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WELL-BEING IN THE PANDEMIC AGE

Self-Care Strategies for Tough Times

21 SANDRA MARINELLA on the Healing Power of Writing Our Stories

22 CARS GO VEGAN

Leather Interiors are on the Way Out

24 SPICE UP HEALTH

Using Herbs for Flavor and Medicine

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27 HAPPINESS HELPERS Five Ways to Be More Positive

28 YOGA FOR EVERY BODY

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32 NATURAL ANTIVIRALS Help in Staying Strong and Healthy

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34 FINDING THE RIGHT TUNE FOR PETS

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messages to our community What the heck is stress and anxiety anyway?

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ask my clients what they think stress is and no one has ever given me the answer I seek.

They tell me of circumstances, of arguments or money trouble. Or a host of other annoyances. But no one ever says what stress actually is. Stress is a response! Yes, it’s a response. If you gave ten people the same circumstance no two people would respond in the same way.

So then it is not the circumstances it is how each one responds to it.

Hmmm. So if we could control our response would we have less of a stress response? In a word; yes.

Same thing with anxiety, which is just stress on a different level. Stress and anxiety are responses to something outside ourselves, something we may not have any control over. So while it is true we cannot control him, her, them or it, we can control how to respond.

Let’s say you are really having anxiety. Heart beat accelerating, adrenalin and cortisol flooding your system. But suppose you knew that these symptoms were a mechanism that followed a hard wired pattern? And suppose you knew you could interrupt that pattern? Oh boy! Stay with me now.

The first symptom of an anxiety attack is the acceleration of your heartbeat. This in turn alerts your adrenals to start pumping out adrenalin and cortisol and the feeling you get from this is what we call anxiety, nervousness in your gut. After all, if your heart beat is accelerating your brain thinks there must be danger. But suppose you could keep your heart beat from accelerating? Well…you can. Just take a big deep breath and hold it. Yes hold it until you think you will bust.

Don’t worry though, no one ever died from holding their breath and anyway your body won’t allow you to hold your breath indefinitely.

That in itself is pretty awesome. So after a few short minutes, the adrenalin will stop pumping and that really nice feeling you get is that you just had an epiphany! You can control a physical mechanism.

Nice, right? It would be nicer if the circumstances were all peaches and cream all the time, but, well, we can only control ourselves.

So right here, right now decide to respond in a controlled better way for you. No anxiety, no cortisol but unfortunately no magic wand either to get him, her, them or it to act in better ways.

So be good to yourself and remember, bottom lining it, you control you.

Arlene J. Sherman, Certified Consulting Hypnotherapist www.BreakthroughHypnosis.org Recovery Coach, www.RecoveryCoachForLife.com Stress Management Consultant. 561 793 3393 6

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Lose the Quarantine Weight without Exercising

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nown for her practice and certification to train doctors in the revolutionary protocol, Neural Organization Technique, Dr. Annalee Kitay, DC, of Alternatives in Healthcare, has opened her doors to those wanting to take off pounds without the pain of shakes, packaged foods or stepping into a gym. Sound too good to be true?

Kitay is looking to assist the next 15 women callers to lose the stubborn weight of which they have always wanted to be rid.

She has been successful in assisting women to lose up to 20-plus pounds in six weeks.

Kitay shares, “So many plans promise to work, but this weight loss program actually delivers. What makes the program unique is you have me as your doctor, helping you along this easy weight loss journey.”

Kitay has been in practice for almost 30 years. Location: 101 Plaza Real South, Ste. H (in the Four Winds Apothecary), Boca Raton. To sign up, call 561-620-6007 and/or visit DrKitay.com. Licensed in FL, NJ, NY.

Palm Beach Outlets Welcomes The Cosmetics Company Store

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alm Beach Outlets has announced that The Cosmetics Company Store is open! The Cosmetics Company Store is part of The Estée Lauder Companies and offers award-winning premium skincare, makeup, haircare, and fragrance products from a collection of prestigious brands including Estée Lauder, Clinique, and MAC. “We are excited to announce the opening of The Cosmetics Company Store, a new retailer at our center, which will provide our shoppers with access to an incredible array of Estée Lauder products at considerable savings,” says Trina Holmsted, Marketing Director of Palm Beach Outlets.

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Meet and Connect with Your Everyday Angels

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he angels are waiting to help you—all you need to do is ask!

The Essential Guide to Everyday Angels shares tips and techniques so you can connect to angels for more than fifty specific needs, from abundance to unconditional love.

In this book, Margaret Ann Lembo explores the many different kindsof everyday angels and helps you experience their presence and assistance. For each angel, you will discover the associated gemstones, essential oils, colors, and chakras as well as affirmations.

You will find suggestions for amplifying your prayers and keeping the doorway to higher consciousness open and flowing. Within these pages, uncover everything you need to work and play with the angels while creating a happy, balanced life.

MARGARET ANN LEMBO (Palm Beach County, FL) is the author of several books and oracle card projects, including Chakra Awakening and The Angels & Gemstone Guardians Cards (Findhorn Press). Margaret Ann is also the creator of spoken audio CDs and a line of awardwinning Aroma- Energetic Sprays, including Smudge in Spray™ and the seven Chakra Sprays. She is a spiritual practitioner, aromatherapist, and the owner of the Crystal Garden—the conscious living bookstore of the Palm Beaches in southeast Florida. For more, please visit www.MargaretAnnLembo.com

Friends of MacArthur Beach State Park Announces New Executive Director: Veronica Frehm

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riends of MacArthur Beach State Park is proud to announce the appointment of Veronica Frehm as the new Executive Director. “After an extensive search, the Board is excited to welcome Veronica in her new role as the Executive Director and to lead the Friends into the future,” says Board President, Julie Miles. “Her enthusiasm, extensive knowledge of the Park and its’ education programs made it an easy decision” she adds.

Veronica served as the Director of Education for the past six years where she broadened the Friends reach by initiating and developing curricula to reach students and community including designing curricula to align with Next Generation Sunshine State Science Standards, Palm Beach County School District STEM connections, Florida DEP regulations and John D. MacArthur Beach State Park goals. Under her direction more than 5,200 Palm Beach County students visited the Park each year for environmental education field experiences and more than 10,000 students annually logged on for her monthly Virtual Field Trips. The Citizen Science Marine Debris Program was brought to the Park under her direction where thousands of pounds of Marine Debris have been removed from our beach. The Naturalist Internship program was started to give young professionals an opportunity to work in the field. In addition, Veronica was lead author on a publication in Florida Scientist: Cultivating future environmental stewards: a case study at John D. MacArthur Beach State Park.

“I am thrilled to jump into my new role as executive director”, says Veronica. “With the help of the board of directors, Park and Friends’ staff, and volunteers I know we will continue to grow and serve our mission to preserve the Park for present and future generations.”

John D. MacArthur Beach State Park, Palm Beach County’s only state park, is situated on a barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and the Lake Worth Lagoon. The Park is made up of 438 acres of pristine coastal land and contains four different communities or habitats including seven species of plants and twenty-two species of animals on the endangered or threatened list. MacArthur Beach is truly an “Island in Time”.

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EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING

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e have been living with Covid-19 over our heads over six months with no end in sight.

Everyone has seen the statistics on the pandemic and the physical and financial toll it has taken in the United States and the world. But little has been stressed regarding the emotional toll this pandemic has taken.

Stress causes heart disease, auto-immune conditions, gastro-intestinal illnesses, psoriasis, eczema, asthma and cancer. Of this there is no doubt and thousands of books have been written about the effects of stress. So, what has this pandemic done to us?

– most are not prepared for online teaching, and most are seriously concerned about returning to a classroom full of potential carriers.

This is an incredibly stressful period and unfortunately there are no immediate answers.

Even those who are trying to enjoy their retirement are stressed. These are generally older folks – already at higher risk – who cannot participate in their previous leisure activities such as playing cards, mah jong or group classes. So, if they choose to keep up with their healthy routines, they do not participate.

Theoretically, people should be losing weight as they are eating home more often and avoiding calorie- laden buffets filled with high calorie desserts and bread. But not everyone is taking a more healthful path regarding their nutrition and we see some people are gaining weight.

The lack of exercise has a small part in that equation as well.

The first thing is isolation. People are social creatures and Covid has put a major damper on socializing. The current recommendation is to avoid groups of more than 10 people. Although restaurants may be open, many are still wary about venturing out. Parties are out of the question. I can’t tell you how many weddings, funerals, bar mitzvahs, showers and graduations have been moved to the internet. Even small get-togethers are limited as it is safer if you are home alone with your family. Keeping a physical distance of six feet is not always easy. When was the last time you hugged someone who was not an immediate family member?

Although this looks like a bleak picture I have a few suggestions to mitigate the negative effects of stress.

Isolation is stressful and can lead to depression. Depression is common as most of our routines are severely disrupted. Sadly, chronic depression leads to pain and illness. And chronic pain and illness leads to depression. This is an endless circle unless you get off that track and do something about it!

4) Counseling – May help to deal with stress or provide more specific techniques to help you deal with it.

1) Exercise – Even walking every day is helpful. There are also many online videos for yoga, tai chi, qi gong and stretching.

2) Nutrition – Evaluate where you are having difficulties and start a new plan – NOW. I can help you.

3) Breathing, Meditation and Mindfulness exercises are also available online or in Apps.

5) Lastly, acupuncture, chiropractic, massage and Reiki therapy help your body to deal with stress and help improve your immune system.

Many people haven’t returned to regular work and are either furloughed or working from home. Those out of work - and not being paid are struggling financially. Many families are concerned about how they will make their next mortgage or rent payment, not to mention buying food to feed their families.

Although, I haven’t seen anything like this in my lifetime, I know how to help you to deal with stress and maintain your health and well-being. Contact me for a free consultation if you have any questions.

One of societies most important resource is our teachers. Most are already underpaid – just ask any parent who has been home schooling their children due to current circumstances. Teachers are stressed

Dr. Bill Rice has been in practice since 1977, as an acupuncturist, chiropractor, and nutritional consultant. He currently practices in Palm Beach Gardens. For more information visit our website www.healthy-answers.com, call Dr. Bill Rice at 561.439.6644 or email drbill@writeme.com

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As Back to School Begins Virtually for Kids with Special Needs, Unicorn Children’s Foundation Launches New Fall Virtual Support Programs

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pproximately 20% of students enrolled in public schools are identified as eligible for exceptional student education services.

The digital delivery of educational curriculum globally has not adequately met the needs for many in this population due to accessibility challenges and social isolation. In response, The Unicorn Children’s Foundation is launching a series of virtual support classes, clubs, and workshops to fill these gaps and help their families navigate this “next normal”. These programs are intended to supplement the educational curriculum provided in schools by providing classes for building resiliency, special interest courses, employment supports, extracurricular activities, and social opportunities.

Sharon Alexander, CEO of the Unicorn Children’s Foundation, shared “So many families are concerned about the skill regression and increased

social isolation since schools ended in-person learning in March and plan to start the school year virtually. We have listened to their concerns, and while this format is not optimal, we are offering a variety of programs to ensure that we can keep these most isolated members of our community engaged and feeling supported.”

The Unicorn Connection Hub has begun enrollment for a variety of courses which will launch between August 25 and September 21. The classes will be a series of weekly sessions including: mindfulness, introduction to coffee, music, fashion design, job club, and jewelry making. The workshops include: candle making, soap making, and pet care. The clubs include: learning Spanish and a social connection club. All of these programs are collaborative in nature and will be taught by community partners and subject matter experts,

such as: Aspire Accessories, aZul for Better Living, Mind&Melody, and ScentsAbility.

A parent of a student in our summer Job Club shared “I must say I love overhearing him from the next room! It was so nice to see his face light up when he saw his new friends each week.”

During these unprecedented times, we must innovate to ensure that the most vulnerable members of society have opportunities to find meaning and purpose as engaged members of the “virtual” community.

To review the program descriptions, schedule and complete the registration form, visit www. unicornchildrensfoundation.org/fallclasses.html.

A limited number of scholarships may be available to families who can demonstrate financial need. If you need additional information, please call (561) 620-9377 or email info@unicornchildrensfoundation.org.

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Is Your Skin Menopausal?

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any of us think a visit to the spa is only a special occasion and sometimes a luxury.

But with the current pandemic, it is clear that selfcare is the "new" health care. Taking care of our health has never been more critical, and here are TEN (10) reasons why a visit to a spa can help your well-being.

#6. Supports a Weight Loss Program. Infrared body wraps can help the body detoxify and burn off calories with specialized ingredients that break down fatty deposits. When you combine this slimming body wrap with a healthy conscious diet and exercise, you have the ultimate trifecta in weight loss.

#1. Relieves Aches and Pains. Relieving aches and pains after sitting for long periods is achieved through a full body massage or a trigger point focused massage. The infrared LED light can also lessen the pain.

#7. Preventing Varicose Veins. Standing all day or sitting all day can take a toll on your body.

Researchers link varicose veins to long periods standing on your feet. Taking care of your legs and feet can help tremendously to increase the circulation in the legs.

#2. Reduced Frequency of Headaches. Headaches can be frequent during stressful times and sometimes occur from not drinking enough water.

A massage can help relieve the tension that causes problems, and essential oils can reduce pain. #3. Helps with Stressful Aging. When stress happens in the body, it increases the body's hormone levels, causing the skin to appear tired, dull, and dehydrated. Facials are known to stimulate and hydrate skin cells, giving the skin a radiance. #4. Promotes Better Sleep. Struggling with sleep can happen to anyone, especially when you are under stress. Keeping your blood pressure down and relaxation helps better sleep. #5 Helps to De-Stress. Self-care and taking care of your body, mind, and spirit helps to alleviate daily stress sensors. In general, life has so many twists and turns that escaping to a safe spa oasis can clear the mind and increase your zest for life.

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#8. Increased Blood Circulation. Good blood circulation has many benefits, including enhanced immune function and more oxygen circulated to all of the body's organs, especially the brain. #9. Higher Levels of Happiness. The release of serotonin in the body instantly improves your mood and sense of humor. Happiness can happen immediately after a spa service; in fact, happiness levels have been documented to last for weeks. #10. Promotes Radiant Skin. When the body is stress-free and hydrated, the skin will radiate brightness. This glow comes from within and right after a professional cleansing facial. Problem skin or aging skin both benefit from professional skin treatments and expert therapists.

It's abundantly clear that spa treatments' benefits can help you immensely with self-care, especially during the current pandemic. When you take the time for yourself, you take the time for your health and well-being.

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Oak Wood Extract Can Lessen Post-Surgical Effects

Try Foot Reflexology After Heart Surgery

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A brief, hands-on reflexology treatment after a major heart operation can have a significant impact, scientists at Iran’s Tabriz University of Medical Sciences report. Immediately following coronary bypass surgery, 60 of 120 male patients received a 15-minute foot reflexology treatment from nurses. The researchers found that foot reflexology decreased patient agitation and reduced the average amount of time spent on a ventilator.

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Mindfulness training may help the estimated 1 million Americans with multiple sclerosis (MS) manage their emotions and process information quicker, according to a new study from Ohio State University. Researchers split 62 people with MS into three groups. The mindfulness group learned such practices as focusing on the breath and doing mental “body scans”. A second group underwent adaptive cognitive therapy training with computerized games that focused on skills like paying attention, switching focus and planning. The third group was a control. After four weeks, those in the mindfulness group were more likely to report being better able to handle their emotions than those in the other groups. The mindfulness group also had higher levels of cognitive processing speed, a reduction in the time it takes to complete mental tasks, along with increased understanding and response times.

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Exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS)—“forever chemicals” often found in non-stick cookware, food packaging and contaminated water—may cause menopause to occur two years earlier in women, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. University of Michigan scientists tracked more than 1,100 women for an average of 17 years and found that those with higher levels of the chemical in their blood experienced menopause an average of two years earlier than those with lower levels. “Even menopause a few years earlier than usual could have a significant impact on cardiovascular and bone health, quality of life and overall health in general among women,” says co-author Sung Kyun Park.

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Reduce PFAS Exposure to Help Delay Menopause

Consider Therapy to Reduce Inflammation

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In exploring the mind-body link that is particularly relevant during the current pandemic, an analysis of 56 randomized clinical studies found that cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and similar approaches reduced inflammation and enhanced immunity in subjects, reports JAMA Psychiatry. University of California, Davis, researchers reviewed studies that included 4,060 participants undergoing behavior therapy (which seeks to help patients understand and change problematic behaviors), cognitive therapy (which teaches patients how to change negative thoughts or mindset), CBT (that combines elements of both), bereavement or supportive therapy, psychoeducation and other therapies such as stress management. Those that received these psychosocial interventions experienced a 14.7 percent increase in positive immune outcomes such as lower viral load and an 18 percent decrease in negative outcomes, including proinflammatory cytokines, compared with those not receiving therapy. The immunity improvements were strongest among patients that received CBT or multiple interventions.

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Boost Fun Nutrition with Microgreens Halfway in size between sprouts and full-grown plants, microgreens are bursting with nutrients, but have been mostly relegated to garnishes at upscale restaurants. Researchers at Colorado State University, exploring their acceptability, fed 99 people six separate types of microgreens: arugula, broccoli, bull’s blood beet, red cabbage, red garnet amaranth and tendril pea. The red-colored varieties—beet, cabbage and amaranth—received top marks for appearance, but broccoli, red cabbage and tendril pea scored the highest overall grades. The subjects found the greens were fun (“funfetti”), colorful and attractive. Microgreens, which can be grown quickly indoors year-round with minimal water, offer a possible solution to sustainably feeding the planet, the researchers pointed out.

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Nurses Stand Up Against Climate Change

Planetary Planning

Nurses, the most numerous and trusted health profession in the world, have organized the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments and partnered with Project Drawdown to significantly impact climate change. Together, they are working to help decrease greenhouse gas emissions and create a healthier future for humans and the planet. Nurses from all specialties and in all practice settings are encouraged to take action in four key areas.

A study led by the National Geographic Society and the University of California (UC), Davis, published in the journal Global Change Biology compared four recent global maps of the conversion of natural lands to anthropogenic (human activity) land uses.

It concluded that if we act quickly and decisively, there is an opportunity to conserve about half of the planet’s ice-free land. The developed half includes cities, croplands, ranches and mines.

The authors note that areas having low human influence do not necessarily exclude people, livestock or sustainable management of resources. A balanced conservation response that addresses land sovereignty and weighs agriculture, settlement or other resource needs with the protection of ecosystem services and biodiversity is essential.

Approximately 15 percent of the Earth’s land surface and 10 percent of the oceans are currently protected in some form.

Lead author Jason Riggio, a postdoctoral scholar at the UC Davis Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology, says, “The encouraging takeaway from this study is that if we act quickly and decisively, there is a slim window in which we can still conserve roughly half of Earth’s land in a relatively intact state.”

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Energy: Supporting a clean energy future by promoting energy efficiency and advocating for a transition to renewable energy.

Food: Committing to a plant-based diet, use of clean cook stoves and reduced food waste.

Mobility: Supporting bike infrastructure, walkable cities and mass transit.

Gender equity: Educating girls and family planning.

Nature-based solutions: Planting trees, protecting tropical forests and forest protection.

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A Plant-Based Alternative to Plastic

Japanese manufacturer Kuraray has introduced a renewable and sustainable starch-based barrier film called Plantic.

The plant-based packaging material can be recycled or composted to achieve a circular product cycle. Conventional packaging made from multiple layers of plastic can cause recovery issues, and perishable food imposes unique demands on wrapping. Plantic packaging washes away or decomposes after use. It includes compostable coffee pouches, as well as a barrier layer to package meat, seafood and poultry products with continuous protection against oxygen and other gases that spoil food. The Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that one-third of all produced food is wasted in the supply chain.

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Researchers estimate more than 1,000 tons of microplastics, equal to more than 123 million plastic water bottles, are deposited from the air into national parks and wilderness areas each year. Utah State University assistant professor Janice Brahney and her team used high-resolution atmospheric deposition data to identify microplastics and other particulates collected over 14 months in 11 national parks and wilderness areas. In a report in Science, they identified the plastic and polymers composition to track its sources and movement, and found that most of the plastics deposited in both wet and dry samples were microfibers sourced from both clothing and industrial materials. Approximately 30 percent of the particles were brightly colored microbeads likely derived from industrial paints and coatings.

Brahney says, “We confirmed through 32 different particle scans that roughly 4 percent of the atmospheric particles analyzed from these remote locations were synthetic polymers.” The same high resilience and longevity that makes plastics useful lead to progressive fragmentation instead of degradation in the environment. Clear and white particles were not included because they did not meet the criteria for visual counting, so estimates of plastic deposition were conservative.

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Sea Turtles Attracted to Deadly Ocean Plastic

Loggerhead turtles may think they’re biting into a favorite food when they encounter some synthetics, a study of 15 turtles in the journal Current Biology posits. Ocean plastic is often covered with algae and other marine organisms (biofouled), making it smell delicious to them. At least 1,000 die every year because they swallow plastic or get tangled up in it. Exposed to different odors in the lab, the loggerheads responded to the smell of turtle food, distilled water, clean plastic and biofouled plastic. The team found that the turtles had similar responses to biofouled plastic as to their normal food.

Kayla Goforth, a Ph.D. student in biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who worked on the study, says, “So they have to come up to breathe. And we know that they can detect airborne odors. So when they find that there’s an odor of interest in the air, they’ll spend an increased amount of time at the surface with their nostrils out of the water. And we found that the turtles spent more time with their nostrils out of the water when there was this biofouled plastic odor or a food odor.” davidtroeger/Unsplash.com

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Not All Hydroelectric Generators are Created Equal

A new study by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) analyzed the climate impacts of 1,500 facilities across the globe that account for about half of hydropower generation worldwide. Many release almost no greenhouse gases, but some can be worse than burning fossil fuels. The team looked at whether the facilities behave as a greenhouse gas sink or as a source by investigating the components that determine emissions such as the reservoir itself, when vegetation and soils are submerged underwater in the dam used to generate power.

Ilissa Ocko, a senior climate scientist at EDF and coauthor of the study in Environmental Science & Technology, notes that as the submerged vegetation decays, it releases methane or carbon dioxide. “The larger the surface area of the reservoir, the more greenhouse gases are going to be emitted from that reservoir. Also, the temperature plays a role, as well; how warm the reservoir is will affect how much greenhouse gases are produced and emitted from the reservoir.” Some facilities perform just as well as do wind and solar, but shockingly, more than 100 facilities turned out to be worse for the climate than fossil fuels.

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Recycling, the go-to strategy for environmentally conscious citizens, is unfortunately not a good option. Even in ordinary times, local recyclers won’t accept surgical masks and latex gloves because they jam machinery. Some dedicated providers box up used face masks and gloves and send them to TerraCycle.com, where they are sorted manually and sustainably recycled. The cost for a small box is a hefty $148; MindBodyGreen.com suggests asking grocery stores or retailers to stock some for the community to use.

Instead of recycling, the World Health Organization recommends throwing single-use masks, gloves and wipes into a covered trash can or bin immediately after use so they are handled as regular trash. Ideally, they should be put in a resealable plastic bag first in consideration of frontline sanitation workers that can become ill from handling virus-infected materials. No mask, glove or wipe should be flushed down a toilet.

Mask Eco-Disposal

How to Dispose of Antiviral Wear Discarded face masks and gloves littering streets, beaches, parks and parking lots are a sad sight of the times, creating eyesores and more importantly, major contamination risks to pick up and discard. With 88 percent of the world’s population living in countries that have required or advised use of face coverings, disposable face masks number in the billions, especially the commonplace, single-use polypropylene variety.

Along with disposable gloves and sanitary wipes, they are clogging sewers and waterways worldwide and showing up in fish bellies and on ocean floors.

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For masks, the eco-solution that harbors the lowest carbon dioxide footprint is one made of cloth that is machinewashed and dried after each use at a high temperature or washed by hand in a bleach solution (five tablespoons per gallon of water). University of Chicago researchers found certain fabrics filter out viral aerosol particles almost as effectively as the medical N-95 mask: a layer of a tightly woven cotton sheet combined with two layers of polyesterspandex chiffon, natural silk or flannel, or simply a cotton quilt with cotton-polyester batting . See cdc.gov for instructions for using sew and no-sew masks, and many DIY videos can be found on YouTube using T-shirts, socks and napkins.

Another good eco-strategy is to buy sustainable face masks made from recycled or organic materials (GoodOnYou.eco). In lieu of recycling to help the planet, a donation can be made to an eco-organization that deals with plastic waste, such as PlasticPollutionCoalition.org or OceanConservancy.org.

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Emotional Well-Being in the Pandemic Age Self-Care Strategies for Tough Times

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s the pandemic ravages our country, we are engulfed by a sea of challenging emotions, including fear, loss, anger, disappointment and grief.

Compounding the suffering, past emotional traumas and pent-up desires are surfacing and crying for attention. One way to navigate these treacherous waters is by first enveloping ourselves in self-compassion.

Next, we can gather the courage to face our fears and experience unpleasant feelings in order to heal them and let them go. Then, we search for and internalize positive emotional states to rewire our brains for positivity. This noble voyage promises immense rewards along the way.

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The Cocoon of Self-Compassion

Some of us chase self-esteem like the Holy Grail, yet it eludes us when we need it most.

Faced with a failing grade or cruel insult, our self-worth withers. We can’t understand why we lost it or how to get it back. When we attach our self-worth to achievements or comparisons with other people, self-esteem becomes unstable and unreliable.

Enter self-compassion, the life-changing perspective of showing kindness to ourselves in any and all situations—a supportive best friend that lives within us and can be accessed any time, every day. A pioneer and expert in this topic, Kristin Neff believes that self-

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compassion has three components: a decision to be kind to ourselves, a mindful awareness when we are in pain so that we can seek some relief and a sense of common humanity or connectedness.

We already know how to be compassionate, says Neff, an associate professor of educational psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and co-author of The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook. “It’s linked to the parasympathetic nervous system, which is a natural part of our organism. We’re tapping into this way of feeling safe, which is through care, bonding and connectedness.”

Encouraging our friends when they’re feeling down or hugging our moms in the

Finding Confidence Through Unpleasant Feelings

Nobody likes to feel sad or embarrassed.

We’d rather have an ice cream cone or turn on the TV. But for Dr. Joan Rosenberg, a prominent psychologist and speaker, uncomfortable feelings present an invaluable opportunity for people to transform into confident individuals that relate to the world around them with authenticity and resilience.

In her book 90 Seconds to a Life You Love, Rosenberg offers a formula—one choice, eight feelings, 90 seconds—to experience and move through eight of the most common unpleasant feelings: sadness, shame, helplessness, anger, embarrassment, disappointment, frustration and vulnerability.

“The choice is to stay aware of and in touch with as much of your moment-to-

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moment experience as possible and not get lost in avoidance,” she explains, adding that there are more than 30 behaviors, thoughts and emotions that we employ as distractions, including substance abuse, social media, pornography, exercise, obsessive thoughts about body image, humor and denial.

“Be aware of what you’re aware of,” she advises. “If we know that we don’t like feelings, and we know we’ve been engaged in using ways to distract ourselves, then our challenge is to be more awake and aware of those times we do it, and as soon as we start to do the thing and become aware, that’s when we make the decision to stop and ask, ‘What’s really going on?’”

Discoveries in neuroscience suggest that most of us come to know what we’re feeling emotionally through bodily sensations. We might feel heat in the neck and face when embarrassed or a sinking feeling in the chest when disappointed. As feelings get triggered in the body, a rush of biochemicals in the bloodstream activate these sensations and are flushed out of the bloodstream in roughly 90 seconds.

“Most people have the impression that feelings linger a whole lot longer and that they’re going to be overwhelmed by it and never come out of it if they start. But when they understand that what they’re trying to avoid are uncomfortable bodily sensations that help you know what you’re feeling emotionally, and that these are short-lived, most people will start to lean into them, and once they do, their life changes,”

Rosenberg says.

To move through bodily sensations, which may come in multiple waves, take deep, slow breaths. Try not to tighten up or clench the jaw and swallow. Notice the location and nature of the bodily sensations to help identify which of the eight unpleasant feelings it might be, and be curious as to what might have triggered it. All of this will take a few moments. With practice, identification will become faster, easier and more accurate.

“If I have more time, then I can think about whether this is connected to anything else. Is it just one thing that triggered it, or is it like something else that’s happened before?” Rosenberg says. This level of awareness leads to a calming effect, clearer

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morning is hardwired into us. When we decide to be kind to ourselves, it’s easy to think of what we would say: “I’m sorry you failed that test. You’ll do better next time.

How can I help you?” To lend perspective, add a statement about our common humanity, counsels Neff. “This is hard for everybody. You’re not alone.”

We must be aware of our pain before we can comfort it, and many of us try to suppress or resist pain, choosing to numb it with distractions like alcohol addiction or compulsive shopping. Others may get lost in the storyline of what’s happening and succumb to suffering with no apparent way to obtain relief. Self-pity or self-criticism may creep in.

Mindful awareness is the antidote to these emotional extremes, because it helps us become aware that we are experiencing pain and to stay with that pain long enough to make a conscious decision to take care of ourselves. “One easy thing is physical touch,” says Neff. “The first few years of life you have no words, so the body is programmed to respond to touch as a signal of care. Put your hand on your heart or your stomach, or hold your hand. This changes your physiology, activates your parasympathetic nervous system, helps you calm down and helps you feel physically supported. Sometimes, that’s an entryway for people.”

Making Courage a Habit In her book The Courage Habit, life coach Kate Swoboda presents a four-part method for people to face their fears, release the past and live their most courageous life.

Access the body. Practice any body-centric activity like mindful meditation, exercise or dancing every single day to release stress and anxiety, become centered and more present, and clear the mind.

Listen without attachment. When your selfcritic offers a warning or criticism, hear the words, understanding that this is fear trying to protect you and deciding that it’s misguided and not true.

Reframe limiting stories or beliefs. Amend your internalized self-critic’s messages to be more respectful and supportive. If it says, “You’re stupid to try that,” revise it to, “I’m smart because I’m willing to try.”

Create community. Reach out to like-minded individuals that are supportive of the changes you are trying to make.

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Building Up Our Happiness Quotient These exercises are recommended by psychologist Rick Hanson: Slow down, breathe and see the big picture. This simple practice brings us into the present moment, reduces the stress activation in the body, disengages us from verbal chatter and negative reactivity, and buys us time to see more clearly.

Take three breaths, making the exhalation longer than the inhalation.

Five-Minute Challenge Take in the good. It could be a flower blooming, birds singing or a nice exchange with another person. Slow down, take a few breaths and let it sink in for a minute or two.

Focus on something to cultivate. Perhaps it’s patience or gratitude. Look for opportunities to have an experience of this quality and internalize it for another minute.

Marinate in pleasant feelings. Cultivate a sense of calm, contentment or warmheartedness for a couple of minutes.

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thinking, improved decision making and, perhaps most importantly, an ability to speak authentically.

“If we don’t handle the eight feelings, we don’t feel capable in the world,” she says.

The ability to speak adds to that empowerment. “From asking someone to stop a behavior so that you feel safer to telling someone you love them, asking your boss for a raise or letting people know about yourself and your work to garner opportunities and desired experiences—it cuts across every aspect of our lives and is absolutely crucial to our sense of well-being.”

Rewiring the Brain for Positivity

Discoveries in neuroplasticity have revealed that the brain changes throughout life well into adulthood. It’s designed to learn not just ideas and information, but skills, attitudes, feelings and moods. Rick Hanson, a clinical psychologist and author of several books, including Hardwiring Happiness and Resilient, contends that we can develop greater happiness, just like we can develop greater depression.

“There’s a lot of research that shows that through deliberate little practices spread out through the day or sometimes more formal practices like psychotherapy or meditation, we can actually produce

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physical changes in the brain that are now measurable with things like MRIs,” he remarks.

Hardwiring happiness is easy, pleasurable and doesn’t take a lot of time. “If you take care of the minutes, the years will take care of themselves,” says Hanson. “Little steps gradually move us forward a breath at a time, a minute at a time, a synapse at a time. Bit by bit, we grow the good inside while gradually releasing the bad.”

“Our power to positively influence who we are in small, genuine ways every day is really important to compensate for the brain’s negativity bias, which makes it like Velcro for bad experiences, but Teflon for good ones,” he says. “We evolved a negativity bias over the 600-million-year evolution of the nervous system. Learning from negative experiences and mistakes was a critical survival skill, so we have a brain that is designed to scan for bad news, overreact to it and fast-track it into memory. It’s not our fault, but it is our responsibility to deal with it by first, feeling the negative without reinforcing it and second, focusing on the positive and taking it in. Gradually, you can give yourself a brain that’s like Velcro for the good and Teflon for the bad.”

Sandra Yeyati, J.D., is a professional writer.

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Sandra Marinella on the Healing Power of Writing Our Stories

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n award-winning teacher and author of The Story You Need to Tell: Writing to Heal from Trauma, Illness, or Loss, Sandra Marinella has empowered thousands of people to use stories, poems and journal writing to find greater wellbeing and resilience in their lives. Prompted by a breast cancer diagnosis and her own journal, she helps people connect with their truth and move beyond entrenched negative emotions and thoughts.

What is the power of story and personal writing?

We all have stories in our minds that play over and over again. They define who we are. In recent years, neuroscience has led us to this powerful understanding that we are quite flexible as human beings. After we become conscious of our stories and how we’re using them in our lives, we can rework and reframe them, and choose to see them in a positive or better light. We can change and grow our stories to become better people with greater well-being.

How do we get unstuck from playing out stories in our minds?

A story that keeps looping, one that you are obsessed with, is generally being replayed in

the emotional centers, or right side, of your brain, and you don’t have much control over it. To get unstuck, you need to voice this story and complete it.

Writing it down and sifting through it later can help. Once you do this, you can be logical and choose how you’re going to interpret, frame and live with it.

In the book, I talk about Chris, whose sister was homeless and died. He was struggling with that story. It was going around in his mind, over and over, all the time.

He was in pain and grieving from the loss of his sister. It took him a while before he decided to rewrite the story as fiction, telling it in the way he wished it had come out. In the process, he was able to better understand his loss, make peace with it and set it free.

How do we edit our stories while remaining grounded in reality?

We do not want to lie to ourselves. We want to know our truth, but there is so much wisdom in what we call “positive illusions”. If we can choose to take a hard story and see it in a very positive way, we can find threads of it that we can weave through our truth, and let that help us grow and make our vision of our story better.

Yes. I think they can, but I don’t want to underestimate the value of silence. When we are facing trauma, we need space and time and silence to be able to wrap our heads around the hard things that are happening to us. But then, breaking the silence is cathartic. It releases the pain. It helps us establish not only that we have the pain, but how we can bear it. Later, we can come back to those words and reflect on them—that’s when we come to understand more about where we are, what we think, what we feel and how we can move forward and rewrite and regrow our stories in positive ways.

Do you have any recommendations for those suffering in these trying times?

I’ve interviewed many war veterans, and they said that when they were out in the midst of warfare, they had to put their thoughts and emotions on hold so that they could move forward and be strong.

That’s why many of them were falling apart with PTSD afterwards. I also interviewed a few soldiers who carried journals into war and found it extremely helpful to be able to scream, yell and release their words into them. We should be giving all healthcare workers journals and online support on how to write and how to take care of themselves. Counseling and therapy are wonderful, and I wish we could provide it to everybody all the time, but we can’t; and journal writing, or any kind of therapeutic writing, is such a wonderful backup for a human being to have when they are struggling. Keeping a pandemic journal might prove to be not only a healthy choice for our times, but a treasure historically for our grandchildren.

Sandra Yeyati, J.D., is a freelance writer.

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onsumers are becoming more conscious about their purchases in light of the ongoing climate crisis exacerbated by animal-based agriculture.

As they begin to make better choices in what they consume, wear and drive, vegan car interiors are becoming more popular.

The environmental impact of producing leather, foam and other materials is being replaced in some instances by alternatives that are becoming more readily available to environmentally conscious consumers.

The Toyota Prius line uses Sof-Tex synthetic leather or other synthetic cloth upholstery which bolsters its reputation as a sustainable automaker. Mercedes Benz and BMW are offering customers plant-based alternatives and Tesla has been dropping leather from its upholstery choices for a while now, with the Model 3 and Model Y already sporting vegan-only interiors. The Volvo Polestar 2 also comes standard with vegan upholstery, along with recycled wood.

And the 2020 Range Rover Evoque, Velar and Jaguar I-Pace SUVs all offer consumers vegan interiors.

Research and development is ongoing in this realm to create faux leather that

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not only looks good, but is actually more durable and easier to maintain than leather.

Vegan “leather” is being produced from cork, glazed cotton and even bark cloth, so it’s not just a matter of replacing animalbased products with unsustainable plastic.

With funding from Honda and Ford, Bharat Bhushan, Ph.D., director of the Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio- & Nanotechnology and Biomimetics in the John Glenn College of Public Affairs of Ohio State University, Columbus, developed a faux leather that has the potential to be used on both seats and dashboards.

“I work in technology to repel water and oil from a variety of surfaces,” Bhushan says. “Leather gets very sticky when it is hot, so we thought it would be great to repel water or any other contaminant to avoid that stickiness and help it remain clean.”

The side benefit, he further notes, is that it’s an alternative to animal hide.

Audi Head of Design Marc Lichte, whose twin daughters are both vegan, says vegan leather is a huge selling point for customers and that both the Audi e-tron GT and Q4 will be animal-free. Faux leather will replace the traditional leather, and all

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cushions, window trim, armrests, headliners and center consoles will be manufactured with recycled materials.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) made a major push in the past few years to increase production of vegan-based car interiors. In 2016, PETA conducted an investigation into JBS, the world’s largest leather supplier, which sells to car companies from GM to VW and more. “What it found was that the supplier severely mistreats the cattle being raised for the leather with hot irons on the face, electrocution, beatings and cutting their throats while they are still conscious,” says Jennifer Behr, corporate responsibility officer for PETA. “When consumers are shopping, they should take that into consideration.

Those interiors came from a cow that lived a miserable life and died a painful one.”

Beyond that, cattle represent a climate risk. The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health published a study showing that knowledge of the environmental ramifications from cattle is not well known by the average consumer.

“The livestock industry is the source of a broad spectrum of environmental impacts,” the study states. “The first and most important is climate change.” It’s estimated that 18 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions are caused by the livestock industry. Enlightened consumers are using that information to determine what they purchase, from food to cars.

BMW spokesperson Oleg Satanovsky says vegan options are not new for his company; they’ve been around for decades, but options have been updated. BMW uses a material called SensaTec, a new brand name for its non-animal-sourced upholstery “to reflect the more upscale design and feel of the materials,” he contends.

“We look to nature for clues” to develop alternatives, Bhushan says. His research was based on the lotus leaf and its resiliency—it’s both water and oil repellant.

“A single species like that can be used for many things,” with little or no environmental impact.

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Vinegars are one of Bellebuono’s go-to methods to incorporate herbs into a diet, infusing fresh or dried herbs into red wine or apple cider vinegar for salad dressings and other uses. “Vinegar is great at extracting minerals from herbs and making them more bioavailable,” she says.

Drying herbs does not diminish their medicinal properties, but rather concentrates their essence, as it removes excess water, according to Bellebuono.

“Dried and powdered herbs are a great way to preserve the garden harvest and add herbs into everyday dishes. You can throw a teaspoon of turmeric, a wonderful anti-inflammatory herb, in spaghetti sauce or oatmeal, and you won’t even notice it,” she says.

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erbs add lush flavor to all kinds of dishes, and they are culinary friends that bring the benefits of helping to restore and maintain health. “Food is medicine, and herbs bring out the medicinal properties of food,” says Kami McBride, of Sebastopol, California, author of The Herbal Kitchen: Bring Lasting Health to You and Your Family with 50 Easy-to-Find Common Herbs and Over 250 Recipes. “The spice rack is a relic from another time when we knew how to use herbs and spices to optimize health and to digest our food.”

To get a medicinal dose of an herb, consider making teas, vinegar extracts or pestos, says Brittany Wood Nickerson, the Conway, Massachusetts, author of The Herbalist’s Kitchen: Delicious, Nourishing Food for Lifelong Health and Well-Being. “Parsley, for example, is a nutrient- and vitamin-rich herb. If you garnish with parsley, you won’t get a significant amount of vitamin C, as you would if you make a pesto from it.”

Salads can also pack a healthy dose of herbs into a meal, says Martha’s Vineyard resident Holly Bellebuono, an herbalist and author of The Healing Kitchen: Cooking with Nourishing Herbs for Health, Wellness, and Vitality. “So many herbs, including violets, mints and red clover, can just be tossed fresh into a salad, offering both fiber and minerals.”

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While Mediterranean herbs like oregano and basil are often at the front of the spice rack, Nickerson also suggests lesser-used herbs such as sour sumac, anise-accented tarragon and versatile, yet often discarded orange peels, which can be added to soups along with fennel seed and bay leaves for a complex flavor. Thyme is another of Nickerson’s favorites, a hearty herb for fall dishes that’s also a powerful antifungal and aids with digestion, lung health and detoxification.

While some may think of parsley as a garnish, “It offers incredible freshness and livens up almost anything,” says Nickerson. “I use it as a vegetable and make a salad of its leaves or add handfuls of it into a quiche. Parsley is loaded with vitamins and minerals, and has detoxification properties.” Adding it near the end of cooking maintains its vibrant flavor and color, she notes.

McBride loves versatile herbs like mint and coriander that can be used in sweet and savory dishes with antimicrobial properties that help fight colds and flu. She also keeps salt shakers on the table filled with spices like cardamom, an antibacterial, anti-spasmotic and expectorant, to sprinkle onto beverages and dishes. Bellebuono also recommends infusing honey with herbs such as sage or oregano that support the immune system.

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Herbal-Aided Digestion All herbs, whether leafy, green culinary herbs or spices like coriander and clove, are carminative, meaning they help digest food, McBride says. “Digestion can use up to 40 percent of your day’s energy, which is why you often get a nap attack after a big meal.

Every meal needs a carminative, even if it’s just black pepper, which is one of the problems with most fast food.”

Pungent and bitter herbs, in particular, support digestion and absorption of nutrients and make them more bioavailable, says Nickerson: “Activating the taste buds dedicated to sensing bitter stimulates the digestive system.” A salad of bitter greens, for example, can help prepare digestion of a heavier meal to come, whereas a post-meal aperitif can help with digesting the food afterward.

“It absolutely adds up when you add small doses of herbs to your meals every day,” McBride advises. “Many Americans suffer from gastrointestinal inflammation from modern diets and lifestyles, and herbs can help reverse that. Your gut gets a little healing every day.”

of the fruit, just inside the membranes.

Leave the sections whole or cut them into bite-size pieces.

Toast the pumpkin seeds in a skillet over medium heat, stirring often, until they are lightly browned, have puffed up and begin to pop—4 to 7 minutes.

Combine the oil, lemon juice, vinegar, mustard, shallot, tarragon and salt in a bowl and whisk together. Stir in any grapefruit juice that may have puddled on the cutting board while sectioning the fruit.

Spinach & Grapefruit Salad with Toasted Pumpkin Seeds The floral notes of tarragon in the dressing and the juicy, sour grapefruit invigorate the senses and wake up the digestive processes.

Pour the dressing over the spinach. If any dressing is left over, it will keep in the fridge for up to a week. Toss the spinach well, then add the grapefruit and pumpkin seeds and toss gently again to combine.

Recipe and photo from Recipes from the Herbalist’s Kitchen by Brittany Wood Nickerson.

Yields: 4 to 6 servings

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8 oz spinach (about 4 packed cups) 1 large or 2 medium-size grapefruits ½ cup pumpkin seeds Dressing ½ cup olive oil 1 Tbsp lemon juice 1 Tbsp white wine vinegar 1 tsp Dijon mustard 1 Tbsp finely minced shallot 1 tsp finely chopped tarragon Pinch of salt

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Tear the spinach into bite-size pieces, if necessary, and place in a large bowl.

Cut the top and bottom off the grapefruit so that the flesh of the fruit is exposed so it sits flat on a cutting board. Cut the peel and pith from the fruit using a sharp knife or vegetable peeler.

Set the grapefruit on one of its flat ends on a cutting board. The sections of the fruit will face up. Cut out the sections, slicing from the outside toward the center

Mint and Feta Bruschetta with Chive Blossoms Yields: 4 servings as an appetizer ½ cup fresh chive blossoms (can be substituted with other edible flowers or left out) 1 French baguette ½ lb feta cheese, crumbled, or a vegan alternative 1 cup chopped fresh mint ½ cup minced chives (can be substituted with scallions) 2-4 Tbsp olive oil Salt and freshly ground black pepper September 2020 25

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Preheat the oven to 325° F. While the oven is heating, pull apart the chive blossoms, removing the central stem and plucking the tiny purple florets.

Set the baguette in the hot oven and bake for 7 to 10 minutes, until the edges are crispy, but not browned.

Meanwhile, combine the feta in a bowl with the mint, minced chives and chive florets. Add enough of the oil to moisten then season with salt and pepper to taste.

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Soak the walnuts overnight in enough water to cover them. (This makes them easier to digest and helps remove some of the bitterness in the skin.)

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2 Tbsp (heaping) walnuts 2 cups packed cilantro leaves and stems (one large bunch) 2 garlic cloves 2 Tbsp olive oil Salt and freshly ground pepper

Remove the baguette from the oven and slice along the diagonal. Arrange on a platter with 1 to 2 tablespoons of the bruschetta mixture on each slice. Drizzle with a little more oil and serve.

Note: For the bread to be crisp throughout rather than soft on the inside and crispy on the outside, slice it on the diagonal to start with, brush each piece with olive oil and bake on a baking sheet at 325° F for 5 to 7 minutes until crispy.

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Drain and rinse the walnuts. Combine them with the cilantro, garlic, oil and salt to taste, and a few grinds of pepper in a food processor. Blend until smooth.

Taste and adjust the seasonings as necessary. The pesto will keep for 5 to 7 days in the fridge or for 6 months or more in the freezer.

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tudies show that when we see the positive more often, we’re happier and kinder to ourselves and to those around us. Luckily, we’re not locked into one way of viewing the world. We can choose to see things in a more positive fashion.

Here are some steps we can take to teach ourselves to look for the positive more often.

Eventually, the brain can get into the habit of doing this without any prodding.

Compliment at least one person every day. Maybe we can begin the day

by sending a short email or text telling someone why we appreciate them. Besides reshaping how we see the world, we might make someone’s day.

Keep a gratitude journal. Every

night, write down three things to be grateful for. Researchers have found that people that regularly keep track of what they’re grateful for are happier. We can also have a nightly family discussion about what happened that day that we’re thankful for.

Perform a daily act of kindness.

When we perform a kind act every day, we start noticing other opportunities to be kind, creating a cycle of positivity in our minds. Think small—a thank-you note or letting someone cut in front of us in traffic.

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• Now write down everything that is blue. Chances are that like most

people, we won’t remember the blue things nearly as well because we weren’t looking for them. We see what we look for, and that’s as much an asset as a shortcoming.

Training the brain to be more positive takes time, but it’s a priceless opportunity to change our perspective and become happier.

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says Ramat, who underscores the importance of listening to the body. “I learned the hard way 17 years ago when I first became a teacher. I am gentle with myself if I am unable to do a pose and embrace the modification. I go deeper in my poses now than when I was younger.”

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aming chronic pain, restoring energy reserves, improving heart health and relieving symptoms of depression and anxiety are only a few of the science-backed perks of spending time on a yoga mat. However, misconceptions about this ancient practice can make yoga seem intimidating for individuals that could benefit the most from it.

Adaptive yoga, designed for people challenged by injury, chronic pain, autoimmune disease or debilitating conditions like multiple sclerosis, can foster perhaps unexpected gains through the use of props, chairs, wall space and even countertops.

From wheelchair-bound veterans to seniors with compromised balance, adaptive yoga offers new horizons for achieving wellbeing.

Yoga’s gentle influence goes beyond physical benefits. A 2017 British study published in the Journal of Pain Research found people with spinal cord injuries that took sitting yoga classes twice a week for six weeks were less depressed, more self28

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compassionate and more mindfully in the moment than those in a control group.

Empowerment, Not Perfection “Yoga is for any body, no matter the size, shape or color. It’s not about designer clothing, athletic ability, talents or perfection in the pose. Adaptive yoga is a movement to change this misconception and mitigate the anxiety to try yoga,” says Mindy Eisenberg, a Detroit-area certified yoga therapist and author of Adaptive Yoga Moves Any Body: Created for Individuals with MS and Neuromuscular Condition and the accompanying Adaptive Yoga Cards. For Eisenberg, the focus is about the internal experience, healing and most of all, “the sense of joy that comes from a regular practice.”

Ora Ramat, owner of the Wagging Tail Yoga Studio, in Bethel, New York, witnesses remarkable, everyday mastery in her students through adapted poses. “Many of my students are 40 to 95 years young, and the range of modification I do with them is endless,”

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“Our students have a wide range of health conditions including spina bifida, arthritis, MS, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease, fibromyalgia, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, paraplegia, epiphyseal dysplasia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, chronic back pain and more,” says Miranda McCarthy, CEO of Wavelength VR (WavelengthVR.com), a healthcare company that produces a library of sciencesupported content for pain management without medication. The London-based creator of Adaptive Yoga LIVE, which offers seated online classes, knows firsthand how yoga can change lives.

“Until I found adaptive yoga, I felt like I was constantly at war with my body,” she says. Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 2 and the youngest recipient of bilateral hip replacement surgery in the U.S., McCarthy thought she knew her body inside and out. After 40 surgeries and decades of rehabilitation and medication, she went through a radical shift in perspective.

“When I discovered adaptive yoga, I soon realized my relationship with my body had only just begun.”

Eisenberg highlights the internal process that adaptive yoga can catalyze: “The energy and sensation that yoga students feel on the inside is much more important than what the pose looks like on the outside.” Items such as chairs, blocks, straps, blankets and bolsters are used to make traditional postures more accessible to those with physical challenges and to ensure safety. “Using props is not a sign of weakness or inferiority. We even use ambulatory devices such as a cane as a prop.

Those who require assistive devices cease to see them as a hindrance. In fact, they become an accessory,” says Eisenberg.

For McCarthy, the biggest takeaway is simple, yet profound self-acceptance. “I no longer judge myself or compare myself to able-bodied people. I gained a newfound

love for my body and a love for myself.”

Eisenberg affirms, “It’s exciting to realize that our bodies are so much more capable than we thought, and we learn that we are not defined by our individual disease or limitations. As my teacher Jon Kabat-Zinn says, ‘As long as you are breathing, there is more right with you than wrong.’”

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Raising Resilient Kids How to Help Them Bounce Back

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n these turbulent times, children need to know how to confidently weather and deal with changes no matter what life hands them, say many psychologists.

Studies show that when kids are resilient— having the ability to recover quickly from difficulties—they are less fearful and anxious, more confident and empathetic, and better able to handle cataclysmic events like 9/11.

Resilience can help them deal creatively with everything from cyberbullying to societal change. A Florida Atlantic University study of 1,204 children found that those that agreed with such statements as, “I can deal with whatever comes my way,” “I am not easily discouraged by failure,” and, “Having to cope with stress makes me stronger,” were less likely to be bullied in person or online and better able to cope when it occurred.

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Resilience can be taught and learned at any stage in a child’s life, studies suggest. Some useful strategies include:

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Let them know they’re loved and supported. One stable, committed relationship with a supportive adult such as a parent, grandparent, aunt, teacher or coach is what a child needs to be resilient, according to research from Harvard’s Center for the Developing Child. This can be particularly important for children raised in less-than-ideal circumstances. “It is absolutely critical for African-American children to learn resilience due to the current climate of hostility and racism, the inherent disadvantages in education and household income they are born into and hostile, crime-infested neighborhoods where they live,” says Damon Nailer, a Monroe, Louisiana, motivational speaker

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Make resilience a household word.

When San Diego child psychologist Bruce Thiessen’s daughter Kassidy was 4, he’d pretend to be the wolf in The Three Little Pigs, howling, “I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house down!”

She would reply, “Go ahead! I’ll rebuild it tougher and stronger!”

It was his way of embedding resilience in her, which he and his wife Roxie have reinforced with books, movies and songs. “Making the theme of resilience dominant in multiple activities will make an enduring, indelible impression on your child,” he says.

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Be a good example. “The most important thing to cultivate resilience, mindfulness and any other emotions really, is for parents to practice and model these things themselves,” says Christopher Willard, Ph.D., a Harvard lecturer and author of Raising Resilience: The Wisdom and Science of Happy Families and Thriving Children.

Adults need to bounce back from setbacks, whether it’s a social media mistake or a lost job, and find ways to reframe what happened in a positive light. To convey that attitude to a child, ask at dinner or bedtime, “What was the rose in your day?

The thorn? What did you learn? What would you do differently next time?”

The parent can model responses to these questions by sharing their own rose and thorn.

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Let them figure things out. “As tempting as it may be to step in every time you see your children struggling, allowing them to figure things out on their own builds resilience,” says Katie Lear, a Davidson, North Carolina, therapist specializing in childhood anxiety.

“On the flip side, when a parent hovers or immediately steps in to solve a child’s problem, the child may interpret that behavior as, ‘I don’t trust you to be able

to do this without help.’” Asking a child how they plan to solve a problem rather than questioning why the problem happened in the first place is a way to teach them creative problem-solving, advises Lynn Lyons, a Concord, New Hampshire, psychotherapist and co-author of Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents.

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Teach thankfulness. Feelings of gratitude bolster resilience, studies show. For example, college students that performed gratitude-inducing exercises reported feeling better able to handle

academic challenges. “Teach your child to look for the gift within every problem,” advises C.J. Scarlet, author of Heroic Parenting: An Essential Guide to Raising Safe, Savvy, Confident Kids. “That’s often hard to do in the midst of challenges, but just knowing there will be a gift found at some point can help your child to ride out the storm with greater patience and confidence.”

Ronica O’Hara is a Denver-based health writer. Connect at OHaraRonica@gmail.com.

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Mindfulness—being in the moment without judgment—has been linked to youthful resilience, numerous studies show, perhaps because it allows a child to take a deep, calming breath in the midst of a trying event. “Mindfulness training really does create new brain connections that boost resilience to stress,” says Christopher Willard, a Harvard lecturer and author of Growing Up Mindful. When children learn mindfulness, he says, they “can better self-regulate their emotions, and stress is less likely to overwhelm them and lead to mental health issues like anxiety or depression.” Getting a child started on mindfulness can be as simple as teaching them a breathing exercise.

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Chocolate breathing: Imagine you are holding up a mug of hot chocolate. Breathe in through your nose like you are smelling it, then exhale through your mouth like you are cooling it off. Repeat for a minute or two.

Bumblebee breathing: Sitting comfortably, breathe in through your nose for a

count of four. Exhale, making a buzzing or humming sound. Repeat 10 or more times. above your head and bring your palms together, imagining you are as high as a mountain. Then ground your feet into the floor, imagining roots going deep into the earth. Exhale through your mouth while lowering your palms together in front of your chest. Repeat several times.

Count breathing: Closing your eyes and sitting quietly, count “one” to yourself as you exhale. With the next exhale, count “two” and so on up to “five,” start back at one again, and repeat for at least five minutes.

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n these sobering times, we must use every weapon in our arsenal against invasive viruses, including oftenoverlooked natural remedies with antiviral properties. As is also the case with pharmaceutical agents, natural approaches have not been shown to stop an aggressive virus in its tracks, but they may ameliorate symptoms. “Nutrition and supplementation are unlikely to prevent an infection, but they may help prevent the infection from becoming symptomatic or severe,” explains Leo Galland, M.D., a global leader in functional medicine and author of Power Healing: Use the New Integrated Medicine to Heal Yourself.

Eating healthy foods, sleeping seven to nine hours a night and exercising at least 150 minutes a week are also key in fortifying our natural defenses against viruses. Steps still necessary for COVID-19 protection include hand-washing, maskwearing, social distancing and sterilizing objects and surfaces.

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Baseline Protectors Scientists report that some vitamin and mineral deficiencies appear to be linked to poor COVID-19 outcomes, while adequate levels help combat other viruses. ConsumerLab.com, which provides comprehensive research overviews and information on nutritional products, lists these natural supplements as potential aids against COVID-19, although at this early stage, none have been proven to work: Vitamin D: According to Galland, vitamin D “stimulates your immune system to produce factors called defensins and cathelicidins that kill viruses.” People with levels below 30 nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL) were 45 percent more likely to test positive for the coronavirus and 95 percent more likely to be hospitalized, Israeli researchers found. Getting three 30-minute sessions of sun exposure a week and eating D-fortified foods raise levels, and supplementing with up to 2,000 international units daily is generally considered safe.

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Zinc: “Zinc throws a wrench in the viral replication machine and helps fight infections by boosting the production of antibodies,” says Nicole DeMasi, an integrative dietitian nutritionist in Los Angeles. Zinc lozenges may ward off the coronavirus in the upper respiratory tract. The recommended dosage is 15 to 30 milligrams (mg) a day for up to two weeks.

Vitamin C: A cup of orange juice, tomato juice or a kiwi supplies most of the minimum recommended intake of vitamin C, a vital supplement for white blood cells that fight viral infections. Supplementing with 1,000 mg daily is also safe. Intravenous megadoses are being studied for critically ill COVID-19 patients, but no evidence exists so far that higher levels prevent infections, reports ConsumerLab.com.

Potassium: A critical antiviral mineral and electrolyte, low levels of potassium were found in 61 percent of 175 Chinese patients hospitalized with COVID-19, making them more prone to heart damage, reports the Journal of the American Medical Association. Foods that boost levels include potatoes, squash, lentils, spinach, avocados, bananas and raisins.

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When choosing supplements proven to be effective, “Much of what we know and can apply is based on our previous research on viruses of the past,” says Monisha Bhanote, M.D., an integrative physician in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Here are some good choices.

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Melatonin: Known best as the hormone that regulates sleep, melatonin also supports antiviral immunity and helps control inflammation in viral infections. A study of 11,672 people tested for COVID-19 found that those taking supplemental melatonin were less likely to test positive, and a clinical study is underway to see if 2 mg a day helps protect healthcare workers.

Typical dosages range from 0.3 to 3 mg.

Licorice Root Extract: This herb contains a substance called glycyrrhizin that makes it hard for a virus to attach to and invade a cell and hinders its ability to replicate, slowing the spread from one cell to another. Chinese doctors used it with other traditional herbs to combat COVID-19, and studies have shown it effective against an earlier coronavirus, as well as against HIV, herpes, viral hepatitis and respiratory infections. For dosage, follow package directions. People with high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, kidney disease or low potassium levels are advised against its use.

Astragalus: Known as huang qi, astragalus “is

one of the most powerful herbs used in Chinese medicine for people with weakened immune systems,” says Tsao-Lin Moy, a New York City acupuncturist and herbalist. It’s best taken as a hot or cold tea using tea bags or the root itself.

Andrographis: This herb has long been used for colds and throat infections in China and India, and may prevent flu viruses from binding to cells. In a Swedish study, flu patients that took an andrographis extract along with Siberian ginseng recovered more quickly with fewer complications than those given a U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved flu medication. Because of its potency, it’s best to consult a health practitioner to avoid interactions. The recommended dosage is 400 mg twice a day.

Fightin’ Foods To lower the inflammation linked to poor viral outcomes, integrative physician Monisha Bhanote, M.D., recommends a predominantly whole foods diet with at least five to seven servings of vegetables and two to three servings of fruit a day.

Quercetin-rich foods, such as apples, onions, broccoli, raspberries, parsley and celery are especially important, she says, because the bioflavonoid enhances zinc’s antiviral actions: “It functions as a zinc ionophore, chelating zinc and transporting it into the cell cytoplasm.” Quercetin can also be taken as a supplement in doses ranging between 500 and 1,000 mg daily.

Garlic has potent antiviral and antibacterial properties, and can be cooked into food, eaten raw in salads and dressings or obtained from capsules of allicin, the active component.

Green tea has epigallocatechin gallate, a compound with “a wide range of antiviral activity, especially in the early stages of infection, by preventing viral attachment and entry into the cell,” says Bhanote. Aim for three to five cups a day.

Ronica O’Hara is a Denver-based health writer. Connect at OHaraRonica@gmail.com.

Learn More Coronavirus Handbook by Leo Galland, M.D.: A comprehensive look from an integrative physician at coronavirus mechanisms, nutritional strategies and supplements. DrGalland.com/coronavirusprotection-protocol Coronavirus Information Center: Up-to-date information on natural remedies and nutritional supplements. ConsumerLab.com/coronavirus

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After a while, I started playing some of the music from my CD and the dog stopped, turned around and came up to me, and just sat there and listened. The owners were shocked.”

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well studied, especially dogs. Colorado State University researchers found that auditory stimulation with music can be helpful or detrimental. Results of a study in the Journal of Veterinary Behavior suggest that dogs sleep more and bark less when they listen to classical music; and they shake more and rise to their feet when exposed to heavy metal music, possibly from nervousness.

Patricia McConnell, Ph.D., a zoologist and certified applied animal behaviorist in Wisconsin, wrote her dissertation on the effect of different types of sounds upon working domestic animals. “What is important is not whether the music is ‘classical’ or ‘heavy metal’, but whether it includes a set of acoustic features that appear to be universally associated with

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soothing or stimulating internal states,” states McConnell in her blog, TheOtherEndOfTheLeash.com.

McConnell explains that, “Pure tones and regular rhythms are associated with positive states.” On the other hand, harsh, noisy tones and irregular rhythms are linked with negative ones.

She adds, “A tempo matching an animal’s resting heart rate (or respiration) tends to be calming.”

Composers and musicians are currently writing music specifically for animals with the aim of reducing stress from noise or separation, assisting with healing, controlling overeating and soothing irritability.

Compositions for Cats Christine was volunteering at a local animal shelter that played country music for the cats. “I wondered what their reaction would be if I wrote some meditative music with different tones—beta/alpha waves—to present to them alternative sounds,” she says. She composed some music and experimented with it in the cat room, noticing that the animals reacted positively to certain tones. That eventually led to a CD for cats, and then one for dogs, with the proceeds donated to the ASPCA and the Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, in New York City.

Harmonies for Hounds The Rescue Animal MP3 Project, an organization that has donated free MP3 players filled with music to more than 1,420 animal shelters and sanctuaries, was founded by Pamela Fisher, a holistic veterinarian in North Canton, Ohio. Calmer animals are more likely to be adopted, and the music is designed to provide a relaxed environment for animals so they can better cope with stressful housing conditions. The MP3s contain a variety of music and artists, including selections like Canine Lullabies, by Terry Woodford, therapeutic music expert; Pet Calm, Pet Healing, by hypnotherapist Rick Collingwood; and Harp Music to Soothe the Savage Beast, by Alianna Boone, who states, “The structure of the harp is considered to be the most healing instrument next to the human voice.”

Pet owners may need to listen more closely. “We so often focus on other aspects of their environment—Is their dog bed comfy? Does it look pretty to us?—and fail to attend to the impact of sound on our dog’s environment (not to mention our own),” writes McConnell about new animal-music studies.

There are many melodic medleys for pet parents, but buyer beware. “If you’re to spend your money on this, make sure you are looking at music backed by research,” advises Christine.

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Julie Peterson writes about wellness for people, animals and the environment. Reach her at JuliePeterson2222@gmail.com.

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icorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) is the rhizome (root or stem) of a plant that is native to southern and central Europe, Egypt, and Asia. It gets the name we use from the Greek “glyks” (sweet) and “rhiza” (root). The Chinese call it “gan cao” (sweet grass); French – regliss; German – lakritze; Italian – liquirizia; and Spanish – regaliz. The plant is an herbaceous perennial, a shrubby, 4-5 foot tall, woody-rooted bean plant with feathery leaves and light blue to violet flowers. The medicinal parts are the dried roots and rhizomes. It is extensively cultivated in Russia, Spain, other parts of Europe and Asia, and India. There are several varieties of Glycyrrhiza, found in different regions, with variations of flavor.

The main biochemical of licorice is glycyrrhizic acid, which is a large molecule containing two sugar moieties or parts plus a steroid–like part.

Glycyrrhizic acid is the source of its sweetness, which is somewhere between 50-150 times sweeter than sugar. Licorice has a medicinal and highly aromatic bouquet, with a sweet flavor, similar to anise, and has a slightly bitter and salty aftertaste, which, when chewed, seems to get sweeter and sweeter.

Licorice has been used for thousands of years for a variety of purposes, though its most popular use has been as a sweetener or sweet candy itself.

Ancient Chinese, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, and Indians all used licorice for flavor and medicinal purposes. Even King Tutankhamen was buried with a supply of it along with all his other gold and necessities. It was cultivated in more recent times (since the 16th century) in England by the Dominican monks in Pontefract, Yorkshire, where the confectionery trade began, and Pontefract cakes are still a favorite. Licorice candy actually has less than 2% natural licorice extract in it, usually taking its flavor from anise or a synthetic substitute. Probably 90% of all licorice goes to – can you believe it? – the tobacco industry, where it is used to flavor our socially acceptable poisonous and cancerous tobacco products (yes, I’ll be blunt – tobacco should be banned forever – and what a waste of licorice).

Licorice has many ancient and modern uses: • Flavoring in candy, gum, cough drops, syrups, tonics, laxatives, beers, frozen dairy desserts, gelatins, puddings, cakes, fruit juices, herbal teas, meat products, etc.

• Source of magnesium, silicon, vitamin E, B vitamins, some trace elements • Colon cleanser, laxative, reduces gas • Strengthens the lungs • Strengthens the adrenal glands • Treats stomach and intestinal ulcers, lowers stomach acid, coats the stomach with a protective gel • Diuretic • Relieves arthritis, anti-inflammatory • Regulates low blood sugar • Treats Addison’s disease, a disease of cortisol deficiency • Mild estrogenic effects, treats symptoms of menopause such as night sweats • Regulates menstruation, relieves menstrual cramps • Cough suppressant, sore throat, upper respiratory infections, expectorant • In Chinese medicine it tonifies Spleen chi, strengthens chi and blood, moistens the Lungs and treats coughs, antispasmotic, moderates and harmonizes the characteristics of other herbs • Anticancer – given intravenously, has prevented the development of hepatocellular cancer in patients with chronic hepatitis C, has antitumor activity in animals • SARS – severe acute respiratory syndrome – it has potent antiviral activity in vitro (in the lab) • Antibacterial/antifungal/antiviral effects: has antibacterial effects on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), induces CD4 T cells (immune cells), stimulates interferon gamma produced by

T cells, has activity against Candida albicans (fungus), Herpes simplex virus type 1, suppresses the secretion of Hepatitis B virus surface antigens, antiviral activity against cytomegalovirus, and inhibits replication of HIV cells • Antioxidant activity • Headaches

Contraindications: cholestatic diseases of the liver, cirrhosis of the

liver, renal insufficiency, diabetes mellitus, hypertonic neuromuscular disorders, arrhythmias, hypertension, low potassium levels, pregnancy, and breastfeeding.

Adverse effects: salt retention, hypertension, edema, allergic reactions,

spasms, low potassium, dizziness, headaches, cardiac complaints, pseudohyperaldosteronism, hypercortisolism, muscular weakness, weight gain, and decreased testosterone.

Drug interactions: do not take with – antihypertensives, antiarrhythmics (procainamide, quinidine), anticoagulants, antiplatelet agents, heparin, thrombolytics, antidiabetics, oral contraceptives, corticosteroids, digoxin, diuretics, insulin, estrogen, laxatives, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, potassium, and testosterone.

Dosage: licorice comes in teas, powders, extracts for infusions, liquid,

and solid forms. Licorice should not be used for more than 4-6 weeks because of its many possible adverse effects. Dosage is approximately 5-15 grams of the root, equivalent to 200-600 mg of glycyrrhizin. Overdosage (over 20 g per day) can result in the adverse effects mentioned above.

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“It is not the strongest of the species that survives…It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” – Charles Darwin

and in a meditative state, reflexology sessions are actually energizing for the practitioner, while being pleasurable and therapeutic for the client.

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have been a practicing Holistic Reflexologist and educator for fortynine years. I am also a nationally board certified and licensed massage therapist in three states. I went to massage school to add to the Reflexology services I was providing.

What I discovered is that massage therapy, especially full-body massage, can be very physically demanding for the therapist. It takes a lot of energy and strength to be a massage therapist, and requires the therapist to spend many hours standing and bending.

I have known many massage therapists who experienced “burnout” and left the field after practicing for just a few years.

Burnout is characterized by fatigue you cannot easily overcome, physical injury, diminishing joy in your work, and stress— and is the number one reason for ending massage therapy careers. Almost any kind of injury can result in an inability to work, leading to a loss of clients, income and, ultimately, one’s passion for the work.

Reflexologists, while practicing a very different modality from massage, share a common passion with massage therapists for helping people experience better health and well being. There are few jobs that are as emotionally rewarding to you and your clients. Here’s what one of our graduates, who had been experiencing burnout as a massage therapist, said: “I really loved having the skill to use my hands to make people feel better, to facilitate their healing, to help them experience themselves with more peace and flexibility. I loved seeing the transformation from when people came in for massage to when they left. Now, with professional reflexology training, I am again 38

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“What a gift! After practicing massage for over ten years, I got certified in Laura Norman Holistic Reflexology. It’s so much kinder to my body, Now I can handle more clients in a day, and it is healing for me as well.”

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performing at a high level and making a difference in people's lives that I can see, hear, and feel, and that's so gratifying.” – Maria Reynaldo, LMT, Certified Reflexologist Maria took the Laura Norman Professional Reflexology for Massage Therapists Program.

It is tailored specifically for the experienced massage therapist, taking into account your massage training and knowledge. Our hands-on Program focuses on teaching and helping you embody the fine finger and hand techniques in our Foot, Hand, Face and Ear Reflexology protocols, which allow you to reach and balance a client’s organs, glands, and body systems. And, you earn continuing education credits toward your license renewal.

Reflexology is a natural choice. Laura Norman Holistic Reflexology encompasses the whole person—physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. And practicing Reflexology can help prevent both physical and emotional burnout.

As a massage therapist, you will find that performing reflexology sessions is much easier on you. Mostly performed while sitting,

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With professional training, you can make Reflexology a “value added” part of your massage practice. Offering a half hour or more of reflexology as part of a massage session will bring significant benefits to your client—and to you. And now we are offering live, interactive classes over Zoom!

You may choose to make reflexology your primary practice! Giving yourself these options can extend your career for many years. I’ve been in practice for over forty-nine years, and two of my instructors have been in practice for forty-three and twenty-nine years!

I know that you, like me, love helping others.

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TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1 Tuesday September 1 at 5 pm - Spirits & Spies Podcaster Steve Cameron of The Crew Reviews will interview Mark Greaney (One Minute Out $17), Don Bentley (Without Sanction $27), and David Ricciardi (Black Flag $27). Admission to zoom events is with purchase of one of the authors' books, or $5 ticket creditable toward purchase of authors' book. Call 561-279-7790 or murdermb@ gate.net for purchase and link.

Happy Qigong & Group Healing: QIGONG CLASS: 3:30-4:30pm, new energy charge, 5- Element Qigong practice according to the season, then 1 of 3 Qigong forms of standing poses or gentle moves, seasonal healing sounds for organs, end with a short pose or moving meditation. A profoundly joyful, healing and energizing experience! Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, Int'l best-selling author, wellness/happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. Call or text 561-320-1120 for details or to reserve.

Happy Tai Chi: 1) BEGINNERS: 6:00-7:00pm, Foundation Form practice. No experience required. 2) ADVANCED TAI CHI CHUAN : 6:00-7:30pm, authentic Yang's family form with martial art applications practice. Prior experience required. Both are well structured on-going classes, conducive to learning and improving fitness, wellness and happiness. Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, 6th generation of China's Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Lineage, Int'l best-selling author, wellness-happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Actual class location Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. Call or text 561-320-1120 or 754-303-1040 for details or to reserve.

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 2 Freedom From Stress 7- 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays - Experience the ancient Raja Yoga Meditation. This wisdom from the ages enables the soul to maintain happiness and peace no matter what the challenge. FREE. Delray Beach. Contact: 561-305-9382 http://www.brahmakumaris.org

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3 Thursday September 3 at 6 pm. - Amber Garza (When I Was You $17.99) interviewed by Samantha Downing (He Started It $26.00). Admission to zoom events is with purchase of one of the authors' books, or $5 ticket creditable toward purchase of authors' book. Call 561-279-7790 or murdermb@gate.net for purchase and link.

Happy Qigong & Group Healing: QIGONG CLASS: 4:30-5:30pm, new energy charge, 5- Element Qigong practice according to the season, then 1 of 3 Qigong forms of standing poses or gentle moves, seasonal healing sounds for organs, end with a short pose or moving meditation. A profoundly joyful, healing and energizing experience! Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, Int'l best-selling author, wellness/happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. Call or text 561-320-1120 for details or to reserve.

Happy Tai Chi: 1) BEGINNERS: 6pm-7:00pm, Foundation Form practice.

No experience required. Love donation if in hardship. 2) ADVANCED TAI CHI CHUAN : 6pm-7:30pm, authentic Yang's family form with martial art applications practice. Prior experience required. Tuition paid through Zelle. Both are well structured on-going classes, conducive to learning and improving fitness, wellness and happiness. Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA

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PANDA, 6th generation of China's Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Lineage, Int'l best-selling author, wellness-happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Actual class location Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. Call or text 561-320-1120 or 754-3031040 for details or to reserve.

ADVANCED TAI CHI CHUAN : 11:30-1:00pm, authentic Yang's family form with martial art applications practice. Prior experience required. Tuition paid through Zelle. Both are well structured on-going classes, conducive to learning and improving fitness, wellness and happiness. Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, 6th generation of China's Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Lineage, Int'l best-selling author, wellness-happiness activist and mentor.

Love Donation if in hardship. Actual class location Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. Call or text 561-3201120 or 754-303-1040 for details or to reserve Happy Qigong & Group Healing.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 5 FREE Saturday Tai Chi @Sanborn More info on www.happytaichi.org/ class and www.myboca.us/Calendar. Text or Call 561-320-1120 for details or to reserve. Happy Tai Chi: 1) BEGINNERS: 11:30-12:30pm, Foundation Form practice. No experience required. Love donation if in hardship. This FREE class Master Dr. Yu teaches for City of Boca on Sat. at Sanborn Square downtown Boca is her community service work. This Sat. Happy Tai Chi Class due to Coronavirus precautions the city has not resumed will be a video class.

QIGONG CLASS: 1:30- 2:30pm, new energy charge, 5-Element Qigong practice according to the season, then 1 of 3 Qigong forms of standing poses or gentle moves, seasonal healing sounds for organs, end with a short pose or moving meditation. 2) GROUP HEALING: 2:35- 2:55pm, sitting or lying down . A profoundly joyful, healing and energizing experience! Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, Int'l best-selling author, wellness-happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Actual class location: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. .Call or text 561-320- 1120 for details or to reserve.

ADVANCED TAI CHI CHUAN : 11:30-1:00pm, authentic Yang's family form with martial art applications practice. Prior experience required. Tuition paid through Zelle. Both are well structured on-going classes, conducive to learning and improving fitness, wellness and happiness. Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, 6th generation of China's Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Lineage, Int'l best-selling author, wellness-happiness activist and mentor.

Love Donation if in hardship. Actual class location Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. Call or text 561-3201120 or 754-303-1040 for details or to reserve Happy Qigong & Group Healing.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 8 Happy Qigong & Group Healing: QIGONG CLASS: 3:30-4:30pm, new energy charge, 5- Element Qigong practice according to the season, then 1 of 3 Qigong forms of standing poses or gentle moves, seasonal healing sounds for organs, end with a short pose or moving meditation. A profoundly joyful, healing and energizing experience! Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, Int'l best-selling author, wellness/happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. . Call or text 561-320-1120 for details or to reserve.

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Happy Qigong & Group Healing: QIGONG CLASS: 4:30-5:30pm, new energy charge, 5- Element Qigong practice according to the season, then 1 of 3 Qigong forms of standing poses or gentle moves, seasonal healing sounds for organs, end with a short pose or moving meditation. A profoundly joyful, healing and energizing experience! Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, Int'l best-selling author, wellness/happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. . Call or text 561-320-1120 for details or to reserve.

Happy Tai Chi: 1) BEGINNERS: 6pm-7:00pm, Foundation Form practice.

No experience required. Love donation if in hardship. 2) ADVANCED TAI CHI CHUAN : 6pm-7:30pm, authentic Yang's family form with martial art applications practice. Prior experience required. Tuition paid through Zelle. Both are well structured on-going classes, conducive to learning and improving fitness, wellness and happiness. Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, 6th generation of China's Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Lineage, Int'l best-selling author, wellness-happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Actual class location Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. Call or text 561-320-1120 or 754-3031040 for details or to reserve.

ADVANCED TAI CHI CHUAN : 11:30-1:00pm, authentic Yang's family form with martial art applications practice. Prior experience required. Tuition paid through Zelle. Both are well structured on-going classes, conducive to learning and improving fitness, wellness and happiness. Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, 6th generation of China's Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Lineage, Int'l best-selling author, wellness-happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Actual class location Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. Call or text 561-320-1120 or 754-303-1040 for details or to reserve Happy Qigong & Group Healing.

Master Dr. Yu teaches for City of Boca on Sat. at Sanborn Square downtown Boca is her community service work. This Sat. Happy Tai Chi Class due to Coronavirus precautions the city has not resumed will be a video class.

QIGONG CLASS: 1:30- 2:30pm, new energy charge, 5-Element Qigong practice according to the season, then 1 of 3 Qigong forms of standing poses or gentle moves, seasonal healing sounds for organs, end with a short pose or moving meditation. 2) GROUP HEALING: 2:35- 2:55pm, sitting or lying down . A profoundly joyful, healing and energizing experience! Lovingly led

by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, Int'l best-selling author, wellness-happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Actual class location: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. . Call or text 561-320- 1120 for details or to reserve.

ADVANCED TAI CHI CHUAN : 11:30-1:00pm, authentic Yang's family form with martial art applications practice. Prior experience required. Tuition paid through Zelle. Both are well structured on-going classes, conducive to learning and improving fitness, wellness and happiness. Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, 6th generation of China's Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Lineage, Int'l best-selling author, wellness-happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Actual class location Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. Call or text 561-320-1120 or 754-303-1040 for details or to reserve Happy Qigong & Group Healing.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 13 The Sunday Sleuths Book Club Zoom Version will discuss August Snow

by Stephen Mack Jones $15.95. Sunday September 13 at 3 pm. Murder on the Beach Mystery Bookstore. 104 West Atlantic Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33444 Phone: 561-279-7790 www.murderonthebeach.com Summer Hours: Mon - Wed 10 - 6, Thu - Sat 10-5 Closed Sundays in the Summer.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 12 Saturday September 12, 10 am - Noon- FL Authors Academy Zoom Version POV: What It Is And How To Use It. By writing a story from the point of view of a certain character, authors enable the reader to know that character’s thoughts.

It helps the reader relate to the character and draws them deeper into the story.

POV issues are the #1 reason why agents and editors decline manuscripts! $25 per person. Instructor: Charles Todd. For More Detailed Descriptions, Go to www.FLauthorsacademy.com Admission to Zoom workshops is $25. Call 561-279-7790 or murdermb@gate.net and we will send you the link.

FREE Saturday Tai Chi @Sanborn More info on www.happytaichi.org/ class and www.myboca.us/Calendar. Text or Call 561-320-1120 for details or to reserve. Happy Tai Chi: 1) BEGINNERS: 11:30-12:30pm, Foundation Form practice. No experience required. Love donation if in hardship. This FREE class

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Happy Qigong & Group Healing: QIGONG CLASS: 3:30-4:30pm, new energy charge, 5- Element Qigong practice according to the season, then 1 of 3 Qigong forms of standing poses or gentle moves, seasonal healing sounds for organs, end with a short pose or moving meditation. A profoundly joyful, healing and energizing experience! Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, Int'l best-selling author, wellness/happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. . Call or text 561-320-1120 for details or to reserve.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 17 Happy Qigong & Group Healing: QIGONG CLASS: 4:30-5:30pm, new energy charge, 5- Element Qigong practice according to the season, then 1 of 3 Qigong forms of standing poses or gentle moves, seasonal healing sounds for organs, end with a short pose or moving meditation. A profoundly joyful, healing and energizing experience! Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, Int'l best-selling author, wellness/happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. . Call or text 561-320-1120 for details or to reserve.

Happy Tai Chi: 1) BEGINNERS: 6pm-7:00pm, Foundation Form practice.

No experience required. Love donation if in hardship. 2) ADVANCED TAI CHI CHUAN : 6pm-7:30pm, authentic Yang's family form with martial art applications practice. Prior experience required. Tuition paid through Zelle.

Both are well structured on-going classes, conducive to learning and improving fitness, wellness and happiness. Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, 6th generation of China's Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Lineage, Int'l best-selling author, wellness-happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Actual class location Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. Call or text 561-320-1120 or 754-303-1040 for details.

1) QIGONG CLASS: 1:30- 2:30pm, new energy charge, 5-Element Qigong practice according to the season, then 1 of 3 Qigong forms of standing poses or gentle moves, seasonal healing sounds for organs, end with a short pose or moving meditation. 2) GROUP HEALING: 2:35- 2:55pm, sitting or lying down . A profoundly joyful, healing and energizing experience! Lovingly led

by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, Int'l best-selling author, wellness-happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Actual class location: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. Call or text 561-320- 1120 for details or to reserve.

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ADVANCED TAI CHI CHUAN : 11:30-1:00pm, authentic Yang's family form with martial art applications practice. Prior experience required. Tuition paid through Zelle. Both are well structured on-going classes, conducive to learning and improving fitness, wellness and happiness. Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, 6th generation of China's Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Lineage, Int'l best-selling author, wellness-happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Actual class location Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton.

Call or text 561-320-1120 or 754-303-1040 for details or to reserve Happy Qigong & Group Healing.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19 Saturday September 19 at 2 pm. - LC Shaw (The Silent Conspiracy $16.99) interviewed by Kimberly Howe (Skyjack $14.99). Admission to zoom events is with purchase of one of the authors' books, or $5 ticket creditable toward purchase of authors' book. Call 561-279-7790 or murdermb@gate.net for purchase and link.

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Saturday September 19, 10 am – Noon - Crafting Your Short Story. Learn how the masters grab your attention from the first line. How many characters should you have in your short story? How do you get it moving and keep it going? Award-winning short story writer Elaine Viets, author of Deal With the Devil and 13 Short Stories will help you answer these questions and more. $25 per person. Instructor: Elaine Viets. For More Detailed Descriptions, Go to www.FLauthorsacademy.com Admission to Zoom workshops is $25. Call 561-279-7790 or murdermb@gate.net and we will send you the link.

FREE Saturday Tai Chi @Sanborn More info on www.happytaichi.org/class and www.myboca.us/ Calendar. Text or Call 561-320-1120 for details or to reserve. Happy Tai Chi: 1) BEGINNERS: 11:3012:30pm, Foundation Form practice. No experience required. Love donation if in hardship. This FREE class Master Dr. Yu teaches for City of Boca on Sat. at Sanborn Square downtown Boca is her community service work. This Sat. Happy Tai Chi Class due to Coronavirus precautions the city has not resumed will be a video class.

QIGONG CLASS: 1:30- 2:30pm, new energy charge, 5-Element Qigong practice according to the season, then 1 of 3 Qigong forms of standing

poses or gentle moves, seasonal healing sounds for organs, end with a short pose or moving meditation.

2) GROUP HEALING: 2:35- 2:55pm, sitting or lying down . A profoundly joyful, healing and energizing experience! Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, Int'l best-selling author, wellness-happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Actual class location: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. . Call or text 561-320- 1120 for details or to reserve.

ADVANCED TAI CHI CHUAN : 11:30-1:00pm, authentic Yang's family form with martial art applications practice. Prior experience required. Tuition paid through Zelle. Both are well structured on-going classes, conducive to learning and improving fitness, wellness and happiness. Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, 6th generation of China's Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Lineage, Int'l best-selling author, wellness-happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Actual class location Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. Call or text 561-320-1120 or 754-303-1040 for details or to reserve Happy Qigong & Group Healing.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22 Happy Qigong & Group Healing: QIGONG CLASS: 3:30-4:30pm, new energy charge, 5- Element Qigong practice according to the season, then 1 of 3 Qigong forms of standing poses or gentle moves, seasonal healing sounds for organs, end with a short pose or moving meditation. A profoundly joyful, healing and energizing experience! Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, Int'l best-selling author, wellness/happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. . Call or text 561-320-1120 for details or to reserve.

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 23 Wednesday September 23 at noon - Timothy J. Smith will speak about how adapting real people and places to the fictional page played a part in the writing of Fire on the Island. $24.99. Admission to zoom events is with purchase of one of the authors' books, or $5 ticket creditable toward purchase of authors' book. Call 561-279-7790 or murdermb@ gate.net for purchase and link.

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Talk with Laura Norman about: How to Add to Your Services • Start a New Career • Earn $75-$150 an Hour • FREE Registration online at www.lauranorman.com. Learn about Laura Norman’s unique, Holistic Method of Reflexology, including powerful nurturing relaxation and Foot, Hand, Ear and Face Reflexology techniques you can learn *livestreamed over Zoom* through individualized, guided, hands-on instruction! Take your first step toward a new career in complementary healthcare, or expand your current practice! See our ad in this issue. Classes start October 9th. Location: Over Zoom, right at home! Register online now at www.lauranorman.com.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24 Happy Qigong & Group Healing: QIGONG CLASS: 4:30-5:30pm, new energy charge, 5- Element Qigong practice according to the season, then 1 of 3 Qigong forms of standing poses or gentle moves, seasonal healing sounds for organs, end with a short pose or moving meditation. A profoundly joyful, healing and energizing experience! Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, Int'l best-selling author, wellness/happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. . Call or text 561-320-1120 for details or to reserve.

Happy Tai Chi: 1) BEGINNERS: 6pm-7:00pm, Foundation Form practice. No experience required.

Love donation if in hardship. 2) ADVANCED TAI CHI CHUAN : 6pm-7:30pm, authentic Yang's family form with martial art applications practice. Prior experience required. Tuition paid through Zelle. Both are well structured on-going classes, conducive to learning and improving fitness, wellness and happiness. Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, 6th generation of

China's Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Lineage, Int'l best-selling author, wellness-happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Actual class location Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. Call or text 561-320-1120 or 754-303-1040 for details or to ADVANCED TAI CHI CHUAN : 11:30-1:00pm, authentic Yang's family form with martial art applications practice. Prior experience required. Tuition paid through Zelle. Both are well structured on-going classes, conducive to learning and improving fitness, wellness and happiness. Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, 6th generation of China's Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Lineage, Int'l best-selling author, wellness-happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Actual class location Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. Call or text 561-320-1120 or 754-303-1040 for details or to reserve Happy Qigong & Group Healing.

QIGONG CLASS: 1:30- 2:30pm, new energy charge, 5-Element Qigong practice according to the season, then 1 of 3 Qigong forms of standing poses or gentle moves, seasonal healing sounds for organs, end with a short pose or moving meditation.

2) GROUP HEALING: 2:35- 2:55pm, sitting or lying down . A profoundly joyful, healing and energizing experience! Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, Int'l best-selling author, wellness-happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Actual class location: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. . Call or text 561-320- 1120 for details or to reserve.

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QIGONG CLASS: 1:30- 2:30pm, new energy charge, 5-Element Qigong practice according to the season, then 1 of 3 Qigong forms of standing poses or gentle moves, seasonal healing sounds for organs, end with a short pose or moving meditation.

2) GROUP HEALING: 2:35- 2:55pm, sitting or lying down. A profoundly joyful, healing and energizing experience! Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, Int'l best-selling author, wellness-happiness activist and mentor. Love Dona-

tion if in hardship. Actual class location: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. Call or text 561-320- 1120 for details or to reserve.

FREE Saturday Tai Chi @Sanborn More info on www.happytaichi.org/class and www.myboca.us/ Calendar. Text or Call 561-320-1120 for details or to reserve. Happy Tai Chi: 1) BEGINNERS: 11:3012:30pm, Foundation Form practice. No experience required. Love donation if in hardship. This FREE class Master Dr. Yu teaches for City of Boca on Sat. at Sanborn Square downtown Boca is her community service work. This Sat. Happy Tai Chi Class due to Coronavirus precautions the city has not resumed will be a video class.

ADVANCED TAI CHI CHUAN : 11:30-1:00pm, authentic Yang's family form with martial art applications practice. Prior experience required. Tuition paid through Zelle. Both are well structured on-going classes, conducive to learning and improving fitness, wellness and happiness. Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, 6th generation of China's Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Lineage, Int'l best-selling author, wellness-happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Actual class location Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. Call or

text 561-320-1120 or 754-303-1040 for details or to reserve Happy Qigong & Group Healing

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 29 “Intuition- Listening to the Heart Speak” You are invited to join a Free Spiritual Audio Café at 11:00 am Tuesday, September 29, 2020 – a one hour conference call format discussion hosted by Eckankar. Come share the joy of connecting with positive like-minded friends for a lively and inspirational one-hour discussion on a wide-variety of spiritually related topics. We hope you can make it!” Presented by The Palm Beach County Eckankar Center, a chapter of Florida Satsang Society, Chartered Affiliate of Eckankar. For more information call our local Eckankar Center at (561)434-2003, find us on www.meetup.com/eckankarinpalmbeach or Facebook at Eckankar Palm Beach County. For information about Eckankar—The Path of Spiritual Freedom visit www.eckankar.org.

Tuesdays - 09/01, 09/08, 09/15, 09/22, 9/29 Happy Qigong & Group Healing: QIGONG CLASS: 3:304:30pm, new energy charge, 5- Element Qigong practice according to the season, then 1 of 3 Qigong forms of standing poses or gentle moves, seasonal healing sounds for organs, end with a short pose or moving meditation. A profoundly joyful, healing and

energizing experience! Lovingly led by Master Dr. Jennifer Yu, the MOMMA PANDA, Int'l best-selling author, wellness/happiness activist and mentor. Love Donation if in hardship. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Osias Hall), 2601 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. . Call or text 561-320-1120 for details or to reserve.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 Laura Norman Intro to Foot and Hand Reflexology, (Fri, Oct 9, 6:30p-9:30p; Sat-Sun, Oct 10-11, 10:30am-6pm, 16 Florida LMT, NCBTMB, AMTA CE Hours Available). *Livestreamed to your home over Zoom* - Experience a unique, guided, hands-on introduction to Foot and Hand Reflexology. Learn powerful nurturing techniques that reduce stress, increase your energy and enhance your health and well being with the Laura Norman Method. Take your first step toward a new career in complementary healthcare or expand your current practice! Continue on with our Professional Reflexology Certification Training classes starting November 8th (see ad in this issue for details.) Led by Master Instructor Sande Rosen. Location: Over Zoom, right at home! Register online at www.lauranorman.com - Call us at 561272-1220, email us at classes@lauranorman.com.

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ACUPUNCTURE

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AGAPE HEALING ARTS

GARDENS WHOLISTIC HEALTHCENTER

Health & Wellness Center Tequesta FL 33469 561-762-4273 www.AgapeHealingArts.com www.WombWellness.shop www.BellaBirthing.com

Dr. Bill Rice, DC, LAc, DCBCN 4360 Northlake Blvd., 2nd Floor Palm Beach Gardens, 33410 561-439-6644 • Healthy-Answers.com Experience Feeling Great!

Dr. Rice – a wholistic physician serving patients since 1977 using Acupuncture, Kinesiology, Gentle Chiropractic care and Nutritional Counseling.

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Dr. Keith Cini AP, DOM Acupuncture Physician Dr. Bella Lauren AP, DOM, LM, LMBT Acupuncture Physician, Herbalist & Midwife Certified Arvigo Teacher AGAPE HEALING ARTS is a Boutique Clinic and Wellness Center offering Concierge Integrative Services which includes Acupuncture, Oriental Medicine, massage and an array of different healing modalities. Family owned and operated since 2013.

ABSOLUTE WELLNESS SPA

Greg Bartosiewicz, AP 2305, MM19098 6650 W. Indiantown Rd. Suite 230 Jupiter, FL 33458 561-254-7572 www.absolutewellnessspa.com

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Mon-Sat hours by appt * Acupuncture * MagnaPuncture™ * Massage * NAET * Massage/Acupuncture Fusion Bio-Electric DDS Massage Micro-Needling with PRP option Microdermabrasion Complete Range of Peels, Facials

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE THE HEALING CENTER FOR ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 16244 S. Military Trail Suite 120 Delray Beach FL 33484 phone:561-498-1414 www.drelishaomd.com doctoresther@att.net

Dr. Esther Elisha, AP is a Hadassah Medical School graduate MD practicing alternative medicine. *Acupuncture *Homeopathy *Holistic Therapy *Tailored Wellness Programs *Pain Management *General Health Enhancement We accept all major insurance companies.

Call to see if your’s covers acupuncture!

BODY SCULPTING ANTI-AGING CENTER OF BOCA 33 SE 4th Street, Suite 102 Boca Raton FL 33432 888-287-3989 AntiAgingCenterOfBoca.com

Specializing in taking years off your face and body without invasive surgery, injections or other painful procedures. Plus acupuncture, facials, waxing and much more.

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ERIN SCHLOYER, CT, LMT SPA LAVAGE

5458 Town Center Rd, Suite 26 Boca Raton, FL 33486 Spalavage.com • erin@spalavage.com 561.617.0607 Spa Lavage is Boca’s premier colon hydrotherapy spa. Research studies suggest that a healthy colon promotes happiness. The atmosphere of Spa Lavage is one of tranquility and cleanliness. It features Grace, an open system, Class II medical device. Grace is similar in design to the Libbe and Angel of Water. The device features a thin, sterile, single-use nozzle and has a flow controller that can adjust the stream of water to provide a gentle and relaxing experience. Lic. MM34363, MA78533

JOHN V. TERRUSA, L.C.T. L.M.T. Colon Care-since 1985 Tequesta / 561-745-9170 Lic #MA0006248 / Lic # MM27361

90% of all sickness starts in the colon. Detoxification center specializing in gentle, caring combination of colonics, massage, and energy work for mind, body and spirit. Disposable speculums & filtered systems. Only registered hydroenterologist in FL-1 of 26 members of American Hydroenterology Association. Ionized Footbath. Now offering AVACEN revolutionary therapy for pain relief and Microcirculation Boost An increase in microcirculation enhances oxygen delivery and nutrition to the skeletal muscles while carrying away toxins. The result… healthier, more relaxed muscles throughout the entire body. Call for details.

CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY EILEEN YOCHEVED HANDE, BS, MA, LMT (SINCE 1993) The Massage Room at Back in Balance 7035 Beracasa Way, Ste 104 Boca Raton, FL 33433 www.bodymassageandbeyond.com 561-715-6185

Alternative Pain Management and Advanced Massage Therapies *Upledger Certified CranioSacral Therapy *Deep Tissue Massage *Reiki Master, Reflexology *Electro-Therapy Point Stim Certified (ETPS). I have developed innovative approaches to Pain Relief through the integration of these Heaing Therapies for the treatment of: Car Accident Injuries, Headaches, TMJ, Stress, Sciatica, Neck and Back pain, Plantar Fasciitis, post surgical stiffness. Even Doctors have become my patients!! MA 14975; MM 10999

DAY RETREATS THERMAE RETREAT DELRAY

Delray 205 NE 5th Terrace Delray Beach, Florida 33444 561-332-5883 www.thermaeretreat.com Thermae Retreat Delray ~ An Organic, Wellness Retreat offering Finnish and Infrared Saunas, Organic Skincare, Sa cred Body Work, Custom

Massage, Holistic Healing, Meditation. Sauna Memberships available.

DOULA SOUL INSPIRED WELLNESS, HOLISTIC BIRTH CARE

Brooke Sternberg BD, APD, CLC, RMT 561-403-2486 SoulInspiredWellness.co Offering a holistic approach to childbirth with continuous labor support and ayurvedic postpartum care to cultivate a deep connection between your mind, body, and baby.

FENG SHUI JULI EDWARDS FENG SHUI CONSULTING 561-367-5010 www.juliedwards.net

Juli Edwards has been practicing Feng Shui Consulting since 2009.

Allow her keen, intuitive eye to safely view your home or office via ZOOM to determine what areas need corrections to help increase your finances and improve your health. Good Feng Shui will help to reduce stress; bringing in love, joy and tranquility. Sometimes a few simple changes can make all the difference. Call 561-367-5010 or visit www.juliedwards.net

FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE HOLISTIC PSYCHIATRIST MADELEINE M CASTELLANOS, MD

Functional Medicine / Holistic Psychiatrist 4800 N Fed Hwy Boca Raton, FL 33431 917.454.8444 * thebodymindmd.com Western medicine would have you believe that medications will “cure” what ails you. I believe that the truth to your health starts with giving your body what it really needs to create health. Let me help you explore what imbalances are creating your symptoms, which toxins are causing dysfunctions in your system, and how to correct these to reverse and prevent “dis”ease.

Fatigue, sleep issues, memory problems & dementia, mood changes, hormones, and disease prevention.

FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE MERNA MATILSKY, M.D.

Board Certified Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine and Family Medicine 2900 N. Military Trail, Suite 245 Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-994-2007 • www.bocamed.com www.facebook.com/bocaimaginewellness * Functional and Integrative Medicine * Age Management Medicine * Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy * Healthy Lifestyle Management * Weight Loss Programs Call 561/994-2007 to attend a free seminar on the Solution to Imbalanced Hormones.

HOLISTIC HAIR SALON GLISTEN ORGANIC SALON

14545 S. Military Trail Delray Beach, Fl 33484 Phenix Salon Suites Suite 102 Nw Corner Atlantic Ave/ Military 561-767-0371 • glistensalon.com glistenorganic@gmail.com “ Where nature and beauty meet” A hidden jewel in the heart of Central Delray. Come and relax in the serene, private environment while receiving the finest in organic and conventional services and products. Let years of experience and professionalism guide you to Delrays First and Best Organic Salon. Celebrating 12 years.

HOLISTIC VETERINARIAN HEALING HEART

HEALING HEART Nancy A. Keller, DVM, CVH, CVA, CVC 222 W. Boynton Beach Blvd.

Boynton Beach, FL 33435 561-740-1313 FAX 561-740-0819 Integration of Ancient Wisdom and Modern Medicine.

Holistic Veterinary Care for our animal friends. By appointment only.

HYPNOSIS QUANTUM HEALING DISCOVERIES Jill Avery, Quantum Healing Hypnosis Practitioner 561-305-3236 QuantumantumHealingDiscoveries.com

The subconscious mind controls 95% of our lives. By reprograming the subconscious mind, and removing negative beliefs, you can begin to live to your full potential. ~ Quantum Healing Hypnosis and Regression Practitioner • Kundalini Yoga/Meditation Instructor • Beyond Quantum Healing Practitioner.

INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE DEBORAH A. DEMARTA, MD, FACS, FAARFM Institute of Colorectal Health & Wellness 218 SW Atlanta Ave Stuart, 772-539-9556 InstituteHealthWellness.com

Anti-Aging, Functional and Regenerative Medicine. Colorectal Surgery and Functional GI, hormone replacement, food allergy and nutritional testing, IV vitamin therapy, heavy metals testing, medical aesthetics, THERMIva vaginal rejuvenation, ThermiSmooth skin tightening, HALO skin resurfacing, BBL BroadBand Light skin therapy, laser hair removal, botox and fillers, skin care, weight loss.

INTERNAL MEDICINE AND HOLISTIC HEALTH DELIA WEISS MD & WELLNESS Traditional Internal Medicine and Holistic Health 2828 South Seacrest Blvd., Suite 208 Boynton Beach, FL 33435 (561) 243–8783 • DeliaWeissMD.com

Adult General Medical Care 18 years and older, is covered by insurances, Medicare and direct pay. Most medical issues managed (non-surgical, emotional health 35 years and older).

Acute/chronic illness treated. Blood vessel health. Our separate Holistic Health practice is by direct pay, not covered by insurance or Medicare. Nutrition, Weight, Antiaging, Dementia prevention, Nutrient supplement consultation. Serving South Florida Palm Beach County areas. In this difficult time, You are also invited to join Delia Weiss Internal Medicine in a New Direction in Health with: Telemedicine and private medical text messaging. Closer, accessible communication directly between you and Dr. Weiss. Stronger proactive health and wellness approach, with healthy lifestyle resources. Home visits are offered for Medicare homebound. Private HIPPA compliant medical text messaging to Dr. Weiss at : (561) 336-4238.

INTUITIVE HEALER/HYPNOIST JANE GRAY FORD 561-827-3319 • janegrayford.com ENERGY ENERGY ENERGY Healing starts and ends in the energy field of the body. Over time blockages occur in the the physical body through karmic, genetic or experiences in this lifetime. This may go on for years creating pain, discomfort and disease in the body. Medically the body is treated and the symptoms go into remission.

BUT...the problem may still exist in the energy/auric field.!

When this is addressed, the healing is completed. Jane Gray Ford for over 20 years has served the community by releasing the causes of disease through Hypnosis or through an Intuitive understanding of energy frequencies. After experiencing a disease or trauma such as cancer, it is critical that the energy in the auric field be rebalanced.

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LIFE COACH LAURA NORMAN INSPIRED LIFE COACHING AND HOLISTIC REFLEXOLOGY Delray Beach • New York City • The Berkshires 561-272-1220 • 212-532-4404 • 413-854-2615 www.lauranorman.com Laura created Inspired Life Coaching to empower you to: • Release old patterns that no longer serve you • Own your power • Get clear about your goals and priorities regarding relationships, career, prosperity, health and nutrition • Re-discover your greatness • Allow, embrace and manifest the life you desire Experience a unique blend of tools for your mind, body and spirit, including: • Guided imagery and visualization • The power of conscious language • Breath work with Aromatherapy

• Law of Attraction • Love, Forgiveness and Gratitude • Laura Norman Holistic Reflexology Claim your right to live an extraordinary life!

LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE & THERAPY BEVERLY DOWDLE, LMT, LLCC

FL Lic#MA6733 Advanced Lymphatic Therapy™ The Therapeutic Alternative 301 Camino Gardens Blvd.,Ste.102 Boca Raton ~ 561-392-3340 www.TheTherapeuticAlternative.com Beverly is a Certified Lymphatic Specialist with over 27 years experience. See and feel the results; glowing skin, reduced swelling/

puffiness, improved immune function and better digestion. Decreases post-workout and post-surgical recovery time.

MEDITATION SCIENCE OF SPIRITUALITY www.lovetomeditate.org English (561) 715-3996 ~ Dave Espanol (954) 646-1715 ~ Nestor

If you want more than just stress relief and relaxation, meditation on the Inner Light could be what you have been searching for. Join us for weekly meetings focused on spirituality and meditation. No charge, no donations.

MIND BODY SPIRIT WELLNESS HEALING MOMENTS HOLISTIC WELLNESS CENTER

“A Healing Playroom” Tracy McDonough MSW LMT 3200 N Federal Highway #107 Boca Raton, FL 33431 561.931.2187 • spa@healingmomentsfl.com Text HEALING to 55312 for more information Visit our mind, body, spirit center.

We offer Post-Surgery Lymphatic Drainage, Massage Therapy, Certified Health Coaching, Physical Therapy, Reiki/Quantum Touch Healing, Vibroacoustic Sound Therapy, Meditation, Chakra Balancing, BEMER Therapy, Full Spectrum Infrared Sauna, Kangen Water and many other healing products and services. We focus on goals such as Stress Reduction, Pain Management, Detoxification, Depression and Post Surgery Treatments. # Lic. MM 36169; MA 27196

We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters. ~John Lewis

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ORTHO-BIONOMY® YINI PEREL, LMT

FL Lic# MA24690 Ortho-Bionomy The Therapeutic Alternative 301 Camino Gardens Blvd., Ste.102 Boca Raton ~ 561-392-3340 www.TheTherapeuticAlternative.com Ortho-Bionomy is a gentle form of bodywork that reduces tension and discomfort. It works without being uncomfortable in the process. It is excellent for anyone seeking relief from pain, improved range of motion, increased flexibility, and improved postural alignment. Yini is a Licensed Massage Therapist and is certified as a Practitioner of Ortho-Bionomy by the Society of OrthoBionomy, International®. Ortho-Bionomy® is a registered trademark of the Society of Ortho-Bionomy International, Inc. ® and is used with permission.

REFLEXOLOGY LAURA NORMAN HOLISTIC REFLEXOLOGY Delray Beach • New York City • The Berkshires 561-272-1220 • 212-532-4404 • 413-854-2615 www.lauranorman.com Visit world-renowned expert Laura Norman and her experienced associates and enjoy private sessions in Holistic Reflexology and Inspired Life CoachingSto re-duce your stress, increase your energy, improve your health and love your life! Read Laura’s best-selling book, FEET FIRST: A Guide to Foot Reflexology and practice with one of our Instructional Foot, Hand and Face Reflexology DVDs with Laura’s Reflexology maps, her new Laura Norman Foot • Hand • Face Aromatherapy line and Laura’s other unique wellness products. Call or visit us online to register for one of our: • Holistic Reflexology and Inspired Life Coaching Sessions • Free Introduction to Laura Norman Reflexology Training Webinar • Holistic Reflexology Certification Training Programs • Foot • Hand • Face Therapy Products Claim your right to live an extraordinary life!

REIKI DEENA ELMORE

LMT, Reiki Master/Teacher Integrated Therapies 561-271-2651 / www.deenaelmore.com Lic #MA45730 Personalized intuitive sessions integrating massage, Reiki, cranio sacral work, Chakra Rebooting, Angel Therapy & channeling, Lifeline technique, and Bach Flower remedies. These therapies assist to awaken each individuals’ own inner wisdom and healing abilities! Deeply relaxing and transforming! Over 25 years of teaching experience, Reiki Master since 1999. Ongoing Reiki classes, now offering Reiki Level 1 for 7 hours of CEU’s for Massage therapists.

(NCBTMB certified) Reiki Healing/Sharing circles monthly. Visit website for details.

SPA BELLA REINA SPA

815 George Bush Blvd.

Delray Beach, FL 33483 561.404.7670 | BellaReinaSpa.com info@bellareinaspa.com

Famous with its friendly, relaxing atmosphere, guests are showered with TLC in this luxurious boutique spa. Known for the most talented spa team, choose from revitalizing, medical facials, organic aromatherapy massages, and organic, vegan pedicures that are simply blissful. With a smashing spa boutique, treatments include HydraFacial MD, HIFU Ultrasound, Dermaplaning, Microneedling, Microblading, Microcurrent Lifts, state of the oxi-jet facials. Featured Brands: Jurlique, Biodroga, Environ, Jane Iredale, Skin ScriptRx, SuperGoop, Dr. Grandel.

SPIRITUAL BOOKSTORE THE CRYSTAL GARDEN 2610 North Federal Highway Boynton Beach, FL 561-369-2836 www.thecrystalgarden.com

A unique gift store, book store and spiritual center with more than 50 events a month. Check the calendar and website for listings.

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. ~E. M. Forster

SPIRITUAL CENTER AND ORGANIC TEA LOUNGE

TANTRA / SACRED SEXUALITY LOURDES STARSHOWER

MY FLORA AURA

www.tantrahealerflorida.com lourdestantra@gmail.com • 561-843-1261

Please take a look at our web-site to see what events we offer this month. We have so many fun classes to attend. Floral designing, Channeling sessions,Master-Minds,Reiki, Meditation circles, Tea Parties and More! Stop in to say Hi, browse the store...or have a relaxing cup of Organic tea.

Lourdes Starshower is an Advanced Certified Tantra Educator, Sacred Sexuality Coach, Relationship Coach, Clairvoyant Energy Healer, O r d a i n e d M i n i s t e r, C l i n i c a l Hypnotherapist and EMDR Therapist. Lourdes is the Founder of the Ecstatic Dakini Tantra Practitioner Certification Program, catalyzing the success of female Tantra practitioners in South Florida. She's the author of an online video program "Tantra Practices for Divine Ecstasy." She welcomes you to her private office in PBG as well as remotely on Zoom. More Info: www.tantrahealerflorida.com. Call Now for a free phone consultation 561-843-1261.

Daily Classes,Unique Gift shop & Free Organic tea Tasting 26 SE 4th street, East Boca Raton, FL Jolie DeMarco / 561-901-5808 JolieMyFloraAura@aol.com www.MyFloraAura.com

SPROUTS GOT SPROUTS?

8420 Resource Road Riviera Beach, Florida 33404 www.GotSprouts.com E-mail Info@GotSprouts.com • 561-689-9464 Purveyors of Quality Wheatgrass, Sprouts, Juicers, Seed and Supplies. We supply Juice bars, Restaurants, Green Markets, Grocery Stores and The General Public with Healthy Sprouts!

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