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s October rolls around, I find myself asking questions I haven’t dealt with in months: “What’s the weather forecast?” is one of them. “Will I need a jacket when I go out?” comes up frequently; and, after a season when staying cool and keeping the sun out of my eyes was a priority, the other day I found myself wondering, “Where’s my rain hat?” I’m happy to see the seasons change, but folks who want to sneak in a little more outdoor fun should observe Oregon’s Fifth Season in our coastal parks and beach towns right now. The prevailing northwest wind settles down at this time of year and we see lovely weather, day after day, for a month and sometimes more before the winter storms roll in. There isn’t a better time to go to the beach. October’s Natural Awakenings brings us plenty of food for thought, which, as usual for this magazine, is true on several levels. Hippocrates (400BC-370BC) gets credit for writing “Let food be your medicine, and medicine your food.” Modern science has yet to have a better idea. I love our food articles, and I think that makes me one of Hippocrates’ fanboys. Metaphorically, the “food” I take away from this issue of the magazine has to do with some generational labels that jumped off the page at me. I’m thinking of “Youths Step Up to the Global Challenge.” Complaining about the younger generation is as old as time. If anything, it got worse when we could label things via mass media. My generation, Baby Boomers, were born into postwar optimism and prosperity and—this is important—brandnew technology. Media eyes were on us from the time we were babies. Boomers carried on with names for Generation X, Generation Y and Millennials, and we haven’t yet settled on a tag for the people who are coming of age right now. But, of course, we’re already making fun of them: they can’t read cursive; they can’t do arithmetic in their heads; they’re baffled by manual transmissions ... Some of that may be true, some of the time, but take a look at ”Youths Step Up to the Global Challenge” in this issue. These people grew up with the internet, and the phones they carry in their pockets have more computing power than it took to put a man on the moon. These folks have access to a universe of science, scholarship and commentary—and they’re not afraid to use it. My high school and later projects seem pale by comparison. Would it ever have occurred to me to organize a river cleanup, repair a watershed, challenge the tyranny of the SATs or IQ tests, or run for governor? I was reasonably sociallyconscious—Boomers were demonstrating for civil rights and against an unjust war. I read the morning paper and watched the news on TV at night, and we had weekly news magazines coming to the house. But no, I could not have imagined the global sensibility and the empowerment that these young people show; and, if I had tried to do any of those things back in the day, somebody in authority would have stopped me. So I’m not making fun of these kids. I see these youth initiatives as a breakthrough—a sweet combination of the technology, the imaginations, and the permissions, it takes to make better things happen—and I’m encouraged. feel good, live simply and laugh more… Douglas
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TEARS ARE THE SILENT LANGUAGE OF GRIEF. –VOLTAIRE
Grief and Resilience Workshop
When we awaken to the call of Beauty, we become aware of new ways of being in the world. –John O’Donohue
In our complex world of school shootings, environmental disasters, war, refugees, houselessness and the wounds highlighted by the #metoo movement, if we’re not feeling grief, we’re not paying attention. It’s important to develop a healthy relationship with grief so it doesn’t get stuck somewhere in our bodies and psyches. Participants in a workshop developed by Deborah Rodney will learn and experience simple but deep techniques for finding resilience. Using her book of poetry Promise To Kiss Me and honing the skills of emotional literacy, visualization, active imagination and compassion, participants will take away an array of practical exercises and reminders that provide safety nets for the exploration of a new relationship with grief. The focus of the workshop is not to process grief or to escape from it but rather to find the strength to face and deepen the grief being felt collectively and personally. “Deborah draws on her own deep inner work to offer fresh insights into the universal process of grief. Her themes and poetry gave new shape to our shared reflections on both personal and collective grief, highlighting the tools of resilience we all need.” –Sophia “This workshop provided a safe and open forum for thinking about grief in personal ways and, more broadly, as an essential and natural part of the human condition.” –Margaret The workshop is Saturday, October 13 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (with a half-hour bring-your-own lunch break) at Flanders House, 2926 NE Flanders Street, Portland. Cost is $40-$50 sliding scale. (Receive a $5 discount for the Spa after the workshop.) If a money exchange is challenging, a trade can be negotiated. Email DebRodney@gmail. com for more information and to register.
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Alice Boyd, Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, offers two special Feldenkrais classes this month: Feldenkrais for Athletes on October 20 and Feldenkrais for Health and Wellbeing on October 27. Best known as a movement practice, Boyd explains that it is much more than that, saying that while the lessons help us learn to move with greater ease, efficiency and grace, their deeper purpose is to refine and deepen our awareness. The founder of the method, Moshe Feldenkrais, was an engineer, physicist and judo master with an extraordinary understanding of body mechanics and human psychology. His stated goal was not only to help people deal with physical pain and disability, but also—by helping them free themselves from unnecessary mental and emotional restrictions—“to restore each person to their human dignity.” Feldenkrais for Athletes will outline the origins of the method and offer tools for improving athletic performance as well as preventing and recovering from injury and is offered at Therapeutic Associates Northwest PACE, 4829 NE Martin Luther King Blvd., Portland, on October 20 from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Cost is $40 ($35 before October 13). Feldenkrais for Health and Wellbeing will explore the practice as vehicle and support for mindful living, bringing greater awareness and comfort to everyday activities such as sitting, standing, walking and breathing. Class takes place at Luminance, 3430 NE 41st Avenue, Portland, on October 27 from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Cost is $40 ($35 before October 20). Discounts offered for registration for both classes. Alice Boyd, Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, 503-753-6437. AliceBoyd.com.
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RaSani Body Mind Spirit Fair
Opportunity to open up to new ways of experiencing life and raise our consciousness exists at the RaSani Body Mind Spirit Fair. This year’s fair is October 6 and 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Linn County Expo Center, in Albany, Oregon. 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 (with the price of admission) enlightening lectures and speakers. Admission: $5; kids under 12 free. Location: Linn Country Expo Center, 3700 Knox Butte Rd. E, Albany. For more information, visit RaSaniFair.com.
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Practically everybody knows about the Bach Flower Essence Rescue Remedy for help in reducing negative emotions associated with external stress. But chronic emotional responses need more than Rescue Remedy. What should we use for negative responses to everyday situations, responses that result in us creating stress for others? Frustration, irritability, impatience and anger are emotions that become injurious to our well-being when they become regular, chronic responses, as discovered by Dr. Redford Williams, a Duke University researcher and author of Anger Kills. Dr. Edward Bach also recognized this, which led him to discover certain flower remedies that have the capability to gently dispel negative feelings and return us to our natural balanced, harmonious emotional state. Rio Hibler, a Certified Bach Flower Practitioner, works with people to help them ascertain which emotions are holding them back from feeling happier and more satisfied in their lives. With the right remedies, long-standing patterns of exasperation, irritation, indignation and anger can be released easily, allowing us to express our true selves and restore our rightful, healthful state of mind. Rio Hibler will present a workshop Dealing with Anger with the Bach Flower Remedies at New Renaissance Bookstore, 1338 NW 23rd Ave., Portland, on October 28 from 5 to 7 p.m. Call 503-224-4929 for reservations. Email Rio@HealWithFlowers.com for more information or to schedule a private consultation.
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Portland VegFest: Health and Fitness for All
This year, once again Portland VegFest will feature notable speakers, experts and authors to discuss topics in health and nutrition, environmentalism and animal welfare and compassion. In addition, there will be food exhibitors and product sampling, classes and cooking demonstrations, a bookstore, family and teens activities areas, cruelty-free fashion and beauty exhibitors, a senior living table and more. VegFest runs October 20 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and October 21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Oregon Convention Center, in Portland. Tickets can be purchase online or at the door. The event is not just for vegans. Everyone is welcome. Come with an empty stomach and a curious mind. Location: Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd., Portland. For more information, visit PortlandVegFest.org.
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~Albert Camus
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Two-Day Gluten-Free Food Allergy Event
The Gluten-Free Food Allergy Fest (GFFAF) is back in Portland this year. Anyone thinking about going gluten free or who is a gluten-free pro looking for new products and ideas, the GFFAF 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 100 exhibitors, the Gluten-Free Food Allergy Fest runs November 3 and 4 at the Portland Expo Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. 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.
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Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, have found that receiving music therapy can significantly lessen a patient’s need for opioids and other painkillers after invasive surgery. The researchers tested 161 patients; 49 in the music group and 112 in a control group. After their surgery, both groups were offered painkillers intravenously at doses requested by the patient. Of those engaged in music therapy, 86 percent avoided the painkillers, compared to only 26 percent of the control group.
Knitting Releases the Blues Knitting can alleviate the blues, slow the onset of dementia and distract from chronic pain, according to a survey published in The British Journal of Occupational Therapy. Eighty-one percent of respondents described feeling happier after a session of needlework. In another study, researchers at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital found that the act of knitting lowers heart rates by an average of 11 beats per minute, eliciting a state of relaxation similar to that of yoga. A Mayo Clinic study found that crafts like knitting and crocheting also reduce the chance of developing mild cognitive impairment by 28 percent. In a University of British Columbia study, 74 percent of 38 women with the eating disorder anorexia reported that it lessened the intensity of their fears and thoughts and cleared their minds of eating disorder preoccupations. In a survey of 1,000 members of the British group Knit for Peace, one in five respondents reported that knitting reduced their arthritic pain.
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Music Lessons Make Kids Smarter Structured music lessons significantly enhance children’s cognitive abilities, including language-based reasoning, short-term memory and planning, while reducing inhibition, leading to improved academic performance, report researchers from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. In the study, 147 Dutch 6-year-olds were divided into music, visual arts and control groups, and monitored for two-and-a-half years. The children in the music group sang, listened to music and played an instrument of their choice one to two hours a week during regular classroom time. Compared to the control group, they demonstrated improved verbal IQ and reasoning skills, and a greater ability to plan, organize and complete tasks, as well as improved academic achievement. Children given structured visual arts lessons showed improvements in visual and spatial memory compared to the control group.
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Tocotrienols are a natural form of vitamin E found in a number of foods, including wheat, barley, corn, rice and palm fruit. A recent meta-review of clinical research finds that tocotrienols can decrease heartrelated health risks in seniors such as diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure.
Music Reduces Need for Post-Surgery Opioids
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Acupuncture Soothes Dental Anxiety Dental anxiety, which can produce dizziness, nausea and breathing difficulties in 4 to 30 percent of patients worldwide, may be relieved by acupuncture, according to research from the University of York, in the UK. Analyzing six studies of 800 patients, researchers found that acupuncture reduced anxiety by an average of eight points on an 80-point scale, a level considered clinically significant.
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Vitamin D Supplements Ease Irritable Bowels Oncology researchers from the University of Sheffield, in the UK, report that people with irritable bowel syndrome tend to be low in vitamin D. In a review of research, they found that supplemental vitamin D tends to ease associated symptoms such as bloating, stomach cramps and constipation, and improve quality of life.
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Calorie Restriction Slows Aging Thirty-seven healthy, non-obese adults between 21 and 50 years old put on a calorie restriction diet for two years showed reduced systemic oxidative stress, indicating greater protection against age-related neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, as well as cancer and diabetes. Participants in this research, conducted by Pennington Biomedical Research, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, cut their calories by 15 percent and lost an average of 20 pounds without experiencing anemia, excessive bone loss or menstrual disorders. Their metabolism also slowed, indicating that they burned energy more efficiently, a factor that may be linked to longevity.
Especially for Younger Women Game Changer for Breast Health Screening with thermography (digital infrared thermal imaging) is particularly useful for dense breasts, breast implants and women under 50 where mammography screening is not indicated. Used as part of an early detection program, thermography gives women of all ages the opportunity to increase their chances of detecting breast disease at an early stage, alerting doctors to changes that can indicate breast pathology. Breast cancers tend to grow faster in women under 50.
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The faster a malignant tumor grows, the more infrared radiation it generates.Thermography can detect subtle physiologic changes that accompany breast pathology’s initial changes, whether it is cancer, fibrocystic disease, an infection or a vascular disease. It’s a 15-minute non-invasive, painless, state-of-the-art clinical test of physiology without any exposure to radiation. It takes years for most cancers to develop to the state that they can be detected with mammography or ultrasound—dense enough for location and biopsy—so thermography is ideally placed as a screening tool to identify changes in early development stages, before there is more advanced pathology. Rare inflammatory breast cancer (most common in younger women) cannot be detected by mammography. Sadly, prognosis is poor by the time clinical signs appear (swelling/pain); game-changing thermography can show indicators several months before symptoms develop. With thermography’s findings, the patient and doctor can plan accordingly, to either prevent disease or further diagnose and/or monitor it (possibly with additional thermography) during and after treatment. For more information, call 503-775-1812 or visit RadiantBodyThermography.com.
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Software Tracks Farm to Fork Supply Chain
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Creating Food from Carbon Dioxide
By 2050, the world’s population is estimated to hit 10 billion, and food production will need to increase by 70 percent. Traditional farming won’t be able to keep up. Lisa Dyson, who holds three degrees in physics, including a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Boston, knows the reason: ubiquitous carbon dioxide. This byproduct of burning fossil fuels is a known culprit in the pace of climate change. Dyson is revolutionizing the way protein is made. Several years ago, she and colleague John Reed came across NASA reports from the 1960s and ’70s that discussed using microbes to recycle carbon dioxide aboard spacecraft. “We were fascinated by their research. We wondered if we could develop a similar technology that would enable us to recycle carbon dioxide into valuable products here on Earth,” Dyson says. Their startup, Kiverdi, uses microbes to transform carbon into bio-based products in special bio-reactors similar to the giant urns used to brew beer. This year, they’re commercializing a new process to transform CO2 into protein powder. The end product, Planet+Protein, is packed with essential amino acids, vitamins and minerals.
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Ivory Outlawed
UK Banning Both Legal and Illegal Trade
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is in the process of implementing a neartotal ivory ban. It can’t happen soon enough because elephant populations continue to dramatically decline. As recognized by the parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species last September, “Countries with domestic ivory markets that contribute to elephant poaching or the illegal ivory trade should take all necessary legislative, regulatory and enforcement measures to close such markets as a matter of urgency.” Any legal ivory market leads to a parallel illegal market because ivory from recently killed elephants can be made to look like old ivory, which is legal in many countries, through processes like chipping, staining and cracking. The UK has long played a role in the international ivory trade. During the colonial era, more than a million elephants were killed to feed British demand for everything from ivory ornaments and piano keys to billiard balls and cutlery. Much of that material remains in the UK today, fueling the market. Trade data indicates that the UK is still the world’s largest exporter of legal ivory, most of which goes to Asian destinations like China and Hong Kong.
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Serious concerns have surfaced about food transparency, and people are asking questions. Documentaries like Rotten urge consumers to think twice about the origins and ingredients of their food, but answers are not always readily available. In addition to environmental concerns like long-distance transportation, people are worried about food recalls and safety. FoodLogiQ’s software solution creates “farm to fork traceability”, welcoming companies across the industry to participate, with approximately 7,000 having registered so far in some 100 countries—including Whole Foods, Chipotle MexicanGrill,Carl’sJr.,Subway,BuffaloWildWingsandthePanda Restaurant Group. Information provides useful details such as where the food was harvested, whether pesticides were used, where the food traveled and how it was processed. FoodLogiQ ChiefMarketingOfficerKatyJonessuggeststhisisanimportant moment of change in the food industry, saying, “Food companies are embracing global standards to increase efficiencies and build a foundation for traceability and supply chain visibility.”
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Corporate Conscience
Leading Food Companies Aim to Slash Energy Footprints
McDonald’s plans to reduce greenhouse emissions from their restaurants, corporate offices and supply chain by more than 30 percent by 2030. They’re the first restaurant chain with goals backed by the Science Based Targets initiative. The company expects to decrease its total emissions by more than 150 million tons. AB InBev, the parent company of Anheuser-Busch and Budweiser beer, has ambitious plans to purchase electricity only from renewable sources for its worldwide operations in seven years. The first step includes Bud Light. The goal is for all operations in the company’s 12 Budweiser breweries across the U.S. to be powered by renewable energy. Budweiser plants outside the U.S. will also switch to all-renewable energy, with all products planned to transition by 2025. The new status will be denoted by the label “100% Renewable Energy”.
Saudi Solar
Oil Giant to Invest in Renewable Energies Project
Saudi Arabia intends to host the world’s largest solar project. “It’s a huge step in human history,” says Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. “It’s bold, risky and we hope we succeed in doing that.” Solar power is a logical choice for the country. Its capital, Riyadh, averages 8.9 hours of sunshine a day. The nation is also projected to be severely impacted if climate change raises global temperatures 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. According to Climate Action Tracker, if the global temperature rises 3 to 4 degrees Celsius, 75 percent of the country would be excessively arid by the end of the century. According to the most recent data available from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Saudi Arabia produces 13 percent of the world’s oil and currently obtains 60 percent of its electric energy from petroleum.
Debris Drop-Off
Turtle Turnaround Hatchlings Return to Mumbai Beach After 20 Years
At Versova Beach, in the Indian coastal city of Mumbai, local volunteers have stepped up to finally clean up a shore covered in ankledeep trash and waste. The United Nations described the transformation as the world’s largest beach cleanup project ever, and the work has been rewarded with serious environmental progress. For the first time in 20 years, Olive Ridley sea turtles have hatched at Versova. The turtle is currently classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature because of environmental pollution. They’re the smallest and most common sea turtle, but all species are threatened by human encroachment and pollution. Lawyer and conservationist Afroz Shah says, “I had tears in my eyes when I saw them walking towards the ocean.” Local ecologists say it’s possible the Olive Ridley turtles have been nesting on the beach without anyone noticing, but capturing this momentous occasion is a huge boon to the volunteers, which have encountered some resistance via harassment and bureaucracy.
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Plastic Bag Deterrents Working in European Waters
A new study shows that there are significantly fewer plastic bags on the seafloor since a number of European countries introduced fees on them, according to a 25-year study from the UK government’s Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS). Researchers saw an estimated 30 percent drop in the number of plastic bags in waters around Norway, Germany, northern France and Ireland. “It is encouraging to see that efforts by all of society, whether the public, industry, non-government organizations or government, to reduce plastic bags are having an effect,” says Thomas Maes, a marine litter scientist at CEFAS. “We also observed sharp declines in the percentage of plastic bags captured by fishing nets trawling the seafloor around the UK compared to 2010, and this research suggests that by working together, we can reduce, reuse and recycle to tackle the marine litter problem.” October 2018
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Groups Work to Make U.S. Go Strawless
About 500 million plastic straws are discarded daily in America, reports the U.S. National Park Service. Plastic that reaches waterways is ingested by marine life and our food chain. Individuals and municipalities are taking action to support options, including going strawless. n The Last Plastic Straw (TheLastPlasticStraw.org), a project of the Plastic Pollution Coalition, has a worldwide map locator that pinpoints restaurants that have ceased using plastic straws. n Milo Cress, who launched the Be Straw Free (BeStrawFree.org) campaign in 2011 when he was 9, is again speaking to school students this fall, primarily via Skype. “It’s exciting to inspire them to know that they can do something in their community,” says the senior high school student in Shelburne, Vermont. n Strawfree.org, a Southern California volunteer-driven organization, offers kits that include bamboo straws, carrying holders and cleaning brushes. n McDonald’s has announced it will transition from plastic to paper straws in its U.S., UK and Ireland restaurants beginning this year, and subsequently expand the switch to other countries. n In May, New York City lawmakers introduced a bill banning plastic straws in all bars and restaurants in the Big Apple, and Seattle has banned the use of single-use plastic straws, thanks to the Strawless in Seattle movement. EcoCycle, Inc. (EcoCycle.org) and the Inland Ocean Coalition, both in Boulder, Colorado, are asking restaurants citywide not to use them. In July, Starbucks announced plans to eliminate straw use globally by 2020. n StrawlessOcean.org offers straw alternatives made of paper by Aardvark, steel and silicone by Klean Kanteen, metal by Steelys Drinkware and bamboo by StrawFree.
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Cracked Pots
by Deb Rodney
Game changers come in many forms. One of them is finding the good in garbage. Since 1998, Cracked Pots has been changing the game for artists who recognize priceless creative potential in an unusual palette of materials likely destined for the landfill. And the artists in turn have been changing the way we see trash. It’s a win-win to creatively reduce waste. Not everyone can see beauty in a heap of garbage. Sometimes they need a little inspiration. Every summer, Cracked Pots hosts a juried art show and sale. Nearly a hundred artists display creative gems they’ve dreamt up from the treasures they’ve found in Portland Metro’s mountain of
castoff trash. Astonishing work created from at least 80 percent waste is rerouted from the waste stream to living rooms and gardens. Strolling through colorful and lively art made from discarded shirt buttons, retired bowling balls or useless car parts, one can’t help but ponder the re-use potential of just about anything. Art inspires art. Cracked Pots has provided the inspiration for many artists who see windmills in old tin cans and collages in broken bicycle parts. Sometimes an artist might envision a sculpture made of silverware and sort through “junk” looking for the perfect pieces to bend into a whimsical bird in flight. The mysterious process of re-purposing broken plates into a
mosaic masterpiece inspires more creativity in the minds of more artists. The bad news is that there’s plenty of garbage to choose from. The good news is everything that gets diverted from the waste stream helps keep our environment heathy. Creative re-use inspires more re-use. Seeing garbage re-purposed in creative ways may inspire others to turn that old suitcase into a planter instead of throwing it out and then look around at other stuff languishing in the garage with new eyes. Cracked Pots will change the way we see garbage. Guaranteed. Passionate recyclers and Cracked Pots founders, Tess Beistel and MaryLou Abeln, sent out a call to local artists to show art made from re-purposed materials in a Portland garden. That little event has evolved into a rousing and hugely successful two-day Art Show held every summer in Troutdale. The 2019 festival is the 20th anniversary! And Cracked Pots runs the ReClaim It! store in north Portland. It’s chock-full of stunning stuff recovered from the Metro Transfer Station by a volunteer crew of dedicated gleaners. Check it out for unexpected inspiration. It’s open five days a week. You may find a discarded chair to repair to its former comfort, see a new desk in an old door or hear a wind chime in old accordion parts. For more information, see Cracked Pots.org and ReclaimItPdx.org. Deb Rodney is a writer, playwright, poet and communications specialist living in Portland, Oregon. More info at DebRodney.com. October 2018
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~Thomas L. Friedman, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist more important than ever to use your voice, no matter who you are, where you live and whatever you identify as,” says Jiang.
Running for Governor
Ethan Sonneborn, 13, has a comprehensive policy platform and a spot on the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial primary ballot in Vermont. In an early campaign speech, the Bristol resident and Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School student smiled at the crowd’s applause for his message:
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ecognizing that it might be too late by the time they are older, many young people are already acting collectively and across partisan aisles on everything from climate change and the environment to gun control, gender equality, social justice, education and politics. Initiatives include creating solutions for the global water crisis, serving as global ambassadors, training for public speaking and leadership, organizing youth summits, marching for causes, planting a trillion trees, participating in United Nations (UN) programs, inventing a new educational system, lobbying legislators and seeking political office. 16
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Angie Jiang, a 2018 graduate of Madison West High School, in Wisconsin, is a first-year student at Columbia University, in New York. Deploying her social impact and debating skills, this Chinese-American woman articulates her opinions on sustainability, environmental awareness, immigration and gender issues in public radio interviews and lobbies for policy changes in Washington, D.C. She’s one of 80,000 girls in some 100 countries that have been trained by the UN Foundation’s Girl Up initiative to help lead the movement for gender equality; Jiang currently serves as its 2017-2018 teen advisor. “Within our current political climate, it is
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“To everyone here today, know this. We are America’s future… So let’s not be afraid to shape it… We must be the voices of a generation, leaders for others and advocates for ourselves. Why shouldn’t we be the ones to end worldwide hunger, to make a breakthrough in medical science, to protect world peace or to put people on another planet? We are the generation that will do all these things. Why not start now?” In addressing environmental issues, Sonneborn supports a tax on carbon emissions, Vermont’s commitment to uphold the standards of the Paris climate agreement and renewable energy incentives. In Kansas, where six teenagers are running for governor, Tyler Ruzich’s campaign theme is, “A Republican for the Next Generation.” This Shawnee Mission North
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High School senior has serious concerns and ideas to make his state a better place to live, learn and work. A well-prepared orator committed to public service, Ruzich is reaching younger voters on issues of voter registration, school funding, taxation, guns, immigration, agriculture, equal rights and job growth. On the Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien syndicated TV show, Ruzich said he believes his campaign is stimulating 18-to-25-yearolds to get involved in mid-term elections, which typically draw fewer voters.
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global youth to engage with sustainability issues. Today, the New Jersey resident serves as its president, and is passionate about why investing in the education of children is significant. As just one example, “Amazonian children are teaching their parents about how deforestation impacts climate change,” says Patel. A degree in environmental law and policy at Vermont Law School, in South Royalton, and expertise in environmental education, curriculum development, field research and community outreach has helped Patel to assist in developing lesson plans for ECI Water Schools. Community groups and schools are mobilized to evaluate the health of rivers and provide basic training in good health habits.
Brandi Kneip’s family in Stuart, Florida, didn’t object when the 18-year-old decided to spend her college savings establishing a JAR dry goods store that fosters reusing and recycling materials to decrease or eliminate trash. Customers can buy what they need by dispensing pasta, herbs, spices, flour and other products into their own reusable jars or purchase glass containers to take home. JAR also carries eco-friendly household items. “I want my impact on this Earth to be like footprints in the sand. For a second, the Earth knows you are there, and when you move along, the waves wash them out or the wind blows them away. I’m so thankful for this big, green-blue planet, and I’ll strive every day to make more people notice the beauty it holds,” says Kneip.
Earth Child Institute
Arati Patel was just 24 when she began serving as an intern with Earth Child Institute (ECI), a nonprofit that empowers
Felix Finkbeiner, a German student, started Plant-for-the-Planet in 2007, when he was only 9. “It’s an amazing organization run by young people,” says Patel. Inspired by the late Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement, Finkbeiner expanded Maathai’s original concept of a billion plantings to the Trillion Tree Campaign. To date, it’s seen 15 billion new trees in 190 countries under the guidance of the U.N. Environment Programme. Speaking at an Environmental Systems Research Institute Conference, Finkbeiner said that beyond planting trees, children involved in the initiative have delivered presentations in schools and rotary clubs, and engineered sit-down meetings with mayors, local government officials and even presidents of countries. Several have spoken
before the UN General Assembly and national parliaments, urging them to address the climate crisis.
A Revolution in Education
After graduating from Beijing University Affiliated High School, Jason Wang, 18, postponed college for a year and visited the U.S. and Europe looking for the best practices in education. When he returned, he was in no hurry to enter college, but rather to develop the curriculum for Beijing’s Moonshot Academy, which opened in January with 30 students from 14 to 16 years old. Turning traditional methods of education on its ear, Moonshot Academy students are accepted based on their learning ability, independent thinking skills and capacity to turn ideas into action, rather than standardized test scores. Students learn through personalized experiences that enable them to practice and demonstrate core competencies to face the challenges of the future. “Research shows that by the age of 39, today’s average high school graduate will have had nine different jobs, half of which have not been invented yet. Artificial intelligence has changed the playing field. We can’t keep educating kids in the same way,” says Nancy Riehle, executive director of the Creative Academic Network Scholastic Foundation that supports the academy.
Time’s Up
Inspired by the January 2017 Women’s March, Jamie Margolin, a 16-year-old student at Seattle’s Holy Names Academy, launched Zero Hour, a movement for October 2018
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If not us, then who; if not me and you Right now, it’s time for us to do something. ~Do Something by Matthew West, singer/songwriter Maryland; Zanagee Artis, 18, a logistics director from Clinton, Connecticut; and Kibiriti Majuto, 20, of Charlottesville, Virginia, originally from the Democratic
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Republic of the Congo. They jointly developed the organization’s platform. “It’s our generation that is going to be impacted the most by the effects of accelerated climate change that we are causing. This march is a launch. We’re not done,” says Margolin. At a pivotal time in which many theorize that our nation lacks the ability to coalesce around a great enterprise to solve existing problems, it appears that those doing the calculating have not factored in the millions of motivated young people as critical decision makers. It may be that their imagination, energetic drive, passionate self-confidence and “no borders” cooperation paves the way to a brighter future for all. Not waiting for the torch to be passed, young people are seizing it and acting now, no longer naively thinking that there will always be enough time tomorrow. Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings. Connect at LindaSechrist.com.
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youth rights and action on climate change. Margolin and her teammates have formed a nationwide coalition that inspires and mobilizes students throughout the U.S. and in London, England. They took to the streets on July 21 to march for environmental justice as social justice. Zero Hour activities supporting the Washington, D.C., march included meeting with nearly 40 federal lawmakers and presenting a manifesto of demands. It calls for governments and companies to take action on all climate change and environmental issues, including divesting from fossil fuels; increasing investment in renewable energy; legislating strict carbon reduction targets; encouraging plant-based lifestyles; schooling youth on the importance of reducing our carbon footprint; reducing excessive use of single-use plastic; ending rainforest deforestation; halting all animal cruelty; and preventing loss of biodiversity and species extinctions. Margolin and other Zero Hour members agree, including Nadia Nazar, 16, an art director from Baltimore,
kids. Hearing in a peer support group how others experience grief helps children accept and navigate their own process of grief. “It’s been six months since my dad died. I haven’t told my friends how I feel. I just smile and make everybody laugh so they don’t know how much it hurts.” –Randy, a high school sophomore
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The National Center for Grieving Children & Families by Deb Rodney “I WANTED TO SING ABCs WITH MY MOMMY. AND THEN MY MOMMY STOPPED SINGING. AND THEN HER BODY STOPPED SINGING.” –Mia, aged three
The Dougy Center is a high stakes game changer. They provide compassionate support in a safe place for children, teens, young adults and their families grieving the death of someone close to them. Unsupported, the continuing bereavement and distress of loss might lead a child into a traumatic adulthood. Kindness, listening, peer story sharing and expressive play are at the caring heart of The Dougy Center’s support groups and programs. At The Dougy Center, grief is seen as a natural reaction to death, which each person experiences uniquely. Their programs
demonstrate that attentive caring and acceptance assists in the natural capacity to heal from loss. “I have lots of feelings all mixed up inside.” –Michael, aged seven Grieving children may experience feelings of anger, sadness, worry, relief, fear and numbness. Sometimes they ask questions like, “Who will take care of me now?” or “Why do people get cancer?” Sometimes they have headaches, stomach aches or don’t feel like eating, playing or doing things they enjoyed before the loss. These experiences are normal for grieving
At The Dougy Center’s “home away from home” located in southeast Portland, children can play out the things that are troubling them. There are art rooms, outdoor ball courts, a music room, a dress-up area with a little stage, the volcano room where anger can be released safely and a full-size replica of a hospital room where they can play out some of the experiences they have had. Lots of people wonder if they will ever get over their grief. With 36 years of experience, The Dougy Center staff and volunteer facilitators know that grief may not ever end but it does get better with tenderness, acceptance and being heard by others who understand what they are going through. Since its founding in 1982, The Dougy Center has been a game changer for over 45,000 children, teens and adults. An estimated 500 programs modeled after it have been established worldwide. They have a large collection of reasonably priced, staff-written resources including After a Suicide Death and When Death Impacts Your School: A Guide for School Administrators. Continued on page 28.
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DONNA KARAN on Fashioning Healthful Change by April Thompson
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s a style icon, humanitarian and pioneer of conscious consumerism, Donna Karan has elevated fashion to a platform for change throughout her career, using her celebrity status to raise funds for AIDS research in the 1990s and more recently venturing into alternative health care. Karan’s first collection under her signature label DKNY, which debuted in 1985, aimed to dress women in comfortable, professional clothes that embraced and flattered the female form. The brand was built on women’s strengths, rather than insecurities; her iconic 1992 “In Women We Trust” ad campaign depicted the inauguration of a female president. Her latest multidimensional Urban Zen project (UZIT) supports cultural preservation, compassionate health care and education. The affiliated brand integrates luxury and sustainability with multicultural traditions and modern trends in a multifaceted line of clothing, accessories and beauty care products. UZIT fuses Eastern healing techniques and Western medicine in a patientcentric model intended to foster calm in the midst of the stress and chaos of illness. The complementary therapies program was born out of Karan’s challenging period serving as a caregiver during her late husband’s struggle with lung cancer. Karan is a member of the Coty Hall of Fame and recipient of the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s Lifetime
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How has your fashion style and philosophy changed over the course of your career?
For me, fashion has always been about “dressing and addressing.” It all started when the AIDS epidemic broke out in the late 1980s, and the fashion community came together to launch Seventh on Sale to raise funds and awareness for the disease that was taking the lives of so many talented designers. Now more than ever, we must address such issues. My philosophy and purpose has always been inspired by cultures, creators and artisans from all corners of the world, connecting past, present and future. I launched the nonprofit organization Urban Zen to create a community of change through philanthropy and commerce. I want consumers to be aware that their purchases provide the power to help others in need.
How is the UZIT program enhancing health and well-being?
UZIT came about after witnessing the ones I loved suffer and going through their experiences by their sides. Launched in partnership with yoga instructor Rodney Yee, the program has trained members of collaborating healthcare and yoga
communities in the healing modalities of yoga therapy, reiki, essential oil therapy, nutrition and contemplative care. The goal is to change the healthcare system by bringing care back into health care. Rather than just treat the disease, we need to treat patients, their loved ones and their caregivers. We also must express care for the doctors and nurses that are part of the story; they need gentle care every bit as much. We are all on this journey together. Therapists at centers such as the University of California, Los Angeles, rehabilitation unit have seen results with patients suffering from stress, claustrophobia, headaches and back pain through these techniques. Many patients report feeling more relaxed, sleeping better and experiencing less pain and anxiety than they had ever experienced with medication.
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Do you see some positive trends in fashion today?
More people are paying attention to sustainability in fashion today than ever before, and more designers are using materials and fabrics that respect people and the planet; for example, by using quality materials that endure. Recycling fabrics and materials is one way to contribute to sustainability. We work with the Apparent Project, which recycles cereal boxes to make beautiful necklaces, as well as with Paula Coles, who makes bags out of T-shirts.
Can fashion effect social change in the world?
I view fashion, design and style all as platforms for conscious change. I use fashion to raise awareness and inspire change in the areas of well-being, conscious consumerism and integrative education. Today, there is a greater emphasis on preserving our world cultures and maintaining the authenticity that comes from traditional artisans and artists. A collaborative mentality of “we” is far healthier than one of “me”. Connect with April Thompson, in Washington, D.C., at AprilWrites.com. October 2018
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MULTIFACETED CHIROPRACTIC Integrative Approaches Enhance Healing by Marlaina Donato
Never wish them pain. That’s not who you are. If they caused you pain, they must have pain inside.
Wish them healing. That’s what they need. ~Najwa Zebian
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odern chiropractors are often seen primarily as pain specialists, yet their care can encompass much more. While the common focus is better health through spinal manipulation, the origins of chiropractic are manifold. Typical approaches for structural issues and injuries include spinal adjustments, therapeutic ultrasound and heat therapy, but some practitioners also embrace nutrition. Training requirements for chiropractors vary by state. “Here in Oregon, chiropractic physicians—both legally and through our training—are taught to be primary care physicians,” says Doctor of Chiropractic Michael Herb, of the Absolute Wellness Center, in Eugene, Oregon. “We must complete extensive training not only on the musculoskeletal system, but also on managing various internal medical pathologies such as those related to the cardiovascular system, genitourinary conditions,
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obstetrics and gynecology. We also learn to perform minor surgical procedures.” Chiropractor Tom Hyland Robertson, of Whole Chiropractic Healthcare, in Odenton, Maryland, notes, “To limit chiropractic to two categories of traditional and integrative isn’t accurate. There are almost as many specialists among doctors of chiropractic (DC) as among medical doctors (M.D.). There are chiropractors that specialize in pediatrics, veterinary, orthopedics, internal medicine, neurology, radiology and other areas. Integrative chiropractic uses as many tools as possible from the realm of each doctor’s training.”
Integrative Well-Being The world of chiropractic is diverse and growing to meet patient needs. Many chiropractors offer several healing modalities in-house that are geared to take whole-person care to an integrated harmonious level.
“Research shows that patient outcomes are far better with a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare needs,” says Herb. “Offering a variety of specialties like physical therapy, sports medicine, nutrition and natural pain relief in my practice means patients receive the care and amount of time they need. They are not limited by what I personally can offer or have time to provide.” Many chiropractic facilities nationwide employ acupuncturists and therapeutic massage therapists, offering diverse treatment options like functional medicine and cryotherapy—ice therapy— versus traditional heat therapy. Robertson provides complementary treatments ranging from nutrition to physical therapy and yoga because he has found it is important to incorporate multiple treatment philosophies, examining the same problem from different angles, saying, “Chiropractic integrates many safe modalities found to be more effective than opioids, for instance.” He notes that early chiropractic was actually integrative, with its founder, Daniel David Palmer, promoting a healthy diet and calmer lifestyle a century ago.
“The chiropractic paradigm is based on the premise that the body has an inborn ability to heal itself.” —Kody R. Johnson, Chiropractor
Collaborative Options Progressive chiropractic now includes innovative approaches to treat the nervous system. The cutting-edge field of functional (or chiropractic) neurology, which reactivates partially nonfunctional neural pathways, is employed in cases like concussions, vertigo, migraines, pain syndromes, neuropathy and attentiondeficit disorders. Massage modalities, combined with chiropractic, are widely recognized to significantly increase circulation and improve range of motion. Acupuncture, when used in conjunction with chiropractic treatment, enhances muscle relaxation and fosters easier adjustments. Chiropractor Kody R. Johnson, of the Johnson Chiropractic and Holistic Health Center, in Columbia, Missouri, is board certified in acupuncture and employs dry needling to target trigger points in tight muscles. He also specializes in functional medicine. Hormone balance, nutritional inadequacies, the presence of heavy metals and genetic markers for disease are all considered in determining a patient’s overall health. “Chiropractic treatment addresses results of physical stress. Functional medicine looks at emotional and biochemical stress,” says Johnson. “The chiropractic paradigm is based on the premise that the body has an inborn ability to heal itself. If the only method a provider has to offer is chiropractic adjustments, then they’ll have cases where the patient’s condition doesn’t fully improve because there might be other factors at play, including nutritional deficiencies, toxicities and emotional stress. When we address other relevant issues, we find that patients ‘hold’ their adjustments longer.” Marlaina Donato is a freelance writer, multimedia artist and author of books in the spirituality and alternative health genres. She lives in Hawley, PA. Connect at MarlainaDonato.com. October 2018
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ecause exercise delivers so many Healthy Hormones benefits, it’s not surprising that one Exercise increases testosterone, endorphins of them is increased libido. A low and adrenal hormones, all of which are sex drive can affect either gender at any essential to a satisfying sex life. Studies age, and contributing factors include horfrom the University of Texas at Austin monal changes, daily stressors and certain show premenopausal women experience prescription drugs. increased sexual response with exercise, According to a study published in including individuals with diminished sex the Journal of Sexual Medicine, shortdrives due to the use of antidepressants. duration bursts of exercise work to increase “Stress is one of the biggest libidocirculation and heart rate, thus amping up killers in women, and endorphins released physiological arousal in women. Sexual during exercise can reduce stress, improve performance is enhanced in men by exerlibido and increase arousal,” maintains cising three to five times a week, accordStephanie Mansour, fitness expert and ing to a study published in the Archives of CEO of Step It Up with Steph, in Chicago, Sexual Behavior. Illinois. “Adding 30 minutes of exercise a “Eating right and being committed few times a week can increase endorphins, to a daily exercise regimen that includes blood flow and testosterone.” strength, cardiovascular and flexibility training is key to maintaining a great Aging Passionately libido and continual excellence in sexual The inevitable hormonal changes of function,” affirms Dr. Jeffry Life, author of menopause and beyond can dampen a The Life Plan: How Any Man Can Achieve woman’s sex life, but it doesn’t have to Lasting Health, Great Sex, and a Stronbecome a way of life. “Women can expeger, Leaner Body and owner of The Life rience side effects of shifting hormonal natural awakenings August 2016 Center for Healthy Aging, in Charleston, levels which cause libido to vanish and7 West Virginia. the vagina to become dry, making us feel
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Exercises to Stoke Sexy 5 Yoga Poses to Increase Sex Drive Tinyurl.com/YogaPoses4SexDrive Yoga to Increase Sexual Energy - 25-minute yoga class Tinyurl.com/YogaClass4Libido Sexual Health and Heart Disease interview with Dr. Jeffry Life Tinyurl.com/SexAndHeartHealth anything but empowered,” explains Ellen Dolgen, the Coronado, California, author of Menopause Mondays: The Girlfriend’s Guide to Surviving and Thriving During Perimenopause and Menopause. “Exercise, along with the guidance of a menopause specialist to help manage those hormonal changes, is a winning ticket. Life in our 40s, 50s and beyond can be wonderful!” Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a problem for many men, and can result from sedentary lifestyles, certain medications and cardiovascular issues. “ED is a huge problem worldwide, and vascular disease is one of the major causes,” says Life. “This can be avoided by eating properly and making exercise an essential part of everyday life, which can also reduce the need for prescription drugs that are another major cause of the problem.”
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Strength Training and Yoga
Testosterone—a hormone that plays a significant role in lighting our “fire” and keeping it lit—can be enhanced by adding workouts with weights. “Strength training can boost testosterone, which may boost sex drive in both women and men. For men, I recommend lifting weights and doing push-ups. However, it’s important to note that too much intense exercise or strength training may have the opposite effect, and actually reduce the desire to have sex,” says Mansour. In addition to a daily exercise program that includes cardio and flexibility exercises, Life concurs, “Thirty to 60 minutes of strength training three to four times a week is ideal.” According to a review published in the Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, yoga may increase both male endurance and female response. “Yoga turns off our sympathetic nervous system, the part that keeps us in ‘fight-or-flight’ response. Inversions like the shoulder stand help to harmonize hormones, supporting a well-balanced sex drive,” explains Pam Medina, owner of The Yoga Lily, in Clifton Park, New York. “We need to feel attractive, and yoga can help us to accept the body as a sacred vehicle for the soul.” No matter the age or condition of the body, a more satisfying sex life and better self-image is possible through feeling fit. Life reminds us, “Check with your doctor before taking up an exercise regimen, and know that maintaining a healthy body can give us essential ingredients for a great sex life well into our 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s.” Maya Whitman is certified in bodywork and clinical essential oil therapy. October 2018
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‘Less Meat’ Goes Mainstream
Options Grow for Plant-Based Eating
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lant-based lifestyles, once considered by some as a fad that would fade, are on the rise worldwide. According to a Harris Interactive poll commissioned by the Vegetarian Resource Group, 6 million to 8 million Americans have completely eliminated meat, including seafood, from their plates. With a 600 percent increase of people going vegan domestically in the past three years and companies like Nestlé devising vegan-tailored product launches, plant-based eating is creating unprecedented demand. “I’ve definitely seen plant-based eating become more mainstream. Many restaurants now provide plant-based options to keep their customers happy, and more food startups are creating nut- and soy-based cheeses, milks and yogurts,” says Lisa Stollman, a plant-based nutritionist in New York City. Vegan lunch options are even making their way into the Los Angeles public school system.
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GlobalData, a data and analytics company, reports, “Seventy percent of the world population is either reducing meat consumption or leaving meat off the table altogether,” with Millennials at the forefront. “The environment has been the Millennial generation’s primary concern. Health is of less importance than interest in making the Earth a better place to live,” says Gene Stone, a plant-based diet expert in Hudson, New York, and author of the bestselling Forks Over Knives: The PlantBased Way to Health. Stollman concurs, saying, “The majority of my vegan clients are in their 20s and 30s, and their concern for animal treatment relates to sustainability. Sustainability helps to reduce methane emissions from industrial farms.” Wynnie Stein, co-owner of the iconic Moosewood Restaurant, in Ithaca, New York, and co-author of its groundbreaking
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Since the American Medical Association’s recent suggestion that hospitals consider providing plant-based meals for patients, perceptions are shifting. Holistic Cardiologist Joel Kahn, in Ferndale, Michigan, began teaching plant-based diets to heart patients in 1990, and has subsequently seen hundreds of them avoid invasive and surgical procedures, as well as show less evidence of heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, obesity and hypertension. “Many of my patients have decreased or eliminated the otherwise lifelong ‘jail’ of prescription drugs. They learned that disease reversal, not management, is the goal,” says Kahn. Supermarkets across the country are stocking meatless products like plant-based burgers. Many athletes and bodybuilders that have switched away from eating meat attest to improved results by tapping into plant power. People of all walks of life, including seniors, have embraced this paradigm. “There is increased interest in health as Baby Boomers age and start to realize the benefits of a plant-based diet, much of it due to myriad new research,” says Stone. According to the Harvard School of
Public Health, a diet rich in vegetables and fruits lowers blood pressure. The American Diabetes Association supports a nutrientdense vegetarian diet that can decrease the risk of certain diseases. For Stollman’s vegan clients aged 50 and older, “Health plays a strong role in their interest in plant-based eating. The science has become clear, and based on the evidence, I continue to teach my clients the importance of including plant-based meals in their daily diets,” she says.
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spinoff vegetarian cookbooks, has witnessed monumental changes since the early 1970s. Younger cooks at Moosewood have also brought passionate innovations to the establishment. “Millennials are incredibly creative, especially with plant-based and gluten-free dishes. They’re committed to animal rights and issues that affect the health of the planet,” observes Stein.
Looking Forward
The surge of people changing their diet has a multilevel impact. “I feel deeply grateful to have been able to help spread the word about plant-based diets. Health, the environment and animal protection are great concerns of mine,” says Stone. Stein appreciates how the positive change in diet benefiting people and the planet is coming full circle. “We’re still amazed and honored to know that our cookbooks have helped to create a sea change. Folks visiting from all over the world tell us how our recipes have influenced several generations of their families.” Marlaina Donato is a freelance writer, multimedia artist and author of books in the spirituality and alternative health genres. Connect at MarlainaDonato.com.
The first wealth is health. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
What Did You Do Once You Knew? by Drew Dellinger It’s 3:23 in the morning and I’m awake because my great-great grandchildren won’t let me sleep my great-great grandchildren ask me in dreams What did you do while the planet was plundered? What did you do when the Earth was unraveling? Surely you did something when the seasons started failing? As the mammals, reptiles and birds were all dying? Did you fill the streets with protest when democracy was stolen? What did you do once you knew? Excerpted from Love Letter to the Milky Way, by Drew Dellinger. White Cloud Press, 2011. Reprinted with permission. October 2018
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There is no charge for their groups and services. They are supported by the generosity of businesses, foundations and individuals. To find out how to support them, check out their website at Dougy.org. People can send a check, donate stock or plan for estate gifting. They have a child-centered wish list, so anyone can help out with play dough, peanut butter crackers or soccer balls. Find out how to volunteer. Whether grieving a death, or wanting to support someone who is, the free Grief Out Loud Podcast (formally “Dear Dougy”) explores questions about grief. Produced by the staff of The Dougy Center, the podcast is a mostly-question-and-answer conversation and occasionally includes other guests in the field of dying, death and bereavement. For more information see Dougy.org.
THE DOUGY CENTER’S ANNUAL FALL LUNCHEON: PORTRAITS OF COURAGE will be held Tuesday, November 6 at the Sentinel Hotel in Portland with a reception at 11:30 a.m. and lunch at noon. Contact Rebecca Sturges at 503-542-4827 or RebeccaS@Dougy.org or for more information.
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“Growing old in place and staying at home instead of a retirement or nursing home is easier to accomplish when you have a social network.” Meet regularly with friends.
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an Buettner’s book The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest launched a movement a decade ago. Sequels include The Blue Zones of Happiness, The Blue Zones Solution and Thrive. Many communities have embraced the principles of this “make healthy living easier” paradigm, resulting in the improved well-being of residents. “Add more years to your life and more life to your years,” says Nick Buettner, vice president at Blue Zones LLC, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the founder’s brother who spoke with us. “The people around you, the places where you work, live and play, and the social norms in your community have an impact on your health.” The original U.S. pilot project in 2009, in Albert Lea, Minnesota, is a prime example. Instead of widening a main thoroughfare and raising the speed limit, the city widened the sidewalk and created a path around nearby Fountain Lake, offering safe exercise for bikers, joggers and walkers. The Hy-Vee grocery increased its health market section from two to seven aisles, leading to a 130 percent rise in related sales, and added a Blue Zones checkout lane for healthy grab-and-go options. City workplaces now offer quiet rooms and fruit instead of candy; one business converted a garage to a pickleball court. 30
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The five original Blue Zones are Ikaria, Greece; Loma Linda, California; Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica; Okinawa, Japan; and Sardinia, Italy.
Blue Zone Basics
Move Naturally – Even at work, get up and move at least once every 20 minutes. Reduce Stress – Take a nap, nature walk
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Act Intentionally – “People that feel
they have a reason to get out of bed in the morning tend to live seven years longer than those who just go through the motions,” says Buettner. A strong sense of purpose defines quality of life.
Eat Healthy – Enjoy the benefits of a plant-based diet. One cup of beans a day adds three to four years in life expectancy. Plant a garden to grow fresher, pesticidefree food. Eat meat an average of five times a month and in small-portioned stir-fry, soups and pasta. Consume fewer calories. Drink wine in moderation. Check out BlueZones.com/recipes. Maintain Relationships – “If you have fewer than three friends, it’s the equivalent of smoking for 20 years,” Buettner maintains.
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Have Faith – A faith-based life taps into a larger resource far greater than oneself and enhances a sense of purpose, social network and calm content.
Prioritize Family – Amid the busyness of life, make the most enjoyable family time and nurturing activities each day’s first choice. “Over the last four years in Florida, our sponsor, NCH Healthcare System, has helped to build well-being infrastructure and sustainability for approximately 400,000 people; that swells to nearly 1.2 million during high season from January to April,” says Deb Logan, executive director of Blue Zones Project-SWFL (Southwest Florida). “We have 33 Blue Zone-approved restaurants that collectively make an additional 176 plant-based menu items available locally; the first half of this year, they sold 130,000 Blue Zones-inspired dishes.” The healthful community philosophy was vital in Hawaii, when the Kīlauea Volcano spewed lava, sulfur dioxide and acid rain. First-responders staffed checkpoint stations around the clock to protect the public from dangerous areas, exposing themselves to combined sun and volcanic heat. The Hawaiian Blue Zone team delivered smoothies, beverages and paletas—healthy popsicles made with real fruit—to help workers stay cooler. They also delivered them to volunteers and public service groups, including Hope Services Hawaii, which built tiny houses for families displaced by volcanic activity. “We don’t come into an area and say, ‘This is what you must do.’ We say, ‘This is what you can do.’ The readiness must come from the city level, businesses, schools and nonprofits,” Buettner says. “The right leadership must be committed and prepared to follow through on multiple years of initiatives.” He remarks, “In the end, my hope for the future lies in the fact that communities care about their health. Blue Zones isn’t about the quantity of years, but the quality of life, and often that adds years, too.” Connect with the freelance writer via AveryMack@mindspring.com.
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California—Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach Iowa—Algona, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Fairfield, Harlan, Iowa City, Marion, Mason City, Muscatine, Oskaloosa, Sioux City, Spencer, Spirit Lake, Waterloo, Woodbine Minnesota—Albert Lea Cities and other areas transforming to Blue Zone status
Hawaii—East/North/West Hawaii, Kapolei/Ewa, Koolaupoko, Manoa/Makiki/ McCully/Moiliili, Wahiawa, Wailuku/Kahului (aka Central Maui)
Oklahoma—Pottawatomie County Oregon—The Dalles, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Umpqua Southwest Florida—Ave Maria, Bonita Springs, Estero, Golden Gate, Immokalee, Naples/East Naples
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he statistics are startling—as many as a quarter to one half of American children now have a diagnosed chronic condition, according to studies that include one in Academic Pediatrics that includes obesity. Over the last few decades, the number of children with asthma has tripled to affect one in eight; those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have doubled to one in 10; and autism diagnoses have increased at least 10-fold, to affect one in 50 (one in 31 boys). “It’s literally an epidemic of chronic childhood disease,” says Beth Lambert, of Charlotte, North Carolina, author of A Compromised Generation: The Epidemic of Chronic Illness in America’s Children and executive director of the nonprofit EpidemicAnswers.org. “Our children, with their little bodies and immature immune systems, can’t tolerate the toxic environments we’re all exposed to. They’re the canaries in the coal mine that show us that the way we are living today is not sustainable.”
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As scientists pinpoint the causes of conditions, parents, researchers and healthcare practitioners are discovering, Lambert says, that many of the youngsters’ chronic illnesses share a “perfect storm” of factors, including pharmaceutical overuse, toxic or nutritionally poor diets, exposure to toxins and other environmental stressors. “Many factors contribute to these chronic disorders; one size or one treatment doesn’t fit all,” says Dr. Kenneth Bock, of Red Hook, New York, an integrative medicine practitioner who has helped more than 3,000 chronically ill children and authored Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies. “But if children with one or more of the disorders are treated with a fully integrative medicine approach, the vast majority show some improvement, many significantly, and increasing numbers may recover to a point where they even lose their diagnosis.” Effective integrative applications often change the child’s
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diet to nutrient-dense, additive-free foods and supplements for gut and brain health; employ allergy testing and elimination, detoxification and behavioral and physical therapies; vet household contaminants; target medications like antifungals and anti-inflammatories; and use homeopathy and acupuncture.
Case Study
Maria O’Neil’s firstborn son, Connor, had a perfect Apgar score (newborn health status) at birth and appeared healthy to everyone until after immunization at 15 months, when he became withdrawn and vacant, with head-banging and hand-flapping. A pediatrician diagnosed moderately severe autism and advised, “Accept your new normal. Your son was born this way.” O’Neil exclaimed, “I will not let this disease take my child!” After she replaced processed foods, sugar, dairy and gluten with organics in his diet, he became calmer and “more here”. Tests by another pediatrician, Dr. Bob Sears, showed Connor had gut damage, mitochondrial issues, a high viral load, a low white cell count and a deficiency in basic vitamins and minerals. “Now I had a game plan,” says O’Neil, of Joshua Tree, California. Connor was given fish oil, B12 shots, juices, targeted herbs, Epsom salt baths, hyperbaric oxygen, a mitochondrial cocktail of nutraceuticals, medication with the antifungal fluconazole (Diflu-
More Help for Healing EWG.org – the go-to website of the Environmental Working Group for information about toxicity in food, products and the environment Why It Matters – video accounts from doctors; parents and recovered children; DocumentingHope.com can), the antiviral valacyclovir (Valtrex) and the immunity-enhancing naltrexone (Revia), plus acupuncture, homeopathy and chiropractic. Over time, Connor’s eyes brightened, his language “burst forth” and he became social and loving. By age 5, educators took him off his individualized learning program because he had no relevant symptoms. Today, at 9, he’s a popular fourth-grade kid that loves swimming, soccer and art, and wants to become a scientist or engineer. “The future is limitless for Connor,” O’Neil reports. “He can do anything he sets his mind to.”
“Once you have addressed the root causes, you can optimize healing by using the additional integrative modalities to help prevent chronic illnesses now and in years to come,” explains family physician Madiha Saeed, of Naperville, Illinois, author of The Holistic Rx: Your Guide to Healing Chronic Inflammation and Disease. The multipronged integrative approach is supported by studies that link poor gastrointestinal health to childhood diseases, notes Lambert. Italian researchers found a greater prevalence of “bad” gut bacteria in autistic children. In New Zealand, it was shown that those with ADHD have gut bacteria that reduces dopamine, a neurotransmitter that controls the brain’s reward center. At EpidemicAnswers.org, medical professionals and parents have created a comprehensive database of resources, studies, strategies and health coaches to help realize a child’s full potential. It plans to follow 14 children with chronic conditions through 18 months of healing and recovery therapeutic services to be documented in a film titled Canary Kids. “We want to show parents that there’s hope—because then they can take the next step and move forward,” says Lambert. Ronica A. O’Hara is a Denver-based freelance health writer. Connect at OHaraRonica@gmail.com.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7 RaSani Body Mind Spirit Fair – 10am-5pm. See Sat listing for details.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3 Western Herbs: Eating Our Medicine – 5:308pm. Four consecutive Wednesdays Oct 3-24.. With Rylen Feeney. This herb class is dedicated to the category of culinary herbs and spices and how to add the remarkable healing powers of these culinary herbs to our daily diets. Covering the medicinal properties of over 15 herbs with examples of how to use them in foods and recipes. Recipes and samples will be shared throughout the four weeks. No experience required. $235. The Wellspring School, 2440 NE MLK Jr Blvd, Ste 202, Portland. 503-688-1482. Info@TheWellspring.org. Register: TheWellspring.org/classes.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4 Evolutionary Music with Paradiso & Rasamayi – 6-8:30pm. Semi Private Sound Healing Experience Plus Workshop. Dive deep into Evolutionary Music with a semi-private, sacred sound session, where internationally renowned Master Didjeridoo Healing Artist Paradiso and Singing Bowl Alchemy MasterTeacher Rasamayi tune into and create sacred sound frequency prescriptions specifically for you. In this far more intimate group than their usual offerings, Paradiso and Rasamayi are able to go even deeper in clearing blocked energy, harmonizing auric frequencies and activating transformative shifts in consciousness, spending more time on each soul in attendance and working on each attendee individually multiple times in the course of the session. $77. New Renaissance Bookshop, 1338 NW 23rd Ave, Portland. 503-224-4929. NRBEvents@gmail.com. NewRenBooks.com.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 Whole Foods for the Whole Family –5:30-8pm. Wholistic Nutrition Student Health Fair. Join our soon-to-graduate wholistic nutrition program students and explore topics such as super seeds, foraged foods, sourdough, shrubs & switchels and more! Students will have handouts, samples and lots of info to share. Drop in anytime over the course of the evening. Free. The Wellspring School, 2440 NE MLK Jr Blvd, Ste 202, Portland. 503-688-1482. Info@TheWellspring.org.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 Free Reiki 1 Certification – Learn Energy Healing. Six-hour class. Reiki Ranch, near Chehalis, WA. Register: 360-748-4426. ReikiRanch@gmail.com. ReikiRanch.com. Become a Certified Usui Reiki Master – Oct 6-7. Reiki 1, 2 & 3 in the same weekend. $299. Reiki Ranch, near Chehalis, WA. Register: 360-748-4426. ReikiRanch@gmail.com. ReikiRanch.com. RaSani Body Mind Spirit Fair – 10am-5pm. Oct 6-7. 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 Expo, 3700 Knox Butte Rd E, Albany. RasaniFair.com.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 Restore and Renew Retreat – Oct 12-14. Find rest and renewal in the secluded sanctuary of old growth forest, meadows, hiking trails and flowing creek waters. Give your body, mind and spirit time to rest and reflect as you move from summer into a new season with health, happiness and vitality. Be nurtured, supported and refreshed as you practice with Shaunna Sutcliffe, RYT500, E-RYT200, YACEP and certified in Holistic Yoga Therapeutics. Still Meadow Retreat Center, Damascus. More info: MomentByMomentYoga.com/restorativeretreat-oct-2018.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 Grief and Resilience Workshop – 10am-2:30pm. A workshop to learn and experience simple but deep techniques for finding resilience. The focus of the workshop is not to process grief or to escape from it but rather to find the strength to face and deepen the grief being felt collectively and personally. $40-$50 sliding scale. Flanders House, 2926 NE Flanders St, Portland. Info & register at DebRodney@gmail.com. Give Up Your Glasses for Good – 2-5pm. In this enlightening and interactive event, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld, will teach you three simple and relaxing ways to take better care of your eyes in order to both prevent and reverse all kinds of vision problems naturally. Once you start to take care of your eyes every day, just like you brush your teeth every day, you may begin to actually see more clearly day by day, and decrease your dependency on glasses and contacts to see. $40. New Renaissance Bookshop, 1338 NW 23rd Ave, Portland. 503-224-4929. NRBEvents@gmail.com. NewRenBooks.com.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14 Universal Creativity & Business Workshop – 11am-1pm. In this interactive workshop, successful businessman and yogi Robert will help you synchronize your creative potential with both business know-how and spiritual alignment. You will have the opportunity to run your business plan by Robert (or he will help you create one) for guidance in maximizing your best ideas, as well as support in the logical, left-brain side of how you will implement your plan, including what it might cost and how long it will take. $30. New Renaissance Bookshop, 1338 NW 23rd Ave, Portland. 503-224-4929. NRBEvents@gmail.com. NewRenBooks.com.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19 Free Intuitive Panel + Metaphysical Empowerment & Wellness Fair – 5-10pm. Free Intuitive Panel 5-6pm. Experience 20 metaphysical, intuitive and psychic readers and energy healers share their gifts. Enjoy Reiki, crystals, mediumship, eye readings, medical intuition, tarot, astrology, sound healing and more. Free admission, samples, parking and snacks; stations for a fee. Free. The Gem, 1110 NE Glisan St, Portland. Laureli Shi-
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 Caring for Cancer – 9am-5pm. Oct 20-21, With Rylen Feeney. Class explores the critical role Complementary and Alternative Medicine play in caring for individuals living with cancer. Review possible causes & treatments, nutrition, herbs, supplements, qigong, acupressure points and massage techniques for easing and enhancing western therapies, while reducing the side-effects of Chemo and Radiation. Open to all persons dealing with cancer or caring for someone during any phase of cancer treatment. *This class may be overwhelming for people recently diagnosed with cancer or undergoing treatment. Please call if you have questions. $350. The Wellspring School, 2440 NE MLK Jr Blvd, Ste 202, Portland. 503-688-1482. Info@TheWellspring.org. Register: TheWellspring.org/classes. Portland VegFest – 10am-6pm Sat & 10am-5pm 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, Portland. PortlandVegFest.org. Feldenkrais for Athletes – 1:30-4pm. The Feldenkrais Method is an extraordinary form of somatic education that helps us rediscover our innate capacity for graceful, efficient, pain-free movement. In this introductory workshop you’ll learn about the origins of the method and come away with some tools for improving your athletic performance as well as preventing and recovering from injury. $40 or $35 before Oct 13. Therapeutic Associates Northwest PACE, 4829 NE MLK Jr Blvd, Portland. Alice Boyd CFP, 503-753-6437, Alice@AliceBoyd.com. AliceBoyd.com. A Night of Metaphysical Messages – 7-9:30pm. Skeletons in the Closet & How to Sweep Them Out! We all have ancestors, relatives, old stories and fears lurking in the shadows. We’ll empower you to find them, face them and sweep them clear away. Ask questions and hear answers from three intuitive practitioners. Heather Smith, Inner Magic Coach, Akashic Reader; Laureli Shimayo, Intuitive Eye Reader, Body Psychology Coach; Kirstin, Psychic, Medium. Win a Free Session. $10-30 sliding scale. The Gem, 1110 NE Glisan St, Portland. Laureli Shimayo, 720-352-2434, Laureli@ThriveTypes. com. MetaphysicalEmpowermentEvents.com. Facebook.com/events/697239753974714.
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Dealing with Anger with the Bach Flower Remedies – 5-7pm. Workshop presented by Rio Hibler. New Renaissance Bookstore, 1338 NW 23rd Ave., Portland. 503-224-4929 for reservations. Rio@HealWithFlowers.com.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 22 Mindful Living: Mindfulness Meditation Course – 6:15-8:15pm. With Ashley Dahl, MSW. Reduce stress while boosting resiliency. Six-week course takes an experiential dive into fundamental principles and practices of mindfulness meditation, exploring how they support well-being, compassionate awareness and embodied presence—wherever we are. Beginners welcome. Limited class size. Beginning 10/22. (Free optional info session 10/8.) Unfold Portland, 2370 SE 37th Ave, Portland. Ashley Dahl, 206-371-8795, Info@OpenSpaceMindfulness.com. OpenSpaceMindfulness.com.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27 Feldenkrais for Health and Wellbeing – 1:304pm. The Feldenkrais Method is an extraordinary form of somatic education that helps us rediscover our innate capacity for graceful, efficient, pain-free movement. Join Alice in this afternoon workshop to explore the practice as vehicle and support for mindful living. In the process, we’ll bring greater awareness and comfort to everyday activities such as sitting, standing, walking and breathing. $40 or $35 before Oct 20. Luminance, 3430 NE 41st Ave, Portland. Alice Boyd CFP, 503-753-6437, Alice@AliceBoyd.com. AliceBoyd.com.
plan ahead The Gluten Free Food Allergy Fest – Nov 3 & 4. Sat, 10am-4pm & Sun, 10am-3pm. 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 100 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 N Marine Dr, Portland. GlutenFreeFoodAllergyFest.com.
Wholistic Nutrition Student Clinic – Nov 17 & 18. Times vary. Reap the benefits of a full nutrition intake with great take-home recommendations from our soon-to-graduate wholistic nutrition program group. Students are trained in the principles of Western nutrition and Chinese Medicine nutritional guidelines. The clinic is fully supervised and available by appointment only. Check the classes page for times and to register for a slot. Donation based. The Wellspring School, 2440 NE MLK Jr Blvd, Ste 202, Portland. 503-688-1482. Info@TheWellspring.org. Register: TheWellspring. org/classes.
Pretty Kitty Holiday Craft Bazaar – Nov 10. 10am-4pm. House of Dreams’ popular, colorful bazaar features handmade gifts for people and pets, many using recycled content and vegan materials. Gently-used holiday décor, door prizes, baked goods – vegan, too. Silent auction closes at 2pm and raffle closes at 3pm. We accept donations of quality, hand-crafted items, and all bazaar proceeds go directly to the care of the cats at House of Dreams–an all-volunteer non-profit organization. Tabor Space, 5441 SE Belmont St, Portland. KittyDreams.org.
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ongoing events NOTE: All calendar events must be received by the 12th of the month and adhere to our guidelines. Visit NAPortland.com/resources/calendar/ to submit online. No phone calls or faxes, please. Email Calendar@NAPortland.com for guidelines or assistance.
sunday “Loving Kindness” Meditation Group – 10am1pm. 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. 3939 NE Hancock, Ste 205, Portland. 503-997-8611. RSVP to PMR1354@hotmail. com. PaulRakoczyTherapist.com/groups. Yin Yoga – 7-8:15 pm. This all-levels, relaxed floor practice focuses on moving prana–life-force and breath–through areas of our bodies where we tend to hold chronic tension. Passive postures that target shoulders, back and hips are propped, supported and held for 45 seconds to 3 minutes. These longer held poses encourage fascial release, increased circulation and improved joint mobility. A strong emphasis on breath and pranayama practices aid in reducing anxiety and stress of daily life. DAYA Foundation, 5210 SW Corbett, Portland. 503-552-9642. Info@DayaFoundation.org. DayaFoundation.org. 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.
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 5:45-6:50pm. 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. See Monday listing for details. 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.
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monday 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. TheWellspring.org/classes. Healing from Depression & Anxiety Support Group – 6:30-9pm. Experience the healing power of community. Learn 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.
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. Curvy Yoga – 12:15-1:30pm. An empowering yoga class, where bigger-bodied students can practice (re)connecting to themselves! The laidback atmosphere encourages you to ask questions, explore variations and learn about movement that fits YOUR body. We are owning our shape unapologetically and learning to listen to our bodies through movement, breath and a healthy dose of candidness—we are keeping it real. Appropriate for beginner and experienced yogis alike. DAYA Foundation, 5210 SW Corbett, Portland. 503-552-9642. Info@DayaFoundation.org. DayaFoundation.org. New Weekly Qigong Class – 3:30-4:45pm. Geared to all levels of practitioners at this new studio. Radiant Yoga, 4000 SE International Way, F202, Milwaukie. RoseCityQigong.com.
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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@TheMovementCenter.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 Treat yourself to a 30-minute nap
friday Qigong Introduction Series – 8-9:15 am. Discover how to incorporate this healing practice into your life. Seven-week series. $100. Held at Yoga Refuge, 7831 SE Stark St, #800, Portland. 503-961-2242 or RoseCityQigong.com to register. 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. Register: TheWellspring. org/classes. Learn, Grow and Play – 1:30-2pm. Inner Essence weekly workshops. Rehab - 2nd Friday of the month. Activate, 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 new insight into honoring your spine and how to create movement in your daily life with subtle exercises. How To Class - 4th Friday. Learn how to manage your sore muscles with tricks and tips. Hands-on class. Classes $10 for non-members, free for members. RSVP; space is limited. Inner Essence Chiropractic & Healing Center, 2205 N Lombard St, Ste 101, Portland. 503-893-4407. InnerEssenceChiro@gmail.com. InnerEssenceChiro.com. 100 Handprint Healing Ritual – 5:307:30pm. 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.
saturday Queer+ Yoga – 11:30am-12:45pm. Safe, accessible and inclusive, Queer+ Yoga is a luminous invitation to radical self acceptance and radiance. The practice of yoga allows us to move past that which limits our true range of expression. Grounded in mindfulness and focused on alignment, this all-levels flow is for all who identify as LGBTQIA+. Join us, in supportive community, as we journey onward to come into the light of our true selves. DAYA Foundation, 5210 SW Corbett, Portland. 503-552-9642. Info@DayaFoundation.org. DayaFoundation.org. 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. ReawakeningFromWithin.com.
classifieds Fee for classifieds is $20 for up to 50 words. $1 per word for additional words. To place listing, email content to Calendar@NAPortland.com. Deadline is the 12th of the month. DO YOU WANT TO GROW CLOSER TO GOD? – Learn about the divine laws and apply them in your life. The highest laws are the Absolute Law that comes directly from its source, God. The Great Cosmic Teachings of Jesus of Nazareth to His Apostles and Disciples Who Could Understand Them. 844-576-0937. Gabriele-Publishing-House.com.
Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art. ~Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Celestial Living Arts Monthly Forecast
October 2018 © Liz Howell Much that has been hidden is now ready to come to see the light of day in the month of October. We enter our annual Libra season with our Venus-ruled notions of amicable, fair and just strongly under the influence of the darker side of human relations. On a very personal level, our sense of center is being redefined and we may find ourselves questioning in that which we trust. Finances will be a recurring theme. With Pluto, lord of the underworld, turning direct on October 1 followed by Venus’s retrograde motion in Scorpio beginning October 6, the stage is set for some deep-seated revelations to come. The new Moon on October 8 makes it abundantly clear that the battle lines are being drawn. The Scorpio Full Moon on the 24th suggests that explosive dynamics are the path to the purification and that demise and destruction ahead are what prepares the ground for an important new cycle to begin.
Mantras and musings for the month of October: Libra (Sep 23-Oct 22): Sometimes it’s not the people who change, it’s the mask that falls off. ~Haruki Murakami
Taurus (Apr 20-May 20): The most common form of despair is not being who you are. ~Søren Kierkegaard
Scorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21): Don’t saw off the branch you’re sitting on. ~ Swedish Proverb
Gemini (May 21-Jun 20): Wisdom begins in wonder. ~Socrates
Sagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21): Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing. ~Lao Tzu Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19): Trust is won not given. ~Tobsha Learner Aquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18): Purity or impurity depends on oneself; no one can purify another. ~Buddha Pisces (Feb 19-Mar 20): The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment. ~Pema Chödrön
Cancer (Jun 21-Jul 22): If I could identify one core problem about the world, it’s that we’ve been taught to distrust ourselves. ~Shakti Gawain Leo (Jul 23-Aug 22): The object isn’t to make art, it’s to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable. ~Robert Henri Virgo (Aug 23-Sep 22): You are not IN the universe, you ARE the universe. ~Eckhart Tolle
Aries (Mar 21-Apr 19): He who laughs ... lasts. ~Erma Bomback Libra! Celebrate your birthday with 15% OFF astrology readings for you this month. CelestialLivingArts.com
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community resource guide Connecting you to the leaders in natural healthcare and green living in our community. To find out how you can be included in the Community Resource Guide email Advertising@NAPortland.com to request our media kit.
ACUPUNCTURE
1620 SE Ankeny St, Portland, OR 97214 503-233-0943 ThirdWayChiropractic.com Dr Boothby utilizes a soft tissue technique to relieve structural tension on the nervous system and restore ground support to the body.
BODY SCREENING RADIANT BODY THERMOGRAPHY
ALL WAYS WELL ACUPUNCTURE & WELLNESS
1314 NW Irving St, #705 Portland, OR 97209 503-775-1812 Info@RadiantBodyThermography.com
Rebecca MH Kitzerow, LAc Jonathan Irvin, LAc 503-548-4403 AllWaysWell.com
A medical thermography clinic providing 100% safe, non-invasive, painless breast and full body screening utilizing digital infrared thermal imaging. Reports written by thermologists, board-certified physicians.
Voted Favorite Natural Health Center 2017, Favorite Acupuncturist 2014 to 2017. Now in Portland and La Center. Facial Rejuvenation, Chinese Herbs. Book online!
NORTH PORTLAND WELLNESS CENTER Chiropractic, Acupuncture and Massage 4922 N Vancouver Ave, at Alberta St 503-493-9398 NorthPortlandWellness.com
We specialize in Injury Treatment, Auto Accident Recovery, Acute & Chronic Pain Relief and Family Health & Wellness. Our dedicated team provides effective medicine in a warm, comfortable environment.
BOOKS, GIFTS & EVENTS NEW RENAISSANCE
TALISMAN ACUPUNCTURE AND HERBS
Books, Gifts, and Events for Conscious Living 1338 NW 23rd Ave at Pettygrove, Portland 503-224-4929 NewRenBooks.com
3024 NE 63rd Ave Portland, OR 97213 503-358-1963
Oregon’s largest metaphysical book and gift store specializing in spiritual books from all traditions. Events to enlighten, educate and entertain. Full event listings at NewRenBooks.com
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AKASHIC RECORDS BODY-MIND-SPIRIT HEALING ARTS LLC Patty Oliver, Akashic Records Soul Realignment® Master 503-369-7810 BodyMindSpiritHealingArts.com
METAPHYSICAL EMPOWERMENT EVENTS
Facebook.com/pg/Metaphysical EmpowermentEvents/events 720-352-2434 MetaphysicalEmpowermentEvents.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.
CLEANING ECOMAIDS
503-908-0950 EcoMaids.com/Portland.com EcoMaids is Oregon’s premier green cleaning company serving homes and businesses. We are committed to creating safe and healthful spaces for your family, pets, and coworkers; while reducing harmful toxins in our ecosystem.
COACHING & CONSULTING SALSBURY & CO. April Salsbury 503-850-8411 SalsburyAndCo.com
Building strong foundations and growing your business. Business & healthcare private practice consulting.
CHIROPRACTIC AYURVEDA
INNER ESSENCE CHIROPRACTIC AND HEALING CENTER
SARASVATI INSTITUTE OF AYURVEDIC YOGA THERAPY
Vitalistic Chiropractic, Naturopathic, and Rolfing 2205 N Lombard St, Ste 101 Portland, OR 97214 503-893-4407 InnerEssenceChiro.com
Susan Bass, Ayurvedic Practitioner, Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500 857-919-2866 AyurvedicYogaTherapy.org 200, 300 & 1100-hour Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy Certification Programs Portland’s first Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy Certification Program. SIAYT is recognized by Yoga Alliance, IAYT, NAMA & APPNA.
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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.
SELF MASTERY Linda Lawson Mentor and Coach 720-301-3993 Heartlink-Ed.com
CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY QUANTUM STILLNESS CRANIOSACRAL 3695 NW South Rd Portland, OR 97229 917-588-6015 SeaCummins.com
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
DENTIST AADVANCED DENTAL
Dr Inna Shimanovsky, DMD 1508 Washington St, Oregon City 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.
AESTHETIC DENTISTRY OF LAKE OSWEGO
Larry Bowden, DMD 17720 Jean Way, Ste 200, Lake Oswego 503-620-7100
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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.
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.
ENERGY HEALING 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 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.
TEMPLE MEDICINE HEALING Amy Kimmick, BSN RN 1716 NE 42nd Ave, Portland TempleMedicineHealing.com
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. ~Buddha
My work brings you back to you, by way of energy healing, mediumship, and knowledge of the body to release ancestral patterns and emotions.
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.
FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE A NEW WAY CLINIC
9320 SW Barbur Blvd, Ste 165, Portland 503-545-6285 ANewWay.clinic
Dr. Tal Cohen integrates Functional medicine, Chinese and Japanese medicine, nutrition therapy, and herbal medicine to find and treat the root cause of your symptoms.
HEALTH INTUITIVE MEDIUM BE-JOY!
Readings By Phone or In-Person 1316 NW 23rd Ave, Portland 503-805-7403 Be-Joy.com
HOLISTIC EDUCATION 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.
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LANDSCAPING BLOSSOM
COHESIVE THERAPY HEALING & REJUVENATION CENTER
2400 Broadway St, Vancouver WA CohesiveThearpy.org
Offering programs for motor vehicle, workman comp, weight loss detox programs, mind body spirit healing and rejuvenation. Accepting Blue Cross Blue Shield for Acupuncture and massage.
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.
HEALTH MATTERS
MASSAGE
Constance Coquillette, MSW 971-404-5174 Lisa Fishman, MA 425-736-4784 HEALTH MATTERS NORTHWEST LLC HealthMattersNW.com
MIKI MORROW, LMT
Yaimayu Massage 201 SE 124th Ave, Ste 202 Vancouver, WA 98684 360-608-0135 MikiWaMassage.com Facebook.com/Yaimayu Lic. MA00025265
Specializing in preventing/reversing Specializing in preventing/reversdisease & controlling weight food ing disease andwith controlling weight Constance MSW with food.Coquillette, 971.404.5174
Lisa Fishman, MA 425.736.4784
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SPIRITPATH TRANSFORMATIONAL SHAMANIC HEALING Liz Randol 505-204-0452 LizDragon2002@gmail.com Spiritpath-Healing.com
Release the past, embrace the present and find your role in the Great Changes that are upon us. Tap the wisdom of the Higher Self/Divine Feminine/Great Spirit quickly with unique healing that taps into the Akashic records, past lives and trauma from this lifetime. Break through to the sacred truth in each being. Call for Free Consultation.
OREGON SCHOOL OF MASSAGE 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.
MINISTER/CELEBRANT NW SPIRITUAL COLLECTIVE
SUPERIOR SPORTS NUTRITION & WEIGHT LOSS
Marie Marks BA, STT, IWA 360-609-6498 NWSpirtualCollective.com
Ellen Gyberg, Holistic Nutrition Expert 360-601-0137 Superior-Nutriton.net
Celebrant/Minister: weddings, rite of passage, blessings, prayers, meditations, cultural and custom design ceremonies. Transformational Advocate: spiritual guidance & mentoring.
HYPNOTHERAPY LOVING KINDNESS HYPNOSIS
Laney Coulter, BCH, CPHI, NLP, M.Ed BWRT Level 2 Practitioner 503-289-3614 LovingKindnessHypnosis.com
ORGANIC SALONS
Clear emotional pain and create powerful inner resources. Stop smoking, eliminate excess weight, remove phobias, learn strategies to control anger, stress and much more. Empower yourself with hypnosis! Be the person your dog thinks you are!
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REV!VE ORGANIC SALON
4460 SW Garden Home Rd, Portland 503-360-1324 ReviveOrganicSalonPDX.com
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Revive is an organic and ammonia-free salon promoting beauty, wellness and green living by being free of chemicals, damaging toxins, and harmful carcinogens.
PERSONAL TRAINER MICHAEL HAYNES
NASM Certified Personal Trainer, NASM Sr. Fitness, Nutrition & Weight Loss Specialist 312-519-9270 Train_With_Mike@yahoo.com Providing personalized, science based, efficient, biomechanically sound workouts designed to meet your immediate goals and focus on long-term health & wellness. Pearl location. No gym membership needed. Also mobile - I’ll come to you!
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.
QIGONG ROSE CITY QIGONG Rose Allen Portland, OR 503-961-2242 RoseCityQigong.com
Qigong practice delivers proven health benefits. People are discovering that these simple movements coordinated with breath and focused awareness are easily learned. Enliven your energetic life force by joining this health movement. Rose is a Certified Instructor with 12 years of dedicated practice. Now is a great time for self-healing.
READERS TAROT READINGS Dynamic, Insightful, Empowering
Crystal Chakra Healings Resolve Major Life Issues Now Gina Crystal 360-984-6837 RadiantCrystal@att.net GinaCrystal.com
REIKI VICKI MCARDLE
Usui/Holy Fire Reiki Master Portland, OR 503-939-4357 VickiMcArdle.com
RETREAT CENTER ANANDA CENTER AT LAURELWOOD Retreat, Conference and Event Center 38950 SW Laurelwood Rd Gaston, OR 97119 503-746-6229 AnandaLaurelwood.org
A beautiful place to host your next meeting, event, retreat or conference and only 45 minutes west of Portland. We have bright spaces for groups of all sizes; lovely guest rooms, most with views of the lush valley; delicious vegetarian meals served daily; yoga and meditation.
YOGA DAYA FOUNDATION
Sarahjoy Marsh, Yoga Teacher + Therapist 5210 SW Corbett Ave, Portland SarahjoyYoga.com DayaFoundation.org Public yoga classes, private lessons, yoga therapy, and Hunger, Hope + Healing Series for women with food and body image issues.
GOOD BEGINNINGS YOGA
SOUND HEALING SOUND HEALING PRACTITIONER Mikaela Jones 3736 SW 10th Ave Portland, OR 97239 503-705-1609 HealingSoundBaths.com
Trained in sound healing and hypnotherapy, Mikaela utilizes various sound healing instruments and her voice for stress release, Higher Self communication, goal manifestation, restoring harmony to body, mind, and Spirit.
THERAPY/COUNSELING EMOTIONAL PEACEMAKING
Hypnotherapy/Energy Psychology Val Jolley C.Ht, P.NLP, EFTP, QTP ValJolley.com
PAUL M RAKOCZY, LCSW
Humanistic Psychotherapy/ Reiki 3939 NE Hancock, Ste 205 503-997-8611 Pmr1354@hotmail.com PaulRakoczyTherapist.com SJL PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES Stuart J. Levit, Ed.S, M.Ed.
4531 SE Belmont St, Portland 503-983-7949 Info@StuartJLevit.com StuartLevit.com Have a particular life obstacle that you are trying to understand and resolve? Somatic and Mindfulness based counseling in a private comfortable space. Evening & weekend hours available.
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NOVEMBER
Coming Next Month
Immune System Boosters Plus: Safe Drinking Water
Prenatal + Mom & Baby yoga with Sound healing. Classes in North Portland.
KARMA YOGA & FITNESS
13031 SE 84th Ave Clackamas, 97015 503-482-8620 Info@KarmaYogaAndFitness.com KarmaYogaAndFitness.com
SARASVATI INSTITUTE OF AYURVEDIC YOGA THERAPY
Susan Bass, Ayurvedic Practitioner, Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500 857-919-2866 AyurvedicYogaTherapy.org 200, 300 & 1100-hour Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy Certification Programs Portland’s first Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy Certification Program. SIAYT is recognized by Yoga Alliance, IAYT, NAMA & APPNA.
THE MOVEMENT CENTER YOGA STUDIO 1021 NE 33rd Ave, Portland 503-231-0383 TheMovementCenter.com
Hatha yoga for all levels, workshops & specialty classes, private & healing yoga sessions, at a beautiful meditation and retreat center in the heart of the city.
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