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2013 Healthy Living & Sustainability Guide S.E. Louisiana Edition | NOLAHealthyLiving.com

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5 newsbriefs 9 kudos 10 healthbriefs 12 globalbriefs 14 ecotip 30 consciouseating 21 inspiration 22 healthyliving

directory 35 greenliving 38 greengames 40 consciousdining 41 fitbody 45 naturalpet 46 classifieds 47 calendarofevents

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Natural Awakenings is your guide to a healthier, more balanced life. In each issue readers find cutting-edge information on natural health, nutrition, fitness, personal growth, green living, creative expression and the products and services that support a healthy lifestyle.

15 URBAN GARDENING TAKES ROOT

Feeding Ourselves Well

by John D. Ivanko and Lisa Kivirist

19 MMM.... GOOD GRUB

Delites at the Audubon Insectarium

by Colleen Morgan

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21 THE HEALING

POWER OF SILENCE

by Robert Rabbin

22 2013 HEALTHY LIVING & SUSTAINABILITY GUIDE

35 RECYCLING

EVERYDAY REFUSE What Happens after the

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Blue Bin is Emptied

by Avery Mack

38 GREEN GAMES

Racing to a Green Finish

by Colleen Morgan

41 FITNESS MYTHS DEBUNKED

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11 Vital Truths

by Lynda Bassett

45 HOLISTIC IS BEST

Natural Care for a Sick Pet

by Dr. Shawn Messonnier

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We regret the News Brief Errors from Febuary 2013 The Women’s Center for Healing & Transformation is located at 71667 Leveson St.,Abita Springs and not in Covington.

Family Acupuncture and Wellness is located at 9515 Jefferson Hwy, River Ridge and not in Metairie.

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e are excited to again bring you this Annual Healthy Living & Sustainability Guide, filled with helpful local resources for living well and more sustainably. Each year brings news of continued expansion and growth of local businesspeople actively supporting lifestyles of health and sustainability, or LOHAS, that is gratifying to all of us. This year offers an expanded directory plus profiles of local practitioners and businesses to help you find the products and services you are looking for.

This month also brings the official launch of NOLAHealthyLiving. com where you will find many new features, including additional articles and upcoming events, helpful community links, online forms for submitting your calendar listings and expanded information on the print and online advertising that makes this publication possible. Of course, we continue to archive past issues of Natural Awakenings of S.E. Louisiana. Like the magazine, we want you to think of our website as your go-to resource for living well in Southeast Louisiana.

Because many readers have asked, we are planning the first NOLA Healthy Living & Sustainability Expo, which will take place October 12, 2013 at the Pontchartrain Center, in Kenner, Louisiana. With more than 85 vendors, expert speakers and panels, free demonstrations and samples plus giveaways, it will be the largest event of its kind in this region in many years. We are thrilled by the overwhelmingly positive response and expect to see you all there. Be sure to save the date.

This month’s editorial takes a look at several options for local healthy food sources from urban farming (page 15) to New Orlean’s Audubon Insectarium (page 19). Did you know that 80 percent of the world includes insects in their diet? Actually, so do we. Crawfish and other crustaceans are apparently water-going forms of insects. Just consider the possibilities…

Now that Mardi Gras has been well and duly celebrated, most of us are eager to take a break from this hectic goings-on to indulge in some healing, soothing wellness activities. You will find plenty to consider in this issue as you continue to create a healthy, happy and sustained life filled with delicious possibilities.

Enjoy a peaceful month of renewal, Lolita Werhan, Publisher

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contact us Publisher/Editor Lolita Werhan Assistant Editors S. Alison Chabonais Paul Scott • Colleen Morgan Design & Production Paul Scott Advertising Sales Jeanne Miller • Lolita Werhan Advertising@NOLAHealthyLiving.com Distribution Sonny Daniels • Jennifer Parker Clay Thomas • Jerome Holmes Keith Thompson • Rosalie Torres Elizabeth Ohmer Pellegrin • April Stolf To contact Natural Awakenings S.E. Louisiana Edition: PO Box 750758 New Orleans, LA 70175-0758 Phone: 504-330-2157 Fax: 504-324-0131 Editor@NOLAHealthyLiving.com www.NOLAHealthyLiving.com © 2013 by Natural Awakenings. All rights reserved.

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he avid urban gardener on the Southshore will not want to miss the annual tree and plant sale offered through the collaborative effort of the Department of Parks and Parkways with Parkway Partners that takes place this year on March 2, from 8 a.m. to noon.

Among the educational opportunities, Dan Gill will be the featured speaker at the 10 a.m. workshop titled “Flowering Trees of New Orleans.”

Department of Parkways staff – urban foresters, landscape architects and horticulturists – will be available to help home gardeners make the best selections. Bringing pictures of horticultural challenges is encouraged.

Favorite New Orleans plants, trees, flowering shrubs, perennials, hanging baskets, roses and citrus trees from local nurseries will be available for sale.

The plant sale will take place at Department of Parks and Parkways headquarters located at 2829 Gentilly Blvd. in New Orleans, next to Dillard University. For more information contact Parkway Partners at 504-620-2224 or visit ParkwayPartnersNOLA.org.

Parkway Partners also offers monthly educational programs and plant sales at 1137 Baronne Street. On March 9 at 10 a.m.

Grant Estrade of Laughing Buddha Nursery will talk on how to analyze and remediate soil for optimum growing conditions, with emphasis on sustainable methods. Trees, Louisiana SuperPlants, vegetables, herbs, color and pine straw will be for sale at the Parkway Partner’s greenhouse, which opens from 9 a.m. to noon. See ad on page 6.

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Wellness in “The Year of You!”

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olistic Life Approach, LLC is a wellness practice in Mandeville.

Founder and practitioner Karen Boudreax is a licensed massage therapist and a certified health coach, who received her health certification from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.

Boudreaux believes that women in particular are not good at setting boundaries or placing their own health and self-care at the top of their priorities.

So she wants clients to embrace what she terms “The Year of You!” – by giving their bodies the right environment and building materials to heal themselves through massage and outstanding nutrition.

Holistic Life Approach is a whole person approach to health and wellness that addresses not only the physical, but also the emotional, social and spiritual aspects of health, says Boudreaux. She explains that she uses a range of massage techniques that improve circulation, detoxify the body, relieve tension, improve digestion, enhance muscle tone and increase mental alertness.

Boudreaux points out that 95% of chronic disease is caused by improper food choices, lack of nutrition and lack of physical activity. Her goal is “to provide support, counseling and education to women and families to promote holistic health and wellness.” Furthermore she says, “It is rare for anyone to have an hour to work on their nutrition and goals with a trained professional. As a health counselor, I am here to create a supportive environment while we explore what really works for the client.”

Holistic Life Approach is located at 800 Jackson Avenue, Mandeville, LA 70448. To make an appointment call 985-276-8119 or email to Karen@HolisticLifeApproach. com. For more information on Karen Boudreaux and Holistic Life Approach services visit HolisticLifeApproach.com. See ad on page. natural awakenings

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emmie Sheasby opened the Oil & Vinegar store in Covington as an extension of her own passion for eating and cooking good food. Over the years she has become more conscious about the benefits of eating healthier foods, but refuses to sacrifice taste.

The store carries a vast selection of imported olive oils and vinegars, of course, but also pesto, Pemmie Sheasby on right tapenades, appetizers, marinades, sauces, dressings, mustards, salts and exotic herb mixes and more. There is also a nice selection of handcrafted ceramics and culinary accessories for sale.

Sheasby says that visitors to the store will find every food product available for tasting, in fact tasting is encouraged. “Sample, choose and enjoy” is the motto.

Her staff are well-trained to provide advice and offer helpful tips for preparing flavorful dishes using any of the products. One of the highlights of the tasting experience is being able to taste a variety of combinations, such as a mixture of Tuscan Herb Olive Oil with a Tomato Balsamic Vinegar for someone looking for a savory flavor.

The amphora wall is the store’s primary feature with over forty oils and vinegars on tap. Consumers may sample until they find what they want. Then they choose a bottle to fill with their choice – buying only what they want. The empty clean and dry bottle then may be refilled with the same or a different choice and the customer does not have to pay for another bottle. And the bottle does not go to landfill.

Oil & Vinegar is located at 6111 Pinnacle Parkway, Covington, LA 70144. Contact the store at 985-809-1693. For more information visit Louisiana.oilandvinegarusa.com.

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Natural Awakenings Magazine – Southeast Louisiana is a major sponsor. “Readers have been asking us for quite a while to put on an event like this which will focus on health, wellness, fitness, environment, sustainable living and creative expression.

We want people to be able to see, feel, taste and experience up close all the things they read about in Natural Awakenings Magazine each month,” said Lolita Werhan, the publisher of the magazine.

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504-330-2157, or be visit: Attendees will able to have mini sessions of a variety of bodywork modalities, such as massage, Reiki, reflexology, NOLAHealthyLiving.com S.E. LOUISIANA polarity therapy, Rolfing, zero balancing and more. Throughout SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE the day there will be expert speakers and panels on state of the art integrative and complementary healthcare as well as sustainability issues for Louisiana.

Area residents will be able to connect with many businesses and resources for improving the energy efficiency of their homes and businesses. Business owners will be able to learn about greening up their business and green business certification.

Local non-profits will be on hand to show participants how to make their carbon footprint smaller.

An artist’s loft, in addition to the 85 vendors, will also provide an opportunity to do some early holiday shopping.

In the artist’s loft, local artists will be able to sell their unique artwork and jewelry.

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lobal Green USA is helping students across the country to green their schools through the Green School Makeover Competition. Interested students, teachers and administrators can enter their school to compete for a chance to win $75,000 in funding, which would come with Global Green’s technical assistance to implement the project.

“Every child deserves a learning environment that’s safe, comfortable and free of harmful toxins,” said Global Green’s Resource Center Manager Heidi Jensen. “Unfortunately, many schools across the country lack the funds to carry out much-needed repairs and renovations.”

Besides protecting health, better environment increases student performance through access to fresh air, natural light and better acoustics. This can improve student attendance and teacher retention. The schools also provide unique educational opportunities, where schools become teaching tools for green technologies and create green jobs by investing in sustainable building construction and products.

Greening schools reduces energy use and costs by up to 40%, which frees money for other items. Similar savings are made with water conservation.

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he Idea Village, in partnership with the Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF), recently announced the finalists of the 2013 Water Challenge: Alex and Brady Skaggs of ABS Technologies; Bari Blanks and Kerin Leche of EMS Green; Randy Fertel and Foster Creppel of Red Fish, Green Fish; Jennifer Roberts and Miriam Belblidia of Louisiana Water Works L3C and Webster Pierce of Pierce Industries.

“Having the opportunity to participate in such an important initiative with such a forward thinking group, based here in my home state, makes me very hopeful for the future,” said Pierce. “We will find solutions to the coastal problems facing Louisiana and then share our successes locally, nationally, and internationally.”

Now in its third year, the Water Challenge aims to identify and support entrepreneurial solutions that apply innovative approaches to how we live with water in Southeast Louisiana. The five finalists, who represent Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines, and Lafourche Parishes, offer pioneering approaches to coastal erosion and restoration, sustainable fish production, water quality, and storm water management. They were selected from a cohort of 29 local water-related ventures at the conclusion of an intensive, six-week educational program.

The finalists will make their pitches on Monday, March 18 at the Water Challenge day during the New Orleans Entrepreneur Week, the premier annual business festival that supports early-stage New Orleans ventures and exposes emerging opportunities. A panel of industry experts will select the Water Challenge winner, who will receive up to $50,000 in seed funding, courtesy of GNOF.

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Bad Fats Are Brain-Busters

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ew research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, has found that consumption of “bad” saturated fats may be associated with a decline in cognitive function and memory in older women.

The research team analyzed the BWH Women’s Health Study, focusing on four years of data from a subset of 6,000 women older than 65. Those that consumed the highest amounts of saturated fat, like that found in red meat and butter, exhibited worse overall cognition and memory than peers that ate the lowest amounts. Women that consumed mainly monounsaturated fats, such as olive oil, demonstrated better patterns of cognitive scores over time.

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Not So Nice Rice

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ew research by the nonprofit Consumers Union (CU), which publishes Consumer Reports, may cause us to reconsider what we place in our steamer or cookpot. Rice—a staple of many diets, vegetarian or not—is frequently contaminated with arsenic, a known carcinogen that is also believed to interfere with fetal development.

Rice contains more arsenic than grains like oats or wheat because it is grown in water-flooded conditions, and so more readily absorbs the heavy metal from soil or water than most plants.

Even most U.S.-grown rice comes from the south-central region, where crops such as cotton were heavily treated with arsenical pesticides for decades.

Thus, some organically grown rice in the region is impacted, as well.

CU analysis of more than 200 samples of both organic and conventionally grown rice and rice products on U.S. grocery shelves found that nearly all contained some level of arsenic; many with alarmingly high amounts. There is no federal standard for arsenic in food, but there is a limit of 10 parts per billion in drinking water, and CU researchers found that one serving of contaminated rice may have as much arsenic as an entire day’s worth of water.

To reduce the risk of exposure, rinse rice grains thoroughly before cooking and follow the Asian practice of preparing it with extra water to absorb arsenic and/or pesticide residues; and then drain the excess water before serving.

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ating yogurt could reduce the risk of developing high blood pressure, or hypertension, according to new research presented at the American Heart Association 2012 Scientific Sessions. During their 15-year study, researchers followed more than 2,000 volunteers that did not initially have high blood pressure and reported on their yogurt consumption at three intervals.

Participants that routinely consumed at least one sixounce cup of low-fat yogurt every three days were 31 percent less likely to develop hypertension.

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Why We Might Need More Vitamin C

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esearchers at the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University, a leading global authority on the role of vitamin C in optimum health, forward compelling evidence that the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) of vitamin C should be raised to 200 milligrams per day for U.S. adults, up from its current levels of 75 mg for women and 90 mg for men. The RDA of vitamin C is less than half of what it should be, scientists argue, because medical experts insist on evaluating this natural, but critical, nutrient in the same way they do for pharmaceutical drugs, and consequently reach faulty conclusions.

The researchers base their recommendations on studies showing that higher levels of vitamin C could help reduce chronic health problems including heart disease, stroke and cancer, as well as underlying causal issues such as high blood pressure, chronic inflammation, poor immune response and atherosclerosis. Even at the current low RDA, U.S. and Canadian studies have found that a quarter to a third of the total population is marginally deficient in vitamin C and up to a fifth of those in such groups as students, smokers and older adults are severely deficient in it.

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Celebrate Spring in Vintage pottery

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Indoor & Outdoor Potted Plants…

Waste Water Cuts Fertilizer Use The effluent created by household sinks, washing machines and showers, known as gray water, could provide a new, lowcost source of irrigation for landscape plants that cuts down on the amount of fertilizer required to maintain them.

The nonprofit Water Environmental Research Foundation’s (WERF) new report shows that many plants used for landscaping benefit from the use of gray water (Tinyurl.com/graywaterreport).

The study looked at seven homes in Arizona, California, Colorado and Texas with new and longstanding gray water systems that recycle wastewater to irrigate outdoor plants. Although the soil irrigated with gray water showed higher levels of cleaners, antimicrobials and sodium compared with areas irrigated with fresh water, there was enough nitrogen present in gray water to reduce or eliminate the need for additional fertilizers.

Not all plants responded positively, but WERF Communications Director Carrie Capuco says, “Gray water can be successfully used with the right plant choices.”

Guidelines include heavily mulching the area where gray water is supplied to minimize contact with pets.

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The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) 2012 School Lunch Report Card found that public school districts in Florida, Maryland, Tennessee and Nebraska rose above federal guidelines for serving healthy school lunches, with some in Georgia and Missouri also receiving good marks. But most schools nationwide can improve.

PCRM dietitians analyzed elementary school meals at 22 districts participating in the National School Lunch Program. The average grade is now a B (84.4) compared with the national C+ average (78.7) in 2008. Schools delivering poor grades still offer chicken-fried steak fingers, breaded catfish, pork nuggets and other high-cholesterol menu items.

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Organic Farming Sustains Earth’s Richness Famed as the happiest country on Earth, the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan is now aiming to become 100 percent organic, phasing out artificial chemicals in farming in the next 10 years. Agence France-Presse reports that Bhutan currently sends rare mushrooms to Japan, vegetables to upmarket hotels in Thailand, its highly prized apples to India and red rice to the United States.

Jurmi Dorji, of southern Bhutan’s 103-member Daga Shingdrey Pshogpa farmers’ association, says their members are in favor of the policy. “More than a decade ago, people realized that the chemicals were not good for farming,” he says. “I cannot say everyone has stopped using chemicals, but almost 90 percent have.”

An international metastudy published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science that analyzed 74 studies on soils in fields under organic or conventional farming practices has found that over time, the carbon content in the organic fields significantly increased. For farmers everywhere, that means organic agriculture results in a richer, more productive soil, with plenty of humus, which is conducive to higher yields.

Peter Melchett, policy director at Britain’s Organic Soil Association, says a primary benefit of a country becoming 100 percent organic is an assurance of quality to consumers that creates both an international reputation and associated market advantage.

Stray dogs and feral cats in our cities may be supplanted by raccoons, foxes and coyotes if current trends continue.

Even mountain lions and bears are unexpectedly showing up in urban landscapes. Evidence suggests that clashes between humans and other predators will increase and potentially intensify.

Ohio State University Biologist Stan Gehrt stated, “The coyote is the test case for other animals,” at an EcoSummit 2012 conference in Columbus, Ohio. “We’re finding that these animals are much more flexible than we gave them credit for, and they’re adjusting to our cities.” Coyotes, commonplace around many metropolitan areas, don’t seem to mind the density, with some packs each confining themselves to a one-third-square-mile territory.

Eradication efforts have sometimes faltered, partially because of public backlashes sympathetic to wild animals, plus a pattern in which new coyotes tend to quickly move into areas where other animals have been evicted. Gehrt poses the question, “Are we going to be able to adjust to them living with us or are we not going to be able to coexist?”

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“It’s not a huge garden, but we still feel nearly overwhelmed with the harvest in late August.” Her family of four tends a diversity of edibles on their urban lot in

a suburb of Seattle, Washington.

Word has spread because Strauss writes about her experiences via Northwest Edible Life, a blog about food growing, cooking and urban homesteading. “Every kid on the block has picked an Asian pear off my espalier and munched on raw green beans,” she notes. “Even picky eaters seem pretty interested when they can pick tasty treats

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“Urbanization, a major demographic trend, has implications for how we grow and consume food,” observes Roger Doiron, founder of Kitchen Gardeners International. “If we agree that feeding more people fresh, local foods is a priority, we’re going to need to landscape and, in many cases, retrofit urban and suburban areas for increased food production.”

Millions of Americans now participate in growing mainstay foods.

According to a 2009 study by the National Gardening Association, 31 percent of all U.S. households grew food for their families in 2008, and more have since the economic downturn.

Bruce Butterfield, the association’s research director, estimates that nearly 70 percent of these gardens are in urban or suburban areas.

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“Some are office workers leaving unsatisfying jobs, techie types learning the trade in universities and back-to-theland folks that happen to live in cities.

Others are activists taking on the industrial farm system, folks adopting trends or entrepreneurs that see opportunities in the rising prices of quality food and the proximity of millions of customers.”

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Converting lawns at schools, churches and empty city lots into community gardens fosters community connections, improves access to affordable nutritious foods and creates employment opportunities.

A widespread challenge to the trend is dealing with the quality of urban soil and testing for possible toxins. Often, urban soil must be improved using compost and other nutrients before plants can prosper. A nearby irrigation source is also required.

“One potential problem for urban gardeners may be the community reaction to an edible landscape,” admits Strauss.

“In some cities, edible gardens in the front yard or even the common parking strip are celebrated and even officially encouraged.

But in communities where lawn is still king and city codes regarding vegetation are vague and open to interpretation, one complaint from an anonymous neighbor can become an exhausting political and legal fight.”

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Community gardens often transform vacant lots and other marginal land into green growing places. In Chicago, The Peterson Garden Project, an awardwinning nonprofit program, has been turning unsightly empty lots into raisedbeds in which residents learn to grow their own food since 2010.

“Nationally, it’s been found that having a community garden on unused land increases property values, decreases crime and promotes a sense of unity with neighbors and others,” explains LaManda Joy, president and founder of the project.

“We work with property owners on the short-term use of their land to enhance the community in which they eventually plan to develop.”

“Participating in a community garden serves up a lot of individual victories,” says Joy. “Improved health and nutrition, learning a new skill, teaching kids where food comes from, productive exercise, mental well-being, connecting with others and saving money—community gardens help make all of this possible.”

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“How many recalls have we seen because some food item has been contaminated and people have suffered or died as a result? I am concerned about the safety and security of our food supply,” says Wendy Brown, whose family tends a quarteracre garden with raised and landscaped beds and containers wrapped around their home plus an onsite greenhouse in a beach resort suburb of Portland, Maine. “As a mother, it concerns me that I might feed my children something that will hurt them. High-fructose corn syrup, genetically engineered crops and BPA-

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Brown is one of more than 3 million Americans that are following FEMA recommendations in preparing for any event that might disrupt food supplies.

Her book, Surviving the Apocalypse in the Suburbs, shares everything her family has done to safeguard themselves, including growing produce, caring for animals and canning, freezing, drying, cold storage or fermenting foods for later use.

“For me, it’s more about being prepared for the everyday things that are happening, like increases in food and fuel prices or a loss of family income,” Brown says. “If we’re growing at least some of our own food, I have a lot less to worry about when such things happen.”

The family also keeps rabbits and ducks, plus egg-laying and meat-providing chickens that can total 40 animals in the summer at their “nanofarm”. These also supply natural fertilizer for the crops.

Nearby beehives provide 20 pounds of honey each year. Because the foods they produce are solely for their personal use, the Browns are exempt from regulatory restrictions.

“Our neighbors love what we’re doing,” says Brown, whose house is close enough they can chat across their front porches. “One says our initiative reminds him of growing up in Maine pretty much self-sufficient. The other tells friends and

coworkers they aren’t worried if things really go bad because they have us as neighbors.”

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“With some effort, urban gardeners can grow great vegetables anyplace that affords enough light and warmth,” advises Strauss, who gardens primarily in raised beds in her front and back yards.

“I garden on the scale I do because I love it. It’s both relaxing and challenging, and we eat well.”

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“Lasagna” gardening—layering newspaper or cardboard and other organic materials on top—can be effective in urban areas because it involves no digging or tilling. Just as with making compost, alternate between brown and green layers. Once the materials break down, add plants to the newly created growing bed.

Urban dwellers with limited space may employ square-foot gardening, intensively growing plants in raised beds using a growing medium of vermiculite, peat moss and compost. This method can yield fewer weeds and is easier on the back. “It’s an easy concept to grasp for new gardeners,” remarks Joy. “We use it to both maximize output in a small area and ensure healthy, organic, contaminant-free soil.”

Rooftop gardens are becoming more common as larger agricultural operations use them to grow income crops. The U.S. Department of Agriculture considers anyone that sells more than $1,000 of produce to neighbors or area restaurants a farmer, rather than a gardener, so regulations may apply.

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any restaurants are seeking to lower ‘food miles’ and offer fresher, more local food,” reports Michael Oshman, founder and CEO of the Green Restaurant Association, which certifies sustainably operated restaurants. The 500-plus restaurants certified since 1990 include university, government and corporate cafeterias.

The award-winning Uncommon Ground restaurant, in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood, maximizes the nation’s first certified organic rooftop farm using just 654 square feet of soil. Combined with its Wrigleyville restaurant’s “sidewalk farm”, client chefs receive 1,200 pounds of fresh produce each year, valued at more than $5,600. Ingredients not grown onsite are sourced directly from regional farms, with their names often appearing on the menu. Community education is also part of the program.

According to the “What’s Hot” National Restaurant Association nationwide survey of chefs, hyperlocal food sourcing, including rooftop farms, was the fifth-most-popular trend in 2011. Also in the top 10 were locally grown produce sourced from area farmers, farm-branded ingredients and sustainability.

“Customers now have an opportunity to demand local and organic ingredients as much as possible,” concludes Oshman. More Americans than ever want to know the origin of what’s on their plate.

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Urban gardening is also thriving indoors in terrariums, window boxes and small greenhouses. Even partially lit rooms can support certain vegetables or herbs with grow lights.

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With more than 80 percent of Americans currently living in urban and suburban areas, the questionable nutrition of many mass-produced foods, increasing pesticide and herbicide use by non-organic farmers, greenhouse gas emissions from food transport and weather patterns altered by climate change, it’s past time to take back some control. Operating our own gardens and preparing our own meals turns us back into producers, not merely consumers.

“For the most part, we’re just average suburbanites,” concludes Brown. “We just choose to have less lawn and more garden. A huge benefit is that we need less income because we’re buying less at the grocery store. Our goal is to semi-retire in our mid-50s—not because we’ve made a bunch of money, but because we’ve needed less money to live along the way.”

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ost Americans would be a bit squeamish at the thought of eating insects. Yet insects serve as a significant source of protein for most of the non-European world.

Folks who were having their first bug bites at the Audubon Insectarium recently noted that eating insects is a healthy alternative to meat, which is becoming increasingly challenging to them given the conditions under which the animals are raised.

“Kids need to understand and be taught about the food they eat,” grandparent Vickie Miller of New Orleans said after tasting her first bugs, a mealworm salsa on a cracker. “These are filled with calcium and protein.” [What we normally eat] has stuff in it that the FDA [Food and Drug Administration] doesn’t tell us about – like in beef, those hormones are so bad for you.”

“I’ve been reading about what they are feeding those animals, and we have two choices: to go to the Whole Foods line, or to add something else for our nutrition,” said George Neofotistos after his first tasting. His companion, Natalya Rostovshchikova, who brought him to the cooking demonstration as a Valentine’s Day gift, noted that the cultures that do consume insects “are famous for their

George Neofotistos and Natalya Rostovshchikova sample insect fare at the Audubon Insectarium

longevity and better health.”

Entomophagy (technically pronounced ēnto-mo-fā-gy, emphasis on the “fā”) is part of the regular diet in many countries around the world, according to the Insectarium’s Animal and Visitor Program’s Manager, Zack Lemann. A termite, caterpillar and praying mantis may vary in protein/carbohydrate/fat ratios, as does meat, but they are all very high in other nutrients across the board – phosphorous, iron, calcium, riboflavin, niacin and thiamine, for example.

Take house crickets, which are “mass reared and easy to get,” according to Lemann. “They taste good and they are nutritionally well balanced.” For every

100 grams, crickets have almost half the protein of beef, 20 percent of the fat and 5 grams of carbohydrates – beef has no carbohydrate. “If your concerns are nutritional, then consider eating insects,” he said, noting that they do not have the hormones, steroids, and other additives that are so often administered to the meat producers.

Not only do insects more closely fit the nutritional needs of humans, but they also offer “more bang for your buck” compared to domesticated quadrupeds, said Audubon Bug Chef Mack “The Quack” Cuenca. Foremost entomophagy expert David Gracer explained: for every 10 kilograms of feed, insects provide 8 kilograms of nutrients; for the same amount of feed, meat producers usually provide about 1 kilogram of nutrients. By this measurement, insects are clearly more efficient in providing nutrition relative to the resources expended in their production compared to animal sources.

As he brewed some bug snacks on the stove for a crowd of kids that descended on the Insectarium on Valentine’s Day, Cuenca showed a table of nutritional facts on critters such as grasshoppers, dung beetles and red ants. He also showed pictures of bins filled with cooked bugs at a market in Asia, saying that eating scorpion on a stick isn’t much different than us eating lobster.

The children lined up with their hands out to get their first chocolate-covered cricket.

Gracer said approximately 1,500 species of insects are consumed by people in about 80 percent of the countries across the globe. However, insects are not part of the American human diet, because Americans descended from Europeans, who evolved in a place where the growing season was too short for insects to be a readily available and reliable food source,

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Lemann explained. As Western culture moved into the sub-tropics, so did its norms and taboos. In recent years, as the once-vilified practice of eating raw fish is now commonplace, a few restaurants have started serving bugs in response to public curiosity. Examples are Typhoon in Santa Monica, and Tequila’s in Philadelphia.

“It is not an insurmountable hurdle,” Lemann said. “We eat crustaceans, and they are just bugs that live in the water.”

He added that honey is the vomit of bees and recalled the location on the chicken where eggs emerge. Notably, most of us eat insects without knowing it, since the FDA

allows a percentage of bug parts in our food. “There are 56 insect parts in every peanut butter and jelly sandwich!” Cuenca told his audience.

“The hardest part is getting someone to try,” Lemann said, but usually the result is positive. To get a test taste, the Insectarium has cooking demonstrations three times daily at its so-called Bug Appetit kitchen-theater. “That’s a way to get started, or you can forage and collect your own stuff or purchase farm-raised.”

He suggested Flucker Farms as a source for the most common edible insects: meal worms (larvae of the darkling beetle), wax

worms (caterpillar larvae of wax moth), and house crickets.

David Gracer, a Rhode Island English teacher, naturalist and tireless spokesman for entomophagy, advocates that the “elephant in the room” is how to feed the ever-burgeoning human population.

“I hope to demonstrate and prove that large scale insect production is objectively the best course by which to feed a large number of people,” Gracer said. “Humans will need insects and something similar, such as algae – which can be produced in large amounts – over the next 40-50 years.”

Only in the past few years in this country has there been much interest on the subject by the media. Perhaps TV programs like Survivor have piqued some of that interest.

“There has been news coverage, and there are a few advocates, like me, but society hasn’t come around to it yet,” he said. Once the public understands the nutritional value of insects and how easy they are to produce, each individual will have to “use critical thinking skills and extra intelligence and vision to ask the questions and challenge their knee-jerk reaction,” Gracer said. “The hardest bug to eat is the first one. Then you realize that it’s not that big of a deal.”

Rostovshchikova and Neofotistos, the New Orleans couple who made entomophagy part of their expression of love, advocated that trying new things and diversifying the diet not only improves health, but it helps to reduce the demand for mass-produced animal products. “Start with yourself,” Rostovshchikova said, “and the rest of the world will change.”

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Danny Burke 504-915-7200 danny@lifesomatics.com LifeSomatics.com

Somatics, an all natural way to eliminate pain, repair injury and improve sports performance through gentle, slow movements. Danny is a Somatic Educator trained in the tradition of Thomas Hanna. Northshore and Southshore appointments available.

MARRAKESH MASSAGE

Zev Attias, LA Lic. #6926 319-855-3799 marrakeshmassage@gmail.com MarrakeshMassage.com

We offer a variety of manual therapies in a luxurious and relaxing ambiance in our convenient Metairie location. See ad on page 43.

REGENERATION SPRINGS LMT#3773, LAP#0164, NCBTMB#451903-12 Abita Springs, 985-893-4456 RegenerationSprings.com

Donna Caire offers reconnecting abdominal massage therapies and comprehensive classes to address the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of dis-ease for both clients and therapists.

Studio is located in a natural woodland setting.

CEU’s available.

TOUCH AND HEAL MASSAGE THERAPY

Melissa K. Brocato, LMT, LA Lic#4861 8725 Oak St., New Orleans 504-388-1468 TouchAndHealMassageTherapy.com

Can you imagine a life without pain? Clinical massage could be an addition to your pain management routine. Also offering group packages, prenatal and sports massage. Located inside Salon Alphonse on Oak Street. Outcalls available.

breathwork 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! Unique session for caregivers.

childbirth professionals NICOLE “SISTA MIDWIFE” DEGGINS Certified Nurse Midwife 504-233-3806 Nicole@sistamidwife.com SistaMidwife.com

Providing personalized support & education and a unique insider’s view to help you feel more empowered & prepared for birth.

Over 18 years of experience as labor nurse, midwife & doula. Currently available as doula/montrice & pregnancy coach.

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chiropractic/wellness CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH CENTER

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 nonsurgical spinal decompression, cold laser, EB-Cellular Cleanser, Far Infra Red Sauna and the Ideal Protein Diet plan. See ad on page 38.

UPPER CERVICAL FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC

128 W. Harrison Ave., New Orleans 504-488-1800 UCFamilyChiropractic.com

Rebuild, repair and renew your body today! Family wellness consultant, Dr. Joshua Rilette, helps alleviate aches and pains through specific chiropractic care and offers weight loss plans, cold laser therapy, nutrition, body cleansing, detoxification and orthopedics.

See ad on page 20.

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counseling and psychotherapy ANDREA SCHEELE, LCSW,

LMFT Alternative Health Consultant “You too can move away from the past andAttachment towards Psychotherapy 504-897-9670 a life of vitality, wholeness and fulfilling relationships.”

1303 Amelia St., New Orleans ChiMachineForYourHealth.com 504-899-2686 Stress, poor circulation, headaches, Individual, Couples back&pain, insomnia, depression, Family Therapy stroke, asthma, weight loss? You Attachment EMDR name it! Psychotherapy Oxygen heals! /Free one week inhomeLCSW, trial!LMFT See ad on Andrea Scheele, 1303 Amelia Street page 39 New Orleans, LA 70115 (504) 899-2686

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From beginning to end, our dedicated spa teams ensure your journey enhances your well-being and enlivens your spirit. Over 70 massage, facial, body and nail treatment options. Special packages and group events also available. See ad on page 36.

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very homeowner would be happy to make their home more energy efficient in order to reap the cost savings as well as the added benefits of a more comfortable home and healthier environment. dentist Doing so, though, may be daunting to many. What work would MIKE ROBICHAUX, DDS the home need? What makes the most sense to do for their 1101 Robert Blvd., Ste. A, Slidell particular situation? Who should be hired to do the work? How 985-641-8058 much will it cost and how will they finance it all? These are the MikeRobichauxDDS.com questions homeowners must ask themselves.

Offering a holistic and patientcentered approach to dentistry, Enter NOLA Wise to make it easy. NOLA Wise is a program because we believe the health of the administered by the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA), mouth and overall health cannot be through a partnership with Global Green USA and the City of separated. We help those we serve New Orleans, to provide services that help home owners lower make decisions that are in their best interests, based on their values and goals, by energy use by a minimum of 15% and up to 30% or more state of the art information within a through a turn-key service for the weatherization of New Orleans homes. NOLAWise providing trusting relationship. See ad on page 27. is funded through the Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Program using federal stimulus dollars.

The first step in the NOLA Wise process begins with a Home Performance energy efficiency Evaluation (HPE) for $35 by one of the contractors already vetted through the program. NOLA WISE The homeowner will receive a report highlighting areas in the home that waste energy, Global Green costing them money. The homeowner and contractor then settle on the scope of work 504-523-WISE (9473) to be done and at that point the NOLA Wise program will help the homeowner access nolawise@globalgreen.org Energy efficiency all the rebates available to them. After the work is completed, a final test is conducted program for New by a third party representative who checks the work and verifies that it was completed Orleans homes that safely and correctly. makes it easy to All contractors in the program have Building Performance Institute (BPI) weatherize your home. We coordinate it all for certifications, the national standard for green building and weatherization. Green you. Five step program includes whole house energy evaluation, recommendations, financing Coast Enterprises is another partner providing quality control over each job to assure and incentives help, contractor coordination and energy savings. inspection of work. Save up to 30% on energy NOLA Wise helps homeowners access incentives through Entergy’s Energy Smart bills. Through a partnership of Global Green, City of New Orleans and Southeast Energy Efficiency program and also low interest loans through Fidelity Homestead Savings Bank.

Alliance. Call or visit website for more details.

In February NOLA Wise launched a $750 cash back incentive for the first 70 See ad page 9. homeowners in 2013 to complete a NOLA Wise energy retrofit.

NOLA Wise community events encourage neighborhoods to work together toward energy psychology energy efficiency. The Neighborhood Energy Challenge, has three neighborhood team finalists competing to have the most HPE’s completed by March 31. The winning team MARYLOU SMITH withproject. the transformational power of PSYCH-K will receive $5000 toward a neighborhood greening Mid-City Volleyball Group/ Energy Psychology & Mid-City Neighborhood Organization, Hollygrove Neighbors, and Villages of the East Experience your unlimited power through the gentle processMediation Couples of PSYCH-K . Free yourself from traumatic memories, 504-723-2899 Coalition are the three groups competing. limiting thoughts and addictive behavior. Supportinfo@marylousmith.com what is most meaningful in the journey of living your life’sMarylouSmith.com purpose.

NOLA Wise offices are located at 2705 S. Broad St. in New Orleans. Home A results oriented approach to Marylou Smith Performance Evaluation appointments may be made by calling 504-523-WISE (9473). growth & healing that is designed to Advanced PSYCH-K Facilitator See ad on page 9. restore balance & harmony to body, Private Sessions

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mind and emotions. Marylou also guides couples in conflict to peace through the gentle process of sacred mediation. See ad on page 29.

feng shui LIVE, LOVE AND FENG SHUI Eveline Hoffmann Feng Shui practitioner 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 on page 10.

Fitness BODYFUSION IN-HOME FITNESS 504-495-1937 BodyFusion.info

A woman’s time is short, health a priority. BodyFusion brings training -Cardio, Strength, Flexibility -conveniently to your home.

BodyFusion works within Your crowded schedule. To reserve a free individual fitness analysis call Debbie today.

SISTAHS MAKING A CHANGE Jamilah Peters-Muhammad Coordinator Ashé Cultural Arts Center 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.

New Orleans 504-569-9070

Get fit with the “sistahs” as you exercise and dance your way to wellness. Classes at 6:00 p.m. each Mon. and Thurs. African, Salsa, Line Dance, and more. A nutritious meal is served after each class. Call for more information or just show up ready to move! See ad on page 18.

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The English Tea Room It’s Tea for These Two

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im and Jan Lantrip, now beginning their 11th year in the business, were the perfect pair to open the English Tea Room in Covington. Tim is a real estate developer and a history buff with a special interest in Winston Churchill. Jan is a compounding pharmacist, who loves the health benefits of different types of teas and finding different tea blends. Tea infusions have found their way into many of the dishes served.

The charming yellow cottage that houses the restaurant in Old Covington welcomes visitors with an authentic London black cab parked by the sign with the teapot on it. Inside, visitors are treated to the Lantrips’ warm hospitality and are given the experience of a real English Tea Room with fine china tea cups, lace curtains, fresh flowers and white linen napkins. One can almost imagine they have been transported to a tea room in the English countryside.

A full breakfast, lunch and high tea are served all day six days a week. The food is authentic English fare with an upscale twist. Diners may try some old English favorites such as scones, crumpets, scotch eggs, ploughman’s lunch (a platter of specialty cheeses, bread and traditional Branston pickle), and baked beans on buttered toast. There is also a varied selection of gourmet quiches, sandwiches, soups, salads and, of course, high tea. Options for high tea range from tea and crumpets to the all out Windsor High Tea. The atmosphere is friendly, where patrons are invited to relax over their cup of tea.

The English Tea Room has one of the largest selections of loose leaf teas in the South.

If visitors are lucky they will be able to garner a few pearls of wisdom on the subject of tea from Jan Lantrip.

The English Tea Room is available for special events, after hour private parties and catering. The Alice in Wonderland Cottage behind the restaurant is also available for children’s tea parties. Teas and tea accessories are for sale in the restaurant, and teas may also be purchased online. Jan is available as a guest speaker on tea and health, cooking with tea and tea 101 – the basics of tea.

The English Tea room, located at 734 East Rutland Street, Covington 70433, is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. For menus and list of teas visit EnglishTeaRoom.com. See ad on page 6.

Australian Bush Practitioner & Teacher 504-388-2356 nolareiki@gmail.com NolaReiki.com

Practitioner and teacher of Australian Bush Flower Essences. Many custom blended essences available, including: Detox, Calm & Clear, Stress Relief, Confidence, Cognis, Woman, Travel Ease, Adolescence, Yoga. National LMT/CEU classes available. See ad on page 43.

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A dedicated gluten-free bakery also offering dairy free and vegan items for walk in, catering and wholesale. Our mission: Give back to the community and provide awareness and partnerships with regards to food allergies. See ad on page 5.

green business LIFECITY, LLC MyLifeCity.com

A membership-based organization that certifies green businesses and helps consumers find green businesses through a discount card membership. Life City is a founding partner with Natural Awakenings of the local Gumbo Green Games. Check the website for details.

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Health Coach EARTH GIRL HEALTH Lisa Guillot 985-231-8006 EarthGirlHealth.com

Together, we will discover the food and lifestyle choices that best support you. Making gradual, lifelong changes enables you to reach your current and future health goals.

Schedule a free one-hour health consultation. See ad on page 27.

HOLISTIC LIFE APPROACH, LLC Karen Boudreaux, LMT#5214, CHHC 985-276-8119 HolisticLifeApproach.com

We offer a “Whole Person” Approach – customized to fit YOU, Your Lifestyle! One-on-One Support, Kitchen Raids, Grocery Field Trips. We support you in reaching YOUR Goals of Health, Wellness, and Balance. See ad on page 14.

holistic healing Centers AFFORDABLE HEALING ARTS A Community of Healers located inside the NOHC 985-467-0900 helpme@affordablehealingarts.com affordablehealingarts.com

AHA! is a beautiful, comfortable space where practitioners and clients meet. Independent practitioners find affordable shared office space in a community environment. Clients find practitioners with their best interests in mind. See ad on page 8.

WOMEN’S CENTER FOR HEALING & TRANSFORMATION 71667 Leveson St,. Abita Springs 985-892-8111 WomensCenterForHealing.org

Non-profit center with events, classes, support groups and on-site professional appointments for women, by women. Massage, health and fitness coaching, holistic and body-based psychotherapy, spiritual consultations, and more. Large room rental for women’s workshops. See ad on page 13.

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in The Women’s Center for Healing Suzanne Harper, LMT, MHealthEd 985-892-9322 Virginia Davis, BSRN, LMT 985-400-8933

Massage Therapy, Chi Nei Tsang, Tai Chi Continuing Ed. for LMT’s Qigong classes & workshops Food for Longevity & Healing workshops Integrative Health Coaching Mind-Body Skills Groups Refer to Women’s Center

holistic/energy healing CENTER FOR ENLIGHTENED TRANSFORMATION Cindy B. Daigle 504-931-6494 North shore and New Orleans area cindy@outlookdesign.com CindyDaigle.org

Cindy utilizes powerful energetic healing methods to shift and balance the auric field, chakras and the cells of our body. Health, Joy, and Balance within, attracts the same externally. See ad on page 17.

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AVIVA Massage & Well-Being It’s All About Feeling Well

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t AVIVA Massage and Well-Being Center, located in Old Mandeville, there is no such thing as a “one-sizefits-all” session. Owner and practitioner Linda Strickland uses her training and skills in psycho-social counseling, massage therapy, hypnotherapy and a wide variety of other modalities such as Reiki and reflexology to listen to what is going on with each client at the moment and address those needs in the session. She points out that massage therapists are licensed health care professionals and she takes that role seriously as she looks at each client’s needs holistically.

Early on in her healthcare career, Strickland found the mind-body-spirit connection to be an important factor in her own life as well as her healing sessions with clients. While massage has been, and is a vital part of her work, the mindbody-spirit modalities such as hypnotherapy, meditation and Linda L. Strickland, Reiki have been a part of her repertoire from very early on.

BA, CHt, RM, LMT Strickland holds a B.A. degree from Mississippi State and is licensed in massage therapy in Louisiana. In addition, she has trained in hypnotherapy, reflexology and is a Usui and Karuna Reiki master/teacher.

As a Universal Life Minister, she officiates at weddings and other events under the name of Blissful Unions. She serves on the board of the LA chapter of the American Massage Therapy Association and is certified by the National Certification Board of therapeutic Massage and Bodywork.

For a full menu and description of services and more about Linda Strickland, visit avivamassage.com. See ad on page 19.

AVIVA Massage & Bodywork Spa

A Service of Heartlight Enterprises, LLC Linda L. Strickland, BA, CHt, RM, LMT 601 Lafitte Street, Mandeville 70448 985-727-9665

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Mike Wittenbrink, MBA 504-339-0594 PowerPath.org

Learn “The Greatest Secret to Self-Healing, Empowerment, and Creativity” in our on-going Tuesday night class. Take back your power, release your emotional pain, solve your problems, and create a happier life. Open class: come once or every week. At Unity Temple. 3722 St. Charles, NOLA. For details, call or see web page.

REBECCA GREEN

Shamanic Practitioner Affordable Healing Arts LLC 2372 St. Claude Ave., Ste. 220, New Orleans 408-540-8627 rebecca.green51@gmail.com

Journey into the shamanic realms for self-discovery, retrieving soul-parts disassociated in trauma, clearing blocks and connecting with your essential self. Energy work, sound healing, movement integration. Workshops and individual sessions.

STEP’S HOLISTIC INFORMATION & REFERRAL SERVICES L.E. “Step” Stepteaux, Jr., C.Ht. 504-236-4687 Stepinfo@mailaka.net

Connecting People With People and Information Around The World. I enjoy helping people to reach their goals, from around the country to around the world via the Telephone & the Internet.

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Annick Juneau CHt, Reiki Master 4710 Canal St., New Orleans HandsHelpHeal.com

If you long for better relationships but are held back by fear and pain from the past; we can help release that pain using techniques such as Reiki, hypnosis and Past Life Regression.

“You too can move away from the past and towards a life of vitality, wholeness and fulfilling relationships.”

integrative medicine IRENE SEBASTIAN, M.D., Ph.D

401 Veterans Blvd., Ste. 203, Metairie 504-838-9804 IreneSebastianMD.com Experience the difference that Homeopathic Medicine and Functional Medicine can bring to your health. The safe alternative— Less need for prescription drugs— Stimulation of your innate healing force. See ad on page 41.

Individual, Couples & Family Therapy Attachment Psychotherapy / EMDR Andrea Scheele, LCSW, LMFT 1303 Amelia Street New Orleans, LA 70115 (504) 899-2686

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When we are physically, mentally and emotionally strong, passion, peace and purpose flow naturally.

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Our mission is to improve health and reverse chronic disease through hormonal and energetic balancing and nutrition. A practice of preventive medicine and wellness with a holistic approach to women’s gynecological and overall health. We offer a healthy medically supervised weight loss program. See ad on page 26.

PMA MEDICAL TREATMENT AND WELLNESS CENTER OF LOUISIANA Kenner and Metairie Locations 504-441-5555 PMAWellness.US

Multidisciplinary, Integrative approach to healthcare, including primary care, weight loss management, food intolerance testing, allergy testing, hormone balancing (in-house laboratory) and a vast array of aesthetic services.

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SLIDELL NUTRITIONAL MEDICINE

Dr. James Fambro 315 Robert Blvd., Ste. A, Slidell 985-288-5162 GetWellSlidell.com

Give your body what it needs to be Self-Healing. Our services include Functional Medicine Evaluation, Nutrition Assisted Addiction Recovery, Intravenous Vitamin/ Mineral Therapies, Food and Environmental Testing/Treatment, Mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy & Pulsed Magnetic Field Therapy. See ad on page 15 and profile on page 21.

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life coach APRIL STOLF MNLP, RYT 504-982-9642 april@aprilstolf.com gestalt-institute.com AprilStolf.com

Life, Yoga, Fashion. A unique combination of services from an NLP Master Practitioner, Yoga Instructor, and Fashion Expert to support you in becoming your best Self. Overcome obstacles, regain enthusiasm, build confidence, improve overall health, and discover your personal style. See ad on page 45.

HARMONIOUS YOU, LLC Holistic Lifestyle Coach NewOrleansHealing.com 504-669-1020

Harmonious You promotes a new perspective in coaching, wellness and life transitions by focusing on the positive. Define your goals and get there quickly. Free consultations, new client discounts and gift certificates available! See ad on page 39.

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Andrew McLean 425 First St., New Orleans 504-975-3786 Adorasound.com

“Healing from Within” with Taoist Healing Energetics - applied Chi Kung for the internal organs (Chi Nei Tsang), private and group Chi Kung classes available & stress and addiction therapy with NADA (Auricular) Acupuncture.

NOLA AIKIDO

3909 Bienville St., Ste. 103 New Orleans 504-208 4861 NolaAikido.com

Providing ongoing practice in a Martial Art of Peace for Every Body whose benefits for both adults and children include fitness, core training, flexibility, balance, strength, mindfulness, stress reduction, self-defense, community, and fun. All are welcome to our beautiful Mid-City facility!

TAI CHI-QI GONG

Shifu King Lam 8132 Willow St., Uptown 504-866-2241 KingLam1199@gmail.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.

KingLamtaichi-karate.com. See ad on page 43 and calendar for classes.

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massage schools BLUE CLIFF COLLEGE Clearview Mall, Metairie 504-293-0972

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. Visit our retail shop for massage supplies: Biotone & Therapro Cremes & Oils, aromatherapy products, books & more. Monthly specials! See ad on page 42.

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Better Bottoms is an affordable cloth diaper service that has serviced hundreds of New Orleans Metro area babies! Keep baby happy and healthy while keeping diapers out of landfills! Check our website for diaper options and accessories. See ad on page 36.

ZUKABABY

2122 Magazine St., NOLA 504-596-6540 ZukaBaby.com

ZukaBaby specializes in cloth diapers, breastfeeding supplies, baby carriers, natural toys and locally made baby items. Hosting monthly community events: La Leche League, Babywearers Meetup, nutrition classes and Wee Hands baby sign language. See ad page 10.

THE NUTRITION COMPANY 4350 Hwy 22, Ste H, Mandeville 985-727-3482 VitalityJuice.com

“Where Healthy Tastes Good.” Featuring organic juices, wheatgrass, all natural, sugar free smoothies, full service organic coffee bar. Also freshly prepared organic salads, soups, chilis, free range burgers and grilled sandwiches, wraps, paninis, vegetarian & vegan specialities. Delicious Swerve baked goods!

Dine-in/take-out. Catering available. Open Mon-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-5, closed Sun. See ad on page 26.

NUTRIVERUS POWDER

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Nourish your body with all natural, food-sourced vitamins, minerals, glyconutrients and antioxidants. Simply mix with food or beverage without affect taste. Enjoy the benefits of energy boosting with immune system-supporting nutrition

OIL & VINEGAR

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An interactive gourmet specialty shop packed with international food and cooking products in alluring, Mediterranean-style surroundings. See, Smell and Taste the many flavors while enjoying an un-matched shopping experience with an international flair. See ad on page 14.

natural foods & supplements NATURE LOVERS HEALTH FOOD 3014 Cleary Ave., Metairie 504-887-4929 CherylBreaud@gmail.com

Since 1985. We are your independent health food store.

Our goal is to provide the knowledge you need to take responsibility for your health.

Our knowledgeable staff will help you find answers. Vitamins, herbs, glutenfree products.See ad on page 45.

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natural Pharmacy CASSO’S WELLNESS STORE & GYM

3308 Cleary Ave., Metairie 504-888-3077 TheWellnessStore.com

Pharmaceutical quality nutritional products, vitamins, minerals, herbs and natural hormones.

Natural hormone balancing consultations. Counseling on pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals by a registered pharmacist and clinical nutritionist. Alkaline water available as well as sessions with Photon Genius. See ad on page 51.

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Sally Lincoln, LDN, CDE

Trey Tournillon, RDECST

MA Family Practice was established in Kenner by Marie Patron in 2007. Having worked in the health care industry for over 25 years, she envisioned a medical practice that was more efficient and compassionate than what she had seen in traditional medical care. She wanted to give patients quality health care that provided more education, more services and more attention.

By 2008, Ricky Phillips had joined the staff and brought an integrative and holistic approach to patient care at PMA, taking the practice even beyond Patron’s vision. Fellowship trained in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine, Phillips holds a Doctor of Naturopathy, Doctor of Nursing Practice and also has credentials as a Family Nurse Practitioner, Diplomat of the American Board of Anti-Aging Health Practioners and is a Fellow of the American Association of Integrative Medicine. Grounded in more than 20 years of healthcare experience, he believes that optimal health and wellness involves much more than simply “a pill for every ill.” His approach is to look for the underlying cause of illness rather than just treating symptoms with medications, though he is not opposed to prescribing medications when necessary.

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ach blue recycle bin filled with plastic, aluminum, glass, paper and cardboard helps the environment, because it reduces landfill, takes less energy to repurpose materials than to make new ones and gently reminds us that thoughtful consumption is healthier for people and the planet. But what do all those recyclables turn into?

Repurposed Plastics

Plastic milk jugs turn into colorful playthings at Green Toys, of Mill Valley, California. Repurposing one pound of recycled milk jugs instead of making new plastic saves enough energy to run a computer for a month. All packaging is made from recycled content and printed with soy ink, so it can go into the blue bin again. GreenToys.com’s online counter shows the number of containers recycled—more than 10 million to date.

Fila Golf’s Principal Designer Nancy Robitaille says, “Recycled P E T ( p o l y e t hy l e n e terephthalate), a core Fila cooling fabric, is used throughout our collection.

E a ch f u l l y r e cy c l e d PET garment reuses about two-and-a-half 20-ounce plastic pop bottles.”

Pa t a g o n i a customers are encouraged to return their old coat when buying a new one. Coats in good condition are given to people in need; the PET fleece lining from retired coats is sent to ReFleece, in Somerville, Massachusetts, where it

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“We expect to make 10,000 cases this year from 2,000 jackets,” says Jennifer Fellers, ReFleece’s CEO. “We use low heat to press the cases into shape.”

Vancouver, Canada, which plans to be the greenest city in the world by 2020, includes recycled plastic from bags and water bottles in laying down warm asphalt mix for roads because it uses less fuel to keep the tar at a pourable temperature. Switching from traditional hot asphalt technology also reduces emissions.

Transforming Aluminum and Glass

In 2012, Do Something.org partnered with Alcoa to challenge teens to recycle aluminum cans. For every 50 cans collected during a two-month period, they were awarded a chance to win a $5,000 scholarship. The sponsors note that recycling one can saves enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for 20 hours. The final total was 1,152,569 cans kept out of landfills. “ Aluminum can be recycled an infinite number of times,” says Beth Schmitt, director of recycling programs for Alcoa, which has centers nationwide and cash-back programs for community fundraisers.

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Wine bottles become designer drinking glasses at Rolf Glass, in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. “Our designs give used bottles a second life,” says owner Rolf Poeting. Refresh Glass, of Phoenix, Arizona, salvages and preps the bottles.

“Then, our glass cutting and diamondwheel engraving technology transforms them into sophisticated Glacier Glass,” continues Poeting. “This seems to be a trend in many industries, to find additional uses for another company’s recycled products.”

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Sound inside Buick Lacrosse and Verano vehicles is dampened via a ceiling material made partly from reused cardboard shipping boxes. Paint sludge from General Motors’ Lansing, Michigan, Grand River assembly plant becomes durable plastic shipping containers for Chevrolet Volt and Cruze engine components. Some 200 miles of absorbent polypropylene sleeves, used to soak up a recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, were converted into air deflectors for the Volt, preventing 212,500 pounds of waste from entering landfills.

As part of its community outreach, 250 shipping crates from GM’s Orion assembly plant became raised garden beds for a Southwest Detroit community garden.

A local entrepreneur turned donated sound absorption material into coats that also serve as sleeping bags for the homeless.

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The Rubber Manufacturers Association reports that Americans discard 300 million tires each year, e a ch o n e h av i n g consumed about seven gallons of oil in its manufacture and poised to add to Earth’s landfills.

Lehigh Technologies’ micronized rubber powder (MRP), made by freeze-drying discarded tires and pulverizing them into a fine powder, changes the equation. MRP is now used in many items, from new tires, roads and building materials to shoes.

It feels good to place used items in the blue bin instead of the trash, knowing that more and more companies are helping to put these resources to good use.

Connect with freelance writer Avery Mack at AveryMack@mindspring.com.

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Glass – Target stores Batteries – Radio Shack and Target Ink and toner – Office Depot (store credit with Worklife Rewards Card) Paint/building materials – The Green Project, 2831 Marais St., New Orleans Plastic shopping bags – Target, Whole Foods, Rouses Electronics – Best Buy Mardi Gras beads/throws – Arc of Greater New Orleans (check arcgno.org for the 3 locations), Whole Foods, and Rouses markets Auto fluid/gas/tires – Jefferson Parish, 400 David Dr in Metairie and 6440 LaPalco Blvd in Marrero.

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Green Games Racing to a Green Finish

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Serving Up Green

Restaurants are learning that one way to differentiate is to be eco-friendly. For Café Carmo, having a sustainable business is important to the owners, Dana and Christine Honn, who hail from San Francisco. The tropical café opened about two and a half years ago, serving dishes from the 187 countries in the more torrid regions, including delicacies such as plantains and passion fruit.

Carmo offers some of the most inspired vegetarian dishes in the local area.

Joining the Green Games has helped the business expand its sustainable practices by setting goals, keeping them on track and sourcing buyers. “It takes a little extra time, but it’s not that hard to find a recyclable container versus Styrofoam,” Honn said, adding that the customers appreciate it. “The cost tends to be a little more, but we haven’t found it to be prohibitive. The more people buy [these products] the more the price will come down.” The café also composts, recycles almost everything, and is transitioning to biodegradable cleaning products.

Businesses and nonprofit organizations may register for the Green Games at www.MyLifeCity.com Liberty’s Kitchen is another café with a conscience. This nonprofit has the primary goal of training underserved youth in the skills of working in the restaurant industry, using a life skills curriculum in a classroom as well as hands-on job training. According to Business Manager Chris Brooks, the 15week program empowers them to find a job and then supports the graduates for at least a year.

In addition to serving breakfast and lunch and catering events out of the café on Broad Street, the organization serves fresh, healthy lunches to approximately 1,000 students at four schools. The café has an herb garden and composts, so it joined the Green Games last year to expand on its vision. Brooks said the best part has been the exposure, which is hard to get with no marketing budget. “It raised awareness for the program itself…. and it has increased our customer base.”

Liberty’s Kitchen is also part of a new restaurant collaborative that is working to purchase eco-friendly products in bulk to save money. Such collaborations are another benefit of being part of the green business community, and encourages other businesses to join.

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“Get with it!” he said to businesses that haven’t joined yet.

“Most people love things that are environmentally friendly… The earlier you start, the better it is for your business.”

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Several businesses bring their commitment to a new level in the care of the next generation.

Following a resurgence of cloth diaper services on the East and West Coasts, Joann Hirshorne and her partner, Michelle Vargas, opened Better Bottoms five years ago and have since “kept tons of trash out of the landfill,” Vargas said. “Grandparents are thrilled about it – they love to give the service as a gift.”

Better Bottoms joined the Green Games because the owners wanted to join a community of like-minded business owners. “We wanted to support other businesses that are spending extra money to be better – better for their families, better for the environment, and better for the city.”

Vargas said she likes having another set of eyes to “see things you don’t, even though they may be right in front of your face.” The company only uses front-loaded, energy and water efficient washers, tankless water heaters, and recycles everything, including the diaper discards. This year’s big goal, paperless invoicing, has already been achieved, she said.

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Her new goal this year is to write a policy in the employee handbook about the company’s green procedures. “We’ve been working with Life City to walk the talk,” she said. “We are not just wanting to or saying that we are green, we are doing something about it.”

About sustainable business practices Pelias explained, “It can save you money and make your business more efficient, and it has had an impact on the retention of my people and the community we’re building.”

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he U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has concluded that more than a third of Americans today are overweight. Yet it also reports that at least 30 percent of us don’t exercise at all, perhaps partly due to persistent fitness myths.

Myth 2: No Time The CDC recommends that each week, adults should exercise 150 minutes—the average duration of a movie—but not all at once. To make it easy, break it up into various exercise activities in daily, vigorous, 10-minute chunks.

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Myth 1: Lack of Opportunity Myth 3: Unaffordable Even the busiest person can fit in some exercise by making simple changes in their daily routine. Take the stairs instead of the elevator, do squats while watching television, deliver a message in person instead of via email, take a desk break to stretch or stand while talking on the phone. Even fidgeting is beneficial. The point is to be as active as possible during otherwise sedentary hours.

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a burst-training workout routine,” which will burn calories and increase muscle mass, says Joe Vennare, co-founder of the Hybrid Athlete, a fitness website.

Running a Marathon for Dummies. “In other words, get moving any way you can.”

expending,” assures Jessica Matthews, an experienced registered yoga teacher and an exercise physiologist with the American Council on Exercise.

Myth 4: Too Late to Start

Suffering isn’t required. In fact, feeling pain can indicate possible injury or burnout. Still, consult a doctor before beginning any exercise program. “Do not hurt yourself,” says Charla McMillian, a certified strength and conditioning specialist, attorney and president of FitBoot – Basic Training for Professionals, in San Francisco. “Rather, aim for a point of gentle discomfort,” she advises.

Myth 7: Dieting is Enough

Many people feel they are too old or out-of-shape to even begin to exercise, or are intimidated by the idea of stepping into a yoga studio or gym. “Stop wasting time reading diet books and use that time to go for a walk,” advises Exercise Physiologist Jason Karp, Ph.D., author of Running for Women and

Myth 5: No Pain, No Gain

Myth 6: Must Break a Sweat Perspiring is related to the duration and intensity of the exercise, but some people just sweat more than others.

“How much (or little) you sweat does not correlate with how many calories you are

Women especially fall prey to the myth that they don’t need to exercise if they are a certain dress size. Even those at a healthy weight can be in greater danger of contracting disease and shortened lifespan than obese individuals that regularly participate in physical activity, according to a recent study by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, in Bethesda, Maryland.

Health experts recommend c o m b i n i n g r e g u l a r a c t iv i t y w i t h consuming lean proteins, healthy fats, limited starches and no added sugars.

Myth 8: Stretch Before Exercising New research from the American Council on Exercise recommends stretching at the end of a workout. “It is safer and more effective to stretch muscles that are properly warmed and more pliable,” says Matthews, who also recommends beginning a workout with simple movements such as arm circles and leg swings. She notes, “Stretching can help to improve posture and flexibility, plus reduce overall stress.”

Myth 9: Crunches Cut Belly Fat There’s no such thing as spot reducing.

While crunches strengthen abdominal muscles, they will not shrink your waistline, says Karp. Instead, try exercises such as squats, lunges and yoga plank holds or kettlebell repetitions to lose stubborn belly fat.

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Myth 10: Women Using Weights Get Bulky The truth is that most weightlifting women won’t end up with a big, bulky physique because they have less testosterone, are smaller in size and have less muscle tissue than men, advises Matthews. “Any kind of strength training will help improve bone density, increase muscle mass and decrease body fat in both men and women.�

Myth 11: Exercise is Hard Physical activity should be fun. It’s best to start simply, add a variety of physical activities and challenges and keep at it.

Schedule time for exercise and treat it like any other daily appointment; don’t cancel it. Alexander Cortes, a nationally certified strength and conditioning coach with Ultimate Fighting Championship Gym, in Corona, California, concludes, “When health is a priority, exercise is the most important appointment you can keep.�

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Owners can take several steps to provide relief for a suffering pet right away while awaiting the results of proper diagnostic tests. In my practice, three vet-supervised nutrition therapies have been shown to be effective in stabilizing a sick pet for the 24 to 48 hours needed to return test results before the appropriate treatment can be initiated. Ask the attending veterinarian for other safe, comforting measures he or she likes to recommend.

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Two recent cases illustrate the benefit of an informed holistic approach. Gus, a 7-year-old male standard poodle, had a history of inflammatory bowel disease and gastrointestinal cancer. He did well immediately following cancer surgery, but then became lethargic and showed a disinterest in food. So, we conducted a fecal analysis and complete blood profile. While awaiting test results, I prescribed the recommended nutrition therapies, along with a special diet.

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Reiki Level Two – 10am-7pm. Join Reiki Master Dr. G. Love as you deepen your relationship to your guides, ancestors, and self; moving further into the frequency of Universal Healing. Class open to all with at least a Reiki Level 1 attunement. $250 Registration, includes course materials.

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Messages of Hope w/ Jim Bowman – 7-9pm. A near death experience blessed Bowman with his intuitive gift. Master spiritual teachers convey through him a message of hope, peace, love and the true message of the Christ Consciousness. Investment: Cost $30. Transform NOLA, 8422 Oak St, NOLA. Info: 985-640-2648.

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Tree & Plant Sale – 8am-Noon. Mark your calendar for the biggest plant sale being conducted on the Gentilly site of the Department of Parks and Parkways. Department staff will guide your purchases. Dan Gill will be on site and will deliver a workshop on flowering trees at 10am. 2829 Gentilly Blvd, NOLA. Cake Face Soaping at Creative Flea Market – 9am2pm. Featuring artists, musicians, writers, designers, chefs, artisans, tradition-bearers, arts-focused non-profits, and other members of the creative community selling collectables, antiques, secondhand miscellanea, lovable and salable junk, and their own creations. Free admission. Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp Street NOLA. Saturday Morning Massage Clinics – 9:15am & 10:30am (also 3/9, 3/16, 3/23). Help a student with their education at the student massage clinic.

Neuromuscular: 3/2; Swedish: 3/9 & 3/23; Deep Tissue: 3/16. $30/by appointment. Blue Cliff College, Clearview Mall, across from food court, Metairie.

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Paint & Drop-Off/Uptown – 10am-2pm. Drop off old paint to Arabella Station Whole Foods Market.

The Green Project’s tent is at the corner of Magazine & Joseph St. in good weather, and inside near the massage table in bad weather.

Reiki Level One – 10am-7pm (also 3/3). Join Reiki Master Dr. G. Love and center in the spiritual practice and healing art of Reiki. Training will help one remember their ancestral legacy as a healer as you open your roots to universal healing energy. $250 Registration, includes course materials. Pre-registration required. Info: 917-881-8507, 5directionswellness@gmail.com.

First Degree Reiki Class – 11am-7pm. (also 3/3).

Reiki Master Elizabeth Ohmer Pellegrin. Reiki promotes and accelerates healing of the body, mind and spirit. Learn to do Reiki for yourself and others.

No experience needed. Private classes and retreats on request. Pre-registration required. $250. Info/ registration: 504-376-8518 or text 504-388-2356.

Freret Market – Noon-5pm. 90 vendors with food, art, music, flea market, children’s play area and pet adoption. 4400 block of Freret St., NOLA. Info: 504-638-2589.

New Orleans Arts District Art Walk – 6-9pm.

Monthly art walk on Julia and Camp streets. Visit 25 galleries and museums. Julia & Camp streets.

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New Orleans Chapter AMORC Rosicrucian’s – 11am TMO Home Oratory Study Group Meeting, 12:30pm Harmonization Ritual, 1pm Officers Meeting, 2pm Pronaos Rehearsal, 2:30pm Pronaos Ritual, 3:30pm Open Forum. Located at 2801 Loyola Ave. Suite 4, Kenner. Info: 504-472-5635.

Intro to Gyrokenesis ® – 2-3:30pm. with Mia Munroe. Experience this new and up-and-coming form of group exercise that uses breath with spinal articulation to develop a deep fluid-like strength.

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Ideal Protein Weight Loss Program – 12:30pm. Dr. Debbi Hannan presents: The Ideal Protein Weight Loss Program at Chiropractic Health Center, 101 Clearview Pkwy. at Airline Dr. Free. Reservations required: 504-454-2000.

Deep Tissue Massage Clinic – 6:15pm & 7:45pm (also 3/14, 3/19, 3/26). Help a student with their education at the student massage clinic. Deep tissue is muscle specific and really works out the kinks. $30/by appointment. Blue Cliff College, Clearview Mall, across from food court, Metairie. Info: 504-293-0972.

La Leche League/New Orleans – 7-8pm (also 3/18, 9-10am). Monthly meetings. Open to all women interested in breastfeeding. Chance to learn more, receive help and meet other breastfeeding mothers.

Led by trained and accredited La Leche League leaders. ZukaBaby, 2122 Magazine St, NOLA. Info: LLLofNewOrleans@gmail.com.

Tai Chi-Chi Gong Group Class – 7-8pm. Reduce stress, relieve pain, gain flexibility and balance.

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Neuromuscular Therapy Clinic – 12:45pm & 2:15pm (also 3/8, 3/13, 3/15, 3/20). Help a student with their education at our student massage clinic.

NMT is a partial body massage focused on a specific problem area. $30/by appointment only. Blue Cliff College, Clearview Mall, across from food court, Metairie. Info: 504-293-0972.

La Leche League Meeting/Jefferson – 6:30-7:30pm.

LLL of Jefferson meets first Wednesday each month.

Open to all women interested in breastfeeding. Learn more, ask questions, and benefit from a community of breastfeeding mothers. Free. Destination Maternity Meeting Rm, Causeway & 17th St, Metairie.

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CPR for Children and Infants – 6:30-8:30pm. Family and Friends CPR teaches the basic technique of CPR, AED use, and relief of choking for an adult, child and infant using American Heart Assoc guidelines. Participants receive handbook and certificate of completion. Limit 8 spaces. ZukaBaby, 2122 Magazine St, NOLA. Info/Register: 504-596-6540.

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Tai Chi Group Class – 9:30-10:20am. Reduce stress, relieve pain, gain flexibility and balance. Improve self-esteem. Celebrating 30 years of health & wellness. Reserve space by 3/6. Tamashii Tai Chi Center, 8132 Willow St, NOLA. Info: 504-866-2241.

Neuromuscular Therapy Clinic – 6:15pm & 7:45pm (also 3/21). Help a student with their education at our student massage clinic. NMT is a partial body massage focused on a specific problem area. $30/ by appointment only. Blue Cliff College, Clearview Mall, across from food court, Metairie. Info: 504-293-0972.

SATURDAY, MARCH 9

Gretna Art Walk – 8:30am-12:30pm. Art walk 2nd Sat each month September – May. More than 80 artists and craft vendors. 6th St. at Huey P. Long Ave., Downtown Gretna.

Cloth Diapers 101 – 9-10am (also 3/20, 6:30pm8pm). Learn about modern cloth diapers, caring for them, pros and cons, hands on demonstrations and handouts to take home. $20/up to 2 family members.

Attendees receive $20 coupon off a purchase of $100. ZukaBaby, 2122 Magazine St, NOLA. Registration required. Info: 504-596-6540.

Talking Dirt – 10am. with Grant Estrade of Laughing Buddha Nursery. Grant talks about how to analyze and remediate soil for optimum growing conditions with an emphasis on sustainable methods.

Available at the Greenhouse: Trees, LA SuperPlants, vegetables, herbs, color and lots of pine straw for mulching. Open 9am-Noon. Parkway Partners Greenhouse, 1137 Baronne St, NOLA. OCH Art Market – 10am-3pm. Local artists, food, music. 2nd Sat each month – different themes. 1618 Oretha C. Haley Blvd, Central City, NOLA. Info: 985-250-0278.

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The Madisonville Art Market – 10am-4pm. Monthly art market featuring painting, photography, wood working, pottery, and jewelry along the Tchefuncta River on Water St. in Old Madisonville. Free. Info: 985-624-7216.

Reiki Level One – 10am-7pm (also 3/10). Join Reiki Master Dr. G. Love and center in the spiritual practice and healing art of Reiki. Training will help one remember their ancestral legacy as a healer as you open your roots to universal healing energy. $250 Registration, includes course materials. Pre-registration required. Info: 917-881-8507, 5directionswellness@gmail.com.

First Degree Reiki Class – 11am-7pm. (also 3/10).

Reiki Master Elizabeth Ohmer Pellegrin. Reiki promotes and accelerates healing of the body, mind and spirit. Learn to do Reiki for yourself and others.

No experience needed. Private classes and retreats on request. Pre-registration required. $250. Info/ registration: 504-376-8518 or text 504-388-2356.

Adorata Workshop/Wisdom – 1-4pm. Workshop on the Divine Virtue of Wisdom. Become more aware of how thoughts and emotions lead you to your wisdom, an inner knowing, a direct communication of wisdom of the heart and the Divine within the heart. Journey into Wellness/Metairie. Cost: $45.

Info/Register: 504-442-6206 or vicky@adorata.org.

SUNDAY, MARCH 10

Adorata Workshop/Wisdom –1-4pm. Workshop on the Divine Virtue of Wisdom. Become aware of how thoughts and emotions lead you to wisdom, an inner knowing, a direct communication of wisdom of the heart and the Divine within the heart.

Women’s Center for Healing & Transformation, Abita Springs. $45. Info/Registration: 504-442-6206, vicky@adorata.org.

TUESDAY, MARCH 12

Ideal Protein Weight Loss Program – 5:30pm. Dr. Debbi Hannan presents: The Ideal Protein Weight Loss Program at Chiropractic Health Center, 101 Clearview Pkwy. at Airline Dr. Free. Reservations required: 504-454-2000.

Historic House Workshop – 6-7pm. Andrew Liles of Tulane School of Architecture will discuss how to modernize floorplans of New Orleans shotgun houses. Free. Preservation Resource Center, 923 Tchoupitoulas. Contact: 504-636-3399.

Swedish Massage Clinic – 6:15pm & 7:45pm. Help a student with their education at the student massage clinic. Swedish is good for overall relaxation & increasing flexibility. $30/by appointment only.

Blue Cliff College, Clearview Mall, across from food court, Metairie. Info: 504-293-0972.

Holistic Education Meeting/Metairie – 6:307:30pm. Sponsored by Holistic Center for Health & Healing, Inc. Alison Wolfe, Certified Eden Energy Medicine Practitioner, will speak on Energy Medicine. Discussion follows. Free/Open to public.

Old Metairie Library, 2350 Metairie Rd. Info: 504-812-1332.

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Birth Art Class – 6:30-8pm. Taught by local birth art and belly caster Emily Boyce. Support group environment to explore and process feelings related to pregnancy and life with a new baby. No skill or experience required. Space is limited, advance registration required. ZukaBaby, 2122 Magazine St, NOLA. Info: 504-596-6540.

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Northshore Garden Show and Plant Sale – 9am4pm. Plants for sale, exhibits from St. Tammany nurseries, garden art and talks by LSU Ag agents on bees, herbs, roses and landscaping. Admission $3. St. Tammany Fairgrounds, between 33rd Ave and Magee St, Covington. Info: 985-875-2635.

Candlelight Meditation & Restorative Yoga – 7-8:30pm. Appropriate for all levels. Brief explanation of meditation techniques followed by a sitting meditation, then a restorative yoga practice designed to help you begin the weekend with a smile. Transform NOLA, 8422 Oak St, NOLA. Info: 985-640-2648.

SATURDAY, MARCH 16

Streams of Light Class – 9am-5pm. Learn what the 7 streams of light are and how to attract them more powerfully into your life. Space limited. Classes held at Journey Into Wellness Center, 3939 Houma Blvd, Bldg 3, Ste 15, Metairie. Call 504-931-6494 Tamashii Open House – 10am-Noon. Celebrating 30 years of health & wellness at Tamashii Karate & Tai Chi Center 8132 Willow St, NOLA. Info: 504-866-2241.

Reiki Level One – 10am-7pm (also 3/17). Join Reiki Master Dr. G. Love and center in the spiritual practice and healing art of Reiki. Training will help one remember their ancestral legacy as a healer as you open your roots to universal healing energy. $250 Registration, includes course materials. Pre-registration required. Info: 917-881-8507, 5directionswellness@gmail.com.

First Degree Reiki Class – 11am-7pm. (also 3/17).

Reiki Master Elizabeth Ohmer Pellegrin. Reiki promotes and accelerates healing of the body, mind and spirit. Learn to do Reiki for yourself and others.

No experience needed. Private classes and retreats on request. Pre-registration required. $250. Info/ registration: 504-376-8518 or text 504-388-2356.

SUNDAY, MARCH 17

New Orleans Chapter AMORC Rosicrucian’s – 10am. New Officers Procedure and Training Review Day, 12pm Light Meal/Dessert, 12:30pm Resume Class, 3:30pm Class Ends and Open Discussion/ Questions and Answer Session. Located at 2801 Loyola Ave. Suite 4, Kenner. Info: 504-472-5635.

TUESDAY, MARCH 19

Ideal Protein Weight Loss Program – 12:30pm. Dr. Debbi Hannan presents: The Ideal Protein Weight Loss Program at Chiropractic Health Center, 101 Clearview Pkwy. at Airline Dr. Free. Reservations required: 504-454-2000.

Tai Chi Group Class – 7-8pm. Reduce stress, relieve pain, gain flexibility and balance. Improve the quality of life. Celebrating 30 years of health & wellness.

Reserve space by 3/18. Tamashii Tai Chi Center, 8132 Willow St, NOLA. Info: 504-866-2241.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20

Kids Karate Classes – Registration for new children karate classes, learn confidence, respect and discipline. Tamashii Tai Chi Center, 8132 Willow St, Uptown, NOLA. Info: 504-866-2241.

FRIDAY, MARCH 22

Tea Tasting/Bodhisattva Tea Spa – 7-11pm. Tasting are 4th Friday each month. Offering whole leaf teas, herbs and tea accessories as well as massage therapy, infrared sauna, esthetics, Ayurveda treatments, yoga, reiki, tai chi and qi gong. Tea Tasting Free. 3021 N. Arnoult Rd., Metairie. Info: 504-888-9299.

SATURDAY, MARCH 23

Reiki Level One – 10am-7pm (also 3/24). Join Reiki Master Dr. G. Love and center in the spiritual practice and healing art of Reiki. Training will help one remember their ancestral legacy as a healer as you open your roots to universal healing energy. $250 Registration, includes course materials. Pre-registration required. Info: 917-881-8507, 5directionswellness@gmail.com.

First Degree Reiki Class – 11am-7pm. (also 3/24).

Reiki Master Elizabeth Ohmer Pellegrin. Reiki promotes and accelerates healing of the body, mind and spirit. Learn to do Reiki for yourself and others.

No experience needed. Private classes and retreats on request. Pre-registration required. $250. Info/ registration: 504-376-8518 or text 504-388-2356.

Meet Reiki Master Tianne Lastra – 11am-5pm.

Tianne Lastra, a Rainbow Reiki and Usui Reiki Master and Teacher, will be at the Metaphysical Fair at Unity Church of Metairie. The fair will feature intuitives, other healers, aura photography, jewelry and more. Free admission.3939 Veterans Blvd (behind Parran’s), Metairie.

SUNDAY, MARCH 24

Equinox Celebration – 11-2pm. with Rebecca Green, Shamanic Practitioner. Celebrate the turn of the seasons and learn shamanic techniques to connect to the earth and the nature spirits all around us.

Cost $30-$50. Audubon Park near labyrinth. Info: 408-540-8627 or rebecca.green51@gmail.com.

New Orleans Chapter AMORC Rosicrucian’s – 11am Open House/Open Meeting, 12pm Light Meal/Dessert, 1:30pm Council of Solace, 2pm New Year Ritual Rehearsal, 2:30pm New Year Ritual, 3:30p, Discourse and Experiment Discussion. Located at 2801 Loyola Ave. Suite 4, Kenner. Info: 504-472-5635.

Food For Healing Seminars – 12:30-2:30pm.

Seminar addressing Cleansing Diets, Medicinal Aspects and Nutrient Quality of Specific Foods & Cleansing Herb Teas. Women’s Center for Healing & Transformation, 71667 Leveson St, Abita Springs.

Cost: $50. Info/Register: Suzanne Harper, LMT, 985-789-9321 or sharper53@charter.net.

THURSDAY, MARCH 28

Nutrition for Moms – 6-8pm. Holistic Health Counselor Erin Reho Pelias will cover converting to a healthier lifestyle, healthy foods on a budget, healthy lunches, cooking with kids and feeding babies. Registration required. Space limited. ZukaBaby, 2122 Magazine St, NOLA. Info/Register: 504-596-6540.

SATURDAY, MARCH 30

Bird Watching in City Park – 8-10am. Naturalist Mark Meunier will lead group to explore habits and calls of birds in City Park. Meet at Couturie Forest trailhead in City Park on Harrison Ave. Walking shoes and binoculars needed. $10. Info: 504-4839473 or scapely@nocp.org.

Reiki Level One – 10am-7pm (also 3/31). Join Reiki Master Dr. G. Love and center in the spiritual practice and healing art of Reiki. Training will help one remember their ancestral legacy as a healer as you open your roots to universal healing energy. $250 Registration, includes course materials. Pre-registration required. Info: 917-881-8507, 5directionswellness@gmail.com.

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sunday Morning Sadhana – 5am. Offered 7 days a week.

All are welcome for this program of breathing, meditating and stretching lead by certified Kundalini yoga instructors. Great way to start every day. Free.

Divine Yoga, 1223 Baronne St, NOLA. Contact: info@yoganola.com Unity Powerpath Healing Circle & Meditation – 9-10am. Get out of physical and emotional pain, release stress, connect with your Divine Spirit.

Create love and joy in your life through guided meditation. Free. Led by Mike Wittenbrink, MBA. Unity Temple, 3722 St. Charles Ave, NOLA. Info: 504-339-0594.

Kundalini Yoga – 9-10:30am. Daily class taught

by Matthew McNamara. Clear the obstacles that limit life and awaken to fullest potential. Divine Yoga Center, 1228 O.C. Haley Blvd. Contact: info@yoganola.com.

Hula Hooping for Fun & Fitness – 2-3pm. Presented

by Lisa Guillot, Health Coach of Earth Girl Health.

Location: the Gazebo on the Mandeville Lakefront.

Contact: 985-231-8006.

New Orleans Chapter AMORC Rosicrucian’s – Meetings held on Sunday’s listed in event calendar or contact for information or appointment, at our 2801 Loyola Ave. Suite 4, Kenner La 70062 Location. Call 504-472-5635.

Do You Have Too Much Stuff? Free 20 min. consultations by professional organizer, Stasia Cymes.

If you’re open to the process of change, you can reclaim your space & peace of mind. 3 hour sessions are available. Call 504-920-1800.

monday Goal Setting During Life’s Transitions – 11:30am2:30pm. Using PSYCH-K and positive affirmations to set goals. Free half-hour demonstrations. Beginning 2/18. Ste 220 in AHA!, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St Claude Ave, NOLA. For info call: 504-669-1020.

Mindfulness Meditation Group – 12:30 -1:30pm.

Reduce stress, improve coping skills, and maximize personal wellness. Based on literature by leaders in medical and mental health fields. All faiths are invited. Cost: $15. Women’s Center for Healing & Transformation, 71667 Leveson St, Abita Springs, 70420. Info: Clarke McBee 985-705-1398.

Guided Meditation – 5-6:30pm. Strengthen your overall health as you are guided through meditation.

Great for beginners and those experienced. Uptown Holistic Center, 723 Hillary, New Orleans. Dr. Jess Tregle 504-352-6418.

NADA Acupuncture – 6-8pm. Ear acupuncture every Monday at Divine Yoga Center, 1223 Baronne St, NOLA. Free (donations accepted). Contact: info@yoganola.com.

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Gentle Yoga – 6-7pm, 7:15-8:15pm or 8:30-9:30pm.

Becky Bazile, 500 RYT, Certified Yoga Teacher.

6-Week Ongoing Sessions. Studio space limited to 8 students, pre-registration required. $60/session or $12/walk-in. Yoga Village Studio, 3443 Esplanade Ave. NOLA. Info/Register: 504-782-4432 or yogavillagenola@gmail.com Basic/Beginners Aikido Classes – 6:15-7:15pm.

Practice a martial art of peace for every body whose benefits include self-defense, flexibility, strength, balance, stress reduction, concentration, community, and fun! First class is free. Comfortable, loose-fitting clothes suggested. NOLA Aikido, 3909 Bienville St., Suite 103 (near Canal and Carrolton intersection) in Mid-City. More info: 504-208-4861, info@nolaaikido.com.

Hanna Somatics Class – 7-8pm. Learn how to be more flexible and release pain and stiffness from muscles and joints. Bring mat & towel to Our Place Fitness, 338 N. Vermont in downtown Covington. $20. Call Danny Burke 504-915-7200 for more info.

Yoga Diva in Harahan – 7-8pm. (also Wed 5:156:15pm) Relax the body, focus the mind, deepen self-awareness w/ a systematic approach for flexibility, strength, concentration, breath & range of motion. All levels. $60/month ($15/class x 4). 5700 Citrus Blvd (in Curves), Call Karen before coming: 504-220-5325.

Introduction to Nichiren Buddhism – 7-8:15pm.

Learn how to activate your greatest potential, increase your compassion and achieve absolute happiness. Free. SGI-USA Buddhist Center, 1331 Prytania St, NOLA. Info: 504-310-2011.

tuesday Qigong with Virginia – 8:30-9:45am. Gentle movement with breath, self-massage, and meditation to calm the mind, strengthen the body, and bring awareness to blockages in chi. $40/month for 4 weekly classes. Women’s Center for Healing & Transformation, 71667 Leveson St, Abita Springs. Contact Virginia Davis: 985-400-8933 or vadavis313@mac.com

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INDIAN HEAD MASSAGE & YOUR BRAIN One-day Workshops: $80 Saturday, March 9th & Sunday, April 21st Learn how to give/receive a full Indian Head Massage, and how it improves brain, mind, hair, heart and health!

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Crescent City Farmers Market/Uptown – 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.

Yoga for Acrobats – 7-8:30pm. With Aaron Lind at Divine Yoga Center, 1228 Oretha Castel Haley Blvd, NOLA. Contact: info@yoganola.com.

N.O. Insight Meditation Group – 7:30-9pm. (also Thurs 8-9am. 5422 Magazine St) A peer-led group meeting for practice, study, and discussion. No experience necessary. 2134 Magazine St, 3d fl, NOLA. Contact Larry: 504-343-8378 or noimg@me.com.

wednesday Better Bottoms Merchandise Sales – 9am-3pm.

Open to the public every Wed. Cloth Diapering Moms on site for questions and advice. Call to arrange for other dates or times. 1500 Edwards Ave, Ste F, Harahan, 70123. 504-731-7500.

Hanna Somatics Class – 2-3pm. Learn how to be more flexible and release pain and stiffness from muscles and joints. Wear loose clothing that allows for movement. EJGH Wellness Center, 3726 Houma Blvd. $10/nonmembers. Call Danny Burke 504-915-7200 for more info.

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 3 Yoga Classes – 4:30-5:30pm Chair Yoga, 6-7pm Gentle Flow, 7:30-8:30pm Restorative Yoga with Becky Bazile, Certified Teacher. 6-Week Ongoing Sessions. Studio space limited to 8 students, pre-registration required. Chair Yoga ($45/session for Senior Adults) other classes $60/session or $12/walk-in.Yoga Village Studio, 3443 Esplanade Ave. NOLA. Info/Register: 504-782-4432 or yogavillagenola@gmail.com Wednesday at the Square – 5-8pm. 12-week concert series, March 6 to May 22, at Lafayette Square on St. Charles Ave in the CBD across from Gallier Hall.

Rain or shine. Free admission. No outside food/ drink. Also local artisan village on Camp Street.

Northshore Yoga – 5:30pm. Gentle, challenging and relaxing classes focusing on breath and movement appropriate for beginners and seasoned students. Pleasant, stress-free environment with mats/props provided. 90 minutes @$10/class or 6 classes/$48. Yoga School, 603 S. Tyler St., Covington. Info/ Mary Ann, 500 RYT. 985-630-7242 or mboss@bellsouth.net.

Basic/Beginners Aikido Classes – 6:15-7:15pm.

Practice a martial art of peace for every body whose benefits include self-defense, flexibility, strength, balance, stress reduction, concentration, community, and fun! First class is free. Comfortable, loose-fitting clothes suggested. NOLA Aikido, 3909 Bienville St., Suite 103 (near Canal and Carrolton intersection) in Mid-City. More info: 504-208-4861, info@nolaaikido.com.

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Meditation & Discussion Group – 7-8:30pm. A Vipassana (Insight) meditation group. All interested in learning to meditate are welcome. Donation based.

Sponsored by Flowering Lotus Meditation and Retreat Center. Offered at The N.O. Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave (corner St. Roch), 4th fl, Info: 504-905-4090 or evolved812@aol.com.

thursday Crescent City Farmers Market/Mid-City – 3-7pm.

Farmers Market at 3700 Orleans Ave, American Can Co. building, New Orleans, rain or shine.

Kali Ray TriYoga – 6-7pm. Awaken, absorb, focus, strengthen, magnify and direct energy flow in relaxing, flowing movements that release tension and calm the mind. All levels. $60/month ($15 x 4). Mats and props provided. TriYoga Center, 4436 Toulouse, NOLA. To register call Karen: 504-220-5325.

Northshore Yoga – 6:30-8pm. Challenging and empowering for all levels.$10/class or $48 for 6.

Drop ins welcome. Yoga School, 603 S. Tyler St., Covington. Contact: Daunne Hingle, 200 RYT, daunneeileen@me.com or 504-813-6343.

Candlelight Kundalini Yoga – 7-9pm. With Odile Nichole at Divine Yoga Center, 1228 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd,

friday BodyFusion Yoga Class – 8:15-9:15am. Simple Hatha style yoga, with a slow easy flow. $10/class.

Space limited. St. Philip’s Church, 3643 Aurora Drive, New Orleans. Register with Debbie at 504495-1937 or bodyfusion@cox.net Aikido of New Orleans – 7-8:15pm. Free introductory class for adults to Aikido, the martial art of power and movement. 2134 Magazine St, 3d fl., NOLA. Info: dojo@aikidoneworleans.org or 504-561-0123.

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 504341-3424, x 209.

Covington Farmers Market – 9am-1pm. (also 10am-2pm Wed) 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.

Sitting Meditation Group –10-11am. Come practice zazen (sitting meditation) as well as walking meditation. Instruction and discussion also available. 3909 Bienville St, Ste 103 (near Canal and Carrolton intersection) in Mid-City. More info: contact Brian by email at xernaut2@gmail.com or call 504-644-7351.

Sankofa Farmers Market – 10am-2pm. Weekly market in the Ninth Ward offering fresh produce, seafood, baked goods, and plants from local farmers and fishermen. New location at 3819 St. Claude Ave. Info: 504-872-9214 or info@sankofanola.org.

Hollygrove Market & Farm – 10am-4pm Sat & Sun (noon-7pm Tues thru Thurs). CSA-style market selling each week assorted fresh local and organic fruit and vegetables. $25 boxes of selected seasonal produce available.. 8301 Olive St, NOLA (across from Carrollton Boosters).

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Crossroads Arts Bazaar – 10am.-5pm. Indoor Art Market at the New Orleans Healing Center. Free.

2372 St. Claude Ave, NOLA. 504-940-1130. Indoor Art Market at the New Orleans Healing Center.

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.

Gentle Yoga for Seniors and Adults – 11amnoon. Free and no registration required.

Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad, NOLA. For more info: broadmoorcoordinator@gmail.com

Crescent City Farmers Market/Downtown – 8amnoon. Open-air 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.

Instore Tasting Series – 1-3-pm. Stop by for a World of Taste at Oil & Vinegar. Taste samples from salad dressing combinations to risotto to simple appetizers. Oil & Vinegar, Colonial Pinnacle Shopping Center, 6111 Pinnacle Pkwy, Covington (between Hobby Lobby & Kohl’s). Contact: Louisiana@ oilandvinegarusa.com or call 985-809-1693.

German Coast Farmers Market/East Bank – 8amnoon. 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.

6 for 6 Saturdays – 2-3pm. Buy 6 items and get 6 free. This is a great way to taste a wide variety of our items. All Gluten free and dairy free. The PeaceBaker, 6601 Veterans Blvd Ste 1, Metairie.

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.

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Guided Meditation Group – 2:30-3:30pm. Free guided meditation sponsored by Art of Living. Fairgrinds Coffee House (upstairs), 3133 Ponce de Leon, New Orleans. Info: call Allen at 504-247-6692.

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If you’re open to the process of change, you can reclaim your space & peace of mind. 3 hour sessions are available. Call 504-920-1800.

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Dear Friends, God is first, so our scripture this month is 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24. Enjoy! Talk about doing God’s Will with your life!

Here comes the truth and some people aren’t going to want to hear it.

People come into the store with different issues and products that they’ve been taking for a long time and wonder why they’re not getting the desired results.

You know as well as I do, some products are good quality and some are poor quality.

As a pharmacist and clinical nutritionist, I know I can’t help someone improve or support an area of their life with products that are substandard. They may say one thing on the label, but do not provide it in the product. There is huge quality difference in pharmaceutical grade products and food grade products.

Put quality in and you get quality out. We always pay for what we get.

Like my saying goes “Great Health Is Your Greatest Wealth”.

There are a lot of well-to-do men and women who wish they could pay to get their health back once it’s lost.

Always remember “You’re worth it.” Love Yourself enough to ingest high quality products and get results.

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