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sually, I get all bittersweet about summer ending, but turning the corner into October of 2017 is going to be a relief. In time, autumn rains will extinguish the fires that plagued us, and we’ll be able to take stock of our changed situation.

In the aftermath of the fires, I’m inclined to mourn the end of the forests— I’m not the only one with the humancentric tendency to see the woods as an extended theme park where I can go to unwind. However, people who think about ecosystems instead of parks—and in terms of generations, centuries, or eras—have already informed us that nothing has “ended.” Fire is a natural stage in the life cycle of a forest. A new stage will begin now. Birds we don’t usually see will come to nest in the burned snags, and unfamiliar seeds will grow that needed fire to prep the soil. I hope I can learn to appreciate the long perspective.

As usual, I can’t restrain myself from commenting on several of the articles in this month’s Natural Awakenings.

“Choosing a Chiropractor” is good and informative, but I think you need to be as old as I am to appreciate the perspective it opens. I can’t forget that one of the functions of the American Medical Association was lobbying for monopoly in the health care field. Everything they could possibly influence—insurance regulations, research appropriations, institutional certifications, college scholarships, and naturally, the media—was shaped to fit the notion that there was One Right Way to approach health care. “Choosing a Chiropractor” speaks both directly and indirectly to the exact opposite of medical monopoly, and I’m happy to have a hand in publishing it.

I loved “School Om Work.” Young people don’t usually have power over much in their lives, and as a culture we don’t often encourage them to take power. There’s some irony in teaching stress- and anger-management skills in the institutions that are causing the kids to feel stress and anger, and I have to wonder if the schools will change because of these lessons. In any case, these are the same skills we like business executives to have, and putting these tools in the hands of young people has enormous potential. I would seriously like to follow up with these kids when they’re 18, and again when they’re 25, to see how this sort of training works in the long term.

“Feline Workforce” also caught my fancy this month. It is difficult to guess where the human species would be if it hadn’t been for our capacity to domesticate animals—and, of course, the animals’ willingness to go along with the process.

I wish I could take credit for the idea, but it was actually Temple Grandin who pointed out that humans and our pets or working companions (she was talking specifically about dogs) have evolved together over millennia, each becoming slightly more than we might have been separately. It’s good to see recognition of the value—cash and otherwise—that these fellow-travelers add to our lives.

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contents Natural Awakenings is your guide to a healthier, more balanced life. In each issue readers find cutting-edge information on natural health, nutrition, fitness, personal growth, green living, creative expression and the products and services that support a healthy lifestyle.

18 TRANSFORMATIVE TRAVEL

Outer Adventures, Inner Journeys

by April Thompson

22 BUILDING

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BETTER BONES

Bouncing, Leaping and Lunging Our Way to Bone Health

by Kathleen Barnes

24 CHOOSING A

CHIROPRACTOR

How to Find the Best One

by Marlaina Donato

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26 FERMENTED

FOODS REVIVAL

Rediscover Probiotic-Rich Foods

by Judith Fertig

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30 NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER ROBERT LLEWELLYN ON Moving from Looking to Seeing

by April Thompson

32 SOUL SHINE

by Marianne Williamson

34 SCHOOL OM WORK Kids Calm Themselves with Meditation

by April Thompson

36 CREATING

COMMUNITY 15 Ways to Craft a Circle of Caring

by Linda Buzzell

38 FELINE WORKFORCE Why a Job is the Cat’s Meow

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newsbriefs The Next Cairn Brings Shaping Clay, Shaping Life Workshops to Portland

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uring the week of October 22 to 28, The Next Cairn, a collaborative art project, will offer three workshops which are designed to help participants explore personal loss and hope while working with clay. No art experience is necessary.

The Next Cairn is inspired by Chicago clay artist Corinne D. Peterson’s successful Cairn Project, which included 50 Chicago-area workshops attended by hundreds of participants. Peterson, a former psychotherapist, will co-lead the Portland workshops.

Participants will create clay rocks to represent their trauma and porcelain tokens to celebrate their inner light and strength. Working meditatively with clay facilitates a healing or transformative experience. Previous participants said the workshops got them in touch with their inner selves, provided relief or relaxation and gave them a way to put their feelings into material form.

At a later date, the art pieces will be installed in a public exhibit, called Cairn and Cloud. The rocks will form a ceremonial cairn and the tokens will be suspended above in a cloudlike shape. The clay pieces reflect individual experiences of pain and hope transformed into a collective expression of healing. There will be an opening reception for the artists, participants and the general public.

Two workshops, on October 22 and 24, will be at Radius Community Art Studios in SE Portland, and the third, on October 28, will be at a private home studio. $125 includes materials. Register at BeSpacePdx.com. For more information, call 503-720-6199 or email TheNextCairn@gmail.com.

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pportunity to open up to new ways of experiencing life and raise our consciousness exists at the RaSani Body Mind Spirit Fair on October 7 and 8 at the Linn County Expo Center in Albany, Oregon.

Body . Mind . Spirit Over 100 independent alternative holistic practitioners and exhibitors will offer massage, energy work, life coaching, nutritional coaching, yoga, aromatherapy, readings, astrology, chakra balancing, crystals, aura photos, art, jewelry and unique gifts. There will also be 30 free enlightening lectures and speakers.

October 7 &all 8 the vendors donate products or services for a huge raffle for the In addition, $5 Admission Sat & Sun RaSani Heal the Earth Campaign benefiting Family Tree Relief Nursery, a nonprofit Kids under 10am - 5pm 12 Free organization focusing on helping grow happy, healthy, thriving families.

Over 100 Holistic Location: Linn County Expo Center, 3700 Knox Butte Rd. E, Albany. Saturday and Living Exhibitors & 3010 Speakers Sunday a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission $5; kids under 12 free. For more information, to RaSaniFair.com.

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ody Mind Spirit brings their Shine Your Truth event to the Washington County Fair Complex, in Hillsboro, on October 21 and 22. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

With many exhibits and free presentations, attendees can browse, receive a healing or soothing massage, try new products and learn new avenues to better health, personal well-being and spiritual growth.

Head to the lecture halls for the latest in new thought presentations and the best advances in alternative health from a variety of presenters and authors. The new website works as a gateway to enhancing the expo experience even before arriving at the event. Attendees can build a custom program guide highlighting those lectures and exhibits of most interest to them and even buy tickets in advance of arriving at the event.

The first 1,000 attendees will receive a free $5 gift certificate from New Renaissance Bookshop with admission.

Cost: $12 weekend admission. For information and to purchase tickets, visit BMSE.net.

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he Gluten-Free Food Allergy Fest (GFFAF) is back in Portland for their fourth year. Whether thinking about going gluten free or a gluten-free pro looking for new products and ideas, the Gluten Free Food Allergy Fest has something for everyone, and there will be tons of tasty food to sample that will satisfy any appetite.

The largest expo of its kind in the Portland area, with close to 65 exhibitors, the GFFAF runs October 21 and 22, at the Portland Expo Center, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Admission includes seminars and cooking demonstrations going on all day.

Location: 2060 N. Marine Dr., Portland. For more information or to pre-purchase tickets, visit gffafest.com. See ad, page 31.

Portland VegFest: Health and Fitness for All

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his year, Portland VegFest is proud to present world renowned ultramarathon runner Scott Jurek as keynote speaker on Sunday, October 15. His many accomplishments include winning the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run for seven years in a row, setting the American distance record for a 24-hour run, and setting the world record for the 2,189-mile Appalachian Trail. Jurek credits his plant-based diet for contributing to his success.

Health-related speakers include Joel Kahn, M.D. (Saturday), Craig McDougall, M.D. (Sunday), Jane Esselstyn, RN (Saturday), and Reed Mangels, RD (both days).

The exhibit hall will include a fitness stage, featuring several different types of workouts; and as always, there will be free samples of many new food products as well as old favorites. In addition, there will also be clothing and skin care exhibitors, restaurants, films, cooking demonstrations, free photo booths, a bookstore, activities for kids and teens and more.

The event is not just for vegans. Everyone is welcome, including those who love meat. Come with an empty stomach and a curious mind.

VegFest is October 14-15, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd., Portland. For more information, visit PortlandVegFest.org. See ads, pages 2, 9, and 26. natural awakenings

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newsbriefs New Look for Natural Awakenings Magazine

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atural Awakenings magazine is sporting a new look. After being unveiled in Florida’s Collier/ Lee edition that serves Naples and Fort Myers—the first of a family of magazines that has grown to encompass 85 U.S. cities, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic—in July, the new logo and cover design will appear in all editions starting in October.

Other design elements are expected to be refreshed in the near future to align with the evolution of the national content already underway. The plans were announced at the Natural Awakenings’ Publishers Conference in Orlando in May.

“We’ve kept up with new, cutting-edge trends and developments in all areas of sustainable, healthy living through the years, so it’s only natural for our look to also evolve,” says Sharon Bruckman, CEO and founder of Natural Awakenings Publishing Corporation. “The new cover format enables us to highlight more of the content offered inside the issue.

The changes also reflect the success of our mission in supporting the presence and growth of the natural living movement to the point where it’s beneficially influencing mainstream media content.”

Launched by Bruckman with a single magazine in 1994, Natural Awakenings is now one of the largest, free, local, healthy lifestyle publications worldwide, serving approximately 3.5 million readers.

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Body-Mind-Spirit Healing Arts Opens Portland Office

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perating in Columbia County since 2009, Body-MindSpirit Healing Arts has recently expanded to Portland, offering Akashic Record Readings, Reiki and Crystal Healing and Sound Therapy.

“We are all vibrational beings. When we make choices that do not align with our higher good or experience trauma and negativity, we become energetically imbalanced,” says owner Patty Oliver. “Healing one’s soul through energy work will bring balance and harmony to the body, mind and spirit.”

As a Soul Realignment Master, Oliver conducts in-depth Akashic record readings and clearings, offering release from one’s past-life karma. “Choices and agreements we made in our past lives will energetically attach to our chakras and subtle-body energy field and remain there until balanced out through positive choice,” adds Oliver. “Clearing someone’s Akashic record is a powerful and unique opportunity for them to live their true self-expression in this lifetime.”

Oliver is also a Holy Fire II Karuna Reiki Master. In addition to teaching Reiki, she conducts Reiki sessions and often includes aromatherapy, crystal healing and sound therapy through tuning forks as part of her treatments.

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esveratrol is a natural substance found in grapes, peanuts, blueberries and other foods that’s known for its heartprotective nature. Researchers believe it may also help promote eye health, including prevention of glaucoma, cataracts and macular degeneration, but not much is known about its presence in the eyes. Scientists from Tongji Medical College, in China, set out to measure the concentration of trans-resveratrol in the eyes after oral supplementation.

Three daily doses of Longevinex, an oral trans-resveratrol-based capsule supplement, was administered to 35 adults prior to eye surgery on one of their eyes, and tissue samples of the conjunctiva, aqueous humor and vitreous humor were taken. Researchers measured the tissues for resveratrol concentration to determine how much of the supplement penetrated the eyes. Resveratrol metabolites were detected in the conjunctiva of 25 of the eyes, indicating that the beneficial substance does pass through the brain.

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esearchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in Boston, followed 108,630 U.S. women enrolled in the Nurses’ Health Study between 2000 and 2008, comparing their mortality rates with the amount of vegetation around their homes.

The researchers also accounted for related risk factors such as age, socioeconomic status, race and ethnicity, and smoking behaviors. They concluded that subjects living in the greenest areas had a 12 percent lower mortality rate than those living in the least lush areas during the study period.

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Banning Trans Fats Lowers Heart Attacks

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leven counties in New York instituted restrictions on trans fatty acids in restaurants in 2007. Researchers from Yale University School of Medicine used data from the New York State Department of Health statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System and U.S. Census population estimates to determine the impact of these restrictions on the health of the community; they compared the 11 counties that had the restrictions to 25 counties without them. The scientists concluded that hospital heart attack admissions were significantly lower for the 11 counties with the restrictions.

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power. ~Unknown

Walking Reduces Symptoms of Dementia

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study from the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, examined the impact of regular walking on people with vascular cognitive impairment, the second-most common form of dementia. The ailment occurs when blood vessels become damaged by cardiovascular disease, impeding good blood circulation and making the brain work harder.

The researchers scanned the brains and conducted computerized decision-making and attention tests on 38 people with mild, early forms of vascular cognitive impairment. Half of the subjects were asked to participate in supervised, one-hour walking sessions three times per week for a six-month period. The remaining subjects did not walk.

After six months, the walking group showed improvements in both blood pressure and brain function, with their brains requiring less effort during the decisionmaking and attention tests.

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

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The easiest way to save money on airfare is by being flexible, because flying on certain days at certain times can be more affordable. Shopping among airports and carriers can also yield dividends, perhaps leaving from one airport and returning to another or combining airlines based on the lowest available rates for legs of the trip. Off hours for flying are very early in the morning or late at night; keep looking for deals right up to the deadline.

Airlines send deals and special offers to those that sign up for email alerts. Stay updated on their social media platforms if they release special offers to online followers. To avoid incrementally increasing prices and falling victim to some packagers’ tactics of dynamic pricing and tracking computer searches, clear the browser’s cookies between searches. Try helpful Travel Apps for smartphones; not only are they mobile, they vary in service and scope to suit individual needs. Most are free.

Biodegradable Reeboks Help Solve Waste Problem Reebok is introducing a completely compostable sneaker designed to neither harm the environment when created nor potentially clog a landfill when discarded. The shoe’s upper section is made of sustainable organic cotton, while the sole is derived from industrially grown corn, harvested when it’s older and tougher. Even the eyelets are stitched, using no metal or plastic.

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Wildlife Wipeout

Wind turbines make cleaner energy, but are dangerous to birds and bats. According to a study in the Wildlife Society Bulletin, approximately 573,000 birds and 888,000 bats are killed annually by wind turbines, which are providing increased wind power capacity nationwide. At one solar power plant in California, an estimated 3,500 birds died in just the plant’s first year of operation.

What would help most is offshore turbines and knowledge about migration routes. The safest place for wind turbines is in the ocean, because songbirds and bats don’t migrate over such waters. On land, many songbirds fly at night and can’t see the wind turbines until it’s too late. Once they’ve discovered the unsafe area, they avoid it. Because migration routes are based on availability of food, water and resting areas, birds are forced to fly around the turbines, adding miles to their trip and the burning of more calories.

Estimates of just how many bats are dying each year range from the tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. Radar installations help to keep bats away from the deadly blades. Other remedies include slowing the blades at night to reduce collisions, which has proved to reduce overall wildlife deaths by 73 percent.

In 2016 the American Wind Energy Association announced voluntary guidelines to halt turbines during low wind speeds, when bats are most active, to reduce bat fatalities by 30 percent. With two more industry changes, bat fatalities could drop 90 percent: feathering, or turning the blades parallel to the wind so the turbines don’t rotate; and higher cut-in speeds so they don’t rotate in light winds.

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A collaborative study published in the journal Pediatrics concludes that toddlers under the age of 2 are more likely to eat French fries than vegetables on any given day; one in four 6-to-11-month-olds and one in five 1-year-olds consumed no vegetables at all.

This concerning downward trend began more than a decade ago.

The percentage of babies and toddlers eating canned or frozen fruits and vegetables declined by 10 percent between 2005 and 2012, and the consumption of dark, leafy greens among those under 2 has halved since 2005. Dr. Annemarie Stroustrup, an associate professor with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, in New York City, says, “You often have to offer a new food to a toddler up to 10 times before they will eat it.”

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A legal challenge in Washington state may require spending nearly $2 billion to restore salmon habitat by removing barriers that block fish migration. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a 2013 ruling ordering the state to fix or replace hundreds of culverts that allow streams to pass beneath roads, but block the salmon.

Lorraine Loomis, chair of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, states, “This is a win for salmon, treaty rights and everyone that lives here.” The group represents 21 tribes in western Washington that challenged the state over the culverts in 2001, part of decades-long litigation over tribal fishing rights. She advises, “Fixing fish-blocking culverts under state roads will open up hundreds of miles of habitat and result in more salmon.”

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Columbus Day Renamed to Honor First Peoples Many people feel that Christopher Columbus is partly responsible for the genocide of Native Americans, and bestowing him a day of celebration adds insult to injury. In a progressive move, the Anadarko City Council, in Oklahoma, unanimously voted to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day—observed this year on October 9. City employees get the holiday off, and other municipalities in Oklahoma have followed suit.

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Concrete and steel allow us to build immense houses, skyscrapers and dams, but in 2012, the U.S. Energy Information Administration determined that cement manufacturing uses more energy than any other industry. A new substitute process of growing biodegradable bricks via millions of bacteriadepositing chemicals, similar to the way coral grows, is now coming into use.

The bacteria are injected into a brick mold with an aggregate material such as sand. After a short time, the bacteria turn it into a solid brick. Not only is this a renewable resource, it uses relatively little energy and is a viable option for future methods of construction, including terraforming other planets (Tinyurl.com/Biodegradable BuildingMaterials).

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Forests Shift West with Climate Change The consequences of climate change are impacting plant species in unanticipated, but logical ways; for instance, conifers and other needle trees are moving northward because they are more sensitive to temperature than flowering, deciduous trees. They already populate the boreal forest of eastern North America, so they’re well-adapted to expand into colder, drier conditions.

Individual trees can’t move, but populations can shift over time as saplings expand into a new region while older growth dies in another. A new study published in Science Advances also shows that about three-quarters of tree species common to eastern American forests, including white oaks, sugar maples and American holly, have shifted their population centers westward since 1980 due to drier conditions in the East.

Global warming has significantly altered rainfall totals.

Songlin Fei, a professor of forestry at Purdue University, in West Lafayette, Indiana, and one of the study authors, observes, “Different species are responding to climate change differently. Most of the broadleaf species of deciduous trees are following moisture that’s moving westward.”

Changes in land use, conservation efforts, wildfire frequency and the arrival of pests and blights all play parts in shifting populations. Forest ecosystems are defined as much by the mix of species and the interaction between them as by the simple presence of many trees. If different species migrate in different directions, then ecological communities could eventually collapse.

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In many parts of the U.S., autumn brings fallen leaves, and the benefits of composting can be extended via leaf molding. “You get new leaves every year. You don’t need to take leaves to a landfill or burn them,” advises Lee Reich, Ph.D., a garden and orchard consultant in New Paltz, New York (LeeReich.com). Digging or tilling leaves into garden beds and containers, using them as mulch, fosters natural soil conditioning, supplies beneficial nutrients and enriches earthworm habitat. PlanetNatural.com estimates that 50 to 80 percent of tree nutrients end up in their leaves.

According to FineGardening.com, “Leaf mold prevents extreme fluctuations in soil temperature, keeps the soil surface loose so water penetrates easily, retains soil moisture by slowing water evaporation and stimulates biological activity, creating a microbial environment that helps thwart pests.”

One method comprises piling leaves in a corner of the yard or in a wood or wire bin at least three feet wide and tall. Thoroughly dampen the entire pile and let it sit, checking the moisture level occasionally during dry periods and adding water if necessary. Another option is to fill a large plastic bag with leaves and moisten them. Seal the bag, and then cut some holes or slits for airflow. Check every month or two and add water if the leaves are dry.

Either way, the decomposition process for most leaves can take six to 12 months; DIYNatural.com reports that some leaves, like oak, can take up to three years to decompose. Hasten the process by mowing the leaves a couple of times before adding them to the pile or bag; turning them over every few weeks with a shovel or garden fork; or covering the contained pile with a plastic tarp to keep the leaves wetter and warmer.

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TRAVEL Outer Adventures, Inner Journeys

by April Thompson

An open-hearted journey can take unexpected paths. More travelers today are searching for deep and lasting changes in their view of themselves and the world.

Declare Your Intentions

Part of the intention setting is clarifying what we hope to accomplish through making a journey, suggests Nathaniel Boyle, creator of The Travelers podcast and the travel platform Holocene that facilitates community among transformation-seeking travelers.

It might be climbing a mountain with our spouse to strengthen a marriage, or taking a cooking class in Italy or a basket weaving workshop in Indonesia to rekindle a sense of fresh input and creative expression.

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Attention and intention are the main ingredients for transformative travel for Phil Cousineau, acclaimed author of The Art of Pilgrimage. “Ask yourself what is motivating the journey: Are you going just to check something off your bucket list because you read about it or are you going because your grandma told you how magical her visit there was in the 1920s? Are you going because you’re at a crossroads in your life, marriage or work?” queries Cousineau.

Naming your intention helps open up the heart and psyche for transformation. Cousineau recommends sharing our choice beforehand with a friend or even a casual acquaintance. Writing it down can also unpack those yearnings and understand the pull to a place.

Cousineau suggests that travelers prepare to open their thinking by reading about the history, culture and geography of a place, and then continue to learn en route by talking to locals for insight rather than relying only on a guidebook.

“Make yourself vulnerable. Ask questions and be humble. Talk to your waiter or cab driver about their lives and conditions in their country. Those that become most delighted and transformed by their experiences are the most curious,” observes Cousineau.

Anna Pollock, of London, England, founder of Conscious Travel and a sustainable travel expert, elaborates on potential results. “Travelers may see the world and their part in it differently or feel greater clarity, peace, freedom or hope. For some, it’s about insights into their personal purpose. Others may return with a deeper sense of connectedness or feeling of mastery that comes from trying something completely new.”

Jake Haupert, of Seattle, owner of Evergreen Escapes International, co-founded the Transformational Travel Council to help people embark on such life-altering journeys, and translate “Aha!” moments on the road into meaningful changes back home. He has witnessed individuals undergo radical shifts from changing careers to becoming parents.

One couple was so moved by their experiences on an African safari that they adopted their first child from Kenya.

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times, and some travelers feel unhappy, unprepared, bored or disappointed,” remarks Cousineau. “But the flip side is that travels can stretch us, just like a medieval rack.”

If you have stretch goals, you can build them into an itinerary, advises Haupert, whether it’s getting up the courage to skydive or negotiating a purchase in a foreign street market.

Do Less, Experience More If we truly want to know the secret of soulful traveling, we need to believe there is something sacred waiting to be discovered in virtually every journey. ~Phil Cousineau

Move Beyond Comfort

“Travel can serve as a vehicle for expansive personal growth. Through it, we learn to explore the world and ourselves,” Boyle observes.

“When you venture outside the controlled environment of prepackaged trips for tourists to face difficult decisions and confusing and chaotic situations that require problem solving, that’s where real change can occur,” says Haupert.

“My 12,000-mile journey from Washington, D.C., to Antarctica was transformative in so many ways,” says journalist Andrew Evans, author of The Black Penguin memoir. “I’m a geographer by training and spent four years studying maps, but I never understood the true size of the world until I traveled across it on a Greyhound bus. I now see the world as much smaller and much more accessible. The trip made me a stronger, more confident person, and less afraid of what other people think of me; it also made me want to keep traveling.”

“Travel comes from the word travail, to labor, and trip from tripalium, Latin for a medieval torture rack. Metaphorically, travel can feel like torture at

To heighten experiential awareness while traveling, build fewer to-dos into an itinerary, the experts recommend.

“Immerse yourself in a place. Leave time for unplanned explorations, rather than bouncing between destinations without space for spontaneity and restful reflection,” says Haupert. “Also build in time for meditation, yoga, simple relaxation or other intentionally restorative moments in-between the high-intensity peak experiences.”

Haupert suggests staging a ceremonial start to a journey, such as a special dinner or bike ride upon arrival. Similarly, Cousineau recommends starting a new journal on every journey, to ceremoniously start anew in one’s thinking.

Engaging in ritual can also help awaken the traveler, says Cousineau.

He suggests walking in silence as we approach a sacred site, or physically engaging with it, as pilgrims might do when they palm the feet of a Buddha statue or press their forehead to the Wailing Wall.

Sacred sites are fertile ground for transformative experiences, says Lori Erickson, an Episcopal deacon, travel writer and author of Holy Rover: Journeys in Search of Mystery, Miracles, and God, a memoir of her trips to a dozen of the world’s holy sites. “So many people have prayed and opened their hearts in a holy place that you can feel the energy,” she says.

Erickson suggests that travelers seek out hallowed ground from different traditions, which can help heal divides among people of divergent faiths. “The art and architecture of holy sites are beautiful manifestations of spiritual longing and human creativity. These places have the power to move you, regardless of your own spiritual background.”

Journey Jump-Offs Here’s a short list of resources to inspire transformative adventuring.

n The blog at AyanaJourneys.com explores Cambodia’s sacred Buddhist sites.

n Evergreen Escapes at Evergreen EscapesIntl.com specializes in unforgettable locales tailored to the traveler’s inner calling.

n “The Travelers” podcast via Holocene.io/travelers features stories and advice from 200-plus changemakers on topics ranging from creativity, fear and gratitude to travel-related careers.

n Muddy Shoe Adventures at MuddyShoeAdventures.com offers small-group trips that challenge participants with combinations of physical activities and cultural experiences.

n OuterTravelsInnerJourneys.com connects people through shared spiritual adventures like mind-body healing and immersion in nature.

n Phil Cousineau (PhilCousineau.net) hosts writer’s retreats, literary tours and pilgrimages to historic sacred sites.

n Responsible Travel at Responsible Travel.com offers socially and environmentally conscious tours to all seven continents, including small-ship cruises to more authentic, lesserknown ports of call.

n Transformational Travel Council’s website Transformational.travel conveys uplifting stories, a travelers’ forum and other tools for changeseekers.

n World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (wwoof.net) links volunteers with organic farmers to help build a sustainable global community.

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Lasting Travel Gifts

When you give while traveling, you often get back even more, says Cousineau. “A pilgrim never travels empty-handed. Bring gifts; even postcards from home can make a meaningful connection.” He recently brought baseball equipment along on a group tour he led to give to kids in baseball-crazed Cuba. Giving appreciation is as important as tangible mementos, he notes. “Gratitude makes transformation possible; that’s what modern people are longing for, to be touched.”

Boyle suggests that finding ways to give back can unlock unique opportunities. Quinn Vanderberg and Jonathon Button, guests on Boyle’s podcast, left stable lives and jobs in California for Nicaragua in 2012 with only their travel bags and a shared dream. Brainstorming a vision for a new life together, the 25-year-old pair had realized, “We wanted life to be filled with travel, culture and people, and to make an impact along the way,” says Vanderburg. “We went knowing we wanted to create a social venture, but first wanted to see what was really needed by the community.”

They went on to partner with local educational nonprofits and artisans to launch Life Out of the Box, a line of clothing and accessories modeled after Toms’ “Buy one, give one” business model. For every product sold, the

entrepreneurs donate school supplies to a child in need. Since 2012, the project has expanded to also support kids in Guatemala, Kenya, Mexico and Morocco.

Drive Home Transformation

Starting with a moment of reflection before departing a place, take advantage of a trip’s afterglow to recall insights learned, gel memories, share insights and move to make changes stick. Haupert sees this as a good time to develop an action plan to “express gratitude for the journey and create a framework for your homecoming.”

Then, take a day to reflect upon returning home before jumping back into work or other obligations, internalizing your experience and integrating your “traveler self” back into normalcy.

It might involve a trip to the spa, an afternoon of journaling or organizing trip photos, suggests Haupert.

“Resist the urge to check emails the minute the plane touches down or start planning the next trip. Take time to remember the journey and see your home turf with fresh eyes,” adds Cousineau.

The returned pilgrim has a responsibility to memorialize the journey, an ancient tradition of Judeo-Christian and Islamic faiths, advises Cousineau. The San Francisco writer traveled with a group on foot from Louisville, Kentucky,

Adventure travelers named transformation and an expanded worldview as top motives for their explorations. ~Adventure Travel Trade Association to Thomas Merton’s Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, near Bardstown, Kentucky, to celebrate the legacy of Merton and Mahatma Gandhi. One of the women inked a footprint from each of 100-plus travelers, sewing them into a quilt to commemorate the pilgrimage.

Chronicling the journey can be as simple as a dinner party with friends to share what we have learned, says Cousineau, but suggests that travelers engage attendees to also contribute their own stories and reflections.

“We have a choice upon returning; do nothing and just let that experience fade or own it for ourselves,” concurs Boyle. “It’s incumbent to extract the meaning of our experiences and find a way to express them, whether through a photo series, article, painting or video.

The traveler’s ‘third act’ of creativity after preparation and execution is how we process change.”

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

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Close Encounters Eager for a transformative adventure without traveling afar? Here are some ideas for exploring cultures and connecting with others closer to home.

4 Attend festivals celebrating varied cultures in your local community.

Every spring in Washington, D.C., embassies showcase the cuisine, art and history of 70 countries. Frackville, Pennsylvania’s 103-year-old Lithuanian Days is the oldest ethnic festival in the country.

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4 Take advantage of local, state and national parks, including 88 ocean and coastal parks within the National Park Service (nps.gov). Along with wilderness sites, the service also stewards important cultural heritage sites nationwide.

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Bouncing, Leaping and Lunging Our Way to Bone Health

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“Peak bone strength is reached by the age of 30, so it’s vital for young people to engage in dynamic impact movement through their teen years and 20s,” says Sherri Betz, chair of the American Physical Therapy Association bone health group, a doctor of physical therapy and geriatric-certified specialist with a private practice in Santa Cruz, California.

Engaging in sports during our youthful developing years helps build strong, wide and dense bones that will carry us well into old age, literally giving us a firmer base to stand on. It’s paramount to encourage children and young people to be physically active and for us all to continue with athletic activities throughout adulthood to preserve the bone health peak we reach at age 30.

Optimal Bone Exercises

“Adulthood is a perfectly good time to start building and improving bone fitness and health. The outcome is just a little bit less,” says Steven A. Hawkins, Ph.D., a professor of exercise science at California Lutheran University, in Thousand Oaks.

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“Bone responds to exercise much like muscle,” explains Larry Tucker, Ph.D., professor of exercise sciences at Brigham Young University, in Provo, Utah. “Bone doesn’t grow, per se, but like muscle, it does get denser and stronger according to the stresses and strains put on it.”

“The key is to put a heavy load on bones to stimulate them to grow,” Hawkins notes.

Standing exercises are recommended, because the bones most likely to benefit from strengthening exercise are 30 targeted leg and hip bones, says Tucker.

“Surprising the bone is your best bet,” points out Betz. “Don’t do the same things over and over again at the same time, either repetitive exercises like running or weight lifting or consistent combinations; even high-intensity exercise can diminish the effects.”

The most highly recommended exercises involve those that require changing directions, bouncing and leaping—from basketball to lively dances, and even some intense yoga postures. Hopping and jumping are probably the best way to strengthen bones, but must be done in the proper way, according to Tucker and others. Research by Tucker’s team pub-

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Walking Isn’t It

Walking, running, weight training and other repetitive exercises don’t improve bone density, says Hawkins.

“Walk and do other repetitive exercises for cardiovascular health and general fitness. While these might help maintain current bone strength, they won’t improve bone density.” Walking reduced the risk of hip fracture by 41

Yoga for Bones Yoga doesn’t involve bouncing or jumping for the most part, but it can be helpful in maintaining strong bones, says Sherri Betz, a Santa Cruz, California, physical therapist and Pilates and yoga instructor. “Poses, including the tree, chair, warrior, triangle, half moon and sun salute, need to be as dynamic as possible and focus on leg strengthening and spine extension.

percent for postmenopausal women walking four hours a week, with fewer falls due to improved strength, balance and other factors per the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Numerous studies confirm that exercise of any kind keeps us healthy, but for bone health, the answer is to start weight-bearing exercises early and sustain the practice for a lifetime.

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lished in the American Journal of Health Promotion studied the effects of jumping on hip bone density in premenopausal women. It may seem counterintuitive, but Tucker reports that most benefits are gained from jumping as high as possible, resting 30 seconds and repeating up to 10 times twice a day in intervals at least eight hours apart. “If you jump continuously, the exercise loses effectiveness pretty quickly,” he says.

Those that enjoy circuit training should do something else during the 30-second rests between repetitions, Tucker advises. Because it’s the jolt of jumping that stimulates bone strength, using a mini-trampoline or another cushioning device to lessen impact on the body won’t increase bone density.

Betz cautions against starting a jumping program too quickly. “Proper alignment, balance and body awareness come first,” she says. “Do 20 to 25 heel raises in a row, a full squat with good alignment and a full lunge to ready the body for a jumping program.” Such strengthening safeguards against falling and injury.

The most common way of testing bone density is a DEXA (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) scan. The result is called a T-score and is one case where a zero is perfect.

A score of +1.0 to -1.0 is considered normal. A score between -1.0 and -2.5 is considered osteopenia, or weakened bones. A score lower than -2.5 indicates some level of osteoporosis.

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hiropractic medicine is known for its non-surgical approach to chronic pain and other musculoskeletal conditions, but also has much more to offer. However, finding the right doctor can be as daunting as shopping for a comfortable pair of shoes. Here, three reputable practitioners talk about securing individualized care and getting the most out of chiropractic.

Address Specific Needs

Clarifying the desired outcome is helpful, because some clients are just looking for a quick fix to reduce pain, while others may be seeking overall better health, lasting wellness and an improved quality of life.

“Due to insurance issues, we’ve become known as pain doctors, but that’s not the full extent of chiropractic,” explains Dr. Michelle Robin, owner of Your Wellness Connection and the educational DrMichelleRobin.com website, in Shawnee, Kansas. “Also, you can see more than one chiropractor, as each has their own strength.”

Dr. Michael Aho, of Crosstown Chiropractic, in Chicago, agrees.

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styles, so one of the biggest variables is the type of treatment the doctor uses. Most offices commonly treat neck, mid-back and low back pain.

If you have a specific shoulder, knee or foot problem, you may want to find a doctor that frequently treats those issues. If you are pregnant, choose a chiropractor that has experience working with pregnant women.”

“There are more than 140 different chiropractic techniques. Some are light touch, while others are aggressive. Some are hands-on and some use instruments for adjusting. It’s important that the doctor’s approach resonates with your nature,” advises Dr. Jackie St.Cyr of the Innate Chiropractic Healing Arts Center, in Houston.

Robin advises that sitting in a doctor’s reception room to just observe and trusting our intuition is helpful before moving forward with a consultation.

Ask Questions

First, find out if a chiropractor has embraced either a conventional medical or holistic model, and then delve more deeply to find the right approach and level of care. “Ask how long a doctor

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has practiced and their governing philosophy. Do they treat the full spine or focus on the point of pain, and what range of techniques do they apply? You want them to know your spine before they adjust it; make sure they conduct a new patient exam,” suggests St.Cyr. An exam may include a thermography scan and X-rays.

Helpful questions include what to expect during the initial visit, recommended frequency of treatment, the desired doctor’s office hours and how treatment might benefit a particular condition. Because most chiropractic offices offer compatible treatments, also ask about complementary modalities such as acupuncture, massage therapy, heat therapy, and interferential current therapy using minute electrical pulses for deep tissue pain relief.

Be Consistent

“You shouldn’t expect instant results,” says Aho. “You’ll benefit the most if you don’t wait too long after first experiencing symptoms of a problem before starting treatment, and are consistent with your treatment.” Being proactive can foster good results.

St.Cyr concurs, stating, “When patients follow their chiropractor’s recommended routine of regular corrective care, they get the best results.

Be consistent with visits and do your customized spinal exercises; they’ve been proven to work.”

Robin expounds that not following through with homecare is a common pitfall for patients. “Like dental care, you always need to do something for your spine every day, be it stretching, other exercise or good nutrition.”

She notes that everyone’s response to chiropractic is different. “Be realistic. If you’ve experienced injuries or accidents, it will take longer, and your healing might look different from that of someone else that is free of injuries and follows a healthier diet. Sometimes people give up on chiropractic instead of finding a chiropractor that is good for them. You wouldn’t give up going to the dentist, and the same should apply to chiropractic care.”

Chiropractic Techniques Sampler Activator Method – A small, handheld instrument is used to gently address targeted areas for many conditions, especially low back pain and specific types of headaches including migraine. It’s considered safe for children and patients with severe arthritis and osteoporosis.

Graston Technique – Instrument-assisted, soft tissue mobilization helps reduce scar tissue and persistent pain from acute and old injuries, as well as resolve longstanding trigger points in muscles and joints. It promotes circulation in affected areas to reduce pain and inflammation. It also may allay non-systemic causes of fibromyalgia.

Directional NonForce Technique – This gentle method stimulates reflex reactions to determine potential discrepancy in leg lengths and corrective measures. It improves structural alignment and function and aids natural healing responses.

Network Spinal Analysis (network chiropractic) – This low-force technique addresses the entire body to improve communication between the brain and nerves via points along the spine and is suited to all ages.

Flexion-Distraction (Cox Method) – Mechanical and hands-on adjustment aids in stretching of the back. This method is especially beneficial for degenerative disc disease, herniated discs, spinal stenosis, scoliosis, neck and back pain and restricted spinal joints.

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Fermented Foods Revival Rediscover Probiotic-Rich Foods

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Colorful jars of fermented Korean kimchee, Indian chutney, German sauerkraut and bottles of kombucha line many grocery store shelves today. We’re in the midst of a fermented food revival.

Grassroots Groundswell

“I grew up in New York City as the grandson of immigrants from Belarus, and sauerkraut and pickles were common foods I always loved, but neither my grandparents nor anyone else I knew made them,” says Sandor Katz.

This Woodbury, Tennessee, writer who travels the world giving related workshops is credited with bringing fermented foods back into the limelight. He explains, “I am self-taught and learned to ferment by experimentation. It was that first successful batch of sauerkraut that sparked my obsession. I also love eating cheese, beer, chocolate, coffee, yogurt and many other products of fermentation.”

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Vegetables & Herbs in Krauts, Kimchis, Brined Pickles, Chutneys, Relishes & Pastes, homestead in Oregon’s Jackson Valley. “A fateful Christmas gift—a ceramic crock full of bubbling, fermenting cabbage under the tree, funky fermenty smell and all,” first piqued their interest, Kirsten recalls. “Eventually, we started our own small farmstead fermentation company.” Christopher explains that the combination of salt and shredded or chopped vegetables can launch the production of probiotic lactic acid bacteria that preserves the food and drives off “bad bacteria”.

Jennifer McGruther, who lives in the Pacific Northwest, is the author of The Nourished Kitchen cookbook, an offshoot of her blog of the same name.

Her first batch of fermented food was yogurt. Now she visits her local farm-

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ers’ market every Saturday before spending Sunday prepping foods for the rest of the week. “Traditional foods like fermented vegetables, yogurt or kombucha don’t take long to prepare; they take time to culture, but it’s so rewarding,” she says.

How Much Is Enough?

Fermented foods offer a variety of positive effects on health. “If you’re consuming a diet rich in fermented foods, you’re essentially bathing your GI tract in healthy, food-related organisms,” says food research scientist Robert Hutkins, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Fermented foods with live probiotics can also improve brain function, according to a study in the journal Gastroenterology.

Fermented foods are meant to be eaten as condiments, not consumed in large quantities. Overdoing such

intake might cause bloating, cramping and other digestion problems. Dr. Leonard Smith, a gastrointestinal and vascular surgeon and medical advisor for the University of Miami Department of Integrative Medicine, recommends “a half-cup of cultured vegetables or two ounces of your favorite probiotic liquid per day to start.” He says it’s possible to eventually work up to having a serving of cultured vegetables and probiotic liquids at every meal, or possibly as a between-meal snack.

Christopher Shockey adds, “We don’t see these foods as a ‘medicine’ to be eaten daily because you have to force yourself; instead, we see it as a fun, delicious, easy, healthful addition to mealtime.”

Judith Fertig writes cookbooks and foodie fiction from Overland Park, KS (JudithFertig.com).

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Use a food processor with a coarse grating blade to shred the cabbage, carrots, apple, ginger, chili, onion and turmeric. (Consider wearing food-safe gloves to avoid touching the chili.)

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Transfer to a crock or a large glass or ceramic bowl, and mix well.

In a pitcher or large measuring cup, dissolve the salt in the water, stirring if necessary to dissolve the salt. Pour the saltwater over the salsa mixture until all ingredients are submerged, leaving a couple of inches at the top for expansion.

Place a snug-fitting plate inside the crock or bowl over the salsa-water mixture; then weigh it down with food-safe weights or a bowl or jar of water, so the vegetables remain submerged under the brine as they ferment. Cover with a lid or a cloth, and allow it to ferment five to seven days, checking periodically to ensure the salsa is still submerged below the water line.

If any mold forms on the surface, simply scoop it out. It won’t spoil the salsa unless it gets deeper inside the crock. (It may form where the mixture meets the air, but it rarely forms deeper.)

After one week, put the salsa in jars or a bowl, cover and place in the fridge, where it usually lasts up to a year.

Traditional kefir is made with cow’s milk, but can be made with plantbased milks like cashew, almond, sunflower seed or coconut. The sweetener feeds the kefir microbes, leaving minimal sugar in the end product.

The grains will grow over time; only about one tablespoon of kefir grains is needed to keep the kefir going; remove the extras to eat, give to friends or add to compost.

1 quart (or liter) filtered water ½ cup raw, unsalted cashews 1 tsp coconut sugar, pure maple syrup or agave nectar 1 Tbsp kefir grains (a natural starter, available at health food stores and online) Mandarin sections for garnish (optional) Use a blender to blend the water, cashews and coconut sugar (or maple syrup or agave nectar) until it’s smooth and creamy.

Pour the cashew milk into a 1½- to 2-quart glass jar, making sure it is less than two-thirds full. Add the kefir grains, stir and then place the cap on the jar.

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Place the grape leaves or other leafy greens on top of the chopped ingredients to help hold them under the brine; then weigh the mix down with foodsafe weights or a jar or bowl of water.

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Remove the covering, weights and grape leaves or other leafy greens.

Dish out into jars or a bowl, cover and refrigerate, where the salad should last six to 12 months.

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MOVING FROM LOOKING TO SEEING

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or the past 40 years, Robert Llewellyn has photographed thousands of unique beauties— many of them trees, flowers, seeds and other landscape elements. “For a photographer, anything can be a good subject, even dirt,” he says.

“My mission is to move people from merely looking at things to deeply seeing things as they are.”

For Llewellyn’s first collaboration with garden writer Nancy Ross Hugo, Remarkable Trees of Virginia, published in 2008, the pair drove 20,000 miles in four years observing and capturing the complex lives of 100 notable trees. It was on this assignment that the Earlysville, Virginia, photographer developed his now-signature technique, subsequently used to illustrate one of their follow-up books, Seeing Trees.

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“I wanted to photograph small parts—leaves, fruit, bark and flowers— so I would cut off a bloom, twig or seed pod and put it on a light table and take hundreds of photos, which, strung together, were infinitely sharp, like a botanic drawing. I found I could zoom into my subject up to a pollen grain this way.”

Llewellyn lives with his wife on a 60-acre farm in tree-studded Albemarle County, enjoying 200-year-old oaks outside their front door. His latest of nearly 40 books, The Living Forest, is due out in October.

Why are trees, to your eyes, so captivating?

When I first started photographing trees, I thought of them as objects in the design of a photograph, rather than something that’s alive. When I

began to look at a tree’s acorns, flowers and pollen, I realized that this tree is doing what we do: it’s born, grows, has offspring and dies; it seeks air, nutrients and light. Trees all have a fascinating master plan for survival and reproduction. Some trees can build an architectural structure that grows 150 feet high and can withstand 100-milean-hour winds.

How do you suggest that a newbie tree-watcher start learning how to see trees more intimately?

Read a book like Seeing Trees, then get up, go out and observe trees in real time, at different times of the year and track what they do. Take pencil and paper and draw them, or take pictures.

Start by exploring trees in your backyard or a nearby park.

Share a quality magnifying glass to encourage youngsters to get closer to the trees, too. Challenge them to find flowers, fruit or spots where last year’s leaves fell off. Kids love that. I visit schools and have kids go out and collect fallen tree debris that we look at together.

What makes some of your favorite trees so distinctive?

Red maples make an early entrance in spring, their flowers appearing before the leaves, and drop their “helicopter” seeds in spring to germinate before anything can eat them. In spring, an entire hill will turn red with these maples, but it’s not their leaves; it’s the trees’ flowers, getting ready to drop their showy red dresses on the ground before anything else is blooming.

You can learn a lot about trees by seeing what’s on the ground through their life cycles. Sycamore, for example, has both male and female flowers.

The female flowers develop into fruiting seedpods that dry out and hang on through winter until a spring wind blows them apart.

Rather than seeing trees as dead in winter, what can we look for?

Trees are very much alive in winter.

When leaves fall off, they leave behind little pointed leaf buds. You can cut them open and find tiny green leaves encapsulated which remain unfrozen, waiting to open up in the spring. Twigs

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We can also witness the diverse life in and on trees in all seasons. That includes bugs, plants, fungi and parasites, in addition to the animals that nest in them and eat their fruits and nuts. I once found a round ball on an oak tree that turned out to be a wasp gall for its offspring, its larvae hanging in the middle.

How are tree-viewing skills transferrable to other aspects of our lives?

The skill of observation is vital: moving from looking to seeing. At a party, you can just mindlessly chatter with people or you can really see them—what their bodies, gestures and emotions are communicating. Labels and names get in the way of seeing things as they are.

Stop labeling things or worrying about what they are called; as in meditation, just relax into observing, to embrace things as they are.

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Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

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Trained staff—including many former students—teach yoga, mindfulness practices, meditation, centering and breath work that empower kids to resolve conflicts peacefully.

Brothers Atman and Ali Smith and friend Andres Gonzalez founded the nonprofit Holistic Life Foundation (HLF) in 2001 in response to the pressing need to help kids living in challenging urban environments better manage stress, anger and other heightened emotions. Today, the organization is sowing the seeds of mindfulness with some 7,500 students a week across 18 Baltimore-area schools, usually beginning through daylong, school-wide interventions and afterschool programs supporting targeted populations.

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School. “Sometimes when I get mad, I just breathe deep. I picture being in a certain place I like and I just stop being mad… I think of being a bigger person and doing something maybe a wise man would do,” advises one fifth-grade participant.

“When we had to take a big test, before I took it and in the middle, I took deep breaths to stay calm and finish the test. When everybody around you is making a lot of noises, you just try to tune them out and be yourself, do your breathing,” says another fifth-grader.

The training starts with educators learning mindfulness techniques both to help their students and also manage their own stress in the classroom. “The program was a fantastic experience,” says Lori Gustovson, a teacher at Baltimore’s Lincoln Elementary School. “We integrated the exercises into our daily schedules, helping many students and teachers focus their attention and regulate emotions such as anxiety, anger and frustration. We are a better school because of the time they spent in our classrooms teaching us the beauty of paying attention to breath, movement and each other,” she observes.

These are tools kids can rely on for the rest of their lives, and use them to get back to their center.

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Participating schools have reported fewer fights, better attendance and higher grades, among other benefits, according to Ali Smith, all results backed by independent research.

Recent studies in schools from San Francisco to Columbus, Ohio, have shown that teaching kids mindfulness practices can heighten attentiveness, self-control and empathy, while reducing stress, hyperactivity and depression, and improving academic performance.

The kids also apply their newfound skills at home. “To take ownership of the practice and understand the benefits, you have to know how to explain it, so we use a reciprocal teaching model,” says Ali. “We teach the kids to say, ‘Mom, Dad, you look stressed; can you take a breather with me?’”

Martin, a Lincoln Elementary student, was pleased to report, “I went to my house and taught my mom how to do all the things you guys taught us.”

Virginia, another student, noted, “This

morning I got mad at my dad, but then I remembered to breathe, and then I didn’t shout.”

Other schools are following suit.

Mindful Schools began in 2007 as a single-school program in Oakland, California, and then expanded to support online and in-person courses and a network of mindful educators spanning all 50 states and more than 100 countries. The David Lynch Foundation funds efforts to bring transcendental meditation to underserved kids in classrooms like the Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School, in Queens, New York; Wilson High School, in Portland, Oregon; and Wayzata West Middle School, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, among others.

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This meditation exercise is recommended by the Holistic Life Foundation to help kids slow down, relax, de-stress or clear their heads:

Sit comfortably with one hand on your belly, with your head, neck and spine in alignment. Breathe through your nose. As you inhale, feel your belly expand and pause for a second. Then, exhale and feel the belly fall. Repeat for 10 breaths.

This mindfulness instruction is excerpted from a starter lesson at MindfulSchools.org:

Mindfulness is noticing what is happening in the present moment. It can help calm us when we are angry, sad or frustrated. It can help us notice when we are happy or grateful and also to focus, whether in school or in sports.

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n facing up to today’s often degrading environmental, economic, political, social and hyper-individualistic cultural conditions, we instinctively know that survival requires coming together to effect constructive change. Here are proven approaches to community building that work.

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Build a campfire. Whether literal or metaphoric, create a clear, focused attraction that draws people into a circle.

Connect with nature and the seasons. Tying gatherings into what’s happening seasonally with all life forms is a traditionally effective way of fostering community.

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Welcome each person. Either designate greeters or go around the circle welcoming and acknowledging each participant before proceeding with the event’s main activity.

People that feel seen and known are more likely to stay involved.

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Provide food and drink. Traditional societies have always taken hospitality seriously. Having people bring items to add to the collective feast is better than catering.

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Ceremony, ritual and the sacred.

Deep in our collective human memory lie countless spring and harvest festivals, ceremonial or religious events, meals and celebrations that included a strong sense of passage, initiation and the sacredness of all life. Use one as a springboard to add meaning to a contemporary gathering.

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Collective problem solving.

People bond into a community when they participate in solving a real-world community problem, helping someone in need or addressing a situation that demands a community solution. Consider using Robert’s Rules of Order or other guidelines for discussions that maintain civility, discourage competitiveness and peacefully resolve conflicts in order to reach consensus.

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Storytelling. Humans learn best when seeing and hearing stories.

Facts don’t arouse us as much as narratives and full-body experiences do.

Bombarding people with facts won’t create desired change. We must be inspired to act on the knowledge.

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Elders. Shared history, respect and affection are vital to belonging.

Adults coping with a high-stress, industrialized culture might tend to find elders’ stories slow-moving and boring, but they are a critical resource for our collective survival. Beware of the “star from afar” syndrome that posits outsiders as experts, rather than honoring and developing our own community resources, which won’t disappear at the end of an event.

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Dance and body movement. Modern society makes us sit a lot. Physical action connects us in a way nothing else can.

Beauty and music. Our eyes and ears are portals to the soul and spirit of the human psyche. Even a simple drum can bond individuals into a coherent group.

Community singing can be powerful medicine, as places of worship ever demonstrate. A simple flower on the table or painting on the wall brings powerful archetypal energies to bear

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FELINE WORKFORCE Why a Job is the Cat’s Meow

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ome cats started their careers in barns with minimal job opportunities. With updated skills, they now boost office morale, encourage reading, promote products and provide therapy. Community cats even work in private security.

In the Office Millennials, now comprising a third of this country’s stressed-out labor force, according to the Pew Research Center and American Psychological Association, are among those that can benefit from having a cat around. Lowered blood pressure is one result, according to research by psychologist Karen Allen, Ph.D., conducted at the University at Buffalo. Even when comfort breaks are hard to schedule, insistent cats cannot be ignored.

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Therapists At the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco, Duke Ellington Morris visits with patients while nurses check vital signs; he’s part of an animalassisted therapy program through the city’s Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

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“At 18, Cleo, my small, gray cat, retired from therapy visits and missed the attention,” says Michelle Cardosi, a retail clerk in Silt, Colorado. “Kids reading to her at the school library provided a solution that satisfied everyone.”

In 2010, the public library in White Settlement, Texas, adopted Browser to remedy a rodent problem.

Five years later, the city council cited pending renovations and a potential impact on allergies in backing a motion to oust Browser. Supporters, pointing out that the cat brought children through the doors, successfully petitioned to keep the four-legged employee.

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provide needed services. The Kitty Bungalow Charm School for Wayward Cats rescues such cats from Los Angeles shelters. Each is vetted, spayed/neutered and microchipped. “When they’re adopted out in threes, community cats are more likely to stay on the job,” notes founder and headmistress Shawn Simons.

“In Southern California, working cats are employed as assistants to brewmasters at the Monkish Brewery to protect the grain and hops and at Saluti Cellars as vintner support in charge of gopher population control,” says Simons. “More traditionally, cats at the Portuguese Bend Riding Club barn discourage mice and make friends with horses and riders.”

The school’s Working Cat Program partners with area recycling centers, golf courses, warehouses and industrial parks that could otherwise lose hundreds of millions of dollars annually due to vermin-related structural damage, including gnawed wiring and other potential fire hazards. “Businesses get an all-natural, safe and effective way to control pests and cats live life naturally,” says Simons.

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Rain Garden Workshop – 1-5pm. Learn how to build a rain garden, a sunken garden bed that captures stormwater and allows it to soak into the ground naturally. Soak up step-by-step details on how to plan, design and build your own rain garden. Free. Hosted by Bridgeport United Church of Christ, 621 NE 76th Ave, Portland. Brought to you by East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District. 503-222-7645. Register and see other dates, locations and workshops online at EMSWCD.org/workshops.

Whole Foods Cooking Lab IV – 9am-5pm.

With Ellen Goldsmith, LAc. Learn how to utilize flavors from a Chinese nutritional and therapeutic perspective to increase healing value and action.

The day will include an introduction to the Chinese medicinal approach to eating in tune with the seasons and how to create energetically balanced meals. $225; see website for specials. By The Wellspring School at Fred Meyer, 100 NW 20th Pl, Portland. 503-688-1482. Info & register; TheWellspring.org/classes.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4

RaSani Body Mind Spirit Fair – 10am-5pm. Oct 7 & 8. Over 100 independent alternative holistic practitioners and exhibitors will offer massage, energy work, life coaching, nutritional coaching, yoga, aromatherapy, readings, astrology, chakra balancing, crystals, aura photos, art, jewelry and unique gifts. 30 FREE lectures and speakers. $5; kids under 12 free. Linn County Fair & Expo, 3700 Knox Butte Rd E, Albany. RasaniFair.com.

Healing Through Grief – 7-8pm. Amyra Braha, Spiritual Care and Bereavement Counselor, speaks to us about how grief is a natural response to any form of loss we experience in our life’s transitions and reminds us that unresolved grief can result in an imbalance in our physical, emotional and spiritual health. The Movement Center, 1021 33rd Ave, Portland. 503-231-0383. Info@TheMovementCenter. com. TheMovementCenter.com.

Transformation Through Shamanic Energy Medicine – 2-5pm. A highly experiential introductory workshop. Feel the power and magic of shamanic energy medicine through demonstrations and hands-on exercises. Experience the presence and impact of the luminous energy field that surrounds your body. Learn how shamanic energy medicine techniques clear stubborn dysfunctional patterns and unwanted energies. Discover powerful messages that await you through a guided shamanic journey. $35. New Renaissance Bookshop, 1338 NW 23rd Ave, Portland. 503-224-4929.

NRBEvents@gmail.com. NewRenBooks.com.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14

Free Workshop and Dinner – 6pm. Get Rid of Chronic Pain and Inflammation in a Natural Way. Learn the real cause chronic inflammation and pain, and diet, herbs and supplements to treat it. Hosted by A New Way Clinic. Limited seats; please RSVP 503-545-6285.

Awaken Your Inner Fire – 7-8:30pm. Your Inner Fire is the vital energy within you, the unseen force that gives life to your being. In this evening workshop, best-selling author HeatherAsh Amara will introduce you to the fundamentals of your Inner Fire and share how the four major aspects of your being, the mental, spiritual, emotional and physical, all interact with this powerful energy. $20. New Renaissance Bookshop, 1338 NW 23rd Ave, Portland. 503-224-4929. NRBEvents@ gmail.com. NewRenBooks.com.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5 American Herbalists Annual Symposium – Oct 5-9. The 28th Annual Symposium hosts leading herbal educators, delivering cutting-edge presentations on a wide range of topics in herbal medicine. Learn from skilled botanists on plant walks, take part in panel discussions and find out about leading companies in herbal products, education and more. Oregon Garden Resort, Silverton. 617520-4372. Office@AmericanHerbalistsGuild. com. Register at TinyURL.com/ahgsymp. See ad, page 17.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6 Shamanism Today – 6-8pm Fri; 9am-6pm Sat-Sun. Become a warrior with heart! Explore self-empowerment, the shamanic journey, totem animals, earth and sky energy and ecstatic dance.

Class is a series of guided exercises to open up and be comfortable with shamanic reality. The focus will be how to apply the gathered energy for healing sessions on one another. You are invited to bring your own instruments (drums, rattles, Tibetan bowls, etc.), crystals, flower essences, etc. Workshop is open to beginners. $395. OSM Portland Campus, 9500 SW Barbur Blvd, #100, Portland. Register at 503-244-3420. Oregon SchoolOfMassage.com.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8 Qigong – 1-4pm. Qigong means “Energy Work”.

A moving meditation enriched with breath and imagery, this practice expands the breath, heals the organs and connects students with nature and their inner selves. Beginners and experienced qigong practitioners will benefit from this self care class.

Students will learn a series that they can practice on their own to recuperate and rejuvenate from the physical, mental and emotional stresses of bodywork. Movements are easy to follow and individualized for people living with acute or chronic illness or injury. $70. OSM Portland Campus, 9500 SW Barbur Blvd, #100, Portland. Register at 503-244-3420. OregonSchoolOfMassage.com.

Attract Your Divine Partner – 2-6pm. Intuitive Mark Mezadourian guides us through a seven part process that makes visible the unseen influences on our romantic lives. It begins with placing our attention on ourselves, and then progressively clearing away beliefs, patterns and experiences that no longer serve us from this lifetime, our ancestry, our past lives and our aspects of self (child, adolescent and adult). Our uniqueness emerges as we forgive everyone and release the constraint of outdated ideas and ideals. $50. New Renaissance Bookshop, 1338 NW 23rd Ave, Port-

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10 Boost Your Brain Power – 7pm. Learn what harms our brain and the causes of dementia, memory loss and Alzheimer’s. We will discuss natural ways to improve brain function, memory and concentration. Limited seats; please RSVP 503-545-6285. Lake Oswego Library, 706 4th St, Lake Oswego.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11

Portland VegFest – 10am-6pm. Sat & Sun. Free food samples, prominent speakers, chef demonstrations, restaurants, films, fitness area, kids and teens activities, bookstore and more. Admission $10, students/seniors $7, kids under 12 free.

Oregon Convention Center. PortlandVegFest.org.

Let’s Lenormand: Mastering the Box Spread – 11-1pm. Learn to consult your higher self and create a conscious future with the Lenormand oracle deck. In this hands-on workshop we will focus on mastering a signature Lenormand layout, the box spread. The heart of the matter lies within this versatile and accessible layout.

Get ready to predict and play! For beginning to intermediate Lenormand readers. $20. New Renaissance Bookshop, 1338 NW 23rd Ave, Portland. 503-224-4929. NRBEvents@gmail. com. NewRenBooks.com.

Awaken, Unburden, Create – 6-8:30pm. With shamanic practitioner Jan-Engels Smith. Ancients knew how to heal and how to care for the soul, a person’s primary life force. The potent techniques they utilized are available for us to cultivate well-being on all levels: mental, emotional, physical and spiritual. Learn to integrate these techniques into your own life through the contemporary practice of guided meditation. $40.

New Renaissance Bookshop, 1338 NW 23rd Ave, Portland. 503-224-4929. NRBEvents@gmail. com. NewRenBooks.com.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15 Barefoot Shiatsu Massage – 9:30am-3pm. Class is 3 sessions, Oct 15, 22 & 29. Barefoot Shiatsu is a traditional Japanese approach to bodywork utilizing the feet to press, stretch and stroke the body in what is a surprisingly comfortable and satisfying massage experience. It is also fun to do. Barefoot technique develops a strong sense of

balance, body awareness and sensitivity similar to practicing Tai Ji Quan. $340. OSM Portland Campus, 9500 SW Barbur Blvd, #100, Portland.

Register at 503-244-3420. OregonSchoolOf Massage.com.

Portland VegFest – 10am-6pm. See Oct 14 listing for details.

Introduction to the Ascended Masters – 2-3:30pm. Do you ever wonder why life is such a struggle? It doesn’t have to be this way. There are beings of light looking for people to help.

You could be one of them. Learn how to contact them for help with your finances, relationships, health, career and spiritual path. Free. Hillsdale Library, 1525 SW Sunset Blvd, Portland. paull@hei.net. Summit Lighthouse of Portland.

SummitLighthouse.org.

Gong Sound Healing Session – 3-4:30pm. Participants will be led through gentle moving and breathing techniques to prepare the physical and energy bodies for a profound healing experience using the sacred sound of several gongs and crystal bowls. $20. The Movement Center, 1021 33rd Ave, Portland. 503-231-0383. Info@TheMovement Center.com. TheMovementCenter.com.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 Crystal Bowl Sound Bath – 7-8:30pm. Every 3rd Monday. Restore, Relax & Renew with Shalom Mayberg. Experience deep relaxation and supported, self-generated healing through restorative crystal sound. We offer you rest while bathing in vibrations of crystal, as stress clears away the mind receives balance and deep body systems embrace support, opening space for inner peace and stillness. $15 in advance or $20 at the door.

OSM Portland Campus, 9500 SW Barbur Blvd, #100, Portland. 503-244-3420. OregonSchool OfMassage.com.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18 Fatigue, Thyroid, Hormones and Your Gut – 6pm. Lecture on thyroid problems and the connection between gut problems, such as leaky gut or Small Intestine Bacteria Overgrowth and thyroid problems. Hosted by A New Way Clinic. Limited seats; please RSVP 503-545-6285.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19 Who Are You in the Tarot? – 6:30-8:30pm.

Learn a powerful numerological tool to discover your own Tarot constellation and how this influences your journey through life. We will also look at how each year is influenced by a different Tarot archetype. Bring your Tarot deck, also available for purchase, and a journal. $20. New Renaissance Bookshop, 1338 NW 23rd Ave, Portland. 503-224-4929. NRBEvents@gmail.com.

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Singing Crystal Bowls Diwali Celebration – 7:30-9:30pm. Each Solstice and Equinox and a special celebration on Diwali, we meditate with the Singing Crystal Bowls, with folks locally and non-locally, for peace, harmony and love for the planet. Free Lending Library, veggie refreshments/herbal tea, Chakra balancing & healing.

Energy exchange $10. Thurs, 12/21 Yuletide Party begins at 6:30pm, call for info. Please RSVP. 503-753-1590, JudieMaronFriend@gmail.com.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 Massage Training Preview – 10am-12:30pm.

Learn about Oregon School of Massage’s 640hour training program in the massage profession at this free presentation. OSM is committed to providing holistic education that integrates the body, mind, heart and spirit. Winter term begins Jan 9. RSVP. Community Education classes are also offered each quarter. See website for details.

Free. OSM Portland Campus, 9500 SW Barbur Blvd, #100, Portland. Nicole. 503-244-3420.

NS@OregonSchoolOfMassage.com. Oregon SchoolOfMassage.com.

The Gluten Free Food Allergy Fest – 10am4pm. Whether you’re thinking about going gluten free or you’re a gluten-free pro looking for new products and ideas, the GFFA Fest has something for everyone. Close to 65 exhibitors and tons of tasty food to sample that will satisfy any appetite.

Admission also gets you into any of the seminars and cooking demonstrations going on all day.

Portland Expo Center, 2060 North Marine Dr, Portland. GlutenFreeFoodAllergyFest.com.

Body Mind Spirit Expo – 10am-6pm, Sat; 10am-5pm, Sun. Join us in our new location at the Washington County Fair Complex in Hillsboro for the latest in new thought presentations, the best advances in alternative health and as always the nation’s finest selections of psychics and mediums. This year’s theme is Shine Your Truth. Wonderful exhibits and free presentations.

Weekend admission $12; free $5 gift certificate from New Renaissance Bookshop to first 1,000 attendees. Washington County Fair Complex, 873 NE 34th Ave, Hillsboro. BMSE.net.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22 The Gluten Free Food Allergy Fest – 10am-4pm.

See Oct 21 listing for details.

Body Mind Spirit Expo –10am-5pm. See Oct 21 listing for details.

Shaping Clay, Shaping Life Workshop – 1-4pm.

The Next Cairn offers this art journey designed to help participants explore personal loss and hope while working in clay. No art experience necessary. All materials provided. Proceeds will help provide a workshop for homeless youth. The Next Cairn is a continuation of Chicago artist Corinne D. Peterson’s Cairn Project (TheCairnProject. com) Peterson will co-lead this Portland workshop. Advance registration required. $125. Radius Community Art Studios, 322 SE Morrison St, Portland. 503-720-6199. TheNextCairn@gmail. com. BeSpacePDX.com.

Free Workshop and Dinner – 6pm. Get Rid of Chronic Pain and Inflammation in a Natural Way. Learn the real cause chronic inflammation and pain, and diet, herbs and supplements to treat it. Hosted by A New Way Clinic. Limited seats; please RSVP 503-545-6285.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24 Shaping Clay, Shaping Life Workshop – 5:308:30pm. See Oct 22 listing for details.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25 The Three Steps to Ultimate Health – 6pm.

Improve Your Detoxification, Adrenal Health, and Digestion. A fundamental workshop with the three most important steps to improving your health. Includes a discussion of clinically proven supplements, herbs and medicinal foods that you can use yourself. Hosted by A New Way Clinic.

Limited seats; please RSVP 503-545-6285.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 Shaping Clay, Shaping Life Workshop – 10am1pm. See Oct 22 listing for details.

MONDAY OCTOBER 30 Free Workshop and Dinner – 6pm. Detox workshop for better health. Learn about environmental toxins that can be damaging to your health and how to clean your body from the inside out.

Hosted by A New Way Clinic. Limited seats; please RSVP 503-545-6285.

If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently. ~Bill Watterson

MONDAY, OCTOBER 23 Yoga Therapy Training 300-hour Yoga Alliance – Begins Oct 23, 10:30am. Thru Dec 13, 2018.

Trauma-informed, mindfulness-based, neurobiologically-grounded training with Sarahjoy Marsh.

Graduates provide yoga therapy to their clients, as well as in schools, hospitals and rehab clinics.

Content includes orthopedics, adaptive yoga, addiction recovery, trauma-recovery, Ayurveda and more. Advance registration required. DAYA Foundation, 5210 SW Corbett Ave, Portland.

503-552-9642. Sarahjoy@SarahjoyYoga.com.

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plan ahead ongoingevents Quantum-Touch Level I Workshop – Nov 4 & 5. 10am-5pm. Join one of QT’s longest standing instructors, Judie Maron-Friend, for a 2-day intensive energy healing workshop and forever change your life at the quantum level! 13 CE credits.

Whether you’re a novice or professional, learn this world renowned, love-based healing technique & change lives. $350-21 days prior, $400 thereafter.

503-753-1590. JudieMaronFriend@gmail.com.

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Be Grounded: A Day Retreat for Women – Nov 12. 9am-2pm. Connect and practice together to learn breath and meditation, cranial and neck massage and nourishing recipes to ground into the fall. Leave feeling lighter, taller and with more healing tools to practice on yourself and your family. Join Paige Common of Eatin’ Alive, Rebecca Macy LPCi RYT of Art of Balance and Kailyn Knight LMT. Materials, zine cookbook, guided mediations, chakra crystals and healing foods included. $81 up to Oct 15, $90 after. Alma Education and Movement Space. 971-279-6627.

Kailyn@MassageTherapy.com. BeGrounded2017.

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Women’s SoulCollage Retreat – Nov 30-Dec 3. Nestle in a pristine forest with soothing hot springs, delicious meals and explore your inner world through intuition, imagination and a sea of images to spark your creativity. You will create a unique set of collaged cards full of symbolism, personal meaning and wisdom. Enjoy journaling, dream sharing and exploring your inner mysteries.

Materials provided. This is a small group event; reserve your place soon. $350 ($315 by 11/1) plus lodging. Breitenbush Hot Springs. 503-2610600. CBrodner@gmail.com. Breitenbush.com/ november-workshops.

Awakening into the Sacred – Dec 14-17. 6pm.

Join us for our 21st annual winter solstice Breitenbush Yoga retreat. We’ll dive deeply into yogic practices (asana, pranayama, chanting, meditation), bask in the nourishment of the hot springs and the ancient forest, and explore questions of living your dharma in body, mind, and spirit.

Breitenbush Hot Springs. Sarahjoy Marsh. 503552-9642. Support@SarahjoyYoga.com.

Wholistic Self-Care and Cleanses – Jan 6-7, 2018. Sat & Sun. 9am-5:30pm. With Michael Guida. This two-day course covers different cleansing and detox plans and how to determine which would be appropriate. Self-care protocols will include nasal cleansing, self-massage, dry brushing, enemas, meditation, oil pulling, joint opening exercising, French Green Clay and more.

Eligible for 14 CEU hours. $300; see website for specials. For more info and to register: TheWellspring.org/classes.

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~Albert Camus

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sunday Morning “Loving Kindness” Meditation Group – 10am-1pm. Fourth Sunday. With Paul M. Rakoczy, Reiki Master. Experience group meditation with meditators and beginners alike. There will be multiple sits with discussion in between. Bring a sit cushion; chairs available. Call or email to register. Group is offered at “no charge”. 3939 NE Hancock, Ste 205, Portland. 503-997-8611. PMR1354@hotmail.com.

PaulRakoczyTherapist.com/groups.

Tuesday Night Weekly Meditation – 7-8pm. Cultivate presence in your life through meditation, sacred play and centering techniques. Learn to transform and release heavy energy from the body, mind and energy field. We focus on different methods each week to enhance or build a foundation for your own practice. $10. Rising Fire Shamanism: School & Healing Center, 1829 NE Alberta St, Ste 5, Portland. 503-288-5175.

RisingFire.One@gmail.com. Rising-Fire.com.

wednesday

Kyklos International Folk Dancers – 7-9:45pm.

Dance with us. We do a variety of dances from Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Israel and the United States, with a mix of couple, line and set dances. Newcomers are warmly welcomed. Please bring clean soft-soled shoes to protect the dance studio floor. Kyklos events are fragrance-free. Please do not wear chemicals or scented products. $2; free for Reed students. Reed College Sport Center, 2870 SE Botsford Dr, Portland.

KyklosFolkDancers.org.

Amma Therapy Student Clinic – thru May 30, 2018. The Wellspring School’s Amma Therapy Student Clinic is a perfect way to experience a full Amma Therapy treatment at an affordable price from one of our soon-to-graduate Amma Therapy students.

Appointments available for all ages. Check website for dates and times. $35 for a one-hour treatment. The Wellspring School, 2440 NE MLK Jr Blvd, Ste 202, Portland. 503-688-1482. Info@TheWellspring.org.

TheWellspring.org/classes (clinic tab).

monday

Senior Discount – Every first Wednesday of the month is Senior Morning at the Hollywood Grocery Outlet.

During this time, anyone 55 or better will receive 10 percent off their total purchase (excludes alcohol).

Hollywood Grocery Outlet, 4420 NE Hancock St, Portland. 503-282-5248.

T’ai Chi Chuan: Yang Style – 5:30-6:30pm. With Michael Guida. T’ai Chi Chuan is a Taoist form of exercise and active meditation. Practicing the form promotes greater energy awareness and selfdevelopment. All levels welcome. $12 drop-in; see website for specials. The Wellspring School, 2440 NE MLK Jr Blvd, Ste 202, Portland. 503-688-1482.

Info@TheWellspring.org. TheWellspring.org/classes.

Healing from Depression & Anxiety Support Group – 6:30-9pm. Experience the healing power of community. Learning practical tools and coping strategies that will create wellness and reduce your symptoms of depression and anxiety. Conveniently located. Sliding scale fee. 503-544-9248. DouglasBloch@gmail.com. tinyurl.com/lnjfuvk.

The Movement Center Community Meditation Program – 7-8pm. Join us for chanting, satsang and guided meditation in our beautiful meditation hall.

Community yoga ($5) before meditation, from 5:456:45pm. The Movement Center, 1021 NE 33rd Ave, Portland. 503-231-0383. Info@TheMovementCenter. com. TheMovementCenter.com.

tuesday Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement Class – 5:45-6:45pm. Bring greater ease into your daily movements: breathing, walking, turning, reaching, safer pelvic movement, freeing your back and more. $13 drop-in; other discounts may apply. The Movement Center Yoga Studio, 1021 NE 33rd Ave, Portland.

503-313-9813. Register: MCYoga.com/calendar.

Healing from Depression & Anxiety Support Group – 6:30-9pm. Experience the healing power of community. Learning practical tools and coping strategies that will create wellness and reduce your symptoms of depression and anxiety. Conveniently located. Sliding scale fee. 503-544-9248. DouglasBloch@gmail.com. tinyurl.com/lnjfuvk.

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The Movement Center Community Meditation Program – 7-8pm. Join us for a short talk and guided meditation. Community yoga ($5) before meditation, from 5:45-6:45pm. The Movement Center, 1021 NE 33rd Ave, Portland. 503-231-0383. Info@The MovementCenter.com. TheMovementCenter.com.

Evening Reiki Share Group – 7-9:30pm. First Wednesday. With Paul M Rakoczy, Reiki Master.

Share or exchange reiki energy with practitioners and beginners alike. No experience necessary to encounter the warm energy. Donations accepted.

Please RSVP by email. Individual sessions and attunements by appointment. 3939 NE Hancock, Ste 205, Portland. 503-997-8611. PMR1354@hotmail.com.

PaulRakoczyTherapist.com/groups.

thursday Introduction to the Ascended Masters – Do you ever wonder why life is such a struggle? It doesn’t have to be this way. There are beings of light looking for people to help. You could be one of them. Learn how to contact them for help with your finances, relationships, health, career and spiritual path. Study group in Orchards, Vancouver. Please call for time and directions. Summit Lighthouse of Portland. 360-910-8004. paull@hei.net.

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T’ai Chi Chuan Yang Style – 9-10am. With Michael Guida. T’ai Chi Chuan is a Taoist form of exercise and active meditation. Practicing the form promotes greater energy awareness and self-development. All levels welcome. $12 drop-in; see website for specials. The Wellspring School, 2440 NE MLK Jr Blvd, Ste 202, Portland. 503-688-1482. Info@TheWellspring.org.

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n October the astrological energies shift dramatically. The desire and need for diplomatic overtures in search of peace-minded clarity meets with agitated and even volatile responses.

We are approaching what may feel like the last straw, a bridge too far, the end of the road, while desperately hoping 11th hour attempts to regain our footing and a semblance of balance will somehow save the day and show the way.

Of significant note is Jupiter’s entrance into Scorpio on October 11, bringing us to the battlefield where we can chose varying responses to conflict. As Jupiter spends the next year in this water sign that thrives on intensity, we can welcome the teachings of how one can potentially rise above the fray on the path of the spiritual warrior.

friday Feldenkrais: Awareness Through Movement – 10:30-11:30am. With Susan Marshall, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, ERYT-200 Yoga Teacher.

Influenced by yoga and martial arts, Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais developed a series of lessons designed to improve life through movement, to encourage conscious attention to small movements. By engaging the brain and nervous system, people learn in a simple, pleasurable way. $12 drop-in; see website for specials.

The Wellspring School, 2440 NE MLK Jr Blvd, Ste 202, Portland. 503-688-1482. Info@TheWellspring. org. TheWellspring.org/classes.

Learn, Grow and Play – 1:30-2pm. Inner Essence weekly workshops. Rehab - 2nd Friday of the month.

Learn muscle activation and how to retain and regain stability and strength in a functional pattern that teaches you how to move as a whole body. Love Your Spine - 3rd Friday. Gain a new insight into the importance of honoring your spine and how to create movement in your daily life with these subtle exercises. How To Class - 4th Friday. Learn how to manage your sore muscles with tricks and tips for self care. Hands-on class, props provided. Classes $10 for non-members, free for current practice members. RSVP; space is limited. Inner Essence Chiropractic & Healing Center, 2205 N Lombard St, Ste 101, Portland. Heidi Walrath 503-893-4407. InnerEssenceChiro@gmail.com. InnerEssenceChiro.com.

100 Handprint Healing Ritual – 5:30-7:30pm. First three Fridays each month. A powerful ceremony from the Tibetian Buddhist tradition to address challenges to physical, mental or emotional health. Call to reserve a place. The Movement Center, 1021 NE 33rd Ave, Portland. 503-231-0383. Info@TheMovementCenter. com. TheMovementCenter.com.

Mantras and musings for the month of October: Libra (Sep 23-Oct 22): The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. ~Leo Tolstoy

Aries (Mar 21-Apr 19): Raise your thoughts, not your fists. ~Matshona Dhliwayo

Scorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21): It is madness for a sheep to talk peace with a wolf. ~Thomas Fuller

Taurus (Apr 20-May 20): If you want peace, you won’t get it with violence. ~John Lennon

Sagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21): An eye for an eye and the whole world goes blind. ~Mohandas Gandhi

Gemini (May 21-Jun 20): Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity. ~George Carlin

Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19): Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. ~John F. Kennedy

Cancer (Jun 21-Jul 22): War cannot be humanized. It can only be abolished. ~ Albert Einstein

Aquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18): The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both sides. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Pisces (Feb 19-Mar 20): We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness. ~Thich Nhat Hanh

Leo (Jul 23-Aug 22): You cannot fix a problem in the world unless you’ve already resolved the underlying conflict within yourself. ~Auliq Ice Virgo (Aug 23-Sep 22): There is no path to peace. Peace is the path. ~Mohandas Gandhi

saturday Hypnosis for Weight Loss – 2-5pm. Reawakening from within. Natural, simple, easy weight loss program using hypnosis, qigong and nutrition. Space is limited; call to RSVP. 15800 SW Stratford Loop, Tigard. Sue Wiebe 503-267-8074. SueWiebe1234@yahoo.com.

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We specialize in Injury Treatment, Auto Accident Recovery, Acute & Chronic Pain Relief and Family Health & Wellness. At the North Portland Wellness Center our dedicated team provides effective medicine in a warm, comfortable environment.

inner essence chiropractic and healing CENTER Vitalistic Chiropractic, Naturopathic, and Rolfing 2205 N Lombard St, Ste 101 Portland, OR 97214 503-893-4407 InnerEssenceChiro.com

Oregon’s largest metaphysical book and gift store specializing in spiritual books from all traditions.

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Vitalistic chiropractic bringing consciousness into healing your physical, emotional and spiritual bodies; Naturopathic medicine healing the root cause; Rolfing for balance and freedom of movement.

GLACIER VALLEY BUILDERS LLC A Full Service Construction Company 503-893-9318 GlacierValleyBuilders.com

Small Local Family Run Business specializing in additions, remodels, and ADUs. We also take on smaller projects and provide property maintenance for rental properties.

CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY RUBATO CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY 10403 SE 10th St, Vancouver 360-624-5151 JimIvories.net Help with whiplash, migraines, PTSD, concentration, dizziness, TMJ, neck/shoulder/back pain, and more--in a peaceful setting. Jim Templeton, LMP #MA00013314

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AAdvanced Dental Healthy Life Dr Inna Shimanovsky, DMD

1508 St, Oregon City our Comfort in Washington Mind 503-659-3003 AAdvancedDental.com

The Smile for your Healthy life.

State-of-the-art dental care with your comfort in mind, while also caring about the world we live in.

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Body-Mind-Spirit Healing Arts LLC

TEMPLE MEDICINE HEALING

Patty Oliver, Akashic Records Soul Realignment® Master 503-369-7810 BodyMindSpiritHealingArts.com Release yourself from past-life karma with an in-depth reading and clearing of your Akashic Record. Conducted by phone, Skype or in-person.

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Amy Kimmick, BSN RN 1716 NE 42nd Ave, Portland TempleMedicineHealing.com My work brings you back to you, by way of energy healing, mediumship, and knowledge of the body to release ancestral patterns and emotions.

Aesthetic Dentistry of Lake Dr. Inna Shimanovsky, DMD Oswego

Larry Bowden, DMD 17720 Jean Way, Ste 200, Lake Oswego 503-620-7100

LakeOswegoCosmeticDentist.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 realized for individual needs.

The finest quality will always be provided.

Dental Designs

Lance J. Heppler DMD, FAGD 900 SE Chkalov Dr, Vancouver 360-896-1449 DentalDesignsVancouver.com Dr. Lance Heppler’s mission is to put patients at ease. His friendly demeanor is easy to talk to and his attention to detail means you’ll always be getting the very best in dental care. His approach to dentistry is to meet patient needs by blending art, science and intuition.

Dr. Heppler follows an amalgam removal protocol to safely remove mercury fillings.

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 promoting oral health by customizing the finest quality dentistry to suit a patient’s needs in a safe, caring environment.

expert pain Healing

Emotion/Body Code Practitioner Lori Arveson 971-800-1560 LoriArveson@gmail.com ExpertPainHealing.com Lori specializes in relieving chronic pain. Lori uses the Emotion / Body Code system to identify and release trapped emotional energies caused by physical and emotional trauma, entities, toxins, pathogens, inherited emotional energies, and other manifestations that create imbalance in our bodies, causing chronic pain and disease that manifests in daily life.

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®, during class students typically relieve 50% - 100% of each other’s pain. Not only do bones align with a light touch, inflammation reduces and healing accelerates. Often students experience dramatic and profound emotional release.

Contact Judie to learn more or sign up for a class today and discover your power to heal.

MARCONICS 5D ENERGY & HEALING THERAPY

Hypno-Chakra Therapy Nicole Alcyon, Certified Hypnotherapist 323-842-3589 TrinitiHealing@yahoo.com Three healing modalities

combine to make Triniti Healing: nutritional consulting; hypnochakra therapy; intuitive guidance and spiritual counseling.

FELDENKRAIS Feldenkrais® CENTER OF PORTLAND

Susan Marshall, GCFP Laurelhurst Healing Arts Building 3059 NE Glisan St, Portland 503-313-9813 FeldenkraisPDX.com Improve neck, back and hip pain, recover from workplace, auto and bike accidents, sleep better and more. Find out why Norman Doige, MD in his 2015 NY Times Bestseller, The Brain’s Way of Healing, highlights the Feldenkrais Method® as applied neuroplasticity—using your brain and nervous system for effective recovery.

HEALTHy FOODS GROCERY OUTLET 4420 NE Hancock, Portland, 97213 503-282-5248 GroceryOutlet.com

Ron Rathburn M.Sc., CMP 360-823-7071 NWSpiritualCollective.com Energy healing modality that integrates high wave frequencies to balance and clear the chakras; recalibrate the body’s energetic field and integrate the higher aspects of soul identity.

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The Wellspring School for Healing Arts 2440 NE MLK Jr Blvd, Ste 202 Portland 503-688-1482 TheWellspring.org

Offering comprehensive training and education in Wholistic Nutrition, Chinese Medicine, Amma Bodywork Therapy, Herbs and Movement Arts since 1995.

HOLISTIC LIFE GUIDE

Laney Coulter, BCH, NLP 7135 N Vincent Ave, Portland 503-289-3614 Laney@LovingKindnessHypnosis.com LovingKindnessHypnosis.com Laney is a Board Certified Hypnotist who is available to help you with the following and more: Fertility, Business Success, Motivation, General Sadness, Weight Mastery, Smoking Cessation, Relationship Issues, Phobias, Anxiety, Anger Issues and Breaking Habits.

LANDSCAPING

JAMIE “CEDAR” ROGERS, MA 503-621-6178 Cedar@CedarPathways.com CedarPathways.com

Blossom

Interpret messages from the body, heart, and spirit, transform blockages, and explore heartcentered life direction. Holistic approach, utilizing artistic, energetic, reflective, and metaphoric pathways.

1829 NE Alberta St, Ste 8 Portland, OR 97211 503-837-3557 Info@BlossomPdx.com BlossomPdx.com At Blossom, it is our goal to meet your landscape and construction needs while providing ecological and sustainable solutions for the environment.​

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Ray J. Drlik, CMTA, FDN, LMT 7460 SW Hunziker St, Ste H, Tigard 503-901-6013 Ray@ByDesignBodywork.com ByDesignBodywork.com

HEALTH MATTERS

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

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

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

Constance MSW with food.Coquillette, 971.404.5174

Lisa Fishman, MA 425.736.4784

www.healthmattersnw.com

SUPERIOR SPORTS NUTRITION & WEIGHT LOSS

Ellen Gyberg, Holistic Nutrition Expert 360-601-0137 Superior-Nutriton.net Portland/Vancouver Edition

4640 SW Garden Home Rd, Portland 503-360-1324 HairapyPDX.com Hairapy PDX is an organic and ammonia-free salon promoting beauty, wellness and green living by being free of chemicals, damaging toxins, and harmful carcinogens.

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 unique balanced blend that your dog will love eating and you will love feeding.

reflexology NANCIE HINES

NBCR Certifed Reflexologist Portland Reflexology 503-867-2778 PortlandReflexology.com

reiki VICKI MCARDLE

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

OREGON SCHOOL OF MASSAGE

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MIKI MORROW, LMT

My goal is to work with YOU to help YOUR body work the way it was designed to work. Together we’ll build on natural solutions to nourish your body. Tap into your “Inner Physician” and regain your zest for life. For more information, check out my website or call for a free consultation.

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

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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 sizes; lovely guest rooms, most with views of the lush valley; delicious vegetarian meals served daily; yoga and meditation.

shamanic healing RISING FIRE SHAMANISM School & Healing Center 1829 NE Alberta St, Ste 5 Portland, OR 97211 503-288-5175 Rising-Fire.com Info@Rising-Fire.com

Rising Fire integrates energy healing with psychological process and awareness training. This exceptional approach develops emotional intelligence and freedom in daily life. Healing services, nutrition counseling, coaching, classes, and community events.

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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.

Plus: Diabetes Prevention & Reversal

GOod beginnings YOGA

TANTRIC healing THE TANTRA STUDIO, LLC Maria D Sigel C.P 1235 SE Division St, Portland 503-884-7032 TheTantraStudio.com

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

INSTITUTE OF AYURVedic yoga THERAPY

therapy/counseling JULIE GLASER,

MA, LPC, CADCIII Counseling & Hypnotherapy 2304 E Burnside, #2 Portland 503-752-1893 JulieGlaser.com

Paul M Rakoczy,

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

SJL PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES

Stuart J. Levit, Ed.S, M.Ed. 4531 SE Belmont St, Portland 503-983-7949 Info@StuartJLevit.com StuartJLevit.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.

Coming Next Month Silent Retreats

Susan Bass, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT Registered Ayurvedic Practitioner & Nutritional Consultant, Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist 503-208-2716 AyurvedicYogaTherapy.org

November articles include: The Benefits of Silent Retreats Lifestyle Changes for Diabetics Stretching Modalities and so much more!

Portland’s first Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy Certification Program. Hours from our programs apply to Yoga Alliance, NAMA, AAPNA & IAYT.

KARMA YOGA & FITNESS

13031 SE 84th Ave Clackamas, 97015 503-482-8620 Info@KarmaYogaAndFitness.com KarmaYogaAndFitness.com

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.

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