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20 RETHINKING

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26 GIVING BIRTH NATURALLY

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Upon closer inspection of such a mindset, it occurs to me that allowing our self to become consumed with a potential loss of such commodities springs from a more prevalent fear: The fear of change.

Stretching beyond our personal comfort zone into our growth zone by definition requires a large or little leap of faith. Before chancing a new endeavor, venture or relationship, we naturally wonder, “What if?” When this question pops up, we begin trying to formulate answers. Regardless of how many we contrive, however, none is likely to be what the universe unfolds in all of its creative permutations. In the face of the unknown, it requires courage to keep from defaulting to our old comfort zone (however discomfiting it may be) when the age-old fear of change raises its head.

Humans like to think we’re in control of things, but the second we take a risk, we realize the truth: No one is ever fully in control of anything. This can be either a frightening or liberating thought. By choosing the latter course, I believe we can take calculated steps forward in a healthy, open-minded and non-fearful way. We can proceed in the understanding that there are no failures, only successes of varying degrees and, inevitably, lessons learned, all of which help us moving forward.

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newsbriefs Yoga in the Great Outdoors

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utdoor Yoga South Jersey will hold yoga classes from 9 to 10 a.m., May 23 and 30, at Cooper River Park, in Pennsauken Township.

Classes will continue at the same time on Saturdays at various parks throughout South Jersey. All levels are welcome and three students must register in order for the class to take place.

An outdoor yoga practice allows students to gain new perspective as they embrace the elements and concentrate fully. Participants will focus on awareness, breathing deeply and practicing stillness on uneven terrain surrounded by the sights and sounds of nature.

Cost: $14 drop-in, $55 5-class card. Location: 5300 N. Park Dr. For more information or to register (required), call 609781-6623, email Stefanie@TakenBackToNature.com or visit OutdoorYogaSouthJersey.com.

Halo Wellness Center Expands Yoga Offerings

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alo Wellness Center, in Marlton, is expanding its yoga programming by dedicating a unique space just for yoga practice. To celebrate, the center is offering a twoweek unlimited yoga pass to new students for $20.

The new studio can accommodate up to 10 students and features a beautiful cork floor and expansive view of the garden. The many windows and skylights allow natural light to shine through, brightening the classroom.

“The heart of our yoga program is really the amazing instructors and the positive energy of our students, but this new space helps to bring it all together into a truly all-encompassing experience,” says owner Michele Marcinko. “We are committed to helping our clients achieve better health by providing not only treatments, services and classes, but by giving them an experience and a beautiful place to heal and relax.”

Location: 968 Rte. 73 S. For more information, call 856-5744433 or visit ElevateYourHealth.com.

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newsbriefs Women’s Hormones and the Environment Seminar

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hermographic Diagnostic Imaging will present Women’s Hormones and the Environment, a free webinar, from 7 to 8 p.m., May 27. Certified Nurse Practitioner Ann McCloud Sneath will lead the discussion, which is part of the Health Through Awareness webinar series.

She will explain the relationship between environmental hormone disruptors, such as plastic, pesticides and consumer Ann McCloud products, and hormones naturally produced Sneath by the ovaries, as well as bioidentical hormones from a compounding pharmacy. The discussion will focus on the impact of environmental hormones on the breasts, ovaries and weight of women of all ages.

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New Venue for Whiskey, Wine & Wildlife Festival

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he Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge will host its largest fundraiser, Whiskey, Wine & Wildlife, from 4 to 9 p.m., May 16, at a new venue, Flying W Airport Resort, located at 60 Fostertown Road, in Medford.

This event includes plenty of whiskey, wine, microbrew and gourmet beer to sample, all provided by Canal’s Wines Unlimited and their family of vendors, plus a full cash bar. More than a dozen of the area’s top eateries will be on-hand providing delicious food for guests to eat while they enjoy live music on two stages, All proceeds benefit the Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge, which serves over 4,000 injured and abandoned animals annually and introduces 40,000 children and adults to the importance of protecting wildlife and the habitats that they need.

“After 13 years at the Wildlife Refuge, this event has grown to the point of needing a larger venue. The Flying W, one of our major event sponsors, will offer our ticket holders more room to sip, munch, mingle and bid on our wonderful auction items. Plus, the property has indoor and outdoor facilities to keep us dry if the weather turns wet,” says Cedar Run’s Executive Director Jeanne Gural.

Cost: $65 one guest, $120 two. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 856-983-3329 ext. 100 or visit CedarRun.org.

Mother’s Day Upcycled Craft Event

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ustainable Cherry Hill will celebrate Mother’s Day by hosting an Upcycled Craft day from 10 a.m. to noon, May 2, at the Camden County Environmental Center.

Participants are encouraged to bring some of their own supplies to create upcycled gifts for their loved ones on Mother’s Day. Local crafters will be on hand to teach visitors how to make jewelry and other crafts from leftover earrings and other unwanted jewelry and craft items.

The event will support the Anna Sample House Women’s Shelter, in Camden, and participants are encouraged to bring a donation. $10 suggested donation. Location: 1301 Park Blvd., Cherry Hill. For more information or to register (required), visit SustainableCherryHill.org.

Natural Awakenings Helps Sponsor The Real Truth About Health Conference in Orlando

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ore than 30 of the most popular and influential leading thought leaders, experts and authors from a wide variety of wellness fields will be sharing their knowledge, insights and remedies at The Real Truth About Health Conference from May 22 to 31 at the Caribe Royale All-Suite Hotel and Conference Center, in Orlando. This free event is a partnership between the Hippocrates Institute, TheRealTruthAboutHealthConference.com and Brian Clement, Ph.D., author of LifeForce and director of the Hippocrates Health Institute.

Joining Clement as presenting authors at what organizers term as the nation’s largest health, nutrition and environmental conference, will be Dr. T. Campbell, The China Study; Gary Null, Ph.D., The Healthy Vegetarian; Dr. Helene Caldicott, Crisis Without End; Robert Whitaker, Anatomy of an Epidemic; David Simon, Meatonomics; David Kirby, Animal Factory; Joel Fuhrman, The End of Diabetes; Jeffrey Smith, Seeds of Deception; and director of the film PlantPure Nation, Nelson Campbell, plus many others.

“Our Natural Awakenings network of publishers is excited to help support this important event as a sponsor and exhibitor in Orlando,” says company CEO Sharon Bruckman.

“We hope our readers will take advantage of this free conference by attending or registering online for these 10 days of empowering information and inspiration.”

Those that cannot attend the conference can watch a live stream or a replay of the presentations on their computers. Location: 8101 World Center Dr. For more information and to view the full schedule, visit TheRealTruthAboutHealthConference.com. Those interested in being vendors or other sponsorship opportunities, call 516-605-0459 by May 15. Hotel phone: 407-238-8000. Also visit HippocratesInst.org. See ad page 42. natural awakenings

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newsbriefs Nutritional Balancing and Hair Mineral Analysis Workshop

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oorestown Natural Health will host a Nutritional Balancing and Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) seminar from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., May 30. Attendees will learn about this analytical test that measures the mineral content of the hair.

The hair is ideal tissue for sampling and testing because it reveals a unique metabolic blueprint, a window into the cells that cannot often be seen through other tests. HTMA is painless, non-invasive and can provide pertinent information about a person’s metabolic rate, energy level, carbohydrate tolerance, stage of stress, immune system and glandular activity.

Performed more than 150,000 times annually by federally licensed clinical laboratories in the U.S. as a part of comprehensive patient evaluations, HTMA reduces the guesswork involved in making nutritional supplement and dietary change recommendations.

Cost: $15. Location: 100 W. Camden Ave. For more information or to register, call 609-781-6623, email Stefanie@ TakenBackToNature.com, visit MoorestownNaturalHealth.com or visit Facebook.com/moorestownnaturalhealth.

Molly Hicks Concert at Yoga For Living

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ocal singer/songwriter and Music Therapist Molly Hicks will perform The Yoga of Song, a concert, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., May 22, at Yoga For Living, in Cherry Hill. Her original songs and chants draw on her love for many musical styles, including folk, pop, soul and gospel.

A certified yoga teacher, Hicks’ rich voice and grounded guitar accompaniment deliver lyrics about connection to the self, others, nature and spirit in a way that relates to her yoga practice. “Though many of my songs are deeply personal, my intention is also to create music that illuminates our shared human experience,” explains Hicks. “In yoga postures, we root into the Earth to rise up toward the sky. For me, this is similar to the process of reaching deep within myself for musical material and opening up to share it with others.”

Hicks plays live music once a month for Bonnie Hart’s Earth Yoga class. Hart says, “Molly’s soothing voice and thoughtful lyrics carry our students to deeper levels within their practice. I’m thrilled that she will have the opportunity to share her original songs with our yoga family and the wider community.”

Cost: $12. Location: 1926 Greentree Rd. For more information, call 609-970-3401 or email Bonnie@BonnieHart.org.

One Bliss Yoga Retreat Company Now Open

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ictoria Purcell, owner of Blissful Yoga, in Mullica Hill, and Tracey Ulshafer, owner of One Yoga & Wellness Center, in East Windsor, have teamed up to form One Bliss: Yoga Retreats and Mindful Travel. With a combined total of 27 years in the travel industry, the pair plans to host one to two yoga retreats per year, taking the stress of planning off of participants.

Purcell and Ulshafer have planned an inaugural Eat, Pray, Love experience for January of 2016. Travelers will spend one week in Kerala, India, with time split in the beach town of Varkala and at the Sivananda Ashram in Neyyar Dam, and one week in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The package includes airfare, accommodations, two meals a day, yoga and meditation classes, and fully escorted tours.

For more information or to book a trip, email OneBlissLLC@ gmail.com or visit Facebook.com/OneBlissLLC or OneBliss YogaRetreats.com.

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Similar efforts died last year in the House and Senate agriculture committees.

House Bill 351 and Senate Bill 416 would require 25 raw fruits and vegetables to carry labels if they contain GMOs. Wheat, corn, cotton, papaya, rice, zucchini and squash would be among the targeted produce. Both bills would require the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to annually update the list to include any newly introduced GMO produce.

Additionally, products containing recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) to increase milk production in cows would also require mention on labels.

The new requirements would take effect on January 1, 2017.

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newsbriefs Pathways to Serenity Holistic Health Extravaganza

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he Holistic Health Extravaganza will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., June 6, at the Newtown Administration Building.

This free event brings experienced area holistic practitioners together under one roof.

Event organizers are seeking holistic health practitioners of many specialties, including aryuvedic specialists, foot detox baths, henna artists, crainosacral, massage, singing bowls, herbal teas, essential oils and soaps, feng shui, aura photography, crystals, minerals and earth jewelry.

“Our vision is to introduce people to self-empowerment with natural health techniques such as massage, yoga, tai chi, reflexology and what Dr. Oz keeps referring to as the next frontier: energy medicine,” states host Siobhan Hutchinson, of Next Step Strategies, LLC. “The event includes handmade, natural, green, locally made gifts and services while introducing a variety of programs provided by the Newtown Parks and Recreation.”

Location: 100 Municipal Dr. For more information, call 215968-2800 ext. 239 or visit NewtownFun.com.

Sustainable Camden County Hosts Green Garden Fair

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ustainable Camden County, with the support of Camden County Board of Freeholders and in cooperation with Rutgers Master Gardeners of Camden County, will host the second annual Green Garden Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., May 16, at the Camden County Environmental Center, in Cherry Hill.

More than 500 people attended last year’s fair to learn about green garden practices and purchase plants and products. This rain or shine event is an opportunity to showcase the sustainable efforts of Camden County and provide educational and horticultural expertise through local environmental organizations.

Attendees can enjoy a garden market featuring local nurseries and garden centers, how-to and informational workshops, fun activities for kids and a Master Gardener plant clinic. Workshop topics include flora and fauna of Camden County, Sustainable Camden County and how-to gardening topics. Families can enjoy the zoo on wheels, pony rides and guided nature walks along the Cooper River.

Location: 1301 Park Blvd. For more information, call Maggie McCann at 856-216-8216 or email Maggie.McCann@ CamdenCounty.com.

Reconnective Healing is Information Medicine for the 21st Century

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ain an in-depth understanding of Reconnective Healing Frequencies on July 24 through July 28 in Philadelphia. Dr. Eric Pearl has identified this revolutionary healing method known internationally for effectiveness for many chronic health conditions and emotional traumas. This transformative paradigm in healing has been taught to 100,000 people around the world.

It’s the cutting edge of what researchers are calling information medicine, in which scientifically documented frequencies comprised of energy, Dr. Eric Pearl light and information can help restore health and well-being. World-renowned scientists William Tiller, Ph.D., Gary Schwartz, Ph.D., and Konstantin Korotkov, Ph.D., are measuring and quantifying why these frequencies are having such an astounding impact.

Pearl identified the power of Reconnective Healing after his chiropractic patients began reporting that they felt his hands on them even though he hadn’t physically touched them. They soon reported receiving healings from physical, emotional and mental conditions that had been crippling their lives. But more, he realized that this was a skill he could teach others, regardless of background or professional experience. Pearl now travels the world teaching people Reconnective Healing, opening a new avenue for those that have yearned for a career in health care or simply desire to help others.

“I feel deep gratitude for having been the person entrusted to bring Reconnective Healing into the world,” Says Pearl.

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March Against Monsanto Rallies Nationwide

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newsbriefs Monsanto and other companies such as Dow and Syngenta genetically engineered food that poses scientifically established health risks that include organ damage, sterility, infant mortality, birth defects, immune reactions, allergies and increased cancer risk.

Marcher’s demands include solidarity against Monsanto predatory business and agricultural practices, rejecting “substantial equivalence” of GMO and traditional crops, independent scientific testing of GMO crops, promoting organic solutions, exposing the cronyism between big business and the government, addressing poverty, the real cause of global hunger, supporting food and seed sovereignty, supporting local farms, bees and biodiversity and labeling of all foods that contain GMOs. Long-time activist and member of the Gateway Greens, Daniel Romano warns, “Monsanto is bankrupting famers and causing soil infertility, mono-cropping, loss of biodiversity and beehive collapse. Their practices pose a very real threat to organic farming and loss of native plants and are creating dependency on a centralized food system. In aggregate, this is a recipe for global famine.”

An Open Letter from World Scientists to All Governments Concerning Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) (see i-sis. org.uk/list.php), signed by 828 scientists from 84 countries, details their concern regarding GMOs and a call for immediate five-year suspension of GMO crops in order to conduct “a comprehensive public enquiry of agriculture and food security for all.”

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athleen Wright, a registered nurse and licensed and board-certified acupuncturist with more than 20 years of clinical experience in chronic disease management, has joined the staff at the Virtua Center for Integrative Medicine, with locations in Sewell and Voorhees.

Wright specializes in comprehensive holistic health assessments and acupuncture treatment plans for arthritis, asthmas, insomnia, anxiety, women’s health concerns, chronic fatigue and more. She also provides Eastern and functional nutritional recommendations, cupping and other traditional modalities when appropriate.

Two locations: 2309 Evesham Rd., Ste. 100, Voorhees and 239 Hurffville-Cross Keys Rd., Ste. 110, Sewell. For more information or to make an appointment, call 856-325-5390.

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Meditation Improves Brain Health

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arvard Medical School researchers working at the Massachusetts General Hospital have determined that meditation can improve brain health. The researchers studied 16 volunteers that took part in an eight-week mindfulness meditation study at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.

The participants conducted mindfulness meditation exercises for an average of 27 minutes a day. Before and after the trial, the subjects were given tests and magnetic resonance imaging of their brains.

The researchers found that the practice of mindfulness meditation resulted in increased gray matter density in the hippocampus of the brain, an area associated with increased memory and learning capacity, plus a greater sense of compassion and introspection.

HEART DISEASE DETECTED EARLY WITH BREATH TESTING

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esearch published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology has found that breath testing can reveal potential heart disease and artery problems quickly and efficiently. Testing 31 patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) together with 34 healthy control subjects, the study found that concentrations of volatile gases such as propanol, ethanol and ammonia were significantly different among the heart disease patients.

It also found that the breath can reveal specific details about the heart’s condition. The breath test can be analyzed in fewer than 30 minutes.

In Gratitude It has been a pleasure bringing Natural Awakenings to the South Jersey area these past five years. Many of you have returned your gratitude in emails, phone calls and letters, making me realize the positive impact the magazine has to so many. These simple acts of kindness were received with humility and joy, instilling a feeling of satisfaction and purpose. So thank you to all who made the journey a memorable one, and to all who supported this wonderful publication!

Publishing the magazine has expanded my mind and heart.

I have met so many good people who offer alternative services of healing for optimum health, bringing hope and renewal to our area. The friendships and knowledge I take away from these encounters has enriched my life in ways I did not think possible, and for this I am eternally grateful.

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The Arrival

by Paul Bond Paul Bond’s magic realism art oil paintings live in the spaces between dreaming and reality. Illuminating a world where anything is possible, they are visual meditations that delight the imagination and stir the soul.

About The Arrival, he says, “The figure stands as if waiting for someone just out of view. It speaks to our ultimate aloneness in the world. After all, there’s no other person, other than ourselves, with whom we will travel through our entire lives. Yet there is strength and peace in her aloneness.

On a personal level, this painting represents my wife as I imagined her waiting for me to arrive in her life. Before we met each other, we’d both spent time alone to consciously clear our old ‘baggage’—hence, there’s ‘no luggage on the island’, so that we’d be prepared for the highest level of relationships.”

Born in 1964 in Mexco, Bond now resides in Southern California. His art is in corporate and private collections throughout the U.S. as well as in Asia, Australia, Europe and the Middle East.

He recently published a book covering 20 years of his art and poetry.

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any expectant mothers try to know about everything they put into and onto their bodies as multiple studies are finding that infants are exposed to toxins during pregnancy. A new study of 325 expectant mothers has determined that the baby’s exposure to toxins in the womb decreases when the mother’s weight gain during pregnancy approaches the guidelines recommended by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2009. Women that are underweight at the start of pregnancy are advised to gain between 28 and 40 pounds, women of a healthy weight 25 to 35 pounds, overweight women 15 to 25 pounds and obese women 11 to 20 pounds.

The researchers found that expectant mothers with a gestational weight that meets or exceeds the IOM guidelines gave birth to infants with reduced toxin levels. In their analysis of the umbilical cord blood of mothers from Spain, the researchers tested for 14 pesticides and 21 other environmental toxins, including seven polychlorobiphenyls (PCB). Other influencers such as age, education and fish consumption may also be relevant.

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aving a healthier partner may be one of the best things to do for our own health. Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine finds that losing weight, stopping smoking or becoming more active is easier with a partner that has led the way in any or all healthy pursuits.

The study authors reviewed data collected by the UK Health Behavior Research Center at the University College London that followed 3,700 couples between 2002 and 2012—most of them ages 50 and older and married. Those that smoked at the beginning of the study were more likely to quit by the end of it if their partners quit smoking, and those that were physically inactive at the beginning of the study were more likely to become active if their partners did so first. About two-thirds of the men became newly active during the course of the study.

Men with wives that had lost weight were more likely to also shed pounds during the study, and women with husbands that didn’t lose weight were less likely to do so through the study period.

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Corporate Climate

Companies Slowly Embrace Sustainability The 2015 State of Green Business report (Tinyurl. com/2015GreenBusinessReport), which assesses the environmental performances of companies worldwide, along with the trends to watch, is produced by GreenBiz, in partnership with Trucost.

Collectively, companies have been nibbling at the edges of challenges such as climate change, food security, ecosystems preservation and resource efficiency. One measure of corporate engagement going forward will be proactive involvement on political issues that could accelerate the transition to a low-carbon and more sustainable economy. It remains to be seen whether companies can afford to sit on the sidelines, letting the political process unfold, or worse, play defense against changes that might roil their status quo.

2015 will be an interesting year on multiple fronts, especially with the launch of the new sustainable development goals at the United Nations (UN) in New York this fall, along with UN climate talks in Paris in December. Both will be tests of corporate engagement and resolve in driving the kinds of change many of their CEOs publicly call for. The reports’ findings of companies’ progress in greenhouse gas and emissions, air pollutants, water use and solid waste production are all leveling off or even declining.

Animal Genocide

‘Lethal Control’ Trades Off Species Over the next four years, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers will shoot 16,000 double-crested cormorants nesting near the Columbia River, in Oregon, at a cost of $1.5 million a year and eliminate almost 100 sea lions because both feed on endangered salmon and steelhead trout. “If people knew how many animals are killed at taxpayer expense, they’d be horrified,” says Camilla Fox, executive director of Project Coyote, a San Francisco Bay Area nonprofit.

Termed “lethal control”, there’s a growing trend to kill one species to protect another, and not all methods used are humane. In 2012, Dennis Orthmeyer, acting director of California’s Wildlife Services, said, “We pride ourselves on our ability to get it done without many people knowing about it.”

Climate change, reduced habitat and food supplies, and the introduction of non-native species are the result of human interference. “With society’s growing footprint, lethal control can only increase,” observes Michael Scott, a University of Idaho ecologist.

A plan to poison 4,000 ravens will protect greater sage grouse. More mountain lions will be killed to save bighorn sheep. The human rampage goes on, and concerned citizens are advised to urge lawmakers to end lethal control and protect wildlife habitat sustainably.

Dirty Dollars

Stores Filled with Toxic Products HealthyStuff, a project of the Michigan-based Ecology Center, in collaboration with the Campaign for Healthier Solutions (CHS), has released a report, A Day Late and a Dollar Short: Discount Retailers are Falling Behind on Safer Chemicals, about toxic chemicals found in dollar store products.

It includes test results for 164 dollar store products such as toys, jewelry, school supplies and household items and found that 81 percent contained at least one hazardous chemical above a level that generates concern.

The campaign sent a letter to the CEOs of the four largest dollar store chains, including Family Dollar, Dollar Tree, Dollar General, and 99 Cents Only, urging them to stop the sale of these unsafe products, especially to communities of low-income and ethnic families that already live in more polluted areas and food deserts, and adopt policies that will instead protect both customers and their own businesses. Combined, these discount chains have annual sales totaling more than $36 billion and operate more stores nationally than Walmart.

The CHS is asking for a comprehensive set of reforms; communities need to let dollar store chains know that they want safer products and join local and national efforts advocating for nontoxic products.

Scroll to Dollar Store Report at Healthy Stuff.org for the complete test results.

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Tool Pool

Farmers Share Farm Machinery Instead of buying or renting expensive specialized machinery, farmers in Maine can now join a “lending library” of farm tools on short-term loan by using the Shared-Use Farm Equipment Pool, a partnership between the Maine Farmland Trust (MFT) and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. There are already equipment co-ops and joint machinery ownerships around the country; now the sharing economy being established in urban areas seems to be catching on in rural America, too.

For a $100 annual fee, members can gain access to a seedbed cultivator, twoshank sub-soiler, plastic mulch layer, tine weeder, and strip and ridge tillers. The 1,200-pound mulch layer, for instance, retails for more than $2,000. Each piece is undeniably useful, but pricey, especially given the cost per use. Farmers have a three-day window to use the tools.

The pool came about when Mike Gold, an MFT staff member, saw the need to lower costs for both new and seasoned farmers. Currently, most of the tool pool members are newer vegetable farmers, but Gold says there’s appeal for established land stewards, too: “They see the opportunity to use that one piece of equipment that they may only need once a year or once every few years.”

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Town Eateries Embrace Sustainability The city of Maplewood, Missouri, outside St. Louis, has teamed up with the Green Dining Alliance to become the area’s first Green Dining District, with at least 25 percent of all of its independently owned businesses certified by the Green Dining Alliance (GDA).

The GDA helps businesses with sustainability and green business practices while also helping them save money.

So far, eight restaurants in downtown Maplewood are GDA-certified.

Green Dining Alliance’s Olivia Engel says, “It’s a win-win that makes sense for businesses and communities.” The city is also encouraging the program by subsidizing Green Dining Alliance membership fees.

View updates at GreenDiningAlliance.org.

Persistent Pacers

Women Marathoners Better at Maintaining Speed Danish researchers studying almost 2 million marathon results from 131 marathon races over a period of five years have concluded that women are 18.6 percent better than men at maintaining a consistent pace overall, compared to the first and the last parts of the distance. Among the population studied, 68.5 percent were men and 31.5 percent were women. The research further suggests that both men and women “burn out” en route and could improve their marathon results significantly simply by starting slower.

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EPA Blooper

Bee-Toxic Pesticide Approved The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved cyantraniliprole, a new systemic pesticide that is toxic to bees, for agricultural use and has set allowable residue limits on almonds, berries, leafy vegetables and milk. The EPA also approved it as a seed treatment, so it may show up in GMO (genetically modified) seeds in the future.

Cyantraniliprole has been proven to cause liver toxicity, and the EPA notes that it also alters the stability of the thyroid as tested on laboratory rats. Although the agency maintains that the pesticide is not a direct thyroid toxicant, any indirect effects on this glandular function are likely to disrupt the endocrine system. As its current endocrine disruptor screening program is still in the process of validating tests, EPA registration of the new active ingredient is questionable.

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Scientists with the Washington Toxics Coalition tested household dust and laundry wastewater from 20 homes in the state’s cities of Longview and Vancouver and took samples of incoming and outgoing flow from two wastewater treatment plants that discharge into the Columbia River, the Northwest’s biggest waterway. They detected flame retardants in all the tests.

The conclusion of the study, published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, is that flame retardants are sloughing off household products such as couches and TVs and collecting on people’s clothing, washing out in the laundry and passing through wastewater treatment plants into local waterways.

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Organic Flowers Honor Mom and Mother Earth The Mother’s Day tradition of gifting mom with flowers, including such perennial favorites as lilies, orchids, tulips and roses, can be practiced in a sustainable manner. Buying organic varieties protects workers, families and the environment.

Flowers grown with conventional techniques contribute to the contamination of groundwater and streams through fertilizer and pesticide runoff that can also threaten animal species. Many of the cut flowers are grown in South America, where farms continue to use pesticides that are restricted in the U.S. and cited as highly toxic by the World Health Organization. GreenAmerica. org provides several helpful tips on bringing joy to mom on her special day in eco-friendly ways:

Grow Your Own. Buy organic bulbs or seeds in consumer seed catalogs and retail racks or online from reputable sources that include SeedsOfChange.com.

Children can then grow their own flowers to make them mean even more. Tips for natural weed and pest control, environmentally friendly watering, making raised garden beds and more are posted at EarthEasy.com/yard-garden.

Buy Local and Organic. Support local communities and save shipping costs and energy by purchasing chemical-free organic flowers from a local farmers’ market or community supported agriculture. Online retailers like OrganicBouquet.com and LocalHarvest.org/organic-flowers.jsp offer U.S. Department of Agriculture-certified organic flowers.

Ask Local Florists to Go Organic. Find out if local florists purchase any organic and local flowers, and if not, request that they do so.

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Laura Prepon’s Journey to Health Home Cooking, Organics and Massage Are Keys

by Gerry Strauss

How do you manage to consistently eat local organic food instead of fast food?

My mother was a gourmet chef and an advocate of organic food, so we always had amazing meals growing up. Eating organic produce that’s in season locally seems to help me assimilate nutrition more readily. Whenever I can, I also try to tap into biodynamic agriculture, which takes an even broader holistic approach to food production and nutrition. I view GMOs [genetically modified foods] as toxic to the system.

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and bring meals to work so I don’t stress about food during the day. It feels good to get people together in the kitchen and I’ve taught friends how to cook healthy foods in simple ways, so they now bring their own meals with them to work. It’s all about preparation, so that you’re not just grabbing something on the run. Knowing what’s going into the food we’re eating is important. photo by Michael Simon

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rom That ‘70s Show to Orange is the New Black, actress Laura Prepon has long been considered by TV audiences to be a welcome image of health. Yet Prepon’s recent discovery that she’d been falling short in nourishing her body as effectively as possible has set in motion a complete redirection of lifestyle, from her diet to fitness routine. Now working on a book about clean living and eating due out next year, Prepon has rededicated herself to educating us just as much as she’s entertained us through the years.

Why do you include a lot of soup in your diet?

With all of the GMO food sprayed with chemicals in the typical American diet and the other environmental toxins everyone has to deal with, our gut flora, intestines and bodies in general are becoming compromised. Ten years ago, few had even heard of gluten allergies unless you had celiac disease, which was rare even then. Now, everywhere you go, there’s a gluten-free option.

I love eating soup because the healthful ingredients I use are broken down completely, so the body can immediately assimilate needed micronutrients, which help heal us from the inside out. I’m talking about homemade broth from grass-fed beef bones,

so you get the marrow; I’m partial to knuckle bones. I always have soup broth in my refrigerator.

What’s key to your ability to naturally stay healthy and fit in the midst of an intense schedule of work and travel?

I love modalities like acupuncture, massage … all of that. I fully believe in keeping energy flowing to benefit the functioning of all our organs.

As school kids, we learn about the circulatory system and central nervous system, but who knows much about the lymphatic system? It’s extremely important, and people are starting to get the idea. Activities like yoga, swimming and bouncing on the trampoline can help.

Do you see society’s penchant for medicating as a way to avoid listening to and addressing our body’s real needs?

I do. That’s why I study Eastern medicine, because I feel that Western medicine treats problems and Eastern medicine prevents problems from happening.

I grew up in a family of doctors and “full-on” Western medicine and respect the medical community. Unfortunately, these days, most people are continually medicated and they’re not getting better.

As a society, we tend to just take a drug to handle a symptom instead of addressing the actual cause of the problem.

As a celebrity, do you see yourself as a conduit to facilitate a shift away from unnatural lifestyles?

Yes. The reason I decided to write a book was because I’ve been struggling with a bunch of different ailments in secret for a long time. When I began working with my integrated health coach, Elizabeth Troy, I started to heal for the first time in all the years of reading books on health, diet and fitness, seeing doctors, taking loads of pills and spending crazy amounts of money on all of these activities. I want to help people struggling to regain their health to get answers.

Gerry Strauss is a freelance writer in Hamilton, NJ. Connect at GerryStrauss@aol.com.

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RETHINKING BREAST HEALTH Natural ways to keep breasts smooth, pain-free and firm, while reducing the risk of cancer.

by Lisa Marshall

W

e’ve been conditioned to narrowly define breast health in terms of pink ribbon campaigns, cancer awareness marches and cold, steel mammography machines.

Nearly 30 years after anticancer drug maker Imperial Chemical Industries (now AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals) established the first National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October 1985, many women have come to equate healthy breasts with cancer-free breasts, and assume the most important thing they can do is undergo regular screening.

But amid this chorus, some women’s health advocates are striving to get a different message across: There are a host of steps women can take to not only fend off disease in the future, but keep their breasts in optimal condition today. “We need to change the conversation about our breasts from how to avoid breast cancer and detect it early to how to have healthy breasts and enjoy them,” says Dr. Christiane Northrup, an obstetrician and gynecologist from Yarmouth, Maine, and author of the new book Goddesses Never Age: The Secret Prescription for Radiance, Vitality, and Well-Being.

Healthy Breasts, Healthy Body

In adolescence, breast changes are the first to signal the arrival of womanhood.

When she’s aroused, a woman’s nipples harden and change color. When a woman gives birth, her breasts fill with life-giving milk. “In all these ways, your breasts are deeply connected to your femininity, compassion and sensuality,” says Hawaiian Naturopathic Doctor 20

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Laurie Steelsmith, co-author of Natural Choices for Women’s Health. Because breasts are extremely sensitive to hormonal fluctuations throughout the body, they can also serve as a barometer of overall health. “If you’re having chronic breast symptoms, it can be your body’s wisdom saying, ‘Help. Something’s wrong.’ Women need to listen.”

While some premenstrual swelling and tenderness is normal, exaggerated or persistent pain is often a sign of systemic estrogen dominance in relation to progesterone. It’s common in the years leading up to menopause, but can also hint at impaired thyroid function, because low levels of thyroid hormones have been shown to boost estrogen in breast tissue, advises Steelsmith.

Large, fluid-filled cysts or fibrous lumps, while non-cancerous, can also be a reflection of overexposure to harmful chemicals and toxin buildup, combined with poor lymph flow, notes Dr. Elizabeth Vaughan, an integrative physician in Greensboro, North Carolina. “If a woman has lumpy, bumpy breasts, they probably contain too many toxins, and those toxins are primarily estrogenic.” Addressing such symptoms is important not only to relieve discomfort, but also

because excess estrogen can fuel future cancer risk, says Vaughan.

Any new, suspicious lump should be evaluated by a professional. Also, severe breast tenderness combined with nipple discharge could be a sign of infection or a problem with the pituitary gland, so it should also be checked. But typically, subtle natural healthcare steps can go a long way toward restoring breast wellness.

For nipple tenderness, Steelsmith recommends chaste-tree berry (175 milligrams [mg] of powdered extract or 40 drops daily). The herbal supplement mimics naturally occurring progesterone in the body, helping to counter estrogen dominance. Vitamin E (400 to 800 international units [IU] per day) and evening primrose oil (1,500 mg twice a day) have also been shown to alleviate breast tenderness.

For fibrous or cyst-filled breasts, Vaughan advises supplementing with iodine (up to 12.5 mg per day via kelp, seaweed or oral tablets) or applying an iodine solution to the breasts at night.

A key constituent of thyroid hormones, iodine helps the liver convert unfriendly forms of estrogen into friendlier forms and flush toxins out of lymph nodes in the breast. Also, steer clear of chocolate and coffee, because caffeine is

believed to interact with enzymes in the breast, exaggerating pain and lumpiness.

Also consider ditching the bra, says Vaughan. Brassieres can constrict lymph nodes and hinder blood circulation in breasts, locking toxins in and aggravating fibrocystic symptoms. The link between bras and breast cancer risk remains hotly debated, with one 2014 U.S. National Cancer Institute study of 1,400 women concluding unequivocally that, “There’s no evidence that wearing a bra increases a woman’s risk of breast cancer,” while smaller studies from the United States, China, Venezuela, Scotland and Africa suggest a link. Vaughan, the founder of BraFree. org, says the science is compelling enough that she has chosen to keep her own bra use to a minimum and advises her patients to do the same.

“Obviously, there are certain sports where you should wear a sports bra and there are certain dresses that only look right with a bra,” says Vaughan. At a minimum, avoid wearing a bra to bed and steer clear of underwires and overly tight bras that leave red marks. “This is not about guilt-tripping women into never wearing a bra. It’s about wearing a bra less.”

Beautiful Breasts Naturally Too small or too big, lopsided or riddled with stretch marks… it seems almost every woman has a complaint about the appearance of her breasts.

That’s a problem, says Northrup, because, “Healthy breasts are breasts that are loved. We have to stop beating them up.”

According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the number of women getting breast implants for cosmetic reasons ballooned from 212,500 in 2000 to 286,254 in 2014. Physicians—including Northrup—claim that modern implants don’t, in the majority of cases, promote disease like older silicone implants did. Yet even plastic surgeons warn that having implants should be fully thought out, and at some point they’ll probably have to come out. “They are manmade devices, and are not intended to be lifelong.

At some point, you will probably have to have further surgery,” says Dr. Anureet Bajaj, an Oklahoma City plastic surgeon.

Bajaj notes that implants can rupture, forming scar tissue and lending irregular shape to the breast. Often, as a woman ages and her body changes, the larger breasts she chose in her 20s no longer look right and may cause back and shoulder pain. In some cases, implants can also lead to loss of nipple sensitivity. For these and other reasons, 23,774 women—including actress Melissa Gilbert and model Victoria Beckham—had their implants removed in 2014, often following up with a breast lift (using their own tissue) to restore their shape.

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Vaughan sees breast implant removal as a wise and courageous choice to restore optimal breast health. Better yet, don’t get implants in the first place.

“There are a lot of other things you can do to improve the appearance of your breasts,” she advises.

Vaughan recommends breast-perking exercises like dumbbell bench presses and flys that tone the pectoral muscles beneath the breasts, making them more resilient and look larger. To prevent or reverse sagging, she again urges women to go bra-free. “We have ligaments in the upper outer quadrant of our breasts called Cooper’s ligaments, and they’re responsible for holding our breasts up. Just like your muscles atrophy when you put your arm in a sling, your Cooper’s ligaments atrophy if you wear a bra all the time.”

In one unpublished, yet highly publicized 2013 study, French Exercise Physiologist Jean-Denis Rouillon measured the busts of 330 women ages 18 to 35 over a period of 15 years and found those that regularly wore a bra had droopier breasts with lower nipples than those that didn’t. In another, smaller, Japanese study, researchers found that when women stopped wearing a bra for three months, their breasts perked up.

Those worried about stretch marks also have options. They can be a sign of inadequate copper, which promotes collagen integrity and helps skin stretch without injury, says Steelsmith. If rapid weight gain is occurring due to adolescence, pregnancy or for other reasons, try taking copper supplements or applying a topical copper spray on the breasts.

Remember to massage your breasts daily, not only as a “search and destroy mission” for early detection of cancerous lumps, says Northrup, but as a way to get waste products flowing out and loving energy flowing in.

“It concerns me that women feel pressured to think of their breasts as two potentially pre-malignant lesions sitting on their chests,” Northrup says.

“These are organs of nourishment and pleasure for both ourselves and others.

We need to remember that, too.”

Lisa Marshall is a freelance health writer in Boulder, CO. Connect at LisaAnnMarshall.com.

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Bust Musts for Cancer Prevention

by Lisa Marshall

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ccording to the American Cancer Society, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and nearly 40,000 will die annually of the disease.

But at least 38 percent of those diagnoses could be prevented via diet and lifestyle changes, affirms the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR).

“For decades, the dominant public message about breast cancer has been about early detection,” says Medical Doctor Robert Pendergrast, an associate professor at the Medical College of Georgia, in Augusta, and author of Breast Cancer: Reduce Your Risk with Foods You Love. “Screening is important, but not nearly enough attention is being paid to prevention.” Here’s what we can do to keep cancer at bay or from recurring.

Eat more veggies: Cruciferous vegetables, like broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts, are loaded with indole-3-carbinol, or I3C, a potent anticancer compound that helps break down excess estrogen and convert it into a more friendly, or benign form, says Steelsmith. One study in Alternative Medicine Review found that women that ate high amounts of cruciferous vegetables were 30 percent less likely to develop breast cancer over 30 years.

I3C can also be taken as a supplement (300 milligrams [mg] per day).

Eat more fiber, especially flax: Fiber, via whole grains, fruits and vegetables, helps flush out toxins including unfriendly estrogen. Flax contains cancer-fighting compounds called lignans, which block the effects of excess or unfriendly estrogen on cells.

Drink less alcohol: Alcohol boosts estrogen levels in women and is broken down in the liver to acetaldehyde, a known toxin that causes cancer in laboratory animals, notes Naturopath

Laurie Steelsmith. According to the AICR, a woman that has five drinks per week boosts her risk by 5 percent. Two or more drinks per day boosts such risk by more than 40 percent.

Skip the barbecue: Charring meat produces carcinogenic compounds called heterocyclic amines. A study of 42,000 women, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, found that those that routinely ate well-done hamburger, beef or bacon had four times the risk of those that opted for medium or medium-rare.

Keep weight in check: Excessive estrogen, which lives in fat cells, fuels cancer risk. According to the AICR, a woman with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 (obese) has a 13 percent higher risk of cancer than a woman with a BMI of 25 (slightly overweight).

Spice up life: Curcumin from the turmeric plant has been shown in many studies to have potent immune-boosting and anticancer properties, reactivating sleeping tumor-suppressor genes that can kill cancer cells.

De-stress: Growing evidence that includes studies from Ohio State University suggest that stress can boost the risk of breast cancer and recurrence, plus heighten its aggressiveness by altering hormones and impairing immunity.

One study from Finland’s University of Helsinki followed 10,808 Finnish women for 15 years and found as much as double the rate of breast cancer among those that had experienced a divorce or death of a spouse or family member.

Drink green tea: It’s loaded with epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a potent antioxidant believed to suppress new blood vessel growth in tumors and keep cancerous cells from invading healthy tissue.

Triumph Over The ‘Big C’

by Lisa Marshall

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hen Sandy Messonnier was diagnosed with breast cancer, she faced scary treatment decisions as doctors pressured her to consider all means available. “I was more afraid of the treatment than the cancer itself,” says Messonnier, 52, of Plano, Texas. “I kept feeling like I was being lumped into one big category of all women that got breast cancer, rather than treated as an individual.”

With the help of her holistic veterinarian husband Shawn Messonnier, Sandy took a more measured approach, blending conventional and complementary medicine in an individualized protocol the couple describes in their book, Breast Choices for the Best Chances: Your Breasts, Your Life, and How You Can Win the Battle!

After careful consideration, Sandy opted for two lumpectomies three weeks apart, instead of a mastectomy, to remove

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the small tumor. The second one was done to clear up a few remaining cells indicated by a biopsy. Meanwhile, she took supplements including green tea and coriolus mushrooms to impede the spread of the cancer cells.

Several tests helped determine if she needed chemotherapy and the optimum dose for some of her supplements. The results prompted her to decline chemotherapy and opt for a brief stint of radiation while taking the supplements quercetin and curcumin to help combat the fatigue and other side effects. Afterward, she cleansed her body with homeopathic mistletoe, herbal milk thistle and other detoxifying supplements.

Then she began the work of keeping cancer at bay.

“A lot of doctors never talk to you about what you are going to do after the poisoning [chemo], the burning and

surgery,” she says. “Rather than taking a cancer-fighting drug, I chose to be more mindful of what I do with my body.”

Her regimen called for committing to keeping up with the healthy diet, plus regular walks, yoga and Pilates that she believes helped keep the cancer relatively mild to begin with. But she also made some life changes to address the one thing she believes may have driven the outbreak in the first place—stress.

She made peace with her mother, which reduced a lot of stress, began to cultivate a spiritual life and now takes time to meditate or walk when she feels even lightly stressed. She also vowed to keep the fear of recurrence from overwhelming her. “Many women never stop worrying about it,” she observes. “That is toxic energy you are putting back into your body.”

As of this October, Messonnier will be five years cancer-free. Her advice for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer: “Chemotherapy, radiation and mastectomy are not among the right choices for all women. There are other options, depending on the type of cancer. Don’t be so fearful that you make hasty decisions you don’t need to make.”

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The Remembrance of Miracles

by Seijaku Roshi

“The answer is to show up anyway, staggering and weeping, and do the thing or stay in the place that engenders the fear.” ~ Susan Cheever

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he single and exclusive purpose of any Authentic Spiritual practice is “Freedom from Fear”.

Most of the solutions offered toward that effort does not “liberate” but rather skirts, avoids, covers up, denies, temporarily medicates, intoxicates and numbs the individual so that we don’t “feel afraid” until someone or some unexpected circumstance shows up in our lives and says, “Boo.” The fear is merely suppressed or disguised until we can’t recognize it and nothing has really changed.

Fundamental to Living a Zen- Inspired life is that we are not our feelings, our emotions or our thoughts. We are not our beliefs, our opinions or our ideas. We are what we do. We are our actions. Actions do speak louder than words because in the end our actions alone make all the difference.

What is also fundamental is what is meant by “Freedom”. I define “Freedom” as, “The ability to be content, to remain grounded, no matter the circumstance or the situation.” The aim of spirituality is to wake up and remember our inherent quality for contentment and ability not to get so shook when we are “staggering or weeping”.

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What if, we “got it all wrong”?

What if, the only meaning or purpose of your life was to live your life just as it is, just as it is showing up moment to moment? What if there are no unique meanings or purposes for your life but to just live it? You wake up, get out of bed, and for the rest of your day all you do is—“Show Up”. It doesn’t matter what condition you are in, what you’re thinking, how you feel, what you believe, your politics, the yoga center or gym you belong to. You just show up and take care of business.

I recently spent two days with my brothers and sisters here at Pine Wind.

We worked on the first beautiful days of spring cleaning up the fallen trees from the winter. The wood chipper was so loud you could not hear anyone else. So we spoke only when necessary. All we did was labor from early morning into the day, stopping only for lunch and going to the bathroom. I was dealing for weeks with a serious case of bursitis but wasn’t going to stand on the sidelines. Any one of the people who “showed up” could have been anywhere else but they showed up to give, “to take care of business”.

We took the time to say hello, gassho, eat a slice of pizza, and say goodbye, but the rest of the time was backbreaking labor for 16 hours. The following day I expressed my gratitude and inquired how they were doing.

Unanimously the message was the same, “What a miraculous day!”

Life is the Miracle you’ve been looking for.

I Love you, Seijaku Roshi Seijaku Roshi is the abbot of Jizoan Monastery at the Pine Wind Zen Community, located at 863 McKendimen Rd., in Shamong. For more information, call 609-268-9151 or visit Jizo-an.org

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Giving Birth Naturally Conscious Choices Lead to Less Intervention

by Meredith Montgomery

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abor and delivery by 1960 it rose to 97 Most births is a natural process percent. Currently, midshould be viewed wives attend less than 8 that can be enjoyed.

“It’s not something as a natural life percent of births here, to be afraid of,” says and fewer than 1 percent process instead occur outside a hospital.

Mel Campbell, author of The Yoga of PregnanNatural labor and of a potential cy. “It’s a wonderful and delivery in a hospital is beautiful experience. We medical emergency. possible, but, “It’s hard need to remember that to have an unmedicated ~Abby Epstein, The birth in many hospitals the body is designed for Business of Being Born if you don’t know your giving birth.”

Natural childbirth rights, understand your uses few or no artificial physiology and have a medical interventions such as drugs, doula by your side helping you avoid continuous fetal monitoring, forceps deunnecessary interventions,” says Ina livery or episiotomies (cuts to enlarge the May Gaskin, a pioneering midwife and vaginal opening). According to the U.S. author of Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth.

Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 32.7 Key factors to discuss include fetal percent of deliveries were by Cesarean monitoring, intravenous tubes and the section in 2013—most performed in situ- option to eat or drink during labor. ations where a vaginal birth would have posed a relatively low risk to the health of Benefits of Home Births mother and child. Entirely natural childWomen choose home births and hombirth is now rare here compared with ey birthing centers because they labor other countries, but that wasn’t always there more comfortably, feel more in the case. control of the process and can more

In 1900, 95 percent of all U.S. easily avoid interventions. Many moms births took place in the home; when seek out a midwife’s services because more moved to hospitals here in the they don’t want to repeat the convenearly 20th century, midwives still tional hospital experience that accomtypically handled the delivery in other panied their first baby’s arrival.

When actress Ricki Lake gave birth countries, sometimes without a doctor to her second child in her home bathtub present. In America, obstetrics became a profession and a doctor-attended birth with the assistance of a midwife, she felt empowered by doing it on her own terms. in a hospital was promoted as a safer “Giving birth wasn’t an illness, something alternative. By 1938, half of domesthat needed to be numbed. It was sometic births took place in hospitals, and 26

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thing to be experienced,” she says.

When women let their bodies naturally lead, labor can last as little as 20 minutes or as long as two weeks, and the spectrum of pain intensity is equally broad. A healthy prenatal lifestyle that prepares a mom-to-be for a natural physical, emotional and spiritual experience of childbirth is highly beneficial.

Compassionate Self-Care

“Pregnancy’s not the time to overexert yourself; let go of the temptation to overachieve and instead practice breathing and mindfulness,” advises Campbell. “If you’re experiencing morning sickness, try to embrace it and how it serves you. By doing so, you’ll be more in tune with your body. These lessons are gifts you can take with you into labor.”

She reminds women that the baby is always getting nourishment from all that mom eats and breathes in, and also feeds off of her feelings and emotions. “The more we can feel at peace with ourselves and incorporate the baby into our being, the more we feel a connection and union,” she says. “It’s vital that you let your body’s innate wisdom be your guide and respect any cues it may give.”

Campbell guides expectant mothers through a yoga practice that embraces the changes occurring each trimester. For example, a more physical practice in the second trimester utilizes the surge of energy to build stamina and strength, while opening the heart, hips and pelvis.

Complementary relaxation techniques for labor include breathing practices, visualization, meditation and massage. When a mother isn’t connected to monitors and tubes, she’s free to experiment with positions and props such as balls, bars and pillows, plus a warm shower or bath. If a hospital birth is planned, Gaskin notes that labor often slows once a woman leaves the comfort of home, and recommends laboring at home as long as possible.

There is no way to predict the course of labor and delivery when women let nature take the lead. Campbell, a mother of three, says, “I tried to focus on the intention of what I wanted for my birthing experience, while also surrendering expectations, knowing that I would have whatever type of birth I was supposed to have.” She adds, “The breath is the most important thing—it

keeps us in the moment, helps us to relax and supports us through labor.”

While the home birth option is important to America’s new generation of trailblazing women, it’s also significant on a macro level. Gaskin explains, “It’s hard for staff to change routine practices in hospitals but home births make innovation possible.” Home births demonstrated that women don’t require routine episiotomies and have shown how maternal mobility and position changes can help labor progress and free badly stuck babies (earlier methods often injured mother and child).

Gaskin has found, “Wherever and however you decide to give birth, your experience will impact your emotions, mind, body and spirit for the rest of your life. No one should have a home birth who doesn’t want one, but it must be one of the choices.”

A Mother’s Guide to Natural Childbirth

Meredith Montgomery publishes Natural Awakenings of Mobile/Baldwin, AL (HealthyLivingHealthyPlanet.com).

Conscious Childbirth Resources The Yoga of Pregnancy Week by Week: Connect With Your Unborn Child through Mind, Body and Breath

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by Cynthia Gabriel Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth

by Ina May Gaskin Spiritual Midwifery

by Ina May Gaskin Your Best Birth

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etermining the best birth setting for a mother necessitates sound planning.

If an unmedicated birth is a goal, these insights may help in making decisions.

Home birth takes place in the comfort of home, typically with the assistance of a midwife, and is suitable for a healthy woman with a low-risk pregnancy. She is able to wear her own clothing and eat as she pleases. Because monitoring of mother and baby is done intermittently, she is free to move around.

Confirm the midwife’s certification with the American Midwifery Certification Board and ask how many home births she’s attended and which obstetricians she consults. Discuss the signs and symptoms that might necessitate a move to the hospital and how quickly it can be done. While a midwife’s fee is often far less than the cost of a hospital birth, not all insurance companies cover home births.

A birth center provides personalized, family-centered care in a homelike environment for healthy women.

Practitioners follow principles of problem prevention, sensitivity, safety, appropriate medical intervention and cost-effectiveness. A certified nurse-midwife typically delivers the baby, but the collaborative practice team also includes

obstetricians, pediatricians and other specialists. Mothers experience personal freedoms similar to a home birth, and tubs for water births are usually available, plus other birthing props such as squatting bars, stools and balls.

The center should be accredited by the Commission for Accreditation of Birth Centers. Inquire what the protocol for care will be if complications arise, learn what the center’s charges for care cover and confirm if the family’s insurance policy will pay for the services provided.

A hospital generally has access to the latest medical technology, making it a preferred option for medium-to-highrisk pregnancies. With proper preparations, an unmedicated birth is possible in this traditional setting. Investigate their rates of Cesarean births and episiotomies and the determining parameters.

To allow for an active labor, request intermittent fetal monitoring, avoid intravenous fluids and ask about the availability of birthing props. Become familiar with hospital policies, such as who can be in the delivery room and whether the baby will stay with mom after the birth. If a nurse midwife is not on staff, consider hiring a doula to assist in preparing for and carrying out the family’s birth plan. natural awakenings

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PET VACCINE ALTERNATIVES

Natural Steps to Nurture Immunity

by Shawn Messonnier

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ith pets, as with kids, vaccine safety and necessity are likely concerns. While holistic veterinarians tend to minimize the use of vaccines, their strongest stance is against unnecessary vaccinations. The point is to immunize only when it’s needed by individual patients while maximizing natural immunity.

In the late 1970s, amid the discovery of the canine parvo virus, vets saw many puppies under 4 months of age suffer from this mysterious disease and die or be euthanized. Once a vaccine was made, we rarely saw pets dying from the parvo virus or parvoviral infection. So, in certain cases, vaccines can be life-saving.

However, unnecessary and multiple simultaneous vaccines can also be life-taking, which doctors rarely mention. The truth is that only minimal vaccines are needed for dogs

and cats over the course of a pet’s life.

No pet needs all of the vaccines that are currently manufactured, and none needs vaccines every six to 12 months.

Pets do need veterinary checkups once or twice a year to screen for diseases affecting the liver, heart, kidneys, lungs and gastrointestinal and urinary systems, as well as cancer. Blood and urine testing, including blood testing for undiagnosed cancer, is vital, easy and inexpensive (every six months for pets 5 years and older and annually for those that are younger).

A good protocol is akin to that developed by Dr. Jean Dodds, founder of Hemopet, of Garden Grove, California, a holistic veterinarian and an expert in animal vaccination and immunology. Her system involves administering limited vaccines to puppies and kittens based on their individual needs, and not more often than every three weeks for those younger than 8 weeks.

Following this course, by 4 months of age the pet has been injected with four to six vaccines, compared to double to triple the amount supported by vaccine manufacturers and administered by breeders and most conventional doctors.

Such a judicious, limited vaccine protocol offers protection against the diseases that are the most lethal to the puppy or kitten while doing no harm to its natural immune system. As needed, individual pets may also receive a natural detoxification protocol to minimize vaccine reactions. Antioxidant supplements can boost the immune response, as well.

Adult pet patients can also be given blood titer testing instead of vaccines.

This measures the animal’s individual antibody responses to prior immunizations or common disease exposure and assures us the pet has adequate immunity against a specific disease.

All of this assures the pet owner that the pet is protected against infectious diseases without the risks of annual multiple vaccinations. In most cases a protective titer is maintained for many years, which preempts disease and further reduces the number of vaccines the animal receives over its lifetime.

Titer testing costs less than $100 for three common infectious diseases, is safer than routine immunization, protects the immune system, prevents vaccine reactions and assures owners, vets, boarding facilities, groomers and day care facilities that it’s safe to introduce the pet into such environments.

This approach of minimal vaccinations is a prime reason holistic veterinarian patients tend to be healthier and live longer than the average pet, with even larger dogs regularly living in good health up to 15 to 20 years of age.

Holistic veterinarians perform limited vaccines supplemented by titer testing to ensure levels of care that meet accepted standards. They base their approach on supportive science from institutions including the American Animal Hospital Association and American Association of Feline Practitioners to provide safe, proven, ongoing immunity for patients.

Shawn Messonnier, a doctor of veterinary medicine practicing in Plano, TX, is the award-winning author of The Natural Health Bible for Dogs & Cats and Unexpected Miracles: Hope and Holistic Healing for Pets. For more information, visit PetCareNaturally.com.

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Institute For Medical Wellness, Dr. Steven Horvitz Osteopathic Medicine The Institute For Medical Wellness

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he Institute For Medical Wellness (IMW) is a family practice that focuses on wellness and prevention with a holistic bend. Steven Horvitz, D.O., the only physician in the practice, focuses on treating individuals not diseases. He looks for the causes

The Institute of Hypnotherapy Dr. Jaime Feldman

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elping individuals change their behavior patterns through a conscious and unconscious emotional investment is Dr. Jaime Feldman’s specialty.

The director of Accredited Hypnosis Counseling and co-director of The Institute of Hypnotherapy is acutely aware that changing behavior patterns can happen more quickly when an individual’s conscious and sub-conscious personalities are aligned and working together.

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and triggers of the disease process to help the body heal without prescription medications when possible.

“Our bodies have been around longer than doctors,” explains Horvitz.

“My philosophy as a doctor is to help the body to heal itself as opposed to throwing a medication at problems.”

IMW uses Advanced Wellness Testing (AWT), along with a client’s medical history and wellness exam, to determine future health risks and focus on reducing these risks. By testing certain biomarkers that are produced in response to diet, lifestyle, stress, genetics and other factors, disease processes can be identified. They include elevated cholesterol; heart disease; clotting risk; diabetes and pre-diabetes; liver, kidney and thyroid issues; vitamin and nutrient deficiencies; other metabolic issues and a number of new genetic risk factors.

IMW removed itself from all third party insurers in order to focus ex-

clusively on each patient without regard for government regulations or third party treatment logistics. “I am able to build strong doctor-patient relationships because each individual knows that I work for them and not any government or insurance company,” claims Horvitz.

Passionate about teaching his patients how to improve their lives with the least amount of pharmaceutical intervention, Horvitz suggests modifications in diet and lifestyle to improve patients’ biomarkers in a natural way that truly lowers one’s risk by helping to fix the process. Yearly wellness plans are available to enable patients to work closely with Horvitz to uncover the triggers of health and illness.

of behavior patterns,” says Feldman, a 20-year veteran of hypnotherapy, who is the creator of a cutting-edge technique called Advanced Parts Therapy. The technique is based upon the premise that we are each multi-faceted individuals with sub-personalities that play out, positively or negatively, when we are called upon to perform different roles and tasks.

“While the client is in a safe, hypnotic state, we get the emotional buy-in from the subconscious by going back to the root cause of any trauma that caused the inner conflict,” notes Feldman, who has found that no matter what the inappropriate behavior, it is always caused by some kind of trauma.

Feldman explains that an individual can live with the after affects of trauma for a long time and one day, without warning, can become emotionally overloaded beyond capacity.

Thereafter, any inconsequential event can result in the mind refusing to tolerate any more. The result can be

inappropriately directed anger, eating disorders, insomnia, obsessive/compulsive disorders, anxiety, depression or other health problems.

While problems like depression and anxiety can be corrected with this technique, Feldman contends that more physically challenging problems also respond to the therapy. In addition to his work with patients, Feldman travels to teach and certify medical hypnotherapists and works as the Director of Hypnotherapy at an Oncology Center in Atlantic City.

The Institute for Medical Wellness is located at 110 Marter Ave., Ste. 408, Moorestown. For more information, call 856-231-0590 or visit DrHorvitz.com.

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sign, which hangs on a wall of Donna Wood’s office reads, “Thank God it’s Monday!“ The sales representatives, who visit the Health Haven owner to sell her nutritional supplements, vitamins, herbs, homeopathic products, bulk items, and produce for her store and café, initially find the phrase perplexing.

On the other hand, the seven members of the Health Haven staff simply look at the phrase and smile because they share Woods’ passion for helping others. “From our perspective, it’s not ‘Thank God it’s Friday’ because we all look forward to coming to work on Monday,” Wood says.

More than 30 years in the health food industry hasn’t dampened Wood’s enthusiasm for her work. She began career working in a health food store out of necessity after graduating from college with a degree in Women’s Studies. The work ignited a curiosity in Wood and she took it upon herself to read everything she could about natural health.

Since completing a series of online classes, which were required for a certification in nutritional counseling by American Health University, she has been helping people to make

healthier food choices.

“I wanted to specialize in nutritional counseling so I could work one-on-one with customers who need more time than I can give them in the store,” explains Wood, an avid believer in education as the key to helping people understand how their body works and how it can heal itself, given the right food and conditions.

Pleasantly surprised by the number of allopathic doctors who are beginning to see food and supplements as a natural prescription for their patient’s health challenges, Wood feels a sense of gratitude. Perhaps there is room for a new sign on Wood’s wall: “Thank God We’re Getting There!”

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Keep it fun, so that your kids will try new things like vegetables. Remember, it takes 12 times before a baby actually prefers a new food, so don’t give up!

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~Veronika Van de Geer Buckley, Maine mother

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How to Instill Healthy Lifelong Habits

by Clancy Cash Harrison

Starting at conception, the early years of a child’s life are a perfect window of opportunity to establish a foundation of healthy eating.

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ant a child to love veggies?

Here are simple tips parents can practice in the first three years to establish lifelong good eating habits.

Start early. We all know that eating healthy during pregnancy will help a baby grow, but many may not realize that an infant can taste flavors in utero and through breast milk. Eating a variety of fresh produce during pregnancy and breastfeeding helps shape a healthy diet later in life.

Treat weaning as a time for the infant to explore the texture, taste and aroma of an array of foods. After six months of exclusive breastfeeding, food can be introduced, although breast milk is still the primary source of nutrients.

Small, repeated exposures to many foods during this stage will help minimize refusals to try or accept foods in the toddler years.

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Children’s foods should be exploding with nutrients. Offering a variety of organic produce ensures optimal nutrition and decreases chemical exposure. Research reported by the Harvard Medical School and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, among others, shows that richly colored foods help build dense bones, powerful brains and tough immunity. Good candidates include butternut squash, sweet potatoes, leafy greens, carrots, broccoli, berries and citrus. Also go for those naturally high in iron, such as peas, leafy greens, apricots, raisins and legumes.

Avoid anything high in sugar and other sweeteners, hydrogenated oils, artificial colorings and other harmful additives.

Another important yet often overlooked foundation of healthy eating is encouraging a child to self-regulate his

or her calorie intake. Self-regulation starts on the first day of breastfeeding and is carried through adulthood.

Respecting a child’s decision to end a meal allows them to control their own food intake. Common signals infants use to end a meal include turning their head away, arching back, throwing food on the floor and showing an interest in other activities. To encourage self-regulation, always serve meals and healthy snacks on a schedule and allow the child to feed himself when possible.

As early as 7 months of age, most healthy infants are developmentally ready to do this, which should optimize nutrient consumption, increase participation in family meals and contribute to a less stressful mealtime. Appropriate foods for self-feeding should easily melt in an infant’s mouth and be a safe size, such as soft fruits and cooked vegetables. To prevent choking, avoid round, hard and sticky foods such as whole grapes, peanuts, popcorn and nut or seed butters.

Don’t be afraid to add mild herbs and spices to a child’s food. An easy way to teach healthy flavor preferences, develop taste buds and reduce pickiness when they’re older is to expose children to many foods, textures and aromas. A dash of cumin in smashed avocado or freshly chopped mint mixed with diced strawberries introduces new perspective on a favorite food.

Food refusal is inevitable, normal behavior. Children will love a food one day and hate it the next. Rethinking the definition of variety empowers parents to reintroduce a not-so-favorite food many times. If children don’t like the way an item feels or looks, they may not taste it. The refusal of a carrot doesn’t necessarily doom carrots. They can be

It’s important to give the child the same food that the family eats, but in smaller servings. This allows the child to watch others eat and enjoy the same meal. ~Maria Myers Maiden, North Carolina mother coined, minced, mashed, puréed and diced to change the texture, plus they can be served cold, at room temperature or tepid.

A child’s early adventurous eating increases the willingness to experiment with a wider range of less familiar foods as a young adult in a multicultural foodscape. Kids are not born reciting an alphabet; it takes time and practice to read and learn a new language. Similarly, it requires time and patient practice to establish a healthy foundation for eating. Have faith in the family’s ability to make eating together enjoyable for everyone.

Clancy Cash Harrison is a mother of two, pediatric feeding therapist, registered dietitian and author of Feeding Baby: Simple Approaches to Raising a Healthy Baby and Creating a Lifetime of Nutritious Eating. Connect at FieldsOfFlavor.com.

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Spotlight on South Jersey Land & Water Trust

by Mica McCullough

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f you love spending time outdoors and helping preserve natural spaces for future generations, you’ll fit right in with the South Jersey Land & Water Trust (SJLWT), a local nonprofit that works primarily in Gloucester, Salem, Camden, Cumberland and Atlantic counties in southern New Jersey.

The organization focuses its mission in four major areas: land preservation and protection of important habitats; education and public outreach about water issues and watershed protection; promotion of scientific understanding and monitoring of existing environmental conditions in the region; and advocacy for land and water protection at local, state and national levels.

The organization began as part of the South Jersey Land Trust in 1999 and

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ultimately grew into its current iteration in 2006 when the South Jersey Land Trust merged with the Federation of Gloucester County Watersheds. Over the past 25 years, SJLWT has worked with local landowners to help preserve more than 1,550 acres of land in South Jersey, which will ensure that future generations have ample undeveloped space to play, live, farm and enjoy.

Once farmland is preserved, it must remain in use as agricultural land and cannot be developed in any way. Open space that is preserved can become parks, playgrounds, wildlife habitats or other places for recreation.

SJLWT is currently working on preserving land to create the first state park in Gloucester County, and the organization itself owns a 40-acre parcel of land

and a 1790s home on Oldman’s Creek in Salem County that will ultimately become a nature center. This will serve as a place where visitors can enjoy the natural world around them and learn about the importance of preservation and stewardship of natural resources.

Last year, SJLWT organized 17 cleanups that removed eight tons of trash; documented 115 illegal four-wheelers and dumping sites in Wharton State Forest; conducted quarterly macro-invertebrate assessments on Grenloch Lake in Washington Township to monitor the NJ Transit Oil Spill; assessed over 400 stream reaches; and protected more than 75 vernal pools where frogs and salamanders breed.

Each month, SJLWT works with local municipalities to conduct community cleanups in parks, open spaces, bodies of water and on public roadsides. The cleanups can either involve picking up trash and debris or removing invasive species of plants that limit native plants’ capacity to grow by taking their sunlight and water resources. The organization also offers its Walk in the Woods series, which consists of guided hikes or walks that take place each month at different locations around South Jersey. These are a wonderful way to get outdoors, meet like-minded nature lovers and see amazing—and sometimes rare—local species of birds and plants.

SJLWT now has openings for dedicated volunteers at its monthly cleanups and regular events; other ways to get involved include joining a committee, becoming a board member, or becoming a financial supporter.

For more information or to get involved, call Executive Director Christine Nolan at 856-881-2269, email CNolan@SJ LandWater.org or visit SJLandWater.org.

Mica McCullough serves as communication coordinator with the South Jersey Land and Water Trust.

She originally hails from Nashville, Tennessee, but is excited to explore the natural and historic sites around her new home and to help preserve its unique beauty for future generations. She holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies from Elon University and a master’s degree in sustainable practice from David Lipscomb University.

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Maypole or Axis Mundi: Uniting Heaven and Earth – 7-9:30pm. The Earth has its axis, so too does the human energy field which can become out of alignment with your true place and path on this plane. Discover how to ground, center, balance and align the heaven of you into the Earth of you for fuller expression of your soul now. $25/ preregistered, $35/day of. To register, Andrea Regal: 856-904-5566 or HealersUniverse.com.

Understanding & Healing the Addictive Personality: A Kundalini Workshop – 1-3pm. With Kamalbir Kaur (Patti Heenan, MA, LPC) and Priscilla Estes (BA, RYT); both IKYTA, certified

by SuperHealth® Yogic Science for Addictive Behavior. Workshop uses yogic technology to cut through the harmful patterns, so we can form healthier habits in relationships with others and with ourselves. $40/advance, $45/at door. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

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SUNDAY, MAY 3

FRIDAY, MAY 1

Half-Day Sitting – 7am-12:30pm. A great opportunity to deepen your meditation practice.

Perfect for those new to Zen practice as well as more experienced students. Includes breakfast, Dharma teaching and work practice. $25/nonmembers. Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong. Registration required: 609268-9151. PineWind.org.

Fernbrook Nursery Annual Plant Sale – 8am1pm. Embrace the spring weather by getting out in the garden. All of Fernbrook Nursery’s extensive stock available for purchase. 150 Georgetown Rd, Bordentown. 609-298-8282. More info: PinelandsAlliance.org.

Discover the Serenity of T’ai ChiChih (Joy thru Movement Class) – 9am. Need better balance, concerned about high blood pressure, quality sleep a challenge? Newtown Administration Building. For more info & registration: 215-9682800 x 266.

Seasonal Botany Tour – 10am-12pm. Join Robyn A. Jeney, Saddler’s Woods Conservation Association’s Director of Forest Management, for a botanical tour of Saddler’s Woods. Rain date: May 3. $2/person. 143 E Ormond Ave. To register: 856-869-7372 or Harriet@Saddlers Woods.org. SaddlersWoods.org.

Gardening Expo – 10am-3pm. Gardening tips and workshops presented by Master Gardeners and local experts; make and take for kids, plants and crafts for sale, music and more. Burlington County Community Agricultural Center, 500 Centerton Rd, Moorestown. More info: BurlCoAgCenter.com.

Psychic Development Class – 11am-4pm. Learn the different types of psychic ability, how to tap into the energy of a person, connect and develop a system with your spirit guides, photo reading and psychometry, and perform several readings on your classmates. $125. Genesis Spiritual Healing & Metaphysical Center, 1632 Rte 38, Lumberton. 609-456-3888. GenesisSpiritualHealing@gmail.com. Pre-registration required: GenesisSpiritualHealing.com.

Yoga for Living Open House – 12-6pm. Come celebrate our 6-year anniversary. Free classes, musical entertainment, refreshments, chair massage and raffles for free classes and more. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856404-7287. For details: YogaForLiving.net.

Reiki Level II Certification Class – For those who have completed Reiki Level I, this level incorporates symbols, long-distance healing and emotional balancing techniques. Includes discussions, practicing techniques, giving and receiving Reiki and attunement. Instructor: Reiki Master Jackie Milovsky. $190. Halo Wellness Center, 968 Rte 73 S, Marlton. Register: 856574-4433. ElevateYourHealth.com.

Yoga for Breast Cancer Recovery – 1011:30am. With Pam Kofsky. Learn about the latest evidence-based research confirming the benefits of yoga for breast cancer recovery.

This informative, uplifting experience will inspire you to be an active participant in your own healing. Dress comfortably, be prepared for gentle movement. $20. The Center, Life in Balance, 43 S Main St, Medford. 609-9758379. TheCenterLifeInBalance@gmail.com.

Reiki Level 2 Class – 10am-5pm. With Lisa O’Brien, CRM. Learn Reiki symbols, received 2nd degree attunement, diagnosing energy flow, additional hand positions, procedure for distant Reiki and guidelines for establishing your own practice. Receive a Reiki manual. $150. Bliss Body Studio, Collingswood. Pre-register, Lisa: 856-261-0554. BlissBodyNJ.com.

Reiki Level I Attunement Class – 12:30-3:30pm.

With Reiki Master, Tricia Heiser. Learn the beautiful healing art of Reiki and its history. Includes discussion on Reiki healing techniques, the chakras and their associations, meditations and practice time. Receive a manual, Level I Attunement and Reiki I Certificate. $150. The Sanctuary for Yoga, 43 S Main St, Medford. Register: 609953-7800 or TheSanctuaryForYoga.com.

Interpretive Trail Hike – 1-2pm. Join an RNC naturalist for an interpretive hike through our varied habitats. Pace is easy and suitable for adults and teenagers. Free/member, $4/person, $10/family. Rancocas Nature Center, 794 Rancocas Rd, Westampton. Pre-register: 609-2612495, RancocasNatureCenter.org.

Laughter Yoga with Karen – 2-3pm. In honor of World Laughter Day, we’ll be having a special laughter session. All around the world, people will be celebrating life and cultivating joy through laughter. Be part of the experience. $13 Buy One, Get One. Bring a friend for free. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856404-7287. YogaForLiving.net.

Reiki Share – 6-8pm. A healing circle where we gather to share, to learn, to honor each other, to

grown and to heal ourselves. Reiki Share consists of many healing hands on one person at a time. Open to all with at least a level 1 training. Donation. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006.

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MONDAY, MAY 4 Integrative Medicine Introduction – 6:307:30pm. Learn how proven complementary therapies including acupuncture, biopuncture and homeopathy treat pain and encourage the body’s natural healing abilities without the side effects of conventional medications. Meet Polina Karmazin, MD, medical director of the Virtua Center for Integrative Medicine. Free. Attendees receive $50 off their initial consultation. Space limited. Virtua Health and Wellness Center, Washington Twp, 239 Hurffville-Cross Keys Rd, Sewell. Pre-registration requested: 1-888-VIRTUA-3.

Hands-On Bike Maintenance: Drive Train – 6:30-8:30pm. Join our certified bike techs to learn about your drive train as well as how to inspect, maintain and adjust front and rear derailleurs to make sure your ride is as smooth as possible. $45/member, $65/nonmember. REI Marlton, 501 Rte 73 S, Marlton. Register: 856810-1938, rei.com/stores/marlton.html.

TUESDAY, MAY 5 Zen Men’s Circle – 7-8:30pm. Monthly support group for men only, led by Seijaku Roshi, offering an opportunity to deal with struggles relevant to men today. Donations appreciated. Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong. Registration required: 609-268-9151. PineWind.org.

Tibetan Energy Meditation – 7:30-8:30pm.

With Master Reiki Teacher Janice Gilpin. Experience a breath work practice to balance, center and align your energy field, along with gentle seated movement, chanting mantras and mudras, followed by 20 mins of meditation. $15. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 6 Sustainable Cherry Hill’s Green Drinks – 6-8pm. Networking the 1st Wed monthly (SeptJune) focused on creating a sustainable South Jersey community. The Farm & Fisherman Tavern + Market, 1422 Marlton Pike E, Cherry Hill.

609-238-3449. SustainableCherryHill.org.

International & Adventure Travel Basics – 6:308pm. Join our International and Adventure Travel experts to learn about planning, preparation, and execution of an international adventure trip. Free.

REI Marlton, 501 Rte 73 S, Marlton. Register: 856-810-1938, rei.com/stores/marlton.html.

Living a Meaningful Life: Zen Studies Class – 7-9pm. Includes guided meditation, chanting and a Dharma teaching by Seijaku Roshi or Senior Monk. $10. Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong. 609-268-9151. PineWind.org.

International Psychic Medium Kimara Himchak – 7:30-9:30pm. Sharing her exceptional gift of mediumship to bring about answers, heal hearts and facilitate an evening of joy, laughter and tears with your loved ones in Spirit. Feel free to bring a photo or memento of you loved ones who have passed. $40. The Sanctuary for Yoga, 43 S Main St, Medford. Registration required: 609953-7800 or TheSanctuaryForYoga.com.

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FRIDAY, MAY 8 Mom’s Day Out – Halo Wellness Center in Marlton is offering a very special package for all the wonderful mothers that give so much to others. Package includes a 60-min aromatherapy massage and 45-min salt room session for only $90. Show your mom you love her by giving her the time to care for herself. Halo Wellness Center, 968 Rte 73 S, Marlton. 856-574-4433.

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Crystal Bowls Meditation – 7-9pm. With Michele Haliwell. The crystal bowls are sound healing instruments that bring you on a vibratory journey into deep meditative states. The sounds produced by the crystal bowls are not just heard by the ear, you feel them in your body, with specific tones affecting your chakras, healing and balancing. $20/advance, $25/at door. Bliss Body Studio, Collingswood. Lisa: 856-2610554. BlissBodyNJ.com.

SATURDAY, MAY 9 Mom’s Day Out – See May 8 listing. Halo Wellness Center, 968 Rte 73 S, Marlton. 856-5744433. ElevateYourHealth.com.

Fernbrook Nursery Annual Plant Sale – 8am1pm. Embrace the spring weather by getting out in the garden. All of Fernbrook Nursery’s extensive stock available for purchase. 150 Georgetown Rd, Bordentown. 609-298-8282. More info: PinelandsAlliance.org.

Virtua Women’s Conference – 8am-2pm. Virtua presents a day devoted to healthy solutions for busy women. This rejuvenating day includes expert-led health sessions; enlightening experience including skin renewal, nutrition, yoga and tai chi; an inspirational keynote presentation about reigniting you passion and purpose and more. $30 includes breakfast and lunch. Crowne Plaza, 2349 W Marlton Pike, Cherry Hill. Register: 1-888-VIRTUA-3 or Virtua.org/Conference.

Cardio & Yoga Fitness Workshop – 9-11am.

Begin your summer tight and fit. Come and join our fun fitness workshop to build endurance, get tone, and shred that extra weight. Be ready to sweat and enjoy the upbeat fun cardio and yoga. $20 before May 6, $30 after. Majaka Yoga, 377 S Main St, Williamstown. 609-231-6706. Majaka Yoga.com.

Backcountry Navigation with a Map & Compass – 9am-2pm. REI teaches how to translate what is on your map to the surrounding area. $60/member, $80/nonmember. Valley Forge NP Artillery Park. More info & to register, REI Marlton: 856810-1938 or rei.com/stores/marlton.html.

Healthy Hike – 10:30-11:30am. Join a Rancocas naturalist for a themed hike around the preserve. $3/RNC members, $5/nonmembers. Rancocas Nature Center, 794 Rancocas Rd, Westampton.

Pre-register: 609-261-2495, RancocasNature Center.org.

Discover the Serenity of T’ai ChiChih (Joy thru Movement Class) – 11:15am. Need better balance, concerned about high blood pressure, quality sleep a challenge? Medicine in Balance, 940 Town Center Dr, Langhorne, PA. For more info & registration: 609-752-1048 or Siobhan@ NextStepStrategiesLLC.com.

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savethedate Stepping Away From Suffering: The Path to Emotional Freedom Discernment & Discrimination – 1-3pm. With Parvati. Learn the steps to look at things clearly for what they are without the struggle of control. Learning how to be in the moment, and see each step on the journey as a lesson to release the angst of attachment and bring us one step closer to finding emotional freedom. $25. Woodbury Wellness Center, 911 Broad St, Woodbury. 856-8485500. TheAyurvedicApothecary.com.

Sonic Gong Bath & Crystal Bowl Sound Healing – 1:30-3:30pm. With Devpreet. Come to deep healing and alignment with a guided meditation for relaxation and healing crystal activation through singing bowls, chanting healing mantras and a rhythmic gong bath with a full range of that create an other worldly state of deep relaxation and bliss. $25/advance, $30/at door. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. Pre-registration recommended: 856546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

SUNDAY, MAY 10 Community HU Song – 10-10:30am. Come learn about, experience and share the spiritual insights and upliftment gained by singing HU, a love song to God. Open to all spiritual backgrounds and faiths. Free. Acu-Health Center, 100 W Camden Ave, Moorestown. More info: 609-261-0019.

Eckankar Worship Service – 11am-12pm. Celebrate the experience of the Light and Sound of God through the Eckankar Worship Service. Service includes a reading, singing HU, followed by a discussion on month’s topic: “Seeing Spirit at Work Every Moment.” Acu-Health Center, 100 W Camden Ave, Moorestown. More info: 609-261-0019.

TUESDAY, MAY 12 Plant Swap – 7-9pm. Presented by the Horticultural Society of South Jersey. Come and share your plant abundance with members and guests.

Suggested plants include houseplants, seedlings, seeds, bulbs, succulents and cacti, water plants and clean garden tools in good condition. No invasive, sick or insect-infested plants. Free. Carmen Tilelli Community Center, 820 Mercer St, Cherry Hill. More info: HSSJ.org.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13 Bike Maintenance Basics – 6:30-8pm. Routine maintenance on your bike can keep you riding smooth and prolong the life of your bike. Join an introductory class designed to help you take care of your bike. Free. REI Marlton, 501 Rte 73 S, Marlton. Register: 856-810-1938, rei.com/ stores/marlton.html.

THURSDAY, MAY 14 Eden Energy Medicine Study Group – 7-8:30pm. Learn Donna Eden’s Daily Routine and other techniques to keep your energies balanced and healthy. Based on Donna Eden’s Energy Medicine book. Led by Elsie Kerns and Paula Anderson, EEM Advanced Practitioners.

No prior experience needed. $15. Acu-Health Center, 100 W Camden Ave, Moorestown. Paula: 856-222-9444. Acu-HealthCenter.com.

FRIDAY, MAY 15 Sacred Circle: Mothering in a New Age – 7-9pm. Discover how to mother and be mothered by your body, mind and soul for daily nurturance and expansion of compassion, love and acceptance assisted by the Devas of the Central Earth and the Ladies of the White Light. $25/preregistered, $35/day of. To register, Andrea Regal: 856-904-5566 or HealersUniverse.com.

SATURDAY, MAY 16 Girl Power Tween and Teen Empowerment Workshops – A fun, interactive, curriculum-based program that empowers tweens (10-13) and teens (14-17) with great life skills needed for self-love, self-confidence and self-acceptance. Teach healthy coping skills that promote positive self-esteem and reduce stress to make great choices in life. $69. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856-404-7287.

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Yoga for Runners – 8:30-10:30am. Yoga is a fitness discipline centered around physical, mental and spiritual poses. Yoga poses give runners more than foot strength, they can help build mental endurance. Join Lauren, a yoga instructor and a triathlete to help runners develop greater flexibility, fitness and mental focus. She will prepare you for your big run. $15 before May 13, $20 after. Majaka Yoga, 377 S Main St, Williamstown. 609-231-6706.

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Opening Day at the Burlington County Farmers’ Market – 8:30am-1pm. Seasonal vegetables, fresh baked bread and scones, prepared foods, plants and crafts all locally produced. Cooking demonstration at 10am presented by Jolynn Deloach. Music by Jimmy Mannix. 500 Centerton Rd, Moorestown.

856-642-3850. BurlCoAgCenter.com.

Black Run Preserve Clean Up – 9am-12pm.

Help clean up trails and road ways around Black Run Preserve. Meet at intersection of Kettle Run Rd & Braddock Mill Rd, Marlton. For more info & to sign up, Debbie Pease: 856-983-2796 x 11.

BlackRun.org.

Cleanup at Cooper River Park – 9am-12pm.

Bring a canoe or kayak to access trash in the water. All supplies provided. Camden. RSVP: hoganphoto@verizon.net.

Camden County Spring Garden Fair – 10am3pm. Come and visit the following nonprofit gardening groups. Sustainable Cherry Hill’s Garden Task Force which will also be having a plant swap so bring healthy, non-invasive plants, Horticultural Society of South Jersey, GMO Free NJ and the South Jersey Organic Gardeners Club. Camden County Environmental Center, 1301 Park Blvd, Cherry Hill. 856-216-7130.

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Canoe/Kayak Caper and Picnic – 11am-4pm.

High tide is approx 2:28pm. Rain date May 17.

Paddle on Big Timber Creek and enjoy a picnic on the meadow. Bring your own canoe or kayak, picnic, chairs and blankets. Drinking water and shuttle provided. Old Pine Farm Natural Lands Trust, end of Rankin Ave, Deptford. OldPine Farm.org.

Fundamental Mediumship Class – 11am-6pm.

Learn how to conduct evidential mediumship.

Connecting with spirit, protection, working with spirit guides, how to obtain specific information to confirm identity, photo reading and psychometry, and perform mediumship sessions with fellow classmates. $250. Genesis Spiritual Healing & Metaphysical Center, 1632 Rte 38, Lumberton. 609-456-3888. GenesisSpiritualHealing@ gmail.com. Pre-registration required: Genesis SpiritualHealing.com.

Yin Yoga: A Quiet Practice – 2-3:30pm. Yin Yoga relaxes the mind and works deeply with the connective tissues of the hips, pelvis, and lower spine. Come and experience the stillness within. $20. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006. LiveIn JoyYoga.com.

Creating a Virtuous Society: An Evening with Seijaku Roshi –7-9pm. The “Seven Heavenly Virtues” provide a context for living mindfully and as a force for change in one’s personal relationships and in the world. When embraced as a “way-of-living” they prove to be a powerful force for healing, renewal, and miracles. $15/individuals, $20/partners. Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong. 609-268-9151.

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SUNDAY, MAY 17 Spring Wildflower Walk – 10am. $3/nonmember, free/member. Parvin Park. RSVP: hogan photo@verizon.net.

Drum Circle – 2-3:30pm. With Rev. Al Bennett.

Drum, sing, heal and bring your intentions forth in this drum circle to honor the spring, the warm sun, and the opening of flowers. $15. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon.

856-546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 ​ hat is Wellness in the 21st Century? – 7pm.

W The Women’s Wellness Connection of South Jersey hosts Dr. Steven Horvitz, Board Certified Family Physician and Founder of the Institute for Medical Wellness, in Moorestown who will share his vision​ of Holistic Wellness​ and Prevention. William Rohrer Health Fitness Center, 2309 Evesham Rd, Vorhees. Register, Judy: 609221-2361 or Tammy: tigs11@aol.com.

Spiritual Discussion Class – 3-4pm. This month’s topic is “How God Speaks through Animals.”

Free. Moorestown Community House, 16 E Main St, Moorestown. For more info: 609-261-0019.

THURSDAY, MAY 21 Thursday Treks: Streams and Wetlands – 2:303:30pm. Join a Rancocas Nature Center naturalist and take a leisurely stroll through the preserve. $3/member, $5/nonmembers. Rancocas Nature Center, 794 Rancocas Rd, Westampton. Pre-register: 609-261-2495, RancocasNatureCenter.org.

GMO Free NJ Meeting – 6:30pm. Presenter: Keara Giannotti, local wildlife hero. Learn about the connection between genetically engineered crops and the decline of the Monarch butterfly and other pollinators. Most importantly, discover actions to take that will help reverse the problem. Door prize. Free. Collingswood Library, 771 Haddon Ave. RSVP: GMOfreeNJ@gmail. com. Learn more: GMOfreeNJ.com.

FRIDAY, MAY 22 The Yoga of Song with Molly Hicks – 7-8:30pm.

Emceed by Bonnie Hart. An evening with Music Therapist, Molly Hicks as she shares her original songs. Through singing, guitar playing, and chanting, Molly lifts the spirit of others. Everyone is welcome to join us for this talented and heartfelt performance. $12. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 609-970-3401.

More info: BonnieHart.org.

SATURDAY, MAY 23 Yoga & Reflexology – 1:30-3pm. Learn to build a solid yoga practice through the connecting and grounding of the feet. Learn the basic techniques of reflexology and how to practice them at home. $25, reflexology balm included.

Moorestown Natural Health, 100 W Camden Ave, Moorestown. Registration required: 609781-6623, Stefanie@TakenBackToNature.com, MoorestownNaturalHealth.com.

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savethedate Introduction to the Way of Haiku – Wednesdays, May 27-June 24. 6:30-8pm. With Michelle Tennison, widely anthologized and award-winning local haiku poet. Course will explore traditional and contemporary haiku and the many gifts this brief form of poetry has to offer including enhanced creativity, intuition and connection to nature. $85. Camden County College, Blackwood. To register CamdenCC.edu/CE.

Lightweight Backpacking Basics – 6:30-8pm.

Join an REI backpacking expert who will provide excellent tips on lightweight backpacking techniques. Free. REI Marlton, 501 Rte 73 S, Marlton. Register: 856-810-1938, rei. com/stores/marlton.html.

Free Holistic Health Webinar – 7-8pm. Thermographic Diagnostic Imaging/Health Through Awareness presents Ann McCloud Sneath, CNP. Ann practices all aspects of women’s holistic healthcare, including gynecology. Ann will be discussing Women’s Hormones and the Environment. Webinars are held the 4th Wed each month. For more info or to register: 856-596-5834 or tdinj.com “News and Media” page and click on free webinar link.

Beginner’s Mind Meditation & Zendo Class – 7-8:30pm. An evening of instruction in meditation, liturgy and Zendo etiquette.

Perfect for beginners as well as the more seasoned student. Donations appreciated.

Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong. Registration required: 609-2689151. PineWind.org.

FRIDAY, MAY 29 A Night with Carole Tollen – 7-9pm. Known as the Comedienne Medium, Carol brings a fun and entertaining approach to her amazing and accurate medium and psychic insights.

Always a light- and full-hearted evening. $35. The Center, Life in Balance, 43 S Main St, Medford. 609-975-8379. TheCenter LifeInBalance@gmail.com.

SATURDAY, MAY 30 Backcountry Navigation with a Map & Compass – 9am-2pm. REI teaches how to translate what is on your map to the surrounding area. $60/member, $80/nonmember. Valley Forge NP Artillery Park. More info & to register, REI Marlton: 856-810-1938 or rei.com/stores/ marlton.html.

Free Volunteer Monitor Training Workshop for Biological Assessment – 10am. Learn how to sample, identify and analyze what’s living in your local waters, to become an educated steward of your own watershed. Scotland Run Nature Center, Clayton. SJLandWater.org.

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Advance Your Practice with Derek McMahon – 1-3:30pm. Let’s take your yoga practice to the next level. Derek will explain key, fundamental asanas within the ashtanga-inspired vinyasa style to advance your own practice.$25 by May 7, $35 after. Majaka Yoga, 377 S Main St, Williamstown. 609-231-6706. MajakaYoga.com.

Mandala Meditation Workshop – 1-4pm. With Clarissa. Experience peace and stillness within this active form of healing meditation. Use different mediums for coloring the mandalas such as watercolor, colored pencils and markers. No need to have any experience or be an artist. $40 includes materials. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. Pre-registration required: 856-546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

Nutritional Balancing & Hair Mineral Analysis – 1:30-2:30pm. Hair tissue mineral analysis (HTMA) is an analytical test which measures the mineral content of the hair. It can provide pertinent information about metabolic rate, energy levels, carbohydrate tolerance, stage of stress, and immune system and glandular activity. $15.

Moorestown Natural Health, 100 W Camden Ave, Moorestown. Registration required: 609781-6623, Stefanie@TakenBackToNature.com, MoorestownNaturalHealth.com.

SUNDAY, MAY 31 Sonic Gong Bath & Crystal Bowl Sound Healing – 1-3pm. With Devpreet. See May 9 description. $25/advance, $30/at door. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon.

Pre-registration recommended: 856-546-1006.

LiveInJoyYoga.com.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 11

FRIDAY, MAY 15

Integrative Medicine Info Session – 6:307:30pm. Learn how proven complementary therapies including acupuncture, biopuncture and homeopathy treat pain and encourage the body’s natural healing abilities without the side effects of conventional medications. Meet Polina Karmazin, MD, medical director of the Virtua Center for Integrative Medicine at this free informational session. Attendees receive $50 off their initial consultation. Virtua Health and Wellness Center, Moorestown, 401 Young Ave. Pre-registration requested: 1-888-VIRTUA-3. Virtua.org.

Spa and Spiritual Weekend – May 15-17. With Alaine Portner, Medium. Elevate your thinking and personal awareness at this special event.

Woodloch Lodge, Poconos, PA. More info: 609654-9400 or YogaCenterOfMedford.com.

SATURDAY, JUNE 13 Holistic Health and Psychic Fair – 9am-3pm.

Intuitive readings, chair massage, energy healing, nutritional products, crystals. Brooklawn residents & seniors free. $5 admission; bring a friend free. Brooklawn Community Center, 101 2nd St, Brooklawn. Wellness Workers: 856-4353427 or 856-470-8981.

THURSDAY, JULY 9 Integrative Medicine Info Session – 6:307:30pm. Learn how proven complementary therapies including acupuncture, biopuncture and homeopathy treat pain and encourage the body’s natural healing abilities without the side effects of conventional medications. Meet Polina Karmazin, MD, medical director of the Virtua Center for Integrative Medicine at this free informational session. Attendees receive $50 off their initial consultation. Barry Brown Health Education Center, 106 Carnie Blvd, Voorhees. Pre-registration requested: 1-888-VIRTUA-3. Virtua.org.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 12 Your Own Eat, Pray, Love in India & Thailand – Jan 12-28. Join Victoria Purcell, owner of Blissful Yoga and Tracey Ulshafer, owner of One Yoga Center, for their inaugural trip of their yoga retreat company One Bliss. Spend 1 week experiencing India, the birthplace of yoga, and 1 week in the Buddhist country of Thailand. More info: 609-918-0963 or OneBlissLLC@gmail.com.

FRIDAY, JULY 24

savethedate Reconnective Healing Training Programs – July 24-28. With Eric Pearl, DC. Level I & II Reconnective Healing Training Certification Program. Whether you’re looking to affect a change in your own life or want to facilitate healing for others, you will step into a new expanded awareness and learn how to more fully become the healing instrument you truly are. Philadelphia, PA. For info: 323-9600012 or TheReconnection.com.

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Holistic Health Extravaganza – 10am-5pm.

Need vendors. Newtown, PA. More info: 215968-2800 x 239.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10 Laughter Wellness Playshop – 7-8pm. With Master Teacher, Sebastien Gendry. Limited engagement. Join us for a fun, healthy dose of stress-relieving laughter, led by an internationally known instructor. Guaranteed to bring a smile to your face and joy to your entire being. $20.

Markeim Arts Center, 104 Walnut St, Haddonfield. To register: 856-429-8585.

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THURSDAY, MAY 7 Women’s Silent Retreat – 1:30-6:30pm. A quiet space in which to unwind, de-stress and be nourished. Reconnect and recharge. An Ayurveda treatment is included to help unwind the tensions. $95/pre-registration required. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856404-7287. YogaForLiving.net.

Advanced Laughter Yoga/Wellness Training – June 11 & 12. 8:30am-5:30pm. With International Teacher Sebastian Gendry from the American School of Laughter Yoga. Existing Certified Laughter Yoga/Wellness Teachers Level 1 will be eligible for a Level 2 diploma. All are welcome to experience the health and wellness benefits and will receive 12 contact hours and a certificate of attendance with completion of the workshop. $395 before May 21; $459 after. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856404-7287. YogaForLiving.net.

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Yoga for Your Back – If you are looking for an effective therapy for back pain that does not involve drugs or medical procedures, discover Svaroopa® yoga. A therapeutic and gentle style of yoga that relieves pressure from the spine. 6 classes offered a week. Rhonda Clarke, Yoga Therapist and Advanced Svaroopa Yoga Teacher. $15/class. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856404-7287. YogaForLiving.net.

Back To Basics Yoga – 10-11am. With Bonnie Hart. Movements that stretch, tone and firm the physical body while relaxing the mind. All ages and abilities welcome. $13, $8/students & seniors. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 609-970-3401. BonnieHart.org.

Dawn Meditation – 6-7am each weekday, except week of May 17-26. Start your day with a healthy mental breakfast, which nourishes and prepares your mind and body to meet the day’s challenges.

No registration required. Donations appreciated.

Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong. 609-268-9151. PineWind.org.

sunday Meditation – 10:30am. Joyful Gathering Spiritual Center, 215 Highlands Ave, Ste C, Haddon Township. 856-780-5826.

Kundalini Yoga with Devpreet: Spring Detox Series – 11am-12:30pm. Each week includes immune defense warm ups, breath work and meditation plus lifestyle techniques, and tips to enhance immunity and overall health. $15 or class card.

Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

monday Nia – 5:30-6:30pm. A cardio dance group fitness class that incorporates empowerment with martial arts, joy of movement with dance arts and healing arts with yoga stretches. Promotes mindfulness, holistic fitness and well-being. $13, $8/senior, student. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856-404-7287. YogaForLiving.net.

Group Hypnosis & Discussion – 6:30-8pm. 2nd Mon. While in a relaxed state, your subconscious is coached to accept new positive and uplifting thoughts about yourself and your life and filled with thoughts of hope and trust, opening your mind to infinite possibilities. $15. The Center, Life in Balance, 43 S Main St, Medford. 609-9758379. TheCenterLifeInBalance@gmail.com.

Monthly Meditation/Mini-Workshop – 6:308:30pm. 1st Mon. Explore meditation, energy education/topics and Reiki. Please arrive on time so the meditation is not disturbed, and refrain from alcohol the day of the workshop. $15. The Center, Life in Balance, 43 S Main St, Medford. 609-9758379. TheCenterLifeInBalance@gmail.com.

Barefoot Bootcamp – 10:30-11:30am. With Jessica Watters. A little bit of yoga, a little bit of Pilates, all over toning and sculpting and a whole lot of fun. Regular class rates apply. The Sanctuary for Yoga, 43 S Main St, Medford. Register: 609-953-7800 or TheSanctuaryForYoga.com.

wednesday Mid-Day Meditation – 12pm. Also held Fri. Join us for a 10-min meditation. On Wed the focus is love; on Fri, peace. Each week we raise the love and peace vibration personally and globally. Treat yourself to a mid-week refresher. The Center, Life in Balance, 43 S Main St, Medford. 609-975-8379.

Qigong Class: Lunch Time Recharger – 12:15pm. 40-min class so can attend during lunch break. Using controlled breathing with gentle movements, qigong builds strength and stamina while boosting circulation, improves immunity and much more. No special equipment needed.

Certified Supreme Science Qigong Instructor, Sharon Tuscano. $12/drop-in, $40/4 classes.

WellSpring Center, 19 N Centre St, Merchantville. To register: 856-461-0060.

Creative Writing – 2-3:30pm. Course designed to be a true creative writing class. If you have ever wanted to write, now is the opportunity to try doing it within an accepting circle of writers. Class ongoing and will become a way for you to finally find your voice and to tell your story.

Eilandarts Center, 21 S Centre St, Merchantville.

Ni@Eilandarts.com. Eilandarts.com.

Pre-Natal Yoga – 5:45-7pm. with Tricia Heiser.

Enhance your pregnancy with prenatal yoga and keep the body healthy, the mind stress free and promote a deeper connection between mother and baby. Regular class rates apply. The Sanctuary for Yoga, 43 S Main St, Medford. Register: 609-9537800 or TheSanctuaryForYoga.com.

Earth Yoga – 6-7pm. With Bonnie Hart. A gentle class with simple postures specifically aimed at releasing nervous tension in order to feel more grounded and at peace. Includes guided meditation with chakra (energy) balancing. $13, $8/students & seniors. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 609-970-3401. BonnieHart.org.

Sustainable Cherry Hill’s Green Drinks – Thru June. 6-8pm. 1st Wed. Networking focused on creating a sustainable South Jersey community. The Farm & Fisherman Tavern + Market, 1422 Marlton Pike E, Cherry Hill. 609-2383449. SustainableCherryHill.org.

Meditation – 7-8pm. All are welcome. Experience the many benefits of regular meditation. $10 donation requested. 911 N Broad St, Woodbury. 856-848-5500. WoodburyWellness Center.com.

Lettering Arts – 7-8:30pm. With Maureen Peters.

All skill levels welcome to learn the art of calligraphy and to create unique pieces using brush work, resists, embossing, stamping and more.

Supplies provided. Free. Woodbury Public Library, 33 Delaware St, Woodbury. 856-845-2611.

WoodburyLibrary.org.

thursday YogaBlaast – 9:15-10:15am. With Lauri Andreacchio. Warrior pose takes on new meaning when you kick your way through class. The perfect blend of yoga and kickboxing. Regular class rates apply. The Sanctuary for Yoga, 43 S Main St, Medford. Register: 609-953-7800 or TheSanctuary ForYoga.com.

Sound Healing with Crystal Singing Bowls – 7pm. 2nd Thurs. Connect, balance and align with the power of sound for the body, mind and spirit. Guided meditation, chakra balancing and a spectrum of meditative sound. Healing Harmonies, Medford. 609-304-3335. HealingHarmonies 1111.com.

Weekly Mindfulness Meditation Classes – 7-8pm. Scientific research shows that mindfulness meditation practice can restore emotional balance, reduce stress, improve health and actually change the brain’s gray matter. With practice one can become aware of habitual reactions to stressors and discover new ways of responding to life’s challenges. $13/class, $8/senior, student. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856-4047287. YogaForLiving.net.

Evening Meditation – 7-8:30pm. Except May 21.

Includes a brief instruction along with periods of seated and walking meditation. Donations appreciated. Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong. 609-268-9151. PineWind.org.

Bellydancing for Beginners – 7:30-8:30pm. With Megan. Learn to dance the basic movements based on the American Tribal Style (ATS) format of belly dance, for beginners and for those who want to brush up on the basics. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

friday Yoga with Crystal Bowls – 10-11am. With Bonnie Hart. Stress relief through focusing on the breath while moving through postures. Concludes with deep relaxation to the soothing sounds of Crystal Bowls which awaken a deeper meditative state. $13, $8/students & seniors. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 609-9703401. BonnieHart.org.

Mid-Day Meditation – 12pm. See Wed listing.

The Center, Life in Balance, 43 S Main St, Medford. 609-975-8379.

Yin Flow Fridays – 6-7:15pm. Combines a passive yin practice with an active vinyasa flow prac-

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tice. Begins with longer-held seated yin poses to stretch the connective tissue then moves onto flowing sequences to warm up the muscles while building strength and energy. $15 or class card.

Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

Yoga for Living Fridays – 7-8pm. 1st Fri: Yoga Dance; 2nd Fri: Deep Relaxation with Crystal Bowls; 3rd Fri: Laughter Yoga. Rejuvenate and start your weekend in a new state of mind and body. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856-404-7287. YogaForLiving.net.

saturday Collingswood Farmers’ Market – May thru Thanksgiving. 8am-12pm. Rain or shine. Between Collings & Irvin avenues along Patco.

CollingswoodMarket.com.

Burlington County Farmers’ Market – May 16-Oct 31. 8:30am-1pm. Rain or shine. Locally grown produce, prepared foods, artists, weekly cooking demonstrations, family-friendly entertainment. 500 Centerton Rd, Moorestown. BurlCo AgCenter.com.

Outdoor Yoga – May 23 & 30. 9-10am. Take your practice outside and gain a new perspective as you embrace the elements. Visit various parks in the South Jersey area. Open to all levels. $55/5-class card special, $14/drop-in. Cooper River Park, 5300 N Park Dr, Pennsauken Township. Registration required: 609-781-6623, Stefanie@TakenBackToNature.com, OutdoorYoga SouthJersey.com.

Refresh and Renew Yoga Class – 10:15-11:15am.

Start your weekend by clearing out the chaos and stressors of the week. This class will guide you through a flowing series of purifying and restorative postures. Leave feeling rejuvenated and ready to enjoy the weekend. Sol Yoga at Vacanti Jiu Jitsu, Bruni Square, 1351 Rte 38W (rear), Hainesport. 267-664-3236. SolYogaNJ.com.

Saddler’s Woods Open House Day – 1-5pm; 2pm, special presentations. 2nd Sat. Enjoy a variety of programs and find out the many ways you can participate in the environmental and historical issues in your community. Haddon Township Environmental and Historical Center, 143 E Ormond Ave. 856-869-7372. SaddlersWoods.org.

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FOR RENT MOORESTOWN HOLISTIC HEALTH OFFICE – Beautiful rooms for rent. Room available full time, includes utilities. Main road, high visibility, parking on premises. For more info, Paula: 856-222-9444 or Info@Acu-HealthCenter.com.

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ACCESS CONSCIOUSNESS

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION

RENEE ROBERTSON

KARIN HIRSCH

What if there was a much easier way to deal with stress and anxiety? Have your Bars run, a hands-on body process that starts a flow of energy and erases years of fixed points of view, judgments, negative feelings and limiting beliefs that hold us back. Sessions include powerful tools to use in everyday situations. Offering certification classes for Access Consciousness Energetic Facelift™ and Access Bars ™.

Does your animal companion experience health or behavioral problems? Is your pet lost or diseased and you would like to get in contact? Karin is a Shamanic Healer and Animal Communicator and utilizes her telepathic abilities when communicating with animals. Deepen your relationship and understanding with your beloved pet.

Restoration-You Inc. Moorestown, NJ 856-437-0430 Restoration-You.com

ACUPUNCTURE FRANCHESCA ISAAC, LAC, DIPL. AC., HHC Acupuncture, Holistic Health Coach 860 Rte 168, Ste 104 Turnersville, NJ 08012 856-401-9550

Franchesca Isaac is a nationally New Jersey licensed Acupuncturist and a certified holistic health counselor. Acupuncture is known to help a wide variety of conditions including; migraines, back pain, neck pain, digestive issues, allergies, menstrual symptoms, and menopausal symptoms. Schedule a complimentary consultation to learn how acupuncture can help.

MELISA SKYRM, MAC, DIPL AC, LICENSED ACUPUNCTURIST Regenerate Health and Wellness 2 Sheppard Rd, Ste 500, Voorhees 609-332-1324 RegenerateHealthAndWellness.com

Acupuncture, Advanced Allergy Therapeutics (AAT), cupping, detoxification, nutrition, and relaxation techniques for acute and chronic pain, stress, concussions, overuse injuries, digestive and immune conditions, and more.

AAT offers a non-invasive and effective approach in treating allergy and sensitivity symptoms. See ad, page 17.

Lotus Living Space Shamanic Healing, Animal Communication 201-993-6588 Info@LotusLivingSpace.com LotusLivingSpace.com

AYURVEDIC HEALING PRACTITIONER RHONDA CLARKE, CSYT

Certified Ayurveda Therapist, Yoga Therapist Yoga for Living 1926 Greentree Rd Cherry Hill 856-404-7287 YogaForLiving.net Support for living a more balanced life through the science of yoga. Yoga t h e r a p y, Ay u r v e d i c l i f e s t y l e counseling and Ayurveda treatments available. See ad, page 21.

JANET WATKINS, RYT, CRM

Ayurvedic Healing Practitioner Registered Yoga Teacher Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness 118 W Merchant St Audubon, NJ 08106 856-816-4158 Utilizing the principles of Ay u r v e d a , n u t r i t i o n , y o g a , meditation, and herbs for natural healing and self-care to support your body in returning to its natural healthy function. Reiki session, ayurvedic cooking classes, restorative yoga and private yoga sessions. See ad, page 43.

BIOFEEDBACK INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE & BIOFEEDBACK CLINIC 813 E Gate Dr, Ste B Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 856-222-9965 IMBC@PointsOfPower.org BiofeedbackNJ.com

We specialize in a wide variety of conditions, some of which include: ADD/ADHD, POTS, fibromyalgia, chronic migraines, headaches, insomnia and other sleep disorders, anxiety, autism spectrum disorder, OCD, ODD, stress management, depression, constipation, chronic pain, and so much more. See ad, page 2.

CHIROPRACTOR DECOTIIS CHIROPRACTIC WELLNESS 30 W Holly Ave Pitman, NJ 08071 856-218-1330 Fddec@WellnessSpeakers.org

D r. D e C o t i i s s p e c i a l i z e s i n wellness-based Chiropractic care: helping the body to function at its personal best while reducing internal and external stresses. We individualize care to optimize performance of body systems by reducing nerve damage, improving spinal alignment, posture, ergonomics, sleep habits, hormone balance and improving overall health through exercise, weight loss, detox and supplementation.

COLON HYDROTHERAPY ALLERGY & HEALTH SOLUTIONS CENTER CARYLANN BAUTZ, CNC, CMT

“Naet” 24-Hr Allergy Elimination Therapy Colon Hydrotherapy, Crystal Light Bed Healing 609-654-4858 FeelLikeUs.net Since 1982, we have been blending Eastern and Western therapies. Boost the immune system, balance the mind and body, safely cleanse toxins and waste. Far Infrared Sauna Chelation Therapy. Rejuvenate and reconnect the body, mind and spirit. Namaste.

See ad, page 33.

COUNSELING BONNIE HART

Stress-Relief Specialist, Ecopsychologist, MA Transpersonal Psychology 1926 Greentree Rd Cherry Hill, NJ 08003 609-970-3401 Bonnie@BonnieHart.org BonnieHart.org EarthGym.org One-on-one counseling to unravel the worries of the mind and move into the wisdom of the heart. Offering knowledgeable, caring guidance. Phone calls and emails welcome to answer any questions. See ad, page 9.

MIMI AWTAR SCALIA DR. SYLVIA BIDWELL BIDWELL CHIROPRACTIC

The Strawbridge Professional Center 212 W Rte 38, Ste 100 Moorestown, NJ 08057 856-273-1551 DrSylviaBidwell@verizon.net Bidwell-Chiropractic.com Dr. Bidwell is dedicated to providing patients the best possible spinal healthcare including chiropractic adjustment, massage, electrical muscle stimulation, ultrasound, hot and cold therapy, cervical and lumbar traction, and stretching and strengthening exercise instruction.

Her adjustments techniques consist of diversified, activator, arthrostim, SOT blocking, craniosacral work, active release technique, and PNF stretching.

See ad, page 17.

MCAT/abt, Certified Hatha and Kundalini Yoga Teacher Reiki Practitioner, Clinical Wholistic Counselor Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill Mimipaz@aol.com Individual and/or group sessions available to support you in reaching your highest potential: releasing holding patterns, grief & loss, trauma, childhood issues, through spiritual healing via East meets West traditions, including art therapy, drumming, chelation and meditation.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased. ~Katharine Hepburn

ENERGYWORK ALAINE PORTNER, E-RYT

Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher, Reiki Master 417 Stokes Road Medford, NJ 609-654-9400 AlainePortner.com Alaine@YogaCenterOfMedford.com YogaCenterOfMedford.com A gifted medium, yoga teacher, spiritual guide and guardian of the Yoga Center of Medford. The Center has enriched the lives of the community for over a generation.

During the course of her professional journey, Alaine has fine-tuned her ability as a medium and then fused it with her love of meditation to offer a unique and transformative experience. Individual and group sessions are now available. See ad, page 9.

LISA O’BRIEN, E-RYT, CRM

616 Collings Ave, Collingswood, NJ 08107 856-261-0554 BlissBodyNJ.com Lisa O’Brien is an experienced yoga teacher, Reiki Master and energy intuitive offering private and group sessions. She specializes in clearing blockages and negative programs out of the energy system for healing and advancement on one’s path.

JENNY TORTORICE

Energy Medicine, Healing and Reiki Yoga for Living 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill 856-207-6621 BeeYogaJenny@gmail.com Offering hands-on healing modalities; Reiki, energy medicine techniques and counseling, as taught by my teacher Dr. Jane Ely. I create a supportive environment for you to relax and receive; to help facilitate you moving with life with greater ease. See ad, page 21.

MARILYN EPPOLITE

The Wisdom Within Energy healing, flower essences, akashic readings and spiritual counseling 856-236-5973 New website: video meditations and tips on living a balanced emotional life.

TheWisdomWithin.net A balanced energy system is the foundation of health. Marilyn, a graduate of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing and a certified flower essence therapist, guides you to an experience of a balanced energy field as the secret to emotional balance and in finding solutions to the challenges of life. Children, teens, adults. In-person or phone/Skype sessions.

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FENG SHUI & ENERGY WORK KARIN HIRSCH

Lotus Living Space Feng Shui, Physical Radiesthesia, Energy Therapy, Shamanic Healing 201-993-6588 Info@LotusLivingSpace.com LotusLivingSpace.com A healthy body, mind and spirit need a balanced and positive environment.

Karin is a certified Feng Shui Master and Professional Dowser for Geopathic Stress, Electromagnetic Frequencies, Energy Intrusions and Product Sensitivities. She also offers IET®, Shamanic Healing and Psychopomp work to heal mind and spirit.

HEALING MODALITIES SHARON TUSCANO, NCTMB, CNMT, CECP

Olympia Healing Arts 4142 US Rte 130 N, Delran/Edgewater Park Area 856-461-0060 OlympiaHealing.com Experience a transformational healing session that will bring you back to yourself. Skillfully integrating several modalities specifically chosen to eliminate pain, release stuck emotional patterns, overcome fears, bringing you to a state of peace and oneness. No more stress, just a renewed joy for life. Certified Qigong Instructor, Healing with Food, BARS –Access Consciousness, Colorpuncturist, NeuroMuscular Therapist.

HEALTH COUNSELING LIESHA GETSON, BCTT, HHC Health Through Awareness 100 Brick Rd, Ste 206, Marlton 856-596-5834 HealthThroughAwareness.com

Liesha Getson is a Board-Certified Thermographic Technician, Holistic Health Counselor, a Reiki Master and Energy Practitioner. Liesha is a founding partner of Health Through Awareness in Marlton, a cooperative wellness center that provides a variety of alternative services to facilitate healthy living including nutrition and lifestyle counseling, Reiki, thermography, infrared detoxification and biopuncture. See ad, page 9.

HYPNOTHERAPY BRIAN STEMETZKI

901 Rte 168, Ste 103, Turnersville 856-266-4983 ABetterTomorrowCounselingServices.com Brian Stemetzki is a licensed LCSW, NBCCH and a level 2-trained EMDR clinician. He provides a wide variety of treatment methods such as Hypnotherapy, EMDR and EFT that can help you reach your goals quicker and easier. See ad, page 10.

DR. JAIME FELDMAN, DCH

Chairman, Medical & Dental Division, International Hypnosis Federation 214 W Main St, Ste L4, Moorestown, NJ 08057 856-231-0432 • DrJaimeF@aol.com PartsTherapy.com Dr. Jaime Feldman, one of the pioneers in an advanced technique called “Advanced Parts Therapy,” has been able to unlock the subconscious and remove unwanted behaviors: stop smoking (guaranteed), weight loss, stress, depression, pain and anger management, and more. Outstanding success in curing phobias and deep-seated trauma, and treating the immune system to put cancer into complete remission. See ad, page 33.

INTEGRATIVE/HOLISTIC MEDICINE CHANDLER WELLNESS CARE

Khayriyyah Chandler, DO 25 A Tanner St, Haddonfield, NJ 08033 856-874-8194 Fax: 877-876-2833 ChandlerWellnessCare@gmail.com ChandlerWellnessCare.com Direct Pay family practice in downtown Haddonfield. 24/7 access to Dr, 30-min visits, house calls, Skype and telemedicine visits. Integrative medicine. Osteopathic manipulation. Weight-loss management. Shop with Dr. Vitamin Injections. Postpartum and youth services. Tai chi and Education Series. Book online.

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DR. STEVEN HORVITZ

NUMEROLOGIST Institute for Medical Wellness 110 Marter Ave, Ste 408, Moorestown, NJ 856-231-0590 TRACI ROSENBERG, MA DrHorvitz.com Numerologist & Empowerment Coach Board-Certified Family Medicine 609-417-4526 blending traditional family care with TraciRosenberg@gmail.com a holistic focus and preventive, nu- SoulTalkWithTraci.com

tritional and integrative approach.

We look for causes and triggers for disease before reaching for the prescription pad. Same and next day appointments are available. See ad, back page.

PHILIP GETSON, DO

Health Through Awareness 100 Brick Rd, Ste 206, Marlton, NJ 08053 856-596-5834 Health Through Awareness takes a holistic approach to health and wellbeing. Dr. Philip Getson is a Board Certified Family Physician and certified by four Thermographic Boards. He specializes in thermography, an early diagnostic tool for many health conditions including breast health. With the mission of providing a balanced approach to wellness, the center offers diet and lifestyle counseling, thermography, the area’s most unique infrared detox sauna (The POD), Reiki, a smoking cessation program, physician standard supplements and ongoing wellness classes. See ad, page 9.

MASSAGE THERAPY VICTORIOUS SOUL HEALING

Kerrie Sullivan, LMT, CRM 856-357-6596 VictoriousSoul@yahoo.com Facebook: Victorious Soul Healing Victorious Soul Healing believes that when you heal the soul first, the mind and body will follow. Kerrie Sullivan operates this mobile unit and will travel a great distance to offer her services. She is a gifted healer that uses her intuitive abilities to pinpoint the cause of dis-ease in the body. Book your appointment today for massage therapy and bodywork, Reiki, attunements, energy medicine, healing with essential oils, chakra balancing, distance healing, self-exploration, spiritual growth, and crystal and intuitive healing.

METAPHYSICAL SERVICES GENESIS SPIRITUAL HEALING

Faye Weber, Reiki Master, Psychic Medium Angel Therapy Practitioner® 609-456-3888 1632 Rte 38, Lumberton, NJ 08048 GenesisSpiritualHealing.com Faye’s transformational approach will help you to become self-empowered, in touch with your higher self, and learn to live from the soul. Reiki, Angel Healing Therapy, Sound Healing, Intuitive/Psychic Guidance, Mediumship, Reiki certification, other metaphysical classes and workshops.

J o i n t h e r e g i o n ’s l e a d i n g numerologist as you discover your life’s purpose. Encoded in your name and birth date are your lessons, talents and desires. Traci will help you realize your full potential.

NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING DONNA WOOD

Certified Nutritionist Health Haven, 1381 New Jersey Rte. 38 Hainesport, NJ 08036 609-346-7696 HealthHavenInc.com Donna Wood, a certified nutritionist, focuses on nutritional counseling and dietary guidance. Disease does not occur without a cause or imbalance.

Discover the “root” of your imbalance.

Learn to make better food and lifestyle choices. Gain self-awareness through our services. Call for an appointment. See ad, page 23.

PSYCHOENERGETIC COUNSELING HEALERS UNIVERSE

Andrea Regal, Subtle Energy Therapist 856-904-5566 Andrea@HealersUniverse.com HealersUniverse.com Sessions facilitate personal transformation, spiritual expansion, revelation of soul purpose and one’s unique role in the evolution of the planet. Individually tailored to organically reintegrate dissociated pieces of one’s Essence experiencing definitive and permanent change of both inner and outer conditions in a relatively short period of time.

30+ years experience in counseling and teaching the energetics of mind, body and soul connection.

WELLNESS CENTER THE CENTER…LIFE IN BALANCE 609-975-8379 TheCenterLifeInBalance@gmail.com TheCenterLifeInBalance.com

Awareness Coaching, with Maryann Miller, Life in Balance and Intuitive Guidance, with Susan Drummond, are offered at The Center and as private sessions in your home or over the phone. If you are feeling out-of-sorts, have a free consultation to determine the unique approach for your unique journey. See ad, page 10.

THE CENTER

YOGA FOR LIVING

1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill 856-404-7287 YogaForLiving.net South Jersey’s leading h o l i st i c y o g a c e n te r offering yoga, meditation, Ayurveda, lifestyle and stress relief counseling, tween and teen empowerment programs and a variety of workshops designed to support a more balanced lifestyle. See ad, page 21.

ZEN LIFE COACHING SEIJAKU ROSHI

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Because JOY matters!

*Yoga for everyone *Ayurveda *Reiki *Thai Bodywork *Yoga wear, gifts & more

118 W. Merchant St, Audubon, NJ 08106

856.546.1006 liveinJOYYOga.cOm

natural awakenings

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Passionate about Your Total Wellness

P Steven Horvitz, D.O. Board Certified Family Practice

revention is the hallmark of good healthcare. As your proactive partner in health, I am devoted to helping you and your family stay healthy. At The Institute for Medical Wellness, we integrate traditional family care with holistic and complementary medicine to treat the whole person for a healthy heart, mind and body. Our balanced, caring approach empowers you to tap into your body’s natural ability to heal by addressing the root cause of illness – not just medicating symptoms.

We offer: • Convenient, Same and Next day appointments • Compassionate, supportive, non-rushed Office Visits • Nutrition and Supplement Counseling • Paleo Diet and Lifestyle Counseling • Massage Therapy • Network of private medical and holistic health professionals

Services and Testing:

• Food Sensitivity Testing • Specialized Vascular Preventative Testing – VAP, Heart Scan • Micronutrient Testing • Alpha-stim for anxiety, depression and insomnia • Telomere Testing • Omega-3 Testing • Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) for autoimmune disease and the prevention of recurring cancers

Special interests in the Treatment of Inflammatory and Autoimmune diseases such as MS, Crohns, Ulcerative Colitis, Thyroid Disease and more.

Affordable, Annual Wellness Plan Options for every budget.

856-231-0590 • drhorvitz.com

Moorestown Office Center, 110 Marter Avenue, Suite 408, Moorestown, NJ 08057