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Don Miguel Ruiz Jr. Teaches Personal Freedom in New York

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ell-known New Age author Don Miguel Ruiz Jr. will lead a workshop based on his book The Mastery of Self: A Toltec Guide to Personal Freedom from 2 to 5 p.m., September 10, at Reflections Yoga Studio, located Don Miguel Ruiz Jr. at 227 East 24th Street.

“The ancient Toltecs believed that life as we perceive it is a dream,” Ruiz says. “We each live in our own personal dream, and all our dreams come together to make the dream of the planet. Problems arise when we believe that we have no control over the dream.” Ruiz uses this philosophy to explain how we can wake up, liberate ourselves from illusory beliefs and stories and live as our true, loving selves—not only in solitude and meditation, but in any place or situation. “A spiritual journey … is an inward journey to heal the wounds that conditional love has left in our life in order to bring harmony back into our personal dream. When we reach an apex of such a journey, we begin to work with the dream of the planet. We don’t live in a monastery or ashram or isolated on a hill; we live in our community, with the people we love and work with.”

Ruiz says he took lessons he learned from his father and grandmother to discover his own personal freedom. In his workshop, he applies those lessons to everyday life, to “heal and bring harmony into the dream that we co-create with everyone in our lives, starting with ourselves.”

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DePasquale, who has more than 20 years of holistic health expertise, personal growth training and spiritual wellness experience, says the retreat is a chance for a select group of women to have “a deep-dive, intimate, transformational experience.” It’s geared for women who want to make a change but find they lack the energy to do the things they really want or have a hard time breaking out of old routines. The goal is “transformation on location,” she says. “More than just diets and exercise, we’ll deep-dive into what it really means to be a vital woman. They’ll receive the tools and experience the change during their stay.”

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ritish author, researcher and public speaker David Icke, often referred to as “the world’s greatest conspiracy theorist,” will bring his Worldwide Wake Up Tour to the Grand Prospect Hall in New York on September 10.

In recent years, alternative versions of reality that were previously dismissed as conspiracy theories have grabbed the spotlight as facts emerge in mainstream David Icke media to support these controversial claims. At the forefront of this trend is Icke, whose career is noted for the many predictions he has made since the early 1990s. His bestselling books like “The Lion Sleeps No More” and “The Biggest Secret” have attained near-gospel status among his fans, who see the current state of the world as validation of his beliefs.

While Icke’s conspiracy theories have faced strong resistance, he continues to sell out seminar venues around the world, and he has coined many of the terms in use today to describe what he considers the elitist hidden agenda, such as “problem, reaction, solution” and “the totalitarian tiptoe.” On this tour, Icke will present the latest research from his recently released book, “Phantom Self,” and propose solutions to “a fast-awakening humanity.”

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“Master Li” to Lead Qigong Training at Eastover

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i Junfeng will lead Healing of the Heart Sheng Zhen Qigong Training August 31 to September 5 at Eastover, a 600-acre sanctuary and residential retreat center in the Berkshires.

Often referred to as “the qigong of unconditional love,” Sheng Zhen Gong is a method of self-healing that involves a series of moving and non-moving forms, all designed to remove negative energy, or “qi,” and gather positive, healing energy.

“The movements and contemplations of Sheng Zhen Gong help recreate that deep sense of inner peace we experienced as small children,” Li says. “As the body softens and negative emotions are released, you experience a feeling of perfect harmony with the universe.”

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tions: to strengthen the body, calm the mind and open the heart, he says. “With regular practice, you experience a renewed sense of joy and purpose, a deeper understanding of life and more compassion for yourself and others.”

Li bases his practice in Santa Barbara, California, but conducts workshops and teacher trainings in various countries, including Canada, the United States, France, Norway, Germany, Austria, Croatia, Latvia, Israel, Australia, Japan and the Philippines.

“Master Li is one of the living qigong masters of our time and the driving force behind bringing Sheng Zhen Gong into the world. His life is a testament to the value of practicing this system of qigong,” says Eastover’s founder, Yingxing Wang.

“His goal is a world suffused with unconditional love, in which every person truly loves their neighbor as if they were family.

He believes that the practice of Sheng Zhen Gong is the key to achieving this vision.”

Eastover is located in Lenox, Massachusetts, minutes from Tanglewood Music Center and Kriplau Yoga Center. It hosts organized retreats as well as individual visitors. For more information about this or other events, visit Eastover.com.

What readers are saying about “Master Li”: At Eastover, Master Li shared his beautiful form of Qi Gong. His mere presence radiated love and compassion as he explained how all of us here on Earth make up a single organism, and how by empowering our own unconditional love, emanating from our “big heart” center, we can heal the world, cease with rampant environment destruction, and heal ourselves -body, mind, and soul.

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News and resources to inspire concerned citizens to work together in building a healthier, stronger society that benefits all.

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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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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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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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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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.

With a wealth of luxury faux alternatives available in today’s market, shoe lovers can obtain the quality footwear they desire without incurring the usual environmental and human health costs.

Vegan leather is an animal-friendly alternative to real leather, derived from synthetic materials. No cow, sheep, goat or any other animal is killed in order to make vegan leather shoes, and for most people, that’s a good enough reason to choose it over the “real” thing. Provided that we pick the right maker, it also boasts the added advantage of being far more eco-friendly and sustainable than conventional leather.

Elizabeth Olsen, founder of the luxury vegan shoe brand Olsenhaus, says, “The only difference is the materials—one uses a dead animal’s skin preserved in toxic chemicals; the other is made from a mixture of natural and manmade materials that are better for animals and the environment.”

Twenty times more energy is used to create a leather hide than what is required for synthesized material. Conventional leather tanning involves treating animal skins with large quantities of toxic chemicals, including mineral salts, lead, cyanide and formaldehyde. This process wreaks havoc on our environment and the people that work in or live near tanneries, where chemical exposure can cause sickness or even be lethal.

Olsen cautions that just because a shoe is vegan doesn’t mean it’s been made in an eco-friendly way. She uses natural and manmade materials such as linen, cotton, cork, wood, imitation leathers and recycled faux suede in her vegan shoe line. To assess the quality of vegan leather shoes, she advises, “Shoppers can feel the material and look at the grain to see if it’s faux; with faux, the grain will show a repeating pattern. Also, look for labels noting materials either inside or on the bottom of shoes.”

Olsen notes that an online search for vegan fashion will yield everything from adult couture to baby clothes. Several websites and blogs report on the latest vegan products. She especially likes GirlieGirlArmy.com for vegan lifestyle and fashion.

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healthbriefs Young Adult Insomnia

Linked to Chronic Pain

R Legumes Facilitate Weight Loss

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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.

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.”

Rolfing Structural Integration Improves Sitting Posture

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hen sitting, many people believe that pulling their shoulders back, lifting up the chest and tucking in their buttocks to eliminate the curve of the lower back creates a healthy posture.

If these actions seem difficult or make us feel uncomfortable, it doesn’t mean we are lazy or weak. Good posture actually comes naturally from using our body efficiently and allowing its structure to support us, rather than holding ourselves up by means of muscles alone.

When we sit, the position of the pelvis can either make slouching inevitable or attaining a more upright posture easy. If the buttocks are shifted forward, the back gets rounder, and the added weight compresses the nerves near the tailbone; breathing becomes restricted and the neck and shoulders naturally tense to try to hold us upright. However, by popping out the buttocks and seating the pelvis on the chair so that our weight of drops down to the front edges of our “sitting bones”, we can relax our entire body and still remain upright and balanced.

Rolfing Structural Integration practitioners analyze how different positions and tension patterns shift the way our weight is supported, which in turn affects posture. Rolfers release these constricted areas in the connective tissues (fascia), which can bind us into habitual tension patterns. They also advise clients about the most efficient ways to sit, stand and move to help them achieve the balance, mobility and awareness needed to be able to enjoy a consistently relaxed, upright posture.

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Routines for Beauty, Youth and Well-Being

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• Add liquid iodine (12.5 mg/day) or iodine tablets to your diet for overall health.

• Get 8 hours of sleep a night.

• Drink a cup of mint tea with 2 tablespoons of organic apple cider vinegar and honey.

• Wear sunscreen with an SPF of at least 30.

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ur skin reflects our physical and mental health, which is why external treatments and topical products don’t solve all our skin problems. Junk food, stress, lack of exercise, insufficient sleep … the way we live shows up on our faces. Maintaining flawless, acne-free, glowing skin requires vigilance—establishing regular health routines not just for the skin, but also for the body and mind, and then following them faithfully.

Fortunately, it’s a much better time for “beauty from within” today than it was 10 years ago. Consumers are more educated about the dynamics of good health; they understand that they can get added value from nutritious food, physical activity, meditation and relaxation. They know that having a strong constitution and beautiful appearance begins with living in a well-organized manner.

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• Exercise and meditate three times a week.

• Clean your cell phone and pillowcase.

Make these routines a habit for good health that will radiate from within.

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• Take off your makeup every night with coconut oil.

• After cleansing, apply a moisturizing cream with collagen (for day) or rose (for night).

• Take warm (not hot) showers, applying avocado body lotion afterward.

• Drink a lot of alkaline water (pH 7.5+).

• Stick to an alkaline diet to keep your body in an alkaline state—the key to restoring beauty, youth and well-being.

• Take 1 tablespoon of collagen protein powder with water. I recommend collagen protein from Bulletproof (Bulletproof.com), a hybrid dietary supplement

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Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)

The latest answer!

From the Desk of Dr. Howard Robins at The Healing Center in New York City

Do you have HPV infection? throat.

According the U. S. Center for Disease Control, • Genital warts can be removed with treatments genital human papillomavirus applied by doctors using acid or liquid nitrogen.

(HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted • Cervical cancer is most treatable when it is diinfection. There are 40 or more types of HPV agnosed and treated early. Here surgical scraping that can infect the genital areas of men and Dr. Howard Robins or cryosurgery (freezing) is typically used also, women as well as the throat and mouth! unfortunately far to often with re-occurrence.

HPV may cause serious health problems, • Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) can be treated including genital warts and certain cancers. Most people who with surgery or medicines. Curing RRP often requires many become infected with HPV don’t even know they have it! treatments or surgeries over a period of years.

So how do you get HPV?

Anyone who is having or has ever had sex can get HPV. The CDC says that this is true even for people who only have sex with one person in their lifetime!

HPV is passed on through genital contact, usually during vaginal and anal sex. What most people don’t know is that HPV may also be passed on during oral sex also.

Most important to note is that a pregnant woman with genital HPV can pass the HPV on to her baby during delivery.

What are the risks from HPV? While some infections “may go away”, unfortunately, sometimes, HPV infections can and will persist and may cause a variety of very significant and serious health problems. Health problems that can be caused by HPV include: • pain • Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP), • Cervical cancer.

• Other rare but serious cancers, including genital cancers, and a type of head and neck cancer called oropharyngeal cancer which is in the back of throat, and may extend to the base of the tongue and tonsils.

Is there a test for HPV and how is it treated?

HPV tests are available to help screen women aged 30 years and older for cervical cancer. These HPV tests are not used to screen men, children, or women under the age of 30 years.

There is no approved HPV test to detect HPV in the mouth or

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What can be done if the normal treatment fails?

There is a safe and proven effective treatment that has been used in Europe for many years and now available here, called Direct Intravenous Ozone Therapy (DIV).

This treatment destroys the virus wherever it is living, genitally and orally outside or inside the body. Simply, it is the only treatment that does this and with no pain at all!

What happens is, medical grade oxygen and ozone gas is safely and painlessly injected by trained professionals into a vein (you can’t get an embolus from oxygen, only from nitrogen gas found in air), the extra ”O” in the ozone molecule acts like a “glue” stealing an electron from anything in our body that it can latch onto. Healthy cells in our body contain natural anti-oxidants that protect them against damage or destruction. Only pathogens like HPV are destroyed anywhere they are living.

In addition organic ozonized oils are used either externally and/or internally to safely and painlessly assist and speed up the eradication of this horrible infection.

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Resveratrol The Heart-Healthy Ingredient in Red Wine

By Franklin St. John

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ears ago, heart disease was being studied in many different countries, with the United States leading the way. The researchers were trying to identify the main factors that contributed to heart disease, such as smoking, lack of exercise and excess weight. While they suspected that fat from red meat was another culprit, their research revealed a strange anomaly: the French were known to devour red meat as well as rich desserts as a regular part of their diet, and yet their heart disease statistics did not match up with their consumption of these foods, as the statistics in the United States did.

The only dietary difference that stuck out in the investigation was the high level of red wine consumption by the French.

Could there be a direct correlation between red wine and heart health?

Further investigation indicated that, indeed, there was something in red wine that helped improve the health of French people in general, and their heart health in particular.

Research proved that a specific compound in red wine, resveratrol, was responsible for this significant benefit.

It seemed that simply drinking red wine regularly would enable someone to reap its health benefits. As it turned out, however, the amount of red wine re-

quired to get those benefits would have caused the drinker to be intoxicated all the time.

One fact that emerged from the research was that the French people, even children, drank red wine with most of their meals; it was evident that the general population had resveratrol in their systems practically all the time.

Yet alcoholism did not appear to be a problem in France, as it would most likely be in the United States if Americans started consuming red wine at the level needed to reap the heart health benefits the French enjoyed.

And those benefits are obvious.

According to the literature, resveratrol helps expand the walls of the arteries, allowing the blood to flow more easily.

This means that there is less chance for platelets to accumulate on the arterial walls and cause a stoppage of the blood flow, which of course would result in a heart attack. This is not to say that simply consuming resveratrol is a sure way to prevent a heart attack, but anything that reduces the risk of having one is a positive step.

Resveratrol has other positive effects on the body as well. Its characteristic of making the arterial walls more flexible can affect the blood flow to the brain, helping cut the risk of

stroke. And resveratrol has also been shown to be a strong antioxidant, which means that it is an ally to the body in its constant war against free radical damage. People who are interested in their health probably are aware of the harm that free radicals can cause to the body’s organs, to DNA, and even to individual cells.

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The Future of Dentistry is Here Minimally Invasive Ozone Dentistry is a revolutionary way to approach tooth decay. First, the way to detect decay has been redefined by a new diagnostic laser called the Diagnodent. We shine a light beam on your tooth (no poking with a probe) and can find the beginning stages of decay, long before it will show up on an x-ray. Then, in cases where the decay is just starting, we can use ozone gas alone to sterilize the bacteria and a remineralization agent to help the tooth to actually repair itself, all done without a filling, drilling or any discomfort.

If decay has progressed just past the outer enamel layer of the tooth, then we use a gentle air/water/powder spray called Air Abrasion to remove the decay, instead of a drill. In nearly all cases, this is easily done without anesthesia (no shots!) because no drilling into the tooth is needed. Then ozone gas is employed to sterilize the bacteria, a remineralization agent is placed and finally a tooth colored filling is bonded to replace the missing structure.

Minimally Invasive Ozone Dentistry also uses Ozone gas, Ozonated oil and Ozonated water to wipe out the bacteria in gum disease. By utilizing these three forms of Ozone Therapy, we can heal deep pockets around teeth and also stimulate bone growth. The traditional alternative involves surgery where the gums are cut and sewn to a new position and involves a long and painful healing period.

Advantages of Minimally Invasive Ozone Dentistry • No poking with a probe • Can find decay much sooner than traditional methods • Usually no drilling is needed • No injections are needed • Preservation of healthy tooth structure • All bacterial decay is sterilized with ozone • Your tooth actually starts to repair itself • Non surgical approach to gum disease • Preventative treatment of entire mouth

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In many cases, no drilling or injections are needed, because Dr. Silver uses an air/powder spray to remove the decay that doesn’t cause any discomfort. For more extensive restorations, pain free injections are given and you are profoundly numb so that nothing will bother you. For those with any dental anxiety, we have nitrous oxide (laughing gas) which helps you relax in our extra soft chairs. We also offer Relaxation Dentistry (Sleep Dentistry) for those patients who want a completely alternative visit.

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Salt Air in the City Salt Rooms Soothe Allergies and Skin Conditions

by Avery Mack

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ccording to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, as many as 50 million Americans are affected by seasonal or year-round nasal allergies. Additionally, 56 million suffer from eczema, psoriasis or rosacea.

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. The room’s walls are covered in salt, with blocks of backlit Himalayan pink salt at floor level. Clients wear disposable booties to walk through inchesdeep, loose, mineral-rich Dead Sea salt

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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, cofounder of the Salt Therapy Association, in Boca Raton, Florida. “Dead Sea, Himalayan or other salts can be used as décor.”

“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. na-newyorkcity.com

“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, “Halotherapy 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 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.

Connect with the freelance writer via AveryMack@mindspring.com.

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Nature is my medicine.

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The Garden Cure Natural Sanctuaries Heal Body and Spirit

I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. ~John Muir Since ancient times, gardens have been employed as a place of healing for body and spirit. Japanese healthcare providers prescribe shinrin-yoku, meaning, “walking in forests to promote health” or “forest bathing”. Its intent is to use sight, sound and smell to connect with nature through stress-reducing, meditative walks.

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.

“Public gardens are a safe place where people can focus and do the work,” says Erin Jennings, with Bloedel.

“We see people that wish to reflect and refuel or simply be more aware and intentional in life.” With 150 acres of natural woodlands and landscaped areas, ranging from a moss garden to a bird marsh, participants can take as much time as they need.

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the garden. Greenhouse tours and fall classes on growing herbs, vegetables and lavender include how to make an herbal wreath.

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Bees are an integral part of any flowering garden, and Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary, in Floyd, Virginia, sustainably hosts 30 hives on six acres adjacent to a field planted with buckwheat, mustard, sunflowers and clover for its biodynamic beekeeping. An 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.

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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.

The Boiron Medicinal Garden at 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,

Americans’ Inside Story n Only 12 percent of U.S. adults go outside nearly every day, 8 percent several times a week and 6 percent only once or twice a week. Two percent never venture outside. n When U.S. adults take time out of doors, just under a third spend more than an hour there and almost a quarter spend at least 30 minutes while the rest average five to 10 minutes or less.

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n Thirty-eight percent of Americans 55 years and over invest at least an hour outside each day, compared to 25 percent of those under 35.

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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.

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

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Barnet Bain on How Creativity Can Save the World Fresh Thinking Challenges Rigid Mindsets

by Linda Sechrist

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ilmmaker Barnet Bain’s credits include writer/director of Milton’s Secret, due out this fall, starring Donald Sutherland and Michelle Rodriguez and based on Eckhart Tolle’s book, producer of the Oscarwinning What Dreams May Come, executive producer of the Emmyaward nominee Homeless to Harvard and writer/producer of The Celestine Prophecy movie. Now, as author of The Book of Doing and Being: Rediscovering Creativity in Life, Love, and Work, he offers tools that everyone can use to develop a creativity practice designed to move us beyond our unconscious hand-me-down worldview, escape mental and emotional straightjackets and unlock great reservoirs of imagination. In so doing, we discover we can create anything we like; from a work of art to a fulfilling relationship.

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 others, using capacities beyond logic and reason.

Well done is better than well said. ~Benjamin Franklin

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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.

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

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s much as 40 percent of food produced in the U.S. is wasted, even as one in six Americans goes hungry.

Instead of feeding people better, we are feeding the city dump. Of all types of trash, food consumes the most space in our municipal landfills, followed by plastic and paper. Rotting food then releases harmful methane, a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

While food waste is a big problem, social entrepreneurs see a big opportunity. Around the country, they are working to reduce, recover and rethink discarded food valued at more than $160 billion a year. In the process, they are not only cutting food costs, but also creating jobs and fighting climate change.

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.

In the last five years, FRN has recovered more than 1 million pounds of food from 184 campuses in 42 states, proving that ingenuity and philanthropy can together fight the food waste travesty. “There are two major barriers to recovering leftover food; one is awareness, like helping businesses to understand the laws that protect them from liability,” says Pascual, the organization’s current director of innovation and operations.

“The other is the labor involved. Universities are the perfect ecosystem for food recovery because college students have flexible schedules and are community service-minded, offering a ready supply of volunteers.”

The latest FRN initiative is a certification program to verify

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Food waste reduction can be engineered in ways less noticeable to consumers, such as doing away with dining hall trays or using smaller plates. ~Cam Pascual that farms and restaurants are engaging in food recovery that includes creating a toolkit to help restaurants safely recover leftover meals.

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.

Connect with freelance writer April Thompson, of Washington, D.C., at AprilWrites.com.

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onathan Bloom speaks to college students around the U.S. explaining how fighting food waste requires changing beliefs and behaviors about food.

“Recognize that taste should trump appearance, and don’t be so concerned with superficialities,” is a leading message. He cites replicable countermeasures like Hungry Harvest and Imperfect Produce, both predicated upon giving “ugly produce” a second chance. Based in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco’s Bay Area, respectively, these businesses offer low-cost home delivery of surplus produce, much of which is rejected for not meeting grocery stores’ high cosmetic standards.

Here are more examples of the community pioneers working to divert food from overstuffed landfills to people.

Daily Table (DailyTable.org) purchases excess food from growers, manufacturers and supermarkets to provide healthy food at fast-food prices for populations in need. The Dorchester, Massachusetts, retail grocery store offers fresh produce and grocery items, plus ready-to-cook and grab-n-go prepared meals.

Fruitcycle (TheFruitcycle.com) makes healthy dried snacks from produce that would otherwise be tossed. The Washington, D.C.-area business also provides jobs for formerly incarcerated, homeless or otherwise disadvantaged women.

Food Cowboy (FoodCowboy.com) reroutes food rejected by distributors.

Truck drivers use a mobile app to communicate availability of such produce and find a charity or compost site to accept it.

Re-Nuble (Re-Nuble.com) transforms food waste into affordable, organic fertilizer for hydroponic growing, thus contributing a solution to hunger.

BluApple (TheBluApple.com) makes a plastic, fruit-shaped device that can triple the shelf life of refrigerated food. It absorbs ethylene, a naturally occurring gas that accelerates spoilage.

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Animal Welfare Lexicon

by Tracey Narayani Glover

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eciphering the significance of food labels can be daunting, particularly when seeking to understand what they mean for animal welfare. U.S. food labeling laws are notoriously weak, resulting in vague and sometimes misleading marketing claims. Legally, there is no definition of humane, which means that industry organizations are left to define this and other terms themselves. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) simply verifies that these companies comply with their own self-defined standards.

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

The Cage-Free label indicates that eggs came from hens that were never confined to a cage and have had unlimited access to food, water and the freedom to roam. The reality is that most cage-free hens spend their entire lives in a shed 24

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where, due to overcrowding, they have barely more space than caged birds. Also, under all labels, it’s standard industry practice to kill the male chicks born to the egg industry. The Cage-Free label is particularly misleading when placed on anything other than egg cartons, because chickens raised for meat are never caged.

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

Animals form strong bonds with their young. In sanctuaries, pigs spend their lives with their piglets, mother cows form immediate and lifelong bonds with their calves, and chickens protect and communicate with their chicks. The routine practice of separating mothers from their young is standard under all labels.

Whether an animal is raised for meat or for other products such as dairy or eggs, most agricultural animals will eventually be slaughtered at a fraction of their natural lifespan. Animals such as dairy cows and egg-laying hens are killed when their production declines. Veal (the na-newyorkcity.com

meat of a baby cow) is considered to be a byproduct of the dairy industry, and the USDA estimates that 2,000 calves are slaughtered each day in the U.S.

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

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

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

Both the Certified Humane and the GAP labels go beyond the protections of the Humane Slaughter Act, requiring the butchery of cattle, pigs and sheep to comply with certain standards developed in partnership with Temple Grandin and the North American Meat Institute.

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

Concerned consumers might ask if there is any humane way to kill a sentient being that doesn’t want to die. Despite the perplexing state of food labeling, it’s still possible to eat compassionately. Visit local farms and ask questions or do what many conscientious consumers around the world are doing to ensure that their food choices reflect their values—stick to a plant-based diet, thus leaving animals and their byproducts off our plates entirely.

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

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hile most American pets live on easy street, with meals, treats, exercise outings and affection provided, the good life also poses challenges—dogs and cats can get stressed.

“Basic stress is fear-based. Separation or isolation anxiety requires in-depth training,” says JennaLee Gallicchio, a certified separation anxiety trainer who uses scientific and hands-off techniques at her All Stars Dog Training, in Bedminster, New Jersey. She authors a bestselling series that was launched with The Secret to Getting Your Dog to Do What You Want.

A drug like Reconcile, the pet version of Prozac, looks like a quick fix, but can bring many harmful side effects. Laurel Braitman, Ph.D., of Sausalito, California, bestselling author of Animal Madness: How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves, estimates that 70 million U.S. dogs are given the same drugs their humans use for anxiety or depression.

Considering the potential dangers, such drugs should only be used briefly as a last resort with veterinary supervision to ensure the proper dosage based on age, size and temperament. There are more natural and safer alternatives.

Common Stressors

Dogs hear sounds at four times the distance we do; cats hear even better.

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Thunderstorms, fireworks, traffic, TV, music and children can unnerve them. Add in a new home, baby, another pet or anticipation of car rides associated with fear of the veterinarian and even normally mellow pets can get upset.

Irregular work hours undermine established routines. Pet or human health issues, plus household drama, add special reasons to fret. Pets separated from their litters too early can experience anxiety as adults.

Stress Less Strategies

“Let your dog have a space where he can retreat when he’s had enough,” advises Dr. Carol Osborne, owner of Ohio’s Chagrin Falls Veterinary Center & Pet Clinic. She recommends Bach’s Five Flower Formula, diluted chamomile essential oil or a pet-safe tincture of the Chinese herb skullcap for additional relief.

Dogs like routine. “Regular exercise helps, including two, 20-minute daily walks.

A tired pet is a happy pet,” Osborne says. “Walks can eliminate stress and na-newyorkcity.com

anxiety by 50 percent for you both.”

“Cats need exercise that mimics hunting; cats stare and plan, stalk or chase, pounce and grab,” says Marci Koski, certified by the Animal Behavior Institute and owner of Feline Behavior Solutions, in Vancouver, Washington. “An indoor cat’s prey drive can be met with interactive toys.” A place to climb or hide and a window with a view will help as will periodic playtime catching moving toys; with nothing to catch, a laser pointer’s red dots are frustrating for a cat and a potential danger to its eyes.

“Two of my large dogs were anxious during a three-day power outage,” says Kimberly Gauthier, a dog nutrition blogger at KeepTheTailWagging.com, in Marysville, Washington. “I add Ewegurt, a sheep’s milk yogurt, to their food to calm them when needed.”

Clicker training rewards desired behaviors. “Ralphie, an Italian greyhound mix, was protective, but also fearful; before going outside, we’d practice sit, stay and come using a click/treat. Now he sees other dogs without reacting,” relates Katrina Wilhelm, a naturopathic physician and owner of DrKatrinaWilhelm.com, in Lake Oswego, Oregon. It works when someone knocks on the door, too.

Soothing music covers the sounds of storms and fireworks, counsels Lisa Spector, an award-winning concert pianist in Half Moon Bay, California, who creates the Through a Dog’s Ear clinically tested music series to relieve pet anxiety, inclusive of cats. “Although many holistic animal lovers want natural stress relievers, few think of auditory options,” she says.

Getting kitty into her carrier to go to the vet isn’t always easy. London’s Simon Tofield, animator and cartoonist for Simon’s Cats videos and books, suggests making the crate comfy and

Signs of Pet Stress 4 Aggression toward people or other animals 4 Digestive problems 4 Excessive barking/meowing 4 Forgetful of housetraining 4 Increased sleep 4 Isolation 4 Loss of appetite 4 Pacing 4 Pulling out fur

leaving it out so the cat gets used to it; keeping it out of reach of curious dogs at the vet’s office; and only opening it upon arrival in the exam room. His local vet staff explains more at Tinyurl. com/CatVetProtocol.

New View

“Stressors for dogs and cats are different.

As a veterinarian, I explain situations from the animal’s perspective,” says Jennifer Quammen, with the Grants Lick Veterinary Hospital, in Butler, Kentucky.

“I say, ‘From the cat’s point of view…’ As the animal advocate, I feel it’s my professional obligation.”

“We bring pets into our world and expect them to adjust. Dogs, in particular, try so hard,” says Spector. They need our attention, shared activities and most of all, our understanding.

Connect with Sandra Murphy at StLouisFreelanceWriter@mindspring.com.

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EARTH GUARDIANS Kids Say No to Global Warming

by April Thompson

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t age 6, climate change activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez gave his first speech to a packed crowd in his hometown of Boulder, Colorado.

Raised in the Aztec tradition, he was taught that as indigenous people, they are descendants of the land and inherit a duty to protect it.

“I felt such sadness that my generation inherited this crisis to clean up.

That night, I saw that those emotions could be channeled into action and my voice could make a difference,” says Martinez, founder and youth director of the nonprofit Earth Guardians.

Ten years later, his impassioned message has sparked a global movement. More than 2,000 “youth crews” from Bhutan to Brazil are fighting climate change and improving their communities in other ways.

These activists aren’t yet old enough to vote, but are still making their voices heard by global policymakers. On their behalf, Martinez delivered a plea to representatives from 192 countries at the United Nations General Assembly meeting on climate change last year, asking for stronger measures to protect both the planet and its people. He particularly pointed to the ever-increasing “climate refugees” that have lost their homes to rising oceans and other havoc caused

by Earth’s warming trend.

Although Martinez serves on President Obama’s youth council, he

and 20 other young plaintiffs filed a landmark lawsuit earlier this year against the federal government for failing to protect its citizens from climate change. The plaintiffs are seeking a court order requiring America’s president to establish a national plan to decrease atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide to “safe” levels by 2100.

At home, Martinez is working with Boulder County community and environmental organizations to locally eliminate pesticides from parks, charge for plastic bags at retail, regulate coal ash emissions and ban fracking.

EarthGuardians.org offers many ways anyone can plug into the movement, whether taking individual actions to lighten our carbon footprint, creating school gardens or signing its Silence into Action pledge, inspired by Martinez’s younger brother Itzcuauhtli’s 45-day silence strike for climate action.

“The most important thing you can do is educate yourself. Whatever makes you come alive, use that passion to make a difference,” says Martinez, whose performances as a pianist and hip-hop artist inform and enliven music festivals worldwide. “Together, we can create a legacy we can be proud to pass on to the next generation.”

Connect with freelance writer April Thompson, of Washington, D.C., at AprilWrites.com.

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The Hidden Deficiency Having the proper amount of iodine in our system at all times is critical to overall health, yet the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition finds that iodine deficiency is increasing drastically in light of an increasingly anemic national diet of unpronounceable additives and secret, unlabeled ingredients. This deficit now affects nearly three-quarters of the population.

Causes of Iodine Deficiency

Radiation

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Low-Sodium Diets

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Awaken Wellness Fair – 10am-5pm. Awaken to Your Best Self! Experience healers, vendors, readers, and dozens of exhibitors, hundreds of guests. Free admission at website, $10.00 at door. Exhibitor spots are available. Gold Ballroom of the Hotel Pennsylvania, 401 7th Ave, New York, NY. (Enter on W 33rd St). awakenfairs.com.

Vital Woman Luxury Retreat – How would your life change if you could unfold a brand new you? This is your time! Join founder and retreat leader Jesenia Ruby DePasquale as she brings you her 20+ years of holistic health expertise, personal growth training and spiritual wellness wisdom to a select group of women for a deepdive, intimate and transformational experience. Renew your body, mind and spirit and return to make your big impact in the world! Kauai, Hawaii. 917-544-0080 or conciergeholisticcare.com/Hawaii-retreat.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7 Workshop: “Beatles Yoga” with Cary Bayer – Noon2pm. In this workshop, Yoga of Entertainment author Cary Bayer provides techniques to help you align your consciousness with the Force that underlies your life and pervades all things. The former teacher of Transcendental Meditation and founder of Higher Self Healing Meditation also offers an in-class experience of effortless mediation in which the Force directs the process. What’s more, it teaches the power of commitment, and shows how to retrain your consciousness and speech. Aum Shanti Bookshop, 226 E 14th St (between 2nd and 3rd Aves), New York, NY. 212-260-2866 or aumshantibookshop.com.

SUN, AUG 7-FRI, AUG 12 Lee Holden Leads Qigong Training at Eastover Qigong Master Lee Holden will lead week two of Level 1 Qigong Immersion and Intensive August 7 through 12 at Eastover Estate and Retreat, a 600-acre sanctuary and retreat center minutes from Lenox, Massachusetts. The training is open to the public as well as Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners and professionals. Eastover Estate and Retreat, 430 East St, Lenox, MA. 866-264-5139, eastoverestateandretreat@gmail.com or eastover.com.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 14 Crystal Wire Wrap Workshop with Martha Vallejo –Time to be announced. In these workshops, you will learn from Aum Shanti’s in-house crystal wrapping expert her wire wrapping techniques that will allow you to create customized jewelry for your needs. During the workshops we will also discuss how to cleanse and program your stones. All materials will be provided in each session to create two wire wrapped crystal pendants. Aum Shanti Bookshop, 226 E 14th St (between 2nd and 3rd Aves), New York, NY. 212-260-2866 or aumshantibookshop.com.

Level One Akashic Records for Yourself with Kia Abilay – 10am-1pm. (Also offered Sept 11) You will learn how to read the Akashic Records for yourself through the Pathway Prayer Process© - a responsible, reliable method for working in this remarkable, infinite, spiritual resource. You will gain wisdom and insight, be empowered in your life, and have a more conscious relationship with your own soul. This class is a pre-requisite for Level 2&3 certification class. Kia Abilay is an Akashic Records Teacher and Certified Healing Touch Practitioner, and a practitioner in the Wellness Center at The Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY and has a practice in Hilo, HI. The Center for Healing and Health, 4 Smith Ave, Mt Kisco, NY. 914-864-0462, kia@rainbowheart.net or center4healing.net.

WED, AUGUST 31-MON, SEPT 5 2016 Sheng Zhen Medical Qi Gong Training – The healing starts from the heart! Learn the simple, yet incredibly profound practice of Unconditional Love called Sheng Zhen with Master Li Junfeng, internationally renowned spiritual leader, Qi Gong teacher, esteemed Head Coach of the China National and Beijing Wushu Team and successful film actor. Sheng Zhen Qi Gong moves with Qi. The body flows with the rhythm of the Qi and becomes one with universal Qi. The practice of Sheng Zhen is the practice of entering the Sheng Zhen state. Eastover Estate and Retreat, 430 East St, Lenox, MA. 866-264-5139, eastoverestateandretreat@gmail.com or eastover.com.

savethedate SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER Introductory meetings on the ideas of G.I. Gurdjieff – Mr. Gurdjieff taught that we need others to help us in our struggle. Simultaneously, inner development can only come from our own efforts. Sharing experiences provides the basis for group work, and being part of a group shows us all types of people and helps us develop compassion. Stimulation and useful friction helps create an environment in which we can take our place at the table. Mr. Nyland’s Chardavogne group plan meetings to discuss how the ideas of Gurdjieff relate to an individual’s spiritual development in today’s complex and turbulent world. Location: NYC. Contact Marshall 845-258-0061, nylandmeetings@gmail.com or Nyland.org.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 David Icke’s “Worldwide Wake Up” Tour New York City – 10am-10pm. How would your life change if you could unfold a brand new you? Join David Icke at this full-day seminar as he answers some of the most compelling questions currently facing humanity. David weaves the web of revelation in his all-day events to answer this and so many other questions. Enormous numbers of people worldwide have had their perceptions transformed by a David Icke event and this tour is probably the most powerful yet! Acquire tickets here: theworldwidewakeup.com.

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Workshop: “The Mastery of Self: A Toltec Guide to Personal Freedom” by Don Miguel Ruiz Jr – 2-5pm. The ancient Toltecs believed that life as we perceive it is a dream. We each live in our own personal dream, and all of our dreams come together to make the Dream of the Planet. Problems arise when

we fall victim to believing that we have no control over the dream. Don Miguel Ruiz, Jr. takes this Toltec philosophy and explains how a person can wake up, liberate themselves from illusory beliefs and stories, and live with authenticity. $65 pre-register, $75 at door. Aum Shanti Bookshop, 226 E 14th St (between 2nd and 3rd Aves), New York, NY. 212-260-2866 or aumshantibookshop.com.

FRI, SEPTEMBER 23-OCTOBER Radiant Lotus Women’s Qi Gong Weekend Workshop with Daisy Lee and Terri Nash – Experience Level 1 and Level 2 instructor training or personal health workshops over the course of these two weekends. In the 6-day intensive, you will learn the Full Lotus Rises Form for women that Daisy previously taught to only certified RLWQ instructors.

This beautiful, flowing Qi Gong form reveals the multi-faceted health conditions unique to women’s bodies and psyche, from her resilient strength to her playful sensuality and indomitable spirit. Eastover Estate and Retreat, 430 East St, Lenox, MA. 866264-5139, eastoverestateandretreat@gmail.com or eastover.com, eastover.com/radiant-lotus.html or eastover.com/radiant-lotus-2.html.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 Level 2 and 3 Akashic Records with Kia Abilay – 10:30am-5pm. Professional Certification Training.

You will learn how to read the Akashic Records for yourself through the Pathway Prayer Process© - a responsible, reliable method for working in this remarkable, infinite, spiritual resource. You will gain wisdom and insight, be empowered in your life, and have a more conscious relationship with your own soul. Kia Abilay is an Akashic Records Teacher and Certified Healing Touch Practitioner, and a practitioner in the Wellness Center at The Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY and has a practice in Hilo, HI. The Center for Healing and Health, 4 Smith Ave, Mt Kisco, NY. 914-864-0462, kia@ rainbowheart.net or center4healing.net.

OCTOBER 28-30 Empowered Light Holistic Expo. Fri 5-9pm, Sat 10-6pm, Sun 10-5pm. Enjoy inspiring lectures, meditations, yoga, alternative healing treatments like reiki, massage and reflexology, as well as angelic and intuitive readings. Try healthy food samples, and purchase natural products for personal and home care. Empowered Light Holistic Expo will focus on healthier lifestyles, including food, physical activities, stress reduction and self-care. Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, Hall D, Oaks, Pennsylvania. Sue Greenwald, 484459-3082. EmpoweredLightExpo@gmail.com.

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FEBRUARY 27 - MARCH 1 Reiki I, II, Masters and/or Teachers Classes in NYC with Lisa Guyman. Rare opportunity to learn Reiki with Lisa Guyman, Reiki Master and Chopra Meditation Instructor in NYC! Read reviews of her transformational workshops at www.lisaguyman.com.

Lisa Guyman has been leading Reiki workshops for 17 years and meditation for 10 years! Her published works include: “Journey Through Reiki 5 CD set” and two guided meditation CDs. In addition to Reiki - don’t miss the chance to learn Primordial Sound Meditation on February 20-22 in her only 2015 meditation workshop!

122 W. 26th St., 7th Floor, NYC 10001. Reserve your space online www.lisaguyman.com. 720-683-0444.

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communitydirectory CONSCIOUS CENTERS & SHOPS AUM SHANTI BOOKSHOP

226 E 14th St., New York, NY 10003 212-260-2866 • AumShantiBookshop.com Aum Shanti Bookshop and Crystal Gallery is a community oriented spiritual gallery providing offerings that inspire clarity, guidance, and inspiration on one’s journey. They offers “HighVibration”, “Reiki-Charged” and “Spiritually Energized” items such as a semi-precious gems and tumbled stones, one of a kind rare crystal specimens and clusters, beautifully hand crafted jewelry made with Love and empowering energy.

EDGAR CAYCE CENTER

241 West 30th St., 2nd Floor, NYC 10001 212-691-7690 • EdgarCayceNYC.org Holistic health and personal growth resource in midtown Manhattan since 1997. This non-profit Center offers: NYC’s largest selection of Cayce remedies & books, with affordable instruction on using them to bring body, mind and spirit back to a natural state of health.

NAMASTE BOOKSHOP & HEALING CENTER

2 W 14th St., New York, NY 10011 212-645-0141 • NamasteBookshop.com Namaste Bookshop and Healing Center offers a unique and large selection of Eastern & Western philosophy books, tarot cards, crystals, pendulums, calendars, wind chimes, incense, greeting cards, yoga accessories, meditation cushions, instructional & music CD’S & DVD’s, salt lamps, and 20 sections of books- including Spanish..

The event space, in the same building above the bookshop, holds classes, workshops, and book signings as well as provides rooms for regular readers and practitioners.

NEW YORK OPEN CENTER

22 E. 30th St., New York, NY 10016 212-219-2527 • OpenCenter.org The Open Center presents programs of exceptional depth and integrity, concentrating in five major areas: Contemplative and Spiritual Traditions; Health and Wellness; Psychology; Society and Ecology; and Creativity and the Arts. Programs and teachers focused on understanding health and mind-body healing, depth psychology, mystical and esoteric traditions, compassionate dying, socially responsible investing, humanity's impact on the earth and renewable energy, untapped sources for creativity in the arts and what we can learn from world cultures.

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REFLECTIONS CENTER FOR CONSCIOUS LIVING

227 E 24th Street, NYC 10010 212-974-2288 • ReflectionsYoga.com Reflections Center for Conscious Living and Yoga is an East Side urban oasis in Murray Hill/Gramercy, near Gramercy Park’s well-walked paths.

We invite you to transcend the tensions of city life and join us for a “just right” yoga class with some of the best and most skilled teachers in NYC, an illuminating talk, or a super cool dance party. Come to Reflections and celebrate all of who you are! We are located steps from the 6 or N/R trains to 23rd St., at 227 E. 24th St. between 2nd & 3rd aves.

GETAWAYS & RETREATS EASTOVER ESTATE AND RETREAT 430 East St, Box 2282, Lenox, MA 01240 866-264-5139 • Eastover.com

Eastover is a 600-Acre sanctuary and residential holistic retreat center in Berkshire Lenox, MA, A dedicated facilitator of Holistic events and retreats. Minutes to Stockbridge and Great Barrington, next to October Mountain with views of Mt. Greylock.

HEALING, FOCUS & WELLNESS DAVID SCOTT BARTKY

Certified Law Of Attraction Life Coach Certified Consulting Hypnotist 973-444-7301 • LifeCoachDavid.com The Law of Attraction is always responding to you! That’s why it’s vital you understand it so you can attract what you want in all areas of your life. As a Consulting Hypnotist I can help you with losing weight, reducing stress, sleep issues, etc.

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646-632-5181 • Think-AT.com Think AT is a new small Think AT business located in Battery Park city, dedicated to teaching Alexander Technique, mainly through individual lessons. The name is inspired by the focus of Alexander Technique on "thinking," which affects the way we live, including how we move whether with patterns of tension or ease. Teachers at Think AT have expertise with more than 12 years of training.

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Marina Shevel, H.H.C.,AADP Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach InspiredNHealthy.com 917-750-0142 Offices in Manhattan and Brooklyn As a certified integrative nutrition health coach, Marina Shevel specializes in helping people with the thyroid condition. Her practice is based on the philosophy of Bio-Individuality.

She will guide you and support you in finding YOUR healthier alternatives for nutrition that may help you increase your energy, normalize weight, and find your balance. This includes both physical and emotional food.

HOLISTIC DENTISTRY TRIBECA CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE HOLISTIC DENTISTS

17 Park Place, NYC 10007 212 732 2200 • Holistic-dentists.com Dr. Lewis Gross has over 31 years’ experience providing holistic dentistry to adults and children with his staff of dental specialists and integrative practitioners. Offering less invasive and more natural solutions for patients with difficult dental issues and those who seek just a good family dentist. Our recently renovated, state-of-the-art facility, offers among other things, Laser Dentistry, metal free implants, non-invasive oral cancer screening, ozone, and alternatives to surgery and root canal.

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MARKETING WEB DESIGN TO FIT

Filomena A. Iorio-Tasoluk Web Designer & Online Presence 267-441-5988 • WebDesignToFit.com ftasoluk@gmail.com I partner with solopreneurs and small businesses to create their website and online presence. Although my skills and expertise in business and design plays an important role in creating a powerful brand identity, my ability to connect with people has been the essence to all my successes. This allows me to translate your business into a dynamic and stunning visual brand and online presence.

MASSAGE FINGER LAKES SCHOOL OF MASSAGE

272 N. Bedford Road, Mount Kisco, NY 914-241-7363 • flsm.com Join us for a transformative experience as you develop your intuitive and scientific abilities to heal through therapeutic touch. Classes taught to auditory, visual and kinesthetic learners. Financial aid available for full and part-time programs.

DR. SUSAN CUCCHIARA

120 E. 56 street Suite 740, NY, NY 10022 212-652-2240 • www.NaturallySue.com office@naturallysue.com Dr. Susan Cucchiara is a Naturopathic Doctor whom is trained as a primary care physician and is an expert in natural and holistic health. Dr. Cucchiara sees everyone from pediatrics to geriatrics and treats everything from the common cold up and through chronic diseases. She develops a personalized treatment plan to address your health concerns utilizing single homeopathic remedies, biotherapeutic drainage remedies, herbs, supplementation, nutrition and athome remedies.

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DR. KAUSHIK’S AYURVEDIC

Naturopathic Clinic 185 Madison Ave, #300 New York, NY 10016 646.670.6725 • DrKaushik.com Combination of Naturopathy and Ayurveda is used to create a unique treatment plan to regain and maintain your health. Supplements, Dietary recommendations and life style plan is suggested base on your body-type or constitution.

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WOMEN’S WELLNESS Patricia Bowden-Luccardi LMT. CNNT. CTT 250 Park Ave. 7th. Flr. 518-929-7579 btiscan.com • medicalthermology.org

DR. PETER SILVER

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Ozone is used to kill bacteria in cavities and gum disease, while speeding up the healing of your tissue. Dr. Silver also practices Guilt-Free dentistry, where you are never made to feel uncomfortable about the condition of your mouth.

If you are anxious about visiting the dentist, Dr. Silver uses laughing gas and does sedation dentistry as well.

Thermal imaging is a non-invasive, radiationfree and painless screening test that detects physiological changes in the breast/body that are produced by developing pathology or disease years before a mammogram. A critical difference between thermography and mammography is the ability to detect problems early enough to use preventive measures, rather than detecting disease at a stage where treatment is imminently required.

CONCIERGE HOLISTIC CARE

850 7th Ave, Suite 904 New York, NY, 10019 917- 544-0080 • ConciergeHolisticCare.com

OZONE THERAPY DR. HOWARD ROBINS The Healing Center 200 W. 57th St., Suite 807, New York, NY 10019 212-581-0101 • DrHowardRobins@gmail.com If you have a disease or condition that you haven’t been able to get rid of, Ozone Therapy will most likely be the answer, even for people that have suffered for years and have lost all hope. If you are questioning if your condition can be treated, call or email Dr Robins contact information above.

As a rose unfolding, we understand that a woman’s health is comprised of many layers and within them lies brilliance. At Concierge Holistic Care, we strive to provide impeccable care for our clients by utilizing an approach that embraces the very best of holistic medicine and that supports the vitality, vibrancy and visibility of every woman with whom we work.

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Sierra Bender, a modern day Renaissance woman and leading pioneer in the Women’s Empowerment, leadership movement for over 25 years. She is the founder of the SBEM Core Institute, Sierra Bender Empowerment Method®(SBEM), Boot Camp for Goddesses® internationally renowned retreat, and author of Goddess to the Core. She’s been featured on Oprah Radio, CBS, Univision TV, USA Today, Yoga Journal, Fit Yoga and other media outlets in Australia, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, U.K., Germany and the U.S.

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To learn more, visit:

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We are currently expanding across the U.S. and Canada. To find out more about starting your own Natural Awakenings magazine or acquiring an existing one,

visit NaturalAwakeningsMag.com/mymagazine or call 239-530-1377 New York City Edition na-newyorkcity.com

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