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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.

11 HOW KENPO KARATE CAN IMPROVE YOUR CHILD’S LIFE

by MaryJo Briggs

16 SUPER-IMMUNITY

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FOR KIDS

Simple Ways to Boost a Child’s Long-Term Health

by Lisa Turner

18 DAY CARE GOES GREEN What’s Good for Kids Is Good for the World

by Avery Mack

20 LEARNING THAT

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TRANSFORMS HEARTS AND MINDS

Rethinking How We See Our World Changes Everything

by Linda Sechrist

23 SCHOOLS THAT ROCK 20

Innovators Blaze Creative Paths

by Sandra Murphy

26 CURES IN THE KITCHEN

Dr. Mark Hyman Is Fed Up with Our National Health Crisis

by Judith Fertig

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28 SAFE & SUSTAINABLE Cara Gardner, DVM, CVA SEAFOOD offering Navigate Today’s Best Choices

Using Updated Guides Acupuncture

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Spinal Manipulation WATER DOGGIES

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16 healthykids 18 greenliving 26 wisewords

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letterfrompublisher A Great Start …

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s I contemplated the editorial theme for this month’s edition: Transformative Education and Children’s Health, my thoughts carried me back to the boot camp days of “back-to-school” prep for my own children. If you’re a parent … you can certainly relate to this fun list of activities: buggy stampedes on tax-free weekend at stores like Wal-Mart and Target (I always seem to get the cart that “shakes, rattles and doesn’t roll”), sports physicals, meetings, class scheduling, orientation, lunch arrangements … and the list goes on and on. August is all about preparation and planning before the first school bell rings to get the kids ready, prepared and equipped for a great start of a new academic year.

Digging deeper, I believe the journey toward transformation begins much sooner than the end of summer. Actually, a child’s “great start” begins right in his or her first home—the mother’s womb. The process starts with decisions not made by the child, but by the expecting mother during pregnancy. What she eats, drinks, thinks and exposes her body to, which simultaneously exposes the child as well, are critical to a child’s developmental process.

I remember my pregnancy with my firstborn (April), who celebrates her birthday this month—Happy Birthday! Carrying her, I was so anxious about many things, such as my decisions regarding nutritional choices and my environment.

As a learning student in the maternity process, I came to realize that virtually everything that I did, or failed to do, impacted my child. If April were to have a “great start” in life at birth, then I had to make the right decisions regarding my body, my mind and the world that I lived in to give her the best chance possible.

It is true for all parents. What we do really impacts our children. It ALL matters. What we believe, teach and, more importantly, model either propels our children forward toward success or, sadly, cripples them sometimes for a lifetime. What are you saying and modeling to your kids? What are you teaching your kids? How are you inspiring them as parents, both mom and dad? How do you encourage your children to eat more healthfully and become more active instead of living on the couch glued to the Xbox machine, pizza box in hand?

According to the Centers for Disease Control, childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years.

This is are concerning, but there is hope. The road back begins the same way that you prepare your children for school—planning, preparation and good choices. If you want your children to eat healthfully, then you eat healthfully.

They are more likely to do what you do than what you say. I remember when my kids were little, I would take time to eat with them at school. Take the kids out for a walk, bike ride or go to the park as a family. Teach them how to read the labels on food products for nutritional facts. Show them how to plant a garden and the benefits of it.

A good resource for your “great start” is the magazine that you hold in your hands. Let it help guide you as you lead the way for your kids toward personal responsibility and transformation.

Rooting for you,

Annette Briggs, Publisher

communitynews JCC Aquatics:

The After-School Choice for Kids

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ove to swim? Need a fun, hearthealthy after-school activity for the kids? Need something to help you maintain a fit and active lifestyle? The Katie & Irwin Kahn Jewish Community Center, aka JCC, is ready and available to serve you. JCC hosts an aquatics program that features a great facility with a four-lane, 25-yard, heated indoor pool. Always staffed by a lifeguard, the pool has a handicap-accessible ramp, pool-access wheelchair, and a portable chair lift. Swimming pool temperature is maintained at a very comfortable 84 to 86 degrees.

JCC Aquatics also offers a variety of program options to choose from, such as aquatic classes, swimming lessons, lap swimming, diving lessons, personal trainer options and a variety of clinics—all age specific. Be assured, there’s something fun for everyone.

Location: Katie & Irwin Kahn Jewish Community Center: 306 Flora Dr., Columbia. For more information, including cost and times, call Lindsay Agostini (aquatics director), 803-787-2023 (ext. 306) or email Lindsaya@JCCColumbia. org and also visit JCCColumbia.org.

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Katie & Irwin Kahn Jewish Community Center 306 Flora Drive, Columbia SC 29223 The first 50 kids get FREE kites! Family fun, fabulous prizes, FREE beverages, and food truck rodeo.

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arolina Reiki Institute is now accepting registration for the Fall 2014 Certified Reiki Practitioner Program. This is a six-month program with a more in-depth course of instruction than the individual classes. It includes Usui Reiki Levels I through III (Master/Practitioner), clinicals, ethics and business practice set-up information.

Reiki has been practiced in the mainland United States since the early ‘70s but still remains relatively unknown. The Reiki master passes to the student the ability to connect and tap directly into the source of this unlimited supply of “lifeforce energy” by way of “attunements.” Reiki classes have traditionally been divided into “levels” or “degrees,” each initiating the student into a higher level or vibration of the Reiki energy. Reiki IV (Master/Teacher) is an additional course available as an internship for those that wish to become Reiki teachers.

Cost: $950 before Sept. 18/$1,000 after. Times: Level I, Oct. 18 and 19 (Saturday and Sunday); Level II, Saturday, Dec. 20; Level III, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. Transfer students must be accepted at the discretion of the instructor. Location: Ashland Park Shopping Center: 612 St. Andrews Rd., Columbia (inside Belladonna’s Gift Shoppe). For more information, call 803-551-1191 or email MSelf@CarolinaReikiInstitute.com. natural awakenings

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communitynews Harmony School: Now Enrolling Students for Preschool Through K-5

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estled on three acres of land in a well-established neighborhood in Forest Acres, you’ll find something unique to education in Columbia. Starting with preschool, progressing to kindergarten and ending with fifth grade, Harmony School utilizes an eclectic blend of educational philosophies, including Montessori, inquiry-based and Waldorf-inspired learning. This combination provides experiential hands-on learning opportuni-

ties for students every day.

One aspect of the curriculum includes an appreciation of our environment and how our food supply and the environment are connected. The school has three small garden and vegetable plots with a greenhouse and a number of flower beds. The children help with the planting and harvesting and develop an understanding of how elements, such as pollution and acid rain, affect the productivity of their gardens.

Spending time in nature is another aspect of the program that the students treasure. The property includes ample open space and playground equipment, and is bordered by a creek and nature trail. For fall, the students will welcome the adoption of two mature egg-laying hens and look forward to introducing the hens to their new home. Keeping the hens safe and healthy will become everyone’s responsibility and contribute to the ongoing lessons about food production and the importance of our environment. Let Harmony School serve your child’s academic and social needs.

For more information about the programs at Harmony School, call 803-787-1899 or visit HarmonySchoolSC.com.

Riverbanks Zoo Sprout Camp

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ontinuing through Saturday, August 16, Riverbanks Zoo’s Sprout Camp, for children age 3 to 4, is ready to enroll eager kids ready to have fun, learn and explore. Little campers will plant seeds, explore a vegetable garden and discover the great wonders of nature. This handson camp is a great way to foster natural curiosity and imagination as kids get up close with flowers, bugs and cool plants. Each day will consist of garden adventures, games, art projects and stories as little ones discover the joys of gardening.

Sprout Camp is perfect to nurture budding naturalists! Children must be accompanied4/1 by an adult.

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Vista Marketplace at Whaley Farmers’ and Craft Market

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ake sure to grab your empty fruit and vegetable baskets and come out to the Vista Marketplace at Whaley—a small community farmers’ market featuring all local products. Vendors offer seasonal produce, organic and conventionally grown, homemade/handmade food items and gifts. Also featured are fresh eggs, pasture-raised pork, chicken, goat, beef, and even rabbit. You can also pick up some of the highest-quality crafts in the area.

Times: Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Location: Vista Marketplace: 701 Whaley St., Columbia. For more information, call 803-917-4702 or email VistaMarketPlace1@gmail.com.

36th Annual Jubilee: Festival of Heritage

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n Saturday, August 23, come join the celebration of a rich and unique cultural heritage. The Jubilee: Festival of Heritage is held annually in August on the grounds of the historic Mann-Simons site. The festival features a variety of activities, including handson demonstrations from some of the region’s most skilled artists and craftsmen; musical entertainment, including African drumming, R&B, jazz and gospel; and vendors showcasing Africaninfluenced and traditional merchandise.

Other festival highlights include tours of the Mann-Simons site and AfricanAmerican heritage site tours.

Time: 11 a.m. Location: MannSimons Site: 1403 Richland St., Columbia. For more information, call 803-252-1770 (ext. 23), email Reservations@HistoricColumbia.org and visit HistoricColumbia.org.

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communitynews Natural Awakenings Introduces New Green Powder

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o Green! Natural Awakenings Corporation is introducing Green Powder to its product line up, which is now available in the NA web store. A rich balance of extracts from greens, fruits and vegetables, Natural Awakenings Green Powder is a superior product. Extracts are possibly the most important and most needed supplement for today’s lifestyles. With the new Natural Awakenings Green Powder dietary supplement, one serving a day supplies your body with essential vitamins and minerals you might ordinarily be missing from your regular diet. Made with certified organic non-GMO ingredients, Green Powder nourishes and strengthens every system in the body. Call or click to order today and get back on track to a more balanced and healthier body.

Four Paws Animal Clinic

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reat news! Garner’s Natural Life now carries the popular doTerra essential oils and will also host doTerra essential oil classes. Essential oils are natural compounds found in plants. doTERRA oils are therapeutic-grade essential oils that have been made by using a steam-distilled or cold-pressed extraction process. Classes in August will be held at Garner’s Natural Life on Wednesday, August 6, at 6 p.m., and Wednesday, August 20, at 10 a.m. Although the classes are free, there is limited space, so call the store to sign up now.

Since the 1970s, Garner’s Natural Life has specialized in natural food supplements, pet products, cosmetics and healthy alternatives. The location at Trenholm Plaza opened in 2010. The team stands behind its nutritionally superior products and is committed to its customers and community. doTerra essential oils have been known for superior quality since 2008.

ara Gardner, DVM, CVA, who specializes in integrative and holistic pet care, has joined Four Paws Animal Clinic. Certified in veterinary acupuncture, K-Laser therapy and trained in veterinary chiropractic, Dr. Gardner combines traditional Chinese veterinary medicine with these complementary medical techniques to address the specific issues unique to each pet’s medical condition.

Utilizing both Western and Eastern medical philosophies provides the most comprehensive medical approach to a pet’s healthcare needs. Conditions such as osteoarthritis, kidney disease, cancer management, anxiety issues, heart disease, seasonal allergies and several other complicated conditions often respond better and more quickly to this unique approach that treats the entire pet from nose to tail.

Gardner also has special interests in dermatology, behavior and nutrition.

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How Kenpo Karate Can Improve

Yo ur Child’s Life

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by MaryJo Briggs

ith kids heading back to school, now is the perfect time to plan some extracurricular activities that can enhance your child’s school performance, personal behavior and lift self-confidence!

Okinawan Kenpo Karate Kobudo martial arts school, located in Northeast Columbia, invites you to come and experience its martial arts classes.

This ancient Chinese discipline, taught by head instructor Kyoshi Martinez, starts with each child learning a series, or sequence, of postures that work the muscles in the body, and, more importantly, improve mental and emotional well-being.

Martinez, who has been practicing for more than 45 years, maintains that some of the major benefits of practicing kenpo are that it improves problem-solving capabilities, builds selfconfidence, promotes self-discipline, develops decision prioritization and provides each student with the skills necessary to defend himself or herself if the need

“Each child learns postures that work the muscles in the body and improve mental and emotional well-being.” arises. With childhood obesity at an all-time high, Kenpo Karate provides a program regiment that teaches kids the importance of physical fitness and helps them to maintain healthier, active lifestyles.

All across the Midlands, parents are constantly looking for ways to keep their kids actively engaged and off the couch by participating in meaningful after-school activities that add value; and as instructor, Martinez declares, “Kenpo Karate is here to do that and more!” Call to enroll now because class size is limited.

For more information, call Kyoshi Martinez at 803361-1389. See ad, page 22.

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Parents’ Smoking Linked to Artery Damage in Children

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esearchers from Australia’s University of Tasmania have found that children exposed to the secondhand smoke of their parents will likely face abnormally thickened carotid arteries later in life. The finding, published in the European Heart Journal, followed 3,776 children that participated in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study and the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health Study.

The children were divided into groups according to whether neither parent smoked, one parent smoked or both parents smoked. Questionnaire results were combined with ultrasound testing to correlate exposure during childhood with the health of carotid arteries, and researchers concluded that the effects are pervasive even 25 years later.

Those exposed to two parental smokers as children had significantly greater thickness of inner carotid artery walls than did children with non-smoking parents. Their arteries also showed signs of premature aging of more than three years compared to children of nonsmokers. The researchers wrote, “There must be continued efforts to reduce smoking among adults to protect young people and to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease across the population.”

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Heelless Shoes May Help Prevent Runners’ Injuries

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British study published in Footwear Science analyzed the effects of running in experimental heelless footwear compared with conventional running shoes with reinforced heels. The objective was to see if the heelless footwear would reduce the risk of chronic injury related to the habitual rear-foot strike pattern associated with conventional heeled shoes.

Using eight cameras with optoelectric running motion capture technology,12 male runners were tracked at four meters per second. The heelless running shoe resulted in less impact, greater plantar flexion and greater ankle eversion (rolling outward). The researchers concluded that the heelless shoes decreased the risk of chronic running foot injuries linked to excessive impact forces, but concede they may increase injury potential associated with excessive ankle eversion.

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Margo Pellegrino, a homemaker, mother of two and healthy oceans advocate from Medford Lakes, New Jersey, will begin a 1,600mile journey from nearby Trenton to Chicago, Illinois, by outrigger canoe on August 13 as part of Blue Frontier Campaign’s ocean explorers project. During her two-month trip, she’ll meet with local environmental groups and the media to raise awareness of the urgent need to clean America’s waterways.

“All water and everything in it ends up in the ocean,” Pellegrino says. “Plastics and chemicals are particular problems, but soil runoff during floods and heavy rains also impact the ocean and marine life.” During previous paddles, Pellegrino saw firsthand the effects of dumped industrial waste in the waterways she traversed.

She notes that nationally, oil rig operators have federal permits to dump 9 billion gallons of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, waste into the ocean each year.

On Pellegrino’s first trip in 2007, she paddled nearly 2,000 miles up the Atlantic Coast, from Miami, Florida, to Maine. In 2009, she partnered with the Natural Resources Defense Council to go from Miami to New Orleans, Louisiana, to build support for a Healthy Oceans Act (OnEarth.org/author/healthyoceanspaddle). In 2010, she canoed along the Pacific coastline from Seattle, Washington, to San Diego, California. Next summer, Pellegrino plans to paddle down the Mississippi River.

Follow her upcoming trip at Miami2Maine.com or on Facebook.

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True Grit

Why Persistence Counts Some educators believe that improvements in instruction, curriculum and school environments are not enough to raise the achievement levels of all students, especially disadvantaged children.

Also necessary is a quality called “grit”, loosely defined as persistence over time to overcome challenges and accomplish big goals. Grit comprises a suite of traits and behaviors that include goal-directedness (knowing where to go and how to get there); motivation (having a strong will to achieve identified goals); self-control (avoiding distractions and focusing on the task at hand); and a positive mindset (embracing challenges and viewing failure as a learning opportunity).

A meta-study of 25 years of research by John Hattie and Helen Timperley, professors at the University of Aukland, New Zealand, has shown that giving students challenging goals encourages greater effort and persistence than providing vague or no direction. Students aren’t hardwired for these qualities, but grit can be developed through an emerging battery of evidence-based techniques that give educators a powerful new set of tools to support student success.

A famous example of the power of self-regulation was observed when preschoolers that were able to withstand the temptation of eating a marshmallow for 15 minutes to receive a second one were more successful in high school and scored about 210 points higher on their SATs later in life than those with less willpower (Tinyurl.com/Stanford MarshallowStudy).

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The Common Acre is a nonprofit partnering with the airport serving Seattle, Washington, and the Urban Bee Company (UrbanBee.com) to reclaim 50 acres of vacant land to plant native wildflowers as pollinator habitat for hummingbirds, butterflies and disease-resistant bee colonies. A GMO-free (no genetic modification) wildflower seed farm is also in the works.

Bees present no threat to air traffic and the hives discourage birds that do pose a danger to planes.

Beekeeper Jim Robins, of Robins Apiaries, in St. Louis, Missouri, rents an area with a plentiful supply of white Dutch clover, and Lambert Airport views his enterprise as part of its sustainability program. O’Hare Airport, in Chicago, the first in the U.S. to install hives, is rebuilding to its full complement of 50 hives after losing about half of them to 2014’s extreme winter. It’s a project that could be a model for airports everywhere—using inaccessible scrubland to do something revolutionary, like supporting a local food system. One hundred foods make up 90 percent of a human diet, and bees pollinate 71 of them.

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Pinpoint Allergies

Super-Immunity for KIDS Simple Ways to Boost a Child’s Long-Term Health

Shore Up with Supplements

by Lisa Turner

We’d love it if our kids had fewer sick days away from school, but what if by bolstering their immune systems now, we could also protect them from serious diseases going forward?

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uring childhood, when the immune system is still developing, there’s a great opportunity to set the stage for improved health and resilience,” says Dr. Joel Fuhrman, a family physician and nutritional researcher in Flemington, New Jersey, and author of Disease-Proof Your Child.

“A healthy diet and lifestyle can help kids avoid common childhood illnesses like colds, ear infections and allergies, as well as ensure greater resilience against disease later in life.”

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Food allergies and sensitivities can suppress the immune system by increasing inflammation in the body and call for consultation with a health specialist. “Whenever there is extra inflammation, the body has less available energy to keep the immune system functioning as well as it should,” says Dr. Fred Pescatore, a New York author of The Allergy & Asthma Cure. “It’s like putting the wrong type of gasoline in the car; it hinders your performance.”

cancer later in life. Berries, cherries, plums and pomegranates are among the most powerful immune-boosting fruits. For veggies, eat more dark leafy greens, tomatoes, carrots and cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli and cauliflower. Also emphasize whole grains and healthy fats such as those found in nuts, seeds and avocado, advises Fuhrman.

Sugar-laden calories depress the infection-fighting activity of white blood cells, says Dr. Alan R. Gaby, of Concord, New Hampshire, author of the textbook, Nutritional Medicine. Even natural sweeteners such as honey and juice have similar effects when consumed in excess, he says. Try healthy options like pomegranate and kiwi fruit salad; trail mix with raw almonds; dried cranberries and air-popped popcorn; and hummus with red pepper strips and baby carrots for dipping.

Probiotics can enhance immune function in children by stimulating white blood cells and reducing inflammation, says Gary B. Huffnagle, Ph.D., a University of Michigan Medical School immunology research professor and author of The Probiotics Revolution. They are especially protective against allergies, diarrhea and respiratory tract infection.

Start with yogurt: Serve with cereal; mix with mashed bananas and freeze in ice cube trays for a cool treat; or make smoothies with unsweetened, non-dairy yogurt and frozen berries. Or consider a Lactobacillus acidophilus supplement; aim for 5 billion CFUs per day of Lactobacillus or bifidobacterium.

Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), an ayurvedic herb, boosts immunity by supporting and balancing adrenal function, says Dr. John Douillard, Ph.D., a Boulder, Colorado, chiropractor, ayurvedic physician and author of Perfect Health for Kids. The adrenal glands produce cortisol, and overproduction of this “fight-or-flight” hormone can dampen immunity. Ashwagandha is particularly helpful for preventing colds and can also be used when kids are stressed or tired. For children ages 6 to 12, give 500 milligrams per day with breakfast; children over 12 can take 1,000 mg a day.

Stabilize Hormonal Changes

“Puberty and adolescence are marked by dramatic shifts in and surges of hormones,” says Dr. Richard Shames,

of Sebastopol, California, co-author of Feeling Fat, Fuzzy, or Frazzled? “This is monumental, as far as the developing immune system is concerned. As the immune system is directly linked to hormonal influences, any hormonal imbalance will affect overall immunity.”

Shames recommends selenium—a potent antioxidant and general immune booster—to help balance hormones.

For children ages 8 to 18, aim for 100 mg per day.

Let ’em Get Dirty

“Once a child has been exposed to dirt and germs, the immune system responds by trying to expel those bacteria from the body, which strengthens immunity,” counsels Jane Sheppard, owner of HealthyChild.com and founding executive director of the Holistic Pediatric Association.

Avoid antibacterial soaps, cleansers and gels; most contain the chemical triclosan, which some researchers suspect of contributing to development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Instead, use a natural antibacterial gel or make one, by combining witch hazel or alcohol, tea tree oil and lavender essential oil.

Stay in the Sun

“The sun is our primary source of vitamin D, which has broad effects on the immune system,” Fuhrman says.

“Depending on your skin tone and the local climate, about 15 minutes of full sun exposure a day will lead to natural production of sufficient amounts of vitamin D.” If kids have dark skin or live in a cloudy region, they may need vitamin D supplements—at least 200 IU per day.

Laugh Out Loud

“You can give your kids the best food and nutrition, but if they have underlying sadness, their immune system will suffer,” remarks Sheppard. “When you’re happy and when you laugh, your brain releases chemicals that increase immunity.”

Lisa Turner is a Colorado-based health writer.

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ith children especially susceptible to germs, chemical sensitivities and allergens, it makes sense to ensure that the child-friendliness of day care facilities extends to their ecological integrity.

When Denise Adusei, of New York City, was unable to find a preschool that included all the criteria she sought, she decided to create and direct Peartree Preschool, a year-round day care facility for 2-to-5-year-olds. “An eco-friendly day care environment is more than nontoxic paint, organic food and unscented soaps. It’s what you don’t see, as well,” says Adusei.

“We first looked for a building with lots of natural light near Central Park. Manhattan has a high rate of allergens, so we went ahead with a thorough environmental inspection on what looked like an ideal building,” recalls Adusei. Inspectors pulled tiles from the floor, opened walls to check for mold and collected samples. “When they discovered signs of an old oil spill in the basement, we knew it was an unsafe place for children. We kept looking until we found the right building with large windows, near the park and environmentally safe,” she says, noting that her own kids now attend Peartree.

Workplace coach Paul E. McGinniss, who also blogs at NewYorkGreenAdvocate.com, says, “Creating a garden onsite and connecting with local farmers or CSAs [community supported agriculture] to provide healthy, fresh foods is a great way to educate kids via a learning activity. New York’s Hudson Valley, where I live, has a farm to school movement.

Everyone should know where their food comes from,” he says, echoing another day care cornerstone.

In Madison, Connecticut, Tina Pascoe, a registered nurse, attorney and health consultant, co-founded Nurses for Day Care, a nationwide program. The staff finds that many children are sensitive to dye additives in mustard or ketchup, certain oils in soap, paint or cleaning fumes and fire-retardant chemicals embedded in new rugs and carpeting.

“We push for the whole school to go green, not just the classroom, with the sensitive or allergic child in mind,” she says. “We’re willing to do whatever it takes, like providing special menus, banning perfumes and smoking, and only using disinfectant wipes or bleach during nighttime cleaning.”

Pascoe personally works with about 80 facilities throughout the state.

The Cottages at Michaels Learning Center, in Sarasota, is Florida’s first school to earn a Level Three Green School and green infant care certification from the National Green School Coalition and operates the city’s only certified green infant care program. Children from 6 weeks through kindergarten benefit. The school even conducts regular radon testing.

Owner and Director Michelle Ireland assesses, “It’s cause and effect. One of the things we teach the children is how our actions have an impact on the world.”

Mark Stedelbauer, vice president of marketing at eWater Advantage, in Raleigh, North Carolina, strives to inform day care administrators about the value of using electrolyzed water instead of cleansers. An electrical current that runs through a blend of ordinary tap water and minerals changes the basic nature of water. A lower pH creates a disinfecting solution; a higher pH results in a degreaser. Both solutions clean and kill germs without fumes, residue or allergy triggers.

“Often, the combined cost of the electricity, water and mineral supplements used is less than what would be spent on multiple cleaning products,” Stedelbauer points out. It can be created by the half-gallon in a toaster-sized unit onsite and has been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture (for use on meat) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (for use on produce).

Also, electrolyzed water won’t harm skin or clothing.

Creative Minds Learning Centers’ six locations are recognized by the Oregon Program of Quality as among the top 25 schools in the state. They buy renewable energy from wind, solar and biomass sources. At the school, they compost, plant sustainable gardens, collect rainwater and recycle.

Nature preschools in the U.S., nearly 30 sites and growing, use a community nature center as a regular part of their learning program (Tinyurl.com/NaturePreschools). Generally, the children are outdoors for 45 to 90 minutes per day, weather permitting, and flexible activities allow them to investigate their own interests safely. Daily explorations build valuable skills like observation, sorting and experimentation.

Children experiencing green day care see firsthand how healthy, environmentally sound choices can help make their present and future safe. Telling their parents about their school experiences is a natural bonus.

Avery Mack is a freelance writer in St. Louis, MO. Connect via AveryMack@mindspring.com. natural awakenings

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Learning that Transforms Hearts and Minds Rethinking How We See Our World Changes Everything

by Linda Sechrist

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n the 30 years since Harrison Owen introduced Open Space Technology (OST), it has been used hundreds of thousands of times by three-quarters of the world’s countries. Whether a few people gather in a circle to share ideas and brainstorm personal issues or thousands discuss a bulletin board of topics around tables, OST is a safe, informal venue for transformative learning.

Guided by purpose-based,

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shared leadership, it allows individuals focused on a specific task to freely speak their thoughts and be heard. It also encourages breakout groups to mine for more information—learning individually, as well as collectively, and self-organizing in order to concentrate on more complex topics. “Boeing engineers used OST to learn how to redesign airplane doors and young Egyptians used it to strategize for their Arab Spring,” as examples, comments Owen.

Circle Principle

For Owen, like Jack Mezirow, author of the paper, “Core Principles of Transformative Learning Theory,” 20th-century Brazilian educator Paulo Freire and Juanita Brown, co-founder of The World Café, learning is transformation, the keystone of life, and the essence of meaningful education. “The circle principle contains the predictability of fresh, emerging thoughts and learning that never occurred previously,” explains Owen.

He points to an experiment regarding children’s capacity for selflearning initiated by Sugata Mitra, Ph.D., the former science director of an educational technology firm in India. On the outside wall of the building where he worked, Mitra installed a computer facing a New Delhi slum where most children were unschooled and illiterate and had never seen a computer. He turned it on and told children they could play with it.

Via a noninvasive video camera, he watched 7-to-13-year-olds discover how to use the computer and teach each other how to play music and games and draw using Microsoft’s Paint program. Repetition of the experiment in other impoverished sections of India yielded similar results. Wherever he established an Internet connection, children that could not read English, the Internet’s default language, taught themselves how to use the Web to obtain

information through their interactions with each other and the computer.

“I agree with what Mitra surmised from his experiment—learning is emergent, which is another word for selforganizing,” remarks Owen.

Like Freire, Owen likens traditional education to the “banking” method of learning, whereby the teacher passes information to students that become dependent on someone else rather than learning how to think on their own.

Suzanne Daigle, a Sarasota, Florida-based consultant with a Canadian multidisciplinary consulting firm, explains how the OST learning environment changed her life: “My personal transformation began in 2009. Even though I was a leader in my corporate career, I doubted myself and often believed that what others had to say was more significant and interesting than what I could express.”

Now she says she has shed her people-pleasing tendencies and former attempts to control other people’s agendas and discovered the freedom and courage of her own voice. “As an OST facilitator, my life work now occurs in the moments I am collaboratively learning and listening for opportunities to enter into meaningful conversations that can lead to actions,” says Daigle. “I invite others to do the same.”

Co-Learning

In a compulsory two-year Theory of Learning class for an International Baccalaureate degree at California’s Granadas Hill Charter High School, math and science educator Anais Arteaga helps students apply two major elements of transformative learning: self-reflection to critique one’s own assumptions and discourse through which they question or validate their judgments. She focuses on the roles that perception, language, reason and emotion play in a student’s learning and decision-making abilities.

“Questions and lively discussions are the basis of the class,” Arteaga says.

“We begin with a question and explore what we know, how we know it and any conclusions drawn from the process.”

Using a democratic model in which the teacher welcomes critical discussion, Arteaga and her students have mutually discovered that knowledge is not static, but has a history and changes over time.

“When we first started the class, it was challenging to accept that in many situations there is no right or wrong, just relativity and a matter of perception. We don’t really know anything for certain,” she remarks.

Worldview Explorations

Katia Petersen, Ph.D., is the executive director of education at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), headquartered in Petaluma, California. She co-developed the tools, practices and 22 lessons in the pioneering organization’s Worldview Explorations (WE) project. Founded on 40 years of IONS research, WE engages everyone in ageappropriate ways in reflecting upon long-held assumptions and how beliefs create the lens they see through, ultimately improving how they understand and respond to the world.

“When individuals understand the power of offering their story and are open to the worldview stories of others, they no longer focus attention on differences and limitations,” says Petersen. “They realize that everyone has their own truth.

“WE’s transformative learning experiences draw from the heart and soul of individuals, rather than stuffing heads with ideas and perspectives, which serves them well as they embody and apply these tools and practices in their daily lives.”

She cites a particularly powerful moment for a group of young people she worked with. “A student was killed in a drive-by shooting two weeks before their certification. The transformative moment came when they said that their new awareness and capacity for compassion and understanding would not allow them to seek revenge. Innatural awakenings

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stead, they chose to save lives in their communities using their new skills.”

World Café

Like OST, the World Café, co-created

by Brown and David Isaacs, of Burnsville, North Carolina, creates a transformative learning environment for individuals of all ages. Its primary principles are: set the context, create hospitable space, explore questions that matter, encourage everyone’s contributions, connect diverse perspectives, listen together for patterns and insights and share collective discoveries. Webs of conversation created around actual or occasionally virtual tables resemble those found in coffeehouses.

“Conversation is a core meaningmaking process, and people get to experience how the collective intelligence of a small or large group can become apparent,” says Brown. After several rounds of conversation on one or more topics, participants offer their harvest of key insights, learning and opportunities for action with the full group gathered to reflect together on their discoveries.

“World Café provides an environment in which you are comfortably drawn forward by the questions you are asking together. When enough diversity is present, varied perspectives are offered and people feel listened to and free to make their contribution,” observes Brown.

What participants learn in this setting creates the climate of conditions that support the kinds of transformations that can change lives. Brown remarks, “When it happens to me, I feel like my brain cells have been rearranged.

I know something in the collective, as well as the individual, has been evoked, so that something never before imagined becomes present and available.”

Transformative learning has been compared to a sea journey without landmarks. Adventurous individuals that are open to traversing its highly engaging processes can emerge as autonomous thinkers, capable of contributing fresh, new ideas that just might transform the world we live in.

Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings. Visit ItsAllAbout We.com for the recorded interviews.

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Schools that Rock Innovators Blaze Creative Paths

by Sandra Murphy

Creative educational initiatives offer more flexible programs of study than traditional institutions. First introduced into the United States in the latter part of the 20th century, today there are thousands of such facilities operating according to their own lights. Yet many share certain distinguishing characteristics including emphasis on close studentteacher relationships, diverse experiential learning and development of student decision-making skills aided by peer and parental support.

All aim to prepare and equip students for future success both inside and outside the classroom.

Montessori

At age 3, kids at the Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School, in Maryland, are gaining early math and motor skills, plus an appreciation for healthy foods, in unique and innovative ways. “The children roll out a long mat containing 1,000 beads that they use to learn to count by twos, fours and 10s,” says Jenny Smolen, development coordinator and grant writer for the school. “When it’s time for multiplication and division, they’re prepared.”

The school is located in a food desert—fresh, unprocessed food isn’t readily available—so the kids plant

seeds to grow in pots until it’s time to transplant them to the garden. “Before the seed-to-table program, the kids didn’t know what fresh tasted like.

Now they go home and ask for vegetables for dinner,” says Smolen.

The school also has six chickens that supply fresh eggs, and two beehives produced 100 pounds of honey last year that was sold to raise funds.

The school is free of charge to Baltimore city students chosen by lottery.

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Waldorf School alumna Jocelyn Miller, an account manager at Matter Communications, drives 45 minutes from Newburyport, Massachusetts, to take her three children to The Waldorf School at Moraine Farms, in Beverly.

“On bad weather days, I wonder why I make the drive, but the smiles when we arrive are worth it,” she says. There, her children spend time outdoors regardless of the weather.

Indoors, they draw illustrations to bolster lessons on history and geography.

Second-graders work in three-hour blocks of time, rather than the traditional 45 minutes. Fifth-grade students recently spent three weeks studying Greek mythology. Older students play in an orchestra and learn German and Spanish. They also knit; the craft builds manual dexterity and helps children learn to plan, correct mistakes, be creative, visualize the finished product and mindfully create something useful or decorative.

Middle school and high school students at the Waldorf School of Garden City, in New York, universally participate in seasonal sports—baseball, softball, basketball and soccer.

The emphasis on the values of teamwork and sportsmanship complement development of skills. The school’s policy is, “You don’t have to be a superstar to get playing time,” noting that the quality of athletic teams is consistently strong.

The school also brings some green into the city with a horticultural program that fully cultivates a quarteracre field. Its steady harvest of fruits, vegetables, herbs and grains includes lettuce, beans, spinach, broccoli, kale, corn, oregano, thyme, rosemary, strawberries, blueberries and raspberries. A new greenhouse keeps produce growing through winter months.

Students at Conservatory Prep High School, in Davie, Florida, were tasked with finding a way to walk on water in order to explore principles of flotation and buoyancy. After researching and experimenting with each of a series of materials, they analyzed what went wrong, worked to fix it and then tried again. “We did the testing at our onsite pool,” says Wendy Weiner, Ed.D., the school’s founder and principal and a Waldorf alumna.

“We saw some pretty funny results, but they eventually invented a pair of shoes that worked. Of course, they were pretty big shoes.”

Homeschooling

Homeschooling provides another option. Parents don’t need to know all about a subject with organizations like Bridgeway Academy’s homeschool curricula at hand. This Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, institution provides easy access to tools and support for families nationwide. “We’re a kindergartento-12th-grade provider,” says Jessica Parnell, academy president. “Teach-

ers in a school setting have to teach standardized subjects, in certain ways, to the whole class. We use customized learning to inspire and excite children individually. We help parents discover their child’s learning style, personality and ideal learning environment.”

Materials provided include instructor guides, user-friendly websites and interactive games and other activities.

“It gives kids the freedom to explore, learn and discover,” Parnell adds. “This is how you grow a lifelong learner.”

Un-Schooling

Un-schooling, another pioneering approach, is a method of homeschooling in which children pursue areas that interest them, eat foods they enjoy, rest when needed, choose friends of all ages or none at all and engage their world in unique, powerful and self-directed ways.

Suzanne Strisower, a life and career coach in Oroville, California, has written a common-core, standards-based curriculum for un-schoolers. “It’s a yearlong program for ages 15 and up designed to enable a student to realize his career path and life’s purpose,” she says.

Online Tutorials

“There’s an explosion in online learning, too,” observes Bob Bowdon, executive director of nonprofit Choice Media, an education news service at ChoiceMedia.tv, produced in New York City. School kids in some states are able to opt out of a class at school if they feel the teaching style is holding them back, instead tapping online teachers available in a virtual school setting.

Louisiana’s Department of Education’s Jump Start program partners high schools and local companies to offer students one-day-a-week internships apprenticing in trades. “It’s real-world, on-the-job training,” says Bowdon.

Thanks to such innovative approaches to school curricula and technology, parents and children have more options than ever before for learning. Instead of memorizing information until the next test and then forgetting it, more learning is customized and hands-on, because children that learn by doing, remember.

Connect with Sandra Murphy at StLouis FreelanceWriter@mindspring.com.

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Standout Schools Help Inner-City Kids Shine New York City students participating in The Young Women’s Leadership of East Harlem School are motivated to think about where, not if, they will attend college. The first three all-girl graduating classes boasted 100 percent college enrollment with the help of the Young Women’s Leadership College Bound Initiative, which funds a full-time college counselor at several of the city’s public high schools. The majority of the students are the first in their families to attend college.

Harlem Village Academy Charter School, in Manhattan, ranks highest among all public, non-selective high schools in New York City in terms of college enrollment. Because many

children enter it as fifth-graders with a first-grade reading ability, they typically receive extracurricular, phonics-based reading instruction, attend a homework club and have access to outside tutors. Performance generally improves throughout middle school, and 90 percent of the students stay in the Harlem Village Academies (HVA) network through high school. The class of 2012 had a 100 percent graduation rate compared with a 60 percent average for the city’s high schools. Nationally, only 8 percent of low-income students graduate from college, but 88 percent of all HVA high school graduates starting with its first senior class in 2011 have remain enrolled in college classes.

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Cures in the Kitchen Dr. Mark Hyman Is Fed Up with Our National Health Crisis

by Judith Fertig

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n the groundbreaking new documentary film, Fed Up, Dr. Mark Hyman prescribes a major overhaul of the diets of all family members in communities across America to prevent far-reaching unwanted consequences. Hyman practices functional medicine, which takes a whole-system approach to treating chronic illnesses by identifying and addressing their root causes, starting with poor diet. He is also the bestselling author of a series of books based on The Blood Sugar Solution.

What has your experience with Fed Up shown you about the root cause of many diseases?

In Fed Up, I met with a family of five to talk with them about their health and understand the roots of their family crisis of morbid obesity, pre-diabetes, renal failure, disability, financial stress and hopelessness. Rural South Carolina, where they live, is a food desert with nearly10 times as many fast-food and convenience stores as supermarkets.

The family’s kitchen was also a food desert, with barely a morsel of real food. There were no ingredients to make real food—only pre-made factory science projects sold in cans and boxes with unpronounceable, unrecognizable ingredient lists.

This family desperately wanted to find a way out, but didn’t have the

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knowledge or skills.

They lived on food stamps and fast food and didn’t know how to navigate a grocery aisle, shop for real food, read a label, equip a kitchen or cook nutritious meals. Their grandmother has a garden, but never taught her children how to grow food, even though they live in a temperate rural area.

What results did the family see when they changed their eating habits?

I got the whole family cooking, washing, peeling, chopping, cutting and touching real food—onions, garlic, carrots, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes, salad greens, even asparagus. After 12 months, the mother had lost 100 pounds and was off of blood pressure medication, and because the father had lost 45 pounds, he finally qualified for a kidney transplant. The son originally lost 40 pounds, but because he was stuck in a toxic food environment at school and only able to get a job at a fast-food eatery, he gained much of it back. I’m happy to report that he is now working to get back on track.

How is sugar a primary factor in creating obesity?

Of some 600,000 processed food items on the market, 80 percent contain added sugar. Sugar calories act differently from fat or protein calories in the body. Sugar calories drive food addic-

tion, storage of belly fat, inflammation and fatty liver (now the number one reason for liver transplants). They also disrupt appetite control, increasing hunger and promoting overeating, and are biologically addictive. Sugar calories are the major contributor to heart attacks, strokes, cancer, dementia and Type 2 diabetes. Sugar is a root cause behind the tripling of obesity rates in children since the 1970s.

As just one example illustrating government policy culprits, although poor people are disproportionately affected by obesity, the food industry vigorously opposes any efforts to limit the use of food stamps for soda. Every year, the U.S. government pays for $4 billion in soda purchases by the poor (10 billion servings annually) on the front end, and then pays billions more on the back end through Medicaid and Medicare to treat related health consequences that include obesity and diabetes.

What are the consequences if we don’t attack the problem of poor diet now?

The costs of a poor diet are staggering: At the present rate, by 2040, 100 percent of the nation’s federal budget will go for Medicare and Medicaid. The federal debt soars as our unhealthy kids fall heir to an achievement gap that limits America’s capacity to compete in the global marketplace. At the same time, having 70 percent of young people unfit for military service weakens national security.

In a detailed scientific analysis published in The New England Journal of Medicine, a group of respected scientists reviewing all the data affecting projected life spans concluded that today’s children are the first generation of Americans ever that will live sicker and die younger than their parents.

Health issues due to poor diet comprise a national crisis. They threaten our future, not just for those fat and sick among us, but all of us.

For more information on Fed Up, visit FedUpMovie.com.

Judith Fertig blogs at AlfrescoFood AndLifestyle.blogspot.com from Overland Park, KS.

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We love our seafood, a delicious source of lean protein. The latest data reports U.S. annual consumption to be more than 4.8 billion pounds of it, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with the average American eating 3.5 ounces of seafood a week. About half of the catch is wild-caught and half farmed. How do we know which fish and shellfish are safe to eat and good for ocean ecology?

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he best approach is to choose seafood carefully. Oil spills, waste runoff and other environmental disasters can compromise the quality of seafood with toxic contaminants like mercury and other heavy metals and industrial, agricultural and lawn chemicals. These pollutants can wash out from land to sea (and vice versa). As smaller fish that have eaten pollutants are eaten by larger ones, contaminants accumulate and concentrate. Large predatory fish like swordfish and sharks end up with the most toxins.

Beyond today’s top-selling shrimp, canned tuna, salmon and farmed tilapia, more retailers and restaurants are

also providing lesser-known seafood varieties like dogfish and hake as alternatives to overfished species such as sea bass and Atlantic cod. These new-to-us, wild-caught fish can be delicious, sustainable and healthy.

Choices Good for Oceans

An outstanding resource for choosing well-managed caught or farmed seafood in environmentally responsible ways is Seafood Watch, provided through California’s Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Information on the most sustainable varieties of seafood is available in a printed guide, updated twice a year. The pocket guide or smartphone app provides instant information at the seafood counter

The truth is that no one fish can be seen as a sustainability darling, because if it is, it’s sure to be overfished. ~ DailyFinance.com and restaurant table. Online information at SeafoodWatch.org and via the app is regularly updated.

The Blue Ocean Institute, led by MacArthur Fellow and ecologist Carl Safina, Ph.D., supports ocean conservation, community economics and global peace by steering consumers and businesses toward sustainably fished seafood. It maintains a data base on 140 wild-caught fish and shellfish choices at BlueOcean.org.

Hoki, for instance, might have a green fish icon for “relatively abundant” and a blue icon for “sustainable and well-managed fisheries,” but also be red-flagged for containing levels of mercury or PCBs that can pose a health risk for children. As species become overfished, rebound or experience fluctuating levels of contaminants, their annual ratings can change.

Choices Good for Us

To help make choosing easier, Seafood Watch has now joined with the Harvard School of Public Health to also advise what’s currently safe to eat. Entries on their list of “green” fish, which can shift annually, are low in mercury, good sources of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids and caught or farmed responsibly.

If the top-listed fish and shellfish aren’t locally available, look for the

SUPERB SEAFOOD

Seafood Safe label, started by EcoFish company founder and President Henry Lovejoy, which furnishes at-a-glance consumption recommendations based upon tests for contaminants. Labels display a number that indicates how many four-ounce servings of the species a woman of childbearing age can safely eat per month. (Find consumption recommendations for other demographics at SeafoodSafe.com.) Expert-reviewed independent testing of random samples of the fish currently monitors mercury and PCB levels. Lovejoy advises that other toxins will be added to the testing platform in the future.

“My dream is to have all seafood sold in the U.S. qualify to bear the Seafood Safe label, because consumers deserve to know what they’re eating,” says Lovejoy. “We need to be a lot more careful in how we use toxic chemicals and where we put them.”

According to Seafood Watch and the Harvard School of Public Health, the Super “Green” list includes seafood with low levels of mercury (below 216 parts per billion [ppb]) and at least 250 milligrams per day (mg/d) of the recommended daily consumption of omega-3 essential fatty acids.

It also must be classified as a Best Choice for being caught or farmed in environmentally responsible ways at SeafoodWatch.org.

Retail Ratings

n Pacific sardines (wild-caught)

Some retailers also provide details on their seafood sourcing. Whole Foods, for example, offers complete traceability of the fish and shellfish they carry, from fishery or farm to stores. Their fish, wild-caught or farmed, frozen or fresh, meet strict quality guidelines in regard to exposure to antibiotics, preservatives and hormones. They also display Seafood Watch and Blue Ocean Institute ratings at the seafood counter.

Wise seafood choices feed and sustain our families, foster a healthier seafood industry, support responsible local fisheries and keep Earth’s water resources viable.

Judith Fertig blogs at AlfrescoFood AndLifestyle.blogspot.com from Overland Park, KS.

The Best in July 2013

n Atlantic mackerel (purse seine, U.S. and Canada) n Freshwater Coho salmon (tank system farms, U.S.) n Salmon (wild-caught, Alaska) n Salmon, canned (wild-caught, Alaska) The “honorable mention” list includes seafood that contains moderate amounts of mercury and between 100 and 250 milligrams per day (mg/d) of the recommended daily consumption of omega-3s. It also must be classified as a Best Choice for being caught or farmed in environmentally responsible ways at SeafoodWatch.org.

More Healthy Choices

n Albacore tuna (troll- or pole-caught, U.S. or British Columbia) n Sablefish/black cod (Alaska, Canadian Pacific)

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WATER DOGGIES Given a Pool or Lake, Canines Dive into Action

by Sandra Murphy

Water sports for dogs can be done just for fun or to earn recognition.

Venues range from a backyard adult or kiddie pool to a lake, river or ocean. All offer healthful exercise for canine bodies and brains.

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ome dogs seem born to swim, while others learn to love it and a few make entertaining spectators. It all depends on temperament, breed and body style plus energy and confidence levels, as well as training.

Not all dogs love to swim, says Eileen

Michelle Yue and Max

Proctor, a pet lifestyle expert in Denver, Colorado, so proceed cautiously. “One of the first things to do is buy a properly fitted life jacket that keeps his head out of the water,” she counsels. “Once he is used to wearing it, train him to use steps [like in a pool] to walk into and out of the water every time.”

Michelle Yue, a pro-

photo by Maria Schultz

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fessional dog trainer in Washington, D.C., takes her dog, Max, to a dogspecific pool twice a month. At the Canine Fitness Center, in Annapolis, Maryland, Max swims in one pool while canine buddies paddle in another. To prevent possible squabbles, company policy allows only same-household dogs to swim in the same pool.

“Max is a fetching maniac in the water,” remarks Yue. “He doesn’t like to dive, but if his ball sinks, he’ll go after it. It’s low-impact, high-exercise playtime and the only thing I know that will wear out a 2-year-old German shepherd pup.”

The skill of directed retrieval can be described as advanced fetching.

Several toys or dumbbells are placed on the bottom of the pool and the handler tells the dog which item to retrieve.

Nautical nosework is the most challenging—five floating objects like tennis balls or dummies are launched into the water by another person. The dog must then find, indicate and retrieve the one ball his person has handled.

Other fun options are teaching a pet to tow a raft in the pool or to team swim with his owner. In a more complex aquaagility exercise, the dog swims a circle around his owner as a prelude to both of them swimming a synchronized, zigzag course between floating markers before returning to their starting positions.

Ernie, a 95-pound Labrador retriever that lives with Sierra Prause, a marketing assistant, and Jaron Clinton, a search engine content marketer, in Phoenix, Arizona, rides in the storage area of Clinton’s kayak. Ernie came to them at age 4 and has always loved to jump in and swim alongside his own-

ers. “Ernie’s claim to fame is fetching two tennis balls at once,” says Prause. “He wasn’t allowed in the pool at his former home, and now revels in taking a cooling dip after his twice-a-day walks.”

Maria Schultz, author of How to SUP with Your Pup, enjoys stand up paddleboarding with her Australian shepherds, Riley and Kona, on rivers near her home in Fredericksburg, Virginia. She and Riley learned together in the living room. “I brought the board home and taught Riley how to hop on and off, where to sit or lie on the board, and to relax,” she relates.

“I forgot the living room floor stood still. Riley was surprised when he got on the board on the river to find that it moved.” Riley was a good sport about it; within a week, he knew how to ride along.

Kona took several months to get the hang of it. “Have patience, make it fun and all positive,” Schultz advises.

“Know what motivates your dog. Riley works for food, Kona for praise.”

For the more adventurous, Loews Coronado Bay Resort, in San Diego, offers one-hour surfing lessons for canine guests. Taught by Coronado Surfing Academy instructors, the only requirement is that a dog enjoys water.

Of course, board shorts and a bandana are also provided so that Fido gets the full surfer dude experience.

Enjoying warm weather and cool water with man’s best friend provides perfect fun for these dog days of summer.

Learn more at CanineWatersports.com.

Sandra Murphy writes from Missouri.

Connect at StLouisFreelanceWriter@ mindspring.com.

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naturaldirectory Connecting you to the leaders in natural healthcare and green living in our community. To find out how you can be included in the Natural Directory, call 803-233-3693, or email ColaPublisher@NaturalAwakeningsMag.com.

ACUPUNCTURE THE ACUPUNCTURE CLINIC

William D. Skelton, DAc 620 Sims Ave, Columbia 803-256-1000 • SCAcupuncture.com

Bill Skelton is dedicated to helping people live happier, healthier, active lives with safe, gentle and effective techniques.

He has 38 years’ experience and trained in the Republic of China.

Call to schedule an appointment. See ad, page 37.

AROMATHERAPY GARNER’S NATURAL LIFE

4840 Forest Dr, Ste 15-A, Columbia Trenholm Plaza in Forest Acres 803-454-7700 • GarnersNaturalLife.com

Improve your level of stress, depression and mood with natural products from a locally owned family business. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff will guide you through the use of aromatherapy for pain and anxiety reduction, energy enhancement, and much more.

See ad, back page.

CHIROPRACTIC CHIROPRACTIC WELLNESS CENTER INC.

Dr. Shelly Jones, DC Chiropractic Wellness Center Inc. 5209 Forest Dr, Ste C, Columbia 803-771-9990 • DrShellyJones.com

Dr. Jones provides family chiropractic care, health information and wellness resources to support the body’s natural ability to heal, feel better and enjoy living an active lifestyle! Call to schedule your appointment or discuss bringing our onsite chiropractic care and health-education services to your business, school or athletic team.

FAMILY PRACTICE OF CHIROPRACTIC

Dr. Jim Minico, DC 203 Amicks Ferry Rd, Chapin 803-932-9399 • DrMinico.com PatientServices.fpc@gmail.com

It is our mission to provide the community with the highestquality chiropractic care possible.

Exceeding your expectations in a caring, modern and positive environment. Restoring the body’s natural healing process. A holistic approach to health utilizing chiropractic, massage therapy, exercise therapy, nutrition, weight management and homeopathy.

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OLD MILL CHIROPRACTIC

Dr. Eric Nazarenko, DC 711 East Main St, Ste L-2, Lexington 803-808-0711 • Eric@OldMillChiro.com OldMillChiro.com

True health is about wellness, vitality and correcting the cause of symptoms. Old Mill Chiropractic’s goal is to create a happier and healthier community through safe, natural and effective care. Taking the time to listen, we custom-tailor an individualized care plan to achieve your specific goals and needs. We want you to have a wonderful and healthy life.

Collaborative Law LAW OFFICE OF SHANNON K. BURNETT

109 N. Main St. Blythewood 803-786-1758 • Shannon.skblaw@gmail.com

Shannon Burnett helps families through legal issues that normally tend to tear families apart. She works in a collaborative fashion with other trained professionals to minimize the damage done to your family; it is her goal for your family to achieve a successful outcome and healthy resolution. See ad, page 22.

COLON HEALTH SPRING RAIN HYDROTHERAPY

Linda Salyer 120 Kaminer Way Pkwy, Ste H, Columbia 803-361-2620 • LSalyer@ymail.com

All disease begins in the colon.

Constipation; slow, sluggish bowel; gas and bloating? A colonic will help to rid you of these problems. Colonics promote good digestion, help speed metabolism, help lower cholesterol, and help relieve joint pain. Linda Salyer is IACN certified and a retired nurse. Special pricing every third week of the month.

COUNSELING INTEGRATIVE COUNSELING SERVICES

Sherri Jefferson, MA, LMT, NCC, LPC 803-414-5652 • sfdcew@aol.com

Would you like to experience long-term changes in your internal and external life?

Are you ready to do some powerful work with positive support? Sessions focus on your goals and desired outcome. Please call for a complimentary 30-minute session.

DENTIST FOREST DRIVE DENTAL CARE

Dr. Joanna Silver Dover, DMD 5101 Forest Dr, Ste A, Columbia 803-782-8786 • ForestDriveDental.com

Dr. Dover provides comprehensive, and compassionate dental care. BPAand Bis-GMA-free composites, BPA-free occlusal guards, natural periodontal therapy, fluoride-alternatives for tooth remineralization, and mercury-filling removal following IAOMT standards using supplemental oxygen, special filters and amalgam separators to keep toxic metals out of our waterways.

See ad, page 33.

ESSENTIAL OILS doTERRA-CPTG® Essential Oils William Richardson 109 Coots Way, Irmo • 803-665-2943 WRichardson.doterra@gmail.com

Dedicated to sharing, teaching and educating others in the uses and common applications o f d o T E R R A’s C e r tif ie d Pure Therapeutic-Grade Essential Oils. William offers Aromatouch Therapy, extensive knowledge of Reflexology, biological surveys and is available for personal consultations and classes. Call for consultation. See ad, page 23.

Green Lawn Care THE GREEN CHAOS SOLVED John Childs • Louis Carta 803-569-6177 TheGreenChaosSolved.com

We care for our customers, their lawns and pets while caring for the environment naturally, utilizing organic products, along with allelectric equipment, which is quieter and more earth friendly than gas-powered equipment. Other services include soil testing; weed, disease and insect control; and much more.

Call today for a consult. See ad, page 33.

HEALTH/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COACHING KATHY O’KEEFE, MS, RD/LD, CDE KOK Consulting & Coaching 803-261-2998 • KOK-candc.com

Kathy O’Keeffe offers a unique perspective to enable individuals to achieve their personal or business goals. She’s a Registered and Licensed Dietitian. Kathy has developed her effective style to empower those who are really ready to change! Call for a free consultation. See ad, page 14.

KATHY COOPER

Certified Holistic Health Coach 803-546-4464 • KathyJCooper.com KathyCooper02@gmail.com

Kathy Cooper is passionate about helping women live a healthy, balanced life. Each health coaching program is personalized to help improve your mind, body and spirit. Kathy offers individual and group health coaching programs, as well as health and nutrition workshops and cooking classes.

HEALTH & WELLNESS IT WORKS

Malika Gidron • GetWrappedFit.com 803-394-2337 • WrapMeSexy2@gmail.com

Have you tried that crazy wrap thing yet? It tones, tightens and firms in as little as 45 minutes.

We also have all-natural, glutenfree supplements to help you reach your fitness goals. Plus an amazing skincare line that will have you glowing.

Get healthy at GetWrappedFit.com. See ad, page 24.

TAKE SHAPE FOR LIFE

Sylvia Saunders Stevens C.O.P.E. Certified Health Coach 803-917-3226 • SylviaS4Health@gmail.com

Looking to lose weight and learn how to keep it off? Want increased energy to do all of the fun activities in life? You can achieve optimal health with the personal guidance from a certified health coach that has been in your shoes. Call Sylvia to get started on creating the best “Rest of Your Life!” See ad, page 20.

TAKE SHAPE FOR LIFE

NJ Miler, C.O.P.E. Certified Health Coach 803-750-9695 • GaryNJ4health@gmail.com

This innovative weight-loss program allows you to eat every two to three hours while losing weight quickly and safely in partnership with a FREE personal health coach from the comfort of your own home. No pills, shots or stimulants are used—just food. Also, this physicianled program has no registration fees, meeting fees, or long-term contracts. See ad, page 20.

INTEGRATED HEALING CENTER FOR HEALTH INTEGRATION

Pamila Lorentz, MSW, BSN, RN, LMBT, NCBTMB 6136 Old Bush River Rd, Columbia 803-749-1576 • CHIMassage@bellsouth.net

Pamila Lorentz engages a holistic body/mind/spirit approach to healing that provides relief for chronic pain, stress, insomnia, anxiety, depression and more through her innovative bodywork therapies. Her services include integrative massage, craniosacral therapy and energy healing modalities.

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PHOENIX RISING

Katz Delauney-Leija, MSW, EFT-CC, PsychK Advanced, Health & Wellness Intuitive, CRA Certified 803-530-6199 • KDelauney@sc.rr.com

Katz integrates her therapy skills, insight, intuition and spiritual guidance to identify emotional issues blocking selfhealing. She incorporates her medical intuitive skills with Contact Reflex Analysis (CRA) to identify preclinical health issues impeding holistic wellness physically and emotionally.

INTEGRATIVE & HOLISTIC MEDICINE EXPECT WELLNESS

Dr. Rachel Hall 2222 Airport Blvd, W. Columbia 803-796-1702 • DrRachelHall.com ExpectWellness@sc.rr.com Find us on Facebook for great health tips.

Integrative/Holistic medicine consults for anyone wanting to approach their health more naturally. Dr. Rachel Hall is board certified in both family medicine and integrative holistic medicine. Together we will focus on finding the root of the problem, not just treating symptoms. Call today for a consult if you are looking to achieve balance. In-house diagnostic labs and therapies.

See ad, page 4.

INTUITIVE READINGS THE SOURCE WITHIN YOU

Rev. Julie E. Bradshaw 803-800-9211 • TheSourceWithinYou.com

Julie Bradshaw specializes in helping people to receive guidance from their Higher Self as well as their guides and angels. She offers spiritual counseling and can assist you with relationship, financial, career and healthrelated matters.

LIFE COACH/BUSINESS COACH SUZANNE RILEY WHYTE

803-760-6403 • info@MatrxCoaching.com MatrxCoaching.com

Suzanne understands the thought systems and beliefs we have that sustain patterns of production.

To create change or embrace the change that is happening in your business and life, call Suzanne to set an appointment and learn more.

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MASSAGE INFINITE MASSAGE & WELLNESS

Elizabeth Kelsey-Maynard 711 East Main St, Lexington • 803-312-5481 InfiniteMassageAndWellness.com

Whether it be chronic ailments, sports overuse injuries, pregnancy, or stress relief, Elizabeth Kelsey-Maynard will custom craft a therapeutic massage for your body’s needs using a variety of blended massage techniques.

Offering $20 off to new clients, and 50% off for birthday massages. Book an appointment using her convenient online calendar today! See ad, page 10.

NATURAL PEST CONTROL NATURAL ROOTS ORGANIC PEST CONTROL PREVENTION Jim Huthmaker • 803-404-2488 NaturalRootsPestControl.com

Natural Roots Organic Pest Prevention is the only company in the Midlands specializing in treating homes and businesses for pests using all-natural organic solutions. Providing treatments for all insects including mosquitoes; Natural Roots never uses pesticides that would be harmful to children, pets or beneficial insects like honey bees.

NATURAL PET FOOD

SPIRITUAL SPIRITUAL DISCUSSION GROUP

Contact Steve 803-318-1887 • ECK-SC.org Meetup.com/Columbia-Spiritual-Seekers

Eckankar hosts open discussions (meetups), worship services and more at no charge. All are welcome. Topics include understanding past lives, dreams, coincidences, God’s creative life force, and more. Call ahead: time and date may vary.

THERMOGRAPHY ABOUT YOUR HEALTH INC.

120 Kaminer Way Pkwy, Ste J, Columbia 803-798-8687 • AboutYourHealthSC.com

About Your Health Inc.’s main focus is health education and health-enhancing services.

Including one-on-one nutritional counseling, Reams pH testing, parasite programs, aqua-chi footbaths, far infrared sauna, weight-loss programs, and thermography. Hard-to-find natural, organic, whole food nutritional supplements, raw foods and natural household items. See ad, page 9.

VITAMINS & SUPPLEMENTS BELL LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS

WOOF BAKERY

800-333-7995 • BellLifestyle.com

Dogs get many of the same illnesses that humans do. If your dog gets urinary tract infections or bladder infections, one of the best ways to treat them is to give a vitamin C capsule twice a day for two/three weeks; then once a day as a preventative method. To determine what milligram, approximately 250 mg for smaller dogs and 500 mg for larger dogs.

GARNER’S NATURAL LIFE

ALL-NATURAL DOG FOODS Janet Clamp • 803-240-4195 Janet.Clamp@gmail.com

RESALE/RESTORATION

RESTORE/CENTRAL S.C. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY 483 Sunset Blvd, W. Columbia Capital Square Shopping Center (across from Columbia Farms) 803-936-0088

The ReStore is a retail store that accepts donations of new and gently used furniture, building materials, appliances and other household items then sells at a reduced cost. Proceeds go toward building Habitat homes for low-income families. The ReStore is a Green business that keeps materials out of landfills and reduces the amount of non-renewable resources being consumed.

Formulated natural health supplements intended for pain control, urinary health, preventive illness, virility, stress relief, weight control and other common conditions. See ad, page 39.

4840 Forest Dr, Ste 15a, Columbia Trenholm Plaza 803-454-7700 • GarnersNaturalLife.com

At Garner’s Natural Life, we offer the purest, most innovative highquality natural products. With more than 130 collective years of wellness experience! We are proud to say that our knowledge allows us to encourage choices that will positively impact the heath and future of our community and environment. See ad, back page.

To find out how you can be included in the Natural Directory, call 803-233-3693, or email ColaPublisher@ NaturalAwakeningsMag.com.

businessspotlight

Lifestyle Products

by Linda Sechrist

A Company Focused on Educating the World About the Benefits of Natural Medicine

W

alking our talk and practicing what we profess can sometimes be referred to as the road less traveled.

For Nick A. Jerch, president of Bell Lifestyle Products, it’s the path most frequented. In fact, a well-worn path leads directly to the herbal medicine cabinet in his home. It is stocked with the teas and supplements that his company produces and sells in Canada and the U.S.

Jerch founded his Canadian-based company in 1996 in order to share a valuable message with the world about the power of natural health products. He learned the lesson firsthand after suffering with many health ailments. At age 82, he manages his joint and bone discomfort with Bell Lifestyle’s Joint Support, which contains shark cartilage, and the weakness of his kidneys with their #76 Boost Kidney Function. “I was 40 years old when a doctor told me that I was headed for dialysis,” says Jerch. “I had our research scientist formulate a tea for that. It boosted my kidney function 20 percent, which was enough to avoid dialysis. Ezee Flow Tea takes care of my prostate and urinary frequency.”

When Jerch first began experimenting with natural products in the mid-1990s, he was as skeptical as his friends were. However, when the results proved positive, Jerch was so pleased that he wanted to share his experience with everyone else that had joint discomfort. To his delight, his friends, acquaintances and family members listened, followed his advice, and enjoyed the same results within two weeks. Their feedback provided the only incentive that Jerch needed to found his company.

Inspired by the idea of helping others, Bell Lifestyle Products became Jerch’s way of living out his dream to improve the quality of life for millions of individuals with high-quality, natural products. Available locally in pharmacies and health food stores, the company’s more than 50 products are also exported to countries around the world.

Jerch is very proud of Bladder Control Tea, a recent product he had formulated specifically to help 30 million women that suffer with incontinence, bladder infections and problems with UTIs. He’s also excited about another new tea, Blood Sugar Metabolism, that can help an estimated 57 million individuals manage metabolic syndrome, a global epidemic now recognized largely as obesity, heart disease, pre-diabetes and Type 2 diabetes in 188 countries around the world.

As enthusiastic and passionate today about his company as well as its products as he was in 1996, Jerch has never strayed from his core principles and values of natural purity, customer satisfaction, honestly and quality.

“Our signature on every product states that our nutritional supplements are ‘empowered by Nature’ because I believe that using the wonders of Nature is the best way to restore health. Our customers think so too because thousands of them have sent us written testimonials. We are one of the few natural health companies that share these testimonials with full contact information.”

For more information, call 1-800-333-7995 or visit BellLifestyle.com. See ad, page 39.

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calendarofevents NOTE: All calendar events must be received by Aug. 12 (for Sept. issue) and adhere to our guidelines. To submit listings, check for calendar guidelines, updates and cancellations.

ALWAYS CALL AHEAD BEFORE ATTENDING EVENTS TO AVOID LATE CANCELLATIONS AND CHANGES

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1

TUESDAY, AUGUST 5

Dances of Universal Peace–7-9 pm. The Dances are spiritual practices inspired by various faith traditions. They lift our spirits and open us to awareness of the divine. Free, small donations accepted.

Near Midtown Mall in Forest Acres, Columbia. Call or email Marguerite Frongillo for directions. Info: 803-743-0731, MFF426@gmail.com.

Reiki Clinic–10:30am-12:30pm–w/Margaret Self.

Open to all; no training necessary. Great intro to Reiki energy. $10, must pre-register. Carolina Reiki Institute, 612 St. Andrews Rd, Ste 1, Columbia.

Info: 803-551-1191, CarolinaReikiInstitute.com.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 3

Garner’s doTerra Essential Oils Class–6pm.

Free. Space is limited, so call ahead. Garner’s Natural Life, 4840 Forest Dr, Ste 15-A, Columbia. Info: 803-454-7700, GarnersNaturalLife.com.

Celebration & Meditation–11am. Our lesson of the day is “Let Go and Let God” w/Dr. Sarah Bassin. Our lesson for Sunday, August 10, is “Pain, the Price of Freedom” w/LaVoice Kallestad, Spiritual Leader. Unity of Columbia, 1801 LeGrand Rd, Columbia. Info: 803-736-5766, UnityColumbia.org.

MONDAY, AUGUST 4 Basil Days Discount at Rosewood–8am-8pm.

20% off purchase price at Rosewood Market; mention this listing to receive discount. Deli and other sale items not included. Rosewood Market, 2803 Rosewood Dr, Columbia. Info: 803-530-3270, RosewoodMarket.com.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6

THURSDAY, AUGUST 7 Reiki Clinic–5:30-7:30pm–w/Margaret Self. Open to all; no training necessary. Great intro to Reiki energy. $10, must pre-register. Carolina Reiki Institute, 612 St. Andrews Rd, Ste 1, Columbia.

Info: 803-551-1191, CarolinaReikiInstitute.com.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9 Healing Therapies-Part I/A Year of Good Medicine–2-4pm–w/Margaret Self, NHD, master herbalist. Take-home project: tranquility tea. Cost: $35. Open to all; no training required. Pre-regis-

tration required. Carolina Reiki Institute, 612 St. Andrews Rd, Ste 1, Columbia. Info: 803-551-1191, CarolinaReikiInstitute.com.

Basil Days Discount at Rosewood–8am-8pm.

20% off purchase price at Rosewood Market; mention this listing to receive discount. Deli and other sale items not included. Rosewood Market, 2803 Rosewood Dr, Columbia. Info: 803-530-3270, RosewoodMarket.com.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 12 doTerra Intro to Essential Oils–7-8pm–w/William Richardson. Free. About Your Health, 120 Kaminer Way Pkwy, Columbia. Call 803-665-2943 to RSVP.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 14 Basil Days Discount at Rosewood–8am-8pm.

20% off purchase price at Rosewood Market; mention this listing to receive discount. Deli and other sale items not included. Rosewood Market, 2803 Rosewood Dr, Columbia. Info: 803-530-3270, RosewoodMarket.com.

SATURDAY/SUNDAY AUGUST 16-17 Reiki Level I, Traditional Usui Reiki System– 10am-2pm–w/Margaret Self, Reiki master, NHD. Entry-level class combines four attunements, instruction, discussion and practice time. Manual included. Pre-registration required. Cost: $250 before 8/6, $300 after. Carolina Reiki Institute, 612 St. Andrews Rd, Ste 1, Columbia. Info: 803-5511191, CarolinaReikiInstitute.com.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 17 Celebration & Meditation-11am. Lesson: “Taking Down the Walls: Going Far, Far Beyond.” What are the walls of our consciousness? How do our walls contribute to our soul growth? Unity of Columbia, 1801 LeGrand Rd, Columbia. Info: 803-736-5766, UnityColumbia.org.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 19 Reiki Clinic–10:30am-12:30pm–w/Margaret Self.

Open to all; no training necessary. Great intro to Reiki energy. $10, must pre-register. Carolina Reiki Institute, 612 St. Andrews Rd, Ste 1, Columbia.

Info: 803-551-1191, CarolinaReikiInstitute.com.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20 Garner’s doTerra Essential Oils Class–10am.

Free. Space is limited, so call ahead. Garner’s Natural Life, 4840 Forest Dr, Ste 15-A, Columbia. Info: 803-454-7700, GarnersNaturalLife.com.

Basil Days Discount at Rosewood–8am-8pm.

20% off purchase price at Rosewood Market; mention this listing to receive discount. Deli and other sale items not included. Rosewood Market, 2803 Rosewood Dr, Columbia. Info: 803-530-3270, RosewoodMarket.com.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 21 Reiki Clinic–5:30-7:30pm–w/Margaret Self. Open to all; no training necessary. Great intro to Reiki energy. $10, must pre-register. Carolina Reiki Institute, 612 St. Andrews Rd, Ste 1, Columbia.

Info: 803-551-1191, CarolinaReikiInstitute.com.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 24 Celebration & Meditation-11am. Lesson: “Letting Go of False Solidity: The Path of Unconditional Happiness” w/LaVoice Kallestad, spiritual leader. We are not our thoughts, our emotions or our bodies. Unity of Columbia, 1801 LeGrand Rd, Columbia. Info: 803-736-5766, Unity Columbia.org.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 26 doTerra Essential Oils Usage–7-8pm–w/William Richardson. Free. About Your Health, 120 Kaminer Way Pkwy, Columbia. Call 803-665-2943 to RSVP. Basil Days Discount at Rosewood–8am-8pm.

20% off purchase price at Rosewood Market; mention this listing to receive discount. Deli and other sale items not included. Rosewood Market, 2803 Rosewood Dr, Columbia. Info: 803-530-3270, RosewoodMarket.com.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 31 Celebration & Meditation–11am. Lesson: “The Spiritual Path of Nonresistance” w/LaVoice Kallestad, spiritual leader. How are we to change if we do not resist temptation? Unity of Columbia, 1801 LeGrand Rd, Columbia. Info: 803-736-5766, Unity Columbia.org.

Reiki Level II, Traditional Usui Reiki System– 10am-2pm–w/Margaret Self, Reiki master, NHD. Attunement connects student to a higher, more focused vibration of the Reiki energy. Techniques for distance healing. Healing of spiritual/emotional issues taught. Discussion, practice time and manual included. Pre-registration required. Cost: $300 before 8/21, $350 after. Carolina Reiki Institute, 612 St. Andrews Rd, Ste 1, Columbia. Info: 803551-1191, CarolinaReikiInstitute.com.

plan ahead TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 Reiki Clinic–10:30am-12:30pm–w/Margaret Self.

Open to all; no training necessary. Great intro to Reiki energy. $10, must pre-register. Carolina Reiki Institute, 612 St. Andrews Rd, Ste 1, Columbia.

Info: 803-551-1191, CarolinaReikiInstitute.com.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Reiki Clinic–5:30-7:30pm–w/Margaret Self. Open to all; no training necessary. Great intro to Reiki energy. $10, must pre-register. Carolina Reiki Institute, 612 St. Andrews Rd, Ste 1, Columbia.

Info: 803-551-1191, CarolinaReikiInstitute.com.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 Dances of Universal Peace–7-9 pm. The Dances are spiritual practices inspired by various faith traditions. They lift our spirits and open us to awareness of the divine. Free; small donations accepted.

Near Midtown Mall in Forest Acres, Columbia. Call or email Marguerite Frongillo for directions. Info: 803-743-0731, MFF426@gmail.com.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Healing Therapies-Part II/A Year of Good Medicine–2-4pm–w/Margaret Self, NHD, master herbalist. Cost: $35. Take-home project: refrigerant poultice and tea. Open to all; no training required.

Pre-registration required. Carolina Reiki Institute, 612 St. Andrews Rd, Ste 1, Columbia. Info: 803551-1191, CarolinaReikiInstitute.com.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 Reiki Clinic–10:30am-12:30pm–w/Margaret Self.

Open to all; no training necessary. Great intro to Reiki energy. $10, must pre-register. Carolina Reiki Institute, 612 St. Andrews Rd, Ste 1, Columbia.

Info: 803-551-1191, CarolinaReikiInstitute.com.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 Reiki Clinic–5:30-7:30pm–w/Margaret Self. Open to all; no training necessary. Great intro to Reiki energy. $10, must pre-register. Carolina Reiki Institute, 612 St. Andrews Rd, Ste 1, Columbia.

Info: 803-551-1191, CarolinaReikiInstitute.com.

SATURDAY/SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20-21 Reiki Level I, Traditional Usui Reiki System– 10am-2pm–w/Margaret Self, Reiki master, NHD. Entry-level class combines four attunements, instruction, discussion and practice time. Manual included. Pre-registration required. Cost: $250 before 9/10, $300 after. Carolina Reiki Institute, 612 St. Andrews Rd, Ste 1, Columbia. Info: 803551-1191, CarolinaReikiInstitute.com.

The Acupuncture Clinic

Li ve B et te r.

Safe • Gentle • Effective • Trained in China • 38 Years Experience • Board Certified

William D. Skelton, D.Ac.

Just Just off Devine off Devine Street Street at: at:

620620 Sims Sims Avenue Avenue Columbia, Columbia, SC 29205 SC 29205

Call 803.256.1000 for more information or Visit us online at www.SCacupuncture.com natural awakenings

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ongoingevents sunday Community HU Chant–10am. Free. All are welcome. Every 2nd Sunday. HU is a spiritual sound that connects us with God’s creative life force. It is very uplifting. 7 Oaks Parks Rec. Center, 200 Leisure Ln, Columbia. Info: Steve Fischer: 803318-1887, Eck-SC.org or Meetup.com/ColumbiaSpiritual-Seekers.

E-Squared–9:15-10:30am. Facilitated by LaVoice Kallestad. Every Sunday from 8/3 through 9/28. A lab manual with simple experiments that prove reality is malleable, consciousness trumps matter, and you shape your life with your mind. You are asked to read the Foreword, Preface and pages 1-26 prior to the first class. Book available at Unity bookstore or Amazon.com. Unity of Columbia, 1801 LeGrand Rd. Info: 803-736-5766, UnityColumbia.org.

Mommy-Baby Yoga–This class is for moms and babies six months to small toddlers. Cost: $14 a class. Please check website for dates and times.

Expecting Well, 514-A Gervais St, Columbia. Info: 803-661-8452, ExpectingWell.com.

monday Health & Hydration Presentation–7pm. Every 2nd and 4th Monday. Is what you’re drinking making you sick? Come learn about the benefits of restructured water. Attendees can take two gallons home. The Pentecostals of Columbia, 6911 N. Trenholm Rd, Columbia. Info: 803-404-1378.

tuesday Kundalini Yoga and Meditation–6:30-8pm–w/ Anahata Musick. Increased health and self-awareness through life-changing yoga exercise, breathing and meditation. Cost: Drop-in/$15, 4-class pass/$48, 8-class pass/$96. 2730 Millwood Ave, Columbia.

Info: 803-765-2159, YogaAndWellness.com.

Prenatal Yoga–5:30-6:45pm–w/Emily, MD, RYT200. Open to all students. Prepare mind and body for labor and more. 1st class free, $10-$14/class packages. Expecting Well, 514-A Gervais, Columbia. Info: 803-661-8452, ExpectingWell.com.

White Rose Open Mic–6:30pm refreshments/7:00pm open mic. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Tuesday in August. Featuring poetess Debra McQueen on 8/5; poet Alex J. Lofton, aka Huggy Bear, on 8/12; and musician and poet Marv Ward on 8/19. Cost $5. White Rose Crossing 831 Meeting St, West Columbia. Info: John M. Starino: 803-463-8297, JMStar5@aol.com.

Dimensional Dowsing Healing Group–6:308pm–w/Bev Hollis and Katz Delauney-Leija, MSW. Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday. We use our dimensional dowsing method to clean, clear, balance and heal on a personal, energetic and global level. Cost: $20. Urban Energetics, 108 Inview Rd, Unit C, West Columbia. Info: 803-466-2454, BHollis1@sc.rr.com, UrbanEnergetics.com.

Multi-Level Yoga–5:30-6:45pm–w/Robin Pawlina, RN, CYI. She has taught yoga for more than 20 years and creates an environment that allows the student to manage stress with a relaxed and supportive style. Cost: $15/class, $66/6-wk session.

About Your Health, 120 Kaminer Way Pkwy, Ste J, Columbia. Info/register: Robin: 803-926-0895.

Career Opportunity Columbia Natural Awakenings is seeking a qualified and experienced advertising account specialist to join its Columbia team. If you are a self-motivated, energetic, independent thinker with great people skills, call today to schedule an interview: 803-233-3693.

thursday

Natural Burials

Community Acupuncture Clinic–2-7pm–w/ Noemi Wilson, licensed acupuncturist. No appointment necessary. New patients pay $10 plus a sliding scale of $20-$40. All recurring patients pay $20-$40 sliding scale. Clinic located inside of Irmo Family Chiropractic, 1032-A Kinley Rd, Irmo. Info: 803-732-6635, IrmoChiropractic.com. Click on the “Acupuncture” tab for more info.

Green Drinks–5:30-7pm. Every 2nd Thursday.

For all in “green” building, sales, conservation, recycling, nature and politics to gather for fun and shared enlightenment. Sponsored by Keep the Midlands Beautiful, Sierra Club and Columbia Natural Awakenings. Join the Green Drinks community at Jake’s on Devine, 2112 Devine St, Columbia.

Prenatal Yoga–5:30-6:45pm–w/Rachel Hall, MD, RYT-200. Open to all students. Prepare mind and body for labor and more. 1st class free, $10-$14/ class packages. Expecting Well, 514-A Gervais St, Columbia. Info: 803-661-8452, ExpectingWell.com.

Rosewood Sidewalk Farmers’ Market–4-7pm.

Every 2nd and 4th Thursday. Meet your S.C. growers. Rosewood Market, 2803 Rosewood Dr, Columbia. Info: 803-530-3270, RosewoodMarket.com.

saturday

wednesday Biergarten at Gardener’s Outpost–5:30-7:30pm.

Every 1st Wednesday of the month. Live entertainment, refreshments. Browse their unique garden gifts. Gardener’s Outpost, 709 Woodrow St, Columbia. Info: 803-252-0041, GardenersOutpost.com.

Soda City Farmers’ Market–8am-noon. Produceonly farmers’ market offering fresh, local food straight from S.C. farmers. Soda City Farmers’ Market, 1500 block Main St, Columbia. Info: 803250-5801, StatePlate.org.

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Stretch and Relax Yoga–4:30–5:30pm–w/Anahata Musick. These classes are gentle and relaxing, and will help with hamstring limitations and increase joint mobility. 10 classes/$108, pre-pay online.

2730 Millwood Ave, Columbia. Info: 803-7652159, YogaAndWellness.com.

Prenatal Yoga–Time varies each week–w/Rachel Hall, MD, RYT-200. Prepare mind and body for labor, delivery and welcoming new life. Open to all students. 1st class free, $10-$14/class packages.

Expecting Well, 514-A Gervais St, Columbia. Info: 803-661-8452, ExpectingWell.com.

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Angels Affordable Caskets, Urns & More. Ecofriendly caskets, green burials, cremation jewelry, urns, flowers, gifts, etc. Caskets $450 & up. Pet services also available. The smart-choice funeral store, 3130 Platt Springs Rd, West Columbia. Call Wilenda at 803-608-8005. AngelsAffordableCaskets@gmail.com.

Retreat Facility Ripley’s Retreat Meeting Facility in a rural setting. Ripley’s Retreat is ideal for accomplishing your objectives; for small groups up to 20. Call Judy at 803-530-9341.

SERVICES INTEGRATIVE HEALTH CLINIC – Experience multiple modalities at your church or community organization. Call Pamila, 803-749-1576.

Massage Therapy, Deep Tissue and Swedish.

Therapeutic and relaxing after workout massage.

Reasonable rates, House calls. Call or text 954614-2202, or email JoanieB8@gmail.com

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