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ow that the presidential election is over (thank God) and we’ve survived, let’s get back to working on the betterment of our country and our world. The twin themes for this month are Uplifting Humanity and the Holidays. December brings with it both a change in season in terms of weather, but also of spirit. As people get ready for Hannukuh and Christmas parties, there’s a whirl of activity and energy in the air that’s palpable. Even in Miami, where the weather is usually tropical and humid, that first burst of winter weather and the bringing out of the rarely-worn ‘winter’ attire brings a certain anticipation of the inevitable celebrations to come.

People will be shopping for gifts for their loved ones, as well as the food to nourish them when they celebrate their various faiths in the coming dinners. Also with the Holidays come the culmination of another year and all it’s experiences, as well as self-reflection as we move toward yet another New Year. We tend to think of what has transpired over the year in terms of what we’ve accomplished career, family or relationship wise, but also, spirituality-wise, well I do anyway. Was I of service?

Did I think of others more than myself? Have I grown spiritually, and where have I fallen short of my goals? How do I deal with the stresses of everyday living? These are some of the questions that come when we ponder the holidays and upcoming Resolution phase of the coming New Year. And few seasons create more stress than the holidays, so our ‘Ultimate Survival Guide to Coping with Holiday Stress’ (p. 48) is a great resource for how to be your authentic self without getting caught up in the hubub, and the Power of Self-Love (p. 49) tip, which is ‘Learn to love your imperfections as the perfect human being that you are. Stand up for yourself and take every situation and every moment of your life as one of learning’ While we are each individuals with our own paths to forge, we are, in fact, part of the human family. While we may argue & disagree, sometimes even virulently, we do learn that we all trod this thing called life together. So as we trudge on in our unique way, let us remember, as Kamini Desai, (p. 21) director of education for the Amrit Yoga Institute, in Salt Springs, Florida, lends in her yogic perspective to love. “We are each a wave on the ocean of existence. Even though we are separate waves, we carry the essence of the same ocean’. So as we approach the Holidays and EVERY day, let us all strive to be our better selves, to love more, give more, forgive more and hope more, and to keep the ‘holy’ of the Holidays in our hearts year round.

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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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oin The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University on December 4th, as they host their annual Breakfast in the Park, an official Art Basel Miami Beach event presented in partnership with West Kendall Baptist Hospital. Free and open to the public, guests enjoy a complimentary breakfast, lecture by a noted sculptor, and guided tours of the Sculpture Park and exhibitions.

This event draws hundreds of art enthusiasts, patrons, collectors, gallery owners and artists from around the world, many of whom are visiting Miami for Art Basel. This year’s guest sculptor and speaker will be Judy Pfaff. A pioneer of installation art, Pfaff’s vibrant sculptures and sprawling installations carefully piece together plastics, fiberglass and steel, among other materials, to create dynamic environments.

As described on their website, the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, one of the largest free-standing art museums in South Florida, has welcomed more than 40,000 visitors per year since its founding in 1977. The Frost has a threefold mission: to be a campus resource for the entire FIU community, to offer interdisciplinary training in the arts for the next generation of artists and art historians and to serve as a premier cultural destination for residents of and visitors to one of America’s most vibrant cities. Its Sculpture Park is open 24 hours a day.

Event will take place at Frost Art Museum from 9:30am-12pm, Florida International University, 10975 S.W. 17th Street. For information call 305-348-2890.

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rtist, advocate, author and entrepreneur, SusieQ’s current series of art focuses on what one sees yet may not want to see— that which is left on the ground in the form of garbage, trash and litter.

Considering herself an artist since childhood, today she incorporates mixed media as a way to bring light to important social issues.

SusieQ enjoys working in the studio or with groups transforming litter into powerful statements, advocating for a more conscious, litter-free society. Partnering with nonprofit, Trash to Treasure Creative Reuse Center, in Fort Lauderdale, she recently completed a public art project, working with approximately 200 people, covering a Cuban refugee boat with colorful repurposed plastic litter combed from the beaches.

SusieQ’s sunrise ritual includes picking up and documenting beach litter along the oceanfront of her condo. She states, “Every day I begin where I stand and work from the inside out and the ground up.” She is the founder of the Quintessential Global TRASHformation Movement whose mission is to support messaging through the arts to encourage the manufacture and distribution of goods and services with zero waste, allowing for no further pollution of land, water, air and outer space, and to also clean up what has already been polluted/trashed. She is currently working on a documentary about creating and maintaining a designated litter-free “clean” zone.

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Free Guided Trolley inrecognition Ride to the National The Woman’s Club of Coconut Grove Parks Celebrate 125th Anniversary he City of Homestead, designated as the “Gateway to Everglades and Biscayne National Parks,” invites its residents, neighbors, and visitors to explore Everglades and Biscayne National Parks, and Homestead Bayfront Park with a free guided trolley ride from Historic Downtown Homestead.

Learn about the unique ecosystems and rich history of Homestead and the National Parks on guided tours provided on the trolley by National Park Rangers and Volunteers. In addition, both Everglades National Park and Biscayne National Park have partnered to offer free Park admission to those on the National Parks Trolley.

Start and end your experience in Historic Downtown Homestead. Eat at great local restaurants! Tour Homestead’s FREE Old Town Hall Museum or catch a show at the newly restored Seminole Theatre. Enjoy a walk through a town full of history, distinct architecture, and new opportunities.

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n 1891, five years before Miami became a city, Flora McFarlane a woman homesteader and teacher, and the women of Coconut Grove formed the Housekeeper’s Club, now called the Woman’s Club of Coconut Grove. And this year they celebrate their 125th Anniversary!

The Woman’s Club of Coconut Grove now morphed into a place where women come together, build relationships, and create community through their civic service activities. It is a nonprofit volunteer organization which provides service to the community through Public Welfare, Education, Civic Improvement, Historic Preservation, Advancement of the Arts & Culture, and Fostering good fellowship among its members. By working together their pioneering spirit built a community with their motto of “lend a hand.”

Their first major project was raising the funds for a Sunday School Chapel in 1894, which eventually became Plymouth Congregational Church. Other efforts include Everglades conservation, saving Paradise Key, the nucleus of Everglades National Park. It has provided aid for local and national organizations like Casa Valentina, Cancer Survivors, Virrick Public Library, the Hacienda Girls’ Ranch, Canine Companions, and Heifer International. The club-sponsored the Learn-To-Swim program at the Virrick Pool that taught hundreds of West Grove children to swim. Its Young Artists’ Gallery provides exhibition opportunities for Miami-Dade High School Students, providing $4,500 in awards and scholarships annually.

We at Natural Awakenings Magazine (Miami/FL Keys) express our warm congratulations and offer our eternal gratitude to the Woman’s Club of Coconut Grove for their commitment and big hearts.

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And to help you get into the spirit of the season, here are a few events happening around town. Join the celebration through workshops, rides, festivals, parades and lights!

SANTA’S ENCHANTED FOREST, open until January 8, 2017, offers 3 million lights, 92” Christmas tree and plenty of carnival rides, live shows, games, mazes, and carnival food for the entire family. Open 5pm until midnight. Located at Tropical Park, 7900 S.W. 40th Street right off the Palmetto.

HOME DEPOT’S FREE MONTHLY WORKSHOPS FOR KIDS IS ALL ABOUT CHRISTMAS GIFTS! This year is a special treat for the do-it-youselfers of all ages and experience levels as you created a beautiful Gingerbread Candy Dish. Once the candy holder is built, your child can decorate it with stickers to give their gingerbread mana cheery holiday smile. All kids receive a FREE certificate of achievement, a Workshop Apron, and a commemorative pin while supplies last. Join the fun on Saturday, Dec 3, from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Check your local Home Depot Locations to confirm.

MIAMI LANTERN LIGHT FESTIVAL – until January 8, 2017 is a 6 week celebration of Chinese culture featuring incredible cuisine, performances and custom-built artisan lanterns over 30 feet and 300 feet long. Open from 5-11pm at the Miami-Dade county Fair Expo Center, 10921 SW 24th Street. www.lanternlightfestival.com.

ZOO LIGHTS AND GIFTS FOR THE ANIMALS AT ZOO MIAMI. Zoo Miami will open its doors at night from 7-10pm beginning December 16th through the 30th (closed the 24th & 25th)- for a spectacular show with more than a million animal shaped lights which include dazzling tree lights. With Holiday favorites like hot chocolate, photos with Santa, Yuletide Carolers, holiday cookies and shopping, this event is sure to be the family-gathering place of the season. www.zoomiami.org.

WINTERFEST BOAT PARADE - December 10, 2016. On this the 44th year, this parade is one of the most waited events. This year’s theme, Failytales Afloat, runs along the Ft Lauderdale Pompano Beach intracoastal shoreline from 6:30 to 10:30pm. www.winterfestparade.com.

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Led by South Florida’s preeminent yoga instructor Dawn B., YogArt Basel will feature the musical talents of DJ Drez, who will be accompanied by the soulful voice of his wife Marti Nikko.

Continuing its signature practice of refreshing the mind, body and soul, YogArt sessions will also give attendees the chance to nourish from the inside out with offerings from Cavicchioli 1928, ginny bakes, Lifeway® Keifer, TY KU Sake, and more. In addition, Miami native and internationally acclaimed artist Alexander Mijares, who feeds off the rich cultures of his Cuban and Spanish heritage, will design a one-of-a-kind yoga mat that will be auctioned off to benefit local high school, Design Architecture Senior High (DASH). Cost is $35 per session and doors open at 10 a.m.

YogArt is one of many events set to take place at the Sacred Space this month. For a full run-down of events, please visit TheSacredSpaceMiami. com. The Sacred Space is located at 105 Northeast 24th Street.

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don’t miss the 3rd annual Parade of Paws, a fundraiser to benefit the Animal Care Fund at the Florida Keys SPCA. “Parade of Paws attracts people from all over who secure pledges from their family, friends, neighbors, and then come together to parade their four-legged friends to support our lifesaving mission of caring for our community’s homeless animals,” shares Tiffany Burton supporter of the FKSPCA. Bring your dogs, wear a t-shirt with a picture of your kitty with pride, or walk with a paddle displaying your pet’s photo!

(Cats and small animals will be happy they are safe at home!).

Top earners will earn the opportunity to win prizes and the bragging rights of the title of King, Queen, Prince, Princess, Duke or Duchess for your most treasured companion! At the conclusion of the parade, join the Holiday Bazaar inside the dog park. There will be entertainment, food vendors, photos with Santa, local businesses showcasing their goods, gifts for that special person on your list and more!

Event will be held December 10th at Higgs Beach Dog Park, Key West: 9 a.m. Registration/Check-in, and 10 a.m. Parade of Paws. Visit fkspca.donorpages.com/ParadeofPaws2016 to set up your fundraising page. Then download a Registration Form and start collecting cash or check pledges. To donate to a fellow fundraiser, search for their page and click the blue Donation button.

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esearchers from Northumbria University, in England, have discovered that drinking peppermint tea can improve working and longterm memory. After 180 healthy adults filled out questionnaires about their mood, they were selected at random to consume one of three drinks—peppermint tea, chamomile tea or water—and then rested for 20 minutes.

The subjects were then tested for memory and other cognitive factors and given a second mood questionnaire. Those that drank peppermint tea exhibited improvements in both types of memory and were more alert than the other two groups. The participants that drank chamomile tea displayed reductions in both memory and attention functions compared to the others.

Researcher Mark Moss, Ph.D., notes, “The enhancing and arousing effects of peppermint and the calming, sedative effects of chamomile observed in this study are in keeping with the claimed properties of these herbs and suggest beneficial effects can be drawn from their use.”

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esearchers from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health have found that individuals living close to a natural gas hydraulic fracking site have a significantly higher occurrence of asthma attacks.

The study examined health records from the Geisinger Health System, a healthcare provider in Pennsylvania, where the fracking industry has experienced incredible growth of more than 9.000 natural gas wells in the past decade.

The records of more than 35,000 Geisinger asthma patients between the ages of 5 and 90 were studied between 2005 and 2012. Patients that reported attacks were mapped and studied in relation to the fracking well locations, and the results compared with other patients not reporting attacks in the same year.

The researchers discovered that those that lived in close proximity to multiple or larger active natural gas wells were 1.5 to four times more likely to experience asthma attacks.

Brian S. Schwartz, a medical doctor and a professor in the Department of Environmental Health Services at the Bloomberg School, in Baltimore, Maryland, was the senior author of the study. He states, “We are concerned with the growing number of studies that have observed health effects associated with this industry. We believe it’s time to take a more cautious approach to [fracking] well development with an eye on environmental and public health impacts.”

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hese oral tips shared by local dentist Dr Yani Dixon, can save you money while making a healthful improvement to your oral health as well as that of your family.

This six-step process will help naturally heal cavities:

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Eliminate excess grains from diet (that aren’t sprouted) which tend to increase phytic acid.

Eliminate processed and excess sugar.

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Consume minerals (load up on calcium, magnesium and selenium) and supplements (more fat-soluble vitamins A, D, K and E).

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Get plenty of probiotics (either by eating probiotic foods or through supplements) to reestablish healthy oral bacterial flora.

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Try oil-pulling (extra-virgin coconut oil or sesame oil). Oil pulling is swishing oil for 20 minutes or so for those that have extreme dry mouth.

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Use myrrh and/or peppermint essential oils.

What makes peppermint so powerful is the compound menthol, which helps reduce inflammation and acts as an antioxidant. It’s also used as an energy booster and to help IBS and leaky gut issues among other medical benefits.

Myrrh essential oil helps relieve toothache, gingivitis and mouth ulcers and also freshens breath.

Myrrh oil and peppermint oil are even used as natural ingredients in mouthwash and toothpaste.

It’s important to know that once a cavity has gotten too deep into the dentin, decay has to be removed mechanically and a filling/restoration might be deemed necessary.

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ranberries, a staple on most holiday tables, can help women reduce their risk of urinary tract infections (UTI). A recent study published in the journal Phytotherapy Research tested the impact of consuming whole-cranberry fruit powder on women that had experienced two or more UTIs in the previous 12 months.

Of the 182 study participants, 89 were given 500 milligrams of the cranberry powder daily for six months. The remaining 93 women ingested a placebo. The cranberry group reported significantly fewer infections than the placebo group. In addition, it took the women in the cranberry group more time to develop a first UTI than the women in the control group. matka_Wariatka/Shutterstock.com

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esearchers from the University of São Paulo Medical School, in Brazil, have found high levels of tinnitus, a ringing or buzzing in the ear, and hearing loss in adolescents that use ear bud speakers. They examined the hearing of 170 students between the ages of 11 and 17 and asked them about their experiences with tinnitus in the previous year. More than half of the respondents had experienced the condition.

The principal investigator for the study, Tanit Ganz Sanchez, an associate professor of otolaryngology at the medical school, notes that the prevalence of tinnitus among adolescents should be viewed as an early warning of a serious hearing loss risk. She says, “If this teenage generation continues to expose themselves to very high noise levels, they’ll probably suffer from hearing loss by the time they’re 30 or 40.”

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esearch published in the Journal of Marketing Research links bright light to healthier food choices.

The study observed 160 diners at four separate metropolitan locations of a chain dinner restaurant between 6 and 8 p.m. Two of the restaurants used bright lighting (250 lux luminance) and the other two locations had dim lighting (25 lux luminance).

The researchers found that diners at the well-lit locations were more likely to choose healthy options such as baked or grilled fish and chicken than the patrons at the dimly lit restaurants.

These results were replicated in a laboratory test of 700 college students where scientists attributed students’ healthier choices to the alert feelings that being in a bright room elicits.

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Why Some Kids Grow Up with Fewer Allergies

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study in the journal Pediatrics, published by the American Academy of Pediatrics, has found that the common childhood habits of thumb sucking and nail biting can reduce the risk of adolescent and adult allergies.

Researchers followed more than 1,000 individuals from 5 through 32 years old, monitoring these two habits at ages 5, 7, 9 and 11. The subjects were tested for allergies at 13 using a skin-prick test and again at 32. Of all participants, 31 percent were frequent thumb suckers and nail biters, and those children had a lower incidence of allergic reactions than the others.

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Ocean Watch

2016 was a mixed year for whales and dolphins and by extension, humans.

Marine Biologist Sylvia Earle states the importance of ocean health this way: “With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you’re connected to the sea. The ocean is the blue heart of the planet. There’s still time, but not a lot, to turn things around.”

Scientists have discovered a new, black-colored species of whale that’s onethird the size of a Baird’s beaked whale. Yet to be named, it’s rarely seen, feeding in deep canyons in the Bering Sea.

The oldest-known orca whale, Granny, at 105, swims Washington’s coastline.

Wild orcas usually live 60 to 80 years; captives, 40 years at most. Iceberg, the only known adult white orca, age 22, was spotted in Russian coastal waters earlier this year.

In 2013, a Korean marine park retrained five dolphins to feed naturally and released them into the sea, where they rejoined their original pod. Recent sightings found them thriving, affording hope for the 2,900 dolphins in marine parks, aquariums and zoos worldwide.

Pink dolphins in Hong Kong’s bustling harbor remain endangered. In 2003, there were 158; by 2014, only 61. The Baiji River dolphin, only found in China, has been declared extinct. Vaquitas, small porpoises in the Gulf of California, declined from 97 in 2014 to 60 this year, most drowned in commercial fishing nets; it may be extinct by 2018.

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The 2016 annual Audubon Great Backyard Bird Count in February (Audubon. org/content/2014-great-backyard-birdcount-summary) and a report compiled by the North American Bird Conservation Initiative (StateOfTheBirds.org/2016) show that more than a third of all North American bird species are at risk of becoming extinct unless significant action is taken, especially ocean and tropical birds. The governments of Canada, the United States and Mexico created the North American Bird Conservation Initiative in 1999.

More than half the species that rely on oceans and tropical forests are on a special watch list because of small and declining populations, limited ranges and severe threats to their habitats. The report pinpoints invasive predators such as rats and cats on nesting islands, as well as overfishing, pollution and climate change.

Ways to address the problem include removing predators, expanding protected marine areas and reducing the amount of plastic products that end up in the ocean and can trap or choke birds.

Many species such as long-distance migratory shore birds in coastal, grassland and arid habitats are declining steeply. The main causes are rising sea levels, coastal development, encroaching human activity and oil spills.

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Chinese officials have announced dietary guidelines designed to reduce the country’s meat consumption by 50 percent. The campaign includes a series of billboards and advertisements featuring American celebrities Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Cameron.

“China’s move to cut meat consumption in half would not only have a huge impact on public health, it is also a massive leadership step towards drastically reducing carbon emissions and reaching the goals set out in the Paris agreement,” says Cameron.

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Extinction Scenario

Missouri is rolling out a set of energy-generating photovoltaic pavers along a section of the iconic Route 66 highway in a sidewalk pilot project—the first on a public right of way—in the U.S. The street pavers were developed by Solar Roadways, a company created by inventors Scott and Julie Brusaw, which raised more than $2.2 million in crowdfunding in 2014 to bring their technology to market.

The Brusaws claim that replacing all of America’s roads and parking lots with their solar pavers would generate more than three times what the country consumed in electricity in 2009.

The Missouri Department of Transportation considered their own crowdfunding campaign to support their energy experiment; plans called for the hexagonal solar panels to be fully installed and operational by the end of this year.

The UK-based nonprofit Global Challenges Foundation’s annual report on global catastrophic risk (Tinyurl.com/ GlobalExtinctionReport) has found that the risk of human extinction is higher than we might expect. The Stern Review (Tinyurl.com/The-Stern-Review), the British premier government report on the economics of climate change, estimates a 0.1 percent risk of human extinction every year.

“We don’t expect any of the events that we describe to happen in any specific 10-year period. They might—but on balance, they probably won’t,” says Sebastian Farquhar, director of the Global Priorities Project.

United Nations-approved climate models estimate that temperatures might rise six to 10 degrees Celsius, which pushes the probability of extinction beyond 3 percent, even with a considerable decrease in carbon emissions.

Nuclear war, natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions, genetic engineering gone awry and pandemic plagues figure in too, but the biggest threat might be the ever-increasing human population. According to a paper published in the journal Nature by Elizabeth Hadly, a professor of environmental biology at Stanford University, such growth has followed the trajectory of a typical invasive species and suggests there may be a looming global population downturn. Still, humans are capable of exponentially growing their population several times over through the invention of new technologies and cultural shifts, regardless of Earth’s natural carrying capacity.

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Greening Planet

Satellites Reveal Unexpected Plant Growth The study Greening of the Earth and its Drivers, published by an international team in the journal Nature Climate Change, shows significant greening of a quarter to one-half of the Earth’s vegetated lands based on satellite data from the past 33 years. This represents an increase in leaves on plants and trees that produce sugars using sunlight energy to mix atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) with water and nutrients from the soil.

These sugars are the source of food, fiber and fuel for life on Earth. More sugars are produced when there is more of this greenhouse gas in the air in a process called CO2 fertilization.

About 85 percent of the Earth’s land is free of ice and covered by vegetation, currently encompassing 32 percent of the planet’s total surface area. Lead author Dr. Zaichun Zhu, a researcher from Peking University, in China, states, “The greening over the past 33 years reported in this study is equivalent to adding a green continent about two times the size of mainland USA, and has the ability to fundamentally change the cycling of water and carbon in the climate system.” The effect may serve as a carbon sink to help counter climate change.

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America Outdone Venezuela Bans GMOs

Venezuela has passed a law that imposes some of the world’s toughest regulations on genetically modified organisms (GMO) and patenting of seeds in order to consolidate national food sovereignty, regulate the production of hybrid seed, reject the production, distribution and import of GMO seeds and ban transgenic seed research. Canada’s Centre for Research on Globalization describes it as one of the most progressive seed laws in the world.

The country intends to establish a national seed system to implement the new law. The group will monitor and sanction any agricultural violations, with a focus on the protection of traditional seeds.

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The Norwegian Parliament Standing Committee on Energy and Environment has pledged that the government will follow a deforestation-free public procurement policy, meaning that any product that contributes to deforestation will not be used by the country as part of an Action Plan on Nature Diversity. Rainforest Foundation Norway was the main lobbying influence behind this recommendation and has worked for years to bring the pledge into existence.

“This is an important victory in the fight to protect the rainforest,” says Nils Hermann Ranum, head of policy and campaign for the committee. “Over the last few years, a number of companies have committed to cease the procurement of goods that can be linked to destruction of the rainforest. Until now, this has not been matched by similar commitments from governments. The Norwegian state is now following suit and making the same demands when it comes to public procurements.”

Deforestation is estimated to comprise about 15 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions, contributing to climate change and disrupting natural cycles and livelihoods, according to the World Wildlife Fund. Removal of trees can disrupt a region’s water cycle, resulting in changes in precipitation and river flow that also contribute to erosion.

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Before each visit, the animals are thoroughly cleaned so as not to introduce harmful germs, and brought in on covered, wheeled carts away from all other patients during their one-hour weekly visits. The all-volunteer program plans to offer foster care to pet owners that enter the hospital for treatment.

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During the holiday gift buying season, it’s good to recall the days of old-fashioned toys. Simple, wooden toys made with non-toxic paints are far safer than those sprayed with varnishes and paints containing lead and volatile organic compounds.

Plastics can emit unhealthy chemicals used during manufacturing, which also produces environmental pollution. Pieces can break off, possibly injuring soft skin, or be consumed by toddlers with dangerous results. A recent report

by Environment California, a research and policy center, found that products designed for babies and young children, such as soft plastic teethers, bath accessories and others, contain phthalates. Many toys require batteries containing heavy metals like mercury and cadmium.

ChasingGreen.org recommends eco-conscious makers of toys available at GreatGreenBaby.com, including organic cotton stuffed animals; BabyBunz.com, featuring sustainably harvested cherry wood rattles and organic Egyptian cotton animals; and GreenToys.com, with play meal cookware and serving pieces made from bioplastic, consisting of a corn and starch resin. Here are other factors to consider.

Educational toys can “enhance language, conceptual understanding and numerical and spatial cognition,” according to a study in the journal Mind, Brain and Education. Six-to-8-year-olds can gain an appreciation for archaeology playing with Smithsonian toys available at Barnes & Noble and BarnesAndNoble.com.

PristinePlanet.com sells wood puzzles, solar-powered robots and board games from the Golden Gate National Park Conservancy. The Discovery Channel Store has safe toys and books for kids.

Follow age guidelines in choosing gifts, advises Steve Pasierb, president and CEO of the Toy Industry Association. “Age-grading has nothing to do with how smart a child is—it’s based on the developmental skills and abilities at a given age and the specific features of a toy.”

Practice conservation while saving money by canvassing thrift and consignment shops for classic card and board games.

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LOVING LARGE Scientists Say We’re All Connected

by Linda Sechrist

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rue love is not something reserved exclusively for soulmates, couples, children, friends or family. Observations by sages for millennia and by enlightened scientists more recently are increasingly aligned with the point of view articulated by renowned meditation teacher Jack Kornfield that true love and awareness—a sense of universal connectivity and the idea that divinity, or the sacred, is found in all things—are indistinguishable.

Scientific View

This state of being, generally denoted by strong feelings of love or acceptance toward others, brings us into contact with universal energy which connects all of humanity with the natural world.

Clues to our united commonality are explored in two 21st-century books, Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become, by Barbara L. Fredrickson, Ph.D., and A General Theory of Love, by medical doctors Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini and Richard Lannon. These authors explore the brain science that’s related to love and awareness.

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Although trying to grasp love intellectually may be like eating soup with a fork, the authors of A General Theory of Love cite feelings as a good starting point. Fredrickson describes love as “the momentary upwelling of three tightly interwoven events: a sharing of one or more positive emotions between you and another; a biochemical synchrony between your and the other person’s biochemistry and behaviors; and a reflected motive to invest in each other’s well-being that brings mutual care.”

Fredrickson, director of the Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Laboratory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, believes love is a complex physiological response; a “positivity resonance.” She describes key factors in love’s ability to biologically transform us as oxytocin, a hormone active in social bonding and attachments, and the vagus nerve deep within the brain stem that connects with numerous organs, including the lead “character” in this relationship, the heart.

The neural synchrony of positivity resonance between the brains of two individuals is a connected oneness that

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Cosmic View

During their 30-year friendship, Bob Staretz collaborated with astronaut Edgar Mitchell, Sc.D., the lunar module pilot on Apollo 14 and founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, to research and write “The Quantum Hologram and the Nature of Consciousness,” published in the Journal of Cosmology. Their scientific theory explains how all of creation learns, self-corrects and evolves as a selforganizing, interconnected holistic system through love.

“Without exception, everything in nature exists and works together in total balance, resonance and harmony, interacting as one. From this perspective, Edgar and I reached the obvious conclusion—the organizing principle of the cosmos is agape love, an ultimate form of unconditional love that accepts all things existing in nature without regard to conditions, expectations, shortcomings, flaws or faults,” explains Staretz.

The former executive director of Eternea, an organization focused on spiritually transformative experiences and the study of consciousness, Staretz says individuals that undergo such an experience attest that loving one another and all

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Fredrickson notes is far more ubiquitous than previously thought possible.

Her research shows that it requires only connection, not the intimacy or shared history that comes with any special bonds.

Micro-moments of the connected oneness we feel as life-giving reverberations occur via shared smiles or laughter, a common compassion or an engaging story. Humans all hunger for such moments. The prerequisites are perceived safety and authentic sensory connection with another, even if it’s fleeting. In Fredrickson’s perspective, such neural coupling is a biological manifestation of oneness in which a habitual focus on “me” expands to a life-expanding “we”.

of nature, of which we are a part, is the central reason for our existence.

Anita Moorjani’s latest book, What If This Is Heaven? reiterates the life lesson she learned from her dramatic near-death experience in which she identified herself as a state of pure consciousness connected with everything in the cosmos. She clearly heard: “Your only work is to love yourself, value yourself and embody this truth of self-worth and self-love so that you can be love in action. That is true service, to yourself and to those who surround you.”

This message continues with her, and she explains that by not loving ourselves, we are denying the part of God that expresses itself through us. An overarching insight from her lifechanging journey is, “Unconditional love is a state of being, not an emotion. It’s not just one side of the coin—it’s the whole coin.”

If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. ~William Blake

How-to Resources Interest in this deeper perspective led The Shift Network, which offers online transformative education, to host a recent Advanced Teachings for Truly Loving Yourself with Margaret Paul, P.h.D., co-author of Do I Have to Give Up Me to Be Loved By You?

Many others are working to spread the word about a larger sense of lifegiving love, including Cleveland, Ohio, intuitive psychologist Debra L. Reble, Ph.D., author of Being Love: How Loving Yourself Creates Ripples of Transformation in Your Relationships and the World. She says, “Our soul’s purpose is to be and express love. We dream of love, yearn for love and make love, but rarely do we realize that we are love, a source of divine energy.”

Reba Linker, a New York City life coach and author, hosts a Leaders in Self-Love Facebook page and the Paint Yourself into The Picture online coaching show. Linker’s philosophy on love resembles that of New Thought leader Michael Beckwith, minister, author and founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center, in Culver City, California—

to discern that our true nature is love is to know that we are created in the very image and likeness of love, the essence of life itself.

Gary Sinclair, author of Healing Memories in Seconds, views his life from an altitude of oceanic oneness.

His 35 years of study in a field that uses energy to heal spirit, mind and body led him to develop Soul Link, a memory energy therapy. His work is changing the face of therapy for those with post-traumatic stress disorder and led to the revelation, “Love pulls whatever it touches to its highest potential.”

Teaching what he knows “beyond a shadow of a doubt” helps to shift his students’ worldview. “All of creation is made up of electromagnetic energy vibrating at different frequencies. We are energy beings who can learn to manage our energy to heal ourselves.

We are all connected by omnipres-

ence, the energy of love, a heart connection of life. Consciously choosing this awareness allows us to be ‘love living life.’”

Kamini Desai, director of education for the Amrit Yoga Institute, in Salt Springs, Florida, lends her yogic perspective to love. “We are each a wave on the ocean of existence. Even though we are separate waves, we carry the essence of the same ocean.

When that essence manifests in us as spirit, its quality is a healing force of love surrounding our cells, causing our heart to beat and regenerating our organs. This intelligence guides and directs the universe in the same manner that it heals and maintains our body. In yoga, we learn to listen to its subtle voice so that we can follow its urges and energetic impulses to the source from which it springs.”

The perceptions of California’s HeartMath Institute founder Doc Childre, dedicated to helping people access their intuitive insight and heart intelligence, are generally aligned with those of Fredrickson. Both approaches recognize how order and balance in the nervous system and smooth, harmonious and coherent heart rhythms enhance our ability to clearly perceive a far larger universe of experience.

The ensuing connections widen the windows of perception to view ourselves as no longer separate, but part of a unified whole. Accumulated micro-moments of love communicated through synchronized gazes, touches and vocalizations forge a shared subjective appreciation of connection and oneness. We feel ourselves embodying positive resonance and experience easier and more immediate rapport in familial, familiar and even new relationships. We discover abundant opportunities to feel love, loved and loving as we make ourselves available to them.

Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings. Connect at ItsAllAboutWe.com. Continued on page 22.

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We invited readers and local practitioners who witness the healing power of love expressed in personal, community and global relationships to share their story with us.

Continued from page 21.

My experience of Love with my father!

My father was diagnosed with Lymphoma Cancer over 10 years ago. His initial Doctor’s diagnosis gave him six months to a maximum of a year of life. In the midst of this devastating news, I’ll never forget one what one of my mentors told me, “Joyce, just focus on Love, give him love and make sure you do everything that you have always wanted to do with your father. Love changes everything, Love transforms everything, Love is the highest purest vibration that heals all” And although healing was intense, that is what our family did. We made it a mission and purposely focused on giving him more Love than usual. Love was the extension of life he and our family needed.

It gave him 10 more years to share with all of us in the purest form. – Joyce Haddad, keep it in the heart, see ad, pg ?

LOVE Extended My BFF’s Life!

It was hard to hear that the result of the breast biopsy was cancer, but as best friends, we had promised to support each other no matter what. Love and faith was the tie that bonded our journey. We researched clinics, treatments and alternative modalities extensively. But our love for life and faith of healing turn a 6 months death sentence into 5 more years of quality time with me, her daughter, other friends, and family. We challenged it and beat the odds through the power of love, faith and believing. Doctors were amazed. – Lynn P. and avid reader of the magazine.

A Mother’s LOVE

46 years ago I moved my entire family to Florida looking for another diagnosis for my daughter. She, only 12 years old at the time, was diagnosed with terminal kidney failure. My love for my daughter was greater than any doctor’s forecast or verdict.

Fearlessly, I got on a plane and sought out the best physician available. And, with the strongest love a mother can have, I found the medical resources she needed to have a fighting chance. The road was long, challenging and uphill, but we shared such a deep bonding love that they were inconsequential. Love is the most powerful tool for a mother, and I’m glad my heartfelt belief in it saved my daughter’s life. This Christmas we share another holiday season filled with LOVE and gratitude. – Gladys C. and avid reader of the magazine.

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Individuals suffering from adrenal fatigue are most concerned about their low moods, energy, mental acuity and libido, for which conventional medicine typically prescribes antidepressant and anti-anxiety drugs. These medications do nothing to revive adrenal functioning.

This faulty condition also affects weight gain and a propensity toward the development of some diseases, including

fibromyalgia. “Your resiliency, energy, endurance and very life depend on the proper functioning of the adrenals,” Wilson says.

We’ve inherited our sympathetic nervous system and its stress response of fight-or-flight from our prehistoric ancestors. It hasn’t evolved to differentiate between an acute threat to survival and the chronic threats from looming deadlines, financial pressures and other modern-day worries.

“The adrenal stress response to physical danger or any perceived psychological threat is identical—the release of norepinephrine and epinephrine responsible for cascading physiological reactions,” explains Dr. Vijay Jain, who treats fatigue from an integrative perspective at his Mind Body Wellness Center, in Palm Coast, Florida.

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Adrenal fatigue is mainly a self-induced health problem that doesn’t just appear. It results from an accumulation of ongoing choices that we can change.

Jain applies ayurvedic principles to reestablish balance in the body’s three prominent mind-body types that influence personal well-being. These are known as vata, pitta and kapha. For people primarily characterized by vata and pitta typology, fatigue is the result of being overactive and burning the candle at both ends. For those with kapha constitutions, fatigue is the outcome of a sedentary lifestyle with insufficient movement and eating the wrong foods for them.

He further recommends getting more sleep with regular bedtimes, practices such as yoga nidra meditation, pranayama (yogic breathing) and a slower-paced yoga practice with longerheld meditative poses, as well as massage and a diet designed to restore our biological energies, or doshas, to a balanced state.

“Depending on a patient’s constitution I advise some to slow down and burn 50 percent less of their candle, while I tell others to increase their physical activity and improve their diet.”

Jain also recommends a type of ayurvedic purification and detoxification treatment that involves a series of five therapies including massage and herbal treatments. Performed in sequence, these allow the body and mind to drop into a state of peacefulness. Acupuncture treatments are also helpful, along with a regimen of adaptogenic herbs such as ginseng, schisandra and ashwagandha, according to Jain.

In Happy Healthy Thyroid: The Essential Steps to Healing Naturally, author Andrea Beaman writes about how she recovered naturally from adrenal fatigue. To restore energy and vitality to the body, she further recommends the healing practices of hatha yoga, qigong and tai chi. “These modalities build energy, whereas power yoga, and cardiovascular exercises drain energy in fatigued individuals,” advises Beaman. She notes that it can take six months to two years to restore desired energy levels.

Beaman counsels individuals with behavioral characteristics that make it more challenging to burn less of their candle. She grabs their attention with the critical nature of their situation. “‘You are in and out of life in a blink. If you’re exhausted at age 48, how are you going to live a vibrant, happy and exuberant life right up to the finish line?’

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The season of hospitality is happily also the season of pomegranates, blood oranges and Meyer lemons (a sweeter, thin-skinned, aromatic variety). These vibrant fruits give a taste of good cheer to anything we can pour, shake, muddle or simmer.

Whether we offer fresh-squeezed blood orange juice in the morning, a nonalcoholic cocktail of pomegranate juice and sparkling water, or a squeeze of Meyer lemon juice in a hot toddy or tea, the tart flavor is a sure pick-me-up. The red color in antioxidant-rich blood oranges and pomegranates indicates the presence of anthocyanins, compounds that might help prevent cancer and heart disease, as well as treat eye disorders, according to an article published in the Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology. Meyer lemons are a good source of vitamin C, essential for producing collagen needed to support the formation of new bone, blood vessels, ligaments and tendons, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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After an evening of over-imbibing, our systems need to reboot. The stomach needs help in processing alcohol, plus we may be dehydrated and feeling a little queasy. Filtered water, coconut water or a sweet, caffeine-free coffee or carbonated beverage of the lemon-lime variety rehydrate, as well as help our digestive system break down and flush out the alcohol.

According to Registered Dietitian Aicacia Young, in Austin, Texas, founder of ClimbHealthy.com, the simple act of drinking water before we go to bed can assist in the recovery process.

Research published in the Food & Function journal found that lemonlime soda helps the body metabolize alcohol better by speeding up its ability to process the compound aldehyde dehydrogenase, the main cause of hangover symptoms. For nausea and motion sickness, ginger or peppermint tea can help, according to studies in the American Journal of Physiology and the French Prescrire International.

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Sometimes the stress of holiday to-dos, often combined with travel, can lower the resilience of our immune system.

When we feel symptoms of a cold or flu coming on, the classic hot toddy can help us feel human again. The alcohol in whiskey is a natural decongestant; plus, it helps get us to sleep. Honey soothes and perky lemon juice gives us hope that we’ll feel better the next day.

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Blood Orange French 75 Yields: 1 serving In a champagne flute, pour a jigger of gin, the juice of half a blood orange and a squeeze of Meyer lemon juice. Top up with champagne.

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Holiday Sangria Yields: 8 servings Combine 1 liter of cabernet sauvignon, a quart of pomegranate juice, ¼ cup agave nectar, 1 thinly sliced Meyer lemon and 1 thinly sliced pear in a pitcher.

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Autumn in a Jar Conserve Yield: 4 to 6 half-pint jars This recipe can be properly canned for longer shelf life or simply added to clean jars, kept refrigerated and used promptly.

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Bring 1 cup of water to a boil. Remove from the heat. Stir in the juice of half a

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1 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup whole wheat or mix of whole grain flours 1 tsp baking powder ½ tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 3 Tbsp sugar ¼ tsp cinnamon 11/3 cups diced apples (about 3 small to medium apples 2 eggs 2 cups buttermilk 4 Tbsp butter melted, plus additional for the pan

In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients, 8 cups apples, peeled and chopped 1½ cups sweet red wine then mix in the 1 cup honey apples. ½ cup sugar In a separate 1 lemon, juiced bowl, whisk together the eggs, buttermilk 2½ tsp cinnamon and butter. It’s OK if the butter re-solid½ cup walnuts, toasted and chopped ifies in clumps when you add it to the cold buttermilk.

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apsicum frutescens is also known as cayenne pepper or chili pepper. There are several other species within the Capsicum family, including Capsicum annum, where Paprika comes from. The plants are native to the Americas, and are cultivated mostly in the U.S. and Europe. The level of pungency is classified by the concentration of capsaicinoids, primarily of capsaicin, in the fruit. I think they’re easy to grow here in Florida, as I have several varieties in my garden.

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hen sugar was a commodHealthier Holiday Snacks ity only the wealthy could Mothers Amy Roskelley and Natalie afford, “visions of sugarMonson, of Provo, Utah, agree that raisplums” danced in the heads of chiling healthy kids is a challenge. Dealing dren ensconced in Clement Moore’s with picky eaters, getting family mem’Twas the Night Before Christmas. bers to exercise and sourcing organic Now, cheap candy is everywhere and baby care products are all in a day’s not all that special. What is special work for them. It’s why they founded is making memories aligned with SuperHealthyKids.com. Subscribers contemporary traditions while enjoying naturally sweet, healthy treats that have access to meal plans, recipes and healthy parenting tips. Recent advice kids will remember helping to create. includes ditching prepackaged popcorn “It’s important to limit sugary snacks, even during the holidays,” says (listing unpronounceable ingredients) Claire McCarthy, a Boston Children’s and instead making the treat at home— Hospital pediatrician, Harvard Medical popping kernels in coconut oil and School assistant professor of pediatrics topping the result with maple snickerand senior editor for Harvard Health doodle flavorings.

Publications. She is also a mother of Many moms turn to online boards elementary school kids. “We need to for party ideas. Fun photos posted use the opportunity—any opportunity there guide kids in creating naturally these days—to teach children and sweet treats, such as fresh fruit skewfamilies about eating healthy.” ers shaped like elves or magic wands

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“Building a gingerbread house is a time-honored tradition for many families,” says Jacquie Fisher, a Kansas City, Missouri, mom who masterminds the educational blog and kid-friendly adventure postings at KCEdventures. com. Learning to construct the edible structure is intriguing fun.

“Testing out how to balance the walls, construct a roof and put together a fun little structure is the perfect intro to some basic physics principles,” she notes. Because she’s not a fan of sugar icing and candy add-ons, Fisher’s kids connect over how to make Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’s stable with whole-wheat graham crackers “glued” together with a homemade maple caramel mixed with coconut milk. They decorate using dried fruit, nuts, dry cereal and flaked coconut.

Christmas Stocking Stuffer and Hanukkah Gelt For healthy alternatives to sugary candy, savvy parents source sweet treats made with 100 percent fruit juice and fair trade chocolate available at health food stores and markets.

Registered Dietitian Abbie Gellman, in New York City, reinvents the Hanukkah gelt, or foil-wrapped chocolate coins, that Jewish children traditionally receive. She flattens dried apricots with a kitchen mallet, dips them in melted dark chocolate and then sprinkles the treats with sea salt.

We can always make wonderful memories true to the spirit of holiday traditions, and do it today in a healthier way.

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

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Healthy Sweets for Kids Apricot Gelt

Yields: 12 servings (6 pieces per person)

Fruit Skewer Elves

1½ lb dried apricots 1 lb dark chocolate chips 1 Tbsp coarse sea salt

Yields: 12 servings

12 cocktail sticks or short bamboo skewers 12 seedless green grapes 12 strawberries, hulled 1 firm banana, peeled and cut into 12 thin rounds 1 mozzarella stick, cut into 12 rounds

Using a heavy skillet or mallet, flatten apricots to ¼-inch thickness and set aside.

Yields: About 5 cups Popcorn: 1 tsp coconut oil, melted ½ cup popcorn kernels Maple Snickerdoodle Topping: 1 Tbsp coconut oil 2 Tbsp pure maple syrup ½ tsp cinnamon Sea salt to taste Heat the coconut oil in a medium saucepan, with a lid, over medium heat. Add 3 kernels of popcorn and wait for them to pop. Once the test kernels start to pop, add the rest, cover and allow to pop, shaking occasionally until popping slows to a near stop.

For each skewer, thread a green grape to the bottom of the skewer to create the elf face. Top with a round banana slice to make the pale trim around the hat, then an upside-down hulled strawberry to form the pointy hat. Add a mozzarella round to make the pompom at the point of the hat. Serve right away.

Dip each apricot in chocolate, coating ½ to ¾ of the apricot. Place on wire racks set over parchment or wax paper and sprinkle with sea salt. Let stand until set.

Transfer apricots to baking sheets lined with parchment or wax paper and refrigerate until firm. The gelt may be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to three days.

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Maple Snickerdoodle Popcorn

Place chocolate in the top of a doubleboiler over simmering water and stir until the chocolate has melted.

Adapted from a recipe by Abbie Gellman, SPECertified.com/blog/view/ apricot-gelt-recipe.

Holiday Fairy Wands Yields: 12 servings

Pour the popcorn into a large bowl and set aside.

12 long bamboo skewers 24 seedless green grapes 12 chunks of fresh pineapple 12 strawberries, hulled 2 starfruit (carambola), cut into 12 slices

Serve immediately making additional sea salt available.

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For the topping, whisk together the coconut oil, maple syrup and cinnamon, until well combined. Pour over the popcorn and mix well. Sprinkle the top with a few pinches of sea salt, mix again and taste.

For each skewer, thread a green grape 3 inches from the bottom of the skewer, leaving room to hold the wand. Next, thread a chunk of pineapple, then another grape. Thread a strawberry, pointed end up. Add a slice of starfruit to make the star on the end of the wand. Serve immediately.

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Rudolph the Reindeer’s Stable Yields: 1 stable Graham crackers Small paintbrushes Assorted fresh and dried fruits for decoration, such as blackberries, pomegranate arils and kiwi fruit Dry cereal, such as Rice Chex, and flaked coconut for decoration Pecan halves for roof shingles Vegan Maple Caramel “Glue”: 1 cup canned coconut milk (shake the can well before opening and measuring) 3 Tbsp maple syrup 1 tsp vanilla extract Pinch sea salt For the vegan maple caramel, place all ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir until the mixture comes to a boil. Keep cooking until the caramel thickens and darkens to a caramel color, about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Remove from the heat and let cool until just warm to the touch, then use for glue. If you like, make the caramel mixture ahead, store in the refrigerator and then microwave until just warm.

Dab the bottom of 1 double graham cracker with the maple caramel glue; then attach it to a dinner plate to make the stable floor. Glue on three walls, a fence and a roof. When the structure is solid, use more warm caramel mix to attach the desired decorations on the stable, fence and perhaps a courtyard out front.

If necessary, reheat the edible glue in the microwave. Let dry for 1 hour.

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FITNESS 2017 New Year’s Resolutions that Stick

by Aimee Hughes

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very January, we rally our hopes, vowing that this time our New Year’s resolutions will finally stick.

However, “If you don’t have a plan, plan to fail,” says Kansas City, Missouri, personal trainer Jake Albracht.

We can make our health and fitness goals for 2017 a reality instead of just wishful thinking.

Find a good trainer. “A personal trainer provides a helpful base of knowledge because the hardest part for most people is a lack of planning and diligence in following up. Trainers can step in to help a client achieve their goals,” says Albracht.

Jeanne Rankin, assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Kentucky, in Lexington, adds, “A personal trainer can also help you set lofty goals that you wouldn’t have considered on your own due to fear of failure in achieving them.”

Secure personal attention. Individual attention is invaluable. Albracht notes, “There’s nothing like the instant feedback with technique, information and support that one-on-one training provides.”

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isn’t, providing a better assessment than in a group.”

“Group settings can also be positive and mimic a team environment, but a one-on-one relationship allows for a deeper bond of trust. Sometimes that can make all the difference in the world,” Albracht explains.

Ask questions. If engaging a personal trainer isn’t in our available budget, they are often willing to answer a few burning fitness questions. Most of us have had volunteer teachers at some point in our lives that expected nothing in return because they loved sharing what they know. It’s a slower process, but can be a viable option.

Set realistic goals. “I tell clients that structuring a program of specific goals will always trump a non-structured program,” says Albracht. “They need to fill out a goals sheet and develop a personal model that is repeatable, sustainable and successful. We use the SMART acronym for specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and timely.” Sometimes writing things down is just what’s needed to make them actually happen.

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that the images have been Photoshopped. They also have access to the best and most expensive resources in the world, and looking good is their job,” reminds Rankin. “Set a goal, and then set a bunch of small, achievable, measurable and quantifiable steps along the way that’ll push you towards that bigger goal.”

For example, If the goal is to lose 50 pounds in a year, then maybe shoot to lose 30 pounds in the first six months and 20 in the second six months.

“Breaking it up into what feels doable for you is key,” says Rankin.

Establish intentions. Krysten Clark, a Los Angeles personal trainer, yoga teacher and founder of Yogva Nutrition, uses the SMART elements along with establishing an intention for each session. She states, “It’s important to recognize what ‘being healthy’ means to you. I always have my clients set an intention for their workout in the moment, which allows them to be fully present with what they’re doing and why they’re doing it. Connecting with their ‘why’ proves powerful in a day-to-day practice.”

She also strives to bring mindfulness into any fitness workout that evolves from a mind-body connection.

The accompanying sense of self-compassion furthers progress in the neverending process of personal growth and healthy living.

Acquire a fitness posse. An accountability partner can be a friend or a personal trainer—someone that’s only a phone call away. Rankin observes, “If you know that you are letting someone down by not working out, then you are more likely to stick to a plan, especially if you’re paying that person.”

Hit the reset button if needed.

“Set a deadline to attain a goal and work backwards from there to achieve it,” advises Albracht. “If the goal is missed, reassess and plan again.” Be patient and forgive yourself as often as necessary if slip-ups occur. The ultimate results of feeling good and healthier provide their own payoff.

Aimee Hughes, a freelance writer in Kansas City, MO, is a doctor of naturopathy and consultant for the Yandara Yoga Institute. Connect at ChezAimee@ gmail.com.

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an and woman’s best four-legged friend can activate and energize even the most reluctant couch potato or exhausted owner, making the family dog an excellent exercise buddy. Regardless of how lax we may be, everyone feels better after some kind of workout. A study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology confirms that working up a sweat outdoors affords an appealing boost of energy, enjoyment and improved state of mind.

Dogs love routine, so they’ll be waiting by the door for their daily walks.

Make each outing mindful by letting the pet choose the route and pace. While they stop to sniff, do hamstring stretches by leaning against a wall, fence or tree. Once the warm-up portion is completed, add sprints to burn more calories. Ask for a sit, pick a goal a short distance away and then give the cue to run together fast. After arriving at the goal, ask for another sit.

“Our favorite time to go is before 7 a.m. to avoid cars and when the asphalt isn’t too hot for his paws,” says Monica Weintraub, a food and travel blogger currently working from Beijing, China.

“Carl loves the burst of energy, and we both build muscle.”

A backyard agility course can complement or even substitute for walks. It’s easy to make with weave poles, jumps and tunnels. Vary the order of the obstacles and run alongside the dog to call out each one. When it’s excessively wet, cold and icy or hot outside, create an indoor agility course. Use blankets and upturned chairs for tunnels, cardboard boxes to designate a weaving trot and a hula hoop for jumps. Set it up on top of rugs that foster firm footing.

Balance can also be improved with exercise balls. While some dogs only see a soccer game, others try to balance on the ball, strengthening core muscles like their humans.

Learning doga, or yoga for dogs, incorporates a canine’s natural trainability, flexibility, mimicry of human moves and desire to please. Kristen Corral, who’s also certified in animal massage, teaches Anima yoga fusion classes for people and pets of all ages in Las Vegas.

“Anima means an expression of one’s true inner self,” she explains. “We work on balance and never force the dogs into poses. They’re excited during the first sessions, but as you move and breathe

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together, it becomes a calming and relaxing activity.”

Floor exercises with the help of a dog also helps strengthen core muscles.

Do leg lifts and teach the pet to walk under a raised leg to ensure it stays raised for the proper amount of time.

Incorporate fetch games with sit-ups; throw the toy when sitting up and accept it back while reclining. Alternate arms—the dominant one has better aim, while the other one adds steps for the dog as it runs to fetch an errant toss.

For chair exercises, use a toy to lure the dog under the chair, moving it from side-to-side, simultaneously working the waistline. Fetch lets the dog chase the toy before dropping it in front of the chair, giving the owner’s core muscles a workout when bending to pick it up each time.

Dogs love to play hide-and-seek.

It’s easy with two people; one holds the dog while the other hides. If solo, teach the pet to sit until a timer goes off before starting the hunt.

“I ask Felix, my mixed-breed dog, to hold a sit-stay while I go hide,” says Chantelle Wallace, a professional writer who volunteers to exercise animals at Skyline Pet Care and Fitness, in Austin, Texas. “Hide and seek activates both mental focus and physical exercise.”

Dancing to favorite tunes expends lots of energy. Dogs may perform obedience moves to the beat or, like humans, dance like nobody’s watching.

Scientists at the University of Missouri are among those that have found that music improves moods, too.

Teaching a dog to help around the house impresses everybody and takes advantage of bad weather to catch up on chores. They can tour a laundry basket to bedrooms, pick up trash or place items for recycling in a bin. Select individual items to be carried up or down stairs for a muscular workout. Take some tips from Jesse, a most helpful dog, at Tinyurl.com/HouseholdHelpPooch.

When our will to exercise is wavering, an eager dog will help keep an exercise routine interesting and on track. The dog’s goal is always to have fun with their favorite person.

Connect with freelance writer Sandra Murphy at StLouisFreelanceWriter@ mindspring.com.

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Keep It Real This Holiday Season

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ature’s holiday decorations can transcend cliché pine wreaths or farmed trees to make highly personalized indoor décor that supersedes traditional greenery. Yet mistletoe, holly leaves and berries, eucalyptus, poinsettias, tree needles, acorns and a cut tree’s water reservoir can be harmful to both pets and children. Here are some better choices.

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For smaller spaces or to make a statement, try grouping topiary trees of varying heights draped with solar twinkle lights and small ornaments or fresh flowers to create a focal point in a bay window.

“A lemon-lime cypress lends another burst of unexpected color on an entry hall table,” says freelance floral designer Janet Corrao, in Nutley, New Jersey. “It smells good, too.” Plants six inches tall work well. Corrao suggests setting the pots in colorful, inexpensive metal buckets from craft stores for added glamour.

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ladder in a corner and hang ornaments down the center space; add garlands and lights and set potted flowers and small gift boxes on the steps. Search “alternative Christmas trees” at Pinterest. com for more ideas.

Another option uses hedge-like plants in lieu of a tree. Consider an English or Japanese boxwood plant or evergreen lilly pilly, and then trim to the desired size and shape. Plant it outdoors as weather and climate permit.

The Table

“While we were working on a photo shoot, the photographer decided to include a Christmas scene. I was able to add fresh greenery from the property to the red ornaments and white orchids that I’d brought along. It made a striking centerpiece running the entire length of the table,” says florist Angie Zimmerman, of Angie Zimmerman Designs, in El Dorado Hills, California. “For the fireplace mantel I used branches with red berries to add height on either side of the central mirror and then duplicated the centerpiece design between them.”

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Make living place cards with small pots of herbs. Chalkboard paint identifies the plant and guest seating. Also consider colorful painted pots sporting a small cactus.

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“I love to use pine cones for centerpieces,” Corrao says. “Our weather is cold enough that I don’t have to worry about bugs when collecting cones in the neighborhood.” For warmer climates, bake the pine cones for 30 minutes in a 200-degree oven to melt excess sap, kill insects and fully open them.

Sold online or in kitchenware stores, a bay leaf wreath offers cheer at the door. After the holidays, hang it in the kitchen for easy access. “Kumquats, lemons, tangerines, small oranges and crabapples add color to green wreaths,” notes Corrao.

Garlands

For many, Christmas demands the smell of fresh pine boughs.

Spice up the traditional greenery with carnations or other lighthued flowers colored with the juices of fresh, canned or frozen fruits and veggies—red from cranberries, beets and cherries; yellow and orange from yellow onions and carrots; purple from blackberries; green from spinach; pink from strawberries; and blue from red cabbage or blueberries. Freshly cut the flower stems and put them in the liquid from crushed produce or the can to absorb color. Hang garlands out of reach of young children and pets.

Navjot Kaur, of Navjot Designs, in Chicago, says, “We all have greenery in our yard or patio gardens that can be used for the holidays. It’s fun to alter the design based upon what is available.”

Imagination and inspiration can spark new, greener traditions.

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Lucky 13, Really?

by Pastor Shaun W. Smith

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s 13 really lucky? For me, not so much. Allow me to briefly explain my journey with Tooth 13 for the last sixteen years. It was Winter 2000 when I first began experiencing pain with Tooth 13 in the top left of my mouth. This pain was in the gum area just above the tooth as well as in my head. Sensing the urgency of the moment, I immediately scheduled an appointment with a local dentist in Raleigh, NC, nearby where I was attending Bible seminary in Wake Forest, NC. After a complete oral evaluation, the dentist recommended those now dreaded words: Tooth 13 requires a root canal due to infection. I was young and inexperienced with dental procedures at the time, so, I trusted this was the best option without seeking a second opinion. We moved forward with the root canal, which was not an enjoyable procedure, by the way.

After the procedure, I departed the dentist’s office with high hopes that my problems with Tooth 13 were now in the past. Of course, a couple of months later I quickly realized this was not the case as the infection reoccurred. Frustrated, I went back to the same dentist who advised me he made a mistake and missed a second canal that needed to be cleaned. He performed the root canal again to include the second canal at no additional charge. I thought to myself, this should take care of the problem for good!

Again, the problem was not resolved. I continued to experience headaches, and the infection reappeared within months. At this point, the dentist referred me to a endodontic specialist who would perform the first apicoectomy on Tooth 13.

From 2000 to 2016, I continued to experience daily headaches along with pressure in my head and foggy thinking. And, from 2010 to 2014 I had three additional apicoectomy

procedures on Tooth 13 in Miami, FL, due to reoccurring infections. I was at the end of my rope trying to “save” a dead tooth. Was I receiving bad advice?

As a believer in Jesus Christ, I strongly believe the Word of God. The Bible teaches God loves us and desires for us to walk in wholeness in spirit, soul (mind, will & emotions) and body. This was purchased for you and me by the sacrificial death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I thought to myself, this includes Tooth 13!

But, my daily pain was a constant reminder of my internal disappointment and frustration that I was not fully walking in the abundant, healthy life Jesus died for me to experience NOW in this life. Questions would arise in my mind: Why was I not getting better? Why did it seem my body’s immune system was always fighting off a virus? What was causing the constant headaches and foggy thinking? Why was I always lacking energy throughout the day? Some days the pain was debilitating negatively impacting my daily routine. Even with weekly visits to the chiropractor, I would only feel good and energetic for one or two days maximum. This pain had become my norm; it was as if this situation was never going to get better after sixteen years two root canals and four apicoectomies.

Enter Stage Right: Dr. Yolanda Cintron.

I believe my introduction to Dr. Cintron was a divine appointment through a mutual Christian friend. I actually received her contact information in January 2016, but I did not call until November 2016 because I was believing God for a healing miracle in my tooth. Sometimes in life, though, God works miracles through great doctors like Dr. Cintron, who compassionately and holistically care for their patients.

Dr. Cintron instructed her friendly staff to schedule my appointment

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as quickly as I could travel to Fort Lauderdale from Miami, FL. During my appointment, she performed a complete oral evaluation and advised me the best plan would be to extract Tooth 13, which was infected again. She also explained to me there was mercury at the root tip due to the previous apicoecotomy procedures.

This mercury was the culprit behind many of the negative symptoms I had experienced the previous sixteen years.

As you can imagine, the extraction of your first tooth can be an emotional decision, but Dr. Cintron and her staff showed much compassion and care as I made the decision to deal with Tooth 13 once and for all.

Tooth 13 has been gone for two weeks now, and I am feeling more energetic and excited as each day passes. What a joy to wake up without pain! I am very thankful to Dr. Cintron and her staff for allowing the Lord Jesus Christ to minister His compassion and care through them to me.

What a blessing, what a miracle! I am forever grateful. I pray the Lord will continue to bless you, keep you and make His face to shine upon you, in Jesus’ name.

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leansing the lymphatic system (LS) may be the single most important and overlooked step in having a healthy immune system. Generally, we get suggestions for cleansing the liver and the intestines. Eliminating toxins from the lymphatic system is important to help renew and keep the body healthy.

If you have aches and pains, swelling, inflammation, fatty deposits or bloating, these could be signs of a blocked LS. The best way to keep your immune system healthy is to love your lymph and move it to prevent stagnation and congestion. The LS has no central pump and depends on muscle contraction (diaphragm with deep breathing) and manual manipulation (massage) to move the fluid to circulate and drain from the body.

The LS is a complex network of fluid-filled nodes, vessels, ducts and glands, including the spleen, thymus and tonsils. It bathes our cells and carries our body’s “sewage” away from the tissues to neutralize it. The LS handles toxins that enter the body through external sources, such as foods, environmental products or air pollution. It also takes care of toxins that accumulate internally, such as stress of any organs.

Foods can either help or hinder the flow of lymph in the body. To cleanse the LS, avoid “chemical foods” that contain artificial preservatives, flavors, colors and stabilizers—which include most prepared, packaged and fast foods. These may clog your LS. Recent studies found that 80 percent of overweight women or those with cellulite have sluggish LS. Getting this system flowing smoothly is the key to easy weight loss and improved feelings of well-being. The spleen is the largest mass of lymph natural awakenings

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Breast Thermography’s Heat Seeking Technology

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ith your first Medical Thermography screening you can see what the heat signatures are telling you about your health.

Is everything in balance? Do you have certain areas that need your attention or is there one spot that needs further testing?

HOW DOES IT WORK: Thermography screenings are performed by a certified thermographic technician in a private examining room. Thermographers take about 30 images of your body with an infrared camera. Those images are sent to the Professional Academy of Clinical Thermology (PACT) certified Thermologists so they can interpret your images, compose your report, and upon request, review your results.

For breast cancer cases in the US, 80% have no family history. Thermography may show heat imbalances, in most patients, as early as 10 years before detection of cancer can be seen on anatomical testing such as mammograms, ultrasounds or MRI’s. Inflammation, for example, can be the precursor to cancer and other diseases.By gaining more insight to what’s going on in your body today, you can hopefully avoid future issues.

Breast thermography was discovered in 1956 in Montreal, Canada and rapidly became popular throughout the world. It was FDA cleared as an adjunctive screening procedure for breast cancer in 1982. Recent advancements in technology have allowed us to perform even more accurate exams. A 2008 study published in the American Journal of Surgery, performed at New York Presbyterian Hospital Cornell showed a 97% sensitivity in discriminating cancer compared to biopsy. Medical thermography can be used as a whole body approach to wellness with the understanding that there is no “normal” asymmetrical heat in the body. Thermal cameras can detect heat on the skin surface that may show underlying pathologies. Thermography is an excellent tool that your doctor can use to assess your health. PACT educates doctors to understand your testing. Be sure to have them consult the Professional Academy of Clinical Thermology for more information and training.

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Dynamic Duo Combining Chiropractic and Acupuncture Energizes Health

by Kathleen Barnes

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hiropractic manipulation of the spine has long been a remedy for structural malfunctions such as aching backs and recurring headaches. Today, chiropractors are also treating neck pain from stress, plus tight shoulders and numb fingers from long hours of computer use. An increasing number of them are now incorporating acupuncture into their arsenal against disorders once treated by chiropractic alone with great success.

“What if you had a nail in your foot? You can do anything to try to heal it, but until you pull the nail out of your foot, you’ll still have a recurring problem,” explains Dr. James Campbell, of East Brunswick, New Jersey, a certified diplomate and incoming president of the American Board of Chiropractic Acupuncture (ABCA). “Like removing the nail, chiropractic removes the mechanical problem and opens the way for acupuncture to stimulate healing,” Similarly, a chiropractic adjustment removes obstructions and opens acupuncture meridians to facilitate quick healing, “sometimes even immediately,” says Campbell, owner of Campbell Chiropractic Center. “Instead of having the needles

in for 20 to 30 minutes, I can actually use a microcurrent device to access the meridians in the ears or on the hands and get the same results in five to 10 seconds.” He notes that relief can be both fast and permanent because the healing energy currents are able to circulate freely throughout the body.

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Combining the two modalities has been practiced for more than 40 years, although awareness of the enhanced effectiveness of doing so has been primarily realized in the eastern half of the U.S. The dual therapy is the brainchild of the late Dr. Richard Yennie, who initially became a Kansas City chiropractor after acupuncture healed a back injury shortly after World War II. An acupuncturist smuggled prohibited needles into Yennie’s Japanese hospital room in the sleeve of his kimono for treatments that ended with Yennie’s hospital discharge marked, “GKO,” meaning in the doctor’s opinion, “God only knows” how the intense back pain was healed.

While Yennie went on to teach judo and establish five judo-karate schools, his greatest achievement was bringing the two sciences together in the U.S. He founded both the Acupuncture Society of America and the American Board of Chiropractic Acupuncture, affiliated with the American Chiropractic Association. Certification as a diplomate requires 2,300 hours of training in the combined modalities.

positions for using traditional computers and mobile devices. He also suggests exercises to minimize or eliminate the structural challenges that accompany actively leveraging today’s technological world.

In addition to chiropractors who are increasingly adding acupuncture to their own credentials, an increasing number of chiropractors have added acupuncturists to their practices.

Therapy combining chiropractic and acupuncture has yet to be widely researched, but one study published in the Journal of Chiropractic Medicine in 2012 reports the results of two acupuncture treatments followed by three acupuncture/chiropractic treatments for a women suffering from long-term migraine headaches. The migraines disappeared and had not returned a year later. Other studies show that combination therapy offers significant improvements in neck pain and tennis elbow.

Campbell relates a story of the power of chiropractic combined with acupuncture, when his young son, who was able to walk only with great difficulty, received a two-minute treatment from Yennie. Afterward, “My son got up and ran down the hall.”

Locate a certified practitioner at AmericanBoardOfChiropracticAcupuncture.org/about-us/find-a-diplomate. Kathleen Barnes is the author of numerous natural health books. Connect at KathleenBarnes.com.

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Doctor of Chiropractic Michael Kleker, of Aspen Wellness Center, in Fort Collins, Colorado, is also a state-licensed acupuncturist. “I can tailor treatments to whatever the individual needs,” he says.

For patients experiencing pain after spinal fusion surgery, with no possibility of any movement in their spine, Kleker finds that acupuncture helps manage the pain. “We can commonly get the person out of the chronic pain loop,” he says.

He also finds the combination helpful in treating chronic migraines, tennis elbow and other chronic pain conditions.

“When I started my practice in 1981, few chiropractors knew anything about acupuncture, let alone used it. Now there are more and more of us,” observes Kleker.

Both Kleker and Campbell are seeing increasing numbers of patients with problems related to high use of technology, facilitating greater challenges for chiropractors and new ways that adding acupuncture can be valuable.

Notebook computers and iPads have both upsides and downsides, Campbell remarks. Users can find relief from repetitive motion injuries like carpal tunnel syndrome by moving around portable devices. However, he is treating more patients for vertigo due to looking down at screens or neck pain from lying in bed looking up while using the devices.

“Blackberry thumb”, which refers to pain caused by texting, responds especially well to a combination of chiropractic manipulation of the thumb to free up the joint, and microcurrent or acupuncture needles to enhance energy flow in the area,” advises Campbell.

Prevention is the best cure for these problems, advises Kleker. He routinely informs patients about proper ergonomic

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The Mind-Body Syndrome

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verybody is under pressure from themselves or from life circumstances, and everybody has some degree of rage in their unconscious.”—Dr. John Sarno, author of Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection.

In 1991, Dr. John Sarno—the luminary behind the discovery of tension myositis syndrome and how best to treat it—wrote his revolutionary, best-selling book, Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection. This was the first time the general public was introduced to and informed about this condition in which a person’s subconscious mind has a physiologic impact on various pain pathways.

In his book, Sarno, a former professor of clinical rehabilitation medicine at New York University School of Medicine and former attending physician at The Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine at New York University Medical Centers, details accounts of various patients that came to him seeking relief from back pain, often after having exhausted both Eastern and Western treatment options. His diagnosis for many of them was tension myositis syndrome, also referred to as tension myoneural syndrome, and most recently by Sarno as mind-body syndrome, or MBS. The “tension” refers to the emotional tension that exists and is the catalyst for the pain and tightness in the muscles. The “myositis” or “myoneural” refers to muscles and nerves that are involved. The “syndrome” refers to the fact that symptoms from MBS/TMS can be varied and variable.

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support of those with MBS/TMS. But why? Why would our unconscious mind cause pain in our body? Sarno and his colleagues (and now an entire MBS/TMS community) believe that the unconscious does this so as to create a focus on the body and to move the conscious mind away from unconscious feelings that may be too difficult for a person to face. The MBS/TMS community refers to these feelings as “unconscious rage”—often thought to be a result of childhood trauma or about the unfairness of life; there is even what Sarno refers to as “a good guy rage,” concerning one’s own pressure to be good all the time—to be perfect.

When it comes to MBS/TMS, the most important part of this syndrome to realize is that this all happens unconsciously. This creation of pain is completely on a subconscious level. The patient is not consciously aware of or in control of the pain. The reason that the subconscious mind is facilitating a pain response, according to Sarno, is because the subconscious mind believes physical pain is less painful than allowing the conscious mind to think certain thoughts and feel certain emotions, or even to consciously admit to having these thoughts and emotions.

In filmmaker Michael Galinsky’s yet-to-be released documentary, All the Rage, folks like Larry David, John Stossel, Howard Stern, Jonathan Ames and Sen. Tom Harkin all found relief utilizing Sarno’s methods after exhausting other modalities. “Let’s be clear, this is not ‘all in your head’—not in any way, shape or form; this pain is real!” says Eileen Newman, who is also featured in the documentary. “No, it isn’t in your head; although, it is created by what is in your head.”

Yet, rage can be misconstrued. Newman herself agrees: “Rage? I thought I have nothing to be ‘rageful’ about. I have a great life, had a wonderful childhood, have beautiful kids, have a job I am thankful for and time to volunteer, have two parents who are still alive into their ‘80s—why would I be rageful?” Yet, when Newman began Sarno’s program and started journaling her feelings daily, she was shocked to see the resentment she had. She began to recognize both her conscious resentment and her buried rage. The resentment was the “conscious” feeling—but that was really just the tip of the iceberg. When she tapped her subconscious, she admitted she resented her own personal choice to be perfect.

She also resented her children who seemed to take advantage of her. “I thought what kind of monster is rageful because her baby won’t stop crying or her elderly parents need a visit. My rage was shameful, and to be honest, I could see why I didn’t want to face that!”

In the 25 years since Sarno published his first book, doctors are discovering that there are multiple conditions that are the result of the mind-body connection. In Sarno’s most recent book, The Divided Mind, and in Dr. Howard Schubiner’s book, Unlearn Your Pain, the ailments that have been re-diagnosed as MBS/TMS run the gamut from fibromyalgia to irritable bowel syndrome to gastroesophageal reflux disease to

interstitial cystitis and more. One common characteristic of MBS/TMS is that different pains and maladies occur at different times or even simultaneously in a person’s life.

Dr. Andrea Leonard-Segal, of the George Washington University Center for Integrative Medicine, and one of Sarno’s colleagues, explains that when a physician takes an in-depth history, performs a physical examination, and rules out other diseases with appropriate tests, then a diagnosis of MBS/TMS can be made. “We don’t know exactly how the feeling of subconscious rage communicates chemically with the body to then cause pain, diarrhea, a skin rash, or other physical responses, but we do know that it does. An example of conscious emotions having a physiologic effect is the red cheeks and warm feeling we have when we get embarrassed. We don’t yet know how the feeling of embarrassment stimulates the blood vessels to turn our cheeks red, but we know that it does.”

Leonard-Segal explains that a careful medical review is necessary for everyone with chronic symptoms to rule out a serious medical condition. If a person is suffering from chronic symptoms that doctors have been unable to diagnose or treat successfully, it is possible he or she is suffering from MBS/TMS. “But it is important,” she says, “that you are diagnosed by a physician. Once patients receive the diagnosis, many will get better soon simply with an education about the condition and coaching to help them overcome their fear of their physical symptoms. When this is not the case, it is advisable to seek care from a psychologist.”

Leonard-Segal says that journaling may also be helpful as well as reading all of Sarno’s books. “Some patients respond better after reading one book and some after another,” she explains. “Dr. Sarno’s works are the basis of everything that anyone else has written. He really is a genius and a very courageous physician because his work was swimming upstream against doubt and closed mindedness in the medical community. It is only in recent years that there is more of an openness occurring in the medical community, but there is a long way to go.”

Kelly Martinsen is the publisher of Natural Awakenings Long Island. Connect with her at Publisher@AwakeLI.com.

Cryotherapy—Cold that Heals and Energizes

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he scope of cold therapy, which has been used for centuries to reduce inflamed and swollen parts of the body, has recently been enlarged to include the whole body. First developed in physical medicine to help athletes recover and improve their performance, prevent relapses for different illnesses and in the treatment of muscular and inflammatory pathologies, the latest in cyrotherapy is now the equivalent of a whole body ice bath that shocks the outer layer of skin with extreme cold temperatures.

Developed in Japan in 1978 to treat rheumatoid arthritis, an inflammatory, autoimmune disease of the joints, the walk-in cryo spa chamber, cooled by nitrogen mist, lowers an individual’s skin surface temperature by 30 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit over a period of two to three minutes. The body, which is not in contact with the gas, responds to the lower temperature by revving up the metabolic rate to literally “warm up”.

The skin reacts to the cold and sends messages to the brain that act as a stimulus to the regulatory functions of the body, which results in the scanning of all areas that may not be working to their fullest potential. This exposure to the extreme temperature also triggers the release of anti-inflammatory molecules and endorphins that elevate feelings of well-being.

Studies published in the Journal of Athletic Training and the International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health indicate that in order to realize the anti-inflammatory effects, reduce or minimize pain and soreness in injured or affected areas, icing on an “overall” level is only necessary for a short period of time.

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5 Ways To Create Healthy Days Ring in the New Year with a resolution that you can stick with.

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ontrary to popular belief, overall health is more than just being free of disease or chronic illness. Other factors, such as access to fresh foods, neighborhood walkability and public safety, to name a few, can help cultivate more healthy days.

Respondents to an Aetna Foundation survey said local aspects have a large effect on their health.

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Incorporate 30 minutes of exercise. Forty-nine percent of Americans say they exercise to improve their overall health, according to the survey. To beat the rush, head to the gym early in the morning. Although it can be difficult to visit your local gym or recreational center before sunrise, getting at least 30 minutes of physical activity each day can not only start your day off strong, but also help you feel more energized and aid you in maintaining a healthy weight.

Other ways to get daily exercise include taking part in sports, riding your bike on a path close to home or walking in your neighborhood park.

Drink more water and plan meals. It’s easy to splurge on food and drink during the holiday season, but the New Year is a good time to swap your candy canes and pumpkin pie for fruits, veggies and water. Planning your meals ahead of time can help you incorporate healthier food options into your diet. Drinking water throughout the day instead of sugary sodas and juices helps your body regulate temperature, lubricates and cushions joints, protects the spinal cord and sensitive tissues, and helps prevent weight gain.

Step away for small breaks. Your overall health also includes your emotional health and well-being. More than eight out of 10 Americans surveyed said their mood and stress level has an equal impact on their health as the food they consume. Life can get busy and overwhelming as you jump back into a post-holiday routine, but simple acts like taking a few deep breaths, standing and stretching or taking a walk can help calm the mind and relieve stress.

Put your smartphone and body on sleep mode. The amount of sleep you get can have a direct impact on your mood and health. Sixty-four percent of respondents said they need at least eight hours of sleep to have a healthy day. Add reading a few new books to your yearly goals to help you unplug from electronics an hour or more before going to bed, and ensure you’re getting the rest you need.

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Get involved. More than nine out of 10 Americans said they are willing to take action to create a healthier environment, according to the survey. Using a strong support system of friends and family, you can help each other ensure 2017 is a healthy year. Organize ways to stick with your resolutions as a group, such as scheduling a weekly walk, planning a neighborhood recycling contest, registering for a fitness event or signing up to volunteer.

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Coping With Holiday Stress The Ultimate Family Survival Guide

By Thomas Gagliano

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he holidays are a wonderful time of year for many of us, but they can also produce a great deal of stress.

Running from store to store, managing our finances, dealing with overindulged children and communicating with parents, in-laws and stubborn family members all contribute to rising holiday stress levels. And between the in-laws, exlaws, and step-laws, just deciding which family to spend the holidays with can send us over the edge.

Sometimes, returning home and rekindling the family dynamics we grew up with can be the most stressful of all.

No matter what identity we have tried to shape for ourselves in the outside world, many of us are forced to face the roles we were set up to play in childhood when we go back home. For example, how many of us play the role of the PEOPLE PLEASER? – Do you say yes to family and friends because saying no is too painful? What inner voice tells you that you’re a bad person when you say no to others? Who is the CARETAKER? – Do you carry the burden of the family’s problems on your shoulders because it’s your role to take care of everything and everyone? What inner voice makes you feel guilty when asking for help? What about the PERFECTIONIST? – Were you allowed to make mistakes in front of your family? God forbid your loved ones see you stumble at times. When you made a mistake, did you identify yourself as the mistake? Do you play a DEFIANT ROLE? –This is where you always have to be right with family members, even if it pushes them away. What inner voice tells you that you need to be right even if you push loved ones away? How many of you play the INVISIBLE ROLE? - When you return home for the holidays, do you lose your voice and disappear into the background, unable to share your thoughts and feelings with your family?

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There are three essentials needed to change your role: Awareness, Action, and Maintenance. Without awarenes, you won’t understand the ways to change your actions. Without action, there won’t be newer roles to maintain.

1. Grow in awareness - Why do I act the way I do?

What are the payoffs for my actions, and what are the costs? The more I grow in awareness, the easier it becomes to change my behaviors. I learn how to say no to this voice in my head that tells me I’m a bad person if I don’t play a certain role.

2. Take positive actions - First, don’t react to situations, or you’ll just do what you’ve always done. Instead, when confronted with a bad situation, pause and solicit the help of others before you take action. This is where it becomes a “we” process and not a “me” process. These are the people in your life you feel safe with. Those that understand and support that you’re trying to change your role. Remember, these individuals are there to support you, not judge you.

3. Maintain these actions - If you don’t continue to maintain these new behaviors, that intrusive voice will grow louder and direct you back to old behaviors.

Remember, the most important relationship we have in life is the one we have with our self. If we are not taking care of that relationship, we will sabotage all of the relationships around us. If we seek approval from those that are incapable of giving us what we deserve, then we will only find rejection and disappointment. Instead, we need to spend our time with people we feel emotionally safe with, those individuals with whom we can share our feelings without feeling judged.

We deserve this. BECOME THE PERSON YOU WANT TO BE, NOT THE ONE YOU WERE SET UP TO BE. Parenting and relationship expert Thomas Gagliano is a bestselling author, speaker, and life coach who has emerged as a high profile leader in the world of self-help therapy and addiction. He is the author of THE PROBLEM WAS ME and his newest title, DON’T PUT YOUR CRAP IN YOUR KID’S DIAPER: The Clean Up Cost Can Last a Lifetime. Visit www. thomasgagliano.com for more information.

How to Manage Stress Year-Around t can be hard

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to remember feelings like gratitude after the holiday season, especially when we are caught up with the pressures of shopping, entertaining family and friends, traffic, and so on. However, it is precisely because of these pressures that we should express gratitude, not only during the season, but throughout the year.

Although presenting many different symptoms, we have the opportunity to cope with stress by exercising calm patience and centeredness.

The Mayo Clinic recently conducted a study on the health effects stress has not only on ourselves, but our relationships as well (refer to www.mayoclinic.com/health/ stress/MH00030). They came to the conclusion that there are a few very important things to consider when rediscovering gratitude. For example, when going through any holiday: be realistic, plan ahead and seek support from friends and family.

Simple resolutions like these can help ward off stress and depression.

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The Power of Self Love

by Anadel Alberti s per bestselling author Dr. Joe Rubino, creator of the popular Self-Esteem System explains, 85% of us suffer from self-esteem issues. This is an outrageous number that has been taken too lightly. Today, we find ourselves living in a society where reality TV shows present both men and women as sex symbols, not smart enough, or as victims of different types of abuse. Where it’s apparently “ok” to talk back to your parents, peers, and people around you, and it’s seen as “normal” to bullied bosses, managers and co-workers, or even where people have stopped valuing themselves.

Ask yourself when was the last time that you looked at yourself in the mirror and noticed how beautiful and strong you are? Or, when was the last time you told someone how wonderful they are and really meant it?

When was the last time that you looked at yourself in the mirror and noticed how beautiful and strong you are? When was the last time you told someone how wonderful they are and really meant it?

Having low self-esteem is more than feeling ugly, down, or not good enough.

It causes a decrease in productivity, lack of energy, frustration, indecisiveness, anger, nervousness, shyness, and fear.

Fear of speaking up and believing in your true potential.

“People with long-term low self-esteem generally see the world as a hostile place and themselves as its victim. As a result, they feel reluctant to express and assert themselves, miss out on experiences and opportunities, and feel helpless about changing things. All this merely lowers their self-esteem even further, and they end up getting caught in a downward spiral.”- Neel Burton, M.D. Having low-self-esteem builds imaginary walls that don’t allow you to see what is really out there for you. It blinds you from seeing and living your dreams.

Here are a few suggestions to practice. These take time and consistency, but are worth doing.

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 Try to identify what makes your day brighter? What are your goals? Your dreams?  Don’t victimize yourself, yet don’t allow yourself to be the victim of other people’s comments.  Stay true to your values.  Practice daily affirmations.  Value yourself.  Take care of your mind, body and spirit.  Wake up each day and SHOW UP!  Set up challenges you can achieve.  Do something nice for yourself.  Be of service to others.

Learn to love your imperfections as the perfect human being that you are.

Stand up for yourself and take every situation and every moment of your life as one of learning.

The time is NOW to become a more confident and self-empowered human being. Open yourself to unlimited possibilities and fill yourself with love, light and energy. Take the steps to live a more fulfilled and loving life. Remember to always LAF - LOVE unconditionally, ACCEPT without judgements, and FORGIVE yourself and others.

Anadel Alberti - Founder of LAFstyle™, Co-Founder of WellBiz, Author of “21 Days of LAFter,” Happiness Coach, Certified Stress Management, Health & Wellness Coach, MBA in International Business from UM, Adults & Kids Yoga Instructor, CoFounder of the MINDful Women’s Group, Motivational Speaker, Photographer, & World Traveler. www.anadelalberti.com, ana@anadelalberti.com. natural awakenings

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amily Features) With the aid of modern technology, it’s now possible to convert virtually any ordinary house into a smart home filled with features that make daily tasks more convenient. These technologies allow for greener living, customization of your living space to personal tastes and the peace of mind that you can control key home systems with your smartphone.

Converting to a smart home may seem like an intimidating task at first, but if you break the process into manageable steps you’ll find it’s not so hard to choose and install the best smart devices for your home and lifestyle.

You can begin turning your house into a smart home by following these three simple steps.

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big screen. What once seemed impractical for the average homeowner is now quite attainable. When you consider that some smart devices, such as light bulbs, have a life span of up to 25 years, in the end you may end up even saving money.

How much money you’ll ultimately spend to create your smart home depends on numerous factors: the size of your home, number of systems and appliances you wish to automate and the level of integration you desire are significant considerations. Assuming that your home is already wired for a high-performance broadband connection, you can get into the smart home game for under $100 with a thermostat that you can manage remotely. On the other hand, adding smart-home technology throughout the whole house will likely cost in the thousands.

Pay attention to the levels of integration various products offer. Purchasing products from brands that partner with many other smart-home device makers will help ensure the products you add in the future will work with those you install now. Selecting highly integrated products will save you time during the installation process, help you avoid unnecessary expenses down the road and improve your overall smart-home experience.

Set a budget.

Brainstorm ideas for each room.

All of the technology and gadgetry that comprise today’s smart homes were once viewed as luxury, reserved for the rich and famous and those whose lives played out on the 50

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Once you’re past the nuts and bolts of practical considerations, it’s time to start imagining. The key about designing the perfect smart home for you is to remember that

the very essence of smart devices is their ability to make your life more convenient. Choosing the products and how you connect them is all about you and your lifestyle – there’s more than just one way to build your smart home.

Go room to room in your home and think about the activities that occur in each space. Consider which of these can become easier or more enjoyable with the support of smart technology. The living room, where you likely have a host of entertainment and audio equipment, offers plenty of obvious benefits, but also look at the kitchen, for example. Did you forget to start the dishwasher on your way out the door? Initiating a wash cycle remotely will let you come home to dishes clean and ready for dinner.

Prioritize what you install.

When it’s time to begin the actual transition to a smart home, it’s a good idea to start with the most important products first. For most homeowners, those are the devices that you use every day.

Opening and closing the garage door is so much a part of your daily routine that it is often hard to remember if you closed it on the way out. Products such as the Chamberlain MyQ Garage upgrade kit, or Chamberlain garage door openers with built-in MyQ technology, put peace of mind in the palm of your hand. This technology allows you to control and check the status of your garage door from anywhere, at any time, so you know if your garage was left open or if it’s being opened while you’re not there. The innovative technology works with numerous smart-device brands and their devices, such as NEST thermostats and Xfinity home security products. Learn more at chamberlain.com.

With the all-important leadin to your home covered, you can turn attention to devices that help manage your home’s operation and efficiency. Thermostats that auto adjust to designated climate settings are a popular option for many homeowners because they bring immediate returns in reducing your overall energy

usage. Irrigation systems and power management products are also wise investments when it comes to optimizing your home’s use of natural resources.

Stepping across the threshold to a smart home may feel like a big step, but once you get settled and experience the convenience and control, you’ll likely find yourself exploring ways to incorporate smart technology every place you can.

Smart Devices for Every Room The number of devices that can be integrated into a smart home is growing at an accelerated rate, but not all are complex gadgets and gizmos. Some of the simpler options for every room in your home include:

Living Room: Outlet Adapters Walk into your home late at night and flip on the lights, the TV or both without searching in the dark for a switch or remote. After your smart outlet adapter is plugged into the wall, appliances can be plugged into the adapter and controlled from a smartphone.

Bedroom: Motorized Drapes Adding motorized drapes to your bedroom allows for an easy way to adjust lighting and privacy – all without leaving the comfort of your bed. Properly adjusting drapes, which is easy to do with smartphone control, can also help manage energy consumption by regulating solar heat.

Kitchen: Coffee Maker Wake up to your favorite morning beverage without drowsily scooping and pouring. A smart coffee maker can make the right amount of coffee at just the right time through simple settings on your smartphone.

Garage: Remote Garage Door Access Open, close and monitor your garage door anywhere, anytime, with MyQ technology from Chamberlain. With remote access to one of the main entry points to your home, you can ensure the garage door is shut when you’re out or ready to open when you return.

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Krista Tippett on Our Evolving Spirituality Why it Evokes Hope

by Randy Kambic

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rista Tippett helps us ponder the meaning of life as host and executive producer of On Being, the award-winning weekly radio program and podcast produced in Minneapolis for more than 400 public radio stations. The bestselling author of Einstein’s God: Conversations About Science and the Human Spirit has been acclaimed for thoughtfully delving into the mysteries of human existence.

Her latest book, Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living, reflects upon how spirituality intersects with science, technology, health, art and politics.

This daughter of a Southern Baptist minister first launched her show, originally titled Speaking of Faith (also the title of her first book), on Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media in 2003. Today, Tippett continues to discuss faith, spirit, inner growth and what it is to be human with leading authors, thought leaders and pioneering change makers. She also hosts online classes and a blog.

How has On Being evolved to reflect existing dimensions of spirituality that have proven surprising?

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do a hometown. We craft our spiritual lives and choose our faith, even if it’s the faith of our families.

In many that don’t claim a religious affiliation, especially Millennials, I encounter a spiritual curiosity and ethical passion akin to religion at its best. Because seekers dwell both inside and outside of traditions, my life of conversation stretches beyond boundaries in ways I did not expect when I began.

I also never imagined that I’d interview physicists, evolutionary biologists and neuroscientists exploring territory previously reserved for theologians and philosophers. Together, they are illuminating the ancient questions related to our place in the cosmos; the nature of human freedom and consciousness; even beauty and the reality of mystery.

Which guests do you feel have resonated the most with listeners and why?

A show that seems to have touched more people most deeply is my interview with the Irish poet, philosopher and author John O’Donohue just before he died in his early 50s. He radiated such an unusual combination of qualities: wisdom, tenderness and playfulness; mysticism, theology and a raw Celtic earthiness. He’s someone who could speak of God with great wildness, strangeness—and authority. He inspired with his vision of beauty as a human calling and somehow embodied it for

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the listener. I meet all kinds of people that keep that show on their playlist and listen again and again.

In general, my favorite guest is the most recent person interviewed.

At the moment, it’s Jimmy Wales, the Wikipedia co-founder, who stunned me with his insistence on kindness as the virtue that’s made this nonprofit’s ethos and accomplishments possible. Another is civil rights veteran Ruby Sales, who wisely works to uplift the human drama of our political/social moment, like the way we must come to be as articulate about what we love as about what outrages us.

How do you see people’s awakening sensibilities influencing local and global issues?

I am drawn to the notion that we are in the adolescence of our species. The globe right now is like a map of the teenage brain, prone to recklessness and destruction in places and simultaneously possessing vast potentials for creativity and advances. So many are relentless in telling the story of destruction that it seriously colors how we tell the story of our time. I stand among those shining a light on the abundant beauty, goodness and courage in our world so these become more visible and evident at a global level.

Are you optimistic about the future?

I am hopeful about the future. My life of meaningful conversation has led me to re-imagine the meaning of hope. It has nothing to do with wishful thinking, but rests on the lives of beauty and goodness I see everywhere I turn. It’s a choice—a more exacting and courageous choice than cynicism or resignation. The pain and fear alive in the world surface as anger and violence, and some of us are called to be calmers of fear.

We must create the world we want our children to inhabit and do so together. Hope isn’t an option on this path; it is one of our primary resources for getting there.

Randy Kambic is a freelance writer and editor in Estero, FL, and regular contributor to Natural Awakenings.

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What’s Your Story?

The amazing benefits of identifying and rewriting unhelpful internal monologues

by HeatherAsh Amara

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uman beings are natural storytellers. We are filled to the brim with stories, many of which make up who we think we are and what we think is possible for us in life. So it naturally follows that if we don’t take time to question our internal monologues, they can keep us tied to old beliefs and limit us from reaching our true potential. For instance, do you ever feel that you are weighted down by your past and buried under layers of selfdoubt, fears, and confusion?

When I first started apprenticing with don Miguel Ruiz, the author of The Four Agreements, I felt like a suitcase that was overstuffed with all the ideas of who I thought I should be. My entire inside world was crowded and heavy. I knew I wanted to lighten my load. But at first I didn’t know how to change; I just knew I wanted to. As I learned to hold myself in a container of compassionate awareness and refrain from judging, I began to notice the impact my words had on my relationship to myself. One day, as I was sharing the story of my life with a new friend, I had an epiphany. I realized that my story was not a factual collection of words describing my life. My story was a heavy anchor I was dragging behind me while trying to catch the wind in my sails. And it went like t his: I was traumatized as a child by how often my family moved. I went to eight different schools and lived in four countries—Singapore, Hong Kong, the United States, and Thailand—by the time I was sixteen. We would move every two years or so. I started off at each school feeling painfully shy, disconnected, and alone. By the second year I would have made friends and found my groove, and then we would move again and the cycle would start over. Because of the many times I moved away from friends, or they moved away because of their parents’ jobs, I have a hard time connecting with people intimately, and I’m afraid of being abandoned.

Each time I told my story I felt sorry for myself. Wouldn’t you? And on that day with my new friend I had the awareness to lovingly release my past frame of perception and rewrite my history as an adventure rather than a disaster.

This was my new story: I was blessed as a child with an adventurous family. We moved every two years and traveled around the world every summer. I spent most of my childhood going to great international schools in Southeast Asia, and by the time I was sixteen my family had visited or lived in 54

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twenty different countries, including Thailand, Singapore, India, Egypt, Italy, and Spain. Because of the many times we moved and traveled, I learned to be incredibly flexible and to deeply love the diversity and creativity of humans. My childhood experiences helped me relate to many different perspectives, to make friends easily, and to celebrate change.

Each time I told this new story, I felt a sense of adventure and lots of gratitude. How does it make you feel? Now the important question: Which story is true?

Both stories are true and not true, depending on my perspective. The answer isn’t about which one is the absolute truth, but which story feels most in alignment with who I am and who I want to be. One is a story of a victim of life; the second is a claimed story of a Warrior Goddess. The lesson here is that it takes awareness and action to create inner change. Awareness shows us where we are stuck in a heavy past; action leads us into the lightness of a consciously chosen present.

For me, choosing to be a Warrior Goddess woman means looking at myself as a palette of colors and textures, and noticing which colors and textures nourish and enliven me, and which drain or dull me. It is only when we become aware that a certain story, action, or behavior doesn’t feed us that we can change it. Today my internal world has much more space, and what is unnecessary baggage is much more obvious. I now see internal unpacking as a sweet ongoing process of inner cleaning, like washing the dishes or brushing my teeth. Transformation starts with how we use our words—how we speak our story to ourselves and others. Like body and mind, words are vessels. Each word we choose can hold the vibration of healing, peace, and love, or be brimming with fear, victimization, and judgment. Our words help to nourish or deplete our vessel. Even the same sentence can increase or decrease our enthusiasm, depending on the energy behind the words. I can say to someone, “You are doing great!” and infuse these four words with enthusiasm and support. Or I can say, “You are doing great” with sarcasm and bitterness, and the message conveyed is very different, even if the words seem positive.

Awareness leads to clarity and an understanding of what is working and what is not working. Clarity leads to taking personal responsibility to transform our old patterns and habits. Responsibility leads to releasing blame, guilt, and shame.

And when we release blame, guilt, and shame, we are free to choose, with gratitude, which story we want to believe.

Now it’s your turn: What’s your story?

HeatherAsh Amara is the author of the bestselling Warrior Goddess Training, the Warrior Goddess Companion Workbook, and The Warrior Goddess Way. Get two free chapters at warriorgoddesstrainingbook.com or learn more about upcoming events at heatherashamara.com

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HEALING HURT A Hawaiian Mantra Lets Love Back In We find ourselves in difficult times.

Where anger has taken over civility and hate is shadowing LOVE. As a reminder of how TOGETHER we can create a different reality and make this a loving world, we are reprinting our 2014 INSPIRATIONAL column.

melts hearts and heals souls. Going deeper, we can voice this mantra in communing with the divine and see the effect both within and without.

o’oponopono is an ancient Hawaiian huna, a secret to facilitating forgiveness within; or simply, the art of forgiveness.

Four healing phrases are employed in a harmonic mantra to help “make things right” or “correct the errors”.

It works to cleanse hurt feelings and relieve suffering from being in an unforgiving or unforgiven state. According to the Babylon online dictionary, Ho’oponopono is used to release problems and blocks that cause imbalance, unease and stress in the self; bring peace and balance through physical, mental and spiritual cleansing that involves repentance and transmutation; and create balance, freedom, love, peace and wisdom within individuals, social entities, the world and the universe.

Please forgive me for not seeing the perfection in this moment, and playing back a universal memory I have received within me that is riddled with wrongs and errors.

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Ho’oponopono Forgiveness Mantra I am sorry.

Please forgive me.

Thank you.

I love you.

These four forgiveness phrases, both individually and collectively, help heal us and our relationships with others, especially loved ones. Each one

I am sorry for participating in this erroneous memory data.

Thank you for cleansing me, others, the world and the universe.

I love you. Loving the sweet divine is the greatest power or energy there is in all space. I am now loving everyone involved and affected. I know that my perceptions of them are within me, where this error first occurred and where it can be eradicated.

Like planting a seed in soil that grows into nothing of our making, the divine does the work as we allow it to work through us. As we come to consistently use the Ho’oponopono mantra, we may elect to select a special word as a substitute for the whole mantra to use as a touchstone, so that when we say or think this word, we are immediately clear and clean of all the pain associated with any erroneous memory data presented. Our heart is healed and family or friends will return to relationships with a lighter heart. We do not need to understand how it works, only that it does.

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DECEMBER 1 – 31 Deering Holiday Wonderland- Guests can tour the historic houses and grounds that are decorated for the holidays. Decorations are created by the District XII Garden Clubs. The holiday decorating effort is an annual tradition and is a special project of the District XII Garden Clubs, which includes 26 branches in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties.

Free with Estate admission: $12 for adults and $7 for children (ages 4-14). Deering Estate at Cutler, 16701 SW 72 Avenue in Miami. 10am – 4pm. Contact: 305-235-1668 ext. 233.

Studio, 8864 SW 129 Ter, Miami FL 33176 - Ph 786-732.6233.

DECEMBER 3 & 17 Free yoga classes for Parkinson’s and other neuro-motor degenerative diseases - 4-5:30pm - to increase balance, strength, and well-being.

Participants may bring one caregiver. Sponsored by the National Parkinson Foundation and Move Miami. Space is limited; preregistration required at. Aum Home Shala, 3104 Florida Ave., Coconut Grove, FL 33133. 1-305-441-9441.

DECEMBER 1 - 4

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4

Art Miami - Showcasing the best in modern and contemporary art from 100 international art galleries and prominent art institutions, and providing unprecedented access to Miami’s exciting art market. The Art Miami Pavilion NE 1st Ave between NE 32nd & 31st St. Wynwood Arts District (888) 772-8926.

FIU’s Annual Breakfast in the Park- 9:30 am Noon. Each year, in celebration of Art Basel Miami Beach, The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University hosts Breakfast in the Park. Each year a noted sculptor is invited to speak. Guests enjoy a complimentary outdoor breakfast, informal lecture and guided tours of The Sculpture Park as well as the exhibitions in The Frost Art Museum. Florida International University 10975 SW 17th Street Miami, FL 33199. Contact 305-348-2890.

Art Basel Miami Beach-This international art show and American sister event of Art Basel in Switzerland is recognized as the most important annual art show of its kind in America. Two hundred leading art galleries will exhibit 20th- and 21st-century art works from more than 1,500 artists. Miami Beach Convention Center 1700 Convention Center Dr.,Miami Beach (305) 674-1292.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 Holiday Party at Hyperbarics of South Florida - 5pm -8 pm We will have information on wellness products and procedures. Staff will be on hand to answer questions. We will have wine, snack platters. Special pricing on procedures and products.

First 20 people will receive a free B-12 shot. All IV vitamin cocktails are 50% off this night only. Hyperbaric’s of South Florida, 8337 NW 12 St - Ste 101 Miami, FL 33126, 305-594-1246 Holidays in the Garden Family Holiday Concert – 8:00pm – Alhambra Orchestra returns to beautiful Pinecrest Gardens with a delightful family concertof holiday favorites to get you in the mood for December. Selections include Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride, portions of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker ballet, and arrangements of beloved Chanukah and Christmas tunes. Pinecrest Gardens,11100 Red Road, Pinecrest FL 33156, Contact Pinecrest Gardens to reserve your tickets before they are all gone. Tickets $10 adults, $5 children (305) 669-6990.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 Free healing session with Cristovao Brilho –– 5:00pm – Instituto Cristovao Brilho – 2811 Coral Way – 33145 - call 786-295-8665 must arrive by 5:00pm Free Kids’ Workshops at Home Depot- “How-To Workshops” for children ages 5-12. This hands-on session is offered from 9 a.m. to noon at all Home Depot stores. In addition to the newly constructed project kit, each child receives a kid-sized orange apron, similar to The Home Depot associates’ aprons, and an achievement pin. For more information, visit website, call to reserve.

KARMAbeat Breath - based on the holotropic breath technique, this workshop can be transformational for the body, mind and soul. Bodhi Yoga

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Santa Paws at the Park – 3:30 – 6pm - Bring your family pet (dogs & cats only) to the Visitor Center at the Deering Estate for holiday photos with Santa at the Deering Estate Visitor Center! Pet adoptions (for a reduced fee) will also be available onsite from Miami-Dade County Animal Services’ (Animal Services) HOPE Express mobile pet adoption trailer. Photos available for an additional fee. Free photos for pets adopted that day. Please bring pets on leash or in carriers. Please note that only service animals are permitted on the main Estate grounds. FREE Deering Estate, 16701 SW 72nd Ave, Miami, FL 33157, 305- 235-1668

DECEMBER 4 & 18 Lincoln Road Antique and Collectible Market - a great place to browse for antiques including jewelry, china, vintage clothing, furniture, and more. 8 am - 5 pm. Vendors are set up between the 800 and 1000 blocks of Lincoln Road Mall in Miami Beach

welcome! Free and open to the general public. Call 305-668-5900. Cancer Support Community, 8609 South Dixie Highway, Miami.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9 Christian Chamber of Greater Miami Christmas Event - 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm - The Vineyard Church, 12725 SW 122nd Ave, Miami, FL 33186, $25, 1-888-772-9305

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10 Usui Reiki Training and Certification Level II with Fernando Arias - 12:00 -7:00 pm. Self-treatments, Treatment for others and for Distant Healing.

Investment $250. Just OM Yoga Studio, 7227 SW 57th Ct, South Miami. RSVP (305) 665-4982 Basics of Ayurveda - learn how to apply Ayurveda principles, the science of life, to your daily activities and experience the positive change it may bring.

Bodhi Yoga Studio, 8864 SW 129 Ter, Miami FL 33176 - Ph 786.732.6233.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11 Angel Soirée! WORKSHOP with Estefanía Mas 4:00-6:00 pm. Connect with your Guardian Angel. Yes, you and your children too! (7-11 years), experience a blissful connection that can change your life. Investment $30. Just OM Yoga Studio, 7227 SW 57th Ct, South Miami. RSVP (305) 665-4982 The Barnacle under Moonlight – Part of the Barnacle under Moonlight monthly concert series. Located at The Barnacle Historic State Park in Coconut Grove 3485 Main Highway. Gates open at 6pm-music from 7-9pm. $7 for adults- $3 for children ages 6 to 9 and children under 6 are Free. Contact 305-442-6866 for more info.

Open House With Free Skin Analysis at Miami Natural Skincare. Get your skincare questions asked and learn how to take care of your skin naturally.

Please send a text to 305-702-0272 to reserve your free 30 minute consultation for Dec 11 between 10am and 6pm. Free samples and refreshments. 975 W 41 Street, Suite #409, Miami Beach, FL, 33140.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 12 As seen on “Dr. Oz”! Experience the MELT Method - 6-7:30 pm for flexibility, stress reduction and pain relief, using MELT balls and rollers. $25.

Aum Home Shala, 3104 Florida Ave., Coconut Grove, FL 33133. 1-305-441-9441.

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WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 14

Free healing session with Cristovao Brilho –– 7:00pm – Instituto Cristovao Brilho – 2811 Coral Way – 33145 - call 786-295-8665 must arrive by 7:00pm

The Greater Miami Holistic Chamber of Commerce presents: “Live, Look, and Feel Your Way to the Best You Ever”. Get a jumpstart on the new year and learn from our panel of experts as they share with you ways to live your most vibrant year yet! 6:30 – 8:30PM, The Center for Social Change, 2103 Coral Way, Miami 33145. $5 members, $10 non-members. 305-851-1911.

DECEMBER 6 & 20 Tibetan Institute and Library members will continue to study “From here to Enlightenment” by His Holiness the 14th Dalailama - 6:30 - 7:45 p.m., at South Miami Library, 6000 Sunset Drive, South Miami, FL 33143, contact 305-6676121 or 305-271-2772. Free and open to Public.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7 Self-Care Healing Touch - 6 - 8 pm. Join Aleida Drozdowicz, a certified healing touch practitioner working with cancer patients for over 30 years, to learn about the benefits and uses of Healing Touch therapy. Patients/Survivors and loved ones are

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16 Free Third Friday - Miami Children’s MuseumMCM and Target invite you to celebrate every month with fun interactive activities and crafts, storytelling and much more! You can also explore hundreds of bilingual, interactive exhibits which are related to arts, culture, community and communication for Free.

3 – 9 pm. Miami Children›s Museum 980 MacArthur Causeway Miami, FL, 305- 373-5437

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19 What is Lymphedema? - 6 - 8 pm. Physical therapist, Arlene Sotolongo, will present a comprehensive overview of lymphedema; including prevention, early detection, and treatment. Free and open to the general public. Call 305-668-5900. Cancer Support Community, 8609 South Dixie Highway, Miami.

DECEMBER 26 - JANUARY 1 41st Annual Miccosukee Indian Arts & C r a f t s F e s t i v a l - The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida proudly holds family-oriented events allowing South Florida residents to enjoy fun, educational and culturally rich experiences. These special happenings promote the important relationship the Tribe has established and strives to maintain with the local community. Their signature events include Miccosukee Music Festival and Miccosukee Tribe Celebrates American Indian Day event – both held at Miccosukee Resort & Gaming, and the Miccosukee Indian Arts Festival. Miccosukee Resort & Gaming, 500 S.W. 177th Avenue, Miami, FL 33194, 305.222.4600

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31 New Year’s Eve at Bayfront Park- 7pm - Midnight.

Annual New Year’s Eve event featuring a concert performance and midnight fireworks display. Gates open at 7 p.m., the show starts at 8 p.m., and the fireworks are at midnight. FREE. Bayfront Park 301 N. Biscayne Blvd. Downtown Miami. (305) 358-7550.

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Parade of Paws and Holiday Bazaar - Bring your dogs, wear a t-shirt with a picture of your kitty with pride, or walk with a paddle displaying your pet’s photo! Holiday Bazaar inside the dog park features entertainment, food vendors, photos with Santa, gifts for that special person on your list and more! A unique opportunity to support the lifesaving mission caring for the Keys’ community’s homeless animals, the event supports the Florida Keys SPCA. Event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Higgs Beach, at the Higgs Dog Park. Bring four-legged friends.

area behind city hall. Open to the public, any and all boats are welcome to enter. 305-743-7214

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31

Key Colony Beach Lighted Boat Parade - Christmas lights on outriggers and displays on boat decks are part of the beautiful festivities during the Key Colony Beach Boat Parade, set to begin at the 7th Street canal. The parade route visits canals and cuts, and passes city hall three times. Great viewing spots include Sadowski Causeway at MM 53.5 and the

New Years Eve Fireworks on Blackwater Sound12 midnight. The Marriott Key Largo Beach Resort and several restaurants will be hosting Free parties that evening including The back bay is the setting for the annual New Year’s Eve fireworks extravaganza hosted by Sundowners, Senor Frijoles, Cactus Jacks, Gus’ Grille at the Marriott Key Largo Beach Resort and the Caribbean Club, MM 103-104.

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Christmas on the Sheriff’s Animal Farm - 1-3 p.m., kids and adults can visit the furry, fluffy and feathered residents of the Animal Farm and petting zoo and get a photo taken with Santa. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Animal Farm is situated at the county’s detention center just outside Key West at 5501 College Road. Free and open to the public.

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Women Only – Free Chi gong for cancer survivors and voice lessons for healing and empowerment.

2:30 - 4:30, N & S Miami locations. Call 305-9486878 Dharma Meetings – 2pm. Tibetan Buddhist Dharma Center 3239 West Trade Ave. Unit 10, Coconut Grove. FREE. 305-775-7541.

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Miami Center for Spiritual Living- 10:30am- Free.

Non-denominational. 2490 Coral Way, Miami, 786206-6355.

Sunday Services at SOUL Church – 11am at the SOUL Service at the Elks Lodge, 6304 SW 78th St in South Miami. Free pot-luck lunch. 305-221-6516.

monday Mindfulness for Stress Alleviation - $20/session - 6 to 7:20 pm - 260 Palermo Ave, # 12 Coral Gables 33155. Changes guaranteed after 4 sessions.

Course in Miracles - 8pm. Free. 7855 SW Coral Way. Contact Mercedes 786-200-8410 or Nimia 305-261-3190.

Connected Warriors Free Yoga for Veterans, Service Members and Families. 5:30-6:15 pm - Sampoorna Yoga Miami, 10107 Sunset Drive, Miami, FL 33173 Power of Meditation – 9 - 9:45pm – 2nd & 4th Monday. Conference Call – 312-757-3121 code: 698805965. Free.

Military Mondays at Hirooka’s - 50% off Kitesurfing or Paddleboarding for all Military and Public Service Personnel - Hirooka Surf & Sport, 2377 Collins Avenue Miami Beach, FL. 954-4443942 Bereavement & Grief Support- 7pm, during school year. Children’s Bereavement Center, 7600 S. Red Rd, Suite 307. To register: 305-668-4902.

Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)- Bilingual Support group. 305-666-1778.

Self-Defense for Women classes- Free. Also Wed. 7:15 – 8:30 pm at Bayfront park in downtown Miami.

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tuesday Stretch and Relaxation Class 1-2PM SoBe Kick 1860 West Ave. 2nd Floor. South Beach 33139. $10.

First class is free. 917-446-2965 Support group for Anxiety and Depression -7:30 to 9:00 pm $30 fee, Zenith Miami Counseling and Coaching Center 1392 SW 22nd Terr, Miami FL 33145 (2nd floor) Dr. M. Cheour at 786-230-6591.

Yoga and Meditation Class – 7 – 7:45. Free. West Dade Regional Library, 9445 Coral Way. RSVP Lawrence 305-926-3578.

Are you a VET living with PTS? If so, call Banyan Holistic Healthcare Center for help, Miami Lakes or Pinecrest location. Call now to schedule, (305) 663-5696.

Laughter Yoga Sessions - $5.00 each - 9:30-10:15 AM, North Shore Youth Center 501 72nd Street, Miami Beach 33141, 305-861-3616.

FREE Aromatherapy Stress Relief - 7pm For reservations 305 598-2822. American Apothecary of Kendall. 12232 SW 132 CT, Miami FL 33186

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Guided Meditation - All levels welcome- 7 pmDonations-3390 Mary Street Suite 116, Coconut Grove- Please RSVP 305-607-8627 Connected Warriors - Free Yoga Classes for Veterans and Families of Veterans - 3pm at Brickell Hot Yoga 301 SW 17th Road, 33129 305-856-1387.

Free orientations for PTS and pain relief with discount services for military or vets. The Banyan Holistic Please call 305-663-5696 to schedule Free Veterans Sailing – with Team Paradise, the Paralympic Sport Club of Miami. 12 – 12pm Team Paradise Sailing, Inc. 2620 S. Bayshore Drive, Miami 33133. 305-776-8778.

Drub-Dhe Meditation- 7:25-9:30pm. Freedonations are welcome. Regency House 353 West 47th St., Flat 7A, Miami Beach. Contact: Robert Phuntsog Ngo-drub 305-213-2577.

Hatha Yoga – 6-7:30pm – Free - King David Foundation, 17971 Biscayne Blvd, Aventura, FL Suite #117. Bennett - 305-949-0950.

Free Acupuncture for Combat Veterans – 1-2pm, Acupuncture Center for Wellness, Inc., 16663 NE 19 Avenue, Suite 111, North Miami Beach, Fl. 33162, (305) 940-7763.

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Jazzercise® - $5. M&W 6:30pm. South Miami Community Center 5800 SW 66 St. Ongoing classes available all week. Call Cathie 305-6665457.

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thursday SW Community Farmers’ Market- in Tropical Park, 7900 Bird Rd. Every Saturday, 9:00am3:00pm. 305- 663- 0917. EBT/SNAP welcome.

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7-10pm. 40+ local artists, museums and galleries in South Beach. ArtCenter/South Florida 800, 810 & 924 Lincoln Road. 305-674-8278.

Open House/Exhibitions – 2nd Sat. Meet ArtSouth studio artists & staff. Free. Refreshments. 240 North Krome Ave. 305-247-9406.

Miami Art Museum - 1pm. Free. 2nd Sat. 101 West Flagler St. 305-375-3000.

Monthly Yoga Class for Special Needs Teens Limited Space Call to Reserve - 4:00 - 4:45pm - 3rd Fridays - Just OM Yoga Studio, 7227 SW 57th Ct, South Miami. (305) 665-4982 Monthly Free Reiki Healing Circle - 2nd Friday of the month at Five Sisters…a spiritual journey, 8805 SW 132 ST, 786-250-4170 Chair massage – 5-9pm - Enjoy 5 minute complementary chair massage every Friday Pecan’s Day Spa, 305-284-8636, 7800 SW 57th Ave Suite 120, Miami, FL 33143.

Free Acupuncture for Combat Veterans – 1-2pm, Acupuncture for Wellness Center, Inc., 7550 SW 57th Avenue, Suite 116, South Miami, FL 33143, 305-669-6699.

Dharma Meetings – 8pm. Tibetan Buddhist Dharma Center 3239 West Trade Ave., Unit 10, Coconut Grove. FREE. 305-775-7541.

Family Night- 3rd Friday of the month. 3-9pm. Free admission & parking. Miami Children’s Museum, 980 Macarthur Cswy. 305-373-5437.

Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) - Free jazz concerts on the last Fri. Joan Lehman Building, 770 NE 125 St. 305-893-6211.

Coral Gables Art Walk – An art walk centered around downtown Coral Gables, with all the galleries between Miracle Mile and Ponce de Leon Rd. Free trolly transportation.

saturday Free Monthly Reiki Healing Circle - 5:30-7:00 pm - Call for dates - Just OM Yoga Studio, 7227 SW 57th Ct, South Miami. (305) 665-4982 Yoga Therapy for 50+ - 10am-11:15am - 1760 N.E. 144th St, North Miami, FL 33181. Call to schedule. 305.710.0516. $10.00 Donation.

Yoga with Drishti- 9:00 am - at Biscayne Park Recreation Center, 11400 NE 9th Court. 305-3357618.

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Stories for Children - 10:30am. Key Largo Library, 101485 US1. 1-305-451-2396. Also Thur, 10:30am, Stories for children ages 2 ½ -6.

Meditation- Free. 7pm. Unity Church, 9591 Overseas Highway, Marathon.

Tai Chi – 7pm. $15. Coffee Mill Dance and Yoga Studio, 916 Pohalski St, Key West, 1-305-296-9982; 1-305-735-3519. .

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Ancient Indian Meditation - 6:30-8:30pm. 1-305292-6958.

Tai Chi for Inner Harmony - 9:30-11am on Sugarloaf Key. Call Lydia at 1-305-745-2811.

sunday Big Pine Key Flea Market- 8am. South of the only traffic light in town on U.S. 1.

Family Swim YMCA. 2-4pm. $3 Adults, $2 Kids.

FKCC swimming pool. 1-305-295-9622.

Movies at The Spiritual Garden - Spiritual up lifting movies. 1st and 3rd Sun. 7pm. Good will offering is $5. Unitarian Universalist fellowship 801 Georgia St. 1-305-394-2005.

Nightly Sunset Celebration - Free. Enjoy a spectacular sunset entertained by the various carnival performers and vendors. Mallory Square, Key West.

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Toddler Playtime Stories- Ages 10 months to 2 years and their caregivers. Free. 10:30am-12:30pm.

Key West Library, 700 Fleming Street, Key West.

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thursday The Long Walk Home Interactive Workshops for Veterans & Family– 6 – 7:30pm – Free – Transition to Civilian Life. Open to public. 97.671 Overseas Hwy. Oceanside. 305-504-3795

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Salsa Dance Lessons- 7:30-9pm. Paradise Health & Fitness. 1796 N.Roosevelt Blvd. 1-305-296-6348.

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Aerobic Dance - 1-1:55pm. CoffeMill Dance. 916 Pohalski St. 1-305-296-9982.

Healing Yoga/Meditation – 9am. $10 Islander Resort, MM82.1 Oceanside. 1-305-664-2031

tuesday Healing Yoga/Meditation – 9am. donation The Village Square, MM81 Bayside. 1-305-853-1003.

Free Guided Relaxation Class - 7 -8 PM at Islamorada Fitness MM 85.9 bayside. Bring a towel or exercise mat and a pillow. (Sponsored by Keys To Peace. 305-619-0534.

Family Hour- For children of all ages. Free. 1pm.

Key West Library, 700 Fleming St, Key West.

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Story Hour - ages 5 years & up. 10:30-11:30am.

Games & stories. Marathon Library, 3251 Overseas Hwy. 1-305-743-5156.

Key West WPA Walking Tour – Old Town Key West. 10am. $20. 1-305-296-3573.

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