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mma Watson’s speech to the United Nations last November was an important move in bridging gender inequality issues that have spanned decades. A voice of wisdom and strength for feminists everywhere, she also boldly addressed the blatant stereotypes affecting men and the limitations created by these societal stigmas. Her courageous call for solidarity was a big step toward the honesty needed to banish divisions and enhance mutual respect. Kendra & Jacqueline Our June issue explores two issues that highlight what it means to live with more freedom and less judgment within our individual roles and identities: men’s health and managing the imbalance of addiction. Our content presents holistic approaches and honors the unified effort to uphold and accept those in need of personal healing and freedom from discrimination, which illuminates the empowering fact that we are never traveling alone. Navigating seemingly insurmountable odds in a world that is evolving to hold personal struggle within the context of a larger collective conscience can restore deep internal resources. Lifting up burdens and fears along with gifts of gratitude in the face of unmanageable circumstances is a powerful act of composure. Recovery is born of the hope that evolves from focusing on the solution and seeking equanimity by moving forward in an environment of communal support. Responding to the swirl of the unexpected with awareness and intent can transform individuals and communities. We’d like to acknowledge the compassion and respect demonstrated through the many local fundraising efforts, as well as worldwide acts of generosity and prayer, that have taken place over the past month in response to the devastating effects of the major earthquakes in Nepal. Join us in remembering and sending love to those struggling along difficult paths this month, and also in supporting the men in all of our lives to attain the balance they need and deserve.
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e Well Lancaster, a holistic health center owned by Drs. Allison and Matthew Lapp, will host a grand reopening celebration in their new space at 354 North Queen Street, in Lancaster, 5 p.m., on June 5. The celebration will feature the works of local artist Bob Harnish. Allison and Matthew employ a mind-body healing approach known as Network Spinal Analysis. Their mission is to empower individuals to discover their true selves, transform their lives and awaken to their highest innate potential. The couple is passionate about bringing greater quality of life to all members of the community. Be Well Lancaster will continue to feature the work of local artists for First Friday art stroll, host monthly Pathways Connect family wellness meetings and offer ongoing health and wellness programs. For more information, visit BeWellLancaster.com or call 717205-2303. See ad, page 47.
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nome Countryside, a breathtaking paradise and gnome biome nestled in the rolling hills and valleys of southern Lancaster County, is open for tours with Richard Humphreys, lovingly referred to as the Gnomeman. Richard Humphreys with tour group Reservations are required for the twohour individual group tours and three-hour school group tours. The magic of this land stretches back to the late 1700s. Humphreys’ artistic vision shaped and unveiled its natural hidden wonders to create a place that promotes and protects the two things he felt most important to future generations: environmental stewardship and a sense of community with nature. For 35 years, Humphreys has intertwined these elements into an interactive program for children and adults alike, taking inspiration from Chief Standing Bear: “The old Lakota was wise. He knew that a man’s heart, away from nature, becomes hard. He knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led to lack of respect for humans, too. So he kept his youth close to nature’s softening influence.” On February 7, 2014, Humphreys’ home caught fire and was declared a total loss. With the help of friends, neighbors and gnomes, he built a new home, and shares, “Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, representing the gift of vision and wisdom, the home at Gnome Countryside has been raised on the land once again.”
iverview Nursery and Garden Center, located in Temple, recently expanded its offerings of pond, waterfall and water feature products, supplies and fish available for purchase. Diane Salks, owner of Riverview, says, “We have a large assortment of products and supplies in our Garden Center, including koi, goldfish, water hyacinths, water lettuce, liners, pumps, filters, lighting, pond décor and more.” Riverview’s team of degreed designers can create customized plans to build and install water features suited to the client’s vision. In addition, the staff is on hand to answer questions about maintaining a healthy, vibrant pond, and provide maintenance services such as spring pond openings, bi-weekly or monthly pond maintenance and fall weatherization.
Cost: Individual groups - $10/person; school groups - $8/children, $6/ adults; Location: 63 Bridle Path Rd., Kirkwood. For more information, call 717-786-4928 or visit GnomeCountryside.com. See ad, page 34.
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newsbriefs Rhubarb’s Market Features the Best of Lancaster County
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hubarb’s Market will be featuring Lancaster County suppliers during the month of June. The following local offerings will be promoted: Square One coffees, Neat food mixes, Simply Ghee, Hempzels pretzels, Wampler’s honey and peanut butter, Uncle Jerry’s Kettle Corn, Lancaster Food Company bread varieties, Fiddle Creek yogurt and Slow Rise granola. Rhubarb’s Market offers a large selection of organic produce, natural, organic, gluten-free, dairy-free, fair trade, vegetarian and vegan groceries and frozen foods, as well as supplements, body care products and books. Location: 1521 Lititz Pk., Lancaster. For more information, call 717-390-3001, email Info@RhubarbsMarket.com or visit RhubarbsMarket.com. See ad, page 28.
Visiting Renowned Spiritual Teacher Comes to Kula Kamala Ashram
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enowned spiritual teacher Swami Adhyatmananda, of the Sivananda Ashram in Ahmedabad, India, will be visiting Berks County on July 3. The teacher, lovingly called “Swamiji”, will visit the Kula Kamala Ashram, a spiritual school opening in Reading this month. According to Swamiji, “Yoga is simply being at peace.” His teachings contrast the Western ideas that yoga is an exotic experience. Rather, it is much simpler than physical flexibility, standing on one’s head or the ability to twist up like a pretzel. The ashram is part of Kula Kamala Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to teaching the ancient wisdom of yoga to the public, medical and special needs communities. Founders Sudha and Ed Allitt will offer diverse programs in practical yoga, professional yoga therapy and holistic ministries. Location: 17 Basket Rd., Reading. For more information, call 484-509-5073, email Ashram@KulaKamalaFoundation.org or visit KulaKamalaFoundation.org. See ad, page 40.
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isty Creek Goat Dairy, in Leola, will be holding Meet the Kids Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., June 20. The event provides an occasion to pet and interact with the goats, born and raised on the farm, that produce the milk for Misty Creek’s specialty cheeses and soaps. Attendees can also watch on-the-hour bottle feeding and try cheese samples, with specials on select cheeses. Owned and operated by the Miller family since 2003, Misty Creek specializes in over a dozen cheeses, as well as goat’s milk soap, for sale at the farm and in select markets. Cheeses include raw goat cheese, Misty Lovely—a feta-style cheese—raw cow’s milk cheese and mixed-milk cheeses, all aged 60 days. The farm’s soap-making recipe was developed and perfected by the patriarch of the family, Amos Miller, and continues with sons, David and Henry, and their respective wives, Lydia and Sarah, who make bar and liquid soap. Location: 43 W. Eby Rd., Leola. For more information, call 717-656-4628. See ad, page 21.
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eannie Peck, traditional naturopath and functional nutrition clinician, from Health by Design Natural Clinic (HBD), in Leola, consults with adults and children to address the cause of seasonal allergies, advocating for prevention, immune support and clean air in the home environment. To complete the allergy relief package, HBD has Austin Air purifiers available for purchase. American-made Austin Air purifiers meet stringent government and independent third-party standards, use True Medical HEPA and activated carbon four-stage filters that remove harmful contaminants from the atmosphere and are consistently rated at the top of air cleaner categories. Dr. Doris Rapp—board-certified environmental medical specialist, pediatric allergist and homeopath—awarded Austin Air her esteemed Seal of Approval. “By boosting the immune system with specific probiotics and required micronutrients to enhance the body’s capability to fight off histamine responses triggered by allergens, and purifying the air in your home, you are giving yourself the complete package for natural allergy relief,” says Peck. Mention this brief for a discounted price on any Austin Air medical grade HEPA filter at Health by Design Natural Clinic. Location: 266 W. Main St., Leola. For more information, call 717-556-8103, email Info@HBDClinic.com or visit HBDClinic.com. See ad, page 33.
Training in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
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raig Schollenberger, licensed clinical social worker and board certified diplomate in clinical social work, will host an eight-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) training from 7 to 9 p.m., Tuesdays, from July 14 through September 1, with A Day of Mindfulness scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., August 22. The course includes 22 hours of Craig Schollenberger formal instruction, a copy of Jon Kabat-Zinn’s book, Full Catastrophe Living, printed materials and CDs of guided meditation developed specifically for this training. The benefits of MBSR—rooted in a tradition that is thousands of years old— have been studied and documented since 1979. MBSR has been shown to support people in their efforts to lead a balanced life, respond differently to stress and improve emotional difficulties. Schollenberger has over 170 hours of training from Jon Kabat-Zinn, The Penn Program for Mindfulness and Zindel Segal, Ph.D., among others. In addition, he participated in a 60-hour trauma training at Drexel University, in which the first line of treatment for every type of trauma was mindfulness. Cost: $399, includes training and materials. Location: 4 Park Plaza, Ste. 371, Wyomissing. For more information, email Info@MindfulnessInReadingAndBerks.com, call 484-474-0984 or visit MindfulnessInReadingAndBerks.com. See ad, page 25. 10
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publishers from around the nation attended a company conference from May 1 to 3 at the Marco Beach Ocean Resort, in Marco Island, Florida. Highlights included separate presentations by two prominent master life and business coaches, David Essel and Mary Lynn Ziemer, who also participated in discussions on how publishers can become more personally empowered in awakening and uplifting their communities. In addition, special topics included expanding editorial exposure for a strong advertiser base, effectively managing reach and keeping operations efficient. Subsequent breakout sessions afforded the opportunity for franchisees to share progressive ideas. The conference was followed by a three-day training program for new publishers taking over the production of three existing magazines. Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp. training staff worked with the new publishers of the Bucks and Montgomery counties, Pennsylvania; Hudson County, New Jersey; and South New Jersey editions from May 4 to 6 at the corporate headquarters in nearby Naples. Launched by founder and CEO Sharon Bruckman with a single edition in Naples in 1994, Natural Awakenings has grown to become one of the largest free, local, healthy lifestyle publications in the world, serving approximately 4 million readers in 95 cities across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. “It’s always heartening to bring our Natural Awakenings family of publishers together to share successful practices and pioneering ideas as we work together with our communities to create a healthier, more sustainable world,” Bruckman says. For more information, visit Natural AwakeningsMag.com. See ad, page 51.
New Alliance Formed Fusion Integrative Health & to Address Addiction Wellness Celebrates One Year Elia, MS, RDN, an integrative and functional regin Lancaster County Dana istered dietitian nutritionist, is celebrating the one-year
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he Lancaster County Recovery Alliance (LCRA) has been formed by county residents and professionals, with the goals of finding effective, affordable ways to assist individuals and families struggling with addiction, promote a better understanding of addiction and to work together to find new ways to address the many problems caused by addiction, through networking, outreach and brainstorming. The group’s next meeting will be held at 9 a.m., June 22, in the Blair Room at Compass Mark. Concerns related to addiction include difficulty accessing treatment, ineffective and impersonal treatment 0 approaches, funding issues and the stigma of addiction and how it impacts recovery. LCRA plans to work with other agencies to educate, equip, and empower the community to improve access, affordability and effectiveness of care. “This is a problem that affects virtually every aspect of our society. Solving this problem requires a comprehensive effort and a thinking outside the box approach,” shares co-founder Jack Pacewicz, a certified addiction counselor, recovery specialist and founder of Empowering for Life, a Leola-based agency that provides addiction support and recovery services. Meeting location: 630 Janet Ave., Lancaster. For more information, call 717-725-6723 or email JPacewicz@ frontier.com.
anniversary of her business, Fusion Integrative Health & Wellness, LLC, located in Lancaster. An additional provider, Jacqui Zimmerman, RDN, has joined the staff, and new services have been added, including functional lab testing, customized meal planning and personalized nutrigenomic genetic testing. An open house, held together with The Rehab Center, will take place from 5 to 7 p.m., June 25. Integrative and functional RDNs employ a whole-person model to educate and support clients through a step-by-step process that encourages gradual, realistic changes to promote long-lasting lifestyle change. Personalized wellness programs—based upon the needs of the individual—use whole food therapies, functional foods and dietary supplements, and may also include recommendations for mind-body modalities. Fusion Integrative Health & Wellness is an in-network provider with many commercial insurance plans that provide coverage for medical nutrition therapy provided by an RDN. Reasonably priced individual sessions and packages for self-paying clients are also offered.
Location: 270 Granite Run Dr., Lancaster. For more information, call 717-917-5259, email FusionIHW@gmail.com or visit FusionIHW.com. See ad, page 28.
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We Have an Inalienable Hatha Yoga Boosts Brainpower R Right to Know What We’re Eating
esearch from Wayne State University, in Detroit, has found that hatha yoga can significantly improve cognitive health in as little as two months. Researchers tested 118 adults with an average age of 62 years. One group engaged in three, hour-long hatha yoga classes per week for eight weeks, while the other group did stretching and strengthening exercises for the same duration. The participants underwent cognitive testing before and after the eight-week period. At the end of the trial, the hatha yoga group showed significant improvements in cognition compared to the other group. The yoga group also recorded shorter reaction times, greater accuracy in high-level mental functions and better results in working memory tests. Source: Journal of Gerontology
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esearch from China has found that a combination of acupuncture and moxibustion, a form of heat therapy in which dried plant materials are burned on or near the surface of the skin to warm and invigorate the inner flow of qi, or energy, can effectively reduce the symptoms of benign prostate enlargement. Researchers tested 128 patients with prostate enlargement for three months, dividing them into two groups. One group was given acupuncture and moxibustion; the other took a traditional Chinese herbal medication for prostate enlargement called Qianliekangi. The patients’ prostate symptoms were tested using the International Prostate Symptom Score, maximum urine flow rate and residual urine tests. At the study’s end, the patients given the acupuncture/moxibustion treatment reported significantly reduced levels in all three tests—calculated at an 89 percent total effective rate—compared to the herbal medication group.
Antioxidant-Rich Berries Thwart Alzheimer’s
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n international team of scientists has confirmed that consuming berries such as strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, blackcurrants, mulberries and raspberries can significantly reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Blueberries, in particular, were found to be associated with increased memory and learning. Researchers from Washington State University, the U.S. National Institutes of Health, India’s Annamalai University and Oman’s Sultan Qaboos University’s College of Medicine and Health Sciences reviewed two decades worth of research relating to consuming berries and dementia. They found that the many biochemicals contained in berries provide antioxidant protection to neurons and prevent the formation of beta-amyloid fibrils found in the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients.
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Stroke Risk Rises with Two Drinks a Day
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ew research published in the American Heart Association’s journal Stroke has determined that drinking two alcoholic beverages per day during middle-age years increases the risk of stroke more than other known factors, including high blood pressure and diabetes. The study followed 11,644 twins from Sweden for 43 years, starting between 1967 and 1970. All began the trial when they were under the age of 60. The scientists compared the effects of having less than half a drink—classified as four and two ounces of wine for a man and a woman, respectively—daily to drinking two or more daily. The study found that consuming two drinks per day increased the risk of stroke by 34 percent compared to drinking less than half a drink per day. Those that downed two or more drinks a day during their 50s and 60s had strokes an average of five years younger than light drinkers. The increase in stroke risk was found to be higher than the danger generally posed by diabetes and hypertension.
An Avocado a Day Keeps Bad Cholesterol Away
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esearch published by the Journal of the American Heart Association has determined that just one avocado a day can significantly reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL), a type of cholesterol carrier known to increase the risk of hardening of the arteries. The researchers tested 45 overweight adults between 21 and 70 years old that followed an average American diet for two weeks before adopting one of three diets: a low-fat diet, a moderate-fat diet that included one Hass avocado per day or a moderate-fat diet without an avocado. After five weeks, researchers found that the addition of the avocado reduced LDL significantly more than the diets that did not contain the fruit. While both the low-fat and moderate-fat diets reduced LDL levels, the moderate-fat diet with an avocado reduced LDL by better than 60 percent more than the moderate-fat diet alone, and above 80 percent more than the low-fat diet alone.
Pain and Depression Ebb with Flotation Therapy
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ew research from Sweden has found that flotation therapy helps increase sleep quality, reduce pain and relieve anxiety and depression. Flotation therapy, sometimes called isolation therapy, consists of floating in a tank of water with minimized interruptions and sensory stimuli. Researchers from Karlstad University divided 65 people into two groups. One group underwent 12, 45-minute flotation therapy sessions for seven weeks, while the other group did not. Both groups were given a battery of physiological and psychological tests before and after the treatment period. The therapy was conducted using three commercial flotation therapy centers that provided sensory isolation systems to promote relaxation as part of the treatment. Compared to the control group, the flotation therapy group reported significant decreases in pain, anxiety, depression and stress levels and better sleep quality. The flotation group’s average depression scores went from 4.42 to 2.25, while the control group’s scores barely budged. The worst pains among the flotation group dropped from 64 to 40 on the scale.
The Holistic Value of Allopathic Diagnostic Tools
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olistic health practitioners must know the nature of a patient’s problem before they can design a protocol to address it. Advocates of natural medicine tend to rail against the conventional medical community but it is important to remember that, although their methods may be different, their tools of investigation can be valuable to holistic practitioners. “While there are some good natural diagnostic tools to determine a problem’s origin, sometimes the tools of allopathic medicine are simply superior. Ultrasound, MRI, blood tests and pathogen screening can all be of enormous value when considering how to heal a condition of damage or sickness,” says Nature’s Rite Founder Steven Frank. “If someone is bleeding internally, knowing the source—ulcer, tumor, hemorrhoids or liver disease—is of paramount importance. All of these have dramatically different treatment protocols. When a patient’s energy is low, knowing their blood work and pathogen load is of tremendous value towards designing a healing program.” While allopathic medicine may seek to poison, cut or irradiate the problem, natural medicine professionals can still choose the appropriate combination of herbs, acupuncture, qigong or other natural products and modalities. “Having the knowledge of exactly what is damaged and then using the techniques that we know are most suited for healing this condition is what collaborative medicine is all about,” explains Frank. “In our quest to bring natural medicine to the community, we don’t have to shun the diagnostic benefits of the high-technology hospitals. We can use their tools to accentuate our skills.” For more information, email SteveF@ NaturesRiteRemedies.com or visit MyNaturesRite.com/blog. See ad, page 38.
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SolarWindow Technologies’ new window coatings are a “first of its kind” technology that could turn the buildings we live and work in into selfsufficient, mini power stations. They can generate electricity on see-through glass and flexible plastics with colored tints popular in skyscraper glass. The coating can be applied to all four sides of tall buildings, generating electricity using natural and artificial light conditions and even shaded areas. Its organic materials are so ideal for lowcost, high-output manufacturing that the technology is already part of 42 product patent applications. When applied to windows on towers, it’s expected to generate up to 50 times the power of conventional rooftop solar systems while delivering 15 times the environmental benefits. For example, a single SolarWindow installation can avoid the amount of carbon emissions produced by vehicles driving about 2.75 million miles per year, compared to 180,000 miles for conventional rooftop systems.
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Salinity is Eating Away Farmland Worldwide Every day for more than 20 years, an average of almost eight square miles of irrigated land in arid and semiarid areas across 75 countries have been degraded by salt, according to the study Economics of Salt-Induced Land Degradation and Restoration, by United Nations University’s Canadianbased Institute for Water, Environment and Health. Salt degradation occurs in arid and semi-arid regions where rainfall is too low to maintain regular percolation of rainwater through the soil and where irrigation is practiced without a natural or artificial drainage system, which triggers the accumulation of salt in the root zone, affecting soil quality and reducing productivity. In the Colorado River Basin alone, studies peg the annual economic impact of salt-induced land degradation in irrigated areas at $750 million. The cost of investing in preventing and reversing land degradation and restoring it to productive land would be far lower than letting degradation continue and intensify. Methods successfully used to facilitate drainage and reverse soil degradation include tree planting, deep plowing, cultivation of salt-tolerant varieties of crops, mixing harvested plant residues into topsoil and digging a drain or deep ditch around salt-affected land. 14
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Farm Therapy Veterans Heal Through Agriculture
Of the 19.6 million veterans in the United States alone, approximately 3.6 million have a service-related disability, 7.6 percent are unemployed and they collectively make up 13 percent of the adult homeless population, according to the Independent Voter Network. Organizations worldwide are helping veterans heal their wounds through farming and agriculture. The goal is to create a sustainable food system by educating them to be sustainable vegetable producers, providing training and helping families rebuild war-torn lives. Eat the Yard, in Dallas, Texas, was founded by Iraq War veterans James Jeffers and Steve Smith to cultivate fresh produce in community gardens. The two began organic farming in their own backyards for both therapeutic and financial reasons, and then slowly began to build more gardens in their community. They now sell their produce to local restaurants and businesses. The Farmer Veteran Coalition (FVC) is working with veterans across the U.S. to transition them into agriculture. The coalition partners veterans with mentors experienced in farming and business, matches them with agriculture-related job opportunities and organizes equipment donations in Iowa and California. FVC is helping former members of the armed forces in 48 states. Source: FoodTank.com/ news/2014/11/veterans-day
Creature Crime Feds Make Animal Abuse a Felony In October, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) classified animal cruelty as a class A felony and a “crime against society,” on a par with such serious crimes as homicide. The FBI intends to prosecute intentional abuse and torture, gross neglect, sexual abuse and organized abuse, which includes dog fights. Also, the onset of tracking animal abuse cases nationwide will assist local police and counselors in identifying and connecting with minors that show an early tendency to abuse. FBI studies show an alarming connection between animal abusers and perpetrators of extremely violent crimes against humans. The goal is that early detection and intervention will help certain children get the counseling and social support they need to live productive lives free of crime and abuse. “Regardless of whether people care about how animals are treated, people, like legislators and judges, care about humans, and they can’t deny the data,” says Natasha Dolezal, a director for the Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark College, in Portland, Oregon. Source: EliteDaily.com
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China Reverses Its Recycling Policy Plastic items we carefully separate from the rest of the trash and put in a distinct container may have a dubious fate, according to environmental watchdog Quartz. U.S. recycling companies have largely stayed away from accepting plastic, and most of it has been shipped to China, where it can be processed more cheaply. But China has announced a new Green Fence policy (Tinyurl.com/ ChinaGreenFence), prohibiting importation of much of the plastic for recycling that it once received. Plastic categories #3 through #7 (shampoo bottles to butter tubs) may go into domestic landfills again until a solution is found, says David Kaplan, CEO of Maine Plastics, a post-industrial recycler. China controls a large portion of the recycling market, importing about 70 percent of the world’s 500 million tons of electronic waste and 12 million tons of plastic waste each year. These Chinese policy changes will put pressure on Western countries to reconsider their reliance on this formerly cost-effective practice of exporting waste and the necessity for increasing their domestic recycling infrastructure.
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Forty Percent of Hamburg Will Be Green Space Hamburg, Germany, named Europe’s 2011 Green Capital by the European Union, is implementing an ambitious plan to create and link 27 square miles of new and existing green space, comprising 40 percent of its land area. The result will put nature within easy reach of every resident, provide connectivity for walking and bicycling to eliminate automobile traffic by 2035 and make the city more resilient to flooding caused by global warming. The metro area population currently numbers 4.3 million as Europe’s 10th-largest city. Since 2000, Germany has converted 25 percent of its power grid to renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and biomass. The architects of the clean energy movement energiewende, which translates as “energy transformation”, estimate that 80 percent to 100 percent of Germany’s electricity will come from renewable sources by 2050. Angelika Fritsch, a spokeswoman for the Department of Urban Planning and the Environment, says, “The more important result may be the provision of green infrastructure to absorb rain and flood waters.” Sea levels in the port city have risen by 20 centimeters over the past 60 years and are expected to rise another 30 centimeters by 2100. Source: Inhabitat.com
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Earthbound Artisan Focuses on People and the Planet by Sheila Julson
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id-century corporate his social American values and make urban his business unique sprawl brought with compared to other it a desire for many landscaping compato “keep up with the nies. Joneses”, accumulat He opened ing material goods in Earthbound Artisan bigger homes. With in January 2014 with larger houses often a commitment to comes expansive avoid chemicals and green lawns mainuse manually opertained by fertilizer ated tools that do not and pesticides, as require fossil fuels, well as fences that whenever possible. “I Tim Seifarth keep nature out. don’t mind the physiWhile some people still favor sprawlcal work,” he says. “I can save money ing, lush lawns, Tim Seifarth, owner and avoid the whole concept of getting of Earthbound Artisan, in Ephrata, has a machine that uses gas and oil. I will noticed a cultural shift toward a desire benefit, and the earth will also benefit.” for sustainable landscaping that returns Earthbound Artisan is a full-service to nature. landscaping company, but the environ Seifarth’s landscaping experimentally sustainable component is a ence began when he cared for his own large part of the business. Seifarth does family’s yard and worked for landscapnot use synthetic chemicals, and he ing companies during his young adult focuses on designing landscapes and years. During that time, he gradually gardens that do not require fertilization became aware of environmental and and weed control. He is a Landscape cultural injustices. When he chose to Industry Certified Technician through open his own landscaping company, the Professional Land Care Network he thought about how he could in(PLANET), a certified permacultur-
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ist and a certified arborist through the International Society of Arboriculture. Seifarth educates clients on how plants can provide nutritional and medicinal benefits. “I want to connect people so their properties aren’t so separated from nature,” says Seifarth. “Some people want to fight nature and create unnatural spaces, but if we work with nature and invite it in, it can enrich our lives in many ways.” He also offers hardscape design using natural stone or reclaimed materials and provides storm water retention and rainwater-harvesting solutions. In 2014, Seifarth participated in the Great Social Enterprise Pitch, an annual competition that encourages green and socially conscious entrepreneurs to present and develop their business ideas. He’s looking forward to growing the business to build a sustainable culture and employ people who need to choose a career path and learn a skill. “I want to grow the company into a social enterprise, not only by putting the environment first, but another fold of that is to create interesting green jobs for people who may not have employment readily available to them,” enthuses Seifarth. For more information, call 717-4057941 or visit EarthboundArtisan.com. See ad, page 27. Sheila Julson is a Milwaukee-based freelance writer and frequent contributor to Natural Awakenings magazines throughout the country.
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Mercury-Free Dentistry Protecting People and Planet Earth by Gisele Siebold
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he family denprovided him with tistry practice of guidelines for the safe Dr. Owen Allison, removal of mercury. Susquehanna Dental State-of-the-art maArts, is the only dental chines filter mercury practice in Lancaster from the air during the and York counties that removal of amalgam offers the safe removal fillings. An environmenof mercury fillings. tally friendly mercury Motivated by concern separator is used on the for the well-being of central suction line to his patients and staff, recycle used mercury Allison used his interest and protect the comDr. Owen Allison in holistic health care munity’s water table to establish a toxin-free office. from mercury waste. The replacement, Mercury is the most toxic, nontooth-colored composite and porcelain radioactive element on earth. Silver restorations are strong, durable and 100 amalgam fillings are at least 50 percent percent mercury-free. Material compatelemental mercury, with a large fillibility test kits are available to patients ing containing as much mercury as a thermometer. According to the IAOMT, mercury vapor is constantly emitted from dental fillings, accumulating in the body over time. Studies continually demonstrate that even low levels of mercury cause measurable adverse health effects to immune, respiratory, cardiac, digestive and urinary systems. However, the damaging effects of mercury exposure may not manifest for years or even decades. Research shows that the number of amalgam fillings in the teeth of an expectant mother is significantly associated with mercury in the tissues of the fetus or infant. Furthermore, newborns may be at risk for learning disabilities because of mercury their mothers absorbed during pregnancy through air, water and food sources. Allison has trained extensively in energy medicine with the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Healing Therapies. Accreditation from the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT)—the leading coalition of mercury-free dentists worldwide—
upon request. Consultations outline comprehensive services and available options. For example, if a patient wants to have several mercury fillings removed, the fillings do not have to be removed all at once. Information is provided and the patient makes decisions to schedule the removal process. Patients who had mercury fillings removed and took steps to detoxify their bodies have shared with Allison that systemic problems within their bodies were relieved. Testimonials such as these inspire Allison and his staff to continue promoting the awareness of mercury-free dentistry. He relates, “We are committed to restoring dentistry to its original mission—bettering the health and well-being of our patients.” Location: 100 S. 18th St., Columbia. For more information, call 717-684-3943 or 717-285-7033 or visit Susquehanna DentalArts.com. See ad, page 30. Gisele Siebold is a contributing writer to Natural Awakenings magazine. Connect at LunaAngelDancer@msn.com.
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Gardner’s Mattress & More A Good Night’s Sleep, Naturally by Sheila Julson
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he average person spends approximately one-third of a lifetime sleeping. While achieving a deep, restful sleep depends on factors such as mattress firmness or a comfortable, soft pillow, Ben McClure, president and owner of Gardner’s Mattress & More, has noticed lots of people becoming just as conscious of having a chemical-free surface to sleep on as they are of how their mattresses and sheets feel. Before purchasing Gardner’s Mattress & More from original owner Jim Gardner, in 2011, McClure served as the store’s general manager. He notes that Gardner’s has been selling organic and natural mattresses for almost 15 years. “We’ve specialized in natural latex mattresses for a long time,” he says. “Recently, we’ve more than doubled
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our natural and organic offerings to meet the demands of customers. We’re getting more people shopping for these types of beds.” McClure says Gardner’s has recently placed a solid focus on chemical-free mattresses, pillows, sheets and pads—now dedicating over one-third of the showroom to natural and organic products. “We strive to get people to understand the concept of latex versus regular mattresses,” he explains. “Most people have never heard of a latex mattress and don’t know what it is or where it’s from.” Natural latex mattresses are made from the sap of the rubber tree, different from the synthetic latex used to make disposable gloves and balloons. Gardner’s carries three brands of natural latex mattresses: Savvy Rest, PranaSleep and Pure LatexBliss. Savvy Rest, which is 100 percent certified organic and customizable for firmness, support and comfort, allows each side of the bed to be made firmer or softer. PranaSleep is a newer line for Gardner’s, also made from natural latex and no polyurethane foams, fillers or fibers. Pure LatexBliss is similar to PranaSleep, McClure says, and it is a performancebased natural latex mattress that can shape and mold to the body and reduces pressure points. The price range for natural mattresses can vary. Some mattresses with traditional coils and organic padding can start at $999 for a queen, and the natural latex mattresses start at $1,500 for a queen mattress and box spring. “Latex is a more expensive material to
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manufacture. You’re going to pay more for it, but it’s an investment in health and well-being, and latex is one of the most durable materials you can make a mattress out of,” says McClure. Gardner’s educates people both in person and through its Latex Buying Guide, a comprehensive booklet about latex sleep solutions, available at the store or on the website, at GardnersMattressAndMore.com/Latex-Mattresses. The store also includes the Dream Room—a mattress testing room where customers can try mattresses in private. “They can select the mattress, and we’ll put it in the Dream Room and close the door,” explains McClure. “They can spend time in there trying out the mattress in a comfortable, clean environment without us or other customers around.”
Gardner’s also carries natural and organic sheets such as bamboo, latex foam pillows and latex mattress pads. The store has an exchange program for customers who are unhappy with a mattress within a certain period of time. “We’ve always been in the mindset of moving from success to significance,” relates McClure. “We’re involved in the community and try to give back when we can. We want to network with the great community of natural and holistic businesses in the area. We can all benefit from each other.” Gardner’s Mattress & More is located at 830 Plaza Blvd., Ste. 2, in Lancaster. For more information, call 717-459-4570 or visit GardnersMattressAndMore.com. See ad, page 5. Sheila Julson is a Milwaukee-based freelance writer and frequent contributor to Natural Awakenings magazines throughout the country.
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Mark R. Reinhart Uses Chinese Medicine to Heal Addiction by Julianne Hale
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ost people can get back to living the would not delusional lifestyle that compare practicbrought the symptoms ing Chinese medicine on in the first place. That to mastering a musical is how most people view instrument, but Mark R. health care,” Reinhart Reinhart, an experienced explains. musician and practitio “In Chinese medicine, ner of qigong, Taiji (tai we don’t treat words. chi) and Chinese herbal Instead of saying you have medicine, is not the avera disease, we ask, ‘How age person. The owner of are you out of balance?’” Three Pure Rivers Studio says Reinhart. “Grief, for for the Arts, in Drums, instance, is housed in thinks the two closely the lungs. So if someone Mark R. Reinhart parallel each other. “Chicomes to me with asthma nese health practices, like music, are an or breathing problems, I ask them what is art form,” says Reinhart. “To learn music, going on in their lives to find out if there you have to learn timing, chord construc- is some unprocessed grief that needs to tion and theory and then you can play be addressed.” anything. The same applies to qigong and He notes that other parts of the Taiji. Learn the principles of movement, body are connected to emotions. Anger timing and breath and you can master it.” is housed in the liver, for example, and Reinhart advocates the ancient Chiworry impacts the spleen. Anything that nese philosophy that the body, mind and affects the mind or spirit also impacts the spirit are inextricably connected and that body. There is no separation of the three any effective treatment of the body must parts of a person. involve the other two components. This Reinhart applies this principle to is where his views sharply contrast with the work that he does, which includes the majority of practitioners of Western helping people recover from addiction. “I medicine. “Most Americans want to take refuse to refer to addiction and addiction a pill to suppress their symptoms so they disorders as diseases because inherent
in that term is the ability to be a victim. If people can refer to it as an imbalance, they are acknowledging the fact that a state of balance exists,” he contends. “The first of the 12 steps is admitting you are powerless over the addiction. The fact that you are admitting something means that your higher self has disconnected from your addicted self and can see the dysfunction.” In his 12 Steps: Qigong for Recovery program, Reinhart approaches addiction, recovery and addictive disorders from the classical and traditional Chinese medical, philosophical and spiritual perspectives, seeking to reintegrate the person’s mind, body and spirit, which have become fragmented as a result of the addiction. The physical (jing) is addressed by reconnecting the person with their body using client-specific qigong exercises to retrain the posture, breath, body awareness and biomechanics. The energetic emotional aspect (qi) is addressed through application of the Five-Phase System of Chinese herbal, dietary and psycho/emotional correspondences, and the spiritual (shen) is dealt with using the 12 steps interwoven with the Chinese Spiritual traditions and understanding. “All I’m doing is offering a different way to look at the 12 steps and sometimes that perspective is very empowering,” says Reinhart. “I’ll help anyone who is trying to make changes if they are willing to help themselves.” For more information, call 570-3593059 or visit ThreePureRivers.com. See ad, page 33 and 47. Julianne Hale is a freelance writer and editor. She blogs at AnotherGrayHair. wordpress.com and can be reached at HaleJulianne@gmail.com.
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Five-Minute Meditation by Maytawee (Maggie Wilkins)
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editation can be done anywhere and anytime for a mental refocus. We can find five minutes in the day in our car, on a train or even at work. There are no requirements to be in a quiet or isolated place from the busy world. All that is needed is our conscious attention and our breath, the two most powerful tools we have and can use anywhere at any time. Our mind might protest, “I can’t do much in five minutes.” Yet, by giving just five minutes of our attention to our breath, we can discover the way from a painful path to a joyous one. The ancient teaching of meditation begins with moving the attention to our conscious breath and into stillness. This is easy to do when we feel good, but difficult if we are feeling anger or fear, or are caught in an addictive pattern. Our attention will unfold our reality. Where we place our attention becomes our life experience. If it is occupied with negative thoughts or addictive patterns and guilt, our life experience will be magnified as that. Yet by moving our attention to discover
what the vibration is behind these feelings, we can begin the observation of the new world—a place that allows vibrational feelings, rather than emotional feelings. For example, if we are feeling anger, in the old understanding we would label it as anger and respond to it with angry thought patterns. In the new world and through meditation, anger is now a great heat in the body, even an explosive life energy arising. Anger has now been transformed into life power. When sadness is felt, it is often labeled by the mind as bad, and as something that needs to be changed into happiness. Yet going into the core of our sadness, we may find a soft vibration and a time to be tender. How beautiful is that? In Thailand, people ask each other, “How is your heart today?” The answer could be a cold heart, a warm heart, an expansive heart and so on. When we go within and incorporate our attention with our breath, a natural transformation of harmony is experienced. We meet our natural self, a presence of joy. Practicing these five
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Try This Five-Step, Five-Minute Meditation Embrace your within, now. 1. Attention: Become aware of your ability to move your attention where you choose. 2. Breath: Notice your breath. Try counting 10 conscious breaths. The gateway to infinite possibilities is transforming pain into pleasure. 3. Experience: Become aware of putting your full attention on the energy of the emotion in your body, whether it is labeled as anger or sadness. Simply feel, with no story. Notice how anger becomes energy and sadness becomes a vibration. 4. Release: Allow the breath to gather these feelings or energies and release them. Feel how the energies become lighter on your exhale. 5. Be still: Observe the body moving back to a natural state of being in peace, love and joy.
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ried about a loved one’s addiction or that a child’s grades can slip, their own personal health can decline, as well. While many employers don’t go looking for ways to address drugs and the workplace, they are intrigued when the idea is presented to them. “Employers don’t realize they can be a big influence when it comes to preventing drug abuse,” states Leisher. “Having programs in place means an employer can combat drug abuse before it becomes a larger issue.” Open discussions about drug and alcohol abuse can even help erase the stigma that comes with these dangerous practices. Leisher advises that talking about drug abuse and trying to understand someone’s addiction is just one step in a long process of healing.
he pain and training of drug for supervisors addiction and employees. goes beyond Individual models the person that also address the uses. It can correlation of affect spouses, mental health parents, chilstruggles such dren and even as depression employers. But or stress with it can also be substance abuse. Jean Leisher difficult for many Representatives people to know how to help someone from the organization also are available For more information, call 717-454-3100 with a drug or alcohol addiction. That’s to do live training. or visit DrugFreeWorkplacePA.org. where Drug Free Workplace PA comes Families have the opportunity to in to help. The Harrisburg-based organi- take part in training sessions that cover Rebecca Hanlon is a freelance journalzation offers a three-pronged approach addiction and how it affects everyone. ist living in York County. Contact her at to give employers and families the reIn many cases, says Leisher, people sources needed to help those struggling don’t realize that because they are wor- ByRebeccaHanlon.com. with addiction. The program was launched at the beginning of the year as Pennsylvania officials realized something had to be done to combat a growing heroin epiTraditional Acupuncture demic, says Jean Leisher, a case managCustomized Herbal Formulas er with Drug Free Workplace PA. While Cupping • Reiki CALL NOW 37 employer clients currently use the for your FREE services provided by the organization, Beverly Fornoff 15 minute Drug Free Workplace PA hopes to reach Licensed Acupuncturist consultation the entire state by the end of the year, & Certified Herbalist 717.381.7334 notes Leisher. “A lot of people think that New Location: addiction is an individual’s personal 28 Keystone Court, Leola, PA problem,” she says. “Many people don’t www.LancasterAcupuncture.com realize that if your employee has an addiction, then it’s a company problem. If a family member has an addiction, it’s a family problem.” With a reported one in four families affected by substance abuse in the Cheddar, Colby, Misty Lovely nation, Leisher understands that com(a feta-style), Smoked Cheddar, bating the issue is an ongoing battle, Blues, Garlic and Chives and more! but there is hope and support for those Aged 60 days. that want to provide assistance. While Drug Free Workplace PA doesn’t diMade from happy, farm-raised Goats, Cows & Sheep rectly offer support groups or recovery Animals are fed GMO free, 99% soy free grains programs, it does connect people with available resources. Business leaders 717-656-4628 (GOAT) 43 W Eby Rd • Leola, PA can go online and watch free trainFound at the farm and specialty stores • Misty Lovely featured in Emeril’s Restaurant ing videos that discuss policy-building
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RETHINKING RECOVERY Holistic Approaches to Healing Addictions by Lisa Marshall
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hrough 15 years of alcohol and prescription drug addiction, one prominent Virginia business owner tried it all to get clean: three inpatient rehab centers; talk therapy; Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA), spending roughly $200,000 in the process. “I would follow through for about a year, and then start to feel like I was on top of things and get complacent,” says the 52-year-old, who asked that her name not be used. She’d treat herself to “just one drink” and soon find herself in a familiar downward spiral. She last relapsed in October 2012. Three months later, she was on the interstate in the morning, a halfempty four-pack of mini wine bottles on her front seat, when she swerved and slammed head-on into a semi-trailer truck. She escaped her flattened car with minor head trauma, gratitude that her children didn’t have to “bury their drunk mother,” and a renewed will to sober up and rediscover happiness. Today, she’s done just that, thanks to a comprehensive, holistic approach that included hiring a life coach that specializes in addiction, overhauling her diet, making time for daily physical and spiritual exercises and reframing her addiction, not as a disease she is cursed with, but as a predisposition she
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has the power to keep at bay. “Yes. I was passed a gene by my alcoholic father. Yet that only becomes a threat to me when I make a choice to ingest something that cuts the beast loose,” she says. “I work hard every day, using a whole bunch of different tools to keep that from happening again.” She is one of a growing number of alcoholics and addicts reaching beyond the standard trifecta of 28-day rehabs, 12-step programs and psychotherapy toward an approach that addresses mind, body and spirit. More than 40 million Americans over the age of 12 (16 percent of the population) are addicted to alcohol or drugs, according to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at New York City’s Columbia University. Yet the standard treatments yield less-than-stellar success rates. Sixty percent of addicts return to drug use within a year after rehab, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and only 5 percent of AA attendees continue with meetings after 12 months, according to AA research. David Essel, a Fort Myers, Florida, life coach who specializes in working with substance abusers, says that when examining all the data, only about one in 10 addicts or alcoholics that use conventional means alone are still clean
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Enter a group meeting for recovering addicts or alcoholics and chances are there will be a pot of black coffee, plus donuts or cookies. “Having poor eating habits is a primary contributing factor to relapse,” says Registered Dietitian David Wiss, founder of NutritionInRecovery.com, which provides nutrition consulting for recovery programs in Los Angeles. Because substance abuse can deaden appetite and many of the same neurological circuits that drugs and alcohol stimulate are also activated by salty or sugar-laden foods, newly recovering addicts tend to be ravenous and drawn to junk food. “After 30 days in treatment, people can gain 10 to 30 pounds. They often turn back to addictive substances they’ve abused to get their appetite back under control,” says Wiss. (Because smoking deadens taste buds, drawing people to seek out more intense salty or sugary flavors, it exacerbates the problem.) In a subconscious attempt to get maximum stimulation of now-neglected reward centers in the brain, users often eat little most of the day, then binge later, leading to erratic blood sugar levels that can impact mood, further sabotaging recovery. After years of abuse, addicts also tend to suffer deficiencies of proteins and good fats—key building blocks of a healthy brain. “The brain has been rewired due to the use of substances. Without healing it, you can attend all the meetings in the world and you’ll still struggle with cravings,” reports Essel. He starts new clients with 500 milligrams (mg) daily of the dietary supplement DLphenylalanine, an amino acid precursor to feel-good neurotransmitters such as norepinephrine. He also gives them tyrosine, an energizing amino acid said to quell sugar cravings. For relieving a craving in progress, he recommends 500 to 1,000 mg of glutamine, placed under the tongue. Wiss says he generally recommends food over supplements, yet asking newly recovering addicts to also revamp their diets can be tough. “I
wouldn’t expect anyone to make a big nutritional change in their first week of sobriety,” he says. After that, he encourages small steps: Drink eight glasses of water per day. Eat three meals and three snacks to keep blood sugar stable. Load up on fiber, which can help heal the gut and replenish it with healthy bacteria. Eat plenty of lean protein to promote production of feel-good brain chemicals. Load up on nuts, seeds, fatty fish and other omega-3 fatty acids that suppress inflammation in the brain and have been shown in some studies to quell depression. Daily exercise is also key as Wiss notes that it “circulates our blood and gets all those healthy nutrients into our brain.” Physical activities can also help fill the void and even provide a new sense of identity for someone whose selfesteem has been shattered, says Scott Strode, founder of Denver, Colorado’s Phoenix Multisport, which hosts group cycling, running and climbing outings for recovering addicts and alcoholics. Strode kicked his own cocaine habit 18 years ago by immersing himself first in boxing, then climbing and triathlons. He founded Phoenix in 2007 to help fill what he sees as a gaping hole in recovery support services—a place where people with similar pasts can gather and talk without dwelling exclusively on their dependence issues. He has since served 15,000 people in Colorado, California, and Boston, offering 60 free outings a week for anyone at least 48 hours sober. “By being part of something like www.DoctorNaturalMedicine.com this, you can let go of the shame of being the addict, the junkie or the one that let down the family. Now you are the climber or the mountain biker,” says Strode. He stresses that Phoenix programs aren’t intended to replace treatment. Still, “For some, just that redefining of self may be enough. For others, it’s a powerful tool in a broader toolbox.”
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Co-founded in 1935 by an alcoholic named Bill Wilson, Alcoholics Anonymous now has 2 million members and has played an important role in many successful recoveries. However, its
God-based approach (five of the 12 steps refer to God or Him), a credo that alcoholics must admit “powerlessness” and its emphasis on alcoholism as a defining disease aren’t for everyone. Naysayers point to a 2006 finding by the nonprofit Cochrane Collaboration that states, “No experimental studies unequivocally demonstrated the effectiveness of AA or 12-step approaches for reducing alcohol dependence or problems.”
Such concerns have prompted some alternative recovery fellowships, including Moderation Management (Moderation.org), which helps people that want to drink less; and Smart Recovery (SmartRecovery.org), which supports an ethos of self-empowerment via cognitive behavioral therapy, nutritional changes and group discussions. Other programs focus on renewing the soul by applying metaphysical practices to the traditional 12 steps.
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“The conventional 12 steps talk about a higher power outside of you,” says Ester Nicholson, a singer, author and addictions counselor. In her book Soul Recovery: 12 Keys to Healing Addiction, she describes a descent into crack cocaine addiction beginning in her teens, and the long climb out of it. At first, she says, the 12 steps helped her break free of what she calls the “spiritual malady, mental obsession and physical allergy,” that is addiction. But after a decade of being clean, followed by a near-relapse, she discovered meditation and other spiritual practices. “I realized that this higher power can restore me to sanity, but the higher power is actually within me. I found this wonderful bridge between the 12 steps and universal spiritual principals, and it is rocking my world.” Patti Lacey, 54, an Essel client, likewise found lasting sobriety by extending her toolbox, learning to focus not only
on past pain, but on bringing forth her best self. According to the International Coach Federation, which reports an uptick in interest in recovery coaching, a coach helps to establish individual goals and map a journey to success. Two years into recovery, Lacey still takes her supplements daily, rises at dawn to meditate, attends 12-step meetings and is part of a nondenominational church community. She also regularly meets with her coach to report progress and update goals, including getting a handle on her finances, a frequent casualty of addiction. “Everybody’s journey is different,” Lacey confirms. “What I needed was someone to tell me exactly what to do in the beginning, and then be around to hold me accountable. That changed everything.” Lisa Marshall is a freelance health writer in Boulder, CO. Connect at LisaAnnMarshall.com.
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emonially for centuries. In the 1960s, an opioid addict accidentally discovered that after experiencing an intense, four-to-eight-hour dreamlike “trip”, his cravings for heroin ceased. Deborah Mash, Ph.D., a professor of neurology and molecular and cellular pharmacology at the University of Miami, traveled to Amsterdam in the early 1990s to see if there was any truth to such cases. “I saw a man that was on heroin and cocaine and addicted to benzodiazepines undergo detox with no withdrawal signs, and in 36 hours look like a new person,” she recalls. She has been studying it ever since. The drug is believed to serve as an addiction interrupter, acting on opioid receptors in the brain to quell withdrawal symptoms. Some describe it as “resetting the brain” to a pre-addicted state. Ibogaine is illegal in the U.S. Some offshore clinics are providing it, but Mash warns that some are unscrupulous, so buyer beware. (ClearSkyIbogaine.com offers medically supervised Ibogaine therapy in Cancun, Mexico).
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n her book, Soul Recovery: The 12 Keys to Healing Addiction, Ester Nicholson offers a metaphysical take on the 12 steps. Here’s a look. You are the Power. Through my conscious union with the infinite universal presence, I am powerful, clear and free. Through the realization that God is within me, expressing as me, my life is in divine and perfect order. Restored to wholeness. Through my conscious connection with the one power, I reclaim my spiritual dominion and emotional balance. I am restored to my original nature of clarity, peace and wholeness. I am restored. Complete surrender. I turn my life over to the care of the God I understand, know and embody as love, harmony, peace, health, prosperity and joy. I know that which I am surrendering to, and I do so absolutely. Knowing that this power is the very essence of my being, I say with my whole heart and mind: Thy will be done. An examined life. Through my absolute surrender and conscious connection to the one power and presence, I courageously, deeply and gently search within myself for all thought patterns and behaviors that are out of alignment with love, integrity, harmony and order. Living out loud. I claim the courage and willingness to share the exact nature of my mistakes with another spiritual being. I am heard with compassion, unconditional love and wisdom. In this loving vibration, clarity, peace and balance are restored. Honoring the inner child. I am now ready to release all thought patterns and behaviors
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undiagnosed cancer, is vital, easy and inexpensive (every six months for pets 5 years and older and annually for those that are younger). A good protocol is akin to that developed by Dr. Jean Dodds, founder of Hemopet, of Garden Grove, California, a holistic veterinarian and an expert in animal vaccination and immunology. Her system involves administering limited vaccines to puppies and kittens based on their individual needs, and not more often than every three weeks for those younger than 8 weeks. Following this course, by 4 months of age the pet has been injected with four to six vaccines, compared to double to triple the amount supported by vaccine manufacturers and administered by breeders and most conventional doctors. Such a judicious, limited vaccine protocol offers protection against the diseases that are the most lethal to the puppy or kitten while doing no harm to its natural immune system. As needed, individual pets may also receive a natural detoxification protocol to minimize vaccine reactions. Antioxidant supplements can boost the immune response, as well. Adult pet patients can also be given blood titer testing instead of vaccines. This measures the animal’s individual antibody responses to prior immunizations or common disease exposure and assures us the pet has adequate immunity against a specific disease. All of this assures the pet owner that the pet is protected against infectious diseases without the risks of annual multiple vaccinations. In most cases a protective titer is maintained for many years, which preempts disease and further reduces the number of vaccines the animal receives over its lifetime. Titer testing costs less than $100 for three common infectious diseases, is safer than routine immunization, protects the immune system, prevents vaccine reactions and assures owners, vets, boarding facilities, groomers and day care facilities that it’s safe to introduce the pet into such environments. This approach of minimal vaccinations is a prime reason holistic veterinarian patients tend to be healthier and live longer than the average pet, with even larger dogs regularly living in good health up to 15 to 20 years of age. Holistic veterinarians perform limited vaccines supplemented by titer testing to ensure levels of care that meet accepted standards. They base their approach on supportive science from institutions including the American Animal Hospital Association and American Association of Feline Practitioners to provide safe, proven, ongoing immunity for patients. Shawn Messonnier, a doctor of veterinary medicine practicing in Plano, TX, is the award-winning author of The Natural Health Bible for Dogs & Cats and Unexpected Miracles: Hope and Holistic Healing for Pets. For more information, visit PetCareNaturally.com.
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With picnics and barbecues on the calendar, summer is a time for indoor/ outdoor entertaining with family, friends and neighbors. To keep invading ants away, hosts will want to use natural materials, many of which can be found in the kitchen, instead of chemical products that may be hazardous to humans, pets and wildlife. Natural lines of defense. Applying ground cinnamon or mixing some of the spice with sugar, cloves and water into a thin paste and using a cotton swab to dab it in cracks and around doors and windowsills outside the house where ants might enter can be effective. The aroma is too strong for them, so they’ll either succumb or turn away. Another method recommended by the Mother Nature Network is to clean floors and countertops with a solution of one cup each of vinegar and water, with the option to enhance it with 15 drops of lemon oil. Try a simple spray. An organic insecticide for application in grassy locations, applied to the legs and sides of the picnic table or chairs, can help reduce intrusion by ants and other pests. ChasingGreen.org suggests pouring one-and-a-half cups of water into a blender and adding two bulbs of garlic. Liquefy the ingredients to a smooth blend, strain out the remaining pieces of garlic, dilute the mixture with about a gallon of water and fill a spray bottle. Organic pest control. Some manufacturers specialize in eco-friendly products, including the Extremely Green Gardening Company (ExtremelyGreen.com) that offers diatomaceous earth, Hasta La Vista Ant! and Bug Shooter insecticide. Other chemical-free bug traps can be found at many hardware stores. Avoid temptation. Keep food container lids and boxes tightly closed indoors and keep food covered as much as possible outdoors. Taking natural preventive steps now is timely because many ant species are highly active in early summer as they seek to increase the food stores for their colonies.
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Don’t Get Ticked Off Natural Ways to Avoid and Treat Lyme Disease by Linda Sechrist
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n 1977, two Yale School of Medicine scientists identified the infected blacklegged deer tick carrying the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi as the disease-transmitting organism of Lyme disease. Since 1982, this most commonly reported vector-borne disease in the U.S. has gained notoriety, with its own resource book, Disease Update: Science, Policy & Law; research center (ColumbiaLyme.org/index.html); International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society website, ilads.org; Lyme Times print journal (LymeDisease.org); and national informational organization, the Tick-Borne Disease Alliance (TBDAlliance.org). The surge of activity appears justifiable. According to scientists at the Centers for Disease Control, approximately 300,000 cases are diagnosed annually in this country alone. Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club, is a post-treatment Lyme disease patient and co-founder of LymeAid 4Kids (Tinyurl.com/LymeAid4Kids) that funds the diagnosis and treatment of uninsured children with Lyme. She disagrees with physicians that downplay late-stage cases and insist that the disease is cured with a simple round of antibiotics, as does Katina Makris, a classical homeopath from New Hampshire and host of Lyme Light Radio.
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After experiencing mysterious symptoms, Makris spent five years suffering from debilitating symptoms familiar to individuals with Lyme—undiagnosed, relapsing fevers, lingering fatigue, joint pain, headaches, neurological symptoms and cognitive impairment. “Then I finally began my 10-year healing journey,” she says. Her book Out of the Woods: Healing from Lyme Disease for Body, Mind, and Spirit, is a recovery memoir and resource guide for alternative medical, emotional and spiritual support. Lyme evades detection by standard blood tests for bacterial antigens and antibodies. “The ELISA [enzyme-linked immuno assay] test is only accurate between two weeks and two months after the bite,” says Makris, who notes that the Western Blot test is somewhat more accurate, while the IGeneX Laboratory test is superior. She believes the best laboratories for testing are Clongen Laboratories and IGeneX Laboratory Services. Dr. Richard Horowitz has treated more than 12,000 Lyme disease patients as medical director of the Hudson Valley Healing Arts Center, in Hyde Park, New York. The author of Why Can’t I Get Better? Solving the Mystery of Lyme and Chronic Disease raises another red flag regarding detection.
Testing for coinfections frequently transmitted along with Lyme is unreliable. Horowitz, who will conduct a workshop with Makris at New York’s Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, in Rhinebeck, and online, from June 26 to 28, counsels that antibiotics are not effective because they don’t address all of the infecting organisms now frequently found in ticks. Stephen Harrod Buhner, of Silver City, New Mexico, an independent scholar and citizen scientist and author of Healing Lyme Disease Coinfections, says that the bacteria have jumped species and found new hosts that live in habitats formerly occupied by wild animals: “They have learned to exist in humans and are teaching each other how to resist antibiotics and more easily infect us. What they do together in the body is a great deal more complex than what they do alone, making them difficult to treat. Bartonella species utilize the immune system of whatever mammal they infect as part of their infection strategy. Any existing inflammation in the body, such as arthritis, facilitates the growth of Bartonella.”
Essential Oils to Repel Ticks 1 cup distilled water 2 drops geranium essential oil 2 drops Palo Santo essential oil 1 drop myrrh essential oil 4 drops grapefruit essential oil 1 drop peppermint essential oil 1 drop Thieves hand soap or castile soap Place all ingredients in a spray bottle and shake. Spritz on socks, sneakers/ hiking boots, ankles and legs at a minimum and consider other exposed skin. The weaker or more compromised one’s immune system, the more likely a debilitating course of illness will occur. An improved immune system can identify the outer membrane proteins of the offending bacteria and create countering antibodies in four to eight months. “Once the immune system creates the proper antibodies, the bacteria
are then eliminated fairly rapidly,” advises Buhner. Makris is grateful that she saw a nutritionist trained in functional medicine. “He worked slowly and methodically to reduce the inflammation, build up my immune system and restore my digestive, endocrine and nervous systems before killing the bacteria and opening up natural detoxification pathways to flush out the bacteria and their endotoxins. We used weekly acupuncture appointments, good nutrition and homeopathic formulas, plus various herbs, vitamins and mineral supplements,” says Makris. Ticks in high-vegetation areas wait for a passing host. To avoid these hitchhikers, wear light-colored long pants tucked into socks. A shirt should also be tucked in. Later, strip down and search hair, underarms, legs, behind the knees and ears, and in the belly button. As commercial tick repellants contain toxic ingredients, a targeted mixture of topically applied, therapeutic-grade essential oils is preferred. Linda Sechrist is the senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings.
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athers are more involved in their children’s lives than ever before, embracing their roles of leader, nurturer and protector, and they’re reaping extraordinary benefits. According to a 2014 study published in the Academy of Management Perspectives, fathers that spend more time with their kids are both happier at home and more satisfied at work. Today, many mindful dads engaged in a natural lifestyle apply that same health consciousness to their parenting. Support Mama. Natural fathering begins during pregnancy, with an informed birth plan. “Support whatever birthing decision the woman feels will provide her the most comfort and relaxation,” advises Dr. John Douillard, an ayurvedic chiropractor and author of six
books, including Perfect Health for Kids. Hold her hand, rub her back, advocate for her rights and after the birth, support her efforts to breastfeed whenever, wherever and however long she wants. “Fathers should recognize that the burden of care is clearly on the mother for at least the first year, so her opinions and wishes deserve special consideration and respect,” says Ben Hewitt, father of two, home unschooler and author of The Nourishing Homestead. Embrace physical closeness. Bonding through nurturing touch is powerful and rewarding for father and child. A recent study published in the Journal of Perinatal Education found that fathers that practiced infant massage experienced significant stress release and bonding with their
offspring. Wearing a baby or toddler in a sling, wrap or carrier is another comforting way to spend time together. Co-sleeping helps foster a more natural sleep rhythm with a nocturnally hungry baby, while also offering another way to connect. “Any stress my family may have experienced during the day dissipated when we reconnected at nighttime,” Hewitt attests. “Looking back, I can’t imagine having missed out on that opportunity to be so close with my kids.” Feed healthy habits. Natural dads are educated about both naturopathic and Western medicine to make informed choices regarding prevention and intervention. Douillard applies the ayurvedic principle of seasonal eating in order to bolster the immune systems of his six children and clients. Cooling foods like fruits and vegetables in summer prevent overheating; warming foods like soups, nuts and meats in winter lubricate mucus membranes and facilitate fat and protein storage; light foods like leafy greens in spring detoxify the body. His experience is that when kids with robust immunity catch the occasional malady, its severity and duration are reduced, and natural herbs often provide a gentle first step toward recovery. Douillard treats colds with a spoonful of equal parts turmeric and honey mixed into a paste. “Turmeric is a powerful anti-inflammatory and antiviral herb that also helps liquefy mucus in the respiratory tract,” he says. For tummy troubles, he suggests offering kids an herbal tea of cumin, coriander or fennel.
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When dads are calm and present, they become a calming presence. ~Hal Runkel Above all, parents must exemplify good health habits. “Eat better, exercise regularly, change your diet with the local season and your kids will follow along,” says Douillard. Impart green morals. Earth-conscious parents teach their children how to leave a faint ecological footprint by supporting local eco-friendly companies, reducing the presence of toxic chemicals in the home and consuming and wasting less. However, wagging a finger and imploring kids to be eco-friendly is not enough; model helpful behaviors and illustrate the implications of their choices. “Instead of saying, ‘You should recycle,’ show kids online pictures of the giant flotillas of plastics polluting the oceans,” says Hewitt. Maintain an experiential dialogue about respecting, preserving and enjoying nature. Encourage adventure and resourcefulness. “Historically,” says Hewitt, “children learned alongside their parents and community, immersed in their environment, an arrangement that allowed them continual opportunities to prove their own resourcefulness.” All dads, like homeschoolers, will find satisfying fun in sharing problem-solving, hands-on projects with their kids, like building a debris shelter in the woods, planting a garden, or using repurposed materials to engineer something with form and function. Learning doesn’t have to be a hierarchical activity, wherein dads teach children, says Hewitt. “The opportunity to learn and explore together is powerful.” Play. Hewitt encourages dads to look for opportunities to relieve kids of their often overwhelming and scattered schedules. “It’s incredibly important for kids and adults to set aside time for free play and exploration,” he says. “Go outside with them,” says Douillard. “Make up games, goof off, run around, roll around and just be with them. It makes a world of difference in their lives.”
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n terms of discipline, natural fathering is neither tough nor timid, punishing nor permissive. The mindful dad is calm, connected and capable. He’s able to harness introspection and observe himself as he parents, because he focuses more on managing his own behavior than that of his kids. “Fathering is a leadership role, not a management role,” says Hal Runkel, a licensed marriage and family therapist and author of the bestseller ScreamFree Parenting. “If I manage myself with calmness and clarity, I can lead my children to learn to manage themselves.” Runkel says the first step is “committing to cool.” Find an anxiety- or angermanaging technique that feels natural, such as meditation, yoga, deep breathing, visualization, prayer or counting beads on a bracelet, and call on that skill to maintain coolness when challenged by a child, advises Runkel. It’s a misconception that emotions need to be released or they will consume us, he says. “Emotions just are; it’s the thoughts about emotions that drive us crazy.” Learning to name, tame and befriend feelings through introspection and mindful exercises allows space for calm conversations with children to emerge. “We fathers have a special responsibility to lead with calm because we are physically imposing in children’s eyes,” he says. “The approachable dad has teachable kids, and he lets natural and logical consequences do the teaching.”
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Why did you begin your book with the quote, “Death begins in the colon,” rather than “Brain health begins in the gut”? I wanted to draw attention to the real life-or-death issues mediated by what goes on inside the gut. Individuals with an immediate concern for their heart, bones, immune system or brain must recognize that the health of these parts and functions are governed at the level of commensal gut bacteria, the normal microflora that eat what we eat. This relationship is the most powerful leverage point we have for maintaining health.
How were you led to expand from studying the nervous system and brain to investigating gastrointestinal medicine? Early on in my career, I was taught that everything that goes on in the brain stays there. But leading-edge research now reveals that seemingly disparate organs are in close communication, regulating each
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other’s health. As scientific literature began supporting the notion that gut-related issues have a huge bearing on brain health, and specifically on brain disease, it became important to me to be able to leverage deep knowledge of this empowering information in terms of being able to treat brain disorders.
What is the Human Microbiome Project (HMP)? HMP, launched in 2008 by the National Institutes of Health, is a $115 million exploration of the gut microbiome. In the ongoing research project involving genetic and DNA assessment, researchers are looking at the microbiome array in the gut of individuals suffering from various diseases. They are drawing correlations between emerging patterns in the abnormalities of gut bacteria and specific diseases. For example, autism correlates with an overabundance of the Clostridia species. In diabetes, there are more Firmicutes than Bacteroidetes, which we also see in obesity characteristic of the Western cosmopolitan diet. This is paving the way for interventions designed to restore a normal balance of gut bacteria. An example in my book is Dr. Max Nieuwdorp’s research at the University of Amsterdam, in which he discovered an array of abnormal bacteria that characterize Type 2 diabetes. In the more than 250 individuals diagnosed with diabetes that he treated in a double-blind study, he was able to reverse the disease by inserting a series of fecal material transfers from healthy, lean donors into diabetic patients.
What is the most eye-opening information about the roles played by gut organisms? More than 100 trillion bacteria live in our gut. Plus, there are viruses, yeast species and protozoa. When we factor in their genetic material, it means that an astonishing 99 percent of the DNA in our body is bacterial. It’s humbling to realize they influence all manner of physiology, from our immune system to our metabolism, making vitamins, maintaining the gut lining and controlling inflammation, the key mechanism involved in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis and any number of brain degenerative disorders. They also exert influence over the expression of our 23,000 genes, in effect regulating the expression of the human genome. The latest startling discovery—which is so new that it’s not in the book—is that bacterial DNA sequences have now been found in the human genome, meaning we are partly bacterial. It reveals the most sophisticated symbiotic and intimate relationship at the deepest level imaginable. It turns the previous way of thinking about who we are upside-down. Our perceptions of the world, moods, hunger or satiety, even our metabolism, are dictated by gut bacteria, which deserve careful stewarding. They don’t deserve, for example, to be bombarded by the capricious use of antibiotics whenever we have the sniffles.
How can we reestablish good gut health? Better food choices bring about significant changes in our body’s microbiome. By incorporating prebiotic foods such as Jerusalem artichokes, dandelion greens, garlic, leeks, onions, jicama or Mexican yam, as well as fermented foods such as kimchi, kombucha tea, yogurt and kefir, individuals can reestablish good gut health that helps them gain control over inflammation, the cornerstone of all degenerative conditions. Inflammation originates in the gut. Balancing bacteria and reducing intestinal permeability, which allows substances to leak through the lining of the small intestine into the bloodstream, can reduce it. Visit Linda Sechrist’s website, ItsAllAbout We.com, for the recorded interview.
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hink about a world where healthcare has no adverse side effects, where we experience no pain during or after healthcare procedures. We Dr. Eric Pearl have become so desensitized by our “no pain, no gain” attitudes that the onslaught of elective surgeries and pharmaceutical commercials letting us know that their newest pill may cause “severe stomach aches” or result in “sudden death” don’t even cause us to bat an eye. But mention the word “healer” to someone and it can induce responses anywhere from eye-rolling to images of flowing robes, crystals, incense and wands to inappropriate and reactive displays of anger and self-righteous indignation. We understand that the body heals itself. A cast on a broken ankle allows it to be protected while the bone heals itself. Yet, mentioning the word “healing” outside of a mainstream medical context is met with doubt and uncertainty. Fortunately, Western medicine is beginning to open to this idea as newer generations take over and as more discoveries are made in quantum physics as to how the body really heals. Healthcare approaches such as acupuncture and chiropractic have done a stellar job of marrying science with more holistic Eastern and Western healthcare philosophies. These are now accepted healthcare delivery systems and most health insurance programs cover them, but medicine would still like to refer to them as alternative, complementary or integrative “medicine”, when, in fact, they are more properly recognized as alternative, complemen-
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tary or integrative “healthcare”—a group to which medicine is an equal card-carrying member. This, of course, places medicine on only equal—rather than superior— footing with other healthcare approaches. Leading expert in the healing world, Dr. Eric Pearl, is helping to legitimize new forms of health practices and reestablish the word healing as a true health term, returning it to its rightful place in today’s healthcare lexicon. As founder of Reconnective Healing, an advanced level of energy healthcare, and author of international bestseller The Reconnection: Heal Others, Heal Yourself, now in 39 languages, he travels worldwide educating healing practitioners of all fields in the art, science and philosophy of Reconnective Healing. He teaches them that there is no longer the need to add superstition and complex technique, fear-based ritual or protections or healing gadgets to their work. He points out that healing has nothing to do with faith, hope or belief. Pearl is bringing the science back into healing, working with the medical community and conducting clinical studies with quantifiable results. Newer scientific understandings and concepts of quantum physics such as string theory, DNA evolution and the discovery not only of new levels of light, but that we as human beings actually emit measurable levels of light, as well as how we interact with one another’s energy fields show us that we affect the health of one another without even physically touching each other. In his book, Pearl talks about string
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theory and how energy, light and frequencies are closely tied to our senses and perception, to our states of balance and, therefore, to our states of health. “String theory proposes that the shape and content of the entire universe is determined by vibrational frequencies in the heart of every single atom, every single particle. The effects of vibration go far beyond what our senses are easily able to distinguish. For example, the force that makes a magnet stick to your refrigerator is the same one that enables you to see the contents of the refrigerator when you open the door at night: electromagnetism. The only difference between magnetism and visible light is the frequency of the energy’s wave motion,” he says. Pearl says that there is a much closer connection than one may think between what we know about atoms and subatomic particles, light waves, the universe and our health. As doctors learn to see the human body both as connected to and an integral part of the universe, and not just a collection of cells, limbs and organs, progress is being made. It is clear that a shift in the health industry is taking place that includes more and more types of alternative health practices. It has already begun with the medical community’s growing interest in and attention to ideas they formerly would have ignored. The world is moving forward and medicine has to make this move in order not to be left behind. At national health summits, we are now seeing practitioners of many healthcare disciplines on the same level as leading medical doctors. Alternative, complementary and integrative medicine has been replaced by complementary, alternative and integrative healthcare. For more information about Eric Pearl, Reconnective Healing and upcoming training programs in Philadelphia July 24 - July 28, call 323-960-0012 or visit TheReconnection.com. See ad, page 29. Michelle Bense is a freelance writer and editor for Natural Awakenings magazines. Connect with her at EditorMichelleBense@gmail.com.
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Today’s rates of male infertility and sexual dysfunction suggest that low testosterone is rapidly becoming a national problem.
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ohns Hopkins School of Medicine epidemiologists estimate that 18.4 percent of all American men over the age of 20, totaling 18 million, have reported experiencing erectile dysfunction. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 7.5 percent of all sexually experienced men under 45, or more than 4 million, have consulted a fertility doctor, suggesting it’s a serious problem among younger men. “Both erectile dysfunction and infertility reflect elements of lifestyle choices, especially obesity, smoking and exposure to environmental toxins,” says Naturopath James Occhiogrosso, of Fort Myers, Florida, author of Your Prostate, Your Libido, Your Life: A Guide to Causes and Natural Solutions for Prostate Problems and ProstateHealthNaturally.com. He says there are many ways to address low testosterone, a factor in both issues, and
a healthy diet is crucial for healthy sexual function in both men and women. Some foods can help, while others can hinder a man’s sexual vitality, advises Craig Cooper, of Newport Beach, California, founder of the CooperativeHealth network of men’s health websites and author of Your New Prime: 30 Days to Better Sex, Eternal Strength, and a Kick Ass Life After 40. He identifies key no-nos that decrease testosterone as eating excess sugar, drinking excessive alcohol and being sedentary. Here are the best foods for increasing testosterone. Shrimp: Like fatty fish, this tiny crustacean is one of nature’s few food sources of vitamin D, which Harvard School of Public Health research confirms is linked to testosterone levels. Four ounces of shrimp contain 162 IU (international units), about 40 percent of recommended daily intake.
ealth counselor James Occhiogrosso says it’s essential to know a man’s entire hormone profile, not just testosterone levels, to understand the best way to treat problems. A hormone panel should include blood and/or saliva tests of the following: 4 Testosterone 4 Free testosterone 4 SHBG (sex hormone binding globulin) 4 Progesterone and estradiol (hor mones not only present in women) 4 DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone), a precursor, or foundational hormone, that produces both estrogen and testosterone
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any people think that bodybuilders define he-man muscles by producing huge amounts of testosterone. Not so, says Naturopath James Occhiogrosso, who specializes in men’s health. “Bodybuilders consume huge amounts of protein to build muscles,” he says. “When a man’s pumping 100 to 150 grams of protein into his body every day, he will actually produce less testosterone.” For healthy testosterone levels, he recommends that a man derive a maximum of 25 percent of his daily calories from protein. natural awakenings June 2015
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Oysters, red meat and pumpkin seeds: All of these are rich sources of zinc, which Cooper notes has a direct link to higher testosterone levels. He cautions, however, that too much zinc can cause its absorption to diminish. Men need 11 milligrams (mg) of zinc a day. Oysters are considered a food of love for a reason: One shelled oyster contains 12.8 mg of zinc. Pumpkin seeds are zinc powerhouses with 7 mg in 3.5 ounces. By comparison, 3 ounces of beef liver or dark chicken meat deliver 4.3 mg and 2.4 mg, respectively. Lean, grass-fed beef, tuna and nuts: These are high-quality sources of omega-3 fatty acids. “Without obtaining at least 20 percent of our daily calories from fat (no less than 15 percent) we can’t function at optimum capacity, as hormones are produced through the components of dietary fats, including the sex hormones like testosterone,” advises Virginia Beach, Virginia, Registered Dietitian Jim White, a spokesman for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. “A diet high in carbohydrates and too much dietary fat—more than
35 percent—will cause a gain in body fat, which can decrease testosterone levels. Balance is the key.” Broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage: Cruciferous vegetables are rich sources of indole-3-carbinol, which helps both balance testosterone and estrogen, and neutralize excess estrogen in men and women, says Occhiogrosso. Yes, men have estrogen, too, just less than women, and too much blocks testosterone production. Red grapes: This whole food is a good source of resveratrol and proanythocyanidin, which block harmful estrogen production, says White. Excess estrogen production spurred by eating foods like soy and flax and the growth hormones contained in big agriculture’s meat and dairy products lowers testosterone production in men. Strawberries: Due to their cortisollowering vitamin C, all berries help reduce stress, including when hormones are released during a heavy workout that can hamper testosterone production. One study published in the International Journal of Sports Medi-
cine confirms that more cortisol equals less testosterone; another in the World Journal of Men’s Health shows that high cortisol lowers sex drive and results in delayed ejaculation. Plus, two Brazilian studies showed animals with the highest vitamin C intake had the highest sperm counts among study subjects. Another good cortisol fighter is the allicin in garlic. Pomegranates: Occhiogrosso likes pomegranates for building testosterone levels. An impressive study from the International Journal of Impotence Research showed that the performance of 47 percent of the impotent male study participants improved after consuming a daily glass of pomegranate juice for four weeks. “Food is always the first choice when I’m treating men with testosterone and fertility issues,” says Occhiogrosso. “It’s often effective without the dangers of testosterone injections.” Kathleen Barnes is the author of numerous health books, including Food Is Medicine: 101 Prescriptions from the Garden. Connect at KathleenBarnes.com.
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HIDDEN TREASURES Neighbors Discover Their Wealth of Resources by John McKnight and Peter Block
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he essential promise of consumerism is that everything fulfilling or needed in life can be purchased—from happiness to healing, from love to laughter and from raising a child to caring for someone at the end of life. What was once the task of relatives and neighbors has been outsourced, costing the family its capacity to manage traditionally provided necessities. The community, which once provided an extended support system, is no longer viable, replaced by paid professionals and technology. Until the 20th century, the basic philosophy of rearing children was that they become effective grownups by connecting with productive adults and learning the community’s skills, traditions and customs from them. Youth had jobs to do: caring for the elderly and young, doing household chores and helping with food. When they became adults, they were thus equipped to care both for the next generation and for those that had cared for them. Today, the most effective communities are those in which neighborhoods and residents have reclaimed their traditional roles. The research on this point is decisive. Where there are “thick” community connections, there is positive child development. Health
improves, the environment is sustained and people are safer and have a stronger local economy. We too, can decide to shift our attention toward rebuilding the functions of our family and neighborhood. We have the gifts, structures and capacities to substitute for our habit of consumption. Here’s an example of how it works. Neighbors Naomi Alessio and Jackie Barton were talking about family challenges when Alessio noted her son Theron’s encouraging turnaround after he met Mr. Thompson, who had a metalworking shop in his garage. The old man invited him in and something clicked. Theron began to stop by every day, proudly bringing home metal pieces he’d learned to make. Alessio could see Theron change and finally stopped worrying about what he was doing after school. Barton admitted that her son Alvin was in trouble, and asked Alessio if there might be someone in the neighborhood whose skills would interest him. They decided to ask all the men in the neighborhood about their interests and skills. In three weeks, they found men that knew about juggling, barbecuing, bookkeeping, fishing, hunting, haircutting, bowling, investigating crimes, writing poems, fixing cars,
weightlifting, choral singing, teaching dogs tricks, mathematics, praying and how to play trumpet, drums and the saxophone. They discovered enough talent for all the kids in the neighborhood to tap into. Three of the men they met— Charles Wilt, Mark Sutter and Sonny Reed—joined Alessio, Barton and Thompson in finding out what the kids on the block were interested in learning. Also, why not ask the kids what they knew? They found 22 things the young people knew that might be of interest to some adults on the block. The six neighbors named themselves the Matchmakers and began to connect neighbors that shared the same interests, from gardening to job opportunities. They created a multiuse neighborhood website. Many neighbors formed a band, plus a choir led by Sarah Ensley, an elder who’d been singing all her life. Charles Dawes, a police officer, formed an intergenerational team to make the block a safe haven for everyone. Then Lenore Manse decided to write family histories with photos and persuaded neighborhood historian Jim Caldwell and her best friend, Lannie Eaton, to help. Wilt suggested that the Matchmakers welcome newcomers by giving them a copy of the block history, and then updating it with information about each new family. Three years later at the annual block party, Barton summed up the neighborhood’s accomplishment: “All the lines are broken; we’re all connected. We’re a real community now.” These local connections can give the modern family what the extended family once provided: a functioning community with a strong culture of kin, friends and neighbors. A regenerated community emerges, yielding essential qualities of a satisfying life: kindness, generosity, cooperation, forgiveness and the ability to nurture families that have reclaimed their function. Adapted from an article by John McKnight and Peter Block for YES! Magazine that appears in its anthology, Sustainable Happiness. They are co-authors of The Abundant Community: Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods (Abundant Community.com).
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Yoga for the Bro’s Men Find it Builds All-Around Fitness by Meredith Montgomery
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ive thousand years ago, most yoga teachers and students were men. Today, of the 15 million American practitioners, less than a third are males. However, this figure has increased in the past decade, with teachers in some areas reporting a balanced ratio of men and women in their classes. Yet, even as professional athletes add yoga to their training regimen, Power Yoga founder Bryan Kest, in Santa Monica, California, points out, “To the mainstream man, yoga is not masculine. You see men in ballet performances, but it doesn’t mean men are attracted to ballet.” Eric Walrabenstein, founder of Yoga Pura, in Phoenix, agrees. “To achieve the widest adoption of the practice, we need to shift away from the notion that yoga is a physical exercise primarily for women, to one that embraces yoga’s holistic physical, mental and emotional benefits for anyone regardless of gender.”
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and injury prevention. Kest says, “Yoga is the best fitness-related activity I know of, but the tone and shapeliness that results is a byproduct. The focus is on balance and healing.” He encourages students to challenge themselves without being extreme. “The harder you are on anything, the faster you wear it out. If our objective is to both last as long and feel as good as possible, it makes no sense to push hard. Instead we should be gentle and sensitive in our practice.” Men will do well to learn how to stop what they’re doing and breathe, says Kreg Weiss, cofounder of My Yoga Online (now on Gaiam TV), from Vancouver. He emphasizes the importance of modifying poses as needed during classes and notes that doing so takes vulnerability that doesn’t come naturally to most men. “If you find yourself shaking while holding downward dog, allow yourself to go down to the floor without worrying about what others will think.” Societal pressures of masculinity sometimes dictate who a man thinks he should be. Breaking through such barriers enables a man to be relaxed with himself and unafraid as, “It changes what goes on off the mat, too,” observes Weiss.
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the International Day of Yoga, co-sponsored by 175 countries including the United States. Bhava Ram (née Brad Willis), founder of the Deep Yoga School of Healing Arts, in San Diego, points out, “Men need yoga because it helps us deal better with stress and emotional issues. When we have more inner balance, we show up better for ourselves, spouses, friends and loved ones.”
Therapeutic Benefits As modern science begins to document yoga’s healing effects, it’s being used in treatment plans for conditions ranging from addiction and trauma to multiple sclerosis and cancer. Ram was a Type A aggressive reporter and network war correspondent and, “Like many men with similar personality types, I struggled with anger and control issues. I had no interest in yoga; it seemed strange and unnecessary to me,” he recalls. After a broken back, that ended his journalism career, failed surgery, advanced cancer and dependance on prescription drugs, he found himself facing death. Inspired by his young son to take control of his health, he embraced yoga as a healing way forward. After two years of dedicated practice, Ram says he turned 80 pounds of physical weight and 1,000 pounds of emotional toxins into gratitude, forgiveness and loving kindness. “I left 90 percent of my back pain behind and the cancer is gone.” Kest explains that yoga’s significant therapeutic value is based on its capacity to reduce stress and its effects, while teaching and strengthening techniques to cope with it. “Ninety percent of the stress we put on our bodies originates in the stress we put on our minds,” he
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says. “If you want to be healthy, you have to look at mental fitness, not just the size of your biceps or the strength of your cardiovascular system. It’s calmness and peacefulness of mind that matter.”
The United Nations has declared June 21 the International Day of Yoga, cosponsored by 175 countries including the United States.
Tips for First-Timers Weiss urges men new to yoga to take time to find the right class. “When men that can’t touch their toes walk into some preconceived notion of a class full of women Om-ing, they feel apprehensive and the experience does them no service.” Regardless of one’s state of fitness, it’s important to start slowly, with a focus on the breath. “If you don’t have a good foundation, you can miss a lot of yoga’s benefits. Seek teachers
with a solid yoga background educated in anatomy.” Walrabenstein recommends that first-timers find a class that meets their expectations of targeted benefits. “Remember that yoga is supposed to serve you in enabling your best life possible. If for you that means a vigorous workout, go for it. Even the most physicallyoriented yoga styles can carry profound mental and spiritual benefits—and can
Yoga Helps Vets Heal by Meredith Montgomery
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ccording to the International Journal of Yoga Therapy, an essential aspect of recovering from trauma is learning ways to calm down, or self-regulate. As suicide, divorce, domestic violence, drug abuse, homelessness and violent behavior continue to plague veterans and members of the military, yoga is being regarded as a promising treatment or adjunctive therapy for addressing symptoms associated with trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Numerous studies indicate that veterans that practice yoga (including postures, breath work, guided visualization and affirmation) can better cope with PTSD and other emotional challenges, and realize enhanced physical and mental stability. Former war correspondent Bhava Ram founded Warriors for Healing (W4H). Launched online and through trained teachers this year, “We want 42
to spread the word that yoga science is proven to be extremely effective for coping with PTSD and life-based trauma,” he says. The intention is to help people unlock their inherent power to heal, and to assist in a journey of self-empowerment as they establish new lives. W4H and its foundation partners provide resources for veterans and their families to implement yoga’s transformational lifestyle practices, including nutrition, philosophy, breath work and postures. Studies from leading institutions including the University of California, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital have shown that these practices can change the organism that is us down to the level of our genomes. “We’re not stuck where we are,” says Ram. “My own history illustrates this, and I’ve seen many others heal from remarkable challenges.” Bootstrap, an online yoga system
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lead to a deeper, more rewarding practice over time.” Arrive early to class to get settled and talk with the teacher about physical status, potential limitations or other concerns. Yoga is practiced barefoot and clothing should be loose and comfortable, allowing the body to sweat and move. Walrabenstein reminds men to have fun. “Yoga, like anything, can be awkward at first. Make space for your learning curve and remember, no one in class is judging you.” Meredith Montgomery, a registered yoga teacher, publishes Natural Awakenings of Mobile/Baldwin, AL (Healthy LivingHealthyPlanet.com).
specific to the challenges of military duty-related stress, has distributed 70,000 yoga sessions to troops and veterans and their families since 2013. Designed to fill the many gaps left by traditional treatment strategies, it’s tailored to empower users to manage stressors and stressful episodes in a productive and ongoing way. Founder Eric Walrabenstein, a former U.S. Army infantry officer, notes that the program is curriculum-driven. Beyond breath and body postures, its 10-week structure makes it accessible to those that wouldn’t necessarily step into a studio. “The multimedia program has been clinically proven to derail chronic stress caused by military service in less than one hour per day,” he says. Bootstrap is presented as a stressmanagement program that just happens to use yoga techniques. “We did this because many men tend to self-select themselves out of the practice,” he says. “We wanted to avoid that as well as the idea that yoga is primarily about postures, when that’s only a small fraction of what the practice is.” Visit WarriorsForHealing.org and BootstrapUSA.com.
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Write from the Heart with Melissa Greene Fun, relaxing summer writing workshops inspire young people to love writing, in school or out! Classes spark both intellect and imagination. No grades, grammar, competition, or stress. A nonintimidating, free-spirited look at how creativity flows when we let go of our inhibitions. Beginners welcome. Sharing optional. Teens (ages 13-17), Children (ages 9-12).
Daily for 1 week in June, July & August Write From The Heart Lancaster Studio For info: 717 393-4713 or WriteFromTheHeart.us
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Develop a practice in mindfulness and compassion through readings, discussions and hand-on activities. Eight week series plus retreat day. Begins second week of June.
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Level 2 Wednesday evenings Level 1: $150, Level 2: $300 Samaritan Counseling Center 1803 Oregon Pike, Lancaster For info and to register, contact Lesley Huff, PsyD at 717-560-9969 SSCLanc.org/events
MONDAY, JUNE 1 American Holistic Nurses' Meeting – 5:30-6pm Networking; 6-8pm Speaker. A non-profit educational and networking group for nurses and other interested holistic practitioners. Manheim Twp Public Library, Morgan Lecture Hall, 595 Granite Run Dr, Lancaster. For info: Ann.Reid@Holistic-Nurse.net.
TUESDAY, JUNE 2 Higher Brain Living – 6pm. Join a Fireside Chat to learn the science behind Higher Brain Living, the technique, how it was developed and the results people are getting. Free. Allison Dracha, 26 Skyline Dr, Temple. 484-772-6446. AllisonDracha.com. Workshop: TheAnti-Oxidant Myth – 6:15-7pm. Free. Family Chiropractic Wellness Center, 1717 Old Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster. 717-393-9955. FamilyChiropracticLancaster.com.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 Mantra Yoga with David – 7:30pm. $15/class. downdog YOGA, 525 Reading Ave, West Reading. 610-373-7181.
THURSDAY, JUNE 4 Penn Street Market Opening Day – 11:30am5:30pm. Grand re-opening of the seasonal open air market in Penn Square featuring farm stands with locally grown fruits, vegetables and dairy as well as vendors of freshly prepared foods, and the work of local artisans and musicians. Free. Penn Street Market, Penn Square, Reading. PennStreetMarket.org.
FRIDAY, JUNE 5 Grand Re-Opening Open House – 5pm. Join Be Well in celebrating their grand re-opening in their new space. Food, drinks and local art from Bob Harnish will be featured to kickoff the First Friday and the Grand Re-Opening Celebration. Free. Be Well Lancaster, 354 N Queen St, Lancaster. 717205-2303. BeWellLancaster.com. Open Crafting Table – 5-9pm. Bring your arts and crafts and enjoy working alongside others at the free open craft night on First Friday. Lancaster Creative Reuse, 1865 Lincoln Hwy E, Lancaster. 717-617-2977.
SATURDAY, JUNE 6 Bountiful County Farm and Food Tour – 9am6pm. A self-guided tour explores farms and businesses within a 25 mile radius of Morgantown which focus on sustainable, primarily organic methods of producing wholesome, healthy foods. Enjoy discounts, talks and tours along the way. Free. See website for details. BountifulCounty.com. Make a Chalkboard Planter – 1pm. Easily identify plants, write positive sayings, or have the kids draw pictures on your pot. $25. Call or email Events@ RiverviewTree.com to register. Riverview Nursery and Garden Center. 3049 Pricetown Rd, Temple. 610-929-5049. RiverviewTree.com.
SUNDAY, JUNE 7 Strawberry Rhubarb Day – 10am-2pm. Games, prizes, live music. Free. East Side Market, 135 N Lime St, Lancaster. 2nd Sunday Open House – 11am-4pm. Tour the campus, meet artists, stop by the studios, galleries
and exhibitions. Shop the store for one-of-a-kind finds. GoggleWorks, 201 Washington St, Reading. 610-374-4600.
TUESDAY, JUNE 9 Cooking with your CSA – 1-3pm. Attend one class or all four in this monthly summer series sponsored by Gayatri Wellness. $45. Goggleworks Kitchen, 201 Washington St, Reading. To register: 484-7063035 or email GayatriWellness@gmail.com. Women’s Intro Workshop: Writing Without Fear –Write from the Heart provides a relaxing, free-spirited 5 session one a week writing class (June 9, 30, July 7,21 and Aug 18). Beginners welcome. Sharing optional. Mischief a must! Write From The Heart Lancaster Studio. To register and for fees: 717 393-4713 or WriteFromTheHeart.us. Workshop: GMOs In Our Food – 6:15-7pm. Free. Family Chiropractic Wellness Center, 1717 Old Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster. 717-393-9955. FamilyChiropracticLancaster.com.
THURSDAY, JUNE 11 Sit and Stitch – 6:30pm-9pm. Quilters, sewists, knitters, crocheters, and fiber artists of all kind, enjoy good company while you work on a sewing project. Light refreshments served. By donation. Lancaster Creative Reuse, 1865 Lincoln Hwy E, Lancaster. 717-617-2977. Cooking with your CSA – 7-9pm. Attend one class or all four in this monthly summer series sponsored by Gayatri Wellness. $45. Goggleworks Kitchen, 201 Washington St, Reading. To register: 484-7063035 or GayatriWellness@gmail.com.
SATURDAY, JUNE 13 Wellness Day – 10am-4pm. Enjoy a day of wellness, relaxation and rejuvenation through different modalities such as hypnosis, massage, reiki, and more. Meet the practitioners, ask questions and receive services. Free to attend. Inner Peace & Wellness Center, 202 S 3rd St, Hamburg. For info: 610-401-1342. InnerPeaceAndWellnessCenter.com.
MONDAY, JUNE 15 Living Foods Potluck – Dinner 6pm, Speaker
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7pm. Jamie Leedom will be speaking on "Fun Facts and Ways to use Cacao." Bring a 9 x 13 or equivalent size living foods dish to share. $2 per person. Meeting at the Kinzer Fire Hall, 3521 Lincoln Highway East, Kinzer (beside Patriot Home Sales). Hosted by Terri Roberts: 717-725-8617.
TUESDAY, JUNE 16 Workshop: Healthiest People on the Planet – 6:15-7pm. Free. Family Chiropractic Wellness Center, 1717 Old Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster. 717-393-9955. FamilyChiropracticLancaster.com.
THURSDAY, JUNE 18 Lancaster Community Reiki Clinic – 6:30-8:30pm. 30 minutes of Reiki offered every third Thursday of the month. By appointment, by donation. Held at the office of Loeffler & Pitt, 2131 Oregon Pike, Lancaster. 717-269-6084. ReikiHelene@gmail.com.
FRIDAY, JUNE 19 Ladies Night Out at Building Character – 7-9pm. Every Music Friday ladies will find free desserts and drinks, hand and chair massages, and shopping from over 35 vendors offering recycled clothing, handcrafted jewelry, art, cards and more. Building Character, 342 N Queen St, Warehouse B, Lancaster. 717-394-7201.
SATURDAY, JUNE 20 Meet the (Goat) Kids Day – 10am-2pm. Misty Creek Goat Dairy hosts a fun event for the whole family. Interact with goats born and raised on the farm, sample cheeses made fresh at the dairy and enjoy specials on select cheeses. Free. Misty Creek Goat Dairy, 43 W Eby Rd, Leola. 717-656-4628.
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This Father’s Day, also International Yoga Day, give Dad the gift of Yoga. Not the postures… but the purpose, the service. Come to Kula Kamala Ashram, a nonprofit organization, and take part in a day that celebrates service. Cleaning, gardening, singing, laughing, and uniting, the day will conclude with a bonfire celebration. Forget the polka dot tie this year. Give Dad the gift of Yoga.
Sunday, June 21 • anytime from 8am til 6pm or sometime after
Kula Kamala Ashram 17 Basket Rd, Reading 484-509-5073 • KulaKamalaFoundation.org Kids Day – 10am-2pm. Face painting, balloon animals, hula hoop lessons, live music. Free. East Side Market, 135 N Lime St, Lancaster. International Day of Yoga Celebration – 10am5pm. Join in celebration of International Day of Yoga to be celebrated collectively at the National Mall. Register online or at the event starting at 9am. Festivities continue on the mall throughout the afternoon. InternationalYogaDayUSA.org.
MONDAY, JUNE 22 Fathers Wellness Day – 9am-6pm. Complimentary 30 minute stress treatments for fathers of all ages. A $55 value. Call to reserve your appointment (or make one for him). The Spa at Willow Pond, 1487
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and colors. It's sure to be the perfect summer wreath for your outdoor space. $50. Call or email Events@ RiverviewTree.com to register. Riverview Nursery and GardenCenter, 3049 Pricetown Rd, Temple. 610-929-5049. RiverviewTree.com.
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Workshop: GMOs In Our Food – 6:15-7pm. Free. Family Chiropractic Wellness Center, 1717 Old Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster. 717-393-9955. FamilyChiropracticLancaster.com.
Discover how Natural Awakenings Magazine is designed to promote the growth of your business. There will be time for Q & A and networking is encouraged. Light refreshments provided.
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Tuesday, June 23 • 6-7:30pm
$5 registration fee; proceeds to Mental Health America Sage Continuing Education for Massage Therapy and the Healing Arts 719 Olde Hickory Rd, Lancaster 717-314-1733 • SageContinuingEd.com Workshop: Cholesterol: The TRUTH – 6:15-7pm. Free. Family Chiropractic Wellness Center, 1717 Old Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster. 717-393-9955. FamilyChiropracticLancaster.com.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25 Open House – 5-7pm. Meet and greet the providers of Fusion Integrative Health and Wellness and the Rehab Center. Enjoy light refreshments and 10 minutes demos of the Alter-G Anti-Gravity Treadmill which helps with weight loss, cardiovascular conditioning, exercising without pain. Fusion Integrative Health and Wellness and the Rehab Center, 270 Granite Run Dr, Lancaster. 717-917-5259. FusionIHW.com. Young Living Monthly Meeting – 6-8pm. Learn about true therapeutic grade essential oils, oil infused products, and the proprietary "seed to seal" process that makes Young Living a environmental and socially responsible company. Join us to learn how Young Living can support your well-being, including your financial well-being. Free to nonmembers, $5 for YL members. Lancaster location. 717-468-7523. Trella.VibrantScents.com.
FRIDAY, JUNE 26 Caron Foundation Alumni and Family Reunion – 9am-4pm. Join alumni and family for a day of festivities celebrating recovery and viewing plans for the new medical center. Don Sloane, experienced interventionist and Caron alumnus will be the guest speaker. Caron Pennsylvania, Taylor Field, 243 N Galen Hall Rd, Wernersville. $15adv, $20 door. Children 12 and under free. Caron.org. Paddleboarding – 5-8pm. Enjoy one of the fastest growing water sports in the world. Trained professionals from 3-D Outdoor Rentals will teach the basics. No experience required. 45 minute time slots available; call by June 22 to register: 610-374-2944. Blue Marsh Lake. Raw Foods for Wellness Potluck – 6-8:45pm. $2 plus raw vegan dish to share. Hosted by Eileen Wieder Crone. Call for details and location. 717627-4258.
SATURDAY, JUNE 27 Sedum Wreath-Making – 1pm. The ideal living wreath, a mix succulents in an array of varieties
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Wellness Class
Carolyn Schlicher, BA, Certified Nutritionist, product educator for cancer, weight management, and wellness, along with Dr, Irene Zeiset, chiropractor, present on wellness, healthy weight loss, and more. Offering product tastings testimonies, and raffle giveaways.
Tuesday, June 30 • 6:30-9:30pm
Community Center at Luther Acres 200 St Luke Drive, Lititz. $5 registration. Call 717-940-5448 for info and to register.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 Educate Before you Vaccinate – 6:30pm.Your children…your choice…your rights...do vaccinations promote Autism? Lancaster area. Free. Call 717-940-5448 for details.
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Topics Include: The Cause and Reversal of ALL Disease, Complete Cellular Cleanse, Twelve Pillars of Cellular Health, ESC and SCIO Body Scans (non-invasive full body). Gary L. Tunsky, C.N.C., Naturopathic Nutritionist, Cellular Disease Specialist
Wednesday, July 1 • 6:30-9:30pm
Community Center at Luther Acres 200 St Luke Dr, Lititz Free Admission (Honorarium) Call 717-940-5448 for info and to schedule ESC & SCIO Body Scans
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Come to a special gathering with Swami-ji and learn about the truest essence of Yoga as offered in the Bhagavad Gita, an ancient sacred text from India. Swami-ji is the spiritual head of the Sivananda Ashram in Ahmedabad, India and is a true modern day Yoga Master.
Friday, July 3 • 6-7pm Discussion, 7-8pm Yoga Nidra (relaxation practice) Suggested Donation $25 17 Basket Rd, Reading 484-509-5073 KulaKamalaFoundation.org
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Entry level, in-depth 2-day course will give you everything you need to be successful in your own business and assist your family and friends on their path to better health.
Friday, July 17 • 9am-5pm Saturday, July 18 • 9am-5pm
Basic Course: $375. Certification: $75. Registration and deposit due by June 17. Class location: Lebanon, Pa. Contact Dr. Gwen Ward: 717-228-0612 or email Healthquest10@comcast.net. NCBTMB approved provider #155.
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7th Annual Spiritual Holistic Faire featuring angel art, music, readings, natural products for holistic health, crystals, and crystal jewelry, astrology, acupuncture, reflexology, massage, Reiki, sound healing hour, delicious organic and mainstream food, and much more, including free lectures on current holistic topics. Walk the sacred medicine wheel. 10’x10’vendor spaces available.
Saturday, August 1 • 10am-5pm Sunday, August 2 • 10am-5pm
Admission: $6 or $5 with donation of cat or dog food Leesport Farmers Market Banquet Hall (air conditioned) Leesport PA, 8 mi north of Reading For information: Kimberlee Dawn 484-363-7356
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Enjoy a day of education and fun for the whole family. Learn how to be healthier from the inside out with vendors, lectures, health screenings, cooking demos, farmers market, holistic experts, live music, healthy food, and so much more. Vendor spaces available.
September 19, 11am-3pm Raindate September 20
Free Admission First Energy Stadium 1900 Centre Ave, Reading For vendor information: MyGutInstinct.org
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ongoingevents sunday A Course in Miracles – 9:30am. Healing and Quiet Meditation at 10:30am. followed by a weekly service. Potluck the last Sunday of the month. Lancaster Metaphysical Chapel, 610 Second St, Lancaster. 717-393-4733. LancasterChapel.org. Hatha Yoga & Meditation – 10-11:30am. All Levels Hatha Yoga plus Be Still & Know—an ending meditation. $20. Yoga on Orange, 129 E Orange St, Lancaster. 717-392-3992. YOGAonOrange.com. Eckankar Worship Service – 10:30-11:30am. 2nd Sunday. Community HU Song 10:30-11am. 4th Sunday. Experience the Light and Sound of God. Eckankar, 137 E Walnut St, Lancaster. 717-3949877. Meetup.com/CommunityHu. Berks Reiki Clinic – 2-4:30pm. 1st and 3rd Sundays. 25 min sessions. Appointments accepted to guarantee a spot. Walk-in's welcome. 1st Sunday of the Month - Inner Healer Chiropractor, 20 N Front St, Bally. 3rd Sunday of the Month - Unity Church of Reading, 4443 10th Ave, Temple. 484-378-1854. Restorative Yoga – 5-6pm. Relax and renew. Poses are held longer with the support of props. All levels welcome. $12. Bridge Yoga Studio, 1705 Lincoln Hwy E, Lancaster. 717-330-1304.
body and spirit in a creative and nurturing environment. $12. Discovering Your Goddess Studio, 328 GoggleWorks, 201 Washington Street, Reading. GayatriWellness.com. Intro to Young Living Essential Oils – 6:307:30pm. Short and sweet weekly meeting of support to YL enthusiasts and those who wish to learn about the oils. Lancaster location. Free. Contact Trella Dubetz for info. 717-468-7523. TrellaDubetz.com.
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Feldenkrais – 11am. Awareness Through Movement with Donna Bervinchak. At Susquehanna
Farmers Markets Berks County Fairgrounds Farmers Market 2934 N 5th St Hwy, Reading 610-929-3429 Year-round Thurs/Fri/Sat
West Reading Farmers Market 538 Penn Ave, West Reading Sundays May - November
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Leesport Farmers Market Rt 61, Leesport 610-926-1307 Year-round Wednesdays
Columbia Historic Market House 15 S 3rd St, Columbia 717-681-0385 Year-round Thurs/Fri/Sat
PA Dutch Farmers Market 845 Woodland Rd, Wyomissing 610-374-1916 Year-round Thur/Fri/Sat
Corn Crib Market 35 W Main St, Mount Joy Year-round Saturdays
Penn Street Market Penn Square, Reading Thursdays June 4 – September 24
East Side Market Musser Park, Lancaster 717-333-0443 Sundays May 24 - October 25
Rodale Institute 611 Siegfriedale Rd, Kutztown 610-683-6009 Thursday thru Saturday
Ephrata Whistlestop Market 16 E Main St, Ephrata Saturdays May - October May - October
Shillington Farmers Market 10 S Summit Ave, Shillington 610-777-7675 Year-round Thurs/Fri/Sat
Green Dragon Farmers Market & Auction 955 N State St, Ephrata 717-738-1117 Year-round Fridays
Lancaster Central Market 23 N Market St, Lancaster 717-399-9494 Year-round Tues/Fri/Sat Marietta Market Flanagan Park, Marietta Saturdays June - October Masonic Village Farm Market 1 Masonic Dr, Elizabethtown 717-361-4520 Monday thru Saturday Roots Country Market 705 Graystone Rd, Manheim 717-898-7811 Year-round Tuesdays only
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Dance Center, 120 College Ave, Mountville. $15/ drop-in. 717-285-0399. FeldenkraisBlog.com. Hand Drumming Class – 6-8pm. Master percussionist Pete Barnhart guides us through hand drumming techniques and African rhythms with African djembe and djun djun drums and bells. All levels welcome. Bring your drum or borrow one from us! $20. Earth Rhythms, 641 Penn Ave, Reading. 610-374-3730. Hormonal Metabolic Correction Seminar – 7-8pm. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays. Learn about a hormone-based weight loss program which addresses the root cause of slow metabolism and weight gain. Free. Call to register: BeBalanced Center, 484 Royer Drive, Lancaster. 717-569-3040. Light Vinyasa Yoga – 7-8pm. Suitable for beginners, intermediate and advanced students. Eileen Wieder Crone, RD, MS, EYRT-500. Suggested $5 donation. Moravian Manor, 300 W Lemon St, Lititz. 717-627-4258. Raw4Yoga.com.
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Chair Yoga – 9-9:45am. Yoga practice seated on a chair. Teri Butson RYT200. $5/class. Bright Side Opportunities Center, 515 Hershey Ave, Lancaster. 717-509-1342. New to Hatha Vinyasa Yoga – 10-11:15am. Links breath and movement. 8-weeks. $96. 129 E Orange St, Lancaster PA. 717-392-3992. YogaOnOrange.com. Vinyasa Class – 4:45-5:45pm. A flowing yoga practice. $5/class. Bright Side Opportunities Center, 515 Hershey Ave, Lancaster. 717-509-1342. Hatha Yoga with David – 6pm.-$15/class. Downdog Yoga, 525 Reading Ave, West Reading, 610373-7181. Meditation Group – 6-8pm. Guided meditation, walking meditation, social time/snack, spiritual teaching, and group discussion. $5. Friends Meeting House, 110 Tulane Terrace, Lancaster. For info contact Sue: 717-779-9951.
friday $5 Friday Yoga – 6-7pm. Ashtanga-basics. Improve alignment, flexibility and strength. Yoga on Orange, 129 E Orange St, Lancaster. 717-3923992. YOGAonOrange.com Qigong, Taiji (Tai Chi) – 6-7:30. Thru 6/12. Moving & Static Meditation Class. Traditional Yang Style Qigong and Taiji class suitable for any fitness level. $15 per class or special price if pre-paid for 10 sessions. Health by Design Clinic, 266 W Main St Leola. Call to register: 717-556-8103. HBDClinic.com.
saturday Gentle Yoga – 9:30-10:30am. Slower paced yoga great for beginners $12 Bridge Yoga Studio 1705 Lincoln Highway E. 717-330-1304 BridgeYogaStudio.com. Open House – 10am-1pm. Test your favorite essential oils, diffusers, products and more. Enter to win our weekly raffles. Classes taught by a Certified Clinical Aromatherapist offered. Josiah’s Oils, 8 Meadow Lane, Lancaster. 717-824-3222. JosiahsOils.com. DIF K9 Training Orientation Session – 11am12noon. Contact Pat at Training@difk9.com for more information and to register.Free. Godfrey’s Welcome to Dogdom, 4267 New Holland Rd, Mohnton. GodfreysDogdom.com. 610-777-5755. For Loved Ones of People in Recovery – 11am12:30pm. An opportunity for family members and loved ones of recovering addicts to learn about the disease, share and support each other. Free. Empowering for Life, 234 D West Main St, Leola. 717-656-8558. EmpoweringForLife.net.
thursday Morning Yoga with Karen – 9:30am. Rise and truly shine with this gentle practice, suitable for all levels. $10/class. Drop-ins welcome. Health By Design, 266 W Main St, Leola. 717-556-8103. HBDClinic.com. Silent Sitting Meditation – 5:30-6:30pm. (Doors open at 5pm). All are welcome to sit in silence for an hour, with freedom to take breaks or leave early. Free. Hosted by Craig Schollenberger, 4 Park Plaza, Ste 371, Wyomissing. 484-474-0984. MindfulnessInReadingAndBerks.com. Feldenkrais – 5:45pm. Awareness Through Movement with Donna Bervinchak. At Susquehanna Dance Center, 120 College Ave, Mountville. $15 / drop-in. 717-285-0399. FeldenkraisBlog.com Christian Recovery Support Group – 6-7:30pm. An opportunity for those recovering from addiction to share, learn and support each other. Free. Empowering for Life, 234 D West Main St, Leola. 717-656-8558. EmpoweringForLife.net. Fusion Wellness Yoga – 6-7pm. All levels class providing relaxation, and restoration. $15/class. Packages available. Fusion Wellness, 1895 Graystone Road, East Petersburg. 717-475-1381. FusionWellnessPA.com.
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Learn how your symptoms are connected, get answers, and achieve improved health and well being as we facilitate your body's ability to heal itself through acupuncture and naturopathic medicine. Specializing in hormone balancing and fertility. Visit the website for testimonials and more information. See ad, page 23.
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Dr. Martin J. Rodgers Dr. Bryan Rodgers Dr. Samuel Saikia 1717 Old Philadelphia Pike • Lancaster 717-393-9955 FamilyChiropracticLancaster.com Family Chiropractic We l l n e s s C e n t e r focuses on whole body health. Our doctors make a personalized program for each patient and use a multidisciplinary approach of corrective Chiropractic Care, Massage, Rehabilitation and/or Spinal Decompression to return the spine to it's natural alignment, taking pressure off the nervous system so the body can function with optimal health.
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Practitioner and teacher of the Chinese health, martial and healing arts for over 40 years, Mark offers individual or class sessions in Qigong, Taiji (Tai Chi), Emotional Balancing/Centering, Qigong For Recovery, and Meditation. He addresses the emotional aspect of diet and stress relief for our WIN System Weigh Loss Program. For details or to schedule an appointment call Health By Design Natural Clinic. See ad page 33.
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High quality, patient focused Chiropractic Care, Functional Diagnostic Medicine evaluation and treatment, and Massage Therapy. We focus on correcting the underlying causes of many disorders, diseases and conditions. Call for a complimentary consultation and benefit check. See ad page 17.
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We are a fullservice family dental practice providing 100% mercury-free restorations, quality non-surgical periodontal care, INVISALIGN, implant-retained dentures and partials. See ad page 30.
education THE NEW SCHOOL OF LANCASTER 935 Columbia Ave • Lancaster 717-397-7655 NewSchool.net
Offering outstanding Montessori education for toddlers to middle school students in a light-filled, historic space in Lancaster City. For 25 years, The New School has provided an excellent, nondenominational, educational opportunity in a childcentered, respectful, and caring environment. Accredited by The American Montessori Society and licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. See ad, page 8.
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HEALTH AND WELLNESS SUPPLIES HEALTH DEPOT WELLNESS CENTER
1571 Manheim Pike • Lancaster 717-509-4844 • 717-509-4434 • 717-509-7776 HDPWellness.com Health Depot is a complete wellness pharmacy providing for all your wellness needs including compounding for people and pets, vitamins, herbs and supplements, cough and cold care, nutritional support, home health medical equipment, immunizations, diabetic supplies, and more. Free delivery available in certain areas.
HYPNOSIS Elizabethtown Hypnosis
Jennifer Stumpf, Certified Hypnotherapist Elizabethtown Fitness Club, Lower Level 626 S Market St • Elizabethtown 717-951-7662 Jennifer-Stumpf@comcast.net ElizabethtownHypnosis.com Hypnotherapy is a combination of hypnosis and therapeutic intervention. Let me lead you on a journey towards positive change while you are in a deeply relaxed in a state of mind. Stop smoking, manage stress and pain, lose weight, reduce anxiety, enhance sports or study performance. Possibilities are limitless!
TRELLA DUBETZ
Sage Massage and Wellness 464 B N George St • Millersville 717-468-7523 Trella.VibrantScents.com TrellaDubetz.com Offering natural remedies to life's imbalances, essential oils create true wellness when in their raw, pure and potent form. They are powerfully therapeutic, promoting overall health, and supporting both physical and emotional well-being when simply used in the day to day. Free consults, massage and body work with essential oils, and weekly educational workshops available!
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Donna Bervinchak Feldenkrais / Child’Space Practitioner 3543 Marietta Ave, H1 • Lancaster 717-285-0399 FeldenkraisBlog.com
Helping adults recover from back & leg pain; and children with special needs reach developmental milestones through movement and touch. Learn to sit, stand and walk more efficiently based upon the natural sequence of functional development.
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PINNACLE HYPNOSIS & THERAPIES Lori Kleinsmith, Certified Hypnotist 202 S Third St • Hamburg (Inner Peace & Wellness Center) 610-823-4160 PinnacleHypnosis.com
Offering a full-range of hypnosis services. School-age children through adults receive compassionate, motivational and individualized sessions. Specializing in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Why are you suffering when help is available? Call today!
Integrative Medicine NICK D'ORAZIO, MD
Strasburg Health Associates 181 Hartman Bridge Rd • Ronks 717-687-7541 DrNickDorazio@gmail.com Physician board certified in integrative and holistic medicine employs a wide variety of treatment modalities including ayurveda, IV treatments including chelation, homeopathic, herbal, and nutritional medicine, natural injections, physical rehabilitation, and bodywork. Dr. D’Orazio is a physician who lives what he teaches.
Integrative Physical Therapy JONINA TURZI, DPT, CFMT, E-RYT
221 W Walnut St • Lancaster 717-380-3559 JoninaYogaTherapy@gmail.com JoninaTurzi.com WestendYogaStudio.com Dr. Turzi combines traditional physical therapy, osteopathic mobilization, neuromuscular therapy, and visceral manipulation with yoga and postural training in private sessions, studio group classes, and workshops.
Intuitive Consulting INTUITIVE CONSULTANTS
John Stewart CHt & Maggie Shetz CHt Lancaster 717-340-2121 IntuitiveConsultants.net Offering unique professional services to enhance your quality of life. Intuitive Readings in-person, Skype or phone, Past Life Regression, Hypnotherapy and CRV (to locate lost pets and valuables). We also offer Lectures, Workshops, Classes and Parties! Learn more at our website.
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MATTRESSES NATURAL/ORGANIC
EARTHBOUND ARTISAN
Timothy Seifarth 292 Duke Street • Ephrata 717-405-7941 EarthboundArtisan.com
GARDNER’S MATTRESS & MORE
Earthbound Artisan is a Tree Care and Landscape Design, Build, and Maintenance company that offers organic and holistic solutions for your surrounding ecosystem and environment. Certifications in Arboriculture (ISA), Landscape (PLANET-CLT-E), and Permaculture. See ad page 27.
MASSAGE THERAPY INTEGRATIVE MASSAGE & REIKI
830 Plaza Blvd • Lancaster 717-459-4570 GardnersMattressAndMore.com
Gardner’s is a locally owned mattress store offering a wide selection of quality natural and organic mattresses ranging from the luxurious to economical. Educating our customers on getting a good night’s sleep and the benefits of sleeping naturally and organically is our mission. To schedule your private sleep consultation, go to SleepLancaster.com/Natural. See ad, page 5.
NATUROPATH
Christina Rossi 632 Penn Ave • West Reading 610-451-9577 IntegrativeMassageReiki.com
HEALTH BY DESIGN NATURAL CLINIC
Integrative Massage & Reiki Healing Arts Studio provides a unique mind body spirit approach to wellness with a variety of holistic therapies including m a s s a g e t h e r a p y, R e i k i , aromatherapy, crystal therapy, and more. Sessions and classes are available. Christina Rossi is a NCBTMB approved CE provider. Please visit website for more information.
Jeannie Peck Traditional Naturopath Functional Nutrition Clinician 266 W. Main St • Leola 717-556-8103 HBDClinic.com Promoting an integrative functional medicine approach by educating others on how to improve health and prevent problems for both adults and children. See ad page 33.
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NATUROPATH HEALTH FOR LIFE CLINIC, INC Ann Lee, ND, L.Ac 112 Cornell Ave • Lancaster 717-669-1050 DoctorNaturalMedicine.com
Learn how your symptoms are connected, get answers, and achieve improved health and wellbeing as we facilitate your body's ability to heal itself through acupuncture and naturopathic medicine. Specializing in hormone balancing and fertility. Visit the website for testimonials and more information. See ad, page 23.
PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION HIGHER BRAIN LIVING Allison Dracha 26 Skyline Drive • Temple 484-772-6446 AllisonDracha.com AJDracha@gmail.com
Higher Brain Living® dissolves that gigantic brain block you’ve been carrying around with you for so long. This simple yet innovative technique can put all those experiences behind you. Once that block is released you can truly move forward in your life. What you dream about becomes your reality. See ad page 11.
NATURAL HOPE CENTER
Karen O’Connor, ND, MS, NCTMB 310 W Wyomissing Blvd • West Lawn 610-743-4788 NaturalHopeCenter.com We offer a wide variety of noninvasive techniques and therapies to bring the mind and body back to balance naturally, including nutritional counseling, h y p n o t h e r a p y, m a s s a g e , h e r b o l o g y, h o m e o p a t h y, acupressure /auricular therapy, and stress and pain management.
TREE OF LIFE HEALTH MINISTRIES Robert Miller, ND 15 Pleasure Rd • Ephrata 717-733-2003 TOLHealth.com
Experience a customized health plan to meet your individual needs. Our t e a m o f f e r s comprehensive wellness services including naturopathic consultations, nutrition, weight management and detoxification programs, DNA testing with customized nutritional support, TurboSonic sessions, stress management, craniosacral and massage therapy, clinical herbalist consults, exercise programs, prenatal and pediatric wellness and more. See ad, back cover.
ORGANIC HAIR SALON AMAZYNG STYLE AND RECLAIMED JEWELS
Tia Mazy, Owner Lora Ocasio, Stylist Amber Goodman, Stylist 4040 Penn Ave • Sinking Springs 610-741-6604 AmazyngStyleAndReclaimedJewels.com Amazyng Style is an ecofriendly salon specializing in organic hair color, and all natural make-up. All products are vegan and ammonia free. Reclaimed Jewels is a green boutique carrying recycled, repurposed, fair trade and organic merchandise.
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reiki LANCASTER REIKI CLINIC
Helene Williams Held at the office of Loeffler & Pitt 2131 Oregon Pike • Lancaster 717-269-6084 LancasterCommunityReikiClinic.com Offering thirty minute sessions to those who would like to experience the many benefits of Reiki. Clinic held the third Thursday of each month, from 6:30-8:30PM. Appointments must be scheduled in advance. Cost: By donation. Practitioners needed. Please call for more information.
SKIN/BODY CARE ELEMENTS TO WELLNESS
6 Hearthstone Court, Suite 106 • Reading 610-685-1761 ElementsToWellness.com We provide massage therapy, skin care, waxing, Reiki, reflexology, and aromatherapy services. All services are performed by licensed/ certified individuals in our private, spacious, relaxing suite. See ad page 24.
EMERGENCE SKIN CARE
Rashell Brunner 3695 Marietta Ave, Unit 2 • Lancaster 717-419-4766 Emergence.SkinCareTherapy.net At Emergence we customize all facials to make sure you get the best results. We use products with no artificial color or fragrance. From waxing, facials, peels, microderm, make-up to massage, we’ve got you covered. See ad page 19.
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Thermal Imaging AQUA BLUE DETOX
Lori Martin 50 Keystone Court • Leola 717-656-8615 AquaBlueDetox.net Offering digital infra-red Thermal Imaging for breast and body, a non-invasive imaging procedure for early detection of a number of diseases and physical injuries. Also providing detox therapies, a full-spectrum infra-red sauna, tapping, therapeutic massage, nutritional education, and more. See ad page 24.
ADVANCED THERMAL IMAGING Pamela Howard, DC, CCT 550 Coventry Dr • Mechanicsburg 259 N 6th St, Ste 2 • Columbia 866-522-3484 AThermalImage.com
Thermal Imaging offers a safe, non-invasive way to visualize potential health concerns for a proactive approach to health, including breast health & monitoring. We provide resources and educational support. Locations in Columbia and Mechanicsburg. See ad page 6.
wellness PATHWAYS TO HEALING
1817 Bernville Rd, Rte 183 • Reading 610-373-7935 PathwaysToHealingPa.com Celebrating 20 years of helping people find their path to optimal health and wellbeing through numerous holistic therapies. We offer various Massage Modalities, Acupuncture, Reflexology, Myofascial Release, Holistic Facial Therapies, Herbs, Nutritional Assessments, Supplements and Workshops. Please visit the website for more details. See ad, page 20.
YOGA/EDUCATION KULA KAMALA ASHRAM Sudha Allitt PhD ERYT PYT Ed Allitt ERYT PYT Additional Faculty & Staff 17 Basket Rd • Reading 484-509-5073 KulaKamalaFoundation.org
The ashram is a spiritual school providing educational programs in practical Yoga, Professional Yoga Therapy and holistic ministries. We offer 200YTT, 300YTT, 870PYT, holistic ministries, public classes, and more. We are one of only 20 schools accredited to provide Professional Yoga Therapy Certification. Kula Kamala Ashram: A place of peace. A space for healing. KulaKamalaFoundation.org. See ad, page 40..
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