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y boys fondly remind me of an incident that happened when they were young, when a big kid on the park playground was pushing all the other kids around. After watching the bully make a few shoves, I felt my “mother hen” instinct kick in when he forced my youngest off the jungle gym. Of course, the boys describe it more like a “mother lion” than a hen, but I recall gently removing that young man from the play area as I let him know how I felt about his behavior.

The boys were at an age where my intervention probScott & Daralyn ably embarrassed them, but they certainly got the point. I Chase used to tell them that I would die for them any day—and I don’t think they ever doubted me. I do believe that if your children are going to trust you, they need to know that you always have their best interest at heart.

As the boys got a little older, however, my message to them was a bit more nuanced: “I would die for you. But I won’t live for you.” The quote had stayed with me since I first read it in The Fountainhead, and I found that it encapsulated my own philosophy of parenting. While my boys knew that I loved them even when they broke my heart, they also knew that I expected them to take ownership of their actions. I think children must feel they are in charge of their lives and the outcome of their decisions, good or bad. Maybe that is what makes them accept responsibility for their choices, overcome imperfect parenting and at the same time feel empowered.

The thought would stop my kids in their tracks, as they pondered the “grown-up” decisions and choices they needed to make if it was really up to them to live their own lives.

When they would have adolescent temper tantrums or lash out in anger, I would say, “You know, you’re really too old to be acting like that. You’re only a few years from getting your driver’s license and going to high school. How are you going to look acting like that when you’re driving down the road or in front of older kids?” It was a very effective way to get them to imagine what kind of people they wanted to be and to take control of their actions, for their future.

Helping children feel empowered is our theme this month, as we look at creative ways parents can encourage kids to develop their own sense of worth.

Our feature article, “Growing Up Empowered,” offers tips for allowing kids to step into their best selves. We were delighted to learn of a nationally recognized program taking place in Escambia County that does just that. The student poetry contest offered by the West Florida Literary Federation is taking our community and parents by surprise, as you’ll read in the heartwarming story “Poetry Matters.” Please take a moment to share this local inspiration with others so they can join in. It’s critical that we continue to grow these vital programs, which are developing our next generation of leaders and innovators.

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newsbriefs Body-Mind-Spirit Gift Shop Opens in Pensacola

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ishful Treasures, Pensacola’s new body-mind-spirit gift shop, is now open for business. Owners Ericka Marcia Boussarhane and Cindy Greene say they are seeking alternative practitioners interested in offering their services there, as well as vendors wishing to sell their products on consignment.

Located at 4622 Saufley Field Road, Wishful Treasures is a full-service store specializing in crystals, minerals and gemstones. It also carries a large assortment of books on metaphysics, philosophy, wellness and holistic medicine; high-quality essential oils, incense and candles; music for inspiration and meditation; necklaces, bracelets and pendant jewelry; and decorative tapestries.

Boussarhane and Greene, both psychic mediums, will be offering readings by appointment and are opening up the space to other practitioners interested in leading workshops, classes and readings. The store will include consignment retail space as well.

For more information, call 850-941-4321 or visit WishfulTreasures.com.

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irst City Art Center (FCAC) in Pensacola will offer a three-session introductory course in Basic Stained Glass from 1 to 4 p.m. August 7, 14 and 21. The cost of the workshop is $150 plus supply fees.

“In this class, students will learn the basics of stained glass including scoring and breaking glass, making patterns, grinding glass, soldering and finishing,” says FCAC’s Lauren Lentile. “They will leave with a finished product. One makeup/finish-up class will be offered at the end of the course, and interested students can sign up for more advanced classes if they wish to continue.” The $150 includes tools. There will be additional supply fees for glass and a wood plaque; the instructor will provide these items for purchase. The workshop is offered to people aged 16 and over. It will be held in the FCAC classroom, Building 3.

FCAC, formerly Belmont Arts and Cultural Center, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to providing art education, community outreach through art experiences and working studio spaces for artists. It is the first and only public glass-blowing facility in Northwest Florida and has fostered multiple award-winning artists over its 13-year history.

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Felicia McQuaid Teaches “Yoga of Action” in Nashville

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elicia McQuaid, a local business owner, author, yoga teacher and motivational speaker, will expand her reach to Nashville on August 20 when she teaches a daylong program, The Yoga of Action: Change Yourself, Change the World, at the Scarritt-Bennett Center.

McQuaid describes the yoga of action as the path of the modern-day spiritual warrior. “Spiritual warriors are individuals who understand and want to further develop themselves as a path to authentic and long-term changes on this planet,” she says. “This is an important time, for what we do now shapes the future for generations to come.

Humanity, the planet, our families and our comFelicia McQuaid munities are calling out for change. This change is empowered through the four principles of the spiritual warrior: faith, courage, compassion and equanimity.”

The program runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and consists of two sessions, each of which includes a lecture, yoga practice and guided meditations. “The morning session is designed to awaken the heart of the warrior with the principles of faith and courage,” McQuaid says. “The yoga practice will break down and break through the blocks of the heart. The afternoon session is designed to assist individuals to a more soulful understanding of who they truly are. Individuals will be guided to dive deep into the inner world with a quieter, reflective yoga practice rich with breath work and illuminating meditations.”

The cost of the full-day event is $99, with hotel accommodations starting at $55. “Nashville is a great place to explore and take time away,” McQuaid says.

Connect with Felicia McQuaid locally through her weekly video blogs or through private healing sessions at the Healing Clinic in downtown Fort Walton Beach. For more information, visit FeliciaMcQuaidInspires.com.

Sand Sea and Spirit More Than a Vacation

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he holistic and wellness event Sand Sea and Spirit will celebrate 26 years of gathering likeminded people from around the world, including many from the Gulf Coast, September 10-20 in Orange Beach, Alabama.

Presenters, vendors and visitors to the event share ways to stay healthy and balanced at every level: individually, locally and globally. The gathering features demonstrations of healing modalities and wholesome nutrition, the sharing of wisdom and experience, and lots of laughter.

Activities include daily tai chi, yoga and meditations. Workshops cover a variety of topics, from health to creativity to sustainability. A complete list of events, vendors and presenters, along with details about attending, is available at SandSeaAndSpirit.com.

Those interested in attending, presenting or vending should contact facilitator Karen Rollins at 337-794-0062 or SandSeaAndSpirit@gmail.com. Like Sand Sea and Spirit on Facebook for the latest information on events, presentations, workshops and activities.

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esearch from the University of Groningen, in The Netherlands, has found that young adults between 19 and 22 years old that don’t sleep well may have more chronic pain later in life. The researchers followed 1,750 people for three years.

About 50 percent of the participants that had sleep problems at the beginning of the study still had them at the end of the study. Roughly 38 percent of those reported chronic pain after three years. This compares to 14 percent of those that didn’t have sleep problems at the start of the research, but reported chronic pain at its conclusion.

Overall, the study found that sleep problems were associated with more musculoskeletal pains, headaches and abdominal pain. The relationship occurred in both men and women, but was stronger among women.

Legumes Facilitate Weight Loss

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review of 21 clinical trials has found that just one daily serving of legumes can facilitate an average drop of threequarters of a pound over a six-week period. Published in the journal Obesity, the research analyzed results from studies that tested a total of 940 men and women eating about three-quarters of a cup of beans, lentils, chickpeas and other legumes each day. The subjects reported feeling nearly one-third fuller on average after eating about 5.6 ounces of these foods with their meals, compared with a control group’s diet. These beneficial legumes may also reduce body fat percentages.

According to senior study author and physician John Sievenpiper, Ph.D., of St. Michael’s Hospital’s Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Center and the University of Toronto, “Ninety percent of weight-loss diets fail, resulting in weight regain, which may be due in part to hunger and food cravings. Knowing which foods make people feel fuller longer may help them lose weight and keep it off.”

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Aromatherapy Soothes Allergies

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esearch from Korea’s ChungAng University has found that inhaling aromatherapy infusions comprising a combination of sandalwood, frankincense and ravensara for five minutes twice daily significantly reduces symptoms of allergies after seven days. The researchers tested 54 men and women, half of which were tested using a placebo of almond oil.

Total nasal symptom score (TNSS) and rhinoconjunctivitis quality of life questionnaire (RQLQ) results were both significantly lower in the aromatherapy group. TNSS scores decreased by more than half and RQLQ scores decreased by more than 60 percent. Scores for fatigue and sleep quality also improved in the aromatherapy group.

“These findings indicate that inhalation of certain aromatherapy oils help relieve perennial allergic rhinitis symptoms, improve rhinitis-specific quality of life and reduce fatigue in patients with perennial allergic rhinitis,” ChungAng University’s Seo Yeon Choi and Kyungsook Park explain in their paper.

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elaying kindergarten enrollment for one year shows significant mental health benefits for children, according to a Stanford University study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Reviewing results from a mental health survey completed by more than 35,000 Danish parents, the researchers saw that youngsters held back from kindergarten for as little as one year showed a 73 percent reduction in inattentiveness and hyperactivity for an average child at age 11, compared to children enrolled the year earlier.

Measuring inattentiveness and hyperactivity reflect a child’s ability to selfregulate. The generally accepted theory is that young people that are able to stay focused, sit still and pay attention longer tend to do much better in school.

“This is some of the most convincing evidence we’ve seen to support what U.S. parents and policymakers have already been doing—choosing to delay entry into kindergarten,” says Stanford Graduate School of Education Professor Thomas S. Dee. In addition to improved mental health, children with later kindergarten enrollment dates also exhibited superior emotional and social skills.

The number of U.S. children entering kindergarten at age 6 instead of 5 has progressively increased to about 20 percent, according to the study. Many parents are opting to delay kindergarten enrollment for a year to give their children a leg up in physical and emotional maturity and social skills.

Grape Juice Boosts Memory and Driving Skills

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esearch from the UK University of Leeds has confirmed that drinking just one glass of grape juice a day increases spatial memory and driving abilities. The researchers attribute the brain boosting benefits to the polyphenols in the grapes.

The study followed 25 healthy mothers between the ages of 40 and 50. Each had young children and worked more than 30 hours a week. The mothers drank 12 ounces of Concord grape juice every day for 12 weeks and had their driving skills tested before and after the study period using a computer simulator.

Louise Dye, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Leeds and senior author of the study, notes, “This research is very promising, as it suggests that the cognitive benefits associated with Concord grape juice are not exclusive to adults with early memory decline. We saw these benefits even after the grape juice was no longer being consumed, suggesting a long-term effect of dietary flavonoids.”

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Breastfed Babies Have Fewer Colds and Ear Infections

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study from the University of Texas has found that increased breastfeeding decreases ear infections among nursing children. The researchers followed 367 babies between 1 and 12 months old from 2008 through 2014.

The scientists analyzed family history traits of smoking, ear infections, breastfeeding and formula feeding. Nose and throat mucosal samples were taken throughout the study period to identify infections, and parents informed the researchers whenever the baby experienced an infection.

The study was led by Dr. Tasnee Chonmaitree, a pediatrics professor from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.

“We clearly showed that frequent upper respiratory infections, carriage of bacteria in the nose and lack of breastfeeding are major risk factors for ear infections,” he states. “Prolonged breastfeeding was associated with significant reductions in both colds and ear infections, a common complication of colds.”

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A consortium of researchers from the University of Kansas, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology analyzed data from both hospitals and national surveys to determine sunlight exposure for the mothers.

Increased exposure to sunlight increases levels of natural vitamin D.

“We’re not looking at sunny places versus non-sunny places,” clarifies David Slusky, a University of Kansas assistant professor of economics. “We looked at the relative differences of the level of sunlight at a particular place at a particular time of year.”

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Scrambling Species

Climate Change Favors Some Birds over Others Decades of data show that climate change is manipulating the way avian species move across continents. For instance, the orchard oriole is losing prime habitat in the South, but gaining more up north. Thousands of species worldwide face the same dilemma. Specific birds need a particular habitat, such as open spaces or groves of trees, and some of their traditionally preferred spots are becoming unlivable.

England’s Durham University ecologist Phillip Stephens, along with researchers from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the U.S. Geological Survey, have compiled nearly half a century’s worth of occurrence data from thousands of citizen scientists. Birders submitted their observations to the Pan-European Common Birds Monitoring Scheme and the North American Breeding Bird Survey for 145 terrestrial bird species native to Europe and 380 species native to the United States.

“We used that information to generate a prior expectation for whether the species would’ve been advantaged or disadvantaged by climate change,” says Stephens. The predictions were compared with actual bird abundance data from 1980 through 2010, and the populations that were expected to lose suitable habitat declined, while those expected to find their habitats improve increased. He states, “Recent climate change has already favored one set of species over another.”

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Hope for a New Generation Despite being less confident than their elders, a new study by PsychTests.com, in Montreal, reveals that Millennials (those born between 1980 and 2000) are an ambitious and tenacious generation that continues to prove potential critics wrong.

Labeled by some as self-entitled, arrogant and immature from being coddled by hovering parents, the company’s research says that Millennials are not afraid to push themselves to achieve lofty goals, work hard or take on difficult challenges.

Collecting data from 1,035 people that took their Ambition Test, the researchers looked at the differences between Millennials, Generation X (born between 1960 and 1980) and Baby Boomers (born between 1946 and 1960) in terms of their levels of aspiration, persistence and sense of self-efficacy. The study reveals that while Millennials lagged a little behind the other two generations on some factors related to ambition, the potential of these young adults should not be underestimated.

“One can argue that Millennials’ hopeful and determined nature is a case of idealism,” explains Ilona Jerabek, Ph.D., president of PsychTests. “Some have just started out in the workforce, so they’re eager to prove themselves, which could also mean that at some point they’ll be blindsided by the reality of what it’s like to be out there in the real world.”

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Toxic Trinkets

Low-Cost Jewelry May Harbor Cadmium In recent years, the European Commission has banned cadmium in all jewelry sold in Europe, but those shopping for low-cost jewelry in North America from popular fashion chains may be wearing products made with cadmium, a heavy metal that can be particularly toxic for kids. There are no known risks for people that wear contaminated jewelry, but swallowing or chewing on a piece containing high concentrations of the toxic metal could allow it to seep into the body.

James Van Loon, director of risk management at Health Canada’s consumer product safety branch, says that children’s bodies more readily absorb the toxic metal, and because they are more likely to put things in their mouths, jewelry that is marketed to those under 15 should contain virtually no cadmium.

Dr. Gérald Zagury, who performed tests and has published several studies on heavy metals in jewelry, says one sample contained the highest amount of cadmium ever reported in Canada for such a product. “It’s pretty close to pure cadmium,” he says. According to Health Canada, cadmium is cheap and melts at a lower point than more commonly used zinc, lowering energy costs for product makers.

According to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, cadmium is a known carcinogen that can also lead to kidney failure, bone loss and other complications in those that are chronically exposed over time.

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Fiction Readers Have More Empathy The love of books may begin at any age, but for most, it starts in childhood. Now, scientists are studying the effects of reading on the brain with MRIs, polls, surveys and experiments. The results indicate that readers of fiction are more empathetic toward others. By engaging with a story, they are temporarily placing themselves in a character’s shoes, thus fostering empathy in real life, and literary reading amplifies this effect.

According to a Stanford University study, reading a challenging book also helps us become smarter, as well as more empathetic. By attempting to tackle harder books, we create new connections in our minds that we might not have done otherwise. Neuroscientist Bob Dougherty remarks, “The right patterns of ink on a page can create vivid mental imagery and instill powerful emotions.”

David Comer Kidd, author of another related study, observes, “Like opening a window to let fresh air into our home, literature opens up our minds to the myriad ideas that we wouldn’t be able to experience on our own. We can pause to analyze the experiences depicted as if they were our own, expanding our experience of the world.”

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Circuses Cease Exotic Animal Acts The Ringling Brothers Circus made good on a promise to retire their last contingent of performing elephants to the Center for Elephant Conservation, in Polk City, Florida, with the last such show streamed worldwide in May. While Ringling will retain the services of tigers, lions, leopards, horses, camels, dogs and kangaroos, the Mexican Congress has voted to prohibit exotic animals under big tops across their country.

That means no more tigers jumping through hoops, elephants used as props or monkeys dressed in tiny outfits. The bill requires circuses to report the wildlife they own, which would then be made available to interested zoos.

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Green Serenity

Sikkim Now a Wholly Organic State Sikkim, the northeastern Indian state located between Bhutan and Nepal, has rid its agricultural land of pesticides, fertilizers, genetically modified crops and other artificial inputs on around 75,000 hectares, or about 300 square miles, of agricultural land, making it its country’s first organic state.

Instead, farmers use natural alternatives such as green manure and compost.

Twelve years ago, the Pawan Chamling-led government decided to make Sikkim an organic farming state through a declaration in the legislative assembly.

After the entry of chemical inputs for farmland was restricted and their sale banned, farmers had no option but to go organic.

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“Proposing an amendment to the state constitution to authorize the legislature, by general law, to exempt from ad valorem taxation the assessed value of solar or renewable energy source devices subject to tangible personal property tax, and to authorize the legislature, by general law, to prohibit consideration of such devices in assessing the value of real property for ad valorem taxation purposes. This amendment takes effect January 1, 2018, and expires on December 31, 2037.”

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POETRY MATTERS Poetry Contest Offers Rare Insight into Students’ Lives

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oetry matters. It empowers the alphabet and can change lives. It rhymes with the world.

Teachers and students at schools participating in the West Florida Literary Federation (WFLF) student poetry program are discovering just that—as in some cases youngsters barely out of kindergarten win prizes, while in others parents read their children’s works and realize that, until now, they barely knew them.

Susan Lewis, who has directed WFLF’s student poetry contest for the past seven years, saw what poetry can mean to family relationships when she received a call from the father of a third-grade poetry prizewinner.

He asked to her to read his daughter’s poem aloud, and only then did

he learn how the child felt about her parents’ divorce.

“He was so grateful that he now knew,’’ Lewis says. “He felt she was reaching out, finally.’’

In another case, the mother of a young man with Asperger syndrome cried when Lewis informed her that her son’s poem was a winner, and then by reading it, shared his thoughts concerning his disability that he had communicated through poetry. Said the mother, through tears, “I had no idea.”

Founded in the mid-1980s by poet Ora Wills, WFLF and the Friends of the Library, the contest attracted 415 entries this past year, from just shy of a dozen Escambia County schools; 35 poems were judged winners. The contest has grown significantly, from 270 entries

Founded in the mid1980s by poet Ora Wills, WFLF and the Friends of the Library, the contest attracted 415 entries this past year, from just shy of a dozen Escambia County schools. last year, and it could grow even more as it becomes better known: Escambia County alone has 51 public schools and 32 private schools, and schools in neighboring counties are likely to become interested in the contest once they are aware of it.

Teachers of participating classes note that poetry writing is an aid to education.

“I really do love it for students who struggle with prose. It takes away some of the limits and conventions— makes it more of an art form,’’ says Jill Robinson, a sixth- and seventh-grade teacher at Episcopal Grade School.

“One of the best things it does is encourage the students to really explore their own ability to create without limit; there are no real restrictions on what a poem has to be, or feel like.’’

All 50 students in Robinson’s classrooms participated in the poetry contest; seven were winners.

Cynthia Sarikaya, who teaches 10th grade English at Tate High School, says 130 of her students participated in the 2015 contest. “I think they will have a new appreciation for poetry now,” she says, “and some will realize they have a skill that they didn’t realize they have.’’

One of her students, Jeremiah Hodge, wrote a story about bullying to tie in with this year’s contest theme, “When I’m Alone’’—even though, he says, “I have never been bullied except by my little brother, and I have never bullied anybody.” But he’s had friends

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who were bullied, and the mother of three chilhe “stepped in and dren, also teaches poetry helped them out a bit.” writing to school chil Hodge’s poem, dren as a volunteer. She “The Hurt,’’ won a says what impresses her Director’s Selection most about the student award. Among the poets, especially in the lines: “When I am case of this year’s chalalone I hide, I hide not lenging contest theme, only from the darkness “is the sheer gutsiness and silence of being to write down exactly alone, from the pain what has taken a razor and discomfort of havto their little hearts. That ing no one … help me takes some serious backfor I am not just one, bone. This year’s entries I am ‘that kid’ whom contained an extreme Susan Lewis and poetry winner you overlook, I am the display of quality and bully and the bullied. I am Hurt.” emotion, which left the judges stunned.

Writing poetry “helps me get all Emotionally charged and technically my thoughts and perspectives together,” impressive, the future poets of Florida he says. “When you go through the day, are indeed brilliant.’’ everything gets jumbled; writing poetry helps suggest, ‘Sit by yourself, relax Teachers and school administrators and go over what’s on your mind.’’’ His who are interested in learning more poem and other winning entries will be about the program can meet with printed in books that will be presented Susan Lewis, who will explain how to and available for purchase at an awards participate, what they will need and ceremony this fall. how she can help them get started.

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“When my own son was having sleep issues as a baby, my fellow teachers told me about Good Night, Sleep Tight, a book written by Kim West, The Sleep Lady. I read the book and realized the value of her teachings and wanted to be more involved personally,” she says. “Later, as a mother of two young toddlers, I quit teaching and became a stay-at-home mom. My personal issues with my son’s poor sleep habits were the turning point in my decision to make this my new career.”

In December 2015, Grzeszak was certified as a sleep coach, trained to help families shift to a happier, healthier lifestyle. She works from her home—coaching clients, assessing their problems and goals, and then making a sleep plan for each family’s needs. For clients in Destin, Niceville, Freeport, Fort Walton and the immediate surrounding areas, she will visit their homes to assess their children’s sleep habits and environment. She offers three service levels: the Baby Pack-

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ince the Dr. Spock days, tantrumprone toddlers, temperamental middle schoolers and out-of-control teens have had harried parents rushing to bookstores, where manuals on child rearing are some of the biggest sellers. Over the decades, the problems inherent to parenthood have remained the same, while new problems wrought by social and technological changes have emerged. There have been as many solutions to those problems as there are authors, but in general they’ve all encouraged better verbal communication between parent and child, often accompanied by a carrot or stick formula, and sometimes with strict biblical underpinnings.

Local author Arlene Karian includes none of these elements in her parenting book, Mentoring Your Child to Win. Instead, she focuses solely on the parent, who she believes shapes the child’s attitude and coping skills without saying a word. It’s the unspoken communication between them that is the emphasis of Karian’s book—the subtle messages every parent sends by example. “By consistently and systematically raising (his or her)

consciousness,” she writes, “[the parent] becomes a living role model, positively affecting the behavior and consciousness of the child, eliciting the child’s best self as a result.”

Karian bases that theory on her own example: as a single mom on welfare, she couldn’t offer her son material things or opportunity, but she could offer him her best self.

Her son, Stephan, would grow up to found Great American Products, the Destin-based nutritional health company, and become a multimillionaire. Mentoring Your Child to Win follows Stephan’s path to suc-

cess, as well as the parallel path Karian took as a mother determined to see her son succeed despite their family’s challenges. Her transformation into Stephan’s mentor was both deliberate and organic—a mental and spiritual process that took shape as she lived it.

Now, almost 40 years after becoming a parent, Karian has codified that process into a “blueprint for raising extraordinary kids.” It includes seven steps—some involving a specific practice, such as “centering,” and some requiring a shift in attitude or perspective—designed to transform a parent into a highly effective mentor, the well-balanced parent of a wellbalanced child. As she explains it, “Mentoring is … a conscious decision, with specific proactive steps, to guide the child and adult within a safe, psychological environment, to tap into the child’s potential and to find their passion and life’s meaning.”

What today’s parents will find especially encouraging about her book is that the solution she offers is entirely within a parent’s control. It transcends pervasive technology; changing social and cultural norms; the influence of the media; failing neighborhoods and schools; and the challenges of poverty and lack of opportunity. That said, it is a process, not a pill. It requires motivation and dedication on the part of parents—a willingness to invest mental effort for the benefit of their child—and the big payback is not immediate, but long-term.

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GROWING UP EMPOWERED Helping Kids Step into Their Best Selves

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he plugged-in, stressed-out world that challenges adults can be even more difficult for teens in the throes of hormones, peer pressure and a selfie culture. Parents can help their children thrive and become empowered individuals by nurturing desirable character traits such as resourcefulness, resilience, perseverance, self-reliance, independence, empathy and social competence.

Child psychologist Michele Borba, Ed.D., of Palm Springs, California, is a former classroom teacher and the mother of three grown children who dispenses advice at MicheleBorba.com/blog.

Her main parenting focus is character education, as reflected in her latest book, Unselfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World. “Tune in to what your kids love,” advises Borba. “Then find learning experiences that help them develop traits they need to be happy, productive adults.”

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This positive parenting approach— accentuating youthful desires and strengths, instead of deficiencies and weaknesses—helps young people develop a secure footing in life. “Kids are driven by their hearts,” observes Borba. “A positive parent doesn’t do the cookie-cutter approach, as in, ‘That’s what worked for other kids in the neighborhood,’ nor even reference what the parent did as a teen.” Teens also impose upon themselves, thinking that being trendy, beautiful, rich and famous are valuable life goals. “The positive parent looks at each child as an individual, listens to what really makes them light up, and then supports that.”

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After putting off her own career as a singer and ultimately deciding to go for it, Herman-Saccio recorded That’s What Love Can Do with her group Boy Krazy. The song rose to the top of the pop charts in 1993.

That empowering experience helped her decide to help others—including her own three children—fulfill their dreams. Today, Herman-Saccio leads the Landmark Forum for adults, and the company also offers a version of the course for 13-to-17-year-olds, an interactive, three-day program in cities across the U.S. It helps teens first understand their existing patterns of thoughts and behaviors and then move forward to create new possibilities and face new challenges and discover a new level of power, freedom, self-expression and peace of mind. For a teen to register, a parent or legal guardian must register for or have completed the organization’s adult forum and provide permission.

Teens planning for life after high school get help identifying their career passion at schools such as Upland Hills School, in Oxford, Michigan. Its emphasis on experiential learning culminates in a senior project the teen produces, whether it’s writing a novel, building a storage shed or volunteering at the local senior citizen center. Each must someway contribute to the community.

Beginning with the student’s dream, they must work their way through obstacles, setbacks and all the steps required to bring a dream to reality.

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Sometimes parents need to address a teen’s longing for friends and social connections. For youths that especially need to nurture their social skills, such

as high-functioning kids with autism or Asperger’s syndrome, film school might be an answer. At the Joey Travolta Film School and summer camp, in Lafayette, California, kids work together to make a movie; they start with a script, create sets, operate the camera, act and direct.

At the Hunter School, in Romney, New Hampshire, kids dealing with attention challenges can nurture mindbody awareness, energetic mindfulness and sensory integration. It all helps them get to know themselves and relate better to others.

Outdoor skills can help teens develop healthy risk-taking behaviors, as well as teach resilience, perseverance and self-reliance. SheJumps (SheJumps. org), in Salt Lake City, offers young women 6 to 18 years old an opportunity to master outdoor living skills, boost confidence and encourage leadership via collaborating with strong female role models. Fun activities include mountain biking, skiing and trailblazing.

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Over time, experiential learning can help youths develop leadership skills.

Lander, Wyoming’s National Outdoor Leadership School, a gap-year program for high school graduates taking a year off before college, offers courses lasting two weeks, several months or even a full year. Activities include sea kayaking, Alaskan mountain and glacier climbing and wilderness medicine.

Teens already on track and wanting to develop additional leadership skills can tap into motivational speaker and self-help author Tony Robbins’ annual Unleash the Power Within youth leadership program event. Groups of youths

14 to 17 years old collectively participate to create individual breakthroughs, move beyond fears and limiting beliefs, accomplish goals and realize true desires. Application requirements include a good academic record, at least 20 hours of community service and a guidance counselor’s recommendation.

Robbins maintains, “Grow and give is what life is all about.”

Service to Others

A way for youngsters 5 to 19 years old to become empowered is by joining a 4-H group in urban, suburban or rural areas.

If we envision a farm kid raising a calf to show at the state fair, that’s still one facet of today’s 4-H, but far from the entire scope. Founded in 1902, 4-H is a global nonprofit dedicated to learning by doing; specialties now range from computer science and graphic design to leadership, healthy living and the performing arts.

Positive mentoring by adults and developing community spirit ground 4-H clubs, camps and programs.

Research by Tufts University’s Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development and America’s land-grant colleges and universities shows that people with a 4-H background are more likely to give back to their communities than others (see Tinyurl. com/YouthDevelopmentStudy).

For Grammy-winner Jennifer Nettles, of Nashville, 4-H meant learning to perform at an early age, even flying to Chicago to do it. “I don’t know that I would be where I am today without 4-H,” she says.

“Mentors there help you. They helped me with the skills of performing and learning about being on stage; they also taught me the importance of giving back.”

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Growing food for themselves and others can be a great adventure for teens, while fostering resourcefulness, perseverance and ecological awareness. Seventeenyear-old Katie Stagliano launched Katie’s Krops, in Summerville, South Carolina, several years ago based on her desire to fight hunger by growing food for people that need it. Today, the enterprise offers grants for youth in any area to start and maintain a local garden, provided they give away the produce to the hungry.

The initiative has grown to more than 50 gardens around the U.S.

Both Mobile Urban Growers, in Mobile, Alabama, and Closer to Earth, in Oklahoma City, empower youth through exercising organic gardening skills, environmental and food justice advocacy and personal mentorship.

Empowering experiences for teens don’t have to cost a lot or involve travel.

“Dream big, but start small. Look around your own backyard, in your community,” says Borba. “Teens can learn to pay it forward in all kinds of ways. They can get together with their peers and take on a doable project to help others.

They may even need to start by learning to self-regulate and manage stress by getting away from their phones and instead being outside getting exercise.”

Casual family activities can provide opportunities for conversations about what teens want in life or what they’re worried about, and that opens the door for adults to step up to help mentor and empower their children.

“Boys are more likely to talk while they’re doing something, like shooting baskets with you in the driveway,” observes Borba. “Girls are more likely to talk if it’s one-on-one.”

Positive parents actively listen and then clarify what they heard from their teens, says Herman-Saccio. This information helps point the way forward, to more interactive dialogue, brainstorming, problem-solving, helpful experiences and eventually, youth empowerment.

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

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Based on a program created by the Morikami Japanese Gardens, in Delray Beach, Florida, Washington state’s Bloedel Reserve, on Bainbridge Island, conducts Strolls for Well-Being. Participants sign up for a free, 10-week session of 12 self-guided walks and three group meetings. A companion workbook is provided to encourage journaling on themes such as forgiveness, gratitude and joy.

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orchard on the property dovetails with an organic farm next door. Tours, talks, plant sales, food and music enhance the hospitality.

Hope Hill Lavender Farm, in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, adds lavender to soap, sugar scrubs, lotion and essential oil. “It takes 11 pounds of hand-picked fresh blossoms to make one ounce of essential oil,” says Troy Jochems, coowner with his wife, Wendy. A member of the mint family, lavender adds distinctive flavor and fragrance to both sweet and savory dishes (find recipes at HopeHillLavenderFarm.com). Visit the farm on summer weekends through mid-August and plan to partake of the annual lavender festival next June.

In Glen Allen, Virginia, visitors enjoy a cool serving of lavender lemonade or honey ice cream at Lavender Fields Herb Farm after a stroll through the garden. Greenhouse tours and fall classes on growing herbs, vegetables and lavender include how to make an herbal wreath.

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Tea Wellness classes and tastings of fair trade heirloom varieties are a big draw at Light of Day Organics, in Traverse City, Michigan. They’re taught by founder and horticulturist Angela Macke, a registered nurse. It’s the only dual-certified organic and Demeter Biodynamic commercial grower of tea plants in North America.

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the Rodale Institute, in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, emphasizes the importance of plants in homeopathy. Maggie Saska, plant production specialist with the research farm, explains, “Walking tours with educational signage in the garden let visitors know which species to look for when planting their own organic healing garden. Plants from a store may not be organically grown or of the correct species,” although a nursery may afford more options.

Christophe Merville, D.Pharm., Boiron USA director of education and pharmacy development, attests that many familiar plants can offer benefits beyond beauty, such as reducing stress, promoting healing or easing congestion. He cautions, “People think plants are naturally safe, but they can be dangerous. St. John’s wort extract, for example, can relieve mild depression, but interacts with prescription medicines. It also reacts to light, so users may experience rashes from sun exposure.

“Lemon balm can be made into an antioxidant tea. It can be grown in a garden, on a balcony or indoors, and combines well with chamomile or lavender.

We like it for helping to relieve anxiety or to improve mental performance.”

Merville suggests steeping German chamomile tea for relaxing sleep.

He says breathing in the steam helps a stuffy nose. When used as a compress, it can relieve pain and itch from rashes. “Don’t drink too much or make it too concentrated,” he warns, because of its blood-thinning properties. Saska and Merville recommend that enthusiasts take classes, work with an herbalist and find a good reference book. Merville prefers Rodale’s 21st Century Herbal for beginners.

Vicki Nowicki, founder of Liberty Gardens, in Downers Grove, Illinois, observes, “The world is seeing the first generations that don’t have a relationship with the land or know how to grow their own food.” Its seed-lending library, classes and tours, along with other healing gardens throughout the country, aim to get everyone back to basics including going outside.

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Prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs may help, but aren’t a cure. Salt therapy can be a gentler, all-natural solution for easing associated symptoms.

While eating too much salt is bad for the body, breathing it is a healthy activity. The Greek word for salt is halos, and halotherapy provides a welcome alternative to conventional pills, sprays and injections.

In the mid-1800s, after salt mine workers in Poland were found to have a low rate of respiratory illness, the Wieliczka Salt Mine Health Spa was established on the site of a mine to treat clinic patients for asthma and allergies. That pioneering facility is still in operation.

“In the beginning, I think salt therapy was seen as a time-consuming novelty. Now, holistically minded people are more supportive,” says Clay Juracsik, owner of the St. Louis Salt Room, in Maplewood, Missouri.

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pink salt at floor level. Clients wear disposable booties to walk through inches-deep, loose, mineral-rich Dead Sea salt to reclining chairs. The lights dim, soft music plays and salt, rich in negative ions, infuses the air for a 45-minute session.

“We have a second, smaller room where the walls and floor are not salted, so a child and parent can move around or play without disturbing others.

Our youngest client was 2 weeks old,” says Juracsik.

With the help of specially designed machines and software, microscopic salt particles one to five microns in size are circulated through the air to be deeply inhaled. As a natural anti-inflammatory agent, salt helps reduce swelling of throat tissues and nasal passages, making breathing easier for individuals suffering from such respiratory ailments as allergies, asthma, bronchitis and sinusitis.

“True halotherapy is based on using 99 percent pure sodium chloride in the halogenerator,” says Leo Tonkin, co-founder of the Salt Therapy Association, in Boca Raton, Florida. “Dead Sea, Himalayan or other salts can be used as décor.”

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While eating too much salt is bad for the body, breathing it is a healthy activity. The Greek word for salt is halos, and halotherapy provides a welcome alternative to conventional pills, sprays and injections.

“My husband, Gary, had three sinus surgeries before he discovered a salt room during a trip to London and had a eureka moment,” relates Ellen Patrick, owner of four Breathe Easy salt rooms in New York City and nearby Westchester County.

“A client’s 4-year-old son tells Mom when he needs a treatment to ‘make his nose work better,’” reports Lisa Cobb, owner of Luxury on Lovers, in Dallas, Texas. “He uses a salt bed similar in style to a tanning bed and large enough for his mother to be with him for a 20-minute treatment. Pilots and flight attendants like salt rooms to counteract the recirculated air on planes. Athletes use them to increase lung capacity. A treatment works like a visit to the ocean.”

A recent pilot study conducted at The Salt Room, in Orlando, Florida, and published in the International Journal of Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine, concluded, “Halotherpy is associated with improvement in symptoms of sinus disease in cystic fibrosis and should be explored as an adjunct treatment.”

Salt’s anti-inflammatory, antifungal and antibacterial properties may also reduce skin swelling and itchiness, and even acne, without drying the skin. Increased lung capacity aids blood circulation, which also helps improve skin health. Salt room operators note that frequent treatments are needed during early stages of therapy or during acute outbreaks of conditions, but can be reduced to a maintenance level over time.

Juracsik remarks, “The best success I’ve seen is with respiratory ailments like bronchitis and pneumonia. We don’t need a new, fancy pill for every

For a list of U.S. salt rooms, see Tinyurl.com/ SaltSpaLocations. illness. Salt is historically proven to be a natural and effective way to improve respiratory health.”

Options go beyond basic treatments. “Meditating in the salt room allows double relaxation,” comments Patrick. “Salty yoga is one of my favorite therapies because clients can exercise and breathe easier at the same time.

Another option comprises a sound bath, during which crystal bowl music creates a vibration similar to piano notes to quiet and focus the mind during a salt session.”

Salt treatments can be experienced regularly, seasonally or as needed. For those free of respiratory issues, a salt room visit provides a refreshing way to relax, sit, chill and breathe. Patrick views it as a form of stress management to increase well-being.

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Walking reduces anxiety and clears thinking. The results of a national survey of nearly 3,000 women between the ages of 42 and 52 published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise found that those that walked as part of a regular physical activity showed fewer signs of depression compared with inactive women. The more physical activity a woman logged, the less likely she was to exhibit such symptoms, suggesting that moderateto-intense levels of exercise may help protect against mental illness.

The survey further revealed that 85 percent believe walking helps reduce any present anxiety and feelings of depression, while two-thirds reported that walking stimulates their thinking.

Walking facilitates doctor-patient communication. Columbus, Ohio-based Walk with a Doc (WalkWithADoc.org) helps organize free walking events each month via 230 chapters nationwide.

They’re led by physicians and other healthcare authorities. “It’s a casual forum in which to communicate and also learn about the health benefits of walking,” says Executive Director Rachael Habash, who’s aiming for 350 chapters by year’s end. When doctors emphasize the benefits of exercise, patients tend to listen.

Walking boosts life performance.

“Until the late 1960s, 90 percent of America’s children that lived up to a mile away walked to school. Today, that figure is 30 percent,” says Sheila Franklin, of the National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity, in The Walking Revolution documentary (scroll to the video at EveryBodyWalk.org). Experts warn that less walking by youngsters can create sedentary habits and lead to shortened life spans.

Daily walks to school boost cognitive performance in students, according to Mary Pat King, the National Parent Teacher Association director of programs and projects. Dr. Richard Jackson, a pediatrician, professor and chair of Environmental Health Sciences at the School of Public Health at University of California, Los Angeles,. and former environmental

health director at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, reports that walking improves children’s learning ability, concentration, moods and creativity.

Even lifelong walkers are moved to walk more by using a pedometer to track their steps and distance traveled, says Dr. Lauren Elson, a physical medicine and rehabilitation instructor at Harvard Medical School, who is also the medical editor of the recent Harvard Special Health Report Walking for Health (Health.Harvard.edu/walk).

A meta-review of 26 studies found that using the device raised physical activity levels by nearly 27 percent, adding about 2,500 steps per day. Most stores that sell exercise equipment offer inexpensive pedometers, while smartphone

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Walking leads to meaningful exchanges. Social connections and honest conversations between two people can be aided by walking outside instead of sitting inside. Clay Cockrell, a licensed clinical social worker in New York City, began walking with clients 12 years ago. He notes that casual venues like parks have been especially helpful for

men. “They sometimes have a more difficult time making eye contact in sessions. Outside, they are looking where they are going, looking at nature, other people—the pressure is less. My own health has improved, as well,” he says.

He shares ideas with the public and other therapists at WalkAndTalk.com to maximize the benefits. He sees moving the body forward along a path as a metaphor for moving forward in life.

Adds Habash, “We believe that engaging in health should be simple and fun, like putting one foot in front of the other at every opportunity.”

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Why is creativity so vital now?

More than ever before, the nature of human consciousness today is making it apparent that we live inside stories and are pushing up against their edges. Strategies we’ve used to try to attain control, success or empowerment—structured ideas about how the world works, false assurances and guarantees about life— may not be working. As a result, we are mired in anxiety, stress and crises. It all offers us the opportunity to wake up to a larger truth that supersedes everything else: We must discover where our true safety resides, in building newly intelligent relationships within, as well as with

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Why do we need an internal sense of safety?

Safety found within shows up in our experiences of the world. As we become increasingly reliant on and confident in our creative skills to survive and thrive, we give ourselves the gift of resilience in chaos.

Humanity’s creativity must be awakened in order to meet the challenges of a changing world and effectively address problems that appear to have too few solutions. The same inner awareness and skill set that give birth to the creative process can be applied to all aspects of life. Only through creative acts can we rise above unworkable paradigms, group thinking and earlier conditioning to create new and more fluid stories that grow from revised thoughts, beliefs, choices and attitudes that mature from the inside out.

Deep, compassionate understanding of how we arrived at this point allows us to shed restrictions.

It begins with facing the whys and wherefores of our most intimate consciousness.

How do male and female energies play into this?

Everyone possesses both masculine and feminine energies; neither is better or less valuable than the other. Doing and acting characterize masculine energy, which makes things. It builds, structures, orders and files. Being

characterizes the feminine, womb-like energy, pregnant with possibilities and subsequent manifested outcomes. The capacities to imagine, feel and receive also are feminine. In the dance with the masculine, the harmony of these feminine qualities is the primal desire for and the impulse of creativity itself.

When the masculine and feminine energies are balanced and intimately joined, they express the ability to act, create, manifest, build and bring order.

When we learn how to balance them, we become more creative and effective, individually and collectively. We are better at meeting challenges and responding to opportunities.

How does chauvinism block creativity?

Chauvinism, an elevation of masculine over feminine energy, would separate us from our feelings. It does violence to femininity and castrates legitimate masculinity. The mildest trace of such subordination diminishes and reduces primal creative energies to second place, so that nothing new can arrive. Civilization suffers from this systemic disorder to the degree that we believe our needs won’t be met unless we are controlling or relying disproportionately on action principles. A culture that elevates doing over being is ignorant of how to pop the clutch and shift into neutral, and so keeps driving down the same road without hope of changing direction.

When spirituality was more alive inside religious traditions, we honored the sanctity of the Sabbath and the importance of putting aside doing in order to be intimate with the mystery of life. It’s what breathes new life into our thoughts and feelings, arousing body, mind and spirit to new heights.

Every creator understands that all creativity is a gift of the feminine energy and a gift of the gods.

Integrative masculine energies are always constellated around such a gift.

Allowing ourselves to become intimate with a greater state of being rather than doing, we open ourselves to receiving a new relationship with life.

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University of Maryland College Park alumna Cam Pascual co-founded the nonprofit Food Recovery Network (FRN) after watching hundreds of pounds of food hit the trash in her campus dining hall every night. Pascual and her colleagues mobilized a volunteer network to shuttle leftovers from the university to soup kitchens, donating 200 meals a night to feed the hungry.

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture recently set a goal of slashing food waste in half by 2030, with several supporting bills approaching the floor in Congress. The EPA food recovery hierarchy calls for reducing food waste first and foremost, with recovering food to feed people or animals as a fallback and utilizing landfills only as a last resort.

“It’s one thing to set goals, but to realize those reductions in food waste, we have to change our behavior,” says Jonathan Bloom, author of American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It). Farms and households are the two largest generators of food waste, according to Bloom, whose blog at WastedFood.com offers dozens of beneficial tips for keeping food out of the trash bin.

Fighting food waste starts before we go to the grocery.

Bloom recommends consumers organize cupboards to know what’s already in stock, plan meals and stick to the shopping list.

Post-purchase, easy tips include serving smaller portions, freezing leftovers and sharing surplus with friends and neighbors.

Bloom’s website fans contribute more ideas like mixing veggie scraps into pet food or making them into soup stock.

Using a smaller refrigerator keeps shoppers from bulking up while saving energy costs. The battle against wasted food needs to start at home, where small steps add up to big change.

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Creativity isn’t only child’s play; parents also could do well to infuse their own lives with its discoveries and delights. “Through creativity, parents can reawaken a sense of wonder and joy, and nurture characteristics like patience,” says Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way for Parents: Raising Creative Children.

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hether it’s playing dress-up, making forts from sofa cushions or drawing pictures, creative moments can define and distinguish a happy childhood. Yet it’s not all just fun and games, according to experts. Childhood creativity, nurtured both in the classroom and at home, is crucial for developing qualities such as sound decision-making, flexible thinking and mental resiliency.

Analyzing more than 150 studies across the fields of psychology, neuroscience, education and business management, the Center for Childhood Creativity, in Sausalito, California, found many important life skills are affiliated with a creative upbringing.

The resulting white paper, Inspiring a Generation to Create, underscores that rather than simply being an innate trait, creativity can be taught.

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Cameron wrote the book in part to guide her own daughter, actress and film director Domenica Cameron-Scorsese, in her creative journey through motherhood.

While many such works focus on art projects for kids, Cameron’s book emphasizes activities that put creative fuel in the parental tank. For example, she recommends parents take up the ritual of “morning pages”; writing three pages of stream-of-consciousness thoughts the first thing each morning.

Jean Van’t Hul, author of The Artful Parent, started a daily sketchbook practice for herself and to set an example for her kids. “I like that the kids see me creating regularly and they’ve joined in a couple times. I also want to get over my self-limited belief that I’m not a good artist,” remarks Van’t Hul, who blogs at ArtfulParent.com.

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A family ritual, like a bedtime story or relationship with a pet, can be re-imagined to inspire household members to co-create together. “Instead of always reading to my kids, we take turns making up stories by ‘giving’ each other three things, like an airplane, a shovel and a pair of pants, which we have to use in a story,” says Nicole Corey Rada, a working mother of two in Richmond, Virginia. “Sometimes, we pretend our pets are having conversations, and use different voices and accents to express what they might

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Mark Runco, Ph.D., a University of Georgia professor of gifted and creative education, founder of the Creativity Research Journal and advisor to the Center for Childhood Creativity, notes the importance of balancing unstructured and structured activities, creating space for both individual expression and creative collaboration.

To foster the former, Van’t Hul encourages “strewing”, which she refers to as “the art of casually yet strategically leaving invitations for learning and creativity out for kids to discover on their own.” Invitations to play could be a basket of non-toxic blocks, a recycled-paper sketchpad opened to a blank page or some nature finds from a walk in the woods.

As an example of the latter, Cameron suggests that parents lead kids on a weekly creative expedition, allowing the kids to choose a new place to aimlessly explore such as a park, bookstore, pet shop or museum.

According to the author, that sense of shared adventure, fostered in a safe space, naturally nurtures the creative process, both for now and the future.

“If you make art the center, insisting that kids be creative, they may feel a sense of pressure,” advises Cameron. “If you make inspiration the center, it spills over into art.”

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hen encountering a bird or animal that appears to be abandoned, take only minimal steps to help. “People mean well but a lot of rescues we see, didn’t need help,” says Lacy Campbell, wildlife care center operations manager for the Audubon Society of Portland, Oregon. Make sure the animal is away from traffic or predators, and then call a local wildlife rehabilitator before taking further action, especially if the animal is injured.

Vulnerable Little Ones

Baby squirrels can fall out of the nest.

“Leave him at the base of the tree,” says Jennifer Keats Curtis, author of the children’s book Squirrel Rescue. “Mom will rebuild the nest before coming to get her baby. If it’s cold, put it in a box with a towel. Once squirrels have been treated as a pet, they can’t be released.”

Tiny, not-yet-feathered nestlings should be returned home; it’s a myth that human scent poses a problem.

If the nest is out of reach or can’t be located, make one with a box and soft cloth. Put it in the tree, so the parents can resume feeding. Leave the area so as not to frighten them.

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typically spend up to a week on the ground before they can fly,” says Campbell. “At night, the parents will escort the fully feathered fledglings to safety beneath a bush.”

In parks, ducks and geese may nest away from the water. Mama will lead her babies to the pond, even across busy streets. If it’s safe, stop the car to halt traffic, act as their crossing guard, and then resume driving.

A box turtle operates on innate GPS. “It lives in an area the size of a football field,” explains Curtis. “It will go onward, no matter how many times people try to redirect it. If injured by a car or lawn mower, the shell can be mended by a rehab center.”

Bunnies eat at dusk and dawn. Inbetween, the nest may look abandoned.

“Wild baby rabbits are difficult to keep alive if injured,” says Curtis. “At sundown, see if mom returns; if not, they need a wildlife rehab expert.”

A lone, young raccoon is either old enough to climb a tree by itself or the mother will carry it. If we feed a raccoon, it will become a beggar.

Opossums are dramatic actors. When cornered, they hiss and fall over and play dead in a coma-like state for up to four hours. Check back later. If a mother possum has been killed by a

The best outcome for injured animals is rescue, rehabilitation and return to the wild. car, call a rehab official to check her pouch for potential babies.

“If you find a young deer fawn or moose calf, leave it. The mother comes back several times each day to nurse,” advises Amanda Nicholson, director of outreach for the Wildlife Center of Virginia, in Waynesboro. “Its coloring helps it remain undetected by predators.”

Other Unexpected Encounters “Don’t feed wild animals or leave out food or accessible comestible trash.

Bobcats, wolves, bears and coyotes will avoid people unless food is involved,” cautions Jennifer Place, program associate for Born Free USA, a nonprofit in Washington, D.C. “Wild animals protect their space, food and young, so stay on marked trails when hiking and never turn your back on them.”

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calm. “Make sure there’s an escape route for the animal,” says Place.

“With foxes or coyotes, throw sticks or small rocks, but don’t hit the animal.

Make yourself look large and yell.”

With snakes, sidestep away slowly for more than six feet before walking in the other direction. Bears require a different response. “Speak in a low voice so the bear realizes you are not prey. Never climb a tree,” says Place.

“Bears know the terrain, can run faster than a horse and can climb trees, too.

Sidestep away, remaining carefully upright, calm and unthreatening. If the bear moves toward you, keep talking until he moves away. Running kicks in its prey drive.”

Yellowstone Park regulations require visitors to stay 25 yards away from most wildlife and 100 yards away from bears and wolves. Selfie photos with animals can result in injury or death for humans and animals through carelessness; safety depends on good judgement, respect and common sense.

Friends of wildlife know beforehand how to contact local rehabilitators if there’s an emergency, observe before taking action, and protect pets. “Always

Wildlife Transport Tips If a wild animal is injured, wear heavy gloves in its vicinity to avoid being bitten or scratched. Completely cover the animal with a blanket so it stays relatively calm, and place it in a carrier for transport to a rehabilitation facility. A warm hot water bottle can help ward off shock.

Do not give the animal water, milk or food. Time is of the essence to ward off dangers of stress. Wild animals can carry disease without appearing to be ill. Fleas, ticks and mites are likely, so keep injured wildlife away from pets and children. leash dogs when going into the yard at night and keep cats indoors,” says Place. “Peaceful co-existence allows for the safety of both people and animals, domestic and wild.”

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anielle Masters cal industry,” she has been on says, “and I found both sides of myself researching the traditional healthand educating myself care equation—as a about natural alternacollege student majortives to healing.” ing in nursing, and That personal as a patient battling quest led her to anorexia, polycysyoga—first as a tic ovary syndrome student, then as a (PCOS) and then stage teacher. She found I cervical cancer. the practice so transFrom both sides, she formative that she says, she drew the began piling up cersame conclusion: the tifications (children’s most powerful healing yoga, beginner tools are the ones that through advanced nature gives us. yoga, chair yoga …)

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Inspired by her in her enthusiasm to own experience and personal faith, share the experience. “Before I knew and drawing from her broad training it, I was teaching the gifts of yoga in natural wellness practices—she’s to people of all ages all over Palm a certified registered yoga teacher, Springs, California, and loving life,” certified herbalist, holistic nutritionist she says. “All the while, my love and and consultant for Neal’s Yard Rempassion for herbal health and holistic edies—Masters has built a diverse, nutrition was evolving.” devoted clientele who rely on her to

Then came the diagnosis of help them reach their physical and cervical cancer. For Masters, who had spiritual potential through positive already been diagnosed with PCOS lifestyle changes. as a result of her 10-year battle with

“Some of my clients have been anorexia, which caused a hormonal movie stars, famous football players imbalance, it was a turning point. and musicians, not to mention the

“I took this as a life-changing opgrandma next door,” she says. portunity to truly practice all that I had

Masters is now a proud Panhandle learned holistically, in order to finally resident, serving the Panama City, overcome the eating disorder once and Panama City Beach and 30-A comfor all and the medical diagnosis natumunities. But she began her wellness rally,” she says. “Six months later, after journey in Palm Desert, California, much prayer and integrating an herbal where she attended college to become supplementation program with organic a registered nurse. It didn’t take long nutrition and the practice of yoga, I was for her to grow disenchanted with informed by the doctor that there was Western medicine’s drug-heavy focus. absolutely no sign of any cancerous cells

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Masters has built a diverse, devoted clientele who rely on her to help them reach their physical and spiritual potential through positive lifestyle changes.

Mark, had a son, Tristan. They’d been told that she would never be able to have children.

As a witness to the miracle of her own life, and now as a facilitator of others’ wellness “miracles,” Masters is more confident than ever that we come equipped with the tools to restore our own health.

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and watching other people’s lives transform, I truly believe that by integrating both herbal health and holistic nutrition with organics, exercise and the practice of yoga, you can bring balance into your life through the renewal of the body, mind and spirit—from the inside out.”

That transformation begins with countering the stress of modern life. To that end, Masters offers private yoga classes, personalized to the client’s ability, health challenges and wellness goals. She also teaches Christ-Centered Yoga, an intentional practice connecting the entire being (body, mind and spirit) with God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit).

She complements her yoga classes with education on living a chemicalfree lifestyle. Her training as a consultant for Neal’s Yard Remedies—a line of certified organic personal care and wellness products—has reinforced her belief that we should avoid chemicals in our personal-care products just as we do in our foods. “Sixty percent of what we put on our skin is absorbed by the body and ultimately affects the liver, our fat-burning machine,” she says.

In essence, Masters has written a new healthcare equation: yoga + exercise + organic nutrition and personal care = total wellness. That’s math we can all live with.

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or Matthew Nester, a teacher at W. H. Rhodes Elementary in Milton, stocking up on essential oils is just part of the back-to-school routine.

“Being a teacher comes with challenges every day, from the germs that students spread to a lack of focus in the classroom and during testing,” he says.

“Using On Guard [Doterra essential oil blend] in the classroom cuts down on the normal toxins of cleaners in the class and keeps germs down at the same time. I also use peppermint on a daily basis to help with increasing oxygen to the brain. During testing, I put out peppermint and wild orange to support brain function and help keep my sleepy students awake.”

There’s science behind Nester’s strategy. Dr. Abbas Meamarbashi of the National Center for Biotechnology Information, part of the National Institutes of Health, has confirmed that peppermint essential oil boosts respiratory flow and therefore the supply of oxygen to the brain, supporting the idea that peppermint oil can help keep students alert.

Adding rosemary to the combination helps support long-term memory function as well. In studies conducted by the Tisserand Institute, subjects exposed to rosemary oil showed a 60 to 75 percent increase in memory function compared to those who were not.

Further studies showed that rosemary also increases alertness.

Parents can create a specialized roller-bottle blend of citrus, peppermint and rosemary essential oils for their children to use during school and while studying to support memory and focus, or they can use a diffuser in the home before the children head off to school.

Teachers can use a diffuser or blend the essential oils with water in a spray bottle. Students and teachers alike can use this blend every day to support learning and positive behaviors.

Navarre Living Yoga, located at 8162 Navarre Pkwy., is hosting a free event, Back to School with Essential Oils, at 6:30 p.m., August 4. For more information, contact Diana Pereira at 850499-3670 or DianaPereira@live.com.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 12 Weight Loss – 6:30-7:30pm. Join this talk on fat, where it comes from and how to reduce it in your body.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 Pregnancy, Labor & Delivery, Baby Care with Essential Oils – 2-3pm. A short class about using essential oils in dealing with the many discomforts of prenancy, the birthing process, and new baby care. Ever’man Cooperative, 315 W Garden St, Pensacola. 850-499-3670. PereiraProduceAnd Health.weebly.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.

Focus, better behavior, aiding memory - all possible with just a diffuser and a few oils. Pereira Produce & Health, 2109 Casa de Oro St, Navarre. 850-4993670. PereiraProduceAndHealth.weebly.com.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4 Back to School Naturally – 6:30-8:15pm. Complimentary Zyto scans will be available for at this event. Go through the essential oils information of our basic class with additional information geared to the upcoming school year. Navarre Living Yoga, 8162 Navarre Pkwy, Navarre. 850-499-3670.

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Aerial Meditation – 7:30-8:45pm. This class starts with gentle stretch and movement and transition to a guided meditation inside the silk hammock. Gentle and accessible to all levels. Pre-pay to secure your cocoon. $15, $10/HS, college students and URU teachers. URU Yoga & Beyond, 2400 Executive Plaza Rd, Pensacola. 850-377-5334. URUYoga.com.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 5 Cancer Support with Essential Oils – 6:307:30pm. This class will cover the possibility of supporting cancer treatment and recovery with essential oils. Each person attending will receive the protocol used successfully with local customers. This gift of the earth is said to break down petrochemicals in our livers and tissues. Pereira Produce & Health, 2109 Casa de Oro St, Navarre. 850-499-3670.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 6 Aromatherapy for Animals – 11am-12pm. This class will give you a broad overview of how essential

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Emotional Aromatherapy – 5-6:30pm. Learn how our limbic system allows essential oils to affect change quickly in our emotions to help stay calm and balanced. Participants get a sample of emotional aromatherapy oils and a hand-out detailing the emotional aide numerous common essential oils can provide. 3624 Pearl Ct, Navarre. 850-499-3670.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 8 Naturally Simple Hormone Balance – 6-7:15pm.

A discussion of the ins and outs of hormones and a new approach to controlling fluctuations, imbalances, hot flashes, chronic fatigue naturally and other female concerns. Each participant receives a sample of Clary Calm to help start their journey to wellness. 8th Element Wellness, 90 Beal Pkwy NW, Ste A1, Fort Walton Beach. 850-499-3670.

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Lion’s Gate Meditation with Alice McCall – 6-7:30pm. This powerful Lion’s Gate meditation event garners the next level of Star Gate light codes to accelerate and support your personal evolution.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11 Weight Loss – 6-7pm. Join this talk on fat, where it comes from and how to reduce it in your body. Bring your friends and improve the chance of winning a free Aromatouch technique to get you started on your wellness journey, and a Slim & Sassy bottle of oil. Rejuvatrim Aesthetics, 210 E Intendencia St, Pensacola. 850-499-3670. PereiraProduceAndHealth.weebly.com.

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Inversions Workshop: Discovering a New Perspective – 2-4pm. Inversions are any time the heart is above the head, giving our heart a break from pumping against gravity. Workshop explores inversion and seeing things from a new perspective and strengthening and opening the muscles that bring stability as well as building confidence to go upside down. Open to all levels. $25. URU Yoga Gulf Breeze, 913 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Ste 26, Gulf Breeze. 850-377-5334. URUYoga.com.

Kombucha 101 – 5:30-6:30pm. Learn how easy and inexpensive it can be to make your own living pro-biotics, Kombucha (fermented sweet tea with no sugar left), and apple cider vinegar. Also, why living pro-biotics are so important for your health. $10, includes Scoby to get started. . Pereira Produce & Health, 2109 Casa de Oro St, Navarre. 850-4993670. PereiraProduceAndHealth.weebly.com.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 26 Natural Support for Athletes – 6:30-7:30pm.

Delve into supporting an athlete’s training naturally by discussing nutrition recommendations, supplement recommendations, herbal assistants, and essential oil relief in this class designed to help each athlete reach new heights in their training. $12 including all materials. $12. Navarre Living Yoga, 8162 Navarre Pkwy, Navarre. 850-499-3670.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 SUNDAY, AUGUST 14 Antiques Appraisal Fair – 9am-2pm. Bring your antique, vintage and artistic treasures for expert information and value estimate. Funds support the sponsoring nonprofit organization, ensacola Historic Preservation Society. $5/entry, includes evaluation of one item; $3/each additional item. Garth’s Antiques, 3930 Navy Blvd, Pensacola. 850-375-4287.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 Digestive Tract: Healing and Preventing Problems – 6-7:30pm. Healthy intestines bring health to all parts of you. This event focuses on transforming the health of our GI tract as well as common digestive ailments; with Alice McCall. Teleconference with Alice McCall. $20. Reservations: 850-585-5496.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 Hand Reflexology with Essential Oils – 5:307:30pm. Class will be discussing the history of reflexology, supporting body systems with hand reflexology, and getting the most out of reflexology with essential oils. Also, techniques to complete hand reflexology on yourself or others. $20, including all materials. Navarre Living Yoga, 8162 Navarre Pkwy, Navarre. 850-499-3670. PereiraProduceAndHealth.weebly.com.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 23 Healthy Can Be Simple – 6-7:15pm. Learn how easy and inexpensive it can be to switch your body care products, cleaners and over-the-counter medicines to healthy, natural solutions for pennies per use. Each attendee will receive a free trio sample of essential oils. 8th Element Wellness, 90 Beal Pkwy NW, Ste A1, Fort Walton Beach. 850-499-3670.

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24 Psychic Development Class – 2-4pm. Ever wonder whether you had psychic or mediumship abilities?

This hands-on series will help you develop and enhance your psychic and intuitive abilities in everyday life. $20. Wishful Treasures, 4622 Saufley Field Rd, Pensacola. 850-941-4321. WishfulTreasures.com.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 25 Emotional Aromatherapy – 6-7pm. Learn how our limbic system allows essential oils to affect change quickly in our emotions to help stay calm and balanced. Participants get a sample of emotional aromatherapy oils and a hand-out detailing the emotional aide numerous common essential oils can provide. Rejuvatrim Aesthetics, 210 E Intendencia St, Pensacola.

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Essential Oils for Cooking and Cleaning – 1:303:30pm. Learn to utilize essential oils in creating numerous easy appetizers, and how to make glass cleaner and multipurpose cleaner to clean up the kitchen, and other kitchen uses for your essential oils. $10, ingredient cost. 5840 Pescara Dr, Milton. 850-499-3670. PereiraProduceAnd Health.weebly.com.

Essential Oils for Cooking and Cleaning – 6-7:30pm. Learn to utilize essential oils in creating numerous easy appetizers, and how to make glass cleaner and multipurpose cleaner to clean up the kitchen, and other kitchen uses for your essential oils. $10, ingredient cost. Pereira Produce & Health, 2109 Casa de Oro St, Navarre. 850-499-3670.

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Navarre Living Yoga Teacher Cerfication Training

Annual Sand, Sea, Spirit Retreat September 10-20

Saturday, August 27

Be amongst people of like mind, thought and action. This wonderful spiritual event will feature holistic workshops and lectures, social events and gatherings, holistic services that include massage and energy work, community meals, lunch or supper. Come for the day or come to stay. Interested vendors and presenters contact Karen Rollins. 337-794-0062.

Become a yoga teacher or deepen your practice and knowledge of yoga. Yoga teacher certification training is a perfect opportunity to dive into your own personal practice, study the ancient widsom and philosophy of yoga, and learn how to safely teach yoga postures.

Eight month program is led by Kathy Tabb and other Navarre Living Yoga teachers. Navarre Living Yoga is a registered 200 Hour Yoga Alliance Certified school.

Call for prices Payment plans available

SandSeaAndSpirit@gmail.com.

Facebook/Sand Sea and Spirit.

Call Kathy - 850-346-3577

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Reiki Level II Practitioner Training – 9:30am3:30pm. Continuing training and attunement for those ready to begin work as a Reiki practitioner, or just deepen their own knowledge and abilities.

The class focuses on the mental/emotional causes at the root of disease in any form. CEUs for massage therapists; level I Reiki a pre-requisite. $260. The Healing Clinic, 184 Brooks St, Bldg 1, Fort Walton Beach. 850-217-2771. YoginiFelicia@yahoo.com.

Fall Into the St\illness Retreat – 11/3-11/6. The retreat features the dynamic duo of Stowe Good – Grammy nominated Karen Taylor-Good and bestselling author and singer/songwriter Stowe Daily – as keynote presenters. Meditation, workshops, bonfires, outstanding food, fellowship and relaxation are some rewards of this retreat in the serene seaside woods of Camp Beckwith. Registration ends Oct 16. $140/retreat fee and lodging. Unity of Pensacola, 716 N 9th Ave, Pensacola. 850-438-2277.

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editorial calendar health & wellness plus: dance power FEBRUARY

friendship

plus: dental health MARCH

food matters

plus: eye health APRIL

everyday sustainability plus: freshwater scarcity MAY

women’s wellness plus: thyroid health JUNE

happiness

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independent media

plus: summer harvest AUGUST

empowering youth plus: creativity SEPTEMBER

healing music plus: yoga OCTOBER

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Full Moon Group Meditation Intro/Workshop – 6-7:30pm. 3rd Sun. A dynamic, scientific service to the world in cooperation with the Masters of Wisdom. Very simple, powerful method of strengthening your spiritual connection. Free. Everman’s Co-op Educational Center, 315 West Garden St, Pensacola.

850-417-7294. TransmissionMeditation.org.

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community game changers plus: chiropractic NOVEMBER

mental wellness plus: beauty DECEMBER

uplifting humanity

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Prenatal Yoga – 4:30-5:30pm. Prepare for the birth of your baby and work to alleviate pregnancy-related 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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tuesday Mat Day – 8:30-10:45am. Tues and Thur. Advanced 8:30-9:30am; beginning 9:45-10:45am. Increase strength and flexibility and see how you feel after just one hour of corrective movement exercises $15/ drop-in rate. $10/account rate. Pilates Core Training, 1310 B Dunmire St, Dunmire Village, Pensacola.

850-287-5836. PilatesCoreTraining.com.

Tea Leaf Readings – 5-6pm. Learn tasseomancy, an ancient method of producing answers and information about the future by interpreting the patterns of tea leaves in a cup: basic history, symbolism and intuitively reading what you see. Desserts and refreshments served. $15. Wishful Treasures, 4622 Saufley Field Rd, Pensacola . 850-941-4321. PensacolaComiccon.com.

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Yoga for Meditation – 6:45-7:45pm. 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. 850-684-1065. NavarreLivingYoga.com.

Twin Hearts Meditation and Healing Clinic – 7:15-8:15pm. Promoting stress reduction and general wellness. Protocols for most physical and emotional ailments. Thanks for bringing canned food for Manna. Free. Everman’s Natural Foods community Room, 315 W Garden St, Pensacola. 850-433-2040.

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wednesday 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. NavarreLivingYoga.com. St, Pensacola. 850-417-7294.

Aerial Yoga – 6-7:15pm. The yoga swing is used to deepen and enhance traditional yoga postures. Build strength and discover new depths with balance, stability and mobility. No experience is necessary. $16. Navarre Living Yoga, 8162 Navarre Pkwy.

850-684-1065. NavarreLivingYoga.com.

thursday Mat Day – 8:30-10:45am. Tues and Thur. Advanced 8:30-9:30am; beginning 9:45-10:45am. Increase strength and flexibility and see how you feel after just one hour of corrective movement exercises $15/

yoga experience necessary. $13. Navarre Living Yoga, 8162 Navarre Parkway, Navarre. 850-6841065. NavarreLivingYoga.com

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Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast – Gulf Breeze Networking Meeting – 11:30am-1pm.

3rd Fri. Women’s networking group in the Gulf Coast area. Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast has been meeting for over 10 years connecting women together to utilize resources and connections to help them grow personally and professionally. Donation. Hampton Inn & Suites, 311 Gulf Breeze Pkwy, Gulf Breeze. Info: 850-529-0908.

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Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast – Pensacola Networking Meeting – 11:30am-1pm. 1st Fri. Women’s networking group in the Gulf Coast area. Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast has been meeting for over 10 years connecting women together to utilize resources and connections to help them grow personally and professionally. Donation. Gulf Coast Kid’s House, 3401 N 12th Ave, (enter via the side entrance), Pensacola.

Info: 850-529-0908. PowerfulWomenGulfCoast.com.

drop-in rate. $10/account rate. Pilates Core Training, 1310 B Dunmire St, Dunmire Village, Pensacola.

850-287-5836. PilatesCoreTraining.com.

Yoga – 5-6pm. The class includes instruction in basic poses or asanas, yoga alignments, breathing techniques and relaxation that will leave you feeling relaxed and refreshed. No experience necessary. $15. Wishful Treasures, 4622 Saufley Field Rd, Pensacola. 850-941-4321. WishfulTreasures.com.

friday Fitness Yoga – 8-9am. Class focuses on fitness and endurance, building strength for your asana practice while increasing endurance for the rest of your life. There will be moments of high intensity bursts mixed with vinyassa flow to help the muscles recover. $12/drop-in, $7/student. URU Yoga Gulf Breeze, 913 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Suite 26, Gulf Breeze. 850-377-5334. URUYoga.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

• ONLY $50 FOR FOUR DAYTIME COURSES • CHOOSE FROM OVER 50 COURSES • Classes are 4-8 Weeks Long • From Art to Computers to Zumba Gold • No tests - No grades - No pressure • REGISTRATION BEGINS SEPT. 2 AT 9 A.M.

First Fridays at Bikram Yoga – 4:30-6pm. 1st Fri. Class for new clients. Please arrive 15 minutes before class time. Mat and towel available for rent.

Free for new clients. Bikram Yoga Pensacola, 1151 Office Woods Dr, Ste C, Pensacola. 850-912-8668.

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Community Yoga Class – 6-7:15pm. This is a mindful vinyasa practice that will lead into a yin class in which you will hold poses. This is a community class. $5. URU Yoga Gulf Breeze, 913 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Suite 26, Gulf Breeze. 850-3775334. URUYoga.com.

saturday Metaphysical Book Club – 11-12am. Weekly Book Club led by Tullio Lowd. Enjoy a cup of coffee or tea in a tranquil setting while discussing various books consistent with Unity principles. The current book is The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer. Love offering. Unity of Pensacola, 716 N 9th Ave, Fellowship Hall, Pensacola. 850-434-5513. UnityPNS.org.

Meditative Coloring – 10-11am. Coloring is a form of active meditation. Bring your own supplies and join Reverend Jamie and other adults for an hour of quiet, meditative coloring. There are free printable mandalas online. Love offering. Fellowship Hall, Unity of Pensacola Metaphysical Bookstore, 716 N 9th Avenue, Pensacola. 850-438-2277.

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• TO REGISTER VISIT: UWF Emerald Coast Auditorium 1170 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., FWB For more info:

850-863-6548 • Email: cll@uwf.edu

To see an up-to-date catalog visit: www.cll-fwb.org, your local library or community center

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY ART GALLERY, PICTURE FRAME SHOP AND PHOTO STUDIO – for Sale in Fort Walton Beach, FL. Turn Key operation, fully equipped and ready to go. Huge inventory of art, supplies and equipment valued at over $200,000 (building not included). Lease available for qualified buyer.

Priced for a quick sale at $30,000! This is the perfect time to buy into this and reap the benefits of the summer season! Owner retiring. Call 850376-8324.

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 $30,000 (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.

COOKWARE FOR SALES 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.

ROOM RENTALS PRACTITIONER ROOM FOR RENT – Practitioner space to rent at an established Pensacola integrated fitness practice, Pilates Core Training,Inc,. We are looking for tenant who wishes to practice complimentary services in a facility that is growing and currently hosts up to 400 client visits per month. Please contact Barbara Bruni, at 850-287-5836.

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.

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IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER!

communityresourceguide Connecting you to the leaders in natural healthcare and green living in our community. To find out how you can be included in the Community Resource Guide email Advertising@NWFNaturally.com to request our media kit or call 850-687-0826.

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 21.

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BODY SCULPTING REJUVATRIM

Rika Edge, Venus Legacy Master Technician and Wellness Coach 210 E. Intendencia St, Pensacola 850-725-8746 • RejuvaTrim.com We offer non-invasive solutions for face lift, tummy tuck, liposuction and cellulite. Other services include M’lis Body Contour Detox Wraps and Infrared Jade Sauna Therapy.

See ad, page 2.

BEAUTY ORGANIC CONCEPTS

BY CAMI KILKER

609 West Chase St, Pensacola 850-582-0177 • CamyKilker@gmail.com Providing an organic solution to beauty in a world full of chemicals.

Organic Salon Systems gives you clean and healthy hair with ammonia free hair color and chemical free styling products.

See ad, page 14.

BIKRAM YOGA BIKRAM HOT YOGA PENSACOLA 1151 Office Woods Dr 850-912-8668 BikramYogaPensacola.com

ad, page 15.

Bikram Yoga is the original hot yoga sequence! This 26 posture method is combined with specific heat that will systematically work the entire body to maintain optimum health and happiness. See

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.

CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY SHARALEE HOELSCHER, RCST Certified Rolfer (MA34039) Registered Craniosacral Therapist 850-450-8508 HealingWithBodywork.com

Get out of pain once and for all.

Treat the source, not the symptom.

Enjoy moving freely in a more organized, comfortable and balanced body. See ad, page 14.

BIOFEEDBACK BIOFEEDBACK

Teresa Brown-Konell 850 776-1076 1211 East Strong St. MySerenityStressRelief.com

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Teresa is a biofeedback practitioner and wellness coach. See ad, page 11.

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

Experience the benefits of C r y o t h e r a p y, a whole-body exposure to subzero temperatures used to promote the body’s natural anti-inflammatory response, release endorphin, reduce pain and promote overall health. See ad, page 34.

CRYSTALS/GEMSTONES THE BODHI TREE

Moving from Foley Tanger Outlet To Cordova Mall in Pensacola 850-332-6959 BodhiTree.Rocks The Bodhi Tree (pronounced /BŌ DĒ/) is a cultural crystal shop fit for both enlightened masters and those who aren’t sure what “metaphysical” means. We carry the largest selection of crystals in Alabama. You are loved! See ad, page 5.

EVER’MAN COOPERATIVE GROCERY & CAFE

ESSENTIAL OILS LAURIE AZZARELLA, LMT, CRR

315 W Garden St, Pensacola 850-438-0402 • EverMan.org

Young Living Educator, Sponsor #327923 850-380-4943 LaurieAzzarella@gmail.com WellnessPurposeAbundance.com/YL/123 Experience the healing, uplifting and detoxifying benefits of therapeuticgrade essential oils and supplements. Contact us for personal consultations, inhome classes, household products, health supplements, diffusers, group presentations and business training.

See ad, page 11.

DENTISTRY 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.

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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, CO2 Laser periodontal treatment. No mercury fillings. See ads, pages 37.

Natural and certified organic products, vitamin supplements, local and organic produce, whole-some baked goods, hot deli lunches, environmentally friendly products, and educational classes and events.

Mon-Sat, 7am-9pm; Sun, 10am-7pm. See ad, page 10..

HOMEOVITALITY USA Virginia Biasizzo, NDTP 617-99-6979 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 38.

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.

FOODS & SUPPLEMENTS ALTERNATIVE HEALTH FOOD STORE 5533 Highway 90 850-994-3606 AlternativeHealthFoodStore.com Alternative Health Food Store Since 1998.

Educated and friendly Staff, Quality Vitamins & Supplements.Essential Oils for a healthy lifestyle. Natural Health Assessments: Iridology Tongue and Fingernail Assessment, Reflex Nutrition Assessment. By appointment, $50. See ad, page 17.

OLD THYME REMEDIES

Theresa Ellis and Beth Workman 2475 E 9 Mile Rd, Ste E, Pensacola 850-912-6996 • OldThymeRemedies.com Offers more than 200 varieties of loose herbs, top brands of essential oils, tools and accessories, herbal formulas and homeopathics, ionic foot detox and infrared sauna. Kangen water is also available. See ad, page 33.

PENSACOLA NATURAL FOODS, INC 916 W Michigan Ave, Unit C, Pensacola 850-433-8583 PensacolaNaturalFoods.com

ESTHER’S GARDEN OF HEALING, LLC

DINING 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, gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan and raw food classes are available. See ad, page 39.

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 43.

1 5 % o ff v i t a m i n s , h e r b s , homeopathics. 10% off groceries for military. Natural and organic groceries; wheat-, dairy-, glutenfree foods; nitrate-free meats, poultry; low-carb foods; organic wine, beer; locally-made jewelry, soaps, candles. Bulk discounts.

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PEREIRA PRODUCE & HEALTH

Mundy and Diana Pereira www.pereiraproduceandhealth.weebly.com 850-499-3670 dianapereira@live.com or via Facebook

A holistic approach incorporating nutrition, herbalism, and essential oils to find renewed vitality and energy. Offering, complimentary health consultations with personalized recommendations. certified Aromatouch sessions, wellness educational classes throughout NW Florida. Organic produce share program with a flexibity, non-committal service available weekly via Facebook or our website. See ad, page 4 .

HERBAL MEDICINE OLD THYME REMEDIES

Theresa Ellis and Beth Workman 2475 E 9 Mile Rd, Ste E, Pensacola 850-912-6996 • OldThymeRemedies.com Offers more than 200 varieties of loose herbs, top brands of essential oils, tools and accessories, herbal formulas and homeopathics, ionic foot detox and infrared sauna.

Kangen water is also available. See ad, page 33.

HOLISTIC MEDICINE GENESTYLE MEDICINE

FOOT CARE EMERALD COAST PODIATRY

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 13.

HEALING ART TERESA BROWN

1211 East Strong St, Pensacola 850-206-1853 TeresaBrown.net Experienced intuitive medium, public speaker and author. Find peace, healing and renewal of energy through energetic clearing, past life regression and spiritual counseling. Consultations in person or by phone. See ad, page 11.

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.

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 7.

INTEGRATIVE GENERAL PRACTICE Benjamin L. Konell, DO Teresa Brown-Konell 1211 E Strong St, Pensacola 850-776-1076

Dr. Konell’s focus is treating the whole person, rather than illness alone. In his practice, which he calls an art, he utilizes osteopathic manipulation to facilitate diagnosing and treating disease.

His intention is to open blockages in the lymphatic and musculoskeletal systems to restore natural health and well-being. See ad, page 11.

HOT YOGA STUDIO BIKRAM HOT YOGA PENSACOLA 1151 Office Woods Dr 850-912-8668 BikramYogaPensacola.com

Bikram Yoga is the original hot yoga sequence! This 26 posture method is combined with specific heat that will systematically work the entire body to maintain optimum health and happiness. See ad, page 15.

INFRARED SAUNNA RIKA EDGE

Venus Legacy Master Technician Wellness Coach 210 E. Intendencia St, Pensacola 850-725-8746 • RejuvaTrim.com We offer non-invasive solutions for face lift, tummy tuck, liposuction and cellulite. Other services include M’lis Body Contour Detox Wraps and Infrared Jade Sauna Therapy.

See ad, page 2.

IRIDOLOGY CHRISTINA MASON CNHP, MH

Certified Natural Health Professional Herbs & Things, 2600 W Nine Mile Rd, Ste 10, Palm Creek Plaza, Pensacola TheDirtSuitDr@gmail.com• 850-206-5603 Master Herbalist. Holistic Counseling to support body systems for self care. Applies a variety of tools to assess nutritional and vitamin deficiency includeing digital iridology, tongue and fingernail assessment.

LIFE COACH SUSAN JOHNSTON, CCHT

Intuitive Life Path Coach Dunmire Village, Pensacola 850-910-4048 • SusanMJohnston.com Life coach, soul guide and certified hypnotherapist offering traditional/ holistic healing and teachings of energy and life skills. Custom tailored for individuals, children thru adults. Specializing in working with empaths and highly sensitive people. Office/phone appts.

MATTRESS — ORGANIC GOOD MORNING MATTRESS CENTER 850-549-3104 7160 N Davis Hwy, Pensacola ShopGoodMorningMattress.com

The only true organic mattress in Northwest Florida, no flame retardants or flame retardant barriers, no memory foam or polyurethane foam, no soybean or biobased foam (polyurethane foam with soybean oil mixed in), no synthetic latex rubber, no harmful glues or adhesives, no GMO cotton or other GMO fibers, no shoddy insulator pads. See ad, page 23.

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MYOFASCIAL RELEASE BARBARA BRUNI

Pilates Core Training New Location: 1310 B Dunmire, Dunmire Village, Pensacola 850-287-5836 • BarbaraBruni.com Myofascial release treats the entire myofascial mind/body complex, eliminating the pressure of the restricted myofascial system (the straight-jacket) that causes painful symptoms. LMT # MA64267. See ad, page 5.

NATURAL HEALTH CARE OLD THYME REMEDIES

Theresa Ellis and Beth Workman 2475 E 9 Mile Rd, Ste E, Pensacola 850-912-6996 • OldThymeRemedies.com Offers more than 200 varieties of loose herbs, top brands of essential oils, tools and accessories, herbal formulas and homeopathics, ionic foot detox and infrared sauna.

Kangen water is also available. See ad, page 19.

NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE 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 38.

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PURE PILATES

PERSONALIZED MEDICINE 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 7.

PEST CONTROL — ORGANIC EARTH’S CHOICE PEST SOLUTIONS

850-382-3820 • BestPestChoice.com Van@BestPestChoice.com Natural and organic pest solutions. State certified with 14 years of experience. Child and pet friendly. No dousing baseboards with pesticides. 110% money back guarantee.

Gulf Breeze Proper 221 Gulf Breeze Pkwy • 850-932-3424 Downtown Pensacola 426 S Palafox • 850-607-2772 PurePilatesPensacola.com Join us at Pure to experience the largest Pilates studio on t h e c o a s t . Va r i e t y o f equipment and mat classes are offered 6 days a week.

Tone your core with Pure.

ROLFING SHARALEE HOELSCHER, RCST Certified Rolfer (MA34039) Registered Craniosacral Therapist 850-450-8508 HealingWithBodywork.com

Get out of pain once and for all.

Treat the source, not the symptom.

Enjoy moving freely in a more organized, comfortable and balanced body. See ad, page 14.

SLEEP DISORDERS DR SUSAN WELCH, FAGD

106 Wright Pkwy SW, FWB 850-243-1534 WrightParkwayDentalCenter.com

PILATES STUDIOS PILATES CORE TRAINING

Barbara Bruni, Owner 1310 B Dunmire, Pensacola 850-287-5836 • PilatesCoreTraining.com Mat, gyrokensis and equipment classes, or private sessions for a personalized experience. Website lists instructors, class schedule and prices. See ad, page 5.

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, CO2 Laser periodontal treatment. No mercury fillings.

See ad, pages 37.

DR DEBORAH R SIMKIN, MD

DFAACAP, Diplomat 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).

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SPIRITUAL CENTER UNITY OF PENSACOLA

Jamie Sanders, Minister 716 N 9th, Pensacola 850-438-2277 • UnityPNS.org Unity of Pensacola offers spiritual teachings that empower abundant and meaningful living. We provide philosophy that is spiritual, not religious, and love-based, not fear-based. Rev. Jamie Sanders offers spiritual counseling. See ad, page 17.

STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION

YOGA STUDIO

TEACHER TRAINING PILATES AND BEYOND TEACHER TRAINING SCHOOL Barbara Bruni, Owner 1310 B Dunmire, Pensacola 850-287-5836 • PilatesAndBeyond.com

450-Hours comprehensive training covering the fundamentals of movement, complete repertoire on the mat equipment, and includes modification movements for osteoporosis, knee and hip replacements and other various special needs. Registered with Pilates Method Alliance Registry of Schools. See ad, page 5.

BARBARA BRUNI

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