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oday there are a lot of uncertainties in our world. Not only is November the beginning of our Holiday Season, but it also the election of our nation’s President. With all the hustle and bustle we go through each and everyday, it is easy to get caught up in a trap of just going through the motions with little satisfaction or true pleasure of life itself. Is this what we really want? As for myself I can say this is not what I want. There have been times I wanted to scream “Get me off this train!”

A year ago I did exactly that. I quit my job to work with Tom on Natural Awakenings Magazine full time, and it has been a decision I have not regretted.

It took me stepping out of my comfort zone and pursuing a passion. It was difficult to step out of that comfort zone but I knew that was what it was going to take to find my passion and purpose. The last year has been an exciting journey.

I have learned so much and met some very interesting people.

If you are one of those people who feels like something’s missing from your life and you are not living your passion or fulfilling your passion, read the article “Fashion a Passion-Driven Life” in this issue. It has some great recommendations to help you start your journey. Recently, I was watching a webcast of the taping of Oprah’s Life Class with Joel Olsten, who said “You may come to a lot of closed doors before you get to the open door.” These are good words of encouragement.

Don’t give up on finding your passion and purpose.

There is a Proverb, which says, “Our passions are the winds that propel our vessel. Our reason is the pilot that steers her. Without the winds the vessel would not move and without a pilot she would be lost.”

In November we celebrate Thanksgiving. A time when we come together with family and friends and give thanks for the many blessings we have. We would like to thank all our readers and advertisers that help us publish the magazine every month. Without you we could not do it. We also encourage you to get involved this holiday season and reach out to those who are having a hard time. Why not give to a local food bank or food pantry to help those less fortunate have a Thanksgiving Dinner to share with their families.

Sending you all many Blessings,

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

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18 LETTING GO . . .

by Aaron Peavy

25 wisewords 26 inspiration 27 calendars

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20 FASHION A PASSION-DRIVEN LIFE Realize Your Purpose and Feed Your Soul

by Lisa Marshall

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24 SHAMANIC HEALING: SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE

by Jeffrey Rich

25 OVERCOME OBSTACLES TO ACHIEVEMENT Jack Canfield Shares Insights on Creating Success

by Linda Sechrist

26 GROUNDED IN GRATITUDE Embrace Every Gift Because Each Blessing Counts

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COMING NEXT MONTH

OsteoStrong of Huntsville to Celebrate One Year Anniversary

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apidly approaching the one-year anniversary, OsteoStrong, a completely new, revolutionary system is delivering results that have everyone asking, “How is this possible?” Huntsville and surrounding residents are reporting increased bone density, joint and back pain that has been eliminated, and overall better balance without taking medication or going to the gym.

Mary M. says after just 24 visits in her first six months at OsteoStrong, “I feel 5 years younger!”

Cher suffered from sore and weak muscles caused by fibromyalgia, but shortly after coming to OsteoStrong for her weekly 7-minute session, her symptoms were completely gone. She even decided to go zip-lining with her family this Summer, which is something she said that she would have never considered last year.

OsteoStrong is a specialized facility offering a natural way to increase bone density, improve balance and decrease or eliminate joint pain in a safe and comfortable environment. Using a patented, cutting-edge technology, the specialists at OsteoStrong will take you through 4 precise trigger-points that are designed to elicit your body’s own natural adaptive responses. In much the same way that our skin cools itself by sweating when it’s hot, or our pupils dilate in a darkened room, our bodies have the ability to increase bone mineral density and increase muscle fibers when the right set of circumstances are met. The best news is that you will not have to lift weights, or even break a sweat.

Call now to schedule a free session and ask about our one year anniversary special. Learn how OsteoStrong can greatly improve the quality of your life.

OsteoStrong specializes in helping people with osteopenia, osteoporosis, degenerative disc problems, MS, fibromyalgia, and creaking knees as well as helping to reverse the effects of aging. Watch several of our Huntsville clients explain how OsteoStrong has changed their lives on our website, wwwOsteoStrong.me.

You don’t have to feel just OK anymore; feel GREAT in under 8 minutes, once a week. Learn how you can age without the aches and pains, free yourself from risky medications and take a natural, safe approach to improving your health.

With over 200,000 recorded sessions using our patented technology and no reported injuries, you are taking a non-invasive, non-pharmaceutical approach to feeling both energized and amazing with just one weekly visit to OsteoStrong.

Call today and book your free consultation and free session at 256-489-0084 or go learn more from our website: OsteoStrong.me. See ad on page 29.

Waking to a Brighter Future Begins with Light-Filled Holidays Welcome to Natural Awakenings’ special Awakening Humanity issue

Introducing John Tinger

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oin us at our next free Reiki Clinic and listen to the healing frequencies of music. John Tinger’s mastery of the guitar is excellent and the melodic sounds produced by his finger style picking are extraordinarily relaxing. His music is very introspective in nature, allowing one to go into the depths of their soul.

Medical research is increasing in the field of music, in the development and nurturing of the brain, especially where there is injury to the limbic system. It is the frequencies, the actual sounds that hold the key to the healing. Free from the personal nature of words, it is the sensitivity of the music itself that facilitates a certain resonance in the body and mind that allows for healing from within, in a totally organic and personal manner.

John himself is a former patient of his own healing through music. He discovered that the use of imagery and the emotions that he was employing

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simultaneously while playing music over an extended period of time allowed for the retraining of the neural networks in his brain and helped him to completely heal from his past afflictions.

Discover for yourself how the sensations of music move your inner spirit. John will join our staff of practitioners every 3rd Saturday of the month from 2-4pm.

To make arrangements for an appointment, you may send an email or call Shari Prior: 256-289-3331 or Shari1717@gmail.com. Reiki Free Clinics (no charge) are held at: 915 Merchant Walk Way SW, Suite A, Huntsville, AL 35801. See CRG on page 38. Visit John Tinger online at JohnTinger.com.

The Paranormal Study Center Hosts Dr. Joe H. Slate

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oe H. Slate is a licensed psychologist, researcher, and International author. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Alabama with post-doctoral studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is Professor Emeritus at Athens State University and Honorary Professor at the University of Montevallo. He is a member of the American Psychological Association and Platinum Registrant in the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology.

Dr. Slate’s professional experience includes Professor of Psychology, Head of Behavioral Sciences, and Director of Institutional Effectiveness at Athens State University where he introduced parapsychology into the research and instructional program, a first for the State of Alabama.

He served as Director of Psychological Services at Retreat Mental Hospital (Decatur, AL) and Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Forest Institute of Professional Psychology. He established the Parapsychology Research Institute and Foundation (PRIF) and has funded scholarship programs at Athens State University and the University of Alabama.

Dr. Slate’s research into electro-photography has been featured on numerous radio and television programs including the History Channel’s “Vampire Secrets.”

This presentation will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn in the Saturn Room (near Landry’s Seafood House) at 4801 Governors House Drive, Huntsville, AL, on Friday, November 23 at 6:30pm. Admission is $10. For more information, visit ParapsychologyStudyGroup.com.

Hope For Life Colon Hydrotherapy

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ired of feeling sluggish and tired? Come see us here at Hope For Life Colon Hydrotherapy. We are right off Memorial Parkway onto Weatherly Road. The clinic specializes in Colonics, Bio-Cleanse, Infra-Red Sauna, and has a Vibra-Trim Machine. Our facility uses the Libbe, which is an open system for colonics.

Colon Hydrotherapy is the gentle cleansing of the colon with warm purified water. The therapeutic effects of colon hydrotherapy include improved muscle tone, which facilitates peristaltic action and enhances the absorption of nutrients while minimizing the absorption of toxic waste. Amanda Mashburn says, “In case you haven’t noticed, we live in a toxic world. Everyday, we are bombarded with noise pollution, perverse energy, herbicides, pesticides, food additives, hormones, antibiotics, chemicals, and many other toxins from various sources. The fact that any of us are still alive is a testament to just how wonderful the human body really is. Still, many of us are suffering from all kinds of symptoms, diseases, and maladies, as a result of our overall toxicity. These toxins may build up in the colon and

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eventually leach into the bloodstream where they can wreak havoc. In fact, many alternative practitioners believe that most diseases begin in the colon. A healthy colon is vital to a healthy life. Our facility focuses on helping others to help themselves with a healthy lifestyle.

This Holiday Season give the gift of Health with a Gift Certificate form Hope For Life.

Amanda Mashburn is I-ACT certified. She owns Hope For Life Colon Hydrotherapy located on 10300 Bailey Cove Road Suite 7A, Huntsville. Call 256270-8731 for more information or to schedule an appointment. Please see her listing in the Community Resource Guide on page 36 and receive a discount on your first colonic visit. See ad on page 31.

Nature’s Apothecary, Your Health Food Store in Madison!

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ature’s Apothecary Health Food Store is now open on Sunday! Nature’s Apothecary (formally Herb N Life) is the only independent health food store in Huntsville/Madison open seven days a week. They have been serving the community of Madison for 19 years. The additional hours will allow customers to have more options when it comes to shopping at Nature’s Apothecary.

They offer a full line of supplements, health and beauty, gluten free groceries, weight loss supplements, pet supplies, teas and much more.

The owner Derrick I. Mitchell shared his company motto that say’s “Principle Before Profit.” He explained, “it means that we will do what is right for the customer without consideration of making a sale. You can have a business model or you can have a people model. We choose to have a people model for Nature’s Apothecary.” In addition to the wide product selection, they routinely take special orders if they don’t have something you are looking for. Using what the earth provides in an unadulterated form can be a great alternative to prescription drugs.

Come see the best kept secret in Madison. We are located at 7441 Hwy 72 W. in Madison, between Slaughter Rd and Nance Rd. For more information visit NaturesApothecary.net or call 256-722-9198.

Local Healer Publishes New Book

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untsville’s own healer and shaman, Katy Glenn Willis, has published a book that she describes as, “An autobiographical social commentary that is essentially an evolutionary resolution to the limitations we all experience in seeking wellness.”

American Sizism Sucks is not just a comment on size prejudice, but an entertaining and revealing book that helps everyone who wants to feel good and also have a way to assist in correcting all prejudice, including self deprecation. Her written work is “My offering to all, as is my intent, that we be free, happy and healthy.” The book is a true story full of Truth. It is a feel good read which you will want to pass on, study, and remember the wisdom within.

Available on amazon.com and in bookstores all over the country soon, American Sizism Sucks is a wonderful contribution to the wellness of all human beings.

For more information, visit AmericanSizismSucks.com. For more background on the author, see her listing in our Community Resource Guide monthly, and her personal website: KatyShamanHealer.blogspot.com.

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wo local established yoga teachers Mitzi Coulombe Connell and Holley Porter-Wright have begun a new chapter in their yoga careers and are thrilled to announce the opening of Yoga HoM. They are looking forward to expanding their ability to serve the community through a beautiful variety of life enhancing classes, workshops, and events. Holley and Mitzi want the studio to be a place where students come to be nurtured, inspired, refreshed, and have their practice recharged hence inspiring the name Yoga HoM. They hosted their open house on October 27 from 3pm-7pm. Yoga HoM offers a variety of class formats from gentle yoga, lunch express, and intermediate level classes. The studio is located at 2304 Starmount Circle Suite B in the Huntsville medical district. For more information visit their Facebook at Huntsville’s Yoga Home, their website at Huntsville-Yoga-Hom.com or call 256361-YOGA (9642).

Is Your Face Showing the Emotional Chaos In Your Life?

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acial Rejuvenation can renew the appearance of a youthful look by improving circulation and strengthening elasticity.

Skin and its behavior is simply a symptom of a deeper issue happening in the body. For example, bright white coloring in the face might mean you’re lacking energy. All organs have a role corresponding to the skin and through acupuncture we are able to “read” your skin by facial diagnosis and tongue and pulse diagnosis.

You might be wondering…how does facial rejuvenation work? It works sort of like a sit-up; this treatment will tighten and stimulate muscles in the face to achieve the result you desire. There are also facial exercises and diet changes you can implement to compliment the treatment.

In as little as ten treatments you can begin to see an improvement in the elasticity and condition of your skin.

Is facial rejuvenation right for you?

The answer is yes! This safe and effective treatment is not only a wonderful way to remove signs of stress and aging in the face but can also prevent muscles from becoming weak. Clients are especially encouraged to come in when they see the beginning of fine lines where skin is losing elasticity.

Call today for an appointment with Kathy Holmes Reed at Reed Acupuncture. 256-303-5729, reedacu@ gmail.com, 1803 Somerville Rd SE, Decatur, AL 35601.

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Rita Loyd is a professional watercolor artist and writer. The message of her work is about the healing power of unconditional self-love. Rita began painting in 1996 as a way to cope with chronic illness and depression. Through this journey, the creative process became her teacher, healer and friend who would guide her to find the true meaning and experience of unconditional self-love. Rita writes about this experience and all that she has learned about unconditional self-love in her new book Unconditional Self-Love: What It Is, Why It's important and How to Nurture It in Your Life. You can purchase this book in Huntsville at Ruth's Nutrition or at www.NurturingArt.com, where you can view Rita's artwork and blog.

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Cranberry Juice Yields Knockout Punch

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hen scientific studies first provided evidence that cranberries are a powerful agent in fighting urinary tract infections (UTI), the supplement industry was fast to react by putting cranberry pills and extracts on the market.

But are they as effective as drinking cranberry juice or eating the sauce?

Recent analysis by Worcester Polytechnic Institute offers answers. The researchers tested proanthocyanidins (PAC), a group of flavonoids found in cranberries and thought to be what gives the juice its infection-fighting properties, offering hope that these could translate into an effective extract. However, the report concluded that cranberry juice itself is far better at preventing biofilm formation—the precursor of infection—than PACs alone.

The virulent form of E. coli bacteria that is the cause of most UTIs is covered with small, hair-like projections, known as fimbriae, which act like hooks and latch onto cells that line the urinary tract. When enough bacteria adhere to the cells, they form a biofilm that leads to infection. Cranberry juice prevented the bacteria from forming this biofilm, while PACs alone were not as effective.

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ew research reveals that diet may make a difference in reducing the risk of developing the most common form of dementia, known as Alzheimer’s disease. A study published by the American Academy of Neurology suggests that eating foods containing omega-3 fatty acids, such as fish, chicken, salad dressing and nuts, may be related to lower blood levels of a problematic protein called beta-amyloid associated with Alzheimer’s and memory problems.

For the study, 1,219 people older than 65 and free of dementia provided information about their diets for an average of 1.2 years before their blood was tested for beta-amyloid. Researchers looked specifically at 10 nutrients, including saturated fatty acids; omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids; mono-unsaturated fatty acids; vitamins E, C, B12 and D; beta-carotene; and folate. The scientists found that higher consumption of omega-3 fatty acids corresponded to lower blood beta-amyloid levels.

Particularly, those consuming just one gram more than other study subjects’ average daily intake of omega-3 fatty acids experienced a 20 to 30 percent decrease in beta-amyloid levels in the blood. One gram of omega-3s can be obtained by eating half a salmon fillet, once a week. Other foods that contain healthy omega-3s are flax seeds, almonds, walnuts and walnut oil, tuna and sardines and in small amounts, vegetables like Brussels sprouts, kale, spinach and salad greens.

The Other Problem with Trans Fats

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o keep the holidays merry, rather than moody, check labels when stocking the pantry and avoid products containing trans fatty acids, which not only contribute to insulin resistance, inflammation and heart disease, but also exacerbate mood swings.

After studying nearly 1,000 men and women of all ages and ethnic backgrounds, researchers at the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine found that consumption of dietary trans fatty acids (dTFA) was significantly associated with greater aggression and irritability.

The study, led by Associate Professor Dr. Beatrice Golomb, provides the first evidence linking dTFA with adverse behaviors, ranging from impatience to overt aggression. Analysis of participants’ baseline dietary information and behavioral assessments were adjusted for sex, age, education and use of alcohol or tobacco products.

The new finding strengthens health experts’ recommendations to avoid eating products like margarines, shortenings and prepared foods that contain trans fats and to steer clear of serving them in schools and other institutions.

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A nut-rich diet may offer some protection.

Researchers at the University of Barcelona, in Spain, discovered that a daily one-ounce serving of mixed nuts, including raw, unpeeled walnuts, almonds and hazelnuts, boosted patients’ levels of beneficial metabolites derived from metabolizing tryptophan (an amino acid), serotonin (a hormone), fatty acids and polyphenols (phytochemicals with antioxidant activity). Their findings support the hypothesis that nuts can help prevent metabolic alterations that lead to chronic disease.

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EFT Relieves Veterans’ Post-Traumatic Stress

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motional Freedom Technique (EFT) uses tapping along acupuncture meridians to relieve stress so the body can resume the natural function of self-healing. Through the Veterans Stress Project (StressProject.org), the therapy is now being used and tested with veterans exhibiting post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms such as insomnia, anger, grief and hypervigilance.

A study by the nonprofit Soul Medicine Institute has shown that more than 86 percent of vets that used EFT have resolved most of their PTSD symptoms; the researchers also report that, on average, their pain diminished by 68 percent.

Dr. Steve Manire, a chiropractor and EFT practitioner in Little Rock, Arkansas, states, “Too many of our nation’s veterans are left believing that they have to live with stress for the rest of their lives when they return from their tours of duty.� He asserts that many find significant relief with EFT. The Veterans Stress Project will connect veterans dealing with post-traumatic stress with EFT practitioners across the country for six sessions at no cost. Email Deb Tribbey at Deb@StressProject.org.

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Researchers at Texas Tech University have found evidence of antibiotics in samples of farm-raised shrimp of international origin imported onto U.S. grocery shelves. The antibiotics present included nitrofuranzone, a probable human carcinogen.

Two samples of the seafood tested in major cities contained levels of nitrofuranzone that were 28 and 29 times higher than the amount allowed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Domestic shrimp harvested from the Gulf of Mexico also contained carcinogens and toxicants, according to a recent article by GreenMedInfo.com.

Equally unsettling, most farmraised shrimp is far from sustainable, says Oregon researcher J. Boone Kauffmann, who estimates that 50 to 60 percent of shrimp farms worldwide are built on cleared mangrove areas. The shrimp produced from these farms have a carbon footprint up to 10 times higher than beef from cows raised on cleared Amazon rainforest areas.

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

A new crop of environmentally conscious gyms and fitness centers are adopting practices to save energy by adding electricity-generating workout equipment and using other strategies to reduce environmental impacts. It’s known as the green gym movement, which continues to grow and innovate.

The Los Angeles Times reports that members of AC4 Fitness, in Goleta, California, generate power and feed it back to the grid every time they step on a treadmill or elliptical. They also bring their own refillable bottles and have access to a hydration station that provides free water, filtered by reverse osmosis. Patrons can store their belongings in lockers made from recycled plastic. The Greenasium Fitness Studio, in Encinitas, California, sports floors covered with mats made from recycled tires, and their dumbbells are used and refurbished.

No Rain African Savannas Hold Clues to Drought Relief This year, much of the United States has experienced the most severe drought since the 1950s, prompting governors to declare emergency conditions. There is no guarantee that the crisis will be alleviated, but new research points to a way that farmers may be better able to cope.

In the hotter, drier climate of the semiarid African savanna, flowing between the Atlantic Ocean and Red Sea, farmers have successfully fought back an expanding Sahara Desert and turned once dry, uncultivated scrub into highly productive farmland.

The key to success is allowing trees to grow where they once cut them down, and adopting agricultural techniques that take full advantage of scarce water resources.

Experts claim that today’s American farmers should recognize the benefits that trees can bring to even the most arid plots of land. Chris Reij, a sustainable land management specialist at Free University Amsterdam, who has worked in Africa since 1978, observes, “Given the situation in the U.S. corn belt, these practices might help farmers in Kansas and Iowa adapt to more extreme weather and help make their crops more resistant to drought.”

Adding more trees, planted in rows between crops or bordering fields, could provide many of the same benefits found in Africa: improved soil and water quality and windbreaks that keep dry topsoil from going airborne. Fallen leaves and twigs inject nutrients into the soil, reducing the need for expensive fertilizers that can also pollute nearby streams or wells. Trees cool temperatures on a local scale, trap carbon and clean the air. Their roots are natural filters between fields and waterways and can help keep soil moist. Plus, tree fruits and nuts provide food for farm animals and wildlife. It’s an Early American agriculture tradition worth revisiting.

Find more information from the USDA National Agroforestry Center at nac.unl.edu.

Loving It Fast Food that’s Good Food Mike Roberts, once the president and CEO of McDonald’s, has cofounded Lyfe Kitchen, a restaurant chain that aims to serve healthy food on a fast-food scale. The acronym Lyfe stands for Love Your Food Everyday, and the food is made without butter, cream, white sugar, white flour, high-fructose corn syrup, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), trans fats or additives.

He foresees hundreds of the alternative bistros opening across the country, all serving locally sourced, sustainable gourmet meals with the efficiency and economy usually found in a fast-food chain.

With free-range chicken; burgers from grass-fed, humanely raised cattle; roasted kabocha squash; beet and rice salad and Napa cabbage salad, costs are expected to be pricey at first, but decrease as more locations are added.

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With three-quarters feeling that school curricula are inadequate, two-thirds of the students use TV as their primary information source. A majority of surveyed teens ages 16 to 18 favor the Internet, print newspapers and other periodocals.

Seventy-five percent of all of the teens surveyed believe that humans have a major impact on climate change. The top three environmental changes that they fear will impact their quality of life are poor air quality (66 percent), global warming (61 percent) and poor solid waste management (59 percent). Other major areas of concern are deforestation, water shortages and energy availability.

Students are also looking for ways they can help, such as recycling, conserving electricity and water, cleaning up public spaces, carpooling, bicycling and using public transportation.

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Wishful Fishing Derricks to Get a New Lease on Life The U.S. Department of the Interior has rules governing nonproducing ocean oil rigs: They must be torn down after a certain period of time. What sounds like a sensible policy to deter oil companies from abandoning idle rigs is now being reconsidered as the growing depletion of natural reefs may give them a new purpose as artificial reefs.

Below the surface at one 30-year-old rig in the Gulf of Mexico, corals, sea fans and sponges cover a maze of pipes. Schools of jack and snapper, solitary grouper and barracuda circle in its shadows and eco-dive boats periodically stop at the enormous structure, where dolphins, sea turtles and sharks are often spotted.

The New York Times reports that about 650 such oil and gas industry relics, referred to as “idle iron”, would be demolished with large amounts of explosives under the old rules, killing thousands of fish and other sea creatures. Now the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council is seeking recognition of offshore platforms as essential fish habitats. To ease liability concerns and help insure and maintain structures to be spared such removal, John Hoffman, chief executive of Black Elk Energy, an oil and gas company based in Houston, Texas, has founded a nonprofit organization, Save the Blue.

To convert a platform into a reef, approval is required by the Interior Department’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. Under the federal Rigs-to-Reefs program, a structure is only partially removed: cut off down to 85 feet below the water surface. Fish densities have been found to be 20 to 50 times higher near converted rigs than in open water. Each platform typically supports more than 10,000 fish.

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Weather Watcher New Supercomputer Predicts Climate Changes Yellowstone is one of the greatest natural treasures in the American West, and there’s now a new environmental “sheriff” in town. A supercomputer of the same name is set to model future climate changes and forecast extreme weather like no other.

“It’s a big deal,” says climate scientist Linda Mearns, Ph.D., of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, in Boulder, Colorado. The Washington Post reports that Yellowstone will help researchers calculate climate change on a regional, rather than continental, scale. With a better grasp of how warming may affect local water resources, endangered species and extreme winds, local and state governments will be able to plan more effectively.

The $30 million supercomputer, funded by the National Science Foundation, will generate climate projections for seven-square-mile tracts, instead of the previous capability of 60-square-mile units. It will also provide climate snapshots in intervals of hours, rather than days.

Mathew Maltrud, of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, in New Mexico, says, “We’re moving into a realm where we have models that resemble the ocean, the atmosphere, the ice and the land to a high degree.” Yellowstone will show a more realistic interaction of these components.

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Letting Go…

By Aaron Peavy

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eople come into and exit our lives all the time, whether by choice or not. Some leave very little impression and others affect us deeply; whether for good or bad, the result is always the same, a lasting change in us, or our perspective. In Greek mythology, the Moirai, or Fates, spun the thread of each individual life, from birth to death, and guided it in the process. Suppose our lives are these threads that dance in and around others to weave a never-ending tapestry. The entanglement of these threads produces new patterns, changing the design of the weave. Some threads move more harmoniously together and create a more beautiful pattern.

Recognition of the patterns we weave with others is primarily an awareness of ourselves; it allows for conscious choices and actions to promote or reject them. Though the ancient myth of the fates was one that espoused a sort of predetermination as to the outcome of every life, with clarity of vision, this is not necessarily the case. By observing our past and current relationships with people and beliefs, we have the ability to break our patterns and behaviors. We may begin to create them as we see fit, but it must all start with us.

When we meet new people, they are the next note in the symphony of our lives. We find conscious awareness of these harmonies through a combination of intuition and observation. If followed, we can attract the right people

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at the right moments. Furthermore, on the inverse, we can let the wrong people go at the right moment as well.

Both are equally important to maintaining inner balance and healthy relationships. When we try to hold onto the wrong people in our lives, it can often create the greatest disharmony. A relationship that turns toxic affects those in and around the situation. Though it may be apparent to everyone that it needs to end, the people involved may have strong attachments to the ideas, hopes, dreams, and emotions formed, which continue to perpetuate it somehow.

A well-played musical score is incomplete without pauses and variations; it would cease to be music if we held every note forever. Likewise, as the old saying from Heraclitus states, “change is the only constant.” When someone leaves us or we let him or her go, it is essential to practice what the Buddhists call non-attachment.

This practice is not the same as being detached or apathetic. We may feel sadness or pain in letting go, but this is part of being human. Birds perching in a tree do not think to themselves, “I wish this tree was like the last one.”

Likewise, it is vital for us to remain nonattached to old relationships, ideas, or beliefs that are gone or no longer serve the purpose we set forth for our lives.

There is an old Buddhist parable about two monks who walked side-byside along a road. They came to a stream

where a woman was standing alone.

Though the waters were higher than normal, the monks would have had no problems crossing. However, the woman needed to cross, but was uncertain she could do it safely. The older of the monks offered to carry her on his shoulders and safely took her to the other side. Some distance down the road, when the monks were alone again, the younger monk rebuked the older because of their vow of celibacy, which included not touching women. To this the older monk replied, “I put the woman down back at the stream.

Why are you still carrying her?”

For too many of us, we continue to carry that person, situation, or thing with us. Whether it is a man who cut us off in traffic, a relative, an old relationship partner, or even an old belief, if we cannot let it go, then we carry it into everything we say or do. Letting go is one of the most liberating and empowering things we can do for ourselves, and often for others as well. The simple act of releasing our attachments to these people or things can open us to something new.

One very simple, yet powerful, way to let go is to observe the shift in ourselves when conflict arises. Take time to breathe deeply and appreciate the beauty in the world, when we feel turmoil overcoming us. Finding a moment to ourselves, we inhale a deep breath and imagine that all the happiness that we wish to feel is already blossoming inside us. Upon the exhale, we imagine that all the pain, turmoil, and weight falls away. Thus, it becomes so the more we practice, for, as they say, happiness arises from within.

“If you are quiet enough you will hear the flow of the Universe. You will feel its rhythm. Go with this flow...happiness lies ahead.” –Buddha Aaron Peavy has had a lifelong passion for inner exploration and personal transformation. Having studied various esoteric and exoteric traditions and practices over the years, he enjoys teaching from his experiences and working with people.

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Chaturanga Pose “One foot on the path, planted firm, waiting for the other to follow. All I have to do is move on…move forward… just move – period. But I am frozen, held in a stationary junction between future and past – trapped, hovering between dreams. Beside myself, outside myself, not myself. A fantasy, a façade, a shadow. I hide inside among the tears taking breaths to stay afloat.”

–Hovering Between Dreams From “Private” by Gatlianne

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hen life happens in unexpected and uncomfortable ways we can accept what is and flow, or we can freeze, stuck in the struggle and pain. When we hover in a state of fear we often do so with shaky legs from uncertainty and the belief that our stability is in some way threatened.

This state of limbo—the hovering— doesn’t allow us to be our authentic selves. It keeps us hiding inside with our fears, our tears, our hurt gasping for the much needed life force energy that is in a cleansing breath. In this state of being we miss out on so much good that comes with unexpected and uncomfortable life experiences. Nothing happens

to us; all things happen for us, therefore, when life throws us the proverbial curve, what it’s actually throwing is a gift. When we are trapped, hovering between dreams, we miss the gifts. We miss what life is trying to wake us up to see. These wake-up calls can seem devastating; and they can be if you choose to allow them to wreak havoc. You can just as easily flow past whatever is occurring to flow into something wonderful.

Chaturanga describes this flow wonderfully. This is a pose that means Four Limb Staff Pose, referring to the “staff” that is the spine. This is a powerful, strength-building pose that is part of the Sun Salutation sequence. This pose requires not only strength but discipline and compassion for the body and spirit.

This is also a pose to ease into and not push into. Build up your strength, bringing the knees to the floor in Half Chaturanga until the full pose can be done. As in previous articles I stress the importance of listening to your body and allowing it to be where it is so that it can get to where it can go.

To perform Chaturanga, begin in

Plank Pose. Stack the joints with elbows directly over the wrists and the elbows at 90 degree angles. Extend through the heels and, with back flat, lower the body slowly to stop just above the floor while shifting the weight forward slightly. This pose is the precursor to Upward Dog pose. Here is where the flow comes in. If we continue to hover in Chaturanga we have stopped our flow. We begin to feel the shakiness of the arms, and perhaps for some, the pain and difficulty of the pose, and risk collapsing to the mat. However, if we feel the strength of the pose and the power in it then we find the strength and power in ourselves. It is in this state that we are not sinking into what the pose is not but are flowing and acknowledging what the pose is: powerful and strong.

In feeling the power in the pose, and in ourselves, we can glide smoothly into Upward Dog reveling in what we have accomplished and come through. Use Chaturanga to flow past the difficulty and into something wonderful.

M/Gatlianne is an Author, Yoga Instructor, Interfaith Minister and Holistic Health & Reiki Practitioner based in Athens, AL. For more information contact her at M@Gatlianne.com or visit Gatlianne.com, DeepRiversHealing. com, or DiscoverPath.com.

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than their bank accounts. Off-the-clock volunteerism is soaring. Due to working and earning less, people are also consuming less, cooking, sewing and gardening more, rediscovering forgotten passions and relationships and finding new ones in the process.

“When the economy tanked, it prompted a real moment of spiritual awakening for all of us,” observes Sue Frederick, of Boulder, Colorado, a nationally renowned career counselor who also applies her intuitive skills in helping clients like Readnower find their muse. “We are no longer able to hide out behind jobs and benefits that might not have been a good fit for us to begin with. People are remembering their soul’s mission and waking up to the true work they are intended to do.”

At the leading edge of the purposedriven career movement is the millennial generation, now in their 20s through early 30s. Having come of age amidst

In the midst of uncertainties, many are asking, “Why am I here?”

Fashion a Passion-Driven Life Realize Your Purpose and Feed Your Soul

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hree years ago, Cindy Readnower felt as if work was swallowing her life. As a single mom with two sons to support and two franchise restaurants to run in Sarasota, Florida, she routinely would get up at 4 a.m. and go to bed after midnight. She didn’t see enough of her boys. “I never had a free moment to just shut down and think about what I really wanted,” she recalls.

Then the economy collapsed, forcing her to shutter her businesses, file for bankruptcy and consult with a career counselor to plan her next steps. Today, at 57, she’s working as a life coach and business consultant and as she sees it, living the life she is meant to live.

“When you hit hard times and say, ‘My worst fears have come true; what am I going to do now?’ It makes you realize you will only find true success when you follow your passion,” she says.

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see as the silver lining in these challenging economic times. At a time of high unemployment, when some can’t find a job and others are working grueling hours to compensate for laid-off coworkers, many Americans are stepping off the corporate hamster wheel and sincerely asking themselves: “What is my purpose here, and how can I realize it?”

Purpose Over Profits According to a recent study by the nonprofit Encore.org, which helps older Americans pursue more meaningful careers, as many as 9 million people ages 44 to 70 have already transitioned into encore careers that combine purpose, passion and a paycheck. Another 31 million would like to.

Meanwhile, surveys show that new college grads are increasingly gravitating toward nonprofit and public sector jobs that feed their souls more

the Enron Corporation scandal, 9/11, Iraq and Afghanistan wars and the 2008 economic collapse, they’re graduating from college with a more holistic perspective on what constitutes a good career.

“The decade in which we have matured has been turbulent in almost every dimension,” says John Coleman, 31, a recent graduate of Harvard Business School and co-author of Passion and Purpose: Stories from the Best and Brightest Young Business Leaders. “This generation is looking at a world that has so many problems and saying, ‘The old opportunities are not there anymore, so we have to create new ones.’ Many are actively seeking more meaning and purpose at work.”

One 2010 survey of 500 MBA students found that when considering a long list of options for what they looked for in a career, they ranked “intellectual challenge” and “opportunity to impact the world” as their first and third priorities, bracketing “compensation” which ranked second.

Another analysis by The New York

Times found that in 2009, 11 percent more college graduates worked for nonprofits than in the previous year. Accordingly, Coleman’s book is packed with encouraging examples, from a Harvard MBA student and a U.S. Marine that co-founded a nonprofit addressing poverty in Kenya’s largest slum to a biomedical engineering grad that launched a web-based carsharing service.

This altruistic, purpose-driven career track seems a stark departure from that of the baby boomers, collectively referred to as the “me� generation for its materialistic ethos. Yet those that specialize in helping people find more meaningful lives say this group currently counts among their best and most focused customers. “We are at a time in the world when it is more socially acceptable to follow your passions,� says Janet Attwood, whose Passion Test workshops—established in 2004—are welcoming more people than ever. “In my day, my dad was so freaked out I’d end up homeless that he sent me to business school so I would learn how to type. Back then, parents never asked: ‘What turns you on?’�

That’s a shame, remarks Frederick, because first hints at our purpose often bubble up in our youth. “I believe all of us know at some point what our gift is, but we often bury it and say, ‘I have to fit in and get a job with benefits and a good paycheck.’� There is an alternative.

Work and Consume Less, Live More Attwood stresses that living in line with one’s passion isn’t just about work, noting, “It’s about your relationships and friends, your spirituality and health, what you consume and where you choose to live‌â€?

She asks clients to write down five life-defining passions (see sidebar) and use them as a guidepost. “Whenever you are faced with a choice, a decision or an opportunity, choose in favor of your passion,� she counsels. Attwood has observed firsthand how success often follows, because, “When you choose in favor of the things that have the greatest, deepest meaning for you, the universe supports you more than if you are just tepid and neutral about something.�

For some, that has meant working fewer hours for less pay, in order to allow more time for clarifying meditation, family dinners, volunteering at a local shelter, taking a long-yearnedfor dance class or planning the next career shift. It has also led to willing trade-offs in buying less and doing more for oneself.

According to the 2010 MetLife Study of the American Dream, 77 percent of Americans now say that achieving their big dream comprises improving the quality of their lives by strengthening personal relationships. As for millennials, 39 percent say they already have what they need. Also, those that feel growing pressure to buy more and better material possessions has dropped from 66 percent in 2006 to well below half today. “Plenty of people have already started down this path.

They’re growing vegetables, raising chickens and keeping bees. They’re building their own homes, often with the help of friends and neighbors,� writes Boston University Sociology Professor Juliet Schor, Ph.D. In her groundbreaking book, Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth, she argues that contrary to many economists’ assumptions, a shorter work week and smaller economy is better for society as a whole. More, such a lifestyle, “allows people

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to build stronger social connections, maintain their physical and mental health and engage in activities that are more creative and meaningful.”

Any Example Proves the Rule Ever since childhood days of helping her mother make clothing for the family, Juliette Bastian has had a passion for fashion design. Her love of dancing dates back to watching American Bandstand. But when it came to choosing a career, “There was always this trigger that went off in my head that said, ‘You need to make money,’” she explains.

By her mid-40s, this San Dimas, California, resident boasted a six-figure salary and a successful, but not terribly fulfilling career doing accounting and strategic business planning. To indulge her creative side, she created colorful spreadsheets, but it wasn’t enough. “At one point, I acknowledged, ‘I am not happy walking into work anymore,’” recalls Bastian, now 52. “I felt like a hamster on a wheel.”

Seven years ago, she walked out, and with Attwood’s help, set out to find her true callings. “People always think

you have to pick just one, but you have passions that run across every aspect of your life,” she says. “I now realize I am a dancer, fashion designer, family person and spiritual woman.”

Bastian begins each week by making a color-coded “strategic plan of action,” making sure to include elements of each of her five passions: financial freedom, exceptional relationships, optimal health, successful business ventures and an alliance with God. That means she’s back in school studying fashion design, and now makes time for dancing, church, family and a part-time career-coaching business.

She says that it has been financially rough at times. But the “sacrifices”—like fewer hair appointments, fancy clothes, meals out and expensive holiday gifts for friends—have been well worth it. “I now have the flexibility, freedom and joy of knowing I am living who Juliette truly is,” she says with a smile. “I know I’ll be taken care of as long as I honor what truly matters to me.”

Lisa Marshall is a freelance writer near Boulder, CO. Connect at Lisa@ LisaAnnMarshall.com.

Take the Passion Test Make a list of your passions; the 10 or 15 things most critical to your happiness and well-being. Start each entry with, “When my life is ideal, I am … ” (living in a beautiful house in the mountains, working in a job that changes lives, spending plenty of time with my children, etc.)

Don’t worry about how you’ll get there. Just write it down. You become whatever you are committed to.

“People often write down a passion, but if they can’t immediately see how they can manifest it, they erase it and instead write something down that they can easily put their arms around. In other words, they play it safe,” says Janet Attwood, co-author of The Passion Test: The Effortless Path to Discovering Your Life Purpose. Instead, think big.

Narrow the list to your top five passions.

More Purposeful Life Tips Make time for a spiritual life. Whether it’s pausing to meditate in the morning or going to church or temple, allow time to reflect upon who you are and what you really want. “If you are not setting aside time to explore these questions, you won’t find the answers,” says John Coleman, author of Passion and Purpose.

Don’t limit yourself to one purpose, such as a job. Decide who you want to be, rather than focus on what you are doing or want to do.

Seek out mentors, young and old, that appear to be living a passionate life and ask them how they reached their life space.

If you have the option of working less to pursue other passions, consider it. To save money, think about what you can make, grow or do, rather than pay for. In the process, you may rediscover an old passion.

Let your talents guide you. If you are good at something, the chances are you are passionate about it. Do more of it, and that doesn’t necessarily mean volunteering forever.

Consider making a passion into a relevant career. “We are not here to give away our gifts for free and then go to a job we hate,” says career counselor Sue Frederick.

Take baby steps. If you can’t quit your job to follow your passion quite yet, take baby steps. Write a business plan. Take a class. Start volunteering. Meanwhile, focus on activating passions in other areas of your life. What is one thing you should stop doing, and one thing you can start doing today?

Write all five passions down on five index cards.

Post passions in places you will routinely see them, such as on the bathroom mirror and refrigerator door; display them prominently on your computer.

Create a vision board (a collage of representations of your passions). “It’s an easy way to keep your attention on the things you really want to grow stronger in your life,” notes Attwood.

Use these priority passions as a guidepost. “Whenever you are faced with a choice, a decision or opportunity, choose in favor of your passions,” advises Attwood. Then run to the goal with purpose in every step.

Take the test again every six months, because passions can change and evolve over time.

Sources: Janet Attwood, author of The Passion Test; Juliet Schor, author of Plenitude natural awakenings

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Shamanic Healing: Something for Everyone

by Jeffrey Rich

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hamanic healing is humanity’s oldest form of spiritual healing. It treats concerns of the spirit and repairs dysfunctions of the body’s energetic system. Shamanic healing restores vitality and essence and helps you to clarify your life’s purpose in this earthwalk. Since physical pain is sometimes a symptom of an underlying spiritual malady, addressing dis-ease in the spiritual energy system can often also bring about reductions and/or cessation of pain and discomfort in the physical body.

How does it do this? Shamanic healing is energy medicine in a very big sense.

The broad categories of its many varied modalities can be grouped by function: * Removing inappropriate energies from the spiritual energy system, * Restoring missing or inaccessible energies to the spiritual energy system, and * Releasing us from the effects of entangling energetic snarls in the spiritual energy system.

Shamanic healing includes other things, too, but these are the major ways in which the shamanic practitioner does his or her work.

“I just can’t get rid of this pain!”

In the “removing inappropriate energies” category of shamanic healing modalities, the shamanic practitioner uses the art of Extraction to remove energies from our energy systems which don’t belong. Sometimes these are “energetic intrusions,” wherein energies have been “darted” or flung with anger or high emotion into the energy

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system of a person by others either on purpose or, more often, accidentally. We can pick up intrusions when others are experiencing frustration and anger, as in heavy traffic, or in arguments. We can also cause our own intrusions. Judgmental thoughts about our own bodies backed by strong emotion can cause self-intrusions to appear in our energy systems. Intrusions can cause intractable pain and discomfort that can not be resolved by conventional medical means. Extraction of energetic intrusions can bring resolution to both intractable pain and the carrying of painful memories and self-judgments.

“I’ve just never been the same since ______!”

In the “restoring missing or inaccessible energies” category of shamanic healing modalities, the shamanic practitioner brings back vital essence to our energy systems which ought to be there, but are not. The most common form of this type of shamanic healing is Soul Retrieval. Life crises, shocks, and traumas can cause part of our soul, our vital essence, to flee and to become inaccessible to us. With it goes our vitality, and sometimes our memories of the event and the ability to process through it to find resolution. Soul Retrieval is the art of finding, healing, and bringing back that vital essence which has fled.

When soul essence gets returned, we can enjoy feelings of vitality, clarity, wholeness, and clearer and more accessible memories of past events. Soul Retrieval literally puts us back together again and reunites us with the vitality we’ve been missing. In addition to Soul Retrieval, other shamanic healing methods can restore links to our natural sources of energy and inspiration.

“This thing keeps happening to me!”

Lastly, we come to the “releasing us from the effects of energetic snarls” category of shamanic healing modalities. Releasing the energetic snarls is one of the more interesting and immediately apparent methods of shamanic healing, for we can be immediately released from unhealthy patterns of thinking and behavior that have settled in our lives and have lingered there.

These energetic snarls can be localized in the present, or more commonly, they originate in our past or in the past of our family history. This kind of snarl can show up as a curse-like or an oath energy, and it can also show up as lingering unfinished business, either from our ancestors, or from a past life. For energetic snarls, the shamanic practitioner journeys to find the point in time where the snarl began, and then works to untangle and un-knot these energies, freeing us from having to repeat patterns of thinking and behaving which are not helping us. Unraveling these snarls can bring clarity of purpose and relief from patterns of thinking and being which are life-denying.

There are many other ways in which shamanic healing can take form.

Reconnecting us to the beauty and the energies of the Earth and the world around us is one such profound way.

Shamanic healing brings a new understanding of ourselves and of our earthwalk, our journey through life. It can be a beautiful adjunct to all other forms of healing which you currently pursue, bringing tranquility, new reserves of energy and power, and clarity of purpose and mind.

Jeffrey Rich, LMT #656, is a shamanic practitioner with several years’ experience working with clients. He lives and works in Huntsville, Alabama. Contact him at Jeffrey.Rich@ gmail.com. For more information about shamanism and shamanic healing, visit his website at WaterWillowMoon.com.

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Overcome Obstacles to Achievement

Jack Canfield Shares Insights on Creating Success

by Linda Sechrist

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ack Canfield is best known as co-author of The New York Times number-one bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series, which has sold more than 500 million copies in 47 languages.

A featured teacher in the films The Secret and Tapping the Source, he also has been interviewed on more than 1,000 radio and TV segments. He currently serves as CEO of The Canfield Training Group and president and founder of the Transformational Leadership Council.

Even with a wealth of webinars, teleclasses, workshops and other tools advising everyone how to live the life of their dreams, why do so many still struggle to feel successful?

Just having a map in your hands doesn’t mean that you will get to your destination. Understanding your fears and limiting beliefs does not necessarily give you the ability to overcome them.

Humans also have built-in protective mechanisms that often override their efforts to achieve their goals in order to maintain the status quo.

While ideas presented in programs and courses to help people achieve success can inspire and motivate positive change, many people get stuck when they have to apply them. In the past, many of the methods used to overcome obstacles to success have been tedious and time consuming, requiring months or years of intense concentration and relentless perseverance.

Why is it so challenging to make the changes necessary to succeed?

The mind is divided into two hemispheres. One is responsible for rational, conscious thought and processes ideas sequentially, using language. The other is emotional, and processes ideas simultaneously, using pictures. The emotional, subconscious mind is far more powerful than the rational, conscious mind.

It controls about 95 percent of our thoughts and actions and is motivated by the pull of pleasurable rewards and the push of negative emotions.

To understand the challenge of change, think of the emotional mind as an elephant and the rational mind as the rider. As long as the elephant doesn’t have a strong desire to move in a particular direction, the rider can control the elephant. However, if the direction that the elephant wants to go in is different than what the rider has in mind, the chance of forcing the elephant radically diminishes.

The reason that so many people fail to achieve success is that the elephantine subconscious is innately averse to the new action that needs to be taken. To make tasks much easier, the elephant must be motivated to move in a certain direction or, at the very least, remain neutral and not resist the rider.

By applying some newer, cuttingedge tools that support change, such as tapping points along the body’s energy meridians, the approach used in the

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), it is not only possible to get the elephant to cease resisting, but can also shave time off the journey to personal power and accomplishment. Tapping can transform the beliefs and emotions that cause selfdoubt, self-sabotage, procrastination and other roadblocks. It is being used around the world to help people minimize or eliminate issues as varied as fears, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, food cravings and chronic pain.

What do you consider ultimate success?

Many people report that after applying my 64 recommended success principles, they have achieved outstanding results in one area of their life, although they didn’t meet their expectations in another. Ultimate success isn’t about having only financial success, yet poor relationships; it’s about having success in all areas of your life.

So, as practitioners like my co-author Pamela Bruner, a business success coach and EFT expert, teach the tapping technique, they verbally introduce a powerful success principle and note the resistance people might encounter when trying to implement that principle. This can be done in person or self-administered, as demonstrated on the DVD included in our book, Tapping Into Ultimate Success.

How can we support our goals in everyday life?

I’ve learned that few people actually study the principles of success as they relate to life. In college or business school, students are taught management skills that apply to business, but not the skill sets or mindsets needed for success in their personal lives. Students in educational institutions of any kind never learn that they control their life. We all need to understand that the books we read, the TV shows we watch and the social environment we choose to immerse ourselves in all either undermine our success or support it.

For more information, visit JackCanfield.com.

Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings magazine.

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Grounded in Gratitude Embrace Every Gift Because Each Blessing Counts

by Frank Jude Boccio

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n counting our daily blessings, we find that even uneventful or difficult days possess precious gifts. Consider all the contributions that make it possible for family members to gather for the holidays—the workers that helped construct and maintain the vehicles that brought us here, the house where we come together and the trees that light the fireplace. Consider the food that nourishes us, thanks to the Sun’s energy, Earth’s minerals and rain and the labor of the farmers, processors, truckers, retailers and cooks. Whether or not the holidays fulfill our expectations, we have much for which to be grateful.

As the Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh points out, every blessing is the gift of the whole universe. When we stop and really look, we see that we are supported continuously in countless ways.

Author Roger L’Estrange noted in the 17th century how humans tended to “mistake the gratuitous blessings of heaven for the fruits of our own industry.” We awaken when the alarm goes off due to the skill of the technology’s engineers, designers, assembly workers, distributors and salespeople. We can turn on the light because power company workers are supplying the electricity.

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over by each moment of grace and the simplest act of kindness.

Such gratitude flows when we break out of a petty point of view—with its selfcentered expectations and demands—to appreciate that through the labors, intentions and existence of an inconceivably large number of other people, life forms and elements, we have been given the miracle of life, with all its present goodness. This heightened awareness of our connection spontaneously fills us with a joy and gratitude that transforms our experience. Thankfully, gratitude can be cultivated. It simply takes practice in being present to what is being given.

It helps to remain aware of some of the most pernicious obstacles to thankfulness, and one of the most obvious is the failure to notice what we have, including a roof over our head and someone to love. As Joni Mitchell sang, “You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.” So the first step is to start paying attention to gifts that have always been there, but until now went unnoticed and unappreciated.

We are rich in what counts and never truly alone, because we are always supported by the universe. The 13th-century mystic Meister Eckhart counseled, “If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, ‘Thank you,’ that would suffice.”

Frank Jude Boccio is the author of Mindfulness Yoga (MindfulnessYoga.net).

calendarofevents THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Math Alive! – 9am-5pm, daily throughout 2012.

Math Alive! is designed to inspire, spark the imagination, reveal not only math at work but also the endless possibilities of math. Through unique, interactive experiences, the exhibit takes math from its native form into the applied worlds of design, engineering, technology and science. US Space and Rocket Center, 1 Tranquility Base, Huntsville, AL 35805. 800-637-7223. RocketCenter.com.

Madison Mega-Marathon – Daily throughout 2012. Enjoy reading? Try the Madison MegaMarathon to whet that reading appetite. Madison Public Library, 130 Plaza Blvd, Madison, AL. 256461-0046. Madison@Hmcpl.org.

Sightseeing Cruises on Pickwick Belle – Cruise along on an authentic paddle wheel riverboat on the Tennessee River. Call or check website for October schedule. Cruising out of 802-B Wilson Street at Ingalls Harbor, on the river in Decatur, AL 35601.

877-936-2355. PickwickBelle.com.

CHICKS: American Women from the Collection Daily through Nov 11. CHICKS: American Women from the Collection celebrates the achievements of American women artists working from the mid-19th through the early 21st centuries. CHICKS aims to draw interesting contrasts and parallels between various generations of women creating art. Huntsville Museum of Art, 300 Church St, Huntsville, AL 35801.

256-535-4350. HsvMuseum.org.

Tally Ho! A Journey into Monte Sano’s Past 10am-4pm. The Burritt Mansion’s fall exhibit will showcase the history and development of the

mountain and the hotel, with display photographs and of artifacts from the hotel such as china, glass lampshades, furniture and the newest acquisition, never before displayed, a bed and chest of drawers from room 245. Burritt on the Mountain, 3101 Burritt Dr, Huntsville, AL 35801. 256-536-2882.

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Art in Clay: Masterworks of North Carolina Earthenware – 11am-8pm. This exhibition showcases 120 important pieces of slipware, creamware, faience, and sculptural bottles. Huntsville Museum of Art, 300 Church St, Huntsville, AL 35801. 256535-4350. HsvMuseum.org.

Connections: John Donovan , Michelle Erickson 11am-8pm. This new series is focused on regional contemporary artists with shared sensibilities. Organized to compliment Art in Clay, the exhibition features two Southeastern artists whose contemporary works in clay update venerable historical traditions. Huntsville Museum Of Art, 300 Church Street, Huntsville, AL 35801. 256-535-4350. HsvMuseum.org.

Align and Wine – 1-6pm. Align your body every Thursday in the Museum’s beautiful spaces, then proceed downstairs for wine and light hors d’oeuvres at the delicious Pane e Vino cafe. Cost and additional details can be found on the Yoga with Mitzi site at MitziConnell.com. Huntsville Museum of Art, 300 Church Street, Huntsville, AL 35801. 267-535-4350.

The Rocky Horror Show Presented by Renaissance Theatre – November 1-3. 7:30-9:30pm. This Broadway stage version, with movie twists, is sexy, lewd, and still less provocative than one expects. Renaissance Theatre, 1216 Meridian Street, Huntsville, AL 35801. 256-536-3117. RenaissanceTheatre.net.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 Autumn Ramble Guided Hike Series: Loopin’ the Blevins Gap Nature Preserve – 10am-12pm.

Discover the Bill and Marion Certain Trail, then loop back on the Varnedoe Trail and east end of the Sugar Tree Trail. Hike 5.5 miles and enjoy the last of the fall leaves. Whether new to hiking or a seasoned pro, 43 miles of Land Trust Trails offer natural beauty and exercise for the entire family. In case of rain, hikes will be cancelled. Check LandTrustnal.org for cancellation notices. Blevins Gap Nature Preserve, 4100 Cecil Ashburn Drive, Huntsville, AL 35802.

Huntsville Photographic Society: 2012 Members’ Showcase –11am-4pm. An annual juried selection of approximately 50 outstanding photographs by members of the Huntsville Photographic Society. Huntsville Museum of Art, 300 Church Street, Huntsville, AL 35801. 256-535-4350. HsvMuseum.org.

Burritt Bash at Baron Bluff – 6-8pm. Cool band, warm fires and lots of fun at Burritt’s Bash on the Bluff! Save the date and stay tuned for more information coming soon. Burritt on the Mountain, 3101 Burritt Drive, Huntsville, AL 35801. 256-536-2882.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3 First Monday Weekend Trade Days – One of the Deep South’s oldest and largest trade days where bartering, haggling, and swapping of goods has not passed on with time. It is a true blend of antique shows, craft fairs, and rummage sales. Scottsboro City Hall, 916 South Broad Street, Scottsboro, AL 35768. 256-574-3100.

Madison City Farmers Market – 9am-1pm. Open every Saturday through November, come early for the best selection of local produce, home baked goods, goat cheese, milk, eggs, meats, fresh herbs, honey, relishes, jams and jellies. Also, come see creations from local artisans including handmade cards, soaps, lotions, jewelry, candles, wood and iron works and other handmade items. 1282 Hughes Road, Madison, AL 35758.

Southern Tradition - A Holiday Market – 9am3pm. A Holiday Market kicks off the holiday shopping season by offering unique, distressed and refurbished furniture, hand-crafted home décor, jewelry pieces, and Christmas items for sale. There will a silent auction featuring pottery, photography, autographed college memorabilia, art, furs, jewelry, tools and much more. Madison Academy, 325 Slaughter Road, Madison, AL 35758.

Hilltop Arts Festival – 9am-5pm. The Hilltop Art Festival will be held on the grounds of downtown Elkmont. It will have a large variety of art forms for viewing and for sale. All items will be locally handmade/ hand painted arts and crafts by members of the Tennessee Valley. Downtown Elkmont.

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Fall Color Special Ride – 10-11am. This is the time of year when the leaves put on their yearly show for all, and there’s nothing like a scenic train trip through the colorful foliage on the Mercury & Chase Railroad. North Alabama Railroad Museum, 694 Chase Road, Huntsville, AL 35811. 256-851-6276.

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Children’s Pastor Kristen Mayer will include dancing, singing, rhythm, instruments, style and lots of fun for attending children. $40 per month.

Huntsville First Church of the Nazarene, 9640 Meridian St, Huntsville, AL 35801.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Open Hearth Cooking – 10am-3pm. Wander throughout the park and enjoy the sights, sounds, and smells of open hearth cooking. There will be cooks in the historic houses who will be happy to show how to cook their specialty over an open fire. Cooks may even be willing to share a secret receipt recipe or two. Burritt on the Mountain, 3101 Burritt Drive, Huntsville, AL 35801. 256-536-2882. BurrittOnTheMountain.org.

Artist Market – 12-4pm. Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be art, jewelry, vintage clothing, records, and more interesting things for sale inside the facility.

Lowe Mill, 2211 Seminole Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805. 256-533-0399. LoweMill.net.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4 7th Annual YMCA Veterans Prayer Breakfast – 7:30-8:30am. The annual Prayer Breakfast honors the 151 year relationship between the Armed Forces and the YMCA with patriotic music, prayer and an inspiring message. Each one sold provides a seat for a veteran. $20 Individual and also provides a seat for a veteran. $200 Table and includes recognition on souvenir program. Hogan Family YMCA, 130 Park Square Ln, Madison, AL 35758. 245-428-9622.

YMCAHuntsville.org.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Irons Cup Golf Tournament 2012 – 11am-5pm.

Huntsville’s 2nd annual Irons Cup Golf Tournament is a four-man scramble where Alabama teams and Auburn teams compete on the Ledges Golf Course to win the title of Irons Cup Champions. The Irons Cup Trophy will be on display year-round at The Ledges awaiting the champs to defend their title next tourney. The Ledges Club House, 32 Castle Down Drive, Huntsville, AL 35802. 256-859-4900.

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6th Annual Stars Dancing for HEALS Event 5:30-8pm. Modeled after ABC’s mega-hit reality show Dancing with the Stars, participants will practice for three months leading up to the event to compete for the night’s top prizes. All proceeds from the event benefit HEALS, Inc.’s school-based medical and dental clinics for Huntsville and Madison County’s most underprivileged kids. Monaco Pictures, 370 The Bridge Street, NW, Huntsville, AL 35806.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 Music & Movement Classes – 6-6:45pm. This weekly interactive class taught by Associate

Creamery Tours – 9-10am, 1-2pm. Tour a local cheesemaker and find out where and how the goat cheese recommended by Oprah, Food Network, and Southern Living is made. The tours will include a guided explanation of how to make chevre, as well as sampling of the different cheeses made by Belle Chevre. Touring also includes a discount on any cheese purchases. Admission charged. Fromagerie Belle Chevre, 26910 Bethel Rd, Elkmont, AL 35620.

256-423-2238. BelleChevre.com.

How to Start a Business – 10am-12pm. This workshop will focus on the steps needed to take in order to start your business. Attendees will discuss business licenses, entities, and how to effectively write your own business plan and much more. $20 payable at the door. Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce, 225 Church Street, Huntsville, AL 35801. 256-535-2000. HsvChamber.org.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8 Terrance Simien and The Zydeco Experience – 7:30-9:30pm. For nearly 30 years, Grammy award winner Terrance Simien, 8th generation Louisiana Creole has been shattering the myths about what his indigenous Zydeco roots music is and is not. Simien has become one of the most respected and internationally recognized touring and recording artists in roots music today. Merrimack Hall Performing Arts Center, 3320 Triana Boulevard, Huntsville, AL 35805. 256-534-6455. MerrimackHall.com.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Galaxy of Lights: Member Walking Night – Nov 9-12, 16-20: 5:30-7:30pm. Galaxy of Lights is a holiday light extravaganza featuring larger-than-life animated light displays. This event is the perfect holiday treat for the young and young-at-heart. Huntsville Botanical Garden, 4747 Bob Wallace Ave, Huntsville, AL 35805. 256-830-4447. Hsvbg.org.

Triple Artist Reception – 6-8pm. Lowe Mill Arts and Entertainment will feature art receptions on all three floors of the building. The First Floor Gallery will be featuring the work of Alex Smith, the Second Floor Connector Gallery will be showcasing Paul Wieland, and the Third Floor Gallery Space will have the work of Jennie Couch on display. Lowe Mill, 2211 Seminole Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805.

256-533-0399. LoweMill.net. ”It’s A Wonderful Life” Presented by Theatre Huntsville – Nov 9-10, 15-16: 7:30pm; Nov 11 and 17: 2pm. The timeless saga of George Bailey, whose dreams of escape and adventure have been quashed

by family obligation and civic duty. Von Braun Center Playhouse, 700 Monroe Street, Huntsville, AL 35801. 256-533-1953. VonBraunCenter.com.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Animal Encounters with Tommy Howell – 11am12pm. Visit Tommy’s “Beauties from the Sky� and the collection of birds are sure to impress. Reservations are needed since seating is limited. General admission prices apply. Burritt on the Mountain, 3101 Burritt Drive, Huntsville, AL 35801. 256-5362882. BurrittOnTheMountain.org.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 SketchUp Workshop: 4 Class Series – 1-3pm. The Arts Council announces a hands-on workshop using the SketchUp program for 3D modeling. SketchUp is a free program designed to help users create, modify, and share 3D models for a wide range of uses including interior design, furniture or cabinetry design, set design, and video game design. The Arts Council, 700 Monroe Street, Suite 2, Huntsville, AL 35801. 256-519-2787.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Above Top Shelf Tastings: Wine & Cheese Tasting – 6-7pm. This is an event wine lovers should be sure not to miss. Great wines, great local cheese and a great excuse to get downtown.

Admission is $20. Amendment XXI, 123 North Side Square, Huntsville, AL 35801. 256-715-0131.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Saucy Duo Crafts and Cocktails: Salt Dough Ornaments master class, Santa Wreath–6:308:30pm. Women are invited to craft and enjoy a cocktail. Each week a new craft and theme are presented along with all the materials to complete the craft.

The Burritt provides a cash bar featuring beer, wine, water, and soft drinks. Cost is $35 per person. Burritt on the Mountain, 3101 Burritt Drive, Huntsville, AL 35801. 256-536-2882. BurrittOnTheMountain.org.

cellence Award winners as they give lectures about a variety of topics and share their latest research. Dr. P.J. Benfield is currently a senior research scientist at the Center for Modeling and Simulation Analysis on the UAHuntsville campus. His research interests include systems engineering, spacecraft propulsion systems engineering and modeling, and science and engineering team development and dynamics. SciQuest, Hands-On Science Center, 102 Wynn Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805. 256-837-0606. SciQuest.org.

A.J. Croce –7:30-9:30pm. In childhood, A.J. lost his father, Jim Croce, to a tragic plane crash and his eyesight to a brain tumor. From the ages of four to ten, he gradually regained sight in his left eye, learned to play the piano, fell in love with the music of Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder, and came into possession of his multi-platinum recording artist father’s weathered songbook and guitar. Merrimack Hall Performing Arts Center, 3320 Triana Boulevard, Huntsville, AL 35805. 256-534-6455. MerrimackHall.com.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Galaxy of Lights Public Walking Night – November 16-20, 5:30-7:30pm. Galaxy of Lights is a holiday light extravaganza featuring larger-than-life animated light displays. This event is the perfect holiday treat for the young and young-at-heart. Huntsville Botanical Garden, 4747 Bob Wallace Avenue, Huntsville, AL 35805. 256-830-4447. Hsvbg.org.

Parent’s Night Out – 6-9pm. Sign children up for Sci-Quest’s Parents’ Night Out and spend a Friday or Saturday night on your terms. Children signed in will enjoy a pizza dinner, age-appropriate science activities, and time with Sci-Quest’s handson exhibits. Advanced reservations are required.

Registration must be completed by noon on the day of the event. Parents’ Night Out is offered for children ages 4-12. Admission is $20 for the first child and $15 for each additional child in the same

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Community Foundation Summit on Philanthropy – 8am-1:30pm. This is the Third Annual Summit on Philanthropy, the only event of it’s kind in Alabama. Its objective is to increase philanthropy in Madison County and grow a culture of giving by helping donors and their advisers understand the power of philanthropy in building a strong community. Admission is $50 per person. Adtran Mark Smith Conference Center, East Tower, 901 Explorer Blvd, Huntsville, AL 35806. Community FoundationHsv.org.

Quest for Excellence: Lecture Series with Dr. P.J. Benfield –5:30-8pm. Hear from past Quest for Ex-

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Huntsville Chamber Music Guild presents the Parisii Quartet – 7:30-9:30pm. Noted for its performances of distinctive and unusual repertoire of the l8th, l9th, 20th and 21st centuries, the Parisii has distinguished itself with award-winning recordings of intriguing works by such French composers as Menu, Pierné, Tailleferre, and Reynaldo Hahn, as well as the complete works for string quartet by Anton Webern. Trinity United Methodist Church, 607 Airport Road SW, Huntsville, AL 35802. 256883-3200. TrinityHsv.org.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 2012 Krispy Kreme Challenge – 8-11am. The Challenge: Run 2 miles from the start line in beautiful downtown Huntsville to Krispy Kreme on North Memorial Parkway; Eat 1 dozen doughnuts; Run 2 miles BACK to the finish line, all in one hour.

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Drop-In Family Art Activity Day Program: Creative Ceramic Tileworks – 2-3:30pm. Families and children are invited to participate in a range of programs especially designed with younger visitors in mind. Drop-In Family Art Activity Programs offer fun, interactive art making activities for families with children ages 3 and up. This event is free with price of admission. Huntsville Museum of Art, 300 Church Street, Huntsville, AL 35801. 256-5354350. HsvMuseum.org.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19 Heart Of Dixie Orchid Society Meeting – 6:308:30pm. Every month presentations from how to grow orchids to orchids around the world are shown to hopeful orchid growers. Refreshments are served and the public is welcome. Huntsville Botanical Garden, 4747 Bob Wallace Avenue, Huntsville, AL 35805. 256-830-4447. Hsvbg.org.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 Tuesdays at 2:00-Feeding The Animals – 2-3pm.

Every Tuesday at 2pm, the Historic Park Interpreters for a special treat as they demonstrate a traditional craft or chore. Many are welcome to join in and experience the activity for themselves. Burritt on

the Mountain, 3101 Burritt Drive, Huntsville, AL 35801. 256-536-2882. BurrittOnTheMountain.com.

Super Duper Science Club – 4:30-5pm. Each Tuesday learn more about the world around you. Miss Lorena will be conducting some easy and quick science experiments based on basic science principles.

Some days will feature a special guest speaker from local science based organizations as well. 915 Monroe Street, Huntsville, 35801. 256-532-5940.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 19th Annual HELPline Turkey Trot – 8-10am.

Run in a 5k family fun run on Thanksgiving morning then enjoy a guilt-free Thanksgiving feast. Kids can race in our Turkey in the Tiny Tot Turkey Trot.

The race is run on the campus of the University of Alabama in Huntsville. UAHuntsville campus, 301 Sparkman Drive NW, Huntsville, AL 35899.

Thanksgiving Lunch Buffet –10:45am-1:45pm.

Enjoy a delicious Thanksgiving holiday buffet with family and friends this year at Holiday Inn. Adults $23.95, Seniors (60 and older) $21.95, Children (Ages 6-12) $14.95, Children 5 and under free.

Holiday Inn Huntsville, 401 Williams Avenue, Huntsville, AL 35801. 200-315-2621.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22 19th Annual Thanksgiving Day Hike – 9am-1pm.

Join in on a simply grand Huntsville tradition, appreciating the beauty of Monte Sano Nature Preserve with family and friends on Thanksgiving morning.

Monte Sano Preserve, 2760 Bankhead Parkway, Huntsville, AL 35801. LandTrustnal.org.

Black Friday Lock-In – 8pm-9am. Drop off the kids after the turkey and go shopping at midnight for all the best deals! Ages 5-12 will enjoy supervised activities including swimming, the climbing tree, games and more. Space is limited to 75 children. $20 for Y Members or $40 for Program Members.

Preregister at 256-705-9622. Hogan Family YMCA, 130 Park Square Ln, Madison, AL 35758.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Santa’s Village – 5-9pm. This annual event delights children and adults of all ages. Amid a nightly snowfall, visitors can stroll through the magical village amid the twinkling lights and holiday finery. Stop by the Toy Shop and watch the “elves” put finishing touches on toys, visit with the reindeer in their stable, decorate a cookie in Mrs. Claus’ kitchen, or make a craft in the children’s activity area while local entertainers serenade you with sounds of the season.

Constitution Village, 109 Gates Ave, Huntsville, AL 35801. 256-564-8100. EarlyWorks.com.

Santa In The Park – Witness Arab’s Historic Village as it transforms into a Christmas wonderland complete with toy shop, Santa’s home, a grist mill with

reindeer food and live music in the country church. Attendees can also walk through the city’s park and enjoy more than 2 million holiday lights. Admission charged.

Arab Historic Village, Elvin Light Lane, NE, Arab, AL 35016. Arab-Chamber.org.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Moonfolk Festival – 6-11pm. Moonfolk Fest is a monthly folk-music festival held at the Historic Lowe Mill. This event features a potluck with local musicians and entertainers. Admission is donation only, and all proceeds go to the Flying Monkey Community Garden. Come out, have some free food, listen to some great music, and maybe even work a bit in the garden. Lowe Mill, 2211 Seminole Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805. 256-533-0399. MoonFolksHsv.com.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25 BMW Brunch – 12-2pm. Huntsville Hospital Foundation’s “oldest event� begins at noon and will feature a catered brunch and live music. Children ages 2-10 are welcome and will enjoy a special Children’s Area. Attendees will be entered in a drawing for numerous prizes with the grand prize being the use of a new BMW for one year, compliments of Tracy and George Jones of Century Automotive Group. Proceeds from the Brunch will provide lifesaving equipment for Huntsville Hospital. $140 per couple; $150 per family. Century BMW, 3800 University Dr NW, Huntsville, AL 35816. 256-265-8077. HuntsvilleHospital.org.

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Art Critique at Lowe Mill/ 1st floor gallery – 6-7pm. Critiques will be held on the 4th Wednesday of each month, so mark your calendars and take this opportunity to grow local art, and the artist community. Lowe Mill, 2211 Seminole Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805. 256-533-0399. LoweMill.net.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 My North Pole Adventure: Starring Project UP & Dance Your Dreams – 7-9pm. Join and be a part of an annual holiday celebration of the students in Merrimack Hall’s Johnny Stallings Arts Program. It’s not just a celebration of the spirit of the holidays, the show celebrates the remarkable students in Dance Your Dreams! and Project UP. All proceeds from these performances will directly benefit the 2012-13 Johnny Stallings Arts Program classes, including Dance Your Dreams!, Project UP, Inspired HeARTs and Camp Merrimack.

Admission is $20 for all seating. Merrimack Hall Performing Arts Center, 3320 Triana Boulevard, Huntsville, AL 35805. 256-534-6455. MerrimackHall.com.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30 Kris Kringle’s Candlelight Christmas – 4:30-9pm. The star-lit mountain will be mirrored by more than 600 candles illuminating the sidewalks, adding to the nostalgic feel of the holidays. Music will be featured throughout the mansion and the park in many styles. There will be cider, cookies and tasty figgie pudding to sample and share. Burritt on the Mountain, 3101 Burritt Dr, Huntsville, AL 35801. 256-536-2882. BurrittOnTheMountain.org.

The Nutcracker Ball – 7-10pm. Join the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier for an enchanting holiday celebration. Proceeds benefit Huntsville Ballet and its educational outreach programs. Von Braun Center East Hall, 700 Monroe Street, Huntsville, AL 35801. 256-533-1953. VonBraunCenter.com.

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ongoingevents sunday Meditation – 8:20am. Center for Spiritual Living, 308 Lily Flagg Rd, Huntsville, AL. 256-883-8596.

CSL-Huntsville.org.

Hotpower Yoga – 12-1pm, A well-rounded Asana Practice in a Heated room. Hot Yoga of Huntsville, 326 Sutton Rd, Hampton Cove, AL. 256-5856380. HotYogaOfHuntsville.com.

A Course in Miracles Study Group – 9:15am.

Shared reading and group discussions. Extra books available. Light of Christ Center, 4208 Holmes Ave, Huntsville, AL. 256-895-0255.

LightOfChristCenter.org.

Vinyasa Flow Yoga – 4:30pm. A smooth progressive flow of poses, synchronized to the breath.

This yoga style is a discipline derived from Hatha yoga, is faster-paced with emphasis placed on transitions and breathing. This can also be offered as a Gentle Vinyasa Flow class. Both can be heated or non-heated classes, so check the schedule for your preference. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

Unity Church on the Mountain Service – 11am, with Adult Sunday School at 9:30am. Unity is a positive path for spiritual living. Reverend Phillip Fischer. 1328 Governors Dr SE, Huntsville, AL. 256-536-2271. UnityChurchOntheMountain.com.

Yoga Class – 6:00-7:15pm. Iyengar-based yoga focuses on form, technique and alignment.

Body Language Pilates, 305 Jefferson St, Ste C, Huntsville, AL. 256-704-5080. BodyLanguage Pilates.com.

1-Hour Mystery School – 11am. A different service each week including ritual, music, and a message in an open, loving environment. Light of Christ Center, 4208 Holmes Ave, Huntsville, AL. 256-895-0255. LightOfChristCenter.org.

Huntsville Photographic Society Program Night – 7-8:45pm. Come and associate with some of the best photographers in the valley. Join for only $20 per year. We meet the second and fourth Mondays of each month except December. Huntsville-Madison County Public Library Auditorium, 915 Monroe Street, Huntsville, AL. HuntsvillePhotographicSociety.org.

monday Your Yoga with Casey – 6-7am. BeginnerÊs class with Casey, $14 session or $45 for 4 class pack (valid one month from purchase) Studio 258, 2nd floor, Lowe Mill, 2211 Seminole Drive, Huntsville, AL. Email: Casey@youryogasite.net or call 256-679-7143. YourYogaSite.net.

InFocus Yoga – 8:15am. A silent meditationbased class to reduce stress levels and enhance your brain function. If youÊve ever wanted to practice meditation but never find the time, we give some brief direction to start this 20 minute class and then you silently breathe your way into your day. This class is free to all who want to attend. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

Intro Yoga – 9am. Fundamental pose and practice orientation class for newcomers. You will be become familiar with yoga terms and pose positions as we instruct you in this gentle, beginner-paced class. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

HotYoga 26 – 9-10:30am. 26 yoga poses with modifications done twice in 105 degrees. Hot Yoga of Huntsville, 326 Sutton Rd, Hampton Cove, AL. 256-585-6380. HotYogaOfHuntsville.com.

Ignite Yoga – 12pm. A heated power yoga class with strength-building focus achieved through standing poses. We utilize a quick-paced, hot yoga approach to increase your training heart rate and fitness levels. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

Ignite Yoga – 7:15pm. A heated power yoga class with strength-building focus achieved through standing poses. We utilize a quick-paced, hot yoga approach to increase your training heart rate and fitness levels. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

tuesday Ignite Yoga – 6am. A heated power yoga class with strength-building focus achieved through standing poses. We utilize a quick-paced, hot yoga approach to increase your training heart rate and fitness levels. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

Ignite Yoga – 9am. A heated power yoga class with strength-building focus achieved through standing poses. We utilize a quick-paced, hot yoga approach to increase your training heart rate and fitness levels. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

Intro Yoga – 5:30pm. Fundamental pose and practice orientation class for newcomers. You will be become familiar with yoga terms and pose positions as we instruct you in this gentle, beginner-paced class. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

Eating Issues and Body Image Support Group – 5:50-7:30pm. Free support group for women who struggle with any body image or weight issues, including those with eating disorders. Facilitated

By Rachael Martin (nutritionist) at 603 Ward Ave, Huntsville (Five Points area). Call 256-426-6884 for information.

Meditation – 6pm. Center for Spiritual Living, 308 Lily Flagg Rd, Huntsville, AL. 256-883-8596.

CSL-Huntsville.org.

Beginner/Intermediate Mat Class – 6-7pm.

This class adds more exercises from the series and will challenge oneÊs mind/body connections.

Body Language Pilates, 305 Jefferson St, Ste C, Huntsville, AL. 256-704-5080. BodyLanguage Pilates.com.

Toastmasters: Redstone Toastmasters – 6-7:30pm. The Apollo Room, Radisson Hotel, 8721 Madison Boulevard, Madison, AL. Guests always welcome. Redstone.FreeToastHost.net.

Science of Mind Classes – 6:30-8:30pm. Center for Spiritual Living, 308 Lily Flagg Rd, Huntsville, AL. 256-883-8596. CSL-Huntsville.org.

Yin Yoga – 7pm. A very relaxed form of yoga in which we practice inward consciousness during longer poses to help you go deeper into connective tissues supporting greater relaxation and flexibility. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

The Living Art Bonsai Society – 7pm, first Tuesday of every month at the Huntsville Botanical Garden, 4747 Bob Wallace Ave. Contact: Shelby Aesthetic. 256-417-7187. LivingArtBonsai Society.org.

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Instant Yoga – 12pm. A quick 30 minute lunchcrunch power yoga class during your break. This class is heated. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

InFocus Yoga – 8:15am. A silent meditationbased class to reduce stress levels and enhance your brain function. If youÊve ever wanted to practice meditation but never find the time, we give some brief direction to start this 20 minute class and then you silently breathe your way into your day. This class is free to all who want to attend. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

The Market at Artisans Cove – 3-6pm, through Nov. This FarmerÊs Market is every Tuesday in Hampton Cove behind Publix. Artisans Cove. 220 Old Highway 431 S, Hampton Cove, AL.

Increase Yoga – 9am. Through repeated use of varied Sun Salutation poses, you will increase your core heat and metabolic rate, as you breathe, stretch and strengthen in this class. This is a

Pilates – 10:30am. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

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popular practice weÊve developed out of studios in New York City and L.A. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

SaucyDuo.com for details. Info: Mary Ramsey 256-529-3450. Burritt on the Mountain, 3101 Burritt Dr, Huntsville, AL. 256-536-2882. Burritt OnTheMountain.org.

Science of Mind Classes – 10am-12pm. Center for Spiritual Living, 308 Lily Flagg Rd, Huntsville, AL. 256-883-8596. CSL-Huntsville.org.

Free Tennessee River Writers Group – 6:308:30pm. Open-minded, open-hearted and creative group. Exercises, Readings, considerate critiques.

All experience levels welcome. Flint River Coffee Company, 1443 Winchester Rd. Call George Kost 256-682-5479.

Yin Yoga – 12pm. A very relaxed form of yoga in which we practice inward consciousness during longer poses to help you go deeper into connective tissues supporting greater relaxation and flexibility. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

Vinyasa Flow Yoga – 4:30pm. A smooth progressive flow of poses, synchronized to the breath.

This yoga style is a discipline derived from Hatha yoga, is faster-paced with emphasis placed on transitions and breathing. This can also be offered as a Gentle Vinyasa Flow class. Both can be heated or non-heated classes, so check the schedule for your preference. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

HypnoBirthing Classes – 6-8:30pm. Each class is a series of 5 consecutive weeks and includes the HypnoBirthing book and Rainbow Relaxation CD. Classes are held at „A Nurturing Moment,‰ 7540 Memorial Parkway SW, Ste B, Huntsville, AL 35802. To register, contact Marsha Mathes, HB Practitioner, at 256-698-2151 or Mathes79@ knology.net.

Meditation – 6pm. Center for Spiritual Living, 308 Lily Flagg Rd, Huntsville, AL. 256-883-8596.

CSL-Huntsville.org.

The Presence Process – 6:30pm. The Presence Process is a sensible step-by-step procedure that empowers us to heal the ghosts from our past so we can live liberated lives·Now. Reverend David Leonard will teach this powerful course. Donations welcome. Meditation at 6pm. The Center for Spiritual Living, 308 Lily Flagg Road, Huntsville, AL 35802. Contact: Gloria Agrelius. 256-503-3083.

GAgrelius@yahoo.com. CSL-Huntsville.org.

Art Critique at Lowe Mill – 6-7pm, fourth Wednesday of each month. In the interest of nourishing our expanding artistsÊ community we are reviving the Art Critique here at Lowe Mill. The hope is that these critiques provide opportunity for Artist: interaction, expression, and growth. All we ask is that all attending come with the spirit to: create, share and express without reservation.

Lowe Mill‎, 2211 Seminole Dr SW, Huntsville, AL. 256-533-0399. LoweMill.net. „You Are A Powerful Creator‰ – 6:30pm. A class that will guide you how to create the life you want at Unity Church on the Mountain. 1328 Governors Dr SE, Huntsville, AL. 256-536-2271.

UnityChurchOntheMountain.com.

Crafts & Cocktails – 6:30pm. Every Wednesday night at Burritt on the Mountain, women are invited to craft and enjoy a cocktail. Each week a new craft and theme are presented along with all the materials to complete the craft. Every event is taught by a Saucy Duo Crafts instructor. Burritt provides a cash bar featuring beer, wine, water, and soft drinks. $35/person. Visit

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Satsang – 6:30pm. Satsang with Gangaji. Center for Spiritual Living, 308 Lily Flagg Rd, Huntsville, AL. 256-883-8596. CSL-Huntsville.org.

Searching? – The Red Mountain Study Group of Huntsville invites inquiries from men and women, no matter what their beliefs, who are still searching for the meaning of their lives now and here.

Our work includes meditation, practice and study based on the teaching of G. I. Gurdjieff. We are affiliated with the Gurdjieff Foundation of New York. 256-361-9575. Email: rmsg@att.net.

thursday Vinyasa Flow Yoga – 6am. A smooth progressive flow of poses, synchronized to the breath. This yoga style is a discipline derived from Hatha yoga, is faster-paced with emphasis placed on transitions and breathing. This can also be offered as a Gentle Vinyasa Flow class. Both can be heated or non-heated classes, so check the schedule for your preference. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

Ignite Yoga – 9am. A heated power yoga class with strength-building focus achieved through standing poses. We utilize a quick-paced, hot yoga approach to increase your training heart rate and fitness levels. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

Fusion Pilates – 9-10am. A fusion of Pilates and Hanna Somatic work teaching one to access and strengthen oneÊs deepest connections bringing balance to oneÊs spine and overall posture. Body Language Pilates, 305 Jefferson St, Ste C, Huntsville, AL. 256-704-5080. BodyLanguagePilates.com.

Pilates – 10:30am. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

Instant Yoga – 12pm. A quick 30 minute lunchcrunch power yoga class during your break. This class is heated. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

Cocktails & Dogtails – 5-8pm. Bring your pooch along as you stroll through the Huntsville Botanical Garden. Beer and wine will be available for purchase. Huntsville Botanical Garden, 4747 Bob Wallace Ave, 256-830-4447. Hsvbg.org.

Intimate Yoga – 5:30pm. A candlelit class to decrease distractions and increase your breath and body awareness. This is a deeply relaxing, slowerflow practice which enhances the balance between active yoga poses and conscious relaxation. Yoga

Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

Align & Wine! – 6-9:30pm. Yoga with Mitzi at the Huntsville Museum of Art. Cost and additional details at MitziConnell.com. Huntsville Museum of Art, 300 Church St S, Huntsville, AL. HsvMuseum.org. „A Course in Miracles‰ – 6:30pm. A class that will positively change your life at Unity Church on the Mountain, 1328 Governors Dr SE, Huntsville, AL. 256-536-2271. UnityChurchOnTheMountain.com.

Vinyasa Flow – 7pm. A smooth progressive flow of poses, synchronized to the breath. This yoga style is a discipline derived from Hatha yoga, is faster-paced with emphasis placed on transitions and breathing. This can also be offered as a Gentle Vinyasa Flow class. Both can be heated or non-heated classes, so check the schedule for your preference. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

Ignite Yoga – 7:15pm. A heated power yoga class with strength-building focus achieved through standing poses. We utilize a quick-paced, hot yoga approach to increase your training heart rate and fitness levels. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

friday Kundalini Yoga – 12pm. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

Ballerina Pilates – 4:30pm. Developed by Audrey Fafard, Certified Pilates Instructor and dancer. Ballerina Pilates is a specific technique using the powerful Pilates fundamentals and proper anatomical form blended with movement and graceful Ballet exercises and stretches used between the barre and floor. Pilates is a core strengthening fitness system which has proven long-term benefits supporting a healthy balanced lifestyle with physical and mental awareness and strength. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

Hotpower Flow Yoga – 4:30-5:45pm. Asana Practice with Restorative Poses in heated room. Hot Yoga of Huntsville, 326 Sutton Rd, Hampton Cove, AL. 256-585-6380. HotYogaOfHuntsville.com.

Ignite Yoga – 6pm. A heated power yoga class with strength-building focus achieved through standing poses. We utilize a quick-paced, hot yoga approach to increase your training heart rate and fitness levels. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

Public Clearance Session – 7pm. Third Friday each month. Learn effective healing through reception and application of Divine energies. Light of Christ Center, 4208 Holmes Ave, Huntsville, AL. 256-895-0255.

Paranormal Study Center – 6:30pm, 4th Friday each month. Meets at Radisson Hotel/Olympus

Room, 8721 Madison Blvd, Madison, AL. For more information, contact Lamont Hamilton at WorldPsychic@email.com.

saturday Madison City Farmers Market – 9am-1pm, through Nov 17. Come early for the best selection of local produce, home baked goods, goat cheese, milk, eggs, meats, fresh herbs, honey, relishes, jams and jellies. Come see creations from local artisans including handmade cards, soaps, lotions, jewelry, candles, wood and iron works and other handmade items. 1282 Hughes Rd, Madison, AL 35758.

Jack OÊLantern Farm Market – Sat: 9am-2pm; Sun: 3-7pm. Open yearround. Upscale farmers market. Hydroponic vegetables, local honey, certified naturally grown vegetables. Garage Rd on TVA Reservation, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661. 256-386-2335. JackOLanternFarm.com.

Vinyasa Flow Yoga – 9am. A smooth progressive flow of poses, synchronized to the breath. This yoga style is a discipline derived from Hatha yoga, is faster-paced with emphasis placed on transitions and breathing. This can also be offered as a Gentle Vinyasa Flow class. Both can be heated or nonheated classes, so check the schedule for your preference. Yoga Fire, 1874 Slaughter Rd, Madison, AL. 256-399-YOGA. YogaFireHsv.com.

Natural Childbirth Classes – 9-11am. Downtown Cullman, AL. A 4-part series. Call to Register 256-962-0975. BirthingBeautiful.net.

Your Yoga with Casey – 9:45-10:45am. BeginnerÊs class with Casey, $14 session or $45 for 4 class pack (valid one month from purchase) Studio 258, 2nd floor, Lowe Mill, 2211 Seminole Drive, Huntsville, AL. Email: Casey@ youryogasite.net or call 256-679-7143. YourYogaSite.net.

HypnoBirthing Classes – 10am-12:30pm. Each class is a series of 5 consecutive weeks and includes the HypnoBirthing book and Rainbow Relaxation CD. Classes will be held at „Hypnosis, Facials & Massage by Marsha,‰ 3313 Memorial Parkway SW, Ste 116, Huntsville, AL 35801.

To register, contact Marsha Mathes, HB Practitioner, at 256-698-2151 or Mathes79@knology.net.

Artist Market – 12-4pm. Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth and sell their wares to the public. There will be art, jewelry, vintage clothing, records, and more interesting things for sale inside our facility.

Safe from rain. Free admission. Flying Monkey Arts Center at Lowe Mill, 2211 Seminole Dr, Huntsville, AL. FlyingMonkeyArts.org.

Community HU Song – 1:30-2pm. Join others in singing HU, an ancient love song to God that can help and uplift one in countless ways. Held each Saturday (except Sept 1). Huntsville ECK Center, 900 Wellman Avenue, Ste 3, Five Points. 256-534-1751. ECK-Alabama.org.

Reiki Free Clinic (no charge) – 2-4 pm. Every Third Saturday of each month.

Center for Personal Growth, 924-B Merchant Walk Way SW, Huntsville, AL. For appointments contact Shari Feinman-Prior at Shari1717@gmail.com.

AQUAPONICS Aquaponics Training: Learn from table top, to backyard, to commerical scale operation.

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ACUPUNCTURE THE NEELEY CENTER FOR HEALTH 600 Saint Clair Avenue SW, Bldg. 5 Suite 11 Huntsville, AL 35801 256-716-4048 Hours: T-F, 9am-5pm, Sat 8am-12pm House calls by Appointment Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Chinese Herbology, Pastoral Counseling, Beam Ray Therapy, Rapid Eye Technology, Nutritional Supplementation, Detoxification.

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COLON HYDROTHERAPY HOPE FOR LIFE COLON HYDROTHERAPY Amanda Mashburn, owner/certified colon hydrotherapist 10300 Bailey Cove Road, Suite-7A Huntsville, AL 35803 256-270-8731 hope4lifeal.com Our goal is to live long and live strong. Young or old, male or female, healthy or sick, will benefit from an internal cleansing.

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10 MOONS RISING BIRTH SERVICES Donna Mitchell CPM, CLC, BMsc 10MoonsRising.com Midwife@consultant.com 256-566-9305 Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee 10 Moons Rising Birth Services offers education and resources for women during pregnancy. We offer counseling in nutrition, herbal teas, VBACs, Out of Hospital births in TN and MS, midwifery care, prenatal visits, postpartum visits, doulas and monitrices.

We specialize in natural birth options in the North Alabama/Tennessee area. We have Certified Lactation Consultants also available for consult.

CENTER FOR OPTIMAL WELLBEING U’Jeana Wilson Owner/Certified Colon Hydrotherapist Degree in Psychology 256-489-9806 Center for Optimal Wellbeing is the longest operating colonic therapy provider in Huntsville. First time clients have expressed immediate feelings of increased energy levels and improved efficiency in waste elimination. You will enjoy the experience of your own “personal cleansing spa” as you receive colon hydrotherapy (colonic), far infrared sauna, an optional massaging shower, and ionic footbath services—in a clean, comfortable, and relaxing private environment.

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CENTER FOR PERSONAL GROWTH Shari Feinman-Prior 915-B Merchant Walk Way, SW Huntsville, AL 35801 256-289-3331 Shari1717@gmail.com “SPARK YOUR LIGHT” FROM WITHIN YOUR TRUE BEING and TRANSFORM your life. Offering an individualized integrative approach from energy psychology: Inner Counselor Process, Rapid Eye Technology, Healing Touch, Reiki, and Life Skills Coaching, to create change in deep seated patterns of behavior for a healthy and joyful life.

FAMILY MEDICINE COLON HYDROTHERAPY JARVIS NATURAL HEALTH CLINIC 1489 Slaughter Road, Madison 256-837-3448 I-ACT Certified Colon Hydro Therapists. Do you know that 80% of your immune system is in your colon?

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PROGRESSIVE FAMILY MEDICINE Chad Gilliam, M.M.S. PA-C 1230 Slaughter Road, Suite C, Madison, AL 256-722-0555 ProFamilyMed.com Progressive Family Medicine provides medical care for patients of all ages and uniquely blends Natural and Prescription medicines together to help speed the patient’s recovery. Progressive Family Medicine is the patient’s clinic of choice when they would like to understand how natural medicines work along with prescription drugs.

CENTER FOR DIRECTIONAL HEALING™ Susan Spalding 2225 Drake Ave. SW, Suite 18 Huntsville, 35805 256-882-0360 DirectionalHealing.com For over 20 years, Susan Spalding and the staff at the Center for Directional Healing have been helping people achieve harmonic health through Directional Healing, Reflexology, and now the Amethyst Biomat.

Clients may choose a single service, or combine all three for the most complete healing experience. Healing techniques, articles, and more information are available online at DirectionalHealing.com.

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Sandra Cope Huntsville 256-534-1794 256-509-3540 Certified Jin Shin Jyutsu Practitioner. An easy, effective way of restoring health and well-being by balancing the body’s energy pathways to enhance the body’s natural healing abilities.

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MARSHA MATHES Certified Hypnotist 3313 Memorial Parkway, Ste 116 Huntsville, AL 35801 256-698-2151 MarshaMathes.SkinCareTherapy.net Hypnosis is a tool to assist you in countless ways to heal your past, empower your present and create your future: • HypnoBirthing Classes • Quit smoking • Weight loss • Nail and lip biting • Teeth grinding • Insomnia • Anxiety and stress relief • Phobias and fears • Pain relief • Sports enhancement • PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder) • Current and Past Life Regressions

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LIGHT OF CHRIST CENTER 4208 Holmes Ave, Huntsville 256-895-0255 LightOfChristCenter.org

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Creating positive change through hypnotherapy and Breathwork. Empowering you to live to your highest potential. Relieve stress and anxiety, release negativity, pain management, pre/post medical procedure, fears/phobias, weight loss, smoking cessation, and more

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HYPNOTHERAPY Becky Waters Certified Hypnotherapist and Professional Breathworker 3322 S. Memorial Parkway, Suite 641 Huntsville, AL 256-348-5236

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MASSAGE CAROLYN NEAL (L.M.T. #422) 220 Rhett Ave, Suite D Huntsville, AL 35801 256-694-9044 With over 15 years of experience. Specializing in Swedish, Deep Tissue massage, Myotherapy, as well as Repetitive Use Injury Therapy (RITI). Call Today for Appointment.

CENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE AND BODYWORK 1634 Slaughter Rd., Madison 256-430-9756

The Light of Christ Center is comfortably situated in a vintage Centenarian House conveniently located near the UAHuntsville campus. Our Center facilities are available for rent to both members and non-members. We offer our Spiritual Home as your ideal venue for weddings, receptions, memorial services, classes/workshops and other gatherings. Call 256-895-0255 and leave a message if you’re interested in a tour or to speak with someone about your event. Amenities available: • Kitchen (microwave only) • Solarium • Lounge/Salon • Roundtable Room (meeting/dining) • Chapel (w/up to 50 chairs)

Our vision is to provide professional massage services in a comfortable clinical environment to Madison and the surrounding area. Student massages available for 1/2 the regular rate.

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CLOUD NINE Evening and Weekend Appointments 256-337-6989 Finally, someone who makes housecalls! Swedish, Ortho and Deep Tissue massage in the privacy of your own home. Gift Certificates also available for any occasion.

DIXIE PHILLIPS (LMT#2151) Dixie’s Sunrise Massage Therapy 3313 Memorial Parkway, Ste #116 Huntsville, AL 35801 256-585-0504 Hoss2ride@otelco.net With six years experience, Dixie uses Deep Tissue, Swedish, Fascia BodyWork, Reiki, Jin Shin Do and Medicupping to release stress, knots and improve circulation for overall wellness.

MUSIC THERAPY HEALING SOUNDS MUSIC THERAPY Stephanie Bolton, MA, MT-BC 256-655-0648 ImageryAndMusic.com Huntsville, Alabama-based music therapy practice focused on improving personal health and wellness using guided imagery and music techniques. Currently providing workshops and individual consultations.

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Dr. Gilliam treats a variety of health problems with chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, heart disease, hormone replacement and thyroid issues being at the forefront. Dr. Gilliam sees patients from around the world due to the reputation she has earned by treating hard to treat medical conditions. Dr. Gilliam works to find the cause of medical conditions and does not simply treat the patients’ symptoms.

Reiki is a simple natural and safe method of healing. Reiki treats the physical body, the emotions, and the mind and spirit, creating many beneficial effects. Many have experienced miraculous results.

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Advanced Practitioner Lic.#249 Dr. Ida P. ROLF method 2336A Whitesburg Drive 256-512-2094 RolfGuild.org Serving Huntsville since 1995 “When the body gets working appropriately, then the force of gravity can flow through. Then spontaneously, the body heals itself.” —Ida P. Rolf

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NUTRITIONIST HUNTSVILLE NUTRITION THERAPY Rachael Martin, MS, RD, LD, CEDRD 603 Ward Ave Huntsville, AL 35801 256-426-0688 Rachael@EBiSolutions.org Rachael Martin offers Nutrition Therapy to a varied population, with a non-traditional spin. She works with several specialties, including eating disorders, weight management, body image, severe thyroid and hormonal disorders, diabetes, as well as general health and well being. At all times a non-diet approach is used.

Learning to understand and work with your body’s nutritional needs in primary to her practice. A whole food focus is always emphasized, and supplement use is encouraged when they are needed. Call for an appointment (evening and weekends times are available).

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