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inding the words to express what is in my heart right now is quite difficult. As I face this loss of words, I can only cry.

I’ve had many pets in my life, both cats and dogs. They were all faithful and loyal friends until the end. The loss of each of them was difficult and uniquely different: always painful, sad and full of tears but none more heartbreaking to me than what I felt on May 7th.

Fourteen years ago, Jasmine came into my life, sitting in a grocery cart along with her brother’s and sister’s. There were five altogether, two black and three of them were brown. It wasn’t their cute whimpering or wagging tails that got me. It was the quiet one, sitting there looking straight into my eyes. Without hesitation, I picked her up. I seem to remember mumbling some sort of ‘thank you’ to the lady as I walked towards the car.

I knew we were meant for each other.

I found my “soul puppy”.

Jasmine evolved with me through what has been the most transformative years in my life to date. She held saintly; she was the perfect example of humility, loyalty, unselfishness, forgiveness, happiness, playfulness, unconditional love and gracefully carried a profound sense of inner peace. All of that just by being herself.

She often grounded me and helped bring me into the present moment. She didn’t bother with the past, she didn’t fear the future. She lived solely and joyfully in the moment.

Jasmine taught me more lessons than I can count and all without saying a word. It is because of her presence in my life that I realize the beauty of experiencing pure, unconditional love.

Just a few of the things I learned from my ‘lil Jazzy:

Me and My Girl

Forgive mistakes.

Enjoy time together. How wonderful is it to come home to someone who’s always thrilled to see you? Most of us are so busy we neglect to greet the return of a loved one at the end of a day. I’m guilty. But she always greeted me enthusiastically.

Sometimes, there just aren’t words: embrace a little silence.

Dogs never wait their turn to talk, their actions speak for them.

Show love. Feel love. Be love.

Be yourself.

Don’t forget to have fun. I have never met a dog that was too busy to have fun.

Be loyal.

Show compassion.

STUFF doesn’t matter.

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But the single most important lesson that she taught me was...

I’m really not such a bad person and I am often way too hard on myself.

She loved me purely just for who I am..ME. Thank you Jasmine. You are missed so much and loved even more.

Love unconditionally.

With Love and Gratitude,

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itting in my living room this morning with the doors open, I could hear the beautiful sounds of the birds singing their songs of delight for a new day. As I sat there, it occurred to me that in such a fast-paced, technological world as we now live in, a lack of listening has become an enormous personal discourse for society. The noise in our heads and our manmade environment has become so loud that we no longer listen to what matters.

As a personal coach, people often come to me to listen to what they no longer can hear, and then I feed it back to them as their truth. From a personal perspective, as we grow, we often just can’t listen our own truth anymore. We all have a certain blindness when it comes to ourselves.

When we are small children, we have very little “head noise” because we are in a pure state of being. As we grow in age, the ego takes over and the head noise begins. However, up until we are teenagers, we are usually still acting in a state of being, regardless of the noise in our heads. By the time we are teenagers, hormones are raging, the noise in our heads is out of control and a need for independent expression is taking over. First we are usually acting on our feelings, then we move to our heads. During this transition, the innate self, our heart’s innermost voice, is often overwhelmed by all the other noises and we lose touch with it.

It is at this point that many of us begin to live through our minds, which is where the majority of the noise originates, interrupting our natural flow, and reacting to our feelings. We call this adolescence for the most part...a natural process between childhood and adulthood. The problem is that the feelings we are following are simply reactions to our thoughts. This means that even our best feelings are typically nothing more than emotional responses to our inner noise and the outer/ environmental noise around us. This leads to numerous discourses that create difficulties we may spend a lifetime unraveling.

Many people believe that the longer we identify with our mind, the harder it will be to return to our innate guidance and voice. This is a lie! We don’t need to retrace our footsteps and wade through years of muck to get back to our inner innate self. We can begin where we are, by simply engaging in a few simple practices like breathing techniques, meditation, yoga or getting back to nature. We can return to where we began in a moment if we are just willing to release the noise.

I know this seems much harder than I am making it out to be, but listening is nothing more than focusing your attention, first inward to quiet the noise, and then outward to hearing that which is around you, whether it is the bird singing or the sounds of your home or work environment. Listening is allowing for stillness of mind and body in order to become a receiver of sound, rather than a transmitter.

When you finally release the noise and begin to listen again to your heart, your life will change in all sort of wonderful ways and you will again recapture the flow you had a child. You will begin to see many issues in your life resolve and stress begin to fade. If you learn to live from inside to out in this way, you will experience joy at a level you may have forgotten existed. Take a moment, now that spring and summer are here, and just take a walk and listen quietly, in stillness, to nature. She has a beautiful rhythm and many songs for you to hear. Feel free to write me at Editor@najax.com and tell me what you heard.

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Fagan Issues Instructional Book on Prayer

Contemplative Prayer at Unity

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everend Mona Krane leads participants in contemplative prayer from 7 to 8:15 p.m., on the first and third Thursday of the month at Unity Church for Creative Living, in St. Johns. The evening will begin with a reflection by Mona on wisdom teachings or inspirational scripture, followed by approximately 40 minutes of sitting and walking meditation.

After a short break, there will be a discussion. Those interiorly drawn to silent meditation as a way of experiencing God’s presence in your life are encouraged to attend.

Cost: love offering. Location: 2777 Race Track Rd. For more information, call 904-2871505. See ad page 13 & 23.

Feminine Essence Activation Class for Women Only

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r. Nancy Fagen, the spiritual leader at the Center for Spiritual Living Jacksonville and an adjunct faculty instructor of spiritual psychology in the graduate global program at Sofia University, based in Palo Alto, California, has authored a new book— It’s a Divine Done Deal: Affirmative Prayers for Easy Living and Steps to Create Your Own.

Fagan says, “I prayed and prayed and prayed and nothing happened.

Have you ever experienced this? Have you ever wondered what would happen if there were away to pray that is effective in getting the results you desire?

This book provides affirmative prayers for your use and presents tools for you to create your own, resulting in a life of ease and grace for yourself and the world.”

It’s a Divine Done Deal is available for purchase at Center for Spiritual Living Jacksonville gatherings at the Sheraton Hotel, 10605 Deerwood Blvd. at 10:30 a.m. Sundays and in print and digital form at amazon.com or contact Fagen at CSLJax@gmail.com. See ad page 31.

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isa Caton, CLC, is offering a class, Feminine Energy 101, that comprises an evening of tranquility, joyous celebration and self-discovery of what makes us unique as women. The free class, for women only, will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m., June 5, and serve as an introduction to the upcoming workshop, Feminine Essence Activation, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., June 14.

Participants will understand the core elements of how the feminine energy system flows through the body; explore what is holding us back from living as a fully empowered, inspired and radiant women; and learn a meditation to cleanse, balance and rejuvenate our entire being—mind, emotion, body and soul.

In the workshop, by clearing and balancing the feminine energy system, participants will activate the feminine essence. When our feminine essence is stabilized and grounded, we are more centered at the core of our being. It is within this deep space that we access the heart of our own soul and begin to live the life of our dreams.

Workshop fee is $80. For more information, call 808-443-6372 or email SacredVibration@gmail.com.

Learn About Keiser University Programs at June Open House

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Keiser Carnival Open House event at Keiser University campus in Jacksonville will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., June 7, to provide valuable information that will put participants on a successful new career path suited to their interests and skills by obtaining the necessary skills and high-quality academic qualifications to enter or re-enter today’s workforce. The community event features activities that include meeting faculty, staff and students. The entire family will enjoy refreshments, music, games and prizes.

Keiser University, with 14 campuses throughout Florida, plus online enrollment, offers associate through doctoral degrees and programs in the health care, business, technology and legal fields. Its student-centered system fosters a healthy balance between life, study, work and parenting, comprising a tailored opportunity for individuals from many walks of life looking to further their education.

Location: 6430 Southpoint Pkwy. For more information or to RSVP, call 1-888-844-8404 or visit KUOpenHouse.com and also visit KeiserUniversity.edu. See ad page 14.

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Freddie Zeringue to Speak at Jacksonville Health and Wellness

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reddie Zeringue, a transformational breakthrough coach for 25 years and publisher of Natural Awakenings magazine in Northeast Florida, will speak about Intentional Creation and sign copies his new book, The Art of Flow of at 6 p.m., June 12, at Jacksonville Health and Wellness,

With a background in hypnotherapy, ontology and advance communications, Zeringue is known for empowering clients to achieve breakthroughs in the areas of health, relationships, business and career, prosperity and personal well-being. In The Art of Flow, he breaks down vital principles of life into a systematic process of individual creation.

“We are creators, born in the image of a Divine Creator, with all of the power to create our lives to be peaceful, prosperous and abundant in love, health and vitality. The choice exist within us and no one else,” says Zeringue. Guests may sign up for discounted individual and group coaching sessions.

Location: 9957 Mooring Dr., Ste. 403, (Mandarin) Jacksonville. To reserve a seat call 904-268-6568 or visit DrRepole.com. See ad page 11.

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ara-Anne Casey has been hired as the St. Augustine Humane KUDOs Society director of philanthropy. She will be responsible for fundraising activities including major gifts, grant writing, planned giving, foundation giving and annual and capital campaigns, and has already secured a $5,000 grant from the Banfield Charitable Trust for the Humane Society’s veterinary assistance program and the organization’s Cookie Jar Medical Relief Fund.

Casey works with Executive Director Carolyn Smith, along with the development and fundraising committee, to develop and execute an annual fundraising plan. Casey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and Theater from Flagler College, in St. Augustine.

For more information, visit StAugustineHumaneSociety.org.

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Kripalu Teacher Training at Discovery Yoga Center

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he Discovery Yoga 200-hour Teacher Training program is being offered this summer as a month-long intensive from June 15 to July 17. Beginning with an opening session on Sunday evening, the program continues Monday through Thursday for five weeks.

The program is designed to provide the training, practice and teaching experience for yoga students to gain the skills and confidence necessary to become effective yoga instructors. Graduates of this program can register with

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Join Freddie Zeringue, publisher of Natural Awakenings magazine, as he presents principles behind his long-awaited new book, The Art of Flow. Known for helping clients achieve breakthroughs in the areas of health, relationships, prosperity and personal well-being, he has distilled vital principles into The Art of Flow, marking a new direction in the transformational field.

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the Yoga Alliance as a RYT registered yoga teacher.

The curriculum includes instruction and practice in hatha yoga techniques including centering, warm-ups, yoga postures, breathing exercises, deep relaxation, meditation and integration.

In addition to the techniques and a foundation in yoga philosophy, anatomy and physiology, students willl learn effective methods for designing classes, introducing new postures, clarifying details and guiding students into a deep, integrated yoga experience balancing precise physical alignment with a patient, reflective, compassionate attitude.

For more information about enrollment, call Deva at 904-827-9046 or visit DiscoveryYoga.com/ytt.htm. See ad page 31.

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The Art of Flow Author and Transformational Breakthrough Coach, Freddie Zeringue, is offering Art of Flow programs and coaching for individuals, couples and groups that coincide with his new book. With over 25 years in the field as a coach and workshop facilitator, clients exclaim his style is unprecedented, ranging in topics from love, relationship and spirituality to grief processing, health, prosperity and abundance.

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Howard Partridge to Keynote Florida Massage Trade Show

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he Florida State Massage Therapy Association (FSMTA) will celebrate its 75th anniversary at this year’s convention from June 26 to 29 at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld hotel. This year’s keynote speaker is Howard Partridge, author of the top-selling books, 7 Secrets of a Phenomenal Life and The 5 Secrets of a Phenomenal Business. Partridge is considered a legacy speaker for renowned motivational teacher and trainer Zig Ziglar.

Conference participants can attend the Success Summit presentation, select courses taught by top educators in the massage industry, shop new products and services at the trade show and enter to win prizes to support the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine.

Massage therapy students and newly licensed massage therapists will also want to attend the free Successful Start program to kick-start their career. A free Medical Hot Topic lecture, open to all participants on the latest in medical marijuana and massage, will be presented by Dr. Adam S. Levine, of Clearwater, Florida, an attorney and founder of the Florida Legal Advocacy Group.

To learn more about the Florida Massage convention and trade show, visit myfsmta.org. See ad, page 25.

Get Information Straight from the Horse’s Mouth

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aint John’s County (SJC) Environmental Supervisor Ryan Mauch will answer questions about code requirements for single-family lots and more from 2 to 4 p.m., June 19, at the St. Johns County Windstorm Training Center,.

Mauch will review the development plans for the SJC Growth Management Department, focusing on impacts to single-family lots. Compliance regarding landscaping and enforcement inspections will be addressed.

Admission is free. Location: 3111 Agricultural Center Dr., St. Augustine. For more information, call 904-209-0430 or visit NativePlantConsulting.com.

Shimmy Chic Fitness Instructor Training

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nais Belly Dance Studio is holding a new training class for instructors of Shimmy Chic Fitness on June 21 and 22 at the studio’s main location in the Avenues Mall, in Jacksonville. Students will receive more than 10 hours of instruction from the creators and master trainers of Shimmy Chic, a cardio-oriented workout based on the ancient art of belly dance, but with a modern twist.

These future instructors will learn how to construct their classes using a safe warm-up, and will be introduced to a variety of fun choreographies, followed by safe cool-down methods. They’ll also learn how to market their classes so that they can be successful with Shimmy Chic Fitness in any location.

Owner Rafaella DeGracia, who has danced and taught belly dance and related classes for six years, says, “Traditional belly dance classes generally focus on technique or choreography. Instead, Shimmy Chic Fitness focuses on cardio, simple dance combinations and on having fun!”

Registration is $150. Location: 10300 Southside Blvd. Register at Shimmy-Chic.com.

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Zen Den Grand Opening in Jacksonville Beach

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Ten Spiritual Practices to Transform Your Life

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en Den, a collective of acupuncturists and yogis in South Jacksonville Beach that is building community through practice by creating a unique healing center in the interest of benefiting clients’ holistic health, are holding a grand opening at 1510A 2nd Street, across from Huguenot Park from 6 to 9 p.m., July 1.

Zen Den’s innovative contributors include the team of Michael Hibberts and Taylor Winn, of Explore Acupuncture, acupuncturist and yoga teacher Erica McLaughlin of Life Balance Acupuncture and Wellness, and Sarah Paige Wilde, of Dancing Phoenix. Monthly classes, workshops and gatherings centered around meditation, yoga therapy, nutrition, art therapy and more will be offered.

Zen Den is also hosting North Florida’s first Medicinal Tea Haus. Cleverly disguised as a chic neighborhood tea lounge with bulk organic tea and fair trade offerings, Tea Haus provides medicinal herbal remedies for daily well-being. A free, communiTEA party tasting event will be held during the open house.

Join us as we walk together with a sermon series that explores Robert Brumet’s newest book.

Through these Ten Spiritual Practices, you can rediscover your true self and allow your life to open into complete harmony.

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Michael’s Tasting Room Reaches New Heights of Epicurean Achievement

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ichael’s Tasting Room, formerly The Tasting Room, serves innovative cuisine with Spanish flair, taking dinner reservations seven nights a week. Along with The Chef’s Table, a signature presentation of custom menu items tailored specifically to the preferences of those seated at a Europeanstyle table, Michael’s Tasting Room is expanding its wine library, which has already received national awards and accolades. Private party catering will be offered at the restaurant, as well as off-site locations.

The new managing partner and Executive Chef Michael Lugo says, “It has been my dream to fully own and operate this restaurant since the concept was born in 2006. We’ve all worked very hard to build the name and I am so excited to see it evolve as owner-operator. My wife Stephanie and I, along with our staff, are eager to meet and exceed all of the expectations of our customers.” Now Lugo will have the creative freedom to adjust menus, refine the dining experience and react to customer input in a cohesive way.

Location: 25 Cuna St., St. Augustine. For more information, call 904-810-2400 or visit TasteTapas.com.

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Five Dimensions of Experience Explored

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ric C. Amberg, Ph.D., has written a new book, The Five Dimensions of the Human Experience, which presents the reader with a comprehensive understanding of who we are as human beings, incorporating the dimensions of biology, our psycho/social network, the manner in which we come to learn about our position in the world, the extent to which we live a life of compromise versus endorsement, our genetic strengths and the extent to which we acknowledge our inner self referred to as divine or quantum energy. We learn about how our dimensions communicate to us, our possible responses with the ultimate goal being self empowerment.

Amberg states, “This book has a 35year history, dating back from my experience as a fifth grade school teacher in New York City to my current work in private practice in Ann Arbor, working with children and adults.”

The book provides information about our learning style and how to make best use of our ability to learn new material. We learn that diagnoses are just labels, and that we need to be able to define our condition in terms of our total being and not work exclusively from labels such as ADD/ADHD, PTSD and MS.

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Yummy Berries Cut Heart Attack Risk by a Third

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ating three or more servings of blueberries and strawberries a week may help women reduce their risk of a heart attack, according to research from the University of East Anglia, in collaboration with the Harvard School of Public Health. The berries contain high levels of powerful flavonoids called anthocyanins, which may help dilate arteries, counter buildup of plaque and provide other cardiovascular benefits.

Published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, the study involved 93,600 women ages 25 to 42 that completed questionnaires about their diet every four years for over 16 years. Those that ate the most berries had a 32 percent reduction in heart attack risk compared with those that ate them once a month or less, even if they ate a diet rich in other fruits and vegetables.

“This is the first study to look at the impact of diet in younger and middleaged women,” remarks the study’s lead author, Aedín Cassidy, Ph.D., head of the university’s nutrition department. “Even at an early age, eating more of these fruits may reduce risk of a heart attack later in life.”

Saw Palmetto Combos Combat Enlarged Prostate

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hree studies published in 2013 support the effectiveness of saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) extract for the treatment of prostate inflammation and other symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), commonly called enlarged prostate. In addition, both lycopene, a dietary carotenoid with strong antioxidant value, and selenium, an essential trace element that promotes an optimal antioxidant/oxidant balance, have been shown to exert beneficial effects in BPH.

Researchers from Italy’s University of Catania studied 168 patients with prostate enlargement among nine urological medical clinics. Those taking a combination of saw palmetto, selenium and lycopene experienced greater reductions of inflammation markers and reduced risk of prostate cancer after three and six months of treatment.

In an Australian study from the University of Queensland’s School of Medicine of patients with BPH, 32 men took an encapsulated formula containing saw palmetto, lycopene and other plant extracts, while 25 men were given a placebo.

After three months of treatment, men receiving the herbal formulation experienced a 36 percent reduction in related symptoms, while the placebo group showed an 8 percent reduction. The herbal supplement group also showed a 15 percent reduction in daytime urination frequency and an almost 40 percent reduction in nighttime urination frequency.

The long-term effectiveness of saw palmetto supplementation was reinforced in a Russian study of 38 patients with early prostate enlargement. After 10 years of receiving 320 milligrams of saw palmetto extract per day, researchers found no progression of the condition among the patients.

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Tapping Acupressure Points Heals Trauma in Vets

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motional Freedom Techniques (EFT) may be an effective treatment for veterans that have been diagnosed with clinical posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a study published in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. EFT involves tapping on acupressure points while focusing on traumatic memories or painful emotions in order to release them.

As part of the Veterans’ Stress Project, an anonymous clinical study comprising more than 2,000 participants, 59 veterans with PTSD were randomly assigned to either receive strictly standard care or also experience six, hour-long, EFT sessions.

The psychological distress and PTSD symptoms showed significant reductions among veterans receiving the EFT sessions, with 90 percent matriculating out of the criteria for clinical PTSD. At a six-month follow-up, 80 percent of those participants still had symptoms below the clinical level for PTSD.

According to Deb Tribbey, national coordinator for the Veterans’ Stress Project, PTSD symptoms that can be resolved with the combined therapy include insomnia, anger, grief, hyper-vigilance and pain.

For more information, visit StressProject.org or EFTForVets.com.

Mindfulness Meditation Reduces the Urge to Light Up

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indfulness meditation training may help people overcome addiction by activating the brain centers involved in self-control and addictive tendencies, suggests research from the psychology departments of Texas Tech University and the University of Oregon.

Scientists led by Yi-Yuan Tang, Ph.D., studied 61 volunteers, including 27 smokers, randomly divided into groups that either received mindfulness meditation training or relaxation training. Two weeks later, after five hours of training, smoking among those in the meditative group decreased by 60 percent, while no significant reduction occurred in the relaxation group.

Brain imaging scans determined that the mindfulness meditation training produced increased activity in the anterior cingulate and the prefrontal cortex; regions associated with self-control. Past research led by Tang showed that smokers and those with other addictions exhibited less activity in these areas than those free of addictions. The current study previously determined that myelin and brain cell matter in these two brain regions increases through mindfulness meditation.

Beets Beat Down Blood Pressure

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wo small studies have linked beets with lower blood pressure. A study from the University of Reading, in England, served beet-fortified bread or bread without beets to 23 healthy men. Those that ate the fortified bread experienced reduced diastolic blood pressure and less artery stiffness during the six hours afterwards.

Australia’s Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute studied 15 women and 15 men, divided randomly into groups that consumed either 500 grams of a placebo juice or beets with apple juice. During the 24 hours after consumption, the researchers noted a statistically significant reduction in systolic blood pressure of four to five points among the men drinking the beet juice.

Unconditional Love Hastens Healing

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esearchers from the University of Miami found that compassionate love and faith in a compassionate Higher Power increases healing and reduces disease progression among HIV patients.

They studied 177 HIV patients over a 10-year period, tracking biological measures and health behaviors and collecting in-depth data interviews. The scientists coded five criteria of compassionate love derived from the Working Model of Compassionate Love, developed by Lynn Underwood, Ph.D.

The progression of HIV disease was reduced among patients that gave and received the most compassionate love. These patients exhibited both a greater level of the immune-boosting white blood cells known as CD4+ T helper cells and a reduced HIV viral load, the measure of HIV in the blood.

A GOOD MIDLIFE DIET PROLONGS HEALTH IN LATER YEARS

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Harvard Medical School study found that how well women age in their 70s is linked to the way they ate earlier in life. Researchers started with 10,670 healthy women in their late 50s and followed them for 15 years. Published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the results saw fewer chronic diseases among women that followed diets heavy in plant-based foods during midlife; these women were also 34 percent more likely to live past 70. Those that ate most similarly to the Mediterranean diet had even better outcomes—a 46 percent greater likelihood of living past 70 without chronic diseases.

Eleven percent of the subjects qualified as healthy agers, which researchers defined as having no major chronic diseases, physical impairments, mental health problems or trouble with thinking and memory. According to lead author Cecilia Samieri, Ph.D., midlife exposures are thought to be a particularly relevant period because most health conditions develop slowly over many years.

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Laws Permit Oil and Gas Drilling in Iconic Public Lands

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

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News that the U.S. Department of the Interior will allow drilling for oil and gas in a proposed wilderness area in southern Utah’s Desolation Canyon puts a spotlight on the practice. A report by the Center for American Progress reveals that 42 national parks are at risk, including 12 where oil and gas drilling is currently underway and 30 where it could be in the near future.

Among the threatened wild places are iconic American national parklands, including Grand Teton, in Wyoming, Mesa Verde, Great Sand Dunes and Dinosaur National Monument, in Colorado, Santa Monica Mountains, in California, Glen Canyon, in Arizona, Carlsbad Caverns and Chaco Canyon, in New Mexico, Everglades and Gulf Islands, in Florida, Arches and Canyonlands, in Utah, and Glacier, in Montana.

The reality is that all public lands, including national parks and wildlife refuges, are potentially open to oil and gas leasing unless they are designated as “wilderness”, the highest form of land protection designated by the government.

Source: The Wilderness Society (Tinyurl.com/NationalParkDrilling)

It’s well known that involving fathers from the start in children’s lives has a significant positive impact on their development, including the greater economic security of having more than one parent. Yet, there’s more to the “father effect”.

Numerous studies have found that children growing up in a household with a father present show superior outcomes in intelligence tests, particularly in nonverbal, or spatial, reasoning that’s integral in mathematics, science and engineering. The IQ advantage is attributed to the way that fathers interact with their children, with an emphasis on the manipulation of objects like blocks, roughhousing and outdoor activities, rather than languagebased activities. A study of Chinese parents found that it was a father’s warmth toward his child that was the ultimate factor in predicting the child’s future academic success.

A recent Canadian study from Concordia University provides new insights into a father’s impact on a daughter’s emotional development, as well. Lead researcher Erin Peugnot concluded, “Girls whose fathers lived with them when they were in middle childhood (ages 6 to 10) demonstrated less sadness, worry and shyness as preteens (ages 9 to 13) compared with girls whose fathers did not live with them,” he says.

Source: HappyChild.com.au

Love Matters

Connectedness Ranks Above Power and Fame It seems that fame and fortune are less important to us than our connections with fellow human beings, after all. A study conducted by Queendom.com and PsychTests.com in 2012 and 2013 applying their proprietary Values Profile Test with 2,163 people showed they only moderately valued money and power, at best, which took a backseat to social values on a personal level. This revelation comes on the heels of another study on career motivation that similarly showed a drop in participants’ consuming desire for money and power in the workplace.

The researchers at Queendom.com assessed 34 separate facets within six categories of values—social, aesthetic, theoretical, traditional, realistic and political. The five top-scoring facets were empathy, family and friends, appreciation of beauty, hard work/diligence, altruism and the importance of helping others. Financial security came in 24th place and power was near last at 29th in importance.

Ethics/morals placed 10th.

For more information, visit Queendom.com.

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Honeybee Hit

Scientists Nab Fungicide as Bee Killer Colony collapse disorder, the mysterious mass die-off of honeybees that pollinate $30 billion worth of crops in the U.S., has been well documented, with toxic insecticides identified as the primary culprits. Now, scientists at the University of Maryland and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have expanded the identification of components of the toxic brew of pesticides and fungicides contaminating pollen and decimating the bee colonies that collect it to feed their hives.

A study of eight agricultural chemicals associated with increased risk of infection by parasites found that bees that ate pollen contaminated with fungicides were three times as likely to be infected. Widely used fungicides had previously been accepted as harmless for bees because they are designed to kill fungus, not insects.

Dennis vanEngelsdorp, the study’s lead author, states, “There’s growing evidence that fungicides may be affecting the bees on their own, highlighting a need to reassess how we label these agricultural chemicals.” Labels on pesticides warn farmers not to spray when pollinating bees are in the vicinity, but such precautions have not applied to fungicides.

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The Future of Transportation is Electric

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lug-in electric vehicles (PEV) have gained popularity in recent years due to low operational costs, lack of emissions, enhanced safety and capacity to reduce oil dependency. Electric vehicles are classified as either plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV), which rely on both battery packs and a conventional internal combustion engine, or battery electric vehicles (BEV), which derive all their power from battery packs. Sales of both types of vehicles have increased rapidly in recent years; approximately 95,000 PEVs were sold in 2013, compared to just

under 20,000 in 2011. Moreover, there are currently 9,600 PEVs registered in Arizona.

This rapid expansion in sales begs the question: What are the primary differences between conventional gasoline-powered vehicles and electric vehicles? First, all PEVs have set range, or distance the vehicle can travel before its battery packs are depleted. PHEVs have an initial mileage period where the electric engine is used exclusively, and then the conventional gasoline engine kicks in. This distance can vary from 11 miles (Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid) to 35 miles (Chevrolet Volt). BEVs

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have much larger battery packs, allowing for greater travel distances in between charges: The high-end Tesla Model S has a range of 265 miles.

Second, battery packs in electric vehicles must be recharged. Most vehicles can be charged from a domestic wall socket; charging times vary depending on battery size and other variables, but charge times are generally between eight and 20 hours. Charging speeds can be doubled by purchasing an adaptor that increases power delivery from the standard 120 volts on a 15 amp circuit breaker to 240 volts on a 30 amp breaker. Moreover, DC fast charging stations can supply up to 600 volts of power for rapid vehicle charging.

While this technology is generally not available for home installation, but stations are conveniently placed along major roadways all across the country. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, there are currently 284 electric charging stations in Arizona alone. Furthermore, it is cheaper to drive an electric vehicle—estimates suggest that PEV electricity costs are about 75 percent less than gasoline on a per-mile basis.

Third, PEV engines are small, silent and gearless. Acceleration is not interrupted by gear shifting, so maximum torque can be applied at any speed. Because BEVs do not have conventional gasoline engines, the space under the hood can be used for storage. Additionally, safety ratings of BEVs outrank most traditional gasoline engines because the front of the car becomes a crumple zone in the event of a crash. Furthermore, most BEVs have a lower center of gravity because battery packs are stored underneath the car, which increases vehicle handling and decreases rollover incidents. For example, the Tesla Model S has received a safety score of 5.4 out of 5 from the National Highway Safety Administration—the highest score ever awarded.

While range is till a limiting factor, battery technology will surely increase in the coming years. It is clear that PEVs are the future and will likely be adopted on a large scale in coming years.

Kena Fedorschak co-founded the Honor Society for Sustainability at Arizona State University. He believes sustainable practices can be implemented without negatively impacting the bottom line. Contact him at kfedorschak@gmail.com.

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Tips to Clean Air Inside a Vehicle We look out for the quality of the air we breathe indoors and out and we aim to drive in the most fuel-conscious manner to keep emissions down. What about the air quality inside our vehicles during necessary hours on the road?

The Ecology Center, an Ann Arbor, Michigan, nonprofit, attests that extreme air temperatures inside cars on especially hot days can potentially increase the concentration of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and release chemicals and other ingredients from new-car dashboards, steering wheel columns and seats into the interior air. Some manufacturers are responding by greening their interiors: Toyota is using sugarcane to replace plastic; Ford has turned to soy foam instead of polyurethane foam; and Land Rover is tanning its leather with vegetables, not chromium sulfate.

Carbon monoxide seeping in from engine combustion can cause headaches, dizziness, nausea and fatigue and even trigger asthma. The potential exists “if there’s a leak in the system between the engine and the rear of the vehicle and there’s even a small hole in the body structure,” advises Tony Molla, a vice president with the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence. “Have the exhaust system inspected by a certified technician to make sure everything is secure and not rusted or leaking.”

Also have the cabin air filter checked. Part of the ventilation system, it helps trap pollen, bacteria, dust and exhaust gases in air conditioning, heating and

ventilation systems and prevents leaves, bugs and other debris from entering the interior, according to the Car Care Council. Most vehicle manufacturers recommend changing it every 12,000 to 15,000 miles.

(Find a range of educational information at CarCare. org.)

It’s always beneficial to have fresh air entering the vehicle when driving.

Open a window slightly or blow the air conditioning on low in the vent position when not in heavy traffic. “Don’t run it on the recycle or max A/C mode for long periods to make sure you’re getting fresh outside air in and flushing out any contaminants in the cabin air,” adds Molla.

Using sun reflectors and visors helps keep interior temperatures down.

Check local motor vehicle departments for state policies regarding tinted windows, which can reduce heat, glare and UV exposure. It always helps to park in the shade.

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orn into an East Indian family in London, England, Panache Desai grew up steeped in spiritual practices like meditation. Though recognized by spiritual teachers as possessing a special gift, Desai rejected his spiritual foundation as a teenager, trading it for the excitement of London’s rave music scene of the 1990s before moving to America.

It wasn’t until he was 22 and living in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Venice Beach that the pain of the way he had rejected his true inner nature reached a crescendo. In opening himself up to the possibility of the divine, Desai underwent a spiritual awakening that has led him to dedicate his life to helping others make their own journey from self-rejection to contentment.

Unaffiliated with any one religious or spiritual tradition, Desai works with simple, yet powerful principles of energy to help free people from selfimposed limitations and unlock their potential. His first book, Discovering Your Soul Signature: A 33-Day Path to Purpose, Passion & Joy, just released, is a departure from his earlier focus on creating meditation CDs and other audio recordings.

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What was the key turning point in embracing your life’s calling?

Every time I would visit a spiritual teacher as a kid, they would say, “We’ve been waiting for you.” But I just wanted to be normal and was also skeptical; not every well-intentioned person is necessarily leading you home. I reached a turning point when I knew something had to change. I told myself that if this thing called God really exists and if I’m here to be a messenger, I have to experience it personally.

In that moment, I began to undergo a transformation that culminated in a direct experience of the divine; an infinite ocean of energy vibrating with unconditional love. I felt part of what every spiritual teacher has been telling the world for thousands of years: that the true nature of reality is love, a love that expresses itself through all life forms. That experience allowed me to accept my role of helping others see and achieve their potential.

How does the universal energy you speak of affect us and how can we shift our dance with it?

We are vibrational beings inhabiting a vibrational universe. Yogis and mystics from traditions throughout time have known this. The subtlest form of vibration is the soul, which is overlaid by the emotional, with the physical as the outermost layer of energy. Because the emotional layer can accumulate a density that enshrouds our soul’s light and potential, it’s important to address it.

Energy is like water—it wants to flow and can shift states at any moment.

Judging or rejecting any aspect of our genuine identity disrupts that flow of energy. For example, if instead of being available to feel your anger when it arises you repress or deny it, that accumulating emotion acquires density and over time, becomes rage. But if you can learn to slow down and lean into the emotion, the anger can wash through and out of you and energy again flows freely.

By allowing ourselves to acknowledge, experience and release these emotions without judgment, we are clearing the obstacles to our authentic self, what I term one’s “soul signature”.

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The soul signature is our purest potential expressed. You can have a calling to be a writer, but unless you are connected to who you are at the deepest level, your writing won’t have the same impact.

Accessing our soul signature is a process. We didn’t end up where we are overnight, and it can take time to get back to that place where we can express our truest selves by working with the techniques of energy transformation described in my book.

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THE HEALING POWER OF STORY

How Telling Our Truths Can Set Us Free

by Judith Fertig

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fter his deployment in Iraq, U.S. Marine Captain Tyler Boudreau returned home in 2004 with post-traumatic stress syndrome and an emotional war wound that experts now call a “moral injury”. He could only sleep for an hour or two at night. He refused to take showers or leave the house for long periods of time. He and his wife divorced. “My body was home, but my head was still there [in Iraq],” he recounts.

At first, Boudreau tried to make sense of his conflicted feelings by writing fiction. Then he wrote a detailed, nonfiction analysis of his deployment, but that didn’t help, either. In 2009 he wrote a memoir, Packing Inferno: The Unmaking of a Marine, that came closer to conveying his personal truth.

“I needed to get back into the story,” he says, so he could pull his life back together in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Like Boudreau, we all have stories—ongoing and ever-changing—that we tell ourselves to make sense of our lives. They can help us heal and powerfully guide us through life, or just as powerfully, hold us back.

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In 1949, Sarah Lawrence College Professor Joseph Campbell published The Hero with a Thousand Faces, in which he outlined a master monomyth.

It involves leaving everyday life and answering a call to adventure, getting help from others along the way, facing adversity and returning with a gift, or boon, for ourselves and others. It’s a basic pattern of human existence, with endless variations.

Power to Heal the Body

How does telling our truth help heal our body? Professor James Pennebaker, Ph.D., chair of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, is a pioneer in the mindbody benefits of story, which he explores in Opening Up: The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions. In the late 1980s, while consulting for the Texas prison system, Pennebaker discovered that when suspects lied while taking polygraph tests, their heart rate rose, but when they confessed the truth, they relaxed.

“Our cells know the truth,” writes microbiologist Sondra Barrett, Ph.D., who also blogs at SondraBarrett.com, in Secrets of Your Cells, “Our physiol-

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ogy responds to what we’re thinking, including what we don’t want people to know.” When we are afraid to tell a story and keep it in, “Our cells broadcast a signal of danger,” she explains.

“Molecules of adrenalin, along with stress hormones, connect with receptors on heart, muscle and lung cells— and in the case of long-term sustained stress, immune cells.”

We experience increased heart rate, tense muscles, shortness of breath and lower immunity when we’re stressed. She notes, “When we release the stories and feelings that torment us, our cells respond with great relief and once again become havens of safety.”

We need to tell our stories even in facing life-threatening illness, and maybe because of it. Dr. Shayna Watson, an oncologist at the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario, in Canada, encourages physicians to listen to patients. “In the name of efficiency,” she reports in an article in Canadian Family Physician, “it’s easy to block out patients’ stories and deal only with the ‘facts’, to see the chat, the time and the stories as luxuries for when there is a cancellation. The study of narrative tells us, however, that in these easily neglected moments we might find more than we expect; there can be understanding, relationship building and healing—the elements of our common humanity.”

A current problem is but a dot on the entire timeline of a person’s existence. By keeping their larger story in mind, patients can find a wider perspective, with the strength and resolve to heal, while the physician can see the patient as a person, rather than a diagnosis.

Power to Heal Emotions

“Telling your story may be the most powerful medicine on Earth,” says Dr. Lissa Rankin, the author of Mind Over Medicine, who practices integrative medicine in Mill Valley, California. She’s tested the concept firsthand. “So many of us are tormented by the insane idea that we’re separate, disconnected beings, suffering all by our little lonesome selves,” she observes. “That’s exactly how I felt when I started blogging, as if I was the only one in the whole wide

world who had lost her mojo and longed to get it back. Then I started telling my story—and voilà! Millions of people responded to tell me how they had once lost theirs and since gotten it back.”

They did it by telling their stories, witnessed with loving attention by others that care. “Each of us is a constantly unfolding narrative, a hero in a novel no one else can write. Yet, so many of us leave our stories untold, our songs unsung,” remarks Rankin. “When this happens, we wind up feeling lonely, listless and out of touch with our life purpose. We are plagued with a chronic sense that something is out of alignment.

We may even wind up feeling unworthy, unloved or sick,” says Rankin, who blogs on related topics at LissaRankin.com.

Power to Heal a Family

Sometimes, writing a new story can help keep families connected. Kansas City, Missouri, author and columnist Deborah Shouse took an unplanned and unwanted, yet ultimately rewarding journey with her mother through Alzheimer’s disease. Shouse discovered that as her mother was losing her memory and identity through dementia, crafting a new narrative helped her family hold it together, a process she details in Love in the Land of Dementia.

“You have to celebrate the person who is still with you,” Shouse says, noting we may discover a different, but still interesting, person that communicates in ways other than talking. She recommends employing a technique she calls The Hero Project, which she developed with her partner, Ron Zoglin. It uses words, photos and craft supplies in what Shouse

“By sharing our stories together and finding common ground, we lay the groundwork for world peace and much more.”

believe that version of the story and make ourselves unhappy. “The cause of suffering is the thought that we’re believing it,” she says. By questioning our stories, turning them around and crafting new and more truthful ones, we can change our lives.

~Rev. Patrick McCollum terms “word-scrapping” to generate and tell a new story that helps keep the personal connection we have with our loved one and make visits more positive.

She shares more supportive insights at DeborahShouseWrites.wordpress.com.

Sharing an old story may also provide a rare link to the past for a person with dementia. “Savor and write down the stories you’re told, even if you hear certain ones many times,” Shouse counsels. “By writing down the most often-repeated stories, you create a legacy to share with family, friends and other caregivers.”

Power of the Wrong Story

Our thoughts are a shorthand version of a longer life story, says author Byron Katie, a self-help specialist from Ojai, California, who addresses reader stories via blog posts at ByronKatie.com. Sometimes we tell ourselves the wrong story, one that keeps us from realizing our full potential, while making us miserable at the same time. Examples might include “I will always be overweight,” “My partner doesn’t love me” or “I’m stuck here.”

Katie’s book, Who Would You Be Without Your Story? explores how we often take what happens in our lives, create a story with negative overtones,

Power to Heal the Community

Humorist, speaker, and professional storyteller Kim Weitkamp, of Christiansburg, Virginia, knows that the power of story creates wider ripples. She sees it happen every time she performs at festivals and events around the country.

“It is naturally in our DNA to communicate in story form,” she advises. “The power of story causes great revelation and change in those that listen.”

She cites supporting studies conducted by psychologists Marshall Duke, Ph.D., and Robyn Fivush, Ph.D., at the Emory Center for Myth and Ritual in American Life, in Atlanta, Georgia. “They found that children—at ages 4, 14, 44 or 104, because we’re all children at heart—are more resilient and happy and rebound faster from stress when they know their family stories. They know they’re part of something that’s bigger than themselves that people in their family have kept going,” says Weitkamp.

“When people leave a storytelling event, they leave telling stories,” she says with a smile, “and that results in happier and healthier families and communities.”

Judith Fertig tells stories about food at AlfrescoFoodAndLifestyle.blogspot.com from Overland Park, KS.

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The idea is to write about the emotions that surround this thing you’re reluctant to admit or speak about. Pennebaker says it’s not necessary to reread what’s written or tell anyone about it.

The simple act of writing down emotions surrounding a story begins the process of releasing it and relaxing.

Story Slams

The Moth organization features true stories told live by people of all ages on The Moth Radio Hour, the Internet and at group story “slams” around the world.

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casts. They can then record a two-minute story pitch in order to be accepted as a live storyteller during a future slam.

Ask and Answer

Moving through the process Byron Katie calls “the work” uncovers the truth about the stories we are telling ourselves in order to create newer, healthier ones.

First, think of a negative thought that’s worrying you, such as “I’m stuck.” Next, ask four questions about it.

Is it true?

Can I absolutely know it’s true?

How do I react—what happens—when I believe that thought?

Who would I be without the thought?

Now write down honest answers, which might be something like: “I’m not really stuck, I just think I am. Deep down, I know I have the power to move forward, but am unsure about the direction or way to go about it, so I feel anxious. Without the thought of ‘I’m stuck,’ I would feel freer to find a solution.”

Then, turn those thoughts around, for example, to, “Really, when I think about it, I feel much freer than when I deny or gloss over my erroneous thought.” When we turn around a specific limiting thought, we can experience the power of letting go of not only a misguided, but ultimately untrue internal story.

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Musician with a Cause Jack Johnson Plans Shows with the Planet in Mind

by Meredith Montgomery

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inger-songwriter Jack Johnson’s touring concerts have almost always doubled as fundraisers for local environmental nonprofits. “Early on, we recognized that we could not only fill a room, but also raise funds and awareness for nonprofit groups we believe in,” says Johnson.

Then, as he started playing larger venues, “I realized the power of touring to connect our fans with local nonprofits in every town we played.”

Johnson and his wife, Kim, also founded two environmentally focused charitable foundations, and during the past five years, all of his tour proceeds have been donated to them, in turn going to hundreds of environmental education nonprofits worldwide. The enabling commercial success began in 2001 when his debut album successfully established this Oahu, Hawaiian’s trademark mellow surf-rocker style.

Since then, he’s released five more studio albums, including the most recent, From Here to Now to You.

“While I have so much gratitude for the support our music receives, for me, music has always been a hobby, a side thing. It grew into a way to work in the nonprofit world.

Being engaged in environmental education almost feels like my real job, and the music’s something we’re lucky enough to provide to fund related causes,” says Johnson.

As the size of his audiences grows, so does the size of his potential environmental footprint. On the road, Johnson’s team works with the Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance to fuel

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all tour trucks, buses and generators. Comprehensive conservation efforts including refillable water bottle stations, plus organic cotton T-shirts and reusable or biodegradable food service ware are standard at his shows. “We try to be environmentally conscious every step of the way,” says Johnson.

“Our record cases and posters use recycled paper and ecofriendly inks. We record albums in my solar-powered studio.

It’s an ongoing learning process and conversation as we find even better ways to do things.”

Johnson’s team often requests increased recycling efforts and use of energy-efficient light bulbs at venues, advancing long-term eco-changes everywhere they perform. He explains, “Our thinking is that once they change the light bulbs for us, they’re not going to go back to the old light bulbs after we leave. Many venue managers tell us they have stuck with the improvements because they realize that they’re easy to do.”

Marine pollution and single-use plastics are issues high on the musician’s environmental list, but the topic he’s most passionate about is food. In his home state of Hawaii, 90 percent of food is imported. “The idea of supporting your local food system is a big deal in our family and we take that point of view on the road because it’s a vital issue anywhere you go,” he says.

At each tour stop, all of the band’s food is sourced within a specific radius. Johnson also works with radio stations to promote regional farming, helping to build community and fan awareness of the benefits of supporting local farms.

At home, Johnson has solar panels on the roof and drives an electric car. The entire family, including three children, participates in recycling, worm composting and gardening.

“It’s fun to take what we learn at home on the road and bring good things we learn on the road home,” he says.

The Swiss Family Robinson is one of the family’s favorite books. “We love figuring out ways to apply ideas,” he remarks. “For our first water catchment system, we got 50-gallon drums previously used for oil and vinegar from a bread bakery and attached spigots. The kids were so excited to watch them fill the first time it rained.”

Johnson finds that all of the facets of his life work together. For example, “Music is a social thing for me. I get to share it with people. Surfing is where I find a lot of balance; it’s a more private time. But I also come up with lyrics and musical ideas while I’m surfing.”

Johnson’s approach to inspiring all generations to be conscious of the environment is to focus on the fun, because it’s easy to become overwhelmed by the big picture. Understanding that his own kids are among the future stewards of planet Earth, he works diligently to instill values of creativity and free thinking.

Johnson reflects, “When I look at things that are in the world now that we would have never dreamed possible when we were growing up, I recognize how much can change in one generation. Looking for answers that aren’t there yet—things nobody’s thought of—that’s what’s going to solve problems.”

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Notice nature. Alexandra Horowitz, author of On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes, finds walking outdoors infinitely more engaging than exercising in the gym. Seek out woodsy hikes, scenic waterways or historic downtowns, and “open up to experiencing the world,” she says.

FEET How to Make Walking Part of Everyday Life

Practice moving meditation. To lighten a heavy mood, “Imagine your chest as a window through which energy, fresh air, sunshine, even rain, can pour into and through you as you walk,” says Dreyer. To ground a scattered mind, she suggests focusing on connecting one’s feet with the Earth.

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ippocrates called walking “man’s best medicine,” and Americans agree: According to the U.S. Surgeon General, walking is America’s most popular form of fitness. It’s free, convenient and simple. The Foundation for Chronic Disease Prevention reveals that 10,000 daily steps help lower blood pressure, shed pounds, decrease stress, and reduce the risk of heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. Here’s how to rev up the routine and stay motivated.

Practical Tips

Breathe. Belly breathing calms the parasympathetic nervous system, expands lung capacity and improves circulation. Inhale through the nose, fill the belly and expel through the mouth, advises Asheville, North Carolina, resident Katherine Dreyer, co-founder and CEO of ChiWalking.

Try new techniques and terrain. “The body is smart and efficient. It must be constantly challenged in safe ways and tricked into burning more calories,” says Malin Svensson, founder and President of Nordic Walking USA. She suggests taking the stairs or strolling on sand to strengthen the legs and heart.

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Dreyer recommends ascending hills sideways (crossing one foot over the other) to engage new muscles and protect the calves and Achilles tendons. She also suggests walking backwards for 30 steps every five minutes during a 30-minute walk to reestablish proper posture.

Push with poles. Compelling the body forward with Nordic walking poles can burn 20 to 46 percent more calories than regular walking, reports Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. Svensson explains, “Applying pressure to the poles activates abdominal, chest, back and triceps muscles, which necessitates more oxygen and thereby raises the heart rate.” The basic technique is: plant, push and walk away.

Mindful Tips

Feel the Earth move under your (bare) feet. Improve mood, reduce pain and deepen sleep by going outside barefoot, says Dr. Laura Koniver, of Charleston, South Carolina, a featured expert in the documentary, The Grounded. “The Earth’s surface contains an infinite reservoir of free electrons, which, upon contact with the body, can neutralize damage from free radicals,” she says.

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Make fresh air a social affair. A group walk can boost performance levels of participants, says Dennis Michele, president of the American Volkssport Association, which promotes fun, fitness and friendship through noncompetitive, year-round walking events.

Horowitz suggests strolling with friends and sharing sensory discoveries.

“A fresh perspective can help tune you into the great richness of ordinary environments often overlooked,” she says.

Ditch the distraction of electronic devices. Horowitz views walking texters as “hazards and obstacles, non-participants in the environment.”

Australian researcher Siobhan Schabrun, Ph.D., reveals the science behind the sentiment in her recent University of Queensland study. The brain, she found, prioritizes texting over walking, resulting in “slowing down, deviating from a straight line and walking like robots, with the arms, trunk and head in one rigid line, which makes falling more likely.”

Walking a dog brings mutual benefits.

Dr. John Marshall, chief oncologist at Georgetown University Hospital, in Washington, D.C., prescribes dog walking to his cancer patients, asserting it yields better outcomes than chemotherapy. For maximum enjoyment, strive to hit a stride, advises Carla Ferris,

Let your feet speak for an important cause and sign up for an awareness walk. owner of Washington, D.C. dog-walking company Wagamuffin.

Be a fanny pack fan. Fanny packs, unlike backpacks, which can disturb natural torso rotation, comfortably store identification, phone, keys and water, says Svensson. Ferris agrees: “Walks are so much more enjoyable hands-free.”

Walk while you work. Much of the independent and collaborative work at Minneapolis finance company SALO emerges as employees walk slowly on ergonomic treadmill desks. “Being up, active and forward-moving on the treadmill benefits productivity,” says cofounder Amy Langer. Alternatively, consider investing in a cordless headset or standing desk. “Most anything you can do sitting, you can do standing, and supporting your own body weight is almost as beneficial as walking,” she says.

A study reported in the journal Diabetologia suggests that sedentary time combined with periods of moderate-to-vigorous exercise poses a greater health risk than being gently active throughout the day. Dreyer’s mantra?

“The body is wise. Listen when it says, ‘Get up and walk a bit.’”

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Stand Up Paddleboards Spell Family Fun

by Lauressa Nelson

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ost kids growing up in Chattanooga have crossed the Tennessee River via the Walnut Street pedestrian bridge; far fewer have been on the river beneath it,” remarks Mark Baldwin, owner of area paddle sports outfitter L2 Boards. Using stand up paddleboards (SUP), he loves guiding adults and children on their own up-close discoveries of the river’s cliffs, caves, fish, turtles and birds.

Waterways are enchanting at any age, and SUP recreation naturally tends to inspire creative quests. Its physical and developmental benefits are a bonus. “The stand up paddleboard is the bicycle of the water. Because paddleboarding can be done at any age and fitness level, the whole family can enjoy it together,” says Kristin Thomas, a mother of three in Laguna Beach, California, SUP race champion and executive director of the Stand Up Paddle Industry Association.

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feet, looking up at them,” advises Lili Colby, owner of MTI Adventurewear, near Boston, Massachusetts, which makes life jackets for paddle sports. She notes that U.S. Coast Guard law requires that children 30 pounds and under wear infant life jackets to provide special head and neck support that turns a baby’s face up with an open airway within three seconds of entering the water.

It’s a good idea to first practice paddling short distances in shallow waters near the shore. Toddlers are more likely to lean overboard to play in the water, Colby cautions, so engaging in nature-inspired games along the way will help occupy them onboard.

“Young children introduced to water sports in the context of positive family interaction typically become eager to paddle on their own,” observes Tina Fetten, owner of Southern Tier Stand Up Paddle Corp., who leads a variety of SUP experiences throughout New York and northern Pennsylvania. “If they are strong swimmers, I bring them on a large board with me and teach them the skills for independent paddling.”

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surfboards, stand up paddling is commonly taught on flat water, making it easier and more stable than surfing. Still, swimming competence and adult supervision are prerequisites to independent paddling according to paramedic Bob Pratt, co-founder of the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project, which leads water safety classes in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin.

“Parents should outfit all children with a life jacket, Coast Guard-approved for their age and weight, as well as a leash, which attaches to their ankle and the board with Velcro straps,” Pratt says. “If children fall into the water, a tug of the leash enables them to quickly retrieve their largest floatation device, the board.”

Experts agree that success is relatively easy, so children build confidence quickly. The sport can be adapted to suit individual needs and positions, including moving from standing to sitting or kneeling, says Fetten, who teaches adaptive SUP lessons in a community pool. As she sees firsthand, “All children, especially those with disabilities, benefit from the empowering feeling of attaining independent success.”

“A water-based sport is the healthiest outlet children can have,” attests Wesley Stewart, founder of Urban Surf 4 Kids, a San Diego nonprofit that offers free SUP and surf clinics for foster children. “Being on the water requires kids to focus on what they’re doing and has the ability to clear their minds and give them freedom. It’s like meditation. Plus, SUP is a low-impact, cross-training cardio activity; it works every part of the body.”

Beyond the basic benefits, SUP keeps children engaged by offering endless opportunities to explore the geographic and ecological diversity of different types of waterways. SUP activities and levels can grow along with children; teens can try yoga on water, competitive racing and the advanced challenges of surfing. Fitness is a bonus to the rewarding ability to propel one’s self through the water.

SUP enthusiast Lauressa Nelson is a freelance writer in Orlando, FL, and a contributing editor for Natural Awakenings.

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Whether it’s membership in a food co-op, tending a backyard garden or balcony tomato plant or foraging in the woods for edibles, living off the land means cleaner, fresher and more nutritious food on the table.

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o switch from running to the market to stepping into a home garden for fresh produce, it’s best to start small. Smart gardeners know it’s easy to be overwhelmed by a big plot so they plan ahead with like-minded friends to swap beans for tomatoes or zucchini for okra to add variety. If one household is more suited to freezing excess harvests while another cans or dehydrates, more trades are in the offing. Start kids by having them plant radishes, a crop that will give even the most impatient child quick results.

“You can’t do everything yourself,” counsels Kathie Lapcevic, a farmer, freelance writer and teacher in Columbia Falls, Montana. “I have a huge garden, expanded now into about 7,000 square feet, that provides 65 percent of what our family eats,” she says. “On the other hand, I can’t imagine life without nut butter and found I can’t grow Brussels sprouts. A few trips to the store are inevitable.”

Lapcevic plants non-GMO, heirloom varieties of seeds in her chemicalfree garden. She adds a new variety or two each year and reminds peers that it takes a while to build good soil. Three

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years ago, she also added pollinator beehives on the property. Their honey reduces the amount of processed sugar the family uses.

From Libby, Montana, Chaya Foedus blogs on her store website PantryParatus.com about kitchen selfsufficiency. “Foraging is a good way to give children a full sensory experience,” she remarks. “We turn a hike into a mission to find and learn about specific foods, where they come from and what to do with them.” To start, select one easily identifiable item for the kids to pick. “In Libby, that’s huckleberries,” says Foedus. “Similar to blueberries, they grow on a bush, so they’re easy to see and pick. Huckleberries don’t grow in captivity—it’s a completely foraged economy.”

Michelle Boatright, a graphic designer and hunter of wild plants in Bristol, Tennessee, learned eco-friendly ways to forage from a game warden friend. Five years later, her bookcase holds 30 books on edible plants—she brings two with her on excursions.

“When in doubt, leave a plant alone.

It’s too easy to make a mistake,” she advises. “Know how to harvest, too—take

only about 10 percent of what’s there and leave the roots, so it can grow back.

“For example, ramps, a wild leek, take seven years to cultivate,” says Boatright. “Overharvesting can wipe out years’ worth of growth. In Tennessee, it’s illegal to harvest ramps in state parks. Mushrooms are more apt to regrow, but leave the small ones.”

As for meat, “I was raised to never shoot a gun, but to make my own bows and arrows,” recalls Bennett Rea, a writer and survivalist in Los Angeles, California. “Dad used Native American skills, tools and viewpoints when he hunted. Bow hunting kept our family from going hungry for a few lean years and was always done with reverence.

It’s wise to take only what you need, use what you take and remember an animal gave its life to sustain yours.”

Rea uses several methods for obtaining local foods. “Living here makes it easier due to the year-round growing season. For produce, I volunteer for a local CSA [community supported agriculture] collective. One hour of volunteering earns 11 pounds

of free, sustainably farmed, organic produce—everything from kale to tangerines to cilantro.

“Bartering is also an increasingly popular trend,” he notes. “I make my own hot sauce and trade it for highend foods and coffee from friends and neighbors. Several of us have now rented a plot in a community garden to grow more of our own vegetables. I only buy from stores the items I can’t trade for or make myself—usually oats, milk, cheese and olive oil.”

Truly good food is thoughtfully, sustainably grown or harvested.

It travels fewer miles; hasn’t been sprayed with toxins or been chemically fertilized; is fresh; ripens on the plant, not in a truck or the store; and doesn’t come from a factory farm. The old saying applies here: “If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.”

Avery Mack is a freelance writer in St. Louis, MO. Connect via AveryMack@mindspring.com.

Foraging 101

by Chaya Foedus 4 Start small.

4 Get permission before picking on private property.

4 Make sure no chemical fertilizers or pesticides were used.

4 It’s easy to mistake a poisonous lookalike for an edible plant. Learn to identify both before picking.

4 Skip the mushrooms at first—learn from an experienced mushroomer before going solo.

4 Always taste-test at home; the woods are not the place to cope with a surprise allergic reaction.

4 Make a day of it. Enjoy the outdoors, learn more about native plants and invite kindred spirits along on the hunt.

Source: Adapted from PantryParatus.com.

Cooking with Wild Foods

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hristopher Nyerges, of Pasadena, California, author of Guide to Wild Food and Useful Plants and Foraging California, has spent 40 years teaching others to find free food safely as part of an ongoing curriculum (SchoolOfSelf-Reliance.com). He knows, “Wherever you live, common weeds and native plants can supplement food on the table.”

He particularly likes to use acorns as a food extender, grinding them into a powder and mixing it 50/50 with flour to make bread and pancakes. For greens, he likes lamb’s quarters (Chenopodium album), a weed that crowds out native plants, but is easily found, nutritious and versatile. He uses the leaves like spinach and adds the seeds to soup or bread batter. He likens it to quinoa.

Nyerges characterizes himself as a lazy gardener. “Forget having a tra-

ditional lawn. Grow food, not grass,” he says. “I like plants that take care of themselves and then of me.”

Purslane (Portulaca oleracea) and New Zealand spinach (Tetragonia tetragonioides) are good edible ground covers. Purslane leaves add a lemonpepper crunch. “If the neighbors complain, plant some nasturtiums—they’re pretty and good to eat, too,” he notes.

Varieties of cactus, like the prickly pear, are also edible; remove the thorns and cook the pads with tofu or eggs.

“I’m all for using technology, but know how to get by without it, too,” Nyerges advises. “There’s no such thing as total self-sufficiency. What we can be is self-reliant and knowledgeable users. Begin by learning and applying one thing.” He’s found, “There aren’t directions to follow; the path to selfreliance is different for each person.”

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JOURNEY TO MATURITY Setbacks Make Boys Into Men

by Nick Clements

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e all know hard-charging young men that have their foot planted firmly on the accelerator. They claim that easing off would damage their career and be an admission of failure. They are wrong. Those enjoying early successes can grow up overstressed by trying to stay on the fast track at any cost. These alpha boys are doing what they think others want them to do.

In many cases, they are influenced by subtle and overt pressures from parents, peers and celebrity lifestyles, as well as advertising and video games.

As a consequence, these men, obsessed with superficial goals, are emotionally stunted, controlling and unable to form long-term relationships. The good news is that if they can recognize these symptoms and want to change, they may be ready to mature into an alpha wolf, a whole different kind of man.

An essential catalyst for this change usually comes from experiencing personal wounding: being overlooked for a promotion, feeling redundant, losing a friend or status or perhaps sacrificing a former identity to parenthood.

Ultimately, the true test is how he faces such failure and deals with his emotions without labeling himself as weak. The hallmark of mature manhood is how a guy acknowledges his diminishment, not how he manages success.

When he stops hiding from himself, signs of his emerging as a mature hero, an alpha wolf, will appear.

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He’ll recognize that he makes mistakes, absorb and acknowledge his vulnerability, admit he doesn’t know all the answers and become comfortable with this loss of control. These are the lessons a man must learn to become a more realistic, whole and three-dimensional individual. How he reacts to setbacks and takes responsibility for his actions molds character and helps him take his rightful place in society, rather than a false position.

Instead of being obsessed by competing for things and one-upmanship in the material world like an alpha boy, the alpha wolf grows up by adding strong spirituality and compassion to his life skills. He sees the bigger picture, and by viewing people as friends rather than rivals, is better able to forge mature, loving relationships and be a better father.

Our sons need to be exposed to emotionally intelligent role models and discussions of attendant values and traits. It’s not a simple or easy path, but it’s an essential process for boys and men that benefits them and everyone in their lives.

Nick Clements is an inspirational speaker, workshop leader and author of a trilogy of books on male spirituality and rites of passage, including his recent novel, The Alpha Wolf, A Tale About the Modern Male. He also blogs on masculinity at HuffingtonPost.co.uk/nick-clements.

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Feng Shui Principles May Be Applied to Gardening

by Lois Kramer-Perez

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ranslated literally, Feng Shui means wind water. Wind represents the energy we cannot see, but can feel. Water represents the energy in our physical spaces we can see. Feng Shui is based on principles that interpret the cycles of nature using the 5 elements, helping to create balance in our lives as we connect with our environment. A garden is the perfect way to do this as we embrace nature. The 5 elements in feng shui; water, tree, fire, earth and metal, are around us all the time, influencing us through the seasons, weather, colors, shapes and even our behavior.

When spring arrives, we become energized and are excited to witness all the green sprouting up from the earth. We want to get outside and start doing things by springing into action with spring cleaning, making room to embrace the new beginnings before us.

This is the influence of the tree, or wood, element. Its colors are shades of bright green and the shapes of tall, vertical columns. Accents of stripes, florals, planters and logs connect us to the practical, active energy of tree.

Following the spring season is sum-

mer, full of fun and excitement, and the element of fire. Bright, spirited colors of red, fuchsia, yellow and orange support playfulness and passions. Whimsical accents, sparkling lights and angular shapes support this spirited element. Fire brings us clarity, illumination and transformation. It is the time of high noon and summertime, when all is at its peak.

After all the fun of the summer, we slow down and take time to pause, feeling that settling energy of earth. It is the same energy we notice around 3 p.m., when we just pause, yet the day has not ended. Earth energy is supportive, nurturing and comforting. Colors depicting earth range from pale ivory, warm gold and terracotta to warm chocolate browns. Supportive shapes of rectangles and squares using brick and tile, along with comfy, cozy overstuffed seating, depict the element earth, a time of settling in.

Autumn brings us the energy of metal, when all is contracting and coming to completion, the time of early evening at the end of the day. Metal is the element of refinement, focus and control. Clean, precise lines, stones, dome shapes and

the metallic colors of silver, bronze and gold, as well as clean white, depict the element of metal.

Once all is complete, it is time to begin the cycle again; the time of stillness and reflection brings us to the season of winter and time of midnight, the element of water. Irregular shapes with curves and paths that meander and flow depict the element of water. The colors of turquoise, deep blue and black support the energy of water, allowing us to be free to go with the flow, adapt and “just be.”

Each element supports the next.

Water feeds the trees so they may grow.

Trees fuel the fire so it may flourish. The ash from the fire nourishes the earth. The minerals in the earth create the metal. As the metal contracts to its liquid state, it creates water… and so we begin again.

As we align with these elements, we become more in the flow, supporting us to be focused and clear, release our stress and enjoy this season of springtime in Mother Nature’s garden. The feng shui garden is aligned with nature.

Items placed in the garden should support the balance of nature; plants and trees should be native to the area; only plant those which naturally belong.

Allow plants and trees to grow naturally, using only stakes for support. A feng shui garden takes heed of changing seasons.

A feng shui garden gives pleasure. Create the “armchair form”; it should feel as if the garden is being embraced and protected. Create support behind the garden with trees, shrubs or a fence extending around the sides. Paths should be curved, keeping the edges soft and fluid.

Always remember: love has the highest vibration. Love everything in your garden; after all, it’s all about you.

Lois Kramer-Perez, CHt. is a certified feng shui practitioner.

For more information, call or visit LoisKramerPerez.com.

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the guide dogs program.”

Anne Moss, owner of TheCatSite.com, based in Pardes Hana, Israel, says scrapbooking is a recurrent theme in the site’s forums. “Our members tend to be computer savvy and create online pages for their cats. Yet many don’t want to give up the handson experience of scrapbooking; it gives them a special way to preserve memories of or create a long-lasting tribute for their beloved cats.” One member posted about a shadow box she’d made to display favorite toys and photos; another used camping-themed stickers around a photo of the cat napping in a kitty tent.

“I started taking pictures of my Bernese mountain dog, Chance, when he first came to me,” says Yvette Schmitter, an entrepreneurial software programmer in New York City. “We dress in matching

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or many, handwritten letters bundled with ribbon, pressed flowers and fading photographs have been replaced by emails, computerized cards and digital images, with the notable exception of scrapbooks.

A scrapbook, done right, is a memorabilia treasure chest. Pages are embellished, decorated and personalized to bring memories alive. Pets get to strut their stuff, too. Mary Anne Benedetto, author of Write Your Pet’s Life Story in 7 Easy Steps, in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, says that no matter the species, each pet has special qualities or quirks and a tale to tell.

Liisa Kyle, Ph.D., founder of CoachingForCreativePeople.com, in Se-

attle, Washington, also trains candidates for Guide Dogs for the Blind.

“The pup comes to me at 8 weeks old and moves on a year or more later,” says Kyle. “It’s traditional, and a big deal, to give the dog’s new person a gift when the transfer is made. For the first pup, I made a memory book starting from his first days with us.

Bright white paper behind each photo highlighted the contrast so the man, who had minimal vision, could see the pictures.

People are curious about service animals, so he carries the book to show it around.

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costumes like Fiona and Shrek, Princess Leia and Yoda, Mr. and Mrs. Claus. It’s a creative outlet after writing computer code all day and a good excuse to play together.”

Schmitter places the photos in pre-made greeting cards and has a current mailing list that exceeds 250, including the doorman, neighbors, the vet and groomer, friends and family.

“The deli guy told me he looks forward to each holiday just to see what we’ve

come up with. That’s what motivates me; our fun photos can make somebody’s day better.”

Heather Post, owner of The Etiquette Seed, in Daytona Beach, Florida, specializes in coaching and speaking engagements. When her in-laws traveled to their summer home, she made a scrapbooklet for them. “It showed Sophie, our rescue terrier, at the door, window or in the car, with rhyming captions that said she missed them.” Post sends similar photo “stories” to her daughter, Meghan, now in college; a cousin’s daughter even took Sophie’s Halloween photo to preschool for show and tell.

Whichever forum we choose, stages and phases of a pet’s life can be celebrated with a lock of hair, paw print, obedience school certificate and lots of photos.

After all, a pet is part of the family.

Sandra Murphy is a freelance writer in St. Louis, MO. Connect at StLouis FreelanceWriter@mindspring.com.

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by Sandy Murphy Yvette Schmitter keeps her dog’s photo sessions short because, “Chance pouts after 20 minutes.” If a large dog looks intimidating, soften its appearance by adding a bright bandana, hat or goofy sunglasses. Liisa Kyle took weekly photos of a pup to show its growth. Joanna Campbell Slan, author of the Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-n-Craft mystery book series, offers several additional tips. n Take photos from the pet’s eye level instead of from above. n For a dark-haired pet, use a contrast ing background; a colorful blanket or pale wall makes it stand out. n Add texture by layering papers and adding trinkets and creative captions. n Notes from a groomer can make a cute addition. n Catalog the words a pet knows on a designated page. Go beyond the obvious command words.

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SUNDAY, JUNE 1

SATURDAY, JUNE 7

Spirit is Everywhere Present – 10:30am. Celebration of Life. Qigong 9-10am. Class: The Spiritual Path, 12-2 pm. Center for Spiritual Living Jacksonville, Sheraton Hotel, 10605 Deerwood Park Blvd. 904-513-2017.

CSLJax.org.

Learn to Meditate: Meditations to Open the Heart – 12:30-3:00pm. Increase love, compassion and inner peace. EVERYONE WELCOME – beginners and experienced meditators. $20 (students $15). Combine with 10:00am event, purification, for a peaceful and meaningful retreat. Maitreya Kadampa Buddhist Center, 85 Sailfish Dr E, Atlantic Beach.

904.222.8531 www.MeditationInJacksonville.org

TUESDAY, JUNE 3 Open House – 6-7pm. Tour facility and meet Dr Pautz, MD. Learn more about the holistic philosophy of the practice. Persephone Healing Arts Center, Holistic and Internal Medicine, 485 Sixth Ave N, Jacksonville Bch. RSVP: 904-246-3583.

DrPautz.com.

“Healing event” – 1:00-3:00pm. Practitioners will be practicing Reiki on customers. Love offerings (this event is the first Saturday of every month.)

Spiritual Uplifts 3491 Pall Mall Dr. Jacksonville Florida 904-292-4555

THURSDAY, JUNE 5

SUNDAYS, JUNE 8

Feminine Energy 101 – 6-7:30pm. An evening of tranquility, joyous celebration and self-discovery of what makes us unique as women. Free class, for women only. This class will serve as an introduction to the upcoming workshop, Feminine Essence Activation. Contact Lisa Caton at 808-443-6372 or email: SacredVibration@gmail.com.

Spirit Expresses As You and Me– 10:30am Celebration of Life. Qigong 9-10am. Class: The Spiritual Path, 122pm. Center for Spiritual Living Jacksonville, Sheraton Hotel, 10605 Deerwood Park Blvd. 904-513-2017.

CSLJax.org.

FRIDAY, JUNE 6 Couples Weekend Getaway & Workshop: 7:00pm-Sun 2pm. Join Richard & Diana Daffner, authors of “Tantric Sex for Busy Couples,” for a romantic beach getaway. Bring greater joy, intimacy and passion to your relationship. Celebrate your love. Connect with your beloved on a soul level. $695/couple. Siesta Key Beach, Sarasota, FL. More info, other dates & locations, brochure.

941-349-6804.

Community HU Chant: A Love Song to God – 11-11:30am. Learn how to sing HU and tap into your potential for greater happiness, love, and understanding. Followed by light refreshments. All are welcome and free HU CDs available. Jacksonville Eckankar Center, 6636 Arlington Rd. 904-7257760. Meetup.com/Jacksonville-Florida-Eckankar.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11 Urban Horticulturist – 7–8:30pm. Terry DelValle will be speaking on Citrus for Northeast Florida.

This Duval County Extension Office program is free to the public. Pablo Creek Regional Library,

YOGA DEN FLEMING ISLAND NOW OPEN June 16th @ Yoga MIX Neptune Beach

Exploring the Chakras 101

Ashtanga, Anusara, & the Melt Method June 18th-21st @ Mandarin

Sun Power Bhakti & Advanced Chakras June 23rd-25th

Michael Johnson returns!

June 28th-29th @ Mandarin

BONUS OFFER: 5 Classes for Only $25

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FRIDAY, JUNE 13 Twin Hearts Meditation – 6pm with Falguni Shah.

This is an advanced meditation technique aimed at achieving illumination or universal consciousness and is free to the public. This powerful form of meditation was developed by Master Choa Kok Sui. Seventh Wonder Day Spa, 5393 Roosevelt Blvd. Ste. 4, Jacksonville, FL 32210, (904)381-8686.

SATURDAY, JUNE 14 Aura Paintings – 2-4pm. Use paints to create your aura on paper and then learn to interpret what the colors mean in your aura. $15.00. Spiritual Uplifts 3491 Pall Mall Dr. Jacksonville, Florida.

904-292-4555 Feminine Essence Activation – 9am-5pm. Lisa Caton will lead participants in activating the feminine essence by clearing and balancing the feminine energy system. Learn core elements of how energy flows through the female body facilitating an inspired, radiant life. Workshop fee is $80. Contact Lisa Caton at 808-443-6372 or email SacredVibration@gmail.com.

SUNDAY, JUNE 15 Yoga Teacher Training Month-long Intensive (RYT200) – 6/15 Sun evening, 6/16-7/17 MonThurs, with Deva Parnell ERYT500+ (over 25 years experience.) Through this powerful, time-tested Kripalu style program, you can become a skillful, effective, compassionate yoga teacher. Pre-registration required. Housing on site. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis Street, Saint Augustine. 904-824-7454.

DiscoveryYoga.com.

I Wisely Plant My Good Intentions -- 10:30am.

Celebration of Life. 12pm. Board of Trustees meeting.

Everyone welcome. Center for Spiritual Living Jacksonville, Sheraton Hotel, 10605 Deerwood Park Blvd.

904-513-2017. CSLJax.org.

TUESDAY, JUNE 17 Natural Capital – 10-11am. Michael Shirley, PhD, director of the GTM Research Reserve, will speak on “Natural Capital - The Economic Benefits Derived from Nature: Ecosystems Services.” He will define the Ecosystem Services concept. Free to the public.

GTM Research Reserve Marineland Field Office, 9741 N Ocean Shore Blvd in the Town of Marineland. 904.823.4500 www.gtmnerrmarinelandlecture. eventbrite.com.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18

June 16th-17th @ Mandarin

Kids Yoga Training

13295 Beach Blvd. Please call 904-255-7450 or email beckyd@coj.net to pre-register.

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904-268-8330

Camp Florida Friendly - Part 1 – 9:30am-2pm.

Adults only gardening classes. Does your yard speak Florida Friendly? Propagation Made Easy, Hands-on with Recycled Materials and Citrus 101.

Cost $5. Duval County Extension Office 1010 N. McDuff Ave., Jacksonville. Contact Becky 904255-7450. beckyd@coj.net or www.campfloridafriendly2014.eventbrite.com.

THURSDAY, JUNE 19 Open House - 6-7:30pm. Tour facility and meet Dr Pautz, MD. Learn more about the holistic philosophy of the practice. Persephone Healing Arts Center, Holistic and Internal Medicine, 485 Sixth Ave N, Jacksonville Bch. RSVP: 904-246-3583.

DrPautz.com.

FRIDAY, JUNE 20 Camp Florida Friendly - Part 2 – 9:30am-2pm.

Adults only gardening classes. Learn to Compost, Vermicompost (Make and take worm bins, optional - $10 extra), Do you know your insects? and How to Attract Beneficial Insects. Duval County Extension Office 1010 N. McDuff Ave., Jacksonville. Contact Becky 904-255-7450. beckyd@coj.net or www. campfloridafriendly2014.eventbrite.com.

DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE – 7:30-9pm.

Circle dances honoring all religious paths, held monthly. Discovery Yoga, 3 Davis St., St. Augustine.

Dances and songs are taught in the Circle. All are welcome. $10 - $15 Love offering. Lynn Haqqiqa: 352-870-8558. lyndeluke@msn.com. Holly Levinson, LCSW: 904-471-1414. holly@thc-hal.com.

Matanza Inlet Guided Hike – 8:30-10am. Learn about inlet dynamics and movements of sand as the sea constantly rearranges the land. Learn about seashells, sea birds, coquina rock, dune vegetation, heavy minerals, mollusks, the habits of crabs, and the history of beach sand. For more information, call 904.823.4500. https://gtmnerrmatanzashike. eventbrite.com

SATURDAY, JUNE 21 Introduction to the MELT Method: Melt Your Upper Body (Shoulders & Neck) with Amba Greene –1-4pm Learn simple self-care techniques to make your body feel better and function more efficiently. On-site housing available. Discovery Yoga, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454. discoveryyoga.com.

Special Event at Spiritual Uplifts – Book signing with Freddie Zeringue, author of “The Art of Flow,” a transformational book illustrating human potential as a creative source designed to manifest the world in which we live. We have signed books for sale at Spiritual Uplifts. We will have temporary tattoos crystal ball, runes and palm readings. 3491 Pall Mall Drive Jacksonville, FL. Call 904-571-2586.

Psychic Readings Specials –30 Minutes. $25 in Orange Park with Psychic Medium Judy Zarnes.

Call to Schedule Appointment (904-477-4427).

More info at www.JudyZarnes.com.

National Pollinator Day – 10am-2pm. Celebrate our beloved pollinators (bees, butterflies, bats, birds, and insects) at the Environmental Education Center, 505 Guana River Road in Ponte Vedra Beach.

Butterfly specialist, Marc Minno, PhD will be the keynote speaker. There will be family fun activities, exhibits, and vendors selling native plants, honey, and much more! 904.823.4500. www.gtmnerr.org.

SUNDAY, JUNE 22

Spiritual Roundtable Discussion. All are welcome.

FREE Contemplation CD and Spiritual Guidebook. Jacksonville Eckankar Center, 6636 Arlington Rd.904-725-7760. Meetup.com/JacksonvilleFlorida-Eckankar.

TUESDAY, JUNE 24 -AUG. 19 Yoga Basic Training – Tuesday Evenings, 6:308pm. In this eight-week course, beginning students

Couples Getaway Weekend & Workshop: 7pmSun 2pm. Join Richard & Diana Daffner, authors of “Tantric Sex for Busy Couples.” Rekindle your passion. Celebrate your love. Connect with your beloved on a soul level. Transform your relationship into a love affair. $695/couple, Siesta Key Beach, Sarasota, FL. More info, other dates & locations, brochure. 941-349-6804.

Twin Hearts Meditation – 6pm with Falguni Shah, This is an advanced meditation technique aimed at achieving illumination or universal consciousness and is free to the public. This powerful form of meditation was developed by Master Choa Kok Sui. Seventh Wonder Day Spa, 5393 Roosevelt Blvd. Ste. 4, Jacksonville, FL 32210, (904)381-8686.

Mark the Date WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25 Relationships from a Spiritual Viewpoint – 7-8:30pm. Spiritual Discussion on the secret of all relationships, the source of love, how to love yourself, and much more. FREE CD and BOOK. All are welcome! Pablo Creek Library 13295 Beach Blvd. 32246. 904-725-7760. Meetup.com/Jacksonville-Florida-Eckankar.

SATURDAY, JUNE 28 Hot Medical Topic Lecture - 12:30-1:30pm.

Massage Therapy and Medical Marijuana, with Dr. Adam Levine. Florida Massage Convention & Trade Show. More info and to register, visit www. myfsmta.org.

observe demonstrations and receive step-by-step instructions for 28 postures and 4 breathing techniques. Ask questions, clarify details and practice each posture with hands-on assisting as needed.

Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine.

904-824-7454. DiscoveryYoga.com.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25 Camp Florida Friendly - Part 3 – 9:30am-2pm.

Adults only gardening classes. Rain Gardens, Reduce the Runoff, Updates on Fertilizer & Irrigation and Make and take rain barrel optional ($40).

Duval County Extension Office 1010 N. McDuff Ave., Jacksonville. Contact Becky 904-255-7450. beckyd@coj.net or www.campfloridafriendly2014. eventbrite.com.

Psychic-Medium Spiritual Development Class – 7-9:30pm. Designed as an ongoing class. Includes meditation, lesson, hands-on practice to develop your personal skills. $25. Marilyn Jenquin, International Foundation for Spiritual Knowledge. Held in private home, call for location. 407-673-9776.

IFSK.org.

THURSDAY, JUNE 26 Psychic-Medium Spiritual Development Class – 1-3:30pm. Designed as an ongoing class. Includes meditation, lesson, hands-on practice to develop your personal skills. $25. Marilyn Jenquin, International Foundation for Spiritual Knowledge. Held in Caring Palms Massage & Reiki, 301-B 10th Ave. N. Jacksonville Beach. 407-673-9776. IFSK.org.

Introduction to the MELT Method: Melt Your Lower Body (Hips & Pelvis) with Amba Greene – 9am-12pm Sun Shoulders & Neck. Learn simple self-care techniques to make your body feel better and function more efficiently. On-site housing available. Discovery Yoga, 3 Davis St, St Augustine.

904-824-7454. discoveryyoga.com.

THURSDAY, JUNE 26-29

I Live in Gratitude for My Fulfilled Manifestations – 10:30 Celebration of Life. Class: The Spiritual Path, 12-2 pm. Center for Spiritual Living Jacksonville, Sheraton Hotel, 10605 Deerwood Park Blvd. 904-513-2017. CSLJax.org.

Camp Florida Friendly - Part 4 – 9:30am-2pm.

Adults only gardening classes. Bring on the Pollinators, Make and Take Bee House optional ($5), Let’s talk Invasive Plants, Heat Tolerant Edibles and Cover Crops. Duval County Extension Office 1010 N. McDuff Ave., Jacksonville. Contact Becky 904-255-7450. beckyd@coj.net or www.campflori-

“Change Your Consciousness, Change Your Life”– 11:00am-Noon Join us for an engaging

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Massage Convention & Tradeshow – Outstanding CE classes, largest trade show, tons of fun.

Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld. Visit www. myfsmta.org.

FRIDAY, JUNE 27

Aura Paintings – 2:00-4:00pm. Use paints to create your aura on paper and then learn to interpret what the colors mean in your aura. $15.00. Spiritual Uplifts 3491 Pall Mall Dr. Jacksonville Florida 904-292-4555.

Crystal Class – 4:30-6:00 pm. An intense six week Crystal course where you will research and study crystals. Learn to use the crystals with meditation of charkas, house protection, heal animals and people, medicine wheel and astrology. Cost $140.00 and save $30.00 or pay $30.00 per class. Please call to reserve you seat. Spiritual Uplifts 3491 Pall Mall Dr. Jacksonville Florida 904-292-4555.

SUNDAY, JUNE 28-29 Reiki Certification Classes for Levels I, II & III – Orange Park with Reiki Master Clarence Zarnes.

Once you have demonstrated proficiency and have been attuned, you will become “Certified” at each level completed. For more info and to register go to www.Judyzarnes.com.

SUNDAY, JUNE 29 I Release and Allow Spirit to Work Through Me – 10:30 Celebration of Life. Class: The Spiritual Path, 12-2 pm. Center for Spiritual Living Jacksonville, Sheraton Hotel, 10605 Deerwood Park Blvd. 904-5132017. CSLJax.org.

PLAN AHEAD FRIDAY, JULY 11 SAFE YOGA: Developing a Powerful Practice That Heals Rather Than Hurts with Lisa McQuade. July 11-13, Fri 7:30-9pm, Sat 8-5:30pm, Sun 8-12:30pm. Yoga teachers learn to guide class experiences that cultivate inner wisdom and selftrust, rather than command performances. On-site housing available. Discovery Yoga, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454. discoveryyoga.com.

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SUNDAY Unity Church of Jacksonville – Services: 9am Contemplative; 11am Celebratory with youth education and nursery. A positive path for spiritual living. Rev. Therese Lee. Energetic healing offered after each service on 2nd and 4th Sundays. 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904-3555100. UnityJax.org.

Lessons In Truth – 10:30am. Lessons in Truth lecture.

Love offering. The Church of Cosmic Truth, 1637 Hamilton St, Jacksonville. 904-384-7268. TheCosmicChurchOfTruth.net.

Center for Spiritual Living Jacksonville– 10:30am.

June Theme: It’s a Divine Done Deal: Affirmative Prayers for Easy Living and Steps to Create Your Own. A book by Dr. Nancy Fagen available on www. amazon.com in print and electronic versions. Center for Spiritual Living Jacksonville, Sheraton Hotel, 10605 Deerwood Park Blvd. 904-513-2017. CSLJax.org FREE Community Yoga – 11am-12:30pm. Donations appreciated. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454. DiscoveryYoga.com.

Unity Church for Creative Living Sunday Service – 10:30am. With Rev Mona Krane. A positive path to realize divine potential. 2777 Race Track Rd, St Johns.

904-287-1505. UnityInJax.com.

Youth Ministry – 10:30am. Classes for all ages. Unity Church for Creative Living, 2777 Race Track Rd, St Johns. 904-287-1505. UnityInJax.com.

Mind Body Yoga –10:45am. With Analise. Yoga Den, 2929 Plummer Cove Rd, Jacksonville. 904-268-8330.

Yoga-Den.com.

MONDAY Insight Meditation – 6:45-7:30am. Join us with Jonathan Hunt of Just Sit Jacksonville. Love offering.

Sanctuary of Unity Church of Jacksonville, 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904-355-5100. UnityJax.org.

Bokwa – 8-8:45am. A cardio walking workout, great for beginners. Ladies only. $10/class. inShape Ladies Fitness, 9425 Craven Rd, Jacksonville. 904-367-5003.

Mommy ‘n’ Me Pilates – 9am. Call to register. Arch Pilates and Physical Therapy, 3491 Pall Mall Rd, Ste 102, Jacksonville. 904-860-5392. ArchPilates.com.

Yin Yoga – 9-10:30am. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454. DiscoveryYoga.com.

Bendy Bodies – 10am. Yoga/pilates for kids. Call to register. Arch Pilates and Physical Therapy, 3491 Pall Mall Rd, Ste 102, Jacksonville. 904-860-5392.

ArchPilates.com.

Qigong for Health – 4:45-5:45pm. Relieve arthritis, anxiety and stress symptoms. Free trial. Kam Lee’s TKA, 1835-5 E W Pkwy, Fleming Island. 904-2156111. TaijiKungFuAcademy.com.

Vinyasa Flow – 5:30-7pm. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454. DiscoveryYoga.com.

Yoga – 5:45-6:45pm. Gentle Level I with Beth Daugherty. Unity Church for Creative Living, 2777 Race

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Mind-Body Yoga – 6pm. With Kate. Yoga Den, 2929 Plummer Cove Rd, Jacksonville. 904-268-8330.

Yoga-Den.com.

Tai Chi Gung – 6:15-7:15pm. $15/walk-in; $45/month.

Arch Pilates (behind Bonos on San Jose in Manderin), 3491 Pall Mall Dr, Ste 102, Jacksonville. 904-294-7219.

Free to Be AA – 6:30pm. Lesbian, gay, bi and trans 12-step group. Lending Library, Unity Church of Jacksonville, 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904-355-5100.

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Aerial Yoga – 6-6:45pm. Traditional yoga moves without the compression. Beginner class. Ladies only. $15/class. inShape Ladies Fitness, 9425 Craven Rd, Jacksonville. 904-367-5003.

Monday Night Meditation – 7-7:30pm. Singing bowls to lead meditation. Love offering. Unity Church for Creative Living, 2777 Race Track Rd, St Johns. 904287-1505. UnityInJax.com.

Bosom Buddies: A Support Group – 7-8:30pm. Providing emotional support and education for survivors of breast cancer and women at high risk. Facilitator Bobbi de Cordova-Hanks. Women’s Center of Jacksonville.

904-722-3000.

Conscious Singles Group – 7-8:30pm. Identify and share strengths, passion and info, ideas about being single and in relationships, together. The Heart Center, St Augustine. Register, Holly Levinson, LCSW: 904471-1414. Holly@thc-hal.com.

How to Read the Tarot – 7-9pm. The class is led

by Rev. Mary Cox. $10. 904-384-7268. TheCosmicChurchOfTruth.net.

TUESDAY Sun Power Yoga – 7:30am. With Sandra. Yoga Den, 2929 Plummer Cove Rd, Jacksonville. 904-268-8330.

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Kripalu Yoga Basic Practice – 9-10:30am. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454.

DiscoveryYoga.com.

Prayer and Meditation Service – 10:30-11am. Guided and interactive prayer and meditation. Prayer requests encouraged. Unity Church of Jacksonville, Peace Prayer Chapel, 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904-3555100. UnityJax.org.

UNITY Yoga – 12-1pm. Join Jim Ernstsen to welcome beginner and intermediate level students. Please bring a floor mat and use May Street entrance. Love offering.

Unity Church of Jacksonville, 634 Lomax St, Riverside.

904-355-5100. UnityJax.org.

T’ai Chi – 5:30-6:30pm. With Elizabeth Alexander.

Beginners-intermediate. Love offering. Unity Church of Jacksonville, 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904-3555100. UnityJax.com.

Move, Melt and Meditate – 5:30-7pm. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454.

DiscoveryYoga.com.

Prenatal Pilates – 6:30pm. Arch Pilates & Physical Therapy, 3491 Pall Mall Rd, Ste 103, Jacksonville.

904-860-5392. ArchPilates.com.

Yoga Basic Training – 6:30-8pm. For continuing

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beginners. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St. St Augustine. 904-824-7454. DiscoveryYoga.com Food Addicts Anonymous – 6:30-7:30pm. Unity of Church of Jacksonville, 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904355-5100. UnityJax.com.

Julia’s New Age Book Club – 7-8:30pm. Each book is selected by group vote. Relax, read and discuss spiritual matters with us. Spiritual Uplifts, 3491 Pall Mall Dr, Jacksonville. 904-571-2586.

Insight Meditation – 7:30-9pm. See Monday listing for details. Love offering. Sanctuary of Unity Church of Jacksonville, 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904-355-5100.

UnityJax.org.

Parent Support Group – 7-8:30pm. For parents of a child with a mental health disorder, including depression, bipolar and schizo-affective disorder. Beaches Resource Center, 700 Seagate Ave, Neptune Beach.

904-270-8200.

Mixed Level Pilates – 7:30pm. Call to register. Arch Pilates and Physical Therapy, 3491 Pall Mall Rd, Jacksonville. 904-860-5392. ArchPilates.com.

Power Yoga Basics – 7:45pm. With Khristi. Yoga Den, 2929 Plummer Cove Rd, Jacksonville. 904-268-8330.

Yoga-Den.com.

WEDNESDAY Vinyasa Flow – 6-7:30am. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454. DiscoveryYoga.com.

Prenatal Pilates – 9am. Call to register. Arch Pilates and Physical Therapy, 3491 Pall Mall Rd, Jacksonville.

904-860-5392. ArchPilates.com.

La Leche League of Jacksonville – 10am. 3rd Wed. Grace Church of Avondale. Chrissy: 904-389-0484.

Lori: 904-485-0861.

Middle Eastern Dance – 10-10:45am. Women of all ages and body types can gain poise, grace, flexibility and stamina moving to exotic music. Learn belly dance and folkloric dance from Turkey and Egypt. Bring a belly dance scarf. Beginner class. Ladies only. $10/ class. inShape Ladies Fitness, 9425 Craven Rd, Jacksonville. 904-367-5003.

Kripalu Yoga, All Levels – 10-11:30am. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454.

DiscoveryYoga.com.

Chair Yoga Class – 11am-12pm. Get fit where you sit with this healing, gentle seated yoga practice. Perfect for all ages. Ocean Yoga, 51 Pine St, Atlantic Beach.

904-874-4094. OceanYoga.biz.

Mid-Week Market – 3-6pm. Featuring local, healthy, fresh and green foods. Bull Park, 716 Ocean Blvd, Atlantic Beach. Tinyurl.com/a4xegwv.

Latin Steps – 5:15-6pm. A cardio dance workout, learn dance steps that build into a great, fun cardio workout.

Beginner class. Ladies only. $10/class. inShape Ladies Fitness, 9425 Craven Rd, Jacksonville. 904-367-5003.

Yoga – 5:15-6:15pm. With Jayne Parker. Beginner and intermediate. BYO floor mat. Unity Church of Jacksonville, Sanctuary, 634 Lomax St, Riverside.

904-355-5100. UnityJax.com.

T’ai Chi Gung Classes – 5:45-6:45pm. With Pat Burke for exercise, relaxation and improved health. Unity Church for Creative Living, St Johns. 904-287-1505.

UnityInJax.com.

Kripalu Yoga, Mulit-level – 5:30-7pm. Some experience required. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454. DiscoveryYoga.com.

T’ai Chi Gung Class – 5:45-6:45pm. Exercise, relaxation and improved health. Love offering. Unity Church for Creative Living, 2777 Race Track Rd, St Johns. 904-287-1505. UnityInJax.com.

A Course in Miracles – 7pm. Unity of Jacksonville Beach, 1079 Atlantic Blvd, Atlantic Bch. 904-2461300.

Hatha Yoga – 6-6:45pm. Great for your back-health yoga class! Beginner class. Ladies only. $10/class. inShape Ladies Fitness, 9425 Craven Rd, Jacksonville.

904-367-5003.

Unity Book Class – 7-8:30pm. With Rev Therese, discussing different books by spiritual authors. Love offering. Unity Church of Jacksonville, 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904-355-5100. UnityJax.org.

Universal Matters Book Study – 7-9pm. $10/love offering suggested. The Cosmic Church of Truth, 1637 Hamilton St, Jacksonville. 904-384-7268. TheCosmicChurchOfTruth.net.

Psychic/Medium Spiritual Development Class – 7-9:30pm. One Wed per month. Marilyn Jenquin, International Foundation for Spiritual Knowledge. $25. Held in private home, call for location. 407-6739776. IFSK.org.

THURSDAY Insight Meditation – 6:45-7:30am. See Monday listing for details. Love offering. Sanctuary of Unity Church of Jacksonville, 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904-355-5100.

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Unity Book Class – 7-8:30pm. With Rev Therese, discussing different books by spiritual authors. Love offering. Unity Church of Jacksonville, 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904-355-5100. UnityJax.org.

Yin Yoga – 9-10:30am. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454. DiscoveryYoga.com.

Chakra Yoga – 9-10:30am. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454. DiscoveryYoga.com.

Mind Body Class – 11:30am. With Alyson. $40/four classes. Yoga Den, 2929 Plummer Cove Rd, Jacksonville. 904-268-8330. Yoga-Den.com.

Psychic/Medium Spiritual Development Class – 1-3:30pm. One Thursday per month. Marilyn Jenquin, International Foundation for Spiritual Knowledge. $25.

Caring Palms Massage and Reiki, 301-B 10th Ave N, Jacksonville Bch. 407-673-9776. IFSK.org.

MEDA Eating Disorder Group – 3-4pm. Mentor, empower, develop and advocate. UNF Counseling Center, Bldg 2, Jacksonville. 904-620-2602.

Kripalu Yoga Basic Practice – 5:30-7pm Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454.

DiscoveryYoga.com.

Aerial Hammock Dance – 6-6:45pm. Come fly with us! Learn dance moves, flips and tricks in a flow, all with the support of the hammock. Beginner class. Ladies only. $15/class. inShape Ladies Fitness, 9425 Craven Rd, Jacksonville. 904-367-5003.

UNITY Yoga – 6-7pm. With Jim Ernstsen. Beginner and intermediate. BYO floor mat. Love offering. Unity Church of Jacksonville, May St entrance. 634 Lomax St, Riverside. 904-355-5100. UnityJax.org.

Tergar Meditation Community – 6:30-8pm. Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Beginners welcome. Free. Body Wise Center, 2706 Old Moultrie Rd, St Augustine.

904-687-8482. Tergar.org.

Open Reiki Circle – 7-9pm. 1st & 3rd Thursday evening each month in Orange Park with Reiki Master Clarence Zarnes. Cost: donations. JudyZarnes.com.

Spiritual Matters Book Club – Contact for time. 2nd Thursday evening each month in Orange Park with Spiritual Counselor Rev. Judy Zarnes. Donations graciously accepted. 904-477-4427. JudyZarnes.com.

Reiki Healing Circle – 7pm. Reiki healing circle with Rachael Amos. $10. The Church of Cosmic Truth, 1637 Hamilton St, Jacksonville. 904-384-7268. TheCosmicChurchOfTruth.net.

Spirituality 101 – 7-8:30pm. Share questions, answers and lively discussion with like-minded people in an informal setting. The Heart Center, St Augustine.

Register; Holly Levinson, LCSW: 904-471-1414.

Holly@thc-hal.com.

Yoga Basics – 7:45pm. With Khristi. Yoga Den, 2929 Plummer Cove Rd, Jacksonville. 904-268-8330.

Yoga-Den.com.

FRIDAY Pilates Props and Boots – 9am. A Pilates boot camp to burn calories. Arch Pilates & Physical Therapy, 3491 Pall Mall Rd, Ste 103, Jacksonville. 904-860-5392.

ArchPilates.com.

Kripalu Yoga – 10-11:30am. All Levels. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454.

DiscoveryYoga.com.

Hemming Plaza Farmers’ Market – 10am-2pm. Local and fresh plants, flowers, fruit, vegetables, jewelry and live entertainment. Monroe St and N Hogan St, Jacksonville. 904-634-0303.

Friday Market – 10am-2pm. Rain or shine. Featuring locally grown produce, baked goods, plants, pottery and more. Jacksonville Landing Market. 904-703-2727.

Market@jacksonvillelanding.com.

Mind Body Class – 11:30am. With Alyson. $40/four classes. Yoga Den, 2929 Plummer Cove Rd, Jacksonville. 904-268-8330. Yoga-Den.com.

Kripalu Yoga – 5:30-7pm. All Levels. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454.

DiscoveryYoga.com.

SMG Psychic Awareness Class – 7-9pm. $10. The Cosmic Church of Truth, 1637 Hamilton St, Jacksonville. 904-384-7268. TheCosmicChurchOfTruth.net.

SATURDAY Guided Cultural Hike – 8:30-10:30am. 1st Sat. Wear comfortable closed-toe shoes. The GTM Research Reserve, Trailhead Pavilion west of Guana Dam, Marineland. RSVP: 904-823-4500.

Trail Hike – 8:30-10:30am. 2nd Sat. 1.5-mile guided walk. Wear comfortable closed toe shoes. The GTM Research Reserve, Trailhead Pavilion west of Guana Dam, Marineland. RSVP: 904-823-4500.

Vinyasa Flow – 9-10:30am. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454. DiscoveryYoga.com.

Farmer’s Market – 10am-2pm. Featuring organic produce, BBQ ribs and chicken, baked goods, prepared foods, seafood and live music. Unity Church for Creative Living, 2777 Race Track Rd, St Johns.

904-287-1505. UnityInJax.com.

Kripalu Gentle Yoga – 11am-12:30pm. Discovery Yoga Center, 3 Davis St, St Augustine. 904-824-7454.

DiscoveryYoga.com.

Beaches Green Market – 2-5pm. Jarboe Park, 301 Florida Blvd, Neptune Beach. 904-270-0273.

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