. See page, 13.

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Reiki Healing Available in Pearland

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eople have used a variety of healing modalities to alleviate pain and sooth the body. Most common now are chiropractic, acupuncture and massage. One more that many are not familiar with is reiki [ray-kee], a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. The practitioner “lays hands” on the patient and channels “life force energy” through them into the patient. It is a subtle energy, different than electricity or other kinds of physical energy, which activates the body’s natural healing processes. Wellness Integration Center offers Reiki services in addition to massage therapy to provide a full healing experience. In addition to working on alleviating muscle tension and tightness, Reiki users report a tingling feeling as the energy flows resulting in a sense of extreme peacefulness and relaxation. Wellness Integration Center offers a Body Maintenance Package for 90 minutes of massage, reflexology, and/or Reiki with two open yoga classes for $99. Other packages are available which integrate body services with yoga classes, to integrate muscle relaxation with stretching. Combining the two offer a full body experience.

Location: Wellness Integration Center, 5517 West Broadway St, Ste D, Pearland.

832-294-9640. WellnessIntegrationCenter.com. See CRG Listing, page 31.

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Education Advocate Helps Parents with Special Needs Children

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any people don’t realize that their special needs children have guaranteed education rights. Whether children have Down syndrome, ADHD, or another disability, they are entitled to a Free and Appropriate Public Education. According to the Individual’s with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, special education is defined as “specialized instruction” to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability. A special education advocate is a highly trained person with “specialized knowledge” about the disability or the educational process.

What most parents don’t realize is that in order to reduce costs, educators and school districts in Texas have been encouraged to delay or deny special education to disabled students. Patricia Freeze is a Special Education Advocate with National ARD/IEP Advocates’ South Houston and Clear Lake office. She works with parents and educators to make sure children are provided with all the services they need and to which they are entitled. She may be contacted for a free consultation to determine if her services make sense for individual situations For more information, contact Pat Freeze at 281-733-0422, or visit PFreezeAdvocate.com. See ad, page 15.

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eurofeedback is like personal training for the brain. The neurofeedback therapist performs a qEEG or Brain Map to determine which areas of the brain need to be addressed in training, much like a personal trainer performs an initial strength and endurance test to determine a client’s current physical capabilities before setting goals at the gym.

During a neurofeedback session, the therapist places sensors on the scalp that enable her to communicate directly with the area of the brain she is targeting. She sets a threshold, or target goal, and she adjusts that threshold throughout the session as the brainwaves respond. This action is much like a personal trainer who monitors performance, heart rate, and endurance, and then modifies the workout as needed during a session.

The most exciting thing about neurofeedback is that brain changes are lasting! The process of retraining the brain takes time, just as muscle toning takes time in the gym. Brain training continues until brainwaves are functioning at a typical performance rate for healthy brain function. Just as in the gym, the process to tone and build strength takes time.

Simply put, Neurofeedback works. Symptoms are greatly reduced or alleviated over time, because the brainwaves will change. Each client’s brain is different, and each responds at a rate their brain allows, but the brainwaves will change, and the road to improved health will be realized with this form of treatment.

For more information, contact Galveston Brain Changers at 409-300-3117 or GalvestonBrainChangers.com. They are located at 3607 Broadway Avenue, Galveston. See ad, page 14. natural awakenings

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healthbriefs

Diabetics Improve Using Sesame and Rice Bran Oils

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new study from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine reports that preventable medical errors are killing far more people than previously thought. The research estimates that a quarter-million Americans die every year as a result of medical errors, constituting the third-leading cause of death in the U.S. This is a substantial increase from the 98,000 deaths from medical errors reported in a 1999 study from the Institute of Medicine, now the National Academy of Medicine.

Lead researcher and Professor of Surgery at Johns Hopkins Dr. Martin Makary clarifies that medical errors include mistakes by doctors, along with systemic problems related to communication breakdowns when patients are passed between departments. “It boils down to people dying from the care that they receive, rather than the disease for which they are seeking care,” he observes.

One of the problems highlighted is a lack of public reporting. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does not require hospital-error reporting in deaths, which makes it difficult to accumulate related statistics. “The CDC should update reporting requirements for vital statistics so that physicians report whether there was any error that led to a preventable death,” says Makary. “We all know how common it is and how infrequently it’s openly discussed.”

Dr. Frederick van Pelt, with the healthcare consultancy Chartis Group, says that severe injuries resulting from medical errors are also often overlooked. “Some estimates would put this number at 40 times the death rate.” He indicates that this gets buried in the milieu of expected suffering and pain that care providers are daily exposed to following any surgical procedure.

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esearchers from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center tested 209 women between 45 and 60 years old with a history of hot flashes and/ or night sweats. After up to 20 treatments over six months, the women receiving acupuncture reported a 37 percent reduction in hot flashes, while the control group saw a 6 percent increase. The symptom relief among the women treated with acupuncture persisted for a year.

The researchers also found that the acupuncture group experienced an improvement in several menopausal quality of life measurements. Nancy Avis, Ph.D., a professor of public health sciences at Wake Forest University and lead author of the study, says, “There are a number of nonhormonal options for treating hot flashes and night sweats that are available to women. None seem to work for everyone, but our study showed that acupuncture from a licensed acupuncturist can help some women without any side effects. It also showed that the maximum benefit occurred after about eight treatments.”

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esearch published in the American Journal of Medicine found that treating people with a blend of coldpressed sesame oil and rice bran oil significantly normalizes blood glucose levels. Testing involved 400 men and women for eight weeks, including 300 that had been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, by replacing cooking oils in their diet with a blend of sesame and rice bran oil.

The researchers, from Japan’s Fukuoka University and India’s Council of Medical Research, divided the patients into four groups. For two months, 100 healthy people and 100 Type 2 diabetes patients replaced their cooking oils with the sesame/ rice bran blend, another 100 Type 2 diabetes patients were treated with five milligrams per day of the diabetes drug glibenclamide (glynase in the U.S.) and the remaining 100 Type 2 diabetes patients were treated with a combination of the same dosage of glibenclamide, along with consuming the sesame/rice bran oil blend over the two-month period.

After four weeks and eight weeks, the researchers found the diabetes patients that consumed the oil blend had significant reductions in fasting and post-meal blood glucose levels. They also had lower levels of glycated hemoglobin, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (“bad” cholesterol) and improved high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (“good” cholesterol). Those treated with the diabetes drug without consuming the oil blend showed none of the same improvements.

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Medical Errors Cause 250,000 Deaths a Year

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esearch from Austria’s University of Graz has found that high-dose vitamin D3 significantly alters the gut’s microbiome for the better. The researchers tested 16 healthy people for eight weeks, giving them a dose of 980 international units (IU) per kilogram (2.2 pounds) of body weight. At this rate, a 150-pound person would take more than 66,000 IU per day.

The scientists took samples from the stomach, small intestines, colon and stool before and after the testing period. They also tested for bacteria species using gene sequencing and measured T-cell counts. Afterward, the subjects showed reductions in diseaseproducing bacteria and increased diversity among their gut probiotics.

The research also discovered that the high-dose vitamin D3 supplementation increased immunity in the gut. “Vitamin D3 modulates the gut microbiome of the upper gastrointestinal tract, which might explain its positive influence on gastrointestinal diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease or bacterial infections,” the researchers explain.

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cientists from the University of Colorado have determined that individuals older than 65 that run three times a week will likely burn oxygen at the same rate as a 20-year-old runner. Despite being more than four decades older, these runners spend a similar amount of metabolic energy as their younger counterparts.

Published in the American College of Sports Medicine journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the study tested 15 older and 15 younger runners. Each ran a minimum of three times a week for at least 30 minutes each time during the prior six months.

The subjects were tested on a specialized treadmill that measured the force applied to the running belt. Each person ran for five minutes during each test at different speeds between 4.5 and 6.5 miles per hour. Regardless of running mechanics and technique, the older runners utilized their metabolic energy at a similar rate as the young runners at all speeds.

“Our prior research suggests that the muscles themselves are becoming less efficient. I think of it as your body is like a car. Your body has its own fuel efficiency, and what we’ve seen is that the fuel efficiency in muscles is reduced in older adults that are sedentary or only walk occasionally,” says lead researcher and Professor of Kinesiology Justus Ortega. goodluz/Shutterstock.com

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Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread. ~Richard Wright

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HERB

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by Susie Lyons

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

Green Crisis

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One in Five Plant Species May Face Extinction

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Biodegradable Bottle

Algae-Based Jars Quickly Decompose Ari Jónsson, a 32-year-old student at the Iceland Academy of the Arts, has invented an all-natural water bottle that holds its shape when full and decomposes when empty. He debuted his creation at the DesignMarch 2016 festival in Reykjavík, Iceland. The only two materials needed to create the bottle are agar, a gelatinous substance that comes from red algae, and water.

“I just followed the path in what I was researching, trying to find new ways to use materials,” says Jónsson, who combined the two ingredients, heated the mixture, poured it into a mold, and then quickly cooled it. The H2O binds and thickens the agar when cooled, retaining the shape of the water bottle mold, explains Jónsson. When the finished bottle is empty, “It will rot like other foods.”

The bottles can sustainably decompose in soil, although Jónsson has yet to determine exactly how long that process will take. A plastic water bottle takes more than 1,000 years to biodegrade, and in the U.S., more than 2 million tons of the containers are languishing in landfills.

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To get lemongrass into your diet, add it to recipes or drink lemongrass tea.

A new report from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the UK, has issued the first comprehensive assessment of plant life, the inaugural State of the World’s Plants, and found that one in five plants may be at risk of extinction due to invasive species, disease and changing landscapes.

Researchers also have determined that just 30,000 plant species have a documented use out of hundreds of thousands of known species. These are only the vascular plants that have specialized tissue for sucking up water through their systems.

Over the years, different people and agencies have identified the same plant at both different times and locations, so they may have accumulated multiple names. The Kew researchers determined that each plant in the International Plant Names Index had, on average, 2.7 different species names. By cutting out the duplicates from more than a million different names, the Kew report was able to pare down the known species to 391,000.

In the Arctic, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a doomsday bank buried in the side of a mountain, contains more than 800,000 samples representing 5,100 different crops and their relatives.

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emongrass is an easy plant to grow in warm climates. In the Philippines, it is called mosquito grass and is planted around homes, not only for kitchen gardens, but to repel mosquitoes and other biting bugs.

Growing Lemongrass In areas with little to no frost, plant lemongrass in the garden with good, well-drained soil, healthy watering, and lots of room to spread out with full sun.

Plant seeds in early spring.

Medicinal Properties of Lemongrass The active constituents in lemongrass are volatile oils consisting largely of citral but also nerol, geraniol, citronellol, myrcene, and borneol.

These volatile oils are: • anti-spasmodic – eases muscle cramps • anti-septic and anti-bacterial – help the body fight infection.

Drinking lemongrass tea also eases sore throats.

• anti-fungal – help the body fight off fungal infections • carminative - help ease stomach problems (gas, cramping, bloating) • anti-depressant and sedative – soothe the nerves and aid relaxation and reduce anxiety • lowering cholesterol – may cut the absorption of cholesterol from food (according to a study conducted by the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Wisconsin)

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Older incandescent light bulbs have been phased out in many countries because they waste huge amounts of energy as heat, but scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have reported in Nature Nanotechnology that they are finding a way to recycle the waste energy and focus it back onto the filament, where it’s re-emitted as visible light. Their innovative structure is made from thin, stacked layers of a type of light-controlling crystal that allows visible wavelengths to pass through while reflecting infrared back to the filament as if striking a mirror.

Traditional bulbs are banned in the European Union and Canada, and their manufacture and importation are being phased out in the U.S. They’ve been replaced by more expensive compact fluorescent (CFL) and light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs, which are significantly more efficient. In theory, the crystal structures could boost the efficiency of incandescent bulbs to 40 percent, making them three times more efficient than the best available LED and CFL bulbs.

Cause and Effect

Activists Will ‘Sue’ Monsanto in Mock Trial

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EPA Helps Schools Cut Bus Emissions The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is helping finance the replacement or retrofitting of older school buses in public and private school fleets to reduce diesel emissions and improve air quality. Owners can install catalysts and ventilation systems to reduce emissions by up to 25 percent or replace older buses with newer ones that meet the latest highway emission standards. The EPA will pay up to $25,000 each, depending on the size.

“Our kids spend a lot of time on the school bus, and buses spend a lot of time in our neighborhoods and schoolyards. They are a national symbol of safety,” says Janet McCabe, acting assistant administrator for the EPA Office of Air and Radiation. “Significantly improving school bus fleets across the country with retrofits, replacements and idle reduction practices is imperative in meeting the agency’s goal of reducing children’s exposure to air toxins.”

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Organic Rally

October is Non-GMO Month

The Non GMO Project is sponsoring National Non-GMO Month in October. Observed since 2010, the program seeks to increase education and awareness about the growing presence of unlabeled genetically modified (GM/GMO) food products and ingredients.

People and organizations across North America are discovering the risks GMOs pose to our health, families and environment. Non-GMO Month provides a powerful opportunity to coordinate voices and actions around the country as brands, retailers and individuals stand up for the right to know what’s in our food and to choose to avoid GMOs. Protecting consumer choice and a non-GMO food supply requires a multifaceted approach with online and boots-on-theground teamwork.

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Monsanto, the U.S.-based, multinational producer of agricultural products infamous for its controversial Roundup herbicide, will be “sued” for crimes against humanity in the independent International Criminal Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, on World Food Day, October 16.

Plaintiffs include the Organic Consumers Association, International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements, Navdanya, Regeneration International, and Millions Against Monsanto, along with dozens of global food, farming and environmental justice groups.

The court, developed in 2011, will use the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to assess damages for Monsanto’s acts against humans and the environment. The court will also attempt to reform international criminal law to include crimes against the environment, or ecocide, as a prosecutable criminal offense. It has determined that prosecuting ecocide as a criminal offense is the only way to guarantee the rights of humans to a healthy environment and the right of nature to be protected.

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Francisco Bay area. What she calls the “right thing to do” fed more than 41,000 people that day.

Named one of Toyota’s 2016 Mothers of Invention, Ahmad uses the company’s $50,000 grant to boost Copia’s services throughout the U.S. Recently, German and Austrian government officials expressed interest in expanding the service to help feed Syrian refugees in their countries.

Friends Margot McNeeley and Janet Boscarino, in Memphis, Tennessee, looked around for local Margot McNeeley problems they

CHANGE MAKERS INSPIRED TO ACT

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urs is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul will help immensely. It is not given to us to know which acts, or by whom, will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good,” says Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D., a world-renowned author and Jungian psychoanalyst specializing in post-trauma counsel.

Thousands of people each day choose to see a world radiating with hope and light, despite ever-present conflict and strife. Their talents and gifts, alliances and collaborations are inspiring a new story that ripples outward into our communities and beyond.

In The Ten Gifts: Find the Personal Peace You’ve Always Wanted Through the Ten Gifts You’ve Always Had, author Robin L. Silverman affirms that everyone can reach within, even in the worst of circumstances, for treasures that can be used to improve the lives of others. She concludes, “We are not meant to use our gifts simply to survive,

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but to satisfy our souls and inspire others to do the same.”

Meeting Basic Needs Komal Ahmad was unaware that her single act of kindness in simply offering to share her lunch with a homeless veteran in 2011 while she was attending Komal Ahmad the University of California, Berkeley, would lead to a multiplying mission to feed America’s hungry. His heartfelt expression of gratitude for his first meal in three days sparked an epiphany: Her school was regularly throwing away thousands of pounds of food while neighbors were going hungry.

Today, Ahmad is the founder and CEO of Copia, an app that matches nonprofits serving in-need veterans, children, women and others with companies that have leftover gourmet food. Following the 2016 Super Bowl, she used Copia’s technology to organize food pickups throughout the San

could fix and took action starting in 2008. A former retail entrepreneur, McNeeley didn’t want food to go to waste and created the Project Green Fork certification program Janet Boscarino after learning that 95 percent of restaurant waste can be diverted from landfills. Her nonprofit helps restaurants to conserve water and energy, develop recycling and composting systems and switch to biodegradable containers and environmentally friendly cleaning operations.

Boscarino’s experience in business development and sales, combined with her disdain for litter, led her to found the nonprofit Clean Memphis, which began in 2008 with volunteer crews picking up litter. In recent years, the initiative’s community-wide strategy has expanded to involve local governments, businesses, neighborhoods, faith-based organizations and 20 local “sustainable schools”. In 2017, Project Green Fork will become a part of Clean Memphis.

Throughout two decades of educational activism, John G. Heim’s

passion for clean water as a human right has not waned.

The founder and leader of The SWFL John G. Heim Clean Water Movement, headquartered in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, persisted even when many business owners considered him a nuisance, driving off tourists.

As infestations of blue-green algae blooms have reached emergency levels, Heim’s ongoing grassroots campaign to increase awareness of water quality issues that’s backed by social media recently brought him to Washington, D.C., to make his case before Congress. The nonprofit’s 18,000 members have succeeded in bringing national attention to the thick muck now plaguing both Florida coasts. They’re working to alter nutrient-laden discharges from Lake Okeechobee that send agricultural toxins and rain overflow down the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie rivers and out into vital estuaries.

Scott Bunn’s Seneca Treehouse Project, launched in 2010, grew from his building background in a family of entrepreneurs to encompass design/ build services and education in ecohousing and ethical Scott Bunn living. Bunn’s original Seneca, South Carolina, homestead and acreage includes apprentice learning programs teaching practical skills in cultivating permaculture, growing food, building structures, working with tools and living in an intentional community.

“For the next six years, our goal is to annually train 50 people that will train 50 more people. Continuing this exponential growth pattern means the potential for 312 million more people living more compatibly and lightly upon the Earth. We’ve already established collaborations with six other cities around the U.S. tha t can potentially duplicate our efforts,” says Bunn.

Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have. ~Margaret Mead

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We are a community of possibilities, not a community of problems.

Community exists for the sake of belonging, and takes its identity from the gifts, generosity and accountability of its citizens. We currently have all the resources required to create an alternative future. ~Peter Block, Community: The Structure of Belonging Providing Healthcare Options Martie Whittiken, of Plano, Texas, a board-certified clinical nutritionist and host of the Healthy by Nature nationally syndicated radio show, uses her talents to advocate Martie Whittiken for health freedom in America. Educating listeners for 19 years, she served as president of the National Nutritional Foods Association during crucial phases of the 1992 to 1994 fight to successfully pass the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act to preserve consumer choices.

The author of The Probiotic Cure also helped found the Texas Health Freedom Coalition to protect citizens’ rights to choose alternative medical treatment in her state. Whittiken says, “My work is a labor of love. I have no interest in becoming famous or well known unless it contributes to getting the job done.”

On a 2006 medical mission Gigi Pomerantz

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to Haiti, Gigi Pomerantz, a licensed nurse practitioner at the Aurora Sinai Medical Center, in Milwaukee, discovered the impact of a lack of clean water and sanitation as her fourperson team treated 1,400 patients for worms, stomach problems, diarrhea and poor appetite. Two years later, she founded Youthaiti, where she serves as executive director.

The nonprofit helps rural Haitians build composting toilets and develop organic gardens using recycled waste as fertilizer. It also provides community hygiene education and reforestation.

Everything is aimed at breaking Haiti’s widespread cycle of contamination and disease, and safely convert human waste into agricultural fertilizer that’s increasing crop productivity and the availability of healthy food.

Psychotherapist Jacqui Bishop and Integrative Nutritionist Lisa Feiner, cofounders of Sharp Again Naturally, in White Plains, New York, believe Jacqui Bishop that dementia is reversible, and no case should be considered hopeless until all causative factors have been tested and ruled out.

Their resolve for eliminating causes Lisa Feiner of disease rather than managing symptoms is based on University of California, Los Angeles, research studies and sources quoted in a Health Advocates Worldwide documentary.

Project Yoga Richmond, established in 2010, makes yoga accessible to everyone in the city’s metro region. Thirty yoga teachers lead pay-what-you-can studio classes that help fund 22 outreach programs for underserved communities.

Healing programs are designed for needs related to autism, recovery, seniors, special students and youths in the court system. “We also provide continuing instructor education, visiting teachers, workshops and

other special events that deepen yoga practice in our community,” says cofounder Dana Walters, who serves as the board of directors vice president.

Enriching Lives

As an Emmy Award-winning trumpeter, composer, educator and co-founder, conductor and Orbert Davis artistic director of the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic (CJP), Orbert Davis is dedicated to multi-genre projects. His collaborative research in 2012 while in Cuba on a people-to-people exchange accompanied by fellow musicians and River North Dance Chicago’s Artistic Director Frank Chaves (now retired) proved to be a multifaceted boon.

It generated the philharmonic’s Havana Blue live performance in 2013 and ignited a weeklong cultural exchange with Cuba’s Universidad Ciudad de las Artes (ISA) during his return trip for the Havana International Jazz Festival in 2014. President Barak Obama’s announcement of the normalization of Cuban/U.S. diplomatic relations opened up the possibility for a continuing CJP/ISA relationship, as well as their 2015 landmark partnered event when 37 ISA students traveled to Chicago to perform Scenes from Life: Cuba at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre. Davis promises more such events to come.

All of these individuals represent a small percentage of the gamechangers actively moving to create an alternative future. Estés observes, “What is needed for dramatic change is an accumulation of acts; adding, adding to, adding more, continuing.

We know that it does not take everyone on Earth to bring justice and peace, but only a small, determined group that will not give up during the first, second or hundredth gale.”

Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings. Connect at ItsAllAboutWe.com.

To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. ~Buddha

“If you don’t want your life to change, don’t get on your mat.” BKS Iyengar

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Chiropractic to the Rescue It Helps IBD, ADHD, PMS and Other Conditions

by Edward Group

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hiropractic care corrects spinal alignment abnormalities as a means of treating a wide range of health problems. Addressing skeletal and muscular disorders and relieving pain are just the beginning. Research studies reported in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological

Therapeutics and the journal of healing science Explore have found chiropractic beneficial in treating connective tissue abnormalities, infant lactose intolerance and even autism.

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practice in the U.S. Science supports its usefulness in addressing a wide range of conditions.

Bell’s Palsy. Recovery varies among patients as chiropractors create patientcentric treatment programs designed to improve facial motion and hearing, relieve pain and address other nerverelated issues (Archives of Internal Medicine; Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics).

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). A Canadian survey of chiropractors has reported success in using spinal manipulation to relieve IBD, colitis and other bowel disorders (Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology).

Cancer. The Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine publishes numerous studies of therapies supporting cancer patients suffering the side effects of conventional treatment. The American Journal of Clinical Oncology reports that chiropractic care rates as one of the leading alternative medical treatments for pain management, among other related benefits. Chiropractic offers economical and effective strategies that may help quality of life, as discussed in Seminars in Oncology Nursing.

High Blood Pressure. While many relevant studies can’t yet generalize results, the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics documents success by chiropractors treating hypertension without the downside of medical drugs that can include the risk of stroke (University of Alabama at Birmingham).

Chronic Sinusitis. Patients with nasal and sinus passages that don’t drain properly due to physical or nerverelated causes may find relief through chiropractic care. A study cited in the same journal showed that patients experienced relief of all related symptoms after a single adjustment.

Arthritis. A study published in a journal from the the University of Virginia School of Medicine Center for the Study of Complementary and Alternative Therapies notes that arthritis patients obtaining chiropractic care enjoyed better health and quality of life than those that did not.

Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS).

In clinical studies, combining manual

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Bay Colony Chiropractic spinal adjustment with soft tissue therapy has been found to relieve PMS discomfort. In one study, two groups of women were tested, switching off in receiving chiropractic adjustments or a placebo alternative. Each time, the group receiving chiropractic adjustments reported the greatest improvements (Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics).

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). A study published in Explore suggests that chiropractic care combined with other holistic elements such as appropriate nutrition may provide a more gentle, yet effective approach than conventional psychotropic drugs. It employed chiropractic treatment for boys 9 to 13 years old diagnosed with ADHD. Spinal manipulation with nutritional supplementation was reported to improve hyperactivity, inattentiveness, impulsiveness and behavioral, social and emotional difficulties.

Headaches. Based on recent studies, spinal manipulation has proven effective against migraines and headaches originating from the neck. Manual therapy of the spine, along with neck exercises, promotes improvement in patients with neck-related headaches. Side effects are rare and minor (Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics).

Dr. Edward Group is CEO and co-founder of the Global Healing Center, in Houston, TX (GlobalHealingCenter.com). He is a doctor of chiropractic trained in naturopathy, herbals and clinical nutrition; author of The Green Body Cleanse; and a diplomate of the American Board of Functional Medicine.

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outer world until we make peace with ourselves. ~Dalai Lama

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t’s never too late to being your journey to health.” Dr. Donna Sanders has been practicing chiropractic care in southeast Texas for over 25 years. To her, it is important to treat the underlying cause of any pain working to get her patients to their optimum spinal health. Over the years, she has kept up to date on many continuing educational classes, ensuring that her patients receive the most comprehensive and advanced chiropractic care in a holistic way.

The office not only provides traditional chiropractic care, but also offers classes in healthy lifestyle management introducing new healthy habits for each person’s ongoing health needs. Various treatment programs include adjustments, Rehab exercise programs taught at the office so patients can also do them at home, soft tissue mobilization (neuromuscular reeducation) and a variety of physiotherapies such as electrical stimulation, hot & cold therapy, therapeutic ultrasound and decompression traction. She also uses several unique techniques to bring patients to optimum health.

One patient, Trish, tells her story of her experience with Dr. Sanders. “I had chronic back pain. When Dr. Sanders first told me she could fix me back, I was skeptical. She told me to stay off my feet to stay off my feet for two weeks and come in for treatment three times a week. I was amazed at the relief she brought me. I am able to walk better, sleep better, and my endurance is higher. I am so happy I have a doctor who listens to me, and cares so much. I often tell people how much she has made me well and she encourages me to live life happy with less stress. So far, it’s working! I love this place. Dr. Sanders has and awesome team of professionals to help me have a healthier body.”

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WALKING MEDITATION The Calming and Centering Effects of Labyrinths

by Gina McGalliard

While many of us like to meditate, some can’t sit still. Walking a labyrinth provides an enticing alternative.

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n archetypal labyrinth gently leads us in a circular path inward toward a center and then back out again. Found in ancient cultures from African, Celtic and Greek to Native American, they became especially popular fixtures in Medieval European churches; one of the most renowned is in France’s Chartres Cathedral.

Depictions of labyrinths have been included in paintings, pottery, tapestries and in Hopi baskets as a sacred symbol of Mother Earth. Several American tribes saw the pattern as a medicine wheel. Celts may have regarded it as a never-ending knot or

circle. While some of the oldest known labyrinths decorate cave walls in Spain, today they grace diverse locations ranging from spas and wellness centers to parks, gardens, university campuses and even prisons.

“Labyrinths can be outdoors or indoors. Permanent labyrinths may be made of stones, rocks, bricks or inlaid stones. Temporary labyrinths can be painted on grass or made with all sorts of things for a particular purpose or appropriate to a specific cause,” explains Diane Rudebock, Ed.D., resource vice president and research chair of the Labyrinth Society, in Trumansburg, New York.

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“Walking a labyrinth is useful for those that sometimes have a hard time being outwardly still and drawing themselves inward. You must move your body, and because you’re focused on the path while you’re walking it, it’s easier to drop wholly into the journey and let go of all else,” says Anne Bull, of Veriditas, a Petaluma, California, nonprofit that supports new labyrinth designs to suit the spiritual needs of hospitals, schools and retreat centers. The group also sponsors a worldwide directory at LabyrinthLocator.com.

Individual Approaches

A labyrinth walk typically involves three stages. The first is for releasing extraneous thoughts on the way to the center. Upon arriving in the stillness of that point, the participant opens heart and mind to receive whatever message or wisdom is intended for them. The return path is the integration phase, to

Bales Intermediate School 211 Stadium Drive Friendswood 77546 Dual path problem solving labyrinth adapted from the work of Lisa Gidlow Moriarty, painted on the concrete playground slab to the south of the building. Call for availability. Access labyrinth through school office. Contact school counselor Barbara Gruener (bgruener@fisdk12.net) for info as to use of the labyrinth as a counseling tool and access to the labyrinth.

Labyrinth can be accessed by the public during daylight hours after school.

Gates are locked during school hours.

Local Labyrinths There are a number of Labyrinths available in the local area for the general public to use, most provided by local spiritual centers. Below are a few we found to share. Visit them and tell them you learned about them in Natural Awakenings! If you know of others in our area, please write us at: info@na-setexas.com. We love to hear from our readers!

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This medieval labyrinth is a 7-circuit “Circle of Peace” design. It was constructed using the bricks set at ground level to form the circles with the grass becoming the path. Designed

by Lisa Gidlow Moriarty and built by Sean Archer as part of the Eagle Project, the size is 35-40 feet in diameter.

Visit ChapelwoodUMC.org for more information, times and directions. make a fresh insight our own.

Participants should approach their walk in different ways: One may have a specific question or intention in mind; another may be open to whatever occurs during their meditation; yet another may repeat a meditative mantra. One might even choose to bypass the path entirely in order to sit contemplatively at its center. Unlike a maze, it’s impossible to lose our way with the circular path serving as a simple and reliable guide.

Moody Methodist Church 2803 53rd Street Galveston 77551 This 11-Circuit Chartres-style paver labyrinth was built by Marty Kermeen at the Wm. Temple Episcopal Center in 2001 and moved by Marty Kermeen to the Moody Methodist Church Prayer Garden in 2014. Open for scheduled events. Facilitated Full Moon Walks every month starting 1/2 hour after sunset and Facilitated Seasonal Sunrise Walks starting 15 minutes before sunrise at Equinox and Solstice.

Check the calendar on page 28 for more information.

Although scientific research on labyrinth meditation has been limited to participant questionnaires, future studies may incorporate the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging technology to measure brain activity and record what individuals experience. Labyrinths located in settings like hospitals and prisons lend themselves to such research, says Rudebock. As a Veriditas-certified labyrinth facilitator, she conducts workshops and observes, “Walks are unique to each individual and may not produce uniform or replicable results.”

At its core, the experience is about listening to our truest self, away from the cacophony of modern life. “I believe that the world needs

Unity Bay Area Houston 1911 Hwy 3 S League City 77573 Unity Bay Area Houston is constructing a 40 foot labyrinth that will be open to the public during daylight hours. A labor of love from congregants, set in the garden next to a small lake and surrounded by flowers and vegetation.

Visit the church office or call 281-5542450 for more information.

Expected completion: April 2017.

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Labyrinthine invitations to a mindfulness practice are open to everyone. “A labyrinth can bridge all beliefs, faiths, religions and walks of life,” says Bull. “You can walk a labyrinth no matter what you believe.

Benefits come in walking it with an open mind and open heart.”

St Andrew’s Episcopal Church 2525 E. Broadway Pearland 7758 This sand and stone medieval three-circuit labyrinth is designed

by Bryson Rushing and built by Boy Scout Troop 468 in March, 2006. Always open.

Gina McGalliard is a freelance writer in San Diego, CA. Connect at GinaMcGalliard.com.

For more information, visit StAndrewsPearland.org. places where our souls can be quiet,” remarks Jean Richardson, director of the Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center, in Bangor, Pennsylvania, which includes a seven-circuit labyrinth. “Retreat centers and labyrinths are places where we can listen to our inner heart, feel our inner calling and tap into our own divine nature. I think deep listening is not always valued in a world where we are rewarded for being busy and keeping our schedules full.”

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Nearby Opportunities

Today, labyrinths—indoor, outdoor, natural, urban, secular and religious— are found in or near many communities. Following the lead of California’s Golden Door Spa, in Escondido, which pioneered the use of a labyrinth in a spa setting, many natural awakenings

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Born to Eat Wild Why Ancestral Diets Boost Health

by Judith Fertig

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n The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, Michael Pollan surmised that we’d be healthier if we ate the way our great-grandparents did. It would mean sticking to regularly scheduled meals instead of impulsive snacking, having a meat or protein item comprise only a quarter of our plate, adding fresh vegetables and eliminating junk food.

We must look further back than our immediate ancestors, counters Jo Robinson, a food journalist who surveyed more than 6,000 scientific research studies before writing her bestselling Eating on the Wild Side: The Missing Link to Optimum Health. She has also coauthored several other books, including The Omega Diet: The Lifesaving Nutritional Program Based on the Diet of the Island of Crete.

Narrowed Field of Foods

“Many believe we have dumbed down the nutrition in our food over the past 100 years,” says Robinson, who lives and gardens on Vashon Island, Washington. “Research shows we have been breeding out proteins and minerals and most importantly, antioxidants, for much longer.”

She points out that the hunter-gatherer diet encompassed many wild foods that tasted more bitter, astringent, sour and earthy than the sweet blandness in today’s fruits and vegetables. Wild foods offered a wider variety of phytonutrients, but came at a cost—the time required to hunt and gather enough food for a day, let alone a season.

“Then, 12,000 years ago, we had a better idea— gardening,” says Robinson. “We evolved to 20 varieties in a garden versus 150 in wild plants.” First, farmers chose sweet,

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starchy, mild-tasting, oil-rich foods such as figs, dates and olives.

“We’re hard-wired to choose high-calorie foods because they’re directly connected to the pleasure centers of the brain,” she adds.

After that, the trend to grow sweeter-tasting, less nutritious plants snowballed. Robinson cites research that found adding one Golden Delicious apple to the daily diet of a small group of overweight men led to higher levels of undesirable low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and triglycerides due to its high-fructose content and low levels of antioxidants (International Journal of Preventive Medicine).

Wilder Options Even organic farming methods, in which the soil is naturally enriched, can’t return all those lost nutrients to our food.

Rather than advocate that we return to eating wild foods, Robinson suggests finding wild equivalents. Even those that follow a paleo diet—presumably eaten by early humans and consisting chiefly of meat, fish, vegetables and fruit, excluding dairy, grain products and commercially processed items—could use further refinements in the produce they choose. She recommends specific varieties of fruits and vegetables and explains the benefits of “wild” foods such as meat, eggs and dairy from livestock and poultry fed on grass on her website, EatWild.com.

We can make smarter choices, seeking wilder-type varieties of foods at the grocery store, farmers’ market and garden seed companies. In general, they are more vividly colored, especially from red to purple, and less sweet.

Brightly colored fruits and vegetables indicate a botanical sunscreen the plant produces to protect itself from ultraviolet light and other external threats, notes Robinson; it’s an indication of a higher antioxidant activity.

“Find as many purple foods as possible because they have anthocyanins, known to fight cancer and inflammation,” suggests Robinson. “The original carrot from Afghanistan is purple. It’s only been orange for the past 400 years when it was bred to salute the royal House of Orange, in the Netherlands.”

According to Robinson, we can also prepare our foods in ways that maximize their phytonutrient content. Eat fresh-picked asparagus and broccoli immediately or their natural sugars and antioxidants disappear. Let chopped or pressed garlic sit for 10 minutes before using so its pungent allicin—the healthy compound that benefits our health—will increase. Tear fresh lettuce the day before eating and keep it fresh in a plastic bag with poked holes, to allow the stillliving lettuce to rally its healthy compounds as if its battered leaves were repelling an insect attack.

This emerging science of polyphenols, the technical term for phytonutrients in our food, will be explosive, predicts this pioneering research-based author. “There’s a new study just about every month,” she finds. It can all lead toward breeding and growing more nutritious foods that are more readily accessible to everyone.

Judith Fertig writes cookbooks and foodie fiction from Overland Park, KS (JudithFertig.com).

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How Trees Care for Each Other

by Melissa Breyer

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rom learning to communicate to physically caring for each other, the secret lives of trees are wildly deep and complex.

“ Th e y c a n c o u n t , l e a r n a n d remember; nurse sick neighbors; warn each other of danger by sending electrical signals across a fungal network known as the ‘wood wide web’; and keep the ancient stumps of long-felled companions alive for centuries by feeding them a sugar solution through their roots,” reveals Peter Wohlleben, a German forest ranger and author of The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate— Discoveries from a Secret World, released in September.

Upon seeing two soaring beeches in the forest, Wohlleben observes, “These trees are friends. See how the thick branches point away from each other? That’s so they don’t block their buddy’s light. Sometimes, pairs are so interconnected at the roots that when one tree dies, the other one dies, too.”

Wohlleben is rekindling a reimagination of trees even as many people consider their role is only to supply us with oxygen and wood. Using a mix of scientific research and his own observations from studying forestry and working in the forest since 1987, the man who speaks for the trees does so in decidedly anthropomorphic terms.

“Scientific language removes all the

emotion, and people don’t understand it anymore. I use a human language.

When I say, ‘Trees suckle their children,’ everyone knows immediately what I mean,” he says.

After years of working for the state forestry administration in RhinelandPalatinate, and then as a forester managing 3,000 acres of woods near Cologne, he began to understand that contemporary practices were not serving the trees or those that depend on them very well. Artificially spacing out trees ensures that trees get more sunlight and grow faster, but naturalists report that trees exist less like individuals and more as communal beings. By working together in networks and sharing resources, they increase their resistance to potentially damaging influences.

After researching alternative a p p r o a ch e s , Wo h l l e b e n b e g a n implementing some revolutionary concepts. He replaced heavy machinery with horses, stopped using insecticides and let the woods become wilder. The pilot German forest plot went from losing money to posting a profit in two years.

As Dr. Seuss’ tree-loving Lorax says, “I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.”

Never believe

that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have. ~Margaret Mead

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SORE THROAT SOOTHERS

Natural Remedies Help Kids Heal

by Kathleen Barnes

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he household is settling for the night when the 5-yearold cries out, “My throat hurts!”

“There’s no need to panic,” says Dr. Tieraona Low Dog, in Pecos, New Mexico, an integrative physician and chief medical officer of Weil Lifestyle. “It’s pretty easy to figure out if it’s strep throat, which requires antibiotics, or something you can treat at home.”

Only 10 to 20 percent of sore throats in children are caused by Streptococcus bacteria which, if not properly treated, can lead to heart damage. The first question to ask is, “What are the symptoms?” If these include sudden onset of a severe and worsening sore throat without any complaints of scratchiness; a fever of 101 degrees Fahrenheit or more; headache or stomach pain; and the lack of a stuffy nose, cough or sign of a cold—a trip to the pediatrician is essential and a course of antibiotics is necessary, says Low Dog.

The vast majority of youngsters’ sore throats, which may accompany a common cold, are caused by viruses and will heal on their own in about a week. Many natural remedies will help children feel better and relieve the pain; some cost so little they are nearly free.

Salt water gargle: “A glass of warm water with half a teaspoon of sea salt swirled into it is an old-school remedy that works well for kids at least 5 years old,” says Erika Krumbeck, a naturopathic doctor and licensed primary care physician practicing pediatrics in Missoula, Montana.

She notes that a salt water gargle can also moderate the symptoms of strep until the child can see a doctor.

The Mayo Clinic Book of Home Remedies confirms that the salt water draws excess fluid from inflamed throat tissues.

It also loosens mucus and removes other irritants, including bacteria, allergens and fungi. Just make sure children don’t swallow the salt water, counsels Krumbeck.

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Warm compresses: A warm water compress using a wet hand towel applied for 10 or 15 minutes every hour loosens mucus and is soothing. “It’s amazing how effective these familiar practices are,” says Krumbeck. “Grandma knew what she was doing.”

Lemon juice and honey: “Honey is sweet, so kids love it,” says certified nutritionist Kimberly Snyder, of New York and Los Angeles. This traditional recipe works because the honey has antibacterial properties and the lemon juice is packed with immune-boosting antioxidants.

Snyder cautions that babies younger than 12 months old should never be given honey because their immune systems cannot handle the bacterial spores sometimes present in the sweet treat.

Elderberry: The tiny purple berries of the Sambucus nigra L. plant shortens the duration of colds and flu often suffered by air travelers, according to research that includes a large Australian study. Elderberry syrup appeals to kids because it tastes delicious.

Low Dog recommends keeping a bottle on hand at all times because it’s hard to know when a child will complain of a scratchy throat. “This yummy syrup is good for all ages. It’s so safe. I love it,” says Low Dog, adding, “Plus, you can always use it on whole-grain pancakes.”

Sage and Echinacea: Drinking sage tea and gargling with echinacea are old-time remedies for sore throats that now have scientific backing, says Snyder. Go for a twofer and add a little echinacea to the tea, she suggests.

A Swiss study showed that an echinacea/sage spray soothed sore throat symptoms just as well as a chlorhexidine/lidocaine spray, which can have side effects that include more swelling and even allergic reactions; the suggested spray should not be used with children under 12.

Pairing up a dose of safe and gentle, time-tested sore throat recipes with a big hug will go far toward relieving most little ones’ suffering.

Kathleen Barnes has authored numerous natural health books, including Food Is Medicine: 101 Prescriptions from the Garden. Connect at KathleenBarnes.com.

UNSAFE DRUGS Acetaminophen, a popular ingredient in over-the-counter children’s cold medicines like Tylenol, has been linked to twice the risk of developing asthma. Immediate side effects can include rapid heart rate and convulsions.

Ephedrine, pseudophedrine and phenylephrine are popular ingredients in children’s cold medications even though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says they’re not effective. Side effects include the possibility of unsupervised children overdosing on the sugary concoctions and can even prove fatal. In 2008, the FDA warned parents not to use any such cold medications for children under 4.

Antibiotics are not effective against the viruses that cause most colds and flu. Antibiotics kill bacteria like those associated with strep throat, not viruses. Using antibiotics for a cold can actually lead to future antibiotic resistance.

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hether it’s a sideline or full time, flourishing small businesses stimulate the economy. The U.S. Small Business Association found that between 2009 and 2013, companies with fewer than 500 employees accounted for 60 percent of net new jobs. Technology allows new commercial ventures to be launched from home, yielding huge savings in startup costs. Owners have found ways to fulfill needs by leveraging their past job experiences and personal interests.

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The Rise of Ecopreneurs

When the economy faltered in 2008, Dave Marciniak, owner and lead designer at Revolutionary Gardens, in Culpeper, Virginia, offered eco-friendly services. “I focus on a few key points and design to make the outdoors a place where people want to be,” he says.

Even for urbanites, fresh garden herbs are available thanks to ecopreneurs like Andy Avramenko, who created TrendyThing, in New York City. “The edible plants our bike messengers distribute come from

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In addition to cleaning homes, Debbie Sardone, owner of Speed Cleaning, in Lewisville, Texas, saw an opportunity to manufacture her own green cleaning products. They’re part of a full-line online catalog.

Ryan Riley and his wife, Ashley Spitz, of Los Angeles, own and operate Biz Bagz, dog waste bags made in America from bio-based resins and recycled plastics. He notes the genesis of their idea: “Landfills are anaerobic, so biodegradable bags don’t get the oxygen required to break down. Compostable bags are available, but few places provide composting services.

We offer a cleaner alternative.”

Another pet-inspired idea was spawned when Kevin Li, of Manhattan, New York, left his puppy home alone for the first time. He invented an app-operated remote control ball with a camera called PlayDate (Tinyurl. com/RemoteBallApp).

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People- and planet-friendly personal care products address other ongoing customer needs. Nitya Gulati, founder of Sugarloom Cosmetics, in Ashburn, Virginia, specializes in Americanmade, vegan, cruelty- and toxin-free nail polish. She advises, “Look for ‘five-free’ on the label, which means no formaldehyde, dibutyl phthalate, toluene and allergens camphor and formaldehyde resin. Watch out for guanine, made from fish scales, found in glittery polishes. Oleic acid, a thickener, is animal fat. Vibrant reds may contain carmine, made from boiled, crushed beetles.” She warns that products tested by a third party can obscure animal testing during product development.

Amelia Swaggert and Elizabeth Ripps, co-founders of California Scrub Company, in Los Angeles, upcycle coffee grounds into a natural facial scrub. They’ve eliminated plastic at every step of production from sourcing to packaging. They’re also helping to keep the world’s oceans from becoming plastic soup by supporting the Beat the Microbead campaign. (BeatTheMicrobead.org/en).

Maintaining a professional look while living green can be a challenge.

OneSavvyMother.com found a stylish, eco-friendly, lightweight and durable tote bag designed by Natalie Therése.

The vegan cork tote is made in Boxford, Massachusetts. Shavings from the bark of the cork oak tree grown in Portugal are transformed into ultrathin sheets to produce cork fabric; the certified organic cotton lining is produced in Korea and China in certi-

fied Global Organic Textile Standard and fair trade facilities.

Out and About Mya Zeronis saw a need for healthy food and stepped out of her comfort zone to fulfill it through her extra VEGANza Pgh restaurant and its catering arm, Lean Chef en Route, recognized by Sustainable Pittsburgh.

“We source locally, compost produce scraps, serve meat- and dairy-free menu options, practice food waste management with root-to-stem preparation and maintain energy conservation,” she says. Customers are encouraged to bike to the restaurant; there’s even a bicycle air pump and flat tire repair kit on the premises if emergencies arise.

Shared bikes are a welcome addition at colleges for budget-minded and time-strapped students. Rented by the hour or day, they’re a convenient, healthy and non-polluting way to get around campus. New York University at Buffalo students can remotely locate, rent and unlock GPS-enabled bikes.

At Williams College, in Williamstown, Massachusetts, the Purple Bike Coalition provides free use of bikes and a staffed repair station; a cargo bike helps transport larger objects.

Entrepreneurs are creative by nature; seeing a need and asking, “What if?” Eco-friendly, green-minded entrepreneurs take ideas a step farther, working to ensure the health of consumers and the planet. They succeed as they serve and inspire us all.

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. ~William Shakespeare

Connect with the freelance writer via AveryMack@mindspring.com.

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lmost 60 percent of America’s pet cats are overweight, according to a survey by the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention. Feline obesity can lead to joint pain, hinder self-grooming and make it harder to use the litter box, all resulting in fat cats being left at shelters by frustrated owners.

Chubby kitties also are more prone to osteoarthritis, Type 2 diabetes mellitus, respiratory problems and non-allergic skin conditions. “Potential health problems make overweight cats harder to adopt,” says Deanna Schmidt, with the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, in Pittsburgh.

“On Fat Cat Tuesdays, we waive the adoption fee for cats 14 pounds and over. We counsel adoptive families and follow up so that ongoing healthy eating and exercise continues to melt away the pounds.”

Experts advise that a house cat should maintain the sleek, fluid motion of a jungle cat. Viewed from above, healthy cats have a distinct waistline, an inward curve between the rib cage and hips. Pick it up and step on the scale. The pet’s weight should comprise between six to 10 pounds of the total.

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“The first time I saw healthy cats, I thought they looked small because I’d become used to seeing fat cats,” recalls Traci Pichette, founder of Pumeli tea and gift boxes, in St. Petersburg, Florida.

She’s not alone in her assessment.

Suggested Solutions

While free-feeding dry food is easier for owners and allows a cat to snack at will, some take advantage and overeat, often from boredom. To help the transition from always-available dry food to mealtime wet food, use kibble as a special treat.

Food puzzles, widely available online or in pet supply stores, will keep Kitty busy during the day. Homemade feeding puzzles work, too; put a small amount of kibble in a cardboard tube or small box, tape the end shut and randomly cut small holes in the sides.

Kitty will have to roll the tube or fit a paw inside to retrieve a treat.

“Free-feeding dry food is comparable to a constant supply of Fritos on our desk,” says Jackson Galaxy, author of Cat Daddy. “As far as the myth that dry food cleans teeth, I ask, do you floss with Melba toast? Dry food leaves plaque. A grain-free, wet food adds needed moisture and fat to their diet. A

cat’s teeth are designed to rip and tear, not crunch.”

“Changing my cat’s food to an all-wet diet slimmed her down to a healthy weight. I hated the smell, but it made sense to me that dry food was just carbs,” says Pichette. “At first, she whined at not having food all the time, but got used to it, and now she can eat treats in moderation. The cool thing is we’re all enjoying her increased energy and playfulness.”

Cats are obligate carnivores, which means their natural diet comprises 90 percent meat and 10 percent vegetable matter. A roaming cat’s native routine is to search for food, hunt, catch and eat, groom and nap. Because each catch is small, they eat frequently.

“There’s still an ancestor cat inside domesticated felines, a ‘raw’ cat that wants to hunt for its food,” explains Galaxy. “We need to play into that thinking and feed at intervals; ideally, every five hours or so, or at least in the morning, after work and about an hourand-a-half before bedtime.”

While the family’s morning and evening schedules mean just a quick scoop of food in the bowl, the third meal should be an interactive one. “A battery-operated toy or waving a laser light around is not play,” says Galaxy.

“Interactive play is not texting with one hand and wiggling the fishing pole toy with the other. You have to get up and move to let the cat search for the toy, watch and wait, then pounce. It engages the animal mentally and physically and brings the raw cat to the surface. When you reach the point of diminishing returns, the pet is tired and it’s time for a meal.” His foundation improves lives of shelter animals, teaching staff to clicker train, entertain and exercise their cats to make them more adoptable.

After an active day, the cat will be ready for bed, syncing its rhythm with the rest of the household. “A full play session satisfies natural instincts and prevents the cat from hunting your ankles as you sleep,” advises Galaxy.

“It’s not a luxury to have a variety of toys; it’s a necessity for having a quality relationship with a healthy cat.”

Connect with freelance writer Sandra Murphy at StLouisFreelanceWriter@ mindspring.com.

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eople come to me with their headaches, migraines, chronic pain, neck pain, shoulder/arm pain, whiplash from car accidents, injuries from accidents on the job, backaches, ear infections, asthma, allergies, numbness in limbs, just to name a few.

Several times a day patients thank me for helping them with their health problems.

But I can’t really take the credit. My confession is that I’ve never healed anyone of anything. What I do is perform a specific spinal adjustment to remove nerve pressure, and the body responds by healing itself. We get tremendous results. It’s as simple as that.

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I graduated with academic honors from the University of Maryland, with my Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology. I’ve been entrusted to take care of tiny babies to collegiate athletes.

After practicing in Nederland as an associate for two years, I opened my own practice in Galveston. I just have that low fee to help more people who need care.

– Dr. Chad Duchon, Chiropractor P.S. When accompanied by the first, I am also offering the second family member this same examination for only $10.

P.P.S. I am now an “In-Network” doctor for most insurance companies. Mastercard & Visa also accepted.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 Pearland Arts & Crafts on the Pavilion – Oct 1-2. 10am-5pm. This festival offers a wide array of handmade goods and crafts, art exhibits, and live entertainment. Pearland Town Center, 11200 Broadway St., Pearland. 713-340-0704.

Miles for the Mainland Fun Run – 7:30am. 10K, 5K, & 1K United Way Run. Chip-timed races, certified courses, free children’s area. Registration $25 ($10 for Students). Benefitting United Way Galveston County Mainland. Rainbow Park, 800 Bay Street, Texas City.

College of the Mainland’s 50th Birthday Bash – 3pm. All are invited to sample food truck’s specialties, hear music by local groups, take a walk through history and explore children’s activities. College of the Mainland, 1200 North Amburn Road, Texas City.

409-933-8437.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4 Clute National Night Out – 6-9pm. National Night Out is a community building event that promotes police and community partnerships to make our neighborhoods safer. Free. Clute Municipal Park, 100 Parkview Dr., Clute. 979-265-8392.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 King’s Oktoberfest – Oct. 7-9. 5pm-12am. This event is packed with a huge Oktoberfest tent, amazing eats, delicious German “bier”, games, and additional entertainment for the whole family. Tickets $5 - $80.

King’s Biergarten, 1329 E. Broadway, Pearland.

KingsOktoberfest.com.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 Head for the Cure Foundation Run – 8am. Run to support raising awareness & funding to inspire hope for the community of brain cancer patients, families & friends. $35 Registration to Oct5. Pearland Town Center, 11200 Broadway St, Pearland.

HeadForTheCure.org/Houston.

Gritty Goddess Women’s 5k Obstacle/Mud Run – 8:30am. Gather your fellow goddesses and join the Sisterhood of the Soil! The Gritty Goddess Women’s 5K Obstacle and Mud Run is a fun, non-competitive course with over 28 obstacles. Form a team, or do it solo... it’s your day and your choice!!! Fees $55$75. Moody Gardens, 1 Hope Blvd, Galveston.

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16th Annual Oktoberfest By The Bayou – 11am6pm. German food, music, silent auction, cold brew, arts & crafts, kids games, raffles, cake spin, face painting, moonwalk & slides, train rides, and vendor booths. Free. Memorial Lutheran Church, 2021 29th Street North, Texas City. 409-945-4052.

An Evening in The Park – 6-9 pm. An evening to raise money for League City’s first dog park.

Vendors, food trucks, entertainment, silent auctions and adoptions. Benefitting League City Dog Park Association. Free. League Park, 512 2nd Street, League City. 832-207-3780.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19 Seagull II Harbor Tour & Dolphin Watch – 10 am-5pm. Don’t miss this chance to get a new perspective on Galveston Bay and the historic Port of Galveston. Knowledgeably narrated tours explore the wide variety of birds and marine life that teems in the Bay. Adults $10, kids $8. Galveston Harbor Tours, 2200 Harborside Drive, Galveston. 409-763-1877.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21

Space City 10 Miler & 2 Person Relay – 7-11:30am.

Certified course. One loop through Clear Lake area with start and finish at UH Clear Lake campus.

Mile marker premiums provided by Nationwide Insurance. Long sleeve tech shirt from Brooks to first 1000 participants. Great post-race party! Fees $55 to $88. University of Houston – Clear Lake, 2700 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston. KLandry39@prodigy.net.

Food Truck Friday – 4:30pm. Come enjoy a variety of food trucks and vendors galore as well as a live performance by a local artist! Attention car enthusiasts: The Museum will also be hosting a Friday Night Cruise, so bring your car to show off!

Free. Butler Longhorn Museum, 1220 Croyell St., League City. 281-332-1393.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13

Wings Over Houston Air Show – Oct. 22-23. 8am.

Bring lawn chairs, ear protection & sunscreen to enjoy aerial and pyrotechnical performances. Food, drinks & souvenir vendors will be set up throughout the grounds. Admission fees $5-30. Ellington Field, 510 Ellington Field, Houston. WingsOverHouston. com.

Rock The Block – 5-7pm. Come on out and join us as we spend time together as a community and support local business! Bay City Main Street Square, 1900 Fifth Street, Bay City. 979-245-8081.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14 Bayou Fest – Oct. 14-15. 9am-10:30pm. This family oriented festival will feature a wide variety of activities, entertainment, food, fun! Admission & parking are free to the public. Live entertainment by Johnny Lee and the Urban Cowboy Band, and more!

Free. Highland Bayou Park, 1801 IH45, La Marque.

409-935-1408.

NOAA International Sea-Bean Symposium & Beachcombers Festival – Oct. 14-15. 9am.

Messages in Bottles, Rafts, Seaweed, Sea Turtles, lost Nike’s and lost LEGOS! Expect to be able to chat with beachcombers, oceanographers, scientists, nature writers…discuss and answer your questions about ocean treasures, world currents - What are SeaBeans? What is Flotsam? Free. NOAA, 4700 Avenue U Building 216, Galveston. Seabean.com

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 Prairie Pandemonium – 8am-12pm. Help Armand Bayou Nature Center restore tallgrass prairies and critical native habitat. Your help is needed to plant up to 2000 potted native grasses that will give the prairies a jump-start to a native state of abundant wildflowers and grasses. Armand Bayou Nature Center, 8500 Bay Area Blvd., Pasadena. Abnc.org.

Depo Market Day – 9am–2pm. Alvin’s Farmer’s Market has old fashioned produce stands, sweet treats, and unique handmade gifts. Shop and enjoy the local fare. Event is held rain or shine. Free. Alvin Train Depot, 200 Depot Centre Blvd., Alvin. 281388-4299.

Full Moon Labyrinth Walk: Hunter’s Moon – 7:30pm.

Public is invited. Moody Methodist Labyrinth, 2803 53rd St, Galveston. Galveston.com/labyrinth.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 Liberty Mutual Invitational Golf Tournament The Liberty Mutual Invitational Golf Tournament is presented by E-Z Line Pipe Support and benefiting Forgotten Angels Foundation which impacts the lives of individuals living with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities. Golfcrest Country Club, 2509 Country Club Drive, Pearland. Call 832-2435925 for time and fees. ForgottenAngels.org.

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D’Feet Breast Cancer – 5K & 10K Run/ Walk. Moody Gardens, 1 Hope Blvd, Galveston.

DFeetBreastCancer.com.

League City Annual Harvest Festival – 10am2pm. Craft booths, games, costumes contest & more.

Free admission. League Park, 512 2nd St., League City. 281-554-1194.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 Monster Dash 5k and BASF Kids Run – 7:40am.

Start off with the BASF Kids’ Run (600 meters).

Medals & t-shirts will be awarded to all children who participate. Following will be a 5k run. Awards given for the best costumes. Kids Race is free but donations are welcome to benefit Habitat for Humanity. 5k fee $25. MacLean Park, 93 Lake Rd., Lake Jackson.

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Slime Day – Let’s Get Slimed! – 9:30-11am. Come get slimy with us. Children 5+ welcome, must be accompanied by an adult the duration of Slime Day. Free. Brazosport Museum of Natural Science, 400 College Dr., Clute. 979-265-7831.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 31 PARC Monster Dash – 7:30/8am. 5K Run/Walk & 10K Run, Kids 1K. Annual fun run to raise money for Snowdrop Foundation, supporting children with cancer. Silvercrest Elementary, 3003 Southwyck Parkway, Pearland.

PearlandRunnerClub.org/ monster-dash/.

Pearland Trick or Treat – 5:30-8pm. Trick-ortreaters of all ages are invited to this community wide event. Local businesses and organizations will line the trail to pass out candy and other goodies.

Enjoy a variety of entertainment including games, music, inflatables, and much more. Free. Pearland Recreation Center, 4141 Bailey Rd., Pearland.

Visitpearland.com.

Trick or Treat Trail – 6:30-8:30pm. Trick-or-Treat in a safe and friendly environment with treat stations sponsored by local businesses scattered along the trail with fun activities and yummy treats. Free. National Oak Park, 118 S. Magnolia St., Alvin. Alvin-TX.gov.

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14901 FM 3005, Galveston. 409-737-1222.

“An Evening with Spirit” with Medium Heather Hildebrand – 7-9:30pm. Is there really life after death? Are my loved ones still connected to me?

Yes! Heather talks about life after death and channels messages of love and encouragement from loved ones on the other side in this intimate setting with LIMITED seating available. Love never dies.

This will be a unique & memorable experience for all. Holiday Inn Express, 900 Rogers Ct, Webster.

Reserve your space at bit.ly/EveningWithSpirit.

For More information on Heather or to schedule an appointment, HeatherHildebrand.com.

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Become a Junior Ranger – 8:30-9:30am. Join our short lesson and exploring hike. Great for families, young scouts, and youth of all ages to learn about the important job of a park ranger, and spend time discovering wildlife and hiking safety. Adult fee $5, kids under 12 free. Galveston Island State Park,

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Fall Haul – 8am-2pm. City wide clean up and garage sale. Shredding services available. Also accepting wildlife rehabilitation items such as aquariums, dog & cat kennel carriers, bowls, and cleaning items. Centennial Park, 2200 S. Friendswood Dr., Friendswood. Ci.Friendswood.TX.us.

Paddle Boat Race – 9am. All races (Men’s, Women’s, Mixed, & Junior’s) will be approximately 4.70 miles in length. $10 entry fee. Lynn Gripon Park at Countryside, 100 Alderwood, League City.

281-554-1156.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28 Santa’s Mailboxes – 7am-10pm. Drop off your letter to Santa! Make sure that a return address is included on the envelope. Responses will be mailed out weekly from The North Pole! Alvin HEB, 207 E South St., Alvin. 281-585-5188.

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Galveston’s Own Farmers’ Market – 9am1pm. Offering locally grown produce, prepared foods and edible farm products. 2508 Postoffice St, Galveston. 832-819-1561. Facebook.com/ GalvestonsOwnFarmersMarket.

Small Dog Socialization – 7:30-8:15pm. Bring in small dogs to have fun and socialize. Gimmie a Bark, 101 E Edgewood Dr, Friendswood.

281-482-1911. GimmieABark.com.

Yoga Nidra – 7pm. A soft flow of yoga asanas to prepare the body and mind for the deep, guided meditation of yoga nidra (yogic sleep), to calm the restless mind and deepen conscious awareness. Bring towel and mat. $15/drop-in. The Yoga Haven, 2507 Market St, Galveston. 409770-9995. TheYogaHaven.net.

monday Yoga 101 – 5:30-6:45pm. With Kathleen.

Foundational hatha yoga for students new to yoga or returning to practice. Fine tune basic skills that will deepen your understanding and enjoyment of the practice of yoga. Bring towel and mat. $15/dropin. The Yoga Haven, 2507 Market St, Galveston.

409-770-9995. TheYogaHaven.net.

tuesday Senior Tuesday – All day. On Tuesdays, anyone 65 years and up can visit Moody Gardens for $5/attraction per senior. Restrictions may apply.

Moody Gardens, 1 Hope Blvd, Galveston.

800-582-4673. MoodyGardens.com.

Meditation – 9:30-10:30am. Unity Bay Area Houston, 1911 Hwy 3 S, League City.

281-554-2450. UnityOfBayArea.org.

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SERVICES Oneness Blessing Meditation – 6:30-8pm. Visit for a unique experience that brings each person into a closer connection with one another and God. Unity Bay Area Houston, 1911 Hwy 3 S League City.

281-554-2450. UnityOfBayArea.org.

HOLISTIC BODY WORK – Bayou Rolfing can re-align the body to ease pain or correct posture.

Rolfing smooths connective tissue for better movement. 281-910-4782.

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saturday Clear Lake Shores Farmers’ Market – 9am1pm. A nonprofit outlet operated by volunteers offering locally grown fruit, vegetables and other homemade products. Texas certified farmers’ market. 1020 Marina Bay Dr, Clear Lake Shores.

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Vinyasa Yoga – 10am. A dynamic flow class using surya namaskar (sun salutations) as a thread woven throughout the practice. This dynamically paced series builds internal heat, strength, stamina, focus and flexibility. Prior yoga experience is recommended. Bring towel and mat. $15/drop-in. The Yoga Haven, 2507 Market St, Galveston. 409-770-9995. TheYogaHaven.net.

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Hooked on Acupuncture community clinic in Galveston is a healing place that is affordable, welcoming, nurturing, inspiring and educational. We heal with acupuncture and herbs.

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GALVESTON BRAIN CHANGERS Dr. Stephanie McClung 3607 Broadway Ave, Galveston 409-300-3117 GalvestonBrainChangers.com

Specializing in reducing symptoms of many disorders by improving the brain & body’s ability to relax utilizing neurofeedback and Christian counseling. Our goal is to help our clients achieve improved physical, emotional, and spiritual health. See ad, page 14.

BEAUTY & SKINCARE NYR ORGANIC

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CHIROPRACTIC BAY COLONY CHIROPRACTIC Dr. Donna Sanders 350 FM 517 W, Dickinson 281-337-3337 BayColonyChiros.com

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Natural health and skin care products (Old South Essentials), classes on herbs, plant medicine and essential oils. Get your body in balance – naturally. See column, page 10.

HOLISTIC CENTER Brainwave Optimization® 2220 Post Office St, Galveston 713-299-2277/409-599-7268 IslandBrainWorks.com

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Individualized nutrition counseling for clients dealing with chronic health issues. Group nutrition classes using the RESTART Program. Let me show you how to eat your way to wellness! See ad, page 25.

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MASSAGE BAY AREA IN HOME MASSAGE EXCLUSIVELY FOR WOMEN Leia McCumber, League City 832-588-1060 LeagueCityMassage.com

Imagine enjoying a professional massage in the comfort of your own home. Mobile massage now available by expert therapist with rave reviews. Text today to schedule an appointment. See ad, page 21.

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