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Living a Life You Takes Steps that Make Love is Real Affluence a Difference

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Living a Life We Love is Real Affluence

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Ballet-Inspired Workouts Create Long and Lean Muscles

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Eco-Activist Actress Takes Steps that Make a Difference

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26 QUIETING THE MIND

A Veteran Spreads The Healing Message of Yoga

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28 DANGERS IN THE COSMETIC BAG

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30 THE CENTER, LIFE IN BALANCE

Guided by Spirit for Greater Healing

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3 1 WHAT’S YOUR CHILD’S EQ?

Six Ways to Raise Emotional Intelligence

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ovember in South Jersey brings the beauties of fall foliage, crisp temperatures, sweatshirts, lots of apples and pumpkins and, of course, Thanksgiving. The holiday’s special feasting, family gatherings and celebration of blessings have produced some of my fondest memories.

The lack of commercialism surrounding Thanksgiving is particularly refreshing. I love its core message of gratitude. I’ve been thinking about how most of us acknowledge the value of gratitude and teach our children to say thank you or send thank you notes for gifts received. Maybe we wave our thanks when another motorist extends us a courtesy. Yet to me, a simple response to another’s kindness, however polite or meaningful, isn’t the same as true gratitude.

I believe greater gratitude comes from a deep place of introspection and connectedness. I try to experience such gratitude every day. Not only at times of abundance, happiness or success, but also in times of difficulty—especially during times of difficulty.

I once read an unattributed conversation that I’ve always remembered: “Why me, why should I suffer dear God?”… “You choose to suffer, I show you love every day and you choose to listen to your pain instead.” It’s made a profound impression on me because it rings true to my own life.

I’ve seen how so many people tend to listen to their pain more than the beauty all around them. Through many trials and tribulations in my life, including physical illness and injury, I’m grateful that I’ve been enabled to look past the pain and deal with the negative aspects simply as facts that need to be dealt with. I take the actions I’m led to take, and then trust Life to hold me up and deliver me. I’m glad I’ve made it a habit to look for something I’m grateful for in challenging situations and then focus on that. So much of our quality of life comes from the things we choose to put our energy into.

May we all find a blessing to celebrate each day throughout this month of Thanksgiving. It may be restored health, the love of a child or simply life itself.

Let’s focus on that, even if just for a little while as we go about our day, and then go on to grow our gratitude each month throughout the year.

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Presented by Joel Auerbach, the webinar will highlight the mechanism of nicotine addiction and how the Center for Laser Therapy has helped thousands of people quit smoking. Laser Therapy’s one-on-one therapy is completely non-invasive, safe and relaxing. Clients often notice an immediJoel Auerbach ate reduction in cravings and symptoms of nicotine withdrawal after the first treatment.

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ntuitive Medium and Energy Healer Faye Weber, the founder of Genesis Spiritual Healing & Metaphysical Center, in Lumberton, will unveil her new energy healing method, Amaya Consciousness Healing, to the public at two workshops. The first will take place from 1 to 3 p.m., November 15, and will focus on the background of the method and includes a short sample session.

Weber will teach the method and attune students to the Amaya symbol at the second Faye Weber workshop from 1 to 4 p.m., November 29.

Amaya Consciousness Healing™ has evolved over the course of one year. The term “Amaya” is a Sanskrit girl’s name meaning “free from delusion.” Weber contends that the system’s primary purpose is to help recipients return to their natural state of divine consciousness and bliss, helping to silence the mind, remove negative energy from the chakras and energy field, and relieve stress and pain. “The ultimate goal of this healing method is to be free from the negative effects that can be produced from Maya, the illusion of physical reality,” says Weber.

After using it on herself for a year, Weber introduced it to her clients last May. She received positive feedback and decided to bring the method to the public.

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The Center, Life in Balance Relocates to Larger Space

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he Center, Life in Balance has moved into a larger space at 45 South Main Street, in Medford. The new space, which is the former location of The Iris Inn Bed & Breakfast, will allow the center to expand its offerings. To celebrate the move, The Center will host an Open House from noon to 4 p.m., November 8.

Visitors can take a tour, meet the practitioners and sample food from SuperFoods Café & Market, the only wellness center in-house café in South Jersey.

The parlor welcomes clients and visitors and doubles as a meeting room, as does the gathering space. The two large rooms provide the center with more space to host events, workshops and classes, and the nine bedrooms serve as office space for the wealth of holistic healers now part of The Center, Life in Balance. The Center is the only wellness center in South Jersey to provide a café inhouse for its clients.

“When we were guided to expand, we realized there was one element missing, at least to the degree we felt necessary,” explains Susan Drummond, co-owner with Maryan Pino Miller. “That was the nutritional aspect, which is a major component of total life balance. We are happy to welcome Michelle Toomey, a nutrition counselor, and Paul DiCamillo, owner of SuperFoods Café & Market to The Center.”

LOAT, a floatation center, is now open at 27 North Maple Avenue, in Marlton.

Leading the resurgence of floatation therapy in the South New Jersey region, FLOAT offers clients the opportunity to float weightlessly in oversized, custom, open, sensory-deprivation chambers.

Floatation therapy is used to help alleviate aches and pains, speed athletic recovery, lower cortisol and stress levels, and help ease symptoms of anxiety and depression.

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The Impact of the Geology of South Jersey

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ocal geologist Ramesh Venkatakrishnan will present Geology of South Jersey and How We are Impacted, a free discussion, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., November 11, at Mount Laurel Library.

Participants will learn how New Jersey was formed geologically, what is in the local soil, how it got there and how it impacts residents. Venkatakrishnan will discuss what makes the soil in the Garden State unique and other facts about New Jersey’s unusual geology.

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Book Spotlight: Being Light Driven: Finding Inner Guidance

Book Spotlight: Autobiography of a Yogi

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amed one of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Centurary, Paramahansa Yogananda’s book, Autobiography of a Yogi, tells his life story, exploring the world of saints and yogis, science and miracles, and death and resurrection.

Read by academics, artists and celebrities, this book has been influential to many, including Dr. Ashutosh Das, a professor at Calcutta University, who says, “Autobiography of a Yogi is regarded as an Upanishad of the new age. We have felt great satisfaction and pride that the immortal nectar of India’s Sanatana Dharma, the eternal laws of truth, has been stored in the golden chalice of Autobiography of a Yogi.”

Known to be the only book Steve Jobs downloaded to his iPad, Paramahansa’s book was also read by George Harrison, of The Beatles, who said, “I keep stacks of Autobiography of a Yogi around the house, and I give it out constantly to people. When people need regrooving, I say read this, because it cuts to the heart of every religion.

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After experiencing many unexplained occurrences as a child, Miliaresis was left searching for answers.

As a teen, she developed a connection to spirit guidance and an understanding that life continues after death.

Her early journey is chronicled in her book, Being Light Driven: Finding Inner Guidance, in which she shares experiences that encourage readers to understand and appreciate their own spiritual journey without fear.

Miliaresis’ journey led her to find a delicate balance between working in corporate America, caring for her family and providing spiritual services. Through her company, Extreme Communication, Miliaresis channels in large seminars, small groups and private sessions throughout the U.S., bringing public awareness to the symbolic language of the soul while providing healing and comfort to other seekers through books and channeling sessions.

Miliaresis is also the author of Spiritual Guidance: Trusting the Voice Within with co-author Dr. Kimberly Friedman.

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Having Gratitude Yields More Happiness than Having Things

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wo studies from Baylor University have confirmed that materialism can lead to feeling less satisfied with life, while a sense of gratitude reverses some of the negative effects of the pursuit of things.

The research, led by Professor James Roberts, Ph.D., included questionnaires sent to 246 marketing students from another university, focusing on happiness and satisfaction with a 15-minute survey that included a 15-point materialism scale. The study found that individuals that focused on achieving material goals were less satisfied with their lives, less happy and had lower self-esteem. Meanwhile, the study found that grateful students found more meaning in their lives and felt a greater sense of satisfaction.

“Individuals high in gratitude showed less of a relationship between materialism and its negative affect. Additionally, individuals high in materialism showed decreased life satisfaction when either gratitude or positive affect was low,” note the researchers.

Animal Friends Soothe Autistic Children

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ccording to the Centers for Disease Control, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) now affects about 1 in every 68 children in the U.S., up from 1 in 150 in 2000. This includes 1 in 42 boys and 1 in 189 girls.

Contact with animals may help ameliorate this troubling trend. A recent study of 114 children between 5 and 12 years old has found that autistic children having greater contact with animals have less anxiety related to social situations.

The research was led by Marguerite O’Haire, Ph.D., from the Center for the Human-Animal Bond at the College of Veterinary Medicine of Purdue University, in West Lafayette, Indiana. Colleagues from the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland, in Brisbane, Australia, also participated in the study.

The researchers divided the 114 children into 38 groups of three. Each group had one ASD child and two children without ASD. Skin conductance, which provides an objective way for researchers to gauge social anxiety, was measured among the children as they read silently and aloud. As expected, skin conductance was significantly higher among the ASD children as they read aloud in front of their peers. In successive sessions, when researchers introduced pet guinea pigs for the children to pet prior to their readings, the ASD children’s skin conductance levels dropped significantly.

“Previous studies suggest that in the presence of companion animals, children with autism spectrum disorders function better socially,” says James Griffin, Ph.D., of the Child Development and Behavior Branch of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. “This study provides physiological evidence that the proximity of animals eases the stress that children with autism may experience in social situations.”

Formaldehyde Found in GMO Soybeans

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esearchers from the International Center for Integrative Systems, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have determined that genetically modified (GM/GMO) soybean plants accumulate the carcinogen formaldehyde.

The researchers utilized a scientific method called CytoSolve to analyze 6,497 diverse laboratory studies conducted by 184 scientific institutions in 23 countries worldwide. The study data showed that GMO soybeans significantly accumulate formaldehyde, a class-one carcinogen.

The research also found that genetic modification forces a depletion of glutathione among the plants, which weakens their immune system. This contrasts with the proposals put forth by the GM industry that GMO soybean plants are stronger, allowing them to endure environmental hardships better than nonGMO soybean plants.

The research was led by V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai, Ph.D., a biologist trained at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and published in the peer-reviewed journal Agricultural Sciences. “The results demand immediate testing, along with rigorous scientific standards to assure such testing is objective and replicable. It’s unbelievable such standards for testing don’t already exist. The safety of our food supply demands that science delivers such modern scientific standards for approval of GMOs,” states Ayyadurai.

Former Environmental Protection Agency Senior Scientist Ray Seidler, Ph.D., comments about the study, “The discovery reported by Ayyadurai reveals a new molecular paradigm associated with genetic engineering that will require research to discover why the extent of formaldehyde and glutathione concentrations are altered, and what other chemicals relevant to human and animal health are affected. We need the kinds of standards Ayyadurai demands to conduct such research.”

Antidepressants in Pregnancy Raises Risk of Hypertension in Kids

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n a large study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers from participating universities found mothers that take antidepressant drugs during pregnancy face the risk of heart issues for their children.

The researchers tested 3,789,330 pregnant women between 2000 and 2010. Of these, 128,950 took at least one prescription for antidepressants during their pregnancy. High blood pressure among children of mothers that didn’t take antidepressants was about 21 percent. Children that were exposed to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant drugs during pregnancy experienced high blood pressure in 31.5 percent of the cases. Those that were exposed to non-SSRI antidepressants experienced high blood pressure 29 percent of the time.

This represents a 50 percent increased risk of hypertension for babies of mothers that take SSRIs during pregnancy and a 40 percent increased risk for children exposed to non-SSRIs.

In their conclusion, the researchers note, “Evidence from publicly insured pregnant women studied may be consistent with a potential increased risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn associated with maternal use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in late pregnancy.”

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ealth Care sharing ministries are groups of likeminded people who band together to share medical expenses in a mutually beneficial way. There are only four main sharing ministries in the U.S. that are exempt from the Affordable Care Act tax penalties and only one that does not require that participants be a specific religion.

In these unique groups of people, medical costs are shared on a per-person, per-incident basis for illnesses or injuries that require medical treatment by physicians, urgent care facilities, clinics, emergency rooms or hospitals. The law of large numbers and pre-existing condition exemptions during the first year helps to keep the cost down for all participants.

Shared exKim Haist, Local penses under these Representative ministries include inpatient and outpatient hospital treatment and surgery, doctor visits, prescriptions before and after an incident, diagnostic, X-ray, lab work, maternity care, physical therapy, chiropractic, home health care, naturopathic/alternative treatments (caseby-case basis) and well visits.

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Cloves Inhibit Cancer Growth

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esearch from China has determined that cloves (Syzygium aromaticum) inhibit the growth of several cancers. Researchers tested an extract of whole cloves against several types of human cancer cells, including those of ovarian, cervical, liver, colon, breast and pancreatic cancers.

Published in the journal Oncology Research, the test used an incubation system that simulated the ability of these cancer cells to grow within the body. The researchers found that the clove extract stopped such development. The active constituents they identified within the clove extracts include oleanolic acid and eugenol. “Clove extract may represent a novel therapeutic herb for cancer treatment, and oleanolic acid is one of the components responsible for part of its antitumor activity,” the researchers commented.

Cloves, one of the oldest medicinal spices, have been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for many centuries.

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his past spring, the city of Philadelphia implemented a new type of public transportation to go along with its SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority) services. In addition to riding the fifth-largest bus, subway and commuter-rail system in the nation, Philadelphia commuters are now able to bike to their destinations with the new Indego bike sharing system.

As part of a combined effort to provide commuters an alternative mode of transportation, the city, in conjunction with Independence Blue Cross, Bicycle Transit Systems, B-Cycle and Capital One, developed a comprehensive transit network of one-way bike travel. Featuring over 600 self-service bikes and over 60 stations, Indego provides 24-hour access at an affordable price of $4 per half-hour for non-Indego bike share members.

The Mayor’s Office of Transit and Utilities manages the city’s bike share system, while Bicycle Transit Systems, a Philadelphia-based company, operates the infrastructure. The company was founded by some of the nation’s first bikeshare start-ups, and currently manages Oklahoma City’s bike share network.

They were awarded a contract to launch the Los Angeles Metro’s Downtown LA bike share program, beginning in 2016.

Those interested in trying out the new transportation method can either purchase a membership on a 30-day, annual or per-ride basis, and can use the B-cycle app to find a nearby location.

The bike’s features include three speeds, an adjustable seat, and front and rear lights that turn on once the rider begins to peddle. According to PlanPhilly.com, the service reached 100,000 trips two months after it opened and will eventually expand its reach to 180 stations and 1,800 bikes.

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Agricultural Drones May Boost Sustainability Beginning November 15, farmers will be able to implement flying drones to perform important tasks in their fields.

That’s when changes in Federal Aviation Administration regulations will loosen many of the current restrictions on this new technology.

Advocates believe the devices can improve precision agriculture management that uses GPS and data collection to boost crop yields and profits while aiding water conservation. For the first time, the drones will be operated legally during an entire growing season, allowing companies to test their business models and technologies together. This boost in crop intelligence should make farms more efficient and help smaller operations compete with well-funded big agribusiness conglomerates whose fields are typically rife with genetically modified (GMO) crops.

“This is the first year we’ll actually be able to see, by the time the growing season is over, the impact on the farmer and the impact of the quality of the grapes,” says David Baeza, whose precision agriculture startup Vine Rangers uses drones and ground robots to gather data on vineyard crops. “The biggest thing to watch is what’s going to happen to giants like Monsanto. How you define this market is changing, and the incumbents are in for a battle.”

Source: Fortune magazine

Recycling Revolution

Global Rise Bolsters Sustainability On November 15, thousands of events in communities nationwide will celebrate America Recycles Day (America RecyclesDay.org). A program run by national nonprofit Keep America Beautiful since 2006, the event is dedicated to promoting recycling in the U.S. via special material collection drives and educational activities.

Materials available to groups include advice on setting up collectibles stations and customizable templates for promoting activities to increase recycling awareness, commitment and local action. There’s plenty of room to grow: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the amount of waste that the average citizen composts or recycles has increased from 17 percent in 1990 to 33 percent today.

Some other countries have been conducting their own national programs longer. For the 19th year, Australia will celebrate a weeklong National Recycling Week (RecyclingWeek.PlanetArk.org) in November. More than 90 percent of Aussies feel it’s the right thing to do.

Recycle Now (RecycleNow.com), England’s national program, supported and funded by the government and implemented by 90 percent of municipalities, conducts its annual weeklong program in June. Organizers contend that six out of 10 citizens now describe themselves as committed recyclers, compared to fewer than half when the campaign launched in 2004. Germany also celebrates recycling for two days in June; many other countries do so in July.

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Monsanto Pushback More Countries Ban Toxic Roundup

Countries are gradually banning the use of Monsanto Roundup herbicide around the world as a danger to the environment and human health, and Bermuda is one of the latest to join the ranks. These moves come soon after a recently published metastudy conducted by the World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer published in The Lancet Oncology determined that glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup, is probably carcinogenic to humans.

Colombia stopped using Roundup to kill illegal coca plants. France banned the sale to homeowners, and Germany is poised to do the same. A group of 30,000 Argentine physicians are calling for a ban there, where it’s blamed for boosting birth defects and cancer. Others, including the Brazilian federal prosecutor, are demanding that Roundup’s active ingredient, glyphosate, be pulled off the shelves.

In the U.S., the Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT) is assisting efforts in cities, counties and school systems to enact immediate bans of glyphosate-based sprays. IRT is also calling for schools to measure the amount of glyphosate residues in school meals and to take steps to eliminate them if found.

Source: EcoWatch

Solving Hunger

France Tackles Food Waste with New Law French supermarkets will be banned from throwing away or destroying unsold food and must instead donate it to charities or for animal feed under a law set to crack down on food waste. Supermarkets will also be barred from deliberately spoiling unsold food so it cannot be eaten. Larger stores will have to sign contracts with charities by July 2016 or face penalties. The law will also introduce an education program about food waste in schools and businesses, and follows a measure enacted last February to remove best-before dates on fresh foods.

The Gars’pilleurs, an action group founded in Lyon, warns that simply obliging supermarket giants to pass unsold food to charities could give a “false and dangerous idea of a magic solution” to food waste, failing to address the core issues of overproduction in the food industry and wastage in food distribution chains.

Source: The Guardian

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Pay Tied to Sustainability While sustainability is often categorized as a long-term strategy to mitigate both corporate reputational and financial risk, a small but growing number of companies are beginning to tie environmental goals to executive compensation. That means leaders of participating firms now must weigh operational variables such as greenhouse gas emissions against shortterm financial outcomes.

In a report published by Sustainalytics and the sustainability nonprofit Ceres, 24 percent of the 613 largest publicly traded companies have now tied sustainability to executive compensation, up from 15 percent in 2012. “At the end of the day, people are motivated by their pocketbooks,” says Veena Ramani, Ceres senior director of corporate programs. “I think investors have come to recognize that if you want companies to take this stuff seriously, you’re going to have to link it to people’s compensation.”

The shift is part of a broader push to tie corporate social responsibility areas such as environmental, social and governance metrics, as well as labor and local community impacts, to core business models.

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A Soulful Celebration of Body, Mind and Spirit Making the most of the original spirit and intention of the season’s holiday of gratitude feeds mind, body and spirit. Consider these happy and healthy choices.

Turkey: Free-range and organic gobblers are less likely to carry diseases and contain synthetic additives. Heritage turkeys are raised outdoors, freely roam pastures, are genetically diverse and eat the varied diet that nature intended (SustainableTable.org).

Spare a bird: Turkey alternatives include fun, seasonal staples such as vegetable lasagna, butternut ravioli and acorn squash filled with onions, beans and dried fruits.

Beverages: Serving locally made apple cider, beer or wine supports local farmers and businesses, plus avoids the carbon footprint that distant choices incur in transport.

Festive preparations: Refrain from using Styrofoam, as it isn’t recyclable and can emit chemicals when meeting up with hot turkey; use washable cloth napkins instead of paper brands that go to the incinerator or landfill; and ask guests to bring a container to take leftovers home to avoid food waste.

Get kids involved: Tinyurl.com/GreenThanksgivingTips suggests giving children construction paper that can be made into decorations and recycled later. Baker’s clay, a mixture of flour, salt and water, can also be molded into creative pieces.

Revive the traditional atmosphere: The first Thanksgiving was a communal affair, so invite neighbors to join family members. Besides enhancing friendships, their proximity reduces auto emissions by keeping them off the road or encouraging shorter trips.

Honor peace and brotherhood across all races and ethnicities by sharing with guests the essence of the first successful summer harvest by pilgrims in 1621. According to Listening to America, by Stuart Berg Flexner, members of the Native American Wampanoags were also invited to the celebration because the tribe had taught them to plant native Indian corn, a key to recovery after their first difficult winter. Perhaps read a passage from the Iroquois Thanksgiving Prayer, encouraging us to “return to our mother, the Earth, which sustains us.”

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Bill McKibben and May Boeve, co-founders of 350.org, encourage everyone to particularly follow November 28 and 29 events working to influence summit participants and spread news of their stance through social media. Volunteers are encouraged to travel to Paris to help ask all attending government officials, politicians and business leaders to pledge to work toward divesting state and local government and university pension and endowment funds of all fossil fuel stock holdings.

In addition, individual investors are urged to direct their financial advisors to eliminate fossil fuel stock holdings and switch to alternative energy companies. Graduates and college students can promote a movement to pressure their alma maters to similarly shift investments. More than 300 institutions worldwide have already made such commitments, including the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Norwegian Soverign Wealth Fund, University of Glascow, World Council of Churches, the California Public University System and Syracuse University.

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“Imagine an economy in which life is valued more than money and power resides with ordinary people that care about one another, their community and their natural environment,” says David Korten, Ph.D., the co-founder of Positive Futures Network and author of Change the Story, Change the Future: A Living Economy for a Living Earth.

“When we choose real wealth,” says Korten, of Bainbridge Island, Washington, “we can have exciting hobbies and adventures; work that challenges and stimulates us; and spiritual connection with a universe that’s infinitely larger than a stock portfolio. Instead of more stuff in our already-stuffed lives, we can have fewer things, but better things of higher quality—fewer visits to the doctor and more visits to museums and friends’ houses.”

Step One: Taking Inventory of Our Stuff

Suze Orman, owner of the Suze Orman Financial Group, in Emeryville, California, and the bestselling author of The Courage to Be Rich: Creating a Life of Material and Spiritual Abundance, ponders whether having stuff is worth it and suggests we take an inventory of what we own. “Think about the value of each object—what it cost you when you bought it, what it’s worth in dollars today, and what it’s worth in an Earthly, material representation of who you are now,” she says.

Orman suggests that we go through every closet and cupboard and recycle or throw away items that no longer serve us well, and then reconnect with items we cannot part with, such as family mementos. “Think of these items so precious to you and how little, in fact, they cost you,” she says. In this way we define for ourselves the true meaning of worth, and it’s never about the stuff. Once we have a handle on what we own, it’s time to turn to what we want and how we can get there.

TRUE WEALTH Living a Life We Love is Real Affluence

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raditional economics has us thinking in opposites—in terms of assets and liabilities. We consider the value of the material things we’ve accumulated: We add up our assets, which may include stocks, bonds, real estate, bank accounts and retirement savings. Then we subtract what we owe: Our liabilities may include a home mortgage, credit card debt, insurance premiums and student and vehicle loans. The balance is deemed our net worth. Figured this way, our net worth changes every minute and can sometimes shift dramatically.

There is a better way to assess our wealth, because we are overlooking, dismissing or squandering valuable resources and benefits such as time, personal health, spiritual well-being, social connections or community in order to buy temporal things that will only depreciate over time.

Golden, Colorado, author David Wann explores this theme in his book Simple Prosperity: Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle. He remarks, “The U.S. may be on top when it comes to spending, but we also lead the world in debt per capita, children in poverty, percent of people in prison, obesity and infant mortality.” In fact, the U.S. has recently been ranked 42nd among countries in longevity— right below Guam and just above Albania.

“So where is all the spending really getting us?” he asks.

“We need to be getting more value out of each dollar, each hour, each spoonful of food, each square foot of house and each gallon of gas. The secret of success at the local, national and global scale is not really a secret; it’s in plain sight, and it’s called moderation.”

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Step Two: Re-Evaluating Life Goals

Just as we would do a personal financial assessment before we make plans to achieve financial goals, a life audit helps us determine our priorities for living happily and productively. Ximena Vengoechea, a design researcher for Twitter, Inc., in San Francisco, recently did this using 100 sticky notes during one dedicated afternoon. She wrote a single wish, one thing she’d like to do, on each note.

During this “spring cleaning for the soul,” as How we spend she calls it, Vengoechea our days is, of reaffirmed her thirst for course, how we learning and adventure.

Taking it a step further, spend our lives. she analyzed how she ~Annie Dillard spent her time and how often she saw the people most important to her,

mapping the data as pie charts. She discovered that most of her time was spent in work-related activities and not enough in adventure or seeing the people she loved. Drawing it up in the visual medium of charts helped her identify her life goals and see the changes she needed to make. Doubtless, we can all find better ways to utilize our assets.

local communities with a research-based model for prosperity. In socially abundant communities and nations, individuals don’t have to earn as much money to be comfortable, because their quality of life is partly provided by the strength of social bonds.

Heeding the Call to Change

Finding and doing what “lights us up” will bring us abundance, claims David Howitt in Heed Your Call.

Arianna Huffington, of New York City, founder of The The Portland, Oregon, Meriwether Group entrepreneur Huffington Post, knows firsthand about having so many who consults for consumer companies, maintains that demands on our time that days feel rushed, which can finding our heroic purpose (that heart-centered thing increase our stress and negatively impact our producwe feel we were meant to do) is the first step toward tivity. She says, “On the flip side, the feeling of true wealth. Howitt says the secret is in one having enough time, or even surplus time, is Finding and doing small word—and. Instead of choosing either/ called ‘time affluence’. Although it may be hard what “lights us or, our world expands with “and”. He urges us to believe, it’s actually possible to achieve.” to integrate the intuitive and analytic parts of Huffington recommends simple steps like up” will bring ourselves: “poet and professional, prophet and getting enough sleep and putting time limits on profit, soul and success.” us abundance. work and online activities.

It’s not just about philanthropy, but truly

Belinda Munoz, a social change activist in making your community and your world a ~David Howitt San Francisco who blogs at TheHalfwayPoint.net, better place through your work, he observes. observes, “Time is neutral. We either use it wisely or waste “You’re doing good in the world, and when you live that way, it, so the onus is on us to make it an asset.” Munoz can both money follows you.” let go of stress and be more productive when she blocks out day parts. “When I focus, I shut out interruptions, stop feeling Judith Fertig blogs about living well at AlfrescoFoodAnd rushed and get my work done with ease,” she says.

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Our Time

Our Health

One high-impact way to support personal health is to value food more, maintains Wann. “We need to spend more of our household budget for food, not less,” he says. “By rearranging both our household and national expenditures, we should give a higher priority to fresh, healthy food and a lower priority to electronic gadgets, shopping, cars, lawns and even vacations.

Our overall expenses don’t have to go up, they just need to be realigned with our changing values. By choosing higher quality food and supporting better ways of growing it, we also begin to reshape the American culture,” he says.

Our Community

The community, rather than the stock market, is the better source of real wealth—both personal and global—maintains Korten. “Your community economy is part of the glue that binds people together. It’s the key to physical and mental health and happiness.” Giving less control over our financial well-being to Wall Street and more to Main Street will help us think in terms of livelihoods, instead of mere jobs. For Korten, this equates to not only how we make money to live, but also how we live—valuing our homes, communities and natural environment.

Priceless social capital comes from investing our time and money in local communities. Korten observes how, when freely and wisely spent, these efforts can lower crime rates, make schools more productive and help economies function better. Korten cites Oakland, California’s Well-Being in Business Lab, which works with the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley, to provide

Conducting a Life Audit

by Ximena Vengoechea

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ere’s one approach to doing a life audit in order to both discern more keenly what’s important and figure out how to allocate resources better to make those things happen.

Step 1: Take a few hours and 100 sticky notes. Write a wish—something you’d like to do or have happen in your life—on each one. Arrange them on a flat surface.

Step 2: See what patterns evolve. Rearrange the notes by themes or categories, such as family, physical health, adventure, profession, giving back and skills. Those that contain the most notes indicate the realm of your most powerful wishes.

Step 3: Evaluate your time. Take stock of a typical day, week and month to analyze how you are spending it.

Step 4: Prioritize. Some wishes need to be fulfilled every day or soon, while long-term wishes aim for “someday”.

Step 5: Make a plan. Just as with a smart financial strategy, which typically involves investing money over time, you can now allocate your time to make your wish list happen.

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Appreciation and the End of Greed

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t the end of his life it is written that the Buddha’s final instructions to his monks gathered around his death bed concerned about their fate, he was heard to say, “Atta Dippa”, “Rely on your Self” “You are the Light, You are the Dharma”. It was clear to those who spent the last 46 years with the Master that he did not want them to even rely on Him. He pointed to their “true nature” their own “abundance” and wanted them to “appreciate” who they were and what they possessed within themselves.

Learning to appreciate my life and who I am is not only central to Zen Spirituality but also to achieving full maturity, confidence and well-being.

Buddhism teaches that each of us possess an abundant harvest of wisdom, love, and compassion and the realiza-

tion of which, is the only solution to our dissatisfaction and global suffering.

But how can I realize this when I am always pursuing happiness outside myself? Even simplifying the matter by believing, ”I am Buddha” or “I am the Universe” or “I am a Child of God” or any other concept is never enough.

We must “realize” our True-Nature. To “realize” something is: one, to become fully aware of (something) as a fact; understand clearly, and two, cause (something desired or anticipated) to happen. It is not a matter of “belief” or “faith”—“we can know it, see it, and experience it” as “fact”.

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are always “pursuing happiness” caught in the endless cycle of “more, better and different” we cannot see our own self-worth and learn to appreciate what we have and who we are now.

Appreciating my life is the beginning of maturity and enlightenment, it is the beginning of confidence and learning to trust myself, my heart and my own well-spring of wisdom.

The first step is to stop wanting what we don’t really need. It is our perceived neediness that keeps us pursuing happiness rather than being happy.

This perception is a kind of “optical delusion” which separates us from the experience of wholeness which characterizes our “truenature” or “true-self”.

The next time you reach for the item on the shelf before you place in the cart ask yourself, “Can I live without this?”

“Will this make my life so much better than it is now?”

The next step is really to “count your blessings”. Every day of your life in the morning and before falling asleep make a mental list (you may even want to write it down) of the persons, possessions and experiences, you are grateful for. The Buddha taught, “Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little,at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us be thankful.”

Thank you for taking time to read this.

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“Seniors love it because barre helps improve their balance. It’s also perfect for people working to overcome injuries,” says Juliet. She notes that while women are predominant in classes, the tide is turning a bit toward more gender equity. “Men that enter classes as skeptical come out sweating.” One recently earned his barre teaching certificate.

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magine having a ballerina’s physique, grace, strength and flexibility.

That’s the potential of barre.

“Barre is a combination of ballet, yoga and Pilates principles. We use small, isometric movements to temporarily fatigue muscles and make them long and lean. The so-called fatigue is what causes muscles to shake, and therefore, change,” explains Nadia Yokarini-Kotsonis, a certified barre instructor at Physique Fitness Studio, in Grove City, Ohio. Students use a ballet barre to support themselves while doing the exercises.

Yokarini-Kotsonis is among many former dancers that have embraced barre fitness. Trained in ballet, tap, contemporary and traditional dance in Athens, Greece, she discovered barre when she moved to the U.S. “I fell in love with how challenging it was and the effects and changes I saw in my body. I got certified a year later and have been teaching ever since. I’m still in love with practicing it, no matter how tired I 24

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Rather than a cardiovascular regimen, “Barre is good for developing core strength. You gain overall flexibility, muscle strength, improved posture and range of motion,” says Lisa Juliet, West Coast regional director of the teacher certification program (Barre Certification.com).

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While barre has had some U.S. presence since the 1950s, “It’s having a resurgence now,” says Charlene Causey, a certified natural health professional and ballet body barre instructor in Pueblo, Colorado.

Newfound interest began on both coasts and is quickly becoming a Midwest mainstay, according to Yokarini-Kotsonis, who says it’s one of the most popular classes she teaches, and other studios are following suit. She remarks, “Everyone wants to offer barre, and everyone wants to come to a class and see what it’s about.”

“What makes this workout brilliant is that the classes are designed to fit the goals and ability levels of all participants. Each set of exercises provides options ranging from the beginner to the more advanced barre enthusiast.

Effective, yet safe, low-impact techniques provide ongoing challenges,” says Causey.

Those that regularly practice realize many positive effects. “Your body becomes long and lean, similar to a ballet dancer’s. You learn to stand tall and become stronger with each class,” says Yokarini-Kotsonis. However, don’t expect it to be easy. “Even when you do it every day, you’ll still find it extremely challenging,” she adds.

Most teachers individualize modifications for beginners. “I tell my students to do what they can. There’s no judgment here,” says Causey.

Many yoga teachers offer barre classes as a beneficial complement to other sports and activities such as running. “It supplements your other endeavors,” notes Causey. Today’s barre classes feature bare feet and typical workout wear, specialized equipment and props, contemporary music and of course, the ballet barre. The whole experience is highly positive and upbeat, says Causey.

Most fitness experts would agree that it’s good to add variety to workouts, and trying something new adds spice to the mix. Plus, for those that keep at it, says Yokarini-Kotsonis, “Barre can be the fastest results-oriented program you can undergo. Expect to see a change in your body in a month if you attend three to four classes a week.”

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Which core beliefs catalyze your passion for consciously stewarding the environment?

I wholeheartedly believe: Every problem has a solution. We are all global citizens. Kindness is always in fashion.

We have to laugh at ourselves. There is strength in forgiveness. Honesty without tact is cruelty. No one can make me feel inferior without my consent. Ultimately, we are responsible for one another and for the creatures and places around us.

I felt good about caring for the world around me before I had kids, but now I also derive a ton of self-esteem from being a good example for them.

How has celebrity supported your role in speaking out on behalf of your favorite causes?

I have the rare gift of a public platform, which is amazing to me, since I felt so small and unheard as a child. Social media can be a megaphone, so I use it

to be a conduit to support causes I believe in.

People don’t have to listen… but when they do, helpful things happen.

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rom Veronica Mars to Forgetting Sarah Marshall, her face is unmistakable. Thanks to the worldwide popularity of Frozen, her voice is now unforgettable, as well. Kristen Bell, though, believes the greatest contribution she can make is embodying an eco-friendly lifestyle together with her husband, actor Dax Shepard, and their two daughters, finding ways to help the planet survive and thrive for generations to come.

What Earth-friendly actions do you and your family embrace in day-to-day living?

Our fun time revolves around being active outdoors. We love hiking as a family, walking a mile to dinner or biking along the river. We often go exploring and make up outdoor games such as: How far can you jump? How far can I throw this? and Let’s race! The kids like to get dirty and my husband and I like to breathe fresh air at the end of a workday. We have a garden where the girls and I are learning about growing and caring for edible plants and how to cook what we grow. Our thumbs aren’t very green just yet but we are trying.

As PETA’s “Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrities” of 2013, why are you and Dax convinced that healthy vibrancy doesn’t rely on eating meat?

I have been a vegetarian since I was 11.

I have never wanted to eat meat, even before I knew the positive environmental effects of a vegetarian diet. People need to be conscious of what they are eating. Most edible supermarket items aren’t real food. I like knowing where my meal comes from and who handles it. It makes both my mind and body feel better.

How did the animated film Frozen enable you to reach a larger young audience than ever before?

My goal with the character Anna was to play an imperfect princess, giving voice to the heroine I had been searching for when I was young: Someone who was awkward, clumsy, optimistic, too talkative, caring and didn’t have perfect posture. I wanted girls that feel like they don’t always fit in to have a fearless heroine to identify with. I want to be a real-life Anna, someone who doesn’t apologize for her flaws and stands up for herself and others because she’s strong.

Thanks to Frozen, I have been invited to do more projects that reach young people. I hope to extend my voice as a trustworthy source supporting projects that can benefit them.

You are passionate about the universal need for water conservation. What steps has your own family taken to be water-conscious?

Living in California and dealing with drought firsthand teaches about water conservation by necessity.

We carefully consider how the food we eat directly impacts water use; we all understand that producing meat and dairy is water intensive.

Replacing our lawn with AstroTurf cut our household water bill dramatically. We never run water from the tap when we are brushing our teeth, and always ‘let it mellow if it’s yellow’, that is, flush selectively. We even reuse the water used to sterilize baby bottles to water houseplants.

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

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hen C.J. Keller returned home in 2007 from deployment in Iraq, he couldn’t shake much of what he’d seen and experienced. The retired Marine Corps Captain was experiencing the symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a mental health issue that affects, by some estimates, as many as 20 percent of all Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans.

Keller struggled with anxiety, flashbacks and lack of sleep for years.

He’d enlisted in the Marines out of a sense of duty to his country after 9/11.

“I knew what I was getting myself into, to a certain extent,” says Keller, 32. “I deployed to Ramadi for nine months and got exactly what I wanted. It was heavy combat. I got to see the best of what men and people can do for each other—that love and that bond and that camaraderie—and also the worst.”

Keller served as a member of convoy operations teams, clearing roads of improvised explosive devices

and enemy insurgents. He was shot at, and saw other Marines get injured or killed. It was a traumatic experience that didn’t leave him once he retired from the Marines. While trying to readjust to civilian life, he began experiencing symptoms of PTSD and was unsure how to treat them.

“I got out in 2008 and was happy to be alive,” he says. “I wasn’t really interested in wearing a uniform anymore. I got a job in business and was just floating, dealing with these problems that I couldn’t even really identify. I’d go running, and that was alright, a pretty healthy coping strategy. But then I’d go to the gym and work out too hard, and go to the bar and drink too much.”

When that didn’t work, the Moorestown resident began taking anti-anxiety medication, but was still experiencing overwhelming stress in everyday situations. Then, he says, he found yoga.

“It was like magic,” Keller says.

“All of a sudden I realized I’d been

literally running away from the problem, or beating the hell out of it by benching and squatting until I couldn’t walk out of the gym. I took my first few yoga classes and knew right away it was something I needed to develop.”

Keller left his job in the business sector and went to an occupational therapy school, where he met another Marine Corps veteran who’d lost a leg and half of an arm in combat, and who had recently become a yoga instructor.

“I realized I could empower others to do the same thing,” he says.

By 2011, Keller was teaching regular free weekly yoga classes in his hometown of Baltimore, and as time went on, more and more veterans began attending. He also gave classes at the Baltimore Veterans Administration, and became an ambassador for the Veterans Yoga Project.

“We’re changing the perception of yoga as something that isn’t for tough guys,” he says. “We’re branding it with certain imagery and a certain style of tone, showing it as something that’s accessible to the military community. Yoga is not only something that can treat PTSD, but can round out a fitness practice.

“In some cases, that’s how I suck them in,” Keller laughs. “I tell them, ‘Hey, it’ll help you bench more.’ They come in and try it and I actually teach them how to breathe, calm their minds and relax their bodies.”

After his graduation from Towson University with a master’s degree in occupational therapy, Keller accepted a job in South Jersey and relocated to Moorestown. Local studios were quick to offer their support in his continuation of Yoga for Vets classes, and he presently teaches free weekly classes for active duty military, veterans and their families at Shine Power Yoga, in Maple Shade. He tailors the classes to veterans and is mindful that they may be suffering from some of the same PTSD symptoms he experienced. He passes on these techniques for teaching veterans at regular workshops for other instructors.

“These classes are not your typical yoga,” Keller says. “I know there’s a possibility that some of them might have some residual symptoms. I try to set up the room and hold the class

in a way that promotes safety, predictability and control. I don’t move around a lot, I don’t do assists, I don’t use Sanskrit. Every class is different. If I’m teaching at a VA facility, it’s very strict. I set up the room in a structured way, so every veteran is facing the door, and can see anyone who walks in. I don’t leave the mat and I don’t play music. I want to minimize any potential triggers, so they can just focus on their body and breath, and the connection between them.”

The treatment of PTSD and its accompanying symptoms of anxiety and depression through yoga has become increasingly widespread. The Veterans Affairs Administration has embraced the practice as an alternative treatment. A recent study in the Journal of Traumatic Stress found scientific support that a regular yoga practice serves to decrease stress and help sufferers move away from negative and traumatic thoughts. The study also gave scientific proof that yoga’s breathing techniques were an effective treatment for PTSD patients.

The classes Keller teaches at Shine Power Yoga are donation-based. Proceeds benefit Active Heroes, an organization with a commitment to reduce the number of daily veteran suicides in the U.S. from 22 to zero.

“I’m positive that if I hadn’t found yoga, I’d either be dead or in a very bad situation,” Keller says. “I confidently tell people, both personally and in interviews, that yoga saved my life, literally and figuratively. It has that power. It’s not just breathing in different shapes; it’s learning to identify the thought and behavior patterns that are hurting you. It’s unlearning those maladaptive patterns and behaviors and relearning ones that are more appropriate to healing, happiness and balance.”

For more information visit Veterans YogaProject.org or ShinePowerYoga. com.

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by Kathleen Barnes

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e all want to look and feel beautiful, often enhancing our best features with assistance from cosmetics. Yet many of us may not be aware of the toxic ingredients contained in products we’re using.

“When the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act was passed 77 years ago, it contained 112 pages of standards for food and drugs, and only one page for cosmetics,” says Connie Engel, Ph.D., science and education manager at the Breast Cancer Fund and its Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, in San Francisco.

While most cosmetic ingredients must be listed on product labels, sometimes their names are hard to recognize, many are toxic and some of the most dangerous ones may not even be listed. Labeled toxins commonly found in cosmetics include endocrine disruptors that can affect our developmental, reproductive, neurological and immune

systems. Here are just a few:

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), also known as Teflon, is found in foundation, pressed powder, loose powder, bronzer, blush, eye shadow and mascara. It can even enhance the toxicity of other chemicals, according to Danish research published in the International Journal of Andrology, and due to its fluorine base, can disrupt iodine absorption, contributing to breast disease including cancer.

Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and its cousin, hydroxytoluene (BHT), are common preservatives found in lip products, liquid makeup and moisturizers that the European Commission on Endocrine Disruption cites as interfering with hormone function. They’ve also been shown to cause kidney damage, according to research from Spain’s Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Formaldehyde in many forms, including quaternium-15, coal tar, ben-

zene and mineral oils that are prohibited in the European Union and Japan, are classified as carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

These examples represent the tip of the iceberg of toxic chemicals of concern commonly used in cosmetics.

They further range from allergens and substances that cause non-cancerous and cancerous tumors and organ toxicity to developmental and reproductive impairment, miscarriage and bioaccumulation leading to toxic overload when not excreted.

Fragrances don’t have to be included in label ingredient lists, constituting another major concern, explains Engel.

“Most cosmetics, even eye shadow, contain fragrance, and those fragrances can contain several dozen unlabeled ingredients, including hormone-disrupting phthalates.”

The European Union is the authoritative source on all of these issues.

Based on its CosIng (cosmetic ingredients) database accessed via ec.europa. eu/consumers/cosmetics/cosing, it has banned scores of toxic chemicals from makeup sold in EU countries.

Safe and Healthy Alternatives Fortunately, safe alternatives are available to enhance our natural beauty.

“Become an educated consumer and read the list of ingredients,” advises Janice Cox, the Medford, Oregon, author of Natural Beauty at Home. “Fewer ingredients and organic components mean safer products.”

Better yet, we can make our own more natural beauty aids. “One advantage of making your own is that you’re in control. You know yourself and your

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skin and sensitivities,” says Cox. DIY products are easy if intense color isn’t a requirement. “The color many people want is hard to produce with kitchen ingredients,” Cox explains. “You can make clear mascara and eyebrow tamer with castor oil. It’s easy to make lip balms and maybe get a little color by adding berry juice or beet root powder.”

For those that want the look of high-quality makeup without toxins, other good alternatives come into play, says Hollywood makeup artist Lina Hanson, author of Eco-Beautiful. “I had been working in the industry for several years before I discovered the toxic ingredients in makeup; I was shocked,” she says.

Equally unsettling, “I also learned that many of the ingredients allowed in the U.S. are banned in the European Union because of their toxicity.”

That knowledge launched Hanson’s quest to create safe, organic, beauty-enhancing products for women, celebrities and everyday people alike. “So many people these days pay close attention to what they put in their bodies, but not everyone is as careful about what they put on their bodies,” she says. “I want people to understand that you don’t have to sacrifice beauty in going green.”

Hanson warns against so-called “natural” cosmetics that abuse the term and may include harmful preservatives and synthetic ingredients. She assures, “Any product labeled ‘USDA certified organic’ contains 100 percent organic ingredients.” Her book mentions numerous brands she recommends.

Beauty Bonus Tip Healthy, moisturized skin is essential to natural beauty, many experts agree,

noting that younger women need to unclog pores to prevent acne. They don’t need much moisturizing, but skin generally becomes drier with age, making good moisturizers important. Cox recommends jojoba oil to effect glowing skin. Hanson likes coconut oil, although she recommends rubbing it in, removing makeup and then taking it off with a hot, wet towel.

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics (SafeCosmetics.org) has created a helpful app for iPhone and Android users at ThinkDirtyApp.com. Simply download it and scan a store item’s barcode to immediately access information on the product’s toxic ingredients, along with recommendations for healthier alternatives.

Kathleen Barnes is the author of many natural health books, including Food Is Medicine. Connect at Kathleen Barnes.com.

Choose organic ingredients when possible. Melt ingredients together in a double boiler or microwave. Add a pinch of beetroot power for color. Stir well until all are mixed. Store in a small, clean container.

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Toxic Ingredients to Avoid n Benzophenone n Butylated compounds, including BHA, BHT n Carbon black n Ethanolamine compounds including DEA, MEA, TEA n Formaldehyde-releasing preservatives (quaternium-15, imidazolidinyl urea) n Heavy metals, including lead (may not be labeled)

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The Center, Life in Balance Guided by Spirit for Greater Healing

By Maryann Pino Miller

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hen Susan Costantino Drummond and Maryann Pino Miller decided to open a healing center together five years ago, they had no idea where Spirit was going to take them. But they were game, as they had each grown accustomed to working with Spirit. It was years in the making as they walked their individual paths to healing. When their paths brought them together to help each other, a deep friendship and business partnership resulted.

NJBalance Wellness Center, LLC, opened on Coates Street in Medford in January 2011. In two years, the ladies were guided to move to Main Street to be more visible, which. brought more visitors, passersby and clients.

At this new site they were able to offer more workshops, events and an enlarged book and gift shop. After about a year, the name was changed to The Center, Life in Balance. “We always referred to it as The Center so we made it official,” comments Drummond. “And we’re all about balance. Our mission statement is to offer services and classes focused on balancing body, mind and spirit.”

“Our firm belief is that Spirit is the owner, guiding this center and us to be here in Medford,” remarks Miller.

We take great care to remain balanced within ourselves and diligent in ‘practicing what we preach’. Healing, growing, allowing Spirit to express through us to the best of our ability is a lifelong journey for all of us.”

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“When we were guided to expand for the second time, we realized there was one element missing,” explains Drummond. “That was the nutritional aspect, which is a major component of total life balance. We are happy to welcome Paul DiCamillo, owner of SuperFoods Café & Market, to The Center.”

The Center is unique in the area in providing an in-house café for its clients. “The vision of SuperFoods is to provide high-quality, organic nutrient-dense food, juices and snacks at affordable prices in a positive, fun and educational environment inspiring a revolution of optimal health and well-being,” states DiCamillo. “I feel my mission statement aligns seamlessly with The Center’s and am excited to be part of this community.”

“The Medford community has welcomed us from the very beginning.

We feel blessed to make this space available to those open to alternative healing modalities. A Spirit-guided, heart-based group of holistic practitioners focused on creating community and providing what is best for the client have joined with us. This creates an incredible energy that touches all who come to The Center regardless of what initially draws them,” remarks Miller.

Regardless of the issue presented—regarding self, spouse, children, family, co-workers, finances, weight, anxiety, stress, sadness, unhappiness, dealing with illness and death or just feeling that something is wrong—there’s a practitioner, service or class that can begin the healing process.

“The decision to seek out a place for healing is not an easy one. Healing is a very private journey but needs a community for support,” encourages Drummond.

The Center is handicap accessible.

Besides the front door entrance, there is a ramp leading up to the back door entrance. There’s a recessed front door entry to Divine Elements Boutique as well as access from within The Center. For those clients who have difficulty with stairs, there’s an office on the first floor.

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relationship in accomplishing good.

Using this six-part process of helpful concrete steps applies equally to the children and adults in our lives. n Become aware of the other person’s emotions. n Care about the other person by seeing their emotions as valid and important.

What’s Your Child’s EQ? Six Ways to Raise

n Listen empathetically to better understand the way they feel, allowing them to feel safe to be vulnerable without fear of judgment. Seek to understand, rather than to agree or redirect.

Emotional Intelligence

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uch of our identity is shaped in childhood by key events and the emotions and perspectives we associate with them.

All Emotions Count

Emotional intelligence, sometimes referred to as EQ, is often overlooked as a skill set in today’s world. The recent animated film Inside Out calls attention to effective ways of addressing a child’s journey by embracing and better understanding their emotions; particularly those that don’t feel positive.

A recent study by the London School of Economics Centre for Economic Performance found that a child’s emotional health is far more important in determining future happiness than factors such as academic success or wealth. Parents can help ensure a healthy emotional upbringing by avoiding making three mistakes.

Disapproval of a child’s emotions: This involves being critical of a child’s displays of negative emotion and reprimanding or punishing the child for expressing them.

Dismissing a child’s emotions: This comes across as regarding a child’s emotions as unimportant, either through ignoring their emotions, or worse, trivializing them.

Offering little relevant guidance: While parents may empathize, they don’t set limits on behavior or assist

each child in understanding and coping with their emotions.

Recipe for a High EQ

Parents can successfully form deeper connections with their kids by recognizing, respecting and acknowledging their emotional range, rather than telling kids they should feel a certain way. Telling someone how they should or shouldn’t feel only teaches them to distrust themselves and that there’s something wrong with them. As a communication aid, Inside Out may speak best to older children, because younger viewers may get the erroneous impression that emotions can control them, rather than that they can control their own emotional reactions.

The recipe for healthy bonding and emotional development is for all parties to model how they value the importance of each other’s feelings and respectfully listen for the feelings behind the words. In opening ourselves to being understood, we open ourselves to understanding others. Good parenting involves emotion.

Good relationships involve emotion. The bottom line is that emotions matter.

We all struggle with negative emotions from time to time, and the way we address and deal with them influences our emotional health. The goal is to develop a trustworthy emotional connection with the other person that is important to us, which enhances intimacy and the effectiveness of the

n Acknowledge and validate their feelings. We don’t need to validate that the thoughts they have about their emotions are correct; instead, simply let them know that it’s valid to feel the way that they do. For example, if a friend says, “I feel useless,” we could validate them by saying, “I can see how you might feel that way.” n Allow the person to experience their emotions fully before moving toward any kind of improvement. We cannot impose our idea of when they should be ready or able to feel differently. This is when we practice unconditional presence and unconditional love. We are there as support, without trying to fix them or anything else. Don’t be offended if they don’t accept support that’s offered at this time. A benevolent power is inherent in offering love that exists regardless of what someone does or does not do with it. n Help the other person to strategize ways to manage the reactions they might be having to their emotions after—and only after—their feelings have been validated, acknowledged and fully felt. This is when we can assert new ways of looking at a situation that may improve the way another person is feeling. This is when advice may be offered.

When done successfully, this process can transform a conflict encountered in a relationship into solid gold.

Teal Swan is the author of Shadows Before Dawn: Finding the Light of SelfLove Through Your Darkest Times, on how healing hidden wounds reveals our authentic selves (TealSwan.com).

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Grateful for EVERYTHING Create an Attitude of Gratitude All Day Long

by Mary Lynn Ziemer

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he secret to happiness and finding the enduring joy we all seek is Thanksgiving—the simple act of continually giving thanks. To realize wonderful positive outcomes, up to and including seeming miracles, do one thing: Show gratitude all day long. Seeing everything in a new light, through a refreshing prism of love and appreciation, imparts a deep inner well of peace, calm and joy, making us feel more alive.

We can feel that way every day, in every aspect of life, awaking each morning excited to create the day ahead and enthusiastic about each moment and then falling asleep at night embracing a profound feeling of gratitude for all the good we know and have. Happiness is contagious and becomes an upward spiral of joy naturally shared with others.

Start today by launching a daily gratitude journal. This single action, the simplest and quickest way to get results, will foster a habit geared to change everything forever. It fills up our love tank, sparks success and benefits everyone. To embrace better relationships, health, clarity, life and tangible and intangible wealth: n Set a daily time for journal writing. n Pick a handful of things that prompt gratitude that day. Perhaps begin with people that support you in some way.

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world. Even if something’s a work in progress, like encouraging steps in a relationship, focus on what makes you feel good and want more of and you’ll start seeing more evidence of them. n Elaborate in detail about a particular thing that earns extra gratitude. This carries more benefits from intense feelings than creating a list. When we see how blessed we are with what we already have, it creates more of what we are grateful for, generating an endless cycle of gratitude. n Take notice of the surprises and little miracles that occur, and be sure to make note of them to evoke an even stronger level of awe and gratitude.

Robert Emmons, Ph.D., of the University of California-Davis, a leading authority in researching the science of gratitude and its impact on well-being, instructs his study participants, “Be aware of your feelings and how you ‘relish’ and ‘savor’ this gift in your imagination. Take the time to be especially aware of the depth of your gratitude.” In other words, don’t hurry through this exercise like a to-do list.

An all-day-long attitude of gratitude ramps up our awareness of life’s pleasures. It takes an already good life to a whole new zone of zest.

Mary Lynn Ziemer is a master of Advanced Life Concepts, certified life and business coach, motivational speaker and author, with more than 30 years as an entrepreneur and corporate executive at two Fortune 100 companies. Connect at LivingAJoyfulLifeNow.com.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 The Call of Soul Book Discussion Class – Oct 31, Nov 7 & 14. 10am-12pm. 3-wk class. Discover how to find spiritual freedom in this lifetime and the infinite world of God’s love for you. Join us for a discussion of the book, The Call of Soul,

by Harold Klemp. Includes a CD with dream and Soul Travel techniques. $9 for book, available at Acu-Health and in class. Acu-Health Center, 100 W Camden Ave, Moorestown. To register: 856-222-9444 or Info@Acu-HealthCenter.com.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Community Yoga – 9am. The 1st Sun each month our center offers a community yoga class.

Class embraces all levels. Bring your bodies and minds into greater peace. Newcomers welcome.

Families encouraged. Free/members, suggested $5 donation for guests. Powerhouse Fitness and Yoga, 417 Stokes Rd, Medford. 609-654-9400.

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Sunday Zen Meditation – 9:30-11:30am. Includes 3 periods of seated and walking meditation as well as a Dharma talk. Donations appreciated. Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong. 609-268-9151. PineWind.org.

Kundalini Yoga & Crystal Chakra Clearing and Gong Bath – 11am-3:30pm. Clear and balance every chakra, associated organ and endocrine gland during this powerful afternoon of chakra-specific yoga, crystal sound healing and gong bath. No experience necessary. Attend either session or both. $15/drop-in or class card for yoga (11am-12:30pm), $25/gong bath (13:30pm), $35/both sessions. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

Day of the Dead – 1pm. With Lisa Miliaresis. A Mexican holiday focusing on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died and help support their spiritual journey. Celebrate the life of your loved ones with channeling, guided meditation and more. Families welcome. $45/adult (no charge for spouse), $15/children. The Sanctuary for Yoga, 43 S Main St, Medford. Register: 609-953-7800 or TheSanctuaryForYoga.com.

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

Crystal Chakra Clearing & Cosmic Sound Massage – 1:30-3:30pm. A transformative afternoon with singing bowls specifically tuned to each chakra’s frequency as they clear the chakras & associated organs. You simply can-

not find a better method of passive chakra clearing & balancing. With Devpreet Kaur. $25/advance, $30/door. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2 Meditation and Messages through Mediumship – 5:30pm. Alchemy exists with medium, Alaine Portner, E-RYT, in combination with meditation, messaging and harmonic sounds.

She communicates with the energies of loved ones and receives symbolic messages, both personal and purposeful to you. Limited to 8 participants; pre-registration required. $65. Skype sessions available. Powerhouse Fitness and Yoga, 417 Stokes Rd, Medford. 609-654-9400.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Zen Studies Circle – 7-8:30pm. An evening of meditation, liturgy and Dharma teaching for the beginner as well as the more seasoned student. $10 suggested donation. Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong. 609-268-9151.

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Sustainable Cherry Hill’s Green Drinks – 6-8pm.

Networking focused on creating a sustainable South Jersey community. The Farm & Fisherman Tavern + Market, 1422 Marlton Pike E, Cherry Hill. 609-238-3449. SustainableCherryHill.org.

Bike Maintenance Basics: Level 1 – 6:30-8pm.

Routine bike maintenance keeps you riding smoothly and prolongs the life of your bike. Join us for this introductory class to help you take care of your bike. Free. REI Marlton, 501 Rte 73 S, Marlton. Register: 856-810-1938, rei.com/ stores/marlton.html.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Map & Compass Navigation Basics Class – 6:30-8:30pm. Come 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. Register: 856810-1938, rei.com/stores/marlton.html.

“The Art Of Letting Go” – 7:15pm. A workshop designed to help us let go of thoughts and emotions that are weighing us down. The symbolism of Autumn Trees leaves falling helps facilitate the “letting go” process. Includes presentation, group discussion, “letting go” ceremony and creating a book mark with a positive affirmation that students take home. $20/ pre-registration, $25/at door. Powerhouse Fitness and Yoga, 417 Stokes Rd, Medford. 609654-9400. YogaCenterOfMedford.com.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 Qigong: A Mindful Moving Meditation – 7-8pm.

An ancient Chinese energy healing system that integrates physical movement and breathing techniques for health of body, mind and spirit.

All levels welcome. Also weekly classes: Thursdays, 10-11am. $13/drop-in, $10/senior, student.

Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856-404-7287. YogaForLiving.net.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Half Day Sitting – 7am-12pm. Short meditation intensive, perfect for beginners and experienced students providing a way to deepen your practice. Includes Dharma talk and breakfast. Lunch offered for those staying for Zen Circle. Registration required. $25, $35/full day (includs Zen Circle). Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong. 609.268.9151. PineWind.org.

Live In Joy Birthday Party – 8am start. Free classes all day. 8am, Ayurvedic yoga for all levels with Janet. 10am, Vinyasa Flow and Yoga Nidra with Shelly. 5pm, Bellydance with Megan.

6:30pm, party and vegetarian potluck. Free. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

Crystal Healing for Animals – 9:30am-5pm.

Learn how to work with crystals for animals; use pendulums; construct crystal grid layouts; and prepare crystal elixirs. Waterford. Register: 856-2203667 or MindBodyAndSpiritWellnessCenter.com.

Beginner Yoga Workshop – 1-2:30pm. Learn the fundamentals of yoga. This workshop introduces the basics of yoga with a breakdown of common poses. Learn to combine breath with movement, proper alignment, strength, flexibility, and most importantly, how to be present and relax. 609781-6623. Stefanie@TakenBackToNature.com.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 Community HU Song – 10-10:30am. Come learn about, experience and share the spiritual insights and upliftment gained by singing HU, a love song to God. Open to all spiritual backgrounds and faiths. Free. Acu-Health Center, 100 W Camden Ave, Moorestown. More info: 609-261-0019.

Eckankar Worship Service – 11am-12pm. Celebrate the experience of the Light and Sound of God through the Eckankar Worship Service. Service includes a reading, singing HU, followed by a discussion on month’s topic: How to Take the Next Step on Your Spiritual Journey. Acu-Health Center, 100 W Camden Ave, Moorestown. More info: 609-261-0019.

Intuitive Development Class – 11am-4pm. Students will learn to develop their intuitive abilities and how to give professional intuitive readings through photo reading, psychometry and reading for fellow students. Includes meditation to meet spirit guides and more. Registration required. $125. Genesis Spiritual Healing & Metaphysical Center, 1632 Rte 38, Lumberton. 609-456-3888.

GenesisSpiritualHealing.com.

Angelic Spavasana – 2-4:30pm. From a restorative resting pose, you will be guided in a meditative Angelic Journey created especially for the group While you rest within this nourishing celestial energy, your body and subtle energy system will be loving attended to by the talented body and energy workers intuitively offering you reike (Divine energy flow), marma point therapy, Angelic frequencies, and/or massage to awaken a sense of wholeness, peace, and lightness of being throughout your whole being.

Pre-registration required. $35. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

Veterans Yoga Project Class – 6-7pm. Free yoga class to benefit the Veterans Yoga Project as part of a national weeklong fundraising and awareness-raising event to raise money for programs that support veterans, their families, and their communities. Donations accepted. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Marketing Seminar: Website Content & Blogging – 6:30-9pm. With Miriam Stavola. $25.

Acu-Health Holistic Center, 100 W Camden Ave, Moorestown. To register: 609-2301079. Details: CreativeBusinessPractices.com.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Gentle Yoga Class – 10-11am. Free introductory gentle yoga class. Experience the many benefits of yoga, without having to get down on the floor.

Begin right where you are with gentle stretches and accessible yoga postures using a chair as an aid for balance and stability. Please bring a yoga mat. The OmniWell Center, 55 N Lakeview Dr, Gibbsboro. 856-464-2267.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 The Heartbeat of Change – 7pm. As soulful journeyers, we express blessings for the everyday. Let’s hitchhike this heartfelt energy for a night and share the ride with each other. This powerful numerical date, 11/11 reminds us to journey into the open road of sustaining an inner balance among the constant change. Meditation and Satsang. $20 or class card. Powerhouse Fitness and Yoga, 417 Stokes Rd, Medford. 609654-9400. YogaCenterOfMedford.com.

Geology of South Jersey and How We are Impacted – 7-8:30pm. Learn how New Jersey was formed geologically. What is in our soil, how did it get there, how does it affect us? Learn how our unique soil makes us the Garden State (and other exciting facts). Where do we get our water? How does that impact those living here? Local geologist Ramesh Venkatakrishnan will give a presentation and then answer your questions. Hosted by the Mt Laurel Green Team. Free. Mt Laurel Library, 100 Walt Whitman Ave, Mount Laurel.

Register: eventbrite.com/e/geology-of-mt-laurel-and-south-jersey-tickets-18805618110.

Liturgy to Honor our Veterans – 7-9pm. Monks of Pine Wind offer a liturgy for veterans, their family and friends for an evening of prayers for peace, healing and reconciliation. Donations appreciated. Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong. 609-268-9151. PineWind.org.

Make Your Own Mandala: Sacred Art Workshop – 7-9pm. A mandala is a tool that helps you move towards your Divine Essence. We will be playing with paint and other materials to create this piece to use as a meditative focal point in your home. All materials are included, no previous art experience necessary. $45. The Sanctuary for Yoga, 43 S Main St, Medford. Register: 609-953-7800 or TheSanctuaryForYoga.com.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 Eden Energy Medicine Study Group – 7-8:30pm.

Learn Donna Eden’s Daily Routine and other techniques to keep your energies balanced and healthy. Based on Eden’s Energy Medicine book, led by Elsie Kerns and Paula Anderson, EEM Advanced Practitioners. $15. No prior

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Deep Relaxation Class with Crystal Bowls – 7-8pm. The soothing sounds of crystal bowls are the background for a few gentle yoga poses that release held tensions, followed by a long relaxation that is available for everyone. Restore your energy, calm the mind, find peace and balance again. $15/advance, $20/drop in. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856-4047287. YogaForLiving.net.

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AngelicEnergetics™ EveryOne Level Training – Nov 14 & 15. 9am-5pm. With Kathy Milano, PhD. Archangelic energy healing method incorporating WholeHearted energy psychology and Divine Light transmissions. Use for self and planetary healing. Required for AngelicEnergetics Practitioner. $188. Soul Sanctuary, 110 Marter Ave, Ste 206, Moorestown.

856-778-1981. KathyMilano.com.

Open House: Grand Re-Opening Celebration at The Sanctuary for Yoga – 9am-5pm. Free classes throughout the day, discounts on class cards, giveaways, Reiki mini-sessions, Angel card readings and more. The Sanctuary for Yoga, 43 S Main St, Medford. Register: 609-953-7800 or TheSanctuaryForYoga.com.

Reiki Levels 1 & 2 Certification Class – 11am6pm. Both levels in a one-day class. Students will be attuned to both levels, learn history and principles of Reiki, chakra and aura scanning, self- healing and healing others, distant healing, and give their first Reiki session. Registration required. $225. Genesis Spiritual Healing & Metaphysical Center, 1632 Rte 38, Lumberton.

609-456-3888. GenesisSpiritualHealing.com.

Yoga and Aromatherapy Workshop – 121:30pm. In this workshop we will be introducing different essential oils and the methods of using them. Stefanie will also be introducing specific essential oils that can help protect and support the body during the cold and flu season. Attendees will have the opportunity to make their own personal aromatic spray or yoga mat cleaner to take home. 1351 NJ-38, Hainesport. 609-781-6623.

Stefanie@TakenBackToNature.com.

The Life of Yogananda: The Early Years in America – 4-5:30pm. This documentary follows Paramahansa Yogananda’s footsteps during his pioneering efforts to introduce yoga to the West in the 1920s. It features beautiful archival photographs of him and his activities, as well as rare recently-restored motion-picture footage, scenes of the places where he lived and taught, and poignant anecdotes of students and friends whose

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lives he profoundly changed. Followed by short kirtan and refreshments. Free. The OmniWell Center, 55 N Lakeview Dr, Gibbsboro. 856-3099355. SNJMeditation@comcast.net.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Sunday Zen Meditation – 9:30-11:30am. Includes 3 periods of seated and walking meditation as well as a Dharma talk. Donations appreciated. Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong. 609-268-9151. PineWind.org.

Amaya Consciousness Healing™ Workshop – 1-3pm. Calm the mind, release blocks, relieve stress, deepen into spirituality, and reach higher consciousness with this healing method founded by Intuitive Medium & Energy Healer, . Includes explanation of this method followed by a sample healing session for attendees. Registration required. $22. Genesis Spiritual Healing & Metaphysical Center, 1632 Rte 38, Lumberton.

609-456-3888. GenesisSpiritualHealing.com.

Enjoying Backyard Birds – 1:30-3pm. Learn about backyard habitats, basic bird ID, and build a bird feeder for the visiting wildlife. Cost of materials: $6/feeder. Pre-registration required Program: RNC members: $7/person, $15/family (limit 5); nonmembers: $9/person, $21/family (limit 5). Rancocas Nature Center, 794 Rancocas Rd, Westampton.

609-261-2495. RancocasNatureCenter.org.

Walk in the Wild: Twigs – 2pm. A leisurely ramble along the trails on the Old Pine Farm Natural Lands Trust. Meet in the parking lot at the end of Rankin Ave, Deptford. 856-5794441. OldPineFarm.org.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit. ~Napoleon Hill

Candlelight Restorative Yoga – 6-7pm. Let go, look in and center yourself. Go deep with gentle supported poses using bolsters, blankets and pillows. Restorative yoga creates profound shifts in the nervous system, allowing a physiological shift to deep restfulness and well-being. With Nicole DeSantos and Linda Sheehan. $20. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

Restorative Yoga – 7:15pm. An evening of deep relaxation through gentle yoga stretches and supported postures. With 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. $17/ pre-registered, $20/door. Powerhouse Fitness and Yoga, 417 Stokes Rd, Medford. 609-6549400. YogaCenterOfMedford.com.

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Spiritual Discussion Class – 3-4pm. Learn techniques to open your awareness of your spiritual life beyond the physical. Join us in this month’s topic: Spiritual Wisdom on Health and Healing.

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

Your Amazing Aura! Class – 9am-12pm. Learn all about auras and plenty of Eden Energy Medicine techniques to strengthen, clear and heal your aura. Includes basic energy testing and using a pendulum, the Daily Energy Routine and more. Taught by EEM Advanced Practitioner and Acupuncturist Paula Anderson. $75. Acu-Health Center, 100 W Camden Ave, Moorestown. RSVP: 856-222-9444 or Info@ Acu-HealthCenter.com.

Free Holistic Health Webinar – 7-8pm. Thermographic Diagnostic Imaging/Health Through Awareness presents Joel Auerbach. He will speak about the mechanism of nicotine addiction and how the Center for Laser Therapy has helped thousands of people free themselves from smoking. Webinar this month will be held the 3rd week of month because of Thanksgiving.

For more info or to register: 856-596-5834 or TDINJ.com.

Zen Studies Circle – 7-8:30pm. An evening of meditation, liturgy and Dharma teaching for the beginner as well as the more seasoned student. $10 suggested donation. Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong. 609-268-9151.

PineWind.org.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 Eliminate Toxic Cleaning and Personal Products From Your Home – 7pm. With Kimberly Spair who has trained with Dr. John Axe of Axe Naturals. She will demonstrate how you can make personal and cleaning products using essential oils instead of using products with chemicals. Hosted by the Women’s Wellness Connection. Sponsored by DeCotiis Chiropractic Wellness. LourdesCare, 1 Brace Rd, Cherry Hill. RSVP: Judy, 609-221-2285 or Tammy@ Wellness4Living.com.

Reiki Healing Circle – 7:30pm. Reiki is the movement of natural healing energy through your body and spirit. At this gathering we will offer and receive Reiki to clear, balance and nurture yourself. $10/pre-registered, $15/door. Powerhouse Fitness and Yoga, 417 Stokes Rd, Medford.

609-654-9400. YogaCenterOfMedford.com.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 Laughter Yoga – 7-8pm. A simple yet uplifting practice of breathing, laughing and playful exercises that lifts our mood and energizes the body. A fun workout. It’s not yoga poses so it’s available to everyone. $13/drop-in, $10/senior, student. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856-404-7287. YogaForLiving.net.

Crystal Singing Bowl Meditation – 7-9pm. Experience chakra balancing and emotional release with the power of sacred sound healing. Includes time for spiritual and metaphysical discussion and sharing. Space limited. Registration required. $22. Genesis Spiritual Healing & Metaphysical Center, 1632 Rte 38, Lumberton. 609456-3888. GenesisSpiritualHealing.com.

Usui Reiki Master Certification Class – 9:30am5pm. Deepen your experience with the Reiki energy. Class consists of discussion, practicing techniques and attunements, and giving and receiving Reiki. Manual included. $220; 7 NCTMB contact hrs. Waterford. Register: 856220-3667 or MindBodyAndSpiritWellness Center.com.

Psychic & Healing Fair – 10am-2pm. Bigger and even healthier in our new location. More readers, more healing modalities, free talks and snacking at our SuperFoods Café & Market. $30/20-min private sessions on hour and halfhour. Register early. The Center, Life in Balance, 45 S Main St, Medford. 609-975-8379.

TheCenterLifeInBalance@gmail.com.

Naturalist-Led Saturday Walk – 10:3011:30am. Join an RNC naturalist for a themed hike around the preserve. Suitable for adults and interested teenagers. $3/RNC members; $5/nonmembers. Rancocas Nature Center, 794 Rancocas Rd, Westampton. Pre-register: 609261-2495, RancocasNatureCenter.org.

Reiki Level 3 Master/Teacher Certification Class – 11am-6pm. Pre-requisite: Reiki Level 2.

Students will be attuned to the Master symbol, learn to attune others to Reiki, incorporating crystals with Reiki, advanced Reiki techniques, and give their first session and attunement as a Reiki Master Teacher. Registration required. $350. Genesis Spiritual Healing & Metaphysical Center, 1632 Rte 38, Lumberton. 609-4563888. GenesisSpiritualHealing.com.

Winter Health Workshop/Seminar – 1-2:30pm.

Learn about important herbs, essential oils, and other natural ingredients to have on hand to protect and build up the body’s natural defense systems during the cold and flu season. Make your own elderberry syrup to take home and practice how to make a steam bath to clear the sinuses and relieve congestion. Acu-health Center, 100 W Camden Ave, Moorestown. 609-781-6623.

Stefanie@TakenBackToN ature.com.

When Life Disappoints Us, Part 2: An Evening with Seijaku Roshi – 7-9pm. Seijaku Roshi continues the discussion on navigating through life’s disappointments with skill and confidence. $15/

individuals, $20/spouses or partners. Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong.

609-268-9151. PineWind.org.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23 BellyDance, Female Drummers & the Goddess with Kate Conlow – 7-9pm. This workshop is a safe space to explore rhythm and energy through movement and drumming. Wear clothing/adornment to feel empowered yet comfortable to dance. Hip scarves will be available. $20. The Center, Life in Balance, 45 S Main St, Medford. 609-975-8379. TheCenterLifeInBalance@ gmail.com.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28 Yoga and Reflexology Workshop – 12-1:30pm.

Boost your immune system and bring your body into balance with techniques used to aid the circulatory system. Learn to build a solid yoga practice through the connecting and grounding of the feet. Learn the basic techniques of reflexology and how to practice them at home. Reflexology balm included with purchase. 609-7816623. Stefanie@TakenBackToNature.com.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Group Clearing and Light Grid Activation – 6-8pm. With Lisa O’Brien. Gathering as a group to relax and receive an energetic clearing of our human filters/programs. As we release these denser energies from the system we can also heal karmic and past life issues, as well as, family lineages. $20/pre-registered; limited space. Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness, 118 W Merchant St, Audubon. 856-546-1006. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

plan ahead MONDAY, DECEMBER 14 Marketing Seminar: Visioning for 2016 – 6:30-9pm. With Miriam Stavola. $25. AcuHealth Holistic Center, 100 W Camden Ave, Moorestown. To register: 609-230-1079. Details: CreativeBusinessPractices.com.

retreats THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 Spa and Spiritual Weekend – Dec 10-13. With Medium Alaine Portner. Elevate your thinking and personal awareness. Woodloch Lodge Poconos, PA. TheLodge@Woodloch.com.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 22 Cape May Awakening Retreat – Jan 22-24. Immerse yourself in light as we share a weekend of yoga, meditation, channeling and awakening at Congress Hall in Cape May. Throughout this retreat, you will be introduced to tools that can be used to tap into your intuition and bring more balance into your life. Reduced rooms at Congress Hall if booked by Dec 23. $245/register before Dec 15, $275/register after Dec 15. To register: TheSanctuaryForYoga.com.

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Donate Your Soles to the Animal Welfare Association – Thru Nov 10. Help us raise funds by donating your new or gently worn, used shoes.

Goal to collect 2,500 pairs and raise $1,000 for our homeless pets. Drop shoes off in the drop boxes in the Adoptions Center or Pet Clinic, 500 Centennial Blvd, Voorhees. awanj.org.

Gentle Yoga for Your Back – If you are looking for an effective therapy for back pain discover Svaroopa® yoga. A therapeutic style of yoga that relieves tensions and stress. 6 ongoing dropin classes available per week. Private sessions also available. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. For more info, Rhonda Clarke, Yoga Therapist and Advanced Svaroopa Yoga Teacher: 856-404-7287. YogaForLiving.net.

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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished. ~Francis Bacon

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

Live in Joy Book Club – 12:45pm. 1st & 3rd Sun. Join Devpreet Kaur as she facilitates a discussion on Michael Singer’s bestseller, The Surrender Experiment and what happens when we let go. Treehouse Coffee Shop, 120 W Merchant St, Audubon. LiveInJoyYoga.com.

Guided Meditation with Deepinder – 5:306:30am. 3rd Sun. Sol Yoga at Vacanti Jiu Jitsu, Bruni Square, 1351 Rte 38W (rear), Hainesport.

267-664-3236. SolYogaNJ.com.

monday Mindfulness Meditation Class (MBSR) – 12:30-1:30pm. Research shows that mindfulness meditation practice can restore emotional balance, reduce stress, and greatly improve health. With practice one can discover new relaxed ways of responding to life’s challenges. $13/drop-in, $10/senior, student. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856-4047287. YogaForLiving.net.

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Nia – 5:30-6:30pm. A cardio dance group fitness class that incorporates empowerment with martial arts, joy of movement through dance arts and healing arts with yoga stretches. $13/drop-in, $10/senior, student. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856404-7287. YogaForLiving.net.

Group Hypnosis & Discussion – 6:30-8pm.

2nd Mon. While in a relaxed state, your subconscious is coached to accept new positive and uplifting thoughts about yourself and your life and filled with thoughts of hope and trust, opening your mind to infinite possibilities. $15. The Center, Life in Balance, 45 S Main St, Medford. 609-975-8379. TheCenterLifeIn Balance@gmail.com.

Monthly Meditation/Mini-Workshop – 6:308:30pm. 1st Mon. Explore meditation, energy education/topics and Reiki. Please arrive on time so the meditation is not disturbed, and refrain from alcohol the day of the workshop. $15. The Center, Life in Balance, 45 S Main St, Medford. 609-975-8379. TheCenterLifeIn Balance@gmail.com.

Marketing Strategies for Private Practice Owners and Freelance Professionals – 6:309pm. 2nd Mon. Acu-Health Center, 100 W Camden Ave, Moorestown. $25. Info & to register, Miriam: 609-230-1079. CreativeBusinessPractices.com.

tuesday Hatha Yoga – 8am. All levels with Lisa O’Brien, or 6:30pm, vinyasa flow with Dawn Ciallella. $15/drop-in or ask about unlimited monthly memberships. Halo Wellness Center, 968 Rte 73 S, Marlton. 856-574-4433. Elevate YourHealth.com.

Rock-N-Flow Yoga – 9am. Open your mind and body with music that makes you shine from the inside out. Feel the deep sound vibrations with constant movements including Sun salutations, vinyasa flow and inversions.

Powerhouse Fitness and Yoga, 417 Stokes Rd, Medford. 609-654-9400. YogaCenterOf Medford.com.

Barre Classes – 11am. Barre fuses together Pilates and ballet in a fun way. Pre-registration recommended. Powerhouse Fitness and Yoga, 417 Stokes Rd, Medford. 609-654-9400.

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wednesday Mid-Day Meditation – 12pm. Also held Fri. Join us for a 10-min meditation. On Wed the focus is love; on Fri, peace. Each week we raise the love and peace vibration personally and globally. Treat yourself to a mid-week refresher. The Center, Life in Balance, 45 S Main St, Medford.

609-975-8379.

Creative Writing – 2-3:30pm. Course designed to be a true creative writing class. If you have ever wanted to write, now is the opportunity to try doing it within an accepting circle of writers. Class ongoing and will become a way for you to finally find your voice and to tell your story. Eilandarts Center, 21 S Centre St, Merchantville. Ni@Eilandarts.com. Eilandarts.com.

Alignment-Based Vinyasa Yoga – 4:30-5:30pm.

Synchronizes movement with breath, focuses on building strength, flexibility and endurance. For all levels. $13/drop-in, $10/senior, student. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856404-7287. YogaForLiving.net.

Beginner Yoga Series – 5pm. Ashtanga with Linda Naulty, 6:15pm. $15/drop-in or ask about unlimited monthly memberships. Halo Wellness Center, 968 Rte 73 S, Marlton. 856-574-4433.

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Sustainable Cherry Hill’s Green Drinks – Thru June 2016. 6-8pm. 1st Wed. Networking focused on creating a sustainable South Jersey community. The Farm & Fisherman Tavern + Market, 1422 Marlton Pike E, Cherry Hill. 609-2383449. SustainableCherryHill.org.

Tribal Belly Dance Classes – 6:30-7:30pm.

Starts Nov 11. Tribal Belly Dance is a modern art form with ancient roots. It is a dance for all woman, regardless of age, shape or fitness level. $10.

Core Academy of Movement, 10 Hartford Rd, Mt Laurel. 856-778-5955. CoreMovement.com.

Metaphysical Development Circle – 6:308:30pm. 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.

Lettering Arts – 7-8:30pm. With Maureen Peters. All skill levels welcome to learn the art of calligraphy and to create unique pieces using brush work, resists, embossing, stamping and more. Supplies provided. Free. Woodbury Public Library, 33 Delaware St, Woodbury. 856-8452611. WoodburyLibrary.org.

thursday Mindful Movement and Meditation – 10:3011:45am. With Lori Volpe. A slower paced yoga class inviting you to explore the sensa-

tions of the body and how movement affects the body. Meditation techniques taught and explored. Regular class rates apply. The Sanctuary for Yoga, 43 S Main St, Medford. 609953-7800. TheSanctuaryForYoga.com.

Mommy and Me Yoga Class – 1:30-2:30pm.

Enjoy this special time connecting and bonding with your new little one, getting back into shape after your pregnancy and meeting other new moms. Class is for moms and babies up to a year old. Regular class rates apply. The Sanctuary for Yoga, 43 S Main St, Medford. 609-953-7800.

TheSanctuaryForYoga.com.

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30 Minutes to Calm – 6:15-6:45pm. A guided mediation/relaxation class. Feel the stress and tensions melt away leaving you refreshed, rejuvenated and calm. Everyone welcome. $8/dropin. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856-404-7287. YogaForLiving.net.

Mindfulness Meditation Class (MBSR) – 12:301:30pm. With Lori Volpe. Research shows that mindfulness meditation practice can restore emotional balance, reduce stress, and greatly improve health. With practice one can discover new relaxed ways of responding to life’s challenges. $13/drop-in, $10/senior, student. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856404-7287. YogaForLiving.net.

Evening Meditation – 7-8:30pm. Not held Nov 26. Includes a brief instruction along with periods of seated and walking meditation. Donations appreciated. Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Rd, Shamong. 609-268-9151.

PineWind.org.

Yin/Vin Flow – 7:15-8:30pm. With Liz Monaghan. A fusion of yin yoga and vinyasa flow. Blend balances the yin and the yang, solar and lunar, strength and receptivity, leaving you feeling clarity, whole and deeply peaceful.

Regular class rates apply. The Sanctuary for Yoga, 43 S Main St, Medford. 609-953-7800.

TheSanctuaryForYoga.com.

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

The Center, Life in Balance, 45 S Main St, Medford. 609-975-8379.

Yoga Nidra with Lori – 6:30-7:30pm. 2nd Fri. Sol Yoga at Vacanti Jiu Jitsu, Bruni Square, 1351 Rte 38W (rear), Hainesport. 267-664-3236.

SolYogaNJ.com.

YOGA/PILATES/DANCE STUDIO – Ever dreamed of having your own Studio for Yoga, Pilates, Dance, or related? – Existing yoga business in Hainesport is looking for the right person to take over and grow the current base of clientele. It is the perfect opportunity for someone with a good sense of marketing and is passionate about growing their own business. There is no initial investment, just a very minimal monthly rental for a beautiful space that is turnkey, has existing students, and is primed for the right person to make it flourish.

Serious inquiries please 267-664-3236.

FOR RENT MOORESTOWN ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CENTER – Looking for healing energy practitioners. Two large rooms available. Great Location, plenty of parking, minutes from Rte 38 & 295. Call Barbara at Angel’s Hands LLC: 609-760-8410.

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

CHERRY HILL WELLNESS CENTER – Beautiful 900-sq-ft studio with hardwood floors for workshops, yoga and more. Counseling rooms available for individual therapy, body work or massage. Very reasonable monthly, daily and hourly rates available.

Great location off 295, plenty of parking, local restaurants next door. Yoga for Living, 1926 Greentree Rd, Cherry Hill. 856-404-7287.

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saturday Collingswood Farmers’ Market – Thru Thanksgiving. 8am-12pm. Rain or shine.

Between Collings & Irvin aves along Patco.

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Yoga Guide AUDUBON

Live in Joy Yoga 118 W. Merchant St. 856-546-1006 LiveInJoyYoga.com We offer Ayurvedic, Hatha, Kundalini & Vinyasa Yoga group & private classes, Reiki, Thai Massage, Inspirational workshops, Ayurvedic Skincare & much Joy!

CHERRY HILL

Yoga for Living 1926 Greentree Rd. 856-404-7287 YogaForLiving.net Yoga, Mindfulness Meditation, Ayurveda, and a variety of classes, workshops and retreats.

GLASSBORO

Samma Vayama Well-Being (SVWB) 12 Girard St. 856-863-3549 SVWB.org SVWB offers weekly yoga and meditation classes. Please visit website for more information.

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HAINESPORT

Sol Yoga 1351 Rte. 38W 267-664-3236 SolYogaNJ.com All Levels Vinyasa Flow, Gentle and Restorative, Meditation, Workshops.

LAUREL SPRINGS

Still Point Yoga Center 1 Kelly Drivers Lane 856-227-0999 or 856-627-7048 StillPointYogaCenter.com Yoga Classes - All Levels & Styles, Prenatal, Kids, Self-Inquiry Meditation, Massage, Workshops, Trainings - 200-hr Yoga Teacher, Kid’s Yoga, 110-hr Reflexology.

MEDFORD

The Sanctuary for Yoga 43 S. Main St. Medford, NJ 08055 609-953-7800 TheSanctuaryForYoga.com tbheiser1@verizon.net A true sanctuary where students find peace, love, and balance. Offering tools to draw upon inner wisdom, strength and stress reduction through regular practice, workshops and Reiki.

The Yoga Center of Medford 417 Stokes Rd. 609-654-9400 YogaCenterOfMedford.com A Variety of Styles and Class Levels, Meditation, Mediumship, Retreats, Teacher Training.

MOORESTOWN

Temenos Center 720 E. Main St., Ste. 1A 856-722-9043 TemenosCenter.com Yoga Therapy, Individual and Group, Krishnamacharya Lineage, Mindfulness classes; Psychotherapy, Yoga for anxiety, depression and PTSD, Mindful eating, Stress reduction.

MULLICA HILL

Blissful Yoga 43 S. Main St. 609-505-0323 BlissfulYogaMullicaHill.com Surrender and Endure - Our ‘Inner’ Asanas.

Yoga isn’t just about the body. Let Blissful Yoga lead you in.

WILLIAMSTOWN

Majaka Yoga 377 S. Main St. 609-231-6706 MajakaYoga.com All levels yoga, Kids yoga, Meditation, Reiki, workshops.

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ACCESS CONSCIOUSNESS RENEÉ ROBERTSON, LICENSED MASSAGE THERAPIST Restoration-You Inc. 720 E Main St, Ste 1-D Moorestown, NJ 856-437-0430 Restoration-You.com

What if there was a much easier way to deal with stress and anxiety? Have your Bars run, gentle touch on 32 points on the scalp that starts a flow of energy and erases years of fixed points of view, judgments, negative feelings and limiting beliefs that hold us back. Sessions include powerful tools to use in everyday situations. Energetic Massage and Bodywork for Women.

ADDICTION / SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING ANDREW J. ASSINI, MA, LCADC Conscious Contact 12 Girard Rd., Glassboro, NJ 08028 856-863-3549 ConsciousContact.org

Assini is a Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LCADC) and recovering addict with over nine years clean whose approach effectively synthesizes ancient wisdom traditions with modern evidence-based interventions.

Conscious Contact provides substance abuse counseling and spiritual guidance services. See ad, page 29.

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

Franchesca Isaac is a nationally New Jersey licensed Acupuncturist and a certified holistic health counselor.

Acupuncture is known to help a wide variety of conditions including; migraines, back pain, neck pain, digestive issues, allergies, menstrual symptoms, and menopausal symptoms. Schedule a complimentary consultation to learn how acupuncture can help.

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

Acupuncture, Advanced Allergy Therapeutics (AAT), cupping, detoxification, nutrition, and relaxation techniques for acute and chronic pain, stress, concussions, overuse injuries, digestive and immune conditions, and more. AAT offers a non-invasive and effective approach in treating allergy and sensitivity symptoms. See ad, page 17.

ALLERGY & HEALTH SOLUTIONS CENTER CARYLANN BAUTZ, CNC, CMT

“Naet” 24-Hr Allergy Elimination Therapy Crystal Light Bed Healing 609-654-4858 FeelLikeUs.net 30 years in business. NAET allergy elimination technique.

Results in 24 hours, no needles.

Natural solution for allergies and sensitivities, detox and weight loss.

Balance the system naturally. Lose weight, feel and look younger.

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AYURVEDIC HEALING PRACTITIONER JANET WATKINS, RYT, CRM

Ayurvedic Healing Practitioner Registered Yoga Teacher Live in Joy Yoga & Wellness 118 W Merchant St Audubon, NJ 08106 856-816-4158 Utilizing the principles of 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. See ad, page 14.

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

We specialize in a wide variety of conditions, some of which include: ADD/ADHD, POTS, fibromyalgia, chronic migraines, headaches, insomnia and other sleep disorders, anxiety, autism spectrum disorder, OCD, ODD, stress management, depression, constipation, chronic pain, and so much more. See ad, page 19.

BIONETIC HEALING INSIGHT TO YOUR WELLNESS 18 Serenity Ct Southampton, NJ 08088 856-834-2344

Adriana Lefkowitz is a holistic nutritionist and a Certified Bionetic Practitioner. She uses a SpectraVision scan to identify stressors. All your supplements are tested to ensure proper absorption by your body.

Using data from the scan she balances your body with homeopathy and low laser light therapy to achieve health and wellness.

See ad, page 8.

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

Dr. DeCotiis specializes in wellnessbased Chiropractic care: helping the body to function at its personal best while reducing internal and external stresses. We individualize care to optimize performance of body systems by reducing nerve damage, improving spinal alignment, posture, ergonomics, sleep habits, hormone balance and improving overall health through exercise, weight loss, detox and supplementation.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. ~Buddha

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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 26.

ENERGYWORK LISA O’BRIEN, E-RYT, CRM

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

MARILYN EPPOLITE

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

“Naet” 24-Hr Allergy Elimination Therapy Colon Hydrotherapy, Crystal Light Bed Healing 609-654-4858 FeelLikeUs.net 30 years in business. The only closed system in the area. Safe and sanitary.

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The Wisdom Within The Wisdom Within Moorestown office/Skype or phone sessions 856-236-5973 TheWisdomWithin.net Transform your Chaos to Calm!

Calm your worried mind, manage your inner critic, and connect to your Wisdom Within, through drugfree energy techniques, mindfulness and spiritual counseling. Clarify and accomplish goals, guided by your deepest Wisdom. Schedule your complementary 21-min Call to Transformation on website.

FENG SHUI & ENERGY WORK KARIN HIRSCH

CONSULTING MIRIAM STAVOLA

609-230-1079 Marketing Consultant to Private Practice Owners & Freelance Professionals CreativeBusinessPractices.com Combining her extensive training, teaching and practice in metaphysics with years of business administration, Miriam applies spiritual principles to management and marketing.

Focusing on professional growth through personal development, she guides clients to uniquely tailor their services for optimum exposure and expansion.

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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.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost. ~Billy Graham

HEALING MODALITIES SARAH OUTLAW, CBHC, MH, NRT Natural Health Improvement Center of South Jersey 1050 N Kings Hwy, Ste 200 Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 856-667-6805 NHICSouthJersey.com

Safe, natural solutions for many health problems. Get to the root of your symptoms and heal your body with Nutrition Response Testing™. Sarah Outlaw is a Master Herbalist and Advanced Nutrition Response Testing Practitioner offering a non-invasive, advanced form of muscle testing for food sensitivities, chemical and metal toxicity, and immune system issues for all ages. Individualized, targeted nutrition programs designed for every client. See ad, page 11.

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 8.

HYPNOTHERAPY BRIAN STEMETZKI

901 Rte 168, Ste 103, Turnersville 856-266-4983 ABetterTomorrowCounselingServices.com Brian Stemetzki is a licensed LCSW, NBCCH and a level 2-trained EMDR clinician. He provides a wide variety of treatment methods such as Hypnotherapy, EMDR and EFT that can help you reach your goals quicker and easier. See ad, page 29.

DR. JAIME FELDMAN, DCH

Chairman, Medical & Dental Division, International Hypnosis Federation 214 W Main St, Ste L4, Moorestown, NJ 08057 856-231-0432 • DrJaimeF@aol.com PartsTherapy.com Dr. Jaime Feldman, one of the pioneers in an advanced technique called “Advanced Parts Therapy,” has been able to unlock the subconscious and remove unwanted behaviors: stop smoking (guaranteed), weight loss, stress, depression, pain and anger management, and more. Outstanding success in curing phobias and deep-seated trauma, and treating the immune system to put cancer into complete remission. See ad, page 9.

LAW OF ATTRACTION COACH DAVID BARTKY, LOACC Phone Coaching At Its Best 973-444-7301 Info@LifeCoachDavid.com

JEN PERRY, MA, MSED

I am an experienced and certified Law of Attraction Life Coach. Are you ready to start attracting what you want instead of what you don’t want? The first phone session is free.

ROBERT EGBY, CH, DHP

Hypnosis Healing & Beyond 13 Wynwood Dr, Pemberton, NJ 08068 609-351-5878 Robert-Egby.com

Hypnoanalysis and Sound Healing can be of great help with stress and anxiety relief, memories, limitations, blocks, fears and obsessions. We rebuild positive values including selfconfidence, self-worth, living now and imaging goals. Help provided with mindfulness and self-hypnosis training, higher self and spirit communication.

Appointments: days, evenings, weekends.

INTEGRATIVE/HOLISTIC MEDICINE

MASSAGE THERAPY ENERGY PRACTITIONER BARB HIBSMAN, LMT, CRM, MEMBER AMTA

Body work, Energy Healing, Space Clearing Moorestown & Mercerville 609-240-3699 Barb has over 17 years of experience helping the body heal itself through modalities such as Integrative Massage, Raindrop, Reflexology, Reiki/IET, Chakra Balancing and Removing Energy Blockages. For home and office energy balancing, she is certified in space clearing through dowsing.

DR. STEVEN HORVITZ

Institute for Medical Wellness 110 Marter Ave, Ste 408, Moorestown, NJ 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 7.

PHILIP GETSON, DO

Health Through Awareness 100 Brick Rd, Ste 206, Marlton, NJ 08053 856-596-5834 Health Through Awareness takes a holistic approach to health and wellbeing. Dr. Philip Getson is a boardcertified Family Physician and certified by four Thermographic Boards. He specializes in thermography, an early diagnostic tool for many health conditions including breast health. With the mission of providing a balanced approach to wellness, the center offers diet and lifestyle counseling, thermography, the area’s most unique infrared detox sauna (The POD), Reiki, a smoking cessation program, physician standard supplements and ongoing wellness classes. See ad, page 8.

MINDFULNESS TEACHER & LIFE COACH

MEDIUM

215-292-5056 JenPerry7@mac.com HeartfulnessConsulting.com Ready to live life from your heart?

Learn mindfulness and heartfulness techniques to skillfully work with fears, stress, blocks and self-defeating behaviors and unlock the power of your heart to live an authentic, joy-filled life. I work with parents, children, teens and adults individually and in classes.

NATURAL MEDICINE SEAN CHRISTOPHER INSELBERG, ACN, NET, NRT

Nutritional Wellness Center of South Jersey 1 Cinnaminson Ave, Palmyra, NJ 08065 856-499-2160 NutritionalWellnessNJ.com Sean Christopher Inselberg is an Advanced Clinical Nutritionist Practicing Nutrition Response testing and Neuro Emotional Technique. He uses non-invasive testing to uncover the root cause of symptoms and disease. The techniques are clinically proven to help restore the body back to optimal health. Using an advanced form of applied kinesiology, the testing shows any structural impairments, nutritional deficiencies, hidden infections and emotional stressors that can all become barriers to achieving good health. See ad, page 34.

ALAINE PORTNER, E-RYT

Medium, Spiritual Educator, Author Rte 70 & Hartford Rd, Medford, NJ 609-654-9400 Alaine@YogaCenterOfMedford.com YogaCenterOfMedford.com AlainePortner.com

NUMEROLOGIST

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.

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.

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NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING

PSYCHOENERGETIC COUNSELING

DANA REYNOLDS, MA/M.ED.

JAMIE MOUNT, CHHC, BSED

Oh How Healthy, LLC Family Nutrition and Wellness Coaching 21 Haines Mill Rd Delran NJ 08075 856-630-1249 OhHowHealthy.com I am a school teacher turned family nutrition coach. I’ve seen how food directly affects mood, behavior, energy levels and ability to think in children and adults alike. I believe that it’s imperative to make a shift as a family for real change to happen. I help families reach goals of healthier living easily and without breaking the bank. I do this by providing families with the tools they’ll need as well as hold them accountable.

SHAMANIC HEALING

HEALERS UNIVERSE

Andrea Regal, Subtle Energy Therapist 856-904-5566 Andrea@HealersUniverse.com HealersUniverse.com Want to know where you Source from? What role you play in the Earth’s evolution? What are the Soul Purposes underlying the greatest issues and challenges of your life? “Discover the Universe Within” sessions can allow you to truly “Know Thyself” and create the life you dream. Or 75-/90-min Earth/ Galactic Alignment sessions to set you back on course. 30+ years experience in counseling and teaching the energetics of mind, body and soul connection.

Mount Meru Holistic Pranic and Shamanic Healing Cherry Hill/Medford area 856-993-1786 MtMeruHolistic.com Healer/clairvoyant with 30 years experience. Qi pranic healing involves a shamanic method of bodywork and channeling Qi (Chi or Ki), which taps into the energetic ancestral consciousness to powerfully address disease, chronic illness and imbalance at all levels. Revitalizes, rejuvenates cells, expels toxins, balances hormones and powers up immunity. Tackles all disorders of the body, mind and environment.

WELLNESS CENTER

DONNA WOOD

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

Discover the “root” of your imbalance. Learn to make better food and lifestyle choices. Gain selfawareness through our services. Call for an appointment. See ad, page 11.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life. ~Henry David Thoreau

REAL ESTATE SHERI SMITH, CRS GRI ABR SFR, LIFE COACH

Broker Associate, BHHS Fox & Roach 41 S Haddon Ave, Haddonfield NJ 08033 856-616-7006 FrontDoorKey@gmail.com Smith Real Estate Solutions was created with the idea in mind that there is a large stress factor involved in finding one’s home from the fear of the unknown (the process) to not having a source to have simple housing questions answered. Taking a holistic approach, ultimate goals are taken into consideration along with knowledge of the market to help clients understand and achieve their pathway whether buying, selling, renting or simply needing some guidance. See ad, page 14.

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

Awareness Coaching, with Maryann Miller, and Life in Balance 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-ofsorts, have a free consultation to determine the unique approach for your unique journey. See ad, page 4.

THE CENTER

YOGA YOGA FOR LIVING 1926 Greentree Rd 856-404-7287 YogaForLiving.net

Yo g a , M i n d f u l n e s s Meditation, Ayurveda and a variety of classes, workshops and retreats.

See ad, page 28.

ZEN LIFE COACHING SEIJAKU ROSHI

Pine Winds Zen Center Cherry Hill & Shamong locations 609-268-9151 Seijaku@Jizo-An.org 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 22.

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