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Naturopathic Doctor Brings Alternative Medicine to NYC

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ubian Heritage’s line of luxurious bath, body and hair products— made from traditional recipes with authentic certified organic and natural ingredients for smoother, revitalized skin—has now been expanded, with a special discount available on the entire line this month. The African Black Soap Collection is made with palm ash, tamarind extract and plantain peel, and has been used in Africa for centuries to minimize the appearance of skin blemishes and other skin ailments. The deep nourishing formula helps in exfoliation and hydration revealing radiant and healthy looking skin.

Other products made by the company, part of Sundial Brands, include the Indian Hemp and Haitian Vetiver collection that uses naturally anti-inflammatory hemp seed oil; the Coconut and Papaya Collection; plus bar soaps, body washes and lotions, hand creams, organic-infused Shea butter, aluminum-free deodorant, sugar body scrub, massage oil and bath bombs. Shea butter, an ingredient in all of the products, is obtained from cooperatives in Ghana that help develop self-sustaining businesses there.

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r. Susan Cucchiara has expanded her naturopathic medical practice to the New York City area and is now accepting new patients at her NYC office, located at 120 East 56 Street, Suite 740. Dr. Cucchiara provides healing through natural means, taking into account everything about her patients—their emotions and personDr. Susan Cucchiara ality, the way they handle stress, past traumas, family history and physical symptoms—to bring them to a place of true recovery and longevity.

Dr. Cucchiara says her goal is to build up patients’ nutrient levels, open natural elimination pathways for safe cleansing, balance organ-system dysfunction and help clear emotional toxicity that stands in the way of their health. “I empower my patients to make the best possible choices in order for them to feel like the best versions of themselves,” she says. “I see remarkable changes and results in the lives of my patients.”

Her practice treats a variety of conditions, including gastrointestinal ailments, autoimmune diseases, endocrine disorders, metabolic diseases (diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol) and mental health disorders (including anxiety and depression).

A Long Island native, Dr. Cucchiara earned a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine degree at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, Arizona.

Joan Carra Invited to Teach at Edgar Cayce Center

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sychic and medium Joan Carra has been invited to read and teach at the A.R.E. of N.Y. Edgar Cayce Center. Named for Edgar Cayce, known as “America’s sleeping prophet” for his well-documented cases of successful predictions and healings, the center offers information on Cayce’s legacy and offers a variety of Joan Carra classes in metaphysical studies.

Beginning July 9 from 4 to 7 p.m., Carra will be at the center’s monthly Psychic Fairs as a reader and lecturer. She also can be booked for private and group sessions at the center. On July 13 from 7 to 9 p.m., she will teach Intro to Numerology there, and on July 27 from 7 to 9 p.m., she will teach Talking to Animals Intuitively. Check calendar of events on page 29 for more information.

Carra has been a psychic for more than 20 years, and her spiritual counseling has been recognized in six books, including the first edition of The 100 Top Psychics in America, Psychic New York and The Rational Psychic. She has been interviewed in WAG Magazine, the Wall Street Journal and the Daily News, in which she predicted the flooding of New York City.

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erfect Foods, the New York company long known for its organically grown wheatgrass and wheatgrass products, is going head to head with the energy drink market by launching TheGreenShot.

“We are rebranding the same high-quality wheatgrass juice we’ve been famous for to show how energy drinks are sh*t and this is real,” explains Aaron Matsil, manager for Perfect Foods.

“Most energy drinks can be considered as toxic and addictive to the body as illegal drugs. The sugar, caffeine and chemicals are a fake buzz that leaves you with a miserable and depressing crash after a few hours. TheGreenShot, however, is only fresh wheatgrass juice with real vitamins and minerals and real nutrition, leaving you with real energy for an overall healthier lifestyle.”

Perfect Foods also sells wheatgrass growing kits, juicers for wheatgrass and other fresh produce, frozen wheatgrass juice, organically grown baby greens and wheatgrass pet treats.

To find a nearby juice bar that offers Perfect Foods wheatgrass juice, call 800-WHEATGRASS (943-2847) or visit 800Wheatgrass.com.

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Removing Mercury Fillings Good Health Step

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ccording to the World Health Organization, mercury is one of the top 10 chemicals of major public health concern; even small amounts of mercury exposure can cause serious health problems. So removing any source of exposure, such as dental amalgams—the main source of accumulation of total mercury in the human body—is an important step to restoring good health, says Anamaria Pontes, resident nutritionist for Holistic Dentists in Tribeca.

“Dental amalgam releases low levels of elemental mercury in the form of a vapor that can be inhaled and absorbed by the lungs each time you eat, drink, chew gum, brush your teeth or otherwise stimulate your teeth,” Pontes says. Symptoms of mercury toxicity include tremors, emotional changes, insomnia, weakness, muscle atrophy, twitching, headaches, changes in nerve responses and deficient cognitive function. High levels of mercury vapor exposure adversely affect the brain, nervous system and kidneys.

Holistic Dentists offer alternatives to amalgam fillings, and they will remove old amalgam fillings following a special safety protocol, Pontes says. “My holistic heavy-metal cleanse is also highly recommended to optimize the natural detoxification mechanisms of your own body,” she adds.

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eart of Jade Wellness will host the Vital Woman Luxury Retreat August 14 through 18 in Kauai, Hawaii. “This retreat is a game changer,” says founder and retreat leader Jesenia Ruby DePasquale. “It’s an opportunity to revitalize and renew your body, mind and spirit and return to make your big impact on the world.”

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.”

The retreat includes a healthy breakfast and lunch each day, a surprise afternoon excursion, a Hawaiian-style closing celebration ceremony and a discounted rate at the Grand Hyatt Resort & Spa.

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The Underused Powerhouse in Breast Cancer Prevention

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n the largest review of research into the connection between lifestyle and Fibrocystic breast 6 months of nutritional breast cancer, the American Institute of changes Cancer Research estimated that about 40 percent of US breast cancer cases could be prevented if people made wiser lifestyle choices.

Preventing breast cancer is far more important and powerful than simply trying to detect a tumor after it has already formed. Our breasts might be likened to canaries in a coalmine, as they reflect the environmental poisons that define the toxic times we live in.

The Breast Cancer Fund, a 501(c)(3) that works to identify and eliminate the environmental causes of breast cancer, makes a persuasive case that the industrialized world’s increasing reliance on various chemicals is linked to the current incidence of breast cancer.

Thermography, an underutilized, radiation-free breast health and cancer screening, can inform a woman about the health of her breasts and visually show the environmental toxic load they carry. The most promising aspect of thermography is its ability to spot anomalies years before mammography can.

This early detection affords women the opportunity to view precancerous changes to breast tissue before a tumor forms. Mammographic cancer screening should not be misconstrued as a form of cancer prevention. Thermography is true prevention.

Free Body-Mind-Spirit Expo in NYC

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hat’s the kind of comment Mona Al-Kazemi typically hears after an Alexander Technique lesson. What is it about Alexander Technique that can make people experience lightness although their actual weight has not changed?

“The secret is in the undoing of muscular tension that we all Mona Al-Kazemi tend to carry with us, although most people are not aware of it,” Al-Kazemi says. “We get accustomed to the ways we move and use ourselves, to the point that we become kinesthetically dull—that is, we stop receiving the kinesthetic cues of tension and compression.”

Al-Kazemi is cofounder of Think AT, a new business in Battery Park City dedicated to teaching Alexander Technique, mainly through individual lessons. “The name is inspired by the technique’s focus on thinking, which affects the way we live, including whether we move with patterns of tension or ease,” she explains.

People who take Alexander Technique lessons not only become aware kinesthetically, but also sense the difference in letting go of their habits of tensing or overusing their muscles, she says. “Just like a crumbled piece of clothing that opens up when it is spread, you will un-compress and open up to feelings of lightness and ease.”

he Awaken Wellness Fair, our area’s oldest body-mind-spirit-green expo, will return to New York City on July 31—and this year, admission is free.

The fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Gold Ballroom of the Hotel Pennsylvania (enter on West 33rd Street) at 401 Seventh Avenue.

For 14 years, this wellness-focused, educational and experiential event has attracted more than 100 exhibitors to locations throughout the tri-state area, growing from 42 visitors at the first fair in 2002 to hundreds in recent years.

Over the years, the fair has expanded from one annual event to multiple events in New York City, Tarrytown and Brooklyn, New York, and Fort Lee, New Jersey. But founder Paula Caracappa says the goal remains constant: to educate the public about the variety of wellness services and products that are available today.

Vendors and practitioners will represent a broad range of products and services, from essential oils and Ayurvedic medicine to nutritional supplements, organic cleaning products, and healing crystals and jewelry. Intuitive readers and holistic healers will offer insight (for entertainment purposes only) through tarot reading, mediumship, angel reading, numerology and pet readings, and visitors can “sample” healing practices such as Reiki, reflexology and energy healing. Discounted appointments with readers and healers can be made at PPCGroup.FullSlate.com.

For more information, call 646-632-5181 or visit Think-AT.com.

For more information, visit AwakenFairs.com.

Patricia Bowden-Luccardi is a certified thermography technician and whole health educator with Breast Thermography International. For more information, visit BTIScan.com or MedicalThermography.org. Contact her at 518.929.7579.

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Located a short ride from NYC or Philadelphia, the showbestselling books like “The Lion Sleeps No More” and “The Bigroom carries pillows, sheets, mattress pads, toppers, comfortgest Secret” have attained near-gospel status among his fans, who ers, blankets, organic baby products, solid wood bed frames, see the current state of the world as validation of his beliefs. wool carpets and more, all American-made. “We are unique

While Icke’s conspiracy theories have faced strong resisin that we carry several of the top brands in the industry,” tance, he continues to sell out seminar venues around the world, Dennis says. and he has coined many of the terms in use today to describe what he considers the elitist hidden agenda, such as “problem, The Organic Mattress Store Inc. is located at 1075 Main St., reaction, solution” and “the totalitarian tiptoe.” On this tour, Icke Hellertown, PA., off Route 78, exit 67. The store has bus will present the latest research from his recently released book, service directly into Hellertown from NYC Port Authority and “Phantom Self,” and propose solutions to “a fast-awakening will pick customers up. Call the store at 866-246-9896. Store humanity.” hours are 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday.

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Lee Holden Leads Qigong Training at Eastover

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igong Master Lee Holden will lead a Qi Gong Prescriptions 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. This workshops will focus on the healing our most common alignments, like back pain, headaches, weight loss, stress, insomnia, and much more.

“This program will not only help participants focus on their aches and pains, but will be a journey into life-force energy, or qi, leading to an awakening of the self,” Holden says. “They will emerge with resources, tools and techniques for health, healing, longevity and a deeper connection to life itself. Through this program, they will truly become experts at working with qi and life-force energy.

Whether they want to delve deeply into their own personal energy practice or want to become qigong teachers, this training will infuse them with light, energy and a deep connection to their unique purpose.”

Holden says he discovered the healing power of qigong and tai chi after they helped him recover from injuries that nearly sidelined his varsity soccer career at the University of California, Berkeley. Today he is an internationally known instructor in meditation, tai chi and qigong, as well as a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist and author. His popular library of qigong DVDs has made him a fixture on more than 105 PBS stations throughout the United States and Canada.

Holden’s August 7-12 session is part of a training program that includes various levels of practice. If you want to become a certified instructor, weeks like this at Eastover are part of the curriculum. Participants can also receive 48 Continuing Education Units from California Acupuncture Board per week of training.

To register or for more information, visit Eastover.com.

Increasing Movement and Flexibility as We Age

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hildren move with the freedom to jump up or roll around without fear of injury, movements taking them in many directions—up, down, around and even upside-down. Youth has a feel of fluidity and juicy resiliency.

Older men and women tend to shuffle, the head tilted down and forward, and the eyes focused downward toward the ground because they are fearful of falling. The rib cage is stooped forward and a rhythm of cautionary movement propels the person in one direction only.

Rolfing Structural Integration practitioners look at the movements people make and restrictions in the body that may create the feel and look of aging, which has more to do with how the body breaks down and can still be changed, rather than the number of years lived. The fascia connective tissues respond to injuries and repetitive emotional and physical postures over the years by tightening, twisting and changing shape, which ends up restricting the easy movements we equate with youth and agility.

Posture is not something to be forced into place. Rolfing practitioners know how to work holistically with the fascia throughout the entire body in a sequential method to bring back naturally youthful mobility and movements.

Source: Valerie Berg, certified advanced Rolfer and member of the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration faculty in Boulder, CO. For more information on Rolfing, call the Rolf Institute at 303-449-5903 or visit Rolf.org. See ad, page 13.

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Energy Drinks Harm the Heart

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n addition to alertness, energy drinks may also trigger abnormal heart rhythms and increased blood pressure. Researchers from the School of Pharmacy at the University of the Pacific, in Stockton, California, tested 27 healthy adults. The volunteers were split into three groups—one drank two cans of an energy drink per day, another consumed the same amount of a drink with Panax ginseng and the third a similar-tasting placebo beverage.

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

Sachin A. Shah, a doctor of pharmacy and professor at Pacific’s School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, says, “Our findings suggest that certain energy drinks may increase the risk of having an abnormal heart rhythm when consumed in high volumes.

While we wait for more data, some consumers should exercise caution and not blindly follow the buzz.”

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

Home at Last

New Grain Transport to be Contaminant-Free Large food companies that are switching to non-GMO (genetically modified) soy and corn products must still worry about their ingredients picking up GMO contamination through conventional supply chains. Now, Captain Drake LLC, a North Dakota grain plant, has acquired its own million-bushel terminal with dedicated rail cars used exclusively for GMO-free grains. President Mark Anderson maintains, “We’ll be able to obtain the best non-GMO commodities from three regions: North Dakota, Minnesota and Manitoba, Canada.”

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

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

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Cherry Angiomas Are Minor But Annoying

by Dr. Mariana Boneva

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ately my office was visited by a few clients with the skin condition called cherry angioma, or Campbell de Morgan spots. Basically, capillaries or blood vessels break and small red spots appear; they can be smooth, or they can feel like tiny bumps on the skin. Apparently there’s no known cause for cherry angiomas, although it is known that people tend to get more of them as they get older. Therefore the standard treatment is cosmetic only: doctors simply burn the spots off (with a laser, for example) but do not cure the root source of the problem.

It’s my firm belief that anything that appears on the skin is the final manifestation of an inharmonious body state. One thing I tell my clients is that all the cosmetic products currently on the market labeled as anti-acne, anti-aging and so forth don’t treat anything long term. You have to dig deeper to make a lasting change. So faithful to my professional understanding of skin problems, I did my research.

That’s how I approach any mysterious case—by doing detective work. In fact, a few weeks ago, a client of mine, Nancy Calo, wrote to thank me for digging into her worrisome dermatological problem, and for giving her hope that we could resolve it together. While cherry angiomas are a minor

problem, they are annoying—and a challenge I was eager to take on.

Here is the conclusion I reached based on the most sensible information I’ve come across: cherry angiomas are caused by bromine toxicity and iodine deficiency. While no proper research has been done linking bromine with cherry angiomas, the concept completely resonates with me.

Let’s look at the list of foods and nonfoods that contain bromine: • brominated flour and all the baked foods made with it • some soda drinks • brominated vegetables and vegetable oils • strawberries • cosmetics • toothpaste and mouthwash • hair colors • prescription drugs like antidepressants and asthma inhalers • electronics (e.g., TVs, phones, computers) • liquid household cleaners • car interiors • new furniture • pest control chemicals

Bromine suppresses sex drive and can cause cancer, and what’s worse, it’s similar in structure to iodine, so the body can easily confuse the two and start storing bromine

instead, preventing proper iodine absorption.

Some symptoms of bromine poisoning are constipation or diarrhea, twitching eyelids, tingling hands or feet, dry mouth, a metallic taste in the mouth, body odor, urine smell, lethargy, mental fog, aching legs or hips, sinus problems, headaches, kidney pain, bad vision, irritability and anxiety.

Bromine is also known as endocrine disrupter and neurotoxin—it causes hearing problems, impairs memory and learning, and alters the mood and behavior.

There’s only one reliable way to flush out bromine, and that’s by consuming iodine-rich foods or taking iodine directly.

Iodine was known as universal medicine a long time ago but has been almost forgotten in the United States. The Japanese consume 12,500 micrograms of iodine a day. It helps generate new cells and reduce blood cholesterol, and it’s essential for maintaining a healthy thyroid.

To flush out harmful toxins and heavy metals, take 50 milligrams of iodine a day for 50 days, and then reduce the amount to 12.5 milligrams a day. It is also effective to consume natural sources of iodine such as kelp, cod, bass or seaweed in combination with vitamin C and magnesium oxide.

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RELAXATION DENTISTRY

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magine that you have a dentist appointment tomorrow and are scheduled to have work done. Instead of being worried or anxious, you take a little pill and get a great night's sleep. When you get up, a companion escorts you to the dental office, where you lay back, get a cozy blanket and are given some more relaxing meds. Soon you are dozing off and getting some much needed rest. While you are in dreamland, your dentist is gently and painlessly restoring your mouth to a state of perfect health and beauty. After what seems like just a short while, he is calling your name to wake you up. Your companion appears and gets you home, where you recline on a couch, watch tv and eat ice cream.

You might even catch up on some more sleep, if you wish.

Relaxation Dentistry is the use of anti-anxiety and relaxation medications to help a person completely relax through their dental visit while restoring your smile. Due to the nature of the sedation pill, you are not aware of the length of your visit and it seems like a very short time has elapsed.

This type of dental visit is designed for people who are anxious and/or have had a traumatic experience at a dental office and have no desire to ever go back. It also works well for extremely busy people who want to have as few visits as possible. Other people who benefit from this experience are those who have trouble holding their mouth open as well as people who find it hard to sit still.

For patients who have a strong gag reflex, having relaxation dentistry is the perfect answer.

The cost of Relaxation Dentistry is very reasonable and some insurance companies actually will cover this. We

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offer outside financing to help you fit this into your budget.

Depending on what procedures you had done, your response to Relaxation Dentistry may be anything from nothing to moderate soreness that can easily be treated with something like ibuprofen.

This is an extremely safe procedure when performed by someone who is certified and well trained. I have over 18 years of experience in this field. Your vital signs are monitored constantly and the dosing of the medications are done very carefully and safely.

While you are having a Relaxation session at my office, there is no doubt that Ozone will be involved. In my office, we use Ozone to kill bacteria before placing restorations, to fight gum disease and even to help whiten teeth!

This versatile gas can be bubbled into water or oil and placed under the gums and used as a rinse.

So if you or someone you know might consider having this very positive experience, please call our office at 212-9246890.

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For over 18 years Dr. Silver has been practicing minimally invasive dentistry in New York utilizing specialized techniques that allows your teeth and gums to be healed in the most gentle manner possible. Traditional dentistry attacks cavities by removing healthy tooth structure along with the decay. Dr. Silver uses Ozone gas to eliminate the bacteria, leaving your healthy tooth structure unharmed.

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.

After wiping out the bacteria, a remineralization solution is placed on the tooth, so it can start healing itself immediately. Then a tooth colored restoration is placed and your tooth is ready for chewing!

212-924-6890 • DrPeterSilver@gmail.com 919 2nd Ave, 2nd Flr (near SW corner of 2nd Ave & 49th St.) Dr. Peter Silver is a founding member of the International Association of Ozone in Healthcare and Dentistry. natural awakenings

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REAL NEWS THAT MATTERS Independent Media Tell Us the Truth

by Linda Sechrist

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

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

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

Mainstream Media’s True Colors

Although a recent Gallup Poll reflects Americans’ lack of trust in mainstream media’s reporting of news fully, fairly and accurately, fair reporting was what HarperCollins, a prominent publisher, expected upon the 2016 release of 18

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

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

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

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

Independent Voices

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Success Stories

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Multiple Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus and SclerodermaCan They Be Reversed?

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

So, what is intravenous ozone therapy, how does it work, and is it safe?

What are they and what do they have in common?

Multiple sclerosis (MS), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), lupus erythematosus (LE) and Medical ozone is a highly reactive gas. It has scleroderma (S) are diseases that can all be to be made “fresh” at the time of its use in a partially or completely reversed! This is a machine that passes electric current through bold statement. Conventional medicine has medical-grade oxygen in a special hand-blown shown that it has no answers for these lifeglass tube. It can’t be stored in a powder, tablet, taking, debilitating conditions except to try capsule or liquid form like other medicines.

Dr. Howard Robins and slow down the degeneration or alleviate When it enters the body, it acts like “glue” to the symptoms. all viruses, bacteria, fungus, yeast, mold, toxins, toxic heavy

These autoimmune diseases cause the immune metals and parasites, destroying them without harming any system to hyper (over) react and attack various organs or healthy cells in our body. Unlike the above mentioned harmful structures of your body, including joints, skin, kidneys, organisms, healthy cells have special enzymes that ward off blood cells, heart and lungs as if they were enemies, like ozone and protect themselves from destruction. viruses or harmful bacteria.

By ridding the body of all these harmful disease-causing

MS is an inflammatory disease in which the fatty myorganisms, intravenous ozone therapy has been able to reverse elin sheaths around the axons of the brain and spinal cord the diseases in question as well as a host of many other diseasare damaged, leading to demyelination of the nerves and es and illnesses. While it is not known exactly which organisms scarring as well as a broad spectrum of signs and sympare causing the diseases, medical ozone, by destroying all of toms, most notably muscle weakness. them, helps us win the war, and, believe it or not, it’s safe!

What they all have in common is that they can not

While used in more than 50 countries by over 45,000 only take your life, but they usually work slowly, breaking physicians for over 70 years, the most famous study done on its down your body, causing many painful and debilitating safety was published in Germany in 1982. In Germany, medisymptoms, making your life miserable. cal ozone therapy is used pre- and post-operatively to prevent

What has worked so far?

Conventional medicine has spent billions of dollars trying to find the cause and cure of these diseases. Most of the money and efforts, however, have been spent on finding pharmaceuticals that can relieve some of the symptoms.

Natural medicine has had good results by cleansing and detoxifying the body. Many natural medicine methods have met with some success. Dietary changes, acupuncture, herbal medicine, homeopathy and meditation are just some of the methods employed that have had some beneficial but inconsistent results

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infections as well as to treat most health problems. Jacobs, et al., reported in his published study that close to 400,000 patients were given more than 5,500,000 treatments over a two-year period with an adverse reaction rate of .0007!

For more information, call Dr. Howard Robins at 212-5810101. Robins is considered the foremost clinical expert on the use of medical ozone in North America, with more than 22 years of clinical practice and 185,000 treatments performed. Bring in this article or the ad from page 3 for a $50 discount off your initial consultation.

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ZEN GOLF Master the Mind to Master the Game

by Aimee Hughes

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

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

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

prepare us to find and reside in this just-right Goldilocks place of being not too hot and not too cold.

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

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

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

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

In yoga, pranayama, or breathing techniques, are employed to promote relaxation in the mind and body. The Zen approach to golf uses breath work to allow body and mind to make the most fluid and powerful golf swing possible for the player. “The single factor that sets apart the top performers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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n Farmers and processors must keep detailed records of practices. n Farmers are required to maintain a written organic management plan.

Certified Humane

Locavore Lingo What All the Food Labels Really Mean

by Judith Fertig

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

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

Organic or Certified Organic Consumers want to know the difference between organics and certified organics. Today’s number of U.S. certified organic operations has jumped nearly 300 percent since 2002 to more than 21,700.

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

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

To be considered certified organic under the Code of Federal Regulations 7 CFR Part 205, products must meet these standards: n No harmful chemicals have been applied to the land for at least three years. n Farmers and processors are inspected annually by a certifying agency. na-newyorkcity.com

When we buy local cheese, poultry or meat at the farmers’ market, we sometimes see a certified humane notice.

One such producer is Baetje Farms, outside St. Louis, Missouri. Their highly regarded goat cheeses offer traceability via a lot number, so buyers can know exactly which milking the cheese came from.

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

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

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

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

given hormones or any antibiotics unless the animal is sick.

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

Wisconsin’s Dane County Farmers’ Market, in Madison, provides detailed descriptions of farm products and agricultural practices so customers can make informed choices. Sometimes, the type of farm makes a difference. “We are intentionally human scale,” says Virginia Goeke, of Sylvan Meadows Farm, in Viroqua, Wisconsin.

“We choose to husband our land to promote harmony and synergy. We are creating a sustainable farm ecosystem where herbal meadows, prairies, heirloom gardens, orchards, woodlands, and rare breeds of livestock and wildlife flourish.”

Sometimes, we’d just like someone else to do the food curating for us. The

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

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

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

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

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

Foraged—Native foods gathered from the wild, rather than cultivated. Examples: wild mushrooms, fiddlehead ferns, mulberries, native pecans, black walnuts and native persimmons.

Heritage breeds—Ancestral breeds of poultry and livestock that often take longer to reach market weight, but have more flavor.

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

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

Pastured—Livestock raised on pastures instead of factory farms.

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

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

For more current agricultural, market and trade terms, visit LexiconOfSustainability.com. natural awakenings

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4 Ways Solopreneurs Can Promote Their Business Online

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here are many ways to promote your business online so where do you start? We asked web designer & social media expert, Filomena A. Iorio-Tasoluk of Web Design to FIT easy and cost effective ways solopreneurs can market themselves online.

Listed below are her 4 top tips: 1. Website Create a user-friendly and welldesigned website. Think of your website as your storefront. It’s your 1st impression so make it a positive and lasting impression.

2. Social Media Create social media pages to reach your target market. Which social media sites does your ideal client visit? If you’re targeting those in the medical profession, it may be best to focus on LinkedIn and not Pinterest. Is your ideal client someone who wants to eat healthy? Focus on Facebook and Pinterest.

3. Email Signature One of the easiest ways to promote your business is by adding an email signature. It’s a modern and indirect way of handing out a business card and best of all, it’s free and environmentally friendly! Be sure to include your business address, phone #, website, email and any social media links.

4. Forums and Groups Contribute to holistic/health related forums and groups on LinkedIn, Facebook and other online groups.

Your expertise will help cultivate an authentic and dependable relationship with potential clients.

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SOIL SISTERS Female Farmers Come of Age

by Lisa Kivirist

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ore women are becoming farmers, bringing with them a passion for producing organic and sustainably raised fare and transforming America’s food system. The U.S. Census of Agriculture reports that their numbers rose by more than 20 percent between 2002 and 2012, to 288,264.

Historic Roots

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

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

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

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

she launched the Women, Food and Ag Network to collectively advocate for a stronger voice.

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

Cultivating Change

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

Relinda Walker, of Walker Organic Farms, outside Savannah, Georgia, represents a cadre of “boomerang” farmers; women that return to the land to continue a family farm with a commitment to organics. Like many farm

kids, after college, Walker left to pursue a corporate career in the city. Then the 9/11 terror attack shifted her priorities. “All roads led me to coming back home and growing food,” she says.

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

Future Femme Power

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

“A crucial key to farming happiness is being a good neighbor,” she shares. “I call around when I see livestock and pets outside of fences; maintain my fences; share my garlic and potato seed; and always invite neighbors to parties and events, even though they may not attend. Even if others’ personal

lifestyle and farming philosophies are radical opposites, we still have our physical location and appreciation of nature in common, and that’s big.”

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

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

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COOL CHOW Icy Treats for Hot Summer Days

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fill celery logs with plain yogurt and n 2015, manufacturers of commerfreeze. To serve, cut into one-bite cial dog and cat foods and treats pieces appropriate for a dog’s size. issued 28 recalls, some for multiple

Another easy favorite is filling products, due to the potential presan ice cube tray two-thirds full with ence of listeria or salmonella bacteria, Greek-style or traditional plain yogurt mold, dangerous levels of cumulatively mixed with diced strawberries or harmful propylene glycol, inadequate whole blueberries and freeze overthiamine, elevated levels of vitamin D, night. For cats, omit off odors or labeling Use the freshest the fruit and instead problems (Tinyurl.com/ PetFoodRecallList). In ingredients, organic add bits of mercuryfree water-packed tuna response, homemade and non-GMO (no or salmon as a special treats have grown in popularity to ensure genetic modification) treat. Add fresh or dried catnip to catch that pets enjoy safe and where possible; tuna Kitty’s attention. healthy snacks.

“Once when fixing

“Most summer or salmon in a pouch dinner, I dropped a fruits work naturally to is safer than BPA- piece of frozen yellow cool the body,” advises squash and the dogs Cathy Alinovi, co-author canned fish. dove for it,” says writer of Dinner PAWsible: A Livia J. Washburn, in Azle, Texas, of Cookbook of Nutritious Homemade her Chihuahuas. “Nicki waits for things Meals for Cats and Dogs, in Pine Vilto hit the floor; Nora showed her game lage, Indiana. “Healthful treats, made face and won the Squash War.” from the best ingredients, are a good “Obesity is the number one nuway to take a break from summer heat.” tritional disease affecting our pets, so

She suggests taking a refreshing summertime activities that avoid overlook at low-calorie fruits and veggies heating are vital for overall health,” says such as stuffed celery used in creative, Veterinarian Jeff Werber, a veterinary tasty ways. After removing strings,

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

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

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

“Portion control is important,” he says.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Plum and Apple Coolers

photo courtesy of The Healthy Hound Cookbook

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

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

Chop fruit into bite-sized pieces.

Mix fruit with water and molasses.

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

Source: The Healthy Hound Cookbook,

by Paris Permenter and John Bigley

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

Source: The Healthy Hound Cookbook,

by Paris Permenter and John Bigley

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

Mango Sorbet

Combine all ingredients in a blender and mix.

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

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

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

Add all ingredients to a blender and purée.

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

Pour mixture into ice cube trays and freeze overnight.

Source: The Healthy Hound Cookbook,

by Paris Permenter and John Bigley

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

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

Freeze for 4 hours.

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

Source: Chow, by Rick Woodford

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

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

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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.

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SATURDAY, JULY 9 Soul Play Saturday – 11:30am-4:30pm. Experience the powerful benefits of nurturing your spirit at Soul Play Saturdays, a new monthly event to awaken your true essence and connect with others. When you raise your vibration, you experience more joy, passion, creativity, love, balance and abundance in your life. A recent participant stated “thank you for a beautiful day that was a treat for myself and my spirit—for the great reminder to reconnect with Mother Earth, for the very powerful healing, and… for the delicious and healthy lunch!” Cold Spring Retreat House. maryellen@awakenyourtrueessence. com, 845-424-6219 or awakenyourtrueessence.com.

SUN, JULY 10-FRI, JULY 15 The Meditating Brain with Steven Leonard and Andrew Heusser PhD – Meditation is more than just relaxation or focus. Meditation is cultivating particular types of consciousness that are flowing rather than fixed. Until recently, meditation was a practice with no tangible tools, part from one’s own body, mind and environment. Now, with OpenBCI’s bio-sensing technology everyone can take a look under the hood and see how the brain changes with shifts of awareness. Eastover Estate and Retreat, 430 East St, Lenox, MA. 866-264-5139 or eastover.com.

SUN, JULY 10-SUN, JULY 17 Medical Qi Gong Certification Program-Level 1 – Experience Medical Qi Gong from healthcare professionals who have successfully integrated Eastern wisdom with Western science in hospitals, healthcare settings, and in the community. Our unique program is based on sound principles of psychology, anatomy, physiology, energy healing, and spirituality. This program will also teach you healing practices for yourself and others. And, you will be certified to provide Medical Qi Gong healing sessions. All are welcome, and no prior experience is necessary. Susan Lieberman, MBA, BSN, LMT, CMQT, JSJP; Madeline Marchell, BS, ERYT-500, LMT and Harlene Goldschmidt, PhD. Eastover Estate and Retreat, 430 East St, Lenox, MA. 866-264-5139, eastoverestateandretreat@gmail.com or eastover.com.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 13 Intro to Numerology – 7-90pm. This is an ancient study that will give you insights to your life based on the calculations on your birth date and name.

Learn to understand your personality and talents and work with timing, not against it! A.R.E. of New York Edgar Cayce Center, 241 W 30th St, 2nd floor, New York, NY. To check for pricing and to register: psychicjoancarra.net. 212-691-7690.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27 Talking to Animals Intuitively with Medium Joan Carra – 7-9pm. The word “animal” is derived from the Greek term “anima” which means spirit. The universe is interconnected and we can learn to listen and talk to our pets—even those who have passed on— once we tune into that frequency. Please do NOT bring photos or pets as we will learn to talk to them intuitively. Join psychic, Joan Carra, as she talks and listens to your pets on a soul level, whichever side

of the veil they may currently be on. She will also teach you interspecies communications. A.R.E. of New York Edgar Cayce Center, 241 W 30th St, 2nd Floor, #100, New York, NY. psychicjoancarra.net.

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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. 866264-5139, eastoverestateandretreat@gmail.com or eastover.com.

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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.

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.

SUN, AUG 14-THURS, AUGUST 18 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 deep-dive, intimate and transformational experience.

Renew your body, mind and spirit and return to make your big impact in the world! Kauai, Hawaii. 917544-0080 or conciergeholisticcare.com/Hawaii-retreat.

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

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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. 866-2645139, eastoverestateandretreat@gmail.com or eastover. com, eastover.com/radiant-lotus.html or eastover.com/ radiant-lotus-2.html.

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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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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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MASSAGE FINGER LAKES SCHOOL OF MASSAGE

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210 Fifth Ave. Suite 1102, New York, NY 10010 212-532-3030 • MauricioHair.com Mauricio is a hair artist who provides a holistic approach to the beauty industry—one that focuses not only on the physical but also on the overall well-being of his clients, through unique services, truly organic products, a tailored experience and Zen-like environment that all work together to support the mind, body and soul. Mauricio’s private hair studio mission is to be the first of its kind: an innovative ecofriendly hair studio and ‘inner beauty salon’ that seeks to unlock every guest’s beauty. Natural color services are available for both pregnant and everyday clients.

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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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.

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Beauty Plus Aesthetics 353 Lexington Ave, Suite 1603, NYC 10016 212-371-6097 • BeautyPlusAesthetics.com Beauty Plus Aesthetics emphasizes the uniqueness of each person. 3 main principles govern their approach: Holistic – a person’s body, mind & emotions.

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