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

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THAT MATTERS

Independent Media Tell Us the Truth

Dr. Rodney Soto, M.D.

by Linda Sechrist

WELLNESS AND

28 ZEN GOLF

HOLISTIC PHYSICIAN

Master the Mind to Master the Game

by Aimee Hughes

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What All the Food Labels Really Mean

by Judith Fertig

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Chilling Out Revives Body and Soul

by April Thompson

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39 MOM’S KITCHEN COUNTER COOKING SCHOOL

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40 SOIL SISTERS

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42 COOL CHOW

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love fireworks—any time and on all occasions— but my favorite display comes on the Fourth of July, because of what it represents, the day of our independence. My most vivid life memories are of major moments of independence, like the days I learned to ride a bike, drive a car and sail a boat.

None of these moments came without lessons, conformity or constraints; from the laws of man or Scott & Daralyn to those of Mother Nature, there were parameters to Chase independence. Yet these exhilarating moments were when I felt most inspired to protect my freedom.

I think about what our forefathers and -mothers must have imagined when they set sail for America to seek opportunities, fulfill their dreams and experience new freedoms. Their determination to protect human rights, individual liberties and sovereignty did not come easy, and it wasn't until the Declaration of Independence was signed that the fireworks began.

This month’s issue is exploding with stories that express the importance of independence, such as the editorial freedom enjoyed by our own local public radio station, WUWF-FM 88.1. Longtime Pensacola writer Mark O’Brien describes Executive Director Patrick Crawford’s long and winding road to promote the uniquely unbiased news and entertainment provided by public radio.

We continue to keep an eye on food and animal rights as society moves toward more local farm and craft-food purchasing. This month’s feature, “Locavore Lingo,” deciphers the terminology, guidelines and labels for locally raised food, offering greater clarity on the rights of farm animals to be treated humanely. Reiterating the need to protect our "right to know," it sets out clear and reliable standards of humane animal treatment. None of these rights is secure without public knowledge and tenacity by animal rights advocates.

The spectacular burst of fireworks we witness each Fourth of July leaves me awestruck every year, reminding me of the strength, courage and inspiration it takes to protect what is right. This patriotic holiday is a time to remember all that our country is and all that we can be, and it's also a time to celebrate our freedoms. So let’s relax, cook out and proudly wave the flag as we seek to become peacefully united.

Whether it's the wind in your hair or memories of moving away to start a new life that sparks that feeling of freedom, independence represents exuberance and joy. Long may it last!

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elissa and Keith Miller like to greet passersby with an energetic “Shine on!”—the catch phrase for Shine On Living, a new line of “skin quenchers” known locally as 30A SOL. The products provide natural, chemical-free, environmentally safe hydration and nutrients for skin exposed to sun and the elements.

While the Millers’ beach-based business, Shine On Living LLC, has been a dream for more than 30 years, it began to take shape in 2014, when they contacted their friend Bob Hamner, developer of sun- and skin-care products for Absolutely Natural in Melbourne, Florida, for whom Shine On Living is now a distributor. “Bob and his daughter, Kristina, had some cool formulations that they had been waiting to show some spa clients,” Keith says. “We started talking about liquid butters and various citrus puree blends, and Shine On Living was born.”

It took several months to develop the products, which contain only cosmetic-grade ingredients, most organically sourced. The Millers test-marketed them late last summer at a “lotion bar” kiosk at farmers’ markets. Now 30A SOL products—including Apres Sol Creme Puree, Bronze-Shimmer and Mango-Coconut Liquide Butters, Facial Smoothie, Active Recovery Gel and Renue and Recovery Mists—can be found in resorts, stores and spas along the Emerald Coast as well as at the 30A Farmers’ Market in Rosemary Beach. The Millers are also working with local spa and hotel owners to develop private-label and custom-fragrance products.

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EFT has interrelated physical and emotional benefits, Laird says. “The cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body’s energy system. When we release emotional stress, our Deborah J. Laird physical health improves dramatically. EFT combines tapping with your fingertips on specific acupressure points on your upper body while focusing on a specific event or emotion. The technique reduces the physical and/or emotional pain caused by the event or emotion, allowing the body to rebalance itself.”

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Church conducted pilot studies indicating that tapping can be an effective treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder— a conclusion later confirmed by independent studies. His research has been featured in well-known scientific journals, and he has been featured in national media such as USA Today, CNN and BBC.

“Learning EFT has been life-changing for me,” Laird says. “It is an amazing, simple, effective tool to take charge of your emotions. I have completed my practitioner training under Dawson Church and am thrilled to have him as my mentor as I continue my training for intermediate and expert certifications. My goal is to help as many people as possible achieve their emotional freedom.”

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esearchers reporting in the British medical journal The Lancet, analyzed 44 studies on calcium supplementation or dietary calcium and bone fractures and concluded, “Dietary calcium intake is not associated with risk of fracture and there is no current evidence that increasing dietary calcium intake prevents fractures.” Qualifying studies included more than 44,000 people.

A different meta-study from New Zealand’s University of Auckland, also published in The Lancet, reviewed 59 clinical and observational studies of calcium and bone density. The meta-analysis compared the effect of calcium doses of 500, 800 and 1,000 milligrams per day and found that bone density improvements ranged between 0.6 and 1.8 percent throughout the body during the first year of supplementation, but did not increase over time.

They concluded that the improvements in bone mineral density from calcium supplements were small and that results mirrored the increases seen from dietary sources, suggesting that neither method significantly improves bone health.

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n addition to alertness, energy drinks may also trigger abnormal heart rhythms and increased blood pressure.

Researchers from the School of Pharmacy at the University of the Pacific, in Stockton, California, tested 27 healthy adults. The volunteers were split into three groups—one drank two cans of an energy drink per day, another consumed the same amount of a drink with Panax ginseng and the third a similar-tasting placebo beverage.

The subjects were given cardiovascular testing before and after the trial. After three weeks, the group imbibing the energy drinks had a significant increase in abnormal heart rhythms and higher blood pressure. The ginseng and placebo groups saw no change in their heart conditions.

Sachin A. Shah, a doctor of pharmacy and professor at Pacific’s School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, says, “Our findings suggest that certain energy drinks may increase the risk of having an abnormal heart rhythm when consumed in high volumes. While we wait for more data, some consumers should exercise caution and not blindly follow the buzz.”

The Center for Science in Public Interest, a consumer health advocacy group, has reported that as of June 2014, 34 deaths have been associated with energy drinks.

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Manganese exposure is found in welding and high-octane gas fumes, among other sources; fluoride is used in many municipal water supplies, glass etching and chrome cleaners. Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate contained in many pesticides, including Dursban and Lorsban. While DDT has been banned from insecticides within the U.S., it is still contained in other agents, including petroleum distillates. DDT is also still used in some areas to spray for mosquitoes. PERC has often been used in dry cleaning and for degreasing metals. PBDEs appear as flame retardants and to make electronics, household goods, building materials, polyurethane foams, plastics and more.

The same researchers previously identified lead, methylmercury, polychlorinated biphenyls, arsenic and toluene as neurotoxins. The neurotoxin label means they affect the nervous system and can cause neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism, attention deficit disorders, dyslexia and others.

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A study of 455 people with low back pain found that osteopathic manipulation therapy (OMT) helped with their symptoms. The research, published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, gave each patient six osteopathic manual therapy sessions or a placebo treatment over a two-month period. Patients were tested before and a month afterward to assess the success of the treatments, using pain severity and mobility as the main criteria.

The research showed that those that started with higher disability scores of 17 or more prior to therapy had significantly less pain and more mobility. Patients with scores of seven or greater also improved, but not to the same degree.

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The researchers found that those with levels that were in the highest quarter had 5 percent to 8 percent longer telomeres compared to those with the lowest quartile of carotenoid levels.

Telomeres are located at the ends of DNA chromosomes and get shorter as we age. Longer telomeres indicate greater longevity.

Carotenoids are found in the yellow-to-red pigments in many yellow, red and orange foods. They are also contained in green foods where chlorophyll shields the yellow-red color. Alpha-carotenes are present in carrots, cantaloupes, mangoes, kale, spinach, broccoli and Brussels sprouts. Beta-carotene is found in some of the same foods, and also tomatoes, apricots and watermelons.

Beta-cryptoxanthin is found in papayas, apples and orange peels. Lutein and zeaxanthin are found in some of the same foods, along with kiwifruit, grapes, oranges, zucchini and squash.

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National Moth Week, held from July 23 to 31 (visit NationalMothWeek.org for podcast), has prompted the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) to encourage cities to install motion-sensitive dimming streetlights and is working to designate dark-sky parks that could provide a refuge for nocturnal species. The giant silk moth and other insects pollinate 80 percent of our food crops. In turn, their bodies sustain innumerable birds, rodents and bats. Entire ecosystems rest on their delicate, powdery wings.

Only two species of moths are protected under the Endangered Species Act, and three others have gone extinct in the past decade. Many populations are seeing declines of up to 99 percent. Between monoculture crops, pesticides, changing climate, urbanization and decreasing darkness due to artificial lighting, the future of night-flying moths is uncertain.

Their only goal is to reproduce, guided to suitable nesting grounds by the shadow of the moon; many moth species do not even have mouths. However, cities now glow brighter than a full moon, and ambient light pollution radiating from urban areas draws moths to their deaths. IDA Program Manager John Barentine says, “Every time a person turns off and shields a porch light on their house, they’re helping.”

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Large food companies that are switching to non-GMO (genetically modified) soy and corn products must still worry about their ingredients picking up GMO contamination through conventional supply chains.

Now, Captain Drake LLC, a North Dakota grain plant, has acquired its own million-bushel terminal with dedicated rail cars used exclusively for GMOfree grains. President Mark Anderson maintains, “We’ll be able to obtain the best non-GMO commodities from three regions: North Dakota, Minnesota and Manitoba, Canada.”

In a 2015 Nielsen study of 30,000 consumers, 43 percent rank non-GMO as very important and 80 percent said they would pay more for foods that indicate a degree of healthfulness. Sales of non-GMO products exceeded $10 billion last year and are growing.

Anderson explains, “The supply chain needs to be tightened up and moved domestically. We consider this to be another strategic asset for food and beverage clients seeking suppliers committed to guaranteeing the integrity and purity of non-GMO commodities.”

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Farm-to-Work

Fresh Veggies Come Direct to Offices Pioneering employers are now offering fresh vegetables to help employees improve their diet—and their health. Tech companies are even hiring professional chefs to prepare healthful lunches and snacks. In Texas, the Farm to Work program is making it easy and affordable for workers to pick up baskets of local produce at the office.

Participants aren’t required to pay an initial lump sum or commit to buying every week. Instead, they can sign up to receive produce in any given week. Other groups around the country are also looking into workplace produce delivery programs, and while many use the traditional community supported agriculture (CSA) model, others are experimenting with different procedures.

The Farm Fresh Program, in Bellingham, Washington, connects local farmers to employers interested in receiving weekly deliveries. Meanwhile, Farm2Work, in Arkansas, links local purveyors of produce, meat, eggs, dairy, pies, jams and jellies to area employers. New York’s Adirondack Harvest, a branch of the Cornell Cooperative Extension, started by helping a single farmer link to area employers.

The next step, says Teresa Whalen, the group’s southern chapter representative, is working to persuade insurance companies to subsidize workplace CSAs in the same way they’re starting to subsidize gym memberships.

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A paper published in Forest Ecosystems concludes that frugivores, large, fruit-eating animals like toucans, tapirs, curassows and spider monkeys, help to keep the woods healthy by eating fruits and spreading seeds. As traps for carbon and an effective defense against global warming, forests collectively absorb up to 30 percent of the world’s CO2 emissions and store more than 1,600 gigatons of carbon in the soil.

“You have a lot of large birds that play a fundamental role for large trees,” says study author Mauro Galetti. “They increase the likelihood that seeds will turn into actual photosynthesizing plants.”

However, big, tropical birds are constantly under threat of hunting, poaching and habitat loss; the International Union of Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources’ Red List notes that 14 of the world’s 16 toucan species, for instance, are decreasing in population. The study found that without the help of high-capacity frugivores, there would be no way for larger seeds to grow into the towering trees that store carbon best.

Scientists now want to research individual species to calculate how much each animal’s services are worth in terms of battling climate change. Putting a dollar amount on a species, say Galetti, could be the only way to persuade governments to protect it.

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Low-Cost Largesse

Nonprofit Grocery Sells Good Food at Low Prices The biggest challenge to healthy eating in poor neighborhoods isn’t always access to healthy food; it’s whether people can afford to buy it. A year ago, Doug Rauch, former president of Trader Joe’s, opened Daily Table, a nonprofit grocery in Boston, to take action. It gathers nutritious food that would otherwise be wasted and then sells it at low prices. After learning about food insecurity in the U.S. and that approximately 40 percent of the food we grow is thrown out, Rauch decided to address both problems by offering this new option for people that don’t want handouts.

The store now has 5,000 members and hundreds of daily customers, with plans to expand to new locations. “The challenge we have in America is that the food system is designed from the farm on up to create calories that are cheap and nutrients that are expensive,” he says. “People on the lowest economic rung get squeezed the hardest.”

Rauch partners with vendors to get excess food, such as fruit just slightly too ripe to make it through the standard supermarket system, that chefs turn into readyto-eat meals like prepared salads and soups, or entrées that can cost less than $2.

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Sustainable Ways to Enjoy Sand and Surf When eco-conscious families hit the beach this summer, there’s more to be aware of than just picking up trash like drink containers, wrappers and found litter. Here are some other ways we can enhance our beach and water experiences while upping fitness benefits.

Rising water levels and severe weather events have damaged coastlines, so extra care is needed.

When setting up a beach spot, stay away from sand dunes and pockets of beach grass that serve as natural defenses against beach erosion. Also watch out for marked-off turtle hatching spots; prime nesting season is May through October, according to the nonprofit Turtle Conservancy. Teach kids not to chase birds. Walk around shorebirds to cause minimal disturbance; it’s stressful dodging danger during meals and wastes precious energy stores.

Walking on soft sand is like a weight-training workout, as detailed in Michael Sandler and Jessica Lee’s Barefoot Walking book.

Polluting chemicals enter waterways via fertilizer and industry runoff and accidents like the BP Gulf oil spill; don’t contribute more by using sunscreen that contains oxybenzine, which reportedly alters hormone function. The Environmental Working Group (ewg.org) maintains an online guide of safe sunscreens. The Huffington Post also suggests that we can make our own by mixing zinc oxide (a sunblocking agent), coconut oil (soothes and conditions skin), beeswax (for waterproofing) and tea tree oil (soothes and repairs skin and smells good).

The same care applies to chemical hair dyes, shampoos, conditioners and straighteners. Patronize clean, green salons that use natural hair treatments free of synthetic chemicals, ammonia or para-phenylenediamine (PPD). Or search “nontoxic hair care” online.

Plan a visit to coincide with a public volunteer beach cleanup event. Check with national organizations like Keep America Beautiful (kab.org) and local or countywide groups, as well as social media sites for group activities.

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Laser Focus

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Emerald Coast Podiatrist Takes the Lead with Nonsurgical Treatments

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t’s no coincidence up with the latest in that there have FDA-approved treatbeen fewer surgerments for podiatric ies performed lately problems, and perhaps at Emerald Coast because he’s an athlete Podiatry. In the four himself, he’s especially months since Dr. interested in alternaCosimo Ricciardi tives to surgery, which became the first area can be debilitating in podiatrist to offer its own right. Achilles new, nonsurgical tendonitis, for examtreatments targeting ple, is an excruciating inflamed tendons condition that deand joints—a major mands treatment, but source of chronic surgery—long the defoot and ankle pain— fault option—requires many of his patients four to six weeks in a Cosimo Ricciardi have found relief cast, another four to without going under the knife. six weeks of physical therapy, and as

While Ricciardi says surgery is still long as a year before the resumption of a highly effective option, and the only normal activities. viable one for some patients, he’s seen

So when the FDA recently appositive results with every patient he’s proved the two new nonsurgical treated using low-intensity laser light treatments for foot and ankle pain, therapy and amniotic fluid injections, Ricciardi was quick to enroll in training both recently approved by the US Food so he could offer them to patients who and Drug Administration. might benefit from them. While they

“My surgical numbers are going haven’t made foot surgery obsolete, he down a little bit,” he says, “but hey, says, they enable him to offer first and that’s fine by me.” second lines of less-invasive treatment

Ricciardi makes it a habit to keep before he turns to a surgical solution.

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Laser therapy can be used for acute or chronic conditions, he says.

“When treating acute conditions with laser therapy, it’s particularly effective when it’s administered as soon as possible following injury, assuming there’s no active hemorrhaging. The faster the inflammation is reduced and the healing process can begin, the better. In the case of acute injury, laser therapy helps restore the body to normal function quicker.”

For chronic conditions, he uses laser therapy to essentially turn a chronic inflammatory process into a more acute inflammatory process— “something your body deals with with much better success. It turns on this whole cascade of healing options that your body inherently has, but has chosen not to implement.”

While laser therapy is still a new service at Emerald Coast Podiatry, Ricciardi says he’s seen only positive results in the 25 to 30 patients he’s treated, including a 10-year-old competitive dancer, middle-aged weekend athletes and seniors with chronic foot and ankle pain. “It works. It’s crazy. I’m very excited about it,” he says.

He’s also been pleased so far by amniotic fluid injections, which can be used in combination with laser treatments or instead of them, as a second option to try before surgery.

With either technique, he says, the idea is to treat not just the pain, but also the source of the pain. Combined with strategies to help patients avoid the repetitive actions that caused the problem in the first place, these new techniques allow him to create individualized treatment plans that are both preventive and healing.

“So we deal with the hurt now, and then we implement some strategies to keep them from hurting (the injury further),” he says. “You put those two together, and they have a good rate of keeping people out of the hospital room.”

No Fungus Among Us

Laser therapy can also keep feet out of closed-toe shoes.

While toenail fungus (medical name: onychomycosis) might not be as

debilitating as an inflamed Achilles tendon, it is painful and embarrassing, and it affects more than 32 million Americans. Ricciardi says he’s had frustrated patients try all kinds of odd homegrown treatments—including vinegar, yellow mustard and Vicks VapoRub—before they finally gave up and came to him.

Now he can offer them a state-of-theart (and unscented) way to get back into their summer sandals.

An added bonus of laser treatments is that they’re quick—five to ten minutes—and they actually feel good. “Depending on the laser, it can create little to no sensation or it can create a gentle, soothing warmth,” Ricciardi says. “Many patients who

receive laser therapy treatments enjoy the experience, especially when we use a massage-ball treatment head to deliver what’s often referred to as a ‘laser massage.’”

These new, nonsurgical techniques are changing the way podiatry is practiced—and leading the way on the Emerald Coast is Dr. Cosimo Ricciardi, who believes that cutting-edge medicine often means no cutting at all.

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aring for an elderly or ill loved one can be logistically difficult, physically exhausting and emotionally grueling—and the vast majority of home caregivers assume the job with no experience and few resources. Tena Scallan, who for 25 years ran a home care agency serving Gulf Coast residents in three states, has gift-wrapped her own vast experience and resources in the form of a 400-page book, The Ultimate Compassionate Guide to Caregiving: A Simple Blueprint for Dealing with Today’s Healthcare Crisis Combined with Years of Wisdom and Sound Advice.

A 2015 study by the AARP Public Policy Institute and the National Alliance for Caregiving estimates that 34.2 million Americans provided unpaid care to someone age 50 or older in the previous 12 months. The challenges to these millions of caregivers are well documented, and plenty of books have been written to acknowledge those challenges and uplift the caregivers. But Scallan’s book is less “You can do it” than “How to do it,” covering every facet of caregiving, from flossing someone else’s teeth (or cleaning his dentures), to shopping for and preparing nutritionally balanced meals, to assessing eligibility for government assistance.

The information Scallan provides here is nothing short of encyclopedic, and in fact her book is formatted to be used as a reference tool, not read from

cover to cover. The exhaustive table of contents—outlining 16 chapters on matters physical, psychological, financial, medical, logistical and legal, plus two chapters serving as a documentation planner and resource guide— makes an excellent index, although there is a separate index at the back of the book as well. And the information in the book is typically presented in bite-sized pieces (bulleted lists, quick tips and so forth) that stressed caregivers can digest in a hurry.

Scallan devotes an entire chapter to the physical well-being of the caregiver, particularly the mechanics of assisting a patient who is unstable or unable to support his own body weight. But much of her advice applies to caregiver and patient alike, as so many caregivers are elderly themselves.

Her chapters on Legalities (e.g., reverse mortgage FAQs) and Safety (e.g., what to do if your car breaks down) should

be required reading for any senior, disabled or not.

All this nuts-and-bolts information is available elsewhere—just not all in one place. But what readers won’t find elsewhere are Scallan’s equally pragmatic tips for communicating clearly and sidestepping confrontation. This wise counsel—obviously the product of long experience—helps protect one of the most important and fragile aspects of caregiving: the relationship between loved ones who’ve been thrust into the difficult roles of patient and caregiver.

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Caregiving has always been Tena Scallan’s passion. She began caregiving as a 14-year-old candy striper, earned a degree in medical/business administration, and worked in several administrative capacities at Humana Hospital in New Orleans and then a rehabilitation center in Slidell, Louisiana. After running a home health agency in Louisiana for seven years, Scallan launched own caregiving business with great success. Ten years later, she gave up the business to move to Florida, but still she was constantly asked to share her professional wisdom. She began compiling it—and The Ultimate Caregiver was born.

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REAL NEWS THAT MATTERS Independent Media Tell Us the Truth

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n virtually all aspects of life, we are influenced consciously or subconsciously by mainstream media messages. Today, six media giants—Comcast, The Walt Disney Company, Twenty-First Century Fox, Time Warner, Viacom and DirecTV—control the vast majority of what we watch on TV and in movies, listen to on the radio and read in books, newspapers and magazines. According to Ben Bagdikian, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of The New Media Monopoly, this handful of conglomerates form a cartel that wields enough influence to affect U.S. politics and define social values.

Thirty years ago, before many mergers and acquisitions, 50 corporations owned nearly all of American media.

Today’s infotainment and rhetoric, misrepresented as news, is leading millions to conclude that these colossal powers do not exist to objectively report the truth.

Mainstream Media’s True Colors

Although a recent Gallup Poll reflects Americans’ lack of trust in mainstream media’s reporting of news fully, fairly and accurately, fair reporting was what HarperCollins, a prominent publisher, expected upon the 2016 release of 24

New York City holistic psychiatrist Dr. Kelly Brogan’s A Mind of Your Own: The Truth About Depression and How Women Can Heal Their Bodies to Reclaim Their Lives. They were shocked when the book was boycotted.

“The New York Times, Dr. Oz and Good Morning America refused to schedule author interviews or write book reviews. There wasn’t a whisper anywhere on mainstream media about my evidenced-based book on how women can holistically recover from depression without a single prescription. HarperCollins was baffled. I was their first credentialed author who spoke out against pharmaceuticals,” says Brogan.

So Brogan turned to independent outlets, including print, online and social media, her own website, newsletter lists and word-of-mouth. Her work soon broke through into three of the top bestselling book lists: USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly and The New York Times. That example serves as clear proof of the importance and power of independent media to furnish the public helpful and in-depth information on wide-ranging topics that mainstream broadcast media typically only cover in 30- to 60-second blurbs or not at all.

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Dr. Mark Hyman, chair of the Institute of Functional Medicine and director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, learned Brogan’s lesson early on. “Independent media have been crucial in disseminating my life’s work. Given the misinformation being spread by regular news and government channels about weight and health, we deserve to hear the truth about what’s in our food, toxins in our environment and how we can truly heal our bodies,” says Hyman, a nine-time bestselling author.

Independent Voices

Today’s independent media landscape shifts at warp speed. With 24/7 Internet access to websites, both groundbreaking journalism and grassroots perspectives appear in original articles and blogs. Outlets include independent online radio, TV shows, newspapers, filmmakers and “citizen journalists” armed with smart phones instantly transmitting images and updates via YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. From a growing recognition that such media play a vital role in shaping a more informed and engaged citizenry, more attention is again being paid to the need for real news that matters. Breaking the reign of junk food news generators is the mission of ProjectCensored.org, a media research program at California’s Sonoma State University.

Billions of dollars are spent annually on webinars, podcasts and e-books exploring health and healing, self-help, spiritual enlightenment and creativity, indicating a reading audience with a hunger for deeper wisdom. Since 1973, New Dimensions Radio, co-founded and hosted by Justine Willis Toms, has featured many of the world’s most respected wisdom keepers. “Guests exclaim how refreshing it is to speak in-depth and at length. Mainstream, commercially based media consistently present sound bites on how things are breaking down and not working, without opening thought to constructive visions for a future that benefits all life and the planet,” says Toms.

“Independent media have broken away from dependence on the moneyed interests holding tight reins on the news and information they publish. Because we’re listener-supported, public radio is

free to explore a wide range of timely and timeless topics,” he says.

Leaning away from one-sided views gives independent media space to expand people’s perspectives and positive expectations for the future.

The seven-time Pulitzer Prize-winning Christian Science Monitor international news organization was established in Boston over a century ago to till human thought and thereby improve human lives via an uplifted journalistic standard.

“Its quiet insistence for human rights and against tyranny; for generosity and against selfishness; for intelligence, charity, courage, integrity and most of all, for progress and hope—surely that has helped,” remarks John Yemma, current columnist and former editor.

“We work to uncover where progress is occurring, even though headlines proclaim the contrary. There are always two sides to a story,” says Susan Hackney, a senior director with the Monitor, which consistently resists the sensational in favor of the meaningful.

Magazines such as Natural Awakenings, Mother Jones, The Optimist and Yes! are likewise stirring up conversations on meaningful issues via larger perspectives with a focus on tangible solutions. They address such areas as the damaging health and environmental effects of genetically engineered food, championed by Jeffrey Smith, founder of the Institute for Responsible Technology.

“Europe could kick genetically modified ingredients (GMO) out of their food supply because their mainstream media covered the health dangers, while U.S. mainstream media ignored them and kept Americans in the dark.

Independent media in the U.S. enable democracy and consumer-inspired transformations of all kinds. Knowledge has organizing power,” advises Smith.

Success Stories

With Fran Korten at its helm, the adfree, subscription-supported, nonprofit Yes! is helping to reframe our biggest issues. “Mainstream media, dependent upon advertisers that would have us believe that we can buy happiness, celebrate stories of the rich and powerful, leaving everyone else feeling small and powerless. Independents can help resist such ways of seeing the world, help people see a different path to suc-

We in America are the best entertained and least informed society in the world. ~Neil Postman, media theorist and educator cess and happiness and perceive themselves as change agents.

Together, we share engaging stories of how people are carving out new ways of living that hold the hope of a world more in balance with the living Earth and where everyone’s inherent worth and dignity are recognized,” says Korten.

Allan Savory, founder of the Savory Institute and originator of a holistic land management systems approach to recover and preserve sustainable resources, underscores the need for change leaders and independent thinkers. “As we ponder who they might be, we realize it’s not those that discover new, counterintuitive insights, but those that spread the knowledge. The groundbreakers are pioneers like writers, poets, artists, speakers and social networkers. After 50 years of trying to understand the intense institutional resistance to and ridiculing of my work of managing complexity in a simple manner, holistic management is now quickly spreading globally. This is only due to social networking, independent writers and my TED talk that went viral,” observes Savory.

Laurie McCammon, change leader and author of Enough! How to Liberate Yourself and Remake the World with Just One Word, contracted with independent publisher Red Wheel Weiser to get her message out. “It’s been building awareness of forbidden knowledge—that we each have unrealized potential to affect reality by changing our thoughts. We can nurture a shift in global culture away from an existing way of life that has bred fear, lack and a belief in scarcity,” explains McCammon.

She suggests that to preview a new vision of, “I am enough and have enough,” and, “We are enough and have enough,” we should look to the fertile fringes; small communities of intentional and conscious people actively reinvent-

ing society. “Look at what independent media are reporting on; as well as their unprecedented use of new terms such as organic, wellness, sustainability, permaculture, transition town, sharing economy, social responsibility, biomimicry and the butterfly effect,” says McCammon.

The existing worldview, with all of its core assumptions and rules, aims to restrain awakening individual and collective consciousness. McCammon observes, “As long as the ‘old story’ was told repeatedly by mainstream media with conviction, it could command our attention and make us doubt our inner story. Trusting that the outer world had our own best interests in mind meant that there was no need to turn within.

This is changing. Thanks to farseeing, courageous and strong enough independent media, there’s been an overturning to a more wholesome story of mind-body-spirit, abundance, innovation, collaboration and cooperation.”

Mainstream and independent media coexist like two sides of a coin.

Mainstream media’s talking heads tell us how to act and think while independent media invite us to engage, educate and think for ourselves, dig deeper and take action. Without independent media, we would know little about the benefits of the ever-evolving grassroots movement of holistic, alternative, complementary, integrative and functional medicine. Nor would we know the truth about climate change; the health advantages of plant-based diets and community gardens; food deserts and nutrition-related illnesses; the prevalence of environmental toxins; signs of spiritual progress; alternative education; and the benefits of eco-villages to people and the planet.

Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings. Connect at ItsAllAboutWe.com. natural awakenings

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News Without the Noise at WUWF

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at Crawford’s office is quiet and peaceful, not at all like the offices of most local radio executives.

That’s because he runs one of the few media outlets in Northwest Florida that’s not owned by a large corporation. Its airwaves aren’t dominated by snarky disc jockeys, angry talk show hosts or screaming commercials.

Instead, the voices on WUWF-FM 88.1 calmly discuss news, invite opposing viewpoints and look for solutions, both conventional and unexpected.

“We’re an oasis in the media landscape,” says Crawford, executive director of the station, which is heard across Northwest Florida and Southeast Alabama.

Listeners As Owners

A noncommercial station owned by the University of West Florida, WUWF

enjoys great editorial freedom, Crawford says. “I’ve been here almost 35 years, and they’ve never tried to censor or suggest anything.”

He says there’s a “firewall” that keeps the university administration from telling him what stories to cover. In turn, a firewall between him and News Director Sandra Averhart, a longtime journalist, gives her the power to decide what is news and what’s not.

Crawford considers listeners to be the station’s true owners—in part because they provide more than half its funding through subscriptions and donations. “We mainly belong to our listeners,” he says.

So WUWF staffers try to anticipate their audience’s desires for information, whether it’s on current events, foreign affairs, health issues, the environment, the

WUWF Turns 35 Housed at the University of Florida, WUWF began broadcasting in 1981, thanks to the efforts of the late Dr. Thomas Perry and scores of volunteers who wanted a local alternative to commercial radio.

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I considers listeners to be the station’s true owners —in part because they provide more than half its funding through subscriptions and donations. ~ Patrick Crawford, executive director UWUF economy’s twists and turns, or any of the myriad topics that pop up in the news.

“Our mission is to do our best to create an informed citizenry” and provide “information they can trust,” he says.

Crawford hears some complaints that public radio is biased toward liberals, but he notes that they tend to come from conservatives who don’t understand that WUWF is trying to provide balanced news coverage. Not to pick a fight with Fox News, he says, but “we are fair and balanced.”

WUWF also carries a weekly show, “On the Media,” that dissects news coverage and points out gaffes by commercial and public media alike.

On The Air

WUWF has its own staff to cover local news, and it has access to news on a wide variety of other subjects thanks to its affiliations with National Public Radio, Florida Public Radio and Public Radio International.

The station doesn’t want to simply report what happens, Crawford says; it also tries to add context and search for solutions to issues—an approach shunned by many media.

Diane Rehm, who hosts a daily talk show distributed by NPR, exemplifies this approach, he says. She insists on civility even when guests have widely divergent viewpoints, and she challenges guests and listeners to offer constructive ideas rather than rant about problems.

Crawford is no fan of news media that pander to the far left or the far right.

“The media have added to the polarization of our country,” he says. “The pundits never have solutions. They just tear into each other.”

Who’s Listening?

WUWF has an audience that many advertisers would envy. Its listeners tend to be among the most educated and affluent of local radio audiences, Crawford says, citing data from Nielsen, a global information and measurement company.

As a nonprofit station, WUWF doesn’t accept advertising, but it accepts sponsorships, which prohibit a business from touting its services or products. On-air acknowledgment of a sponsor can take no more than 20 seconds and contain no qualitative message, according to Federal Communications Commission rules for noncommercial stations. This means, for example, that a sponsor can be identified as an attorney, but not a “boardcertified” attorney. WUWF takes these guidelines a step further, insisting that staffers, not sponsors, read all on-air sponsorship messages.

Still, Crawford says, there’s a good payoff for businesses that sponsor programming on WUWF: “Public radio listeners are loyal to us, and they’re loyal to our sponsors.”

Changing Radio

Like most other media, radio now offers audiences many more ways to access information than it did just a few years ago.

For one thing, radio listening is no longer “by appointment.” Websites, internet streaming and online archives let listeners choose when and how they enjoy a station’s offerings. WUWF has a robust website; its WUWF FM-2 provides classical music, and WUWF FM-3 offers a newsreader service.

Technology also gives more depth to news coverage. News Director Averhart may have time on air for only a five-minute excerpt of a 30-minute interview. However, she can post the entire interview at WUWF.org, where listeners can hear it in its entirety at their convenience.

But even as it adopts new technology, WUWF stays calm and follows its own course in covering the news.

“There’s a lot of hype out there,” Crawford says. “Nobody’s yelling here.”

Mark O’Brien, a longtime journalist, author and editor, lives in Pensacola.

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Check out “Living on Earth” with Steve Curwood. This PRI program, which airs weekly on WUWF, carries news, features, interviews and commentary on a broad range of ecological issues.

Radio Legend To Visit Pensacola

Garrison Keillor, longtime host of the live radio variety show “A Prairie Home Companion,” will be at the Saenger Theatre in Pensacola on September 26, telling stories and entrancing audiences with a variety of humorous tales. “A Prairie Home Companion” attracts more than 4 million listeners to WUWF and 600 other public radio stations each week. Keillor also hosts a daily radio and online program, “The Writers Almanac,” and is a best-selling author.

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at Crawford is big on exercise—really big. In 2007, he walked 1,000 miles from Jacksonville to Washington, D.C., and in 2009, he bicycled 2,200 miles from Pensacola to Ontario, Canada. One reason for his epic excursions: to promote awareness of public radio in general and WUWF in particular.

His exploits raised money for the station, but Crawford himself benefited too. He did much of his walking along Highway 17, a once-popular road rendered obsolete by the Interstate. He made a point of eating lunch at momand-pop restaurants, visiting with locals and hearing their stories. “It was a very powerful experience,” he says.

The bicycle ride retraced parts of the Underground Railroad, the route taken by American slaves as they fled toward freedom in Canada—a compelling history lesson Crawford shared with WUWF listeners as he called in daily with updates on his travels.

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remember the moment I had what I call my ‘golf game epiphany,’” recalls Steve Hughes, a passionate golfer from Richmond, Missouri. “I realized that my main obstacles were in my head, and from that day on, my golf game changed.”

In any athletic or fitness endeavor, the pursuit of excellence unfolds an array of challenges. While golf presents some of the toughest hurdles to improvement, any links enthusiast can better their game by acquiring a champion’s mindset. Applying a few Zen techniques and disciplines adapted from the Buddhist tradition of mindful awareness—which teaches that the mind is everything—can work wonders.

Zen Golf master and performance psychologist Joe Parent, Ph.D., of Ojai, California, advises: “The key is finding a way to let the ‘thinking’ mind do all the preliminaries to physical performance—selecting a target, judging the lie, gauging weather influences, etc.—and then letting our ‘intuitive’ mind take over, enabling our body to make a swing that’s free from second-guessing ourselves.” He calls the optimal playing mentality, “Not too tight, not too loose.” It’s the sweet spot that allows us to perform

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via our best self. Some key techniques prepare us to find and reside in this just-right Goldilocks place of being not too hot and not too cold.

Developing mental fortitude takes us even further than we can imagine.

Mastery is born from discipline, focused attention and a deep core desire to adopt habits and behaviors that will upgrade our mindset.

Author of Zen Golf: Mastering the Mental Game, Parent teaches his students to enter a state that he calls “trusting versus trying.” He teaches a “one stroke at a time” approach, which emphasizes awareness of being in the present moment, as many contemplative spiritual traditions do.

When the golfer is deeply engaged in the present moment with just the right level of emotional intensity, free of distractions and worries about future swings, they become integrated with what’s taking place on the course in the here and now to the point of total absorption.

In yoga, pranayama, or breathing techniques, are employed to promote relaxation in the mind and body. The Zen approach to golf uses breath work to allow body and mind to make the most fluid and powerful golf swing

possible for the player. “The single factor that sets apart the top performers in any athletic discipline from the rest of us is their state of mind,” says Craig Perkins, a yoga master and founder of the Yandara Yoga Institute, in Baja California, Mexico. “From all my years of yogic study, there’s one teaching that always sticks with me: If we want to master our game, whether it’s golf, yoga or chess, we must first and foremost master our mind.” Practitioners maintain that, meditation can take our mental game to its optimal level and Perkins believes, “Meditation is the number one practice for cultivating self-trust.”

Positive visualization, which can be supported by meditation, is another method champion golfers leverage to improve their performance levels. Parent teaches his students, “Establish a clear image in your mind’s eye, and the body will follow.” Repeating this technique with every shot helps the golfer cultivate the habit of positive visualization by seeing the results.

Physical prowess is of little consequence if our mental game is off.

Under the intense pressure of a golf match, execution suffers when performance anxiety isn’t kept under control.

While many golfers have what it takes to succeed—the requisite native ability, experience, technique and talent—mental hang-ups can cause them to call it a day. Detrimental habits can undermine our self-confidence, as well as our score.

The solution lies in pinpointing what’s behind them and applying pertinent Zen techniques to either gradually alleviate or winningly work with them.

Hughes, who makes his home overlooking the greens of Shirkey Golf Course, says, “It’s about getting out of your own way. When you’re at one with the game as it presents itself, you know your game will be much better than when your mind is racing off to work issues, family dramas and all the other usual life stuff. When I learned how to establish myself in this present moment awareness, not only did my golf game change for the better, so did the rest of my life.”

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

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ocally grown foods are more likely to have been bred for flavor and nutrition than durability and a long shelf life, says Emily Akins, outreach director for the Kansas City Food Circle, a cooperative that links residents with farmers that grow and raise organic and free-range food. An added benefit is getting to know the farmer and being able to ask the questions—and receive the answers—that are important to us.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports that local food sales totaled $12 billion in 2014, up from $5 billion in 2008. They continue to grow.

Organic or Certified Organic Consumers want to know the difference between organics and certified organics.

Today’s number of U.S. certified organic operations has jumped nearly 300 percent since 2002 to more than 21,700.

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how foods are grown and raised, it is not always possible for certain foods in some climates. Sometimes there’s a tradeoff in buying organic foods in the carbon footprint of its transport to market.

According to the Sweetwater Organic Community Farm, in Tampa, Florida, “Organic refers to a specific method of growing and processing foods, and is defined as produce grown, packaged and stored without synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides or irradiation.”

To be considered certified organic under the Code of Federal Regulations 7 CFR Part 205, products must meet these standards: n No harmful chemicals have been applied to the land for at least three years. n Farmers and processors are inspected annually by a certifying agency. n Farmers and processors must keep detailed records of practices. n Farmers are required to maintain a written organic management plan.

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When we buy local cheese, poultry or meat at the farmers’ market, we sometimes see a certified humane notice. One such producer is Baetje Farms, outside St. Louis, Missouri. Their highly regarded goat cheeses offer traceability via a lot number, so buyers can know exactly which milking the cheese came from.

In factory farming, which often involves penning or caging animals that never go outdoors, “certified humane” means that this producer meets Humane Farm Animal Care standards: n Fed a nutritious diet without antibiotics or hormones. n Provided proper shelter with resting areas and sufficient space. n Animals have the ability to behave naturally.

Veronica Baetje says her farm’s goats receive organic mineral supplements and locally grown alfalfa hay in addition to pasture grass every day. She adds, “They are free to choose what they prefer to do, whether skip and run up a hill, lie under the shade of a tree, soak up some sunshine or play with their herd mates.”

Wild Food At times, farmers’ markets will offer foraged foods from the wild or wild game. Sources are listed online at EatWild.com. “Few of us will go back to foraging in the wild, but we can learn to forage in our supermarkets, farmers’ markets and from local farmers to select the most nutritious and delicious foods available,” says founder Jo Robinson, in Vashon, Washington.

For example, Dave and Sue Whittlesey, at High Wire Ranch, in Hotchkiss, Colorado, raise bison (buffalo) and elk that they sell both through local stores and at the Aspen Saturday Market. The wild game is 100 percent pasture-fed, non-GMO (no genetically modified feed), gluten-free and not

The USDA reports that 160,000 farmers nationwide are currently selling to their local markets given hormones or any antibiotics unless the animal is sick.

Trusted Sources The land, climate and growing season dictate the best natural farming practices for each area, often described along with their products on farm and farmers’ market websites.

Wisconsin’s Dane County Farmers’ Market, in Madison, provides detailed descriptions of farm products and agricultural practices so customers can make informed choices. Sometimes, the type of farm makes a difference.

“We are intentionally human scale,” says Virginia Goeke, of Sylvan Meadows Farm, in Viroqua, Wisconsin. “We choose to husband our land to promote harmony and synergy. We are creating a sustainable farm ecosystem where herbal meadows, prairies, heirloom gardens, orchards, woodlands, and rare breeds of livestock and wildlife flourish.”

Sometimes, we’d just like someone else to do the food curating for us. The Kansas City Food Circle requires member farmers to take a pledge to follow certain agricultural practices. “When you buy food from our members, you can rely on the co-op’s pledge that it’s been certified naturally grown or that the farmer has USDA Organic certification,” says Akins.

Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative, the joint effort of 100 small-scale family farms providing fresh, organic, seasonal produce, in Leola, Pennsylvania, gives similar assurances.

The USDA reports that 160,000 farmers nationwide are currently selling to their local markets via farmers’ markets, community supported agriculture organizations, restaurants, groceries and institutions, generating health, social, economic and environmental benefits for local communities. It keeps growing because we keep asking questions.

Judith Fertig blogs at AlfrescoFood AndLifestyle.blogspot.com.

Animal Welfare Lexicon

by Tracey Narayani Glover

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eciphering the significance of food labels can be daunting, particularly when seeking to understand what they mean for animal welfare. U.S. food labeling laws are notoriously weak, resulting in vague and sometimes misleading marketing claims.

Legally, there is no definition of humane, which means that industry organizations are left to define this and other terms themselves. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) simply verifies that these companies comply with their own self-defined standards.

Certified organic animals and freerange birds must be allowed outdoor access, yet these standards do not define the amount, duration or quality of access required. For example, the Certified Organic label doesn’t set any space requirements for animals housed indoors, nor prohibit the use of farrowing crates or gestation stalls which can be so small that the confined animals can’t turn around or roll over.

The Cage-Free label indicates that eggs came from hens that were never confined to a cage and have had unlimited access to food, water and the freedom to roam. The reality is that most cage-free hens spend their entire lives in a shed where, due to overcrowding, they have barely more space than caged birds. Also, under all labels, it’s standard industry practice to kill the male chicks born to the egg industry.

The Cage-Free label is particularly misleading when placed on anything other than egg cartons, because chickens raised for meat are never caged.

Under most of the common labels, including Certified Organic, Cage-Free and Free-Range, physical mutilations such as horn removal, tail docking, debeaking and castration are permitted, and in most cases, providing pain relief is not required during these procedures.

Animals form strong bonds with their young.

In sanctuaries, pigs spend their lives with their piglets, mother cows form immediate and lifelong bonds with their calves, and chickens protect and communicate with their chicks.

The routine practice of separating mothers from their young is standard under all labels.

Whether an animal is raised for meat or for other products such as dairy or eggs, most agricultural animals will eventually be slaughtered at a fraction of their natural lifespan. Animals such as dairy cows and egg-laying hens are killed when their production declines. Veal (the meat of a baby cow) is considered to be a byproduct of the dairy industry, and the USDA estimates that 2,000 calves are slaughtered each day in the U.S.

Be wary of the unregulated Humanely Raised label and the American Humane Certified label, which offer little improvement over the standard factory farming practices that many consumers abhor.

The Certified Humane label, a program of Humane Farm Animal Care, is more stringent about living conditions, requiring that all animals have space that allows for exercise and freedom of movement, prohibiting crates, cages and tethers. It also has some limitations on physical mutilations, prohibiting debeaking and requiring pain relief for some other procedures at older ages.

Under the Global Animal Partnership (GAP) label, products are ranked by a five-tiered rating system, with 1 being the least rigorous and 5 the most. GAP prohibits intensive confinement at all levels and only allows debeaking and tail docking up to its level 3 standard.

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The Animal Welfare Approved label likely offers the greatest independent protection of any label. It’s the only label to require pasture access for all animals, prohibit beak trimming of birds and tail docking of pigs, and mandate audited slaughter practices of most farmed animals.

Concerned consumers might ask if there is any humane way to kill a sentient being that doesn’t want to die.

Despite the perplexing state of food labeling, it’s still possible to eat compassionately. Visit local farms and ask questions or do what many conscientious consumers around the world are doing to ensure that their food choices reflect their values—stick to a plantbased diet, thus leaving animals and their byproducts off our plates entirely.

Tracey Narayani Glover, J.D., is an animal advocate, writer, owner and chef of The Pure Vegan, and yoga and meditation teacher in Mobile, AL. Connect at ThePureVegan.com and ARCForAllBeings.org.

Healthy Foods Lexicon Foraged—Native foods gathered from the wild, rather than cultivated.

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longer to reach market weight, but have more flavor.

Free range—Poultry raised outdoors where they are free to range over natural vegetation.

Pastured—Livestock raised on pastures instead of factory farms.

Local—Grown or raised within a three-hour driving radius of the consumer’s purchase site.

Grass-fed—Beef or milk cows fed on grass. The benefit is leaner, betterflavored meat and more omega-3s, plus fuller flavors in milk, butter and other dairy products.

Traceability—Precise tracking by a farmer that informs the consumer of which chicken hatched a specific clutch of eggs, which farm grew a cantaloupe and which mill boiled down and bottled the sorghum syrup.

Heirloom—Older, non-hybrid varieties of produce, including fruit trees, herbs and vegetables.

Wild-caught—Fish that live and are caught in open lakes, streams or oceans.

Heritage breeds—Ancestral breeds of poultry and livestock that often take

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Many co-ops have solid relationships with local farmers, regularly discussing what’s important to customers, trending sustainability concerns, and keeping a finger on the pulse of local supply and demand to minimize waste.

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Americans today work more hours than ever before, foregoing hardearned vacation days and spending more time with electronic devices than with friends and family. The temptation and pressure to do more at the expense of needed rest are great, but failing to take time out to recharge our minds and bodies can have serious consequences, according to experts.

Downtime is most acutely needed in the workplace. In a survey of nearly 20,000 workers, The Energy Project and Harvard Business Review found that 59 percent of them were physically exhausted, emotionally drained, distracted and lacking purpose.

Headquartered in Yonkers, New York, with offices in Europe and Australia, The Energy Project has helped hundreds of businesses, including Fortune 500 companies, create healthier, happier and higher-performing workplaces. The company takes its cues from elite athletes that carefully build rest and recovery periods into their training schedules. “Just as your body needs

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sleep and food to function optimally, so does your mind and spirit,” says Annie Perrin, an executive vice president with the project.

There’s a mounting body of neurological research to buttress the analogy. Important assimilation of learning and “meaning making” occurs in the resting brain, according to Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Ed.D., associate professor of education, psychology and neuroscience at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and author of Emotions, Learning, and the Brain. When our minds are allowed to wander, they engage a network of interacting brain regions that together are thought to play a key role in building our ability for inward reflection and recollection, known as the default mode network. Immordino-Yang’s research suggests that such activation during restful moments is positively associated with the recalling of memories, envisioning the future and even developing a moral foundation.

“This network seems to be more engaged when we aren’t actively gathering information or working on

an external goal,” remarks ImmordinoYang. Zoning out on TV or video games doesn’t produce the same brain benefit because, “It’s about looking inward rather than outward,” she says. The default network does engage when introspection occurs during nurturing social interaction, such as while enjoying a reflective conversation with friends or family. She recommends banning technology and other distractions during periods spent in activities that bring joy and meaning so that we are present in a mindful way.

The Energy Project ushers clients through a comprehensive energy audit, using exercises to expose specific personal habits that lead to diminishing returns in both work and play time. In one exercise, workers are asked to rank current incoming emails from one to five, with the highest number equating to, “I need to respond immediately.”

Most rate nearly no fives, says Perrin, a realization that has helped many people change their email habits.

While change can be hard, Perrin suggests creating new, healthy rituals through repetition, which taps into the brain’s desire for automaticity. For example, she advises workers to schedule “renewal breaks” every 90 minutes after completing a block of high-priority tasks. “If you’ve been sitting, move; if the mind has been active, do something to quiet it, like meditating or simply closing your eyes.” She also suggests

finding workers to buddy up with and schedule mutual breaks to help support and hold each other accountable.

Immordino-Yang suggests that another practice to maximize the value of downtime is to combine it with exercise. “A walk can be rejuvenating,” she says. “While the body is engaged, the mind is free to wander.”

The Energy Project calls on managers to model these downtime activities for their employees. Some companies have instituted policies that limit sending email from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., as well as during weekends and vacations, so staffers don’t feel compelled to read and respond to keep up with work.

Setting limits is even more crucial for young people with minds and habits that are especially malleable. “I see teenagers taking their phones into the bathroom or bed to text in the middle of the night. Parents need to put a stop to this,” counsels Immordino-Yang.

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America’s food supply is loaded with more chemicals and GMOs [genetically modified organisms] than ever before.

I believe, as many others do, that the rapid rise of food allergies in children is a direct result. Many chemical pesticides and artificial flavors and colors are known to contain carcinogens, suspected hormone disruptors and neurotoxins.

It is widely believed that even small doses of these common pesticides can have lasting negative effects on a child’s health. I believe that teaching our kids about the importance of fresh, organic food and the potential dangers of a conventionally processed diet helps set the stage for a lifetime of healthy choices.

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Liza Huber on Healthy Meals and Happy Kids Start with Homemade, Organic Baby Food

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or many actresses, landing a role on the hit show Passions would be a career highlight. For Liza Huber, daughter of soap opera icon Susan Lucci, a successful acting career was one step en route to her calling as a mother, public speaker and entrepreneur. Her inspiration was to launch Sage Spoonfuls (SageSpoonfuls.com) to make it easier for parents to make homemade, organic food for their little ones. It’s all about enabling parents to provide a legacy of health, all wrapped up in love.

How did becoming a parent boost your relationship with organic foods and health?

I was raised on a diet of mostly fresh, homemade, food and knew it was something I wanted for my own children. At that point, I knew the basics; that it was healthier and tasted better than store-bought baby food. The more I learned, the more I became fascinated by how switching to an organic diet positively affects our health.

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Store-bought baby food, organic or not, is processed to have a long shelf life of up to two years. So much of the nutrient content is lost during processing that most manufacturers artificially add it back in, but aren’t obligated to inform consumers. The added nutrients are synthetic and aren’t absorbed by the body the same way as naturally occurring nutrients.

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What key lessons learned from your mother have you carried forward with your young family?

Two lessons really stick with me: “Stay open and leave room for life to surprise you,” and “You can have it all… just not all at the same time.” In my teens and 20s, I was a meticulous planner, disappointed if things didn’t go exactly as I wanted. Amazing things happened after taking Mom’s advice to leave myself open to wonder.

Growing up, I saw my mom have an amazing career, yet also be a fantastic wife and mother. Her secret, and now mine, is to prioritize and focus on one thing at a time, whether it’s work, kids or my husband. This way, everything in your life gets 100 percent of your attention some of the time, rather than trying to do everything at the same time, which rarely works.

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Moms can change the world by teaching their kids healthy cooking lessons at home and planting an organic garden together.

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nvision walking the supermarket aisles and picking up a favorite pasta sauce and breakfast cereal, then adding favorite fruits and vegetables to the cart. When we think about the grocery brands we buy or our go-to recipes, they tend to begin with one common thread— the influence of our mothers—our first teachers about food and cooking.

In their Project EAT study, University of Minnesota researchers found that Mom has the biggest impact on the family’s eating habits and continues to play a significant role in our food choices, brands and how we cook, even influencing our ideas about health itself by their example.

Cooking Together

Most of us learn about cooking from our mothers, and one way moms have a tremendous impact on their children is by collaborating on recipes and cooking meals together. The idea of an at-home “kitchen counter cooking school” doesn’t focus on a hard and

fast course on cooking; instead, it’s a place where family members gather around the counter and cook together.

This almost guarantees that meals will be healthier and more fun, affording a sense of ongoing adventure where kids can explore ingredients from around the U.S. and even the world. Consider creating a “United States of My Plate” project by preparing a recipe from each state during the summer, and then rating the recipes based on taste and flavor (startup tools are at ChooseMyPlate.gov).

Our senses are engaged during food preparation activities. While chopping red peppers for a recipe, we are noting their appearance, feeling their texture, smelling their fragrance, hearing the sounds of preparation and likely tasting some on the spot. Involving more of our senses as we explore our food makes the whole activity more enticing. It helps to adopt Julia Child’s motto: “Learn how to cook, try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless and above all, have fun.”

The freshest ingredients come from our own gardens and produce the most delicious meals. Gardening as a family can change the way everyone looks at food through the simple act of planting, growing and harvesting. Knowing where everything on the plate comes from makes us more mindful of the energy it takes to grow food, and kids will naturally eat what they help grow.

Moms can change the world—right in their own yard or patio—with the power of a traditional or urban garden.

Just one square foot of organic gardening space can yield half a pound of fresh fruits and vegetables. A 300-square-foot garden can produce 150 pounds each summer; plus it provides a good workout.

In 2011, I started a teaching garden at our local supermarket as a means of showing kids how to grow their own food, with the hope that it would also inspire their families. The goal was to plant the seeds for healthier habits that would last a lifetime. During its first four years, 52 percent of the students’ parents noted a more positive attitude about fruits and vegetables exhibited by their own children. After participating in the program, one mother shared her young daughter’s noteworthy query, “Mom, could you go to the store and get me some Swiss chard?”

By planting gardens and creating kitchen counter cooking schools at home throughout America, our country could become victorious in ensuring that families are healthier. They will be eating healthier foods, working out in the garden and learning about food in a whole new way, all while connecting in a family activity.

Jen Haugen, a registered and licensed dietitian and certified master gardener, is the author of The Mom’s Guide to a Nourishing Garden. She blogs at JenHaugen.com. natural awakenings

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Historic Roots

“Women have played an integral role in farming for centuries, but in the last 100 years they’ve started to self-organize and be recognized for their important work,” says University of California garden historian Rose Hayden-Smith, Ph.D., author of Sowing the Seeds of Victory: American Gardening Programs of World War I and editor of the UC Food Observer. “During that war, the Women’s Land Army of America, a female-led initiative, recruited nearly 20,000 mostly middleclass urban and suburban women to enter the agricultural sector as wage laborers at farms, dairies and canneries, often in rural areas, where farmers urgently needed help while the male labor force was off fighting.”

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World War II. “It’s also estimated that more than 40 percent of fruits and vegetables consumed on the American home front then were grown in school, home, community and workplace gardens,” says Hayden-Smith, possibly resulting in America’s highest period of produce consumption ever.

When the commercial organic industry launched in the 1990s, women organized to provide overlooked and undervalued perspectives. The wakeup call for Denise O’Brien, an organic vegetable farmer and owner of Rolling Hills Acres, near Atlantic, Iowa, came during the farm economic crisis of the preceding decade. Although still considered “just” farm wives, “It was the women on the farms that had foreseen where things were heading, because they often kept the accounting books, though nobody took their voices seriously,” O’Brien recalls.

This launched O’Brien’s agriculture activism: balancing farming, raising children and serving as a national advocate and spokeswoman for women in agriculture in an ecological and just food system. In 1997, she launched the Women, Food and

Ag Network to collectively advocate for a stronger voice.

“Throughout history, women in agriculture have been relegated to providing assistance, rather than making decisions,” O’Brien explains. “It’s up to us as women to collaboratively support each other while challenging the system.”

Cultivating Change

For her 50th birthday, Paula Foreman gave her life a new chapter. She launched her midlife “second act” in 2007 with Encore Farm, a name that serves as a rallying mantra for her peers. “The name is a tribute declaring that fresh starts and new beginnings can happen at any age,” explains Foreman, now an urban farmer in St. Paul, Minnesota. Embodying this business moxie, she chose to specialize, producing one thing very well: organic dried beans.

Relinda Walker, of Walker Organic Farms, outside Savannah, Georgia, represents a cadre of “boomerang” farmers; women that return to the land to continue a family farm with a commitment to organics. Like many farm kids, after college, Walker left to pursue a corporate career in the city. Then the 9/11 terror attack shifted her priorities. “All roads led me to coming back home and growing food,” she says.

Launched in 2005, Walker’s farm was one of southern Georgia’s first organic operations, yielding specialty varieties like rainbow carrots in vivid shades of purple, orange and red.

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Young women in their 20s and 30s are adding energy, diversity, vibrancy and fresh outlooks to the female farming movement. Lindsey Morris Carpenter runs Grassroots Farm, in Monroe, Wisconsin, a diversified operation of certified organic vegetables and pastured livestock, in partnership with her mother, Gail Carpenter.

“A crucial key to farming happiness is being a good neighbor,” she shares. “I call around when I see livestock and pets outside of fences; maintain my fences; share my garlic and potato seed; and always invite neighbors to parties and events, even though they may not attend. Even if others’ personal lifestyle and farming philosophies are radical opposites, we still have our physical location and appreciation of nature in common, and that’s big.”

“The women farmer movement is just a toddler,” sums up O’Brien. “We’ve come a long way, but we’re not there yet, especially with representation on the national leadership platform.” It’s easy to support female growers at local farmers’ markets. Cultivating change can be rewarding—and tasty.

Lisa Kivirist is the author of the new book Soil Sisters: A Toolkit for Women Farmers and a senior fellow at the University of Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture. Her family runs the energyindependent Inn Serendipity Farm and B&B, in southwestern Wisconsin.

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COOL CHOW Icy Treats for Hot Summer Days

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tasty ways. After removing strings, n 2015, manufacturers of commerfill celery logs with plain yogurt and cial dog and cat foods and treats freeze. To serve, cut into one-bite issued 28 recalls, some for multiple pieces appropriate for a dog’s size. products, due to the potential presAnother easy favorite is fillence of listeria or salmonella bacteria, ing an ice cube tray two-thirds full mold, dangerous levels of cumuwith Greek-style or traditional plain latively harmful propylene glycol, yogurt mixed with diced strawberries inadequate thiamine, elevated levels or whole blueberries of vitamin D, off odors Use the freshest and freeze overnight. or labeling problems (Tinyurl.com/PetFood ingredients, organic For cats, omit the fruit and instead add bits ManufacturerRecalls). and non-GMO (no of mercury-free waterIn response, homemade treats have grown in genetic modification) packed tuna or salmon as a special treat. Add popularity to ensure that pets enjoy safe and where possible; tuna fresh or dried catnip to healthy snacks. or salmon in a pouch catch Kitty’s attention.

“Once when fixing

“Most summer is safer than BPA- dinner, I dropped a fruits work naturally to piece of frozen yellow cool the body,” advises canned fish. squash and the dogs Cathy Alinovi, co-author dove for it,” says writer Livia J. Washof Dinner PAWsible: A Cookbook of burn, in Azle, Texas, of her ChihuaNutritious Homemade Meals for Cats huas. “Nicki waits for things to hit the and Dogs, in Pine Village, Indiana. floor; Nora showed her game face and “Healthful treats, made from the best won the Squash War.” ingredients, are a good way to take a

“Obesity is the number one nubreak from summer heat.” tritional disease affecting our pets, so

She suggests taking a refreshing summertime activities that avoid overlook at low-calorie fruits and veggies heating are vital for overall health,” says such as stuffed celery used in creative,

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Veterinarian Jeff Werber, a veterinary medical journalist with a Los Angeles practice. “Proper nutrition is critical— not only to the foods we feed, but to the treats we give.”

Twelve years ago, Rick Woodford’s Belgian Malinois/Labrador mix, Jackson, was diagnosed with lymphoma. In order to keep him eating, Woodford shared his own food.

Jackson lived an additional four years, in part due to improved nutrition.

“Portion control is important,” he says.

“What’s right for an 80-pound dog is way too much for a 30-pounder.”

Woodford, the author of Feed Your Best Friend Better and Chow, lives near Portland, Oregon.

Frosty Paws is a lower lactose version of ice cream for dogs and discriminating cats. Recipes for homemade versions can be found online. The basics are one ripe, mashed banana, 32 ounces of plain or vanilla yogurt and two tablespoons of honey, all mixed in a blender and frozen in small ice cube trays. Variations may substitute goat’s milk yogurt or add a quarter-cup of strawberries, cranberries or blueberries for antioxidants in lieu of the honey.

Frozen vegetable broth, primed with added bits of cooked chopped spinach, broccoli, carrots or a small cheese cube, is a hit with dogs. Cats like theirs with tidbits of chicken, turkey or a few shreds of cheese.

Using a bone-shaped ice cube tray lets humans know it’s the pet’s treat.

“When I was developing frozen treat recipes, my husband came in from the yard one hot afternoon and went straight to the freezer,” says Paris Permenter about John Bigley, co-authors of The Healthy Hound Cookbook, in Cedar Park, Texas, who live with mixed breeds Irie and Tiki. “I watched him eat two helpings of the dog ice cream and then told him what it was. We often share our food with our dogs. It was nice for them to share their goodies with us!”

The bottom line for the best summertime treats is to go healthy, be creative, use fresh ingredients, don’t overindulge and stay cool.

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Plum and Apple Coolers

photo courtesy of The Healthy Hound Cookbook

One batch makes enough cubes to treat both a large- and medium-size dog.

Frosty Treats for Furry Friends Cooling Recipes Fido’s Frozen Fruit Pupsicles 4 cups water 1 Tbsp blackstrap molasses (optional) 1 cup fresh fruit (no grapes or raisins), chopped Wash and core all fruit. Blueberries and strawberries are popular with most dogs, while others enjoy melons, peaches and apples.

Chop fruit into bite-sized pieces.

Mix fruit with water and molasses.

Transfer frozen cubes to a zip-top plastic bag; stores up to 2 months in the freezer.

Source: The Healthy Hound Cookbook,

by Paris Permenter and John Bigley

Watermelon Slush Low-calorie watermelon is high in potassium and magnesium plus vitamins A and C; filled with fluid, it helps prevent dehydration. Blackstrap molasses has less sugar and more minerals than other sweeteners.

Source: The Healthy Hound Cookbook,

by Paris Permenter and John Bigley

2 cups cubed watermelon, seeds removed ½ cup strawberries 1 Tbsp. blackstrap molasses ½ cup coconut water 1 cup ice

Mango Sorbet

Combine all ingredients in a blender and mix.

Freeze the mix in ice cube trays, small tubs or Popsicle molds.

2 ripe mangos, peeled Juice of 1 orange Juice of 1 lime ½ cup unsweetened almond milk

Serve in a bowl as a slushie treat or pour into ice cube trays and freeze.

Add all ingredients to a blender and purée.

Or share a slice of fun. Many dogs love plain watermelon slices. Be sure the animal doesn’t eat the seeds or rind.

Pour mixture into ice cube trays and freeze overnight.

Source: The Healthy Hound Cookbook,

by Paris Permenter and John Bigley

(10-lb dog: 1 to 2 cubes; 20-lb dog: 3 to 4 cubes; 40-lb dog: 4 to 5 cubes; 60-lb dog: 5 to 6 cubes; 80-lb dog: 6 to 7 cubes; 100-lb dog: 7 to 8 cubes) 6 plums, washed and pitted 1 Tbsp filtered water, to begin 1 apple, peeled, cored and cut into ¼-inch cubes (no seeds) Purée the plums and water in a blender or food processor. Add another 1 or 2 tablespoons of water if needed.

Spread the apples in the ice cube tray and spoon the plum purée on top. Don’t pack, or it will become a denser cube.

Freeze for 4 hours.

Serve the cubes one by one (outdoors may be best) or in a big bowl.

Source: Chow, by Rick Woodford

Ingredients to Avoid Avoid peanut and other nut butters or any ingredient with xylitol, grapes and raisins, macadamia nuts, coffee and caffeine, onions, chives, garlic, nuts and salty snack foods.

Chocolate is also on the no-go list; the darker the chocolate, the worse it is for pets; baking chocolate is the most dangerous. If a pet eats any of these, try to determine how much and contact the family veterinarian, a veterinary emergency clinic or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at 888-426-4435.

For a full list of foods to avoid, visit Tinyurl.com/ASPCA-Foods2Avoid.

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healing music plus: yoga OCTOBER

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 6 First Aid Makeover – 6:30-8pm. Learn to use d essential oils to makeover your first aid cabinet.

Free. Meridian at Westwood, 1001 Mar Walt Dr, Fort Walton Beach. RSVP for gift, Tara Wagner: 850-4963305 Love@organichomehealth.com.

THURSDAY, JULY 7 Balance Hormones Naturally – 6-7pm. Diana Pereira shares the ins and outs of hormones and a new approach to controlling fluctuations, imbalances, hot flashes, and chronic fatigue naturally.

Participants receive a sample of Clary Calm to start their journey to wellness. Rejuvatrim, 210 E Intendencia St, Pensacola. 850-499-3670. PereiraProduceAndHealth.weebly.com.

FRIDAY, JULY 8 Emotional Aromatherapy – 6:30-7:30pm. Learn how our limbic system allows essential oils to affect change quickly in our emotions to help stay calm and balanced. Participant get a sample of Emotional Aromatherapy oils. 8th Element Wellness, 90 Beal Pkwy NW, Fort Walton Beach. 850-499-3670.

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SATURDAY, JULY 9 Kombucha 101 – 11am-12pm. Learn how easy and inexpensive making your Kombucha (fermented sweet tea), and apple cider vinegar can be. Participants will leave class with a recipe to make their own pro-biotic root beer flavor for Kombucha. Ever’man Co-operative Grocery & Cafe, Pensacola. 850-4993670. PereiraProduceAndHealth.weebly.com.

SUNDAY, JULY 10 Community Baby Shower – 2:30-4:30pm. If you are pregnant or the mother/grandmother/care-giver of a child under the age of two, join a short class on essential oils in dealing with the many discomforts of prenancy, the birthing process, and new baby care.

Learn to make natural baby powder, baby wash baby wipes and nutritious baby food. 253 College Ave, Defuniak Springs. 850-499-3670. PereiraProduceAndHealth.weebly.com.

Breast Health with Alice McCall – 3-4pm. Transform the energetic causes that effect breast health – important for both prevention and healing. Includes

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Teleconference with Alice McCall. $15. Reservations: 850-585-5496. AliceMcCall@earthlink.net.

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TUESDAY, JULY 12 Reiki Kids: Level I – 9:30am-11:15am. Felicia will teach each child about the energies of their bodies and mind in a way they can relate. After attunement your child will have the ability to bring in a healthy vibration to restore balance and balance emotions. For ages 4-10years. Sunshine Yoga, 211 Main St, Suite E, Destin. 850-217-2771.

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Naturally Simple Summer Essentials – 6:307:30pm. Join an afternoon outdoors along a small trail learn to make a natural bug repellent, bug repellent candles for outdoor parties and oils to use for insect stings, sunscreen and more. Each attendee receive an SPF 30 lip balm created during the demonstration. Pereira Produce & Health, 2109 Casa de Oro St, 850-499-3670. PereiraProduceAndHealth.weebly.com.

FRIDAY, JULY 15 Pamper Yourself Spa Make-N-Take – 6:30-8pm. A night of demonstrations on how to pamper yourself and how to make your own bath bombs, bath salts, make-up remover, whipped body butter, exfoliating foot scrub, facial cleansing wipes, nail polish remover, and lip balm. Refreshments served! Each person attending receives a goodie bag. 3624 Pearl Ct, Navarre. 850-499-3670. PereiraProduceAndHealth.weebly.com.

SATURDAY, JULY 16 Raindrop Technique for the Massage Therapist – 9am-6pm. FL and AL Board Approved Continuing Education Class for Massage Therapists. Learn how to apply essential oils to your clients using the raindrop technique along the spine and vita flex points on the feet. Each participant receives a kit with 9 essential oils and 2 massage oils. MA37541. $225.

Office of Kelly Merriman, 11325 Lillian Hwy, Pensacola. 850-319-2200. KellyMerriman@gmail.com.

The Emergence of Maitreya the World Teacher & the Masters – 2-3pm. the reappearance of the Christ & the masters of wisdom signal the beginning of a golden age for humanity. The human family will

finally live in peace & rebuild the world so that it’s a great place for everyone. Free. Meeting Room, Pensacola Main Library, 239 N Spring Street, Pensacola.

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SUNDAY, JULY 17 Essential Oils for Massage Therapists--10am05pm. Learn the benefits of essential oils and how to safely incorporate them into your massage. FL and AL Board Approved for Continuing Education. MA 37541 . $100. Office of Kelly Merriman, LMT, 11325 Lillian Hwy, Pensacola. 850-319-2200. kmerrimanlmt@gmail.com. KellyMerriman.MassageTherapy. com/massage-continuing-education.

TUESDAY, JULY 19 Balancing those Hormones Naturally – 6:307:30pm. See July 7 listing. Pereira Produce & Health, 2109 Casa de Oro St, Navarre. 850-499-3670.

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THURSDAY, JULY 21 DIY Body Care Basics – 5:30-6:30pm. Learn how quick and easy it can be to make your own shampoo, deodorant, facial toner, facial cleanser, body butters, toothpaste, and more using common raw materials you may already have on hand. Ever’man Co-operative Grocery, Pensacola. 850-499-3670.

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FRIDAY, JULY 22 Out of Body Chakras – 6-7:30pm. Guided work to expand your activated out of body chakras 9 & 10 - moving you closer to your full potential spiritual self. Teleconference with Alice McCall. $20. Reservations: 850-585-5496. AliceMcCall@earthlink. net. HealingPath.info.

Weight Loss – 6:30-7:30pm. A talk on fat, where it comes from and how to reduce it in your body! Bring your friends and have a greater chance of winning the prize drawing, a free Aromatouch technique to get you started on your health and wellness journey. 8th Element Wellness, 90 Beal Pkwy NW, Fort Walton Beach. 850-499-3670. PereiraProduceAndHealth. weebly.com.

SATURDAY, JULY 23 Yoga Strength Training – 10:30am-12:30pm. A unique intensive class designed to give you the keys to transform the body, elevate your yoga practice, and help realize a healthier and happier you. A challenging and invigorating workshop. $25. Hot Yoga Om, 222 Miracle Strip Pkwy, Fort Walton Beach.

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These days of spiritual community include many exciting events and features, such as: • • • • • • • •

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Welcome Presenters and Vendors – Share your talents.

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Pirate Cruise Adventure.

Arrange/Trade – A wide variety of holistic services, including massage and energy work.

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National and locally known presenters will cover topics like: Yoga • holistic health • Reiki Medicine • EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) • Tai Chi • Creative Writing

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Mood Management with Essential Oils – 5-6:30pm. Learn how your body utilizes essential oils from an anatomy perspective to aide during those times that we just need a little help with our moods, feelings, and emotions. Each person will create the roller ball remedy that will help them the most. 5840 Pescara Dr, Milton. 850-499-3670.

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TUESDAY, JULY 26 Symphony of the Cells Demonstration – 6:307:30pm. A technique developed by Boyd Truman allows us to specifically utilize our essential oils to evoke a more significant change in the body systems. Discussion on the difference between layering and. A Symphony of the Cells book as our

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SATURDAY, JULY 30 Karuna Reiki: Level One – 9:15am-3pm. Karuna is Sanskrit for “compassionate action.” Because of the oneness of all beings, Karuna is extended to others out of love, and because it is an entirely logical thing to do. This class is for anyone who has had Reiki master training. $250. The Healing Clinic, 184 Brooks St, Unit 1, Downtown, Fort Walton Beach.

850-217-2771. TheHealingClinicFWB.com.

Advanced Ascension Work with Alice McCall – 9:30am-12:30pm. Ongoing bi-monthly work.

Understand the pathway to your spiritual growth and the ongoing planetary changes. Supportive of personal and global transformation. Teleconference with Alice McCall. $55. Reservations: 850-5855496. AliceMcCall@earthlink.net. HealingPath.info.

Level One Reiki Training – 9:30am-3:30pm. The focus of level one Reiki training is self-healing.

Learn the importance in the relief of health conditions, anxiety, and emotional stress or just add a tool for spiritual growth and development, the attunement and Reiki healing techniques learned in this training are invaluable. 6 CEU’s for massage therapists. $170. The Healing Clinic, 184 Brooks St, Unit 1, Downtown, Fort Walton Beach. 850-217-2771.

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sunday Heated Hatha 101 – 5:30-6:30pm. Practice in a warm room, move slowly while building your stamina and flexibility. Class is all levels designed to encourage proper alignment of the body. Beginners welcome. Temp 95-98°. $15, $10/military, student.

Hot Yoga Om, 222 Miracle Strip Pkwy, Fort Walton Beach. 850-217-2771. HotYogaOm.com.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 2 Back to School with Essential Oils – 6:30-8pm.

This special workshop will go through all of the information of our basic class with additional information geared towards getting ready for the school year for teachers and parents alike. Focus, better behavior, aiding memory - all possible with just a diffuser and a few oils. Pereira Produce & Health, 2109 Casa de Oro St, Navarre. 850-499-3670.

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monday Heated Hatha 101 – 9-10am. Practice in a warm room, move slowly while building your stamina and flexibility. Class is designed to encourage proper alignment of the body. Beginners welcome. Temp 95-98°. $15, $10/military, student. Hot Yoga Om, 222 Miracle Strip Pkwy, Fort Walton Beach. 850217-2771. HotYogaOm.com.

Prenatal Yoga – 4:30-5:30pm. Prepare for the birth of your baby and work to alleviate pregnancyrelated discomforts by practicing gentle, modified yoga poses and breathing exercises. Appropriate at all stages of pregnancy. $12. Navarre Living Yoga, 8162 Navarre Parkway, Navarre. 850-684-1065.

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Synergy Yoga Flow at Northwest Florida Ballet – 6-7:30pm. Synergy yoga is an eclectic blend of alignment based hatha, vinyasa, vini yoga, kundalini, yin, restorative and meditation. Teachers have years of experience and are focused on health and wellbeing for everyday people. North West Florida Ballet Annex, 310 Perry Ave SE, behind main academy, FWB. 850-225-9188. Synergy OrganicCafeFWB.com/yoga_classes.

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ment based hatha, vinyasa, vini yoga, kundalini, yin, restorative and meditation. Teachers have years of experience and are focused on health and wellbeing for everyday people. North West Florida Ballet Annex, 310 Perry Ave SE, behind main academy, FWB. 850-225-9188. SynergyOrganicCafeFWB.com/ yogaclasses.

Kids Yoga – 4:30-5:30pm. Your child will gain body awareness, improved concentration, selfconfidence, and self –love. They will learn tools to help them cope with life changes and stressors.

Recommended for ages 5-10. $15/drop in, $80/6 week session, $40/siblings. Sunshine Yoga, 211-E Main Street, Destin. 850-687-8603. SunshineYogaStudio.com.

Chakra Flow – 5:30-6:30pm. Special flow-based class stimulates the movement of energy in the chakras, the energy centers contained in each individual. They each have a physical, mental, emotional and spiritual trait. Temps range from 98-102°. $15, $10/military, student. Hot Yoga Om, 222 Miracle Strip Pkwy, Fort Walton Beach. 850217-2771. HotYogaOm.com.

wednesday Gentle Flow Yoga – 10-11:30am. Beginner based therapeutic movement combined with breath awareness and guided meditation. Healing for the body, mind and soul. Taught by master teacher, Felicia McQuaid. Dragonfly Yoga, 184 Brooks St, Bldg 2, FWB. 850-217-2771. TheHealingClinicFWB.com.

Restorative Yoga – 11am-12pm. In restorative yoga, props are used to support the body, allowing you to open your body, releasing tension and stress. Appropriate for all students; no prior yoga experience required. $12. Navarre Living Yoga, 8162 Navarre Parkway, Navarre. 850-684-1065.

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Candlelight Yoga – 6-7:15pm. Melt stress away in the soothing glow of candlelight. Experience a creative flow sequence with a focus on warming and relaxing the body so that the mind can unwind and

let go. $18/drop in, packages available. Sunshine Yoga, 211-E Main Street, Destin. 850-687-8603.

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Essential Oils Introduction and Instructional Class – 6-8pm. 2nd and 4th Wed. Instructional classes using essential oils to improve well-being by applying and creating everyday products. Discover a lifetime of savings, product efficacy and abundance. $10. Synergy Organic Juice Bar and Cafe, 120 Miracle Strip Pkwy, FWB. 850-225-918.

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thursday Intro to Ashtanga Yoga – 5:30-6:30pm. The primary series of Ashtanga yoga is a set of sequenced postures designed to bring strength, flexibility and endurance to the body. It is a design to purify the body through breath and to invoke stillness of the mind. Temp 95-98°. $15, $10/military, student. Hot Yoga Om, 222 Miracle Strip Pkwy, Fort Walton Beach. 850-217-2771. HotYogaOm.com.

Healthy Happy Hour – 6-7pm. 3rd Thu. A premier member of the healthy living community provides cutting-edge concepts on health and ultimate wellness. Topics include hypnosis, acupuncture, massage and essential oils, and energy healing; light snacks and healthy beverages provided. $15. 8 th Element Wellness, 90 Beal Pkwy NW, FWB. RSVP, Christie: 850-598-7515. 8th02.com.

friday Philosophy Flow – 9-10am. A hot yoga class with a philosophical theme on yoga, life and spirituality.

Join Laura Tyree in this thoughtful and flow-based practice. Beginners welcome. Temps range from 98-102°. $15, $10/military, student. Hot Yoga Om, 222 Miracle Strip Pkwy, Fort Walton Beach. 850217-2771. HotYogaOm.com.

Yoga for Meditation – 9-10:15am. This class begins with a gentle yoga practice to prepare for meditation; designed for 45 minutes of movement and breathing with a 10-20 minute meditation at the end. Students are invited to sit in meditation to their capacity. No yoga experience necessary. $13. Navarre Living Yoga, 8162 Navarre Parkway, Navarre. 850-6841065. NavarreLivingYoga.com.

Restorative Yoga – 6-7:15pm. Connect to breath and find rest and relaxation in a series of passive, supported yoga postures designed to restore and rejuvenate body and mind. Appropriate for all students, no prior yoga experience required. $13.

Navarre Living Yoga, 8162 Navarre Parkway, Navarre. 850-684-1065. NavarreLivingYoga.com.

saturday Radical Flow – 9-10am. Get ready to sweat. Purify and build your overall physique in this great jumpstart to your weekend. $15, $10/military, student.

Hot Yoga Om, 222 Miracle Strip Pkwy, Fort Walton Beach. 850-217-2771. HotYogaOm.com.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY HOSTEL BUSINESS FOR SALE – Successful hostel for sale in Fort Walton Beach, FL. Centrally located to nearby restaurants, stores, shopping, etc. Only 3 miles from the beach!

Great for a couple or individual who wants to live on the premises and enjoys meeting people from all over the world! Owner leaving the country. Asking $200,000 (does not include real estate). Long term property lease available (must qualify). Call 850-376-8324.

NATURAL AWAKENINGS MAGAZINE MOBILE/BALDWIN COUNTIES FRANCHISE AVAILABLE FOR SALE – Start a career you can be passionate about. Home based business complete with comprehensive training and support system. Call 239-530-1377 or visit our website; www.naturalawakeningsmag.com/ mymagazine.

NYR ORGANIC – FLEXIBLE, FUN, HOME-BASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY ­– Join an environmentally conscious, ethically grounded company. NYR Organic is the social selling division of Neal’s Yard Remedies, the UK’s leading brand for award-winning certified organic skincare, beauty and aromatherapy products for 35 years. To learn more about this cutting-edge, grass-roots business opportunity call: 850-866-8950 or email: OrganicYoga Mama@gmail.com. See ad, page 9.

COOKWARE FOR SALE WORLD’S FINEST HEALTHY COOKING SYSTEM BY SALADMASTER – Service and information for healthy cooking in W.FL, & AL Coast. Saladmaster by Healthsource. C. Maples: 256-412-4896.

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RETAIL SALES ASSOCIATE – part time possible full time in Navarre. Devoted to Health and Healing with a background in this field.

Contact Esther Turn, EsthersGardenOfHealing@live.com. Esther’s Garden of Healing.

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ROOM RENTALS MEDICAL OFFICE SPACE FOR SALE BY OWNER – Custom finished medical office space in the Heart of Destin. 8 treatment rooms, conference room, large reception area, office space, 3 restrooms, kitchen. Serious inquiries only to: officespaceforsale15@gmail.com.

OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE – 8th Element Wellness is looking for a reliable, enthusiastic Health care practitioner who wants to rent space and be a complimentary addition to our team. Room for rent in calm environment at 90 Beal Pkwy in Ft Walton Bch. If interested, please call Christie at 850-598-7515 or Alex at 850-582-2285.

THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION HOSTEL - FWB – Walking distance to many amenities, Bike rentals, Beds as low as $25 per night.

Couples - $35; Private room $50. TSDHostel. com. 850-376-8324.

SERVICES MYOFASCIAL RELEASE FOR HEALTH MAINTENANCE – Janet Hardy, LMT, BCTMB, John F. Barnes’ expert Myofascial Release therapist is now offering treatment for many womens’ health issues. For more information, please call 850-231-9131or email CaringTouch 4Therapy@gmail.com.

NATURAL HEALTH CONSULTANTS – Knowledeable, experienced staff members available to help with your questions about natural and organic foods, herbs, supplements and anti-aging products. Golden Almond Health Food Store. 339 Racetrack Road, NW. FWB. 850-863-5811. GoldenAlmond.com.

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Caring and compassionate masters of acupuncture and Oriental medicine acupuncture. More than 12 years’ experience relieving all types of pain, including: headaches, female problems, digestive problems and more.

GULF COAST HOLISTIC PRIMARY CARE

Raquel Skidmore, MD 850-640-1530 756 Harrison Ave, Panama City GulfCoastHolisticAndPrimaryCare.com At GCHPC, your health comes first. A philosophy that joins holistic and conventional medical care where we treat the whole human—mind, body and spirit.

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KOVAR CHIROPRACTIC & WELLNESS CENTER

John S Kovar, DC 29 G Miracle Strip Hwy SW, FWB 850-244-1200 • DrKovar.com Experience the many benefits of acupuncture. Restoring health naturally to patients for more than 30 years, Dr. Kovar also offers chiropractic care, nutrition response testing with designed clinical nutrition, and massage.

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AUTHOR/SPEAKER ARLENE KARIAN, AUTHOR “Mentoring Your Child to Win” Lifepath@cox.net Amazon.com/dp/B00GWNTBFE

Author and successful entrepreneur, Arlene Karian shares tips on raising productive and winning children.

A single, former welfare Mom, raised a Multi-Millionaire Kid utilizing 7 Breakthrough Keys and shares them with you in this enlightening book. See ad, page 19.

BEAUTY ORGANIC SALON VEDAT

Janice Skene 114-B Benning Dr, Destin • 850-837-2690 SalonVedat@gmail.com OrganicSalonVedat.co Organic Salon Systems started a revolution of healthier, natural, organic, better performing professional products. Beauty without sacrificing health. Coloring and smoothing treatments for silky, healthy hair. No SLS, ammonia, parabens, plastics. See ad, page 10.

PUREGRESSIVE BEAUTY 205 Kelly Ave, Unit B, FWB 850-226-6609 PuregressiveBeauty.com

The Emerald Coast’s premier organic hair salon featuring organic hair care and hair color products made with the highest quality plant extracts & organic ingredients, free of harmful chemicals. See ad, page 8.

BODYWORKERS CARING TOUCH

Janet Hardy, LMT Board Certified Myofascial Release Therapist Expert Level Santa Rosa Beach • 850-231-9131 CaringTouchTherapy.net In her 21+ years of massage therapy Janet has found the John F. Barnes’ Approach® to be the most effective and holistic treatment for the relief of pain and optimal health. MA17333.

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ALEXANDREA MCALLASTER, LMT 8th Element Wellness, LLC 90 Beal Pkwy NW, Ste A1, FWB 850-582-2285

Dedicated to a heart centered practice specializing in Healing Touch energy therapy, chakra balancing and Neuromuscular pain management with focus on neck release and low back pain.

MA59372. See ad, page 21.

CHILDREN’S YOGA SUNSHINE YOGA

211-E Main St, Destin 850-687-8603 • SunshineYogaStudio.com At Sunshine Yoga we teach kids through discussion, movement, song and expression. In kids yoga, children learn yoga postures, selflove and respect for all living things.

MAE MCDONNELL

8th Element Wellness, LLC 90 Beal Pkwy NW, Ste A1, FWB 850-225-4031 Highly skilled therapist specializing in deep tissue and medical massage. Experience deep relief from pain along with a sweet sense of relaxation. See ad, page 21.

CHRISTIE MORGAN, LMT

8th Element Wellness LLC 90 Beal Pkwy NW, Ste A1, FWB 850-598-7515

Specializing in pain management massage and a blend of therapeutic massage techniques with focused intention to de-stress the body and mind. MA50499. See ad, page 21.

BREAST SCREENING HEND-RX NUTRITION & LABORATORIES 205 Kelly Ave NE, Ste A, FWB 850-736-5700 • HendRx@Live.com

Screening with thermography can detect abnormalities in the very earliest stages of diabetes cardiovascular, breast thyroid, hormonal digestive, and TMJ. Also offering personalized healthcare assessments and organic botanical supplements.

CHELATION DR. EDDIE ZANT, MD

913 Mar Walt Fort Walton Beach • 850-243-8229 36468 Emerald Coast Pkwy, #8102 Destin • 850-650-9500 ACAM certified chelation provider. A participating physician in the successful clinicaltrial.gov/ NIH TACT chelation study. Providing IV infusions and Myers “Cocktail”. Free consultation. See ad, page 9.

CHIROPRACTIC BLUEWATER CHIROPRACTIC WELLNESS CENTER

April Lee, DC 4400 Hwy 20 E, Niceville 850-897-1177 • BluewaterChiropractic.com Natural and holistic healthcare.

Offering chiropractic care, lumbar decompression, physical therapies, massage therapy, nutritional education and supplementation. Allow the body to heal the way it was designed.

HENARD FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC Dr Karen Henard, DC 4566 Hwy 20 E, Ste 205, Niceville 850-897-1105 • HenardChiro.com

A second generation chiropractor, Dr. Henard is committed to chiropractic wellness for the family, improving health naturally.

More than 16 years’ experience in pediatrics, sports and automobile injuries. Most insurance and affordable cash plans.

KOVAR CHIROPRACTIC & WELLNESS CENTER

John S Kovar, DC 29 G Miracle Strip Hwy SW, FWB 850-244-1200 • DrKovar.com Practicing locally for over 30 years, expertise in treating pain conditions, auto injury and restoring health naturally through nutrition response testing, clinical nutrition, acupuncture, massage and chiropractic wellness care.

COLONIC THERAPY THE METAMORPHOSIS CLINIC

(Formerly Skindeep) Cindy Butler, Owner/Therapist SkindeepDestin.com • 850-269-1414 TheMetamorphosisClinic@gmail.com Body & Mind Wellness Services including colonics, total body detox footbath, skin rejuvenation treatments, infrared sauna, transcendental meditation training, Lifestyle transition coaching, Proven weight-loss program. MA49032/MM27113.

COSMETICS (ORGANIC) NYR ORGANIC

Danielle Masters, Independent Consultant 850-866-8950 OrganicYogaMama@gmail.com US.NYROrganic.com/Shop/DanielleMasters Award-winning, certified organic, nonGMO, cruelty-free, fair trade skincare, bath & body, hair care, cosmetics, essential oils, mama & baby, spa, herbal remedies, superfoods, teas, supplements, gifts & more by Neal’s Yard Remedies. Discover ethical organic health and beauty with no nasties. See ad, page 5.

CRAFTS & GIFTS STONE SOUP

Intuitive Spiritual Center 700 Beal Pkwy, Unit D, FWB ShadowBonus@gmail.com • 850-533-6565 Fort Walton’s newest eclectic intuitive center. Locally made crafts by local artisans. Intuitive readings, jewelry, paintings, incense, crystals, pottery, semi-precious stones, wind chimes, diaper cakes, hand-painted furniture.

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CRYOTHERAPY CHILL PENSACOLA CRYOTHERAPY 401 N Davis Hwy 850-972-8488 ChillPensacola.com

Experience the benefits of Cryotherapy, a wholebody exposure to sub-zero temperatures used to promote the body’s natural anti-inflammatory response, release endorphins, reduce pain and promote overall health.

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DENTISTRY EMERALD COAST DENTAL SLEEP MEDICINE

Tara Griffin, DMD 3129 Thomas Dr, Panama City Beach 850-249-9331 ECDSM.com

ESSENTIAL OILS ESSENTIAL OILS EDUCATOR WA#1705028 850-231-1100 AmpsDoTerra@gmai.com MyDoTerra.com/AmpedWellness

Learn how therapeutic-grade essential oils can be used as a selfcare wellness alternative. Personal consultations, in-home and in-studio classes/parties, dōTERRA products, and educational resources. Certified in the ArōmaTouch Technique, A clinical approach to essential oil application.

A dedicated team of compassionate, caring professionals committed to be the premier dental spa in Northwest Florida. Enhancing smiles, prolonging youth and changing lives in a relaxing calm environment. General and restorative dentistry, fillings, crowns, no mercury See ad, page 15 (Panama City).

DR DAYTON HART, DMD

IAOMT Protocol 225 W Laurel Ave, Foley, AL 251-943-2471 • DrDaytonHart.com Free book: Mercury Free Dentistry.

Ozone, laser no-suture gum surgery, test for compatible materials, cavity-causing bacteria. Examine for gum disease bacteria. Laser cavity diagnoses, saliva, ph check, oral galvanic screening; no fluoride.

DR SUSAN WELCH, FAGD

106 Wright Pkwy SW, FWB 850-243-1534 WrightParkwayDentalCenter.com Healthy digestion, well aligned physical structure, proper breathing and a good nights sleep begin with a healthy mouth. We treat snoring, sleep apnea and TMJ disorders.

Plus crowns,teeth whitening, bridges,veneers, implant restorations, aligner orthodontics, cleanings, digital X-ray imaging, CO 2 Laser periodontal treatment. No mercury fillings. See ads, pages 15 and 29.

DINING SYNERGY ORGANIC JUICE BAR AND CAFÉ 120 Miraclestrip Pkwy SE 850-865-4919 SynergyOrganicCafeFWB.com

TARA AND JUSTIN WAGNER 850-496-3305 OrganicHomeHealth.com Love@OrganicHomeHealth.com

As doTERRA Diamonds, we facilitate an oily community on the Emerald Coast and nationwide.

With help from our band of aromatic misfits, we show both oil lovers and business builders how to rock their oil journey from Day O n e w i t h b e g i n n e r ’s a n d continuing ed classes both locally and online. See ad, page 6.

FARMERS’ MARKETS 30A FARMER’S MARKETS

850-499-4697 • 30AFarmersMarket.com 3 Locations: Rosemary Beach Town Center, on 30 A 9am-1pm Sundays (Year Round) Thursdays (Memorial Day-Labor Day) Grand Boulevard at Sandestin, on Hwy 98 9am-1pm - Saturday (Year Round) Serene, beautiful, distinctive and exclusive is the best way to describe the 30A Farmers’ Market Family.

European and coastalinspired markets feature local farmers, makers, bakers, and specialty vendors in an inviting market experience. See ad, page 17.

Juice Bar and Café offers farm-to-table meals prepared with regionally sourced organic produce and pantry items; gluten-free, dairy-free. Whole food cooking, juicing, gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan and raw food classes are available. See ad, page 33.

FLOAT THERAPY FLOAT BROTHERS

4463 Commons Dr W, Destin 850-460-8720 FloatBrothers.com Experience the ultimate state of relaxation through flotation in a Epsom salt water tank. Relive stress, enhance healing, deepen meditation along with many other healthy benefits. Call to book your session.

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FOODS & SUPPLEMENTS BODY-B-HEALTHY

2227 Ferdon Blvd, Crestview 850-682-8893 • Find us on Facebook Knowledgeable staff and cutting edge digital health assessments. Dairyfree and gluten-free food items, supplements, homeopathic solutions and anti-aging products, plus delicious nutritional smoothies. See ad, page 9.

ESTHER’S GARDEN OF HEALING 8184 Navarre Pkwy, Navarre 850-684-3230 EsthersGardenOfHealing@gmail.com

A unique establishment specializing in 150+ bulk herbs, 40+ loose teas, homeopathic remedies and our herbal skincare line. Find us on Facebook for an updated schedule of our weekly workshops. See ad, page 32.

GOLDEN ALMOND HEALTH FOOD STORE

339 Racetrack Rd NW, Ste 3 850-863-5811 • GoldenAlmond.com Hours: M-F 9-6, S 10-4, Closed Sun Natural and organic foods. Largest selec-tion of herbs and supplements in the area. Enjoy our new fresh juice bar, open weekdays 10-4. Knowledgeable and personable staff.

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HOMEOVITALITY USA Virginia Biasizzo, NDTP 617-990-6979 Homeovitality.us

An entirely new concept in health promotion, based on results of the Human Genome Project. Targets gene intelligence that produce the body’s natural proteins proven to enhance supreme vitality for all ages of people and pets. See ad, page 17.

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SYNERGY ORGANIC JUICE BAR AND CAFÉ 120 Miraclestrip Pkwy SE 850-865-4919 SynergyOrganicCafeFWB.com

Juice Bar and Café offers farm-to-table meals prepared with regionally sourced organic produce and pantry items; glutenfree, dairy-free. Whole food cooking, juicing, glutenfree, vegetarian, vegan and raw food classes are available. See ad, page 21.

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HEALING ARTS HEALING PATH, ALICE MCCALL

Transformational Energy Healer/Counselor BS Psychology, MBA, Hypnotherapist 850-585-5496 • HealingPath.info Phone sessions to heal serious health issues, unwanted patterns, and more. Authored Wellness Wisdom on natural health and healing; inspired by her journey with cancer.

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Panama City Beach’s most complete health food store. Quality supplements, vitamins & minerals, organic food, and more. We have gluten free, non-GMO, dairy free and vegan products at everyday low prices. See ad, page 29. (Panama City).

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FOOT CARE EMERALD COAST PODIATRY

Dr Cosimo Ricciardi 341 Racetrack Road NW, FWB 850-862-4119 120 E Redstone Ave, Ste A, Crestview 850-682-6522 EmeraldCoastPodiatry.com Since 1983 committed to providing the most up-to-date foot and ankle care for your family, we have natural and traditional methods for treating foot and ankle pain such as laser treatment, stem cell treatments, custom orthotics and orthotic sandals and provide naturopathic relief for peripheral neuropathy. See ad, page 14.

FUNCTIONAL PSYCHIATRY DR DEBORAH R SIMKIN, MD

DFAACAP, Diplomate ABIHM 4641 Gulfstarr Dr, Ste 106, Destin 850-243-9788 IntegrativePsychiatryOfDestin.com Board certified in neurofeedback and integrative medicine. Simkin specializes in Integrative Psychiatry (complementary and alternative assessments and interventions) and qEEG Z Score LORETA neurofeedback (an advanced neurofeedback which typically allows far fewer sessions).

NITIN BAWA, MD

General medicine with a holistic wellness approach and specialized services in bioidentical hormone therapy, weight loss, food allergies, nutritional analysis and antiaging procedures. Most insurance accepted.

FOUNDATIONS MEDICAL CENTER Kyle Chavers, MD 870 Mack Bayou Rd, Ste D, SRB 850-660-6701 FoundationsMedicalCenter.com Facebook.com/FoundationsMedical

We treat the condition; not just the symptom! In-depth, patientcentered office visits for general health, chronic conditions, nutritional support , laboratory testing and other diagnostic techniques. Currently accepting new patients. See ad, page 29.

GENESTYLE MEDICINE

Rodney Soto, MD Info@GenestyleMedical.com GenestyleMedical.com We are a virtual wellness clinic dedicated to providing services via a HIPAA compliant telemedicine software that empower people to better track, manage and improve their own health. With the help of genomics, lifestyle metrics and nutritional science, Genestyle Medical will help you customize your individualized roadmap to reach your goals and enhance your wellness and longevity. See ad, page 4.

GULF COAST HOLISTIC PRIMARY CARE

Raquel Skidmore, MD 850-522-9719 105 Jazz Dr, Panama City GulfCoastHolisticAndPrimaryCare.com

At GCHPC, your health comes first. A philosophy that joins holistic and conventional medical care where we treat the whole human—mind, body and spirit.

Prescreening to prescribe medical marijuana. See ad, page 34.

HOT YOGA STUDIO HOT YOGA OM

222 Miracle Strip Pkwy SE, Unit A Downtown Fort Walton Beach 850-217-2771 • HotYogaOM.com Hot Yoga Om features Far Infrared Heat, Radiant Heat, Radiant Life. Daily classes, amazing teachers. Your first class is $5. Experience it for yourself. See ad, page 22.

INFRARED SAUNA 8TH ELEMENT WELLNESS LLC 90 Beal Pkwy NW, Ste A1, FWB 850-420-5819

Cleans and detox. Improve circulations and skin purifications.

Lower blood pressure, boost metabolism and lose weight while you relax. Wellness spa features a variety of therapeutic massage including deep tissue and sports massage. Other modalities, energy therapy, chakra balancing, hypnotherapy. 10% Military discount. See calendar for group workshops on nutrition, alternative medicine, suppliments and essential oils. See ad, page 21.

INTUITIVE ARTS JUL CONSTANTINE, CPLC

Psychic Connections by Juls 850-533-9448 JulConstantine@gmail.com PsychicConnectionsByJuls.com Intuitive, medium, author and teacher. More information on Jul’s website. Discover your intuitive abilities by signing up for a psychic development workshop. Readings are in person or by phone. See ad, page 8.

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THE HEALING CLINIC OF FORT WALTON BEACH Felicia McQuaid 850-217-2771 TheHealingClinicFWB.com

Certified Advanced Angel Reader through Doreen Virtue. Connect with your Angels to receive love filled guidance and clarity about specific questions and areas of life.

Sessions available in person or via skpe or facetime. See ad, page 22.

AMANDA SANDERS

LMT MA79974 Book online at MassageBook.com/ AmpedWellness Like us on facebook.com/AmpedWellness Offering the following massage modalities: Swedish, neuromuscular, sports massage, reflexology, detox foot-baths, hot stone, hydrotherapy, chair massage, prenatal, and aroma therapy. Certified in the ArōmaTouch Technique and offer a signature massage tailored to each individual to provide the ultimate escape.

MASSAGE THERAPY 8TH ELEMENT WELLNESS LLC 90 Beal Pkwy NW, Ste A1, FWB 850-420-5819

Wellness spa features a variety of therapeutic massage including deep tissue and sports massage.

Other modalities, energy therapy, chakra balancing, hypnotherapy, plus infrared sauna. 10% Military discount. See calendar for group workshops on nutrition, alternative medicine, suppliments and essential oils. See ad, page 21.

BLUEWATER CHIROPRACTIC WELLNESS CENTER

April Lee, DC 4400 Hwy 20 E, Niceville 850-897-1177 • BluewaterChiropractic.com Sports and rehabilitation massage therapy. Natural and holistic healthcare. Chiropractic care, lumbar decompression, physical therapies, nutritional education and supplementation. Allow the body to heal the way it was designed.

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