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n honor of Earth Day 2011, highly aware that producing 20,000 magazines each month creates its own carbon footprint, I’d like to share with you some of the unusual ways that Natural Awakenings readers and publishers have devised to extend the use of copies once they have read them. Of course, many of you over the years have told us how you file every issue, so that you can periodically refer back to them. For those who prefer to go beyond recycling to imaginative reuses, following are some ideas to consider.

One person told us she shreds old issues to use as bedding for the family’s baby chicks; because there are no chemicals in the soy based ink, it is safe for these sensitive newborns. Another reported using the colorful pages of the magazine to wrap gifts and one created an amazing bow looping thinly sliced strips. An artist I know uses pages from old issues to make new paper from which she creates beautiful notecards and bookmarks.

Old issues also make great packing material; just put them in a shredder to avoid using the foam packing peanuts that harm the environment. Of course, newsprint is also great for mulching flower beds and vegetable gardens. It’s also good starter material for composting piles; I plan to use some old issues to get my new worm bin started. On page 25, Jessica Iclisoy describes the benefits of setting up a worm composting system, a fun family activity that is sure to involve the children.

If creative reuse tickles your imagination with possibilities, let us know how.

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This month our feature article takes a look at what a truly sustainable lifestyle might look like in “Ed Begley, Jr.’s Green Home Makeover.” This actor turned activist is renowned as the epitome of conscious living, having turned a modest 1936 home into a nearly energy self-sufficient and waste-free residence. Now he and his wife, Rachelle, are building a new LEED certified residence. Read how this focus on a sustainable lifestyle works as a family affair ( page 20. )

To celebrate Earth Day the Louisiana way, come out to the Earth Day Festival and Green Business Expo hosted by the Louisiana Bucket Brigade on April 17 along Bayou St. John. We’ll be there. Check this month’s news briefs for details.

While we celebrate and bask in our beautiful Spring weather, we also are thinking of the people of Japan who need so much compassionate support right now. If you wish to help, we suggest making a donation to an organization that is already on the ground there; page 6 lists several ways to donate to the Red Cross.

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WELL-BEING Rx: RECONNECT WITH NATURE

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Earth Day Festival and Green Business Expo

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he Louisiana Bucket Brigade is again putting on their annual Earth Day Festival, but this year it will also include a showcase of green businesses. The event will take place April 17 from 8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. at the corner of Orleans Avenue and Bayou St. John in Mid-City New Orleans.

While commemorating the first anniversary of the BP oil disaster, the event’s focus this year is engaging the community, environmental organizations and businesses around sustainability.

In addition to booths featuring businesses that supply green products and services, the event will have speakers and children’s activities on environmental issues as well as great local music groups. The 2011 Earth Day Festival on the bayou, the first of its kind, attracted more than 3,000 visitors.

Companies and organizations interested in being featured at the event should contact Lenora Gobert at 504-484-3433 or lenora@labucketbrigade.org. See ad on page 40.

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This nonprofit organization is national and currently has 547 cleaning service partners that assist in this program. The New Orleans affiliate for Cleaning for a Reason is Magical Maids. For more information, visit CleaningForAReason.org.

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chance experience led chiropractor, Dr. Eric Pearl, to discover a healing method he dubbed, “Reconnective Healing,” a new transformative paradigm in healing that has since been learned by more than 60,000 people worldwide.

Pearl and his team of instructors will come to New Orleans in June to present a series of workshops beginning with a new Reconnective Yoga Workshop on June 2 at 7 p.m. that will be offered for free. This workshop is designed to “further expand one’s yoga practice as new physical capabilities and a deeper spiritual connection are explored.” The workshop will be Dr. Eric Pearl led by Elizabeth Polito. Yoga will be offered early on all the mornings of the workshops.

Reconnective healing is described as consisting of bandwidths, comprised of energy, light and information, that are transferred from practitioner to patient, causing physical and emotional shifts that encourage health and healing by reconnecting body and mind with the universe.

Pearl says, “I feel deep gratitude for having been the person entrusted to bring Reconnective Healing into the world. But this is not about me. It’s truly about you and your Reconnection to the complete and vital self in this era of ‘information medicine’.”

Pearl will be in New Orleans to lead Level I/ II Reconnective Healing Seminar on June 3rd through the 5th . Level III will be offered by the Reconnection Teaching Team June 6th and 7th.

Pearl is the bestselling author of The Reconnection: Heal Others, Heal Yourself and is considered an authority on energy healing. His organization, The Reconnection, is leading the way in teaching Reconnective Healing to people around the world for personal health and professional advancement.

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For more information, email erin@ zukababy.com or visit ZukaBaby.com.

All events in New Orleans will take place at the Double Tree Hotel at 300 Canal St. in New Orleans.For additional information on the upcoming Reconnective Healing Seminars, call 323-960-0012 or visit TheReconnection.com. To see a video clip, visit YouTube.com/TheReconnectionTV. See ad on page 9.

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he Latino Farmers Cooperative of Louisiana is preparing for its second Giving Garden Fundraiser. Volunteers and staff will build backyard gardens for $350 to raise money to support the Latino Farmers Cooperative food pantry.

Last year’s event raised enough funds to regularly serve approximately 250 low-income Latinos in New Orleans, or about 28,000 pounds of food, through a partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana. The goal is to install 20 vegetable gardens, according to Executive Director Kathia Duran.

“It is a mutually beneficial fundraiser,” explains Community Outreach Coordinator Ilana Robbins Gross, saying that residents learn how to grow vegetables while helping people in need.

The cost of the raised bed includes a site evaluation, a three-foot by six-foot raised bed constructed from untreated wood, design specifications, tilling and instillation of fertile soil, five hoops to support a cover in case of freezes, and a selection of baby vegetables and herbs.

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he Friends of Lafitte Corridor (FOLC) is sponsoring a three-mile hike along the corridor that is to be the future site of a greenway that stretches from downtown New Orleans to Lake Pontchartrain at Bayou St. John. The hike will start at 10 a.m. on April 16 and will lead community members along the stretch that links the neighborhoods that include the French Quarter, Treme, Mid-City, Foubourg St. John, City Park and Lakeview.

One of FOLC’s goals is to engage residents in the areas adjacent to the corridor in the planning process, and its annual hikes help to achieve that goal. “Once you actually walk the length of the future greenway site, it makes it easier to see the potential such a project will have on our neighborhoods and community,” said FOLC president Bart Everson.

For information on the event and details on additional activities as they are developed, visit the FOLC website at folc-nola.org.

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Each participant can choose between three levels of strictness: The Ultrastrict, The Bienville Rule, or The Wild Card. Participants will be regulating themselves based on the honor system.

For a $20 registration fee, participants get a t-shirt, a New Orleans Local Foods Buyers Guide, a 10 percent discount at Hollygrove Market and Farm, access to the Eat Local Challenge discussion forum with daily postings of recipes and tips for eating locally, and invitation to the finale party July 1.

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Sustainable style plus salvaged design with over 50 pieces of one-of-a-kind furniture crafted from reclaimed materials will be celebrated and auctioned off. Great local cuisine, craft signature cocktails and music by Casual and The Mumbles will round out the fun.

A $50 admission ticket allows one entry into a drawing for a 50cc Buddy Scooter donated by Big Easy Scooter plus a scooter cover fashioned from a reclaimed Super Bowl 44 banner by Repurposing NOLA Piece By Peace. A $100 patron ticket includes three entries for the scooter drawing.

Complimentary parking is provided. To purchase tickets call 504-945-0240 or visit TheGreenProject.org.

The last day to sign up is May 22nd at the 3rd Annual NOLA Veggie Fest. For more information on the rules and guidelines, as well as resources on where you can find the local products and to sign up visit NOLALocavore.org.

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Ortho-Bionomy was founded by Dr. Arthur Lincoln Pauls, a British osteopath and judo instructor, who used his knowledge of form and function to Richard Valasek develop this technique that gently works with the body’s inherent ability for self correction.

Valasek, the workshop leader and a registered nurse, learned the technique from Dr. Pauls and has practiced it for 35 years, including 23 years as an RN for the Army at Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii, where he has used it to treat post traumatic stress.

This class has been approved for 12 Continuing Education Units (12 CEUs) by the Louisiana Board of Massage Therapy. The workshop fee is $250 if paid

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America’s 10 largest publicly traded homebuilders have started to improve their environmental policies and practices, but much progress remains to be achieved, according to the latest Survey of Sustainable Practices by the Homebuilding Industry, by Calvert Asset Management Co. KB Home, based in Los Angeles, and Pulte Homes, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, were ranked as the top industry firms.

Calvert reports that out of 42 possible green data points, the average total score was just over six points, or 15 percent. Without the top two companies in the mix, the average overall score would have been less than 6 percent.

Green building represents a major industry opportunity.

“Whereas two years ago, the industry had not yet begun to embrace sustainability as a core part of building design and construction, companies today have taken many meaningful steps toward developing greener and cleaner homes,” says Rebecca Henson, a sustainability analyst at Calvert and co-author of the report. “However, given the environmental impact that homebuilding has, the industry has significantly more progress to make.”

Companies are most active in energy efficiency and conservation, paying more attention to sustainability issues that can offer short-term financial benefits to operating costs and customers, such as building material recycling and energy and water efficiency measures. Issues with long-term benefits, such as climate change, are not well addressed.

For more information, search Green Homebuilder at Calvert. com. To assess a home’s energy efficiency score, take the quiz at EnergySavvy.com.

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New Program Certifies Green Painters New Living, of Houston, has launched the country’s first training program to educate painters about workplace health, environmentally sensitive industry practices and long-term protection of indoor air quality for consumers. “Painting has been one of the most toxic and polluting sectors of the construction industry,” says Daniel Wurm, with the nonprofit GreenPainters Australia, which is partnering with New Living to green the industry. “Not only has it led to contamination of water after cleaning up and off-gassing into the atmosphere of poisonous and unhealthy chemicals, but it has also contributed to health issues.”

It all starts with consumer demand for the use of low-VOC (volatile organic compound) paints and heat-reflective coatings in homes and offices.

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Women such as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, are among those now leading key efforts in the climate and renewable energy discussion. “It is essential that our most talented and driven women come together to fast-forward the green economy,” says Rogers. With the world’s women making 85 percent of all consumer choices, they are in a commanding position to lead the way to a sustainable world.

WAGE creates a road map for women to aggregate their power and promote their leadership in such issues. Earth Day Network’s supporting goals are to help prompt national and international initiatives that will promote the green economy, secure education and job training opportunities for women and channel green investment to benefit women.

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Owner Monica Ramsey is a self-described nature lover, so any business she ever started would have to be green. EcoCafe’s ingredients are locally sourced as much as possible and as natural and organic as can be found, she said. Sourcing fresh produce for a busy restaurant is a challenge, so it varies daily.

She also offers organic, fair trade coffee, a full juice bar, and vegetarian options such as a portobello chimichurri panini, scrambled tofu with onions and peppers and the classic Veggie Club.

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Because the food is fresh, the kitchen produces less waste.

The staff strives to make EcoCafe as environmentally responsible as it can be. Ramsey is vigilant about water and energy consumption, providing biodegradable to-go items and even wash cloths in the bathroom. Unused food serves as compost at a community garden, and she even cleans the linens in house because she can be sure of what detergent is used.

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ZukaBaby’s owner, Erin Pelias, was inspired

when she met a mother with a lingerie shop who hosted La Leche League meetings monthly. “I decided to offer these products after becoming a mother and struggled to find products and businesses that coincided with my ideas of parenting,” Pelias said. A few months after renting space in the lingerie shop to sell cloth diapers and baby carriers, ZukaBaby was born and Pelias had her own store.

The business is the realization of an idea about how modern, environmentally sensitive mothers want to raise their children. Blending that idea with reality is a daily balancing act, she explains, especially when she faces daily decisions that test her dedication to environmental stewardship. “Do I print these cards on recycled paper for x amount more dollars? How do I promote my ideas without producing more crap that ultimately ends up in landfills? It’s a daunting task,” she said.

“I wish that the world rewarded the ‘green’ and charged the frivolous, but this is not the world we live in, yet.” When she heard about the Green Games she was happy because she was not alone, she said. “I think that this will help me to understand what I am doing and how I can do it more effectively.”

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Virtualization allows businesses to consolidate all of their necessary information technology (IT) resources and applications on a single physical machine. By utilizing this technology, Comterra can reduce a business’ capital costs by increasing energy efficiency and availability.

Comterra Solutions has been in business for approximately six months. The company offers these products and services to businesses who, in the current economic climate, are looking to cut capital costs and operating expenses.

Comterra was created to help businesses that essentially want to “do more with less,” said owner Craig Schnell.

“The emergence of energy-efficiency in today’s IT industry made our decision for our current and future direction extremely easy, and we would not have it any other way,” Schnell said. The company’s leaders continue to identify ways to improve Comterra’s environmental performance as well as providing the most environmentally-friendly technologies to customers.

In Comterra’s case, environmental performance means savings. “By utilizing our server and desktop virtualization platforms, we have reduced our energy and power consumption by over 90 percent,” Schnell said. “If businesses are looking to save money in ways they did not think possible, Comterra Solutions can provide a solution.”

Schnell signed Comterra up for Green Games to help create an environmentally-friendly atmosphere for businesses, which helps to “ultimately improve the long term vitality of the New Orleans Metro Area,” he said.

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These initiatives came to be because The Arc’s leaders saw green in them – not environmental sustainability, but money. “We did not and do not want to be beholden to Baton Rouge,” said Arc Comptroller Vance Levesque, noting state budget cuts that have plagued The Arc’s program for decades. To help pay the bills, they put recycling bins near vending machines, sold their healthy soups to the public, and reclaimed and sorted Mardi Gras beads for resale – this year a record 100,000 pounds.

“It’s a no brainer,” Levesque said. These “green best practices” bring in money with little investment, and often save money as well. They also provide jobs for The Arc clients, which give them experience and confidence to be employed in the community. The soups were developed as highly nutritious meals for the clients, but they also support crews at the farm and in the kitchen – they have become money-making, tax paying citizens. Herbsaint and Couchon are now customers, so word is spreading.

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The blonde is the best selling of the beers, but owner Kirk Coco likes the brown ale and the Irish the best. The post-Katrina returnee moved back to help rebuild, to create jobs and income for New Orleans residents, and in his brainstorming – over Dixie beer – he found out that the once-local brew is now produced in Wisconsin. “That got me mad – we need a beer in this city,” Coco said, noting the community’s “wonderful culinary background” and talent for creating flavors, so he wanted to help make that happen for beer.

Craft brewing is inherently green, Coco explained, because it is done the old-fashioned way. “We use everything, and reuse everything,” he said.

Moreover, drinkers of craft brews are “green-oriented,” partially because those beers are made with fresh ingredients and they are heat pasteurized (so the beer will only last for four months). “We are a part of the slow-food movement – where the food is prepared right before you eat it. Our beer is essentially prepared right before you drink it.”

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Ed Begley, Jr.’s

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by Brita Belli

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d Begley, Jr., widely regarded as America’s most environmentally aware actor—the one by which other green celebrities are measured—has never tired of the years of effort he and his family have made in making their home as green as possible. But this past year, his wife, Rachelle Carson-Begley, had had enough.

She isn’t fed up with turning off lights or relying on solar power—she’s just grown weary of the home’s tiny closets and sharing one small bathroom between two adults and a soonto-be-teenage daughter, 11-year-old Hayden. While Rachelle played the disgruntled foil to the over-achieving eco-cop Ed on their former television show, Living with Ed—which aired for three seasons, first on HGTV and then on Planet Green— her problems with their modest 1936 home in Studio City, California, are those to which most homeowners can relate.

For example, cramped rooms make entertaining difficult. The home’s 1,600 square feet of main living space (plus an additional 600-square-foot room above the garage) does not easily accommodate the fundraisers the Begleys regularly host; not to mention the camera crews that routinely invaded the family’s day-to-day lives to capture the couple’s good-natured squabbles over everything from composting to conserving water and energy. For seven years, the family even ran a nontoxic cleaning business—Begley’s Best—out of their garage, adding to the mêlée.

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Rachelle explains. “It’s just that it’s a 1936 house. Yes, it’s efficient, but it would be great to be able to incorporate everything that’s going on now in eco building and be a recipient of all the latest benefits—why not?”

So, the Begleys are moving. After years of documenting how to retrofit an older house to maximize use of solar energy for electricity, heating, cooling and hot water, family recycling and rainwater catchment, they are planning to sell their modest abode and build a modern, 3,000-square-foot home a mile away.

Ed emphasizes that the move is a major concession on his part. “I made it crystal clear when Rachelle and I were dating: ‘This is the home I plan to be buried in. I will never move.’ And I said it repeatedly from 1993 until about a year and a half ago; now I’m going against that.”

Although the Begleys are trading up, they will continue to set an example by building their new home to green building standards that few homeowners have achieved. They’re going for the platinum; that is, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum standards, the highest rating possible for buildings certified by the U.S. Green Building Council (usgbc.org). This premier LEED designation requires an incredible environmental commitment in every aspect of the building process, from responsible site development, reduced water use and renewable energy utilities to the use of recycled and local materials and indoor air quality control.

Of the more than 130 LEED Platinum building projects in California—the state that boasts the most such projects—only about 30 are private homes. Despite his initial protestations, Ed admits that he’s excited about the prospect. If there’s one thing he relishes, it’s a green challenge.

Life with Ed

It’s not easy to live up to Ed’s 30-yearstrong waste-nothing ethos. Although he first made a name for himself as an actor, initially as Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the 1980s TV show St. Elsewhere, followed by his recurring roles in the hit TV series Six Feet Under and Arrested Development, as well as a co-starring role in Woody Allen’s 2009 film Whatever Works, lately he’s become best known as Hollywood’s green guru. He’s the people’s go-to expert on green building and saving energy, authoring the how-to books, Living Like Ed and Ed Begley, Jr.’s Guide to Sustainable Living. Ed is often spotted around Hollywood riding his bike, his preferred mode of travel; on weekdays, he and his daughter ride together to her school, pedaling two miles each way.

This down-to-earth, affable man is perhaps eco-conscious to a fault. The success of the show Living with Ed relied in great part on the watchdog antics of Ed catching his wife stuffing vegetable peelings down the garbage disposal, instead of in the compost bin, timing her long showers or opening a running dryer to discover Rachelle’s lone tank top inside. In each case, the chastised Rachelle vowed to be more eco-conscious, with a raised eyebrow aimed at the camera.

“I felt vindicated,” Rachelle says of

her reality show adventures. “They [the viewers] were going to side with me.”

If there’s any question that Ed’s needling occurs only when the cameras are on, his family members put those doubts to rest. Rachelle describes how her husband insists on keeping the temperature uncomfortably low on cold nights for the sake of saving energy; of turning off her curling iron while it’s warming up if she leaves the room; or switching off the TV if she’s listening to it while getting dressed down the hall.

Daughter Hayden’s biggest gripe has to do with TV time. “I love to watch TV for hours on end,” she says. “My dad is very cautious about using power and we have to turn off several different things when we use the TV, like the DVR and its power switch.”

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obsolete 1992 TV set for an HDTV, he knows it’s a major energy hog—and not only when someone’s watching it.

“The phantom power can be as high as 100 watts per hour,” he says—that’s the power the TV consumes simply by being plugged in. “But,” he notes, “ if you have put power strips everywhere in the house and you just walk around and click off a few of them, all of that phantom power is turned off. Then, you can enjoy an appliance like that without using a tremendous amount of energy.” The sun may be an unlimited source of energy, but the solar power stored in their home’s batteries has limitations—and Ed is a vigilant watchdog.

With rooftop solar panels providing most of the home’s power, the Begleys remain blissfully unaware when there’s a power outage in the neighborhood.

“I only find out about it when I walk to the post office and see the signal flashing to show that power has been restored,” Ed comments.

Ed manually switches over to the municipal power grid only when he senses that the stored power capacity in the home’s solar batteries is running low. He foresees that eventually that system will be automated, but for now, he’s happy to keep track. The solar power generated onsite is enough to

operate the house and professional TV cameras; it also charges an electric car in the garage—an all-electric 2002 Toyota RAV4 that’s clocked 85,000 miles.

For hot water, the family comfortably relies mostly on a simple solar thermal setup—a 4-by-10-foot panel on the roof of black anodized tubing behind a piece of glass. A pump activates when a sensor in the panel senses that it’s hotter than the temperature in the tank. Ed observes: “If you keep things simple, they work well.”

Simplicity also keeps maintenance issues at bay. The upkeep required for his solar electric system is minor; he’s committed only to adding water to the batteries every nine months and occasionally getting up to the roof to clean the panels with a brush and a little water.

Embracing the Great Outdoors

One of Ed’s first acts when he purchased his current house in 1988 was to rip up the existing lawn and replace it with native California plants and a fruit and vegetable garden. Unless raising cows or running a golf course, he can’t imagine why anyone would need high-maintenance, water-wasting grass

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outside their home. But, as with many of Ed’s improvements, energy saving tends to trump aesthetics. That’s where Rachelle comes in.

“A few years after Rachelle had moved in here, she was telling a friend to meet her at the house,” Ed recalls, “and she said ‘It’s the one on the corner that looks like the Addams Family yard.’

I thought: ‘Oooh, maybe that garden isn’t quite as nice-looking as it used to be.’ It was very drought-tolerant, but it didn’t look good.”

With Rachelle’s help, a new landscaper joined the effort of turning the formerly bleak-looking yard into an attractive mix of native plants that includes fragrant rosemary and purpleflowering sage along with broccoli, artichoke, corn and lettuce. Plans for the new family home will allow Ed an expanded capability to harvest rainwater through a large catchment system with an underground tank, so that he can irrigate the gardens without drawing from the municipal water supply— which he characterizes as having, “… our straw dipped into someone else’s drink”—namely, Northern California’s water. “If you’re going to take water from someone else,” Ed advises, “the least you can do is to use it responsibly and not waste it on non-native species.”

Meeting in the Middle

Bringing Rachelle’s aesthetic influence to bear has entailed replacing outdated living room curtains with attractive and energy-efficient wooden shutters, and finding ways to recycle without having

large bins in plain sight. She’s orchestrating the design and layout of the new house—allowing for both entertaining space and larger closets—while Ed focuses on its renewable energy systems—including more unshaded rooftop panels and orienting the building to make the most of natural light.

“If we don’t go LEED Platinum, then who will?” Rachelle queries. “That alone is not easy; still, I want to make it look like other houses in the neighborhood. I don’t want a Jetsons’ house; super modern has never been my style.

I‘d like to show people that you can have it all, and I’m praying that it’s true.”

The Begleys got off to a good start in March by tearing down an existing home on the property they recently purchased—96 percent of which, from cabinets to pipes, will be recycled or reused through Habitat for Humanity. By March 2012, the new house should be finished. They want their LEED Platinum home to serve as a model for people who are building new residences, to show what is possible in achieving real energy efficiency and waste reduction without sacrificing style or comfort. Ed’s aim is to ensure the place produces more energy than it uses.

As before, the whole process will be documented. “I hope that I’ve shown what you can do with a retrofit,” Ed says. “Now I want to show people what you can do from the ground up in 2011 and beyond.”

The family’s ongoing focus on green living has made a major impact

on Hayden, who accepts environmental consciousness as the norm. “I learned everything from my dad, from composting to solar panels,” Hayden says. “I always teach my friends to turn off the lights more often, take shorter showers, stuff like that.”

Her green awareness gives this tween maturity beyond her years.

As Rachelle says, “She thinks about things outside of herself. She’s always been conscientious. She’s also really concerned about the planet and very compassionate.” Hayden is proof that a family’s day-to-day environmental commitments can leave a lasting impact that reaches far beyond the immediate family.

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Louv’s seminal book, Last Child in the Woods, launched a national dialogue about the disconnection between children and nature, a state he calls nature-deficit disorder. Now, in The Nature Principle, Louv vividly portrays how a nature-infused lifestyle can enhance the quality of our health and relationships, benefiting every facet of experience. He asserts that the more high-tech our lives become, the more nature we need, and offers a roadmap to a future that incorporates nature into every aspect of our lives, from our homes to our workplaces.

The recipient of the 2008 Audubon Medal, Louv is the author of eight books and the founder of the Children & Nature Network.

You cite many instances of nature’s power to heal and restore us mentally, emotionally, physically and even intellectually. How does science account for this?

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call, “vitamin N.” Still, the preliminary research indicates overwhelmingly positive correlations between human health and intelligence and nature.

For example, a University of Illinois study of urban children with attention deficit disorder found that even a little exposure to nature can have a positive effect on ADD. Several other studies indicate that walking in natural areas improves our mental and physical health. Researchers from Sweden and England that compared exercising in indoor and outdoor settings learned that expending the same amount of energy in these different environments provides different results, with green exercise offering added value. Science can’t yet tell us the causes and mechanisms behind these correlations, yet we know enough to act.

Technology permeates every aspect of our lives today. A Kaiser Family Foundation study found that American youth spend an average of 53 hours a week using entertainment media. So we have to consciously bring more nature into our lives—not just to escape technology’s documented negative effects, but also to access the positive benefits that nature provides.

It’s not a case of nature versus technology, however; it’s a matter of balance. The “hybrid mind” can access the benefits of both, facilitating skills in big-picture thinking.

You assert that reconnecting with nature also strengthens community and family bonds, but where can busy urbanites start?

Often, families want to connect with nature but don’t know how. We offer free tools at ChildrenAndNature.org to help you start a family nature club organized around prearranged nature play dates. One club has 600 families.

This helps create meaningful social bonding within and between families.

It’s something any family can do, regardless of location or income, and it’s good fun.

need, humans included. We can start in our backyards by replacing lawns with flowers and native plants that will bring back sustainable migration routes for birds and butterflies.

Acting on The Nature Principle is an optimistic way of looking at the future. It’s not just about survival; it’s creating a way of life that is profoundly all-around better for all of us.

April Thompson is a freelance writer in Washington, D.C. Connect at April Writes.com.

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What roles do governments play in preserving a naturebalanced world?

All have a role to play. Urban planners a hundred years ago planned cities around nature. It’s not a new idea; we’ve just forgotten.

Nature can offer cost-effective solutions to some of the problems cashstrapped governments face. For example, it costs a lot to tear up a canyon and put in a new stormwater system, but a lot less to develop a system that takes advantage of the natural watershed.

People often think about nature as somewhere else, like a state park or wilderness area, yet you point out the need to reimagine our own yards and neighborhoods. What can we do to enhance the local habitats that ultimately sustain us?

We often overlook the nature where we live, work and play. In 2008, for the first time in history, more people on Earth, were living in urban, rather than rural, areas. That means if we are going to have meaningful experiences with nature, we are going to have to rethink nature within cities.

Looking forward, conservation measures alone won’t be enough to get us where we need to be. We need to start re-creating nature in order to protect the biodiversity that all creatures natural awakenings

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Forbidden Creatures Author Peter Laufer On the Dark Side of “Owning” Exotic Pets

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In Forbidden Creatures, as you explored people’s fascination with collecting exotic and forbidden animals, what did you find?

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Exotic animals are collected and owned by celebrities, criminals and your neighbors. In fact, there are more captive-bred tigers in private homes in Texas than in the wild in India. I found a tiger in the back of a feed store in Idaho, a colony of chimpanzees in the countryside south of St. Louis and laundry bags full of pythons at a former missile base in the Everglades. There are legal auctions of exotic animals from aardvarks to zebras in Missouri, and sales of black market chimps on the Internet.

You have stated that illegal trading of wild and protected animals is growing exponentially; how profitable is this?

Wild animal trafficking profits are estimated by Interpol to be $10 billion to $20 billion a year. It’s the third most lucrative illegal business in the world, trailing only drugs and weapons smuggling. It is easy to accomplish, the risks of capture are slim and penalties are minimal. Many amateurs also bring in animals for their own pleasure, based on their personal fascination for the exotic.

Legal trade in endangered animals also exists, along with trade that skirts the law. It is the illegal wildlife trade that further threatens already endangered species and creates a crisis for survival.

How many exotic animals are there in the United States?

No one knows the answer, because there is no census of exotic pets and the legal enforcement issues differ from state to state and by locality. In fact, while we license dogs, we have no overarching law governing exotics, or even a national registry of owners. This remains a great frustration to many people and organizations working for the benefit of the animals.

What can animal lovers do?

Education is needed to make conscious choices. Most of the people who collect exotics are ignorant of the long-term impact of owning these animals. The cute and cuddly tiger cub or baby chimp may look like an entertaining pet now, but what about the future? What will this animal be like in six months or six years?

When animals reach their adolescence and full body weight, we must ask: How will they be cared for and what will their lives be like? Chimps and other great apes grow to be stronger than a man, are overtly dangerous and must be corralled.

Pythons can grow to 20 feet, endangering other pets and humans.

Often, people cannot keep up with the expenses of the food and care, and release the animals to sanctuaries or simply drop them off in the wild. This creates further repercussions for society and the environment.

The reality is that exotic pets will not live happily in confinement. There are many terrifying and heartbreaking stories of captive animals attacking and even killing their owners after years of mutual affection. No one knows what makes the wild side emerge to disastrous results.

to realize that there is an environmental impact of removing creatures from their habitats and teach the benefits of seeing animals in their natural environments.

Wild animals do not need us. We should leave other animals alone, and they should remain forbidden creatures.

For more information, visit PeterLaufer.com.

Connect with Gail Condrick, writer and workshop leader, at GaelaVisions.com.

What should buyers of exotic animals understand?

I view our attempts at taming animals as little more than subjugation. That’s understandable if our own survival is at stake. But to subjugate other beings for our amusement diminishes our own self-worth.

Animal smuggling exists because there is a market for it. Decisions to purchase or own an exotic animal cannot be made in isolation; every action has an impact upstream. We need

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THE POWER OF PERMACULTURE Care for People, Sustain the Planet, Share the Surplus

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“It’s about design and relationships,” explains Bill Wilson, co-founder of Midwest Permaculture, with his wife Becky. “Permaculture is larger than gardening. It’s a creative and artful way of living where people and nature are both preserved and enhanced by thoughtful planning and the careful use of resources. Practices mimic patterns found in nature. Principles reflect a respectful approach to life. Embraced, these attributes create an environment of diversity, stability and resilience, where all may thrive for untold generations.”

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boosting the self-sufficiency of human settlements and reducing the need for industrial production systems that rely on polluting energy sources.

Plants are selected and planted according to the way they help one another. Animals also play key roles in garden sustainability. Free-range chickens, for example, can help fertilize and work up the soil and control insect pests, while providing nutrient-packed eggs; humans, meanwhile, provide shelter, security, a water source and supplemental food. Surplus produced in these gardens is freely shared.

“Many permaculturists are concerned about their relationships with others—all others—and the planet,” continues Wilson. “We believe that it is possible to redesign our lives to provide an abundance of food, fiber, energy and shelter for every person on this planet, while dramatically improving overall quality of life.” He notes that only 20 percent of the permaculture process is about growing food.

“Permaculture is the big picture,” agrees Heather Lanier, who has developed a plan for Hill of the Hawk Farm, in Big Sur, California. “It’s about how relationships are built and how these relationships help care for one another in the circle of life.”

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Just down the road, the Esalen Institute offers educational workshops, which Lanier’s staff have attended. An instructor there also helped complete the permaculture plan for Lanier’s property.

Place-Based Living

Permaculture is equally appropriate for the urban and suburban areas where most Americans now live, says Wilson.

“It’s for any size property, including an apartment, and for any climate... any place.”

He and other permaculture enthusiasts maintain that, “With more and larger settings, together we can have a great positive effect on the total environment.” When it comes to the potential for rural areas, “We can harvest a far greater amount of resources than we do now—water, sun, carbon dioxide and wind—and greatly improve productivity, while improving the overall quality of the region.” However, he quickly clarifies: “One can be very successful in small spaces, too.”

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Mandeville Live! – 6:30-8:30pm. (4/8, 4/15). Enjoy an evening of music for the family. Bring blankets and chairs. Anais St. John (4/1), Vic LaRocca opens for Kingsroe (4/15). Mandeville Trailhead, Old Mandeville. Free. 985-624-3147; acasborne@ CityOfMandeville.com.

SATURDAY, APRIL 2

The Psychodynamics of Addiction – 10am-1pm.

Attend a Jung Society workshop with David Schoen discussing the psychological creation of addiction and its effective treatment. Parker Methodist Church, 1130 Nashville Ave., NOLA. 3 CEU’s. $35/members, $45/non-members.

Spring Garden Show – 10am-4pm. Two days (4/2 & 4/3). Horticultural exhibits, plant sales and garden products, speakers, special area for children and a plant health clinic for diagnosis, recommendations and soil sample testing. $8 adults/$4 children (under 5 free). Botanical Garden, City Park, NOLA. 504-736-6519.

Adjustments Workshop – 2-4pm (4/2) 12-2pm (4/3) w/Meredith Salvago. Learn how the body moves through hands on adjustments; through safe and effective adjustments both teacher and student can open up and deepen their yoga practice. Balance Yoga & Wellness, 120 S. Cortez, NOLA. $20/ea or $35/both. 504-309-9618.

SUNDAY, APRIL 3

Breathwork & Self Care Part I – 10:30am-5:30pm.

Relax, let go and reconnect with the power of the breath. Led by Jack Anthony Fontana, Professional Breathworker. 6 hrs CEUs approved for massage therapy (LA provider #0125) $120; 120 S. Cortez St., New Orleans. Call 504-453-9161 to register.

MONDAY, APRIL 4

Chair Massage at Monday Madness/The Nutrition Co. – 9am-7pm. Take a break from the day; relax and feel the healing benefits of massage. Offered by Mel Borne, LMT. 4350 Hwy 22, Ste. H, Mandeville.

985-869-2087.

TUESDAY, APRIL 5

Kinder Garden: “The Green Grass Grows” – 9:30-10:30am (4/5, 4/12). Children ages 1½ to 3 yrs. and accompanying adults are invited to explore the world of gardens through age-appropriate activities.

A hands-on class for young, curious learners. $10/ members; $12/non-members; $5/additional adult.

Contact Lydia Vaughn at 504-293-4722 or lvaughn@ Longuevue.com.

The Darkly Shining Heart – 7:30pm w/Deedy Young. An Exploration of Anger’s Paradoxical Nature. 2 CEUs. Parker Methodist Church, 1130 Nashville Ave., NOLA. C.G. Jung Society of New Orleans. Free/members or $10.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6

Milk Party! – 7pm. Join in for mother to mother breastfeeding support. Certified International Lactation Consultant, Julie Holcomb attends to answer questions. No registration is required. ZukaBaby, 2124 Magazine St., NOLA. 504-596-6540.

THURSDAY, APRIL 7

Green & Granola Domestics’ Nanny Training – 7pm. Working with families who live a natural lifestyle, this introduction covers topics such as how to support a family which practices breastfeeding, attachment parenting, baby wearing, cloth diapering, gentle discipline, and more. ZukaBaby, 2124 Magazine St NOLA. Free/registration required.

504-596-6540.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 8

Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival – (4/8-4/10). Come out for rides, music, games, strawberryeating, cooking contests, food and antiques. Ponchatoula Memorial Park. 800-917-7045 or 985-370-1889.

French Quarter Festival – (4/84/10). Music on 15 outdoor stages, world’s largest jazz brunch, patio tours, art shows and music workshops. New Orleans, French Quarter. 504-522-5730.

Deepen Your Yoga – (4/8-4/11) w/ Sri O.P. Tiwari. This is a rare opportunity to study with one of India’s masters of Hatha yoga. The four day workshop consists of morning and evening sessions. Daily bookings taken, advanced booking required. Balance Yoga & Wellness, 120 S. Cortez, NOLA. 504-309-9618.

SATURDAY, APRIL 9

Plant Sale – 8am-12noon. This is the biggest plant sale conducted by the Dept. of Parks and Parkways.

Department staff will guide purchases and Dan Gill will be on site to deliver a workshop. 2829 Gentilly Blvd., NOLA. Broad Flea Paint and E-waste Drop – 11am-4pm.

Take advantage of an opportunity to drop off old paint and electronic waste (computers only) to the Broad Flea at the old Roberts supermarket, North Broad and Bienville. Second Saturday of every month.

Usui Reiki -Level I & II – Two-day (4/9 & 4/10). A 2-day intensive class of Level I & II taught by Reiki Master Tianne D. Lastra. Learn Reiki for self, others and long distance, history of Reiki, ethics/legalities of practice, animal reiki included. $350. Metairie location. Call to register: 504-909-3723.

Louisiana Iris Day – 12-4pm. Caroline Dormon’s Legacy in Bloom. Walk the winding Iris Path at Longue Vue House and Gardens and view a spectacular display of native Louisiana Irises! One of the most extensive collections of Louisiana Irises in the country. Free. Hilairie Schackai/504-293-4726.

Theosophical Society Covington Lodge – 2-4pm.

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Gro Mo’ Better Series/Irrigation – 3pm. Waterwise irrigation and urban rainwater catchment offered by New Orleans Food and Farm Network, covers vegetable, herb and flower gardens. Hollygrove Market & Farm, 8301 Olive St, NOLA. $5.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 10

New Orleans Group-Sierra Club Monthly Program – 7-8:30pm, 6:30pm refreshments. Aaron Viles from Gulf Restoration Network will speak on the BP Oil Spill Commission Report. Free. Audubon Zoo, Dominion Auditorium. Enter education gate behind the statue of Audubon. Parking plentiful and safe. For more info: Louisiana.SierraClub.org/NewOrleans.

TUESDAY, APRIL 12

Swedish Massage Clinic – 6:15 & 7:45pm. (Also 4/14, 4/19, 4/21, 4/28). Help a student with their education at the student massage clinic. Swedish is good for overall relaxation & increasing flexibility. $30. Blue Cliff College Massage Dept, new location: Clearview Mall by food court, Metairie. Appointment only. 504-456-3141, x2248.

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Deep Tissue Massage Clinic – 9:1510:45am. (Also 4/16, 4/20, 4/22, 4/27). Help a student with their education at the student massage clinic.

Deep Tissue is muscle specific and really works out the kinks. $30. Blue Cliff College, Massage Dept., new location: Clearview Mall by food court. Metairie. Appointment only.

504-456-3141, x2248.

Swedish Massage Clinic – 1:15 & 2:45pm. (Also 4/15, 4/20, 4/23, 4/29).

Help a student with their education at the student massage clinic. Swedish is good for overall relaxation & increasing flexibility. $30. Blue Cliff College Massage Dept, new location: Clearview Mall by food court, Metairie. Appointment only. 504-456-3141, x2248.

Holistic Education Monthly Meeting/Metairie – 6:45pm. Sponsored by Holistic Center for Health and Healing, Inc., network time followed by program.

Speakers: Thor Agustsson, D.O. on Osteopathic Medicine. Old Metairie Library, 2350 Metairie Rd, Metairie. Free. 504-838-4350; 504-841-0188.

Kirtan Concert – 8-10pm. Mantras merge with rock, world, funk, & trance grooves w/Sean Johnson and the Wild Lotus Band (Alvin Young and Gwendolyn Colman) leading voices in western kirtan music.

Wild Lotus Yoga, 4842 Perrier St., NOLA. 504899-0047.

THURSDAY, APRIL 14

Little Masters – 10-11am (4/14, 4/28). Stretch, sketch, and sing a song in this new program for 2½ to 5 year olds and their parents or caregivers. Get inspired by the beauty of the gardens. $12/members; $15 for non-members. Pre-registration is required, and tickets may be purchased at Longuevue.com or contact Kat Chulvick at 504-293-4721.

FRIDAY, APRIL 15

Second Degree Reiki Class – Time TBA w/Reiki Master Elizabeth Ohmer Pellegrin. Oku Den (The Deeper Knowledge) is available for Reiki students with 6 months experience in Usui Shiki Ryoho. For private classes and residential retreat information call 504-388-2356.

Sunset at the Landing Concert – 6-9pm. Free concert at the Columbia Street Landing, Covington.

Open Mic Night – 7pm. TGITF (Thank God it’s the Third Friday). Share comedy, singing, music, poetry, and talents at Unity Church in Metairie, 3939 Vets.

Blvd (2 blocks west of Cleary, entrance/parking lot in rear of bldg).

Great Louisiana Birdfest – (4/15-4/17). Annual event includes birding trips, food, hospitality and workshops. Visit swamps, wetlands, pine savanna, hardwoods of S.E. Louisiana. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Hwy. 190 E, Mandeville. $20-50 for trips and workshops. Contact: 985-626-1238.

SATURDAY, APRIL 16

Vinyasa Yoga and Live Music Weekend – Time TBA (4/16-4/17) “The Mighty Mississippi to the Blue Ridge Mountains Tour” with visiting teacher Simon Park and DJ Hyfi. Join Simon Park and DJ HyFi on a sonic, spiritual journey. Wild Lotus Yoga, 4842 Perrier St., NOLA. 504-899-0047.

Annual Hike the Lafitte Corridor – 10am. Come hike the 3 miles of the future greenway with Friends of Lafitte Corridor which will link neighborhoods of the French Quarter, Treme, Mid-City, Faubourg St. John, City Part and Lakeview. Folc-NOLA.org.

Paint and E-waste Drop-Off at Hollygrove Market – 10am-2pm. Drop off old paint and electronic waste (computers only) to the Hollygrove Market & Farm, 8301 Olive St., NOLA. s. Pick up a $25 box filled with locally-grown, fresh produce while there.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20

First Degree Reiki Class – 11am-7pm (4/16 & 4/17) w/Reiki Master, Elizabeth Ohmer Pellegrin. Reiki promotes and accelerates healing and balance of the body, mind and spirit. Learn to do Reiki for the self and others. No experience needed. Private classes and retreats on request. Pre-registration required. $250. Info/registration: 504-388-2356.

THURSDAY, APRIL 21

LPO Swing in the Pines Concert – 4-7pm. Concert

by Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra at beautiful Bogue Falaya Park, Covington.

The Green Screen – 7pm. The screening of A Village Called Versailles for this monthly environmental film series. Refreshments provided by Elizabeth’s Restaurant. The Green Project, 2831 Marais St., NOLA. Free. 504-945-0240.

Salvations 2011 – 7-10pm. A furniture competition and auction gala to benefit The Green Project. An evening of sustainable style + salvaged design with over 50 pieces of one of a kind furniture crafted from reclaimed materials, local cuisine, craft signature cocktails, music by Casual Baby and The Mumbles. $50-$100. 504-945-0240.

SUNDAY, APRIL 17

Earth Day Festival/Green Business Expo – 8:30am-6pm. LA Bucket Brigade’s day of family fun, education on sustainable living and music. This year includes a green business expo. Free. Located along Bayou St. John at Orleans Ave., NOLA.

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The Great Cloth Diaper Change – 9am. Join the North American and International cloth diaper community to set the world record for the most cloth diapers changed simultaneously. ZukaBaby teams up with FuzziBunz to sponsor New Orleans’ participation in the Guinness World Records Diaper Changing Challenge. Audubon Park. Info: 504-655-1819.

SUNDAY, APRIL 24

Advanced Anusara Practice – 3:30-5:30pm w/ Laura Flora. Work on and play with postures from the Anusara Level II and III syllabus. Using sound alignment principles and partner work, each class will be a laboratory for exploring the keys to unlocking advanced asana. Balance Yoga & Wellness, 120 S. Cortez, NOLA. 504-309-9618.

Columbia Street Block Party/Street Festival – 6:30-9:30pm. Classic Car display at 200 through 500 block of Columbia St, Covington A free family event.

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MONDAY, APRIL 25

Holistic Medicine Education Meeting – 7-9pm.

Potluck and network time 6:30-7pm. Different speaker each month. House of Broel, 2220 St. Charles Ave., NOLA. Free. info@houseofbroel.com

TUESDAY, APRIL 26

Build It Back Green – 6-8pm. Monthly series on doit-yourself green building and energy efficiency. This month: Financing green upgrades, tax incentives and green loans. Free and open to public. 841 Carondelet St, New Orleans. Info: hjensen@GlobalGreen.com.

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Milk Party! – 9-10am. A second monthly meeting added for mother to mother breastfeeding support.

Certified International Lactation Consultant, Julie Holcomb attends to answer questions. No registration required. ZukaBaby, 2124 Magazine St, NOLA. 504-596-6540.

Holistic Education Monthly Meeting/Covington – 7pm. Sponsored by the Holistic Center for Health and Healing, Inc., network time followed by program.

Speaker: Shelley Radosta, D.C. Free and open to public. Covington Council Chambers, 222 Kirkland St. 504-841-0188.

Welcome Baby/Newborn Care – 6pm.Wanting to care for baby is instinctual, knowing how to, is learned. Welcome Baby taught by Nola Nesting’s Amanda Devereux, RN and Erin Majorie, doula (DONA) teach everything from bathing, massaging and diapering to caring for baby’s umbilicus. ZukaBaby, 2124 Magazine St, NOLA. $50. Register: 504-655-1819.

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Breathwork & Self Care Part II – 10:30am5:30pm. Relax, let go and reconnect with the power of the breath. Led by Jack Anthony Fontana, Professional Breathworker. 6 hrs CEUs approved for massage therapy (LA provider #0125) $120; 120 S. Cortez St., New Orleans. Call 504-453-9161 to register.

CPR for Babies/Children – 6pm. Nola Nesting is offering this course for both parents and expecting parents. Be prepared for anything! Come learn how to perform CPR on babies and children as well as what to do if a child chokes. This is a non-certifying course. ZukaBaby, 2124 Magazine St, NOLA. To register: 504-655-1819.

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Spring for Art – 7-10pm. Follows free concert by LPO. Dozens of local galleries, boutiques, restaurants and businesses showcase work by dozens of artists from region. Live art demos, chef’s challenge and bartender’s competition, live music at many restaurants. Historic Downtown Covington. Free.

985-892-8650.

Sustainable Design Series – 5:30-7:30pm. Monthly panel discussion of topics from sustainable design to community action. Hosted by AIA New Orleans, Global Green & USGBC-Louisiana. Free. AIA Bldg, 1000 St. Charles, New Orleans. 504-525-8320.

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Olde Towne Slidell Spring Street Fair – 10am-5pm (4/16 & 4/17). Annual Spring street fair featuring 140 vendors from around the U.S. with antiques, furniture, glass, art, pottery, jewelry, dolls, handmade crafts, and great food and drink. Free. First, Second and Erlanger Streets in Olde Towne Slidell.

985-641-6316.

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Drug-free treatment for common conditions with acupuncture.

House calls or office visits by appointment.

Georganna Ranglack, DVM, PhD Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist

Greater New Orleans Area, North Shore & West Bank

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by April 10 for the April issue. $10/Event Calendar or Ongoing Calendar listing. Free community wide events are listed for free as space is available. Items may be up to 50 words in length. Email calendar@ nolahealthyliving.com for guidelines and to submit entries. No phone calls please.

sunday

Spiritual, but not religious? – 11am. If you like what Wayne Dyer and Maryann Williamson have to say, you will love Unity Church of Practical Christianity in Metairie. We encourage the transformation of your life through practical spiritual principles.

Spiritual discussion group 12:30pm. Please join us for movie matinee on last Saturday of the month at 1:00pm. 3939–2A, Veterans Blvd, Metairie (2 blocks west of Cleary, rear of building). For more info call 504-885-7575.

Community Yoga – 4-5:15pm. All levels. Shanti Yoga Shala, 3528 Magazine St, New Orleans, 70115. shantiyoganola@gmail.com or 310-435-6098.

Relax Deeply- Yoga Restoratives – 5:30-6:30pm.

Taught by Daria- All Levels - Check our website in ad for prices. Shanti Yoga Shala, 3528 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA, 70115. shantiyoganola@ gmail.com or 310-435-6098.

Transmission Meditation – 6:30pm. Want to help the world and build a stronger connection with your own spiritual nature? Transmission Meditation is the simplest way to do both at the same time says Benjamin Creme. No fee. Uptown, NOLA. For info: call Alan 504-606-8512.

monday

All Levels Yoga – 5:30-6:45pm. Donation based.

Swan River Community Center Arabi, 7011 St Claude Ave, #213, Arabi, LA. Info: 985-218-0724 or arabi@swanriveryoga.com Northshore Viniyoga – 5:30-7pm. Small classes with individual attention for beginners and those new to yoga. $10/ session or $48/ 6 sessions Yoga School, 603 S. Tyler St, Covington. Info: 985-893-8834.

Yoga Basics – 6:15-7:45pm. Taught by Katherine.

Level 1. Shanti Yoga Shala, 3528 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA, 70115. 310-435-6098 or shantiyoganola@gmail.com.

tuesday

Crescent City Farmers Market – 9am-1pm. Open air market with fresh locally grown fruits, vegetables, seafood, baked breads and pies, bedding plants, dairy products, freshly cut flowers. Located in the parking lot of Uptown Square.

Morning Flow Yoga-Level 2 – 9:15-10:30am. (also Thurs) taught by Lindsay. Shanti Yoga Shala, 3528 Magazine St, New Orleans. shantiyoganola@gmail. com or 310-435-6098.

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Chair Massage at Columbia Natural Food – 10am2pm. Take 15 minutes for yourself. By using acupressure techniques in a precise sequence, the body is encouraged to release tension. Columbia Natural Food Market, 415 N Columbia St, Covington. Tommie Main, LMT#5627. Contact: 985-515-7218 Hollygrove Market & Farm – noon-6pm. NOLA’s only CSA-style market selling each week assorted fresh local and organic fruit and vegetables from LA, MS & AL. 8301 Olive St, NOLA (across from Carrollton Boosters).

Vinyasa Yoga – 6:30-7:45pm. Taught by Nathalie.

Shanti Yoga Shala, 3528 Magazine St, New Orleans, 70115. shantiyoganola@gmail.com or 310-4356098.

Weekly Insight Meditation Group – 6:30-9pm.

2134 Magazine St., 3rd fl., New Orleans. Contact noimg@me.com or 504-343-8378.

Community Class – 7:15-8:45pm. A playful and fun class combining flowing yoga sequences, restorative poses and breathing with awareness. No prior experience necessary. Taught by Ann Yoachim. By donation. Balance Yoga & Wellness, 120 S. Cortez St, Mid-City. 504-309-9618.

Brazilian Dance and Drumming Class – 7:309:30pm. Casa Samba offers classes on samba, traditional Afro-Brazilian dance and drum rhythms from Rio to Bahia. Gym/dance attire suggested.

Instruments provided. $8/class. 800 Race St. @ Annunciation (N.O.R.D. Bldg). Call Curtis Pierre 504-553-9500 or 504-236-7479.

Order Vintage Garden Soups – Order by noon Tuesday for delivery on Wednesday. Fresh delicious savory soups developed by our chef. Options for special diets. Free delivery with $15 min or $3 delivery fee. Also pick up at two locations. Visit website on ad for soups of the week or call 504-620-2495.

wednesday

“Dog Day at the Spa” – all day. The Peaceful Buddha Day Spa donates 10% of all profits to the ASPCA each Wednesday. Spa offers specialty facials, manicures, pedicures and customized massages. 4303 Canal St, New Orleans. 504-322-2482.

Beginner Bellydance Class – 6:30-7:30pm. 4332 Magazine St, above Hey Café – take the staires inside café. $15 drop in/$60 class cards for 6 classes.

Contact: shannon.wolfe@gmail.com Beginners Yoga – 7-8:15pm. Donation based. Swan River Community Center Arabi, 7011 St Claude Ave, #213, Arabi, LA. Info: 985-218-0724 or arabi@ swanriveryoga.com Meditation & Study Group – 7-8:30pm. 45 min meditation, refreshments, then 45 min. book discussion group. Donations. 621 Opelousas Ave, Algiers Point (gate locked 7pm sharp!). Info: 504-905-4090 or evolved812@aol.com.

thursday Crescent City Farmers Market – 3-7pm. Farmers Market at 3700 Orleans Ave, American Can Co. building, New Orleans, rain or shine.

Northshore Viniyoga – 6-7:30pm. Small classes with individual attention for beginners and those new to yoga. $10/ session or $48/ 6 sessions Yoga School, 603 S. Tyler St, Covington. Info: 985-893-8834.

Intro to Meditation – 6:30-8pm. Strengthen your entire being through a guided meditation. Experience the positive, uplifting transformation of your energy. Donations only. Uptown Holistic Center, 723 Hillary, New Orleans. Contact Jessica Tregle jgtregle@yahoo.com Brazilian Dance and Drumming Class – 7:309:30pm. Casa Samba offers classes on samba, traditional Afro-Brazilian dance and drum rhythms from Rio to Bahia. Gym/dance attire suggested.

Instruments provided. $8/class. 800 Race St. @ Annunciation (N.O.R.D. Bldg). Call Curtis Pierre 504-553-9500 or 504-236-7479.

friday Daily Kundalini yoga – 9am. Kundalini yoga class offered daily by donation. Devine Kundalini Yoga, 1223 Baronne St., New Orleans. 866-989-3626.

LASPCA Wellness Wednesdays – Ensure your pet’s health with annual vaccinations and a wellness check-up. Basic Wellness Exam $20, low-cost spaying and neutering available. By appt.only. 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd, New Orleans. Call 504-368-5191.

Covington Farmers Market – 10am-2pm. Offering fresh produce, fresh baked breads, prepared foods and plants. Located at The Covington Trailhead, 419 N. New Hampshire, Covington.

Intro to Mystical Meditation – 10:30am- noon.

Strengthen your entire being through a guided meditation. Experience the positive, uplifting transformation of your energy. Donations only. Uptown Holistic Center, 723 Hillary, New Orleans. Contact: Jessica Tregle jgtregle@yahoo.com German Coast Farmers Market – West Bank – 3-6:30pm. Open-air market offering fresh produce, rotisserie & fresh meats, fresh pastries/breads, sausage, kettle corn, cracklins, prepared foods, soy candles, goat milk soap and lotions. Arts and crafts 4th Wed. Located at 12715 Highway 90, St. Charles Plaza Shopping Center, Site of the old K-mart building. Luling, LA Rockin’ at the Rails – 5-7:30pm. A free concert series every Wednesday in April and May. Open to the public. At Covington Trailhead, Covington.

Meditation/Deeksha Blessing – 6:15 pm. Rev. David Florence will facilitate a meditation followed by the blessing and class on Eric Butterworth’s discover the Power Within at 7p.m. 3939-2A Veterans Blvd.

(2 blocks west of Cleary, entrance/parking lot at rear of bldg.) Metairie. 504-885-7575.

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All Levels Yoga – 10:30-11:45am. Donation based.

Swan River Community Center Arabi, 7011 St Claude Ave, #213, Arabi, LA. Info: 985-218-0724 or arabi@swanriveryoga.com

saturday Vietnamese Farmers Market – 6-9am. Over 20 vendors set up shop on blankets spread with produce, beyond the courtyards are shops selling Vietnamese baked goods and imported groceries. 14401 Alcee Fortier Blvd, New Orleans East.

Crescent City Farmers Market – 8am-noon. Openair market with great selection of fresh locally grown fruits, vegetables, seafood, baked breads and freshly made pies, bedding plants, dairy products, fresh flowers. Cooking demos by some of the city’s most acclaimed chefs. Located at 700 Magazine, corner of Girod, New Orleans.

German Coast Farmers Market - East Bank – 8am-noon. Open-air market offering fresh produce, rotisserie meats, fresh meats, fresh pastries/breads, sausages, kettle corn, cracklins, prepared foods, soy candles, goat milk soap and lotions. Arts and crafts 2nd Sat. Ormond Plantation, 13786 River Rd., Destrehan. For info call 985-359-0190.

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Camellia City Farmers Market – 8am.-1pm.

Featuring yard eggs, Mediterranean foods, herbs, produce, baked goods, coffee and iced tea, local musicians, tastings and cooking demos. Griffith Park, 333 Erlanger and Second St, Olde Towne, Slidell.

Info: 985-640-8291.

3903 Canal St., N.O. 70119 504-561-6585 EcoCafeNO.com

Gretna Farmers Market – 8:30am-12:30pm.

Featuring fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, baked goods, dairy, native fruit wines and garden plants.

Located in the old train depot, 300 Huey P. Long Ave, between 3rd and 4th streets, Gretna. Info: 504-362-8661.

Westwego Farmers & Fisheries Market – 8:30am12:30pm. Open year round, rain or shine. Free parking. Featuring fresh produce, seafood, bakery items, dairy, plants, prepared foods & hand-crafted items. Plus live music & kids activities. 484 Sala Ave, corner of 4th St., Westwego. Contact 504-3413424, x 209.

Cloth Diapering 101 – 9am. Learn about modern cloth diapers, how to care for them, the pros and cons, hands on demos and handouts to take home. Fee: $20 and you may bring up to 2 family members. Receive a $20 coupon off a purchase of $100 for attending.

Reg. required, Zukababy, 2124 Magazine St, New Orleans, call to register 504-596-6540 or email erin@ zukababy.com Covington Farmers Market – 9am-1pm. Offering fresh produce, fresh baked breads, prepared foods and plants. Located at Covington City Hall, 609 N Columbia St., Covington.

Mandeville Trailhead Community Market – 9am1pm. Fifty-plus vendors weekly: Gourmet foods, art, produce and plants. Tai Chi at 9:30am. Parking lot of the Mandeville Trailhead on the St. Tammany Trace off LA59. For vendor/entertainment info: Donna Beakley 985-845-4515.

Kundalini Yoga Class – 9-10:15am. All levels class taught by Melissa. Shanti Yoga Shala. 3528 Magazine St., New Orleans. 310-435-6098 or shantiyoganola@gmail.com.

Hollygrove Market & Farm – 10am-2pm. NOLA’s only CSA-style market selling each week assorted fresh local and organic fruit and vegetables from LA, MS & AL. 8301 Olive St, NOLA (across from Carrollton Boosters).

Sankofa Farmers Market – 10am-2pm. Weekly market offering fresh produce and seafood from local farmers and fishermen. 5500 St. Claude Ave, corner of Caffin Ave. Friends of the New Orleans Public Library Book Sale – 10am-2pm. Lots of fiction, non-fiction, local & rare books, CDs, DVDs, videos & records plus children’s books. Help rebuild the New Orleans Public Libraries. Book donations appreciated! At the Carriage House behind the Latter Branch Library, 5120 St. Charles Ave, New Orleans Meditation Group – 2:30-3:30pm. Fairgrinds Coffee House. Sponsored by Art of Living Foundation.

3133 Ponce de Leon, New Orleans. For info contact Allen 504-247-6692.

Community Class – 3-4:30pm. A playful and fun class combining flowing yoga sequences, restorative poses and breathing with awareness. No prior experience necessary. Taught by Ann Yoachim. By donation. Balance Yoga & Wellness, 120 S. Cortez St.; 504.309.9618.

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ECO CAFÉ & BISTRO

Catering and to go orders available. Sustainably operated.

Salads, Soups, Panini’s, Hot Plates, and more with fresh all natural ingredients. Vegetarian/vegan options, organic wines, organic Coffee Bar, Full Juice Bar. Tapas Fri & Sat 6-10pm. Breakfast Mon-Fri 811:30 and 8-2:30 Sat/Sun. Lunch Mon-Fri 11:30-3 and Sat/Sun noon -2:30pm.

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GOTT GOURMET CAFÉ

northshore GOOD EARTH MARKET & CAFÉ

3100 Magazine St. (8th), New Orleans 504-373-6579 GottGourmetCafe.com

821 Girod St. Old Mandeville 985-674-4329

Casual food prepared to a gourmet’s standards.

The freshest ingredients in made from scratch food.

Salads, soups, paninis, wraps, burgers, gumbo and Chicago style Vienna hot dogs. Take-out in biodegradable containers.Order your favorite menu items in party size quantities. Open Tues-Fri 11-9, Sat & Sun 8-5.

THE VINTAGE GARDEN KITCHEN 925 S. Labarre Rd, Metairie Soup order line: 504-620-2495 VintageGardenKitchen.org

Healthy and delicious soups created by our chef using fresh, wholesome ingredients without preservatives and hormone-free dairy and meats.

Local products used as much as is available and some ingredients from our own organically grown garden.Three soups/week prepared. Ask about special diets.

Order by Tues noon for pick-up or delivery that week.

Order on-line or by phone.

THE FIT GOURMET OF NEW ORLEANS

O ff e r i n g d e l i c i o u s organic fare at breakfast, lunch and dinner. Also try our juices, smoothies, baked goods, and organic beers and fine wines. Our market has gluten & wheat free products, natural and organic products, vitamins and supplements. Open 8-8 MonSat and 9-3 Sun.

RUBY’S NATURAL FOODS 1030 Hwy 190 West Slidell 985-641-1620

Market offering natural & organic products and supplements. Fresh soups daily.Veggie burgers, burritos, enchiladas, veggie pockets, fresh salads, chicken and turkey salads. $8 soup & salad lunch special daily. Lunch served 10:30-3. Seating available.

TOAD HOLLOW CAFÉ

207 N. New Hampshire, Covington 985.893.8711 Offering soups, salads, burgers, sandwiches & house-made desserts with wholesome, mostly organic ingredients.

Something for everyone including vegetarian and vegan selections. Dine in or take-out. Breakfast Sat & Sun 8-2; Lunch Tues-Sun 11-2; Dinner Fri & Sat 5:30-9.

504-621-6788 FitGourmetOfNewOrleans.com ChefDione@FitGourmetOfNewOrleans.com Healthy Gourmet Meals prepared by an Executive Chef delivered to home or office Mon-Fri. Order online or call before 10am for same day delivery. Each meal prepared fresh and delivered in Microwavable Containers with Nutrition Labels and Re-Heat Instructions, plus a bottle of cold water. NEVER FROZEN. ALL ORGANIC upon request..

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LIST FOR RENT, ITEMS FOR SALE, HELP WANTED, OPPORTUNITIES, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES HERE. To Place a Classified Listing Email to advertising@nolahealthyliving. com. Must be received by the 10th of the month prior to publication. $1 per word. $20 minimum. Must be prepaid.

Connecting you to the leaders in natural healthcare and green living in our community.

To find out how you can be included in the Community Resource Guide email Advertising@NOLAHealthyLiving.com to request our media kit.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

ACUPUNCTURE

CURRENTLY PUBLISHING Natural Awakenings magazines – For sale in Birmingham, AL; Lexington, KY; Manhattan, NY; North Central, FL; Tulsa, OK; Southwest VA and Volusia/Flagler, FL. Call for details 239-530-1377.

Perfect space for licensed massage therapist or other quiet holistic provider. 462 sf includes large 14 x 17 treatment room, closet, office/kitchen and waiting room. $600/mo (includes utilities) with annual lease. 3200 Lake Villa Ave, Ste 208, Metairie.

504-535-9771.

Northshore Space/Treatment Room. 10x12 includes use of waiting area, etc. $500 (utilities, wf-fi included w/lease) in well-being center. 601 Lafitte St., Old Mandeville 985-727-9665.

FOR RENT - RESIDENTIAL

Louisiana Lic.# ACA.200012 530 E. Rutland St., Covington 985-869-3299

Acupuncture Works! It is a safe, drugfree approach to managing many common health concerns. Specializing in herbal medicine, pain, stress, women’s health, and more.

Louisiana Lic.# ACA.200032 4710 Canal St & 3618 Magazine St 504-224-1069 AcupunctureInNOLA.com Acupuncture is gentle and effective. Tonya offers Acupuncture and Oriental medicine in a relaxing environment. She is experienced in the treatment of pain, stress and allergies, plus many more conditions. Call to schedule an appointment.

JANICE E. POSEY, DVM 504-559-0141 315 Lee Lane, #104 Covington, LA 70433

Offering a holistic, integrative approach to healing your beloved pet through acupuncture, herbal medicine/ nutritional supplements, and food therapy. We treat the patient, not the symptoms. See ad page 29.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES The Humane Society of Louisiana needs volunteers. To find out how you can help contact Jeff Dorson at 901-268-4432 or StopCruelty11@gmail.com.

St. Tammany Humane Society – Help foster pets, many tasks for fundraising, help with animal socializing, many more. Call for wish list. Contact: 985892-7387, x 106.

The LatinoFarmersCoop.org An urban agriculture nonprofit committed to promote responses to food, farm and nutrition needs gardening and food pantry volunteers. Call 504-333-3611 or Info@LatinoFarmersCoop.org.

AVIVA MASSAGE & BODYWORK SPA

Linda L. Strickland, BA, CHt, RM, LMT 601 Lafitte St., Mandeville 985-727-9665

Discover the difference & feel the peace through massage/bodywork, select spa services & energy work. Integrative, intuitive, customized approach. Aromatherapy at all sessions. LA 1479;E2445. See ad page 14.

Once again for this logo design, we used a circular motif. Circles are reminicent of the body and it's many curves. The AVIVA name stabilizes the central 'flora' figure, by means of the letter "i" as the stem or trunk of the 'flora'. The 'flora' invokes a natural sensation, earthy and calm. The circluar text brings all the elements together and reiterates the AVIVA name as a total massage & bodywork spa.

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CHANGE IN MOTION MASSAGE,LLC Mel Borne, LMT #4158 Northshore Area 985-869-2087

Relax with personalized in-home sessions. Specializing in Shiatsu, Swedish and Deep tissue. Customized blending of techniques are incorporated into sessions. Essential oils are used to maximize the healing benefits of your massage. See ad page 14.

THE PEACEFUL BUDDHA DAY SPA Carey Mischler, LMT 4303 Canal St., New Orleans 504-322-2482

Offering unique services that combine therapeutic massage and aesthetics in Mid-City. Discounts available to first responders. 10% of profits donated to ASPCA every Wednesday.

See ad page 14.

BREATHING JACK ANTHONY FONTANA Breathing Coach 3200 Lake Villa Dr., Metairie 504-453-9161 JackFontana.com

Let me guide you through a breathing experience that can release stress,fear,suppression,anxiety and create a space of healing,acceptance and physical and emotional well being. Come Breathe, Relax and Let Go!

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Unique, painless & permanent hair removal, specializing in Brazilian bikini lines. Home of the “Slimmer You” body wrap and cellulite massage. Instant gift certificates on our website.

TONYA TIGART, ACA

ANIMAL HOLISTIC MEDICINE

Full or Part-Time Residence in Magnolia, MS at Flowering Lotus Meditation and Retreat Center.

Private rooms. Mature women preferred. Vegetarian. $400 monthly. Utilities included. Yearly lease.

FloweringLotusMeditation.org. 504-905-4090.

Dora Ochoa, L.M.T. 1800 W. Causeway Approach., Ste. 122 Mandeville, 985-626-5538 BodySugaringUSA.com

KELLY KIVIKO, ACA

FOR RENT - COMMERCIAL Office Space Available. Mid-City and Marigny.

Virtual, Private, or Share floor space in a triple bottom line atmosphere. Competitive/below market rent for your growing business. Full amenities including WiFi/Conference room/office equip plus value added services provided! TheBuildingBlock. com or call 504-561-7525.

BODY SUGARING USA DAY SPA

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CELEBRANT/OFFICIANT REV. BONNIE POIRIER

985-373-2321 ChurchOfPeaceInChrist.org HolisticTherapyCenter.com Holistic, metaphysical Christian minister, ordained in 1994. Ministries include: weddings, vow renewals, funerals, divorce ceremonies, baptisms, communion, dedications and naming ceremonies.

CHI MACHINE JOFFRION MITTS, M.ED.

Alternative Health Consultant 504-897-9670 ChiMachineForYourHealth.com

Exercise with no effort! Lose weight!

Relieve stress! Eliminate pain!

Improve circulation! Lower blood sugar! Breathe deeper! Sleep better!

Increase energy! Feel happier! Free one week in-home trial!

CHIROPRACTIC/WELLNESS CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH CENTER & HOLISTIC HEALTHCARE SERVICES Dr. Debbi Hannan 101 Clearview Pkwy at Airline, Metairie 504-454-2000 HannanWellness.com

Experience the difference! We offer total wellness care: Chiropractic, detoxification, nutrition, endermologie, DRX-9000 non-surgical spinal decompression, cold laser, EB-Cellular Cleanser, Far Infra Red Sauna. See ad page 7.

VIVACITY WELLNESS SPA

3333 Kingman St, Ste 102, Metairie 504-885-8355 VivaCityNOLA.com

Reclaim health and vitality by eliminating toxins in the body. We offer Open System Colon Hydrotherapy, Far Infrared Sauna with Ozone, Ion Foot Detox and Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber Therapy. Certified Colon Hydrotherapist and member of I-ACT. See ad page 26.

CONSTRUCTION SOUTHERN HOMES, LLC Certified Green Builder 1-888-660-0123 SouthernHomes.com

Custom construction and renovation specializing in energy efficiency and indoor air quality. Certified by National Assoc. of Homebuilders as a Green Builder. Locally owned, 20 years experience, over 3000 homes built.

COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY

ANDREA SCHEELE, LCSW, LMFT “You too can move away from the past andATTACHMENT towards PSYCHOTHERAPY a life of vitality, wholeness and fulfilling relationships.”

ALORACLEANSE 1303 Amelia St., New Orleans

Colon Hydrotherapy removes stagnant fecal matter and toxic Andrea Scheele, LCSW, bacteria alongLMFT with cellular 1303 Amelia Street New Orleans, LA relief 70115 of unhealthy debris.

Get (504) 899-2686 digestive symptoms and achieve greater immunity, enhanced energy, clearer skin, improved mental clarity, and a general elevation in mood.

Attachment Psychotherapy / EMDR

MIKE ROBICHAUX, DDS

1101 Robert Blvd, Ste A, Slidell, LA 70458 985-641-8058 MikeRobichauxDDS.com

Offering a holistic and patient-centered approach to dentistry, because we believe the health of the mouth and overall health cannot be separated. We help those we serve make decisions that are in their best interests, based on their values and goals, by providing state of the art information within a trusting relationship. See ad page 19.

EDUCATIONAL KINESIOLOGY BRAIN GYM

Tanya Simmons BA Ed. Licensed Brain Gym Practitioner/Consultant.

New Orleans 504 309 0002/710 2622 BrainGymNola@yahoo.com.

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COLON HYDROTHERAPY

1131 S. Tyler St, Covington 985-809-3133 Individual, Couples & Family Therapy AloraCleanse.com

DENTIST

504-899-2686

When you experience loss, illness, depression, stress or are going through major life transitions Attachment Psychotherapy will benefit you.

Individual, couples, family, parent/ child and small group therapy. See ad

Teaching Brain Gym in Education, In-service and individually to help any learning difficulties, AD(H)D, reading, writing, attention, memory, performance, success for goals, and the joy and ease of learning. Available for teachers, parents, children and adults. See website for upcoming trainings/seminars.

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Experience your unlimited power through the gentle process SMITH MARYLOU of PSYCH-KTM. Free yourself from traumatic memories, Uptown Holistic Center GINA L. ORIHUELA, LCSW-BACS, ND, CTN limiting thoughts and addictive behavior.

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HOLISTIC LIFE 3213 Florida Ave, Ste D, Kenner PSYCH-K is a process that frees your 4401 Veterans Blvd, Ste 200 Marylou Smith 504-466-2266 mind of limiting and self-sabotaging 504-885-8800 PSYCH-KAFacilitator Psychotherapist Advanced and Naturopath. unique beliefs and replaces them with life HolisticLife.us Private Sessions holistic approach to assist you in coping with A Colonics, Wellness, Weight enhancing beliefs that lead to great joy, Uptown Holistic loss, Center • 723 stress, Hillarydepression, St, NOLA • 504.723.2899 illness, or other life Loss Day Spa, Colon Hydrofulfillment and growth.See ad page 31. marylousmith.com • info@marylousmith.com • psych-k.com transitions. Individual, family and/or group therapy, massage therapy, actherapy clients. Children, adolescents, and tivated oxygen sauna, ion foot bath, reflexology, integrated medicine, and other natuadults. See ad page 29. ral /spa offerings. Across from Clearview Mall in the major business area of Metairie. See ad page 13.

FENG SHUI TM

JENNIFER ENGEL, M.ED LPC UPTOWN COLON HYDROTHERAPY 2627 General Pershing, NOLA 504-644-7376 UptownColonHydrotherapy.com

Only closed system colonic in New Orleans. We offer a 60 minute appointment, because we know you cannot rush a cleanse.

HYDROTHERAPY We provide a highly trained therapist focused exclusively on your need at all times.

See ad page 28.

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PTOWN OLON

5002 Prytania, NOLA, 70115 504-813-9130

LIVE, LOVE AND FENG SHUI

Licensed Professional Counselor. Holistic Psychotherapy for personal growth, stress, transition, etc. Individual and Group Mind-Body Skills Training (guided imagery, meditation, breathing, relaxation, tapping, etc). Evening and Saturday appointments available.

Eveline Hoffmann Feng Shui practitioner 504-861-3370 boehlen747@gmail.com

Offering Feng shui consultations for homes and businesses Find balance and serenity within your home .Make intentional changes in your dwellings and you will alter your life in positive wide ranging ways. Your environment will begin to assist you and you will uncover solutions to your day to day issues and life will improve. See ad page 10.

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JESSICA TREGLE

Holistic Energy Healing 504-352-6418 EnergyHealing-NewOrleans.com

FOOT HEALTH PERFECT FIT SHOES

5012 West Esplanade Ave, Metairie 70006 504-456-5993 Gini@CrescentCityPT.com

Gini Davis, Physical Therapist, Crescent City Physical Therapy (Uptown/Metairie Clinics), has specialized in treatment of foot, ankle and lower extremity problems for more than 35 years and now offers women’s and men’s shoes with style and comfort to support healthy, pain-free feet. Gini can fabricate new orthotics, or fit your orthotics into new shoes. She and staff provide in-depth knowledge and customer service. See ad page 26.

HAIR SALONS LIVE ART STUDIO

4207 Dumaine St., New Orleans 504-484-7245 LiveArtStudio.com.

Need some pampering? We offer just that in our one on one sessions in hair, massage and aromatherapy. Patti Spring has 32 years of experience in helping clients to fulfill all their personal grooming and body maintenance goals. Come experience yourself as Live Art. See ad page 14.

HERBAL MEDICINE JEN STOVALL

Energy Healing is an effective therapy of alternative medicine and holistic health. One releases negativity and gains positive energy! Become more healthy, and thrive at an accelerated pace! Healing occurs physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually!

CHARLY BORENSTEIN-REGUEIRA

INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE IRENE SEBASTIAN, M.D., PH.D 401 Veterans Blvd, Suite 203 Metairie, LA 70005 504-838-9804 IreneSebastianMD.com

Offering a holistic approach to healthcare: Integrative Medicine, Homeopathy, Functional Medicine, Herbal Therapy, and Nutrition.

See ad page 27.

ANTI-AGING, WEIGHT & WELLNESS INST. Dr. Kathleen Posey, M.D. 377 Hwy 21, Ste 101, Madisonville 985-845-4111 KathleenPoseyMD.com

Our mission is to improve health and reverse chronic disease through hormonal and energetic balancing and nutrition. Offering the Ideal Protein Diet and Holistic Gynecological Care.

RAUL LLANOS, M.D.

Community Herbalist 504-872-9973 Stovall.Jen@gmail.com

Providing holistic consultations to foster well-being and support healing using herbal medicine, nutrition, and lifestyle choices. Address acute issues and constitutional imbalances by creating a personal wellness plan that incorporates medicinal herbs into your life.

Wellness Clinic 3749 N. Causeway, Metairie, LA 70002 504-834-1050 Integrative wellness clinic offering ayurveda consultation, cosmetic LASER procedures, bio-identical hormone therapy, non-surgical treatment for urinary incontinence, best natural supplements on the market, other medical spa services. See ad page 8.

HOLISTIC/ENERGY HEALING HOLISTIC HEALING & EDUCATION CENTER, LLC

Dr. Roy Solomon, Metaphysician/Minister 671 Rosa Ave, Suite 214, Metairie 504-841-0188 DrRoy@HealingEducation.com HealingEducation.com

Specializing in the healing of Mind, Body and Spirit. The Reconnection, Inner Child, Forgiveness, Meditation, FES, Monthly Education Classes, Teaching “You can if you will”.

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LIFE COACH Certified Professional Life Coach Corporate & Life Coaching Services 7121 Walmsley Ave, Ste D, NOLA 70125 504-259-7726 Charly@CrescentCityCoach.com CrescentCityCoach.com

Elite athletes and executives have coaches. Imagine how much more productive and fulfilling your life would be if you had your own Life Coach. You don’t have to imagine anymore, contact Charly today.

MARTIAL ARTS TAI CHI-QI GONG

Shifu King Lam 8132 Willow St, Uptown 504-866-2241 KingLam1131@yahoo.com Asian Arts to improve health, fitness, personal safety, rejuvenate energy.

Achieve a better mind, body and spirit. Serving New Orleans community for 35 years. KingLamtaichikarate.com. See ad page 18 and calendar for classes.

MASSAGE SCHOOLS BLUE CLIFF COLLEGE Clearview Mall Metairie, LA. 70006 504-456-3141

Train for an exciting, new career as a Licensed Massage Therapist. Earn an Associates degree upon completion of advanced massage training. Inquire about financial aid. See calendar for information about our $30-student massage clinic.

THOR AGUSTSSON, D.O.

232 Barry Ave, New Orleans, 70121 H 504-861-3011 * C 815-520-2891 Osteopathic.org With a holistic approach, Osteopathic Medicine effectively treats pain without the use of drugs. We treat fibromyalgia, cancer pain, birth trauma, arthritis, chronic head, neck, back, pelvic, and abdominal pain. Other modalities: Reiki, Bodytalk, Supplement Consultation. See ad page 12.

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NATURAL BABY & CHILD ZUKABABY

2124 Magazine St., NOLA 504-596-6540 ZukaBaby.com ZukaBaby is a new shop specializing in cloth diapering, babywearing and handmade children’s items. Cloth diapering classes every Saturday. See calendar for other events. See ad page 31.

NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR DR. LISA MARIE CHAMBERS, ND Center For Functional Medicine 723 N. Causeway Blvd, Mandeville 985-237-0277 Accurate Clinic 2401 Vets Blvd, Ste 16, Kenner 504-472-6130 DrLisaMarieChambers.com

Dr. Chambers works in partnership with her patients to discover, understand and address the root cause of their illness. By treating the whole person, she also offers preventive care before serious illness occurs.

NUTRITIONIST DANIELLE PACIERA, LDN, RD, CCN 3618 Magazine St, New Orleans 70115 504-889-8771 Danielle@365Vitality.com Cutting edge holistic nutrition services.

Specializing in complementary and alternative medicine, therapeutic uses of foods, supplementation, vegetarian nutrition, women’s health, sports performance, eating disorders, depression, addiction, and more. See ad page 30.

REALTOR CHERYL GAUTIER, REALTOR, GREEN Dorian Bennet Sothebys Int Realty Cell 504-638-7441 Cheryl.Gautier@hotmail.com Outgoing pet-friendly Realtor with a degree in fine art and a background in health food and natural remedies, caring for the needs of buyers, sellers and renters.

REIKI ELIZABETH OHMER PELLEGRIN, R.M.T. Reiki Master Teacher & Practitioner 504-388-2356 NOLAReiki@gmail.com NOLAReiki.com Offering 20 years experience in Usui Shiki Ryoho, upholding the highest standards in Reiki classes and Reiki sessions. Practitioner and Teacher of Australian Bush Flower Essence. Also providing Astra-Lite massage & Reiki tables – lightweight and easy to transport. See ad page 26 and calendar for classes.

TIANNE D. LASTRA USUI, KARUNA & RAINBOW REIKI MASTER 504-909-3723 AmazingReiki.com

Certified & experienced Master Teacher offering sessions & classes to the Greater N.O. Area. Healing Touch, Pranic Healing, Crystal Healing, Reiki Drumming and Animal Reiki practitioner. Visit our website for full information. See ad page 25.

YOGA DIVINE YOGA 1223 Baronne St.

SOLAR POWER EARTH SUPPLY, LLC 11 Davis Blvd., 70121 504-224-0246 PowerEarthSupply.com

Solar powering the Big Easy.

We specialize in spinning electricity meters backwards. Each house is analyzed to determine the most productive solar solution. Licensed and Insured. Locally owned and operated.

SOUTH COAST SOLAR, LLC 2605 Ridgelake Dr. Metairie, LA 70002 504.529.SUN9 SouthCoastSolar.com

100% locally owned and operated, South Coast Solar is Louisiana’s largest solar energy company. Call or visit our website to set up a free estimate. See ad page 21.

WILD LOTUS YOGA 4842 Perrier St. New Orleans, LA 70115 504-899-0047 WildLotusYoga.com Gambit’s ”Best Place to Take a Yoga Class” five years in a row. Over 40 ongoing classes per week for beginners and experienced taught by skilled teachers in a peaceful, positive atmosphere. Offering courses, workshops, retreats and concerts. See ad page 15 and calendar for events/classes.

YOGA TEACHER TRAINING

SPIRITUALITY

YOGA SCHOOL, L.L.C.

UNITY CHURCH OF METAIRIE

603 S. Tyler St., Covington, LA 70433 985-893-8834 YogaSchoolCovingtonLA.com

3939-B Veterans Blvd, Metairie 504-885-7575 Daily Prayer Line 504-885-7056

Breaking boundaries through transformative thought. A Christian church celebrating the Love of Spirit while honoring all paths. (2 blocks west of Cleary, entrance/parking in rear of bldg) Sunday service 11am.

A state licensed school and Yoga Alliance registered teacher training certification program at the 200 hour and 500 hour levels. Visit website for more information. See ad page 15.

YOGA THERAPY

WELLNESS COUNSELING

AMY ARCHINAL, RYT, PRYT

MICHELE CLAIBORNE

Life Counsellor 504-330-8380 HealingArtsInternational.com

Kundalini@YogaNOLA.com YogaNOLA.com Kundalini Yoga is considered to be the most comprehensive of yogas, combining meditation, physical practice and breathing exercises. All levels of experience are welcome to all classes.

See ad page 15 and calendar for events/classes.

Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy 504-899-6167 NewOrleansYogaTherapy.com

Michele is today’s Medicine Woman, Natural Healer, Minister and Life Counsellor. Michele has a reputation of inspiring and showing how to bring purpose and joy back into people’s lives, along with health!

Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy combines meditation, assisted yoga postures, breathwork and clientcentered dialogue to promote selfawareness. Discover the wisdom of your body. See ad page 15.

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