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This month, we’re talking about women’s wellness, and being well means physi-

cally, mentally and emotionally. That’s why getting away, unplugging and reconnecting with loved ones is crucial to our overall health. In our family, most of the planning of these getaways falls on my shoulders, and with my schedule already bubbling over, that often makes me feel stressed about planning, so sometimes I just nix the trip idea all together.

However, we did make a trip to Florida recently. It was a family trip like we hadn’t taken in quite some time. Our destinations, Disney World and Sea World, are world-renowned for their thematic diversions from everyday life, but while we were there, I realized what an important part diversion actually plays. On weekends, we silence our phones and my husband and I make a conscious effort not to do anything associated with our jobs, but truth be told, it’s not like we’re sitting with our feet up sipping frozen beverages.

We’re working on all the stuff that keeps our daily life going: laundry, cleaning, mowing and grocery shopping; we weave in some fun activities here and there, but they are only a short respite. That’s why the diversions packaged so skillfully by places like Disney and Sea World are so valuable. Not only did we physically get away from our everyday place, but the parks’ experiences gave us something that was almost inescapable. We were “forced” to all tune in to the same things and our focus became totally on the experience of being together.

The magazine’s focus this month is on Women’s Wellness, and one thing I realized from our trip is how important emotional connection is to my overall health. With life being so hurried and busy, one thing I can do for me and my family is to make sure I don’t skip opportunities to get completely away and enjoy my family and let them enjoy a relaxed, unhurried me.

I love taking photos, and as a way of extending the trip and keeping the memories and emotions alive, I purchased a digital frame and placed it centrally in our home. While I used to try and choose one great photo to frame and be “the” image that represented the totality of the trip, now I load all my photos to the digital frame. I must walk by my frame about 30 times a day, and each time I do, I see a different photo displayed. So, all day long, I get glimpses of our trip and mentally relive the fun and emotional reconnections we made as a family.

Here’s to getting away and reconnecting as often as possible, and then riding those memories until the next getaway!

Marteé Davis, Publisher

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newsbriefs Open House/Free CSRT Demo at C-Section Recovery Center

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he C-Section Recovery Center owner and founder John James LMT, CST, and Lauren Cato Robertson MS, LMT, NCTMB, are holding an open house from 6 to 8:30 p.m., May 19, with free, 20-minute demonstrations of C-section recovery therapy for post C-section women.

James states, “CSRT is the first and only massage therapy program John James and Lauren Cato Robertson developed specifically to address C-section surgical trauma. Any woman that has had one or multiple C-sections will benefit from this gentle, non-pharmaceutical, non-invasive therapy.”

He explains that symptoms women deal with, even years after a C-section, include chronic fatigue, TMJ, chronic lower back pain, chronic neck pain, plantar fasciitis and a tummy that will not flatten no matter how much weight they lose or exercise they do.

Admission is free. Location: 3400 Silverstone Dr. Ste. 119, Plano. RSVP requested for open house; must prebook for free demo and be a post C-section woman; space is limited. To RSVP, call 972-612-3399 or visit CSectionRecoveryCenter.com for more information. See ad, inside front cover.

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Prema Day Spa First Anniversary Celebration

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he owners of Prema Day Spa, B.J. Jackson and Steffany Curry, are celebrating their first year in operation and observing National Women’s Month all during May with Take Me Away Thursdays, with spa hours and services extended until 8 B.J. Jackson and p.m. It’s Ladies Happy Hour, and Steffany Curry Prema will offer clients the finest wines, mimosas and margaritas to go along with any services they choose all day.

A series of women’s seminars will be held featuring top doctors in the Metroplex that have designed anti-aging products, stem cell procedures for women and empowerment workshops at no cost. Prema Princess Parties for kids and teenagers can be arranged with beautiful décor, a lavish buffet of desserts, a candy bar and special spa games and age-appropriate activities.

Prema offers a variety of services for every woman’s needs, including facials massage, nail services, pedicures, skin care, waxing services and artistic makeup applications by an extensive staff of highly qualified, nail technicians, massage therapists and estheticians.

Natural Awakenings readers receive 30 percent off any spa service during May (not gift certificates). Location: 3600 Shire Blvd. Ste. 104, Richardson. For more information, call 972422-2600 or visit PremaDaySpa.net. See listing, page 43.

Kids' Mud Run for a Cause

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he fourth annual M-o-o-ving Thru’ The Mud with Landon mud run, hosted by Circle N Dairy to raise funds for nonprofit, Hope for Hypothalamic Hamartomas (HH), will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., May 16. Gates open at 9 a.m. Funds raised will help provide medical treatment and research for children fighting HH, a form of brain lesion.

The adventure run is a kid-friendly mud run situated on a working dairy farm with obstacles designed for children ages 4 to 15. Kids compete at their own pace and will be challenged by a course of 10 farm-themed obstacles, including a tunnel crawl, rope swing, pig pen, great calf escape and tractor tire dive.

The Lindsay Volunteer Fire Department will rinse off the muddy runners.

Participants are encouraged to bring a towel and change of clothes. There will also be hayrides, barrel train rides, face painting, calf petting and other activities.

Registration is $20 until Apr. 30 and $25 May 1 to16. Please not bring any pets to this event. Location: 2074 County Rd. 446, four miles west of I-35 on U.S. 82, outside Lindsay. For more information, call 940-372-0343 or to register, visit MudWithLandon.com.

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newsbriefs Colon Hydrotherapy Now Offered at House of Gilead Holistic Healing Center

Natural Awakenings Helps Sponsor The Real Truth About Health Conference in Orlando

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n partnership with Rockwall Colonics, a new colonic facility has in the House of Gilead Holistic Healing Center (HOG) at 200 West Spring Creek Parkway, in Plano. Rockwall owner Dominique Robinson, a colonic technician for more than nine years, will be providing the service initially and training technicians to expand the service.

The new colonics space is private, warm and relaxing with comfortable, gravity-feed system. Clients enjoy relaxing music and aromatherapy during the session and a private shower is available.

HOG owner Dr. Stephen Duncan says, “Colonic irrigation has long been a staple of the natural healing practitioners. It is most often used to improve bowel regularity, digestion and absorption of vitamins and minerals, but it can boost the immune system, too. Unlike medications or fake fiber products which ultimately work against the natural balance, colonics gently flushes the bowels and creates a clean, healthy environment for friendly bacteria to grow.”

ore than 30 of the most popular and influential leading thought leaders, experts and authors from a wide variety of wellness fields will be sharing their knowledge, insights and remedies at The Real Truth About Health Conference from May 22 to 31 at the Caribe Royale All-Suite Hotel and Conference Center, in Orlando. This free event is a partnership between the Hippocrates Institute, TheRealTruthAboutHealthConference.com and Brian Clement, Ph.D., author of LifeForce and director of the Hippocrates Health Institute.

Joining Clement as presenting authors at what organizers term the nation’s largest health, nutrition and environmental conference, will be Dr. T. Campbell, The China Study; Gary Null, Ph.D., The Healthy Vegetarian; Dr. Helene Caldicott, Crisis Without End; Robert Whitaker, Anatomy of an Epidemic; David Simon, Meatonomics; David Kirby, Animal Factory; Joel Fuhrman, The End of Diabetes; Jeffrey Smith, Seeds of Deception; and director of the film PlantPure Nation, Nelson Campbell, plus many others.

“Our Natural Awakenings network of publishers is excited to help support this important event as a sponsor and exhibitor in Orlando,” says company CEO Sharon Bruckman.

“We hope our readers will take advantage of this free conference by attending or registering online for these 10 days of empowering information and inspiration.”

Natural Awakenings readers receive a special buy three get one free package. For more information or to book an appointment, call 972-596-5055 or visit HouseOfGilead.com.

See ad, page 15.

Those that cannot attend the conference can watch a live stream or a replay of the presentations on their computers.

For more information and to view the full schedule, visit TheRealTruthAboutHealthConference.com.

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Everyone Can Contribute to Clean Air Action Day

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he Air North Texas annual Clean Air Action Day will take place this year on June 26, when citizens pledge to implement at least one clean air action to make our environment healthier and our air cleaner. Commitments can be as simple as carpooling to work, packing a lunch or riding a bike instead of driving. One small action can lead to large results. With the power of more than 6 million residents in our region, we can make an impact.

Share clean air action on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

Use the hashtag #CAAD2015 to win a prize and don’t forget to tag @nctcogtrans.

For more information, visit AirNorthTexas.org. See ad, back cover.

New Hollywood Feed Stores are Opening

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ollywood Feed, known for helping people transition their dogs to natural food that’s not expensive and their Mississippimade reversible dog beds, is expanding. Recent store openings include Little Elm, McKinney, Flower Mound, Southlake, Dallas, Colleyville, Keller and Fort Worth.

It all began as a local feed store in Memphis. Over the next three decades, it was the place to get pet food, good advice and friendly service. In the 1980s, as the city closed in around Hollywood Feed, they began focusing on household pets.

The present owners intend building on this great legacy by carrying the best natural and holistic pet products such as the best grain-free and natural dog food at an affordable price. Their staff, trained in health and nutrition, is ready to help customers make the best decisions about their pet. Services include grooming, self-serve wash stations, adoptions and Ask an Expert.

For more information, visit HollywoodFeed.com. See ad, page 3.

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newsbriefs Feng Shui Master Han to Teach Certification Course in U.S.

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aster Han, internationally recognized feng shui master and founder of the Wu Ji Academy, in Switzerland, will be teaching a seven-day certification course from June 8 to 14 in Sarasota, Florida.

This class is appropriate for all levels to deepen their understanding of feng shui and learn how to correctly apply its powerful principles to living Master Han environments. According to Han, there are many versions of feng shui taught in the U.S., and many do not focus on the overall effectiveness that these principles can have on an individual’s personal and professional life.

Han comes from the prominent teaching lineage of former Grand Master Yap Cheng Hai. He taught for the Yap Cheng Hai Academy for many years prior to founding the Wu Ji Academy, one of the world’s premier teaching institutions for classical feng shui, and the only non-Chinese institution formally recognized by the Chinese Institute of Classical Feng Shui, in Beijing.

Cost is $3,600 by May 11/$4,200 after. For more information, call Kathy Keh at 941-366-8113 or visit BrightLife-USA.com.

See ad, page 14.

Webinar on the Impact of Foods on Mental Health and More

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roovy Beets Natural Family Health is hosting Leann Forst, MBA, CHHP, in a 40-minute webinar, Food Connection to Your Child’s Behavior—Food Triggers Linked to ADHD, Asthma, Allergies and Autism.

Forst is currently on a speaking tour of schools, hospitals and learning facilities in the DFW area to educate parents of the food connection to behavior. This Leann Forst webinar is for people that cannot attend a scheduled live event or would like to receive this information in the comfort of their home.

As a food toxin expert and board certified holistic health practitioner, Forst educates families about everyday food toxins, including what they are, why they matter and how they relate to childhood illness.

Food toxins are the missing piece to the health and wellness puzzle. Many times, unsuspecting parents aren’t aware that the very food that they are serving is wreaking havoc on young immune systems. She states, “I hope to motivate more parents to think, ‘Could it be the food?’ as they are uncovering the real cause of their child’s illness.”

Cost is $40. For more information, call 214-673-4788, email Leann@GroovyBeets.com or visit GroovyBeets.com. See ads, pages 22 and 39.

Grand Opening Celebration at New Juicer Heroes in Plano

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uicer Heroes of DFW will hold a Grand Opening Celebration from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., May 9, for their new Plano location at 2100 Dallas Parkway, Suite 150, on the northeast corner of the intersection of Park and the Tollway in the Polo Town Square Shopping Center (Target side). There will be free samples, tours of our facility, discounts and drawings for giveaways.

San Antonio-based Juicer Heroes opened their first DFW location in June 2014 in Frisco and plans many more.

Uniquely in the raw/local/organic juicing business, they focus on education and juice formulations that are specifically designed to boost body function and nutrition. Their produce washing protocols, cold-pressed methods, glass bottles and educated team put them at the vanguard of the industry.

For more information, call 972-403-7772 or visit JuicerHeroes.com/Plano. See ad, page 7.

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Iodine Deficiency Common in Pregnancy

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odine deficiency affects more than 2.2 billion people worldwide, or 38 percent of the world’s population. An article in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism states that iodine deficiency remains the leading cause of preventable mental retardation.

About one-third of pregnant women in the U.S. are iodine deficient, according to an article in Pediatrics, yet only 15 percent of pregnant and breast-feeding women currently take supplements containing iodine. A 2009 report in the New England Journal of Medicine found that some prenatal vitamins may not contain iodine or the dose is below the recommended level. Iodine is necessary not only good for the thyroid, but is especially important for normal brain development.

Elizabeth Pearce, an endocrinologist and associate professor at Boston University School of Medicine, has studied iodine deficiency extensively and helped develop the American Thyroid Association recommendations. Pearce states that even marginal iodine deficiency can cause a decrease in brain functioning. The concern now is that even a mild deficiency in the mother may cause slightly decreased intelligence in her child. It has also been suggested that mild iodine deficiency may be associated with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders in children. Severe iodine deficiency is associated with stunted physical growth and mental retardation. Ultimately, iodine deficiency may result in maternal thyroid failure.

Dietary iodine requirements are increased in pregnant women because maternal thyroid hormone production normally increases by about 50 percent during gestation. Some maternal iodine stores are transferred to the fetus for the developing thyroid, and losses through the mother’s kidneys are also increased.

Ideally, checking iodine levels should be done with a 24-hour loading test.

This is more indicative of actual cellular levels, and then an appropriate dose of supplemental iodine can be determined.

Source: Karen Asbury, M.D., is an integrative physician dedicated to healing using a combination of holistic and conventional Western medicine, in Richardson. To make an appointment, call 972-479-9139. See ad, page 20.

Meditation Improves Brain Health

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arvard Medical School researchers working at the Massachusetts General Hospital have determined that meditation can improve brain health. The researchers studied 16 volunteers that took part in an eight-week mindfulness meditation study at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.

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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Italian Court Links Boy’s Autism to a Vaccine

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ast September, a Milan Court held in favor of plaintiffs that claimed that three doses of the hexavalent GlaxoSmithKline vaccine Infanrix Hexa that were administered to an infant beginning in 2006 caused autism later when he was a young boy. The vaccine is used for polio, diphtheria, tetanus, hepatitis B, whooping cough and haemophilus influenzae type B. After hearing from several medical experts, the court ruled that the child likely suffered autism and brain damage as a result of the vaccine’s content of mercury and aluminum, combined with a genetic mutation in the child rendering greater susceptibility. The ruling ordered damages to be paid by the Italian government’s national vaccine injury compensation program. The court’s decision was also based upon GlaxoSmithKline’s list of possible adverse events resulting from the vaccine, which included five cases of autism during clinical trials.

Today in the U.S., most vaccines routinely given to children under 6 years of age are free of thimerosal, a mercury-derived preservative.

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Weight Gain in Moms Lowers Toxins in Newborns

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any expectant mothers try to know about everything they put into and onto their bodies as multiple studies are finding that infants are exposed to toxins during pregnancy. A new study of 325 expectant mothers has determined that the baby’s exposure to toxins in the womb decreases when the mother’s weight gain during pregnancy approaches the guidelines recommended by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2009. Women that are underweight at the start of pregnancy are advised to gain between 28 and 40 pounds, women of a healthy weight 25 to 35 pounds, overweight women 15 to 25 pounds and obese women 11 to 20 pounds.

The researchers found that expectant mothers with a gestational weight that meets or exceeds the IOM guidelines gave birth to infants with reduced toxin levels. In their analysis of the umbilical cord blood of mothers from Spain, the researchers tested for 14 pesticides and 21 other environmental toxins, including seven polychlorobiphenyls (PCB).

Other influencers such as age, education and fish consumption may also be relevant.

To Get Healthy, Get a Healthy Partner

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aving a healthier partner may be one of the best things to do for our own health. Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine finds that losing weight, stopping smoking or becoming more active is easier with a partner that has led the way in any or all healthy pursuits.

The study authors reviewed data collected by the UK Health Behavior Research Center at the University College London that followed 3,700 couples between 2002 and 2012— most of them ages 50 and older and married. Those that smoked at the beginning of the study were more likely to quit by the end of it if their partners quit smoking, and those that were physically inactive at the beginning of the study were more likely to become active if their partners did so first. About two-thirds of the men became newly active during the course of the study.

Men with wives that had lost weight were more likely to also shed pounds during the study, and women with husbands that didn’t lose weight were less likely to do so through the study period.

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

Corporate Climate

Companies Slowly Embrace Sustainability The 2015 State of Green Business report (Tinyurl. com/2015GreenBusinessReport), which assesses the environmental performances of companies worldwide, along with the trends to watch, is produced by GreenBiz, in partnership with Trucost.

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.

Dirty Dollars

Stores Filled with Toxic Products HealthyStuff, a project of the Michiganbased Ecology Center, in collaboration with the Campaign for Healthier Solutions (CHS), has released a report, A Day Late and a Dollar Short: Discount Retailers are Falling Behind on Safer Chemicals, about toxic chemicals found in dollar store products.

It includes test results for 164 dollar store products such as toys, jewelry, school supplies and household items and found that 81 percent contained at least one hazardous chemical above a level that generates concern.

The campaign sent a letter to the CEOs of the four largest dollar store chains, including Family Dollar, Dollar Tree, Dollar General, and 99 Cents Only, urging them to stop the sale of these unsafe products, especially to communities of low-income and ethnic families that already live in more polluted areas and food deserts, and adopt policies that will instead protect both customers and their own businesses. Combined, these discount chains have annual sales totaling more than $36 billion and operate more stores nationally than Walmart.

The CHS is asking for a comprehensive set of reforms; communities need to let dollar store chains know that they want safer products and join local and national efforts advocating for nontoxic products.

Scroll to Dollar Store Report at Healthy Stuff.org for the complete test results.

Take action at NontoxicDollarStores.org.

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Eco-Eating

Town Eateries Embrace Sustainability The city of Maplewood, Missouri, outside St. Louis, has teamed up with the Green Dining Alliance to become the area’s first Green Dining District, with at least 25 percent of all of its independently owned businesses certified by the Green Dining Alliance (GDA).

The GDA helps businesses with sustainability and green business practices while also helping them save money.

So far, eight restaurants in downtown Maplewood are GDA-certified.

Green Dining Alliance’s Olivia Engel says, “It’s a win-win that makes sense for businesses and communities.” The city is also encouraging the program by subsidizing Green Dining Alliance membership fees.

View updates at GreenDiningAlliance.org.

Enflamed Water Home Flame Retardants Found in River

Scientists with the Washington Toxics Coalition tested household dust and laundry wastewater from 20 homes in the state’s cities of Longview and Vancouver and took samples of incoming and outgoing flow from two wastewater treatment plants that discharge into the Columbia River, the Northwest’s biggest waterway. They detected flame retardants in all the tests.

The conclusion of the study, published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, is that flame retardants are sloughing off household products such as couches and TVs and collecting on people’s clothing, washing out in the laundry and passing through wastewater treatment plants into local waterways.

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C-Section Recovery Center Pioneers of CSRT Therapy for Better Women's Health

by Julie Reynolds

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he C-Section Recovery Center is geared specifically toward helping women that have had a Cesarean section (C-section) surgery in the past and are experiencing chronic pain and other symptoms such as neck or lowback pain, fatigue, TMJ, constipation, low libido, bladder leakage, plantar fasciitis and more.

The C-Section Recovery Center offers a unique brand of therapy based on years of experience and innovation called C-section Recovery Therapy (CSRT). This is not post-surgical treatment, where there are fresh scars and pain that can be logically tied to the healing process following the C-section procedure.

Rather, this work is for women that have had one or more C-sections and/or surgeries up to 40 or more years ago and are experiencing chronic physical pain anywhere in the body.

John James is the founder of the center and works alongside craniosacral and lymph drainage specialist Lauren Cato Robertson in the first and only massage therapy treatment program in the world developed specifically to address C-section trauma, C-section Recovery Therapy.

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in the early 90s in physical therapy and sports medicine, but it was a John Barnes Myofascial Release class that changed the trajectory of his career and sparked his creativity in developing his own techniques.

Robertson is a licensed massage therapist and holds the distinction of certification through the National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, through which she is currently seeking further board certification. She has a Master of Science degree from Columbia University, is currently a teaching assistant for both Upledger Institute CranioSacral Therapy and Chikly Health Institute Lymph Drainage Therapy classes through the

International Association of Healthcare Educators and is in the process of obtaining certifications in both modalities.

James calls her “the professor.”

Together, the therapists have decades of experience and they now pass that experience on by training others in CSRT. Both continue to study, and conduct research through their work and professional development.

They strive to educate others and teach clients something new in every session because they want to make sure that clients are getting exactly what they need to make lasting changes in their lives and live free from pain.

Prior to treatment, clients are evaluated to determine how CSRT might benefit them, then they are paired with a CSRT trained therapist based on the client’s needs and the therapist’s area of expertise. Most client can expect to see a mix of therapists and techniques during their treatment. “Regardless of how commonplace C-sections are, they are still major surgery, and thus quite traumatic both physically and emotionally and have lasting consequences”, says James.

Robertson points out, “We do not actively discourage anyone from having a C-section when it’s a medical necessity, and we’re certainly not here to

Long after the incision has healed, C-sections leave behind a significant buildup of scar tissue that acts like an internal tourniquet, entrapping nerves, disrupting vital lymphatic pathways, pulling on and causing imbalances in both hard and soft tissues. We call it the “tourniquet effect”, and it can ultimately lead to chronic symptoms anywhere in the body. ~ John James take a stance on what women should or should not do in that situation; that’s a purely personal decision. We’re here to help them after the fact, to help them move forward with their lives, to be exceptional mothers and grandmothers who can play with their kids and grandkids without having to be on pain meds to live a normal life.”

As James and Robertson have witnessed firsthand, many women suffer for years or decades after having a C-section with chronic pain in the hips and lower back, pain or numbness around the incision, as well as incontinence, pelvic dysfunction and intestinal issues. The tissues in the area surrounding the incision are most vulnerable to the after effects of major pelvic surgery and are generally the first place where a women is at risk for developing chronic pain. However, James explains, “Long after the incision has healed, C-sections leave behind a significant buildup of scar tissue that acts like an internal tourniquet, entrapping nerves, disrupting vital lymphatic pathways, pulling on and causing imbalances in both hard and soft tissues. We call it the ‘tourniquet effect’, and it can ultimately lead to chronic symptoms anywhere in the body.”

In addition to more localized pain, the women we help often experience headaches, TMJ dysfunction, shoulder

or spinal problems, foot, knee and ankle problems and tightness of the abdomen, sometimes in the absence of any local symptoms. These problems may seem unrelated to the procedure, but according to a report published by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 33 percent of women studied experienced chronic pain two years after bikini cut C-sections.

CSRT is unique to the C-Section Recovery Center and was developed in-house by James over many years of practice. It is used in conjunction with other advanced techniques in which James and Robertson have both trained extensively. Robertson notes, “Our treatment is painless because we never use unnecessarily deep pressure, which usually causes more harm than good.”

And in addition to helping women get out of chronic pain, James says, “CSRT can also help women prepare for VBAC (vaginal birth after C-section).”

The C-Section Recovery Center is located at 3400 Silverstone Dr., Ste. 119, in Plano. A free phone consultation and flexible payment plans are available. A monthly open house is held for prospective clients. For more information, call: 972-332-5265 or visit CSectionRecoveryCenter.com. See ad, inside front cover.

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recipecorner Here are a few recipes that Chef Jason Campbell, at the Whole Foods Market Plano culinary center, generously shared in preparation for fun, summer get-togethers. Campbell regularly teaches handson cooking classes on food and meal preparation ranging from vegetarian to French cuisine, knife skills, preparing sushi and more.

Jalapeno Pimento and Cheese Potato Salad

1 lb baby yellow and red potatoes mixed (cut in half) 1 /4 lb sharp cheddar cheese (shredded) 1 /4 lb smoked mozzarella cheese (shredded) 2 oz chopped roasted red peppers 1 /2 med jalapeño (seeded and fine diced) 1 green onion (sliced thin) 2 pieces bacon (cooked and chopped) 3 /4 cup mayonnaise 1 /2 tsp granulated garlic Salt and black pepper to taste Boil potatoes in pot of salted water until cooked through, but not falling apart.

Drain potatoes and place on a cookie sheet in the refrigerator, let cool completely. Meanwhile, in a large bowl mix the mayonnaise, cheeses, green onion, jalapeno, pimentos and garlic together.

When the potatoes are cold, toss them in the cheese mix and combine. Chill

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2 Tbsp finely chopped mixed fresh herbs (thyme, rosemary and oregano) 1 /2 cup basil pesto

In a large bowl, add the vinegar to the bowl and slowly drizzle in the olive oil while whisking the vinegar vigorously to blend. Add salt and pepper and herbs to the bowl and whisk to incorporate. Add the vegetables toss in the dressing cover and refrigerate for 30 for one hour before serving and top minutes to 1 hour. Heat grill up to 400 with bacon. degrees and place the vegetables on the grill. Cook the eggplants and peppers Grilled Marinated of about 2 minutes on the first side and Eggplants with Bell flip. Once the vegetables are flipped Peppers and Goat Cheese add 1 to 2 tablespoons of crumbled goat cheese to the top of the each piece 1 small eggplant (sliced in 1/3” rounds) 1 yellow bell pepper (cut into 3” square of eggplant and grill for 3 minutes with the lid closed. Layer the bell peppers pieces) and eggplants on the plate and top with 1 red bell pepper (cut into 3” square basil pesto. pieces) 4 oz goat cheese, crumbled 1 /2 cup balsamic vinegar 1 /4 cup olive oil Salt and pepper to taste

Grilled Chard

1 bunch fresh chard (washed with any fibrous stem removed)

/2 cup 365 Italian dressing Salt and pepper to taste

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In a large bowl, mix together the chard and Italian dressing then season with salt and pepper. Stretch the chard out on the grill in cook for 30 seconds on each side or until wilted. Serve immediately.

Grilled Tuna Steak with Avocado Topping Topping 1 lg Roma tomato (seeded and diced) 1 /4 cup diced onion 1 sm jalapeĂąo (fine diced) 1 /4 cup cilantro (chopped) 1 lg lime juiced 1 lg avocado (diced) 1 tsp granulated garlic 1 /2 tsp toasted cumin seeds Salt and pepper to taste Toss together the tomatoes, onions, jalapenos, garlic, lime juice, cilantro and season with salt and pepper. Just before serving gently mix in the avocados. Place on top of fish and finish with a small pinch of cumin seeds on top.

Grilled Tuna

2 lg tuna steaks (sushi grade) 1 Tbsp smoked salt Fresh cracked black pepper to taste 2 Tbsp high-temp oil Season tuna steaks with salt and pepper. On a hot grill just before cooking, clean the grates and wipe with a paper towel soaked in the oil and immediately place tuna on the grill. For a rare tuna steak, cook for 1½ minutes on each side on a 400 degree-plus grill.

Make sure to wipe the grill with oil again before flipping.

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Healing Oasis Welcomes All Women

by Charles Lewis

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he Healing Oasis was created during a Mom’s Day Out group last year by founders and facilitators Jodi Roberts and Kris Sands with a specific intent to support stay-at-home moms. Roberts is an anthropologist and sound healer.

Sands is a Healing Touch certified practitioner, and both practice at Star Coyote Sound Temple, in Plano.

They received significant feedback from non-moms that indicated they wanted to attend, but their status prevented them from doing so. In response to those requests, the group was refocused and renamed to welcome all women. The Healing Oasis meets every other Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. Admission is $20. May gettogethers are held every other Tuesday, including May 12 and 26. Women 18 and older are welcome.

Roberts and Sands note that while most women’s groups adopt a psychological approach, Healing Oasis brings a holistic and systemic perspective to their concerns. In some groups, clearing issues and regaining balance is accomplished mainly from a intrapersonal personal perspective, but Healing Oasis is about community and connection and each woman doing her part to improve herself for a greater purpose of affecting positive change within her family, her circle of influence and the planet.

Roberts says, “A family and the Earth is a system, if there is a positive change in one area, other things have to adjust to that change. By focusing

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on our own selfimprovement, we are being of service in a bigger context to the entire planet.

The group is fairly new, but already families have seen the effects of healthy females among them. I’ve received comments from husbands that they see a positive difference in their wife and have come to value the time she spends at Healing Oasis because of the calming and positive affects her self-improvement has on the family unit.”

“Women are naturally givers, and Healing Oasis fills a need for women’s healing, relaxing, receiving emotional support and a sense of sisterhood that make us more effective in the rest of our lives,” says Sands. “Our group works on clearing out issues that women are experiencing; some very serious and some much less so, but the group is open and welcoming and committed to the greater good that can be achieved by making improvements in ourselves and nurturing others.”

“A particularly beautiful part of the Healing Oasis is the incredible crosssection of women who participate,” notes Roberts. “Some are regulars and some pop in as their schedules permit, but all are bettered by being in community with other women from all walks and stages in life who come to better themselves so they can be a positive force in the world and for their families.”

Location: Star Coyote Sound Temple, a private residence near Parker and Custer, in Plano. For more information, call 512-788-1236. See ad, page 19.

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EATING SKINNY Why Vegans and Vegetarians are Naturally Trim

by Judith Fertig

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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,

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Eat food. Not too much.

Mostly plants. ~Michael Pollan 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 for Diges-

Nothing can be delicious when you are holding your breath. For something to be delicious, you have to be present to savor it; and presence is in attention and in the flow of breath.

It begins in the mouth, and then it connects our heads to our bodies through our throats and into our lungs and tummies, a beautiful, connective cord of air. ~Anne Lamott tive 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 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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RETHINKING BREAST HEALTH Natural ways to keep breasts smooth, pain-free and firm, while reducing the risk of cancer.

by Lisa Marshall

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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.

Healthy Breasts, Healthy Body

In adolescence, breast changes are the first to signal the arrival of womanhood.

When she’s aroused, a woman’s nipples harden and change color. When a woman gives birth, her breasts fill with life-giving milk. “In all these ways, your breasts are deeply connected to your femininity, compassion and sensuality,” says Hawaiian Naturopathic Doctor 24

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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, 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 at night.

A key constituent of thyroid hormones, iodine helps the liver convert unfriendly forms of estrogen into friendlier forms and flush toxins out of lymph nodes in the breast. Also, steer clear of chocolate and coffee, because caffeine is believed to interact with enzymes in the breast, exaggerating pain and lumpiness.

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. At a minimum, avoid wearing a bra to bed and steer clear of underwires and overly tight bras that leave red marks. “This is not about guilt-tripping women into never wearing a bra. It’s about wearing a bra less.”

Beautiful Breasts Naturally

Too small or too big, lopsided or riddled with stretch marks… it seems almost every woman has a complaint about the appearance of her breasts. That’s a problem, says Northrup, because, “Healthy breasts are breasts that are loved. We have to stop beating them up.”

According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the number of women getting breast implants for cosmetic reasons ballooned from 212,500 in 2000 to 286,254 in 2014. Physicians—including Northrup—claim that modern implants don’t, in the majority of cases, promote disease like older silicone implants did. Yet even plastic surgeons warn that having implants 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.

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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 breastperking 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 Cooper’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.”

Lisa Marshall is a freelance health writer in Boulder, CO. Connect at LisaAnnMarshall.com.

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Bust Musts for Cancer Prevention

by Lisa Marshall

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ccording to the American Cancer Society, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and nearly 40,000 will die annually of the disease.

But at least 38 percent of those diagnoses could be prevented via diet and lifestyle changes, affirms the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR).

“For decades, the dominant public message about breast cancer has been about early detection,” says Medical Doctor Robert Pendergrast, an associate professor at the Medical College of Georgia, in Augusta, and author of Breast Cancer: Reduce Your Risk with Foods You Love. “Screening is important, but not nearly enough attention is being paid to prevention.” Here’s what we can do to keep cancer at bay or from recurring.

Eat more veggies: Cruciferous vegetables, like broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts, are loaded with indole-3-carbinol, or I3C, a potent anticancer compound that helps break down excess estrogen and convert it into a more friendly, or benign form, says Steelsmith. One study in Alternative Medicine Review found that women that ate high amounts of cruciferous vegetables were 30 percent less likely to develop breast cancer over 30 years.

I3C can also be taken as a supplement (300 milligrams [mg] per day).

Eat more fiber, especially flax: Fiber, via whole grains, fruits and vegetables, helps flush out toxins including unfriendly estrogen. Flax contains cancer-fighting compounds called lignans, which block the effects of excess or unfriendly estrogen on cells.

Drink less alcohol: Alcohol boosts estrogen levels in women and is broken down in the liver to acetaldehyde, a known toxin that causes cancer in laboratory animals, notes Naturopath

Laurie Steelsmith. According to the AICR, a woman that has five drinks per week boosts her risk by 5 percent. Two or more drinks per day boosts such risk by more than 40 percent.

Skip the barbecue: Charring meat produces carcinogenic compounds called heterocyclic amines. A study of 42,000 women, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, found that those that routinely ate welldone hamburger, beef or bacon had four times the risk of those that opted for medium or medium-rare.

Keep weight in check: Excessive estrogen, which lives in fat cells, fuels cancer risk. According to the AICR, a woman with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 (obese) has a 13 percent higher risk of cancer than a woman with a BMI of 25 (slightly overweight).

Spice up life: Curcumin from the turmeric plant has been shown in many studies to have potent immune-boosting and anticancer properties, reactivating sleeping tumor-suppressor genes that can kill cancer cells.

De-stress: Growing evidence that includes studies from Ohio State University suggest that stress can boost the risk of breast cancer and recurrence, plus heighten its aggressiveness by altering hormones and impairing immunity.

One study from Finland’s University of Helsinki followed 10,808 Finnish women for 15 years and found as much as double the rate of breast cancer among those that had experienced a divorce or death of a spouse or family member.

Drink green tea: It’s loaded with epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a potent antioxidant believed to suppress new blood vessel growth in tumors and keep cancerous cells from invading healthy tissue.

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surgery,” she says. “Rather than taking a cancer-fighting drug, I chose to be more mindful of what I do with my body.”

Her regimen called for committing to keeping up with the healthy diet, plus regular walks, yoga and Pilates that she believes helped keep the cancer relatively mild to begin with. But she also made some life changes to address the one thing she believes may have driven the outbreak in the first place—stress.

She made peace with her mother, which reduced a lot of stress, began to cultivate a spiritual life and now takes time to meditate or walk when she feels even lightly stressed. She also vowed to keep the fear of recurrence from overwhelming her. “Many women never stop worrying about it,” she observes. “That is toxic energy you are putting back into your body.”

As of this October, Messonnier will be five years cancer-free. Her advice for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer: “Chemotherapy, radiation and mastectomy are not among the right choices for all women. There are other options, depending on the type of cancer. Don’t be so fearful that you make hasty decisions you don’t need to make.”

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hen Sandy Messonnier was diagnosed with breast cancer, she faced scary treatment decisions as doctors pressured her to consider all means available. “I was more afraid of the treatment than the cancer itself,” says Messonnier, 52, of Plano, Texas. “I kept feeling like I was being lumped into one big category of all women that got breast cancer, rather than treated as an individual.”

With the help of her holistic veterinarian husband Shawn Messonnier, Sandy took a more measured approach, blending conventional and complementary medicine in an individualized protocol the couple describes in their book, Breast Choices for the Best Chances: Your Breasts, Your Life, and How You Can Win the Battle!

After careful consideration, Sandy opted for two lumpectomies three weeks apart, instead of a mastectomy, to remove

the small tumor. The second one was done to clear up a few remaining cells indicated by a biopsy. Meanwhile, she took supplements including green tea and coriolus mushrooms to impede the spread of the cancer cells.

Several tests helped determine if she needed chemotherapy and the optimum dose for some of her supplements. The results prompted her to decline chemotherapy and opt for a brief stint of radiation while taking the supplements quercetin and curcumin to help combat the fatigue and other side effects. Afterward, she cleansed her body with homeopathic mistletoe, herbal milk thistle and other detoxifying supplements.

Then she began the work of keeping cancer at bay.

“A lot of doctors never talk to you about what you are going to do after the poisoning [chemo], the burning and

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Male Breast Cancer: We Are Not Alone

by Michael W. Kovarik

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here is an intruder determined to establish a permanent lodging within our bodies. Striking those of us not accustomed to its existence, its discovery evokes silence, disbelief and confusion. “Men don’t get breast cancer,” echoes in our numbed minds as we suddenly confront a struggle so many women have endured. Breast cancer’s tenacity is unparalleled, for it recognizes no boundaries and harbors no sense of discrimination. It is an equal opportunity invader. It hits hard, it hits home and it strikes fear.

Male breast cancer awareness and treatment is in its infancy. In 2014, the National Cancer Institute projected more that than 2,300 men will be diagnosed and more than 400 will die of the disease each year, but that assumption may reflect only men that seek out early medical treatment.

For many, the discovery of a lump induces fear and denial, yet any reluctance to act invites this toxic interloper further into our systems. Unfortunately, the thought that permeates the minds of many men is, “I will travel this road alone.” We then retreat into a cocoon, in hopes of concealing the reality. We cling to the hope that it is all a dream, but it is not. As we embark on a treatment designed for women, the rarity of this disease becomes clear. Alone and frustrated, we sense an inner desire for change, so emerging from our self-created cocoon, we tune in to all the information around us and begin a much-needed conversation.

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Learning from the teachers we have; the thousands of courageous women that have and are still journeying with this disease, we begin to open up. In revealing who we are and how breast cancer affects us, we connect with other men, dispelling the sense of isolation. We listen and share our frustrations, thoughts, losses and fears. Trust in conversation guides us to inform not only our daughters, wives, sisters and mothers, but also our sons, partners, brothers and fathers about cancer’s poisonous reach. We gain the courage to be tested for the BRCA gene, recognizing that information is power and knowledge means life.

Amidst the multiple surgeries, decisions, mastectomies and scars, through our connections and conversations, we reclaim the power we had granted to fear and cancer. We release our shame and embarrassment, knowing that we are not alone, for each of us possesses the self-compassion, strength, spirit and belief that we can, we will and we are thriving in the face of breast cancer.

For more information on male breast cancer, survivor stories and an upcoming documentary, visit MaleBreastCancerCoalition.org and MenHaveBreastsToo.com.

Michael Kovarik, a breast cancer survivor, is the author of Healing Within: My Journey with Breast Cancer. Contact him: mwk.healing@gmail.com and on Facebook/Michael Kovarik.

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by Charles Lewis

onfidence is a huge part of our ability to approach and be successful at a new task, and it’s the same for parenting. We have coaches in sports, mentors or trainers at work and guides to help us financially, but when it comes to newborns, many families are left to navigate the new path alone.

Valerie Ybarra, owner of A Doula on the Go, is a trained and certified postpartum doula, newborn specialist, breastfeeding educator, infant massage instructor and birth photographer. Formerly a Beverly Hills Nanny for eight years, she was also a maternity ward nurse assistant in an Atlanta hospital that delivered 1,500 babies per month. In all, Ybarra has more than 30 years of experience caring for newborns and providing new mother care.

Ybarra states, “I really love to be of help to all new mothers and their newborns. I love to educate parents with the many bits of information and how to read their baby’s cues, helping parents understand when the baby has had enough, is still hungry or is sleep deprived. I can make their life easier when caring for this brand-new little

baby they brought home from the hospital who came with no instructions.

I am here to meet my client’s needs, whatever they may be, within the first three months of their newborn’s life.” Often, as Ybarra works, she helping the new parents develop their own parenting philosophies and she is able to work within the client’s cultural and religious traditions.

All new mothers can use help after coming home from the hospital, but they may live far from their extended family or their own mothers are working and can’t take time off to be with them. That’s when a postpartum doula like Ybarra is invaluable to deliver non-judgmental care and support. Ybarra offers full or part -time days or overnight help as well as new mommy massage and baby massage before bedtime so they may both sleep more peacefully. The “on the go” aspect of the business refers to her availability to travel with the family out of the state or country to care for an infant, unobtrusively keeping the baby’s schedule running smoothly.

If postpartum depression occurs, effects can range from the mild to

severe. According to Ybarra, postpartum depression can manifest as high anxiety, oversleeping, hypervigilance, lack of interest in the baby, feeling a lack of control or having frightening thoughts and fantasies.

Being an objective observer, a postpartum doula/newborn specialist like Ybarra may recognize symptoms of postpartum depression more quickly than family members, and because Ybarra is often the closest contact to the new mother during the first crucial three months, she can help her avoid inappropriate feelings of shame, guilt or embarrassment from getting in the way of getting help.

Postpartum doulas do not treat postpartum depression, but they do help by creating an emotional safe place for the mother, understanding and accepting her as she passes through each phase of the depression and by lightening the load and helping her ease into her new role.

Ybarra ensures the mother is eating, staying hydrated and getting enough sleep. This activity is often referred to as “mothering the mother”.

While not acting as a birth doula, Ybarra is available to be present at the birth and often provides birth photography service for her clients. “My goal is to leave parents confident in caring for their baby and understanding their baby’s signals and needs.

Many parents don’t have that understanding at the start,” she says. “They have had busy careers, but bringing home a new baby is a whole new territory. Many moms feel they have lost control of their lives with a baby that came with no instructions!”

For more information, call 972-6658765 or 480-236-2924 or visit ADoulaOnTheGo.com. See ad, page 23.

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Giving Birth Naturally Conscious Choices Lead to Less Intervention

by Meredith Montgomery

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abor and delivery in a hospital was promotMost births is a natural process ed as a safer alternative. should be viewed By 1938, half of domesthat can be enjoyed.

“It’s not something as a natural life tic births took place in to be afraid of,” says hospitals, and by 1960 it process instead rose to 97 percent. CurMel Campbell, author of The Yoga of Pregnanrently, midwives attend of a potential cy. “It’s a wonderful and less than 8 percent of beautiful experience. We medical emergency. births here, and fewer need to remember that than 1 percent occur ~Abby Epstein, The outside a hospital. the body is designed for Business of Being Born giving birth.”

Natural labor and

Natural childbirth delivery in a hospital uses few or no artificial medical interis possible, but, “It’s hard to have an ventions such as drugs, continuous unmedicated birth in many hospitals if fetal monitoring, forceps delivery or you don’t know your rights, understand episiotomies (cuts to enlarge the vaginal your physiology and have a doula by opening). According to the U.S. Centers your side helping you avoid unnecesfor Disease Control (CDC), 32.7 percent sary interventions,” says Ina May Gasof deliveries were by Cesarean section kin, a pioneering midwife and author in 2013—most performed in situations of Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth. Key where a vaginal birth would have posed factors to discuss include fetal monitora relatively low risk to the health of ing, intravenous tubes and the option to mother and child. Entirely natural child- eat or drink during labor. birth is now rare here compared with other countries, but that wasn’t always Benefits of Home Births the case.

Women choose home births and

In 1900, 95 percent of all U.S. homey birthing centers because they births took place in the home; when labor there more comfortably, feel more in control of the process and can more more moved to hospitals here in the easily avoid interventions. Many moms early 20th century, midwives still seek out a midwife’s services because typically handled the delivery in other they don’t want to repeat the convencountries, sometimes without a doctor tional hospital experience that accompresent. In America, obstetrics became a profession and a doctor-attended birth panied their first baby’s arrival.

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When actress lessons are gifts you By 2006 Cesarean Ricki Lake gave birth can take with you delivery was the number into labor.” to her second child in her home bathtub She reminds one surgical procedure with the assistance women that the in American hospitals. baby is always getof a midwife, she felt empowered by doing ting nourishment ~U.S. Centers for it on her own terms. from all that mom Disease Control “Giving birth wasn’t eats and breathes in, an illness, someand also feeds off of thing that needed to be numbed. It was her feelings and emotions. “The more something to be experienced,” she says. we can feel at peace with ourselves and incorporate the baby into our being, the

When women let their bodies more we feel a connection and union,” naturally lead, labor can last as little as 20 minutes or as long as two weeks, she says. “It’s vital that you let your body’s innate wisdom be your guide and the spectrum of pain intensity is equally broad. A healthy prenatal and respect any cues it may give.” lifestyle that prepares a mom-to-be

Campbell guides expectant for a natural physical, emotional and mothers through a yoga practice that spiritual experience of childbirth is embraces the changes occurring each highly beneficial. trimester. For example, a more physical practice in the second trimester utilizes Compassionate Self-Care the surge of energy to build stamina and strength, while opening the heart, “Pregnancy’s not the time to overexhips and pelvis. ert yourself; let go of the temptation

Complementary relaxation techto overachieve and instead practice niques for labor include breathing breathing and mindfulness,” advises practices, visualization, meditation and Campbell. “If you’re experiencing massage. When a mother isn’t conmorning sickness, try to embrace it and nected to monitors and tubes, she’s free how it serves you. By doing so, you’ll to experiment with positions and props be more in tune with your body. These

Conscious Childbirth Resources The Yoga of Pregnancy Week by Week: Connect With Your Unborn Child through Mind, Body and Breath

by Mel Campbell Natural Hospital Birth: The Best of Both Worlds

by Cynthia Gabriel Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth

by Ina May Gaskin Spiritual Midwifery

by Ina May Gaskin Your Best Birth

by Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein The Business of Being Born a film by Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein Mothering Magazine’s Having a Baby, Naturally

by Peggy O’Mara

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There is a great deal of fear and ignorance about allowing labor and birth to proceed without disturbance. Rates of routine intervention are so high, most nurses and physicians rarely see a fully natural birth. ~Ina May Gaskin such as balls, bars and pillows, plus a warm shower or bath. If a hospital birth is planned, Gaskin notes that labor often slows once a woman leaves the comfort of home, and recommends laboring at home as long as possible.

There is no way to predict the course of labor and delivery when women let nature take the lead. Campbell, a mother of three, says, “I tried to focus on the intention of what I wanted for my birthing experience, while also surrendering expectations, knowing that I would have whatever type of birth I was supposed to have.” She adds, “The breath is the most important thing—it keeps us in the moment, helps us to relax and supports us through labor.”

While the home birth option is important to America’s new generation of trailblazing women, it’s also significant on a macro level. Gaskin explains, “It’s hard for staff to change routine practices in hospitals but home births make innovation possible.” Home births demonstrated that women don’t require routine episiotomies and have shown how maternal mobility and position changes can help labor progress and free badly stuck babies (earlier methods often injured mother and child).

Gaskin has found, “Wherever and however you decide to give birth, your experience will impact your emotions, mind, body and spirit for the rest of your life. No one should have a home birth who doesn’t want one, but it must be one of the choices.”

Meredith Montgomery publishes Natural Awakenings of Mobile/Baldwin, AL (HealthyLivingHealthyPlanet.com).

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etermining the best birth setting for a mother necessitates sound planning.

If an unmedicated birth is a goal, these insights may help in making decisions.

Home birth takes place in the comfort of home, typically with the assistance of a midwife, and is suitable for a healthy woman with a low-risk pregnancy. She is able to wear her own clothing and eat as she pleases. Because monitoring of mother and baby is done intermittently, she is free to move around.

Confirm the midwife’s training and experience; ask how many home births she’s attended and which obstetricians she consults. Discuss the signs and symptoms that might necessitate a move to the hospital and how quickly it can be done. While a midwife’s fee is often far less than the cost of a hospital birth, not all insurance companies cover home births.

A birth center provides personalized, family-centered care in a homelike environment for healthy women.

Practitioners follow principles of problem prevention, sensitivity, safety, appropriate medical intervention and cost-effectiveness. A midwife typically delivers the baby, but the collaborative practice team also includes obstetricians, pediatricians and other specialists.

Mothers experience personal freedoms similar to a home birth, and tubs for water births are usually available, plus other birthing props such as squatting bars, stools and balls.

The center should be accredited by the Commission for Accreditation of Birth Centers. Inquire what the protocol for care will be if complications arise, learn what the center’s charges for care cover and confirm if the family’s insurance policy will pay for the services provided.

A hospital generally has access to the latest medical technology, making it a preferred option for medium-to-highrisk pregnancies. With proper preparations, an unmedicated birth is possible in this traditional setting. Investigate their rates of Cesarean births and episiotomies and the determining parameters.

To allow for an active labor, request intermittent fetal monitoring, avoid intravenous fluids and ask about the availability of birthing props. Become familiar with hospital policies, such as who can be in the delivery room and whether the baby will stay with mom after the birth. If a nurse midwife is not on staff, consider hiring a doula to assist in preparing for and carrying out the family’s birth plan.

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Thermograms

More User-Friendly than Mammograms

by Lee Walker

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he American Cancer Society’s (ACS) statistics on breast cancer are shocking. Every three minutes in the United States alone, another woman is diagnosed with this dreaded disease, which annually claims the lives of more than 40,000 women.

With its incidence on the rise and prevention now considered more valuable than cure, women are beginning to educate themselves on the option of including a thermogram in their annual

abnormal physiology changes.” Cancer stimulates the production of new blood vessels that don’t have the ability to contract, and brings about the production of nitric oxide, which causes vascular dilation, increased blood supply and heat. The infrared camera images this abnormal blood supply, which forms to feed cancerous tumors. To those skilled in interpreting such images, these vessels look different and indicate abnormal development.

Thermography has been known to detect breast cancer as much as 10 years before a tumor develops. check-up. This little-known tool for risk assessment measures thermal emissions emanating from the body, a key indicator of health. Available here since the 1960s, it was approved in 1982 as an adjunct to mammography.

Also referred to as digital infrared thermal imaging, thermography has long been used for surveillance and night vision by the military. Since its early clinical use in the field of medicine, dramatic technological advances have occurred in the underlying science, which now employs highly sensitive, state-of-the-art infrared cameras and sophisticated computers. The American College of Clinical Thermology (ACCT) is now responsible for training technicians and physicians, providing accreditation for practitioners, and promoting scientific research. Peter Leando, Ph.D., an ACCT training officer, conducts ongoing sessions at Duke University.

“Thermography,” explains Leando, “offers an indication of inflammation, vascular change, lymph activity and

Rita Rimmer, owner of Health Imaging, can’t imagine why traditional medicine doesn’t embrace thermography for early risk assessment. “Mammography finds the cancer only when it’s large enough to be a tumor,” says Rimmer.

“Thermography has been known to detect breast cancer as much as 10 years before a tumor develops.”

She points out that it has also been debated whether mammograms can cause some breast cancers. Referencing a book that she refers to her clients, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Breast Cancer by Dr. John Lee, she quotes, “The [mammogram] procedure is unpleasant and radiation is potentially harmful. Both tissue damage and radiation are known risk factors for breast cancer, so it may even be logical to assume that mammography can contribute to breast cancer.”

Rimmer focuses much of her time on educating women about prevention.

She devotes 45 minutes of the first hour-

long session to sharing pertinent information and answering questions. The imaging process takes only 15 minutes.

Her recommended reading list, gathered over her past six years of practice, also includes Dressed to Kill, by Sydney Ross Singer and Soma Grismaijer.

The book, advises Rimmer, points to a link between cancer and bras. “This is obviously information that women need to make informed choices.”

Two consultations are required for assessment, the first for imaging and the second, three months later, for a followup. In the meantime, Rimmer mails her clients a written interpretation of the initial imaging session.

Dr. Moshe Dekel has been performing thermography imaging and interpretation for his patients for five years.

He notes that the majority of his clients choose the technique because they don’t want to undergo the compression and radiation of mammography.

Dekel explains, “Breast cancer is a systemic cancer that happens in the breast because the immune system is overwhelmed. Since a thermogram is basically a physiology study, I include preventative protocols for breast cancer during the interpretive process. Then I show them what these practices can do for their health in general.”

He shares his enlightened philosophy on health with every patient. “You are in charge of your health and your family’s health,” he affirms. “This means that you must educate yourself on the various modalities that will keep you healthy, so that you can make the best choices based on data, rather than on fear.”

It appears that women who add thermography to their annual self-care checklist will get the gentle ounce of prevention that’s worth far more than a pound of cure.

Contact Dr. Moshe Dekel at 166 Elaine Dr. in Oceanside, New York, or call 516-817-1770. Visit DrDekel.com.

Contact Rita Rimmer at 941-355-1007.

Health Imaging is located at 1920 Northgate Blvd., St A-4 in Estero, Florida. Visit HealthyThermalImaging.com.

For more information on thermography, visit the American College of Clinical Thermology at ThermologyOnline.org.

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PET VACCINE ALTERNATIVES

Natural Steps to Nurture Immunity

by Shawn Messonnier

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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.

Shawn Messonnier, a doctor of veterinary medicine practicing in Plano, TX, is the award-winning author of The Natural Health Bible for Dogs & Cats and Unexpected Miracles: Hope and Holistic Healing for Pets. For more information, visit PetCareNaturally.com.

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calendarofevents NOTE: All calendar events must be received by the first of the month and adhere to our guidelines. Review guidelines and submit entries online at NA-NTX.com/advertise. Changes to events may occur after print date of this magazine. Always call ahead to confirm all details.

Intermediate Gardening Class – Workshop builds and expands on topics presented in Introduction to Gardening, including garden layout and planning, tool use, seeding, transplanting, irrigation, and bed preparation with a particular focus on soil fertility. $40. 2885 Trophy Park Dr, Trophy Club. 817-4919616. TrophyClubPark.com.

Stars on the Prairie – 8:30-10:30pm. Bring a blanket and a comfy chair to LLELA and settle in for a fascinating evening as we explore the wonders of the night sky. Ages 5 and up. $10. Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area, 201 E Jones St, Lewisville. Registration required: 972-219-3930 or Erin.Taylor@unt.edu. llela.org.

Beneficial Garden Helpers Webinar – 1-2pm.

Presented by Dr. Kris Braman from the University of Georgia who will explain how to encourage the predators and parasitoids in your backyard. More info: ccmgatx.org.

Twilight Kayaking – 8-10pm. For kayakers with some prior experience. Watch the sunset as we paddle out, then get to enjoy the night environment as we paddle back. Age 16 & up. All equipment provided. $25/person. Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area, 201 E Jones St, Lewisville. Registration required: 972-219-3930 or LisaCole@unt.edu. llela.org.

SATURDAY, MAY 2 Day Camp: Bugs/Hiking – Camp Tonkawa Outdoor Learning Center, Inc., 1036 CR 203, Collinsville.

Details: 940-440-8382 or CampTonkawaTexas.com.

Native American Indian Camp – May 2-3. Camp explores, through lots of fun activities, the Tonkawas tribe along with other plains Indians. Camp Tonkawa Outdoor Learning Center, Inc, 1036 CR 203, Collinsville.

Details: 940-440-8382 or CampTonkawaTexas.com.

Bird Walk – 8-11am. Bring binoculars and field guides if have them, and learn what to watch for in habits, characteristics and calls from Gailon and Rodney, both with Prairie and Timbers Audubon Society. Can expect about 30+ species. All ages welcome. Connemara Meadow Preserve, 300 Tatum Rd, Allen. ConnemaraConservancy.org.

Sprinkler Spruce Up – 9-10:30am. Learn how and when to water your plants, how to make simple sprinkler repairs, and where to go for help. Free. Environmental Education Center, 4116 W Plano Pkwy, Plano. Register: LiveGreenInPlano.obsres.com.

Coventry’s Spring Pottery and Garden Boutique – 9am-2pm. Stroll the new gardens and enjoy the tea room for free cucumber sandwiches, scones, shortbread and flavored teas. Features a new product: an outdoor garden papercrete along with new colors and designs of ceramic pottery many filled with succulents, flowers and herbs. Coventry Reserve, 2004 Parker Rd, St. Paul. 972-636-8498. CoventryReserve.org.

Here Come the Pollinators – 10-11:30am. Programs for ages 4-7 & 8-12. Learn about hard-working pollinators such as bees, butterflies and more

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Planning & Designing Gardening Class – An opportunity for new and experienced gardeners alike to explore garden design for their home and vegetable gardens. $40. 2885 Trophy Park Dr, Trophy Club.

817-491-9616. TrophyClubPark.com.

Drum Lodge – 7-9pm. With Edward Henderson.

A fun sound-healing event designed to enter a new place of vibrancy and health. Using the drum ceremony we open the door for relaxation, re-energizing and musical community fun. $25. Star Coyote Sound Temple, private residence near Coit & Parker, Plano.

RSVP for address: 512-788-1236 or JodiSacredSound@gmail.com. StarCoyoteSoundTemple.com.

FRIDAY, MAY 1

First Friday Dance – 7-9:30pm. Join us for an evening of music and fun as we dance to the music of Doc Gibbs. Refreshment served. Free dance lessons at 6:15pm with paid admission of $5/person.

Lewisville Senior Center, 1950A S Valley Pkwy, Lewisville. 972-219-5050.

Learn how to make your next outdoor adventure a culinary treat. Camp Tonkawa Outdoor Learning Center, Inc., 1036 CR 203, Collinsville. Details: 940-440-8382 or CampTonkawaTexas.com.

Circle N Dairy Farm Tours with hands-on nature activities. Free. Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, 6465 Refuge Rd, Sherman.

Register: 903-786-2826. FriendsOfHagerman.com.

Native Plants for Texas Gardens – 10:15am. Find a whole host of beauties that can make gardening easy, fun and naturally beautiful. Free. All Calloway’s Nursery locations. 817-222-1122. Calloways.com.

savethedate SATURDAY, MAY 2 Step Forward to Cure TSC – 11am. Theme: Super Heroes. Participate dressed like their favorite hero. Enjoy refreshments, kid’s activities, entertainment and a great walk route, as well as updates and information from the TS Alliance.

Free; donations welcome. Frisco Commons Park Pavilion, 8000 McKinney Rd, Frisco. More info & to register: TSAlliance.org.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 6 Herbology Day Camp –10am-2pm. Also held June 3. Investigate culinary, essential oils, and medicinal values of different plants each session. Includes wild edibles, poisonous plants and gardening tips. Camp Tonkawa Outdoor Learning Center, Inc, 1036 CR 203, Collinsville. Details: 940-440-8382 or CampTonkawaTexas.com.

Sprinkler Spruce Up – 10-11:30am. Learn how and when to water your plants, how to make simple sprinkler repairs, and where to go for help. Free. Environmental Education Center, 4116 W Plano Pkwy, Plano. Register: LiveGreenInPlano.obsres.com.

Read to Rover – 4-5pm. Give your child an opportunity to read one-on-one with a trained, certified therapy dog. Ages 6-11. Emily Fowler Library, 502 Oakland St, Denton. Registration required: 940-349-8752.

FRIDAY, MAY 8 Outdoor Cooking Camp – May 8-9. Everyone likes to eat and that’s the theme for this week-end. Tasty meals, cooked in a variety of interesting methods.

SATURDAY, MAY 9 2nd Saturday Bird Walk – 8am. These walks are intended to help beginning and intermediate birders with bird spotting and identification techniques. Included in general admission. Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary, 1 Nature Pl, McKinney. 972-562-5566. HeardMuseum.org.

Chalk This Way! Sidewalk Chalk Art Festival – 9am-6pm. Features inaugural Chalk This Way Pet Parade, professional chalk artists, amateur chalk art contest, scholarship contest, a children’s gallery, art vendors, food & drink vendors and musical entertainment. MCL Grand and Lewisville City Hall, at Church & Charles sts, Lewisville. ChalkThisWay.org.

Nature Walk – 10am. Explore LLELA’s trails with a Texas Master Naturalist in this guided search for animal tracks and signs, and learn more about the natural history of LLELA. All ages. $5/person.

Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area, 201 E Jones St, Lewisville. Details: 972-219-3930 or LisaCole@unt.edu. llela.org.

Read to Rover – 10am. See May 6 listing. Denton Public Library, North Branch, 600 N Locust St, Denton. Registration required: 940-349-8752.

Turtles – 10-11:30am. The original mobile home.

Hear Dr. Michael Keck, Biology Professor, Grayson College. Free. Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, 6465 Refuge Rd, Sherman. 903-786-2826.

FriendsOfHagerman.com.

NTREG Monthly Meeting – 10am-12pm. North Texas Renewable Energy Group meeting with presenter and discussion. Midway Hills Christian Church, 11001 Midway Rd, Dallas. ntreg.org.

Bike Fest – 10am-2pm. Join in the activities with a group ride, Kids Bicycle Safety Rodeo, visit with vendors that specialize in bicycling information and equipment, receive an “on-the-spot” bike check, and see unique cycling groups and more. 221 E Irving Blvd, Irving. CityOfIrving.org.

Horsemanship Day Camp – 10am-2:30pm. Ages 7 & up. Adults welcome. Get a general overview of the responsibilities of having a pet of this size, and get a chance to do some basic riding. Camp Tonkawa Outdoor Learning Center, Inc, 1036 CR

203, Collinsville. Details: 940-440-8382 or CampTonkawaTexas.com.

Beautiful & Practical Groundcovers in the Landscape – 10:15am. Discover the remarkable variety of groundcovers that can meet almost every need, from warm sunny areas to cool shade, damp areas or steep slopes. Free. All Calloway’s Nursery locations.

817-222-1122. Calloways.com.

Read to Rover – 11am. See May 6 listing. Denton Public Library, South Branch, 3228 Teasley Ln, Denton. Registration required: 940-349-8752.

FOH Nature Photo Club Meeting – 12:30-2pm.

Open to anyone interested in nature photography. Bimonthly meeting offers a technical presentation and an opportunity to share photos on the theme. Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, 6465 Refuge Rd, Sherman. 903-786-2826. FriendsOfHagerman.com.

Spring Night Hike – 8pm. Explore the thrilling sights, smells and sounds of night with Heard Trail Guides. $14/nonmembers, $12/members. Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary, 1 Nature Pl, McKinney. 972-562-5566. HeardMuseum.org.

Night Hike – 8-10pm. Follow our trail guides on a moonlit stroll down the nature trails. Ages 5 years and up. $10/general, $4/annual pass holders. Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area, 201 E Jones St, Lewisville. Registration required: 972219-3930 or LisaCole@unt.edu. llela.org.

SUNDAY, MAY 10 DORBA Beginner Clinic – Consists of basic instruction including bike setup, safety, trail etiquette and basic bike handling skills. After the instructional portion, there will be a group ride of the trail. More info & to RSVP: dorba.org.

TUESDAY, MAY 12 DIY Drip Irrigation – 10-11:30am. Drip irrigation is 90 percent more efficient, inexpensive and easy to install. Drip systems promote healthy plants and conserve water use. Learn how to install your own system.

Free. Environmental Education Center, 4116 W Plano Pkwy, Plano. Register: LiveGreenInPlano.obsres.com.

Women’s Healing Oasis – May 12 & 26. 11:30am12:30pm. Kris Sands and Jodi Roberts co-lead your every other Tuesday women’s inner peace reset with sound healing, sacred conversation, relaxation and energy balancing. $20. Star Coyote Sound Temple, private residence near Coit & Parker, Plano. RSVP for address: 512-788-1236 or JodiSacredSound@ gmail.com. StarCoyoteSoundTemple.com.

The Food Connection to Your Child’s Behavior – 6:30-7:30pm. With Leann Forst, MBA and boardcertified holistic health practitioner. Learn about everyday food toxins and what they are, why they matter, and how they relate to childhood illness.

Be able to make informed decisions about our diet.

Free. Learning RX, 2720 Virginia Pkwy, Ste 200, McKinney. For more info: 214-673-4788, Leann@ GroovyBeets.com, GroovyBeets.com.

Dallas Sierra Club Meeting – 7-8:30pm. Movie night. We furnish popcorn, drinks and snacks. See a film about a 1903 Buffalo Solder’s observations as a “park ranger” in Yosemite National Park. Free.

Brookhaven College, 3939 Valley View Ln, Farmers Branch. Kirk Miller: 972-699-1687.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13 Nature Awareness Day Camp: Night Sky – 9:30am2pm. Optional camp over night. Learn about the plants and animals in your own backyard in the North

Texas area. Become comfortable and knowledgeable in your own environment. Camp Tonkawa Outdoor Learning Center, Inc., 1036 CR 203, Collinsville.

Details: 940-440-8382 or CampTonkawaTexas.com.

THURSDAY, MAY 14 Sports Sampler – 3:30pm. The Parks and Recreation Department will provide a come-and-go, hands-on preview of this season’s sports including Blastball, Bitty Basketball, and Start Smart Sports Programs. Ages 3-6. Denton Public Library, South Branch, 3228 Teasley Ln, Denton. 940-349-8752.

Dallas Vegan Drinks – 6:30-8:30pm. Meet fellow vegan and veg-curious folks for a great evening of drinks, fun and discussion on vegan goings-on in the Metroplex. Location varies. For more info: Drinks.

DallasVegan.com.

Green Seminar: Build A Rain Barrel – 6:308:30pm. Learn about rainwater harvesting and build own barrel. Find out how to collect and direct the rain in ways that create backyard beauty, lessen the dependence on using city water in the garden, and reduce runoff. Fire Station #7, 861 S Independence Pkwy, McKinney. Info: 972-547-7335, Green@ McKinneyTexas.org.

SATURDAY, MAY 16 Heart & Sol 5K/1-Mile Fun Run – 8-10am. A family-friendly event benefiting Camp Sol, a local nonprofit that helps families who have experienced the death of a child. Meadowmere Park, Grapevine.

More info & to register: HeartSol.Athlete360.com.

McKinney Chunk Your Junk – 8am-12pm.

Got junk? McKinney residents can bring it to our dumpsters at the vacant lot next to the cotton mill.

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Household hazardous waste and electronic items can be picked up at your home curbside by appointment on your trash day. More info: 972-547-7385.

savethedate SATURDAY, MAY 16 M-o-o-ving Thru’ the Mud with Landon – 9am, gates open; 10am, Mud Run. Kid-friendly mud run with obstacles for children 4-15. 1-mile course of 10 farm-themed obstacles including a tunnel crawl, rope swing, pig pen, great calf escape and tractor tire dive. Other activities: hay rides, food/beverage vendors, barrel train rides, face painting and more fun for the family.

Fundraiser for Hope for Hypothalamic Hamartomas. $25. Held at Circle N Dairy, 2074 CR 446, Lindsay. 940-372-0343. MudWithLandon.com.

3rd Saturday Nature Talks: Collin County Plants – 9:30am. Dr. Nelson Rich will speak about his work in collecting a variety of plants from this county and creating a research site for them in a Herbarium at Collin College. Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary, 1 Nature Pl, McKinney. 972562-5566. HeardMuseum.org.

North Texas Electric Auto Association Meeting – 10am-12pm. All monthly meetings are free to attend and open to the public; no registration needed.

Dallas MakerSpace (DMS), 1825 Monetary Ln, Ste 104, Carrollton. nteaa.org.

The Art of Landscape Design – 10:15am. Learn how to plan for your soil and natural conditions; incorporating drainage, sun exposure, and micro climate into your landscape plans. Plus, learn which shrubs and foundation plants are the best picks for your garden. Free. All Calloway’s Nursery locations.

817-222-1122. Calloways.com.

SUNDAY, MAY 17 Kids Intro to Healing Energy Workshop – 2-3:30pm. $25. Have a child labeled “too sensitive,” “Spectrum,” “awake?” This workshop offers them 12 energetic tools to sooth, quiet, create and honor themselves and their environment. Best for ages 6-12. 8 spaces available. Gideon Math & Reading Center, 3555 Murphy Rd, Richardson. Register, Kris Sands: 214-236-4037. HolisticEnergyPractice.com.

Take Care of Your Self Naturally – 5:30-7:30pm.

DoTerra essential oils class. Free. Massage Space Spa, 7000 Independence Pkwy, Ste 180, Plano. Yana Kolmakov: 972-612-5363.

Tibetan Bowl Meditation – 6-7:30pm. The gentle weaving of ancient metal bowls carry your new beginning intentions into manifestation. Bring a mat/blanket and an intention. $30.

Star Coyote Sound Temple, private residence near Coit & Parker, Plano. RSVP for address: 512-788-1236 or JodiSacredSound@gmail.com.

StarCoyoteSoundTemple.com.

MONDAY, MAY 18 Power Plays: Geothermal Energy in Oil and Gas Fields Conference Workshop – May 18-20.

Conference goal is to connect attendees with the knowledge, technical expertise and equipment options they need to successfully transition existing oil or gas fields into an electricity-generating system. Southern Methodist University Campus, Dallas. More info: smu.edu/Dedman/Academics/ Programs/GeothermalLab/Conference.

TUESDAY, MAY 19 Primitive Survival Skills Day Camp: Water and Cordage – Empower yourself and your family with the skills to survive. It should not be a struggle if you know your skills and have the right mind set. $30/ class. Camp Tonkawa Outdoor Learning Center, Inc, 1036 CR 203, Collinsville. Details: 940-440-8382 or CampTonkawaTexas.com.

savethedate TUESDAY, MAY 19 Free CSRT Demos and Open House – 6-8:30pm.

Learn how this gentle, non-pharmaceutical, noninvasive therapy can effectively free post-Csection women from chronic pain. Free 20-min session available for women who have had one or more C-sections. RSVP for open house. Free demo requires prebooking at time of RSVP. Space is limited. The C-Section Recovery Center, 3400 Silverstone Dr, Ste 119, Plano. For an appt: 972612-3399. CSectionRecoveryCenter.com.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 Sensory StoryTime – 10am. For children ages 8 and younger who have a hard time in large groups, are on the autism spectrum, or are sensitive to sensory overload. Librarians use preschool-level books, songs and movement. Emily Fowler Library, 502 Oakland St, Denton. To register: Stacey.IrishKeffer@CityOfDenton.com.

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savethedate THURSDAY, MAY 21 Natural Networking – 11:30am-1pm. Business owners and professionals who help people live better by promoting health, wellness, sustainability, personal growth, integrative medicine, healthy kids and pets, financial well-being and peace of mind, please join us as we connect our community. Meets 3rd Thurs each month. Open group. Menu includes salads and gluten-free pizza. Hosted by Natural Awakenings North Texas Magazine. Networking is $10 (cash only) or support our host restaurant by purchasing your own lunch and there is no charge for meeting.

Held at Palio’s Pizza Café, 1941 Preston Rd, Ste 1004, Plano. RSVP important; space limited.

Email your details to NAMS@NA-NTX.com.

Smart Yards for North Texas Talk & Tour – 7-9pm.

Learn about soil preparation and see which plants work best in our clay soil and climate. After the talk, join us for a stroll through our teaching garden. Environmental Education Center, 4116 W Plano Pkwy, Plano. Register: LiveGreenInPlano.obsres.com.

FRIDAY, MAY 22 Bike the Bricks – 3-11pm. A nail-biting closedcourse interval race with food, craft beer and festivities. The largest bike race in Texas. Historic Downtown McKinney, 111 N Tennessee, McKinney.

972-547-2660. McKinneyTexas.org.

SATURDAY, MAY 23 Just in Time, Drip Irrigation – 10:15am. Save money and time with drip system irrigation. These easy-to-install systems can be completely automated and customized. Free. All Calloway’s Nursery locations. 817-222-1122. Calloways.com.

TUESDAY, MAY 26 Primitive Survival Skills Day Camp: Tracking, Snares, Traps – Empower yourself and your family with the skills to survive. It should not be a struggle if you know your skills and have the right mind set. $30/class. Camp Tonkawa Outdoor Learning Center, Inc, 1036 CR 203, Collinsville. Details: 940-4408382 or CampTonkawaTexas.com.

Women’s Healing Oasis – 11:30am-12:30pm. See May 12 listing. $20. Star Coyote Sound Temple, private residence near Coit & Parker, Plano. RSVP for address: 512-788-1236 or JodiSacredSound@ gmail.com. StarCoyoteSoundTemple.com.

SRC Teen Volunteer Training – 7pm. Learn all you need to know to help with Summer Reading Club. You must complete a training to volunteer at the Summer Reading Club table.

For ages 11-adult. Denton Public Library, North Branch, 600 N Locust St, Denton. To register: 940-349-8752.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 Energy Storage Association’s 25th Annual Expo & Conference – May 27-29. Join the 25th annual ESA Conference & Expo where the most influential leaders in energy storage gather in Dallas to shape the future

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gongs and crystal bowls. Please RSVP and bring a mat/blanket. $30. Star Coyote Sound Temple, private residence near Coit & Parker, Plano. RSVP for address: 512-788-1236 or JodiSacredSound@ gmail.com. StarCoyoteSoundTemple.com.

plan ahead JUNE M-o-o-ving Thru’ the Mud: May 16 of this emerging sector. Hyatt Regency Dallas, 300 Reunion Blvd, Dallas. More info: treia.org.

Sierra Club Cross Timbers Group Meeting Last Week of May – Learn how to help protect and explore natural areas, conserve natural resources and how can lessen ecological footprint in the community. Frisco.

More info, Brandi Price: 469-247-6391 or brandirealemail@gmail.com. Texas.SierraClub.org/CrossTimbers.

THURSDAY, MAY 28 SRC Teen Volunteer Training – 7pm. Learn all you need to know to help with Summer Reading Club. You must complete a training to volunteer at the Summer Reading Club table. For ages 11-adult.

Emily Fowler Library, 502 Oakland St, Denton. To register: 940-349-8752.

SATURDAY, MAY 30 2nd Annual Most Good 5K – 8am. Runners and walkers will enjoy a route that winds through Uptown and finishes back at Klyde Warren Park with a post-race celebration. Fundraising event for The Salvation Army DFW. To register: MostGood5k.com.

DIY Drip Irrigation – 9-10:30am. See May 12 listing. Environmental Education Center, 4116 W Plano Pkwy, Plano. Register: LiveGreenInPlano. obsres.com.

Texas Heritage Day & McKinney Resident Free Admission Day – 10am-3pm. The Heard will host demonstrations, entertainment, educational programming and vendors to give visitors a view into our state’s culture and history. Free for McKinney residents with valid ID indicating McKinney residency; others included in general admission. Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary, 1 Nature Pl, McKinney. 972-562-5566.

HeardMuseum.org.

DFW Ultimate Women’s Expo – May 30-31.

10am-5pm, Sat; 11am-5pm, Sun. Explore your own personal style, renew your soul and uncover your passions while you relax and rejuvenate, explore a new interest, purchase a great find, connect with inspiring Keynote Speakers Wendy Williams and Linda Gray and re-ignite your inner you. Irving Convention Center, 500 W Las Colinas Blvd, Irving. dfwwomensexpo.com.

Design Stylish Container Gardens for Poolside and Patio – 10:15am. Learn which plants do well in patio pots, which plants grow well together, how to combine plants for maximum visual affect, and enticing combinations for both sun and shade. Free. All Calloway’s Nursery locations. 817-222-1122. Calloways.com.

Gong & Crystal Bowl Sound Journey – 6-8pm.

The monthly sound massage for deep relaxation with

savethedate JUNE Camp Invention – Camp Invention inspires creativity and inventive thinking during its weeklong summer STEM program. Led by local educators, elementary school children are immersed in exciting, hands-on activities that reinvent summer fun.

Throughout the week, children will use real tools, circuits and materials from the Inventor Supply Room to build original prototypes and work in teams to solve real-world challenges. One week only. Various dates in cities of Allen, Coppell, Dallas, Fairview, Flower Mound, Frisco, Lewisville, McKinney, Prosper, The Colony, Richardson, Southlake, Trophy Club, Wylie and more. For details: 800-968-4332. CampInvention.org.

FRIDAY, JUNE 5 First Friday Dance – 7-9:30pm. Join us for an evening of music and fun as we dance to the music of Andy Guarino. Refreshment served. Free dance lessons at 6:15pm with paid admission of $5/person.

Lewisville Senior Center, 1950A S Valley Pkwy, Lewisville. 972-219-5050.

SATURDAY, JUNE 6 North Texas Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Conference – Hear from experts about alternative ideas in treating fibromomyalgia and fibromyalgia symptoms. Doubletree by Hilton, Richardson. More info & mention North Texas Natural Awakenings, Devyn Pontzer: 214-575-2820.

SATURDAY, JUNE 13 Emotional Support Using Essential Oils – 124pm. Learn how essential oils can balance, support and nurture you emotionally. An experiential class; leave with custom-blended products to assist you with your specific emotional needs. $75. Dorey AromaTherapy, 5924 Parker Rd, Ste 100, Plano.

Mary Ellen Dorey: 972-567-3962.

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savethedate FRIDAY, JUNE 26 Clean Air Action Day 2015 – 7am-7pm. Pledge to execute at least one clean air action today to help make our environment healthier and our air cleaner. A clean air action should be one that the individual does not normally do. For more info & examples of clean air actions: AirNorthTexas.org.

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sunday Sunday Morning Rides – Various start times and lengths. Richardson Bikemart, Southeast corner of Campbell Rd & Coit Rd, in the front parking lot. Mention North Texas Natural Awakenings: 972-231-3993.

Sunday Worship: New Life Community – 8am & 11am. Sunday school in between worship services at 9:30am. 25631 Smotherman Rd, Frisco. 214-8724205. NewLifeFrisco.org.

Sunday Worship: Stonebriar Community Church Service – 9am & 10:45am. 4801 Legendary Dr, Frisco. 469-252-5200. Stonebriar.org.

Sunday Worship: St. Philip’s Episcopal Church Service – 9:30am & 11am. The services are the same, with music at both. Also have a service on the 1st Wed at 7pm. 6400 Stonebrook Pkwy, Frisco.

214-387-4700. StPhilipsFrisco.org.

Sunday Worship: River of Glory Service – 10am.

Also Wed, 7pm. 501 Accent Dr, Plano. 972-5646316. RiverOfGlory.org.

and learn more? Join the Camp Tonkawa Horse club. This Sunday club is for adults, children come on Saturdays, Homeschoolers on Mondays.

Camp Tonkawa Outdoor Learning Center, Inc, 1036 CR 203, Collinsville. For restrictions & details: 940-440-8382 or CampTonkawaTexas.com.

Visit the Cats – 11am-6pm, Sun & Sat. A selfguided tour to learn about the animals that call InSync home. Helpful volunteers available to answer any questions. $10/adult, $7/senior (65+), $7/child (4-12), free/under 4. In-Sync Exotics, 3430 Skyview Dr, Wylie. 972-442-6888. InSyncExotics.com.

Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group – 2-3pm.

3rd Sun. Get info on local resources, education and support. Open to anyone whose loved one may be affected by dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. Autumn Leaves of McKinney, 175 Plateau Dr, McKinney.

972-542-0606. ZSmith@AutumnLeavesLiving.com.

Nature Explore Family Club – 3-4pm. 1st Sun. Also 1st Mon, 9-10am. Event aims to connect children and families with nature through fun, ageappropriate activities. Free. Environmental Education Center, 4116 W Plano Pkwy, Plano. Register: LiveGreenInPlano.obsres.com.

Sunday Worship: Unity Spiritual Center of Denton Service – 10am, coffee; 11am, service. Unity takes spiritual principles and makes them practical in your life. 6071 New Hope Rd, Krugerville. 214453-0218. UnityOfNewHope.org.

Greater Dallas Organic Garden Club – 3-5pm.

4th Sun except Nov & Dec. Hear local speakers presenting a variety of topics. North Haven Gardens, 7700 Northaven Rd, Dallas. gdogc.org.

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sUNday Scarborough Renaissance Festival – Sun & Sat, Thru May 25 and Memorial Day. 10am7pm. A 35-acre recreated English village; enjoy full combat jousts and falconry demonstrations, games of skill, magicians, a Grande Parade, non-stop Renaissance entertainment on 21 stages and hundreds of costumed performers, and artist demos. $25/adults, $10/ages 5-12, free/age 4 & under. 2511 FM 66. Info & tickets: 972-938-3247 or SRFestival.com.

Adult/Teen Horse Club – 11am-5pm. 1st Sun. Do you have horse experience, but wish to ride

savethedate MONday Robert Muller School and Center for Living Ethics: Open House: Tea, Talk, Tour – 9:30am.

1st Mon. We invite you to come learn more about our heart-centered, scientific, loving, intuitive and co-creative approach to learning. Robert Muller School, 340 Country Club Rd, Fairview.

RSVP requested: 214-544-8338. CenterForLivingEthics.org.

Overeaters Anonymous – 12pm. Weekly Mon-Fri. A 12-step recovery program for compulsive eating.

Prairie Creek Baptist Church, 3201 W 15th St, Plano. 972-238-0333.

Angela’s Open Mic Night – 6pm. Grab your guitar, keyboard, banjo, etc and come show us what you got. Also offer live music every Thurs, Fri & Sat in a warm, family-friendly atmosphere where we feature comfort food and great spirits.

Free. Angela’s at the Crosswalk, 1010 E 15th, Plano. 972-633-9500. AngelasCrosswalk.com.

Chess Night – 6-8:45pm. Players of all ages and skill levels welcome. Denton Public Library, North Branch, 600 N Locust St, Denton. 940349-8752.

Beekeeping Meeting – 6:30pm. 2nd Mon. Beginner to experienced keepers welcome, ages 8-80. Free. Collin

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County Hobby Beekeepers Association. Collin College Conference Center (Central Park Campus), 2200 W University Dr, McKinney. Mention North Texas Natural Awakenings: 972-843-8084. CCHBA.org.

Monday Night Ride at Arbor Hills – 6:30pm. Bring bike, helmet and light. Meet at the trail head at Arbor Hills. More info: DORBA.org.

Monthly Keep Aubrey Beautiful Meeting – 6:307:30pm. 3rd Mon. Aubrey 380 Area Chamber of Commerce, 205 S Main St, Aubrey. Deborah Goin: 940-343-1313.

Native Plant Society Meeting – 7pm. 3rd Mon. Guest speakers on topics related to native plants and habitats. Free. Dallas Chapter Native Plant Society.

REI Outdoor Equipment Store, 4515 LBJ Frwy, Dallas. 866-527-4918.

Open Stage – 7pm-12am. An opportunity to practice performance on a stage with an engaged and supportive audience. Performers sign up to show off their skills in a 5-min time slot, which we film and share with the performer to help hone their craft.

After variety show, practice any and all types of performing art. $5 cover, 21+. House of Poets, 580 W Arapaho Rd, Ste 199, Richardson. Mention North Texas Natural Awakenings: 214-494-0952.

tuesday savethedate Tuesday Healthy Eating Tours – 10am & 4pm. Learn how to make healthier choices, using our ANDI scoring system. Learn how to read labels; build menus around plant-based foods low in fat to ensure highly nutrient dense meals. Whole Foods Market, 2201 Preston Rd, Plano. Mention North Texas Natural Awakenings: 972-612-6729.

Dallas Museum of Art – 11am-3pm. 1st Tues. Programming designed specifically for children age 5 and under and their families, but all ages welcome.

Art-making activities, story times, performances, and gallery activities. Free. Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N Harwood St, Dallas. 214-922-1200.

Yoga for Runners – 6:45-7:45pm. 20-wk program, less than $8/session. Luke’s Locker, 959 Garden Park Dr, Allen. For details & mention North Texas Natural Awakenings: 469-854-6244.

Collin County Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas Meeting – 7pm. 2nd Tues. Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary, 1 Nature Pl, McKinney. More info: 972-380-4030. HeardMuseum.org.

PTAS Chapter Meetings – 7pm, refreshments; 7:30pm, meeting & program. 4th Tues, Sept-Nov & Jan-May. All meetings and other activities open to everyone. PTAS offers interesting programs and wonderful guest speakers at our meetings that bring a great variety of expertise and excitement to the membership. Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary, 1 Nature Pl, McKinney. Program details: PrairieAndTimbers.org.

Public Knowledge – 7pm. 1st Tues. Adults celebrating brains and brews through conversation and presenters from diverse fields in science and history.

Different bar or restaurant location each month. For

location details: FWMuseum.org/PublicKnowledge.

Center, 915 Market St, Allen. Details & mention North Texas Natural Awakenings: 469-854-6244.

Plano Multicultural Outreach Roundtable – 7-9pm. 2nd Tues. Membership (free) open to anyone with interest and energy. Help advance the cause of inclusivity in the City of Plano. Plano City Hall, Training Room A, 1520 Ave K, Plano. More info: 972-941-7747, Planomcor.org.

Torah and Tea – May 6, 13, 20. 7:30pm. Series of 3 classes. We will attempt to go beyond the surface of the weekly Torah portion and find the message for inspired living contained in its eternal wisdom.

Refreshments and tea served. Led by Rivkie Block.

No RSVP; free. Chabad of Plano, 3904 W Park Blvd, Plano. 972-596-8270. ChabadPlano.org.

wednesday Business Opportunity: LegalShield – 11:45am1pm. Learn how to generate extra daily cash or fulltime income sharing very affordable legal and identity theft plans by LegalShield. Work at your own pace and style; promote the casual referral to friends and family, or work business accounts, HR benefit plans or broad consumer markets. $15 includes entree, drink and gratuity. Razzoos, 3904 Dallas Pkwy, N of Parker Rd, Plano. Mention North Texas Natural Awakenings, Pam: PamelaWidom@yahoo.com.

Bible Study: New Life Community – 12pm & 7pm. 25631 Smotherman Rd, Frisco. 214-872-4205.

NewLifeFrisco.org.

Breastfeeding Cafe – 12-1pm. Designed to offer support to all nursing mothers from newborn challenges to toddler strikes, all breastfeeding moms welcome to join us to chat about breastfeeding at all ages and stages of nursing. Cafe is attended by a Certified Lactation Counselor and/or Le Leche League Leader. Baby scale available to do before and after weights. You may turn up at any time during the cafe to ask your questions. Free. 3253 Independence Pkwy, Plano. Mention North Texas Natural Awakenings: 469-371-5448.

Frisco Noon Lions Club – 12-1pm. 2nd & 4th Wed. Friendships, fun and fulfilling. Come share the joy of community involvement and fellowship while helping make the world a better place. Designed for busy small business owners and professional and works well for the time conscious individual (stay at home mom, student, retiree). All welcome, ages 18 & up.

Free. Buy own lunch if wish to eat. For details, Brandy Miles & mention North Texas Natural Awakenings: 972-335-2487 or Brandy@MarilynKuhlman.com.

Art History Brown Bag Series – 12:30-1:30pm.

1st Wed. Presented by Annie Royer. A look at the “isms” including cubism, romanticism, modernism and impressionism. How did one “ism” influence the next? How did artists influence and challenge each other? Series will heighten one’s appreciation of art and provide insight into the mind of the artist.

Free. Heard-Craig Carriage House located, 205 1/2 W Hunt St, McKinney. 972-569-6909.

Barre Fusion – 12:30-1:30pm. Non-impact but calorie-burning workout that blends ballet, yoga, and Pilates to sculpt the entire body. $15 or class pass. Pilates for Life, 200 S Austin Dr, Allen. Joanna Adamson: 772-584-0324. Pilates-ForLife.com.

Adults with Special Needs Cooking Classes – 6-8pm. 1st & 3rd Wed. Call for details. Space limited. $10. Market Street Culinary School, 6100 Eldorado

Dallas Down-River Club Meeting – 7pm. 3rd Thurs.

Canoeing, kayaking and rafting club. Roma’s, 7402 Greenville Ave, Dallas. 214-373-0500. More info, Dale Harris: 972-680-2727 or Dale_Harris@sbcglobal.net.

friday Scarborough Renaissance Festival Pkwy, McKinney. Reserve spot now & mention Natural Awakenings North Texas: 972-548-5167.

Evening Social Runs/Walks – 6:30pm. Post party new restaurant each 6 weeks. All levels welcome.

Luke’s Locker, 959 Garden Park Dr, Allen. Mention North Texas Natural Awakenings: 469-854-6244.

Organic Society Meeting – 6:30pm, seed & info exchange; 7pm, meeting. 3rd Wed. Denton Organic Society. Denton Senior Center, 509 N Bell Ave, Denton. 940-382-8551.

Sport Watch Tech Clinics – 6:30pm. 2nd Wed. Garmin, Polar, Nike, Times, Moto, Soleus. Luke’s Locker, 959 Garden Park Dr, Allen. Mention North Texas Natural Awakenings: 469-854-6244.

River of Glory Service – 7pm. Also Sun, 10am. 501 Accent Dr, Plano. 972-564-6316. RiverOfGlory.org.

St. Philip’s Episcopal Church Service – 7pm. 1st Wed. 6400 Stonebrook Pkwy, Frisco. 214-387-4700.

StPhilipsFrisco.org.

Free Mom & Kids Yoga – 5:30-6pm. 1st Fri. Find out how our Multisensory Kids Yoga can help improve your child’s focus and grades while keeping you both fit at the same time. SMARTS Club, 8780 Preston Trace Blvd, Frisco. Registration required & mention North Texas Natural Awakenings: 214-872-8592.

Free Community Yoga – 6-7pm. 1st Fri. Suitable for all levels. Learn to breathe, relax and renew. Space limited. Free. Transform U Fitness, 1565 W Main St, Lewisville. Pre-registration required: 972-849-9666.

Acoustic Jam Session – 7pm. Weekly open jam and song circle. All acoustic instruments and levels welcome. All music genres welcome. Sponsored by the Visual Art League of Lewisville. Free. MCL Grand, 100 N Charles, Lewisville. Mention North Texas Natural Awakenings: 469-444-0825.

Friday Evening Shabbat Service – 7pm. Join Shir Tikvah, the Reform synagogue of Frisco as we inspire a love for lifelong learning, the celebration of living a Jewish life, and a commitment to honoring the beautiful traditions of our heritage. Held at 7700 Main St, Frisco. 469-269-0718. For specific schedule: ShirTikvahFrisco.org.

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Community Dance – 7-9:30pm. 2nd & 4th Fri. Live Music, varied styles. Fun for all ages 21 and up. $5/ person Denton Senior Center, 509 North Bell Ave, Denton. For details & mention North Texas Natural Awakenings: 940-349-8720.

Grapevine Farmers’ Market – Thru mid-Oct. 8am-4pm, Thurs-Sat. Eat healthy with locallygrown produce and products. Town Square Gazebo, 325 S Main St, Grapevine. 817-793-8634.

FarmersMarketOfGrapevine.com.

Square and Round Dance for Fitness and Fun – 7:30pm. 1st & 3rd Fri. Individuals and couples of all ages welcome. Texas Reelers, 820 W Arapaho, Richardson. Mention North Texas Natural Awakenings: 972-235-1400.

Free Admission & Wildlife Program – 9am-9pm.

3rd Thurs. Admission and parking free. 7:15pm, Special Program: Saving Our Birds, The work of the Rogers Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. Trinity River Audubon Center, 6500 Great Trinity Forest Way, Dallas. 214-309-5801.

McKinney Farmers’ Market at Adriatica – 3-6pm or sellout. Local and organic meat, dairy and produce vendors. 6851 Virginia Pkwy, W McKinney. 972562-8790. McKinneyFarmersMarket.com.

CPR Training – 6-8pm. American Heart Training Center with 125 trained instructors. Texas CPR Training, 4013 Carrizo, Plano. 214-770-6872.

TexasCPR.com.

Fitness in the Square (FITS): Part of Be Fit Frisco – 6:30-7:30pm. A free one-hour exercise class in the courtyard in front of Frisco City Hall. For kids 10+ to adults. Bring water, towel, and appropriate clothing and shoes. The type of workout changes each month. Bring your family and move together.

Be Fit Frisco, Frisco City Hall Square, 6101 Frisco Square Blvd. 972-292-6501.

Power Yoga – 6:45-7:45pm. In conjunction with Luke’s Locker Allen, class meets at Allen Yoga

saturday Denton Rugby – We are always looking for new recruits in Dallas Fort Worth Area. Email for more info about how to join. Currently we have players that live in Lewisville, Flower Mound, Keller, Southlake, Frisco and many others. Mention North Texas Natural Awakenings to Jason Millerd: JMillerd@TWU.edu.

Operation Kindness – 3rd Sat. No Kill animal shelter brings animals for adoption. Weather permitting. Whole Foods Market, outside store, 2201 Preston Rd, Plano. Mention North Texas Natural Awakenings: 972-612-6729.

Pathfinders Fun Cycling – A free, non-competitive riding group for all cycling skill levels. Short, weekly bicycle rides for the purpose of fun and exercise. All rides held on the weekend, less than 20 miles and include a food destination and a “no rider left behind” policy. Routes and destinations change each week.

For more info: Facebook.com/CycleHighlandVillage.

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Lake Environmental Learning Area, 201 E Jones St, Lewisville. Reservation required: 214-669-1663.

Small Fry Sports Classes – A skills and developmental sports class for boys and girls ages 3 & 4. Each month offers a different sport which allows children to develop new skills and gain exposure to all sports offered at the Y. Parents participate alongside their child during this fun and active class. $20/YMCA Family Member, $40/everyone else. Frisco Family YMCA, 3415 Main St, Frisco. Trey Gilmore: 214-297-9622.

Frisco Humane Society Adoption – 12-4pm. 1st, 3rd & 5th Sat. We invite you to meet and greet some of the wonderful dogs and cats available for adoption from Frisco Humane Society. PetSmart in Frisco, 3333 Preston Rd. 972-498-8980.

2nd Saturday Bird Walk – Thru May. 8-9:30am.

Heard Museum and Prairie & Timbers Audubon Society (PTAS) offer guided bird walks on the Heard Sanctuary on the 2nd Sat from Sept to May. General admission. Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary, 1 Nature Pl, McKinney. 972562-5566. HeardMuseum.org.

Coppell Farmers’ Market – 8am-12pm. Seasonal produce for the North Texas area, natural meats and eggs, seafood, organic dairy products, honey, teas, breads, mixes, flowers, plants, and more. Coppell Farmers’ Market, Corner of Bethel & S Coppell Rds, Coppell. Mention North Texas Natural Awakenings: CFM@CoppellCommunityGarden.org.

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McKinney Farmers’ Market at Chestnut Square – Thru mid-Nov. 8am-12pm. Local and organic meat, dairy and produce vendors. Locally grown and produced food and craft items. Live music.

315 S Chestnut St, McKinney. 972-562-8790.

McKinneyFarmersMarket.com.

Roanoke Farmers’ Market – Thru Sept. 8am12pm. Fresh produce from area farmers in historic, downtown Roanoke. Austin Street Plaza, 221 N Oak St. For more info, Kraig Copp: 940-391-3360.

Saint Michael’s Farmers’ Market – Thru early Nov. 8am-12pm. Shop local and fresh, with farmers/ growers who practice natural, sustainable, organic farming and are within a 150-mile radius of Dallas County. Baked goods, tamales, cheeses, eggs, local honey, meats, and pastas also available. Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, 8011 Douglas Ave at Colgate Rd, Dallas. SaintMichaelsMarket.com.

Frisco Rotary Farmers’ Market – May 2-Oct 17. 8am-1pm. Local growers offer fruits and vegetables. Also offered are baked breads, meat from local ranchers, honey, arts and crafts and various other products. 6048 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco.

FriscoRotaryFarmersMarket.com.

Hike with a Master Naturalist – May 2-Dec 5. 9-11am.

Trophy Club Park Front Gate, 2885 Trophy Park Dr, Trophy Club. 817-491-9616. TrophyClubPark.com.

Recycling: Electronics – 9-11am. The city of Plano encourages residents to bring all old electronic devices (not being used) to this site for proper disposal.

For details, location & mention North Texas edition of Natural Awakenings: 972-769-4150.

Greenville Farmers’ Market – Thru Dec 15. 9am12pm. 2400 Lee St on Bois d’Arc, Greenville. 972 251-1532. GreenvilleFarmersMarket.com.

Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics Waste Collection Program – 9am-12pm. 2nd Sat. For Lewisville residents; must bring driver’s license for proof of residency. A convenient, safe and environmentally sound way to get rid of waste materials that should not be put into the landfill. City of Lewisville Residential Convenience Center, 330 W Jones St. CityOfLewisville.com.

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Heard Nature Photographers Club – 1:30pm.

2nd Sat. Speakers and discussions. Topics include how-to and technique discussions and travelogue presentations. Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary, 1 Nature Pl, McKinney. More info: 972-462-7314.

Camp Invention Collin County Farmers’ Market – Thru Oct. 9am1pm. Features Texas-grown produce and meats, locally made products and a community center to learn about green and healthy living. Murphy City Hall South Parking lot, 206 N Murphy Rd. CollinCountyFarmersMarket.org.

Free One-Hour Seminars – 10am. Topics: gardening, beekeeping, rainwater collection, goat milking, poultry. Ploughshare Institute for Sustainable Living, 7781 Gholson Rd, Waco. Mention North Texas Natural Awakenings: 254-754-9663.

Second Saturday for Youth – 10-11:30am. For youngsters aged 4-10; children 6 & under must be accompanied by a parent or other responsible adult. Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, A/V Classroom, 6465 Refuge Rd, Sherman. Reservations necessary: 903-786-2826.

Scarborough Renaissance Festival – Thru May 25 and Memorial Day. 10am-7pm. See Sun listing. $25/ adults, $10/ages 5-12, free/age 4 & under. 2511 FM 66. Info & tickets: 972-938-3247 or SRFestival.com.

Kid’s Fish – 11am-1pm. Ages 4-11. The opportunity to go outside to our pond and do some live fishing (weather permitting). If bad weather will have a scavenger hunt. Free. Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World, 2501 Bass Pro Dr, Grapevine. 972-724-2018.

Parkour in the Park – 11am-1pm. Parkour and free running exhibition and instructional. Learn to move past obstacles like water. All ages. No experience required. Very welcoming group. Participants of all abilities and ages: 8-80. Free. Locations vary.

Details: 817-475-8370 or ParkourInThePark.com.

Visit the Cats – 11am-6pm. See Sun listing. In-Sync Exotics, 3430 Skyview Dr, Wylie. 972-442-6888.

InSyncExotics.com.

Homestead Open House – 12-3pm. 3rd Sat. Time subject to change during heat of summer. The Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area is home to several historic structures, most notably the Minor-Porter Log House, which dates to about 1869. Volunteers on hand to guide visitors through the structures and answer questions in this informal tour. Visitors welcome to arrive at any time during the open hours and tour at their own pace. Regular admission to LLELA: $5/person; free/age 5 & under. No additional charge for tour. Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area, 201 E Jones St, Lewisville. 972-219-7980.

Kayak down the Elm Fork – 12-3pm. 3rd Sat. Whether have lots of river time under your belt or have never set foot in a kayak, you’re welcome here. Kayak Power provides equipment and instruction followed by a 6-mile trip down the Elm Fork to a shuttle vehicle. Lewisville

Sunday Mountain Bike Group Ride – 6pm. Open to all levels. Informal and leaderless. Food, fun and riding.

Food served after the riding. Location changes weekly.

For details & location: BBishop@Bikemart.com.

Stargeezer Star Party – 6:30-9:30pm. 1st Sat. Bring the whole family. Star parties begin at sunset, weather permitting. Free. Spring Park, Jonandrea Ln, Garland. TASObserving.org.

Downtown McKinney’s Second Saturday – 7-10pm. 2nd Sat. Explore local art galleries, listen to great local and regional talent and taste specialties in some of the area’s best eateries. Historic Downtown McKinney, 111 N Tennessee St, McKinney.

972-547-2660. McKinneyTexas.org.

Frisco StarFest – Sunset-10:30pm. 2nd Sat. Approximately a dozen telescopes will be set up for your viewing pleasure. Weather permitting. Free.

Frisco Commons Park. TASObserving.org.

daily savethedate DAILY Dairy Farm Tours – By appt only. Experience life on a dairy farm with an educational tour including how and what cows are fed, the benefits of grass-crop based feed (silage), the milking parlor, bottle feeding baby calves along with the learning the benefits of drinking raw milk vs pasteurized milk. Everyone gets samples of milk and treat bags for the children. $5/person age 2 & up. Circle N Dairy, 2074 CR 446 Gainesville.

940-372-0343. CircleNDairy.com.

First Aid Classes, CPR & Babysitter Training – Various days. Monthly at various branches.

For specific info on cost, space availability, times: YMCADallas.org.

Dallas Farmers’ Market – 8am-6pm. Year round.

One-stop shop for all your produce, meat, floral and specialty-food needs. Farmers from 150 miles around come to give you the chance to “buy locally.” 1010 S Pearl Expwy, Dallas. DallasFarmersMarket.org.

Food Connection to Your Child’s Behavior Webinar – Food Triggers Linked to ADHD, Asthma, Allergies and Autism. With Leann Forst, MBA, CHHP. Learn about everyday food toxins and what they are, why they matter, and how they relate to childhood illness. Be able to make informed decisions about our diet. $40/download. For more info: 214-673-4788, Leann@GroovyBeets.com. To download: GroovyBeets.com/webinars/webinarvideo-product-food-connection-childs-behavior.

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NEW STAR CHIROPRACTIC & ACUPUNCTURE

HAIR COLOR STUDIOS

Zhangping Lu, D.C., L.Ac., M.D. (China) 425 Maplelawn Dr. Ste 101, Plano 75075 972-519-8488 DFWAcupunctureChiropractic.com Whole body wellness center providing chiropractic care, spinal decompression, allergy testing, NAET, IMAET, detoxification, weight loss, hormone balancing, wellness programs and more.

All natural healing, no medication, no surgery. See ad, page 9.

ADHD/ADD THE SAMS CENTER

Dr. Marvin Sams 972-612-0160 • GreatBrain.com Evidence based, non-drug therapy for ADD/ADHD, learning issues, chronic Depression and Anxiety, Asperger’s and Autism, epilepsy, Bipolar, and OCD. See ad, page 13.

AROMATHERAPY

9200 E Lebanon Rd, Ste 32, Frisco 75035 214-436-4955 • HairColorStudios.com Organic color for your hair and health.

Open seven days a week. “No-Neck-Pain” wash basins have built-in headrest for your comfort and to protect your neck. See ad, page 20.

MASSAGE SPACE

7000 Independence Pkwy, Ste 180 Plano 75025 972-612-5363 • Massage-Space.com In addition to our massage services, we offer facials, hair removal, sugaring, waxing and make up services too. Our estheticians specialize in anti-aging, skin clarifying and complexion rejuvenating facial treatments.

See ad, page 9.

PINK MAHOGHANY FRAGRANCES

European and Ayurvedic Reflexology and aromatherapy sessions, plus a full line of products for well care, body care and natural perfumes.

Reflexology works with the feet and helps to balance the subtle energy systems of the entire body leaving you feeling refreshed and energized. See ad, page 12.

AYURVEDA THE BALANCED YOGI

Peggy Breeze 972-658-1600 • TheBalancedYogi.com Achieve optimal health with Ayurveda, the ancient healing practice that balances body, mind, and spirit. I provide comprehensive assessments that uncover your imbalances, create customized diet and lifestyle plans to help you achieve your wellness goals, offer Ayurvedic therapies and online consultations. Let me help you harmonize and energize your life.

Zhangping Lu, D.C., L.Ac., M.D. (China) 425 Maplelawn Dr. Ste 101, Plano 75075 972-519-8488 DFWAcupunctureChiropractic.com Whole body wellness center providing chiropractic care, spinal decompression, allergy testing, NAET, IMAET, detoxification, weight loss, hormone balancing, wellness programs and more.

All natural healing, no medication, no surgery. See ad, page 9.

SYNERGY BALANCE NUCCA CHIROPRACTIC HEALING CENTER Dr. Cecilia Yu, D.C., NUCCA practitioner 12740 Hillcrest Rd, Ste 138, Dallas 75230 972-387-4700 • MySynergyBalance.com

By aligning the first vertebrae through a precise NUCCA adjustment, Dr. Yu eliminates nerve interference from the brain stem. Such interference can manifest itself in any manner including Scoliosis, skin conditions, behavioral disorders, herniated discs or joint problems. Unlike traditional chiropractic, even traditional upper-cervical chiropractic, there is no popping, cracking or twisting and a NUCCA adjustment holds longer which means you return far less often. See ad, page 13.

CLEANING THE PURE LIVING COMPANY

Etsy.com/shop/PinkMahoghany

Phthalate-free. Locally owned and hand-crafted; available exclusively online. See ad, page 39.

DOREY AROMATHERAPY & REFLEXOLOGY

Mary Ellen Dorey, Reflexologist/Clinical Aromatherapist 5924 W Parker Rd, Ste 100, Plano 75093 972-567-3962 • DoreyAromatherapy.com

NEW STAR CHIROPRACTIC & ACUPUNCTURE

PREMA DAY SPA

BJ Jackson and Steffany Curry, Owners 3600 Shire Blvd, Richardson TX 75082 972-422-2600 • PremaDaySpa.net Prema Day Spa is a premiere, upscale, multi-use facility offering massages, facials, nails, waxing, makeup, as well as health/wellness seminars, corporate events, monthly charitable events, bridal showers, teen parties, princess parties, and space rental.

Open Tuesday-Saturday 10am-7pm.

972-975-7873 ThePureLivingCo.com

The Pure Living Company specializes in keeping your precious living environment clean and green. Did you know most of cleaning agents on the market today are toxic & there are no regulatory agencies that monitor those products in your home? If your home is toxic, it makes you toxic too leading to bad health problems such as asthma, headaches, and even cancer. We pride ourselves in using only natural ingredients in order to protect you, your family, and your furry friends.

See ad, page 23.

CRYOTHERAPY BELOW ZERO CRYO SAUNA

Justin Miller, Owner 8715 Lebanon Rd, Frisco 75034 469-362-8191 • BelowZeroCryo.com Initially used exclusively by pro athletes, the cryosauna is a high-tech machine that helps reduce inflammation, improve sleep, boost immune system, burn calories, aids in detoxing and de-stressing, improves skin conditions, reverses signs of aging and aids in muscle recovery. Safe and natural therapy, cryotherapy is perfect for those that have grown tired of other therapeutic methods that may only mask symptoms. See ad, page 10.

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DAIRY CIRCLE N FAMILY DAIRY

Michelle and Tommy Neu 4 Miles West of I-35; on US 82, County Rd 446, Lindsay 76240 940-372-0343 • CircleNDairy.com State-permitted dairy licensed to sell fresh, all natural unprocessed grade A raw milk. See full listing under Farms & Farmers' Markets. See ads, pages 25 and 28.

DECLUTTERING / ORGANIZING SERVICES THE DECLUTTERBUG

Anita Sisler 339-832-1220 • TheDeclutterbug.biz Now is a perfect time to declutter. Let me help you turn cluttered areas of your home into perfect, peaceful spaces. Moving? I can help you with the process of decluttering while packing up your home and/or unpacking and making your new home cozy. Serving the North Texas area. See ad, page 11.

DENTISTRY DENTAL STUDIO OF CARROLLTON Drs. Robert and Sandhya 2005 W Hebron Pkwy, Carrollton 75010 972-395-0150 • DSofCarrollton.com And 331 W Harwood Rd, Hurst 76054 817-282-4539

Approaching dentistry from a natural, whole body health perspective, we make teeth beautiful, keep them healthy and offer honest education on how balanced structures in the face/mouth can affect your overall health. Serving adults, children and apprehensive clients, at our state-of-the-art facility we offer the cutting-edge "DNA Appliance"; a small device which addresses snoring and sleep apnea, mercury free fillings and crowns, teeth whitening, Clear Braces, TMJ pain and much more. See ad, page 18.

DINING Café Brazil

200 Coit Rd, Ste 112, Plano (by Central Market) 469-229-9140

A breakfast-to-late-evening dining and coffee house offering delicious food in a casual, eclectic familyfriendly space. Healthy meal options to decadent deserts available.

SHANDIZ MEDITERRANEAN GRILL & MARKET 4013 W Parker Rd, Plano 75093 972-943-8885

Halal meats, fresh produce, groceries and flat bread baked on-site.

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EDUCATION ROBERT MULLER SCHOOL & CENTER FOR LIVING ETHICS

Vicki Johnston, Founding Director 340 Country Club Rd, Fairview 75069 214-544-8338 • CenterForLivingEthics.org Are you seeking a learning environment that nurtures the whole child? Children thrive in heartcentered relationships that cultivate whole-being intelligence through nature, creativity, discovery, storytelling, meaningful learning and individual projects. Full and part-time programs available. We welcome you to our monthly Tea, Talk and a Tour. See ad, page 25.

ENERGY HEALING Holistic Energy Practice, LLC

Kris Sands, Healing Touch Certified Practitioner Star Coyote Sound Temple, Plano 75023 214-236-4037 • HolisticEnergyPractice.com People and animal energy sessions.

Reiki, Healing Touch Certified Practitioner, Totem Animal Guides, Intuitive, Energetic Transformation.

Kids' Intro to Healing Energy Wo r k s h o p , G r o u p G u i d e d Meditations, Healing Oasis. Office located in Star Coyote Sound Temple in Plano, TX. See ads, pages 13 and 39.

FARMS & FARMERS' MARKETS

LITTLE ORCHARD PECANS LittleOrchardPecans.com 469-500-3099

Grown on family farms, our hard shell “native” pecans are smaller and sweeter than the “paper shell” hybrids found in most store. Typically pesticidefree, they’re low-carb, no sodium, almost no natural sugars and can help lower “bad” cholesterol. Order online or at select local retailers. See ad, page 37.

FINANCIAL ADVISOR WENDELL BROCK, MBA, CHFC Outside Investment Advisors 214-937-9905 • OutsideIA.com Blog: OutsideEconomics.com

Improve your fiscal health and reduce your physical stress by learning strategies to keep more of what you earn. Reducing financial stress will greatly improve the quality of your life. It is through preparation that we obtain peace of mind. Sign up to receive our blog posts.

GARDEN Calloway’s Nursery Calloways.com

Seventeen DFW stores including: Denton, Flower Mound, Fort Worth, Hurst, Lewisville, Little Elm, McKinney, Plano, Richardson, Southlake. See ad, page 28.

CIRCLE N FAMILY DAIRY

Michelle and Tommy Neu 4 Miles West of I-35; on US 82, County Rd 446, Lindsay 76240 940-372-0343 • CircleNDairy.com State-permitted dairy licensed to sell fresh, all natural unprocessed grade A raw milk. Visit us at the farm to learn why our great-tasting, fresh, raw milk is a safe and naturally healthier choice for your family. Call us to schedule a tour to see a working family farm and be sure to visit our on-site store for fresh raw white and chocolate milk, cream, free-range eggs and more. See ads, pages 25 and 28.

HONEY POT FARM

Money Family / Guy Money, Beekeeper McKinney 75070 • 972-829-3216 Honey as raw, local, organic, yummy and healthy as it gets. Our hives are in Collin and surrounding counties, and because our honey is straight from the hive, nothing added and never heat pasteurized, you get all the vitamins, minerals, live-enzymes, and pollens which are the allergyfighting benefits that are heat filtered out of most other store-bought honeys. Available at Frisco Farmers Market, McKinney Trade Days, Sprouts, Market Street or pick up at our home office. Look for the bee in cowboy boots! See ad, page 37.

GREEN PEST CONTROL NATURAL PEST SOLUTIONS

Jarrod Arnold, Owner 469-585-0234 • GuysInGreen.com Eco-friendly residential and commercial pest control using botanical products.

We control all types of insect pests including termites, mosquitoes, ants, roaches and fleas without the use of harsh, dangerous chemicals. We offer programs from a single pest one time treatment to a comprehensive total protection plan. Call to schedule your Free inspection. See ad, page 8.

HAIR SALON HAIR COLOR STUDIOS

9200 E Lebanon Rd, Ste 32, Frisco 75035 214-436-4955 • HairColorStudios.com Open seven days a week, we offer organic color for your hair and health. “No-Neck-Pain” wash basins have built in headrest for your comfort and to protect your neck.

Whether you're simply sensitive to some of those harsher chemical lines or just want vibrant, beautiful, healthy hair you'll love our natural approach to how we treat your hair and overall beauty. Ask about free color consultation. See ad, page 20.

HEALTH COACH GROOVY BEETS

Leann Forst, Board Certified Health Coach and Food Toxin Specialist 214-673-4788 • GroovyBeets.com

Improve your health and vigor. Lose weight. Feel better. Get out of pain.

Take the toxins out of the food you're eating and eliminate or improve symptoms such as asthma, ADHD, allergies and more.

Convenient, personal phone consultations and coaching with Board Certified Health Coach. Get guides, recipes, ideas, tips, encouragement, support, and accountability. Daily, weekly, monthly programs available. See ads, pages 22 and 39.

HEALTHY KIDS HEALTHY KIDS PEDIATRICS

4851 Legacy Dr, Ste 301, Frisco 75034 972-294-0808 • HealthyKidsPediatrics.com

The C-Section Recovery Center

HOLISTIC VETERINARIAN

3400 Silverstone, Ste 119, Plano 75023 972-332-5265 CSectionRecoveryCenter.com

PAWS & CLAWS PET HOSPITAL

Shawn Messonnier 2145 W Park Blvd, Plano 75075 972-867-8800 • PetCareNaturally.com Offering drug-free treatments, antiaging medicine, holistic anesthesia, and blood testing for early diagnosis of cancer in healthy pets. See ad, page 37.

MATERNITY A POSTPARTUM DOULA ON THE GO

INTEGRATIVE PHYSICIANS

Valerie Ybarra • 972-665-8765 ADoulaOnTheGo.com

KAREN ASBURY, MD 972-479-9139 KarenAsburyMD.com

Our practice is dedicated to healing using a combination of holistic medicine and conventional medicine where needed. See ad, page 20.

See full listing under Pediatrics. See ad, page 7.

DENTAL ARTS OF PLANO

Drs. Han and Buttyan, DDS 4701 W Park Blvd, Ste 201, Plano 75093 972-985-4450 • DentalArtsOfPlano.com Dental Arts of Plano specializes in routine, restorative and cosmetic dentistry with a holistic approach.

Mercury-free crowns and fillings, safe amalgam removal, clear orthodontics and jaw stabilizing devices are a few reasons these professionals are sought after. Prioritized treatment, fair and straightforward financial terms, and a real knack for patient care and compassion are reasons their client loyalty is admired by all. See ad, page 15.

HOLISTIC HEALING HOUSE OF GILEAD RENEWAL CENTER Dr. Stephen Duncan 2200 W Spring Creek Pkwy, Ste A, Plano 75023 972-596-5055 • HouseOfGilead.com

Scientific, complementary, homeopathic and holistic healing options that pharmaceutical-led practices cannot offer. Our lab work can show what traditional tests cannot. Cellular screening for fungus, bacteria, viruses, heavy metals and parasites, Hair Analysis, Ionic Cleanse, LED, Oxygen and RIFE therapy, nutritional assessments, herbal medicine, saliva and urine testing and well visits available. Read client testimonials on our website. See ad, page 15.

Lack of sleep? Anxiety? Postpartum depression? Need an extra pair of helping hands? I have more than 30 years experience. Newborn care specialist, infant / mommy massage, breast feeding education and night care. Here to meet your needs! See ad, page 23.

NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS

JUICING

HOLISTIC DENTISTRY

Specializing in proprietary therapeutic massage system (CSRT). See full listing under Women’s Health. See ad, inside front cover.

JUICER HEROES

INNOVATIONS WELLNESS CENTER

Raw fruit and vegetable juices, made daily from farm-fresh, local and organic produce. Delicious, healthy, no-sugar or other additives, and served in glass bottles so you can stay and sip, or grab and go, there is a variety of seasonal flavors to suit every taste and desired health benefit. See ad, page 7.

Your family's health is "naturally" our passion. Using naturopathic medicine, our approach is holistic and non-toxic, helping those with cancer, hormone imbalances, fatigue, chronic illness, depression and much more. Let us be a partner in your wellness and show you naturopathic solutions to your health concerns.

Dr. Kimberly Wilson, NMD 6545 Preston Rd, #200, Plano 75024 972-608-0100 • InnovationsWellness.com

Bryan and Kristi Wright, Owners Frisco: 6975 Lebanon Rd, #306, 75034 Plano: 2100 Dallas Pkwy, #150, 75093 469-803-5919 • JuicerHeroes.com/Frisco

NEUROFEEDBACK

KID FIT – KID FUN SPORTS TRAINING

THE SAMS CENTER

Dr. Marvin Sams 972-612-0160 • GreatBrain.com

JUMPSTREET INDOOR TRAMPOLINE PARK

6505 W Park Blvd, Ste 200, Plano 75093 972-378-5867 • GotJump.com Burn up to 1000 calories an hour, strengthen your whole body and have a blast doing it. Try trampoline dodge ball, a life-size maze, or rope-swing, slide or bounce into a huge foam pit. Special bounce and play area for kids under 7. Open jumps, birthday parties, corporate team building and aerobics classes. See ad, page 38.

The Sams Center specializes in evidence based, non-drug therapy for ADD/ADHD, learning issues, chronic Depression and Anxiety, Asperger’s and Autism, epilepsy, Bipolar, and OCD. Quantitative EEG (computerized brain wave analysis) detects and defines the neurological issues; NeuroMatrix Neural Efficiency Trainingtm safely remediates and optimizes brain function. Find out more today. See ad, page 13.

MASSAGE MASSAGE SPACE

7000 Independence Pkwy, Ste 180 Plano 75025 972-612-5363 • Massage-Space.com The health benefits of massage are well documented and our goal is to help people have affordable access to regular massages. Ask about our free-to-join Personal Wellness Program where you can get regular massages at discounted rates. See ad, page 9.

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NUTRITION GUIDED PATH TO HEALTH

Jill Baumann, NC 114 S Jackson Ave, Ste 200, Wylie 75098 214-675-5607 • GuidedPathToHealth.com ThinkingOfBaby.com Providing holistic support and guidance to create amazing health breakthroughs. From functional lab tests to meal plans to supplements to mind-body techniques, we’ll work together to create and work through a customized health breakthrough plan based on your bioindividuality. Offering convenient 1:1 in-office or phone sessions as well as online group programs. See ad, page 14.

ORGANIC LAWN CARE EARTH KIND SERVICES

Organic Compost Lawn Treatment Beau Propes, Owner 469-744-0281 • EarthKindServices.com Organic lawn treatment that gets amazing results. We do all the work – spreading an even layer of composted top dressing onto your lawn with our specialized spreader.

Bare spots fill in, better drought tolerance and disease resistance.

Safe for kids and pets. See ad, page 19.

PEDIATRICS HEALTHY KIDS PEDIATRICS

4851 Legacy Dr, Ste 301, Frisco 75034 972-294-0808 • HealthyKidsPediatrics.com Where your child’s health is our passion! Offering a full range of pediatric services integrating conventional and natural medicine for your child’s optimal health.

See ad, page 7.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT LIVE YOUR DREAM

Kathryn Kutzer 469-955-5123 • DreamBuilderLifeCoach.com Many people cannot identify their dream; they just know they are discontent with their current life and have a longing for something different.

It is my privilege to help people discover the dream that is in harmony with their purpose, and then coach them through a specific process to help them achieve that dream.

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REAL ESTATE DARLENE OWEN, Realtor

Remax Town & Country 301 S Watters Rd, Allen 75013 972-979-7640 • DarleneOwen.com I specialize in helping with all the technical aspects of home- selling or buying, like getting a great deal and a perfect location, but my clients also love that I have a knack for helping with some of the more intangible, stress-inducing things that go along with the process as well. If you're looking for an agent who can help and support you beyond just the paperwork, call me today! See ad, page 6.

REFLEXOLOGY DOREY AROMATHERAPY & REFLEXOLOGY

Mary Ellen Dorey, Reflexologist/Clinical Aromatherapist 5924 W Parker Rd, Ste 100, Plano 75093 972-567-3962 • DoreyAromatherapy.com See full listing under Massage. See ad, page 12.

HOLLYWOOD FEED 12 DFW locations HollywoodFeed.com

Wide selection of natural and holistic pet food and products, professional pet grooming and self-service dog washing stations. Thirty-five stores across the Southeast in Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama and Texas. For a list of locations, visit HollywoodFeed. com. See ad, page 3.

SOUND HEALING STAR COYOTE SOUND TEMPLE

Jodi Roberts, Founder Coit Rd and Parker, Plano 75075 512-788-1236 • StarCoyoteSoundTemple.com See full listing under Wellness Centers. See ads, pages 13 and 39.

PREGNANCY SUPPORT GUIDED PATH TO HEALTH

Jill Baumann, NC 114 S Jackson Ave, Ste 200, Wylie 75098 214-675-5607 • GuidedPathToHealth.com ThinkingOfBaby.com Specializing in reducing the risks of and reversing the symptoms of the 4A’s: Autism, ADHD, Asthma and Allergies, from preconception through symptomatic child. See ad, page 14.

RADIO SHOW Healthy by Nature Radio Show

Martie Whittekin; Certified Clinical Nutritionist Saturday 8am • KWRD 100.7 FM Interviews with authors, doctors and other experts about natural approaches to health and happiness.

Listener calls are always welcome.

Archives of past shows available on HBNShow.com.

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SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH 25631 Smotherman Rd, Frisco 75033 214-872-4205 NewLifeFrisco.org

SHIR TIKVAH REFORM SYNAGOGUE Rabbi Heidi Coretz 7700 Main St, Frisco 75034 214-500-8304, • ShirTikvahFrisco.org

Services are held on Friday evenings at 7 p.m. Every service welcomes children of all ages. Religious school classes take place on Sunday mornings during school year. Visit website for service schedule.

ST. PHILIP’S EPISCOPAL

6400 Stonebrook Pkwy, Frisco 75034 214-387-4700 • StPhilipsFrisco.org Sunday services, community programs, job ministry, preschool, and St. Philip’s Academy “K” class.

THERMOGRAPHY THERMOGRAPHY CENTER OF DALLAS Addison and Rockwall 214-352-8758 • ThermographyCenter.com

Don’t wait for an alarming symptom to tell you there’s an abnormality.

Regular screening with thermography can detect abnormalities, many times 8-10 years before other screening methods and give you the practical information you need to monitor and improve your health. No pain. No compression. No radiation. See ad, page 21.

WEIGHT LOSS BELOW ZERO CRYO SAUNA

Justin Miller, Owner 8715 Lebanon Rd, Frisco 75034 469-362-8191 • BelowZeroCryo.com See full listing under Cryotherapy.

See ad, page 10.

GROOVY BEETS

Leann Forst, Board Certified Health Coach and Food Toxin Specialist 214-673-4788 • GroovyBeets.com See full listing under Health Coach and see ads on pages 22 and 39.

STAR COYOTE SOUND TEMPLE

Jodi Roberts, Founder Coit Rd and Parker, Plano 75075 512-788-1236 • StarCoyoteSoundTemple.com Founded by anthropologist Jodi Roberts, Star Coyote Sound Temple is a place where you can get to know yourself in a deeper way. We offer a safe space of peace, mindful communication, creativity, relaxation, fun, joy and health. Music includes drums, Tibetan bowls, and gongs. Private and group healing sessions are available. Workshops, classes, massage, mindfulness meditation and yoga are offered for all ages. See ads, pages 13 and 39.

WOMEN'S HEALTH The C-Section Recovery Center John James, LMT, CSRT Founder Lauren Cato Robertson, LMT, NCTMB 3400 Silverstone, Ste 119, Plano 75023 972-332-5265 CSectionRecoveryCenter.com

C-Sections sever muscle, fascia, lymph vessels and nerve pathways. Often seemingly unrelated symptoms including TMJ, headache, low back pain, plantar fasciitis, and more are ‘referred pain’ from C-Sections performed months or even decades earlier. Our proprietary therapeutic massage system (CSRT) can free you from the negative effects of C-Section surgery. See ad, inside front cover.

THERMOGRAPHY CENTER OF DALLAS Addison and Rockwall 214-352-8758 • ThermographyCenter.com

JUICER HEROES

Bryan and Kristi Wright, Owners Frisco: 6975 Lebanon Rd, #306, 75034 Plano: 2100 Dallas Pkwy, #150, 75093 469-803-5919 • JuicerHeroes.com/Frisco Raw fruit and vegetable juices, made daily from farm-fresh, local and organic produce. Delicious, healthy, no-sugar or other additives, and served in glass bottles so you can stay and sip, or grab and go, there is a variety of seasonal flavors to suit every taste and desired health benefit. See ad, page 7.

WELLNESS CENTERs New Star Chiropractic & Acupuncture Wellness Center Zhangping Lu, D.C., L.Ac., M.D. (China) 425 Maplelawn Dr, Ste 101, Plano 75075 972-519-8488 DFWAcupunctureChiropractic.com

Whole body wellness center providing chiropractic care, spinal decompression, allergy testing, NAET, IMAET, detoxification, weight loss, hormone balancing, wellness programs and more. All natural healing, no medication, no surgery. See ad, page 9.

Don’t wait for an alarming symptom to tell you there’s an abnormality.

Regular screening with thermography can detect abnormalities, many times 8-10 years before other screening methods and give you the practical information you need to monitor and improve your health. No pain. No compression. No radiation. See ad, page 21.

YOGA YOGA WITH PEGGY BREEZE 972-658-1600 TheBalancedYogi.com

See full listing under Ayurveda.

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CAREER OPPORTUNITY BECOME A DENTAL ASSISTANT – This unique 10-week course is designed to provide you the core concepts you will need to get started. In this unique program, practicing dentists and experienced dental assistants give you maximum hands-on training and experience in an actual dental office setting. Reasonable cost. Short timeframe. Saturdays only. For more info, call 214-789-2011 or visit CDofCarrollton.com.

HELP WANTED HELP WANTED – Juicer Heroes is expanding and hiring for the Frisco and Plano locations. Full- and part-time positions available. Excellent customer service, ability to work in fast-paced environment and an interest in healthy living required. To apply, visit either store: Frisco – 6975 Lebanon Rd., #306; Plano – 2100 Dallas Parkway, #150; or call 469-803-5919.

Now Hiring – Professional housekeepers who want to work in a chemical-free environment.

Advancement opportunities available. For more information, call 972-975-PURE (7873).

SALESPEOPLE WANTED – If you’re not afraid of straight commissioned sales and feel confident of your abilities, Natural Awakenings North Texas magazine may be right for you. Earn a generous commission and unlimited income selling advertising packages. Relationship-oriented sales; must like talking to people. Open territories in Denton and Collin counties. Will train and coach. Full and part-time sales positions available. Send resume to Publisher@NA-NTX.com.

OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE O ffice and C lassroom S pace – Available for rent. Large classroom can hold up to 20 people or could also be used as a treatment or massage room. Office has been used as consultation room for different practitioners. Located just off a retail storefront. Call Andy Hopkins with questions.

972-516-1740 (Parker Rd & Independence Pkwy) 3221 Independence Pkwy, Plano, 75075.

UPSCALE OFFICE PROPERTY – Customize this 1,600 sq ft space to suit your professional or medical office needs. Free standing building with one side currently occupied by a dental office.

Great location. Excellent visibility. In Carrollton just minutes from highways 121 and 35. Call Ms. Krishan: 832-545-1243.

Wellness Practitioner $400 – Client access to communal waiting area and restroom; wireless internet; sink/counter space within individual room. Ideal space for Naturopath, Acupuncturist or Holistic Practitioner in Plano. Clair 214-762-1075.

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