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

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28 PEACE ON EARTH Conflict Resolutions that Work to Bridge Divides

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36 THE GIFTS OF CITRUS Colorful Good Health in Holiday Dishes

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40 LYNNE MCTAGGART ON THE POWER OF GROUP INTENTION

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44 AWAKE PARENTING Raising Connected, Confident Kids

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48 PETS ♥ MUSIC Each Species Grooves to Its Own Beat

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he heart of this winter month presents unique opportunities to express love and appreciation for cherished family, friends and colleagues. December traditions include Hanukkah, the Winter Solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and of course the grand finale, New Year’s Eve. Good times.

If gift giving stirs your seasonal vibe, check out Judith Fertig’s article in this month’s Conscious Eating department (page 36). Judith reminds us of the healthy good sense a gift of winter citrus makes. The tempting recipes accompanying this piece are of the zesty, citrus sort and sure to inspire the inner chef.

On page 34, life transformation coach and writer Dianne Bischoff James stirs healing thoughts in “12 Happy Holiday Tips”. The article spells out enriching ways to increase holiday season enjoyment, with a nice focus on achieving inner peace.

Speaking of creative holiday potential, Kelly Martinsen’s “Inspired Living: Five Ways to Make the New Year Sparkle” (page 23) is a self-empowering read. It’s good to be reminded of the power we have, as individuals, to influence positive change along the way.

Looking ahead to 2018, I’m excited by the possibilities.

Through force of habit I’ll probably come up with ‘resolutions’ to fine tune my intentions, and then dive into the New Year with characteristic gusto.

As always, open your mind and read on.

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In the Spirit of the Season – May We Walk as One Jody Bergsma Jody Bergsma began creating art at age 3, when her mother suggested that she draw her nightmares to vanquish her fears. Monsters illustrated with pink and green crayons were not so scary, and the budding young artist became hooked.

By her mid-teens, Bergsma was selling her fanciful works and she went on to become an award-winning illustrator.

In her whimsical, elfin watercolors and detailed, dramatic images of wildlife, the artist often uses aboriginal, native and geometric designs and symbols derived from the beautiful patterns of ancient cultures. By respectfully working with these images, she reintegrates them into our modern ethos.

“I propose that all humankind shares a common reality just beyond the range of normal sight,” remarks Bergsma, whose watercolor technique is self-taught. “Each person’s physical adventure is unique, but the abstract language of feelings and realization of existence is our shared experience.

“Art is a tradition that helps define who we are and brings us a vision of who we can become,” Bergsma continues. “My painting is my expression and request for a more beautiful, peaceful and harmonious world.”

View the artist’s portfolio at Bergsma.com.

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newsbriefs CBD Products Online

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H Outlet opened in March 2017 with the goal of finding the best sources for CBD products and providing clients with the highest quality organic CBD products available.

Founders Adam Wick and Jeff Pope began using CBD for their own muscle aches to help reduce pain and inflammation. Soon, they began sharing their experiences with clients and friends who also wanted to try CBD which eventually led to hhOutlet.com, an efficient website for ordering CBD oils, tinctures, edibles, lotions and pet CBD. “All of our vendors are vetted and their products tested in-house to ensure that HH Outlet provides the purest CBD products on the market,” the founders explain. “We’ve seen amazing results in reducing inflammation, anxiety and even depression without giving clients the “highs” associated with THC. In fact, we get testimonials from clients who share their experiences and this is what keeps us going. Overall, CBD is a very versatile alternative to help fuel your body’s endocannabinoid system (ECS).”

CBD products also work well with pet anxieties, helping them with fear of thunderstorms, separation anxiety and travel anxiety.

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Yoga Teacher Training at St. Petersburg Yoga Starting January 2018

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t. Petersburg Yoga has been a trusted and enduring beacon of authentic yoga in the Tampa Bay area for more than 25 years.

The studio is the largest yoga and meditation school in Florida and the only studio with all 500-level instructors.

Their next Yogi Training session formally begins January 2018, but you can get started today. The training is flexible in curriculum, schedule and payment plan and is designed to custom tailor the program around you. Whether you plan on teaching or not, this program is for anyone looking to grow in their knowledge of yoga and, much more importantly, move toward Self-awareness and awakening.

Students will embark on a transformative, five-month personal journey, taught by 10 of the most experienced yogis in the area, and along the way, gain Self-mastery using a wide range of yoga systems, including Therapeutic Essentials; Restorative; Classic; Power; Vinyasa; Philosophy; Meditation; Swing/Aerial; Nutrition; Yogi Life Coaching; and Mind Yoga. Students receive a 200- or 500-hour Yoga Alliance Certificate at program completion.

Save $150 with early sign-up. Space is limited. Location: 2842 Dr. MLK St. N, St. Pete. To apply and enroll, call 727-8949642, email Info@StPeteYoga.com or visit StPeteYoga.com.

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Irish Acres Brings Local Farm to Your Table

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small-acreage family farm located just 40 minutes north of Tampa began with little more than an idea by owners Mark and Oksana Counihan who were so encouraged by friends and family, Irish Acres was born.

“Farming for Your Health” is their maxim and this family business has flourished with deep roots serving the greater community for the past 20 years. The farm offers a wide range of fresh, organically grown food, including dairy products from their happy, healthy cows; eggs from free-range chickens; and turkeys for the holiday table. They also offer pasture raised chickens, and soon rabbits for those who enjoy this delicious continental meat.

Serving the northern part of the Greater Tampa Bay, they now open their gates to their southern neighbors in Tampa and St. Pete to enjoy real food from the farm. They warmly invite you to visit, see how they do things, and enjoy a truly farm-to-table experience. Delivery can be arranged.

Mark, the Irish farmer and Oksana, who is from the Ukraine, prepare mouthwatering family recipes passed down for hundreds of years. The food is to die for!

Location: 2343 Gold Hill Rd., Brooksville. For more information, call 352-279-4035, email Mark@IrishAcres.org and/or visit IrishAcres.org. See ad page 7.

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Ojas Ayurvedic Wellness Center

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jas Ayurveda, in Tampa, is an authentic Ayurvedic wellness center offering Ayurvedic services, including consultations, Panchakarma therapies (Ayurvedic detox) and various Ayurvedic healing therapies in an ideal environment.

According to Ayurveda, a human being is a union of body, mind and soul, therefore Ayurvedic therapies address illness at all three levels. At Ojas Ayurveda, treatments are customized per individual with the therapeutic approach being scientific and logical.

Sushma Jakkula, founder of Ojas Ayurveda, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Ayurvedic medicine and surgery (BAMS) from India in 2002. She believes in promoting health through a balanced lifestyle and natural healing. She has been practicing Ayurveda and providing Ayurvedic services and education for 15 years.

Ayurvedic consultations include assessment of the individual’s unique body and mind constitution (prakriti) and current imbalances (vikruthi) through pulse analysis. Imbalances are addressed by various methods, including diet, lifestyle changes, supplements and Ayurvedic therapies.

Ojas Ayurveda offers Panchakarma, the ultimate therapy for mind-body healing, detoxifying the body, strengthening the immune system and restoring the balance and well-being.

Seminars on different health topics are conducted monthly to bring awareness to Ayurveda and its myriad benefits.

Location: 6201 Lynn Rd., Tampa. For more information, call 813-666-0810 and/or visit OjasAyurveda.us. See ad page 36.

14th Annual World Hypnotism Day Benefits Veterans Art Center

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our Unlimited Mind 14th annual World Hypnotism Day takes place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., on January 6, in Tarpon Springs. Sponsored again by UP Hypnosis Institute, the event features internationally recognized hypnosis experts, including Art Emrich (Hypnotist of the Year), Patricia V. Scott, PhD (Life Fellow, International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association), Dr. Eric Rosen (licensed psychologist and master trainer of hypnotherapy), Debbie Lane (Hypnotist of the Year), Tamera Fontenot, LMHC, and Duke Swann, C.Ht, among others speaking on hypnosis, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and mind-body therapies.

Learn how these techniques are being used for chronic pain, stress/ anxiety/PTSD, immune response, sports, weight, smoking, memory, confidence, cancer, allergies and more. Veterans receive free private sessions with professional UPHI hypnotherapists the entire month of January ($125-$350 value). All donations benefit the Veterans Art Center, in St. Petersburg.

Patricia V. Scott, PhD, event sponsor and president of UP Hypnosis Institute, is a certified medical hypnotherapist (since 1992), certified master trainer for the International Association of Counselors and Therapists and Life Fellow with the International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association.

Location: Terrace Plaza, 1810 S. Pinellas Ave. (Alt. 19), Ste. G, Tarpon Springs. For more information, call 727-943-5003, email UPHypnosis@outlook.com or visit UPHypnosis.com. See ad page 21.

Yoga Teacher Training at Studio 108

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issy White, 500 E-RYT and owner of Studio 108 Yoga and Holistic Healing, has taught workshops and conferences all over the world, from Yoga Journal Live to Sri Lanka to the Om Yoga Show, in Manchester and London.

Internationally recognized for her passionate teaching skills and her dynamic and innovative sequencing, White travels throughout the world teaching her signature Funky Flow & Float Master Class as well as The 108 Asanas Practice and Workshop that she created.

She began practicing in 1999 and in many ways credits yoga for saving her life. In 2004, White traveled to Los Angeles and completed her first 500 hour teacher training at Bikram Yoga College of India. Since then she has trained with many teachers, including David Swenson, Cameron Shayne, Shiva Rae, Ana Forrest, Desiree Rumbaugh, Duncan Wong and Andrey Lappa, among others.

Location: 11059 Countryway Blvd., Tampa. For more information on White and her 40 hour, 200 hour and 300 hour teacher trainings, call 813-343-8887 or visit Studio108Tampa.com. See ad page 14.

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Healthy Lifestyles Tampa Bay = Emotional, Nutritional and Physical Fitness

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ealthy Lifestyles Tampa Bay opened in 2016 with the goal of assisting the individual in developing the healthiest lifestyle possible utilizing tools to address all the components of fitness. Founded on the principle that mental, emotional and nutritional as well as physical fitness are integral components, Healthy Lifestyles focuses on helping those with chronic weight issues, diabetes, heart disease and the struggle with obesity.

The goal of their program is to teach how to cease emotional eating and increase healthy and flavorful food consumption while becoming more physically fit. Dr. Thomas Quinlan, aka Dr. Q, is a licensed clinical psychologist with a background in disordered eating habits and eating disorders. He assists clients in becoming mentally and emotionally fit. Sarah Krieger, registered dietitian and recipient of the Florida Dietitian of the Year Award, works closely with clients to develop healthy and delicious meal plans. Douglas Patton, lead certified personal trainer, with more than 20 years’ experience, has the gift of making workouts not only effective but fun. Additionally, clients receive a gratis gym membership with Anytime Fitness.

Location: 8479 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St., N, St. Petersburg. For more information, call 727-906-6185 and/or visit HealthyLifestylesTampaBay.com. See ad page 7.

A Year of Inspired Living: Essays and Exercises for Self-Reflection

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gnore those who say life doesn’t come with a manual. Kelly McGrath Martinsen has exactly the guide you need to make life richer and more insightful with her new book, A Year of Inspired Living: Essays and Exercises for Self-Reflection.

This is the handbook for anyone who wants to embrace a better life.

Through entertaining anecdotes and guided journal pages, A Year of Inspired Living helps the reader create their very own personalized self-help book.

Martinsen, who is the publisher of Natural Awakenings Long Island magazine, has designed exercises for each month that include room for reflections, lists to seize the most from life, and culminate in writing your very own “publisher’s letter”, just as she does in her magazine. The letter provides space to reflect on that month’s personal inspiration.

By digging deep and really talking about issues from the heart, Martinsen guides readers to contemplate their own feelings, hopes and dreams. The interactive book also includes a hashtag (#AYOIL) so that readers can share their insights and experiences, giving solitary readers the group support they need to make lasting change for their best year ever.

Health Communications, Inc.; December 5, 2017. $12.95; 202 pages; ISBN: 978-0-7573-2009-5.

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esearchers at Orebro University, in Sweden, conducted a review of research reported since 1965 on the incidence of glioma brain cancer with continued use of cell phones. They found that the highest cumulative exposures to cell phone radiation correlated with a 90 percent increase in the risk of glioma cancer. The risk increased with time; after 10 years of cell phone use, it increased by 62 percent and doubled after 20 years.

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Long-Term Cell Phone Use a Health Risk

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esearchers from the University of Oxford, in the UK, have found that infants that take more daytime naps tend to develop a larger vocabulary at an earlier age than their peers by examining sleeping patterns of 246 babies between the ages of 7 months and 3 years for 10 days. Parents also completed a language analysis at the start of the study and three and six months later to determine how many words each child understood from a list 416 words typically learned in infancy. Infants that napped more frequently during the day performed better on both understanding and expressing vocabulary than the others.

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Naps Boost Toddler Talk

Boston researchers found a reduction in depressive symptoms among people that practice tai chi via 50 Chinese-Americans diagnosed with depression. They were divided into three groups. One group participated in tai chi sessions twice a week and were encouraged to practice the movements at home three times a week. Another group attended twice weekly depression education sessions and a third served as the control group. After 12 weeks, the tai chi group reported significant improvements in depression symptoms, which continued after the study was completed, measured at 24 weeks.

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Alcohol Affects Our Heartbeat

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erman researchers studied the correlation between cardiac arrhythmia and alcohol consumption by monitoring 3,000 middle-aged volunteers for 16 days during Oktoberfest. Portable electrocardiographs and breathalyzer machines tested for heart activity and breath alcohol concentration. Arrhythmia showed up in 30 percent of the participants, significantly higher than an estimated 4 percent or less among the general population according to an earlier study. An irregular heartbeat often causes discomfort in the short term and possible heart failure and stroke later.

Tree Nuts Cut Colon Cancer Relapse

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esearchers from the Dana Farber Cancer Institute examined nutrition and cancer recurrence data from 826 patients with Stage III colon cancer and found those that consumed two or more ounces of tree nuts a week experienced a 42 percent reduction in cancer recurrence and a 57 percent lower risk of death on average compared to those that ate no nuts.

Dear Diary Comforts the Elderly A UK study of 19 elderly volunteers participating in a 12-week training program for providing companionship to dying patients showed that considering their own views about death and dying is an important component of serving in this role.

Evaluation of the trainees’ diary entries focused on key themes such as reflections about dying alone, the importance of being present, self-awareness, personal loss, the meaning of life, self-preservation and coping strategies.

Milk Chocolate Also Benefits Heart Health

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igh-cacao dark chocolate contains high levels of flavanol, a compound known for its heart health benefits, but less is known about diluted foods such as milk chocolate candy.

Harvard researchers followed 55,502 subjects for 13 years, comparing levels of high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular disease to lifestyle traits. They found those eating one to three servings of chocolate a month (including milk chocolate) displayed a 10 percent lower risk of irregular heartbeat than those eating an ounce or less a month. Eating one serving per week of chocolate yielded a 17 percent lower risk and two to six servings a week 20 percent, and then leveled off after eating one or more servings per day.

“Eating excessive amounts of chocolate is not recommended, because many chocolate products are high in calories from sugar and fat, and could lead to weight gain and other metabolic problems,� advises Elizabeth Mostofsky, author of the study.

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Fifty healthy patients and 50 with chronic fatigue syndrome were tested for bacteria and immune molecules by researchers from Columbia University.

They discovered that imbalances in the levels of certain gut bacteria are prevalent in individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome, a disorder often accompanied by extreme fatigue, muscle and joint pain, cognitive issues and insomnia.

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Gut Bacteria Imbalance Linked to Chronic Fatigue

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esearchers from Northwestern University have found that acoustic stimulation using pink noise (random sound with more low frequencies than white noise) increases slow-wave brain activity, thus improving sleep-dependent memory retention. Thirteen mature adults completed two nights of sleep; one with the pink noise and one without, in random order.

Specific brainwave activity increased during the periods when the pink noise was being delivered, suggesting that it could help older adults preserve some memory functions.

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Pink Noise While Asleep Helps Memory

Yoga for Bones Yoga doesn’t involve bouncing or jumping for the most part, but it can be helpful in maintaining strong bones, says Sherri Betz, a Santa Cruz, California, physical therapist and Pilates and yoga instructor. “Poses, including the tree, chair, warrior, triangle, half moon and sun salute, need to be as dynamic as possible and focus on leg strengthening and spine extension.

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Regular Sleep Times Promote Health

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report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that 35 percent of U.S. adults don’t get adequate sleep. Dr. W. Chris Winter, of the Charlottesville Neurology and Sleep Medicine clinic, recommends we pick a wake-up time that works for every day and stick with it, regardless of bedtime; it pays off by eventually training the brain to fall asleep at the same time every night. Swedish scientists found that sleep loss reduces the presence of hormones that promote feelings of fullness in the stomach and increases the amounts of those that promote hunger, leading to obesity. natural awakenings

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globalbriefs News and resources to inspire concerned citizens to work together in building a healthier, stronger society that benefits all.

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New Tech May Relieve Elder Isolation

Approximately a third of those older than 65 and half of elders at least 85 live alone, as do many people with illnesses and mental disorders. All can suffer from feelings of profound loneliness. Emerging virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies provide avenues to alleviate such isolation, instilling contentment, peace of mind, enrichment, fun, a sense of companionship and contributing to physical and mental health.

Instead of passively watching TV, seniors can travel virtually to World Heritage sites, revisit old haunts or even attend family events they would otherwise miss. In terms of benefits attained, VR is predicted to measurably improve seniors’ quality of life.

Healthcare applications of AI and telemedicine include reminders to eat, be active or take medications, perhaps assisted by a robotic companion that can share information with practitioners, children, caregivers and emergency personnel. Social applications include helping to form and maintain social connections.

It may also serve as a personal concierge by reminding seniors of appointments, playing games with them and initiating dialogue to spark outward engagement.

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Chimps, Zebrafish and Birds Communicate Like We Do

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Chimps, orangutans and bonobo apes are now known to be capable of understanding what others are thinking and recognize human thoughts, an ability once thought to be impossible. A team led by Christopher Krupenye, of Duke University, had apes take part in a visual experiment where they watched videos on a monitor while their gaze was being tracked. They discovered an anticipation of events that went beyond the visual cues presented.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has determined that zebrafish are social animals, similar to humans and other mammals— they form friendships, experience positive emotions and have individual personalities. The group advises people that eat fish or keep them as pets to consider the moral implications.

Honey hunters in sub-Saharan Africa have a unique form of communication with honeyguide birds that fly ahead to point out beehives which the hunters raid, leaving wax for the birds to eat. A study in the journal Science reports that they listen for a specific call made by their human collaborators.

Dr. Claire Spottiswoode, of the University of Cambridge, in England, and University of Cape Town, in South Africa, observes, “It seems to be a two-way conversation between our own species and a wild animal.”

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Digitalizing Data Helps Rainforest Census The Amazon rainforest is thought to harbor a greater diversity of trees than anywhere else on Earth, but the exact number has long been a mystery.

In 2013, scientists estimated that the number of species was around 16,000, but no actual count had been done. In a new paper in Scientific Reports, researchers delved into museum collections from around the world to confirm the current number of tree species recorded in the Amazon and assess possibilities of those yet to be discovered.

“Since 1900, between 50 and 200 new trees have been discovered in the Amazon every year,” notes Nigel Pitman, a Mellon senior conservation ecologist with the Field Museum. “Our analysis suggests that we won’t finish discovering new tree species there for three more centuries.”

The study relied upon the digitization of museum collections data— photographs and digital records—of the specimens housed there and shared worldwide through aggregator sites like IDigBio.org. “It gives scientists a better sense of what’s actually growing in the Amazon Basin, aiding conservation efforts,” says Pitman.

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Microplastic Mess Threatens World Oceans Scientists from the University of Hull and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have published research in the journal Science of the Total Environment showing levels of microplastics are five times higher in the Antarctic than previous estimates.

Co-author Dr. Claire Waluda, a BAS biologist, says, “We have monitored the presence of large plastic items in Antarctica for more than 30 years. While we know that bigger pieces can be ingested by seabirds or cause entanglements in seals, the effects of microplastics on marine animals in the Southern Ocean are as yet unknown.”

The tiny beads of plastic come from cosmetics or are shreddings from larger plastic items like clothing or bottles. According to United Nations sources, they may number as many as 51 trillion particles across the seafloor, throughout the oceans and on beaches worldwide. They are considered a serious threat to marine life in general. More international monitoring of the situation is needed, including a requirement for all polar research stations to provide waste treatment options.

For more information, see Tinyurl.com/PlasticInAntarctica.

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. ~Oprah Winfrey

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Regift or Recycle Smart Phones When replacing holiday purchases of smartphones and other electronic devices, don’t just trash the old ones.

Manufacturing electronics consumes many resources and discarded waste can leak harmful chemicals into ecosystems. There are far better ways to redirect and repurpose them.

Besides trading in phones for a rebate, another good option is transferring them to an official recycling program that makes sure all components are dealt with properly. Some states offer special provisions. Check the E-Cycling Central website at eiae.org.

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recycling programs, and some retailers accept select electronic devices.

Best of all, give a device a new life by gifting it. RecyclingForCharities.com accepts obsolete personal electronic devices by mail; the donor selects a charity to receive the proceeds.

ShelterAlliance.net, CellPhonesForSoldiers.com and Phones4Charity.org are kindred organizations.

AmericanCellPhoneDrive.org lets users find nearby charity recycling initiatives via zip code. It provides scholarships for U.S. children that have lost a parent through warfare or terrorism, feeds malnourished children in Asia, builds low-income housing and donates prepaid calling cards to military personnel.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, other unwanted electronic devices can be recycled so that incorporated copper, steel and glass can be recovered and reused.

Other materials like lead (in circuit board solder, glass cathode ray tubes of many TVs and computer screens, and batteries) and mercury (in fluorescent backlights of many flat-panel screen displays) can be captured and recycled, instead of polluting the environment.

Small appliances like toasters, coffee makers and clothing irons aren’t considered e-waste and generally aren’t recyclable because they are made of a mix of plastic and metal.

Using them for many years helps.

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INSPIRED LIVING Five Ways to Make the New Year Sparkle

by Kelly Martinsen

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nspiration may strike anywhere, at any time. The trick is nurturing the process to appear on demand when we need it most.

Often, an inspiration is sparked when we perceive someone being selfless, courageous, physically extraordinary or deliciously creative. However, we don’t need to wait for outside stimulus when we can discover internal stirrings by invoking any of these self-inspiring tips.

about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”

Just Do It – The Nike slogan has never been more appropriate. We all have something we’ve thought about doing or trying. Whether traveling to a new location, trying a different sport, joining a new-to-us group or club, or making more friends, don’t put it off—just do it.

Journal – People often journal as a way to reflect upon their lives. This can be helpfully revealing, but rather than

Gratitude – This is the big one. One way to be and stay inspired is by starting off each day in a state of gratitude. Every morning before getting out of bed, think of at least three things to be grateful for. By doing this, we recognize the blessings we have and greet the day in a positive frame of mind. It’s a perfect way to end each day, too. When someone routinely inquires, “How are you?” answer, “I am grateful.”

Our time on Earth is not infinite.

With only so many days promised, let’s vow to live them inspired.

Kelly Martinsen is publisher of Natural Awakenings Long Island and author of the new book A Year of Inspired Living (Publisher@AwakeLI.com).

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Volunteer – A common excuse for not volunteering is, “I don’t have the time.” Next year, make the time. When researchers at the London School of Economics examined the relationship between volunteering and happiness in a large group of American adults, they found that the more people volunteered, the happier they were.

looking back, look forward, using a journal as a blueprint to manifest the most inspired year yet. Write out plans and dreams with the steps needed to achieve them.

Defeat allodoxaphobia – It’s the fear of others’ negative opinions. Everyone suffers from this to some extent, and it can hinder us from living our best life.

Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt remarked, “You wouldn’t worry so much

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. ~Oprah Winfrey

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Effective Detoxification Made Simple

by Nyree Abdool, D.O.

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o you want more energy? Do you want increased focus and clarity of mind? Do you need help to lose those extra pounds? Do you have sugar and caffeine cravings? Do you desire a more joyous life and improved quality time with your loved ones? Imagine how you would feel and function if you had optimal health and a balanced lifestyle.

It seems that over the past few years certain buzz phrases like leaky gut syndrome, celiac disease, gluten intolerance and sensitivity and gluten free are mentioned frequently in everyday conversations. What does it all really mean? Could your chronic fatigue, extra pounds, food cravings, headaches, food allergies, joint pain and lack of focus all be due to what’s happening in your belly? And if so, what can you do about it?

Leaky gut syndrome occurs when there is an increase in the intestinal permeability of the lining of the gastrointestinal system. It is caused by an overall overload of toxicity in the body. Toxins increase free radical production and free radicals cause damage to cellular structures such as cell membranes (for example in the lining of the small intestine), DNA and mitochondria. Toxicity produced by the food we eat, pathogens (bacteria, viruses, parasites), chemicals, heavy metals, pollutants and increased stress cause a chronic state

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of inflammation Perhaps the most overlooked in the body. but integral piece to create Inflammation causes the optimal health is self-love/ tight spaces in self-care practices, including the lining of the small intesmeditation, journaling, tine to become breathwork and affirmations. “gapped” or wider so the selective protective barrier between the outside world of food ingested and the internal space of nutrients absorbed into the bloodstream becomes compromised. With the widened gap junctions, nutrients and toxins that are not supposed to be able to cross this selective barrier, such as gluten, larger proteins and pathogens, can now cross over into the bloodstream and are consequently not recognized by the body. The body will then create an immune response to these unrecognized triggers and, before one knows it, they are complaining of fatigue, brain fog, weight gain, food allergies, generalized pain and autoimmune problems because the body is now reacting against itself.

Optimal Belly Health: A Step-By-Step Approach

Healing the belly in order to heal the body should initially include a detailed analysis of overall health through lab testing, hormonal system analysis, adrenal and thyroid panels, neurotransmitter function, heavy metal evaluation, genetics, live blood cell analysis and much more. That should then be proceeded with changes that include looking at one’s nutrition, lifestyle and emotional state of being.

Once the initial data is collected, the body must be rid of toxicity such as candida, parasites, heavy metals and chemicals. This can be done through specific detoxification modalities including dietary modifications, parasite and candida cleanses, liver flushing, intravenous vitamins, ozone therapies, colon hydrotherapy, biomagnetism, etc.

Perhaps the most overlooked but integral piece to create optimal health is self-love/self-care practices, including meditation, journaling, breathwork and affirmations. Understanding the connection between mind, body and spirit is important to achieve a balanced life with joy and wellness.

An ideal detoxification and complete healing program would include: • Self-love, self-care practices • More water • Improved belly health • Alkaline dominant diet • Decreased simple sugars, increased healthy fats • Implementation of regular detox programs • Removal of pathogens • Opening of the channels of elimination, e.g. lymphatic system • Balance of the hormonal system • Stillness and reconnection of the mind, body and spirit

So many people know what they need to do to be healthy but are unsure of exactly how to do these steps or they are feeling trapped in their habits and need additional support. Dr. Nyree Abdool is introducing a guided consultation and treatment program for reducing inflammation along with personalized steps for detoxification of the body.

Her unique step-by-step system treats bodily imbalances through focused cleanses of the detoxification pathways, nutrition, intravenous therapies, colon hydrotherapy and balancing of the mind-body-spirit connection. Using a whole person approach to healing, she implements a unique combination of Eastern and Western medicine to assist those in her care. The outcome is healthy and joyous living.

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Disease Prevention with

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Five-Sense Therapy

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iving the healthcare crisis along with everyone else, co-owners of Living Room Yoga, St. Petersburg, Barry Cooper and Stacy Renz have been without health insurance for eight years and more than two years, respectively. In her work in hospitals as an occupational therapist, Renz has observed that patients who don’t have health insurance delay going into the hospital when they have symptoms of stroke or heart attack—conditions where early intervention is crucial—because they can’t afford the bill. Even those with insurance may have only bare bones plans that don’t allow for receiving the posthospital rehab care needed for full recovery. And yet still, many who have benefits struggle to meet high deductibles.

Living an Ayurvedic lifestyle empowers the individual to take care of their health before a serious disease process sets in. It teaches them how to eat, move and live in harmony with the world around them and correct imbalances before they become more

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serious. Both Renz and Cooper have conditions that need to be managed.

Cooper has asthma, allergies and a family history of diabetes. Renz is in menopause and has hemochromatosis (iron overloading) with a family history of diabetes. She also has a history of bronchitis when she gets a cold.

Despite not having insurance, for the past seven years they have been managing their basic health needs with the five-sense therapies of Ayurveda and massage touch therapies.

Ayurveda is the sister science to yoga and involves bringing one’s individual constitution in harmony with nature, the seasons, time of day and time of life, using taste (food, herbs, spices), smell (essential oils), sound (music, toning), sight (color, the right visual stimulation), touch (massage and exercise).

For instance, someone who is experiencing a vata imbalance may find themselves cold all the time with achy joints, anxiety and fear. Worry seems to plague them and their sleep is irregular. These

symptoms may be worse in cold, dry and rainy weather. The five-sense therapy for them may involve the following: Taste: Eating cooked, warm, nourishing foods very well spiced, like mung beans with vegetables and basmati rice, warming spices like cumin, turmeric, cardamom and cinnamon, drinking warming teas, such as vata pacifying chai, and refraining from eating light, dry and cold foods and drinks.

Smell: Diffusing warming and calming aromatherapy such as eucalyptus, lemon, holy basil and lavender.

Sound: Listening to calming music that is not shocking or disturbing.

Sight: Moon gazing, watching pleasing movies without a lot of violence, wearing orange or yellow, or

including gems like garnet or yellow topaz in the home or work environment.

Touch: Getting regular massage with sesame oil infused with warming essential oil and herbs.

Exercise: Going for walks or performing grounding yoga poses, breathing exercises and meditation.

The result of this approach for the person with a vata imbalance would be greater warmth in the body, better circulation, less pain and worry, more ease at getting to sleep and feeling more rested upon rising. All these practices promote health and stave off disease.

Cooper has been studying Ayurveda and living according to its principles since 2005 and for the past four years has been pursuing his Ayurvedic Health Counselor Certification through California College of Ayurveda. As a result of living an Ayurvedic and yoga lifestyle, both Cooper and Renz have been able to practice listening to the whispers of their soul. According to

Ayurveda, the primordial cause of disease is when we forget our true nature as spirit; when we start to listen we can achieve optimal health.

In the process of completing his internship for certification as an Ayurvedic Health Counselor, Cooper is offering lifestyle consultations for $65 to his first 50 clients. This includes the initial 90-minute consultation and a follow-up visit with results.

If you feel ready to take control of your health, prevent disease and work toward a harmonious lifestyle, call 727826-4754 or email bAyurveda@gmail. com to get started.

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PEACE ON EARTH Conflict Resolutions that Work to Bridge Divides

Healing happens when we handle conflict in a healthy and transformative way.

Call to Action

Roughly 30 years ago, notable voices began urging Americans to embrace a sustainable worldview of unity in diversity, recognizing our core oneness as a solution to an increasingly out-of-balance society. Success in this endeavor depends primarily on the “habits of the heart” of our citizens, developed in local milieus of families, neighborhoods, classrooms, congregations, voluntary associations, workplaces and public places where strangers gather.

Activating Answers

While mainstream media often largely focuses on the negative aspects of conflict—discord, divisiveness, intolerance, violence, incivility, injustice, chaos and complex problems—a countermovement is convening constructive conversations. Participants are initiating dialogue and deliberations intended to resolve conflicts and create cohesiveness, collaboration, cooperation and compromise among local factions that disagree on how to deal with everything from health care and social justice to environmental protection and climate science. Educational training materials and books are giving outdated models of conflict resolution a facelift.

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boro, North Carolina, battle over a story about a deadly, racially charged incident from the city’s recent past. She quotes James Lamar Gibson, a 20-something AfricanAmerican activist and core organizer for the Counter Stories Project: “We’ve been stuck in an old conversation for a couple of decades. We want to have an army of people with restorative conversation skills, so we can get past the divisiveness and imagine together a different sort of Greensboro,” he says.

The project began with facilitator training, and then developed story circles in which residents were able to have the difficult discussions that don’t ordinarily take place among the police, city council, churches and social agencies.

Today’s conflict resolution experts are discovering that conflict is an essential and powerful call for applying spiritual principles and exercising spiritual practices.

Provocative Questions

“What if we considered conflict as a secret ally or a guidepost, showing us what really matters to us and how much we care? What if our intense emotions are sources of invincible energy, with the power to build the world we want, together? What does having conflict in a healthy and transformative way look like?” queries Ma’ikwe Ludwig, executive director of Commonomics USA, NATampa.com

an organization which educates and advocates for a world where a commons-based economy creates economic and ecological security for all.

“Conflict has the power to bring to the surface what’s really at stake and to unite people toward a common goal,” advises Ludwig. Her thought-provoking questions can help shift perceptions toward the idea that we need to use conflict; maybe even welcome it.

Ludwig, author of Together Resilient: Building Community in the Age of Climate Disruption, recently helped present new perspectives on conflict resolution during a webinar for Transition US members interested in creating inclusive and diverse communities through collaboration. The nonprofit inspires, encourages, supports and provides networking and training for grassroots initiatives seeking to build community resilience in the face of such challenges as oil spills, climate change and economic crises.

Courtney Breese, managing director for the nonprofit National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) and her colleagues, together with thousands of innovative thinkers, are helping by introducing people to simple dialogue and deliberation structures, processes and resources that invite meaningful and productive conversations leading to constructive civic

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A community is a group that can fight gracefully…

Chaos is not just a state; it is an essential process of community development. ~Dr. M. Scott Peck, The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace engagement. Breese remarks, “We’re open to working with anyone interested in learning processes that can help bridge divides. We also like sharing stories about what is working.”

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The group’s downloadable free tools help newcomers: A beginner’s guide for exploring dialogue (ncdd.org/rc/ beginners-guide); a how-to-guide for Conversation Café (CC) hosts (Tinyurl. com/ManualForConversationCafe); and the American Library Association Libraries Transforming Communities: Models for Change Project (ala.org/ ltc-models). “To date, we’ve had at least 800 librarians participate in free NCDD webinars,” Breese notes.

CC is a simple tool useful in exploring difficult topics and provides a safe space to process different perspectives. “Initial agreement on basic rules includes suspending judgment while listening and seeking to understand others, refraining from persuading or converting and talking only from personal experience,” explains Breese.

One new network member, J. Scott Wagner, author of The Liberal’s Guide to Conservatives, speaks about the importance of using neutral language in dialogue. “I learned from him how words can be emotional triggers and signal one-sided perspectives, leaving some group members feeling angry or excluded because they feel the speaker won’t be open to hearing their perspective,” says Breese.

After three tours of the U.S. and hundreds of interviews with conservative individuals, Wagner, founder of the nonprofit Reach the Right, was inspired to use his knowledge of five arenas—neurology/cognitive psychology, personality, bias, social conformity and morality—to help progressives understand conservatives that are not only their political leaders, but also their relatives, partners, friends and managers.

He offers a simple explanation for anyone drenched in inaccurate biases.

“We inherit unconscious genetic personality characteristics that lead us to develop our ideology, with which we construct our world and align with others that are in agreement. Differences in our personality characteristics are the culprits that create conflict.”

Community Needs Erase Enmity

Drawing on 25 years of experience of enabling sworn enemies to create peace in places such as South Africa, Northern Ireland and Colombia, Adam Kahane, author of Collaborating with the Enemy: How to Work with People You Don’t Agree with or Like or Trust, shares insights into the “enemyfying syndrome” that instigates conflict.

This habit of thinking and acting as if people we are dealing with are our enemies and the cause of our problems is all around us and dominates the media. “The enemies are always the others, ‘those people’. Enemyfying, which feels exciting and satisfying— even righteous and heroic—usually obscures, rather than clarifies, the reality of the challenges we face. It amplifies conflicts, narrows the space for problem solving and creativity, and distracts us with unrealizable dreams of decisive victory from the real work we need to do,” observes Kahane.

Kahane sees the challenge of conflict becoming more acute.

“People today are generally more free, individualistic and diverse, with stronger voices and less deference.

Volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity are growing.” Yet, contrary to the common view, it is possible for people that hold contradictory positions to find ways to collaborate.

That’s what he and 40 others representing military officers, guerrillas and paramilitaries; activists and politicians; businesspeople and trade unionists; landowners and farmers; and academics, journalists and young people, accomplished in the Destino Colombia project. They organized to contribute to ending their country’s 52-year civil war.

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Motivated to Act

Jonathan Bender, founder of The Performance of Your Life, a public speaking and personal development business, has been on a lifelong quest of fostering personal growth and societal transformation. His therapeutic classes and workshops demonstrate how to connect, honor and deeply resonate with others, even if they have different worldviews, and how to listen and hear in the same way we want to be heard.

Acknowledging the adrenalin rush that’s a common response to fear of conflict, Bender says, “When we learn to be mindful and speak from our entire body, rather than just from our head, we notice that the voice resonates and originates from a much bigger place. This teaches us to cultivate greater awareness of our emotions and how we express them.

“Begin by acknowledging an emotion, and then reduce its intensity through slow, deep breaths, paying attention to the correlating physical sensation. Shifting our focus back to the heart allows us to recognize parts of ourselves in the stories of others and come to understand that our personal history is the filter through which we ‘enemyfy’,”

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says Bender, who speaks and presents publicly, educating audiences and clients about the universally challenging performances of everyday life.

According to Robert Atkinson, Ph.D., author of The Story of Our Time: From Duality to Interconnectedness to Oneness, today’s rugged individualism amid conflicts comprises a crisis of consciousness. “No longer can we settle only on seeing things in opposition to one another; we need to shift our consciousness to be able to see the parts coming together in a new whole. Accepting the oneness of humanity as a biological fact, a social necessity and a spiritual reality will lead us further along our journey toward lasting world peace.”

His observation fits with what Joanna Macy, author and scholar of Buddhism and deep ecology, believes is the call of our time: “As planetary citizens, we are being called to wake up together.”

Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings who blogs at LindaSechrist.com.

Philip Stein is a Leader in Wearable Sleep Technology

by Linda Sechrist

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rom computers, cell phones, smart TVs, DVR players and programmable appliances to a seemingly endless list of other electronic gadgets, we are in constant contact with unnatural electromagnetic frequencies (EMFs) generated by technology. In today’s 24/7 society, invisible EMFs are inescapable; they permeate our working and living spaces. What we may not know is how they negatively impact our body’s natural sleep-wake cycle: suppressing melatonin, the hormone that controls the natural circadian rhythm, disturbing slumber and even affecting weight gain, according to University of Tel Aviv research.

On the brighter side, some new technological products promise to restore balance to the body, including deeper and more restful sleep. From the Philip Stein sleep bracelet, sleep number beds and portable sleep trackers to sleep-related

apps, devices and applications, user-friendly innovations are addressing America’s sleep deprivation problem.

“Philip Stein lifestyle accessories such as the sleep bracelet are designed to contribute to a better quality of life.

The unique technology inside each one channels beneficial natural frequencies in the environment into your body,” says Will Stein, co-founder and president of the Philip Stein Group. “The result is to help the individual feel centered, balanced, grounded and more easily able to maintain a sense of well-being.” The company defines optimal well-being as a state of harmony achieved through physical, emotional, mental and spiritual alignment.

Although natural-frequency technology was developed earlier by a group of engineers and scientists exploring various frequencies’ influence on water, the initial discovery has been attributed to ancient sages in India that intuited them. For example, 7.83 Hz, the frequency of “om”, happens to be Mother Earth’s natural heartbeat rhythm, now known as the Schumann Resonance. Aligned with the brain’s alpha and theta states, this technology of resonating frequencies has been carefully tuned and tested by Philip Stein researchers, technicians and sleep experts. Today, it is at the core of all Philip Stein products.

Philip Stein’s tuning technology picks up and channels the beneficial natural frequencies that have always surrounded human beings. “We believe that all organisms have evolved or grown accustomed to these natural frequencies, and our systems are tuned to operate best with them, rather than with the increasing number of manmade frequencies we experience in the modern world,” explains Stein.

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CHAMPIONING HOLISTIC ATHLETES The New Face of Sports Medicine

by Marlaina Donato

From college athletics to Olympic training, sports medicine has a new, holistic face.

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oaches and athletes nationwide are attributing quicker recovery time, less inflammation and better focus to a whole body approach to health care. A nutrient-dense diet tailored to individual needs is at the heart of overall fitness. Like Venus Williams and Tom Brady, tennis and football superstars who prefer raw vegan and organic whole foods, respectively, many of today’s outstanding athletes choose to eat clean and incorporate mind-body practices.

Telling Triumphs

Paralympic snowboard cross racer gold medalist, world champion and International Ski Federation para Nordic World Cup gold medalist Evan Strong, of Nevada City, California, was raised on an organic farm in Hawaii and continues to adopt many holistic practices. “I have a superfood smoothie every day. Liquid food helps me feel lighter and I have more usable energy for training,” says Strong. His regimen also includes organic produce, sprouted grains, occasional raw goat milk products, homeopathic formulas and wildcrafted medicinal herbs.

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Strong credits achieving his personal best to a healthy lifestyle and recovery from an automobile accident that led to amputation of his lower left leg as a teen. “After the accident, my family and I opened a raw vegetarian restaurant. We produced as many cultured foods as possible—sauerkraut, kombucha and kefir. Improving my gut health gave me the biggest strides in healing. Yoga and meditation also contributed. It all saved me.”

Six-time Ironman triathlete, U.S. Senior Olympic gold medalist and marathoner Ruth Heidrich, Ph.D., of Honolulu, attributes surviving stage IV breast cancer primarily to her low-fat vegan diet. Already an avid runner and nutritionally conscious, Heidrich was shocked to hear the diagnosis.

“I was 47 years old when I was told the results of the biopsy. I thought I was going to die because of the symptoms I was experiencing,” recalls the 82-year-old, who not only beat multiple malignancies without chemotherapy or radiation, but was the first cancer patient to complete an Ironman Triathlon.

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Ruth Heidrich cludes a whole food, 100 percent plantbased diet, featuring oats, quinoa and brown rice. “When we give our body its proper fuel, it will function at its optimal level,” remarks Heidrich, who has dedicated her life to re-educating others about diet and investing in her ongoing athletic achievements.

Maintaining good habits while traveling can be challenging. Strong adds healthy salts to structure his drinking water and brings along superfoods such as green vegetable powders to use when he can’t access organic produce. To optimize his air quality while away from home, Strong uses a personalized air purifier that creates ozone.

San Francisco-based, three-time Olympic swimming gold medalist and world champion Natalie Coughlin remains dedicated to better diet choices without deprivation. “When I travel, I always bring my own snacks. I like dark chocolate-covered almonds, a natural sweet that also supplies protein and fiber. To stay hydrated, I drink herbal teas, especially mint,” says Coughlin, who also incorporates a tart green smoothie every morning with kale, parsley, collards, celery, citrus and frozen pineapple.

At home, “I like to be informed about where my meat comes from and how the conditions are for the animal.

If I roast a chicken, I will use every part, including the bones, to make a stock,” she says. Her holistic approach includes

a consistent yoga regimen, meditation and application of essential oils.

High Expectations

Even under the best of circumstances, professional athletes encounter difficulties, but when faced with enormous obstacles, the best can get even better.

“I’ve faced injuries and illness during pivotal times in my life and career, but I always approached it with the intention to be proactive, rather than being reactive,” advises Coughlin.

For Strong, confronting tragedy with the right attitude offers possibility. “Thirteen years ago, I was hit by a car and lost my leg, but now I see that moment as a blessing instead of a curse. It was a hardship that tested my limits, but in the end, it propelled me to achieving dreams I didn’t even know I had.”

Nearly four decades after her grim diagnosis, Heidrich embodies hope for all of us when she says, “It is never too late to adopt a better way.”

Marlaina Donato is a freelance writer, author and multimedia artist. Connect at MarlainaDonato.com.

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12 Happy Holiday Tips

How to Really Enjoy the Season

by Dianne Bischoff James

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eelings of comfort and joy can seem elusive when the holiday to-do list looms or runs amok. The season can seem more like an endless burden than a parade of cheerful events and glad tidings.

Amidst celebratory chaos, these simple rules will help restore inner peace and create greater happiness.

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Eschew Perfection Guests are much more interested in filling their stomachs with great food than judging the scuff marks and wall dings. The perfection of the season is found in the special moments when families and friends sit down together.

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Pay Attention to the Smiles The approaching holidays encourage more shared smiles, kind words and thoughtful gestures. While out and about, look for the grins and well wishes.

Hold the door open for others and offer a friendly greeting to store clerks. We’ll find ourselves smiling even more, because thoughtfulness is contagious.

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rience a moment of stillness. Inner quiet allows the mind to relax and reinvest energy in the body, so we can return to holiday activities with renewed zest.

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Give Each Person a Special Gift Think of something thoughtful that both the giver and receiver enjoy doing together and write a promissory note for the shared experience, such as a free backrub, a day spent downtown, a personal manicure or a movie the other person wants to see.

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Take Advantage of Extended Shopping Hours To avoid crowds and lines, schedule a late-night power-shopping trip.

This is the easiest way to manage a department store visit with sanity, have easy access to the shelves and get immediate service.

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Take a Holiday Binge Day Designate a day with no limits and no self-judgment. For anyone that mentally monitors their calories or sweets, claim a binge day out loud with permission for total holiday munching freedom. The next day, we can reinstate discipline.

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Sing While We Work Nothing makes meal preparation tasks go faster than crooning along to our favorite carols. Turn up Susan Boyle’s O Holy Night and soon your lungs will be full of air, your heart filled with sentiment, and the turkey stuffed with seasonal goodness will be ready to go into the oven.

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Express Feelings in a Healthy Way Family gatherings can sometimes test our boundaries and patience. Avoid repressing feelings by finding a way to speak a personal truth in the moment, in a calm and healthy fashion. It’s better than returning home stewing about what we wish we could or should have said.

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Assign Roles to Household Helpers The holiday load is lighter when everyone pitches in. Assign specific roles to household members with clear responsibilities, from taking out the garbage to setting the table and washing up.

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Leave Some Tasks for Later It’s unrealistic to think the house has to be in perfect order after festive gatherings. After guests leave, put the leftovers in the fridge and watch a movie. Cleanup will feel easier and faster after a good night’s rest.

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Express Gratitude at the Table Loving feelings can never be expressed enough, so use the holiday as an opportunity to tell others how important they are to you. Create a heartfelt moment at the table by sharing at least one thing that you’re truly grateful for, and ask everyone else to do the same.

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Go Outside for Fun in Nature Hiking in a nearby forest preserve, skating, sledding or building a snow fort with the kids not only burns energy, but is emotionally exhilarating for the whole family. Pick an outdoor activity, don appropriate togs, and share in the laughter and serenity of a sparkling winter day.

Dianne Bischoff James is a life transformation coach, actor, business consultant and author of The Real Brass Ring: Change Your Life Course Now. She specializes in facilitating the midlife reboot and lives in Boston, MA.

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THE GIFTS OF CITRUS Colorful Good Health in Holiday Dishes

by Judith Fertig

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inter citrus fruits that arrive in a gift basket or show up on sale at the grocer present a welcome bright spot on winter’s darker days. Valencia and blood oranges, limes and Meyer lemons are delicious in their own right, and deserve their place on the breakfast table. Yet there are many other intriguing ways to enjoy them in vinaigrettes, salads, main dishes, baked goods and desserts.

Winter citrus is full of health benefits, just when we need them most: during the busy holiday season. To start, they help bolster our immune system, guarding against colds or helping us recover faster. Their high vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, content is water soluble.

According to a comprehensive study

by the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University, a daily intake of 400 milligrams of vitamin C can halve the incidence of colds in adults and cut their duration by 14 percent.

The flavonoid hesperidin in citrus helps boost “good” HDL cholesterol and lowers “bad” LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, report researchers in the Journal of Nutrition. In a new study in Nutritional Neuroscience, hesperidin in citrus also was found to ameliorate brain deterioration found in Alzheimer’s patients.

Other studies further show that the grapefruit diet wasn’t wrong; eating half a fresh grapefruit before each meal can help us lose weight. In a study conducted at the Scripps Clinic, in La Jolla, California, and published

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in the Journal of Medicinal Food, researchers put overweight volunteers on an exercise plan for 12 weeks and asked them to eat either half a fresh grapefruit or drink apple juice and pop a placebo pill before each meal.

The grapefruit group dropped an average of three-and-a-half pounds, compared to only one-half pound for the apple group.

Limonoids, an antioxidant found in most citrus, may help guard against stomach, lung, breast and skin cancer, according to the U.S. Agricultural Research Service. Animal and human cell studies found that limonoids—especially those in fresh oranges—harbor potential as anticancer compounds. Another study in Nutritional Neuroscience showed that the volatile compound limonene, found in the rind of a lemon, can enhance memory.

As nights grow colder and longer, winter citrus “adds a little sunshine to every meal,” says Jamie Schler, author of the recently released cookbook Orange Appeal: Savory & Sweet. Schler grew up in Florida, surrounded by citrus groves between the Atlantic Coast and Indian River.

“Winters meant Dad’s workbench in the garage groaning under the weight of brown paper grocery bags filled to bursting with navels, tangerines, grapefruits, Valencias and tangelos,” writes Schler. “I fondly recall trips in the old green station wagon to the groves on chilly weekend mornings where we could pick them ourselves.” Today, Schler and her husband own and operate the boutique Hotel Diderot, in Chinon, France, where life’s a feast—especially during citrus season.

Judith Fertig writes cookbooks and foodie fiction from Overland Park, KS (JudithFertig.com).

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Zesty Citrus Holiday Recipes Moroccan Spiced Orange Slices

Shiitake Mushroom and Pea Risotto with Orange

Orange blossom or orange flower water is available at better grocery stores, kitchen shops, Middle Eastern markets or online.

Yields: 4 to 5 servings 5 medium to large navel or large blood oranges 3 Tbsp orange blossom water 1 tsp ground cinnamon 2 Tbsp honey or date sugar ½ pomegranate, seeded 1½ to 2 Tbsp coarsely chopped unsalted pistachios 8 to 10 mint leaves, chopped or torn, for garnish Peel the oranges and cut away all of the white pith and outer membrane.

Slice each orange across the core into ¼-inch slices, six per orange, reserving any juice that runs off. Push out and discard any spongy white core.

Fan the slices in concentric circles, slightly overlapping the fruit, on a large round serving platter.

Drizzle the orange blossom water and any reserved runoff juice over the fruit.

Using a fine sieve, lightly and evenly dust with cinnamon and a generous drizzle of honey.

Chill the oranges for at least 1 hour or longer in the refrigerator before serving.

When ready to serve, sprinkle the pomegranate seeds, pistachios and mint leaves evenly over the top.

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2 Tbsp butter or margarine, divided 2 Tbsp olive oil, divided, plus more as needed 8.8 oz shiitake mushrooms, stems removed, caps sliced into ¼- to ½-inch strips Kosher or sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste Zest of 1 orange 2 large oranges, juiced, about 1 cup, divided 1 small yellow onion, peeled and chopped 9 oz Arborio rice 4 cups warm chicken or vegetable stock or broth 2 Tbsp chopped fresh basil or 2 tsp dried; or 1 Tbsp finely chopped fresh sage leaves or 1 tsp dried 1½ cups young, tiny sweet peas, fresh or frozen Heat 1 tablespoon each of the butter and oil in a large skillet over mediumlow heat until sizzling starts.

Add the mushrooms and salt and pepper and cook, stirring, until tender, 4 to 5 minutes, adding more oil if needed.

Add ¼ cup orange juice and simmer for 3 to 5 minutes until the juice evaporates and the mushrooms are very tender and glazed. Transfer the mushrooms to a bowl and set aside.

Add the remaining butter and oil to the skillet and return to the heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring, for 3 to 4 minutes over medium heat until softened, transparent and just starting to turn golden.

Add the rice and zest and toss with the onions until all the grains are coated in oil. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes more, stirring, until the rice becomes translucent.

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Yields: 6 servings as side dish or starter or 4 as main dish

Add 2 ladles (about 2/3 cup) of stock and cook, stirring constantly and gently, until the liquid is almost absorbed.

If using fresh peas, add them with the first addition of stock. Stir in the fresh or dried herbs at the same time. Continue cooking the risotto over medium heat, adding 2 more ladles (about 2/3 cup) of stock at a time, stirring constantly, allowing each addition of liquid to be almost absorbed before adding more broth.

When the rice has cooked for 10 minutes in this manner, add all the remaining juice and cook until it’s absorbed.

Continue cooking the rice, stirring, adding 2 ladles (about 2/3 cup) of broth at a time until the liquid is absorbed, about another 10 minutes.

When the rice has cooked for a total of 20 minutes, if using frozen peas, stir in the peas, as well as the mushrooms.

Add any remaining stock and cook, stirring, until the liquid is absorbed and the rice is tender and creamy. Total cooking time should be 20 to 25 minutes from the moment the rice is added to the skillet. Taste and add more salt or pepper if needed.

Adapted orange recipes are from Orange Appeal, by Jamie Schler, permission of Gibbs Smith.

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Vegetables: 4 oz baby radishes 4 oz baby carrots, with some of the green top 4 oz baby leeks, trimmed 4 oz baby yellow pattypan squash 2 oz microgreens Prepare a medium-hot fire in the grill.

Brush the radishes, carrots and leeks with olive oil and place in a grilling basket or on a perforated grill rack.

Grill for 4 to 5 minutes, turning often, until the vegetables have just started to brown at the edges.

Zest the limes and set the zest aside.

Baby Vegetables and Microgreens with Charry Lime Vinaigrette Yields: 4 servings Charry Lime Vinaigrette: Zest of 2 limes Juice from the grilled limes 1 Tbsp seasoned rice wine vinegar 1 Tbsp chopped fresh cilantro 1 tsp Dijon mustard 1 tsp sorghum or maple syrup ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper

Halve the limes and grill, cut sides down, for 1 to 2 minutes or until they have good grill marks; adds a smoky, caramelized flavor.

For the Charry Lime Vinaigrette, squeeze the juice of the grilled lime halves into a bowl. Whisk in the reserved lime zest, rice wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, sorghum and olive oil together until well blended. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.

Arrange the vegetables on salad plates and garnish with microgreens. Spoon the vinaigrette over all and serve.

Meyer Lemon Chia Seed Bowl with Tangerines Yields: 2 servings for breakfast, or as a snack or dessert ¼ heaping cup chia seeds 1½ cups dairy or non-dairy milk 2 Tbsp maple syrup, or to taste 1 Tbsp Meyer lemon juice (or other citrus juice) Pinch of sea salt ½ tsp lemon zest Fresh tangerine segments for garnish In a bowl, stir together the chia seeds, milk, maple syrup, Meyer lemon juice, salt and lemon zest.

Cover and chill for at least 1 hour.

To serve, spoon the chia seed mixture into bowls and garnish with tangerine segments.

Adapted lemon and lime recipes are from Red, White, and ’Que: Farm Fresh Foods for the American Grill by Karen Adler and Judith Fertig, permission of Running Press.

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hirty years ago, speaker, author and journalist Lynne McTaggart recovered from an illness using alternative approaches to health. Since then, she’s been exploring the frontiers of healing through consciousness and alternative medicine. In the 1990s, McTaggart, who lives in London, started a newsletter called What Doctors Don’t Tell You, now an international magazine and popular platform at wddty.com that cites thousands of resources showing what works and doesn’t work in conventional and alternative medicine and how to beat chronic conditions naturally.

McTaggart’s seven books include The Intention Experiment, The Field, The Bond and most recently, The Power of Eight. Her latest work examines the transformative power of small groups of people sending thoughts together for a common goal.

Can you summarize the results of your experiments of healing through collective intentions?

We’ve done hundreds of experiments using small and large groups; 30 were tightly controlled scientific studies conducted in conjunction with researchers at institutions such as the University of Arizona, University of California and Penn State University.

The experiments have involved all kinds of intentions, ranging from the relatively simple to the impossibly complex. The large-scale intention experiments involved upwards of 25,000 participants remotely logging onto a website to view photos of the targets, sometimes 8,000 miles away, and NATampa.com

sending them a well-defined intention, like changing the pH balance of water or healing a war veteran of post-traumatic stress disorder.

To date, 26 of those 30 experiments resulted in positive, measurable, mainly scientifically significant effects.

We’ve seen the pH of water change by a full pH number and seen seeds grow twice as much as control seeds.

We also conducted three peace intention experiments with interesting results: After our eight-day intention for Sri Lanka during its civil war, violence levels fell; the government had won several decisive battles that week; and within a few months that 25-year war was over. We can’t say with certainty that we had a hand in this, but our other peace experiments showed similar results. If it happens a few more times, that becomes compelling.

What conditions were the most conducive to manifesting positive results?

Was it intention, the power of the group or altruism? I think it’s a little of all of these. We’ve found that larger groups do not have a larger effect, which brought about the “power of eight” concept. I’ve discovered all that’s needed is a group, whether it’s eight or 8,000. In a group, we seem to lose our sense of individuality and separation from the world. We experience an overwhelming sense of oneness with the other intenders, which may be why our influence then becomes more powerful.

How did the act of sending positive intentions affect the senders?

I was most surprised by the rebound effects reported by participants, whom I started surveying after the Sri Lankan peace experiment. Thousands of extraordinary comments related not only how participants felt during the activity, but also afterwards; they were experiencing major shifts in their relationships, health, careers and well-being.

All they had done was sit individually in front of their computer holding an intention, yet they experienced the altered and mystical states of consciousness described by psychologist Abraham Maslow as “peak experiences”.

Life University, a large chiropractic university in Atlanta, worked with us to study the brainwaves of participants in six “power of eight” groups and found that senders had decreased activity in their frontal and parietal lobes, which govern the sense of self. It was like the boundaries between participants were dissolving into a state of oneness. To me, this partly explained the sense of oneness, compassion and love they

experienced. Andrew Newberg, director of research at the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health, in Philadelphia, recorded similar effects in Sufi masters, and nuns and monks engaged in prayer and meditation, but only after years of learning certain techniques. My participants, all novices, were primed only by watching a 13-minute YouTube video of me explaining how to send intention in a group. Group intention appears to be a fast-track to the miraculous—no experience necessary.

Why does “groupthink” have such a powerful, multiplicative effect?

I think a huge part of it has to do with the power of getting off of yourself and setting an intention for someone else.

Another is the connection created in a group. When we engage together in an activity like praying or setting altruistic intentions, we create a powerful virtual circle that proves healing to both the receivers and senders.

Connect with April Thompson, in Washington, D.C., at AprilWrites.com.

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Mendez and Sallabery are remarkable community leaders, having not only launched what is now PR’s number one health and wellness publication, but also having originated and managed the most important annual health and wellness expo in PR and the Caribbean, created a natural health network of discounted services with more than 1,000 providers and 250,000 members, and founded an alternative eco-school to serve PR’s western coast.

Natural Awakenings publishers have created a GoFundMe account to support their efforts to rebuild PR’s holistic health and wellness community at a time when healing services are desperately needed.

Mendez and Sallaberry will be trustees of this fund and will disseminate the proceeds to the people and organizations in PR at their discretion.

Natural Awakenings Publishing Corporation CEO Sharon Bruckman says, “Through this campaign, we are offering a way to directly affect the natural health community in Puerto Rico, allowing for continued sustenance in the months to come.”

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ne of the greatest challenges parents face is connecting with their children in deep and meaningful ways. The aim of awakened families is to raise strong and emotionally resilient children.

Parenting expert and clinical psychologist Shefali Tsabary, Ph.D., author of The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children and The Awakened Family: A Revolution in Parenting, offers mindful approaches to benefit the family—and the community. Via her practice in New York City, appearances on Oprah and online courses, Tsabary provides awareness, skills and strategies to revolutionize families. She posts videos and blogs at DrShefali.com.

How do parents know if they’re on the right track?

To be awakened or conscious means to realize that we carry emotional baggage and conditioning from childhood that affects our relationship with our children. Our old ways of thinking and

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being from our own childhood shape the manner in which we react and interact today.

Awakened parents are constantly evolving into their truest and most authentic selves. When parents undertake a daily practice of mindfulness and awareness, they begin to extricate themselves from blind reactivity to see how every problem with their children is a call to their own awakening. Parents will know they are on the right track because they will connect more with their children, empowering them to think and live autonomously—separate from a parent’s fantasies and expectations.

How can each family member connect with their true self?

Parents need to understand that the path to creating a connected relationship with their children is to first create one with themselves. Realizing this, they consider their own inner growth a high priority.

Children need to learn who they are and what they really enjoy. Parents

and shame my children?” In such introspection, they might discover triggers from old wounds that have nothing to do with a child’s behavior.

When they can see the internal link, they can begin to make the transformations they need.

As a parent, I have learned that my role is to step aside, stay in infinite possibility, heal my own wounds, fill my own bucket and let my child fly.

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can help by allowing children to just sit by themselves. If inundated with activities and subjected to numerous lessons, how can young people hope to recognize their authentic voice amid the din of all this “doing”?

How do children benefit from conscious or awakened parenting?

Conscious parenting mandates that we place the task of connecting with our children front and center, especially before correcting them. Admonishing and punishing them becomes secondary to the main imperative of conscious connection. It’s crucial we realize we aren’t raising a “mini-me”, but a spirit throbbing with its own signature. Thus, it’s vital to separate in our mind who we are from who each child is. Children aren’t ours to possess or own in any way. When we know this in the depths of our soul, we tailor their raising to their needs, rather than molding them to fit our needs.

Children raised in this way grow up to be fearless and infinitely resilient, knowing that their purpose in life is to live in their most authentic and true

How can closer, awakened families co-create a better world via the ripple effect?

way. Conflicts decrease and conscious, connected communication increases.

What can parents do when they fall back into old patterns, shaming children or doing other things that create distance?

When this happens, parents need to sit with themselves and look deeply within, asking: “What is it about me that feels the need to deride, scorn

When children grow up feeling connected with their parents and deeply seen by them, they march into the outer world feeling self-confident and aware of who they truly are, secure in their own inherent inner-connectivity. Children raised in this manner naturally help advocate for peace and harmony in all of their relationships; incidents of bullying, anxiety and discrediting one’s self and others decrease exponentially.

Judith Fertig is a freelance writer from Overland Park, KS (JudithFertig.com).

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se it up, wear it out, make do or do without,” was the motto of past generations. Today, it’s recycle, repurpose and reinvent. Nostalgia is making a comeback. It’s tempting to revert to successful old-fashioned ways; it’s even better to update the how-to of natural eco-living.

Preserve Food “There are tradeoffs between convenience and environmental impact,” says Kathleen Hanover, executive creative director at Imagine That Creative Marketing Services, in Dayton, Ohio.

“I’d love to freeze all of our family’s produce, but after two power outages, I can veggies, too. Steam canners for jams, jellies, tomatoes and high-acid foods use three inches of water and 10 minutes of energy.”

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Shel Horowitz, a consultant for Green and Profitable and co-author of Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World, joined a food co-op in the 1970s. Today, it has 9,000 members. “I dehydrate veggies for soup, pasta, stir-fry dishes or as tomato or zucchini chips,” he says.

“Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks, celery, kale, hot peppers, tomatillos and fruit were successful; eggplant, cucumbers and rhubarb were not.”

Use It All The Traditional Line menu devised by executive chef Mark Russell, of Great Performances, a sustainability-oriented high-end catering and food service company in New York City, remarks, “Food trends have changed,” noting preserving, freezing, pickling and canning remain sound. He salutes thrifty

Depression-era practices.

“My grandparents picked dandelion greens to fry in bacon fat,” he says. “A salad with olive oil and fresh tomato is healthier.” Fermented grape leaves can be rolled up into dolmas filled with local grains and feta cheese instead of meat.

He also blanches and freezes cauliflower leaves, warmed in butter to serve; he’s then used the whole vegetable.

Nasturtium leaves are fermented, seeds and stems pickled and flowers puréed. “I make nasturtium flower coulis, bright orange and spicy, to dollop on freshwater fish,” Russell says. “Stems are minced into grain salads and seeds sprinkled on slabs of beefsteak tomatoes. Leaves, soft from fermentation, wrap around fresh goat cheese, shred into coleslaw or pair with steamed basmati rice.”

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Apply Gardening Tips Containers ease gardening, especially for tomatoes. Hanover repurposes plastic cat litter buckets. “They’re sturdy and hold up in cold weather,” she says.

“Alpaca poop fertilizer supplied by a neighbor doesn’t smell and plants thrive.”

Ocala, Florida, reiki master and teacher Debi Goldben employs nature’s bounty at home. “Downspouts collect rainwater for the garden, and it’s much better than chemically treated city water,” she says. Some municipalities, including in Colorado, regulate rainwater collection, mandating the size and number of barrels per property “for outdoor use only”.

Sew Up Repairs Anca Gooje, owner of Chid Kala, a natural ingredient lotion maker in Scar-

borough, Maine, uses colorful patches to repair tears and update the look of her two children’s clothing.

She also recompressed their sofa’s inner springs to their original shape by encasing them in fabric. “It was time-consuming, but only cost a few dollars for fabric,” she relates. “Updating avoided creating more landfill. For a fresh look, I made a new cover.”

Multipurpose a Cook Pot “My mother believed pressure cookers would explode, so I bought an Instant Pot and changed the way I cook,” says Sue Ann Jaffarian, a Los Angeles

paralegal and mystery writer. “I have a demanding day job and writing deadlines. I toss in healthy ingredients and have a simple homemade meal, often vegan, in a minute. Soup, stew, risotto, pasta, chili, pudding, brown rice and oatmeal work well. It doesn’t heat up the kitchen, either.”

The Instant Pot works like a crock pot, pressure cooker, steamer, sauté pan, warming pot, rice cooker and yogurt maker, replacing seven appliances.

Employ Onsite Power “My Hadley, Massachusetts, farmhouse, built in 1743, might be the oldest solar home in the country,” muses Horowitz. “Our farmer neighbors have a methane digester to turn cow poop and restaurant waste into electricity and heat. We’ll hook up to it to replace heating oil.”

Make Holiday Décor “Retro-style repurposing is smart, fun and easy,” says upstate New York lifestyle writer and cookbook author Cynthia O’Connor O’Hara.

“I glued together assorted cups, saucers and plates with glass-specific glue to create tiered servers that double as a centerpiece. Check your house to find dishware that will look nice together.”

It’s satisfying to combine experiences with updated technology, save time and support a healthier planet, both during the holidays and yearround.

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ust as dogs’ and cats’ noses are more efficient than ours, they also have better hearing, reacting to a broader and higher range of frequencies and vibrations.

“We sense our world from where our ears are. Our plane is generally five to six feet high; animals closer to the ground hear things differently,” says Janet Marlow, founder and CEO of Pet Acoustics, in Washington Depot, Connecticut. The internationally renowned musician, composer and sound behaviorist has invented species-specific music based on her 30 years of research.

Humans hear up to 23,000 Hertz (Hz), which differs substantially from that of many other creatures (lsu.edu/deafness/ HearingRange.html). A Hertz is a standard unit of frequency set at one cycle per second.

Horses Hear Up to 33,500 Hz Marlow found that horses prefer rhythmic pieces matching their natural movements. “When a Tennessee walking horse breeder played music during a birth, the foal and mother recovered faster than usual.” After that, “The horses ran to the barn upon hearing the same music.”

Sally Morgan, a physical therapist and advanced certified Tellington TTouch practitioner in Northampton, Massachusetts, who has enjoyed freestyle performance riding, says, “I liked to play our songs in the barn. Five CD players can keep horses relaxed most

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of the day. They don’t like country-western music; it’s often sad and in the wrong cadence. Classical music like Bach is calming. When I played Pachelbel’s Canon in D on my flute, my Morgan gelding, Ten Penny Moonshine, listened for hours.”

Rabbits Hear Up to 42,000 Hz “Rescued rabbits like long tones, common in music accompanying yoga or reiki,” Morgan relates. “Long tones hold a chord with layers of notes on top.”

Dogs Hear Up to 45,000 Hz “People hear in stereo, animals in mono,” says Marlow. It’s why dogs tilt their heads left to right—to allow more sound waves into their ears—collecting information from various angles.

Sound frequency and intensity keeps an animal alive in nature; they learn to flee in another direction, not analyze. Separation anxiety is often due to a sound the dog doesn’t recognize, Marlow explains. Sound triggers behavior, whether good or bad, as dogs relax or are stressed. Music releases tension from their being ever-vigilant as seen in their posture.

To understand what a dog hears, sit or crawl on the floor. Electronic speakers are usually positioned at heights conducive for our ears, not theirs.

“For the holidays, my dogs and horses like We Three Kings, The Holly and the Ivy and especially Greensleeves for their baroque roots and repeating patterns,” notes Morgan.

Cats Hear Up to 64,000 Hz Marlow credits her cat, Osborn, with inspiring her interest in music for animals. When Osborn was injured, she visited the veterinary hospital and sang to him to keep him calm. Her home state’s Litchfield Veterinary Hospital became her initial testing ground for species-specific music.

“We use Pet Acoustics music boxes in the cat ward, recovery rooms and

exam rooms,” says Heather Florkowski, a certified technician at the facility. “In our experience, stress inhibits the healing process.

Like people, animals are anxious when ill and visiting the doctor’s office. Music helps ease their stress.

At home, when I move the music box to another room, my dog follows it.”

“During a TTouch session, cats are completely relaxed when I play New Age music for them,” says Morgan.

“Pick music that fits the cat’s personality. You can tell what they like from their body language; it’s not always what you’d expect.”

Aquarium Fish Hear Up to 3,000 Hz “Fish are frantic animals that must always anticipate their next meal,” says Sam Williamson, a former marine biologist in Edinburgh, Scotland. “When I started playing classical music at feeding time, I noticed my three betas became calmer. A piece by Benjamin Britten, started two minutes before feeding, led to them expect food only when the music played.”

Domesticated Birds Hear Up to 8,500 Hz In the wild, birds are part of a flock.

At home, they’re often solitary. “Birds are the most musical and communicative of all animals,” remarks Marlow. “Without companionship, birds can get neurotic and pull their feathers out. Provide a sense of the outdoors by including nature sounds in played music.”

“Animals need us to be aware of their hearing,” Marlow advises. “Holistic pet people have addressed improved diet and medical procedures. Understanding how music supports their well-being also enables us to better care for them.”

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3

Kick-Your-Asana Budokon Yoga Flow – 6-8pm.

Sensei Donato Helbling, director of Budokon Miami & the Budokon Mixed Martial Arts System, visits the Yoga Village with his fun, challenging and inspiring style that will help get your weekend started like a ninja! Flow through the signature transitions from the Budokon Yoga Primary Series, blending yoga and martial arts, as well as learn some new tricks. $30/in advance, $35/day of event. 2760 Daniel St., Clearwater. 727-712-1475, Info@AYogaVillage.com, AYogaVillage.com/events.

Live Sadhana – 4:45-7:30am. Join Sat Purkh Kaur Khalsa, author, singer & songwriter, KRI Certified Level Three Kundalini Yoga teacher, lead trainer in the Aquarian Trainer Academy, for live music meditation practice. Class begins with Japji, a Sikh prayer, followed by 45 minutes of Kundalini Yoga and relaxation. Final hour is live music and chanting of the seven powerful Aquarian Sadhana mantras

by Sat Purkh. Free. Yoga Village, 2760 Daniel St., Clearwater. Info/registration, 727-712-1475, Info@ AYogaVillage.com, AYogaVillage.com/events.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2 Yoga for Scoliosis with Deborah Wolk – 10am12:30pm Looking at the bones. How to see alignment of the bones in the scoliotic environment and perhaps change their direction. 2:30-5pm Support and balance from the legs. Scoliosis creates a torque in the pelvis. Learn to see where this lack of support is to help with even leg use and balance. Shanti Vinyasa Studio, 9079 Belcher Rd. N, Pinellas Park. Info, Nancy 727-542-0116. Register ShantiVinyasa.com.

Ayurveda for Emotional Health – 11:30am12:45pm. Presented by Dr. Sushma Jakkula. Ojas Ayurveda, 6201 Lynn Rd., Tampa. Info, 813-6660810, OjasAyurveda.fl@gmail.com.

Yoga for Scoliosis with Deborah Wolk – 10:30am1pm Extension & Connection in the Arms for Trunk Support and Lift. Learn how to create traction and lengthen the spine with the arms. 3-5:30pm Pranayama for Back Care & Scoliosis. Yogic breathing practices can provide more support for your spine as the asana for helping work with your back issue and/ or scoliosis. Shanti Vinyasa Studio, 9079 Belcher Rd. N, Pinellas Park. Info, Nancy 727-542-0116.

Register ShantiVinyasa.com.

Full Moon Gentle Yoga and Sound Healing with Crystal Bowls – 7-8:30pm. Come relax and release what no longer serves you! Join Meredith Futernick, holistic counselor, for gentle yoga postures, breathing techniques, body scan meditation and sound healing to celebrate the full moon. Bring a yoga mat and a friend! Love Donation. Blissful Beginnings, 9365 Hwy. 19 N, Ste. B, Pinellas Park.

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Herbal Holiday Gifts Workshop – Noon-2pm.

In this hands-on class, we will create three different herbal products by Donna Duncan, Herbalist, including Calm Spirit Bags, Chai Tea Facial Scrub and Herbal Footbath Salts, using dried herbs and other natural ingredients that promote calmness and relaxation to the nervous system. The Health Hut, 26403 Chianina Dr., Wesley Chapel. Info & registration, Janice 727-505-0402 or imHerbalist. com/events.

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Hearty-Happy Hour Yoga – 5:45-6:45pm. Join Denise Westlake for a yoga class that will focus on relieving stress in the mind and the body. CounterBalance Therapy, 114 Pauls Dr., Brandon. Info, 813-325-1296, CounterbalanceTherapy.com.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 Friday Night Yin Yoga – 6:30-8pm. Heather Benton, ERYT500. This practice targets the dense connective tissue of the hips, pelvis and lower spine. Postures are held for longer periods allowing practitioner to dive deep and open the flow of energy more easily to the entire body. Slow moving, practice is done with the assistance of blocks, blankets, bolsters and straps so all levels can participate. $15/Advance; $20/Door. Yoga4All, 8836 Seminole Blvd., Seminole. Info, 727-480-3004. Registration Yoga4All.com/workshops.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9 Tranquil Abiding Jewelry Annual Trunk Show – 9am-5pm. The 6th annual Tranquil Abiding trunk show will feature all their new designs, gemstones and styles of jewelry, perfectly timed for your holiday shopping. Wear a piece of Tranquil Abiding that you own. Purchase another piece to add to your collection or as a gift. Then, choose a free pair of earrings as a gift from Theresa. Free event.

Yoga Village, 2760 Daniel St., Clearwater. Info/ registration, 727-712-1475, Info@AYogaVillage. com, AYogaVillage.com/events.

Holiday Open House CounterBalance Therapy – 10am-4pm. CounterBalance Therapy, 114 Pauls Dr., Brandon. Info, 813-325-1296, CounterbalanceTherapy.com.

Tantra: The Art of Living in Fulfillment – 11am.

Spiritual sharings by Ahnanda. Conscious living is the path of inner knowledge. Tantra is the journey of integration of all energies. Info, aOmnipresent@ gmail.com. Blog, avyakt7.com.

Natural Med Therapies: Healthy Gift Giving this Holiday Season – 11am-12:30pm. Join the expert Liz Dalbo for this fun class and learn many gift ideas to keep your family and friends healthy this season naturally using essential oils. Create gifts your loved ones will enjoy and can use all year long! Free Class.

Natural Med Therapies, 7600 Bryan Dairy Rd., Ste. C, Largo. RSVP 727-541-2211.

Knotta-Malas: Make-Take-Meditate – 11am1pm. Amanda James, E-RYT. Learn to make your own Knotta-Malas and how to use them for personal meditation. Using them fills them with

positive energy, wearing them reminds you of the calm, centered feeling you cultivated. Great for holiday gifts too. Fee includes materials for 2 malas and a handout. Kids 9 and up welcome with adult supervision/participation (limit 2 malas per registration). $30. Yoga4All, 8836 Seminole Blvd., Seminole. Info, Amanda 727-744-0702. Registration Yoga4All.com/workshops.

Yoga to Master Stress – 1-3:30pm. Discover how the ancient mind/body/life practices of authentic yoga can be tailored to challenge this direction and all the ill effects that come with unhealthy stress.

Learn practical, life changing tools to change your understanding of and relationship to stress. No yoga experience needed. Workshop cost is included with unlimited pass or $25 without. St. Pete Yoga, 2842 Dr. MLK Jr. St. N. Sign-up, 727-894-9642, StPeteYoga.com, Info@StPeteYoga.com.

Chakra Energy Centers – 1:30-5:30pm. Universal Life Energy moves around us, in us and as us. Yogis call this prana, which channels into our physical body through seven major centers/chakras. Learn to become more in-tune and aware of this energy or the areas where it might be blocked. 4 hrs. CE for yoga teachers. Jill Perry, E-RYT500, YACEP. $30/ through Dec. 2; $45/Dec. 3-9. Tree Of Life Yoga, 6800 Gulfport Blvd., Ste. 205, S Pasadena. Info & registration, 727-514-3051. TreeOfLifeYoga.org.

Robert Austin Sound Journey – 2-3:30pm. Robert Austin, sound healer, uses crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls and other magical instruments to open the door to healing, for all levels of consciousness.

Allow yourself to soar with spirit through this unique and life affirming experience. These healing vibrations and sounds are not only soothing to your ears, but soothing to your soul. $25. Shanti Vinyasa Studio, 9079 Belcher Rd. N, Pinellas Park.

727-542-0116, ShantiVinyasa.com, Facebook/ Shanti Vinyasa.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10 Meditacion: Como Mejorar La Salud – 10am1pm. Fisica y Mental. Dra. Marta Alarcon, MD (Colombia), consejera, hipnoterapista, Reiki Master.

Confirmar su asistencia, 813-340-3556, MartaAlarcon408@yahoo.com.

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Reiki I Class – 10:30am-6:30pm. Do you have a calling to help others? Do you have a practice for self-care to support personal healing? Would you like to feel better? Empower yourself with a simple yet effective spiritual healing practice-reiki. Students receive four initiations and reiki certification upon completion of class. $155. Blissful Beginnings, 9365 Hwy. 19 N, Ste. B, Pinellas Park. Info, Kandi 727-469-3334, Reiki4WellBeing.com.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13 Sweat Stretch & Renew – 10-11am. A little Hatha, a little Vinyasa, a little Restorative and a whole lot of fun! Join Ellen for this balanced class that will leave you feeling relaxed and refreshed. CounterBalance Therapy, 114 Pauls Dr., Brandon. Info, 813-3251296, CounterbalanceTherapy.com.

Celebration Lady of Guadalupe – 11am Rosary.

12:30pm Mass at St. Paul Catholic Church, followed by lunch. Info, Maria Antonieta, 813-334-7424, ReikiShrine@gmail.com.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14

Reversing Crohn’s, Colitis and IBD Naturally – 6-7:30pm. Autoimmune diseases with common underlying root causes. Join Dr. Les Cole to learn how to address and reverse these conditions naturally. Free. St. Petersburg Health & Wellness, 2100 Dr. MLK Jr. St. N., St. Petersburg, 727-202-6807, StPetehw.com.

Free MeetUP: Brain Plasticity – 6:30-8:30pm.

Patricia V. Scott, PhD facilitates interactive discussion about the new research on brain plasticity and the possibilities it offers in hypnosis & NLP. MeetUP is free, contributions appreciated to offset expenses.

UP Hypnosis Institute, Terrace Plaza, 1810 S. Pinellas Ave., Tarpon Springs. 727-943-5003. Details UPHypnosis.com.

Intuitive Development: Meet Your Spirit Guides – 7-9pm. Join Kim Cintio to meet your spirit guide. Each month, you will meet another guide, guardian or angel and she will help you expand your psychic abilities and intuitive mind. She will share guided information from the Universe and teach you how to deliver a message from spirit. $25. Awakening Wellness Center, 6161 MLK Jr. St. N (9th St.), Ste. 100, St Petersburg. 727-289-4747. Info, text or call Kim 954-253-0705. AwakeningWellness.org.

Ericksonian Hypnosis Master Class – 6:30-9pm.

Interactive class exploring the genius of Milton Erickson and conversational hypnosis. Public participate as practice clients. Hypnosis-NLP certified practitioners get 3 CEUs. $35 or $25/UPHI Members. Includes scripts & CD (1st visit). UP Hypnosis Institute, Terrace Plaza, 1810 S. Pinellas Ave., Tarpon Springs. 727-943-5003. UPHypnosis.com.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16 Yoga Nidra – 3-4pm. Doug Warner, E-RYT500. Yoga nidra is a unique form of guided meditation with the practitioner comfortably reclined and supported. The nidra practice gently trains the mind to stay consciously aware while creating a sense of deep relaxation. All student levels welcome. Wear loose, comfortable clothes. $15/Advance; $20/Door. Yoga4All, 8836 Seminole Blvd., Seminole. Info, Douglas 727-8045356. Registration Yoga4All.com/workshops.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17 Yoga to Heal Your Back – 1-3:30pm. Learn the correct sequence and practices to heal your back. We will cover more than the simple use of postures to superficially treat the pain. Using the full spectrum of authentic yoga, class includes mind and life yoga and body tools to move you towards more lasting healing. Workshop cost included with unlimited pass; $25 without. St. Pete Yoga, 2842 Dr. MLK Jr. St. N. Sign-up, 727-894-9642, StPeteYoga.com, Info@StPeteYoga.com.

Yoga Nidra with Nancy MacDonald – 2:303:30pm. With over 100 hours’ training and nine years’ experience in guiding Yoga Nidra, Nancy

60 minute personalized massage 30 minute personalized facials 30 minute far infrared therapy session

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guides you in this meditation known as Yogic Sleep for self-healing and integration. It involves systematically relaxing the body, breath and mind as you enter a deeply relaxed state to refresh the physical, emotional and mental bodies. All levels.

No experience necessary. $15. Shanti Vinyasa Studio, 9079 Belcher Rd. N, Pinellas Park. Register, 727-542-0116, ShantiVinyasa.com.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 18 New Moon Gentle Yoga and Sound Healing with Crystal Bowls – 7-8:30pm. Come relax and release what no longer serves you! Join Meredith Futernick, holistic counselor, for gentle yoga postures, breathing techniques, body scan meditation and sound healing to celebrate the full moon. Bring a yoga mat and a friend! Love Donation. Blissful Beginnings, 9365 Hwy. 19 N, Ste. B, Pinellas Park.

SenseOfSelfMeredith.com.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 6 14th Annual World Hypnotism Day – 11am-4pm.

Event benefits Veterans Art Center. Your Unlimited Mind - Learn how hypnosis & NLP are used in behavioral & medical issues with international experts.

Drop in or stay all day. Goodie bags, Door Prizes, Refreshments. Free sessions for vets all January. UP Hypnosis Institute, Terrace Plaza, 1810 S. Pinellas Ave., Tarpon Springs. 727-943-5003. UPHypnosis. com.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 13 200 Hour Teacher Training – 9am-6pm. Jan. 13May 5. Yoga Alliance certified training with Missy White, E-RYT 500 and special guests. Immerse yourself in the experience of yoga in this weekend intensive to develop and refine your personal practice, learn how to teach various types of yoga including hot yoga, vinyasa flow and multilevel classes.

Studio 108, 11059 Countryway Blvd., Tampa. Apply now, 813-343-8887, Info@Studio108Tampa.com, Studio108Tampa.com.

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31 NEW YEAR’S EVE New Year’s Release and Flow – 4:30-5:45pm.

Come join us for a class that will leave you refreshed for just about any New Year’s Eve activity. Enjoy a gentle, playful and relaxing flow, postures designed for release, pranayama, mindful meditation and a ritual releasing of 2017. Drop-in or use pass or membership. Tree Of Life Yoga, 6800 Gulfport Blvd., Ste. 205, S Pasadena. Info & registration, 727-514-3051. TreeOfLifeYoga.org.

New Year’s Eve Gong Immersion – 6:30-8:30pm & 9:30–11:30pm. Gail (Updesh Kaur) Dutton, Kundalini Yoga lead trainer in the Aquarian Trainer Academy & teacher, 500 RYT. Celebrate the ringing in of the New Year with consciousness; clear away the negative feelings and thought patterns of the past year, set your intentions for 2018 and meditate to create, commit and energize your vision. Advanced registration encouraged. $25/advance, $30/day of event. Yoga Village, 2760 Daniel St., Clearwater.

Info/registration, 727-712-1475, Info@AYogaVillage.com, AYogaVillage.com/events.

PLAN AHEAD MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 2018 Detox Flow – 10-11:15am. Join us New Year’s Day with this gentle yet vigorous flow class that is specifically designed to detoxify your body and mind.

The poses and breathing techniques are sequenced to boost the immune system and renew the digestive system through the detoxification process. Drop-in or use pass or membership. Tree Of Life Yoga, 6800 Gulfport Blvd., Ste. 205, S Pasadena. Info & registration, 727-514-3051. TreeOfLifeYoga.org.

300 Hour Teacher Training – 9am-6pm. Jan. 13June 16. Yoga Alliance certified training with Missy White E-RYT 500 and special guests. Immerse yourself in the experience of yoga in this weekend intensive to develop and refine your personal practice, learn how to teach various types of yoga including hot yoga, vinyasa flow and multilevel classes.

Studio 108, 11059 Countryway Blvd., Tampa. Apply now, 813-343-8887, Info@Studio108Tampa.com, Studio108Tampa.com.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24 Ribbon Cutting Ceremony – 5-8pm. Healthy Lifestyles Tampa Bay will be hosting a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with the Mayor of St. Petersburg and the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce. The staff will be meeting guests and discussing how Healthy Lifestyles Tampa Bay assists people developing the healthiest lifestyles possible for themselves.

Delicious food and drink served. 8479 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. N, St. Pete. 727-906-6185. HealthyLifestylesTampaBay.com.

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Iyengar Yoga Workshop with Dean Lerner – Jan. 26-28. 5-7pm Friday. 10am-12:30pm and 2-4pm Saturday. Practice reflection and devotion: The Acts of Yoga. Senior Iyengar teach Dean Lerner teaches in the U.S. and abroad and is coming to teach for the first time in Tampa Bay. Practicing yoga since the mid-1970s and teaching since 1980, he studied with Shri B.K.S. Iyengar on numerous occasions.

Shanti Vinyasa Studio, 9079 Belcher Rd. N, Pinellas Park. Registration, Anastasia Iyengar Yoga, aIyengarYoga.com.

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ongoingevents sunday Gentle Restorative Yoga – 9-10:15am. Doug Warner E-RYT. Learn to observe the breath and feel the subtle effects in your body. Benefits: relieve stress, recover from illness & fatigue, increase flexibility & circulation, relax, and quiet the mind. All student levels welcome. Yoga4All, 8836 Seminole Blvd., Seminole. Info, Doug 727-804-5356. Yoga4All.com.

25 Years of Teaching Meditation – 10-11am Sun; 6:30-8:30pm Weds; 6-7pm Fri. Learn three unique pre-Buddhist approaches to practicing meditation; techniques used by the earliest Yogis designed to awaken into the freedom and fullness of yourSelf. Practice the fundamentals, avoid common pitfalls, and get guidance creating a practical, sustainable, life-changing practice.

St. Petersburg Yoga, 2842 Dr. MLK St. N., 727-8949642, info@stpeteyoga.com, StPeteYoga.com.

Celebration Service – 10:30am-noon. Join Mary Lou Houllis and other master teachers for this weekly gathering of like-minded spiritual and metaphysical people to celebrate and affirm the consciousness of oneness and co-creation. Donations accepted. NBOC, 1730 S. Pinellas Ave., Tarpon Springs. Mary Lou, 727-415-3600, nbocGlobal.org Shamanic Dream-work Journey Circle – 1:00-4:00 Sing, Dance, Drum, & Rattle to learn how to access the Dream for divination, healing, sharing, by creating strong friendships & community in a shamanic circle.

Every Sunday join Mira where everything is possible.

We will shift and lift the spirits in order to heal & learn how Shaman safely create miracles empowering your own inner shaman to develop more and more each week. Cost: Suggested $33 TEXT Mira for info (813)500-9863 Awakening Wellness Center 6161 MLK Jr. North (9 Street) Ste.100 St Petersburg FL. (727)289-4747 www.awakeningwellness.org

monday Gentle AM Yoga – 10-11:30am. Gentle morning class that warms the joints slowly and gently, bringing fluidity back into the body. Not a lot of getting up and down; all poses can be modified to work with your body. Excellent class for chronic back pain; learn from back care specialist, easy/gentle Nancy MacDonald. Alignment using props brings ease to poses. Shanti Vinyasa, 9079 Belcher Rd., Pinellas Park. Purchase class passes at ShantiVinyasa.com.

Inner Wisdom Coaching Circle – 6-8pm. Join Coach Dianne Kipp in a “telecoaching” group each month to discover your internal wisdom, while learning how to overcome your “Monkey Mind” negative self-talk. You will learn the foundations of Ontological coaching, as well experience what it is like to “be coached”. Bring your life challenges, desires, and dreams and we’ll get you on the road to your success! $30 per person per month; 3 or 6 month commitment required. Contact Coach Dianne 727-481-1646 or coach@diannekipp.com.

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Monday Evening Meditation – 6:30-7:30pm.

Relaxing meditation and sound healing with the Tibetan Bowls, which can open you to deeper levels of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual understanding. All welcome. $8. Awakening Wellness Center, 6161 MLK Jr. St. N, Ste. 100, St. Petersburg.

727-289-4747. AwakeningWellness.org.

Attention Coaches and Want-a-Be Coaches! – Join Coach Dianne Kipp, experienced, certified and mentoring coach on a monthly “coaches conversation call” to build community, exchange ideas and gain insight to solving difficult client challenges.

Details 727-481-1646, diannekipp.com.

tuesday Kids Mindful Yoga – 4-5pm. Also Thurs. Kids ages 5 to 9 can learn the fundamentals of Mindfulness in body, breath, mind & life through yoga. Taught by our Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Yoga Instructor, and Mom of two. Parents can relax at the same time in their own separate Restorative class. 4-5pm, St. Petersburg Yoga, 2842 Dr. MLK St. N., 727-894-9642, info@stpeteyoga.com, StPeteYoga.com.

Acupuncture & Cupping with Amparo – 4:307:30pm. 30-minute sessions with our certified Florida licensed acupuncturist, Amparo Parades. $30. Awakening Wellness Center, 6161 MLK Jr. St. N, Ste. 100, St. Petersburg. 727-289-4747. AwakeningWellness.org. Text Amparo 727-287-8350.

Align and Strengthen – 5:45-7pm. Nancy MacDonald uses her knowledge of anatomy and biomechanics to allow your yoga practice to unfold with structure yet playfulness. Understand the ease within the postures even as they challenge you; deepen your understanding of the yoga postures, develop greater flexibility and awaken the mind-body connection.

Shanti Vinyasa Studio, 9079 Belcher Rd., Pinellas Park. Info, 727-542-0116, ShantiVinyasa.com.

Mary Jane Jeffery, of Seminole, enjoys reading NA every month, and shares this picture of her handsome Jasper, ready for a ride. meridian lines. $16. Living Room Yoga, 8424 4th St. N, Ste. F, St. Pete. 727-826-4754, Schedulicity. com/scheduling/LRYQK9/classes.

Minding Your Weight: Create Your Ideal Healthy Body – 6:30-8:30pm, 2nd Tues. monthly. Patricia V. Scott, Ph.D., teaches hypnosis & NLP techniques for achieving and maintaining a fit, healthy body & lifestyle. Guided hypnosis included. $25/One class or Buy five/get one class free. UP Hypnosis Institute, Terrace Plaza, 1810 S. Pinellas Ave., Suite G, Tarpon Springs. 727-943-5003. UPHypnosis.com.

Making Music for Healing – 7:45-8:45pm. Every other Tues. Intro to Native American flute with Claudia Tristancho. Learn how easy it is to play and heal using handmade instruments by local flute maker Utah Farris. All levels welcome. $8. Handmade flutes available for purchase. Awakening Wellness Center, 6161 MLK Jr. St. N, Ste. 100, St. Petersburg.

727-289-4747. AwakeningWellness.org.

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Free Yoga Class – 5:45-7pm. Beginners welcome.

If you are new to yoga or new to Yoga4All, are a Pinellas County resident and want to check us out, please join us for this or any one class at the studio for free (limit one). Yoga4All, 8836 Seminole Blvd., Seminole. Marty 727-392-9642, Yoga4All.com.

Ageless Agility: Not Just Yoga Anymore – 8:309:45am or 10-11:30am. Nancy MacDonald presents mindful strength training for those who don’t want the gym or are recovering from injury or illness.

Focus on balance/fall prevention uses resistance bands, balance discs, small weighted balls and more.

Shanti Vinyasa, 9079 Belcher Rd., Pinellas Park.

Info, 727-542-0116, ShantiVinaysa.com.

Acupuncture Intern Clinic $25 + Cost of Herbs – 6-8pm. Students spend about an hour or two using the Chinese medicine system of evaluation to see what herbs and herbal formulas to recommend for you. They are supervised by one of our experienced acupuncture & herbal practitioners. Appointments only. Acupuncture & Herbal Therapies, 2520 Central Ave.,St. Pete, 727-551-0857, AcuHerbals.com.

Reiki Share – 10am-2pm. By appointment only.

Experience the most profound, powerful & gentle relaxation technique; feel renewed and lighter.

Re-establish healthy frequencies of cells and your whole vibrational field, bringing back health to cells, tissues and organs. Complements any form of therapy. Appointments, 813-813-334-7424 Maria, 813-447-2558 Raysa or ReikiShrine@gmail.com.

Roll & Renew – 6:30pm. Yoga for Stress with Stacy Renz, E-RYT, PYT, OTR. Spend the hour on the floor luxuriating in breath, long stretches and self-massage. Learn to use the foam roller and yoga tune-up balls to alleviate trigger points and stimulate

Gentle & Restorative Yoga 5:30-6:30 – Learn to use your breath and become familiar with the subtle nuanced language of your body. Tachi Crisanti leads this gentle, yet powerful class using philosophy and postures that will stretch your abilities. All levels

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Welcome Cost: $10 per class or, buy 5 classes and pay only for $40.00 deal! For Info call Tachi (203) 980-7532. Awakening Wellness Center 6161 MLK Jr. North (9 Street) Ste.100 St Petersburg FL. (727) 289-4747 www.awakeningwellness.org Herb Student Clinic $10 + Cost of Herbs – 6-8pm.

Students spend about an hour or two using the Chinese medicine system of evaluation to see what herbs and herbal formulas to recommend for you.

They are supervised by one of our experienced acupuncture & herbal practitioners. Appointments only. Acupuncture & Herbal Therapies, 2520 Central Ave.,St. Pete, 727-551-0857, AcuHerbals.com.

Mindfulness Meditation & Practice – 7-8:45pm. In the spirit of Thich Nhat Hanh. Mindfulness practice helps to cultivate compassion, develop inner peace and experience joy in daily life. UU St Pete, 719 Arlington Ave N, St Petersburg, Info floridamindfulness.org.

Powerful Tools to Create Your New Reality – 7-8:30pm. Join Miles Blount for a weekly meet-up discussing exact principles of how we create our reality. $5. NBOC, 1730 S. Pinellas Ave., Tarpon Springs.

Mary Lou, 727-415-3600, nbocGlobal.org.

thursday Almost Hot Fun-Day Flow – 5:45-7pm. Heather Benton, E-RYT500 helps you find your flow and kick your asana into gear to some rockin’ tunes and prepare you for a deep meditation. Connecting breath to movement, leave refreshed and invigorated. Bring water and towel. Yoga4All, 8836 Seminole Blvd., Seminole. Info, Heather 727-480-3004. Yoga4All.com.

Hypnosis & NLP Master Class-MeetUP – 6-9pm.

Usually held last Thursday; check website to be sure.

Public welcome to participate as practice clients & enjoy experiencing Hypnosis-NLP with certified practitioners receiving 3 CEUs to expand skills with techniques, scripts & interactive practice with attendees. $35; $25 (UPHI Members). UP Hypnosis Institute, Terrace Plaza, 1810 S. Pinellas Ave., Suite G, Tarpon Springs. 727-943-5003. UPHypnosis.com.

Living Your Truth Guided Meditation – 7-8:30pm.

First three Thursdays every month. Phillip Walker, LCSW and reiki master teacher, guides the meditative experience with crystal singing bowls and music to journey deeper into your true self. $10. Awakening Wellness Center, 6161 MLK Jr. St. N (9th St.), Ste.100, St. Petersburg. Info, Phillip 813-817-7000.

727-289-4747. AwakeningWellness.org.

friday Morning Hatha Yoga – 8:30-9:45am. Nancy MacDonald’s knowledge of anatomy and functional movement allows the practice to unfold with structure yet playfulness. Understand ease within the postures even as they challenge you. Deepen your understanding of the yoga postures, develop greater flexibility and awaken the mind-body connection. All levels.

Shanti Vinyasa, 9079 Belcher Rd., Pinellas Park.

Purchase class passes at ShantiVinyasa.com.

Funky Flow Yoga – 9:45-11am. Missy White, ERYT 500, encourages students to do more than they ever thought possible. In this dynamic, super-fun class, learn new variations of arm balances, inversions and much more. Come play with us on your mat. Studio 108, 11059 Countryway Blvd., Tampa.

813-343-8887, Info@Studio108Tampa.com, Studio108Tampa.com.

Restorative/Yin Yoga – 10-11:30am. Join Nancy MacDonald, yoga therapist, certified restorative yoga teacher, as she guides you in postures supported with yoga props as the body unwinds and unfolds naturally. Discover inner calm and whole body wellbeing; good for anxiety, depression, stress. All Levels. Shanti Vinyasa, 9079 Belcher Rd., Pinellas Park. Purchase class passes at ShantiVinyasa.com.

Achieving Wellness through Healthy Habits Part I – 6-8pm. 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th Fridays. Modules 3–6. Karampreet, Kundalini Yoga Teacher. Join the Yoga Village Community in any class in this 16-week program on how to apply yoga to your life. Start your journey with a commitment to Self; begin or deepen your practice of yoga, meditation, pranayama and the process to heal limiting habits so you can recover your soul. $18/ class; $108/reserve for 8. Yoga Village, 2760 Daniel St., Clearwater, 727-712-1475. Info@AYogaVillage. com, AYogaVillage.com/events.

Awakening Wellness Center Affordable Saturdays – Treat your body to any of our services, including Tibetan Bowl relaxation therapy, nutritional counseling, acupuncture/cupping and/or a one on one yoga classes. 50minute sessions with certified professionals $25.00. Awakening Wellness Center, 6161 MLK Jr. North (9 Street) Ste.100 St. Petersburg, FL 33703 For Info call (727) 289-4747 www.awakeningwellness.org

saturday Free Yoga Class – 9-10:15am. Beginners always welcome. If you are new to yoga or to Yoga4All, a Pinellas County resident and want to check us out, please join us for this or any one class at the studio for free (limit one). New student discount on passes for everyone. Yoga4All, 8836 Seminole Blvd., Seminole. Info, Marty 727-392-9642. Yoga4All.com.

Qi Gong: Supreme Science Qi Gong – 9-10am.

Val Mirea, DOM, AP leads this group class through powerful and relaxing qi gong positions and techniques. $10. St. Pete Health & Wellness, 222 2nd St. N., St. Petersburg. RSVP 727-551-0857.

Lacrosse anyone? These two handsome guys, Chuck and CJ, are BFFs of Diane Lalli.

Room Yoga, 8424 4th St. N, Ste. G, St. Petersburg. Info & registration, 727-826-4754, LivingRoomYoga.biz.

Easy Self-Hypnosis Training – 1-3pm. Usually held last Saturday; check website to be sure. Patricia V. Scott, internationally certified Master Trainer of hypnosis, teaches how to discover untapped potentials, talents & abilities using the power of your Unlimited Mind. $35; $25 (UPHI Members). Hypnosis CD, workbook & scripts included. UP Hypnosis Institute, Terrace Plaza, 1810 S. Pinellas Ave., Ste. G, Tarpon Springs. 727-943-5003. UPHypnosis.com.

Now Playing Saturdays: The Dr. Tracie Show – 3-4pm. Listen Live on iHeart Radio to “Your expert in Integrative Medicine.” NewsRadio WFLA 970.

Awakening Wellness Center Affordable Saturdays – Treat your body to any of our services, including Tibetan Bowl relaxation therapy, nutritional counseling, acupuncture/ cupping, sound therapy, and more. One hour session with a certified professional $25. Awakening Wellness Center, 6161 MLK Dr., Ste. 102, St. Petersburg. Call for appointment, 727-289-4747. AwakeningWellness.org.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy. ~Dalai Lama Email your favorite pet picture to Debbey at dwilson@natampa.com for inclusion in the magazine.

Free Sleep Consultation at Sleep Organics – 10am-5pm or by appt. Find out how to remedy aches and pains and get better quality sleep. 650 Central Ave., Sarasota, 941-312-5906, Sleep-Organics.com.

Yoga for Scoliosis – 10:30am-12:30pm. 2nd Sat. monthly. Stacy Renz, occupational and yoga therapist, shows the proper application of yoga to stretch the muscles that are over-tight and strengthen the muscles that are weak, offering relief from back pain. Living

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communityresourceguide ...connecting you to the leaders in natural healthcare and green living in our community. To find out how you can be included in the Community Resource Guide call 727.865.9339.

ACUPUNCTURE Jade Tree Wellness Center Tom Elman, AP, LMT 3039 - 49th St. N, St. Petersburg 727-344-8690 JadeTreeWellness.com

Professional Herbalists Training Program Acupuncture & Herbal Therapies 2520 Central Ave., St. Petersburg 727-551-0857 AcuHerbals.com

Happy, Healthy, Whole! Acupuncture, Herbs and Massage to help you feel better. We treat everything from asthma to emotional issues, from Acid Reflux to Fibromyalgia. Free Consultations!

The 2-year program meets one weekend each month for class and Wednesday nights for our hands-on student clinic. This program is designed to create clinical herbalists in a combination of Chinese and western herbalism.

Many open classes. Designed to meet American Herbalists Guild standards.

See ad page 20.

Florida Board Certified Acupuncture Physician offering acupuncture therapies for the whole family. Established, comfortable, caring and professional integrative medicine clinics in South & North Tampa. In-network with most medical insurances; accept payments from HRA, HSA and FSA.

Natural Med Therapies Machelle Perkins, D.O.M. 7600 Bryan Dairy Rd # C, Largo 727-541-2211 NaturalMedTherapies.com

National & state board certified with 15+ years experience in Acupuncture, Homeopathy, Naturopathy, Cold Laser & more.

Bio-Puncture and Mesotherapy to treat pain, ADHD, anxiety, depression. Lab testing, most insurances. Free Nutritional Consultation.

alternative medicine LIFEWORKS WELLNESS CENTER

Orthomolecular Nutrition & Wellness 9225 Ulmerton Rd., Ste. 312, Largo 727-518-9808 OrthoLiving.com.

We address the underlying root cause of disease by using a variety of modalities such as Nutrient IV’s, Chelation, Weight loss, HRT, PEMF and more. To see if you qualify for Medical Marijuana go to OrthoMMJ.com.

Astrology for Your Soul

Aluna Michaels, M.A., Esoteric Astrologer Dunedin 727-239-7179 AlunaMichaels.com Second-generation astrologer and Soul Evolutionist practitioner.

Over 25 years of experience.

Insightful, unique perspective on goals and issues. “Together we will unveil your soul’s purpose.”

Wanting to achieve the best in your personal relationships, professional or business goals? Try coaching with a certified coach.

You will be amazed at the results!

Coaching Courageous Living choices & senior executives for over 8 years. Complimentary Personal Values Assessments & Intro-session available.

RENEW LIFE

Bonnie Barrett 28469 US Hwy 19 N. #402, Clearwater 727-461-7227 RenewLifeFla.com, Lic# MA14802 MM35406

25 years experience. Expert in colon hydrotherapy using pressure points, abdominal massage, essential oils, and lymphatic drainage.

All disposable tubing used. Very comfortable and relaxing room with private bathroom. See ad page 37. .

dentists Beata carlson, DDS

2701 Park Dr. Suite 4, Clearwater 727-712-3837 NaturalAndCosmeticDentistry.com Natural, Holistic, Aesthetic Dentistry. Careful Silver filling removal. Non-metal crowns and bridges. Be pampered in our Spa-like atmosphere. See ad back cover.

chiropractic Natural Living Chiropractic & wellness center

Specializing in natural hormone replacement therapy: the natural, bioidentical way and other safe, natural nutritional solutions for menopause symptoms, including weight loss, acupuncture, chelation, allergy elimination, and walk-in care.

See ad inside front cover.

NaturalLivingChiropractic.org

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ICF Certified Coach & Business Culture Consultant Dianne M. Kipp & Associates, LLC 727-481-1646 coach@diannekipp.com DianneKipp.com

astrology

Dr. David Minkoff Dr. George Springer Sue Morgan, ARNP and Jennifer Baer, ARNP 301 Turner Street, Clearwater 727-466-6789 LifeWorksWellnessCenter.com

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colon Hydrotherapy

Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine Chris Dziubinski, DOM, AP, L. Ac 12952 N Dale Mabry Highway,Tampa, FL 813-935-CARE (2273) MindBodySpiritCare.com

coaching

Dr. Paula Giusto 310 South Brevard Ave. Tampa, Fl 33606 813-253-2565

Family chiropractic care, wellness care, nutritional counseling, neuromuscular massage therapy.

Jin Shin Jyutsu & craniosacral therapy.

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David F. Doering, DDS

Doering Family Dental 1201 W. Linebaugh Ave., Tampa 813-933-5365 TampaDentalCare.com Cosmetic and restorative dentistry. Conservative approach to periodontal (gum) treatment. See ad page 37.

paul t. rodeghero, dds

Clearwater Family Dental 215 S Myrtle Ave., Clearwater 727-442-3363 MyClearWaterFamilyDental.com We are a full service family dental practice that stresses metal free restorations, safe mercury removal, ozone and laser dentistry. We welcome patients of all ages and can handle any concern that you may have.

See ad page 13.

Ray Behm, DDS

127 N. Garden Ave., Clearwater 727-446-6747 BehmNaturalDentistry.com Improve your overall health with holistic dentistry! Materials are tested for compatibility with your body. We remove toxic metals, treat root canals, and strengthen teeth and gums with state-of-the-art ozone treatments.

See ad page 33.

herbalist Rose Kalajian—Herbalist

Natural Health Hut Clinic and Herb Farm 813-991-5177 ImHerbalist.com Specializing in growing the herbs used in my clinic practice and in the Herbal Remedies I formulate.

Consultations are available for humans, dog, cats, and horses.

Promoting health through the use of Herbs. See ad page 16.

hypnosis UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES HYPNOSIS, INC.

Patricia V. Scott, President 727-943-5003, 866-537-7746 UPHypnosis@yahoo.com, UPHypnosis.com Professional Hypnosis & NLP Certification Training, Weekly classes & Private sessions (Smoking, Weight, Stress, Sports, Habits), Clinical/Medical Hypnotherapy available w/referral. Speaking Services & Corporate Programs.

See ad page 21.

Put your heart, mind and soul into even your smallest acts.

This is the secret of success. ~Swami Sivananda

integrative medicine

St. Petersburg Health & Wellness

Les Cole, MD 2100 Dr. MLK Jr. St. N., St. Petersburg 727-202-6807 StPeteHW.com.

Mind Body spirit Care Ron N. Shemesh, M.D. 12952 N Dale Mabry Highway Tampa 813-935-CARE (2273) MindBodySpiritCare.com

Integrative & holistic medicine for women & men: Natural Hormone Therapy, Anti-Aging, IV Chelation, Nutritional Vitamin Therapy, Fatigue & Stress Management, Weight Loss, Yoga, Nutritional Counseling. Affiliated with St. Joseph Hospital. Most insurance accepted.

Board certified in Anti-Aging/ Regenerative and Integrative/ Holistic Medicine. Specializing in men’s & women’s health, bio-identical hormones, weight, diabetes, hypertension, thyroid, fatigue, stress, gut health, chelation, IV vitamin C, nutrition.

See ad page 11.

meditation Meditation on the Inner Light and Sound 1-877-MEDITATE SantMat.net

best medicine, inc.

Carol L. Roberts, M.D. 3010 E. 138th Ave., Suite 7, Tampa 813-308-9677

Specializing in Bioidentical Hormone replacement therapy, Genetic testing, Microbiome testing, Nutritional testing, Infectious Disease treatment, Hypnotherapy, Ayurvedic Medicine and Yoga classes are available.

See ad page 15.

Learn how to live in alignment with the soul’s purpose and to experience greater harmony within, with others, and with the environment. Always free, never a charge.

Pranic Healing Pranic Healing Tampa

Peaks of Health Metabolic Medical Center Tracie Leonhardt, DO 1120 Belcher Rd. S., Ste. 2, Largo 727-826-0838 PeaksOfHealth.com

Dr. Leonhardt is Board Certified & Fellow of the American Academy of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine. Offers a personalized program for each individual patient.

Hormone replacement therapy, weight loss, thyroid, GI issues, Diabetes, infrared sauna, IV nutrition, Anti-aging, Chronic fatigue, adrenal fatigue, and toxicities. See ad page 9.

Nicole Fouché, Advanced Pranic Healing Instructor 813-525-3578 PranicHealingTampa.com Nicole Fouché is an Advanced Pranic Healing Instructor, and has helped heal people internationally for over 15 years.

Sharing her passion for Pranic Healing is a life purpose and way of life. See ad page 25.

psychotherapy Lois A. Miller, L.C.S.W., PA

238 E. Davis Blvd. Suite 302, Tampa 813-258-3906, Fl. Lic. swooo1738 info@mytherapywithheart.com MyTherapyWithHeart.com

Success by design

9095 Belcher Road Pinellas Park Fl, 33782 727-548-0001 PoundsAwayTampaBay.com A Wellness Center for Age-Management, Functional Medicine and Medical Weight Loss. Specializing in Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement including Pellet Therapy, Gut Health/ Food Allergies, Detoxification, Nutritional Evaluations, Acupuncture, Massage therapy and more.

See ad page 4.

Integrative and holistic psychotherapy for individuals and couples. Treating anxiety, depression, grief, relationships, trauma, transitioning and more, using EMDR, EFT, mindfulness, and other modalities. See ad page 20.

Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn’t come from a store. ~Dr. Seuss

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Regenerative Therapy Total Vitality Medical Group 24945 US Hwy. 19 North, Clearwater Florida 33763 727-726-1460 TotalVitalityMedical.com

Medicine River Animal Hospital Shawna L. Green, DVM 15235 Gulf Boulevard Madeira Beach 727-299-9029 MedicineRiverAnimalHospital.com

Compassionate health care catered toward the needs of your pet offering preventative medicine, surgery, dentistry, senior wellness, and more.

See ad page 49.

Live a pain free life with Amniotic Placental Tissue Therapy. This revolutionary treatment is all natural and non-surgical with NO down time! Free consultations! Call today!

See ad page 5.

thermography Stillpoint Health Thermal Imaging June Drennon, Certificated Clinical Thermographer StillpointHealth@gmail.com 727-729-2711

American College of Clinical Thermography 2008. Prevention is better than early detection.

Knowledge is power: Know your risk factors to make corrections and avoid developing pathology.

Call for location convenient for you. See ad page 10.

veterinarian animal alternatives holistic health care Dr. Anne Lampru 238 E. Bearss Ave., Tampa 813-265-2411 AnimalAlternatives.org

Dr. Anne Lampru has practiced holistic veterinary medicine since 1983. Believing that each pet is unique, she tailors a health restoration or maintenance plan to their individual needs.

See ad page 48.

Only I can

change my life.

No one can do it for me. ~Carol Burnett

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weight loss MEDICALLY SUPERVISED DIET LifeWorks Wellness Center Sue Morgan, ARNP 301 Turner Street, Clearwater 727-466-6789 LifeWorksWellnessCenter.com Experience this revolutionary, medically supervised weightloss program, where patients lose 14-20lbs in 24 days.

See ad inside front cover.

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