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r. Deanna Geddo is well recognized for her holistic approach to dentistry, one that takes into account the biological aspects of a person, along with their values and spiritual, emotional, and psychological facets. She has helped many patients overcome their fears around dental work.

But some may not be aware of her aesthetic dental practice. Here too she brings a holistic approach. Indeed, she sees the pursuit of beauty as a devotional or spiritual practice.Aesthetic dentistry, in her hands, is a healing art, allowing each of us to discover and express our inner or essential beauty.

Too often, our images or attitudes towards beauty are influenced by all images of celebrities in the media.But,says Dr.Geddo,“It is dangerous to apply such outward standards to ourselves. Besides, the standards are always changing.”

Instead Dr. Geddo works to help people pursue their inner beauty. She sees it as a completion of the journey we begin when we are born, a time when our mouth is accepted as central to our being: we explore with it and experience the world

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To complete our personal healing journey, we need to do what many call spiritual or psychological work. But it has a physical expression as well, notes Dr. Geddo, who has studied yoga and meditation for decades. She points to those with highly developed spiritual practices like monks whose ablutions—rituals around bathing, grooming and purification—help them live a life aligned with spirit.

“This is the wider context that inspires me in my dental practice,” says Dr. Geddo.

“It is not vanity to become the beauty one feels inside.” By taking care of our teeth, cleaning and repairing and beautifying them, we are in a sense cleaning the temple, or adorning the altar and thereby creating an environment for our prayers. “True beauty,” feels Dr. Geddo, “is one of the paths to enlightenment or God. Just as a beautiful painting or musical composition can give us a glimpse of absolute truth and harmony, carrying our soul to a place of grace where we can experience the divinity of our being, so too can developing our own essential beauty.”

Born in Europe to cosmopolitan parents, her family resettled in Argentina when Deanna was seven years old. From an early age the young Deanna was meditating and involved in the arts. In fact, for many years even after becoming a dentist, Dr. Geddo was a concert violinist as well as a yoga teacher. It is this blend of spiritual, artistic and practical wisdom that has led to her unique dentistry practice.

One of her favourite techniques she uses in her aesthetic dental practice is chairside veneers,bonded restorations attached to the front surface of the teeth,that enable her to help bring out the personal beauty of a patient in as little as one hour. Some come to her to get this work done towards a special event—a wedding, graduation or anniversary party.“It is my best offering,”she says,noting it can take up to 15 years off a person’s face.The thin layer of porcelain can add just enough thickness to plump up lips and support cheeks. Sometimes back molars, which tend to get worn down over the years,need to be built up a bit too,to gently reshape the face.And her expertise in relaxation techniques also helps patients improve the position of the jaw.

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Dr. Geddo encourages her patients to participate in the creation of their smile.

She can educate clients to understand the different shapes, textures and colours of natural teeth so they have tools to work with in their decision-making. Some clients bring in a photo of themselves as a younger person to help guide her work. “I search for the size, shape and structure of the teeth that best expresses their personality,” says Dr. Geddo. She has had some rather shy, self-effacing people purposely choose slightly bigger,bolder teeth to affirm their presence;while others opt for smaller, softer forms. Even slight changes transform the character of the smile and person.

Chairside veneers are quite long lasting, and actually strengthen the underlying teeth.They are a fraction of the cost of the more permanent type and can be modified as desired. Dr. Geddo works with an excellent lab which uses metal-free, bio-compatible materials and techniques in keeping with her own holistic practice.

(Besides her aesthetic services, she offers a full range of holistic dentistry services including amalgam removal and metal-free crowns, bridges and dentures.)

Dr. Geddo feels honoured to have helped transform many patients’ lives through helping them enjoy their smile—the expression of their essential beauty.“It can be a very healing experience,” she explains. “Many of us travel through life yearning for a freer, more fabulous version of ourselves: our mouth may hold the golden key which opens all the other doors!”

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newsbriefs Green Lake Chiropractic & Nutritional Healing Hosts Free Informational Dinner

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r. Steve Polenz of Green Lake Chiropractic & Nutritional Healing is inviting the public to a free informational dinner from 6:30-8pm on Monday, September 24th at Café Piccolo in Seattle.

“We do this three to four times a year to thank our existing patients and also to give them a chance to invite their friends and family to learn about us,” Dr. Polenz says. “We gather in a comfortable atmosphere, learn how to get rid of the health conditions we have and what to do to protect our health in the future, and enjoy some great food.”

The three course meal is completely free, and alcoholic beverages are available (although not included with the meal). Children under 18 are not permitted, and registration is required.

Dr. Polenz offers a low force chiropractic method called the Koren Specific Technique and specializes in nutritional healing, using advanced muscle testing and high quality supplements to target areas of individual deficiencies.

“I’m not afraid of anything that walks through my door,” says Dr. Polenz, explaining how he has practiced for 20 years to refine his ability to quickly zero in on nutritional deficiencies and correct them.

The free informational dinner is from 6:30-8pm on Monday, Sept. 24 at Café Piccolo, 9400 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle.

Registration required, and event fills quickly. Register at GLChiro.com/glc/events-2 or 206-523-0121. For more information: GLChiro.com.

Dr. Deanna Geddo Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary Practicing In Victoria, BC

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olistic dentist Dr. Deanna Geddo will mark her 10 year anniversary of practice on October 8. “Ten years ago, we had a grand opening celebration and dinner for the building and whole neighborhood and started work with a full schedule the next day,” Dr. Geddo says.

In her dental practice, Dr. Geddo strives to find the “ah-ha” moment, a place and time where patients feel absolutely at ease.

“I discovered years ago that people’s mouths are a resevoir of ancient secrets. When babies explore and learn the world, most of the experiencing comes through the mouth, and it is full of the intensity of unbridled feelings and reactions—irrational emotions of terror, eroticism, violence, rage, frustration, tenderness, deep pleasure and infinite need,” Dr. Geddo explains. “Most of the fear and unpleasantness that people feel at dentists in general is informed by the discomfort of that very intimate area being invaded without due respect.”

Dr. Geddo says that when her patients understand it is completely permissible for deep feelings to surface, sometimes a catharsis takes place that allows them to heal and discover an inner self not previously permitted to emerge.“ This is my greatest joy, to see my patients heal in front of my eyes,” she says.

In honor of her ten year anniversary, Dr. Geddo is offering during the month of September a free health and beauty assessment of patients’ mouths, inside and out; a savings of 50 percent on hand recontouring of front teeth for beauty and comfort; and a comprehensive esthetic makeover with chairside veneers at a significant discount.

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eattle-based Center Of Light is now offering free Pranic healing services to the public on the third Monday of every month from 7-9pm.

“Pranic healing is a highly evolved and tested system of energy medicine of no-touch energy healing,” says Virgina Rain, a West Seattle-based esthetician and Pranic healing instructor. “It is based on the fundamental principles that the body is a self-repairing living entity that possesses the ability to heal itself, and that the healing process is accelerated by increasing the life force that is readily available from the sun, air and ground to address physical and emotional imbalances.”

Students along with certified instructors will provide support and direction for Pranic healing.

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The Seattle Electric Vehicle Association is the second largest chapter in the world of the Electric Auto Association and exists to promote the adoption of electric vehicles.

Monthly member meetings and a presence at local events and festivals help expand knowledge about this sustainable mode of transportation.

The Charge For Change program is accepting donations to further their work and promote electric vehicles in Washington. To make a donation, or for more information: SEVA101.org.

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“Sugar Buster Nutrition Program isn’t a quick fix for weight loss,” Wong explains. “It is about creating a healthier lifestyle and achieving a healthier weight.”

Wong says many people feel guilty about having difficulty controlling cravings without realizing how much they are up against.

“Often, people blame themselves for their eating habits because they think they lack discipline. In reality, it’s much easier to make good food choices when we’ve stabilized our blood sugar,” Wong says. “Our goal with this low-glycemic program is to eliminate the cravings and provide people with a fresh start in a way that’s simple and convenient. We also educate clients on why we tend to be drawn to sugar, what’s happening in our body on a physiological level, and what to do instead.”

Wong describes the program as suitable for those who want to lose weight as well as those who want to control sugar cravings.

“Overall, people with stable blood sugar report having more energy, mental clarity, fewer hormonal swings, better moods, more restful sleep, and of course, control of eating,” Wong says.

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Recent research reported in the journal Fertility and Sterility examined semen samples from 29 healthy male donors that used an LTC on their laps, near their testes. The scientists found that LTCs connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi resulted in decreased sperm motility and increased sperm DNA fragmentation.

A separate study, published in the journal Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health, noted that electromagnetic fields produced by LTCs likely induce currents within the body and can expose developing fetuses in pregnant women to unsafe levels.

The researchers concluded that, “[An individual’s] ‘laptop’ is paradoxically an improper site for the use of an LTC, which consequently should be renamed to not induce customers towards an improper use.”

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Two dozen couples participated in the study and provided DNA samples. Researchers documented them as they talked about times when they had suffered. A separate group of observers that did not know the couples were shown 20-second video segments of only the listeners and asked to rate which participants seemed most compassionate, based on facial expressions and body language.

The listeners that received the highest ratings for empathy turned out to possess a particular variation of the oxytocin receptor gene known as the GG genotype. Dubbed the “love hormone”, oxytocin is naturally secreted into the bloodstream and the brain, where it promotes social interaction, bonding and romantic love.

“People can’t see genes, so there has to be something going on that is signaling these genetic differences to the strangers,” says Aleksandr Kogan, lead author of the study. “What we found is that the people that had two copies of the G version displayed more trustworthy behaviors: more head nods, eye contact, smiling and open body posture. These behaviors signaled kindness to the strangers.”

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Stop Monsanto’s Attacks on Safe Food Laws Beyond continuing its welldocumented opposition to genetically modified (GMO) labeling laws in order to protect its corporate interests, Monsanto has recently launched aggressive backdoor attacks on organic and non-GMO farmers and consumers. The corporation’s rider attached to the U.S. House of Representatives’ 2013 Agriculture Appropriations Bill would allow planting of new genetically engineered (GE) crops—even when courts rule that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved them illegally.

Now, Monsanto has slipped an even more dangerous provision, HR 872, into the house version of the Farm Bill.

This so-called Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act would stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from reviewing new and expanded uses of pesticides (often caused by the introduction of herbicide-resistant GMO crops) and require the USDA to approve GE crops easier and faster.

Most GMO crops have been genetically engineered to withstand spraying with herbicides whose toxic ingredients remain in the plants and then enter the environment and food chain. The American Academy of Environmental Medicine links GMO foods with adverse health effects, and the President’s Cancer Panel Report advises against choosing foods grown with pesticides, herbicides and chemical fertilizers.

Join with millions of other concerned consumers and national organizations, such as the Organic Consumers Association, Center for Food Safety, United Farm Workers, American Public Health Association, Sierra Club, Rainforest Action Network and Institute for Responsible Technology, to safeguard our food supply and environment. Tell Congress to remove Monsanto’s toxic provisions.

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healthyhomes Live Better With Tight And Right Ventilation Strategies Source Management Improves Breathing

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here are many ways to improve our indoor air quality (IAQ). Air quality is usually negatively effected by three things in our homes: allergens, chemicals and mold. Source management, added ventilation, or air filtration are a few key strategies to reduce or eliminate air quality issues.

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Sometimes air issues will be part of your household in which case adding ventilation is the next lowest cost solution. Ventilation is bringing fresh air in and taking bad air out. Adding mechanical ventilation can be as easy and inexpensive as installing a continuous run bath fan.

Virtually every month I’ll get opportunities at either a home owner or contractor’s request to inspect a home intent on improving some aspect of IAQ.

Recently I was called to a home where the children were having allergy issues. Specifically, allergies related to cat dander. As the home owner is touring me through the home—a very nice, clean and comfortable home—I see in the mud room a cat box. When I ask whether they own a cat, the answer was yes, but they keep it “in the back of the house.”

Now, I certainly didn’t want to tell these fine people that their beloved kitty needs to go. But the most obvious and least expensive way for the kids to get relief from the cat dander would be to remove the cat from the home (source management). However, I suggested that if the cat is to stay, they replace the loud, poorly functioning fan in the mud room with a low speed, continuously running fan. The continuous run fan will depressurize the mud room, drawing stagnant air from the rest of the house past the cat area rather than allowing the cat area air to be naturally distributed around the house.

This simple, continuous exhaust air solution will create an atmospheric pathway which will also reduce moisture levels, airborne chemicals, dust and other contaminants through out the house. There are fans today that are super quiet and unbelievably energy efficient. The WhisperGreen fan from Panasonic draws only 2.5 watts of energy at a continuous run speed of 30 cfm with .10 inches water column of static pressure (duct resistance). This translates to less than $5.00 a year to run.

When all else fails you can try adding air filtration.

Unfortunately, this is generally the most expensive solution and not as simple as buying a filtered fan. Before spending money on any filter solution I recommend you consult an HVAC/IAQ professional so they can assess exactly what you need to have filtered and the best application given your budget and current air distribution system.

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healthyhomes Deconstructing The Way Forward

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ne of the major sustainable resources that exist in most communities around the country is the lumber and other building materials in houses slated for demolition. Each time a house is demolished, rather than deconstructed, another set of resources is wasted.

King County has been taking steps in recent years to better manage the resources contained in houses and within their own building stock that would have previously been demolished. Recently, many houses that are located in dangerous river floodplains have been purchased with Federal flood mitigation funding. The houses must be removed from the property and, ideally, reused or recycled to the greatest extent possible.

One necessity for addressing deconstruction is preparing a work force that can do it. King County GreenTools has been assisting in the development of the Youth Source deconstruction program. Under the direction of King County’s Department of Community and Human Services, this program takes youth ages 18-24 who are working to get a firm grounding in the work world, and puts them through a six- to eight-week training that initially involves health

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A former green jobs adviser to President Obama, Jones talked at a recent event in Seattle about the people in YouthSource and the work that they have been doing: “They’re being trained to go into buildings that would otherwise be demolished and instead deconstruct them,” he said. “Most of the time what do we do? We go get a wrecking ball, smash [a house] to bits and throw it in a landfill.

“If you demolish something, all the value goes into a landfill somewhere—the doors, the windows, all that stuff.

Something that could be reused, resold, and keep enterprise going just gets thrown away. We can’t afford to keep doing that.

“What these young men are being trained to do is to go into those buildings and look around,” Jones said. “They’re being trained the math and the science of figuring out how to deconstruct those buildings and take what’s valuable and get it back into the world so we don’t have to chop down more trees and dig up more stuff and create more waste.

“What’s so extraordinary about their achievement is that they are not only demonstrating that doors can have a second chance, or door knobs can have a second chance, they’re showing that young people themselves can and

should have a second chance. Some of these young guys made some mistakes a few months ago or a few years ago.

So it’s a second chance for them and a second chance for the Earth.”

Just about every community in the nation has an excess of at least two things: people looking for job training and jobs, and houses in need of repair or dismantling. These complement each other when brought together.

This action doesn’t have to happen on a county-wide scale, nor on a city-wide scale. Communities and neighborhoods across the nation are finding value in dismantling old buildings and putting those recycled materials right back into the community for the repair and upkeep of old homes.

These steps also reduce the demands on extraction of natural resources and processing of new materials, that in turn lowers our carbon footprints. There is something beautiful in preserving materials whether they are architectural features or simply good sturdy lumber and concrete. It is one more step in helping to combat climate change and, in the case of partnering with YouthSource, addressing social justice equity at the same time.

Get involved in putting salvaged materials to use in our communities by attending Decon ’13, which takes place April 29–May 1, 2013. This conference of the Building Materials Reuse Association will be an informative conference covering the latest in deconstruction and salvage materials reuse opportunities. For more information: BMRA.org.

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“We’ve eliminated all plastic cups and water bottles,” said Mike Biaocchi, owner of Bala Yoga. “We are trying to get people to use re-useable water bottles.”

Bala Yoga also encourages students to recycle mats instead of throwing them away. The recycled mats go to companies that re-use the material for other products or they donate the mats to students who can’t afford a mat.

In addition to the steps they take to lower their carbon footprint in the studio, Biaocchi, Bala teachers and front desk staff all encourage a healthy lifestyle on and off the mat.

Aside from the environmental impacts of local yoga studios, many local studios and instructors give back to the people in their community.

Local instructors participate in many donation-based classes or charities that offer yoga instruction. Yoga for Hope holds an event with local teachers in Seattle every summer and raises money for cancer research while also offering classes to students with cancer and cancer survivors. Yoga Behind Bars is an organization made up of local instructors that teach classes to reduce stress and anxiety in the incarcerated population.

Many studios, including Bala, offer free or low-cost community classes for new instructors to get practice while students can attend without the sometimes high cost of yoga. Bala and most local studios also have karma yogi programs for students to trade work hours for free yoga.

This summer, Bala Yoga started to hold free classes in the park every Sunday at 11am in Juanita Beach Park. On the last Sunday of the month, the class is still free but a $10 donation is encouraged. All proceeds go to Hope Heart Institute, a local heart health research organization.

“There’s a lot of healing benefits to being outdoors,” said Biaocchi, “True, we raise money for a good cause and get some promotional benefits but, for the most part, it’s just getting people together doing yoga.”

He added, “If yoga can be something that everyone can do, it will make the world a better place.”

Writer Andrea Blair Cirignano is a local yoga instructor with a journalism background. She believes yoga is for everyone and that each member of the community could benefit from the practice in some way, shape or form. Her articles highlight the unique pairing of this ancient practice with a modern Pacific Northwest lifestyle. Find out more about Andrea at abcyogi.com.

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Banishing Wheat Belly The Drawbacks of a Wheat-Dominated Diet

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r. William Davis, author of Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Path Back to Health, is a preventive cardiologist who has gone against the grain to expose yet another genetically engineered monstrosity, shedding light on the dark side of today’s commercial wheat crops.

What made you suspect that wheat might be behind numerous health problems?

When I recognized that 80 percent of the people that came to see me had diabetes or pre-diabetes, I began asking patients to consider removing all wheat from their diets. This made sense to me due to wheat’s high glycemic index. Foods made from this grain raise blood sugar higher than nearly all other foods, including table sugar. The next logical step was to reduce blood sugar by eliminating wheat—organic, multigrain, whole grain and sprouted—from anyone’s diet.

Patients that followed my simple directives and replaced the lost calories with healthy foods such as veg-

etables, raw nuts, meats, eggs, avocados, olives and olive oil returned three months later with lower fasting blood sugars and lower glycohemoglobin levels, which tests how well diabetes is being controlled. Some diabetics became non-diabetics and pre-diabetics became non-pre-diabetic.

On average, these people each lost about 30 pounds and experienced relief from arthritis and joint pains, acid reflux, migraine headaches, edema and irritable bowel syndrome, as well as other conditions. Some even reported that they no longer needed inhalers for asthma.

Initially, it seemed like these positive results were just odd coincidences. However, based on the overwhelming number of incidences, I clearly saw that it was a real and repeatable phenomenon. I began systematically removing wheat from all my patients’ diets and continued to witness similar turnarounds in health.

Research related to agricultural genetics, an area largely ignored by medical doctors, and my own interviews with U.S. Department of Agriculture experts substantiated what my own anecdotal evidence has revealed.

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The wheat we eat today is not the same wheat our grandmothers used for baking. In the 1970s, in anticipation of a global population explosion and world hunger issues, a well-meaning University of Minnesota-trained geneticist developed a hybridized strain of high-yielding dwarf wheat. By 1985, all wheat products were made from the altered dwarf strain, which now comprises 99 percent of all wheat grown worldwide.

By weight, this modern wheat is approximately 70 percent carbohydrate, in a highly digestible form of a starch known as amylopectin A, which converts more easily to blood sugar than nearly all other simple or complex food carbohydrates. Gram-for-gram, wheat increases blood sugar and causes insulin problems to a greater degree than even potato chips or table sugar.

Wheat, which now typically comprises 20 percent of all the calories we consume, is in hundreds of prepared foods such as instant soups, salad dressings, candy and granola. In 1970, this wasn’t true. Wheat was only in such foods as bread, rolls, cookies and cake, and it was in a natural form.

How does a wheat-dominated diet compromise health?

Eating a wheat-based cereal for breakfast, wheat crackers and pretzels for snacks, two slices of whole wheat bread for lunch and whole wheat pasta for dinner results in too much exposure to amylopectin A, and repeated spikes in blood sugar levels. This leads to insulin resistance and cultivates the growth of visceral fat in the abdomen, which tends toward diabetes and other inflammatory responses.

Even worse, the gliadin protein in wheat is an opiate that stimulates appetite and addictive eating behavior (it does not relieve pain). All this plus the direct intestinal toxic effects of the wheat germ agglutinin protein in wheat add up to a destructive ingredient that spurs acid reflux, bowel urgency and irritable bowel syndrome, and leads to inflammation in various organs.

Describe how eliminating wheat has affected you.

Thirty pounds ago, I was an enthusiastic consumer of “healthy whole grains,” who relied on pots of coffee or walking and other exercise to maintain focus and energy.

My cholesterol values reflected my wheat-consuming habits: HDL 27 mg/dl [milligrams per deciliter of good cholesterol] (very low), triglycerides 350 mg/dl (very high), and blood sugars in the diabetic range (161 mg/dl). I had high blood pressure of 150/90 and excess weight around my middle.

Eliminating wheat from my diet reversed all of these conditions without drugs, including the struggle to maintain attention and focus. Overall, I feel better today at 54 than I felt at 30.

Are gluten-free foods the answer?

Commercially produced gluten-free foods made with tapioca, cornstarch or rice starch—all poor replacements for wheat—are destructive to the body. Homemade or locally made gluten-free foods absent such ingredients are better, as are the free recipes available via WheatBellyBlog.com.

Millet, quinoa and amaranth, whole grains that lack most of the undesirable properties of modern wheat, are better but not necessarily safe in unlimited quantities because most people today have spent their lives overexposed to carbohydrates. Eating only small portions of these non-wheat grains is key.

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hree years ago, Janine Joslin, a savvy business executive, set her sights on becoming a Dazzler, and today is a proud member of the Leawood, Kansas, chapter of community tap-dancing troupes. “I love to dance and perform, and I felt that had been missing from my own life,” she says. After a friend suggested it, Joslin showed up for her first practice ready to go, wearing tights and tap shoes.

Potential Dazzlers must prove they’ve learned the routines before being selected to perform for the public. Luckily, says Joslin, “I’m a quick study,” and soon took her place in this 50-and-up women’s group that likes to routinely Shuffle Off to Buffalo at area retirement facilities, church halls and special events.

Learning the stop-and-go, Broadway-style routines such as Steppin’ Out and Millie is more of a mental challenge than aerobic exercise, comments Joslin. “The main thing is it exercises your brain.”

Performing for appreciative groups is a great feeling, she notes, and helps make the twice-weekly practices

worthwhile. Just being around inspiring women has helped Joslin look at aging differently. She’s now applying her business skills to set up her troupe’s first website.

Joslin’s experience proves what many dancers, artists, writers, actors and musicians know: Active, hands-on, group participation in the arts is beneficial on many levels.

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In a recent study commissioned by the Wallace Foundation, Gifts of the Muse: Reframing the Debate About the Benefits of the Arts, the researchers found that, “People that engage in arts in a group setting develop a sense of community as they exchange favors (such as meeting to learn lines or loaning painting supplies); identify themselves with a cast, music ensemble or choral group; and develop a sense of trust and expectations of reciprocity.”

It also noted, “Through the arts of ethnic traditions—such as classical

“Turning, moving, spinning, dresses swirling, music beating, eyes in contact with a partner, then another, then another, then another, and the fiddle turns a corner, the phrase repeats, the dance repeats. You smile. Your body smiles.” ~ Doug Plummer, photographer and contra dancer, Seattle, Washington

Indian dance, Jamaican steel drums or Japanese raku ceramics—participants develop and maintain their cultural heritage and communicate their cultural identity to outsiders.”

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Most art disciplines can be experienced at any age. No previous training or ability is required, just a curious spirit and willingness to participate and learn. Fun options range from a painting party, in which participants set up an easel and paint a canvas at Uncork’d Art, in Washington, D.C. (UncorkdArt.com), to African drumming at DrumRise, in Decatur, Georgia (DrumRise.net).

“A drumming class is a great way to reduce stress, have fun, relax and reenergize, all at the same time; it has even been shown to positively affect your immune system,” say co-founders Amy Jackson and Colleen Caffrey.

Such activities allow us to dabble and explore amidst the power of a group and maximize the joy of artful endeavors, which many prefer to the cost of individual lessons.

One of the most accessible community arts is choral music, as it requires no special equipment. Singing in a group can also become a community tradition that gathers people of all ages and lifestyles in

fellowship and celebration.

Since 1882, singing Handel’s Messiah has become an annual highlight for a Swedish wheat-farming community in South-Central Kansas. For three months before Palm Sunday, 200 farmers, homemakers, college students and business owners from the Lindsborg area gather twice weekly to rehearse the three-hour piece (Bethanylb.edu/Oratorio_History.html).

Becky Anderson, the owner of Lindsborg’s Swedish Country Inn, who has sung for 41 years, points to a particularly thrilling moment during each performance. “There is just this exhilaration as the audience jumps to their feet yelling, ‘Brava, Brava.’ Golly, that’s fun.”

Chicagoans maintain a similar holiday tradition. For 35 years, free DoIt-Yourself Messiah concerts have provided a community-funded uplift (imfChicago.org). Thousands of audience members lend their voices to thrilling performances of this masterpiece, led by a world-class conductor and soloists and backed by an all-volunteer orchestra of local professionals and amateur musicians.

Storytelling is yet another community performing art that requires no special equipment. The National Storytelling Network (StoryNet.org) advances the art of storytelling through a national conference and local storytelling guilds. The Lehigh Valley Storytelling Guild, in Pennsylvania, meets once a month at a local coffee house (LVStorytellers.org). Members include professional and amateur storytellers, poets, actors and newcomers that

love to practice—or just listen to—this ancient art.

Strong community and cultural identity is forged on other stages, as well. The Community Actors Theatre, in San Diego, California’s, Oak Park, performs many plays written by local playwrights exploring themes in black culture (CommunityActorsTheatre.com).

For Calvin Manson, a local poet and playwright who teaches acting workshops, the nonprofit venue feels like a mom-and-pop outfit. “They have the raw talent that could be developed into something wonderful. People don’t just learn to be actors and playwrights. They learn to work together, to commit to a common struggle. When they leave, they know how to work with people, to be team players.”

Sometimes, a life change can open the door to a creative outlet. As a newly single 30-something, photographer Doug Plummer says that when he fell in with the Seattle contra dance scene in the mid-1980s, “It became my primary social life.” Derived from New England folk dance, two lines of dancers face each other and move to the rhythms of fiddle music.

“Since 2003, anytime I’m in New England, I try to stay over on a Monday and catch the Nelson [New Hampshire] dance,” says Plummer. Likening it to participating in the slow-food and similar local movements, he says, “I feel like I’m entering into a mode of slow-dancing.”

At the weekly Nelson gatherings, “The dancers will drift in; singles, couples and families with kids,” he relates. “Someone puts out the fiddle case for the $2 admission. Whoever

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volunteered to bring baked goods sets them out. Harvey shows up with his fiddle, sits on the fold-up chair on the stage. Bob sits at the piano. ‘Line up for a contra,’ barks Don, in a clipped, Yankee accent. ‘First dance is Monymusk.’ Then everyone just joins in.”

Auditioning for the Role of a Lifetime

The next level of volunteer arts participation may involve an audition and a greater commitment. At the same time, these pursuits offer prime opportunities to expand artistic skills and join in something bigger than one’s self.

Since 1873, the Cincinnati, Ohio, May Festival has served as a shining example of community showmanship (MayFestival.com). Chorus auditions are held in September, rehearsals begin in January and concerts routinely sell out

by May.

Music critic Nancy Malitz comments, “It’s that special, tiny sliver of the year when everybody stretches. When hundreds of amateur singers accelerate the tempo by devoting every night to re-

hearsal and every day to thoughts of the concerts to come… when audiences look their finest, clap their loudest.”

Lawrence Coleman, a chorus member for 15 years, has found that singing and networking with other May Festival vocalists has paid off in surprising ways. “I’ve recorded and had other singing engagements and opportunities, all because I’ve been connected to the chorus and the people in it,” he says. Coleman also sings with the rhythm and blues gospel group Fo Mo Brothers, performing at area churches and the Midwest Regional Black Family Reunion.

Coleman remarks, “I have friends in the chorus from very different walks of life. We come together for the single purpose of making great music. People of differing backgrounds and schools of thought can do more than coexist.

It’s confirmed for me that we can learn to celebrate our differences when we have a common goal.”

Even those that don’t feel inherently artistic can find venturing into an art form unexpectedly rewarding.

Channeling an inner Elizabeth Bennett or Mr. Darcy is commonplace in Bay Area English Regency Society waltzes and “longways” dances, in Palo Alto, California (baers.org). Alan Winston, a computer systems administrator and veteran dance caller, observes that these patterned dances appeal to math-science-logic-computer types. “It’s a great place for people that live in their heads to get out and be social,” he says.

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“When I’m not doing any plays, things just don’t go right. This is my justification. This is my opportunity to just be me.” ~ Eva Jones, foster parent and member of Community Actors Theatre, Oak Park, California feature choreography from Jane Austen’s era. Depending on the theme of the dance—like the sophisticated Cyprians Ball or spirited Return of the Regiments Ball—the ambience may be elegant or rowdy, explains Winston. Dances are taught beforehand to music such as George Washington’s Favourite Cotillion, an 1808 tune performed by musicians playing a clarinet, piano and recorder. Many wear period costumes, while others come in jeans. Winston is usually bedecked in a wine-colored waistcoat with tails that he found on eBay.

Plein air painters forsake the indoors to take their paints, easels and canvases outside. Plein-Air Painters of America regularly paint in groups in the fresh air and then hold an exhibition; annual workshops help teach techniques (p-a-p-a.com). At the recent seventh annual Florida’s Forgotten Coast event, in the state’s Panhandle, billed as America’s Great Plein Air Paint-Out, featured artists set up alongside amateurs eager to learn more (PleinAirfl.com).

Whatever one’s newly discovered or longtime treasure, individuals engaging in a group arts activity forge strong social bonds, keep ethnic arts traditions alive, learn new things in new ways and experience joyous personal growth.

… All while creating something wonderful.

Judith Fertig regularly contributes to Natural Awakenings. She’s an award-winning cookbook author at AlfrescoFoodAndLifestyle. blogspot.com.

Seattle Community Arts Resources Seattle Creative Arts Center Music and art education, workshops, performance events.

2601 NW Market St Seattle, WA 98107 206-297-6001 SeattleCreativeArts.com

Artist Trust Support for Washington state artists to launch and sustain careers. Grants, training and professional resources.

1835 12th Ave Seattle, WA 98122 206-467-8734 ArtistTrust.org

Studio East Nonprofit provides theater and drama education for children.

11730 118th Ave NE Suite 100 Kirkland, WA 98034 425-820-1800 x100 Studio-East.org

Youngstown Cultural Arts Center Arts education, affordable space for artists, staff with technical expertise.

4408 Delridge Way SW Seattle, WA 98106 206-935-2999 YoungstownArts.org

The Vera Project All-ages music and arts venue offering volunteer and participatory opportunities in producing popular music concerts, visual arts, studio recording, silk screening, more.

305 Harrison Street Seattle, WA 98109 206-956-8372 TheVeraProject.org

Central District Forum For Arts And Ideas Black cultural programs that encourage thought and debate. Visual and performing arts, authors, more.

206-323-4032 CDForum.org

Community Is An Art: Breema’s Perspective

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reema is a powerful catalyst for growth and self-awareness, according to practitioners, and as a way of supporting presence can be implemented on a community-wide level to enhance relationships.

“Now, more than ever, it is important to care about and foster community,” says Jon Schreiber. The founder and director of the Breema Center, Schreiber has spent over 30 years developing and teaching principles for conscious connection and harmonious living.

“Relationships face the same challenges they have always faced, but more intensely today,” Schreiber continues. He cautions against identifying exclusively with a group or organization as a means to foster community, and suggests relying instead on universal principles.

“People think they can create unity by banding together with other people, but any inner concept of being separate ultimately promotes division,” he explains.

His prescription for fostering true community starts with non-judgment.

“Dropping the attitude of criticism or blame for others is enormously supportive,” Schreiber says. “When people aren’t doing their best, they need support and acceptance.”

Breema, which is rooted in recognizing the need for people to raise their own level of consciousness, expresses the underlying unity of all life through touch and movement.

“It starts by recognizing that all humans have been conditioned to function in a fragmented way, relying on either their mind, body, or emotions,” Schreiber says. “We wish to unify mind, emotions, and body, as the beginning of real consciousness that connects us to the bigger picture.”

The Breema Center will present a free introductory workshop on Friday, Oct. 26 from 7-8:30pm, followed by a weekend workshop Oct. 27-28. M'illumino, 6921 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle. For more information: 510-428-0937 or Breema.com.

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Sustainable Resources

A few of the Seattle region’s organizations at your fingertips Community Connections

SCALLOPS (Sustainable Communities All Over Puget Sound) is an all-volunteer group of locally-based organizations including Sustainable Ballard, Sustainable West Seattle, and others.

GoSCALLOPS.org.

Sustainable Seattle is a regional sustainability indicator organization working with the community to measure and make progress towards sustainability. Programs include the Happiness Initiative and sustainability training for individuals and businesses.

SustainableSeattle.org.

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GreenDrinks has been convening and growing Seattle’s environmental community since 2003. Monthly networking and social event every third Tuesday. SeattleGreenDrinks.org.

Seattle & King County Health District: KingCounty.gov/healthservices/health. aspx The Eastside Sustainable Business Alliance is a fusion of Eastside businesses, small and large, with a vision of achiev-

ing sustainable operations and positive impact. ESBA.SustainableEastside.org.

Seattle Tilth is a non-profit organic gardening and urban ecology organization with classes, demonstration gardens, children’s programs and community events. SeattleTilth.org.

CoolMom is a nonprofit organization based in Seattle that unites moms and families to take action on climate change through education, lifestyle change and advocacy. CoolMom.org.

Local Food

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Eat Local Now! is a collaboration to promote the importance of and strengthen the local food systems and economies in Cascadia.EatLocalNow.org.

21 Acres has a mission to cultivate, demonstrate and advance systems that support sustainable agriculture and ways to maximize the beneficial aspects of fresh local produce and farm products. 21Acres.org.

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Puget Sound Fresh is a directory of regional farmers markets. PugetSoundFresh.org/farmers_markets.asp.

Environment Puget Sound Clean Air Agency works to clean the air we breathe and protect our climate through education, incentives and enforcement. PSCleanAir.org.

Climate Solutions works to accelerate practical and profitable solutions to global warming by galvanizing leadership, growing investment and bridging divides. ClimateSolutions.org.

King County recycling separates paper, cardboard, glass, metal, and other materials, from the garbage for reuse or reprocessing into new products. Your.

KingCounty.gov/solidwaste/garbagerecycling/recycling.asp.

E-Cycle Washington is a free program that provides responsible recycling of computers (including laptop and “tablet” PCs), monitors, TVs and e-readers in our state. Recycling is provided free of charge to households, small businesses, school districts, small governments and charities at authorized collection sites. ECycleWashington.org.

Green Spaces & Waterways Rainwise is Seattle Public Utilities’ comprehensive website on managing storm water, resources, rebates and

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more. Explore stormwater solutions tailored to your property, find examples of projects citywide and more. Search for Rainwaise at Seattle.gov.

12,000 Rain Garden Project is a campaign to install 12,000 rain gardens in the Seattle and Puget Sound Region by 2016. You can actively participate in this exciting campaign by installing one or more rain gardens in your community. 12000RainGardens.org.

Forterra, formerly the Cascade Land Conservancy, creates prosperous, vibrant communities and conserves natural and working landscapes in Washington’s central Cascades and Olympic regions. Foterra.org.

Green Stormwater Infrastructure, a program of Seattle Public Utilities, provides guidance for modest to grand transformations of Seattle’s urban landscape, creating green elements that welcome the rain—storing, draining, and cleaning it. Search for Green Stormwater Infrastructure at Seattle.gov.

Renewable Energy NWSeed: Northwest Sustainable Energy for Economic Development supports and develops distributed green generation programs, policies and financing approaches to build new clean energy solutions. NWSeed.org.

Solar Washington is a non-profit with a mission to further the development and use of solar energy, and support related technologies. SolarWA.org.

Cascade Bicycle Club is a non-profit organization creating more livable communities by promoting health & recreation through bicycle activities, advocacy, and education. Cascade.org.

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MAIL Spreading Good Will on Earth Through Art

by April Thompson

Honor World Peace Day, September 21

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ainter Franck de Las Mercedes, of New York City, has combined a pair of hopeful concepts—world peace and free art for all—in a quickly broadening art initiative inspired by an “Aha!” moment at the local post office.

“I had always painted on the boxes I shipped my paintings in,” relates the native Nicaraguan. “One day, a postal clerk commented that my boxes were like works of art. I thought about how I had prompted the worker to pause in her everyday routine and wondered, ‘What if I shared my painting on the outside of a box, rather than the inside, and what if it carried a message of peace?’”

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Since that pivotal 2006 encounter, the artist has sent more than 10,600 abstractly painted, pre-paid boxes, labeled with messages like, “Handle with Care: Contains Peace,” to individuals in 70 countries, as part of his Priority Boxes Art Project. Each empty box is symbolically “full” of meaning, engaging the thought of the recipient as well as the sender, plus the interpretation of all those handling it throughout its postal journey.

De Las Mercedes hopes that his painted-message boxes will stimulate new ways of communicating through art. He maintains, “We shouldn’t have to wait for world leaders to take

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a stand or create peace; it can begin through interpersonal dialogue.”

While many people write to the artist requesting boxes for themselves, others order them for loved ones.

Requests vary widely, from a death row inmate that asked for a box for his daughter and a mom that wanted to give one to her son, a leukemia sufferer whose daily highlight was a trip to the family mailbox. The brightly painted boxes also have helped reconcile feuding friends and family members, serving as a peace offering from one to the other. It all helps to bring feelings of greater peace and understanding to the human race, one person at a time.

More than 100 schools across the United States have adopted the project, with students creating their own versions of the peace box in the classroom. School-sponsored peace boxes reach patients in hospitals and military personnel overseas and have been used in interschool box exchanges to support anti-bullying campaigns.

It would be difficult to find a group that couldn’t benefit from such fresh inspiration.

To request a box, make a donation or start a local peace art project, visit fdlmStudio.com/PriorityBoxes.html.

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

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

Intuitive Consultations, Crystal Energy Healing – 12-5pm. Sept. 1, 8, and 29. With Robyn M Fritz, MA and Fallon, the citrine Lemurian quartz. Take charge of your intuitive life, develop creative projects, experience crystal energy healing, cooperatively clear homes and businesses. $30/15 minutes. $60/half hour. $100/hour. East West Bookshop, 6500 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle.

1-800-587-6002. AlchemyWestInc.com.

Seattle Tilth’s Harvest Fair – 10am-4pm. Featuring workshops, demos, live music, family activities and tasty food. Meridian Park, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Seattle. SeattleTilth.org.

Stay-In-Touch Marketing – 1-4 pm. Maintain vision, manifest goals and remember the #1 priority in business: the customer. Promote one’s business and one’s self with honesty, creativity and Soul.

Presented by Marty Marsh, Soul proprietor. $25.

East West Bookshop, 6500 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle. 206-523-3726. EastWestBookShop.com/ events/4338.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 Women & Wealth – 7-8:30pm. Join us for an intimate discussion on creating wealth. Explore topics including: the most common myths about women & money, how to create optimal wealth & health simultaneously, how to be an exception to the statistics given today’s financial reality, and more.

Free. Roy Street Coffee & Tea, 700 Broadway Ave E, Seattle. Registration required. 206-552-8819.

Bit.ly/seattlehealthfreedom.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 What Are You Doing for Lunch? – 7-8:30pm.

Join Mona Meighan for tips and tools to save money and eat better using her newest book, What Are You Doing for Lunch? Prepare a lunch this evening, analyze it by cost and nutrition and take it home to eat. $8. East West Bookshop, 6500 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle. 206-523-3726.

EastWestBookShop.com/events/4234.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 Creating Happiness: The Art of Peaceful Living – 7-8:30pm. Gen Kelsang Jampa will offer Buddha’s timeless advice on how to create happiness in one’s busy daily life. Free. Olympic Sculpture Park Pavillion, 2901 Western Ave, Seattle.

206-526-9565. MeditateInSeattle.org.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 Barbara Marx Hubbard: Birth 2012 and Beyond – 7:30-9pm. Join visionary author and teacher Barabara Marx Hubbard for a hopeful evening exploring her newest work, Birth 2012 and Beyond, which distills her remarkable life work and offers the purest statement of her prophetic call for a shift to a new era of conscious evolution. $15. East West Bookshop, 6500 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle. Registration required. 206-523-3726.

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Intuitive Consultations, Crystal Energy Healing – 12-5pm. See Sept 1 description. $30/15 minutes. $60/half hour. $100/hour. East West Bookshop, 6500 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle. 1-800-587-6002.

AlchemyWestInc.com.

Botanical Medicine for Personal Growth – 1:303:30pm. Herbs and foods can have a potent and direct impact on our mind, emotions, and quality of life. Learn about the power of botanical medicine from herbal and health consultant and educator Kimberly Wyckham. $15. East West Bookshop, 6500 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle. 206-523-3726.

EastWestBookShop.com/events/4210.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 FREE Program Information Session – 6-9pm.

Spend an evening exploring Bastyr’s four new non-credit weekend programs: Essential Oils & Aromatherapy, Hypnotherapy, Indigenous Wisdom Teachings, CranioSacral Therapy, & Medical Qigong. Start a new career, add additional skill sets to your health care practice, or enhance personal & family health. Meet the instructors & attend two mini-workshops free. Anyone is welcome Free.

Bastyr University, 14500 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore.

Registration required. 425-602-3152. Bastyr.edu/ Continuing-Education.

Health & Wellness Spa Seminar – 6:30-8:30pm.

Get pampered. Give yourself a luscious facial or hand-cial with a professional, paraben-free, skin health line. Learn the benefits of inner and outer nutrition: nourishing our cells, holistic eating, and caring for skin. Following an approach recommended by NYT best-selling author, Dr. Christiane Northrup in Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom.

Free. Alinga Bodywork, 6826 Greenwood Ave N, Ste B, Seattle. Registration required. 206-552-8819.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 WuHsing Tao School Information Night – 11am1:30pm. Open house and information night. WuHsing Tao School provides high quality academic and clinical training in Traditional Five Element Acupuncture and Psychology. Come visit for an opportunity to tour the school, interact with current students and find out more about programs.

WuHsing Tao School School of Five Element Acupuncture, 4000 NE 41st St, Bldg D, Ste 1, Seattle.

Register: 206-324-7188. WuHsing.org.

Get At The Roots Wellness & Weight Loss Program – 7-8:15pm. Get At The Roots is a 12-week personalized program. Class is not about restricting calories; it is about feeding the body. 1 payment of $270 or 3 payments of $105. Dandelion Botanical

Company, 2nd floor, 5424 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle.

Registration required. 206-818-6929. NutriSpire.

Wordpress.com/Get-To-The-Roots-Weight-Loss.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Raja and Hatha Yoga Intensive – Thursdays through Nov 15. Learn meditation, yoga, the universal philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita and Patanjali’s Eight-Fold Path. This course features the modern, definitive text written by Swami Kriyananda, The Art and Science of Raja Yoga.

Also offered at East West Bookshop in Seattle on Tuesdays, Sept 11-Nov 27. $440 plus text. Ananda Meditation Temple, 23305 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell. Registration required. 425-806-3700.

AnandaWashington.org/Classes/Raja.

Spiritual Seminars with Master Teacher of Mystical Christianity – Sept 13-15. 7:30-9:30pm.

Thursday: How to find & recognize a real Teacher & what you need to make the relationship successful. Friday: Sacred Satsag/Blessings - Meditate, ask questions, and receive answers and blessings.

Saturday 10am-2pm: Life After Life - The cosmic law of rebirth & how it relates to your current life. $25, bring a friend for free. The Center of Light, 5225 15th Ave NE, Seattle. 206-525-8488.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 How Indian Spirituality Changed the West – Fri & Sat. 7:30-9pm. Philip Goldberg, author of American Veda brings this statement to life: from Thoreau, to Autobiography of a Yogi, to the Beatles, to Ram Dass, to today’s thriving yoga scene, India’s Vedic heritage has been transforming American minds, bodies and spirits since its inception on American shores. $10 for Friday, $40 for Fri & Sat. East West Bookshop, 6500 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle. 206-523-3726.

EastWestBookShop.com/events/4203.

Yoga Teacher Training – 10 weekends through Feb 17. Learn the classic Hatha Yoga postures with a focus on the subtler aspects such as breath awareness, prana in the spine and chakras, affirmations, safe yoga practice and more. $2995 plus text.

Ananda Meditation Temple, 23305 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell. Registration required. 425-806-3700.

AnandaWashington.org/Teacher-Training/YTT.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 Heal Your Life Workshop Leader Training – Sept 16-23. Become a licensed Heal Your Life workshop leader in the philosophy of Louise Hay. Complete manuals and materials provided. $3795 special for Natural Awakenings readers includes lodging and most meals. Bahia Hotel, Mission Bay Dr, San Diego. Registration required.

800-969-4584. HealYourLifeTraining.com.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Women & Wealth – 7-8:30pm. See Sept 3 description. Free. Roy Street Coffee & Tea, 700 Broadway Ave E, Seattle. Registration required.

206-552-8819. Bit.ly/seattlehealthfreedom.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 Introduction to Anatomy of Grace – 9am4:30pm. With Bridget Thompson and Morna McEachern. Free up the body and mind through

movement and new ways of thinking: combining Aikido, Geometry, Latin and Awareness Through Movement®. An opportunity to expand one’s vision. Anatomy of Grace supports the embodiment of effortlessness, grace and artistry. No experience necessary. $85 before Sept 10, $100 after.

M’illumino, 6921 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle.

206-525-0363. M-illumino.com.

Empowerment with Essential Oils – 6:308:30pm. In this workshop learn about applications, treatment blends, storage & safety with essential oils. Experience the peace and relief from PTSD, insomnia, nightmares, low selfesteem, mental health problems, stress, grief, guilt & more with natures miracle oils. $25 includes therapy blend. Snohomish. Registration required.

425-210-2532. CircleOfHealingEssentialOils.com.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Vegetarians of Washington Monthly Dining Event – 6:30pm. One doesn’t have to be a vegetarian to enjoy delicious vegetarian food. Enjoy a gourmet, multi-course vegetarian dinner (dairy and egg free) catered by a different restaurant or chef each month and hear an insightful speech from our president, Amanda, on a key vegetarian topic, and meet lots of interesting people. All attendees will receive a special free gift to take home. $15 plus tax for members, $20 plus tax for guests and non members. Children are welcome. The Mount Baker Club, 2811 Mt Rainier Dr S, Seattle. Register: 206706-2635 or VegOfWa.org/MonthlyDining.aspx.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 Perinatal Support Group Facilitator Training – Sept 20-23. The Perinatal Support Group Facilitator Training is 25 hours in how to lead a thriving support group to serve new mothers and families to encourage perinatal emotional health. Taught by instructors from the award-winning organization, MotherWoman. $549. Bastyr University, 14500 Juanita Drive NE, Kenmore. Registration required.

425-602-3361. Bastyr.edu.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 Hypnotherapy: Awareness & Integration – Saturday & Sunday through Oct 21. “Awareness & Integration” (50 hours) is one of two courses in Bastyr’s non-credit Hypnotherapy Training Program. Take this course separately or also take “Transformation & Healing” to complete the 100-hour program. Each seminar is held over two weekends. No prior experience needed. Anyone is welcome. $635. Bastyr University, 14500 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore. Registration required.

425-602-3152. Bastyr.edu/Continuing-Education.

Medical Qigong Self-Care: Qigong I – Saturday & Sunday through Dec 9. 9am-5:30pm. Bastyr is offering two new non-credit Medical Qigong certificate programs. Qigong I is the first of three courses in the “Medical Qigong Self-Care” program. Learn to cultivate Qi to maintain a healthier body/mind.

Public welcome; practitioners who complete the program can go on to become Medical Qigong Therapists. $1125. Bastyr University, 14500 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore. Registration required.

425-602-3152. Bastyr.edu/Continuing-Education.

Back To Balance Nutrition & Lifestyle Seminar – 2:30-4pm. Learn about a holistic approach to kicking the sugar habit. Topics include: lowglycemic eating, anti-inflammatory nutrition,

proper supplementation for stabilizing blood sugar, eliminating carb cravings, and more. Following an approach recommended by NYT best-selling author Dr. Christiane Northrup in Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom. Free. Fresh Fitness & Dance , 4430 Corliss Ave N, Seattle. Registration required.

206-552-8819. Bit.ly/nutritionSept22.

Conscious Movie Night – 7-9pm. Be affected by a powerful film. Talk about inspiring movies on a deeper level and how they affect lives, attitudes and perceptions. Meet likeminded people. Free. The Center of Light, 5225 15th Ave NE, Seattle . 206-525-8488.

Sites.Google.com/a/centersoflight.org/seattle.

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Skin care from Nature – 6:30-8pm. Learn how to use gentle & effective essential oils in many skincare applications such as: anti-aging serums, acne treatments, nerve regenerating oils, clay masks, salt scrubs and toners. Leave with a custom skincare treatment, rose, chamomile & helichrysum will be available to use in your blend. Additional items are $10-$30 each. $30.

Bellingham community coop, 1220 N Forest St, Bellingham. Registration required. 425-210-2532.

CircleOfHealingEssentialOils.com.

Sustainable Ballard Festival – 11am-7pm. Featuring vendors including Smart To Grow demonstrating vertical towers and how to use them for hydroponic use, demos, live music, speakers and more. Free. Ballard Commons Park, 5701 22nd Ave NW, Seattle. SustainableBallard.org.

WuHsing Tao School Information Night – 6:308pm. See Sept 12 description. WuHsing Tao School School of Five Element Acupuncture, 4000 NE 41st St, Bldg D, Ste 1, Seattle. Register: 206-324-7188.

WuHsing.org.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 Pet Care with Essential Oils & Flower Essences – 6:30-8pm. Learn how to safely and effectively use essential oils for calming pets, treating skin problems, insect repellents, gentle ear treatments and more at this holistic pet care workshop. We will smell, mix and create several products as a group.

Free with optional $5-10 supply fee for blend to take home. Skagit Community Coop, Mt. Vernon.

425-210-2532. CircleOfHealingEssentialOils.com.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 Clear Obstacles to your Dreams with Yantra Painting – Sept 28-30. 9am-4:30pm. Clear obstacles & learn ancient prosperity practices with sacred painting. Join Master artist Pieter Weltevrede as he visits from Holland. Learn sacred geometry & clear the way for vibrant health, a prosperous life & calm mind - paint your own Yantra. Qi Gong each morning. $300 for 3 days, $221 for 2 days.

ShangriLa Center, Normandy Park. Registration required. 206-384-8978. SacredArtSeattle.com.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1 WuHsing Tao School Information Night – 6:308pm. See Sept 12 description. WuHsing Tao School School of Five Element Acupuncture, 4000 NE 41st St, Bldg D, Ste 1, Seattle. Register: 206-324-7188.

WuHsing.org.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3 Tell Your Story: A Spiritual Autobiography – Wednesdays, Oct 3-24. 7-8:30pm. Writer and professor Dr. Rebecca Davis returns to Ananda in Bothell to offer this new 4-session course in creative writing. Give life’s narrative a spiritual focus. $40. Ananda Meditation Temple, 23305 BothellEverett Hwy, Bothell. Registration required. 425806-3700. AnandaWashington.org.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 Essential Oils: Foundations – October 5-7.

The “Foundations” class is the first class in the new Essential Oil & Aromatherapy Certificate Program. Take this class alone as an excellent introduction to using essential oils, or continue on to complete the remaining 7 seminars in the program. No prior experience needed. General public, health care professionals, estheticians, spa therapists, & wellness professionals welcome. $375. Bastyr University, 14500 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore. Registration required. 425-602-3152.

Bastyr.edu/Continuing-Education.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 Reiki Master Certification – Sept 29-30.

Become a certified Reiki Master. $200. Reiki Ranch, Chehalis. Register: 360-748-4426.

ReikiRanch@gmail.com.

Free Reiki 1 Certification – 8am-4pm. Reiki Ranch, Chehalis. Register: 360-748-4426.

ReikiRanch@gmail.com.

Anacortes Fun Fair – 10am-5pm. Amazing & empowering group of natural healing products, intuitive custom aromatherapy from Circle of Healing Essential Oils, energetic healers, vendors, artists, readers, custom gemstone jewelry & pendulums and more. Free admission. Swinomish Casino Lodge, 12885 Casino Dr, Anacortes. 425-210-2532.

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Intuitive Consultations, Crystal Energy Healing – 12-5pm. See Sept 1 description. $30/15 minutes. $60/half hour. $100/hour. East West Bookshop, 6500 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle. 1-800-587-6002.

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ADULT FAMILY HOMES We’ll help you take care of your aging parents or other loved ones. RN-owned, 17 yrs. experience in elderly care. Assisted by professional and long-term employed staff. Located in the Wedgewood and Meadowbrook areas. References and testimonials available. www.viewhavenhomes.net, Call Josie @ 206-679-9082, 206-362-3650.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Nutraceutical & herbal DNA research company moving HQ to Seattle. Looking for home-based business builders. Local training, leads provided.

NutritionScience@aol.com.

CULTURAL OPPORTUNITY Make a Difference Host an Exchange Student!

Council for Educational Travel USA is seeking caring families to host one international high schoolaged student. Give your family the experience of a lifetime. 425-350-5448. CETUSA.org.

save the date SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 How to Achieve Glowing Health & Vitality – 9:30am-12:00pm. Learn the art of conscious relaxation and conscious creativity. Say “Yes” to life and unleash energy and joy! Learn about a revitalizing 9-day cleansing and vitalizing diet and use the Ananda tension exercises to recharge the body at will. Discover how to “feed” not only the body but the mind and the soul. $25. Ananda Meditation Temple, 23305 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell. 425-806-3700. AnandaWashington.org.

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Indigenous Wisdom Teachings: Walking the

Inner Landscape - Sourcing from Within – Wednesdays through Oct 24. 6-9pm. Learn to engage the living energies of the universe in order to envision and manifest the world you wish to live in. This knowledge will support spiritual growth, create measurable change, unlock the secrets to living an inspired and fulfilled life, & empower one to make a difference in the world. This is the first class in the Inner Journey & Wisdomkeeper programs. General public & health care practitioners welcome. $175. Bastyr University, 14500 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore. Registration required.

425-602-3152. Bastyr.edu/Continuing-Education.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 Eastside Women’s Show – 10am-8pm. Shop local and give back to local charities during the Eastside Women’s Show: the new voice of women’s health and beauty. Spend a day with celebrity speakers from Oprah.com, taste fine wines, and take home the best in food, fashion fitness advice and home decor. $10. Meydenbauer Center, 11100 NE 6th St, Bellevue. EastsideWomensShow.com.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 Free Breema Introduction – 7-8:30pm. Learn about Breema and the Nine Principles of Harmony at this free, introductory, experiential presentation.

Breema is a simple, natural form of touch and body movement supported by universal principles.

Practicing Breema supports connection with others while at the same time deepening one’s connection to one’s self. Free. M’illumino, 6921 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle. Breema.com.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27 Breema Workshop – Oct 27-28. Be nourished and revitalized in this Breema workshop. $175 before Oct 15, $200 after. M’illumino, 6921 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle. Breema.com.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Hypnotherapy: Transformation & Healing – 9am-5pm. “Transformation & Healing” (50 hours) is one of two courses in Bastyr’s non-credit Hypnotherapy Training program. Take Transformation & Healing alone or also take “Awareness & Integration” to complete the 100-hour program. No prior experience needed. General public & health care practioners welcome. Each course is conducted over two weekends. $635. Bastyr University, 14500 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore. Registration required.

425-602-3152. Bastyr.edu/Continuing-Education.

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Your Choice for a Sustainable Future 425.373.1987 www.NaturalChoice.net

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ongoingevents sunday Cascadia Hikes – 8am-12pm. Learn about local and natural history, sustainability and ecology while viewing waterfalls and wildlife on these guided half-day hikes. Includes hotel pick up and drop off, nature guide, refreshments, transportation, and entry fees. $95. Register: EvergreenEscapes.com/ Seattle-Hiking-Tour.asp.

Wing Chun Martial Arts – 11am-1pm. Wing Chun is a martial art that can be used for general fitness; to relieve stress, improve reflexes, coordination speed and power and more. $10. Friends, Philosophy & Tea, 13850 Bel-Red Rd, Bellevue. 206-349-9376. Allenmbriski@gmail.com.

FriendsPhilosophyAndTea.com.

Free Energy Healing Clinic – 2nd Sunday. 124pm. Reiki Ranch, Chehalis. 360-748-4426.

monday Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement – 6:30-7:45pm. With Becci Parsons. New strategies for unwinding, relaxing and recovering from life’s challenges. Cultivate resilience and become your most potent self. $20/drop-in, $75/5 prepaid.

M’illumino, 6921 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle. 206525-0363. M-illumino.com.

Pranic Healing Clinic – 3rd Monday. 7-9pm.

Pranic Healing is a highly evolved and tested system of energy medicine that balances, harmonizes, and transforms the body’s energy processes. This public clinic is an opportunity for you to experience a meditation for world peace and a brief healing with a pranic healer. Free. Center of Light, 5225 15th Ave NE, Seattle. 206-525-8488. Meetup.com/ SeattleMeditationNow.

tuesday Seattle Greendrinks – 5:30pm. 2nd Tues. Informal social networking to connect and unite those working or interested in environmental issues. Locations vary. Details: SeattleGreendrinks.org.

Sustaining Vitality Qigong – 7-9pm. Discover Chinese Qigong, the study of internal energy and the natural way to enhance or maintain a healthy energetic lifestyle. Class includes meditation and movement exercises. Suitable for all levels including beginners. $10/class. Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle, Rm 5. Contact Dennis at 425-775-9609.

Fmi.Qigong@gmail.com. Fmi-Qigong.com.

Tribal Style Bellydance ­– 7-9pm. With Shay Moore. Classes get people moving to the global groove as they develop core tribal bellydance movements with strength, grace, and flexibility.

Women of all ages, shapes, sizes, and experience

welcome. $75 per 6 week session. M’Illumino, 6921 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle. Registration required. 206-525-0363. DeepRootsDance.com.

activities, including planting native species, removing invasive species, mulching and more. Register: NatureC.org/Volunteer.

Meditation & Mysticism: The First Six Steps – 7:15pm. Join us for a six week series of classes offering a practical approach to living a spiritual life and beginning or deepening your meditation practice. All are welcome. Free. The Center of Light, 5225 15th Ave NE, Seattle. 206-525-8488. Meetup. com/SeattleMeditationNow/events/74587232.

Monthly DIY Meetup and Ask an Expert – 6-8pm. 2nd Thurs. West Seattle Tool Library hosts expert DIY coaches who are willing to answer questions about current and future projects. These open and informal events cover green remodeling and design, solar, water harvesting and edible gardening. Free. Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, 4408 Delridge Way SW, Seattle.

206-317-4671. WSToolLibrary.org.

wednesday Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement – 11am-12pm. With LeeAnn Starovasnik. Engage the brain and body in new ways while learning to move more easily, more comfortably and even more playfully. $20/drop-in, $75/5 prepaid classes.

M’illumino, 6921 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle.

206-525-0363. M-illumino.com.

Prayers for Peace – 7-9pm. 1st Wednesday. Gather across the country and pray for peace, creating a surge of positive energy for people all over the world. Open to all faiths. Pray for healing, spiritual awakening, love, solutions to hunger crises, war anything that the world needs in order to become a place of peace. Free. The Center of Light, 5225 15th Ave NE, Seattle. 206-525-8488. Sites.google. com/a/centersoflight.org/seattle.

Rainy City Prenatal Yoga & Meditation – 7pm. For pregnant women - partners welcome.

Get to know your body, make friends with your mind and resolve discomforts of pregnancy. Prepare for natural birth. Deepen your relationship with your growing baby. Taught by Beth Coyote, midwife and meditator and Anne Hirsch, midwife and experienced prenatal yoga teacher. Pay what you can. Center For Birth, 1500 Eastlake Avenue E, Seattle. 206-861-8300.

RainyCityMidwiferyAndAcupuncture.com/ Events.html.

Wednesday Wellness Talk – 7pm-8pm. 3rd Wed. Join us for a series of free monthly talks on a variety of health and wellness topics on the third Wednesday of each month. Topics to be announced - check website for updates. Space is limited; please call to reserve a seat. Free. Butterfly Balance Wellness Center, 3515 SW Alaska St, 2nd Fl, West Seattle. Registration required. 206-755-9900.

ButterflyBalance.com.

Red Cedar Circle – 7:30-9:30pm. Local and organic drumming, song, prayer, teachings & stories.

Free. Interfaith Community Church, 1763 NW 62nd St, Seattle. 206-683-1378.

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Weston A Price Foundation Seattle Meeting – 6-8:30pm. 3rd Thurs. A Weston Price/Nourishing Traditions style potluck starts at 6pm and a presentation starts at 7pm. Firefly Kitchens, 844 NW 49th St, Seattle.

Baby Diaper Service 101 – 6:30-7:30pm. 2nd Thurs. Mark Stief, owner, will present the ins and outs of diaper service, share best practice cloth diapering techniques and educate expectant parents on the health and environmental benefits of cloth diapers. $10/family. Parent Trust for Washington Children, 2200 Rainier Ave S, Seattle. Registration required. 206-634-2229.

BabyDiaperService.net/Baby/Diapering-101.

Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement – 6:30-7:30pm. See Wednesday description. $20/drop-in, $75/5 prepaid classes. M’illumino, 6921 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle. 206-525-0363.

Info@M-illumino.com.

friday InterPlay – 10:30am-12pm. An improvisational practice that playfully explores the things a body can do: move, make sounds, tell stories, sing, and experience stillness. Based on life-affirming body wisdom principles and the transformative power of play. $10 suggested donation. M-illumino, 6921 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle. 206-525-0363.

M-illumino.com.

Common Law Study Class – 1st and last Friday.

7pm. Learn how to stop foreclosures, how to handle being ruffed up by police offers, be supported with a community of like-minded individuals. 360-748-4426.

saturday Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement – 9-10:15am. With LeeAnn Starovasnik and Vicki Robinson. Learn to move more easily and more comfortably while improving your sense of balance and overall well being. $20/drop-in, $75/5 prepaid classes. M’illumino, 6921 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle. 206-525-0363. M-illumino.com.

Urban Forest Restoration – 10am. Nature Consortium hosts volunteer work parties in the West Duwamish Greenbelt for performing restoration

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naturaldirectory Connecting you to the leaders in natural healthcare and green living in our community. To find out how you can be included in the Natural Directory, email Publisher@SeattleAwakenings.com to request our media kit.

BEDDING SEATTLE NATURAL MATTRESS 206-419-9550 SeattleNaturalMattress.com

Manufacturer and retailer of natural, chemicalfree latex mattresses designed to provide a comfortable and supportive alternative to traditional spring mattresses. See ad page 25.

BODYTALK JOY OF HEALTH SOLUTIONS Patricia Sullivan Seattle & Woodinville 206-920-5528 JoyOfHealthSolutions.com

Get to the cause of your issue or ‘story’ easily and with great results! Resolving anxiety, pain, allergies, digestive, immune i s s u e s , i n j u r y, s t r u c t u r a l challenges and more.

CHILDREN’S SERVICES BABY DIAPER SERVICE 206-634-2229 BabyDiaperService.Net

Committed to providing 100% pure cotton diapers for your baby. Convenient weekly pickup and delivery of cloth diapers and accessories. Better for baby’s skin, more sustainable than washing at home. See ad page 24.

dentists INTEGRATIVE DENTISTRY 9730 3rd Ave NE, Suite 205 Seattle, WA 98115 206-367-6453 Info@MitchMarderDDS.com MitchMarderDDS.com

We are a holistic dental practice specializing in safe mercury filling removal, non-surgical periodontal care, and TMJ/ orthodontic treatments. We welcome new patients! See ad page 11.

Energy Research ALL ONE QUANTUM ENERGY RESEARCH INC Wing Kan Nip Info@AllOneUSA.com AllOneUSA.com

All One Quantum Energy Research uses non-invasive, evidence-based technology to look deeper into one’s health without side effects. Get detailed information on one’s body, and save money on supplements that aren’t needed. See ad page 11

ESSENTIAL OILS CIRCLE OF HEALING

Snohomish, WA 425-210-2532 CircleOfHealingEssentialOils.com Offering aromatherapy products to help live a healthier, happier and more balanced life using all organic ingredients when available so you can be sure that you are receiving the most effective products possible. Local classes and hands-on workshops available.

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GLADRAGS

503-282-0436 Orders@GladRags.com GladRags.com Live more sustainably with GladRags washable menstrual pads and menstrual cups. Join the community of women who have decided to make a lower carbon footprint every month!

PERSONAL GROWTH Lift Your Spirits With Dena Marie!

425-350-5448 Dena@Dena-Marie.com LiftYourSpiritswithDenaMarie.com Classes, Workshops and Re-Treats that will Lift Your Spirits!

Individual consultations by appointment.

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MEDICAL THRIVE NATURAL FAMILY MEDICINE Dr. Scott Moser, ND LMP 5020 Meridian Ave N, Ste 104 Seattle, WA 98103 206-257-1488 Info@ThriveNaturalMedicine.com ThriveNaturalMedicine.com

Thrive offers botanical medicine, nutrition, physical medicine, nutraceuticals and counseling to treat the whole family. Most insurance plans accepted. Book an appointment today and Thrive!

MOVEMENT CENTERS M’ILLUMINO

6921 Roosevelt Way NE Seattle, WA 98115 206-525-0363 Info@M-Illumino.com M-Illumino.com At m’illumino, we are dedicated to your transformation through movement. Take a class, try private sessions, discover your own innate grace. See ad page 9.

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Camilla Paynter, M.A. 206-914-3769 SongdogDreaming.com

Spiritually informed hypnotherapy and Reiki for life transitions, personal growth, healing and more. Connect with deep inner wisdom and live life’s bigger story.

yoga KANJIN YOGA

206-722-2665 Info@TheKanjinYogaCenter.com KanjinYoga.com Kanjin Yoga is a path to abundant health and wellness helping people live better inside their bodies. Specializing in Yoga Nidra, Gentle Hatha Yoga, we offer classes and workshops for groups and organizations.

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The Seattle area is home to many wonderful nonprofit organizations. We’ve profiled a few here, along with their leaders.

Yoga Behind Bars - Founder Shaina Traisman & Director Natalie Smith

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Nonprofit CoolMom aims to inspire moms and families to make informed lifestyle choices, protect the climate and advocate for a healthy planet. Programs include walking school buses, no-idle campaigns, advocacy, monthly community meetings, and outreach at community events. Executive Director Terri Glaberson, who previously served as an executive working in the mental health field and with nonprofits, started as volunteer coordinator and now leads the group.

Yoga Behind Bars is a volunteer led nonprofit with a mission to heal lives and society through yoga. Participants in the program are men, women and youth behind bars who work with certified teachers to learn awareness, gain hope and master inner freedom. Founded by Shaina Traisman (left) and headed by Executive Director Natalie Smith (right), a who began working with Yoga Behind Bars as a volunteer and helped increase classes and the number of participating facilities.

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3 Seattle Tilth - Andrea Platt Dwyer Seattle Tilth educates people to grow food organically, conserve natural resources and support local food systems in order to cultivate a healthy urban environment and community. The organization offers classes ranging from organic gardening, permaculture, and urban livestock to youth programs, landscape consultations and more. The organization is led by Andrea Platt Dwyer, who has worked for nonprofits during most of her 30 year career.

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beyond overcome poverty, have access to nutritious food and skill building programs, and more. Headed by Seattle native and former Boeing executive Gordon McHenry, Jr, Solid Ground’s offerings include Lettuce Link: the program creates access to fresh, nutritious and organic produce, seeds, and gardening information for families with lower incomes in Seattle.

- Nancy Whitlock

Nature Consortium is a grassroots, community-based organization whose mission is to connect people, arts and nature. The nonprofit produces the Youth Art Program, an Urban Forest Restoration Project and the Arts in Nature Festival.

Executive Director Nancy Whitlock founded the organization in 1998 based on the idea that everyone has the ability to create and explore the arts and improve the environment.

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Bike Works - Deb Salls

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- Gordon McHenry, Jr

Based in Wallingford, Solid Ground offers 30 programs and services to help nearly 60,000 households throughout King County and

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NW EcoBuilding Guild - Grace Huang

A regional nonprofit community of builders, designers, suppliers, homeowners, and partners concerned with ecological building in the Pacific Northwest, the NW EcoBuilding Guild educates the construction industry as well as the public about sustainable built environments through educational events and outreach. One of the Guild’s most popular and long-running events, the annual 10x10x10 Green Building Slam features Seattle-area sustainable building projects. Other events have included the Green Home Tour.

President Grace Huang of ming | architecture and design currently heads up the organization.

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Bike Works is an innovative organization centered around bicycles that combines youth development, community engagement, bicycle recycling and a social enterprise bike shop to help build a sustainable and healthy community. Bike Works is headed up by Executive Director Deb Salls.

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All of our fantastic Seattle-area nonprofits require community support - each organization has many dedicated volunteers in addition to their director or president.