October 2022 Sarasota Natural Awakenings

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Dr. Drew Hall has practiced the Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractic technique for the last 20 years in Los Angeles and Carson California before opening his third clinic right here in Sarasota, Florida

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As the weather starts to feel breezier and (ever so slightly) cooler this month, there’s no better time to soak in the beauty of our Southwest Florida landscape. But as we relish what nature has to offer, it’s also vital to be part of the solution for a healthier planet—and that’s exactly what this issue of Natural Awakenings is about. As October welcomes in a change of seasons, let’s each take up our role to protect the climate, so we can all contin ue enjoying it. Join us as we dive into the following practical and accessible tips for an eco-conscious lifestyle!

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Let’s jump right in with this month’s feature article on “Sustainable Sanctuaries: Supporting Human and Planetary Health at Home.” When our homes became shelters to protect ourselves and our families from the global pandemic, many of us learned how to reconfigure our spaces to create room for work, school, fitness, hobbies and other uses. Now that spirit of resourcefulness and renewal is driving us to think about how we can transform our homes into sanctuaries of environmental sustainability. Just a few simple, efficient strategies this article covers include sourcing local materials for renovations, caulking windows and insulating walls, using furniture made from all-natural or recycled elements, landscaping with native plants, and eliminating household cleaners with artificial or harmful Sustainabilitychemicals.canalso develop in the kitchen, and one of the easiest ways to practice this is with seasonal eating. Fall is the perfect time of year to find colorful, nutritious, flavorful produce like the ruby-red beet, which just so happens to be the star of our “Conscious Eating” article. This versatile root vegetable can be savored raw, roasted, boiled or even pickled. Finely slice it to make wholesome beet chips. Puree it into a comforting autumn soup. Shred it to incorporate texture in a salad. Juice it for a morning smoothie. Or even use it to create a healthier version of your favorite dessert. For more inspiration, this article also features some beet-centric recipes such as Beet, Greens and Goat Cheese Lin guine; Beet Chips with Sea Salt and Smoked Paprika; Beet Hummus; and Kale, Beet Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette.

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Finally, now that another school year is back in full-swing, it’s time to empower our children to start thinking about their role in environmental protection and conservation as well. And this couldn’t be easier—instilling a love and respect for the outdoors begins with play. In this month’s “Healthy Kids” article, we explore how transforming concrete urban spaces into green parks and playgrounds creates a fun area for kids, as well as a safe, natural ecosystem for birds, insects or other local wildlife. This also facilitates an educational opportunity for kids to learn how to mindfully interact with the environment by sharing it with native plants and animals. The earlier these valuable lessons are taught, the more likely this next generation will be to care about our planet and join the fight to keep it healthy.

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This is an amazing time in human his tory to unite with passion and purpose in order to create a more beautiful world. Michelle Marie Angel is serving

like-hearted souls for the next phase of conscious evolution at her upcoming book premier and signing event on October 8, 2–4:30

Thep.m.event will be held at The Higher Realm in Sarasota, and it’s a wonderful opportunity to soak in the treasures of inspired information presented in Michelle Marie Angel’s three new books, Live Love: Master Vision and Vibration to Create a Better World, Forever Free: Soul Liberation with the Holy Spirit of Truth and It IS A New World After All We all need soul fortification and upliftment to keep us strong and brave during these times. Listen to inspired words of encouragement, empowerment and validation for your own spiritual path. Michelle Marie Angel has also written 48 stories for Awakened Awareness, and has presented a 12-event series in her Alchemy of Light Project. These books are part of a new educational system based on true self-discovery and self-awareness.

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Location: 4232 S Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. For more information, call 541-261-4483, email Michelle@Smile4Love.com or visit Smile4Love.com.

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The Spirit Fest Comes to Largo in November

TheSpirit Fest: Metaphysical and Holistic Fair will be held on November 5, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and November 6, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the Largo Event Center. There will be 60 booths with vendors, practitioners, readers, artists, authors and “We’redemonstrations.pleasedto be coming back to the Largo area,” says pro ducer Mary Ellen Popyk. “Our last event was extremely well re ceived, so we’ve added more workshops and special events. We will have new vendors including an array of crystals, jewelry, spiritual supplies, holistic health specialties, natural products and much more.”

Speakers are also scheduled throughout both days on numerous topics, and all attend ees have access to these talks with their daily admission. There will also be special guests, henna designs, foot reflexology, and activities for kids. Some vendors also speak Spanish. The entrance fee is $10 per day or $15 for the weekend. Children ages 12 and under can attend for free. Food will be available on-site, and there will be free parking as well.

Location: 6340 126th Ave., North, Largo. For more information, call 321-313-2543 or visit SanctuaryFL.com.

Illuminate Festivals Will Return to Southwest Florida

Illuminate Festivals will be hosting our unique arts and wellness festivals at the Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Cen ter on October 30, as well as the Crowne Plaza Fort Myers on November 5, both from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.These

events will feature vetted intuitive readers, crystals, essential oils, original art, handmade gifts, luxurious spa products, free workshops, and Reiki and other forms of en ergy healing. “We’re excited to return to Southwest Florida and bring holistic wellness and more good vibes to the area,” says Judy Bazis, founder of Illuminate Festivals. “Illuminate Punta Gorda and Illuminate Fort Myers will feature arts and wellness exhibitors from near and far.“With many exhibitors offering mini-sessions at special festival pricing, it’s an opportu nity to experience something new. We are collaborating with SWFL business Intuitive Wis dom, LLC owned by Lainie Sevante Wulkan. The collaboration will give our exhibitors great er visibility in their communities and our attendees more variety in products and services at the events. We are grateful to Lainie and our sponsors, Heather Phillips, Natural Awakenings Magazine, Food Healing Oracle Deck and Ketamine Health Centers for their support.”

With a growing interest in crystals, essential oils, meditation and self-care, Illuminate Festivals have become the perfect backdrops for self-discovery or to purchase gifts for loved ones. Illuminate Festivals aim to raise awareness about holistic wellness and pro mote the healing community in this area, while spreading love and light.

Illuminate Punta Gorda location: 75 Taylor St., Punta Gorda. Illuminate Fort Myers loca tion: 13051 Bell Tower Dr., Fort Myers. For more information, visit IlluminateFestivals.com or Facebook.com/IlluminateFestivals.

Biofeedback Evaluation and the Human Voice: Why Should We Care?

are one such method. However, for some conditions, this procedure can take a long time to deliver results, point out underlying causes and offer conclusive information on how to move forward with treatment.

At times, finding answers can even require seeing a host of different specialists before a true diagnosis is presented, or ef fective, harmless protocols are made avail able. Another route to map out imbalances, chronic or acute issues, and root causes of illness would be to receive a comprehensive biofeedback evaluation.

It might also surprise you to learn that recording, scanning and evaluating the human voice can offer valuable insights into the overall health of the human body. Our voices are like our blood in that voices carry data and frequencies which, with the help of computers, can be interpreted to create an accurate image of the entire human system. With these scanning tools, we learn information about organs systems, toxicities, nutritional deficiencies, infec tions, emotional and spiritual codes, chakra and aura balances, meridian blocks, chiro practic issues, allergies and so much more.

A biofeedback evaluation can help you connect the dots to find life-saving an swers. If you have questions, contact Beata Molnar who operates the Healing Room in Sarasota. She offers a comprehensive voice scan, energy healing, PEMF, red light therapy, Rife frequency applications with plasma, sound healing and bio magnetic therapy. She will also offer a before-and-af ter energy scan in all of her sessions.

Location: Healing Room, Aaron Ct., Sarasota. For more information, call 941-586-9539 or visit Facebook.com/CreateBalanceAndHealing.

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with minimal downtime. Our treatments are performed with a variety of technolo gies within The EmpowerRF system, all of which work together to deliver customized procedures that will improve your wellness, self-confidence and overall quality of life. Under our care, you can achieve sustain able, life-changing results with the peace of mind that both safety and efficacy are our top priorities. Here are some of the solutions we provide:

Morpheus8V: This fast, effective radiofre quency technology offers vaginal remodel ing and tightening of the soft tissue.

VTone: This technology delivers intravag inal electrical muscle stimulation to reha bilitate weak pelvic floor muscles in order to treat stress, urge, and mixed urinary incontinence. It can also help can enhance sexual pleasure.

FormaV: This technology addresses a range of issues both quickly and effectively, with out the use of invasive techniques. It facil itates improvements in blood circulation, muscle pain relief and muscle relaxation.

Morpheus8: This deep, fractional treat ment technology delivers exceptional skin, fat, and collagen morphing. It also contours aging skin of the face and neck. You can also add on resurfacing to treat discolor ation, uneven skin tone or sun damage.

Morpheus8 Body: This deep, fractional treatment technology provides RF energy to multi-level depths for customized fullbody skin, fat and collagen. This procedure can assist with healing scars, reducing cel lulite, and enhancing overall skin smooth ness on almost every part of the body.

Location: 4161 Clark Rd., Sarasota. For a com plimentary consultation, call 941-724-6399. For more information, visit VirtueOfHealth.com.

Dr. Anna Baker, DOM. invites you to join her interactive anti-aging seminars via Zoom on October 12 and 21, both at 1:30 PM. She will showcase her Faces by Dr. Anna acupuncture facelift and her muscle retighten ing Pearl Cream by Dr. Anna, both of which can make you look like your Snap Chat filter pictures. Please contact the Pearl Cream by Dr. Anna store to access the meeting ID number.

Dr. Anna performs a unique type of acupuncture facelift that she invented. The muscles of the face and neck are progressively retightened to retrace the steps that aging took.

An initial package of 10 treatments is required, and the results last for 18 months before a one-treatment touchup is required to maintain the lift. COVID-19 safety protocols include treatment rooms with special air filtration systems that pull patients’ breath droplets out the window.During these seminars, Dr. Anna will show photographed results on people of all ages. In addition, she will discuss her proprietary Pearl Cream by Dr Anna that offers the same muscle retightening as her acupuncture facelift in a slower, more gradual process. Her Pearl Cream is an anti-aging serum made from real pearls and Chinese herbs without any preservatives. Pearl Cream by Dr. Anna is also available as a muscle tightening body lotion, men’s anti-aging line and sports performance line.

Pearl Cream by Dr. Anna location: 2721 Mall Dr., Sarasota. Temporary COVID-19 store hours: Monday–Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. To access the meeting ID, call 941-921-2662. For more information, visit FacesByDrAnna.com and PearlCreamByDrAnna.com.

Professional Supplement Center: Brain Support Is Right Around the Corner

All of us could use some help with memory, focus and mental sharpness at some point or another. In the past, it was believed that nothing could be done to boost cognitive performance, maintain overall brain health, and support mental recall and focus. However, as modern science reveals, this assumption is false.

According to neurologist, Dale, Bredesen, MD, “Life style, sleep, exercise, brain games, nutrition—a number of factors contribute to the overall health of your brain, and an even greater number of fac tors can lead you down the path of cognitive decline. But you don’t have to simply accept it as a symptom of age. Supporting your brain today—and every day—with good habits and a smart supplementation routine can keep you mentally sharp. No matter your family history, DNA, or previous neurological issues, there is hope.”

Dr. Dale Bredesen has teamed up with LifeSeasons to create NeuroQ, an all-natural supplement solution for enhancing cognitive performance and protecting your long-term brain health. NeuroQ is formulated to help maintain optimal brain function, clear think ing, memory, and normal inflammation response.

The Professional Supplement Center offers NeuroQ, as well as several other high-qual ity cognitive supporting supplements from brands such as Neuroscience, Orth-Molecular, Douglas Labs, Pure Encapsulations, Xymogen and Thorne Research, to name a few.

Location: 5525 Palmer Crossing Cir., Sarasota. For more information, call 941-487-5990 or visit ProfessionalSupplementCenter.com.

Resonance Holistic Wellness Announces New Location

After a year in our current location, Resonance Holistic Wellness is on the move. During our first year, we had the amazing opportunity to pro vide services to so many people whom we now call friends and family. In our new location, Resonance will expand our physical space to bring in additional practitioners and create a retail section. This new location provides a boutique wellness atmosphere, while allowing Resonance to showcase some of our newer services such as Pressotherapy and Reflexology. The official move will take place on October 1.

New Location: 2650 Bahia Vista, Suite 310, Sarasota. For more information, call 941-312-4334 or visit ResonanceSRQ.com.

Pursue a Sound Education at The OM Shoppe & Spa

With fall in full-swing, class is back in session at The OM Shoppe & Spa. This month, we are hosting a variety of courses and events to raise your personal and professional vibration. Here’s a look at our offerings for October:

Intermediate Level 2 Integrated Energy Therapy® (IET ®) Training:

On October 10, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., dive deeper into the IET® approach. Learn to clear physical, emotional, mental, cellular and karmic energy imprints from the bioenergy field.

Prerequisite Basic Level 1 Integrated Energy Therapy® Trainings:

• Level 1 Foundations of Sound Healing: On October 15–17, this immersive work shop will enrich your soul, calm your mind and revitalize your body. Learn how to work with six sound healing instruments (gongs, metal singing bowls, crystal singing bowls, drums, tuning forks and voice). This course offers Level 1 Foundation Certifi cation in Sound Healing with the Sound Healing Academy. It’s also a prerequisite for our Level 2 course below.

• Level 2 Sound Healing for Working with Clients: On October 20–24, discover how you can make a difference in clients’ lives by working effectively and therapeutically as a professional sound healer. In the sound intensive component of this course, you will learn advanced techniques in vibration medicine.

• Crystal Singing Bowls for Personal Wellness: On October 31, 3–5 p.m., spend Halloween with musical director Zooey Seraphine to experience the magic of crystal singing bowls. This customized course will teach you how to incorporate these heal ing vibrations into your personal wellness practice. Our classes regularly fill to capacity and have waiting lists, so please enroll as soon as possi ble. To register, call 941-706-3257 or visit TheOMShoppeAndSpa.com.

Experience a Shaman Journey this October AShaman

Journey is scheduled in person for the first time since COVID isolations began on October 29, 2–5:30 p.m., at Rising Tide International This Shaman Journey will take place close to the time of Halloween when veils between the worlds are thinnest. It is also a time that we reach deep into the heart of this fall season and prepare for winter months to come. In Florida, it’s a joyous time to celebrate the return of cooler, more comfortable weather.

A Shaman Journey is similar to a guid ed meditation, enhanced by the heartbeat of the large mother drum. This Journey will take us down and through the ex pansive dimensions of imagination where reality and dream time interweave into a perfect tapestry based on your own needs, rhythms, perceptions and frequencies.

The seen and unseen, known and unknown, open before the you in a vibrant tapestry of colors, sights and forms, specifi cally for your own guidance, clarity, insight and healing. Through the reverberation of the drum, inner gateways to the sub-con scious and super-conscious open and ex pand, accessing guides, helpers and totems. This is the place of the Shaman’s dream. The Journey itself is 35 to 40 minutes long. The rest is preparation and processing.

Location: 5102 Swift Rd. Sarasota. Cost: $25 in advance or $30 after 3 p.m. on Octo ber 28. There are simple preparations, so please contact Rev. Zan Benham, Butterfly Deerwoman, in advance for confirmation, payment and instruction. For more infor mation, call 941-922-7839 or visit Zan@ Woman-Spirit.com.

An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure!

Southwest Medical Thermal Imaging is excited to partner with The Restor ative Medical Center to provide digital infrared thermal imaging to Venice and the surrounding areas. While known best for early detection of pathology in breast screening, these same benefits of medical thermography extend to the whole body as well. This unique test of physiology can provide clinical markers for early stage disease as well as the origins of un diagnosed pain syndromes by mapping thermal abnormalities in the body. The scanning procedure emits zero radiation, is noninva sive and Southwestpainless.Medical

Thermal Imaging is an experienced and well-established clinic that has been proudly serving SWFL since 2011. Our technicians are certified by the American College of Clinical Thermology (ACCT). All interpreting physicians are Doctors of Osteopath (DO) or Medical Doctors (MD) Board Cer tified by the ACCT.

To schedule your appointment please visit ThermalClinic.com or call 239-949-2011.

The Meadows Farmers Market Is Back for Season Two

The Meadows Farmers Market will return for another sea son this month. This time, we are expanding access to local produce, organics and other local unique items from local farmers, artisans, live musicians and other vendors. With our beautiful location that offers ample shade, parking and ease of movement around the market, this second season is back by popular demand. All season long, we’ll continue our commitment to nourish the mind, body and soul. The Meadows Farmers Market will be open each Sunday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., from October 2 to April 30, 2023. Our special events will include the following:

October 2: Welcome Back Celebration

October 30: Halloween Market (with a costume contest for both kids and adults)

November 20: Friendsgiving Market (Thanksgiving theme)

December 11: Holiday Reason for the Season Market (give back to the community, holiday raffle, Toys for Tots with Santa photos)

December 18: Holiday Market (Winter Wonderland with Santa photos, holiday golf cart contest)

Location: 5041 Ringwood Meadow, Sarasota. For more information, call 941-315-7773 or Info@MeadowsFarmersMarket.com. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

Experience a Psychic Sunday Tour

Discover Sarasota Tours is offering Psy chic Sundays Tours on select Sundays, 1-3 p.m. This 120-minute Psychic Sundays tour from Discover Sarasota Tours is led by local evidentiary psychic and tarot reader Michael Newton-Brown. Tourgoers will learn about Sarasota’s robust metaphysi cal community while they visit Pixie Dust Metaphysical Boutique on Main Street, experience a Sound Healing immersive experience with Kaylene McCaw at the Crocker Memorial Church, and walk the labyrinth at a local church. During the tour, guests enjoy a spirit gallery where Michael channels spirits for the people on the tour and then provides a personal mini tarot reading. Browse the Trolley Cottage Gift Shop for a range of metaphysical books, candles and gifts while you wait to board. Pineapple or orange mimosas are included in your ticket, as is free parking.

Tickets are $44.99 + tax/fees (and any add-ons). A limited number of private tarot readings are also available with Michael after the tour (a $30 add-on). Book tour tickets first at DiscoverSarasotaTours.com, then email Info@DiscoverSarasotaTours.com to reserve a reading spot.

Perfect Treat! Heal Your Pets with Crystal Sound Bowl & Reiki Therapy

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can benefit greatly from Sound Bowl Healing Therapy.

Many pets have anxiety, fear of staying alone, panic attacks and abandonment issues - especially rescued animals. They also absorb their owner’s stress and negative energies. Clearing Pets’ chakras is very important according to certified Sound Bowl Healer & Reiki Master Gaëlle Wizenberg of Objects of Magic. They are very receptive to the high frequencies, and great results are seen. Pets are quite at ease, close their eyes and rest during the treatment. A 15-minute session biweekly is recommended to get started. Many clients have never thought about this therapy for their loved pets, but we are trying to create more awareness.

Once your pet is used to the process you can even buy your own bowls and do it regularly for them in the comfort of your home. Many pets have cysts or tumors, and the release of blockage can help reduce and ease the buildup. Reiki also eases the pain of older pets who have arthritis and other discomforts. Digestion and elimination also can be improved. Your pet will feel a very sooth ing healing touch and you’ll see an improvement in their mood and energy within weeks depending on conditions. Bring your pet’s favorite blanket or bed if you want them to feel even more at home during the treatment. Experience the Magic it will do for your loved ones - furry or not.

Location: 2106 Bispham Rd, Sarasota. For more information or to book a session, visit ObjectsOfMagic.com, call 818-793-7834 or email Love@ObjectsOfMagic.com.

BreastPreventingCancer FACT OR FICTION?

by Dr. Fred Harvey

When it comes to breast cancer aware ness, some of the online literature out there can be disempowering. For instance, it’s often reported that significant risk factors for breast cancer are out of a person’s control. Fallacies and misinfor mation can prevent life-saving action. In reality, there are several measures you can take to protect your health.

Dense breasts, atypical hyperplasia, lobular neoplasia (LCIS), age of menarche or puberty, and age of menopause are just a few of the risk factors commonly thought to be out of your control. However, there is significant published evidence to the contrary. These risks are responsive to modifiable solutions, all of which are absolutely within your own control. To give a basic example, an increased consumption of alcohol, refined sugars, red meat and

artificial preservatives is known to escalate the risk of breast cancer. Therefore, to take preventive measures, simply eat healthier foods, while lowering your alcohol intake.

It’s also a smart idea to consume foods that help bolster your metabolic function. Some of these include olive oil (preferably, high-flavone unfiltered varieties); oily fish like salmon, sardines and mackerel; vege tables and fruits; and soy, which does not cause cancer like the internet might have led you to Estrogenassume.ismetabolized in the body from several different substances. One of these substances, called 4-hydroxy estrone, is potentially carcinogenic. However, phy tochemicals from certain plants can reduce the production of this chemical. Some also help neutralize the chemical if it’s in the system. A few examples of these support ive phytonutrients include pterostilbene (methyl-resveratrol from grapes and wine); sulforaphane (from broccoli and brassicas); epigallocatechin gallate (from green tea); quercetin (from red onions and apples); and curcumin (from turmeric). Eating the rainbow daily is the best cancer prevention.

A high-quality supplement is the next best approach. Doing both for will offer extra protection. Visit the Healthy Steps Store for a wide selection of high-quality supplements like OmegAvail Hi-Po fish oil. This supplement has the enzyme Lipase, which helps to ensure optimal digestion. It also does not have a fishy aftertaste.

Experience functional medicine and discover the root cause of your health issues by calling Dr. Harvey’s office, Functional Medicine Florida (formerly known as The Harvey Center), at 941- 929-9355. Join the con versation by asking Dr. Harvey health and wellness questions each Monday, 10 a.m., on 88.5FM WMNF radio as he hosts “The Healthy Steps Radio Show.”

Dr. Fred Harvey is the Medical Director of Functional Medicine Florida. He is qua druple board-certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Functional Medicine and Holistic-Integrative Medicine, special izing in chronic illness recovery, prevention and defiant aging. For more information, visit FunctionalMedicineFlorida.com

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This package of care is designed to give you the best possible start towards achieving your health goals. If you’re ready to commit to a 3-month intensive program, then our team is here to support you

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Understanding Differences between Thermography & Mammograms

by June Drennon

Octoberis Breast Cancer Awareness month, but instead of thinking about cancer, why not think about how to have healthy breasts? Women are encouraged to get a mammogram so they can find their breast cancer as early as possible, but instead of early detec tion, being proactive and identi fying risk factors allows plans to be put into action to improve the health of the breast and even re verse developing pathology. This is prevention—not just early detection.

Mammograms image the structure of the breast and thermography images the physiology (e.g., an X-ray of the heart shows its size and location in the chest whereas an EKG shows the function of the heart). Thermography “shows” the function of the breasts and how healthy they are. Mammograms are after the fact—they can only see what is already there. They can identify a mass, if it is large enough, but cannot distinguish the difference between a benign lump and a cancerous tumor.

A tumor must be fed by blood vessels and that vascular formation starts many years before the tumor begins to grow. The vascular feed produces heat which can be seen with thermal imaging. This is an indication that either the body is preparing to produce a cancerous tumor or the mass that is present is most likely cancerous.

There is a large margin between healthy breasts and breast cancer and it’s helpful to know where one falls within that spectrum. There are many factors that can contribute to unhealthy breasts, including dense and fibrocystic breasts, calcifications, lymph

congestion, inflammation, thyroid dysfunc tion, hormone imbalances and more, which can contribute to dis-ease and a possible unfavorable diagnosis down the road.

Thermography tells how healthy the breasts are instead of just screening for breast cancer. It also has the potential to truly detect breast cell anomalies long before mammog

results of the changes made.

There are many things to do to avoid breast cancer, and knowing the risk factors is at the top of the list. With proper risk assessment which includes different testing modalities, the patient is able to determine her risk factors and develop an action plan on how to improve the breast tissue and/ or even reverse any existing developments. Knowledge is

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raphy can detect cancer. This allows one to implement lifestyle changes that can improve the health of the breasts proactively instead of waiting for a cancer diagnosis later.

It's important to know what's hap pening in order to make positive changes to increase breast health. Thermography is an excellent tool for one’s self and one’s healthcare practitioner to help identify specific challenges and then monitor the

Drennon is a certified clinical thermographer (since 2008) and owned a clinic in the wellness field for 15 years (with certifications in Colon Hydrotherapy and Electro-Lymphatic Drainage Therapy). She is passionate about working with men and women who care about the state of their health and believes prevention is better than detection. For more information and appointments, contact Florida Medical Thermography at 727-729-2711, email visitFloridaMedicalThermography.comJuneDrennon@and/orFloridaMedicalThermography.com.

Healing Hip Pain

by Eric Winder, DC

Hip pain can be debilitating. The hip joint is close to our center of gravity and becomes involved in almost any body movement we make. Moreover, a painful hip often becomes tight and restricted which can lead to arthritis. This means that successful treatment of hip pain is crucial, not just for immediate pain relief, but for long-term health and integrity of the joint. The reasons behind hip pain can be complex, so I will take you through the evaluation and treatment of a real patient to offer insight into my process of helping to heal this difficult problem.

A patient, whom I will refer to as Mary, came to my office complaining of difficult pain in her left hip that caused a limp and limited her ability to perform dai ly activities. Over the previous six months, she had difficulty lifting her leg, and was also not sleeping well. Pain in the hip often woke her anytime she shifted on her side in bed. She had fallen on that hip two years prior after slipping on a wet floor, but had only experienced pain for about two weeks. She had not thought about it again until I asked her about injuries to the area.

A thorough examination was next. In addition to the typical examination of range-of-motion, muscle tone and strength and tenderness, there are three specific issues I look for when evaluating hip prob

lems. These include fascia restrictions af fecting the hip muscles, fascia restrictions of the hip joint and nearby joints, and degen erative changes in the hip that can be found through x-ray or MRI. All of these played a role in identifying the causes of Mary’s pain, as well as successfully treating it.

Fascia Restrictions

The hip joint’s mobility is made possible by several different muscles, both large and small. These muscles obtain their structural toughness from a fibrous connective tissue called fascia which can become restricted from injury or repetitive stress. In this case, Mary’s fall had caused stiffening of fascia in specific muscles.

On examination, two of her large hip muscles (gluteus maximus and psoas) and one smaller muscle (pectineus) showed restriction of the fascia. As a result, her gluteal muscle was weak, and the psoas and pectineus muscles were abnormally tight. This muscle imbalance, in turn, created in stability in the hip, causing repetitive stress to the joint tissues.

I mentioned earlier that nearby joints can be a problem, and in Mary’s case, there was also restriction of the fascia at the front of her left sacroiliac joint which limited motion in that joint. This most likely happened at the time of her fall. When a joint is restricted,

other nearby joints often are also affected, and in her case, the restriction created a slight twist of her pelvic posture that resulted in further misalignment of the hip joint.

Arthritis

Arthritis and degenerative change are always possibilities when significant hip pain presents. Mary’s pain had persisted for several months, and she had consulted with an orthopedist who ordered an MRI. The images showed a small bone spur and mild loss of joint cartilage in the left hip joint. The orthopedist had prescribed physical therapy which is often a helpful alleviation for hip pain. However, in her case, because of the fascia restrictions, physical therapy had only further aggravated the problem.

Overall, there were numerous factors contributing to Mary’s pain. At the top of this list of concerns was the bone spur be cause this is a relatively permanent change. The question in a situation like this is whether it’s the bone spur causing pain, or if it is something else entirely. To find the answer, I performed a simple test.

As a part of her examination, I took Mary’s hip through its range-of-motion to see which directions of movement were painful. Her most intense pain occurred with a combined flexion and rotation outward (lifting her thigh forward and outward). I then retested this same motion while holding pressure at points of fascia restriction. This pressure makes the re stricted fascia temporarily relax. Her rangeof-motion and comfort increased which suggested that her pain was at least in part due to the restrictions, not just the spur.

In the end, Mary’s main hip issues were driven by restrictions in her fascia. After a series of treatments to release the tight connective tissue, her left sacroiliac joint returned to normal motion. Her hip muscles regained normal tone and strength, and her hip could move freely again with just mild discomfort at the far end of its range-of-motion.

This mild discomfort was probably due to the bone spur, but it was not prohibitive for her daily life. I find it is typical that arthritic changes such as spurs and joint

narrowing can cause mild discomfort or stiffness, but these are not usually the main sources of pain.

Mary’s case is typical of hip pain. An additional type of hip prob lem that I also treat involves pain after hip surgery. This was not a consideration with Mary, but I see it often in my office. Sometimes the scar tissue from incisions made during surgery can distort and restrict fascia, resulting in painful motion and weight-bearing in the affected

this type of problem is easily treated with gentle fascia release in the area of the scar tissue. In general, I find that treating fascia restrictions is incredibly helpful to resolve all kinds of hip pain issues. Even in the occasional case of severe arthritis that requires surgery, treating fascia problems can restore function to improve rehabilitation after surgery.

Making sure all joints and muscles in the area are functioning correctly allows for a smoother recovery. Mary did not require surgery and returned to all her normal activities, including a two-mile daily walk without pain. This type of success is common, and I recommend fascia therapy as a conservative treatment of first choice for hip pain.

Dr. Eric Winder has been practicing chiropractic for 25 years. His practice emphasizes relieving pain and restoring alignment and mo tion with gentle fascia release therapies. For more information, call 941-957-8390 or visit Gentlebay.com.

Natural Solutions to Prevent and OsteoporosisReverse

by Dr. Laura Korman, DC

Nearly one in two women and one in four men over age 50 will suffer a fracture due to osteoporosis at some point in their lifetime. 24 percent of both men and women over age 45 who fracture a hip due to osteoporosis will, on average, die within 12 months of their injury. That’s a serious statistic. Across the globe, osteopo rosis causes more than 8.9 million fractures annually, resulting in an osteoporotic-relat ed fracture every three seconds.

As with all chronic diseases, osteopo rosis takes years to develop, often without significant symptoms. Therefore, the most effective treatment approach, should focus on early, preventive lifestyle and nutritional strategies, rather than late-stage medical interventions. In this article, I will discuss what osteoporosis is, how it develops, and how we can prevent—or even reverse—this devastating bone disease.

The word osteoporosis literally means “porous bone.” It occurs when the bones become increasingly porous due to a decrease in the quality or density of bones, making them more prone to fracture. From the time we are born, through our mid-20s, our bones continually build and strengthen until they reach their maximum density or peak mass between ages 25 and 30.

After this point, our bones undergo a process of remodeling, which involves a synergy of building new bone and removal of old bone. When the breakdown of bone occurs at a more rapid rate than the build ing bone, osteopenia (early osteoporosis), and eventually osteoporosis, occurs. An osteoporosis diagnosis will result from a DEXA (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) scan, which measures the density of bone.

This scan is scored based on the amount of deviation away from the T-score that a healthy young adult would be given.

A T-score between -2.5 and -1.0 indicates osteopenia, and a T-score of -2.5 or lower

indicates osteoporosis. This test is static, meaning that it takes a snap shot measure ment of the density of bone, but it fails to inform if or how the bones are abnormally remodeling (either building too slowly or breaking down too quickly).

The other limitation to this DEXA scan is that it is performed every one to two years, meaning the response a per son could have to any given prescribed treatment is withheld for a 12–24-month period of time. This can result in delaying a crucial change to treatment protocol if the follow-up DEXA scan fails to improve—or worsens. As a result, the person will miss out on valuable time to halt, slow down or reverse bone loss.

The positive news is that a simple blood or urine test can assess the rate at which bones break down, a process known as resorption. This test is the N-telopeptide (NTx) test, which provides a dynamic mea surement of what actually occurs inside the bone at any given time by measuring the by-products of bone breakdown. The real benefit to this test is it can be re-run every three to six months to assess the patient’s response to treatment, allowing for any ad justments to be made, as necessary, aiding in a quicker recovery.

As I discussed earlier, we have a limited opportunity during our youth and young adulthood to build our bone reserves and make contributions to our healthy “bone bank” before our peak bone mass is reached. This is why we should start preventing osteoporosis early in life through intentional lifestyle and nutrition al strategies to achieve maximum bone strength by our mid- to late-20s, so we can maintain optimal bone density as we age.

The most effective way to build healthy bone and minimize breakdown at any age is to follow an ant-inflammatory diet. Starting in childhood, a diet high in sugary foods

or beverages, as well as processed carbohy drates, depletes the body of bone-building nutrients like calcium, magnesium, chromi um and copper. Soda consumption includes an extra note of caution, as it contains high levels of phosphoric acid, which removes vital calcium from our bones.

Other inflammatory foods to eliminate include vegetable and seed oils, like canola, corn, soybean, peanut, cottonseed, sun flower and safflower oils, found in nearly all snack foods, salad dressings and condi ments. These foods are too high in omega-6 oils, causing an increased rate of bone loss. It’s also important to avoid farm raised fish. Instead, look for wild caught, cold water fish that’s low in mercury such as salmon, mackerel, sardines and herring, which increase essential omega-3 oils to improve bone mass. Increase consumption of whole, nutrient-dense, organic, pasture-raised, local food, if possible.

Other causes to poor bone health starting in childhood include a lack of exercise and a lack of sunshine, causing a deficiency in Vitamin D, needed to build strong bones. As we age, our risk for osteo porosis increases, especially in post-meno pausal women. A woman’s bone mass can decrease by 10 percent in the first year of menopause due to the drop in sex hor mones. Risk factors—especially for women of this age group—include medications like corticosteroids, antidepressants, and ant acids including Nexium, Omeprazole and Prilosec, which cause a depletion in bone building

Exposurenutrients.totoxins in herbicides, pesticides, plastics, and household or personal products, will rob us of many nutrients we need to build bone, in order to be detoxified from the body. Unmanaged stress and chronic sleep deprivation are also bone nutrient-robbing lifestyle factors, common among post-menopausal wom en. Inadequate intake of the essential and synergistic nutrients required for optimal bone remodeling become an even more important factor contributing to bone loss after

Let’smenopause.lookatsome of the treatment options available. Classic medications to treat osteoporosis are called bisphospho nates like Fosamax and Boniva. These drugs work by slowing the breakdown of bone, but they also decrease the formation

of healthy new bone. This can cause the bones to appear denser on future DEXA scans, but they leave the bones more brittle, in creasing the likelihood of fractures in the future. Bisphosphonates can also interfere with the absorption of essential nutrients like calcium. However, there are many natural, effective strategies to promote the healthy remodeling of our bones at any age.

In addition to eating an anti-inflammatory diet, taking a hydrochloric acid supplement with one or two of your largest meals will help improve the absorption of bone-building minerals. Most of us think we have too much acid produced in our stomachs when, in fact, as we age, our natural production of hydrochloric acid decreases. This can cause indigestion, heart burn, GERD and poor nutrient absorption.

There are many nutrients other than calcium required to build healthy bones such as magnesium, phosphorus, Vitamins D3, K2, C, B12, Boron, Silica and Glutathione. As I have mentioned, many of them are depleted due to poor diets, lifestyle, medications, stress and toxins. In order to identify deficiencies, test—don’t guess.

A blood test might be adequate to identify inflammato ry markers like Vitamin D, CRP(hs), SED rate, Homocysteine, HgA1c, Insulin and Ferritin, but will fall short in identifying the levels of key nutrients needed for optimal bone remodeling. A Spectracell test measures, not only the levels of micronutrients, but also how vitamins and minerals work in the body to determine if the levels supply what the body actually needs.

Another beneficial test would be to run an Omega Check. This will give you a ratio of omega-6 and your omega-3 levels to identify excess inflammation, which will show you which changes

to make in your diet or supplementation needs. Hormone levels, including estrogen, progesterone, testosterone and DHEA, should also be tested, as these hormones play an important role in bone health and optimal function of both the heart and brain.

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of weight-bearing exercise to help build new bone. Weight-bearing exercise that puts a load on the bones is essential. The greater the load, the stronger the bones. This is why a lifetime of consistent exercise is so import ant for optimal bone health. Exercise should start out gently based on your current health and bone mass, then gradually increase over time. If you are new to exercise, ask your doctor before start ing and consider hiring a trainer to make sure you do the exercises safely.Finally, when choosing supplements to improve health and bone mass, avoid those with artificial colors, binders, fillers, and nutrients that are not bioavailable or poorly absorbed. Look for supplements in a reputable health food store rather than a drug, grocery or department store. This is not a purchase to be cheap with—especially if you have been diagnosed with osteopenia or osteoporosis already.

Osteoporosis is a serious health issue, increasing worldwide but not given as much attention as it needs, in my opinion. The best defense

SUSTAINABLE SANCTUARIES

SUPPORTING HUMAN AND PLANETARY HEALTH AT HOME

by Sandra Yeyati

Nothing underscored the im portance of a comfortable and versatile sanctuary quite like the pandemic. Stuck at home isolating, many families reconfigured their living arrangements to accommodate expand ing uses for work, schooling, cooking, entertainment and more. Today, that spirit of renewal lingers, prompting steady and robust activity in the con struction and interior design industries.

A house is literally our shelter from the storm, made more critical as we increas ingly encounter extreme and unprecedent ed weather events due to climate change. When we upgrade, remodel, build or buy new cocoons for our families, the time is ripe to incorporate elements that preserve and promote the health of humans and the planet.

Inspiring Goals

Lindsay Baker, CEO of the International Living Future Institute (ILFI), is part of a growing community of industry profes sionals trying to figure out how to de

sign, build and operate structures in more environmentally sustainable, socially im pactful and healthy ways. “We ask what would it look like if a building were to give back more to the world than it took,” she explains. “We’re a resource-consumptive industry with a large carbon footprint. Forty percent of global carbon emissions are caused by the energy required to construct and operate buildings. We also use lots of materials that pose negative impacts on people’s health—products known to contain carcinogens or cause respiratory problems—and people spend 90 percent of their time indoors, so everything we’re exposed to indoors has a huge impact on ourThehealth.”ILFILiving

Building Challenge sets bold aspirational goals, and buildings around the world have proven that it is possible to hit these benchmarks. “The energy imperative is that the building produces more energy than it consumes, and that happens by generating renewable energy like solar power onsite and using very little energy,” Baker asserts. “For wa ter, we ask that everyone return the water that goes through the building cleaner than it entered, which means people need to treat water onsite and use a lot less of it. You can do that with composting toilets, as well as grey water systems and rainwater recapture strategies.”

Baker is proud of ILFI’s ambitious goals. “If you decide to do a renovation to save 5 or 10 percent of your water or energy consumption, it will feel good to get there, but what we’ve found is that when you set a really exciting target for yourself, the

whole process is more fun and you get further with similar amounts of effort and money, because you’re thinking about systems differently, questioning assumptions about what a home might be capable of doing and employing a different level of creativity. At the end of the day, it can lead to a much more beautiful, more efficient building.”

Energy Conservation

Energy conservation is job number one for Jennifer Languell, founder and pres ident of Trifecta Construction Solutions, in Babcock Ranch, Florida. “An inex pensive but impactful upgrade is adding insulation. If you’re in an existing house, add insulation on top of what you already have. If you’re new construc tion, beef it up. You also want to address unwanted points of air infiltration using gaskets, weather stripping and caulking around exterior doors and windows. Over time, these items can shrink or get damaged, and may need to be replaced to seal the house and minimize air drafts,” she says. “You want to improve efficiency first, which costs much less than transitioning to renewable ener gy. And when you do transition, you only have to buy smaller quantities of photovoltaic panels to offset your power generation.”According to Languell, windows are climate-specific and can be modified by adding or subtracting panes, coat ings and treatments. “In Montana, I want the heat from the sun coming into my house, but in Florida, I don’t,” she says. “Natural light is great, but there’s a balance between your glass-to-wall ratio. In Florida, you would never have a skylight, but up north you’d consider it. And at this point, everyone should be transitioning to LED lighting, which will save money and energy.”

Water Preservation

As waterways dry up and areas around the world become more drought-prone,

water conservation becomes an increas ingly important imperative. The simplest modifications are low-flow shower heads, toilets and faucets, which cost the same as traditional-flow fixtures, as well as a visit from the plumber to fix any leaks. Minimizing or eliminating turf grass and planting drought-toler ant, native vegetation outside will also significantly cut water use, Languell suggests.“Greywater and rainwater collection systems are gaining momentum, and these systems for home use have come leaps and bounds from where they were 10 years ago,” she says. “They can take water from your laundry or show er, treat it, and use it to flush toilets, for example—a huge benefit for the West Coast and a huge water savings, because you’re using your water twice before you dispose of it.”

Eco-Responsible Materials

With regard to building materials and

products, the annual ILFI Red List calls out chemicals with negative human health impacts that shouldn’t be used in buildings, such as bisphenol A, chlo rofluorocarbons, formaldehyde, flame retardants, phthalates, toxic heavy metals and volatile organic compounds (VOC). Its Declare label is like a nu trition sticker that details what is in a building product, whether it is free of Red List chemicals and what its carbon footprint

“Consumersis. should demand trans parency; they should know what is in the products put in their homes,” Baker says. “One of the rules of thumb I like to apply is to ask, ‘How far is this mate rial removed from nature?’ Wood is one of the better materials from an ecolog ical and health standpoint. Fake wood flooring that is meant to look like wood but in fact isn’t—not so much. A lot of what we’re supporting is about getting back to the basics, removing chemicals and using brick, wood and clay.”

According to Languell, the more dura ble and local a material is, the better for the environment. “I’d never say no to a metal or concrete roof that lasts 50 years versus shingles with a 15-year cycle. Although bamboo is rapidly renewable, most of it comes from China, so the greenhouse gases associated with the transportation makes it less environmen tally friendly. Local materials are ideal. The closer the better. Get granite from Georgia, instead of Italy.”

When it comes to human health, home décor and cleaning products are equally as important as the construction materials, Languell advises. “Many times we’ll build a healthy and efficient home and then people put all sorts of fabrics and chemicals in there that are off-gas sing because they’re not thinking about the health of the indoor environment.”

Sustainable and HealthyFurnishings

“There’s good, better and best quality fur niture,” says Robin Wilson, a New York City eco-designer and founder of Robin Wilson Home. “Good might use inex pensive wood or heavy-duty cardboards that look great, but if you sit on the arm of the sofa, it caves in. Better might have a less expensive wood, but it’s solid frame construction. The best is a very good wood and solid frame construction

made for heirloom quality. There are costs associated with each level, and I recommend spending the most budget you have on a quality product, because that sofa, if it’s made well and it’s styled in a classic design, can be recovered over and over again; therefore, you’ re being eco-friendly to the world because it’s not going into a landfill.”

Her favorite materials for furnishings are sustainably forested or reclaimed wood, long-lasting metals like steel and aluminum, fast-growing bamboo and recycled or reclaimed plastics. She’s also a proponent of vintage pieces. “With all furniture, if it can be salvaged, salvage it. Healthwise, make sure the materials are hyper-washed to protect you from allergens. Old glazes or paints might have lead in them, so take vintage furniture to a professional that uses the right safety equipment or go to YouTube University and make sure that you protect yourself with gear to rework the piece in a garage or outdoor space. Always choose nontoxic paints and stains with low to no VOCs.”

Biophilic Design

Baker is particularly excited about inte rior design innovations that reconnect us to nature, known as biophilic design. “Natural light is important, but also, lighting manufacturers are figuring out

how to produce lighting that feels like you ’re sitting outside in a forest while a cloud passes by or under a tree with dappled light. Mohawk and Interface offer low-carbon, healthy carpets that mimic natural forms like a rocky beach,” she says. “Fractals are often mentioned in biophilic design because they’re fascinating geometric composi tions in nature like fly wings and bark that have an inherent intelligence to them, and we’ve come to understand that these natural elements are not just interesting, they also have measurable positive impact on our psyche and mental health.”

Durability

“I rate durability over everything else. If you build it once and it doesn’t get destroyed by a natural disaster, you’re going to generate less waste and use fewer resources,” Languell says. “Durability might mean fireproofing in California, windproofing in Florida and floodproofing in Louisiana. It also means futureproofing your home, espe cially if you’re building new. Anticipate technologies that are coming. Even if you can’t afford photovoltaic panels now, for a couple of bucks, you can run electric conduit from your panel up to your roof so if ever you decide to buy them, it’s not a major overhaul of your house. Dual-pipe your house and have the pipes ready to tie in rainwater or grey water, even if it’s not financially viable right now. Wire your house for a 220-volt plug in your garage so every one that has an electric vehicle can charge it overnight.”

Sandra Yeyati, J.D., is a professional writer and editor. Reach her at SandraYeyati@gmail.com.

Inviting in the Wild

by Marlaina Donato

Amidst the whirlwind of our daily busyness, Mother Nature goes about her own affairs, conjur ing everyday miracles from the humble trinity of tangled roots, dark soil and sunlight. On our way to our next task, we might catch snippets of afternoon gold blur past in a window, but we may long for more time to accept October’s invitation of long shadows.

Having an indoor haven touched with nature’s balm takes the edge off the work-at-home days, the can’t-catch-abreath days and the won’t-stop-raining days. Bringing a bit of the outside in helps us to remember the big picture. The 12th-century mystic and healer Hildegard of Bingen called the energy of the Earth veriditas, or greenness, and it is easy to tap into this life force by aligning our senses with the rhythms of nature.Beauty is an often forgotten necessity, but can gently lead us back on track when we place a vase of fresh flowers, pine branches or wild rose hips on a windowsill. Designating one wall in the house for a photographic tapestry

core serenity. The dance of each season is brief, but tuning into their wealth can make our own dance a bit more magical.

Marlaina Donato is an author, composer and painter. Connect at WildflowerLady.com.

The Joy of Movement

DANCING BOOSTS OUR HEALTH AND HAPPINESS

by Marlaina Donato

Whether it’s salsa, hip-hop, belly dance or ballet, finding our groove has proven to ease depres sion, support the cardiovascular system and improve overall joint function. By all accounts, dancing gives us a step toward better health, but equally as notewor thy is its potential to bring more fun into our lives. Contrary to popular opinion, dancing is not just for kids, and special ability is not necessary. “You are never too old, and there is no such thing as two left feet, but we can also argue: When you have great instructors teach ing you, you can learn anything as a beginner,” says Monique Maldonado, marketing director of the Latin Rhythms Academy of Dance and Performance, in Chicago.

Brainy Benefits

Stepping into a dance studio can help us enrich our lives while sharpening cognitive function. After participat ing in an eight-month dance program during which they memorized intricate steps of the merengue, salsa and samba, Spanish-speaking, middle-aged and older adults had significant improvement in working memory scores, reported Uni versity of Illinois Chicago researchers in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. “Just like working out and puzzles, dancing works out brain paths and keeps them active and healthy,” says Maldonado.Tangolovers will be pleased to know that the passionate dance style has been shown in a 2017 study published in Complementa ry Therapies in Medicine to lower anxiety and stress levels more effectively than mindfulness meditation.

Individual Moves

Mike Hallworth teaches

cruise ship passengers, mostly in their 60s and 70s, how to navigate the dance floor. “We teach all the main dance genres, including ballroom and Latin American, salsa and mambo, along with modern jive,” says the Southport, England-based, lifelong dancer who teaches with his wife, Jan. “For those not as agile as they would like to be, I would suggest starting with ballroom, social foxtrot and waltz, then progress to Latin American, cha-cha and rumba.”

At age 75, he partially attributes his basal metabolic rate of 60—common in men 15 years his junior—to his love of dancing, which “can burn up to 385 calories per hour with salsa or 400 calories per hour with swing,” he notes.

Joan Price, a contemporary line dance instructor in Sebastopol, California, also attests to the longevity-pro moting perks of moving joyfully. “At 78, line dancing keeps me physically fit, mentally alert and happy to be alive. The older we get, the more we need social ac tivity, physical movement and mental stimulation. You get all three at once with line dancing.”

The form has long outgrown its coun try-western music roots and now offers something for everyone, including Latin, swing, contemporary pop and Broadway.

“Since you dance on your own in a row, line dancing is ideal for singles and for part ners of non-dancers. It’s also won derful for people who want a social activity that doesn’t involve dating or partner ing,” says Price. She says that there are thousands of different line dances, ranging from super-simple to extraor dinarily complex. “As a beginner,

be sure and choose a class that is beginning level,” she says. “Beginning level teaches basic steps, patterns and terminology—and the joy of dance!”

For those looking for a little more heat, Latin dance can accommodate any fitness level. “If you are looking for a fun, new hobby, any style is a fit, but if you are more interested in advancing your salsa skill level, trying mambo and cha-cha can be a nice challenge,” says Maldonado. “Sensual bachata is for those who want a little more spice and advanced body movement.”

Hallworth often sees people ap proaching dance with uncertainty and apprehension, and he encourages an open mind: “Dancing isn’t for everyone, but if you give it a chance, you will be well rewarded. Most people learning to dance are a friendly bunch and will helpFornewcomers.”Maldonado, it is also about shared experience, which she feels is one of the most beautiful aspects of Latin dance: “It’s a great, diverse group of people who can change your out look on life. Being a part of any dance community can truly be life-changing.”

Marlaina Donato is an author, composer and painter. Connect at WildflowerLady.com.

Nadine Clopton on Advancing Regenerative Organic Agriculture to Health Care

by Kirby Baldwin

the movement to promote a better, natu ral and more responsible way of modern farming by conducting research into the cultivation of healthy, living soils. Today, Nadine Clopton is advancing its related efforts through regenerative health care.

Clopton has been an NGO youth representative to the United Nations for more than six years, was the first young person to serve as a director on the board, and is now serving as an elected vice president of the Global NGO Exec utive Committee. In her role as program manager with Rodale Institute, Clopton combines her loves of health, advocacy and the ecosystem. Learning about food as medicine was transformative in her own health journey with chronic illness es, and she hopes that others are also able to experience the transformative sense of well-being and connection that comes through such a lifestyle practice.

How do we better connect our farming, food and healthcare systems?

The best thing we can do is take those three things out of a silo and look at them as part of a complex, interconnect ed web. In Rodale Institute’s “farm to hospital” model with St. Luke’s Hospital, we have a working farm at the hospital and much of the produce grown there ends up on the patient’s plates, in the cafeteria or in a CSA [community-sup ported agriculture] share that the hospi tal employees can take home. At Rodale Institute, we’re hoping to build that bridge between agriculture and health care, and invite doctors and farmers to be part of the cycle of health care: think ing about the health of our soil and the health and the nutrient density of what’s on our plates.

What is next in your plans for the future of regenerative health care?

During the last century, the rise of chemical-based agriculture has severely changed the way food is produced, and we have failed to recognize its unintended consequences. Research has revealed that if we contin ue on this path, our soil will give out and we will be unable to feed our children and grandchildren within the next 60 years. Thankfully, there is still time and positive transformation is possible through regenerative organic agriculture, which has its roots in Indigenous, tradi tional, ecological knowledge.

For more than 70 years, the Rodale Institute has been on the leading edge of

What does the regenerative health care movement mean for both human health and agriculture?

Regenerative health care carries potent “medicine” for a lot of the things that are ailing us in this country: the epi demic of chronic illnesses, the climate crisis, global food insecurity and eco logical health. We believe that healing our soil is a prerequisite for healing ourselves. Regenerative health care draws the link between agriculture and health care because we need those two systems to talk with one another, and the answers are right beneath our feet.

The heart and soul of what I’m working on right now centers around connect ing health care and agriculture with Rodale Institute’s first-ever Regenerative Healthcare Conference. We’re invit ing doctors, nurses, RDs [registered dietician], nutritionists and others with interests in health and well-being to the farm for four days to get their hands in the soil and learn about how soil health is directly correlated to human health and how food is medicine.

We’re working closely with Dr. Scott Stoll’s team at The Plantrician Project and bringing together some incredible luminaries like Dr. Uma Naidoo, Dr. Maya Shetreat, Dr. Rupa Marya, Dr. Michelle Perro, Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and others. To our knowledge, this is the first-ever medi cal conference to be taking place on a living, breathing, working farm. We’re passionate about the idea of getting doctors out of their practices and letting them get their hands in the soil. There’s no better way to learn about the real

fundamental difference between conventional and regenera tive organic agriculture than by picking up a scoop of soil in our conventional model and picking up a scoop of soil in our regenerative organic model.

Healing our planet begins with healing ourselves and how we relate to the planet and to one another, so through these tangible, in-person experiences, we can get even closer to that ultimate goal of a healed system.

What are some tips for consumers and practitioners to help this movement?

Get to know a farmer! Go get your hands in the soil, talk to your local farmers and start to rebuild that web of connection and relationship. Look around you and see how the Earth responds when we’re operating in a way that’s regenerative and allows natural systems to thrive. And for practitioners, get curious! Start breaking out of the siloed worldview of health and medicine and learn about the potent medicines that are all around us in our food and our soil.

Kirby Baldwin writes for KnoWEwell, the Regenerative Whole Health Hub and collaborative partner of Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Conservative Dentistry

WHY LESS IS MORE IN TOOTH REPAIR

by Linda Sechrist

view with dentist Blanche Grube in a naturopathic magazine about conservative dentistry that she made the connection. She bought Grube’s book, Chew on This But Don’t Swallow: A Must-Read Before Your Next Dental Visit, and read it from cover to cover. Grube drew upon 46 years of clinical obser vation, continuing education conferences and thousands of hours of study to analyze how the whole body functions and what part teeth play in overall health.

Says Lee, “I had a capped tooth with metal underneath. Once I got it removed, all the things connected to it resolved. My sinus issues, post-nasal drippage, coughing, and even my trigeminal neuralgia that I had for 10 years resolved.” Trigem inal neuralgia affects the nerves running from the face to the brain, causing electrical shock sensations to the jaw and face that can be triggered by stress or certain movements.

Whether

dentistry is described as being conserva tive, biological or biomimetic, the description that precedes such health care is extremely important. That 10- or 12-letter term signifies a specific type of dentistry that’s the best option for both our teeth and the rest of our bodies, as Ann Lee found out when the pieces to her dental puzzle fell together in just the right order.

Lee, a naturopathic doctor and licensed acupuncturist who owns the Health for Life Clinic, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, had been experiencing problems with her sinuses for years. She had been alerted to a potential problem with one of her teeth via a preventive tool known as medical infrared ther mograph screening. But it wasn’t until after she read an inter

Today, when Lee suspects a correlation between the phys ical problems a patient has with the amount of metal in their mouth such as fillings, crowns and permanent retainers, she relates their physical problems to metal oxidation and inflam mation that can manifest in numerous ways, and suggests that the patient read Grube’s book and consider any of the non-met al options now available.

Bernice Teplitsky, DDS, owner of Wrigleyville Dental, in Chicago, interprets biological dentistry as dealing with the whole person. “Both biological and conservative dentistry deal with biocompatible materials, making sure that each is right for the individual. Determining the compatibility of den tal materials is important for those who have existing allergies,

CONSERVATIVE DENTISTRY

A dentistry branch whose goal is to conserve the teeth in the mouth, using operative practices, as well as endodontics. It also involves various types of direct and indirect restorations of the individual teeth.

because their immune systems have already been compromised, and having to deal with new allergies to dental ma terials may only worsen their condition,” sheConservativesays.

dentistry involves removing a minimum of healthy tooth structure during the restorative process. By conserving natural enamel and den tin, many of the complications caused by excessive tooth shaving and drilling are avoided. “Students who went to dental school 15 years ago weren’t taught biological, biomimetic or con servative dentistry, and they didn’t have the superior materials that we have to day,” says Teplitsky. “Unless they took

BIOLOGICAL DENTISTRY

Dental practices that utilize mercu ry-free and mercury-safe dentistry, the impact of dental conditions, devices and treatments on oral and systemic health, including the biocompatibility of dental materials and techniques.

continuing education units that taught these things, they didn’t learn that tra ditional approaches require unneces sary removal of tooth structure and fail to replicate the properties of natural teeth, leading to major complications including root canals, fractures and extractions. They also didn’t learn that what is going in the mouth with the teeth and gums relates to the overall condition of a person’s health.”

According to studies reported in Science Direct, which offers the latest peer-reviewed research papers, teeth naturally have the optimal properties and structure to withstand the many challenges of the oral environment.

BIOMIMETIC DENTISTRY

A type of tooth-conserving dentistry, treats weak, fractured and decayed teeth in a way that keeps them strong and seals them from bacterial invasion; eliminates cutting teeth down for crowns and destructive root canal treatment.

Conservative dentistry, with its inno vative materials, efficiently preserves this natural tooth structure, particularly when combined with early detection.

Linda Sechrist is Natural Awakenings’ senior staff writer.

Reducing Radiation Risks

WAYS TO LESSEN ELECTROMAGNETIC EXPOSURE

by Carrie Jackson

We are tied to our devices, continually connected via phones, tablets and com puters, but this convenience comes at a cost. Many people are surprised to learn that our devices are constantly emitting electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and radiofrequency radiation (RF). According to the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, there is strong evidence of a correlation be tween these exposures and neurologi cal, cardiac and pulmonary disease, as well as reproductive disorders, immune dysfunction, cancer and other health conditions.

Constant Exposure

Our exposure to EMFs has dramatical ly increased over the past few years, especially in homes containing cord less phones, wireless routers and smart meters. Every electrical device emits an EMF, whether or not it’s turned on. This constant radiation can cause damage to cells, and even comes from applianc es such as refrigerators, microwaves,

washing machines and baby monitors. The closer a device is to a person, the more potent the charge. “EMFs cause VGCC’s [voltage-gated calcium chan nels] to swing open and allow excess calcium into the cell. This causes elevat ed oxidative stress, inflammation and ultimately, if not counteracted, disease,” says Mieke Jacobs, an EMF consultant and founder of Healthy House Chicago Jacobs, who does private house in spections in the Midwest, says that the rise of smart appliances and lighting in recent years has increased certain types of EMFs. “Dirty electricity consists of high-frequency voltage transients riding along the 60-Hertz electricity provided by the utility company. Many people are surprised to learn how prevalent it is in seemingly safer sources such as solar panels, compact fluorescent lights, dimmer switches and energy-efficient appliances,” she says.

Concerning Effects

As a certified electromagnetic radiation specialist and founder of EMF Healthy,

in Sedona, Arizona, Liz Menkes focuses on the radio frequency EMFs found in wireless devices and systems, alternat ing current (AC) electric and magnetic sources in wiring and appliances, and dirty electricity, all commonly found in homes. “EMFs have been linked to many symptoms and health condi tions, and there is evidence of cancer risk from all four types,” she says. “AC magnetic fields were classified as a pos sible human carcinogen in 2001 due to evidence of increased risk for childhood leukemia. Radio frequency was classi fied as a possible human carcinogen in 2011 due to evidence of increased risk for brain tumors. Plus, there are links to many other health conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.”

Symptoms from EMF exposure can manifest in many ways. “Early warning signs include difficulty sleeping, diffi culty concentrating, fatigue, headaches, irritability and anxiety. It is estimated about 30 percent of the population is moderately sensitive to EMFs, but have not connected the dots, since these are common symptoms that can be caused by many things. Other com mon symptoms can include tinnitus, skin rashes, dizziness, sharp stabbing pains, leg cramps, high blood pressure, nausea and hyperactivity, especially in children,” says Menkes. Less common symptoms include heart arrhythmias, unexplained nightmares and nosebleeds, as well as ADHD and food allergies in kids, adds Jacobs.

Reduce Exposure at Home

Tangible steps can be taken to lessen the risk. “The number one mistake people make is sleeping with their cell phones near the head of the bed. Leave it turned off in another room and get a battery-op erated alarm clock,” says Menkes. “Turn off Wi-Fi at night, since EMF radiation affects melatonin production. If possi ble, hardwire your laptops, tablets, cell phones and other devices to eliminate Wi-Fi completely in the house. If you must use a cell phone, keep it in air

plane mode as much as possible and don’t store it in a pocket or otherwise close to the body.”

More in-depth interventions include electrical rewiring, as well as radio-frequency shielding that blocks EMFs with cop per or another absorbent material. “Replacing dimmer switch es helps, but not all electricians are aware of EMFs and have different priorities when upgrading a home,” says Jacobs.

The federal government has no restrictions on overall EMF exposure. “The wireless industry and the government agen cies that are supposed to regulate this industry want you to believe that the science is settled and wireless exposures are safe. Unfortunately, this message is not reality. EMF damage can manifest in myriad ways that include many condi tions and that are occurring in ever-increasing amounts,” says Lloyd Burrell, author of EMF Practical Guide and France-based founder of ElectricalSense.com.

The Building Biology Institute offers classes and resourc es to help create environments free of EMF hazards. “Any measure to reduce your exposure is worth taking, and will contribute to a healthier and more peaceful home environ ment,” says Menkes.

Carrie Jackson is a Chicago-based freelance writer and fre quent contributor to Natural Awakenings magazine. Connect at CarrieJacksonWrites.com.

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conscious eating Fall Beets

VERSATILE LEAF-TO-ROOT EATS

by April Thompson

Versatile, nutritious, colorful and flavorful, beets are quite the package deal. This easy-to-grow, multi-season vegetable is packed with nutrition and plays well with other ingredients. Beets can be enjoyed raw, roasted, boiled or pickled. They can be blended into quick dips, thin-sliced for healthy chips or incorporated into desserts for a mild, sweet flavor and bold color.

“Beets have been a staple ingredient on our vegetarian menus for generations. They are an easy way to add natural sweetness and gorgeous color to so many dishes, both sa vory and sweet,” says Danica Wilcox, owner of the Moose wood Restaurant, in Ithaca, New York, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary next year. The quintessential vegetarian eatery’s go-to beet dishes include hummus, burgers and borscht.

“Beets boast so many health benefits. Being rich in folate, manganese and copper, they are good for heart, brain and bone health. They are also a good source of fiber, which will feed the good bacteria in your gut, leading to improved gut health,” says Candace Bell, a Phoenix-based holistic nutri tionist and food blogger at The Wheatless Kitchen. “Beets have a unique earthy flavor that goes perfectly with bright citrus. Roasting them brings out their sweet and savory fla vors, and they pair well with arugula, crunchy walnuts and tangy goat cheese in a salad.”

Lisa Keys, of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, author of the food blog Good Grief Cook, grows beets and uses them in a number of ways. “Beets get their color from natural plant pigments called betalains, which contain antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties that help control illnesses like

diabetes and heart disease,” she says. Her blog offers a recipe for a hearty, roasted beet sandwich, which pairs the root veggie with feta and a smashed avocado, dill, lime and yogurt spread.

Versatility is one of the beet’s star qualities. The root veg etable can be quick-pickled with other garden vegetables, pureed into soup, roasted for a side dish, shredded raw into salads, juiced into a smoothie or even concentrated into a powder—a favorite of registered dietitian nutritionist Mascha Davis, in Los Angeles. “Beet powder can be added to so many recipes for a fast and easy superfood boost,” she says. Her go-to applications for beet powder include a beet and rose latte, a beet-colored “pink yogurt” topped with berries and cacao nibs, and overnight oats swirled with beet powder.

If the benefits of the beetroot didn’t already run deep enough, its stems and leaves are not only edible, but also packed with vitamins A, B and K, as well as copper, manga nese, iron and calcium. The greens make a great side dish to accompany a beetroot main dish or can be incorporated into a beet soup, salad, sandwich or smoothie for a ze ro-waste meal turbocharged with nutrients.

Like spinach, chard and other vegetables in the goosefoot family (Chenopodiaceae), beets are rich in oxalates which can contribute to kidney stones. For most healthy people, though, oxalates aren’t harmful, if enjoyed in moderation.

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A Happy Halloween for Pets

NINE WAYS TO KEEP A DOG OR CAT SAFE

by Karen Shaw Becker

Halloween is celebrated on October 31, and as always on this fun holiday for humans, it’s important to take precautions to ensure furry family members wake up healthy, happy and safe on November 1. Here are some potential hazards to avoid.

CHOCOLATE: All chocolate is toxic to both cats and dogs, and the darker it is, the more toxic. It contains a caf feine-like stimulant that when ingested by a pet, can cause

seizures. Make sure all family mem bers and guests, including children, understand the importance of keeping chocolate away from the dog or cat.

SUGAR-FREE GOODIES CONTAINING XYLITOL: This is a popular sugar substi tute added to an increasing number of consumer products, including sug ar-free candy, gum, mints and baked goods. A small amount of xylitol can cause a rapid and dangerous blood sugar drop in dogs, as well as acute liver failure. Xylitol’s effect on cats is unknown, but keep it far away from the kitties, as well.

RAISINS AND TRAIL MIX: Instead of candy, some well-meaning people hand out tiny boxes of raisins or small bags of trail mix containing raisins and/or chocolate candy such as M&Ms. Un fortunately, raisins are toxic to dogs and cats, and can cause kidney failure even in very small amounts. Chocolate-cov ered raisins pose a double-barrelled risk.

CANDY WRAPPERS: Halloween candy isn’t the only health threat for dogscats.and

Empty candy wrappers smell like what was in them, enticing a pet. The ingestion of foil and cellophane wrappers can cause a life-threatening bowel obstruction. It’s very important to stress to children, in particular, the need to keep all candy wrappers out of the reach of pets.

CANDLES AND GLOW STICKS: Can dles, including the small ones inside Jack-o’-lanterns, are fire hazards. Make sure they are well beyond a pet’s reach, so that a kitty doesn’t wander across a table or shelf decorated with lit candles or a dog doesn’t get too frisky with a carved pumpkin with a candle inside. Glow sticks and jewelry have become very popular, and pets (especially cats) have been known to chew on them. The substance that creates the glow is phenol, which can leak out and burn a pet’s fur and tongue. Choking on small pieces is another hazard.

SCARY HUMAN COSTUMES: Some pets can become very fearful or aggres sive at the sight of certain Halloween costumes, including those that may re semble a dog or cat. In such instances, take precautions to keep both a pet and trick-or-treaters safe.

ELABORATE PET COSTUMES: Even if a pet isn’t costume-averse (many dogs and most cats are), make sure whatev er is put on her is lightweight to avoid overheating, doesn’t confine or restrain

their movement in any way and is free of any adornments they might be tempt ed to chew off and swallow. If they are frightened or annoyed by the puppy princess gown or the Grumpy Cat mask, be a pal and don’t force the issue. Let them enjoy the holiday, too.

TRICK-OR-TREATERS AND OTHER VISITORS: If lots of costumed kids or adults show up at the house on Hallow een, be aware that a constantly ringing doorbell, knocks and strangers at the door and a general mood of excitement can create an overstimulating envi ronment for a pet. Some pets become anxious, fearful and aggressive when their normally quiet, predictable evening is any thing but. If a pet tends to find commotion at the front door or visitors stressful, it’s best to secure them in a quiet, safe spot before the action starts.

OPEN DOORS: Animal shel ters and rescue organizations typically experience an increase in lost pets in the days following Halloween. Opening and closing the front door for trick-or-treaters, coupled with the event’s high level of excitement, can create an opportunity for a frightened or adventurous pet to run off. Make sure a pet’s ID tag and/or microchip database information, if applicable, are up to date and take precautions to prevent them from slip ping out the door and into the night. Common sense and a little prepara tion will ensure a four-legged family member is none the worse for wear the next morning.

Veterinarian Karen Shaw Becker has spent her career empowering animal guardians to make knowledgeable decisions to extend the life and improve well-being of their animals.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2

Universal Service -10:30am. With Rev. Liana Salima Rael, “At-One-Ment.” At-One-Ment is what you get from Atonement; the sense of All-forgiving embrace of Divine Love that is always present, active and all prevailing. In person at Rising Tide and on Zoom. Go to Zoom.us. Input: Meeting ID: 830 1791 6524 / Passcode: RTI2021. This weekly egalitarian service celebrates all of humanity’s religions on a single altar. Rising Tide, 5102 Swift Rd. Sarasota, RisingTideInternational.org. For info Rev. Zan, 941-922-7839.

Psychic Sunday Tours 1-3pm. The 120-minute Psychic Sunday tour is led by Michael New ton-Brown, whose first psychic experience came when he was three years old - awakening one night to bid farewell to the spirit of his great-grandmother, who had just passed over downstairs. Michael began tarot reading in 1970; in 1975, he attended the Arthur Findlay College for the Advancement of Spiritualism and Psychic Sciences in Stansted, England, and has been an active medium and tarot reader since. $44.99 + tax/fees (and any add-ons). A limited number of private tarot readings are available with Michael after the tour. All tours depart from the DST Trolley Cottage, Sarasota. Discover Sarasota Tours, 1826 4th Street, Sarasota, 941-260-9818. Book online at DiscoverSarasotaTours.com, then email Info@Dis coverSarasotaTours.com to reserve a reading spot.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 3

Freshen Up Your Law of Attraction 7-8pm ish. A weekly support to overview good outcome for the week ahead. On Zoom. $10/class. Facilitated by Rev. Zan Benham, Woman-Spirit.com. Spon sored with Unity of Sarasota. RSVP to register and receive the Zoom links. Zan@Woman-Spirit.com or 941-922-7839.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5

Light Language Healing Circle - 7-9pm. At first you may not understand what is being said, but soon your heart will. Join Reiki Master and certified Reconnective Healer JoAnn Cooke to learn what this is all about, and how to activate this powerful energy. Light Language is the universal language of love, communicated via spoken word, song, dance, written symbol and other actions. It bypasses the logical brain, and is interpreted through the heart. Whether you are familiar with Light Language or this is new to you, this healing circle will benefit all. Each one will experience a light language healing communication. Come with an open heart and be pre pared for a powerful transmission of healing to assist you where most needed. $20 donation requested. Attendance limited to 6. Reservations 509-520-0377. We are providing separated seating and masks are optional. Center for Metaphysical Fellowship, 3231 Gulf Gate Drive, Suite 204, Sarasota, CMFSarasota. org, Facebook is: CMF of Sarasota.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7

Gallery by Advanced Student Mediums – 7-9pm. On this night a number of our advanced student mediums will present a Spirit Messages Gallery, supported by two CMF Certified Mediums. Each attendee will have the opportunity to receive in

formation from their spirit loved ones or guides, by the different styles of each student. Come and enjoy this informative evening. $15 donation is requested. No reservations needed. We are providing separated seating and masks are optional. Center for Metaphysical Fellowship, 3231 Gulf Gate Drive, Suite 204, Sarasota, 941-266-8435, CMFSarasota. org, Facebook is: CMF of Sarasota.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8

Nutritious You Plant Based Café Grand Reopening - 11am-2pm. Come join us for a fabulous time to celebrate our grand reopening. Included will be plant-based food samples, music and fun. At our Siesta Key location, 6583 Midnight Pass Rd, Sarasota - Siesta Key Beach. Nutritious You Café, NutritiousYou.com.

Book Premier & Signing Event 3 Books!2-4:30pm. Please come gather with souls who are on the path of spiritual awakening. Michelle Marie An gel has published three book titles: Love Love: Mas ter Vision and Vibration to Create A Better World, Forever Free: Soul Liberation with the Holy Spirit of Truth, and It IS A New World After All: Poetry and Prose to Inspire A New World Vision. Michelle will speak at 2:30 and read some samples from her books. Books will be offered for sale and Michelle Marie will be available to sign them. Please come gather with others who are on the spiritual path during this time of the Great Awakening. Let’s unite! The Higher Realm, 4232 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, 541-261-4483, Smile4Love.com.

Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit Musical Immersion

– 7pm. We will come as the Tribe of Light to evoke The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit, as we open to also receiving the Spirit behind the Gifts. This will be a very powerful and life changing event with live harp, guitar, percussion, and vocals. We will immerse ourselves in each of the Gifts, one by one, as a Family of Light. $10. Cosmic Center of Spir itual Light, 5041 Ringwood Meadows - Bldg G-2, Sarasota, 941-371-9333, CCOSL.com.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9

Universal Service - 10:30am. With Rev. Tara Anne Muir, “The Fruit Of Life.” Moving through later life with grace and dignity; aging with spirit. In person at Rising Tide and on Zoom. Go to Zoom.us. Input: Meeting ID: 830 1791 6524 / Passcode: RTI2021. This weekly egalitarian service celebrates all of humanity’s religions on a single altar. Rising Tide, 5102 Swift Rd. Sarasota, RisingTideInternational. org. For info Rev. Zan, 941-922-7839.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 10

Intermediate Level 2 Integrated Energy Therapy® (IET ®) Training – 10am-5pm. Dive deeper into the IET® approach! Learn to clear physical, emotional, mental, cellular and karmic energy imprints from the bioenergy field. Strengthen your skills to confidently place positive energetic imprints with your clients. Prerequisite: Basic Level 1 Inte grated Energy Therapy® Training. The OM Shoppe 4801 S. Tamiami Tr #5 Sarasota, 941-706-3257, TheOmShoppeandSpa.com.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12

Opening To Your Own Light Language - 7-9pm. This relatively new no-pressure gathering by JoAnn Cooke is for fans of light language who are curious to explore expressing their own light language. Meet with like-minded others and comfortably experiment

with your own unique light language communica tion. Experience activations to awaken the dormant light language within you, meditation and oppor tunities to share your personal language, spoken or otherwise. Previous experience with speaking light language not required. Please reserve your space at 509-520-0377. $20 donation requested. We are providing separated seating and masks are optional. Center for Metaphysical Fellowship, 3231 Gulf Gate Drive, Suite 204, Sarasota, CMFSarasota. org, Facebook is: CMF of Sarasota.

Sound Bath - 7-8pm. OM Singing Bowl Sound Baths help you reach a deepened state of meditation more easily, while being nurtured in a group energy that is rooted in unconditional love. Besides the enhanced meditation effects, your body will also ab sorb the beautiful, powerful crystalline vibrations of crystal singing bowls & other gentle sound therapy instruments, rich in harmonic overtones. The OM Shoppe 4801 S. Tamiami Tr #5 Sarasota, 941-7063257, TheOmShoppeandSpa.com.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13

Sherry Lord International Channel, Deep Trance Channel, Energy Healer - October 13th, 14th & 15th. Sherry connects with angels and guides, sees auras, and channels loved ones who have crossed over. Do you ever feel stuck, miss a loved one who has passed on, or are trying to make an important life decision? Sherry can help clarify your life’s path and direction; with the ultimate goal to empower and help you find your own inner wisdom including business and helping you on your spiritual path. Call Spirit Speaks 734-564-6828 to schedule your appointment today. Spirit Speaks 411 W. Dearborn Street Engle wood, MsKittyHealingMedium@gmail.com

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14

Sound Immersion Meditation with Sandra and Michael Katala - 6:30-7:30pm. Various sound techniques will be used to cleanse negative energies and create space to align the body on an emotional, physical, mental and spiritual levels. This meditation will be done off the floor and in the air! You will be cocooned in Aerial Hammocks for an ethereal experience. $25/pp. Palm Studio and Boutique, 441 W. Dearborn Street Englewood, 941-208-5568, PalmStudioEnglewood.com.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15

Foundations of Sound Healing - Level 1 - Oct 15-17. This 3-day immersive workshop is designed to enrich your soul, calm your mind, and revitalize your body. Learn how to work with six sound healing instruments (gongs, metal singing bowls, crystal singing bowls, drums, tuning forks, and voice) and how to share healing techniques with your clients and community. This course leads to Level 1 Foun dation Certification in Sound Healing with the Sound Healing Academy and is a prerequisite for the Level 2 - Sound Healing for Working with Clients diploma course. The OM Shoppe 4801 S. Tamiami Tr #5 Sara sota, 941-706-3257, TheOmShoppeandSpa.com.

Soul Connection Psychic Fair -11am-4pm. Come join us for a personal reading using Tarot and Oracle cards and various other modalities of spiritual connec tion, plus Crystal Bowl Healings with messages from guides or loved ones. We also offer Astrology and Numerology readings. Colleen Panebianco is offering many Sauv’e natural, handmade essential oil products. $20/15 min. readings or healings. We offer separated seating with masks optional. No reservations needed. More info 941-586-4797.Center for Metaphysical Fellowship, 3231 Gulf Gate Drive, Suite 204. Sarasota, CMFSarasota.org, Facebook is: CMF of Sarasota.

Restorative Yoga with Crystal Bowls and Po etry with Cheridan Smith and Robert Austin 1-2:30pm. Join Cheridan Smith and Robert Austin as She puts you into restorative yoga postures and he plays a soft and soothing crystal bowl concert. Cher idan will read poetry from her book, “Delve Deep Inside My Soul” throughout the class. $25/pp. Palm Studio and Boutique, 441 W. Dearborn Street Engle wood, 941-208-5568, PalmStudioEnglewood.com.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16

Universal Service - 10:30am. With Kismet Weeber, “Forgiving and Serving.” By forgiving all, we are better able to serve humanity and thereby serve God. In person at Rising Tide and on Zoom. Go to Zoom. us. Input: Meeting ID: 830 1791 6524 / Passcode: RTI2021. This weekly egalitarian service celebrates all of humanity’s religions on a single altar. Rising Tide, 5102 Swift Rd. Sarasota, RisingTideInterna tional.org. For info Rev. Zan, 941-922-7839.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20

Sound Healing for Working with Clients Work shop - Level 2 - Oct 20-24. Discover the difference you can make in clients’ lives by working effectively and therapeutically as a professional sound healer! In this 5-day sound intensive, learn advanced tech niques for engaging in vibration medicine. The OM Shoppe 4801 S. Tamiami Tr #5 Sarasota, 941-7063257, TheOmShoppeandSpa.com.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21

Illuminate: A 3 Day Immersive Healing Event to Activate Your Crystalline Light Body - Oct 21st-23rd. We combine the nourishing intimacy of a small retreat and the exhilarating energy of a large festival, all-in-one to create the spiritual launch pad of a lifetime. Energy Medicine, Somatic Movement, Beach Yoga, Sound Healing, Ecstatic Dance, God dess Dinner & more. Get your event tickets: $444 - $888 (some meals included). At Lido Beach Resort. Contact: AwakeandSoulful@gmail.com, more info: AwakeandSoulful.com/Illuminate

Release Your Jaw, Your Voice, Your Whole Self Feldenkrais Method® - Oct 21-23. In person and live webinar online. Clenching teeth is often a deep-seated pattern of action that one is not aware of until a dentist points out damage done to the teeth. One might notice headaches or other symptoms re sulting from temporal-mandibular joint dysfunction (TMJD). This Seminar is designed to offer practical neurological strategies from the Feldenkrais Meth od®, to complement techniques used for those with head, neck, shoulder and jaw joint discomforts. 15hour program. Event held at Ionies, 1241 Fruitville Rd., Sarasota. TouchToInform.com.

Book Sales & Signing at the Crystal Cave Fall Equinox Event - 5-9pm. Michelle Marie Angel will be at this event to sell and sign her new books. Join us at the Fall Equinox Psychic Fair at the Crystal Cave. Michelle Marie Angel will be a participant with books to sell, sign, and do brief readings as time al lows. Come review these three new books: Live Love: Master Vision & Vibration to Create A Better World, Forever Free: Soul Liberation with the Holy Spirit of Truth, and It IS A New World After All. These books are a great aid to spiritual growth and inspiration. They are very deeply inspiring and help move souls along their spiritual path. Crystal Cave, 1799B Fruitville Rd., Sarasota, 941-346-6203, CrystalCave.Me.

Floating Crystal Bowl Concert with Robert Austin - 6:30-7:30pm and Nov 18, 6:30-7:30pm. Stimulate and restore the harmony between the

physical and spiritual planes of the body, while suspended in an Aerial Hammock. Crystal Bowl En ergy healing through harmonic sounds and crystals resonates with the body balancing the chakras and re-energize the auric field. The powerful vibrations of sound penetrates the body which consists of ap proximately 70% water and gives a gentle internal massage to all your cells. Let the positive vibrations of the bowls integrate into your body and let your spirit soar! $25/pp. Palm Studio and Boutique, 441 W. Dearborn Street Englewood, 941-208-5568, PalmStudioEnglewood.com.

Automatic Writing Class 7-9pm. Marina Shafir will conduct this new class and will begin with a very effective meditation to help each one connect with their higher self, and to ultimately connect with their loved ones or guides. Please bring pen or pencil and a tablet, for recording the messages you receive while in your meditative state. Come to learn this simple and effective technique of connecting with your spirit loved ones and guides. After a few classes you will likely be pleased with the ability you develop, and you should be able to do this in your own home. $15 donation is requested. We are providing separated seating and masks are optional. Reservations needed, call or text 941-266-1696. Center for Metaphysical Fellowship, 3231 Gulf Gate Drive, Suite 204, Sarasota, CMFSarasota.org, Facebook is: CMF of Sarasota.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22

Double Pyramid Activation Workshop7-9pm. Lead by Robert Austin. Various sound techniques will be used to cleanse negative energies and create space to align the body on an emotional, physical, mental and spiritual levels. This meditation will be done off the floor and in the air! You will be cocooned in Aerial Hammocks for an ethereal experience. $25/pp. Palm Studio and Boutique, 441 W. Dearborn Street Englewood, 941-208-5568, PalmStudioEnglewood.com.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23

Reiki I Intensive 2-Day Certification Course10am-5:30pm, Oct 23, and Oct 24. Receive a sacred initiation and gain permanent access to The Source (Universal Life Force Energy). Raise your vibrations 500 times. Protect yourself from negative energies. Learn to administer powerful treatments to yourself, others, pets, plants and more. No prior experience necessary. At Bayshore Gardens, Bradenton. Contact for more info. Transformations International School of Reiki, 702-482-3719, TransFormLasVegas@ Yahoo.com, TransformVegas.com.

Universal Service - 10:30am. With Rev. Zan Ben ham, “Breath, God & Guidance.“ The power of the Hu-Man when s/he allocates, turns over, lets go to the Divine Will! Wow! What a Journey! In person at Rising Tide and on Zoom. Go to Zoom.us. Input: Meeting ID: 830 1791 6524 / Passcode: RTI2021. This weekly egalitarian service celebrates all of humanity’s religions on a single altar. Rising Tide, 5102 Swift Rd. Sarasota, RisingTideInternational. org. For info Rev. Zan, 941-922-7839.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25

Foundational Pilates Mat Workshop with Ka trina Sylvan - 10am-12pm. This 2-hour workshop provides the basic foundational elements of building a strong powerhouse. The core group of muscles called the powerhouse provide a pillar for the spine to stand strong, tall and flexible. The basic mat ex ercises will be explained and performed in greater

detail so that you can build a regular practice at any level of fitness. The focus will be on deep core exercises to strengthen the breath and muscles. You will gain a greater understanding of each exercise and begin to integrate a daily practice into your life. Strengthening core muscles is necessary for any sport and also necessary to stand strong throughout your life. Pilates Mat exercises are designed to strengthen, lengthen, tone the muscles while si multaneously uplifting the spirit. $35. Palm Studio and Boutique, 441 W. Dearborn Street Englewood, 941-208-5568, PalmStudioEnglewood.com.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28

Special Tarot Gallery Event 7-9pm. Presented by well-known psychic medium, teacher, lecturer Diana Mier, winner of the Sarasota psychic award challenge. Born to Spirit Service, Diana will bring loving, pre cise messages with a Tarot flare. Each person will get special attention. Seating is limited to 15. Call or text Diana for your space 941-416-1622. $25 donation re quested. We are providing separated seating and masks are optional. More info at Center for Metaphysical Fellowship, 3231 Gulf Gate Drive, Suite 204, Sarasota, CMFSarasota.org, Facebook is: CMF of Sarasota.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29

Shaman Journey - 2-5:30pm. With Rev. Zan Benham, ButterflyDeerwoman. A Journey is a sacred inter-dimensional experience, similar to a guided meditation enhanced by the heartbeat of the Mother drum. $25/advance. After 3pm or Oct 28, $30. RSVP, Zan@Woman-Spirit.com or 941-9227839. Payment information and email will be sent to you and space reserved. In person, at Rising Tide, 5102 Swift Rd. Sarasota.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30

Illuminate Punta Gorda Mind-Body-Spirit-Arts Festival - 10am-5pm. Come see crystals, essential oils, energywork, bodywork, vetted intuitive read ers including psychic mediums, tarot, handmade jewelry and gift items, photography, luxurious spa products, free workshops and more! Free admis sion, low-cost services. Charlotte Harbor Event & Conference Center, Punta Gorda, 575-519-5883, Il luminateFestivals.com

Universal Service - 10:30am. A Group Service, “The Mystery Beyond the Veil.” In commemoration of Halloween, we explore the many realms beyond our 3-D realties. In person at Rising Tide and on Zoom. Go to Zoom.us. Input: Meeting ID: 830 1791 6524 / Passcode: RTI2021. This weekly egalitarian service celebrates all of humanity’s religions on a single altar. Rising Tide, 5102 Swift Rd. Sarasota, RisingTideInternational.org. For info Rev. Zan, 941-922-7839.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 31

Singing Crystal Bowls for Personal Wellness Series - 3-5pm. During each two-hour class you will receive instruction for 45 minutes and enjoy a deeply relaxing sound bath experience for the additional 20 minutes. This allows your subconscious mind to process all that you are learning and makes memory retention easier. You will receive teaching materials with each class and The OM Shoppe provides you the use of a Quartz Crystal Singing Bowl. You simply bring yourself and the rest is taken care of for you. We ask that you do not bring your personal singing bowl, this is so we can ensure a harmonic experience when practicing at The OM Shoppe. The OM Shoppe 4801 S. Tamiami Tr #5 Sarasota, 941706-3257, TheOmShoppeandSpa.com.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4

Sound Immersion Meditation with Sandra and Michael Katala - 6:30-7:30pm. Various sound techniques will be used to cleanse negative energies and create space to align the body on an emotional, physical, mental and spiritual levels. This meditation will be done off the floor and in the air! You will be cocooned in Aerial Hammocks for an ethereal experience. $25/pp. Palm Studio and Boutique, 441 W. Dearborn Street Englewood, 941-208-5568, PalmStudioEnglewood.com.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5

Illuminate Fort Myers Mind-Body-SpiritArts Festival - 10am-5pm. Crystals, essential oils, energywork, bodywork, vetted intuitive readers including psychic mediums, tarot, as trology, handmade jewelry and gift items, lux urious spa products, free workshops and more! Free admission, low-cost services, Crowne Plaza at Bell Tower Shops, Fort Myers, 575-519-5883, IlluminateFestivals.com.

Spirit Fest: Metaphysical and Holistic Fair - 10am6pm Sat Nov 5th & Sun Nov 6th Enjoy 60 booths with vendors, practitioners, intuitive readers, artists, and demonstrations. See website for more details and discounted admission. Entrance fee: $10/day. Children 12 & under free. Visit SanctuaryFL.com. Largo Event Center, 6340 126th Ave, North, Largo.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6

Psychic Sunday Tours 1-3pm, Nov 6, 13, 20 & 27. The 120-minute Psychic Sunday tour is led by Michael Newton-Brown, whose first psychic experience came when he was three years oldawakening one night to bid farewell to the spirit of his great-grandmother, who had just passed over downstairs. Michael began tarot reading in 1970; in 1975, he attended the Arthur Findlay College for the Advancement of Spiritualism and Psychic Sciences in Stansted, England, and has been an active medium and tarot reader since. $44.99 + tax/fees (and any add-ons). A limited number of private tarot readings are available with Michael after the tour. All tours depart from the DST Trolley Cottage, Sarasota. Dis cover Sarasota Tours, 1826 4th Street, Sarasota, 941260-9818. Book online at DiscoverSarasotaTours. com, then email Info@DiscoverSarasotaTours.com to reserve a reading spot.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17

Sherry Lord International Channel, Deep Trance Channel, Energy Healer - Nov 17th, 18th & 19th Sherry connects with angels and guides, sees auras, and channels loved ones who have crossed over. Do you ever feel stuck, miss a loved one who has passed on, or are trying to make an important life decision? Sherry can help clarify your life’s path and direction; with the ultimate goal to empower and help you find your own inner wisdom including business and helping you on your spiritual path. Call Spirit Speaks 734-564-6828 to schedule your appointment today. Spirit Speaks 411 W. Dearborn Street Englewood, MsKittyHealingMedium@gmail.com

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OM Shamanic Sound Journeys with Resonance - 4th Sunday of every month. Sold out for over 2 years! You will experience a blend of, shamanic drumming, rhythm, crystal singing bowls, rattles, tuning forks, vocal toning, electric violin and more in a coordinated and orchestrated fashion to help im prove participants well-being. Clinical Hypnother apist Beth A Snyder begins your journey by gently inducing a hypnotic state. Then your journey into sound begins. Consider your intention now. Tickets: TheOmShoppeandSpa.com or call 941-706-3257. The OM Shoppe 4801 S. Tamiami Tr #5 Sarasota.

Spiral Flow Yoga Classes – In person and on Zoom - other days available. A fluid practice of Deep Breathing into each Chakra with accompa nying Yoga Posture flow. Focus is on building a strong spine and fluid body to balance Yin and Yang energies. Ends with a Heart Coherence Meditation from HeartMathtm. Will travel to your location for groups or privates. Please call Vicki for more info and to register for Zoom link, 941-718-0847.

Meadows Farmers Market - 10am-2pm. Enjoy organic and local farm produce, one-of-a-kind items from local entrepreneurs and artisans, a variety of delicious foods all supporting wellness and the local economy. In the Meadows Shopping Village parking lot in front of 5041 Ringwood MeadowBldg G-2, Sarasota. For more information, please call 941-315-7773.

Sunday Service at CMF - 10:30am. At each Sunday morning service, we are offering spiritual healing, an inspirational talk, messages from spirit, special music and an ever-important environment of fellowship. Leave refreshed and inspired to start the new week. We feature a variety of speakers and spirit message bearers throughout the year. We offer separated seating with masks optional. Center for Metaphysical Fellowship, 3231 Gulf Gate Dr., Suite 204, Sarasota, 941-266-8435, CMFsarasota. org, Facebook: CMF of Sarasota.

Cosmic Center Sunday Sabbath Services10:30am. In person and on Zoom. Join our rotation of reverends every Sunday as we connect with our Family of Light. 1st Sunday - Open Heart Divine Healing Service with Rev. Sharon-Elizabeth (Baba Sharone). Through the Divine Names of God and conscious intention we create the Sacred Space to connect to the Healing Power of the Divine. Expect MIRACLES! 2nd Sunday - A Channeling of Di mensions of Love with Rev. Nancy Robinson. She will Uplift, Guide, Inspire, Heal and help promote Peace and Harmony in the Heart. 3rd Sunday - with Rev. Robin Richardson who will bring little known wisdom and answers from her vast knowledge of Ancient Wisdom from Ancient writings from all over the world. A new topic each Sunday. 4th Sunday - Ecstatic Kabbalah with Rev. Annie Eng - Anchored in Kabbalah Tree of Life Ceremony and Wisdom. This Service helps you align with the Higher Wis dom and Blessing that is available to all of us. Love Donation. Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Meadows - Bldg G-2, Sarasota, 941-3719333, CCOSL.com.

Unity of Sarasota - 10:30am Sunday Celebration Service, meditation 10-10:15am. We are meeting in person and livestream at UnityofSarasota.org under the services tab. The Sunday Celebration service includes a message and lively music, 10:3011:45am. Youth Ministry Program, 10:30-11:30am. 3023 Proctor Rd., Sarasota, 941-955-3301, Unity OfSarasota.org.

Universal Service - 10:30am. Each Sunday with a rotation of Reverends. This is a weekly egalitarian service which celebrates all of humanity’s religions together on a single altar. It is a place where East meets West, offering opportunities for spiritual growth and sharing. At Rising Tide, 5102 Swift Rd. Sarasota, and on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/81220 8049 Password: RTI2020. RisingTideInternational. org, for info Rev. Zan, 941-922-7839.

Sunday Morning Celebration Service, Zoom Live - 11am. Join us as we come together as a spiritual family and community, sharing our love and light for ourselves, for each other, and the world. Be a part of sharing the energy and illumination of our hearts and souls together through conversation, music, medi tation, a talk and an affirmation. Sarasota Center of Light, 852 S Tuttle Ave. 941-953-6620, or after hours 727-492-2977, SarasotaCenterOfLight.com.

Bach Flower Remedies Level 1 Live Web - 12pm, 1st Sunday of the month, Oct 8-Jan 6. Become a Bach flower essence practitioner. Are you dealing with stress in your life? The Bach flower remedies can help. Learn how to use the 38 Bach flower remedies to help yourself and others conquer fears, worries, overwhelm, low self-esteem, lack of focus, poor concentration, trouble sleeping and more. The Bach flower remedies offer a beautiful path towards balance, wellness, harmony and awareness. They are a true tool for self-development and personal growth. This online course is taught by Nancy Buono, BFCP, Director of Bach Flower Education. Program is ongoing and self-paced with live Q&A sessions; students can enroll at any time. This is Level 1 of a multi-tiered program leading to practitioner certification and the ability to join the Bach Flower Practitioner Alliance. Bach Flower Education is approved by NCBTMB, NCCOAM & ANMCB as a PDA/CE provider. $395. Virtual event. BachFlowerEducation.com.

Lightness of Walking – 1-3pm, Oct 2 – Nov 13. Online! Join Bonnie Kissam M.A., Feldenkrais® Practitioner for her 6-week Lightness of Walking Program. During this class, you learn how to re-de sign your ABCs for walking. Past attendees have reported pure amazement at how much lighter and more efficient their balance and walk can be when they use the Lightness of Walking tools to realign, re-balance, and re-coordinate. Registration, receive your free E-Book and more info at LightnessOf Walking.com, 941-360-2248.

Yoga and Temple Fusion Bellydance Class with Akasha - 7-8:30pm. Total beginners, all bodies and genders welcome. If you’re supportive of your other dancers, then we’d love to have you. Awaken The Divine Feminine within and learn to dance like a Goddess! This powerful form weaves in sacred dances from around the world along with sacred ge ometry, mudras (hand gestures) and energy healing. Pre-registration required. $20. To register call 941312-5630 or go to 6557Yoga-Temple-Fusion.WildGingerApothecary.as.me/WildGingerApothecary,SuperiorAvenue,Sarasota.

Metaphysical Classes and Healing Circle with Wendy M.Ed. - Rev. Wendy, M. Ed. (speaker, dowser, medium, 25+ years) is well known for her lectures in New England. Topics to be discussed: Psychic Skills, Dowsing, Shamanism and much more. $3 donation. Also doing workshops and onehour lectures. Location: Clark and Approach/Gant, Sarasota. More info, 860-966-5351, Alohas6@ Yahoo.com.

monday

“Health & Nutrition” - 10-11am. With Fred Harvey, MD of The Harvey Center for Integrative Medicine. Health & nutrition is a live call-in or email “Ask the Doc” health show from 10-11 on WMNF 88.5FM public radio Tampa. Email questions to DJ@WMNF.org

Cosmic Center Tai Chi - 1pm. With Reuben Fernandez. The main principle of tai chi is internal relaxation. Tai Chi is known as an internal martial art. The power and energy do not depend on muscle power, strength or speed, rather power comes from internal relaxation and release of Chi. In this class we will focus on developing a tai chi body, the basic warm up exercises, the Chen form, as well as Chi Gung for its health benefits. In person, $10/class. Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Meadows - Bldg G-2, Sarasota, 941-371-9333, CCOSL.com.

Feldenkrais with Bonnie K – 5:45pm. Online! Awareness Through Movement classes: Lessons (in chairs/on floor) are designed to quiet non-work ing habitual patterns, invite you into a process for learning and offer experiences for more efficient movement. Ongoing classes - movement lessons w/replays. More info, 941-360-2248. Feldenkrai sInSarasota.com. Register with Bonnie at: kraisinSarasota.com/Sarasota-Classes-Feldenkrais/Felden

Pub Theology - 6:30-8pm, the 2nd Mon. of the month. With Rev. Amy Zehe. Bring your Spiritual questions. We are meeting at the Olive Garden in the Landings. 941-955-3301, UnityOfSarasota.org.

“ZEN” Restorative Guided Meditation - Women only – 6:30pm. Via Zoom. Relax in the comfort of your own bed, or on a yoga mat - just have plenty of pillows & blankets available to set yourself up for complete comfort. This 90-minute offering helps balance the nervous system, provides rest for the mind and body, as we travel inward to a deeper place within, bringing us toward inner peace, deep rest, and self-love. No meditation of yoga experience needed - just set yourself up for complete comfort in a distraction free space. $10/session, or $25/ unlimited classes during the month - other classes available. Please visit ZENviaZoom.com to sign up for the Zoom link, for more info call 941-830-3040.

Cosmic Center Anchoring Light Transmission Meditation 6:45pm. With Baba Sharone. A call to all Lightworkers. The Anchoring Light Trans mission Channeled Meditation has been a gathering point for Lightworkers and Planetary World Servers to come together and assist in the Ascension of our Planet and all Her life in cooperation with our expanded Family of Light. As Anchors of Light, we take our important role in the Spiritual Hierarchy to manifest the Divine Plan of Love, Light, Peace and Oneness to our planet. Participants who serve in anchoring this Celestial Radiant Light Energy from the Ascended Realms benefit from the wisdom, guid ance and grace that flows from it which brings forth healing, peace and Accelerated Spiritual Growth. In Person and Online. Love Offering. Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Meadows - Bldg G-2, Sarasota, 941-371-9333, CCOSL.com.

Meditative Sound Bath/ Sound Healing Journey - 7pm. Submerge yourself in sound with Rebecca Owen. Guided mindful meditation will help ground and center you so you can allow the magic to hap pen. Gentle sounds of Koshi and Kenari will play alongside powerful healing vibrations of crystal and Tibetan bowls. Dreamlike sounds of bar chimes and crystal pyramids will play beside the healing heartbeat of the drum. This is a 1-hour electric, meditative and healing sound experience just for you. Yoga mats are provided, feel free to bring a blanket, bolster, eye pillow or anything you need to be comfortable. Please arrive 10-15 minutes early - no late entry can be permitted. $25. Private group and one on one sessions and events are available. Reservations needed, call 941-927-2278. Mandala Med Spa and Yoga Shala, 1715 Stickney Point Drive, Sarasota.

Learning to Connect Classes at CMF 7-9pm. Join Susan Houliston and/or experienced guest instructors every Monday & Tuesday to learn techniques for connecting with Spirit. Students are given the opportunity to practice lessons to devel op their skills while exploring various modalities. $15 donation is requested. Please refer to the CMF website CMFSarasota.org for the description of the programs offered for each weekly class. We offer separated seating with masks optional. Reservations needed, so call or text Susan at 941-266-1696. Cen ter for Metaphysical Fellowship, 3231 Gulf Gate Drive, Suite 204, Sarasota.

tuesday

Cosmic Center Restorative Stretching 12:15pm.

With Danielle Nance. Learn how to gently relax the muscles, loosen the joints, strengthen the tendons and ligaments, as well as fortify the bones. The goal of this special stretching technique is to move the Qi (life force energy), enhance circulation, and ease the body into a nourishing state of relaxation and wellbeing. In Person, $10/class. Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Meadows - Bldg G-2, Sarasota, 941-371-9333, CCOSL.com.

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HOUSECLEANING. Enjoy your free time and let us do what we do best: Housecleaning to your healthy satisfaction. Call Paula for a free estimate 941-320-4052.

Free Reiki Healing & Meditation Circle - 6:158:15pm. Join us at for an unforgettable Inspirational Meditative & Healing experience with 2 Reiki Mas ters: Victoria & Lorald (40+ yrs of combined pro experience). Victoria is a traditional Reiki Master/ teacher for 30+ yrs., clinical hypnotherapist, master of NLP, pranic & theta healer, medical intuitive and inspirational speaker. Release stress & walk away energized. You’ll be glad you did! Love Offerings accepted. In the Sarasota- Bradenton area, must RSVP for location each week, text preferred: 702482-3719. TransformVegas.com.

wednesday

GYROKINESIS ™ - 5:30pm. A combination of Breathwork and Yoga, The GYROKINESIS ™ sys tem uses fluid spinal movements while pumping the breath from the belly. It opens up energy pathways that have become blocked while releasing tight fascia and strengthening your entire core structure to go beyond all previous movement limitations effortlessly. $25/class. Please call the studio and lv msg before coming at 941-704-3013. Chameleon Pilates, 501 Village Green Pkwy, Suite 9, Bradenton, ChameleonPilates.com.

Feldenkrais with Bonnie K - 11am. Online! Aware ness Through Movement classes: Lessons (in chairs/ on floor) are designed to quiet non-working habitual patterns, invite you into a process for learning and offer experiences for more efficient movement. On going classes - movement lessons w/replays. More info, 941-360-2248. FeldenkraisInSarasota.com Register with Bonnie at: com/Sarasota-Classes-Feldenkrais/FeldenkraisinSarasota.

Angel Ministries FREE Reiki Healing Clinic4-6pm. Come and join us for a Free Reiki Energy Healing. Reiki is an energy healing technique that promotes relaxation, reduces stress and anxiety through gentle touch. Reiki practitioners use their hands to deliver energy to your body, improving the flow and balance of your energy to support healing. Love Offerings welcome. Angel Ministries, 2269 Tamiami S., Venice, 941-492-4995, RevPatCharn ley@gmail.com, AngelMinistriesFL.org.

Cosmic Center Enoch Study Group - 7pm. With Kim Converse. Join Enoch Study Group facilitator Kim Converse for the study of “Key 405 - We Are The Family” written by Dr. James Hurtak. With this teaching we begin to understand how we are part of a greater cosmic family that is multi-dimensional in reality and function. The book also speaks about how each soul is part of the family of God and we are now being introduced to our cosmic brothers and sisters as well as our inheritance as we realize planet earth is but a mere steppingstone to eternal life in the greater universe. Online Zoom only, $5/class. Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Meadows - Bldg G-2, Sarasota, 941-371-9333, CCOSL.com.

Intuitive Practice Circle - 7pm.Come join our new weekly group for those interested in deepening their psychic abilities, healing gifts and are looking for practice space. Topics may include Card Divination/ Tarot/Oracle, Pendulums, Chakras, Clair Senses, Dreams, Astral Traveling, Numerology, Psychom etry, Channeling, Past Lives, Guardian Angels, Auto-writing, and more. You must pre-register at WildGingerApothecary.com to attend. Visit us at Wild Ginger Apothecary 6557 Superior Avenue Sarasota, 941-312-5630.

OM Crystalline Vibrational Immersion - 7pm, every 2nd Wednesday of the month. Join us for this beautiful form of deepened relaxation! The OM Shoppe professional Sound Therapy Practitioners bring you these beautiful multi-instrumental sound baths to guide you into a deepened place of stillness and peace. Discover the magical way that sound can help ease you into a meditative state, and heightened mind-body awareness! Tickets: TheOmShoppeand Spa.com or call 941-706-3257. The OM Shoppe 4801 S. Tamiami Tr #5 Sarasota.

Unity of Sarasota - 7pm. Music and inspiration in person and Livestream at UnityofSarasota.org under the services tab. 3023 Proctor Rd., 941-955-3301, UnityOfSarasota.org.

Healing, Intention and Meditation Zoom Live7:30pm (new time). Join us for a time of healing, connection and meditation. Let us all come together and experience the energy and inspiration that can make such a powerful difference in our individual lives. Sarasota Center of Light, 852 S Tuttle Ave. 941-953-6620, or after hours 727-492-2977, Sara sotaCenterofLight.com.

thursday

Pilates Reformer I-II & BREATHING CLASS w/ Chair Yoga - 5:30pm, pilates, 6:30 Chair Yoga. Two new classes at this location, A Pilates Reformer and Equipment class at 5:30, followed by a Breathing Class with Chair Yoga at 6:30. Both work on using the breath and the core to initiate movement. The Pilates class is appropriate even if you have never done Pilates, the Breathing Class focuses on build ing breath and movement capacity. Please call the studio for info to sign up 941-704-3013. Chameleon Pilates, 501 Village Green Pkwy, Suite 9, Bradenton, ChameleonPilates.com.

A Course in Miracles (ACIM) - 6-7:30pm. Caro line and George Robertie. To register email Caroline. Scammel@Comcast.net. 3023 Proctor Rd., Saraso ta, 941-955-3301, UnityofSarasota.org.

Cosmic Center Gentle Flow Yoga - 6:45pm. With Stephanie Jarvis. Join Stefanie RYT 200 for a Gentle Flow Yoga class geared specifically for those new to yoga or those who are interested in a gentle practice. This class incorporates simple flowing sequences to warm up the body, as well as slower paced move ments focusing on alignment, strength, balance, and flexibility. Breathing techniques and meditation is also integrated. Each class will end with an extended period of relaxation. No experience or flexibility required. In Person, $10/class. Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Meadows - Bldg G-2, Sarasota, 941-371-9333, CCOSL.com.

Cosmic Center A Course in Miracles – 7pm. With Rev Nancy Robinson. A Course in Miracles, scribed by Dr Helen Schucman with Dr Bill Thetford in the 1970s. It is a study program of spiritual psychothera py designed to awaken in us the truth of our oneness with God and Love. Through the course one learns how the practice of forgiveness assists in releasing elements of the past with a willingness to follow higher guidance, cultivating a miracle-mindedness. Schucman is said to have received the material through ‘inner dictation’ from Christ. Online Zoom only, $10.Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Meadows - Bldg G-2, Sarasota, 941-3719333, CCOSL.com.

Quan Yin Meditation - 7pm. Come join Bridget McMullen, certified meditation teacher and prac titioner, as she guides you through this peaceful meditation to cultivate compassion within ourselves, but also to spread to our world. You will learn some of the teachings of the ancient Goddess of mercy, compassion, and love. You will journal, and work with various energy tools to amplify your meditation experience. Bring a journal, your favorite crystal, and water to this meditation. You must pre-register at WildGingerApothecary.com to attend. Visit us at Wild Ginger Apothecary, 6557 Superior Avenue, Sarasota, 941-312-5630.

Bentley’s House Pet Loss Support Group - 7-8pm, third Thurs of the month. Meeting in person at Fel lowship Hall. Facilitated by Rev. Amy Zehe. 3023 Proctor Rd., 941-955-3301. UnityofSarasota.org

friday

Third Friday-Awakening Activations with Aka sha Jen Smith PhD(c) - Awakening Activations are Divinely channeled group transmissions in alignment with The Highest Good. Each month we focus on a different topic like Joy, Abundance or Love. The Transmissions include Clearings, Healings, Sound Baths, Meditations, Activations and Messages specially channeled for our group. They have the capacity to awaken and attract gifts for you both in the moment and in the time after our gatherings. They’re designed to meet you right where you are. We’re all energy first so getting this aspect of your being cleared and upgraded regularly can create wonderful outcomes for you mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physically. With less energetic blockages and resistance in your system, you’re more open to receive and manifest with ease and grace. You also get to come together and connect with like-minded souls. Pre-registration required. $33. To register call 941-312-5630 or go to GingergerApothecary.as.me/AwakeningActivationsWildGinWildApothecary,6557SuperiorAvenueSarasota.

Akashic Records Readings and Multidimensional Light Transmissions with Akasha Jen Smith, PhD(c) - 12-5pm. Discover your past lives and soul contracts. Clear the past. Receive guidance and clarity for your life and soul path to make the best decisions now. These sessions are also deeply healing. Days often fill up so booking ahead recom mended. $120/hour, $60/half hour. To book call 941312-5630 or go to WildGingerApothecary.as.me/ Akasha. Wild Ginger Apothecary, 6557 Superior Avenue Sarasota.

First Friday Nights - Kirtan with Cheryl Chaffee 7-8:30pm, First Friday of the month at Fellowship Hall. Facilitated by Cheryl and Tim Chaffee. 3023 Proctor Rd., 941-955-3301. Unity ofSarasota.org.

saturday

Sarasota Farmers Market - 7am-1pm. Rain or shine. Established in 1979, the market continues its tradition of serving the community with local produce, plants, prepared foods and artisans. They currently have a full market that includes 70 vendors and 5,000 sq ft of produce and plants. 1 N Lemon Ave., Sarasota, SarasotaFarmersMarket.org.

Bradenton Farmers’ Market - 9am-2pm. Over thirty-five vendors offering locally grown fruits, vegetables, plants, organic products, fresh seafood, prepared foods, as well as the local artists, crafts people and musicians. 400 12th St., W. Bradenton, 941-301-8445.

GYROKINESIS ™ - 10am. A combination of Breathwork and Yoga, The GYROKINESIS ™ sys tem uses fluid spinal movements while pumping the breath from the belly. It opens up energy pathways that have become blocked while releasing tight fascia and strengthening your entire core structure to go beyond all previous movement limitations effortlessly. $25/class. Please call the studio and lv msg before coming at 941-704-3013. Chameleon Pilates, 501 Village Green Pkwy, Suite 9, Bradenton, ChameleonPilates.com.

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CARYN L. YOUNG, DOM, AP, OTR

Board Certified Acupuncture Physician

The Integrated Path, P.A. 2801 Fruitville Rd.Suite 135, Sarasota 941-924-8833

• IntegratedPath.com

The Integrated Path to Health and Well ness for the whole family utilizing Tra ditional Chinese Medicine,Acupunc ture, Energetic Medicine, Bloodwork Analysis,Clinical Nutrition Assessments and ZYTO Elite to restore balance. Over 30 years of clinical experience!

FAMILY HEALING CENTER, PA

Dr. Christina Captain, DAOM

Nationally Board Certified Dipl.Ac

Complimentary Meet & Greet

The Medical Complex 2650 Bahia Vista Street, Suite 101, 941-951-1119Sarasota,•FamilyHealingCenter.com

Family Healing Center, an inte grative wellness practice. Ad dressing all health issues we will find the key to unlock your high est level of health and wellness. Complimentary Meet & Greet

ACUPUNCTURE FACELIFT

FACES BY DR ANNA

Anna L. Baker, D.O.M.

Nationally Board Certified Acupuncture Physician 941-924-2723 • FacesByDrAnna.com

Unique muscle-tightening acupuncture facelift and necklift done with 12 hair-thin needles, none of which are on the face. Results documented pho tographically. Only one maintenance treatment needed every 18 months. Free consultation includes facial anal ysis. Monthly seminars, call for schedule.

APOTHECARY

WILD GINGER APOTHECARY

6557 Superior Avenue (Gulf Gate Shopping Village), Sarasota WildGingerApothecary.com941-312-5630

Community for health + wellness. Offering hemp CBD, health reme dies, metaphysical gifts and tools, crystals, cards, essential oils, jew elry and more! Classes and drop-in tarot and psychic readers daily. TueFri 10am-5pm and Sat 11am-5pm.

CHIROPRACTORS

GENTLEBAY CHIROPRACTICSARASOTA

Residual Strain Therapy

Eric Winder DC Offices in Sarasota and Venice, FL 941-957-8390 • eric.winder.dc@gmail.com

Professional care with a personal focus. Feel better through proper alignment, and get back to work and play! See our website for more information.

CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY AND LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE

TERRY SCHIBLER, LMT MA11621

7069Fusion TherapySouthTamiami Trail, Sarasota 941-921-7900 • FusionTherapySarasota.com Terry Schibler has 30 years experience in advanced bodywork. He has a sin gular ability to trace, recognize and treat complex pain patterns through numerous modalities such as Cranio Sacral Therapy, Lymphatic Drainage, Visceral and Fascial manipulation. Terry’s hands-on work is effective for a wide range of problems associated with pain and dysfunction such as Migraines, Chronic neck/back pain, Concussions, TMJ, Post-surgical dysfunction...and more.

ENERGY HEALING

HEALING ROOMBLUE LIGHT ENERGY HEALING HEALING ROOM, ENERGY HEALING, BIOFEEDBACK STRESS MANAGEMENT, PEMF Treatments to balance over a thousand conditions! Infrared Inversion, Sound Immersion with the Singing Bowls 718-791-3797 • PureFieldForce@gmail.com Energy Healing helps the body with a long list of conditions, aches, pains and imbalances. Biofeedback Scanning locates the imbalances and it also cor rects them. PEMF (Pulsed Magnetic Field Therapy) re-en ergizes damaged cells, it is a powerful tool to MANAGE PAIN! Facebook.com/CreateBalanceandHealing941-586-9539,

RESONANCE HOLISTIC WELLNESS

3148 Southgate Circle, Suite 8, Sarasota ResonanceSRQ.com941-312-4334

37 years of combined experience in Holistic Wellness. Specializing in Research-Based Energy modalities, comprehen sive sessions & focalized services, using FDA ap proved devices. 20 mo dalities to choose. PEMF, VibroAcoustics, Voice Analysis, Scalar Wave Ther apy, Brainwave Entrainment, etc.

FELDENKRAIS

THE FELDENKRAIS METHOD®

Lessons for Children (ABM), Adults, Classes, Prof Seminars

Bonnie Kissam, M.A., Feldenkrais® Practi tioner, LMT, CE Provider

FeldenkraisInSarasota.com Bonnie@FeldenkraisInSarasota.com941-360-2248

The Feldenkrais® Approach , ‘Move ment with Attention’, helps one ‘sense easier, improved posture and ways of moving. Clients optimize their musical, athletic or everyday activities through heightened ‘awareness’. They find unique ways to recover from injury, surgeries or illness. Call for appointments, class es or for weekend TOUCH TO INFORM seminars 941-360-2248 , Bonnie@FeldenkraisInSarasota.com.

FUNCTIONAL & WELLNESSLIFESTYLE

BETTER WELLNESS NATURALLY

Laura Weber Garrison, PhD

8051 N Tamiami Trail, Suite F2, Sarasota BetterWellnessNaturally.com941-260-2941

Holistic health therapist and coun selor specializing in trauma. Board-certified Drugless Practi tioner. Integrative clinical hypno therapy, yoga-based and somatic therapeutics. Private sessions, groups.

KORMAN RELIEF & WELLNESS CENTER

Laura Korman, DC, DACBN

Chiropractor, Diplomate in Nutrition 16954 Toledo Blade Blvd, Port Charlotte 941-629-6700 • DrLauraKorman.com

Dr. Korman specializes in helping peri-menopausal women elimi nate pain, fatigue and unwanted belly fat through functional med icine, lifestyle strategies and re generative therapies so they can reclaim their vitality and stay engaged in the life they love. We offer PEMF (Pulsed Electromag netic Field Therapy), Class IV Deep Tissue Laser, Near & Far Infrared Sauna, Decompression Thera pies, Whole Body Vibration and carry a profession al line of supplementation.

THREE NEW BOOKS!!! Live Love: Master Vision and Vibration to Create A Better World, Forever Free: Soul Liberation with the Holy Spirit of Truth, It IS A New World After All: Poetry and Prose to Inspire A New World Vision. These book provide high vibrational messages to inspire each soul on the path to higher consciousness. Visit Smile4Love.com for books, messages, videos, and event announcements.

INTERNATIONAL MEDIUM, SPIRITUAL INTUITIVE & CLAIRVOYANT

Caroline MessagesCrawfordfromthe spirit world with clarity and CarolineCrawfordorg@gmail.com941-402-9595compassion.•CarolineCrawford.org

Highly gifted British Medium and Master Healer, Caroline channels messages of healing to comfort, inspire and empower you from your loved ones and her team of Angelic beings. Receive guidance & insight into your life now and your future career, rela tionships, health and spiritual path with renewed confidence and optimism. Touching hearts for over four de cades, Caroline is currently based in Sarasota. By appointment only, in person, by phone or zoom.

MINDFULNESS

YOGAYELY

Yely Staley. e-RYT 500H & YACEP

Bilingual Mindful Coach Book your complimentary consultation at: YogaYely.com

Helping people live their most authentic lives. You can feel balanced, grounded, peaceful, and good about yourself by cultivating sustainable yoga, meditation, and selfcare prac tices.

AMERICAN VITALITY MEDICAL GROUP

3260 Fruitville Road, STE C AmericanVitalityMedical.com727-273-7328Sarasota

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technological age, almost all cases of Erectile Dys function and PD are completely reversible. Plaque build-up in the arteries worsens as we age. This ar terial plaque build-up inhibits the blood flow needed to get or maintain an erection. This is the main cause of ED. At American Vitality Medical Group we only use state of the art acoustic wave therapy technolo gy, proven to remove the plaque build-up in the circulatory system and stimulate the growth of new blood vessels, thereby substantially increasing blood flow to the penis. This results in longer, harder erec tions. There are no drugs, no needles, and no pain. This non-invasive technology is the #1 recommend ed treatment for ED by The American Urological Association. Call Now at 727-273-7328 for your free no-risk consultation, and complimentary ultra-sound. Our success rate is unsurpassed. American Vitality Medical Group-Longevity You Can Trust.

NATURAL FOOD

CAFE EVERGREEN

801 S Tamiami Trail, Nokomis, FL 941-412-4334 • CafeEvergreen.net Cafe Evergreen is a natural, organic restaurant. Our menu consists of many organic rec ipes designed to not only taste delicious, but also enhance your health. Open 7 days a week 11am-9pm.

ORGANIC SALON

HAIR & EARTH ORGANIC SALON 200 Central Ave, Suite 18, Sarasota HairandEarth.SalonsByJC.com941-284-9563

Erinn offers Sarasota excellence in conscious haircare. Cuts, color, high lights, smoothing treatments and more. Metaphysical gifts too! Kevin Murphy color line as well as retail products available. Comfortable, pri vate space for calm, creative collab oration. Call or text Erinn Earth for an appointment or consultation. Or schedule online at: HairandEarth.SalonsByJC.com

DISC CENTERS AMERICA/SARASOTAOF

Dr. David Cifra, DC

Non-Surgical Office:DecompressionSpinalSpecialist941-358-2224•Cell: www.SarasotaDiscCenter.comDrCifra@SarasotaDiscCenter.com315-345-7390

Medical Breakthrough Technology! Non-Surgical Spinal Decompres sion Specialist, Dr.David Cifra,DC. Advanced procedure for patients who have back and neck pain and want to avoid narcotics, epidural injections, and unnecessary surger ies. Over 90% effective. No pain, No drugs, No surgery, NO Injec tions. Call today 941-358-2224. FREE CONSULTATION.

PET SUPPLIES

PET SUPPLY CENTER

Natural & Holistic Premium Pet Foods 3558 Webber Street, Sarasota PetSupplyCenterSarasota.comPetSupplyCenter@gmail.com941-925-4376

Offering full lines of veter inary diets, raw and frozen diets, dog, cat and bird sup plies. Huge selection of toys, treats, flea and tick products, collars and more. Certified veterinary nutri tional consultant on staff. We ship and pets always welcome!

SHAMANIC PRACTICES

SPIRITUAL COUNSELOR, SHAMANIC AND REIKI PRACTICES

Rev. Zan Benham, BSL, BD, CHT 941-922-7839

Spiritual counselor, shamanic practi tioner, Reiki healing, breath, and en ergy work, hypnosis, soul retrieval, past life regression all to empower and help you move into the Divine flow of the joy and power within you.

SPIRITUAL CENTERS

COSMIC CENTER OF SPIRITUAL LIGHT

Embracing the New Paradigms of our Awak-ening Consciousness 5041 Ringwood MeadowsBldg G-2 • Facebook/Instgram/TwitterCCOSL.comSarasota

A place of Light and Uncondi tion-al Love bringing together awak-ened and awakening minds and hearts for healing, enlighten ment, support and joy!

Certified Clinical Thermog rapher 2008. Prevention is better than early detection. Knowledge is power: Know your risk factors to make cor rections and avoid develop ing pathology. Call for loca tion convenient for you.

WELLNESS CENTER BODY & SPIRIT Victoria Stitzer, CHT, Master of NLP, EFT & Thetahealer Coun

YOGA GINGER APOTHECARY Shopping Village), Sarasota  WildGingerApothecary.com941-312-5630

Community for health + wellness. Offering hemp CBD, bulk herbs, remedies, sage, gifts, cards, meta physical tools, essential oils, jewel ry and more! Classes and drop-in psychic readers daily. Tue-Fri 10am-5pm and Sat 11am-5pm.

Nature’s Virus Killer

Copper can stop a virus before it starts

By Doug Cornell

Scientists have discovered a natural way to kill germs fast. Now thousands of people are using it against viruses and bacteria that cause illness.

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Hundreds of studies confirm copper kills viruses and bacteria almost instantly just by touch.

That’s why ancient Greeks and Egyptians used copper to purify water and heal wounds. They didn’t know about viruses and bacteria, but now we do.

“The antimicrobial activity of copper is well established.” National Institutes of Health.Scientists say copper’s high conductance disrupts the electrical balance in a microbe cell and destroys it in seconds.TheEPA recommended hospitals use copper for touch surfaces like faucets and doorknobs. This cut the spread of MRSA and other illnesses by over half, and saved lives.

The strong scientific evidence gave inventor Doug Cornell an idea. He made a smooth copper probe

with a tip to fit in the bottom of the nostril, where viruses collect.

When he felt a tickle in his nose like a cold about to start, he rubbed the copper gently in his nose for worked!”seconds.60“It Iyear.coldsgetIhappened.never“Theexclaimed.hecoldusedto2-3badeveryNowusemy

device whenever I feel a sign I am about to get sick.”

He hasn’t had a cold in 10 years.

Users say:

“It works! I love it!”

“I can’t believe how good my nose feels.”

“Is it supposed to work that fast?”

“One of the best presents ever.”

“Sixteen flights, not a sniffle!”

“Cold sores gone!”

“It saved me last holidays. The kids all got sick, but not me.”

“I am shocked! My sinus cleared, no more headache, no more congestion.”

“Best sleep I’ve had in years!”

After his first success with it, he asked relatives and friends to try it. They all said it worked, so he patented CopperZap® and put it on the market.

Soon hundreds of people had tried it. 99% said copper worked if they used it right away at the first sign of germs, like a tickle in the nose or a scratchy throat.

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is curved and textured to increase contact. Copper can kill germs picked up on fingers and hands after you touch things other people have touched.

The EPA says copper works just as well when tarnished.

Dr. Bill Keevil led one of the science teams. He placed millions of viruses on a copper surface. “They started to die literally as soon as they touched it.”

CopperZap® is made in the USA of pure copper. It has a 90-day full money back guarantee. Price $79.95. Get $10 off each CopperZap with code NATA31.

Go to www.CopperZap.com or call toll-freeBuy1-888-411-6114.once,useforever.

Statements are not intended as product health claims and have not been evaluated by the FDA. Not claimed to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

New research: Copper kills viruses in seconds.