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22 SUMMER EATING The Herbal Connection

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By being accountable to the privilege experienced as white people, participants will be able to transform themselves and participate fully in multicultural communities. Buddhism has as its refuge and vision a heart that is unrestricted, luminous and free.

Practicing the Eightfold Path, we are called to explore unconscious beliefs and behaviors that cause harm and suffering to ourselves and to others.

Interspersed between sitting, walking and metta practices, Arinna will present a shared framework for discussing the cultural and psychological legacies of structural racism in the United States. The impact of these legacies on individual relationships and communities will be explored.

Emphasis will be on the importance of being allies not only to people of color, but to ourselves and each other as white people in addressing racism and white privilege. Practical skills will be presented.

Understanding that this uncovering may touch places of shame and blame, the gathering will be conducted using practices of awareness and loving-kindness. Both beginning and experienced practitioners are welcome.

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Art in the Garden On Sunday, July 14, from 10am to 4pm, the Wildlife Botanical Gardens will host their FREE Art in the Garden event with local Artisan Booths, Live Music, Artist Demonstrations and Master Composter/Recycler education. The annual event is jointly sponsored by Naturescaping of SW Washington and the Clark County Chapter of the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon.

The purpose of Naturescaping and the Wildlife Botanical Gardens is to improve the local environment and community by educating and encouraging people of all ages to appreciate the importance of developing, restoring and maintaining wildlife habitat.

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RESILIENCE and ROCKETMAN

By Deb Rodney “Don’t you know I’m still standing better than I ever did Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid I’m still standing after all this time Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind.”

—Songwriters Bernie Taupin and Elton John The movie Rocketman is described as an epic, musical fantasy. Amidst the movie’s flash and glitter is a very real explanation of how one life gets lived in a love-bereft culture.

Nerdy Reginald Dwight is brought up in a drab British suburb by uncaring, emotionally illiterate parents. He rockets to fairy-tale stardom as Elton John but money and fame don’t begin to satiate his inner boy’s yearning for love. This part of his story is real for most of us. The thick, delicious frosting of the film’s fantasy doesn’t cover up the reality that love is illusive.

Elton is huge onstage. Reginal is small and needy. Elton’s fanciful glasses and outrageous costumes mask the vulnerable, shy Reginald. Actor Taron Egerton, playing Elton, at the height of his own career, manages a quivering pout and a cynical sneer in the span of a few digital frames.

What makes this different from other musical biographies is that we don’t see Elton very often in concert mode. Instead, the music takes us to strange and emotionallycharged visual milieus. Reginald, the big-eyed, little boy plays a tiny piano alone on the bottom of a pool in a space-bubble helmet, while Elton the man nearly drowns above him.

There’s a love story but not the one that’s expected. In a culture that equates love and sex, it’s refreshing to find the real love story is between Elton and his lyricist, Bernie Taupin, played gently with emotional generosity by grown up Billy Elliot star, Jamie Bell.

Elton gets lost in his longing for a man who isn’t gay, and almost misses the reliable love of a brother who writes: “I hope you don’t mind that I put down in words How wonderful life is, when you’re in the world.”

Blind to his blindness, Elton’s fiery crash into self-destructing and self-numbing addictions demands a brutal wakeup and a resilience that he also nearly misses by a heartbeat. For a rock star movie, the film is uncharacteristically full of wise, cinematic ingenuity and emotional embellishments about withheld love, dependency, deception, and debauchery (this is an R-rated movie). It doesn’t end there, though.

Elton’s resilience emerges from the glamorous trappings of a toxic culture. He bursts into a group therapy session in the bright red plumage of a devil-bird and begins to lay his armor down by yanking the velcrow-ed horns off his head. There’s a brilliant scene where Elton, in a simple white t-shirt, is mopping the floor as part of his addiction recovery and Bernie tenderly brings him new lyrics like a lost-and-then-found love letter. The emotional, cinematic genius of director Dexter Fletcher reminds us of our own longing for love.

The song, “I’m still standing” is a wonderful testimony to the resilience and courage we all need in order to flourish in this culture. Elton survived and has lived nearly thirty years sober. Because of it, we have decades of some of his best music. And he has a loving husband and two boys.

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Munch Nuts for a Healthy Brain

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Seniors that ate more than 10 grams—about two teaspoons—of nuts a day were able to ward off normal cognitive decline and even improve their cognitive functions by up to 60 percent, according to University of South Australia researchers. The study was based on 22 years of records of 4,822 Chinese adults ages 55 and older; 17 percent of them ate nuts every day, most often peanuts. These seniors had as much as 60 percent improved cognitive function compared to those that didn’t eat nuts, and they showed better thinking, reasoning and memory. “Nuts are known to be high in healthy fats, protein and fiber with nutritional properties that can lower cholesterol and improve cognitive health,” says study author Ming Li.

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The vascular changes were detected non-invasively, without the need for dyes or expensive MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans. The technology quantifies capillary changes in great detail and with unparalleled resolution, making the eye an ideal mirror for what is going on in the brain. Early detection of Alzheimer’s is critical because existing therapies are more effective if they are started before extensive brain damage and cognitive decline have occurred.

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Get Eyes Checked to Detect Early Alzheimer’s

With the aid of a new infrared camera technology called optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA), early Alzheimer’s disease can be detected by checking the back of the eyes for weakened and decreased blood vessels, reports a new study. Northwestern Medicine researchers reached the conclusion by comparing the vessels in the eyes of 32 people that exhibited the forgetfulness typical of early-stage Alzheimer’s with those of another 32 people with normal cognitive abilities.

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In further confirmation of the importance of the gut-brain axis, 18 Italian students at the University of Verona from ages 18 to 33 that took a freezedried mixture of four probiotics for six weeks experienced less depression, anger and fatigue compared to a control group of 15 that consumed a placebo. The positive effects continued, as discovered in follow-up testing three weeks later. The probiotics group also slept better.

The probiotic bacteria blend of 4 billion colonyforming units included Lactobacillus fermentum, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus plantarum and Bifidobacterium longum.

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Sleep Better and Feel Happier With Probiotics

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Eat Mostly Plants to Ease Gum Inflammation

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Take B12 to Help With Parkinson’s

The inflamed gum condition known as gingivitis is fairly common and often mild, but can be a precursor of more serious periodontal disease linked to Alzheimer’s and rheumatoid arthritis. German researchers at the University of Freiburg tested 30 people: half in a control group that did not change their diet, and half that switched to a diet low in meat and processed carbohydrates and rich in omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin C, vitamin D, antioxidants, plant nitrates and fiber. After four weeks, those on the plant-based diet had significantly less gum inflammation and bleeding. They also lost weight and had higher vitamin D levels.

New research has found the basic micronutrient vitamin B12 may be the first good tool for averting the hereditary form of Parkinson’s disease, which accounts for about 15 percent of such cases worldwide. In lab tests, an international team of scientists found that AdoCbl, one of the active forms of vitamin B12, inhibits the activity of a mutated enzyme linked to Parkinson’s. Inhibiting this enzyme appears to help stabilize dopamine release in the brain.

Dopamine deficiencies manifest in the muscle rigidity and tremors that are hallmark symptoms of Parkinson’s. Another recent study from the University of California San Francisco that included non-hereditary Parkinson’s patients found that symptoms worsened more quickly in early-stage patients that had low B12 levels than

Try Cordyceps to Strengthen the Lungs People suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis, can breathe easier by taking the Chinese medicinal fungus Cordyceps sinensis, a new meta-analysis shows. Researchers at the Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine conducted a review of 15 high-quality studies that involved 1,238 COPD patients and found that cordyceps significantly improved lung function, exercise endurance and quality of life with no report of any serious adverse effects. Cordyceps, which is said to relax and open the airways, has long been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine as an anti-asthmatic, expectorant and cough suppressant.

Snack on Walnuts to Slow Growth of Breast Tumors The gene expression in the breast cancers of women that ate a handful of walnuts each day for about two weeks changed in a way that suppressed the growth of the tumors, according to a small clinical study from the Marshall University School of Medicine, in Huntington, West Virginia.

Five women in the experimental group with biopsies that had revealed breast cancer tumors ate two ounces of walnuts a day until their surgery two to three weeks later. Using cells taken during surgery, researchers identified 456 genes in the walnut-eating group that had significantly changed their expression and slowed tumor growth.

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Cannabis is enjoying a renaissance of sorts, and one new application for hemp, the no-buzz industrial variety used in fabrics, oils and foods, is cleaning nuclear radiation from toxic soil and removing metals like cadmium, lead, mercury and other pollutants via phytoremediation.

Allison Beckett, a cultivation expert at Marijuana.com, says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Industrial hemp has been used in areas of high radiation, such as Fukushima, [in Japan,] with promising results. Not only does hemp pull toxic, heavy metals from the soil, it actually improves soil structure, making it usable as productive farmland again. Plus, hemp is a vigorous plant that absorbs CO2 rapidly, making it an encouraging solution to climate change.â&#x20AC;? Hemp phytoremediation has been used in Italy to clean up the small town of Taranto, where a steel plant has been leaking dioxin into the air and soil. The Pennsylvania Industrial Hemp Council and Lehigh University, in Bethlehem, are running a project to test the process in an arseniccontaminated area in Upper Saucon Township that once harbored a zinc mine.

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The worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oceans may be getting bluer, thanks to climate change. The effect is more likely to be detected by satellites than Earthbound people, and is caused by the depletion of marine phytoplankton as seawater warms. A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology published in the journal Nature Communications predicts that more than 50 percent of the oceansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; collective 140 million square miles of surface area will likely be affected by 2100. Marine ecologist and leader of the study Stephanie Dutkiewicz says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;These microscopic organisms live in the water and are the base of the marine food chain.

If there are less of them in it, the water will be slightly bluer.â&#x20AC;? Phytoplankton serves as a food source for small sea creatures that are eaten by fish, squid and shellfish. If phytoplankton populations dip too low, vital fisheries in certain areas could be decimated.

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Greenhouse Gases Hit Landmark Certainty that we are facing a climate crisis today and not just in the future was reached in May through an alarming milestone in carbon dioxide levels. Data from the Mauna Loa Observatory, in Hawaii, shows that the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached 415 parts per million, the highest ever recorded.

However, environmental organizations charge that ominous news like this is not being communicated to the public to the degree warranted. While the CBS, NBC and ABC nightly TV news reports combined devoted nearly 18 minutes of coverage to the birth of the royal baby between May 6 and 12, airtime regarding climate change and extinction during the same period only amounted to one minute and 21 seconds, and only on CBS. For more information and to get involved, including signing a petition to demand that the media cover the climate crisis and extinction more frequently and in greater depth, visit Tinyurl.com/ClimateCrisisCampaign.

Producing pure hydrogen is expensive and energy intensive, but a research team at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, at Princeton University, used sunlight to pull hydrogen from industrial wastewater by using a specially designed chamber with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Swiss cheeseâ&#x20AC;?-like black silicon interface. As reported in the journal Energy & Environmental Science, the process is aided by bacteria that generate electrical current when consuming organic matter in the wastewater; the current, in turn, aids in the water splitting. It â&#x20AC;&#x153;allows us to treat wastewater and simultaneously generate fuels,â&#x20AC;? says Jing Gu, a co-researcher and assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at San Diego State University. The scientists say the technology could appeal to refineries and chemical plants, which typically produce their own hydrogen from fossil fuels and face high costs for cleaning wastewater.

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hen we think of silence, we may associate it with the peace we feel in the solitude of nature. Certainly, in a forest there is a symphony of sounds. Water, wind, birds and creaking tree branches all make sound. Sound is everywhere. There is no silence except for the quiet stillness we intentionally listen for inside ourselves. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where the prophets whisper.

Inner silence has many â&#x20AC;&#x153;sounds.â&#x20AC;?

IN NATURE Away from the noise of phones, computers, traffic, weed whackers, construction machinery and sirens, we can connect deeply to the sound of our own stillness and peace amidst he comforting, primal sounds of nature.

IN MEDITATION When we mindfully silence the chatter of our minds we find more spaciousness. Meditation practices make it easier to release the noisy patterns that distract us from the wisdom of our inner selves.

IN CURIOSITY Curiosity is a silent pause of consideration. Like an interval of rest in a piece of music, it gives us the chance to relax our opinions and judgements before responding.

IN CONVERSATION Silence in a conversation is usually felt as a socially uncomfortable lull, and we automatically rush to fill it. This is one of the most difficult sounds of silence to hear. Usually, we are already planning what to say before someone has finished speaking. When we give space to the sound of quiet in a conversation, it gives us the

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chance to stop and honor what is said by another person. It can acknowledge that anotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s words or feelings have been received and considered.

IN SUPPORT The sound of the silence as support for another person is tender music. It is the silence thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s held for anotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tears, grief, sadness, joy and pain. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the sound of empathy without noise. This silence is challenged by the culturally programmed need to fill the silence with fixing, interpreting or disregarding.

IN SELF-LOVE This is the sound when all the busy, demanding, degrading, judging voices in our heads are silent. When we get a break from the toxic cultureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s yammering, love has the opportunity to sing to us in the stillness. Then we are more likely to find acceptance, nourishment, safety, meaning and purpose. And when we love ourselves, we are able to love others quietly without the befuddling noise of all our woundingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

Listen for the sounds of silence. Words of wisdom are written there.

Deb Rodney, Managing Editor of the Portland-Vancouver Natural Awakenings Magazine, welcomes your comments at debrodney@gmail.com.

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By Deb Rodney Communication technology competes for our attention in order to sell, distract, misinform or condition us.

Many of the original creators of social media studied at the Persuasive Technology Lab where they figured out how to use our communication devices to keep us engaged in a persuasive fog. They were led by a trained psychologist ironically named BJ Fogg.

Using an understanding of human psychology, they designed addicting social-validation feedback loops of â&#x20AC;&#x153;likes,â&#x20AC;? comments, cyber hugs, chat rooms, and the human buffet table of internet dating. These stratagems encourage a simulated sense of connection that drives people to keep sharing posts, hoping for approval in our competitive culture.

Now, over 76% of users say they are addicted to their phones.

According to research, we tap, swipe or click our phone a whopping average of 2,617 times a day!

Communication technology is not neutral or harmless. Research shows it has contributed significantly to the loss of our attention spans; mental health issues resulting in depression and even suicide; lack of connection and compassion; the persuasion, polarization and manipulation of unreliable information; and the socializing of our children without our consent.

According to a recent study, published by American Sociological Review, Americanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s circle of close friends and confidants has shrunk dramatically since the dawn of the Internet and social media.

Twenty-five percent of those surveyed said they have no close friends or confidantes at all.

Chamath Palihapityia Facebookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former V.P. of User Growth said in a 2016 talk at Stanford, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we have created tools that are ripping apart the social fabric of how society works.â&#x20AC;? And then recommended that people take a hard break from social media.

The amount of time we spend on our communication devices, could certainly be better spent reducing our stress, becoming more consciously connected to our inner selves, and being of service in our troubled world.

The Center for Humane Technology offers these suggestions to help control our use of phones and social media: 1. Spend more time interacting with people in person. Including calling instead of texting or messaging on social media. Be aware of how you are using communication devices as a protective social wall. Or how many times you reach for your phone because of boredom or anxiety.

2. Turn off all phone notifications except from people. Notifications are designed get our attention and keep us captivated.

3. Keep your phone out of sight in social situations. Studies show if we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see our phone, we wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be as tempted to check it.

4. Leave your phone outside the bedroom. Use an actual alarm clock so we arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sucked into using our phone before we even get out of bed.

5. Remove social media from the phone. Then we can better manage the time spent on social media. Pay attention to how important it is to immediately see how â&#x20AC;&#x153;friendsâ&#x20AC;? react to a post.

6. Launch apps only by typing, not clicking. The effort can give us a moment of pause to consider if we really want the app. Keeping your home screen set to tools only helps, as well.

Cell Phone addiction is called Nomophobia (No mobile phobia), the fear of not being with your phone. It has some of the same presenting symptoms as other forms of separation anxiety.

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Shari Sirkin, “Vegetable Pusher” Dancing Roots Farm, Corbett

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“Hi Shari. I’m just calling to say thank you for the best broccoli I’ve ever had. I didn’t know broccoli could taste so good!”

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hari Sirkin loves being a farmer. She works outside, gets lots of exercise, eats really well, educates people about family farm issues, and people thank her every day for what she does. “We’ve gotten so far removed from the source of our food,” she says “that we don’t really know how good vegetables can taste.”

So, she isn’t surprised when people are enthusiastic about her produce. It’s grown naturally from high-quality seeds, harvested at its peak and provided fresh from the field. And there’s some added, healthy goodness when a farmer’s love is nourishing what you eat.

Shari and her husband, Bryan Dickerson own Dancing Roots Farm. They recently were certified organic but they’ve always used organic practices. For Shari, “It didn’t make sense for buyers to depend on a third party to tell them what they already knew about our farm -- because they knew me personally. Using toxic chemicals is against my religion. I would never poison Mother Earth, it’s not just because I wanted to be certified.”

Starting in 1994, Shari learned to farm as a volunteer, then as an apprentice on a small farm and later she grew vegetables on rented land. It was very clear to Bryan that she was passionate about farming. So, after two years of searching, they sold their North Portland home to buy a ramshackle, old farmhouse house with a lot of stuff growing on the roof (which they called their early acreage), and 10 acres of Corbett farmland.

They are perfect farm partners. Bryan is the infrastructure guy who supervised and sweated over the construction of the buildings, greenhouses and the irrigation system and is in charge of their maintenance. He keeps their old tractors running, with the help of mechanics who sometimes work for vegetables. Shari does the marketing, customer service, seed ordering and diagrams the planting. Together they plant and harvest.

Dancing Roots Farm was among the early adopters and members of the Portland-area CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Coalition in the mid-1990’s. By 2009, riding the crest of CSA popularity, they offered 200 shares and had a waiting list. In 2010, once the Recession hit Portland, they were producing more and struggling to reach 160 shares.

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Photo by Shawn Linehan of people who want to personally know their farmer and plan their meals around the bounty of the week’s harvest.” The number of CSA farms has grown significantly in the last ten years but Shari wonders whether the demand is there to support them. Shari says the real problem is that Big Ag has stepped in as organic produce suppliers in big box stores. “Convenience is king in our culture,” she says. Walmart is now the biggest seller of organic food.

“Twenty years ago, providing local, seasonal and organic produce was something special,” she explains. “Now, we are a victim of our own success. There are more people eating organic food and more land is being farmed organically, which is positive but the small farmer is being squeezed out. Imagine 1000 acres of organic broccoli. That’s monocropping without the pesticides--not exactly following the spirit of organic growing practices.”

Dancing Roots Farm uses organic seed varieties, primarily from regionally adapted seed growers and chosen for their flavor, nutrition, genetic diversity and beauty, not because they can be mass produced. “Produce is supposed to be good,” Shari says definitively.

As their CSA share numbers went down, Bryan and Shari developed a restaurant clientele. Their reputation for quality, unique produce has high-end restaurant chefs calling them.

Shari is now the Executive Director of Friends of Family Farmers (FoFF), which works to promote and protect sociallyresponsible agriculture in Oregon. FoFF believes that every person—urban and agrarian, farmer and eater—has the ability to make choices that can help regenerate our food system. She and Bryan still farm squash, culinary herbs, and grapes, and they lease out their land to other small farmers who can take advantage of the infrastructure they’ve built over the last 17 years. While Shari still gets her hands dirty in the fields, she’s busy helping FoFF promote the interests of small and mid-sized, organic farmers.

Shari says she has found resilience in the hard work of farming because she can be FOR something. “I have been against genetic engineering, drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, war and a lot of other things. I realized early on that by being a farmer I could be for the success and development of small farmers. And because I know food is medicine, I love being a veggie pusher.”

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SOME OF THE WORK OF FRIENDS OF FAMILY FARMERS (FoFF) THE PICKLE BILL FoFF gathered critical support for the Farm Direct Bill, affectionately known “The Pickle Bill.” The signing of the bill was a huge victory for family scale farmers in Oregon because it allows farmers to turn what they grow into low-risk, valueadded foods like jams and pickles, and to sell those products direct to consumers, without being a licensed food processor.

THE 1000-BIRD EXEMPTION FoFF played a key role in the Passage of the bill HB 2872, which permits small scale poultry farmers to process small numbers of their own birds for direct, on-farm sales without spending a lot of money on middlemen “bricks and mortar” processing facilities that meet state licensing requirements.

WILLAMETTE VALLEY CANOLA RULE The harmful risk of unregulated oilseed canola production in the Willamette Valley is once again facing Oregon farmers and food consumers. Current rules that cap annual canola production at 500 acres in the Willamette Valley expire on July 1. The Oregon Legislature is considering SB 885, a bill that would maintain the current 500 acres per year cap. Meanwhile, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) has announced a proposed rule to remove the cap on the expiring canola restrictions. Perhaps more importantly, ODA’s rules don’t prohibit herbicide tolerant or genetically engineered canola varieties, which leaves large parts of the Willamette Valley unprotected.

CHECK www.friendsoffamilyfarmers.org for more news about current small farming issues.

“Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all have their families, their histories too. Talk to them, listen to them.

They are alive poems.”

Deb Rodney has spent her career writing about change, empowerment and resilience. She can be reached at debrodney@gmail.com.

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Natural Awakenings Advertisers are amazing people in our community. Candace is the Owner and Thermographic Technician at RADIANT BODY THERMOGRAPHY. This month we feature another side of her.

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n the roof of the Irving Street Lofts, where Candace Parmer lives and works, is a collection of community container gardens growing fruits, vegetables and flowers.

It’s also home for a bin of happy earthworms who quickly turn kitchen scraps into rich soil.

In 2014, Candace, who loves to garden and doesn’t have a yard, turned the common space on the roof of her high-rise Pearl district condo into a sweet nature space. Now, a group of residents toss their kitchen scraps into the worm bin and use the compost in their gardens. Their individually-managed cedar containers surround the tables where people go to eat their lunch and enjoy a spectacular view of Portland. The boxes are even on rollers so they can be moved around for special events or to maximize the weather conditions. Candace grows a box for herself and six for her condo neighbors who can help themselves to an array of culinary herbs, tomatoes, lettuce, greens, leeks, garlic, peppers and berries, even if they don’t have one of the community garden boxes.

It wasn’t hard to convince the building manager it was a good idea because it enhances the space with beautiful living plants, helps create community and adds to the desirability of living there.

Candace says, “People ooh and ahhh over what can be done in a small space.”

Surprisingly, it isn’t a lot of work. Few weeds find their way up to the roof and there have been no snail or slug sightings. Those are some gardening plusses! “Watering is our biggest issue,” she says.

“It takes time and we have to water often because of the drying effects of the wind up there.” They’ve grown some trees so the

shade helps and recently they installed an automatic drip watering system so the containers now have little water emitters.

If you want to create a rooftop garden and learn more, get in touch with Candace. If you come for an appointment at Radiant Body Thermography ask for a tour. “You’ll see that rooftops are prime locations for urban gardens,” she says.

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Mental Health, Trauma and the Gut

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There is also a handheld, non-invasive The superpower of this doubleVNS option called gammaCore, a U.S. Food branched cranial nerve lies in transporting and Drug Administration-approved device major neurotransmitters along what is that offers hope for sufferers of cluster and known as the brain-gut axis. “The vagus migraine headaches. Its effectiveness for nerve stems from the brain to the abdochronic pain management, as well as in cases men like a communication superhighway of epilepsy and depression, was published in between your gut and brain,” says Hanthe Neuromodulation Journal in 2015. nah Aylward, an Orlando-based certified PTSD researcher Imanuel Lerman, holistic health coach and gut health expert.

M.D., and his colleagues with the Veter“Studies show that the vagus nerve reguans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, lates inflammation throughout the body.” found that VNS affects areas of the brain responsible for processing emotional pain.

Promising Research The findings, published in the journal Recent studies have shown that vagus nerve PLOS ONE earlier this year, also show that stimulation (VNS) can improve quality of VNS delays the brain’s response to pain

When it comes to the vagus nerve, anxiety is physical. Post-traumatic stress is rooted in neurobiology and experienced in the body, not just the mind, says Arielle Schwartz, Ph.D., a Boulder, Colorado-based clinical psychologist and author of The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole. “This is why you can’t simply think or talk your way out of your trauma reactions.”

According to Schwartz, “Disruptions in the gut flora, which often occur with overuse of antibiotics, can have a significant impact on mental health. An imbalance in the gut can lead to an inflammatory response in the immune system and a wide range of disruptive symptoms.”

Aylward notes that 95 percent of the body’s mood-boosting chemical serotonin resides in the enteric nervous system, which governs the function of the gastrointestinal tract. “The brain-gut axis is becoming increasingly important as a therapeutic target for psychiatric and GI disorders,” she says.

Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and founding co-director of UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center, explains the trauma loop. “Developmental trauma impairs the integrative circuits of the brain and nervous system—the prefrontal cortex. When this happens, the brain will be hyperalert, interpreting some non-threatening situations as threatening.

“Learning to be aware of our internal state and learning calming techniques helps to regulate the autonomic nervous system and can go a long way,” says Siegel.

“High ventral vagal tone means having a state of calm.”

Vagus Power Everyone can benefit from increased vagal tone, which goes hand-in-hand with engaging the parasympathetic nervous system for optimum equilibrium at the cellular level.

Acupuncture, chiropractic—with a focus on Continued on page 21.

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Wendy Coleman, founder of LA Urban Farms, works with chefs, resorts, hotels, universities and corporate clients to set up aeroponic tower gardens, such as these kale and lettuce crops.

from elementary school gardens where kids learn to grow, cook and eat nutritious food to corporate gardens inside a new office building for lender Fannie Mae’s employee café.

One of its crown jewels is a 6,500-square-foot rooftop garden on the Nationals Park baseball stadium, where edible flowers end up in cocktails and organic produce feeds fine diners and VIP ticket holders.

Ray grew his business organically, fueled by passion and curiosity, rather than any horticultural background. “I grew up in NYC, where I had nothing to grow on. When I moved to Florida for grad school, I had a huge backyard to play around with,” says Ray.

CROPS IN THE CITY Urban Agriculture Breaks New Ground

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he average American meal travels 1,500 miles to reach its plate, according to the nonprofit Center for Urban Education About Sustainable Agriculture. Yet, enterprising green thumbs across the country are bringing the farm back to plate’s reach, growing hyperlocal food in backyards, on rooftops, through indoor farms and more. City farming reconnects urbanites to their food sources while bettering the environment, communities, diets and health.

Urban agriculture, harkening back to the Victory Gardens planted to ward off food shortages during World War I and II, is nothing new. While today’s home gardeners have staked out balconies, window boxes and vacant lots in this locavore resurgence, noteworthy pioneers are 18

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forging a path to organic urban agriculture on a commercial scale—tapping into new technologies and markets, and turning challenges like dealing with space constraints into fresh opportunities.

A View From the Roofs Take Niraj Ray, whose company Cultivate the City is working to transform urban food deserts in the nation’s capital into thriving local food systems. “We want to get more people interested in growing their own food and show them how they can grow more with less square footage through vertical gardens and sustainable techniques like [soil-less] hydroponic systems,” says Ray. Cultivate the City manages numerous gardens for clients around Washington, D.C.,

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Like many other urban farms, Cultivate the City offers a seasonal farm subscription known as a community supported agriculture (CSA) program that allows city dwellers to buy directly from local producers. Ray’s rooftop greenhouse, located on top of a local hardware store that sells his edible plants at retail, offers all the fixings for a healthy, diverse diet: hydroponic towers of leafy greens, trays of microgreens for corporate clients, specialty varieties of hot peppers for the company’s hot sauce and stacking cubes of an albino strawberry variety that Ray crossbred himself. “There are so many ways to contribute to urban farming, from aquaponics to vermicomposting; it’s about finding your niche,” he says.

Growing Up With Vertical Farming By 2050, it’s estimated that 9 billion people will be living on the planet—7 billion in

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City planners need innovative solutions like vertical farming to feed the growing population.

We can grow at scale, with minimum space and environmental impact.

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cities. “City planners and adults throughThere are so many need innovative soluways to contribute to urban out South Florida. tions like vertical farmThrough their entity ing to feed the growing farming, from aquaponics The Urban Beekeepto vermicomposting; it’s ers, the Coldwells offer population. We can grow at scale, with about finding your niche. beekeeping classes, minimum space and consult with local gov~Niraj Ray environmental impact,” ernments, sell equipsays Wendy Coleman, ment and rescue “feral who began her California-based business hives” to integrate into managed hives.

LA Urban Farms in 2013. Today, Coleman’s They’ve worked successfully with parks, team works with chefs, resorts, hotels, uniairports, golf clubs and country clubs to versities, greenhouses and corporate clients put honeybee habitats on site. like Google and Ikea to set up aeroponic Urban beekeeping works in synergy tower gardens across the U.S. and Europe. with city farms, as honeybees forage up to With aeroponics, nutrient-enriched five miles for food, and in so doing polwater is pumped through a garden tower linate a lot of crops. Seventy of the top 100 to shower the roots of plants suspended in human food crops are pollinated by bees, air. “It actually uses 90 percent less water according to the Food and Agriculture than conventional growing, which is a Organization of the United Nations. “We huge benefit in a place like California, and often hear people say their garden is doing avoids any kind of agricultural runoff,” better than it has in years, thanks to the says Coleman. In conjunction with urban apiaries nearby,” says John Coldwell. farming partners, the business churns out The challenges of growing at scale are 30,000 seedlings a month using aeroponic a recurrent theme among urban farmtechnology to grow for their diverse client ers. Ian Marvy, the U.S. Department of base and working with chefs to plan seaAgriculture (USDA) outreach specialist sonal menus around their produce. for the greater New York City area, ran his Aeroponics and other innovaown urban farm, grossing six figures for 14 tive farm technologies are transforming years. However, Marvy says most farmers spaces in cities across the U.S., reclaiming growing in the city aren’t operating at a peripheral and idle spaces like alleys and profitable scale or producing enough for warehouses to grow herbs and vegetables everyone to eat local. in abundance, using 90 percent less land Even so, locally grown produce is by growing vertically, notes Coleman. a booming market in New York City.

“With our gardens, diners can see their Greenmarket, founded in 1976, operates food growing at their table; they get such a more than 50 farmers’ markets, limited personal connection with their food. It’s an to vendors that grow within a 200-mile interactive way for hotels and restaurants radius, some of whom take home five to demonstrate their commitment to local, figures on a good day, says Marvy. Interest sustainable food,” she says. in growing at the community level has also mushroomed, adds Marvy, who estimates Breaking into Hives: that 90 percent of the city’s more than 500 City Beekeepers school gardens weren’t there 15 years ago when he started this work. “The USDA “I had a backyard garden that wasn’t doing so well, and I thought it was the lack of pol- has a huge opportunity here and nationally to make cities more sustainable and feed linators, so I got bees; but then I realized I more people. I’m really excited and comwas just a bad gardener,” quips master beemitted to that,” he says. keeper John Coldwell, of Fort Lauderdale.

While urban agriculture efforts are Since this humble beginning in 2012 with a few backyard hives, Coldwell and his sometimes criticized for catering to upper wife Teresa have been leading a movement income residents that can afford to pay top to repurpose public land for “microapiardollar for specialty items like microgreens, ies” and provide apiary education for youth many businesses and organizations are

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hose that have never nurtured more than a houseplant shouldn’t be intimidated, says Wendy Coleman, founder of LA Urban Farms. “Growing food is easy and doesn’t require any special background,” says Coleman, who was green to growing when she started her business six years ago.

When growing commercially, find a niche, says Niraj Ray, of Cultivate the City. The company grows plants of ethnic or cultural significance to appeal to Asian, African and Latino populations, from the nutrition-packed moringa to okra, a staple of both Indian and African cooking, given it is a growing market for immigrant populations not served by most traditional garden centers.

Seek natural allies like sustainability-minded chefs to bolster an urban ag business. The farm-to-fork chef ’s movement has been a boon for beekeepers and farmers, with chefs acting as patrons of the farms, according to beekeeping expert Teresa Coldwell. Sette Bello Ristorante, an Italian restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, funds vertical gardens at a community garden where the Coldwells have hives so its chef can have pure organic food like squash blossoms pollinated by local bees.

Urban farming has its pleasures and rewards, but can also bring hardships.

Ray struggles with employee turnover when newbie farmers face the realities of working in the heat and rain, even from a sleek, trendy, rooftop garden.

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working on multiple The USDA has a huge ing projects, senior comfronts, with lucrative opportunity here and munities and schools six days a week. specialty crops helping nationally to make cities Their latest project, to subsidize programs more sustainable and the Public Market, is a serving families lacking retail location on Wheelaccess to healthy affordfeed more people. ingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Main Street that will able food. ~Ian Marvy serve as a year-round Grow Ohio Valley farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; market. The organization is also takes an integrated approach to food sovbuilding alliances between local farmers ereignty in Wheeling, West Virginia, and and healthcare providers through a project the Upper Ohio Valley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This part of the called The Farmacy. A partnership with a Appalachian Rustbelt has lost much of its local free clinic, it targets people suffering population, jobs and economic base over from diabetes and other diseases linked to the last generation. We want to promote poor diets with a doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prescription for health and wellness through fresh food, organic produce offered free through the while helping to transform the urban landscape from falling-down buildings and organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CSA. These urban agriculture pioneers are vacant lots into productive community ashelping to not only grow food, but comsets,â&#x20AC;? says founder Danny Swan. munity, and are nurturing renewed conThe operationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s food hub aggrenections to the Earth. City growing has so gates produce from small local farmers, many benefits: decreasing packaging, costs providing a guaranteed market for their and food miles traveled, making it easier produce and the opportunity to reach a to eat organic seasonal food and a more larger market, usually only served by food diverse diet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The connection people feel grown thousands of miles away. The prowhen they plant seed and get to harvest the duce is supplemented by four urban farm sites run by the organization, including an mature plant is transformative. Growing food is something we can all do to make a apple orchard on the site of a demolished difference, for our health and the environhousing project. ment,â&#x20AC;? says Coleman.

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or those interested in trying home growing or supporting metro area farmers, here are some resources for eating food grown in and around your zip code.

The U.S. Department of Agricultureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Urban Agriculture Toolkit walks prospective city farmers through all of the necessary steps to planning a successful urban agriculture operation, from soil testing to accessing financing. Tinyurl. com/UrbanAgriculturalToolkit.

UrbanFarming.org features a clickable map of community gardens in the U.S. and beyond where neighbors can connect and grow together.

The FairShare CSA Coalitionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s site (CSACoalition.org) offers an interactive Farm Search tool to find community supported agriculture (CSA) programs where city dwellers can subscribe to local farms and receive a share of the seasonal bounty.

The American Community Garden Association (CommunityGarden.org) provides resources for finding, starting and managing community gardens.

Local Harvest (LocalHarvest.org) has a searchable national directory of farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; markets, farms, CSAs and more.

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Qigong: Building Physical and Energetic Resilience By Rose Allen An important aspect of the life process is learning how to sustain our health and then actually build resilience in our bodies. Can we develop the valuable ability to readily recover, ‘spring back into shape’ when we encounter difficulties in our life?

We are all directly affected by the food we digest, the air we take in, the amount of rest, our physical movement, relationships, and employment. Some of these elements offer certain levels of toxicity. So then the question arises: How do we protect ourselves from the toxicity in our lives over which we have no control? When we build our muscles, they become stronger. When we build our energetic body, it becomes more vital and less vulnerable to the harmful effects of those toxins.

A great many studies indicate the numerous benefits of a seated meditation practice.

There are also moving meditation forms such as Qigong and Tai Chi Chuan that similarly endeavor to keep the mind still and the body relaxed – even while it is in motion. Whether you participate in any sort of meditation or not, the Qigong State is a helpful tool that can be recreated at any convenient time throughout the day. This ‘state’ consists of: 1. Aligning the body in a relaxed posture, with length in the spine, and grounded through the feet.

2. Consciously developing a relaxed breath pattern – each inhale, each exhale.

3. Release the will of the mind by allowing thoughts to drift away. Learn to maintain the silent ‘gap.’

It is self-empowering to realize that we have some control over our own health and well-being. It is also important to recognize that we have some responsibility for its maintenance. This preventive medicine costs nothing. It is also a beneficial state to develop for dealing with pain – physical or emotional.

So, try to find that relaxed state at various times throughout your day, particularly when triggered into tension or anxiety by some particular event. Outlook and reactions can become gentle, more compassionate. This seemingly insignificant shift can contribute to making the world a better place.

the cranial nerves—massage, meditation, singing, laughing loudly, chanting mantras, gentle yoga and exercise, positive social interactions, belly breathing and chanting all make the vagus nerve a happy camper.

These activities promote relaxation and help to decrease inflammation. “As a certified yoga instructor, I can attest to a wide range of natural vagus nerve stimulation techniques, especially using the breath,” says Schwartz. “Diaphragmatic breathing creates a gentle massage across your digestive organs, releases the diaphragm and stimulates nerve fibers within the lungs. Heart rate is reduced.”

Brief exposure to cold water or cold air improves vagal tone and is a good option when anxiety is high. Eating cold-water fish like wild salmon or other foods high in omega-3 fatty acids such as walnuts, seaweed, hemp, flax or chia seeds provides vagal nourishment.

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Just like midwives who help with birth, there are now “midwives” who help with death. As medicine has advanced, sometimes we have let technology overwhelm the mortal dimension. Sometimes we need an experienced person who can be fully present with someone as they die, and then be fully present with the family to help with post-death needs. “Like birth, death is one of life’s most important transitions for a human,” notes Richard Gunderman in The Atlantic.

Sometimes referred to as a death doula or death midwife, an end-of-life doula can provide emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to the patient, family, and community during all stages of dying, death, grieving, and burial. They are not licensed funeral directors or certified or registered nurses, but they help the person who is dying, and they help the family create healing rituals after death. Cassandra Yonder calls death midwifery “a grassroots response to the cultural alienation we are feeling from dying, death, post-death care, and grief.”

To be clear, end-of-life doulas are not hired to take over various tasks for the family, such as filling out and filing the death-related paperwork or transporting the deceased to the place of burial. Think of this person as an end-of-life guide who helps the family and the dying person through the final period of living up until the moment of death.

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ummer is an ideal time to add a healthy dose of fresh, organic herbs to make cool salads, luscious smoothies and other hot-weather eats and treats. Herbs are not only a flavorful addition to any meal, they are also chock-full of health benefits, from lowering blood pressure and improving mineral balance to increasing immune support, hydration, energy and healthy skin.

Most people consider using herbs in small amounts as seasonings for recipes such as spaghetti sauce, soups or desserts. However, they are edible plants, just like kale and spinach.

Although they tend to have strong flavors when dried, fresh herbs are usually quite mild and can be eaten in large amounts like any other vegetable.

Cool Benefits “Summertime herbs are important for dealing with the heat and humidity that the season brings,” says Nathaniel Whitmore, a Chinese medicine herbalist and shiatsu massage practitioner in Milford, Pennsylvania. An herb that he recommends for this time of year is American ginseng, which, unlike its Chinese namesake, is considered a “cooling” herb and helps keep the body moist.

When combined with fresh chrysanthemum flowers, the result is a powerful elixir that both hydrates and energizes. “A piece of American ginseng root and a few chrysanthemums placed in a jar of water and set on a windowsill for a few days makes a great cold infusion,” says Whitmore. “You can store it in the fridge for a few days and drink it in small amounts at a time to benefit from its energizing and hydrating properties.”

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~Nathaniel Whitmore Soft-stemmed herbs such as parsley and dill can be used in large amounts in salads and summer sandwiches. Other heat-tolerant herbs that are easy to grow include lemon balm, rosemary, lavender, mint and basil. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lemon balm is great for headaches and insomnia that are common during summer heat waves,â&#x20AC;? says Michelle Schoffro Cook, Ph.D., an herbalist and doctor of natural medicine, in Ontario, Canada. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Basil can help reduce summer achiness, while lavender serves as a relaxant and an excellent bug repellant.â&#x20AC;?

In addition to relieving headaches and restlessness, lemon balm is also beneficial for those that suffer from high blood pressure.

A study in the Journal of Herbal Medicine reports that it is helpful in reducing blood pressure in patients with chronic stable angina.

Rosemary, another herb used for sleep disorders, was found to also help improve memory and decrease anxiety in a study conducted in Iran at the Kerman University of Medical Sciences.

One study in 2009 by researchers in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Allahbad, in India, revealed that polyphenols found in herbs and plants harbor antioxidant properties that can help reduce the risk of developing cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, osteoporosis and neurodegenerative disorders.

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Summertime herbs are important for dealing with the heat and humidity that the season brings.

While herbs can be used in their extracted and dried forms, the most significant health benefits are often found in the raw, organic plant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fresh is better,â&#x20AC;? says Whitmore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is especially true when it comes to the more aromatic plants such as basil and lavender. A lot of the more volatile constituents are lost during the drying process.â&#x20AC;?

Most herbs grow best in dry garden areas that receive at least eight hours of sun each day. Although some herbs can grow in partially shaded locations, they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be as flavorful. Many herbs can also be grown in containers or pots.

Maria NoĂŤl Groves, a clinical herbalist in Allenstown, New Hampshire, and author of Grow Your Own Herbal Remedies: How to Create a Customized Herb Garden to Support Your Health & Well-Being, lists lemon balm, Korean mint, anise hyssop and purple basil as among her favorite summer culinary and beverage herbs that are easy to grow in pots. These make easy pickings for wraps, salads, sandwiches and more. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lemon balm can also be used to make infused water,â&#x20AC;? says Groves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With lemon verbena, lemon grass or holy basil, the result is refreshing and calming.â&#x20AC;?

Just take a few sprigs and place them in either plain or seltzer water. The result is a delicately flavored beverage thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also healthy and hydrating.

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2-3 cups fresh lemon balm, washed 1 qt apple cider vinegar Add coarsely chopped lemon balm leaves and stems to a 32-ounce mason jar. Add vinegar until lemon balm is completely covered.

Allow to sit in a cool, dark place for two to four weeks before straining.

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Add the liquids and blend to a puree. Serve with organic tortilla chips, crackers or veggie sticks.

Will keep for a few days in a tightly sealed container or frozen.

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n 1982, the Japanese government coined the term Shinrin-yoku (â&#x20AC;&#x153;taking in the forest atmosphereâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;forest bathingâ&#x20AC;?) to inspire people to visit and appreciate national parks. Today, that walk in the woods has become a medically recommended activity worldwide for improving immunity, reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression, managing chronic pain and promoting better sleep. The research supporting the physical and mental benefits of forest bathing is so compelling that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advocated by the National Institute of Public Health of Japan and prescribed to patients there.

Researchers from the University of East Anglia, in England, examined years of studies and found significant evidence that experiencing nature has a positive impact on health. Published in the journal Environmental Research in 2018, the metaanalysis involving 290 million participants from 20 countries concluded that spending time in green spaces lowers blood pressure and cholesterol, and reduces the stress hormone cortisol. The study also noted a lower risk of Type 2 diabetes and death from heart disease.

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Terpenes and Tree Therapy Another recent review of studies, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, concluded that Shinrin-yoku can ease the symptoms of adult depression. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Forest bathing plugs us into something we all seekâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a source of peace and well-being. The thing that first hooked me into being a forest bathing guide was reading the robust body of research that proves the benefits of forest bathing,â&#x20AC;? says Judy Beaudette, board secretary of Friends of North Creek Forest, in Bothell, Washington.

Melanie Choukas-Bradley, a certified forest therapy guide and author of The Joy of Forest Bathing: Reconnect With Wild Places & Rejuvenate Your Life, in Chevy Chase, Maryland, attests to the therapeutic value of forest bathing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even occasional nature immersion can have beneficial health effects that can last for days. Many doctors are now prescribing nature to patients. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an organization devoted to this called Park Rx America.â&#x20AC;?

She recommends just 20 minutes during a lunch break to sit on a bench or on the ground beneath trees.

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There are many theories of why spending time in the woods or any other natural place makes us feel good; for example, findings published in the journal Toxicological Research in 2017 attribute the immune-boosting, mood-lifting benefits of forest bathing to natural terpenes released into the air by trees, especially conifers. Terpenes contain anti-inflammatory properties that strengthen the body’s natural defenses.

Sensory Immersion, Not Exercise Shinrin-yoku is intended to engage the trinity of body-mind-spirit.

“The main purpose is not exercise or getting from point A to point B, but rather having a mindful, sensory experience in nature. It isn’t some prescribed task you need to do, like pushups,” explains Hannah Fries, a poet and author of Forest Bathing Retreat: Find Wholeness in the Company of Trees. She communes with the wild for both health and inspiration. “Even if it’s only 20 minutes a week, go outside without a phone or other electronic device. Walk slowly. Look more closely. Listen. Smell. Touch. Interact with the living, breathing world around you. It’s that simple.”

Choukas-Bradley says that observance is key. Recalling her first forest bathing experience, she says, “We paid attention to our breath and tuned in to the sights, sounds and sensations all around us. I noticed a perfect spider’s web, just barely trembling in the slightest breeze, its creator clinging to the center.”

She recommends finding a “wild home”—a neighborhood park, garden or backyard tree. “Make it a practice to find a ‘sit spot’ where you can quietly observe beauty and are apt to feel a sense of awe. Psychology researchers have shown that experiencing awe has many positive effects on emotional health.”

It doesn’t matter if we commune with nature in a rural or urban setting, only that we remain dialed in to our surroundings.

“Forest bathing is a tool for slowing down our buzzing minds and practicing a secret superpower—the skill of consciously choosing what we put our attention on,” says Beaudette.

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■ Practice noticing something small in nature, like an acorn, a leaf or a grain of sand. Put it in the palm of your hand and for five minutes, notice the details. Keep noticing. See what thoughts come to mind and keep returning your attention to this small thing. After the five minutes have elapsed, write down your observations.

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and happy people are the ones who are oriented toward cooperation,” says Peter Gray, Ph.D., a Boston College psychology professor and author of Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life.

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The Pure Joy of Play Why Kids Need Unstructured Fun

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ot so long ago, kids would be shooed out the door to play and told to return home at meal time.

But the rising use of digital devices and kids’ highly scheduled sports and school activities, as well as parental fears about safety, has made that kind of unstructured play rare—with resulting drops in children’s independence, resilience and creativity, experts say. In fact, play has been shown to be so critical to children’s development that an American Academy of Pediatrics 2018 clinical report, “The Power of Play,” recommends that doctors write prescriptions for it.

“Play is not frivolous; it is brain building,” concludes the report. It defines play as voluntary, fun and spontaneous activities that engross a child, often resulting in joyous discovery, and includes imaginative make-believe, experimenting and risk-taking. It cites 147 studies showing that play builds skills critical for adult success such as problem solving, collaboration and creativity; decreases stress, fatigue, injury and depression; and 26

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increases range of motion, agility, coordination, balance and flexibility.

Here are some ways to up the play in children’s lives:

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Give them lots of free time away from devices. Yes, they

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Encourage fun, rather than competition. By age 6, 60 percent

might be bored at first—but boredom enhances creativity, partly by allowing for daydreaming, concludes a study from the UK’s University of Central Lancashire.

of American boys and 47 percent of girls are participating on organized sport teams, but three out of four kids quit sports by age 13—one major reason being, “I was not having fun.” Play, on the other hand, is based on pure enjoyment and spontaneous collaboration among kids, minus overanxious adult “sidelining”. “When children play in their own ways, they generally play cooperatively. We adults impose competition, unfortunately. Yet even in our competitive society, the really successful

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Encourage them to take the lead. Let kids decide whether they

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Back off from hovering supervision. It can rob them of a

want to play with friends, siblings or alone.

They will happily make up their own games with lots of raw materials that are on hand—blocks, balls, puzzles, crayons, boxes, wooden spoons, old costumes and hats, sand, water, tarps and shovels. “Play is how children learn to create and govern their own activities and solve their own problems independently of adults,” says Gray. “Stated differently, it is how children learn to become adults. This value is destroyed when adults take charge of children’s activities.”

sense of ownership and accomplishment.

Leigh Ellen Magness, a clinical social worker and registered play therapist in Athens, Georgia, grappled with anxiety as she watched her 5-year-old son clamber up a roadside sculpture designed for climbing. “He climbed so high that my stomach flip-flopped to see him so far from me. But I knew there was no better way for him to learn the limits of his own body than to test them,” she says.

Mariana Brussoni, Ph.D., an associate professor in the department of pediatrics and the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia, Canada, concurs: “When they’re given the chance, even very young children show clear abilities to manage risks and figure out their own limits. The potential for learning is enormous.”

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Don’t worry. “The data show that children are far more likely to get injured in adult-directed sports, where they are pushed to compete, than in free play,” says Gray. “Moreover, the kinds of inju-

ries that occur in free play are relatively easy to recover from.” As for the fear of kidnapping by strangers, the odds are very small—one in a million, according to the latest U.S. Department of Justice data. “Weigh the effect of the limits you place on your kids to prevent that very, very, very unlikely possibility versus the fundamental importance for their own health and development of exploring freedom,” advises Brussoni.

Ronica A. O’Hara is a Denver-based freelance health writer. Connect at OHaraRonica@gmail.com.

Explore Free Play OutsidePlay.ca: This online, 20-minute, self-quiz helps parents reflect upon their own childhood adventures and figure out a plan they feel comfortable with for their children’s unstructured “risky play”.

Preliminary study data show that by three months, 93 percent of parents using the quiz had accomplished their goals.

“The Power of Play”: Tinyurl. com/ThePowerOfPlay-AAP This study by the American Academy of Pediatrics lays out the body of research on the benefits of unstructured play for children.

“Say Yes to Play”: A Psychology Today online article offers 12 strategies to encourage play, as well as additional references. Tinyurl.com/ SayYesToPlay-PT.

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the first one wasn’t fully administered and the infection wasn’t effectively cleared.

It’s important to reseed the pet’s gastrointestinal (GI) system with friendly microorganisms—probiotics—during and after antibiotic therapy to reestablish a healthy balance of gut bacteria. This will also help keep a dog or cat’s digestive system working optimally and the immune system strong.

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Alternatives to Antibiotics

Beyond Antibiotics Pets Can Heal With Natural Approaches

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One of the most important things to know is that dogs and cats are exposed to antibiotics when they eat food containing the meat of factory-farmed animals, which includes about 99 percent of pet foods on the market today. The exception is a very small number that contain free-range, organic ingredients.

Antibiotic Resistance In many cases, even when bacteria are exposed for the first time to a particular antibiotic, the majority will die, but some will survive and pass on that resistance to other bacteria. The problem is not that certain disease-causing bacteria are antibioticresistant, but that the resistance genes in any type of bacteria can transfer their ability to survive to billions of other bacteria.

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These are a strain of bacteria able to withstand assault by multiple types of antibiotics. When a veterinarian can no longer eliminate bacterial infections with antibiotics, the life of the animal is threatened, and that’s the biggest concern.

If a veterinarian makes a diagnosis of infection, ask for a culture and sensitivity test. Otherwise, he or she is making a guess at what type of organism is present and the best antibiotic to treat it. Each time an unnecessary or inappropriate antibiotic is prescribed, the potential for resistance increases. Only in an emergency situation should a veterinarian prescribe an antibiotic before the culture and sensitivity test can be performed. The vet can then switch medications if necessary when the results arrive.

Giving the proper dose of the antibiotic at the proper intervals and using up the entire prescription is important, even if the pet seems to be fully recovered before the medication has run out. This will ensure the infection is totally resolved and prevent the pet from having to take another full course of antibiotics because

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Many conditions for which antibiotics are often indiscriminately prescribed respond very well to a combination of natural therapies, including herbs, homeopathic remedies, nutraceuticals, immune system stimulants and specific nutritional interventions. Functional medicine veterinarians, a group that is thankfully growing in number, realize this and are able to partner with pet parents to offer alternatives to antibiotics.

A 2016 study showed cranberry extract to be as or more effective in preventing E. coli-related urinary tract infections (UTIs) in dogs as short-term antibiotic treatment. In addition, cranberry extract can help fight multidrug-resistant bacteria in dogs with recurrent E. coli UTIs. In a study of shelter dogs, researchers compared the use of probiotics to antibiotics to treat acute diarrhea caused by stress.

They concluded probiotic therapy was as effective as antibiotic therapy. In addition, dogs that were unresponsive to antibiotics appeared to benefit significantly from subsequent probiotic treatment.

Oregano oil, propolis, olive leaf, essential oils, colloidal silver and Manuka honey help reduce bacterial skin infections caused by methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with good success.

If a dog or cat isn’t facing a lifethreatening health situation, talk with the veterinarian about alternatives to antibiotics. In these situations, pet parents often find it beneficial to consult a functional medicine or integrative veterinarian whose goal is to treat these problems by starting with the least toxic options first.

Karen Shaw Becker is a proactive, integrative doctor of veterinary medicine who consults internationally and writes for Mercola Healthy Pets (HealthyPets.Mercola.com).

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MASSAGE FOR STRESS AND ANXIETY

by Lee Walker

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ccording to the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA), 75 percent of individuals surveyed in 2013 said their primary reasons for receiving a massage in the past 12 months were medical or stress-related. People no longer seek a massage solely for relaxation, says the AMTA, but many use massage therapy to assist with numerous medical conditions or to manage stress and anxiety, which translates physiologically as tension held in the body. In the 2013 survey, 59 percent of respondents said their physician recommended massage.

While the fight-or-flight response which produces the stress hormone cortisol was once a reaction to life-threatening situations such as encounters with wild animals, today this physiological reaction of the autonomic nervous system could be the result of perceived threats such as negative self-talk or a hectic workday, or could even be triggered as a side effect of prescription medication.

Many people carry a significant portion of stress as tension in the shoulders, neck and back, and posture plays a big part.

However, the opposing muscles, such as those in the chest, also often contribute to the pain in the back of the neck.

A review of more than a dozen studies concluded that massage therapy helps relieve anxiety by affecting the bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biochemistry. Researchers at the University of Miami School of Medicine reviewed data measuring the cortisol in participants before and immediately after massage and

found that the therapy lowered cortisol levels by up to 53 percent. Massage also increased serotonin and dopamine, which are both neurotransmitters that help reduce the occurrence and severity of depression.

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TUESDAY DAY, JULY 2 Tarot Cards for Shadow Work – 6:30-8:30pm.

Join Theresa Reed and explore shadow work, TaroW arFheW\pes, %irWh &ards, ¿ndinJ Whe Jood in ³Ead´ Fards - and Whe dark side in Whe ³Jood´ ones. <oX¶ll Fome awa\ wiWh knowledJe aEoXW \oXr TaroW %irWh &ard and some sXJJesWions Ior ErinJinJ liJhW and awareness Wo \oXr shadow. $20. New Renaissance Bookshop, 1338 NW 23rd Ave, Portland. 503-224-4929, NRBEvents@ Gmail.com, NewRenBooks.com

FRIDAY, JULY 5 Gina Lee’s Yoga Series – 7:15pm-9:15pm.

Expand \oXr practice with Gina¶s <oJa 6eries movement-Eased Àow desiJned to take \oX deep into a \oJa Àow releasinJ toxins Irom the Eod\ and movinJ old enerJ\ oXt. B\ immersinJ into this practice, \oX will walk awa\ IeelinJ cleansed not only physically but mentally as well. $25.

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TUESDAY, JULY 9 Meditation and Dharma Talk with Lama Phurbu Tashi Rinpoche – 6:30-8:30pm. 0eet /ama Phurbu Tashi Rinpoche, recoJni]ed at the aJe oI thirteen as the reincarnation oI Tsatsa Khenpo Thubten. Whether you’re a newcomer or an experienced meditator, this class will serve as a prelude to the path oI spiritual awareness unmistakably reali]ed throuJh the deeplylayered practices oI wisdom, compassion, peace, and Ireedom tauJht by the Buddha. $20. New Renaissance Bookshop, 1338 NW 23rd Ave, Portland. 503-224-4929, NRBEvents@Gmail. com, NewRenBooks.com Upgrade Your Energy Body with a Life Activation – 7-8:30pm. We live in excitinJ times where the promise oI enerJy healinJ and enerJy psycholoJy are hittinJ the mainstream consciousness and very real bene¿ts are beinJ experienced by those that choose to partake oI the bounty beIore us. <ou can transIorm your 'NA to be in aliJnment with your hiJhest expression )ree. 6940 N 0ichiJan Ave, Portland. 0atthew Koren, 503-765-6542, 0att@6pirit,nTransition. com, Activate.6pirit,nTtransition.com

Managing Conflict from the Inside Out – 7-8:30pm. &hallenJes and chanJes are inevitable. 2ur lives are ¿lled with conÀicts, larJe and small. This class, ¿lled with conversations, Tuestions, answers and interactive activities, will help you to see conÀict in a diIIerent liJht. We’ll share mediation techniTues and other tools oI peacemakinJ to help you Ieel power over the inevitable trials oI liIe. $20. New Renaissance Bookshop, 1338 NW 23rd Ave, Portland. 503-224-4929, NRBEvents@Gmail.com, NewRenBooks.com

SUNDAY, JULY 14 Drumming Circle for Heart Connection – 9:00-9:45am. &ome Moin us Ior the powerIul eIIect oI the drum circle. BrinJ your own drum & any other hand instruments you wish, but not reTuired. Join in with the healinJ power and creative enerJy oI drumminJ & Iree Àow music.

Free. The Center does accept Love donations.

The 8nity Center, 20255 Willamette 'rive, West Linn. 503-697-9765, TheUnityCenter@ World+ealinJ.orJ, World+ealinJ.orJ Art in the Garden – 10am-4pm. Come and enMoy the NaturescapinJ WildliIe Botanical Gardens while you browse local artisan booths.

There will be live music, artist demonstrations and 0aster Composter Recycler education. The Jarden themes include: Entrance Garden, Collector’s Garden, CottaJe Garden, FlyinJ Flowers, +omestead Garden, +umminJbird Place, 0anor Garden, Water Wise Garden, NW Bird Haven and NW Natives Garden. Free. 11000 NE 149th 6t, Brush Prairie, WA. NaturescapinJ.orJ

TUESDAY, JULY 16 Sacred Geometry – 7-10pm. ,n 6acred Geometry, we learn tools that can be applied anywhere to Jround and set space Ior prayer, healinJ and meditation. These are traditional ways used by hiJh priests and priestesses to access inner Juidance and source oI support Irom the LiJht realms. This is necessary inIormation Ior all liJhtworkers $95. 6940 N 0ichiJan Ave. Portland. 0atthew Koren, 503-765-6542, 0att@ 6pirit,nTtransition.com, 6pirit,nTransition.com home modern-mystery-school mms-classes sacred-Jeometry-i

WEDNESDAY, JULY 17 Energy Medicine Discussion Group – Jul 17, 7-8:15pm. July topic: Wearable EnerJy 0edicine. To receive the healinJ bene¿ts oI herbs, Àower essences or homeopathic remedies, you

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don’t have to eat them. Find out how holdinJ or sleepinJ on a small amount oI a healinJ substance can produce powerIul results. Hold a Àower essence selected Must Ior you durinJ the meetinJ and see how diIIerent you Ieel aIter Must one hour All are welcome, and will walk away with new insiJhts and skills. 6lidinJ Iee, suJJested donation $20. 6ilver 0ountain Health Clinic, 2300 6W 1st Ave 105, Portland. Free parkinJ behind the buildinJ accessible and secure entry. Amy Buckley, 503-662-2039, Amy@6ilver0ountain.

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SATURDAY, JULY 20 Massage Training Preview – 10am-noon. Learn about 2reJon 6chool oI 0assaJe’s 640-hour traininJ proJram in the massaJe proIession at this Iree presentation. 260 is committed to providinJ holistic education that inteJrates the body, mind, heart and spirit. R69P. Community Education classes also oIIered each Tuarter. 6ee website Ior details. 260 Portland Campus, 9500 6W Barbur Blvd, 100, Portland. Alisha, 503244-3420, AE@2reJon6chool2I0assaJe.com Light Journeys Healing and Psychic Faire – 1-7pm. Come at 1pm and receive a FREE readinJ Irom our panel oI psychics. Then enMoy enerJy reiki healinJ, psychic readinJs, Mewelry, crystals, Àower essences, aura photos, spirit art, healthy livinJ, classes & more... Plenty oI Iree parkinJ in the lot & the street. Free. The Gem, 1110 NE Glisan 6t, Portland. LiJht Journeys Faire, 503701-7687, Facebook.com healinJIaire, 0eetup. com LiJht-Journeys-HealinJ-and-Psychic-Fair

SATURDAY, JULY 27 Healing the 7 Chakras – 11:30am-1:30pm.

FocusinJ on diIIerent yoJa poses and plants each week that pair with each chakra system. Come try, taste and experience yoJa and plants with us $25-45 6lidinJ 6cale . Elk Rock <oJa, 10560 6E 0ain 6t, 0ilwaukie. 503-303-4078, ElkRockTeam@Jmail.com, ElkRockWellness.com

SUNDAY, JULY 28 Gong Sound Bath and Healing – 6-7:30pm.

This GonJ 6ound HealinJ is accompanied with applyinJ ancient and modern tools like tappinJ, shakinJ, and breath to assist with movinJ desired and undesired enerJy throuJh the body. All you have to do is relax 0ahkah allows Reiki enerJy and other enerJy IreTuencies oI 'ivine LiJht and Love to move throuJh him and into the JonJ. $20. New Renaissance Bookshop, 1338 NW 23rd Ave, Portland. 503-224-4929, NRBEvents@ Gmail.com, NewRenBooks.com

plan ahead Art of Ascension Workshop â&#x20AC;&#x201C; AuJ 16-18, 7pm.

Art oI Ascension Weekend Workshop, First 6phere as tauJht by the ,shayas. Join us $300.

9ancouver, BC. Chandika ,shaya, 206-735-1126, Chandikaom@outlook.com. Facebook.com events 441915033034513 Metaphysical Empowerment & Wellness Fair â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 6ep 7, noon-8pm. Also Nov 2. 50 9endors.

Free ,ntuitive Panel noon-1pm. Free Talks. Experience readers, healers, vendors: crystals Mewelry, mediumship, astroloJy, tarot, medical intuition, sound enerJy shamanic healinJ, bodywork, psychic readinJs, spirituality, reĂ&#x20AC;exoloJy. Free admission, samples, parkinJ & snacks. Unity oI Portland, 4525 6E 6tark 6t, Portland

Enneagram Portland & Storytellers Northwest: Personality on Tap â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 6ep 21, 6:30pm.

EnneaJram Portland and 6torytellers Northwest present Personality on Tap: 6torytellinJ on the 9 Types. 0eet the 9 Types in Jreat stories Iound in Iolk wisdom throuJhout the aJes, as told by proIessional storytellers Norm Brecke and Anne RutherIord. Have dinner at the pub early and enMoy an eveninJ with people Irom the EnneaJram Portland community who talk type. ReTuired advance ticket purchase and other proJrams: visit EnneaJramPortland.com. $15. Lucky Lab Beer Hall, 1945 NW 4uimby, Portland. 'ale J. Rhodes, 503-295-4481, 'aleJRhodes@me.co

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sundays Second Sunday Mindfulness Meditations – 9-10am, second 6unday oI the month. 0indIulness reduces stress and supports our capacity to respond to liIe with wisdom and kindness. These monthly drop-ins Ieature Juided meditations and mindIulness talks. All levels welcome. $16 discounts with passes & memberships. UnIold <oJa, 2370 6E 37th Ave Portland. Ashley 'ahl, 06W, C0T-P, ,nIo@2pen6pace0indIulness. com, 2pen6pace0indIulness.com.

“Loving Kindness” Meditation Group – 10am1pm. Fourth 6unday. With Paul 0. Rakoc]y, Reiki 0aster. Experience Jroup meditation with meditators and beJinners alike. There will be multiple sits with discussion in between. BrinJ a sit cushion chairs available. 3939 NE Hancock, 6te 205, Portland. 503-997-8611. R69P to P0R1354@hotmail.com. PaulRakoc]yTherapist.com Jroups.

mondays The Movement Center Community Meditation Program – 7-8pm. Join us Ior chantinJ, satsanJ and Juided meditation in our beautiIul meditation hall. Community yoJa ($5 beIore meditation, Irom 5:45-6:50pm. The 0ovement Center, 1021 NE 33rd Ave, Portland. 503-2310383. ,nIo@The0ovementCenter.com. The0ovementCenter.com.

tuesdays Relax & Restore with Yoga Nidra – 5:456:45pm. ThrouJh supported and Juided relaxation, we’ll Jently release accumulated tension, activatinJ our body’s innate capacity to selI-heal and restore. All levels, all bodies welcome. $16 drop-in, discount with passes & memberships.

UnIold <oJa, 2370 6E 37th Ave, Portland.

Ashley 'ahl, 06W, C0T-P, ,nIo@2pen6pace0indIulness.com, 2pen6pace0indIulness.com.

Feldenkrais Awareness through Movement Class with Susan Marshall – 5:45-6:45pm.

BrinJ Jreater ease into your daily movements: breathinJ, walkinJ, turninJ, reachinJ, saIer pelvic movement, IreeinJ your back and more. $13 drop-in other discounts may apply. The 0ovement Center <oJa 6tudio, 1021 NE 33rd Ave, Portland. 503-313-9813. ReJister at 0C<oJa. com calendar. 6usan.0arshall@FeldenkraisP';.com, FeldenkraisP';.com.

wednesdays Labyrinth Walk – 2nd Wed oI the month, 5:308pm. Labyrinth walkinJ is a meditative Mourney into the center and out. The 5 circuit rainbow labyrinth is in the Community Room, just drop in and walk. ,nstructions provided. 'onations appreciated. The Center Ior 6piritual WellbeinJ 7100 6W Hampton 6t, 6te 126, Portland.

0arJaret Greene, 503-926-2490, 0arJaret@ 0yJourneyWay.com, TheCenterFor6piritualWellbeinJ.com.

Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement Class with Alice Boyd – 4-5pm. Explore mindIul movement to reIine your awareness and reconnect with your body’s natural capacity Ior eI¿ciency and ease. Experience The Feldenkrais 0ethod and learn to eIIort less $15 drop in 3 classes Ior $39 5 classes Ior $55. Luminance, 3430 NE 41st Ave. Alice Boyd, CFP, 503-7536437, Alice@AliceBoyd.com, AliceBoyd.com.

Evening Reiki Share Group – 7-9:30pm. First Wednesday. With Paul 0 Rakoc]y, Reiki 0aster.

6hare or exchanJe reiki enerJy with practitioners and beJinners alike. No experience necessary to encounter the warm enerJy. 'onations accepted.

Please R69P by email. ,ndividual sessions and attunements by appointment. 3939 NE Hancock, 6te 205, Portland. 503-997-8611. P0R1354@ hotmail.com. PaulRakoc]yTherapist.com Jroups.

thursdays Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement with Alice Boyd – 3:30-4:30pm. Explore mindIul movement to reIine your awareness and

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Fridays Morning Moving Meditation – 8-9 am. GatherinJ out in Nature, we will perIorm simple, repetitive 4iJonJ movements to strenJthen and heal our own enerJy and thus, the Earth. Alberta Park, 22nd & NE KillinJsworth, near the tennis courts.

6helter available in case oI rain. All are welcome to Moin by donation. RoseCity4iJonJ.com Feldenkrais Awareness through Movement Class with Susan Marshall – 10:30-11:30am.

BrinJ Jreater ease into your daily movements: breathinJ, walkinJ, turninJ, reachinJ, saIer pelvic movement, IreeinJ your back and more. $13 drop-in other discounts may apply. The 0ovement Center <oJa 6tudio, 1021 NE 33rd Ave, Portland. 503-313-9813. ReJister at 0C<oJa. com calendar. 6usan.0arshall@FeldenkraisP';.com, FeldenkraisP';.com.

Saturdays Morning Moving Meditation – 8-9 am. We Jather toJether in Nature, amonJ the trees, to perIorm simple, repetitive 4iJonJ movements to strenJthen and heal our own enerJy and thus, the Earth. Laurelhurst Park, western side oI the duck pond. All are welcome to drop in by donation.

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Celestial Living Arts Monthly Forecast

July 2019

© Liz Howell

The Cancer archetype oI nurturer, careJiver, sympathetic listener and provider oI the healinJ psychic touch comes to liJht as the 6un continues its movement thouJh the siJn oI the celestial crab until July 22. What we ¿nd hiJhliJhted durinJ this month is the importance oI the emotional intelliJence that we carry as a species.

AccordinJ to American psycholoJist 'aniel Goleman, the ¿ve elements that de¿ne emotional intelliJence include selI awareness, selI reJulation, motivation, empathy and social skills.

With the New 0oon oI July 2 and the Full 0oon oI July 16 we are in Iull swinJ oI the year’s summer eclipse season, creatinJ an element oI chanJe and instability.

Add to this a 0ercury retroJrade that beJins on July 8 that takes the messenJer planet back into the siJn oI Cancer Ior a deeper touchy-Ieely experience, we will all need to enJaJe our hiJher IreTuencies oI emotional intelliJence this month.

With this activation, better choices can be made JoinJ Iorward.

Mantras and musings for the month of July: Cancer (Jun 21-Jul 22 : Without Iail, liIe will deliver the creative enerJy we need to chanJe into the new thinJ we must become. aRob Bre]sny Leo (Jul 23-AuJ 22 : 2ur IeelinJs are not there to be cast out or conTuered. They’re there to be enJaJed and expressed with imaJination and intelliJence. aT.K. Coleman Virgo (AuJ 23-6ep 22 : Where the water is too pure, there are no ¿sh. a=en sayinJ Libra (6ep 23-2ct 22 : ChanJe happens in the boiler room oI our emotions--so ¿nd out how to liJht their ¿res. aJeII 'ewar Scorpio (2ct 23-Nov 21 : Emotions can Jet in the way or Jet you on the way. a0avis 0a]hura Sagittarius (Nov 22-'ec 21 : No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care. ~Theodore Roosevelt

Capricorn ('ec 22-Jan 19 : Unleash in the riJht time and place beIore you explode at the wronJ time and place. ~2li Anderson Aquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18 : 'o not mistake understandinJ Ior reali]ation, and do not mistake reali]ation Ior liberation. ~Tibetan 6ayinJ Pisces (Feb 19-0ar 20 : 'on’t compromise yourselI. <ou’re all you’ve Jot. ~Janis Joplin

When we awaken to the call of Beauty, we become aware of new ways of being in the world.

–John O’Donohue

Aries (0ar 21-Apr 19 : Every time we allow someone to move us with anJer, we teach them to be anJry. ~Barry Neil KauIman Taurus (Apr 20-0ay 20 : Let’s not IorJet that the little emotions are the Jreat captains oI our lives and we obey them without reali]inJ it. ~9incent van GoJh Gemini (0ay 21-Jun 20 : Wisdom tends to Jrow in proportion to one’s awareness oI one’s iJnorance. ~Anthony de 0ello

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NORTH PORTLAND WELLNESS CENTER Chiropractic, Acupuncture and Massage 4922 N Vancouver Ave, at Alberta St 503-493-9398 NorthPortlandWellness.com We speciali]e in ,njury Treatment, Auto Accident Recovery, Acute & Chronic Pain RelieI and Family Health & Wellness. Our dedicated team provides eIIective medicine in a warm, comIortable environment.

RADIANT BODY THERMOGRAPHY 1314 NW Irving St, #705 Portland, OR 97209 503-775-1812 Info@RadiantBodyThermography.com

Rebecca MH Kitzerow, LAc Jonathan Irvin, LAc 503-548-4403 AllWaysWell.com

A medical thermoJraphy clinic providinJ 100 saIe, non-invasive, painless breast and Iull body screeninJ utili]inJ diJital inIrared thermal imaJinJ. Reports written by thermoloJists, board-certi¿ed physicians.

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TALISMAN ACUPUNCTURE AND HERBS Beth Ann Mills, LAc, Dipl OM 503-358-1963

Books, Gifts, and Events for Conscious Living 1338 NW 23rd Ave at Pettygrove, Portland 503-224-4929 NewRenBooks.com 2reJonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s larJest metaphysical book and JiIt store speciali]inJ in spiritual books Irom all traditions.

Events to enliJhten, educate and entertain. Full event listinJs at NewRenBooks.com

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AKASHIC RECORDS BODY-MIND-SPIRIT HEALING ARTS LLC Patty Oliver, Akashic Records Soul Realignment® Master 503-369-7810 BodyMindSpiritHealingArts.com

METAPHYSICAL EMPOWERMENT & WELLNESS EVENTS MetaphysicalEmpowermentEvents.com Laureli Shimayo 720-352-2434 0etaphysical wellness Iairs, intuitive events in Portland, 6alem, EuJene, OR 6eattle, WA & Online. 20-50 vendors, Iree: admission, panels, talks, snacks, community. New vendors practitioners welcome.

Release yourselI Irom past-liIe karma with an in-depth readinJ and clearinJ oI your Akashic Record. Conducted by phone, 6kype or in-person.

CLEANING ECOMAIDS 503-908-0950 EcoMaids.com/Portland.com Eco0aids is 2reJonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier Jreen cleaninJ company servinJ homes and businesses. We are committed to creatinJ saIe and healthIul spaces Ior your Iamily, pets, and coworkers while reducinJ harmIul toxins in our ecosystem.

COACHING & CONSULTING SALSBURY & CO. April Salsbury 503-850-8411 SalsburyAndCo.com BuildinJ stronJ Ioundations and JrowinJ your business. Business & healthcare private practice consultinJ.

SELF RENEWAL Linda Lawson TeleCoach 720-301-3993 Heartlink-ed.com

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SARASVATI INSTITUTE OF AYURVEDIC YOGA THERAPY Susan Bass, Ayurvedic Practitioner, Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500 503-208-2716 AyurvedicYogaTherapy.org 200, 300 & 1100-hour Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy Certification Programs Portlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ¿rst Ayurvedic <oJa Therapy Certi¿cation ProJram. 6,A<T is recoJni]ed by <oJa Alliance, ,A<T, NA0A & APPNA.

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OPENSPACE MINDFULNESS Ashley Dahl, MSW, CMT-P Info@OpenSpace Mindfulness.com OpenSpaceMindfulness.com

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COACHING & CONSULTING

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Matthew Koren Matt@SpiritInTransition.com SpiritInTransition.com

Emotion/Body Code Practitioner Lori Arveson 971-800-1560 LoriArveson@gmail.com ExpertPainHealing.com

BENAZ SHIDFAR Mindfulness Life Coach 503-516-6546 Benaz.com

CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY RUBATO CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY 10403 SE 10th St, Vancouver 360-624-5151 JimIvories.net

DENTIST AADVANCED DENTAL Dr Inna Shimanovsky, DMD 1508 Washington St, Oregon City 503-659-3003 AAdvancedDental.com The 6mile Ior your Healthy liIe. 6tate-oI-the-art dental care with your comIort in mind, while also carinJ about the world we live in.

AESTHETIC DENTISTRY OF LAKE OSWEGO Larry Bowden, DMD 17720 Jean Way, Ste 200, Lake Oswego 503-675-7300

LakeOswegoSmiles.com We are dedicated to providing our guests with comprehensive dental excellence in a friendly, relaxing atmosphere so that optimal health, beauty and comfort can be reali]ed for individual needs.

The ¿nest Tuality will always be provided.

JAY HARRIS LEVY, DDS Holistic Dental Care 511 SW 10th Ave, Ste 1102, Portland 503-222-2157 JayHarrisLevy@gmail.com JayHarrisLevy.com Holistic dentistry is about promotinJ oral health by customi]inJ the ¿nest Tuality dentistry to suit a patient’s needs in a saIe, carinJ environment.

Lori speciali]es in relievinJ chronic pain. Lori uses the Emotion Body Code system to identiIy and release trapped emotional enerJies caused by physical and emotional trauma, entities, toxins, pathoJens, inherited emotional enerJies, and other maniIestations that create imbalance in our bodies, causinJ chronic pain and disease that maniIests in daily liIe.

GREEN BURIAL, FUNERAL & CREMATION CORNERSTONE FUNERAL SERVICES 18625 SE Bakers Ferry Road Boring, OR 97009 503-637-5020 CornerstoneFuneral.com Elizabeth@CornerstoneFuneral.com Portland’s ¿rst Jreen Iuneral home, we proudly oIIer some oI the most aIIordable prices in the area. Family owned and operated.

HEALTH INTUITIVE MEDIUM HANDS OF FREEDOM HEALING/ QUANTUM-TOUCH® Judie Maron-Friend, Certified QT Level I, II & Self Created Health Instructor/ Practitioner 8725 NE Broadway St, Portland 503-753-1590 JudieMaronFriend@gmail.com VitalityLink.com/p/hofh When one learns QuantumTouch , durinJ class students typically relieve 50 - 100 oI each other’s pain. Not only do bones aliJn with a liJht touch, inÀammation reduces and healinJ accelerates. OIten students experience dramatic and proIound emotional release. Contact Judie to learn more or siJn up Ior a class today and discover your power to heal.

BE-JOY! Readings By Phone or In-Person 1316 NW 23rd Ave, Portland 503-805-7403 Be-Joy.com

HOLISTIC WELLNESS COHESIVE THERAPY HEALING & REJUVENATION CENTER 2400 Broadway St, Vancouver WA CohesiveThearpy.org Offering programs for motor vehicle, workman comp, weight loss detox programs, mind body spirit healing and rejuvenation. Accepting Blue Cross Blue Shield for Acupuncture and massage.

FELDENKRAIS FELDENKRAIS® CENTER OF PORTLAND Susan Marshall, GCFP Laurelhurst Healing Arts Building 3059 NE Glisan St, Portland 503-313-9813 FeldenkraisPDX.com ,mprove neck, back, hip pain and more. Best sellinJ author Norman 'oidJe, 0' in The Brain’s Way oI HealinJ, calls the Feldenkrais 0ethod ³applied neuroplasticity´²usinJ your brain and nervous system Ior healinJ. 6usan received a ³Nattie´ Award in the cateJory Favorite 0assaJe Therapist Body Worker 2016, 2017 and 2018.”

HEALTH MATTERS Constance Coquillette, MSW 971-404-5174 Lisa Fishman, MA 425-736-4784 HealthMattersNW.com r

Speciali]ing in preventing reversing disease and controlling weight with food.

ALICE BOYD FELDENKRAIS Alice Boyd, GCFP Feldenkrais Lessons in NW & NE Portland AliceBoyd.com Alice@AliceBoyd.com 503-753-6437

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SPIRITPATH TRANSFORMATIONAL SHAMANIC HEALING Liz Randol 505-204-0452 LizDragon2002@gmail.com Spiritpath-Healing.com

OREGON SCHOOL OF MASSAGE

MICHAEL HAYNES

Training LMT’s for over 25 years 9500 SW Barbur Blvd, Portland 503-244-3420 OregonSchoolOfMassage.com

NASM Certified Personal Trainer, NASM Sr. Fitness, Nutrition & Weight Loss Specialist 312-519-9270 Train_With_Mike@yahoo.com

We offer massage and bodywork courses for aspiring massage therapists, licensed professionals and the general public.

Release the past, embrace the present and ¿nd your role in the Great Changes that are upon us.

Tap the wisdom of the Higher Self Divine Feminine Great Spirit Tuickly with uniTue healing that taps into the Akashic records, past lives and trauma from this lifetime. Break through to the sacred truth in each being. Call for Free Consultation.

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SUPERIOR SPORTS NUTRITION & WEIGHT LOSS

Laureli Shimayo 720-352-2434 ThriveTypes.com

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Conscious online dating, matchmaking. Life, Love, Leadership coaching. Hiring consulting, career path coaching, resume writing. By video and MetaphysicalEmpowermentEvents.com.

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HYPNOTHERAPY LOVING KINDNESS HYPNOSIS Laney Coulter, BCH, CPHI, NLP, M.Ed BWRT Level 2 Practitioner 503-289-3614 LovingKindnessHypnosis.com

MEDITATION & MINDFULNESS PAUSE MEDITATION 213 SW Ash St #209, Portland 503-343-4831 PauseMeditation.org Connect@PauseMeditation.org Learn to meditate and live mindfully at Portland’s leading modern meditation studio. We offer drop-in classes, stress reduction courses and workshops to help you live a healthier, happier, more ful¿lling life. Join the community today

LANDSCAPING BLOSSOM 1829 NE Alberta St, Ste 8 Portland, OR 97211 503-837-3557 Info@BlossomPdx.com BlossomPdx.com

PETS MEAT & BONES CALIFORNIA, INC. 220 NW 8th Ave Portland, OR 97209 Hello@MeatAndBones.com MeatAndBones.com Holistic raw food for happy & healthy dogs. We formulated our uniTue balanced blend that your dog will love eating and you will love feeding.

QIGONG Rose Allen Portland, OR 503-961-2242 RoseCityQigong.com Qigong practice unlocks our life force energy and enhances our vital essence, while addressing the root causes of illness. Many are discovering the power to activate inner healing through these simple movements. The gentle forms are easily learned and provide proven health bene¿ts. Rose is a Certi¿ed Instructor with 15 years of dedicated practice. Now is a great time to discover Qigong. All are welcome.

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At Blossom, it is our goal to meet your landscape and construction needs while providing ecological and sustainable solutions for the environment.

REV!VE ORGANIC SALON 4460 SW Garden Home Rd, Portland 503-360-1324 ReviveOrganicSalonPDX.com

MASSAGE MIKI MORROW, LMT Yaimayu Massage 201 SE 124th Ave, Ste 202 Vancouver, WA 98684 360-608-0135 MikiWaMassage.com Facebook.com/Yaimayu Lic. MA00025265

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Revive is an organic and ammonia-free salon promoting beauty, wellness and green living by being free of chemicals, damaging toxins, and harmful carcinogens.

TAROT READINGS Dynamic, Insightful, Empowering

Crystal Chakra Healings Resolve Major Life Issues Now Gina Crystal 360-984-6837 RadiantCrystal@att.net GinaCrystal.com

REIKI VICKI MCARDLE Usui/Holy Fire Reiki Master Portland, OR 503-939-4357 VickiMcArdle.com

RETREAT CENTER ANANDA CENTER AT LAURELWOOD Retreat, Conference and Event Center 38950 SW Laurelwood Rd Gaston, OR 97119 503-746-6229 AnandaLaurelwood.org A beautiful place to host your next meeting, event, retreat or conference and only 45 minutes west of Portland. We have bright spaces for groups of all si]es lovely guest rooms, most with views of the lush valley delicious vegetarian meals served daily yoga and meditation.

SOUND HEALING

THERAPY/COUNSELING HEART WHISPERER RELATIONSHIP-INTIMACY COACH Carola Marashi M.A. 512-925-0625 Beaverton, OR http://CarolaMarashi.me As a trained Transpersonal Therapist, I help you shed fear and resistance for rapid evolution.

As an Ordained Minister, I understand intimacy is a spiritual practice. As a published author, I advocate speaking your truth.â&#x20AC;?

Over 35 years experience with a Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Degree in Transpersonal Psychology and Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Clinical Nutrition. Author of Sensual Eating and In2it Trust Your Intuition Deck and Guide, and founder of Body Choir Community Ecstatic Dance in 1994

SOUND HEALING PRACTITIONER Mikaela Jones 3736 SW 10th Ave Portland, OR 97239 503-705-1609 HealingSoundBaths.com Trained in sound healing and hypnotherapy, Mikaela utili]es various sound healing instruments and her voice for stress release, Higher Self communication, goal manifestation, restoring harmony to body, mind, and Spirit.

THERAPY/COUNSELING EMOTIONAL PEACEMAKING Hypnotherapy/Energy Psychology Val Jolley C.Ht, P.NLP, EFTP, QTP ValJolley.com

PAUL M RAKOCZY, LCSW

Humanistic Psychotherapy/ Reiki 3939 NE Hancock, Ste 205 503-997-8611 Pmr1354@hotmail.com PaulRakoczyTherapist.com

ROOT&CONNECT Whole Health Counseling & Wellness Angela Guerrero, M.Ed, LPC, RYT North Portland 512-680-5498 RootAndConnect.com Want to feel more Grounded" Be more Focused" Live more Balanced" UniTue counseling style focusing on the WHOLE self.

Learn to connect with and nourish your mind, body, spirit, and emotions through practices that grow your awareness and fulÂżll the relationship with you and others.

TRAUMA TREATMENT ROBIN BODHI, BS, LMT (12722), CHt 503-477-0931 RobinBodhi@gmail.com RobinBodhi.com Robin Bodhi, a bodyworker for more than 20 plus years has a diverse background in medicalbased bodywork, energetic healing and somatic touch.

Her services also include reiki, hypnotherapy and integration coaching. In addition to her private studio in SE Portland, she works at the Integrative Trauma Treatment Center located at 2130 SW Jefferson.

YOGA SARASVATI INSTITUTE OF AYURVEDIC YOGA THERAPY Susan Bass, Ayurvedic Practitioner, Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500 503-208-2716 AyurvedicYogaTherapy.org 200, 300 & 1100-hour Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy Certification Programs Portlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Âżrst Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy CertiÂżcation Program. SIAYT is recogni]ed by Yoga Alliance, IAYT, NAMA & APPNA.

THE MOVEMENT CENTER YOGA STUDIO 1021 NE 33rd Ave, Portland 503-231-0383 TheMovementCenter.com Hatha yoga for all levels, workshops & specialty classes, private & healing yoga sessions, at a beautiful meditation and retreat center in the heart of the city.

DAYA FOUNDATION Sarahjoy Marsh, Yoga Teacher + Therapist 5210 SW Corbett Ave, Portland SarahjoyYoga.com DayaFoundation.org Public yoga classes, private lessons, yoga therapy, and Hunger, Hope Healing Series for women with food and body image issues.

GOOD BEGINNINGS YOGA GoodBeginningsYoga@yahoo.com GoodBeginningsYoga.com Prenatal Mom & Baby yoga with Sound healing. Classes in North Portland.

SJL PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES Stuart J. Levit, Ed.S, M.Ed.

4531 SE Belmont St, Portland 503-983-7949 Info@StuartJLevit.com StuartLevit.com Have a particular life obstacle that you are trying to understand and resolve" Somatic and Mindfulness based counseling in a private comfortable space.

Evening & weekend hours available.

VETERNARIAN TWO RIVERS VETERINARY CLINIC 3808 N Williams Ave Suite 129, Portland Phone: 503-280-2000 Info@TwoRiversVet.com

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