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CONTENTS Natural Awakenings | South Jersey | May/June 2020 Issue

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HEALING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

Autoimmune Breakthroughs Offer New Hope

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PALLIATIVE CARE:

House Calls to Manage Chronic and Serious Medical Conditions

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THE MATRIX OF LIFE Boosting Collagen for Better Health

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HEALING HANDS

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Self-Care Available 24/7

FEEDING HAPPINESS Lifting Moods with Feel-Good Foods

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FINDING CALM

During Trying Times

CORONAVIRUS PET SAFETY

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Facts and Tips for Dog and Cat Owners

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10 TIPS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTING

Kindness in the Pandemic Age

HOMEBODY WORKOUTS Getting Fit Without a Gym

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The Basics of Raising Backyard Chickens in the Suburbs will be presented by Camden County Chickens and Oaklyn Green Team from 7 to 9:30 p.m. (registration is at 6:30 p.m.) on May 20 at the Oaklyn Fire Department Community Room.

Attendees will learn how easy it is to set up a coop, select hens and care for them year-round, as well as the legal issues in their towns. It is legal in Oaklyn. This is the required class for towns with pilot programs and new ordinances to be able to get a license. Gwenne Baile, chair of Camden County Chickens, will be the presenter.

Cost: $10. Seats are limited; preregistration is strongly advised.

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Dr. Dorothea Atkins, CEO of Holos Touch LLC, has moved to a new location—240 White Horse Pike, Suite 105, in Audubon—and has and has a greater commitment to meet the needs for self-care education for chronic pain management to ensure patients’ ongoing mental and physical well-being in response to recent world events. In creating more self-care education online to meet individual needs, group and individual consultations will be available on Zoom and other platforms.

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Open House Gratitude Celebration at The Center, Life in Balance The Center, Life in Balance, in Medford, is pleased to present an open house Gratitude Celebration from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 28 to give thanks to the community. The day will be filled with free mini-workshops, refreshments and crystal singing bowls. “We want to let our clients and all who stop by know how much we appreciate them,” says owner Susan Drummond.

The day will begin with a gratitude meditation guided by Drummond, followed by the playing of the crystal bowls by Beth O’Brien. Throughout the day, there will be informative, interactive mini-workshops. And all that stop by will receive a free ticket for the raffle of gift certificates from the practitioners and a free copy of The Oneness of It All, by The Center’s Maryann Pino Miller. There will also be a grazing board from Grazing Affair for all to enjoy.

“Considering what we have all experienced over the last few months and having to close The Center, this feels like the perfect time to set intentions for the future and to give gratitude for the blessings of being able to work in such a peaceful and nurturing environment,” adds Drummond. “But it’s only possible because of the lovely people who are clients; who attend our workshops; shop in our store; or come by to visit, chat or meditate. We want them to know how important they are and to say, ‘thank you.’”

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Delaware River Named 2020 River of the Year American Rivers, an advocacy organization, recently awarded the Delaware River as River of the Year for 2020. The honor recognizes the momentous progress it has achieved for water quality, river restoration and community revitalization.

Seventy-five years ago, the Delaware River was choked with pollution and sewage.

Today, it is on the mend and thriving. The quality of water in the Delaware River has dramatically improved allowing fish and wildlife to return in tremendous numbers. It has also restored confidence in local advocates that understand that a healthy Delaware River is vital to the health of millions of people. Fifteen million people get their drinking water from the Delaware River.

The dramatic comeback is a result of the collaboration of federal protections, state enforcement to ensure adequate water supplies and innovative local water management and advocacy groups.

Reopening Excitement for Live in Joy Yoga Live in Joy Yoga and Wellness, in Audubon, has long been influenced by these empowering words of Henry David Thoreau: “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!

Live the life you’ve imagined.” As such, remaining confident and inspired, they are looking forward to joining the community together again, and until then, classes are being offered online.

The popular 100-hour Ayurveda for Self-Healing course—which delves into the very practical use and application of the ancient Ayurvedic system for health and balance in modern times—begins June 5. In addition, both Live in Joy’s 200-hour and 300-hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Trainings will begin in the fall. Each brings its own unique opportunity to expand and deepen into the incredible practices and teachings of yoga.

“Our hearts are full and we offer deep thanks for those who continue to support yoga studios, neighbors, spiritual communities and local businesses through this unprecedented time; we are here to support you as well,” says co-owner Janet Watkins. “We continue to be inspired and encouraged by the words of Thoreau, as well as the many examples of kindness, sacrifice and selflessness that we see in our local communities each day. Stay strong and be well.”

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In a study of 76 people with mildly high total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol, research published in the Journal of Herbal Medicine found that consuming 30 milliliters of vinegar made from date pulp and pits daily for four weeks significantly improved total cholesterol, LDL, triglyceride and HDL levels, as well as several biomarkers of inflammation.

Supplementation with quercetin, a plant pigment found in capers, cilantro, fennel, onions, red leaf lettuce, watercress, elderberries, asparagus, kale, cocoa, apples and chia seeds, can significantly reduce both diastolic and systolic blood pressure, lowering each by about three milliliters/Hg, reports a new review of research published in the Oxford Academic Journal, of 17 clinical studies that tested 896 participants. Quercetin also improved HDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels when consumed for eight weeks or more.

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Fewer than seven hours of sleep for a child is not only linked to anxiety, depression, impulsiveness and cognitive difficulties, but also impacts a child’s brain structure, suggests new research from the UK’s Warwick University published in Molecular Psychiatry.

Researchers used data that included MRI scans of more than 11,000 children ages 9 to 11 from 21 centers in the U.S. Parents also provided information about their child’s sleep duration and mental health conditions, and children performed a battery of cognitive tests. Researchers found that compared to children that slept between the recommended nine and 11 hours, those receiving less than seven hours had 53 percent more behavioral problems and scored 7.8 percent lower on cognitive tests. In children that slept less, volumes were smaller in five brain regions. Children that slept longer showed less depression and higher cognitive scores, and felt safer and more secure in their homes and neighborhoods.

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Pain Relief Through Virtual Posture Therapy We are currently experiencing unprecedented levels of stress, and it is leading, for some, to increased tension and pain in the body.

Not only that, but those that normally see a chiropractor or manual therapist to reduce impingements, improve musculoskeletal balance and relieve pains are unable to do so during this time.

Postural Alignment Specialist Deb Freeman, of Aligned by Design Inc., says: “The good news is there is a safe and effective form of therapy that can be done virtually from your own home, and most experience pain relief in their very first session. All that is needed is a device with a camera such as a laptop, tablet or phone; the ability to utilize a platform such as Zoom or FaceTime; and enough space in your home to set up the device for posture photos to be taken and do exercises in as instructed by a postural alignment specialist.” While Freeman admits she has previously preferred working in person with clients, she has found working with them virtually to be every bit as effective as the in-person therapy. “There’s nothing more rewarding than giving someone hope by helping them connect their posture and function to their pain, and then taking them through a process that brings relief, sometimes very quickly, from their pain,” adds Freeman.

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Relieve Stress and Anxiety with Lemon Balm Each of us is affected by the current pandemic in one way or another. To compound the stress levels, many of the healthful activities that were typically done in the past are not accessible at the moment. However, there are simple ways to help restore the balance. Along with proper sleep and exercise, diet plays a major role in one’s ability to maintain a sense of balance. One effective herbal brew that can be added to a daily diet plan is lemon balm tea. Lemon balm has been known to help relieve stress and anxiety; it also boosts cognitive function, eases insomnia and sleep disorders, relaxes blood vessels, and is credited to be an anti-inflammatory. Lemon balm is in the mint family, and its use dates back to the 14th century.

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Seaweed Lowers Cows’ Methane Emissions If Australia can grow enough of the puffy, pink Asparagopsis taxiformis seaweed for every cow in Australia, the country could cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent. That’s the conclusion the University of the Sunshine Coast (Australia) seaweed research group leader Associate Professor Nick Paul. The cows burp out methane, but, “When added to cow feed at less than two percent of the dry matter, this particular seaweed completely knocks out methane production. It contains chemicals that reduce the microbes in the cows’ stomachs that cause them to burp when they eat grass,” he says. Cows are known to eat seaweed.

“This seaweed has caused a lot of global interest, and people around the world are working to make sure the cows are healthy, the beef and the milk are good quality,” Paul notes. “But the one missing step, the big thing that is going to make sure this works at a global scale, is to make sure we can produce the seaweed sustainably.”

New research from the University of Sheffield in the UK published in Scientific Reports suggests that individual members of a bee swarm behave like neurons in a human brain.

The scientists applied a theoretical model commonly used to study human psychology to the behavior of bee colonies, and they believe that studying “bee speak” could inform us about how our own minds make decisions. In the field of psychophysics, Weber’s law describes a relationship between the size of a stimulus and noticeable increases in its magnitude. This general rule about stimulus and perception has been observed in birds, fish and even the collective behavior of simpler organisms, but not in whole clusters of tiny brains such as an insect hive. To investigate its role in the decision-making processes of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera), the researchers watched hives split apart and hunt for new homes. Among bees, the process of choosing a hive comes down to the interactions of scout bees communicating their discoveries through a visual display of body wiggles. “The study also supports the view of bee colonies as being similar to complete organisms,” says computer scientist and lead author Andreagiovanni Reina.

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Although thousands of species have been identified and finding new taxa like birds, is rare, a study published in the journal Science describes five new songbird species and five new subspecies found on a single small island near Sulawesi, Indonesia, during a six-week expedition. Scientists targeted the area because of its geological history and complexity, and the historical notes of other explorers.

Two factors that contributed to the description of the large number of species in a small geographic area included knowledge of geographical land connections that helped pinpoint isolated islands likely to harbor substantial endemism and accounts of historic collectors such as British naturalist Alfred Wallace. The findings suggest that human understanding of biogeographically complex regions remains incomplete.

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New Batteries From Fruit Waste Carbon aerogels that exhibit high specific surface areas, high proportions of mesopores and significant levels of nitrogen doping have been developed for the first time using waste from durian fruit and jackfruit scraps using a chemical-free, green synthesis procedure. According to the Journal of Energy Storage, the electrodes also displayed long-term cycling stability and rapid charge–discharge processes. Both electrodes are attractive candidates for the next generation, high-performance, yet low-cost supercapacitors for energy storage devices derived from biowastes.

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Healing the Immune System Autoimmune Breakthroughs Offer New Hope

Some 23 million Americans suffer from one or more autoimmune diseases—a category comprised of more than 80 conditions, including fibromyalgia, Hashimoto’s disease, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis and Type 1 diabetes. These pernicious disorders are notoriously difficult to diagnose, even harder to treat and can be debilitating, diminishing the quality of life for sufferers.

Another commonality is the increased prevalence of autoimmune disease in women versus men; in the case of lupus, for example, a nine-fold difference. Some early indicators are that this may be related to a “gene dosage effect”, as men with XXY chromosomes have the same risk of developing lupus as other women, and women with XXX chromosomes (known in medical parlance as “superwomen”) have an even higher risk of autoimmune disease, according to Judith James, chair of the Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Program at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, in Oklahoma City.

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tips. Evidence is also mounting around the role of diet and lifestyle in autoimmune conditions, giving patients new avenues for taking charge of their health instead of simply waiting for a cure.

Autoimmune diseases are chronic and can affect almost any part of the body, including the heart, brain, muscles, skin, eyes, joints, lungs, kidneys, glands, digestive tract and blood vessels.

Each disease carries its own set of symptoms, but inflammation is nearly always present, and are all connected by how the immune system attacks the body’s healthy tissues. “Those shared characteristics hold the potential for shared treatments, and ultimately potentially common cures,” says Jane Buckner, president of the Benaroya Research Institute (BRI), at Virginia Mason, in Seattle, which works to advance the prediction, prevention, reversal and cure of immune system diseases.

“I’m excited about our progress toward prevention. We are working to understand those tipping points in transitioning into disease that help us understand who is at highest risk, and helps give very directed therapies,” says James.

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SELF-HEALING FROM AUTOIMMUNITY By her early 20s, Mickey Trescott, of Willamette Valley, Oregon, was bedridden and had lost her job to autoimmune disease. At one point, doctors thought it was multiple sclerosis (MS); she was dizzy, numb, falling over and slurring her speech. Eventually, she was diagnosed with both Hashimoto’s and celiac diseases, affecting the thyroid and small intestine, respectively. Trescott, a nutritionist, chef and author of The Autoimmune Paleo Cookbook, had been vegan for 10 years, but had a feeling that her body needed something different.

She found an early version of what would become known as the autoimmune protocol (AIP), and in following its guidelines, began to find relief. Trescott connected with other women and started a private Facebook group to share information on what was improving their condition from which the AIP community sprung. AIP, an elimination diet that seeks to reset the immune system by cutting out inflammation-causing foods and treating leaky gut, has much in common with the paleo diet and promotes vitamin- and nutrient-rich foods. However, every individual comes out of the AIP process with a customized diet.

For Trescott, “Gluten is a forever-no, and I am also allergic to dairy and sensitive to a lot of nightshade vegetables, like tomatoes and peppers.” It took three years to recover most of her functioning, and although she had been a personal chef, it was still challenging to determine a new approach to eating that didn’t include the grains and legumes that had been staples of her diet.

Trescott is still on medications, including the same thyroid support she’s relied on from the start. “There is a misconception that the AIP is an alternative to conventional medicine. We really pride ourselves on using all the tools in our toolbox, including surgery, medication and lifestyle changes,” she says.

Anecdotal successes like Trescott’s have led researchers to pursue funding to test the AIP’s efficacy. In a pilot study of 18 individuals with an average sick time of 19 years that didn’t respond to traditional medication, 73 percent were in clinical remission at the end of the trial, having followed the AIP. “It was a small sample size, but the results are promising,” says Trescott.

PHYSICIAN, HEALED THYSELF Like many physicians, Terry Wahls focused on treating her patients with drugs or surgical procedures—until the Iowa City doctor was diagnosed with MS in 2000. Within three years, despite conventional medical treatments, her back and stomach muscles had weakened to the point where she needed a tilt-recline wheelchair, and by the summer of 2007, she could no longer sit up.

Though Wahls had been a vegetarian on a low-fat diet for 20 years, she went back to eating meat and gave up all dairy, wheat and grains, but still wasn’t improving. Delving back into the science of her condition, Wahls realized that mitochondrial support was key, and the speed of her decline slowed while taking a cocktail of vitamins to support its functioning.

It wasn’t until she took a comprehensive approach to optimize everything she could take in through her food rather than relying on supplements that she saw radical results: Her brain fog, fatigue and pain went away and she biked around the block for the first time in six years. “Taking in nutrients in the form of food rather than supplements, you get related compounds and thousands of others in biologically anticipated ratios,” explains Wahls. “I still do take some supplements, but the magic is the food.”

Those key ingredients, says Wahls, include magnesium, zinc, selenium, sulfur, amino acids, cholesterol, omega-6 and omega-3s, fats, carnitine and creatine. Her rule of thumb for daily intake is three cups of leafy green vegetables; three cups of sulfuric vegetables like cabbage, mushrooms and onions; and three cups of deeply pigmented vegetables, plus sources of protein for meat eaters and vegetarians.

While her work was initially not accepted, today she has funding from the National MS Society and her research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals. “Basic science is now showing that the microbiome has a huge impact on the immune system activity and the brain; the food we eat can turn gene expression on and off,” says Wahls, who hasn’t taken any drugs for her autoimmune condition since 2008.

Buckner cautions against patients trying to manage disease with lifestyle changes alone, without giving available allopathic treatments a fair try. “People do better if they are treated early and aggressively. They are reliant on fewer medications down the road and don’t have permanent damage if they seek treatment early.”

However, even researchers focused on pharmaceutical approaches acknowledge the importance of diet and lifestyle.

Meggan Mackay, professor of Molecular Medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, at Northwell Health, in Manhasset, New York, believes this can play a critical role in disease management. She cites numerous studies showing exercise as a stress-buster positively influencing disease outcomes, as well as a more specific study looking at the benefits of adding fish oil and vitamin D to the diets of lupus patients. “The rise in obesity, which is linked to increased inflammation in the U.S., may be one of reasons we are seeing more autoimmune disease than ever,” says Mackay.

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At-risk individuals should be aware of factors under their control, adds James. “If someone is worried about autoimmune disease running in their family, monitoring and maintaining adequate vitamin D levels and avoiding smoking and other high-risk behaviors can help improve their chances.” Even sleep patterns can play a role in disease manifestation, says the researcher. In one study, individuals at high risk for autoimmune disease that slept less than seven hours per day were more likely to develop an autoimmune condition, according to James.

COMMON LINKS SERVE AS RESEARCH CLUES There are some clear links between autoimmune diseases, such as the genetic predisposition that runs in families. “Someone with rheumatoid arthritis may have a sister with celiac disease, for example, and one individual may suffer from multiple autoimmune

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conditions. We can learn from these common genetic links,” says Buckner. These common links can serve as important clues. For example, Buckner says they are able to demonstrate changes in T cells in diabetes and MS that are the same, which might lead to common treatments for the two conditions.

While the process from basic scientific discovery to development of effective treatment can be slow, there are some concrete breakthroughs autoimmune researchers are excited about, having demonstrated ability to both prevent and delay disease. Citing a recent clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine, “They have demonstrated in kids at high risk for developing Type 1 diabetes the ability to delay onset for at least two years.

It’s an incredibly exciting finding,” says Buckner.

Mackay is hopeful about advances in basic science addressing specific immune system abnormalities linked to inflammatory problems. “Lupus is very challenging to diagnose and treat because it can affect every system in the body,” says Mackay, whose research team has focused on lupus for decades. “The only forms of treatment have been very immune-suppressive medications that shut down the immune response. None of these medications are specific, so in shutting down the immune response to treat lupus, they in turn interfere with the body’s ability to fight off infection and cancer.” Researchers are now honing in on single cells from biopsies that indicate which proteins are abnormal, thereby helping develop more selective therapies, she says.

Seeing progress in the lab is one thing; seeing it in the waiting room is another, and that’s where autoimmune scientists and clinicians are really beginning to note a difference. “I’ve seen patients for 25 years, and when we started, we had very few options in my clinic, which was full of wheelchairs,” says Buckner. “In the last 20 years, we have seen an explosion in research and available treatments. I don’t have wheelchairs in my office anymore.”

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THE ESSENCE OF PALLIATIVE CARE

tion of these people will be in the end stages of their illness and in need of hospice services. However, Many people suffer with symptoms these people will require more than related to chronic or serious illness, a short visit with their primary care side effects from treatment of that provider or specialist to fully meet illness and coping with living with their needs. Palliative care aims to fill chronic illness. Standard treatment that gap. It provides longer and more of an illness may include short visits frequent provider visits, supports with the primary care provider and the person and their family while specialists, focused on the illness keeping them updated on next steps only. The palliative care specialist in the illness, controls symptoms looks at the whole picture of all associated with that illness, finds illnesses and symptoms a person them resources in the community endures. They spend time with the to help them, and most importantly, person and family, and address focuses on their psychosocial and fears, hopes and coping mechaSheila Lill, MSN, APN, ACHPN spiritual health. nisms surrounding the illness. In

Additionally, more and more people are struggling with a essence, palliative care aims to help people live life to the highest cancer diagnosis. The fear, heartbreak, physical symptoms and quality despite what their bodies are going through. despair that can be associated with this diagnosis is often left unaddressed. Having a holistic team of palliative providers by IT’S NOT HOSPICE their side just might make the difference in life fulfillment, peace, Many confuse palliative care with hospice care. While both provide comfort and hope. Many studies have shown that adding palliative comfort from symptoms, the terms are not interchangeable. Hoscare to the treatment plan improves quality of life, mood and even pice provides professional services to care for someone in the end survival in some cases. stages of someone’s illness. Palliative care is provided alongside

Palliative care is a growing healthcare specialty that provides disease treatment at any stage of the illness. Therefore, sometimes holistic care to the individual. This medical care specialty can be people are discharged from palliative care when their symptoms of great benefit to anyone that needs a holistic touch to the manare well-managed or they are cured from their illness. Someone agement of their illness or symptoms. with a chronic or serious illness may have a palliative care specialist alongside their other providers for the full duration of their illness, Sheila Lill, MSN, APN, ACHPN, is the director of Angelic Health Paljust like any other specialist. Above all, nothing needs to be given liative Care and Wellness Center, at 1050 Mantua Pike, First Fl., in up if the palliative care team is involved. It’s an extra layer of care Wenonah. She has worked in health care since 2004, the last six years on top of all other medical treatments provided. as a nurse practitioner in palliative care. She has a degree in adult gerontology nurse practitioner and is certified in palliative medicine THE NEED FOR SUCH CARE by the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. She also sees paAccording to the Administration on Aging, the population of people tients at this location for holistic symptom management for those that that are 65 years old and older has increased from 37.2 million have unmanaged symptoms. She also teaches meditation and yoga, in 2006 to 49.2 million in 2016. By 2040, it’s estimated there’ll and has a passion for holistic and integrative medicine. The center be about 82.3 million older adults. As the population ages, more provides aromatherapy, acupuncture, yoga, meditation, massage, people will need health care in order to remain at home, stay out reiki, counseling and dietitian services. For more information, call of the hospital and live out a comfortable life. Only a small por856-812-7970 or visit Angelic.Health. See ad on page 25.

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Injectable Vitamins and Nutrient Therapy PROVIDE FAST, DIRECT HEALTH BENEFITS

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While recent events have encouraged all of us to appreciate the efits of the vitamins in a way that’s fast, easy, and direct,” he says. importance of a strong and healthy immune system, vitamins and “My focus has always been on treating the whole patient and not supplements including C, D and zinc have been touted for many just their symptom to achieve an overall wellness,” he explains.

Better yet, he notes that the injections will prove more cost years to help prevent illness and boost energy. An innovative ap- proach being offered in South Jersey and Philadelphia is taking the effective over time than purchasing high-quality vitamins and benefits of these supplements one step further by offering patients supplements found in vitamin stores on a monthly basis. They injectable vitamins and nutrients that promise benefits ranging are currently available by prescription only and all patients must from hormone balancing, less fatigue, mental clarity and improved complete an informed consent form and medical intake form to mood to enhanced digestion and metabolism—and, highly impor- be eligible. However, they can be mailed, so they are available tantly, a stronger immune system. Some supplements are also for anyone who isn’t a current patient of Fortino.

“Our vitamin shots are natural, safe and effective,” he adds. available in a sublingual form (administered under the tongue).

Injectable vitamins and nutrients are already popular in “Whether you’re an athlete whose goal is to help build lean body Hollywood and major cities including New York, Los Angeles and mass and recover faster from injury, a Lyme disease patient that Miami, and Dr. Robert Fortino, a board-certified internal medicine wants to detoxify or you’re trying to lead a healthier lifestyle so physician, has brought them to our region. In private practice you can stop having to rely on prescription medications, these since 1999, Fortino says that one of the main benefits of injecting can be part of the solution.” vitamins as opposed to taking them by Vitamin B12 can also be combined with mouth is better nutrient absorption. These each injection for a customized cocktail vitamin booster shots can be administered that supports overall lifestyle and personal in seconds and they offer lasting effects. health needs on any given day—almost like Unlike oral supplements, they are comhow lemongrass, kale or amino acids can pletely absorbed by the body. be added to a smoothie to help boost the

According to Fortino, some vitamins health benefits. Whether one’s tired or run are best utilized when they bypass the down, looking to build lean body mass or digestive system because barriers in the imbibed too much alcohol the night before, gastrointestinal tract prevent adequate they have a customized combination shot absorption. When you take vitamins orally for each need. “Our mission is to deliver or in capsule or tablet form, you’re unlikely safe, fast-acting, natural solutions to to get the full dose. His injections use the improve your health and well-being for finest cosmetic-grade needles and can be the long term,” explains Dr. Fortino, noting easily self-administered. “Vitamin booster that injectable vitamins and nutrients are a shots provide patients with all of the benvaluable asset to patients suffering from Dr. Robert Fortino 24

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He works closely with patients to design a vitamin injection protocol that fits specific needs and goals. For example, adding glutathione to an injection can provide extra immune support—it’s a vital antioxidant that regulates cellular health to help fight infection,” he adds, noting that it’s often used to treat conditions such as hematomachrosis, Lyme disease, fibromyalgia and Parkinson’s disease. Whether one’s battling an illness or wants to increase energy levels, lose weight, improve physical performance, delay signs of aging or strengthen immunity, vitamin therapy treatments can help one feel better faster.

On frequency of usage, Fortino explains that it depends on the individual patient’s needs—if they’re taking the injections for preventive measures (such as to ward off illness during flu season), they can be taken weekly. But for those that’re combating certain symptoms or already have certain nutritional deficiencies, they can be taken on an as-needed basis if or when the effects of the previous shot appear to be wearing off. “Long-term use of certain medications can interfere with your body’s ability to absorb vitamins, robbing your body of the benefits of these nutrients. This can lead to serious health issues and complications,” he explains.

While side effects are highly rare, some vitamins shouldn’t be taken by those with certain medical conditions or combined with particular medications. Other individuals that shouldn’t take the injections are women that are pregnant or nursing. Note that nutrient injections are intended as supplementation for generally well individuals to boost energy and overall wellness on a regular basis. Vitamin treatments are not substitutions for standard medical care.

Fortino was the 1989 North American power lifting champion and continues to be devoted to weight training and physical fitness along with serving in the New Jersey ANG 177th Fighter Wing, in Egg Harbor. His mission is to educate and motivate his patients to lead a healthy, active lifestyle and to rely on physical conditioning and nutritional education as a method of disease prevention. His Philadelphia- and South Jersey-based offices have become go-to destinations for those seeking options for safe and effective weight loss, medical marijuana, low-testosterone treatment, anti-aging treatments and now injectable vitamins and supplements.

“It’s my goal to get our patients on a track that elevates them to become goal setters and goal achievers,” he says “My focus has always been on treating the whole patient and not just their symptom to achieve an overall long-term wellness,” he explains.

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THE MATRIX OF LIFE Boosting Collagen for Better Health

Collagen, a protein, holds us together from the inside-out, helping to build bones and providing the scaffolding that knits our bones and organs together. Stress and poor lifestyle habits, such as smoking and eating too much sugar, can contribute to its breakdown and accelerate the aging process, but strategic dietary choices and supplements can have a significant positive impact on our skin, as well as underlying conditions.

Although celebrated for its cosmetic effects, “Most people are surprised to learn that collagen is equally important for blood vessels and tissues surrounding and supporting the internal organs,” says Pamela Schoenfeld, a dietitian and nutritionist in Raleigh, North Carolina, and author of The Collagen Diet: Rejuvenate Skin, Strengthen Joints and Feel Younger by Boosting Collagen Intake and Production. Collagen is mostly found in tendons, ligaments and skin, and is also abundant in bones, cartilage, muscles, corneas, blood vessels, the gut, vertebrae discs and teeth.

In studies, collagen supplements show promise for joint pain, arthritic conditions, osteoporosis and heart health. A Penn State study of 147 student athletes found that those that took 10 grams of collagen hydrolysate daily for 24 weeks had significantly less joint pain while walking and at rest compared to a placebo group. A 2012 study featured in Complementary Therapies in Medicine found that 1,200 milligrams of collagen hydrolysate taken 26

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daily decreased joint pain in older people by 20 percent compared to a placebo. In a 2018 study, post-menopausal women that took five grams of collagen daily for a year had better bone buildup and less bone degradation. A 2017 Japanese study of 31 healthy adults found that those that took 16 grams of collagen daily had more flexible arteries after six months.

ESSENTIAL FOODS Collagen health starts with our diet. Leafy greens and jewel-toned, lycopene-rich vegetables, like beets, red peppers, tomatoes, berries and pomegranates, as well as seeds, including chia, sunflower and pumpkin, all pack a collagen punch.

Schoenfeld recommends bone broth, too, for its joint-lubricating molecules called glycosaminoglycans, which hold many times their weight in water.

Kellyann Petrucci, a naturopathic doctor in Philadelphia and author of Dr. Kellyann’s Bone Broth Diet, concurs: “Bone broth is more than a soup. It’s concentrated healing and contains a bioavailable form of collagen your body can use immediately.

It contains calcium, magnesium, phosphorous, collagen, glucosamine, chondroitin, amino acids and so much more.” She also recommends sulfur-rich foods like eggs, broccoli, onions, garlic and cauliflower, as well as shellfish and red meat in moderation for copper. “Copper activates the enzyme that is critical in producing collagen,” she explains.

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Also important, according to Petrucci, is vitamin C: “If you’re depleted of vitamin C, your body won’t make any collagen. Experiment with broccoli, kiwi, tomatoes and various citrus fruits.

Bioflavonoids also improve the ability of vitamin C to be absorbed and utilized.”

Schoenfeld recommends chicken, including the skin; omega-3-rich fish with edible bones, such as sardines and canned salmon; and proline-rich, aged cheeses and yogurt. “Gelatin is also a fantastic way for the whole family to enjoy collagen and can be added to foods high in water like soups, stews, hot cereals, as can bone broth and collagen powders,” she says.

SUPPLEMENTS A 2019 review of 11 studies published in the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology found that oral collagen hydrolysate or tripeptide at dosages ranging from 2.5 grams to 10 grams a day increased “skin elasticity, hydration and dermal collagen density” and showed promise for wound healing and skin aging. Aloe vera, ginseng, berries, garlic, hyuralonic acid and red light therapy also boost collagen production, according to osteopathic physician and author Joseph Mercola.

For vegans, British homeopath Melissa Foreman recommends homeopathically-based minerals known as tissue salts at low potency, “which offer the benefits of meat-derived collagen and bone broth without having to ingest a meat product.”

She personally relies on a combination of Nat phos, Calc phos and Kali sulph to promote new skin cells and improve the skin cell matrix. “These remedies are totally animal-free,” she says.

“You can produce a supplement similar to collagen powder and it has the same health benefits of bone broth.”

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Feeding Happiness Lifting Moods with Feel-Good Foods

by Marlaina Donato Whether it’s a pandemic, a breakup or a busy day with the kids, heading to the kitchen for a carb fix or a pint of ice cream is a common knee-jerk response to stress. It’s easy to get caught in a whirlpool of poor eating when our bodies need nutritional support more than ever.

Sustained or chronic stress can reduce levels of dopamine and serotonin—neurotransmitters linked to feelings of both satiety and happiness. “When serotonin levels are normal, it leads to both emotional satisfaction and a sense of fullness after a meal,” says Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach Maria Marlowe, in New York City and Dubai. “Conversely, when serotonin levels are low, it can lead to depression and a tendency to reach for sweet and starchy foods.”

“Finding healthier substitutes that are less processed can make a huge impact.”

Experts agree that concentrating on weight loss or super-strict diets during times of adversity might do more harm than good. “Focusing on the need to lose weight during crisis will only do two things—make you feel guilty if you’re not eating what you think you’re supposed to and potentially make you eat more out of guilt,” says Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Jennifer Neily, in Dallas.

Opting for healthier versions of favorite comfort foods is a doable compromise that can prevent endorphins from plummeting after the usual temporary spike. “With the right ingredients and recipes, we can satisfy our cravings for sweet, salt, creamy or crunchy with healthier upgrades of our favorite junk foods,” says Marlowe.

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Stress-eating sparks only temporary physical and emotional fulfillment. “When your brain is in need of energy, it can mimic the symptoms of depression and anxiety,” notes Tara Waddle, holistic life coach at The Center of Balance, in Greeley, Colorado.

Eating to stay healthy during hard times can tickle the taste buds without a lot of invested time. Marlowe’s go-to favorites like homemade banana ice cream or chocolate truffles not only take minutes to prepare, but fortify the brain. For must-have salty favorites, she

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suggests opting for snack foods seasoned with unrefined or pink Himalayan salt, fresh guacamole, salsa, olives or pickles. Filling a seaweed sushi wrap with avocado can be a satisfying and easy snack.

For easy-exotic, Marlowe says, “I always keep coconut milk and unsweetened curry paste on hand to whip up a red Thai curry, my favorite 15-minute dinner.

Simply add fresh or frozen vegetables and protein of choice and you have a satisfying, flavorful meal that is faster than delivery.”

Waddle’s healthy comfort foods include nuts of different flavors, dried fruits and baked Brussels sprouts with nitrite-free bacon, black pepper and a sprinkle of nutmeg. “The food you consider comfort food is comforting because it’s familiar,” she says. “When you start eating healthier food more often, it will become comfort food. Just keep trying new things.”

Banana Ice Cream 2 overripe bananas ¼ tsp vanilla extract Add-Ins: choose as many as desired 2-3 tsp cacao powder 1 Tbsp almond butter 2-3 tsp carob powder 3-4 pitted dates ¼ tsp cinnamon 1 cup frozen strawberries 6 mint leaves 1 Tbsp coconut flakes (or coconut butter or shredded coconut) 1 Tbsp ginger 1 Tbsp almond butter or almonds ½-inch peeled ginger piece

KEEP IT SIMPLE The kitchen can be our greatest ally during any life-storm, but having a stress-free strategy is key, especially paying attention to emotional states. “Ask yourself, ‘Is it head hunger or belly hunger? Above the neck or below the neck?’ If it’s the latter and that’s truly what is desired, don’t deny yourself, but choose with conscious understanding. Savor the flavor,” says Neily.

Marlowe recommends easy meal planning and maintaining an eating schedule. “This helps remove some of the stress and decision fatigue that comes with figuring out what to eat in the moment, especially with random ingredients in the fridge.” Food shopping can be an instant junk food trap. Waddle’s approach is a sure way to outsmart impulse buying based on habit. She says,“Start with the produce department first. This fills your cart with fresh foods and your cart will be full by the time you get to the snack aisle.”

Self-compassion can be one of the most important, yet overlooked considerations. “Regardless of what you choose to eat, be gentle with yourself,” notes Waddle. “The guilt of eating poorly is more damaging than the food.”

Marlaina Donato is an author and a composer.

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Peel bananas, break in half and put in a zip-top freezer bag. Freeze for at least 4 hours or overnight. Place all ingredients (banana base plus the add-in ingredients of choice) into a high-speed blender such as a Vitamix, and blend on high until softserve ice cream consistency is reached, which should be in about 30 to 60 seconds.

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(A curious note is that cats can become infected with the human SARS coronavirus experimentally and naturally, but do not become ill, and the original SARS virus was suspected to have originated from a mongoose.) As with human coronaviruses, canine and feline coronaviruses can survive outside of the pet’s body for a period of time, especially in a colder environment, but are easily killed with most soap or disinfectants.

Dogs and cats that develop their own coronaviral diseases will not infect people. However, by serving as fomites (objects that can carry an infectious organism on the surface), dogs and cats could potentially carry a virus on their coat or skin if an infected family member gets infected material (saliva, respiratory droplets, etc.) onto the animal. Like any other surface in the home, the virus could transfer from the surface of the pet to other uninfected family members. (This is usually by hand to face transfer.)

To be safe, it may be wise to keep the family pet away from the infected family member, or at least have the infected family member bathe and/or wipe the pet’s coat with a wet washcloth before the pet is exposed to uninfected family members.

Keep in mind that maintaining proper blood levels of vitamin D in people and in pets is important in minimizing infectious diseases.

This is an evolving topic. As new discoveries and research arise, check the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website (cdc.gov) for the latest advisories and recommendations.

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Stop all auto-scheduled posts. These posts could prove to be insensitive during a crisis.

Avoid making posts from a state of panic. It’s damaging to your brand and makes your clients uneasy.

Join the conversation, but stay industry-relevant. If you’re a lawyer, your posts should focus on laws around the crisis. To ensure relevancy, don’t post things unrelated to your brand.

Avoid over posting. During a crisis, there’s a plethora of readily available content. It’s easy to fall victim to “share anything and everything about the crisis” mentality. Stick to your normal content posting schedule.

Use social listening skills to see what your competitors are doing and how they’re handling the crisis. Be mindful of what others are doing during this time. This will help you to rise above the noise and stay relevant.

You’ll need to understand the crisis sentiment. A crisis can be many different things and can be industry-specific. Be very mindful of the overall sentiment and use appropriate sensitivity.

Don’t ignore what’s happening. Join the conversation in a smart, industry-specific, and brand-centered way. Don’t pretend it’s not happening.

Engage gently. Never argue. Acknowledge and validate someone’s feelings or opinions. You do not have to agree with them.

Never, ever discuss politics. Avoid emotionally charged subject matter. Remember to leave emotion and opinion out of the discussion.

Above all else—think about your clients. Figure out what they need from you. Always put their desires and wants first. Leading with compassion will always be a wise move for any business.

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Energy practices using our own electromagnetics are thousands of years old, but are just as powerful today as they were way back then.

Our individual and collective health, balance and vitality in the wake of the current pandemic is more important now than ever. We are electrical beings with hearts that emit the most electromagnetic energy off the body—twice as much as the brain. Being overwhelmed and stressed out drains the body’s energy, creating ongoing fatigue, overwhelming exhaustion and, eventually, total burnout. Handson healing, for self-care and with others, relaxes the nervous system, calms mindless chatter and creates inner peace.

Use your own healing hands to help heal, calm and renew the body, mind and spirit. Using “energy as medicine” means that energy is the patient and now energy is the healer. No previous experience is necessary—it’s natural.

Here are three key “Energy Spark Plugs” that are easy and effective: n For digestion, grounding—tap the cheekbones firmly. This is the beginning of the stomach electrical line of light, also known as stomach meridian, that starts at the cheek bones and winds all the way down the body to the second toe.

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n There are the “coffee cup” points. Find the end knobs of your collarbone area, drop down about an inch and out an inch and tap or massage these energy points connected to the kidney, a major vitality source for the physical body. Tapping and massaging these points wakes up the brain and boosts energy—it’s like a shot of expresso. n Ignite the power of your immune system. Move just above the heart area, connect with the thymus and literally thump the thymus to support, energize and boost the immune system. Keep your immune system on healthy alert. This energy spark plug guards and protects the body from foreign invaders and needs your daily attention and support.

Close your eyes for a minute and place one hand over the other at the heart energy center between the breasts. Be still, breathe and remember, you are enough.

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From the moment we wake up and log on to our day, we are flooded with news about people whose days started off much the same, with an expectation of going from point A to point B, to lunch, to point C and then back home.

But something happened. A tornado touched down in the neighborhood. Or a train derailed in a cousin’s hometown. Or, like now, an invisible killer stalks the globe, threatening to take our life or the life of someone we know.

Within seconds, we are flooded with horror and helplessness.

Unable to stop the cascade of acute stress hormones, our bodies shift into fight-or-flight mode or leave us frozen like deer in the headlights. Whether we see what is happening online, on screen or in real time, we feel unsafe in our own skin. Although disturbing images can be swiped away, when something bad happens to us, we don’t know what to do. We can’t change the channel.

Even during these tough times, we can find opportunities to develop new strengths and grow individually and together. To start with, we need emotional first aid to help us find calm quickly. We can do this by locating the tension points in our body and asking them what color would help them feel calm. Then we can inhale that color, letting it find its way within to soothe our cells, and exhale our stress by breathing out a different color. We can repeat this technique as long and as often as needed. Teachers at Marjory 36

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Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Florida, report that this really works for kids, too.

To heal means to make whole. It doesn’t mean to make something go away. Hardship is part of life’s journey. Even this global pandemic can serve as our spiritual wake-up call to learn how different spiritual traditions heal from life-shattering events.

Five gifts offer us the keys to wholeness: n Humility helps us accept what we cannot change. n Patience takes the edge off when the hurt lasts longer than we want. n Empathy keeps us connected for the long haul. n Forgiveness means forgiving ourselves, our leaders and God. n Growth lets us look back with thanks for what we learned when the journey of life was anything but comfortable and easy.

Let’s journey together.

Laurie Nadel, a Manhattan psychotherapist, is the author of The Five Gifts: Discovering Hope, Healing and Strength When Disaster Strikes.

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David Hamilton has authored 10 books, including The Little Book of Kindness, How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body and The Five Side Effects of Kindness. He holds a doctorate in organic chemistry and spent four years in the pharmaceutical industry developing drugs for treating cardiovascular disease and cancer. During clinical research trials, he noticed that a significant number of people experienced health improvements while on fake, or placebo, drugs. This inspired a career change more than 20 years ago, when he became a writer and public speaker teaching people how to understand and harness the mind-body connection to improve health.

Have you noticed an increase in kindness during the current pandemic emergency?

I think so. In the past, you said things like, “Hello, how are you?” as a greeting. But now, when people say it, they really mean it.

There’s a sense of genuine compassion that I think is coming out in everyone on a scale that I’ve never seen before. We’re feeling empathy for people that are suffering, but also feeling empathy for each other, because we realize that everyone is in a similar place.

How do you explain this upsurge in kindness during social distancing and isolation?

We are genetically wired for kindness. The genes that produce the kindness hormone are some of the oldest in the human genome, like 500 million years old. So, our natural state is to care, to be kind and compassionate. But in life, we get caught up in everyday stresses and worries—financially, work-wise and in relationships—that often obscure that natural tendency to care. When a lot of that stuff is taken away, people’s natural sense of kindness and compassion come to the surface.

Do you see an opportunity for a shift in collective consciousness?

Absolutely. We’ve been called to unify, to recognize that we are part of the same human family. There’s a global outpouring of compassion. We’re transforming, becoming more aware of our own kindness and the needs of other people.

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to human action, like knocking down rain forests and human-induced climate change. Species extinctions are 1,000 to 10,000 times greater today than they’ve ever been in recorded history, except for 65 million years ago when an asteroid crashed into the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. Parasites, viruses and bacteria have nowhere else to go, so they’re jumping species, from bats to humans, for example. We’re being called spiritually not only to be more compassionate and kind to each other, but also to recognize the damage we’re doing to the planet and to be more respectful of nature, the environment and animals.

What are the positive physical effects of kindness?

Physiologically speaking, kindness is the opposite of stress.

Where feeling stressed can increase blood pressure, tense the nervous system and suppress the immune system, feelings induced by kindness reduce blood pressure, calm the nervous system and elevate the immune system.

Are certain acts of kindness better than others?

It doesn’t matter what you do. What matters most is that you do it because you mean it; you genuinely have a sense of empathy and want to help someone. All of the physiological benefits of kindness come because the feelings induced by kindness generate what I call kindness hormones, the most important one being oxytocin, which is a female reproductive hormone that also plays a big role in cardiovascular health.

Can a small act of kindness really make a difference in the world?

Absolutely. It’s been charted scientifically that if you do something kind for somebody, that person will be kind or kinder to five other people over the next day or two because of how you made them feel. Those five people will be kind or kinder to five further people, which turns into 25 people, and each of those 25 will be kind to five people, which takes it to 125 people’s lives that can be changed and affected in small and large ways three social steps away from you simply because of one tiny little thing you did.

Sandra Yeyati is a freelance writer in Naples, Florida. Connect at SandraYeyati@gmail.com.

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Homebody Workouts GETTING FIT WITHOUT A GYM

by Marlaina Donato

BEGIN WITH THE BASICS Trainers agree it’s important to see working out and taking care of our health as an investment, and having a plan goes a long way.

“You would never just brush off a business appointment if it was in your calendar and you knew you had to attend,” says personal trainer Chris Wong, in Oakville, Ontario. “The simple act of putting it in your schedule makes it real. Now you have a responsibility.

Now you have structure.”

Stephanie Mansour, host of the PBS fitness and health show Step it up with Steph, concurs: “Once I started viewing workouts as my own personal confidence-boosting time, a lightbulb went off in my head and I became addicted to this time with myself.”

The Chicago-based personal trainer recommends lightening up.

“Find something fun. Do something goofy like dancing around. Schedule this in and instead of ‘workout’, call it ‘pump-up time for me’.”

Getting outside and hitting the trails or walking every evening after dinner is a great way to get oxygen-infused aerobic time. “Use outdoor space to your advantage,” says Wong.

“I’ve taught boot camps at parks, and one game I like doing is Touch 20 Things. Run around and touch 20 things at least 15 to 20 feet apart, but don’t touch the same thing twice. He also suggests doing sprints or bear crawls for distance exercise and stepups on park benches or large rocks. “If a park is not available, similar things can be 40

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done in your backyard. Just have fun with it.”

EXERCISING OUTSIDE THE BOX Working out with a different rule set offers an invitation to add a new twist to a usual favorite. “I personally practice martial arts every day, but that can be done in a variety of ways,” says Wong, pointing to gentle qigong, shadow boxing, breathing exercises, footwork drills and heavy bag training.

He recommends exercising every day, but limiting more intense workouts to three or four times a week. Cardio exercises such as walking and bicycling are a good daily choice, while high-intensity interval training workouts can be accomplished with minimal or no equipment. There are a variety of methods with timing elements that can be used to get a good workout. For example, with the As Many Rounds As Possible regimen, three exercises are done back-to-back for as many rounds as possible in a 10-to12-minute period.

Exploring free online classes on YouTube and other platforms opens up even more options, including yoga, Pilates and dance classes. Many trainers offer virtual workouts over Zoom or Skype live in real time. There are also mobile apps with workouts available for download.

THE SUPPORT FACTOR Partners or family members can help each other to stay on a workout schedule. “You can set up a chart for you and your family members to put a star or checkmark once you’ve finished a workout. Turn it into a competition, and whoever has the most stars at the end of a few weeks gets to pick the workout for the whole family to do,” suggests Mansour. Partners can also make a pact to take care of the kids when it is the other’s turn to grab some fitness time.

Being motivated is easier with some self-love, King reminds us: “You can begin something new by fully appreciating yourself with daily gratitude.”

Marlaina Donato is an author and composer. Connect at AutumnEmbersMusic.com.

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When getting to the gym is not possible, there are plenty of options to explore for at-home workouts. From finding fun ways to stay fit to getting loved ones involved, figuring out what works and committing to a few simple goals is a good start.

Although it may be hard to pull ourselves up from the couch during periods of adversity, sticking to an exercise program can help boost immunity and emotional resilience. “Not feeling like exercising is common during stressful times, but try to remember how good you feel afterward and the sense of accomplishment. Remember the why,” says life coach Suzanne King, in Marlton, New Jersey.

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Holistic Health with Siobhan: Free Skype Classes

Open House: Gratitude Celebration

10am, Mon, Wed, Fri. Held thru July 1.

Learn natural ways to support the immune system and calm the fight/flight/freeze response. Email for Skype Invite or provide your Skype address to

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RETREAT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 Holistic Yoga Retreat

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All welcome. Begins with a gratitude meditation guided by Susan, followed by the playing of the crystal bowls by Beth O’Brien. Free informative, interactive mini-workshops. Receive a free ticket for the free raffle of gift certificates from the practitioners and a free copy of The Oneness of It All by The Center’s Maryann Pino Miller.

Deepen your experience with yoga and meditation. This retreat can help you connect deep within yourself to discover your true self and allow you to find your own path to wholeness. All levels.

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

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Holly Shores Camping Resort 491 Rte 9 S, Cape May To reserve by Aug 20: 609-886-1234 Info: 609-827-8886 or YogaCapeMay.com

SAVE THE DATE 100-Hour Ayurveda for Self-Healing Course Begins Delves into the very practical use and application of ancient ayurvedic system for health and balance in modern times. Understand the basics of ayurveda, what your body type is, how to spot and remedy imbalances, and how to use yogic practices, skincare, and diet to live your most vibrant life.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 12 Thai Yoga Bodywork Workshop June 12-14 12-8pm With Sudevi. Enjoy a rejuvenating weekend and experience Thai massage. Course teaches a basic 1.5-hr sequence of Thai-Yoga Bodywork techniques. Watch demonstrations, take notes in your manual, then practice giving and receiving with partners in the class. 24 CEUs for massage therapists and yoga teachers. $350

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Alternative and Complementary Medicine MARK JAMES BARTISS, MD

Institute for Complementary & Alternative Medicine 24 Nautilus Dr, Ste 3, Manahawkin 609-978-9002 504 Hamburg Tpk, Ste 202, Wayne 973-790-6363 639 Stokes Rd, Se 202, Medford 609-654-5900 ICAMBartissMD.com Dr. Bartiss is both conventionally and holistically trained giving patients the best of both worlds and the freedom to choose.

ICAM’s HEART Program addresses the body’s basic needs in terms of hormone rejuvenation to include adrenal, thyroid, sex and growth hormones as well as the essential neurotransmitters. As an active and founding member of the American Association of Ozonotherapists, Dr. Bartiss is an expert in various forms of bio-oxidative therapies that include ozone, hydrogen peroxide, ultraviolet phototherapy and high-dose vitamin C. These and other powerful therapies are offered by only a few hundred medical practitioners throughout the country. See ad on page 20.

Awareness Coaching MARYANN PINO MILLER, M.Ed.

Certified Heal Your Life® Teacher Emotion Code Practitione Consciously Living, LLC The Center, Life in Balance 45 S Main St, Medford, NJ 856-912-2087 Maryann@ConsciouslyLiving.net

Become aware of your true nature, meet your inner child waiting for your love, become aware of and unload the baggage weighing you down, become aware of the depth of love that exists within you and gain the understanding of the importance of your relationship with yourself and how to foster it. See ad on page 27.

Ayurvedic Healing Practitioner JANET WATKINS, RYT, CRM

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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 on page

Bio-Identical hormone Restoration therapy DR. CAMILLE SEMPLE-DALY, DO

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Institute for Complementary & Alternative Medicine 24 Nautilus Dr, Ste 3, Manahawkin 609-978-9002 504 Hamburg Tpk, Ste 202, Wayne 973-790-6363 639 Stokes Rd, Se 202, Medford 609-654-5900 ICAMBartissMD.com Dr. Bartiss is among a small group of physicians that pioneered the early “integrated” health care system. As a conventionally and holistically trained physician, he offers the best of both schools of medicine. Dr. Bartiss’ “HEART” Program (Hormone, Endocrine, Adrenal Rejuvenation Therapy) addresses hormone imbalance and focuses on restoring his patients to optimal levels. The simple explanation of this program is that when the endocrine system is balanced, a person is less likely to become ill, over-weight and emotionally imbalanced. ICAM patients report an improved quality of life, both emotionally and physically. See ad on page 20.

Canine Behaviorist NANCY TOLLINO

Certified Canine Behavioral Specialist 609-742-8948 Nan@PeaceInThePack.com PeaceInThePack.com Nancy is an expert in her field, successfully rehabilitating canines who exhibit any type of behavioral issue from mild to aggressive. She can teach you the language of the canine in ways that create clear communication and bonds of trust to last a lifetime. She also specializes in rehabilitating bite cases and many of her clients refer to her as a canine therapist.

Chiropractor DECOTIIS CHIROPRACTIC WELLNESS

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

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

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Chronic/Serious Condition Management ANGELIC HEALTH PALLIATIVE WELLNESS CENTER

1050 Mantua Pk, Wenonah, NJ 08090 856-812-7970 • Wellness@Angelic.Health This center offers a holistic balance of traditional and alternative care options for those with serious or chronic conditions. We offer therapeutic massage, Reiki, yoga, meditation, nutrition, aromatherapy, acupuncture and counseling services to improve your well-being. Some services may be covered by insurance. See ad on page 25.

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Liesha Getson is a Board-Certified Thermographic Technician, Holistic Health Counselor, a Reiki Master and Energy Practitioner.

Liesha is a founding partner of Health Through Awareness in Marlton, a cooperative wellness center that provides a variety of alternative services to facilitate healthy living including nutrition and lifestyle counseling, reiki, thermography, infrared detoxification and biopuncture. See ad on page 7.

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Heartmath Coach and Trainer EMBODYING WELLNESS

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A full spectrum of wellness services are combined to help you live your best, most powerful life without being pulled by life’s daily challenges. Modalities employed are massage therapy, reiki, aromatherapy, inner-peace building skills and HeartMath Coaching and Training. After finding out what pulls you out of your center, you’ll have tools to be the calm in the center of the storm.

Energywork LISA O’BRIEN, E-RYT, CRM

Experienced Energy Intuitive and Yoga Teacher 856-261-0554 • L-I-G-H-T.org 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.

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Hypnotherapy 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 on page 41.

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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

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 well-being. Dr. Philip Getson is a board-certified Family Physician and certified by four Thermographic Boards. He specializes in thermography, an early diagnostic tool for many health conditions including breast health. With the mission of providing a balanced approach to wellness, the center offers diet and lifestyle counseling, thermography, the area’s most unique infrared detox sauna (The POD), reiki, a smoking cessation program, physician standard supplements and ongoing wellness classes. See ad on page 7.

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Susan is an Intuitive Medium, Reiki Master and licensed Massage Therapist. She specializes in intuitively enhancing the mind, soul and physical body with healing energy for your highest well-being. See ad on page 27.

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Yoga Teacher, Reiki Master/Teacher, IET Practitioner, Energy Intuitive 856-905-3024 TheSanctuaryForYoga.com App.namastream.com/the-sanctuary-for-yoga It is my desire to help you live your best life. To feel balanced and at ease in mind, body and spirit. Join me online for yoga, meditation, pranayama and other pearls of wisdom to help you navigate life with joy and grace.

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Experience and learn simple yet effective pain relief methods in individual or group sessions. Dr. Atkins’ advanced muscle release treatment and self-care education has proven published results for the past decade. Other services include certified manual lymph drainage, and relief for various chronic conditions. See ad on page 33.

Massage Therapy Services RIZZIERI AVEDA ALUMNI SPA

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Affordable relaxation offered at Rizzieri’s Alumni Spa. Staffed by recent Rizzieri graduates, the Alumni Spa is the perfect place to make an appointment with a Licensed Massage Therapist at an attractive price point. Spa experiences are offered in 50-min or 80-min sessions and are customized based on personal needs and preferences. Services include: Swedish massage, reflexology, hot stone, maternity massage, deep tissue, and stress relief wraps.

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THE SPA AT CENTER FOR THE HEALING ARTS

8102 Town Center Blvd, Voorhees, NJ 08043 856-552-2273 CenterForTheHealingArtsNJ.com Affordable relaxation offered at the Center for the Healing Arts by recent graduates. The Spa is the perfect place to make an appointment with Licensed Massage Therapist at an attractive price point. Spa experiences are offered in 50-min, 80-min or 100-min sessions and are customized based on personal needs. Services include Swedish massage, reflexology, hot stones, maternity and deep pressure. Currently open Wednesday and Friday 4:30-9pm.

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Dr. Newport is a discerning artist, highly experienced master cosmetic injector and renowned dermatology speaker with 10+ years of extensive medical training. Her continuous dedication for skincare, surgery, dentistry, and cosmetic procedures are enhanced by combining the use of the latest technology and her unique homeopathic style. As an artist, she is genuinely passionate about bringing out the unique beauty in each one of her patients.

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Natural, non-invasive procedures for sexual dysfunction affecting one or more of the following: desire, arousal, lubrication, erectile function, orgasm, pain, dryness and satisfaction. The Replenish Center utilizes an integrative and functional approach looking at key factors such as hormone imbalance, vitamin/ mineral deficiencies, certain medications and chronic illnesses. Other contributing factors are lifestyle, diet, exercise and stress. The Replenish Center specializes in therapies which utilize your body’s own healing mechanisms. Dr. Camille Semple-Daly is triple board certified in OB/GYN, Integrative Medicine and Aesthetic Medicine. See ad on page 2.

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