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17 A NEW APPROACH TO HEALING: YOGA FOR AUTISM
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19 BODY EASE
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24 TRUST YOUR INTUITION Listen to that Still, Small Voice and Let It Lead You by Linda Sechrist
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31 LIFE IS A FULL RECOVERY
An Interview with Brian McAlister
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36 FUNNY TUMMY? Probiotic Foods Can Fix a Troubled Gut by Kathleen Barnes
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ne of my favorite articles this month is Linda Sechrist’s “Trust Your Intuition” on page 24. As a young woman, I relied heavily on reason. Well educated, and working as an analyst, it seemed to me that rational thought was the only path to clarity. When making major or minor life decisions, it seemed wise to leave emotional arguments out of the equation; like calculating a return on investment, I weighed only the facts, not the feelings. My mother, much wiser, always counseled me to rely more strongly on emotional cues. She was often proven right. Some situations simply have more facets to them than the conscious, rational mind can see. Whether we are picking up on subtle nonverbal messages, subconscious patterns and desires, or the Universal Mind, our feelings give us valuable information not otherwise available. Hearing what intuition tells us is just the first step. We must also trust what we hear, and not dismiss it as fanciful. There have been many significant times in my life where I’ve “known” something was true, without evidence. In some cases I acted on the “knowing,” but in others I failed to trust my instinct and regretted it. I’m still a very logical thinker, but intuition and the strength to accept what intuition tells me is an ability I’m trying to nurture. If you want to strengthen your intuition, read Linda’s article to learn how meditation, yoga, energy medicine, and simply being in nature can help. In other articles this month, local experts share their knowledge on women’s wellness. Dr. Aurora DeJuliis writes on the importance of collagen to healthy, beautiful skin and how we can maintain a healthy level of collagen even as we age (page 14). Hilary Bilkis shares how craniosacral therapy can benefit a woman through pregnancy and childbirth (page 13). Fran McConnell, a certified life coach and fitness trainer, shares her tips for reinventing your life and your lifestyle (page 22). We’re also pleased to share these features of interest to local readers: first, an article about Fairlawn, New Jersey-based Samadhi Spectrum, training for yoga instructors who want to improve the lives of those with autism spectrum disorders (page 17); and an interview with Brian McAlister, founder of the Full Recovery Wellness Center in Fairfield, and author of Full Recovery: Abandon Addiction, Acquire Inspiration, Achieve Abundance (page 31).
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he Green Light Performance Series at Studio Yoga in Madison features Ken Galipeau on Saturday, May 10, at 5pm. Galipeau is both a composer and collector of stories, songs and poems that touch the heart and funny bone. A featured storyteller at Tellabration events nationwide, he is also a favorite festival, coffeehouse and concert performer in the Garden State. For the last 11 years, he has presented a storytelling program at the New Jersey Storytelling Festival. His stories and songs, drawn from contemporary and traditional sources, celebrate our humanity: As he says, “The pieces I perform show how we are all connected. They allow us to feel good about who we are, where we come from, and where we are going.” Galipeau’s compositions are embraced by people of all ages: He writes children’s songs that adults love and adult songs that children love. His recordings include Collection, a sampling of songs for adults; Ken Sings Les—The Demo, 18 Les Barker poems that Ken has set to music; and Fishin’ with Ish, a collection of 21 of his most popular songs. CDs are available at performances or through his website, StoryNsong.com. Studio Yoga’s Green Light Performance Series showcases up-and-coming as well as established performing artists in music, theater, poetry, and dance. Events take place in the relaxed setting of the third-floor studio of Studio Yoga in a historic corner building at 2 Green Village Road. Ticket prices are $15, general admission; $10, students (including children); $20 at the door. Performers interested in participating may call Sandee Moreta at 973-966-5311 or email Staff@studioyoganj.com. For more information about upcoming events, visit StudioYogaNJ.com.
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newsbriefs Randolph Hosts First Annual Community Wellness Day
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n Saturday, May 3, from noon to 4pm, at Randolph Middle School, Randolph will hold its first annual Community Wellness Day. Free and open to the public, it brings together more than 45 local businesses and organizations that focus on one of four key aspects of health and wellness: personal health, safety, financial health, and environmental health. Hosted by the Randolph Rotary, Randolph Middle School, and the Randolph Pain Relief & Wellness Center, Community Wellness Day will allow participants to take advantage of health screenings, sample nutritious snacks, receive free gifts, and be eligible for prizes, including free massages, custom orthotics, gift certificates for health and wellness consultations, orthodontics and teeth whitening, martial arts training, baseball summer camp, and more. Randolph students will provide musical entertainment, and there will be a photo booth, face painting, craft projects, and other activities for kids. In addition to the Wellness Fair, educational sessions will offer in depth examinations of health and wellness issues important to Randolph families, including the following: “Common Foot and Ankle Conditions,” “Raising Money Savvy Children,” “Dangers of Distracted Driving,” “Create Health, Harmony and Balance through Feng Shui,” and “Overview of Rheumatologic Diseases - Arthritis, Inflammation and Autoimmunity.” “All health and wellness professionals involved in Community Wellness Day see this event as a way to give back to our community,” said Dr. David Simon of the Randolph Pain Relief & Wellness Center. Proceeds from Community Wellness Day will benefit the Randolph Rotary and the Randolph Middle School Wellness Initiative.
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he Second BoldHer Conference, a one-day workshop for women, will be held on Thursday, August 21, from 10am to 6pm at the Stroudsmoor Country Inn in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Sponsored by Identity Magazine founder and author Susan Vernicek and InspiredGirl.net founder and author Jennifer Tuma-Young, the workshop promises to empower women of all ages and walks of life to acknowledge their innate power, own their actions and reactions, love unconditionally, embrace life’s journey and laugh along the way. The goal of the conference is for each participant to gain a refreshed perspective, increased strength, and the confidence to live a BoldHer life. Featured speakers are Jennifer Tuma-Young, entrepreneur, professional speaker, published author, and life and wellness coach; Susan Vernicek, CEO of Identity Magazine, author, confidence creator and identity energizer; Wendy Sosik, certified Reiki practitioner, mindbody fitness coach, and founder of A-HA DESIGN LLC; and Vanessa Coppes, founder of enV Jewelry and Boutique, social entrepreneur, and co-creator of The Entrepreneurial Think Tank for Moms. Also on hand is Nancy Witter, comedian and certified life coach. Admission covers lunch and the comedy show, an afternoon snack, a goodie bag, a copy of the Identity Magbook, a copy of Balance Your Life, Balance the Scale, and a set of wooden words: “Ask. Believe. Receive.” Those who stay overnight at Stroudsmoor Country Inn will also have a breakfast networking opportunity the next day. To learn more or to register, visit Boldher.com. Early-bird and group rates are available.
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n Tuesday, May 13, from 7 to 8:45pm, the Holistic Consciousness of One celebrates its second anniversary by presenting “Finding Unity in Diversity, From Chaos to Clarity,” an evening with Judith Hancox, at the Art of the Heart, 15 Perry Street, in Chester. The Holistic Consciousness of One is a community of like-minded holistically conscious individuals who meet to explore holistic modalities and practices and teach others about them. The group meets the second Tuesday of every month at The Art of the Heart in Chester. Judith Hancox, MSW, LCSW, BCETS, is a licensed clinical social worker who’s been in private practice for more than 25 years, specializing in trauma recovery and post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD). She is board certified by the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress and also attained certification in Yoga, Meditation & Philosophy in 1980 (The American Yoga Conservatory), Gestalt Therapy (1992), EMDR (1995), and Evolving Thought Field Therapy (2004). She founded Parents Anonymous of Sussex County (1988), and founded Shiome Therapy in 1999, becoming a Minister-Practitioner of Lightwing Center of LifeSpirit Congregational Church in 2010. RSVP to Sue at 908-879-3937 or email Sue@theartoftheheart-chester.com. Meeting fee is $10; $5 for first-time attendees or for those who bring a first-time attendee. For more information on the Holistic Consciousness of One, visit Hcoo.org.
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Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Comes to Morris County
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orris County, which played an important role in the Revolutionary War, is the site of a much more benign and enjoyable revolution this month. Along with the Jamie Oliver Food Revolution Foundation, the Morris County Park Commission is hosting a series of Food Revolution events throughout May. So get ready to arm yourself with information to help prevent diet-related diseases and obesity while discovering the healthful bounty that comes from our own backyard. The festivities kick off with a Food Revolution Day at Cooper Gristmill on Saturday, May 3, from 1 to 3pm in Chester Township. Discover the ways in which grains were processed in the 1880s, and learn how grain production affects how and what we eat today. On Saturday, May 10, at 2pm, Historic Speedwell in Morristown presents “That Grows in New Jersey?” Learn about the crops that were grown in the Garden State in the 19th century as well as those produced here today. On Saturday, May 17, at Fosterfields Living Historical Farm in Morris Township, from 11am to 4pm, “Farm to Table: A Food Revolution Day!” celebrates our connection to local, healthful fare. Learn about the benefits and value of sustainable agriculture, nutrition, and eating locally grown food. The event features cooking demonstrations, information on using a wood-burning stove, and includes a game that asks participants to match food on the table to its beginnings on the farm. Fitness activities and exhibits on diet and health round out the program. According to Mark Sutherland, Historic Sites Manager for the Morris County Park Commission, “It is essential that we, as a community, support our local farmers and educate ourselves on sustainable farming practices. We’ve seen the adverse effects of genetically modified and processed foods. It is time to unite through knowledge and education and set a positive example for future generations.” For information on any of these events or if you’re interested in volunteering, please call 973.631.5077 and visit MorrisParks.net.
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n Tuesday, May 20, at the monthly meeting of the Integrative Wellness Network, held at the Presbyterian Church, 65 South Street, in Morristown, Carole Williams will facilitate a discussion on the phenomenon of glycation— the bonding of sugar to proteins and lipids—and how this process affects the human body. She’ll focus on the work of Heather MacLean Walters, Ph.D., author of Age Protection: The MacLean Anti-Age Program. The meeting is open to the public, for a fee of $7. Science tells us that there are three main causes of premature and rapid aging: inflammation, oxidation, and glycation. Williams will talk about what activities are most related to an advanced glycation reaction, list the effects of glycation and how they lead to premature aging, and offer ways to counter those effects. The Integrative Wellness Network is a group of wellness practitioners and community members providing information on sustained wellness, disease prevention and natural healing methodologies. The group meets the third Tuesday of every month in the church parlor, the first room on the left upon entering the building. Meetings are open to everyone interested in personal and collective wellbeing. To RSVP or for more information, contact Renee Dorn at 551-574-9500 or Cesar Godoy at 973-216-4070.
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ocal artist Kathy Moser has been in love with music and Planet Earth for as long as she can remember. So it seemed fitting that on Earth Day, April 22, she released her fourth album, Some 1 Like U, nationally. In what may be the first release of its kind, half of the Some 1 Like U pressing is CD-free. Fans will be able to purchase a copy that contains all the stuff they love about albums—including lyrics, photos and stories—with a download card instead of a CD. This dramatically reduces the environmental impact of the project. An award-winning songwriter, engaging performer and passionate environmentalist, Moser is dedicated to bringing positive change to the world through music both on and off stage. “Music for a better world is an accurate description of Kathy Moser’s music,” says Mary Sue Twohy, program director on Sirius XM satellite radio. “Listen for hints of Suzanne Vega and a solid Woody Guthrie heartbeat.” In addition to the music, the album has a mission—Neutral’s Not Enough, which aims to help people respond effectively to climate change while also improving their quality of life. The biggest impact on the environment of the music business is the audience traveling to the shows. To date, through a combination of education and bribery, Moser’s audiences have carpooled more than 1,200 miles to her concerts. “This win-win solution benefits fans, festivals and venues and the planet,” Moser says. Continuing her concern for the environment, Moser has mailed more than 300 copies of Some 1 Like U to radio and other media outlets in reused padded mailers that she received from her local radio station, WNTI. The station agreed to save these mailers about three years ago, and Moser has been passing them along to other musicians to use, saving both money and waste. In 2014, Neutral’s Not Enough is also going national, inviting other musicians and venues to join in and encourage their audiences to carpool to concerts. All DJs who receive the album also get a pre-printed PSA to help their listeners get involved. Miles carpooled will be tracked and updated on the website Neutralsnotenough.com. Moser will perform at the annual Muses in the Vineyard festival at Four Sisters Winery in Belvidere on Saturday, May 17 at 2:15pm and at the Earth Fair in Burlington on Sunday, June 22. For a complete tour schedule, along with additional information, visit KathyMoser.com. NaturalAwakeningsNJ.com
healthbriefs Supporting Your Body Through Pregnancy and Birth with Craniosacral Therapy by Hilary Bilkis, LMT, CST
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regnancy is a very special time for a woman. Her body is a vessel that is growing life, and that body will experience dramatic changes over the course of the pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. Craniosacral therapy (CST) effectively addresses the concerns and discomforts arising from these physical changes and the emotional distress that accompanies them. CST is a very gentle and deeply relaxing form of bodywork that releases accumulated stress from the nervous system and entire body, helping to restore a sense of balance and peace. CST is effective because touch is vital to the mother’s well-being, mentally, physically and spiritually, as she adapts to the changes in her body and then the demands of motherhood. Studies show that mothers who receive loving touch during their pregnancies are better able to bond with and nurture their newborn infants. CST During Pregnancy One of the primary focuses of CST treatment for pregnant women is on the pelvis to improve mobility and maintain stability. This helps to resolve back pain, hip pain and to lessen overall tension. Gently releasing these restrictions helps the baby assume a better position for labor and birth, which can assist in a timelier and easier delivery. Clients who suffer from back and neck pain as well as fatigue have reported feeling “more energized, calm and less anxious” after CST sessions. In addition to helping relieve pain, treatment during pregnancy can help alleviate other symptoms such as headaches, nausea, difficulty breathing, heartburn and the feeling of “running out of room.” It is often during their first pregnancy that women experience this feeling, usually at the moment when their body transforms from not looking pregnant to having a baby bump, seemingly overnight. By gently working with belly tissue, allowing it to soften and open, I’ve helped clients begin to breathe more deeply and comfortably.
These deeply relaxing sessions release not only physical pain, but also help relieve some of the stress and anxiety that many women experience about the birth process itself. As a holistically oriented mom of two boys, I’ve found that really listening to a soon-to-be mom voice her concerns is enough to help her feel more comfortable and less anxious. Postpartum Treatment CST is also a great healing tool to use postpartum. Once the baby is born, much of the attention goes to the newborn, with Mom’s wellness and needs becoming almost an afterthought. It is so important for new mothers to continue to be nurtured and supported physically and emotionally. Postpartum treatment focuses on realigning the pelvis and the spine, which became overworked or weakened during pregnancy. It also helps the organs of the abdomen to return to a normal position and have them function optimally again after being squished for many months. Additionally, discomforts that arise from carrying a baby are addressed and suggestions are made for body mechanic awareness. And the deep relaxation that occurs during the
session can help alleviate the chronic fatigue experienced by new moms, who may find it hard to even remember what it’s like to sleep through the night. On an emotional level, CST can help relieve any lingering stress and trauma from the birth process. A woman who has experienced a complicated birth may feel traumatized. She may grieve the loss of the birth experience she had planned. CST can help the new mom process and integrate her birth experience in a way that is physically and emotionally healthy. Additionally, CST can help with cesarean recovery as well as relieve pain from epidural punctures and migraine headaches. As a wise Southern expression says, “If momma ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.” When you feel well, nurtured, heard and supported, you are kinder, gentler, more patient and attentive to the needs of your family— and you are kinder and gentler with yourself as you adapt to the many changes a new baby brings to your world. Hilary D. Bilkis, MS, LMT, CST is the owner of Awakening Wellness, LLC, a holistic, light-touch bodywork practice in Morristown. Visit Awakening4wellness.com. See ad on page 47.
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Collagen: The Building Block of Beautiful Skin
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outhful, healthy, beautiful skin is characterized by a plump, radiant, and wrinkle-free complexion. Yet as we age, a decline in the production of collagen and elastin often leads to wrinkles, sagging skin, muscle laxity, and weaker bone structure. Collagen is a protein composed of a large number of amino acids. A major component in our bones, cartilage, blood vessels and skin, collagen is responsible for providing the skin with elasticity, smoothness, and strength. Through diet, lifestyle changes, hormone balance, and noninvasive cosmetic treatments, you can slow the breakdown of collagen and keep your skin and body looking younger. Vitamin C is a major component in collagen production. Because our body is not able to make Vitamin C, we need to ensure we’re eating a healthy diet and supplementing it with 500 mg twice a day of ascorbyl palmitate (a lipo-soluble form of Vitamin C). Proteins rich in zinc, Vitamin B, calcium, magnesium, and silica are an important staple of a healthy diet. Beans contain an enzyme able to specifically ward off collagen breakdown. Nuts and seeds, packed with protein, natural oils, and minerals, are also a vital part of a collagenpreserving diet. Vegetables and fruits contain a myriad of antioxidants, minerals, vitamins, and a variety of fiber. And it’s important to avoid refined or processed foods.
Packed with sugar, trans-fats, and chemicals, they activate an inflammatory response in the body that can accelerate the breakdown of protein and collagen. Hormones, particularly estrogen, are vital for maintaining healthy, supple, and hydrated skin. It is not a coincidence that after menopause, our bodies move to the “fast lane” of aging. It is well documented that by the time a women is five years into menopause, 40 percent of her skin’s collagen has been depleted. Bio-identical hormone replacement is an option for most women heading toward or already in menopause. Bio-identical hormones stimulate the fibroblasts (cells that secrete collagen) essential for producing collagen fibers, help increase elastin production, and keep natural fats in place under the skin. The level of estrogen in your body can also be increased naturally through diet. Soy products, for example, contain an estrogen-like compound known as genistein. Finally, one of the best ways to jump-start your body’s natural collagen production is through several noninvasive cosmetic procedures that are offered by our medi-spa. Laser technologies, particularly Intense Pulsed Light (IPL), are useful tools in improving collagen production because the IPL penetrates deep below the surface of the skin to stimulate fibroblasts responsible for collagen production. After a series of IPL treatments, clients can expect to see younger, more radiant skin. Injectable fillers such as Restylane, Radiesse, and Belotero also have the ability to stimulate the skin’s natural production of collagen. Dr. Aurora DeJuliis was born and raised in Rome, Italy. She has been a leader in the fields of anti-aging, beauty, nutrition, and aesthetic medicine for more than 20 years. Dr. DeJuliis applies her medical knowledge, training, skill, and years of experience in skin rejuvenation, nutrition, and antiaging medicine to offer a progressive European approach to skincare. The Aurora DeJuliis, MD European Medical Spa is located at 8 Hillside Ave., Suite 102, in Montclair. For more information, call 973-338-6300 or visit AuroraDeJuliismd. com. See ad on page 4.
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study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology reports that infants that were fed more homemade foods comprising a higher percentage of fruits and vegetables were less likely to develop food allergies. In assessing youngsters of the same age, researchers from the University of Southampton Medical College, in the UK, followed 41 children that had developed food allergies by the age of 2, alongside 82 non-allergic infants. After tracking the toddlers’ diets with food diaries and conducting allergy testing, the researchers found that infants fed more of the healthier homemade diet had a significantly lower incidence of food allergies as toddlers.
Vitamin D No Help for Bone Mass or Hip Fractures
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niversity of Pittsburgh researchers that followed 29,862 women for 11 years have found that supplementing calcium with vitamin D does not reduce hip fractures. The study, published in the Journal of Women’s Health, found that women taking calcium plus vitamin D had as many hip fractures as women taking a placebo. Women supplementing with more than 600 international units (IU) of vitamin D per day also had a 28 percent higher incidence of breast cancer. Because hip fractures are linked to a reduction in bone density, these findings are compounded by a review of research published in The Lancet, which established that vitamin D supplements typically taken with calcium did not increase bone density among elderly adults. The review analyzed 23 studies among 4,082 participants, 92 percent of whom were women. natural awakenings
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he thought of teaching a yoga class to individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) could be intimidating for most instructors. But as Samadhi Spectrum teachers will tell you, it doesn’t take long for these amazing people to steal your heart and change your life forever. You stop seeing the behaviors and start seeing the person. You see not with your eyes but with your soul. Created by Sharon Manner, founder of Ashrams for Autism, Samadhi Spectrum strives to connect the autistic community with yoga. Classes are tailored to help individuals on the spectrum deal with everyday issues through the use of yogic techniques. Samadhi Spectrum also offers training to yoga instructors who want to improve the lives of those with ASD. Current graduates work with Ashrams for Autism to teach yoga classes free of charge to members of the autistic community.
About Samadhi Spectrum
Sharon Manner’s greatest inspiration for Samadhi Spectrum is her 21-year old daughter, Kerri, who is diagnosed with ASD. Sharon, already an established teacher (E-RYT-500) and a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, began teaching classes for children on the spectrum. She saw major improvements, which ultimately led to the creation of an autism yoga training. Sharon Manner and co-creator John Margabandhu Martarano, director of the Integral Yoga Institute in Fair Lawn, have extensively researched the causes of symptoms associated with ASD. Together they created Samadhi Spectrum training to help alleviate such symptoms as poor digestion, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and mania in those with ASD. Samadhi Spectrum teachers learn to use yogic practices and basic applied behavior analysis (ABA) techniques in addition to teaching simple yoga poses. Martarano, who is an expert herbalist, informs trainees of the importance of a conscious diet, while Manner’s teaching expertise lends to easy understanding by participants. An ABA expert walks trainees through the challenges faced by ASD individuals so teachers can properly approach these issues with students.
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Sharon Manner has seen yoga transform the lives of individuals with autism. She says, “The science of yoga as a therapeutic tool and lifestyle can help to heal and balance anyone on every level, physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Our bodies and minds want to be healthy and in balance. A yogic lifestyle makes this possible. This yogic lifestyle has made a profound change in my daughter’s life and, I believe, in the lives of many other students.” The Center for Independence also employs Samadhi Spectrum instructors to teach part of its curriculum. “We can’t praise the amazing instructors from Ashrams for Autism enough. Since the initiation of our program, clients have experienced a decrease in anxiety symptoms such as panic, scripting, and generalized worry,” says Kim Rushmore, the center’s director. “We have also seen an increase in communication and positive social skills. Clients have been more open to coping skills and handling frustration by using the breathing and visualization techniques they practice in yoga. The group is learning to connect on a broader level with their peers.” Students look forward to the positive support and innovative teaching techniques. Some were resistant to yoga in the beginning, but are now practicing the breathing and trying some of the poses. As Rushmore notes, “This is directly related to the positive motivation given freely by these instructors. This compliments the philosophy of our program and enhances our personal development, social skills and life skills training.” Those who witness the approach believe that this program has the power to transform lives. Samadhi Spectrum yoga students at The Center for Independence look forward to quality time with instructors. As one student says, “Yoga makes me feel relaxed.” Another student says, “Yoga teaches me to breath. Now I can stay calm and not have as many panic attacks.” And yet another student, concerned about a very stressed relative, decided to share the treatment approach by buying his uncle a yoga video “so he could feel calmer.”
An Ashram for the Autistic Community
Since its inception in 2011, Ashrams for Autism has begun to receive worldwide recognition within the yoga and autistic communities. In February 2014, the Ashrams team travelled to the Yukon, Canada to train 14 special needs teachers and yoga instructors. On April 25, for the second year in a row, they will be in the Yoga Journal NYC Marketplace.
This month, Ashrams starts work in Harlem as part of a program initiated by a Columbia University professor and is partnering with the Newark Yoga Movement to bring its program to children on the spectrum. The annual Summer Intensive training will be held May 27–31 in Madison, New Jersey, and a second training is scheduled for Yogaville, in Buckingham, Virginia, in October. Ashrams will be taking the training to the west coast in 2015. Ashrams for Autism was created to help build a safe space for all to live, work and play through the healing practice of yoga. The ultimate goal is to build an ashram, a sanctuary following a yogic lifestyle. Sharon Manner and her dedicated teachers know that yoga has the power to transform lives, but that transformation is not always easily explained in words. You just have to see for yourself. For more information, visit AshramsForAutism.com. Jennifer Kimak is a 200-hr RYT through Samadhi Sun. She completed the Level 1 Samadhi Spectrum Training in 2012 and teaches at The Center for Independence. Sandy Marotta is Sharon Manner’s daughter and a 200-hr IYI Instructor. She recently completed both the Level 1 Samadhi Spectrum Training and the 300-hr Samadhi Sun Teacher Training.
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Body Ease Fluid, Flexible Movement Can Be Ours by Sarah Todd
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ad habits are hard to break—and it’s even harder to eliminate those we are unaware of. Many people experience pain from unconscious physical patterns such as hunching over a computer keyboard or holding a musical instrument at an uncomfortable angle, but don’t know how to identify and change limiting positions. This calls for body movement re-education.
Alexander Technique
“Let’s say you’re a runner and didn’t realize that you were running in a lopsided way,” explains Alexander Technique practitioner Beret Arcaya, who has taught the practice in New York City for almost 30 years. Students learn to retrain their thinking, movements and posture for better natural alignment. “It helps you understand how you’re making an argument between yourself and gravity,” she says. Invented by Australian thespian F. Matthias Alexander at the end of the 19th century as a means of improving his onstage presence, the Alexander Technique is highly regarded by actors and entertainers, yet anyone can benefit from it, according to Arcaya. In typical one-on-one sessions, Alexander movement practitioners use a light, gentle touch and verbal instruction to show students how to realign their head, neck and upper back while standing in front of a mirror, which helps the rest of the body attain a more natural position. Next, students learn to move through
routine activities like sitting, walking and bending in ways that replace damaging habits with easier movements. The technique is easily modified to meet individual needs, Arcaya says, citing a former student that suffered from hemophilia. “He could hardly bend his knees, and he had little mobility in one elbow; he was terribly stiff,” she recalls. While the technique couldn’t treat the disease, “It allowed him to skillfully use his remaining uninjured tissue.” One day, when he returned from a three-mile walk with his young son, he was beaming. “‘I walked with a freedom and a lightness,’ he said, ‘I didn’t want to stop.’” A 2008 study in the medical journal BMJ found that patients with chronic back pain experienced long-term benefits from Alexander Technique exercises and lessons. People with Parkinson’s disease also improved their walking, speech, posture and balance through Alexander training, according to a 2002 study in Clinical Rehabilitation.
Feldenkrais Method
Others in need of movement reeducation use the method founded by physicist, electrical engineer and judo black belt holder Moshé Feldenkrais in the mid-20th century. Feldenkrais was familiar with the Alexander Technique, and the two methods share the same fundamental goal of helping students change harmful patterns through movement exploration, touch and dialogue. The Feldenkrais Method avoids concepts of “right” and “wrong”. Instead, the
practitioner leads students through gentle, slow-movement sequences, mostly on the floor, while asking questions about subtle details as they experience options. This sharpens sensory awareness of how to perform each movement with maximum ease. In one-on-one sessions, the student is passive while the practitioner’s hands suggest various non-habitual movements to widen his repertoire. It all increases flexibility, balance, fine motor skills and overall physical self-awareness. Feldenkrais stated, “What I’m after isn’t flexible bodies but flexible brains; to restore each person to their human dignity.” Seniors that practiced the Feldenkrais Method enhanced their balance and mobility, according to a 2010 study published in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. It may also alleviate symptoms of nonclinical depression, according to a 2011 pilot study reported in the Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association.
Trager Approach
Another entry point to such a bodily reawakening is the Trager Approach, invented by Dr. Milton Trager, an athlete who suffered from a congenital spinal deformity. “The intention of the practitioner in a Trager session is to introduce the client to a series of playful and pleasurable sensations as the session unfolds,” says practitioner Martha Partridge, of New York City, who works primarily with people that have Parkinson’s disease. During tablework sessions, practitioners “bring awareness” of a specific movement by rocking, cradling and gently rotating a client’s body, Partridge explains. The feeling of effortless movement is further ingrained through a series of mental gymnastics, termed mentastics, that clients can do at home. The objective, says Partridge, is to help people have a sense of joy in everyday, common movement. All three bodywork techniques can help people banish bad habits for good. “Gradually, aches and pains will go away,” Arcaya says. “You can undo the imbalances that have done you wrong.” Then go forward, doing things right. Sarah Todd is a freelance writer in Brooklyn, NY. Connect at SarahToddInk.com.
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are not fooled by the mistakes we’ve made or the dark images we hold about ourself. They remember our beauty when we feel ugly; our wholeness when we are broken; our innocence when we feel guilty; and our purpose when we are confused. Life always reminds us when we are and when we’re not in tune with ourself. When we feel good, we are matching our song. We may feel a little wobbly at times, but so have all the great singers. If we just keep singing, we’ll find our way home. In the end, we shall all recognize our song and sing it well. Modern pioneers in vibrational energy like Sharry Edwards (bioacoustic biology) and Donna Eden (energy medicine) have independently detected that each of us has a fundamental signature frequency that can be equated to our unique song that persists throughout life. We innately seek natural sounds that reinforce and strengthen our song such as the surf, wind or birds. Even the stars and heavens offer songs out of our hearing range that benefit cell-to-cell vibrations within that we intuitively feel as the magic of a midnight sky. At one with the universe, our song contributes its part in the infinite chorus of creation. Jill Mattson is an author, artist, musician and sound healing composer. Her books and CDs, based on 20 years of studying ancient civilizations, support healing and personal growth. Connect at JillsWingsOfLight.com. The Griot story is based on an interpretation by Jane Maluka and Dan Millman.
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The Road to Reinvention
It Is Never Too Late to Reinvent Your Who!
daunting or confusing, even when we feel certain that something better lies ahead of us. Successful reinvention is not a random event; it requires a plan. Depending on your objective and time frame, the plan can be very short and simple or more detailed. The key is to be clear about the changes you want to effect and honest about your willingness to do all that it will take to achieve your goal.
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Reinvention can be an emotional road and no matter what your age, growing pains are inevitable. Frequently, the most difficult part is kick-starting the reinvention process and defining your path forward:
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einvention involves changing yourself or your lifestyle to improve your overall quality of life. Even better, reinvention is letting go of the person you think you OUGHT to be and becoming the person that you WANT to be. It is taking control of WHO you want to become to achieve your full potential. Sometimes, feeling stuck, depleted, unsatisfied, or deeply unhappy with a particular aspect of our life or ourselves provides the impetus for transformation. We can alter our physical appearance, our career, and even the manner and extent to which we “show up” for our relationships. Many of us reinvent ourselves episodically as we come to turns and crossroads in our lives. We can also choose to revamp when we simply want to look or feel better, so long as we are ready to do the work—mental, emotional or physical—to get there. There are times, however, when moving through change can be Quantum Healing Hypnotherapy is a regression technique developed by world renowned regressionist, author and teacher Dolores Cannon. This technique takes you beyond the usual past life regression and into expressions of self that span dimensions. Looking at your past can bring understanding and healing to your present life, relationships, illness, phobias, fears, habits and behaviors. People come for a Quantum Healing Hypnotherapy
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1. Make peace with your past and the circumstances that brought you to where you are. If, for example, you’ve left a job or ended a relationship, embrace, or at least accept, it as an opportunity for positive change. Heavy baggage holds you back. 2. Take quiet time to ponder your vision for your future along with your ideal image of good health, good parenting, etc.—whatever aspect or aspects of your life you seek to reinvent. While it’s important to understand and prepare for potential challenges, try to refrain from ruminating on what could go wrong; instead, focus on what would make
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you happy. Think about the strengths and skills you will need to leverage for success. 3. Write about your reinvention. Make your vision come alive on paper and read through it daily.
Taking Action
Once you have clarity with respect to the changes you seek to implement, approach your reinvention just as you would a major project at work, a business plan for a new venture or a comprehensive proposal to win over a new client— unless, of course, it is your approach to work projects, client proposals and business plans that requires reinvention. You deserve at least the same level of detail and dedication that you would bring to bear on any project that regularly commands your time and attention! Moreover, a firm plan of action will help you hold yourself accountable for what you say is important to you.
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Your reinvention plan should “feel right” to you, and it must align with YOUR values. Therefore, be flexible and expect to tweak your plan as needed. Finally, be kind to yourself if you don't always adhere to your intended plan of action. Remember, reinvention is a process! Learn from it and move on. Fran McConnell, CPC, ELI-MP, is a certified professional coach, workshop facilitator, public speaker and reinvention expert. She is owner and founder of The Balanced Owl, LLC. Connect with her at Fran@thebalancedowl.com or visit TheBalancedOwl.com. See ad on this page.
Your plan might consist of the following: 1. List your specific reinvention goal or goals, and all the action steps required for each, in a logical order for completion. 2. Set reasonable time limits for each action step to help you stay on track. 3. Read, research and read some more. Increasing your knowledge will boost your confidence and provide you with even greater insight. Reading about other individuals with similar struggles or goals can be very encouraging. 4. Come up with your own daily affirmations or borrow inspirational quotes that resonate and fit your mission. Post these affirmations where you will often see them to stay motivated. 5. Get support! Enlist the help of experts, mentors, your professional network and loved ones throughout your journey. 6. Keep from getting overwhelmed by tackling only one or two goal items at a time. Your other goals will be there for you when you are ready.
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pushed Teague to take a leap of faith—close her psychotherapy practice and enroll in a filmmaking class. Teague recognizes that a deeper wisdom activated her response. She observes, “The individuals I was counseling about their restless desire for something better mirrored my own discontent, and my restlessness was an emotional response to what was emerging. “Today, I no longer concern myself with making the right decision. I trust that whatever the circumstances are, I need to listen, observe and reflect, because ‘now’ contains information for my next step,” she advises. Amanda Owen, counselor, coach and author of Born to Receive: 7 Powerful Steps Women Can Take Today to Reclaim Their Half of the Universe, has studied the state of receptivity that Teague references. Owen explains, “Receiving is a dynamic and productive state. When the body is relaxed and the mind and nervous system are calm, we become receptive and can feel and intuit subtle information contained in the energy received from external and internal environments.
Trust Your Intuition Listen to that Still, Small Voice and Let It Lead You by Linda Sechrist
What if you could consistently tap into answers to life’s problems when you need them, knowing deep down that you are on the right track and that the decisions and choices you are making are the correct ones?
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ur body is a wellspring of priceless wisdom. Yet heeding our innate voice seems constantly tested as society distracts us with the busy acquisition of external knowledge and rewards more visible work. Those used to focusing outwardly over-stimulate their five senses and so tend to disconnect from their body’s deep innate intelligence—our sixth sense, also known as intuition. The resulting joylessness, discontent, isolation, depression and illness have sent millions in search of a real solution that discerning experts believe already exists within. Our ultimate guide to the fountain of personal health and happiness, they believe, could well be our own intuition.
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For years, Katie Teague, producer of the documentary film, Money & Life, lived with the consequence of sublimating her intuitive impulse. “I felt a restless itch in my soul,” relates Teague, who intuited that life was prompting her to change careers so she could use her talents in a more meaningful way. The vision of her 94-year-old self lying on her deathbed and faced with the question, “What are you not saying yes to?” 24
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“Our parasympathetic nervous system is engaged when we’re in this listening state. In contrast, rushing through the day engages our ‘fight-or-flight’ sympathetic nervous system. Busyness and mind chatter drowns out the valuable information that intuition provides,” Owen notes. An intuitive energy therapist, Marilyn Eppolite strongly relies on intuitive guidance in her southern New Jersey practice, believing it emanates from her body’s intelligence. “I listen and it’s always present,” she says. Eppolite shares an example of a time she received a clear image and perceived the bodily sensations of a grieving small child from a female client that a psychotherapist had referred. “When I described what I was sensing, her tears flowed and she also connected to the feeling,” she says. “It provided the needed breakthrough she needed to access her feelings and move forward in therapy.” Eppolite is keenly aware when roadblocks—busyness, willfulness and a fearful, restless mind—create interference. “These feed each other and can rarely be separated. I can’t hear or feel my intuition when my energy and attention are willfully directed outward,” she observes. Abandoning the drive for personal control and surrendering to stillness is how Eppolite signals her body’s intelligence that she’s ready for whispers of guidance. “I sense that surrender as strength and trust that the information received is for my greatest good, even if I don’t fully understand it,” she remarks. “Discernment is necessary because deep wisdom frequently comes in segments that I must piece together and put into action before more of it bubbles up from within.” The teachings of Yogeshwari Kamini Desai, Ph.D., combine Western psychology and Eastern philosophy. NaturalAwakeningsNJ.com
As the director of education and lead teacher of the Amrit Method of Yoga, at the facility in Silver Springs, Florida, Desai instructs on listening to the voice of intuition identified as prana in yogic tradition, which she characterizes as “the energy that enlivens and carries out all balancing and life-giving processes in nature. “It speaks through the body as sensations, impulses and urges,” she says. “This ‘inner divining rod’ informs us what feelings, thoughts and actions are moving us into alignment with our source and what is moving us out of alignment.” Quieting the mind and strengthening the directives of prana through meditation, yoga and being in nature moves us away from what we tell ourselves and back to directly responding to its promptings. “Absorbed in the present moment and bodily sensations, we connect with inner guidance,” explains Desai. “With practice, our mind becomes a servant to inner intelligence. It can both direct our lives and make us sensitive to early symptoms suggesting oncoming illness,” she adds.
Fearlessly following our intuition frees us to fully live an authentic and satisfying life.
“There is growing interest in energy medicine and developing a deeper connection to the body’s intelligence through yoga and energy practices like qigong and tai chi because people are tired of taking medications that don’t heal the root cause of health problems,” comments Dr. Sue Morter, founder of Morter Health Center, near Indianapolis, Indiana, and the healing phenomenon she terms Energy Codes. A regular practice of any one of these disciplines expands sensory function to encompass internal recognition and referencing of subtle information. Morter teaches how to awaken gut feelings, personal power and self-love to restore wholeness left behind in pursuit of external sources of happiness. “Participants learn to trust their gut more than the opinions of others, which turns up the volume on the whispers of intuition,” she explains. After Pat Hall, a therapeutic bodyworker in Augusta, Georgia, read Jill Bolte Taylor’s My Stroke of Insight, she was certain a habit of listening to mental chatter interfered with feeling and
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interpreting her body’s helpful promptings. “Jill’s experience of her body as energy and her mind as silent when the left lobe of her brain shut down due to a stroke was my ‘Aha!’ moment,” says Hall. For her, heeding inner guidance took practice and a commitment to dismantling reactive thought patterns and habits, plus discerning between intuition and distracting chatter. “Mind chatter generally creates fear, negativity and pressure to do something,” she explains. “Intuitive guidance is gentle, expansive and undemanding.” Hall believes in the Buddhist concept that mindfulness of the body allows us to love fully. She finds, “It brings healing, wisdom and freedom.” She relates how she is led to direct a client’s attention to their own body’s intuition, which works best when she is following her instincts, rather than thinking. “After one session, my client, who had been silently experiencing numerous feelings in her stomach, asked me why I had touched her abdomen. I was just intuitively led to that part of her body.” Dr. Mona Lisa Schulz, also a Ph.D., medical intuitive and co-author of All is Well, notes that everyone has a connection to intuition. “We get a gut feeling and sadness in our heart from our inner intelligence that we don’t know what to do with. While some individuals consult a practitioner, others listen to their body’s intuitive language and reflect on their insights and dreams—the language of soul,” says Schulz. “Intuition can speak softly through symptoms,” she observes. “Eventually, when disregarded, it can become a full-blown illness.” Biochemist and author of Secrets of Our Cells: Discovering Your Body’s Inner Intelligence, Sondra Barrett, Ph.D., is awed by the body’s cellular intelligence. “Our cells are invisible, so we don’t think of ourselves as cellular beings. However, a deeper understanding of our constitution and that our cells speak to each other and collaborate harmoniously could inspire us to befriend our body’s intelligence for life,” she says. “We might shift from wanting to fix an ache or pain to understanding that our cells are warning us of something.” NaturalAwakeningsNJ.com
Sonia Choquette, a global consultant who recommends we rely on our sixth sense as our first sense, has authored several books on intuition. She finds, “With intuition, we have a personal compass and an ally in discerning what is authentic and true for us so that we won’t be tugged and pulled in different directions when we make decisions.” Laurie McCammon, co-author of Enough: The Rise of the Feminine and the Birth of the New Story, was relaxing and reflecting with two friends when intuition graced her with a message of information-laden energy: “I am enough. We are enough. I have enough. We have enough. Enough!” The experience inspired them to collaborate on an e-book celebrating the grassroots groundswell toward a major shift in the world. “I believe intuition is an aspect of The Grand Plan, which always moves us toward greater expansion, inclusion and an ever more mature and loving response to life,” says McCammon. Ute Arnold, founder, director and teacher of the Unergi School of Body-Psychotherapy, in Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania, describes several physical signatures of body intelligence that can foster improved self-care. “You feel more expansive, available and receptive—with a sense of a longer spine, a wider and deeper body and feet rooted in the Earth’s powerful energy,” explains the author of Touchback: A Self-Healing Journey with Body, Art and Nature, who also has a master’s degree in fine arts. “Expanded into a condition of soft relaxation, your mind stops talking; you enter a mind-body state of energetic receptive listening, where emotional intelligence is accessible. “These feelings and sensations are indicative of wholeness. From it, we have access to the eternal place of the fully healed soul, which whispers intuitively, nudging us toward what can heal our life, body and mind.”
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ach “Zachman” Aldridge was born healthy, but at just 10 weeks, he was hospitalized at the hands of his birth father. Suffering from a brain aneurism, partial paralysis and multiple broken bones from shaken baby syndrome, Zach’s mother, Rebekah, was told that he might live for a year. Rebekah’s hope for a miracle was granted as her son’s life extended into weeks, months and years. Yet, at 4, the effects of the injury still prevented Zach from walking or talking like other children. “While some people are resigned to leave special children like Zach confined to a wheelchair, therapeutic horseback riding gives them more options and improves their quality of life,” advises Kim Minarich, execu-
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tive director of Southwest Florida’s nonprofit Naples Equestrian Challenge therapeutic riding program. A medical examination ensures a child is qualified for safe participation. During his first lessons, riding instructors had to prop up Zach’s head using “boppy pillows”. However, after just a few months, the Aldridge family saw dramatic improvements as the boy began speaking and telling his horse to “trot on.” Next, Zach began walking, a surprise to all. His growing strength had worked to overcome the paralysis and the gentle rocking motion of his therapeutic riding sessions gently pushed his displaced hip back into place, ultimately enabling him to take steps on his own. Zach’s achievements are not unique. Life-changing milestones like
this are common occurrences at the 850 nationwide therapeutic riding centers registered with the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship (PATH) International. Now in its 21st year, Dream Catchers, at the Cori Sikich Therapeutic Riding Center, in Toano, Virginia, is one such center celebrating its many success stories. Kendall Lecker, a PATH International-certified advanced instructor, describes the rapid progress of a new 6-year-old student living with autism as illustration. In his first session, he slumped over in the saddle and struggled to hold himself up; by his third session, he was sitting up straight and confidently giving commands to his horse. “Often, our riders start with insufficient core strength and may not be able to hold themselves upright, something the average person takes for granted. But, in a relatively short time, most riders can see dramatic improvements,” says Lecker. Both Naples Equestrian Challenge and Dream Catchers have achieved premier accreditation by demonstrating the highest levels of training, safety standards and quality controls in the industry developed to protect the riders, staff and volunteers. Feedback from approximately 56,000 participants nationwide, including nearly 41,000 under the age of 18, show that therapeutic horseback riding helps participants in five key areas: Normalizes muscle tone. Riding a horse helps children of all abilities build core strength and exercise muscles that they may not be able to work from the confines of a wheelchair. Increases flexibility and relaxation. The natural rhythm of a horse’s gait provides a relaxing effect on tense muscles and can gently rock joints back into place. It’s a unique therapeutic benefit not easily achieved through traditional physical therapy. Improves coordination, balance and strength. Completing tasks like picking up an object, riding across the arena and placing it in a bucket helps riders develop hand/eye coordination. The movements also help improve balance and strength. Promotes spatial orientation and fine motor skills. Working side-by-
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“The riding center gave me a place to realize I wasn’t the only one with challenges. It was a place that I could go to and be normal for part of the week.” ~ Tiffany Billings, a college student with cerebral palsy side with their assigned volunteers and horses and reaching for objects from a different perspective than usual helps youths develop their spatial sense and fine motor skills. Enhances self-esteem, self-confidence and self-control. Riders are encouraged to give verbal commands to their horse during sessions, which effects a command of vocabulary and boosts confidence while they bond with the horse. While the documented benefits are derived from personal testimonials rather than clinical studies, the positive results for children like Zach are indisputable. Meanwhile, therapeutic horseback riding is gaining increased acceptance in the medical community as more doctors are recommending this life-changing activity for their patients. PATH International spokesperson Cher Smith says, “Our mission is to help certified centers provide safe access for all individuals living with special needs.” For more information, visit PathIntl.org. Cyndee Woolley works as an advocate for therapeutic riding centers. natural awakenings
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Because dogs won’t always let us know when they’re hurting, some people assume they don’t experience pain the same way we do, but that’s not the case. Instincts retained from their wild heritage will generally prompt them to hide pain as it’s a sign of weakness.
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he truth is that arthritis and muscle or joint injuries are just as uncomfortable for dogs as they are for us, and many canine illnesses generate significant pain. While conventional medications can ease discomfort, they’re not the only or even the best options in many cases. Alternative therapies can be helpful in managing and relieving pain and work best as part of a whole body wellness program designed for a dog’s individual needs. To that end, always consult with an integrative veterinarian before starting any new treatment. Together, practitioner and owner will note that some of the following modalities may be contraindicated in some situations—for example, massage should never be performed on or near a tumor. Canine Massage: Dogs love massage because they crave being touched. Physical contact from another being provides a calming effect and brings comfort. Skin, the largest sense organ in the body, is loaded with sensory receptors and nerve endings that register touch, temperature and pain, and send information to the brain. Massage therapy relaxes muscles and also stimulates endorphins, increases circulation, elevates oxygen levels, flushes toxins, helps with inflammation, strengthens the immune system and accelerates healing. All of these benefits can contribute to effective pain management. Acupuncture and Acupressure: Both of these time-honored modalities are based on the concept of keeping vital energy
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flowing through the body and seek to stimulate key points along the energy meridians beneath the skin. Acupuncture involves the insertion of small needles at these points, while acupressure uses fingers to apply pressure to the same points. Both modalities are widely known to assist in managing pain and anxiety. Energy Healing: Here, the practitioner improves the flow of energy in an animal’s body using a range of gentle and powerful natural therapies. During a treatment, the trained healer sends subtle energy through the hands to promote physical and emotional balance and healing. While conventional medicine follows the belief that treatments for disease or injury must be strictly biological, energy medicine works to restore the patient’s health by treating the mind, body and spirit in nonphysical ways. Energy healing modalities available for dogs include Reiki, qigong, Healing Touch and Tellington Touch. Cold Laser Therapy: Developed more than 20 years ago, cold laser therapy has become a popular alternative treatment around the world for aches and pains in dogs. It directs highly concentrated coherent light waves to muscles, tissues and organs, reducing inflammation and muscle spasms. It’s also applied to disc and other spine-related issues. Low-level cold laser therapy is painless, noninvasive and takes only minutes. The effects are similar to those provided by non-steroidal medications, with negligible negative side effects. Hydrotherapy: The benefits of swimming are renowned. When dogs swim, they feel a resistance to movement, which makes a vigorous five-minute swim virtually equivalent in energy expended to a five-mile run. Some dogs like swimming even better than running. Hydrotherapy, which includes exercise on an underwater treadmill combined with swimming, is particularly helpful. The effect on senior dogs is especially dramatic, affording them a painless and enjoyable way to move about and exercise. Water’s natural buoyancy supports the dog, lessens stress on joints, facilitates greater movement and provides a safe and healthful form of exercise for those suffering injuries, disease or pain. The best choice of therapies for an individual animal will depend on the dog’s condition and recommendations by the family veterinarian. Selected and practiced properly, these complementary modalities can make a major impact in a canine’s physical and emotional well-being, while minimizing or even eliminating the need for medications. Jennifer Kachnic is the author of Your Dog’s Golden Years: Manual for Senior Dog Care Including Natural Remedies and Complementary Options. She is a certified canine massage therapist, animal Reiki practitioner and certified therapy dog handler with the American Humane Association. Learn more about this president of The Grey Muzzle Organization at GreyMuzzle.org. NaturalAwakeningsNJ.com
Life Is a Full Recovery An Interview with Brian McAlister
“A moment of clarity is all it takes for the divine purpose to be revealed. Twenty-three years ago, I woke up in unfamiliar surroundings with no recollection of how I got there. I wandered outside into the sunlight and for a millisecond experienced a moment of clarity that I acted upon. That was the day I surrendered. I admitted I was powerless over addiction and asked for help. That is the day I became willing to listen. During that split second of space between the endless string of my connected thoughts, the grace of God entered my consciousness. The clarity of that moment has changed my world.”
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nderstanding the journey of Brian McAlister, author and CEO of the Full Recovery Wellness Center, begins with recognizing the power of transcendent experiences. Recently, we had the opportunity to learn from Brian how “little moments” can lead to major transformations in a person’s life.
Do you think moments of clarity are rare for people to have?
Not at all. We all have experienced such moments of clarity. They arrive as hunches, a gut feeling, or a good idea that pops into your head. It might be the arrival of someone into your life at just the right time, or that twinkle in someone’s eye when love comes to call. It s that sixth sense, deep premonition, or feeling of déjà vu that most of us have felt at some time. It is at this time that the universal consciousness is reaching out to us.
Did a moment of clarity lead you to write Full Recovery?
Yes. Both writing Full Recovery and then opening the Full Recovery Wellness Center. It was in 2008, and I was alone in my home. The television news was spewing tales of impending doom, and the financial collapse of the economy was in full swing. I had a mountain of debt, my construction projects dried up, and in the middle of this realization I received a call that a business associate of mine had just died.
How did you react to the news?
I turned off the TV and pondered my life. I decided to relax
and meditate. While I was in a state of mindful awareness, this question came to me: If, instead of your associate, it were you who had died today, what would you regret? What disappointments would you take into eternity? The answer was immediate: I would regret not writing the book Full Recovery. I would regret not sharing a working truth that has allowed me to handle success and disappointment with the same sense of serenity that only understanding the truth could provide—that gratitude is stronger than fear.
How has a commitment to gratitude changed your life?
I have been given more than I will ever be able to repay. I have been saved from the hell of addiction. I have a beautiful wife and son. I have been allowed to experience material and spiritual abundance. I also have been allowed to experience loss, and though sometimes challenging, it is also a gift for which I am grateful. Through gratitude, all the experiences that make up a life allow me to stay connected with the body of humanity. I am an individual; part of the whole. I can relate to my fellow men and women through the gift of compassion that develops from shared mutual experiences. Part of the shared human condition is experiencing loss.
How does feeling grateful help you deal with loss? The pain is in the resistance. It is much easier to meet challenges with a hearty “yes” than to let my ego struggle against life forces that are beyond my control. My business can be an overwhelming success or it might collapse. A relationship may lead to marriage or it may dissolve. Of course, there are numerous possible outcomes for every situation. By accepting this truth, that life happens, as it will, I stop my controlling ego from assuming the position of the locus of power. I take the appropriate actions in my life as it unfolds and I leave the results to a power greater than natural awakenings
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myself. I embrace the fact that I am in control of but one thing—my own choices. I am the cause for the “effect ” the world has on me.
You make it sound easy. Is it really that simple?
To embrace this way of thinking requires a moment of clarity. It means responding to life with an enthusiastic “yes.” A moment of clarity that lets us know there are powers at work that are beyond our ego. They are working in our best interest and for the greater good of humanity. I have experienced many moments of clarity. What began as moments of clarity has become clarity of vision. A vision once narrowed by small ideas, addiction, and pettiness has grown into a broad view of the horizon and the unlimited possibilities of life.
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clothing design can align perfectly with the colors, shapes, substances and energies of feng shui’s five elements. Because feng shui connects divine energy to physical form, I realized I could dress my client’s spirits, as well as their surfaces.” Fashion Feng Shui, Maggiore’s international corporate legacy, maintains that combining intention and the five elements with awareness of our personal style attracts what we desire. Holistic image and lifestyle consultant and lead trainer Andréa Dupont, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, states that the first step is discovering our “essence”, or primary element. “You can’t dress yourself until you know yourself. I ask clients, ‘If you could change one thing about your life, what would it be?’ Once we establish an individual’s inner strengths and core element, the results can be life changing.”
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aking up on the morning of a big presentation to secure city funding for a new park, you’re confident that you’ve done your homework: You’ve prepared handouts, memorized key points of an environmental impact study and lined up community supporters. Opening the closet presents a different kind of challenge: What’s the most effective way to dress?
Dressing Our Essence
Wardrobe consultants that apply the principles of feng shui to clothing believe the jacket we choose to wear carries as much impact as our words. Clothing pieces and accessories selected with conscious awareness and intention can bring us into harmony and balance, energize our life and transmit subconscious messages about our values. Feng shui clothing stylists believe the five elements of nature—wood, fire, earth, metal and water—connect in an unending cycle of harmony that keeps the world in balance. Following an authentic and harmonious lifestyle connects us with this cycle and the environment in a more natural balance of human motion and planetary sustainability. As pioneering stylist Evana Maggiore observed in Fashion Feng Shui: The Power of Dressing with Intention, “I came to the conclusion that clothing is your body’s most intimate environment and energetically influences your life in the same way that your home and business décors do. Body coloring and shape, style, personality, lifestyle, goals and
For Denise Medved, of Hendersonville, North Carolina, owner of Feng Shui Style, wardrobe consciousness shows respect for our individuality and the environment. “When I choose to dress in natural fibers such as cottons, leathers, silks or wools, or their vegan complements in manmade fibers, it represents the life force of plants and animals and builds qi, or energy,” says Medved. She suggests assembling an outfit embracing three of the five elements. “A water/wood/fire triad might be black, woven, silk trousers; an organic, cotton, floral print shirt; and a red, recycled wool jacket. Personalizing this with the surprise of grandmother’s yellow stone pin on the lapel adds creative flair and earth and metal elements.” Nature’s jewelry energizes and circulates qi.
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
Practicing the three basic tenets of sustainability together with principles of feng shui keeps our wardrobe and closet resonating with life. Consultants agree that a wardrobe representing the five elements allows endless possibilities of creative combinations and reduces the need for having to keep up with new fashion trends. Shopping for such treasures at consignment and thrift stores, plus estate sales, allows us to reuse and repurpose clothing, energizing our budgets, closets and attitudes. Recycling items that pack closets and no longer suit our needs frees space and energy to create a wardrobe that is authentically ours. The Practical Encyclopedia of Feng Shui, by Gill Hale, also contains helpful advice for bringing out an intended inner message and making a statement. The color green conveys the wood element, or individuals that are public spirited and energetic. Red suggests fire, the color of inspiring leaders. Supportive and loyal earth personalities gravitate to khaki, while resolute, metal people may select grey. Natural communicators that view life holistically will be reflected in the water element of black. A feng shui philosophy provides guidelines for living in harmony with the natural world and in conscious awareness of life. Each choice expresses a stylistic living intention that will be noticed by the world. Gail Condrick is an archetypal consultant and Nia Technique faculty member. Connect at GaelaVisions.com. natural awakenings
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it within the previous year for stress or medical reasons, and 88 percent view massage as effective for pain relief. “A growing body of evidence shows that massage therapy can be effective for a variety of health conditions,” reports Bontrager, adding that massage is rapidly becoming recognized as an important part of health and wellness. Cody Landis, a licensed massage therapist and instructor at the Swedish Institute’s College of Health Sciences, in New York City, explains, “In the last few years, massage therapy research has been focusing more on the mechanisms by which the potential health benefits may be occurring—looking at the response of the brain, the immune system and the mechanisms of repair inside of muscle cells themselves.”
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n 1886, Dr. William Murrell stated in the British Medical Journal, “Massage is of such inestimable value in the treatment of many intractable diseases that it is regretted that so little is known about it in this country, and that it is so rarely employed as a therapeutic agent.”
A 2013 survey by the American Massage Association (AMTA) showed that a majority of us are choosing massage therapy to treat such conditions as stress and pain management, according to Winona Bontrager, the association’s immediate past president. Of 1,007 adults surveyed, 75 percent opted for
An AMTA survey reported that 32 percent of positive respondents used massage to relieve stress, and numerous recent studies have confirmed this. Research from Harvard Medical School shows that massage reduces pain and anxiety while increasing sleep and quality of life among metastatic cancer patients. Boston Medical Center researchers saw similar results among 60 cancer patients that underwent port placement surgery; 20-minute massages before and after surgery reduced participants’ stress and anxiety.
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Australian researchers reporting in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery found that massage reduced pain, anxiety and muscle tension following heart surgery among 152 cardiac surgery patients. A study from Japan’s Toho University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences showed that aromatherapy massage significantly reduced psychological stress among elderly nursing home residents.
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A study from Nashville’s Meharry Medical College of 43 HIV patients revealed that Swedish massage reduced their symptoms of depression. Lead researcher Russell Poland, Ph.D., a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences, observes, “When we designed the study, we didn’t expect to see such a large effect of massage. We remain surprised.” The benefit was echoed by a University of California-Los Angeles study of 95 volunteers that displayed increases in their production of oxytocin hormone simultaneous with reductions in adrenocorticotropin hormone. Oxytocin is linked to compassion, empathy, maternal affection and social connection, while lowered adrenocorticotropin effects less stress.
have known that massage therapy reduces substance P, [a neuropeptide] which causes pain, and that it increases serotonin, the body’s natural pain killer. We also know that deep sleep is critical to lowering substance P, increasing serotonin and reducing pain.”
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Lucy Liben, dean of massage therapy at the Swedish Institute, affirms the recent research as evidence documenting the numerous health benefits of massage therapy. “More and more consumers are seeking massage therapy for help with a variety of medi-
cal issues and conditions. Doctors are increasingly referring patients for such treatment and hospitals are enlisting more therapists to provide care for patients,” says Liben. “Perhaps most importantly,” she adds, “research is offering us guidance in our work as massage therapists in how to provide the most effective care for chronic pain or musculoskeletal problems, during cancer treatment, during the changes of pregnancy or for any number of other health-related issues.” Case Adams is a California naturopath and author of 25 books on natural healing. Learn more at CaseAdams.com.
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Researchers in the Gynecology and Obstetrics Department of Brazil’s University of Sao Paulo studied 46 birthing women and determined that lumbar massage during labor reduced pain by 27 percent. In another study at Beijing’s Chinese PLA General Hospital, deep massage brought relief to 64 patients suffering from chronic low back pain. Relief was reported by a third of 110 headache patients in a Turkish medical school study. Dhaka Medical College Hospital, in Bangladesh, found similar results in a study of 500 headache sufferers, many of which had migraines. Research from the University of Miami’s School of Medicine showed that massage reduced arthritis pain and increased both grip strength and range of motion among 42 rheumatoid arthritis patients. Lead researcher Tiffany Field, Ph.D., director of Miami University’s Touch Research Institute, says, “We
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Health, researchers at the University of California-Berkeley warn against longterm exposure to antibiotics through their widespread use in the dairy and meat industries. One animal study from Washington University, in St. Louis, showed that intestinal bacteria tend to extract more nutrients—and more calories—from the same foods when eaten by obese animals than when ingested by thinner ones. This helps explain why obese people tend to stay obese without heroic measures.
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While digestive distress can visit most of us occasionally, regular bouts have increased due to high-stress lifestyles and unhealthy diets, according to Dr. Dustin James, a St. Louis, Missouri, gastroenterologist and author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Digestive Health. “Getting home late after a stressful day, eating a high-fat meal and then going to bed is a recipe for problems,” he says. James advises a food-free interlude of four to six hours before bedtime and notes that prescription and over-thecounter heartburn medications can actually worsen the problem over time. Pimentel, citing his own research, also suggests that even a minor case of food poisoning may unbalance digestive bacteria enough to cause problems for years. “We think food poisoning leads to bacterial overgrowth,” says Pimentel. In his clinical experience, James says about 10 percent of IBS cases can be connected to the food poisoning theory. Although such cases are typically treated with an antibiotic, rifaximin, 36
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many experts ironically attribute bacterial overgrowth to the use of antibiotics. All antibiotics, taken for any reason, indiscriminately kill both good and bad intestinal bacteria, ultimately creating unbalanced bacteria colonies in the digestive tract, says James. “There can be bad long-term effects,” he advises. James’ antibiotics theory is affirmed by a major Australian review of current research on the links between antibiotics and intestinal bacterial overgrowth. Sugar is another culprit as are antibiotics in dairy products and meats, which can also aggravate digestive problems. Sugar feeds the growth of unfriendly bacteria and yeast and antibiotics kill friendly bacteria, contributing to imbalances. The U.S. obesity epidemic has even been linked to digestive problems. In a study published in the journal Frontiers of Public
probiotics—live bacteria such as those contained in fermented foods like quality yogurt—help rebalance beneficial bacteria in the digestive tract and ease ailments that include IBS. Due to U.S. food regulations, yogurt is routinely pasteurized, which kills its probiotic benefits; conscientious suppliers then add active digestive microorganisms, like Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus, back into their products.
Safe Digestive Relief In addition to fermented foods, these foods offer digestive relief. Ginger: Safe enough to quell the nausea of early pregnancy, ginger can offer relief from nausea, gas and even colic in babies. Peppermint Oil: A traditional remedy now validated by science, peppermint oil can relieve irritable bowels and heartburn. Consider enteric coated (acid resistant) capsules that can impact the small intestine, where relief is needed. Fennel: This mildly licorice-flavored seed hasn’t been extensively studied, but lovers of Indian cuisine have traditionally used it to promote smooth digestion after consuming curryladen meals. Sources: American Botanical Council; Mayo Clinic, MN; Baylor University, TX; University of Michigan; University of Rochester, NY
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“Check yogurt labels for specific names of the species and a certification that it contains live cultures,” counsels Maria Marco, Ph.D., an assistant professor of food science at the University of California-Davis. Coconut yogurt may be preferred by those with dairy-free diets. Dairy is acid-forming and can be difficult to digest. Many fermented foods can provide the same probiotics to ease digestive woes and restore a healthy balance of the right bacteria. Sauerkraut, rich in Lactobacillus and other strains of healthy bacteria, is at the top of the list. It’s easy to make super-healthy sauerkraut: See recipe below. Other fermented foods to put high on a natural probiotic list include: miso, kefir, tempeh, soft cheese, kimchi, sour pickles and sourdough bread. James recommends two daily servings of high-quality yogurt or other fermented foods to obtain the 2 to 5 billion live bacteria needed to restore gut health. “Every human is unique; try different products in search of what works,” he says. Probiotic supplements may be more effective for people with serious digestive distress that need higher bacterial counts and the product label may provide specifics of the bacteria and strains. “For example, Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG is a strain that has been proven to be effective against antibioticinduced diarrhea,” Marco explains. High-quality probiotics usually require refrigeration to keep the bacteria alive. In addition, there are many non-fermented foods, including certain juices, candies and energy bars, with specific strains of bacteria added that have probiotic effects. Kathleen Barnes is the author of a wide variety of natural health books including 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health, with Dr. Hyla Cass. Connect at KathleenBarnes.com.
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Lunch & Learn: Clean Living and Detox 101— 12:30–2:30pm. Join Elizabeth Girouard and Diana Sabloff as they provide tips on how to boost your energy by detoxifying your body and your home in a few simple steps. Lunch provided by Marigolds. $25 pre or $30 at the door. MONDO, 426 Springfield Ave., Summit. 908-358-5139. PureSimpleWellness. com.
Stop Smoking with Hypnosis—6:30–7:30pm. Through hypnosis, smoking cessation is easily achieved in a one-hour session. Eliminate the craving for tobacco while minimizing discomfort. $50. Greater Morristown YMCA, 79 Horsehill Rd., Cedar Knolls. 908-996-3311. HypnosisNJ.com.
Reader’s Day in May!—10:30am–5:30pm. Intuitive card, angel card, Akashic and spirit readings with highly qualified readers. $30-15 mins, $60-30 mins. The Art of the Heart, 15 Perry Street, Chester. 908-879-3937. TheArtoftheHeart-Chester.com.
FRIDAY, MAY 2 Weekend Women’s Escape—6:30pm Friday– 12:30pm Sunday. Come to the Pocono Mountains (Dingmans Ferry, PA) in celebration of all women everywhere, for sessions in yoga, Reiki, communication, awareness, and relief from stress. $125–$350. PEEC Pocono Environmental Education Center, 538 Emery Road, Dingmans Ferry, PA. 973-229-4757. NeatRetreats.com.
SATURDAY, MAY 3 Mind Body Spirit Expo—Friday, May 2–Sunday, May 4. Holistic health, natural products, personal growth, gifts, etc. See website for hours. $5 off coupon with magazine ad. Garden State Exhibit Center, Somerset, NJ. MindBodySpiritExpo.com.
Energy Tools for the 21st Century—7pm. EFT, The Emotion Code and Matrix Energetics with Jerem Egan. $10. Sponsored by The Association for Higher Awareness. The Masonic Temple, 39 Maple St., Morristown. AHANJ.org. Weight Management with Hypnosis—7:30– 8:30pm. Through hypnosis, weight loss is easily and painlessly attained. Shed unwanted pounds and keep them off in a safe, effective program. $50. Greater Morristown YMCA, 79 Horsehill Rd., Cedar Knolls. 908-996-3311. HypnosisNJ.com.
FRIDAY, MAY 9
Stirring the Pot: How Food Makes Us Sick, Keeps Us Well and Drives Us Crazy—12–5pm. Community event with local diet and nutrition experts. $25/$35. Sponsored by Fearless Parent and Thinking Moms Revolution. Calvary Tabernacle Church, Cranford. FearlessParent.brownpapertickets.com.
SuperHealth Weekend: Breaking Habits & Addictive Behavior—6pm Friday–4pm Sunday. Weekend workshop on SuperHealth behavioral health and addiction-therapy system. Experience simple yoga and meditation practices that can be used in your life, your yoga teaching, or integrated into a treatment regimen in a clinical setting. $320. Aquarian Yoga Center, 641 Bloomfield Ave., Montclair. 908-884 4984. AquarianYogaCenter.com/ Super-Health.php.
ADVENTURES IN LIVING THE SPIRITUAL LIFE May 31, 2014 ECKANKAR presents a FREE seminar and afternoon workshop, “Adventures in Living the Spiritual Life” at the Woodbridge Hilton, 120 Wood Ave South, Iselin, NJ from 1 to 8:30pm. The seminar features a Spiritual Experiences Room where guests may explore their inner wisdom, share experiences, and have a unique encounter with how spirit works in their everyday lives. Check us out at booth C-401 at the Mind Body Spirit Expo on May 2 – 4 at the Garden State Exhibit Center in Somerset.For more information visit Eckankar-nj.org or leave a message at 800-870-9139.
Past Life Regression Workshop—12:30–5:30pm. Are you curious about your past lives? Led by Garry Gewant. $75. Gurukul Yoga, Bridgewater. 908-8524635. GurukulYoga.com
Relaxation Through Hypnosis—8:30–9:15pm. You can reduce your stress using creative visualization, imagery, and hypnosis techniques, improving the quality of your life. Achieve relaxation without much effort or time. $50. Greater Morristown YMCA, 79 Horsehill Rd., Cedar Knolls. 908-9963311. HypnosisNJ.com.
Randolph Community Wellness Day—12–4pm. Focusing on personal health, safety, financial health, and environmental health. More than 45 local companies and organizations. Free health screenings, education sessions, fantastic prizes, and activities for kids. Free. Randolph Middle School, 507 Millbrook Ave., Randolph. 973-366-6615. Randolphcwd.com.
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Usui/Tibetan Reiki I Class—11am–4pm. Come and join us and learn the wonderful Usui System of Natural Healing. $125. 146 Rollins Trail, Hopatcong. 973-229-4757. KathleenLanders.com.
Make a Culinary Herb Strawberry Jar—10– 11:30am or 6:30–8pm. Plant a strawberry jar with fresh grown herbs in this hands-on workshop. $40. The Frelinghuysen Arboretum, 353 E. Hanover Ave., Morristown. ArboretumFriends.org.
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May 17, 2014 1-3pm Dr. Benjamin Lane, Nutritional Optometrist Free Saturday. See Dr. Benjamin Lane, Nutritional Optometrist, FAAO for real reversal with essential vitamins, natural foods, Rx eyeglasses to significantly improve and protect your eyes. NUTRITIONAL OPTOMETRY ASSOCIATES, Lake Hiawatha: 16 North Beverwyck Road 973-335-0111 HYPERLINK NutriOptom.com Dr.Lane@NutriOptom.com
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TUESDAY, MAY 13 Stop Smoking with Hypnosis—6:30–7:30pm. Through hypnosis, smoking cessation is easily achieved in a one-hour session. Eliminate the craving for tobacco while minimizing discomfort. $55. Bloomfield Hypnosis Counseling Center, 554 Bloomfield Ave., Bloomfield. 908-996-3311. HypnosisNJ.com. Weight Management with Hypnosis—7:30– 8:30pm. Through hypnosis, weight loss is easily and painlessly attained. Shed unwanted pounds and keep them off in a safe, effective program. $55. Bloomfield Hypnosis Counseling Center, 554 Bloomfield Ave., Bloomfield. 908-996-3311. HypnosisNJ.com. Relaxation Through Hypnosis—8:30–9:15pm. You can reduce your stress using creative visualization, imagery, and hypnosis techniques, improving the quality of your life. Achieve relaxation without much effort or time. $55. Bloomfield Hypnosis Counseling Center, 554 Bloomfield Ave., Bloomfield. 908-996-3311. HypnosisNJ.com.
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THURSDAY, MAY 15 Wake Up Goddess—7–8pm. When we allow ourselves to feel our emotions and open our hearts, we begin to support our Goddess energy. Must RSVP to Sandy@diamondascension.net or 908625-6732. Free. 35 Long Hill Road, Long Valley. 908-625-6732.
SATURDAY, MAY 17 Reiki ART/Master Class—10am–5pm. You may also do just the ART or Master level. $250. for each level. 146 Rollins Trail, Hopatcong. 973-229-4757. KathleenLanders.com. Health and Wellness Day—11am–4pm. Wellness services including personal training, acupressure, nutritional consulting, facials, aromatherapy, and massage therapy. Proceeds to benefit St. James the Greater Church. $20, children under 13 free. 973948-2296. St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 210 Route 206 North, Sandyston. Muses in the Vineyard Festival of Music—1–7pm. Also Sunday noon–6pm. Music festival of women, by women, for everyone. Net proceeds to benefit the Epilepsy Foundation of NJ. Four Sisters Winery, 783 County Route 519, Belvidere. MusesintheVineyard. com. Vibrate the Cosmos with Gong & Chant—4:30– 6pm. Sound immersion through gong and chant with Crown of Eternity: Kundalini mantras meet epic sound healing. $25 pre/$30 day of. Aquarian Yoga Center, 641 Bloomfield Ave., Montclair. 908884 4984. AquarianYogaCenter.com/Vibrate_the_ Cosmos.php.
SUNDAY, MAY 18 YOGA, Relaxation & Meditation Seminar— 1–3pm. iwc Seminar Sunday Series presents a YOGA, Relaxation & Meditation seminar. International instructor will teach simple stretches to release stress & increase energy. 908-879-8700. $50. iwc integrative wellness center, 401 Route 24, Nathan Cooper Building, Chester. iwcnj.com. Tibetan Singing Bowl Meditation—4–5pm. Tibetan singing bowls create waves of vibration designed to align the energy centers and create a
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deep state of meditation. $10 suggested donation. Studio Yoga Madison, 2 Green Village Rd., Suite 300, Madison. 973-966-5311. StudioYogaNJ.com.
TUESDAY, MAY 20 Is Glycation Aging Me Prematurely?—7–9pm. Presented by Carole Williams. Integrative Wellness Network monthly meeting. All welcome. $7. The Presbyterian Church, 65 South Street, Morristown. 551-574-9500.
THURSDAY, MAY 22 The Healing Life Force of Enzymes with Susan Richter, RN—Susan Richter uses the Loomis Institute System to determine the sources of stress. Treatment of chronic and acute conditions is with 100% food formulas and self-healing practices. Members, $10; Guests, $15 (senior & student discounts available). Central Unitarian Church, 156 Forest Ave., Paramus. MetaphysicalCenterofNewJersey.org.
TUESDAY, MAY 29 Night of Renewal—7:30–9:30pm. Four expert health coaches share their journeys and offer tips on how to transform chaos to calm, form a better relationship with food, detox healthfully, identify trigger foods, and stay young at every age! $20 in advance, $25 at door. 201-388-2329. Manhattan Juice Bar & Café , 212 Glenridge Ave., Montclair. NightofRenewal.wordpress.com.
FRIDAY, MAY 30 Sam Tso Navajo Medicine Man—Sam will provide private sessions in Denville on Friday and Saturday. Call or text 928-606-4537 for appointment.
SATURDAY, MAY 31 Adventures in Living the Spiritual Life—1pm– 8pm. A day of spiritual discovery for those new to the teachings of Eckankar. Keynote address by Bill Elberty, “Discovering God – The Art of Spiritual Listening.” Free. Sponsored by the Satsang Society of NJ. Woodbridge Hilton, Wood Ave., Iselin. 800870-9139. Eckankarnj.org. Sam Tso Navajo Medicine Man—Sam will provide private sessions in Denville on Friday and Saturday. Call or text 928-606-4537 for appointment.
savethedate HEALTH AND WELLNESS DAY Saturday, May 17 St. Thomas Church, 210 Route 206 North, Sandyston, NJ from 11am to 4pm. $20 per person, children under 13 free. The fee includes mini wellness services to experience including personal training, acupressure, nutritional consulting, facials, aromatherapy, and massage therapy to name a few. Participants can enjoy any or all services from vendors for admission fee paid at the door. Tickets are available at the door. For information call church office at 973-948-2296.
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sunday Free Zen Meditation Group Sit—7–8:30am. Led by Kurt Spellmeyer of ColdMountainZen.org at Kula Yoga Wellness, 25 Main St., Stanhope. For info, email Rcr111@optonline.net. Summit Unitarian Worship Service—9:30 and 11:15am throughout the regular church year. The Unitarian Church, 4 Waldron Ave., Summit. 908-273-3245. Prenatal Yoga—9–10:15am. For the Mother Goddess and her growing baby! $18 drop-in or class package. The Karuna Shala, 855 Bloomfield Ave., Suite 208, 2nd Floor, Glen Ridge. Morristown Unitarian Fellowship—Worship services at 10am. Children and Youth Religious Education at 9am. 21 Normandy Heights Rd., Morristown. 973-540-1177, ext. 201. Institute for Spiritual Development—10am. First and third Sundays. Psychic and spiritual development & healing. Masonic Lodge #93, 170 Main St., Madison.ISD-Madison.org.973-437-4370. Center for Spiritual Living~Morristown—11am Sunday Celebration and Youth Program, followed by refreshments at noon in Friendship Hall. 331 Mt. Kemble Ave., Morristown. 973-539-3114. Unity of Sussex County—11am.Sunday Celebration and Youth Program, followed by fellowship in Wakeman Hall. 25 Mudcut Rd., Lafayette. 973-3836277. UnityofSussex.org. Sound Healing Sundays—2–6pm. First and Third Sundays. From gongs, to singing bowls, to sound circles, to group singing, join us as we raise our vibrations and clear our energy fields with sound. Donations. Growing With The Seasons, 811 Main St., Boonton. 973-222-6762. GrowingWithTheSeasons.com. Drum Jam—3–5pm. Third Sundays. Open to all; beginners to experienced musicians. Some gather for spiritual reasons, others for an opportunity to socialize or try something different. $10 donation. Rest Stop Rejuvenate, 21 Maple Ave., Rockaway, 973-985-7548. RestStopRejuvenate.com. Free Meditation Class—4–5pm.Learn how to manage stress and emotions through breathing
techniques and meditation. A perfect introduction to meditation. Free. Art of Living Foundation, Parsippany PAL Bldg., 33 Baldwin Rd., Parsippany. 973-400-9191. Parsippany@us.artofliving.org. Free Community Yoga Classes—4:30–5:30pm. Free; donations appreciated. PurpleOmYoga.com. Purple Om Yoga, 3118 Rte. 10 W., Denville. 973343-2848.
monday Yoga Therapy—9:30am.Mondays. Heal your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual bodies through expert instruction and personal attention. Sadhana Yoga, 150 River Road, Unit M4, Montville. 973-265-0665 or SadhanaNJ.com. Beginners Yoga with Shirley Sahaja Sicsko— 9:30am.Mondays.Yoga West Holistic Center, 86 Main St., Succasunna. 973-584-6664.YogaWest. com. Yoga—Noon–1pm. Gentle poses that focus on movements with the breath, creating a connection between the body and the mind. $10. Please bring your own yoga mat. Center for Well Being, Morristown Medical Center, 100 Madison Ave., Morristown.973-971-6301. Pilates Sculpt—Noon–1pm. Try your first class for free. 973-895-9925. Pilates at Pro Physical Therapy, 2 Emery Ave., Randolph.Pilateswithamy@verzon. net. Proptnj.com. Free Blood Pressure and Glucose Testing—10am3pm. Overlook Downtown 357 Springfield Avenue, Summit. 908-598-7997. Noontime Energy Enhancing Blasts of Qigong with Sal Canzonieri—Noon–1pm Mondays. Lunchtime energy healing. Register at 908-8793937. The Art of the Heart, 15 Perry St., Chester. TheArtofTheHeart-Chester.com. Restorative Yoga—3:30–4:30pm. Restore, relax, and unwind. This is a deepening centering yoga class for bringing you back to your calmest self. $10. Please bring your own yoga mat. Center for Well
Posture Fit©—3:30–4:15 pm. Use props and weights to strengthen, tone, improve balance and coordination, challenge your mind, strengthen core and back. Try a complimentary class. The Wellness Center of Northwest Jersey, Randolph Medical Arts Building, 765 Rte. 10 East, Randolph.WellnessCenterNWJ .com or 973-895-2003. Qigong—6–7pm. Gentle exercises designed to generate energy flow. Contact Renee Dorn, 551574-9500; Move in Grace, 294 Main St., Chester. Divorce Support Group in Chester—7–8pm. First Mondays. Open to anyone currently struggling with divorce-related issues. 154 Route 206, 2nd Floor, Suite A, Chester. Free. 908-832-2305. Prosperity Yoga w/Madeline—7–8pm.Second Mondays. Awaken and balance your Kundalini life energy and invite prosperity into your flow. $15. Growing With The Seasons, 811 Main St., Boonton. 973-222-6762. GrowingWithTheSeasons.com. Awareness Through Movement—7–8pm. Gentle movement lessons suitable for everyone, even those limited by pain, injuries or neurological conditions. Contact Beatrice Basso, 973-294-4059; Move in Grace, 294 Main St., Chester. Monday Night Meditation Circle—7–8pm every Monday. Relax and recharge with Reiki Master Victoria at Monday Night Meditation @ Evolve Restorative Therapy. Feel the healing energy flow! Evolve Restorative Therapy, 523 Westfield Ave., 3rd Floor, Westfield. 908-361-6376. Meditation Class—7–9pm every Monday. Balance body, mind, and spirit with meditation, breathing, crystals, acupressure and essential oils. Yoga teachers: Rev. Bill, Reiki master, and Rev. Judith, MSW. Suggested donation: $10. RSVP 973-585-4661. Succasunna. Tai Chi & Qigong—7pm Mondays. All levels, featuring Qigong for energy, Sun Style Tai Chi, and meditations for health. Institute for Spiritual Development,15 Sparta Ave., Sparta. More info at 973-786-6466 or MarkSGallagher@hotmail.com. Because I Love You (B.I.L.Y.) Parent Support Group—7–8:30pm. Confidential self-help group for parents experiencing substance abuse issues with their children. Free. Jefferson Twp. BOE Community Room, 31 Rte. 181, Lake Hopatcong. Bilyofjefferson@yahoo.com.Bily.org.
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A Course in Miracles—7:30pm Mondays. Unity of Montclair, 84 Orange Rd., Montclair. $10 suggested donation. Contact Connie at 973-239-8402 for details.UnityofMontclair.com. Psychic Readings with Sue—7:30–9pm Mondays. Call 908-879-3937 to schedule an appt. Held at The Art of the Heart at 15 Perry St., Chester. Yoga for Ultimate Beginners—8–9pm. For students brand new to yoga, this series covers the fundamentals of yoga from alignment basics to class etiquette. $90 for six weeks. Purple Om Yoga, 3118 Rte. 10 West, Denville. 973-343-2848. PurpleOmYoga.com.
tuesday Early Morning Kigong/Tai Chi—6–7am. Start your day with a fresh and recharged mind and body. Harmony Meditation Center, 241 North Ave. West, Westfield. HarmonyMeditation.com. 908-301-9642. Chair Yoga—7am. Enjoy the benefits of yoga while sitting on a chair. $7 per class. Randolph Pain Relief & Wellness Center, 540 Rte. 10 West, Randolph. 973-866-5776. RandolphPRWC.com. Yoga Foundations—9:15–10:15am. Learn the foundations of yoga in a safe, encouraging environment, while releasing stress and tension. $10/ class. Breathing Room Center, 735 Rte. 94, Newton.973-896-0030. BreathingRoomCenter.com. Christpaths—9:30am–12pm.Second Tuesdays. Monthly spiritual sharing and practice group. Christ Church, 66 Highland Ave., Short Hills. Yearly tuition: $175. 908-277-2120. Information@ Interweave.org.Interweave.org. White Oak Yoga—9:30–10:45am or 5:45–7pm, mixed level. $10 or $50 for six classes. Taught by Elizabeth Bell. Sparta Ambulance Bldg., 14 Sparta Ave., Sparta. 973-729-1900.WhiteOakCenter.com. Pilates Mat with Props—10–11am. A traditional mat workout along with the magic circle, weights, stability balls and barre with flow and control. Try a complimentary class. The Wellness Center of Northwest Jersey, Randolph Medical Arts Building, 765 Rte. 10 East, Randolph.WellnessCenterNWJ. com or 973-895-2003. Awareness Through Movement Classes with Diane Bates—12:30, 2:00 and 4:30pmTuesdays. Ease pain, improve posture, prevent injury, increase energy and reduce stress. $15. Held at 24 Elm St., Room 1, Morristown. Call 973-534-8122 or email Diane.Bates7@Mac.com for more info. Yoga for Teens & Tweens—3:45–5:45pm.Aquarian Yoga Center, 641 Bloomfield Ave., Montclair.908-884-4984. AquarianYogaCenter.com.
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Yoga Level 1—6–7pm.Learn basic postures, breathing styles and meditation. Contact Jean Marie: 908850-6475. Move in Grace, 294 Main St., Chester. SMART Recovery—6:30–8pm Tuesdays. Secular, science-based recovery group for support and assistance with all forms of addictive behavior. Free. Roxbury Twp. Library. 201-774-8323. SmartRox@ Optimum.net. Meditation—7–8pm Tuesdays. Beginners and advanced are welcome to join a weekly guided meditation. Aquarian Sun Healing and Learning Center,
212A Main St., Lincoln Park. Donation: $10. Call or email Suzanne@AquarianSun.net before 5pm Tuesday to reserve a spot. 973-686-9100. Meditation—7–7:30pm.Unity of Sussex County, 25 Mudcut Rd., Lafayette. 973-383-6277. UnityofSussex.org. The Spirit Gathering Church—7:15pm.Tuesdays.Prayer, energy healing, discussion, meditation and mediumship. Held in the rear of Yoga West, 86 Main St., Succasunna. 973-876-2449. TheSpiritGathering.net. Restorative Yoga—7:30pm.Tuesdays.Shed stress and unleash your body’s innate healing capacities through comfortably supported guided relaxations. Sadhana Yoga, 150 River Rd., Unit M4, Montville. 973-265-0665 or SadhanaNJ.com. Connecting with Loved Ones in Spirit—7:30– 9pm. You and up to five family members will sit with three to five mediums who will contact the energy of your loved ones who have passed away. Netcong. Contact Garry at 908-852-4635 or Garry@ hyp4life.com. The Morris Music Men Quartet—7:30pm.Tuesdays.Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 300 Shunpike Rd., Chatham. Sing and socialize. Newcomers always welcome. 877-808-8697. MorrisMusicMen.org. Restorative Yoga—7:30pm Tuesdays. Community House, Madison. Contact Anitateresap@aol.com for schedule and details. A Course in Miracles—7:30pm. Study group for the course in spiritual psychotherapy. Miracles-Course. org. Garwood. Call Betsy Zipkin at 732-469-0234. Book Study Group—7:30–9pm Held at Unity of Sussex County, 25 Mudcut Rd., Lafayette. UnityofSussex.org. 973-383-6277. The Gathering—7:30–9:30pm.First and third Tuesdays. Worship service with Christina Lynn Whited. Offering of $10–$20 requested. Call 908638-9066to register. Circle of Intention, 76 Main St., High Bridge. CircleOfIntention.com. Gentle Yoga—8pm. Includes a wide range of yoga poses, breath awareness, alignments, relaxation, and meditation. $7 per class. Randolph Pain Relief & Wellness Center, 540 Rte. 10 West, Randolph.973-866-5776. RandolphPRWC.com.
wednesday White Oak Center Organic Co-Op—Every other Wednesday. Delivered by Albert’s Organics. Membership $20, then $35 bimonthly. White Oak Center, 33 Woodport Rd., Sparta. For more info, contact Brian Trautz at 973-729-1900 or BTrautz@ WhiteOakCenter.com. Chakra Yoga with Chant and Tibetan Yoga—9:30– 10:45am Wednesdays. Westfield Yoga, 231 Elmer St., Westfield. Call 908-232-1355 for details. Yoga for Women’s Health—9:30–10:45am. Poses to help you better address menstruation, menopause, pelvic floor issues, and basic back care. The Karuna Shala, 855 Bloomfield Ave., Ste. 208, 2nd Fl., Glen Ridge. Healing Meditations with Rev. Frankie—Noon. Center for Spiritual Living, 331 Mt. Kemble Ave., Morristown. Free. 973-539-3333.
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Cardio/Pilates Apparatus Circuit—12pm. Pilates at Pro Physical Therapy, 2 Emery Ave., Randolph.973-895-9925.PilateswithAmy@verizon. net.Proptnj.com. Group Acupuncture—5pm or 6pm. Licensed acupuncturists will provide personalized treatment while you relax in a group setting. $25. Overlook Downtown, 357 Springfield Avenue, Summit. 908598-7997. Fit Kids-4 Life—5–5:30pm. Your kids will get a great full body workout through a variety of fun activities and sports, like soccer, boxing and dance! The Wellness Center of Northwest Jersey, Randolph Medical Arts Building, 765 Rte. 10 East, Randolph. WellnessCenterNWJ.com or 973-895-2003. Pilates for Everyone—5–6pm.Lengthen, strengthen, stretch and tone. Move in Grace, 294 Main St., Chester. For more information, contact Carrie Oesmann: 201-919-7811. Chi Kung (Qigong) for Women—5:30–6:30pm meets every week in Verona to practice gentle, relaxing, and healing movement. All ages and levels welcome. Info and directions at 973-857-9536. Monthly Reiki Bodywork Practice Sessions— 6–9pm.Second Wednesdays. Practitioners of all levels of Reiki or energy training join to offer one another energy healing sessions. $25. At Be The Medicine, 18 Bank St., Suite 300, Morristown. BetheMedicine.com. Guided Meditation & Chanting—6–7pm. Westfield Yoga Studio, 231 Elmer St., Westfield.$14 per class or $72 for 6. Preregister at 908-232-1355. Teen Yoga—6:30–7:30pm.Age 13+. Teens learn to listen to their bodies as they move at their own pace promoting peacefulness, mental clarity and improved self-esteem. Carol’s Yoga Youngsters, 145 Washington St., Morristown.973-898-0544. Ctr4child@verizon.net. CarolsYogaYoungsters.com Beginner Yoga Adult Class—6:30–7:30pm Wednesdays. Drop-in, $20. 4 sessions, $75; 8 sessions, $130; New student 2 sessions for $20. More info at 973-944-0555.Pediatric Therapy & Yoga of Morris, LLC, 18 Elm St. Morristown. TheYogaWayNJ.com. Yoga as Medicine—6:15–7:30pm Explore the interface of Hatha Yoga and Ayurvedic medicine. All levels welcome. The Karuna Shala, 855 Bloomfield Ave., Ste. 208, 2nd Fl., Glen Ridge. Adult Yoga Class—6:30–7:30pm Wednesdays. Drop-in, $25.4 sessions, $75; 8 sessions, $130; New student 3sessions, $45. Pediatric Therapy &
Yoga of Morris, LLC, 14 Elm St., Morristown. 201-213-1294. Prenatal Yoga—6:30–7:45 pm. Wednesdays. New students: $67 for 5 classes. Studio Yoga Madison, 2 Green Village Rd., Suite 215, Madison. 973-966-5311. Staff@StudioYogaNJ.com. StudioYogaNJ.com. Free Meditation Class—7–8pm.Learn how to manage stress and emotions through breathing techniques and meditation. A perfect introduction to meditation. Free. Art of Living Foundation, Parsippany PAL Bldg., 33 Baldwin Rd., Parsippany. 973-400-9191. Parsippany@us.artofliving.org Women’s Healing Circle—7–9pm First Wednesdays. Support, share, bond and attain deep peace through guided meditation. Led by Lindsey Sass. Preregister at 973-714-0765. $30.The Healing Center, 142 Main St., Bloomingdale. Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Support Group of Morristown—7–9pm First Wednesdays, except July and August. Support for patients and their families. Speakers. 973-219-8092 or Wen5500@hotmail. com. 95 Madison Ave., Suite 109A, Morristown. Introduction to Soto Zen Practice—7:15pm. Hands-on instruction and explanation for seated and walking meditation. Dharma talk and discussion. By donation. Rev. Shofu Keegan, Empty Hand Zen Group, 22 Lackawanna Plaza, Montclair. 908-6728782. EmptyHandZen.org. The “I AM” Presence Book Study—7:15pm. First and third Wednesdays. All welcome. Sponsored by the Metaphysical Center of New Jersey. 614 Valley Rd. Upper Montclair. RSVP to sharonsillen@gmail. com or 973-865-1976. A Course in Miracles Study Group—7:15–9pm. Westfield Yoga Studio, 231 Elmer St., Westfield.$10. Call in advance: 908-232-1355. Intuitive Tantric Meditation—7:30pm.Wednesdays. Still your mind, experience your inner energies, and enjoy love & peace. Sadhana Yoga, 150 River Road, Unit M4, Montville. 973-265-0665 or SadhanaNJ.com. The Morris County (West) Chapter of Holistic Moms Network—7:30pm.FirstWednesdays.Held at Chester Field House, 107 Seminary Ave., Chester. InfoHMNWestMorris@yahoo.com. International Folk Dancing—7:30–11pm. Wednesdays. First hour dedicated to beginners and new dances. Mountain Lakes Community Church, 48 Briarcliff Rd., Mountain Lakes. $5. 973-627-4386.
AA Meeting (O-B-ST)—8pm.Wednesdays. Open to those struggling with alcoholism or drug addiction. Free. Cranford United Methodist Church, 201 Lincoln Ave., Cranford. Reiki Circle—8–9pm.Every other Wednesday. Check website for dates. Gentle intro to Reiki, guided meditation and Reiki sample.$10 suggested donation. Miriam’s Well Healing, 460 Bloomfield Ave., Suite 207, Montclair; 917-202-0475. MiriamsWellHealing.com.
thursday Early Morning Meditation—6–7am. Start your day with a fresh and recharged mind and body. Harmony Meditation Center, 241 North Ave. West, Westfield.HarmonyMeditation.com. 908-301-9642. Morning Chi Kung (Qigong)—8:30–9:15am. All welcome. The WAE Center at Temple B’nai Shalom, 300 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange. 973-857-9536. Zumba—9–9:50am.The Wellness Center of Northwest Jersey, Randolph Medical Arts Building, 765 Rte. 10 East, Randolph.WellnessCenterNWJ.com or 973-895-2003. Beginner Yoga Adult Class 10–11am.Thursdays. Drop-in, $20. 4 sessions, $75; 8 sessions, $130; New student 2 sessions for $20. More info at 973-9440555.Pediatric Therapy & Yoga of Morris, LLC, 18 Elm St., Morristown. TheYogaWayNJ.com. Beginner Yoga Adult Class—11am–noon. Thursdays. Drop-ins, $20; 4 sessions, $65; 8 sessions, $120.Pediatric Therapy & Yoga of Morris, LLC, 14 Elm St., Morristown. 201-213-1294. Healthy Food Prep Classes with Phyllis Deering—Noon, Third Thursdays. Learn about delicious and healthy food preparation.$25; 4 for $75. Contact Marnie at Mountain Lakes Organic Co-op, LLC, 10 Vale Dr., Mountain Lakes. 973-335-4469. FruitLady@MountainLakesOrganic.com. Lunch & Learn—Noon–1pm.Thursdays. $10. Register at 908-879-3937. The Art of the Heart, 15 Perry St, Chester. TheArtofTheHeart-Chester.com. Yoga Pilates Fusion—2–3pm. Combines yoga and Pilates, leaving you calm, refreshed, invigorated and toned. $10. Please bring your own yoga mat. Center for Well Being, Morristown Medical Center, 100 Madison Ave., Morristown.973-971-6301.
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Restorative Yoga—3–4pm. Restore, relax, and unwind. A deepening centering yoga class for bringing you back to your calmest self. $10.Center for Well Being, Morristown Medical Center, 100 Madison Ave., Morristown.973-971-6301. Please bring your own yoga mat. White Oak Yoga—4:15–5:15pm Gentle Yoga. Taught by Elizabeth Bell. Sparta Ambulance Bldg., 14 Sparta Ave., Sparta. 973-729-1900. WhiteOakCenter.com. Group Acupuncture—4pm or 5pm. Licensed acupuncturists will provide personalized treatment while you relax in a group setting. $25. Center for Well Being 137 Main Road (Rt 202), Montville. 973-299-2133. Evening Yoga Series—6:15pm–7:30pm. For adults. All levels yoga series. Advance registration and monthly payment is required; Essex County Environmental Center, 621-B Eagle Rock Ave., Roseland. 973-228-8776. Parent/Child Yoga 6:30–7:30pm Thursdays. More info at 973-944-0555.Pediatric Therapy & Yoga of Morris, LLC, 18 Elm St., Morristown. TheWholeChildNJ.com. Reiki Share—6:30–9pm Fourth Thursdays. Experience Reiki’s healing touch by giving or receiving. All welcome. Free. Aquarian Sun, 212A Main St., Lincoln Park.973-686-9100. AquarianSun.net. Yoga with Daniella—7pm.Yoga for all levels. $5 suggested donation. The First Presbyterian Church, 11-13 Main St., Franklin. $5 suggested donation. Daniella.Hurley@yahoo.com. Chi Do Moving Water Meditation—7–9pm. Based on Dr. Emoto’s principles, positive thoughts collectively create a vibration and frequency to spread throughout the surrounding community and to the world. Must RSVP. $10. Phyllis Francene,732-587-5330. Professional Building, 2115 Millburn Ave., Maplewood. Oasis for the Soul Spiritual Salon—7–9:30pm. Second Thursdays. Experience deep meditations, teachings, discussions and healing immediately relevant to all in profound ways.$40. At Be The Medicine 18 Bank St., Suite 300, Morristown. RSVP 973-647-2500. BeTheMedicine.com. iwc Women’s Group—7–8:30pm. Thursdays. Therapeutic discussion group led by licensed professional counselors processing all life issues including depression, anxiety, grief and loss, divorce, life transition, stress, aging, care-giving, etc. iwc for medical, mind and body. 401 Rte. 24, Chester. Call for information: 908-879-8700. Hypnosis & NLP Certification—7–9pm. Become a certified hypnotherapist & NLP practitioner. Eleven separate classes and the convenience of paying per class, or do certification separate. First 5 for NLP and last 6 for hypnotherapist. Huna Healing Center, 23 Diamond Spring Rd., Suite 5, Denville. HunaHealingCenter.com. HunaHealingCenter@ yahoo.com.973-224-6773. The Sussex County Chapter of Holistic Moms— 7pm.Second Thursdays. Free. Held at Holy Counselor Lutheran Church, 68 Sand Hill Rd., Sussex. 973-347-1246. TiggerNorton04@gmail.com. Sacred Light Circle of Intention, Prayer, Meditation, and Healing—7–9 pm, first and third Thursdays. Suggested offering, $11.DivineAlchemy111@gmail.com or 973-366-8765. Held at
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Rest Stop Rejuvenate, 21 Maple Ave., Rockaway. RestStopRejuvenate.com. 973-985-7548. Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Support Group Meeting—7:30–9pm. We follow the ASCA meeting format and our goal is mutual support in a gentle and nonjudgmental environment. Ascasupport.org or Ascamnj@yahoo.com. The Morristown Chapter of ASCA, Church of the Redeemer, 36 South St., Morristown. A Course in Miracles—7:30pm. Study group for the course in spiritual psychotherapy. Miracles-Course. org. Summit. Betsy Zipkin. 732-469-0234. A Course in Miracles—7:30pm Second Thursdays. Study group for the course in spiritual psychotherapy. Unity of Sussex County, 25 Mudcut Rd., Lafayette.973-383-6277.UnityofSussex.org. Gentle Yoga—8pm.An effective approach to develop flexibility and strength and encourage deep relaxation. $7 per class. Randolph Pain Relief & Wellness Center, 540 Rte. 10 West, Randolph. 973866-5776. RandolphPRWC.com. Gentle Yoga with Daniella Hurley—8pm. Randolph Pain Relief & Wellness Center, 540 Rte.10 West, Randolph. 973-866-5224.
friday Yoga Flow—9:15–10:30am.$10/class. Breathing Room Center, 735 Rte. 94, Newton.973-896-0030. BreathingRoomCenter.com. Beginners Yoga with Shirley Sahaja Sicsko— 9:30am Fridays. Yoga West Holistic Center, 86 Main St., Succasunna; 973-584-6664.YogaWest.com. Morning Yoga Series—9:30am–10:45am for adults. All levels yoga series. Essex County Environmental Center, 621-B Eagle Rock Ave., Roseland. 973-228-8776. Morning Meditation—10–11am Fridays. Held at The Art of the Heart, 15 Perry St., Chester. RSVP at 908879-3937.More info at TheArtoftheHeart-Chester.com. Overeaters Anonymous Meeting—10:30am– Noon. Twelve-step group to support those losing weight or wishing to maintain long-term weight loss. Free. Notre Dame Roman Catholic Church, 75 Ridgedale Ave., Cedar Knolls. Call before attending to confirm with Angie: 973-794-3443.Wjioa.org. Ongoing Qigong with Sal Canzonieri—Noon Fridays. Held at The Art of the Heart, 15 Perry St., Chester. Call Sue at 908-879-3937 for pricing & more info. TheArtoftheHeart-Chester.com. Yoga—Noon–1pm. Gentle poses that focus on movements with the breath. $10. Please bring your own yoga mat. Center for Well Being, Morristown Medical Center, 100 Madison Ave., Morristown.973-971-6301. Debtors Anonymous Meeting—5:30–6:30pm. Twelve-step meeting for those dealing with debt, overspending and under-earning. Downstairs Main Bldg. at Redeemer Church, 37 Newton Sparta Rd., Newton. 877-717-3328. Njpada.org. Drum Circle—6pm. Weekly drum circle to get your spirit flowing with the ancient healing art of drumming. Learn new skills; connect with others in this warm and welcoming space. $20/class. Breathing
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saturday Essential Pilates—8am. Weekly. Try out a class for free at our award-winning studio. “Best in NJ 2011&2012!” Call to register: 973-895-9925. Pilates at Pro Physical Therapy, 2 Emery Ave., Randolph. Coffee House—Second Saturdays. Call for time. Performances by one or more musical groups, or open mic performances by singers, poets, and comedians. Modest entrance fee. Summit Unitarian Church, 4 Waldron Ave., Summit. 908-273-3245.
Adult Yoga—7:45am Saturdays. Drop-in, $25; 4 sessions, $75; 8 sessions, $130; New student 3 sessions, $45. Pediatric Therapy & Yoga of Morris, LLC, 14 Elm St., Morristown.TheWholeChildNJ@ gmail.com.
Swingin’ Tern—8–11pm.Beginners’ Workshop, 7:30pm.First and third Saturdays. Contra and square dancing to live music. $10 adults/$5 students with ID. The First Presbyterian Church, 14 Hanover Rd., East Hanover. 973-295-6864. FolkProject.org.
White Oak Yoga—8–9am Mixed level. Taught by Elizabeth Bell. Sparta Ambulance Bldg., 14 Sparta Ave., Sparta.973-729-1900.WhiteOakCenter.com.
Crossroads Coffeehouse—8pm. Second Saturdays. For more than 15 years, the Crossroads Coffee House movement has been bringing musical talent to local audiences for a great night of inexpensive entertainment in the Morris County area. Donations accepted. Coffees, teas, desserts for sale. Crossroads Community Church, 104 Bartley Road, Flanders. 973-584-7149.
“Men Who Care” Men’s Meeting—8:30–10am. First Saturdays.331 Mt. Kemble Ave., Morristown.973-539-3114. Rrsci.org. Prenatal Yoga—9am–10:15pm.The Karuna Shala, 855 Bloomfield Ave., Suite 208, 2nd Floor, Glen Ridge. Tasting Life Twice: A Monthly Writing Circle—9:30–11:30am. Come to one session, or come to all. $20 drop-in. Interweave, 31 Woodland Ave. (2nd Floor of Calvary Episcopal Church’s Parish Office), Summit.908-277-2120.Interweave.org. Angelically Guided Shadow Exploration Workshops—11am–12pm. Saturdays in April. Embrace the Divinity in you by reclaiming the aspects of yourself you are denying. Portal of Healing, Schooley’s Mountain Rd., Hackettstown. PortalofHealing. com 201-841-0358. Head2Toe Strength and Cardio—10–10:50am.A full-body workout with 8 stations in a complete circuit. Small class size to focus on your needs and goals. The Wellness Center of Northwest Jersey, Randolph Medical Arts Building, 765 Rte. 10 East, Randolph. WellnessCenterNWJ.com or 973-895-2003. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous Meeting—10–11:30am.Twelve-step recovery for food obsession, overeating, under-eating and bulimia. St. Clare’s Hospital Dover Campus, 400 West Blackwell St., Conference Room C, Dover. 973 945 2704. Erm514@comcast.net. FoodAddicts.org. Overeaters Anonymous Meeting—10:15am– 12:15pm. Weekly gathering of the free support group that helps people lose weight and keep it off. Downstairs meeting room, Parsippany Library. 973-335 1717. Wjioa.com.
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EDUCATION, ENERGY & COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES
ENHANCED LIVING HYPNOSIS Rachel Stein, Hypno-Counselor Morristown • 973-285-3979 EnhancedLivingHypnosis.com Comfortable Childbirth
Learn the ‘why’ and ‘where’ most pain associated with childbirth comes from; and learn Basic and Advanced SelfHypnosis Techniques for a Comfortable Childbirth. “Hypno-Counselors help ordinary, everyday people with ordinary, everyday problems using individual hypnotic techniques.”
COLON HYDROTHERAPY LIVING WATERS WELLNESS CENTER
Ann Ochs Colon Hydrotherapist I-ACT Certified, Advanced Level Certified National Board for Colon Therapy Body Ecology Diet Certified 26 Elm Street, Morristown 973-998-6550 • ColonHealthNJ.com AnnLivingWaters@aol.com
Ann Ochs has more than eight years experience as a colon hydrotherapist. She holds an advanced certification from the International Association of Colon Therapists (I-ACT), is certified by the National Board for Colon Hydrotherapy, and is a certified body ecologist. Living Waters offers the Angel of Water®, an advanced colon hydrotherapy system, designed to offer the ultimate in privacy and dignity. The Center is under the medical direction of Kristine Profeta-Gedroic, MD, FAAFP. Call today for an appointment. See ad on page 18.
DENTISTRY PHILIP MEMOLI, DMD, FAGD, CNC
Center for Systemic Dentistry Holistic, Biological and General Dentistry Certified Nutritional Consultant 438 Springfield Avenue Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 908-464-9144 • Systemicdentistry.org
Dr. Memoli has undergone extensive training in both traditional and alternative dentistry. He has taught dental acupuncture, homeopathy, herbology, nutrition and neural therapy. He lectures in the post-graduate Institute for Systemic Dentistry in subjects such as restorative dentistry, biocompatibility, dental stress and function, infectious diseases and periodontal therapy. A comprehensive examination is offered in which underlying causes, dental disease, and potential systemic effects are assessed. Dr. Timothy MacLaga, his associate, practices holistic pediatric and general dentistry and focuses on nutritional, orthodontic, composite restorations and early periodontal prevention.
BE THE MEDICINE, LIVE THE POWER YOU!
Janet StraightArrow, Energy Master, Shaman, Spiritual Coach 973-647-2500 • Bethemedicine.com Janet@bethemedicine.com
Experience Profound Healing, Learning and Solutions. StraightArrow’s 46 years of research and practice in mind-body-spirit medicine with renowned teachers from around the world, brings a full tool bag and expertise in each transformative session and class. Integrative Healer and Coach, Shaman, Spiritual Guide, Mentor to Healers, Soul Retrievals, Reiki Master, Training and Ceremonies.
CHRISTINA LYNN WHITED
Spiritual Transformational Consultant CircleOfIntention.com • 908-638-9066
Are you feeling stuck or blocked? Unseen energy from past lives may be having a profound impact upon your present circumstances. Change your life for the better in ONE HOUR! Experience Soul Path Clearance, Unconscious Scripts Release, Energy Healing, Past Life Therapy, and Crystal Bowl Sound Healing for pain, chronic conditions, and overall wellness.
THE FEMININE FACE OF GOD
Sandy Sanford/Healing Practitioner 973-493-8409
Each one of our energy centers have psychological aspects and belief systems w h i c h a r e h e ld in distortion. Through working on the mind, body and consciousness of her clients; Sandy facilitates healing by shedding light on and assisting in the release of old patterns. Sandy also offers private sessions and workshops which heal and release the old way of being to free the individual from recreating old patterns and re-create life from an authentic place of BEING.
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HOLISTIC HEALING SERVICES AWAKENING WELLNESS, LLC
Hilary D. Bilkis, MS, CST CranioSacral Therapy • SomatoEmotional Release Work • Visceral Mobility Energy Healing • MELT Method Instruction Office located in: The Abbey 355 Madison Ave. • Morristown, NJ 07960 973-479-2229 • Awakening4Wellness.com
During a hands-on-bodywork session, Hilary uniquely blends CranioSacral Therapy with other healing modalities to alleviate chronic pain, headaches, stress and accumulated tension from the client’s body. The client benefits from the treatments on a physical, emotional and energetic level. Hilary facilitates the body’s self-healing process; gently releasing restrictions in the connective tissue and removing energy blockages. Using her intuitive abilities, she also helps release stored injury, trauma, memories and emotions. Clearing the body of its stuck stress will improve the client’s health, feelings of wellness, ability to feel calm, centered and empowered in their lives. Take the first step to improve your health and call today for an appointment.
CRYSTAL HEALING CENTER
Alternative Healing & Spiritual School of Enlightenment Lisa Bellini, CPT 23 Diamond Spring Rd., Suite 9 Denville, NJ 07834 908-963-2628 • LisaBellini.net
Lisa is dedicated to helping people raise their vibration and facilitate physical, emotional, mental and spiritual healing. Lisa connects with clients from her heart and without judgment. Lisa is a graduate & Guide of the 7th Ray Mystery School & Certified RM, CPT, Ordained Minister, Hypnotherapist, NLP, Past Life Regr. Uniting ancient wisdom with modern modalities. See ad on page 23.
HUNA HEALING CENTER
Lory Sison-Coppola Reiki Master, Past Life Regressionist, Huna, Crystal Children Advocate, Readings 23 Diamond Spring Road, Suite 5 Denville, NJ 07834 973-796-4661 HunaHealingCenter@Yahoo.com HunaHealingCenter.com
The Center offers different modalities that will raise your Spiritual Awareness, heighten your vibrations. We are dedicated to understanding and providing for those with specific needs. Classes, Certifications, Healing sessions, readings and counseling are offered. See ad on page 23.
HYPNOSIS
HOLISTIC NUTRITION / EDUCATION
HYPNOSIS COUNSELING CENTER 554 Bloomfield Ave, Bloomfield 28 Mine St., Flemington 34 Bridge St., Frenchtown 43 Tamarack Circle, Princeton 908-996-3311 . Hypnosisnj.com
CHRISTINE GRASSO, CHHC, RYT
Certified Holistic Health and Nutrition Coach, Digestive Health Expert, Yoga Teacher Body in Mind 140 Morris Street Morristown, NJ 07960 and by phone 201-787-4950 info@christinegrasso.com ChristineGrasso.com
Are you struggling to lose weight? Hooked on sugar, carbs, or caffeine? Troubled by digestive concerns like acid reflux or IBS? Looking for balance? Identify your hidden food allergies, re-balance your digestion, and shed those stubborn pounds. Get your energy back and kick those crazy cravings with easy, healthy recipes customized for YOU. Customized cleanses and IgG food sensitivity blood testing available. Offering private nutrition coaching and yoga sessions, group programs, phone sessions, and classes. Sign up for Christine’s top energy-boosting tips and waistlinebusting recipes at ChristineGrasso.com.
SUSAN RICHTER, RN, CNC, CCH, LDHS
Next Level Healing of NJ, Inc 166 Franklin Road, Denville 973-586-0629 info@NextLevelHealing.com
Do you suffer from symptoms that do not prove to be a diagnosis? Do you acquire new symptoms when treating old ones? Do you wonder if the vitamins and supplements you take are really helping? Headaches, stiff sore joints, indigestion, gas, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, sleeplessness, depression and anxiety are a few of the symptoms that are not answered by medicine, but can be relieved with enzyme formulas. Join Susan at a monthly lecture and learn how the Loomis System uses physiology and basic science to determine your source of stress. Treatment of chronic and acute conditions is with 100% food formulas and self healing practices. Sign up for Susan’s free newsletter at NextLevelHealing.com, and call for the next lecture date: 973-586-0629.
With 27 years of experience Hypnosis Counseling Center of New Jersey is a full-service counseling center, using both traditional counseling methods and the art of hypnotherapy in private and group settings. We regularly hold adult education seminars, work with hospitals, fitness centers, and individuals who want to better their lives. We specialize in weight loss, stress, smoking, confidence building, phobias, insomnia, test taking, sports improvement and public speaking. The State of New Jersey and Fortune 500 Corporation alike employ our programs. See ad on page 7.
HYP4LIFE LLC –
Improving Your Life Through Hypnotherapy Garry Gewant, MA Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist 908 852-4635 Garry@Hyp4Life.com • Hyp4Life.com
Incorporating traditional hypnotherapy techniques with other holistic modalities is Garry’s forte. Using traditional hypnosis for Smoking Cessation, Weight Control, Stress Management, Elimination of Fears, Improving Sports, Artistic, and Academic Performance, Anger Management, etc. He has expanded his practice to include Reiki Healing, Transpersonal Hypnotherapy, Metaphysical Counseling, Psychic/Mediumship and Past Life Regression Therapy as taught to him by Dr. Brian Weiss author of “Many Lives, Many Masters.”
MAJOR MINDSET HYPNOSIS
Robert Bruckner, C.Ht. Certified by National Guild of Hypnotists and International Medical and Dental Hypnosis Association. 205 Ridgedale Avenue, 2nd fl. Florham Park, NJ 07932 RBruckner@MajorMindset.com 973-370-2100 • MajorMindset.com
Overcome your challenges and feel better with Major Mindset Hypnosis. Experience positive change in weeks or months, not years, just by unlocking your subconscious. Major Mindset Hypnosis helps clients overcome fears, become more confident and stress free, eliminate bad habits, encourage and promote positive behaviors, manage pain and much more. Free telephone consultation with the hypnotist. See ads on pages 22 and 26.
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MORRIS HYPNOSIS CENTER
Linda West, B.A., A.C.H. 973-506-9654 • 55 Madison Ave, Morristown • MorrisHypnosisCenter.com
Advanced Clinical Hypnosis using an interactive, personalized technique; based on a lengthy interview at our first session and dialogues at following sessions. I don’t talk “at” you; we both speak before and during your hypnosis. I also teach you self-hypnosis. Specializing in weight, stress, smoking, chronic pain, test taking, anger, sports, obsessive thoughts, sensitive substances, sleep, fears, confidence, and attention issues. Hypnosis can get you unstuck in virtually any area of your life. If you have constraints that you can’t seem to break through, hypnosis can free you and put you back in charge. Come for a free consultation to learn how you can reframe your past and design your future.
LIFE COACHING OPEN APPROACH STUDIO 2 East Main St. Brookside, NJ 07926 469-693-5169 OpenApproachStudio.com
Open Approach Studio offers uplifting classes and lifecoaching sessions designed to inspire and help individuals move forward with an extra pep in their step! See ad on page 7.
NATURAL FOODS & PRODUCTS FOR WELL-BEING GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET
20 First Avenue, Denville • 973-627-5440 66 Morris Street, Morristown • 973-290-0050
Your one source for all your natural and organic needs! Natural deli, certified organic produce, knowledgeable vitamin staff, and complete grocery and dairy selection. Open seven days a week. See ad on page 11.
ORGANIZING EVERYDAY ORGANIZING SOLUTIONS BY SHERRY
Sherry Onweller-Professional Organizerserving NJ 908-619-4561 email: SOnweller@aol.com EverydayOrganizingSolutions.com
Everyday Organizing Solutions by Sherry provides sympathetic and nonjudgmental organizing and decluttering services to residential and business clients, as well as helping female adults with ADD get their physical space/time management in order and helping children and teens to get organized.
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actualize your potential? You CAN create the Life You Desire... I can help you MAKE IT HAPPEN! Using proven techniques such as Holistic Psychotherapy, Hypnosis, Stress Reduction, Reiki and Dream Interpretation, I help teens & adults create happier, healthier, more peaceful and fulfilling lives. Allow me to assist you!
PSYCHOTHERAPY NJCONNECTNOW, LLC
Diana J. Krafcik, LCSW, LCADC Psychotherapist/Addiction Specialist Morris Plains/Morristown, NJ 201-400-0520
Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Are you ready to focus on the solution rather than remaining stuck in the problem? I’m here to support you on your path toward healing and recovery. Provide individual, couples therapy and various support groups, that include mindfulness meditation, DBT skills training, coping skills and relapse prevention. Specialize in treating individuals with depression, anxiety, BPD, self injury, trauma, addictions.
JOANNA M. FARRELL, LCSW
43 Maple Avenue, Morristown, NJ 07960 201-650-4013
Thriving or just surviving? Therapy can make the difference! As a trained psychotherapist, I offer a holistic, mind-body-spirit approach to healing. I work in the present incorporating principles of traditional talk therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, along with EMDR and EFT tapping to support you in living life more fully and joyfully. Together we can build on your strengths, reduce distress and create new possibilities! Some insurance accepted, out-of –network provider for others. Call today to begin on your path to feeling great. License #44SC05392900.
JUDITH A. HANCOX, MSW, LCSW, BCETS
Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress Founder-Shiome Therapy™ Certified in Yoga, Gestalt, EMDR Energy Psychology (EvTFT) And Children’s Therapy Succasunna, NJ 973-585-4660 • JudithHancox@gmail.com Shiome.com • WhiteWolfStore.com
As a social worker and holistic educator for over 20 years, Judith dedicates herself to the empowerment of others in her healing work. Shiome Therapy™ weaves diverse healing modalities, ancient wisdom and modern science to help you safely and effectively accelerate your emotional healing process. In order to support her clients’ emotional healing, she created a CD, ‘Creating Healthy Boundaries’ and ‘Energy Balancing Meditation’ Book and CD. They are available exclusively at Shiome. com. See ad on page 8.
LESLIE KAREN LOBELL, M.A., L.P.C Pompton Plains (Route 23) and Montclair 908-577-0053 • Leslie@LeslieLobell.com LeslieLobell.com
Do you suffer from anxiety or stress? Do you want to lose weight, stop smoking, gain self-confidence or change a habit? Do you need support and guidance through a life or career transition? Are you ready to achieve your goals, pursue your dreams, and
REIKI SUSAN CROZIER
Reiki Master Reiki offered in-home Serving Morris county or at following locations: Kula Yoga, Stanhope, NJ 36 Midvale Road, Mountain Lakes, NJ 201-400-4493 • SusanaCrozier@gmail.com HomeMassageAndWellness.com
One of the greatest Reiki health benefits is stress reduction which triggers the body’s natural healing abilities. Reiki aids in better sleep and improves and maintains health. Reiki also helps bring about inner peace and harmony, balancing the mind and emotions. Reiki offers relief during emotional distress, sorrow and grieving. On the physical level, Reiki can help to relieve pain, inflammation and tension from migraines, arthritis, fibromyalgia and many auto-immune diseases. Contact me for more information or to book your session.
SOUND THERAPY THE DAVIS CENTER
Nancy Puckett-Dunn 19 State Rt 10 E., Ste 25, Succasunna, NJ 862-251-4637 • TheDavisCenter.com Info@TheDavisCenter.com
The world’s premier sound therapy center, offering sound-based therapy—The Davis Model of Sound Intervention®. All ages, all disabilities/wellness issues. Start with The Diagnostic Evaluation for Therapy Protocol (DETP®). Therapies: AIT, Tomatis ®, BioAcoustics™, and more. Change the energy of the body by repatterning the energy frequencies (sound) of the body. We make change with learning, development and wellness challenges!
WELLSPRING LEARNING, LLC
15 Brant Avenue, Suite 8 Clark, NJ 07066 908-922-3309 contact@wellspringlearningcenter.com TomatisTherapy.com
Wellspring Learning is a certified provider of the Tomatis Method. Using state of the art techniques, positive change is achieved by teaching an individual how to listen. It allows children and adults to realize their maximum potential with greater ease and flow in the areas of communication, learning, attention, motor coordination, personal development, and emotional well being. The program can be done at center or from home. Free consultation available.
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PROGRESSIVE HOLISTIC DENTAL THERAPIES TRANSFORM QUALITY OF LIFE Patients travel from around the world to experience world class quality, service and expertise Denville is famous for its medical community. So, it’s no surprise that a perfect smile is a must have item in this friendly town. Hand crafting those smiles is the life work of Dr. Steiner and Dr. Fine. Their office’s reputation has spread so far that they now treat patients from around the world; often doing more smile makeovers in a single month that some dentists do in a lifetime. They also offer an amazing alternative for those living with missing teeth. This dramatic advancement in the field of dental implantology now makes it possible for many patients to switch from dentures to permanent implant supported teeth in only a few hours. This new approach can be used to replace a single missing tooth or an entire mouth. Patients leave the office after just one appointment with a beautiful and strong smile. Discomfort is so minimal that most patients eat a light meal that evening. Upon entering the front door you will immediately know that this is no ordinary dental office, because that’s what most people say upon seeing it for the first time. Among the practice’s notable patients are actresses, actors, astronauts, models and TV personalities. However most of the doctor’s patients are everyday people who just want to look their best. Drs. Steiner, Fine and Kwiatkowski have focused their practice on those areas about which they are highly passionate. (After all you wouldn’t ask your family doctor to do heart surgery.) Those areas are Cosmetic Dentistry. Trained at the prestigious Las Vegas Institute for advanced dental studies, they have devoted over sixty combined years to perfecting their skills and have placed over 100,000 cosmetic restorations. Their main focus is on CoSMeT IC and FULL MoUTH reCoNSTrUCTIoN cases. This includes Implant Dentistry and Neuromuscular orthodontics, which can avoid unecessary removal of teeth. Many people do not realize that dental problems may be the cause of headaches, migraines, shoulder, back and neck pain, noisy jaw joints and pains in the TMJ. Drs. Steiner, Fine and Kwiatkowski pride themselves in having Morris County’s premier head, neck and jaw pain relief center. Their office also offers a “limited warranty” that provides free repair or replacement of restorative dental work, when a patient’s regular hygiene visits are maintained. This kind of security could only be offered by truly World Class Dentists. This is why their motto is: “Experienced professionals make the difference.” Aesthetic Family Dentistry is pleased to offer Gentle Laser Periodontal Therapy (GLPT) to treat moderate to advanced gum disease, a condition linked to other serious health issues including heart disease and diabetes. This gentle and less invasive superior state-of-the-art procedure eliminates the need for traditional surgery. oral DNA and HPV testing is also available to determine a patient’s periodontal health, as well as detect any possible genetic proclivity toward gum issues.
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