March 2014 - Seattle Natural Awakenings

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Gluten-Free On The Go Ideas for Work, Play or Anywhere

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elcome to the March issue of Seattle Natural Awakenings magazine! In this issue I am excited to bring you “Gluten Free On The Go” (page 26). After several years of wavering, I became strictly gluten free nearly two years ago and haven’t looked back. I feel significantly better when I avoid wheat, but it was hard at first to figure out how and where to eat when I was out and about, miles away from the luxury of my gluten free kitchen. This article offers fantastic ideas for keeping nourished as you go about your day, while staying healthy by avoiding problematic or allergenic foods. I stash nuts, dried fruit, and coconut water in my car for occassions that call for an unexpected snack, and it’s allowed me to enjoy a little more freedom and flexibility since I don’t have to spend extra time figuring out the nearest store or restaurant able and willing to cater to my needs.

If going gluten free has been challenging for you, or feels like a constant burden, having abundant access to healthy snacks you love can reduce feelings of deprivation and help you focus on what you do have, instead of what you’ve given up. I rarely miss wheat these days, and focusing on other delicious healthy foods is a significant part of the reason.

For additional healthy eating and snack ideas, the nation’s largest vegetarian food festival is March 29 and 30 at the Seattle Center exhibition hall on Mercer Street. Admission is $8 and gives you access to a huge number of samples of delicious, natural foods, plus health talks from local doctors, health screenings and more. Every year I discover a new amazing and healthy snack at this event. Learn more in “Vegfest Highlights” (page 12).

On page 18, we bring you the inspiring story of three siblings who launched a Seattle sustainable building supply store, Greenhome Solutions. Always active in the community, Greenhome Solutions are also sponsors of the upcoming Northwest Green Home Tour taking place April 26 (more information at NWGreenHomeTour.org).

There are so many aspects to good health, such as choosing foods that are best for your body, or choosing green construction and remodeling products and techniques. We offer lots more in these pages this month, so I invite you to dive in!

To your health and happiness,

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newsbriefs Kulshan College Receives Nonprofit Status

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local educational organization has been awarded 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, a development that will encourage tax-deductible donations and allow them to continue their mission to offer low cost and free treatment for brain injury or pathology.

Kulshan College of Intuitive Medicine is located in the lower Queen Anne neighborhood and offers support for people who have suffered stroke, trauma, developmental disability, autism, ADD, ADHD, and mental illness. Clients recline comfortably while advanced students treat them with Tao Fawu medical qigong, a discipline of qigong developed by college director Heidi M. Hawkins specifically to treat brain injury and multiple chemical sensitivity.

A Brain Clinic is held twice a month by appointment only. Kulshan College offers other free and low cost clinics and labs serving Seattle and Bellingham.

Kulshan College of Intuitive Medicine is located at 419 Queen Anne Ave N, Suite 101, Seattle. For more information: KulshanCollege.com.

Breema Returns To Seattle For Workshop

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weekend of Breema, Self-Breema and the Nine Principles of Harmony is taking place March 22 and 23 at Studio M’illumino in the Roosevelt District.

According to practitioners, Breema is a comprehensive holistic practice that uses movement and touch, integrated with universal principles and a transformative philosophy, to support being present and living a more harmonious life. Jon Schreiber, director of the Breema Center, wrote: “The mind thinks in concepts, imagining everything to be outside of itself. That is the root of our judgmental attitude toward life. Through being present and actualizing the principle of no judgment, an atmosphere of acceptance is created. Practicing Breema allows you to experience being connected to yourself as you support others. Both giver and receiver are nurtured via that mutual support.”

The workshop will be led by Birthe Kaarsholm and Roxanne Caswell, staff instructors from the Breema Center, Oakland, California.

“Breema brings you to the level at which you could be nurtured, rather than drained, by your relationship to your body, your surroundings, other people, and all life,” Breema instructor Birthe Kaarsholm adds. “Practicing Breema brings increased flexibility, vitality, and a tangible sense of wholeness and aliveness, and you can apply the principles in any activity.”

Free Introduction: Friday, March 21, 7-8:30pm at Studio M’illumino, 6921 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle. Weekend workshop at M’illumino: $200 ($175 before March 11).

Continuing education credit is available. For more information: center@breema.com or 510-428-0937.

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Lightworks Reiki Opens Practice In West Seattle

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new reiki practice has opened its doors in West Seattle.

Lightworks Reiki is now operating out of West Seattle Wellness, a health center located in the Delridge neighborhood.

“Reiki is an invitation to wellness,” says owner and practitioner Jenn Evans. “It is an energetic healing modality that works in harmony with our body, mind, spirit, and energy field to promote healing, balance, personal growth, and transformation.”

An energy healing modality, reiki is believed to work with an individual’s chi, or life force energy, to restore balance.

“I sometimes describe reiki as ‘acupuncture without needles’ or ‘relaxation therapy,’” Evans continues. “It will help to balance you at every level.”

Evans is a certified reiki master and encourages everyone to try a reiki session. “It’s time for you,” Evans says. “Time to let go of the worries of the day, and just be supported in a safe space. It’s what we all need more of in today’s world.”

Lightworks Reiki is located at West Seattle Wellness, 2600 SW Barton Street, Suite A24 (upstairs, across from Big 5 and 24-Hour Fitness).

For more information: LightworksReiki.net or 206-6610556.

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Bullitt Center Wins Sustainable Building Of The Year Award

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six story commercial Seattle structure has been awarded the 2013 Sustainable Building of The Year award from World Architecture News. The Bullitt Center celebrates its first anniversary this Earth Day, having earned numerous awards and accolades for being the first leasable commercial building in the nation to meet the high standards of the Living Building Challenge, a sustainable building certification program administered by non-profit International Living Future Institute.

Living Building Challenge requirements include adherence to a net zero energy standard, which requires the structure to produce as much renewable energy as it consumes over the course of the year. The 52,000 square foot Bullitt Center features rooftop solar panels in addition to composting toilets, nontoxic, local and sustainable materials, rainwater collection systems to provide both potable and nonpotable water, and an “irresistable” stairway with panoramic views designed to encourage building occupants to forego the elevator. Other sustainable design features include geothermal heat exchange, an expected life span of 250 years, and more.

The Bullitt Center is located at 1501 East Madison Street, Seattle. The University of Washington Center For Integrated Design offers public and private tours. $5.

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Seattle Tilth Hosts March Edible Plant Sale

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eattle Tilth’s spring annual plant sale will take place March 15 and will offer a wide selection of organically, sustainably and locally grown vegetables, herbs, edible flowers, fruit shrubs, fruit trees, seeds, supplies and talks from local gardening experts.

Seattle Tilth garden educators select varieties that grow well in the maritime Northwest, ranging from plants for beginners such as lettuce, greens and peas to exotic and heritage plants including asparagus, horseradish, artichokes, onions, broccoli, edible flowers, bulbing fennel, red scallions, romanesco and blueberries.

Favorites such as collards, kale, Swiss chard, rhubarb and strawberries add to the offerings, and fruiting shrubs along with fruit bearing trees will also be available for purchase.

A staggered entry system controls the number of people allowed to proceed into the sale at any one time, and attendees are invited to visit vendors in the parking lot while waiting for their turn to enter. Cash, checks with identification and Visa and Mastercard credit cards will be accepted.

The March Edible Plant Sale takes place March 15 from 9am-3pm at Pacific Market Center parking garage, 6100 4th Ave S (enter on 5th Ave S), Seattle. Free. An Early Bird Sale takes place from 6-7:30pm on Friday, March 24. $25 tickets benefit Seattle Tilth educational programs. For more information: SeattleTilth.org.

healthbriefs Silver Colloids Support Sinus Health Naturally

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or people with sensitive sinuses, life can seem like a contest between breathing more freely and staying off of steroid sprays and antibiotics, because using them regularly in a preventative manner can lead to serious health consequences. Naturally maintaining sinus health requires an antimicrobial agent that kills offending microbes, yet is harmless enough to use several times a day indefinitely. A natural protocol that uses an enhanced aqueous silver colloid of greater than 30 parts per million is now being used to relieve the burden on the immune system and prevent chronic irritation of sinus passageways.

One crucial function our sinuses perform is filtering the air we breathe, which is filled with viruses, bacteria and fungi. The easiest way to maintain sinus health is to kill these pathogens before their numbers become large.

Silver colloids, delivered through the nose with either a neti pot or nasal spray bottle are one way to do this, according to Steven Frank, author of Managing Sinus Health: Clearing Sinus Infections Without Antibiotics. For the remedy to work, it is important to blow the nose prior to use and then coat the tissues of the nasal passageways, allowing the liquid to remain there as long as possible.

Then a second, similar spray application can follow after a few minutes, avoiding blowing the nose in the interval.

Frank is the founder of Nature’s Rite and chief technical officer at Klearsen Corporation—two companies that research and develop herbal formulations and natural health products. He holds numerous patents on antimicrobial colloids and respiratory infection therapies.

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Superfoods Defend Against Radiation

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wo superfoods show promise for protecting people from radiation damage—cruciferous vegetables and miso, a food paste made from fermented soybeans.

Scientists have identified a specific chemical byproduct, 3,3’diindolylmethane (DIM), derived from the digestion of cruciferous vegetables and especially concentrated in broccoli, that is responsible for the defensive effect. The source of miso’s beneficial properties needs further investigation, but appears to stem from the fermentation process.

Research led by Gary Firestone, Ph.D., of the University of California-Berkley, and physician Eliot Rosen, Ph.D., of Georgetown University, in Washington, D.C., concluded that administering supplemental DIM before or immediately following lethal levels of radiation exposure protected rats from immediate death.

If clinical trials with humans are successful, the compound could be used to minimize acute radiation sickness.

A comprehensive research review published in the Journal of Toxicologic Pathology lends credence to miso’s shielding power. Mice that ate miso a week before irradiation appeared to be protected from radiation injury.

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Coconut Oil Manages Cholesterol, Shrinks Waistlines

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educed physical activity and increased consumption of carbohydrates and saturated fats fuel increased rates of obesity, cardiovascular disease and insulin resistance, plus abnormal lipid content in the blood. Although coconut oil is a saturated fat, its chemical composition appears to prevent it from generating negative effects on lipid profiles, according to a growing body of research.

In an earlier study published in Lipids, women that exhibited abdominal obesity consumed supplements of either coconut oil or soybean oil. Throughout the 12-week trial, both groups followed the same weight-loss diet. At the end, the coconut oil group presented a higher level of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or protective cholesterol, and smaller waistlines, while the soybean oil group showed lower HDL levels and an increase in total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) plus a less desirable LDL-to-HDL ratio. In a later study published in the Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, consumption of coconut oil was again associated with a beneficial lipid profile in pre-menopausal women.

Researchers that conducted a concurrent pilot study with male and female subjects found that men also experienced shrinking waistlines when supplementing with coconut oil. They explain that coconut oil contains mainly medium-chain fatty acids, which rapidly convert into energy, thereby circumventing the cycle that makes cholesterol and stores fat (Pharmacology).

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cup of beans a day may keep the doctor away. In a randomized trial published in the Archives of Internal Medicine of 121 participants diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, daily consumption of approximately one cup of legumes (peas and beans) was found to improve glycemic control and reduce systolic blood pressure and heart rate, thereby reducing participants’ calculated risk score for coronary heart disease (CHD).

Body weight, waist circumference and fasting blood glucose and triglyceride levels also decreased on the legume diet. Legumes appear to make dietary carbohydrates digest more slowly and with a lower glycemic index, which has been associated with reduced hypertension and fewer CHD events in pre-diabetic individuals.

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Chemicals Harm Pets, Too

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he nationwide health epidemic of chronic diseases afflicting the human population is also showing up among companion animals. According to a report by the Environmental Working Group, pets, like a canary in a coal mine, may be the environmental sentinels that are now signaling a clear connection between disease and manmade chemicals.

In a study that analyzed blood samples of dogs and cats, 48 of 70 industrial chemicals and pollutants were traced, many recording levels that were substantially higher than previously reported in national studies of humans.

Dogs displayed double the concentration of perfluorochemicals (used in stainproof and grease-proof coatings); cats evidenced 23 times the concentration of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) fire retardants and 5.4 times the amount of mercury. PBDE levels in hyperthyroid cats have been linked to eating canned cat food and to the increased use of PBDEs in consumer products during the past 30 years. In humans, high levels of flame-retardant chemicals are implicated in endocrine disruption, Type 2 diabetes and thyroid disease.

Suggestions for minimizing exposure include avoiding chemical-laden household cleaners, furnishings and carpet; drinking carbon-filtered water; steering clear of food and beverage containers made from or lined with plastic (including cans); and eating organic produce and free-range meat.

Vitamin E Hope for Cancer Care

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lusive anti-cancer elements of vitamin E, natural tocopherols, have been identified by researchers at Ohio State University as being able to deactivate an enzyme essential for cancer cell survival.

Although both alpha and gamma forms of natural tocopherols worked, the gamma was the most potent in shutting down the troublesome enzyme. Through manipulating the structure of the gamma molecule, the scientists were able to create an agent 20 times more effective than the original vitamin. In mice, this agent reduced the size of prostate cancer tumors.

Over-the-counter vitamin E supplements are limited because many use synthetic forms that do not contain the natural gamma tocopherols. The study’s authors, led by Ching-Shih Chen, Ph.D., note that the human body cannot absorb the high dosages of natural vitamin E required to achieve the anti-cancer effect; their goal is to develop a safe pill that could be taken daily for cancer prevention.

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globalbriefs Vanishing Whales

Illegal Hunting Continues to Decimate Species Whales are still being killed, despite an international ban on commercial whaling. According to Greenpeace, many whale species are down to around 1 percent of their estimated former abundance before the days of commercial whaling.

Fourteen whaling nations came together in 1946 to form the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to manage whale stocks and recommend hunting limits where appropriate, but the continuing decline of populations forced the IWC to call for an outright ban on all commercial whaling in 1986. Yet Japan, Norway and Iceland continue to defy the ban, each harvesting hundreds of whales every year.

Several green groups, including the Natural Resources Development Council (NRDC), recently petitioned the U.S. government

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to take action against Iceland under the Pelly Amendment to the Fisherman’s Protective Act. “The Amendment allows the president to impose trade sanctions against a country that is ‘diminishing the effectiveness’ of a conservation agreement—in Iceland’s case, the whaling moratorium and another international treaty that prohibits trade in endangered species,” writes the NRDC. The petition names several Icelandic firms—including major seafood companies with ties to the country’s whaling industry—as potential targets for trade sanctions.

To learn more, visit iwcoffice.org, Greenpeace.org and nrdc. org.

Self-Sufficiency

America’s Best Community Garden Cities

We don’t have to live in a rural area or even the suburbs to be a farmer these days. According to the Trust for Public Land, the 10 best cities for homegrown veggies from urban gardens are Seattle, Washington (a PPatch program provides 68 gardens for residents throughout the city); Portland, Oregon (its Produce for People program donates fresh produce to local hunger agencies); Long Beach, California (growing anything from sugar cane and lemongrass to sunflowers and tomatoes); St. Paul, Minnesota (17 community gardens—half run by nonprofits and half open to rent); Honolulu, Hawaii (1,254 plots for public use); San Jose, California (19 community gardens on 35 acres); Baltimore, Maryland (community gardens cover 11 acres throughout the city); Washington, D.C. (a Master Peace Farm program tends area gardens and mentors budding veggie growers at an adjoining middle school); Anchorage, Alaska (a city goal is enabling residents to work together in harmony); and Louisville, Kentucky (Brightside’s community garden program, established 19 years ago, currently manages 10 of Louisville’s 16 gardens).

These gardens not only extol the virtues of fresh, local and often organic foods, they also bring communities together. Some produce food for those in need, others have youth programs and some have even been credited with reducing local crime rates. Many community gardens accept new members in the fall; visit acga.LocalHarvest.org to find one nearby and reserve a space.

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Looming Law

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International Pact Could Lower Food Protections The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is the largest global trade pact to be negotiated since the inception of the World Trade Organization. Many details remain a mystery and negotiations are being conducted in secret. Leaked drafts of its provisions indicate that the TPP would give multinational corporations the power to sue countries, states, counties or cities in order to negate laws specifically designed to protect citizens, such as bans on growing genetically modified organisms (GMO).

Corporations would be allowed to resolve trade disputes in special international tribunals, effectively wiping out hundreds of domestic and international food sovereignty laws.

The TPP would require countries to accept food that meets only the lowest safety standards of the collective participants. If enacted, consumers could soon be eating imported seafood, beef or chicken products that don’t meet basic U.S. food safety standards, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would be powerless to stop imports of such unsafe foods or ingredients. Plus, the labeling of products as fair trade, organic, country-of-origin, animal welfare-approved or GMO-free could be challenged as barriers to trade.

Opposition has grown, thanks to petitions by members of the Organic Consumers Association and other groups. More than 400 organizations, representing 15 million Americans, have petitioned Congress to do away with accelerated acceptance of the measure without full debate.

For more information, visit OrganicConsumers.org and search TPP.

Farm Relief

FDA Wakens to Local Needs Small farms, farmers’ markets, local food processors and community food banks have been given a reprieve, because on December 19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decided to take a second look at proposed new laws that would have put many of them out of business. The new rules, proposed under the Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA), came under fire from consumers, farmers and others with voices that were heard.

The FDA said its “thinking has evolved,” and “…significant changes will be needed in key provisions of the two proposed rules affecting small and large farmers. These provisions include water quality standards and testing, standards for using raw manure and compost, certain provisions affecting mixed-use facilities and procedures for withdrawing the qualified exemption for certain farms.”

City Voters Reject Fluoridation Again

Portland, Oregon, residents have rejected a plan to fluoridate city water for the fourth time since 1956, making it the largest city (pop. 900,000) in the United States without fluoride in its water supply. In the 1950s, cities throughout the U.S. championed water fluoridation as a way of fighting tooth decay, but the effort backfired when a condition called fluorosis emerged, which ironically is characterized by tooth enamel discoloration and erosion.

Anti-fluoride forces say that water treatment is not the key to better dental health for children.

Fluoride Action Network Executive Director Paul Connett, Ph.D., has a better idea. “We urge the legalization of dental therapists in Oregon who will treat the low-income children dentists refuse to treat.”

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Vegfest 2014

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njoying vegetarian food has always been in style. Of course, one doesn’t have to be a vegetarian to enjoy delicious vegetarian food, but more and more people are deciding to become vegetarian as they discover the many benefits of including more plants in their diet. Vegetarian actors and movie stars, including Alec Baldwin, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Alicia Silverstone are lining up to talk about the importance of a vegetarian diet. Sports stars from basketball player John Salley, boxer Tim Bradley, and the recent silver-medal winning figure-skater Meagan Duhamel are all choosing to avoid meat. Even politicians such as former Vice President Al Gore and former President Bill Clinton publicly acknowledge the benefits of being vegetarian.

Whether you are famous or not, here in Seattle, the transition to a vegetarian diet is made easier by the largest vegetarian food festival in the country, Veg-

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fest, held annually in March.

Over 700 different kinds of food are available to sample, including everything from veggie sausages and hot dogs to chocolate truffles and coconut ice cream. Throughout the weekend, medical doctors will be speaking about the health benefits of a vegetarian diet, and naturopathic physicians from Bastyr University and registered dietitians will also be on hand to answer your questions.

Renowned cookbook authors from around the country will be giving cooking demonstrations. A vast selection of vegetarian cookbooks and other health-conscious books will be on offer in the Vegfest bookstore, and the kids will be entertained by clowns and kid friendly activities.

The event also features free health screenings, including artery checks by two leading cardiologists who will be measuring carotid artery function throughout the weekend.

Vegfest takes place this year on Saturday and Sunday, March 29 and 30, at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall on Mercer Street. Admission is $8. Children 12 and under are free.

Tickets are available at the door. For more information: SeattleVegfest.org or 206-706-2635. Amanda Strombom and Stewart Rose are the president and vice president of Vegetarians of Washington. Learn more at VegOfWA.org.

Vegfest Highlights Cookbook authors and chefs: Pranee Halvorsen – popular local Thai chef and blogger at Pranee’s Thai Kitchen Ellen Jaffe Jones – author of Kitchen Divided and Eat Vegan on $4 a Day Bianca Phillips – author of Cookin’ Crunk: Eatin’ Vegan in the Dirty South Alan Roettinger – author of Speed Vegan, and Extraordinary Vegan Sunita Shastri – Indian chef and founder of Meghana Foods Miyoko Schinner – author of Artisan Vegan Cheese, Now & Zen Epicure and Japanese Cooking

Doctors presenting and screening: Dr. Ani Das D.O. – offering health screenings Dr. Helmuth Fritz M.D. – offering free artery scans Dr. Chan Hwang M.D., Internal Medicine Dr. Arun Kalyanasundaram M.D. Cardiologist – offering free artery scans Dr. George Lee M.D. Internist Dr. Uma Malhotra M.D. Internist Dr Esther Park-Hwang M.D. Obstetrician/Gynecologist Dr Ron Swenson M.D. Oncologist In addition, Bastyr Center for Natural Health, and Seattle Children’s Hospital, along with various dietitians and other healthcare professionals will be staffing booths throughout the event, where you can get your questions answered.

For the kids: Special Clowns shows at 10:10am and 5:10pm Clowns Zero & Somebuddy will be entertaining kids throughout the event Children’s Storytime and other activities throughout the event Bean Sprouts Restaurant will be offering healthy kids food For more information and full schedule: SeattleVegfest.org.

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A growing trend is the ringing of a doorbell heralding the arrival of healthy food. In addition to the convenience and time savings, having a grocery delivery van make roundtrips to and from multiple customers’ doorsteps generates far less emissions than traditional shopping. Home deliveries of local and organic fresh fruits and vegetables have customers clamoring for more.

After serving most of the New York metro area for more than a decade, online grocer FreshDirect (FreshDirect.com) began delivering in the Philadelphia metro area in October 2012 and expanded to other parts of Pennsylvania, plus New Jersey and Delaware, last fall. “Our hyper-local, farm-to-fork food systems result in healthy relationships between consumers, food and farmers,” says David McInerney, co-founder of FreshDirect. The company also supports hunger organizations and provides nutritional counseling.

Planet Organics (PlanetOrganics.com) serves the San Francisco Bay area. ( Beginning last fall, Instacart partnered with Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods and Costco to begin delivering food to homes in 13 neighborhoods in Chicago. Beginning in Colorado, where it’s based, Door to Door Organics (DoorToDoorOrganics.com) now provides its service in Michigan, plus metro areas of Kansas City, Chicago and New York. Green BEAN Delivery (GreenBeanDelivery.com), based in Indianapolis, now ( also delivers organic and sustainable foods in Cincinnati, Columbus and Dayton, Ohio; Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky; and most recently, St. Louis, Missouri.

Irv & Shelly’s Fresh Picks (FreshPicks.com) taps into 100-plus farmers within a ( day’s drive of its Niles, Illinois, center, to serve the Chicago and Milwaukee metro areas. “We’re able to concentrate on reaching people of all incomes and get deep into the communities,” says co-owner Shelly Herman. The eight-year-old company also partners with community groups, food pantries and schools.

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ardening is not about having or taking; it’s about giving,” says Connecticut psychotherapist Gunilla Norris, author of A Mystic Garden: Working with Soil, Attending to Soul. “And in giving, the garden gives back to you.” She deems the art of practicing gratitude in the garden as an intentional path for cultivating spirituality.“Every day, go out and thank the ground. Life is burgeoning all around us, all the time,” she continues. “If we can just appreciate that, it’s a big deal.”

It’s hard not to be humbled and awed by the miracle of life when we see a seedling push its tiny green head above ground, lean toward the sun and unfurl its first set of leaves.

Each bit of plant life is simply fulfilling its mission to grow and be.

“Gardening enhances our relationship to the Earth.

Through gardening, we are helping to heal the planet, which is part of the work we are all called to do,” remarks Al Fritsch, a Jesuit priest in Ravenna, Kentucky, and author

of the e-book, Spiritual Growth Through Domestic Gardening (free at EarthHealing.info/garden.htm). Over his lifetime, Fritsch has helped turn a parking lot, a section of church lawn, and overgrown bottomland all into thriving gardens. In his view, “It gives us a sense of home, roots us in place.”

We can even discover our personal calling through cultivating a garden while gleaning endless spiritual lessons: Here dwells patience and an appreciation for the natural order of things; no fertilizer can force a flower to bloom before its time. Here resides mindfulness as we learn to notice changes in the plants under our care and discern what they need to thrive. Here abides interdependence; we wouldn’t have carrots, corn or cherries without the bats, birds, and bees playing in the pollen. In a garden, we naturally accept the cycle of life, death and rebirth as we bid adieu to the joy of seasonal colors and let flowerbeds rest in peace, anticipating their budding and blooming again.

Just as the fruits of growing a garden exceed the doing—the weeding and seeding and countless other tasks—so do the riches of tending a spiritual life surpass the striving. We do well to rejoice in the sacred space created, cherishing every spiritual quality nurtured within and reflected in the Divine handiwork. Breathing in the floral perfume carried by the breeze and reveling in the multihued textures of living artistry, we celebrate the fact that we too, are playing our part of the natural miracle of life.

Connect with freelance writer April Thompson at AprilWrites.com.

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ogs, their owners and the larger community all benefit when a pet earns the basic Dog Scout certification badge. Any dog can participate, as long as he’s well-behaved.

To qualify for the initial badge, he must be able to heel without pulling, greet a person calmly, meet another animal without overreacting and to see food and leave it alone. The test criteria are similar to that used for the Canine Good Citizen certificate from the American Kennel Club.

Tests can be videotaped if there’s no organization evaluator in the area.

Once the dog’s earned the basic Dog Scout badge, the rest of the badges are optional, depending on how involved human-canine pairs wish to get. Instead of pursuing a particular sport or activity, scouting allows the dog to dabble and find what he likes best. Distinctive badges can be earned in separate ability levels including obedience, community service, trail work, nose work, water

sports, pulling, herding and lure coursing (a performance sport first developed for purebred sighthound breeds). Handlers can also earn badges in canine care, first-aid and sign language. All training is based on positive behavior and reinforcement on everyone’s part.

“We don’t want dogs to be an accessory or a lawn ornament; they are part of the family, and a lot of fun, besides,” explains Dog Scouts president Chris Puls, of Brookville, Indiana. “As trainers, we have to figure out how to communicate with another species.”

Most members engage in scout activities with more than one dog.

Requirements for operating a troop are flexible, but holding four meetings a year is recommended. Meetings don’t have to be formal—a group hike in the woods counts. Other activities may include backpacking, biking, camping and treasure hunts like letterboxing and geocaching.

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(timed relay races with balls) or treibball (urban herding of Pilates balls), but has no opportunity for these pursuits on his home turf, summer camp is a good forum to investigate lots of options. Weekend camps are held in Maryland in July and Texas in November. Weeklong camps are held in Michigan in June and July.

“Many people bring more than one dog to camp,” says Allison Holloway, who works in financial account services for the U.S. Department of Defense, in Columbus, Ohio. “I take six dogs with me and each has his or her favorite activity, which I like, because it’s too much for one dog to go from early morning until late at night. New members often say they come to camp just for the fun and camaraderie, but they usually end up collecting badges like the rest of us. It’s a great reminder of what you and your dog did at camp together.”

One of Holloway’s dog scouts has special needs. Lottie Moon is a double merle, all-white, Australian shepherd that doesn’t let being deaf or blind slow her down. Last year she surprised her owner by earning an agility badge at camp. “I think she sees shadows and movements. I place a dowel rod in front of the jump and she knows that when she touches it, it’s time go airborne,” says Holloway. “Lottie inspires and motivates me.” Holloway received the Dog Scout’s 2013 Excellence in Writing Award for her blog at LottieSeeingIntoDarkness.blogspot.com.

Many Dog Scout troops serve their communities to show how dogs can and should be integrated into daily life.

In Wyoming Valley, near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Phyllis Sinavage, office manager for a wholesale distributor, reports on recent activities conducted

by Troop 221. “We’ve donated oxygen masks for pets to local fire departments

and emergency services. We raise funds to buy them and also have oxygen mask angels that donate the price of a mask in memory of a pet. One third grade class raised enough money to purchase two masks after we visited and did a bite prevention class.”

The Dog Scouts of America Hikea-Thon, in May, is the nonprofit organization’s annual fundraiser, open to everyone willing to ask friends and family members to pledge funds for distances walked. It’s a good way to partner with the dog for quality outdoor time, spread the word about Dog Scouts and enjoy the spring weather.

Learn more and join with others for a troop experience at DogScouts.org.

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Meet the New Faces of Green

A Family-Owned Business Sprouts Up Right in Our Backyard

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e are passionate about the environment, conservation, design, and sustainable building,” says Tyler Reith as he leads us through the recently expanded showroom of Greenhome Solutions, Seattle’s locally owned green building supply store, located just south of the Ballard Bridge.

Judging by the neat racks of sustainable flooring samples, the gleaming displays of eco countertop materials, and the smiling faces of the staff that greet us, “passionate” is likely very accurate.

Tyler and his siblings, Cameron and Erin, have turned their love of all things green into a thriving business that serves Seattle and beyond. The dedication and energy they’ve poured into their business comes through in many ways: the care they take in choosing their products, the support they’ve given to their community, and the praise of customers, who call the staff “incredibly friendly,” “super helpful,” and “easy to work with.”

From Dot Com to Down the Street

In an era when online competition has shuttered many local businesses, it’s refreshing to hear that Greenhome Solutions took the opposite path—starting online and then opening a showroom.

The seed of the Greenhome Solutions idea came to Tyler while he was working as a general contractor. His clients were asking for environmentally friendly products and finishes, but there was no good local source at the time.

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by setting up an online store.

Soon, their web-based business became popular enough to convince them that the Seattle community was ready for a bricks-and-mortar storefront as well. As the three siblings started planning, they quickly realized that Greenhome Solutions could be more than a store, serving as a resource center for their hometown Seattle community.

“A lot of what we do is education,” says Cameron Reith who spent years teaching homebuyers about green homes as a certified real estate EcoBroker. He now spends his time providing information about products and personalized service to customers.

“We don’t need to do a hard sell because the products sell themselves,” says Cameron.

A Commitment to Locally Sourced Green Products

While most building supply stores choose their products based on price, Greenhome Solutions also considers the number of miles a product must travel before being installed in a customer’s kitchen or living room.

Their goal is to minimize a product’s “embodied energy,” the sum of all the energy required to manufacture and ship it. Products that are sourced closer to home require much less fuel for shipping and can be a greener choice.

“We’re extremely choosy about what makes it into our showroom,” says Cameron. “We try very hard to source only the greenest products that live up to their promises. We also go out of our way to find locally sourced building materials and products whenever we can. It provides a Seattle connection that many of our customers appreciate. At the same time, we like doing what we can to support the local economy, which has given us so much.”

Some of the company’s most popular items are produced right here in the Puget Sound region. A customer favorite is a product from Seattle-based NovuStone. The company’s countertop material is hand-crafted in the historic Ranier Brewery building from natural aggregates and recycled bottle

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glass, windows, and mirrors, as well as castoffs from local glassware maker Glassybaby. Customers can choose from dozens of styles, from the sophisticated look of classic stone to fun and colorful mosaic patterns.

Another way Greenhome Solutions reduces the embodied energy of its products is to offer drop shipping.

By bypassing their own warehouse and sending materials directly from the manufacturer to the jobsite, prices can be kept down and a product’s carbon footprint kept to a minimum. “We can drop ship most of our products anywhere in the Continental United States at super low flat rates, or even for free,” says Tyler. “That means that we can serve a customer in Florida or Washington for the same low price and reduce the number of gas-guzzling miles the product has to travel.”

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“We have personally tested or installed everything that we sell,” says Tyler. “If a product doesn’t meet our strict standards, then we won’t sell it.”

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The Reith family continues to support the community in many ways. For the fourth year, they will be sponsoring the Northwest Green Home Tour, taking place from 11am to 5pm on April 26. Presented by the nonprofits NW EcoBuilding Guild and Built Green, this free event invites the public to tour sustainably built and remodeled homes in the Seattle area. (See next month’s issue of Natural Awakenings for the official tour guide.)

Greenhome Solutions will be hosting an open house on April 26, and tour goers are encouraged to stop by to claim exclusive discounts on select products. (Customers have up to 30 days to redeem.) Visitors can also look forward to giveaways and get answers to any questions they might have about green building products they might have seen on the tour.

“Homeowners are definitely becoming more aware of the impact their material choices can make on the environment, and there’s a definite shift toward wanting to do better,” says

Tyler. “That’s why it’s so important to us to help make educational events like the Green Home Tour happen, so that people have the opportunity to see why choosing sustainable materials makes so much sense from so many different perspectives . . . durability, value, protecting the planet, and protecting your own family’s health.”

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An ecologically sound wonder material, bamboo grows to maturity in under six years, making it a great choice for flooring, work surfaces, and cabinetry. Greenhome Solutions carries a full range of longlasting bamboo products from Teragren, a world-renowned company based on Bainbridge Island.

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Cork is another rapidly renewable flooring material, which is rapidly gaining popularity. Greenhome Solutions has more than 100 varieties of cork flooring to choose from, many of which can be refinished, making them extremely durable and capable of lasting a lifetime.

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Tweet those Fitness Goals Online Friends Help Us Stay on Track

by Tamara Grand

Facebook

The leading social networking website includes thousands of community and group pages devoted to weight loss, exercise and healthy living. Its search function helps find one that fits our needs. Make an introduction and join the discussion. Participating in a special challenge helps everyone stay motivated.

Twitter

This micro-blogging site is informal and fast-paced, providing nearly instantaneous feedback. Use Twitter to identify friends with similar health and fitness goals. Follow links to motivational photos, low-calorie recipes and at-home workouts. Tweeting when feeling the urge to eat virtually guarantees that we’ll receive a helpful response in a minute or two. Twitter chats are also a fabulous way to connect with an established and helpful healthy living tribe.

Pinterest

A visual smorgasbord of clean-eating recipes, at-home workouts and inspirational photos keeps spirits up. Pinterest accesses photos throughout the Internet that we can grab and “pin” to a personal online vision board. It’s also possible to create a visual cookbook, pinning recipes to, for example, clean eating, Paleo, pumpkin and oatmeal themed boards. It’s fun to connect with our favorite healthy living peeps and start following their boards for continuous injections of inspiration and motivation.

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umans are inherently social creatures. Most of us enjoy the company of others and spend much of our waking time engaging in social interactions with colleagues, friends and family. People that spend a lot of time together often adopt one another’s eating and exercise habits—sometimes for the better, but often for the worse.

At least one positive side to wishing to conform socially is unexpected. Finding the right circle of friends—our own personal support group—can make sticking to an exercise schedule or diet easier. It’s a key factor in the popularity of organized weight-loss groups and exercise classes.

Studies published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology and the Journal of Obesity demonstrate that just having a weight-loss or fitness support system in place results in better adherence to diet and exercise with more pounds shed and kept off over the long term. Researchers believe that in addition to the motivation and accountability supporters provide, benefits are also enhanced by learning through observing; changing our behavior through watching the actions and outcomes of others’ behavior.

If we don’t have physical access to a local support group, we can access one online or create our own, using one of the following social media platforms.

Love to take photos using a smartphone? Instagram provides a platform for sharing snippets of our day via pictures. Fitness fans regularly “Instagram” their meals and workouts, in part to remain accountable to their online followers, but also to help motivate themselves and others to make healthy choices each day.

YouTube

Our go-to resource for music videos is also home to hundreds of healthy living “channels”. Want to follow someone’s 100-pound weight-loss journey, learn how to cook quinoa or follow along with free, at-home workout videos? This is the place. Watch, share and comment on a favorite YouTube video to become part of its online community.

The key to using social media to improve our health and fitness is inherent in the name. It’s a friendly way to interact, participate and engage with others.

Tamara Grand, Ph.D., is a certified personal trainer and a group fitness and indoor cycling instructor in Port Moody, British Columbia, in Canada. Her new book is Ultimate Booty Workouts. She contributes to Life.Gaiam.com and blogs at FitKnitChick.com. natural awakenings

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erbs, respected for their healing properties for millennia, have been widely used by traditional healers with great success. Now clinical science supports their medicinal qualities.

Pharmaceutical companies routinely extract active ingredients from herbs for common medications, including the potent pain reliever codeine, derived from Papaver somniferum; the head-clearing antihistamines ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, from Ephedra sinica; and taxol, the chemotherapy drug commonly used to treat several types of cancer, including breast cancer, from Taxus brevifolia. These are among the findings according to Leslie Taylor, a naturopath and herbalist headquartered in Milam County, Texas, and author of The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs.

Even among an abundance of healing herbs, some stand out as nature’s “superherbs” that provide an array of medical properties, according to Rosemary Gladstar, of Barre, Vermont, the renowned author of Herbal Remedies for Vibrant Health and

related works. Two of these, she notes, are widely considered nuisance weeds.

Plantain (Plantago major): Commonly used externally for poultices, open wounds, blood poisoning and bee stings, it also helps relieve a wider variety of skin irritations. According to a study published in the Indian Journal of Pharmacology, this common “weed” fortifies the liver and reduces inflammation, which may reduce the risk for many kinds of chronic diseases. At least one study, published in the journal Planta Medica, suggests that plantain can enhance the immune system to help fight cancer and infectious diseases.

“Plantain is considered a survival herb because of its high nutritional value,” advises Gladstar, who founded the California School of Herbal Studies, in Sonoma County, in 1978. A new study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry confirms it’s an excellent source of alpha-tocopherol, a natural form of vitamin E and beta carotene that can be used in salads for those that don’t mind its bitter taste.

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale): Like plantain, dandelion is one of the most powerful medicinal herbs on the planet. “Dandelion is revered wherever you travel, except in the United States, where it is considered noxious,� observes Gladstar.

Americans should reconsider their obsession with eradication. Dandelion root is an effective treatment against several types of cancer, including oftenfatal pancreatic and colorectal cancers and melanoma, even those that have proven resistant to chemotherapy and other conventional treatments, according to several studies from the University of Windsor, in England.

Traditionally part of a detoxification diet, it’s also used to treat digestive ailments, reduce swelling and inflammation and stop internal and external bleeding.

Turmeric (Curcuma longa): Turmeric gives curry powder its vibrant yellow color. “Curcumin, turmeric’s most important active ingredient, is a wealth of health, backed by substantial scientific evidence that upholds its benefits,� says Jan McBarron, a medical and naturopathic doctor in Columbus, Georgia, author of Curcumin: The 21st

Herb: A plant or a part of a plant that is used as medicine or to give flavor to food. ~ Merriam Webster Century Cure and co-host of the Duke and the Doctor radio show.

Several human and animal studies have shown that curcumin can be an effective treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, both in prevention and to slow or even stop its progress. One Australian study showed that curcumin helps rid the body of heavy metals that may be an underlying cause of the memory-robbing disease. Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles, found that curcumin helped dissolve the plaques and tangles of brain material characteristic to Alzheimer’s.

Curcumin is also known to be effective in lessening depression and preventing heart disease, some types of cancer and diabetes, says McBarron.

Ginger (Zingiber officinale): Primarily used for its considerable antiinflammatory properties, ginger makes a

delicious and healing tea and an enticing spice in a variety of dishes. This herbal powerhouse has at least 477 active ingredients, according to Beyond Aspirin, by Thomas M. Newmark and Paul Schulick.

Considerable research confirms ginger’s effectiveness against a variety of digestive problems, including nausea from both morning sickness and chemotherapy. Research from Florida’s University of Miami also confirms its usefulness in reducing knee pain.

“Ginger is a good-tasting herb to treat any type of bacterial, fungal or viral infection,� says Linda Mix, a retired registered nurse in Rogersville, Tennesse, and author of Herbs for Life!

The health benefits of these four vital herbs are easily accessed by growing them in a home garden or pot or via extracted supplements.

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wisewords From “Why Me?” to “Thank You!”

Wayne Dyer on the Value of Hard Lessons

by Linda Sechrist

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fter four decades teaching selfdevelopment and empowerment and authoring more than 30 bestselling books, Wayne W. Dyer, Ph.D., shares dozens of events from his life in his latest work, I Can See Clearly Now. In unflinching detail, he relates vivid impressions of encountering many forks in the road, from his youth in Detroit to the present day, and reflects on these events from his current perspective, noting what lessons he ultimately learned.

What has writing this book taught you and how can it help others better understand their own lives?

My biggest lesson was that our whole life is like a checkerboard. When I looked back on my life, I began to realize this and gained an awareness

of the fact that there’s something else moving all of the pieces around.

The key to attracting this mystical guidance into your life is to start with awareness that all things are possible and to forget about yourself.

When you get your ego out of the picture, your inner mantra isn’t, “What’s in it for me? and “How much more can I get?” Instead, when your inner mantra is, “How may I serve or what may I do for you?” and you practice consistently living this way, you attract this mystical guidance.

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You describe the influential patterns and motivators in your life as diamonds and stones; how would you characterize your childhood years in foster homes?

I can now see that spending the better part of my first decade in a series of foster homes was all a part of God’s infallible plan for me. I believe I was in a type of training camp for becoming a teacher of higher spiritual and commonsense principles. If I was going to spend my adult life teaching, lecturing and writing on self-reliance, then I obviously needed to learn to rely upon myself and be in a position to never be dissuaded from this awareness. What better training ground for teaching this than an early childhood that required a sense of independence and need for self-sufficiency? Now that I know that every encounter, challenge and situation is a spectacular thread in a tapestry, and that each represents and defines my life, I am deeply grateful for them all.

Each of us has a mission of some kind to fulfill at the moment we make the shift from nowhere to now here, from spirit to form. I’ve seen firsthand how this universe has a creative source of energy supporting it that is literally the matrix of all matter. Nothing occurs by happenstance anywhere, because this universal mind is perpetually on call, going about its miraculous ways in terms of infinite possibilities.

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I’ve watched my eight children show up from birth with their unique personalities and blossom into their own awakenings.

I know for certain that the one Divine mind that is responsible for all of creation has a hand in this engaging mystery.

Same parents, same environment, same culture and yet eight individuals, with their own distinctive character traits. Khalil Gibran stated it perfectly in The Prophet: “Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.”

Each of my children had their blueprint from God. My job has been to guide, then step aside and let whatever is inside them that is their own uniqueness steer the course of their lives.

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I feel that the prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi says it best: “Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is darkness, let me bring light. Where there is sadness, let me bring joy.” The masters I’ve studied pray to become more godly, more like where we originally came from.

My prayer is always, “Help me to remind myself to get rid of this ego and to be like You are. Help me to be my highest self, the place within that is God.”

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Natural Awakenings asked experts to comment on reasons for the demand and offer practical tips and tactics for healthy eating on the go.

According to the Center for Celiac Research & Treatment, 18 million Americans are now gluten sensitive, 3 million more suffer from celiac disease, and the numbers continue to skyrocket, says Dr. David Perlmutter, a neurologist and author of Grain Brain. Gluten, a naturally occurring protein in wheat, barley and rye, is prevalent in the modern American diet. Perlmutter points to new wheat hybrids and increasing amounts of gluten in processed foods as exacerbating the problem. He particularly cites today’s overuse of antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medications as contributors to “inappropriate and excessive reactions to what might otherwise have represented a non-threatening protein like gluten.”

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Jules Shepard, a mother of two in Washington, D.C., and author of Free for All Cooking: 150 Easy Gluten-Free, Allergy-Friendly Recipes the Whole Family Can Enjoy who also shares recipes at Blog.JulesGlutenFree.com, remembers when going out for a gluten-

free lunch was difficult. “The friendly lunch spots my coworkers and I used to enjoy on a weekly and sometimes even daily basis were no longer friendly for me,” she says. “There was nothing on the menu I could eat, and it seemed better for everyone if I simply stayed in the office. But it isolated me socially from my colleagues and deprived me of a much-needed midday break that had been such an enjoyable part of my routine.” Attending catered breakfasts or lunches for office meetings also presented difficulties.

Shepard learned that it’s best to be prepared and pack something, even if it’s only a snack.

“Some of my favorites include fresh fruit, like apples or bananas with peanut or almond butter, washed berries, applesauce, coconut yogurt, hummus and red peppers, trail mix, dry cereals like granola, and nutrition bars. I keep a variety of these bars in my purse and car year-round, so I’m never bored with my

choices.”

“Gluten-free instant oatmeal is a staple in my life,” advises Shepard. She never leaves home without it, regardless of the length of the trip. “All you need is a cup or a bowl and some boiling water. Be sure to buy certified gluten-free oats, because regular oats can be contaminated with gluten grains.” Shepard also recommends avoiding pre-sweetened varieties.

Kate Chan, a teacher and mother of two in suburban Seattle, Washington, who has been following a gluten-free diet since 2000, has solved the problem of eating healthy at work another way: The family cooks extra the night before.

“While cleaning up the kitchen, I just pack the leftovers for lunch. I like to vary the side dishes a bit if I pack side dishes at all, and toss in fruit and more vegetables,” she says. Chan likes to use a bento-style lunch box with several compartments, plus thermal containers, so she can enjoy a variety of gluten-free lunch options.

On the Road In Los Angeles, California, Kristine Kidd, former food editor at Bon Appétit, has recently returned to gluten-free eating. On her menu-planning and recipe blog, KristineKidd.com, and in her cookbook, Weeknight Gluten Free, she recommends whole, fresh foods from farmers’ markets that are naturally gluten-free. When she and her husband hike the Sierra Mountains, she carries homemade, high-fiber, gluten-free cookies to eat on the way up and packs gluten-free soups such as butternut squash and black bean, corn tortillas with fresh fillings, and fruit for a delicious lunch upon reaching the peak.

Some gluten-free snacks can contain as many empty calories as other types of junk food, notes Registered Dietitian Katharine Tallmadge. “Many ‘gluten-free’ products are made with refined, unenriched grains and starches, which contain plenty of calories, but few vitamins or minerals.”

She agrees with Kidd and others that choosing whole, natural, fresh foods, which are naturally gluten-free, makes for healthy eating wherever we go.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 1 Shamanism, Dying & Beyond – 9:30am-4pm.

With Beth Beurkens, M.A. Learn how to deal with the issue of dying and the destiny of souls from a shamanic perspective. The workshop is both for those who wish to learn for themselves, and for those who wish to help others. Sponsored by the Foundation for Shamanic Studies. $235.

Seattle. Registration required. 541-708-0473.

Beth@ShamanicUniverse.com.

Superconscious Living – Saturdays through April 5. 9:30am-12pm. With Krysta Gibson. This class shows that challenges such as marriage, relationships, child-raising, money, and career actually provide priceless opportunities for spiritual realization. Learn practical techniques for releasing energy blocks & establishing new habits of willingness and creativity. $100. Ananda Meditation Temple, 23305 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell. Registration required. 425-806-3700. AnandaWashington.org.

SUNDAY, MARCH 2 25th Anniversary Celebration – 1-3pm. Join East West Bookshop Seattle as we celebrate 25 years of community and service in Seattle. We’ll have guest speakers including author and energy intuitive Marie Manuchehri and author and copublisher of New Spirit Journal Krysta Gibson.

Great food, local authors, in-store product specials and much more. Free. East West Bookshop, 6500 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle. 206-523-3726.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 4 Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction – Tuesdays through April 22. 6-8:30pm. Learn mindfulness meditation for wellness and stress reduction. This eight week class will show the skills needed to manage stress differently. 3 practice CDs and manual are included. Continuing education for health care professionals is available. $260-$275. Fremont Studio, 816 N 38th St, Seattle. Registration required 206-328-3572. Grow-Aware.com.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5 Introduction to the Universal Kabbalah – 7-9:30pm. Begin to experience of the fruits of the tree of life. This brief introduction will provide a taste of the universal kabbalah, and will offer opportunities for further study. Free. Standing Stone, 943 N 89th St, Seattle. 206-781-3390. UniversalKabbalah.com.

SATURDAY, MARCH 8 Adam Dreamhealer – International author, speaker, Native American healer and doctor of naturopathic medicine, Dr. Adam McLeod, will be presenting a full-day conference at Bastyr University. Maximize one’s own healing potential and learn techniques to focus intentions embracing self-empowerment. Registration required.

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Raising Calm and Compassionate Children – 10am-12pm. Living Wisdom School hosts an open house and a free talk titled, Raising Calm and Compassionate Children, by author and Education for Life teacher trainer, Usha Dermond, who wrote the book, Calm and Compassionate Children. Free. Living Wisdom School, 2000 NE Perkins Way, Shoreline. 425-772-9862.

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The Keys To Health and Happiness – Saturdays through April 5. 10-11am. A series of 5 classes to learn a variety of simple techniques to improve health and make one feel happier. Learn about stress relief, meditation, relaxation, sleep, diet, exercise and more. Instructor Mary Davis has 35 years of experience as a family nurse practitioner and is a certified Chopra Center meditation teacher. $150. Meditate Seattle Studio, 2145 Boyer Ave E, Seattle. Registration required. 206-679-9620.

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Free Talk: Natural Ways to Ease Spring Allergies – 10:30am-12:00pm. Learn tips from the experts at Bastyr Center for Natural Health at this free talk in which clinical supervisors will discuss natural ways to ease and even avoid spring allergies. Bastyr Center for Natural Health, 3670 Stone Way N, Seattle. 206-834-4100.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 9 Eight Week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Training – Sundays through May 4. 10am12:30pm. See March 4 description. $275 individual or $260 with friend. Way of Life Wellness Center, 355 NW Gilman Blvd, Ste 105, Issaquah. Registration required. 206-328-3572. Grow-Aware.com.

TUESDAY, MARCH 11 Elevate Your Vibes With Essential Oils – 7-8:30pm. Join us for a free workshop to discover the essential oils that help to decrease stress, lower blood pressure, and boost energy. Sample various essential oils, discuss how they can benefit health and wellness. Tea tasting after the event with a $5 donation. Free. Zen Dog Studio Tea House Gallery, 2015 NW 85th St, Seattle. Register: 206-708-3708.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 15 Hypnotherapy: Past Life Regression – March 15-16 & April 5-6. 9am-5pm. Professional training in past life and between life regression. Facilitate regressions, deep healing, and understand step ins, time/space concepts and more with author and instructor Mary Lee LaBay, Ph.D. $635. Bellevue, WA. Registration required. 425-562-7277.

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Beyond Labels: The HANDLE Perspective on Sensory Disorders and Autism – 10:30am-12pm.

Join HANDLE Practitioner Peg Simon to look be-

yond the labels and explore neurodevelopment via the sensory and motor systems, the brain, nutrition, and neuroplasticity. Find out about a gentle, nondrug award winning approach. Free. The Shoreline Library, 345 NE 175th, Shoreline. Register: 425778-3082. Peg.Simon@handle.org. Handle.org.

SUNDAY, MARCH 16 Full Moon Rising - Embodying the Goddess – 6-8pm. Join us for an evening of ritual, gathering, and celebration of the Feminine Divine. Connect with other women and explore the beauty and meaning of the living goddess. $10 suggested donation. Creative Health Collective, 938 N 200th St Ste A, Shoreline. Registration required. 206-387-8840.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 Challenges with Decision Making – 11am12:30pm. This is a process based creative arts workshop for women designed to help with the decision making process using hands on art experientials. No art experience necessary, just the desire to access new information within one’s self, to live a creative and authentic life. Part of ongoing, biweekly series. $15 including supplies. Art of Being Seattle , 127 12th Ave Ste B, Seattle. Registration required. 206226-4062. ArtOfBeingSeattle.com.

THURSDAY, MARCH 20 Introduction to the Universal Kabbalah – 7-9:30pm. See March 5 description. Free. Little Heart Space, 4131 Woodland Park Ave N, Seattle.

206-781-3390. UniversalKabbalah.com.

FRIDAY, MARCH 21 Experience Breema Evening – 7-8:30pm. With Roxanne Caswell & Birthe Kaarsholm. Free.

M’illumino, 6921 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle.

510-428-0937. Breema.com.

SATURDAY, MARCH 22 Breema Workshop – Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday: 9:30am-12:30pm and 2-5pm. Sunday: 9am-1pm. With Roxanne Caswell & Birthe Kaarsholm. Weekend: $175 before March 11, $200 after. Saturday only: $100 before March 11, $125 after. M’illumino, 6921 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle.

Registration required. 510-428-0937. Breema.com.

Celebrating the Divine in All - Spring Equinox Service – 7:30-8:30pm. The Spring Equinox celebrates the return of life, joy, and hope after the stillness and silence of winter. Together plant seeds of nobility and goodness in the soil of thoughts and actions with affirmation, chanting, music and ceremony. Free. Ananda Meditation Temple, 23305 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell. 425-806-3700.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 25 Elevate Your Vibes With Essential Oils – 7-8:30pm. See March 11 description. Free. Zen Dog Studio Tea House Gallery, 2015 NW 85th St, Seattle. Registration required. 206-708-3708.

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Introduction to the Universal Kabbalah – 7-9:30pm. See March 5 description. Free. Standing Stone, 943 N 89th St, Seattle. 206-781-3390.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 27 Heart & Soul: A Gathering for Impactful Women – 7-9:30pm. This month’s theme: Kuan Yin. According to ancient wisdom teachings, women are an essential part of change. In this environment women are encouraged to learn, share knowledge, explore new ideas as well as remember more of who we really are at the core of femininity. $20.

Registration required. 206-251-8791.

SATURDAY, MARCH 29 Kabbalah: Secrets to Personal Mastery – Saturday-Sunday. 10am-7pm. Learn to live life passionately and powerfully. Kabbalah is an ancient metaphysical and spiritual technology that helps one understand their self and the world around. $495 - $595 with early registration discounts, regularly $650. Registration required. 206-781-3390.

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Vegfest 2014 – Saturday and Sunday. 10am-6pm.

Taste over 700 different kinds of food samples, see cooking demonstrations by chefs from all over the country, hear the latest information on nutrition from medical doctors and more. $8. Kids 12 and under free. Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, 305 Harrison St, Seattle. SeattleVegfest.org.

Reiki Energy Healing Class – Saturday and Sunday. 12:30-6:30pm. Learn to heal with one’s hands. Gift one’s self with a life of optimum health and balance. Learn self-healing and to provide reiki treatments for people and animals. 12 CE Credits offered to massage therapists. $250. West Seattle. Registration required. 808-385-4661.SeattleCityReiki.com.

Intro to the Oneness Blessing – 7:30-9:00pm.

Intro to Oneness: What is Oneness? And what is the

Oneness Blessing? What is Oneness University?

This evening will include discussion, meditation and receiving the oneness blessing - one of the most profound gifts of grace on earth for awakening the true self, ending suffering, and finding joy.

Free. East West Books, 6500 Roosevelt Way NE, at 65th, Seattle. Registration required. 425-303-8150.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 3 Education for the Soul: Healing – 7-10pm.

Verla Wade & Osiris Indriya will explore healing, what it really is, and how it is evolving in our changing world. Representing a premier school of metaphysics, Verla and Osiris will lay out a clear path of progression to become a trained and certified healer in the School of Healing Arts at the Modern Mystery School. Free. Standing Stone, 943 N 89th St, Seattle, WA. 206-781-3390. 10thhouse. org/edu4soul.

save the date SATURDAY, APRIL 12 UW Botanic Gardens: Beautify That Boulevard! – 10-11am. Master Gardener Mary Machala will show how one can easily and inexpensively transform one’s boulevard into something eyecatching and unique. Free. UW Botanic Gardens - Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st St, Seattle. Registration required. 206-685-8033.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 19 UW Botanic Gardens: Intensive Vegetable

Gardening – 10-11am. Vegetable gardening may be a good fit with one’s healthy lifestyle. It provides moderate exercise and delicious, wholesome vegetables. Learn intensive gardening techniques to help maximize the harvests, while minimizing a garden’s size and the time it requires. Free. UW Botanic Gardens - Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st St, Seattle. Registration required.

206-685-8033. Depts.Washington.edu/uwbg.

Free Talk: Tips to Prevent and Treat Diabetes Naturally – 10:30am-12:00pm. Significant research has shown that many natural treatments can be more effective in the prevention of type-2 diabetes than early pharmaceutical care. Join us for this free talk to learn more about diabetes, herbs and supplements, diet and lifestyle changes, and recipes to help control glucose levels. Free. Bastyr Center for Natural Health, 3670 Stone Way N, Seattle. 206834-4100. BastyrCenter.org/content/view/2847.

SATURDAY, MAY 17 Shamanic Extraction Healing Training – Saturday and Sunday. 9:30am-5pm. Participants are initiated into the extraction method of healing, including how to see, sense, and remove localized illness and pain connected to spiritual factors. This training workshop is designed for people who want to bring shamanic healing work into their practice with others. Sponsored by the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, taught by Beth Beurkens, M.A. Registration required. 541-708-0473.

Beth@ShamanicUniverse.com.

UW Botanic Gardens: Culinary Herbs – 1011am. Many herbs are easy to grow both in the ground and in containers. WSU King County Master Gardener Joan Helbacka discusses herbs that thrive in our area including information on

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MASSAGE Tui Mullein LMP – Licensed Massage Practitioner has ten years experience integrating Swedish, Shiatsu, Acupressure, Acutonics and herbal therapies in the Seward Park area. Schedule an appointment at 206-721-1165. MA18798.

QIGONG Five Mountains Institute of Qigong and Taijiquan – Live Healthier. Sustain Vitality.

Classes in Embracing the Taoist Tradition. Dennis Sharp, Certified Instructor. 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle. 425-775-9609. FMI-Qigong.com.

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growing, propagating and using a variety of herbs for cooking and as landscape plants year-round.

Free. UW Botanic Gardens - Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st St, Seattle. Registration required. 206-685-8033. Depts.Washington. edu/uwbg.

ongoing TUESDAYS Max Meditation System Drop-In Class – 9:3011am. Find inner peace. This system uses a full spectrum of meditation styles-breathing, deep-body relaxation, passive, active and guided meditation.

It fuses ancient mystery school lineage teachings with Indian and Tibetan yoga, and modern psychology and NLP. Successfully taught in cultures around the world, this process offers a powerful and personal guided meditation experience like no other. A simple technique for all ability levels. $10. 10th House Life Center, 126 20th Ave, Seattle.

206-538-0070. 10thhouse.org.

WEDNESDAYS Free Meditation Class – 3rd Wednesday. 6-7PM. With Mary Davis RN. Learn the mind/body health benefits of meditation and leave with an easy daily practice. Mary brings to the class a background of 35 years in Family Practice, 40 years of meditation, and Chopra Center Teacher Certification. Free.

Seattle Healing Arts Center, 6300 9th Ave NE, Seattle, WA. 206-679-9620. MeditateSeattle.com.

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Sahaja Meditation – 7-8pm. This workshop helps one relax while being guided in meditation.

Community Room, Crossroads Mall, Bellevue.

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SATURDAYS SewUpSeattle Free Sewing Session – 4th Saturday. 11am-1pm. Bring your own project and machine or create with our donated fabrics and machines. Women and men of all ages are welcome. Beginners too. Free. Sewing Room in Denny Park Lutheran Church, 766 John St, Seattle. Registration required. 206-784-7117.

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SUNDAYS Sunday Morning Meditation Class – 10-11:30am.

Classes include clear teachings, meditations, and prayers in the inspiring Kadampa World Peace Temple. All are welcome. Donations accepted.

Kadampa Meditation Center, 6556 24th Ave NW, Seattle. 206-526-9565. MeditateInSeattle.org.

Meditation Hour – 11-11:45am. Meditation Hour: Everyone tells you to meditate and at CDM Spiritual Center we teach you how. Come in any Sunday for a guided Meditation Hour and discover spiritual techniques that can help. Topics vary, visit the website and learn what is offered each week.

Books, audios and classes in meditation, healing, clairvoyance and kundalini also available. Open donation. CDM Spiritual Teaching Center, 2402 Summit, Everett. 425-258-1449. C-D-M.org.

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AWAKENING AMERICA Natural Awakenings

Celebrates 20 Years of Conscious Living Read What People Are Saying About Natural Awakenings READER TESTIMONIALS

NA PUBLISHER TESTIMONIALS

ADVERTISER TESTIMONIALS

Natural Awakenings provides helpful infor information on natural health and environmental issues with a consistently positive perspective and tone, which is not always easy considering how serious and intimidating some of these topics are. It’s a rarity.

The response to our new magazine has been amazing! We are grateful for the opportunity.

Natural Awakenings magazine is the only advertising I use for my practice other than word of mouth referrals and it has brought us new patients consistently especially now that we advertise monthly. The quality of the leads is great and we really enjoy helping the holistic-minded patient. The publisher is great to work with and truly wants to see the busibusi ness succeed. We plan on always advertising with Natural Awakenings and expanding our presence in the magazine.

~ Sayer Ji, founder, GreenMedInfo.com

I have changed so much over the last year finally realizing that life is so much bigger than me. I love this Earth and all the wonders that are a part of it, and your magazine contributes to my appreciation.

~ Theresa Sutton, Connecticut

Publications like Natural Awakenings reach many people and I’m so glad to be able to share a voice beyond the propaganda. ~ Melinda Hemmelgarn, RD, Food Sleuth

I picked up a copy of the new magazine today at Earth Fare and was so impressed—it’s filled with businesses and services right in my neck of the woods that I had no idea existed. I’m thrilled to have such a great resource. ~ Katy Koontz, Tennessee

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Articles and topics like “Rethinking Cancer” push the envelope of what natural health has to offer to humanity. Readers intuitively know that we are on their side and appreciate having the facts and the freewill to make the decisions that are best for them. Competitors will come and go but if we continue to stay on the cutting edge of personal health, no one can stop us.

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