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Bye Bye Birdie This month’s letter is a hard one for me. Our oldest will head off to college by the end of August, and all I’ve been doing for months is acquiring, little by little, the things he may need for his dorm and day-to-day life. I have a pile building up in the corner of our bedroom, and each time I add to it I feel sadness.

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He can obviously buy what he needs once he gets settled in, but the Mom hat doesn’t come off just because he’s leaving the nest. I know what you’re all thinking: Cut the apron strings, lady! I hear you, but he’ll always be my little birdie. I want to get him the things he’ll need for a smooth transition. Start him off with the comforts of home, since he’ll have plenty of new adult challenges to meet.

“Back to school” has a whole new meaning for our family now. He’s not really going back; he’s starting anew, living away, taking what we’ve instilled and seeing how his wings work. Having thought about this moment from the second he was born, I can say that nothing really prepares you for it. On the one hand, you have such pride in your child’s achievements and cannot wait to watch them on this journey. But on the other is the sadness of not seeing them every day, not hearing them walk through the door after school, not talking about their day face-to-face. Yes, of course there’s Zoom and FaceTime, but you all know what I’m talking about.

Will he eat enough, will he sleep well, will he stay safe, will he make good decisions, will he be able to handle the pressures, can he balance his academics with his sport, will he like his roommate, will he call home? Ah, that last one . . . will I hear his voice as much as I did when he lived under our roof? Probably not, but I will hear it in my daily thoughts, and will look forward to every type of communication he will allow.

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Inner MBA Program Equips Socially Conscious Business Leaders The “success at all costs” corporate strategy has become increasingly unacceptable to consumers, who are demanding more transparency, integrity and authenticity from the companies they patronize. The Inner MBA nine-month immersion program was created as a response to this growing trend, as the business landscape transforms rapidly in ways we’ve never seen. Program enrollment for 2021 is now open for a limited time

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Cardiovascular Conditions, Heat Don’t Mix Many people with cardiovascular conditions aren’t aware that heat can be deadly for them, the Long Island Health Collaborative warned in a statement last month: “We are more in tune with the risks of extreme cold and shoveling heavy snow and don’t regard high heat and humidity as equally worrisome. But we should.”

According to the American Heart Association, people with conditions like high cholesterol, heart disease, high blood pressure or arrhythmia are at greater risk when the temperature is high.

To combat that danger, the Long Island Health Collaborative recommends using hydration, cooling mechanisms and breathable clothing to protect against overheating—as well as a long-term strategy to improve cardiovascular health year-round. It specifically recommends the Wellness Foundation’s Jumpstart 360˚, a four-week program that focuses on attainable exercise goals, stress management, social connection and plant-based nutrition.

The Long Island Health Collaborative is a partnership of hospitals, county health departments, health providers, communitybased social and human service organizations, academic institutions, health plans, local government, and the business sector, all engaged in improving the health of Long Islanders.

For more information about the Long Island Health Collaborative, visit LIHealthCollab.org. For more information about Jumpstart 360˚, visit wfeh.org.

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We’re number one—in traffic jams. Last month the American Automobile Association announced that New York City had overtaken Los Angeles for having “the worst traffic of any city in the United States,” according to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s Urban Mobility Report. LA had held the top spot for nearly 30 years.

Glamping has come to Governor’s Island. Collective Retreats— a company “dedicated to making luxury coexist with ruggedness, fine dining to exist under the stars, and people to connect with unique places and the people around them”—includes the island on its list of “iconic destinations,” which also includes towns in Texas, Montana and Colorado, as well as Ghent, New York.

In an online article posted July 1, AAA’s Andrew Sheldon writes, “The results were based on the total amount of hours drivers were delayed in 2020. Motorists in the New YorkNewark region spent nearly 500,000 hours stuck in traffic, compared to the roughly 365,000 hours those in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (area) did.

“The report also looked at the average time drivers spent in traffic, and again, New York reigned supreme. The average Big Apple motorist spent an average of 56 hours in traffic in 2020. Boston came in second with an average of 50 hours, followed by Houston, Los Angeles and San Francisco.”

While those statistics represent a steep drop from 2019, when drivers had twice as much “idle” time, the change is attributed to the increase in people working from home during the pandemic.

For more about the latest Urban Mobility Report, visit Mobility.tamu.edu.

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Collective Retreats’ grounds on Governor’s Island feature numerous outdoor gathering spaces, including a bar, multiple fire pits and a restaurant, Three Peaks. All its indoor sleeping spaces, from tents to tiny homes, have beds. Because the island is located just 800 yards from the lower end of Manhattan, the resort’s most spectacular feature is its skyline views.

Over the past year and a half, we’ve learned to appreciate elemental joys.

Glamping lets us take that ethos with us as we travel—indulged but not indulgent, and mindful of the splendor around us.

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New York City Ready for Ranked-Choice Goats

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True, there are far worse things. But losing the Running of the Goats in 2020, when it was on the verge of becoming an annual event—the first one was in 2019—was just one more blow to a dispirited New York City. So last month there was a crowd at Riverside Park to welcome back the winsome weed eat-

ers, supplied by the Riverside Park Conservancy to stop the spread of invasive plants in certain areas of the park.

To the delight of onlookers, twenty-four goats were let into the park to graze, but only five of them—Buckles, Chalupa, Mallemar, Ms. Bo Peep and Skittles—will be in residence through August. Now that New Yorkers have the hang of ranked-choice voting, they’re invited to go online to rank their favorite goats from first to last.

To cast a vote, visit the park’s “Ranked-Choice Goat” page at RiversideParkNYC.org.

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Clairvoyant Tori Quisling Offers Three Workshops in August Clairvoyant Tori Quisling will lead three live online workshops in August. The subjects are working with a pendulum, parenting the sensitive child, and using aromatherapy to increase intuition. All three will run from noon to 1:30 p.m.

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Peptide Treatment Repairs Cavities without Fillings

In Pendulum Exercises for Telepathy and Clairvoyance, set for August 5, students will practice several telepathy exercises and learn how to ask questions and tune in to a person or situation using a pendulum. They will need a pendulum or a simple pendant on a drop chain.

Tooth enamel can degrade over time due to age, an acidic diet and poor dental hygiene.

While changes in diet and oral care can encourage some remineralization of tooth enamel, researchers at the University of Washington have developed a way to rebuild it using peptides. According to a July article by Michelle Starr, for ScienceAlert.com, the new treatment could repair shallow cavities without traditional fillings.

On August 12, Quisling, who is a parent and schoolteacher, will present Seeing Your Child in a New Light: Techniques for Spiritual Parenting and Sensitive Children.

“When applied to artificially created dental lesions in a laboratory setting, the product remineralized tooth enamel, effectively ‘healing’ the lesion,” Starr writes.

“Our children give us the opportunity to grow spiritually and know ourselves better,” she says. “This workshop will give you practical tools to identify your sensitive child and your sensitivity as a parent, and techniques to nurture and support your sensitive child.”

The researchers tried various treatments on the lesions.

Only the peptide treatment generated a thick enamel layer typical of a healthy tooth.

Genie in the Bottle: Using Essential Oils and Intuitive Aromatherapy for Healing and Intuition is set for August 19.

“Essential oils are actually healing ‘spirits’ that communicate and heal not only on a physical level, but on spiritual, emotional and mental levels as well,” Quisling says. “Sometimes we have lots of oils but aren’t sure how to best work with them to heal and increase our intuition. I will help you practice and explore five key intuitive principles of using essential oils.”

Cost: $30 per class. Preregister to receive a link and materials.

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“For future steps to bring this product into the clinic, we’ll need more tests to see how the peptide solution works in actual patients, and if the results are as solid as those in the lab,” Starr writes.

“And for deep cavities that reach the dentine layer underneath the enamel, a filling would still likely be required.

“But the researchers believe their product could still be sold as part of a preventative everyday tooth care routine, in the form of a toothpaste or gel, to help minimize expensive trips to the dentist for shallower cavities.”

Information sourced by Jonathan Richter, DDS, FAGD, owner of Cariodontal, located at 310 E. Shore Rd., Ste. 101, Great Neck, NY (516-282-0310 / Cariodontal.com), and Manhattan Oasis Dentistry, 525 West End Ave., Ste. 1G, New York, NY (212-874-2880 / ManhattanOasisDentistry.com). See ad, back cover.

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A MIND-BODY MISSION

AT FAMILY WELLNESS CENTER, DR. MICHAEL BERLIN FOCUSES ON HEALING FROM STRESS “I found NSA early in my career,” he says. “I use it because it delivers the promise of what true chiropractic could do in its fullest extent: helping people to heal more completely and permanently in their body, minds and spirit.”

From the time he was a boy, Dr. Michael Berlin didn’t like taking medicine. He trusted his body’s ability to heal itself. “I even used to heal myself of all kinds of ailments, like headaches and stomachaches, with a sort of meditation that I made up,” he says.

He was also empathetic—quick to give a hug or a hand.

It probably surprised no one when he gravitated toward a career in healing.

After receiving his bachelor’s degree in psychology and volunteering at hospitals, he decided to try chiropractic because it seemed to share his natural philosophy.

“Once in chiropractic school, I fell in love with chiropractic—even to the point of tears at one point—because I realized that everything that I wanted to be, do and have, I could within my profession,” he says.

NSA specialists are trained to blend many gentle chiropractic techniques with highly advanced neurological work and energy work, Berlin says. The goal is to use the right technique at the right time for the individual patient’s body.

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For more than 25 years now, Berlin has been a force for healing in Plainview and beyond—not just as a provider of mind-body and alternative healing, but as an educator, a group facilitator and a wellness coach. He’s been on chiropractic mission trips abroad, and he joined a group of chiropractors at Ground Zero, helping first responders stay healthy.

“When chiropractic is applied in this way, the results are dramatically enhanced, and generally much more complete and permanent,” he says.

In the office or out in the field, Berlin’s mission is always the same: to promote health by mitigating the effects of stress, whether it’s emotional (from upsetting events, perceptions, thoughts and emotions); physical (accidents, lifting, bending, sitting all day, etc.); or chemical (from drugs, junk food and environmental toxins).

Healthy Weight Loss Family Wellness Center also specializes in healthy weight loss—a natural way to manage or prevent a wide variety of chronic conditions.

“It’s our pleasure to educate and inspire all people to live better lives by connecting with nature and the miracle of life in achieving health and happiness,” he says.

“Our programs are based on soundand time-tested nutritional principles to heal your digestive system, rebalance your hormones, detoxify and nourish your body, and permanently shrink and eliminate fat cells,” Berlin

The Family Wellness Center is located at 641-B Old Country Rd., Plainview, NY. For more information, call 516-871-3078 or visit NetworkWellnessCenter.com.

Network Spinal Analysis At Family Wellness Center, his clinic in Plainview, New York, Berlin specializes in a new approach to chiropractic called Network Spinal Analysis.

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says. “We finally have a way to help a frighteningly growing number of people who are becoming sick and obese because of our toxic, fastpaced world.”

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LONG ISLAND DENTIST AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON PRESERVING NATURAL TEETH In 2013, when Dr. Olga Isaeva opened her Long Island practice, Nature’s Dental, the concept of conservative and minimally invasive dentistry was still outside the mainstream. Eight years later, it’s clear that Isaeva was ahead of the curve. There’s now a big demand for this approach to dental care, she says.

therapy); Integration (of holistic therapies such as reiki and massage); and Conservation (through minimally invasive procedures).

She’s also developed a patient-oriented culture in her practice, where the staff treats everyone—including each other—“with care, compassion and understanding,” she says. “We all take great pride in what we do and are eager to educate and help clients, one smile at a time.”

“Many people are starting to seek out the alternatives to traditional medicine and dentistry,” says Isaeva (“Dr. Olga” to her patients). “We have expanded our trained biomimetic staff to keep up with the demand.”

The philosophy of the biomimetic approach is “Less dentistry is the best dentistry.” It uses nature-mimicking technology to restore teeth to their original state, one small layer at a time. The ultimate goal is to retain as much of the natural tooth structure as possible, reducing the need for root canals and crowns.

“There are alternative ways to save teeth without crowns, because many crowns lead to root canals, which in turn may lead to chronic dental infection and tooth loss,” Isaeva explains.

That’s important because the physiological connection between oral health and whole-body health is by now well established.

“There is an overwhelming connection,” Isaeva says. “Gut health is tremendously important to the overall health of the body—and as we know, the gut starts in the mouth. Optimum oral health is the foundation for a healthy body.”

Isaeva doesn’t just treat patients the way she wants to be treated; she also eats the way she advises her patients to.

oral microbiome; controlled or treated periodontal disease; restoration of decayed teeth; replacing of heavy metal (mercury-filled) teeth or metal crowns; and, most important, treatment of infected teeth.

EPIC Approach to Care Isaeva has practiced general dentistry since 2007. She is also a board-certified naturopath. At Nature’s Dental she’s developed an “EPIC” approach to dentistry focused on Education (about topics such as “silver” amalgam fillings, which contain mercury); Prevention (through treatments like probiotics and oxygen ozone

“I prepare most of my meals from scratch,” she says. “I try to eat clean, only utilizing whole-food ingredients—nothing that comes from the box or a can. In the summer, I strive to grow my own greens and veggies. It’s always great to connect with nature and tend to the soil.

We’re grateful to be situated on Long Island, surrounded by farms. We always recommend buying local and getting to know your farmers personally.”

After all, she says, “You are what you eat—and you are what your food eats.”

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studies from Australia’s Edith Cowan University.

Studying data from 8,600 Australians between the ages of 25 and 91, researchers found people that ate at least 470 grams (about two cups) of fruits and vegetables per day had 10 percent lower stress levels compared to those that ate less than half that amount. “Vegetables and fruits contain important nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, flavonoids and carotenoids that can reduce inflammation and oxidative stress, and therefore improve mental well-being,” says lead author Simone Radavelli-Bagatini.

In a second study based on 23 years of data on 50,000 Danes, researchers found that those that consumed one cup each day of the most nitrate-rich vegetables like leafy greens and beets had about a 2.5 mmHg lower systolic blood pressure and a 12 to 26 percent lower risk of peripheral artery disease, heart attacks, strokes and heart failure. Eating more than one cup daily didn’t increase the benefits, they found, and blending greens into smoothies (but not pulp-destroying juicing) is a good option for increasing intake.

Microbiome Linked to Risk of Death from Disease

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Eat Oily Fish to Live Longer Omega-3 fatty acids have previously been linked to better heart, brain, eye and joint health, and a new large-scale analysis published in Nature Communications suggests that omega-3s from oily fish may also extend lifespan. Researchers reviewed pooled data from 17 studies of 42,466 people that were followed an average of 16 years. Those that had the highest amount of fishbased omega-3s in their blood—at the 90th percentile— had a 13 percent lower risk for death than people with omega-3 levels in the 10th percentile. The risk of dying from cardiovascular disease was 15 percent lower and from cancer 11 percent lower. The blood levels of alphalinolenic acid omega-3s obtained from plant-based sources like nuts and flaxseed did not show a conclusive link to lower mortality.

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Certain gut microbiota can predict possible causes of mortality, reports a new study from Finland’s University of Turku.

Researchers collected stool samples from 7,055 Finnish adults around 50 years old and followed them for 15 years. They found that greater numbers of bacteria from the Enterobacteria family increase the risk of death from cancer, respiratory disorders and gastrointestinal disease. “Many bacterial strains that are known to be harmful were among the Enterobacteria predicting mortality, and our lifestyle choices can have an impact on their amount in the gut,” says study co-author Teemu Niiranen.

Getting teens to eat well can be an uphill battle, but new evidence shows its long-term importance. Drinking two sugary drinks per day from ages 13 to 18 increases by 32 percent the risk of colorectal cancer in women by age 50 when compared to drinking less than one such drink each week, Washington University School of Medicine researchers report in the journal Gut. The study used data from the Nurses’ Health Study II, which tracked the health of nearly 116,500 female nurses from 1991 to 2015. Other drinks, including milk and unsweetened coffee, were associated with a decreased risk. Early-onset colorectal cancer rates have risen alarmingly in the last 20 years, causing the American Cancer Society to lower its recommended age for a first colonoscopy from 50 to 45.

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Rare Health Conditions No Match for Good Methodology Since 2007, since he began helping people from Long Island (and occasionally from across the country) overcome their health issues, David Pollack, DC, estimates that 70 percent of those issues have been “the usual offenders,” like GERD, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, chronic migraines and colitis. But he says he really loves helping people with less-common issues. “There have been so many,” he says.

“And despite sometimes never having heard of some of these disorders before, we still generally improve if not eliminate the situation.”

Whatever those unusual conditions are called—sarcoidosis or scleroderma or chronic lymphositic myositis—doesn’t really matter to Pollack. What’s important are the methodologies he uses at Pollack Wellness Institute.

“I’m not as concerned with the name of the disease as I am with the basic functions of the body,” he says. “I’m concerned with assessing how the body is working and coming up with a strategic plan to improve its function. All aspects of your health are important to the physical, chemical and emotional health of your body. So let’s turn over every stone—not just look at what hurts, but the whole body and all its parts. You wouldn’t believe how often the solution is actually on the complete other side of the body. Miracles can happen if you make them. We can’t wait. Every day of our life is a blessing. And it can always be better, much better.”

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It’s no fun fending off uninvited airborne guests at the family cookout, but bloodthirsty bugs are an inevitable part of summer. Mosquitoes aren’t just an annoyance; they can carry infectious diseases like West Nile and Zika viruses, so it’s important to know the best ways to keep them at bay.

Sprays containing the chemical DEET—developed by the U.S. Army after World War II and made commercially available in 1957—have long been the go-to option for mosquito repellant. DEET sprays came under scrutiny after isolated reports of seizures; these were subsequently dismissed as involving “off label” applications such as ingesting DEET (it’s best not to drink bug juice). DEET can occasionally cause a rash or skin irritation; however, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have both deemed DEET sprays as generally safe and effective for both adults and kids as young as two months. DEET also breaks down quickly in the environment, posing minimal danger to wildlife.

For outdoor lovers seeking a more natural bug repellant, one formula performs as well as DEET at stopping mosquitoes and even better at repelling ticks: products containing oil of lemon eucalyptus extract, which contains the naturally occurring compound para-menthane-3,8-diol (PMD), a byproduct of the leaves of Corymbia citriodora tree. In a study published in the Journal of Insect Science in 2015, researchers from New Mexico State University found that it deterred mosquitoes for up to six hours, unlike largely ineffective candles, bracelets and ultrasonic devices.

The PMD compound differs from lemon-eucalyptus essential oil, so look specifically for repellents containing PMD, found at most outdoors sports stores and major

retailers. Lemon-eucalyptus essential oil itself is also sometimes touted as a natural mosquito deterrent, but like other essential oils like clove or citronella, the limited protection it offers is short-lived, as their volatile compounds evaporate quickly. While DIY insect repellents made from essential oils smell wonderful and are easy to make, they can also irritate the skin at higher concentrations and in some cases, such as clove oil, be toxic to pets. Products containing essential oils are also not registered by the EPA, and therefore not tested for efficacy.

Products containing Picaridin, a chemical modeled on black pepper, also have proven to be as effective as DEET. Picaridin-based products are better at deterring mosquitoes from landing than DEET, and are less oily and strong-smelling.

The percentage of DEET or Picaridin in a product determines how long it protects, with higher concentrations providing longer protection with fewer reapplications.

Those benefits taper off at 30 percent DEET and 20 percent Picaridin. Covering up with long sleeves and spraying clothes, not just skin, with insect repellent will help keep skeeters at arm’s length and also help keep off ticks.

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Carl Stough was the world’s best-kept secret. Now, thanks to bestselling author James Nestor, Stough’s work and genius have reached a wider audience.

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James Nestor’s book Breath, Stough’s work and genius have reached a wider audience.

The sign—“Dr. Breath Is Here Today!”—greeted breathing expert Carl Stough as he walked into the field house at Yale University in the spring of 1968. Stough had come to Yale to work with its track team, to determine whether improved breathing could lead to enhanced performance. It did, and that success led to his work with the US athletes of the 1968 Olympics.

The moniker “Dr. Breath” was bestowed on him by an inventive Yale undergraduate, but Stough was not a physician. He was a choral conductor with a great ear and an intuitive understanding of the body, the diaphragm, breathing and voice. His discoveries in the treatment of severely ill emphysema patients in the early 1960s revolutionized medicine’s understanding of the diaphragm, and the Stough Method of Breathing Coordination became a medically approved practice for treatment of severe respiratory disorders.

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Regaining What We Lost Breathing Coordination integrates the movement of all the muscles of respiration, both involuntary and voluntary. It is the way we breathed when we were born but lost by the time we were two. Other breathing “techniques” focus on the voluntary muscles of breathing, but the true muscles of respiration—the diaphragm and the psoas—are involuntary muscles. Before Stough, it was a medical assumption that once the involuntary muscles of breathing were weakened they could not be redeveloped. Stough proved otherwise, and in 1962, the New York Times acknowledged his work with sufferers of severe emphysema in its article “Musician Devises Aid in Lung Cases.”

Prior to his death, Carl left a “short list” of people to carry on his work. I am honored to be one of them.

Breathing Coordination demands the power of touch— our own and that of a teacher. In my class at The Open Center, we work to reestablish coordination of the respiratory muscles, but you can go a long way in helping yourself with this simple tool. Place a light, non-imposing hand on your breastbone (sternum). Can you feel the movement of breath under your hand and how the sternum moves out a bit in inhalation and moves in on exhalation? If nothing is happening, do a little massage of your pectoral muscles and some gentle tapping on your sternum to awaken your diaphragm (this is very beneficial to do when you are lying down). Relaxing your chest in this way is a start reestablishing your breathing coordination.

Carl Stough died in 2000, but his work survives. Prior to his death, he left a “short list” of people to carry on his work. I am honored to be one of fewer than a dozen people worldwide Carl allowed to teach his work.

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by Dr. Lewis Gross traditional 2-D x-ray, and because the tooth is dead, it may not hurt. The most noticeable sign might be tenderness when biting, or a tooth that feels “different” when it’s tapped. Not all dentists provide 3-D technology; it might be necessary to get a referral to a holistic dentist or radiology specialist.

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I know I have a cavity, but why do I need a root canal?

Traditional dentists may recommend a root canal if a previous filling or new decay is close to a nerve, or if there’s pain under a crown. Removing the nerves and blood vessels that are the tooth’s vital organs may temporarily stop the pain, but it kills the tooth. The dead tissue decomposes, the resulting pus and gas have no place to escape, and the bacteria are entombed in bone.

An alternative is to clean the cavity with ozone and place an herbal filling, which calms the nerve and allows it to regenerate. If the pain is under a crown, ask a dentist to try redoing the crown, which may not fit correctly. If the dentist refuses, find a trusted dentist who listens to patients’ concerns.

How do I know if I need a root canal?

When a tooth is dying, a common method of treating the pain is with a root canal. However, this is not always the best choice of treatment. There are safer alternatives that are often less invasive and less expensive. If the tooth senses cold, it’s still vital—it can be saved with an herbal filling. If the tooth senses hot pain, the nerve inflammation is less reversible, but it’s worth trying to save the tooth, which is the holistic approach. To find a holistic dentist, see the referral list at iaomt.com.

What should I do if I’ve already had a root canal?

Get a 3-D cone beam CBCT x-ray to determine if the tooth is still diseased. Chronic infections don’t always show up on a

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Doing a root canal on an already-infected tooth entombs bacteria in the bone. These microbes, which don’t need air, are some of the most dangerous microorganisms. They have been associated with many systemic illnesses and can harbor Lyme disease spirochetes. A tooth has thousands of microtubules where they can survive even after a root canal.

As a result, the patient’s body remains in a constant state of battle with these infections, which may lead to pockets of dead bone. Living in a state of inflammation is like being at war with oneself.

It’s always better to preserve as much of the natural tooth as possible. If extraction is necessary, infected teeth should be removed using ozone and platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) stem cells. Metal-free implants or Valplast partials are excellent replacements. A holistic oral surgeon will have experience with these treatments.

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The Candida Diet

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In last month’s Natural Awakenings, I gave an overview of the Candida Diet, which is designed to eliminate candida yeast from the body. The diet is low in carbohydrates; sugar (even in healthy foods, like fruit); and fermented foods like vinegar and alcohol. All these foods feed candida and make it harder for medicines to kill it.

Unfortunately, since candida roots in the blood vessels in our intestines, it can tap into them for nourishment and get enough sugar to stay alive. Over the years I have heard hundreds of individuals say that their symptoms are controlled as long as they are on the diet but return in a few weeks once they’re off. That’s why a comprehensive program is needed to manage candida.

A complicating factor is that life itself makes the Candida Diet hard to follow for many people. Social obligations like weddings, birthdays and holidays; food cravings due to PMS or allergies; cravings or hunger triggered by stress, exercise, medications and even Candida itself—the list of hurdles is long. So here are some workarounds.

Try Rye While the Candida Diet allows for gluten-free grains only— which excludes wheat, barley and rye—some people are not allergic to the gluten protein in rye. This allows for the possibility of using yeast-free rye bread on the diet. Other grain options are millet, white or brown rice, corn, spelt, triticale and kamut.

Get Creative Depending on the cook’s skills, the Candida Diet can be either boring or a feast. There is ample variety in the diet to allow for many culinary delights if one knows the art of cooking. Try buying some new cookbooks for ideas and inspiration. They don’t have to be written specifically for the Candida Diet—just look for books that promote a “lowcarb” lifestyle.

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Go-To Cooking Styles Meat and vegetable stir-fries are perfect for the Candida diet (just leave off the rice). So are Italian dishes featuring meats, poultry or fish in light-red sauces or butter- or olive-oil-based sauces; these can be paired with endless combinations of herbs, spices and vegetables to produce restaurant-quality meals. Other good options are Indian curries of meats, poultry or fish served with green leafy vegetables. Want traditional American? Go for meat, creamed spinach and mushrooms served with a salad, or seafood with a vegetable medley.

Crush Cravings Several physical conditions can cause hunger and food cravings. They include hypoglycemia; food allergies (often caused by candida) or food sensitivities; adrenal exhaustion (triggered by stress, insomnia or sleep deprivation, and exacerbated by poor diet); and PMS (a real medical condition, not just an excuse to eat chocolate or act cranky).

The good news is that each of these causes has a solution.

The key is to identify the cause, and then address it with diet modification and nutritional supplements.

Hemp Hearts—raw, shelled hemp seeds—are one of nature’s superfoods. They curb sugar cravings and provide a broad spectrum of health benefits.

For PMS, adding magnesium through foods and supplements can ease fluid retention and decrease chocolate cravings. Vitamin B6 appears to increase magnesium absorption.

Many alternative doctors have found that evening primrose oil can prevent PMS symptoms. Several supplement companies make PMS-specific formulas.

To restore adrenal function, add pantothenic acid, vitamins C and B6, sea salt and licorice root; get eight to ten hours of sleep nightly; and eat five or six small meals per day to stabilize blood sugar. Testing can determine the best adrenal support formula.

While candida is best managed with testing and supervision through a comprehensive program, adopting the Candida Diet is a first step anyone can take now.

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The ‘Healthy Mouth Protocol’ Manhasset Dentist Encourages Remineralization as Preventive Strategy

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mends minimizing sweets and preservative-heavy and acidic foods, and using homecare strategies and products focused on promoting an alkaline oral environment.

“It may take 45 minutes or more after eating to bounce back to an alkaline state, so we recommend an oral neutralizing agent, CariFree CTx2 Spray, which makes the curve rise more quickly, or boosts it, so that remineralization can occur,” Golden says.

Other suggested homecare products contain nano hydroxyapatite xylitol, a sugar substitute made from white birch.

“Because xylitol isn’t metabolized by cariogenic bacteria, it doesn’t promote tooth decay like sugar does,” Golden says. “But of course if you don’t require sweetener, you can look for products eliminating this ingredient entirely.”

Constant snacking isn’t just bad Dr. Linda Golden for the waistline. It’s also bad for the teeth, because it keeps the oral biofilm in an acidic state that promotes decay, says Dr. Linda Golden, owner of Golden Dental Wellness Center (GDWC), in Manhasset. She and her staff encourage their patients to adopt a “healthy mouth protocol” to shift the oral biofilm to an alkaline pH. “This protocol starves the cariogenic bacteria, which thrive and survive in an acidic environment and ultimately cause tooth decay,” Golden says.

GDWC’s healthy mouth protocol is a preventive strategy that promotes the natural rebuilding of tooth enamel, which is largely made up of minerals like calcium and phosphate.

Remineralization happens when the oral biofilm is alkaline— around 7.4 pH, Golden says. Unfortunately, most of the foods we like to snack on are high in sugar and preservatives, which create an acid (low-Ph) biofilm.

“Snacking creates a syndrome called the Stephan Curve, which is where a spike in acidity—that’s around 5.5 pH—systemically develops in the oral cavity and body, leaving the cariogenic bacteria to thrive, and demineralization becomes prevalent,” she says.

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Long-Term Benefits The oral biofilm becomes very dense over time, so it may take months to change an acidic environment to an alkaline one, Golden says. GDWC has a meter for testing and monitoring the biofilm, so she can reassess patient progress and make adjustments as needed.

When patients follow GDWC’s healthy mouth protocol—individually designed during a new-patient hygiene appointment, based on bacteria, diet and pH testing— they’ll experience a variety of benefits, Golden says. The first changes they’ll see are healthier-looking gums, less bleeding during water picking and dental checkups, and remineralization of white spots and decalcification of the teeth. Over time, they’ll notice decreased tooth sensitivity, less bad breath, and shinier, “cleaner” feeling teeth, while the dentist will notice a hardening of the tooth enamel. The long-term benefit is the most important to overall health: a reduced rate of tooth decay.

How long it takes to get these results depends on a number of factors, Golden says. They include the patient’s disease history; the presence and severity of other risk factors, and whether those can be modified; the presence and severity of tooth decay; and the patient’s acceptance of and compliance with the program.

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WHAT IS HAPPINESS? Aristotle pondered it, our country’s founders encouraged its pursuit, but only now—thanks to the thriving field of Positive Psychology—have we learned more precisely how to attain and sustain it. In thousands of studies in the last two decades, researchers have watched babies share crackers, put Tibetan monks in brain scanners, asked college students to do kind deeds and explored databases, among other strategies. A major finding has emerged: Happiness is, to a great degree, in our own hands—or more exactly, our own minds.

“You get to choose,” says trailblazing researcher Barbara Fredrickson, author of Positivity and Love 2.0 and a professor at the University of North Carolina. “No matter where your river of emotions flows today, over time and with continued effort and attention, you can change its course and location to live a happier, more positive life.” Using advanced brain imaging technology, neuroscientists and psychologists have discovered that the brain is “plastic” and malleable. When we change our thinking and actions in positive ways, brain neurons start rewiring themselves to make newfound happiness settle in, especially if our practices are repetitive.

“Interestingly, changes can start quite quickly,” says neuroscientist Andrew Newberg, who has authored 10 books on the brain, emotions and spirituality, including Words Can Change Your Brain.

“For those changes to become more fully ingrained, it can take a few months, but it does not necessarily require hours a day for many years.”

A change in thinking shifted the behavior and life of John Peterson, a sales manager at a major West Coast auto retailer and editor of SafeDriveGear.com. “I was unhappy and miserable, so I decided to give gratitude a shot,” he recalls. “It was mechanical to start, but the reactions I got turned into a domino effect.” Instead of giving cursory thanks, he praised a co-worker’s kindness in handing him a daily cup of coffee; now they chat about their families. Instead of “keeping myself to myself,” he offered to help a neighbor he barely knew to clean gutters; now they’re “barbecue besties,” he says, adding, “I was kind of blown away at the incredible effect gratitude had on my life, both in improving my mental health and boosting my relationships. It was a real revelation to me!”

Positive psychologists offer two major approaches: adopting habits that encourage happiness and clearing away the mental debris that blocks it. Many books and websites offer a wide range of theories, techniques and tips. “The most effective practices for you are the ones that you enjoy and are willing to do more often,” says Tchiki Davis, Ph.D., a Psychology Today blogger and founder of The Berkeley Well-Being Institute. The following are research-based methods to enhance happiness:

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Aim for a three-to-one ratio of positive to negative experiences

The difference between languishing and flourishing, says Fredrickson in her book Positivity, is constructing a life in which heartfelt positive experiences outnumber the negatives by three to one. Positive experiences that flow from feelings such as gratitude, serenity, hope, awe and love can be as simple as exchanging smiles with a

passerby, patting a friend on the back, joking with a cashier, picking up something that someone has dropped or planting a kiss on a son’s head. She emphasizes that the experiences must be authentic and heartfelt: acting “Pollyanna-ish” out of habit or pasting on a smile can actually make us feel worse, and positivity can turn toxic if it’s relentlessly turned on 100 percent of the time. “True happiness is not rigid and unchanging,” she says.

When it comes to marriage, five positive interactions for every negative one is the “magic ratio” that makes it happy and stable, according to studies by renowned relationship psychologist John Gottman, author of What Makes Love Last. “Successful long-term relationships are created through small words, small gestures and small acts,” he writes.

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Positive reframing involves shifting misery-making thinking to see the positive side of any situation. Canadian researchers reported in a 340-person survey at APA PsycNet that during the pandemic, reframing was the most effective mental health strategy; people practicing it gradually felt better, while people that vented, distracted themselves or disengaged from others fared worse. Reframing strategies include viewing a problem as a challenge, a learning opportunity or a way to help others; finding the higher purpose or divine order in a bad situation; exploring what the unexpected benefits might be; and finding humor in a situation.

Berating ourselves for our shortcomings is a sure route to suffering, but applying self-compassion powerfully lowers the volume. It involves three elements: treating ourselves as kindly as we would a dear friend; realizing that making mistakes is intrinsically human so we’re not alone; and non-judgmentally facing our emotions without denying or indulging them, according to its major theorist, psychologist Kristin Neff, author of Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind. Numerous studies show that people that practice self-compassion have less self-doubt and fewer negative thoughts, are less likely to feel anxious or depressed, enjoy better health and relationships and are more rsilient and motivated to change.

Another way to handle the inner critic is to transform it by befriending and chatting with it, a method used in voice dialogue therapy and in the Internal Family Systems approach.

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Of our estimated 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts per day, about 80 percent are negative and 95 percent are repetitive, says the National Science Foundation. Those noisy mental loops dampen our spirits by repetitively telling us that something regretful should not have happened in the past or is going to happen to blight the future. Few worries have real credence: A Cornell University study found that 85 percent of what people worry about never happens. Of the 15 percent of worries that did happen, 79 percent of people found they handled the problem better than they had expected or that they learned a valuable lesson from it. Cognitive behavioral therapists help clients to examine those beliefs and assumptions, challenge the dysfunctional ones and try out different interpretations to uncover the truth.

Victor Blue, a Tampa transportation engineer, examined his difficult relationship with a tyrannical father by asking himself two questions that spiritual teacher and author Byron Katie suggests applying to any painful thought: “Is it true? Can you absolutely know it’s true?” Self-inquiring deeply, Blue realized he had a distorted view: His father had in fact loved him, but had lacked the capacity to show it with warmth or tenderness. “My father started with very little and saw a tough world and treated everyone tough,” he says.

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Perhaps the most popular and direct approach to happiness is gratitude. Research shows that feeling and expressing thankfulness significantly boosts emotional well-being, makes us feel more connected and generous to others, and improves health and sleep quality. In one study, writing a few sentences of gratitude once per week for 10 weeks increased optimism and hope in participants; they even exercised more and had fewer doctor visits than those writing about aggravations. Writing a thank-you letter to someone we haven’t appreciated enough in the past can induce a sense of wellbeing that lasts for at least six months, a University of Pennsylvania study found.

Gratitude can be cultivated simply by daily journaling; writing a list every few days often works even better, research indicates. The more concrete the items are and the more freshly observed, the better: Rather than, “I’m grateful for my daughter,” it might be, “I’m grateful for my daughter because she made me laugh at breakfast by making a funny face.”

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Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, Newberg and other neuroscientists studied meditating Buddhist monks, prayerful Catholic nuns and mindfulness meditators. They found that each practice has its own distinctive pattern of brain activity, yet all three deactivate the brain regions that underlie mind chatter. That “default mode network” is constantly ruminating, nagging and making sure we avoid trouble. Sustained spiritual practices gradually turn down its everyday volume, which may explain in part the well-documented link between spiritual practices and well-being.

Even brief meditations can have a quieting effect, counsels New York City psychologist and mindfulness teacher Loch Kelly, author of Shift into Freedom. In a quiet moment, he suggests, “Ask yourself, ‘What is here right now if there is no problem to solve?’”

The more we give with a full heart, the more happiness we experience, studies show—and the benefits radiate far beyond ourselves.

Following nearly 5,000 people over 20 years, Harvard researchers found that one person’s happiness triggers a chain reaction up to three degrees away, lifting the spirits not only of friends, but friends’ friends, and their friends’ friends’ friends. Effects can last up to one year. It’s a vital way to help the world, says Fredrickson.

“The happiness that you experience together with others has ripple effects, both biological and behavioral, that make whole communities healthier.”

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Reset bedtime creep

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“During the summer, bedtime tends to creep later and later. Two weeks before school starts, begin to reset bedtime by reversing the creep by 15 minutes every few nights,” suggests Amber Trueblood, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Culver City, California, and author of Stretch Marks.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children 6 to 12 years of age sleep nine to 12 hours a night and teenagers 13 to 18 sleep eight to 10 hours. Getting enough sleep, it advises, leads to “improved attention, behavior, learning, memory, emotional regulation, quality of life, and mental and physical health.” Sleep experts recommend not allowing kids to be on device screens beginning an hour before bedtime, and perhaps storing devices in another room.

AFTER A YEAR DEALING WITH THE UPS AND DOWNS OF PANDEMIC-era schooling, many parents are anticipating their children’s return to school with mixed emotions. “Families indeed have had a rough time in the pandemic, resulting in increased food insecurity, weakened social skills, splintered attention spans due to constant multitasking and arguments over screen time, yet many families also feel that they grew closer together as they coped with the adversity,” says Jenifer Joy Madden, author of How To Be a Durable Human.

As we wave our children off to classes, we can draw on those hard-won, deeper ties by taking steps to ensure our children’s health and well-being. Here are some suggested strategies:

Hold a family sit-down

Meet as a group to talk about schedules and logistics to make sure everyone’s commitments will work together, recommends Erika Beckles Camez, Ph.D., a licensed family therapist in Temecula, California. “Talk as a family about how everyone feels about going back to school and intentionally tell your student that throughout the year if they are needing support or are feeling overwhelmed or concerned, they can always talk to you to work through the issue together,” she says.

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Buoy them with breakfast According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, children that eat a complete breakfast have been shown to work faster, make fewer math mistakes and show improved concentration, alertness, comprehension and memory. “Get in the habit of a healthy breakfast that contains a mix of lean proteins, healthy fats and unrefined carbohydrates and fiber,” advises Amy Spindel, a functional holistic nutritionist in Plano, Texas. “That might be something like eggs scrambled with spinach in olive oil; a smoothie with

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greens, coconut milk, nut butter, cherries and steamed cauliflower; or a small bowl of steel-cut oatmeal with berries and almond butter alongside some turkey sausage. These types of combinations help promote stable blood sugar until lunchtime, which means your child will be able to focus on learning and social interactions instead of their tummies.”

Satisfy them with healthy snacks There’s a metabolic reason students head straight for the fridge when they get home—but it’s best if they can’t grab sweets. “Children need healthy, whole-food, nutritious snacks after school to fuel both their bodies and their brain,” says Uma Naidoo, M.D., a Harvard-based nutritional psychiatrist, professional chef and author of This Is Your Brain on Food. To support optimal brain development and help lower kids’ anxiety and hyperactivity levels, she suggests snacks rich in omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins A, B12 and D, and iron and folate, such as: n

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“They want to help in any way, too. When a child sees an adult that supports their allergy safety in all environments, they feel comfortable, and that lessens anxiety.”

“Readjusting from the pandemic will take patience and perseverance on the part of parents,” says Madden. “Having the family start simple wellness habits can help.”

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Unleash Your True Potential

Working with a Life Coach Can Help

by Sandra Yeyati expert of the content: who they are, what’s important to them and what they believe, think and feel. The coach is the expert of the process. They’ve been specially trained to help the client access their deeper wisdom and make better choices that align with who they are.”

Going for Gold

HIRING A LIFE COACH can be an empowering decision for people that want to understand themselves better and lead fulfilled lives. Coaches may specialize in distinct topics like business, parenting or weight loss, but, “It’s all life coaching,” says Patrick Williams, a master certified coach by the International Coach Federation, licensed psychologist and founder of the Institute for Life Coach Training. “If I hire a specialist like a wellness coach, I assume they’re going to know something about wellness, but I’m not hiring a consultant to tell me what I should do in diet and exercise. I want to be coached in living a more well life.”

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Martha Beck, Ph.D., a Harvard-trained sociologist, renowned coach and bestselling author of The Way of Integrity, says, “Most problems can be resolved by simply talking to someone who is willing to listen compassionately and deeply to whatever is going on in their lives and to give them good feedback.

A coach will get you to high levels of happiness, self-fulfillment and self-expression.

Unlike therapists, coaches don’t deal with the mentally ill. They deal with the mentally well who want to maximize their performance.”

“A coach helps you think and say and dream of things you hadn’t thought before,” says Williams. “I can advise myself all day long, but as soon as I have a conversation with a trained coach, I hear myself differently. I get new ideas, and that motivates me to make change. The value may come monetarily. It may improve someone’s business or money decisions, but it also may come in how you live your life. There may be value in having less stress, more time, more fun. Anybody who is motivated to make a change or maybe is in the midst of change and they don’t know what to do; that’s who benefits from coaching.”

Limiting Beliefs and Turtle Steps

According to Beck, one of the most common issues a coach must address is their clients’ limiting beliefs. “It’s about freeing

yourself from beliefs that are preventing you from moving forward or convincing you that you can’t have what you want, so you never try,” says Beck. “There’s something in your behavior that’s not allowing you to move forward. Let’s find the behavior, figure out why you’re doing it and change that belief. It’s good oldfashioned problem solving in partnership with the client.”

Beck’s favorite tool for making changes is what she calls one-degree turns, or turtle steps, defined as the smallest steps you can take toward a goal. “Research shows that large steps tend to get discouraging,” she notes. “We could do them at the beginning of a really passionate, goal-seeking time, but we almost never sustain it. If we go in tiny steps toward what we really believe and what we really want, we get there. The tortoise wins the race.”

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Achieving Goals and Feeling Free

When it comes to setting and achieving goals, coaches have different approaches.

Williams, for example, considers himself an accountability partner. “I won’t punish you if you don’t achieve your goals,” he says. “If you report progress, we celebrate and talk about what’s next. If you say, ‘I didn’t get it done,’ then we talk about what got in the way, what needs to change. We never make the client wrong. It’s what’s true for you.”

For Beck, goals take a back seat. “My clients tend to give me goals that are culturally based on what they think they should do.

People move forward much more rapidly when you don’t hold them to a goal. When they have permission to do whatever they want, they actually start doing the things that all the goal setting in the world won’t allow them to do. We have such a strong response to freedom. When we feel like we’re forcing ourselves to do something, we won’t do it because it’s not free. When we’re free, we do the things that are best for us.”

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Water Sports for a Total Body Workout Cool Ways to Stay Fit this Summer

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WHETHER IT’S ADRENALINE-FUELED KITEBOARDING or peaceful paddle boarding, getting active in the water helps to improve bone density, elevates mood and engages major muscle groups without stressing the joints. The highlight of a vacation might be rafting down a river, surfing at sunset or waterskiing on a mountain lake. Whether done regularly or occasionally, water sports offer a good workout disguised as play. While some water sports require a higher level of fitness, most are beginnerfriendly and only require the willingness to try something new.

Core Adventures “Many lifelong skiers call waterskiing the fountain of youth. My friends who are in their 70s, 80s and even 90s that still ski are living proof,” says pro water skier Corey Vaughn, owner of Bum Pass Water Ski Club, in Bumpass, Virginia. “Waterskiing is one of the best total body workouts on the planet, yet you are having so much fun it never feels like a workout.”

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way more than it would with other sports, and you’ll definitely notice the internal strength.” Based in Moab, Utah, Zollinger says that in only one week, paddling and kayaking produce noticeably more tone in the triceps and biceps, adding, “If you row boats, you’ll see the traps, shoulders and back muscles develop.”

Stand up paddle board (SUP) yoga on the water, although seemingly placid, challenges the abdominals and cultivates balance. Christy Naida Linson, yoga instructor and owner of Prana Yoga Center and Aligned Flow Floating Studio, in Denville, New Jersey, says, “Paddling is excellent exercise for the core, back, shoulders, arms and legs. Postures are done in relationship to the current of the water and recruit many of the smaller stabilizing muscles.”

Getting the Feet Wet SUP yoga is accessible to both new and experienced students that can swim and are comfortable in the water. All postures can be modified to be done in positions lower to the board, such as kneeling, to make balancing easier. “A typical class is 90 minutes long and begins with instruction on land. We go through

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paddle strokes and safety, how to get onto the board kneeling, transition to standing when feeling stable, paddle and stop,” says Linson. “The worst thing that happens if you lose your balance is that you go for a little swim!”

Fitness requirements for river rafting can vary, depending on the type of trip and location. “Usually a couple months of ‘stair-stepper’ and some squats and lunges will do the trick,” says Zollinger. When it comes to gear, commercial trips offer the most freedom, especially for beginners, she says. “Normally, commercial trips pack all the gear that you need for basic camping, and all you have to bring is your personal gear like clothes, toiletries, etc.”

Waterskiing can be a challenge, but learning is easier with proper instruction, optimal equipment, an experienced, skilled boat driver and positive encouragement. “People tell me about Uncle Fred just throwing them behind the boat with a couple of old skis, telling them to hang on tight and then gunning the boat. This is not what I would consider best practices,” says Vaughn. A typical lesson lasts about 30 minutes, involves six to eight passes up and down the lake and includes technical guidance on body positions and timing.

For optimal waterskiing, Vaughn prefers private lakes to avoid interruption in the rhythmic flow of skiing that can occur on busier lakes or bodies of saltwater due to boat traffic, winds, tides and currents.

Vaughn marvels when everything comes together; “There is nothing quite like the smile of a first-time skier when they get up [on their skis] and realize they are gliding across the water.”

In the end, water sports are all about embracing possibilities.“It is a genuine joy to see people who may be new or doubt their ability come away feeling empowered,” says Linson.

Zollinger passes on wisdom about time on the water. “The river continuously teaches me to be in the flow and appreciating the little things.”

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Alberto Villoldo on Shamanic Healing

by Marlaina Donato

Shamans mediate between the visible world of matter and the invisible world of energy and consciousness.

IN HIS MID-20S, Alberto Villoldo, a psychologist and medical anthropologist, was the youngest clinical professor at San Francisco State University, where he founded and directed the Biological Self-Regulation Laboratory to decode the effects of energy medicine on the human brain. Villoldo eventually set aside the limitations of the microscope in search of a broader, more ancient perspective. His 10-year deep dive into the heart of shamanic culture in the Andes and the Amazon regions filled in the missing pieces of his research, but a dire health crisis decades later drove him to explore shamanic transformation. Today, Villoldo is in vibrant health and the author of bestselling books translated into several languages, including Grow a New Body: How Spirit and Power Plant Nutrients Can Transform Your Health.

He is the founder of the Four Winds Society, which trains energy medicine practitioners in its Light Body School.

The understanding of the shaman is that what we call reality is simply the projection of a map of the world we carry within us.

To change the world, you need to change the map, but the map only changes through sacred ceremony.

Shamanism is making a comeback because we have exhausted our masculine, reductionistic and predatory Western paradigm. It offers a more feminine, participatory worldview that is founded on the notion of becoming Earth Keepers—stewards of the garden of nature.

How does shamanism address body, mind and spirit?

What is shamanism and the shaman’s role?

We need to think of the quaternity, including Gaia, the great mother. There is only one illness—disconnection from the great mother. There is only one cure, which is returning to Gaia. The luminous energy field is an information field. It contains all your genetic history—the story of the drama that runs in your family that you have programmed into the neural networks in your brain. Shamans discovered how to upgrade the quality of the information in the LEF.

Shamanism is a philosophy and a lifestyle similar to Buddhism in many ways. It includes healing practices for clearing the imprints of trauma from the luminous energy field (LEF) that surrounds the physical body, and that organizes the body in the same way that a magnet organizes iron filings on a piece of glass. Shamans mediate between the visible world of matter and the invisible world of energy and consciousness.

Out of the 40 million different species on Earth, only humans, whales and dolphins don’t have death programmed into their DNA. There are no grandmothers in nature; menopause doesn’t exist. The minute you cannot make babies, you are eliminated.

We have the opportunity to take part in an experiment to grow bodies that are diseaseproof, where our health span can equal our long lifespan.

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What shamanic principle can we apply daily?

Our Western diet and antibiotic use have decimated our gut flora, and in the process, ruined our “gut instinct”—the basis of the shaman’s “second sight”, the ability to see the hidden nature of reality. You cannot meditate, heal yourself or others, forgive those who wronged you or stop feeling like a victim if your gut flora is compromised. If your gut is riddled with Candida, you will only perceive strife and be angry. Even if you live in a city, you can cultivate sprouts and make probiotic-rich foods.

How do you see our future?

I was trained as a medical anthropologist, yet what I do today is to train modern shamans; men and women versed in the ancient wisdom teachings and cutting-edge neuroscience. This is where the magic of science and shamanism meet. Western science and religion are very patriarchal and repressive of the feminine, confusing information for knowledge. We know how to diagnose, but do we know how to heal? I love science, but we must understand that most science, especially in medicine, is bogus. Studies are poorly designed; results are cherry-picked to support the authors’ beliefs. The greatest science is the one that explores the soul’s journey through infinity, which is what shamans are concerned with. This is where we discover true healing.

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Overcoming the Pain of Genital and Oral Herpes and Shingles From the Desk of Dr. Howard Robins at The Healing Center in New York City…

Have you ever had chickenpox or a cold sore?

Almost everyone answers yes to this question. If you answered yes, then you have a herpes infection. Both types of viral infections are easily transferred by contact with someone with a current outbreak. You may have both!

Herpes zoster (HZ), commonly known as shingles, is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a limited area on one side of the body, often in a stripe. The initial infection causes chickenpox, which usually occurs in children and young adults. After the chickenpox is gone, the virus remains in the body and can go on to cause shingles. HZ is not the same disease as herpes simplex types 1 or 2, despite the similar name, although both HZ and herpes simplex belong to the same viral family.

especially as a result of stress, alcohol use or eating foods high in a protein called L-arginine, which is found in nuts and chocolate, among other foods.

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Treatments with antivirals can reduce outbreaks and may alleviate the severity of symptomatic episodes but will not get rid of the infection. Medical ozone is the only medicine known to destroy and rid the body of this horrible infection.

Please don’t believe the commercials on television saying you can never get rid of herpes. Though with no promises or guarantees, medical ozone has been used all over the world to treat infections that normally cannot be fixed, including herpes in all its forms. Medical ozone is a gas that, when it enters the body intravenously, sticks to all viruses, bacteria, fungi, yeasts and molds and destroys or inactivates them so the body can remove them completely.

HZ becomes dormant in some of our nerve cells without causing symptoms. Many years after a Dr. Howard Robins Most important, medical ozone acts without the chickenpox infection, the virus may break out of harmful adverse reactions or side effects so typical nerve cells and cause a viral infection of the skin of pharmaceuticals.

In more than 50 countries for over 70 years, in the area around the nerve. The virus may spread from one more than 45,000 physicians have used medical ozone to sucnerve to another, resulting in a painful rash. Although the rash cessfully and safely treat diseases such as herpes. usually heals within two to four weeks, most people experience nerve pain for months or years, a condition called postherpetic So don’t give up hope, and don’t wait! neuralgia. In the past, outbreaks usually occurred in the elderly, It is absolutely possible to eliminate herpes but now they are common for anyone at any age who is under from your body. great stress or has a compromised immune system.

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Power Up Fido Five Ways to Strengthen Your Dog’s Immune System

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by Shawn Messonnier A LONG, HEALTHY LIFE for our animal companions depends on them having resilient immune systems that can resist disease. While supporting a dog’s immunity during illness is vital, it’s also important to help it maintain natural defenses when well to help stave off disease. Adopting all five of these suggestions will help promote optimal wellness.

1Minimize vaccines

Vaccinations can help prevent disease when the immune system responds appropriately to such treatments. However, when dogs are over-vaccinated, improper immune responses can cause immediate allergic reactions or chronic problems such as autoimmune disorders and even cancer. A simple and inexpensive blood antibody test called a titer can determine if and when a dog may require a vaccine after completing the first adult booster vaccination visit. Dogs with serious and chronic immune disorders should never be vaccinated.

2Minimize chemicals and medications

Overuse and misuse of chemicals and conventional medications can harm a dog’s body in numerous ways, including causing adverse effects on the immune system. Whenever a chemical product such as a flea preventive or conventional medication like a steroid or antibiotic is needed, we should ask two important questions. First, whether there is a safer, natural alternative to use—there usually is. Secondly, what the lowest dose is to heal the patient.

Usually, lower doses of many chemicals and medications can be used safely and effectively.

Some doctors over-prescribe chemicals and medications because of incorrect diagnoses, a lack of knowledge of safer natural therapies and to increase their income.

3Feed a great diet

No matter what else is done to keep a dog healthy, it is critical to feed a good, natural diet, either homemade or purchased from a reputable company that specializes in healthy, natural foods. Many pet foods are full of unhealthy ingredients that may not be helpful for a dog’s immune system. Animal and plant byproducts, which typically are scrap from the food processing industry, provide little if any positive health benefits and may actually be harmful to a dog. Added chemicals, flavorings and colorings have no specific wellness attributes and may harm the dog’s DNA through oxidative damage, resulting in various immune problems such as cancers.

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Enable exercise

As with people, a sensible exercise program for a dog is important. It keeps the musculoskeletal and cardiovascular systems in great shape by mimicking the natural activities that a dog’s wild relatives experience every day. It also strengthens the immune system and builds and enhances the human-dog bond.

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Dogs that receive supplements every day tend to live longer, feel better and act happier. Even when they may have serious problems like cancer from which they may not recover, they are healthier, stronger and happier while battling the disease. Good formulas contain enzymes, probiotics, glucosamine, vitamins, fatty acids and minerals to help support a normal dog’s overall constitution.

Choline reduces symptoms in senior animals with cognitive disorder and reduces the chances in normal older animals of developing it. Its use is advisable for animals with liver disease or diabetes and for those with seizures. Chamomile and tryptophan reduce any type of anxiety or phobia. They can also reduce itching in allergic patients with an obsessive component to their scratching.

Olive leaf extract is not only good for immune support, but can also help animals with infections of the ears and skin, making it a good alternative to antibiotics and anti-yeast medications. A cancer and immune support supplement containing scute, cordyceps, poria, American ginseng and coix is good for any animal with an immune disease, chronic infections and especially cancer.

These five easy and inexpensive steps to keeping a dog’s immune system healthy will reduce trips to the doctor and extend his life with minimal effort.

Shawn Messonnier, DVM, owner of Paws & Claws Animal Hospital and Holistic Pet Center, in Plano, Texas, is the author of several books on veterinary medicine. Visit PawsAndClawsAnimalHospital.com.

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A Place for Dental Wellness Jonathan Richter DDS, FAGD Specializing in Periodontics and Implantology Periodontal Prosthesis, and Fixed Prosthodontics 310 E Shore Rd, Great Neck • 516-282-0310 We welcome you to come in for a comprehensive exam of teeth, gums, early detection, and oral health problems. We offer the following services: holistic dental care, mercury-free dentistry, TMJ disorder and treatment, treatment for sleep disorders, Invisalign and orthodontics, dental implant, sleep apnea. Payment plans available. See ads, page 11 & back cover 92-42 Queens Blvd., Rego Park, NY 718-429-6867

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Dr. Lewis Gross has more than 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.

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