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I’ve had a part in bringing three beautiful children into this world and remained in complete awe of every moment every time, from pregnancy through delivery.

The birth of my daughter, Chelsea, was as easygoing as she is. When my water broke it was my signal that labor had begun and off to the hospital we went; she arrived 15 hours later.

With my son Grant, although I had failed every routine prenatal diagnostic test I knew in my heart that all would be well. My physician monitored some irregularity in his heartbeat during pregnancy, but by the time he was born he was fine.

My third baby, Evan, started in a breech position; I should have had a clue about his active personality when he decided to turn himself around in utero. Afterwards, the doctor showed me a knot in his umbilical cord and said, “We have a miracle baby in our hands.” Divine intervention had interceded, keeping the knot from tightening up, and my healthy baby boy was proof.

Having all my children when I was in my 20s also meant I found myself whelmed by the choices and necessary decisions involved in planning for their arrival. If I’d known then what I know now, I would have devoted more time to learning about natural birth options and all of the resources available to help achieve a safe, natural birthing experience. Today, complementary modalities like hypnosis, massage, yoga therapy, chiropractic treatments and acupuncture can help alleviate much of the discomfort of pregnancy and labor. In “Giving Birth Naturally: Conscious Choices Lead to Less Intervention,” Meredith Montgomery clues us in.

Continuing our celebration of the women in our lives, Lisa Marshall reports on “Rethinking Breast Health: Natural Ways to Keep Breasts Smooth, Pain-Free and Firm, while Reducing the Risk of Cancer.” We learn more about the importance of taking care of ourselves and our bodies.

Estrogen dominance is associated with many of women’s health issues today and it deserves to be taken seriously. Having experienced a hormone imbalance firsthand, I’m a fan of integrative medicine, bio-identical hormones and supplements that can help maintain a healthful balance between estrogen and progesterone levels. Nearly every female will experience some kind of hormone imbalance sometime in her life, so being informed can only benefit us.

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s summer approaches, the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati offers a plethora of summer camps for children and adults of all ages, ranging from the traditional day camp to overnight and weekend adventures. Camp offers children positive developmental experiences and encourages them to forge bonds with each other and with staff while they build confidence through skill-building activities suited to their age.

Children experience a sense of achievement through outdoor opportunities in a physically and emotionally safe and stimulating environment. Each year, the Y welcomes more than 2,000 day campers at 12 locations across Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Camps also provide time for reading to help negate summer learning loss. Last summer, day campers read over 30,000 books. Summer day camps begin the moment school is out, and camp themes cover everything from Junkyard Inventions, to Superhero Week, to learning about Critters in the Creek.

The YMCA of Greater Cincinnati also offers residential (overnight) camp at YMCA Camp Ernst, located in Burlington, Kentucky, a short distance from downtown Cincinnati. At Camp Ernst, more than 3,000 campers convene each year to enjoy participation in activities such as zip lining and ropes courses, archery, swimming, horseback riding, kayaking, mountain biking, creative arts, team games, and more.

Summer camps play a key role in helping young people develop relationshipbuilding skills, learn about diversity and inclusion, become more independent, and improve leadership skills. Participants typically leave with memories that last a lifetime.

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Location: 525 Elm St, Cincinnati. For more information call 5130-419-7300 or visit ConsciousCon.com. Full-access conference registration opens at 7:30. See ad page 8.

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rom noon to 5:00 p.m. June 13 and 14, Lisa Clark, ERYT500, director of EmbodiYoga 200 and 500 Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) programs, will present a workshop at Sangha Yoga Studio. Clark is a registered International Somatic Movement educator and therapist, and a certified teacher/ practioner of body-mind centering.

She is one of the leading innovators in the integration of yoga and bodymind centering and has been actively Lisa Clark with yoga student engaged in the training, teaching and development of this form for more than 30 years.

The workshop will explore yoga from the perspective of whole-body consciousness—teaching new sources of structure and integrity and opening new layers of kinesthetic awareness. It will teach how to experience and align the body in unique ways that originate in the deepest structures of the body, such as the cells, organs and musculoskeletal system. The integrity of a whole-body perspective reaches into the roots of full human experience, allowing yoga to become a fully creative, authentic and life-nurturing practice.

Location: 112 N. Second St., Loveland. For more information or to register, call Becky Morrissey at 937-243-2403, email info@ SanghaYoga.Org, or visit SanghaYoga.org. The cost for the weekend is $199. See ad page 12.

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he third annual 5K walk or run race starts at 9 a.m. at the Voice of America Park in West Chester on June 13. The race will be around the scenic park lake, and this year, chip timing is included. All participants are invited to experience a no-charge 15-minute Healing Touch session.

The Heel to Heal race was developed as a fun and healthy way to broaden the awareness of Healing Touch and the Healing Touch Worldwide Foundation (HTWF). Volunteers will be on hand to provide an opportunity for personal Healing Touch experiences.

Healing Touch is an evidencebased practice recognized as an energy healing therapy by the National Institute of Health’s National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). Healing Touch Program (HTP) is the first organization exclusively providing this therapy to be accredited by the National Commission Certifying Agencies (NCCA). Practitioners use their hands in a heart-centered and intentional way to support and facilitate physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health.

The goal of Healing Touch is to restore balance and harmony in the energy system, helping the client to self-heal.

All proceeds go to the Healing Touch Worldwide Foundation (HTWF) to fund grants for research and service. HTWF is a non-profit corporation established in 1997 by Janet Mentgen, founder of the Healing Touch Program.

The purpose of the foundation is to raise and grant funds to advance the excellence and philosophy of Healing Touch.

A $100 cash prize will be awarded for the most funds raised from the race.

Runners, walkers, and walkers with dogs are welcome. Preregistration is required.

Dogs can also experience Healing Touch for Animals.

Location: Voice of America Pk., 7850 VOA Pk. Dr., West Chester. For more information, visit HeeltoHeal.com. See ad page 39.

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Collectively, companies have been nibbling at the edges of challenges such as climate change, food security, ecosystems preservation and resource efficiency. One measure of corporate engagement going forward will be proactive involvement on political issues that could accelerate the transition to a low-carbon and more sustainable economy. It remains to be seen whether companies can afford to sit on the sidelines, letting the political process unfold, or worse, play defense against changes that might roil their status quo.

2015 will be an interesting year on multiple fronts, especially with the launch of the new sustainable development goals at the United Nations (UN) in New York this fall, along with UN climate talks in Paris in December. Both will be tests of corporate engagement and resolve in driving the kinds of change many of their CEOs publicly call for. The reports’ findings of companies’ progress in greenhouse gas and emissions, air pollutants, water use and solid waste production are all leveling off or even declining.

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The participants conducted mindfulness meditation exercises for an average of 27 minutes a day. Before and after the trial, the subjects were given tests and magnetic resonance imaging of their brains.

The researchers found that the practice of mindfulness meditation resulted in increased gray matter density in the hippocampus of the brain, an area associated with increased memory and learning capacity, plus a greater sense of compassion and introspection.

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Her recent work is featured in several national and international publications including Redbook, Gothesque and Gothesque Jr. magazines, Vintage Bride magazine and Cincinnati Wedding’s magazine blog.

The cover photo subject is Trisha Durham, a former professional ballerina, certified yoga instructor and founder of Cincinnati Bridal Yoga. With Parker’s talent for storytelling through pictures, she captures Durham’s love of yoga and dance. Durham’s wedding dress held the spotlight in her recent nuptial celebration.

strogen dominance is a term that describes the situation of an adolescent or adult female with insufficient progesterone to balance her estrogen level.

While a simple blood or saliva test can determine absolute hormone levels, each woman is different, with a unique ratio that determines how her body reacts to and uses specific hormones. Thus, determining estrogen dominance is more a matter of evaluating symptoms than simply measuring hormone levels.

In addition to a woman’s self-produced hormones, in today’s environment there are also significant and confusing estrogen-like effects from various chemicals sprayed on plants or growth hormones fed to cows and chickens, byproducts of chlorine production, plastic containers used to both store and prepare food, and even plasticizers in children’s toys. These chemicals and plastics are medically known as endocrine disrupters, and aside from altering levels of estrogen and progesterone, they also have a profound effect on the relationship and balance of other body hormones.

The problem is typically more pronounced in obese women because fat cells both make and store estrogen, and fat cells can also store other toxic chemicals.

The cumulative effect of these disrupters sometimes leads to a biological condition of estrogen dominance. One way to demonstrate this effect is by a thermographic evaluation of a woman’s chest and breasts. This test provides a view of a person’s hormone balance physiology.

Estrogen dominance in teens and adults can cause menstrual migraine headaches, which are most likely to occur during the second two weeks of a cycle. Other symptoms include decreased libido, bloating, fibroid pain, fibrocystic breasts, excessive menstrual flow, mood swings, weight gain, foggy thinking, fatigue, trouble sleeping, and what is commonly known as premenstrual syndrome or PMS.

Long-term consequences of estrogen dominance include endometriosis, skipped periods, heavy bleeding, fibroids, uterine cancer, heart disease, stroke, and decreased brain function. Other consequences include early breast and pubic hair development in girls and infertility that may be contributing to a decrease in teenage pregnancy rates.

An integrative medicine specialist can measure hormone levels, recommend or perform medical infrared imaging for monitoring, and prescribe options of herbal, homeopathic, and bio-identical hormone therapies. A consultation with such a specialist can put a person suffering from symptoms of estrogen dominance on a path to recovery.

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RETHINKING BREAST HEALTH Natural ways to keep breasts smooth, pain-free and firm, while reducing the risk of cancer.

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e’ve been conditioned to narrowly define breast health in terms of pink ribbon campaigns, cancer awareness marches and cold, steel mammography machines.

Nearly 30 years after anticancer drug maker Imperial Chemical Industries (now AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals) established the first National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October 1985, many women have come to equate healthy breasts with cancer-free breasts, and assume the most important thing they can do is undergo regular screening.

But amid this chorus, some women’s health advocates are striving to get a different message across: There are a host of steps women can take to not only fend off disease in the future, but keep their breasts in optimal condition today. “We need to change the conversation about our breasts from how to avoid breast cancer and detect it early to how to have healthy breasts and enjoy them,” says Dr. Christiane Northrup, an obstetrician and gynecologist from Yarmouth, Maine, and author of the new book Goddesses Never Age: The Secret Prescription for Radiance, Vitality, and Well-Being.

femininity, compassion and sensuality,” says Hawaiian Naturopathic Doctor Laurie Steelsmith, co-author of Natural Choices for Women’s Health. Because breasts are extremely sensitive to hormonal fluctuations throughout the body, they can also serve as a barometer of overall health. “If you’re having chronic breast symptoms, it can be your body’s wisdom saying, ‘Help. Something’s wrong.’ Women need to listen.”

While some premenstrual swelling and tenderness is normal, exaggerated or persistent pain is often a sign of systemic estrogen dominance in relation to progesterone. It’s common in the years leading up to menopause, but can also hint at impaired thyroid function, because low levels of thyroid hormones have been shown to boost estrogen in breast tissue, advises Steelsmith.

Large, fluid-filled cysts or fibrous lumps, while non-cancerous, can also be a reflection of overexposure to harmful chemicals and toxin buildup, combined with poor lymph flow, notes Dr. Elizabeth Vaughan, an integrative physician in Greensboro, North Carolina. “If a woman has lumpy, bumpy breasts,

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they probably contain too many toxins, and those toxins are primarily estrogenic.” Addressing such symptoms is important not only to relieve discomfort, but also because excess estrogen can fuel future cancer risk, says Vaughan.

Any new, suspicious lump should be evaluated by a professional. Also, severe breast tenderness combined with nipple discharge could be a sign of infection or a problem with the pituitary gland, so it should also be checked. But typically, subtle natural healthcare steps can go a long way toward restoring breast wellness.

For nipple tenderness, Steelsmith recommends chaste-tree berry (175 milligrams [mg] of powdered extract or 40 drops daily). The herbal supplement mimics naturally occurring progesterone in the body, helping to counter estrogen dominance. Vitamin E (400 to 800 international units [IU] per day) and evening primrose oil (1,500 mg twice a day) have also been shown to alleviate breast tenderness.

For fibrous or cyst-filled breasts, Vaughan advises supplementing with iodine (up to 12.5 mg per day via kelp, seaweed or oral tablets) or applying an iodine solution to the breasts

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Also consider ditching the bra, says Vaughan. Brassieres can constrict lymph nodes and hinder blood circulation in breasts, locking toxins in and aggravating fibrocystic symptoms. The link between bras and breast cancer risk remains hotly debated, with one 2014 U.S. National Cancer Institute study of 1,400 women concluding unequivocally that, “There’s no evidence that wearing a bra increases a woman’s risk of breast cancer,” while smaller studies from the United States, China, Venezuela, Scotland and Africa suggest a link.

Vaughan, the founder of BraFree.org, says the science is compelling enough that she has chosen to keep her own bra use to a minimum and advises her patients to do the same.

“Obviously, there are certain sports where you should wear a sports bra and there are certain dresses that only look right with a bra,” says Vaughan.

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should be fully thought out, and at some point they’ll probably have to come out. “They are manmade devices, and are not intended to be lifelong. At some point, you will probably have to have further surgery,” says Dr. Anureet Bajaj, an Oklahoma City plastic surgeon.

Bajaj notes that implants can rupture, forming scar tissue and lending irregular shape to the breast. Often, as a woman ages and her body changes, the larger breasts she chose in her 20s no longer look right and may cause back and shoulder pain. In some cases, implants can also lead to loss of nipple sensitivity. For these and other reasons, 23,774 women—including actress Melissa Gilbert and model Victoria Beckham—had their implants removed in 2014, often following up with a breast lift (using their own tissue) to restore their shape.

Vaughan sees breast implant removal as a wise and courageous choice to restore optimal breast health. Better yet, don’t get implants in the first place. “There are a lot of other things you can do to improve the appearance of your breasts,” she advises.

Vaughan recommends breast-perking exercises like dumbbell bench presses and flys that tone the pectoral muscles beneath the breasts, making them more resilient and look larger. To prevent or reverse sagging, she again urges women to go bra-free. “We have ligaments in the upper outer quadrant of our breasts called Cooper’s ligaments, and they’re responsible for holding our breasts up. Just like your muscles atrophy when you put your arm in a sling, your Coo-

per’s ligaments atrophy if you wear a bra all the time.”

In one unpublished, yet highly publicized 2013 study, French Exercise Physiologist Jean-Denis Rouillon measured the busts of 330 women ages 18 to 35 over a period of 15 years and found those that regularly wore a bra had droopier breasts with lower nipples than those that didn’t. In another, smaller, Japanese study, researchers found that when women stopped wearing a bra for three months, their breasts perked up.

Those worried about stretch marks also have options.

They can be a sign of inadequate copper, which promotes collagen integrity and helps skin stretch without injury, says Steelsmith. If rapid weight gain is occurring due to adolescence, pregnancy or for other reasons, try taking copper supplements or applying a topical copper spray on the breasts.

Remember to massage your breasts daily, not only as a “search and destroy mission” for early detection of cancerous lumps, says Northrup, but as a way to get waste products flowing out and loving energy flowing in.

“It concerns me that women feel pressured to think of their breasts as two potentially pre-malignant lesions sitting on their chests,” Northrup says. “These are organs of nourishment and pleasure for both ourselves and others. We need to remember that, too.”

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It is found in foods like fish and most sea vegetables such as kelp and other seaweeds, but many women do not consume enough of these foods to build sufficient iodine stores.

A woman’s breast tissue comes from the same embryologic source as the thyroid, and like the thyroid, breast tissue concentrates iodine. This helps the breast stay healthy and resist development of cancer. Higher levels of iodine in the breast lower the risk of cancer.

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abor and delivery tic births took place in Most births is a natural process hospitals, and by 1960 it should be viewed rose to 97 percent. Curthat can be enjoyed.

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Natural labor and need to remember that delivery in a hospital is ~Abby Epstein, The possible, but, “It’s hard the body is designed for Business of Being Born to have an unmedicated giving birth.”

Natural childbirth birth in many hospitals if uses few or no artificial medical interyou don’t know your rights, understand ventions such as drugs, continuous your physiology and have a doula by fetal monitoring, forceps delivery or your side helping you avoid unnecesepisiotomies (cuts to enlarge the vaginal sary interventions,” says Ina May Gasopening). According to the U.S. Centers kin, a pioneering midwife and author for Disease Control (CDC), 32.7 percent of Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth. Key of deliveries were by Cesarean section factors to discuss include fetal monitorin 2013—most performed in situations ing, intravenous tubes and the option to where a vaginal birth would have posed eat or drink during labor. a relatively low risk to the health of mother and child. Entirely natural child- Benefits of Home Births birth is now rare here compared with Women choose home births and other countries, but that wasn’t always homey birthing centers because they the case. labor there more comfortably, feel more

In 1900, 95 percent of all U.S. in control of the process and can more births took place in the home; when easily avoid interventions. Many moms more moved to hospitals here in the seek out a midwife’s services because early 20th century, midwives still they don’t want to repeat the conventypically handled the delivery in other tional hospital experience that accompanied their first baby’s arrival. countries, sometimes without a doctor

When actress Ricki Lake gave present. In America, obstetrics became a profession and a doctor-attended birth birth to her second child in her home bathtub with the assistance of a midin a hospital was promoted as a safer wife, she felt empowered by doing it alternative. By 1938, half of domes-

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When women way to predict the Disease Control let their bodies natucourse of labor rally lead, labor can and delivery when last as little as 20 minutes or as long as women let nature take the lead. Camptwo weeks, and the spectrum of pain bell, a mother of three, says, “I tried to intensity focus on the intention of what I wanted is equally broad. A healthy prenatal for my birthing experience, while also lifestyle that prepares a mom-to-be surrendering expectations, knowing that The Yoga of Pregnancy Week by for a natural physical, emotional and I would have whatever type of birth I Week: Connect With Your Unborn spiritual experience of childbirth is was supposed to have.” She adds, “The Child through Mind, Body and Breath highly beneficial. breath is the most important thing—it

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Become skilled in natural techniques for coping with labor. Use upright labor positions and deep relaxed breathing. Good positions can help the baby line up properly in the pelvis and speed labor while relieving pain. Use water, massage and a birthing ball for pain relief.

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Believe it is possible—80 to 90 percent of the world’s human births take place outside of a hospital setting with little or no intervention. The female body was exquisitely designed for birth. Trust it!

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Acupuncture and Infertility

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nfertility impacts quality of life for many families today. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 48.5 million couples worldwide are unable to have a child after trying for five years.

There are many medical interventions available to help couples with infertility issues. Some are simple, others complex. Acupuncture is a simple and effective intervention that is also one of the most natural ways to help couples to achieve their goal of becoming parents.

Acupuncture is a profound art of healing. It is a well-established and comprehensive system that has been practiced in China for thousands of years. Acupuncture treatment focuses on strategic placement of needles at energy points in the body. The needles stimulate these energy points, helping to regulate physical as well as emotional balance and to promote healing.

Researchers from Weil Cornell Medical Center in New York reviewed studies that used acupuncture to treat infertility

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and noted that the results were promising. They concluded that acupuncture has many fertility-boosting benefits including increasing blood flow to the uterus and uterine wall, reducing anxiety and stress, and normalizing hormones and the endocrine system.

An increase in blood flow to the uterus can improve the chances of an ovum being implanted, while the reduction of stress hormones and normalization of other endocrine system functions can help to balance and regulate ovulation and reproduction function, especially for women with polycystic ovarian syndrome.

Acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine can also be used to strengthen, support, and balance the overall well-being of women, allowing other fertility procedures to be more effective. A group of scientists from the Department of Reproductive Medicine of Christian-LauritzenInstitute in Germany conducted a study to evaluate the influence of acupuncture on the pregnancy rate of women that under-

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went assisted reproduction therapy. Their study indicated the patients that received acupuncture treatment had a 16.2 percent higher rate of successful clinical pregnancies compared to those that did not receive acupuncture. Another published study conducted by the Trianglen Fertility Clinic in Denmark in 2006 also concluded that acupuncture on the day of embryo transfer significantly improved reproductive outcomes.

With today’s advances, there are more options than ever to help couples with infertility issues to become parents.

Acupuncture remains one of the most natural fertility treatments available with highly promising benefits. It can be used in conjunction with conventional fertility treatments such as in-vitro fertilization or intrauterine insemination to increase the overall pregnancy rate.

For couples having difficulty achieving pregnancy, a licensed, qualified acupuncturist with extensive experience in treating infertility can make a world of difference.

Guanhu Yang, Ph.D., LA.c., O.M., is the owner of Guanhu Yang Acupuncture Service with offices in Blue Ash and Mason, and has practiced acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine for more than 25 years. He is also a former professor at the Medical College of Wenzhou, China.. For more information, call 513652-5688, email GuanhuYang@gmail.com, or visit AcupunctureCincinnati.com or linkedin.com/in/guanhuyang.

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Prenatal Yoga Has Multiple Benefits

Massage Helps Ease Labor

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racticing yoga during pregnancy can reward an expectant mother with an easier delivery when the moment arrives, as well as a continuing level of fitness. Prenatal yoga can provide a stronger foundation for core strength and provide a time for relaxing meditation.

Beyond stretching tight muscles or getting a workout, prenatal yoga benefits the expectant mother by helping her focus on using breath and moving through poses, all of which can enhance her ability to have a more comfortable birth experience.

Most people have a strong tendency to hold their breath throughout any kind of work, such as lifting groceries out of a car or walking up stairs. Everyone needs more practice using breath during movement, and there are few times in life where it is more important to breathe properly than when giving birth.

Prenatal yoga helps mothers-to-be use their breath to move through challenging work and to stay focused in the moment—both invaluable skills to have during labor.

Practicing yoga challenges expectant mothers to hold difficult positions long enough to move past the uncomfortable, tune into their bodies, and find relaxation in the pose.

Local midwife Pam Bell says she notices shorter, easier labors among mothers known to practice yoga regularly. Maternal corrective exercise specialists list diaphragmatic breathing as the number one thing to learn in order to strengthen core muscles and prevent or correct diastasis recti—a separation of the outermost stomach muscles that can weaken postural support and result in back pain, as well as contributing to a poor post-pregnancy appearance.

Sarah Gardocki is an American Council on Exercise (ACE) certified personal trainer and a doula with a B.S. in health promotion and education from the University of Cincinnati.

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ost everyone knows that a massage is very relaxing and feels good—but a massage during childbirth has its own set of specific benefits. The calming touch promotes the release of oxytocin, a powerful hormone related to pleasure and pair-bonding that makes the contractions of labor feel less painful.

Massage can help relieve pain associated with labor, especially back pain, as well as helping the mother to relax, both of which are conducive to more efficient labor progression. The manipulation of muscles during a labor massage can also help make more room for the baby to assume an optimal position for birth. Studies have shown that massage during labor can make labor less painful, shorten it, and shorten the overall hospital stay.

During active labor, especially when the mother has freedom of movement, the massage therapist will work with her in whatever position she feels comfortable. The mother does not have to be lying down or passive; she can sit, stand or rest while receiving massage during each contraction.

Heat or cold packs and aromatherapy are often used to enhance the experience.

A labor massage is customized to each individual but may include a double hip squeeze, sciatic release, counter pressure, robozo technique, foot and hand reflexology, shoulder, neck and scalp massage, face massage and other techniques. Physical touch and massage during labor is very safe and can be done by any caring attendant. However, a professional massage doula should do a labor massage that includes the techniques above. When natural birth is a priority, a labor massage is a must. The practice can also be used by women that simply want to reach the height of relaxation during labor. (Also see: SpinningBabies.com or Optimal-Foetal-Positioning.co.nz.)

Christine Gibson, LMT, CD, CPMT, CIMI is a licensed massage therapist, certified birth doula and certified infant massage instructor who specializes in prenatal, labor, postpartum massage and infant massage. She also provides infant massage instruction for parents at Wellness for Women Massage and Birth in Northern Kentucky. For more information, call 210854-3808 or visit NKYPrenatalMassage.com.

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Chiropractic Exams Help Infants

by Dr. Kimberly Muhlenkamp

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tion of her womb. ecoming a par Given the ent is one of the complexity of forming greatest pleaa human being from a sures in life. During few microscopic cells, pregnancy, great care one might wonder goes into deciding why a baby only a what is best for the few hours old would baby’s grand entrance possibly need a chirointo the world. Then, practic adjustment or on arrival, baby’s exam. Unfortunately, health and happiness delivery is sometimes is every parent’s first difficult, and the jourpriority. ney down the birth

Babies develop in canal can often be the womb over a ninestressful to an infant. month period from In a post-delivery the initial merging chiropractic exam, of two cells through subsequent multiple Dr. Kim with her daughter Grace the baby’s spine can be checked to assure divisions resulting in everything is in proper alignment. the creation of a perfect, miniature huThe spine is what protects the nerman being. All of this is orchestrated by vous system. When it is in alignment, the innate intelligence of the mother’s stress is minimized and the ability to nervous system and within the protec-

grow and develop is optimal. A child’s body is constantly growing and adapting, so it’s important to keep the spine aligned during development, especially during milestones like learning to sit up, crawl and walk.

Many chiropractors recommend that every child get checked for proper spine and nervous system development that can identify specific problems such as head preference for one side or the other, acid reflux, colic, cranial flattening, constipation, and other potential problems. Early detection and treatment of such issues can help prevent minor problems from becoming major.

Dr. Kimberly Muhlenkamp (Dr. Kim) received her B.S. in biomedical engineering from the University of Toledo and studied chiropractic at Life University in Marietta, Georgia. She opened her practice—Live Well Chiropractic Center, 6860 Tylersville Rd., Ste 1 in Mason, to be close to family. For more information or to make an appointment, call 513285-7482, email Info@LiveWellCC.com, or visit LiveWellCC.com. See ad page 23.

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Laura Prepon’s Journey to Health Home Cooking, Organics and Massage Are Key

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year, Prepon has rededicated herself to educating us just as much as she’s entertained us through the years.

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rom That ‘70s Show to Orange is the New Black, actress Laura Prepon has long been considered by TV audiences to be a welcome image of health. Yet Prepon’s recent discovery that she’d been falling short in nourishing her body as effectively as possible has set in motion a complete redirection of lifestyle, from her diet to fitness routine. Now working on a book about clean living and eating due out next

to help me assimilate nutrition more readily. Whenever I can, I also try to tap into biodynamic agriculture, which takes an even broader holistic approach to food production and nutrition. I view GMOs [genetically modified foods] as toxic to the system.

As a self-taught chef, I like to cook at least 80 percent of my food at home and bring meals to work so I don’t stress about food during the day.

It feels good to get people together in the kitchen and I’ve taught friends how to cook healthy foods in simple ways, so they now bring their own meals with them to work. It’s all about preparation, so that you’re not just grabbing something on the run. Knowing what’s going into the food we’re eating is important.

Why do you include a lot of soup in your diet?

With all of the GMO food sprayed with chemicals in the typical American diet and the other environmental toxins everyone has to deal with, our gut flora, intestines and bodies in general are becoming compromised. Ten years ago, few had even heard of gluten allergies unless you had celiac disease, which was rare even then. Now, everywhere you go, there’s a gluten-free option.

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I grew up in a family of doctors and “full-on” Western medicine and respect the medical community. Unfortunately, these days, most people are continually medicated and they’re not getting better.

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As a celebrity, do you see yourself as a conduit to facilitate a shift away from unnatural lifestyles?

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omen who shy away from the traditionally male-centric weight rooms might want to reconsider. Standing their ground amid the deadlift bars and iron plates could lead to a host of unimagined benefits.

Research has found that among other things, hoisting dumbbells can amp up the fat burn, ward off some common diseases and make women stronger, both inside and out.

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Aerobic activity can burn more calories while doing it (e.g., 14 to 16 per minute when running), but strength training prolongs the burn, even when resting afterward, according to Wayne Westcott, Ph.D., of Quincy, Massachusetts, who publishes widely on the topic in scientific journals, magazine articles and books. Women will burn fewer calories while pumping iron than when running (between eight and 10 calories a minute), but because of weightlifting’s action—traumatizing muscle tissue and forcing it to rebuild—muscle recovery requires increased expenditure of energy, and thus calories, when the person is at rest.

The research shows a revvedup burn of between 5 percent and 7 percent for three full days after a workout, says Westcott, who developed the exercise science major at Quincy College and has reviewed and directed strength-training research for more than 25 years. “On average, a woman burns an extra 100 calories a day by having done 30 minutes of strength training twice a week. That’s an extra 3,000 calories a month, or nearly an extra pound of fat she can burn.”

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Additional “free” calorie burning comes from the after-burn effect. By initiating the anaerobic, rather than aerobic, system, weightlifting requires more energy just to return to the resting state. “So, after you finish a workout, you will burn approximately 30 percent of the amount of calories you burned during the workout in the first hour afterward as your body transitions back.

It’s a bonus of resistance training.”

“It’s like there’s a furnace inside you,” says Naturopathic Doctor and CrossFit instructor Holly Lucille, of West Hollywood, California. The more buff a woman becomes, the more fat she burns. “It can help minimize that natural effect of slowed metabolism as you age and control body weight,” she notes.

To maximize the burn, eat a healthy combined protein/carb snack within an hour of the workout, advises Jen Hoehl, a personal trainer in New York City, who says, “Adding amino acids helps the muscles rebuild more efficiently.”

Westcott agrees, adding that 90 percent of studies he’s reviewed concur that about 25 extra grams of protein such as a Greek yogurt, more for heavier men, just before or after a workout, enhances fat loss, bone strength and lean muscle gain.

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Experts agree that it’s impossible for women to look like the Hulk character of comic book fame. “They don’t have enough anabolic hormones, such as testosterone,” Westcott explains. “Our team has written 26 books on strength training, with not one title exclusively for women.

The muscles are exactly the same for both genders, so the same training works, but women will just get toned, not bulky.”

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“Often, people will be hungrier, and they lose track of what they eat or think, ‘Now I can reward myself,’” Lucille explains. “You have to figure out what your new normal is. Eat lean, clean protein.”

All three experts agree that braving the free-weight area boosts success at toning and trimming the whole body. “If you use free weights, you use your core and more muscle groups to help stabilize both the weight and your body, which is often standing,” Hoehl explains, versus machines that are often worked while sitting, and generally exercise only one targeted muscle group at a time.

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Because becoming stronger makes everything from chores to other kinds of workouts easier, women become firmer, fitter and more self-confident, Lucille observes. Independence rises, along with self-esteem. “As with all things in life: If you push against resistance, you get stronger,” she says. “That’s true both mentally and physically.”

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ith pets, as with kids, vaccine safety and necessity are likely concerns. While holistic veterinarians tend to minimize the use of vaccines, their strongest stance is against unnecessary vaccinations. The point is to immunize only when it’s needed by individual patients while maximizing natural immunity.

In the late 1970s, amid the discovery of the canine parvo virus, vets saw many puppies under 4 months of age suffer from this mysterious disease and die or be euthanized. Once a vaccine was made, we rarely saw pets dying from the parvo virus or parvoviral infection. So, in certain cases, vaccines can be life-saving.

However, unnecessary and multiple simultaneous vaccines can also be life-taking, which doctors rarely mention. The truth is that only minimal

vaccines are needed for dogs and cats over the course of a pet’s life. No pet needs all of the vaccines that are currently manufactured, and none needs vaccines every six to 12 months.

Pets do need veterinary checkups once or twice a year to screen for diseases affecting the liver, heart, kidneys, lungs and gastrointestinal and urinary systems, as well as cancer. Blood and urine testing, including blood testing for undiagnosed cancer, is vital, easy and inexpensive (every six months for pets 5 years and older and annually for those that are younger).

A good protocol is akin to that developed by Dr. Jean Dodds, founder of Hemopet, of Garden Grove, California, a holistic veterinarian and an expert in animal vaccination and immunology. Her system involves administering limited vaccines to puppies and kittens based on their individual needs, and not more often than every three weeks for those younger than 8 weeks. Following this course, by 4 months of age the pet has been injected with four to six vaccines, compared to double to triple the amount supported by vaccine manufacturers and administered by breeders and most conventional doctors.

Such a judicious, limited vaccine protocol offers protection against the diseases that are the most lethal to the puppy or kitten while doing no harm to its natural immune system. As needed, individual pets may also receive a natural detoxification protocol to minimize vaccine reactions. Antioxidant supplements can boost the immune response, as well.

Adult pet patients can also be given blood titer testing instead of vaccines.

This measures the animal’s individual antibody responses to prior immunizations or common disease exposure and assures us the pet has adequate immunity against a specific disease.

All of this assures the pet owner that the pet is protected against infectious diseases without the risks of annual multiple vaccinations. In most cases a protective titer is maintained for many years, which preempts disease and further reduces the number of vaccines the animal receives over its lifetime.

Titer testing costs less than $100 for three common infectious diseases, is safer than routine immunization, protects the immune system, prevents vaccine reactions and assures owners, vets, boarding facilities, groomers and day care facilities that it’s safe to introduce the pet into such environments.

This approach of minimal vaccinations is a prime reason holistic veterinarian patients tend to be healthier and live longer than the average pet, with even larger dogs regularly living in good health up to 15 to 20 years of age.

Holistic veterinarians perform limited vaccines supplemented by titer testing to ensure levels of care that meet accepted standards. They base their approach on supportive science from institutions including the American Animal Hospital Association and American Association of Feline Practitioners to provide safe, proven, ongoing immunity for patients.

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ant a child to love veggies? although breast milk is still the primary Here are simple tips parents source of nutrients. Small, repeated can practice in the first three exposures to many foods during this years to establish lifelong good eating stage will help minimize refusals to try habits. or accept foods in the toddler years.

Start early. We all know that eating Children’s foods should be explodhealthy during pregnancy will help a ing with nutrients. Offering a variety of baby grow, but many may not realize organic produce ensures optimal nutrithat an infant can taste flavors in utero tion and decreases chemical exposure. and through breast milk. Eating a variety Research reported by the Harvard Mediof fresh produce during pregnancy and cal School and the Physicians Commitbreastfeeding helps tee for Responsible It’s important to give the Medicine, among shape a healthy diet later in life. child the same food that the others, shows that

Treat weaning richly colored foods family eats, but in smaller help build dense as a time for the infant to explore the servings. This allows the bones, powerful texture, taste and brains and tough child to watch others eat immunity. Good aroma of an array of foods. After six and enjoy the same meal. candidates include months of exclusive butternut squash, breastfeeding, food sweet potatoes, ~Maria Myers Maiden, can be introduced, leafy greens, carrots, North Carolina mother

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Keep it fun, so that your kids will try new things like vegetables. Remember, it takes 12 times before a baby actually prefers a new food, so don’t give up! ~Veronika Van de Geer Buckley, Maine mother broccoli, berries and citrus. Also go for those naturally high in iron, such as peas, leafy greens, apricots, raisins and legumes.

Avoid anything high in sugar and other sweeteners, hydrogenated oils, artificial colorings and other harmful additives.

Another important yet often overlooked foundation of healthy eating is encouraging a child to self-regulate his or her calorie intake. Self-regulation starts on the first day of breastfeeding and is carried through adulthood. Respecting a child’s decision to end a meal allows them to control their own food intake. Common signals infants use to end a meal include turning their head away, arching back, throwing food on the floor and showing an interest in other activities. To encourage self-regulation, always serve meals and healthy snacks on a schedule and allow the child to feed himself when possible.

As early as 7 months of age, most healthy infants are developmentally ready to do this, which should optimize nutrient consumption, increase participation in family meals and contribute to a less stressful mealtime. Appropriate foods for self-feeding should easily melt in an infant’s mouth and be a safe size, such as soft fruits and cooked vegetables. To prevent choking, avoid round, hard and sticky foods such as whole grapes, peanuts, popcorn and nut or seed butters.

Don’t be afraid to add mild herbs and spices to a child’s food. An easy way to teach healthy flavor preferences, develop taste buds and reduce pickiness when they’re older is to expose children to many foods, textures and aromas. A dash of cumin in smashed avocado or freshly chopped mint mixed with diced strawberries introduces new perspective on a favorite food.

Food refusal is inevitable, normal behavior. Children will love a food one day and hate it the next. Rethinking the definition of variety empowers parents to reintroduce a notso-favorite food many times. If children don’t like the way an item feels or looks, they may not taste it. The refusal of a carrot doesn’t necessarily doom carrots. They can be coined, minced, mashed, puréed and diced to change the texture, plus they can be served cold, at room temperature or tepid.

A child’s early adventurous eating increases the willingness to experiment with a wider range of less familiar foods as a young adult in a multicultural foodscape. Kids are not born reciting an alphabet; it takes time and practice to read and learn a new language. Similarly, it requires time and patient practice to establish a healthy foundation for eating. Have faith in the family’s ability to make eating together enjoyable for everyone.

Clancy Cash Harrison is a mother of two, pediatric feeding therapist, registered dietitian and author of Feeding Baby: Simple Approaches to Raising a Healthy Baby and Creating a Lifetime of Nutritious Eating. Connect at FieldsOfFlavor.com.

Kid Feeding Tips

by Clancy Cash Harrison n Holding off on fruits as a first food to prevent development of a sweet tooth is a myth. A sweet taste preference is engrained in an infant’s DNA (Annual Review of Nutrition; Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care). n Restricting foods high in sugar and fat increases a child’s preference for them. Then, when sweets are made available, the child feels compelled to overeat them (Appetite; The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition; Proceedings of the Nutrition Society). n Most children will refuse a new food and by age 2, become afraid of anything new. Therefore, introduce a large variety of foods early in life (Appetite; International Journal of Obesity). n Infants and children can regulate calorie needs based on current growth patterns and age. Some days an infant will eat large amounts of food, on others very little. n Pressuring a child to eat is a behavior associated with unhealthy eating habits. Not only does it set them up for long-term food aversions, it teaches them to distrust their internal feelings of hunger and fullness, often leading to a habit of overeating.

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EATING SKINNY Why Vegans and

Vegetarians are Naturally Trim

by Judith Fertig

W

e read the labels touting low sugar, carbs, fats and calories. We try this and that diet, hoping the pounds will melt away.

Yet more than a third of U.S. adults, nearly 80 million of us, remain overweight or obese, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in Atlanta.

The problem might be that we’re getting the wrong advice. While most weight-loss plans focus on reducing calories, recent research shows that vegan and vegetarian dietary patterns can result in more weight loss than those that include meat, without even emphasizing caloric restriction. Scientists at the University of South Carolina, in Columbia, point to their study, How Plant-Based Do We Need to Be to Achieve Weight Loss?

Study participants were divided into five groups, according to eating style, from vegan to flexitarian to carnivore, and monitored for an eight-week period. At the end of the evaluation, those that followed an entirely plantbased diet achieved the greatest weight loss. Study leader Gabrielle Turner-McGrievy, Ph.D., notes, “Many researchers agree that vegan eating styles are tied to lower BMI [body mass index], lower prevalence of Type 2 diabetes and less weight gain with age.”

Can it really be that simple… eat more plants and lose weight? “Yes,” says clean food coach Jeannette Bessinger, of Newport, Rhode Island. “Most people could benefit from eating more vegetables.” Co-author of Natural Solutions 36

Eat food. Not too much.

Mostly plants. ~Michael Pollan for Digestive Health with Naturopath Jillian Sarno Teta, Bessinger advises her clients to start by eating more green, leafy vegetables.

Vegetables contribute to weight control in several ways, says Bessinger.

They fill us up and help calm cravings.

Plus, when plants become the bulk of what we eat, we naturally consume fewer high-fat, high-calorie foods.

For an easy appetite-control strategy, Bessinger suggests having a cup of vegetable soup about 10 minutes before a meal. “It shuts off your appetite valve and you’ll eat noticeably less,” she says, while still feeling full. She also recommends slowing down and being mindful when we eat. Vegetables help us do that. “It takes two-and-a-half minutes to eat a piece of cheesecake, but much more time to eat a big salad,” she says.

For New York City-based Victoria Moran, author of Main Street Vegan and The Good Karma Diet, losing weight and maintaining a healthy lifestyle became easier once she adopted a vegan diet. “I’ve been through life and loss and ages 40 and 50, and my weight

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stays steady, some 60 pounds less than it once was,” she says. “Every year when I put away my winter clothes and get out my summer clothes, they fit.”

Her eating strategy is easy, too.

“Make your plate look like a Christmas tree,” says Moran, “mostly green with splashes of other bright colors from vegetables and fruits.” She eats green veggies in several ways. She makes her own green juices—one favorite combines celery, kale, apple and lemon juice. She also adds tender greens like romaine or spinach to smoothies that might also contain fruit and citrus juice.

She steams greens with plenty of garlic and makes big salads.

“I bought my salad bowl at a restaurant supply house,” Moran exclaims. Salads get an oomph factor with a selection of avocado, pumpkin or hemp seeds, mushrooms, chickpeas or red beans, artichoke hearts, chunks of steamed yam and sautéed tofu or tempeh. Moran cites benefits of more energy to do more physical activity and “feeling really good” as additional outcomes of her dietary shift.

Sophie Uliano, a Los Angelesbased natural beauty expert and author of the new Gorgeous for Good, agrees, believing that eating a vegan diet 80 percent of the time can pay dividends in weight loss, well-being, energy and beauty. “Most of the time, eat clean and healthy,” she recommends. “It’s not a diet. It’s a ‘live-it’, a way of life.”

Uliano recently asked two colleagues on the Hallmark Channel’s Home & Family show to try eating vegan, while also eliminating gluten, alcohol, caffeine and refined grains.

The pair lost weight, gained energy and improved their skin tone.

“Transformation comes in a series of small, consistent decisions over time,” concludes Bessinger, eating salad instead of cheeseburgers and vegetables instead of fries. For natural weight management, “Make strategic, long-term changes in stages that you can actually sustain over time.”

Judith Fertig blogs at AlfrescoFood AndLifestyle.blogspot.com from Overland Park, KS.

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FRIDAY, MAY 1 Mother’s Day Sale – May 1-10. Buy one get on 50% off jewelry. Ten Thousand Villages locations: 2011 Madison Rd and 11316 Montgomery Rd. 513-871-5840.

SATURDAY, MAY 2 A Great Day in May Fair Trade Fashion Show – 11am & 1pm. Join in the fun with participating neighbors in The Shops at Harper’s Point. Introducing our Fair Trade clothes for the season. Free gift bag for the first 25 shoppers. Ten Thousand Villages Harper’s Point, 11316 Montgomery Rd. 513-871-5840.

Introduction to Pilates Reformer: One Day Workshop – 12-4pm. Complete your Introduction to Pilates Reformer in just one day. With this 4-hr blitz format, you will learn the gamut of skills necessary to start taking Pilates Reformer classes. $80.

TriHealth Fitness & Health Pavilion, 6200 Pfeiffer Rd, Montgomery. RSVP: 513-985-0900.

SUNDAY, MAY 3 Aromatherapy and Imagination Yoga: A Mother’s Day Retreat – 1-2pm. Led by Elizabeth Hulsman and Brenda Raymond-Ball. $40 for 1 mom and 1 child or $30 each mom plus $5 each

child. Gracetree Yoga and Growth Studio, 8933 Cincinnati-Dayton Rd, West Chester. Preregister: GracetreeStudio.com.

A Frog’s Life (Cycle) – 3:30pm. Children will learn about the fabulous world of frogs through an engaging storytime. Afterwards, they will create their own life cycle craft. Presented by the Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District. Madisonville Branch Library, 4830 Whetsel Ave. Registration required: 513-369-6029.

Medicine Cabinet Makeover – 4-5:30pm. Led by Kristen Worley, LMT. Bring a conventional item or two from your medicine cabinet that you use regularly. We will talk about and find a natural solution for you to use to support our bodies optimal health.

Flourish Massage and Bodywork, 309 Artillery Park Dr, Unit 1, Ft. Mitchell, KY. 859-445-9570.

Register: FlourishMassage.com.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 6 Mother’s Day Samples from Crowne Plaza – 12-6:30pm. Enjoy samples, recipes ad wonderful brunch ideas. We will set the table and pamper you for a little taste of Mother’s Day. $10. TriHealth Fitness & Health Pavilion, 6200 Pfieffer Rd, Montgomery. RSVP: 513-985-0900.

MONDAY, MAY 4 Silverware Jewelry Craft – 6pm. Join Lori Ware as we create jewelry out of silverware. All materials provided. Adults. Mt. Washington Branch Library, 2049 Beechmont Ave. Registration required: 513369-6033.

THURSDAY, MAY 7

Bath Salt Bonanza – 6:30pm. Learn how to create your very own bath salt concoction. Hyde Park Branch Library, 2747 Erie Ave. Registration required: 513-369-4456.

Soap Making for Mom – 6-8pm. Just in time for Mother’s Day, make a natural gift that mom is sure to love. Participants will make two customized soaps using goat’s milk and/or vegetable glycerin bases. $15. Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati, 2715 Reading Rd. 513-221-0981.

Camping Cooking Basics – 6:30-8pm. Do you want to make easy and fun meals at camp but feel unsure about how to cook them? Learn how to set up your kitchen and create easy and fun meals everyone will enjoy. REI Cincinnati, 2643 Edmonson Rd, Rookwood. Register: 513-924-1938.

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SUNDAY, MAY 10 Embody Your Essence – 1-3pm. Led by Erin Gallagher-Urtiaga. $25. Gracetree Yoga and Growth Studio, 8933 Cincinnati-Dayton Rd, West Chester.

Preregister: 847-533-0721 or eringu1021@gmail. com. GracetreeStudio.com.

The Heart of Yoga: A Beginner’s Workshop – 3-5pm. Led by Heather Hewitt. $25. Gracetree Yoga and Growth Studio, 8933 Cincinnati-Dayton Rd, West Chester. Preregister: GracetreeStudio.com.

Appetizers and Answers: Physician Series – 7-8pm. Enjoy appetizers while TriHealth physicians provide answers to commonly asked questions regarding a variety of medical themes. Join a physician from TriHealth Women’s Services as they discuss common health issues facing women. $5.

TriHealth Fitness & Health Pavilion, 6200 Pfieffer Rd, Montgomery. RSVP: 513-985-0900.

SUNDAY, MAY 17 The Chemistry of Essential Oils – 4-5:30pm. Led

by Brie Hiudt, LMT. Learn the science behind why essential oils are so effective for natural health solutions. This class is great for beginners to advanced oil users. Let’s get nerdy and see why it’s all about the chemistry. Flourish Massage and Bodywork, 309 Artillery Park Dr, Unit 1, Ft. Mitchell, KY. 859-4459570. Register: FlourishMassage.com.

TUESDAY, MAY 19 Fabulous Containers: Edible and Ornamental – 6-8pm. Are you interested in gardening but lack a yard? Learn the basics of keeping container plantings healthy and fresh throughout the seasons. $10, free/CGC volunteers. Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati, 2715 Reading Rd. 513-221-0981.

THURSDAY, MAY 21 O’Bryonville Third Thursday – 5-8pm. Sample fair trade coffee and snacks. Ten Thousand Villages, 2011 Madison Rd, O’Bryonville. 513-8715840.

MONDAY, MAY 11

FRIDAY, MAY 22

Yoga with Gina Belew – 6:30pm. Please bring your own yoga mat and towel to the class. Oakley Branch Library, 4033 Gilmore Ave. Registration required: 513-369-6038.

Orient vs. Occident: The Spiritual Traditions of the East and West – 6-8pm. $30. Gracetree Yoga and Growth Studio, 8933 Cincinnati-Dayton Rd, West Chester. Preregister: GracetreeStudio.com.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13

SATURDAY, MAY 23

Acupuncture for Women’s Issues – 6-7pm. Acupuncture is well suited to ease side effects from a woman’s unique and ever-changing body. Learn more about how acupuncture specifically can help with migraines, menstrual issues, menopause and even infertility. TriHealth Fitness & Health Pavilion, 6200 Pfieffer Rd, Montgomery. Registration required: 513-246-2633.

Yoga with Gina Belew – 11am. Please bring your own yoga mat and towel to the class. Oakley Branch Library, 4033 Gilmore Ave. Registration required: 513-369-6038.

Yoga with Gina Belew – 7pm. Please bring your own yoga mat and towel to the class. Anderson Branch Library, 7450 State Rd. Registration required: 513-369-6030.

SATURDAY, MAY 16

markyourcalendar Conscious-Con Convention Conscious-Con is a heart-centered convention delivering transformational masters to the Heartland in an huge convention setting at an affordable price. The expo features exhibitors, free workshops by local and internationally acclaimed experts, private film screenings, live music, an art show, and much more.

Buy one, get one free admission with coupon on page 8.

May 16 & 17.

Duke-Energy Convention Center, 525 Elm St. For more information on times & pricing: 513-419-7300 or ConsciousCon.com.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 Yoga with Gina Belew – 7pm. Please bring your own yoga mat and towel to the class. Anderson Branch Library, 7450 State Rd. Registration required: 513-369-6030.

FRIDAY, MAY 29

markyourcalendar Nest Yoga School Open House

Find out more about our teacher training program.

6-8pm Gracetree Yoga and Growth Studio, 8933 Cincinnati-Dayton Rd, West Chester.

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SUNDAY, MAY 31 doTERRA Wellness – 4-5:30 pm. Learn how to get the most out of doTERRA. This is the top selling essential oils company in the world, but they have more than just essential oils for your health. Learn about all of the wellness products and essential oils doTERRA has to offer for your natural health needs.

Flourish Massage and Bodywork, 309 Artillery Park Dr, Unit 1, Ft. Mitchell, KY. 859-445-9570.

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markyourcalendar Sangha’s Yoga Therapy Training School Begins Inspired by years of study, teaching, and community, this 100-hr offering allows students, practitioners, and teachers to learn applicable, practical and effective therapeutics through the lens of yoga and its vast array of techniques.

Sangha Yoga Studio, 112 N Second St, Loveland.

For more infoon times & pricing or register: 937-243-2403 or SanghaYoga.org

SATURDAY, JUNE 13

markyourcalendar The Yoga of Embodiments with Lisa Clark Lisa Clark explores yoga from a wholebody consciousness, teaching new sources of structure and integrity by opening new layers of kinesthetic awareness. This workshop will teach you how to experience and align the body in a way you never thought possible, originating in the deepest structures of the body such as cells, organs and glands, flowing through the musculoskeletal sytem to full expression of the practice. Cost $199.

June 13-14 • 12-5pm.

Sangha Yoga Studio, 112 N Second St, Loveland.

To register call 937-243-2403 or visit SanghaYoga.Org

markyourcalendar Heel to Heal 3rd Annual 5K Walk or Run For runners, walkers and walkers with dogs. All participants are invited to experience a free 15-min Healing Touch session. Dogs can experience Healing Touch for Animals, too.

9am.

Voice of America Park, 7850 VOA Park Dr, West Chester.

Register: HeelToHeal.com

ongoingevents sunday Pilates Reformer Circuit – 7:30-8:30am. Good for all fitness levels. This dynamic, total body conditioning class incorporates a range of different Pilates equipment, including the Reformer, Tower and Wunda Chair to help you improve strength, stamina and overall functionality. TriHealth Fitness and Health Pavillion, 6200 Pfieffer Rd, Montgomery.

For pricing: 513-246-2642.

Shakti Yoga with Ramesh Gambheera – 9am. $12/ drop-in. Gracetree Yoga and Growth Studio, 8933 Cincinnati-Dayton Rd, West Chester. Preregister: GracetreeStudio.com.

Sample-Sip-Share Tea Bar – 1-4pm. Get the opportunity to “try it before you buy it” and sample the wonderful teas. The Spice and Tea Exchange, 2637 Edmonson Rd, Cincinnati. 513-531-7000.

SpiceAndTea.com.

monday Yoga – 9:30-10:45am. $10/drop-in. Serenity Now Holistic Healing Center, 8761 U.S. Hwy 42, Union, KY. 859-647-7780.

Qi Yoga Fusion – 4:30-5:45pm. $15. It’s Yoga, 346 Ludlow Ave, Clifton. 513-961-9642. YogaGarage.com.

Focused Flow Yoga – 6:30-7:30pm. With May Ann Montgomery. A vinyasa flow that focuses either on an area chosen by the class or on awareness, breath, twisting and balance. $15/drop-in. Centennial Barn, 110 Compton Rd, Cincinnati. 513-761-1697.

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Noontime Express Yoga – 12-12:50pm. $12/ drop-in. Gracetree Yoga and Growth Studio, 8933 Cincinnati-Dayton Rd, West Chester. Preregister: GracetreeStudio.com.

Loveland Farmers’ Market – 3-7pm. For specific location in Loveland: LovelandFM.com.

Tai Chi for Adults – 5:30pm. An invigorating session of tai chi. Madisonville Branch, 4830 Whetsel Ave. 513-369-6029. Programs.CincinnatiLibrary.org.

Jumpin’ Tuesdays – 6pm. Burn 11.5-17 calories per minute at our Jumpin’ Monday Women’s Cordless Jump Rope Class. Class size limited; RSVP required. Bring hand towel and reusable water bottle. Registration includes free ionized water. $5.

Authentic Health Development, 7558 Central Parke Blvd, Mason. 513-401-6287. AHD247.com.

ShantiMom Prenatal Yoga – 6pm. With Elizabeth Hulsman. $12/drop-in. Gracetree Yoga and Growth Studio, 8933 Cincinnati-Dayton Rd, West Chester.

Preregister: GracetreeStudio.com.

Core Flow Yoga – 6-7pm. For beginner and intermediate students. $10/1st class; $15/class thereafter.

Second Floor Yoga located within Sheppard Chiropractic, 3878 McMann Rd, Amelia area. Reserve a spot: Yoga.SheppardChiropractic.com.

Tuesday on Tap – 6-8pm. Six Draughts and Six Bites. $6. Whole Foods Market, 5805 Deerfield Blvd, Mason. 513-398-9358.

Early Morning Express Yoga – 6-7am. $12/ drop-in. Gracetree Yoga and Growth Studio, 8933 Cincinnati-Dayton Rd, West Chester. Preregister: GracetreeStudio.com.

Vibrant Light Yoga – 10-11:15am. $12/dropin. Gracetree Yoga and Growth Studio, 8933 Cincinnati-Dayton Rd, West Chester. Preregister: GracetreeStudio.com.

Yoga for 50+ – 10:45-11:45am. $15. It’s Yoga, 346 Ludlow Ave, Clifton. 513-961-9642. YogaGarage.com.

Seasonal Sizzle Lunch Special – 11am-1pm. Featured is a one-time food venue at a fantastic price of $5. From Baked Potato Bar to grilled cheese, stir-fry to Pasta Bar, a unique lunchtime treat awaits you.

Whole Foods Market, 2693 Edmonson Rd, Cincinnati. 513-531-8015.

Gentle Healing Yoga – 9:30-10:45am. Mindful movement and meditation. Suitable for beginners and mature students. Passes available. New student special: $4/4 classes. Vitality Cincinnati, 3925 Montgomery Rd. Register, Sherry Joy: 513-8619642 or JoyfulLifeYoga.com.

Kids Eat Free – 5-9pm. With the purchase of an adult entrée. Ages 2-12. Whole Foods Market, 5805 Deerfield Blvd, Mason. 513-398-9358.

Tai Chi for Optimum Health – 6-7pm. Helps with balance, energy and more. All levels welcome. $10/ drop-in, $60/6-wk session. Serenity Now Wellness Center, 8761 U.S. Hwy 42, Union, KY. 859-647-7780.

Ashtanga Yoga Flow – 6:30-7:45pm. With Alex Olmedo. Modified primary series flow designed for all levels and bodies. With an emphasis on breathwork, alignment and inner connection, you are sure to feel relaxed and revitalized. $15/drop-in, $120/10-class pass. Centennial Barn, 110 Compton Rd, Cincinnati. 513-761-1697.

Laughter Yoga – 7pm. 3rd Wed. A mind-body exercise which powerfully counteracts the negative effects of stress and has a profound effect on your health and well being. Symmes Township Library, 11850 Enyart Rd, Loveland. 513-899-3115.

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Spring Forest Qigong – 7-8pm. With Chris McLaren. A simple, efficient and effective method for helping you heal physical and emotional pain to enhance the quality of your life and the lives of others. Anyone and everyone can practice the techniques and become healthier and happier. All exercise may be done seated. $10/drop-in, $35/5-class pass. Centennial Barn, 110 Compton Rd, Cincinnati.

513-761-1697.

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Focused Flow Yoga – 9-10am. With May Ann Montgomery. A vinyasa flow that focuses either on an area chosen by the class or on awareness, breath, twisting and balance. $15/drop-in. Centennial Barn, 110 Compton Rd, Cincinnati. 513-761-1697.

*New customers only.

Group and Private Yoga Instruction Ashtanga • Vinyasa • Power Yoga • Hatha • Yin Yoga • Yoga for 50+ • Yoga Nidra Traditional Thai Yoga Therapy 346 Ludlow Ave, Cincinnati Registered Yoga School

513-961-9642 yogagarage.com

3rd Annual Heel to Heal 5K Walk/Run Saturday, June 13, 2015

At the Voice of America Park

7058 VOA Park Drive • West Chester, OH 45069 Race Starts at 9 a.m.

• New this year, CHIP TIMING! • Race around the scenic park lake • $100 CASH PRIZE for most funds raised!

• Dogs are welcome to walk on leash • FREE Healing Touch – people & dogs!

• Raffle – Health & Wellness gift certificates • Stretch Yoga • Healthy snacks

Register: www.HeeltoHeal.com & find out more info!

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7558 Central Parke Blvd, Mason. RSVP required: 513-401-6287 or AHD247.com.

Meditation Class – 7-8:30pm. 2nd Thurs. With Gary Matthews. $20. The Stillpoint Center, 11223 Cornell Park Dr, Blue Ash. 513-489-5302.

friday thursday Yoga for 50+ – 9-10:15 am. $15. It’s Yoga, 346 Ludlow Ave, Clifton. 513-961-9642. YogaGarage.com.

Yoga – 9:30-10:45am. $10/drop-in. Serenity Now Holistic Healing Center, 8761 U.S. Hwy 42, Union, KY. 859-647-7780.

Whole Fitness Thursdays – 10am. Join us in the café for a free yoga class. Please bring own mat.

Whole Foods Market, 5805 Deerfield Blvd, Mason.

513-398-9358.

YINstorative Yoga and Acupressure – 1011:15am. Beginner and advanced students welcome to this yin yoga class with optional suggestions of acupressure points given by acupuncturist/teacher to massage, tap or otherwise stimulate during your yoga practice. Finish with a relaxing yoga nidra meditation. $10/drop-in. World Peace Yoga, 268 Ludlow Ave, Clifton. 513-300-9642.

Noontime Express Yoga – 12-12:50pm. $12/ drop-in. Gracetree Yoga and Growth Studio, 8933 Cincinnati-Dayton Rd, West Chester. Preregister: GracetreeStudio.com.

Madeira Farmers’ Market – Thru Sept. 3:30-7pm.

Market open through the winter. Vendors may be located in the parking lot as well as the lower level of the church. Corner of Dawson & Miami, downtown Madeira. MadeiraFarmersMarket.com.

Hatha Yoga – 6-7pm. With Janet Osmond or Jo Henderson. A slow-paced stretching class with some simple breathing exercises and perhaps seated meditation. A good place to learn basic poses, relaxation techniques and become comfortable with yoga. Perfect for those new to yoga. $15/drop-in. Centennial Barn, 110 Compton Rd, Cincinnati. 513-761-1697.

United Essential Wellness – 6-7pm. Discover the how/when/where of using essential oils. Weekly United Essential Wellness training. One oil plus one wellness topic each week. Can attend via webinar or in person. Authentic Health Development, 7558 Central Parke Blvd, Mason. RSVP required: 513401-6287 or AHD247.com.

Yoga – 6:15-7:30pm. $10/drop-in. Serenity Now Holistic Healing Center, 8761 U.S. Hwy 42, Union, KY. 859-647-7780.

Yoga for the Heart – 6:15-7:45pm. Suitable for beginners and advanced levels. Passes available.

New student special: $4/4 classes. Vitality Cincinnati, 3925 Montgomery Rd. Register, Sherry Joy: 513-861-9642 or JoyfulLifeYoga.com.

Essential Make and Take – 7-8pm. Learn about essential oils and make a great essential oil blend to take home. Classes offer 1-5 recipes. Registration includes 1 recipe. Authentic Health Development,

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All Levels Yoga – 9:30-10:45am. For beginner and intermediate students. $10/1st class; $15/class thereafter. Second Floor Yoga located within Sheppard Chiropractic, 3878 McMann Rd, Amelia area.

Reserve a spot: Yoga.SheppardChiropractic.com.

Noontime Express Yoga – 12-12:50pm. $12/ drop-in. Gracetree Yoga and Growth Studio, 8933 Cincinnati-Dayton Rd, West Chester. Preregister: GracetreeStudio.com.

Lettuce Eat Well Farmers’ Market – 3-7pm.

Year-round market featuring many food and craft items. All fresh fruits and vegetables are locally and sustainably grown without synthetic chemicals. EBT food stamps accepted. Cheviot United Methodist Church, 3820 Westwood Northern Blvd, Cheviot.

For details: LEWFM.org.

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COUNSELING COUNSELING FOR ADDICTION, CODEPENDENCY, ADULT, CHILD OF ALCOHOLIC ISSUES – Counseling from the comfort and convenience of your own home via phone session or skype. For more information about sessions, visit Angie-Carter.com.

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Wine Tasting – 4-7pm. Country Fresh Market and Wine Depot, 8315 Beechmont Ave, Anderson Township. 513-474-9167.

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Yoga Happy Hour – 4:30-5:45pm. Vinyasa yoga and live music. $15. It’s Yoga, 346 Ludlow Ave, Clifton. 513-961-9642. YogaGarage.com.

Angel Light Energy, LLC, 10921 Reed Hartman

holistic treatment using hypnosis to help the mind pinpoint the root of the problem and heal from it.

Hwy, Ste 109E, Cincinnati. Contact Karen Sullivan: 513-227-6231 or AngelLightEnergy.com.

Five after Five – 5pm. Admission limited to 250.

Enjoy 5 delicious dishes plus dessert, paired with 5 fabulous wines. $5 tickets from 5-6:30pm or until sell out. Cost includes wine, food tasting and a Whole Foods wine glass. Bring your glass back to the next tasting for $1 off punch card. Whole Foods Market Rookwood, 2693 Edmonson Rd, Cincinnati.

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Uncorked Wine Tour – 6-8pm. $5. Whole Foods Market, 5805 Deerfield Blvd, Mason. 398-9358.

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Shamanic Journey – 6:30-8:30pm. 2nd Fri. With Gary Matthews. $20. Stillpoint Center for Healing Arts, 11223 Cornell Park Dr, Blue Ash. 513-489-5302.

saturday Half-Pints Kids Club – 10-10:30am. We invite kids to join us on a fun adventure as we explore great food and good nutrition. Whole Foods Market Rookwood, 2693 Edmonson Rd, Cincinnati. Register: 513-981-0794 or CinRegistration@ WholeFoods.com.

Vitamin B-12 Shots – 10:30-11:30am. Susan’s Natural World, 8315 Beechmont Ave, Anderson Township. For more info: 513-474-4990.

Introduction to Network Spinal Analysis Talk – 10:30am-12pm. 2nd Sat. Learn how stress affects posture and brain function. Must register: 513-321-3317.

Community Yoga – 12:15-1:30 pm. Vinyasa-style yoga for all levels. Open donation. It’s Yoga, 346 Ludlow Ave, Clifton. 513-961-9642. YogaGarage.com.

Wine Tasting – 2-5pm. Country Fresh Market and Wine Depot, 8315 Beechmont Ave, Anderson Township. 513-474-9167.

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HELP WANTED Flourish Massage and Bodywork Seeking Massage Therapist – motivated Licensed Massage Therapists to Must be able to work flexible hours, have transportation and able to bring positive attitude to work everyday. Please send resume to: Info@FlourishMassage.com.

SERVICES WELLNESS FOR WOMEN MASSAGE & BIRTH – Prenatal, postpartum, infant massage specialist. Spa and labor massage available. Alleviate chronic aches and pains, improve posture and flexibility, ease stress and more. To schedule an appt: 210-854-3808.

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SPACE FOR RENT KARMA WELLNESS STUDIO SPACE FOR RENT – Run your own business with team support! LMT, acupuncture, nutrition and more. Contact Rebecca at 513-233-9355 or KarmaWellnessStudios@gmail.com.

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Flourish Massage & Bodywork is a locally owned massage G bodywork massage practice devoted to holistic health, preventative care and customized massage treatments. Our goal is to personalize our client’s experience by blending therapeutic massage, the use of essential oils and medical expertise to foster a vibrant and continuing sense of well being. See ad, page 13.

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Knowledgeable about exercise, diet and all aspects of health. Work with all ages and shapes. ASAF Certified. Initial free consultation.

CLEANING SERVICES DIAMOND QUALITY CLEAN 513-583-5855 DiamondQualityClean.com

Experience Diamond Quality cleans exclusive “Quality Detail Clean” system. We guarantee 100% satisfaction or a reclean is done in 24 hours. Our cleaning services include the following: recurring custom detail, special event/one-time, move in/out, windows and blinds, decluttering, organizational assistance and much more. See ad, page 34.

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INFRARED SAUNA DETOX THERAPY 6400 E Galbraith Rd Cincinnati, OH 513-791-5521

Relax while getting pampered with essential oils and a botanical facial while you release toxins to augment health, skin radiance and weight loss. Diet detox programs also available.

Counseling, shamanic journey, soul retrieval, empowerment, bodywork. See ad, page 12.

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Health is an active relationship between lifestyle, exercise, attitude and nutrition. We offer a variety of experiences including infrared therapy, massage, aromatherapy and health classes. All designed to target the root causes of sickness, pain and diseases. See ad, page 31.

Nutrition and supplement education. Emphasis on natural supplements and remedies. Learn to read food labels, limit chemical additives, balance intake of nutrients, manage weight. See ad, page 5.

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