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

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How Telling Our Truths 20 community Can Set Us Free

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am sure we have all learned in school the lesson of communicating. The teacher would whisper in the ear of the first in line and each student would in turn pass the message on. After making its way through the long restless line the last student had the job of verbalizing the message. Everyone would giggle, except for the last few in line, and then the teacher would explain how words become mis-heard, mis-said, or mis-interpreted. The lesson was a good one; communicating is a very dynamic event, requiring full attention and clarity from the giver and the taker.

I am amazed how the ancient civilizations communicated, before any written words. The time spent telling stories around the fire was their revered way of passing along historical information to family and friends. The art of listening and in turn being the storyteller must have had great importance in their society and culture. Native Americans still practice this but not as many are listening unfortunately. Every culture has become victim to lost words and stories which would give everyone a better understanding of who they are and where they came from.

In our 21st century communicating has now taken a quantum leap. The internet and cell phones have brought about a new way to communicate.

Emails, texts, tweets, blogs and messages have become part of our quick talking world, not without problems. How often have you texted, or been texted, a mis-spelled ‘spell check’ message? I have received a few that made me stop and wonder what was really being said. I reacted to one recently with concern and strong dissatisfaction! After a return text the truth was uncovered and I realized the error. To err is human, to forgive divine...

As I type this letter, I am very aware of the way it will be interpreted or read. Yet everyone will read it differently, taking away that which resonates within them. I write about what I believe is true, but others may have a different opinion.

I am not a wordsmith so I have the utmost respect for writers and editors who have made the written word their life and livelihood. Now, more then ever, words are changing our lives and planet. But how much is true?

In the ’60s we learned how deception was part of the plan to control and manipulate resources and events. The walls came tumbling down when Nixon was caught with his hand in the cookie jar but how can we be sure today is any different?

Read the importance of speaking the truth in our feature The Healing Power of Story on page 16. Speaking the truth has powerful healing benefits, not just for ourselves but for all those who hear it. I know it is not easy to “come clean’ sometimes but the stress we create by not being truthful with ourselves and others can become the hidden catalyst for unwanted suffering.

Practice being truthful and the more you do it, the better you will feel.

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newsbriefs Food & Water Watch Hosts Screening of Blue Gold: World Water Wars

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he Cooper River Group of Food & Water Watch is hosting a free film screening of Blue Gold: World Water Wars at 7 p.m., June 3, at the Markeim Arts Center.

The screening will be followed by a discussion about protecting the fresh water in Haddonfield.

The documentary explores the worldwide use of water for economic and political gain. Not only is this the case for developing nations but it is happening in local towns including Haddonfield, where commissioners will consider bids from private companies to buy their water system.

The film puts forth the message that commercialization of water is a crime because people should not have to pay increasingly more for something that is essential to life. In a campaign called Haddonfield’s Own Water (HOW), Watch organizers hope to educate local residents about what the proposed privatization could mean for Haddonfield residents and businesses. Based on privatization experiences around the world, concerns include losing local control of the water system, a decline in service and ultimately a higher price for water.

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newsbriefs Yoga Space for Women and Children Opens in Haddonfield

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ivine Play Space, in Haddonfield, a new boutique yoga space designed for women and children, will host its grand opening in June. The facility will offer the same quality of instruction as does its sister studio, Devotion Yoga, which has been Hoboken’s premier yoga center for the past 10 years.

Classes and workshops for women and children ages five weeks old to teens include vinyasa and kripalu-style yoga classes with prenatal and postnatal options; Itsy Bitsy Yoga for mom and baby; kid and teen specialty classes. Unique birthday party packages and a specialty boutique are also available.

Divine Play Space promises a safe comfortable haven for women to relax and connect and for children to grow individually and collectively. Liza Bertini, founder of Devotion Yoga, remarks, “I recently moved to Haddonfield with my 2 year-old twins. I am thrilled that Divine Play Space will provide a community for children, women and moms to bond, move, play, breathe, relax and learn.”

Location: 31 Kings Hwy. E., Haddonfield. For more information, call 856-888-2497 or visit DivinePlaySpace.com.

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Yoga and Hiking Along Eagle Walk Trail

Learn and Celebrate Plant-Based Eating at Philly Vegfest

onnie Hart and Jessica Van Liere will lead a leisure walk along a tributary of the Rancocas Creek, from 9:30 to 11 a.m., June 14. The picturesque Eagle Walk Trail, built by Boy Scouts earning their Eagle Scout merit badges, winds through Camp Woods, a historic natural setting that abounds with wildlife, stately trees and an overlook to the stream winding through the forest below.

“The trail commemorates Joseph Griner, South Jersey’s long-time advocate for the preservation of open space,” says Hart. “Joe loved these woods and always dreamed of building a trail here. He passed away before his vision was realized, however, the Boy Scouts of America made sure his dream came true.”

Hart and Van Liere will teach participants about Native American practices for experiencing nature more fully such as EarthGym’s heart-sensing technique. Participants will be encouraged to deepen their own personal dialogue with nature as they walk. They will also be guided through standing yoga postures as a grounding experience that evaporates tension and instills peace. Van Liere comments, “I can’t wait to do yoga at Eagle Walk. Walking there, you can feel the heart and soul of nature. Doing yoga there will connect us more fully to our own hearts and soul too.”

he inaugural Philly Vegfest takes place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., June 14, at The Historic Headhouse Square Shambles, an open-air space located in the Headhouse District, one of the most historic sections of Philadelphia. Celebrating the benefits of a plant-based diet and the companies that support the lifestyle, this free event will feature vegetarian food, vegan cooking demonstrations and information from health and nutrition experts.

Speakers include Chef Christina Pirello, a whole foods chef, author of six cookbooks and the host of the PBS cooking show, Christina Cooks; Chef KESS, a Philadelphia native and lifelong vegan who runs Veggie Chefs, a vegan and vegetarian private chef service; and Chef Rachel Klein, a Bucks County native and South Philly resident who owns Miss Rachel’s Vegan Pantry, a catering company and meal delivery service. Klein will also lead a cooking demonstration.

The featured onsite food vendor will be the husbandand-wife team Rich Landau and Kate Jacoby, who run the award-winning Vedge restaurant and their new venture, V-Street.

Thirteen other companies will also serve food onsite. Exhibitors will offer information, samples and giveaways. Live music will round-out the celebration of food and healthy living.

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Location: S. 2nd St. and Pine St. For more information, call 646-719-0070, email Info@PhillyVegfest.org or visit PhillyVegfest.org.

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Screening of GMO OMG Documentary at Haddon Township Library

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MO Free NJ launches its summer film festival with the compelling food documentary GMO OMG at 6:30 p.m., June 5, at the Haddon Township Branch William G. Rohrer Memorial Public Library. Special guest Ken Roseboro, editor/publisher of the news magazine The Organic & Non-GMO Report and The Non-GMO Sourcebook, who is featured in the film, will be on hand to share his thoughts.

GMO OMG director Jeremy Seifert is a concerned father in search of answers about how GMOs affect our children, the health of our planet and our freedom of choice.

He tests the ultimate question himself: Is it even possible to reject the food system currently in place, or have we lost something we cannot gain back? These and other queries take him on a journey from his family’s table to Haiti, Paris, Norway and the lobby of agribusiness giant Monsanto. The film seeks to provide insights on an issue that is of growing concern to citizens the world over: what is on our plates?

Cost: free; limited seating assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Location: 15 MacArthur Blvd., Westmont. To preregister, email GMOFreeNJ@gmail.com. Learn more at GmoFreeNJ.com.

Four Days of Festivities Mark World Peace and Prayer Day

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he 19th annual World Peace and Prayer Day, also known as Honoring Sacred Sites Day, will be held from June 19 to 22, at Bowdoin Park, in Wappinger Falls, New York. Envisioned and guided by Chief Arvol Looking Horse, recognized spiritual leader of the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota (Sioux) nations and 19th-generation keeper of the sacred white buffalo calf pipe, this gathering is intended to join communities and people worldwide that share a concern for the welfare of the ≈ Honoring Sacred Sites ≈ Earth and humanity, regardless June 19, 20, 21 & 22, 2014 race, age, gender or faith.

In collaboration with indigenous representatives from near and far, invocation, prayer and honoring ceremonies will be practiced and observed. Special guest speakers, wisdom keepers and educators of all denominations will share spiritual insight and discuss important environmental concerns and cures on both local and global levels. painting by Chris Hill

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≈ Sacred Fire Ceremony ≈ Guest Speakers & Performances ≈ Demonstrations & Lectures on Primitive Skills, Wellness ≈ Permaculture & Sustainability ≈ Pezi H’ota Hoksina (Sage Boy) Ride ≈ Free to attend for all, Donations Welcomed ≈ Volunteers - Inquire Online www.worldpeaceandprayerday.com facebook.com/worldpeaceandprayer

≈ Traditional Protocol ≈ Please respect the sacredness of the gathering at all times. This is a ceremonial event. ≈ Men & Women should wear modest and respectful attire. ≈ No bathing suits. Women are invited to follow tradition and wear long skirts or wraps during the ceremony on June 21st. ≈ Please bring a gift or a dish to share, your own plates, cups, bowls, utensils, etc., they will not be provided ≈ No Alcohol, Illegal Drugs or Weapons are allowed on the grounds. ≈ Please check website for more details on protocols for entire event.

At the heart of World Peace and Prayer Day is the sacred fire that will be lit on June 19 and honored over four days, culminating with a central ceremony on the summer solstice, June 21. Festivities include music, dance, storytelling, a shared feast and activities involving Earth awareness, sustainability and animal awareness.

Cost: Free. Location: Bowdoin Park, Wappinger Falls, NY. For more information, visit WorldPeaceAndPrayerDay.com or Facebook.com/worldpeaceandprayer.

NJBalance Wellness Center Celebrates New Name with Open House

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usan Drummond and Maryann Miller, the owners of NJBalance Wellness Center, have changed its name to The Center…Life in Balance. The name change will be celebrated with an open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., June 14.

THE CENTER “From the beginning, our Life in Balance mission has been to offer services and classes focused on balancing mind, body and spirit,” explains Drummond.

“Our new name reflects that.”

The open house promises music, a jewelry-making demonstration and a rebounder for children outside (if weather permits). Attendees can participate in the dedication and blessing of The Center’s newly created Fairy Garden. The event also includes light refreshments and gift bags with goodies and discount coupons for services. Its associates, who lead classes and workshops, and its consignees, who sell their creations in The Shop, will be present to answer questions.

“The open house is a fun celebration of the life that exists within The Center, thanks to our clients, associates, consignees, volunteers and all those that grace our workshops, classes and The Shop,” explains Miller.

Location: 43 S. Main St., Medford. For more information, call 609-975-8379.

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Laughing Buddha Hot Yoga Classes in New West Berlin Studio

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he classes at Laughing Buddha Hot Yoga were incorrectly identified in the May issue. The new West Berlin studio offers hot vinyasa, power yoga, hot yoga (based in the Bikram method), yin yoga, restorative yoga and ashtanga, as well as special classes and workshops.

Locations: 545 Rte. 73, W. Berlin and 943 Kings Hwy., West Deptford.

Virtua Opens Center for Integrative Medicine

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he Virtua Center for Integrative Medicine is a specialized healthcare practice that combines conventional medicine with evidence-based complementary and alternative treatments that are recognized by the National Institutes of Health. Medical Director Polina Karmazin, a physician who is board certified in integrative medicine and acupuncture, earned her medical doctorate in family medicine. She is also certified in advanced biopuncture techniques.

Karmazin, who has practiced medicine in South Jersey for more than 20 years, believes in a balanced approach to health and healing and is especially interested in managing acute and chronic pain without the harmful side effects of traditional pain medications. The center provides a range of holistic treatment options including acupuncture, biopuncture and homeopathy.

Location: inside Virtua’s William G. Rohrer Center for HealthFitness, 2309 Evesham Rd., Ste. 100, Voorhees. For appointments and more information, call 856-325-5390 or visit Virtua.org/IntegrativeMed.

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Yummy Berries Cut Heart Attack Risk by a Third

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ating three or more servings of blueberries and strawberries a week may help women reduce their risk of a heart attack, according to research from the University of East Anglia, in collaboration with the Harvard School of Public Health. The berries contain high levels of powerful flavonoids called anthocyanins, which may help dilate arteries, counter buildup of plaque and provide other cardiovascular benefits.

Published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, the study involved 93,600 women ages 25 to 42 that completed questionnaires about their diet every four years for over 16 years. Those that ate the most berries had a 32 percent reduction in heart attack risk compared with those that ate them once a month or less, even if they ate a diet rich in other fruits and vegetables.

“This is the first study to look at the impact of diet in younger and middle-aged women,” remarks the study’s lead author, Aedín Cassidy, Ph.D., head of the university’s nutrition department. “Even at an early age, eating more of these fruits may reduce risk of a heart attack later in life.”

Saw Palmetto Combos Combat Enlarged Prostate

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hree studies published in 2013 support the effectiveness of saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) extract for the treatment of prostate inflammation and other symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), commonly called enlarged prostate. In addition, both lycopene, a dietary carotenoid with strong antioxidant value, and selenium, an essential trace element that promotes an optimal antioxidant/oxidant balance, have been shown to exert beneficial effects in BPH.

Researchers from Italy’s University of Catania studied 168 patients with prostate enlargement among nine urological medical clinics. Those taking a combination of saw palmetto, selenium and lycopene experienced greater reductions of inflammation markers and reduced risk of prostate cancer after three and six months of treatment.

In an Australian study from the University of Queensland’s School of Medicine of patients with BPH, 32 men took an encapsulated formula containing saw palmetto, lycopene and other plant extracts, while 25 men were given a placebo.

After three months of treatment, men receiving the herbal formulation experienced a 36 percent reduction in related symptoms, while the placebo group showed an 8 percent reduction. The herbal supplement group also showed a 15 percent reduction in daytime urination frequency and an almost 40 percent reduction in nighttime urination frequency.

The long-term effectiveness of saw palmetto supplementation was reinforced in a Russian study of 38 patients with early prostate enlargement. After 10 years of receiving 320 milligrams of saw palmetto extract per day, researchers found no progression of the condition among the patients.

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Tapping Acupressure Points Heals Trauma in Vets

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motional Freedom Techniques (EFT) may be an effective treatment for veterans that have been diagnosed with clinical post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a study published in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. EFT involves tapping on acupressure points while focusing on traumatic memories or painful emotions in order to release them.

As part of the Veterans’ Stress Project, an anonymous clinical study comprising more than 2,000 participants, 59 veterans with PTSD were randomly assigned to either receive strictly standard care or also experience six, hour-long, EFT sessions.

The psychological distress and PTSD symptoms showed significant reductions among veterans receiving the EFT sessions, with 90 percent matriculating out of the criteria for clinical PTSD. At a six-month follow-up, 80 percent of those participants still had symptoms below the clinical level for PTSD.

According to Deb Tribbey, national coordinator for the Veterans’ Stress Project, PTSD symptoms that can be resolved with the combined therapy include insomnia, anger, grief, hyper-vigilance and pain.

For more information, visit StressProject.org or EFTForVets.com.

Mindfulness Meditation Reduces the Urge to Light Up

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indfulness meditation training may help people overcome addiction by activating the brain centers involved in self-control and addictive tendencies, suggests research from the psychology departments of Texas Tech University and the University of Oregon.

Scientists led by Yi-Yuan Tang, Ph.D., studied 61 volunteers, including 27 smokers, randomly divided into groups that either received mindfulness meditation training or relaxation training. Two weeks later, after five hours of training, smoking among those in the meditative group decreased by 60 percent, while no significant reduction occurred in the relaxation group.

Brain imaging scans determined that the mindfulness meditation training produced increased activity in the anterior cingulate and the prefrontal cortex; regions associated with self-control. Past research led by Tang showed that smokers and those with other addictions exhibited less activity in these areas than those free of addictions. The current study previously determined that myelin and brain cell matter in these two brain regions increases through mindfulness meditation.

Beets Beat Down Blood Pressure

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wo small studies have linked beets with lower blood pressure. A study from the University of Reading, in England, served beet-fortified bread or bread without beets to 23 healthy men. Those that ate the fortified bread experienced reduced diastolic blood pressure and less artery stiffness during the six hours afterwards.

Australia’s Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute studied 15 women and 15 men, divided randomly into groups that consumed either 500 grams of a placebo juice or beets with apple juice. During the 24 hours after consumption, the researchers noted a statistically significant reduction in systolic blood pressure of four to five points among the men drinking the beet juice.

A Good Midlife Diet Prolongs Health in Later Years

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Harvard Medical School study found that how well women age in their 70s is linked to the way they ate earlier in life. Researchers started with 10,670 healthy women in their late 50s and followed them for 15 years. Published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the results saw fewer chronic diseases among women that followed diets heavy in plant-based foods during midlife; these women were also 34 percent more likely to live past 70. Those that ate most similarly to the Mediterranean diet had even better outcomes—a 46 percent greater likelihood of living past 70 without chronic diseases.

Eleven percent of the subjects qualified as healthy agers, which researchers defined as having no major chronic diseases, physical impairments, mental health problems or trouble with thinking and memory. According to lead author Cecilia Samieri, Ph.D., midlife exposures are thought to be a particularly relevant period because most health conditions develop slowly over many years.

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Unconditional Love Hastens Healing

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esearchers from the University of Miami found that compassionate love and faith in a compassionate Higher Power increases healing and reduces disease progression among HIV patients.

They studied 177 HIV patients over a 10-year period, tracking biological measures and health behaviors and collecting in-depth data interviews. The scientists coded five criteria of compassionate love derived from the Working Model of Compassionate Love, developed by Lynn Underwood, Ph.D.

The progression of HIV disease was reduced among patients that gave and received the most compassionate love. These patients exhibited both a greater level of the immune-boosting white blood cells known as CD4+ T helper cells and a reduced HIV viral load, the measure of HIV in the blood.

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It’s well known that involving fathers from the start in children’s lives has a significant positive impact on their development, including the greater economic security of having more than one parent. Yet, there’s more to the “father effect”.

Numerous studies have found that children growing up in a household with a father present show superior outcomes in intelligence tests, particularly in nonverbal, or spatial, reasoning that’s integral in mathematics, science and engineering. The IQ advantage is attributed to the way that fathers interact with their children, with an emphasis on the manipulation of objects like blocks, roughhousing and outdoor activities, rather than language-based activities. A study of Chinese parents found that it was a father’s warmth toward his child that was the ultimate factor in predicting the child’s future academic success.

A recent Canadian study from Concordia University provides new insights into a father’s impact on a daughter’s emotional development, as well. Lead researcher Erin Peugnot concluded, “Girls whose fathers lived with them when they were in middle childhood (ages 6 to 10) demonstrated less sadness, worry and shyness as preteens (ages 9 to 13) compared with girls whose fathers did not live with them,” he says.

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Love Matters

Connectedness Ranks Above Power and Fame It seems that fame and fortune are less important to us than our connections with fellow human beings, after all. A study conducted by Queendom.com and PsychTests.com in 2012 and 2013 applying their proprietary Values Profile Test with 2,163 people showed they only moderately valued money and power, at best, which took a backseat to social values on a personal level.

This revelation comes on the heels of another study on career motivation that similarly showed a drop in participants’ consuming desire for money and power in the workplace.

The researchers at Queendom.com assessed 34 separate facets within six categories of values—social, aesthetic, theoretical, traditional, realistic and political. The five top-scoring facets were empathy, family and friends, appreciation of beauty, hard work/diligence, altruism and the importance of helping others. Financial security came in 24th place and power was near last at 29th in importance. Ethics/morals placed 10th.

For more information, visit Queendom.com.

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Grass Releases Surprising Amounts of CO2

In July We Celebrate

Which emits more of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide: a cornfield or a residential lawn? According to researchers at Elizabethtown College, in Pennsylvania, it’s the grass. David Bowne, an assistant professor of biology, published the study results in the Soil Science Society of America Journal.

After measuring carbon dioxide released from each setting, the scientists found that urban areas deemed heat islands may have a smaller overall impact than previously thought, compared with suburban developments.

Previously, the heat island effect has been perceived as a phenomenon that occurs only in cities, where the mass of paved roads, dark roofs and buildings absorb and concentrate heat, making cities much warmer during hot days than other areas.

Both carbon dioxide releases and soil temperature were measurably higher in residential lawns than in croplands and higher temperatures are directly associated with carbon dioxide efflux. Bowne says, “As you increase temperature, you increase biological activity—be it microbial, plant, fungal or animal.” Increased activity leads to more respiration and increased carbon dioxide emissions.

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Imperiled Parks

Laws Permit Oil and Gas Drilling in Iconic Public Lands News that the U.S. Department of the Interior will allow drilling for oil and gas in a proposed wilderness area in southern Utah’s Desolation Canyon puts a spotlight on the practice.

A report by the Center for American Progress reveals that 42 national parks are at risk, including 12 where oil and gas drilling is currently underway and 30 where it could be in the near future.

Among the threatened wild places are iconic American national parklands, including Grand Teton, in Wyoming, Mesa Verde, Great Sand Dunes and Dinosaur National Monument, in Colorado, Santa Monica Mountains, in California, Glen Canyon, in Arizona, Carlsbad Caverns and Chaco Canyon, in New Mexico, Everglades and Gulf Islands, in Florida, Arches and Canyonlands, in Utah, and Glacier, in Montana.

The reality is that all public lands, including national parks and wildlife refuges, are potentially open to oil and gas leasing unless they are designated as “wilderness”, the highest form of land protection designated by the government.

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Colony collapse disorder, the mysterious mass die-off of honeybees that pollinate $30 billion worth of crops in the U.S., has been well documented, with toxic insecticides identified as the primary culprits. Now, scientists at the University of Maryland and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have expanded the identification of components of the toxic brew of pesticides and fungicides contaminating pollen and decimating the bee colonies that collect it to feed their hives.

A study of eight agricultural chemicals associated with increased risk of infection by parasites found that bees that ate pollen contaminated with fungicides were three times as likely to be infected. Widely used fungicides had previously been accepted as harmless for bees because they are designed to kill fungus, not insects.

Dennis vanEngelsdorp, the study’s lead author, states, “There’s growing evidence that fungicides may be affecting the bees on their own, highlighting a need to reassess how we label these agricultural chemicals.” Labels on pesticides warn farmers not to spray when pollinating bees are in the vicinity, but such precautions have not applied to fungicides.

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Tips to Clean Air Inside a Vehicle We look out for the quality of the air we breathe indoors and out and we aim to drive in the most fuel-conscious manner to keep emissions down. What about the air quality inside our vehicles during necessary hours on the road?

The Ecology Center, an Ann Arbor, Michigan, nonprofit, attests that extreme air temperatures inside cars on especially hot days can potentially increase the concentration of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and release chemicals and other ingredients from new-car dashboards, steering wheel columns and seats into the interior air. Some manufacturers are responding by greening their interiors: Toyota is using sugarcane to replace plastic; Ford has turned to soy foam instead of polyurethane foam; and Land Rover is tanning its leather with vegetables, not chromium sulfate.

Carbon monoxide seeping in from engine combustion can cause headaches, dizziness, nausea and fatigue and even trigger asthma. The potential exists “if there’s a leak in the system between the engine and the rear of the vehicle and there’s even a small hole in the body structure,” advises Tony Molla, a vice president with the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence. “Have the exhaust system inspected by a certified technician to make sure everything is secure and not rusted or leaking.”

Also have the cabin air filter checked. Part of the ventilation system, it helps trap pollen, bacteria, dust and exhaust gases in air conditioning, heating and ventilation systems and prevents leaves, bugs and other debris from entering the interior, according to the Car Care Council. Most vehicle manufacturers recommend changing it every 12,000 to 15,000 miles. (Find a range of educational information at CarCare.org.)

It’s always beneficial to have fresh air entering the vehicle when driving.

Open a window slightly or blow the air conditioning on low in the vent position when not in heavy traffic. “Don’t run it on the recycle or max A/C mode for long periods to make sure you’re getting fresh outside air in and flushing out any contaminants in the cabin air,” adds Molla.

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THE HEALING POWER OF STORY

How Telling Our Truths Can Set Us Free

by Judith Fertig

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fter his deployment in Iraq, U.S. Marine Captain Tyler Boudreau returned home in 2004 with post-traumatic stress syndrome and an emotional war wound that experts now call a “moral injury”. He could only sleep for an hour or two at night. He refused to take showers or leave the house for long periods of time. He and his wife divorced. “My body was home, but my head was still there [in Iraq],” he recounts.

At first, Boudreau tried to make sense of his conflicted feelings by writing fiction. Then he wrote a detailed, nonfiction analysis of his deployment, but that didn’t help, either. In 2009 he wrote a memoir, Packing Inferno: The Unmaking of a Marine, that came closer to conveying his personal truth.

“I needed to get back into the story,” he says, so he could pull his life back together in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Like Boudreau, we all have stories—ongoing and ever-changing—that we tell ourselves to make sense of our lives. They can help us heal and powerfully guide us through life, or just as powerfully, hold us back.

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In 1949, Sarah Lawrence College Professor Joseph Campbell published The Hero with a Thousand Faces, in which he outlined a master monomyth.

It involves leaving everyday life and answering a call to adventure, getting help from others along the way, facing adversity and returning with a gift, or boon, for ourselves and others. It’s a basic pattern of human existence, with endless variations.

Power to Heal the Body

How does telling our truth help heal our body? Professor James Pennebaker, Ph.D., chair of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, is a pioneer in the mindbody benefits of story, which he explores in Opening Up: The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions. In the late 1980s, while consulting for the Texas prison system, Pennebaker discovered that when suspects lied while taking polygraph tests, their heart rate rose, but when they confessed the truth, they relaxed.

“Our cells know the truth,” writes microbiologist Sondra Barrett, Ph.D., who also blogs at SondraBarrett.com, in Secrets of Your Cells, “Our physiol-

ogy responds to what we’re thinking, including what we don’t want people to know.” When we are afraid to tell a story and keep it in, “Our cells broadcast a signal of danger,” she explains.

“Molecules of adrenalin, along with stress hormones, connect with receptors on heart, muscle and lung cells— and in the case of long-term sustained stress, immune cells.”

We experience increased heart rate, tense muscles, shortness of breath and lower immunity when we’re stressed. She notes, “When we release the stories and feelings that torment us, our cells respond with great relief and once again become havens of safety.”

We need to tell our stories even in facing life-threatening illness, and maybe because of it. Dr. Shayna Watson, an oncologist at the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario, in Canada, encourages physicians to listen to patients. “In the name of efficiency,” she reports in an article in Canadian Family Physician, “it’s easy to block out patients’ stories and deal only with the ‘facts’, to see the chat, the time and the stories as luxuries for when there is a cancellation. The study of narrative tells us, however, that in these easily neglected moments we might find more than we expect; there can be understanding, relationship building and healing—the elements of our common humanity.”

A current problem is but a dot on the entire timeline of a person’s existence. By keeping their larger story in mind, patients can find a wider perspective, with the strength and resolve to heal, while the physician can see the patient as a person, rather than a diagnosis.

Power to Heal Emotions

“Telling your story may be the most powerful medicine on Earth,” says Dr. Lissa Rankin, the author of Mind Over Medicine, who practices integrative medicine in Mill Valley, California. She’s tested the concept firsthand. “So many of us are tormented by the insane idea that we’re separate, disconnected beings, suffering all by our little lonesome selves,” she observes. “That’s exactly how I felt when I started blogging, as if I was the only one in the whole wide

world who had lost her mojo and longed to get it back. Then I started telling my story—and voilà! Millions of people responded to tell me how they had once lost theirs and since gotten it back.”

They did it by telling their stories, witnessed with loving attention by others that care. “Each of us is a constantly unfolding narrative, a hero in a novel no one else can write. Yet, so many of us leave our stories untold, our songs unsung,” remarks Rankin. “When this happens, we wind up feeling lonely, listless and out of touch with our life purpose. We are plagued with a chronic sense that something is out of alignment.

We may even wind up feeling unworthy, unloved or sick,” says Rankin, who blogs on related topics at LissaRankin.com.

Power to Heal a Family

Sometimes, writing a new story can help keep families connected. Kansas City, Missouri, author and columnist Deborah Shouse took an unplanned and unwanted, yet ultimately rewarding journey with her mother through Alzheimer’s disease. Shouse discovered that as her mother was losing her memory and identity through dementia, crafting a new narrative helped her family hold it together, a process she details in Love in the Land of Dementia.

“You have to celebrate the person who is still with you,” Shouse says, noting we may discover a different, but still interesting, person that communicates in ways other than talking. She recommends employing a technique she calls The Hero Project, which she developed with her partner, Ron Zoglin. It uses words, photos and craft supplies in what Shouse terms “word-scrapping” to generate

“By sharing our stories together and finding common ground, we lay the groundwork for world peace and much more.”

of suffering is the thought that we’re believing it,” she says. By questioning our stories, turning them around and crafting new and more truthful ones, we can change our lives.

Power to Heal the Community

~Rev. Patrick McCollum and tell a new story that helps keep the personal connection we have with our loved one and make visits more positive.

She shares more supportive insights at DeborahShouseWrites.wordpress.com.

Sharing an old story may also provide a rare link to the past for a person with dementia. “Savor and write down the stories you’re told, even if you hear certain ones many times,” Shouse counsels. “By writing down the most often-repeated stories, you create a legacy to share with family, friends and other caregivers.”

Power of the Wrong Story

Our thoughts are a shorthand version of a longer life story, says author Byron Katie, a self-help specialist from Ojai, California, who addresses reader stories via blog posts at ByronKatie.com. Sometimes we tell ourselves the wrong story, one that keeps us from realizing our full potential, while making us miserable at the same time. Examples might include “I will always be overweight,” “My partner doesn’t love me” or “I’m stuck here.”

Katie’s book, Who Would You Be Without Your Story? explores how we often take what happens in our lives, create a story with negative overtones, believe that version of the story and make ourselves unhappy. “The cause

Humorist, speaker, and professional storyteller Kim Weitkamp, of Christiansburg, Virginia, knows that the power of story creates wider ripples. She sees it happen every time she performs at festivals and events around the country.

“It is naturally in our DNA to communicate in story form,” she advises. “The power of story causes great revelation and change in those that listen.”

She cites supporting studies conducted by psychologists Marshall Duke, Ph.D., and Robyn Fivush, Ph.D., at the Emory Center for Myth and Ritual in American Life, in Atlanta, Georgia. “They found that children—at ages 4, 14, 44 or 104, because we’re all children at heart—are more resilient and happy and rebound faster from stress when they know their family stories. They know they’re part of something that’s bigger than themselves that people in their family have kept going,” says Weitkamp.

“When people leave a storytelling event, they leave telling stories,” she says with a smile, “and that results in happier and healthier families and communities.”

Judith Fertig tells stories about food at AlfrescoFoodAndLifestyle.blogspot.com from Overland Park, KS.

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Volleying Life Gabrielle Reece on Her Balancing Act

by Christine MacDonald

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abrielle Reece has been called one of the world’s most influential women in sports and one of its most beautiful athletes. In her 20s, she built a career as both a fiercely competitive pro volleyball player and a fashion model. Since then, she’s written books and become an expert on women’s peak fitness and overall well-being, all while raising three daughters with her husband, Hawaiian surfer Laird Hamilton. Plus, she volunteers for environmental organizations such as the National Resources Defense Council and RainCatcher, a nonprofit bringing safe drinking water to people in need.

How do you find time for and balance all the roles you play in life—athlete, spouse, parent, businesswoman and volunteer?

Juggling life is hard for everyone. Living day-to-day, taking care of kids and paying bills is a challenge. There are ways to make it all more manageable, but for me, there is a level of discomfort, challenge and difficulty, as well as moments of joy. I think women are sometimes thrown off-balance by some difficulty, instead of saying, “OK, how am I going to strategize and make it all work for me and my family?”

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With your busy schedule, how do you find time to work out and stay in shape?

I think it’s been about momentum. I had the good fortune of training and eating well since I went off to play volleyball in college. That sort of steam made it easier as I added work, a partner and children.

I think it’s more difficult for women that don’t have that experience. When they enter “the real world” and add a big career or long hours, a partner or family, it becomes difficult to establish that grounding in healthy practices.

You have to create the environment in which you are going to succeed. That takes years. At some point, you have to be honest with yourself. For me, I know I won’t get exercise or anything else done if I stay home. There are some things I can go to a gym to do that I can also do at home but know I won’t, so it’s about creating an environment that activates good intentions.

How do you choose to expend your volunteer efforts?

that is an underutilized tool. I always encourage women to approach life with a strategy and use each other to help navigate it, because that makes it a little easier.

Which role is most important to you and where does selfcare fit in?

At this time in my life, being a mother is the most important. When my girls are older and more independent, then their demands on my time will lessen.

But I don’t think I’d ever blindly put one role over the other, because they are all connected. I just approach them with different parts of my personality. My work is intellectual, while being a mom is instinctual. Being in a relationship is a whole other ball of wax that I approach with the same diligence. Taking care of myself is at the center because I wouldn’t be able to do anything successfully if I am not well myself.

Laird and I are usually quick to be on board with anything that involves the environment and people. These causes are near and dear to everybody, but make special sense for us, given the amount of time we have lived and worked outside.

As a mother, do you feel a special concern for being a good environmental steward?

I felt this way even before I had children because I had the luxury of playing beach volleyball. I grew up in the Caribbean and have always tried to be a benefactor of the beautiful outdoors.

It adds another layer of motivation when you start thinking about your kids and the opportunities they will or will not have in their future.

In Hawaii, the Polynesians traditionally didn’t believe in ownership, but in being stewards of an area. That’s how I feel about the place where we live now. The ultimate for me would be to leave it better than I found it.

Christine MacDonald is a freelance journalist in Washington, D.C., whose specialties include health and science.

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Truth of Suffering

by Seijaku Roshi

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go is constantly attempting to acquire or apply spirituality for its own benefit… we can deceive ourselves into thinking we are developing spiritually when instead we are strengthening our egocentricity through spiritual techniques.”~ Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche Many believe that much of what is accepted as “spiritual” these days has very little to do with “spirituality”, and if living spiritually is going to impact real change in the world other than the acquisition of a new automobile or more personal wealth and security, there needs to be a more serious inquiry about the nature of the “spiritual but not religious culture” of modern-day life.

Zen-like “spirituality” pertains to a specific way of life with clear markings which identify it as spiritual, not having to do with a philosophy or dogma but rather a response to what is needed in the world for what Buddhists refer to as the “cessation of suffering”. Zen spirituality is by nature relational. It does not exist apart from others or the truth about suffering.

The Buddhist reference to suffering is this insatiable internal dissatisfaction which requires an endless pursuit of gratification in its myriad forms, whether through the acquisition of material wealth and security, or yoga or meditation.

For Moses, Jesus or the Buddha, spirituality had to do with the “matter of suffering”. Buddhist spirituality has to do with three primary questions: “What is the nature of suffer-

ing?” “What is causing the suffering?”

“Is there a solution, or cessation, from the suffering?” These questions as well as the answers are imperative when addressing both personal suffering and global suffering, and are markings for any “authentic spiritual practice”. In order to answer them, real work is involved and a relationship is required.

Relationship involves a deep awareness of the truth of suffering (dissatisfaction) and its cause, suffering in the world. Then the real work of ending suffering and the causes of suffering, both personal and globally, are possible. Students of Zen are often reminded that, “The validity of our spiritual practice comes after we leave the cushion.” If spirituality is not relational, and does not contribute to the cessation of suffering and its causes, then it’s what Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche called “spiritual materialism”.

Same stuff, just different packaging.

The global condition grows increasingly uncertain. The future is literally shaped in the present.

There is no time to waste or squander precious moments now in life. Each individual is the missing link! Wake up! If not now, when? I saw a sign on the road the other day which read, “Drive as if your children live here.”

Here’s another one, “Live as if your children’s future depends entirely on what you do now.”

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. ~Aristotle

Seijaku Roshi is the founder and spiritual director of the Zen Society. 863 McKendimen Rd., Shamong NJ 08088 609.268.9151. TheZenSociety.org natural awakenings

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communityspotlight

Alaine Portner is Making the Old New Once Again

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laine Portner, owner of the Yoga Center of Medford, was already practicing several of the disciplines associated with yoga by the time she Alaine became a student more than 20 years ago. A fitness teacher, who was interested in spirituality and philosophy, Portner fell in love with yoga when she discovered that she could teach philosophy and exercise at the same time. Within three years of her first yoga class, Portner opened her own studio and began touching the lives of thousands of individuals.

Portner’s love of yoga philosophy and her natural talent for teaching helped her become a pioneer, who helped to facilitate the evolution of the 5,000-year-old practice of yoga from a niche activity of New Age followers to part of the cultural mainstream. “I knew yoga had broken through any

remaining barriers when Wal-Mart began selling yoga pants and people were comfortable wearing them to work,” she quips.

A smile lifts PortPortner ner’s lips at the corners while she muses at how yoga has grown into a $27 billion industry with 20 million practitioners—some of them her former or present students and some of them yoga teachers that she has certified through the School of Yoga. Content and unattached to her trail of accomplishments, Portner has turned her focus to pioneering yet another age-old New Age concept— acting as a Medium in order to channel messages to individuals from their deceased family members and friends.

“I was already interested in the universal telepathic component of the human emotional bandwidth before I started practicing yoga. Implementing Patan-

jali’s Eight Limbs of Yoga into my life simply brought more clarity and helped me refine the gift of spiritual communication,” advises Portner.

In her recent book, Medium Memoirs: Messages of Love, Hope, and Reunion, Portner explains that the first hint about putting her gift to use for others came during an informal morning meditation at the Center. “A distinctive spirit appeared behind a participant in a powder-blue leisure suit waving a white handherchief.

When I approached the student to ask her who this man could be, she completely broke down and explained that this was her father, whose blue leisure suit was his trademark and the last thing she put in his coffin was a white handkerchief. There was a beautiful calm after the message of his guidance was delivered to her. The student felt ‘recognized’ by her father. This was an energy she could feel but not ‘see’ and fortunately, her teacher validated for her.” The overwhelming response from the meditation group witnessing this reunion inspired continuous Mediumship and Satsanga (group) discussions at the Center.

Philosophically, Portner instructs lessons on universal intelligence, love and continuous mindful living in the everyday. She suggests that there is a universe speaking to us through nature and symbols all of the time. “At one point I asked Spirit how I could use my practices to serve my community and new visitor’s to the Center as well as those who had departed this early life.

That’s when my gift of psychic Mediumship fully revealed itself. By tapping into the vast reservoir of energy that

is Spirit, I could reunite people with loved ones who have crossed over to the other side, and act as a messenger for those who no longer have earthly voices,” clarifies Portner.

Since 2010, Portner has kept track of her 5,000 readings. “I love communicating with the spiritual dimension and I want to tell everyone I meet that if they only knew what is in the energetic world that surrounds them, who is watching them from the other side, and what messages they are trying to communicate about how to live and love, they would worry less. Stress reduction is a common reason why many people begin a yoga or meditation practice. These pursuits give permission to participants to relax and let go of the everyday dramas that play heavy on our minds.” Over time, prac-

titioners begin to worry less and enjoy life more fully. Portner, along with her talented staff are always excited about the potential of teaching students alternative techniques for mind, body and spiritual fulfillment. The blend of the physical experience of breathing, meditating, practicing yoga and now Mediumship inspires and invites a cross-section of body types. The Center’s teaching staff continually searches for ways to invite each and everyone’s journey to be uniquely supported.

“I believe that we are a more conscious society today than we were 20 years ago when I took my first yoga class. I also believe that it won’t take another 20 years for individuals to grasp the Science of Oneness that enables me to be a Medium. I feel that more of us are open to the fact that we are all just as capable of feeling and hearing Spirit speak to us as we are capable of recognizing when a deceased loved one is trying to get our attention.

“Many of us know that we can use meditation to quiet the mind and increase our internal peace for moments at a time. This means that we’re not all that far away from owning the fact that the ancient energy and state of elevated consciousness already exists within ourselves. More people are seeking self-realization today than any other time on Earth. As a result, more of us know our purpose and are living our life in service to others from that perspective,” explains Portner, who has been approached by a production company and an entrepreneur to film a documentary entitled, Modern Mediums. A crowd-funding opportunity on Kickstarter gives the general public a popular and effective way to support the project of spiritual education and bring it to life.

Portner reminds us that, “Yoga and Mediumship opportunities are natural awakenings for those seeking a greater connection to a historical evolution of mindfulness that promises greater peace and happiness in our modern world.”

For more information contact, Yoga Center of Medford 417 Stokes Rd., Medford, NJ. AlainePortner.com, mediummovie.com/Kickstarter or call 609-654-9400. natural awakenings

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Your Environment Influences You The foundation for a healthy, happy and successful life.

by Karin Hirsch

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ife offers us endless possibilities every day and allows us to make choices. Utilizing free will, we decide if we go up- or downward on the path of healthy manifestation. We are the creators of our own reality.

If we take a step back and look at the connectivity of all things in existence, it will help us understand how our environment influences us and determines what we think, feel and do and what decisions we make.

“As within so without,” the ancient hermetic teachings by Hermes Trismegistus, describes the relationship between man and the world, recommending using the world as a mirror. The emotions we carry inside are reflected by the world we create around us, and the world around us tells a story about what is going on in our heart and soul.

Just remember the last time you entered a space and you immediately felt uncomfortable. This is considered your energy field reacting to the energies around you. There is a science behind this feeling, the law of resonance, that states if one vibrating object comes into contact with another one, the stronger vibration will adjust the weaker one.

Everything around us contains subtle energies, vibrating at certain frequencies. If one is often surrounded by negative people or spends time in unhealthy spaces, it will eventually affect us.

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but imprints in a space or person.

Ancient arts like Feng Shui allow us to analyze the energy in a space. feng shui corrects misalignments in space and time, elevates the vibrational levels and restores the balance in our surroundings to improve feelings and moods. If we observe the visible and invisible world around us and implement changes to enhance the positive elements and correct the negative ones, the vibrational level will be elevated and the invisible life force energy, called Ch’i, balanced.

One of most important aspects of feng shui is Clutter Clearing which allows s energy to flow more freely. Clutter prevents energy flow and emanates low vibrations that affect us daily in negative ways; makes us tired, unhealthy, procrastinate, depressed, lonely and confused, preventing us from moving on and opening up to new life experiences; and is detrimental to the living area where it is located in the home.

By overlaying the feng shui Bagua or “Energy map” over the home, aligned with the proper compass directions, the eight life areas of Career, Wisdom, Health & Family, Wealth, Reputation, Relationships, Children and Helpful People are revealed. Clutter in a specific area will lead to problems in this field. According to Karen Kingston, author of Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui, “The higher purpose of clearing clutter is to clear the debris that

prevents us from connecting with our Higher Self.” In order to start a transformative journey we have to put our external world in order and the internal world will follow.

But what else besides clutter can affect us? The most important subtle energy influence we are exposed to is our planet and all-natural or man-made electromagnetic fields. Since humans are considered electrical beings, we are influenced by Earth energies on a profound level. The ancients knew all about these powerful energies, like invisible grids and ley lines, and maximized them in their monuments which hold many mysteries. These examples exist in many places on the planet and connect many different power spots with each other. Long-term exposure to these lines may have a negative effect on one’s health as the frequencies above these grids and intersections can be very strong and bring forth geopathic stress. According to Dr. Robert Jacobs of the Wholistic Research Company, “In my own practice, I find that the main effect of geopathic stress is that it stops

patients from getting better. It appears to block the action of virtually any type of therapy.” Sometimes it only takes one to move to a different room to escape the effects of the radiation. The space where we spend most of our time has the biggest affect on us.

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Publish Your Own Magazine Our modern world also brings us one of the greatest health threats that we are still quite unaware of: man-made electromagnetic stress. The culprits include cell phones and towers, wireless systems, high-tension power lines, satellite dishes and microwaves.

Electromagnetic frequencies can disturb our inner vibrational equilibrium down to the cellular level. Many people sleep next to their cell phone and do not see the connection between sleep disturbances or headaches and their exposure to radiation. It’s highly recommended to eliminate all electronic devices and metals from bedrooms as the waves can get amplified.

Crystals are used often for healing and protection. Michael Gienger, author of the book The Healing Crystal First Aid Manual, explains, “Stones emit measurable frequencies of radiation and although radiation from crystals is of a low intensity, because of its regularity and duration, it does have great effect.”

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Living Off the Land Low- and No-Cost Ways to Feed a Family

by Avery Mack

Whether it’s membership in a food co-op, tending a backyard garden or balcony tomato plant or foraging in the woods for edibles, living off the land means cleaner, fresher and more nutritious food on the table.

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o switch from running to the market to stepping into a home garden for fresh produce, it’s best to start small. Smart gardeners know it’s easy to be overwhelmed by a big plot so they plan ahead with like-minded friends to swap beans for tomatoes or zucchini for okra to add variety. If one household is more suited to freezing excess harvests while another cans or dehydrates, more trades are in the offing. Start kids by having them plant radishes, a crop that will give even the most impatient child quick results.

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“You can’t do everything yourself,” counsels Kathie Lapcevic, a farmer, freelance writer and teacher in Columbia Falls, Montana. “I have a huge garden, expanded now into about 7,000 square feet, that provides 65 percent of what our family eats,” she says. “On the other hand, I can’t imagine life without nut butter and found I can’t grow Brussels sprouts. A few trips to the store are inevitable.”

Lapcevic plants non-GMO, heirloom varieties of seeds in her chemical-free garden. She adds a new variety or two each year and reminds peers

that it takes a while to build good soil.

Three years ago, she also added pollinator beehives on the property. Their honey reduces the amount of processed sugar the family uses.

From Libby, Montana, Chaya Foedus blogs on her store website PantryParatus.com about kitchen self-sufficiency. “Foraging is a good way to give children a full sensory experience,” she remarks. “We turn a hike into a mission to find and learn about specific foods, where they come from and what to do with them.” To start, select one easily identifiable item for the kids to pick. “In Libby, that’s huckleberries,” says Foedus. “Similar to blueberries, they grow on a bush, so they’re easy to see and pick. Huckleberries don’t grow in captivity—it’s a completely foraged economy.”

Michelle Boatright, a graphic designer and hunter of wild plants in Bristol, Tennessee, learned eco-friendly ways to forage from a game warden friend. Five years later, her bookcase holds 30 books on edible plants—she brings two with her on excursions.

“When in doubt, leave a plant alone.

It’s too easy to make a mistake,” she advises. “Know how to harvest, too— take only about 10 percent of what’s there and leave the roots, so it can grow back.

“For example, ramps, a wild leek, take seven years to cultivate,” says Boatright. “Overharvesting can wipe out years’ worth of growth. In Tennessee, it’s illegal to harvest ramps in state parks. Mushrooms are more apt to regrow, but leave the small ones.”

As for meat, “I was raised to never shoot a gun, but to make my own bows and arrows,” recalls Bennett

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by Chaya Foedus 4 Start small.

4 Get permission before picking on private property.

Rea, a writer and survivalist in Los Angeles, California. “Dad used Native American skills, tools and viewpoints when he hunted. Bow hunting kept our family from going hungry for a few lean years and was always done with reverence. It’s wise to take only what you need, use what you take and remember an animal gave its life to sustain yours.”

Rea uses several methods for obtaining local foods. “Living here makes it easier due to the year-round growing season. For produce, I volunteer for a local CSA [community supported agriculture] collective. One hour of volunteering earns 11 pounds

4 Make sure no chemical fertilizers or pesticides were used.

4 It’s easy to mistake a poisonous lookalike for an edible plant. Learn to identify both before picking.

4 Skip the mushrooms at first—learn from an experienced mushroomer before going solo.

4 Always taste-test at home; the woods are not the place to cope with a surprise allergic reaction.

4 Make a day of it. Enjoy the outdoors, learn more about native plants and invite kindred spirits along on the hunt.

Source: Adapted from PantryParatus.com.

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of free, sustainably farmed, organic produce—everything from kale to tangerines to cilantro.

“Bartering is also an increasingly popular trend,” he notes. “I make my own hot sauce and trade it for highend foods and coffee from friends and neighbors. Several of us have now rented a plot in a community garden to grow more of our own vegetables. I only buy from stores the items I can’t trade for or make myself—usually oats, milk, cheese and olive oil.”

Truly good food is thoughtfully, sustainably grown or harvested.

It travels fewer miles; hasn’t been sprayed with toxins or been chemically fertilized; is fresh; ripens on the plant, not in a truck or the store; and doesn’t come from a factory farm. The old saying applies here: “If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.”

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By Robin Shreeves

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uying at farmers’ markets, farm stands or those roadside sellers that dot the back roads on the way to the shore and at beverage tasting rooms support the region’s farmers and blossoming wine, beer and spirits industry.

There’s an additional way to support these food and beverage producers while also giving a boost to the local economy as a whole.

When dining out, choosing independent restaurants that buy from local producers doubles the good that your money does to the region’s economy.

A recent study by Civic Economics found that nationally owned chain restaurants put 34.5 percent of their revenue back into the local economy.

Locally owned, independent restaurants put significantly more of their revenue, 65.4 percent, back into their communities. Not all of them source from local producers but making a point to dine at those that do can help the local economy in general and also specific regional food and beverage producers.

More and more independent restaurants in our area are choosing to obtain fruits and vegetables from local farms, meats from regional providers and wines and beers from New Jersey producers.

Here are just a few to choose from next time you go out to eat.

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Burlington County High Street Grill

Known for its active involvement in the community, High Street Grill uses foods from local farms when possible and gets much of its seasonal foods from Hlubick Farms, in Chesterfield.

High Street takes pride in highlighting fresh, local foods and beverages every day on its seasonally changing menu,

but the restaurant also conducts special events throughout the year that focus even tighter on what New Jersey has to offer. It has done specific farm dinners; patrons should be on the lookout for possible events this summer. The restaurant also puts on an annual Winter Beer Fest that adds more and more New Jersey craft beers yearly. About a quarter of the beers at the festival are now from the state. (64 High Street, Mount Holly. 609-2659199, HighStreetGrill.net.)

Vincentown Diner

The Vincentown Diner combines two New Jersey favorites— the classic diner with great locally produced foods. The high-volume restaurant uses fruits and vegetables from local farms when possible frequently from Russo’s Fruit and Vegetable Farm, in Tabernacle. The burgers, served on locally baked buns, are made with New Jersey, grass-fed beef when available.

A milkshake made with regional Trickling Springs ice cream is the perfect accompaniment. Served all-day long, eggs are organic and raised regionally. Even the wines and beers are local.

Currently, they serve wines only from Valenzano Winery, in Shamong, and DiMatteo Vineyards, in Hammonton.

Beers come from regional breweries, too. (Corner of routes 206 & 38, near Vincentown, 609-267-3033, Vincentown Diner.com.)

Camden County Farm and Fisherman Tavern & Market

Attracting a loyal following of diners and shoppers that are committed to local ingredients and products, visitors find a restaurant and bar that sources local foods, like produce from Cherry Hill’s Springdale Farm, and pours only regional beers from the taps, like Somerdale’s Flying Fish. You’ll also find a market where you can purchase locally sourced farm fresh eggs, homemade scrapple, cheese from local dairy farms like Cherry Grove Farms, in Lawrenceville, coffee from regional roasters, craft beer, local artisan chocolates and much more. Also, the kids have their own healthy menu with plenty of fresh fruits and veggies as sides. (1442 Marlton Pike East, Cherry Hill, 856-356-2282.

FAndFTavern.com.)

Head to the Collingswood Farmers’ Market any Saturday and the staff from Tortilla Press will serve a made-to-order quesadilla that’s filled with seasonal produce bought that morning at the market. This Mexican-influenced restaurant’s support of local producers doesn’t stop at its farmers’ market table. At the Collingswood location (and at The Tortilla Press Cantina, in Pennsauken), local, seasonal produce is used whenever possible. Recently, The Tortilla Press, along with Bistro Di Marino—another Collingswood restaurant—said it would be selling wines by the bottle and half bottle from Sharrott Winery, in Winslow Township, making them the only two restaurants in the otherwise BYOB town to offer New Jersey wines. (703 Haddon Avenue, Collingswood, TheTortillaPress.com.)

from Auburn Road Vineyard and Winery, in Pilesgrove, or diners can bring their own. (373 Egg Harbor Road, Sewell, 856-589-0475, Arugula Restaurant.net.)

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The Tortilla Press

This Modern Italian restaurant aims to give guests exceptional service while also using the finest local ingredients.

Seasonal fruits and vegetables come from local farms like Duffield’s Farm, in Sewell. Meats come from regional sources like Indian Ridge Provisions in Pennsylvania. The restaurant sells local wines by the bottle and half

Casual breakfast and lunch are served during the day at this restaurant that focuses on American cuisine; but at night, Blueplate turns into a fine dining restaurant. A 2013 Nature Conservancy reader opinion poll named it New Jersey’s top sustainable restaurant for its focus on “local, seasonal and sustainable food.” Bluepate is a BYOB restaurant, but diners can also purchase bottles of wine from Wagonhouse Winery, in Swedesboro. (47 S. Main Street, Mullica Hill. 856-4782112, BlueplateNJ.com/index.htm.)

There are many other restaurants in the region that also do their part in supporting our local producers, and each mid-July dozens of them participate in the South Jersey Hot Chefs Farm to Fork Restaurant Week (SJHotChefs.com). Participating restaurants partner with local farms to serve four-course lunches and dinners at special prices while the bounty of the Garden State takes front and center. Diners get creatively prepared meals made with the freshest of ingredients and the region as a whole gets an economic boost.

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Unleashing Unlimited Potential with Panache Desai

by April Thompson

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orn into an East Indian family in London, England, Panache Desai grew up steeped in spiritual practices like meditation. Though recognized by spiritual teachers as possessing a special gift, Desai rejected his spiritual foundation as a teenager, trading it for the excitement of London’s rave music scene of the 1990s before moving to America.

It wasn’t until he was 22 and living in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Venice Beach that the pain of the way he had rejected his true inner nature reached a crescendo. In opening himself up to the possibility of the divine, Desai underwent

a spiritual awakening that has led him to dedicate his life to helping others make their own journey from self-rejection to contentment.

Unaffiliated with any one religious or spiritual tradition, Desai works with simple, yet powerful principles of energy to help free people from self-imposed limitations and unlock their potential. His first book, Discovering Your Soul Signature: A 33Day Path to Purpose, Passion & Joy, just released, is a departure from his earlier focus on creating meditation CDs and other audio recordings.

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In that moment, I began to undergo a transformation that culminated in a direct experience of the divine; an infinite ocean of energy vibrating with unconditional love. I felt part of what every spiritual teacher has been telling the world for thousands of years: that the true nature of reality is love, a love that expresses itself through all life forms. That experience allowed me to accept my role of helping others see and achieve their potential.

How does the universal energy you speak of affect us and how can we shift our dance with it?

We are vibrational beings inhabiting a vibrational universe. Yogis and mystics from traditions throughout time have known this. The subtlest form of vibration is the soul, which is overlaid by the emotional, with the physical as the outermost layer of energy. Because the emotional layer can accumulate a density that enshrouds our soul’s light and potential, it’s important to address it.

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energy. For example, if instead of being available to feel your anger when it arises you repress or deny it, that accumulating emotion acquires density and over time, becomes rage. But if you can learn to slow down and lean into the emotion, the anger can wash through and out of you and energy again flows freely.

By allowing ourselves to acknowledge, experience and release these emotions without judgment, we are clearing the obstacles to our authentic self, what I term one’s “soul signature”.

How is discovering our soul signature related to finding our calling?

The soul signature is our purest potential expressed. You can have a calling to be a writer, but unless you are connected to who you are at the deepest level, your writing won’t have the same impact.

Accessing our soul signature is a process. We didn’t end up where we are overnight, and it can take time to get back to that place where we can express our truest selves by working with the techniques of energy transformation described in my book.

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Mindful Tips

Feel the Earth move under your (bare) feet. Improve mood, reduce pain and deepen sleep by going outside barefoot, says Dr. Laura Koniver, of Charleston, South Carolina, a featured expert in the documentary, The Grounded. “The Earth’s surface contains an infinite reservoir of free electrons, which, upon contact with the body, can neutralize damage from free radicals,” she says.

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FEET How to Make Walking Part of Everyday Life

Notice nature. Alexandra Horowitz, author of On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes, finds walking outdoors infinitely more engaging than exercising in the gym. Seek out woodsy hikes, scenic waterways or historic downtowns, and “open up to experiencing the world,” she says.

by Lane Vail

Practice moving meditation. To lighten a heavy mood, “Imagine your chest as a window through which energy, fresh air, sunshine, even rain, can pour into and through you as you walk,” says Dreyer. To ground a scattered mind, she suggests focusing on connecting one’s feet with the Earth.

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ippocrates called walking “man’s best medicine,” and Americans agree: According to the U.S. Surgeon General, walking is America’s most popular form of fitness. It’s free, convenient and simple.

The Foundation for Chronic Disease Prevention reveals that 10,000 daily steps help lower blood pressure, shed pounds, decrease stress, and reduce the risk of heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. Here’s how to rev up the routine and stay motivated.

Practical Tips

Breathe. Belly breathing calms the parasympathetic nervous system, expands lung capacity and improves circulation. Inhale through the nose, fill the belly and expel through the mouth, advises Asheville, North Carolina, resident Katherine Dreyer, co-founder and CEO of ChiWalking.

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and tricked into burning more calories,” says Malin Svensson, founder and President of Nordic Walking USA. She suggests taking the stairs or strolling on sand to strengthen the legs and heart.

Dreyer recommends ascending hills sideways (crossing one foot over the other) to engage new muscles and protect the calves and Achilles tendons. She also suggests walking backwards for 30 steps every five minutes during a 30-minute walk to reestablish proper posture.

Push with poles. Compelling the body forward with Nordic walking poles can burn 20 to 46 percent more calories than regular walking, reports Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. Svensson explains, “Applying pressure to the poles activates abdominal, chest, back and triceps muscles, which necessitates more oxygen and thereby raises the heart rate.” The basic technique is: plant, push and walk away.

Creative Tips

Make fresh air a social affair. A group walk can boost performance levels of participants, says Dennis Michele, president of the American Volkssport Association, which promotes fun, fitness and friendship through noncompetitive, year-round walking events.

Horowitz suggests strolling with friends and sharing sensory discoveries. “A fresh perspective can help tune you into the great richness of ordinary environments often overlooked,” she says.

Ditch the distraction of electronic devices. Horowitz views walking texters as “hazards and obstacles, non-participants in the environment.”

Australian researcher Siobhan Schabrun, Ph.D., reveals the science behind the sentiment in her recent University of Queensland study. The brain, she found, prioritizes texting over walking, resulting in “slowing down, deviating from a straight line and walking

Let your feet speak for an important cause and sign up for an awareness walk. like robots, with the arms, trunk and head in one rigid line, which makes falling more likely.”

Walking a dog brings mutual benefits.

Dr. John Marshall, chief oncologist at Georgetown University Hospital, in Washington, D.C., prescribes dog walking to his cancer patients, asserting it yields better outcomes than chemotherapy. For maximum enjoyment, strive to hit a stride, advises Carla Ferris, owner of Washington, D.C. dog-walking company Wagamuffin.

Be a fanny pack fan. Fanny packs, unlike backpacks, which can disturb natural torso rotation, comfortably store identification, phone, keys and water, says Svensson. Ferris agrees: “Walks are so much more enjoyable hands-free.”

Walk while you work. Much of the independent and collaborative work at Minneapolis finance company SALO emerges as employees walk slowly on ergonomic treadmill desks. “Being up, active and forward-moving on the treadmill benefits productivity,” says co-founder Amy Langer. Alternatively, consider investing in a cordless headset or standing desk. “Most anything you can do sitting, you can do standing, and supporting your own body weight is almost as beneficial as walking,” she says.

A study reported in the journal Diabetologia suggests that sedentary time combined with periods of moderate-to-vigorous exercise poses a greater health risk than being gently active throughout the day. Dreyer’s mantra? “The body is wise. Listen when it says, ‘Get up and walk a bit.’”

You being you is the blessing.

You being you is the miracle.

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You being you is your soul signature. ~Panache Desai

Lane Vail is a freelance writer in South Carolina. Connect at WriterLane.com.

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by Sandra Murphy

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or many, handwritten letters bundled with ribbon, pressed flowers and fading photographs have been replaced by emails, computerized cards and digital images, with the notable exception of scrapbooks.

A scrapbook, done right, is a memorabilia treasure chest.

Pages are embellished, decorated and personalized to bring memories alive. Pets get to strut their stuff, too. Mary Anne Benedetto, author of Write Your Pet’s Life Story in 7 Easy Steps, in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, says that no matter the species, each pet has special qualities or quirks and a tale to tell.

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Seattle, Washington, also trains candidates for Guide Dogs for the Blind.

“The pup comes to me at 8 weeks old and moves on a year or more later,” says Kyle. “It’s traditional, and a big deal, to give the dog’s new person a gift when the transfer is made. For the first pup, I made a memory book starting from his first days with us. Bright white paper behind each photo highlighted the contrast so the man, who had minimal vision, could see the pictures. People are curious about service animals, so he carries the book to show it around. It’s a fun way

to educate people about the guide dogs program.”

Anne Moss, owner of TheCatSite.com, based in Pardes Hana, Israel, says scrapbooking is a recurrent theme in the site’s forums.

“Our members tend to be computer savvy and create online pages for their cats. Yet many don’t want to give up the hands-on experience of scrapbooking; it gives them a special way to preserve memories of or create a long-lasting tribute for their beloved cats.” One member posted about a shadow box she’d made to display favorite toys and photos; another used camping-themed stickers around a photo of the cat napping in a kitty tent.

“I started taking pictures of my Bernese mountain dog, Chance, when he first came to me,” says Yvette Schmitter, an entrepreneurial software programmer in New York City. “We dress in matching costumes like Fiona and Shrek, Princess Leia and Yoda, Mr. and Mrs. Claus. It’s a creative outlet after writing computer code all day and a good excuse to play together.”

Schmitter places the photos in pre-made greeting cards and has a current mailing list that exceeds 250, including the doorman, neighbors, the vet and groomer, friends and family. “The deli guy told me he looks forward to each holiday just to see what

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we’ve come up with. That’s what motivates me; our fun photos can make somebody’s day better.”

Heather Post, owner of The Etiquette Seed, in Daytona Beach, Florida, specializes in coaching and speaking engagements. When her inlaws traveled to their summer home, she made a scrapbooklet for them. “It showed Sophie, our rescue terrier, at the door, window or in the car, with rhyming captions that said she missed them.” Post sends similar photo “stories” to her daughter, Meghan, now in college; a cousin’s daughter even took Sophie’s Halloween photo to preschool for show and tell.

Whichever forum we choose, stages and phases of a pet’s life can be celebrated with a lock of hair, paw print, obedience school certificate and lots of photos. After all, a pet is part of the family.

Yvette Schmitter keeps her dog’s photo sessions short because, “Chance pouts after 20 minutes.” If a large dog looks intimidating, soften its appearance by adding a bright bandana, hat or goofy sunglasses. Liisa Kyle took weekly photos of a pup to show its growth. Joanna Campbell Slan, author of the Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-n-Craft mystery book series, offers several additional tips.

Sandra Murphy is a freelance writer in St. Louis, MO. Connect at StLouis FreelanceWriter@mindspring.com.

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Paddle-Happy Stand Up Paddleboards Spell Family Fun

by Lauressa Nelson

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ost kids growing up in Chattanooga have crossed the Tennessee River via the Walnut Street pedestrian bridge; far fewer have been on the river beneath it,” remarks Mark Baldwin, owner of area paddle sports outfitter L2 Boards.

Using stand up paddleboards (SUP), he loves guiding adults and children on their own up-close discoveries of the river’s cliffs, caves, fish, turtles and birds.

Waterways are enchanting at any age, and SUP recreation naturally tends to inspire creative quests.

Its physical and developmental benefits are a bonus. “The stand up paddleboard is the bicycle of the water. Because paddleboarding can be done at any age and fitness level, the whole family can enjoy it together,” says Kristin Thomas, a mother of three in Laguna Beach, California, SUP race champion and executive director of the Stand Up Paddle Industry Association.

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“Children are fascinated by the play of the water and the motion of the board. Parents can acclimate an infant to flat-water paddling by simply creating a well of towels onboard, with the baby snuggled between the feet, looking up at them,” advises Lili Colby, owner of MTI Adventurewear, near Boston, Massachusetts, which makes life jackets for paddle sports. She notes that U.S. Coast Guard law requires that children 30 pounds and under wear infant life jackets to provide special head and neck support that turns a baby’s face up with an open airway within three seconds of entering the water.

It’s a good idea to first practice paddling short distances in shallow waters near the shore. Toddlers are more likely to lean overboard to play in the water, Colby cautions, so engaging in nature-inspired games along the way will help occupy them onboard.

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“Young children introduced to water sports in the context of positive family interaction typically become eager to paddle on their own,” observes Tina Fetten, owner of Southern Tier Stand Up Paddle Corp., who leads a variety of SUP experiences throughout New York and northern Pennsylvania. “If they are strong swimmers, I bring them on a large board with me and teach them the skills for independent paddling.”

Although SUP boards look like surfboards, stand up paddling is commonly taught on flat water, making it easier and more stable than surfing. Still, swimming competence and adult supervision are prerequisites to independent paddling according to paramedic Bob Pratt, co-founder of the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project, which leads water safety classes in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin.

“Parents should outfit all children with a life jacket, Coast Guard-approved for their age and weight, as well as a leash, which attaches to their ankle and the board with Velcro straps,” Pratt says. “If children fall into the water, a tug of the leash enables them to quickly retrieve their largest floatation device, the board.”

Experts agree that success is relatively easy, so children build confidence quickly. The sport can be adapted to suit individual needs and positions, including moving from standing to sitting or kneeling, says Fetten, who teaches adaptive SUP lessons in a community pool. As she sees firsthand, “All children, especially those with disabilities, benefit from the empowering feeling of attaining independent success.”

“A water-based sport is the healthiest outlet children can have,” attests Wesley Stewart, founder of Urban Surf 4 Kids, a San Diego nonprofit that offers free SUP and surf clinics for foster children. “Being on the water requires kids to focus on what they’re doing and has the ability to clear their minds and give them freedom. It’s like meditation. Plus, SUP is a low-impact, cross-training cardio activity; it works every part of the body.”

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Musician with a Cause Jack Johnson Plans Shows with the Planet in Mind

by Meredith Montgomery

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inger-songwriter Jack Johnson’s touring concerts have almost always doubled as fundraisers for local environmental nonprofits. “Early on, we recognized that we could not only fill a room, but also raise funds and awareness for nonprofit groups we believe in,” says Johnson. Then, as he started playing larger venues, “I realized the power of touring to connect our fans with local nonprofits in every town we played.”

Johnson and his wife, Kim, also founded two environmentally focused charitable foundations, and during the past five years, all of his tour proceeds have been donated to them, in turn going to hundreds of environmental education nonprofits worldwide. The enabling commercial success began in 36

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2001 when his debut album successfully established this Oahu, Hawaiian’s trademark mellow surf-rocker style.

Since then, he’s released five more studio albums, including the most recent, From Here to Now to You.

“While I have so much gratitude for the support our music receives, for me, music has always been a hobby, a side thing. It grew into a way to work in the nonprofit world. Being engaged in environmental education almost feels like my real job, and the music’s something we’re lucky enough to provide to fund related causes,” says Johnson.

As the size of his audiences grows, so does the size of his potential environmental footprint. On the road, Johnson’s team works with the Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance to

fuel all tour trucks, buses and generators. Comprehensive conservation efforts including refillable water bottle stations, plus organic cotton T-shirts and reusable or biodegradable food service ware are standard at his shows. “We try to be environmentally conscious every step of the way,” says Johnson. “Our record cases and posters use recycled paper and eco-friendly inks. We record albums in my solar-powered studio. It’s an ongoing learning process and conversation as we find even better ways to do things.”

Johnson’s team often requests increased recycling efforts and use of energy-efficient light bulbs at venues, advancing long-term eco-changes everywhere they perform. He explains, “Our thinking is that once they change the light bulbs for us, they’re not going to go back to the old light bulbs after we leave. Many venue managers tell us they have stuck with the improvements because they realize that they’re easy to do.”

Marine pollution and single-use plastics are issues high on the musician’s environmental list, but the topic he’s most passionate about is food. In his home state of Hawaii, 90 percent of food is imported. “The idea of supporting your local food system is a big deal in our family and we take that point of view on the road because it’s a vital issue anywhere you go,” he says.

At each tour stop, all of the band’s food is sourced within a specific radius.

Johnson also works with radio stations to promote regional farming, helping to build community and fan awareness of the benefits of supporting local farms.

At home, Johnson has solar panels on the roof and drives an electric car. The entire family, including three children, participates in recycling, worm composting and gardening. “It’s fun to take what we learn at home on the road and bring good things we learn on the road home,” he says.

The Swiss Family Robinson is one of the family’s favorite books. “We love figuring out ways to apply ideas,” he remarks. “For our first water catchment system, we got 50-gallon drums previously used for oil and vinegar from a bread bakery and attached spigots. The

kids were so excited to watch them fill the first time it rained.”

Johnson finds that all of the facets of his life work together. For example, “Music is a social thing for me. I get to share it with people. Surfing is where I find a lot of balance; it’s a more private time. But I also come up with lyrics and musical ideas while I’m surfing.”

Johnson’s approach to inspiring all generations to be conscious of the environment is to focus on the fun, because it’s easy to become overwhelmed by the big picture. Understanding that his own kids are among the future stewards of planet Earth, he works diligently to instill values of creativity and free thinking.

Johnson reflects, “When I look at things that are in the world now that we would have never dreamed possible when we were growing up, I recognize how much can change in one generation. Looking for answers that aren’t there yet—things nobody’s thought of— that’s what’s going to solve problems.”

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JOURNEY TO MATURITY Setbacks Make Boys Into Men

by Nick Clements

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e all know hard-charging young men that have their foot planted firmly on the accelerator. They claim that easing off would damage their career and be an admission of failure. They are wrong. Those enjoying early successes can grow up over-

stressed by trying to stay on the fast track at any cost. These alpha boys are doing what they think others want them to do.

In many cases, they are influenced by subtle and overt pressures from parents, peers and celebrity lifestyles, as well as advertising and video games.

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As a consequence, these men, obsessed with superficial goals, are emotionally stunted, controlling and unable to form long-term relationships. The good news is that if they can recognize these symptoms and want to change, they may be ready to mature into an alpha wolf, a whole different kind of man.

An essential catalyst for this change usually comes from experiencing personal wounding: being overlooked for a promotion, feeling redundant, losing a friend or status or perhaps sacrificing a former identity to parenthood.

Ultimately, the true test is how he faces such failure and deals with his emotions without labeling himself as weak. The hallmark of mature manhood is how a guy acknowledges his diminishment, not how he manages success.

When he stops hiding from himself, signs of his emerging as a mature hero, an alpha wolf, will appear.

He’ll recognize that he makes mistakes, absorb and acknowledge his vulnerability, admit he doesn’t know all the answers and become comfortable with this loss of control. These are the lessons a man must learn to become a more realistic, whole and three-dimensional individual. How he reacts to setbacks and takes responsibility for his actions molds character and helps him take his rightful place in society, rather than a false position.

Instead of being obsessed by competing for things and one-upmanship in the material world like an alpha boy, the alpha wolf grows up by adding strong spirituality and compassion to his life skills. He sees the bigger picture, and by viewing people as friends rather than rivals, is better able to forge mature, loving relationships and be a better father.

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He states, “Our bodies have been around longer than doctors.

My philosophy as a doctor is to help the body to heal itself as opposed to throwing a medication (band aid) at problems.”

IMW uses Advanced Wellness Testing (AWT), along with a client’s medical history and wellness exam, to determine future health risks and to help identify how to lower those risks. By testing certain biomarkers that are produced in response to diet, lifestyle, stress, genetics and other factors, disease processes identified can include elevated cholesterol, heart disease, clotting risk, diabetes and pre-diabetes, liver, kidney and thyroid issues, vitamin and nutrient deficiencies, other metabolic issues and some new genetic risk factors, as well.

“I am able to build strong doctor-patient relationships because each individual knows that I work anguish, mental confusion, unhealthy relationships and constant struggle.

Her formal education in clinical psychology and sociology, combined with holistic healing and spiritual studies from an early age, ultimately led to private practice integrating somatic psychology, Barbara Brennan Energy Medicine, Healing Touch, metaphysics, Shamanic Worlds model, Sacred Geometry, Quantum Master Archetypes and Spiritual Law, as well as many other universal energetics required for deep multidimensional transformation.

Each session is individually tailored so that clients organically reintegrate dissociated pieces of their Essence experiencing definitive and permanent change of both inner and outer conditions in a relatively short period of time.

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for them and not any government or insurance company,” he says. IMW removed itself from all third party insurers in order to focus solely on each individual without regard to government regulations and third parties forcing its hand in treatment.

“Our focus is solely on each individual,” Horvitz maintains.

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 more 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. Patients can also choose a pay-per-visit plan.

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sential oils combined with Quantum Healing creating a “zero point” energy space for profound relaxation and rejuvenation; Subtle Energy Therapy, an energy field interface with the higher consciousness of the body through nonlinear models of healing allowing for shifts on physical, mental and emotional levels.

Regal is passionate about educating and empowering people to feel, know and understand their energy field and how it reflects their soul’s purpose, through monthly Sacred Sisterhood Circles and Evolutionary Energetic Earthwork classes. She says, “We are the universe—our very bodies are made of the fundamental material building blocks of the universe. The exploration of which is an alchemical process wherein the lead, issues and challenges of life, can be transformed into gold— living fearlessly, fully expressed!”

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The Center…Life in Balance Holistic Healing

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ccording to the founders of The Center…Life in Balance, there are no coincidences. So it was no coincidence that Maryann Miller met Susan Drummond, an intuitive medium, Reiki Master and licensed massage therapist at a class at Camden County Community College. A simple encounter turned into a business venture that has helped each fulfill personal dreams.

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he Virtua Center for Integrative Medicine, located inside Virtua’s William G. Rohrer Center for HealthFitness, in Voorhees, is a holistic healthcare practice that combines conventional medicine with evidence-based complementary and alternative treatments that are recognized by the National Institutes of Health. These holistic therapies include acupuncture, biopuncture, homeopathy and a micro-current electrical neuromuscular stimulator. Each new patient receives an in-depth assessment to determine an appropriate, individualized treatment plan.

Polina Karmazin, who earned her medical degree in family medicine as well

“Susan has always had a dream of a wellness center and I’ve had a dream of creating a gathering space for people to meet, talk, grow and heal,” explains Miller, MEd, who became certified as a Heal Your Life teacher and in hypnosis, past life exploration and emotion code.

“As Susan helped me with my own healing, we realized we resonated with each other on a deep level. Finally one day we looked at each other and asked, ‘Are we going to do this together?’”

They did just that in 2011, opening what was then called NJBalance Wellness Center, a warm, inviting, safe haven for all ages with the mission of providing services and classes to balance mind, body and spirit. They explain that for healing to be complete and lasting, it must take place on all levels while keeping each level in balance. As balance is achieved and maintained, true well-being can then exist within a person.

The Center seems to have taken on a life of its own. This has led to the as board certifications in both integrative medicine and acupuncture, is a medical doctor and the center’s medical director. She has been practicing medicine in South Jersey for more than 20 years.

With her passion for holistic healing, she was also awarded a diplomate in clinical homeopathy from the Center of Education and Development of Homeopathy.

Karmazin is happy to collaborate with patients’ primary care physicians to provide cohesive care.

Managing acute and chronic pain without the harmful side effects of traditional pain medications is one of Karmazin’s specialties. Alternative therapies have proven effective in relieving pain caused by conditions including arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, herniated discs, muscle strains, temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ) and tendonitis. Karmazin is certified to employ advanced biopuncture techniques, which are steroid-free injections of natural, FDA-approved homeopathic remedies that stimulate the body’s healing process to treat pain, swelling, inflammation and toxin accumulation.

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center’s name change, now called The Center…Life in Balance. “We feel the name better reflects what we are all about,” says Drummond. “We continue to remain open to new healing modalities as well as welcoming in new associates and other professionals.”

They recently have added the BioMat to their existing offerings, which include massage therapy, Reiki, intuitive guidance, foot reflexology, chakra balancing, awareness coaching, meditation, drumming circles, silent suppers, monthly women’s sharing circle and Young Living Oils, among others.

Coffee and tea are always available and the Lending Library is well stocked. The Shop at The Center holds an assortment of crystals, books, angel cards and jewelry, showcasing local artists.

“We don’t believe it will be a coincidence that you wander into this peaceful and joy-filled place of healing,” they share.

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The World Health Organization recognizes acupuncture in the treatment of digestive, neurological and muscular disorders, as well as respiratory issues and urinary and menstrual problems. With her board certification in acupuncture, Karmazin is qualified to use acupuncture to treat pain and all of these other disorders.

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Water for People, Not for Profit

by Mark Walsh

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t isn’t often that one stops to reflect on how we interact with water and, especially, how our relationship with water is manipulated by various forces.

In America, many take for granted that fresh, clean water is constantly available. Very rarely do we even consider the source of this life-giving resource.

Most Americans have never walked five miles to collect water for cooking and cleaning, which is commonplace in many developing countries. Across the globe, 1.6 million people die annually due to waterborne diseases, yet we take clean water for granted. We shouldn’t—corporations certainly don’t.

Corporations have recognized the value of water and have been quietly taking over water systems across the globe. In New Jersey alone, nearly

half of the public water systems have already been taken over by private, profit-driven companies.

Private water companies are preying on municipal budget shortfalls and enticing elected officials with infusions of cash in exchange for control or ownership of drinking water systems. The funds might enable a mayor to claim a year or two of reduced property taxes, but on average private water companies in New Jersey charge about 33 percent more for drinking water than public utilities. This amounts to what is essentially a “tax through the tap” of increased water bills.

Along with higher costs, private water means less public oversight and control. It means that a board of directors, perhaps meeting in a faraway county, essentially replaces the local

mayor and legislators. These companies have no accountability to public records or meeting laws, closing the public out of important decisions about their drinking water. Most importantly, under this veil of secrecy, private water companies make decisions intent on maximizing profits, not acting in the best interests of the local community.

Private water companies make greater profits when more people are purchasing more water. This can create pressure to increase unnecessary development and water usage. Private water companies have an incentive to forego routine maintenance of water systems because undergoing capital investments are often more profitable than fixing problems. Private water interests also have an incentive to cut corners which might be good for their bottom line but can threaten public health and the environment.

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hen President John F. Kennedy said in 1961 that the U.S. should commit to sending a man to the moon and return him safely by the end of the decade, few suspected the bounty of technological spinoffs that such National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) space missions would yield. Today, many of NASA’s research advancements, as well as technologies developed outside the space program, are put to good use in everyday life. Of particular interest are products used in fitness workouts.

ABI Research, a technology market intelligence company, revealed the growing popularity of consumer health and wellness technologies in its latest market projections for wearable, health-related devices. Estimates are that 80 million wearable monitoring devices, including heart monitors and biosensors that read body temperature and motion, will be sold by 2016.

When Clint, a global market research firm, conducted its most recent Fitness and Technology Survey, its findings showed technology at work.

Based on 745 online interviews with people in seven countries, 72 percent of exercisers embraced some type of technology, including smartphone apps, to support their fitness routines two or more times a week.

In recent years, amateur and professional athletes have increasingly

benefited from technological advances that help them chart, improve upon and customize their fitness routines.

Tracking fitness progress and weight loss is now just clicks away with personal devices such as a Wi-Fi scale, which accurately measures weight, body fat percentage and body mass index. Online graphs chart the individual’s progress.

While the typical setting for measuring blood pressure and heart rate used to be in a physician’s office, hospital or pharmacy, new digital wrist blood pressure and heart monitors now allow exercise enthusiasts to do it themselves, wherever they are, helping ensure they are not exceeding the safety parameters of their fitness programs. User-friendly digital pocket pedometers and wireless activity-during-sleep wristbands both work in conjunction with a downloaded app to allow self-monitoring. Exercisers can track steps; distances walked cycled or swum; calories burned; total active minutes; and how long and how well they sleep.

In some U.S. fitness centers, members have an option of working with an automated, virtual, personal trainer.

This almost-do-it-yourself approach to professionally guided fitness begins with a survey of an individual’s lifestyle and goals to create a personalized fitness regimen. Each time exercisers go to the

center, they insert a key into a “smart trainer”, generating the day’s 30-minute customized workout. The technology focuses primarily on helping clients manage weight and maintain muscle.

Other technologies, such as medical-grade, pneumatic [air] compression boot systems, are facilitating at-home recovery for hip and knee surgery patients and quicker muscle recovery for serious athletes. Air-filled chambers remain inflated as pressure cycles sequentially move from the foot up the leg. The cycles flush out waste and replenish blood supplies to the muscles.

More complex bio-analyzing systems retrieve feedback from the body’s electromagnetic fields, the multiple energy meridians and the frequencies of the body’s cells and organs. “Such systems are largely used by chiropractors, naturopaths, physical therapists and acupuncturists,” says Loran Swensen, CEO of Innergy Development, which owns AO Scan, maker of the Magnetic Resonance Bio-Analyzer.

For people that struggle with traditional workouts or physical limitations, whole-body vibration technology may be a solution. “When you stand on the oscillating platform, the body reacts to the vertical vibratory stimulus with an involuntary muscle contraction; depending on the speed, muscles can react up to 23 times per second,” advises Linda Craig, co-owner of Circulation Nation, in Greer, South Carolina.

Similar platforms are becoming commonplace in chiropractic practices.

Consumer applications of medical devices have led to the home use of additional sophisticated technologies like laser therapy. Successfully used for more than 30 years in Europe to treat trauma, inflammation, overuse injuries and cosmetic issues, as well as to provide pain relief and healing, some forms have recently been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

With 129,397,925 gym members worldwide according to a recent International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association report, it’s safe to predict that consumer demand ensures even more significant technological advances are in our near future.

Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings. natural awakenings

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SUNDAY, JUNE 1 Community Yoga: Donation Based – 9-10:15am.

Open to all levels of participants, beginners and experienced. Once a month we extend an open invitation to a free yoga class for members, $5 donation for guests. Level 1 Yoga is held all other Sundays. Yoga Center of Medford, 417 Stokes Rd, Medford. 609-654-9400.

YogaCenterOfMedford.com.

Morning Meditation and Chanting – 9-10:30am.

Includes a period of quiet meditation, chanting and Dharma teaching. Chanting Sutras is a powerful means toward realizing intention. Chanting is a Buddhist form of prayer. Prayers offered for global peace, healing and reconciliation.

Donation appreciated. Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong. 609-268-9151.

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Wild Orchids of New Jersey – 1-3pm. With Botanist Ted Gordon. $5/person. Whitesbog Village, 120 Whitesbog Rd, Browns Mills. Reservations required: 609-893-4646.

TUESDAY, JUNE 3 Tibetan Energy Meditation – 7:30pm. With Janice Gilpin. Experience a breathwork practice to balance, center and align your energy field. Incorporating gentle seated movement, chanting mantras and mudras, with 20 mins of meditation. $15. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006.

LiveInJoyYoga.com.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4 Chair Yoga – Wednesdays, June 4-18. 7:308:30am. Create a happier, more comfortable life.

Recognize/take control over unavoidable pains/ stresses using movements, breathing, sound and visualizations. Small class. Work attire. $45.

Temenos Center, Moorestown. Linda: 609-7813963, Healing.Yoga@yahoo.com.

Healing Chants – Wednesdays, June 4-18.

9-10am. Learn healing Sanskrit chants which can influence body, breath and state of mind; enhance skills of active listening and memory; open feeling. $45. 720 E Main St, Ste 1A, Moorestown. Linda Cope: 609-781-3963, Healing.Yoga@yahoo.com.

Camp Cooking Basics – 6:30-8pm. Learn how to set up your camp kitchen and create easy and fun meals for the family. Free. REI Marlton, 501 Rte 73 S, Marlton. 856-810-1938. REI.com/ Stores/94.

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Meditation and Messages through Mediumship – 7pm. Alchemy exists with medium, Alaine Portner, E-RYT, in combination with meditation, messaging and Crystal Bowls. She communicates with the energies of loved ones and symbolic messages that are both personal and purposeful to you. Limited to 8 participants; pre-registration required. $65. Skype sessions available. Yoga Center of Medford, 417 Stokes R d , Me d f o r d . 6 0 9 - 6 5 4 - 9 4 0 0 .

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Saddler’s Woods Annual Meeting – 7pm. 10th annual meeting to celebrate Saddler’s Woods.

Will review last year’s progress, set goals for the next fiscal year and elect officers. Free and open to all members, volunteers and the public. Refreshments, including birthday cake, served. Haddon Township Environmental and Historical Center, 143 E Ormond Ave, Haddon To w n s h i p . R S V P : 8 5 6 - 8 6 9 - 7 3 7 2 , Janet@SaddlersWoods.org.

Gong Bath – 7:30-9pm. With Michele Halliwell, of Healing Harmonies. A sonic sound healing experience. Reach higher states of consciousness as the sound energy moves through your vibratory field, opening, clearing and recharging the mind, body and spirit. $25/at door, $20/advance. The Sanctuary for Yoga, 43 S Main St, Medford. 609-953-7800.

TheSanctuaryForYoga.com.

THURSDAY, JUNE 5 Eden Energy Medicine Study Group – 7-8:30pm.

Based on Donna Eden’s Energy Medicine book, each class has a theme, with plenty of time for questions and practice. 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.

Mandala/Angel Workshop – 7-9pm. Kristy McAdams guides you to color/make own mandala, a sacred circle expression of you and your connection to Angels. Angels and Mandalas are considered guides, helping people access their spiritual nature. No drawing experience needed.

Materials supplied. $20. The Center…Life in Balance, 43 S Main St, Medford. 609-975-8379.

TheCenterLifeInBalance@gmail.com.

Sound Healing with Quartz Crystal Singing Bowls – 7:30-9:30pm. Join Michele Haliwell for an evening of healing, balancing and relaxation with the beautiful sounds of quartz crystal “singing” bowls. Bowls are sound healing instruments that bring you on a vibratory journey into deep meditation and higher states of consciousness. $23/pre-registration, $25/at door. Yoga Center of Medford, 417 Stokes Rd, Medford. 609-6549400. YogaCenterOfMedford.com.

FRIDAY, JUNE 6 Pineal ToningTM – 7-9pm. Pineal Gland Tones for Personal and Global Transformation, which can magnify intention and synchronicity in your life, amplifying your personal abilities and gifts.

An activation of the 24 multidimensional levels of your DNA. Donations benefit Camden Rescue Mission. To register, Andrea Regal: 856-9045566. HealersUniverse.com.

Yoga Nidra – 7:30-9pm. With Janet Watkins. A rejuvenating, restful practice for inducing mental, emotional and physical relaxation with the power to expose our innate reservoirs of creativity, clarity and self understanding. $20. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

SATURDAY, JUNE 7 Eden Energy Medicine 101-102 – June 7-8.

With Elsie Kerns. AHNA CEs 6.5 & NCTMB 7 for each level. Experience empowerment, self-healing and vibrant health that is effective, time efficient, affordable and available 24/7.

Your Center, Cherry Hill. 856-988-7426.

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Burlington County Farmers’ Market – 8:30am1pm. Locally grown produce, prepared foods, artists, weekly cooking demonstrations, family-friendly entertainment. Spring Greens Theme Week. Cooking demo with South Jersey Hot Chefs: Chef Sofia from Kuzina by Sofia, 10am.

Music performed by Music Warm Hearted Country. 500 Centerton Rd, Moorestown. 856642-3850. BurlCoAgCenter.com.

Saddler’s Woods National Trails Day Event – 9:30am-1pm. Rain or shine. Volunteers needed to maintain trails, clean up a stream, weed invasive plants and remover litter. Wear longsleeved shirts, long pants, waterproof boots.

Refreshments, gloves, tools provided. Bring a reusable cup/bottle to reduce waste. Saddler’s Woods, 250 MacArthur Blvd, Haddon Township. Pre-registration required: 856869-7372, Kristen@SaddlersWoods.org.

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Ayurveda Cooking Class: The Cool Tastes of Summer – 1-3:30pm. Refresh your body and relax your mind this summer with easy meals and refreshing drinks that you can create at home or on vacation. $30. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006.

LiveInJoyYoga.com.

SUNDAY, JUNE 8 Eckankar Worship Service – 11am-12pm. Celebrate the experience of the Light and Sound of God through the Eckankar Worship Service.

Service includes singing HU, followed by a discussion on month’s topic: “The Healing Presence of God’s Love.” Acu-Health Center, 100 W Camden Ave, Moorestown. More info: 609-261-0019.

Finding Balance: Taking the Mystery out of Arm Balances & Inversions – 2-4pm. With Will Murray. Find your balance safely and successfully with step-by-step instructions to get into a variety of arm balances and inversions. $25. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

Healing Drum Circle – 3:30-6pm. Bring a drum or anything that makes a noise and enjoy an afternoon of healing and fun. Pre-register by June 6: 856-261-0554. BlissBodyNJ.com.

TUESDAY, JUNE 10 New Jersey Viticulture – 7pm. Monthly Horticultural Society of South Jersey meeting. Speaker: Christopher Espinosa, Amalthea Cellars, will present a brief history of New Jersey’s contribution to the art form of wine making and discuss what is needed to grow good grapes and how to care for your vines. Also Spring Flower Show.

Free and open to the public. Carmen Tilelli Community Center, 820 Mercer St, Cherry Hill. For more info: HSSJ.org.

Women’s Full Moon Sadhana – 7:30-8:30pm.

With Maureen Heil. Come together and share in a satsung, or gathering of like-minded individuals, experience guided meditation, support each other through our visions and create the sacred space of community. Donation. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11 Bike Maintenance Basics for Women – 6:308pm. Class for women designed to help you take care of your bike. Free. REI Marlton, 501 Rte 73 S, Marlton. 856-810-1938. REI.com/Stores/94.

Light Practice – 7:30-9:30pm. With Lisa Miliaresis, psychic medium and author. In this interactive workshop, learn how to tap in to your intuition and inner guidance. Experience the many benefits to increasing awareness of this wonderful internal language and awakening to a new spiritual journey. $35. The Sanctuary for Yoga, 43 S Main St, Medford. Register: 609-953-7800, TheSanctuaryForYoga.com.

Yoga, Sound Healing & Celebration with Dalien-13 Hands – 7:30-9:30pm. Join 2-time Grammy nominee Dalien for a powerful core stabilizing yoga practice and sound healing journey deep inside our mind/body/spirit connection with gongs, flutes, hang drum and other ambient instrumentation followed with time for singing and chanting. $30/pre-register, $35/ day of, free/kids. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 12 Astrology Online Teleclass – 7-8:30pm, EDT. Astrological guide to June-Dec with renown astrologer, Pam Younghans and moderator, Elsie Kerns. Pam’s forecast will include power point slideshow and recorded for replay. $25. Info, Elsie: 856-988-7426. Register: PamJune2014.

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Yoga Nidra – 7:15pm. An Indian tradition referred to as “Sleep of the Yogis.” Experience a deep sense of calm with guided visualization techniques. Yoga Nidra melts away tiredness and tension in the body, awakening to clarity. Beginners welcome. $20 or regular class card fees. Yoga Center of Medford, 417 Stokes Rd, Medford. 609-654-9400.

YogaCenterOfMedford.com.

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Philly Shakti Chant Festival – Featuring David Newman, Mira and The Beloveds: Brenda McMorrow & John De Kadt, Clair Oaks & Friends a day of yoga, music and community for the whole family. PhillyShaktiChantFestival.com.

Chakra Art & Meditation – 7:30-9pm. With Stacey Feehan & Dawn Laggy. Express and play through a beautiful, playful painting meditation. Watch your inner artist emerge as you are guided through a journey of the chakras, and paint to your heart’s content. $25. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon.

856-546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

Summer Sesshin – 8am-12pm, vegetarian lunch offered; 8am-6pm, full day, includes vegetarian lunch & dinner. Join us for a morning of tranquil meditation, sutra chanting, and lunch, followed by an afternoon of meditation, a Q&A discussion with Roshi, sutra chanting and dinner. Registration required. Half-day: $15 with lunch, $10 no lunch; Full day: $40 with lunch and dinner, $35 no dinner. Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong. 609-2689151. RSVP: Chikyo@TheZenSociety.org.

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Burlington County Farmers’ Market – 8:30am1pm. Locally grown produce, prepared foods, artists, weekly cooking demonstrations, family-friendly entertainment. Food Bank Donations and 4H Club Spotlights. Cooking demo: Kitchen Basics, 10am. Folk tunes performed by singer/songwriter Sharis Swartley. 500 Centerton Rd, Moorestown. 856-642-3850.

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YinYasa – 12:30-2:30pm. With Richard Sonne & Derek McMahon. $30. Laughing Buddha Hot Yoga, 943 Kings Hwy, West Deptford. 856-5377423. HotYogaSJ.com.

Pajamara – 6-8pm. Children 5-8 yrs old. Enjoy some time out while we entertain the children with yoga, games and great fun. Bliss Body Studio, Collingswood. Pre-register by June 9: 856-261-0554. BlissBodyNJ.com.

Moonlight Walk – 7-9pm. Listen to the night sounds of the Pines, learn about Whitesbog and experience the seasonal changes of the Pinelands. 35 miles, weather permitting. Led by experienced leader. $5/person. Whitesbog Village, 120 Whitesbog Rd, Browns Mills. Reservations required: 609-893-4646.

Eat Like a Runner Workshop – Mondays, June 16-30. 6:30-7:30pm. Learn how to refuel your engine to run stronger and longer with more enjoyment in this 3-wk workshop. $49. William G. Rohrer Center for HealthFitness, 2309 Evesham Rd, Voorhees. 888-VIRTUA3.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18 Breast Health Awareness Group – 6:30-7:30pm.

Speaker: Dorothea Atkins, Th.D., RN. Dr. Atkins will teach self-help techniques in stress management and relaxation. She has studied extensively complementary medicine therapies including manual lymphatic drainage and healthy breast massage. Free. William G. Rohrer Center for Healthfitness, Rooms 2 & 3, 2309 Evesham Rd, Voorhees. Register; seating limited: 609221-2285, Tammy@Wellness4Living.com.

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 & rear derailleurs to make sure your ride is as smooth as possible. $45/member, $65/nonmember. REI Marlton, 501 Rte 73 S, Marlton. 856-810-1938. REI. com/Stores/94.

Yoga Teacher Training Informational Meeting – 7pm. Enrolling for 2015 graduation. Are you ready for the journey of a lifetime? Our 200-hr Teacher Training Program is open to those who are dedicated to yoga practice, as an upcoming yoga teacher or to deeply enhance a personal practice. The requirements for joining the program, the incredible offerings from our talented teachers, and the wonderful YCOM community will be unveiled. Yoga Center of Medford, 417 Stokes Rd, Medford. 609-654-9400.

YogaCenterOfMedford.com.

SUNDAY, JUNE 15

Community HU Song – 7-7:30pm. 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.

Light refreshments & fellowship follow. Free.

Moorestown Community House, 16 E Main St, Moorestown. More info: 609-261-0019.

Restorative Yoga – 1-3pm. With Shazz. Using blankets, bolsters, pillows, blocks, straps and other “props” to support the body, restorative yoga creates profound shifts in the nervous system, allowing a physiological shift to deep restfulness and well-being. $20. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

Sacred Sisterhood Circle: Messages from Spirit Animal Teachers – 7-9:30pm. The Animal Kingdom constantly sends us cues and guidance-learn how to receive and interpret their Wisdom. Connect in sisterhood to discover and heal from and through the wealth of wisdom within and around us. $25. To register, Andrea Regal: 856-9045566. HealersUniverse.com.

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Eckankar Spiritual Wisdom Discussion Class – 8-9pm. This month’s topic is “Spiritual Wisdom on Prayer, Meditation and Contemplation.” Future classes include: Dreams, Conquering Fear.

Moorestown Community House, 16 E Main St, Moorestown. For more info: 609-871-8615.

THURSDAY, JUNE 19 GMO Free NJ Summer Film Fest – 6:308pm. After seeing Truck Farm, your creative inner gardener will be unleashed and unstoppable. Using green roof technology and heirloom seeds, filmmaker Ian Cheney plants a vegetable garden on the only land he’s got: his Granddad’s old pickup. Refreshments and door prizes. Free and open to the public.

Collingswood Public Library, 771 Haddon Ave. RSVP: GMOfreeNJ@gmail.com. Learn more: GMOfreeNJ.com.

SATURDAY, JUNE 21 Burlington County Farmers’ Market – 8:30am1pm. Locally grown produce, prepared foods, artists, weekly cooking demonstrations, family-friendly entertainment. Military Support Events Week. Cooking Demon: Cooking On The Run, 10 am. Music by the John Byrne Band.

500 Centerton Rd, Moorestown. 856-642-3850.

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Summer Solstice Celebration – 2-5pm. With Parvati. Celebrate the summer solstice with a puja ceremony and an energizing practice of sun salutations. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006.

LiveInJoyYoga.com.

An Evening with Seijaku Roshi: Attachment and the Path to Liberation – 7-9pm. Join Seijaku Roshi, Abbot of Pine Wind Zen Center, as he explores the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism, as well as “dukkha,” the fundamental nature of our deep dissatisfaction. Learn how these important teachings can guide and inspire our practice of the Dharma Way and have a powerful effect on our relationships, work and society. $15/$20 donation, $5/Pine Wind members. Yoga For Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 609-268-9151. PineWind.org.

Summer Solstice – 7-9pm. Michele Halliwell will connect us with Mother Earth through the heartbeat of the drum and sacred song; meditation, discussion around the fire pit and a dance of Universal Peace. Consider wearing white to honor the light. Bring a beach chair. $20. The Center…Life in Balance, 43 S Main St, Medford. 609-975-8379. TheCenterLifeInBalance @gmail.com.

SUNDAY, JUNE 22

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Access Consciousness Bars Certification Class – 10am-6pm. Learn to apply gentle touch to the 32 points on the head that correspond to different areas of our life and clear out the fixed points of view, judgments, negative feelings and limiting beliefs that slow us down. Bogota. For more info: 856-437-0430. Restoration-You.com.

Earth Fair – 10:30-4pm. Enjoy a day featuring green vendors, crafters, artists and performers.

Individuals requiring special accommodations are requested to give 2 wks advance notification to Burlington County Parks Dept. Historic Smithville Park, Smithville Rd, Eastampton.

609-265-5858. Co.Burlington.NJ.US/Parks.

Juicing, Clean Eating & Local Food – 1-3pm.

Vinny Vegan will be juicing and instructing on clean eating habits, and how to eat locally. Free samples and recipes. Laughing Buddha Hot Yoga, 545 Rte 73, West Berlin. 856-537-7423.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 24 Hope and Healing Circle – 10am-7pm. Free services for cancer patients and 20% off for all caregivers. Receive free massage, Reiki or reflexology to aid those with cancer in their journey back to wellness. Therapists trained in oncology massage. Halo Wellness Center, 968 Rte 73 S, Marlton. To register: 856-574-4433.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25 Access Consciousness Bars Certification Class – 9:30am-5:30pm. Learn to apply gentle touch to the 32 points on the head that correspond to different areas of our life and clear out the fixed points of view, judgments, negative feelings and limiting beliefs that slow us down.

Moorestown. For more info: 856-437-0430.

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Map & Compass Navigation Basics Class – 6:30-8:30pm. Learn basic navigation skills using map and compass to find your way. In this in-store class learn the parts of a compass, how to read a topographic map and how to use them in tandem. $30/member, $50/nonmember. REI Marlton, 501 Rte 73 S, Marlton. 856-810-1938.

REI.com/Stores/94.

FRIDAY, JUNE 27

Nourish the Heart, Quiet the Mind & Revitalize the Body – 10am-4pm. With Elsie Kerns. Explore effective stress reduction nurturing practices that require no previous energy experience. Feel relaxed yet energized, calm and grounded in just 30

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Girls’ Night Out – 4-7pm. Halo Wellness Center provides the perfect setting to relax and renew with your friends. Receive a 40-min massage, 20-min salt room, 20-min reflexology, Angel

card reading, and light food and refreshments. $85/person ($120 value). Halo Wellness Center, 968 Rte 73 S, Marlton. To register: 856-5744433. ElevateYourHealth.com.

Restorative Yoga – 7pm. Experience an evening of deep relaxation through gentle yoga stretches and supported postures, accompanied by the soothing sounds of Crystal Bowls. Free yourself from long held tensions in the body and mind, and create a healing and spiritually uplifting space. $15. Yoga Center of Medford, 417 Stokes Rd, Medford. Register: 609-654-9400 or YogaCenterOfMedford.com.

SATURDAY, JUNE 28 Burlington County Farmers’ Market – 8:30am1pm. Locally grown produce, prepared foods, artists, weekly cooking demonstrations, family-friendly entertainment. Fun for Kids Week with kid-oriented activities. Cooking demo: Kids in the Kitchen, 10 am. Fun kids songs from singer/songwriter Caveman Dave. 500 Centerton Rd, Moorestown. 856-642-3850.

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Backcountry Navigation with a Map & Compass – 9am-2pm. Are you heading into the woods and want to learn how to use your map & compass properly? Learn how to translate what is on your map to the surrounding area. $60/ member, $80/nonmember. Valley Forge NP Artillery Park. More info & registration, REI Marlton: 856-810-1938, REI.com/Stores/94.

31st Annual Blueberry Festival – 10am-4pm.

Enjoy blueberry picking, live country music, children’s activities, exhibits, food, historical presentations and tours, pinelands artists and crafters, blueberry pie eating contest, walking/wagon tours and more. $10/car. Whitesbog Village, 120 Whitesbog Rd, Browns Mills.

609-893-4646.

The American Sanskrit Institute’s Weekend Immersion – June 28-29. 12-4pm. Introduction to Sanskrit with Kacy Davey. Get intimate familiarity with the unique points of resonance in your own palate that support Sanksrit’s sacred sounds, and be firmly grounded in proper pronunciation of this ancient language. $225. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

MONDAY, JUNE 30 Teacher and School Personnel Appreciation Day: Yoga Center of Medford – All day. Complimentary yoga classes offered in appreciation of your dedication to our children. Come relax, rejuvenate and bring closure to the school year as we guide you through movement and breath that will release the weariness and stress from your body, mind and spirit. Yoga Center of Medford, 417 Stokes Rd, Medford. 609-654-9400.

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plan ahead JULY & AUGUST

Registration for Little Buddhas: Art of Yoga Summer Camp – With Angie Easley. West Deptford: 3-5 yrs, July 7-11; 6-10 yrs, July 14-18. West Berlin: 3-5 yrs, July 21-25; 6-10 yrs. Aug 4-8. $150 include supplies, T-shirt & lunch. Laughing Buddha Hot Yoga: 943 Kings Hwy, West Deptford; 545 Rte 73, West Berlin.

856-537-7423. HotYogaSJ.com.

retreats THURSDAY, MAY 15

Sacred Immersion Retreat – May 15-18. With Kathy Milano, PhD. Awaken your WholeHeart during a transformative weekend retreat at The Country Place, Poconos. Wisdom transmissions from Angelic Realm and Divine Feminine, Angelic Energetics, yoga with Julie Fischer, RYT, energy psychology, labyrinth, inspired art, laughter, and sacred ceremony empower you to embody your precious Sacredness. More info: KathyMilano.com, LiveInJoyYoga.com.

SEPTEMBER

Bimini, Bahamas Dolphin Yoga Adventure – Create your human pod of like-minded sea seekers on this Yoga Retreat to Bimini Bahamas.

Discover the alternative to a caged dolphin experience. Release your own boundaries of adventure. Yoga, dolphin, magic, Atlantis, energy transformation. The trip always fills to capacity.

For more info: 609-654-9400, YogaCenterOfMedford.com or Wildquest.com.

trainings SATURDAY, JUNE 21

Usui Reiki Level II Certification Class – 9:30am-5pm. With Jacklynn Milovsky. Includes symbols, long-distance healing. Learn to work with the physical body, and the emotional body. Giving/receiving Reiki and attunement included. Reiki Level I certification required. $190. 7 NCTMB hrs. Halo Wellness Center, 968 Rte 73 S, Marlton. To register: 856-574-4433.

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SUNDAY, JUNE 22

Usui Reiki Master Level I Training – 1pm. Reiki Master Teacher, Janice Gilpin, will guide you along your empowerment journey. Preregistration & prepayment required. $200/Level I. Yoga Center of Medford, 417 Stokes Rd, Medford.

609-654-9400. YogaCenterOfMedford.com.

ongoing events Email don@nasouthjersey.com for guidelines and to submit entries.

The Center…Life in Balance, 43 S Main St, Medford. 609-975-8379. TheCenterLifeInBalance@ gmail.com.

daily Daily and Weekly Yoga, Meditation, Relaxation and Dance Movement Classes – As well as special workshops and events that supports your overall mind, body and spiritual well-being. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856-4047287. YogaForLiving.net.

Dawn Meditation – 6-7am, weekdays except June 23-27. 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. $5 donation appreciated. Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong. 609-2689151. PineWind.org.

Daily Yoga Classes – 10am-6pm, Mon-Fri; 10am, Sat & Sun. Small classes ensure you are getting the most out of your practice. Halo Wellness Center, 968 Rte 73 S, Marlton. To register: 856-574-4433.

For schedule: ElevateYourHealth.com.

Free Fit Camp – 5:30-6:30pm. Come experience the community Fit Camp Phenomenon. All fitness levels are welcomed to join. 3 times weekly physical training. Fitness evaluation and coaching.

Complete body transformation. Free. GNP Nutrition, 106 Bridgeboro St, Riverside. Gaveth: 609923-1203.

sunday Soul Yoga – 9-10:15am. With Kelly Wellens. Open to all levels of experience. As you flow through postures, you will be guided to use your breath and body to celebrate and connect with Spirit. The Sanctuary for Yoga, 43 S Main St, Medford. 609953-7800, TheSanctuaryForYoga.com.

Haddon Heights Farmers’ Market – Thru Oct. 10am-1pm. Station & East Atlantic aves, Haddon Heights. HHFarmersMarket.com.

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

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SUNDAY, JUNE 29

Usui Reiki Master Level II Training – 1pm. Reiki Master Teacher, Janice Gilpin, will guide you along your empowerment journey. Preregistration & prepayment required. $300/Level I. Yoga Center of Medford, 417 Stokes Rd, Medford.

609-654-9400. YogaCenterOfMedford.com.

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.

tuesday Shakit Yoga – 9-10:15am. With Shawn Swift.

Shakti is the Sanskrit word for power. Come to to be challenged (in a good way), and feel the power of yoga. The Sanctuary for Yoga, 43 S Main St, Medford. 609-953-7800.

TheSanctuaryForYoga.com.

Gentle Level 1 Yoga with Bonnie Hart – 10-11am.

For beginners and experienced students. Includes meditation and gentle movement to release tension and cultivate peace and vitality. Yoga For Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. YogaForLiving. net or EarthGym.org.

Creative Writing – 10-11:30am. 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. $95/6 wks, $18/drop-in. Eilandarts Center, 21 S Centre St, Merchantville. Eilandarts@yahoo. com. Eilandarts.com.

Kid’s Yoga – 4:30-5:30pm. A fun and engaging class exploring yoga poses, cooperative games, breathing and relaxation exercises and convey lessons in self-expression, body-awareness and social skills. For ages 5-11. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006.

LiveInJoyYoga.com.

All Level Yoga with Sandy – 7pm. New class. Vital Yoga, 836 Broadway, Westville. 609-922-2484.

VitalYogaNJ.com.

Metaphysical Sharing Circle – 7-8:30pm. 3rd Tues. This group is a safe and fun place to share your metaphysical experiences and ask questions.

An informal gathering discussing and using different tools and concepts to enhance, enlighten and develop our intuition. Walk-ins welcome. $15. The Center…Life in Balance, 43 S Main St, Medford. Register: 609-923-3154 or Susan@NJ Balance.com.

Community Acupuncture Clinic – 7-9pm. An effective introduction to the wealth of Chinese Medicine with Ruth Dalphin, L.Ac. An affordable, accessible and relaxing experience. $35 first visit, $25 follow-ups. Logos Wellness, 1 Sheppard Rd, Ste 703, Voorhees. For more info and to schedule appt, Mon-Thurs: 856-985-8320.

Mindfulness Meditation Class – 7:30-8:30pm.

Looking to incorporate more meditation into your life? An introductory class to meditation and Zen

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living. Includes a period of seated Serene Meditation followed by a teaching given by Seijaku Roshi, Abbot of Pine Wind Zen Center, or a Senior Ordained Priest. $15 or YFL Card; $5/Pine Wind members. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 609-268-9151. PineWind.org.

wednesday Vedic Chanting for Beginners – 9-10am. Learn simple Vedic Chants that open heart and mind.

Change the way we think and feel and increase mental clarity. With Linda Cope. Also Yoga Therapy by appointment. Temenos Center, Moorestown.

856-722-9043 x 7. Healing.Yoga@yahoo.com.

Mid-Day Meditation – 12pm. Join us for a 10-minute meditation. Focus of this meditation is love. Each week we will raise the love vibration for 2014. Bring your lunch to eat mindfully after the meditation. Treat yourself to a mid-week refresher. The Center…Life in Balance, 43 S Main St, Medford. 609-975-8379.

Westmont Farmers’ Market – Thru Oct 29.

4-7pm. Haddon & Stratford Ave, Haddon.

WestmontFarmersMarket.com.

Prenatal Yoga – 5:45-7pm. Enhance your pregnancy with prenatal yoga and keep the body healthy, the mind stress free and promote a deeper connection between mother and baby. With Tricia Heiser.

The Sanctuary for Yoga, 43 S Main St, Medford.

609-953-7800. TheSanctuaryForYoga.com.

Food & Water Watch of Gloucester County – 6pm. 2nd Wed. Ensure that the food and water we consume are safe, clean, accessible and sustainably produced. We can do it together. Glassboro Public Library, 2 Center St. Info, Emily Reuman: 732839-0878, EReuman@fwwatch.org.

Gentle Level 1 Yoga with Bonnie Hart – 6-7pm.

For beginners and experienced students. Includes meditation and gentle movement to release tension and cultivate peace and vitality. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. YogaForLiving. net or EarthGym.org.

Cooper River Group of Food & Water Watch – 6:30pm. 1st Wed. Ensure that the food and water we consume are safe, clean, accessible and sustainably produced. We can do it together.

Collingswood Public Library, 771 Haddon Ave. Info, Emily Reuman: 732-839-0878, EReuman@ fwwatch.org.

Metaphysical Development Circle – 6:30-8:30pm.

Higher awareness, meditation, mindfulness, spirit communication, dowsing and more. Medium and author Robert Egby. Drop-ins welcome. Donations appreciated. 13 Wynwood Dr, Pemberton. Seating limited: 609-351-5878. Check “Bulletin Board” at Robert-Egby.com.

All Level Yoga – 6:45-8pm. For all levels of ability and great for beginners. Modifications and variations are introduced so that all participants can receive the benefits of this class. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-5461006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

Meditation & Zen Class – 7-8:30pm. 1st 3 Wednesdays. Consists of periods of seated and walking meditation, chanting of sutras and a teaching. $10 donation appreciated. Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong. 609-268-9151. PineWind.org.

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thursday A Healing Sanctuary: Yoga for Breast Cancer Recovery and Beyond – 10-11:30am. Integrates gentle yoga, breathing and mindfulness practices along with aromatherapy, Reiki, energy medicine and singing crystal bowls to soothe the body, mind and spirit. $15. Anu Medical Spa, 200B Rte 73, Voorhees. Info, Pamela Kofsky: 856-266-3164 or Innerradiance777@aol.com.

Yoga for Kids – 4-4:45pm. Children ages 5-10 explore yoga through games, crafts and poses. The purpose of kids’ yoga is to help them with balance and coordination. Teach individual poses and partner poses to help build communication skills and to learn how to help others. $60/6 wks. Eilandarts Center, 21 S Centre St, Merchantville. Eilandarts@ yahoo.com. Eilandarts.com.

friday Aikido Class – 6:30am. Come and get centered and find your power. Aikido Agatsu Dojos, 217 Chester Ave, Moorestown. 856-309-9526.

Gentle Level 1 Yoga with Bonnie Hart – 9:3010:30am & 11am-12pm. For beginners and experienced students. Includes meditation and gentle movement to release tension and cultivate peace and vitality. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. YogaForLiving.net or EarthGym.org.

Friday Farmers’ Market at WFM Marlton – 11am-3pm. Local food producers “from around here.” Show your support for these local farmers and artisans by stopping by their tables located on the sidewalk along our store front. Whole Foods Market Marlton, 940 Rte 73 N. 856-797-1115. Interested in setting up a table? For more info: MarltonEvents@WholeFoods.com.

Beginner Friendly, Small Yoga Classes – 5-6pm.

Explore mind, body, emotions deeply connected with breath. With Linda Cope. Also Yoga Therapy by appointment. Temenos Center, Moorestown.

856-722-9043 x 7. Healing.Yoga@yahoo.com.

saturday Collingswood Farmers’ Market – Thru Thanksgiving. 8am-12pm. Rain or shine. Between Collings & Irvin aves along Patco. CollingswoodMarket.com.

Burlington County Farmers’ Market – Thru Oct 25. 8:30am-1pm. Rain or shine. Locally grown produce, prepared foods, artists, weekly cooking demonstrations, family-friendly entertainment. 500 Centerton Rd, Moorestown. BurlCoAgCenter.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.

classifieds Fee for classifieds is $1 per word per month. To place listing, email content to don@nasouthjersey.com. Deadline is the 10th of the month.

COUNSELING DRUG AND ALCOHOL COUNSELING – Family/Individual, AETNA accepted, $65/fee service. Oaklyn. J. Lang, LCADC: 609-980-3514.

CREATIVE MUSIC PSYCHOTHERAPY CREATIVE MUSIC PSYCHOTHERAPY – Achieving emotional, mental and physical health through the creative process. No musical experience necessary. Adults, individual, couple, family.

Amanda MacRae, MMT, MT-BC: 609346-3995.

FOR RENT BEAUTIFUL YOGA STUDIO/ COUNSELING SPACE FOR RENT, CHERRY HILL – Looking for a great space and location to hold your workshop, class, private therapy or counseling session.

The Yoga for Living studio is available for rental. Counseling room, $15/hour or $75/day. Call 856-404-7287.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS PRODUCTS THE BEST FOR HOME AND HEALTH – Health and wellness products direct to your door! Scientifically designed with nature’s ingredients. Also, an opportunity for pride and pleasure from helping others while you create a part-time income. 610-733-4514.

LABYRINTHS CLASSICAL CHARTRES LABYRINTH DESIGNS – Manufactured for residential, commercial, and institutional settings. These beautiful labyrinths are made from concrete pavers, individually created with your choice of size, color and design, to pass the test of time. Landscape design services and consulting available to help with placement, installation and supporting landscape. TAKE THE FIRST STEP. To learn more, call: 856-546-0945.

communityresourceguide

ALAINE PORTNER, E-RYT

Connecting you to the leaders in natural health care and green living in our community. To find out how you can be included in the Community Resource Guide email don@nasouthjersey.com to request our media kit.

Access consciousness RENEE ROBERTSON Restoration-You Inc. Moorestown, NJ 856-437-0430 Restoration-You.com

What if there was a much easier way to deal with stress? Enjoy an Energetic Facelift, a wonderful way to rejuvenate the face. This is an economical, totally blissful, lightenergetic-touch, hands-on technique that feels amazing and can lift, smooth, tighten and awaken your face. $45 for your first 1-hour session.

Offering certification classes for Access Energetic Facelift™ and Access Energetic Bars™.

Acupuncture ROSE MULLEN, APN, MAC, LAC 5 Element Acupuncture 117 Haddon Ave Westmont, NJ 08108 609-214-6492

Come to life more fully. Nurse practitioner, masters in acupuncture Maryland University of Integrative Health, nationally Board Certified.

When chi is blocked or obstructed, disease will occur on any level.

Treatment eases energy flow and nourishes your body-mind-spirit.

This manifests the inner glow of vibrant health throughout all aspects of your life.

AYURVEDIC HEALING PRACTITIONER

Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher, Reiki Master Rte 70 & Hartford Rd, Medford, NJ 609-654-9400 AlainePortner.com Alaine@YogaCenterOfMedford.com YogaCenterOfMedford.com

CHIROPRACTOR 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 15.

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

ENERGY therapy BARBARA A TORITTO, NJLMT, REIKI MASTER

Angel’s Hands LLC 100 West Camden Ave Moorestown, NJ 08057 609-760-8410 AngelsHands.info

JASON TAYLOR MORGAN

508-808-3066 Jason@JasonTaylorMorgan.com JasonTaylorMorgan.com

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.

Energy master and healer Jason Taylor Morgan helps spiritually and consciously advancing people to Heal the Past, Shift the Present and Evolve into the Future by providing beautiful and powerful paths to profound life change on every level of one’s being—to live an Ascending Life.

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

JANET WATKINS, RYT, CRM

Utilizing the principles of Ayurveda, nutrition, yoga, 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.

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 29.

Reiki is a powerful energy healing technique that can be used to treat the whole person: body, mind and spirit. It is a technique that truly needs to be experienced to understand the full impact of its healing capabilities.

COLON HYDROTHERAPY

counseling Ayurvedic Healing Practitioner Registered Yoga Teacher Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness 118 W Merchant St Audubon, NJ 08106 856-816-4158

ENERGYWORK

BONNIE HART

Stress-Relief Specialist, Ecopsychologist, MA Transpersonal Psychology Yoga For Living 1926 Greentree Rd Cherry Hill, NJ 08003 One-on-one counseling to unravel the worries of the mind and move into the wisdom of the heart. Offering knowledgeable, caring guidance. $75 for 1 hour. EarthGym.org for info.

See ad, page 14.

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. Inperson 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.

WHAT ARE U EATING?, LLC

1000 Maplewood Dr, Ste 209 Maple Shade, NJ 08052 866-300-0736 ClientCare@WhatAreUEating.com WhatAreUEating.com Programs include health coaching, Zumba, yoga classes, essential oils, organic supplements and Shea butters.

O u r s t a ff s p e c i a l i z e s i n coaching hypertensive and diabetic clients, which include private yoga sessions which incorporate restorative exercise. We specialize in coaching and providing exercise classes for bariatric patients, pre/post-surgery.

INTEGRATIVE/HOLISTIC MEDICINE

DR. STEVEN HORVITZ

Institute for Medical Wellness 110 Marter Ave, Ste 408, Moorestown 856-231-0590 DrHorvitz.com Board-Certified Family Medicine blending traditional family care with a holistic focus and preventive, nutritional 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, page 25.

HYPNOTHERAPY PHILIP GETSON, DO

Fitness specialist & personal trainer

LAUREN TRIBOLETTI

Virtua Center for HealthFitness-Moorestown 401 Young Ave, Moorestown, NJ 08057 VirtuaFitness.org

Lauren is a Certified Holistic Life Coach, Cancer Exercise Specialist and ACSM-CPT. Her areas of expertise are special populations, older adults, balance/fall prevention, weight loss and Strength after Breast Cancer. Lauren is also the Medical Integration Coordinator for the Virtua Center for HealthFitness - Moorestown. See ad, page 2.

BARBARA ANGELO, CH, CI

Past Life Regression Therapy 100 W Camden Ave, Moorestown, 08057 609-458-6282 KahunaHealingHypnosis.com Discover the amazing power of past lives. Heal yourself through intuition.

Live your best life! Barbara has trained with world-renowned, past life expert Dr. Brian Weiss and is an instructor with the National Guild of Hypnotists. She offers private and group sessions in past life regression and intuitive hypnotherapy. Workshops and professional hypnosis training are also available. Start your journey to realizing your dreams.

DR. JAIME FELDMAN, DCH

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 T h e r m o g r a p h i c Te c h n i c i a n , 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 37.

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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 13.

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 infra red detox sauna (The POD), Reiki, a smoking cessation program, physician standard supplements and ongoing wellness classes. See ad, page 37.

LIFE COACHING

LIZA BERTINI, M.S., E-RYT 500

Yoga Inspired Life Coaching for Women Haddonfield, NJ 201-446-0282 Liza@LizaBertini.com LizaBertini.com This unique method of coaching combines the profound wisdom of yoga philosophy, guidance, inspiration, and effective tools to help you live your ideal life. You will be empowered to live authentically, achieve specific goals, and attain happiness, health, and balance. Explore what you want in life and develop an action plan to achieve it.

MASSAGE tHERAPY

BARBARA A TORITTO, NJLMT, REIKI MASTER Angel’s Hands LLC 100 West Camden Ave Moorestown, NJ 08057 609-760-8410 AngelsHands.info

Specializing in Pain Management through the use of C.A.P.R. Muscle Therapy and Deep Tissue Massage.

Please visit website for testimonials and a video explaining C.A.P.R. and how it can work for you. Area Health Care Providers refer their patients for C.A.P.R. therapy.

SPIRITUAL DIRECTION & wellness coaching

NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING

MARIA E. GULLO, MSPC

DONNA WOOD

609-440-9175 Maria@TheContemplativeWay.org MariaGullo.com

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 33.

Spiritual Direction helps people deepen their relationship with the Divine, develop their own spirituality and transform their lives for greater freedom and health. Maria specializes in divorce and addiction recovery, life transitions, overcoming stress and developing a healthier lifestyle.

SUpplements IMMUNOGENIC

JULIE FISCHER, CMT, RTT, RYT-500 Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness 118 W Merchant St, Audubon 110 Marter Ave, Moorestown 609-504-2783 LiveInJoy@gmail.com LiveInJoyYoga.com

Julie uses massage therapy, yoga and meditation to restore health through the body’s own healing ability and maintain wholeness to the body.

Using a fusion of teachings and energetics from shamanic, Eastern and Western tradition, her sessions bring forth the natural balance of mind, body and spirit. Choose from ayurvedic hot oil treatment, Thai massage, Swedish massage, or private and group yoga and meditation sessions. See ad, page 29.

numerologist

TRACI ROSENBERG, MA

Numerologist & Empowerment Coach 609-417-4526 TraciRosenberg@gmail.com SoulTalkWithTraci.com Join the region’s leading 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.

Hope-2-Cure.com A New Jersey nonprofit corporation AlyelraSoul@gmail.com

PSYCHOENERGETIC COUNSELING

This healthy formula contains a blend of more than 26 medicinal plants that stimulates the production of immune reply mediators and stops malign cells. See ad, page 14.

HEALERS UNIVERSE

Andrea Regal Subtle Energy Therapist 856-904-5566 Andrea@HealersUniverse.com HealersUniverse.com

WELLNESS CENTER

A Sacred healing modality based on a dynamic intersection between the psychoemotional aspects of human experience and the energetic dimensions of the Self. By addressing the primary root causation of the underlying issue, this evolutionary and integrative process is effective and sustaining.

30+ years experience counseling and teaching mind, body, soul alignment. Each session uniquely attuned to your energetic resonance.

reflexology

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

Awareness Coaching, THE CENTER 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 7.

zen life coaching SEIJAKU ROSHI

Pine Winds Zen Center Cherry Hill & Shamong locations 609-268-9151 Seijaku@Jizo-An.org

SPIRIT TO SOLE CONNECTION

Riverton Health and Fitness Center 600 Main St, Ste 8, Riverton, NJ 08077 856-834-0883 Spirit2SoleConnection@yahoo.com SpiritToSoleConnection.com Reflexology, Herbalist RH(AHG), Reiki, Medical Intuitive, Detoxing Coach, Master Gardener and Life & Diet Coach.

A unique opportunity to work with an American Zen Master. One-onone private sessions with one of today’s most popular pioneers and expert in the field of human potential and Mindfulness Meditation Stress Reduction Training (Zen Training).

Adults, couples, families, executives, professionals, caretakers and clergy. Stress management, relationships, grief, loss, mindfulness in the workplace. See ad, page 29.

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